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THE SEATTLE StAFR THE TAFT CROWD IN THE AMPHITHEATRE OTHERS DIED BUT THIS GIRL MUST = LIVE TO REGRET Even a Sadder Story Than That of “From the Road- house to the Morgue” Found in a Letter Written to The Star by Girl Who Fell a Victim in a Georgetown Vice Trap. want to— the ployer, older, will d u ge my dear , then | wine stupefied, is then a ride back home | hurriec |again She Tells Her Pitiful Story. It is ave used little uncertain But the story is there-—a great an decument—a ser- yon ‘in-simple facts—a drawing back of dark blinds to dis- 4 picture shows a section of the large crowd that gathered in the Amphitheatre yesterday to listen to the president. President Taft is standing on the Noe terrible conditions—a cry for help from a roadhouse vie+ ; m and directly in front of him is the “Living Stars and Stripes.” tim—it is all there, and more In all her life to come this girl can never alter or change POKES COWS I JOH , SECRET SERVICE MEN ARE ALWAYS Tig poet rer that mat great na there two secret service men were “Te aft Every Moment and tignal Calamity occurred constantly at bie side. Just as a HERE 16 THE STORY JUST AS SHE WROTE IT. Old Time Enemies Make it Never Take the Slightest President Careless. eS gy Ay lige aig dg Seattle, Sept. 30, 1909. Up While Following the. Chance. Of all those in the presidential sun shines, so the president pays Dear Editor: 1 see by your paper the authorities are closing up the b: a party the president himself seemed no attention to these shadows that | readhouses where the party of auto riders got their drinks the night eg ines President Through Expo-| te mony ba” weld © taneiiee t@ be the only one who never gave follow him just as surely and as| £ seekeuih t many, ‘st githonght to anything other than faithfully as does the sun-made|°f the awtul accident. *; Live St ae n sition Buildings. the local Taft reception, comanities in claienies thas the dan wes brine [abados But why don’t they close up the most dangerous one in Georgetown, pys His Visi a the | the cock Shi mmense- the presidential party Humor Seems Infectious, as Ev- 1. od es a ak ten. ion aes him. That nervousness which) Th certainly is something | known as the Igoolo Club, and run by Roxy Reber and a Mr. Abbott? Wilsos' and asaen- 3:|tenale. "that thaeia’ mete ete might naturally expect to be about these secret service men that lam a girl of 18 years and came to Seattic to get work to help a bs on ere t in no with the knowl. | brin. iM norles of e novel + Lawghe—Pla s Golf and Leaves for | Bithen have “made it up. my boyish dime novel ideas, but I Pedaiie = weak sen aboot hiss ae tna viene pa oe finat | Widowed mother. 1 was a good girl and well brought up. My employer ¥ it happened yesterday during the | must admit that those secret service to guard him from dan, page in the old yellow-back " | wae old enough to be my father, but to him | owe my downfall. He isa trip through the fair grounds of/men with the president are to me | ied man with a family and should have been m ‘otecti the : F e tead in Afternoon. the president and the local re as big a show as the president him rgd y 7 re ee pe wall geno re pode | of the one to ruin me—which he did at Roxy Reber’s roadhouse. a bee eee my |, Mea ARCHIE COPS THE | “\t-be tae on: aman ‘lows of it te sangha tr tpl : r the trick ik-| business map of middle age, would | girl to go to, for it is so well protected by the officials of Georgetown tings with his band on the | sands of others who saw the presi.) | wf . = eee Nene ere { the colonel. Mr. Wil party. There is something! | | wine till she has lost her senses—as | did. and unconactously FP appeals peculiarly to every man SHE WOULD WARN OTHERS. to him to vertfy som » in his boyhood days sneaked | The man Abbott told the brute | was with that the authorities never l¢ to the colone Filled |away into some secluded place and This Bein: Aide to the We*hington. 1 am willing to give | bothered his place, as he catered to the married and » sunshine the Taft smile. there with eyes fairly popping out! na 8 him $80 right now for the stuff | P ried and moneyed men only. the enmity that ex-|of his head and his blood hot with President About the Sec- he hax taken away from the presi two men for solthe excitement of ft all, followed j Best Job in the dent in the last hour, and $80 an | Seattle who are married and a judge of Georgetown, who are frequent night. Good cannot a t, tears and prayers sesnceopbatecomeotos rR k « right and left and President Taft went to the much the same as any other and “took it fo a stand in the center of the ring. where he peetire exhibit, but as soon as he co he was down and horses, | i them at close quarters & total! - knowledge f stock except ihe beautiful, and his frankness pleased the crowd three t) and, be made ing in par in their conve ation they mentioned several prominent business men of people in the gr ‘ many years and ined in the con-|the tratt of “Deadwood Dick,” “Nick hour ts going some | visitors to his den of iniquity. 3 versatio 5 King . The president's military aide is | ae iin on Vversation | Carter ‘Old = Sleuth 5 If you are sincere in your work of exposing these dens, pl ze: eames the ov And then was presented a specta | Brady,” the James boys, the Youn-| United States A wonderful man. Next to being 4 * Ws » ene ee fe the greatest «x er seen west of St ree meh Were soon ¢ e the trip|ing officials had anythin ne: three men were soon engaged in| i icnce Whether you be gover-| Werth of junk since th y « they & very animated conversation that } mayor, senator or congress |lirough the buildings began.’ were particularly anxious to call to| 2 ¢ courtier b a was broken at times by hearty |HUr Of vomninent or otherwise, just] BY Archie,” Mr. Reber reterred che attention of the pre sident, tt oO Y RIDERS G fome Pr P ‘ laughter et in the way of the nation’s chiet/t@ Capt. Archibald W. Butt, mili- | we easary first to whisper a J esidentiai Opinions Given When the procession through the | ® {ve and you will suddenly find /afY alde to the president, 80 far|few words Into the ear of Capt. | P , the grand champjon shorthorn bull of the show | buildings began anew, the trio still | ore ret ty ane wide and be | BM KBOWN, no one except the’tm-| Archibald W. Butt. Then, if tt hit 1 : : Lite animal, att his m at once. |held together. At luncheon in the |i °° a. nave recovered yourself | mediate members of his family, Mr. |the captain just right, the captain I 7 CH i se the bull had been awarded the grax ye, he waid; |New York State building, they were |)t° ve aent and his immediate| M@pmevelt and Mr. Taft have ever | suggested it to the president | q Nery littie of r y with the judge | separated, but etther accidentally eee wil fave pacoel had the temerity to address the Was Always There. ; or by design they got together | "ort and Murphy are both smali|¢aptein as “Archie.” Thore ts too) The various articles given to the platform in the | jn, neither of them over five fect | Milldh dignity in the bearing of the| president in the several bulldinge|Ome Woman Badly Hurt ppropriately called a “jollier.” He r cle that for a few moinents attract-| gers and « .“ president, it seems to be about | !i8h this letter in your paper, that it may be a warning to all young in the raising of stock in the last few years must | 64 the attention of the memb Scan the Crowd. | *1 have figured it out,” said E./the best job a man could find in| girls to keep away from this place, as they have no chance to protect ; eity-bred ma asia ~ advance marks oe of the loca! reception committee | with yea constantly sbifting | Ls Reber to C. R. Collins, as the|@ search of a lifetime As a mat-| themselfs once y are inside. } ! of our countr have now reached € po h eye 4 nt _ rarty ‘ local G he seems to be e a science. The man with the grentect (CwA7 from the ¥ ; - - Piper | trom man to man in the groups of oo napaecog part Pe aoe u s~ le aries exo a roa t sd A chicken dinner is what you think you are going there for, but you = e 4 one arm around the shoulders cert were leaving the a bulld pret DORR As hey wen - ¢ rewns tb ir othe - people ne © president, these p , sa nal Oh ¢ ward tn this b usinens ne any ther. a Winds nak tua aber: wicens ht neareet th © president, these tat “yesterday morning, ‘“that| through the build yesterday, | little know the rest untill too late. ae i sreat display of horses, cattle and | fh. shoulders of Blethe 4 the | *#¢ vag eR 4 oT ae b « ‘copped’ out about §80/ff any of the exhibitors or. build ADER BUT WISER GIRL. on the women and men w0d-by me shouhlor Blethen, and the | urphy, are the personification of | “Archie” ha PE ut about § uild i i 1e was Miss » learned that later, howe he saw another shorthorn bull, | again on th tured second ; e it equaled the first |amphitheatre and when not listen-'" bably more | beesident’s military alde to permit, | through which he acs. | Mrs i i que it equ eight, or weighing probably mo ; rough which he passed yester. | May Brock, Ib coat was brow: t i don't know what the jing to the speakers continued to 116, '17 pounds. It fw thelr duty Slag Be familiarity, 80 /day morning, remained in his | and Pinned Under Big works at the A.-¥.-P. the grand I would do,” he said talk In @ most friendly and com 1, guard the person of the president | thgt when Mr. Reber referred tO) hands only a moment Captain | Fi Oth Mixed i heen wih Mis: p to,” t " oO gus 0 3 ven > | ‘ar—Five Others Mixe a Miss children { prbtieanilbetl nie: sce lina Rack ROE a f N TRE of the United States. Upon them |Gsptain Archibald W. Butt | archipald W. Butt was right on the Cc 213% First av Some of t B seventh gra men who looked OM | posts the responsibility of prevent-|“Afebie,” he was careful to note) joy and it was quite auparent Gat! Up in Accident. i the fact that he show, was highly delighted to Franklin and the girl aioe cece ere ine ; sber) ome dis Sthool, chap. mt ‘ » president |!" rise, 1 ‘ tng any such calamity as happened | that he (Mr. Reber) was some dis-| he intended to take no chance upon | is not known were at , the opportunity. The prestdent : Pan 8s . é rv , ae ; ek Vibe bos at being | © 'eRcReon & zreeaent Taft sight years ago at the Buffalo expo- | tafice back in the procegsion allowing the public to gaze upon| s n Harry Bowers by Georg: an, than he did of the| When he was here a few years 480 sition when President McKinley was Has Missed One Bet the nation's chief executive with|, ™ 2p Btls ealonl . in} wchine and pro- wh 3 my pan, than he M° | as secretary of war, was very near. he 4 about the cap- k | Jured ar hers, a gir ® ie. T an yaing wix He called the military | ® i given his death wound But what he said about the cap-|his pockets all bulged out eka r ide 1 accepted and Each git) hia infor-\'¥ > n up because Colon It may have been that ye: taln’s acquisition of articles of For Mr. Reber's information, it is |" . ss Bis A t Big Al" and “Bil” Blethen and Jobn L. Wilson were ginan and Murphy were unus value was true. The only thing|announced that when these trips |*4 ' ® Al" lalso foined t ty. Thay got no He | at one horse | Seated aide t . vigilant, for they could not have | that was handed to the president|are over all of the articles ac-|®"4. “E yi » tune ane saan nares ' id 1 breed I been unmindful of the fact that it | during his visit through the build-| cumulated thereon are returned to . . pie Fra H 4 we eed : \ " to Bdmor t night ‘ SOMaller ( e iM . pra he **** tee ee one ings that Arohte didn't imme-|the president History fails to “ A went w t a tthe side of - . * * dately “cop” out, was a large, red|record that Capt. Archibald w.|™minat ! ree touring cat liad hill in t ad : 1 ARGEST DAY * 7 t er and pint eral of |e) horses. ie * THIRD L 5 apple that someone gave him In the; Butt has ever “held out" a single |‘ then got t “ Captain Butt Loses Out * Thursday, the first Taft day, * pay Teavay, tuttaiar basiyt 9% . Peel pei j then got bey . 4 vald I agalr *® attendance Avy PW _. |pieaident, as he reached out his| aide just about the second best | 4 ; st ning OM] ran off asda the al car, |* There were ¢ paid odmis ° AI mi H, Oct, 1. Pion lelegates | hand for the fruit. “I'll keep that| job in the country the r t y by ‘wil nning se Phe remar\ ‘ of the judges, whose |* sions. One and one hun to the International Aerenautic con d put it where it will do a whole . oO 1 r ath ll of the ae egpedgn pede» P id not stand |* ares soldiers school chil. *| gress today busy revising the I ceces P | Br rosa arate. Fhe é ; py ut . Bulle Beliow he omission and rushed up and|* dren and se hundred # | rul and regulations that govers | ‘wsriie” looked longingly upon poor hare. 3 by themselves, of the ma nt's attention and in-|* Others were admitted free ** aerial conteste The on 18 | the big, red apple, but the foe | r r h a cor S Bhenaton. rn ‘ , sangeet Mr. Taft|® * being h i behind A losed door dant showod no signa of any desire not able to ! SET FORESTS AFIRE. wall, if 7 po a 1 to, and the MA NAHM EM) A number of changes are pro: | CIM t as ROG : The “A pee pnd Dang nay he By é . posed which, if made, will radically |‘, neldent of the trip that 1 the 1 Faved tg eee ncaa a a Baconcerned I ; wo rams in the bunch|®#***k AeA ARAHKAHKH® affect the present manner of carry-| Jonned Reber the most was whe s \ Rema ‘ Wt tbe cat k rather ufruly and butted the|* 7 ang OF avigwen.comeaey Archie” reached out and deftly | | n she 8 Ml. Harry B.S. th t ‘ When the 4 and the boys holding | * BANK CLEARINGS, The new regulations probably | ticked from the fingers of the| UKIAH, Cal, Oct, 1—al (| Her arm Is bro ; j Pale aries Ph a anaes a6 ‘ rescrment|® Seattle. as 4 will be put into effect immediately president's hand a gold nugget that though he waa’ convicted - of rae a a nh 1 : on with a joua mm both “the peaeid ‘and the|* Clearings toda aero 7 (end the seroplane contests which gaa" iven him the pan of| murder by a jury and sentenced | ‘The at . , + Ot Galtaiane | arty finish : * Balance % | Will be held, at Juvisy, France dirt washed out in the Alaska build-| to 20 years in| San Quentin | der t! fluen SP 8¥er Watci{, Here's a fine one uid the | * FeOOTN, ss ses bea | Pete an, ee tO hee | prison, Jesse Heacock is free | taken to the t eee eee eee eee ee e. Bares abc ng 124, holding the horns of one|*® Clearings today... .$1,231,188.00 *| held under the new r He “Gloms” the Gold | today because his case was de. | The other Joy ri x « A Bt the of; 4 Mr. |* Balancer 129,941.00 1 eb oinl®. dealt ‘ebe as c a r j pull @ ' + AYP TEND the ott the pugnacioug ram And Mr. | # FS ran ol AMRMMERESSEDEMME MES Of all the nerve!” said Reber| cided on @ Saturday afternoon, oe * ATTENDANCE * yy T at onee notified the lad, asking » clearings today $1,407,949.00 * | ® WEATHER FORECAST. * \to another member of the commit-| which i a legal holiday in Cali. | erarh bak dan: Ries e y , 9 ftel55 ere 1 want vk | b ew questions ia Balanoe 183,269.00 ® * Fair tonight and Saturday; #| tae, as the captain “glommed” the| fornia, Heacock was convicted | bs , * ta 3,274,981 & Mt clove q Now, why Je it they have better ied sensed * * light northeast winds * | bit of gold, ‘Archie’ sure will get of killing Fred Steinhart of | At the ! r the w x “ ; ’ ~———~- ,lthy before he gets back to| Casper, Mendocino county gave the name of Miss Minnie I ren See a a eee ee oe PMB, swan’ gor of (Continued on Page Thirtocn,) |. 22 ARORA RRR RR ne wm | Woal{h) : . |