The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 17, 1911, Page 1

E WATERTOWER SAYS: fellers are born lucky, and marry a widow of a real estate VOL. 13, NO. 151. The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1911. IN SEATTLE Ln J oll IN HOLDS GIRL A’ PRISONER FOR 15 MONTHS d in Darkened Room Behind Doctor's Office, Pleads to See Man Who Kept Her Prisoner— tven Baby Knows Something Is W: ‘sg RRARAAAAARAAARRH AERA RARKRAR HOUSTON ARRESTED, General Alaskan Coal Frauds. Chart Heuston, general ma 92,000 BAIL Manager of Pacific Coal Co. Indicted for Alleged Jack and Julia Happy? You Bet ANTI-TRUGE STAND [0 ENDORSED “Original Insurgent” Against Boss Crawford Says People| Are Making Great Fight. | “The Seattle Star bas done more | | NEW! (By United Press Leased Wire.) “SAN BERNARDINO, Cai. @a whom Dr. A. W. McDa: showered presents, caused Miss of a prominent build Aug. 17.—Jealousy of another vit, wealthy dentist, is alleged to ped Jeasie McDonald, 21, ing contractor, to go before the attorney today and tell the story of her 15 months in the room adjoining McDav! dental offices, As a MeDavit was charged with a statutory offense and his inary hearing set for August 31. 494% ded ied diedndndndndndndndindndadnde dade ieinaeaaaaded ‘pim better than ali @se in the world. For God's sake, let me/ if for only a few minutes. Even my tittle baby seems to jw that something is wrong. My heart is simply broke: is the constant plea today of Miss Jessie McDonald, the police allege was held a prisoner for 15 monthe in a in ove of the main business blocks of San Bernardino, while conducted a state-wide search for her. She begs con to see Dr. A. W. MeDarit, a wealthy local dentist, in whose girl's father, D. McDonald, a contractor, says bis daughter pheld prisoner under alleged hypnotic influences. “aT OULD KILL ME” Davit is a prisoner in the county jail, but no charge is placed him. The dentist has a wife and two children my take and for the sake of his other family,” pleaded Miss today, “do not prosecute him. it would kili me if anything re to happen to him.” DOCTOR DENIES STORY the county jail today McDavit emphatically denied that he iss’ McDonald prisoner. months ago,” he “she complained to me of the mt sbe was receiving at home. I offered her the use of the Min which she was found, and since then she has remained there Ber own volition, I exerted no hypnotic influence, and have done said, —— ee] Starving in Li l United Press. Leased Wire.) must soon join the ranks of the FERPOOL, Aug. 17. — Morejstarving unless’ relief is obtained. babies and 2,000 young, Troops Camp in Streets. ja are actually starving here} The city is beleaguered. The Fas a result of the privations warship Antrim is guarding the [by the dock workers’ strike. harbor. Five thousand troops are supply has been shut off camped in the streets. More war- and frenzied parents are ships are on their way here. the city and government, The admiralty is determined to frantically bex«ing for food protect shipping, and the crews of Httle ones. There is none the warships probably will be used to unload vessels where shipown- ers refuse to allow seamen to | work. food supplies are far below mark, and adults, too, =i * | ager of the Pacific Coast Coal com- pany, ie at liberty today under | $2,500 bonds, which he furniehed soon after being arrested here late y. Houston le charged with | conspiring with John H, Bullock | ind the late D. H. Jarvis to crim: | inaity raise the price of coal in| 1908. The men were arrested on | indictments returned by the feder wgrne jury sitting at Tacoma, |here a few weeks ago. } Arrested by Telephone. | Houston }phone, That is, jhe wa the office of United States Commis- sioner Totten in the block. want of me, to let & great, white light into Boss Crawford's mind than any-| THE PALMIST SAYS: Deposit a dollar a week in the sav- ings bank and 43 years from now you'll have a tall, dark man hand you a lot of money. Ask the paying teller. oN AINE AR) ‘STANDS TRUNK FULL OF PETITIONS [S PRESENTED If Enough Names Are on Petition, Election Will Be Called Between September 26 and October 6. thing else that has played a part | in the fight of the people of the | Rainier volley,” said A. G. Lin-|© hoff, the contractor who filed the} was arrested by tele-| & deputy United) 21, |States marshal made it known that | looking for his man, and | jat 4 o'clock Houston showed up at| sult against Crawford's | | uickel-grabbing road Linboff is the original inavr gent. It was Linhoff who filed! jsult against Crawford for the ex tra nickels he has had to pay be cause transfers were refused Crawford has filed a $10,000 bond to Inwure payment of Lifthoff's ex tra nickels {f he losts the suit, but | that bond only protects Linhoff— the thousands of others who are being gouged out of nickels can go hang for all of Crawford | ley are signing th jmanding transfers, today, “and I guess something bard will drop and Crawford wil realize petition “I ran away with Jack because I loved him, and we're all happy,”) |sald Mra. “Jack” Geraghty, formerly Julia French, when this photo |eraph was taken at the house wheré they are spending their honey-| moon. The picture shows Mr. and “Jack,” th ito in which ey eloped and the $2,000 dog gave the bride a wedding Big Coal (WOOD LENIES Deal On| TOLEDO, OHld (My United Press Leesed Wire.) TOLEDO, 0., 2 5 17.Aviator BELLINGHAM, Aug. 17.—A. L.| Harry’ N. Atwood left here today at jack, @ local attorney, supposed te /10°20 a. m., fying eastward over presenting big Ei ro capital, nad lake. His first stop is to be at todayplaced on file an option on an which is 53 miles) entire section of valuable coal land } near Glacier, this county. The lands are now leased to Alexander Polson of Hoquiam, and develop- ment work ts going on. The option requires the payment of $1,000,000 within three years t to Ghose # the deal. MILLSPAUGH 1S. FREED (By United Press Leased Wire.) SHAK RRR * * “Have you any ancestors, & Mre. Kelly?” asked Mrs. & O'Brien. % = “And phwat's ancistors?” * “Why, people you hrung * from.’ *® “Listen to me, Mrs. % O'Brien,” said Mrs. Kelly, im- A. G. LINHOFF. that any more temporizing, “ and postponements are as futile mopping a dish-ri Crawford's bondholders have | other people who believe that a re | call at this time will tend to le | brim with recall pet) 7 “Hundreds of people in the val-| said Linhoff | p the Pacific ocean with Seattie will soon have another re call. Despite the efforts of nearly all business Interests and thousands of on the lists with the names registration books All iilegal ames will be stricken off. If it is a that there is a sufficient num- ber of signatures, the city counell must set a date for the election, not less than 30 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the control- ler's certificate that a sufficient pe- tition has been filed. That means that the recall election will take place on some date between Sept. 26 and Oct. 6. Mayor Dilling and Counellman Kellogg will have less than six onths of their term left to serve, elr incumbency expiring March 23. Blaine was elected for one year more, while Wardall was a three- year man No candidates need as yet on the n the effect of the recall principle, petitions for the recall of Mayor Dilling and Councilman Wardall, Biaine and Kellogg were filed with the city comptroller this morning. A trunk, 2x3% feet in size, was hauled to the city hall, filled to the ons Devt ooked at the of m Comptrolier Chandle pile of work ahead sighed. But when he was told more was coming he Ten Days for Checking Within the next ten days the controller must check every eee INSURGENT LEADER FOR FEDERAL CONTROL (By United Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—-Strong endorsement of the policy of government ownership and operation of the coal mines in Alaska, and | of government ownership and oper- ation of colliers from Alaska through the Panama cana) to At- lantle coast ports was given here today by Congressman William Kent, insurgent republican from the Second district of Callfornia have been am BY WILLIAM KENT T am strongly in favor of gov- ernment construction, ownership | and operation of a coal road to the | Bering fields of Alaska, I strongly jendorse the policy of government ownership and operation of the coal mines, government ownership and operation of colliers from Alaska through the canai to the Atlantic coast, for these reasons Alaska {e the property of all the nation, bought with money from the national treasury, All the peo- ple should secure the benefits of the public domain. Inasmuch as it is impossible that each individual citizen should HOUSTON until Monday to decide wheth- He didn't seem ® pressiveiy. “Oi come from the ® rale sthock av Donahues that % aphring from nobody. They ® aphring at = thim.”"—Catholic ® Tribune. DENVER, Colo., Aug..17.—H. H. Millspaugh, member of the San Francisco delegation to the national convention of the Loyal Order of Moose at Detroit, August 21, who er they will grant transfers. if | OW & fraction in his own right of they cae aga be Y the | this territory, the obvious Inference afer RIGHT to the patrons, | 18 that the whole territory should WILLIAM KENT the patron will begin the |be developed in such manner as would yield it¢ wealth in terms of “The indictment is very vague,” RISIS IN LONDON Press , Aug. 17.— "cabinet | today that the govern- promised the striking | at Liverpool and —_ a@ royal commission would at once to investigat Aug. 17.—A crisis in Situation here today is Representatives of the Managers and emjsoyes, McDonald, iabor leader in Included among the |at- @il night conferences in an avert a general strike, The | are expected to grant con- ‘nl the government, pre- MOMENT ADOPTED United Press tensed Wire.) INGTON, D. C., Aug. 17.—- today adopted the Cum- amendments to the cot- ill by a vote of 28 to 25. The adjust the duty on 44.40 a ton. FALL. SHOWING © IMPERIAL | AND YOUNG'S Hats 3.00 HATS Eh ALL, STYL afer Bros and Arcade Annex. {pared for the worst emergency, has | maseed 25,000 troops at Aldershot. |The cabinet again met in extraor- dinary session and the | policy of holding the troops in readi- [ness, Differences between employer and workmen.on the street car and subway lines in London have been settled but it is thought that the men will go out if a general railway strike Is ordered, Electrical workers went on striki jtoday. Soldiers ere ordered to work the power at the lighting |plants, which will be operated by jthe government until the strikers’ places are otherwise filled. SPOKANE AFTER TYPO. CONVENTION SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 17. apneee B. C., Ottawa, Can., Cleveland, O., and it advo- cates in’ the selection of ite for the next convention of the Inter- national Typographical Union, and | the struggle in the convention to- | morrow promises plenty of sharp maneuvers, Tee eTTTrTTT TTT PRISONER SINGS WAY TO FREEDOM. STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo,, Aug. 17-—Jack Ellison, charged with dynamiting fish in Lake Luna, ‘and on th headwaters of Madison oreek, has sung bis way out of Jail. Possessing a deep, rich bari. tone voice, he has entertained crowds in front of the jail all week. After each concert his friendd’ outside passed the hat. They collegted $512.10, * $2.10 more than his bond. * He was released yesterday, KHEKKKHKKERKERKKEEN Amendment Will Be U; SACRAMENTO, Cal, Aug. 17; Reports that the constitutional amendment providing votes for women will not be on the ballot in the October election or had been invalidated on account of the care- lessness of legislative attaches, were denied emphatically today by Secretary of State Frank Jordan. SEER EERE EEE EE SHSSEE EEE EEE EEE EEK he continued, “but I presume t it 1s something connected with the sale of coal to the government by the Sesnon company three years ago, My company has an interest in the Sesnon company, you see. But we have nothing to do with the actual sale of coal. Ob, no, In- | deed.” | Coal at $27 a Ton. | John Bullock, charged jointly with Houston in the alleged con- spiracy, is no longer in the coal business, Cut to bare facts, the government alleges that the con- \spirators charged the government |$27 @ ton for coal that had a mar- ket value of only $16 a ton. The government alleges that it was de- frauded out of about $50,000 by the alleged conspiracy. The extreme penalty upon con- viction of the ch: Houston and Bullock is two years’ imprisonment or a fine of $10,000, or both. Pagans to Be Banished ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 17.— | Czar Nicholas, who is profoundly re- ligious, and an ardent missionairy for the orthodox church, of which he is the head, has made a solemn vow to sweep paganism from his empire and to purge the heretical sects of un-Christian prac tices. TO TIE UP RAILROAD (By United Pree Leased Wire.) LONDON, Aug. 17.—-More than | 125,000 men are expected to respond |to strike orders sent out today by the officials of the English ratlway |employes’ organizations, although |the managers of the railroads are offering large bonuses to all who remain loyal, NEWS ITEMS THE HICKTOWN BEE ‘Tinker is taking lessons on how to be @ house painter in @ correspondence achool. Mr. Ote Granger of Lower Mills Wodnesdayed in Hicktown, hog in the pound again, Any id missing te would start @ could get the prin that confronts | ® was arrested here yesterday on in- structions from the San Francisco released today and con- rd. (By United Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Secre- tary of the Treasury MacVeagh's report on the legality of the Na- tional City company, of New York, the so-called “money trust,” will not be ready for some months, An- nouncement to this effect was mado here today. MacVeagh’s report, when it does come, is expected to sweepingly af. fect the country's banking and cur. rency syst RRA RRARKERHERE WEATHER FORECAGT. Fair tonight and Friday; ® * . Sean RAH R RRR es ‘Aviator Harry Atwood alighted at Venice, three miles from San dusky, at 11: What Shall I Do With My Savings? TALK NO. 8 “Home, Home, Home, sweet home; there is no place like home.” No man ever.sang that song feelingly unless he owned or was trying to own his own tiome. In Seattle it is so easy to secure your home. There, are-many reliable and upright firms who sell homes on the easy-payment plan—a small amount cash, balance like rent. If yow don't care to start with the home complete you can pur- chase home sites on easy terms and by and by bulld your own home, OLE HANSON 4 CO. Real Estate Third Floor, New York. Block of “Corn Syruj * ARARARRKRKA EH Permitted to Sell Glucose, Says Wiley WASHINGTON, Aug. ~ Charges that three members of ‘the | cabinet worked in favor of the Corn Products company against an ad. verse decision of the food and drug inspection board, and that through their efforts the company was per. mitted to sell glucose under a label were made today Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of| © bureau of chemistr; Good Money for Seeds (By United Press Leased Wire.) TACOMA, Aug. 17.—Opening a %/ campaign of reforestration of now |w this issue. vacant Oregon and Washington tracts with Douglas fir and red jeedar, the United States forestry | serv: lee today began advertising for #!20,000 pounds of seed. It will pay bse cents a sack, Tt you are thiiking of going on the stage, Anastasia, you'd better delve deeper than a matinee before you birn yon bridge behind. It's @ pretty tough game, the act the business, and if you want to Know why, come to a rehearsal of @ wlock company with us, The company dropped in any- where from 10 to 11 o'clock this morning at the Lots, The call for rehearsal is 10 @clock, but nobody aims to be on time except two or three young actors who are entrusted with “Dit that is, the small parts. The leading lady never gets in till 20 minutes past—it’s very un- professional to be on time when ia a leading lady. didn't hurry this people,” remarks Mr. Bingham, He doesn't try it goes ‘I hope you morning, young the stage director, with @ tired voice. to be sarcastic any longer; over their heads. They start on the first act of Beverly of Graustark, which is to be the offering next week. While the leading man and the leading woman are spouting fond phrases wit out in front and just ache to wear one of those nice yellow wigs Vee eee ee eee eee eee campaign for the extermination of Crawfordiem. TO LAUNCH BOOM | (By United Press Leased Wire.) MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 17.— | Horse and automobile races, aero. | plane flights, big pumpkins, fat live- | | tock and the formal aunching, of he LaFollette boom are among the |win state fair, to be held here from Beptember 11 to 16. RHKHRRRRERRR RARER * * IMPORTANT. * The Star prints the statis % tick of Success of Seattle in On another page % you'll find all the information | you want of this big, busy *% burg. Clip it out and send it % to the folks back East bate promised for the Wiscon-| |interstate commerce commission }commuted prices to the Ameriean people, and further, that this wealth should be carefully developed without undue waste or destruction. But jabove all, it should not fall into the hands of those interested only, in their own profit, and having no regard for the common welfare. } Direct ownership and operation, including transportation, cuts out | the necessity for a complicated system of control, which system is | only relatively good, and far from being the ideal scheme. We need | colliers for our navy.’ Here is a chance to supply them and give them | gainful occupation in time of peace. Here is an opportunity for training a reserve naval corps. From every standpoint, government ownership and operation ape pears the best and cleanest way to handle the resources owned in common by all our people. Failing this simple and direct method, I shall favor the most strin- gent government control, under lease, of mines, and control by the of all Alaskan transportation. - <== RK KKK KEKE KKK eum umnniae i GREAT CHANCE FOR EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYE If you want a man, woman or youngster for any kind of a job, put a FREE WANT AD in the first edition of The Star, Free want ads are printed on the first page exclusively in the first edition of The Star every day. Thousands of good people who want work are reading them. The service is free to all employers. Call up Main 9400. * * * * * * * * *~ * * [Rik e kae THE and smile pleasantly when the, throng applauds with mad abandon} —but think of only one Thursday afternoon out. It may look pretty soft when you! and making goo-goo eyes at each| other (it says to do this in the scrips), the First Juvenile Man is| telling the Blonde Soubrette what a bum laundry they have at his hotel. And the Character Lady is re remarking to the Villain that she got a swell bargain in Oxford Ties) berian coal mines Perret sss ss AK AEREEEERE Lots ntle Nelo Del cialis MiP bee Ay Bo Atala oid sc TRILLING MOMENT OF THE REHEARSAL. at $2.69 this morning. Siberian vassals don't have to work The Low Comedian is busy read-| on Sunday, ing a letter from his brother, who| fvery night in the week the stock bas a butcher shop in Marshatitown,| mummers toil; they have four miat- Ia, and the stage carpenters are|inees a week and rehearsals every making just as much noise as pos-| forenoon, with the same on two afte sible. ernoons, when they have more re It's a giddy life—being an actor) hearsals. This leaves ‘em one, lone in a stock company Thursday afternoon for themselves, The stock actor It's <2 arent Life, isn’t it, Ana | actress have almost as much leisure time as political prisoners in the Si except that the and the®stock Det ter stick to the hooks-and-eyea, counter, my dear! i