The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 20, 1909, Page 1

“WAKE YO DAYS MORE EXPOSITION OPENS MEY RISE IN _ WRATH AGAINST S. E. | FER PRIVILEGE) CURTAILED BY COMPANY. Filed and a e Arranged for Today. _ and take @ pas FE y ar tare, which shall Wee ad the gum of 5 vente for fen wou ride ome way owned of the yelled by or INTS SITUATE a ciTy Limit . on either of the —— g mentioned in section 1 {when constructed or ae ’ A TRANSFER ANSFERS shall be no euch transfer | be geod except upon the car at the point Atanager Potter of the Be- | * company yertorday te- Satter to all the company’® yore refuse to istue @ ¢ upon & transfer. ‘ the city officials have with a constant | complaints, end indignant from evety section of the sre voleing thelr strenuous pro as that AL. 4 As gertoos thir super- ities, went the city’s inter of an outrage,” teday, “The fom any point to any the city limite It if it takew helt ‘The corporation's definite on g Z tf Pi eit Hy ees a § uy hi ite fz fil i i ’ be Ro vacations for em- Roattie Blectric com- -|an unlimited knowledge of the wee op it fe pointed out by the M@Micinis that during the n months there wil! mY people here, and that ii be rushed #0 that it to allow em- Teapective de- any time. ITE TAKES UP THINGS » M 20,—The tonsidered LaFol- providing one S 8 cent per pound duty tof quedracho, on which . bill destroyed the Ding- & cent a pound. teed a doty of half a liquid and seven- Cent on the solid ex- bus ~~ of quebracho ts ob- & tree in Argentina, tanning purposes. of it last year were 000. B WILL SEND IFORMED RANKS fraternal organizations} @Ntoring the mermortal Are requented to notify B. Junts, wt the « of the General, nv Mt the armory, Virw a * the fraiernal organs: to participat fs to be hei of batile. As nearly ations the big in perfect the line formation, heads | bedion are aiyc Im Mat to Mr. Juwti Whe will march early A poralble * * * . \* * * . * * honor} UR DINNER DOWN TOWN MONDAY NIGHT---THERE’S A REASON TEN PAGES UNTIL THE A.-¥.-P, VOL, 11. NO RIGHTEOUS 75, IS. E. CO. STAURANTS AND GRILLS PLANNING FOR CROWDS MONDAY NIGHT eee ee ee ee ee Where to dine on Anth Tuberculosis league Monday night to help the cause of the of King county Butler Hotel Grill City Gril. Rainter Grand Rathekeller Cafe Savoy Hotel Grill Hotel Grill Washington Hotel Grill, seeeeeeee ieee ee Of course you will have your dinner down town next Mon day night. Every one of your friends will, so you can't afford not to be fo the swim. Can you? Of course you know that-most of the leading restaurante to Seattle are giving 10 per cent of thelr dinner receipts Monday night to ald the cause for which the AnthTuberculosis Joague of King county is fighting—the bullding of a permanent home for the sufferers from the “white plague.” You see, when you consider everything, it le up to you to hy the cause along, and have a splendid time in the bar When you get your pay check next Saturday night eave out enough to take the wife and family (if you are lucky enough to have a family) down town to some one of the cafes or grills that are alding In the good work. You had better step tively, though, for the tables in these restaurants are going like hot cakes, and you had better reserve your table now and be sure of being in on the good time Perhaps you have gotten out of the habit of having at least one dinner a week down town. There was a time just the same when you dined in one of the down town cafes very often ~ la the time to get back to that habit, and it is your duty, plain and simple, (© make the start next Monday night it will do your wife good to have the change, and you wil) meet all your friends and get acquainted again. Come, get out of your shell and help the good work along. One more cafe to join in the good work. Yesterday the man- er of the City Grill, at Third and Yesler, called up and sig- nifled his willingness to help the cause along. “We can seat 0 at & UUme,” he said, “and will arrange a dinner especially for that night for those who care to reserve tables, We will fix up 4 dinner for 50 cents If those wishing it will let us know by Bat urday night. We will care for all who come to us, and gladly give our percentage to the Anti-Tuberculowls fund.” Those restaurants who wish to join in the good work can do so by phoning Secretary MoKibben of the League, at Main 7999, or The Star office, STRESS SS C. B. YANDELL SIGNED AS A STAR IN THE GREAT SEATTLE WILD WEST SHOW. Contrary to wishes of his wife, “What a shame it would be,” sald and tami” Secrtary Yandeli, of Emmet Brown, of the fair associa ot Commerce, bastion, “if all of these Kastern people | to connect himself with a should come to Seattle expecting to ‘eat show that will exhibit in |see live Indians and cowboys on | —— and go home disappoint 4 Does Something for it. “Bore,” replied Yandell. “Iti give Seattle the biggest black eye jof the season, and we ought to do leomething for It.” Now if there ts anything that Ie {going to be detrimental to this tothe fading (2% Of Seattle Yandell te right we AD after that one thing, and lands \generally with both feet, Bo this) Indian and cowboy stunt matured! ‘t thrown |in bis fertile brain. | up bis job at the chamber, but no| Now {t bas been definitely de ever know what a struggle cided to have ® regular Seattle to keep from doing Wild West show. Yandell can do 0, instead of only working at the anything fn the circus Itne from show trade during his vacation, | selling tickets to looping the loop In| ‘The way it happened fs thie: Yan-'a barrel stave. dell is a member of the Western And as Brown puts it, “Those Pair association, and claims to have beautiful red eyes and the elegant) form of the chief performer will get the feminine attendance.” CUSTOMS OFFICIAL IS HUNG Hero EFFIGY leftizens of Sumas that Edeell wi ENRAGED CITIZENS OF SUMAS | the cause of the removal of the de | HANG MAN’S FIGURE ON [tention house from the border PRINCIPAL STREET. jtown. The change was made by the government about two weeks ago, causing a big loss to Sumas.| maviddie won. Ma: = Edsell is now in New York on| BELLIN' » Wash, May 20.| oficial business. About three —Citizens of Sumas, 30 miles from years ago official charges were here, last night hanged in effigy | filed against him fn Washington | Harry Edsel, head of the customs that he was amuggling goods acrons| station there. A big crowd en-| the boundary line, These charges gaged in a wild demonstration to were investigated by a government show their feeling toward the man. representative and, while it was This morning the dummy was|never announced that they were found hanging from a telegraph substantiated, the recorda of the pole on the main street, bearing department at Port Townsend show big placards, on which were writ- that Edsell was forced to pay duty ten, “Gone But Not Forgotten— on a fumber of articles which Knocker,” and “Smuggler in Charge | was alleged to have brought acr —Eadgetl.” |the line. For some unknown rea The demonstration of last night | son Edeell was not removed trom ie the result of a bellef among the | office. WANTS TO RETURN TO SEATTLE On the same day that Patrick Sul- “Friend Pat: 1 matied you lettors wente o American [care of the general delivery the fore livan, pr prletor ot i bons ‘ a art pyr ag 624 padi emige POF Able oity, mates ” I) heard from it, 1am up againet it MeNamara of Cordova, in reply in this country, and want to got to an appeal from the Alaskan for) back when I know I can make good aid to get out of the country, Mc-| “If you can place ime tn a fob be- Namarn shot and killed T, R. Car-| hind one of your places of business ponter, proprietor of the MeCormac|!n Seattle, and send me the where: hotel with to get out of here, I will be un- Mr. Sullivan has long known Mc- | der many obligations to you. Namara, and while he deplored the| “Hoping you are O, K. and en- wild drinking revels of the man |Joying good health, lam yours re- while ha lived here, yet cowld not | #pecttully, ltake it upon himself to refuse the! ytd fe |latest appeal for help, Today Mr. | Cordova, Alaska | Bult stated that he felt that) Seven days after writing this lot- |McNamara had probably gone/ter, and while the money was al- broke, and go he sent him money|ready on tte way to him, McNamara enough to get out of the country, entered into a controversy with Car- The letter received by Mr. Bulll-|penter which ended in the #hooting “I, W. MeNAMARA, -|van from McNamara was dated May |affray, and pow McNamara reate in 1, and reads as followss the shadow of the gallowa, he} LAST EDITION wm THE SEATTLE STAR SKATTLE, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1909. SMOKING IS BARRED NEW STATE CODE HAS A NICE LITTLE JOKER. Having the “Makings” Now Set Down as an Offense. Any person whe shall manu facture, sell, give away or die tribute, or have In his posses sion any = elg ie or cigarette wrappers, shall be guilty of a = misde- meanor—-Beotion 284 of the New Criminal Code. When the new ortminal code goes! jinto effect on June 12 there ta! }Rolng to be something doing in thé Cigarette world, at least for # few moments For the new code containé a} | Joker,” and the cigarette smoker fs the victim. Under the old j Hyerly law, {t was unlawful to sell cigarettes or the “makings there of.” or have them in possession for sale. Some One Blundered. But the framers of the new crimt- nal code, the copyiste or the printer, or somebody with carelessness oF | |malioe, left out the “for sale” pro-| vieo in the clause prohibiting the} | pousession of cigarteet material. As the code now reads any person who} posseeses o cigarteet or cigarette papers te guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be punished by fine or tm prisonwnent. of lawyers but what this clause as it now stands is unconatitutional, and it probably sever will be en forced. But it still remains the law and any polleeman who arrested a man who was «moking & cigarette would only be doing his sworn duty. The law is specific on thie potnt and is the jaw until the ou preme court decides otherwise, Precedent Case, A wimilar ease was tried out in Nebraska, A youth was appre hended one day tn the act of rolling 4 cigarette, He wan arrested and charged with violating that section of the abthcigaretic law whieh pro hibited the manufacture of elgar ettes. The supreme court decided |that {t wae man's inalienable and constitutional right to make as many cigare(tos aa he desired as long ae they were for his own con sumption. GIRL KILLED BY FIEND LITTLE TOT 18 MOST BRUTAL- LY ASSAULTED; THEN 16 MURDERED. (By ed Press.) LOB ANGELES, May 20.—Lyi in a clamp of buebes, with her fair hair concealing an ugly gash in her throat, the body of Anna Poltera, a Gyearold school girl, was found thie morning in Griffith park, The tule one’s body was nearly de nuded of clothing, and there was every Indieation that the ebild had fallen a victim to a flend. The earth and undergrowth were trampled and torn, giving Indlea- tions that the child had struggled with her assailant. The body war brutsed, and the gash In the throat ad severed the jugular ven. The last seen of the little girl alive wae in Griffith park at 8 o'clock Monday afternoon, on her way home from school. While the officers were examin ing the dead body, Poltera, father of the girl, and hie son Bdward | wandered up. When questioned he sald: “| am looking for my little gir When he was shown the body the old man broke down, ANOTHER VICE DISCUSSION The city counctl will hold @ spe- clal meeting tonight to hear the report of a special committee ap: pointed to select an advisable site |for the tenderloin, ‘The members of the committee were named in secret \and their identity will not be known until the report is made, | Mayor Miller said today that he did not have the slightest idea as to just what the report would be. During the week, however, the mayor was in conference with @ number of prominent business men, presumably seeking thetr advice upon the question ot a location. The mayor declares that he will | not designate any district uniess the location meets the approval of the counciimen Individually, Aw it fs extremely improbable that all of the counel! members will agree on any | particular location, some alleged | “wige ones” prophesy that they will ond in abolishing the district en: trely. FUNERAL TOMO Funeral services for Lyman A, Griffith, who died at his home, 154 Melrose place, yesterday, will be held at the undertaking parlors of Butterworth & Sons tomorrow afternoon, All friends of the family are invited to attend. The body will be cremated, according to re- [quest of the deceased, There is no question In the minds; _ PRICE ONE CENT ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE? Don't forget to give the carrier your new addrene or tele phone The Star, Main 1050 or livered to you no matter whe ON YESLER WAY AT 3:15 P. M. YES /14 LETTING THAT b/@ TeoAy- ' yeser mikk SAY FLYNN ovéHT YoBr UNDER TMS NEY HAS SPRUNG A SATION PUTS DETECTIVE ON STAND—WORKED Testimony. SAN PRANCTECO fay 20— The climax of today’s sensa tions in the Calhoun trial came in @ clash between Attor. ney Eari Rogers for Calhoun and Assistant District Attorney Heney, which threatened to cause @ shooting affray in the court room. err e eerereind the bite, said: “yi honor, | want to pro- teat Sosinn the acta of Mr. Rogers, retorted: want to your dirty Inain. uations and ineuita, You stand up there before the jury and insinuate that | am being paid for my services to the st: Then you walk to the other side of the room and accuse me of putting papers where the jury bee them. You want to stop that or you will get what ia coming to you.” Beveral of the prosecution's detectives stepped in front of Heney. One further word from Rogers might have reauited dieagtrously, but the Calhoun attorney did not reply. SAN FRANCISCO, May 20.—John Helms, former detective of the) United Railroads whose introduc tlon fito the Calhoun case yeater- day Afternoon was like a bomb- shell dropping into a prayer meet ing, Wae placed on the stand again this morning at the opening of the trial and told a story of the con spiracies, briberies, plotting and counter plotting in which he said he Was eugaged at the direction of Calhoun and hie subordinates and later for the prosecution. Forces Disorganized, Alt of Helm's testimony was given over the general objection voleed. by the defense yesterday afternoon, when his appearance on the stand totally disorganized the forced of Calhoun's counsel Helms resumed his story of in fer workings of the United Rall roads detective bureau under ques tioning by Francis J, Heney. He told how, after he had left the em ploy of the United Railroads, he was engaged by William J Burne and sent back again to the United Raflroads to work for them under tnetructiona of the prosecu tion's eblef detective, Tolls of the Plotting, His story of how Burns turned the tables on the United Railroade and first got his information as to who had stolen documents from hia office and where they had been taken, was heard with eager inter eat by a crowded court room A large detall of police officers in plat clothes, and detectives wore soattered througa the court room and-surrounded the prosecutors and thelr witnesses, An equally large number of hired DANNY DANCES OFAL G0! | piViNLLY 7 7 at " & guards surrounded Cathoun's table Calhoun looked serious this morn ing, ae did every man of his coun ne! except Karl Rogers, who showed amusement at the proceedings Spreckels Has Accounts. Redoiph Spreckels was in court and told the United Press tha, he }had all of his accounts of moneys | paid in support of the graft prose. eution from its Inception to the | present day with him and would, | when placed on the stand, give them to the jury. When Helms came into the court | | |teetive Charles Gough, at whore home he has been staying since he was won over by the provecution and came back to this city from Trinity county to testify againet Calhoun, Tee eerie T ele ey * BANK CLEARINGS. fe. $1,581,083 *| * * ® Clearings today. ® Balances * Tacoma, & Clearings today...§ 920,756.00 ® Balances ........ 68,011.00 * Portt ® Clearings today .. ® Balances 175,259.00 & * * SRE EERE HE GOV. HAY IS SILENT Valted Press.) ouyMyth, may 20.—Gov. Hay ts stil maintaining 4 strict silence as to his intentions relative to call- ing a specia) session of the legte lature, The logisiative investigating com: mitteo is today working in the state auditor's office. see ee eeee 147,903.00 & KERMIT SAVES A MAN'S LIFE BY WARRINGTON DAWSON, Staff Correspondent of the United Press. NAIROBI, May 20.—Kermit Roos: | evelt’s markemanship saved the life f the leader of the native “beaters,” who accompanied him on a leopard hunt | yosterday afternoon, ac- cording to news brought here today The natives ousted a leopard from away fast enough, and was 4 down by the animal, Ker-| | mi w the native's danger, and fired a shot into the alr to attract the animal's attention, As the leop- ard rushed toward the youth, Kermit shot it dead, It fell within atx paces of him | The beater was not seriously hurt get kne | | HE IS STILL LOOKING | A. Rhyman, who lost hie grip at| the Colman dock, after checking {t, preparatory to ledving the city, on] | April 22, te #till searching diligently | for the lost sult case, Rhian states that he recetved, after depositing the check No, 1,062, and he stilt k. The sult case has case, has the ch | disappeared. The case, according to Rhman, contained $800 worth of goods and }bank checks in the sum of $900. | Also his passpotre were in the grip WILL COME IN A BOAT Four hundred strong, the U, ©. T's of Vancouver and Victoria will) arrive in Seattle on U. C. T. day at the fair, July 11, In a spectally chartered boat, The boat fa thhe Makura, of the Canadtan-Austra- Han 8, 8, Co, and will be used as the home of the drummers during their convention In Seattle, which meets at the same thne, “HAVE You 4 f BBA DANN » DANCE ? “DID MATT KNOCK A HOMER? | SURE fri FAT AS DUG. X20 THE CIRCUS IS TODAY'S SENSATION room, he was closely guarded by De CROWD IS ON STREET wick, TO SEE THE PARADE. First Performance Given Under Big Tent Today. “Pa, kin I go to th’ cirkus?” If there is a daddy in Seattle for tunate enough to own a future president, and this question isn’t hurled at him today, then there's something wrong with the young sprout, He needs a physician. Americans, especially Young America, never seem to tire of the cireus, with Ite pink lemonade, an- clent peanuts, wild animals and flare of lights and bands, and all that goes to make up a bewilder ing melange of mirth and wonder ment, Big Parade This Morning. When Norris & Rowe's big show reached town yesterday crowds of the curious and the ubiquitous small boy were on hand to miss none of the details of unloading the big attraction, And this morning the Norris & Rowe street pageant, something more pretentious than ever, whet- ted the circus appetite to a pitch where indwlgence became absolute ly necessaty. One of the memories which cling longest to the youthful mind is the firet time he ever went to a cir cus. The menagerfes, with its lions, tigers, camels, elephants, Hamas, education in itself, Give Him a Chance, Say, it’s a positive crime to keep a small boy away from a circus, Lat him go. Let him come home and skin the bushes, but their leader did not/ his nose in an attempt to imitate | apartment house here today the acrobats. Let him drink bis fill of that concoction always associated with the cireus—pink lemonade, Let him howl with glee at the antics of the clowns. Let him wonder and gasp and ask a thousand questions. It will work off a lot of boyish steam. It'll do both of you lots of good and give the noy one of the keenest times of his career, This goes for the girls, too. well as adults. The circus mi- crobe takes hold fast, and ff you don't give in you lack real, red American blood, Yes, you do. Where It Is, Norris & Rowe «have pitched their big tents at Fourth av. and Republican st. this year. Street cars running north on First and Second avs. will reach the circus grounds, The big show will start at 2 o'clock this afternoon, Per. formances will also be night and tomorrow afternoon and night, If you can't give the boy ticket money, let him carry water for the animals. Get him into that circus, by hook or crook, And don't forget to go yourself, because It's the beat show Norris & Rowe have ever put together, Miss the circus? Hub, | guess not, As} given to-| ind. 441, The Star will be de re you go. CIGARETTE IONE MORE JOINS THE — RANKS OF SUICIDES HE READS OF DEATHS AND DIES ONE MORE SUICIDE IS RECORDED BY CORONER. A Mysterious Canadian Drinks Carbolic Acid, “L say, boy, got any suicides in | your paper tonight?” And the dressed by | tr jat $21 newsboy who ade young Canadian tn was a nt of the Wonder lodging house First ay, 6. last night re- sponded that three had committed seif- murder. “That so?” inquired the Canadian, “Well, give me one of your papers, | quick!” After reading the accounts of how Ollie Corbin, C, B. Bmith and Bam- uel E. Hughes had ended their earthly troubles, the Canadian slow+ ly folded the newspaper and Jeft the lodging house. He returned in @ short time and immediately retired, Body Found Today. His dead body was found this morning In &@ room by Mra. BE. Rog- ere, the landlady, It te thought that after reading the aceounts of the three deaths by suicide, the young Canadian went to a drug store and purchased the carbolic acid with which he ended tia iife, About two-thirds of a three-ounce |bottle of the deadly fluid was found |im the room when Mrs. Rogers dis- jeove i the body, To City Detective John Wickman and Deputy Coroner William Borth- Mrs. Rogers said that the Canadian came to her lodging house about 10 days ago. He refused to give his name, and said he wanted to be called nothing but “Cowboy.” The Canadian no sooner took lodging at the Wonder house than he commenced drinking, and was in the habit of Inviting tenants to join him. He told Mra Rogers that he had been arrested by mistake in Vancouver, B. C., and had served 10 days in jail. Mrs. Rogers says the suicide refused to leave the lodging house except at night because he feared he would be arrested. He tolé the landlady that he had @ money order at the post office, but | was afraid to f° after it jfeared the of would yee Met up. During his stay &t the Wonder house the Canadian appeared to have plenty of money. Before ending his life the Cana. dian took every precaution to pre- vent identification of his body. He had scratched the name and number from a bank book of the savings ue- partment of the Bank of Toronto, Canada. Not a serap of paper was found In his pockets by which his identity might be established. Fine Appearing Fellow, The suicide was a remarkable specimen of manhood. He was siz feet tall and weighed about 206 |pounds. A head of thick brown halr made him an attractive figure, He was about $5 years old. The Van- couver police have been furnished @ description of the suicide, and It te thought they may be able to estab. lish his identity, ‘The body will be held at the un- dertaking establishment of Butters worth & Sons pending identification, ROOF IS BLOWN OFF APARTMENT HOUSE (Ay United fon ¥ 20.—Two women CHICAGO, are expected to die from injuries they received when a terrific ex- plosion blew the roof off a large Fre | broke out in the shattered build ing and was beyond control when the firemen arrived. The butlding will be a total loss, Owing to the confusion that fol- lowed the explosion, {t is not known | whether or not all the inmates of |the apartment house escaped the | flames, jee R ARK AR KERR RE | * WEATHER FORECAST. * |* Showers tonight or Friday; * |* light south winds, * | lt i la el a ln i ln dl li i COUNT TOLSTOI ILL (By United Press) | MOSCOW, May 20.—Reports from Yesneys today state that Count Leo Tolstol is confined to Ms room, euf- fering intensely from rheumatism | This is the count’s second {iIness within a few months, Less than a | year ago it was helleved that he was |dying from rheumatism and att ing complications, - ee, e TO PURIFY STOCK EXC (iy United Ha | NEW YORK, May 20/1 & ing agitation In favor o; methods of the Stock Exel governing committee tour to the ed resolutions forbiddingh"!es ! of the exchange from directly or indirectly an with members of the C« Exchange, j ¥ Pavilion ity e.