The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 8, 1909, Page 1

LAST EDITION DO YOU KNOW That if you leave the water running you may cause a water famine in Seattle, and that would be worse than frozen pipes. TH VOL, 1 167 PLAN CONSOLIDATION OF TWO TELEPHONE PLANTS WEBSTER Is FAVOR OF SUCH A PLAN. SEATTLE, WASH,, FRIDAY, DASHED TOPLEADS FOR AWFUL’ MERCY ON Al SCAFFOLD BAL. LARD MAN KILLED | WIFE MURDERER Is JANUARY 8, 1909 | “EVEN AS YE DO IT UNTO THE LEAST OF THESE, YE DO IT ALSO UNTO ME” ddeal Service Would Come With One System BY EDDIE BOYDEN Once long ago, @ political prisoner, chained to @ Owned Locally. mold pillar, ate his heart out as he watched his two broth. | IN WRECK OF PENITENT AS HE ere die before bis eves. b - ieaggtiCn | Alone in death, and facing death—the manacled man jeered TRAIN. FACES DEATH. ‘There is a likelihood that within Fate and dared the worst | Sn next few months ar a! Hut t ting t of that 4 a — be od whereby a local wed a th i ab ite w |Engine Yeibine Trestle Into|Prays Audibly on His Wa ‘ he al ma And tt " Bay and Fireman Meets From the Cell to | Ty take « 8 a s n € it t c . tedepen: 1 me com-| from gree is and nkles, U w ox His Death. the Gallows. nies an He as . ated 8 of ite a rater: E ukt bok comes 4 , QUENTIN, Ca §,—-By A move in th Hirec wn 1 think an ¢ mt poet ce said that a flow * len ns have le by the bea hing In the world h G forg on at As the noone | Te etree He 1 t have added ie ved " neck Te A P is , din ¢ ite here Public Uti bird ore , thor 1f " t tire Into the * ie rt is in Beattle K h ning T saw ' fanett. ‘Th la he snow, It ma of dete pl bt le ma : Fallow wt \ od of ha wa A OK . And n a ! “tl to scra i 4 i . i at wach c ’ a ~ . pod thing i { * 1 the a ‘ ‘ iseusst ie b " a « we ithet . . , r sald } ere ; fat ned - A Single Service loare [ ~ ¢ “I am not prepared to say what Dx wight and as tor tt ; a ‘ c+ ‘ od be in the public mind reg % dé | ink b in. ni this mat The Heal se ts ' SU - . ve any city is a single ser faith wife, W a weeny wae c| EOWIN STUART cam When: be wae: n mpirol. If we could have one co My © fall ¢ 4, af - hy, controlied by local pe in or a franchise which f to i t a : $ my and also fair » ob im Shot he and | killed her Diataakpany whase enti ne er nnd | ques I'l have to hang for Scant ts Guntered | WEATHER BUREAU CANNOT a. on ‘ « u" plant; a manage SEE END OF FREEZING y thaceedbiates' Ye ‘3 ' wae hot « ; im touch with th . WEATHER low. Victoria t ; Portiand : ig . yaaa wetione af the people, we 10 above, and Spokane at « abi - > soe rerfectio Snow and continued cold—I am 1 th pe ee Char way. PARSRCOO) ibe that it will not wreak bet Green Lake Freezes " type @ company should become | Sunday, and the indications ar Green La has ted’ Ie . : se 1} me of Seattle, one of its in towards prolonged ¢ 1 fre o ” . th ma : © Sanieet to public in| Thus answered G. N ary ing f , . r ‘ "| with ¥ ‘ It has been demonstrated | United weather obs . aa ¢ Siliteiae tng Che iy times that one telephone com-| ¥ hea to weal ' he ( - i " i Si having a monopoly in any lo- vects thi . _ | whiet t s troml point 2 = ‘ @epecially if controlled by The thermon: is dropping Green Lake st “ nye Fle nth Mockholders, has a tenden-|Seadily. At 4 thin moraing It) Sireat ca en toon | : Pe become arbitrary and neglect | Tesistered eve, the minim . . = : , MMe tes acrvice. The tendency in| t ature of the present 7 force | nedy of ; si tand tions He shed wih p get as much mo as possi’ This {5 aleo the Twolte 4 1 he otyan , and Bive as little service as pos 2 a Per a paling ‘ @ ve n | financial point was reached. Yes , ry, De-| Fallotip cor This is a natura terday the ml wa sjed him me a . 1a 1h at Sa. m 1 varia t In Db . ‘© tenced ~ Have Local Company. tion throughout aed Se onde hangaby Judge Law " the only way to have one pene : pia Fr “You honor, | thank you for {ficient service. {+ to Snow Depth Varies. ible f ne ia * t ’ ou fe Ser socal company, managed Mr. Salisbury states tha: 1 Jobn J. Bishop ca ped - t pes Sarees pace ene « Se gar own citizens, Very few peo-| of snow is from 6 to § inches in the 1H. C. Davis, a carpente Ps . qantibare” ask Sie stop to think what telephone city, some districts betng ed tujaries f fois oo. , ai ayn tay dil means. It never stops; it! coated as thickly as Old-|ond ay, yesterday. They bis Mes i ther a een, oe sleeps; Christmas, holidays, timers are muttert Well, this taken to polloe headqua Dotectives at W oc ieummiioen th 2th m Some of our own girls looks Itke another ‘93 The fall) thetr injuries were dre Davin) Detect * wom the | of Pallowte friend bis life ‘Bbliged to forego individual | that year was 3 feet had @ wevere cut on the head pen, but » * m have! fy the odbeateks of koe for public conventence vo the perpetrat- | 18 the eapetet pri through the long winter night rime, which | wore demkvayed tar weary-cyed girl, our own Se hundreds of + hen ala girl, is watching the signal Inet evesing. wher “ sick We sleep, lest perchance cetved a final mersage fre WATER SHUT-OFF IS me or accident may awaken us ' ~ por lett, that the final or the necessity of hurriedly call an he the execution were xiv for hetp. A general shut-off of water throughe . 1 reeidens of, employes att road as telephone service has be one of the ar arteries in very lite and happiness of community. It has come «0 that we do not realize 4 I believe The great drain on the faucets open to prevent piper that this morning the supply of trict of the city ply as & result of leaving th ing continued 12,000,000 of the tonight is probat ngh investigat Stuart W <= 70 REBUILD: = DESTROYED | last night, so * ordinary 56,000,600 gallons in the that efficient’ tele |p 4B serv! adds more to the) dui part f Daa eenvenieines of a com) If the waste of water starte In tonight the same as Ps wd rt \ ity than any other public atik'} vious nights since the cold snap arri rintende ol pomaiad By @ touch it “ne ws Gl!) ) stated this morning that he would « general shut me j r pleasure, for sympe Y orning.,s0 as to in sure retiit the ra a6 ng f en "for ae ft fa one of the great|} ° O'clock until morning ind open pete, : wang sk CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES DECIDE fh the transaction of Busl-|{ volrs and prevent a possible water famine tomorrow “ified seater Pagan ad pat. 2 th hh ytt It brings us into closer touch Stuart en . WILL STAND SHOCKS aid | iy, Religion finds it benefit. Can't Negiect Telephone. “Seattle in bound to become one greatest cities, if not 4 en city, on the Pacific coast.) ROM®, i « 8 natural liking he ral tte : y TO FRISCO ~ ina and Rerw Eis tearing down its opposing hills CHICAGO, Jan. &—By U. P. GUILTY i$ STRUCK DOWN . TH & ve en ig até y a7 i is building for all time to come. | “Harriman, through his control of} wxyion cry, 7 P sre ges chen dteihnem re annot afford to neglect one| the Southern Pucific, ts responstble) wiih, 4 verdict of rege tg a ap natrwcth Pulldings. Co His most potent necessities for) for graft in San Francisco. Harrt-|),, vy gen sr Poa BY UNKROWN MAN stone willbe sent at ones Convenience, comfort and pleas | man wants to contro! the water. 4-4 i meen icomeien” gem ranctacs and Jes ‘of its people, the telephone. Its front of San Francisco, he ‘wants to (744 7 GP gee talaga ne Mike Bretich, a Greek eee anes ae ae one service should be bnlit, contro! everything can Ket bis | pinicr MB. Ay. | Matking toward bis b a F Substantially and upon the nds OD. declared Francis J. |, atte. ts son ol fder | Lith av. 8, Ine cht was attac ; ward'h al fet foundation. It should not be| Heney, the San Francisco graft jy 4), Carga tth mitiveting ed by ar unknown enemy and wi po ges ed to go haphazard until too) prosecutor, today bts , Hud” ent over the head seve times with |"ands 0 . Tt should be organized for 1 have no raction to make ¢ KB H f an iron be pins greaiest convenience to the|the assertion | made in ladel- | for or Pa Bretich Iay in the snow for sev ¢ number of people. Its! phia,” he continued “aaa ort r ae “ge tee : oral minutes before he sufficiently oe Gaus - ice should be furnished at fair] Heney will leave at 6 o'clock 09 | puy nt was fixed at ; reoovered to make bis way ed : , reasonable rates lthe Overland for the Pacific coast. |ine penitentiar He ; 4 alta F | General } , wounds | P-—After are “ fo this end the people who In : Tr punishment for t first "1 ras —- b oe th, their money in a plant should TOPS ON ne ix defendants was. Jett to| Were dressed. Br Menain hats fair and reasonable return) mapetene ane tee yt The police believe "was ' eived. oft be had on their investment. | JACKSON STREET : Aid8 bh tntchtics Ina fight with 10 mmomy. | The ay the rece be and become an invest ath penalty. The in. | man says he did not engage | t¢ i ; gl thant peo of Seattle Work will cease on the Jack ara ae in @ figh | Pes. a agi liar! ire 4 safely put their money, and pgrade tomorrow The 4 | set for hearing . ‘ \m oe a Bea inatitut con-| piieation of the uctors, Lewis! win} . vicar * FIGHTS NEWSIES; by attle sple carn-|& Wiley, was formally turned ove tins HEAVY SROWS going into the kets of Se-|to the corporation counsel rd of public works g today, with the under with t re that LANDS IN JAIL” DELAY TRAINS He people. We sho ney at home. I f ~« POLICEMAN SLAIN p e contra: ae {mn portance howd work until such time Ik FIGH lat several newst who were f elt The two American roads ron ity is creating in’ sous ing him with snowball William | ning inte this city are having tro: P eans of f % for the c T WITH i we god Fo Fay oe oe lie mind pec ong provide 4 which mea Gillesple tarted to whip the! ble on actount of the heavy fall of vwurattons will cease indefinitely, | SOLDIERS youngsiers, and Was succeeding | snow'In the Ca 6 and Rockies | perhape for ‘year ve fairly well when two men fhter-| Yesterday at se portions of the f SAN FRANCISCO, Jan By U.| fered rT who was under | two lines snow fell to a depth of Perr rerrerrrrrr es Th Idler one, of them the influe iquor, turned on | six feet’ on the level, and the big le o al} x re tody of the th me ad gave them a severe ot esnow plows from both end l* Schoo! Closed Down. * vice today, suspected with ing beating of the diwistons we busy keeping . concerned in the ath of Poll Put at thi aneture Patrolman | th ond pon f th . f * The pupils of the Broadway # | one a ‘atrolman | the roads-ope w passage oO rnp: x we v : nt home #| 3¢Peeant Anton J. Nolting, who!| Landon arrived he scene and trains, Freight on the Great North an * choo! Ww ‘ i Saher” i e from here| itt the school closed at 10 #| 4% Shot to death in the red light| took Mr. Gillespie to jail. He paid/ern is moving fa ea but ¢ baw n « mre |e oloe this morning on ac- &| **¢tion of the elty at 2 o'clock this|a fine of $15 this morning Nerithern Pacific yesterday >t t , 4 “ : ~ porning Iting, one of the old ht trains were cancelled for the ‘ - + for|# count of the lack of fuel. It #|™° ght trains r th aa me aay f ore| # wan impossible to haul the fuel # r ned of pected men on the z Rel Bel dial «® athe ep i fit of ‘the passenger traffic y ‘as img ce, attempted to arrest a soldier he Canadian Pacific has had een at f r the up the bill. nd the furnaces ® . The Canadian Pacifi had no poem st be mod: ‘ * us i. yes *| Who, with two companions, was|* THE WEATHER. * trouble ay yet, but its traing are agree 4 ls: > ching @ house on Commercial] Continued Cold, With Flur *! running through snow sheds for the wen have « mn. | t, near the infamous “Barbary | # ries of Snow Tonight and Sat- * | greater part of the passage through Theodore Root, Ma-| se #9 REE RRE RBH Oe * urday; Fresh to Strong North: # | the mountains, and only extra Brevier« BK L. Jore r. M The three men, in uniform at-|* erly Winds. . * ordinary dceident can stop them ane >. Ford. Thy SLAIN WHEN HOUR OF tacked the policeman and knocked | * » MEE Gare cu toute to there] him down, Nolting drew his 1o| yy ee MN RE OR volver and fired. Th wrenched from his hand he was scuffling on the weapon was ad. wh Wightman Brings Suit sidewalk, Merle J. Wightman, until recent HE RUNS AMUCK third ly trustee, second vice president and iy Montana. A re ning PEACE IS AT HAND = L<Gaxtad SA TALE MILLION), CAM AND Cae en ee poane with two of the soldiers, « THROUGH FRAUD Ltreaty between the warring On| fired @ shot that entered Nolting’s | chief engineer of the Seattle-Ta Apparently under the influence of in Yiek and Suey Don factions of the) back, killing him Thatantly coma Short Line, this morning filed| some drug, B. W. Price, formerly a een, Cal, Jan. §.—B: Chinese Tous was but an hour @ complaint in intervention in the! ook at the Boulevard. restaurant EB, Bano, of this city, prom-| away, tong Song Chow, a member sult of 8. I. Bradbury against the) ae Fourth ay, and Pike st., ran eee eatste and "08 | of the former faction, was shot and HORSE DROPS - company for the appointment of &) qamuck in the office of the Hotel ere es yerterday on | (ined on Ninth between Webster | receiver, in which he asks the court | gnoqualnile, Third av. and Pike st., ee avon out by James A.|and Franklin ate. by a Chinese RTO BIG HOLE for a judgment againat the corpor-| shortly after 10 o'clock this morn BE multtmilliousire of Mon-| supposedly a member of the Suey ation for $7,000, and that the tem-| ing Stang Signor with the! Tj. wie made his oscape by run-| Plunging through a poorly cov-| porary receivers, James T. Black-| Whon Patrolan Kirk reached oo, mor $590.) ning up an alley in the darkness, |0°ed excavation at 45th wt, and jstone and Robert 1. Blewitt, be! the hotel affiee this morning, Price mere corged 0 * POM) The toud haw been bloody for aey-| Wallingford av, at 8 o'clock this made permanent | wae chasing tenants around the of- | ited oe result ral weeks, and stringent m sures | morning, a horse owned by An ora Prey yore floe stove. | 4 Conducted by Mur) wilt be used to end it immediately,| drew Peterson blocked street car * J When searchod at the city Jatt} he past two works to dis- | : traffic for nearly two hours The Seattle relief fund for the} q gouply of hypodermie needles and | identity of the person Foresters to Banquet. | It was y after a wrecking | Italian sufferers was reported close | qyugy whre found in his pockets, bese forging his name to| Court Excelsior Foresters of| crew from the city arrived with @| to $10,000 this morning. The Red enormous amounts. It) America, Palm Pirele and Seattle Circle, will hold ite annual ban-| derrick that the suffering animal # that the money ww been | quet ut (he H@tel Georgian, Fourth| wos removed if in Suancing 4 ce-|ncar Pike, next Tuesday evening| The horse was so badly injured vier ‘aed California.) next at 4 o'clock, that it had to be shot, © &! With others, there total $9,660.03, Cross fund totals $1,0: the Italian | | colony fund $5,948.35, and the Na |W, O. We Will give a snowball dance | tonal Bank of Commerce fund $578,| next ‘Tipiraday evening in Little's ‘ball, Se: SEATTLE STAR SAVE THE BIRDS By throwing some bread crumbs and other bird. | world delicacies out wiere the birds may get | the crumbs and the cats can’t get the birds. | PRICE, ONE CENT. BRAVES COLD TO TAKE HIS DAILY PLUNGE IN SOUND THOMAS B. B. M’MAHON DOESN’T MIND THE WEATHER. |Cavorts About in Icy Wax | - ters With Abandon of Summer Bather. With Singing alone Combing her hair Who wouldn't be | B. Mae « a swim Ouwne waters ne wapape Floating and Enjoying It. flat on b k with the F cy spray into his with the ow flak h at or 1 which insisted on pro- A he # the when the re was rface, tt fend of dited as bis interview sev- remarks and the above The verse is printed above gies to no one, not € aid. The other things 4 gratuitious offering re Phe a not diminished by THOMAS 8, M’MAHON ise,” and the interview euded with: |"Yours in a swimming posture As He Appeared on the Beach Near Alki Point Yesterday After Spending Fifteen Minutes Swimming in the Waters of Puget Sound | Made Good to His Friend. ographic fact that t in sinc Mal reall elieves | playing tag with nature and ft on te gb friends what good orial and ph grew o ists thing is for mankind. When the i days were here one time en rtation upon this atting mate on the back and Se " thekling her under the chin at all DEVOUT JEW HELD UP WHILE > ake English very | sea of the year, and the friend, EN ROUTE TO SYNAGOGUE | !™verfectly, did not rstand although b he highest regard their evident command to throw Mac on's reputation for AT AN EARLY HOUR ap his hands ar sobriety and truthfulness, snow-covered With ow f the raffians | doub the statement t he A n bhed the his whit-| pl into the waters of the wae held d bair while ¢ 1 sound the year round ardiess shortly be his pockets th of the ele ts or other conditions fore 2 o'clock this mornty searching their vietir thugs that would hinder the ordinary The venerable old man was on gave the old m: nt, shove, | swimmer the Bichor Cholom ¢ sending hi ing in the snow Yesterday morning when the wish church at 1300 Nearly overcome with fright and snow was flying the thickest, when when the assault oc-' cold, the man made bis way the wind was blowing its worst ofa f to the ho end, who r wrt the police f the thermometer was down to McMahon called the said en Bralsber's make his way ed the ba outrage lowest the al y morning at 2\ By robbing the old man, the ban-|friead up over the phone and sug- o'clor dits took ¢ dollar he i in ted a Httle swim in the sound As he neared the church thie the world t of th high-) off th MacMahon camp over in morning, ut fing the bitter cold: waymen was found by police de-| West Seattle. weathe thugs stopped him, tectives who went to investigate Substituted a Scribe. The friend was “too busy” to get found time away hmvett bat he to & pewspaperman and a phat sgrapher who would risk be- frozen stiff to record the stunt, | 80 at 3:30 o'clock yesterday afte noon Mr. MeMahon took the news: aperman, photographer her friend } message | over to the and an- across the bay and MacMahon camp just WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. By ‘oniaoede that the U. P.—Declaring that the ian- | sent by the pre ply to @| beyond Luna park guage of President Roosevelt in | demand for an ex n be laid) Upon arriving there “Foley” and his annual message to congress | on the table as not responsive. Jack” produced the bathing suit in reference to the secret ser- | The unusual course of the com-|and Mr. MacMahon promptly don- vice was unjustified, Represen- | mittee in recommending to the low ned the sa and with bare arms tative Perkine of New York, |er house that it ignore communica-| and bare legs protruding from the head of a committee chosen by | tions from the president created a|ysual abbreviated summer swim- the house to consider a plan of |sensation. The report deciared that | ming costume, waded through the action, today presented a report | the language of the president was|snow from the camp door to the which recommends that the unjustified, and that the president's | water's edge, walked down through cret service portion of the mes. suggestion that the restriction of/the tey surf to swimming deep sage be ignored by being laid [the secret service was t water and plunged out for the on the table. members of cong m: to frolic about all the same not wish to be investigated was/as if the thermometer stood at 90 The committee report also rec | unwarranted. degre fahren The “friend and “Jack” x TRACK GAM soon fc far too chill for them back into the hewspaperman and the er between watching uphing, ran races with to keep warm SCORED AT BIG MEETING ©: each other * HAKKAR ARED + PROMINENT MEN DENOUNCE| \. a pas Samat Se oy * BANK CLEARINGS. * THE RACES AND THEIR s from the water aed t ~ Pes san + Seattle. * ATTENDANT VICES. his street clothing he explained ® Clea today ..$1 129.40 ©) Not a y Ot doubt can re-| that he was 40 years that he ® Balances : 26 ®) ma th \ * had been g in swi ng the * Tacoma * | of x , year around all his and be * Clearing» toda $788,128 & ea nonastra gainst ra jeved that this was the most * Balance 50,898 ® track gambling at the Grand © healthful, and, when one got used * Portland. * bow his afterr as to t nti. | it, the most agreeable anner * Clearings toda $853,516 & ” eattle busin of ing. He talked al way * Halance 86,128 & Ent) r " : aq| back to town about back “ * i ' ' ie in| tO nature and on sir topies, r r his charactoris- | convincing his shiver compan PEPPERS EESED ES. © i csr mtralghees er ix ions that he was right, because Mr, Russian Company Loses r he was interrupted t MeM did not shiver then, he judgment against the N. KB. Stbe hich filled th 2 ge ly “| when emerging from the same— ian company this morning in Judge | floors and all th x08, Hanson at. {never @ shiver shivered he during Taliman’s court. He was hired by | tach th A he in{ the whe performance the upany through Conant Bud tv t | Mr, MacMahon has been in the koski, in 1904, to go to Siberia tt tf the] city a number of years, He Is one blacksmith on a contract of $100 a at clink. | of the most prominent lawyers at month, He wa Md but $15 a ! ul soni the Jocal bar and last spring was month, and had to pay his own » demonstrate to the prominent as the candidate for the passage home ‘cowardly legislators’ the will of the| Office of corporation counsel on the people of Seatt) | Moat ticket Coasters Injured, aedivuy Seite. hated | Ouat While coasting down the Evans: | wag pipe nse ok ing #t., this morning, a “bob” load-| Gon. in othor Fal mith ix yonthn cafitdad with “ Siiien “Puck. -aietie ubimadead aa THE BIG FAIR elephone pos ou A OA oi a aoa eens hee a Sinead « thastered head, ie mtanion sear A a ‘ ong nk vices of the) ©, B, Yandel, secretary of the a fractured leg, and ©. A. Heath |inatitutions of the cley.. ie re | Chamber of Commoree, is out with lost several teeth cited ‘eb viete: We °O/ an announcement of an Alaska-Yu a ie ations of t kon-Pacific excursion to leave for Steuths Followed Tillman, jf@duoing influence of the track | California to exploit the coming fair WASHINGTON, Jan, 8—In° let Chairman Geo, E. Walker, Coun-| on February. 20, ‘The train willbe ters submitted to the senate com. |°liman T. P. Revelle, W. ®. Trimble! run under the auspicos of the Seat« mittee it has been shown that Pres. | “nfl others followed, denouncing the | ug Chamber of Commerce and the evil, With the speakers — or ident Roosevelt had Senator Till ab A. Wa ‘ Tacoma Chamber of Commerce, C, man watehed by secret service men, | He were 2. Warten Gould, F B, Yandell and several fair offlelala |belteving that he was implicated ta |! Sayre, | Chic ard i mid Spacacnally, cxmdtuek<matee \the Oregon land frauds, Tillman | Jeffries. The audience was almost) oursion, Will soon make roply wholly composed of business men. B®, J. Brown newspaper hustler, vithe °| ta Chicago by the well known Seattle has been Called rious Mess of Rifle Club Abandoned, idea of organizing a Goes to Russia Dr. Trevor C, Kineald leaves for The Russia on May 1 to take up his}elub at the university has been| his mother, He ts well known a work of finding an enemy to the /abandoned, it being impossible i ® benefactor of the “new * ar gypsy moth, Dr. D, Howard will/ secure rifles for the 200 students | they are unanimous in offering bint take his plage at the university. twho desired to join, thelr sympathy, wt ies a Picea z