The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 13, 1909, Page 1

EN EXPECT TO FIND A CHAMBER OF HORRORS. : Ring Gives a Clue wat an Unsolved Tragedy. _— Palted Pre Cal May 18 ne for murder a plain fing with & letter “W op the inside, It was paar the place where & skgle DAYS MORE UNTIL THE A.-Y.-P. EXPOSITION OPENS» RDER RANCH MYSTERY EVEALING MORE CRIMES TEN PAGES T VOL, 11, NO, 69. C | MURRAY MORTGAGE ON SULLIVAN BLOCK I HD WL LAST EDITION . TEN PAGES SEATTLE STAR Judge Main this afternoon handed , legal right to make such a tender Baaee (nat of ops Nel} down his decision in the James A, |@nd was entitled to subrogation eine ie woot of the | MUTFAY —forecionure —procesdings| Third—Did the tender of the was found }Aawinet the Sullivan block, finding sereenl Sue on the mortgage extin Biscovery convinced the | that the mortgage cannot be fore bow ig aed ‘ib that at last they have | loeed ain By rip Lig mt vat the tender Tn giving his decision, Judge Main wuished the lien, and cites a etplanation of (he mye of in death, whieh hi hidden for over thirty years me are engaged today in digging | wy the whole place | the vieinity at ‘of more skeletons to add fo the four already snear hed Begret Tunne! Explored peeret tunne! = leadin Se eet the house to the well ‘whieh the bodies of several of a were buried, was ex ‘and was found | @ well -_ pareage lined with hie about three feet wide hwo that a man by Gould make his way drag a body after c m of th district } search ts being ieee. The neigh work and tha! ti certain to be made. d that the old MeCoy, the peculiar for more than half a be torn down ‘Trap Mystery ‘would be willing to live tn after the discovery of ‘skeletons, and the authorities ] qo Pld destruction Dallding wil! not other evidences of the of the ring today @ interest in the case : of peopie here PWilson well and are events surround disappearance. A tuld the officers that talking to MeCoy he dropped out of suddenly ily believed that for giving the offieers with bis skeletons exhumed id to be that of the Orien i tion of the s¢ made in order to y whether there is no i side or in ite lead to « subter of horrors, the is now strongly a ~) TAKEN BY TED APPEAL GRAND JURY OT MADE, committee appointed the superior court to ‘Brand jory to investigate failure of Mayor Miller Re prosecuting attorney to en Mie law did not take up the Fin court today, as expected ined that the appeal Investigation would Be postponed to some other bWing to the absence from the Gen. E. M. Carr, one of the Appolnted some time ago the South End Improve- Will Also be necessary for the Mee to previously arrange a Which to discuss the matter With the judges of the ¢ourt Us s le done date on which the appli for a grar 1 be “uyer Way, a meniber d for a grand jury investi be taken up court without » was absolute explained that mittee to go had been Mure of the the court Wnavoidal ng Atto at the of the Aw Of South End Improve elobe lant night, and, despite Malements that the calling of fury was unfair and un , it was decided to ap committee which ap. the superior court me 8nd requested a grand fury megation of | actions of Mitier and the prosecuting With reference to the Joca a 1 district at tentrictad BY. 8. and Plummer st betlng wae rather tempest fimes, and « Jarge number Present took part in the The prosecuting attor his talk remarked that ‘al times the v in private bus Hancock asked clreumatances, en willing to « trom | ated today that | | Vanderveer decision of the supreme cou o divides the proposition into three | state of Westienton a authority tor | Parts thie Cinding |. Pirst——Was the tender made by! This decision of Judge the Mercantile Investment company | mak invalid Ub rigage amount of the amount due on the mortgage ing, all told, to $44,000, and held by fairly made and deliberately and ins James A. Murr upon the Bullivan tentionally refused? blook, on Firat av In answer to this, Judge Main Another Suit find ¢ one of the tenders Wax! trwnediatwly after the decision wa unconditional de oud i nas ean. dee pers were filed In a eull againet the Second—Did the Mercantile In. Meroantt) atroent company, fd vestment company, through its at- ward ( ran and ©. M. Farrell, by torney, have the right to make such Charlotte Nook r $10,000 damages a tender? for personal injuries as the re Judge Main finds that the Mor an elevator accident in the Bulll cantile Investment - company bad th van block oa IS THERE ANYTHING IN IT? Editor Star: | am an officer of the Seattle police force and | take great exception to the inclosed (a clipping from The Star showing a policeman with his hand out with the caption, “is There Anything in it?"), for one reason only, and that is, instead of the poor uniformed officer, you should have a cartoon of a plain clothes man and your cartoon would have made a great hit ! have been an officer for a good many years here In Seattle and | have never seen so much going on as there is now among the plain clothes men, but the bive coat boys are getting none of It, as we do not stay on a beat long enough. | know of two plain clothes men who are loaning big money to their brother officers. | would hot write thie only you made a mistake in not making the in closed cartoon a plain clothes office: stead of a blue coat. Ifa grand jury ts called here, over one half will skip out of town including » Who Is also getting his, AN OFFICER WHO KNOWS, ee NG UP BOOKS OF STATE TREASURER | ‘ARE CHECKI | money and security in the office of| | State Treasurer Lewle The inves- | tigation was asked by the state aud- | tor, ‘The punitive power of the legisla ture In impeachment proceedings bs jthe ousting from office, while a repert on Sehively. It ie the general >Tihe him to trial impreasion here that apecin! sea Governor Hay ts in Walla Walla sion of the legislature will be called tofay appearing before a conserva to Impeach Sehivety, although there thon congress. le @ possibility that his case may ROBBER GETS: * * NO MONEY : ‘* * i* ecided until hie return, oe ee ee ee CASTRO MAY BECOME A REAL FARMER. (By United Press.) SANTANDER, Spain, May 13.~—-Reports are ciroulated here today to the effect that ex-President Castro of Ven éxuela and hie wife fing to buy a A bold, bad Dighwayman, with a| > streak of good hidden away in his « badness, last night held up three * e persone, but let them all go with |* the Island of Tenneritfe, P . & the coast of French ¥ out “delivering” because of sentl |» Africa and take up farming mental reasons. | * Two young girls, Edna Tarson and Vera Lambert, were walking |¥ * ¥ ¥¥ 44 ¥¥ HHH eH ee ee ee cee MIDNAP A BOY phone Co, all alone last night) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * | about 10 o’elock when suddenly a; man at the corner of 47th st. and | Woodlawn ay. confronted them and demanded their cash. | “We haven't any,” the girle re | plied, trembling from head to foot, bat here are some car tickets you can have if you lke.” The bandit, however, refused take the tickets, and merely passed on with the remark that he was (iy Uolted Prem) DAYTON, 0. May M-An un | known man thie afternoon matched Seth, the 4-yearold son of Mra to| Walter Hardesty, and carried the | child to an automobile, sprang into jit and dashed away at high speed leorry to have troubled them. | Mrs. Hardesty and the boy wore | "Geortiy after thia and within a| @iest# at the home of Mrs, Mary ° ae |B. Shepherd, and the little fellow few blocks of the first boldup, H.| A. Bremer, of 4116 Midvale av,, | while walking home with his wife | land baby, was accosted by a lone was playing !n the front yard with © children. The man evidently the ehild by alight Mid not know sa he waa ot | man. | When the robber slipped up from | we eve unt he heard sont | behind and commanded am upward | )0® Ci Ate ee eat sy course for his hands, Bremer|%® suddenly seized the child, lif jing him over the fenc replied "Why, you wouldn't rob 8 POO +k ak AAR ARH he working man, with his wife and|» * baby, one who has to work hard) ® PROSPERITY WILL FOL. * }for bis money, would you?” & LOW BIG TALKFEST. *& The man said “No” and turned |» (By United Press.) * on his heel with a disappointed alr,)@ WASHINGTON, May 13.— # jand disappeared in the darkness. | # “Prosperity will return to the & > - * country the oratori- # oa SARS ay eee # cal steam fe shut off on Cap: # a «sOWEATHER FORECAST. #|* Ito! Hill,” declared James J. * ® Hill today, Hill had just ® & Fair tonight and Friday; ®]% emerged from the president's # & moderate northwest winds, #)» office, where he had been in * |* * | % conference with Taft. He de * RR HH HH) & clared that the tariff agitation * erga mo | ® was the only thing now pre #* | A.-Y. P. E COMMISSION & venting the return of prow * ya 52 ® perity, * YMPIA TODAY + : AT OL ; eee eee ee ee (By United Press.) y | OLYMPIA, May 13—A_ commis- COLORED TROOPS |nion from the A.-¥.-P. B. is in Olympla today making arrange- COMING mente to take the manual tr exhibit of the Olympla sch the exposition 2hth United States which has just Part of the infantry, colored, BAR EXAMINATIONS. (By United ¥ress.) completed three years of service tn OLYMPIA, May 12.—Bar exam-| the Philippines, has been ordered inations are being held by the su-|to Seattle, The Firat battalidg headquarters officer and band wil arrive at Fort Lawton no later tha October 1, prome court today, and 54 applicants are before the court to be permitted to practice law, | ta which accompany the mone [ters to the mother and her ¢ SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY DONATIONS the ARE STILL | COMING IN a oy Paid and Food Sup- plied. BY BONNIE WHEELER, ot only big, brave hearts have Seattio fremen, but generque! # 4s well, I don't mean that! they each have an exira heart, a) tio ugh it they did yesterday onc or bables of Joan Portier | that's what Main's| day, and it did not take them long h possessed of inary heart would seem that they more than one} from what} wor ifteen dollars for the wife and} they collected the murderer, | yoater: | to get (hie amount, oither, These big, brave men ot the fire house each “chipped in” to help buy food and clothing for (be woman and her children, and to help pay off the mortgage that has caused this mother #0 many Weary, eplens | nights 1 place after ajl, and it only takes) mad, “Rage, wild and ungovern-| trouble of thts sort for one to find able, the rage that at times dom out jumt how many broadminded |jnates, to th utter deatruction, | people there are on this much+/ those of that mixed race who give maligned aphere The wife and #tx | their Passions rein, poseased the helpless children cannot be blamed! map He forgot ali that makes for this awful tragedy, and It weems! tite worth while, and let his lust mt f overrene wanted to help | for peyenge have eway ighten the burden the family ar neem | dean Portier does not regret hie © The Star office, and there is! 5 hooting, “he forgets every no doubt now but that all the bills! i) le gtea you know, That's all paid, and that there if to it And with one ex 36 the faseitate te vaibud ties pressive Presch shrug, Fortler be money left to tide over the com: | *RURely Swept everything aside ng months, when the mother will| vy hg yy Madea Me “eg Fae be ore 1a need of rest than she | Lane Into bis brother's body, apd | then, gehen saw him stagger to the Outsiders Help. doorway and beckon for assistance, Not ne le the help coming! fired five shots Into his head just from Svattie, but from severa at him out of bis misery, ts not places outeide of the city have con-|a eritvinal in the commonly un Old World le All Right. | This old. world Is a mighty good tributions been re The true shown in many £ Money and clothing have colved spirit of these offertus ' ponred of y. Let} hildren 13, 1909 PRICE ONE CENT ARE YOU GOI Don't forget to give the carrier your new address phone The Star, Main 1050 or livered to you no matter where NG TO MOVE? 441 you go Ind The Star will be WOMAN IS SLAIN BY HER HUSBAND FIREMEN ADD THEIR) WHERE IS THE DIVIDING MITE TO THE RE- LIEF FUND. © LINE IN FORTIER ‘QUESTION OF | | Mrs. Fortier’s Bills Will Be | a RAGE CEASES AND INSANITY BEGINS. Jean Fortier Presents an Interesting Study for Alienists. iy BONNIE WHEELER cea line between rage and tp 1g, Gt mes wo nearly Sntangth) t who shail nay, with ont reservation, Just where the ab. erration ceases and the madness begina. Jean Fortier, the Preneh-Canadi an, in 4 Mit of madness Friday tore yoon shot and killed bis brother | Michael, and later shot his brother's | Wife | The Question just now that is upperthost in the minds of those | who Keo the frightful details of the affair, is whether or not Jean Portiof ily mad | Por a brief instant, when he drew bis revolver and sent two} bullets crashing tuto his brother's | breast, Joan Fortier must have been | rah aet When & mah shoots another,” he said, telling me of lorstoed sense of the term, Sturdy and Broad Snouldered. Th wppearance Fortler in a buat hese (man of moderate elreum: etanc@a. Sturdy, broad mhouldered,| tow cold in death were the black | n't, becanse JEAN FORTIER. Sketched In the County Jail By Artist Renfro. ureh of my che That breathing words of encouragement | with piegight black hair and mus | #heep of the family, and both left) was all he would tell me then, but and cheer for the dreary months to! com when the stricken family will watch with despafr in their hearts the stragsio of thelr loved one be ment, and that at heart he te kind you think euch words mum bring comfort to the woman who, through all her tre | The committee ts formulating ite #404 jury could indict Hehtvely and) dearly the father of her six Httle| too Don A the call tree need 8 this ban t Many Kind Words, Imost every and nothing can be] suggestion for the family with money # sting to the wor i woh a dear old | morning and die of cloth tween life (By United Proms. be left entirely to & Thurston county| _'f have I OLYMPIA, May 11.—The legisla: |crand jury, which will take motion | ith Jean,” onl tive investiquting committee thi) on the criminal features of #ohive- | 04 feel that morning began checking up the ty’e case. ithe result of excitab) bles. letter ald of the and most of those who) left tiny little things and death | 4 some slight dealings one of the letters ie Wrong acts are tempera loves some | Por has i a thoughifal an in her dire ly called early with me aj much too small for the youngsters There were tears | fro: Montreal in @ little Canadian now at the Portier home, but how welcome they will prove to the} mother who has a little stranger) to prepare for in thie Httle white-bal woman's} eyes as she told te the clothes had | and bie four sisters and two re- never mother and child bad passed to the | than area T for | that before } | finances are | will be out we been n at unknown here are plenty the family ong, 8 as both the } of clothes now | and money concerned of trouble. to pay her and the coall early youth was spent in the open. the grocer, the b man ia what is needed most. And} from the way the men and women| jare responding to the appeal for| ald for the unhappy family shows] far on thee! Contributions recelved up to noon | yeaterday, $95.00. | Contributions received up to noon today: Firemen at the fire head quarters, as follows J. C. Murphy 1.60; J. McCauley 1.60 0, B. Brock ‘ 1.60 B. Mullin 1,00] B.C, Post ... 50 D. Cook 50 | C. Kirk 1.00 | 0. Drew 66 0, Eppinghaune 50} R. Troll 60 8. I , 0 H. MeG 50 Ovan Ottingham 50 O. Welde 60 | ti% inger 1.00 G. Marlow 50} J. Angers 0 D. Phillips 3 G. Champion | Cc. neh 50 N. Kauther ih G, Norton 1.00 Total from flren $ 15.00 Other contributions Cash $ 2.00 Joweph 1 Greenberg 4 1.00 Mrs, Bilzabeth Brain,,.. 50 F. T. Richardson 2.00 | Mr. Peterson . 56.00 | Mra, H. Pearson 1.00 1A sympathizer 1.00 A well-wisher 0 | Mine Nellie Dugan 1.00 Olaf Jones *. 1.00 J, W, PHIM ps 2.00 A friend 1.00 JA friend 1.00 Vr PIAS vedic cos oF seared u# 1.00 {Dn Murphy 1.00 ira, Gordon 1.00 W. R. Gould 1.00 J, Bamber 100 MAN ee 2.00 Total seeeeeeeeeees O140,00 | stiget of the Prench race, who Mary tache and eyes that are blue-gray | home y yours ago. dnd shifting—eyen that filled with | they in Bt Paul tears When, In reply to my question | moved to Seattle sa to Whether he had ever cared) went Into & gro for hij brother, he chokingly sald, | Denny station. ‘He was my best brother, but 1) put $100 into the bu fest had to kM him'’—eyes a wo es piers Laat win finshed teeclaray when he spoke and jater business at ory rf the broth ehét dwn in cold blood. | the store. Thee was no love lost between | been unable to secure employment Fortier and the woman he mor dered, yot he refused to toll the} Hounded to the Deed. officials, whether to sbleld his| brother or from the chivalrous {n-| and babies?” Fortier sa! when seen at the Jail 1 was hounded to this deed told me to be ready, for he would esterday “1 did, but Jane Fortier was before she went ta live with the murdered mas. Yet some say Jean Portier jx mad.|get me, and get me good To the French-Canadian, he |T bought the revolver Thursday lwaye bas been and always will bey rgekiess, improvident, sturdy, advedtnrous, quick (to resent a wrong, real or faneled, and ever ready to acouse, may be accredited some of this madness, Born in Canada. Portier was born across the river we had quarreled over my tn in the little store. When I told him that | intended to sue for my share of the business, Mike told me he would kill me if 1 did.” “When I aaw my brother coming toward me,” sald Fortier, speaking of the killing, “l was afraid. He crowded me back against the coun- ter and when he raised his clenched fist I drew my revolver and fired. His descending arm crashed through the glass top of the case. “after that,” and Fortier shrag ged his shoulders againy “I could n't stop. A man doesn't stop to | think at those times. | The Church, didn't I finish myself if vilixge. His parents are wealthy maining brothers are all in more| comfortable circumstances. His borhood was spent with friends in wffloent aurroundings. Life was very good to the boy; much of his He was fond of canoeing and all sorte of eporte, and he grew up a healthy Canadian, full of life and eneray, but possessed of a quick aud augovergable temper, “Why the family!” Fyrtier and hie brother who in| had nothing to live for? 1 could: | late now.” EWS BULLETIN WASHINGTON—Former Representative Hepburn of lowa today told President Taft that the government had been robbed by means of fraud- ulent weighing of sugar for the past 20 years, to his own knowledge. wee —— BAN DIEGO, Cal.—The police are holding in detention Mre. Effie Smith, who, ording to her own statomaent, has been living for six years as the wife of Josoph 8. Lucts because of fear that Lucas would kill hor If she told of an alleged murder in San Jose six years ago. WASHINGTON—Tuberculosis in New York has increased 33 por tent in two years, according to an tion made by Nathan Straus of New York, read at the fifth annual meeting of the National Asso cimtion for the Prevention of Tuberculosis today. NEW YORK-—William Ellis Corey, the Mabelle Gilman, the actres: led for Europe today. Statement saying that since early in March there has provement in the steel industry, ol magnate, who married He gave out a adty im- WASHINGTON—The house in committee of the whole this after hoon took up the discussion of the Philippines tariff bill, introduced by Payne of New York. BAKERSFIELD, Cal.—Hundreds of farmers along the Kern river, Who have bean working night and day to prevent inroads of the water ahd inundation of their lands, today gave up the fight, and 10,000 acres of wheat and barley lands will be flooded by night. WASHINGTON—Prosident Taft today requested Deleyate Wicker sham of Alaska to prepare as soon as possible a complete itinerary of the presidential trip throughout Alaska this summer, © Ww ILL RAISE A LARGE ir iimitice expected. that. tho sales SUM UF MONEY wena n about $20,000 would bring in about $20,000, i in excebs of $20,000 will/cationa are that the exposition may profi bly be realized by the Alaska» realize a sum as great an $50,000. Yukon- Pacific exposition as a result) Sixteen selling days remain unt of the male of season tickets, When the fair op After May 41 the tick the coupon books were firat offered jets will not be on the market ies Tr Ten years and Jean Fortier! cle smalier each moment peas aud his ers disagreed, over Michael's wife, of his brother's wife, whom he had |{t is sald, and Jean was put out of Since that time he tas Mike | Bo later he told of how be lay hidden in the dense undergrowth, while | aides of him were drawing the cir How he listened to them and fought with the desire to send his own soul speeding into the great unknown by the same route as he had sent |his brother's, Told how he had turned over to the officers the |deadly poison he bad carried with him, telling them to place him out “Why didn't I think of my wife of temptation so that he might not eternally damn his soul by seif-de | struction. One of the strongest character istics of the French-Canadian is his attachment to his religion. No | matter whether he abides by all its moral precepts or not, there are jcertaln fundamental principles of the Catholic faith that he can nev. er lose, One of these is the belief that the penalty for killing one's jself is eternal damnation. is Ready to Die. “I do not care to make a de fense,” Fortier told me. “I will pay lthe penalty. All that troubles me how is my wife and the little ones. | The moment I step upon the gal lows they will receive the $3,000 \for which my life is insured. It is not much, bat will keep them from | want for a time, at least. 80 the quicker I am sentenced, the better it will be for them, It is too late jto help them in any other way now,” and Fortier's hands tight ened on the bare of his cell, while | tears ran down his face, “It is too RRR KERR * * * TAFT IS NOW AN A, B. * (By United Press.) * SKAGWAY, Alaska, May 18% * —President Taft was last * night made an honorary mem * ber of Camp Skagway, No. 1 % Arctic Brotherhood. The A * B.'s is the pioneer Alaskan * fraternal organization. *eeeeeee es eee RRR ERR HH MORGAN COMING TO THE COAST (By Cnited Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 lowing his Investment of $ in California securities, J. P. Morgan iw ¢ cific coast this Fol 0,000 ming to the according ment made here today It ts Heved that his visit has signifi bearing upon the stupendous financ ing that is being undertaken by BE. H. Harriman for his railroad sys tems BOX CAR THIEVES ARE ARRESTED (By United Pres.) SACRAMENTO, Cal, May Seven men are under arrest here to |day as a result of an attempt last |night tor car of tobaceo in the jouthern Pacific yards last night sacco thefts In this city have cost Southern Pacific company summer to an announce- b 18. the past half year | SPOKANE, May 13 Bearlet 1) fever Is raging to sueh an extent |that all public amusement places have" been ordered closed, CASE: MURDERER GIVES HIM. SELF UP TO THE POLICE. Big Sum of Money and Two Little Children Missing. With a bullet hole in her right temple, her face and throat blackened and bruised, the dead body of Mra, Elizabeth | George, wife of Arthur George of Brighton Beach, was found by police officers this after: } oon, The body lay in a fiithy | shack, where the woman was | felled by her husband's re | volver. At 12 o'clock toda Arthur George red police headquarters, walked into the office of chiet of letectives and confessed tg having shot and killed his wife at 1] o'clock this morning. Detectives Phillips and Griffithe |were at once detailed to investi gate the case | Hunt for Money. | Wpon their arrival at the scene of the trag the officers learned that, despite the fact that the wom- an lived in a¢ in a filthy shack y at Brighton Beach, she was wort something itke 0, and wag supposed to have had from $8,000 to $10,000 in d and currency hid | den about th | The offic shack are this afternoon diawing up the p ises in an effort | to find this money or some clue by which to determine if It has been lremoved today |. Trouble started between Mr. and | Mrs, George three years ago, when \the pair were divorced, At that | time Mr. George, who instituted the | proceedings, stipulated fn his com- plaint that his wife Was & poor housekeeper, and was filthy lo her habits. This characteristic seemed }to be borne out today, when the jofficers entered the George home. The house was in disorder, and ap peared to lack even ordinary care, Two Little Children, When divorced, the care of the jehiidren was given to Mr, George, | but he turned them over to his wife, jin spite of the fact that he knew she was not a good housekeeper. It is believed her lack of provision }for the little ones, whose names The two brothers | the officers in thelr search on all are Ethel, aged 6, and Lilly, aged 4, lis to a certain degree responsible for bis killing her today. It is alleged that Mrs. George had an estate valued at $25,000. She is also said to have considerable property in the vicinity of Brighton Beach. She recently negotiated for the purchase of a rooming house near the exposition grounds, Mr, George objected to that for appar ently no sound reason. Children Are Gone. After killing his wife, George took the two children away, and at the present time the pollee have | been unable to locate them. They are supposed to be in the city in care of friends, At police head- quarters George refused to tell where they were. Every Sunday of late the self- | confensed murderer used to visit |the home of his wife and take the two ebfldren out for a walk. Dur ing those times, however, he never spoke to his wife or associated with her. George seldom ‘worked of late, but always appeared neatly dressed, From what souree came the money, unless from his wife, is not known, The police entertain the theory that a refusal to further provide her husband with money may have led to her death today, Husband's Statement. “| went out to my wife's hom to settle our quarrel, She attack |me with a chalr, and I shot ber.” | This is the only statement {which George would make when questioned by Chief of Detectives Charles Tennant today, when aa attempt was made to ascertain a reason for the shooting Coroner Snyder, who visited the home of Mrs. George, in the rear of 5110 Holly st. found a purse containing $42 and a receipt for $50 signed by J. H. Green, of the F, M. Jordan company, for one month's house rent on the butlding at 6525 27th av, N. BE. a building containing 11 rooms, which Mrs, eorge intended maintaining dur ing the fair months. Coroner Snyder also reported that the house appeared ag though it had been ransacked SRE REE RR REE BANK CLEARINGS, Seattle. $ * * * * $84,910.77 931,599.98 * Clearings today * Balances Tacoma, ® Clearings today 796,816.00 *® Balances 121,390.00 * Portland. * Clearings today. . . $1,800,516.00 * Balances 992.00 * ee eed * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HAMILTON IS NOT IN | SUICIDAL STATE (By 0 “i Proms.) OLYMPIA, May 13.—Ortis Ham- ilton te still in the county jail, Noth+ ing is Known of any plans to secure his ball There is absolutely no truth in the statement that Hamil eS) eral thousands of dollars within the |ton 18 In a@ sutetdal frame of mind, Indi- | FREE LUNCHES ABOLISHED. | TACOMA, May 8—The free lunches in saloons have been abol- ished, and it is to > regular “feed hops” now for the hungry,