The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 25, 1908, Page 1

f LAST EDITION » VOL. 10. NO, 234. ROOT matters to rest as they are? : ~~ 4 NDRED LOSE LIVES ON OARD BURNING STEAMER A GENTLE INVITATION Kind Friends of Seattle: Come to the Moore theatre Thanksgiving morning at 10:30 and enjoy with us a mag nificent program in behalf of the Wayside hospital. The admission will be free, but there will be opportunity for you to contribute to the Wayside work should your heart incline. There's a big lot of sorrow in this world of ours, and it is at this point you and I may shine; for, after all is said and done, the only big thing in the world is to make it better and sweeter. Let those who pray, pray for an awakening of public conscience on the hospital question in this city; and will you who sometimes think of me, send forth the kind wish, that I be given strength and wisdom to hold the light steady until that awakening makes an open door for the cafe of every destitute sick man, woman or child within our borders? | | Thy friend and comrade, MARION B. BAXTER, President Wayside Emergency Hospital, at ! feemed to be more safety, but | The natives among the passengers strong wind swept the flames to | became wildly insane and triea to ward = them. Many ag geese fee a the ere#, rushing on the jumped overboard without life pre-| o re with knives, The officers sorvers and undoubtedly were and crew fought the men back with drowned. | revolvers, and. with tne flames roar ‘The crew fought bravely against | ing below decks, the situation for a) flames but {t was impossible | time was one of the most deaperate |, the ged to maintain — ever experienced at sea. control the passengers © | The natives tried to cut the roy sot the ship was observed and throw the small boats into the Shore and admiralty tugs Were | seq not being willing to walt until GEE famediately to the rescue, but tney could be lowered properly owing to the gale and the terrific! whe the fighting was in progress heat it was bard for them to 9p). number of women and children clone. After a hard struggle | jumoed overboard. Fifteen of the the tugs finally got thelr lines at- Britian passengers were saved. The and dragged the Sardinia | crow numbered #4 men and mont Many of the passengers re taken off, but « large sumber of them were Engiteh. Their ac Ben route from | Points with 200 | Greeks, when} Widently started | 1 fen, burat pt the decks ia in terror grab | many leaped | the liner's aid pard and towed Many are inelnerated fn tached og a $8 | aground Aboard. letitl are missing. The tugs ace|“Oes @are eald to have been the names on the patrolling the sea in hope of pick poten. agmeas the sapien re English. Theling up passengers who may have Cleared the har-| jumped with life preservers. Other| The ship's large quantity of exploded when r @ was observed is p hold. The crew to fire quarters and waiting near the burning as tugs are ship to search her hull as soon it Is powsible to go aboard her QU Does the bar <°*he state of Washington intend to permit the resignation of Justice Root® Me act as a stay to ail further proceedings having for their purpose the elimination of the GUIDED Davenport hotel Rood prowler ‘Hot that has been placed upon it and the supreme court of the state by the charges that Save forced Root off the bench? Also, is the King County Bar association content to per- : S WOMAN ISPLANNED TOL LEADER OF KILL KING THIEVES | MANUEL OF CRIMINAL QUARTETTE. About Release of Convicts. Sadie Beicher, friend and advisor of Joseph Garcia Cordova, highway man and murderer, whe wan shot to bceagelly 7 naga detectives at the corner o @ st. and First ay. « the ight of May @ of this year, was |T@PUMICanS, and w released from the city jai! last night | the quick and vigorous action of his | and ordered to leave the city im-| mediately It was rumored that the woman the past three was In Seattle t revenge the mur. | frm of a fie der of her lover, Cordova, but facts | ti@ing in an open carriage partici brought to light today tend to veal that she was here for a different purpose. / For the past four months Sadie | {Without warning the procession Reicher, under the name of May | WAS attacked by the republicans, Wiillanss, has been stopping at the | who had concealed themeeives at a Washingt ave a seme jon et. an or a have teen the rendesvour of four | @#At Purpose to kill the king, but thieves who bave been op (at the order of his royal highness erating unchecked. Police detectives have been ‘hat the eicher woman was tn the | | elty and were satiafied that che was |M@ahed the horses, a squad of cav | the inetigater of a series of bur glaries which have baffled the po Hee for months re far or Commit Many Thefts. From Investigations by police de. | #ttecked the mob again. of the tectives it has been ascertained that one of the four thidves waa a that they were able to hold their firet water and) that he was the nervy thief who has been looting apartment houses time | Ot after time. When arrested two nights ago by cargo contained «| City Detectives Peterson and tha, which | Clurg. Sadie Belcher was take by the fire, | the police « which is believed to Rave started | fully parried the searching quen-| @ad the city is in a state of great four OPERATIONS ONLY SAVED BY QUICK ACTION OF GUARD. —— i Seeks Funds to Bring Mob Storms Royal Car- »tiage, But Is Driven Back by Cavalry. (By United Press.) LISBON, Nov. 26.—King Manuel! | had @ marrow escape from death to- | | day at the hands of « mob of armed saved only by cavalry guar | Tike king wae arrayed in the uni- marshal and way Pating in the royalist demonstra ten. Point of vantage. it wae their evi the cavairy charged the mob. ‘The driver of the royal carriage airy eurrounded the vehicle and it wae driven swiftly to the palace. | The cavairy followed the carriage |tp the palace and then returned and The republicans were so strong @wn until the infantry wae called The foot soldiers charged the Cfowds with fixed bayonets, wound. lig many who stood In the way.! es | After a hard fight, the mob was dis lon, but abe success. | Pereed. Many arrests were made Was sent below. The! The Be ja belongs to the Pa. from spontaneous com! tions put to her by « halfdosen | ghrest this evening. My disappeared when payanni-Elierman line. It ta be rman Getectives, She refused to tell her| Tit ie believed that republicans hatch blown off by leved that the fire was due te Reynolds Is T j bustacse in Seattle and made no ad. we fully planned the attack to pet the whole forward spontaneous combustion mer muh & o Henge 4 which warranted holding ik wp the royalist celebration became a mass of Be 7 longer. ahd assassinate the king. Man Stories of Survivors. m transferred frame ip Se. | : 4 4 The passengers, many of office to that at Bort Tew Sought Convict’s Release. labote were fired during the rioting 3 | re efile fenton 2 Sevest) five bodies have been i. ee ee aces) The Belcher woman, according to @Ad In the first attack it is said Tush. a tn the deck and | brought ashore, and the tugs are | sioner snd returned to his heme in| formation tn the hands of the po- /S@at several bullets passed close to ptate of intense excite still searching for the missing eae eae ee te ec dorine the Hee, gathered the quartet of crim |the monarch's head. Me explosion cecurred! The survivors tell of the most ter hot co heace as ie the |inals and came to Seattle to “rates” | - ~ panic. Every one | rifying scenes on board the burning | Simmer = », and two men ean| sufficient funds to secure the re | ee stern, where there! ship which followed the explosion handle it conveniently lease of “Tip” Belcher and one Rew aaa = = nett from the state penitentiary, to! ‘dd which inetitution they were sen ) | AM ABOUT TO RECEIVE MAY | BE TRULY THANKFUL!” (Tuicts ‘aeieten th. “a spectively some months ago ' 3 though mew house row wang jeral | Deter | erimina | officers | the her but it in be | lear pn put pric the ded by the the woman p thief, ! about while vielted emall booty into the ety jot at “fences” and | stores These facts w m of the police det but s hide their t ner three towne | vieinity of Seattle and brought thelr to be disposed woman, houses and the gang | on the wholesale looting of lengaged in the thievery herself, One | | at r res, al actually r of the gang, the apartment stayed in Seattle and of in the the econd hand ein posses tives for sev. cleverly days prior to the arrest of Sadie the eke that the » cateh Thieves Quickly Depart When Sadte his ago the ection left great ¢ ed that ince their departu i that at least ure known Sadie ne to police engaged in thlev of haste they Belcher was arres criminals the ity inder quietly will not re it ha two Heleh did pot realize been of thetr ATTLES HIP RAMMED Uw HORN i hip § r in the hart t reat t a tot badly d ihe the ted | and} NAT |GENEKAL LE CONTE LOSES LIFE TO THE REBELS. Revolution Is Spreading, and Troops Being ; Mustered. (By United Press.) WOKT AU PRINCE, Haytl, Nov ib The revolution against Presi pnt Nord Alexia has n fanned a briak flame today through the @hhouncement of the capture and @xecution of General Le Conte, min later of the interior, the capture of the gunboat Croyant, after a short battle with the gunboat Centenaire and h Jecision of the town of i Jeremie and Aqutin to side with the rébe Anxtety is felt at the capi | tal over the lack of news from Gen lebal Celestin Gyriaque the mini ter of war, who, with General Le dent to quell the prising at Au Oa headed by General An gimon ew t ure being ree by th nment.and bi, tlee of ammunition are being ru | the front THE SEATTLE STAR SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1908, PRICE ONE CENT THE WEATHER FAIR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY; LIGHT NORTH WINDS, “Yet I realize that for a juatice of the supreme court there should exist not even TRUSTED IN LIFE-LONG FRIEND SAYS SCANDAL HAS ALWAYS DOGGED | ___HIS STEPS. General Opinion Is That | Incident Is Closed Forever. | Justice Milo A. Root of the su Preme court has resigned under fire In quitting his post at this time Justice Root has blocked aff investi gation into his conduct while a mem |ber of the supreme court of the state. The only person who can take any action now is the prose cuting attorney of the county where in the offense in alleged to have been committed the bar asso ciations tn disbarment proce ae The legislature can take no action on the matter now. The legisla ture’s powers are limited to an im or peachment and a removal from office, It has no authority to try jany citizen on any charge of a crime Justice Root is now a private citi sen and any offense he may have committed while a judge te ther removed from the jurisdiction any legislative committee. Can Do Nothing. The special committee of the State Bar association has nothing further to do In the case. The c Tmittee had no power or authority in the first place other than to make of recommendations concerning the impeachment of Justice Root. As Root is now beyond the reach of any impeachment, the committee ts dor r ere still remains the possibility disbarment proceedings which might be begun by either tt County Bar association or the Rar association, but such however desirable it may ac’ seem some members of the bar, is hardly & probability. The charges against Root have been of a rather nebulous nature aa far as conclusive and posi tive evidence ta dd and ed to b @ the idence weh as letters \ € announced that they will n | unte ee forced to That the | sociation oc get thie ev [it desired is cticall jthe probability {a equal) Can File Charges If any nee fit to file charg }eounty or the member of the ba the nature of a trial and al |present and testify, in t manner a any action in law | The offense which J }is alleged to have committe ‘ eriminal one 1 cor w « torney in the county where it I alleged to have been ¢ itted Just when and where the alleged |transactions between Jus Root jand Judge Gordon are supposed to have taken place has never been brought out, so that the chances of any prosecuting attorney t « the initiative are ht Root-Gor Jal is n closed tr cident, unless the Ki t the State Bar associat a petition for an Investigation for mal feasance in office in either the au perlor court of the county the Caused Sensation The announcement today that Ju Root had resigned under fire t leading tt h tenderi i us hie « t wa tigated w ta those who have al ad that whe he cloud even in the slightest degree.” | pre would clear himeec!t. an indiscretion; especially as I realize that any reflection upon any member casts a cloud upon the entire court; and I do not wish to be the means Of casting any such From Justice Root’s letter of resignation. NDER FIRE SIGNATION BARS ANY LEGISLATIVE INQUIRY ETTERS TO GORDON ARE GIVEN AS THE REASON © JUDGE ROOT’S RESIGNATION Seattle, Wash., Nov. 24, 1998. To the Governor. Sir—As 1 am on the eve of a serious operation for bleod poisoning, which is likely to confine me to my bed for some time to come, I beg to make the following statement to you For more than twenty years of a patient, plodding career I have ¢ vored to do my duty by my fellow man and to com- mit no act of injustice to anyone, least of all to taint In any way, by my words or deeds, the honor of the bench which should above all be held inviolable by every lover of Mberty; yet In spite of this and in spite of my faith in the Christian religion, it has seem- ed to me that I have been pursued by the fates in a manner as grim as ever was set forth in a Greek tragedy. I will not re capitulate the many untoward events which have led to my pres ent determination to end as far as I can the seeming act of the fates. In my private life no man has ever dared to cast an, esper- sions upon my character or my professional reputation, but the instant I have taken office the thousand tongues of rumor and scandal have started to besmear and besmirch me with their foul utterances At different periods I have held the offices of probate judge, prosecuting attorney and judge of the supreme court. In each of these positions I have been attacked and have resisted attack suc- cesefully. My record has been before the public since territorial days and it has been finally approved by the people of this state by election to the high office with which I am now honored But human nature has its limits of endurance. The final link- ing of my name with a scandal attaching to a former justice of the supreme court, who for years has been a warm aad, as I belleved, a devoted friend of mine, is the culmination of a series of calamities My relations with Judge Gordon will bear the closest investl- nd will refiect no more upon me than the indiscretions Yet | realize that for a justice of the supreme court there should exist not even an indiscretion; especially as 1 realise that any reflection upon any member casts a cloud upon the en- tire court: and I do not wish to be the means of casting any such cloud even in the slightest degree. Nor am I willing to re main the tnnocent cause of any lack of that respect and confl- dence which I know every one of my associates upon the bench to be richly entitled to. Therefore, for the reasons herewith set forth, I respectfully beg to resign forthwith as judge of the supreme court of the state of Washington. MILO A. ROUT. === Just Root | request of Justice Root that an in- vestigation of them be made. Court Takes Notice. time came v Justice Root has for years been a prominent jadimal figure to the) m oreme cou le state. He has been « well known the State Bar uss salen py and respected man, prominent = of investigating the matter, and the church and charitable work, and be | ha) gesociation appointed & special had a host of friends and support: cciomittee for this purpose, The ers, ax was testified to at the pri amittee was holding ite first mary election. When the first {m-| necting yesterday when Justice naendoes came forth, softly casting | post resigned raion on the judicial integrity |" rie true story of the Rogtionion of Justice Root, they were scouted. | seandal will never be kicwn,. The Rumor persisted, velvet footed and various ramifications ‘and tie num afraid by reason of the position | ber and positions of persomslatfect- held by the accoused, and he b mi ed are beyond reach. The attitude loath to believe anything against | of judge Gordon all during the alr & member of the supreme bench, |ing of the charges was that of & paid no heed man who knew his position and Acovsations Made. had nothing to fear. To The Star During the last primary campaign | he stated that when the matter was Judge Robinson of Olympla, after he | closed, bis friends would have no had been disbarred by the supreme | occasion for sorrow for him, and court attacked Justice Root today his prediction seems to have on the s and found not en been carried out to th ter. Judge credence affect the nom! on | Gordon and his friends have held of Justice Root, so strong was the | the whip hand all through, and this confidence of the public is clearly brought out by Justice But the setter of resignation to | Root when he s of Judge Gor Gov ww Mead with its reference | don “as I beliey levoted friend to “er ary indiscretions,” the | of mine Judge Gordon has the fact that it came at the critical |} whateve ontain, ™m caused a profound depre these lett@rs are sufficient to slot minds of those who bad | force Justice R ir humiliat- always stood for Justice Root ing withdrawal from a fight where his honor ts in pe Sie Bepirin Me ” sty igs Are There Others? was hardly t ‘ Among | What. revolat and ot t era h € . 7 € et hat the at A 1 t 7 ¥ : contended that | Northern ub [ € W t {s The « i ‘ . \ t) aht be in t and th \ \ As mK 3p brought about fe that tt y i eld as ay Just Li may t be a t idee ho } rmmitted | & if any ¥ was . : W het nm: No lawyer in Seattle will express | U a bar & ee Y nic « atter for 7 Uc ae t lica but privately they 4 - sh ome. ae Gens tha Won AR VINDICAT of h and bar is at sta BY ROOT LE ar h i t r 1 1 The in ere k Grea ’ R : of the Ga " ‘i . don wa t " tt d ya 1 t he mor ‘ té the t , t t « at ou t he (Continued on Page Seven.) | | | ies