The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 15, 1909, Page 1

yOL. 11, NO, 176. SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15, 1909. THE SEATTLE YTAFe ONE CEN) EART-BROKEN FATHER GIVES UP FIGHT TO MAY BOYS WILL BE GOOD WHILE EM | Ballinger ight 3 Fight on the ebildren in Judge Miteh Ended With Re- !) Gitiiam’s court this morning when O. N. Allen was sentenced on Latter May). charge of grand larceny. Allen had sat moodily in the prisoner's | |dock all morning wistfully watching [two small boys about 9 and 10 mod old in another corner of the room, | land they in turn kept thelr eyes «| slued upon him was their father, and they Taft} were about to witness hin sentence to the penitentiary for a crime he committed when under the influ ence of a gambling spree, He had }mot thought of the sufferings of his | wife and two boys when committing the crime, he only thought of get ting money enough to recoup his losses. He had tried and he failed iit exonerate both of the interior) He was arrested, and when arraign guilty ed, plead sorester |“ "cyfe was wndor the Influence ct la gambling spree, was the way the! Petes. Hlawyer put 1, “and as it was bis| ifirst offense, I crave the court's; lentency.” | defeat of Secre-| But no, the ends of justice mast : A gm be denied b This is admit-/ ena 1 hereby sentence’ you to y "s friends.|hard labor at the state pentten-| tiary,” laconically said the court,| EXONCTALION tor a term of not less than «ix| fF of the interior) months nor more than 15 years.” And as the prisoner was led awa: in a line with others of his mates, and as the procession passed the two little boys, almost lost in two} big chairs, softly sobbing to them partment, | selves, the father leaned over, ten derty kissed them both, and whis- Bes * | pered worda of encouragement in| | thetr ears. | “Good-by, while you're gone,” little chaps Then the door swung to as Allen/| O. N. Allen Gambles, Com-| mits a Crime, and His} Sons Must Help Pay the Cost of It All. Sept. 15 at President his decision inchot afternoon or to- believed here to- in contro nu j fh the forced hot and the special! mt pecia agains papa, well be good| tion. | said one of the} dent makes such is expected, it is) Tine jail, to be later transferred ed in official cir-jto the penitentiary. thington that Secre- rs EEPEEREREEE ENE EEE Y er will resign with-|@ > | AcY¥-P. ATTENDANCE. & ser nnagy: Soler sats Pr Yesterday 26,390 & sident already un-| Total this will be the * * be used by others.” | Whitney's reason for | was led Inte the corridor and down) 2,850,351 ®| FATHER IS IN PRISON CELL GRAFT CHARGES _WILL BE PROBED PEARY QUITS “scceu'ace oz: HIS TALK ON POLAR TR sations Made Against City Employe Tonight. The firet offictal recognition of the graft charges made against J | D, Ross, city electrical engineer, by | R. L. Munson, manager of the trical Construction Co., in a letter [to the city councti, will be taken | 4p Chis evening at the regular week. wil Not Discuss Matter. ly meeting of the council lighting | committees, to which Munson's com- Further, as He Says It} munication was referred “ What action will be taken regard- Might Be Used by — ing the charges is problematical, . but it is unlikely that they will be Parties. brushed aside in the same arbitrary | Manner that the board of public works has displayed relative to the charge of gram lodged against dn employe of that board by A. V. Bouillon, superintendent of public utilities, In view of the publicity been given the Munson the lighting commitiee, it 4 out, is duty bound to fp an investigation. Rose Wants investigation. Moreover, Engineer Ross will ask for an investigation of the «raft charges against him should the committee see fit to ignore them. = | 1 shall willingly appear before the lighting committee tonight, or any other time, to prove that Mr. Munson's charges of graft againet (ty United Pree) NEW YORK, Sept. 15 are today commenting on ¢ der Robert E. Peary's » last night in which he declined to give out more information regard ing his discovery because “It might Peary also de clared that Whitney ts the sports man who Dr. Cook declares tx holding some of his data, but Peary maintains that he did not discuss Cook's claims with Whitney The explorer also refused to disc leaving stitute th Jeanie. Dr, Hansen, a noted specialist who has been in the north studying oye diseases, declares that Whit ney Was ousted from Dr. Cock’s| @* and othor employes of the ght house at Annortok by Peary’s giant|'!9s department are untrue,” sald Norwegian and “treated like « dog.”| Mf. Rowe today The specialist says that Whitney 1 court a thorough investiga: has no love for Peary. | ton. If Munson cannot make good Replying to a question as to why | ~~! know h& cannot—I shall consult no white man had accompanied him | my attorney to ascertain if grounds can be found for a libel sult. 1 am not at all worried as to the outcome | of this matter. | Munson says in his letter that| the charges he bring» against Ross are the result of more than a year’s investigation conducted by himself. He insists that they be probed by | |to the pole, Commander Peary ts quoted win saying that after a Mfetime of trying, he wanted all of the honor for himself. | | Officials of the United Garment | Workers today stated that the en tire outfit used by Dr. Frederick A Cook In his dash for the North Pole was union made, and that the gar. [ments had been made from the| as a whole, and not « on the | Se ee ie eed BE the controversy. |***** allinger Ill. ion last night, inger denied that FOR IMPORTING WOMEN, In the distriet court this morning the cases of Rrnest Beretze, Claude Billet and Leon Jubert, all of whom are accused of being concerned In fesigned, or that | the importation of women Into this al country for tmmoral purposes, came resign. He wasup before Judge C. H. Hanford, The ing yesterday | first named was ordered removed nt cies -}, | to Junean, Alaska, for trial, and the iction which | to last to New York ing his west- BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS. (By United Pres) NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Par sil ver is quoted today at 51% cents. Mon. he is re- Hering from NEW HEROES at LooK SPECI MAN OF THE RARE GOOB GOOoB THE Ww Mayor Miller and the city council pigeon-hole route taken by a pre vious letter Found Out Something. Going to Meet Peary. The letter addressed to the coun | POINT RICHIE, N. F., Sept. 18.—! eff says } | (Via Marcon! Wireless, Cape Bay.)| “Over a year ago I found out! j--The Canadian cable steamer! something about the city baying Tyrian, en route to meet Comman- business, and when the proper in- der Robert E. Peary at Battle Har vestigation ix held by men who! bor, arrived here today bearing @/1 know mean to do the right thing, | large delegation of reporters. 1 will have men subpoenaed who Captain Dickson immediately sent | wil} surprise the public with a little the following message to the €x-/information on the subject. The plorer fact of the whole matter is that 1 have been ordered to meet you! you are afraid to investigate the at Battle Harbor, Please accept ™Y)| subject, as you don’t know how| |congratalations. My ship is at your many will be involved or where it | disposal if you fare to return to) wij) end. You will find | know | i8ydney aboard it | more about this graft business than *lelty officials think I do. If you will Investigate instead of referring this matter to a committee to be Digeon-holed you will find that the | marble slab with which to make a | certain switchboard was purchased from a firm in this clty and that | the board was made in city shops | by city employes, and there is no ord that the city ever ived a check from that firm. City Paid the Cort. j The transformers for the in-! struments on the board were | by city employes, who took the contract for $160. The wire used} was furnished by the cfty, and the} transformers were built in an attic of the old fire house on Main st There fs one firm in this city that is unable to sell the city anything, | because the firm refused to allow | certain persons commissions. Fur-| | thermore, there are hundreds of dol-4 lars’ worth of material of every de scription bought without a bid being! called for. If you investigate you | will find so much graft that you will have to hold your nose, It is rotten.” | Munson says ft has been reported | to him that the fair bought from eity employes 300 electric lamps for | 10 cents each. He suggests that} the mayor should look into this, as he claims the mayor can get at evidence which would be sup-| pressed if he (Munson) sought ft. | MAYOR MILLER SIGNS STABLE ORDINANCE. | | The ordinance authorizing the| city to purchase from James F. McElroy two lots and a stable butld ing in Plummer’s addition for | 000 was yesterday afternoon signed | by Mayor Miller. The ordinance was passed by the council Monday | | night | skins of animals that he shot while tm the Arctic region. R EXCUSE ME! AT THis BEAUTIFUL CAUGHT IN MDS OF AFRICA REE * * * * * PHELAAAAE DERE ERES WEATHER FORECAST. Fair tonight and Thursday Light north to east winds. * * * * * * * MRS, BOOKER T First Colored Woman of the Land in Seattle to See the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Fair. “Ti place for the negro is in the south, Where 95 per cent of the col ored popalation is; where they will have the support of the united col. ored population, and where they can get value recetved for the money Ahey spend tn education.” Mra*Booker T. Washington, first negro Woman of the land, was speak this morning at the home ot Mra L. A. Graves, 2760 Main st Theme i4 a charm and strength in hes personality that is winning indee@, and the delicacy, yet firm. news, With which she handles all ite pertaining to the women of her rage, impresses tne listener with the w@nderful progress the negro race es made since Abraham Lin coln's pen gave them freedom Club Work Helps. “It fs the club work that is help. ing oly colored women #o much said she. “Our culture and mother Clubs Bre opening every door for the Dfoadening and tering of their @podition. When you consid er that we are represented in every state fn the Union and have over 15,060 members, you may judge built |something of the value of the as-| soclatton “By the way, we are Natiopal Association called the ot Colored » WASHINGTON. V amceuey eat Women’s clubs, to avoid conflicting in wame with the National Federa tion of Women's clpbs.” What progress is the man making In the south?” | | Are Making Headway. bis : | “They are |an rapid he men have p Greater obstacles don't believe Susan B, Anth ever re ed her work would #0 many years on the way as it has been. The great thing in club work ig to have some definite purposes in vie For instance, the State Federation of Alabama has taken up the reform school work for col. ored children. Fifteen miles from Montgomery, Ala, we have estab- Mahed a home run on much the same lines as the Junior Republic I say the South is the place for the negro, not b se I was born in Mississippi e it is the section that offers a field for our young men and women who have invested money In their education There among their own people they will find a demand for their ser vices, We are represented in eve profession and trade, A colored merchant will get the negro trade I for one have my hats made by a colored williner. Why not? She has learned her trade well and can make a hat equal to any Mrs, Washington will speak | Thursday night at the Queen Anne Congregational church on the work idone at Tuskogee | eolore | won making co every CONTINUE TO PLAY AT LINCOLN It seems that there has been a misunderstanding as to the inten tion of the board of park commis stoners. regarding the Lincoln park playground, used by the students of the Broadway high school According to Roland Cottert!i secretary of the board, there is no inelination on the part of the board members to rob the Broadway boys of thelr ball field and running track. Ins . It is the intention of the beard, says Mr. Cotterill, to #0 improve the ground as to make it much gore desirable than at pres ent “These improvements,” said Mr Cotteril, this morning, it not be undertaken unti! the close of the football season, The work will be done during a period of the year when the weather will not permit the use of the grounds for playfield purposes, “On accoupt of the gravelly for mation of the ball field, it has not been satisfactory, the rocks and dust being a never ending source of annoyance, and the ¢ artment resolved that this winter, at a time when the field would be least needed, that the ball field would be cloged for two or three months. plowed and resurtaced, a modern ‘grass diamond.’ CONTEMPT CASE 1S DISMISSED TODAY BY JUDGE SILLIAM In the future ney George F. Vanderveer will be permitted to Interview prisoners only in the office of the county jail and not in the tanks and inner cells, as he has done heretofore. This agreement was made be tween Vanderveer and the sheriff's office just previous to the contempt proceedings which were against Jail Superintendent W, Roberts in Judge Gilliam’s court this morning for refusing Vander veer admittance to the jail when presented a written order of the court In other words, Vanderveer will » granted the same privileges as other attorney, but not any more | The case against Roberts was dis- by the court after a de murrer had been sustained attack ing the legality of the technical title of the case. It was a complete (victory for Roberts missed Prosecuting Attor- | brought | John | White Girl Takes up Abode; With Orientals in Cheap Lodging House OLD MAN GOES BACK TO FARM IN BLAINE: Japs in Seattle Hide Newly Wedded Couple While Frantic Father Tries to Locate His Lost Daughter Mothers? What would be your daughter met a if Jap in a fish cannery, fell in car-old with him, s in the Jap heart-feelings your eloped with him, married him and took up quarte colony? What would you d Just on the brink of the Jackson st. regra ling before the ceaseless white dirt melts! the le le, stream of water, stands | Miyoka hotel, conducted by Japanese and occupied by Japs. And in room 16 of the Miyoka hotel lives Mrs. Dora Oota, Miss Di Jacot 18 10 bson | A bson, a farmer who resides om Blaine, Wash LOOKED FOR A WHITE WIFE. And with her is Tusatoro Oota, her husband, until a weelg” months ob hree and @ formerly years and | daughter of lhalf miles jago a foreman in a fish canne Blaine. | Here is the story told by the father, as with a policeman jhe rushed about trying to find his girl last night. / It was in that cannery that the white girl and the little brown man met for tlre first time. Down deep in most Japan- And his heart, Tusatoro Oota spent most of his time }ese hearts is the secret ambition to marry a Caucasian with that in near the row of. girls who soldered the tins and pressed the sal- mon into the The Jap white girl found herself looking tins. suave and smiling, played his cards well, and the rward to secret meetings with her fish cannery foreman, When things were ripe Oota sug But not at Blaine. WOULD RATHER SEE DAUGHTER IN GRAVE. There was a fathér to reckon with—a father who says he would rather see his little girl in her grave than marry an Oriental, so an elopement was necessary. He se And just one weck ago yesterday Dora Jacobson and her Jap- ‘They The father rushed to Seattle in But he was up against a stone wall of smiling, suave The wily Jap planned it ured a three-days la anese lover fled from Blaine. They came to Seattle. fled to the Japanese quarter. pursuit opposition “Oh, no, nothing had been seen of the Japanese fish fore- man and the white girl; nothing at all.” | And then the Japanese who were qifiestioned smiled those j oily smiles ve smirked and some sneered. But all wore an air of what-are-you-going-to-do-about-itiveness Mg LONG HUNT FOR THE ELOPERS. It was a father with fear in his heart and a police patrol- man with anger in his, who combed the Jap quarters for the \. Corning, the police officer, and J. C. Jacob- turn, All they could do The marriage license had already been issued. elopers. But C | json, the father, were foiled at every | was to fume | The thing to do was to prevent the marriage And it was Galen merly a minister of the gospel, but at present a But that effort proved just as futile Wood, for clerk in the office of the county auditor, who joined the Ori- Jental and Caucasian in wedlock. Reverend Mr. Wood had first | refused to perform the ceremony when he was asked to say the solemn rites at the court house, immediately after the issuance jof the license. Later he was found again and he agreed to per- form the ceremony. IF IT WERE HIS DAUGHTER. | | “The girl’s of age and it’s her own business if she wanted marry the Jap,” Wood told Captain Stuart “What if it had been your daughter?” demanded Stuart. “Of course, that’s different,” admitted Wood. “If she was my daughter I would take every measure to prevent her mar- riage to a Jap.” The white girl and her Jap husband were married by Wood jand they remained in hiding. Unable to prevent the marriage, father and policeman again started the search. } They the ‘T. Akioshi, who may be found at 615 N The father poured out his heart as only a father can called on Rev Ain St, Mr |it a smart feat on the part of Oota, the fish foreman Rev Akioshi merely smiled! He seemed to consider He even said So GAVE NO INFORMATION) The Japanese clergyman smiled and smiled, but gave no information as to the hiding place of the bride. And then Mr, © (Continied on Page 7.) eslaxilesseces