The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 4, 1909, Page 9

BEGI ~ er ;QRArT FIGHTERS WILL REACH THE “HIGHER.UPS” TOMOR ROW, AFTER TWO YEARS BITTER FIGHT, PUNCTUATED WITH CRIME AND AWFUL TRAGEDY. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4.— By U. P.—Bulletin—Owing to the inability of Francis J Heney to reach this city to Morrow, the date set for the trial of Patrick Calhoun, presi | @ent of the United Railways, # te probable that when the @ase comes up Judge Lawior Witt continue the hearing unti! danuary 12 The postponement will be strenuously opposed by the at torneys for Cathoun, the Ground that their client has been insisting on An immediate trial for sometime, and that District Atiérney Langdon and District Attorney OWA O'Gara are present. on MSCO, Jan. 4.—By t o has reached the « on trial to od with bi ¢ srneys of the local Blreet railway president will be able Secure a brief respite—ward off & few days the actual prosecu That will make little differ ence. The dig thing for the city of San | Francisco and for the nation will} after more than two years Prosecutions, Francis J. Heney | t of graft fighters | him will have! stubbornly through petty grafters, thieves a8, prostituted lawyers, perjur- | thugs, dynamiters, kidnapers, a. through ¢ ntind . insults, ridicule, until they Ste now within actual striking dis Of theyrich, er gang that ied the money and the brains | JchmitsRueft board of supervise was known to the citizens. even the wealthy bribe give: declared they wanted to aée the: mon sent to prison, But Her Hurns knew that the real ¢ a of grafting means the conv one, When it became known that indignation into deadly ap- through published lies and in wults in subsidized newspapers “Guilty as Hell,” The fear of God was in the “These rich criminats! They are | hearts. They banded together f ity as hell!” saye Heney. | a common defense. cover. ns be! of knockout drops administe friends of the grafters. m to shame by the the climax of a des terrible tale of king, at suicide, violent death jaake of 1996, when Francis J , William J. Burns and Ro Spreckels announced that had come to rid the city of its falters, people gave thanks. The him polities! boss and pi. captain. Abraham Ruef, and the Roller Skates For the children, also repairer of skates. A. L. MALL, tt! Firat av. passed away on Jan. 6 broken heart. Loate Glass, manager 1908, of ot victed and sentenced to five yea: Trunks Sutt Cases Traveling Bags MEEK TRUNK 4 BAG Co, Appearing in Seattle Nightly at the American Cafe This is the musical organization which has filled « engagements in Russia, Germany, Italy, France, Denmark and Switzerland AMERICAN CAFE FOURTH AND PIKE Every Night (Including Sunday), 6:30 to 12:30 ane nded weden, SAN FRANCISCO'S REAL STRUGGLE WILL N WHEN CALHOUN GOES T0 TRIAL His ly Bvery-|wrecked and his family dragged r®,| from social prominence #0, “Hig Jim” Gallagher ney and | the mina-jand pivotal witness for the prose » of the corporation la wbreakers. t© Gover crime with crime, to turn) tective Burne had foreed Abe Ruef to confess, the wealthy bribe givers who could be sent to the peniten tary on his testimony scurried for ves that he was the vio oo posure of bis wrongdoing, his home jand and clog the sched and he himsel{ fearfa! of | eo in San Francisco. © te ng his friends, Supervisor) AND THE REAL FIGHT i8 YRT | ¢ the great fire and #. F. Lonergan, the one super} TO BE FOUGHT! } aor now spoken of as the man} who was “shamed enough to die,” /** well ae the bribetakers. the | Put It to the Pittsburg people when of Mayor Eugene i. | local telephone company, was con- | °Fruption was exposed in that city. THE STAR—MONDAY NUARY 4, 19 «> LOCAL WIRELESS FACTORY |::-*-" “| TO AID ON BIG CONTRACT: They boliey. \VNITEO COMPANY ORDERS peratue | " The laraer t nd WORK REPRESENTING 0d - - | \ HALF A MILLION MERCHANT ARRESTED! GLA "| EATHER JOHN MOURNED BY THOUSANDS FOR A BUR | SAN HORNADINO, ¢ Dl t nt irned urday night bitog with enter wa tront door h 6, B ed he m wa to the United a ¢ Jand pulled Mackburn Wites Pelenraps a | Dark lanterns wore turned at Sees © crn lh Pilih hag uae gl lasts By mee. B xplanations fol: | 0 complete ; stations, not only in the ata enst | . t ruments, & of of the Miasiaaippl rive but al in GOVERNMENT DEFICIT tlone to | coast eastward “Do you ¢ IS INCREASING my tl, Pome hte, anal e ¢ WASHINGTON, Jun. 4.—Ty U.P order ever | MUMRMBIeIcinrEtt rr rT 4 , jt pt penditures |to manufneture, erect and put the |{f Hl York, died oo evs — | xpenditure tations in operation will require an 1 " e.| yy ona The United Wireless Telograph | QUIT SMITE 7 t aes . at tal ee an | CO’ manutacturing department,| He | i wid , Jot $34,201,400. embracing three complete factories duris hi Flow Califor. ° ™ | two of which are located in Jersey ; yikes, . . |, Here's hoping the “open door”| City, N. J., and the other in Seat which 3 ina atoll jisn’t bung on a doubleacting| tle, have a combined capacit by rs Th H i ee a ee | hinge. over $1,000,000 worth of wirely arrived } h i eesti S Price Slashing BOSTON STORE Four Immense Stocks—the Hubbell Co., McCarthy's, the Boston and the Fair—Almost Given Away Entire Balance of These Magnificent Stocks Must Be Sold at Once, If for Only 10c on the Dollar. pre | for “pribdly, doodling board of » fe} cution, was constantly hounded on the streets by the defense bullies ie | On the aight, of Apett 32,1908, ANY OLD PRICE TO CLOSE BARGAINS GALORE dynamite bomb m woked the dwelt READ PRICES SEE WINDOWS hold had a mi death slous escape from John and Peter Clandianes ently arreated through ve Burne, and} eur | jor Sale Openg 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, January 4—The Hubbell Way of Selling Goods at SOME Old Price 5 LBS. BEST GRANU- $1.00 LARGE, HEAVY ‘ ~ 10¢ AND 1S¢ DRESS 7 OA Now he has the chance to prove | Great Wave of Crime. | . tenella ‘ COTTON BLANKETS, BRAIDS, ANGORAS, pay ga dal | Com vie and sentenced to life im LATED SUGAR . COATS, LATEST He has fought for two years| When the state appellate and 2% | prisoament ie LATED SUGAR ......,. ' PAIR sven ETC, ALL COLORS ......00.-4. STYLES, ALL COLORS that chance. The prosecution | preme courts freed the convicted ‘ i és 5 bee y stands face to face with ae} Mayor Sehmite and the » confess. | Dies of Sorrow. | Susan baasiteer le $1.00 PURE FEATHER c A JOB LOT OF LADIES’ DRESS SKIRTS, Millionaires. The trial of Patrick | ed criminal, Abe Ruef, Ruet, imbu On Nov. 5, 1908, Charlotte W ‘ RIBBONS, ALL COLORS, VALUES T 10.1 ie all } with new cournge, repudiated his| Schmit, mother of boodling Mayor DAGON «0... ceeereeeeeenes PILLOW, 2% LBS. .,..... Mypaneipenetpersnagete ener c YOUR RR ves " jconfession and joined bands with | Sehmtts, although believing her $1.00 MEN'S FANCY $1.76 PUPE |the “higherups” to wage a desper-/son Innocent of any wrongdoing, | DRE TAFFETA SILK, Cc 10c AND 18 SAXONY AND $1.50 LADIES" late campaign against the prosecu-| died after two years of shame and eninre YARD WIDE . ere SPLIT ZEPHYR YARN, ALL C | outina }on, whieh resulted in one of the | sorre [EE Soret eeeeeeveneenes = so) Vole Yowene COLORS De <Q” ROOUND civelsscocenesdccedes greatest waves of brutal crime,| On Nov. 13 of thie year Morris! te MEN'S FINEST : with the inevitable sequei of pitiful | Haas, goaded on by the «rafte SATEEN Cc BLEACHED AND c por Fn pb EXTRA HEAVY 75¢ CHILDREN’S | tragedies, that ever shocked Samjand norsing a fancied wrong, atc ST hiv davinasc bosdiaeen UNBLEACHED .......sceeeee os Poe CLAD’ Cc a | Franctaco. into Judge Lawlor's courtroom a ; i8e BEST PILLOW SLIPS, umricmestensseeevess ne ae OUTING GOWNS. ..... | Ruef and Sebmits were | hot Francis J. Heney, who was| 25c BOSTON HOSE 1 STANDARD IC | 18 LADIES’ FAST | Nov. 16, 1906. In quick » coudvotine the trial of Ruef. Haas SUPPORTERS size Sbbeqeeciers 8 Cc | followed the Indictment of 14 #u-/ admitted in jail that ceftatn people e tener nee ~ spers aa and many corporation | had told him that if Heney had «x lsc MEN'S BEST 8 BEST CAMBRIC LIN- 3c BLACK HOSE ....... steer VALUES . : men | posed them as he did him that they ic z + «PY. ¥ | Om Nov. 28, 1906, Supervisor W.| would “fix” him 5c INGS, ALL COLORS ..,. 3Se INFANTS’ “RU c 1Sc YARD-WIDE W. Sanderson, who had heard that! The following day, before Detec BLACK HOSE ...,.....+4+ 0 BCOTCH PLAID BENS” SHIRTS ........ PERCALES lsome of bis boodling colleagues|tive Burns and District Attorney | $2.40 MEN'S UNION SUITINGS, YARD eet ee eae ene hers hae ee ‘ jhad been trapped by Detective/ Wm. H. Langdon could secure a sur wide Gikmsseaapink ies 25e CHILDREN’S HEAVY $1.00 SATIN DAMASKS. } Burns and had confessed, made confession from the woul RieeED 1Sc FANCY OUTING RIBBED Cc " }two unsuccessful attempts to will anesin, Haas in some my , FLANNELS UNDERWEAR thee 2 YARDS WIDE ....... himself In a Loe Angeles hotel. La-| W@y secured possession of a small * y ©* op.m0 ecioms's + . ter he was compelled to testify. |derringer and shot himself through | $2.50 MEN'S ALL-WOOL C| sc Best Oc LADIES’ ELASTIC lg | $1.00 HEMMED NAP- His wife, recently divoreed, sued | the head, dying instantly { UNDERWEAR .,........ 2c him for maintenance and a few Bebeving. teat he wae porened . eS MASSER c UNDERWEAR TEST KINS—PER DOZ........ months ago he was sent to Arizona | by Burns’ detectives and about to $250 BLACK EMBROIDERED SAMPLE LINE LADIES AND $1.85 WHITE NOTTINGHAM by ia paysictans, who gare him be arrested for connection with the PLOUNCE PETTICOATS, 69c Sc HAT PINS, Ic NR Iswieatnns, Lace CUMTAING opeless victim of tubercu- | telephor spany’s bribery oi HEAT TERI ca Steps jetty officials, Jno. Krause, lobbytet en Tne noes AT RRENE 3 FOR sown able abi anekig vc EE OT UR crstececiesss 3 YARDS LONG .. | mt to Theodore Halsey, on ALL COLORS, ZC 10¢ TO 25¢ VALUES | Mysterious Death. nt to Theodore Hislewy, on ey Att, Co c 10¢ BONE COLLAR BUT. c $8.00 SILK ie To es ute Calhoun. | O8 Jan. 26, 1907, Heney's body-/ brains out on board the White Star TONS, PER DOZ.......... PETTICOATS ° CHOICE guard, Osear J. Kendall, died sud Adstatie While 66 con nent rereeseeres ee Giyers gees t\denly in San Francisco under sus- St | the prosecutions ia! piefows circumstances. Detective} | High Lights of Tragedy. are but the highlights in rs that have gone before, crimes and tragedies bie to crimes of rich SECOND AVENUE BETWEEN PIKE & PINE TF BOSTON STORE “Be sure to get the bribe-givers | One a) Cannot exist without the other,” | wae the way President Roosevelt HOW IT MIGHT HAPPEN. IX. rs| San Francisco ean attest to the —— | soundness of the advice and the bitter treth of the declaration | Pittsburg and San Francisco are }on the same job: To effect a cure jfor what Honey calls “the disease | that is sapping the life of the na | tion Now Get Your Doliars To Work for Pittsburg has just opened the | Y |fight. San Praneisco has been ou fighting for two years. And her real, dectsive struggle will just be- gin when Patrich Calhoun, a rich man, is brought to trial for bribery tomorrow Kh ia a 1g, @iffieult, pertious, | pitiful, heart - breaking b this fighting of “a national disease. | } Start a savings or commercial account te with us. We will give you UN IS CRACKED BY verve that te Bly c prompt, courteous | 3 sevvues SHOT. $-0Mt saarhie:deicuaeel | j Sell’ inntey -tetteotonn ce bs Grande iwiand, which les at the | | |i the firet shots from it a crack fn! [ie inner tude developed, | The campaign that this company is making for | NEWLY WEDS ARE: go owen 193 the prevention of accidents can be assisted in no ey 6 greater measure than by the warnings that parents Niele arse cnecmenx seein | TONE ent Cramvy and teachers give to the children against “stealing jbut unmarried men will be accept ” AAP REG J _— [lary force on the istands, and of. | | The accident illustrated here would not happen if aan a pgrerLaciten ever. and Edmonds you would warn the children—if you could prevent ae epee | them from courting DANGER by jumping on our sour vresidwats wero widowers | cars. They do it for fun—OR DEATH. \$500 Reward The conductor is the man who knows. You will |S. onion not find HIS children “stealing rides.” | OB chat hadi i SEATTLE ELECTRIC COMPANY