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THEY SAY irl who sets out to marry a millionaire is lAg lucky if she doesn’t wind up by getting only her it. board out of The Report Will Not Be Such as to Stop Law Work. BY KENNETH ¢ It we n th © of favestix tok! a Seige Milo A. FR would ¢ J been th ' Prend, Judeo M. J former par ¥ Palmer I @o + thee report t State I geoh a 1 fe fo oF F belief Ur be t When it iv prepa To Save Gordon. BEATON © Aetters by Root whieh . werer b htmes ’ gpouble comir Bok advar interests ant rumors t Bosses has there t wee ROOT VERDICT WILL SAY DEFENDANT WAS A DU BABY'S TOY PROVES T BE A $40,000 DIAMOND LAST EDITION THE SEATTLE STAR « 10. NO. 262. PE ben R Pp h a ] invest ; EF TEAS RAST ONO NO QOOKONUINOM Cg Te ee a ee FINDING OF SUPERB STONE IN COLORADO BY OMAHA MAN narihlcog bri: REVIVES STORIES OF AMERICAN DIAMON® FIELDS . . - WM. AHREN AND HIS FIND, = . - sat o- ae (Star Special Service.) tleing ita pecullar v and bri aaeeard OMAHA, Neb, Dec. 22.~How Wance, the father hurried to a jew 2 ike to pick up an ap | eler, H. HM. Borsheim, and the latte Made No Profit atly wortbles: me and find pronounced ft a dian "B have be ndiacree b eid it was a diamond worth $40, Experts tn Chicago wer ult Mand have pr ' been guilt ft ed, and they informer iat Indisere * wh may e Wm. Ahern, of Omaha, has just he mond wo oe t Si t) enjoyed that experience Te mm jeked up in profited 1 w fantastic, Ahern Colorado. He refuses te ul ite t Bare been ¢ | say® that shortly after he found the | exact ation, for fear that the Peposed in ar atone, which he c 4 as @ pocket | owner of the land wh he found — whore T| pleee, he pulled it out of bis pocket It might claim it as his property day I do|one day to throw at a dom which Furthermore, he has a not that * rem came sna K at hia hee Be it goes back to the epet h may fac- hould | thing mad m change his m nee like It the wen and the stone found a resting place half-as large on- in his pocket once more ndoubte tio He carried it for several weeks a in ent t and then gave it ut «irl we ite ox ‘ In playing with it ipped off t — a small plece of the stone, and, no pera, . ot . BP protect Root or . it PMestdent Bridges had searched for — Pear the memt route é Pinte Rar a n, he Wright,| He wae a lame, ¢ kind and be to bea ES New i known, but Sc body mn oh was already lame a number He whined ever #0 his a aad the and tried to run away where friendshi Seat te iffer alone and unnoticed — which he should not had gone a few steps and which thousands of corner, two soclety girls laughed at the tramp dog, and said, (Continued on Page Seven.) ae inty the ugtiest 1 have The sound of the voices anal unpleasant—decelved the ant mal mo thought they wished to kind, and he rubbed against thet skirts. It was a pitiful mis- RED take, and the dog was shoved ‘ | roughly away and made to see that ata eae Dec. 26.-—-By U. P— President Fallieres, who was attacked by Jean Mattis, yester | Gay presided at the council of Ministers today and apparently had entirely recovered from hi Sight injuries. The president @xpressed the opinion that the Mequittal of Gregory for shoot- ing Major Dreyfus might have | led Mattis to seek notoriety by p Meeauiting him. If Mattis were | ® man of more consequence the Btlair undoubtedly would result in a reawakening of the anti- he was a miserable intruder. Whining softiy, he limped on to | find an pescon int where he was wel SAYS HONEST SEATTLE PASTOR TELLS VIEWS OF RACE TRACK GAMBLING CRUSADE. Bem agitation that marked the days of the Dreyfus case. it Ole Hanson is daily in recetpt of Ws learned today that Mattis has | many letters from citizens In all} been unbalanced mentally for | walks of life offering him encour ed ami tee he wan owin gement in his fight against race died out of $1,200 by = met gement in his fight against race | imonial agency in an etfort to fambiing. | In a vecent com on dict. a well-known Seattle pas says with marked emphasis y Every preacher in the state of Washington should be with you in this fight. If there are any who a not, th should esign their ministr at once and make room for an honest man A pitiful letter from a woman | whose home has been ruined gives BAN FRANCISCO, Doc By|* § Vv. P- we Conlan today received | anonymous letter threatening ime lives of himself and his family Alexander Horr, an agent of rted. An investiga i is pending bef WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.- onlan, who has ordered bim U. P.—President Roosevelt wits mmigration commission-| not interfere in the Gompers wr ate with Wash case as long as it is in the Hi courts, according to authorita or resident of Seattle tive information, It Is stated ts va sham, was arrested last! that the president believes any day while making an annr aon ar iiee io danaane nab ech on Fillmore st. He| 8 the datoumants already have ctused to acknowledge) given notice of appeal, Roose ; tive of Bmma) Veit is preparing a statement . toanswerthe| in reply to the many requests f immigration officers 19) that he take action in the case. While making he dock day Consors Tonight. afternoon, the freighter Buckman of pian Singing soclety |ihe Alaska Pacific Ce ided with of Ste concerts of the | tne ¢ &, voncad 4 to raise funds for the | tie up to it tr ates teas jong fest on Norway head In, on account of the rough ¥.-P., tonight in Ar ness of the Bound. It is thought bert Arveschoug, the that the dock may have sulfered ve, will be the prity | wight m the unusual strain and | A dance is to follow | giver at ork toda to deter * * * * * BANK CLEARINGS. - * Seattle * & Clearings today. ,.$1,853,018.87 |® Balances 71 i» ls Tacoma * * Clearings today...$ 792,152.00 & |® Balances 48,190.00 ® ~ Portland. * # Clearings today... .$1,191,994.00 & * Balances 117,532.00 & * * NRE Joutbound schedule to Ne Id have turned | the aoft ota girl in blue, who called to hin You poor, great big tramp, ye sho sald softly, as if she talk Ing to herseit ne, come, domgy orice mae d, He but for wtty volce ery wer and the animal hung bis head and rubbed it gently against her wkirts Yon poor, suffering beast,” and taking him by the stroked his long hair and made him com fortable by her very presence. Stooping till her blue skirts dragged in the wet, she looked at the injured foot and told the tramp to follow her, which he did most gratefully A warm ge and some food was the next thing the tramp knew and the care of a man who was good to him because the lady In blue wanted things that way Ie there a holiday spirit In Seat tle that's better or dhe than that? PREACHERS SHOULD HELP IN FIGHT *UE# Provecriv ample of the work of this evil. | a She writes Three years ago we came to Seattle. My husband was an expert jeweler. We had $4,000 saved up and with this we purchased@® mod est home. He had never gambled in his life. The men where worked played the races, and some. times went out on Saturday after noon. His employer also played them, and my husband was pre vailed upon to attend one Saturday In 20 days he was cheated and rob bed of his home, and today he and I are both working off the chattel mortgage on our furniture, May the people who uphold race track gambling burn in hell, say I. Send me oue of your petitions, that we may both sign it ee eee ee ASSIGNS mW YORK, Deo. 26 bane W. Poor, operating Beet the firm name of H. W. Poor &| Co,, at 3% Wall st., assigned today for the benefit of creditors Poor was the of Ratlroads, Telegraph company publisher of Poor’s Manual president of the Postal of Texas, and a direetor of the Missouri, Kansas & Texan railway, | Bteamer Farallon shifted yester day from Seward to Valdes on her BOUILLON AFRAID? BY ARTHUR CALLAHAM There {# but one Mr thing Wrong He ts triour with Boulton. honest, He is He has studied *, We has a de ct the ¢ hts of the citizens aid He | indus the franchine tre to pr toreste it in and the uf afraid of td mittee of the cory afraid of the coun afraid of eal dangers and man and bug iment, urged on astant greed for div fear have no mnie < rporation infilet 2 man of bleed Engineer ing City is w ic's enemies his enemies if Mr on was not held back by », if he wae not afraid id, within 24 Seattle preparat * « disgraceful ion sasured id have cooperation 16 the ove wading of the Seattle Elee bis ¢ of apologist He realizes that able 1 n are suffer by the w dends, but he ts afraid. And a superin of pul le utilities whe afraid is worse than useless - PARENTS FIGHT; must KEEP our. BABY KILLED | WASH., SATURDAY DECEMB 1908, OF DEADLY POISON BIG DEPOSIT OF ARSENIC. Possesses Enough of Dead- ly Stuff to Depopulate United States. A great polson mine in about to be opened up in Pierce county, 60 miles southeast of Tacoma it is lo cated the about 12 the Eastern mountaine, Tacoma miles from railway, on what is known as Min eral crock, a wild and tumultuous mountain stream which heads in the ranges flanking Mt. Rainier The Mountain of Death, in which this poison mine | eate tains arsenic to ki tire { the United the ace € examined it A b f the white de t stance er mat ¢ ineral ore and haw been f ed and tente for several miles, showing no dir inution of quat Discovery of Deposit named J f this big er wh outcropping m Mineral creek, and know tox what it was, brob ot apecimens and brought int Tacoma fo There he he had 4 covered & ot pure ar of which two to exist seh rox ely rare to Clergyman Willams sold a cor ' property to Rev. J of one of the Pre ' of Tacoma pastornte 4evelopmen eecured + hundreds the Unite im larae that the p tt mine woul Te in order 1 Stat Dr. ll arent he can prod alt the ra tt Peris gree ath remy wants of the mar neve « OF FRISCO mT) } AN FRANCISCO, Dec By eden sv gviasenypitee 7 lay It was learned here today P.—Alfred Turner, aged 10 weeks, | tt federal authorities, who hav was killed during a fight between | jaq the matter in hand, that Bishoy his parents here late yesterday. Merriam C. Harris, of Japan and Wiliam Turner, the father, acoord ing to the report made to police Korea, one of the most famous mis stonary bishops of the Methodist Ppiscopal church, has been warned attacked his wife because she did| ps them not to come to this city not have supper ready when he/om hio journey back to the field of came wn staire, Mrs. Turner | Sit labors I will sail from Van- couver, B. C., on the last of this had the child in her arms, aad in| OO” taking passage at that port the fight abe dropped it to the floor. | jy order to avoid meeting the com She w subsequently kuocked |‘ pgtriote of Chang and Chun, the down and fell upon the Infant, two Koreans who are accused of crushing tt to death were arrested ‘The Central Labor Counett of S8e- Both parents heying participated in the murder ogs attack on Durham White Ste vens, the KoreanJapanese diplo mat. \WILL OPEN HOUSE NEW. | YEAR'S DAY AT attle and vicinity has adopted reso lutions condemning House 11,783, which provides punishn , § M. A A for persons piring, threatening or In any way intimidating any The ¥. M A. will hold “open Th j 4 hoase” on are day. The Hy + ge gene A bonne ~~ yaad entertainment includes a literary Imprisonment not n ten Program in the afternoon, aquatics yea rf both, panm house on & Wrestling tournament and basket by 19) decisive ball games, The bowling alleys will ote being cast by Speaker Cannon. | be thrown open, play being Kratis ba anell terme the bill ae vi- | cnet Chas. Hoamer's department oetns tue Waguelation” tus Mpport | Will offer a delightful repast The fa irged with the bays’ department will take care o' view the bill in the (MWe younger contingent with its stale ames and amusement facilith IT COST THEM JUST $5 EACH ‘GOMPERS CASE TO BE DISCUSSED Two good friends resorted to fist The decision of Judge Wright in icuffs Inst night because one Would |gantencing Samuel Gompers, John not give the other § Mitchell and Frank Morrison to it Alfred Keigley and James Cronin | pgjgonment w the live topic at were the combatar the “open mecting” of the Central Mr-Cronin bad Mr. Kelgley |Lapor Council next Wednesday $2 early in the ev o for | night. Open meetings are held only him, After absorbing much Christ |@uring the months in which five mas cheer, Mr. Cronin wanted his | Wednesdays occur. Prominent la cash, but Mr. Keigley demurred bor speakers from all over the state Mr, Cronin insisted with both /peye been invited to speak fists until Patrolman Unis wep: | arated them | Light on Hichenbrook It cont each $5 in the police court) ane award for the construction Cane moreins lof the Hichenbrook lighthouse will probably be made today or Monda TOFFICE SAFE according to & letter from Senator cial club, The delay was occa REDWOOD CITY, Cal, Dec, 26,)4 legal question, Alaskan mariner By U. P.—Burglars entered the | have for years urged the ¢ lish local postoffice early today and |mentof a light at Hichenbrool dynamited the safe, securing $25 | in coin and $4 worth of stamps Annual Ball Tonight |elue was left, but the inspectors be-| ‘The Waiters’ union, Local 239 eve the work was done by @ gang | will give its ninth annual ball at that has been committing similar |the Bagles' hall tonight. The con depredations throughout the penin-| mittee on arrangements has spared aula. no pains to make it a big succeys TACOMA PASTOR HAS| \ PRICE, ONE C 10 OPEN MINE JEFF REFUSES TO BRING DEFENSE IS COMMERCE IN THE HAIN'S CASE RELATIONS STATEMENTS BETWEEN MRS. FLUSHING, I U, PThe cane Ve Hal A. D. McMIxX CLOSE A. D. McMix didn’t stop and rest just because yesterday was Christmas, but traveled along. Watch The Star for his arrival. TITLE BACK 10 WHITE or ANNI HAINS MADE AND IS DEAD Wan an ev Radolph 8 before mint um Jude ft is in the hands of th A Spreckels tate, but diate as adm tions of the In his income Spreckels supervision estate of bis action today petition CLAUS SPRECKELS DIES HOME AT EARLY HOUR SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 2 of the F ning at , coming an acute attack ¢ phean which th 4 mill ontracted nigh Claus ckels left three nD h B if years and , t & bitter fight for the control of th fight each othe # no thicke eon wald th acit 4 nis of the sity for imme of certain por caused the today Spreckels set forth that the annw: father's exceed a quarter of a million dob estate Ru bur idolph will lars. The contents of the will are as yet unknown, and none of the members of the family will dis cuss It WIFE NAGGED issues severa HE SAYS COOKED CHRISTMAS GOOSE BUT DID NOT GET CHANCE <<<" SUGAR KING: => “SPRECKELS IN i TO EAT IT. Your honor, I cooked the goone for Christr dinne but © wife kept nagging at me, and I guess grew quite aggravated This was the excuse advanced | ( ge Dolvy, a polisher, who ay peared In the police court this morn Ing to anewer to a charge of beat ing his wife yesterday afternoc Mre. Do t 1 the court that husband t K r T-yearold it the esterday afternoon and bun head on the floor Sh also sald he setzed her by the throat and flung he the floor Your honar, I drank a t t of whiske and I gues that, com bined with my wife petty nagging made me forget myself,” explained Dolvy Dolv who is the father of three small children, denied every charg: made by hie wife 1 will sentence you to 6 « the cha gang i? r don buat out of 8 Mr Doth Iwill if 1 ever hear of other drink of ¥ erve every da and 68 more on t« understa Dolyy was al lowed to ma ‘ O« eee eee bi ee el THE WEATHER * - + asional Rain Tonight and * Guadayi de. Moderate Southerly * © * le DREARY END TO ROMANCE WARRE By U. PA ch 1 when La MRS. W. E. PARKER arrange not nounc panne ein been mo 1 later M r her 5 Nebr are D PLEASING SONGS LABOR WILL CONTINUE. Port Ang A.Y.-P. E BOYCOTT Deleg of Lat Wall stru ell to JEANIE ARRIVES nven AT KETCHIKAN PROBE PRODUCE AND ., STOCK EXCHANGES | Momo NEW YORK, Deo. 26,—By U. P. y The committee appointed by Gov, | noor uy b Hughes to Investigate the financial ‘ rT operations of various stock ex-|at Ketohika changes in this city, announced to-levening, T) day that they would begin an tn-|nad some t quiry into the Produce and Cotton |}acctdent of Mxchanges. The first meeting will] tha \ be held next Monday er. That Burns Sold of the Race $30,000. Asserts Pride for HH tt kh th LONDON PLEASED. ket eee eee ee eee ee ee i elged e if T x. I answer wwered hun- 1 have in the his » negro holds tles—the heavy- { the worl toa een anything Howed the son, that heavy- ontha, coveted a cham to all over fact t now the follow- me The time ne is at the is issued. As mn to say be of the same lor r The black is color behind when , wis between the ropes. Tor Burns’ mistake—the one tm ke of his career—was in allowing Johnson the opportunity to fight for the title. I refused time and time again to meet Johnson while | was holding the title, even though I knew could beat him, I would never allow a negro @ chance, even it be a desperate one, to fight for a world’s championship, and I advise all other champions to follow the same course.” Barry Is Willing. t Jim Barry was the only one who did not send a disappoit an- wer. F who has been a cused of faintheartedness My man will never fight a ne gro Billy Delaney, for Al Kauf- mar You can't bring him on too fast for w after I whip Kaufman.” Wi willing to meet Jobn- son dditional Interest will hinge 1 tt scheduled 45- a fman and which take ace De ce » li im Jeffrie Vernon SHARKEY WILL FIGHT JOHNSON TO FINISH NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—-By 1 Th as J. Sharkey annou P. ced to t and cham from weight d away day that I said bub ca do and him to of Ww the the it. 1 about little r than in the that ther t nall for a inches with at etire y he is, and he won't bres word. Who Kro? that’s why The idea of t believing a chance! and back -°