The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 29, 1911, Page 1

for criticisi Seattle to prosec have country. — ask for + Tris just as worthless as on first, The boy plate counts TELLS Girl—Charge That rald Regna Abram sat in the witness stand Gay's court this afternoon ‘calmly told the awful story of nt and Charles Pryor, then a the Seattie police force. frial began this morning. story told by the young this alleged out - wen the Officers to shudder Met Six Weeks Ago. to the state's alleca first six met the girl down fa uniform at the time 5S “y weeks ago. teatist, Policeman Pryor ihet to the home of a far: Hill, where the young employed as maid that time on until about ‘Meeks azo, it is alleged Pryor made dally visits to Klaw, of “ he ‘: Dig man of the world’s bi eal syndicate is in Se Mare Kiaw came in to have @ look at the Young _ Men’s College | Clothes EAl-Wool materials in blue, and brown and tures, gray SPECIAL, SATURDAY Nafer Bros and Arcade Annex. + SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ing the action o HOME EDITIO who reaches} nan Charles Pryor on Trial for Alleged Attack on ‘Regna Abramson, young girl who makes terrible charges on witn: id against former Seattle police officer. int (By United Press Leased Wire) N i HH} iN ii ili VOL. 13, NO. STORY He Held Her Prisoner. j | the girl, and to go to a he she was held a priso weeks. av for three | Alleged Attack } scording to the girl's story, the police 1 induced her to meet him at 10 « t night at Volunteer park, which he passed while patrol ng bis beat, and it was there that first attacked her, she charges. yor frequently handcuffed the} gfri, she says, and threatened her with his police revolver Assistant District Attorney Lun- deen told the jury today in his open- Jreas that he would show con: Pryor het and that he held her handcuffed to a chair In court today the prisoner, who has since been discharged from the police force, smiled pleasantly at his alleged victim and spent long | periods in gazing at the girl with fixed stare. Miss Abramson came to this country from her native Norway only @ year ago. Kay and Ee” Isa Big Man in a Quiet Way which be-| Metropolitan theatre, familiarly longs to the syndicate called the “Kay and Ee.” The other member of the firm is Abraham Erlanger, but such managers and producers as Charies Frohman and Rich & Harris have strong affillation with the firm. Mare Kiaw is & short, slim, ner vous sort of a man, very quiet, but emphatic in his speech, and he isn't a bit strong on personal ego; he leaves that for bis partner Er langer. This morning a Star reporter found him having a look through the new Metropolitan theatre, and judging from his remarks to the local house manager, George Mac kenzie, Erlanger is very much sat isfied with the playhouse on Uni versity #t "This theatre is the handsomest one we have,” he said. “We have bullt it because Seattle is a good theatre town, and our investment ig a wise one, | am convinced. The | best attractions will come to the 29.—Discussing the refusal of a Tacoma grand jury to indict Seattle citi- f United States Judge Hanford in issuing an injunction forbidding the peo- transfers from the Seattle, Renton & Southern railway, Francis J. Heney, the utor, today said: always been a firm believer in the comman law jury system. It is the bulwark of our liberties, The grand jury system is an important part of it. The he Seattle Star (22 INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ONLY 182. OB OOOREADY TO STRIKE | Great Railway Strike Begins Saturday—More Thousands to Walk Out Monday—Rail- roads Refuse Demands of Unions. (By Calted Press Leared Wire) CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—- Union Sys tem Federation officials semi-of- ficially announced here today that 25,000 Harriman line employes will | go on strike tomorrow at 10 o'clock, | 10,000 Hlinols Central Sys) strike on) and t tem Federationiste will Monday at 10 a. m. j They predict that 12,000 unor ganized employes will quit at the first call, and that 50,000 men will be ont by soon Monday It ix feared that the etrike will quickly spread to every road in| the Middie West, and it is report: ed that the brotherhoods have ¢e/ eretly conferred at Cleveland, and have notified the federation that they would refuse to handle care previously handled by etrike-bremk ers, Such action would involve ev ery American railroad. The “sy#| tom federationiatx” are jubilant and | predict that within a week the Har | om will be paralyzed. | Kline, president of the Mackamiths’ anion, announced to day that he had received, from ev ery international president except O'Connell, of the International Union of Machinists, permission to call the strike tomorrew | | | | We have never let go of it in SEATTLE, WASH., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, RL VICTIM Top, at left, map showing Tur key, italy and Tripoli: United States crul patched to Tripoli lean interests, Bottom, type of Italian soldier (at left), Torkiehs soldier and native of Tri CALVIN. MAY? BE IN GITY Frank Calvin, the moving pleture operator, whe shot and seriously wounded Mrs Vivian Irving, an Eatonville nurse, last Sunday night may be on his way Seattle, if he ix not already in the city. Thi police were notified Inet night that he had been seen in Auburn. SPEECH IS SAFE IN HANDS OF THE PEOPLE, SAYS HENEY Tacoma grand jury has again demonstrated the fact that the right of free speech is safer in the hands of men drawn from the body of the people than in the hands of judges appointed arid not responsible di- rectly to the voters. “The unwise injunction issued by Judge Hanford, which he was forced by the facts subsequently to quash, is only another argument for, the recall of judges who answer too readily to the cry of capital, By the action of the Tacoma grand jury the right of free speec! cannot hear the voice of the masses. _is assured in Washington.” IN SEATTLE ONE CENT. 2hw3"tivht*2 1911 NEWS BIANDS be, RRR tt kh * WHAT TURKO.-ITALIAN FUSS 18 ALL ABOUT * What thie Turko-ttalian imbrogtio all about? *) READY AT ‘FRISCO “ eee 8 of th Same thing the Morocean fuss is me thing the * SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29 peene oi mon, 24 of them | §. French ware in Algiers were about * While every man of the $00 shop Tekular deputy ay caieten Italy wants her share of the Barbary coast—not being will- * employes of the Southern Pacific in |!2S the woods about Roy yexerAsy Ing to stand off without making a holler and see France and * San Francisco and Oakiand remain. |fot the tourth day. Dr. I. 1. Cal |@ Germany get their shares. *! ‘at work thia morning, and may |‘!®, father of the woman's } Italy has wanted Tripoli for a long while. Now, having * continue going about their usual |*®t; F. A. Moore, a brother-ta-law screwed up her courage, she demands the right to extend a “pro- tasks tomor they are waiting Of the fugitive, and F. Layton, @)@ tectorate” (the diplomatic term for plain land grab) over Tripoli. * hourly for the word to strike. It / friend, were searching the woods in} Unfortunately for italy, Turkey assumed the right to extend & may come at any time. The consen- the vicinity of a deserted house.) @ » “protectorate” over Tripoli some 300 years ago. * gus of opinion Is that the call will) Where Calvin in said to have spent) @ Hence the rumpus. The Turks say there won't be any issued tomorrow [the night. Dr. Calvin begged Sher-|@® italian protectorate if they can help it. Nevertheless, the Italians * 1 have received word from Secre- | iff Longmire not to shoot hie #0n.)@ go ahead preparing fleet and army for the occupation of the cov. * tary John Scott, at San Luls Obis-|but the sheriff would make nole * po, to be ready to go out,” said | promine * Inchdentaily, the first “protectorate” extended over Tripoli * President E. L. Reguin, of the Fed: pag 08 ti ® was that put through when the Romans finally whipped the eration of Shop Employes of the & Carthagenians. Harriman lines. CONVICTED RRR HEAR EREEAHHKR KH Harry A. Lake, who has just eom- |” Probably Murder | (My United Brews Leased Wire.) MEXICO CITY, Sept. 29.—In the coming national election next Sun day to select a president of Mexico, all indications today point toward the election of Francisco I. Madero, the erstwhile revolutionist and lead er of the great upheaval in Mexico which resulted in the resignation of President Diaz and his voluntary exile to a foreign land COPS MUSTA'T SPY | else's Don't Bpy on some one wife—that'« Judge Tallman'’s ad- vice, even if you're a cop. Judge Tallman addressed this re- buke to Patrolman Arthur Gunder man, McCafferey appeared as a witness in the divorce sult brought by a fellow patrolman, F. W. Me- Cafferey, against Cora McCafferey. “Policemen would be in better) business protecting people at night| from hold-ups and murderers than in listening at doors and peeping| into windows over transoms to see| what is going on in rooms,” Judge | Taliman added. “These matters are for husband and wife, and do} not constitute a policeman’s duties.” | McCafferey was granted a di byorce, NEWS ITEMS FROM THE HICKTOWN BEE | Metropolitan, of cour MATCH THIS ONE! | A peculiar accident heppened when G. Hebner was sitting on @ box ‘eating lunch in his place of lemployment, 213 Jackson st. The | box collapsed and Hebner fell over on his side and cut his wrist and ‘hand very sériously on a bottle, think we will run @ strawberry RRA \* * * THE WEATHER os * Seattlo and vicinity: ® * Re tonight and Saturday. # *& Moderato southerly winds. © * * pleted serving a four-months’ sen- tence in jai! for stuffing ballota in the Gill recal, was this morning pronounced guilty of procuring false registration, The jury was out 20 hours. Lake was inspector in the firet precinct of the Second ward. Lake is the second “higher up” convicted in the fraudulent elec. tion prosecutions. Alfred Cohn, the first man convicted, has received two separate sentences of three to five years, In all, 16 men have been convicted for recall election fraud ature at noon today, 57. * Temp * RRR EAH POOR FOWLER lied Brew Leased Wire.) oN NT GAP, Cal., Sept. 29. —The cylinder water jacket of Av lator Fowler's engine sprung a NILTHOMSON MASS MEETING Citzens opposing the appointment of City Engineer R. H. Thomson engineer to the recently organized port com- A | mission have arranged to hold a big protest mass meeting in Dreamland hall next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The opposition to Thomson's appointment spread like wildfire today, and the mass meeting was arranged to give this opposition definite and forceful expression. Citizens who can be depended upon to speak out plainly will address the meeting. “DEAR MOTHER: WE’LL BE HOME IN A FEW DAYS.”—JIM AND JOHN (By United Press Leased Wire.) LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29.—A wireless telegram from the steamer Northwestern from James and John leak today, delaying the start in the attempted flight across the Sierras He may start later. — OOOO Chicken and Fruit Ranches NEAR Auburn Five a # good upland, on fine county road, within easy driving distance of Auburn Lies level; the soil 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 per acre, on terms “ $10 Cash jektown for the beat Jo! will not be returned.) ‘The colleges are growing bi every year, gato Watertower # and no are the jails, or And $5.00 per month on each five acres. QLE HANSON & CO. 914-315-316-317 New Yoprk Bik. Jeffries to their mother, Mrs. Rebecca Jeffries, dead since last Wednesday, is today causing heartaches in the former heavyweight champion’s home. It read: “Dear Mother: We will be home in a few days.— jim and John.” When Jeffries and his brother sent their message of love and cheer Mrs. Jeffries, after holding for weeks to the slender thread of life, in the hope that her two big absent sons might be with her when the end came, had been dead for hours. Telephone & Telegraph company, which has been “ii by the restless Oregonians, wants to know. It’s up to the supreme If five men of common clay, monopoly, then 92,000,000 people have no ri sentatives. And Taft proudly tells us “we are ment in its institutions.” Remember Dred Scott! preme court and washed out i Remember that in this republic only the clad in silk robes, its betrayal of humanity people ES WAR FIGHT START | Turkish ambassador. | fi Have the American people the right to adopt the initiative court of the United States. ight to initiate laws nor to veto 8 the only country on earth that has this fea h '€ —_—— — HOM E EDITION yan take the place of the things that hap HH pened today. | WITH TURKEY Sultan Refuses to Give in an Inch Regarding Italy's Demand for Tripoli—50,000 Italian Troops Landed—Fleets Blocks ade Coast~Turkey May Start Awful “Holy” War. (By United Press Leased Wire.) ROME, Sept. 29.—With war against Turkey declared by Italy, nearly 50,000 troops are on Turkish territory tonight, and: scores of Italian warships are patroling the coasts, completing; a blockade the purpose of which is to prevent the sultan’s troops from sending relief forces to Tripoli. Martial law has been declared in Constantinople. No in-’ lformation has been received as to what course Turkey will! take in the conflict, but gravest fears are expressed that she will declare a jehad, or holy war. This will mean the massacre of thousands of Christian residents. Tripoli is being occupied by the Italian king’s soldiers, No resistance has been offered so far by the Turks. ROME, Sept. 29.—War between Italy and Turkey for the possession of Tripoli was formally declared today. The call to arms came immediately after Turkey's reply to the Italian ultimatum had been presented to the Italian government by the) In less than an hour after Turkey's refusal to allow the Italian oceupation of Tripoli had been finally made known, the Turkish ambassador at Rome was handed his passports, the Italian am- bassador at Constantinople had left his post, orders were being hed by wireless to Admiral Aubry, in command of the Italian expe-/ ditionary force before Tripoli, to at once land and occupy the disputed territory. 30,000 TROOPS LANDED ' Within a few minutes of the dispatch of the tanding orders, Admiral Aubry acted. From the sides of ten Italian battleships before the Af-| rican city, boat load after boat load of the force of 30,000 soldiers under Admiral Aubry's command left for the shore. BLOCKADE OF COASTS No sooner was the landing begun than a portion of the fleet steamed to the east and west tb put into effective force orders to at once blockade the whole coasts of Tripolf and Albania, with the design of preventing the descent of any fillbustering expedition against the Italian coast, Holy Mutterings Already mutterings of a holy war are beard throughout Turk and it i feared that Italy's grab will in scuous massacres SF dead daiade te dadaad | WAR STRENGTH OF TWO &) NATIONS IN FIGHT & : Turkey's navy—Five older & opeans, eopening the meee: ps aay eb battleships, one first-class # biy. cause @ general Buropean con-|* “wleer, two sencnd-aeaes crue niet ers, two third-class cruisers, ® two gunboats, four torpedo ®/ Seeking Refuge. ches from Tripoli, received |* boat'destroyers, elght torpedo bd boats and 30,000 men. *) day, way that the foreign ; ; consulates th are besieged by Italy's navy—-Seven modern % | hundreds of eans asking for|* battleships, six older battle #) protection Turkish troops are ships, eight armored cruisers, ¥ | *® 1 on the outskirts of the city, 14 first-class cruisers, 13 cun- e * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * x * * * * mass prepared to retreat into the desert | * boats, 13 torpedo boat destroy- aI when the Italian forces land ers, 158 torpedo boats, six sub- ¥ | at re marines and 29,941 men. *! \fiahdiolat te heiebohatatahalie; Turkey's army consists of a ® | * * total war strength of 727,000, *! |* GOWN WILL BE WORN * % with 2,000,000 unorganized # * BY NINETEENTH BRIDE * * troops avaiable for duty. Her #4 * ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 29.— * % peace strength is 375,000, with %& | * Fifty-five years in one family #|* a reserve of 350,000, which is *| *% and worn by 18 brides, the ® not at once available. * * famous Stroud petticoat is on ® Italy’s army consists of a to- *| * its way to McKinney, Tex., to ® tal war strength of .,.46,000 ® * be worn by Miss Rosabelle * * men, It has a peace strength % | * Hines. The owner is Mrs, * of 240,000, and 806,000 men % | % Asron Nunnally of this city, * # available in the reserves. * *® who first wore it. * 5 | CeCe ee ee eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ol : cet WIFE DESERTS RICH HUSBAND AND BABY TO GO WITH AUTO MECHANIC (By United is Leased Wire.) SANTA BARBARA, Sept Deserting a wealthy husband and § baby boy for an automobile mechanic, Mrs. W. P. Meyers, wife of a prom¢ inent Los Angeles physician, is today en route to San Francisco with her J. R. Martin, } an exciting chase, Dr. Meyers ran down his wife and the here. They had eloped in Dr. Meyers’ automobile. The couple / ly defiant when confronted by the physician, and the chauffeun | is alleged to have drawn a revolver. Choking with sobs, Dr, Meyers pleaded with his wife to return home. She told him that she was des, } perately in love with Martin, and not even her little baby would causa” BELLINGHAM, Sept. 29.—About 6:30 o'clock last night a quake shook this city, So far as can be learned today, no damage was done, and the quake lasted only an instant, and but few persons felt it ? and referendum? The Pacific States nitiated” and “referendumed” in the matter of rates in favor of the telephone laws passed by their repre- ture of govern- at Washington, decide Remember the days when the men of ’61 reversed the decision of their su- in blood! are supreme!