The Seattle star. [volume], September 25, 1912, Image 1

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Pension mothet*! The i>e«t
®quipp*d children's home in
America, with all the rules
and regulation* Ot|(ani*ed
Charity ever thought of. can't
a mother'a place.
WARRANT FOR FURTH
GARDNER SAYS
WILSON LEADS
I« Conceded AH Western Statea But at That the
Appear* to Have a Lead—Everybody Admit*
Hat Tah Will Beat Debs for Third Place.
BY OILSON GARDNER
wifHimiTON Bept IS The political situation a* a gwt.alng
Mauai affords a vert attractive aub)ect Nobody with good satise la
la — Ma repatatlon aa a prophet at thla date by any very aaaured
ZgtoFfita aa to wliat la going to happen, For thla very reason apeeu
rS»attaMte< take on faarlnating aapecta.
!*♦ N**f ot letter# and personal mea«agea brought from differ
m wtt of the country to the managers of the campaigns of both
ZgiSi aad Wllaon the following line-up of atatea purely a tenia
g*a aae—baa been prepared
WILSON HAS A 810 LEAD
' 'jifcgg Arkansas. Florida Georgia, Kentucky, loulat
„ Marvtaßd Maine Massachusetts. Mlsalaatppl. Mtaaourl. New Jer
"™" Carolina Oklahoma. South Carolina Tennessee. Taaaa,
awgato ,nJ Wlaiousin total electoral vote. .'l#
lUoaet'lt— California. Idaho. Itlinola. lowa. Kanaaa, Michigan. Mln-
Moaiara Nevada. North Dakota, Oregon, I'ennaylvanla. South
s«eaa Vtak Washington and Wyoming total electoral vote. 170
taft in usual place
IM> Priri~"'" '* Delaware. New Hauipahtr*. Khode laland and
—tola) electoral vote. VI
DoabtfalArUona Colorado, Indian*. Nebraska New Mexico. New
Ml OWo, We*t Virginia -total electoral vote. 111.
Tattl vote* la the electoral college, $31. ne<'«**ary to elect. 2M.
k katk the Wllaon and Kooaevelt column# there are some certain
fr, pfcr « ta aipie. the Roosevelt manager* would concede Wllaon the
«M*«f tbeoM Holtd South. They might take exception to conceding
Vina Main* Maaaacbuaett* and Wlaconam. hut when local condi'tona
■tcMMsrrd—as. for example, the divided republican party In Maine,
Al lkct that La FWletie la quietly exerting hla Influence tor Wllaon In
ffcMNto. tad that Maaaachuaetta waa evenly divided between Taft
Bl leneevwl; la the primi*iea--there la good reason for ptaHng
Am nw It the Wllaon column at thla time
Of wan*, anything like a landaltde for either Kooaevelt or Wllaon
MM apMt aay estimate of 'hla sort
tht WMaon managers would probably bs willing to concede to
■HHvsN—in fact. Col. Harvey In hla estimate has already conceded
k Mai Cliifnrnia Idaho. Kanaaa. Montana. Nevada. North Dakota.
trngm, Soath Dakota. Utah. Washington and Wyoming Aa to ths
MB* Wsatsm state*. ths Wllaon managera would not bs willing to
Mfct aach liberal coeceaaion*.
T. R- SURE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Dm aoaM ant concede llltm»i«. lowa. Michigan or Mlasaapta. but
m tk* krte of the best Information la regard 'o these ststea, they
Mai hi the Raeaevelt colmwn in any such eatttnate aa tht* In put
tg Paaatyivaoia na o the Kooaevelt column It should be remembered
tttt thsrs ta go republican organisation In that state any more, and
AM tk* »w«resslv, movement, which showed so •trongly in the prl
■llMtlaa wttlorxaui-ed movement, well anpported by great dallies In
Ml eadi of the sta'e The republican majorities have boea so large
M tk* fast, that evea the detection of tbe machlas-Taft organliatlon
MM kaidly tarn K to Wilson.
II aay bs that the Taft column will have to bo Increased by the
Mdlttsa o>' Ptah, or. In case of a cha;:ge In public sentiment, 'here
Ml to aaotber state or two i|>erhapa morel added to hla list, but aa
NaUMst exists at present, his column baa been treated with entire
NEW YORK VOTE WILL TELL TALE
Ob tta Mt of the above estimate. Wilson would need 40 rot"*,
art. itftag to secure them In the states In the doubtful column, the
Mm would be thrown Into the hou*e of reprpen.-n'atlve* Should
Weurr all the Mates credited to him. and N«w fork In addition, be
«nW be darted.
0* the other hand. Roosevelt need* vote* from the doubtful
It addition to those credited to him above. In odrer to secure
Ml.. The total rot« In the *t*te* listed a* doubtful equal* IIS.
hMt Kkh! get the requisite number should he carry New York.
CM*, !>4ur.a Weal VirginU and Colorado.
Aayhody can figure enough vote*. In addition to Taft'* 23. to
Mka Is w*lcem« to help himself from all the above lieta of *tata*.
RAISE TAFT; CHEER HANFORD
AND CONDEMN THE PEOPLE
TACOMA. Sept. 26.—Federal Judge* K. K Cuahman and Cltn-on V.
*w kaaqueted by the local and stale bar here laat night with
jjjjjljjih. welMed corporation lawyers and a amaiterlng of mllllonalrea
_ 8- I. Orosacup president of the State liar asaoclatlon. pre*lded.
Cnshtoao Grosacup, ("harlea Richardson and eiJudge C. H.
■■tort spoke.
. ft* retail of Jodtf-a was denounced, the criticism of the Judiciary
fWM. Taft was lauded, the "tendency of the people" waa frowned
*>.«d when Judge Manford came Into the hall he waa given an ova-
WHD MAN WON'T GET THE
ETES OF CONDEMNED MURDERER
Bep( 25 —The eye
fin * blind new*
J" be restored through
. **dl»m of transplanting the
ZT* ** tte aye of Robt. L. Clay.
It r ft!i? "aiderer. to the eyea
vMala. The contemplated op
will not. be allowed by rel
y? 1* nwrderf-r who refitae
L ™ u,llatl " ri ot the body.
WiYT h *' 1 bw,, > arranged by
5, W»lcan« and It wu thought
Would prove aucct'se
SOME SPECIALS IN THE NEWS
#f Pittsburg parent* are *aid not to have their own offspring
*t several city hospitals are accused by the Aaaoclated
slab* of nixing babies up.
•m leck -Bester. to a frazzle a* a result of it* too strenuous
ft>l m * r ' n * table* and waving to cheering crowd*, the hai which
*« •****" "tossed into the ring after the Chicago convention, to
-10 tlle **'' c * n ' " n( l * n® w sombrero wa* cho*en a* the col
piece
w,t officially announced here today that the coet of the
♦Milan* 1 ' ' l *'y for the year since the conflict began ha* been
"f tbl* ari ' iint the army baa coat $65,000,000.
night at Pocantieo Hills. A barber charged Mr*.
"°ckefeiier Jr., |2 to cut the children'* hair.
l *«y<hr«..y„ r . old
Herman Dunker of Brooklyn ha* been sen
*" bi» wif«- at least twice a day for the next seven year*.
'» OUik**? fU * Ml*t Lucy Goode White won a nomination for judge
'* *'*" true that she ha* *lnce failed to pa** bcr bar
'•aw* | a thS» the recall of a judicial decision?
E, h«i Ryan of Brooklyn, arretted for desertion,
«Mui> . ' • " rocking chair* and iteven table* In a five-room flat are
to stake any man detuert.
»*!■!?*! 'J l ** • Yonkera barber returned to her puffa made of lome-
Mr*, George llarrla ha* appealed to the court*.
tk. *** P*' —O. A. Tucker and wife fought before a big crowd in
After feeling out her opponent, Mr*. Tucker landed two *tlff
Tucker then resorted to Jlu-Jltsu and broke Mr».
VOL. 14. NO. 178.
ful. but the relative* of Clay block
ed it
R M Klnn«>ar ye*terday pur
chawed the property at the *outh
tut corner of Occidental av and
Washington St.. from Francis Ouye,
for the wim of 1*5,000. The lot now
has a brick building, occupied by
the I,yrlc theatre and a saloon It
la one of the landmark* of Seattle,
being altnated In the very heart of
the pioneer district.
The Seattle. Star
SISTER HELPS
PROSECUTION
OF BROTHER
Iltr I alt Ml rraa I«h< Wire.)
SHOBMONI. Ida., Sept 2V—Cor
fronted by the teetlmony of hit ele
tor, M«u Edna Weaver. apparent
ly the etrongoet wltneea agalnot
htm. Ray Woavor, young ton of a
prominent rancher 'lying near Buhl,
today la being tried hero for the
murder of Lena ftpeere, hie t#-yoar
old eweetheart. Ho <e alleged to
have aent through the mall a boa
of candy In which woe concealed a
vtal of poloon. The package woo r*<
colvod by Mioa Speero, who ewal
lowed part of the content, of tho
bottle and d>ed ehortly afterward In
groat agony.
Weaver's •tutor told of mailing
the candy under her brothers In
itriKilom. Htit wid ilit had bwvo
(Hint] Willi apprchenelon «h«n ahe
did so and. recalling ib« l»>«. open
ed It and saw the drug lostde Hha
did not Ituow H was poison and re
mailed the ptrki|f Tilt* girl,
while testifying. kept her e»e#
averted from tht defendant, who
aat nearby, sobbing
MAN BEATEN
AND ROBBED
W H. Kery, while plsvlng card*
IB the baaentent of the intomrban
dcjiot la* l night Wii knocked
down. beaten. and rubbed of |«0
by the three men he *|> with He
waa unable to give a description
of the men who did It, There were
thrwe other ralilwrlM reported to
the polk* tbla morning Hwan
Johnaon waa rubbed of I*o an ha
lay aaleep In hla mom In the
Hence hotel. Third at. and null
log ton at. la* l night. A pocket of
Joe Mltrhell'a cn*l *11 picked
early this tuornlng a* he waa work
Ing In the Owl r**taur»nt. Ml*
Flrat a* He loat «S W.
Hrown 2*ll 6*th a* southwest.
I««*t It la home In May and went
bark Kaat. leaving J U Hflolpg
low to charge When he returned
laat we»k ha found llolslnston gone,
also a good many pieces of furni
ture. »heet*. table linen and a * hot
tun.
THREATEN TO
CLOSE MILL
Lawrence. m**». s»p« is—if
th<» Industrial Workers of the
World r«|| »n Kttor fllovannltll pro
teat *trlke here. the textile mill
owners aas»rt today that tb<y will
■■lof down lhe mill*.
Safety Commissioner I.rr»«-h ha*
grsntcd a permit to the Industrial
Worker* of the World to parade on
Sunday.
Gallant Man Won't
Run Against Woman
WINKIKUJ, Kan., Kept 15 -P
H. Way, nominated by the democrat
ic party at the August primary for
clerk of the district court, has with
drawn In favor of bis republican op
ponent. Mrs Anna I k Tonklnson. In
hi* published letter of withdrawal.
Guy said;
"I am convinced that a majority
of the democratic voter* of Cowley
com. i/ believes a* I do, that there
la a higher service for the party
than that of attempting to defeat
this woman for office."
Mra. Tonkin's husband wa* elect
ed clerk of the court four years ago.
but died two weeks later
SHYI.OCK OUTDONE
NEW YOHK. Hep!. 26 A. A
Hoffman, who became a forger
because loan *harka threatened
him. Hiibmltted to a blood trans
fusion operation, and paid the
|25 he received for It over to
his loan shark creditors.
THIS TOOK NERVE
HT IXHHB. Hept 2f. Drain
ing a vial of polaon, Rdward
Tlernan walked to an under
taking parlor, arranged for hi*
funeral, explained the number
of carriage* he wanted, and
then fell dead.
THE EASIEST WAY
NEW YORK. Hept. 25—After
hi* bank failed, Chan Splno
tried keeping hi* savings In a
box In hi* cellar, fin had $300.
The bo* burned up and now
Hplno says he'll *penri hi* ma
xooma aa faat a* he make* It.
SOCIALISTS STOP DUEL
I'AKIt), Sept. 25. I)r. Wolf
challenged M I>K<o**y, a so
cialist, to a duel Violating the
socialist ere»d, IVscossy ac
cepted On the field 25 social
ists awaited the combatant*
and chased them In oppo*!t« di
rection*. No duel.
ENTITLED TO CIGAR
CHICAGO, Hept. 25. Munici
pal Judge Uommlll ruled offi
cially *♦»!>' a man had a right to
leave a wife who took all hla
money and didn't give hlrn
enough for even a clgnr a day.
CRUELTY AT CHURCH
PITTHBURO. Ha . Hept. 25
Two little Italian girl*, dressed
to represent angels, w»-ro hung
hiin(tended by ropes over an 1m
prtAlsed altar at a church fes
tival and now the father* are
under arrest for cruelty.
THE ONLY PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, WASH.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1912.,
ACCUSED, WITH HIS ASSOCIATES, OF CONSPIRACY
IN CONNECTION WITH BANKRUPT LA CONNER BANK
Picture shows Jacob Furth. feeattle banker and traction king, and the Kalso check turned
over by the bankrupt banker of k-4 Conner to Furth's Seattle bank. The local bank received
the cash on the check on April 16. the very day Schricker'a bank losed its doors.
"SYZYGY"
IT'S TONIGHT
"Byaygy "
No. gentle reader, It ia not the
name of a patent medicine or at
a town In Huasln Poland. It la
the name of a condition
At 8:03 a. ro. tomorrow we will]
be "In sysygy " The moon at that
moment will be Justified In saying
to us: "Get out of my light'"!
which la what you will say to
Johnny tonight when he gels be
tween you and the light while you
are readlnic The Htar. You would
not aay, "Johnny, you are In
ayayw." would you? Certainly not.
If you i are enough about It, you
may get out of bed tomorrow morn
ing and aee an eclipse of the moon.
It will last from 3 until 4:2fi During
that time the sun. the earth and
the moon will he In a line, with the
earth In the middle. It villi not be
a total eclipse, however.
You will find the moon low In
the western horizon.
Only 16, He Faces
Second Murder Trial
BOONVILLK, Mo., Sept 25
Though but IB yearn old, Albert
Merk, n prisoner In tho Missouri
training school for boys here, Is
awaiting trial for his second rnur
4er. lie quarreled with Hale Flora,
a Kansas City boy, during a ball
game on tho *chool grounds, and
hit him with a bat Flora'* Injuries
have killed him. Merk was Rent
here to serve an Indeterminate sen
tence for killing I»eputy Marshal
Frank W. tJulnard of Maplewood
last October. The officer tried to
arrest the boy for disturbing the
pence, and Merk shot him twice
with a gun lie had bought from a
ti amp for a dollar. He fled, but was
taptured In Kansas a mouth later.
ONE rf-NT •* nui« awft
UniUJtl nwa iTANPt le
HODGE TALKS TO
FOUR AUDIENCES
OAKVIU.K, Wash . Kept. 2S.—
"Hob" Hodge, progressive candl
date for governor, addremied more
than 200 people here last night. It
vii the fourth meeting of the day
for hlin. He spoke also at Kittle
Rock. Rochester and at Bordeaux.
He was greeted enthusiastically at
each place. At Hordeaux there
were 160 present, and at the other
small stopping places, he address
ed between 50 and 75 at each
place Tonight, Hodge and Con
Igressman Warburton will address
meeting* «t Hoqulam and Aber-
I dt-en. Hodge will then leave for
Yakima to make the principal
! speech at the state fair on Friday.
JOHN D. PEEVED
BOt'THAMPTON. En*., Sept 2r.
— With three guards stationed
about his cabin to bar newspaper
men, John D. Arehbold, president
of the Standard Oil Co., sailed for
New York today on the liner Ma
J#atte.
"J am sick, tired and disgusted
at being bothered about politics,"
wan the explanation of this action
given by Arehbold.
29 MARINES ARE
REPORTED KILLED
PANAMA, Sept. 25.—1t It report
ed here today that 29 American
bluejacket* have been mattaered
at Leon, NIC., after killing 40 revo
lutionist*, tuppoeed to be of Oen.
Mena'e force. In a pitched battle
there.
While no confirmation of the re
ported miiMcri of Amenican* hat
been received here, great uneaai
neii ia felt over the certainty that,
If the new* le confirmed, an Ameri
can occupation of Nicaragua will
follow.
Leon, which I* a city of 35,000
population, has been a stronghold
of the rebel* In all the recent
trouble* here.
HOME EDITION
FIRST GAME
OCTOBFR 8
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—The first
game of th«> series bnwwn (hp
New York Giants of the National
league and the lloston Red Box of
the American league, for the
world's baseball championship. will
be played In New York, October 8,
according to plana announced here
tbla afternoon by the National
Baseball Commission. The second
game will be played In Hoston, Oc
tober 9
COURTHOUSE SITE
The voter* will be Riven ft chance
to decide whether they want their
new courthouae at Third av. and
James St., ou tho Coliseum site, or
at the "civic center" In the iquim
bounded by Third and Seventh,
Mattery and Virginia The county
commissioners unanimously decid
ed to put the alternative proposi
tions up to a vole in November,
when the original question of put-'
ting up a new courthouse comes
up.
TEDDY WANTS TO
SEE IT FIRST
McAI-KSTKK, Okla. Sept. 25.—
Col, Roosevelt, progressive nomi
nee for prerldent, flatly refused
here today to discuss the latest let
ters published by Wm. R. Hearst,
which Involved Roosevelt In a let
ter John 1). Arehbold, president of
the Standard Oil Co., is Alleged to
have written to former Congress
man Sibley of Pennsylvania
Col. Roosevelt explained that he
desired to see the letter before mak
ing auj reply.
* Fair tonight nnd Thursday; *
* light westerly winds. Temper- *
* attire at noon, 69. *
Warrant* Charge Furth and Other Official* of Hi» Se
attle Bank With Having Aided Bankrupt Banker
to Secure Deposits When Insolvency of Bank Wat
Known.
Charging that he, with other officers of his bank,
deliberately aided and abetted W. E. Schricker, a bank*
rupt banker at La Conner, with receiving deposits,
knowing at the time that the bank was about to fail,
warrants were iwued this morning by Prosecutirtg At
torney Brawley at Mt- Vernon for the arrest of Jacob
Furth, chairman of the board of directors of the Seattle
National bank, head of the local traction monopoly,
and of several other large corporations.
The warrants issued today specifically charge Furth
and E. W. Andrews, president of the bank; R. V. An
keny, cashier, and Attorney Daniel Kelleher with joint
conspiracy in "aiding and abetting W. E. Schricker to
receive deposits knowing that the W. E. Schricker Sl
Co. bank was insolvent"
Schricker was arrested shortly after bis bank failed, last
April and wis charged by direct information of accepting de
posits after he knew the bank would fail. Since then, he has
practically confessed to his part of the conspiracy in sworn
deposition on file in the King county courts. I hese depositions
were taken in civil suits brought by depositors against the Se
attle National bank. In the depositions, Schricker seriously im
plicates Furth and the other officials of the bank.
According to the information in the hands of Prosecuting
Attorney Brawley, the Seattle bank learned some time before
the IConner bank closed its doors that it was bankrupt.
Schricker owed the Seattle National bank approximately
$150,000.
Instead of facing the music, Furth and his bank, it is
charged, determined to get their money back at the expense
of other de}H>situr* of the Schricker bank. The alleged con
spiracy was then framed.
Their scheme, according to Brawley, was to back Schricker
sufficiently to «' v e his bank the outward appearance of entire
' security and'solvency. The farmers in Skagit county, they
knew, would soon biKin moving their grain and money would
jbe dejioMted in the bank. Schricker. according to this plan,
j was to receive the money ami immediately fotward it to the
i Seattle National bank.
This, says Prosecuting Attorney Rrawley, continued for
several weeks until practically the whole of the Schricker loan
from the Seattle bankers was paid up. Then, on April 16, the
doors of the Schricker bank were allowed to close and the poor
depositors were permitted to whistle for their money. The bank
had failed in about $300,000.
The specific charge against Furth ami hi« a-sociates in con
spiracy relates to one particular deposit of $2,569.34 by Otto
Kalso. Kalso deposited a check made out in his favor by W.
W. Robinson. Seattle grain merchant, for that amount. That
was on Saturday, April 13. 'l'he check was deposited with
Schricker's bank on that day, and on Tuesday, April 16, on the
very day that the bank at l.a Conner failed. Furth's bank in
Seattle received the money for Ival-o's check from the Scan
dinavian American bank.
On the back of this check are found several isignificant
endorsements, according to Prosecutor Brawlcy. One is the
stamped order by Schricker turning it over to the Furth bank,
which reads: "Pay to Seatte National bank, Seattle. Wash., or
order. W. H. Schricker & Co., bankers, I.a Conner, Wash."
Another indorsement is that of "R. V. Ankeny, cashier Se
attle National bank." The most important, however, is "Paid,
April 16, l') 12," which shows that the Seattle National bank got
the money for the check on. the day that the Schricker bank
closed its doors.
Prosecutor Brawley has been making a thorough investiga
tion of these alleged operations between Furth and the Seattle
National bank and the Schricker bank for several months. The
warrants will probably not be served on Furth and the other
defendants until tomorrow or next day. The trial, unless a
change of venue should be taken, would take place at Mt.
Vernon.
The penalty for the crime charged against Furth and his
associates i- either a penitentiary term not exceeding 10 years
or a fine not to exceed $10,000.
It was impossible to locate Furth or any of his associates today in
time to secure a statement from thsm concerning the case.
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SEATTLE'S niche in the Hall
of Fame ia secure. It has the
finest climate in the world—
and the worat *treet railway
aervice. We do not get our
climate from Jakey Furth.
THE KALSO CHECK.