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| follows ; |, The meeting was orderly throughout, but for participating | pression to those who participate therein by prosecutions set on | To His Excellency, the President of the United States: in its proceedings, nine of our citizens were arrested and placed foot by th in sympathy with the judge against whom the In a recent public address you are quoted as haying said) under heavy bonds to answer an indictment by the federal grand | proceedings are directed. © j IMPEACHMENT and not the RECALL, is the better) jury at Tacoma upon the felonious charge of “conspiring to de In view of this situation we respectiully ask you to investi+ What about Hanford? : What about the impeachment of bad judges? What about the arrest of citizens who attempt to start! impeachment proceedings? that : a _ _|remedy to remove unjust judges from the public service. Ac | feat the administration of justice.” y he situa i k « i 4 Thene ensatiale Ge wenide : justic gate the situation and to make a public expression during your Say i. : veld sage aoposimeey on today in &!cepting this suggestion, we, the aalectatat beg to submit] Subsequently, in the last days of September, the federal visit here of your views upon Sonetedd of the ¢ citizen etter sign y 2 Seattle citizens, The letter deals briefly in brief, the following statement of facts grand juty at Tacoma, after thorough investigation, declined GETS ANOTHER LETTER sg I and pointedly with the facts concerning the great Dreamland! — On August 25th, of this year, a mass meeting of 5,000 people | to find indictments against the said arrested men, presumably In addition to this public letter, another one, dealing witll - ; mass meeting and the subsequent arrest of the citizens who! met at Dreamland Hall, in Seattle, for the purpose of starting for the reason that their arrest had been unwarranted, the same case, was pre dated to President Tait last night. Ei g ' addressed the meeting. ‘The letter, with the long list of names| impeachment proceedings against C. H. Hanford, judge of thel © We submit to you, Mr. President, that if such conditions| second letter was longer and furnished the president with all attached, was presented to President Taft by a committee of United States district court for the western district of Wash-ja® these are to prevail, the right to impeach an objectionable | the details of the affair, It was signed by a Hess inittee of citi. 4 citivens at the Hotel Washington this morning. The k letter) ington. | judge cannot be exercised without the danger of arrest and op-| zens headed by Former Senator George Cotterill _The Seattle Sta ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1911 ONE. CENT. ¢ HOME EDITION The days approach when it is very soothing to have a young steam radiator ij that will come up and nestle at your feet and purr with entire friendliness, 4 You never get beat in a horse trade ilk ny 4 if you rons ae the Borse ou want. =F i ae a ee. 191 Shwe ANE NEWS STANDS SHIP BURNS == AND SINKS | EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES, M MM Seattle and Tacoma City Officials Get Together on Plan to Eliminate Employment Agencies Which Are Alleged to ius Have Operated Graft Games. ica @ Sensis ts oy ‘i : ins teame! t ‘ § sany Washington's grafting public em-jcasea the unhappy victim Is sent] petty > Pore Gamble vend deca ste iH ee Goes ployment agencies must go. With- in a@ circuitous course, from ‘one | » Bear Fo! a je—Crew Rescued by City of Everett in two weeke the corporation coun- city to the other, and (hen back (My United Pres Leased Wire.) isk aitelntiiy dseret (nad ne eae cule of the leading cities of: the!to cover the tracks LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10.—There cha claire P sod duet id Aigh “ rapmgoxt The bust atate will meet and plan a war of Commissioner Pettit sald the Ta-| will be no effort made by the at- ie erc ‘u- origin of the fire is unknown extermination, to be carried into coma investigation had shOWN COD-| toeneys for the McNamara brothe: |get Sound Navigation Co. this at present. the next seasion of the legislature. ‘clusively that there was much col | susie - ptt i SF cea Ps morning, at a point between The Perdita was on her reg- ae eves wae Snot tases “between the employment oad | Port Ludlow and Port Gamble, ular run from Seattle to Port esses mere municipaliti cope abarks and contractors generally,|them when their trial is formally Puget ee og is] Gacable hen tha fi with it. After a several weeks’ ins municipal and otherwise. In other| meved before Judge Bordwell at 10 jon Puget sound, e is sub- Gamble when the flames first vestigation, in which the grafting words, « regular system of “firing.” | o'clock tomorrow. Instead Clarence | merged under 90 feet of water. became apparent. She sank at thoroughly exposed, the to make way for other applicant®—| §, Darrow, chief counsel for the ac-| Two passengers and a crew a point 34 miles from Seattle, coenmianion Snrew 6G Sameer Teee,” Ja. charges | cused men, will content himself! of 28 were rescued by the The steamer cost $50,000. She ite hands. For a r the local! CouncUman Hesketh says the with # formal motion for a change steamer City of everett She | was 143 eet Fa authorities have known of the facts same thing exists In Seattle—-and of judge, which will be forthwith y g- ti but were unable to remedy the evil, has existed for some years ldenled, ‘Thie. metion will be on the At the meeting of the council yes The Tacoma commissioners told affidavits already filed by the men Seattle Police Guard President _ terday afternoon, Commissioners th eattle council yesterday they| ang will eet forth in legal phrase-| y Weeks, Pettit and Freeland of Ta: could not act alone—that the *y*| ology why they believe Judge Wal-| conta told of the investigation held tom was a network extending over ter Bordwell to be prejudiced and | President Taft did not lack attention at the hands cf Seattle's ality, in that city, after which plans for the state. Spokane, Everett, Bell-) biased againgt them. biuecoats today. Even in his apartment the Washington there s state-wide extermination were ingham and every town of impor | ne gofense wil) then make the was one officer on guard at the presidential door and another out- ren’s ormulated. tance in the state will be asked (0) format motion for separate trial Pr" cant. Somat calbh: phen of blleaniiati harge of the issioner Pettit told th ” 4 wy (and ft will be put up to the dis wers, with a piatoo: tt » was in charge — commissioner Pettit {old nejence to be held in Seattle, when | tHe guneney to elect which of the big parade, and Capt. Willard, with another platoon, was on duty at that th tek Oe, SOG ee emer see niet pair eball go.to trial the speakers’ stand, at Fourth and Jefferson, Co od Sh nae eal Apa som laws to be presented at the next James McNamara Firat. A mounted squad and motorcycle bluecoats were provided om ee he scck, Donettinen | eeeerewill Be dation It is well nigh certatn that Jas. B “ _the trip from ex-Becretary Ballinger’s home to the Colman age Hesketh estimates that the 50 or{|_® the meantime the employment) ycNamara, accused of having ac ee . $0 local concerns muleted the pub. Shark ill be fought In other ways. | tuaily set off a dynamite bomb aed ats— He-for_a full three-quarter million | Labor for city contracts will bel under the old Times building, wil SNAPSHOT OF TAFT ‘BY STAR PHOTOGRAPHER DURING PARADE TODAY Semsation in als’ vad vaealit daring the same period. piabinant hoanelén, ond an. ebtert i fo ine wenn. ogee 7 + ta Through tong lines of almost sifent people, President Taft paraded the main streets of Seattie to- Deetty much the same eyotées te| will be made to have the state take| SeNuare, the mated labor leader, | “2, pan cgraslenal sheer grected. Cie pransem, But fer the mest part the peeple remained unmoved as C al F d sooms. used im both cities, and in some/|a similar stand with state contracts. | wilt he taken back to jail to awalt passed by 8 auto. 0: rau S| | his turn. The defense decided today that It would be no use asking for a change A faireized crowd turned out to see the parade. The high schoo is were closed for the occasion, and the students were out in a body. At the city hali park, where the parade ended, Taft delivered one of his stock addresses on arbitra. iding any mention @ f impeachment or recal! of judges. He then left to take luncheon with (By Uolted Proms Leased Wire.) | PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 10.—It was }learned today that the government | Strike Conditions Good for Men’ (By United Press Leased Wire) i have <SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10.—"t Tecefved about 75 letters last night from sil points on the Harriman has a corps of secret agents of the jof venue from Judge Hordweil after) R.A. Bi -|department of justice at work in| re|he has advised the attorneys that | ———— considers {t Dis right to try| Hinger, af after | which, at es hel he tort for Bremerton. pater! ees = SERA according to & report ceived. The engines are going dead he PEPE TeT CTT TT ee rf Portland. gathering evidence} in about the same proportions near this case, and that he is eminently | # | against a score of wealthy men who Oxden, in Idaho and Oregon, in| qualified With the court in that) ® TAFT’S PROGRAM \ is alleged are concerned in the FOR lines and about as many more let. Texas and in fact all over the sys frame of mind, it i# certain Alaska coal land frauds. ters today, every one of them gtv.tem. Everywhere the work in the) he would peremptorily overrule any President Taft wy! | _ ing the news of satisfactory cond! shops has been tied up and the | demand for another place Lidl trtal lw guest of Seattle watil 2:30 thie @ | tions in our strike,” said Secretary effect of the failure to repair the| ® afternoon, when he left for @ i K HIMS F | John Scott of the Federation of/engines ix ‘beginning to be feit.! # the Bremerton navy yard, Hew ERS Shop Employes of the Harriman Trains are from three to five hours & then Koes to Tacoma, wheres®| EF- line at-atrike headquarters here to-|late on the overland and coast & he spends tomorrow. Hin pro hite; day. lines. Every man ix enthustastic gram for today was as fobh® nd “On the Tehachap! mountains at the reports they get of the situ-| ® lows . nd Press Leased Wire.) a twelve engines failed In one day, | ation.” & 8:45 a. m.—Hreakfasted with ® WALLA, Oct. 16 i gray : . 8 oe nary of * gene Ray, convicted of receiving 6 m.~—Attended christen-i jstolen wheat at Lewiston Junction, ICH ® ing of Mr. and Mrs, George Hug |today began serving an indetermt ic &. Snowdon's baby. a... jnate sentence of from six months rong }® 11 & me~Left Hotel Washo ® to 16 years in the penitentiary here. | lume 2 Saat wile, ieee, See SOV Following his conviction, Ray, d to 99) cary United Prem inset Wire) |S SRO {OF ae a a dete ho wax out on bonds at Colfa JOHN R. WALSH WINNIPEG, Man., Oct. 10—All| 2 purebased his railroad ticket and Ne O ihe Ocend ‘Trunk Pa-|% arose at city hall park with his own commitment papers | United Prem Leased Wire.) Gite’ raliresd. throughout “western | a pinticetmneheon with Re * lim nib ‘pocket, come 40 prison “ea WASHINGTON, Oct, TOc-Jehe (Special to The Star.) |agency and Ryno of a Beattle agén-|Canada struck today fer higher |s A, sullin@er. | ww | tended | raceureeaae Chcage Senay OLYMPIA, Oct. #0.—The trial of cy spent most of the time on the| wages. * ort “ / George H. Wilson for the murder stand this morning, ‘They gave but! it is reported that the Trainmen |, °°" ence ts "Taree i. | prlesgag from Leavenworth penitem: of Archie Coble and wife at Rainier litte evidence at this time but will may quit in sympathy and tie up all | The failure o vale’ on July 10, continues to draw big|be recalled later. Jailer Hoppes,|trains. They demand a minimum|* * * ¥ * ¥ ¥ ¥ ¥.¥ 9.4 * ¥ oH Chiou Poses 9 estate” ber red crowds in’ the local court. The) who had charge of Wilson after his | advance of 18 cents an hour. dictment on 182 counte in Jamw =e — eas lowing: morning, when he stood as godfather at the christening of his three- |ing the arrival of Capt. Conceiras WATERFRONT. month-old grand-nephew, Charles Taft Snowdon, with reinforcements, He is report-| 5 6 acres of waterfront, east ex. Little Charles is the son of Mr. and Mrs, George H. Snowdon of |ed to have eight field pieces and | posure, 450 feet actual frontage, this city. Mrs, Snowdon was formerly Miss Louise Taft, daughter |four maxims. Friests are hetping | of Henry W. Taft,.who is a brother of the president, the royalists and some are acting |? + RO Re «nas ee onan) 0 The ceremony was performed at 10 o'clock, in the red banquet | personally ay guerrillas, }} This special is effective this Several hundred University of Washington hotel. The president's | Twelve newspaper correspondents MONTHLY. room of the Hotel Washington, by Rt. Rey. F. W. Keator, Episcopal | week only. Vashington students gave Presi-|flag has a dark blue ground with| are in a regular sleeping car on aut bishop, The youngster wore an Afghan coverlet presented by the BLAST KILLS TWO. | » “hot t Tatt thet 1 yell when he| 2 Stars. A golden eagle with out-| the train. The chief executive's ex 50 ACRES FOR $1,300. president. VICTORIA, Oct. 10.—A_ prema. | 3 SS ‘aft their college yell when he «oad talons bears a dagger in one | penses até pald for out of a special|} Suitable for fine dairy ranch = 2 : : . = {ture blasting at's cutting on the| BOYS’ SUITS rd, — d before them Mer bene and an olive branch in the other. fund appropriated by congress. and fruit farm, Running streanm * * * new Canadian Northern railroad, With t ‘ Knick ‘They were led by Yell Leader Will- Rolling land, Some good sof C ] f V t E ] S ff hear Colwood, caused two workmen | With two pairs Knicker jam Horsley | ‘The pr A For several hours this afternoon|/ Terms ¥100 cash, balance may alirornia VO Ing on qua 1 rage to lose their lives. Five others have boalearke layed dea |rooms at the Ww shington. the brisk little steamer Kennedy |}run 5 years. (By United Press Leased Wire.) been severely injured, and only es: " When Taft went) President” himself had the vatate | might be called the nation’s flag: " caped death by the timely arrival through Anacortes, yesterdi suite” of eight rooms. A special| ship, as it will carry Taft to the 10 ACRES FOR $700, SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10.—All San Francisco is on the alert }of other workmen, who dug them state is putting in its evidence! against the man and will bave fin ished its case by tomorrow even-| ing it is stated. | Detectives Sandusky ot the Burns| LOOKS 6000 FOR RECALL arrest, testified today to the state-| ment of Wilson that while he could not remember committing the | act his conscience told him that he| was the murderer, SUGAR MAGNATE LOSES. APPEAL United Prese Leased Wire.) UG PER CENT ON THE JOG {By United Frese Leased Wire.) OAKLAND, Cal, Oct. 10—Ac cording to statements made this morning by officials of the South. ern Pacific here, 38 men have been put to work in the shops since last | killed. SIX-STORY BUILDING | COLLAPSES (Ry United Frees Leased Wired, BOSTON, Oct, 10.—A six. story building at Hanover and Battery sts. collapsed at noott today. At least a dozen per- sons are thought to have been ON TAFT COMMITTEE |s:5¢:, ie ne cov ans (By United Press Leased Wire.) jcounta of having misused the = PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 10—In re-|T998. began a five seare i Ps fusing to act on ea eget bie ad Leavenworth penitentia: will welcome President Taft here |is: mo: Seautenh Wan: Dele, peenldent OFT ne nee eres ota the state federation of labor, admit ted today that his real reason for declining the invitation was be. se organized labor of Ore opposed to the president's poll cles on many matters COAL TRUST TRIAL By United Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.— Ab torney General Wickersham and his sociates today opened the argue TAFT AT PORTLAND ==: St Se NEW YORK, Oct. 10—Charles “ inoapmretnat Leased Wire.) court Heike, the sugar magnate and|Dight, skilled Cae 2 PORTLAND, Or. Oct. 10——All| Chief Justice White ordered’ ait (iy United Prose Leased Wire.) foriaas secretary of the American | DNC Cope the men walked out, 36 arrangements for the entertainment |the railroad rate cases assigned SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10—/Suear Refining Co., lost his appeal |?* of President Taft during his visit)or hearing January 8 These im in the United Staes court of ap-} lper cent of the jobs have been here tomorrow afternoon and even- lide the Oregon, Minnesota, Mis Despite reports of light polling al! ti |filled, leaving a vacancy of but 13 ever California today on various Ur eight headin, tmpooed. upee tie [> cent news for the bibulous comes from ing were completed today. : po .. Sonuiahy and West Virginia amendments to the state constitu-| by the circuit court on conviction of| All is quiet on both sides and out-|the great wine-growing districts, At the Armory, an See? greet} rae tion, political forecasters this after-| having defrauded the government | *ide and inside the shops. Soul bal vicotitel Sen and ope deat ry gon en, al wa | CRAZED BY BAD PEN . Jelicions " perts of the 4 noon declare that most of the pro-|‘hrough false weights in the cus: say that the 1911 wines will resem: be controlled by a special detail of |. HUNTINGTON, L. 1, Oct. 10.— toms scandal in New York " “Poisoned pen” ‘letters that posals will be sanctioned by the) Vries the supreme court Inter- Coup le arge ae Mege Le a police. Roof gicred Pye shee’! | stantly poured in upon her with at pelieved tha people. The initiative, referendum | venes, Heike must at once start to eect ak eas Te soo aie he turned away on ac./{8ck8 upon herself | and husband and recall amendment, it is said, is| sure to carry by a heavy vote. Wom-| an suffrage, too, it is predicted, will be adopted by a narrow ma- jority. QUAKE. SOMEWHERE Portland early today and endan * | * (By jod Press Leased Wire.) TELD, TL Oct. 10. gered the lives of 20 occupants Mee: Mihiene 3. Qeinbint tin Os ain 6 iy te . i. | MEN’S SUITS AND NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—A very se-| Aviator Rogers ascended here at|asleep at the time, F. BE. Uln and his Buy Land agai titi ainrae Ji. bosindae an 2h. rounentt ten tbeny tne peish: 4: wit & hte s oR Rk ph RA vere earthquake shock was reeord- ed today on the seismograph of the) Brooklyn* college. The shock is indicated as 1,000 miles distant. serve his sentence on Blackwell's Island, RODGERS FLYING 10 KANSAS CITY 8:44 this morning, en route for Kansas City. He is following the line of the Chicago & Alton rall ro With Arson (By United Press Leastd Wire.) PORTLAND, Or, Oct. 10. Charged with arson in connection with a fire of in diary origin that damaged the Sacrey hotel in South | wife were arrested this forenoon. | They recently acquired a lease on the building and insured the fur nishings they owned at $1,500, ay Mayor Soule presented him with a) 40-pound king salmon, frozen in ice. | The president promised to have his} chet on the train cook it for the whole party For the second time in Seattl history. the presidential flag|car at the rear of the train, with engineer on President Arthur's OLE HANSON 4 Co. halls where entertainments will be provided. At Dreamland Mme. | beautiful home, | Mrs. floated over the city. It was holst-|an observation platform from which |train nearly 30 years ago, when he 6-317 New York Bloé&}]| , Nordica, the famous prima donna, will be present and is expected to | down the stairs, fracturing her col. Arcade and Arcade Annex €d on the flagpole on top of the}he makes many of his speeches, | visited Minneapolis. | sing if the election returns prov e inspiring. lar-bone. telephone was installed for him. The presidential party travels in| |a special train of six Pullman cars, | | drawn by the finest locomotives on all the roads over which It passes navy yard and Tacoma. At Tacoma | the state suite at the Tacoma hotel for lovers of good win LIGHTS CAUSE MANIA CHICAGO, Oct. 10.—According to Prof. J. T. Cravath, glaring. lights will produce insanity and colored ones melancholia, Both are a pestl- lence to facial beauty. Now It will never be Cheaper. We can recommend any of the fol- William H. Taft, godfather. ‘That's the very latest appendage to the name of the president of the United States. This dignity was added in Seattle this $20 cash, $10 per month, buys today over the state amendment election. The principal questions 10 acres of rich, fertile, levet to be determined are whether women shall be given the right of suf- has been reserved for the president William Roope, the veteran engi- heer whose engine drew Taft's train |The president occuples a private | from Bellingham to Seattle, was the land four miles from Auburn, adi joining great Stone & Webster Power Plant. Plenty of wood to pay for land. frage and the adoption of the initiative, referendum and recall. ‘Two thousand women workers have been at the polls since 6 o'clock, protecting their interests and distributing “suffragette” lit- erature. Returns from the voting will be announced throughout the city tonight at all of the theatres, and at a number of special peas count of lack of room. | have driven Mrs. W: H. Tate insane, ‘ a SANTA CRUZ, Cal—The body of eae Raa a a eR KR a Young woman found at Wilders beach near here by a boy was iden- tified today as that of Mrs. John * * WEATHER FORECAST Costello of Santa Cruz. * Fair tonight and Wednes- moderate westerly winds. mperature at noon 56. PRIESTS HELP ROYALISTS VIGO, Spain, Oct. 10.—Portuguese royalists Intrenched in the wild! country north of Vinhaes are await SPECIAL out. LAMP CAUSES $30,000 LOSS TACOMA.—While carrying a small oil lamp, Mrs. Horace G. Scott stumbled, and a fire resulting in : loss of nearly $30,000, destroyed th | Seott fell Shafer Bros