The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 2, 1914, Page 1

XN ) MAYOR HEARS ABSOLUTE PROOF OF STAR’S CHARGES , The Star char champions. IN HIS OFFICE, INVESTIGATING STAR’S CHARGE Mayor Cotterill heard the evidence proving that Jacob Furth is not only he contributed $500 to Trenholme’s campaign. COTTERILL AND FURTH IN THE SAME POLITICAL BED. ie oh thar b ged that the special interest crowd had fooled Mayor Cotterill into their camp. ged that he was in the same political bed with Jacob Furth and other special interest boosters and It SITTING WITH JUDGE MOORE AND ROBERT BRIDGES AS THE STAR'S —* EE, MAYOR GEORGE COTTERILL HEARD EVIDENCE PROVING THE with Trenholme but that Mayor Cotterill also heard the positive admission from Trenholme managers that Louis Hemrich con- B) CTT TTT More Than 43,000, | Paid Copies Daily | MMMM MT ig TM LLL TVA ULNA bs a VOLUME 16. NO. 5. SEATTLE, WASH., MONDA Y, MARCH 2, 1914. tributed $500 to Trenholme. COTTERILL AND HEMRICH IN THE SAME POLITICAL BED. Cotterill has been shouting from the house tops that th is the same old fight over again against Gill, Cotterill heard testimony proving that it is not the same old fight over again, proving that most of Gill’s former political sharpshooters are now in Trenholme’s camp, PROVING THAT ALL OF THE BIG SPECIAL INTEREST BOOSTERS WHO USED TO BE WITH GILL ARE NOW WITH HIS OP- PONENT, TRENHOLME. Cotterill heard testimony proving the truth of e very charge made by The Star, proving that the spe- cial interest representatives are with Trenholme, proving that the brewery representative is with Trenholme, PROVING THAT TRENHOLME WAS HANDPICKED BY BIG SPECIAL INTEREST ADVOCATES. The Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS oN NEM ONE CENT -FURTH GAVE TRENHOLME | BREWERY GAVE TRENHOLME HAMMOND AGAINST THE LAW! IT’S A FASCINATING GAME HE PLAYS, PRISONER TELLS STAR BiG QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED! The Star, on Saturday, asked the committee consisting of Mayor Cotterill, Judge Moore and Robert Bridges, to answer three big questions The first was: “Are the special interests, the traction concern, the brewery companies and their allies behind Trenholme? The committee answers that Jacob Furth, head of the traction trust, Louis Hemrich, head of the brewery, J. S. Goldsmith, general political fixer for the big in- terests, and Ed Chilberg, head of the Chamber of Commerce, are behind Trenholme. --Thereecond question asked by <The Star wasig wc 6 6 or i henner tandem “Did Jacob Furth or any other big representative of special interest con- tribute money?” The committee’s answer is that Jacob Furth did contribute. The report is also to the effect that James S. Goldsmith, who collected the money for Trenholme, and John L. McLean, Trenholme’s cam- paign manager, destroyed the list of all those who contributed and that there is at the present time neither a list of the itemized receipts or expenditures of the Trenholme primary campaign. The report also states that the Gill campaign has been financed by Hiram C. Gill himself, and that an itemized statement is on file. The third question was “If Furth or any other big representative of the special interests con- tributed campaign money, how much was it and which candidate got it? Andthe committee answers that Jacob Furth, head of the street car monopoly, contributed $500, and that Louis Hemrich, of the brewery, contributed $500. AND THE COMMITTEE SAYS TRENHOLME GOT IT. COMPLETE REPORT OF STAR'S TREAT INJURED INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE. =" iffering the a fall with his farm Loyal morning He ® when the horae eked struggle from head and received in his sterday near throughout the hearing, with the understanding that no publication should be made until after this committee had stibmitted its report and conclusions the matter Out of the great ime of Infor tte nquir he candidac of To the Seattle Star Acting under a published request supplemented by a letter f yur editor, the undersigned have con ducted an examination tnto the cir cumstance: The animal d in the him on to regain the ng facts relating Mr. J. D. At various times during the sum mer and fall of last year a group of business men of the city—of whom Mr. J. 8. Goldsmith of the Schwabacher Co., Mr. J. K. Chilberg, of the Scandinavian-American bank, and Mr. D. E. Frederick, of Fred trick & Nelson, were typical and in (Continued on Page 2) 4 at this to to th Trenholme Governor TACOMA, March un that he will f Rochester cit ervice Com R. Spinning Jared he has acted with L. L. Hunter and the abandonment ern Pacific at 1 establish a new one ge of the town which Rochenter at the tation “What Is Meant munion of Saints of th by the Com was the iven nub: ject Father Ba f president of St Martin college, Lace ¢ the Knight A Special Interest organ says The Star's committee re port clears Trenholme, If the definite and positive proof that Furt 500, that Hemrich $500 that Golds: collected his slush fund, that Ed Chilberg, Goldamith and Furth were among the men who hand-picked well Trenholme, why, he's welcome gave ve him th sterday nefore of Columbus hire to it f that clears John A. Zinkan, contractor, and fina Fe @loped to Everett last Monday and were married Treat is in the} AFTER SPINNING in| By Fred L. Boalt | " Hymmond ts a sclentif » of crime, he told me ‘ounty jail today; | there in none better, It tn a bet- ter game than poker, roulette or faro. It in better even that stock | xambling. If you lose at poker, you lose money. If you win— | Rut do you win?’ I asked. | Hammond laughed “At the ‘federal gam ie what | call it, the game'—the percentage is my favor. | have played it 23 years, and this is the second time | have ‘fallen.’ | am well | ahead of the game, you see. But when! play the state game, | lose. | don’t know why.” Win or lose, I don't see where | the fun comes In | ‘The gambler in crime regarded} me wonderingly “Don't you? It {* because you have never really thought about crime as a game. Why do men gamble’ You know, ff you have He It is in hin ce of kno e Junger suffers is one of xquinite emotions that Jebance, in which your opponents are the police of every elty, the tinetar constables of every cross réads, the Pinkertons, the Burns operatives, and, last and most to be feared, the United States secret service men, the most persistent, skillful and resourceful crook- catchers in the world Your opponents hold the cards Your ‘mug’ ts in every gallery. Your fingerprints and your Bertillon measurements are in every police }headquarters, And the stake is your ty | A slow smile of amusement over. | spread the features of the gambler | in crime Take, for illustration, the fast! game w played. 1 had made | money in my operations in Seattle. | I shipped that money to Chicago, | ¢ it is now and where ft will waiting for me when I get out of MeNefl Isiand An Audacious Pian came @ time. when Ibaé! a getaway or lose a point ret service men knew I whs and | knew they knew. Op on were at ov dock, at the urban depots, the ratiroad sta ] | | be There to mak The | here orati int tions Thad planned to make a inst} killing before leaving. But—the fall guy’ refused to fall—I had shipped my money to Chicago—and all | had was $6. | “Now this was what | had to do| with my $6: | had in tow a family named Loring. Loring himself was my victim. He thought | was going to get him a lucrative but mysteri ous government job. | had to get out of Seattle quick, and | had to take the Lorings with me, so they couldn't testify against me. {had to go to Chicago, where my funds are. So I had to take them with me Yet they must neti {know the real purpose of our jour-| | ney | | Detective at Station | “I took them to the King Street | station. I saw a secret service op- | erative there. He was looking for 1 had made waiting for vice men were V well, | would be a seeret service man myself, Audacity won. I told the ticket man I was tuk orisoners. to Omaha, Neb would the fare for eight persons, tncluding myself? He told | me, and I wrote a check for mort than the about $400. Travels in Pullman heart was in my mouth, It of the finest moments in career Without tlhekets We man at $6 ductor Ham board” | Do suppose the friends of the Lorings are planning a rescue? the conductor asked 1 said we'd walt and see. I leould have left the train, but the game was too good ‘A railroad detective boarded the I was Secret no plans inspiration all about me ing What amount M he handed me $60 in money in standard Pull and dined in the dining car a throw, Bn route, the con showed me a telegram: ‘Are qnd and party ¢ a word and traveled the you SA ANNNUUUUAAANANNAAAEOAUUAGUUANNNEOAGAOUAOOA EAN GAATAY us = Z z = fa | heen SMV AAUUUAUAAUANAOHOUUOUUO GAGA AANAUUOUUUUEUNAAACUAAAUH AHH Startling Facts Brought Out by Inves- tigating Committee Prove Tren« _ holme Backed by Special Interest ~e Boosters, as Charged by The Star. AS... py FOUND; PLANT 1S SUSPECTED The discovery of 12 sticks of dy- namite and an infernal machine of high explosive power yesterday aft- lernoon by Deputy Sheriff John W |Roberts and county officers has started «a vigorous investigation into what may be a plot to blow up Seattle buildings. Information was recetved by the sheriff's office the middie of last week. A search was begun which resulted in the finding of the ex plosives in a cache in the rear of a residence at 1111 Sturgis way, oft the Beacon Hill car line, over looking Rainier Valley The owner of the residence was ignorant of the presence of the dy namite, His name is withheld by officials Interesting detafls of the alleged plan were gained by officers from Charles Kilman, 30, arrested yes terday at Occidental av. and Yes ler way. He declared he is a prt vate detective, working on the same case, He talked freely with Deputy Roberts and admitted he had followed two men to the place where the dynamite was found According to the story he told the two men stole the dynamite from the west portal of the Mil waukee tunnel at Rockdale last week and came to Seattle. He shadowed them from Rockdale. A theory is advanced that—men connected with the dynamite plot sent out the story to influence pub: lic opinion on the labor question In charge of Deputy Jim Sullivan Kilman was taken to Rockdale to day. His story will either be vert fied or proved false by railway men at that place The dynamite Harry C. Hammond train at Omaha You'd better not touch Ham mond, I heard the conductor tell him, ‘He's a federal man “I stood near, openly lMstening. I thought thus to divert suspicton. But, as lack would have ft, the de-| tective turned to me, and said: ‘And what's your name I might have sald Smith or Jones. But I said ‘Hammond.’ ” Why?” I demanded didn’t you lie? “Perhaps you wouldn't under- stand, even If | could explain,” said the gambler in crime, simply. “But that isn't my Idea of playing the game.” So they brought him back to Se attle You say you generally lose when you play the ‘state gan 1 asked A Daring Scheme “Yes. Queer, inn't it? A friend of mine was doing life at Canyon City, Colo, I wanted to get him out I wired the warden that a pardon was on {ts and signed the gov nor’s game. I intercepted the n's reply hortly a phoney pardon reached ary and my friend was e is still at Mberty, But Why they got me. ‘One time ty did not win. “It wouldn't be couldn't lose. That's why I'm a better sportsman than the busi Ness man who cheats within the law. The business man who cheats within the law—and ail men cheat—takes no ks. He is a sure-thing gambler and be neath contempt.” WAKE UP, SILAS NEENAH, Wis, March 2 Aderhold, dairy commissioner, who makes his home tn this city, while on @ tour of inspection in Washing ton county, found a farmer who hac placed bis cream separator in the same building with his hogs. The maximum fine of $100 was imposed The farmer expressed much prise ASTOR HAS JOB POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Maret Vincent Astor, the richest young man in America, has put up another bar against the wolf, He landed a Job as deputy sheriff of Dute heriff Hornbeck hag " t appointment ‘aining 18 best sald I, “when audact found. was more than enough to blow-up two or three city blocks, The bomb was arranged in a 10-inch gas pipe, with cap and fuse attached fun if you ADMITS HE WAS DAMAGED GOODS CHICAGO, March 2-—-Wm. lis, on trial for the murder his wife and who confessed urday that he wa goods” when he led her to the altar, was recalled to the wit ness He s tal through an tn Robt. M. Hosea father of the murdered woman, listened intently to his son-in-law’s testi mon Attaches feared another out burst simliar to thet gf Satur day when Ellis admitted that he w curably diseased when he married Miss Hosea Damn him, VM kill him shouted Hosea, as he sprang to- ward Bilis He .was regrained by ballifts BEL ure his acquit nity plea ur county Aator Advertisement | work continuously ] A complete stenographic report of all the testimony. pre- sented to The Star. investigating committee, consisti | Mayor Cotterill, Judge Moore.and Robert Bridges, wag fal q necretacy: to: the smayor. _ . the tes! | About 20 witnesses were examined, and |covers approximately 20,000 words. | The following facts were brought out by the commit a ‘and are not contradicted either by Trenholme or Gill: - Ed Chilberg, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was the first to suggest to J. D. Trenholme that he run for mayor. Trenholme himself admitted so to the committee. Jacob Furth, president of the Seattle Electric Co... come) tribtited $500 to the Trenholme campaign fund. J. S. Gold= © smith, Chamber of Commerce trustee, and John L. McLean, ~ admitted so to the committee. Louis Hemrich, president of the brewing company, con= tributed $500 to the Trenholme campaign fypd. J. S. Golde smith and J. L. McLean, of the Trenholme Mnpaign manage= ment, admitted so to the committee . ANKENY’S DOINGS R. V. Ankeny, Furth’s right hand man, sent out letters with his card attached, recommending J. D. Trenholme for mayor during the primaries. Ankeny also was present at the meeting held in the Henry building after the primaries, when the Trenholme campaign committee was reorganized. Wiley, Hemphill, who is now one of the active managers of the Tren holme committee, admitted so to the investigators. R. V. Ankeny, Furth’s right-hand man, went to Johnny Clancy, who runs a-saloon on Second av. S., and urged Claney | to throw his support to J. D. Trenholme. Clancy told Ankeny he could not do so because he was supporting Slater. $3,000 OFFERED J. S, Goldsmith and Ed Chilberg authorized the Trenholme ommittee, after the primaries, to draw up to the amount $3,000 upon the Scandinavian American bank. Wiley Hemp > hill told the committee that Goldsmith offered to get the money” from 25 or 30 “business men.” Hemphill did not know, he said, whether the name of Louis Hemrich of the brewery was one of the “business’men.” He thought not. 4 Trenholme’s name was discussed by Chilberg, Goldsmitih and the others six months ago, and Jacob Furth was present at Goldsmith so admitted to the ony one of these discussions. J. S. committee. John L. McLean, manager of the Trenholme campaign, told the committee that he considered himself responsible to Ed Chilberg and J. S. Goldsmith, and not to J. D. Trenholme, FRINK TIPPED HIS HAND ]. M. Frink, president of the Washington Iron Works, and a prominent member of the Employers’ association, declared, in a conversation held with Frank Cotterill, of the Seattle Cens tral Labor council, that the support of that organization would be thrown to Trenholme. Frank Cotterill, a brother of the mayor, testified that Frink did not know him at the time this conversation was held There is no list in ‘existence showing the names of the con- tributors to the Trenholme campaign, nor is there any itemized list in existence showing where the money came from. These lists have been destroyed. Both Goldsmith and’ McLean so testified THOSE BILLBOARD LIARS Not one of the men whose names appear on the billboards as endorsers of Trenholme, has, as vet, paid any portion of the cost for printing or posting those signs. According to Walter Foster, he is to bear the entire cost of posting them, and the men are to pay the printing, but he has not yet called upon any of them to pay up ¥ The Trenholme campaign committee is to pay the cost of the picture for these posters, which amounts to about $225, James A. Wood, editor of a weekly paper, has been drawe ing $100 a week from Trenholme, and his salary, as well as the salary of Frank S, Singleton, a publicity a t, at $35'a week, is ancluded, according to John L. McLean, in his statement that all the office hire, rent, payroll, clerks, outside men, ete. cost a total of $1,25 \s Wood went to work as early as Deécember 1, McLean offered the explanation that he did not John L. MeLean’s compensatiag as mat ger of the Tren- (Continued on Page 2.)