The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 21, 1909, Page 1

155 OT BE NAM NTION: RE Dic IN SENAT ATH ANGE APPEARS AT LAST CHORD Musician ieee Dead as He Finishes Selection) Before Crowd of After-| Theatre Diners th NO NI | pais | to Secure the| Majority as dand Measure is ly Lost. logte reme the by me, the porina in jadges wil peal of Thurs and out at FRANCISCO, a Crowd of fashionably ed after-theatre diners a T n applauded Paul first violinist with Gyps night, for his brilliant rendition of a wild Hungarian melody he had just finished playing, the bow drop ped from the musician's fingers aad he sank to th dead. A sudden attack of h ped his life, When the man stepped forward! at midnight to play a waite he was SAN rT att! Techau Schmidt i the re * to get in the sition was who were proceed bsent passed the repeal bill * majority, many getting under cover that the bill would dle upper house PRISONER WHO ED BED JAILKEEPER | q a United Pree.) J., Aug. 21.—After Mabbing Keeper Bryant x county jail, with a rpike he had taken from his cell, Angelo Caprio , was shot and instantly the door of his cell today * Joba Corby, who had Bryant's assistance. Cap. being held on a charge of & fellow countryman floor « to sway alightly. The first }Hotes came slowly, then the yan, already stricken, bowed his took a firmer grip on bie instr t, and the violin poured forth harmony which caused his auditors to cease thelr laughter and turn te) Neten to the exquisite strains. By the time the selection Soe! started, not a sound In the big din ing hall could be heard other than the throbbing notes of the violin. tet's death song. had never played before in Techau Tavern. Hin eyes half closed, the man threw his passing soul into the music. When the last wierd chords came sighing from the Inst tears of emotion could by women's eyes and the men lent With the conelusion of the sole, there Was a momentary pause. | Then the whole house reverberated with appreciative applause | Schmidt, with forced smile, bow ed a slight acknowledgment of & these manifestations. He stagger # | 4 and the bow dropped to the floor, followed by the eragh of the CHOSEN poor ets | violin, He elutched at hia breast Colo, Aug. 21.—Ieaac | and then sitd quietly to the floor! Texas, was procer| by the side of his broken instru the Transmissiswipp! | ment ; . Trombeo, of Oregon, Before a physielan could reach viee president and Ar-| hie side Schmidt was dead. He was! of Missouri, was re-|34 years old and a native of Hun- fe ane wary. me teeter eeeee oat HIVELY WILL ESCA YMPTA Aug. a A f poll of the senate that the state lacks (wo @ to Insure the conviction ively. Speaker Meigs that acquittal is highly @ Settee eee ?PEAL TO THIEVES FOR SSISTANCE NO Rigo, \aat | failure end-| | head, | He played as he} THE SEATTLE ‘STAFF SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1909, | THE LIGHT THAT FAILED CAME FOR HIS. DEAD AND NOT REVENG Jack Colvin Not About Damage Talking Suit | Against City Is Being Held. Inquest The body of Miss Marguerite Paul 10 feet of the sunken auto thie after All the five killed in the automobile ident Death Curve Thursday night have now been recovered. The inquest will be held Monday was found south noor the bodies of ace on M e of the auto accident tatements ax apt was after and ( u find the eased r inving mi W. W. SMITH IS GONE AND AN INVESTIGA TION IS ON THRONGING TO FAIR SROUNDS Smith, it has advertised Put Up in Order to Se- extenatvely during the past cure Loans From Him. Third “Big Day” of Week Brings Many Visitors seome real estate at ridiculously low! ratew of interest, and as a result | many came to him for m When smith told f money he month, offering to make loans at While inspeets United Staten postal are investigating the sof W. W. Bmith & company, of 216 Cherry «st, hun | dreds of poople in Seattle are won dering what has become of Smith and sume of money ranging from $10 to $200, put in Smith's hands by them ‘The postal authorities have lock led up Smith's offic nd put a gor lermment seal on it, and during the last two daye many small property owners In Beattie have called to see Smvith, Only to find that he wae not there and that bie office was jaet and sealed by Uncle Sam, How He Did It. HH. J, Probatfeid, of 2900 Third av W. was one of the callers at Sarith's genes fi this afternoon and be told of amount jet out « loan was : at am low at & per ce y arranged, and mith then manded an abstract to show tithe to the property curity nt business af de thet pul Up Ae ee~ Unique Pian, t Pr person who cure pul up | per of the total amount of the loan] jefray the expenses of the exam ination of the tithe, promising to refund this advance payment when | the loan was finally consummated. in this manner he secured $11 from Probatfeld on a $1,100 loan : John G. Johnson of simiiar proposition. Johnson calle at Smith's offices today to secure their ay |toane, and found Smith and jthe $11 and $102 minsing | These are but two of hundreds of mail property owners have called at Amith’s Offices during the past two days Bact had pot up bie I to pay fer the examination of the abstract | batfeld. we Then Sintth te cent to according the the loan ¢ asked | Exposition. The third “bia day” of the week at the A-Y.P. exposition ts being celebrated today, Bcottieh Day, Van Gouver Day and the children’s French Fete combining to bring out thotsands of visite: During June ything over 2 ) constituted a big day Now the crowd must be around 40,000 before tt attracts at tention. No more picturesque gathering han been soon at the falr than the parade of Caledonian Day today with more than a thousand Seotch tei in their plaids and tartans, the 2 from a and Probatfeld were who and every one u per cent T IN VAIN | where she had been employed, for ¢ Sends in Two! | Seattle to seek a better position to Aid Woman She carried a grip containing $15 worth of little stockings, shoes, Was Victimized by drosmex and other articles, which M M whe porebased upon her arrival en. here. As she trudged along one of the i principal streets, tired and weary from Worry over her prospects, she | trequentiy stopped to rest while tthe throngs passed swiftly by. It |wWas while she was enjoying one fof these short rests that she was | addressed by a man from Bremer ton. When he offered to carry her jartp she readily consented, ax she yas nearly exbausted | The man walked ahead, leaving Mrs. Bolton walking slowly at Pike st. and Third ay, He told her he would leave her articles in a cer tain Pike st. restaurant, where she would find them, and she did not worry. But when she reached th # Editor: Send $2 to- for robbed woman today). The cheap done that job are |, if they have a if some unfortun- and competitors up a little and poor woman a re 1 wilt remit more. UNFORTUNATE. fund suggested by fm behalf of Mra. Elien On Thursday was rob streets of Seattle of . faining wearthg apparel tht children, has already art by one of the inhabi. the city’s underworld by the appeal printed in MW Yesterday afternoon, call levers whose hearts can Feached b uch tales of 8 that related by Mra oR vietim of his kind, this “uniortunat: closed the! Printed above in an en her with bills of; Har der and ft to this Are Still Human, edly de ee have their natur demonstrat: to the 1 Wil be used Molen trom to show live.by th City Lighting isl Will Take Precautions) Against Other Accidents on Trestle. two ation per fred to show thetle and that he that by con fand the Bolton the: regard it all of ear made in of the many aceldents that have oc curred on Fourth ay. 8. and And over st, the elty Hehting depart ment has at last decided to run wires to thia point from Seventh ay. and to erect an are and several red lights on “death curve The project will cout neighborhood of $1,500 Superintendent of Water L. B. Youngs promised to secure the permission of the fi nance committee of the city coun efl at once and then construction work can be commenced imme diately He hopes to have within a week 2 NO INCOME TAX, OLYMPIA, Aug. 21.-—By mo- tion of Senator Faulkner of Everett the ate postponed action on the income tax amend- ment for two years. Mr. Faulk ner stated that to pass the bill now would simply be to make capital for the demoorate. Because automobile to Light and shed to through his ard that pote In urted the example fund un now oft the lights up thiives, and 7 Will grow fro Bolton. fo Mas started hin iron irc husband rom tuberculosi« Were for Better Job. Decause whe a8 muct $1.50 a to port her |, the tet Bremerton, on hom the ht ebtl war un WILL PUT LIGHTS ON DEA TH CUR VE :... recent | fing band of the Duke of naughts Rifles, from Vancouver and Clan after clan of pipers play ling the characteristic Scotch airs This afternoon the Stadium ts fil} fed with spectators at the Cale and all were to have secured their! loans and the refund of their de posit during these two days Amith is gote. They find they will not able ¢ thetr get no Meanwhile postal are Investigating Smith dewcribe place designated by the stip was not there stolen it thief, her He had that ure refund. be ~ and the ppeaied to Thieves. Heartbroken by this wew trou . the poor woman reported the theft to the police ‘The Star yesterday printed an ap peal to thieves to help the woman | who had been so cruelly robbed by one of their clase—to the thieves whose hearte could be touched by this pathetic story The receipt of the postal: card ahd $2 waa the first indication that such criminals live in Seattle. Meanwhile, Mra, Bolton ts labor ing hard to retrieve her loss, She has not entirely abandoned hope that through the publicity given her case by The Star, the heart of the man who stole the wearing apparel whe porchased for her chil dren may be softened; that he may return the articles to her jeoncert of the day will be held in wn id. and} the Amphitheatre, the winners of as resembling « typteal the bag pipe and dancing contests England money lender liking part Fluent of Speech, At the same time scraggy wad| under the auapices of the unkempt in his thon of Women's Clube, the ery Nuent of apecch Fete, which was successfully with letters purpe dnc of the moat p theatre, will be repeated in Auditorium. The performance cae ileamah thems the well trained and beautifully cos ¥ tumed ebildren was in every way an artiatic success, us wax the par ade which preceded the rnoor prodaetion. Atter the performance thie evening there will be a ball the Washington State Building ‘The rivalry between the commit teen on various special days at the fale becomes more intense as the qousop progresses. Th nian Day sommittee has elaborate program with an Idea to making today one the biggest of the Year, if powuit surpassing VP. ArTeNDANce # | Bwedish Day and German Day, Ex le Yeste say 43,139 @\enrsfone from all parts of the “it Total 2,098 Northwest will greatly awell the at Lchadadht Sel sablated t tondanc = os eet SHE CHAMPION UNLUCKY WOMAN? Maude woman in the title of te New thin evening Federa whiskers. . French wore iress, but wae He came here rting to be from inent bawk in Den that he gained the f of some er, and it was the thewe admittan ae at abor afternoon the A oe ertoan Hank He ” He building probably had « safety depowit box there iw the nelght ration have secured tn ' in short busine ight to oc rhood during bie eee eeeeee A TRIPLE TRAGEDY; THREE ARE ue #8 of about | mont ahe deserves the of the Fakers It remains for the éourt to declde She i# charged with victimizing the cattle Electric company, and oliee state she has secured money from railways and street car com panies all over the country by fak Praise aceldents The However, Mre ue plainly out of joint ‘Sher statement that tt The matron at the county jail testy ‘Id. tow that It is easily seen where one of her ribe has been ken and where she has sustained other In juries. Many of her teeth are out, knocked out, she says, and appar s ently they have been Mrs. Johnson ps to all the here by the city authorities for the She eftes numerous other in-|injuries she has received and asks entertainment of President Taft stances of times she has been Inejif any sensible person believes she | when he visits this clty In October | jured, due to her own carclessnens, | would suffer the agony fog a few jafter meeting President Diaz at Kl She asks if any reasonable person | dollars. Paso, Texas, jbolleves she would suffer repeated| And there you are United Press.) Mo., Aum heart, the body red to be baly aT thr woman Louis the . thow Johnson Is the agony just to gain a few and dollars On the other hand, the why she and ber husband | from to elty, while } nothing apparently to earn § ays he is a musician, worked as Coast. Since leaving they have spent some time in Port jland, Oakland and San jand before coming here th top is| ped in all the large cities between here and the Missourl river It is a case of ciroumstantial evi dence against undeniable proof that she has been Injured timer Pollee say that there who will suffer seri jgain heavy damages Kither Mra world Queen unlucky . police ask the aired war of Hor ear Kast St bodies afte ni city a fishing + t When diseo still ware but he red th whi short te time rward the body f yut from the Seattle mar nd in the water Hint the fo of ind, ‘The being dead first killed by € pla Francisco, we and Johnson's now several substantiating that the the yed herself and « ire 7 man was broken, orwards dextro terw ind i numerous bro! TO ENTERTAIN TAFT, 4 (By United reese) | JAUREZ, Mex., Aug, 21 |propriation of $20,000 was » people 14 Injaries to An ap voted nie From Northwest to the) Con | jon: | authorities | ian games, and thia evening the big} pro: | 4 this afternoon at the Amphi| of Marg 1 Sen y ch the alpter With hi Grothe Hiscock Hineoek husband who fr ot M with Mary Paw Jamen K. Ande Miss Marguerite Moffett, a friend of a the who wer ued von, Paul the cousin of fd T *aule WILL CONTINUE THE HUNT FOR MISSING RAINIER CLIMBERS | O. Callaghan of Portland hae just arrived in Beattle, and today Is en gaged in organizing an expedition jt search for bie brother, T. Y. Ca jiaghan, and J. W. Ste who are either lost In t fastnesses of | Mount Rainier or dead. The Port land man Intends to lead the party No word from the missing men has been recelved since Louis M. Ster Hug. a clerk in the customs service talked with them a wek ago be tween Gibraltar and the summit of the mountain ene PUREE ESCOR ES ES * NEW CIGARET LAW. (By United Press.) OLYMPIA, Awa 21 state now has a new law, It having passed houses, It is not unlawfal have cigarets or the makings in one's possession Jobbers can also “carry the goods but for sale only at points outside of the state The elgaret both now to . * * * * . * * \* * * ° * * . . * * a * * * * * * * teeta eeeeeenee | | aw and haites | Must Be Satisfied, so Boy is Sent to Jail by the Police Court Judge. While the clty a, five of drunkenness. hi bara Fost for her Fred Fost sits in a cell in Jail he days ona where in serving sentence charge bemoaning his i! Mrs. Bar dent on him floor of Euclid her main mother a walks luek aged who Is the her living humble Interbay home at worrying over trouble and her own | tenance The disgrace her only coupled with the of son has brought upon her the thought of being five days th for her brought wayward young to face with trouble that he never dreamed duld be her lot, And to add to her trouble 4 $10 fine that must be paid at f the five that t alone even for ¥ no one to provide ha the man face mother of thi the end 0! t nto t dall yesterda where he intoxication t ears. old, fell of Patrolman Cran at the Colman dock und In a state of from this he aking a wir hi in court was told only support who is 26 band we dow in the jail afte When arraigned morning, the judge the prisoner the of his mother, but this plea only partially touched the judicial heart While I realize that your mother depends on you for shelter and food,” said the judge, “I must not permit that fact to interfere with the administration pf justice, You are senténced to jail for five days and fined $10. Fost was led away arrest this that war to his cell, | | in the day. where his mother visited him later! ONE CEN} FIRES IN FOREST BEYOND CONTROL One Thousand Men Fighting Flames in the Woods in the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation Are Power- less to Check the Blaze—Harriman’s Son is Re- in the Woods. ported Injured ore than forest Alene ilackened ontrol I the ching par and Mica Bay yer d'Alene, & for two ontrotied after oss of $50,000, covered & wide comprising eutover” The atret and EPING GI SEEKS lal NOW MISSING May Have Committed Sui-| cide—Disappears Sud- denly, Leaving Only Short Note. a ba three miles slashing and Couer n d'Alene blaze started In a on # branch of the ad & Navigation estigation will be forest company made rament Heat Heat from 7 ou Intense. blazing forests is ausing much suffer the country. A om overhangs the nity of the fire. of the conflagra ng t blazing pieces of wood through the woods, and gangs of men are kept busy quench ing incipient fires No deaths or Injuries had been reported up to | o'clock this after although rumors of fatalities - urrent throughout the nten j Weeping bitter nd fearful that her sleter, Leda Birkland, 16 old, has made away with herself, Mise Pmma Birkland called at po lice headquarters today and begged for police assistance In an effort to find the missing girl Leda was employed at dence of W. L. O'Connell, $48 18th ay. N, as & domestic. Bhe left there August 9 and went to Brem. erton, presumably to join her sol dier sweetheart. A few days later she returned to Beatle. Leda pack ed hér sult case and the next day her «ister received the following let ter “T have been kicked from place to 1 can't get along with any one, and | am going to end it all Don't search for me Emma says her sister had $18 in cash when she disap ed. A few days before her disappearance her soldier sweetheart sailed for the} Philippines. Her sinter believes that Leda was heartbroken because of her lover's at Tam torn with fear,” sald Emma today, “I don't know what to think Sometimes | think she has done away with herself and again I can't | California Street Railway company bring myself to that belief.” anda merchant and capital- The police promised the weeping | tst, Is ve at his home, and it fs girl that they would do all in their| reported that he probably will not power to find her missing sister, | recover yea noon. have the resl-| danger zo Grand Forks Threatened. WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. 21 Grand Forks, B. C., is in danger of total destruction by a forest fire that has b raging in that vieinity for two days. Already the nearby town of Roseberry bas been destroyed, hundreds of its inhab- {tants rowly escaping with their lives, The now sweeping through the valley toward Hatton, and the residents of the little town are fleeing for their lives The forest rangers are recruiting fire fighters, and apparatus Is be- ing hurried t scene from points outside of the danger zone. place fires are PROMINENT MAN ILL. SAN FRANCISCO, Ang James B. Stetson, president of the 21— WOMAN SUFFERS FOR THE SINS OF HER SON ARRANE TWO BIG MUSICA TOAT FAIR Special ‘faible Booked for Entertainment of Visitors Afternoon and Evening Tomorrow. MURDERED IN SAN FRANCISCO ED PINCUS, NOTORIOUS SEAT.| TLEITE, SHOT AND KILLED BY BAY CITY MAN, (My United Press.) FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 Ed Pincus, notorious during the Schmitz-Ruef regime here and a former well known resident of Seat was shot and killed by Willlam Maxwell here yesterday Pincus and Maxwell had been at outs over for over a year and Maxwell, Pincus ii} They met and Market SAN tle wate musical bo given morrow, iste the ntertain he Duke of Con- their band and ne eatre at No ad as the there who property right according to had threatened hi t the corner of Mase sts. during the part of afternoon, when the streets 1 with shoppers, Pin nnding in front of opped Maxwell murdered viday busy yes terda were crowde w a drill and ec who man the * gun it ing where gun I beat hi the sho his vest always carried a I'm golng to him twice, once once in the chest ment I wag In the police Pincus pital Maxwell He reached IT knew he and he sald | after - 1 in the to hear wt the wateh their inder get you now in the head The next hands of and mo the y's band with nstead of and will tin elaborate the playing appropriate displays, position buildings 1 to 6 o'clock to- Pay Streak will be Ellery will play the rnoon concert at the Musie died qm route to the hos mpar tO Re and pyr n fr 1 the * WEATHER FORECAST. * Sunday fair ® light west winds, * * ee Fair tonight and warmer * * * * " * all y * val afte * Hon, pay