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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
After twenty-five Years
in the Service He Drops
Out Of II.
Turned the Office Over to
Luke Wright This
Noon.
icy unissd prsss.l

WASHINGTON. Juiy is--wHllam
a. Taft. az noon today. formally
transferred the office Of secretary
Of war to Luke &. Wright. An IN.
formal reception ~ss held and Taft.
acting - master Of ceremonies. In
troduceu Secretary Wright 10 the
officials and clerks Of the depart.
rnent.
Secretary WFighs received many
messages Of eonaratulatlon and q
number Of bouquets IN honor Of the
occasion.
Taft flnds himself on the pay
roll for the first time IN "a years.
During that period he has held
eight different appointive offices.
he vas never elected 70 any
office.
His first work was that Of eourt
reporter on the old Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette. Then ne be-
came reporter on the Cincinnati
Times, which Is nov the Times.
Star, owned BY hia brother
His frat appointment 20 public
office came when he was made as
sistant prosecuting attorney Of
Hamilton county. Ohio. Stree then
he has been continually IN service
until today, when he finds himself
temporarily out Of = Job.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
GIVEN TEN
YEARS
10y United Press.)


SAN FRANCISCO, July -
Walter ]. BARNETT, attorney and
vice president Of the defunct Cali
fornla Safe Deposit and Trust COM
pany and former vice president of
the Western Pacific Railway COM
pany, was sentenced 20 10 years in
San Quentin prison today upon
conviction for embezxlement OF the
Cotton securities. BARNETT nearly
collapsed and Conferred his cell In
the county Jail with blanehed face.
A petition OF his attorneys for
his release on bail pending an APP
peal. will be heard tomorrow.
on pronouncing sentence ON
BARNETT, Judge Conloy said that
the jury had no right TO recon-
mend lenieney for the prisoner. In
a brief review Of the case. he de-
clared that he could see no reason
why the court should be lenient in
the matter, as the evidence showed
the unquestionable guilt of the de-
PENDANT.
BARNETT was convicted on the
specific charge of emhezxl5ng Sc
curities belonging TO the estate OF
the late Mrs ELLA M Cotton, OF
Washington, ID. c. The viii left
by Mrs. Cotton gave securities In
the aanount OF 100000 to her
legatees, Catherine G. Dahlgreen,
Grace Catherine Agnew. Theodosia
Cook. Montgomery Martin and
Helene M. b. Sacher
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
Caught in Residence Sec
ton and Found to
Have Disease.
Health Authorities Say Hot
Weather Brings Fresh
Danger.

a "a, bearing all the symptoms
Of having been afflicted with bu-
bonnie plague germs, 10 now IN the
possession Of the health Autheri.
ties The rat was caught In tho
residence section Of the city.
This 10 the first plague rat To-
Gated In this city since April 90,
and the fact that IL ia the first 10
come from the residence district.
has caused considerable uneasine.@
among the officials who have had
charge Of the campaign against the
plague.
The officials decline 20 state al
this time where the rat was caught,
IN order not 20 unnecessarily alarm
the people Of that nelrhborhood,
and also because they have not
made a final diagnosis.
Genuine Plague Rat.
There IL no question but what
the specimen IL 3 genuine plague
rat. however The rat was turned
overs TO DR.. c. W. Chaplin. assiat-
ant surgeon In the United States
marine hospital service. three days
ago. and a tentative examination
developed the presence OF the dead
~ germs
The final tests and details OF
the examination for the plague
germs win not be completed for
another day or two and at that
time DR.. s. F. Bourns. chief medi-
cal officer In the health depart
ment states that he will issue q
bulletin containing all the data
regarding the specimen.
Danger Of Plague.
THE people who arc dcludina
themselves with the belief that
there Is no plague here, are on the
wrong track" said Or. 6ourns to-
day. "if we were 10 allow this
rSt-catchina 70 stop for 80 days,
believe the rodents would spread
the germs Of the plague over the
entire city"
With dhe warm weather. the Of
iicials IN charge of the plague work
are redoubling their campaign TO
do away with the rats. The dis
ease generally makes an appear
ance during hot weather and every
nrecaution is being taken to keep
the situation well in hand
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
Nick Calush, Greek La
bOrer, Crushed to
Death by Earth
Men We're Working in an
Excavation Thirty
Feet Deep

Nick GAlush. Greek laboror.
was crushed 70 death BY cayinH
earth In an excavation for = sewer.
about 10 o'clock this afternoon
on jefferson a.. between Fourth
And fiffh avs.
Through tbs herolsm 81 A. -
Hcinman, tunnel foreman. the lives
~ three other laborefs were saved
aud lehman himself had a mar.
row escape
All the msu we're working in ar
excavation about 80 feet deep.
Gaiuch. Sha loaf his life. vas on q
Atakins about slx feet from the sur.
face when the cays.in occurred.
The earth cayed from the top
'cf the excavation. crushing Ghluah
upon the ataRinK aud carrying Il
down Into the excavation.
ttsiuman was on a staging BE-
low that on which Galuch was
working aud the others were work.
ing IN the bottom uf the excaya.
ton. when lehman dleard the
csvlns earth falling on the stAginK
above. he braced hts shoulders
against the sagElnE staging and
called 70 the men below 10 get oat
~ the way Needing the warning
the men scrambled 20 safety while
she staging. carried down by the
weight Of the earth. parted over
iielnman's body and feli 10 the bot
tom 81 the excavation. carrying
Gaiunh with II.
Heinman mlraeulouaiy Escaped
belug buried and was quickly help.
20 onf Of the excavation Work "a
rescue 0alush began Immediately
but when his body vas recovered
some minutes after the accident.
be Was dead The body was taken
al Iionney walson's.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
HOT FIGHT WITH
FOREST FIRE

For the past " hours a fierce
forest fire has been raging three
milee north OF Bellevue. on the east
side ~ Lake Washington. For
time last evening IL was Thought
That the camp % the Hewitt.Lea
Lumber Co. was IN danger from
tho burning brush and timber. but
q force OF fire.flghtera prevented It's
destruction by means OF backflrlng
and swapping.
A number ~ houses about two
niles from the lumber camp were
threatened by sparks. The fire.
which was this morning reported 10
have about burned Itself out de.
atroyed the timber on tract about
three miles long and quarter OF a
mile vide. The timber on the
burned tract was sparse.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
49, -.
FIGHTING
GOING
ON
Towns in North of Persia
Are in a State of
Siege.

J ST. PETERSBURG, July L.
News Of the first decisive battle
Of the revolution in Persia reached
this city early teaay. The city OF
Tahriz IN the north Of Persia.
where the rebels had concentrated
their forces for the fight In the
north. ls in a state Of siege and
heavy fighting lie going on. Over
200 have already been killed by
the shah's troops and the city is
expected 10 fall. II 10 feared that
when the troops Of the ruler get
into the city, a general massacre
will take place.
|. The fighting az Tabiz started
last night The soldiers OF the
constitutional party had coneen-
trated In the city for their big bat
tie against the shah's troops. For
several weeks, they have been col.
leeting IN rabriz Ia preparation
for the coming struggle Reinforce
ments had been sent from the
south and the disaffeoted provinces
OF Northern Persian. and Russian
soldiers are reported 20 be allied
with the malcontents.
The shah's troops came up TO
the city last night and immediate
~ cut Off communication. The city
has been surrounded by field artil-
iery brought into play to batter
down the walls The last report
received before the wires from Ia.
brlz were cut said that Rachin
Khan. commanding the shahs
troops had ordered a general adj
vance ana il was thought thaSthey
could not hold out much longer
81 Is practically certain that when
the Persian Cossacks once get into
the city, men, women and children
will he mastered and the soldiers
OF the malcontents are making a
desperate fight.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01

SAYS FIREMAN STOLE
HIS WIFE FROM HIM

eecdinxa we're carried on by the
said Hen Thomas. who. ! under
stand. has a wife and children. with
the knowledge aud consent Of the
eaptain III charge Of engine house
No. rs The result Ia. ms home has
been bguken up and divorce pro
ceedings are nov pending between
me ard my wife.
"At any time you desire. will
appear before you. and aabstautiate
the foregoing. and corroborate the
same by numerous witnesses.
tStguedl "A. ~ WILLIAMS.
Main tse6. tSoSss Terry AZ.
signed and sworn to before A.
II. Grout. notary public"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
Beacon Hill People to Make
Second Effort 10 See
The Mayor.
Will Insist Upon Some
Action Regarding Re-
stricted District.

The special committee 1s.elhsad
hy the Beacon IIiu improvement
club 10 interview MAYOR Miller on
the question Of whether he intend
ed 70 carry out his promise TO ~.
move the restricted district. will
report back 10 the club on next
Tuesday night that their efforts
to obtain anything like a clear dec.
laration have met with failure.
The members of the committee
have been led to believe that the
mayor does not intend to make any
change In The present location of
the district until after the Alaska.
Yukon Pacific exposition closes. In
the fail % 1903. and their report
will probably 50 state.
Efforts 10 obtain 90 interview
with the city'a chief executive have
SO far been futile On Monday the
committee called at the mayors
office. but found him absent for
the day. and were Informed by
Secretary slattery that the mayor
was then in court He was at.
tending TO his private legal prac.
tlce.
a Second Attempt.
Another attempt viii be made 10
get the committee together 10 see
the mayor during the last OF the
present week. and unless they are
successful on this occasion In 80.
curing a definite statement from
him as 20 his intentions. their re-.
port. in the language Of the street.
will most likely state that the
mayor has "crawfished.
Il realize. Of course. that there
II " good deal TO be considered IN
this restricted district removal"
said q A. Spencer. chairman OF the
Beacon Hill clubs committee. but
the fact remains that the mayor
promised To remove IL, and he
should keep his promise.
There were a great many prom
iscs. probably rash promises. made
during the last campaign. and we
were all led 20 believe that this
section OF the populace would be
placed elsewhere However rash
these promises we're. they were
hANfu NAHfNN'WAE anu EHtiNNAAAAfAf D
and should be followed out to the
letter,
After the Exposition.
"One member OF the committee
succeeded In getting a talk with
the mayor yesterday and he re.
ported to me last night that Il
looked as N the mayor did not in
tend TO move this district until ar
ter the exposition. do not know
that the mayor was authority for
this statement. but this impression
looks plausible enough. and It is
certainly justified by the way
things have been moving
we do not want the restricted
district to remain where Il H.. The
existence OF the district In its pres.
ont location Is a sad handicap 20
us Every residence OF beacon hin
feels that IN justice It should be
moved, We were given a definite
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
STEAL. BAGS
OF Cement

Loading their plumber In a wagon.
bold thieves carried of So sackh
Of cement. valued al slG0. from a
vacant lot on Tenth nv. n. be.
tween selhy and Herman ets.. some
time last night according to a re-
port made to the police By Mrs
Robert Clark. OF 2f22 Federal ay.
The cement was stacked for use
in the construction Of building
near by. when Mrs. Clark arose
this morning not a solitary sack re.
NAMED Police detectives we're AZ
once detailed upon the case. and II
IL thought that the thieves will not
be able 10 dispose Of 40 cumber.
some an amount Of building ma.
terial without detection
Miss luez Corson. OF 1908 Aurora
ay.. reported 30 the police last night
that the family residence was Tn.
tered by burglars. About 81 IN cash
was taken.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
FAlL TO UPHOLD LAW.

w G Gibbons. who was arrested
by patrolmen French and Ballard
on May 81. on q charge Of selling
liquor on Sunday. was acquitted by
a jury before Police Judge John y
Gordon yesterday afternoon. Al
though the patrolmen positively
swofe they purchased whisky. the
jury ignored their testimony. eyi.
IDENTIFY proferring to take the word
OF the saloon man that he had
sold cider.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
Women Make Desperate
Attempt to Rescue
Companions.
Savage Demonstration DC
ours Near Londor's
County Jail.


LONDON. July bleeding from
esshes cut BY the clubs Of police
men, with alshsveied hair and torn
dresses. after a night o. dsmonssra.
ten. more than = thousas6 .ufffa.
Qsttea made a desperate attempt 70
rescue 20 % their mefuhers. ~ho
Sera arrested last night ard we're
being taken fram the eourt 10 Jail.
The prisoners were piaced IN =
Big police van in the eourt yard.
The women outside we're ~aitlna
fer Il 20 sppesr. and as soon ss tire
assss were flung epea they
charged.
Womsn afo~ Furious.
The army ~ furious women. bait
insane and wild from the effects
~ the sustained enthusiasm In
their continued demonstrations
seized the hofBea and surrounded
the van some Of them clim bed
upon the wherls and tried 70 gee
up 30 the drivers seat. bot they
we're meFcilcasiy beaten hack
The force Of the female mob was
80 great that u vas sweeping tho
van and horsea out % the roadway
and probably would have turned
the wagon over. II the reserves
had not arrived
One hundred police had been sta.
toned within the court yard In an.
tlclpation Of tho attack. The blue
coats rushed ont and fell npon the
crowd 81 women. using their clubs
and their handa 20 force them
back The women Offered resist.
ance. but after many Of their mum
Der had received rough treatment.
they rctfcated
Bloedy Encounter.
II was the bloodlest encounter
the London police haze yet had
with the suffragetten Twenty
nine were arrested last night.
When arraiRned today they were
given the option Of signing bonds
10 keep the peace. ranging from
$50 10 $3.50. or going 10 prison Tor
terms of from one 10 three months.
All but one chose the prison sen.
fences. preferfing 10 PLAY the role
Of the martyr
Five thousand extra police have
been ordered in prepare to control
toniahts demonstration. which is
expected 10 exceed al previous dis.
plays
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01

Local No 300. Painters union,
elected the following officers last
night President. ~ Stevenson.
vice president. !. y. Smith; record
Ing secretary, G. W Doyle. finan.
eiai secretary James Tinto. treas.
urer, r. p Orchard; conductor.
WIN Baum; warden. =. johnson I;
press agent. Il u Orchard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01

The Norwegian steamer Transit
did not come out unscathod during
her passage 10 Nome. collision
With ice resulting In having one Of
her bowplates broken aud other
minor injuries done.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
plNcHoT EN- ROUTE HERE.


WASHINGTON. July H.
Clifford Pinchot. chief Of the
forest service. ~ today speed. !
I inR toward the Northwest on /
his annual tour 81 inspection. I
Hc will visit Portland. Seattle. I
Spokane and the other big /
cities in that portion Of the I
country.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01

Il. W. Smith Is No. IN the IN.
crcasing line before the door 10
the county auditors office waiting
10 file the candidacy Of those seek.
ing a nomination 20 county Of.
flee at the primaries In September.
lie was the only new recruit add
ed 10 the ranks today. and was Just
little bit more modest than the
other three
II don't represent any candidate
AZ yet said Mr. Smith, butt hope
10 very Soon"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01

The Transit was due 10 leave
Nome yesterday for Kodiak, where
she will discharge a cargo of coal
From Kodiak the Transit will pro.
coed to Valdez. from whence she
will tow the l,t45.ton barge John
G. Potter to Vancouver.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01
F OUND IN
POOL OF
BLOOD
Beautiful Woman Is Most
Fiendishly Killed in
Chicago.

BY United pesss.l
CHICAGO. July with the
eera which strsnaled her tightly
twisted into the flesh Of her neck
ard sheet tied about her mouth
as a aae. the naked body % a WON,
ar, believed 70 be Mrs e. Thonap,
ssn, was found in pael Of biood
kodsy IN = room In local loau.
ing house.. Her feet and Arms ,sese
tightly bound with rone. nor aAail
crushed. ard bruises on hsr bed.
showed that she had beer bru.
tally kicked and beaten by the mgr.
derer eefcrs ne committed fhs
ftendish crime. J. ~. Rayrans
sseo rented the roor, for his 'ssifs. ?
- being sought b. the authorltlea
Detectives this afternoon secured
valuable clues to the womnn'n
identify and are ROW positive that
the strangers victim IL OF prom.
thence in Illinois.
Several % the iarges, iaRplry
firms here stated that Mrs. 81
Thompson 81 Oak PARA, iillnais
has been frequent cuafomer and
Levy Broshera fepor. that the won.
an recently exchanged q diamond
ms for a larger stone and ualtl
the difference.
When Mrs Mary nerhusxe
landiady 81 the hoardinE honse
where Che murder was commlttea
discovered the body. Il wAs evident
the woman had been dead for thre.
o. four days.
RAYMOND rented the roam last
week Sunday b. disappeared ana
has not been seen since. lie Il
described as being about Is yearp
ut aec. tail good looking. aud an.
pareniiy prosperous.
Gives Getaway Excuse.
When he departed Raymond ~.
planned 20 Mrs BerbrnEne that ~
would return In few DAYS The
laudlady had no occasion 10 visit
the room. for which rent had bssen
paid IN advance until today. Tfnffi
she discovered the tragedy she had
beiiefed that Hayniouds wife had
accompanied him on hts TIP.
The dead woman was about Is
years 81 age. pretty and we'll
dressed. IN the room where tho
murder vas committed two dia.
mond rings and a diamond stlckpin
were found. The purchase slips
for 1850 worth Of iewelry and ala.
monde. addressed to Mrs. ".
Thompson. Chlcago." we're r1uR
other articles discovered.
Sensation Promised.
The authorities believe the muir
der will develop a sensation in.
volying the names 81 such prom
inence that they will startle the
entire country. Both Raymond"
and the woman bore the appear.
anee Of afistocratic breeding.
From the appearance % the room
the police believe Raymond fiend.
ishly tortured the woman. kicking
and beating her. before he finally
took her life II II believed he
bound and gagged her. then tor
tufed her for hours before atraug
ling her life out with the cord found
twisted about her beautiful neck
Occupants Of the adjoining apart
ments say they heard no unusual
sounds In the room. and that Ray
mond must have surprised and
Eagged the woman before she could
make an cutlery.
Discovery u the iewelry pre-.
cludeg the possibility that the muir.
der was committed for the purpose
Of robbery, and the tragedy il
ahfonded IN the deepest mystery
The police are nj a loss 10 assign
a motive for the deed. and are
cropping blindly for some clue
which will lead to the discovery or
RaymoDds whereabouts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01

ard cold Wa
h. 1891 Sec
4 up per dag.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-07-01

FAIR TONIGHT; THURSDAY FAIR AND
COOLER; LIGHT WEST WINDS.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
INCREDIBLE STATEMENTS.

His testimony that he saw a body
Of men after these shots move toward
the wall and heard them jump over
into the Garrison road is simply in
credible, because the uncontradicted
testimony of all the witnesses is that
the night was one of such unusual
darkness that without the aid Of artf-
fetal light it would have been i'm
possible for man with good eyes to
have seen what he described at a
distance Of $50 feet, which was ap-
proXimately the distance at which he
claims TO have witnessed this occur
renee. or at 100 feet or at so feet
or with any degree OF certainty at
even 90 feet
But on this point Mr.. Kendall Is
contradicted by the witness McDonel,
who lived in that immediate neigh
borhood and who testified that when
the first shots we're fred he ran out
on TO the street and to a point only
few feet from the mouth Of the
Cowen Alley, and that he saw the
men who did the dring pass into the
alley, and saw them engaged in firing
into Governs house one square away.
He says these men did not come
from over the wall. but from Eliza
beth street, and that he was in a
situation to have seen them IL they
had come over the wall, and that no
body did cross the wall.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

claimed TO have looked out at his
back window, although his position
on the floor made that Impossible.
and TO have seen the raiders pass up
the alley toward the Cowen house.
and that he recognized them as sol
dicrs, although he could not see their
faces.
ON all these points he fatty con
tradictcd himself
Mrs. Kendall saw nothing except
some men passing through the reser-
walton shortly after the firing com
menced from the direction of ID Bar
racks toward the point I'm the reser-
walton opposite Cowen alley. She
did not see them jump over the
wall, nor hear them jump over th-
wall. nor pretend 10 see any firing
within the reservation beyond n sin
lie fash which she could not locate.
She did not even see the two shots
about which her husband testified.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02
ANOTHER WITNESS.

Jose Martinez claims that he was
sitting in the front part OF a room
occupied by him at the corner Of the
alley and the garrison road near
where the firing commenced; that
immediately-'instantaneously," to
use his exact language-he put out
his light and threw himself on the
floor and remained there for proba-
bly, thirty minutes. or even longer.
until the firing had all ceased.
AT one point In his testimony hs
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-02

although able to see everything them
selves that took place on the grass.
who is it. think your" whispered
Debbie, after she had been forced
down into prone position.
How should ! known" answered
Ellen.
We'll. IL IL looks like a gentleman. +"
continued Debbie, desperately, I'm go
ing TO get up and ask his assistance"
You'll do no such thing" said FL
len in a sharp whisper. BE guided
by me- 1 know men and the world
as you don't"
Indeed, it would have been hard 70
choose between the innocence of the
matroD and the maid, but Ellen Tat
tered herself that her years and her
ma Criage had made her wise.
Let me decide what is to be done"
she added.
You've decided everything" said
Debbie, resentfully, "and look what a
position were in"
'Hushi" said Ellen. Here they
are"
At the same instant a man stepped
into the clearing. Deborah opened
her mouth as IL 20 scream. Ellen
caught her violently by the arm re-
peating her caution.
ITS Lord Strathgatel" murmured
Deborah, amazed
I see returned Ellen. Now, will
you be quiet?"
al wonder what he's here for?"
whispered poor Deborah under her
breath.
(TO BE CONTINUED)