The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 24, 1909, Page 1

WN HOM THE SEATTLE | -EDITIO SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1909. "yOL. 11, NO. 184. ONE CEN} ROWDED CAR CRASHES THROUGH BUILDING; OVER TWO SCORE INJURED V-DEFYING ROADHOUSES CAUSE OF JOY-RIDE DEATHS | FROM ROADHOUSE TO MORGUE The remains of a once fair young girl, with lk g® burned to charred ONE VICTIM IS DEAD; ANOTHER IS DYING MIRACULOUS gled to a shapeless lump and face crushed to a hideous caricature the morgue cold on a slab at 1 bre d Beside her lies a second body, that of there is naught heard in this room of death save the sed, ar ' tream of that checks off the seconds of the eternity that ha st begun for th To one, death FS CAPE FAR came with terrifying but merciful swiftness; the other died moaning in drunken stupor, Two frail girls who paid the price—the wages of sin Out at the Georgetown roadhouse yesterday morning when the cash registers were opened to take stock of the night traffic, the cause of the dea Mabel Johnson was revealed. Had they but heard it, chase of their drinks was sounding their doom, while they rioted in th 1 hot blood of youth, reckless of God and man, heedless of death and dishonok, The cash re ister yeater day morning told what they paid in coin for their fatal revelry and the serolb of Judg ment Day will tall the full cost The roadhouse sent these two girls to their dk agony the slab in the morgue runs straight and true; the drink that benumbed the driver's brain “froze I up pur- idie Porter and d —-- \Three Score Passengers | Tossed About in Huge Trap When Car Runs Wild Near Entrance. that t 1¢ bell the mecea of the | , Hiser drove his Mo car through the of Fourth av ath and their to their companions The line from the roadhouse cash register to the steering gear; started Wallingford av. car No. 692, fill ay then , 4 b ¢d with people, crashed around the! early yesterday the flames that half devoured poor Goldie Porter's body and sent Mabel Johnson drunk curve on 14th av., at the entrance Del on liquor to her God to the Fair, at 11:10 this mornt Eihe resorts known to é ae df demolishing the Mexican restaw A good night's business for the roadhouse; right merrily the register rang, the glasses rant on the corner, smashing the ear into kindling wood, and injure ing, more or less seriously, 560 peo ple. James Hull, of Bast Tacoma, was fatally injured. He died an hous later. P. F. Winslow wt!) probably, die. The car, filled with sightseers on the way to the Exposition, wag coming down the hill, preparing to turn the curve onto 4ist st., when j the alr brakes refused to work. | Many Were Injured. Dashing down the hill, the car jumped the curve into the woodes tinkled and the hoard of nickels and dimes grew. Gay was the riment as the dawn came one, but the morning showed a hellish offset profits in torn bodies and breaking hearts. ‘The dead have floated of time, but one poor old mother will walk down the years to her last resting place beside her erring daughter with head bowed in shame and sorrow The dead have paid their score and departed; the flood of life has already closed over Goldie Porter and Mabel Johnson; soon they will not be even a mem now they have ceased to be a warning, but that poor old mother, who sat waiting in vain for her daughter to come back, is a tragic figure for the roadhouse keeper as be counts up his laughter and loud the mer- in Georgetown, | with the ints ‘and escorts.” the Hquor to fatal joy-ride to the night's m 4 back on the ceaseleas ebb The picture shows the rear end of the car protruding from front of Meath illuminated clock. Roof and sides twent off clean restaurant, directly under- TAFT TO TALK ANTHE TEMPLE that sa- open ail y, by THE DEAD FRANK HULL, of East THE DYING the ad- to places the sale Tacoma night's earnings. Her piteous rounds of the hospitals and morgues il brought face to face with the grewsome thing that was once her child was a sight that should drape every é PP | restaurant It plowed ite way ene cote roadhouse bar in black and put every roadhouse bartender in n 4 P. F, WINSLOW, Seattle; legs broken; seriously injured.| through the building, leaving tt & The roadhouse baits the trap of death that is set along the Fourth ay. bridge. The |} MRS. T. M. HORNADA, injured internally | Seer ‘stia: ernie ainsi ane bartender, not the chauffeur, sends the auto spinning to the t flats below. The man at ! MISS HELEN CARDWELL, age 23, Portland Ore.; stop-| building, the three-score people h the bar, and not the man at the wheel, is he who ends the joy ride at the morgue ping at 3944 13th N. I | were juggled about like peas in @ | hopper A w ill Make aieiecaes| THE INJURED | As the front wheels hit the ow the rear of the car swung i ARR. ara ; } je There Tomorrow In-| mgs. ERNEST WINCHELL, 7017 Greenwood av. Bad | Sxainst the telephone pole on the WOMAN WRITES OF LOVE “ics e te BUT SUES FOR DIVORCE =: nonce: vcs corner. The top and sides of the to Protests of Gentiles. MRS. E. F. SCHOLL, Oakland, Cal.; face and legs in- (Staff Correspondent of the United | Press.) George | a week before a crisis in bis condt : tion arrives. Gur of the Misw Winnie Frazer and Thomas le par Fineb, both of whom are at the Se At George: | attie General Hospital, were report- ' ed resting comfortably this morn- | Now jing. Mins Christine Anderson and = 4 | Fred Lindsay, both of whom are at/ Incorporated }the City Hospital, were dotog as ‘its own police | well as could be expected today, e car from the center to the jured platform were ripped off The ot much pasteboard clear to the top MR. AND MRS. T. L. WALKER, Dighton, Kan.; badly and bruised of the seats. The motorman, E. W. Melendy, practically escaped uninjured, and , | Walked a A. W. Lundborg, the MRS. J. A. HOUSEMAN, Shelton, Wash., and daughter, | omductor, was not badly hurt None Had Chance to Escape. both cut ed — - oF | prt Utah, Bept. 24.—Presi-) Donna, aged 10; both cut and bruised None had time to jump, and the ty has permit-| = inquest ao vos ; , Husband Claims She Has pe pe agi a sm arreeg 1 agra Maye psd — A. P. SCHOFIELD and wife, of Council Bluffs, Ia.; cut] wounded were pulled through the 6 coroner w an ingues ogy yi Ae ia address in the Mormo: b | oa (bts cents. bet \¢ eeleck tomorrow. morning} Found Her Real Affinity! To the consternation of the Mter-!p at Salt. Lake on Saturday | and bruised aos get Pi Ag lat heck or tee Bot to continue | over the bodies of Mise Mabe! vobn ary cult in the bay cities, Carey iorning instead of Sunday morn E. G. MUGFORD, Vancouver, B. C.; bruised CLIFF LEIGHTON, Vancouver, B. C supported bis contention with al leged details regarding and in His Complaint | Creates Sensation. debris of the restaurant fell on the FS Office is today | son and Miss Goldie Porter, who car and added to the confusion, ing. a8 Was at first planned. The @rinking piace in| were killed in the accident Gentile ministers of the Mormon the times, ; cut and bruised. | the places and the so sitioined . the Ambulances from the A-¥-P, they must live | His 08 ae | Mira, Carey ia the author of tne | Merona sharply eriticised th M. C. BOYER and wife tle; cut and bruised, Exposition Emergency Hospital letter of the law, | ’ | — Teele 8 The author Of the | iresident for acqulescing to the | > Want 1b od were on the scene within three é : 2 apr -psiag first arrangement, asserting that ANNIE M. BROWN, Kelso, Wash.; cut and bruised. | Sere, Sao aoe ee ee two young wom ita acter eae aon 4 | “Let me love and then forget it he addressed any body of people LYDIA WOUTH, Seattle; cut and bruised. " olen t xg gd a et ae | Me rter _ down town lives Each vintage sip; on the Sabbath, he should do so aed b . i : : nwa tow Ms Soy ~ hl ag | ee a vetee wae at With careless lip in a Christian church. Though MRS. THEO, SCHOLER, Medical Lake; cut and bruised saith, Tat a a ate were i ake fact that | | finity in the person of C. Le ar an ee aoe Shee on ike’ s cee ike nes ANNIE HARRINGTON,-10 years old, Maple Valley, | hurried to the Emergency Hospital. town of George-| ; : ° part of th ! roy With whom the Childs, an athletic young Hold no memories to cloy it Salt Lake, they were not) Wash.; collar bone broken There the worst cases were hurried 3 : ® to the operating rooms, whi The condition of H. Bellows, an) jiterateur who is connected | 1 Wouid have no dark remorse nent to the president. personally MRS. E. J. HARRINGTON, Maple Valley; shoulder in-|{0,2¢,onerating rooms, while the ity may be! sisetrician of the efty lighting de-| with the San Francisco News te chill and fret.” hor to any member of bis traveling or uns aed tn . one Ber den ett | partment, through whose body #| Letter and has a wife and two party, and ft should be satd that | jured | Bets Doldias. Chetr NSemtnet iaepam ; . and \ and saying no Tees Setermined to! heavy current of electricity passed| children. the criticisms had no influence in GEORGIA and LYLE HARRINGTON, cut and bruised Se own affairs. | yesterday afternoon when he came ist 6 changing President Taft's mind ha ee Great Crowd Gathers. in contact with a live wire, is stil]; In a cross-complaint to a sult for The Ident prefers to keep his MRS. L. G CONNANT, Auburn, Wash.; badly cut. Outside a great crowd of anxious 7 , | serious today. He is at the Beattie divorce filed by his wife, James Sundays free » official or pub MRS, YEOMANS, Fairbanks; cut and bruised relatives and curiosity seekers sth early yesterday |General hospital. Besides the', Carey, an editor and publisher, lie functlons, and tt was for this MRS. B. R. MATTHEWS, Seattle; cut and bruised. blocked the approaches to the hos- j Well, according |*hock recetved he was badly burn i narge of crucity with jreason that he changed this fea " anise ening pital Mandants Axci Andae |¢4. Bellows lives at 932 29th av, | %"* rl ut posi aepaipy Abele ape of his program CARL CASTLE, Napavine, Wash.; face and hands cut As fast as the wounds of those bers " - the allegation tha! be - . a e “ ~ i ith minor Injurles were dressed bat e ——__—— tordi » } Althougty no definite plans hav ton, Wash.: bs P w © exelte grave com. | lof the school of Ferdinand P. Ear so ot pogo ng Ay wei rg P. J. CARDWELL, Harrington, Wash.; badly cut about they were taken to their homes fonat | uth? yeah thet turns aathers 2 16 ramoug artist who first de } dent will at-| face and arms affairs. In view, however, of the developments in connection fatal automobile accident of Thursday morning, | can say for Sheriff i rust WILL CLOSE THE ROADHOUSES) PARTY RANKS to President the Taft's Winona speech, senator saya “The statement of the dent is featured in the press as | probable that the tend the morning services at one of the churches In Salt Lake City The party will ar at 4 | HELPER JAPANESE POAGHERS 10 (his afternoon pre MICHAEL MAYER, Uniontown, Wash., rive at Salt Lake cu L. R. ABRAHAM, Auburn; forearm cut and bruised cut and bruised neck and head ° ; face and eye cut | MR. AND MRS. P. D. McCLUND, Jr., 2041 West 63rd, or hotels in ambulances, That no one was killed outright is more than miraculous. The car, the restaurant and the restaurant furniture are one great pile of wreckage. Utah, Sept. 24.—Pres: S. P. H. JOLLY, Joliet, I!l.; badly cut on head and hands.| 1, @ Great Conclomeration. bh fm gn See ie ident Taft, with bis party in the P. E. RAINEY, Harrington, Wash.; head hurt Women’s hats and purses are MADISON, Wis. Sept, 24-—Sen- private car Mayflower, passed bes ae z : ingled in a tangle of broki . . it i ‘ollette. edit » 50 o'cloc 8 T RNES, Ballard, 12 years gld; shock; condi- | BUNS & tangie of PrOken pop “eae to permit in- ator LaFoll in an editorial to through here at 8:50 o'clock thi MILTON BA ) | bottles, hamburger steaks, dinin Sheriff Hodge assumed office it has mip his rage BS In |) 487,12 LaFollatte’s Weekly, refuses morning and Senator Bmoot Joined visy, serious |room furniture and cooking ute comm: a police lepartm 5 o be read out of the repubile marty at t vlace “ og ome with de see wesc sag sheriff's office in party by President Taft ; Kt vivian ogee wre MRS, P. D. McCLUND,°Okeen, Okla ails. ‘e has never been any interferenc: The rear of the car, where the roof and sides were swept off clean as if with a buzz saw, is spattered with blood, but no dead bodies * oT Cc ) were hauled t, tb h how a that if the officials of Georgetown do not enforce the ped — — an attempt to read out of the FOUND NOT GUILTY oo 2 CLUND, Okeen kla | were hauled out, hough how aay. ri * : i e law will be party all republicans who vot | cCL > keen, Okia even the car ior, this sitee will Ag and every violator o od caninet the taritt bitt | sd | ‘MRS. T. M. HORNADA, Seattle; badly cut ° | Fee. ca the Ser CAS aad to the county jail. : “No indifidual has the power to} (By United ) | peat BR of Berkeler t .q |story, “The motorman seemed t it was made this morning by Maj. John Stringer, chief dep- |) read a representative out af inal _ JUNE ay Alaska," Boyt. ae nel aataame tans rt ees : H Ge ye bruised |slow “up as we reached the i i . ‘ : : party. This pc reats solely Thirty Japanese seal poachers 4 E E ERNS E, Leavenworth, Wash. it e grade,” said Mrs. Anna M Sheriff Hodge is on his way home from California WER apr eel, Tee ones. i even the fasted on ihe westward coast sey MRS. WILLIAM WATSON, 3013 20th av. S. Seattle, | Brown of Keiso, Wash, “Just then ‘ went a week ago. Maj. Stringer will not wait until the | president decide for. the people eral months ago were acquitted to S. L M » SONS 2 S., Ses another car rounded the curve, and s by aaah , dh keepers of the in- |) whether the tariff ts genuine or a day by @ trial Jury in the federal L. JEAN CONANT, Auburn, Wash everything seemed to shoot for teturn, however, to notify Georgetown’s roadhouse keep counterfeit, He cannot even de-|court. The foreigners were im J. M. MESSINGER, 2061 78th N |ward in the air. Before I realized of the sheriff's office to see that they observe the law. vide for the republican party. The | mediately turned over to the immi J. . ae ng eo what was happening the car was i di to any commun- people have the di ight of de | gration officials for deportation FRANK DOVEY, Vancouver, B, ¢ off the track and grinding its way nese roadhouses at Georgetown are a crying isgr ey y If the | “ling for themselves Attorney Ray of Valdex, and At CHAS. A. JOHNGON, Portland, Orc.: bruised eictaee tae said j ‘ A . “ ed at once. ere! Preside Taft's torney Maloney of this elty, defenc * F te an i) | h t i: of Mai, Stringer this morning, “and should be clos shat hey are [jotatament that when Ye aigkentthe (aa, tha, sabannes | WILLIAM MAYER, Uniontown, Wash, ; cut and bruised.| ,yfTwn trom Their, Seats pe of Georgetown are not sufficiently interested to re og ie tariff it was "a sincere effort |. Government officials here are at 1. yiged |altogether, and the rear. end: lies f ae ae x ‘ ‘ md 4 eae erstand why Jape oe ee . et or made to observe the law, it is time this office awe ah * thie 1b” ake Ga WtOrinieiy apres Aen LaEN wore eeland as, (he evidence CORA DICKINSON, Arlington, Wash.; cut and bruised. |18 feet from the track, ‘The front Y morning’s accident is directly attributable to the fact S The president comes with 4 |prosented was #0 flimsy that, the MRS. NELLIE FAIRBANKS, aged woman of Arlington,|from the frame ‘restaunet ea were ena liquor in Georgetown during hours declaration to support Tawney, | huty lost no time in finding a “not] ahs Fyn he irene restaurant hee to iq Th loon keepers also who was notoriously opposed t6 | guilty’ verdict Wash, ; arm broken io me state aw says saloons shall be closed. The saloo Il Pk ner downed... tovislane-dacses to | WALTER FAIRBANKS, Arlington, Wash.; neck and] “But when the rear end swung ‘the law in permitting women to enter their places he ing om the ‘support of Tawney and | A woman can stand always belng| J cuiders hurt eben ada nap ledpual yy a te . e things those like him, w de |seusick out yachting because it|* Sp gk rey ong crm Re ie ing liquor to minors. If Georgetown can’t have thes: id fommunrs tevin. in saapees, ‘Vakiee cane’ other woman, who R. DAYTON, address unknown penueie’ Were thadivn, ftroar ee iff’ ” h nd sicker with envy.— ; oli tas ~ ney nn ren? sien ae | saesiliaan sary here ible |New. York Press, ssh Mion T. M. HORNADA, Seattle; badly cut. ¢ . (Continued on Page Thirteen.) |