The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 8, 1908, Page 1

TRA: THE SEATTLE STAR __ [Tie weatner VOL. 10. NO, 195, SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1908 PRICE ONE CENT BOUTHERL Y WINDS. WAS J. W. PRATT A DEFAULTER? OLD RECEIPTS MAY SOLVE A SUICIDE MYSTERY ——__—— “CUB. ** CAPTURE PENNANT LEFT NO ACCOUNT iprcirereesavenis OF AX M M Y * j ‘ * TAFT 18 AT HOME. * * 7 | * (By United Press.) * a CINCINNATL O Oct. 8 . | \* Taft arrived here thie morn ® j |® ing and went quietly to the # m4 {® home of hie brother Charles, # ® He will stay here today to 4 Sor eS Property Owners With Seukina' Show That He Was cmaeishan eek . A } Short in His Accounts, With Aggregate . ; Ww. hex r ent! H. Sha er, Ci ty Ag Amount Not Known. be! of Puget Sound, Is Under Arrest. . ——- oe grade tax attorney for the elty of Seattle, commit suicide five yeare . i F Ww.H® ae , tehet agent of hea 10 because he was short in his accoun with the city? Grand Stand, Bleachers and Grounds Are Filled Wc 0 hoe oft Che aes Oe age tet : wave city Gtiieinle tor five youre known of thle martdbk ui Several Hours Before the Players Appear | With the t nay afternoce by Captain ot Oe | +. gers sean on a! wee ge on te out of re for the memory of this once prominent man, kept the PP the selec } 4 nant and now Panic in an Accident were in no dang ‘ tage & secret from the genera! public? : on the Field. moet is ae er oes er. peeupies aity all, Oe This Morning. somewhat restored. These questions are beginning to be asked by citizens who are tl ns a lof charities and ¢ tion adk approximatt — wered many of the passengers | ed in old regrade disputes with the city, and the facts at hand t eft ‘ ed terday after Shafer says he does not think the Bt Reliance, Capt. A b a k a a * 1 see t an affirmative anawer See > Dag o Maven - 4 2% ap Albert E. Mead wa ted t wi h more th&Q| sen from Colby, with 100 passen-| they feared that the steamer off One ¢ » years ago word flashed over the city that John 7 a me later by Matthe ae" . 000 6 accused Ucket agent cera were t te « the | ¥ ‘ } CHICAGO VS. DETROIT. & son. Chance the un ro eag ae age thee bye 02,000. ‘The Accused tcket sevat |garaiaBeerd, ranashore at Alki/cers were not telling them tbe |W. Pratt had shot himself through the head, in the bathroom of bie ; wim oe. te without | Judge Milo A. Root, Avetin ee ae - ce eT eat MUMAR 9 Celeck this meraing, |e tea Ge ee Boho won| tom de has been listed among those self-destruction mys * ay aeee ~~) . = a ee Madea” | haber and Rev. L. fi Cov eaten up by gambling 55% boats Were lowered ané allion ¢ t were teries that are never solved, or of which the solution is carefully guarded Pe oot Aged oh Be AP pei. Sl cele choaun 6. Wet t the clty jail this MorniO® the passengers were sa the boat vm y the friends of the viettm 5 a atorie's & sected strom t de ca Peeng ol ap! airssmange nied in toto the interview | Goihore “They ware wae fer. Why did be de Wass aweaaes tentee tet & ee 0 “ " am b & morning NeWEPAPET | « A . » lua Chicago Nationals and the @ bench. Howard replaced Hofman. | Herbert Griggs . t the oe . bay and brought to the city The Reliance ts « and then the trag was forgotten , oe wa 7 e. Wildest sort 0 nio_ pre tn - “ aeunee Pe ithe ‘iret game” Bye 4 bo ome gedaan Sg Ba | ms at the 5 furies arts SECS ns ten momsees ovinenltiow wally the te 1 is not SECRET CAREFULLY GUARDED. . me Seen. away aoe on seaso he talked t P ; aes will be played in Detroit # Steinfeldt fanned, and so did How- | Rabdie, Tace = noe . nowianel the steamer, « 7 hat no on = yet known, although it is likely that Rut for the past year evidence that Pratt's accounts with the i Saturday, when the # ard. No runs Seattio; W. Ht. Vincent Py a Nahed tuanetie jured is a mira e\no serious harm was done. It ts|, seas: amie Ref ee ia «apelin ee da hak ry and the Cubs will enter ® — Mo¢ Thomas P. Clark, Vane 2 Apoyo Pe > : anne Pron tow grounded in the dense fog. thought that she will be floated . av ming to the city ball, and have been PS Sag eeries of contests for ® naha Adele M. Fields, Seattle; Mrs. L. P.| “SE. * Bure and simple Take. nog) Tee shock came wo suddenly that | without difficulty at high y 1 as @ secret. How weil this has been done is shown athe Resebali supremacy of * de “ Ankeny, of Walla Walla were aeninst the accused man, and It is ee om oe Dope) the Bs neuen ansengers are Mm x b ; » city $100,000 to have ite accounts and the world. To # | second chosen ae executive committer. | Sopable tha be watit the | ane ! ban in th ‘ 4, ¢ ed the Riplinge rtage, and an additional short eden team must poet are games * ereun ot ear f Visions of death flashed before | that the Thane : at nothing was ever wn of Pratt's affairs Taek et woven. Baseball fans & field hit h PREFERS NIAGARA pete nee well the aninds of every passenger, and | pushed ‘ A Pratt concluded his as corporation counsel he was ali © the country are mak @ runs c ) ‘Wreakdent De tipfe were cries, shrieks and eration rs appointed special regrade tax at and given full powers to settle 4 ng mane Se emenens whe & | York 3 TO HER HUSBAND Electric es gael age py — “9 of mar posed t disputes which had The city was bluffing the tax- te ere ond One Third tnning that he susy ign tpg: gome S agelaagaats bo . paying fc order to satisfy ilies of Ou : #|, Tinker inaugurated « batting ree = s00n us it was discovered to the wome Pratt ha authority to settle every case to the best bageer. Kling’s F sae by swatting a th é BYP EESEE ES Give to conter scored Tinke V. Hirtwe Bee agka': a Kling wes sa to second fo hran i 4 a . , wutt | Of Tac na, ed to examine ae ( Unves a 4 tne | When Tenney put out Brown unay ~ wee £ Mary K. Schram | Shafe accounts, but for some . 4 oem, Oct B—For the) ited Sheckard New to Seymour. | in the superior rt this ng. reancn | wa t done a th @ time Chicago won ». enitt walk andi ve " ’ ta an , - feague pennant, by deo’) '), : at Wella S92, an heir prope FIND ASSESSMENT STILL STANDS. settled their cases with P that eld against s signed by Pratt show- tt are now findi are stil are coming in with rece with « Accounts Not Checked. feating New York today by atte? anew vo | nee « ag thet they paid or compromised Tie ePONne ee iis Sebel ‘The game, which was one cremate Ge " . < nfron with two de « Bee age pron d the ci aims. The city has t ts in baseball history, fanned. | “ace hie ” ? ™s posit « wed a discrep no record of a € etliements, as P kept no books whatever. : wi by a crowd of 33,000 od, Hereee ce t but ar e ernoon, Shafer} A case of th ire is comi ap the adjudication com- fe polo grounds, while hat gied told F ’ fice had not mittee of the council! Monday, when a propérty owner will present a more saw the struggle forced nahan st» wee evened: aes: a receipt for $30 wig Pratt, The $80 was given in compromise for places of vantage * r tout. Sey ace ® cal office are 946 ohe Pr b victory was fairly earn | o flew t i. No examined monthly % Aasesement in 1990, and no record Was ever x of it. With - our the o ‘ ‘aes > . . —~ interest and penalties or 4 assessment now against th Reavy hitting in the third, core: Chicago 4, New York be ' mn in . “A hy» am y gainet the four runs. ay & officer seco to the Postmaster Says He Has * ition dI-| property owner amounts to over $1 Mordecai Brown bad re Fourth Inning. Heard Nothing of tie neat The matter to light by some improvements in the 7 ants were »ward went out, Herzog to Ten he et timte he 3 ee Sey one pond else “tthe aamenee” ook t there Th flee let. Crew Venere which he te to recsive $1,000 damages. ; when, with the bases filled \rarthewson “ at firet, Teo ' mae + ga pm ag oe He tuess | The city refuses 1,600 until he pays the $159. 3 , they could score iu» king the at. Kling flew Bhafe the ORCS r sar be trees gute tea Bey uate a tore to MeCorss 4 No rune Devlin at perty to make Of all these charges | am as | into t service but Ther RU INTO THOUSANDS. . from the game, was sent pir to Steinfeldt and wae out at 5 wtand that Furth) secpet ae o baby, and yet he oo along with his charges This is only one of the many instances of a like nature which hat for Matthewson, but failed first via Chance. McCormick flew . oposes to prosecute, that eager shore to stab me in th - te ba yn th am Away / are almost daily coming to the attention of the city officials, The nd unable to answer ever took a penny for amounts involved are not known, and probably never will be, but it the man in| '* estimated that the shortage runs into the thousands fact that he kept t Wiltse was then called upon + Howard Uridwell we out ‘ make an erample of me | Wim | war away in ™ , pi ares 3 ‘ 2 : through the rest of the Evers to Chance. No runs. Score Purth called me to his office ¥ eat to b . 7 a r 1 PRO 2 the . ' » ee mae, and cespite an error the Cubs (°) 4, New York 1 terd n od me if} eve ention next ‘ als nds b : ni mH ‘a hi ny bow We unable to increase their lead. , : » tra Il enid I had . i le, & he » t bos ay ? Ghicago’s fight has been an up Pith tuning, eave ffice at 2:30 F above was the stateme a it a t impossible to jearn the extent of the shortage. i" 2 1‘ Li + afternoon, and often | made thie morning by Postmaster re a syder, secretary of the 7 < " - x tn The city has kept as sti!l as possible about the matter, for this to be Th ne books of the amounts received makes one. Two weeks ago she was was out, Bridwell bey “tr some | Geerge Stewart regard to the bow vil serviee exami *, lo» third posi . with the Giants nts’ afftrtetop had ace track s oh omsabta margin of mal stop, which set " a t a «. but charges of soliciting « ign con- vest the charge and 1 filed the reason that the assessments involved could not be collected if the We, tae Vosera, however ‘Shockhard flew to Gives Interesting Pledge | over veo « company’s | G¥ations from his subordinates in m nial three months ago. Since | property owners went into court: It a cove of Walt ane e fn x . r ervice r the i have neve heard a word iy wis us eaneaeary number * ended the tnnink money. 1 ne y person | vidlation of the civil © bait ef thie city, end tn order tolmeke the blalt ghed. Pratva Manel erw ol ‘$8 " t y 1 c . sup here was nothing J abot P “ from Philadelphia, and n No rans to Wat ay Congre: that I squandered the funds of the) by Charles Wald, fors per: | T as nothing sald about (RCM } 114 to be smoothed over. When property owners brought in receipts, inteudent of the local postoffice. | while I was In Washington it to vat, Evers to if they have been disposed to stan ceen, Petaber The office had not been checked} = on m mittee has allowed matter to go by, and the property owner « hance c as pt t by _ out for six months, and | handled ‘ t Gates. Char sd og was put oT Crowd at Chance ut sted. No runs. Score By United P xo much money that the shortage has departed, believing that some mistake was made in his particul tes of the Polo grounds | F cular ine the Polo rounds | Chicago 4, New York 2 CHICAGO, Oct. §—-Wm- J. Bryan| crept in some wa i case 4 were formed since ¢ ae sarrying breakfasts a Sixth Inning was the center of Interest toda Friends Offer Ald : Property owners who paid Pratt and failed to keep their receipts - ‘ to Gulf) Alt Presider Furth s® have been forced to pay again, and there is one case told of where mag 4 The mounted and m Schulte fouled to Devlin, Chance | at the meeting of the Lake , : lice were busy from early caught He | Sounced jast night that he proposed et th ety ch th € ‘ope ugh they stoutly m nd : Ree-the tines tn place, pag uw eh stoully maintained assessments Pminor fights for places tn feidt singled ach and keeping the ets!) Howard fanned on the dead-bead bill} pan out, Tinke hn W. Pratt has been guarded » record of the shortage has Deep Waterwa vent . > eee nail t > to prosecute, a host « ha! er'a| . ‘wa 2 “ friends have come to the front to mat ey bad rs former governor « uti, and/ aig the accused man. Furth stated In this manner the s was given an ovath y the dele | this morning that he would | . # an official secret at the ¢ r m been and what it amounts to will r of & comprom! purately known. of humanity, while | flew to Shecks aalie over the matt the § Washinxtor aduct to Schulte 1 James J. Hill, the rafiroad mag-| *! fficials of the ¢ any Those | Rad & tow of tiny specks pa-\ cago 4, New York 1 : “ : Turth declare, however, a \— —— — Waiting to cet a birdseye nate was to spee ha snore « “ prosecuted re : : t tae Re Werk ie not the only city) Tinker oan an Congreseman Rainey mpar Them No Nearer a the ‘ ie ; feturne will eagerly Kling str of Witnols, 7 bh in part Fulton, whe has been} i cll will meet again on ne Chicago has forgott t, Ma * > att counsel for Shafer, has] Conclusion. night, set as far f campaign, Turko-B In ws oo oo 7 ' client to talk to no ‘is proble to a actica ios, Cretan rebellions f a este are b ‘ . , tage Until « he ae the “ : arge han been placed against the se Lasiies cartons. Canaial . tion Counse led wards. De’ to bat tc absurd. ‘The trunk lines from Chi accused man he will be held at the solaies eee en ee | Cn nform . » Says “Kayak” Could Not his experience of 20 years in the : Ber opponent in the post him. He enort tie in tt ft ~x matey Wa ed {N*| tration, and adjourned at mid. Biv sBanine “they ’ Steer and Interfered ee bye it oe have | i ELen clay heated Satltmetr expect petition from the Erle canal. St 000 a as ample re night, ae far from a solution o ' " why pode i ve P ae anaes pie ey Pete nn teaportant geitway conser, | "t good his alleged) ing question, apparently, as when | * fe With Vessel. be 20 Smo, | ED Weather idea! oo Be ~ has the Missisetpp! rive ay . ned un sant een ate ; in the j perce —_— ma Son the utile whe 4 ther tnan has pr San | throw in . Two Carriers are Necessary Pi. ie edb va Be t met in cou ‘ a Capt. Erwin Fa ; the stea were t O feet al | iF for, the « n| fouded off The tw " e- | ¢ Charles Ten pig h 1 council) attic Gage,” which, « © Capt. Parrer concludes } tate- | Wig and a s)ix PK) At length mv Pus fatare of ¢ . : ‘ po dips ne t appropriations for| Kayak,” was towing ent @ w ing ed wads, | ¢ w York oO 1 ons ted as other great w coting between husband and wife 1 ¢ oviding for th a * a es was due to th abi | e L h ‘ w ¥ t | w affecting. With her moe ' : ; T the f th teamer ‘K * A M “ be . os ae " h beart kon. Mr y . t = " gon Ka . t ne b v ‘ ed YU , " tant that ta 1 c “ . id stan ers are | '08 in , “ should be | Shater mére than the he fictale.| where anyone b s : hae be Boni Papid! - fi «| for him ¢ ned. Evers | ccened first as that the w ’ : ' ‘e Others ta but not so much aioe prisan 10 0 sine, WOES |.» the thet. that . ry + ~ Of the cx . a t wits h 4 be set runn ‘ some on r ted that th 1 ena Piles w ‘ wi ‘ afe yenney ‘bomer bathe f an excape « at & ‘ hater tried hard | peter The adj ed the campat t Mount Vernon and | Hattie Gage wa e “ pide one ame t wre e going : ; ea t amain i in W ny he will speak at Port|cowld have take ' \ « ec te ferowd w' Ct 7 McCormick. | pro : ; fa io Ta rel ' ; safety, but the Hattie Gage, in ad ae " e plate Me " . tg dition to the Bengal, had the K t By Blows Are exchanged . , < an, | mistake aging | pulling against } stea w , ough the © filed b uit the w 5 that 1 t " t ault went Seymo ek om, % ‘ ost « “ a! Lamar ! alongside, Capt. I eplies w ee seyme Sus tie Bil po | Be SUGGESTIO WhO Were us 4 an apr 960,000, | friends, } 4h . ae ot a -y hat hore AGAINST a éxchane a otore | runs. Devlin bit to Steinfeldt and | qual to the pleasure the exe | of the ha $1 a month himself, and to aid crasaenenemeel : | fe theta to Bt 1, Bridwe Pinker | to borrow pol . my f the| Purse Snatchers at Work;, =. nixup the ¢ ‘ well o ’ n t ra Aamage | OWarity Organization soctet 1 will gene be EW upron were | but w ut at. Beet, eating OM Bryan Makes Pledge , Ky torday br « ~y lt me t ‘ $30 h, wi \ ts to $360 ' i th Victim Is Roughly t , ; - lp-in keeping e field. | wan ns. Score: Chicas ne Py age Pee vase , |fah.vee ve ran py ne rent f A month amou 4 year, and this : ) When the vq the | New } Bree and made & brief addre nae of F. M. J tingt Acting |Mwm, this reader declares, would help to a good many people In Treated. P in which he expr { tor dame ’ - Mey were « “ wl ® ®% MPO. A. & lin the importance of the work ur Pmatie ato y Boy He furthe v@gests that others who are desirous of seeing all 1 A ; » “| in the Im a wing that Mr. Gill had put 5 ’ , The thug and - atohe ig » : Peg dertaken by the convention and | jicry stated that he had left his wife |}{He tag money go directly to th organize Nttle societies for | pre on unprotected wome ON LIFE STATION “ First t ‘ ‘ 9 pledged his support to the general | at Cripple Creek, on her dying bed ; ribut t ‘ { , x f abroad in Seat winte | Pe Bheckard oy. / ‘ : plan of development of waterwa 1 had t with another pment! sone ee cdicaataadt vari ateaeaailaiens The first vietin these lowest “4 Bat Matthews ‘ . ; ‘ pete | ind latte wit health, and | or i the cost of telephones for the year is about $60, 229 Broadwa ’ Brers slammed a , to | Ptelater, » 8 oma | had 8 " n, | OF & little An tt ted that some juvenile church| Last night a e was w who caug as ee but t ited &| #oglety or Sunday school cla © this obitg slong Broadway, near Howe t - , y throw y i a) livor mar - : ; , | was set upor . \ t x : ‘ ‘aia are ‘ i he hed known te Cheeks The px ll of the nocle ‘ ’ 6 ar yee ee “ ¥ ’ , b ree special damages by the | Tis taken care all contributions and| grabbed her from bet : “Tenney se ‘ h the) deroy . f Mr, aiil ©) 960 m » year could be saved for tt his arms arc ¢ phtete smast ; . A wit ' tion h ng 8 tation arms t the t 5 0 Ch : $ : s Linse i 4 Bd Tenn of the | $160 » yea e for those i ood an to her a anne i thy nm u y ' mwas un denve Phe ith the salaries and a " for incidentals, practi | hurrted away tn tik ghee i SUIT 18 DISMISSED. rt Walked cr ; # cally tak the fined expenses. of the Charity Organtention, emount'|. a atectives were. sent he " Wo the < nd detective were t M i ecoea, san niand |} to Bverett th wort, | ; y it tt i ® Mar } Ore rs, tt 00m: na flo % ig sm iption, | uld mean that ¢ 1 of the ‘I i , | th A Ble Per loked }inpney would yo to the need hand is condemned the ct { Tine ianings a n the or @p ‘and towed uer to Seuitie.|” Tye Star will be glad to hear from anyone to whom thes sw Condemned by the police, | venterday.._ Mie. 4 f heed a ec . : f rte @ = | repairs. . | westions appeal, What decides ihe thug on|of her claims, 2 al TaD ian sbhemte - bY | a o ° ad ° SO ee