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

TINDEPENCENT "WNAMARAS. WON'T TALK,” CHYS DARROW . Federal Grand Jury Probe Into} Alleged Dynamiting Con-; spiracies Begins in Los An- geles—McNamara Says He Has Nothing to Tell. BULLETIN E. McManigal taken before CLUB IS FOR CITY OWNED TELEPHON | Commercial Organization Declares Against Proposed Phone Merger and Asks Officials to Open Way for Ownership. Recommending “That the efforts | of our officials should be ately directed toward removing any tegal obstacies in the way of # mu- telephone plant, with the view of getting a munici- pal telephone plant into operation riiest possible date, ing-in mind the possibility of con. demnation of the present independ. ent plant, and the use of the city jeetric light poles for the cables city telephone of the special ttle Commer: (By United Press Leased Wire) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7.—-A fed- ‘eral probe into wholesale dynamit-| ing conspiracies tions extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific, was commenced by the federal grand jury here today. For more than an hour before the Assistant District Attorney Reagan and Oscar Lawler, gent of the de; of justice in charge of the probe, in conference, picked men carried to the grand ery room book: evidence which was to be consid- ered. This last lot was large, and included everything that had been Gathered by the Burns and Los An- geles county detectives for use in the prosecution of the McNamara Municipal whose rami the assistan commission Going behind the argument both plants are owned by the of the public utilities inquisitors met, lle if they were ence to the | papers and all he plea that with more subs cost of oper One Spider, Many Fiie phones under committee of the S cial Club, advising against the con: systems, was unanimously adopted by the lub, Points Out Dangers. John J. Won't Testify. That John J. MceNama ed secretary-1 Association of Brids: Structural iron Workers was to be taken before the to consolidate, plant impossible tn the near futu Independent nd jury was ad put that he would in consolidating with the Inde the present neither Jobr mara would in any | consolidation. long-distance con ‘Won't Sel! Out.” Independent GIRLS IN. STOKES CASE TESTIFYING al letters allege that Darrow would say rticularly defiant ahhh that wader no cire emstnace es STORM WARNING tell anything “You will simply be to the trouble of taking us through the crowds and " said John J., one the federal Probers would like to have. is approaching Vs Miss Lillian Graham, is moving southeast Miss Ethel Cor for shooting Stokes Tr promises | troduced at the ell, and if I had, I would not . according to eeeeeeeeeeeteee SeeeCEE EEE EEE EE Kkkkaeetheaethee | MARTIN BROWN IS waseor vit ow, vi) OFFERED NEW JOB One man in Seattle a boy 15 years of age who can sup- his father and Jand over the protests neys for the defense | the record the redirect NEW YORK, Dec. 7—Full inside| history of who backed his investi. gation of the McNamara dynamit-| ings was given to the United Press| here today by Wm. J. Burns, upon in New York this veatimon y cross-examination believes that | of Stokes was The girls probably will testify to- » motion of the net them dis Alexander First Employer. enough to earn with money missed was overru Was the man I was after, but | knew | Sw Holiday Presents Specially Priced I could not arrest him on ineonelu-| hasn't been able to find work sive evidence little home unless he can find something to do, | as there is a $1,700 mortgage His leg is stiff from an of the knee cap, has labor power enough to support , if he only gets a chanc This young be off adversity pa 18 # Job for his father, ¢ have ail of the threads ; needed jnore Mayor Was “in Bad.” but otherwise he eager to convict the dynamiters had employed big men of Los Angeles dida't want I quit and went back to Chicag sociation Furnished Money. in holiday box Berore CHRASTMAS p e a committee members of the idl LINKS, spe em all I knew could not act HANDKERCHI cy MUFFLERS, was fortheom sumed work on the insurrection in «don't want to work 2 hours a day or night and ask $10 a week pay Shafer Bros Arcade and Arcade Annex Day after Christmas the toys are ONLY SEATTLE VOL, 13, NO, 241 2, WASH., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, BURNS AFTER GOMPERS (By United Pr NEW YORK, Dec, 7.—That Detective W. J. Burns is trying to connect Samuel Gompers as the “man higher up” in the dynamiting casos, was made clear here today. “My agents are shadowing every man wan ed and there is not one of them who will es- cape,” declared Burns, “If Sam Gompers is in socent, why doesn’t he explain how he hap- pened to be in Indianapolis on the day after th» McNamara arrest, and voted, with others, for the defense fund? “The labor leaders were there for a jollific tion over five dynamitings which were to have »courred in Detroit, failing bedause the places were too well guarded. How does it come that when McNamara offered his guards $30,000 t» release him, he asserted that the Federation of Labor would pay it?” FARMERS JURY FOR BEEF MEN (By United Press Leased Wire) CHICAGO, Dee, T--Whether the ten Chicago miliionaire packer; be- 1911, Leased Wire.) They Started as Delivery Boys, But Man Who Played Politics Lost Out ing prosecuted here under the Sherman anti-trust law sball go (0 jal! for criminal conspiracy, It is expected, will b ided by a jury of farmers, The government, it was announced today, is preparing to | peremptorily Allenge | dent of Chicago who ec taleeman At the resumption of the trf@] in United States District Judge Car: penter’s court today, the room was jammed to the doors, and interest in the preliminary skirmishes of the legal battle was intense. WOODROW WILSON CLUB PLANNED A Weodrow Wilson presidental club will be organized at the Com: | mercial Club rooms Thuraday, Dec | | 14. Formal announcement of | plans and the leaders in the moves | ment for the New Jersey candidate | will be made Saturday. “Burglar” a Lover By United Press Leased Wire) EVERETT, Dec. 7.—-A telephone message informed the police that @ every renk sup as @ burglar was attempting to force an oY, by business men antagonistic to, Monday, before the grand jury, ume entrance Into a home on Rucker ay, i. ina the car line or by any other source | der $1,000 bond. He Is alleged to The police arrived and found & Owner of saloo pine Own ger of grocepy to hold up.the work he strenuously |have pasted two bank notes tor ekulking figure in the yard. He was or er of gam ; Mer yy of grocery y denies. “It is not my business, It | gether. dragged into the house, and there yw) Wher » Pry, is the council's. I have done all 1 = it was found that he had been giving ery Own of 12 Store could to push the car line and 6 HOTEL OIL-SOAKED &@ prearranged signal to his sweet-| DOV leader. B er of 1% 8, days ago sent a communication to| CHEHALIS, Wash. Dec. 7—° | heart inalde, The girl demanded Wa cipnath. aink Presi Stores, jthe council on the subject ements that the burned Wine his relems Boss of Cini Sident, I, 1 have not ra ed a hand to de-|lock hotel building was saturated a i ay the car , continued the with ofl before the fire started 10 M M CINCINNATI, Dec, 7.—Business| BH. ore - 1, is v= nen pd | |mayor. “I don’t know what street were m: n the trial of Mrs. Eva ne ore essage jand politics walked hand in hand in| public spirited citizen, and ho | {mprovements or other work is be-| Veness, charged with arson, today, q [the days of Bons (George B.) Cox.|has aided in the revolution that/ing done until I get the ordinance |R. J. Whisler testified that she WASHINGTON, Dec. 7—Presh) Cox controlied Hamilton county | finally resulted in the overthrow of| from the council. I have been do-| bought a fivegalion can of kero: jdent Taft sent his message OP) Doiticn, He became president of a| the bons ling my duty in this matter and/sene from him the day before the trade and foreign relations to coli aay that grew to be a big financial} The beginning of 1911 saw n0| Erickson has no right to make in-|fire and oth testified that she kresx today, The message refer) tactor It was the favorite depos | shadow of events to come ery |sinuations; let him come out and ed the m ond ya th ‘tire = fins ae q to Russian violation of the pas#/ttory ‘for city, county and state indication was that Cox would pros: | Onn ROL tO Be ee ee P port rules regarding Americans, | 9.3, |per in his way for many years to a 3 i By direction of the state depart-| oe oitieal power, and he has had|jury returned against him an ' ment, our ambassador to Russt®! i, resign as president of the bank.|dietment for perjury in connect nl F has recently been having @ serie#) cos bank has become a branch of| with large gifts of public interest of conferences with the minister Of 6 provident Bank @ Trust com-| money. which county treasurers bad foreign affaires in Russia, with ®) ony B. H. Kroger is now prest-| given th * view to securing a clearer under-| ont of the combined institution He was repudiated definitely on y to face with a gun, jab umbrellas standing of the construction of thej “11,0 Cox, Kroger is in his fifties. |elegtion day, November 7; the en with telling force into the appeal treaty 1832, with modifications! si’ "Coy he started his career as| tire anti-gang ticket was elected ing faces of the purse collectors, as of existing Russian regulath ivety boy for a grocery, but his} And two weeks later Cox made a young Miss Devlin, telephone opere which found to interfere In any has been far different | graceful retirement from the stage ator, did way wi recognition of the} OA8 Mee despite his wealth, is|of financial affaira by merging his Instead of a donation of from rights of rican citizens under} diated and discredit [bank with another men, swift uppercuts are donated, the tre I expect, immediately x as in the ca M. E. Charboneau, after Christmas, to be able to n further co “ie MAN'S LOVE IS SET fc promotion o! eign commerce masons ore"! ~~ ATT $100,000 IN SUIT for nservice organization) | 4. sues Woman for Alienation of Affections—Wife No. 1 Sues emi eepecial | "Wife No, 2—And the Husband Is Missing—Queer and Sensational saci, 0 Case. Two gray haired women sit on op-! Hinckley d to the cor » country k in Seattle early in : ‘ 1909. She would come to his of posite sides in Judge Meyer's court | 5 ! 0 c Demands Accounting |?2%" *<"y/sccoe ateneuon aut 2a, Nat thr tentinony of eth INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 7—! Mrs, Eliza A. Phillips is plaintiff. / fice. She would ring him up as United States District Attorney/ w44 Mattie A. Phillips, formerly | often as 12 and 14 times a day, Miss Miller, who is handling the govern. ment probe into the McNamara} dynamitings here, today demanded that President Samuel Gompers of Croft alleges. “She put her arms around him, kissed him and called him her boy, Mra. Thomas, is defendant. John W. Phillips, whose affections have | been set at so high a figure, has left |both his former wives to fight it and dearie, and ‘hon.’ At first | we oerween SShaststeagerd = eo out alone. He has left Seattie and | thought she w mother.” ue for an egg ge ga re Na has gone to parts unknown. Mrs. Thomas Phillips, as well as position was made of the McNa/ “x7, phillips No. 2 has been a|the first Mrs, Phillips, smiled at mara defense fund “This should be done as an evi- this resident of Seattle for many ye testimony morning. : and is reputed to have been Won His Heart jdence of good faith,” declared At! nosy by her first husband ap-| According to int, Mrs torney Miller. proximating $2,000,000 fn v The | Pheil No. won his heart by Saag di 7 first Mrs, Phillips married John W.| promising to leave him all he If C d Phillips in December, 1888, and se-| money after she died, and that he Metca e Candidate cured a divorce from him in Spo-| would share a $2,000 monthly in-| LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 7.—Rich-}kane February 23, 9, after the come with her. She loaned la ard Metcalfe, Wm. J. Bryan’s as-lalleged alienation had taken place. ms of money, the complaint soclate editor of the commoner, an-|Immediately after the divorce de-| leges nounced today his candidacy forleree was granted, and before the| Phillips was about 50. hortly the nomination for the governor-jmtatutory limitation of six months | after his marriage to Mrs. Thomas | ship at the primary election. The] had elapsed, Mrs. Thomas was mar-|he left Seattle and she secured an announcement followed an ex B.C. change of cablegrams between Met caife and Bryan, who is now in the West Indies. eee ee * WEATHER FORECAST * Rain tonight and Friday; * lips in Victoria, Story of Case, According to the com annulment of the ground that he marr on the induced her to mar int of|ry him illegally for the purpose ot} Mrs. Phillips No. 1, Mrs, Thomas | getting her money, and that he le first met Phillips when he removed | her, taking $16,000 of her me his brokers business to the| with him ried to P’ . i oe rer | * high southeasterly winds. * This is the Limit SPARK FROM HAMMER in’ Uke it usta be. It’s punk * i ed A ; ? 4 ae Yes, it's punk. People aren't a CHICAGO, Dec, 7.—As a climax} CHICAGO. Dec 7.—Sparks| selling out. ‘Two reports have c fo the biggest list of robberies which resulted when Patrick | sor : Seater a , ; ee e atrick|come in of fellows held up who r 5 ae ete ge sar ag pl | O'Grady, a gas company employe, {didn't have a red penny in their i» Gong jbold thief lifted » Arren | inadvertently struck a stone with {Jeans They turned their pockets i P. ins “bat from s.room at po s "linside out, but there was nothing lhice headquarters, |his hammer, while working in al qin AND THEN THE NEW YEAR, jmanhole, eaused an explosion in| Then again, 1 o a asic en again, people aren't recog { Until the ist day of January “PIE-FACED POET” |which O'Grady was seriously in-| nizing the holdups’ union like they SP a wik conte eetiee. NEW YORK, Dec. 7.—Declaring |Jured used to, Ordinarily when a foot } fine view acres, north of the }} M8 daughter, the former Mrs eA pad punched a gun under one’s > c , 0 | ton Sinclair, was the “highbrow” of | nose he obeyed orders. The con } clty in King county, for $400. ti ine family, Wm. Fuller added he NO LICENSES! ventional way is to hold up the Hi was sure she would not marry that | ® | hands. 10 ¢ cash |“pie-faced poet,” Harry Kemp of| Gupia ts in tears at the court.| Iustead, the intended victim | Kansas : eaches out with his fists | = - house today, and the blind little} “Inetead of shelling out his coin, BALANCE 97.59 PEAS MENTE, SHE DIDN’T KNOW gods right bow-|intended victim screeches and puts — If business continues bad, Seattle { Much of this property ts fine NEW YORK, Dec. 7—-A woman er, Marriage Li-/a right to the nose. will lose some population—in th } alder bottom crossed by run- {| guest at the Waldorf put $7,000 cense Clerk] Even the women don't observe form highwaymen, burglars and ning stream, Some of it is fine $j worth of Jewels in a small wooden Gage, is incon-|the rules. Young ladies, when face affiliated societies. view land overlooking Lake {| box in her room, thinking it was a solabl For all . § Washington, safe deposit vault, The hotel valet morning Gage | » bo: ore gue kep eyes | a’ ates, 8 +. Pree ‘use. of Lake | Wasblal eee a ere peeled for “the|| LOS ANGELES ELECTION COST 1 place ne! 08. e | { ton Beach to all purchasers, and }| ?!* Q happy couples | TWO ORGANIZATIONS $750,000 } 00 specified in thet ¢ Judge Dykeman took under ad- that should seek LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7.—According to figures pub- ‘Two trips dally, rain or shine, {| visement yesterday the contention to be made e'en lished tod as Godd Gove it forces $500,000 Don't put this off any longer, }|/ of the Metropolitan Building Co, for as one, But nary ished today, it cost the Good Government forces $500,00 but come in at once. "|la reduction from the $900,000 as: a couple labored to re-elect Geo. Alexander mayor of Los Angeles over sessment placed on its leasehold of r up Profanity hill Job Harriman, the socialist candidate. It is estimated versity 0 ston, r ge cense. . r » f » a pac. 2 , a OLE HANSON @ Co. the Metropolitan theatre, the| It has been many months since campaign lasted for one year, and each party had a large Third Floor New York Block White and Henry and Cobb build-|the marriage Heense window has and expensive organization of paid workers, ings. been so deserted, The Seattle Star INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER The city has been buncoed on its charge me with the responsibility 4 municipal car line. |tor th Jay in a communication which witt | Council Should Protes: ' be sent to the council Oliver T.) a as persis eer’s office, under Mayor Dilling, ie) i we should immediately come A responsible. unicate with the mayo 1 Mayor Dilling declares that, if, junloate a the" sneer, in wht Erickson fixes the blame on him, (/)) SRA tet eee andled, | Erickson is a falsifier. by men under his supervision. We In the meantime the city stands | ii ieee ike mayor to advise um buneoed. |when complete plans and specifi : d cations will be laid before the | With Councilman Erickson at-| board of public works, With suels te mpting to push the munte jal 4" information, we can quote the c i brough and with * mayor and not compromise out. public works ready to - . — selves by giving out false reports® put held up on account of the jure of the engineer's office to pre “Not Held Up.” ’ pure specifications, the city car| Clty Engineer Dimock declareg tian han best indefinitely delayed, |i department has been giving t ; Erickson has been working in| *Pecifications thorough study a | ee ee eee iw funds’ for| aid not attempt to look after the i eiiding the ine Immediately and loverbead work until the track ; | now finds that the engineer's office |'* Provided for, “The plans wi ; has falled to prepare specifications Come In due order. They have nog been held up,” he declared. except for | Ready “In a Few Days.” whistle for sc time for the miu. | In the communication the | niclpal car line. They have beem i council Erickson states that he ha uncoed somewhere. The council a ca at the engineer's office, al-| called upon the engineer for specie) 99 |ways receiving the same answer, ficatio: When ready to go ahead jthat the plans would be ready “in/and advertise for bids the plang a few days were not r Finally, about ten day he That is ation. q | asserts it was stated s ca | Mr. Dimock verified, besides agree ' | ing that they would go to the boi jof public works and be at once wards, a form attle polleemany The board of public works was! was arrested yesterday by Deputy, q j expected to cal! for bids this week. Marshal Ludwig Frank, charged q | The failure is placed at the door of with having passed a spurious banks the engineer's office, under Ma: note Dilling Before U. 8. Commissioner W. De Dilling Makes Denial. Totten, this morning, Edwards wag That Dilling has been influenced held to appear in the federal court footpad men. It used to be there was money in it, easy living and not very ard work in getting it, | elther. But times have changed. Wheth 4 er the high cost of living has 4 brought it about is hard to tell, but } the fact remains that bandits oper ating in Seattle at present are knocking the town hard and snif- fling around among their own men in disgust ag IN SEATTLE ONE CENT. Siwi"ttitat'h W CITY’S CAR LINE PROJECT BLOCKED © Councilman Erickson Discovers What He Believes a Deliberate ! Plot Against Building of Municipal Line—Infers That i Some One Higher Up Than Engineer's Office Is to Blam@ —Dilling Makes Hot Denial. ; ‘ails and ties oe : In the meantime the people will rd) On aint of Thos. B. Foster, advertised | of the sec Joseph M. Ede a switchman, who was accosted by, two holdup men last night in am alley between Second and Occl dental avs. Landing on one of the alleywaymen boneau rolled over on th and yelled for elp. Police gave chase with Chars boneau and landed Harry Shaw an@ The like it holdup business isn’t to be. indeed; business is bad for Aw, what's de use? Nuttin’ do 3°2 NIGHT Harry Humphreys in jail. Even burglars are operating im hard luck. Instead of ducking une der the bed covers and croaking im fear, intended victim has contract+ ed the ugly habit of prowling around after the burglars. And sa when a fellow went into the Chalet Club room to rob Ludley Hagen, & university student, the latter chased Mr. Burglar out. Times are hard for these take life-easy gentlemen. After all it is the high cost of living, which In duces the honest workingman and telephone girl alike to enter pro test at the loss of even a nickel,