The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 6, 1909, Page 1

| N00 IN GRAFT, Unt OF EA-UITY-EMPLOYE : RAL REMARKABLE LETTERS IN f EDITOR'S MAIL WHICH SHOULD fH LESSON TO THE PEOPLE OF THIS ‘a man—a former city hall employe—who had to Jap restaurant when he first came to Seattle, 13 years wd now is worth $40,000. He ADMITS that two-thirds wey is CITY GRAF T—admits it openly. Tis man tells the story—an INSIDE STORY OF a letter to The Star. Read it. you things. other interesting things in the editor's mail now- in Seattle are getting wakened up. They want changed in this city. The letters which pour in to show this. We print a few more to show you th interested your neighbors are in the welfare of It is educational. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 30, 1909. trying to expose the city employes for grafting iployes don't know the first thing abc Let me tell you, Ri itn he was in office fed for the city water department some years dit seemed to me everybody from the mayor down Street sweeper was there with the GRAFT—the real FTING. Of course, the ones who had the never said a word about the ones who didn’t much, for if they did, the little grafters would big grafters out in public, ‘will not say a word about anybody else but myself, fot make near as much GRAFT as some others. I ttle 13 years ago next January. I had to sell our to pay our fare out here, and I didn’t have money enough to We both had to go to a Jap ut grafting ger was not the only tin can ods to get money ife and I got here ate man’s restaurant ip cat would not take $40,000 for our belongings, thirds of this money was made by me graft- ked for the city. ight think a man is a fool for telling on him- going to say any names. I just want to tell between GRAFTING then and now. I was city water department, and was sent out to put or water plugs the property line. Well, this is where I used in. . tap water mains, and ron 34- 5 et ¢ would load our wagon we would always put on than we needed and when we would tap a main, we the if we could «io. the piping in through the ft: and: said that we world do it ould’get the job. We would do it on city time apes and get the cash when the jot d the main, piped the water into people's the city does not know it, and they don’t get i water rent. was done. Carpenter who worked for the city. He hired Mm Went to different parts of the city where the city a Mg a fire stat When the city w Lake, he got a £21,000 shingles to shingle Habout it. He said he Stations and take lumber to build his as putting those wooden » and went a vd helped him this man’s house, and and there never the city didn't fire stations was sorry Tun, he got enough lumber, shingles, nails, to build a seven-room house, and all it cost it $200, and that was for plaster and work, for Band what little hardware he needed. He sold Pate for $18,000. Of course, he had to buy the land. Pol Course, Mr. f $0 much Man you all call Mayor Miller f0F office he had on his n is on the jump and the boys When he “Honest John himself banners Mayor.” So you see how honest he is, when he Hon out of his office. From what I have read P for the past year or so, I think Mr. Bouillon HF “Honest John F. Miller's” job. Bouillon is (Continued on Page Nine.) Wail at f October 3. Moi MeKensie, Mra. Ann during the night This is all the about it police report says ‘ot very important—only $250 ds these little reports are coming in the Ume. The police can't get ry much excited about It Nor can the rest of us Seattle people. We're busy. We don't know about ft. Maybe we don't care, Lots of real estate men around town would think they were losing thelr grip if they only turned $250 on a transact Fact {«, there's only one person in all Seattle who thinks or cares mueh about this bit of burglary | She ts a Neighbor of Ours. | And that is this neighbor of ours |~-of us Seattle people, Mra, Annie McKenale it is a vital matter to her For Mrs. McKenzie is nearing 70 years of & | And the $260 was all she had in E M'KENZIE, | the world. ‘TAF Were two men on a wagon with a plumber’s outfit.) than W they got auother plumber. Nine times} SEATTLE, WASH,, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1909. | | ZURICH, Oct. 6—The Amer | jea ti, piloted by Edward Mix of Columbus, ©. won the | James Gordon Bennett cup in | the international balloon rac which started Nere, landing at | 3 o'clock Tuesday morning in a | forest of Gutova, which is near Miawa, Russian Poland, north of Warsaw, but a short dis | | tance from the German fron: | tler | t As a bird flies he covered 700 miles. The French balloon, . The Isle of France, w coming fall season. Mix, who was the only representative of the United | States, stated before he climbed into the basket that the race would be ¢/ at. on record,” and the results m to have borne out his Prediction. RECORD SMASHER GLAD |H. J. Kingston Makes Remarkable Trip Across the Continent and Is Proud of It, But He Has Had Enough of the Fast Going. ! H. J. KINGSTON ON STEPS OF CAR THAT RESCUED HIM But the NIGHT PINK EDITION will carry the bigge: NEWS of the world, outside sporting, as well. The cable, the wireless, the tele- | -_ and the telephone will put into the hands of The Star readers news two ours later than in any other newspaper in Seattle. DON’T GO HOME WITHOUT THE NIGHT PINK EDITION. THAT RACE IS FINISHED NIGHT PINK EDITION -_—-- Beginning this afternoon the SPORT EDITION of The Star will be suspend- ed until the opening of the baseball season of 1910. But in its place The Star will issue the NIGHT PINK EDITION. This will be on the street not later than 5 p. m. It will include the big sporting news of the country, the big world’s series baseball games, and the big football games of the , the latest and best LITTLE YAMA GIRL HAS SETTLED THE MONEY QUESTION | BESSIE CLIFFORD, With the Smile on. ‘What are you doiug for itt" we| widow, all to Europe. That does “For what?’ says she, dim. things you mentioned. pling. | “L sent mamma across lant year “For thie money habit. What do and she was so pleased about it you do with it all? Autos, dia that this summer I want to send monds, dogs, Paris gowns, aubur- the whole da--] mean—that ie to jban homes on Long Island?” We say, the whole Clifford family ethausted our lngenuity “Thay're getting old, you know, For Heasie Clifford, the charm. and th are so proud that ther i emiling Yama-Yama girl in the daughter is making money enough “Three Twins” af the Moore to do this for them, and so glad theatres fe a very popular stage that she wants to. I get my fun When she «miles, everybody out of that smiles, Bo she must get a lot of “You see Ive b on the stage since I wae 12 re old, so they're tickled to death to see me getting money—mach more than ay, for board and room. it Bessie Clifford wax looking enough me more good than any of those} | strongest terme for his action in re- | is jment. Th away with it. You know I think serious how up my own ideas, and if the man “Nothing doing in the joy things axere like them 1 get a special of the pretties,” she said Im royalty out of it. So I'm doing }moing to send my father and pretty thank you.” |mother and my sister, who fs a And Bessie Clifford smiled again. | | @nggecmesses ee: | THIS PROVES THAT FOOLS j “It was @ great trip, but never|killed when the first car went into again!” |the ditch near Reading, Pa. Sep tember 18 The race was then MH. J. Kingston of the Philadel led off by the paper phia Press, who croased the Amer Again it started on September 3 jean continent In 10 “days and $/25 at 12:30 p. m. and Kingston Buckley's place the and family man ever | took deapite | protests of his wi hours, than any did before, except by railroad train, faster \Northern Express Co.'s Sale of “Uncalled for Pack- stretched himself, rubbed an in tort o the Fee tnd Kiar ages” Begins With a Rush Today—No One Will jured knee and expressed his sen-|soon learned that fact. His hair : Leashes ceusirian eeae taeeian |G votunen 6 le ‘variety fat| Know What He Got Until Sale Is Over. motor car races from the scares he got as the ma-| ‘ ei EN It was 10 o'clock this morning,/chine tore over rocky roads at 60 and he was just crawling out of miles an hour He will wake ta) Manager H. C. Burkon of the [sucker was born every minute was bed at his room at the Washing: |the middie of the night for many| jorthern Express company yes- | too conse oi Ghar ‘qemne: Hike ton weeks to come wader the fllusion| gerday gave a definite assur shad roe ‘Of course, it’s something to hold|that the car has just hurdled @| ance to the readers of The Star Wiki dies teh ikesebiltind gies the record for the quickest time) boulder at a 4 minute. With-| othat this year's auction sale of | 1.1 of one worldly wine perenr acrons the continent, but once i#|in 60 miles of his goal. without an] Gneiaimed packages would be (4h watched the prosrees of the enough _ Peggy i for 8 the aehient Bh congraty: slog himaelf.| gbsolutely on the equa eed = ackaber octaion” ie pleasure in the future ere ut the felicitation came too soon. - '. noses with decision The Studebaker E. M. F. car,| bette wonton ecle. pa Borst. and niversity for an hour ch ¥ e the ‘ 5 morning He Got a Ducking the SS0emilo relay, was reeting| willeontain Jewelry, wearlG | swe nundred persons fought with Kingston reached Seattle at 11:30 | off the miles along the road a short| Sppare! and useful articles. ar einae te bik ton custo ao last night with the score Me# | distance out of North Rend at 7 Will the Northern Express contents of which they knew noth sages entrusted to him, after being | ociock last evening, when the| company make this good teat about hauled out of the fey waters Of| wheels skidded on the wet road,} Seattie people won't know Ei SCENE gto CaCI RE the Snoqualmie river early in the|the car plunged over the bank,| till Friday morning. They have Z:AnG Snatent: of the. package they evening turned over three times and dropped| %@ Sy “sight unseen.” They . 7” ei . Starting with a fatal accident, the |qoto the rushing river | hav: to take the express com You can come around Friday relay run ended with another al-|" siugo Dotzer of Seattle wan at; peny’e word for it that the sale and recelve the package,” they most fatal. The first and the last | ene wh and Kingston was in the| {@ square They bought today, | were told fears were the iil-starred front seat. Both w thrown clear but can’t get their packages til! The bidde didn't know what Henry L. Buckley, a reporter for) ——————~--— ~~~ | the sale is over. Sams | the Press, and Wijiiam Brown were | (Continued on Page Nine.) | “The man who estimated that a (Continued on Page. Nine.) | HERE'S AN OLD WOMAN WHO LOST HER FORTUNE --THAT IS, $250 THE SEATTLE STA ONE CEN} AMEHICN WKS AACEDON’T GO HOME WITHOUT THE FOMMEND THE STAR AND CONDEMIN MILLER FOR FIRING BOUILLON Beacon Hill Improvement Club Demands Grand Jury Investigation of Graft Charges Made Against Mu- nicipal Officials. We, the members of the Beacon Hill Improvement club, express our confidence in the honesty and integrity of Mr. Bouillon. We commend his work in uncovering rottenness. We deplore and condemn the action of Mayor Miller in removing him from the office of superintendent of public utilities. We demand as taxpayers a thorough nonpartisan inves- tigation of city affairs to determine whether or not the money of the taxpayers of the city is being stolen by city officials or employes of departments of the city government. We further recommend that a grand jury be called at once.—From the resolutions adopted by the Beacon Hill Im- provement club. | boost for Bouillon, and said a grand jury ought to be appointed to in- | Yestigate the charges against city ding A. V. Bouillon for ure of graft, condemning hn F, Miller for removing | Yestisa Mr, Bouillon from the office of wu- | "iclals. perintendent of public utilities, and re demanding an Investigation and the Com his ex Mayor J replied: “We are sim- y asking for an Investigation, not king charges. I see no reason 1 calling of a grand jury, the Beacon | MAking ¢ Hill Improvement club went on rec- | fo AI! it 8 political boost for any. ovement: 9 wt OF | ts # & political boost, ord iast night in ringing resolutio: e ca ‘ot commend a fearless cit- passed at their meeting at the Bea con hill fire station jizen for doing his duty by the peo- Resolutions were also passed ne that pat him in office, then commending The Star and its ed-|'"n) 0" ol pep nace pa in. itor for the course pursued by The |i) resolution calling fore orig. Star in dealing with public ques ws as cal ng ‘or @ grand toeis. |Jury investigation was adopted. Condemn the Mayor. | _ Knew Bouillon Is Honest. here should be a non-partisan The resolution endorsing investigation of this matter,” said Houllion, condemning Mayor Mil J. A. Payni r a grand jury should and asking for a grand jury was in-)be appointed at once. Something troduced by Representative Ole | must be done to clear up conditions Hanson, who made a ringing speech | in our municipal life. 1 have known in favor of its adoption. The meas-) Bouillon for 15 years and know him ure was also favored by H. H.\to be absolutely fearless and hon- Thompson and 4. A. Payne, who Perhaps he made mistakes. condemned Mayor Miller in the | Men sor times do when only one ork foy honesty against a soing in the opposite direc ¢ is up to Mayor Miller, the oard of public works and the city to demand a thorough in- ation of affairs.” just at the dent of pub dozen thon moving Mr. Bouillon time that the superint lic utilities was beginning to show up rottenness in the city govern-| council resolutions passed with outa dissenting vote Way, councilman of the The resolution In regard to Mr.| Second ward, said that he wished Boulllon, which was introduced by |!t distinctly understood that he Ole Hanpon, reads . had no objections to the resolu- Whereas, In the performance —_'!0, but that he thonght the clause referring ty government should of his duties as superintendent and mention city offi- of public utilities, A. V. Bouil lon called the attention of the | “lls city administration to charges After Them All. of graft in the conduct of city te vem s affairs, presenting evidence it," he «aid. Dat k dew'e f ogee which has convinced the public | you , pot shot of it, If see mind that such grafting exists | mean the council pg ani at or has existed in the conduct mean Mayor Miller or po nikon of the affairs of the city of city official, write it down, De Seattic; and st fic . “Whereas, Mayor Miller has We do PRs seen fit to remove Mr. Bouillon and the ¢ well rile oa Han- from the office of superinien Some 1 of the city, and par- dent of public utilities for no | ticularly ‘or Miller, ve show apparent cause other than that [great ferocity toward Boulllon,” he was exposing the rottenness | said H. H. Thompson. “While ia of the city government. Be it office Bouillon was fighting always “Resolved, That we, the for th of the people, Fight- members of the Beacon Hilf ing always against great odds. He Improvement club, express our so much better a man than Mayor confidence in the honesty and r that when Miller throws him integrity of Mr. Bouillon; that out of office I t to see Mayor we commend hie work In uncov Miller mentioned ecifically in ering the rottenness; that we resolution deplore and condemn the ac- his remark brought cheers from tion of Mayor Miller in remov group of listeners in the fire ing him from the office of su hou perintendent o: pubtic utilities, Bouillon proved a gadfly in the and that we demand as taxpay eels of some men behind Mayor ers a thorough, non-partisan Miller’s throne and in order to investigation of city affairs to |make peace Miller pitched him determine whether or not the Thompson money of the taxpayers of the assing of the two reso- city is being stolen by city of. ine business was dis- ficials or employes of depart: before adjournment of the ments of the city government The club meets again the We further recommend that a paday in November to take grand jury be called at once » in regard to munici- The resolution commending The vgigenteo Star met with great favor, and was adopted by a unanimous vote, The follows “Whereas, The Seattle Star has pursued a straightforward and courageous course in deal ing with the exposures of al leged graft in the city govern ment made by A. V. Bouillon, while superintendent of public utilities, uphoiding Mr. Bouillon in his efforts to make public WEST SEATTLE MAN PUTS the devaite of the wrongdoing TWO THUGS TO ROUT which has been going on, and to punish the wenedoerel and | WHEN HELO UP, “Whereas, The Seattle Star ae has been strong in its condem: resolution BATTLE. WIT HGHAYMEN g Bird, of 1830 ¢ 6 nation of Mayor Miller for his Peal gris te eat nia av., 3 § vacillating course regarding the | )\¢*! Seaitle, succeeded in saving SEH EY : A to do. That is, she was left a widow |she woke up with a start—with a] And they went away restricted district, exposing the | iS money and valuables and put: ee ee ee ee’ Ceatde bed” | with several thousand dollars feeling that something had hap-| ‘That was two weeks ago, Mrs.| white slavery which exists 1g two thugs to rout last night : POLICE REPORK Rut this was back in the days pened, She could think of nothing) McKenzie hasn't got the evidence when such a district Ie toler Bird had walked only a few rods butare the fire” Sho has besn a| Worse than that the $250 was gone.| Mrs. Annie McKenzie is badly| ated. Be it jafter leaving a street car when two pefore the fire « a be 6 ay ovine weve i Ay : pi zhwaymen blocked his pa one And she has no relatives to| widow for a long time now—and ali |She looked. It was gone . ried—worrl ¥ ith the worrle Resolved, That we commend pag ’ men ar na eee whom she can turn in this bitter) this time she hae fought a losing May I put it somewhere ¢ = a Wo! wo hearing 70, of a woman the Seattle Star for the course antly etartel @ bat hour battle with the world, Her clothes #he thought. She looked through alone in the world and helpless, of| jt is pursuing, ang commend ntantly started & bat. Mre. McKenzie lives at 216 Wall) —eiil) carrying the air of the “fine |the room. She looked ywhere—|4 Woman whose proud Scotch In its editor for the bravery and ph legs. oa ‘a at lady” she was—are the only mark/Iikely places and unitkely places, | dependence can see nothing ahead! devotion to public duty which oe turned and That ts, she has a room there to) of the prosperity that is gone She wouldn't give up the hope that} OW but an appea t the course of the paper under ane food deserlp stay in. She need not fear the pit with the $250—the last of her| she had just mislaid it Mra, McKenzie his airection entails on his » highwaymen are in winds and the Washington raine— ¢itune-—she W tan” too ak th vabh ton but they have drifted apart and the | ” the hands of the police " = ¢ ‘ortune she as res secure u ae gone. ‘ fe fur: mother doesn't know where she | nb hp gd ee Babs ates Two hundred and fifty dollars 18 a! ghe cried a long time, as one in} yf my daughter pew,” she saye,| Following the Introduction of the J A AOR RO ICI TO Rok tok |g tdlgpsaty Larethian ong ach bry Wel tot of money. ‘To Mra. McKenzie it) great desolation. She looked some! ghe would help mo. Bat 1 don't] Peselutions, Ole Hanson scored the | * * there won't turn her ou not NOW i was security against sickn and | me Bhe began to accuse people, know where to look mayor ° * WRIGHT IS FINED $25. * She is secure for today and tomor | qooigent, and whatever old people | guapect people. She appe For Mra, MeKenate will have to] “It 18 evident that Bouillon start: | * (By United Press.) * row and lonely fear. She held to this| the police a 2 Jed something while he was in of-|* PORTLAND, Ore., Oct, 6.— * She is around the city now—look- | 3. | the 4 have help-—and soon, And 4 y Pir ware WK \ $260 as a great anchor 1 ough ¢ “A " fice, and we, the taxpayers, would |* Arthur G. Wright, who was ar- ing for work. Except for her hag The police came, looked around, enough she doesn’t lke tl roe | othe saepayes . eG. Wileht, aa eee ee z Kod questic hen they went/of going to the county farn | Uke to nished ‘© canno rested Saturday and oug _ i ps fo er "ahs ccd ashi bah Maes pn fea sip igh ia eats team cid allow these charges to go uninv« * had evil designs * that looks out from her eyes, she) mis great aum of money she kept 5 | guted. Somebody in Seattle * President Taft, and * gure : | Can" Anythin| Seattle o ‘ doesn't look the pitiful figure that) ridden in her room. She was afraid | Can't Do Anything hil RAK RARA KARAM ctor something that will clear|* Who was carrying a revolver *& whe ts of banks. If you have the money| “You may suspect somebody,” | the innocent and convict the guilty, |* at the time, was fined $25 and * Has Fought Losing Battle, yourself, you know you have it, ‘The | they told her, ‘but you haven't got|* = A» ¥ P. ATTENDANCE. *}no matter who they arc "le costs this morning fn municl- * a eins: ak tel " ; mone: lithe evidenc: You ean’ a * Yosterday 16,682 # |< * pal court. He pleaded guilty * She dresses rather weil, A vell banks take your money from you|the evidenc You can't do any y 2 . red pleaded guilty and ‘bits of black lace give @ touch and just give you a little brown | thing without evidence. Evidence-~|* Total ‘ 401,412 #] Wants a Grand Jury, | und paid the fine * of distinction to her clothes. For book with some figures tn it that's what you want. Then we'll|* *| One member suggested that the | » & \Mre. MeKenzle was formerly well| But one morning, two weeks ago,| arrest the guilty party.” [ROO IO tO totetoio] meeting ought not be a political OO een er