The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 18, 1908, Page 1

ST EDITION YOR. 10._NO. 228 : BOSS ° SON GARDNER TELLS OF | NEY’S MOUNTAINOUS JOB | PASSION CAUSED AULT UPON HENEY —LINCOLN STEFFENS of His Life d by High Editor The Star: | The shocking outrage on Francts J. Heney, the graft prosecutor of | San Francisco, shows how difficult and dangerous {it t# to do justice by force of law Haas is not alone guilty, Class | passions, Inepired by political and business grafters, must be indicted with thelr assassin, who said thou sands urged him to Heney shoot, and who knew the feeling and how “it was cultivated, expected to be shot The law te on trial in San Fran cisco, and the whole country must “ 4 va express itaelf, | LINCOLN STEFFENS. doliare between wound His services, bis paged money neces- and support his wife day, he has contributed GARONER. Boston, Mass, Nov. 18 LINCOLN STEFFENS. GARONER. aU : mee i —— ee D. C., Nov. 18.—! sof Heney aed Bie Work Gre # & ee eee eee eee Francis J. Heney,| 0&8 €xpreased in the president’s| # * ater of monu-|° rds, telegraphed to Mra @ HENEY'S CONDITION. > San Francisco—a Heney —s to Mr. Spreckels. \* eiaks * m very few of his ae sk ES \* (By United Press. know~-is the fact |® SAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 18 et champion of re} ® Latest reports from Land @aak all of bis personal! | ® houpita! today continued to # | the work. | ® show a steady improvemen * bit known that he has ® In the condition of Francis ‘his life, the sacrifice | & Heney. His temperature was income may se |@ slightly above normal, and : But it counts |® every indication is that o % even to a man in such! | ®& complications will follow : ‘* is as yet de fend he sald last commer i* He is able to #} i be this work he ® take only Nquid nourtshment, # ’ ‘shout $10,000 TAt the ® wolids being denied him as yet. ® itold the fact he had less) pwing to the position of the # ¥ * * * SPER Oe TODAY FRIENDS OF BOODLER ARE ADMITTED TO COURTROOM. He wanted to know if Gallagher Judge Tells Jurors They | '* ianod to know if Gallagher Are Not to Consider | toss of San Francisco before the . board was elected and Gallagher re | Heney Shoting. | piled that Ruef wa On several occasions Ach inter rupted the wite®us with the state | period of acquaintan with each of the members of the boodling board lof eupervisors whe are to be wit nesses sgainet R He inquired minutely when Gallagher had met them and if be had ever heard that helr reputations for honesty were Net a Surprise. Was felt here when that he had been and Heney's M6 ip the department for months fked man. Nor i better than that way,” he he visited in probably will hav to By United Prose.) ment that his testimony today was has pen ‘Soames |_ SAN ANCISCO, Nov. 18-—~! gif ferent from his testimony at efforts made to| Fewer guards about the court former triais, The court instructed the attorney that this was Improper Ruef's Political Control. There is more decorum being} | malntained at the Ruef trial than at any time since the trials have been begun. Ach fatled to break down Gallagher to his testimony given on direct examination tp/ which he had declared that Ruef controled the union labor conven tion that nominated the boodling f » | building than have been stationed Cee eee ie |there since the attempt to kill F. J is daye and nights | Honey last Friday, appeared at Car y and in trying | Deaters hall thie moratng when the from unnecessary | ‘itl of Abe Ruef, exbdss of San “ {Prancieco, was resumed at the place where it was Interrupted by Haas’ attempt on Meney's life Judge Lawlor has tesued orders | that any of Ruef's friends who wish a en tiene |are to be allowed in the court room Otis, editor of the 8nd that theré is to be no limit year the work cut been doubly hard. preve which should | placed upon number except the board band ot to ipso peor | Gapestty of the court room. Attor Gallagher told of Ruefs attempt er en Hiram Jobuson wanted the to control the republican county ing Ruef, and | ®¢Y a p Bon sheets, /court to stipalate just how many of Ruef's friends could attend the eal oneal — Poe | trial, but the court refused to do so Work was all right|. At the beginning of the trial, that it was time to! Judge Lawlor admonished the fury that no attention was to be paid convention and prevent the fusion of that party with the democrats to oppose the union labor ticket | Votes Are Worth Money. Ach questioned Gallagher regard ing conversations held by him with to the Incident of Friday afternoon. | ine defendant supe from the a Learning The “transaction,” he declared, 1 | time of th the day) om the aid Of Dx. EE Eee, that he was not a entirely outside the iasues in this! o¢ their induction | office. He | retar = b aed - tate-wide seareh | Bnd charged the cor- | trial, and no attempt is to be made | iieited the information that Gal-|!" instituting a slate ls 1H courts to his sup the jury tm the case to fix the ated to the newly t. | for misaing swap by the jury tn lngher intimated to the No new gness of “bieck’ diph. oF learninx in the law responsibility for the shooting of|e4 men that their votes on the e 7, ee tae ees tw tare yay as is known here | Heney board would be worth money "| tami eee bean dieenvered une Berechels. poe gd Jury Told of Shooting them risi | Chief Quarantine to waver. it}. The fudge told the jury that| The questions of Ac free gr rhndt. Officer McGee has located the rest 7 Heney was shot by a man named/Ccovvey the impression that Galle co in Ballard to which Mra, Dan ff the task had become tor in ¢ nad be cons Haas, who has since taken his own | Sher alone was the temp 3 ght senf her little daughter from 8 9 - life in the county jaf], and that| Dritery and ™ = had no se ted premises, just before Arrayed against |Heney 1s out of danger. The judge| Whatever to do with «a the quarantine was placed Who almost wingic-hand. |Sdmonished the jury that only the /AC)'0Hm 0) ne ible Kept Woman Ignorant trying to make right | {acts directed to the charge tn the| , 4 on te Sod rhe coe eee aan ael de a " : ch was errupted he woman 0 took are Si Srong. And on it ail | complaint Peaape no Ruef is belng| Metrict Attorney O the little girl was a Mra. Hansor fngratitude log | ttled can be considered deter: | 7m none . vit eine hows i ‘ ell food | ining the question of the gullt or ~ ny ened eet, tates eee co iene and were Meten. imnocence of the defendant a ck wen t ps feited by the dea nalig tis . boodiing supervisors, took the stand | Ach If retort. as pit raf ee atone 21 sanets i dh this time that an | {OF cross-examinatior He had | nwyer took ¢ ption o « that Mra, Danbright had SUMS Sopented. written so | already told the whole story of Ach then said t ts remarkable | @) d her throat, but ox vider welt te Mr.|graft on direct examination by |, hee ee ne end tae te an boa ad : - fren The purpose of thin | Hene t the crossexamination of 5 ott rl wa Was to uphold | : Pho fivet ghection ached by | "On oO Seiwa the ver? mat eee tes . * it had Henry Ach was as to whether Gal-| ¥ no a us we - ted Big removed , aM i -revivd eiy| shor had talked with the new at-| tre eee ending this, wy | eth bonttle . ose fn t seamed + lagher sald that he had attended a | °* : om. ae 1s Pande tie ‘acio * 7 wed pe bs pe « erence of the attorne ‘or ne |" * wits vad 7 vee hin anger ver Bose And it 1 nforence of the attorneys for the |i) comes with bad grace the uy . Roth Spreckeis feney | Prosecution and that they had been| 1 ecation to attempt to} red me who came UD thetr belt t once | Sven @ copy of his testimony at the |! Soper ery ne | with the pe . had fae ant tia perma us on the atand for |e Gordon hom Quizzed by Ach three days he dt xam- | wf ; . President Ach led Gallagher er his entire’ ination of the 5 eoution t : e : h PART GF MRE VATT FWE WHOLE FATT | MASKED ’ THE SEATTLE STAR | SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1908, THUGS: BEAT AND ROB WOMAN GUILTY OF AWFUL BRUTALITY. ‘Mrs. J. R. Howard At.) tacked by Men Who Enter Her Home. Brutally asetulted tn her own home by a masked robber, Mrs. J R. Howard, of 1962 11th av. N was found by her husband in a hysterical condition shortly after § o'clock last night. One of Mra Howard's * wee blackened and aimost swollen shot. She was so badly frightened that It was sey eral hours before she could tell & connected story of the assault Mra. Howard saye she was read ing, about § o'clock last night, when the mt door opened and tn i two masked burgiars. With & word of warning the taller of the two bandite struck the wom an in the face with his clenched fist, knocking her down. As she lay mbitng. the robber gruffly fold her he would kill hor if she made a nolee The ruffian then ransacked the house but obtained nothing of value. When Mr, Howard returned home he found his wife half dead with fright The pollee were notified but no trace of the bru thuge wae fon or : RUEF'S CHAUFFEUR T0 FIGHT EXTRADITION (By United SACRAMENTO. 18.— J. BE. Harper, of Ban Francisco, at torney for Alex Lathan, Abe Ruef's ex-chauffour, who was captured In Portiand by an sgent of Detective Burns, telephoned to the governor's office this morning that he is on his to Sheoramento. Harper will oppose the fasuance of extra dition papers. The hearing will be held upon sarees arrival ou a wesso. STATE MAY AID IN HUNT y RUNAWAY SUSPECTS ArT 1 HAVE EVADED OFFICERS. Believed All Danger of Diphtheria Epidemic Is Over. Unless the health authorities ¢ cover some traces of John Gordon, Mre. Mary Leigh, and one of Gor don's who broke Gordon sisters, recently placed on the Rainier boulevard. Crichton will quarantine residence, at 615 Health Commisstone f tent, § i 1 rms wl the O42 Intend 1 ot theme full ext f the law Has Too Much Cargo When the 1 " , Mi ta put on 't \ ! will en the " rm BURGLARS| OCCASIONAL BHOWERS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY; COOLER TONIGHT. PRICE ONE CENT OF COUNTY RING SEEKS JOB J. SMITH WANTS TO BE KING COUNTY TREASURER WHAT VAN VLISSENGEN POLITICAL BOSS IS A WROTE OF STENSLAND (By United Pr A remarkable SASS SP. BURIED W SENG CHILDREN AND A FEW FRIENDS OF HAAS AT HIS BIER. Postmaster-Treasurer Mud« ) dle Still Far From Nov. 18 commentary which must to bis own career was found in the effects of Peter Van Vile Settlement. CHICAGO, apply sengen, the confessed forger of deeds amounting to nearly « goil lion dollars, today P. J. Smith, former cc In @ book was written @ comment on the case of Paul O. Stens il , >unty com, Pastor Refuses to Allow] sana, tne chicago bank wrecker, who fled to Morocoo, where be {\™ at taka tae 7 Y fi be “ ounty rin, * the latest aspiran' Services to Be Held was captured, Stonsiand is now in prison. Van Vilssengen wrote for the honors and emoluments of the county treasurer's offic It Is not to be supposed that Stensland deliberately resolved u e. Just the Church to rob the poor people who trusted him. Such f# not the histor bie) k Mr, Smith entered the race 4 4 f the defaultor. His downfall begins with « trivial irregularity. | fy, mpomm: Dut it ts certain that £ Again, you yield to temptation and find that you have done nobody me coun commissioners. uthe BAN PRA aited Prose.) tasks harm—that 18, nobody only yourself. You go on and finally you | [0'¢ Abraham and Beckingham, get tended by just a few friends and are forced to choone between forgery and the wreck of your hopes. | *" U"bampered chance to make the hi# four little children, the body of The time comes when hope of restitution ix.gone and the |/SPPolntment, Smith — will be et Mees. the tape who ahot uulter faces conviction a8 4 common felon. Groping down tn hile tee eres, by Cae SME Wines: tea-cnarounes trdek of his charactor he chooses whether he will pass the |. Atide from the candidacy of Mr, Killed imecif, was given the last | Temainder of his life a @ fugitive from justice or will make a | S™th, the county treasurership 1 rites today. The ceremonios were || clean broast of it and serve the justly earned sentence.” Stee mete 5 hana tly eee t canto 4 4 les has taken a hand in the mat- ae sted by Bald Karte Tribe Ne Receiver Niblack sald today that he will not reveal the names ter and his activity is causing con- > Fle we Men, -. bat ong Pee ha ye of Van Vilasengen’s victime unless he Ie forced to do 0. They are | *iderable unfavorable comment by- {hk @hurch to which Haas be listed in a ecret card index, kept by the forger, which ts being wells tray hes ren a4 oye , a eo a ‘ . ry county office made the haa refused to conduct the guarded by the receiver medium of political exchange. F Candidat Services at Residence eS cgs acca lh core SSSR Th are now five candidat vices were held at the Smith, Luctus McGuire, Ben Levy, of the would-be weno Dr. E. C. Brier and Matt Gormley, Mra Haas was pot present. She who has th e legal points ae- sti]! in bed and may not recor corded to possession : from the whock she suffered tron What George F. Russell intends the Incidents following the att to do, no one aside from himself jon Heney’s life by her husband knows, and it is @ question as to The funeral was pathetic T | whether he bas made up his mind. Were but few flowers and shane | Whatever he does, he apparently served but to acce e the ugly jhoids the key to the solution of the wound on bie forehead, the merk | proble m. He can pay no further at- of Which the undertakers were un |tention to the office and leave the Abie t© obiiterate. The body lay In matter entirely in the hands of the & Cloth. covered casket. at the head | courts to decide whether or not of Which sat the dead man's four | Matt Gormley can continue; he can )Httle children, too frigh mi to ery | quality and resign and allow the jamd to young to eratand the jcounty commissioners freedom to |tefribie position fn which thei jexercise their choice, or he can father's crime had left them | practicalls | the office. dictate who shall have Police on Guard. A cordon important positions under him, but at the same time he feels that the dignity of bis new office prectudes sthewais to ‘prevent any pouibic| ROCKEFELLER TELLS|FIFTY ARE WANTED) ,,, ,.0vwi's Position, cetreme. ne — —_S led with OF HIS EARLY FOR HARBOKS - sein ot bes Ho fulfill the idle Gubaihore Usergs ST. Mas DAYS. | AND RIVERS. 1&5 cortadn’ pacnona Wee wove t NeME ows read the services. As he read | “Geath enters into the marble nate Of lexisiation” a shudder thirowkh the room. Hut eight car ‘| Testifies to Birth of the|Secretary of War Makes " him from becoming a party toa riage followed the hearse to Odd Standard Oil Forty Recommendation for |jscramble for jobs. He is con- Péliows cemetery. The body was| “ fronted by a dilemma which is un- plbeed in & vaull, where it will Hie Years Ago. | Year's Work. |satisfactory to him whatever way UME! After the coroner's Inquest to | jhe acta merrow | |} It has been suggested to him that = a (By United Press.) Tea AHHH be may dictate to the county com- NEW YORK, Nov. 18—John D./}# missioners the name of a man to be Rockefeller, king of Standard Of1,|# STATE APPROPRIATIONS. * | selected or approved by tome or all te cqacstitan pidne tock en ol * , Miof the civic bodies. The idea ts with trembling : ® Puget sound, $130,000; Ta ®/ that the public in a general way j Hees stand and with faltering volee,)@ coma harbor, $40,000; Grays */ might unite on some business man almost timorously replied to quee|@ harbor, $181,000. * |removed from politics and political tions before Commissioner Frank- | # *® ‘obligations who could perform the Ferris in the government sultiy yy uy eee e 444% % # duties of county treasurer in an ac- Mawolve the ndard Ol] com-| ceptable manner. With the under- pany of New J When he ar (By United Press.) standing that the county commis irived at the Federal building, he WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.—fifty |sioners should appoint this man, Mr. was greeted by a crowd of 100 re-| minion dollars is the aggregate of | Russell could qualify for the office porters and 50 photographers the appropriation recommended by|and immediately resign. Replying to questions as to when | prig, Gen, William L. Marshall Bon Levy Spoken of; his ¢ tion with the Standard| cniet of engineers of the United | hb tes “ | In this connection Ben Levy is on ny began, Rockefeller| states army work on rivers " 3 frequently spoken of. For years j sald : _|harbors and fortifications for ae has bec in: thi onsale tuneien Not Inter than, 1862 and not /coming fiscal year, in, his annual sfrice ang understands the work im |report submitted to Sec 3 leve ts an | He was! Wer Luke E. Wright today every detail, It fs conceded that he lis well, if not better equipped for carrying on the office than any per son who could be chosen at ran- |dom | There is some opposition of a per- sonal charaétter against Mr. Gorm- ley’s retention of the office, but $20,000,000 is application on river nd $21,000,000 rivers and Approximately recommended — for existing contracts for harbor improvements for general work on harbors, including examination, surveys and contingencies, $2,000 000 for work proposed by the Mis #* Of | sissippi river commission. en For Fortifications. jearlier than 1860 Ap attorney suggested 5 a young man ) Somewhat younger than I |now,” replied the witness, with s i faintly flickering emile that soon questions died away ! |. Ih answer to further | he said | In 1867 all the warehouses, refinery and the sales busine: } the | based on the law, which distinetly provides that the county treasurer shall not hold office for more than Rockefeller and Andrews w tirely absorbed by Rockefeller and Tusa.” The sum recommended for forti-|tWo terms. The law contemplates SeereneOet > MILL i ws ee kk Phin wing 4 32, of which the |that the office shall be thoroughly . esi ‘ rth estimates are /OVerhauled once every four years COMPANY CLOSES eet naar & Pcyrns! tsition one tar ea const, batteries |DY & person with no interest in his BIG DEAL. the compan At Manila, $449,000 for repairs and|PTedecessor, and Mr. Gormley's Mr. Flagler was a man of large Pearl harbor, Hono-| critics Insist that the law is a wise cia | business capacity and;ja valuable 7,100 for the defense | one. Said to Have Turned Over jon,” replied the oil king Fia., for the modern-| Opposition to Smith. p The witness then said he did not | izing of eniplacements, gen-| ‘That almost any other solution Its Business to An- change the form of his business | era $500,000, electric installa-|than the one that would put P. J. afta until January, 1870, when | tions $984,2 and for searchiights | gmith ir e would be accept- other Concern. & number of distinguished capital: | $907,000 able to ° ia evident. Beck - _ ~ iste were in the formation Commenting on the fortification) an appointment would arouse in- i wigee ff the Btandard O11 company of | of lar possess! the report/tense resentment, which would, VANCOUVER, I. Co t¢/Ohio, with a capital stock of| refers to the “very necessary addi-| however, be without effect. Ruther | . $1,600,000 nal defenses at Manila |ford and Abraham, at the very least A close friend of G. W. Steteon,|” He | said The Standard Oil Important. Estimates. lealculation, have political debts to prewide 4 George EB. Bradley,|company of Ohio took over the| , npeta that if the amount|PAaY to Smith, and they rele « asurer of the Stetson ty and business of Rockefe it ce ce ee ap-| Position to flout any public protest I . r er and Cor Roc elle An " $2,000 If the board as s now ¢ tituted — — " jrews & ( nd Rockefeller, Ar vailable during |™made the appointment there would declares that a deal haw t we and Flagler—in fact all of tyan hat a sul {be Beckingham to act with Ruther closed wh any ha b which I was inter t vided and {ford and Abraham te make it unani- heen. aold Washing ested. Up to this time the t ‘ in an ef-| mous, and if the appoint was lam oncerns for $3,000,000,|has been one steady growth ir be not made until after M. J. Carrigan Both gentlemen arrived in Van. commercial and financial ine ok office, there would sti the eouver th ning, and refuee Ve had p ther iness. : ten ngainet bina to den the deal. The T i feller's second Ya nein tate he they are king d before Judge Landis important er two Jarge mills which have » last year after weeks | ge ar enn him. This time he oe harboe, | eared willing 1 ‘ 100,000 BUMPHREY’S BODY The present suit " paeees Ren Pete NE $ (By United Press.) the ‘ t court at vat iy a na we EDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash., N und F ng ¢ reg ¥ ' 8—Ch i with t i IS RECOVERED: - oe i ($1,164,000; | Colum og He : 1 ‘ lence river 5 q « agent V S fipu ' tt — ela there | $136,000; Tacoma harbor, $40. su bie : ve Soe entire Hawali—Honolulu hart 8 wee « — ye t flight of staly Hilo } t 00 pehanewe o ur rning Char the juest of the « o Sige | Admit One to Carnival | >: pa B.... ~y “vo Miss Tallafero Recover aie 8 ; BALTIMORE, M@., Nov, 18 i , ud Cut out this coupon and present it TONIGHT - an oh (Ne 18) at the Midwinter Carnival and Indus- || t's « araity haypltal Moving to Seattle . Pc ri * “yas w ‘ ‘ wet Bt ~4 he trial Exposition in the old Postoffice Building. It ng excollont progitum toward re hnwon Will Admit You. wery twit Delogatas mM. J arrigan Appointed, ad Charles M. Fite | This Is “Star” Nis ght 4 sete ft ou!) LIKE ‘TO STEP INTO RUSSELL VACANCY CANDIDATE FOR + OFFICE, A ‘ there is a more general oppositiog’