The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 28, 1913, Page 1

The members of the state public service commission, Mr. M. M. Godman, Mr. Arthur E. Lewis and Mr. Frank R. Spinning, are in Seattle today on public business. And inasmuch as they’re right here among us, The Star wishes to drive home the point upon which it has been hammering in this six-for-a-quarter car ticket business. It ISN’T a question of profit or loss to the company, but rather a question of the public being CHEATED OUT OF THE RIGHTS TO WHICH THE COMPANY’S FRANCHISE ENTITLES THEM. Please keep that in mind, Messrs. Godman, Lewis and Spinning. Think it over between now and September 29, the date when you'll come back to investigate this outrage upon Seattle’s 300,000 people. 3 GENERALLY FAIR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY; LIG HT EASTERLY WINDS. : ata, sg Husuni yg, ’ z Paper With the Punch! = he S ttl l = Get Back to the Soil! = mmm VOLUME THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS. eee S f NO. 156. S FAR BF a § BFS The: to the folks at home and tell ‘em he's happy.” COMMITTEE URGES CITY ELECTION ON CHARTER REVISION ‘The judiciary committee of the) will not be pinned down to any par- @ouncil today approved Councilman ticular idea, but will have free sway Griffiths’ resoiution, submitting to to reject or approve any proposl the voters next March the proposi- tion. Before the provisions of the tion of electing 15 freehoiders to re- new charter as drawn by the 15 viee the city charter. |freeholders may go into effect, they Griffiths’ intent is to bring about, must receive a favorable vote of through the new charter, the com-(|the people. Bission form of government. | The committee report will come a , the charter revisionists‘ up before the counct! next Tuesday JUDGE FRATER SCORED FOR CRITICISM OF CITY That Judge Frater, in offering a lot of criticism against the city’s Policy with reference to the Seattle, Kenton & Southern road, showed if “generously partisan,” was the charge made by Councilman Wardall in the council chambers today. Scott Calhoun, receiver for the road, again urged the city to accept the road for $1,400,000, declaring that Engineer Gray of the pubile fervice commission had appraised it for $400,000 more than that figure. A delegation headed by Senator Nichols, from the Rainier valley, urged immediate action. Councilman Erickson sharply rebuked one member of the lobby, who declared the city . waan't acting fast enough “We have. already offered $300,000 more than the road is worth im be said. “The city has been exceedingly patient with the Seattle, Ren ton & Southern.” Bb FRR RCA ¢. Calhoun, while careful to say he was not threatening the city, Inti ps taken to subject GUARDING THAW FOR ALK! POINT f mated that if his offer is not accepted, there would. be 8 | boost the rates on the line and renew the old fight on t SHERBROOKE, Que., Aug. 28. Upon the appearance of Mrs Harry Thaw’s lawyers today! are|Geo. A. Smith, representing the Federation of West Seattle im ®uarding the fugitive alternately, fearing an attempt will be made to provement clubs, before the budget council Wednes- ip him and take him to New|committee of th ‘day, the committee agreed to pro Former District Attorney Jerome| vide a fire station and adequate gone to Quebec to tell Provin juipment near Alki point if Mrs. § th would procure a donation of space for the station, as she said she could According lal Premier Gouin that yesterday's Proceedings in the Thaw case here Were farcical. to Mrs. Smith, Jacob 15, | Mexico indefinitely {s considered WASH.,, 1913. SEATTLE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, Sa WP ake é photographs were taken by Mr. E. 0. Sawyer, The Star's cit ncaa’ y editor, at McCarthy, the terminus of the railroad from Cordova, and clear along the trall to the Shushanna gold diggings. office in McCarthy, talking over the latest reports from the scene of the strike. In the ooaand picture Is a : In the third picture is the residence of Anna Sternis, at Blackburn, a mile from McCarth Blackburn is located on the flat just below the great gravel moraine at the foot of Kennicott glacier : ce mont Johnson, formerly of Seattie, who were waiting for their outfits before hitting the trail be worth their weight in food when the snow flies and the winter freighting of supplies to the new camp begins Two hundred yards away the K The climate here, for three months in the summer, is unrivaled anywhere They have made friends with some of the dogs owned by J. E. Barrett, at McCarthy, HUERTA LOOKS F WRITES 'NOTHER | NOTE; DICKERING 1S BEGUN AGAIN WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.—Cable advices today from John Lind, Pre: ident Wilson's special peace emis- sary to Mexico, indicate there still is a strong probability of Provis- jonal President Huerta accepting President Wilson's p sugges | tion: | Lind’s latest note, however, did not confirm reports that Huerta had accepted the peace plan Sw full, but the fact that Lind announced | that he would continue his stay In neoouraging by Washington offi cials Huerta’s newest note opens negotiations on ter proposals. Huerta’s note intimates that Wil son evidently {s unaware that the virtually Huerta’s Mexican nstitution prohibits a president from succeeding bin or otherwise he would not h ked t Huerta pledge hir & candidate for re insists he be President Wilson 8 familiar with the Mexican con- not tlo: to stitution al customary dents to resign election day, for running. The president is P , with the fact that it for Mexican pri ahead of purpose of | slightly the thinks | 1 roundabout | not to run| na on A AvOALL Hu ONE CENT. OR WA ON THAINS AND NEWS STANDS, Be HITTING THE TRAIL TO THE SHUSHANNA WITH THE SEATTLE STAR MAN AND HIS CAMERA Seattle man, W. J. Wood, of 612 McGraw st., cooking his breakfast at the end of the first day's “mush” toward the diggings es Y i HOME CIMINO CUTTS it EDITION. | LS ED 4 j i i; i } if i} th The first picture at the left shows the stampeders at the railroad station and post- Hf writes Sawyer, “to give his regards Hi ennicott river bolls out from under a mass of gravel and ice, full grown and 100 feet wide right at the start. H All kinds of vegetables grow in profusion. In the last picture, on the right, Bill Scribner and Godfrey i where Sawyer stopped for a night. These dogs are a heavy expense through the summer, but will iY ‘| | | F | By Gilson Gardner | (Correspondent of The Star.) ‘ | WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28—In a dramatic speech In the sen i ate, Senator Poindexter of Washington today branded as false and is libelous the story printed by a morning paper in Seattle and sent broad- cast throughout the country, which charged him with placing 11 mem- bers of the Poindexter family on the government payroll. In spite of the fact-that the story had been exploded when the sen- ator denied even the faintest acquaintance with most of those men- “tioned by the reactionary organ, it persisted in the charge of nepotism against Poindexter In his speech, the s and presented facts which charges After having the articles in question read from the desk, Senator Poindexter said CALLS NEWSPAPER ATTACK CRIMINAL LIBEL nator exposed the purposes of his enemies, constitute a complete refutation of the “The article the clerk has reaq ts a criminal Hbel. Its malice is demonstrated by its repetition in the same paper, and by enlargements upon it in the most offensive form of which petty vindictiveness is capable. “It is t me class of Weapons in common use by the interests it is a common partner. by which this paper is controlled, and of which It is in the same class as murder by the robber syndicate of Alaska kidnaping and assassination with dynamite and pistol by the franchist grabbers of San Francisco, and the bribery of judges and packing of juries in the state of Washington by the same railroad company which supplied the money for the purchase of this paper from® its former owners. The publication sta for 11 relatives, whos know Eugene Poindexter, Anna L. Poindexter, or the have had any corres es that I have secured government names are given. The truth {s that Rot H. Poindexter, Maj. Poindexter, Poind, s whose initials are omi pondence with them, or with any attention was Cailed to positions I do not Mrs. I in one never preatige | their behalf, and never heard of them until my ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28—A spectal the publication referred to tate ca rying ame recruits from “We can afford to exercise the restraint of a great nation, realizing our strength, but OH, Mev Beige ocd riba sae ue waruaeat poatt ons or efferson and Columbus barrack : 1. rf r do not kno ether they are holdin ve se. " ions t here taday for Texas Cite {scoring to use it.”—President Wilson in his Mexican message to congress. not. If they are holding such positions, I had nothing whatever to do join the border patrol | ! with the same 5 7 | | Of the others named, Ernest Poindexter, Fielding L. Poindexter SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 28.— | and Samuel J. Graham, Ernest Poindexter does not hold any govern- Acting on order from the war de | | ment position, and, so far as I am aware, never has held any except partment, one troop of the Third 2.) are OS Fe Mie ee 4 opm that, in 1900, he assisted in taking the federal census at Walla Walla, cavalry and a battery of the Third) . HOBOKEN, N. J. Aug. 28 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28—In| PETERBORO, Ont. Aug. 28.—|Wash., which employment lasted for a few weeks. field artillery were rushed from Ft.| Starting at 4a. m., and raging for) the records of the government,| Five persons are known to be dead ‘The senator then detailed the service of Fielding L. Poindexter, @ Sam Houston at midnight to the| {Ve hours, a fire, which started in| ph .aring on the trial of F. Drew Cam-| and eigt h fi A first lieutenant in the army, who served in the Oregon volunteers in the Mexican border. More than 1,000/the provision room, damaged the r “ e eight others seriously injured, | war in the Philippines, and was promoted for bravery under fire other soldiers at Ft. Sam Houston| liner Imperator, the largest steam- | !Dett! for violation of the Mann act ape gy Farge py rg ae “He was commissioned,” said the senator, “many years before | was appear the names of two young § ship afloat, to the of $150, tor Second Officer Go bracht was suffocated while trying to extinguish the flames The fire caused a panic among 1,143 passengers in the steer. but they were landed without extent are awaiting orders. MASHER MASHED ramento girls, whose grav tions the defendant may pelled to dispute be the Thus far have kept in jury been having been vaguely referred to once under girls background th the Rkeaekaeeak et tk Teg has offered a 100-foot lot for] . age, ® TALK ABOUT ALASKA! * the purpose. Heavy Iron carpet b re are as) injury. cross-examination of Maury L Diggs | ® PITTSBURG, Aug. 28.— * — a rule used to beat carpets with. | rane * during his trial. One is declared to} ® When J. K. Scott, 90 years old, ® | This incident is an exception to be a former telephone operator at) ® was searched after being ar * the rul Sacramento, now in St. Catherine's | ® rested for vagrancy, the police ® Mrs. Nellie Baker, a little Eng-| academy here, and the other a 15 ® found $20,000 sewed in the ® lishwoman, lives at 1110 Seventh av. year-old girl of the capital city ® lining of his coat * with her husband and two children —" _ - tke JENNINGS, La., Aug. 28.—Taken also has @ neighbor who she| ROME, Aug Relations RARE RE ERR REM ooo his cell by a mob of white cit has insulted her aeveray tween Italy and {ts former enemy ! ize and riddled with bullets,/times. Yesterday, she says, he Turkey, reached an Interesting SHERMAN RI HT James Cor: a negro, who had| started a story that she had taken Phase toda on Turkey made a i] | n arrested for assaulting A, W.|him into a cellar and kissed him. first payment for the purchase of Josephs, an Italian merchant, !8| Last evening Mra. Baker met the discarded Italian battleships, BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. 28.—Ure — dead here today. Comeaux attack-| mar re used against the Otto: ing smaller classes in the schools J LONDON, Aug. 28—According to ©4 Joseph ig the sag ace She accused him of slandering man (ee rec él bettie, sy on mo i bey rt pag ge gt est’ estimates ne a dentally swept dirt on the negro’s| her bwar ney are the Umberto, the ical welfare of the pupils, Dr. Jo: Belkan co np tet ute nelita, shoes while he was passing the Oh, + mind. that, Mrs, Sicilia” and the Sardegna, The ves: seph Lee, member of the Hoston rents $500, Turkey's bill Italian's store. Baker,” says he replied, “that/sels became useless to Italy while school committee, and presifent of} lone 1s $15,000,000. Greece spent ix all right.” [sinking Turkish vessels or bombard. the Playground and Recreation as $82,000,000, including $8,000,000 on Mrs. Amanda C. Peters, mother! Whereupon Mra. Baker got busy ing Turkish forts soc ation at America, tod iy was the War. wit at : sf Former County Assessor John|With her carpet beater, which, as chief speaker be! ne rth In bil phe og. otis “yt vost 3 ear : ya 3 " home | we mention is made of heavy _. , SCRIBE GETS JOB ternational Congress on School Beyaae shout $70,000,000 and Bul-| W. Peters, is dead at her hom nd SACRAMENTO, Aug. 28—Jobn\foriens q a's «= $10,000,000, while Rou St. Louis, according to messages ‘ sc Hi : it a hal ; ; + ae ee sinde theeutened tof ambers, managing editor o' et Eee Spent $40,000,000 preparing | received yesterday Ap Oe eee ee ene avaniia gr the Sacramento Ree, was appointed | KETCHIKAN, — Alaska—Denver| ition PR pages Cone mobil pe two ming ge tle i: “ today state controller by Gov, Hi- 8. Wilson, an insane patient being| 4 and the campaig eters and 8. D. Peter ; ram W., Johnson, to succeed A. H, brought here for treatment, jumped | —_— ——— —— . id M Baker be V ort ELBE REY ARR ere ns uid Mrw. Baker), deceased. Chambers will as-joverboard from the Sea Lion and/ ng- ‘ ffice at once was drowned is W the ihoeniaatie" <1 ATUMORISTS CONVENE her Secours fe teentebecieted | 7) “ ONSUMER | | TO SAVE THE COUNTRY for | Real Estate Bargains | Holding {t would jeopardize the rates now enjoyed by the small Are Offered By Douglas Malloch Mnsumers the street lighting rates were reduced, the budget com i ° Reporting the Convention of American Press Humorlsts for the Mittee of the council, by, a majority vote t night turned «down the Some excellent ‘real entate United Preas mber of Commerce request to cut street lighting from 434 cents bu fered you on page 6 PEORIA, Il, Aug. 28.—Things are In a bad way, Therefore the} ng 4 cents per kilowatt hour of the home edition today by |/humortsts of the country are coagulated here to dispose of the big} ols, i Thowe who voted for the reduction were Councilmen Haas aait|| Beattie leading real estate || questions, * BR 804 Bruskevitn dealers. If you are looking for |) With Thaw In Canada and Frost’ in Mexico, the times require | its, The ehuncil voted $225,000 fof street lighting, $11,250 more than|| ® home or an Investment, you J/gtrong men. The administration has blundered. If Lind had been sent Present year. The increase is caused by contemplated extension of|| Will certainly find it on that |/to Canada and Thaw to Mexico, everybody would be satisfied ied rvice | pare. Wateh this page every The solution of the current problem is woman's suffrage, If the The motion that the rate remain at 4% cents was made by Prest-'| Thursday | women are given the vote, they will carry the money, giving us elastic Gent Hesketh, and was strongly supported by Councilman Erickson, | currency, ° of the Turnbull Drygoods store. is feared that more dead and jured are buried in the in tomera were inside when it collapsed the buildin MRS HOAG HURT Mrs. BE. A. Hoag, 826 19th av It debris About 70 clerks, employes and cus: s., lies In the Providence hospital, suf. a member of congress. Samuel J. Grah 2 “but does not owe his appointment to me in ar The senator told about the appointment of to Annapolis naval by Representative ington PLEADS GUILTY TO CRIME OF BUYING A HOUSE He exposed the falsity of the story about selling lands in Virginia to the government In the charges of my alleged misconduct,” “1 am charged also with the crime of buying a house. have bought a small house at a moderate price. Not a dollar of the }money from the sale of the Anderson land, in Virginia, was invested in this house, for the very good reason that my interest it it was long before assigned to persons in the state of Washington. ator, whatever » Poindexter, his son, La Follette of Wash- a continued the senator, It is true that I fering tnternal injurfes, from which she may not recover. Mrs. Hoag ‘If the editor had broadened the scope of his investigation, he Was © passenger in an auto, which| would have found that in my disreputable career this is not the only was trying to climb the hill at 22nd offense of this kind I have committed, but that at other times and eo ees Gasant gh Attenist os | have been guilty of buying houses and paying on those in the riving nearly at the top, tne drive lost control of the car and it slippe ek down the hill ned completely over curb and tr N A murder case In one of the Southern states, an old mountaineer was call- ed as witness. The defending lawyer was cross-examining him. “You say you saw this murder committed?” “Yas.” “How far were you from the spot where it took place?” ‘"Bout a quarter-mile.” “What time was it when this deed was done?” “'Bout half-past “On the date this murder was supposed to be committed, It would be almost totally dark, and you mean to say you could see distinctly what happened at that time at a quarter of a mile distant?” The old mountaineer shuffled his feet, changed his quid and stretched. “Oh, well,” he said, as he started to leave the wit ness cHair, “I don't give a gol darn about this trial, anyway.” —Everybody’s Magazine. collided with of th r is the exorbitant taxes which the polit- principal exponent, has im- r ate of Washington my sha dieal ring, of which this newspay 1 | posed on the people of my state “This ring, and the interests they represent, seem to want to make \this a war of extermination. | often wonder if they imagine that in such a war they will be the ones to survive. Their present course illus- trates that perfectly familiar, but yet quaintly curious wise saying, Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad sh ARATE BS | HOPPERS EAT FAMILY WASH. PORTLAND, Ore.—Word POMEROY, Wash, Aug. 28 ceived here of the death in London! fordes of grasehoppere ewiriainn of Major W. B. Webb, Lon the farm of Charles Fair. Jdon firm of Dewar & Webb, grain| banks, ten miles west of Pomeroy, is re of the {chewed to shreds a washing g : exporters who have handled Ore-|(7°yee {0 Att ok ' oe | gon and Washington products for] which are becoming numerous in 20 years. the western and southern parts of 1 . PENNANTS “euros NO. 53 Any four coupons clipped fram The Star, consecutively numbered, when presented at The Star office with 15 cents, wil! entitie you to a 65-cent Pennant. Minnesota Pennants now out. Pennants will be sent by mail if 5 cents additional for each Pennant is enclosed. Bring or mail to The Seattle Star, 1307 Seventh Avenue, near Union Street.