The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 5, 1911, Page 1

~— FATALITIES AB $B gio 8 2 225% HERA R a LOWEST IN HO TORY Yesterday's Death List Only 24 Result of “Sanest” Fourth — Last Year 131 Were Killed. ee Yesterday's death record of only 24 deaths shows that the ceaseless agitation for a sane Fourth is bringing results. Here are the killed and injured records for the previous seven Deaths. 466 Injured Settee eeeeeeeeet ee Seeeeeeeeeeteteeeee Reet eee eee eee United Press Leased Wire) | CHICAGO, July 5—Totaling up the cost of the celebration of the Fourth, dispatches from all over| the country, published here today, | describe the casualities as the} smallest In history. In practically | every “safe and sane” Fourth town} there were no accidents, and it is believed that President Taft's ap-| peal to the nation to refrain from | | | | SERRE EERE EEE E * * % COST OF THE FOURTH. * % Deaths—From fireworks 12, * % by firearms 7, by gunpowder * % 2, toy pistols 3. Total 24. #) % Injured—By fireworks 390, *| % by cannons 6, by firearms 113, & % by gunpowder 173, by torpe- # | # does 18, by pistols 102, by *| we canes 10, by runaways 16. * % Totals 831. * % Fire ioss—$344,350. . * * RRR ee dangerous celebration brought re sults. airo, Ils, headed the list of casualties in “insane Fourth” towns with three dead. w York was second with two, In 19 other towns one death each was the cost of celebrating the nation’s birth-| day. ONLY ONE HURT N OEATILE MRS. JOHN BANCROFT. WILMINGTON, Del, July 3.—It to the Interest that Dela is hardly likely that “Max Hi r e's «most exclusive — society jr.” lying in his mother’s arms, took | circles are takirg in the marital much notice of the graff man who | tr of the Hancroft The stood a few steps away i read a apers were rea the long paper Mex who is about a| baby ie that the tier is named as month old, probably blinked and|cocdefendant in the suit against its sucked his thumb, and let it go at| mother, ct being to bring that specifically before the court the But if little “Max” could have/ question of itv parentage. known, that paper was of as much| Mrs. Bancroft was formerly Made- | imnortance to him, doubtless, as/|line Dupont, daughter of Alfred I any he will ever hear read in his| Dupont, multimillionaire vice-prest whole Iife. It attacked the legiti- dent of the Dupont Powder Co. He macy of his bi lt was the di-| father and mother w divorced lvoree petition of his mother’s h several years ago. Madeline re band, who denies the parentage of| mained with her mother for a time the child. It alludes to him as "Max after the divorce, but suddenly Heibler, jr.” while hix mother is | went to the home of her father, who Mrs. John Bancroft, because Max | had married again, alleging that her Heibler, sr..” is the » whom Ban-| mother had treated her unkindly ¢ uses of having invaded his| Bancroft, who was then @ student h at Princeton, joined her at her proceeding was one the | father’s home within a short me most unusual in the history of df r her arrival there, and th y litigation, and added mark- were married within a few days * sida dalla diadindiad * ® SEATTLE’S RECORD * * FOR FOURTH, 1910 * *® Seven = seriously injured * ® taken to hospitals. cal % Nine other minor injuries #| & reported. *! % Two fires Total damage $70. & * * ® SEATTLE’S RECORD * * FOR FOURTH, 1911 & % One seriously injured. * “° Three fires. Damage about * we $2,000. * RK ‘The explosion of a firecracker, which he picked up thinking it was already exploded, may cause the loss of the sight of Willie Misgen's left eye. Little Willie, who is four years old and lives at 3016 First av, had| hia injured eye and burned nose { bandaged last evening shortly after the occurrence of the accident | Aside from this practically no Fourth of July accidents happened esterday. A number of grass and sh fires were started without Gamage. Firecrackers caused lit-, tle fires on a number of roots, but | im every case the damage was practically nil Sparks from firecrackers caused a blaze in a two-story frame house at 4269 Aurora st. last evenin, "| with a loss of $160, fully cov by insurance. A two-story frame) idence at 4129 Tenth av. S., was | ed to the extent of $500 latches carelessly thrown away caused the fire. Yesterday's biggest fire when a two-story frame building at SEATTLE, WASH WHAT DID BABY ‘CARE IF HIS 4 MAMMA’S HUS. BAND SUED HIM ALSO IN DIVORCE CASE AGAINST WOMAN? SAYS SHE WAS DUPED INTO A MO rested on Com-,since she has heard 1 was married Seattle Man Ar She was my h sper in Los plaint Made by Portland) Angetes when 1 working for Wemes. the Fifth av. store of that city P She gave me a diamond ring Albert F. Winslow, manager of |, (She gave i o> somere ise the Bon Marche shoe 4 artment, worn that ev: ad but I have . fos grr Ag ‘Bet m war (certainly not stolen it, I sold my ried since May ; eralcuto fo 1G rece! dre Mueller of Portland alleges he pred BBY oN reeey a duped her into go marriage 19 | ¢569 in payment for it. This not Los Angeles some time ago See ei: enue io Leaategioe a Mrs. Mueller swore out & com- That is the only promissory note I plaint against Winslow last week, know anything about, and that Mrs and he was arrested Saturday 48 / \(ueiler certainly has nothing to do & fugitive from justice. He was) with.” released on a $2,000 bond. Mrs Winslow claims Mrs. Mueller has | Mueller charges him with grand |peen writing threatening letters to larceny. She alleges he took @ him $500 diamond ring, a promissory) Winslow, accompanied by his |note for $1,175 and other property | pride, has been out of the city since | valued at $500 on January 31 his marriage, and returned last/ ‘Jt is all a lot of falsehoods,”| week, a few days before his ar said Winslow this morning. “She rest. He lives with Mra, Winslow just wants to make trouble now,|at the Frye hotel Newlands Would Regulate Trusts (By United Presse Leased Wire.) commerce commission now controls WASHINGTON, D. C., July 5.—/ railroads. It urges the control of Senator Newiands (Dem. Nev.), to-| Corporations whose annual receipts coed $5,000,0¢ day introduced tn the senate a bill| **ceed $6,000,000. ss the for the regulation of trusts. The|provisions of the measure, shall measure proposes to establish an|register all corporations making interstate trade commission of five |satisfactory statements, and shall be members controlling the commer- | empowered to cancel the registra cial eas re as the interstate | tion. Another Detective Held for “Jury” 40th st. and Latona av. was prac-| One more detective was this) == searss aot feally 8 the cause being un-| morning held under $2,000 bail to|¥ * * * eee eee eee ¥ known. ~The hou was unoccupied. /appear before the grand jury to-|\ KiLL@ WIFE BECAUSE rd ec | morrow, He is Manson R. Preeb - HERRERA KKK AK |atel, who was at one time em PSA eth DA las tg Bg % SOME RELIEF PROMISED &| ployed by the Phillips Detective|% BOISE, Ida, July 6.—He- * os FOR SUPPERING EAST # | bureau, but who Is believ to} ® cause his wife persisted in * % | WASHINGTON, D. C., July ®|have been recently engaged in| ® her intention of suing him for * % 5.—The government weather * | private detective work in behalf of| * divorce, Horace Lichty shot * % bureau today promised mater- *|the defense in the Wappenstein| ® and killed her, then committed * * “ relief ge heat throughout * | trial © utdcide nt Pete Palle ie! % the middle and northern states. *| J, Ames, held as a witness for % The officials added, however, %|the grand jury since June 24, and|* ¥ *¥*¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥* % that elsewhere over the east- *| believed to have been intimately| Anti-Foreign Labor Movement. * ern half of the country the *|connected with operations below} SALEM, Or., July 6.—Several city % situation would not change. *\the Mine under the Wappenstein| councilmen are agitating a move Ra KKH KIN KH KKH! rogime, bas applied for a writ of |ment to discharge all foreign labor habeas corpus. Judge Ronald will|érs employed by the city and sub ee eo ee cane acuuant eg hear his application this afternoon. | stitute American citizens. Mra. Henry D. Marsh against her! husband, Judge Charlies L. Long! emphatically states that the hus-| band in Massachusetts is the head Of the house. | THE HICKTOWN BEE vee se FOCU VOTING. OVERCOAT IN BOSTON TODAY ENOUGH TO CAUSE ARREST BOSTON, July 5—When a husky, big cop saw Alex ander Potrofski wearing an overcoat on the street here to- day, he hesitated not a minute, but took him in. Alexander ought with bitterness and enthusiasm, but he had to go along. At the police station it was feared that he had aped from the state insane asylum K MARRIAGE RRR A RRR BY SUPT. NEWELL of Woodland Park. Say, this ts the big * crowd I have seen here tn « * dog's age. I must aay that for * such a big crowd, the boys ® and girls are behaving pretty * well, If The Star ha» another # plonic ike this next year, I'm ® afraid we will have to enlarge ® the park * Ree eee EKA ARE * * * * * eeeeeeeteeeeee Nearly 30,000 people were out ye to enjoy the ideal holf. day diand park, where The | Stars firet annual Fourth of July Festival given for the ebildren was the big attraction | The fun started just after 10 o'clock In the morning and lasted until late in the afternoon. More than 5,000 people Matened | to the reading of the Declaration of Independence by Judge John F. Miller, former mayor of Seattle ¢ than 800 youngsters partic! pated in the sporting events, which were under (he Maybury of the U. of W., and the came big feast, Thousands of | ch about the pavil| n, gallons ot candy and free ice cream, cake, cones by The Star's! orpa at day, and the! older looked on, ap] ared enjoy the festival as] has the kids j Speaks in Grand Stand. } Judge Miller opened the f al f The he « detand was crowded t mt capacity, and 000 grouped themselves about omenade fin front.} Judge Miller made a brief introduc tory speech and then read the} Declaration of Independenc | Frequently reands of cheers. and applause Interrupted the and at th conclusion of his ad |dress be was accorded an ovation Then all attention was turned toward the big ball field, where Coach Maybury had his hands full nm starting the footraces for the kids In all the races there were jone hundred entries or more, and it iw doubtful ff the English Derby bas ever aroused more genuine en thustasm. Coach ybury was starter, and J, P. official timer, The judges Ernest Trimble and Leander Olson The xe winners in each event were as follows Fifty-yard dash for boys und }15. Harry Kayser, first prize, $1 Bil Harris, second prize cents Three-legged race. Brand and Swatr at prize, Thompson and Sa second prize 50 cents. | Fifty-yard dash for « Marie Hayward, first p lary Kalbo, second Fifty-yard dash for 6. lA Sar Marie Zouloft, cents When the prize money tributed one of the little had ed a prize had dis Her money {# waiting fc The Star office t¢ Then the Ice Cream And then came the siege on the refreshment pavilion, The young sters gave a beautifully realistic imitation of an Apache attack, and the heavy tubs of rich Seattl ade lee cream went down to quick de foat. ‘The Star's corps of ten staff members was assisted by | girls who had volunteered, cents under ne: was air peared her at day a soldier from the navy yard, th police men, five park policemen and ten volun jee cream guards”—men| in the crowd The Grand March. At 1 o'clock the children formed in line, four abreast, on the lawn near the band stand They were FROM HEAT (By United Prose Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, July 5,—8till stifling under terrific heat, New York today saw the street thermometers at 90 at 9 o'clock and scores of prostra-| tions were already being reported. In all tnere were 32 deaths In and about the metropolis yesterday due t, making @ total of 64 in thr Of those who perished terday 20 were drowned at the var- lous beaches where they had sought relief, More than 300 heat pros trations were a record for the Fourth. SIXTH SIZZLING DAY. (By United Press Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, July 5.—With the mer. direction of Coach} and gallons } HUNDREDS DIE SEATTLE 1911 ONE CENT. Thousands Will Remember Star’s First Annual 4th of July Festival Snapshot picture taken at Woodland park yesterday showing one small section of the ten acres of young Americans who turned out for| In thie small space you will be able to count Can you imagine what a ten-acre field of smiles, The Star's Big Festival about a dozen smiles. ali on young faces, looks like? directed by F Ww. it cer, Ruth Davidson, Mrs. Mar of the ec U8. 8 «| tha R. Cutting, Helen Horst, deiphia. Then, with Patrolmen C.| Rose Knapp, Hazel Snyder, Hed- A. Prothers, H. G. O'Brien and C.| vig Fex, Mrs. Melvin W. Deeter, W. Gauntlet at ite head. the pro-| Mrs. Oscar Hansen, Mrs. Heit- wion marched to the pavilion.| miller, Mrs. H. 8. Walker, Mri re the good thin were dis} C.F. Moore, Mrs. E. L. Holling: tributed with very little confusion.| worth, Mrs. C. H. Moulton and Ita a pretty big job to serve tee Mrs. A. H, Suddreth. cream and fixin's to exuberant! ‘these senttle firms co-operated Young America on the glorious! with The Star in making the first Fourth Sond torent i viiies” lates: ole teh annual festival a great success, Seattle Ice am Co, Seattle for the big gathering, The Daisy. Base extends grateful thanks shen ocd Mrs. Freeman, Miss Freeman, | perial Candy Co., Pacific Coast Bis Mrs. J. C. Norris, Daisy Suilli- [cult Co, Queen Anne Candy Co van, E. E. Harrie, Mre, T. A. | Superior Candy & Cr Spencer, Miss Lavina Spencer, |B. Wallace Candy Co. Mrs. Van Der Vast, Hazel Pal. (Co, Koenig Candy Co. mer, Mrs. E. &. Allison, Clara Mutual Paper Co. Knight, Edith Ely, Verna Spen- Baby Boy Wins Diamond Ring Paper Co. | West Baking Co., Out of 320—count _ hours over the matter and did their} fot eage henaghnge at ears ftem was recommended for passage But thelr names were not|ate pleas for leniency, but Judge |), “ ie pereipted, cooing babii arog in ean bel bn Ps will be re-|Gay found no excuse for a man by the public safety committee this 4 lin baby show held yesterday at| Mi Vtn, Ub | carrying a gun with him, | morning. eschi by the Church of Our Lady |" SAE CO Fa “They tell me you think you| It was discovered after the pass of Good Help, 18month-old David| Mayor Diliing helped in the cere-| were justified in shooting Mitchell,” | age of the resolution that the-reso- 4 Meagher won the grand prize of a|™0ny. No, he wasn’t one of the|tng judge addressed Groh, “but| tion had b a ¥ diamond ring. judges. He couldn't have been| waxe up. You are laboring under «| /Uton had been referred to the pub: “for love or mone: hired to Judge * Little Margaret Maher was} awarded the second prize, two $10 gold pleces. They shone so bright ly that she took them for fine new the the ners. prizes, chubby fingers of the tiny toys. Other prizes were aawrded| Throughout the day the parish-|continue in good behavior, the| ——_—— to Harold Malone, 22 months old, joners enjoyed the pleasures of an) poard of pardons may feel moved| HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., July 5—« and little Miss Sylvian Peretval, | old-time picnic. The morning was|to act in your case at any time.”| Intense heat here today c: riee8 the aged 2, given over to athletic events, and| Groh's defense was that Mitchell | Standard Powder Worke at Horrell it was one of the most difficult |after the plenic dinner and baby| made o move as though to dwraw | station to explode at 3 o'clock this tasks in the world to select from | show the big floor was cleared and/q gun and that he had tried to ex-| afternoon. Two persons are report- the hundreds of pretty youngsters. |the crowds whirled to dance music| tort $500 from him. Groh was on|ed killed. The powder works are The judges worked for a couple of | until late in the evening. The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 Golden Purity Cone Co. in Big Baby Show Contes The city’s chief éxecutive awarded | you have Sean a model prisoner, slipping the rings OM /and this moves me to win- CLUETO ~ SLAYER — Restaurant Proprietor Furnished Hat to Man Corresponding to Slayer of Patrolman Harris—Murderer Lost Hat During | sixcitement and This May Lead to Capture. | The police today obtained whatappears to be a positive clew to the slayer of Patrolman Harris from O. A. Tweedy, proprietor of the Queen Waffle house, 307 Second av 8. Tweedy reported this morning that a man came into his place last night shortly after the shooting and asked 3 for an old hat. He wat hatless and corresponded with the suspect al- Bs, ready described by F. A. Brown, conductor on Beacon Hill car No. 300, Brown, who was booked as a witness last night, told the police that he had seen the man run down Occidental av. to Main st. and turning down Main st. he returned toward Washington st. through the alley. He describes him as a man about 5 feet 7 in., with dark complexion, apparently an Italian or Greek. The suspect lost his hat during the ex- | eltement, and the police have it now Tweedy gave the man an oid light colored soft hat with a brown band around it. Less than three weeks after the | fe murder of Patrolman Cunliffe, and fter he had he was sul | but little more than four months af. | [OuNd pulling the trigger be grads ystander took the gun t ter the killing of Officer Davis, Pa- jim, fearing that ne woud woul a trolman H. L. Harris last night was some one. a the victim of a bullet fired by an un. Chases Murderer known man in a crowd at Washing-| Officers searched the alleys im ton and Occidental. He died a few aay cermin bat ‘eae clue, A number of esses were moments after the bullet had tay, rs. One of plowed its way into his head. these of Foster, | No clue has been found to the x he is sure he identity of the young policeman’s the slay- “ slayer. Searches through the Great , ce him. He 4 Northern tunnei and the south part 4, him as a heavy set, dark : of the city, where it was thought 1, about five-tfeect, seven inches he might have gone, revealed noth- + out coat or He says ™"%. F a ‘ he him down Occidental ive shote a nded and way through the alley, of Se A motorman on a Beacon i... car a or i that a hatless and coat- j Who hi ng ones block r d boarded his car and j West from the of the accel alighted at Eighth av. 8. and dent With drawn revolvers t kson st running south & Jarrived at Occidental av. in a few rch of the rooming houses i.) | Bec where t crowd Was that part. of the city brought ne |acattering to avold the shots fired) result j>y Harris Harris died a few minutes after j Several Witnesses reaching the city hospital, it red that a num Harris New on Force peo had witnessed the Patrolman Harris had been om g, their stories were con- the force less than 11 months and Some of them were drunk. had served as crossing patrolman insisted that Harris had | shot himself. How It Happened t Occidental and ¥ cton omy ne 1. Last night he was overtime because of the However, the shooting seems to a work brought on, by the have occurred about as follows Fourth. For several months he | Harris was standing at Occiden- worked on First av., north of Pike tal and Washington at 9 o'clock, st.. and later coverea the beat be | when a man suddenly pulled a gun tween Fourth and Bighth avs. and |and shot him behind the ear. Har- between Union and Madison sts, ris drew his revolver and, running Harris was unmarried. He h toward the alley « from bee switchman and a. dad Washington to Main st. betwee er for severurYears before First and Occidental avs, he fired joining the police force and still two shots in the sidewalk | alley He a paid-up membership card ta stherhood of Locomotive Em e alr. before e F ineers. rea firing three more shots a |Big Crowd of Dancers Witness Wedding in Dreamland Dancing Rink Gay wedding bells pealed in)bride could be. The groom was D and happy, too, it is presumed. Grooms Of course, don’t count for much at a wedding, | ding bells pes however sooner or later. Between a waltz and a two-step But this particular peal occurred | the ceremony was performed. Miss jin the Dreamland dance rink on Mary L. Drago, just 18, was the Seventh av. Mique Fisher, the gild- bride, and the groom was Karl A. ed impressario of terpsichore, was | Scholz. Both have lved in Seattle the sponsor for it. The ceremony for several years. Both thought | was as solemn and impressive as they would like to be married om if it was being celebrated in the/|the glorious Fourth. naive of St. John's !n London; and) A crowd of a thousand dancers the bride was as happy as any| witnessed the ceremony. == area <= aw love with Mite! hell's “step-daughter, q Nellie Tyler, who could not be found during the trial INFORMATION FOR CITY PHONE SYSTEM Councilman Erickson’s resolution, instructing the city engineer to se- {cure information as to the feasi- bility of elty owned telephone sys- SEVEN YEARS FOR GROH Joseph F. Groh, who was — | guilt of manslaughter for the dea ja W. C. Mitchell, the attorney wiel died 19 days after he was shot in| the leg by Groh, was sentenced to }20 years in the penitentiary this morning by Judge Gay. Attorneys lic safety committee by mistake fn- stead of the city utilities commit your | tee, where ft rightfully belongs. It : will therefore be considered by the latter committee also, delusion. neriff Hodge tells me cut sentence to three years less than |I had intended to make it. If you} artistic decorator and had been in burning, 88 eee = LEAT Ce CCT CT eT TT cury at 93 at 9 o'clock, two degrees | » FIRGT AGAIN, OF COURSE! hotter than yesterday at the same) » It was a tense moment at the ball park yesterday after. hour, Chicago today entered upon its| y noon when the Star’s Pink Sport Extra arrived. It happened sixth successive day of sizzling) in that thrilling ninth inning while Portland was tying the heat. By this afternoon it Is pre-i~ score. Kvory eye was on the diamond when suddenly came the |dicted 104 or 105 degrees of heat| Score ,,aiver Fight Dxtr will test the enduring powers of the)» Fans hesitated. Before them was the most sensational city’s swarm of people. | ball game of the season. Behind them and all around them | “More than 120 deaths are offi-|% were hustling newsboys with the Star Pink Extra containing lelally charged to heat during the|# the only complete story of the great fight printed in Seattle torrid spell, and physicians declare|® yesterday the infant mortality has been stag-|# The Star Extra was the only one that reached the ball gering. Even the nights are hot.|# park, It was there five minutes after the flash came over the At 4 o'clock this morning the ther-|#- leased wire saying Moran, the Britisher, had fallen before Wol- mometer registered 90 degrees and|# gast, and within another five minutes Pinks were everywhere. the weather bureau declares that|# Every fan held a Pink xtra |history records no hot spell as| It was so all over the city, at the parks, and in the suburbs, \aweeping as the torrid weather,|#- The Star not only printed the only complete story, but, as al | which has continued, with few inter-|# ways, printed It FIRST. ruptions, since June 13. POT TOTOTOI TOIOIRTOTOT OTTO TORT IO SSeS EEE EEE EE | 13-Year-Old Boy Saves Sister From Death by Asphyxiation Thirteen-year-old Delbert Rich-jing gas, ards was the hero of Ballard yes-|made a hurried search of the hous terday. For, with presence of|Opening the bathroom door, the 4 |mind and bravery little Delbert | strong odor forced him to retreat, 9 and missing his sister, saved Mrs, Ruth Miller, his 20-year-| but seeing his sister prostrate, the old sister, of 1731 W. 64th st. from little lad drew a long breath, and death by asphyxiation, jrushing in, turned off the gas and | While passing through the bath-| dragged his unconscious sister into jroom a few minutes before, Mrs.|the hallway, After opening the | Miller's dress inadvertently caught | windows, Delbert rushed for a doc- |against the gas heater and released |tor, who arrived in time to save the valve. Entering the room|the woman's life, later she was overcome by the! “It was nothing,” said Delbert, 9 |fumes while erideavoring to shut! who a modest little fellow, “t 3 off the gas. Returning from an er-|guess any boy would have done rand, little Delbert smelled ggeap-|the sam