The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 26, 1910, Page 1

TROLS TAN Th e Evolution of an Interview j BOY MAYOR WILL SOME ONE PLEASE i may think * ; re ea have ‘| GET HARRY PEARSON i bat he's having his # | 4 mh. ‘| _ OUT OF HOCK IN N.Y.? gay that Tam trying got Gill's fod, others th ae : | Harry Pearson, who says that he ia teying t protect ood |halls from Seattle, is tn hock in } that Tam playing into giddy Gotham, and will somebody oy m the Welfare ® please send him some money awful ; A more yet that I am & quick, ‘cause he needs it? a g anding,’ and so on According to news dispatches re if a Lp for breath * colved here today, the Pearson pe THe? cana pow they drag my wife # son i# pinched tn w York be an ~ with the report that she cause he tried to beat a bill in the ie * 1 Into vaudev! * uptraswell Hotel Knickerbocker. bath - ee Oe boy mayor went # When they searched Harry's lug # v to the alr * |Kage they found a towel marked ne o * | Waldorf-Astoria so they tax eeeeeene | Harry with petit larc for swip- he eeyett | ing towel, A detective sald mii —_——— | that Pearson drove up in a luxurt f nl | ous automobile, registered, stayed bE ja ind a couple of days, put his { ! upon the orange plush divans, «al | | used the near-gold water cooler and , 2 Press) jthen flitted without paying. | a Sage om Fe | Pearson ts held for special sem. t ee er ator " |nions for trial, Does anyone here i) Be yyeag Freved |know Harry? mf! today, the result ey fo his aeroplane w! Meterrreresrr eo p the air Poillott wa * Seattie. * r when his | & Clearings today. .$3,076,283.10 & Tt fell among a cre wd | * Balances s 343,543.28 & | \* Portland. * j Wag killed inst y. His} * Clearings today. .$2,485,831.00 % i received only a few malnor| President Taft says: “lam not thinking of 1912— in fact, | don't think that | care for a renomina. The way things are drifting it may be that no Re- Save possibly one.” le Balances .. 05.00 w i tion; from— publican can be elected— |e ee TI RK tt te Don't Hesitate to Phone The Star, Main 9400, or Ind. 441, if your pa- per tails to reach your home regularly every night. You are entitled to good service. fheStar’s Carrier Army || gaitvared to your door for 25¢ per — | Ca eRe basin “Ol Paar SHEE BERES ONE CENT. 2%, TRAINS ap NEWS STANDS Se HOW HIGH UP DID GRAFT GO i a . P VOL. 12, NO. 185 SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1910. | MAY FIRE DOCTOR HELD “WAPPY” __4S SLAYER ? The Chance Is Yours Now, Wardall; You Can Discover the Higher-Ups by Putting the Joell yesterday afternoon by August SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.—Fol-! Horman, her brotherinlaw. Hx , (4 t ae lowing the sostoasion of hace Mee. aston ater 8S sce) Serews on the Lower-Downs. They’ve Been Stung; They Will Squeal. ; “ " serschmidt, nurse, in which t her dead mother and t d her to | — to sm or ure en ay # sthonewy fa details of the death of Eva Swan tell all. Miss Menserschmidt faint $ , ernie { « an, Tyin to et or Oo A Ta | were fen to th tice, nN tod bt ” poovering signed 4 FY = t : a chit murder wae filed teday Sgainet Dr.| statement accusing Dr, Grant of the Councilman Max Wardall, as acting mayor, you say there is graft in Seattle. | Irevey Leino | Robert Thompson, alae Dr. James crime You think the “higher-ups” got the graft t was arrested by Jones and Donlan, | Grant, in whose office the Swan giri was defended by Wardall | ig alleged to have died and who is Mise dd by also declared that while Swan was dying she was vis Mr. Wardall? Who are the “higher-ups,” Why use that'pleasant but ambiguous term? pte to affirm or deny Why not bea j 2. Wardall this af. dMathe would fire Police City Attorney Ralph Pierce, who | said to have caused oe body to be Paul Parker, the girl's sweetbeart.| litte more specific; just how high up do you think the graft went? Did it pass the policeman on the beat; ein upon the lat se to conditions that exist in| buried in the cellar of a house in Parker was immediately arrested & wien Stiarat oi ae aft doiataaanioe : aig Nie in Lee Angeles with restricted district, protested | Eureka ot, where it was found Fri-| by the police and te held responsible ite rise to the level of the sergeant, the police captain, the chief of police, OR DID IT REACH STILL dog: |against the transfer of Dénlan and | day night for the girl's condition HIGHER? Tumors were rampant Jones, and even went so far as to} Eva Swan died as a result of an see affidavits containing make a personal appeal to the act-| illegal operation performed by Dr. ae eee teeta eee M@arges against the police |ing mayor Grant, the nurse admits, Dr. Grant, ® 7 There ought to be some sort of a high water mark, Mr. Wardall, that would indicate to you the flood reaches of the graft. With an unerring eye, it took you but a few hours in office to discover that there was th the act-! “Jor 4 Donlan know condi-| who has stoutly maintained his In. ®@ WEATHER FORECAST. * : ; — sewn there theroughiy, and | sceusee ines his” spent. broke #|graff; it was so plain to be seen that a blind man could see it. Yet having seen it, you have no idea who got ting mayor declined to dis- to transfer them,” | down contpletely when he learned | # jit, MOne except your confidence that Mayor Gill knew nothing about it. of the confession of his assistant Mise Moesserechmidt confer after she had been visited in} rumors in detail said the city attorney to the acting Byou remove Wappenatein?” | Mayor. ed @ Star reporter Despite Pierce's plea, Wardall re Wwe had evidence that he|fused to place Jones and Donlan bon the square I would re-| back om their beats. , ly.” replied the act Send Word to Hi. so | Friends of the administration who Bcharges been filed against | 4re Slarmed over the acting mayor's | j In a cautious, shifting way, you intimate that Chief of Police Wappenstein is responsible for the graft * conditions that you found existing when you became acting mayor. You and Mayor Gill's friends seem to be collaborating in an effort to make Wappenstein “the goat.” ‘The Star will agree with you in whatever estimate you choose to make of Chief Wappenstein. Wappenstein has all the qualifications of a goat; he is eminently fitted to be a vicarious sacrifice, for (eee " insurging” are making frantic ef-| whatever it may be, Wappenstein has it coming to him, and no doubt he will take it smilingly. j! eare to discuss that mat. | forts = ef 9, ~ er U | A But have you forgotten, Mr. Wardall, that Hiram C. Gill wasn’t born yesterday? Do you not remember i fact that two certain emis- |B. C., last night to locate the good i that when Mayor Gill was a mere councilman like yourself, he was attorney for various characters below i| 4 a et Ship Rainier and send Hi home to - » a? ' 5 i 6 trom = t. mengen oe Stop the upheaval, To Inspector |But That Helped a Maid and a Man to Find Each Other in| the linc ; f Ai Meat graft was collected for | Mike Powers, Chief Wappenstein | “Smith,” a Wholesome New Comedy. Can't you recall that even a few days before the primary he was the attorney for a white slave dealer 1 gra yesterday wired from Los Angeles —_—-———— ; | that it was levied regularly git’ among a xelect few; that Willing to swear to affi that effect” mt care to talk about it, ing mayor. { such evidence and ran | found it to be true remove any official?” te,” snapped the acting wha is now serving time in the county jail? Won't your memory go back to the days before the primary campaign when Gill was boasting of his intimate knowledge of the conditions in Seattle? Pi Have you any idea, Max Wardall, that Mayor Gill is an innocent, unsophisticated man? Have you any idea that Mayor Gill's daily communions with “Friday” Frye have not been productive j of some wisdom, tf nothing else ’ | that he would be home in a few days. In the meantime, all eyes are on the city call, second floor front, where Max, the boy mayor, is busy —very busy CRIPPEN GUILTY Do you suppose that Mayor Gill could associate nightly with Clarence Gerald and not learn a thing or two? Do you, Max Wardall, as a man of ordinary intelligence, believe for a minute that Hi Gill has been de- ceived? Do you honestly think that Mayor Gill is so complete an imbecile that W appenstein could run the town wide open on a graft basis and Gill know nothing about it? i Don’t be ridiculous, Mr. W You may have started more than you expected, but don’t quit now just because “they” are beginning to bring pressure to bear on you Be frank, Mr. Wardall. Don't go through that nonsensical rigmarole of innocence. well as you know your own name that few men in Seattle are Gill, n whether any char, filed against the police Mayer Wardall said Dubiicity given such Pmight result in procuring ‘Song similar tines, might reeuntered the acting mayor. | j the best I can, and all) is fair dea! from everybody. | (By United Pre Mme fast evidence ot| LONDON, Sept. 26.—The| ‘and I'll fire the guilty ones | Coroner's jury today returned a you can ‘show me"! | verdict declaring that Belle El-| rdall dall 1 You know as ; in closer touch with the vice element than Hi TiRiteent mascot, whe Don't, for heaven's sake, talk about getting his co-operation to clean up the city when he returns. nds you | " ’ ne s l S > lse no s there 18 z r} 4¢ > . i f —o ric 7 patos Mayor wim |her husband, Dr. H. H. Crip-| You know just as well as anybody else knows that there is a fight on over the location of the restricted i fact that Wardall is a| pen, the American dentist. | jdistrict. You know that it is a graft proposition from beginning to end; that some of our “most respectable” i rm te in the pollee| The careful work of the he ind business men_have an interest in it Don’t let them call you off i Bumerous clients of| mortuary authorities im building ‘ " “ Sepik Ae A : Hi MEER Women of the under-|up a case from the ghastly relic ng “near beer” is bad, Mr. Wardall, but it isn't the worst The Hillside Investment ¢ ompany, with i S They say that the acting |found in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop lits list of gentlemanly stockholders, won't stop at “near beer Your friends at the Y. M. C. A. can tell you i alarm at conditions In Crescent, North London, whereby | . pee, . . tee aoe ‘ ) } meee @istrict should be taken |an identification satisfactory to a abou that, if you dont know your f . 1 Perain of salt British jury was obtained, is a Don’t you, Mr. Wardall, just do the dirty work that Gill was afraid to do. Don’t confine your efforts Patroimen John Donlan|feature of the verdict. For many | are _” J } W Jones were ¢ weeks Dr. Pepper, the government to one gang } more Crippen was murdered by| igiters tron toxicologist, worked almost single| Clean them all out, Mr. Wardall; throw them into jail for violating the law, as you know they are violat- | patrolmen sa handed to gain sufficient evidence | : : . qr Ms dees . 3 ¥ , i IM It is even from the fragments to show that| jing it. If you want to find who the higher-ups are, put the screws on the lower-downs. They'll squeal. They ] acting remains were those of Mrs.| | have been stung already. 4 i That is, if you really want to know, Mr. Wardall i , A But, for the love of Mike, be reasonable and don't talk about Hi Gill’s innocence or co-operating with ld ° : Seven’ . i Poe ms ee dn’t shed its ] . , < aia, HS Will Not Pay for {him don’t talk about the police department as if it hadn't shed its milk teeth, and don’t pretend that it’s all | |news to you = | vr > . 7 4 - ” o Burial of Er ing Wife’ | YOU'VE GOT YOUR CHANCE TO BE A MAN NOW. DON’T MISs IT. i rl | | | | i OD petite the published stare I won't have anything to do with 3 j Bi the body of Mrs kia her body,” said Freehouse. “Sh NO eras. vrowan e s 9 1 bagi ended her Jif took her course and I won't move a| JOHN DREW AND MARY BOLAND IN “SMITH.” iveinmna at! ove or 216 Spring hand now Ruel A. Custer, the! Penis, erates, would soldier who eloped with Mra. Free-| NEW YORK, Sept. 26—Her) Freeman sald no more of love or ’ ° To the Editor of The Star: It has been the fortune of The Star SONS Krave in the potters’ | ho sed from the city|Name was Smith—plain Smith. She| marriage, But he liked to have & good many times during the last few years e of se to th } MUU Git Bonere ons WAL. Gt one gen: r ne ony linew her place. She was an Sng-|her wait-on hime he could watch ou an in ughouse public of this city, and no better step has eve heed = Hog clhoang i Mu thcwosts & Gans|the ce lish servant woman type that|her. He found her refreshing after per for good government than the article found om the wae) S2y Pa 4 WHI bear the «. re end-| serves one miatre a service|the jaded bridge fiends of women CHICAGO, Sept. 26.—Living in flats drives people insane, ac The Star Saturday evening page of oa ol , ma the Gey betere end le tt 1 1 b thered 1 the I ding to Dr. V. H. Podstata, of Chicago's Institute for the Ir That graft has b h | 1 Mrs, Freehous qjutterly whole earted and un-| who gathered each day in the Lon cording to Dr ods: » of Chicago's Institute i) hat graft has been rampant; that vice is open; Caries M. Freeh ; ysl eas to force her| selfish, from the time she 1s old|don home of Freeman ter, Mr san@.at Dunning, an authority on diseases of the mind has been conducted all over the city; that many Or he eens i, Msband, came to ¢, pa tie Of cheeses enough to work at all until she is| Dallas-Baker “The cramped existence in flats and tenements develops a city have been so thronged with prostitutes that it is not worth hin i And Identified a In etter to her mother, Mrs.|too old to work any more—or get Bridge was their passion and nérvous insanity never experienced by those who lived out of decent woman's reputation to be seen in them, are all matte Hoge i his wite ; married their religion. They hated anytt doors several generations back,” says Dr. Podstata as you state, are known even “to th: prey ehouse made a similar charge y ¢ kids of the grammar school.” =. 4 The trouble with Smit as she that interrupted the game, F Dr. Podstata says marriage laws should be regulated so de. Let there be no subterfuge about it. Mr. Gill’kaewe sent wa, very pretty. But! mans’ ten years as a farmer made jenerates, habitual drunkards and those afflicted with blood di what is going on, If he does not, he is not fit to ae SEO iu! thas g not fit to be mayor of this BI tt tk kt te ke tet ttt te ti te | he So when Tom | him despise the triviality of London || seates could not marry, city; and if he does, he should resign : 18 1 ¢ & |Preeman, the master brother-ir vclety life and he was a very p Does The Star know that the city prope to lease a portion of ; i UNCLE SAM WANTS BOY SCOUTS. * |law, came back from a 10-year stay |damp blanket at the bridge gather: | | Tenth av. S. to a corporation, and that this corporation is going to i Wess o # Jon ‘his South African ranch and ing sR ig cal officer of Manita when the eity| Condvet and maintain immorai houses, and has already erected. ‘s © ten. ey are to do the right thing at the * | proposed marriage. to n, the| One day, when the telephone had ‘ 1 ty! building in that street for such purposes? And this in the taco ct ¢ Patt time—ana a & |girl burst into tears and sald she|rung insistently all afternoon sum 9 was captured by the Americans un-| the fact that the city only recently compelled & till ayer arse ik a TS ¢ best outdoor game * | would have to give notice at or ming home one of the bridge pO You KNOW? ler Admiral Dewey? | Seattle to move because it was encroaching upon the public s tary iF rl eng ed * |She quoted cook inion, that it men because her baby was sick That Dr. Crichton, of the health It is high time for a housecleanin It if high time that the i hat they ca f ott because they have * | wasn’t proper for @ girl to stay In| and she had been persuaded to stay depa nt, used to be a@ council-| present administration be relegated where it belons hat thi i qm to take ca * {a house after one of the gentlemen | tater and later—to finish just one| ‘That brieklayers in Seattle get! mar | city be made habitable for decent people : Oe 1: at there } - h de love to er nore ubbe: fe o Smith's lo f for an eight-he day? | Let The Star k h ites ne strong, quick, ob- * |had made | i more rubber—it fell t nith t | $6 for an eight-hour That Dr, Joseph L. Lane used to} bd e Star keep the good work up. it will have the support # elt ana ai ye acredit to your- * | Smith thought Freeman was Jok-|to break the news to the bridge| That every time you ride up orl. ihe attending physician at. the| Of every decent citizen of thie city, irrespective. of voce oop 7 ' sell tab! * jing. Perhaps he gr S r 1 et pl air that her baby ry dead, And hed ¥ n eas ec ri gevavor a penitentiary in Walla Walla? party, Yours truly ‘ low to bec . . , The wanted a wife fo onely ranch, | Smith's eyes streamed tea ody pays two cent September 26, 191( ‘ARKER ‘ Bier, Then . ut articles in The | want : _wite for his lonely ranch.| Smith's eyes streamed tears, | body pays two cont ent i eeattle garbage incine f ptember 26, 191 VIVIAN M, CARKERK ANd given ay an originater erhap : dpe he the gro.|ator is one of the best in the Unit i , aa hee cosy health and strong bod the rubber After the speechless | tary officer, used to be in the ¢ F sting : 7 = : i Come—it they | m PO (2 ee tee aneonadiaualy: ran. to the|imothey bad. left, nthe vother |oery: Basiness? 1 States, according to the health FRAUDULENT VOTER? Lee epeag ht dry are i t = thig te on with: Maui * jcattle he bred. Anyhow he asked! guests were talking in whispers,| That most undertakers favor the/ department | A warrant has been issued by the| precinct of the F Diya Bge € ty nt2™ 't to the ae take up this #® |her, and she refused him cold and/ Smith still stood at the door wip-| cremation of the dead? That William K. Sickles, cashier | prosecuting attorney against. Ben|mary day g 7 Ame, which b field * |signified her intention of giving|ing her eyes That Hi Gill toll ed 4 dog team |in the count clerk office, was in| Pincus, on the charge of attempti: Pincug was an active politician in } Ses # | notice ~|in Alaska at one time in his cares he 1 order business Wefore he} to influence, by a promise of 3 during the days when the 4 ALERTS OeR thkhhhhhenhkaekeae ete | But Smith didn't leave, for] (Continued on Page Eight.) | That Dr. Bourns was chief medi-| went politic good da . the fraudulent| Clancys were in powe H i