The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 3, 1909, Page 1

_ THES To give you all the news as soon as It happens | and in a way that will interest and instruct | BLAZON OF ARMS AND SEAL. | An embattied escutcheon, surmounted by a flying seroll and crest. A fist grippi @ strap pendant. Car indented, rampant on a bend sinister, Sur @harged register ringing. A mickel passant, crouched be ~ tween a ticket, vert, couchant, sinister, and a transfer gardant exter. Five strap-hangers en- eons hanging ge irom bar raguly. otto: FARES. So many inquiries have been re-| about the “Strap Hangers’) “grab fron” with his right hand and | and from work each day, He must kick against his nearest | hangs to and from work dally, but | if he is apprehended making a kick } where it will do any good, he wil! | be expelled from the league. Any | banger caught sitting down in a car i will be expelled, and ejected from the car at once by any members who may be aboard. @ Of the organization. We wil! also/ steps with him, he must place his tel briefly (which will answer many | nickel or ticket in his teeth before to become & member, the dues, collect it | Quties, object and purpose. 74 SSE the car company to strap hanger as he VOL. 11. NO, 7 [eves fa To be eligible to the league, one, his fare has been collected, he must must be a resident of the city for at least one year and hang from trap the full time of his ride to sent It to the car company with a letter of apology. A Strap Hanger must always carry an umbrella and at least two bundles to and from work daily and must stand on hie or ber own feet as near as can be Judged. Women members must always wear @ hat at least 3 fect 2% inches in diameter and carry two bables— if they have them—in addition to the regular bundles, bage, um brelias, ete. The dues are two nickels or two car tickets per day,| If & member is holding to the) payable to the conductor. The Ject and purpose of the league > 0 * that The Star today prints has 16 bundles tn his left, and {f/ increase the dividends of the car| Timothy L. ‘official Coat of Arma and Seal) there are 13 other members on the) company at the least possible cost | j and worry to the sald company | Tomorrow we will run a ploture | ef the questions asked) what con-| boarding the car, so that the con-|of the president of the league, ew | and u y the eligibility of one desir | ductor can plainly see it and easily | pectally powed exclusively for The | Hitchcock If he should be kicked) Star, accompanied by a “Character | in the face and knocked off before| Impression,” written by Mr. Renfro. I priation bill } OTR Y BURNED NEARLY WELL HE WILL BE ABLE SOON TO RETURN TO COSGROVE IS OLYMPIA. by and Talks With Washingtonians. PASO ROBLES, Cal,, March 3—By U. P—Gov. & G. Cos Grove of Washington has struck such a rapid gait on the road to recovery that it waa an- Nounced here today that within jad Policemen and 16 firemen were} -> — a few days, unless he suffers naty be Heveral firemen es-| George WeAmes, 62 years old, wan th by Jumping into the life| fatally injured to « sawmill at Pa & relapas, he will be able to wpread by their comrades in| cifie City yesterday wh aasume the duties of chief ex- ecutive at Olympia. street below Ames legs and abdomen Dr, Frank W. Sawyer, direo- the ground floor of the build. | 04 by « foiling log which ing was an undertaking shop, and | 10m, behind he dead mas tor of the springs, le authority for the statement that the dis- Pathead were housed 90 famities. | Re aid noc hess the sigost wel whe Whores Members were sievping when | announted the arrival of each log on ‘The fiende started the tinguished patient is today not far from being a well man. Sev. i nights ago Gov, Cosgro: blaze | the carriage. about the lobby of the Despite the handicap of of! soaked | and of blazing pools of oi) in air shafts, which, acting a- spread the flamer to all floors, | and police fearleasly entered | ppiding and prevented the death ‘Mat m reaching 60. Te the performa: of th SOAKED WITH “Here, take him,” hoe cried, and ‘The next instant the man in the Tell the S The work of the firemen and the on the fourth and fifth floors saved “Ten Italians dead, half a score! nia by firemen. Rand,” which t= charged with firin€! the cold. These were mostly ex- peg lhl a RS gel flames to rescue @ relative or friend. NaN Ee ers coune aoe {Police started an investigation, and five-story tenement, crowded Floors Soaked With Oil. SAWMILL ee om =< ee eee appeared at a third Moor window tonsed the little one to MeCarthy, COAL OIL. who caught the babe In midair and ee |windew jumped. He wi —, in~ ae fey | JuTed by the fall, and was taken to | Charred Corpses Found in| {0°}... 0/2! police wan marvelous, and a number Of similar rescues, equally as #en- ay NEW YORK. March 2.—By U. P. More writhing in agony on hospital) “Phe spectacular and dramatic fea- seen eaten or rch, Heres Ml gt RY Pregerers cee Scamatic Sea Seventh av. tenement house early | citable Italians, and the poltes had it attri y in kee the: ‘Aa the flames were driven back py |Freat | difficulty ty “4 mime was revealed. | Charres| The fire was brought under con- on 7 4 liek = Fn ee eatten barn, (to! after the flames had licked up jartests will follow, on an alr shaft, Many were a ind kneeling as though in prayer. siseping Italians, ‘had been with ofl from basement to MAN CHUSHED BY ROLLING Low IN PACIFIC orry semorrso ENTIRE BUILDING IS Spiers Mul aay | brought it safely to the ground. ' Narrow Passageways Sensational Rescues. + [national were made. Beven persons - ithemselves by jumping into life neta © the latest toll poner Fe Of people, despite the early hour and i te he Biames wore driven back bY from rushing frantically Into t Charred the intertor of t ‘ding. The Tirtmagnioakia, were found locked | ne, mierter of the building. where was the indication that KILLED IN A roof and fired. Lote duty Hero Driven Out. yy rine dk Patrick Monks. layed by “ witlertaker, ga the wi ted to . burn, this state tnterme: ie, uit aras drkven Fran nk ital | wilt take place, X brother survives at] hotel shaking hands with a ice oth ante Wan Auburn party of Washington people, He apparatus arrived excited and yaaye gr is able to walk a little every Méaried men, women and IRISH GIRLS SOLD AS day. His condition was con- Were fighting for moke filled, dark, UBbthe front of the building tho police | i the rear. CHICAGC Maereh & Ry VP. f freedon siderably weakened by his trip to Olympia to take the oath of office, but that weakness soon dis appeared. Here it was dix-| that the fire escapes we rom an extensive | we ec “red em « he amount’ as i Sacene ot Pies of a an, iced purens | BURIED UNDER TONS) oisahiy'tie divector wan «3b inches iiruty to law, to oeee .. 4 en fe preetp! tien for a! contrary to law, to occupy | Lehite auvoy-te tut ited Mate | OF ROCK AND DIRT | iin for the last 1b youre is only fron balconie Policeman Rik Patrick H. O'Donnell today declared BUTTE, Mont. March 3..-By U. P. orted by companions, swung |that he was preparing hie a tor Ruried under tone of rock and dirt dest weather in Beattie lant if to a third story window | transmiasion to United States Dis. | four mingre met instant death th wan 28 der of the burning building, and |triet Attorney Simm, | morning by two terrific explo eat registered by be pasped out a man and two| O'Donnell, wha. iw attorney for|in the Diamond mine of the Am oT acer nem \ whom were uncon- | Miss Ella Gingles, a young lee. | famate ny and a« fifth man|ot the month is Gured at 42 de maker, who was’ recéntly, found |!# so terribly inangled that his death | ereon hound and stabbed in a room of a|'i# momentarily expected. Much to the horror of the Seattie’s| la Heroic Work. | Chicago hotel: declared that 4 ‘era oritacoimandiee pa. um. va nave claimed | lon jadder was be- | femetized bureau ieted for luring | 1 DSBAKRE, a, arch 3. our cloudy “ he “y ; ‘ rs > \ |Irish girls to America by Way of | By U. B.-A dosen men ware impris reeted with 28 cloudy ite a window on the | Canada oned in the Delaware & Hudson ratl- | nth, Old Go) re wee Crack ane ite ” paeeaees Way tunnel teday when fire ntarted | ce ‘except three tin By Fan up the swaying ladder, | jin the bore, It ed that | month and then only peared inte the room, from| h fifteen. One body wan recov As al) shipping nm hb smoke and flarnes were spout d whortly after the fire started February was mn ! +x 7 ~ erable ch of atmosphe | Hardly had the ladder been TO THE WARSHIPS vie Arrives--The oll tank | do: Well In other fed against the window ledge * p i of the Union Oil ya much they appeared, carrying two WASHINGTON, March 3.—By U, P me in the bay favoring use with | -~—-President Ko: slaned the na « lon eveit this afternoon which contains t marine wclous — women, to the street. Carthy re-entered the pany " who wore this morning and passed on up to the Union company's wharf. tain Dixon, th: Jap master of the veerel, bullding c corps te arships, thus| had a fair trip up from Kan Fran rescued two smalychiidren. As| counte der for’ thetr | cisco with nothing much of moment was descending thiadder a man | removal nouths age to report SEATTLE, WASH TEDDY BUSY. ON LAST HE SIGNS MANY BILLS AND WRITES HIS AUTOGRAPH. WEDN Greets Legislators and Has Final Talk With Heads of Departments. WASHINGTON, March 3.—By U, P.--President Roosevelt's last day in office was the most strenuous of his administration, Before 10 o'clock this morning the grounds of tho White House were crowded with visitors, It was necessary to open the cabinet room to accommo. © thowe who were admitted to main lobby, which quickly be came congested. Several people called, and there were various de- tachments headed by senators and representatives. The president Sreeted them all, and stood where could shake hands and say a word to each one. Following t# a schedule of the last day of Roose Yeltian strenuosity in the White House 9:30 & m rived at office. Placed his autograph on @ great number of photographs presented for that purpose; signed three ap- propriation bills, and attended to lother official business | 10:00-—Recelved + delegation of | school boys from Menominee, Mich, | land others by card; autographed | | photographe. 10:20--Recetved chiefs of the bu- |reaus of the navy, treasury and jother departments; autographed photographs. j 11:40 — Attended to his corre | spondence, and still there were }photographa to be autographed | Noon--Received hundreds of call | re. | 12:10—Conferred with Chairman | Woodruff, of the re) publican state committee of New! York | 12:30—Approved @ score of bills, conferred with Frank H. 12:45—Signed the naval appro 1:00--Dietated letters. 1:30—Was shaved. 2:00—Took luncheon with his wife and « few friends Mise Ethel | left today for Oyster Bay } 2:20—-Received the Republican Glee club, of Columbus, 0 | | 2:00—Recetved governors of sey: | eral states and other prominent | men who have come to take part | jin the inauguration parade. 8:00-—-WIll preside at dinner to be jattended by the Roosevelt and Taft families. | ARERR Martha W. Tuft, today commenced) |wuit for recovery of $10,000 damages | from Clarence Cunningham | Captain Knaflich alleges in his complaint that it wan through the negligence of Cunningham's agent at Catelia that the schooner was Jost, his health impatred, his navi gating books, implements and other belongings were destroyed, and him- elf deprived of seven monthe’ wages at $ per month. PLENTY OF RAIN FELL LAST MONTH oording to G. Won't you mise me when I'm |. He far away? Bhe—No; Tl always think of y: as very close.-Cornell Widow, LAST EDITION THE SEATTLE STA PRICE ONE C BIG POOLROOM AND POKER _ GAMES ARE RUNNING HERE ESDAY, MARCH DEATH ENDS A DOUBLE Ut WIDOW TELLS WHY, HAMM SHOT HIM. SELF. | | | Was Hit on the Head a Few Days Before the Tragedy Occurred. JAMES F, HAMM. Leading « double ite and finally | ending it ali with a bullet through | his brain because his wife threeten-| ed © wue for divorce, is the ex-| planation of the mystery surround ing the death of James F. Hamm, the young ele.tric! whose dead body was found in a room at 611 © st. last Sunday morning by Mra, Ella Johnstone, his landlady. | In. & communication to Police Chief Irving Ward, Hamni's young! widow, who now lives at Montesano, | thig-etate, says she and Hamm were | married in Seattle on July 24, 1908, | by Rev. M. A. Matthews, pastor of the First Presbyterian church “T cannot tell you his reason for killieg himself,” writes Mra. Hamm. “unless it was because | intended to mie for a divorce. My husband treated me so badly that I was fore ed & jeave him. He never intro- duced me to any of his friendy, say-| up tog that be wanted the marriage| kept & secret from bis lady friends. We lived at 720 Columbia st. until) last November, when he tried to! take my life because | told him) 1 Was going to get a divorce. was so afraid that I went to Monte sano. This was on February 24.|COnditions his promise of improvement by May 1. mother, twoleven suggested to Mr. My husband leaves brothers and two sisters at Rose bury, Ky,, om a farm.” Was in a Fight the lodging house at 511 Cherry st in which building Hamm shot him-| welt, anid today that Hamm waa) mitt HAVE IT SENT HOME If you are not a regular reader of The Star, telephone Main 1050 or Ind. 441 and have the, paper delivered by carrier. |OWLS’ CLUB NOTHING BUT A GAMBLING set ruven 5-1/4 Pap SAMMCARILE ron cor Yam ta 199% HOUSE. nem, pat Bei’ ~ so | mene S-i/2 vr ioery bette, 8 ay Detective Phillips Says It ie - wis ig | Is Only a Nice Social ., p k j Club. mule. Se | | Hr | | Making a feeble attempt at aot ti disguising ite reai object under | @ charter for « pure! uo | ganization, the Owls’ #8 | Been operating # pool room, saloon and a gambling hall do | the third floor of the Union } block, on First av., between © lumbia and Chi a Post 2:08, 4, Puree 17 rante wotru Logistille Atonte Clanor Orcagne MARKED ENTRY LIST AND ADMISSION TICKET USED AT THE! y sts., for more than a month eer oot 5: " 4 It i# no #mall affair, either, thie tn, Belling “MLloy Owl's club, for yesterday while & trols Teapa Lif | [star reporter whiled away a few + ad id i min in the club rooms, apparent+ 2 y immune from police interference, | i there were not leas than 66, and often la wie. j high as 100 men, either betting on aig Seen the next race, cashing in their wine 498 fenper Pideiie ninge listening to the returns 0, Inetent given over the telephone. AJ Be trisg T FROM THE TRACK IN bd Fige: oo | CALIFORNIA 4 (Notiagie | Some time ago, it was learned toe D4 tho 4eatl |day, someone reported to Chief of Pn there wi Ward that a big pool room Police | rating in this place. He in- 1 Detective Phillips to make investigation. Today the chief ed that Phillips reported havin been In the place on more than fferent occasions, and OWLS’ CLUB. EE eee ee = That General Manager E. E. Potter of the Seattle Electric company has more influence with the corporations committee | of the city council than has A. V. Bouillon, superintendent of public utilities, was again made apparent yesterday afternoon) at a meeting of the committee. The committee had before it the report of Supt. Bouillon, advising that the council act in an effort to compel the Seattle |room habitues for the simple pur- appears objectionable to the Seattle Electric company. The committee did not question Mr t/as final and as a complete solution of the present street car be made, the Seattle Electric company could certainly not object| to the passage of an ordinance providing that by May 1 these /n Mrs, Ella Johnstone, landlady of new cars should be in Seattle and schedules ee seemed anxious to do only that which met with the Th an apparent spirit of antagonism toward all of the suggestions| Throughout its entire career in Seattle, the Seattle Electric | company has been profuse in promises every time the people have risen with a demand that more street cars be given them, and always these promises have been accepted by the city coun-| cil only to be forgotten until there should come another demand It may be that the Seattle Electric company will keep this last promise for the very good reason that a large number |p of extra cars will be required to handle the traffic to and from] Potter, and throughout the meeting, which | visitor ente sete eee S. GILHAM IS DEAD WiFE OF WELL KNOWN SEAT- TLE MAN PASSE: SUDDENLY. % |badly beaten tn a fight wt the! * #| American cafe on Monday night | 4pproval of Mr. * HERE'S A NEW ONE. dig oyna death ee |had to do with other street car matters also, there # OLYMPIA, March 2-—The #|”) Rt seem quite right after| % supreme court today held that # | that fight,” said Mrs. Johnatone. : # an automobile hax equal rights #| He always gave me to understand) and recommendations of Mr. Bouillon # on the street car tracks with #/| bat he was # single man ®& the street cars. In the case of &| BY & curious coindidence the po- * H. Baldie, of Tacoma, against # Oe have noted that the lodging % the Tacoma Light & Power #|bowte at 720 Columbla et, in which # company, the superior court of | atm aud his wife roomed, is the % Pierce county held that Raldie # |%8%* houre from which Sid Owens, % could not secure damages by | Whawe body was found yesterday & reason of his automobile be w | fogting in the bay, disappeared on # ing struck from bebind by a #|@ Bight of January 30. for improvement. # street car, the court holding * Mrs. Hamm has notified Coroner # that his auto had no business #| 4. ©: Snyder that he can communi & on the car track. The supreme # | °* with Miss Mary Hamm, a sie # court reversed this decision # | et Of the sutcide, If arrangements and sent it back for a new w/ Are to be made to ship the body ® trial. #|' Rose oon aa DA the exposition. Freda ad dae ek Ree Oe TNR EER He * * | peti . wt pall . &% COMPLIMENTS SPERRY. a | relief through the city council. And WANT DAMAGES # WASHINGTON, March 3.~- #| people are to blame & By VU. P.—President Roosevelt *) cj] who are known to be under the influence of the ® today made public a letter sent #| |. FOR SHIPWRECK = by him to Admiral Sperry, ex- #| Electric company phe nl | pressing approval of the man- * lw aer in which Sperry handled * Thrown on the beach during @|@ the battleship fleet during the #| the people. terrific gnie, his vessel wrecked! @ world cruise. * |and all bis belongings lost, besides! » pate . ‘ A r being confined with lliness forla @ aa ee & & ee & ee & & | With an ordinance that will give us more than a promise of seven months & result of ex - porure, Ci Louis Koaflich, |master of the American schooner ee In any event, there seems to be no hope of securing any) Year after year men are sent to the coun The people by their votes elect these men There are some men in the council who are honest with Will one of these men undertake to disapprove of the action of the corporations committee and come forward | better street car service? | = COULDN'T BEE ANY a. ips reported to me,” said the that the club was «imply @ |rocial organization, slide into a poker game once in @ while, but that it wae about the sare a the Eagles, the Owls or any other fraternal organization.” Did Phillips say anything about running & pool room?” the chief was asked Pool room,” he replied. “No, he said nothing about anyone playing i the races.” Planned to Break the Law. The club was organized by pool that they might powe of defying the iaw and the Electrie company to provide a sufficient number of cars to|edicts of the authorities regarding properly handle the traffic in this city. | ter was present at the meeting with the promise that by May 1 | his company would have more cars in the city than Supt. Bouil- jlon declared in his report it should have. The committee there-| on determined to accept the promise of Mr, Potter, and the Bouillon report was filed away, as is everything else which the closing of the pool rooms, During the past month there has been from General Manager Pot-| | Admiasion card of invitation are spread bi |Bofee want the club ts by a These invitations adcast among all whe to place a bet on @ to horse race. The Star reporter secured one of these cards, went up to the club and rang the bell to the front door, which was locked. r. poet = mp from the inside, and with hardly a ' a Tt was not ed glance at the card the man Potter that if this improvement was to|on watch admitted the reporter, The “Social Club. In this room there was a large umber of men sitting about the ta- jeg reading. This was the “social lub. Potter, but accepted rearranged so ad to meet with the recommendations of Mr. Bouillon. The com-|,,The reporter walked directly te the rear door, which was also Jocked. watchman obligingly sitd back second bolt, and the newspaper | the pool room, game was always| 98 hall and saloon combined. The room was thick with to- bacco smoke. There were about 75 men sitting around the dozen tables in the long room, or standing about the desk at one | side of the room, where the bet- | ting was going on. One man sat at a telephone, announcing the post odds and giving the re- sults of the racing as it pro- Greseed at the t: On the tables were spread a [number of entry sheets, giving | day's entries, one of which is repro duced today. A dozen or more men were marking the scratches for race or studying the results on the last card. THE OPERATOR WAS GET- TING HIS AND ANNOUNCING IT A86 I WAS DELIVERED TO HIM, There was no secrecy about the betting being carried on. Men open- ly took out their money and placed it on thelr choice In the next and a number of winners were pal off for the last race. The man who was taking the bets Randled $200 on the one race for which bets were being accepted, while the reporter was present. He paid out approx- imately $100 to the winners of the preceding event. Big Poker Game in Progress. for this condition, the} Seattle} 8 AWAY took the stand. LATE B CHICAGO—During the hearing of charged with accepting rebates on oll shipments, Judge of freight tariffs for the inters During the hearing Judge Anderson order to secure a conviction th: prove that the officials of the Standard Ol! company or the Alton road a In @ rear room were two large card tables, and one big poker game was in progress. There Was cight or ten | players seated around the table, and |the piles of chips stacked up in jfront of them Indicated that the —_—_—— stakes were heavy. The bookmaker wrote out the bets Standard Oli company, jand odds on a white card, which he Geo. M. Crawford, |*heved to one wide of the desk. These jeards are not given to the players, @ commerce commission, today [but as fast as the returns are an- ruled that in nounced on the race, the cards are attorneys for the government must the looked over by the bookmaker, who pays the winners, | The players are never handed the jeards themselves. If the cards w Amy M. Githam, «. or «, | knew that the law was being violated, ded out they could be used as wife of Harry E. Githam, recently mentee evidonce in any criminal prosecu- appointed to the stat rd of con NEVADA CITY, Cal.—An earthquake shock as severe as that ex- | tion. trol by Governor Cosgr 1608 ham had b Mre. Gilham aver two children, boy i a ted Stee Mrs. Gettnd Meugue, In we. |tlary were threatened with destruction. attle, also a father and two brothers and sisters in Dayton, Wash, ve been made for Dayton Md. shipping the body the, funeral will be th ham had been a resident of Seattle | for Se iid die Mediate ie Meine ee _|* his morning Pir st i for we nol aa 2 by t m Hh 1 | peet ast night she collapsed | suddenly Arrangomonte h r the Idet four Although e, died very at bi Mra. ¢ veral m experienced today. SAN QUENTIN, Cal where Mre. Gil to the smoldering jute. ire were examined today * * * la BANK CLEARINGS, * The venire was exha’ \* Seattle. * ® Clearing» today #| 17th panel was set to begin. Balances * *Tesoina. * WASHINGTON— Pre Clearings today ++ $706,206 * Balances . o* Portland, *! main at the White House Clearings today . ali oe 65,019 w) aenapnne . | Taft's ball gown wi +R me Were found necessary. ‘¢, | Perienced in Nevada county at the time of the Many buildings were badly shaken and people rushed to the streets in fear of death. house of the state prison and for a time other buildings of the peniten- the guards managed to keep the flames from spreading, and, with the | ald of two fire companies from San Francisco, kept the fire confined | SAN FRANCISCO—The last few talesmen of the 16th apecial ven. fense of Patrick Calhoun, and all were rejected because of prejudice. ted at 11 o'clock, taken until 3 o'clock this afternoon, when the examination of the Boardman residence, where he received callers. | tended by the Taft and Roosevelt families, Mr. and Mre, Taft will re- be held tomorrow at the White House after the Inauguration, tried on today and only very slight alterations e will take new on th it race,” the bookmaker announced. | And | then he added facetiously, “There | is mo telling how much longer we can keep it up.” |} And in reply to this plea the boys crowded around the desk in thelr eagerness to get their money placed on their favorites in the last race, in Francisco quake, was | * Va Fire started thie afternoon in the jute wa After a stubborn fight, 60 of ‘EYE WORTH BUT $500 That an eye is worth $500 only to a human being is the opinion of a Jury which today brought ina | verdict awarding the above sum to |B. J, Blackmore, Blackmore brought }suit against the Seattle Klectrio | company, asking $10,000 for the loss of one of his eyes. Blackmore was riding on a Green Lake car when a fuse blew out at Denny station. Sparks flew all over him, resulting in the damage to his optic, by attorneys for the prosecution and de and an adjournment was nt-electTaft spent most of today at the After the dinner at: tonight, A reunion of the Taft family will Mrs.