The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 15, 1911, Page 1

See, TWO LONG YEARS, PEOPLE GET JUSTICE IN HISTORY MAKING STRUGGLE AGAINST CORPORATION © THE BATTLE RAGED October 14, 1909, the Puget Sound Electric and its geburban lines without notice or warning put into effect ced rates. October 14, 1911, just two years to the day, these ad- ee will be suspended, according to the decision of the a court, rendered yesterday, and the old rates will an into effect : wah Jong years of robbery. That's the story in plain Tt took a decision of the state railroad commission, a de a superior court, and finally a decision of the state rt to stop it Np IT TOOK TWO LONG YEARS. Hh it was all worth while, It has been a hardship for S Tt has crushed some, but the people of Western Wash- aga whole, will benefit. No corporation act in the his- state has so aroused the people as did this attempt of Webster-Furth concern to gouge its patron is overripe, the corn to chew; the blue serge suit has to seed, gauze underwear's VOL. 13, NO. 175. IAFE-CRACKERS GET $315,000 IN D’S BIGGEST BANK FOOD FRAUD SESE RHEE EEE EEE FREE EERE EEE Qfficers and men of the Ramona declare that 9 lighthouse fignal on Cape Decision would have saved their ship, and absefice of such aids to navigation meane constant addi- te the already appalling list of distasters off the rugged, and storm-sewept coast of Alaska. . a Reehatetetererteaeereeeteeeeae beors late, but remained to keep lonely vigil 4th him,” Cap) Wreck aod to guard It against pow erg 3. 8 North. ible looting. It ts expected that tiyed in port late last ‘8 boxes of gold bullion and the Wand & balf days out of U. 5. mall will be recovered. The ol submerged to the with the surf pounding it to pleces. and crew. Passengers from the Ramona Spanish brought here by the Northwestern: Anotb- Ship stood, fos | schultz, Geo. Weston, C. L. Wil- Cape Decision, the care joughby, E. Musgrave, Thos. Red- fefusing to ‘empt! mond, W. J. Johnson, E. Akerberg, ot Ramona by venturing J Johnstone, G. Neswoog, E. P passage in the deose!Thompaon, M. Rosmame, C. Aujalo, the istands | C. Glavin, J. Varto, P. Smokee, et brought al! the Officers R. EK Jones, purser; ‘; and all but four of the) W. L, Steele, freight clerk; A. W Pet the wrecked steamship. | Jackson, Ist Asst. engineer; Ernest | Martin Taaffe, Pilot James Ryisett, 2nd Anst.. engineer; C. *. Enquist | Hilton, 2nd officer; L. A. Last, 3rd officer; H. Krimson, 2nd steward = ad SKINNE , SINCE YOU ARE 80 STRONG THAT 1 WILL MAKE You _ It was the last straw, It drew the line sharply between the lain people on the one side and the special few on the other, t set the people to thinking and to acting, unitedly, The win. ning of the rate fight itself in the supreme court yesterday will prove to be only an incident in the great battle of the people for a fuller measure of justice, the real beginning of which dates back to October 14, 1909, REPETITION PREVENTED One direct result of the rate ouge was the passage by the legisla ture of the Alle , which prohibits a repetition of the Stone Webster act, Under this law no rate boost.can be made without permission from the @ utilities commission, Until the of this law, the corporation simply raised rates arbitrarily, and the peopie had to pay the higher charge until they could prove—again and again—that it was unjuet! The people made a remarkable fight against the gouge. In ite resulta that i relee which the Stone Webster directors decided so easily was history-making. It set fires of rebellion burning along the road from end to end, centering, however, in the Duwamish valley at the Seattle end of the WH At tde Duwamish ond of the People lost their hon the plague. valley it acted like a visitation of families were separated, property Was hammered down, and the valley was all but depopulated At the Tacoma end of the line it brought a blockade tong-—at Fern Hill, a dramatic fight in which the cit took a hand, and ended tn a gr ation movement that, until it wa: county official, would have made Tacoma one of the Jargest citios, point of area, in the country, all night police and mayor Met of damage suite and an an checkmated by the neglect of one in THE INJUNCTIONS PLAYED THEIR PART It bronght on such frequent use of the unfair writ of injunction that! 1910, the commission decided that friendly little bromer of the corporation came into general dis | Approval, IT BROUGHT JAIL SENTENCES It brought on the sentencing of two editors of the Seattle Star to Jail for contempt thereby calling attention because thay eritich the tnjunetions, courts to silence day of the recall of judges, the freedom of the press and the end of arbitraty power on the part of the SOME RATES MORE THAN DOUBLED courts. Th Laszlo Schults, Mra. Laszio __ ONY EXPOSE Hho HELPED “The short weights expoeures of The Star have helped me more than anything done so far,” said City Inspector of Weights and Mea- sures A. W. Rinehart today. “Dest are are more alive to the fact that Seattle has a Wei and Mea- sures law and are ing more careful.” The fact that no money has been provided for the inspector with whieh to do his work is hampering him. He ts aliowed no money above salaries. -In the past he has spent a dollar now and then of his own money, but feels unable to do this extensively ‘Money should be provided tn next year's levy for this work,” he continued. “No iarge amount is needed, But at present I have no |way to carry on any independent | lovestigation.” Short welghing {s not the only fraud Rinehart told this morning of a method used by some butter dealers by which each package of batter, just before it Is closed, is dipped Into brine to make it heay- lier. He believes that this might be remedied by tho federal govern- ment taking action At least 100 spring scales, which Invariably indicate a gremter weight than that of the article placed on ft, have been confiscated by Rine- hart during the last few months, STOCKADE AROUND 6. (By United Freee Leased Wire.) LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15—Work- ing under emergency order and In 12-hour shifts, a force of 600 car- penters at 10 a. m. today completed a stockade eight feet nigh around | ailroad, | } com: ny. hurried to the Southern \dred other men there engaged In | similar work. | Assistant General Manager Ran- dolph of the Salt Lake road was | reticent concerning this unusual ac- matter,’ | Local officials of the Southern Pacific were equally reticent. At 10:30 a force of men was bust- ly engaged carrying cote and bed- line, and along Fern Hil) and Puyallup on the other. P, onOPo, | people | shops here and joined several hun- ”~ | ding into the stockade. Labor Calls Conference. Local labor leaders are “up in jthe alr’ over the sudden activity lot the’ railroads, ‘The stockade Jaround the Salt Lake shops was ‘bullt over night, That around the Southern Pacific shops be \completed before night, Leaders of the various unions gathered hurriedly at the Labo} |Temple shortly before noon, ani lare discussing the situation behind |elosed doors. It was predicted that |the Harriman lines intended to \force a walkout before Monday. | “1 have positive Information, |eaid one labor official, “that the ‘southern Pacific officials have lordered all foreign cars rushed |hack to their home roads, Freight ty being dumped on the ground at will A WONDER. YOURE ALRIGHT both the Salt Lake and Southern Pacific stations, | “A stockade similar to ‘the one ing constructed around the | Southern Pacific shops here is be built around the Salt Lake The increased rates decided in effect October 14, 1909, hit hard SEATTLE, WASH. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1911. ~ ONE CENT. OB First poner nn Pictures of Ramona Wrec These pictures were taken by George Shiras, the famous photog- fapher of wild animals. Mr. Ghiras was a passenger on the Northwest- ern returning from Alasku, and he kindly turned over to The Star his e@rilection of thirty-eix views. m schooner Grant, bringing the thirty-two ref from the lost steamer Ramona to the sieamer Northwestern. The black cross shows approximately where the Ramona went down, off the shore of Span- igh island. j Picture at top is little Dick Derigkson, son of Capt. Derickson, of the coast geodetic survey. Little Dick and hie mother were passengers aboard the Ramona. He became the pet of the crew and passengers. Duwamish People a to Celebrate’ Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock | the people of Duwamish vattey wilt hold @ meeting in the Grange hall at Foster for the purpose of celebrating their recent victory In the supreme court upholding the) ruling of the railway commission | A band will furnish the music, and Attorney Thomas R. Horner and others will deliver ad- dresses, It is understood that the will take a determined stand to resist any further effort to enforce the old rates. RRR REE * THE WEATHER. Rain tonight and Saturday; * % probably pair; brisk to high #) winds, Tem- *}| iter! pe og today, 56. * Women and Baby Dick Derickson being transferred in lifeboat * *} from the Grant to the Northwestern. RRR ‘Chicken || 102 REASONS hic en One of the big stee! cars on and Bee se Fruit Land | enn aes East of Auburn passengers were counted Five * * BOY CHILDR OVERCOATS With Convertible Collars. Large Assortment. $3.50 to $15 ull lines of Boys’ Slickers, standing. ‘Together with the seated passengers, the car con- tained at one time 176 men, women and children, packed acres of strawberries, logan- ae eardin inte or raspberries will rn a good living, but & few years, to make one ondent. have tand that t# ideal for all kinds of small fruits situate 4% miles east of Auburn, on a good county road, handy to store, how. school, large till, railroad station and port- office, that we are welling at $60 per Acre in five-ncre tracts at $10 down &nd $6 per month. Perfect title, tre Abatract and warranty deed with’ final payment r $ Rubber Coats, all apparel. lip-ons, THE HICKTOWN BEE Her at the Grand Hats, and other wet weather Come and have yc co tried by 1, Tubbs, the houre painter, Maybe you ean sing protty good. (Advt.) Hon Toler ix confined to e aick. Ho run into v in the The in the elane ty youre, 1 OLE HANSON @ CO. 314-316-316-317 New York Blk, ARRAN fe Watertower ways. Fuhops at Las Vegas, Nev.” . ON TRAIN KEW BTA [the village of Tukwila, near Beattle, where the increase was from 1% | cents for the round trip to 40 cents, Puyallup was raised from 26 to | 40 cents, and others in slightly smaller proportion, In both cases the people who had settled wp the interurban territory were given solemm promises at the time that the rates would never be ratsed, but that la fivecent fare would be given jast as soon as expenses could bq | made on the rate. 1 But the promises of a railroad corporation are written in water. | The first fight started when W. H, Paulhamus of Sumner, latew | pre ident of the state senate, with other citizens of Sumner, appealed to the railroad commission, Testimony was taken, and in February, t the old rates must be restored The commission was created just to settle such cases, but the trac | ton company defied it and went into the courts, got injunctions and | made an appeal to the superior court. The people kept paying the higher rates until fall, when Judge Mitchell of Olympia finally suse tained the commisston. till there was no relief for the people. More injunctions and a new appeal intervened—this time to the supreme court—and the people cons tinued to pay the higher rates. The company could afford to walt an@ starve the people into submission. ‘That appeal was decided yesterday and becomes effective October 14, Just two years after the unjust rater | were decided on. ‘4 By the way, pretty soon you'll hear from the young fellow who brags about wearing the summer kind all of’ 8. be the year ‘round. THREE ESCAPE | WITH FORTUNE (By United Press Leased Wire.) NEW WESTMINSTER, 8. C., Sept. 15.—At an early hour thie morning three men entered the Bank of Montreal here by an unpro-| tected little window in the rear, dug through the brick wall into the| vault, wrecked the cage door and blew open the safe, took $315,000 in| | gold and bills, left $20,000 in gold on the bed where they had piled thelr | loot, and about $80,000 more money unmolested in the safe, and made! good their escape. WORK OF EXPERTS | This, in brief, is the story of the most daring and successful bank robbery ever pulled off fn this city. That it wae the work of experts, is evident from the tools they used, some of which they left behind! in their haste to make good their escape. CHINESE JANITOR SANDBAGGED It is impossible to say just when the men effected their entrances into the bank, but it is presumed that it was somewhere about 8| o'clock in the morning, for when the Chinese janitor arrived, shortly after 4 o'clock, to clean up, hé found that three men had been doing! & little cleaning up on thelr own account, and before the Chinaman could give the alarm he was sandbagged, gagged and tied to a chair. Then the robbers proceeded to collect the gold and bills from the | vault and left the building some time before 6 o’cloek, leaving about $100,000 in the vault behind them. ONE BIG AND TWO SMALL MEN The only clue to the robbers is that afforded by the Chinese jam itor, who says that two of the men were short and small and that the third man was a big fellow. All three wore masks on thelr faces, DIDN'T WAKE POLICE While the robbers were at work in the bank, there was at least one policeman within fifty yards of the building, and another slept near | it, and yet the explosion that blew the safe door open was not heard} by them. There Is only one building between the bank building and the police station itself, but the explosion wae not heard there, either. CHINAMAN GAVE ALARM The first known of the robbery s when the Chinaman appeared at the police station, at about 5:30 o'clock, and gave the alarm. He had) managed to work his bonds loose after the robbers had departed. Chief of Police Brilishaw hurried to the scene, and all of the available | cers were pressed Into service, but the only clue obtainable was that) |xiven by the Chinaman. From the thoroughness of the job and the tools with which the work was done, the local officers believe the same | | gang that has recently been at work in Vancouver turned the trick here. | AUTO STOLEN Later in the morning another feature was added to the fobbery by the report that the motor car of T. J. Trapp, which is one of the largest and most powerful automobiles in the city, had been stolen! from the garage, and later this car was found broken down in front of the Y, M. C. A. building. POLICE CHIEF'S STATEMENT “The bank robbers were expert safe wreckers,” stated Chief of Po- lice Bradshaw, as he laid out before himself the tools which he had gathered in the vault, They must have fired the charge of dynamite with a battery. The tools comprise a brace and bit, a hand crqwbar, a piece of gaspipe, several bits and drills and two hand-bars for digging out brick. Entry had doubtless been le by key through the front door; then, disturbing no lights in the front office of the bank, they had worked from the rear of the brick vault, the walls of which lent them- selves to easy operations. ; IT WAS EASY Once in the vault, their work was easy. The cash safe therein, in which the money, they had rightly estimated, rested, could be drilled | without fear of disturbance, and the charge of dynamite shot off with-| out noise, The bedding of the absent janitor’s cot was taken to plug! up the opening they had made in the wall of the vault. TCS TCC PS Sec ee CCC CC eC eS Se ee eT * FAMOUS ROBBERIES The robbery of the Bank of New Westminster today is com- parable on this continent only to the looting of the M: ittan and O anks, in New York, and the Kensington bank, In Philadelphia, by Jimmy Hope and his gang in the late '60s and ‘708. The Kensington trick was turned after Hope had got the bank president to station several of his men, garbed as police, in the vaults, alleging that the police department had word of an Intended robbery. The gang got away with $80,000. In the same y 1869—Hope and his men rented a base- ment beneath the vaults of the Ocean bank and spent days dig- going through the floor. Finally they removed more than $1,000,000 in bonds and gold, but threw away the bonds and escaped with only a few thousand dollars in gold. In an early morning raid on the Manhattan bank, October 27, 1878, Hope's gang overpow- ered the watchman and stole of $2,757,700, most of it, ho Kee eeee eee ee EEE ES a GUILTY OF SELLING POOR MILK J.C. Burnam, an officer of the Northwest Dairy Co., was found guilty by a jury in Judge ‘ court of selling milk containing less than the required 3.25 per cent of fat. Burnam will test the @ by appealing immediately to the su preme court on the point that In dividual members of a corporation cannot be punished for acts of the corporation, “If you want to sell poor milk, In- corporate,” was the epigrammatic answer given to this point by Dep- uty Prosecutor ©, BE, White. Judge Gay refused to throw the case out of court, and the jury was out but Jimmy Hope, leader of the gang while trying to rob the Sather bank, in San Francisco, In 1881. Pee eee Cee eee e ere ee elt eee S| non-negotiable securities. caught and sent to prison HERE HEEAAEEE SS AEER EE EK = ; & short time before finding Burnam guilty. | | A KIND BURGLAR | | SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Sept. |15.—-Returning home early today from a theatre party, Mrs. Alfred McRae, wife of a wealthy mer- chant, found that a burglar had ransacked the house, but had left juntouched $5,000 worth of Jewels lying exposed in a Jewel box in her ‘bedroom. ‘The burglar took sev- eral hundred dollars’ worth of sil- ver plate. BERNE—After 12 years the body of an electrician named Kammer has been found frozen in the Loetschen , glacier, perfectly preserved.