The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 24, 1911, Page 1

Ge OM OME EDITION ee H EDITION EDITORS OF TIMES MAY EVADE TRIAL ON THE CHARGES OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY WAPPY CAN’T WILL HOLD UP "whe ckcntnnc conan LIBEL CHARGE The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, MAY ONE CENT. VOL. 13, NO, 78 WASH,, WEDNESDAY, 24, 1911, ' IN BIG ENGINEERING COMPANY . " mR ‘ae cs LEPPERERE EER ERERE EEE EES EEE SEES y Failure to Secure Additional $20,000 May Result in His Going ‘ t rved with the > * to Jail— Tr y to Get Change of Venue | k 5) bey cial : : DEVELOPMENTS FODAN * b Ww. Was ng considerable difficult ray, Mase Gefeng | Charles Knowher, late head of Knosh t ny \ AW s ar from | the t * Indicted following bankrug asak: bios - tor 1 wn * upp of b * ( tt p fo * Blethens f fi 1 wed more . n " { * time = ie r tink ' * Wappenstetr t ng ment two # : more t and th ‘ h i's hone RE agen. we * gt : P i * the bonds until t manst ne . Bho. ‘ < - * When th be held liow hers on any bills,” said * Othe ae be tinuance this mo al custom of holding up dis | Case, “I always hold up bills whe Paco , fll ‘ ; * he wanted dispe puted bills here 4 chance that they i * , i" ‘ * We ask for a ¢ In regard to this junketing prac-|found illegal If the 7 * paper articles have tice of some of the judges, which | thinks this Smith sult | FREER EPRELAEE REESE ERNE SE EES until So k this was shown up in The Star yeater. | will he up the judge's ~ — objected on the gre day, | wish to say that | am in/til the whole matter ts 1 and Clarence Blet tors of the Times, may refused to extend 4 e hearty sympathy with it, uniges in nev « to trial on the seric rges of conspiracy with any dence to be cc emergency cases. It ts an outrage Lude and others to pervert public justice and tr public morals, prepared | have protested against it again PRUAINAL LIBEL STANDS : He tns se and again. It is a useless waste of It is known that Prosecutor Mur exit n signing the in- ° affidavits by ow the taxpayers’ money.” was be be feared th was not ept evidence to uy penstein trial, nus “ or Murphy t onvi € consy should Murphy day me Th nstein trina t the salary ma al plrac are that ¥ in t criminal libel grante proba’ begin at that be hea ‘ore a judge ta t ght against of th ¢ ir sub-editor, his plea that Wappy b fe cOunty, He had penalty for convic n crim one year in the bai took occasion to say that r $1,000 fine be m through “undesirable chara Ed G d ° h case, Pro: phy morning seid to The P : 2, macques,” he called the na Goodrich to Star that, while Col. Bicthen could » meelf fm the publie by remarking sharply that be did not CHARACTER SKETCH OF MRS. EWING BY ARTIST re goe cor et dled weppenects disagreed WH ; en ae Sangean yong | Wed London Banker , am : NG BY ARTIST STEWART: |the grand jur he evide him to be criminally tables retorted Prosecutot Murphy. “Now h them HICAaC fay 24.-*Women ; her a 1 did ne t to be p position as a lawyer to make « a ihn aa er * bave mowed a wide in | build a criminal ch: n m™ 4 not believe the dence g | i industr and wxions,| Mrs justified it, 1 the matter in own hands, #0 | remal Villiara | eve I did not sign I made my | to the i | ; ‘ the 1 : i n th ginee pene" eta muct v Be The ae: ands | ted today conspiring J h “ Nquor A pub e in the shape of the Arcad wilting and I engines 0} ® i bur : a: A n th ade i | lied suddenly a few week an are.) ' ae h ert libeling C. Kellogg, city councilman. : leaving his fo only | tend n r b Blethen, son of A. J tu 6 editor of the Blethen 4 Are the people of ¢ 3c ted by he fenpc Jes of family s a ewspaper, was indicted on the first count of conspiracy and the third . i of reduction in light rates? cheer and when = go Bice fr bel q Judging by —_ vee Contracts as we rt — cB bbun, clty editor, wa dicted for libel r tic crowd wh sued woman without fea " " ©. W. Wappenstein, former chief of police, was indicted on four * ti : ta ~ - cP oma baaerm oe ee the first for conspiring with A. J. Blethen and others to pro- Ar “a jit udden! i by her husbend,|ishe is the first woman tu ect gambling houses, houses of pros on and unlawful sele of ie jsive movement in th t the day after his burial finding |tual field of engineering jor, The second ‘involves tt dance hall and third If the cov P : Age Real prog t elo and fourth accepting bribes from Gideon Tupper and Clarence Gerald ” ing up the trow t ha Mike Powers, police in and acting chic . rdall Erickson bill, which went « of Sriekee . y . voting » ice “ = and acting ht when Wardall w pext week, the people will oiter Lud As e fi charge of conspiracy that it be submitted at : . e , te tnd Daliagt es two indictments, the first of con election September 5. Wh pee a is state, splracy and the second for aining the Arcade dance hall. Charles cade abet th , Erickson erly ely s Berrys saloon man, indicted same as Ludovic, and Frank and ma have gnid that you should F M H hen » Wapp nl Canes for permitting the use of part of their building for @ the at bis bi aia , gles seing the Indic ight produc Post-Inte neer | Sambling house q greeted with a shout coho mage eign? our en an against himself, b his |this morn he Included in the general conspiracy indictment is the Seattle Times which nearly raised the roof. FP are willine Hy Upited Press Leased Wire paper, today said I was determined % Wardall | Pub ng Erickson and Hesketh lage ng CAMPTON, Ky " ‘ The elrcumstance inding |should not get the chief of police The Blethens were arrested in their office, but not taken to court, $ "Broader moemfi ive on telligenc ery as to th f the |the bringing of there ctnents | within bis jurisdiction, because by | fr cuting Attorney Mur Interceded and permitted them to est’ vote at the late elect eatin yur men whose are of & character to convince any |keeping him out Wardall could not|*° free on their own recognizance until today, when $5,000 bai} in % the only two members to favor the |” Sgt Bape ac a awinging f a tr candid and unbiased man that in-|remove h ince he could only | ach case was ag to be put up. Wappenstein, already under $67,000 proposed bill aun Cah. ghatees 6 to 9 , » part of this county today, |gtend af the editor of the Tir move the man he found in charge, | 54!l, was released until today, to put up $26,000 additional. The others Griffiths | wanted a reduction m be atill unsolved [being mubject to an indic and that was Inspector Powers, who | 84V¢ bond a y, cents for residence lig 1 bas Daty. ce beady han bean Meath! which would meet Erickson’s bill) ining but a steam plant gi Sugg eae er m Ider conspiracy, the only ¢ pirat d been named as temporary chief 3 half way Haas, G saard and | moss says that { want cheaper aig w ites fisber known | gapjoet to criticism or indictment | when Wappenstein was allowed to Wardall od with G = + he lights in the suburbs than near the ar cael ee ‘i have been Matthews and his sup £0 : by the mayor : GRAND JURY s WORK Kellogg was pot certain that he so stions. | said that 2 saloonin lly porters, who have raked the city neidentally, one might inquire any reduction What gasiaed pays only $2.16 for the same iy Catied Pre Wore . : DE |two months in an endeavor to find how it happens that the Post-lntel-| INDICTMENTS AGAINST ind Steiner were not | SPOUT Poy Nierext as a home owner| LONDON, Ma dya Go ch finds in th ntucky river, something of a tangible nature to ligencer is able to reproduce evi 7 et & 3. The utilities committee Smount of eacrintnrow of the sub-|rich, who is stopping at ‘ite | aee oe oe a feciaxe against the editor of the dence before the grand jury Did 1—Conspiring to protect gambling houses and houses of ‘prdete ke up the matter Tuesday. | station ie charged $5.04 for. That’s|Cariton, made no. denial of the |} nched iy eee ee ee ee ranean y|. - S—With -aeediibabiden a; pula entsknos in Cheer Joe Smith. what Erickson says, and Erickson | rumors that she is to marry a Lon | © 20 The city has been scoured der of his church and foreman of dance ball ng a pu nuisance in the form of the Arcade One of the sensations of the ¢ that that’s robbery.” don banker |two months and scores of witness Ye Jury loan it to the Post With criminally Mbeling J. ¥, C. Kellogg, city council 4 ing was when Joe Smith, the fight Erick answered argnment During the 1 the ¢ ch have been put before the grand jury igen iminally libe q Ke city councilman, ing newspaper man i the clause thar all business firms have a de Goodwin dive . proceed ah. for the sole purpose of connecting That there was no testimony be |!'NOICTMENTS AGAINST C. B. BLETHEN— Star platform in which seven preciation account by yading | w eon constantly in mi pany the editor of the Times with some fore the grand jury sufficient to| 1—Conspiring to protect gambling houses and houses of prosth ot the nine counctimen pledged from a statement of the Sealtie| with the banker whom it Is sald ee BN Pere te ogame [ti tect Coat One prostenting ation | With ‘criminally Mbeting Councliman J. Y. C. Kell themselves tq work for rate reduce lectric company showing that sh next month ministration, but up to 4 there the fact that the prosecuting a criminally bel ‘ouncilman ellogg. i] tions, ‘exhibiting the original signa-\purth has none. Here are a few) shi by h NEW YORK. M ‘—H Dy. Haut @ seintilia of evidence to ney refused to sign the findings of ee tien aiern Cc. B. RATHBUN— tures to the cheering crowd. other: remarks of Erickson’s mother. Be. sag hype venry P| tablish any suoh charge. that body until ordered to do so by | minal Ibe “Goldemith, Baker and his | “I want to put the light plant on Lo penetra Boe Mpeg abet PRG rs “ME © only the court, who, of course, acted |'NDICTMENTS AGAINST C. W. WAPPENSTEIN— crowd, who now want to ‘save’ = a business b: instead of a bunko of Duveen Brothers, who Was COM-| swapaper that supportéd Gill, for from his interpretation of the law Conspiring with A. J. Blethen and others to protect gambling the light plant, were the leaders — | ba: victed on a +b rong ew nap of hav-| ie mayoralty when his adminfétra-|and not from his knowledge of what , houses, houses of prostitution and unlawful sale of liquor. in the fight against the $800,000 “The manufacturer and the man | ing evaded United States customs, | 110 MBXOr tacked, it fell to the |the testimony was | 2—With maintaining a public nuisance in the shape of the Arcad@ bond issue,” said Joe Smith. “Do _ in overalls look alike to me when | ped on aed o ey Times to ¢ and incident That Dr. Matthews bas played ° tance hall A you think they are am fixing the light rates.” sis oer Tally big chie " Into the hands of the Post-Intel 8 ~“ ‘ oy th accepting bribes from Gideon Tupper and Clarence 000. } Jerald wanting to ‘save’ the city | “Street lighting should cost as | “When Gill was inveigled from ‘ligencer for the purpose of political € peat The question before the much as residence lighting.” } the city on a 12 days’ voyage, after |revenge may or may not have been|/NOICTMENT AGAINST MIKE POWERS— s council is one of policy, The Hesketh made the shortest ‘DRINK CURE NO lho had given the chief leave of ab-|an accident Coneekine to protect gambling houses, houses of prostitution and - ted cheers, when | " 4od, and Wardall If these cases are ever brought unlawful sale of liquor 4 people have already declared ech, greeted with sence for a like period, and Warda ee the policy, first by electing arone and said : eee tad the upheaval of an in- to trial they will be defeated as|'NOICTMENTS AGAINST LUDOVIC DALLAGIOVANNA— DS Mayor Dilling, who in the cam- Ladies and gentlemen: I am hg ie 1 Preece Leased as a CURE, HE SAYS vestigation, immediately charging | rapidly it is possible to put them | 1—Conspiring to protect gambling houses, houses of. prostitution paign stood for rate reductions, | ready to vote EARS, May S¢—~-Reports hat, | lthe chief of police with graft and |before the court, and even the Post _ and unlawful sale of liquor, and hext by electing this coun. A number of men in the audienc a result of the Torreon massa Under a guaratitee, he says, that |ihreatened his removal, and the Intelligencer admits that there is 2—With maintaining a public nuisance, viz., the Arcade dance hall, cil spoke heartily In favor of Brick 6 one _ age activity pty aarnns he would be cured within five days8| game was wired to him by Mr. not sufficient testimony to justify gga dr i AGAINST CHARLES BERRYMAN— r é 4 candi-|bands of insurrectos throughout | o¢ the drink habit, George B. Wynne At a thacateie nat ake indicted same as Ludovic. it is the duty of the council, A. E. Flags, a defeated can insu s th of the drin J & ne | Royce, the mayor's private secre- |a trial, and therefore not sufficient the mayor and the light superin- for councilman, led the fight | Mexico, American intervention is paid $125 and entered the Gatlin | tary, {t naturally followed that Wap- to justify an indictment, and by INDICTMENT AGAINST FRANK CLANCY— tendent to carry out the de- |against the bill. His support was|near, are today ere ly increasing Institute, At the end of the five |penstein should wire to me for the that admission the Post-Intelli Permitting part of his building to be used as public gambling house, ae ed policy of the people very slim Oe ote Ne OE eae otacaag |(a¥# he came out uncured, he | tots and ask whether he should re- |cencer endorses the stand taken by INDICTMENT AGAINST T. E. NUNAN— Madero himself refuses to discuss) charges in a sult for $6,15 | turn t to Seattle at once or not the prosecuting attorney Stealing pair of rubber boots from Eyres’ warehouse at time of fire, T the Torreon inc ident, His chiets, | Wynne charges it was agreed his INDICTMENT AGAINST CHAS. KNOSHER— nowever, admit that he is gravely | me be returned | Falsifying accounts. yy money was to be returned, with $30 * ‘alsifying accoun: Wappy, If Convicted Twice, [Seneca aver fut thes wars |cr'e'gonee ete tues [peeee enter eee) MUNDI i jany Japanese among the 200 odd says he was improperly treated URT IT bone: IRREAE killed, army officers here believe | with drugs and that he 1s left | \* COURT ITEM. FO RRO ROO ak ay raw a i @ SENTENCE the sisxado witt demand American | nervous wreck |* any + " ~ | intervention | 5 i i ieee MAXIMUM SENTENCES IF CONVICTED If convicted on all eight of the in-|three months in the county jail 18| 1¢ Madero goes to Mexico City} WASHINGTON, May ‘Con Judge Yakey, who was shown up | ® Charles W. Wappenstein, 8 indictments, 52 years 3 months #* dictments returned against him,|the maximum. The other two in-|he and De La Barra will be forced|gressman Burleson (Dem., Texas) in the Bryan disbarment trial,)® and fin * Charles W. Wappensteln *faces a\dictments are for conspiracy) to axsump responsibility for the | today called a caucus of the house} brought by Yakey's friends, ts still | % Alden J, Blethen, 8 indictments, 3 years county jail and fine. # maximum prison sentence of 52| against the public morals, for which | aotg of all insurgents opposed to| democrats fgx noon June 1, to con sitting as a King county judge to-|% Cc. B. Blethtn indictments, 2 years county jail and fine. id “years and three months. He is/|the penalty is fixed at a maximum pjag, even though they do not con-| sider the proposed revision of the day in place of Judge Robald, and | x Mike Powers, 1 Indictment, 1 year county jail and fine. 1 charged with asking and receiving | of one year in the county jail in trol the 13,000 rebels under Gen. | wool schedule. | entitled under the usual rule to|® :. + ™ bribes on five indictments, each of | each case. Figueroa, nor the other independent his boat fare and hotel expnses| which subjects him to a maximum| Outside of these penalties, Wap-| hands while in Seattle piatintacndb asta Renta. Dalai sa OT Ry : penitentiary sentence of 10 years.| penstein, should he be convicted on Thetr acts, it is feared, may em ACT ON ARDONS bilo fi ‘ ‘One indictment charges extortion | any two indictments, may have to! p01) Mexico. Gultoaal oak tea Wires A matter of great, public im | from the Pacific Coast Co. for col face a charge of being a habitual WASHINGTON, May 24,--Pregi-|portanee will come before the | lecting unlawful fees for protecting |criminal, for which a life sentence) WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE. | dent Taft will take final actiqn on |franchive committee of the coun-| | 4 the waterfront. This is only a mis-|{s fixed’ by law, leaving the trial) wator will be shut off in South {requests for pardon for John R,|¢!l this enim ‘It . eagiorst I 2 saipmaanin be se rs wre our @a 0 E demeanor, for whict penalty of| judge no discretion in the matter Park tomorrow from 1¢ m. to 2|Walsh and Chas. W. Morse, one OT Fe a a“ ats Siataes Appts ie ee ae r ye a orgy As A teeter. pec 1 >. e forces oppos- | dic s was 8 o 6 3 I bears cob Wii ce esti ing the rate reduction bill will be|small force of deputy sheriffs yes: | Betty Graham of The Star editorial staff {s going to find out * JL present In this case terday whether or not Seattle men usually give up their seats to women $ he bill provides that only a cer-| Deputies Roberts, Malone, Bé in the street cars. ai erorm p to oie ounci tain percentage of passengers may|and Griffiths, under personal direc The Star has received a number of complaints from women (By United Press.) stand in the © During the/tion of Sheriff Hodge, worked on this subject recently, so just to find out exactly how “bad” BAKERSFIELD, Cal., May The public safety committee of | Hesketh and Wardall, who believe | crowded morning and evening trips/ night and are still busy tod the men are, Miss Graham will ride on all the principal car lines 24,—Ernest Berger, 35, a lad council this morning, with|in the reform, Mstened to the de-|pagsengers are not to be compelled| Many of the men served asked {ff this week during the rush hours. wealthy Swi is dead here Haas and Blaine in voting control, bate, Steiner and Goddard were ab-|to wait more than a certain num-| time to secure bail so a deputy And to the first man on each car who gives up his seat to Miss today, a suicide by drowning. | indefinitely postponed the Grif-| sent ber of minutes. For violations of| was allotted them while the rest of | Graham, she will hand a small envelope containing an order on After securingeadmission te a | fiths bill calling for Jail reform and| A large lobby expressed its in-|the ordinance, both the street car|the sheriffs hurried in the sher The Star for $8 In gold, SHINGTON, May 24.—Th hospital Berger severed an ar- | the dismissal of Jailer Corbett dignation at the committee's ac-|company and the passengers are}iffs' autos after the rest of them Tonight between the hours of 5 and 6:30 Miss Graham will house, by a viva voce vote, passed| tery with a piece of glass from However, the matter will be|tion, Blaine moved nchiefinite | ate to punishment , A er FYE ride on the Madison cable line, She may be on any car, and she the Flood resolution approving the| 8P electric light bulb. Bleed- | prought up before the whole coun-| postponement, saying that it was| ‘This morning Griffiths’ jail reg-} BOSTON, May 24.—Urged by tt Wil ab Boulk be hdabiek be deem 4a moet of tie aiecter dati ; ing profusely, he got into the cil on Monday and probably be|defective. Griffiths argued that in| ylation bill is before the public] prisoner's aged mother, Gov. Fo But Mics Graham Wil shery in het pocket an order.ter.@h ana i constitutions of Arizona and New bathtub and turned on the sent to another committee. The |that case it should be amended. | safety committ Here, also, con-| today took under consideration the |IP tye first man who offers her hi Rag get the $8 Z Mexico and clearing the way for water. |majority of the council is commit-| “It appgars foolish for Blaine to| siderable opposition is shown. }removal of some of the restrictions ‘ ‘ ids : 8 . their final admission to statehood, | - ner 4 lted to this reform. The bfll hap | aay the bill was not properly | | that have made Jeske Pomeroy the m Ns feet wt tee Miss Graham tonight between 5 and 6:30 on The resolution provides that the CHOOSE LOUISVILLE pened to strike a committee which | drawn,” said Griffiths afterwards, | LA FOLLETTE TALKS. nous Charlestown “lifer” a mod. . an wil het 4 beaghs just how she is treated b; people of New Mexico shall vote| f had two known enemios to the bill “I have been an attorney for 20| WASHINGTON, May 24.—When| ern counterpart of “The man in the __ Bho wal te Pete’ readers each day just rare Soa he sae gain on the question of making| ATLANTIC CITY, J., May 24.\in control years and can draw up @ slmple|the senate convened at noon today|iron mask.” Pomeroy is kept in| Conductors wage. paseearers, 600 tnclosneey, rar fate the constitution moré easily |—Louisville, Ky., was chosen today| Erickson, the third member of|ordinance at least. 1 am confi-|Senator La Follette resumed his/solitary confinement and” never lights on the Seattle Electric company's latest cattle ja rs ‘amendable, ond Arizona must yoto|as the next meeting place for the|the committee, voted for the bill,!dent that the council will not ac-|speech demanding an investigation | sees or Is seen by any of the othor | Methods @gain on the recall of judges | Northern Presbyterian assembly, [aud Griffiths spoke for St, Kellogg, |copt the committee report.” of the Lorimer election, convicts,