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

Co dee ye Oe ae OP SNORE IN pS ete re & é RARER POM RR EIS feannot control the circulation of VOL. IN WISCONSIN BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis. Oct. 7.—-Far more serious conse- quences of the heavy floods along the Black river and the bursting of the Detis dam than were at first expected are apparent here today, and the disastrous news which is pouring in from various counties along the river bank: as yet far from complete in its tale of casualties and Property loss. Several are now reported dead, and hundreds rende: Partial account: the property damage in five counties estimate it at from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000. The Black river is filled With wreckage as far ax La Crosse, numerous farm houses have been demolished Communication with the farm districts has not yet been resumed, and it is feared that there has been loss of life in the outlying sections, Hatfield, near the big dam of the La Crosse Water Power Co., which was hardest hit by the flood, is reported to be co tely submerged, and itis feared that the property loss there will be appalling. Probable casualties there can not as yet be estimated. Other places where immense losses have been suffered are Roar ing Creek, Irving, North Bend, Holmes, Lyties and Midway COMPELLED CARS TO STOP A battle between the people and Jake Furth ended this morning with a victory for the people. A trolley broke on an inbound car on West! av., about half way across Lake Union, causing a blockade of the cars. When the was repaired and the cars began moving, the waiting crowds found that there was no intention to let them ride. One car passed without stopping. Another came along and passed. Adopting strong tactics the people then barricaded the car. tracks. Ties piled along the tracks were placed on the tracks, forcing the cars to stop. - The people rode and Jake was vanquished again. CAR LINE LEAGUE ASKS — and TAFT TO INVESTIGATE Following are resolutions passed by the City Car Line league last nigh t “Whereas, Presideut Taft has declared in favor of the impea ment of unfit judges; and, “Whereas, Nine reputable cltizens—Leroy Sanders, B. H. Canfield, ©. 'T. Erickson, John H. Perry, Will Atkinson, A. V. Fawcett, T Horner, Hogo Kelley and Paul K. Mohr—were arrested for advocating the impeachment of a federal judge at an orderly and peaceable meet ing-attended by over 5,000. citizens of Seattle; and “Whereas, Such arrest a violation of the rights of free speech free assemblage and free petition, guaranteed by the constitutions of the United States and the state of Washington; and, “Whereas, The federal grand jury, though prevented from hearing any defense, refused to indict these men even on the one-sided evidence presented to them, yet the cases have not been dismissed, and these men are still held under bail for the crime of free speech; now, there- fore, be it “Resolved, By the City Car Line league, that we respectfully re- quest President Taft to Institute an immediate inquiry Into the conduet of U. S. District Attorney E. E. Todd, in causing said arrests, in order to determine what action shall be taken to prevent any such tyrannical and unlawful invasion of the rights of citizens hereafter; and, be it further “Resolved, That a committee consisting of Senator G. F. Cotterill, Dr. David DeBeck, James Tulloch, H. C. Pigott and Austin E. Griffiths be requested to present these resolutions to President Taft in person Attested “PF. X. HOLL, See, ©. C. L. L.” “Resolved, That the City Car Line league is impelled to again ac knowledge the indebtedness of all citizens of Seattle to the Seattle Star for the ability, courage and steadfastness with which it dally advocates and defends the rights of the people against the encroachments of spe cial privilege Attested: “F. X. — HOLL.” A HE He sy igs neplotaal ING WAS NOT, C1ME S AFTER // YEARS. MOTHER'S ” “You are the plaintiff?” tried, and didn’t show up until 2 a “Yes: m. That was the first time. He duplicated the stunt many times “And your husband has not Louise Marie Atherton’s husband supported you for the past two years?” never stopped to say “good-bye” to “Yes.” her when he left, just one week “That's all.” after marriage, He has never seen This is an exact transcript of the|thelr little baby born several testimony offered by one attorney | months after his desertion in Judge Myers’ court. yesterday.| After 11 years of married life, | Fred L, Steph: It was @ detault divorce and of course, that kind does not need |home, Daisy Stephen testified; no jut this particular |Children; no property; no support t all records, so that | one divorce. even the judge took a‘hand in car-| “It's not like mother used to rying the examination just a lit-|/make,” Sarah Ewart was told fre. tle bit. further. |quently by her husband. They There were 17 divorees granted jlived together 14 years, but she left yesterday, nine by Judge Frater|three times, returning because of and eight by Judge Myers. Louise|the child, She was now ready to Donaldson said her spouse skipped|give him up as a bad Job, Judge out two hours after they were mar-|Frater granted her $16 4 month At the Press Club, 10:30 p, m. At Washington Hotel, 11:30 p. 13, NO. 189 SEA WILOON MURDER Jain HER COOH- n decided to leave: JURORS (Ry Colted Press Leased Wire) OLYMPIA, Oct. 7.—After over a hundred veniremen had bee ex: amined, the jury to decide the fate lof George H. Wilson, charged with the murder of Archie Cobl wife at Rainier on the evening of July 10, wai aworn in this morning and is made |up of the following residents: C. P. Remiey of Grand Mound, a ranch ler; Emil Morabach, a rancher of Bucoda; James Lynn, a Bucoda i |rancher: C. H. Riechel, manager of | €. . Town- | Reed hotel, Olympi |send, draftsman » ie land offi Webb, logger, Bucoda; J. M. Davis, carpenter, Olympia rm. owner, Olympia; ford, farmer, South Union; Harteuck, farmer, south Union; and Victor E. Meyer, contractor, Olym- | EVA BOOTH HERE VA BOO Commander Eva Booth of the Salvation Army arrived in town at noon today, and was taken to the Sorrento by a reception committee. Tomorrow afternoon she will de liver an address at a big meeting at the Moore theatre, She is on a tour of inspection of the Salvation | i Army work on the coast 17 LIFE TRAGEDIESIN ONE SHORT AFTERNOON | | THE NiGnT OF +S WEEDING alimony. Religious differences caused the family break between Dorothy and Simon Maloney. He failed to sup port her after that Bessie Muiligan’s spouse took the liquor cure three times. And he still has the habit Divoree granted, When Carrie May Robinson told her husband she was going to ask for a divorce he calmly replied, “Go ahead.” So she did » told Judge Myers that he made her get out of bed when she was sick with pneumonia, They have one child The cases yesterday were charac- terized by a seareity of children in the homes of te broken hearted, jfreshment by the heart breakers, land an overindulgence in liquid re | and his | finally decided on and | Ole Hagear, rancher Bucoda; E. A.) Cc. A! 1) A m. Breakfast with Will Humphre: TTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, POLICEMAN CHARGED WITH N Auto parade, 11 _The Seattle Star ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE ~, OCTOBER 7, 1911 ONE CENT. At the City Hall Park, 12 m. Luncheon with “Dick” Ballinger. Ni we ST. R The Last of Him in Seattle. ALITY “Royal Suit” for Bill Taft’s Sleep |ASSAULTS TWO In Seattle ER Reteh Bek h Relehelelelel| * *) * THE FURNITURE COST. ® * Bedroom $1,000 *| * Parlor $1,150 * Dining room $780 ® = *) aletesabcaet tobe Patias Pictures of the bedreom an@ drawing-room in the Taft suite. When Bill Taft, chief executive of this nation, goes to bed in Se- attle Monday night it will be in a gorgeously upholstered Circassian walnut bed. The president will “pound his ear” in the official “state suite,” of “royal suite,” at the New Washing: ton hi The bed cost $375 and, KING PIERP. BACKS MILLINER | (By United Press Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Oct. 7—J. P. Morgan, the stee! king, appears in the novel role of backer of a fashionable milliner today through the failure of Herman P. Tappe, whose bankruptcy proceedings are being heard here. Tappe told the court that he had ed in business with $10,000, $5,000 of which had | been supplied by Morgan and | the other half by Mrs. pe. Tappe's assets are $41,000; liabilities $30,000, He names many prominent society women and actr as his debtors, LAKE SENTENCED Marry A, Lake, the second “higher-up” in the frauduleht Tég- istration operations during the te call election, was given a three to fiveyear sentence in the peniten- tary The same sentence war given to Alfred Cohn, the. first “higher up” convicted. Lake was an election inspector in the first precinct of the Second ward. He was found guilty of inducing’ “float- ers” to register falsely ee KT tt * * * THE WEATHER * *® For Seattle and vicinity: ® Rain tonight and Sunday; * brisk southerly winds. Tem-#| # perature at noon today, 64 *) o * wo Oe kt Kt tt ride Pioneer Square we have for sale Nine-minute car from a beautiful five-room modern. Large lot flowers; is worth $2 $500 Cash Balance to Suit cottage, 50x120; trees and ndid condition, Lot 00 alone. OLE HANSON & CO, 314-316-816-317 New York Block DAR! \clared by the shopmen, have decided to wage war for Worth $2,900; $35 Per | mentioned chief executive will “veto” the latter, as it will be about midnight when he'll be ready to dent "I Wonder if the) oi ne Inte hour. Cught to be big enough to hold. Somewhere near the state room, | Taft—even under the extra burden 1. C. Wheeler, secret service agent, of a heavy wool schedule. or one of his assistants, will keep Its the same suite one T. Roose. his eyes peeled for any danger velt occupied jast April—$35 a day, signs. No, that doesn't mean in- meals extra. The state suite has surgents and democrats. It's Just to be on guard against bombs and | dynamite and other such disagree: | able things. four rooms, chuck fall of Cireas sian walnut furnitare—and a piano. But it's probable that the before THE OPEN SHOP THREA The irrepressible conflict between Men and} rea | goes on. : eports from the chief Coast cities indicate that the Harriman lines, giving as an excuse the strike de- open shop conditions up and down the Coast. Manufacturers’ associations have had this cam- paign under way for the last 20 months. The new feature is the reported effort to be made by the rail- roads to destroy unions among their employes and and enforce open shop conditions ev . nization has made the financial develop- ment of this country on a huge scale possible. And organization, and organization alone, has made it pos- sible for labor to secure recognition and somewhere near tolerable conditions. Labor will fight even more sternly for continued union organization among all railway employes than the roads will to destroy unions. It means EVERY- THING to the their wives and children. a Se PLANS TO LIVE TO BE 120 are perfect. He will live with ee” his son, Max Wardall’s father, e at West Seattle. end of his journey. Thomas Wardall has 108 liv- ing wescendanits. He hale and hearty as the average man of 60 and Kis mental faculties ANOTHER TURK SHIP SUNK (By United Press Leased Wire.) Croa Oct. 7.—The sinking of a Turkish warship by an Italian cruiser is reported here to- day as the result of a hot fight at St. Jean de Medua Dispatehes say that the Turkish fort at thé port had been firing upon and sinking Italian sailing vessels, On information of this coming to the Italian squadron, a cruiser steamed in and opened fire upon the Turkish forts, badly erip- pling them and putting out of com mission’ a Turkish warship which had sought refuge under their guns. BRIDAL SUITE FOR TAFT TACOMA, Oct. 7,—Workmen are MAX WARDALL'S .GRANDD, Having heard that attle was the healthiest place in the country, Thoma Wardall, Councilman Max Wardall’s year-old grandfather, has come ere with the avowed pur- of living till he is 120 ei old. He came west with is grandson, from Osage, l|a., arriving in the city yesterday. “t never felt better in all my iife,” was what he said at the busy today putting the final touches on the where ‘acema hotel's bridal suite, President Taft will forget 8 Tuesday night. A room and bath in mahogany with buff walls, and another big room for the chief executive to dictate “his speeches in, have been reserved, | has ever kicked Hall “It's a le,” MEN, ALLEGED ’ Policeman A. Humphrey is a bold man. Though no record is kept of how many skulle and ribs he h broken, he alleged to have fr: tured at least one rib and probably cracked a skull, all within one month. Of course, the people he is ac cused of abusing don't amount to much! One, 8. C. Hall, is @ paint er, who sometimes gets drunk. An other is D. Naksuki, manager of the Oyama club. This is Hall's story told by himself Hall's Story. “1 was first arrested August 20, charged with selling liquor without a license, Humphrey had me con vieted and I was fined $25. 1 did not sell the liquor. Two days after pased, after having serve Humphrey met me afternoon. I I was r my sentence It was on Saturday was coming home “What in h-~ are you doing on my beat?’ asked Humpbrey. “I ventured to remark thought I had as much walk on the street as any other citizen, But T found I was mis taken, Humphrey took me into an that right to my rib was fractured. Arrested Again. “Last Sunday night I was again arrested by Humphrey because I was seen on his beat. Sentence was suspended last Monday. I was gharged with being ‘wilfully idie and without any lawful means of support,’ though I was employed here at the time.” Hall, when seen by a Star re- porter, was engaged in painting the walls of a restaurant. Humphrey stoutly denies that he VERN OBLIGING, YES WDEED HE IS VERY ICE ABOUT IT, VERY BASANT— WELL = | near the alle c- THEY ALL FALL FOR jhe said this morning. A plumb who was employed ed ideking scene de lclares that he witnessed the affair, and caw Humphrey knock him down and kick him. Naksuki was arrested last night |with nine other Japanese in the | Oyama club, They were all charged jwith being drunk and disorderly, | While making the arrest Humphrey jadmits that he struck Nakeuka om the head “I was competied to defend my- self,” sald Humph: {turned on me ar [nearest man. I was the gun on the whole bunch after | had broken the door down.” | Naksuki was taken to the city ; | hospital, and later removed to his |room at the Alps hotel, where he |is attended by Dr. Kakiki His skull may be fractured. TTAMAL OF ALLEGED. GRAFT CASES SET The trial of Ludovic Dallagio- at damask pillow slip and alley, where he struck me over the! vanna, Charles Berryman, Alden J. snuggle his toes in the foot bolster, bead, knocking me down, and then | Blethen and Charles Wappéhstein filled, we are told, with nothing less |he kicked me in the ribs. The next|on the charge of conspiring to in- than neck feathers from birds of |day | was compelled to go to the |terfere with public morals by lend- It wouldn't be nice to|city hospital, where they told me|ing protection to dives and gam- | blers in the old ,restricted district was today set for October 23. Mike Powers, who was originally inchid- ed as one of the defendants, will not be tried on that day. This ig the first of the grand jury indict- ments in connection with the graft regime in the vice district to come up since the conviction of ex-Chief Wappenstein. The grand jury will reconvene on Monday in Judge Main’s court. It is rumored that several confessions | have been obtained by the prosecut~ ling attorney since their adjourn- ment in July.