The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 14, 1909, Page 1

NO, | BLANCHE MASON Noto HEA MIND AFTER HEADING STAR Is Now Deter- 9 Probe Charges’ ‘Supply Laundry —— deputy as now ty investigate Jaw violations of laundry she was go Then she saw of the Supply | the alleged vioia to have in the afternoon & reporter for The would be no Inves ‘The Star. that time that she} Wetr| there Investigation, she would go to y and Mt forget the whole | read The Star. the was reading | fact that the re had found a j who would testify | “violations, she there would be no ‘of the giris call-| error in drop- further called | ‘by others. the Mrs. Willtam | Made the fol- The Star, I assistan' concerning our law by city em- me that a B names anda 2 are now that every of- to secure the en- law to this case. PITT TRIMBLE.” # Some Evidence. efit of Mra. Mason ho may be interested, | saw one girl! gto go on the witness that one week tn 16 hours overtime. | H owas seen who will worked 15 hours the same week in Ht was seen who will has worked at least Fat July, up until she has been of any in the) ear’ that they | My 11, are also alt found | IC DEMANDS GRAFT IRGES BE RECOGNIZED tin nee ty Adminis- Stronger | | Of charges by R. of the Electric | iny of Seattle, city electrical Kim of practicing ¢ity employe, and Graft, in connection Contract, pending Attache of the pub ent, the demand fnvestigation of the department involved MO Strong that it can Over public protest Plast night submitted lt @ letter declaring fon evidence real Engineer the rules of occurred, | every week) = SMITH FAILS TO APPEAR IN COURT TODAY “Private Banker” Accused of Fraudulent Dealings Is Gone and His Bond Is Forfeited. W. W. Smith, private banker, who while conducting an alleged ioan agency ts accused of defrauding lemall property owners out of from $10,000 to $16,000, and who was ar- rested in Vancouver, B.C, and later released on $1,250 ball, tailed | to appear in Justice Brown's court when his case was called this after- noon. | The cash ball put up by Smith was immediately declared fortetted and a bench warrant for Smith's rrest was issued. Smith, while conducting his pri- vate banking agency at 216-Cherry st. Hved in a rooming house at the corner of Sixth av. and Cherry st. He bas not been seen around there since he left mysteriously at the time he was due to make several hundred loans here. Tt was discovered today that | Smith had a return trip ticket from Chieago when he came here, and | that the return part tleket, which reads via San Prancisco and El Pano, bas is not expired. MAN INFLATED LIKE BALLOON DYING AND A JOKER 15 IN JAIL CHICAGO, Sept. 14.--For in- flating John Miscoho with a Pump attached to a com) air machine, Michael Yokiah is in the city prison today and wil! be charged with murder when his victim dies. Death is a | matter of hours only. Both | men were employes of the Standard Ol| company at Whit- ing, Ind. Yokish, while in | playful mood, turned the air hese carrying 110 pounds pres | ture to the square inch, to wards Miscoho. The air tore away the man’s intestines and inflated his whole body hor. ribly. Su 1s at the hospital were una to reduce the man’s body to its normal size. | They declare the case unparai- feled in the history of surgery. } TTR TR th * WEATHER FORECAST *® Fair tonight and Wednes * & day; light northwest winds. « hid Ec ladbc adbadbalewladtsBocbathabd * eos HAVE A HARD TIME. GETTIN MARRIED HERE Father of White Girl Hopes to Keep Her From Wed- ding a Jap Cannery Man of Blaine. Somewhere within the city hiding from the pursuit of a frantic, heart broken father, is pretty Dora Jacob. #on and probably by now, her Anese husband, Fusatora Oota With men almost forgetting their gallantry toward womankind in thelr open disapproval of such a match, and facing on every turn what could only be interpreted as| aneers, this 1-yearold girl entered the court house with her Oriental lover yesterday and after securing a leense wandered about the streets begging and pleading with! some minister of the gospel to set & religious seal upon this marriage, which though legalized by law is looked upon with askance by public opinion, Upon securing the license yester- day Oota asked Rev. Galea Wood, who fs a clerk In the county audi- tor's office, to unite him end Misa Jacobson as man and wife. Rev. Wood refused and the two then wandered down the hill to try and find some minister who would marry them. Several ministers when called up by phone refused to perform the ceremony, and at lant accounts yesterday they were still unwed. Today the couple could not be found. The father is on the way to So attle today, hoping that he will be bere in time to etop the marriage This love affair, which hae met with so much ition, started tm a cannery at Blaine, where the) girl was employed as a packer) and the man on the floor. The gir) lived with her sister in Biaine and the clandestine lovemaking was car. | ried on with such seorecy that this sister knew nothing about it until the father got a wire from Miss| Dora yesterday that she w Be-/ attle and about to wed the Jap. The father lives on a ranch sev eral miles out of town. The local police have been able to find oat nothing sbout the case YAUDEVILLE. ACTOR TESTS POPULARITY OF POLAR RIVALS 14.—Henry Lee, a vaudeville actor, last night gauged the feel- ing of New Orleans theatre goers on the Peary-Cook con- troversy regarding the North Pole, when he appeared on the atage first aa Or. Ferdinand Cook, and later as Commander HKobert Peary. When Lee made his appear. ance impersonating Cook, the people in the house cheered wildly. When he came out the second time as many hissed, and a number in th: lery detected “WIN him.” Jap 3 a contractor who was then supply.| BU ing the city with electric lamps. It is charged that this money |to have been handed to “higher ups,” but that the employe, evident- ly realizing that these men could not afford to cause him trouble if fhe refused to deliver the secret re | bates, pocketed them. The mayor | recetved Mr. Bonillon's letter and promptly dictated a commanication |to R. H. Thomson, chairman of the board of public works, directing \that body to look into the charge. | ‘This action on the part of the mayor did not please Mr. Bouillon as the latter requested that a com. mittee that could aet Independent of the public works board be ap pointed to conduct the Investica- jtion. As the charge made may, in the opinion of those who are urging speedy action, reflect In some way on the board of publte works, it ts not expected by them that the mat ter win be pressed. Mayor Mujer does not feel disposed to rush the inquiry, it is said The charge of Munson agtingt W accepting for per. | # which required le he should be gtv ito the city. Only a VY. Boullion, vuper Public utilities, refer Miller @ charge of former employe of rtment Taken. . re! Guten! mingon and Loul) b Would warrant | Ho get at the wpe two men say kA decided stey has Powers that be on to provide aur. Mr. Bout! Drove, if given an Witnesses on Beertatn man who Service of tho| Bt acted av rebates from ANOTHER VICTIM OF ~—RIDMAPER 5 DEAD | | (By United Pres.) UTICA, N. Y., Sept. 14— Freddie Infusino, the fittie 6 y old boy who was shot by @ supposed agent of the Black Hand, and who was found be- side the body of Te Perco- pia, 8 years of ag wounded Syear-old sister Fan- nie, died early today at a local hospital. In epite of th: et that the | police with bloodhounds have been following every available | clew, they are unable to find the perpetrator of the crime, Engineer Ross has been referred SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, THE SEATTLE SrA 1909. ONE CEN} COAL LAND FRAUD IS FOUN IN BALLINGER’S RECENT PAST HAS BALLINGER RESIGNED? (Special to The Star.) WASHINGTON, D. C.,, Sept, 14. The impression prevatls bere that if Richard A of the tnterlor | Rallinger, secretary | has not already | handed hin resignation to Prest-| dent Taft, that It will be fortheom | ing within a few days and withheld for action until the conclusion of| the Western trip begun by the ea ident today That Gifford Pinchot will remain in his position is admitted now by | oven his severest critics, This out come of the Ballinger-Pinchot con- | troversy would tn Itself be a defeat for the secretary and would result undoubtedly In his voluntary resig- nation without any reference to any | suggestion that might come to Mr, Ballinger from the president. president charges relating To sustain his secretary of the Intertor, it would also have been necessary for the president to or dor the disminsal of Louis R. Glavis, special agent of the who, during the latter part of Aug vat, pertonally laid befo: the the to conduct of Becretary Ballinger. That Mr. Taft has found no grounds for censuring either Pin chot or Glavis ts generally believed here. It is understood that he was very much impreened with the ear |nestness of Glavis during the pres entation of the evidence secured by him, aud gent the young man back to hie feld of labors In Washing ton with the nswurance that he would ive full consideration to everything laid before bim That the president was dis seach. te land office, | jflied with the explanation made by |the officials of the department of [the Interior ie ung here Tt is understood that after his con ference with Attorney General Wickersham last Sunday, the presi dent made known to Secretary Bal tioned Unger his dissatisfaction with the | explanation of the latter's depart ment Had Prosident Taft found the Glavis charges against Ballinger and other officials of his depart ment to have been groundless, he would undoubtedly have made this known tn a public statement before | bis departure today, That he has fatled to do this fs taken In offictal | Mfe here as further evidence of the fact that Pinchot and Glavis have |won in their controversy with Bal. Maar. THE RI VALS to the lighting committee of the | === council, There is nothing to indi cate that it will not be pigeon-holed Uke similar charge he made against Rose last July. Too Busy to Investigate. “Tam too busy to spend all my time searching out flith,” sald City Engineer Thomson today, when he was asked what disposition would be made of the Munson charge. “Even if what Munson says is| true, I don't think Ross has com | mitted any grievous offense by do-| ing a little outside work. However, | I shall have a talk with him to as. certain the truth.” Further than that, Mr. Thomson intimated there will be no Investigation. Developments within few days will determine whether | or not the mayor and the chairman | of the board of public works will heed the demand for a general tn vestigation, as requested by Boull-| jon and Munson. | GRACKERS AND PIE AT WEDDING SUPPER : m0 United Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Henrt etta Newman filed sult for divorce | from Mayor B. Newman, on the ground that bis alliance with the “Annual Bath” cult made him un bearable, She alleges that though worth $50,000, he provided a 10-cent | pie and box of crackers for the first | meal after their marriage. the next | ” Bagel os ans che tein | . * Av-Y-P. ATTENDANCE, ® Yesterday .... eee * Total ... * 19,764 &| + 2,831,917 ® * *| KKH KHER TAFT STARTS ON LONG SWING AROUND CIRCLE Begins Trip Which Will Bring Him to Seattle, Then to the South and) Back to Washington. (By United Prow.) BEVERLY, Mass., Sept. 14.-—Pres-| ident William H. Taft started today | for Washington, D, C., but bis way les along the Pacific and Atlantic seaboards, which he will visit be- fore he arrives at the national cap- | lital, When he resumes his studies | at Washington he will have covered a distance of 12,729 miles, will have visited 29 states and two territories, | have made 300 speeches and aden 4,000,000 fellow countrymen. Will Be No Picnic. | esident does not anticipate | Among the cowboys of| the western state he will be com- pelled to explain his advocacy of |free hides. Irrigationists will want inside Information on the Ballinger Pinchot controversy Diplomats consider that the presi dent's projected meeting with Pres ident Diaz of Mexico will be of ox treme importance, and will have in- ternational significance, The pic wie In Boston Today. president went to Boston to- and will at The day in his automobile, |tend a banquet there tonight. To morrow at 10 o'clock in the morn ing @ special train with private cars Mayflower and Hazelmere and a baggage car, Will start westward The train Is scheduled to arrive at Albany in the afternoon at 3:45. NEGRO BLOOD 13 CAUSE OF STRANGE CASE OF DIVORCE (By United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 14.— After living happily for 14 years and becoming the mother of four children, the oldest of whom ‘6 12 years, Mrs. Eliza- beth Davie today brought suit against her husband on the grounds that he defrauded her into marriage, asserting that he was whe when in reality negro blood was infused in his veins. Davie is the head of the Davis Express company and is in comfortable circumstance When a marriage license was Issued to them, Davis gave his color as white. GAVE WIFE $22 IN TWENTY-TWO YEARS (My United Press.) HOBOKEN, N, Y., Sept. 14.—Ac- cused yesterday of haying given his |wife only $22 in 22 yeare, Simon lane baa ears ol replied that » had never asked him for more. te had been arraigned on charges lof disorderly Witnesses said that he had refused to support his wife, whe works for a living Fogarty sald that he didn’t see any reason to give his wife money as long as she did not ask for it. He was found gulity of intoxication and sent to the penitentiary for 90 days. conduct And Mr. Annis of Victoria Forked and for His Kind- ness Was Kicked Out of a Cab Into the Street. George B. Annis, a dapper young Englishman, says he wants no more of Seattle. Thereby hengeth a tale: Mr. An- nis came over to Seattle yesterday from Victoria, B. C. While aboard the steamship Princess Charlotte, Mr. Annis was approached by an affable, well-dressed young man, from whose tongue the alluring “bull” rolled with mellifiuous roll. Repaired to Thirst Parlor. When Mr. Annis and his com-| i While Practicing Law in Seattle He Helped Frame Up a Scheme for Securing of Valuable Proper- ty in Lewis County Which Would Have Required His Clients or Their Agents to Commit Perjury. A ttle, Ba acted that Richard while jtorney in the city of S persons engaged in an effort to defraud the United States gov- Evidence linger a practicing at a as the adviser of certain ernment out of coal lands, is buried away in the records to be found in the federal court in this city in the case of the United States government against the Sterling Coal company, Watson Allen, R. A, Wilson et al The F jand had for its purpose the setting aside of patents to two quar- Washington, on tha |ground that these lands were obtained through fraud. Judge Donworth has case was recently heard by deral Judge Donworthi ter-sections of coal land in Lewis county, not yet rendered his decision in the case, WERE TO TURN OVER CLAIMS. | The records show in testimony and documentary evidence jthat a deal was entered into whereby a numbgr of persons were to make claim individually to 160 acres each of the coal lands and then turn them over and operate a coal mine, in question, getting 1,040 acres in all }to a company organized to séll stock this being in violation of the federal The agreement under which the claims were to be turned over was made between R. A. Wilson, representing Minn Marie Wilson, Helen Pack Wilson, Katie Roberts Wilson, Vir- }gil Wilson, J. R. Winston, Henry }Camps, and was for the delivery to Watson Allen, as soon as of statutes. mon Lauridsen and title could be secured from the United States government, | the land in question DRAWN UP IN BALLINGER’S OFFICE. This agreement was drawn up in the office of R. A. Bal- linger, Mr. for who was to be the ny” At the time this agreement 320 of the land | but filings upon the remainder | were suspended, not having gone to proof, pending an investi- Ballinger himself acting as attorney Allen, purchaser of these “dummy” entries. was made, acres gone to patent, | gation on the part of the interior department for conspiracy to defraud, a fact that must have been known to Ballinger. / Deeds to the 320 acres already patented were made and by Ballinger and these together with the | agreement for the delivery of the remainder of the land, which i | executed deeds, agreement was unlawful and a self-evident fr m the gov- ernment, were held in Mr, Ballinger’s safe in escrow for some |} months until an inv estigation on the part of the government | brought them to light. The transaction was a double fraud, jin that it sought more acreage than the law and agreed the land even before proof had been offered to the lowed | to convey government PERJURY WOULD HAVE BEEN NECESSARY. In order to have acquired patents to the land in question, jit would have necessary for the were parties to the agreement referred to above, to have taken an been entrymen, who oath providing in part as follows: “That I make this application in good faith for my own benefit, and not, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in behalf of any other person or persons whomsoever.” It would have been necessary, therefore, for the parties to the above agreement, other than Allen, to have perjured them- selves in order to carry out their part of the agreement. As a \lawyer, Ballinger must have been aware of this. BRYAN BEGINS HS ATHGK ON BAY: (By United Press.) DALLAS, Tex., Sept, 14.—Attack ing members of the Texas con gressional delegation who voted for a duty on hides, Wm. J. Bryan today denounced them as violators of their party's platform and as aides of Cannonism. Bryan's |speech is considered here as a |direct challenge to Senator Bailey to take up a defense of their ac tion, but the Nebraskan did not mention Batley’s name in the course of his address. Politicians here declare that) Bryan's winter home near Me cedes may become his permanent residence, and it is even hinted that he may become a candidate for senator from Texas. The chal-! = lenge to Bailey is interpreted as strong enough to imply that Bryan intends to make a personal cam- paign against him RR RR BANK CLEARINGS. Seattle. Clearings today Balances $2 Tacoma. Clearings today... Balances etsese Portland. Clearings today Balances 31,541.00 RRR RE SOUTHERN PACIFIC CHOOSES LOVETT NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—The board of directors of the South: ern Pacific railway today elected Judge Robert S. Lovett chairman of the executive com- mittee of the AAA EERAEEE . * * * * * * * * FORK OVER THAT $100, SAID NEW-MADE F RIEND panion reached Seattle the aftable| forth his wallet, which ‘contained stranger invited Mr, Annis to cool | $100 in greenbacks. his tonsils with a certain brand “Let me have that money,” de- of ambrosia, which is passed over|manded the affable stranger. the polished mahogany at 16 cents} “Why should I give you my a pass. The pair repaired to the | money?" answered Mr. Annis, with cocktail chateau ¢onducted by Ol-| considerable heat son & Johnson, on First ay. 8. The} bations were Mbated and then the | Kicked Him Out, affable stranger borrowed $5 from| almly the stranger took hold of the bartender, casually announcing | Mr, Annis by the throat and calmly that he was going to take Mr. An-| did he transfer the wallet an tents to his own pocket. And then nis for a short spin before turn- the affable stranger calmly opened ing in. the door of the cab and calmly jdid he kick Mr. Annis into the street Such a Jolly Chap. Mr. Annis thought this real nice of his new-found friend® and he readily stepped into a waiting cab.| “Drive on,” calmly ordered the They had not bowled along very| affable stranger. After thinking it far when the affable stranger sud-| over for a spell Mr. Annis decided denly inquired: that he had been dealt with in a | “How strong are you, friend?” |rude manner and he reported his For answer Mr, Annis hauled! loss to the police. i