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LAST EDITION If you are not a regular reader of The Star, telephone Main 1050 or Ind. 441 and have the paper delivered by carrier. VOL, 11 SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1909. PRICE ONE r 0008080 SS uac*C8c<-~=—AN-N7-"j]Humrun-———— AN IFOGRAPH---WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THE S. E. RECEIVED A NEW CAR MAYOR, AND, rach (\ | rics hh ?. mall S73 TH * HAVE IT SENT HOME THE STAR AIMS To give you all the news as soon as it happens and a way that will interest and instruct (wottoa mos? hy as We ce Ry “ Rae \mounss | J occasion O “A \ NV Ct 4 as fe et of MY arte vi ; i : { x “ INS I ‘ . co STRap— HANGERS a : EB |r : iis Fon { Reef) LAKE Loca, fy) N® 1 ——| - fi Se 7 AE CAR HAS THECAR HAS C AME eo & Po pct AND Soh Sec dak EN Siusias te CITIZENS ‘Beheune CAR ‘ON SHOULDERS PRES. FURTH iN AUTO ‘LE GATOR FROM OLD GUARDS’ -- SMALL Bors AND mths * WILL COURT TAKE CHILD ADS F | MOST MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY IN THE AND DRIVE WOMAN MAD? WHIT FAMILY OF ADMIRAL SAMPSON CHARITY SCHEME IS FRAUGHT with f WHO ELSE BUT MR. wr,d.si.50's" ) INITIATIVE FOR ce a, AAIMER_OF KING? fii 0"% J _ CALIFORNIA Mrs. Siker May al Her ae a eT caicueth ‘ace econ an |B ceemeeee te Cum TTtES | BROW IT TEN WHEN A nating serap of dalog $36 Pivet Nemepaner Manet. [PRI : CLASH AT THE terill's anti-lean shark bill hee a LINCOLN. ‘The sacrifice of a child’s wel- | been laid on the table. Can you fare, or the destruction of a ate wine te i DID HIS NEPHEW SUL CIDE OR WAS HE KILLED? Accused Wife of the Dead Man Is Placed in Peril By Statement. BY W. G. SHEPHERD. | oo RA, N. Y., Feb. 2 In the ‘woman's sanity—if rohance | Paimer st haan gedgi a ~ ren hi ee ¥ pe almer of King. «¢ One Overlooks Club Motto throw its shad across one is ne ary—ie a knotty [| And nobody thought that this wa ark s . seri4 in the Hains case we problem which will have to be | AN exceptionally creditable and Emits a Very Bad : a ee OD Haney SArPoor ime shado rome solved by Judge Frater in the [ine being at the legislature Swear Word. he Sampson murder case we juvenile court tomorrow, if the | days. f } oo Humane and Charity Organiza WE S igen ; ee | ~ creep Gat tion societies persist in a plan | the te till ere eee oe . : seh Denotes eurrou ur hing ana ate be OK s ‘enna. ackaon, my ~~ ms of #uch gentile fc as t to take away the fouryearcid |e sccounted Cg sot egy soe go tern ' and the Allyns of the lite child of Mrs. Emma Bauer. [trouble in finding reasons why there ey je : RSs wn of Palmyra seems Ine | owe « in the t oe Ms Deible Mrs. Bauer, or Bower, as she iy |snould pe no obstacle put in ' t th ‘The father of the Sampson family @ometimes called, was divorced |” Objects of Bill ring. tor this . r the mous Rear Ad« from her husband before her child| ong H. Ne J r 1 of a broke See horn. Hoe has since remarried, | i "San to provide that say time a | white girl and waltress: clashed at °. Phe Ale R: Sad for months Mrs. Raver has been | 2") urried man went to a loam shark get but ® Tedtal tte / | 6 he Al- back to who were the same battie in the Rey- r r & pitiful figure at the county court) with an assignment of wages, the , Where she comes each month | assignment should bear the signa for her alimony and charity DU geen ee tance. Ne ‘ ‘The case has been reported to} a Whi, d the humane society. and humane of. | lig little Brown sian. need : ING £ fleers have reported that the home . ; ° eh : ‘ @6 26th ay. and Denny way, whe re] pes Pee | ‘ mere 44 . OF ALLEGED Mrs. Bauer }ives, is unsanitary. Mrs : ire - on ne ast ; ‘ e.. vi his MURDER and sant consiiera ombatan i Torn to Piece: the « of « quict, gentle ne is shortly to be torn to or analysis in the court of inty, New York, to prove rxia Allyn Sampson, the ats well bred, well educated of Harry Sampson, aid not Bauer is also reported as being tn At ait 0 , ; 4 capable of caring for the child} =| the pros , e! Lincoln | erwerty. ‘CORONER INVESTIGAT- | wore ost os [but thle thing has I" ~o fer coaeeatty n ne ceaneaw| ING ACCIDENT ON [fies ‘Sometning ust be ot jen “ is plane iy i s Maid afiicers of the humane society TRUNK SEWER. |; to take the child away from its) mother tomorrow, after which it} Will be cared for by the charity| In accordance with the ann izations soctety ment made in The Star last night, Judge A. W. Frater Coroner J. C. Snyder te today sub regarding the mat ¥ the child |. lay. gave his opinion that if they did, the woman would sure) Key to Diagram—Broken line shows path Harry Sampson tooly af ter he left the sink, where he said he'd rather die than live with Georg) “ m, secret, all until he reached the point where he fell dead. A is the pantry where little intimate } | } shooting occurred. B is the stairway leading to the upper floor, where nee De ata. Coton ae +» aaa ‘ * ed are to be atc before ti ather had sent her. gaze of the jury and the public to —=|save this frightened girl from the electric chair Georgi © nce Story of Crime. This is the story WANT TO HOL BIG CONCERNS FIGHT BILL | Harry Sampson, nephe of the THAT WOULD MAKE THE |/ liste Rear Admirel Sampson’ five ;_ ee Mowery ¥ OF SEATTLE THEIR | |Yeare ago, when he was 22, met iR MONOPLY a. | jeorgia Allyn, then 19. It was love PA OY MPETITOR. | at firet sight, and within six months, rteon for the inquest |the other victim, jor in the | erm morgue of the Fremont Undertaking sath a company awalting the orders of ( lot Duncan Robertson August |oner Snyder as to an inquest bet }Stangel, kilied by the cave-in of funeral arrange an be made poenaing witness tomorrow over the bodies while on a sleigh ride, the: were §0 insane. This the officers of th re HP a Phas gen i are it ¥ « y ae “envy one Bemane setety position grounde on Tuesday morn: | wore: apt -¥s oT oes aan “| : eared ett the home af tis father, Believe, for today they planned to ||, M. O. Carson of the Fr ot Un- | th tetor, And what did the Gao a stank. Beinooone AL yk eal! an insanity commission tmme- ‘The company in ¢ of this | dertaking mpany burnt up the raaes = eens A bitter fight has been instituted at Olympia to defeat the pro t pat ‘snd haar tans Tk town of @iately in case Mrs. Bauer becomes | sewer gives out its | o very wires this morning with a teleph ned 2a j Posed amendment to the public utilities act, which was Introduced | to live in the home of his father-ine Violent tomorrow, when the effort | unwtliingly,” nid ‘but | im ee that there was nothing Has Jap Arreated | chia . ‘is ss c ks law, Frank Allyn. It is a fine, mage to take the child from ber is made.|! am going to inveotigate this thin regular about the oval of the And then 'é went pe | rough a legislative committee by Corporation Counsel Calhoun early | nificent old farm. The father and ‘Last Thursday The Star printed |4nd fix the responsibility for these body of Duncan Hobertson to his\and hag Mr. Namuda arrested on # this week Cari and Frank, hie sons, together re ftiful /aceidents, if 1 have to subpoena undertaking establishment charge of using profane language. | with plenty of hired men, operated a story of Ut woman's every man on the entire job.” He wayn that thin was done at the |r, Pott Judge John B. Gordon This amendment will permit the city to curb the greedy tactics |'t Search for her husband, whom she |" The matter was put before Prone- earnest request of the family of the nda stated that the Lineots 7 7 Baby Girt Anives 41d not know at that time was mar-| outing Attorney George Vanderveer deceased, wh desired that he take | club held weekly meetings for. the of the asphalt paving trust and the lighting corporations—the Seattle | va cf ; Weg ried again yesterday, and in ¢ the return of | ot the body. purp nating rough lan Electric " ‘he young uple brought new t | the omer's Jury ots the the-| He further says that he at once | Burbor ote’ dally aaien 2 © company and the Seattle-Tacoma Power company lcheer to the and all were hans aD imere bower, orying ant. bowel lory ‘that there has criminal Coroner snyder, and con- | “hue | wan very onary when Aine | These corporations have combined to kill the dment. ‘They | Pi “tany’ came tele thes ee fing the fact that her husband was|"esiigence, further action may be pine 20 all day yestérday.| Norman hit me with ihe tonet ana | mbined to the amendment ey jgirl baby came into the side of the 4 ltakem by the heirs of the 1 men,|but had not heard from the coroner got the club motto,” explained are disguising thetr operations so as possible, b e cris 5 |house that the old folks had set and that she wanted him to)“ Pt. previous ack said lup to this morning, faeeees vine cours SE ©6SALOON 3 INTER-| Find ee cee eae ee tt ee SOME Oe | Goare, Sor in yeune, eae 4 care for her littie xirt aalmtonn ante ta tne? OAR NO ott ge ptt pth isl j been reached, and it Is now a battle of life or death between the |-~ ana CE... | Reading the article In The agi 1, words?” inquired Judge ESTS HAVE BIG corporations and the people + Semel , (Continued on page 1 a ¢ should anything develop the court ions and the people, with the legislature as the last word Reervered. are” Be _ igo STANDAR | would not be bound by the opinion ial ama i i SACK THERE. lta t t j fered Mrs. Bauer a home i Namude . n the controversy If the opinion holds, the Standard| \; p it 1 | : ling she can do light work t at a v4 | 4 : cannot be fined more than $720,000! jmponed no fine, but . 24 aol ae oh gy tgs a at the moat if convicted on 36| Mr. Naimuda $2.60 No Tak H ee WILL PROVIDE COMPETITION. | . i might be able to wash dishes or do count j_ And now the Lincois po! hap 10 ers, However, a The amendment Calhoun introduced will permit the city to sell ‘ Uttle cleaning up here and there. | le vhnd ah aaa * ts leak partite: the Unmarked Coin | Asphalt and crushed rock to the contractors, thus ELIMINATING ONE 4 He has also offered to allow the! | 4 |81@ FACTOR OF THE TRUST OPERATIONS—THE EXCLUSIVE 4 JUOGE MAY DECIDE THAT) * Is Rusting. mother to bring her child. | CONCERN CANNOT BE TRIED |* WEATHER FORECAST. is | SUPPLY OF ASPHALT. | 3 Offer Is Spurned. | on Mk thurs. % Occasional rain tonight and * | The amendment will also permit the city to REALLY COMPETE sadism 4 is OW, taenns dhichty tome i all % Friday; light southerly winds * af v. 4 OLLON. | 1N aoe wien OF FURNISHING ELECTRIC POWER. It will/susT raDES AWAY AND Peo 4 " > we | LYMPIA, Feb. 25. Phe saloon | permit the city to buy, sell and lease w otors and electrical supplies. biCR JAE 4 sioner, was informed of the offer) o | r al supp LERS ARE 3 7 CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—By U. Lerererrererr Ts me , ck in Olympia, a Se : 3, Mr. Van Treek today, but} 4 jiMterests have a se r ® } The Seattle Electric company and the Seattle-Tacoma Power com GUESSING, Stated that so long as the humane! P——Judge Anderson today in cack well filled with unmarked coln| pooy woth affiliated cone Sea r con ove . ‘and charity organization societies| dicated that he would rule that ‘MORE RIGHTS FOR THE) lly any sag eradtgpene so pean ated concerns, now have a monopoly of the power | had practically decided to take the| the Standard Oi! company can | Gr who will quit. the denic- | bU#iNess because they can lease motors to thelr consumers. The city | , 429" ity prt @hild from the woman, there was] "ot be convicted on more than “ of the local optionists | cannot ’ Mille use of bothering about it. | 36 charges of rebating under | STATE COMMISSION ye ato Wis., Feb. 28, |and come over where it Ie more hu ‘The result is that the private companies are charging trust prices | ea Inst Sateriug night ey a 4 4% _. Residents living in the vicinity of} the numerous - cause the soure of thé presence | for their electrie power, With the advantage of leasing motors they | Walcott at Ballard . 30 | Mrs. Bauer claim that humane offi-| brought. heid that a lady does not peor ag et was called in the police court DUR ; ay nee hounding her to death, try He also indicated that the BY T. J. DILLON. | elevate her skirts 14 inches with | 47 enabled to do this, as @ majority of the ordinary consumers cannot | Strand put in ho appearance. City ; to get her to give up the child.| Sumber might be even less and OLYMPIA, Feb. 25.~The sens above her shoe tops, Miss May | afford to buy their own motors. They cannot get them from the city Attorney, ke “semnsisitih” “eee 4 y state the officers seek to| certainly no more than 36 sep this morning passed the bill which| Walters today paid $5 fine. now and they MUST GO TO THE CORPORATIONS. Strand send her to Stellacoom, thus leav-| arate offenses. gives a railroad commission control Patrolman Becker appeared | pelt, then deve d that Strand had fag the child a subject of charity) If this de n {4 announced It] over the telephone, telegraph and| |” Judge Neelan's court as an cg ely os ey ne ag | WILL SELL TO CONTRACTORS. een taker fre c Rallard jail to . and the poor house. The neighbors | will hs oleae. Ww. So grnnecetinn | eaves companies In the aime 1 Seuihion that aa toads” wniate no rigid that “money ain't no good) = The city is building an asphalt plant, and it owns a rock quarry | {low hat not Ten ° oe ; ' giso affirm the woman is not now| which contends that each one of| ner as they now exercise over the sod no more The saloon men i ¢ is not in jati @ 14 inches of attractive At Deception Pass, If it can engage in the business of selling asphalt the counts on which insane, but they bear out the state he Standard | railroads | exp & compromine is the y gent of Superior Judge Frater that|{s indicted is a separate offense The senate killed the tract index| hosiery while on the street, and | can hope for, and with a compromise | to Contractors, it will enable 50 or 100 local contractors to bid on WANTED IN OHIO Fi R she will surely go insane If they] The court announced that he held bill which was brought forward by| ‘clinched hie argument | by end In view they cannot make 4) asphalt paving jobs. It is Intended, if the amendn passes, to fix} ‘ sent, be a ‘ gat 1 ari h he n ‘ote ba realty, hey of pay the * take ber child away this opinion only at present, but' the Spokane ty delegation | swearing that the defendant jce, but they Cannot make a spe-|@ price at which the city will sell asphalt from the municipal plant] : neti wore “wan of thim peek-aboo | Price ’ | Al — Fee BAN cit demand eee eee sinter hen | f Contractors, and then every contractor will be in a position to com: | The court upheld the offi Tite thet are waabiest® the} Bete for the asphalt paving contracts j cer's contention. line which they are Ming | At p ty BO to effect the Inevitable com ent the supply of asphalt for paving is held by a trust.| F. E. wanted fo! swindling nts of af Cleveland, Ohio, was yesterday a RRR This means that only the trust companies can bid on asphalt paving eason why the Anti-| There ts but one logic ‘esul « ® PO) ‘ol e supply a fig in, the reason why the Anti; | Ther at on gical result, The trust contr the supply and] rested by Phil Ahern, in charge of home. The detective, after the man- | @™ |the local Pinkerton office. Freeman ner of his kind, uncovered an abund On last Sunday State Senator BE. M. Williams, of this city, formerly | had been trailed through aster ance of clues, chiefly suspicious cit) an employe of the Barber Asphalt company, the trust company, was|@04 Western states, thence to et matances bearing out the old ad | Alaska and back to Washington age that a man's company is an | Accompanied by Special Deputy dicator of his character. The leagu leneritt dy. Burhant, Mr Rhee LION TAMER CANNOT TAME HIS OWN WIFE, SAN JOSE, Cal, Feb, 2 ay U. P.—The failure of a lion tamer to tame his wife by alleged cruelty and abuse s the price of asphalt paving to suit itself Wily? PERHAPS ACTING CHIEF OF * DETECTIVES CAN ANSWER in Seattle and had a lengthy interview with President Furth, of the Seattle Electric company, Since that time it is rumored that Sen s revealed " , nows that the #ack I still here, and | ceed that wre Emm : chell Kino knows its helplessness, us wett| Williams will be found lining up in opposition to the amendment | arrested Freeman in a lumber camp George Rose and Charles Smith, | ney Ellis De Bruler entered no ob-|the prosecuting attorney's offices re may 3 seik dae 1 . ay the league's Impotency to wateh| proposed by Calhoun, He has always n recognized as a corpora-|2@* Barneston, where Freeman who, in the opinion of the police, | jection fused to issue a warrant against|* Da# filed a sult for divoroe Kk. The sack has gone back | | was running a donkey engine. The are two desperate young men, were| Police Judge John B. Gordon|Rose and Smith on a criminat|* om ber husband. In addi wth to Tacoma ar tion man ‘ : [een rusting © okey sie oe Hberated {n police court yesterday | thereupon ordered thetr release. | charge tion to asking a division of ly that it defied th There are several reasons why the Seattle Electric company wants| was over and he would willingly property and counsel fees, Mrs Schell aska as alimony $1,000 and two trained lions with * which the couple have toured » world pursuit of the detective The Anti-Baloon league worker do not belleve that the sack he aire waters Shes NS ans (eae) THERE 18 MONEY IN MONOPOLY. | PENITENTIARY FOR SO. local option fight is at a standstill In 1908 the gross receipts of ‘the Seattle Electric company from | CIETY MAN NO te artetDe ate nant auc | its sales of power and light aggregated more than $1,900,000. | NEW YORK. Feb. By U.P 4 tense that the participants stand out | | Jin @ clear light, so conspicuous that | At the lowest estimate this should net the company $1,245,000,; The trial of Carl Fischer-Hansen, afternoon Just why Rose and Smith escaped After talking with their coun Rose and Smith were captured by|a@ sentence on the chain gang is|sel,” sald Griffith I thought ft City Detectives Lee Barbee and|not known. When the young men | best to order the men out of the Frank Kennedy in a@ room at/left the court room and walked to# city Acting Chief of Police John feventh av, and Pike st., several! police headquarters for their be Sullivan says he knew nothing of | * thé ago, at the point of revolvers. | longings, Acting Captain ef Detec-| the release of Rose and Smith until ay the room A oe found a mur-| tives Ed Griffith refused to allow | their appearance aft being din |* OR eeR RHR ® to continue its monopoly of the power business | return to Cleveland eeteeeeeeeee eee ile adiedindintin tintin MlnAadintnAintntatintatated erous-looking bludgeon, 1% inches |them to leave the station without |charged by Judge Gordon Lighthouse at lid. Vinge ot them may change position | dering the operating expenses at 35 per cent of the total ineome the Jawyer and society man, charg ong and capped with lead, and alan escort of two officer Rose Offered Him Money. WABHINGTON, Feb, 26,—S« | Phat the sack is atill in existence During the same year the total receipts of the Seattle-Tacoma boys aa ot vie Saar bo Andenaal 4écaliber revolver. To the police| went willingly, but refused to go | Piles has introduced an amen tin Ite entirety In due to the untow-| power Co,, an affiliated concern, from light and power, were $838,000 pleading guilty to an amended eome en ees re eer ar ie, ere OPROY WH ONE b spn ting or o bate te at gong A ny see the tin tae ae i ular ¢ redit to the’ selt ree] Of this amount only $272,000 was used for operating expense plaint charging attempted bribery _ reas Gel phoned wacot Have Much Loot be ty he “4 the ointen on ana the cont ‘of the proposed lighthouse | stra uncupldity of any legisla The total net earnings of the Seattle Electric company for the year|A penitentiary sentence of one When taken into the police ¢ The police have received informa-|as the murderous bludgeon mee pow tl St oy fie intl ba - 1908 amounted to $1,820,000 yon was imposed on Fischer-Han- yesterday afternoon both Enea tion that much loot is hidden in Weil, you can keep the ‘gat,’ "| of additional ground, as well as the|,,.MOUNT VERNON, Feb, 25.—-By OF THE TOTAL NET EARNINGS OF THE CORPORATION, |” ae ais oe tisterstand that it fs the de |is ie the police are unable to find| City Detective Lee Barbee says Will Cut Out Gambling, Beattie logger, has been acquitted) LIGHT AND POWER. und mailooaL gaaating of the ‘wrusaat 7 ent that| Smith's room, Smith finally yvaw| Smith offered him $600 when he CARSON CITY, Ney,, Feb, 26. by the jury of having any connec The Seattle Electric company does not separate the light and} pf the police department th hea men be allowed to leave the | escorted to train and te now out |and Frank Kennedy placed the pair| Mriends of the anti-gambling meas | tion meh the boldsnp Leo Hes! power earnings from the street car earnings in {ts annual report for Has ees for Sépteme iy,” said Former Prosecuting At-| of the city for a time at least, That| under arrest, Smith told Barbeo| ure, which passed the assembly yos| mer, the convicted kidnaper, con . x Sate. ihe : ber 13’to 20, inelustve, priey Kenneth Mackintosh, who|ho will send some pal back to Seat | that he could et the cash in a few|terday by a vote of 20 to 17, today | temped that he and a man named| PUBLICATION. This is done “under cover” for tho benefit of the ee: Ves Bla’ Mauna oC ed as counsel for the young |tle for the purpose of visiting his |mlnutes If the detective would ul-|are predicting tat they will get! Bat Boyle commltted the rebbery.| stockholders, ‘The earnings given above are, however, approximately | r of Bagles, to be held in room, is the belief of those who are |low him to go, Barbee made known in the senate in support| Hoyd Was rearrested on his acquit: | correct, sit ban ee tone, ke ee wh handreds of far jens} familiar with the methods of much | the offer at police headquarters bill, and Nevada will go} t\) charged with being an accom THESE FIGURES TELL THE STORY OF THE GPPOSITION TO/4 Spiniah nyultiuiilonaire, youters cases have been heard in| men Smith did not state where he couldjon the list of states opposed td] pice of Bezmer’s In kidnaping Eng. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BUBLIC UTILITIES BILL, | {lity martied Dolores Upoina, who tt J police court, City Attor: | City Detective Ba Griffith says | get the money, gambling. (i) barely a8 yeare old