The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 21, 1911, Page 1

believing in and preaching we seldom see a man very loud unless he has mething to laugh over, CAMO ELECTION aaeee The Seer eaanee iberal party, with Sir Wilfrid Laurier as premier, favors. reciprocity with the United States along the lines proposed In the reciprocity bill passed by the United States congress Thé campaign was inaugur ated fmmediately following the dissolution of the Eleventh parliament, July 29, 1911, and has been waged with much bit- terness, Canadian influences favoring reelprocity: The agricultural interests, Western Canadian jow tariff adv free traderd, settlers and all eeeeee na Winona & year ago Pres Taft declared that the was indefensidle erial reds session of con eed a Dill reducing the tariff ig wool, In bis speech 4 Rapids, Mich.. tod eeteeteeeeeeeeesane oeteeeeeeee it fends bh Attitude and bis veto. Bseeeesevey Ceeeeeeteeeeee Pres D RAPIDS, Mich., Se to the defense of hin ve) pot the wool, free list and cot President Taft here today what is regarded as one! @ ‘most important speeches of @& | tour. | vet Ubderals. Canadian Influences against reciprocity Ultra-impertal- iets, British tariff reformers and thelr Canadian allies, protected manofacturera and all conservatives AtkReeeteeeeeae iy OFFAWK! See, Some "HI . . tt in But ba cas thing to | the elections today the liberals are hopeful, but they admit that the re- leult is in doubt, Reciprocity has broken down ‘ * the wool tariff hele c K has been in| Jong and Its percentages # peo Bigh in many respects that | * 4 net hesitated in times past to| to be reduced, and not to be re- * » the reduc made and how should be. If} 7 the result. B the woo! bill to be | The administration admite the Progress made 10 | jogs of 13 nea! Quebec is Hhely nd, should the tories gain seven be changed since the last is it is difficult accurately to forecast 13, NO. 177. IN DOUBT: he Seattle Star INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SEATTLE, WASH, THURSD ION IN EPSROER S31 v i IN AY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1911. SEATTLE ONE CENT. | i NYMOUS LETTERS KEEP WHOLE TOWN IN DREAD FOR YEAR not young, the serpent’s » Sept. 20—"The Poisoned Pen of Easton” has been silenced at last—for a time, any- how. Can you imagine a whole town heaving one big collective relief? That's what Easton did when tt learned that Harriet De Witt spin ster, aged 36, of a wealthy révolu onary war family, had been ar rested charged with writing anony mous, defamatory letters. ave been wrecked, rep ined, engagements broken h officers defemed, young md innocent girls have been sus peeted by thetr lovers ‘and young [men have been ostractsed by thetr ‘thearts as a result of hundreds med epistion which have been received by Easton people during the past six years. Some results Mrs. Huber, an elderly lady, died jof a broken heart after being ac cused of writing the letters. David Tippany and wife, newly married couple, estranged; they have become reconciled since the arrest of Miss De Witt. Engagement broken between two young people of Easton whose names the postal authorities with bold. : Young woman, member of Christ Evangelical Latheran church, [Sear the suspleion of being the ou thor, Misery has held sway tn thie lqutet town of German-American \folk. Like a bombshell came the announcement hat the Rev, Bl |mer B. Bnyder, pastor of the Chrint | Bvangelieal Lutheran church, had fering patiently for years Tecript of letters by hit the lady to whom be wad lenguaed, Moeribers of his congred gation Were attacked, and some real domoatic divciosures are said to; have followed | Ming I vitts arrest followed the, discovery that in the letters her own name had been used as the object of attack. This, experts |deciared, is a subterfuge adopted by all anonymous letter writers, Further, neenes are reinted which could only have been witnessed TYrom Misa De Witt's window. Mise De Witt's [electrical effect shamefaced mutual from husbands who had suapected wives and wives who had suspested husbands. There wore kisses, toa and happinere. | Mine De Witt lived opposite Rev. |Snyder and before his marriage be met Mixe De Witt but once. Dur ing Snyder's bachelorhood any girl recetving attentions from him prompuy recetved letters of accusa- tton. in connection with church work | Were accused of clandestine meet moved from Euston rather than ings HOW TO ESCAPE — Women who called upon him] ~*~ ~ It must book for t corded 35 husband. HOME EDITION aroma a have required a large score he Spokane woman who re- 0 jags indulged in by her F CASE WON'T QUIT UNDER FIRE Develops That Detective Working for Magazine Has Been on Trail of Judge Grosscup for Two Years—Says He Will Stick Now to Fight It Out With Enemies. (iy United Pree Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, Sept. 21—Judge Peter S. Grosscup, of the U. S.| circuit court of appeals, today |withdrew his statement that he would resign from the federal bench October 3yand prepared to force his enemies into the open. “I won't send in my resigna- tion on October 1,” said Judg Grosseup this afternoon. stead, I will await the so-calle record of charges against me which have been collected, it is reported, by Detective Richi Then I will vindicating myself. “1 have learned that a certain publication robbed the office of |} Marshal Sampesell, receiver of the Union Traction Company, and stole some of his papers. 1 am informed that photographic coples of these papers will be used against me,” Was Former Secretary. Sampsell was formerly Gross- cup’s private secretary. The judge named him as receiver for the street railway company shall invite the widest inves- tigation of my personal acts,” Grosseup added. “I will make no defense until the charges are print ed. I deny that my reversal of Judge Landis’ fine of $29,000,000 against the Standard Oil Company was known in Wall street 24 hours before it was banded down, I don't propose to quit the bench with a cloud hanging over me. I don't be- make a defense amount paid and the circumstances surrounding t al it is known that the jurist fs comfortably situated, financially. | His court decisions were thoroughy, lly scrutinized from the standpoint of # lawyer and layman, and his private life was watche Richie | does not state what the magazine | boped to | Judge today he «| Was not surprised at the statement of Richie, “I have known of this espionage for two years,” he said, |For a time 1 was informed that the federal government was doing it. I do not believe this, If a mag- azine ordered the espionage, let it print the result.” Lawyer Scores Grosscup. A movement to ignore Judge Grosscup when he steps from the @nch was started in the Chicago ar association here today, with a letter published by Attorney Chas. Aldrich, addressed to the members | of the Chicago bar. This letter says fn part: “It is known to many men that | Judge Grosscup’s resignation is the result of compelling |causes than a desire to transfer himself from the United | court of to the great court lof public opinion. His actions have | been investigated for the past two irs, and the resuits are not calcue lated to increase the respect of the people for the judiciary and its ad- ministration of the iaw. “1 venture the hope that If Pree ident Taft accepts the resignation, | the eae wil net, tareaiiiaaeae iations will the tariff would | cher seata, reciprocity would lose. and spn ly lost.’ There fs little probability of change except in Manitoba, where to make a the Hberals expect to make gains. , The reai fighting ground is Quebec and Montreal, and corruption Is ex pected, as both ides are well sup iauring our friend, the dox, b to @ fine point of commer. em, with the figures brovglt by the present bench show ‘base, we find that the dog is not © despined an article as most peo- Bre prove to believe, The tall lleve the charges will ever be filed, | pte gg. gt beseyy: but | am ready to meet them If they | Jiich has been a reproach te the Detective on His Trail, | etitary ane the See For two years Laurence Richie, | formerly one of the best officers in| the U. &. secret service, bas watch- THE FOOD FRAUD Seattle housewives can escape! wolght of commodity. the shortweight bunco if they are) (3) Refuse to buy over any careful in making their purchases. | bearing thie tag. ae it le not retinal ince the publication by The Star and has been CONDEMNED: report on conditions, plied with funds. There is great bitterness In many quarters, and rioting is expected )St. Hyaciothe telegraphs that Henry Hourassa, the nationalist, was mob bed there and had to be rescued by a special train. The Laurtérftes declared at noon that all Indications showed the ith eral candidates to be ruoning well ff JUDGES SHOULD BE open the protective W. H. Kaufman, of Bellingham, progressive leader, sends | i a series of interesting articles on why judges, especi- all officers, should be subject to the recall. He summar- Stason briefly and cifectively as follows: courts are the only department of our government guilty of usurping pawers not granted it by the con Serbo + Fitst, by nullifying enacted laws; second, by amending by enacting laws. In the constitutional conven mms; and third, ‘aaiky 1787, when the constitution was being drafted, there were le votes on granting the supreme court power to de- oo pwn bills unconstitutional. Once the measure bya vote of only three for to eight against; twice was defeated by a vote of only two for to nine In both North Carolina and Rhode Island judges at- nullify state laws, but in each case the people rebuked tefore judges should “especially” be subject to Vast influence of corporations working through » conventions and through executives who appoint, e u placed €x-corporation attorneys on the supreme ER Therefore judges “especially” should be subject to the Ba, Our courts are confessedly the most monarchical and e had petncnts of our government—the last defense es efore uld “especially” be subject 4 The recall of judges is nothing new. Hitherto corpora- Nominated and recalled judges. All we propose teforth the people shall exercise the power hitherto by the corporations. We propose merely to take nomi- ‘and recalling from the corporation dominated conven-| supreme powers in the hands of the people. abuse of the power of injunction (as exercised by Henford and Sanford) can best be prevented by making | 5 es, the recall ? eed abuse of the power of contempt proceedings can| veh “ions by making judges subject Hd ihe recall . bat Telorm of judicial procedure, so that justice shall be} Seuiute, cheap, can hest be secured by re ailing those judges Dg to Tespond to the urgent need me Phe Chicago Tribune says that, according to population, See i$ only one-fifteenth as many judges as has Illinois oi Ahern possibly ha lanation of the fact that mee S about fifteen tir ft in England as in this Bae owever, when only POOR PEOPLE ARE CON- oem. even our courts can make aeroplane speed. A few 0 le Seattle Star stated that in that gity 146 cases were Minutes. ‘The it should be stated, were merely CASES. PROPERTY CASES (such as Hill, Mor Rockefeller interested in) usually drag along long Wear out a poor man’s Procedure needs reforming; substantial justice swift, sure, cheap; punishment should be fitted to the “ Mprisonment (dreaded by the rich) should largely be patted for fines (dreaded only by the poor) ; injunction and Pt Proceedings need regulation Simplest and most effective method by which to achieve nake judges subject to the recall SERVE TWO MASTERS.” WE IMINATIO AND RECALL BY NOW LET US TRY DIRECT NOMI judges sh ra an ex eS as reserve. of the food fraud articles the city, through the public utilities depart. ment, has taken action to brand crooked scales. The following bulletin has been posted in the public markets and in Grocery stores: CITY OF SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTIL- ITIES been, in most cases, tested and ap proved, and the Department desires your co-operation in preventing any misuse of same, ee (he best seals can be manipulated #0 as to chest the consumer. PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOL LOWING)S (1) Accept no commodity weigh ed over any scale not bearing this weal (2) Bee that the Indicator on seale points to zero (0), and note EUROPE 18 WORRIED LONDON, Sept. 21.--The discount rates of the Banks of Engiand, France, Helgium and Austria were advanced today, the directors ex plaining that they took the step in order to protect thelr gold In spite of this explanation ever, it is belleved that the chaotic condition o1 finances in Germany is responsible. RHR SUFFRAGISTS BAR SMOKERS OF CIGARETS NEW YORK, Sept. 21.—Suf fragists hes) say they do not demand equality with men on a smoking basiq and have an nounced that 0 smoking will be allowed in the new suffra gist clubhouse. Ladies who drop in for afternoon tea must cut out the cigarets. BEER REE H LAURIER VOTES r Wire.) DI Although long lines of ers were waiting long before the polle opened here today, the voting has been slow Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the liberal leader, voted in Quebec at 10 o'clock and R. L. Borden, the oppo gition leader, performed the same duty at (he same hour in Halifax. PITTSBURG—Frank Mall confessed that he has ry his widow. NEWS ITEMS FROM THE HICKTOWN BEE 1 have got several nice tombstones sell) cheap. me at once if }-4 i. “Hinks, Depot Wash need ® tombstone. ne PEOPL ND DIRECT RECALL BY © moto many ads today we haven't any roo fee tomorrow's Hee wire The Scales in this Market hare! ae Seeeeeeeeeeeeee murdered his| lfriend, H. Beziek, in order to mai } | CONDEMNED | (4) Bee that all package goods) ¢ plainiy stamped on the face of ¢ wrapper with the net weight of e. and compare the cost with the same article in bulk (5) Don't bay in a carcless mar ner, as by the pall, by the basket, ithe package, ete. These terms | mean nothing. (6) Order by woelght, measure, or numerteal count; ¢. «. order 6 The. of meat, not 60 cents’ worth libs. of lard, not a pail of lard; om pound of candy, not a box of candy. (7) In ordering col, see that yo get a deputy weighmaster's certifi cate. These welghmasters are w+ der bond to the city of Seattle, (8) Rewelgh your packages om other scales bearing the City Beal and see that your weight is corredty Report any short weight or men] sure to this Department at 219 City Hail, or call Main 8600, Local 14, KRHRHRARARRERES e * * THE WEATHER. * For Seattle and Vicinity: * # ature at noon, 66, * RARER AARPERHRAD 8,000,000 IN CANADA (My United Perse Leased Wire) « OTTAWA, Ont, Sept, 21.—The fifth Canadian census will show # population of about £000,000 In the | Dominion, according (o sert-gificial lannouncement made here today, The exact figures will be given out! in a few days, as soon as the ror [ports are received from the North | west. LHHEAAAARAARE ORE Water will be shut off on # all the high service mains in ® the Magnolia Bluff and Fort ® Lawton districts tomorrow be- tween 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. Qi eeebeeee * * SERENE EE HH | Buy Land} | North of | Seattle Level land, creek bottom, four miles north of 85th street, near the Pacific Highway and Lake Washington. | Price $400 Per Acre, $10 Cash $7.50 Per Month —s OLE HANSON & CO, 314-316-316-317 New York Blk. fathered by the Seattle Ken- Club opened at the Bon Marche ding with 222 entries, and the ted fancier, it moans Righer class of exhibits gener , and a larger number of real high class doge—more thousand o beaution and the like. But to the layman the market value of ithe combined exhibit, $50,006, seems like a large amount of money to be tied up in doge, and figured down farther, #5 per pound makes neem that dog-raising might not be so bad from a commercial point of view . J, N. Currens of Traer, pas ‘of Wilson's bome chureh, during debate over the resolutions, Secretary of State Knox for Wilson into trouble. He ‘and Secretary Knox to drag Wilson into dingrace after the years he had ferved the country with honor, & light westerly winds, Temper. & * “| want to sober up,” said J. Peterson as he came staggering Into the police station yester- day afternoon. 5 Sergeant Roy Oimstead looked him over and conclu: that Peterson's request was jus tified. He “booked” him, giv- ing his a “sober drunk” charg “Consider yourself pinche said Olmetead, handing him a @lip for the jailer. Peterson took the slip, stag- gered to the elevator, and went up to the jail, hie own prisoner, rl Refuses to Testify Vhen Frank. Goodman, charged contributing to the delinquen- of Irma Frazier, wifo had been by her mother in Goodman e at the Sterling hotel, was ar- ned in court, the girl refused to A statement ig in the hands of Juvenile Officer Hoggess, signed by the Frasier girl, in which sh relates the abuse against her and other girls Goodman's bond was reduced to $500. Mrs. Frazier, the girl's moth- er, is still in the county jail. Kitty Howard, 16, who had given ‘her age, when arrested, as 21, has been turned over to the juvenile court and @ warrant was sworn out for the arrest of W. A, Morse, pro- prietor of the Lexington hotel, for contributing to her delinquency, THIS 18 MAYOR GEORGE. A nice big red apple ig the prize for the first reader who gets in a right guess on the identity of this ig ny er. : guesses? Very well, it is George W. Dill) ing and was taken while George was still living on the Dilling farm, which was (and probably stil Champaign, Miinois. A few yoars after this picture taken, or, to be definite, when he was just about old enough to George left the farm. He fond adieu to the co' rer] barn and left the vicinity of Cham- paign. He has net dabbled with aD! t suggests that de- lerious this is true. For several years the boy above pictured was owner of a neat little shoe store in Cernocardo, Ill, and then he lit out for Seattle. He is mayor now. 12-STORY HOTEL A i2story hotel may go up at Fourth ay, and University st., which will cost approximately $500,000 Officers of the Metropolitan Build: ing Co. are going over tentative plans with prospective lessees of the proposed building. If it is defi- nitely decided that the hotel is to IMPORTED ENGLISH DERBIES $3.00 NEW BLOCKS IN IMPERIAL ‘AND YOUNG'S HATS $3.00 J. B, STETSON HATS $4.00 For a time it looked as though Maine were neither wet nor dry just a little moist, Shafer Bros Arcade and Arcade Annex. ed Judge Grosseup. In a statement to the press, Richie declares that he began spying on the jurist after his reversal of United States Judge K. M. Landis’ $29,000,000 fine im- Posed on the Standard Oi] Com- pany for rebating. Richie's work was for an Eastern monthly maga- zine, the name of which be with that federal authorities employed him to watch Grosecup, yet it is persistently re- ported that the discoveries un- earthed by Richie were turned over to President Taft and Attorney |General Wickersham. Hichie says | that he examined the property own ed by Judge Grosteup, and the time each piece was hased, the ‘tion since then. Really, After an openiny | minute and baif and argument of uty Mhieapens the case agai for assault upon & omy girl, spent but a few minutes ia ving at a verdict of guilty. Testimony lof witnesses was to the effect that | Aton had persuaded the girl, who lives in Tacoma, to go to Vashon | stand with him during the, | NEW YORK—Fire Chief Kenlom has arranged to have fire a in Queens transported by railroad at every fire call, The wagons will |be taken from the cars at the near 1 \ ABOUT TWo WEEKS |