The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 20, 1909, Page 1

11, NO. 206 I UNITED STATES: SEND AEUARA GACK TO BE SHOT? rested and Thrown Into the Dungeon in Los Angeles ls Wanted for Political Rea- Only and Return Means Certain Death. (By United Press.) Cal., Oct. 20. ANGELES “My husband is a polit ponlv. ‘The Mexican government seeks him be opened the way to the exposure of the terrible con- that country is the cry the wife of L. Guiterrez de Lara, Mex- iter, confined in jail here as an anarchist, an unde citizen, and the against the government of a friendly pov the United States sends my eto kill him. tie can't mament,” Mrs. de of de husband back to Mexico expect any mercy from the ontinues. Lar e trying to raise $5,000 bail for the A mass mecting to protest against his imprison be held short! the United States government was being used by m an enemy of the Diaz to revenge | ‘ #he text of a resolution last night The workingn ken up de Lara’s fight his govern adopted by Carpenters’ xen and socialists here ag0, according to ——— PPE 0 3 Der husband return the ground that such a trip through Mex would have to be secured Turner, whose through the channels of the immi ge in the American crauion department in Washington, conditions wiloged to fom which the orders for the ar Bt the present rest of de Lara came, A request & national sensation. . this permission was denied by wa acted aA Turner's xvide 4). immigration officials on the fie Contry of President: ground of “possible international r him tn “gathering compilcutions. Magazine article. AS De Lara is practically without! Pat this, she stated ®the funds, and his attorneys have ment is determined vanced money necessary necessary expenses that his arrest While followed Tape at Work. is confined today in the county jail as a fed . A representative of Press was denied per interview the prisoner no specific amount has Mexican, it is ‘ontinwed on SfE WHAT'S COMING! interested in illustrations Fecognize when a picture is “all there” and B you ever suspected that some vital part was a dtawing or painting, and endeavored to sup- | ng that would fit in properly? mM if not, you will be none the less pleased with | "s Vaughable \\ does-it-lack series of pictures, H hegin tomorrow with picture No. 1 | is will be followed in the next daily issue with of picture No. 1 with the convey the idea w Started to draw ternate days after th Will be printed, followed Mist not miss any Wh omission properly sup- h the intended artist really lack t more What-does-it with their solutions at-does-it-lack picture. COACHMAN HUBBY 0) judicial opinion | orried. : . : | pee her Wee is not done, the day will surely come when Seat-| L E. ¢ ounctl and the corpora ; ‘ “an pedicle poy are going to get| tle will regret its carelessness. It can be set down as a cer | Jaround thts prohibitory provision | tainty that the railroad will exact its pound of flesh to the sempenrenncmansonmns ie The strangera siurmbered. oa, of the city charter does not yet| . To awaken handcuffed, disarmed : ast ounce, once it is in a positio: lO 80 blissfully {gnorant that two pairs sppesr, bat the perpetual toatar | 1a sank Conia olbee, pei | and under arrest Was the surprise | c¢ watchtul eyes were upon them | did not appear to cause any worry To grant a perpetual franchise is a serious thing For | meted out bo sais si ta a geen ‘Saat anthe. tied pulled into. Me aa, ration required of the | ever is a long time, and time makes many changes in the needs oes horiff Mark Freeman ani;Geersetown, Freeman arose and ' he COI eration required of oputy She pemnan and etche: el railroad company for these fran-|of men and citie Likewise the césfimon user clause is notlWeR: Cattrn Fallroad apecial |#tTetched himself chises 19 one which merely more be lightly f tter Reclusive 1 perpetual franchises |agent on board an interurban train Pulls His Teeth. : or less adequately makes up gome|tO be lightly tten eCIUBVe jwnc Perperus Ay at Georgetown, The pridoners were It's about time now, I guess,” he| actual expenses the building of this} are so fraught with possibilities of future tyranny that they lodged in the city jail and today | remarked Approaching Dewey, belt line will cause to the city are no longer considered safe under any restrictions are wondering how it all happened, | Freeman carefully eres | ee 9 ab property owners. The en ' They are held pending investigation | wicked looking gun and quietly Wo ai ne oe leak to aie up The granting of this franchi d the construction of a sys ir a of sae weir ahanped the hgndeutts on ene alees Ewing st. to the railroad apd im-|belt line is not a one-sided prope 1 whereby Seattle will Freeman and Caffyn boarded the|ing man's wrists. prove Leary av. Py this Be se get all the benefit The Northern Pacific will prosper im-|interurban at 7 acoma shortly be Caffyn gently fe 20 Howart's road ie to pay o,80Y. oF rf A fore 6 a.m. Just as the train was | right wrist and Tho: left and COSCO COONS destruction of the Westlake ay.|mensely, and its desire for this franchise is in proportion to yulling out Dewey and bis compan-|jocked them together. Dewey and ri dest) pulling 1 1 them tog’ ; RANGES dpa gta BATONY!, i bridge the railroad will be required | it, prospective earning The Northern Pacific can and will] ions hastily clambered aboard. Al-|his companions never moved an Usband and Mer Father, Mr. Work. to pay $30,000. On the east side : most immediately the trio sought! eyelash United Press jin taxicabs, then accompanying | of Lake Union the road will agree| meet the city half way toward fairne slumber 1 double seat, They Fairly easy meat,” remarked m Set. 20.—1 u-|them to thelr apartments, His 4¢)to pay 25 per cent of any neces-| If the Northern Pacific won’t,! there are other railroads|fell to sleep so quickly that Free: reeman, with a grin. “Let's wake 8 cise ot ions caused mental anguish to bis | gary condemnation aud 20 per cent | : |man remarked to Caffyn that they ‘em up W Wren’ a j va. | Wife, ete, The jury found that the | of the cost of any grading that will }must have been up all night Freeman shook Dewey's shoulder Het ordert h |\charges of misconduct were true Made No Fight. ™ my ee Ki | Spies a Weapon. and the blank look of amgzement| ring urt and ordered the divorce. niuhatued shat: th ume | to put in spur tracks for manufae-} While discussing the suspicious| when he saw himself handeufted| mee of Mrs. | result of the verdict will) HH. H. Field, counsel for the Mil-|He explaine ; nd 1 it rere man suddenly stif-| was too much for words. After the onyl ag re ly be that Batonyi's damage} waukee, was present at the con j switabtng charg oe ne RS agen turers and land owner sirauaet if eal yg ts bla Meter ceneeian ea ae , d ” ‘ ‘or « gon & ashington ‘ened in en e muzzle ¢ r Be eeteny!, the not its, aggregating $1,600,000, against \ference, but did not make the ex Pall Gowabt. prevail, These| Weak Ak aA Ae *!a long-barreled 38-callbre gun of! shock they relapsed into sullen si 6Man and ws bi ife's relatives, whom he! pected fight for a common user |franchise would | provall, ‘Thos 5 wlthe Colt make-‘protruded frau the |ience ~ has boon @ \charged with alienating bis wife's | clause. John P. Hartman, attorney | Ciareen Devin half a mile, 11% NEW AIR RECORD. *ltop of Dewey's vest as a lurchgof} When searched at police head Bee days ing |attections, wil : be: gitmen: “se (tor tbe Northern Faciie: declared | ote 8 sca tora tulle and & half, |\# (By United Press.) %* | the train caused hit to sink further |quarters, a murderous slingshot Batonyi proved tony capectsliy: 1 eteyeee, Me lthet the Norshern | Pacitic would | ood 90 costs a. ton for distances up |# SeaACKPFOOL, Bug, Oct. 20. #linto the seat made of a thick Bandkerchief filled Ber coachiaa ork, father of Mrs, Batonyl, not take 6 franchise with a com-| sronaut Farman today * Nice looking weapon,” remarked | with loaded cartridges was taken " he? to four m * r r . of Batony! eloped with Mr. Work’s|mon user clause for Terry ay ; ea eeeihes sit ieee * drove his aeroplane 47 miles, *! Pyeeman from Dewey either Thomas nor w his daughter while acting as coachman,| City Engineer R. H. Thomson 1 eee sie wei). *& 1,484 yards in 1:32:16 4-5 * Well, let leep avghile,” an: | Howard was armed. Thesprisondts , I the trouble started, The couple | proved of the action of the com-|clause whereby the city will have A? SErtiGh a SEU watuany ce er os lke, eee cA mittee in endorsing the franchises, |the power to compel the railroad yy 4 xe HM HK Ee He | Swored Catfyn a a small & ! - ~ ne ee = to defray | named as ball for the impris | thought that | SEATTLE, WASH., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, ANOTHER CHILDHOOD PICTURE SHATTERED (seen wre OF APPLE, enn a Tk) Want To BREAK My Then 71'S Fromm, vy, wernt Mal You Goind To 00% My GUMOKOPS rere an ery ary Aba = UF THE TEMPERA TURE AY THE POLE Was AS IT 15 NOM THE APPLE INCIDENT MIGHT HAVE BREN Like THIS = | \TONYI AT LAST FREE | | | ~anan AND EVE LEAVING THE GARDENOF ROEM ~ Adar, | WATT A Sey B oF Fuas , $0 GET & x » A PHILADELPHIA PREACHER DECLARES THE GARDEN OF EDEN WAS AT THE NORTH EWS ITEM. N. P. WILL GET PERPETUAL FRANCHISE FOR BELT LI THE SEATTLE 1909, LEME MAA SERA AE RA RAKE AK One KRKE ** PRESENT STATUS OF THE GRAFT PROSECUTIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO, *® Francie J. Heney is independent candidate for the office of district attorney, and the issue is: “Shall the Graft Proseou. tions Go On?” Those who want them to go on will vote for Heney, and thor who do not, will vote for the Republican and the Union Labor candidate, C. M. Fickert. WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED UP TO DATE. CASES TRIED—Eugene E. Schmitz, boodling mayor; con- victed on charge of extorting money from French restaurant keopers; freed by state appellate court on ground that the In- dictment did not state that he was mayor of San Francisco when the extortion was committed; sustained by the state su- preme court; now in real estate business with his brother, Her- bert, and gives every evidence of prosperity. Abraham Ruef, political bows; made confession to Detective Wm. J. Burns, telling all about the bribery of the supervisors took back his confession when the appellate court freed Schmitz, and declared his confession to have been made up of lies; tried and convicted of offering to bribe in trolley fran- chise matter; now in jail; case on appeal to state court of ap- peals; 58 incictments remain. Patrick Calhoun, president United Railroads of San Fran- cisco; tried for offering a bribe; trial lasted five months, and jury hung; ten for acquittal and two for conviction; now on trial on second indictment; 16 indictments pending. Tirey L. Ford, general counsel for the United Railroads company; three times tried, offering a bribe; one disagreement, two acquittals; 13 indictments pending. buther Brown, agent for United Railroads; tried for kid- naping Fremont Older, editor of the Bulletin; acquitted; under indictment still for subornation of perjury. Louis Glass, vice president and general manager Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph company, convicted on charge of bribery; new trial granted by state court of appeals on Ground that testimony of other crooked deals had been im properly admitted; case now pending beyond the customary limit of such appeals in state supreme court Theodore V. Halsey, financial agent of the Home Telephone & Telegraph company; brought fo trial on charge of bribery, but trial terminated by defendant's iline: trial never resumed. NOT YET BROUGHT TO TRIAL—A. K. Detweiler, finan. cial agent Home Telephone company; fugitive from justice; veral indictments for bribery of supervisors. Wm. M, Abbott, general attorney for the United Railroads company; 14 indictments for offering to bribe; has appeared a counsel with six others in trials of Patrick Calhoun, Thornweil Mullally, secretary to President Calhoun: 14 in- dictments, offering to bribe. John Martin, president of San Francisco Gas & Electric errr Teer Te rrr Ter Tee Tee ee Tee ee ee ee ee eee ee eee eee Ter eT ee CRE Se 5d teeter So bee ace eee STAR ONE CEN} UAlolO IN FRISCO GRAFT SCANDAL ——TANGS ON ELECTION OF HENEY If Heney Is Scbinaiht Lai Fight Against Graft Is Over, Says Gilson Gard- ner. BY GILSON GARDNER. } FRANCISCO, Oct. 20—« 1 the Francisco graft prosecution dropped This is the fon soon to be | answered Francisco's vot ers Shall F J. Heney be retain ed or dismissed? Is e task of convicting the “higher-ups” to con» tinue ra be quashed When the ¢ the indictments all te votes are counted soon to be cast in the joint city and county election, the world will | know what a majority of the people |here think about this matter. It is three years since the graft was first exposed. During these company; 14 indictments on charge of offering bribes. | Eugene de Sabla, director of San Francisco Gas & Electric company; 14 indictments, offering bribes. espana es. ieee) Frank G. Drumm, director San Francisco Gas @ Electric as 6: tea company; 14 indictments, offering bribes. FRANCIS J. % Council Committee Recom-| THE BELT LINE 1 FRANCHISE (Note—ihe bribes offered by gas company officials were e ebiie to seoure higher g j mends What Railroad ne ; | Numerous “small fry” police, supervisors and others, among three years Mr. Heney and the Company Wants on} The proposal to grant the Northern Pacific a franchise} ® those stil! untried. | chief financial backer of the prose A if - belt line around the shores of Lake Union is one th cution, Rudolph Spreckels, have Lake Union Road. wr & Den sine around the shores. OF Lane a 16 One worthy stein Saath thiol nade edie fought a bitter fight. Millions have jot the most careful consideration on the part of the people|- been pitted against millions, vigik land tof rreat . | }ance against violence; law against Statement of A. V. Bouillon. | 8° the city council. It is a matter of the greatest importance | law; public opinion against brik 1 apposed the terms of these [to the city, out of which may come a great deal of good, and} ery; brave men against hired mure franchises when they were firat | yyy ook w of hai derers; and public conscience presented. | am opposed to | ikewise a great deal of har i J against judicial subservience, ve« them now. As a general proposition there is little or no doubt but} jnallty, chicane, bribes and sordid The rights of the public are tihat a belt line around Lake Union would result vast ma greed not safeguarded in them. | P Te : BA ren : During this period victory and de Everything is made safe and | teri nefit, both to the locality adjacent to lake and feat have been about equally divide pg vor = gre el hod Ito ty as a whole It ild do away with the greater} - S senron See a it a public ie forced to take all the . nape have been partially punished. The chances of the future. part of the uphill hauling of heavy which now adds | REPRESENTATIVE FIRES AN-! whic superintendent of public | dozen biggest eriminais—the “prome These franchises merely give materially to the éost of merchandise, a bur of course, OTHER VOLLEY OF QUES. works, called your attention to the|inent citizen” bribers—are still une the Northern Pacific property | ‘ oe | TIONS AT MILLER. fact that the rights of the people | whipped of justice. And now the f immense present and un | borne by The configuration of the territory| were ignored in these franchises, | “system” has whispered to the eleo- o » | « ran 6 » known future value, without | about La nion is such that its value lies chiefly in factory| SE by Ole 274 submitted substitute franchises | torate that “the people of San Fran- any adequate payment to the Fi ; f ; | ., Here's another letter sent by Ole \drawn by himself, for the consid.|cisco are tired of it all”—that is public. sites. Its residentia vilities ate few, and whatever park-| Hanson to Mayor Miller today eration of the council? hurts business” and that “it fs 1 am not opposed to allowing | ing prospects it may have are more et by its manu-|Hon. John F. Miller, Mayor of S« Were not Mr. Bouillon’s sugges-| about time to forget {t all and set- the railroad to build a belt line oe i 4 ill ns davetaniina attle. tons always brushed aside and|tle down to good times and an around Lake Union, but | am, (facturing ad uufacturing development must) poo gs Thanking you for your | the franchises passed and approved | ‘open town.’ ” and every citizen should be, op- necessarily be facilities courteou ntion to former ques-| by you as drawn by and for the | The sum of accomplishment and Posed to granting these fran Sosdicinn ec around Lake Union would |ton® regarding the conduct of city Seattle Electric company? what remains to be done is about ag chises on the terms asked. ee apa . aa: ~~ affairs in your administration, 1; Was not the superintendent of | follows, id kly develop that section of the city, giving it great com-|wish to pursue this quiz a little public utilities appointed to protect There are, in round numbers, 15Q : «5 i . the the city in its dealings with pub-| indictments pending against the The corporations committee of cial value addit t ul se that the reduction | /™rther. k! indictments pr 19 ag Pe Allg is pron approved, with; ‘"° sche In addition it w Kl — sh 1 Is it not true that the Seattle |Iic service corporations donsh “Righal’ | Epa” <= airaetare, . » application|in the cost of cartage would, or shuld, materially lower the Electric company has been granted Why, then, was Mr. Bouillon’s! stockholders, managers and agente some amendments, the appli } ) ‘ a 9) of the Northérn Pacific railroad for | cost of living practically ‘every franchise and advice ignored and his efforts to|—of the four public utility come " cag ". ‘or th 4 asked during yo protect the people always nullified three franchises under which it is| eal as ora a , favor that it has asked during your | pr } sropored to build a belt Hine road| But the admission of these facts and possibilities does not | administration when the interests of the Seattle Sued the dastes of Lake Union.) mean that these franchises sh wid be hast anted, or Is tt not true that the city coun-/ Electric company were affected? This report will be submitted to} — na cli has constantly done the bidding) Was not Mr, Bouilion’s conscien- the council Monday night, and will|gtanted without any restrictions. Universal experience has,|of the Seattle Electrie company? (tious work as superintendent of likely be adopted |times without number, shown that bargains entered into be-| Is {t not true that you have con- public utilities made valueless by | The terms of the franchises are! : «4. /Ourred in these actions of the city the attitude of the city council and practically the same as when they|tween municipal and railroad corporations must be carefully counel!? yourself toward him? appeared last May, and were Op j and exactly drawn. Railroa ve a habit, once they secure}, I® it not true that attorneys of| Was not Mr. Bouillon always, posed by then Superintendent of | " . the Seattle Electric com have honestly fighting for the rights of Public Utilities A. V. Bouillon. j what they want, of overl all on their part | drawn up every one of the several the people? : One of the three franchises pro-/to the pr Mr. Furth 1 Intert ut a strikir 12 ges which hav an rand : So cre were you and the city vides for @ common user clause c ak te ed to the company during your |council acting? rights to the Northern Pacific. All| Union, but Seattle must see to it that the franct permitting | Is {t not true that A. V. Bouillon, | OLE HANSON. 20 . erpetuity, ‘ m we lly prohibits the granting pet-jed beyond the possibility of future technicalities of law or petual franchises YEGGMEN WAKE - yh | C. M. FICKERT. panies of San Francisco, the street car, two telephone companies and the gas company. The evidence charges these men with bribing or offering to bribe officials of the city |government; of trying, after the fire, when public attention was dis- tracted, to acquire by fraud all sorts of valuable franchise privileges. Only a@ small portion of cases have been tried Eugene Re Schmitg, the boodling mayor, h been convicted and released by the supreme court. Boss Abe Ruef is the |{m jail pending an appeal, Patrick Calhoun, president of the United Railroads of San Francisco, is on trial a second time, the first trial, after lasting five months, having re- sulted In a hung jury, Louls Glass, | (Continued on Page Eigh ny) \ pee sieciaaaaes