The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 29, 1909, Page 1

S HE SEATTLE TA yo. 1, NO, 83. ORTS MADE TO RUSH PASSAGE OF BILL. for Land It Doesn't Need. _ that the J Has alte of the Sc ys stables for new city stat sy weteas wast oF! ‘and that deal, ae Ik te nothing more °° Councilins te block in ordinance providing for ¢ ‘ * SD anentcod tha _— of light perinton Maloney, iver Grant ef bulldings, and ‘Way, Conway and fe settle on & rer ay, preceding the regular we a Site. reason to urge why pot be bought for ae inaiets Goddard. “in the eee the city alreasly ase for this purpoe that there are local In work pushing the scber the Beatle Transfer warty, Inierests (hat wmnnck ach of teal estate Influences 4 te pot only entirety un ity stables, but ts now grate and must be raieod of Immediately, as the dirt th tr ie even Bow Pinning the stall window » Not Worth it. fe not worth the price i Dam given to un a matter of fact. that Mi receive propositions for land just as feapect, at approx!- these people are n the ay th at th B ar 7 he j © se a on the committer “Maloney, whe are be favorable fo the city tract it now owne on ‘lock. In fact plans for buildings to b~ TEN PAGES “ODDARD TO CALL HALT “ON THE CITY STABLE DEAL C oO | [wars ) 4 OPkns 10NaR ert that “man @ of bis brea brow aweat nothing about ! watering his n in thie fashion. len't lent pl coming to. WH) this fit the lawn? by hard this Welt ture and ‘ just areity vk at f water the this pathoth what you are the bill That is the or rather fix a Ir honest toll the suburhanite ation PUPILS OBEY ORDERS AND TEACHER BLUSHES WHILE MINISTER WONDERS | | A solemn, went prayer, deliv ered by a minister of the gospel was recetved with cheers, shrill whistling and hand clapping, while the teacher blushed and the mints ter wondered, at the Fairview erday afternoon. The pupils were in the assembly hall participating in the Memorial Day exercises, In order to make the program & success the teacher in the puptis to show audible ition of every number. The responded with a will yester day. Bach speech, song and recita tion was greeted with cheers and stamping of feet and other demon | strations of approval Follow Directions The Rev. F. J. Van Horn, pastor Me. Then it was/ the city had never $A strip of 40 feet in the waterway, and jand demands $46 Pthis alte te $160,900, or i cost of butiding the | ‘the alleged exorbt- | weveral of the ‘ate mheming to ler company BERS UCHT Press) May 2.—Fred » D. Woods, under last night identi the men who rob- Pacific overland night. john and Fire them ax the trawied over the ten and forced them ng fn the vicinity of tifled the suspects Seen examining the rict a day or two Prisoners’ effects waa MF mirror, on the re SM ot which was a picture i union station. NEWAY GASE | COURT {By United Prove) PAUL, Minn, May the’Northern Pacttic to Puget Sound Give travelors a r And satisfactory” at #8 the route from Eastern Way of the Harriman v Md, Was discusned Mates cireult court re the matter cam Motion of the North that a perm Sranted rowtraining commerce comm! Saforcing tte order that fie railroad and Join on | £ een Ka Sound , a AOSDUCTED Prews ) od #N resumed SAlatret, wixty-tive OY, and te inter foea! bust began three WE the wbdue ric: 47 (J line! t Fighting | |PLENTY OF WATER WITHIN EIGHT DAYS. Water consumers may sprin- kle this evening from 7 until 8:90 o'clock. Thies order, ie sued by Supt. Youngs, only holds today, and no further sprinkling will be permitted until orders to that effect have been issued. The second Cedar river pipe line will probably be completed on neat | | | and water department, returned to the elty today, after a trip of in spection to the headworks, and gives it as his opinion that Grant Smith & , the contractors, will j Satarday. Sapt. Youngs of the light jhave water running from the Cedar| river intake to the Volunteer Park reservoir within elght days The new pipe line will deliver ap proximately an additional 20,000,000 gallons of water daily, which will jeliminate any probability of a water famine this summer. The contract period on thie work does not expire until Jan, 1, 1909 and the contractors will receive a bonus of $74,000 on the job. They get $1,000 a day premium for 70 days and $250 a day bonus for 16 d « to the ternis of |thetr agreement with the city j It will probably take three aceord! months longer to tamp up the pipe and cover it over, but under the contract thelr bonus begins with jthe date that water received through the pipe line at the reser volr in this city ‘CLAUS SPRECKELS JR. WILL MARRY (By United Frees.) PARIS, May Little { hown here over the nouncement of the Claus Spreckels, jr, of Ban Fran cluco to Mise Adele of Port land, Ore, The young people were known to be warm friends, and the was anticipated by urprise today an nkagement of Case announcement thetr intimate friends, who laughed | it the dénial he gave out yesterday Spreckels announced bis betrothal before leaving Paria tn to a cable from his family ating his return to the United erda DR. HARRIS DEAD (Hy United Press) MOUNT VERNON, Wash, May Dr. J. N. Harris, a dentist, died at La Conner yesterday afternoon f typhoid poeumonta, Dr. Harrie lived it Skagit county for over nty years. He was an active member of the Masonic lodge and at the time of bis death was mas \tor of La Conner Chapter, ONE WAY NOT | WATER ALAWN ae to Pay a Big| SPRINKLING O ALLOWED THIS EVENING — — 4 -HOMI = SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1909, TO PROVIDE FOR SAFETY OF PUBLIC BOUILLON WILL TRODUCE STREET CAR BILL. sme TO IN- | Will Force Companies to Take More Pre- cautions, ‘In order to safeguard the opera tion of street cara in thie elty and to fix definitely the responsibility for avoidable accidents, A. V. Boull jon, superintendent of public utth ities, will Introduce an ordinance at the meeting of the elty council on Mon night, fixing certain rules }and roguiations covering the man |ner tn which street oars may be F within the city limite Firet in the Dill te @ clause re quiring that all etre<t care ehall be stopped at ir 0 fe heavy down grades, Care mus’ equipped with an emergency cord to be used In case the regula brakes fail to work Care Have Right of Way. Double end care must be tected with wire sereens wherever care cannot stop at crossings reections except to al ts a guod bet « would toll early is thirsty lawn oming that he to do» Hut ae you refrain from following the pictured sugges on, for salt ts not good for thirsty sprouting grass be Just walt for the increased water supply, It in Hike to come some time We end this little with another serfptural text nd tate and ia vals value your lawn. be air wary Christ man—eure | will sermon Watt, open or street in Ww passengers to Ket On OF off and ars are given the rightotway over lvehteles, which will be require lturn out at the first opportunity to The companies must Inetall improved block-system signal on all single-track Hnes, equipped with not loas than 1¢eandle power lights, « : and murmur not.” meekly wait fof Plymouth Congregational church, was dowa on the program for a all cars are to be Inapected at b speech. Instead of delivering alonce a month, the ecard or oerti speech, however, Rey. Van Horn of-| cate of inspection to be kept In euch fored a solemn, almple, yet eloquent|a place that It can always be seen prayer, He finished tn siler by passengers, It makes it 4 mis And then th storm broke. [demeanor for anyone to obstruct the Cheers, whistling and stamping of operation of cars or fo interfere foot greeted the minister as he| with thelr running {n any way, The spoke the final word of hie prayer. | company 6 also la\ te a fine for The teachers blushed and the| falling to lve up to the require Rey, Van Horn looked dazed for a| mente of the ordinance moment. Finally ane of the teach. | ers apologized, saying that the pu | je Payrott at Homestead. pila had been Instructed to applaud | PITTSBURG. May %%.—More every number on the program and| than #000 men employed tn the that they were Hterally obeying! Homestead Steel works received their instructions. well filled pay envelopes today for Well, that was a pretty vigorous the first time in 18 months, The “amen,” remarked Rev, Van Horn, payroll amounted to $200,000. F LAWNS [S 2 While acting in the role of peace; told Captain of Pollce D. F. wh maker during a freeforall fight! lard at pollce headquarters among railroad laborers near the Five or etx of those Austrians King st. station this morning. | picked onto one of the boys and ft |George Baker, a Servian, was asked them to leave bim alone letruck on the head with a pick by, They left "him alone ali right, but Mike Narances. |they started for me and I got it with Baker started to run and was the pick in the back of the head followed for several blocks, he sa Then I went away from there. This by Narances, who was meking follow Mike chased me but I was desperate effort to atrike him again too fast for him with the pick Patrolman Huff took Narances In Was Too Fast. |to custody. Baker was taken to the “{ wae minding my own business | city hoapttal, where a scalp wound when the fight started,” Baker|severnl inches jong was dressed. RIOTS IN STRIKE ___ IN PHILADELPHIA TAKES WILD RIDE IN A ROLLER What might have proven the death of a large number of per sone was averted thie afternoon shortly aftor 2 o'clock by Guy Bidwell, who stuck to the seat of an enormous steam roller which had become uncontrol- lable, and guided itthrough the tepming traffic on Seventh av, until it broke down and stopped of ite own accord. The immense machine was being used in the paving of Seneca st, at Geventh av. when a brake sprocket broke and the great mass of steel huried itself down Geventh av. at the most crowded hour of the day. The driver stuck pluekily to hie seat and steered it careon- ing past teams, autos and street oars clear to Pine st., where an axle broke and the weight of the machine stopped the wild ride by dragging on the ground, POSTPONED | =e oO (Ry United Press.) PHILADELPHIA, May 29.—Riot- ing and disorders throughout the/ city greeted the citisens today when they arose to find that a general strike of motormen and conductors went into effect at 4 o'clock this morning and that two- thirds of the surfaee Ines of the entire city were tied up. A mob attacked a oar on Girard ay. at Slet st. and stoned the pas sengers and crew. The windows) of ‘the car were amashed and the car was badly damaged but no one was seriously burt The motorman and conductors who were the main objects of the Jniasies, succeoded in escaping. Police reweryea w rushed to the acene and after a half hour of ex-| citement, order was restored. There are 4,800 trolley employ in Philadelphia and the union} claims that 3,800 belong the |’ oraanization. The men re leelve 21 cents an “hour They de |mand 26 cents an hour and the privilege of buying thelr uniforms market la understood that the com pany will fight the strike In every | way, though an effort was made to bring about a meeting between the company officials and the union leaders. to now SAYS TO PRAY FOR | HOT WEATHER (By United Press) PHILADELPHIA, May a— Bpeaker Joseph G. Cannon, who ts a guest of Congressman Wanger oft} Pennsylvania, in an automodile sightacoing trip, was tendered a public reception at Norristown and made a characteristic speech. He sald clergymen should pray for a temperature of 96 degrees In the shade to hurry the senate to pass | the tariff bill, The boat race between the unt veraities of Washington and Stan ford, schedufod to take place this forenoon at 10 o'clock, was post poned until 2 o'clock on account of rough weather. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the water was still rough and the race was again postponed tuntil Monday forenoon, 4 on} pro | ‘ONE MORE BOLD HOLD UP OCCURS |\JOHN B. MYERS IS VIC. TIM OF HIGH. WAYMEN, |Robbers Hold Him Up at Point of a Gun on Roy Street. While walking along Roy st Kuob Hu whortly O'elock thie morning near ay after John Bi, Myers jOf 174 Roy at. was held up Armed highwaymen and re bout $20 In gold and silver #ays one of the highway by two ved of THE SEATTLE TEN PAGES STAR s ONE CENT TIP A WAITER AND GET INTO TROUBLE—MAYBE? ECONOMICAL AND THE way HE CREATED A MIKE 408 FOR MAT. RON M-J- KELLY For the of nix bo: ght each during the month of May King county pa $ 60.00 90.00 60.00 3.50 4.00 1644 King street M. J, Kelly Harrlet Brooks House rent at Salary to Mre Salary to Mre Telephone renta Light $207.50 This expense was Incurred by the county comn mers at the sug then held a gun under his nose while the other rifled his pocketa The vietim furnished the police with good descriptions of the (hiss. No arrests have been made. | Today's holdup brings total for month the double figures. the seme ther | Meluded salaun the grand of May up into| having ne which mont ' on, ame ot the robberies that have jkngwn in the history of Meattle | Md far all of these erie ORG UNnpoHished, the police juttetty fatied in any to Wrtn are have having single instance tg the perpetrators to justice WILL BE CHARGED WITH MURDER j | (By Velted Press) CHRHALI®, May 29 | Wate, who killed J. M. Corp bee hight on Jackson prairie, will ne given & preliminary hearin by the county attorney, J. RK. Hur te but an Information charging him with first degree murder will be Med. HOLDS UP SEVER CITY AUDITING COM. MITTEE REQUESTS EXPLANATION. ph wee SRE ce as City Must Pay the Premi- ums, but Can’t Collect Penalties. The auditing committee ts hold! ing up approximately $45,000 of pay ménts due on estimates approved for loca! contractors, pending a full explavation of the peculiar action of the rd of public works in award \ing Ide & Jones 4 $9,260 bonus for rushing work on one Green Lake reservoir contract and falling to impbee penalties on a second res- ervotr, where the contractors were me Yesterday City Comptroller Car roll, of the auditing committee, filed a formal request with the board of works for a full explana tion regarding the contract pay. ments to Ide @ Jonos, Hawley & Lane and Grant Smith & Co, Another Discrepancy Found. The contracts of Hawley & Lane are not on file with the comptrol jer, a8 required by law, and it ts }found that the city has been pay ing Money on eetimates furplehed by the olty engineer for this firm for months, without the contracts at hand to determine whether the payments are actually justified The blame for the J4e & Jones affair reste upon the city engineer ing department. This office cert! fied to the fact that they were en titled to the bonus on the one con tratt. and recommended the ox tension of eix months’ time on the other contract, This extension. It fe guid, legally prevents the city from collecting apy penalty City Engineer Thomson was out of thr city today and could not be seen for a statement. Board Powerless. Francis W. Grant, building super intendent, appeared to know of the facts regarding the Ide & Jones contracts, but he said the board was powerless to do other than It did We cannot collect these penal ties from the contractors and they oan force us to pay them the prem fume,” he replied to a question, Mr. Grant acknowlodged that It looked like a one-sided affair, with the city getting the worst of tie deal. “It may be necessary to pane a legidiative act to correct this con ditidn,” he etplained further, “but the eity seems powerless, inasmuch as the city, In holding up estimates on these contracts, breaks faith with the contractors and gives the Jattor the advantage under law "T have constantly opposed ex-! tenalons of time on city contracts satd A. V/ Boullion, “but It ts four votes to one with the board and I am continually voted down COAL MINERS MAY STRIKE, | VICTORIA, B. ©, May 1 he | report ie current that the coal min-| ers at Ladysmith, Union, Welling tpn agg Cumberland, on Vancouver land, aay join in the strike In sympathy, with the striking miners af the Nikola district, | | | gestion of Commissioner | the jae Jall AL BIG CON jthe sum of $100, fight againet of the MJ h than $50 per month to the Carrigan, wh ed the payment of more mate county jail, where upwards of twenty women are constantly incarcerated SOUGHT HER APPOINTMENT iswloner Carrigan until he bad riff Hodge to retain Mrs, Kelly Bheriff Hodge proper person Tile action was not taken by Co: wible effort to induce That Mre wae due to the fact that the sheriff did not consider her 4 used every po: matron Kel was not retained by "| for the position Kelly the male jailers that Mra most of county Sheriff Smith du jail under her fomale inmates of the jail devolved upon the of this clined to keep While matron of the little of the paid attention to the duties of position, and care It Sheriff Hodge to the her charge Kelly indifference Mrs people in her was because 4 position MAKES A POSITION was f Comnilesic imme. for her Kelly removed. ner arrigan to of an When diately the Mra. undertook this developed station for minor a regular During the of April, children for one or two nights, and in provide # position and in inatitution & detention at monthly Indicated above month Mra. Kelly for May for six for a #imilar period. For thie care Mr, Carrigan is willing that $207 per month be expended by the county, but is opposed to the expenditure of more than $150 per month for three matrons for the care of more than twenty women on every day of the month. expense cared four au 8 ee = PAYMENTS en ee PLAYS TRICK PROGRAM ON MICTIM FOR GAR. SERVICES AND VICTIM CAN'T GIVE HIM CHASE. While ©. J, MoManus lay asleep in bis room in the Griffin House, at 610 Charles st., carly this morning, he was rudely awakened by 4a sneak thief who jerked his trousers from under hiv pillow McManus sat upright very quick ly and protested, but the prowler left the room hastily, taking with him the trousers, which contained $24 in cash and a gold wateb. ] As the wearing apparel was the | only wort of the description in the} of the Repubile room, McManus did not feel that| program for Memorial day he could afford to give chase and | , sh daa “cexpeeinitia” were the gneak thief escaped. and calls for the participa- McManus could give ties suabirsde tetenul tion of the prowier. lin church services and parade en oe a The exercises will be held at the AUTOPSY FOR Grand opera house under the direc tlon of ¢ H. F. Corey, and will following order Musle by the In invocati Rev, B, L. Whitman. Miss Lulu MeComb, slster of J W. McComb, the street car con ductor who, with his young wife, patriotic song by school children, was found dead at their home at reading of orders, vocal solo, ritual, th the memorial address by He man W. Craven, Several bands will Loesch! Park Wednes night, be Moves that her brother and wife were murdered by a third party furnish music, Sunday services will be conducted An autopsy was held yesterday at Hutterworth 3 by Dr, Cowan, yecullar f by the Rev, W. H. W. Rees at the First Methodist church. Order of Parade. by {iss McComb, A ture of the deaths Is the Fact that both bu entered at practically the same spots, © oner Snyaer says he Is eatiefied that rder of the parade 6 or McComb did the shooting. FIRST METHUDIST CHURCH. ‘The local posts of the Grand Army have arranged a that is no descrip. of a large ymmander be In the nm by The Mondar # ns follows, the varlous orders embling at the armory on West ern av.t J, W. W. Pol Sexton post, G H.W Hulings, orkman on band ns post, G st, GA A. R Spanish commander of chief marshal Daniel War GW. Lincotn Dever, Robert n of police; Fort mayor and counel! A. R.; John F. Mil- Jar A. Sexton Industrial ar arriag 1 leon A. R arshal, ner \ w King G. Wir plat Row. Pres.) Killed in (Uy United NEW ORLEANS Dispatet today fr Costa Rica, say that killed and twelve w yunter betw dor ane at San Pedr uble followed the ki b man by POLICE HOLD AN ACCUSED MAN William Wilson, widely known as Baseball” Wilson, is unwilling turn to Chicago. When he Was arrested yesterday by City Detectives Barbee and Hay don, Wildon stated that he had good reasons for not wanting to return to Chicago, but would not admit that it was because of postoffice rob bertes. Last night Captain Tennant re-| celved word from the Chicago police that Wilson was to be held, as the Chicago authorities are very anxtous to have him returned SMALL FIRE OCCURS A blaze in the basement of the Mutual Life building at 6 o'clock thia morning destroyed drafting paper and bunting valued at $700, and did damage to the building in May Port: Lin en men we R s whded In an en school rat 1 re Th A re i f Veterar biles with The parad harp, 1 Pike p! Recond a It ts re be plac busine ean A Mojon. ing of n terans and automo disadt Ve at 10a. w Western ay Pike to pera house ectfully requested that flagg 1 at half 1 be suspended mast that ® during Mr. Dal itatton AR Ladi guests for afet ‘ t te Wom Kindly extended the members of n's Rellef A tl Third el tr the eG ! at af the c re after exercises. James st BENSON GIVEN MORE TIME, SAN FRANCISCO, May 29,— John A. Benson, convicted of com plicity In land frauds and sentence. ed to one year's imprisonment, was jgranted a 30-days of execu tion today by the United States clr cult court of appeals, provided a certificate ts filed the clerk of the United States supreme court showing that another application for writ of certiorari has been filed Jin that court, |SUNDAY SERVICES AT) Justrial school band, | Sons | NEW LAW SAYS YOU MUSTN’T TIP ANYBODY. New Code in Effect on June 12 Has Peculiar Provisions. Every employe pf = publie house or public service corpora. tion who shall solicit or receive any gratuity from any guest shall be guilty of # misdemean- or. Every person giv- ing any such gratuity * * shall be guilty of « misdemeanor, thie, Never more forced hand thet gratuity. After you can give him the stony it with arke and gestures, just re- n that the wet hin read to iter his usual and he returns loa prosecuting at- wil if b v6 doesn't tell him that the new erim- * provides for « penalty fer of a tip a» well as the re- and that, while you under- riff Hodge rving bet- than Smith did, yet you prefer the Washington grill as a boarding place If you stip him a t wif open to prow i wot Gislik vere the nx tand te 1 lay your- and’ ff you Here is one yed man lowes rf n All Are Interested. This te but in the n ef ne of the several laws criminal code which goes June 11 is the de aimed at but it also takes a slap at the prosperous business man, the newspapers, the physicians, the boy, the walter, and even only c mingle smal women After June 11 it will be no de- fense for a murderer to plead tn- jaanity If the jury and court hold [that the defendant is insane, he | Won't go free, but he will be con- jfined in the asylum for the Insane, or else in the insane ward of the state penitentiary, Thus the only j benefit a man will derive from the Insanity plea will be exemption from the death penalty Attempted Suicide » Crime. Hereafter al! those who attempt j*uicide and are unsuccessful, wif |b punished with a fwo-year sen- tence or less, and if one enters into * suicide pact and falls to keep his part, the punishment may be meted out up to 10 years. The fool who rocks the boat and causea a death, the fool or criminal who tampers with the track ofa railroad or the ewitch resulting & lone of Mfe, may be prosecuted on |® charge of firat degree murder, and given the death penalty or a Ife sentence. The physician who, while under the “influence of Mquor, attends a patient and causes a death, can be convicted of manelaughter. Newspaper Advertising. The newspaper which accepts ad« Vertisements from Jewd women is gullty of a misdemeanor, and can be fined $250. The same is true of the publication which accepts medical | #ds which appeal to men only, The old law regarding the ale of vigerettes stands as before, with the exception that {t reads now #0 as to make ft @ misdemeanor for one to even have In his possession cigar- ettes or the makings. Any one giving or selling a cigar, |clearette or the “makin's” to @ ith under 21 years of age iw gullty of a gross misdemeanor, and pun- jishable by @ year's imprisonment, | Another cut at the liberty of the boys ig the law making It a misdemeanor jte sell or give @ pistol or revolver > & minor under 18. Woman Can't Use Whip. The woman with the black snake whip who gate after any de |man will get here—10 years, | If you own @ vicious dog, better jtfe him up. If he kille anybody | You'll be charged with manstaughten captain of a boat who is greedy enough to overload hts boat, resulting tn its sinking, causing a lenth, will be tried a man- aughter charge. The grafting police | leer of the law who erly In other be years. nseless on or other of- compounds a words, keeps to the tune vr, mun Jot five will ‘stung Of Interest to Burglars, of the peculiar laws of the code, and one that will interest ) All burglars, robbers and the like, ts the fact that If a burglar shoots anyone while withdrawing from the ene of a robbery, larceny r Arson, it is first degree murder and punishable by death or a life ter but If the killing is dor in the act of “burgling,” ertme assumes much lesg pro- One burglary r then tt portlon At the discretion of the court any female, can be re- of marrying, if a might be the cause of per- any eviminal or Insane tn- s in the offspring. |BOY PLAYS WITH A | GUN—IS SHOT (By United Prose) TACOMA, May 29.—While play: ing with a 22-calibre revolver, Br- nest Erickson, 7 years old, the son of Mr. and Mrs, B, Erickson, living on Hale's passage, shot himself in the right eye. The bullet lodged in the brain, He was brought to the county hospital here and is in a sertous condition, n, male th } right trating | stir