The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 16, 1911, Page 1

NG TOMORROW, THE STAR WILL PRINT “HEL E EDITION Te WATERTOWER SAYS: Seattle people think that a certificate oughter have a that it would have to be renew- fe a month or it don’t hold. VOL, 13, NO. 150. SEATTLE, P? WANTED” you's. FIND THEM IN THE STAR’S FIRST EDITION =VERY D. The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN WASH., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1911. DICTED FOR oe Press Leased Wire.) they are wnable longer to supply Aug. 16-- ‘Today | our bread, ax there is not enough ‘cessation of the strike four in the city to Inst two days a restored | it, The coal and grain supplies er vs of in-|#re also exhausted. a volley and the rt with drawn sabres.| LONDON, Aug. 16.—Authorita- ‘swore killed but the / tive statements that the cabinet has entirely disperse. decided to repress further ricting of freight handlers were made here today. The de awaiting orders to strike| cision is taken to mean that all _gituation grows steadily | efforts to provent a labor revolt jhave failed, and that a general war millers and bakers have | between employers and workers all eity besarte ot over the country is about to begin. ee] Hut while George H. in New York, factory, a sightly building that th | helped to build, The agents who used to sell bullding “The Bait.” When & prospective investor the “factory” and told him that the Dared to this. It was a great plece Hut George H. and the reat of in jail mow, and there's not much u to @ Modest room down on the wa’ When George H. Parker. gets the prison pallor has worn off and 5S | THE PARKER PALACE. “ The thousands of working people of the Northwest who invested’ anger to know that George H. Parker is still in Jail, and he'll soon be starting for @ two-year sojourn in the Atlanta penitentiary. 's predicament at the $200,000 ® ly pay with great requiarity) are sprinkling the jessam hocks three times a day, If any curiowsinvestor™ * in United Wireless would gaze Into Parker's graft home, he'll find that it is impossible. Heavy ecru lace draperies, worth « trifle of $400 a pair or #0, held ene quiet Interior from the stare of the curious. But the matds are dusting the marble sae and the rare bronzes, and earth and in| ago, that gee op lwo ee Agrtot neces Hames than were needed been hi aso secured, were not quite reliable. imeelf, stop “Workers in the association refuse the recall petitions,” to say whom they tutend to seaport @ announcement given out in the coming reeall election. of the Re. any event, it will be extremely aie in the Arcade) cult to get available timber for the today. | office of mayor, as very few would believed that the petitions care to enter a campaign at this filed this week. However, time, knowing that If elected be wiil beginning to believe that barely get into office before anoth- tu made several weeks! er campaign must be entered T PETITION _ UELATo of the Interior Fisher feft this afternoon for Alaska. | the Crawford lineafter Monday, and inepect the coal fieids near Controller bay and report jevery citizen in Rainier valley will dust-—George H. may come back to his graft home some i rs ae eee PINE TIRED OF DELAYS keeping the silk Tw rugs free STRONG ARM JAKE AGAIN The arm of “Jake” Furth} MeLaurin, who is used to keeping wae at again this oul around the ice, refused to get Leslie McLaurin, 1035 EB. 69th st.,jexeited, The conductor was evi- is employed by the Seattle Ico Co. Gently a little doubtful about tack- First av. 8. and Walker st. Hejling him alone. He took him down Green tabs car from his/te University where a gang of js thinking things over in a steel-walled © things are standing very still at the was doubtful, the president. We don't know what hie report will be, be y irged to attend a big meeting those coal fields belong to us—to the people |in Hiliman City next Monday night tired of shelling out their coin to the coal fe nlf they've one ‘em THEIR OWN to own and operate and deliver \to plan a campaign against Craw- ford that will have no ending until the people have the single fare with transfers. A hall already has been ngaged. The rank and file of the Rainier Oper | valley people, chafing today under another of King Crawford's evasive amd has been in the habit of transferring to the Kinnear Park Une, changing care at Pike st. This mornii Park car No. 611 at Pike wt. The conductor told him his transfer was not He would have to off and walk down to osler ‘ay or pay another fare. he entered Kinnear) track laborers were busy repairing the pavement. Here the aid of three strong men was enlisted, with the result that MeLaurin soon found himself on the street, while car No. 511 went on its way. McLaurin says he will sue Jake for his “rough stuff” methods tr Inviting passengers off his cars, 20 al GNING AND HRDERED “truces,” are already making plane to resist a further holdup on the Seattio, Renton & Southern line. Just why a self-appointed com- ittee should have agreed to the reposterous plan offered by Craw- ford is not clear; but the patrons of the road are willing to wait unt) Monday, when Crawford's BOND- HOLDERS will decide whether they will obey the LAW or not. And if they decide to stick the gaff a little further into the people of the Rainier valley, several things bons will jar Boss Crawford's nerves the Rainier valley ready. CIRCULATING THE COAL PET! Secretary Fi that he does not believe in k up the Alaska treasure box, but that, on the other hand, he does not believe in allowing enter- prising} burglars to break into it with a j: mmy. Ne must find the key that fits the jock,” he says, “and we must see that the contents are distributed with due regard to public welfare.” And here's your key: ‘That's the idea, Mr. orca | The development by ALL the people of what belongs to MEH, Neb., Aug. 16—Se San Francisco, Los a murder verdict, with pointing toward the | and father as the slayer,| ed certain. tWo women disappeared) ago. Hesse vanished ard. Last summer were sent to the young here from Denver and 4 with her name. The [Wan identified, however, of Hesse. a Burlington railroad Hesse held was returned tl Feeling i¢ running and with probable re- the apprehension of the Man, energetic search @nd of the coast to the ill be made. SS | LL. SHOWING IMPERIAL and Arcade Annex, EDWIN PERRY. EBdwin Perry, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers of America, the largest single labor organization in the world, was in the city yesterday, leaving for the East last night at 12 o'clock. Perry had been among the coal miners in British Columbia and Alberta, where 6,00 miners have been on strike for a raise in wages for several months, He reported that the série will probably be settled within (he next two weeks. Perry was delighted with (the climate on Puget Sound, “I wish my wife had accompanied me on this trip,” he sald. “She would have enjoyed | this immensely.” More Indicted by Federal Grand Jury TACOMA, Aug. 16.—Nothing can be learned as to the identity of the man indicted Saturday night by the federal grand jury, in session here It 1s almost certain, however, that the Alaska coal fraud case was cgn- sidered. Five more true bills were return. ed yesterday against opium smug- glers and counterfeiters, SADIE SMYLES is coming to make you happier. ree The Star. will happen—so ¢! people sald today. “No More Truces.” Jim Dennison, the man who start- ed the single fare suit againat Craw- ford’s road, is in a hospital in Min- nesota, just recovering from a grave operation. But by till on the fighting Itne, and still That is what L, B. Fox, one of the original single fare insurgents, said today. £. F. Lang, another man who is ting on his single fare. rights, today: “When I signed the ngredment for a truce, I understood that we were to receive a final an- swer next Monday, and that there would be no further truces. That fs what I insist on, too.” ’ | Hugo Kelley said: We have been fighting for two years, and the moment we outflank Crawford, he files the white flag ‘and cries a truce, a truce, a truce! A truce with Crawford means a truce with a man who will take the advantage under the truce if he gets the chance. _ Be tore trues PLOT TO BLOW UP THE CANAL (By United Press Leased Wire.) COLON, Panama, Aug. 16—Sus- pected of being an accomplice of | prof. Ferrer, the Barcelona anarch- list executed In Spain, Acquilino Lo pex is held in the federal prison here today in connection with an works and assassinate Colonel Goethals, Tho poll say they have discov ered an organized band of anarch- on G. N. Worth $67,000,000 (By United Press Lonsed Wire.) OLYMPIA, Wash. Aug. 16.—Ac- cording to figures certified by the public service commission, and placed on file with the state tax commission, to be used for assess- ment purposes, the Great Northern railroad in Washington was valued at $67,000,000 on June 30, 1911, The valuation for taxation purposes piss year was $59,577,212. alleged plot to dynamite the canal) ALL the people for the equal benefit of ALL the people. It will take a big man to do it, but fortunately the big man And his name? He’s a world-beater, too. THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA! is available for the job. Uncle Sam! Why, yes es WED 49 YEARS; QUITS WIFE CHICAGO, Aug. 16. -- Mra. Frances Kick, who would have cele- brated her golden wedding last April if her husband had not desert- ed for a divorce. RRR ARKA A * * * WEATHER FORECAST * * = Fair tonight and Thursday; *% Thursday fair, with rising tem- & *& perature. * RRR “SADIE SMYLE 19 to make you happier. e Star. Because the run on | salmon this season is thousands less than last season the price of salmon is due for # big advance. — iWhat Shall I Do With My Savings? TALK NO, 7 We have seen how First Mort: gages on Improved real estate are an ideal form of investment. You wonder how to secure one from a firm that is safe and re- lable. We do not make loans or sell mortgages. Many good firms do, We can recommend one firm in particular in Seattle whose name is a synonym for integrity and square deal ig, who do make loans, etc. We refer to West & Wheeler, Colman block, this city, They are all right. Good words are usually said abdut competl- tors after death. We prefer to gay them while they live. OLE HANSON & CO. Real Estate Third Floor, New York Block * | been ignited, under his chair His “ “references”? Crackers Scare Him! (By United Preew Leased Wire.) MEDFORD, Or. Avg. 16.—A/} mierry dinner party of convivial clubmen wound up & gay evening Inst night by calling upon Editor R.| 8. Ruhl, of the Medford Sun, and quietly tossing a bunch of fire- crackers, the fuse of which had | The | resulting fusillade caused the ed. itor and his entire force to rush wildly out of the building and send in riot calls to the police, saying that the office bad been dynamited. Would | Prevent Such as Astor r Wedding Wire.) WNXSHINGTON, D. “c aay hy 16,— Natiomwide protests against the} marriage of Multimillionaire John Jacob Astor, divorced, and 18-year: old Madeline Force, culminated to- day in the house tn the introduc tions of two resolutions by Con gressman Norris of Nebraska and Howard of Georgia, demanding a mew code of laws governing mar riages and divorce in the various states, OH, PIFFLE! BERKELEY, Cal, Aug. 16.—"Are you prejudiced against the de- fendant?” asked Attorney Brunk of N. Jordan, a talesman in the liquor selling case against Dan Duggan, Jordan scratched his head. “Do ‘you know what prejudice means?” “Oh, sure. Prejudice Taft, of the United States,” Jordan was excused. chief IT'S A WAY HE HAS ST, LOUIS, Mo, Aug, 16. Frederick A. Cook, explorer lecturer on the Arctic regio rived in St. Louis today, He jness of almost }bit of spruces -|been a pretty good old scout, after | ° SEATTLE gm e. neni AB ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS Ge. This Is Crawford big Jackson street @ victims of the United Wireless United Wireless stock called this} they lugged him to U. 8. mint was a piker joint com-| of scenery. ‘he big men of United Wireless are use for the bait factory, A notice on the door tells the passerby that the office has moved ter front out. of the penitentiary, and after his hair grows out long again, he's} coming Pack to the Prospect street mansion. The red, red geraniums will biaze on the verdant, velvet lawn, and the Parker graft auto oy howe hor varda ite merry way over thi irs to serve in the pen, irge H. has it be able to enjoy his Misseutare savings in peace and pienty. The thousands of suckers whom he hooked have gone back to work again. They will probably start another savings aecount and maybe after George forgotten all about United Wi a6, he'll) think up another Good Thing and go after ‘em again. Maybe they'll draw it all out of the savings bank or mortgage the cot! or sell the family cow and sive him the money again. Two years in the penitentiary Hf working in the shirt factory or the boot shop, isn't such a long time. But George H. will probably mins | the red, red geraniums on the vel-| 4 vet lawn of that $200,000 a treet | Bo re it Sone on on Pros) KILLED BY A WHIRLING OA ; Fatally injured after a Se from the whirling shafts and wheels in a street sawm died at the city hespital about Northrup was employed in the mill as an oller, Nobody witnessed the accident, but it is believed that he had climbed up on the shafts to oil the machinery, as he usually did every morning, w! either a belt) or a wheel caught his clothing and threw him to the floor. He fell to the floor, about 20 feet below. His skull was fractured and one leg broken. ANOTHER MISSING OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 16.—Lois Hall, the missing Berkeley girl, has been located, according to her) brother, who received a letter to- day, saying she had run away from home and had secured a position as He refused to disclose the postmark. Miss Hall disappeared last Wed- nesday and was believed to have gone to her old home, in Toronto, Canada, to join her fiance, Gerald Fenton, a Canadian traveling man, | stenographer. This is Witham R. Crawford, president of the Renton road, and the the thousands of Rainier valley people their rights In the matter of transfers to the Seattle Electric lines, after action has been ordered courts. The snapshot w ar photographer inspecting the & N. depot Unconscious 10Years (By United Press Leased Wire.) BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 16.—Baffling expert medical men to diagnose her disease, Mrs. George H. Stewart, wife of the chief justice of Idaho, ig dead here today, following an ill 10 Years, during | which she was in a semi-conscious jcondition, Mrs, Stewart was never able clearly to recognize the miem- bers of her family since Oct 27, 1900 Crawford was jin near the OW SADIE SMYLES Is coming to make you happier. |Watch The Star. Time was when Chief Seattle rambled along the verdant shores of Elliott Bay, pensively chewing a} ark and wondering how long it would be before he'd have the pleasure of sticking his} trusty spear into the ribe of the weather-beaten wayfarers who were encamped on Alki Point Time went on, and Chief Seattle | made friends with the paleface in-| vaders and they moved in from) their exposed stockade and set) about the building of this urban burg, which they named after the chief. Time continued to fugit and) Chief Seattle became a good Indian, | That is, he mounted the pale steed and hiked for the Happy Hunting| Grounds, And still Time flew on, Certain generously disposed citizens had a nice statue of Chief Seattle carved out of virgin bronze. Maybe it was cast in that material instead of being carved Anyway, as Time flittered for- ward, we enjoyed the imposing sight of the Chief's sturdy features, the bronze lines glistening in the sun, and we thought he must have | | | Chief Seattie in His Coat of Fresh Green Paint. ed him all over in a bright, vivid green, You can see bim now, his head bowed in shame and indigna. tion, all covered over with a nice, smooth coating of green, green paint, He's at the square at Fourth all And now, after ail these years, they have painted the chief. ‘True, tered at a hotel and then dropped out of sight, fren painted, but they have paint and Pike, in front of the Northern Bank building. an Indian chief wouldn't kick at man who has refused to give! * tive Hn IN THE FIRST EDITION, ON THE STREETS AT 11 O’CLOCK,, FREE OF CHARGE. WATCH FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOME EDITION THE PALMIST SAYS: rson whose pay envelope is i $3 heavier next Saturday night can count himself in luck. BULLOCK INDICTED BY JURY (By United Press Leased Wire.) PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 16.—John H. Bullock, president of Lange & Bullock, and formerly president of the Sesnon Coal company of Seattle and Ala was arrested in his of- fice in the Beck building this after- Noon on a warrant from the United Sti government charging him with conspiracy to defraud the gov- ernment in coal contracts. Bullock | was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tacoma. The arrest of Bullock is the first criminal prosecution brought as a result of the Wickersham-Wicker- sham controversy, and comes as @ sensational sequel to the suicide of Capt. J. H. Jarvis, who shot himself in Seattle last June. Charges were made by Delegate Wickersham of Alaska that Bullock and the Morgan-Guggenheim syndl- cate conspired to rob the govern- ment on Alaska coal contracts at Nome, being claimed by Delegate Wickersham that the Guggenheims and the Sesnon companyy had split 50,000 profits between them as @ result of the conspirac MISS FORCE ILL FROM ATTACKS (By United Press Leased Wire) NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Refusing to mit that the indisposition of Miss Madeline Force, fiancee of John Jacob Astor, was serious, her family declined to discuss reports that the illness was the result of the nation-wide condemnation of the proposed match. From other sources it was learn- ed that Miss Force was the victim of a serious nervous attack, which was attributed to the denunciations of the clergy on her coming mar riage. Hit by Hammer, Falls 80 Feet SPOKANE, Aug. 16—Al ®& though he was struck on the ® head by a hammer which had ® dropped 120 feet, and was ®& knocked from a ladder in a ®& 200-foot well, Al Larson, 34,.% is alive today and physicians & hope to save his life. The ac- # cident occurred in an ice & plant when Larson was sent & down to repair some piping. # * RHAKKHEREKRERRER Kills Cruel Husband (By United Press Leased Wire.) DENVER, Aug. 16—‘“Because,” she says, “he would have got me,” Mrs. Eleanor Valentine, 40, today shot and killed her husband, Harry Valentine, and then turned the weapon on herself, inflicting a wound in the breast which will probably prove fatal. “ft have been supporting him,” | sald the woman, “and although I re- cently underwent an operation, he ;came to my room last night and de- manded money. So I decided to kill him.” (By United Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—The house committee on territories to- y appointed a sub-committee of members to confer with the {senate on the New Mexico-Arizona statehood situation, with a view to framing a compromise bill which will pass both houses, and which | President Taft will si eeeeeteeeeee Thus does the mighty chief taste the bitter cost of the Descent of Man! Second Girl Gets License to Fly MINEOLA, N, Y., Aug. 16.- bf Matilda Molsant is today the proud |possessor of a pilot's license from the Aero club of America. Hers is the second license issued to a woman in the United States. Miss Harriet Quimby was the first to receive a pilot's license. Miss Moisant, in an American monoplane, executed her dips like a veteran and landed well during her trials. THE HICKTOWN BEE ‘Our pew reporter has the mint gum habit. We # good old days when jc nothing worse than sm Mable” cheroots and straight Mins ( becoming old now. Bion: 0 hi take jo Gowan ts think! actress. She is 14 y ® hair on ladies will i worrying Hed to & Re don't live in Utan, bate aay