The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 12, 1908, Page 1

EDITION VOL. 10. NO, 223. IDGE AY DECLINE TO SEAT oe rrive GAYS HE WILL NOT TILL Sci Sis ne PAINT OF SUSPICION 2°35 S0S"8 MH REMOVED FROM _iswiite'stere ay e of thi must be & al “~ r | abse beyond eriticiam, and I © THE COURT Ebi! a . |flee to which olected ee if in doing eo I be compe 1 jto associate w man against wh ere might be the slightest of suaplet Judge Is Worried. * wor that have 1 Y USELESS CHARACTER OF THE | éround « PROPOSED INVESTIGATION BY BAR COMMITTEE IS REVEALED. Seattle Star Conducts State-Wide Investigation " Into the Matter With Very Significant Re- sults—Witnesses Will Not Testify. That Judge Chadwich &reat er the m Was aber of the state of the f Seatt! : , : dwick stands ashington demanded that it do so, The St estate of Washington demanded that it ne Stary. ime county in which he has lived since Sunday last conducting a thorough investigation | for 23 years is shown in the vote . " ‘ a nevi given him at the primaries in § as become known as the state supreme court scan Seoubee. 2 9.004 Os cant, duane @rcsult of this inve ion, there stanc ut first and | Chadwick received 3,¢ Only 14 he conclusion that the inquiry to be made by a com-| Yoters 18 his entire county fatled met * | to vote for him. femembers of the State © Association cannot result & Nuzum ts Cautious. gtory finding. Without power to compel witnesses | From Colfax L returned to Spo re it, this committee will be unable to secure the | kane und there called apon Rich sary to a proper conclusion. ard Nesum, of Newem & Nusom . = bl + | attorneys Mr. Nesom wae not hpittee is composed of honorable men there] at ait inclined to discuss the mat . That these men will do all in their power tolter to any great extent. He de duties asked of them is also unquestioned. But} clared that he didn't know any can do will be unsatisfactory) not only to the | Ming about It, and denied that any , ; | letters had ever becn given him Gf lawyers of the state, but to the public in genera Ta ok that Gordon Wisgrace of the casting of suspicion upon the in on him before . his Supreme court of the state final parture from Spokane | le it true, Mr. Nasum be wes MAKES A WIDE SEARCH FOR FACTS. ohn. “ak von bene fo lear nie seasion letters that refle the integrity of Judge Root 1 ba letters. in my waa the reply the past four days re The Star t upon cities have imterviewed Mames have been in any way drawn into the affair ntatives of f the state, and presc no such Mlatives have spoken also with scores of lawyers Will you deny that such let part of the state and in the Sound cities, and the} ters do exist? rh : I know nothing about it s t only throug slativ nvest Opinion is tha hrough a legislative investiga Supposing. Mr. Nesuna, that. The truth ever be learned. Pe proper understanding of this entire affair may Mmecessary to go hack to the charge that M. J. Gor years attorney for the Great atm railway fave up his position after a shortag Star should make the statement that, letters reflecting upon the to tegrity of Justice Root were ia os istence, Where would we get off in the matter? Mr. Nusum be of approxi reflected a moment i had been found in his accounts got the rail-|and then deciared me et jf was not mace c at th b “ “Inaamuch ae it is quite possible ‘ at’ “ ; t vo ecut " ps ay by th | that these letters, if they do extat . np prosecwtion was mace | oust reflections upon others, aad fecent publication of the Gordon matter, | for that reason it aight preve im | possible to ever secure pomeosston of them for purposes of evidence it would seem to me to be unwine d abroad a statement to the effect that, Judge Gordon claimed that a portion accounted for had found its way into the! for « newspaper to atate positively pmoot of the supreme bench of the state. This} that such letters exist.” one or more Seattle newspapers prior to} Can De Nothing. pe that it might be used to the end that] 1 asked Mr. Noxum what he ited at the election one week ago last Tues-| thought of the Fy ag to be fwas not used, however. Instead, Root was| Conducted by ¢ mere Bae neue nce, and within a few days thereafter px abel peg = Eh alsa neg frank tn hie anewer B the request of Root for an investigation by| “guch a committee can do Members of the State Bar Association jnothing. They have no power to SAID TO FIGURE IN THE CASE. call witnesses, Ae far a¢ tam generally rumored that before his departure concerned. | have so Intention whatever of appearing before such Gordon had visited the office of Nuzum|} ¥s, of which firm Richard Nuzum is one of a committes, even should | be sent fer And aside from this, as « friends, and declared to them his intention to and turned over to them certain lette close friend of Judge Gordon, it ts not unilkely that I may be engaged Bfeflect upon Judge Root, and to implicate in im an official, or officials, of the Great Northern « which|t defend him, and for that rem son and various others I don't be/ | ieve I should discuss the matter further with you.” Mr. Nusum bowed me to |the door and bade me good day. With what I Statement w ade that these letters had been Chadwick of Colfax, supreme court judge-elect Chadwick, after reading them, had announced| what has been brought to me thing was satisfactorily explained, he would | from Chee soe Tacoma, a. ie Seat woon the benc wr 4 Jean be reached but one conclusion 4 er bench with Judge Root | regarding the coming Btate Bar as With the information contained in these variows| sociation investigation. No one Qed rumors that The Star began its investigat, takes it seriously, Hardly a law yor that I have apoken with bat condemns thie method of tn ett ie a a i gn That it will 1 tire WETH C. BEATON Judge Gordon, and that these iet-|1%, Unsatisfactory | Is bow Zz Wash. Nov 1 The | '@F# Cast @ reflecth apen a } the ating ¢ have ® ations in Olym t the me COUT Te that eee tb Spoka ’ Gordon Root I have never seen any such let Open investigation nee SMvinces me that “ The ailing sentiment ts for ers which whould be Have you been told that such let-|a legislative investi by & tribunal having | are In exintence the } nnd to the public, the leg ‘ eethort Yes, If have jalative to eit in Olym a) mornin I paid a " Did you a . ¢ euch | pia, wherever ft dest and Wick, recently ele Reliable Information who may throw Nght upon the mat supreme You place me in a very embar.| tet Until that committee meets Very and arrives at {ts verdl seome f0 discuss.” va Sune Oo thle ean, Men te be the 1 t RAVE, Of course hou in dante nome hen oo that Justice Root 1 refrain eMamors that hu, aridue ‘tatters th ghiy invents. | from p etietpstl al a © proceed: phat has boon iol af Git deai eetieehe teen To one who has gone as deeply court, eve | desire to do All that 7 eee ee chi | aa possible into every phase of this determines the snadine th this le Mid very disagreeable situation —and he bast ton Fulani ane tee Cee ent ading on dangerous ai ven have who told me of the existence jaw th weleome bellef that ie ta tters in question a tho iS Your sea’ relly stacor- 0 Ao Wi ' : the men who accused have the ee seul. i man, and one whe rts tke a phn Bave been satint . annot doubt ‘ ij h prt ie that tru.’ ee eee Sea Xo" | theoneh whiet t ne Won't Take Office yg ‘ott f th twit Know that 1 } n't W whore i Peo Went, wut | o in ' fudg Mreiinstancey « t ted to J Chad: | we ¢oundation - . OM upon th t wae n : of i ae an that he § ally ft . am MAS Hispert w| oat t ict, or uy; ' : — muehtont tt he i 1 vet t ' hen | peng at mY ‘ ‘ fet A ' Jud fi o Te said 1, . if ee gelntent A th yea Nun & . - > ore tadoee wad ut at y Papi .8 f * ON THE BENCH personally learned |‘ in Colfax, Spokane and Seattle, ead | THE SEATTLE STAR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8 TTLE, WASH,, TAIKE Northern Ratiw y company, and in geked for a retrhe tion! Judge Gordon's confidence iw theT ability of the ratlroad clear him ia significant, at nd: Would seem to cor pression that certain any exiat—might fi honor of one or mor ern railway officals. Richard Nurum practically ade mits that wuch léttors exist Judge Chadwick undoubted! that letters “requiring an ex] on” are in the hands off upon the ‘eat North: bes plar some one Why Stir it Why stir thi 1 a man who ow all about tt question of $300 anywa When 1 told J what had Int tell him who the man wa express himself for two. And then he said Thirty cents, or $30, or $30,000! What's the differe Any man who te even suspected of Improper 4 judge in any court owe it to himself and to} who elected bim to step) Up? matter up at all? is supposed to It's only a Chadwich vald—and t idge 6 couldn't moment or and out Surely, of alt! things, our courts should be beyoud suspicion Judge Chadwick didn't bave any: | ody in mind when be made this) statement. But there in food for) thought in what he said. | Te ee * * THERE ARE OTHERS. ~ (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 Th dinminnal art because of George M postmaster of Seattle of political activity * has been followed by « strong # hint that the civil service com # mission bas under investiga * Ue re number of post * * * a w ra on similar charges. sees eeteee eet eee eee ee ee ee | Historic Paintings Burned. DUBLIN, Nov. 12-~—The council chamber of the Dublin city hall | Was gutted by fire yesterday and/ the ctty hall iteelf had « narrow | jencape from destruction. All the paintings In the rooms of the coun- «ti chamber, many of which were of historte interest, including the well-known pletare of Daniel O'Con nell, were destroyed. DEFICIT ‘It Is $16,910,278.99 for | Fiscal Year—Largest ‘By United Press.) Bou Nov. 12.—Post- er General George Von L. ever today announced that the postal deficit for the last fieal year was $16,910,278.99, the great. lest im the history of the country; BIG. POSTAL = 12, 1908. PRICE ONE CENT ° SEATTLE’S NEW POSTOFFICE IS OPEN 45,000 square feet; | we moved to the new building | fire The new f “gh Bid be dis uring 4 truck loads, | patched on the 17th tnstan lerical t ,| during the night in truck loads, | pat : clerical force, 186; carriers’ force and the office opened this moraing An innov mn in the local office 162; contract stations, 39. without any delay or confusion installation of mereury r " whateve It ie an on le record One can stand before _ A #tady An contrast—that is what | Pt edit in due te Postmaster 1 the shadow will be the difference is betwoen the dark.) srowart and his ataff, who super- ly perceptible, The light th 1 ramped quarters at First av. and jiteuded removal, Ev carrier | pe the face, howeve 4 University st. which have sufficed was out on time this morning and a t be distinguished the Seattle postoffiee for the past during the night not a train was f decade and the new, commodious, iiiseod arters are sufficient for light and airy quarters in the new Post ; Come. {all present demand aid Pe Federal building which opened to Fixtures Vet to Come. ceeatey Bartenee. "A pupebation. al diag The stamp division closed t te must witimat be ir bh ree ours eariic « ae n . emeumaeed - Moving Well Handled. sight three hours cariler os stalled, however count of the necessary early re Giosing the stamp and money or-| moval of racks, those destined for Effe eer @ivision but three hours earlier service in the new building being ted Tend the others at the usual time, burned in the factory at St. Paul the equipment, furnishings, furnl. recently. The mahogany fixtures assigned to the nt dintrict tity and other postal paraphernalia, for the chambers of Judge Han-| and the other to the University ¢ Weighing a total of over 100 tons, ford were destroyed in the same | trict rae ORMLEY WILL TRY TO STAY IN OFFICE ME ysincvaery” CHARLES DANA GIBSON IS COMING TO SEATTLE SQUABBLE. | WILL BEGIN A SERIES OF PEN AND INK SKETCHES OF “BURLY WESTERNERS” OF PUGET SOUND COUNTRY. (By United Press.) NEW YORK, Nov. 12—Charles Dana Gibson is on his way to Se attle today to begin » series of pen and ink sketches of “burly which he wan elected, Matt H.| Westerners,” which will appear in the magazines. This new work Jey, the present county tress | follows Gibson's failure to make a success of the work in oi! painting, Urer, will attempt to retain bi®| whieh he undertook when he bade a fond farewell to the proud girl ow. in black and white who bears his name, and set off for the Latin Mr. Gormley would neither deny | quarter of Paria more than a year ago. But the camel's hair brush nor affirm this etatement today, and and the canvas failed to produce anything in colors that could claim tefused to diecuss the question, but the distinction of the graceful black lines of the Gibson girl. it In Known that he and his frien It Is rumored about the publishing houses that the heart of the are determined to hold the office Gipson girl has been captured at last, that she has met her fate in wail the question of appointing &) the person of a broad shouldered, deep o d “man from Puget @uccessor can be fully passed upon | sound,” and that Gibson is going out to investigate the affair. by the courts er ace agtinemmnnaineel Russe!) Cannot Qualify. Cormley’s friends claim that Rus eet, although elected, cannot quality for the office after accept: | fag the position as postmaster, even | fer the purpose of resigning im Mediately afterwards and clearing Russell’s Appointment as| Postmaster Causes Complications. Ta view of George F. Russell's iment as postmaster, and the «area that he will not qualify) for the office of county treasurer, = OFFICIALS VACCINATE ° HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN ° way for the county commis Pupils| | practically all of whom are attend sidhers to exercixe thelr preroga-|J ay, ber upils Ine schoo! tive of appointing © man to th ge Nom P Almost 800 of these children have ace’ Attended by Board bee en vaccinated since last Moni ney. On the showing that Russell has }when the formal vaccination order of Health. FAIR TONIGHT AND EAST WINDS. CHADWICK BREAKS HIS SILENCE GN SUPREME COURT---RAILWAY SCANDAL THE WEATHER rrimhy; ° LIGHT | | HUNDREDS DEAD IN MIN EXPLOSION OCCURS AND A FIRE IS | were at work RAGING. Miners Caught in Colliery and Rescuers Are Powerless. ee ef * - * HAMM, West Phalia, Ger # * many, Nov. 12.-—Bulletin—The * * Lokal Anzeiger, after a care & * ful investigation, estimates * * the number of dead in the & & mine disaster to be 327, * * * ae i ee (By United Press.) HAMM, West Phalia, Germany, Nov. 12—Three hundred and twen- ty-two men are believed to be elther dead or doomed in the burning Bad- bod coal mine near here. An ex- plosion of fire damp shattered the workings last night, and the fire quickly followed. Rescuers today are blocked by the wreckage, flames and fumes, and are unable to reach the chambers where the men are imprisoned. | Three hundred and sixty men In the mine at the |time of the explosion. Thirty-eight escaped, but one of these died to- day, and several others are fatally hurt. The fire in the mine is now burn- ing fiercely, and it will be imposel- ble to enter it for several days. Practically the whole population of this city of 40,000 people has gath- ered in the vicinity of the mine, and hundreds of relatives of imprisoned men are in the horror stricken crowds. After the first explosion there | were several others, which it is be- lieved communicated the fire to all parts of the mine. WILL LOCK ~ HORNS Harriman and Hill to | Fight for Supremacy on the Coast. (By United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, lov. 12. Financiers here say that E. H. Har- |riman and James J. Hil, the two | greate railroad magnates in the world, are preparing to lock horns in a battle for the control of trans eg in the west and on the cific coast. Followers of rail road construction say today that the battle beginning in the North- west will be fought out along the coast into San Francisco, and point to the various acquisitions of Valua- t ified, those who have ral- | went into effect, and there are now/ ble rights-of-way that have been pm See aster peony tl. {Ned ates support of Gormley wit! | | about pr tapes jis who are vacein | made by parties Interested In one pst Po te ‘faunal oval t that he haw never held the/ |ated and out of school or the other of the two roads during aral free delivery routes, | ort therefore that there can be! ince september 1, when it was| The Anti-Vaccination league will) the past few monte ; : Postmaster General Meyer de | #® vacancy first announced that vaccination) hold a mass meeting in the Labor PRD capes: Coes baggie y clared that the establishment of Bay Gormiey te Out. would probably be enforced in the| Temple tonight, at whieh the ae ie lt Ban — — aa this parcels post would wipe out the! Jp contradiction to this ts the! public schools, the officials of the/cination order will ft disc are pr aap sonal = dros pen go deficit ultimately by making the | egal clause whieh stipulates that health department have vaccinat-|from the viowpeent bed brn es) the Hertha te ws temnaunll ane ral delivery self-supporting. Thelthe county treasurer shail serve ed approximately 1,400 children, | oppose compulsory vaccination | eovelenmaanl iy tantman that aan ipts for the t fiscal! tour years. Gormley, having ab | cx SE = = = | cake away trom the Hil! toads the : $101.070,068.41, Sad: UO] pegdy. served four years, the op yesterday as a possible| much better than that of treasurer, | valuable traffic of that section res Were $208,261,886. The| ar 1908 eipts for the fiscal y ed th of the fiscal year by $7,893,657.84 The postal recetpte for r, 1908, showed a neral ase | over the receipts for the same month last year, The statements of the receipts from the 56 largest postoffices in the United States show that New York received §1 04,797.69 during this month, a 6 per ce Increase over the receipts he same month last year, San neiseo {8 high on the list, with 92,698.06, an increase of nearly 6 per cent over October, 1907 YOUNG SWINDLERS ARE ARRESTED Charged with defrauding sev local pawnbrokers by dixposin » metal closely resembling platt num, Alvin Davidson, a clerk, R i Kay, a ond av. pew two dw wgo that he had been indled by Davidson “i ald the ope 1 ; hear clowe re blance to platt num and w t all but the bab ble tent Heliker Appointed ‘ ' - 4 ' posing faction contends, Is but In| Mr. R naturally not re ~ of the commissioners. sell was out of the running and Oya Hee hie recent stinging. defent | luciant « pce Bogda tio a So oe for reelection aa, commissioner, it| he realized that political affairs in fet Of office expires om t/i# not thought the commissioners] the county thereby became some The law behind ow power of| Jould risk the danger of popular| what complicated. Mr, Russell has the cammisstoners to make appol prowal which would be certain | not yet announced his appointees to an es: “0 nick th ’ otic ; “ te jow such an appointment Bn ay postof fi ayn h the office may : 1 ‘¥ newly elected comuniasioner from | = Lag oe pee death, | er iret district. M, J. Carrigan, ee Hapeemation, removal, change of res not vote for Beckingham, and | Mence, conviction of crime, refusal | POUld Yok Noe oe selieved to be any | * BEZEMER JAILED. or neglect to take the oath of | Re Srlendhy with the eabuccenstall © office, or give or refusal to renew to friendl - (By United Pre * andidate . ‘ bond. decision of & competent | nr end Gordon, another | * a r LLINGHAN, Nov. 12— # tribunal declaring the election or) oenee ob the feneeh ceording to word receives appointment void, or a judgment | AMdidat , * from Mount Vernon this after- # election, are rallying to urge his " far ach of bond. All these con : h the mame} # Boom, Leo Bezemer, the alleged # 4 are in such language that ima for the office, an € si Me! > bleckmaiior, was lodged th the & oe of J, P. Agnew, defeated candidate * not : bo apply only to an existing office | 0! J.P. AKhe wen mentioned # Skagit county Jail today. Den er In any event, it is understood that | * emer at nels co bt ae S Courts Must Decide. Pe dr gh yy Bet sners name|* man who held up Kd Bnglish, Umtows the present plans are ma| will be pledged to take cure Of the) a a eee eee eee eee teriatly changed, Gormley will con-| friends of Russell who worked for tine in office until the courts de | him during the campaign. Thies will Gide either for or againat him, re mean that Lucius Maguire ow TAFT PLANS TRIP wai’ of any appointment the | bookkeeper in the offiee of Sheriff commissioners may make in the | Smith, will be the new chief deputy oie meantime in the treasurer's office if Gormley Or ales Bee The question as to whom the! is ousted | Va y comminet r may designate to There is some talk that B. ¢ " F t tuke tl ffice the all-absorbing | Brier, whe made an unsuccessful ad © t i t « R run for the offie of county auditor turn next Monda oO " abd the commissioners held a has a good chance to land the job| Taft will go t \ . pl erones ’ d-\of treasurer, in which event the| remain at the White . id © settled upas ver commissioners we Moe m hut ther the commiastone dy tr name Beeking Vico: Presid ject St R dine the nty purchasing agent rived here today, He galling Russell Is Reticent 0 oe it was f ended bi ne then ©. | Treasurer-eleet Russell would not the t uty WF ’ eve the treasure odd He | wa f a ¥ with hb affad in on That b t neet postoffies, having | Speaker ( a he he tified ; ; tickar that 8 pe | would either d ! 1 recom: | m ie or, affirm t nt me pe A hes and assuy f Charles Beckingham was men-|the 1 tmaster pays | ship Harriman has been strengthening himself in Oregon and California by electrifying his Ines and by building new ones, but Hill is ex- pected to show his hand soon when the new road from San Francises jto Oregon via Tiburon is opened. (By United Press.) NOGALES, Ari 123.—A Mexican, crazed w nk, ran amuck last ni and after ranni p and down the street, shooting into buildings, started to wh he ot at a guard Mex The gua a by th x auth pending Is MURDERED By L United Pre 1 Go Nov 2 Burt v . wht w ‘ 1 HONOLULA N »—The ind 1 v the v eae comets ‘ denne * emer!