The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 25, 1911, Page 1

or 4 ed pd es j i - XN One Cent te a mighty small bit of money to pay for a newspaper like The Star} especially when there Is something of interest to every member of the family every night. 12, NO, 290. ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE SEATTLE WASH., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1911 The Seattle Star Eight O'Clock at night (in New York) is the late press time for the news that appears in the Pink edition of The Star every night. Don't forget it ON TRAINS AND DS be TRY HILLMAN FOR TAMPERING WITH JURY When Richard M. Arms, Gill's choice, took charge of the city light plant he started at once to use his office to aid the Seattle Electric Co., his late employers, and to hurt the city plant Either this, or Arms, by his incompetence, directly played in to the hands of the S. E. Co. That one of these propositions or the other must be true comes to be more and more con- clusively shown as the records of the Arms administration (whitewashed by Gill) are gone into. In either case he is no man for the position, and Gill has payers of Seattle by putting him and retaining him in office. This tter of taking out meters, for instance, has took office it- had been the cust to leave the meters in he moved out, so as to be ready ta install light for the next t he S. E. Co., however en | had been taking its meters out as done a great wrong to the tax- after ittle erstood re Arm people un s for some time ant fast as the tenants left | With Arms in office, however, he gave word for the meters to be taken out practically at AND AT THE SAME TIME the S. E.Co. changed its vacated hduses. Also the S, E. Co. doubled the number of soli The result: Whenever a man who had been using city | was an even chance that there was au S, E, © the S. E..Co. light at once. He would have to w taken out and a city meter put ir As a result a customer This actually happened under t move a great deal in Séattle, it would be only an plying light for nine-tenths of the por Seattle doors. once. meter alrea several da took s regime atter of time And The changing of the city system of meters and the S. E. Co. system happened at the same time. DID IT JUST HAPPEN THAT WAY? WAS ITA COI ABOR HITS | CONTEMPT OLYMPIA, Jan. 25.—The State Federation of Labor has endorsed senate bill No. 2 in toto, This is the bill introduced by Cenator Lan- don of King, intended to ¢urb the arbitrary power of courts in con- structive contempt proceedings. The Federation unanimously adopted the report of its resolutions committee to go on record as op- — r official action, even made outside criticise th if the criticisms are of the courtroom Laboring people were quick to see the danger of such a power. For not only can newspapers be punished for contempt when criti-| cising judges, but any individual | or organization, like the Federation of Labor, showing publicly a dis posed to the present law which approval of any decision, may be gives judges the right to summon) haled into court under the pres Into court anyone who dares to! ent law. | PAYNTER ATTACKS | TAFT IN SENATE (By United Press) Fr: WASHINGTON, D..C., Jan. 25 Charges that President Taft is us ing his influence unofficially against the retention of William Lorimer as senator from Illinois in the upper house of the United States congress, were vigorously scouted today by Senator Paynter of Kentucky Speaking in the senate, Paynter after sarcastically taking a fling at T.R. ENDORSES THE NEW PARTY (iy Unitea Press.) [least necessary.4n cases of elective NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Theodore | officers for short terms. There are yvelt in a signed article in the | unquestionably real arguments in 6utlook today approves the platform | favor of it, and probably as regards elected enator Beveridge, said It has been re various newspa; Taft @) using his personal but not official Influence against Senator Lorin pt Ilinols regard to the investigation Into alleged bribery in the election of that member to this enate. a resent the imputatio The president knows that the sena is the judge of the election of its own members.” i President of the National Pro- for gressive League. Roosevelt discusses the following} In the latter class Roosevelt ad-| rts of the league's platform: mits the judiciary, and promises tie laws to prevent the corrupt other articles on this topic later use of money_in politics, direct elec / tion of senators, direct élection of * **#RARAKAKAKAAK HH / delegates to national conventions, ekAnoourcn Republican officers appointed life or with each voter expressing his presidential choice, and the initia- | * tive, referendum and recall. Discussing" the recall, Roosevelt writes: This coupon, with 25 cents, entities any woman in Seattle to any seat In the house at the teen + ee eee ee eee scores and scores of times. system and left its meters in citors in the residence districts, ght moved into a new he e itt ins there. He could get] ys to have the S, E. Co. meter} S. E. lights, and the city lost} As Co, would be s plant would cl till the S. E the ¢ NCIDENCE? RRR * EMBRACES WIFE AND ° * JUMPS OFF BRIDGE «| * POKTLAND, Or, Jan, 25.— #| ® While they were crc * * Hawthorne bridge } . * day, Grover To . ® 23, suddenly om ac 2 * and bade her fare * a * # him, jump ‘ * x and was before as ® sistance cc F . ee eee ee 2 KILLED BY G.N. TRAIN Michael F. Brown was run down| and killed_dy a Great Norther train at “Dead Man's Curve lard, ¢ y I Brown w ssing the Great Northern tracks, a sharp curve pre venting him from seeing the on coming train. Before he could save himself he was caught wheels and was ter Papers in his pocket identi as M. F. Brown, He tied a check | for $126. Will Seattle Men Stand for ’Em All? | | Will Fire Arms and Wappenstein QUOTATIONS FROM DILLING’S SPEECH RRR hh “The paramount issue of this campaign ts t asue of civic decer aw and order, against clvic ancy protected law RENTED POSTOFFICE , the beat t os against the worst BOX TO PUT MONEY IN. The recall petition directed ageiust my opponent is based upon charges made against bim and his administration at during the sO END, Jan. 2 A Hi Gill has been mayor he has shown himself to be incom Greek"! r walked into the ent and unfit for t position he occuples local joe yesterday and That «lected to perform his official duty as mayor, after ed cony ation and has » elty to become # refuge for the criminal with Postma: r ght clase made him understand that he “1 shall discharge Wappenstein, if elected, and appoint an wanted to rent a postoffic honest and efficient official, who will aid me in driving from the box. He was given new ¢ nation instr 1 in Arpa you § and sm city every man who lives from the earnings of fallen women, and | to prevent the scattering of prostitutes in the residence and apart ment house sections. net to vigorously enforce the laws against gambling Greek in- b n English, endeavor with every resource of the police department thata non one get in dec gambling is prevented agd punishe j* buta me? Furthermore, I shall enforce the Jaws against the sale of sured that he alone held liquor after 1 o'clock and on Sunday he combinatto; Serer eee eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee ee eee eee eee ee ee eee ee eee eee eee eee eS 1 shall give immediate attention te the lighting department, stepped up to and | shall see that its affairs are placed in charge of a man who opened it and «# will run it for the benefit of the pepple of the city. ing a fistful of 1 shall exercise all of the powers of my otfjce to prevent ex box Postmas travagant expenditures of the public money heard the jingle of th 1 am going to put forth the best effort that lies in my power it dropped and when it finally to make such a record in the office of mayor thatgvhen I leave the |* Pé ated through the office, I can do so with a clear conscience Greek’s brain that the post ee ats ta {fice box was not for the Men who had been baited by|demand that the gamblers guilty |* *@fekeeping of his coin, he Mayor Gill Monday night to at-|0f felony under the state law stared vacantly at the post lenoe to interropt and’ break up{vent.to the penitentiary, and that|* ™aster, muttered that he empt to interrupt an 4 UP! the macques likewise be put bottind|* didn't see what good the box George W. Diliing’s first meeting| prison bars. Was for anyway, and politely at Ballard failed in their attempt Fire wappy and Arms. told the postmaster that he Jast night In regard to the lighting depart could keep the box Dilling made a straightforward | ment he scored Gill and Arms, and | business talk to a crowd that lter-| promised that when elected mayor,|* ** ** **® & & & & tk & ally packed Junction hall, and/the first thing he would do would when, soon after he began talking,| be to secure a competent head of some one away in the back end of|the lighting department, and the the hall tried to interrupt with a/first thing he would insist upon| slurring question, the crowd dem-| that superintend doing would be onstrated its temper to extend the city commercial light a Cries of “Hush him up,” “Put\ing circuit to Ballard, in competi him out,” were heard on ail sides,|tion with the Seattle Electric com Br re gan nd repeated when another at-|pany, and in fulfillment of . the . Bited Press : mpt was made to interrupt the| promises made to Ballard at the| ,, MADISON. Wis, Jan Robt Speaker, with the result that the|time that suburb annexed to Seat LaFollette was today re-elected disturbers sooh desisted in their! tle. | United § ates senator here on foint attempts. | Before going to the Ballard meet. | © ; of the legislature by an over Dilling, without personal abuse,|ing, Mr. Dilling a brief 7 ming majority ver since |severely arraigned the Gill admin-| speech to a crowd that packed | /#Follette’s entrance into political Jistration. In a@ concise, convincing | Minch’s hall, at Interbay life has he been given such a vote Speaking with him at Interbay |! confid It was freely “Regarding the recall, I am of the| * Seattle Theatre between now lanieaenans tant Sat car coe prey Tevid P. Bastman Mro {dicted today that he would be a 0 e t useful;|* and February 10, excepting es “ Bente aris 4 ens and Ole. Maneoe |factor in the rej an presiden opinion that, sometimes mos' {hi.| * Saturdays and Sundays. mitted, but rostered in the city, | Rose Simmor d Ole Hansor fae per lh lap gro it also contains undoubted possibi-) and for himself promised that when| At the Ballard meeting A. E. Raff. Hities for mischief. Of course it Is'xk# eek kata kkk hee we he was elected mayor, he not only|ner presided. Councilman Bobike,|y awake eoonereee ——_—— == = = |would insist upon his police de-| Mes, J. H, Webber, Harry EB, Wilson, | » * partment absolutely suppressing |George H. Waiker and Ole Hanson|% DOG CAUSES INJURIES: * DILLING WI I SPEAK IN | vice and public gambling, but would ‘spoke lz GUARDS AGED WOMAN * \* * Di Mill G s *® OAKLAND, Cal..Jan * | * After lying for two days in tor- * RAINIER VALLEY TONIGHT, ivorce Mill Grinds g Aner eas eae ef 1 6 S St i T * Mrs. L. Engleston was found * PO x d “J d * today by a niece, who called to * Rainier valley citizens who have;R. & 8., George F. Cotterill, Mrs.|_ The new spring shapes will not be a or es oO ay * see her at her home. The ac: * ” 4s | George W. Dunlap, Joe Smith and | confined to milady's hat and the — —— ‘ * cident to the unfortunate wo- * suffered oppression at the hands |Gcorge Wi. Muna, | $999 torpedd automobile That Cupid starts things he can't | Morrison, Ethel M, Molloy vs. Chas.|% man, who is over 70 years old, * of the Seattle, Renton & Southern The officials of the S., R. & 8 No, indeed. The men are going| finish was eviaenced in Judge Fra-|A, Molloy, Catherine Lomas vs.)% was caused by her pet dog * Railway company will rally to the) have shown nothing but contempt|to come in for a share If you] ter's divorce court this morning Harry Lomas Matthew Lang V8./* running against her he was * t George W. Dilling, recall|for the residents of the Rainiet |hgven't seen any of the 1911 spring] Love knots were snapped right / Mildred Lang, Belle D. Holland vs.|% lifting a large bucket of boll: * pint oy r 1th igeor ype dbo y,” said Mr. Dilling today,| fashion plates, just drop into the|and left Arthur L. Holland, Jennie B, De-|% ing water from the stove. * Meting t be held in Dugdale’s hall \"and for that reason I am in favor |tatlor’s thiy afternoon and have a! Booze, non-support, cruelty and |Tourea ys. Owen F. DeTourea, | When the woman's niece found * 0 be hel omg 4 80. the lure of the great, white way | Pearl E. Campean vs. Alex. J, Gam-| x her the dog was watching over * o t. Mr.|of the proposed bond issue, which | slimps eats e ing r Dilling it eeovincint tn cleat Binge Imunictpally-owned| If it doesn’t thrill you with cold| were the agencies which caused the | peau, Libble O. Stewart vs. Harry |# his mistress * : sat: eadters iggles up and down the spine, | trouble C, Btewart, Frances R. Dilley vs.| ‘ er. H. H. A. Hastings, one of the} street railway wr ‘ ‘ + ‘J é a é * 7 rill preside. maybe you can acclimate yourself.| When court adjourned for lunch| Wri, C. Dilley, Sadie Rogers Valance kkk kkk RRR RRA leaders of the fight against the 8.) Arthur R. Moran will presid Here's the correct idea for men’s | 16 divorces had been granted. They | James C. Rogers, Betsy M. Thomp- | = = = fashions, beginning April 15 were: Jennie EB, Bunt vs. Alonzo B.|son vs. Franke J. Thompson, Helen | Hobble Trousers—Tight waisted,| Bunt, Ida May Brandt vs. Chas. M.|S. Hayes vs, Adph® R. Hayes, and flare at the hips, tight at knees and| Brandt; Lingne Moan vs, John P.|Maude W, Chambers vs. Wm. HOT NEWS Moan, Avard L, Morrison vs, Sarah | Chambers. | THE GOOPS ON GILL EXTRACT FROM MAYOR GILL'S REPORT TO CITY JANUARY 16, 1911 “The testimony of Babcock was that he bought a house for @ large sum of mioney, expecting to gamble; was not allowed to gamble, and lost the money.” EXTRACTS FROM BABCOCK’S TESTIMONY, ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY COMPTROLLER “I was told when I bought the place that I would be allowed to open up and have quiet games going on.” “After the place was open a few days, and b really got started, I was told a certain percentage w be given up.” “I said I could not afford to “Ig that what you were told?’ “Yes, that was the percentage, but I could not stand that, and made up my mind to quit and take my medicine, and sell out as quickly as I could, which I did. COUN cI, had to efore jd have we ive up 80 per cent.” so tight at the bottom that you'll] have to use a shoe horn to get on and off. Coate—Corset cut and so tight at they'll interfere with the yathing apparatus, narrow at |shoulders with little tail effects at the ends, Vests—Will be worn only on cooler days and then they will have many small buttons and be of brit liant hue. ‘The fuzzy Alpine bat sticks. Coflars—Will match the shirts id be unattached, Polka dot and stripe collars will be the zenith of sartorial attainment. And then if you can stand for all this, you must wear narrow patent leather shoes with dull black but tons and high heels, That has NOT happened yet. CHICAGO WOULD BAR THE BOSTON TROT, GRIZZLY BEAR, EYEBROW GAVOTTE AND TEXAS. TOM DANCES | Wappy was the most enthusias: tic auditor at Dilling’s meeting last | night ‘ Hi Gill came through very nicely with a floral offering, in honor of Dilling’s first campaign speech CHICAGO, Jan, 26.—Admitting|of America, said that Chicago's} The gamblers have formed a that Chicago 1s second only to|soei@l set trips some mighty wick-|Dilling club. It's their purpose to od dances, and he ought to know “Loose dancing,” said Prof. | ings. Braum, “should be wiped’ out in| Dr. Matthews will the exclusive homes as well as in| Gill meeting tonight the slums, C. D. Hillman will also speak He would taboo such dances as| The odds are 10 to 1 on Gill the San Francisco Rag, the Candy| The Gill women’s campaign com- |e the Boston Trot, the Grizzly a has opened up headquarters. San Francigco in the wickednegs of | preserve order at all Dilling meet its dances, the smart set of this city today are completing arrange ments to appoint a censor to be present at future hops, so that the police will not interfere, Prof, William W, Braum Pittsburg, president of the Uni Professional Teachers of Dancing speak at the Bear, the Eyebrow Gavotte and But remember, it hasn't happened ‘he Texas Tom. yet. | Was Offered Bribe One Juror Testifies C. D. Hillman, millionaire real estate charged with using the Unit mails to defraud, on trial day and part of t tempting to influence jurors who are to try, him With Hillman are accused E. D. Kirk and M. J. Webb, charged with trying to bribe jurymen to hang the jury and get a disagree- ment, Kirk and Webb are out on $2,000 bail put up by Hillman. In court th ning Hillman’s case was continued till Friday, and the two other cases till Saturday The tegtimony ye ay was damaging to Hillman. Fifteen told the court t ney had received clreulars from Hillman ng himself “from a ks” and justifying his work in the tate business, which the fede ury is to look into. One juror, Robert C. Van Horn, of We cattle, & salesman elly and Clark, told a straightforward story of a direct attempt very by Kirk and Webb for hi od offices “in a certain case to come up in the next two week the federal jury.” But Hiliman, smooth, suave, oily, ingratiating, remained un- shaken. Apparantly Hillman does not believe that a man who h as much money as he has will ever have to go to the penitentiary, When Atty, Kirkpatrick failed to shake Van Horn's testimony, Hillman smiled and rut i his hands. He whispered to the report- ers covering the to “go easy with him.” He talked encourag- ingly to friends in the room. Did you see how I ripped it into The Star?” he chuckled to a stranger he met in the corridor after his session on the stand his “riy x it ito The Star” on the stand. “He sald there would ame when he explained to District!be several hundred dollars in it. Attorney Todd that he had sent out | He.was insistent, so 1 met him last the circulars be « the papers Friday at Steve O'Brien's saloon, Fu him rectally When I got there, Kling intros ar,” d didn't 1 made an ap ot Kirk and afternoon. When ™ was effusive, wor- I wasn't a son of State Van Horn of Kansas City, d se with him. dered who wu: d to hunt gre Seeing that I resentbled this other Van Horn, he said he would these | talk business with me. He said nt cir-there was a-case coming up in the federal. court. yd ae wat Offered the Money. Pe ’ pre digg I am not trying to influence . a lot of 7Ur decision,’ he said, ‘but if you keg Saare ready have an opinion, and we be sure you won't change it, e'll be one hundred dollars in We don’t h you? . dil pe for an acquittal,” ' ne : Kirk added. “The best we can hope as . 3 for is a disagreement.” Well, what is this case? J gaa ked Kirk. ‘The Hillman case set isn't busy, |(0' March 287° (I thought the Hille ss ian Case Was to come up on March of them |23,,'nstead of January 31.) ‘Oh, Kirk replied, ‘this case comes up in a couple of weeks?” but this last work was |°™ @ nie — ve Van Horn talked a little longer Mr. Hillman,” inguirea | W!th Kirk, he said, then the next can't you think. of the day told the whole story to Todd, nographer you NEw sa Colman build | I tell you I can’t,” snapped back | a Hillman sista Can you téll me the room? Fifty candidates, with council. |manic aspirations, will have an anxious time at the first session y did you hire stenographers |Of the Seattle Quiz congress at the when you have a force of your|Y-_M. C. A. auditorium tonight.» A ew The quiz congress was organized ary seen hres for express purpose of allow- WhY did you send plain envel-|im& citizens to learn, if possible, opes instead of your business ad.{Just what the candidates promise dl ager if elected. The congress is open to every voter, who will be privileg- ea to cross-examine any candidate, Dr. J. Allen Smith will referee. “Weill, you see, | did gend a few out but my friends told me they didn't receive them, so this time I{ decided to send plain ones. | sup: posed you were stopping my mail, * . » and | didn’t want to take any more chances,” was the startling answer. if eee sibs Secs = Had Jury List. * Rain or snow tonight and ® It developed in the testimony that | #* Thursday Brisk to high #% | Hillman had a list of jurors in his|* southwesterly winds, * Joffice. J Loreman, an employe | * * of Hillman’s, testified that Hillman | * kA RREK ARERR KE | Other employes of Hillman testified had shown him a list of jurors and asked him if he knew any of them DO YOU KNOW to’ seeing Khe list } The Other Cases. eet: Webb ana Rh ae ace cently appeared at the Orpheum actives ‘In the Henry baiiding |theatre, holds the- world’s swims a presi pont 18, / ming record for 23 miles? Judyman C. B. McCoy told of a|..Tant the first baseball team was telephone conversation with a man | °'Sanized in New York in 1845? named Miller who had offered him| That the catcher’s mask was ins if would hang the jury, | Vented by a Harvard man in 1876? could not identify either! That the first salaried team wag or Webb. Then Van Horn|organized in Cincinnati in 1868? took the stand. That Miss Lizzie Arnold of Seat- “A man who gave his name | tle holds the long distance- baseball Kling called me up at my home and | throw with a toss of 209 feet 5% wanted to meet me,” said Van Horn’ inche S., R. & S. Bouncers _ Fined $25 in Court After a-grilling at the hands of Conductor Hawkins had given him, Acting City Attorney Otis Brinker,| Hawkins devranded the slip, and Robert Heston and Joe Wallace,|then signeted the bouncers, who bouncers” employed by the of. sged the old man to the front ficials of the Seattle, Renton &| platform and tossed him off, hern Railway company, who; Dyer's testimony was corrobor threw E. L. Dyer, an aged passen-| ated ‘ ger from a street car January 1 “These bouncers were guilty of were fined $25 each by Police Judge |a contemptible misdemeanor, and Gordon today they should be punished,” sald Dyer, who is 69 years of age, tes-| Brinker. tified that he paid his fare, butsmis-| Police Judge Gordon thought so, laid an fdentification slip which | too, and assessed a fine of $ % FATE OF FRISCO’S EXPO WILL BE KNOWN TUESDAY (By United Press.) |the opposing factions, became in+ WASHINGTON, Jan She} volved in personalities during the hou rules committee today de-jargument. The decision was, in cided to report a rule setting Tues-]egfect, a compromise of the claims day next for the vote on the loca-|of Ne rival exposition cities, San tion of the Panama exposition Evexcisco wanted immediate ac The ruling came after short | tion, naming Thursday or Friday but fitter fight. Congressmanjas the date for the hearing, New Kahn of California and Chairman} Orleans wanted Thursday of next Rodenberg of Illinois, leaders of] week.