The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 4, 1910, Page 1

¢ i “42, NO. 87. TIC riGHT ()N Roosevelt and the Kaiser on Horseback | P. ‘ H RAILROADS e Injunction Suit Against Raising Rates nen Storm—Twenty-Five Roads Threaten Improvements and Discharge Em- (By Unite , June 4 the at ‘ys for the Samuel the Unite gi Hines of ¢ OM, YES, YOU PAY. You are interested in freig ates Ev drink or wear; th hed you rything you eat sleep on; the lumber in your se ook dinner pail and baby’s bottle were all hipped 1 freight GIRL HURT {N RAISE nation te $1,682,919,304.82 , The freight bill paid by the shi author- it verage family tw $93.35 of pub- | és we The per cent boost means Siready hee |} that YOU are stung for about 0 por year. Oh, yes, you are interested And when you buy you pay the freight bill i Custer, railroad bil) In There are 18,000,000 families e United States. Runs Over Dirt Pile in Early Morning—Tries to | oe a con. | Keep Affair Secret. i Poems in jroads at a profit if the freight ble thar |FAtes are not increased Trying to hurdle a pile of dirt at by the joint} 9=‘The gathering of the railroad |® Pine st. and Melrose av., whic h, | thy policemen reporting | raise freight rat tion Man. CHICAGO, Ju the rathroa rces is believed to foreshadow | cording to was plainly it marke erted movement tt Beth pro- | PT wre upon President Taft red} lower their ite compel ty. Gen = ; water. |sham to withdraw the Hanni-|the Jahn contracting firm, spilled | (ik because thy , Pegmerce | which at present prevents ut of his sutomobile and seriously .:.,, eatabliatroen: | We stern railr s from enfore n} 1 whieh ship- | ing an increased rate the party dectstons of According to Jal s sta Commi made after he had dodged re te Perctons are all morning, he bad with him J. W Bake through CHECK GRAFT Curtia and two Misses Jamison " than the ‘Tites, a heavy | | Giri is at Hospital. shippers arking | aitiereoactiiva » exert ht and lay just beneath a Georg dma red one of the two wome fanufacturers ment 1 declaring the wb roads would get of this assocta Glenn said he “ > on today that Ethel Willis, of 2019/0f the Santa F pease of competi Laurelshade av., who had been in may dictate | admitted to that hospital o in suffering from internal Injuries, the exact nature of which has not been | stock was fallin etermined, although her condition is considered serious Although there was an effort at | tered stock for jwecrecy as to how the accident oc: | ly | gave hin version of it Down When They Try to! | !e said that they had been oe 7 : ‘ theatre, had “a little super >eople are Get Away With Larger | were on route to the young woman's | road rates to ai home on Lake Washington at 1|illes money to Sum. Paris ea. divorce wutts in | | An effort was made at noon to- - | day to rob the Union Savings & ’ ing to the bow Trust bank of Ballard of $446. WILSOR $ DEATH |raflroads’ schen Twenty-five dollars was secured be-| | AN ACCIDENT |fore the two men attempting the semana that (Continued on Page Six.) lrobbery by bogus checks fled from [the building. | t at noon two men entered the! Robert Wilson Chauf.- | bark a One went to + ath by a gunshot wound nc-|the fresh taeue cashier's desk and cashed a chec ntally fired by Anna Benson Won't Let | tor $25 without question. His com trom a Fee abe did not know at Woman | 227'°" then presented a check for! was loaded Morgan wi fi gallor, came to} to téar off a few MA DRID.—Th Spain is suffert 21 | This was the verdict of the cor-|} Cashier H. F, Kelley immediately | oner’s jury thie morning as a result aux #pecialtis got surpicious, and asked the men|or the inquest held over the body | tendance to stand aside for a moment until) o¢ the man killed at the Parker he could verify the checks. On the| hotel early yesterday morning. The Widow tiving with |instant both men turned and ran! evidence all tended to show that the 1 pre he | out of the bank, jumped on a car! killing was purely accidental ‘the lane t corning towards the city and got! read to keep awa y | h under sur Both checks purported to be sign- i BLOWS BRAINS OUT physicians Me the life of Mrs. Min th hh 8. Clearing» to Balances ed by the Phoenix Shingle Mill Co. has an through James Batley. the widow the street Horses to Get Pasture. Shyone wv The committee (Ry Unit Press.) BOISE, Idaho, June 4.—Walter on | Richardson, 24, an employe of the) * eee eee tees Balances council nance yesterday approved of the | United States reclamation service, introduced by Sawyer provid-|committed suicide at the home ot | for a pasture for city horses.|his parents, near Nampa, last|* Frew BE fr the wus per Mra. Cicero t * Balances Zs Mrs, Gordon With a woman she ‘ er a fron swore he Old Pete and Baldface, of the fire|been in bad health for several|* and street departments, will be hav-|days, blew out his brains with a|* ng Vacations on pastures gr: svolver Lk tt tm ug @ her to } ving it back. BADE he cooled dow, pend her friend vta rt met them. He hac } Three little ehildren—the oldest| Because he spent’ his money is six—are Hying alone én @ bare |drink, wouldn't support his family|work to care little house at 6206 Fourth ay. N. E.| and beat his wife, he was sent there | “Everything Is t ' today. They lack food and clothing, |some time ago. Re 1 to help| day, “food, cloth 3 Only the care of neighbors js keep-|his family out, for nameless cruel eee Rose be put |12% them alive tles he Was rearre and return jhave bronchial the peace” "| ‘The mother 1s at the Wayside|d to the county prison: they've been #0 t+ — Emergency hospital. 80 ts little Mortgage Covers Them. yen bi — w RRR A ee ew | Jensio, aged four, Shut away from| ‘The house is mortgaged, the furn Wp Where. 90° ‘ # | the sunlight in the bare little house, | {ture is mortgaged ven the bed) a. ), 4 re FORECAST, {half clothed, half starved, are|ctothing is mortgaged, Interest I8| crus th Lewis, 6, Lena May, 3, and Royal,|due on the house mortgage and) oie ; naa # | 21 monthe there is no money to pay it. Money 2 esa 0. MAR *| And the father? Oh, he’s having | Why, there isn't even food or cloth: | m * | comfortable time in the county | ing. f Wk ek ww jail with two square meals a Quy.) Mrs. R. 4. Wattlos, who nurses the matter to the and Sunday STOCK | Harry Jahn, Contractor, Inside of Railroad’s Little Plan Exposed by Illinois Manufacturers’ Associa- (iy United Press) Wicker-|are street light, Harry F. Jahn. of | Morgan company, issued his “peace & warilke statement te The statement made by Perkina, | reflect the feeling of the members Minor hospital reported at noon | remain silent if President posting the movement for the refor jured in this accident, had just been | mation of federal rate regulation Ripley's and Perkins’ talks were prompted by the fact that Ripley's | Perkins’ house sion on the proposed issue of wa 1 jeurred, Jaba this afternoon finally | cr ase dividend | Swindlers Get $25 But Fall cor" . «| hock of watered stock on th ing of their enlarged earnings. Ripley thinks the country fs go the stocks slumped assuring Wall st matter can be straightened out and | # pulmonary trouble BANK CLEARINGS. Tacoma. Clearings today 52.00 Portland. Clearings today Spokani bill will no doubt pass and | night The young man, who had|* Clearing» today ...$ 796,567.00 for and sews, has given up her saw such distress. The three little children who are|heard ef one before No Tiny Clothes There. ‘The Uttle shirts and tiny tad THE _— = — HYD > =“ SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1910 PLANNING MASSACRE TOMORROW ing May Out- Horrors Opening. (By United Press.) PEKING, June 4.—Strong de tachments of loyal Chinene troops are being rushed from Shanghai to Nanking today by the government, tn anticipation of an outbreak at Nanking. Re ports from several of the in terior provinces indicate that a great uprising on a larger scale than the famous Boxer war is nminent t n Hu-Nan, the revolt Is |eproading rapidly through Kiang-8u and Chi-Li. Revolutionary organ jaations, supplied with arms and natives and v them to rise ng from t and #0 grea gp resident to prepare aboar Vennels s me otjce A seriou is given to the rebellion be of its chang [character from one of attack the Manchu dynasty to a concerted effort to dr foreigners fron China Prince Ch gent of China, and roment in menaced by | necessary nee Chun ts doing al | lin his power t powers | from occupying t thes of the Flowery Kingdom and the gates of the forbidden city | the | Foreign consuls throughout ag jempire have been notified that pro. Whatever Supreme Court) tection wil! be granted then : . | But warnings have been teaw Decides About Electrifi-|,..\(c:eigners 10 loave Chinese soil ‘ 0 If | immediately Amertean Minister Calhoun frankly expressed bin Passed, Will Block S. E. | ainrm todny at the situation. The j | C feeling against foreigners te most ompany. ibitter at Nanking, where an out | “nb j | break is probable at any moment The Madison cable Hne has not|The government fears the agents ,Yet been converted into an electric | of the “tri the coalesced rev jline, and regardless of the decision | Uonary party, will take advantage of the supreme court on the In-jof the opening of the Nanking ex jJunction granted by Judge Gilliam. | position tomorrow to begin an at jit will nat be for many x he, atltack, An exposition, which dis lonst if the counctl passe th plays the products and resources of ordinances mmended by the/the 18 provinges wf China and con jcounell committee on corporations |tains a few foreiqu exhibits, is | yesterday afternoon | drawing hundred of foreigners te Councilman Kellog " the eity, The government fears ot the at these visitors may be marked |Revelle and e4 Declaring je had planned to increase = thetr a lot of water arged earningy W. Perkins, of the eo house would ie on if the proposed re stopped, Seere an f the Hitnot opposition th Counet)y Bullock sucee d in getting his three ordi hanees 0, Kd. One fixes the ule of traffic om the cable line from 2ist av. to! West ay Another fixer the schedu the line from 2ist ay to the third prohibits | electric carn on hile of grades per cent or | sreater on which cable cars are now | or have been operated | The schedule for the down town jend of the cable line provides fe care at intervals of one and half om * from 7 to 8 a. m |m. to 1 p, m., and between 4:2 tions to protect them. eer rerrrr eran * THIEVES RIFLE CHURCH. * Sneak thieves bave no re * spect for churches or church- * men, according to a report * this morn. # together, “does not! * mn.” Glenn jared would be willing to Ripley c, would “quit op . * * * *% made to the police * ing. Miscreants entered the * * . Unitarian church, Boylston av, * # and Olive st. andatole a gray ® ® coat, keys, and ral other *® «, Glenn declared. * * at a big commis * smal! articles tere errata e railroads. Evident nd night a Sminute leeway is given. The schedule for Inke end provides that the interval shall be 3 minutes between cars during rush hours and 6 minutes at other hours j# and issue a big GUN TELL TALE OF A TRAGEDY A skeleton of a man with a bull dog revolver, showing that one shot had been fired from it, was found about three-quarters of a mile south of the Youngstown postoffice and 200 yards in the woods this morning — — The only thing by which identifica SERRE ERE RHE HEH tion might be established was a mildewed handkerchief on which were the initials “W. P. 8.” show red paying big rall ve millionaire fam build chateaus * in aintain expensive] pes Europe | per wan dextry ording MOINE Ia. —Ninety-five uit crop of 0 by the late frosts, wows because the | waa stopped and | !*y Perkins ts re hoping that the ll get the privilege|#® Are you looking for a new more millions from | # situation, a new home or for of water some lost article? Then read today's Classified C of the state supreme rth € pag Bagger seed Some of the best things « eg apap tlds de dg rene are offered In them today am eaed aah atnars ceniente De mre " ” the law The law was passed et 1 ORE HH Jonuary, 1909 RENO, XN Just ed ttle, $1,799,781.54 268,017.20 1.00 iS (By United Press.) DETROIT, Mich.,, June 4.—President Taft received a threaten ing fetter here today, declaring that plots for his assassination and the assassination of Roosevelt and King George were under way. The letter, written half in English and half in Polish, warned the president to take especial precautions to guard his life during duly and August. $1,323,081.00 1,731.00 118,170.00 eee ahh he =< TINY CHILDREN LIVE ALONE IN HUT WITHOUT ANY FOOD OR CLOTHING own {clothes that women laugh and ery,;can there be playthings in a house for the family./over—there aren't any in this|where there isn’t enough to eat? Jed,” she guid to-|/house, There aren't even pins and |‘This morning Lewis and Lena May ing, money. I never |buttons and needles and thread, jand Royal crawled out of an old The children all| Lowis ig six. The other day a|trundld bed and sat in a row at a trouble because | neighbor took him down téwn and |/!ttle oilclothcovered table in =the cold.” |he rode i an elevator for the firat | Kitchen for their breakfast. They indows are boarded |time in his ttle life, He was so|had porridge without milk and jase is broken out./exeited about tt—he had never | toasted bread without butter = Litde Jessie,| Neighbors will sew for the chil fre Ag isiothing |entte hospital with pneumonia, |dren if clothing or materials are clings to her only doll, It hasn't] sent in. Those who are willing t them warm out 7 1 & to jany arms or eyes and its hair 18/help can reach the hous® by tak tled op with a rag. But she loves it/ing » Meridian av, car to 63rd st her dnly treasure. and walking about a block east to Theré are no playthings. How ‘ourth av. N. BE. Fire Opening Gun at} the Nanking Exposition | for massacre, and is taking precau-| BULLETIN SEATTLE STA ON TRAINA AND NEWS SLAM enemas VERA PROSSER HELD ON MURDER CHARGE; WILL FIGHT CADE ONE CENT Slayer of Former Husband Engages Lawyers to De- fend Her—Refuses to Testify at quest and Refuses to Discuss Tragedy With News- paper Men. Coroner’s In- (By United LIBBY, Mont., June 4.—M r r is held under close guard at the R s y, charged with murder in the first degr the remains « er hus- j band, escorted by George W. Miller G.s fer, of Se- attle, are on their way to Prosser’s boyhood h t Lisbon, O. | There are no women’s quarters in the county jail of Lincoln county here, so the woman must be kept at the hotel porter had be *rosser and |} n orgies, and acc jay night, bei haef ine As w her arrying en nswered the last sum. mons for ks he found them both 5 maudlinly affectionate, hugging and i kissing each other, with apparently |no thought + past troubles Mystery as to Gun. Af HLL (IP AY Ithat, she got the revolver from the x whee | porter on the train Just when the shooting took place or what led up| Auditor’s Office Won't [to ft is not knows. No one hear," Allow Big Expense Bilis | Put in by Anti-Graft Ex- | At Libby Mrs. Prosser told the conductor that she wented to send la telegram. He told her that she perts. }would not have time, but she was Po etermined, She got off the train ey ga | whict started east without her, A| “I believe that men whose busi- |short distance out of E ness it is to examine public accounts |Schaefer opened the door of to discover possible squanderi | sauna. fr public funds should be careful in meatacones. See Toe filing expense accounts themselves.” ying on the floor ding from a bullet wound in his head. He was| With these words De stil) alive and liv minutes after tg Lincoln > to Stewart e was found, althongh he never re p i peter bet oben U. Tatro, state accountants, whose ined consciousne : Job it is to discover graft in county On board rain be Pat books, their claims salary and tle and Spokane expen leviene ihe * The cou ners, under delphia police” officer protest, hac claims pala lton. She and Arlington beca fter Attor 3 Bell and intimate that she told him coe espeaaBhs ter rer raga + Boga ogg Bh thems. velopment and their possible con-|, clusion, According to Arlington, | patr Mrs sser made general threats | $83.25 for leas thar as to what she would do to Prosser. /and board at the Lincolr When Arlington learned from /| sides charges at other places for chaefer that Prosser was dead he| meals. Smith's accounts include a ft the eastbound train at Eureka | Charge of $58 from his wife for his and came back to Libby in time to) "yr cr's Sr a arrest Mrs. Prosser as she W&48/ The two mtants will apply to boarding the westbound train.|the cour an order compelling Arlington says that she readily ad-|the auditor to pay the bills mitted killing Prosser j | a Gaim at Inquest. | At the coroner's inquest she re SAILOR KILLED fused to teatify e was calm Jand apparently realized that she BY A TRA | }was in a fous predicament and lone where she would have need of all her wits. The coroner's jury re turned a verdict holding her re ible for Prosser’s death, and s later arraigned in a jus ourt, charged with murder tn Some time before the train reach od Libby they qu 1, and Mre Prosser shot her husband ithrough the head with a pearl han dled revolver. Where the revolver came from has not b n determined | Miller, who is particularly vindict ive toward Mrs. Prosser, contends County refused John Allen, seaman, 22 years old, was run down and killed in the railroad yards at Railroad av. and King &t., at 2:80 o'clock this morn- ing. Allen held a discharge from the Swedish army and a card show- ing him to be a member of the Sea- men’s Union of the Atlantic Coast. body is Butterworth’s morgue. the first degree, Mrs, Prosser w represented by a firm of local at orneys. She entered a plea of not |eullty and waived a preliminary (Continued on Page Six.) ——— Who wants Baby Armstrong? ! She's to given away for the} asking. | Poor little tad She can't realize | her sorrows now But when she} kets older and knows that she was | a little castaway, a burden too heavy | for the arms of love First, her father ran away and| jeserted the wee baby and its moth- | er. Then Mrs, Armstrong, accord ing to neighbors, got word that her parents were sick in Missouri and she went to take care of them. They are poor and she hasn't money to ome back to Seattle For six months Mrs. widow living at 2828 W. 65th at has taken care of the baby But Mrs. Tharp has four little children f her own, and ts obliged to wash to take care of them. She can't any longer mother the little Armstrong baby She has all she can do provide for her own little brood So a neighbor has asked The Star} Will some one st to find a heart and a home to shel the littl ” ter Baby Armeatrong § is 1 ye n t id today And her birthday gift | lon is the great, big, lonely world AY i Will some ne help the baby feet |earth road as she reachey by first milestone? Poor littl ARN ReReeReaawa BABY ARMSTRONG Oia: dion en