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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-06
UP TO The
MAYOR TO
GET BUSY
VICE AND GRAFT ARE
SPREAD OVER
THE CITY.
Things Must Be Changed,
and the Why of
II Told.

With a well pollced licensed 70
atrlcted district, graft ia a small
matter.
Without a well pollced, licensed
restricted district graft looms
large.
That this latter condition pre-.
wallis today in Seattle Is a matter
OF common street talk
Magulmps. tenderloln hangers.
on, who. like Othello, are without
Jobs. sneer sareasucaily and ask
you II you are getting any Of H."
Graft Becomes Rampant.
Ever since Mayor John r. Miller
ordered the King st. restricted dis.
trict closed. graft has swollen To
a size abnormal.
From that day, deadllne
denixens have spread over the
city. Street walkers, carrying
with them the human ieeches
who live off their Sustained
earnings, have multiplied.
Street walkers, a class Of law
breakers scarcely known two
years ago, are easier to find BY
far than the patroImen who are
supposed to walk the same
streets.
Some women and girls are mar.
mitfed 10 freouent ssioons xarl.
ing on a percentage for drinks sold.
while others are dragged from the
same saloons and thrown into inil
Whyf
Up town hotels harbor women
and their consorts--women known
70 the ponce 10 have been inmates
oil the notorious cribs OF the for
, mr. o'a aho new RESTRICTED 'ehaer
W. w.,
~ a.. ...... =, ,..u,
houses ho,eIs and roaming houses
ON Pile Al and on Third nv thst
DO moi know the meaning Of 4
raid
Whv7
otber hotels and lodging houses
IN Inc same district arc watched
with hawk.like intensity.
Whyf
Certain massage parlors," san
itRrlums,s hygiene parlors," and
other resorts are allowed to run
unmolested. These resorts are
called massage pariors, etc, but
the name is mere mask Tor IN
licensed vice.
WHY ARE THESE CONDITIONS
PERMITTED TO EXIST
In certain known cases the polics
actually are aware OF the nightly
caronsals and disorderly scenes.
wuv .ee NOR ruesetAnn
lADlEs. LANDLORDS AND IN.
MATES PROMPTLY ARREsTEDf
n 4. known that a certain
nsnsoer az 4 saloon In this city
soIi.ets weekly oraft money
from women who frequent hi
saIoon pe has told the WON.
en- th.t the money uoes ito
souare The conner on the beat"
m. 1t -. =, ,h,s man
- ~ i ponN an
H. ,ha,, asrahhad. h,mS
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The annual banquet and business
meeting OF the Classic Culture club
will be held May at the home oil
Mrs. c. !. Riley An members re
quested to be nresont Meet at Il
O'Clock.
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tn, United rfrssl
WASHINGTON, d. G., May g.
The TREASURY report today ahowHi
Receipts S2,i73,OOi. Disbursements
tl,97O,00O.
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HAMILTON IS PENNILESS.
CAN'T RAISE THE BOND
aoRRoWS MONEY TO
PAY HIS HOTEL
EXPENSES.
Denies He Admitted Two
Voucher Forgeries to
the Governor.


OLYMPIA. May G -FoFmer Adit
o,n. oras Hamilton Is today a
s..ouer IN hotel IN this city, in
,s.,eay Of a deputy sheriff So far
\, IA. boon unable TO raise the re
oulrsa $4,000 bond- and his pros.
meets q dolng 50 are not at all
bright
while hls bond has been fixed
Al 10000 on the complaint sworn
out hy Assistant Attorney General
Main. there are other complaints
ye, 70 b. filed which will neoes.
a,sie a proportional increase OF
bond.
Has No Money.
when Hamilton arrived in oiym-
nj. Tuesday night he had in his
,o..ss.ion but si.25. and Il was nee
ss.arv for him to borrow money TO
~ for his RON Al the hotel. and
n, nav for his meals Is haink siAr.
srteed By the deputy sheriff who
has him IN charge
n,.nlte the calamity which sur
vcnnas tho former ailaiant gen.
e-sl he preserves his good humoF
uulupsired. he chats With hts
n,snds as n nothing had happened.
"a In no manner tetrays ans ans=
w a. TO tho outcome Of his case.
Hamilton has confess sd to two
hrrrriss beforu Gov, Hay and At
,orney General bell Both the gov.
sncr and the attorney general
.lsfe positively that Hamilton adj
uItt<d two iorgeries. but Hamilton
NOV denies that he DID any such
Ting
Denies Confession.
n hls friends. Hamilton Insists
fnnt be has admitted nothing 20
~ uvernor or any other state OF.
6rlsl which would incrimlnate him.
n insists on the privilege Of being
cuasI<srcd Innocent until proven
srIlty. and asks that public indk
n<st " suspended until the con.
eiuslon d he case
0cs. Hay a.d the attorney zen.
srzl m CASTING about the states
ilnances h N effort 10 discover
soue IND vhich viii provide the
cost Of ~ srpsrt accountant TO
1nlvs Isio Hamiiton's transactions
b ~ nfiutant generals office,
Hom The cnrsory examination
- % 10 date, u IL apparent
~ Haniliun's shortage has reach
= o11.o41I sHsmiitgn. during his
~ Il offIce. has had the expendl
~ 4 enormous sums OF money.
- \ yin take time and expert
u1u1 y check over all his accounts
\ or1sr to arrive at the exact
1uoun< d his defaication.
Demands Send.
~ National Surety company, Of
XII Tori. has been notified By
~ Hay that Hamilton is a de.
11f. md the state makes for
~ 1auand for the go. 600 bond
1z11uAet BY this company.
4 y evident that Hamilton suIl
~ Nm Moore high In his az
1h11111A He denies streHnoasiy
~ he ever had any idea that
- nouey Ne spent on her was
- NJ own. Ne told Gov. Hay
~ Nm. Moore asked him twice
= ~ money vas his. and be as
~ Der that Il was- iamiltons
~ 1.ziety appears 10 b. 10 shield
~ woman a. much a. possible.
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kIDNAPER Is
CONVICTED

= MERCER, Pa, Nay e-f3ul. 4
= ietin--James n. Boyle was 4
4 convicted late today VI Kid. =
= MAPPING billy Whtla. 4
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trict was afterward represented by mis-
brother. Alfred 4. Taylor. whom he de-
feated for governor in 1856. TIE Taylor
homestead In Nashville Is now occupied
by the senator's eldest daughter. and il
is a vcritabie museum OF Taylor relics GO
ing back TO the first Taylors who came
from Scotland IN the early part Of the
eighteenth century. These the senator
has not moved to Washington nor the
greater part of his splendid library.
Usually he maps course Of reading
for each winter and the volumes for this
research are sent TO Washington each
autumn, while those used the winter be-
fore are returned 10 his old home. There
is another Taylor homestead In HAPPY
Valley, Carter county, which Is sort
Of pilgrimage place for all the allied FAM
lilies connected with their early history.
This is near The place in the Wautauga
river where the first fort was establish
ed in Tennessee by John Sewer. Here
the senator was born and he lived until
boyhood.
His mother Emily Haynes, was the
daughter of King Davis" and was
woman after the valiant type held UP ny
the Scriptures. Her portrait painted by
well known artist adorns the main
drawing room in the mansion and Is cn5
OF the cher. shed relics Of the family.
Senator Taylors uncle. LaEdon G.
Haynes. wac Confederate senator from
Tennessee Senator Taylor has five chill
dreu by his first marriage, two sons and
his Youngest a boy who is reading law
under his father and spends the winters
in Washington
Mrs TAYLOR is devoted to her stepch:l-
dren Nearly all of her stepdaughters
are older than she. but she is held In low
ing esteem by all. The senator's daugh-
tiers reside In d 'fferent parts of the state
and during his campaigns he has the
unique privilege of resting from his la
bors in at least five homes where his
chamber is always prepared and waiting
for him. There are half dozen pretty
grandchildren and every family has a
Bob" Taylor and two have Mary Love
Taylors
Washington about the first of August to
pass what remains OF the summer in
Chester, Nova Scotia. They will he ac-
companied by Mrs. Williamson, who viii
probably return to Washington with them
and remain the greater part of next VIM
ter
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pleasant apartment in Stoneielgh court.
Mrs. Taylor Is an admirable housewife.
and despite her varied intellectual duties
she keeps a sharp eye on t:at winch con-
Germs the creature comforts OF her nus
band and family. This winter Senator
Taylor has been entertaining his cousin
Mrs. Samuel Williamson Of Nashville,
Tenn. she has beer Mrs. TaNloT's COM
panion in her social duties and constant
~ in requisition in entertaining the nI-
merous friends from Tennessee and else
where. Senator Taylor's board Is al
ways spread, and il is one o. MS cIlei
sources of pride OF his clever young Wlie
that no matter how many extra guests
he may bring she is ready to welcome
them and the board is always bounte-
ously prepared.
Il learned that very soon after m!
marriage laughed Mrs Taylor, land
this IS another rock safely passed. Some
times l have some difficulty with the
goddess OF the kitchen. but | am near
enough to my old Virginia home TO get
servants who look to my interests as well
as their own.
The Taylor apartment is filled with In
teresting objects. historic pictures. heir
loom furniture. exquisite bits of bric-a-
brac and the surroundings expected In
cultured homes. But may things have
u direct caring on the Unique personality
Of the owner. Senator Taylor is col
lector OF canes. One is made of bob
Taylor magazines and Is tipped with gold,
with an inscription from an admirlnS
friend. Many of his canes have been cut
from historic spots in Tennessee and
other parts of the country. To get a
cane from the birthplace or the tomb OF
hero Is tantamount TO securing place
In Bob" TaylOr's hall Of fame, SO says
his wife.
He has several fine sticks from the re-
gions around Monticello and Mount Yer
mo-: aiiC: Montpelier and the hermitage
He has sticks from the site of the Alamo
and from the forests through which his
fayorite heroes of the Mexican war
passed There is most Interesting col
lection % family portraits and some curl
Gus daguerreotypes Senator and Mrs.
Tayior have numerous rel cs OF the sena-
tors father. Nathaniel q. Taylor, who
vas in the lower house ard then served
a. Inoian commissioner
The senator Is especially proud that ne
stll resides in the same district ~hicn
his father represented. This same DIS
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she had all the graces and accomplish
meEts of the southern seutleW omen. yet
she had The strength and endurance of
the giant.
roads 10 visit the sick. for She studied
simples and could treat all the diseases
Of the mountain region more Skiilfuiiy
than doctors. But doctors were few and
far between in those days, and on tn..
woman who made study of the cures
which earth has provided the sole reli-
ance was placed. She was skllful with
her distaff, and her linen is among the
most cherished heirlooms in the family
Mrs. Taylor is one Of the younges: Of
the senatorial hostesSnS. She is the sec
ord wife OF the statesman and has been
married about five years. From her
earliest recollection Mrs. Taylor admits
that she has admired her husband abov"
all living men Being of her kin. he cam.
during his first married life to visit the
parents of the present Mrs. Taylor in
their Virginia home. and be would talk
and tell the quaint stories for which he
is famous. BeS; of all. lie would bring his
violin and sing, and often the evening
Wolld come to close with an old
fashioned Virginia reel. Mrs. Taylor * a
tine musician. and she frequently accom-
panies her husband on the piano while
he plays his beloved and historic fiddle
She has clear and we'll trained soprano
voice. and those who enjoy an impromptu
have ii most pleasing remembrance.
Il have never become engrossed in the
various woman movements. said
Mrs TAYLOR. mot much for lack OF
interest as for lack Of time. | read a
great deal. and recently have been read
ing to my husband. for his eyes are tired
after the days work. as he has always
been fond of hearing things read. They
impress him more than things he reads
himself. am different in this respect
What hear does not make Is lasting AN
impression as what ! read myself. Sen
ator Taylor delights in listening tn the
reading of history. Particularly does he
love to hear the history of his own state
and of Virginia. He delights i'll the fiery
speeches OF those grand men in the early
DAYS Of the nation and III the days before
the independence. He likes to hear the
speeches which preceded the outbreak of
any of the wars recorded on our national
pages.
Il have read over and over again the
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tween the states and all the proceedings
of Congress before the firing on Fort
Sumter.
This takes much time and. as So many
women in official life in Washington have
remarked. this Is city where time fairly
flies without giving one q chance to per
form one-half the duties mapped on the
social calendar. l find that Washington
Is a mecca for travellers. / doubt if any
capital in the world has as many visitors
from every part Of the dominion this
one Al times il seems that the state of
Tennessee has pre-elnptied itself into the
capital. Bl. then shat is the most de-
lightfnl part OF life here. You have only
to Stay at home 10 meet all the delightful
people OF your own and every other state.
We have company the year around. COM
pany from Tennessee. Virginia and from
other sections where friends OF our friends
are located
Il feel that ! should not become really
acquainted with Washington and with the
many Instructive end entertaining fea-
lures Of the government which off
the usual tourists route were IL not for
the obligation 81 acting "a c!cerone for
visitors. But, like nearly al OF the wom-
the national houses OF Legislature, ! wish
that some Other method prevailed about
calling. Many days are passed III the
winter striving to ksep ~ the demands
OF etiquette. and one would no: regret the
time were it possible tc know people well
or get little recreation ont Of the effort
But as things are row arranged X is I'm
possible to form friendships o. get any
real benefit out Of tn" expenditure Of
energy in calling and receiving calls.
"A Kaleidoscope Liu's;t, ~ rour hostess
and her home Is all yo:: may hope for.
think that With SUCH a. aggregation ot
brainy women here some Other scheme
might be EVOLVED. C:i.S could ~ made
by a card sent in tie mail. r that is All
it means. and lien ore ccalJ save time
ard make visits to friends and talk with
them and learn 10 know them. I re-
ioce 10 hear tina: the cotsaressir:.a. club
is talking reform. aloIis. these lines and
earnestly hope that every woman III
public life who desires d change should
hold up the hands OF the reformers Until
the change has been accepted.
Senator and Mrs: Taylor reside in a
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for matrimonial alliance. can such a
tangled web of llnship be found, as II
Tennessee.
Il was asked recently what relation | am
TO Senator Taylor" said the charming
young wife of that genial, mus,c-lovins
statesman recently to the writer. and
while | am allied in about six different
ways | cannot rccite the exact status Of
the case very luminously- To begin with
Mr.. Taylor's grandmother and grandfath-
or were my great grandmother and great
grandfather. Tie gets his middle name
from an esteemed uncle. Robert Love, OF
Carter county. Tenn. and get mine from
an equally esteemed aunt from the same
township the wife of the said Robert
Love, Mary Love. Then there are four
or FIVE other ways in which are allied
My grandmother was Haynes and tn"
senator's mother, also a Haynes, came NJ
the Same family
81 have concluded that there IS no in
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Braat was everywhere in tie thick o. the
fight. He was thus described about this
time by an American piiSo- er:
HE was likely fellow OF tierce aspect,
tall and rather spare: well : ,uaen and APP
parently about forty years of age. He wore
moccasins elegantly trimmed with beads.
leggins and breechclout, supertine blue
shirt queer coat with two silver epau-
lets. and small laced round hat. BY his
side hung an elegant silyer-mounted cut
lass. and his blanket of blue cloth. puf-
posely dropped on the chair on which he
sat to display his epaulets. was gorgeous
ly decorated with border of red"
The battle Of Elmira broke the power
of the Six Nations and put an end 10
Grants activity for the remainder of the
revolutionary war. Sullivan, to teach
Brant a lesson, ravaged the Mohawk land
and turned that fertile district into a
desert Brant was so hard pressed by the
patriot army that he and the remnant
of his band had to flee to Canada. where
he rema med until the close of hostilitles.
The treaty Of peace, which was signed
in November, 1852. made no stipulation
regarding the Indian allies Of the British.
TIER lands were in possession of the
Americans. The thousands of Onondag gas.
Cayugas, Senecas. Mohawks. Tuscaroras
and OueidaS were practically wanderers
and outcasts. The English did not want
them-they had served their purpose. The
Americans regarded them with hostility
and distrust No greater evidence Of
Brant's ability as a leader is afforded
than at this time when he had brought
disaster rich. powerful and contented
people. But in disaster he was able 20
hold them together just strongly as in
the days when he held them by the power
OF the sword.
from the British and fulfillment OF the
lavish promises they had made him when
they begged him for his support. After
much effort he obtained from the crown
q formal grant of land 100 miles long and
twelve miles wide in Canada. on the
Grand river, near Lake Erie. for the Six
Nations. In extent this was but a 1.-THE
of the territory they once had held undis-
puted SWAY over. While he was getting
this lie was secretly fomenting war among
the Indians west of the -Alleghanies and
sounding the temper of the tribes that
roamed the forests and prairieS clear To
the banks of the Mississippi.
s. :.
When he had wrung from Ills former
allies. the English. the little strip Of
ground in Canada, and when all along
the frontier the Indian nations were ripe
for revolt, he went to England 10 seek
full settlement OF the claims Of his people
against the British crown. He did not go
as Suppliant. Fully formed in every
detail he carried in his crafty, political
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brain a vast scheme-a plan for winning
back the empire that Britain had lost.
He proposed to King Georges prime min
lister. and then in private audience to the
king himself. the plan of forming great
confederacy of all the Indians east Of the
Mississippi, to make war on the colonies
all along the frontier, while Great Britain.
availing herself of some plausible excuse.
should attack the seaboard cities. close
the harbors and land troops wherever OPP
portunity offered. The colonies were pros
trate after their long struggle for indie
pendence. There were approximately 30
COO Indians between the western boundary
'and the great river and perhaps 4O.or
or IOG1 braves could take the field If
Great Britain would supply the arms.
ammunition and general equipment.
Had if not been that England had 80
much to engage her attention across tn"
channel. Brant's scheme might have been
taken I'D. But England and all Europe
We're trembling in dread OF the Corsican,
and Encland's armies were needed more
at home So Brant's great plans came I"
naught. Undoubtedly he felt that even
if it did fail il would exert a greater
leverage in securing his demands for hts
people. AT an. rate. the crown conceded
some of the things he asked. and his
years stay in London was not altogether
fruitless.
But the western Indians had no idea
Of diplomacy and plotting. They cared
little that Brant's scheme had failed.
They continued to wage desultory war on
the frontiersinen who were beginning 10
settle west OF the Alleghenes. and il was
not until 1893, when Mad Anthony Wayne
was sent against them and administered
"A crushing defeat at the battle Of Falling
Timbers. on the Maumee, that their power
was broken.
Brant had no part in this uprising. He
openly eXerted himself 20 the utmost 10
bring about and preserve peace between
the Indians and their white neighbors III
the Ohio country. He realized that with
out the supDort of the British the cause
Of the Indians was hopeless. Brant then
turned himself 10 the arts OF peace. lie
translated the Book OF Common Prayer
and The Gospel OF st. Mark in the Mo-
hawk tongue, and instilled into his people
by precept and example the virtues OF
temperance and religion.
All through his life ne had been an abb
Stainer from liauor-.na curse of the red
men. But in mis- own family his teachings
availed the least. One of his own sons
became Il drunkard. vicious and depraved.
One day in drunken rage this son men
aced the lives Of his father and his fam
lily, and his father slew him with stroke
of his ,omahawk
Mourning over his son. mourning over
his blasted hopes, mourning over his peo-
pie, Joseph Brant. the greatest red man
o4tn of November 1891. on alien soil. near
Lake Ontario, in Canada.
Copyright 1909, by Richard Spillsne)
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MlIAl1 JOHNSON

the Mohawk valley to divert attention
and lessen the force opposing the British
generals advance. Braat soon proved
himself crafty. dauntless and brave to
the point of rashness. He combined with
his native hardihood and sagacity the
advantages of. education and the study
OF warfare. He was far better COM
nlander and tactician than many of the
British officers he served with. and he
brought his Iroquois braves UP TO state
OF efficiency such as they never before
had attained He was natural orator,
too. and could rouse his people to the
best effort Of which they were capable
He and his Indians bore the brunt of the
battle of Oriskany. and it was no fault
Of his that st. Leger was defeated.
The result at Oriskany a fearful
blow to Brant's pride. After that he stop
ped at nothing to visit revenge upon the
Continentals. He joined forces with Col.
John Butler, the notorious tory. and with
Buffers son Walter. and his name became
terror In the land. His raids upon the
unprotected whites along the border were
SO rapid and secret that he seemed to
have the power of ubiquity.
The years 1717 and ITS were dark and
bloody ones for Joseph Brant. The Wyo-
ming Pa.). Springfield. Cobleskill and
Cherry Valley nlassacres are charged to
him. Although Brant was with the But
lers on the Wyoming expedition he does
not appear to have been present at the
surrender or to have participated in the
slaughter of the men. women and chill
dren. Thomas Campbell's poem, Ger
trude Of Wyoming.' to the contrary not
withstanding. But while he did not ac-
tually take part in the Wyoming horror,
there is no doubt he displayed all the in
stincts Of the savage at Springfield and
at Cherry Valley. At Cobleskill. how
ever. he stopped the scalping OF women
and children and expressed the greatest
sorrow over the conduct OF Buffers white
troops.
All the while Brant was ravae.ng the
border settlement. scalping and muir
dering, or making raids on unprotected
towns further In, he carried Oh volumi-
nous correspondence with his sister Molly,
Johnson From the tone of these letters
est Christian gentleman who was bat
Ting in a great cause. but whose heart
bled when he thought of the terrible con-
sequences of war
. For two years Brant had been the mas
ter OF the Mohawk country. lie had over
run that rich and fertile valley and had
spread terror Throughout northern and
western New York. But day of reckon
ing was coming. The ConIinentals sent
strong force under command OF Gen. Sui
Ivan. and at the battle of Newton Gel
mira. where Brant commanded the In
dians and Col Butler the regular trooES
and the tory rangers, Brant and Buffers
combined forces were routed ard driven
in disorder from the field.
The battle was long and bloody one
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P L E A S A N T Young

A FL + A 5 A N L Young
IA Matron Who Is Ma
tive of Virginia-Was Miss
Mary Love Saint John of
Virginia. and Has Been Mar
ried About Five Years-Mrs.
Taylor Claims Only Domes-
tic Talents. But Is Well
Read and an Expert on the
Intricate Policies of the Old
Dominion and of Tennessee.