The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 5, 1909, Page 11

Stone and Webster Inter- ests Are Seeking to Se- YEARS | | cure Its Passage. | OLYMPIA, Fed. 5 —The Seattle sttic company “freese-out” bill providing that the majority of stock.) holders of a corporation may sel! Out the assets of the company and the minority stockholders accept | their proportionate amount of the Sale price, will come before the sen ate for final action on Monday, The| Dili is senate dill No. 132 A strong effort was made mn of the legislature o! It passed the sen pfeated in the hous ‘After tts defeat in the house Sifeng lobby, representing th @ Webster interests in this Visited Olympia and a sec Hort was made to get the through the lexisiature. New Bill introduced. bill, covering the same te : in the ‘Ate, and when it came up for actior Members of the senate who had Voted for the measure the first > time declared on the floor of the @emate that they had not under ) Stood the purport of the proposed When it was before the senate new re Comme be the Th such a vicious | % 3 It Was indefinitely post by & unanimous vote. tn the present seaston Sen wa of King county In among the members of this it was decided that it) To Judiciary Committee. this bill was sent to the and a fight will be made its passage. is interests in this state = ‘Merge their various compacies, and) the provistons of the Booth | ‘one of the Stone & Webster! Claiming that the company cor-| could bay the assets of ducts a lottery business and tm companies and fix the teuds which the minority of stock-| John Trucbrider, of these companiqs would | menced action against the Coopers be forced to accept. Attorneys rep tive Home Builders the Stone @ Webster in-| sums peld by him to the concern, er have been In Olympia sev-| in Supertor Judge Albertson's court ra conferring with Beoth | this morning. Captain Truebridge states that in roached by an| ‘and regarding the bill C. B. Dawson, engaged tn honse |. me in morning entered a pe titties before Superior Judge George | i asking that William ais} 0 in the moving be restrained from oper for a period of 18 years to ‘The petition was granted. he purchased the business and | will of Gillespte, and that the then agreed and signed a) Horses—-The Wolf of 310 E 724 st, Green || Ys to the police this |} that two horses, one a/) ray and the other a bay, were taken | 08 ir stables at the intersection | Lak: € G8th and 13th ste last night by | Capitol Hill e partis, The time is ml wagterars Avenu om “of Faney V 00 val-| a Bridge & to | | FANCY MEATS | x3" Prime beef. fresh pork, milk veal- Dest market affords PALACE MARKET SECOND AND YESLER. en Main Youler x Righty successful = “anchor ” (hold like am anchor), we will do all work during February at CUT RATES. If Your plates do not fit, con- Salt ws No charge for ex amination, Note — FREE Clinic every morning, from 10 to 12. One tooth extracted FREE for each person applying to demonstrate o painless 5 methods. First-class Fillings. Crowns and Bridgewotk at lowest prices in the city. All work guaranteed. by (St. Pau! Dentists Beceannats tener wanes. Fort South FREEZE OUT” BILL AGAIN BEFORE THE LEGISLATORS Jas mac acain arrex [OGAL PRESS GLUB WILL HAVE WELL-FURNISHED CLUB ROOMS Candidate for President of the Seattic Press Club, and The Seattle Prose club yesterday; The following met In its new quartera In the tral building for the first time. The will hereafter ons of Mesare. H. W. Treat Lowman, hished at no expense firet time and apologized for! These gentlemen hav at -Intetiigencer Chamber of Comm the necessary furnishings and send the bills to them of the gift, Messrs and Lowman outed an remes @lected to honorary membership tn the chub. Sam saunicipal, Atber quiet Nominations of Officers. The principal busloess b terday's meeting was the somina ae 20 tepossibe to secure & to be voted upon ‘effort maade to bring it up. i# the annual election on March 4./ In recognition unanimously the Raltway and Roberts, city « fore you | ing the ‘Times: FH resentative of the Amy COMPANY tion of office @ mw bill, covering the nd, was introduced by of King county, and at his| iry committee. The Booth) | A L TT w WIN come before the senate on | Oregon and W has been known for some time| INTERESTING CASE 1S NOW ON Home Mt it in the desire of the Stone &/ TRIAL IN THE SUPERIOR — pany paid monthly sums | tracts lettered and cach of Seattle, com under the caption ——— 1902 he MUST NOT agent of the company and Inform-| was numbered 65, and, according to| fulness of so great @ decennial un fed that upon paying oo: 154/dertaking on behalf of the whole marred by permitting | tain sums | testimer: each month, he could have a home! contracts bave been taken up. [he could not explain why Captain Truebridge’s claim was not MOVE HOUSES | built for him. W.B. Ames, president of the Cal Ss ieee a (Eveninge—Outbound) 3 8 cdl = |Ipubite works thix morning author- |} ined the iehting department to pur- Beattie Electric Co. | Pinney Avenue Dnlverstt: «* Fort Lawton Weat Seattle Street Madison Street || James Street uso sed omg, pesjabe: esvesouy ** aney sed #2¥O UG] vsweZZUT uiIR—G2 puncs poaneuoo ay Weatile Biscivis Cow Line Green Lake Premont- Ballard lined: Nineteenth Avenue Baat Union Street .. Broadway -Pike Belevue-Bummit Want Qui Klanear Ballard Beach North Queen Aloha Wont Soattle | Rainier Heights Beacon Hi Bropdway u Jeffernon Street Main Street Total Madtson James Street | Youler Way Total Cabie | Madrona Park } His Baby. were etty r; x ring” Htor ad wt-In advertio 0 alee Butlders, $160,000 had }pald toward building homes | states that subscribers of the com Ih two years it was represented | to him he was to } lelther three homes valued at $1,900/ Keop Out Politics. or one home at $3,600. Truebridge’s recetved contract but Peak Load ra 3 uM “ 44) 4 “o 39} “INCREASED SERVICE REQUIRED _ les Now. 1 and 3 Combined, Total cars | Intervais Per Peak in une. | Load Hour. ey | oF | : 1 4 | bay 3g | 33 285 Fa | 38 aog e3 . ae | ae i oe* i ae ah 5 | ment of civil service law reg | geographical apportionment, but | made evident in the only way pow been | He v aeons MAN MORTALLY WOUNDED (Coneluded.) boen in thin country but a few four montha’ wages which Vangal says he could have had at any time. Neither was any of the loot taken frbm the saloon found on his body If he committed sutolde, where Is hin motive? If he robbed the saloon, where ts the booty and where are the keys, and why did he force the back door from the INSIDE to make his on cape? If he was murdered, whore is the Greek who did the deed? Did he kill Metloosia, take his key make his exoa voning 10 minutes betwee: st and the discovery of ing of the # the y. 1, returning, reb the male If he-did, how did he make his ercape from a bridge guarded at both ends by officers keenly on the lookout for @. suspletous character or i# the whole matter one of thoe inexplicable coinetdences which ne er wlll be explain These are the questions which are pusaling every policeman and detec tive in Seattle MESSAGE ON CENSUS VETO (Conctuded.) Carroll D, Wright, who had charge jot the bureau after 1890. Wright | estimated that more than $ ej}in a year's time could have been saved if the sus force had been | then add | “This, of course, meant the de | struction of economy and efficlency for purely political purposes, In view of the temporary character of } the work, | will walve the require rding | the appointees abould be chosen by competitive examinations from lists of the civil service commission. A non-competitive examination. like this i# not only Viclows but ts, In ettect, a fraud upon the house | Misleading Actions. “No essential change ts effected lby providing that the examinations shall be conducted by the ctril serv tee commision, and to provide that |the employes be selected without regard to political affiliation ts empty and misleading, unless it ts lalble and that is by providing that | the examin: » be competitive. mend that if the 1 also *M-| provision ia made that the cenaa| | printing work be done outside the | tain | contracts $1,000 government printing offices, it be strictly provided that the gov ernment authorities seo that the eight-hour law is applied tn effec }tive fashion in these offices: It te of vital consequence that we should not again allow the use people to be it to be turned Into an engine to lturther the self interests of that | arnall section of the people whith makes & profession of politics. The evil effect of the spolls |) eystem te that the custom of treating appotutments to public service as persona! perquisites of professional || poltticians is peculiarly evident in the case of a great public work like ii the taking of the census, a work ‘which should emphatically be done i= the whole people with an eye single to thetr interests. | Will Buy Lighte—The board of [chase 99,000 additional incandescent lights for use in street and house jUghting, at « cost of $14,000. This {a part of an original order for wivtch the money has already been appro- printed - BOUILLON SAYS IT'S UP TO COUNCIL ———d (Conciuded.) aystem, or tn its mode of operation, the city should order such change to be made, but if power to do this \}nas been reserved by the city in | the franchises, it Hes with the elty lcouncil. The operators of the Ren }ton line claim that the counter: weight lHne on Washington st. ts }now operated to its full capacity | tm this I do not concar, and | be Heve that the segvice on that Ine lcould be increased were they dis posed to do it, or had they the ability.” ehSeeneueuecens a0 26.00 16 53.00 u 26.33 —— “4 31.00 | 61.00 00 1-08) 17-00) We. 00 2.41) 45. 77/100.00 2.81) 45.00) 49.80 7¥e) a1 00, Ra 00 THE STAR—FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909. |montha, and cannot speak the King: | lish language, He worked for Vangal at the Central saloon for seven months, and has borne the reputation of a steady boy. There waa no motive for him te commit the robbery, as there t# coming to him, | jin the-elassified service. Roosevelt | a yard Price, $1.15 a yard, FREDERICK & NELSON, Inc. Store Closes Daily at 5:30, proof Foulards are prominent in navy, pastel blue, amethyst, old-rose, leaf-green, pheasant- brown, white and black with small coin spots, stripes, figures, pin-dots, scroll Dresden stripes. Price, 90c a yard, Early Showing of Fashionable Foulard Silks Rich silky Foulards and satin-finished Foulards in exclusive pat- terns. The Spring season’s popular shades and designs are shown In considerable variety. Some exclusive patterns in 23-inch shower Satin-finished Foulards, 24-inch width, two- tone stripes in pastel shades—gréen, gray and blue grounds with small dots; navy, smoke, taupe, pastel blue, olive green and mulberry, with stripes and conventional yard, Shower-proof Foulards in exclusive patterns, 24-inch width, with floral and conventional designs in shades of taupe, navy, peacock-green, pheasant-brown, tan, pastel green and old-rose. Price, $1.15 Satin-finished Foulards, 24-inch width, in old-rose, amethyst and peacock-green, with ring designs. Wxtensive Ltn Dry ¢ —Fint Floor, $1.10 a designs. Price, Spiro Powder, 20c. Packer’s Tar Soap, 15¢ cake. Princess Combs, 75c. | Toilet Preparations Dioxogen, a powerful antiseptic, Dr. Prays’ Ongoline for finger nails, 35¢ Stillman’s Freckle Cream, 44c. Perfection Egg Shampoo, 25c. Hudniit’s Violet Superba Face Powder, 60c. Glyco-Thymoline Mouth Wash, 45c. Imported Castile Soap, 4-Ib. bar, 55¢ Jewel Pockets, in several styles, 25¢ and 50c. Roger & Gallet’s Violet Talcum, 19c. FREDERICK & NELSON INCORPORATED Notions and Sundries Cube Pins, large, assorted sizes, 20c Radiant Corset Laces, Carlson Currier Darning Silk, many colors, 5¢ Initial Letters, 36 in set, red on white, 5c set. Boston Garters, wide silk or cotton elastic, 25¢ and 50c. Kirby, Beard & Co.’ sorted, 25c. “Setwell” Skirt Hange Treasure Hooks and rust, card of two dozen, 5 Kleinert’s Hookon Supporters, four straps, 50c. Bobbin Tape, two skeins for 5c. Edwards’ Whalebone lengths, 10c card. ors, full-nickeled, 25c. at ilk and linen, 8 yds., 25c. s Needle Books, as- es, warranted not to Collar Stays, assorted —Firat Floor. JOSH WISE WRITE bee able to collect enough tnter- lects! tergether ter write you an legent letter Nature goes along and dus her turnla the wurld clean over every}uy paper — and | coustruct permanent roadways, }contained in the general bonds | wpec , the finance com: | hundred Counciiman Jackson was op | defeated tng. holdin jint sessions, kaukusing, JOSH WISE AT WORK. “Olympia, Wash., Feb. 5, 1909. | per hour, and you hardly ever hear|ing refused permission to lay its our country, |day'#nd sunning the other side, be-|castic remar sidea-shuvin it around the sun once| shouting, whispering, amending, re a year at the rate of 66,600 miles solving, motioning, movi PREPARE FOR A NE BOND ELECTION | FIRST STEPS ARE TAKEN AT) nosed to the holding of a special MEETING OF COUNCIL |bond election this year, and de- COMMITTEE TODAY. clared that the expense of holding | the election would amount most enough money to bulld a new | As a preliminary step to holding} fire house, & special election during the com-| these things de along until next jing summer on the question of is| year, when he suing bonds to build fire houses, | could be provided for in the reg wlar tax levy. cover other proposed exponditures At the last election the council | lumped all of the special items un- | which were turned down at the last/ der one head, thousand dollars for | mittee of the efty counet! this| big regrade deficits morning authorized the expendi¢| the objection of the people to mak. | | ture of money to purchase a new/ing good these the entire issue wy | to al-| set of registration books. from bonda, lobbying, getting red in the face] and hot under the collar and usin| jup hundreds of dollars of the tax/ \payers’ money and what not | | “It tuck 138 of the pec hise | —the pick uv the state—near ter 4 weeks ter decide this mooted ques. tion—and It ain'tequite settled yet They would take 2 ter 3 times thet long ter decide the terrible question las ter whether they would adjourn | }at 2 o'c or 15 minutes ter 3, or |whether they would have the prayers before the minutes—or after | the minutes. | “Talk about women sufferegest— } Well my uld Aunt Hanna Elizabeth | Wise cud hev decided thet question with out even puttin her specks on or going inter ‘kaukus'—or jint-ses- sion, “Everett trimmed a ‘Smart-Alex’ over ter the Capitol Bullding this | mornin—much ter my pleasure. Renfro made a picture sketch uv} j him doin it and sez he is goin ter |send It ter you. | | “He is makin a picture uy me} | now while I am ritein this letter. “Well | must close for this time— | “lam wurkin up another subject fer yu--and will write yu agan soon-— “More Anon. “Yours truly, “JOSH WISE. ?. 6— “Regards ter all the Boys and | excuse” haste CITY ORDERED TO GRANT PERMIT Superior Judge George E, Morris this morning issned an order in structing the board of public works to grant a permit to the ttle Lighting company, giving that com-| | pany the privilege of laying its gas mains on f ford st Claiming its right through fran | chises, the lighting company on be- “Dear Mister Edutur: — ‘ys grant. }mains, brought suit against the/| ‘ ’ |elty. The board of public works} | “E&ev boon so over whelmed and! “put MAN—Ho kant oven decide | cieins that. che Saenger | mpany | siaborgasted by what I hev seen| whether i\jce Track gamblin is a} > franchise ar 6 | sindgei her bea here, untill I baven’t| good thing¥er our young mon ter | raforag Cee ng, ‘hat the ones patronize and whether these fellows who thelr ouffo are not fit and onimate ter little duties day by day, like ragen| with out the bub Pacific ocean 12 foot high| speeches, filtes and flites uv ora- on fib entire West coast. And/tory—printin thousands uv sheets mies and sar referred to are those issued a for. mer company which has since con 00 | solidated The lighting company contemplat ed laying gas mains on Bradford st. | from Bighth ay. S, to Ninth ay, S., and on Ninth ay, 8., from Bradford | to Adams sts | It develops, according to Tawney, | that funds voted by congress ars | lly distributed. Why, the IS WANTED FOR EMBEZZLEMENT George Livesley, wanted in Portland for alleged larceny by em- bezzlement, was arrested today by Deputy Sheriff Mark Freeman, act- ing on instructions from Sheriff Stevens, of Portland, Ore. Livesley was found by Freeman in the Butler Hotel Annex and taken tnto custody. He denies that he, is guilty of the charge. WEALTHY MAN IS INDICTED FOR SERIOUS CHARGE BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 5. U. P.—Joseph Janer, a weal New York man, alleged to have kidnapped Catherine Loerch, a 12 year-old girl, was indicted today by the local grand jury on six counts. The most serious charge against him is that of criminal as sault, which in this state is pun- ishable with death. Double Header 200 for sale, 20 cents. H. M. Her. rin & Co, 6 Scheuerman Bik, *** Eyes Right? If your eyes are right you should be very thanktul." Uf not right, you wrong them by trying to deceive yoursell into the peliel that they are, Come and let us examine your eyes free now. 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