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Only babies beat politi- ; in their ability to say th 5 that sound well and | mean nothing. Edison and most babies think four haurs’ sleep per ight is enough for any VOL, 14—NO. 144, man. MROGRESSIVES MUST UNITE IN _ THE NEW PARTY a —POINDEXTER WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—That the seating of the Taft from Washington by the republican national com won thousands of votes in that state for Col, Roosevelt makes certain a gressive victory in the coming state gational elections was the prediction here today of Senator | gompany’s bluff,” said Councilman Ses Poindexter of Washington in-a straight-from-the-shoul-|Wardall, of the franchise commit: jaterview with the United Press. tee of the city council, this morn *All the progres Poindexter said, “have agreed that |'90.,°1 de not Belleve the company 1 y te tickets nal and state, must be in the field,| improvements of service at this there must be no fusion. There is nothing in common | time.’ the reactionary crowd which, with the aid of the Taft| Wardall was tatking to the Car and the national committee at Chicago, | bine Extension league, and it may the state and hari-kari on them be that, when he called the street xcceeded in seating the Taft delegates _The Seattle Star a: *. HOME EDITION STEAMER SIOUX SINKS THE CAMANK Then Seattle Boat Runs Down Big Launch—Ac- cident at Everett Dock This Morning. A mistake in signals sent the big steamer Sioux, of the Inland 4 ion Co., crashing into the steam er Camana, of the island Naviga tion Co, at the dock in Everett| at 11 o'clock this morning, sinking her. “TSHOWING UP FH FINE HAND OF 6 F COMPA Demonstration for Car Line Extension Not Up to Specifications, but Lively Discussion En- sues. “We will call the Seattle Electric JUST A DAWG Ornery, mangy, no-‘count outcast, he must die. But good dogs, valuable dogs, dogs having two-legged chums, may live, even though the catchers get them. Dog- Catcher Gregg and Assistant Jim demonstrate the art of snaring canines, CALLS DARROW ‘DR. JEKYLL AND fF MR.HYDEINTRIAL | In Contr st to Darrow’s Brilliant Oratory, Prosecutor Winds Up Famous Case With Cold Statement of Evidence—Case to Jury Probably This Evening. cy dd Prene Lens: ) men in the McNamara case. Frank- LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 lim was hired to find cut the re utter folly, gentlemen,” began Dis-|!igion, age, opinion as to trict Attorney John D. Fredericks |the Times ete. of each in resuming today his argument, | Prospective juror. I’m not finding the last for the state, in the Dar-|a%y particular fauit with that. row trial, “It is utter folly to be-| Now, let's see if a week went by in lieve that any other person than | August that Darrow did not commit the attorneys in the McNamara|some crime to defeat the ends of wide, and|trlal, attorneys whe had the han-|justice. Guy Biddinger came to launch In-|!ing of the money, committed Los Angeles about that time. tor|these bribe Nobody else Darrow met Biddinger at the Al- would be wasting time and money |exandria hotel and offered him bribing jurors that might not be ac-| $1,000 to ¢ up some evidence cepted when they appeared in| aKainst the McNamaras in the pos court.” ession of Wm. J. Burns. Did Fredericks confined himself | Hiddinger make up that story? strictly to the evidence and wit-|Biddinger was an honest man and neases who testified in the trial. told of Darrow's ways. He might empting no flights of oratory cheated both Darrow and I don't elieve that all these wit nesses, newspaper men and others who have said Franklin told them Darrow was innocent were pe jurers, That was Franklin's whole MEET attitude, protecting Darrow, shield “Piling the man who gave him the money. “I dou’t say Franklin told | Darrow everything he had done. Darrow furnished the money and Franklin the brains and ingenuity “Watt, Steinman and Pierrotte of | Venice didn't speak the truth when they said Franklin, after appearing before the grand jury, told them | Darrow was innocent. I think @ Sioux struck the Ce tween the stern and the tearing a bole in ber shoving her on to the land Flyer, wrecking the | boat also, No one was on the Cam. Ana except the crew. They quick ly Kot to shore in lifeboats, and the ally credited with being the stanch steamer rapidly filled and sank champions of the peepul or the un The Sioux proceeded on her way to nting foe of Jakie Furth that its . Everett ‘8 claim it to be. The Sioux ts a well-known Soun ting this morning of the boat, She ma run from Se league and franchise committee, ate to Byer Anacortes and | announced befo: Bellingham. She was docking this impressive deme morning when the accident occur 1,000 outraged citizens would de- red |mand car line extensions, was not The Camana was jup to specifications, Sixteen She did a freight }leaguers were present. Seer buginess between Edwin S. Douglas says it was the per Sound ports whThe eablin, east sail ee SHE 1S A GIRL AGAIN NOW pass an ordinance granting exten. (By United Press Leases Wire) stor the ordinance to contain a ~. provision that, if the traction com. pany a pts such franchise, it will not affect, In case the city should take over the property of the com pany, any existing franchises Wardall, in the absence of the DENVER, Aug. 16.—With a girl-| Frank E. Wolfe didn't speak the other two members of the franchis ish farewell to ber companions |truth. I believe Hawley didn't committee, could not give th who have been in the matron’s|speak the truth.” leaguers a definite answer. quarters of the city jail for the Inst} Wolfe and Hawley were the prin I will say, thongh,” he sald, three days, pretty Ethel Hull, who|cipal witnesses jn the Darrow “that the council is always willing was arrested a few nights ago mas-|allbi. Speaking of Le Compte Davis |to grant franchises containing the querading in boy's clothing and at-jassociate counset for the McNa charter amendment giving the city tempting to “beat” her way from | maras, Fredericks declared that he the righ@to buy at the physical Denver to Cheyenne, left the city|was not protecting Davis, as valvation. Uf the company will ask jail thié morning attired in her) charged by Darrow, but If the local for such * franghiee, £ a sa girl's clothing. man was gullty of anything he doubtedly be granted at jon With a lovin, pat she left her) woul prosec' el e belfove the company will ask for it.” “STUFFED HIM UNCERE! SLY INTO THE CAGE” ark dotins ie Ue cats hte Mldie ie oe tee He sot i lenemees i, nat Se BY FRED L. BOALT. the science of dogcatching, matron, but declares that she will! “When Darrow was on the wit company wanted a ee + “Ther get others and carry out her inten-|ness stand peared to be with the charter amendment, and| Me was just a dawg, An o ne woe caus a |tions of being a boy and “beat tt [speaking the. Vireth Ot rohicks if it does, he said he would tntro-|sneakin’, furtive, pointless, wortih ‘Tain't no manner o’ use about the country like any other| continued. “But you cannot , duce a resolution at the council) tess no ‘count dawg. A shameless, *. You jes’ gotta trifle ‘round | hobo.” otesicks went baat tn Goa out-gineral ‘um. The police authorities tele-/ Rehm’s testimony. Fight for Official Lives. graphed to Cheyenne for her cloth) «pgm you suppose Behm went Henry Gregg and Assistant Jim! ing, and it arrives arly this morm| yack to Darrow and told him what fighting for their official lives. |ing. Dressed tn a pretty blue dres® | happened befare the grand jury? the last meeting of the elty |that reached only to her ankle#,' now there was a legal side to this 11 Wednesday night the King her reddish brown hair concealed | 5, Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. About meeting Monday treacherous, marauding, mangy, mty Humane society offered to|by & peach basket hat and her) august 9, about the same time as district attorney has finished, hi With that the leaguers had te be over the operation of the city heavy boy's shoes exchanged for |i.” Berm incident, Darrow hired will at once charge the jury and satisfied. A number of municipal | fea-bitten dawg. An enemy of eo advocates were present | ciety—two-legged and four-legged, J. BE. Rodeldorp, who! pair of girl's shoes, the girl, who iotace tis ie thot : os the Bpokane pound for the Claims that she is over 21 years | Franklin bablseiasse id jury venire-| place the case in their hands. na be middle, pe car company’s bluff, he called the league's bluff also, For the league or the leaders of it, are not gene elements are irreconcilable E "Since the will of the people has been so ignored, the pro. i have no alt but to organize anew © “The sham nomination of Taft has greatly increased pre ive sentiment in Washington. Thousands of democrats ‘yote the progressive national and state tickets, because the Sill control democracy ‘ONE BUT STANDPATTERS © tive ow the surns, When showed Darrow bribed Burns he hig true character, it showed—.” Pardon me,” interrupted Bari Rogers, “that outside evidence was not let in to show the character of the defendant That's coryect,” replied the prosecutor. “It was admitted to show that Darrow had a system of bribery and crime—.” Rogers again interrupted, and | Fredericks was obliged to abandow| this line of argument ] “John R. rington said that Darrow got that $10,000 from Tveit- moe and bank,” declared Fred ericks, “and—" another interrup- tion, Judge Hutton interrupted what threatened to develop into @ spirited fight between the attor- neys and adjourned court for ten minutes to allow Fredericks to re cover his temper. Nearly Ready for Jury. Before night the 12 “good meal and true” who have been sitting in judgment on Darrow will be locked up and deliberating on their verdict. Upon the result of their deliberae tion the future of Darrow hangs: whether he will be vindicated a [his name eleared, or face a term from one to ten years in state prison. District Attorney Fredericks has the whole afternoon for argument, His time is up at 5io’clock. Judge Hutton stated that as soon as the Seattle and Who Have Already Withdrawn from Standpat Ticket. 7, Hodge, for governor © Lawrence, for governor Meats, for Neutenant governor. 4 . for congresaman-at-large. B Ballaine, for congresaman.at-large. Falconer, for congressman-at-large ‘Landon, for congress from First district. “A. MeLean, for congress from First district. B Joab, for congress from Second district. , for sheriff pson, for sheriff. Puller, for engineer A. Best, for justice of the peace. ©. Durk, for justice of the peace. Kelley, for commissioner of South district , Garrison, for commissioner of South district. Maia, for commissioner of North district. E Sikes, for commissioner of North district T. Christensen, for representative of 42nd district. Breest.A. Klenze, for representative of dist district. | Peal W. House, for representative of 41st district. | Lb, Sorenson, for wreckmaster. 5 fro fhe above list is but a partial one of the wholesale defections @ republican party om top to bottom, from governor down to wreckmaster, progres Weaving the republican primaries. in every county in the/ office in the county, progressives are withdrawing. \y formally withdrawn their candidactes by written filed with the secretary of state or with the respective! fm the state. Others will issue their formal notice before the week Is over. M@andpat ticket will be stripped to the bone. It will not WG & complete ticket to present to the voters. Many of the gil be blank in the republican primaries. Other offices will PRave some lone siandpatter to represent the whole republican contest. PETER JENSEN TACOMA, Aug. 16.—Peter Jen sen, state senator from the Fern hill district, Tacoma, was today charged with misappropriation of $1,180 belonging to the state board of pharmacy, of which Jensen wae © The rainstorm of W t yt » fo f night that brought the pre gol. | Agere yy dthidire ri cage D.C. A. BE. Joab, of; rer SE age ssa ed ie “|tting @ little tune. Dawe's eyes the $1 fine for the first 15 days of the je for congress, bas already withdrawn ashor never left him, By degrees Jim gg Be te: Oiess wale Um oven aoe re a both X. W. Durham and F. Goodrich, progressive can drew close. Daws’s muscles tensed Hie it in ypecial cases. Yesterday |greater than the average for ated by this last turn) Nemesis, in the persons of Henry in the traction controversy. Lacing 3 catcher, ang ae NAT GOODWIN sistant Jim, approached in a chariot run by gasoline. Behind the BADLY HURT IN was a wire cage. Jim had in hip ‘ 5 beth iota aaa peeiere hand a short wire lasso technically jgociety, told the council that the ee a = mater. ad a baby, pay 4y could condict the Seattle |said goodby to the matron. BOAT ACCIDENT “2” Wonpemeneh, 4 humanely as well as ¢co-| “I will dress again tn boy's cloth- | The dawg was gnawing & bOM® Ei omicaily and in such a mannerjing and will ‘beat’ my way about 2 Bijlings and Hay. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16.—Suf-jin the road, He wore no collar to show a yearly profit of $600/the country with Ered. The first ‘face for governor, for example, all interest in on repub-|fertng from painful injaries, Nat} «uch asa city ordinance, “in suebiito $1,000. — co pong F ped he Will be lost, as putty Gov. Ha) and “Josh” Billings | Goodwin, actor and marital expert, - | Westerday Chief Dog Catcher|have « barber cut this hair so that : a : ety ones loft. “Bot” Hodge and John C. Lawrense| ice tency ct bin home ai Busta | Caz made and provided,” save Sime Nnvited me to go with bim|it looks nice. I made an awful| “We as business men or North|rich are expected to join the bull ff withdrawn from the republican primaries, and Otto A.| Monica. He waa caught beneath a|espectable dogs must wear cof. ‘and Jim on their dog-catching|botch of It,” she said. Yakima indorse with many others| moose party and leave the old party, to follow suit |heavy skiff that overturned tn the |lar with @ license tag attached. rounds. so that Star readers may! Fred, ber sweetheart, met her at|the state and county progressive ‘The women especially are face for congress in this district, Standpatter Humphrey | gurf at Rocky Point, 40 miles north} “Git him, Jim!” commanded it the work is humanely and|the entrance to the city jail and/ primaries in September. aroused and are in favor of the the fleld to himself. Beg pardon, we forgot. David Perry |of Santa Monica, and battered into| Henry Grogs. efficiently done. |the two walked down the street John W. Hutchings, Robert progressive party,” said Hunt thie ay be left. too. Rice is the man who got 96 votes in the unconsciousness. It is expected| 4 eecead: & " nt Gregg and his staff catch be-/arm in arm. Rundstrum, president of the Yaki- morning ‘They came to the meet Meraliy Contest Inst spring out of a total of some 62,000 votes. Ihe will fully recover in & few days im dropped from the machine n 4,000 and 5,000 dogs a year. = nin ma Commercial Club, Darnes-Wood- ing and were among the most ene [Maan A. McLean, progressive candidate for congrss in this dis-| Goodwin and Miss Marjorie|ARd the game was on these 2,500 to 3,000 are done to ALL STORM in Co., William W. Draper, Empo- thusiastic presen i, this morning issued 4 formal statement that he has withdrawn | yrorciand, leading woman in his| Dawg pretended not to notice h by electricity. The total dog “ rium Co., per R. W. Holmes, Pat im the republican primaries, and Dan Landon, the other progres ins: New York company and to|Jim. Jim pretended not to notle@ipopujation of Seattle is estimated DS FOR cE Ee ae eae tee re, bas also withdrawn twhom {t has been reported many |/@4@¥s. Dawe gnawed bone. Jitthig¢ 12.000, and of these 6,000 are RECOR | Joba Welgt & Ge. Dean ¢ Hoth 3 face for congressman-at-large, three of the most formidable |ii.o5 that the actor {@ engaged, |® artist at the trade of catching haow licensed. The owner of a dog tng. Co shige. Hexéwate / Ce ates lready: withdrawn, and others are expected to follow ¢ en route up the coast to in-|40S, sauntered here, there, every-l@mich has been taken by the AUG. BEATEN has ee Heath agaten geoner i ae lire the week is over. Those who have withdrawn are J. W. |i a piece of beach property| Where but im the actual direction legechers is given 48 hours in which als telegram wae received fer lon; John A. Ballaine, Seattle, and J. A. Falconer, | vin Goodwin and the captain of [Of the prey take out a license—which costs | dnesday | morning by Wm, Hunt Congressman Warburton, in Tacoma, wil! undoubtedly with- He sauntered slouchingly, whit }81 tor males and $2.50 for females itation | Ma's representative to ~ month | conference of progressives, which times | Will be held here Saturday for the the | Purpose of formu the exact plans for carrying 7 are expected hourly to issue their statement in readiness for flight. Dawg's lips drew back In a snarling grin. Dawg's tail waged in mock friend linesa, “Good dawg!” said Jim. 1, Sorenson, the only candidate for wreckmaster on any ticket ‘eeestry, has also withdrawn from the old party and has joined COUPLE KILLED | ON HONEYMOON canght a fox terrier which be- Jonged to a newsboy. The master ven time he would buy a license. whole month, ins d of appeasing jold Jupiter Pluvius, only seemed to encourage him | Yesterday afternoon it rained. y plan in every county in North Yakima progres sives are enthusiastically for pri and they are the first to tial prim the sta formerly secretary. A warrant, sworn to by James Lee, present sec- y of the board, charges th Jensen appropriated the amount missing between June 2, 1909, and Bre, midst choking sobs, that if “* ginmabtd party Tepublican party in both state and county will have a “bob-| ticket only—that is, candidates for some of the offices only. The Party, the progressive party, on the other hand, will be complete tap to bottom n Mew C. Snyder, who returned from Spokane this mornin that county progressive tickets as well as a complete state Gket will be in the field in every county. . == NEW YORK, Ang 16 Humphrey Owen, Jones, F. R. 8. Fellow of Clare college, Cambridge @ noted scientist, and his bride |were killed while on their honey |moon in the Alps, according to ad. vices received here today. Prot. Jones and wife were at tempting an ascent of Aiguille de | Peteret, one of the peaks of Mont |Blanc, fell and were pieked up, dead, on the rocks. Mra. Jones twas a niece of the bishop of St. | Asaph. it $2 in lot of mohey—more than | last night it rained and this morning 4 Newsboy can save in 48 hours. [it rained. These activities have re “Don't you worry, sonny,” said | sulted in a total of .67 inches being peeee. “You git that money quick |recorded at the local weather ob- jou know how. Then you come |servatory, and the forecast for to- an’ git your dawg.” jmorrow is rain (what's the use? We visited a West Seattle home | ring on the bathing suits.) The which had phoned a call, The dog,|total rainfall for the sixteen days said the mother of a large family, |of August is 1.90. This would indi grown up with the children |cate that the record for the month from & puppy. They loved to|will be broken. The greatest rain-| have ratified the action of the com- mittee which has issued the pro: gressive party call They held a meeting Wednesday night, which was addressed by N |W. Durham and Frank Goodwin, * candidates for congress in the third * district, and at that time unani-\* |mously declared for the progres-|* sive party. Both Durham and Good-' * “Woof!” said dawg, and leaped away. More maneuvering. ed to forget dawg study as brown as bis skin. Dawg went back to the bone. With a cunning which he must have in- herited from his forest ancestors centuries ago, Jim slid his feet over the pavement an inch at a time. By and by there were but six feet between them. Daw, ears pricked and he said “Woo! but he clung to the bone. “The Thingumabob Whistled.” Jim leaped. The thingumabob whistled. Dawg galvanized into furious action—too lati Struggling and yelping, he fought to free himself of the thinguma- November 30, 1911. Jensen will appear at the sheriff's office tl Jim ap afternoon. pear. He fell into a ——_——__—_ Pee ee eee eee eee eee | WEATHER FORECAST & Showers tonight or Satur- #& brisk south to west # Temperature at noon, ® eS | These are sad d: ys for the near-progressives. ing that th n't a ghost of a chance in the old standpat party ries, and afraid to take the plunge piato the new party, they are in almost as ‘dismal a situa- 4 the standpatter itions are tt Btions will go |b to tter Ha Humph: rey. There n't issioner Har | MAN RUN DOWN Fred Howell, employed by the American Messenger Co., while rid- ing a motorcycle south on 2nd ave- nue, ran down a man by the name|bob, which only tightened its hold. of Smith at 2nd avenue and Seneca|So he attacked Jim. Jim met the street about 1 o'clock this after-jattack by dropping to his knees noon. Howell was driving slowly |and turning his back, thus giving and hit the man as he was coming |dawg only coattails to chew. In around a street car. Smith was/another instant Jim's big brown taken to the city hospital uncon-|hand had dawg by the scruff of scious, but his injuries are not|the neck, and was stuffing him un- |thought to be serious, Howell was|ceremoniously into the wire cage. not held by the police, The game was ended, “BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE”—“THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.” How MANy Times) MUST T ASK you ‘OWiPE Your FEET out sin€é AND DON Sit in your SHiRT-| themselves, ically all of the standpat nomi- efault. There will be no opposition and none to speak of to Standpatter be any opposition to County n in the south district, nor to a doz- tn other of thes ¢ standpatters. They will get their Rominations on the Taft ticket all right, but what will to them when they face the progressive candidates on the Roosevelt ticket in November? That will be the saddest time for the standpatters. These are samples of the splendid offerings to be found in tonight's Classified Columns. There are many more as good or better. 5 acres of potato land offers a good income to some person, and the price and terms make it a most at- tractive buy. Good acreage will soon be a rare article, and chances.such as many offered in tonight’s Star should not be over- looked. Many classes of mer- chandise will be found for sale in the Classified Columns tonight. There are many prospective buyers. One advertiser wants to buy a piano, and will pay cash for it. There are many good opportunities to buy and sell in tonight’s Star. the collie strain. In a moment. of | " ve * $1 ash excited play the deg had bitten one . i A f Pi t t L d $35, worried. The doctor had terized the wound. They would ‘would want the dog back—the chil Henry A, McLean, candidate for ron loved It 60. Ihe children congressman in this district | our-Room ttage, 10 own, (0 ont standpa Wagon drove away. \ticket, where he was compelled to Good dogs are never executed at | ri¢ ore the formation of the! the pound. Only the sick, vicious | progressive party, issued the fol- and unfit. Buyers are found for lowing statement today valuable dogs, and the city gets the) political parties should be either money, In 1911 the pound showed | progressive or conservative. This | # net profit of $2,146.83. is the natural division. The repub- Gut dawgs—ornery, shiftiess, no |jican party, in {ts origin the party ‘count dawgs—must di of progr has become dominated Since WHERE ARE you progre the FOR HEAVENS SAKE SIT STILL AND DONT NOW DONT READ THAT PAPER- SHOW ME SOME ATTENTION IF romp with the dog—a mongrel with | fall for August was in 1899. ‘of the children. mother was und Standpat Party Stump Puller for Sal a aeakte Wd “bechace they tandpat Farty ump ruler tor sale waved tearful farewells as the'dog| withdrawing from the | completely by those in control of i I nd Going -T SHouLD y an the great fnancial and industrial in ts of the country civil war tremendous | been made industrial- socially alling for great} in our political institutions | i f ure human rights and social THINK. Ceuam progress. That they may block | progress in the welfare of all the To ° sasary by the masses, | br ‘ion the reactionary forces have taken | in A WHILE possession of both the old political | parties | When the progressive fight was | within the republican party I filed | as a candidate for congress in the First district. Now that a new or ganization has been formed, | have withdrawn, and will be a candidate on the progressive ticket AMAZING MAN “He's one of our most successful nelers.” That so? rich.” | “He isn't. But he’s supporting a ‘family of five on twelve dollars a | week."—Detroit Free Press. 40,000 Paid Copies of The Star Go Into As Many Homes Each Evening T didn't know he was

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