The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 20, 1911, Page 1

eC | HOME EDITION My ‘iy People who tell you things “for your} own good” are the kind who say mean | things for their own satisfaction. y ONLY VOL. 13, NO. 226 SEATT NDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER HOME EDITION il The man who can dig 4 ditch is priv- Ro 4 Seattle Star IN SEATTLE 1911 iliged to call the spade any old name he LE, WASH., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, ONE CENT. 230," ve | pleases. WATER FAMINE GROWS WORSE. us ry AT ciRL a | (By United Press Leased Wire) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.—Because refused to telephone to him, W. J. Daly,} abartender of Seattle fired | four shots at Miss Florence Robinson of this city, and is today a fugitive from justice./ Thoygh 10 feet away, Miss Robinson was untouched by any of the bullets. She was} found aiter the smoke had! cleared, ly ace in a swoon ng took} place on the steps of a hotel. | Daly and the girl had quar-| reled several times of late, when he accused her of loving another. H§. TROOPS BMD. HOUSE LAREDO, Tex. Nov. 20.—Major) 4 Hodagorn, with four companies of | U. &. troops today raided a house) | here and captured Captgin Juan) Merigo and two privates, Mexican! rebel. in the house he seized fifty dynamite bombs, 20,000 rounds | ef ammunition and forty rifles. | Twelve revolutionists were fowed to escape, the soldiers hav- ing orders not to shoot for fear of _ wounding citizens. VOTEFOR |) CITY DOCK! Advocates of a municipal dock carried their point when the coun ty commissioners this morning voted to acquire the Duwamish water site Commissioner Rutherford absent, and Commissioners Me Kenzie and Hamilton approved the plan outlined by Port Comunission- ef Bridges, which calls for the ap tion of the entire $350,000 available, for building one — big dock at the Duwamish instead of “making a potlateh.” and giving several districts a@ little improve- ment without acquiring anything permanent. Condemnation pro- ceedings for acquiring the land needed for the dock site will be gin at once. ; SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 20.—Trag-|eriminal court here today, weet ody marked the first day's practice |promised to be one of the meant for the Vanderbilt cup auto race on| sensational murder trials in the, Monday next, when Jay McNay, |history of the middie west began. Griving a Case car, was killed today | pliowing 24 hours bo sinoat 6 at. Montgomery cross roads. He/tinuows conferences, Judge tellided head-on with an &. M. F.| Hilton, who will defend Mrs. terzon, announced that he jured. . i |the appearance of | anes car the charge of hertere RELIEF MAY BE |fne ber tubereuter: husband, whom HAD IN FEW DAYS) 22) se ling her tubercular husband, whom during a quarrel some mths ago Relief ts, however. pends on Despite Hilton's state that he relfes on| sse4 trom Chicago and else the bridge where to clear his client, it fs} ply mains over Cedar ri known that the defense'’s entire Fepaired case will rest on the story to be | Pile d told on the witness stand by Mrs. | ey trom | Patterson heralf / Rely on Her Story. } It will be the story of a woman | of education and natdral charm | who, as she will allege, was sold to-a rich Chicago man by her own sband for a stipulated sum of | one: "On Beptember 25 last, Mrs. Pat-| terson went to the Phipps home| for consumptives, of which her| husband was an inmate, and met | Patterson, evidently by previous John A. Farnsworth, a capitalist) sprangement. They walked a con-| from Los Angeles, who came up| siderable distance, talking earnest. | porte to Pace health, aufféred |jy, when suddenly they got into, a S complet akdown at} rel, during which Mr the Frye hotel this morning. He) Patterson shot her husband dow Was taken to the city jail, where he He was dead when bys' nders ar- Was assigned to the insane ward. rived on the scene. | His wife came with him from Los What She Alleges. pee When arrested the woman folded a startling story She alleged that previous to her marriage with Patterson she lived | with Emil Strouss, a rich Chicago | clothier, for five years, passing ms his wife. She met Chas. Patter-| son at a skating rink, she said, and | fell in love with him. A few montbs thereafter they were mar. | ried, Strouse giving them his good wishes and a check for $1,500, — | Not many months after her mar-| riage, she alleged, her husband | asked her if she ‘had any money, ‘ and when she said she had not, he|had her husband been to her that proposed that she lead an Immoral | she was finally forced to leave hin Iie with other men. She ¢alled|and that on September 26 be tri him a beast, she says, and a violent |to kill her because she would no quarrel ensued, Later, she alleged, |return to bim. She alleged shi the met Strouss and told him of| grasped the revolver with which by the incident and he suggested that! was trying to kill her and shot him. t she Women carrying water from the Lincoln park reservoir WARNING Mayor Dilling this afternoon issued a general warn- ing to all manufacturing plants including laundries to stop using water. The situation is such this afternoon that the mayor feels that every drop of water should be conserved for domestic use. was! WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR MURD (By United Press Leased Wire) DENVER, Nov. 20——When the leurtain rose upon the conclud- m- | H | Pat bt | jation de ith whic d the er ce me | witne sup n be rushed eing The gincer R. HH. {. Ober left for} this morning Supt. Youngs fs| jh | 1 | ad | ON | » fixed day or #0, or itn take a week, said Mr. Thomson this morning in MRS. GERTRUDE PATTERS! she go to Europe with him on a trip he was soon to make Goes to Europe. The next day she met she said, and told him Patterson in sisted she should go to Euro with the clothier but.Patterson ¢ manded $1,500 from Strouse as the purchase price for the woman Strouss gate her the money and | they went abroad. Aficr she and| Strouse reached Europe, the | man aaserts, Patterson cabled her | that he was out of money and that unless Strouss “came across” with | more he would “show him up” and | sue him for alienation of affections. | Strouss gave her $5,000 and sent her back to America and she lived with her busband and worked for him, pawning her jewelry, al leges, to pay his expenses. Her story added that so cruel Suffers Nervous Breakdown, Strouss, wo: she PICTURES SHOW HOW SEATTLE CITIZENS ARE MEETING WATER FAMINE — | waukee was ‘It’s the Water Wagon for Seattle Shortage May Last for Days LATEST ON WATER SITUATION At noon today Mayor Dilling received a telephone mess- jage from Assistant City Engineer Paddock, saying that the F 4) | whole bridge over Cedar river, carrying the city’s water mains, or jhad gone out. ~ The bridge is 200 feet long. “We have four engineers on recede. There is no possible way to tell just how long it will take to repair the pipes. It might be accomplished within two of the city water pipes 16 miles below the Cedar River reser- voir, | broke railroad respor of Cedar railroa across nt the a bridge the ground and 150 men,” said the mayor. “Whether the bridge can be rebuilt immediately will depend on whether the Mil- waukee railroad can get through with engines and machinery. * | days if conditions are favorable, or it may require,a week. MILWAUKEE RAILROAD RESPONSIBLE FOR BREAKING OF CITY WATER PIPES | | At this pe Jriver and built The approach to this bridge was not properly tructed and the hig ter took it out. The piledriver is on the ground. The river has begun to The Milwaukee ble for the breaking This left the city water pipes exposed and they sagged, then ec hell is the cause of the water famine put out of business in a different plant. The 1 cut into the as the feed where the s built Thousands of families in Seattle are without water today, and there is no hope of relief within two days, at the earliest. Strenuous efforts are being made to repair the bridge on Cedar river on which the intermediate water mains are carried. Madrona, They to The and the b the power high water broke just rther below ng the r bank idermined the pipes ater Citizens with wheelbarrows, with autos, with wagons and citizens with buckets raided the city reser voirs late yesterday and all day today. At the Capito! Hil! rvoir @ constant line of autos, equipped with it sorts of buckets, barrels, etc, kept hauling water, The same condition existed at the Lincoln park res ervoir. DIAGRAM SHOWING WHERE THE WATER PIPES BROKE RIVER reen Lake and Fremont dis- by the intermediate mains, Now the reservoirs are get tricts are fe which ting low The through ervoir ] All of the city ove: ter, together At the sam no Anne pum neh main to Capitol H tarted today to pump water 12-4 ll from the Lincoln park ree feet in elevation to d districts » the power and light situation is serious. The city arranged w ttle-Tacoma Co, and the 8. E. Co. to get power. I night eattle- Tacoma transmission bridge went out at Renton. As a result the city got c 1,200 kilowatts. this morning, as against 6,000 to 7,000 kilowatts of the normal supply. The S. E. Co. is supplying only Georgetown and the Post st. station. The Seattle Tacoma supplied the city all night | The bridge at Renton is being repaired in the effort to get full | power by tonight. Only the inner district, from south of Lake Union to Hanford st., has power today, feet is without wa Isewhere. LIne The above map shows the water and power situation In a nutshell. At the Cedar river dam the water undermined the power maine and they broke. Sixteen miles below is the bridge used to convey the four nd six-foot water mains over Cedar river. The Mi kee railroad two y ago changed the course of | the river at that point, causing a swift current to strike the bridge and wash out one of the “| Watch For the City Water Wagon breaking the mains, Dotted tines at that point show original course of the river. Have you seen the water wagon Railroad on Cedar River Cause of Present Trouble {22 1 senor tiem in town | amined mater Rene oot : ‘ today. Mayor Dilling sent out 24). -yets and other utensils, dipping Seattle today suffers from a water famine, and threatened because |600ation water wagons to distrib-rwater trom the lake. Some in clogged-up sewage system. Fire danger is greater than in: the history ute water in the section which is wagons and some in autos loaded All because the city allowed the Milwaukee railroad to run down along the Cedar river,| suffering most. In addition two the vehicles with various recepta- changing the course of the river water tank street cars owned by the cles and hauled them aw: A few years ago The Star fought the Milwaukee railroad program | jelity will be sent out—one to Queen, In other sections fire plu A, = Anne hill and the other to th@.Ca brought into use, cith s At that time City Engineer Thomson predicted the very thing that has happened : 7 MyPap- | brought, jnto use, citizens tapping also fought it, but the cowncil let the railroad have its own way | He | itol nil district them to fill barrels and buckets. The Milwaukee built its foad. It filled in the river and cut off a la The river became a swift torrent at that point, railroad laughed at predictic that rip-rapping would make the | safe | The rip-rapping went out like before the flood of y« And t the Mil Railway Traffic Is All Tied Up bow knot itrains by using b shed The W t of by ne ate Trave At Lake Washington hundreds of famished water hunters were out an epidemic is of city’s a Apartment Hoases Suffer the Most prepare their meals at home. Ry dents of apartment houses are the greatest suierers, they have city loop ns of disaster and said Hundreds of apartment houses seat and hotels are without water today straw lowed te restaurants are Seattle's tr it are tled up today. Only the limited trains ¢ ont east on the different Mn anscont n a double anches around He ten ‘taal w » gallon ar morning onse here n thi The first through train from the East got in last night o |the Northern Pacific | odes with people who o tinarils neither water nor sewage facilities, java ?/ Water Shortage Hits the Hospitals doesn't have 4| iaunary activities until the shortage |e eR te! you cent af The situation in local hospitais is; in 8, and at noon had as 24 The bout the Ht * have sick es, or ® fn ‘this state, — m up Ls ashing mi 1. The Pacific hoapttal te}4 Orders were given ntl this to dis with the vee AoUs and hand and North Coast Lim nt by way ide Eni a day road, through water on but the and will last only to arr s still weak pres aing are being se North Bank 1 to Spokane. no vidence The on the Mir plied by wate 8 being sup * that * the sseeeeess++++* Town of Renton Is Swept by Flood Some day aid Hiram Hick may he wne or been } hit by an engine died. But remember purpose et € sounded a and cr} en! streets stre under general a you At Renton the Repe Right Now; Watch for It At the ill-reput erybody wan “The ounded Pale faced met womeh and children ran to the hills for a rday morning |second time, but when this report ulated that the proved unfounded they returned to idents their homes. Many streets are ort_was|still under water this morning and untr overflow water filled people living in low places have the streets of Renton, At 3:30) gone to the homes of friends, many o'clock yesterday afternoon bells |coming to Seattle. ‘Weather Conditions Offer No Hope | U, 8. weather buteau indications event that more rains come tile today promise no relief in the flood /afternoon or tonight it will mean situation. “Continued warm weath-|that the work repairing the more rain and high southerly | water and light mains on the Cedar are forecasted river will have to be delayed. edar river reported; The floods are caused by at noon today, in the | melting snows, with Tain, Ceda wate had reached Sure, this water famine the has iteyhigh favor funny latter It's the water in | detive Seattle, and prohibitionists are in} the ton Saturday night that the Nias EK water | that dam in a dangerous condition At 8 | the dam fled wagon's Inning ) get on was didn't wagon now tion nters the water Hicemen are not trying to Jauto speeders this mowing |violatora are, as a rule | hither and thither to the the city. It's ndt often you sec } barrel hooked onto the rear of an | auto, but the sight is a common one |in Seattle today Down in the headquarters the without its humorous the departm at 30 o'clock yes report was cl had broken, hills rs ‘8 saly | ito. Po pinch Spec rushin of nad to th 5 ae, SPECIAL IN THE ARCADE ANNEX FIRST AV. SIDE It Never Floods Our $400 Acres The land we are selling at $400 5 ? | } } | A new line of the well known Sweet-Orr Trousers water department situation is not side, although nt clerks regard it as a tragedy. ‘The water office is be ing besieged with telephone calis Jand other kind, praying for relief, land asking how long the agony is going to last | Did you buy your candle? If not buy one before night. There was a blind rush for tallows last night yhon the city light failed, and can ‘omise to be in demand again | ; | er, winds | The falling was but the per acre on terms of $10 Cash BALANCE $7.50 MONTHLY for men specially priced at $1.50, $2.50, $3.00 and }| | $4.00. Epidemic Feared If Famine Lasts ° relief is afforded,| The sewage mains are clogged made of all wool materials t of an{in the affected area and only water can bring relief. If there is long delay it is feared the water will ? ‘ These trousers are Unless speedy Seattle will face the dan jepidemic of disease. The se jsituation is critical, More than/not carry the sewage off. half of the city is affected by the water shortage and in this section| water is not available for the ordi-/er elevations throughout the city y purposes of sanitation and the fire danger is great,” said The condition is made worse by|Fire Chief Stetson this morning. the fact that thousands live in| The chief stated that the pres apartment houses, where flush|sure in the lower districts was not tanks are not working, jatfected by the shortage. Never floods, It Hes high, dry and sightly. Location north and east of Country Club, beginning one-half mile from the shore of ake Washington, We make wo trips daily in a good assortment of ps erage ‘Thirst parlors are doing a rushing & ment of pat bu notwithstand hg that wa ter is what is wanted ee ee ee ee ee |w WEATHER FORECAST * | Rain tonight and Tuesday, * i brisk to high southerly winds. % terns Shafer Bros I t “There is no water on the high- OLE HANSON & Co. Third Floor New York Block | : | | | * Temperature at noon 63. * SHER ERED EEE ED