The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 12, 1911, Page 1

’ The franchises worth millions of dollars which S: Gua Nanose ition BY LIMITING tSOLATING aoe S, chae Witenes Oa TEES Con ak teen car tickets shall An ordinance is now mare” council to compel the sale of tickets on the street cars, WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET THEM. is slogan, “GET THE MON "HOME EDITION - 2S See soa _ Certainly, Mabel, women’s feet are larger than in the old days. They walk , and pur- LER’S FLIGHT Over in New York they have a pretty fair judge named Scott. a good deal now, you know, sue other amusements, MER LOST Steamship Ramona Wrecked Near Baranof Island, 100 Miles South of Skagway—Passengers Are Rescued by Steamer ——Northwestern—Wireless Call for Melp. A wireless message received | this morning from a special correspondent of The Star, re- turning from Alaska on the steamer Northwestern, states that the steamer Ramona was wrecked off Spanish island Sunday night at 8:30 o'clock. The steamer is a total loss. All the passengers were taken off safely by the Northwestern. Wireless Tells of Wreck. The wireless message: “Str Ramona from Skagway was} wrecked on Spanish island at 8:30 p. m., Sept. 10, in the fog Str. Northwestern received word of the wreck by wireless) while fogbound herself at Bara-| nof island, and proceeded full! Wed to rescue the passengers. | Northwestern foun! the ngers all safe, but the Ra-| a will be a total loss. ~~ VOL. 13, NO. 170, The Ramona belongs to the Pacific Coast Steamship com-| pany, and her run is getween Seattle and Skagway Baranof island is over 100 miles uth of Skagway ar Decision, § island is a small, near-by piece] of land in the inside passage, | which is the route taken by} both the Ramona and North western, Ramona Built in 1902. The Ramona was built at Alameda, Cal, in 1902. She was 190 feet in length, with a 32-foot beam, and carried 1,061 tons gross. The Ramona sailed from Se atle” September 3. Its last anish | ‘| kind of talk-from two kinds port of call was Ketchikan. It arrived there September 6 and departed September 7. —— oe ee ~ WITH CIRCUIT COURT While his attorneys made an ex- tremety eloquent argument before the three justices of the United sentence would never “stick.” Arguments in the cases of the two “detéetives” of Hillman’s who are under sentence for jary tamper States circuit court of appeals to ling will be made tomorrow after IE PLACES WHERE CAR shall not go on the ticket—recalls him. Let not “th Bosses and the Big Interests do it! Mgt s CAN BE PURCHAS! ENDS WITH only one argument _The Seattle Star [#2™ ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1911. IN SEATTLE " ONE CENT. 3 ——— . | Boss Murphy has decided that Scott mob” recall judges! Let Tammany! Let the Big UNCLE SAM WOULD FAIL IN ALASKA COAL BUSINESS, SAY COAL BARONS, BUT READ WHAT UNCLE IS DOING WITH HIS OWN COAL MINE UP AT WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA) *Si:)'siitiuy Complete Wreck of Atship-owier Says BY C. L. GILMAN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. WILLISTON, N. D., Sept. 12.—Of | couree It's absurd to talk about hav- ing the government run the Alaska coal mines, Gnas Sam would be a flat failure m ing a lot of this of people. First: The colonels of industry who get rich by exploiting the peo | ple’e property. Second: The really honest folks who doubt the wisdom of putting Uncle Sam's Coal Mine at Williston, N. the government into the coal bust (coal mine. d-— PRODUCES COAL a. The first clase are strictly p cottages for married men at $10 a} month. 1 © of this ment 4 coal conte ment but $1.60. Th miy four months ing the crop gr ie engineers of t e of the interic partment, | who are running the mine, tell me} puld clip another quarter off| mt per ton if they operated] ear around | re exploiters of the warned not to pay any attention to this story i As to What do you nyetem the mine govern govern rans ar—dur season, The lamation others D—Cottages He Rents to Married Mén—Coa! at Mouth of Shaft, That Costs Him Only $1.60 a Ton. Alpvin tunnels 2,000 feet under! The government provides be sold at four cents each. But the Furth concern has evaded and dodged . The great bulk of street car passengers are forced accordingly to inst this arrangement. pey the full nickel fare. That’s the favorite old corporation HOME EI thriving village recently. The banker {if is Uncle Sam. He will be a desirable | addition to the community. Hi N TRAINS AND KW SEANDS be SMASH-UP MOUNTAINS He'll Win $50,000 Prize Yet. Lensed Wire) | Sept. 12—Total| # of the Wright biplane in| ® ALTA which he hoped to win a $50,000| * acc newspaper prize for crossing the|* ‘M continent, toady brought Aviator * some reason, and all | could do ® Robt. G. Fowler's flight from San|* was to go around Ip circles. & Francisco to New York, to an in-|# I swung to the left in spirals ® Glorious end near this little mount- # and dropped. The machine hit ® ain town, Fowler was uninjured. |* a couple of trees, damaging ® After his successful flight from|* the planes badly, although the & San Francisco to Auburn, yester-|# engine is al! right. My back is #& day, Fowler was supremely confi-|* wrenched, but there is not a ® dent today when he ed to tune|* bit of skin off anywhere. It # up his machine at Auburn. He had) ® will take three or four days to ® some difficulty in starting from the | ® rebuild the machine.” * yund on which he landed | * finally got away at 9:3: bandit dadndiesad dei. Sept, 12 ler said al rudder quit for # After the *% * * Keke kkh teh eeeee today that Aviator Fowler's aero " |Dlane was a total wreck as the re All went well until Fowler reach-| sult of his thrilling fall while cir Colfax, which town he passed at) cling over Alta. The aviator te 9:66 a m. At that time he was! ceived a badly-wrenched back an@ 1,000 feet in the air and was mak-| minor bruises. ing about 55 miles an hour. He was taken into Towles sta As Fowler neared this station he/tion by @ doctor from the sanitarl began to have trouble, and, feeling} um. The biplane was hauled that his rudder was going wrong,|the field, into which {t fell, he started to volplane toward the| team earth. Making 55 Miles an Hour, Escape Miraculous. Rudder Goes Wrong. According to witnesses, Fowler's Just as he neared the ground the | drop was spectacular and that he rudder went entirely wrong, and the |escaped death was considered ak machine crashed down on a hill-|most miraculous. He was circling & short distance from the|about the hills when suddenly Southern Pacific station here, pil-|#eroplane was seen to wobble ing itself np in @ mass of splintered |then to drop, When first sighted wood, twisted iron and rent can-|he was about 400 feet up, but mam vas. Fowler leaped from the sad-|/ased to giide part of the distance die of the flyer just as it struck the |to the rough ground. Fowler was parth, and, xt for a few minor | stievously disappointed at the mis- bruises, was uninjured, He was! which occurred just before he much disappointed at the unlucky ave crossed the summit of termination of his flight, but rejote But he was hopeful ed to learn that his engine was only, tbat a new machine could be rigged from bys Groumt is sweet and fresh, think of the North Dakota g& slightly damaged p by his auxiliaries, so that be day, Clarence D. Hiliman sat near! at hand, wearing the same inscrut- able emile and taking frequent! of the speech of Attorney) his chief counsel. | Only one hour for argument was tliowed for the defense and for Et mer EB. Todd. the divtriet attorney Several of Hiliman’s relatives and | friends were on hand to hear the Srguments, but ther» were many empty beaches in the courtroom, tn) marked contrast to the dense) crowds that flocked to Hillman’s trt- al before Judge Donworth. Several Weeks Before Decision. Whether the cirenlt court grants | Hillman relief, from the two-and.a-| years’ sentence that now con- mee hint will not be known for several weeks, maybe montlis. Hiltman seemed satisfied with | the reasons that his attorney gave why he should not go to MeNiel’s| Yaland, and was confident that the noon. Should the circuit court of ap peals affirm Hittman’s original ec vietion and sentence, the only course open to the convicted man will be to apply for a writ of cer tiorari from the United States eu preme court, which the district at- torney’s office is Inclined to believe, would be denied in this particular! case | Only One Question Presented. | The only question in the arg ment for the new trial made by} Hillman’s counsel was that the fed-/ eral authorities had no right to) seize Hillman’s books from his of- fice; that by so doing Hillman was) forced to give damaging testimony against himself. The question argued was one of ethical law, and at no time did At torney Morris waste a precious mo-| ment to hint at any denial of his} cHent’s guilt. | POLICEMAN GUILTY OF THEFT After deliberating 45 minutes, the which tried the case of H. A. the patroiman accused of | Stealing a $100 nugget chain from Mrs. Olive Gilberta Ryan, found) him guilty of grand larceny at noon | today. Niese was immediately turned ever to the custody of the sheriff and given until 5 o'clock tonight to} $3,000 vail. Deputy Prose-| ator White conducted the case for | the state. | A number of policemen and de teetives testified thatr they had teen Mre. Niese wear nugget! chain. The defense of Niewe wa = he had never seen Mrs, Ryan’ that the chain found in his safe- ty deposit box belonged to his wife. Mrs. Nieve took the stand in behalf Of her husband, and testified that she got the chain from her former usband; named Foster, Mrs. Niese Was the only one, however, for the defense who positively identified as her own the chain claimed by Mrs.) Miese resigned from the police Ryan. \* force in 1907 and went to work for|* Stransfer company. He came back | to the force in 1909, | SREGAROING THE RAIN elty man is awful mad, is rain may wet his feet; He skips the lurking puddle In the middle of the street But Farmer sones ix glad, by heck! He dotes on rich, black mud; He counteth profit by the peck He hopes there'll be a flood! Gtsaeaks naan ne ® ® He was the one punished by the ® sponsible for the fire GRKKKKKKRRKEHRH lbenefits up to the conv | woek OT TT Kt th tk Captain of the steamboat Slocum, which burned with the loss % of 1,000 lives, is paroled after three years and a half in prison. They never are. WHITE MASK BURGLAR OAKLAND, Cal,, Sept. 12—De- tectives in possession of a white mask are today searching for a irgiar who stole $1,000 worth of jewelry from the reside: . H. Carter, only to ha way from him by the physician plucky wife after a hand-to-hand struggle at the back door. Mrs, Carter was seated with her husband in the parior when the burglar cut his way through the screen of the kitehen door and ran. sacked the upstal bedrooms. Woman Grappies With Him. Having occasion to go to the storeroom adjoining the kitchen, Mrs. Carter suddenly came upon the masked intruder. Grappling with him, the plucky woman called loudly for help, When her husband arrived the burglar and Mrs. Car- ter had fallen over a box and were rolling on the floor in a desperate struggle. The police have a good descrip- tion of the burglar, who escaped, leaving his plunder in Mrs, Carter's possession HII II ARI III IN WATER SHUT OFF Water will be shut off on *% Boylston av, N., between E. * Garfield and EB, Howe sts., # from 9 to 11 a, m. tomorrow, *# and between B. Howe and E. * Boston, from 9 a. m, to 5 p.m. Powe ee ee ee Bll DAV PORT, Ia., Sept. 12.—The ecutive committee of the Interna- * * * * * * * * * khhh os tional M day to put the question of strike ention next courts, The owners were not re ‘achinists’ union decided to-) hibited from reading this story. It's exclusively for the second. All ye of that group give ear, UNCLE 8AM IS ALREADY THE COAL BUSINESS. And that isn’t all. UNCLE SAM 18 A SUCCESS AS A MINER. Here at Williston ernment of the which “would make a flat failure of coal mining,” owns and operates a InN the gov N.D, » TON IN A MODEL MINE. RNMENT WORKS N SIX DAYS A WEEK HOURS A DAY, AGE’ A PROFIT OF H ABOVE LIVING employed. jed safety device is No one has ever been killed or Seriously hurt. How Housewives Are Being Buncoed. Mrs. Housewife, when you buy a/ five-pound pail of lard you don't get five pounds of lard; you get about four pounds an done and one-half) ounces. When you buy a three-pound pail } WOMAN WHI pS | of lard, you get two pounds and sev. Goldsmith en ounces. wholesale grocers; some of the wa ttle wholesale groc-| And here sold by big ers: A package of seeded raisins, which you think contains a pound of | he just 1244 ounces, package. When you think you buy @ two- pound sack of certain brands of salt, you get 13 ounces, with the sack, A package of crackers weighs 13 ounces, with the box, etc., ete. Some of this was brought out in| f the police court this morning when three Seattle firms were tried and found guilty of violating the weights | and measures ordinance, which re quires that all packages sold must have their riét weight stamped or printed on them. The three firms wére Kinsel Bros,, druggists, Third and Colum- bia; Reed & Day, butter dealers, and W./M. Hood, candy vender. They were fined $10 each. There was no evidence to show that these peo- MURDERED IN AWEUL WAY BILOXI, Miss, Sept .12— William Halley ound here today in the mai , tie stake, face downward. He had succumbed to the bites of in- sects and acongestion of blood in the head. @ seeking the mur outiaw fishermen whom Halley had been watching. THE HICKTOWN BEE is thinking stalled in Mine Hh bent Boolal is ee ee el ple had sold short weights, but they imitted that the weight of the ackages were not marked on them ‘Three other cases were set for this morning, but were continued till next Tuesday. They are J. 8. of Schwabacher Bros, J. ©. Yoeum, of Swift & Co.,.and L.A. Opdyke, of the Union Meat € MAINE WET AND | -|in Georgetown yesterday i Exits are arranged so that en-/ ment mine as an object lesson for tombing it impossible. Uncle Sam in Alaska? eee treeeecs| HEMT FOR FIGHT | “room work,” 70 cents in 10-foot en and | The government provides a| WASHINGTON, Sept. 12—All the) “mess” where miners get good/ American naval strength deemed | meals at 25 cents each. necessary ax a precaution is being The government provides ontrated as near ax possible to} bar. con racks rent free, the miners provid the scene of serious disorders in| |. Hing their own bedding only. China AWFUL NEWS FOR THE THIRSTY; FIFTEEN SALOONS MUST CLOSE j ‘I'm having a hard time to say fae the time of his life in lopping | just which saloons must close,” off 15 saloons in Seattle. jsays the councilman. ‘There are ‘Te. comply with the ordinances,| no complaints against them, and 1) 16 saloons. must simply go out of simply have to close my eyes and busities#, and it’s up to Hesketh to/ pick ‘em out.” | \detefinine which 16 it must be. | Wouldn't it be awful if be should | ‘The Jinx wae put on three of ‘em) pick out the thirst stations of the | biggest hotels, and such? Wouldn't they howl—what? Counetiman Bob Hesketh is hi And there are more to come. se BY ONLY 168 PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 12.—-Offi chal returns from 225 cities, receiv. ed this afternoon, show a plu ” of only 168. Every is went wet. DEAD AVIATOR’S (By United Press Leased Wire) HEMPSTED, L. f, Sept. 12 Planning to take up the dangerous sport which brought death to her husband, Mrs. Ralph Jobnsto widow of the daring birdman ho held the record for altitude in an aeroplane, has begun taking lessons and will soon appear as a profes sional aviator, Chicken Ranch FIVE ACRES NEAR AUBURN Five acres good upland, on a fine county road, within easy driving distance of Auburn ‘These tracts lay level; the soll is a rich, sandy loam—Just the thing for chickens and small fruit You could live on one of these tracts and work in Auburn, Only half a mile from mill, store, post office and school. Price, $60.00 terms of $10 Cash ch 6 per acre, on And $5.00 per month on acres. OLE HANGON & CO. Tate W ty | WIFE TO FLY} Hasrard, charged with murder in that the information accusing Mrs.|his mother far from being out of | |have failed. is feared that the failure to find had b n kept up for two weeks Boys HURRICANE yesterday afternoon, leaving MRS. HAZZARD'S (fA! pATT ORE, PORT ORCHARD, Sept. 12.—At-| ee starving to death Claire William-| son, & wealthy English woman. won a point when Judge H. A. P Meyers, sitting at the trial in Kit Haztard was not drawn in accord: | danger, all efforts to locate James ance with the statute. The judge J, former champion heavy: | ruled that Mrs, Hazzard be held un-|weight pugilist, who with his til Prosecuting Attorney Stevenson |brother is hunting somewhere in JOLIET, Il—Olaf Eckstrom was! Advices received from Seward to- | the first victim of the state law/day states that Fred Laubner, the pretibiting the drinking from @ scout sent out to notify the f. “tife-saver trains. He passed |fries brothers of their mother's {ll- | eat erchivie ban st her sons may have a bad effect on} Wet | Mrs. Jeffries, | Great anxiety is now expressed as VW eather before it was abandoned | Thomas Jeffries, the fighter's brother, does not express fears for |the personal safety of the hunters. Boys’ Rubber Coats.. $3.00 Boys’ Oil Slickers.. $3.00 . CORINTO, Nicaragua, Sept. 12.— Boys’ Rubber Slip-ons. . | Ten persons perished and fifty were P |seriously injured in a hurricane $6.50 and $7.50) een today has laid eight city | and death in its wake. At least | Don't Fail to Take Ad-}| $2,000,000 damage is reported. | A ral towns on the Pacific side varitage of These Prices, hele Sealed torneys “for Mrs. Linda sap county, upheld the demurrer, LOS ANGELES, Sept, 12—With can file a new information |the Kenai, mountains, in Alaska, | webottle to a friend and was ar-|ness, has abandoned the search. It |to their whereabouts. The search Apparel for | | ‘TEN DIE IN Boys’ Rain Hats |blocks in ruins. ‘The storm broke! that many are dead in these p! * THE WEATHER. *) * For Seattle and vicinity: ® } Shafer Bros)|s ,2:, sate and weinity: | Arcade and Arcade Annex * Wednesday; moderate south: * 914-315-316-317 New York Blk, % easterly winds, Temperature * La eda ei eae ee | weeny might resume the flight. Approaching darkness Fowler from reaching Colfax, whiel was his announced destinatign, last The aviator refused to state po tively when he would make an ef. fort to continue his flight, but de clared himself undaunted by his mishap, and eald that, deapite the is. He could have dade 3 handicap he had suffered, he would | before dark, but feared the danger still be the first to cross the conti. Of trying to pick a landing place nent through the air. jin the dusk. Not Badly Hurt, ‘when he landed here at 6:45 o'clock SACRAMENTO, Sept. 12.—Long|last evening, having flown the 363 stance telephone advices received miles from Sacramento in 45 milf Alta sanitarium stated | utes. ae THEY ALL FALL FOR IT JUST THINK OF YOUR | STANDING IN THIS On Y, He was given a great ovation