The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 6, 1911, Page 1

ee gonly 50 ‘sales stable at 1722 First av. S. If You Missed Last Night’s “Pink” You Overlooked a “Hummer”— Exclusive Local Story Tonight sae | . ina VOL. 13, NO. 89, “FIRE AUTO . Fire Chief's Machine Dashes Onto Sidewalk, ibe Down} ° Weman and Old Man. e Hiram Holman, aged 71, and Mrs.| it another team E. G. Corwin were both knocked| The driver, Jensen down and seriously hurt this morn. |‘ pea oom ing when the fire chief's auto, d: } nan Was struck, re Ing down First av., shot over the! w@und in the back of his head. Mrs curb on to the sidewalk, where Hol-| E.G. Corwif, who was standing man and Mrs. Corwin were stagd- | looking jewelry in a win-| ain down, was also struck, but was not injured beyond receiving a severe shock. She went home The fire pn the City was of unknown origin the hold. But don and s! tonight on Francisco LIFE WORTRLESS.. Ae LOVE. = 6 —Des. Twilehans, of Judge ected his brick commit suleide so doing bumped | cmb | ving a at som So alarm had been turned in for! a fire in, the steamer City of Puebla lying at the Pacific Coast Co.'s dock at the foot of King st, Assistant Fire Chief William J. Hodder * speeding down First av, toward the fire. At Madison st, a wagon block ed the way. In attempting to pass an GIRL, FAMILY PET, DISAPPEARS WHTH 0 CENTS CAPITA of Puebla} starting schedule t becaus pretty young d Twiehans of Exete Fiove, Earl O'Brie mason, attempted t shortly after midnight last night} by taking poison. A friend vainly attempted to prevent O'Brien from | carrying out his rash purpose. He} | will reco ‘ONE CENT POSTAGE By Unie ne Lenaed Wiee.t CLEVELAND, O., June 6.--C Burrows, presigent of the National One, Cent Postage association, are| nouficed today that President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock | hud assured him that th# question | of one cent postage would be pre sented at the next session of con gress. The fight for higher maga- zine postage would be rénewed | then, he said. WILL SELL BABY | NEW YORK, June 6.—In or. der to raise money to send his father to Greece, his only chance to recover health, James Saltilisse and his wife Julia to- day advertised in the newspa- pers offering to sell their “mighty fine baby, pretty and Ske always seemed contented healthy,” for $1,000. The “with her surroundings, and bad| is 9 months old. everything she could wish for. She was the only child—the family pet —until seyen months ago, when a baby was born to Mrs. Higbee. Mrs. Higbee had been ill the last two weeks, and Violet has been | kept out of school to attend her. Before jeaving Violet ~— Agatha hter VIOLET HIGBEE Hatless and with a capital cents, VioletHigbee, year-old daughter of Mr. and Mos. P V_ Higbee, disappeared last night from the Higbee home, 111 33rd 8. “ Mra. Higbee is heartbroken, am can give no explanation, excepting | that the girl talked of going to ber mother’s aunt at Marysville. | Violet was playing with her com nanions unti! about 8 o'clock, whert the cMildwn started for their homes. + iolet failed to reach her home. HERE’S HONESTY RENO, Nev. June 6.—Mrs. Annie C. Carpenter of Brook- lyn, N. Y., who recently was granted a divorce from Dr. Frank E. Carpenter, has caused« comment in Reno's divorce col- | ony by returning to a wealthy Californian named Miner jew- ef valued at $450,000 and locks worth $250,000, which he gave to her. in breaking her engagement with Miner, Mrs. Carpenter merely announced that she loved another. @ 60 cents of a neighbor. ieee aan i Da * Pipiice + WEATHER FORECAST * * Yor Seattle agd vicinity: # % Fair tonight and Wednesday; * % light northeasterly winds. * (RaliMahhaldctaAciaietatatataMal ——— Oh, Look! Here’s the Latest ! The Star’s $5 Golden Smile BY BEVTY GRAHAM. The $5 smile is the latest. Star is the briginator Bince I have been giving away ‘The Star $5 gold pieces to the first man on @ crowded car who to give me a seat, become popular. Here it is In to- day's picture of the lucky man on the South Seattje line. The first man I gave the order on The Star for $5 smiled skeptical ly. Tee next one not quite so Much, and so on, as it became known that The Star was really giving $5 in gold to the first man to give Betty Graham a seat in & crowded car. 1. B. Lahar, who got the $5 order for being the first man to offer me & seat on a crowded South Seattle car, was jubilant “I got The Star $5,” he exclaimed | y to the conductor, as we left the car ¥ y | to go to The. Star office. As we y i i y changed cars at Second and Yesler, he again waveg the ordér at a man in the crowd, and again joyfally ex- claimed: “Bill, 1 got The Star $5." They ail seemed to know what le meant * “It's the first time in my life,” | he explained to me, “that I was ever lucky. Once in New Orleans & paper was dajng something like this, but they didn't let anyone know about it beforehand. Anoth- er man and myself got up at the same time, but the other fellow | stepped in front of me, #0 he got the prize. Did you know about it tonight?” I asked. “I knew you were making the rides, but I had not read tonight's | paper,” he said, drawing it from his pocket, so I did not know you Were on the South Seattle line. Oh!” he added, as if he thought 1 doubted, “I always give up my seat to any lady.” Mr. Lahar lives with his famfy at 4204% Ninth av. §., and rons a The J. B. LAHAR, | moment shelter, ° suffering bull Andrew in the is Is the bulldog that took part{in a eritical condition, in “the bloody fight Nu: | from wounds (nflicted by |wamish valley farmers Sunday af-|dog and by its owner ternoon, in which George Patrick |Dozetch. The latter ts still was nearly killed. Patrick is still county ja iting bail, between 1 awa Portland yesterday proved that she is keepit step with Oregon as a whole, when the people finally retired Mayor “Joey” Simon from office A. G. Rushlight, progress rect primary elected mayor, It has been a long, hard fight against the big special interests 1d, which sought to extend themselves b eyond theft legit went and controt the policies and official power of # big city. But it was bound to be a winning fight, because the people were awake to thelr own responsibilities, and were working for the best interests of the masses, instead of the special fow Just one newspaper was with them. And not only did The Portland Dally News support their cause, but it led in the fight And yesterday the people gave their verdict. It was: After this Portland will be governed for the PEOPLE, and NOT for the SPECIAL INTERESTS Fine business, Portland! republican, and advocate of the di — “LIBERATOR” RUSHED FROM BANQUET BOARD TO ESCAPE BEING ASSISSNATED (By Uelted Prev Leased Wire.) room, while a jostlingcrowd pushadt AGUAS CALIENTES, Mex. /its way in. Col. Eduardo Hay, of dune 6—Francisco 1, Madero, | Madero's party, rusned Madero and Jr, is rolling toward Mexico his wife into the street, seized the City today in his special train, nearest automobile and made a following an exciting sceng (dash for the special train, two miles here, in which the revolution- (away. Madero and his wife tramp. ary leader and his party sud- |ed some distance through the mud denly left a big banquet pre to their privaty car. The guard was pared for him, and were rushed | trebled, and the revolutionary chief. to their train unde y |tain and his wife dined privately, guard. It is believed that a the banquet being abandoned, al plot to kill Madero was frus- (though thousands of people surged trated. through the streets The banquet had been planned at dero gnd wildly shouting the Casino hotel. Just as the recep-| The Madero party feared a tion committee eacorted Madero |Mfico plot similar to the Juarez af. into the banquet hall the ligh@s/fair, and Madero's private guard. were mysteriously extinguished. A under command of Gen. Garibaldi later another committee | surroun the train until it lef Mrs. Madero into the for the capital two hours later. escorted GOING ON A VACATION? If you are leaving for one week or two, or a month or all summer, let The Star follow you. No need of going without your home paper, The cost is just the same as if delivered to your home. Telephone youf out-of-town .address to The Star Circulation Department, Main 9400 or Ind. 441. ARE YOU IN ON THE ANTI-FLY CAMPAIGN? you joined the “fly swat'| RIGHT NOW ts the tinw to wage Yesterday The Star told ba on ‘em—now, re the hot ‘ wealther brings them out in of germs carr) swarms. Tomorrow The Star will and of the neces-|give a few prescriptions for fly- Have ters yet? of the millions by one small fly, sity of killing off the pesky bruites|killing, and give other interesting | before they got handle too numerous to |facts for the success of the anti-fly |qempaign. ~. Woman’s "Shelter Is Planned’ Seattle will have a The sh if plans of the for widows, of America are rea lized men whose D. Jones bas donated a 10-ere prison, site on Ravenna Heights, con-| porary distress ditioned only on the erection @f a building not to cost less than July 4 by AGO, June 6 $10,000, A campaign to raise the fund will be laungbed Staff Captain C. W. Brooks. Mrs which has sheld the Nellie Dunean of San Francisco, Wert in its grip for the past few who has charge of the Volunteers’ days has been broken, Today's children work on the Pacific coast, | temperature was comfortably cool, will speak at a rally and celebra-|Sim@ar conditions are reported tion at Ravewna Heights. throughout the Middle West IT TOOK SOME NERVE TO DO THIS NEW YORK, June 6,—With “nerves like steel” might well be applied to George Palmer, assistant keeper of reptiles in the Bronx zoological gardens, who 1s being congratulated today by his friends upon his narrow escape from death yesterday. Palmer posed as stiff and rigid as a statue when a diamond-back rattle- snake dropped on his arm as he opened the rattler den. Palmer kept his nerve until the rattler crawled up his arm past his cheek and slipped off down his back to the ground. Then Palmer moved lively. The slightest tremor would have resulted in a lightning-like dart of the poison fangs woman's ter, as planned wilt be abandoned wives, husbands are in jail or Volunteers wo: Mb | Middl and women or girls in tem-| The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1911. s m= NEL MA MAN ACCUSED With the walle of Me office deck 4 th placards telling the perils of sin and the beauty of correct living Frank Downer, church member, to abstainer and “mode!” book keeper, “fell fro grace” and em betzied $176 from the Belknap Glass Co,, according to charges upon which he was arrested. Downer i* at @ $1,600 bail, but Mr. Belknap fay the shortage may mount up to $2,000. Experts are investigating He Wae the Model. Dewner was looked upon in “the Belknap offices as tM very last man to peculate. Kvery time he | heard anyone swear or use any pro- fane language he admonished them verely and attempted to impress m them the advantages of living a religious life. He never smoked he never tgok a drink dhe had |na bad hadite, so far as any of bis office associates knew Hut two weeks ago discovery of an alleged discrepancy in bi counts was made. Experts we to Work on the books and Downer wan discharged. Accuse@ by Mr Belknap of the embeaziement of $175) at least; Downer ix said to} |have explained that his wife had/ been fl Belknap says Downer had made uo previous mention of ii} ness nor asked any joan or help. | He bad been extravagant in man-| m@ about the office, however, and owing to Downer's habits the only seé@ming explanation te that he lived extravagantly at home, says Bel knap. “Sin Expensive. "When Downer left the offices he bundled up all of his antisin plac except one, and took under bis arm. The only one jeft betiind quotes, “Sin fs the most) expensive thing in the world and) wotka with wonderfully injurtous transforming power upon ite sub} i” A few days after losing his job Do®ner went to work for the Chi cago, Milwaukee & Bt. Paul Rail raat Co. He liver with hie wife at First ay. W. He drew a salary OB §25 « week at the Belknap Co. Re i ay. and Stéwert st. ty a fow monthe ago Downer rred his church membership 1 Dr. Matthews’ First Presby. w to Dr. A. W. Leonard's First | Muthedist. Dr. Leonard expected | cody to call upon Downer and ask as pxplanation Fo end te tae eel dindadad 4 # MIB RIGHT TO A BERTH. # ‘KANSAS CITY, June 6. th’ the Union station at night wd up to the window of the n ticket office drifted hatted man of tower tue who doubled him it down to the window oped? #| & i and said *| “1 want a berth “to Bliss, *| * Okla lw ("Gota | the clerk “Reservation?” asks he of © hat, doubling up a little % thore #0 as to look his inter ator straight in the eye Re but I've got 160 t mext the 101 R you don't want to * wien me ° % Room was found for him * SPEER EEE EERE EEE Mrs. Berry's Case up Tonight ' Mrs. Henrietta Berry, dismissed eeveveres reservation?” asks teeteeeees joll matron, will finally feceive her | hearing before the civil service | fght at 7:20. Mrs. | Berry discharged following | considerable publicity of the ine| famous “nude parade.” Chief of Police Bannick, who| knew all about the affair at the |time of its occurrence, did not Ms migs Mrs. Berry until after a great deal of feeling had been created jagainst Jailor Corbett, @nd it is? generally’ believed that Mrs, Berry | was made a scape-goat for Corbett The case of Tom Nunan, As-| sistant fire chief, has been post: | |poned for two weeks, pending his | jtrtal on the charge of theft in the \wuperior court next Thursday. | Another matter to come before the clvil gervice commission is the dotber tor of the status of C. 1 commission Gilmer, foreman of outside con truction in the Light department, | his n the position | required | whe is said to hold | without having tak j examination ~ PLEAD FRIDAY Cosa, poxworn evs panOD Sq) LOS ANGELES, June 6. H Conners, A. B. Maple and Ire Bender, indicted by the grand jury ‘on charges of attempting to dyna. rds building, before Judge Willis next Friday morning. Judge Willi# set next Friday ag the day for the pleading despite efforts of Attorney Job Harriman and Le Compte Davis to have it postponed for ten days. “if a murder can plead within atday after the crime is committed,” waid Judge Willis to Attorney Har riman, “I believe three days is ample time for your clients.” : ° IN SEATTLE them4> ONE ‘CENT. wl Aad DEFENSE TRIES TO EXPLAIN EX-CHIEF’S BANK ee DEATH LURKS IN RUSTY TIN) CUPS AT PUBLIC FOUNTAINS 1 o'clock today 20 persons drank from this cup at the fountain at Sec: ond av, and Colunfh! One of them was a @wash Indfan who has tuberculosis so bad that hg probably can’t live more than a few months. After him came a lit tle newsboy, who put half the cup into his mouth and drank ite heart's content Then came two Italian laborers a Chinaman, a Greek d two little girls, A mother wal) baby, and she gave the little one a drink from the cup, from the very same piace where the consumptive ,Siwash drank. A stout policemm@ was “caught in the act.” You would think he public drink from them himself peared as blissfully cups to but several of these ‘dark ages” left in Seattic. Physicians will tell you that rusty tin drinking cups rank with flies as germ spread- ers. All progressive cities are installing the sanitary bubble fountains, which do away with cups. Seattle has two or three of these modern fountains. A public protest against the old tin aups will eliminate ther all. Dering: the next few days The Star will show conditions at other Public Drinking Fountain aw Second Av. and Columbia St. Where Everybody Uses Same Drinking Cup The “life” that means death is|public drinking places, and detail that which is inside of the public|the evil in the of the public |drinking cup, and yet hundreds drinking cup. The state of Idaho | every day take a chance at the pub- |has prohibited its use, and this in- Iie cup. cindes trains passing through the Between the hours of 12:30 and | state. on ap ED Have you tried to “take” any Futuregrepfic to take, if you know how, than photographs. Al! you have to do | to take a pencil, GAZE INTO THE FUTURE, decide how vour svt ject will look 10, 18 or 20 years hence then put your idea on paper, using your pencil, and presto, you have a FUTUREGRAPH. yet? They're easier to his| up with a} had heard of enough dam-| ignorant ACCOUNT. |Benn, Wappy’s Brother-ins Law, Says He Gave Him That $5,000 Which Mrs, Wappenstein Deposited. Gid Tupper or Ed Wappy’s brother-in-law. | The jury in whong handeties the fate of C. W. Wappenstein, | Benn, the ex-police chief, must de- cide between these two. Tie this morning took the is considered the latter testimony, however, the possibility of corrobgration, | for it related to strictly confi- dential relations between Wap- penstein and himself. Tells of Old Debt. | He told of an old debw of 5,000 which he owed to Wap- penstein since 1900. He com- menced repaying this in April, 1910, and made the last pay- | ment of $1,000 on August 3, he said. T is intended to ex- vy during his term of office, as opposed to Tup- per’s testimony that he paid him large sums of money as bribes. Says He Brought $10,000. , Benn aiso tevtified that in answer oat i} from Mrs. Wape ister, early on the April 14, in which she re trying Lo make trowe |ble for Charlie,” he brought $10,008 from Aberdeen to be used for ball money in ¢ he was arrested. deposited $5,000 of this amount fa Mrs. Wappenstein’s credit at the |Canadian Bank of Commerce, the other $5,00 @to his own credit in the National bank defense attempted to ex« Mrs. Wappenstein's visit to afety deposit vaults previous | n's depositing the $10,900 by, jthe testimony of Benn that he | wanted her to hunt up some tax re: ceipts for property which she own ed in Aberdeen, and which he took care of. nstein, his « of hey Under Cross-Fire. On cross-examination Prosecutor Merphy elicited from Benn the fact that Wappenstein kept the note for which the alleged $5,000 was given in Benn's own in Aberdeen; that Wappenstein did not deliver up the note, although full payment had been made on August 3 by Benn, until after he bad taken @ trip to Aberdeen after he had been jalready indicted Damaging Admissions. Murphy alse compelled Benn to | state that he drew the $10,000 in- tended for Wappenstein’s bail out. of a private vault of his own in his® jown building in Aberdeen, and ‘that | no records were kept in this private vault; that Benn always kept from | $5,000 to $15,000 in this private | vault And you mean to say,” asked Murphy, “that while you always kept a large sum of money in this private vault, you could not pay Wappenstein his $5,000 which you had for more than nine years, ex- by small lots every now and ‘ replied the witness. “E | paid him whenever I had the money, I kept his money separately and loaned it out at, different times, pay- ing him 6 per cent interest. He got the woney from my father in 1900 for services he had done during the panic of 1893 and for three or four after that. He wanted the y back in the fail of 1909 for real estate investments.” You never sent him any money; by, draft? 1 ays brought it down in cash “And August “Yes.” “For a real estate investment?* More Admissions. ‘Isn't it a fact that Wappenstein invest@d $2,000 on July 26 in Ab- erdeen city bonds, just before you | made the last payment, because he wanted to invest in real estate?” The witness was forced to admit | this Benn was formerly the mayor of Aberdeen, and a member of the He said he was worth 100 to $40,000, F's father, Benn, he said, was worth over half a million. “As a matter of fact,” ohy, “you never did use $10,000 for bail money.” Benn replied that he didn’t be+ ause it was merely a drop in the ticket to what was actually peed- jed. He is still under cross CKame ination this afternoon the last payment was asked that SERRE RRR MEE EH * * WANTS NEW YORK * Tp BUY CONEY ISLA’ \* NE YORK, June | & proposition is on fe * York to acquire © *® and make it into * pleasure and recr * Alexander S. Dresher, % man of the aldermanic com- * mittee on parks, proposes to ® * introduce a resolution at to- % % day's session of the board of % * aldermen providing for the * | purchase of the area recently * ‘ burned over. He estimates * * that it will not cost in excess@e 1,000,000. * * * |e te tO RRR