The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 7, 1909, Page 1

That the city council has 1CO STORM 10 COM SUN WEAT HE! R MAN LOOKS FOR CLEAR SKIES TOMORROW. Considerable Damage and Suffering Caused by the Cold Spell. @ral all over from © fouth as the storm wart Morning, but | teat s are that the wind will di Ing of eve will again be falr bury this = mor mometer ree Morning at 28 at §, and bas contin upward » all day Relief Will Be Great. The relief wilt be t to dwell ers on the islands and exposed parts of the sound, At Alki Point, espe dally, the storm has done t @amage. The high north winds ka, a as fu feng was at ed on the Wrought havoc with the tent dwe ings of many who live re, and St Ieast 50 families have beea @riven to seek shelter in the city fm the dead of night, the wind hav tng torn away the roofs of their Mimsy houses. The high seas that are rolling on the exposed parts of the sound have for three days been Sweeping against the unprotected point and have washed aw the @arthen sea wall, to the great dan ger of many of the bulldings of the basiness section Such storms as this are the more to be feared in that they come so Seldom that no one is prepared for the exigencies of the weather, and the news that the cont whieh i: working castward, has passed Seattle, will be welcome to ali. storm e Youth Enjoy$ Free: Meanwhile the cynic and the heusehoiding coal buyer are fag and making unkind about the party responsible, but not fo with the care-free youth There were thingy doing tast night, th Nl be, more doing to Bight, and, unless Mr. Salisbury pete busy and gives us a warm rain Fight-away-quick, the fon will run tito joy completely unconfined to Merrow evening and night and for B@ day or two thereafter, Thousands of boys and girls, Young men and wornen and a few older persons who cought to know better, but whe didn’t seem able to Appreciate a good fire when they Sam one, were out for the times of their iives on the hills of Seattle last night Every hill wae ax slick as glase and there was excellent toboggan sliding in a hundred different places fm this city last night. Every cold q © and slippery hillside had its fall quota of merrymakers Everything from a hastily con- structed bobsled to the small store-| P bought affair was pressed into nerv-| fee and the fun that was pr | made the frozen-eared, cold-footed | d eynic groan with envy and anger, as he hustled home from work or out to lodge or » place eise. From Green Lake to the most @euthern extremi of the city the Dil streets were black with two streams of merrymakers line 4 scooting ike lightning down the Hillside, and the other rr climbing the sacent at a feering at each other in joyful a Hicipation of another plunge asled down the hitt It was @ tumble and a roll aroun im the snow, with, in many place & big bonfire roaring to add to the tnbern cheer of the fr kers. And * inat night wasn't a ma for t fun that w be on tonight Sieighing Today. Belis a jingling s gt leg Mate and impromptu drawn by prancing, well-groomed steeds and| plodding work by this m caused the bundled-uy pedestrians on Second ay. to crane| their necks, at the risk of much of the fine snow own their | Ddacks. Le are vale be tween ights, henee the nov-| elty. Wis " | a man, was io ce with ; Mg, fur rug and other comfort pet| ducers “‘T've waited four years for the chance,” he confided | Tom Dutt dog hos /man, was a nading. The Que City h was there also—with’ be Imy tu milk delivery wag we n the scond early in the residence section | Water reine Danger Evidently the ot} the city €i4: hot heeg the ing of the we department relative to the danger of a if the practice of allowing th eta to run tc mt a fr mthe pipes i tinued Auditor Jot b repe ai, Warning fo emy ic term t-| ternoon. During ht the Lin GOIN and Volunteor reservoirs have | fallen four feet, m 4“ total fail | Of mine feet, which i» half the en pacity of the basi: The lowering j Me the reservoir means decreased ‘eeaure in the mains, and even ey OW the city would be endangered : B fire of consequence should 3 oak out. Mr. Lamb said two more | ’ ys at the present rate would i Pempty therm : AB @ Bubstttute for running water, | he advises that the wtop and w eock be tirned off, and then allow ng the water in the pipes to run Sutin. BEAR IN MIND you better street car serv your councilman will mean much. | the preacher's it in its power to give ice, and that a word to FIENDISH CRIME COMMITTED IN MICHIGAN. Posses Searching for a Sailor Who Is Under Suspicion. eee ee es * . * SUSPECT CARPENTER. * * POR HURON, Miet an. ww * By U. P.—Sheriff Wagen. ® rel anced afternoon # * b he ainst @& % Gibson Brow * * A wh i * weet Q * * . ww * ® che 4 * ® in} b * * * eee eee eee ee eee PORT HURON, Mich, Jan. 7 By U. P.—Four different posses of sheriff's dey *% and citizens are » “ J about Pine ‘ mysterious ho is suspected of having d the Rey. John Carmichael ‘list minister whose dis red body was found in the stove in bis chureh. near Columbus in the southwestern part of St lair county, yesterday. Th arch ia being made systematically by the officers and their work is being augmented by half a dosen part of citizens who are seeking th fiend who slew the preacher a then chopped his body to pieces Terrific Struggle. ul investigation church leads to the let that the minister was stabbed death after a terrific struggle and then the murderer, half Insane with the knowledge of his deed, chopped the body to pieces with a hatchet and put the parts in the stoves ia an absurd attempt to bide the ertme The A car of the today victim's blood was spattered over the pews and the pulpit and the whole church showed such st of disorder that it would have been instantly appar that « violent struggle had taken place. Many are inclined to believe that the murder must have been, the work of @ flend who chopped the body to pleces while as the effort to hide the crime was so inadequate that It seems hard to believe that {t wax an effort at ail. Mystery Surrounds Crime. The whole countryside ts aroused to « high pitch of excitement as the Rev. Carmichael was kuown to ab most every man, woman and child | throughout his ctirenit and he was greatly admired and respected. The deepest mystery surround: the motive for the crime, as so fa no one has suggested a possible clew leading to the existence of any enemy who might have sought life. The appear ance of a sailor in the neighbor hood yesterday caused some com ment. He is described as a man of flendish appearance and capable of criminal acts. The fact that the minister's horse and buggy were found at Pine river leads to the belief that the murderer made bis way there and started on means of escape. nt to anyone} insane, | a new THE SEATTLE STAR VOL, 10. NO.272 MRS, GEO. COHAN LAST EDITION SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1909. KILLING 0 LOOTERS uINS | | HUMAN | VUL TURE S AT MESSINA ARE EXECUTED. Death List Estimate Is Officially Placed at 152,000. MESSINA, Jan. 7—By U, P Legal execution of footers captured after the earthquake began today, Several of those in the temporary prisons have been sentenced to death by a hewly convened court ROME, Jan. 7-1 who are clini ert than they rightfully vantage of the de ction of re onda, it was announced tod th the government will appoint a cor mission to restore property Une it will be a huge k, as the con mission will have very little data jon which to The government ny insued a jstatement placing the number deaths resulting from the « quake and tidal wave at Pature deaths certain to be re AND HER DAUGHTER, a the f and sick survivors will tr rease this numb (Star Special Service.) ) servatory, music roll in ber hand,|by many thousand PARIS, Jan. 7.—Little Georgette to be tnat ton th iano.) Hundreds of priests are visiting iu er ol ». Coba e & ast mus je playe ope} the dying through t the strickes , daughter of Coban, th s eaiae aaa pags =o er Bingiytn trp Doodle comedian, is been taking lessons only @ little about the brightest ii girl In over five months Frene Surest thing in the Look who her father wax GET HATTER | world,” one can hear G. Coban say | *4y# Geo, Wash in, it through his nose. | Her mother, Ethel Level, appear She has been in school four! ing at the Theatre Michel in one months and recently won & gold! act revues, is ata French and cross for proficiency in reading | allan with George and the} She is a born actress, and lalks| schoolmates get along fin The | spenviNG” WHEELER 18 ONLY | French lke a native ch actress will probably remain in| Likewise Georgette is a musician. Paria until her daughter finishes MAN OF TRADE TO She trudgea each day tw the con-| school | LAND IN JAIL " en During the year 1908 the police | | records show that seven batters were placed under arrest. The oc ’ j}cupation is one seldom met with A S by the police, as there are few men ot business who give SPOKANE, Wash., July 7 story of David and Goliath, according to his own ideas, and it made it ts in his own words a big bit. Here ‘And so David's pa com in the field and says: “Da ma's anxious about the ot er heard from them by phone or anything, and she'd like you should So Dave hops on a go look them up.’ front and stays there with In the morning old Gollath comes out in front of the Phillie tines and dares the lernelites to fight him. making all the big talk out there?” that's the head cheese, Why, Why don't some one “We've all got cold feet,’ TRANSLATION OF BIBLE soak him one? thelr oceupa tlona as those of batters. When Clerk Denny Drew was preparing the annual report he was surprined to find a total of seven hatters on the blotter, Drew first theaght he had made a mistake bat @ second search cf the records) showed that seven men were book: | Dilly” Sunday told yesterday the ee up to him where he was working 4 : 5 ed as batters better go up to the house, your at calles ‘histet wna ‘diate tel boys fighting in the army, hasn't H) gigwatl Wheeler, better known to |the police as “Fighting” Wheeler | Seven times during the year Just | ended “Fighting” Wheeler got as }mad a& @ hatter and while fn that | mental state hit the first friend or lfee who crossed his path. And seven times he was arrested. { Fighting” Wheeler was the only hatter booked at police headquar tere during the year {A batter is @ man who makes trolley and hikes to the his brothers over night Who's that big stiff asks Dave the big nolse,” » his brothers. asks Dave says the Israelites. **You fellows make me tirod,’ says Dave, and he pikes out [| hata, according to Freddle Henry to the brook, gets four pebbles In his shepherd's aack, slams || ‘e ofee boy.) | one at Goliath and soaks him in the coco between the lamps. G Math goes to the mat, takes the count, and Dave kes him in the slats, chops off his block and the whole Philistine gang [| THEY SAY That manipulating a snow shovel detracts from the picturesqueness of the winter landscape in and about the city of Seattle. PRICE. ONE Fy EER AR UOME. RT EMRE Ni. ne mmm | TO CEASE WORK ON JACKSON ST. VRACTORS SO INFORM SEATTLE OF ) MINISTER MURDERED AND BODY CHOPPED TO PIECES 's COHAN’S DAUGHTER AND _ EX-WIFE STUDY TOGETHER CONFERENCE TODAY FAILS TO SOLVE THE DIFFICULTY WORK MAY BE TIED UP MANY MONTHS TO COME. BOUILLON PROMISES TO TAKE ACTION Matter Gone Over at Meet ing of City Officials This Morning. Jackson st mises to re main a gre teh with the abutting property standing on end, a big unsightly spectacie for resident and visitor alike, for months, and maybe years, This developed in an informat conference between members ef the board of public works, chairmen of council commit tees on streets and finance, Corporation Counsel Calhoun and several interested property owners held this morning in the offces of City Engineer R. H. Thomson. BEAUTIFUL CHOIR SINGER 2% ee TARGET OF ACID THROWER #2220 3 dition was due to the fact that the upreme court of the state had hel@ id the bond tissue of $494,000, under which the work was begun, Jand that a proposed bond issue tw take care of the rants issued ig payment for the work had been de feated. This left the city without Any means of meeting the warrants, Work has progressed on the re grade and mo: paid prior to the Present condition of affairs to the ext that there now remains ag approximate deficit of $200,000, and it was impossible to determine o@ any plan by which this money might be ed. There was talk of new and supplement assessment dis triets, the legality of which, how- ever, would be a question, and would have to be tested before the contractors would be justified im beginning actual work Before Supreme Court. of its decree invalidating the em j tire asvessment fs now before the | supreme court, by which there ig a chance of raising approximately $131,000. This is an application with the purpose of making valid | that part of the original assessment |agreed upon by the abutting prop jerty owners. The assess. final ment as made by the council upom the final estimates of the cost of }the work exceeded ‘this original as- | sessment agreed upon by some $2 @ |front foot. If this modification is jmade the $131,000 can be ral leaving a comparatively si deficit, but this is very uncertaia and in any event the work must cease on the regrade for several | months with a possibility of the claiming of additional damages to MRS. C. B. MARKS AND HER BABY. CHEBOYGAN, Mich., Jan. 7.--De tectives are trying to solve a myste message that her taken fll brought her a baby had been suddenly + Dr. c, Bhe bad run two blocks toward her | those already granted by the courts rious attack upon the wife of Dr. he when out of the shadows/| to property owners B, Marks. She is a beautiful wom! stepped a muffled figure, which ~ — ——— | an, a singer in a local choir, and had hed act her face. Her large PACIFIC FLEET GOES only recently posed in a striking ved much of her face, but it je she Was singing in chure sotive is ass a for the 7 While she was singing in church motly laqnod for the-at-( Uo cians of the genie ae tack one & a boy, day © recent! mnday evening = partment, ~ ry Newberry of the navy ent cabled a dis | pateh to Adin! al Swineburne af the Pacific fleet, to visit Valparaiso owes with his vessels on the northward implements of Death. ‘\ suidueet }, The last seen of the minister alive | cruise, The fleet ts now at Tak wan yesterday morning, when be |= 5 ecabuano, where it arrived last Mom left home telling bis wife he was WEEPS OVER WOMAN day, and will remain until Janw going to Columbus to arrange for ae ag rang ea eigen growl by a revival and would return in the CHICAGO, Jan. 1—By U. P.—-The | the snow before it, winter has the! ‘The change in orders followed evening / WwHO AIDED iM FLUSHING, L. L, Jan. 7.—By U.| thermometer registered § degrees Columbia river section in its grasp. | the expressed desire of the Chilean The body was found by Myron} P.—The fourth day of his appear! above sero at noon here today, N®vigation on the ¢ mbia is prac- | government that the fleet visit Vak Brown, a parishiongs of the church, oe « amen 1anod on the witness stand, and the| Snow iast night crippled traffic, | Heally suspended j Paraiso, who was forced to go into the A MOURN Down there on the desert she be. | third of an arduous cross-examine | which was completely 1 up by wget: church to escape the cold, while Aaeo soverH rows Be sie © | erlonded tae cent tana ntt tlie te ih ogs Seah Therein Jeuking Haina| morning. ‘The eatfering caused by SUDGE ANDERSON TO waiting for a friend. The exact| OV J woman and watched over her al-| more self-possexsed than at any|the cold wave was somewhat TRY STANDARD time of the murder is not known HE HAD“LOVED. waya.. Them che married Youne and since he has been on the stand | abated by the rise In temperature OIL CASE. A dirk knife and a new hatchet) 1, 4 ditigy little room at polite |left Arizona, They came to Seattle tn his trial for partictpation in the} Charity organizations are y re . with the handle partially burned tora yestorday afternoon And then she told me to come here, | *heoting of William ©. Annis. ing distress CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—By U.P. | off were found in one of the |eadquarters yestorda to come here. I came and found| Mains was confronted with clip ero temperature Is predicted for} —Judge Anderson of Indianap- | Loves. Joseph Toba, feeble and bent with |. . vening not well She died and| Pings from many New York news| the ensuing 24 hours. olis practically has agreed to - comiovte age, wept as though his heart |} am all alone. papers In which he quoted with The storm caused twe try the Standard Oil rebating | MEN QUARREL OVER WOMAN ‘ONE DEATH LEADS would break while telling Captain | And in the Jittle, dingy room nee eect eer He toad (eee eee nee hi cary pa emapg batho bend IN HER ROOM AND ONE of Detectives Charles Tennant of old man, choked with sobs, could 40 | aacy elipping carofully, in some In-| able to see an approaching train on| and it merely remaine for him IS STABBED, | ate : o i . HC N to me few days befor he cn jou *imitting the authenticity of th truck and killed, Je bh Flemin he will do. If he should de hotel per, Ww rreat last night BUTTE, Mont. Jan. 7.—~By idea aoe t PI a: riowe| atortes 63 years of age, a switchman, suf| cline, Judge Sanborn of Mil- | by City Detectives Prank Clark and U. P—Three deaths occurred peneee fewrd pe te : RE Judge Crane refused to permit) fered a similar fate waukee will be asked to preside | Hudson C. Adams on a charge of joe helped her and she was al-| And in the same little dingy room | ice Hessian te question the } : tabbing B. F, Taliaferro, a solicitor, In the shaft of the Big mine | Joe Beles iin,” continued Toba, |stood James Young, the hushand | /rs@eu arrin to question over the second trial as the suc a . here early today, Hugh Kear. rroare trickled @wn his farrowed | without a sob in his throat ¢ witness from the newspaper clip- | Breadth of Cold Wave. | cessor of Judge K. M. Landis, The < ed in the apar ney, a workman, stumbled and ears trickled Gown 2 j borg tel pat oF & pings except in relation to matters} WASHINGTON, Jan By t ment Ca re, a fell down the shaft to the bot ke. testified to by Hains on direct ex-| pA cold wave is gweeping the | ists la To tom level, a distance of = " amination north and middie Atlantic state COURT GIVES BABY : men admit they feet. In attempting to rescue | . Jand shows no, indication of break shed over woman. Kearney, James Martin fell ng. The weather bureau publishes TO SEATTLE "Dall yw several months 100 feet to the bottom, and / he following northwest tempera Jago by City es Barbee and was instantly killed. He die tares for the last 24 hour | Kennedy on @ reo of stealing lodged a heavy timber, which, OF T i RROW | Duluth, 26 below zero; Milwau WOMAN | $1,500 worth of diamonds from Mra, in falling, struck Dan Sweeney, kee, 10 below zero; Green Bs The Bible story of the king, the |e™R%,, The, Share was withdrawn, killing him instantly. -— ream aia ihe Wi ‘f sere sere Sault one Gene _ cng by pte: me ph a the poll ‘tiene - - Marie, Mich, 10 below sero Mm ord e two mothers, and the | Erne did not recover t amond kk eRERRRRRRAY hy | MANAGER FRENCH WILL HAVE| they are looking forward to a very Sas a 10 welaw Valen: | founding child was repeated yee-| Tallaferro admits he struck Dalley * %| THEM PRESENT AT EVE enjoyable time a Manager French's tine, Neb. 10 below sero; Bismarck, | terday tn the pe *lpefore the stabbing took place * STORM WARNING. * NING PERFORMANCE ay ol P : puny. | 10 below zero; Moorhead, Minn ae gs aces ~ sg" psy Atl raliaferro did not think much of & Storm warnings are changed *| ‘Through the kindness of Manager | star office at 7 « lock ret will p PATRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. ny | below zero. iccaanee . “ig i ri by bat cane /the m indo —~ sins hei _— * to northeast, moving rapidly ®/ pick French of the Third Avenue) rade thence to the show house, Tho|U- Beecnstead of abating, th 4 kL ge Snell, the sword /night. he ‘x eg pit. * eastward, and will cause ® \theatre, George W. Engler, circula-\invitation t* extended to all the | weather t# showing sign break : Montana Freezing : is the sword of justice, and that tah : sate The Wounk * strong northeast winds this ®|tion manager of The Star, has made|nowshoys in the city, regardioss ot | 2H, the record. | The t wt HUTTE, Mont, Jan, The ther | neither of the mothers ‘can clai alley’s a SO oe ee * afternoon, diminishing tovight, ® |arrangements for ail the newsboy®| whether or not they are -handling|tng and this morning, , ¥*|mometer is ranging from 30 to 45) the child through right of blood. |'* * . t rewarded an * * | of Seattle to attend the performance | Phe star INESOS the wind Is Intense below zero, according to reports | ‘Two yeark ago a pretty baby was 4 « cs awardad an 008 ef te Na fue vee ch ag Aid By # on an ex-| BKAGWAY, Alaska y|from various parts of the state, found upon a Tacoma doorstep and | WY Wnts Nase innyatt® » “= BUARD LIFE OF n the guests of the various Beat-|he well entertained, It t# expected oe the phagco is pore pede oar thy him ad hiefrieie,. ite Waa theatres from time to time, and| that about 950 will be in attendance, | Heres {E18 87 below and at Dawson | Later the child was adopted by 1 on plaint of an empl 87 below | Cold in British Columbia. pre | ME, aud Mrs. W. H. Hrinkman, of | ' aint 0 ve i = VANCOUVE 4. C,, Jan. 7 ve | this elty, but with the fines of =" s dine hn tare P JUSTICE = EXPLOSION SHATTERS 200225082. iss hoo egret 28 ooh ie Wa By al ie 0) e coast, It has #ni Columbia and it is 15 degrees above | short time to the home for proper U. P.—Detectives will be as- MAN-HOLE co VER | the windgy blowing a gate to 35 below, A heavy snow storm | daughter of the matron of the home | “ Justice Daniel T. Wright, as the ea yi | OR Ro ok te! little girl that she went before the| result of # great number of With a cannomlike report, an ex-|Co., was at work splicing a cable | * | Bellingham Shivers. court and adopted her Cars on the Madison st. Tine were threatening letters he hae re: |ploxion in & manhole at Seventh ay. |!" B manhole 4 block east. Tho|* WEATHER FORECAST *| WLLINGHAM, Jan. 7-—It was 18) Mrs, Brinkman and Miss Woolsey | put out of commission this motms ceived since he handed down the 7 o > ave , conduit ading to the manhole! Pair on ht and Prida above this forenoon it the weath. are employing ne ¥ ol egal | 1s during the worst of the snow decision ventencing Gompers, |*%¢ Union at. this morning View) viene the explosion occurred wale ee BAS ih pid nk he bmn Ah i Wilh be. padas aact tenia te ars bol 4 a Syseee }xtorm by accident to the power Mitchell and Morrison to jail for | the 100-pound cover a hundred feet| tied with gas, which lad witted | t #| night, Snow is flying, and the fall| session, Judge>Snell yesterday de. | Ran" t aint, Roneenane Siaee violating the injunction in the |into the air, shattering it to bits.|in from a leak. This became ig: |® wjk Wow kW kw tke ee eH] hon Deon hedvy throughout this seo | cided in favor of the Brinkmans |in oveke cromt of tt oe more thee Buck Stove and Range o Luckily no pedestrians or teams |\nited from Varthelemigs candle} ¢ - tion declaring that the child needed the niua, and he. tae Sak Mean Justice Wright says he is were hit by the descending. frag-|and flayed the conduit to Seventh | Kent Man Killed, Jeare of a father as well as a tnorning. Slede were bors afraid of being attacked, but his | ments. jay. There the manhole was froxon| «PNT, Jan. T-—-Kdgar Murphy Storm Continues. | mother, and set aside Miss Wool om the numerous . smalt friends and family have been The explosion waa caused by the | tightly and the airholea clogged| waufhlt on the head yesterday by PORTLAND, Jan, 7-—-With the! sey’s adoption papers, Steps will bs ow Sars greatly worried by threate [ignition of gas. H. 1. Varthelemig,|with ice, and, the gas having no|a lof While clearing land and died| thermometer here hovering around | be taken by them at ouco to aecars | i Sisk by S08 Bes Same against hie life, An employe of the Sunset Telephone joutlet, the explosion resulted, soorgatter, 16 above, and a high wind driving | adoptiox papers In King county. te Ne tanta ee oo the flying snow, pplication for a modificatien- ell ele 1 4 i 3 o F & { 3 mau is