The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 16, 1912, Page 1

SUNNY SIDE OF TRE STREET — IVS COOLER INTHE SHADE ‘Shiver ASO goa Look who's re Welcome, Jackies! Though we're mere Landemen, we hate mendous For the seamen who defend us. the sailor's fascination Hag won the hearts of all o tion, BIG GAMBLER IS VICTIM. OF ‘GANG MURDER’ New York’s New “Tenderloin” Scene of Most Sensa- love tre- VOL. 14. Th NO. | tional Crime—Herman Rosenthal Killed by Men| Who Shoot From and Escape in Auto. (By United Press Leased Wire) ing iwatant death, As Rosenthal et Nicting additional wounds eneational “gang murder” in the) [lic hee in who, did. the shooting history of New York was committed | gisanpeared, while his companions at 2 o'clock thie morning in the | jumped into the big car, which sped away. Times Square was in an up Tear mblers and men of ( white * district were running around in circles. Some, not <aow ling what was going on, had drawer thelr pistols for self protection. A stream of well known men to the scene and escaped in a rushed from the hotel. They knew automobile, which out- the meaning of the shots. Diamond 4 the taxicabs pressed into Jim Brady, Geo. Considine, John | service for pursuit by the police. Kelly, Geo. Betts and others wno P One important arrest had been | Knew the dead man welf, rushed made up to the middie of the morn- | to his side. One glance was enough. The accused man ts Louis Lib- 35, of No. 35 Stuyvesant st. He picked ap in a garage at Washington square two hours the killing. Deputy Police Dougherty, who was e of the man hunt, had three witnesses y and who had pos him as the chauf- in which the mur- ir escape, and one that Libby fired 9 lights _. of the Hotel Metropole. His mur es heads. | “It's a coroner's case,” they said There were 50 police on the in 10 minutes, Lieutenant Frey of the West 47th st. station, who was on post a block away mniandes ed @ taxicab and gave chase to the touring car In which the murderers were escaping, but they disappeared in Central park. Other officers on post got on the case and the re i Z z : Z au He ition were hurried to the scene Mrs. Rosenthal was waiting tn their home at 104 West 45th st., | the gambling house which has been the center of the fight between the police and the gamblers for the last week, when told that her hue band bad been killed. “We've Been Expecting This.” “My God, we have been expecting this,” was all she could say. She | soon became hysterica’ Later she | was able to tell the polic man, whom she knew as | who was a member of the city po- “Hee force, had warned her husband only yesterday afternoon that h | was marked for death. she had been so impr warning that she tried to persuade her husband to leave tow ba [night and take her with him, but that he had simply laughed at her. Little sympathy was felt for the » td per hod ~ hotel yore gre dead man, either by the police, who sige yl 10} were chasing his assailants, or by f pee « sander of conferences the gamblers, who gazed at the ew 36 Happened body ax {t lay on the sidewalk Four shots were fired—some of awaiting the arrival of the coroner the witnesses put the number at a to order its removal to the morgue Gosen, but the police are now cer The police were “sore” because tain only four were used—and one | Rosenthal had declared that Lieut straek the gambler on the bridge of | Recker, one of their number, had the nose, crashing into his brain.) “cut in” on his gambling house and The murderers then escaped. Rosenthal had been in the Met- Topole for some time and came out of the 43rd st. entrance just about 24 m. He met a man there and stood chatting with him for a few Jnutes. As he turned away a big, slate colored touring car drov» « and three men alighted. The firet man out began pumping bullets from an automatic gun. The first bullet sped true to the mark, caus. |MAY BREAK UP $4,000,000 SWEPT AWAY |. STEEL TRUST BY CLOUDBURST of the United States steel a corporation will be emphatically (Ry United Press Leased Wire) | recommended, probably unanimous. DENVER, July 16—The waters ly, in the report of the Stanley steel ‘of the Cherry creek flood having ievesetins Ronee of the jouse, it was learned today Completely subsided, the city aw) "rns committee met again today thorities devoted their whole atten-|and agreed to favor such a report tion today to caring for the refugees The kovernment’s suit against the ‘and cleaning up the devastated dis-|¢ompany may also be endorsed, it was reported, On other points the trict in the lower parts of the city. committee divided. A revised list of the victims); The republican minority on shows that only two were drowned | committee will m tomorrow and a dozen injured. Mayor Arnold estimated the total damage from the cloudburst and flood at $4,000, Pe gf iF : ar with the police and uptown gamblers, the most carefully plan coldblooded of the recent killfigs in this city. Rosen- was one of the best known of socalled “cheaper” gamblers ‘of the city. He was recognized as the agent of certain influential | downtown politicians and in most of bis undertakings he represented simply the bauk- roll of a prom! Rent sporting man and politician of nal repute. was openly asserted yesterday he had been ordered by his pa to leave town for a while as | he had “talked too much” It was fg conneetion with these orders ot <5 3 z FE In return for a loan. They also con- demned Rosenthal for bis declara tion that organized protection was | again the rule in the police circles. The gamblers had turned | Rosenthal because he had “squeal led,” the code of the fraternity be |img, that no matter what happened la man shonld fight his own fights, without appealing either to the courts or to the police. the in an effort to reach an agreement. SAN JOSE, July 16.—"It won't be the first man I've shot, either,” 000, distributed as follows said Mrs, Julia Morrison, aiming a Crops and irrigation projects, shotgun at engineers she found sur: $2,000,000; city property damage, veying on her land, “You fellows $500,000; private and personal prop-| get.” The engineers got. Mrs. $1,500,000, | Morrison will explain in court innntiindan eee ee ee ee WEDNESDAY'S POTLATCH PROGRAM—ALASKA DAY 9 to 10 «. m—-Aeroplane flights along the water front. p. m.—-Opening spectacle of the Golden Potlatch, 1912. Ar- rival of the Hy. Golden Potlatch Tyee from the Land of the North ‘ 1:15 p, m.—Reception to Tyee at the grand stand, Fourth and Virginia, by president of Carnival association and other officers, 1:26 p. m.—Presentation to Tyee of key to city 1:30 p. w.—Grand Alaskan pageant p m—Acroplane flights along water front French dancing fete by school children at grand m.—Concert at grand stand, 20 p, m—Display of fireworks on Elliott bay, 20 p. m—Iiluminated water pageant. (RRR RRO R BR RRRERRERERE ASRS SSS SS serves from the new tenderloin sta-| demanded a 20 per cent “rake-off"| against} TEESE SESE EE EEE EEE | the NEW YORK, July 16.—The most | fell, two other shots struck bim, In| | received I They turned away, shaking thelr | «x, fob | AVIATOR | ® winds. Serre rrrrrrr st Tee eter eee Se ss owe: for Hot Weather as Suggested by The Star’s Funny Man eS SEATTLE’S ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER WEAR WOOLEN | RECOLLECT BACK IN'76 WHEN IT wag eattle Star SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1912. l AILLED BY A BUFFALO Hubert Latham, “Pioneer of Air,” Victim of Wild Buffalo on Hunting Trip. (By United Press Leased Wire) PARIS, July Hubert Latham. famous French aviator, was killed by a buffalo, June 7, while hunting near the source of the river Nile, according to a cable message by the government here today from the governor general of the French Congo. A govern ment official broke the news to bis mother, for whose sake Latham gave up flying some time ago. Latham was one of the pioneers in aviation in France. He was « ekiliful mechanic, as well as a dar ing pilot of heavier than alr craft, aud up to the time of his reti ment from the sport of flying took part in every important aviation contest held in Europe, in many of which he was a victor. He was well known in America, where he ac complished many great feats. was on a rhinoceros shooting ition that he went to Africa His bouy will be brought home for burial. MULKEY NEW PARTY CANDIDATE FOR SENATE PORTLAND, Or, July 16—F. W. Mulkey, former U. 8 sen ator from Oregon, today an- nounced his candidacy for Unit- ed States senator from Oregon on the new progressive party etka ekhen * WEATHER FORECAST. * Fair tonight and Wednesday, * ® not much change In tempera # ® ture; light — northwesterly & Temperature at noon, ® 74 * ee ee TACOMA’S GIRL AT POTLATCH Miss Amy Bauer, as Princess Amy, arrived here from Tacoma to- day. She will represent Tacoma at the Golden Potiatch. Miss Hazel Brown, who was queen of the Mont | amara Festo there accompanied | Miss Bauer a maid of honor. SEER EER * This Afternoon and Evening’s *| Potlatch Program 7:30 p. m—Selle-Floto cus, Fourth and Blanchard. 7:30 p. m—Reception and theatre party for ladies of vie iting merchant 30 p. m—"Smoker” for visiting merchants at Leschi Park pavilion. Take Yesler way car, Tickets of admission will be found attached to reg merchants’ tickets. 30 p. m—Concert by Mon. tana Elks band at grandstand, Fourth and Virginia. :30 p. m—Concert by Wag- ner’s band at Pioneer square. 30 p. m—Concert by La gourgue's band at Fourth av. and University. 9 p. m—Fireworks ental section. State Federation of Improve- ment clubs in annual conven- tion. want knhhhkhhik cir, | | } * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *| | *) * in Ori. & ball * * * * “DO YOU BARBECUE?” TODAY’S QUESTION BY FRED L. BOALT This is the day when our most representative business men and their visiting friends go back to na ture in the matter of feeding. j On 364 days in the year our so- ciety exquisites inquire politely, “Do you golf?” or “Do you motor?" But today the question is, “Do you| barbecue?” They are barbecuing today in the very best circles. It is the big Potlatch feature today. Before expatiating on the pleas- ures of bar. ecuing, let us penetrate th clusive precinets of the Arc tic club, where, from 8 to 10 this morning, the visiting merchants and thelr families were tendered a re ception. “What's your line?” asks one, | “Wholesale groceri Have a elgar?” : | “Mine's tiling, mortar, cement, brick and shingles. Have a drink} with me?” And so it went It's great weath-| er for frapped drinks. You can) frappe a drink in any weather, but| good to see some of our most dig-}% bor island this morning. n't frappe the enthusiasin nified and substantial citizens and}® planned to try several flights * their visit to Seattle has) their equally substantial and digni-}%® tomorrow. ‘fied guests tucking into those sand) *# kA A RA KA KER RK you whic awakened in these merchants, *\* $60,000 WEDDING OF A $10,000,000 GIRL Jennie Crocker, of Histroic California Family, is Married at Exclusive Wedding Guarded by an M Army of Detectives. MRS. JENNI CERES EEE EEE * * COST OF WHITMAN * CROCKER WEDDING & Wedding gifts *® Bridal gown i * Ore for bridesmaids # «and flower girls # Dinner to groomsmen *% Bridegroom's gifts * «attendants . *® Orchids ® Orange blossoms * other decorations # Burlingame club, for ac: commodation of guests * Wedding breakfast *% Automobiles and * = riages for guests Secret service agents Maids. porters and grooms Music * * * * * * * * * * * . * * * * car * * * * i | FATHER ADMITS SON KILLED THE GIRL Tragic Scene in Court) When Confession of Aw- ful Crime Is Made by! Youth's Parent. | (By United Press Leased Wire) NEW YORK, July 16-—-That Na than Swar'r confessed to hie father) that he was the slayer of 12-year. oid Julia Connors, admitted by | the father, Oaniel Swartz, in the) grand jury anteroom today. He stated that his son told him he w responsible for the child's death the Sunday morning that her body was found “1 told him,” said the old man, “that the best thing he could do | was to go out and kill himself and save the family further disgrace. | And | am certain that he did so. | The elder Swartz’ dramatic state: | | ment foiowed a scene aralleled jin the criminal court's. building He and members of the family were jaitting in the eroom of the grand jury room when Mra. Con jnors, mother of the murdered child. jwas brought. in e was garbed jin deepest black jas on the verge of « In the meantime | ihis chair as if rooted to it. His} {fa ame pale, Finally the tears began to vow down his cheeks, and |when the heartbroken mother was led from tue room he called to As-| jsistant District Attorney Noll, who | jwas presenting the case to the! [rand jury, and admitted that his son, who had served a prison sen-| jtence for assault on another child and who was still on parole for that lerime, had confessed to him that he |had committed the crime | ARCHBALD IMPEACHMENT | TRIAL BEGINS WASHINGTON, July Trial Napae, Swartz sat in} EB WHITMAN 1 Ford Nichols, The wedding celebration, for architects and carpenters had been Judge Robert W. Archbald of the ing the extensive Crocker es-| United States court of commerce, | ta at Hillsboro for weeke,|¥## formally begun in the senate | lplvalled the most famous nuptiai| this afternoon when the oaths were | displays of New York’s Fifth ay.| Administered to senators / set. Following the church cere-| The proceedings were entirely | | mony, which wi the one simple groups of ten the sen-| feature of the day’s festivities, the oath to do! | guests, wearing an aggregate of } $1,500,000 worth of jewels, were en- | tertained with a wedding breakfast in a temporary pavilion erected at | a cost of $15,000, | down tomorrow. formal, In * subscribed to the ised, and @ resolu tion was adopted notuying the House that the senate was ready | to proceed as a court of impeach: | It will be torn| ment | | Within a few minutes the senate In this pavilion the guests seated|reported back that its managers | | themselves amid a floral spectacle|would be present at 3 o'clock to} lof unrivaled beauty Orehids pr continue the trial On motion of} dominated, $4,500 having been spent | Senator War $10,000 was voted on this flower alone, Hundreds of|for the expenses of the impeach ustice to the ac #| thousands of roses, for which Cali «| fornia’s gardens are world famous #|a% well as many other specimens of * \* * \* . * Total \* | ment. | the SEL REE ERR EEE (Ry United HILLSBORO . the presence of the greatest gather. ing of the ultrafashionable rich ever seen in the West, om Lenned Wire) here today, following the wedding * of Miss Jennie Crocker, Callfornia 8) plain clothes men and Malcolm lawyer and $15,000,000 heiress, Whitman, New York former tennis star of the. East, which was performed at St. Mat thew's Episcopal church, San Ma | teo, by the Right Rev, Bishop Wil were decked So it will be understood that neither the merchants nor their en thusiasm were frapped when, the to Leschi park and aboard steamers reception ended, they breezed over and bowled briskly over the bound- ing billows of Lake Washington We will now take up the subject of barbecuing in all its pha Our forbears barbecued as far back as the stone age. By a siow and painful gastronomic evolution we balked at eating our meat raw-— bones, hide, hair and alli—and took a finicky notion that we wanted it cooked. Hence the barbecue—the original square meal. When you barbecue, you kill a cow in cold blood—or if it is a big party, you kill two cows, You throw the carcass on a bonfire When ft sizzles, it's done. You cut it up into hunks, which are tn serted between slabs of bread, It is mighty good with beer. It would have done your heart In} a $60,000) *| matrimonial durbar was celebrated| ed squad | nature's and the florist’s art, adorn ed the banquet board or surrounded jthe feasters on walls and celling In and out, among bright coloring } fountains sparied and white statues gleamed. WIFE CRAZED WITH JEALOUSY (My United Press Leased Wire) PORTLAND, Or, July 16— Throughout the afternoon a pick-| Crazed with jealousy because.of his | of 50 police, including| alleged — infatuation for another the best detectives aad) Woman, Mrs. Nettie Walsh attempt of the Coact,|e¢ te shoot her husband R. P. |loitered about the grounds, through| Walsh, in their home here today. ithe breakfast pavilion or in the|She missed him, and Walsh, after fre mansion, a8 a protection | Grappling with her and failing in many of for the millions of dollars in jewsl-| his attempt to wrest the revolver ry with which the women guests|from her, leaped out of a window and telephoned for the police. While he was gone Mrs. Walsh shot and killed her 4-year-old son, Vincent, and, turning the weapon upon herself, inflicted two wounds that probably will prove fatal. HILLSBORO, Cal, July 16.—Sev- eral scores of the best detectives in the state, imported especially to protect valuables at the Whitman Crocker $100,000 wedding, are peev- jed. Burglars stole $1,000 in jewels from a nearby mansion under their very noses wiches at resort th Fortuna park, at which y were landed at noon. Visuall if you please, a largo, prosperous looking merchant with }@ sandwich in one hand and a glass of lager in the other, The beef of j tie sandwich {is rare, but by no means underdone, and the natural juice of the meat has stained th bread to a pinky hue, The edge of the beef is not pink, but a crisp | brown, and when the merchant sets his teeth into it, the gravy oozes, and But words fail us. Who wants a 10-course dinner after having en. joyed a barbecue? "This afternoon the visiting mer chants are being taken on an auto tour of Seattle and the Lake Wash. ington boulevard system. be entertained at a ‘smoke Leschi park this evening, | din dain india dndie anand alied * Owing to — unfavorable & ‘* weather conditions, there were « ® no aeroplane flights from Har * It is * “Oh, George, dear, think ll worry. about him when grows up and goes out into world, He will cost us sleepless nights, I fear.” “Huh! If he can cost me any more sleepless nights than he does now, he will have to go some.” how he the} many “ Avast there, Jackies tlon Runs in more than one direction. Drink our beer, sire; share our fun; our affec- leave — our girls alone. In race of love—there’s no use talking— We're left at the post; Jack wine awalking! EDITION JUDGE SCORED BY EVIDENCE OF ATTORNEYS Prominent Tacoma Lawyer Says Hanford Slept on Befich While Juror Left Court Room—“Cocktail” Evidence Cor- roborated by Two Witnesses—Hanford’s Son Calls Wit- ness Vile Name After He Testified He Saw Judge Drunk on Street. by Guvnor Teats, prominent Tacoma attorney, that it have a mighty good case before Hanford where a poor Hang Oncerned in a damage suit; testimony corroborating the “Judge anford cocktail” evidence by George Jacobs, the real estate man, and stimony by John C: Whitlock, a lawyer, which led young E. M Han- ‘ord, the judge's son, to call him a foul name, and to cause Whitlock to make @ move ag though to strike him, were the startling develop- ments in the Hanford investigation this morning. ae ae WENT OUT WHILE JUDGE SLEPT ‘ ho is @ member of the legislature, and who has pi Washington for about 20 years, testified that he saw Tudhe "antood ge sound asleep during the trial of a case at Tacoma; that a juror went out of the courtroom dnd stayed out for about five minutes without the judge knowing it. ‘This was the only occasion, he said, when he knew positively that the judge was asleep. At other times, he said, he thought the judge was asleep, but he seemed to be able to follow the testimony. On cross-examination, Attorney Hughes, for Hanford, attempted to Get Teats to say that Judge Hanford was fair toward poor litigants STRONG CASE NECESSARY FOR POOR MAN : Teats emphatically asserted in answer to this You've got to have a mighty good case to Ket by the’ court.” The witness said that until a reform instituted a few years ago by the circutt court of appeals, which eliminated the possibility of whole sale non-sults by the lower court, “it was a pretty hard proposition to KO “p ager ——— Hanford" where a poor litigant was concerned. Asked if he himself w 4 ord’ drt, Semi oeaee ‘48 not fairly successful in Judge Hanford’s Yes, but | wouldn't take a case i PE Tio ase into his court without it being @ Preceding Teats, several bartenders were called tot . o estify concern ing their knowledge of the “Hanford cocktail.” William Marquat of the Mecca saloon said he was not sure that he had heard of it before the congressional hearing was started. Fred W. Powell of the Saratoga bar sald he did not bear of it until three or four days ago. W. E. Kayes, another bartender, testified to the same effect. ee SUBSTANTIATE “COCKTAIL” EVIDENCE - Kerrigan, the real estate man, with whom Jacobs made bet that a “Hanford cocktail,” when ordered at any one of nine fos would bring forth a dry martini with an onion it it, and not an olive, : =p = a Jost the bet; that they went into the Rathskeller, or dered a “Hanford cocktail” and got a martini with “ture ther questions being asked ae ee Clarence Hol automobile man, testified to the s: 3 > ame effect. actompanied the bettors to the hskeller on that occasion Gal Jack Vidnor, the bartender at the Rathskeller who served | tes- € e them, tified this morning that be gave the usual kind of marti Y artini; ways put an onion in it: instead of an olive. ae Attorney Hughes for Hanford attempted to prove by the o i r 5 Ne Cross-ex- amination of Kerrigan and Holden that Jacobs always took an onion: himself fn his dry martini, and th Kerriga » “fen” reve et errigan simply fell” for an Testimony is necessary by rate. SAW HANFORD DRUNK ON STREET Whitlock, who has ‘been practicing law here for 20 years, testified that he had seen Judge Hanford drunk on Second avenue one afternoon this year. He described the judge as walking “unsteadily.” The judge's complexion indicated that he was under the influence of liquor, he said, He watched him for half a block, Whitlock said Answering a question by the committee directly, Whitlock said: “I will say the judge was somewhat intoxicated” CALLS WHITLOCK VILE NAME Nn cross-examination, Whitlock testified that he alway: Judge Hanford “fair and upright” In legal matters ne had benee ana hen hitlock got off the stand, young KE. M ‘ore and called him a vile name. Soe ae Whitiock, who is an old man, made a move to strike him,*and barely touched his face. Young Hanford immediately walked out of courtroom, Representative McCoy recalled Whitlock and the lat: ter testified to what happened. William H. Gorham, an attorney who had previously given character testimony in behalf of Hanford, was then called and he identified the “young man” to whom Whitlock te- ferred as Hunford, Judge Hanford’s son.” Dr, H. BE. Allen, John P. Hartman, attorney for the Northern Pa cific, and Alex M. Winston, of Spokane, gave character testimony in favor of Judge Hanford this morning ST John C. EAMER RUNS — INTO STEAMER Inlet this afternoon, cutting a large (By United Press Leased Wise) hole in the Rosedaie’s port bow. The NEW YORK, July 16—Steamer Rosedale was beached and her pas- Nassau, crowded with excursionists sengers were safely taken ashore. - —— N. J. crashed into the steamer Rosedale in Rockaway from Newark, THE STAR Is not a big newspaper. It’s big enough for the biggest advertisers, and we have them. But it’s not too big for the small advertiser, and we ought to have more of them. Why? 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