The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 21, 1908, Page 1

LAST EDITION VOL. 10. NO ° 8 206 | IMPROVING THIEVES SAID TO HAVE es conpt TONS, Sanitary Inspector @tevene 1908, BULLETS THE SEATTLE STAR ATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21 PRICE ONE CENT $100,000 FROM FREIGHT CARS RISING _ DEAT ba | lives. THE WEATHER TONIGHT GENERALLY FAIR SOUTHERLY WINDS ANO THURBDAY, LIGHT UDBURSI RIVERS BRING H TO SETTLERS Oklahoma Streams Overflow Banks and Farmers Are Driven to Treetops. (By United Press.) SHAWNEE, Okla., Oct. 21.—At least 100 per- sons were killed in cloudbursts and floods west of here last night, according to reports received here today. Details from the flood districts are meager. All the telegraph and telephone wires are down. The crest of the flood occurred this morning. The Canadian river rose 10 feet within a few hours. Hundreds of farmers fled to tree tops to save their Bridges in the entire country about here have |been destroyed and it is impossible to communicate with the flooded districts. _ WHO'S THE BOSS OF THIS HERE TOWN ANYWAY? ‘The Council and Board of » hich the board has figaratively eat down on ne of the counell Public Works Each mer are getting hot about the collar and express viction that Claims Job. Mr. Bouille the board are get _——— thn too chesty. To on@ The question as to which ts t outa the m al family ft big t the city council or & like a res serap is in board of public worka, will have t be settied before the dove of pe Mr RS pm a ee resumes its reign at the city ha KREKRERRERERNRRD The issue will be brought to a head | & * at tonight's special council meet. | # BANK CLEARINGS. + ing, when Counciiman Goddard will | ® * introduce an ordinance seeking to|* Seattle. * annul & contract entered into by the | ® Cle nee today... $1 l* board calling for an exclusive In-|® Balances * dependent Telephone company’s ex-| % Tacoma. * change in the new municipal build. | Clearings today...$ * ing *® Balances * Many of the councilmen want the | * Portland. * yphones of both companies in-|# C! s today * stalled. A. V. Bouillon, chairman! * Balas r * of the board, says nixy. The coun- * * etl has asked for other thingsik@ ake eektekhkaekeee WILL INVESTIGATE ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANIE. S_ r town f ee @uppty * Yoventually, a. ble * i « dug to divert the | * PRESBYTERIANS ARE 7. creek to the Bnoe) * JOINING METHODISTS. *| nisibineiptbeiaeins - } * By United Pr | s i* HELLINGHAM ‘ o ® det of H i p *) PLICATION, PLACED UNDER ARREST i * ary of a pastor, the Presby. | * terijans of the littl to * BY THE LOCAL POLICE. OPENS DOORS TONIGHT Murderous Work of Gang {iti liie town of & amet of Night Riders in g chureh a are beeomsing mem * W.} “fence” or place for recotving Tennessee. * ination. The Methodist church * t of the | stolen goods at Auburn and at sev | ee w has | be . me" peoenty & % North laces in Seattle x | (By United Press.) ® the Presbyterians 2 last Fr ly easy x | MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 21.—Col.|* * { that a men loot. It tn | RL. Taylor aged lawyer who,|***** kee keke teh “i gang of freight 00 worth o | With Capt. Quentin Rankin, was re h has been en 2 moved from the Ward hotel at Wal e robbery ts be s y jnut Log, Tenn midnight Mon Walker admits detective are a ® this jdey by night ¢ whe mur ”) worth of “plant 1 developments are 1 j dered Capt. Rankir ppeared near jreat Northern Tiptonviile to having os faars. but denies that he had ended the fate of hie partner In the Hm the actual theft. He {Maat Tennesses Land company, | goods were shipped t | Sol Taylor was in a precarions | whe hame he do Cdition after # terrible fight! and professes that ead the marshes and bayous know from what point “ Thvlor said that he and Cay shipped t disposing of ¢ ane |tdin Rankin had been hoodwinked’ Worn Out by Strenuous! rious fe xist immediately after they left the “ two years 8 lght tw bi bers of Ward hote! with the night riders Campaign of Past We Ears THNERS ri or te aG@ that the bandages were not re “) i forth mipved from their eyes until they Two Days. in the inland cit ac * Teathed Ree ot Lake There he ma — the state are doze fence WAR compelled to look on while hin (By United Press.) whom - petiner was hanged to a tree and INNATI, Ont Oct ths ago an eke cai ’ oe adios ‘with. buiets Taft arrived here at 8 o'cloc ‘of freight car loot a al a J - nes ~ . v Had Bad Record. Teylor'# neck and he woul oa bie aft oq eure pasha ther, who ears old ten hanged had not some of t 0 ee oe a og worth of goods In d, aye he poka ae tee Seterrantes the. wince he was nominated at at on pr ate service w North te on his promise that he would | “MM gies driven des have been re-|¢rn. Prior to his rewignation bis Socal ro ee caning TIBtts | ine home of hie br record w clea On several ye tate oN Taft, where he will spend the « Are Systematic Scematons. while acting sere maton | Tobia. precipitated a discussion, {irr ,iny Testing. The Republican od tea Geel ped. He swam across a bayou |), . anole ag a= tae re | oe "Bh bullets from the revolvers of |'Be d&y's speaking, and he will seek Walk | entire relaxation before starting on the ; th aight riders rainiog around him, | Si oa. ie final tour of Indiana, which is ler & terrible jo y through the) € Taylor reached Tipton. |Pecoknized as a doubtful state were hi nye, | Taft i# warming up the campaign he t ae t ever nore ni ne ry stage was ' mig Fe — « feneied The shorifts of five counties and | 7°" B mang 7 vo 1 a west of otig! i Uypet @, aided by three com would Whe to Sane 9 vlee itke a Bpproximately $3,006 t has been made to} JOHN H. LANGTON, of militia, are searching to steam whistle, to reach al! the thst | for the Night Riders. The mil-} je t . a. which are Rnowe | Manager of New Washington Hotel, Whe Today Assumes the Role 16 under the command of Cot, PCPl* that I can see at the places attio Gay ¢) Sanere of Geattic’s Leading Host. ©. Tatom, and is being directed |*t which 1 speak.” ‘ snge b¥ Gor, Patterson, who has offered an will start tomorrow on his hare fe . Walke Tonight the new Hotel Washing The opening, however, will be in), reward of $10,000 for the arrest |" of Indiana. The tour will cul Pie has been given the ton will be thrown oper the natore of « social event, atid Miho wurderers jminate at Indianapolis, where a stolen good+ tions of the organized gang it is|and today preparations many smart parties have been ar he trouble that resuited in.the| ™ODster demonstration has been Furnish Clue. certain that the stolen goods will! pteted for the entertainment ranged to take dinner there (hts of Capt. Rankin is the out planned. Detective Bam G. Corbett. be “bu a for several | 400 persons, who will gather there evening, elther before or after the wth of & controversy of a year's} @lscovered the months at least no effort will be | this evening to celebrate the open Beginniag tomorrow ing over the right of equat-| fe Wd the person made to m. In ing of Seattio’s magnificent hos the hotel will be open for ligks- to fieh in the waters of Reel of the | meantime a ots and telry from the number of igese jake, The stream is the prop about two weeks ago, detectives continue to The Motel Washington orchestra, | reservations of rooms and suites, efly of the Fast Tennessee Land several dozen val- | down every possible clue under the Sydney the hosteiry will have an auspicious | my, of which Rankin and anges teund by | Information Walker | Brown, will ograms, | beginaing Fs lor were the main stockholders oe ia ccaaas fecondhand with having 004s | fro: from 10:80 to 12:30,| | Manager Jobn H. Langdon today | ed ° . av. & between was filed in the supert to | The opening will he 5 an imjrecetved many telegrams from]. Banitary inepectors employed in and Ma To Cor. day. Conviction of this we i*\ formal affair, and no Itations brother hotel men throughout the | the bea th department today made Records Called for by the it fa due the credit of giving punishable by impriac t in the have been issued except to hotel) United States congratulating bim |Migir firet appearance in uniform. | 4 detectives their first ime penitentiary for a term of | managers of other cities and to the upon the opening aad wishing him jEmh ssn, "ss chlanting we cit Interstate Commerce information. rom » to teen years representatives of the local papers. /all sorts of success #mpioye is designated tn gold letters. | es several days Cor ‘eel | Commission. Panel ot and Special | pees t Ed Walsh arsumed charse Corbett secured « Of the man who the goods to erenenes and afternoon W was ARE BURNED TO DEATH st. by ¢ oe De ed oo Ee imek Reasedy and Lee RED'S SUCCESSOR TO deal, bat who Was powevions WOE i Captain of De REORGANIZE hin See tessnat- and Sp STAFF. | Deny Any Contract. Waish, } Exp ion officials deny that any ia Walker wae brought —_—— contract was ever entered into with ‘ation b ree : sos | Read whe: 4 secure the SE taiiroad operatives as All Those in Exposition ii" or'yin0' monthly. Mis nalace railroad Walker 4 + was fized at $490 per month, and) iy willing to talk, bat Third Frightful Holocaust) Office Will Tender no contract, they say that he disposed Resignations. in a New York City | e was at any time to se-| ee KERN’S SON WOOD WILL HAVE FREE HAND a IS DYING (Wy United Pre United Press | Steamship company and the Pacific The loca) offictals of the Alaska Coast Steamship been notified by Attorney General Bonaparte that on January 1 they must produce their freight and pas senger contract records before the laters Commerce Commission for investigation The intended Investigation ts re ceived with some alarm by the steamship officials, and {it is prob able that an appeal will be taken and the entire matter threshed out in the federal courts. Grand Jury Investigates. company have The Investigation is the result of Beods, he f a core more then Sle . ity Pec |the work of the federal grand jury mee Bay one Tenement. Junin A. Wood, ‘Wid hae vendinn |Sapaes A. Weak te cect AGE at Juneau two years ago. At that Cigars Stoten eee ere nt eee. eee eee See to - 7 BR 2s time the grand jury reported that lected by the officials of the Alaska. |Mr.,Wood tendered to the county the two steamship companies oper (By United Pres samissioners bis resignation as EW YORK, ©. t Yukon-Peeific exposition as succem | tine count missioner to the ating to Alaska were in a trust to 004 re he or to Henr eed, director ¢ keep op rates and also to grant tenes 9 ~ SSM Bee tenement fire te > Healy Mga Bhs omy A re ee affected by rebaten 8 certain shippers. The $10,000 cigars from 4) eny weeks was discovered here |@XPlottation of the exposition, will a well ondition testimony presented to the grand Weeific freight car was) oo” tcday and the urned | @##ume his duties next Monday | known former newspaper man, was ljury was taken down by a federa er é adn tted to three persons to 4 » the marning, es wit! be to.| *PBointed to succeed Mr Woes sad bell * sowed ag Ae yar of the railroads in- | Soree | t thy oe r. Wood's first act will be to! Brtorts being wade by thal | iremen controlled the fire. Several . 1 Foe 24 ton a His believed that the | custy injured in the panic that fol-|the departmen is understood | cure his retention by Mr. Wood in| ,,Th* city officials wilt account of the fact that the Inter fe respoosit r both arrival of the engines | that the resignat of the entire the publicity department, but inam| jadi tom w ning one) had re rescued by th ce and | Staff will be placed in the hands such as Mr. Merrick has been e| peated that the work w sire | State mmerce Fear 0 or aged re Be gang was just com with difficulty of Mr. Wood so that he may not be | verely criticised by exposition off | several days The theatres are to | no ermined the status of the ie 10 Operate extensively I) Og: ire had the last person been pered in his work. His agree cigin, it ext unlikely that | Fire Marshal” Ralloag | Companies Sf the road operatives. |... trom the blazing building b with the expe n officials he will be and Bullding Inapect jrant Commission to Decide. actual the employ | 4 OP tae the central offies at he shall have ite con } It now claimed that the atte members of r ‘te fateat ting 6 the of the employ general has ad 4 United tetectives. | r a dren as re| Mr. Wood's task L at Juneau, to produce the has con- | SB a a Saunas bi i t eas and testimony given before 7 ne cer one TO TAX AMENDMENT (°°)... (00°00 men comp the gang)... went " adleen ot the tion for exple o clita panies to have their records ready fccomplished sleddit | Son. erage Beet dicooves poses has already been , A <epauipe., ———-—--«e= and the commission will give a de eae least four $004 | cco had fis origin in the to the time he eft he « State Railroad Commis ton it ts prot med by Its Advocate cision in the matter fe under strict surveil ad expended $79,000, a € }to ask the legislature to tax rai the build in the base ” ‘ M connection with the latest ‘Ye pect Ay Racor an ithose connected with the expos! siner Addresses Cham- | roads for state purposes only. This Ht fe said that th actions | a <0 + |tlon who are unkind enough to #a l would leave the burden of railroad , . waiter shafts and obtained a star Refers, no matter how ex-| Valter shafts and obtained 6 wdre|that the money has not been well ber of Commerce. | property on the jes, cities and ot clea of eo Mn ws ew P 4 cis spent — = | towne out « owe loca Will not cl m Gh ne weg) Form) pen | \* ne wi ithow th mer 1] WHE the gang of which! “thstantly the inmates bec Reed Criticises Board. | Tho speech delivered at the! taxation. Thi would be & mani Be thought t A MeMHYET| Danicatricken and in ail stage Reed is now in Portla Chamber of Commerce meeting] [st Injustice ger hyena One Gang Responsibie attire rushed | the street tt ya bay Fi either extravagance in state affairs —e os * + om, (anaes Teaae tote the strs eae Oreaonlen OF that esterda oon by State Rail-| or a discrimination in favor of rail (By United Press.) with Great . ice and firemen had to f le by @ written contract entered | against the proposed constitutional The burden of taxation should - jured when fn handiir x way through to reach the upper » with him that he was to get/ amendment providing for a com-| be equally distributed on all classe trove 1 this village today dees. {Ie of Uh sli 19 large a salary as any other em, plete change in the matter of fixing |of propert This the present + fe lo awept the looting of ¢ st ones af p of the exposition, and that and levying taxe has awakened | provision of the constitution, The | SYO ere fil K de Poads has been nc hed WALKING O8 A WAGER when he insisted upon being paid | the taxpayers of the city to the fact| purpose of the amendment would | mruction tn ite t ‘ X we th, the amount paid | that they have a serious matter to| equalize on the same class only ery building in t wa same gang (By United Pross.) per month, the a@ t paid | that t - wrecked. Farm } 1 fact that ‘i saber of) memaieatia Ook res | the director of work on the grounds, | consider between now and election we The 1 eth , ¢ taxation wader | eeeerey, Peres nownee. ter 8 tk employe ave coun to} Ki who omplet his claim was turned down da Commissiqner awrence in @ proposed change is to remove | | fe “show in which cars| * Kir g tr 1 had no time to waste with | his speech to the chamber declared | dtreet taxation for state purposes! Suffragists Meet Here. | 004s 7 1 is hed 4 Me men who repudiated their con-|that he was not opposing the|from the people, But ts this wise?| ‘The fortieth annual convention cat] Pallroad det: ne ith eee steeees tract,” Reed is quoted as saying,|amendment as a member of the}Showld not government remain|the National Woman Suffrage ims of t e Despite | om ‘and therefore resigned.” railroad commission, but as a citt|elose to the people in taxation as|ctation, which closed today in Buf Afficuitie uae t pe Reed also says that he was glad|zen and a taxpayer |-well in other matters? falo, N. Y., weceptgd the {nvitatjon that th ; a to get away from a very disag The proposed amendment,” sald| Commissioner Lawrence went] extended by Mrs. Emma Smith De t N Northe vy at te job The only friend he had | Commissioner I ence yractical.|into the dangerous features of the | voe of Seattle and will hold it ext thin 200 " the exposition board, he aid, | ly wipes out all constitutional re | proposed amendment He was) convention in Seattle during the ex The exteten: President Chilberg, who|strictions ns to revenue and taxa|given close attentio | p< wition, v8 | | WREATHS FOR THE LIVING Under the title tributes some Heart-Hunger feeling verse an Everett woman today con- Wreaths for the Living” con- the test, which curately deseribe the longing for the kind word and loving approval that is so heartfully given when the loved one is no more. , Today's mail brought in a big batch of letters amusing and pathetic The Mra. Whitten, 2711% Grand av., with many following stanzas Everett some M. L. suggestions are by WBAR" HUNGER Love me now while Iam living. Do not wait till am dead, If your lev worth the giving ife be shed ars of anguish The standing of the contestants toda Jacob Furth, 28 John L. Wilson, 28; W. H. Sutherland ank MeDe 15; John F. Miller, 13; James A. Agnew, 11; W. H. Moore, 10; A. L. Cohen, 11; Col. A. J. Blethen, 9; W. P. Trimble The Star's “Wreaths for the Living” contest for the pur pose of getting out a popular vote on persons of prominence whose lives will be briefly portrayed in that spirit of heart which is almost kept exclusively until after death. During life, the good are ¢ yoked while that with which fault ma. be found is set forth in display type. There are many promt nent men, whose appearance “in type” is frequently tn connec tion with a “roast,” and yet {f their whole careers were bal anced up the good would complete mother the bad. The Star proposes to have its readers pick out twelve of these. Make your choice, fill out the accompanying blank and mat 3 I desire to suggest bject of ar (Signed)