The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 16, 1910, Page 1

HE SEATTLE SLAF: THE BIG FIGHT NOW Prepares for Jeffries-Johnson Battle—Gillett Tells Why He Waited So Long to Stop the Fight— McCarthy Defies Gillett and Dares State Interfer- 2 (By United Press.) S RENO, Nev. June 16.—This city Is so confident of securing the fight that the business men and residents began today to house expected multitude: Recommodations are being listed and all available rooms In fetels and lodging houses are being canvassed. Tex Rickard in communication with friends nere regarding prospects for and has received guarantees from merchants that the | ye will be chedagee for and a bonus subscribed, if nece » the promoter, Y left here last night for San Francisco. sooo tn he has been arranging for the transfer of the battle (By United | Press. FRANCISCO, Cal Jeffries Jobnsor law would be I would not have interfe ppeared any likelihood » local officials,” sald Gov. Gil > time fact of my inter and the Letters from church interests had nothing to do with my My reasons are fully set forth in the Fgeneral. Neither had Mra Fidiculous. the reported plans of a mass meeting to be lett said ave heard no protest thus far and none of my friends protest, to my knowledge. ore bis action. letter I sent the at Gillett anything to do with it I have not discussed the question with her in any held in have My reason for not interfering that as « state official | had no right to step in so jong as a chance that the local authorities would enforce my plain duty as a state official to step in as I did ‘that the law was about to be violated.” EY GENERAL DY FOR WAR j . June 16—At- Asan the Jeffries-Johnxon Kanfman-Langtora In an interview Press, Webb iy. United require considerable and care, and will not im court before to- | That will be in plenty of the fights. I think Will grant the desired re- orders. Case of Refusal. T do not apprehend a Would result in the foi- re: The fight prob- be stopped just as soon convinced it was « prise & sparring exhibition. item with the effect and secure war- Sffest of the princtpals The tight would be & few rounds after to that. decision, and the Would be prosecuted Mean a Fiasco, here, questioned re- the attorney general's y maid there would be Prevent Webb from Conclusion regarding RRR LOOK AT THis. or Untied Prose.) IENTO, Cal Gillett stopped to save the Pan- exposition to San is the talk ina, the oth soking capital America” condi- Already existing at San and the added of the bod fight to this Precluded the suc- @ Ban Francisco, in the ‘8 opinion. June SSCS E ERE ERR EEE eee BERR RHR Of the fight blow, and that, fn the second b the fight would almost at should he or third prove a Bes oo ch Federation fp pies asics to Biot evidence that the a8 & brutal prize fight Planned to call Fickert to pose fighters, and if the dis Pefused, to demand the arrest of the fight- moters from a police this was retuned, B10 G0 before « superior court MBA to prosecute the prin anned arena contest th this White also 4 t's action rew Teceiving xc ¥ telegrarns all fountry. He said that has A himself « m , because the ser f the people throughout the See ceretallizing against the that ‘ed in of res from ™ &fecent plan, 50 min daymen were to leave FAmento to wait upon And ask him to #top White. threatened action Pentest, carpenters to ¥ working away on | the arenas at Eighth and Howard and Eighth and Market ste Louis Biot, promoter of the Langford Kaufman go, has finish bie arena, and he ordered the men to rush the work, The arena U. & Webb and hie) for the Jeffries-Jobnson fight Is also in preparing legal | being rushed to completion. 3 INTERVIEW A LIE, DECLARES M’CARTHY (ay ' ited ress.) OMAHA, Neb. June 16.—Mayor P. H. MeCarthy, of San Francisco, today denied the interview declar- ing he was running San Francisco and not taking orders from the governor. “The interview was untrue.” he said. “I did not say the California courts would not sustain a petition for an injunction such as Gillett asks. The article published as coming from me was a fake from start to finish.” MeCarthy announced that as soon # he reaches San Francisco he will announce his position on the fight “I have been so long and con. sistently misrepresented by the press that I contemptuously ignore the st said. “I will take my position with- out their help and I don't care a damn what they say.” He said he had been represented as favoring an open town. Pictur- ing the wrong that he said had been done to the reputation of San Fran ciseo, be cried excitedly: “Phelan, Spreckels and other San Francisco millionaires wishing to further their tainted millions are the men responsible for San Fran cisco's misunderstood moral posi tion.” FICKERT WON'T SEE THE LANGFORD ROW (By United Press) SAN FRANCISCO, June 16.—Dis trict Attorney kert announced today through the United Press that he would not attend the Kaufman Langford fight to determine wheth- er it will be & violation of the law Fickert said “There is only one way of de termining the legality or Mlegality of a boxing contest, and that is to witness one, That would be my procedure in the Jeffries-Johnson fight, and I cannot how the status of the fight could be deter- mined otherwise I probably shall att son-Jeffries fight to see that the law Is observed. I shall not at- tend the Langford Kaufman fight.” cheeekaveahinaen nd the John- BANK CLEARINGS. Seattle. Clearings today. .$1,749,237.14 Balances 216,397.38 Tacoma. Clearings today. .$ Balances eee Portiand, Clearings today. .$2,061,156.00 Balances 150,803.00 Spokane. today. .$ 815,850.00 67,125.00 219.00 151.00 Clearings Balances ee es ee ee ee Fair tonight warmer Friday. erly winds, and Friday; Light west- SPSS ES SHES EE ES EEE Re SESE SHEE EES EERE EE RE RE THK HHI mly two days to} HOME EDITION — —— Lb ADI SEATTLE, WASH,, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1910, GRADUATION DAY TYPES [HAVE NO SON, OAS FATHER: ONE SUES Man Denied by Parent Try- ing to Break Will— Brings Grandmother to Testify. Although Charles 8. Parker, a Se- attle dentist who died on April 7, 1909, at Richmond Beach, declared in bis will “I am childless,” Carle ton Parker, a youth of 21, is pro ducing testimony before Court | Commissioner Lindsay to prove| that he is the son of the dead man | and that his father was Insane at the time he made the will The elder Parker left $7,000 worth of land at Richmond Beach | and $3,000 in life insurance. He bequeathed the entire estate, except one dollar, to Minnie Parker. his wife. This dollar he bequeathed to Carleton Parker. varleton Parker lived = with Charles 8. Parker during the lat ter’s lifetime and always passed as bis son, In ae. the youth | “(Continued “on Page Eight.) POINDEXTER CARRIES HANDICAP OF DUTY To NATION &fe indicated by the result of the secret poll in the New York block, pub In the senatorial race, heavy handicap of duty; while his their time and money in influencing ally well known all over the state, delivering speeches and writing let ters for newspaper publication, ington attending to his official business, sticking to his post. With the primaries coming in September, this period—-the time when many voters ences that strangely grow into poll political action. The mind of the vo impressions, which sink deep and being. The voter is now receptive tion, but of necessity he has primary This feature of the be contradicted and disproved, tical politics is well understood and There is a time for doing and saying all things in politics; limit to the lgngth of time public candidate who starts his campaign appreciable advantage over the cand It will be two weeks or longer be among the citizens whose suffrage two months’ active start of him, A heavy impost might seriously affect nately for Mr. Poindexter, he bas a not compelled to remain at the capt been seen across the continent and the ears of his constituents in his bh tation are campaigning for him now Miles Poindexter is at present Congreseman Poindexter is in COPPER JAILSIN) FIANCEE: UIRTER SAY PRODUCE MEN TO FOES Policeman and Sweetheart |Dealers Will Not Give in to Hotel Men About Cart- age or Prompt Payment of Bills. “No concession” will be the ulti tatum laid down by the commis sion men to the hotel n ference to be held at the tel tonight Quarrel—He Calls Pa- trol Wagon and Loses His Job. Because Patrolman J. G. Gleason took advantage of his authority and arrested his sweetheart after they had quarreled, he was sammarily dismissed from the police force to- day by Chief Wappenstein. IW of J. W. Godwin The course of true love fairly | Co., fruit and vegetable commission Sembee the Vamps for Gleason and | dealers on Western av., ts authority for the statement. The produce promised to marry him Gleason and Mrs, Lawrence had} men appointed a delegation to come to an understanding in Port-} meet the hotel men tonight land six months ago. Gleason came The hotel men, according to H to Beattie and got a job on the foree,| BE. Kennedy, expect to arbitrate, but The rest of the time he spent tn- dwin says there will be no con diting fervid love letters to Mre.| cession. Free cartage ts an txsue Lawrence, all of which she saved.|the commission men say they will Gleason told a hard luck story in}not concede; neither will they re his letters and Mra. Lawrence sent} tract the new ruling for prompt him money. He never told her he | payment of bills Hotel men will collect evidence was on the force. Two days back } for legal prosecution if peace meth eda fail, and will attempt to show (Continued on Page Bight) a » combination in restraint ot trade at a con Perry ho Godwin, Mrs. Law ce carrying a opponents are at hotne spending | Mshed in this paper yesterday. voters, making themselves person esteem in which the Kansas leader, tera, Wash., says: “Lam pl behalf of Mr. Poindexter. He is of a high order and surely would ate. Wash is the formative are susceptible to the various taflu tical and determine to first convictions oter is now clear—sensitive republican insurgents. become a part of his thought and of your confidence and support.” later on he may be open to convie With a recommendation like “give weight” self-thinking electorate, convictions of his own which must psychology of prac voting for appreciated by practical politicians. there is a sustained, and the a distinet of personal party organizations or interest. can: be political clubs, expensively organize at the proper time has idate who is delayed. fore Mr. Poindexter is able to come he solicits, Other candidates have ll other conditions being even, this his chances for success, but, fortu record and a reputation which are tol, He has done things that have he has said things that have found In the meantime Mr, His record and his repu-| capitol, attending to the ¢ and their abilities as campaigrers | fare generally. and common sense command that forth his own record and reply in duties and unable to be heard, e state. In this connection it is interesting and instructive Mr, Poindexter is held in Washington in a letter addre dd to have the opportunity to say a word to you in He has been identified with the cause republicans and one of the most aggressive and consistent house | heartily commend him to you as worthy that to the other contestants in the ship, such a record is more effective than the tricks and machinations The voter is the judge and the candidate the pleader. sion is reached, The voter who does not know Mr. Poindexter per- sonally, who has never seen or heard him, in justice to himself will withhold Judgment until he comes home to state his own c have been made against him while he was absent attending to his Poindexter es of his constituency and the public THE GIRL IS FIEND'S PREY | |Bound Hand and Foot,| Young Oakland Woman Is Tortured With Acid. (By Untted Pree OAKLAND, C June 16.—Bound and gagged, her feet, arms and limb: horribly burned with acid, Mary De! | gado, 17, was found half dead on the poreh of her home at daybreak How the outrage ecourred is mystery. The girl herself is unable lto tell anything about it, She was | still suffering from the effects of an | anaesthetic | Evidently the girl was taken from | her bed during the night, though her lyounger sister, who sleeping | | with her, was not disturbed. What | happened after that can only be con | jectured. Where sh taken, how long she lay in her nightgown on the porch, above all, what was the motive of the fiend who could do #0 terrible # thing, is all shrouded in| mystery. | Frank Delgado, # brother, found the girl. Her feet and hands were securely bound with her own stock ings. The sheet from the bed was wrapped around the lower part of | her body. Her feet were burned both by | powerful acids and by @ hot iron. One hole was burned in her foot the ze of aw half dollar. sheared off short. | GAS LEAK | DRIVES 30 FROM BED Her hair was Sleeplessness of One Man) Saves People in Apart-) ment House From Death. Only for the drew Barr the Atlinto ston av 30 peop death by asphyxiation morning, the main into the bul ng broke Barner had gone to bed late wae still awake at 1 o'clock morning when he noticed the of gan. Opening the door, a of gas struck him In the face, It nearly stifled him, but he suc dd ed in awakening bin wife and the sther Inmates of the house Panic Followed. A emall panic resulted. immates of the house hurriedly} grabbed a few clothes and rushed down the steps to fety Several narrowly ¢ ped suffocation he gan had penetrated all the halls of the building. After everyone had escaped a wait sulted while C. H./ of the building @ man out from to shut off t yple took | In th | sieeplessness of Ar who bas a suite Apartments, 1426 Boy! would have early kas * in met this ” pipe and this odor | gust ax the 20 hours re the owner « to get ompany Most « in other porhood Workmen have far t to locate unable leak 80 day the to note the Vietor Murdock. ssed recently to S. T. Danner, Mon recognized here as having ability do credit to any state in the sen- of the progressive Poindexter can well afford to With an enlightened and not blind in partisan race principle the carefully tended enthusiasm of »d and expensively maintained Practice both sides be heard before a deci. set person to such political attacks as will remain at his desk in the wel SEATTLE ‘STAR ON TRAINS AND NEWS ®LANDS te ONE CENT STOPPED AT DOOR OF PRESIDENTS OFFICE | James Stricklen, Maryland Miner, Passes White House Guards, But is Caught as He Enters Taft’s Private Office—Declares President Had Advertised for (By United Press.) D 1¢ n apt. n pass- he was ntered the presi- arrest pend- 44. He n West irginia newspaper nd tha nt to hite House in respons It is 1 to reach President Ron >» years 2 that ted troops to pros yped that klen was at one time an as THOUSANDS LOSE LIVES IN FLOODS (By United Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, June 16- ur hundred persons were drowned and inestimable damage done in a flood that come pletely inundated the town of Hassankolich, Asia Minor, today, The flood was one of the worst in the history of that see- tion of Asia Minor. ‘The waters rushed in great volume through the streets and forced the people to seek refuge on the roof tops. Continuing to r the flood soon covered the town, It is believe me of the residents of Hassankolich escaped to the highlands, but 400 fell seething waters, The storm ar to those been in Switzerland. victims to the which was simil have raging BERLIN, June 16.—The river Ammer is falling today and the water in the Oberammergau district is receding, making rescue and relief work easier. It is believed that 150 persons were drowned in the Ahr valley, where the flood was most severe. BUDAPEST, ‘Sunb 16.—Eighty persons were drowned when the Neva river overflowed its banks, according to news received here today. Property loss was enormous. BERNE, June 16.—The towns of Zurich, Altdorf, Lucerne, az and Aurau are partially submerged by flood waters today, Several landslides have occurred in the vicinity of Lucerne. It is known today that 11 persons, mostly Chinamen, were killed when a factory building at Altdorf collapsed. BELGRADE, June 16.—Twenty towns were inundated in the Moravia river valley, and it is the belief of King Peter, who | personally is conducting the relief work, that 300 to 400 persons Thousands of residents of the valley are ma- The flood is the worst the Moravia valley has were drowned rooned on roofs for years suffered = pretty little romance. Last July Miss Hunt played in Spo- kane at the Orpheum theatre. Dreyfoos attended and fell in love at first sight with the star, who is only 20. They became acquainted and during the past months Drey- foos has been almost regu- larly on the Orpheum circuit as though he were a vaudeville star himself, SPOKANE MERCHANT WILL WED ACTRESS (By United Press.) SPOKANE, June 16. — Miss Pearl Hunt, of Brooklyn, N. Y. one of the youngest stars in vaudeville, and W. W. Drey- foos, a prominent merchant of this city, will be married in September, following a very NO JAIL BREAKS ATTEMPTED > WHILE HODGE WAS SHERIFF mie to break jail. Stranger Treating Prisoners Like | atin, there has not been. & weapon Men Gets G 1 Results, or saw found in ne cells, Says County’s Best Offi- cla ag eater 7 In the preceding cial. two years Hodge's Incumbency, a jatl physt- clan wae shot by a_ prisoner. A jailer narrowly escaped death at the }h aping prisoner, the bars of the tanks were sawed half & dozen times, a portion of the jail was dynamited by a prisoner, and monthly the shake-down in the cells last |brought to light r collections | AWS or twice, That fair even by prisoners, and that it is treatment is appreciat- is of an ed the best method of maintaining dis- | cipline is exemplified by the history | of the the | two Since and abolished sheriff enric priving the food was past, there has bar sawed in the King county jail tr Sheriff Hodge the knives over onvinced | and, ov took charge | of the by len rey Hodge 1 to the that you they that if you prise in your mean to treat them by among them- than hing himself prisoners of necessary the custom in the} not been a | county jail nm de- | prove charge mer will re scipline effectively will produce, as iprocate single | maintaintr a | selves rastic r one i