The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 7, 1911, Page 1

Ee: c Victims of highwaymen in Newark, N. J., were given back their car fare, 2, thought that United States supreme Highwaymen decision about being “reasonable” ap- Sted to all other thieves, as well ae Standard vou. 13, NO_ The sea tle _ ONLY IN ~ INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 168. SEATTLE, WASH,., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911, Star SEATTLE _ ONE CENT. ee ee CAPTURE SMUGGLER? JUDGES CHARGE FAVORS BEATTIE Prosecutor Makes Old-Fashioned Argument Against Murder Defendant—Jury Seems Beulah Binford Released— CHESTERFIELD COURT. HOUSE, Va, Sept. 7.—A charge ded as strongly favoring the Gotenes was today given to the| which will pass upon the! or innocence of Henry Clay! Beste’ Jr. accused of the morder of hie wife Judge Watson, after review of! the case, said: “in a cane where the common. wealth endeavors to prove the ac- cused person's guilt, the evidence proven must show circumstances ali inconsistent with every reason- able hypothesis except guilt.” Old-Fashioned Argument. Commonwealth's Attorney Gree ory, an old-fashioned lawyer and Confederate veteran, opened the | argument for the prosecution. His plea for conviction bristled with Quotations from the scriptures, He reviewed the evidence of the wit nesses regarding Beattie’s automo- bile being seen on the roadside | shortly before the killing, and added: “They saw no one else there. The prisoner alone had means and opportunity of com- mitting this hellish crime.” Referring to the motive, Gregory tald: ‘Here was an innocent wife, untouched in sin, vice or shame, and proud of her moth. erhood. But thie man, filled with venom, Pha (Da abandon vice Impressed—Paul Beattie and Beulah to Go on Stage. and sin, left the innocent wom- an with his own child on ty | breast and took to his arm: woman of the streets. The the motive. The jury was plainly impressed | by the argument. | Beulah Goes to Washington. Beulah Binford left the jai! here }at noon today and took a train for Washington, where she will fill a moving pleture engagement. She will pose for films in a plot repre senting the Beattie care. One thousand persons gathered Joutside the little jail when she en- tered an automobile and sped away for the depot. Miss Binford put ona CHESTERFIELD COURT JOUSE, Vv. upon rec tg edi of Judge ing him from } cousin of Henry Clay Beattie, jr, who Is on trial for |wife murder, left the jail, Pau! Rushes Home Beattie, overjoyed rushed home to his wife Paul freedom. jand baby. Many women were in the court Toom today to hear the final argu ments to the jury, Judge Watson told them there would be parts of the case that would be unfit for them to hear and asked them to leave. They left. The court then | Ueto: ha sl COMPEL SALE OF TICKETS avy veil as the train started. | Sept. 7—immediately | wat with | began reading Instructioris to the} ON EVERY STREET CAR Every conductor in every street |several pow places bad been eatab- car in Seattle will sell tickets to passengers if an ordinance now be- fore the council passes. Refusal to do this now and in the! past is simply another of Boss Furth’s tricks to get the money. It is not a small affair, and Furth knows it By securing these tick-| ets, patrons of the lines will save 20 per cent. A week ago Councilman Griffiths introduced an ordinance compelling the Seattle Electric to sell tickets On all cars. This was answered by & letter from Superintendent of Pub- Re Utilities Valentine ) stating ‘that Mshed at which tickets might be purchased, Valentine evidently be- | eves fn handling the 8, E. Co. with kid gloves. The franchise committee yester- day refused to let Valentine inter. fere with the proposed action, al- though the for one week have a chance to tell the commit tee what he thinks about the legal phase of it. There fs absolutely no excuse, says Councilman Griffiths, for this continued refusal to place tickets wh ALL can buy them com v tly = RAINIER PEOPLE WILL CELEBRATE A big jollification picnic will be held at Atlantic Gardens Saturday by the residents of Rainier Valley to celebrate the victory of the peo- le in thefr long fight for a nickel 'e and transier privileges on the Renton line. Thomas H. Revelle Will be the chief speaker. Others po ca address the ealetrative ergwes will be Will Atkinson and Hugo Kelley. Indications are that the ptenic will be one of the most successful of the year but other features of interest are being provided. The celebration | will be participated In by ev. resident of Rainier Valley who can possibly get away. ~ BOY WILL LITTLE ROCK, Ark.,Sept. 7—Country-wide fears that Ear! christ, the 15-year-old negro boy co gro lad, would hang, which resulted in Gov. Donaghey under a fiood of letters, telegrams clared to be groundiess here toda NOT HANG Gil- nvicted of the murder of another n ng delug and petitions of protest, were de- y- The case has been appealed to the supreme court and a decision cannot be expected for a month at lea the boy's conviction, the governor If the upper court sustains has declared his intention of com- (ATE. NEWS (BY UNITED PRESS HARTFORD, Conn., 7. TAFT AT Sept President Taft arrived here today luncheon with Gov. Baldwin and a building. UNION MEN SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.—T Southern Pacific are apparently a to organize their own way, said President national Blacksmiths city. union here OTIS MUST §& LOS ANGELES, Sept. 7.—Jud, demurrer of Harrison Gray Otis, H hey, Times editors, and they must leas for trial on charges of printin, “They (the men of their choice were ct “We have been taught to hold the judietary in great reverence has not always been entirely free from the domi- It can hold its influence with the great people only by throw- Such servility prevails more in our lower courts than in our higher Bristow, ciary, particularly in the lo nation of the avaricious. ing off such shackles. courts.” zine for September. Big Interests) Under the old system, United States senators named the United States district judges. ‘That helped to increase the Interests of railroad companies and others in seeing to it that Extract from article by Senator Joseph L. BULLETING LEASED WIRE.) thousands, HARTFORD Greeted by cheering to attend the state fair. He took umber of notables at the Library STAND PAT he Sacramento shopmen of the unit in standing up for their right J. W. Kline, of the Inter. today upon his return from that TAND TRIAL ze Chesebro today overruled the arry E. Andrews and R. M. Whit appear Monday to enter their % indecent news. lly keen, at © espe: 1osen for the sena wer branche: j | |975 names which have requested to RECALL NOT DECIDED Yel The ra between and the “anti-recaliers’ |earnest today. It appears that the | Dilling committee has a little the | dest of it. There are 26 clerke at work in registration office to There many more representing the two sides in the content, watching to see that no ad- vantage Is taken. The members of the recallers ap pear doubtful. The citizens who bave b netive against the recall of the mayor are more hépeful than over. Many Names Duplicate A considerable number of signa tures on the supplementary petl-/ tions are found to be duplicates of the names on the old lists, A goodly percentage will be thrown out for other reasons, This, it ie believed, will reduce the number of signers to less (han what eT eed “He |e a foreigner,” and easily sold to, and as easily swindled: Selling the policy, Putting out @ fire in your own home you are a volunteer fireman. dent - Accident and Health Companies Practice Huge Frauds Upon Widows, Orphans and Crippled Working Men in Settlement of Claim: MILWAUKE! Startling Sept indent relatives have been de revelations of fraud an uded of the whole or @ part of kery in the industrial health |insurance money rightly due them is needed. and accident inewrance business | by every epecies of trickery known Withdrawals Permitted. were exposed to the national asso-|to the unscrupulous, and in some A total number of 2,646 names are | ciation of state Insurance commis | cases by actual erime. found on the new lists. The old|stoners at their annual convention! Foreigners bave been regarded lets were short 1,7 names. To here by @ committee appointed last as legitimate prey, Listen to this this number is being added about|June to tnvestigat settlements |extract from a letter from one made by companies selling that /howe office to a claim agent: be withdrawn. They are being filed sort of insur: “Mle might say for your in- with the eity comptroller thie after-| Fourteen companion were inves-| formation that this is an op- noon. That means that a total of tigated, Including some of the| pertumity for you to demon: gbout 2.350 names are needed. But |jargest in the country. Of the 4. strate your ability and—aleo if the percentage of “bad names | only two or three were found to bal demonstrate that it is your is half as great as was foand oy {andeser ving of criticiem. Three to hold down these the first petitions this number willlor four others have some very se | to a proper tigui not be reached and the petttion®/ rious weak spots in their methods| Vew kmow that this man is a will have fatled. of settlement. The remainder| foreigner.” Chy Comptroller W. J. Bothwell/ graded all the way from bad to| The commonest method of scal-| stated this morning that all with-| worse ling @r evading settlement ts fraud i 10 a-hunting he's an acel- insurance - sional hunter. It i@ the poor man who has been | for the vast bulk of industrial health and accel. dent insurance policies are taken out by laboring men. The commit. e cites hundreds of cases where Not only speeches, | y| this time, drewals would be honored if it was| lea iaibeceusias benatelery by plain that the signatures were the| same asx found on the recall peti) tions. CHAUNCEY DEPEW prorating. his provision has be- come ane of the most iniquitous tricks of the trade. For example, when a man was burned while endeavoring to ex- tinguish a» fire In his house, the widows, and other de-jeompany claimed that he should-be HILLMAN LOSES IN | orphans ON WATER WAGON ~ C. D. Hillman’s libel suits brought against The Seattle Star last fall when this newspaper exposed his real estate business came to naught yesterday when the state supreme court dis missed his appeal in one case from Judge Albertson of the local superior court. The cases were all similar and $250,000 damages. In the superior court the suits were wn out on demurrers but Hillman appealed them, Three erent superior court judges sustained The Star's demurrers He expiained his presdut good con-| 1 she guits, and as they are all identical, the one dismissed by “| have abandoned wines and to- ie higher court yesterday was cons bacco, which derange self-control = and concentration on the pleasant and humorous detalis of life. 1 re jax often in a carriage or in my room by simply allowing the mus: lcles and brain to rest by force of will I don't att to overdo! either in pleasure or business Moderation means success, health and contentment.” LORD CAMOYS IS READY TO WED NEWPORT, R. |., Sept. 7-— Lord Camoys, fiance of Mil- LONDON, Sept. 7.—Chauncey De pew astounded his friends here by his Juvenated appearance when speaking at the Pligrims’ dinner ta th London. He walks epry as a kitten. aif BULLETIN—Osgar and Adolf find clue to missing famous painting, “Mona Lisa.” Look for thrilling par- ticulars on page 6 today, and watch for further harrowing details tomorrow, 2 Killed and Robbed of $3,000) POTTSVILLE, Pa., Sept, 7.-=Jo-} teph Zehner of Lansford, Pa., con tractor In charge of extenalye coal stripping operations for the Lehigh | Valley Coal and Navigation com-| pany | Nesgueboning, the horses p ly grazing at the roadside lteamster driving over the road made the diseovery (FISHER WILL ARRIVE TODAY cutter Tahoma, of the Interior and party on same Watts Sherman, is here from England, weil in advance of the wedding date, for the purpose, it Is supposed, of arranging the marriage settlement. Lord Camoys arrived in the steamer Olympic, traveling under the name of R. Stoner. County Autos are Expensive’ Boys’ It costs exactly $746.10 a month oF : just to keep up the five automioblles | i Overcoats belonging to the county, according | LINE The revenue and Samuel Watkins of Sum-| with Secretary Hill, ahot down and killed} Walter L. Fis rom ambush near here this after-| hoard, de que noon, the murderers escaping With | this evenin retary Fisher a box containing $3,000 will remain here until Friday) When found the dead bodies of /night, when he leaves for Yellow the two men were lying in the in-|stome ‘National park, accompanied side of a carriage on the top of | bysPresident Howard filiott of the the mountain between Lansford and | Negthern Pacific. were On This Side of the Lake Acre Witk Running Water Lays fine; rich, black soll Some view of Lake Washington j$ Situated four miles north of =| city limits, near Lake Forest i Price | i } to figures compiled by County Audt-| tor Case. These machines are used |by the sheriff, the enginee | right-of-way agent, the commis ers and the school intendent Case says that the chines are frequently boing used for other than official business. The figures show | that nearly 500 gallons of gasoline are used & month at a cost of $76,| | and that the repairs amount to $470] each month. A SPECIAL, AT | 34 FULL LINES OF BOYS’ CRAVENETI BBER COATS HATS. ij to own the judge AND $400 Terms $10 Cash and $7.50 Per Month But the federal judi- rowan OLE HANSON & CO 314-316-316-317 New York Bik. i Shafer Bros The Arcade and Arcade Annex. in Columbian Maga- | SUIT AGAINST STAR | asked for an aggregate of| all| | rrive from Alaska) q ring them out by delaying settlement. This undertaker Is an express messenger when he hauls a corpse to the graveyard, one company profes. a volun a settlement jrated ai i forced | rating. | In another ease where the de ceased was insured as a station ary engineer, the company shaved th death claim one-fourth be use the stationary engineer had| The poor man who, after an acct- times in firing the boiler. |dent, neede immediate settlement, There are cases without number j{s constantly fleeced by unscrupu. whore persons killed or injured|lous agents, who offer to com- when fishing or huuting for recre-| promise by the immediate payment ation have been prorated to the|of « small fraction of the value of etatus of hunters or fishermen and | the policy, threatening to force the their claima cut to the lowest pos-| beneficiary to sue if the offer is sible figure on the grounds that/not accepted. This is what dne lthey were following extra hazard-|office in a letter to its agent re ous occupations. nee to as trong arm storks: ond (MADELINE NOT —_— nl . NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—Free- man Bernstein, a theatrical booking today stated that Beu' in the Bi Chesterfield, Va. wil! appear at the Liberty theatre, Phila- deiphia, next Monday. He said that her act will probably consist of a couple of songs, ing: “It doesn't matter what she does, just eo long as the people have a chance to see her.” Bernstein said that tater the girl will appear in New York, Chicago, Detroit, St. Paul, and One particularly flagrant In- that | stance of the use of this device oc- at | while traveling with a corpse, w. prorated as an exp: and the company tried to settle the claim for one-half its liability. curred when an undertaker, killed | Reveal a New | In: urance ‘Swindle HAD 31,200 WORTH OF OPIUM Captured with over $1,200 worth of opium in his room at the Yesler Apartments, 615 Yesler Way, J. L. Brown, a traveling salesman, was arrest- ed by United States Customs Inspector Frank Loftus shortly before noon today. More arrests wil Ibe made in all probability this afternoon. Brown is believed by customs officers to be one of a gang of skilled smugglers who have operated between Canada and this country for some time, The officers have been on Brown's trail for over two months. i The “haul” made this morn- ing consisted of 61 five-tael |tins, valued at $20 each. The drug was brought from Van- couver, B. C., according to the |customs men. - Brown was brought to the city jail, where he is being held for the United States govern- ment. He gave his age as 31 and his nationality as English, GIRL HURT BY AUTO Miss Pearl Shannon, 708 Univer sity st., was seriously injured ia a collision early this morning be tween a taxicab and an auto, at Fourth av. and Virginia st. The taxi was being driven by A. 8. Fowler, 3937 Eddy st. and ha@ one passenger, The auto was in charge of W. E. Begg and had three other passengers, Miss Sham non being one of them. She was taken to the Pacific hospital, babyet it was ascertained that she tornally ts injured and bruised. RO RRRKRRAD REE * For Seattle and vicinity: #” * Rain tonight; Friday, occa- ® * sional rain; moderate south- . *® easterly winds, Bari top yi e | \f | ; YOUNG MAN INSTEAD oF lf ATTENDING TO BUSINESS YesTER- DAY | UNDERSTAND THAT You WENT Yo THE BALL GAME. Do You SUPPOSE 1™ GOING To PUT UP WITH THAT SORT oF THINGY I MADELINE FORCE 2W YORK, Sept. 7.—This, the} day set for their wedding, will not see Col. John Jacob Astor and Miss | Madeline Force married, Astor ad-| mitted this fact today as he was| leaving the Force residence here, |but would not state when he would | take the young and pretty miss to the altar, When asked if he would | marry within the next 72 hours he | laughed and refused aly | Great excitement prevailed today about the Force home. Astor made | hurried visit there, after which he made the positive statement that | jhe would not marry today. It is| |rumored that a minister has been jfound who agrees to marry them | jafter all others had refused, even | |spurning a $1,000 fee, The couple| jure said to be arranging to go to| |Connecticut tomorrow | Dignified Wm. H. Force, father of |the bride-to-be, chased newspaper | |photographers today when they! tried to snap him as he entered a) Fifth av. jewelry store. One cam-| era man caught him In a good pose, when Force lifted his cane and| rushed at the photographer, who | took to his heels. FASTER THANBIRDS| (By United Press Leas d Wire.) BOSTON, Sept. 7, — Carry- Ing one passenger, Claude Gra- ham-White made the remark- ably fast time in his Nieuport aeroplane of 27 minutes, 35 1-5 seconds for 33 miles over water, Tom Sopwich wa cond with. out a passenger, his time being 30 minutes, five seconds. LOSES BIG TOE VISALIA, Cal, Sept. 7—Miss Marg Hartman, pretty 18-year-old daugh. ter of John Hartman, is minus her right big toe today, While chop ping up ice for ice cream the ax slipped and, penetrating the. shoe, severed the toe. GOOD TOVOU CERTAINIY PLAVED Grand BALL, You HAD THE DOPE ON HIM ALLRIGHT, BELieve Me 18 THERE A GAME ToDay? <== YES MR. HIGGS | DID GO BuT | WISH You HAD Been THERE 100. IT WAS JUST THE KIND OF A GAME You LIKE, LOT OF HITTING AND FIELDING \ WAS WISHING TiaT You WERE THERE To BAWL THAT UMPIRE OUT. You CERTAINIY CAN DO IT, AND Bye PELLOW NEEDED iT.