The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 25, 1909, Page 10

HER CALLS A HALT ad GRANTING FRANCHISES _—_ , Sydney Strong in Objects to Giv- Away of Perpetual r a public util rpetual. No men is wise forecast the will decide to public ull will -be deep re public ic officials were sighted. faa there is private “raltway® will be eg with the primary Mo: its, and with of serving the public * may be forgiv ae mew social con ng ie awakening ipeld men to account here the grand jury of fong report 3 Hevettigation of the hed 1 refer to ‘one item, yet one with meaning. “We jury, “the = Great Northern rag a RS from the and Mr. whom we recently . is men it “not only 5 to aid us in our inves” m but emphatically hos should sen- to perpetual from Rev. sermon. Strong. 8 powerful serm last night on the & perpetual of Public Utillties. ing before our city Which proposes to } Northern Pacific rail t franchise for a pad Lake Union. citizen and as a minister | false a protest. though not only—obd pig on the ground of its being is, indeed, serious part of Seattle. Fifty | now citizens wil] regard , and they will won tion was so dull thie beautiful lake despoller that the commer. have its way, and| Hil girdle the gem hold that no fran- Utilities should be . tly Changing. ago the rights of pri- ‘Were almost unchal- ‘Gne of the so-called ” Aman could run ‘W suit himseif Now fs not only challenged, ty is doing a lot that was once done by people, ~Sogesan peer ia mails and school & lad we had toll- ys we own €erporations, and farmer went to town ey toll, This system tolerated today for a for a public utility 4 tual. No man or ma is Wise enough to so| ic Ownership Next. be many years before to own and utilities, like ratl will be deep regret officials Were so short there is private own- will be managed motive of making the motive of serv. | &# secondary tility is manager Pe thing is reversed, Secondary of the But by ieee motive public Bhould be Caretus therefc rn demands of Iné to gr: for a pu Peale corporat! will ca etakes sr the new sox Wawaking wi: to account } Bround fo Seattle t Lot Mt. WAY r 00 BUILDING A perpetual franchise ts not that there is any suspleton of graft, or that the terms of the contract may not be fair, as far as human wisdom ean determine, but that the poople hould not give such privile away beyond recall, and becdun the people will In a few decades wish to exercise these privileges themselves. Public va. Private Events. “Two significant events occurred recently which should make us aft jup. It wag announced by the ofty counell that the rate of taxation would be raised the coming year. Immediately a body of citizens call ed on the proper officials and want ed to know why. They were cour. teously recetved and all possible ex planation made. Stnce they pald the taxes they had a right to the explanation, About the same time, however, the Interurban rates of taxation, and citizens began to ask the reason why “Think you they were receivéd? “No explanation was given except that a fair profit demanded it raised tte | “Last week the grand jury at} Spokane made a long report of tts investigation of the Gordon matter to only one item, fraught with meaning says the grand jury of the Gr Vorthe pany, from the high est’—and Mr, Hill, to whom we re-| cently erected a monument, is men: | tioned specifically-—‘not only unwill ing to ald us in our investigation | but emphatically hostile to it'| | Private corporations have seldom | | rendered any privileges or explana: | jtlon until forced. The fewer privt leges, therefore, granted to private | | corporations, the better for the pub- | | He. | Go yet one We found,’ ‘the offictals n Rallway com. nt to the low rnment by Commission Is Good The idea of government by} commission, in which our sister! city, Tacoma, has shown herself to} be more awake than we—is swift: | ly making Its way, and this means that the days of the politician are | numbered, and that city govern: | }ment will be simple, clean and ef. | | fe “tive.” ANOTHER WAR IS BEING WAGED IN THE HOT ZONE the main body of former Presl- dent Zelaya’s troops and are picking up reinforcements they go. Zelaya is at Managua and is preparing to begin a counter movement. pastor | Congregational | MANAGUA, Nic., Oct. It's war—-bloody war—for fun, money or arbles, in this most warlike coun try of the hot alr zone these days. Everybody In Nictragua ts happy again, for the barefoot hosts of President Jose Santos Zelaya and the poorly paid but highly hungry battalions of Generals Chamorro and Juan Estrada, rebel leader ready to clase. jen, Estrada, who is the main pring of the Nicaraguan movement, is one of three brothers who for merly were great friends of Zelaya. But one day the president reviewed his tatterdemalion troops mounted on a charger, while Gen. Estrada | was given only a mule to ride. Of course, after such an andiplomatic | move there was nothing for Estrada | to do but declare war, And it was war to the machete, Fighters Peculiar. Nicaraguan fighters are the most peculiar in the world. One day the | soldiers will be fighting on one side ot the line of battle and the next day on the other. upon which general bas the most brass buttons on his clothes and the most money in his purse. A police man’s uniform would be a greater asset to a rising revolutionist than all the deeds of glory in Central America. For the Nicaraguans dearly love a bright uniform and like to smell gunpowder. Of course not many people have been killed In revolts like the present, and not many are Ilable to be. But the real damage done to these Central American republic: ts in commerce, Foreign investors they are not sure but that their in- | veoueeate will be wiped out by a band of fanatical tneurgents be- tween suna. | Many Revolutions. What the sultan of Turkey used to be to Europe President mrs BUTT AUTO (By United Press.) CHICO, Cal, Leavitt and her two children are in Chico today, after a terrifying experience with a mountain goat on jot ® lonely road near Yreka in Siski-/and her children sought safety on| you county The automobile in which Leavitt and her children were « broke down on the road was while they were aasistance that the aniinal made arance goat the was Mrs trav: and it for a walked curiously machine several times att pted | by the mir around I he E HANSON DEMANDS THAT CROWDING despairing of even iting any consideration of the people’s affairs by writing letters to Mayor Miller, has turned to the new superintendent of public util The letter follows L. Valentine, Supt Ole Hanson, ithes. A of Public the duties of your of. ure for the public rea- service from public ice corporations, I suggest that take action to prevent over- wding of cars of the street car panies during the rush hours “Can you not recommend to the city council that an ordinance be assed Umiting the standing capact ty of each car to a number equal to seating capacity? ° It Is an Outrage overcrowding of cars is an outrage on patrons of the car lines hould not be tolerated longer, It not only submits patrons to incon venience, hardship and indignities, || ut is a souree of actual danger to ife and limb. ships onably good “ The Seattle et stear are Mmited In the re} It all depends | will not start enterprises here when | BUTTING GOAT TRIES TO Oct. 25.—Mrs. BE. K./ waiting | the} which | THE STAR 25.—-With his voleo on the blink and avowing that hereafter he will confine his peechers to five minutes duration, Prosidest Taft will leave at ST. LOUTS, Oct {o'clock this afternoon for his trip | down jat the PRESIDENT ZELAYA. | who has such a fight on his hands now, is to Central America. He j truly is the “sick man of the tropies, He has had more revolutions on }his hands than any other petty | president in the world. His son recently married an American girl, a descendant of the Virginia Lees. Zelaya, in a moment of hot headed rage, cut the boy without @ cent, although he ix very rich. So the scion of aristocracy piayed @ plano tn a moving pleture lashow to earn a living Close observers here think that perhaps this may be Zelaya's last | revolution; they think he is only| helping the Insurgents along, so an/ to have a chance to jump to Burope | with his millions and spend the rest of his days there having a good | time, Foxy Old Executive. | If he really wants to go, few would object. The United States! has had more real trouble with the foxy old executive than with any other man in the hot alr zone. The cruiser Tacoma, now on her way to Nicaragua from Colon, might be the means of his excaping | the country. Meanwhile, it is war to the finish—that is, until it rains/ or the barefoot troops get hungry. INTO BUTTER | rors of the headlights. Seeing his reflection in one of these, the «oat became infuriated and butted off both lights and then attacked other parts of the machine. In the meantime Mrs. Leavitt} the top of a fence, and after the} animal bad wrought as much dam age to the automobile as sulted his fancy, he tried to get at them. Mrs. Leavitt, however, with the ald of a stout club, managed to hold the goat off for two hours when assistance arrived just as sh was about to fall off the fer from exhaustion OF GARS GEASE number of passengers they may car-| |ry to prevent the danger of over-| crowding, and their owners fined If |they carry passengers in excess of | the prescribed number. Cannot a | similar regul n be put in opera |tion and enforced by the city of Seattle to govern street car traffic? “An ordinance limiting the num ber of passengers to be carried on each car to its comfortable capact- ty, prescribing that such carrying capacity shall be printed in large numbers on each car and the street car companies be fined. whenever that capacity is exceeded, would soon force the companies to put on the extra cars needed if the ordi nance wereenforced. “The exposition 1s over; there no longer a legitimate excuse for packing cars to suffocation with all the passengers who can hang to straps, ps, guard rails and fenders. Will you not put this matter up to the city council in the |name of the tong-suffering but tin patient public? “Very respectfully yours, “OLE HANSON.” is the Mississipp! rive The president arrived he at 7 o'clock this morning and was {mmo diately taken to the St. Louis club. Lator he made a very short address Coliseum. At noon he was at a luncheon at the Plant given by the Business Men's league, This afternoon spoke at the dedication of the new federal building in Kast St Immediately after he was take charge by the Lakes-to-theGulf Deep Waterway -aseoctation and taken aboard the steamer Oleand ready for the trip down the big iver. a gue ers hotel, WIDOW WILES AVAIL NOT IN GAY'S COURT - Woman Who Wed for| Coin Fails to Secure Any Alimony When She De- cides to Cut the Knot. fidows who wed with mercenary motives get a short shrift in Judge Wilson R. Gay's court, At least one did this morning, and in a min ute-and-«-half sermon on this case, the Judge announced that he would | |do his best to discourage get-rich- quick by the marriage The case of Mary Charies Jones was on trial Jones cruelly treated and that her apc forgot to bathe. She wanted a di voree and half the property Charles Jones didn't mind being divorced from Mrs. Mary, but he did not want to give up his prop erty and he Introduced witnesses to prove that when Mra. Mary went to the logging camp at Oriilia last May, ostensibly as a cook, she real ly was bent on marriage and on marriage with a “live one” who had property to divide. She met Jones and he qualified in this marriage scheme and the date the wedding was set. Ten days before this date, Mrs. Cora Langley, friend and advisor to the Mra. Jonesto-be, swore on the stand this morning that the prospective bride confided that she had not gone to the logging camp to cook, but for the purpose of finding a man with money. Judge Gay, after heartng all of the story, granted the divor bat cut Mra. Mary Jones off with $150 for herself and $50 for her attor ney CHURCH MEMBERS SCORE THE MEN WHO PUT PREACHER OUT the moderator Jones vs. Mra Denouncing action ry, th but the A. Ba Indepen who ae oft r pastor Presbyterian nded fre nd h unfrocke members of the Independent Pres byterian church i friends of Rev Mr. Baus have adopted of res olutions ignoring the findings of the presbytery and declaring that through arrange with Re Mr. Bass, services at the Jepend t church will be continued an in definite The work ferred to as a “plott Mr, Bases, weaving from Whitworth college aa a ‘dou ble play’ in the game d force as a people back Into the old Lake Union church, notwithstanding its contagious condition, annihilate both pastor and people It is further charged in the reso lution that Rev. Dr. M A. Mat thews had committee appointed to stir up strife instead of to bring about unity; that the findings of the committee are fraudulent, do ceptive and false presumptions, and that the of Moderator F. L. Hayden, blaming Rey, Mr Bass for the trouble, show the mod erator to be either ignorant un scrupulous." Charges of unfairness are made against Rev. M. A, Mat thews, Rey, W. A, Major, Rey, Mr Thompson and Rev, David Blythe The utions and charges filed with the national body of the Pre presbyte erybod orters the Rev, W the hurehy, | the sur form ent was susp hurch er a wet time. of the bytery ta re 1 scheme to re in @ man statements are governing byterlan church. Louta. | altar route. | testified that she had been| of | -MONDAY,.OCTOBER 25, 1909, THEY'RE OFF! AD HIS FLEET SAIL FOR NEW ORLEnWS MIRAL TAFT / Here Is the Dleander, flagship of Taft and of the 20 odd craft that sali with the president today for the deep waterway con vention at New Orleans, The upper picture is of W. K. Kavanaugh, president of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association. Admiral SEATTLE’S FIRST INCUBATOR BABY A HAPPY LITTLE 107 , Bernard Stewart, Jr., Talks| he| With Pretty Pair of Tiny Blue Eyes. | Bernard Stewart, jr., weight 3 pounds, is the first incu bator baby in the history of Seattle | ‘© come under municipal care. Little Bernard is in ward 423 at the elty hospital, which, by the way, will henceforth be known as the ~neubator ward.” When the tiny tot was brought to the hospital Saturday afternoon it was seen that prompt and con stant care was imperative to keep altve the tiny spark of life. It so happened that the hospital authorities several weeks ago had |recommended the purcha: incubator, When little } | baby Ber DE LARA | GIVEN Mexican Socialist in Cell! at Los Angeles May Get | Freedom, as Large Sum Is Raised for Bail. | LOB ANGELES, Oct Unions something unforeseen occurs, L. Guiterrez De Lara, the Mexican socialist under arrest as an alien anarchist, will be at liberty today, the sum of $3,000 ball having been od for his release. At the mass sting held last night a large amount toward the bail sum was raised and more fs coming in from various sources today. It is be Neved that the entire $3,000 will be recetved by night Friends Arrested. Friends of L. Guiterrez De Lara, the Mexican socialist under arrest as an alien anorchist, allege that the arrest last evening Rodriguez by Police Detectives Talamantes and Rico ts part of a well arranged plot to secure De Lara's deportation to Mexico. ‘alamantes and Rico are officers who arrested De Lara while he was addressing a social list meeting in the Los Angeles plaza. l with the arrest of Magon, Villareal jand mi vera, Mexican socialists, who serving a sentence in the me | territorial prison at Florence, Ariz Stole Sack of Bean officers stated that guez is wanted by the Oxnard police, Inquiries at local police headquarters brought forth the 1 formation that he is alleged to have stolen a sack of beans. According to Attorney A ston, counsel for De Lara guez is a personal friend of De and was have appeared at hearing as a witness for the de fense. Rodriguez present at the plaza meeting in which the offi cers alleged De Lara was guilty of anarchistie utterances, De friends see in the arrest an attempt to secure his absence at the hear ing and prevent him from testify ing 4 The Rodert R. Hol Rodri Lara to his was of Stockton, as the “blind orator” of the Cali fornia socialist party, today De Lara’s attorneys that he be present to testify for the prisoner at the hearing before Immigration Inspector - Ridgway. Osborn is said to have secured De Lara's appointment as a socialist organizer, and will testify as to his alleged anarchistic beliefs. B. Osborn, very seat was tak and the r was packed to the doors at the mass meeting held by the Se attle socialists in the Arcade hall last evening, to denounce the death of Franciseo Ferrer, in Spain, and lto protest against the proposed importation to Mexico of Guite De Lara, who is now in jail Los Angeles: The speakers of the evening, W. H.* Philpots, -H, M, Wills, Samuel Sadler, and Dr. BE. J. Brown, all dwelt upon the crime which is pro the United States in de % in posed by porting De Lara to his death | Brown denounced President Taft for shaking hands with President Diaz, whom the socialists hold as age 3 days, | of a) of Miguel | the | They also were concerned | Lara's | known | wired | would | Dr. | nard was carried {nto the hospital | Saturday the incubator, though | re ady for delivery, had not arrived.) Telephone messages were sent siz-| }aling over the wires and in a very short time the Incubator was de livered and put into operation And this morning the little chap tried to talk to nurses, physicians and newspaper men, but somehow his Hine of talk was all Greek to his| interviewers, Onee or twice he opened a tiny pair of blue eyes but the sight of so many eyes gaz ing into his own evidently embar- rassed him. It may also have made him angry, because he opened and [whut his little hands as though hé| ached to take hold of the curlosity | seokers. | But at that little Bernard enjoys the distinction of being Seattle's first incubator baby, Long may he ‘wave! MAY BE LIBERTY j | responsible for all of the conditions jin Mextoo. rbarous Mexico. ills spoke about articles running in several magazines and | newspapers on “Barbarous Mexico,” | which he says are intended to stir | the people up so that the only thing | Possible is war with Mexico. He says that when the “capitalist war” takes place, he wants all the socialists to go over the line and |help free the Mexicans. Mr. W FRANCE TO BE A SCENE OF SENSATIONAL TRIAL Mme.Steinheil, the Famous Beauty, Promises Creepy Time When Her Case for Murder Is Brought Up. PARIS, Steinhel, charged Oct, 25.—When the famous beauty, with the murder of her artist husband and mother-in-law at her home, appears for trial No vember 3, It {# stated that she will spring @ sensation by calling as witnesses men whose names are household words in France. It ts also sald that a search has been made for servants in the hous of the late President Felix Faure the time of bis death Mm Steinhell ta supposed to know mor concerning his death than ever } been told. And not content things, gossip than one-well pe other places France—will b siderably. There seems to be host of the wide “friends” and | there is a general crouching from | a blow that might fall, no knows where and when. Make Accusation. Mme. Steinhell has been very busy with writing her memoirs of late. Her attorney, Antony Aubin, declares them to be interesting and he Intends using more than one chapter in defense of his client There is considerable doubt, how ever, ae to the willingness on the part of possible jurors té believe them. The widow, it is charged, has made a reputation for stretch ing the truth, and more than one man, it is said, has been in fail because of this alleged habit of hers. She says in one of the chap: ters Mme. with that man these has it known more ha than Paris—or n it his health con. one Knows Assassin. “I know the assassin kill my husband. I saw my mother inlaw die of fright. But I am afraid to expose what I know.” Then, ac ding to the memoirs, and ac cording to the widow aa well, fol lows the story of an ink stain found on her body the day the crime was discovered, and she was found tied to her bed. This circumstance was passed over as unimportant by th detectives and by the police M Stoinhet! says ft is the one import ant clue of all. She continues “Yea, I know the assassin of my artist husband witnessed his| murder, powerless to lend assist ance, Helpless, | saw my mother. inlaw fall dead after seeing. the horrible crime committed. But the Assassin compelled me to write a wes ‘ ked his trunk and decided that |)" T saw him | confession, crime. | and mad ink and accusing myself of the pointed a pistol at me » me write. I spilled some there is where the stain came from, Why don’t I tell the murderer's name? There is no proof against him, It ts all against me, and if | exposed him he would produce the letter he made me write. He would be a witness against me Telling Near Truth. The local Sherlock Holmes de- clare that Mme. Steinhefl 1s almost telling the truth. They argue that the lock on the front door of the Steinhetl apartments had the key in the lock on the Inside on the morning of the discovery of the erime. The lock was the kind |which would not permit ater by the use of burglars’ turning tools. Therefore the mur. derer or murderess must have admitted from the inside, There | were only four people in the house hold of the artist at the time. He as one, his wife and motherin jaw two more, and a servant, Remy | Coutliard, the fourth, Two were vie , |Ums, Coutilard has been proven ab jsolutely innocent, therefore the herlocks point that Mme | Steinhell must have been the ac |complice who admitted the assas sin. Much of the prisoner's beauty has gone. She has thinned much. She dresses in black and wears a string of black beads around her neck The trial promises to be full of sensations. T0 SEND MAN FOR BANKER" SMITH Extradition papers for the return to Seattle of W. .W. Smith, the private banker accused of defraud- ing scores of Seattle people out of large sums of money intrusted to his care, will be secured this af- | ternoon or early tomorrow and sent }to Winnipeg in charge of an of- | ficer, Smith was ested in Winnipeg jseveral days ago, after he had jumped his bond given in Seattle, “In spite of all statements to the jcontrary,” sald the proseenting at- |torney of Seattle today, “Smith will |be brought back here for trial. We have been assured by the Winnipeg | Suthorities tha, they will surren- |der the prisoner and honor our ex- tradition papers as soon as they are turned over to them.” out A few people go around the world, but the majority of us are satisfied to pass through It.—Chicago News. Halthot n, 2 Ihe. tor 15¢ 40% : tn shelt halibut cheeks herring. 2 tbe or ke; smelt. for be; soles, MEAT.—Round steak beet, be Ib; h for 15¢ perch. for tbe. 10e th: bolting 3 ihe. for 2 ibe. for ¥ ' : v EORTAML Rs tomatoes. cabbage ne © 3 bunches aweet potatoes, 16 Ibs. for 2 2 large caullfiowers, bo. BUTTER, RoGs AND cums iz. Guaranteed eastern og The resolutions in the case of Ferrer were in part: “We condemn the maintenance of friendly relations by the govern- ment of the United States toward that of Spain, and demand that the United States express the horror felt by the most part of its people | for this dastardly crime. The Span- ish government has shown by re- sorting to murder that it is uncty- flized and barbarous, and that it go to any extreme to crush truth and knowledge, and is determined to perpetuate the darkness and ignorance of the dark ages. Resolutions Adopted. A collection for a fund for the jrellef of De Lara was raised by the crowd, and resolutions in his |case were adopted, ‘If De Lara had American citizenship resolutions, * tinued States, be » claim to read the nd no rights of con residence in the United his deportation would still 4 gross violation of the estab- ished right of asylum for refugees extended freely by this republic to the persecuted of all races from tts inception. We protest in the name | of justice and humanity against the jattempt which ts being made to deliver De Lara to the Mexican authorities, thus handing him over to certain torture and death. We hold that ft is a complete sub version of the high principles of justice and freedom on which this government ts supposed to be bas. ed, and that it makes a hypocritical farce of our pretensions to lberty and enlightenment. We utterly condemn this attempted erime against humanity and abhor all who are engaged in it as unprinetpled | foes of the human race.” | | SALE OF LOST UMBRELLAS, | The annual old umbrella the attie Blectric fices, at Fifth and Pine, w place tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, All of the proceeds are de- voted to the fund for sick or dis- abled trainmen BRANDED AS A FAKE, (By United Press.) LONDOD 26. The corre- vt of the London Times with the Spanish army at Camp Nador today branded Spain's announce: ment that Gen, Marina had cap tured Mount Gugura as a fake. PORTOLA ANNUAL EVENT. (By United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.—The Portola festival, Just closed, was so successful that it has practically b decided to make the carnival an annual event in this city? HEARING NOT SET. The date for the hearing of the Cunningham coal land contest has {not yet been fixed, although the }federal authorities have been ready for over a week, Word is expected from the defendants some time to day which will permit the date to be fixed. sale at ny Of take ° gotrictiy ‘trech ones, h eae, 450 }deox: tut ported Roquet jington creamery, cheese. dBe Ih, 1 15 im Wash. ; Seattle ; fancy Iowa but- FEA 'AND COFFEE a A. H. No 11 blend, 2¢ Ib; Englieh breakfast tea, 286 Ib; Baker's choos 3Se; all our 460 teas today, 2be Ib. the. 25 coffee for $1.00; 400’ coffer, Japan rica, 4 ibs’ for % Ib. cane $1.00 box; 19 ibs for don, Tokay grapes, Se basket, 200 and 30c; pears, ; pears, per box, $1.25; bananas, ‘cantaloupes, 10e doz DEL CATESSEN jongue, 360; ripe, 150 Ib.; bread, Se loaf; cake, 10e doa: don; mn tw WESTLAKE PUBLIC MARKET Strictly Sanitary TUESDAY--Specal Meats Porterhouse Steak, at Stall No. 3, pound Lard, at Stall No. 4, 2 pou’ nds for . Lamb chops, pound, at Stalls 6 and 6 Picnic hams, pound, at Stall 7 Prime Rib Steaks, pound, at Stall No. 19. Corn Beef, pound, at Stall 20 Shoulder of Mutton, poun Veal Stew, pound, at Stall 2 d, at Stall” 2 Round Steaks, pound, at Stali 24... All Meats Under Glass Every day is VEGETABLE DAY. in clean Inside stalls FREE, The finest dis- farm play and lowest prices in One hundred Seattle, WESTLAKE PUBLIC MARKET WESTLAKE AVE. AND PINE. FIFTH AND SIXTH Don’t Have Wet Feet When You GOOD At such Reduced Prices as we are giving at our RETIRING FROM Lots of Ladies’ Shoes Left Lots of Misses’ Lots Lots of Nettleton’s Men's 1 Can Buy SHOES BUSINESS SALE Shoes Left of Children’s Shoes Left Shoes Lots of Boys’ Shoes Lots Come and See of Baby Shoes for Yourselves. “WE ARE GOING TO QUIT Treen Shoe Co. 707 First Ave.