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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
RAILROADS
WIN RATE
FIGHT
Missouri Two-Cent Fare
Law Declared Uncon-
stituI.ional by U. s.
Court.
(By United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March s.
Judge Mcpherson of the United
States district court today handed
down a decision favoring the rail-
roads in their fight against the
laws of Missouri to restrain the
state from imposing a two-cent
fare and a maximum rate pro-
vision.
The court ordered that an In
junction issue to restrain the state
from enforcing the law.
1t was the contention OF eigh-
teen railroads operating In Mis-
souri, that the rates were con-
fiscatory and violated the federal
constitution by the taking away
of property without tht due pro-
cess of law.
The court sustained this conten-
tion.
The court declared that the
question for decision was whether
the traffic wholly within the state
generally referred to In evi-
dence as the local traffic--can be
handled under the freight and
passenger rate statutes Of 1907 at
such profits as to give q reasons
able return after paying expenses
on the investment or whether it
lis carried at loss or at less rea-
sonable profit.
The court declared that the rats
fixed by either or both statutes
was less than such reasonable
profit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
ZOO DIE IN
STORM IN
EUROPE
Many Perish in Terrific
Blizzard, Which RACES
Three Days-Heavy
Property Loss.

(By United Press Leased Wire.
VIENNA, March "a to-
tai of 200 deaths from a bliz-
zard which ragged throughout
Europe during the last three
days is the conservative es-
innate placed on the fatali-
ties resulting. from the storm,
according to reports received
here today.
The gales did damage to
property estimated at several
millions.
The enormous death list is
accounted for by the fact that
nearly $50 persons were
killed in an avalanche in the
Austrian TyrOl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
OFF
REACHES
$4,000
SENSATIONAL CHARGES MADE
AGAINST SCHIVELY AND
NICHOLS ON FLOOR OF
STATE SENATE-TIE VOTE
ON INVESTIGATION RESOLU-
TION.
(Times Special Service.)

(IHneS opccldu oerSice.I
OLYMPIA, March S.-The sem
ate this morning, after one OF the
most dramatic sessions i'm its his
tory, by vote of Fl to Fl, defeat
ed resolution demanding an in
vestigatiOn of state officers, with
particular reference to the insur-
ance department, as conducted by
Sam H. Nichols, present secretary
of state, and John H. Schively.
The resolution was offered by
Paulhamus of Pierce, who said
that within four years prior to
1908 Nichols and Schively had
taken over $4,000 from insur-
ance companies for which they
dave made no accounting to the
state.
That this was barefaced black
mail was openly charged on the
floor. Schively was classed as
highwayman, who went into the
insurance offices and told the Of
ficers of the companies to stand
and deliver.
The resolution would have car
ried had it not been that 1t in
cluded all state offices. Booth
and Nichols of King would have
voted to investigate the insurance
department, but would not vote
to probe into others. Booth, as
nh Srvx 10 n FL
tee on insurance, declared with
much heat that this insurance
scandal was the rottenest in the
history of the state and he char
acterized the Schive1y alleged ex-
tortions as pure and simple black
mail.
The senator's favoring the in
vestigation originally had a prom
ise of 23 ovtes to support 1t.
They lost two under cover and
gained two votes, but Nichols and
Booth threatened desertion lost
the resolution. Paulhamus chang
ed his vote so that the resolution
will be reconsidered tomorrow.
Specific Charges.
Among the specific charges con-
tanned in Paulhamus' resolution
are the following:
That on April 16, 1907, Sam H.
Nichols received from the Walla
Walla Fire Insurance company
5000 for an examination, and that
on July 20, OF the same year,
again received 5000 from this
company of which no accounting
has been made to the state.
That on July 81, 1907, Schivee-
ly demanded that the Washington
Hardware & Implement Dealers
Mutual Fire Insurance association
of Spokane and the Western Live
stock association Of the same city
pay them 5000 each for an ex-
animation made in one day and
finally compromised on 500 each.
That on December %, 1906,
Schively examined the Columbia
Life & Trust company Of Port
land, Oregon, receiving $160,
whereas the necessary expenses
could not have exceeded $50.
Rake-Of Is $25, 900.
Senator Paulhamus makes the
following specific charge in the
final paragraph of his resolution:
upon information and belief,
1 charge that the said Sam H..
Nichols and the said John H.
Schively have collected and re-
ceived during the four years pre-
ceding January 13, 1909, in arbi-
trary demand for the alleged pur-
pose of paying expenses in max
ing examinations of insurance
companies, a sum exceeding $685.
600 in excess of the actual re-
quirements."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
IS STABBED TO
DEATH BY A
WOMAN

(By United Press Leased Wire.
CITY OF MEXICO, March g.
Felicano Furtuna, captain of po-
lice Of Vera Cruz, died from the
effects of knife wound inflicted
recently by a woman member of
a gang of bandits which Furtuna
and a posse were purusing, accord
ing to a dispatch received here
today.
The gang was. led by Rodrigo
Lagunas, who is wanted on a
charge of murder. The police en-
gagged in a running fight with the
bandits, during which a woman
sprang at the captain and stabbed
him. The bandits escaped to the
mountains, the woman with them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
IS
SET AFIRE

(By United Prsss Leased Wire.)
OGDEN, Utah, March S.-'rhat
robbery was the object of those
who started q fire in the postof-
flee building last night was the
statement of the fire department
officials today.
The fire was discovered before
the flames had spread to any OF
the mnail matter. The firemsn
worked quickly and extingufshod
the hlnse. - that the damage b5
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
ARTIST IS FOUND
With THROAT CUT
fBy United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 8.
Following the partial identifi-
cation of a body believed to be
that of Walter F. Schultz, an
artist Of Chicago, the police to-
day are endeavoring to ascertain
the identity of his murderers.
Schultz was a visitor to the
Taft inauguration and had been
travelling for his health. How he
came to be found with his throat
cut in a vacant lot in Alexandria
is the puzzle the detectives are
trying to solve.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
|SEATTLE MAY GET
ARMY HEADQUARTERS

(By United Press Leased Wire. y
WASHINGTON, March s. -
There is strong likelihood thai
army headquarters will be re.
moved from Vancouver Barracks
WASH, to Seattle. General Bell
chief of staff, and members of his
staff, have the question of re.
moval under consideration. The
idea is strongly backed by off
GERS of the department of the Co
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
PORTLAND, Me-. March 8

PORTLAND, Me-, March 8.
"A report was received here
today Of the death of 40 per-
sons in a wreck of the Cana
dian flyer between Jackman
and GreenvilIe, Me. Officials
Of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way officially denied that any
persons were killed. They
also denied that there had
been q wreck but admitted
that the train was delayed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
TWO BLOWN TO
ATOMS
By United Press Leased Wire. !

(3y United Press Leased Wire.)
WILMINGTON, Del, March s.
George Whiteman, so years of
age, and Morris Curcy, 40, were
killed today in an explosion at a
local powder works. The men
were blow to pieces when an ex-
perimental barrel containing two
tons of powder exploded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08

The primary election polll


} will open tomorrow at IL
} O'Clock and wdll close at s in
} the evening. Only those who
} have registered since Janu-
} ary LIST will be allowed to
} vote. Democrats may call
} for republican ballots and
vote for their choice Of the
} republican candidates II they
} desire.
} Tho registration this an
ernoon indicated that there
} would % ekopt Z 800 voters
on the o1olIe eotlkled -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
RECEIVERS MEMORY.
BY United Press Leased Wire. }

SAN FRANCISCO. March 81
DR.. J. w. Richards of Portland,
Ore, who wandered into the Gem.
tral Emergency hospital Saturday
morning after losing his memory
has recovered and left the hosr
pital today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
Want CITY
CLEANED
Up

ANTI-VACCINATION SOCIETY
SENDS COMPLAINT AGAINST
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO
COUNCIL COMMITTEE TELL
ING OF FILTH ACCUMULA-
TIONs IN BUSINESS PART OF
TACOMA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
.SW|NOLER
HELD IN
JAIL
r1an Accused of Work
ing "Con" Game On
Coast Captured
i'm Iowa
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, March S.-Joseph
Herman, son of a wealthy New
York merchant, alleged to have
swindled liquor men of prominent
cities of the Pacific coast, Is un-
der arrest here today following
his indictment on charges of OBJ
tanning money by a confidence
game.
It is alleged that Herman sold
bogus warehouse receipts to sa-
loon men of San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Taco
ma, Denver, Omaha, st. Louis and
Des Moines and in several other
cities besides Chicago. He was
captured in Des Moines and arriv-
ed here last night.
The police, who have been seek
ing Herman since last October, de-
clare that he has obtained more
than $4,000 through swindling.
Herman is 23 years of age. He
was formerly travelling salesman
for the Southern Distillery COM
pany of New York; when he left
that firm year ago, he is alleg-
ed to have collected money owed
to 1t and to have given duplicate
receipts for the money he col
lected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08

Herman is not wanted in Taco
ma, according to the statement of
the police. If he has swindled
any of the liquor dealers in this
city, the police department has
not yet been informed of the fact
1t is probable, however, that his
ICON" game may have been work
ed here and that the matter was
not reported to the public officials.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08

FORECAST: Occasional showers to-
night and Tuesday. Moderate south
west erly winds.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
The summaries follow

THIRD RACE-Oren. for horses three years old and
M r-iIa in -ha IA
New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
WANT vEsTIBULEs ON CARS.
P. S. G. Hears Complaint Against All Roads
in Kings and Queens.

There hearing yesterday before Commis-
sioner Bassett of the Public Service Commission
on a complaint by the state congress Of the
MES in the boroughs Of Brooklyn and Queens that
operate trolley cars The complaint was made
for the purpose of procuring an order to require
them to provide complete vestibues for all cars
used during the winter months
John J. Wilton. formerly employed as a motor
man by the Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad
Company. testified TO the need of vestihuIes
the long-exposed stretches Of open country
outside Of the thickly settled portions OF the bor
ough.
W. s. Menden. chief engineer Of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company. opposed putting in COM
piete vestibules for the reason aside from the
the seating capacity else to lengthen the car
The latter would make necessary relaying the
tracks at multitude Of points where there are
curves.
In this connection Mr.. Menden made a statement
which some took TO indicate that the manage
ment OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company was
the least considering the question OF putting in
pay-as-you-enter cars He said that if the COM
pany should put complete vestibules its cars. il
might likely consider it best 10 go a step further
and transform all its rolling stock into the pre-
payment type. The company has had its experts
make some estimates, and it has been calculated
that it would cost about S6o0 10 transform its
present type Of closed car into the prepayment
style. As the company has sixteen hundred winter
cars this would make the total cost about S96o0g9
New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
JURY FOR HATTERS' CASE
Labor Suit in Technical Litigation
for SIR Years on Trial.

Hartford. Conn, Oct. 12.-After an exhaustive
examination by counsel for both sides a jury was
chosen late to-day in the labor suit of d f, Loewe
and others against Martin Lawler and others
known as the Danbury hatters' case. Damages for
$25o,OOO sought for alleged injuries to the
business of the plaintiffs by reason of alleged
boycott by the union The has been in tech
nica litigation in the higher courts for the last SIX
years.
The plaintiffs represented by Daniel Daven-
port, of Bridgeport, and ". G. Merritt Of New
York and the defendants by J, K. Beach, of New
Haven J. H. Light. of Norwalk; Howard Taylor
of Danbury and r. f. Deforest of Bridgeport.
Mr.. Merritt in outlining the said the prin-
cipal defendants were from Bethel, Danbury and
Norwak; that they entered into combination TO
Coerce all employees of D. +. Loewe and others TO
strike and that the strike took place in July 1902
He SAID the defeno ants had representatives who
travelled around and threatened dealers with loss
of business if they bought Ioewe hats
The names Of the two hundred defendants were
then read.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
ITALIANS IN PARADE.
Thirty Thousand March an First
Columbus Day Celebration.

If King Humbert were alive he would now see
his wish gratifed: all Italians united" We're the
words Of a distinguished Italian visitor as the
parade in observance or the first Columbus Day
filed by the reviewing stand AT the Savoy Hotel
Veterans of Garbsldi in their glitrering uniforms
marched along with detachment of marines from
the Italian hattleshp Etruria Italians from all
parts Of Italy, Sicilians and Corsicans marched
together under the green, red and white tri-color
ana the Stars and Stripes. Fully thirty thousand
men were in line, and more than three hundred
societies represented.
The parade left Washington Square at O'Clock
and n took two hours TO pass the reviewing stand
James F. March, the grand marshal and his aids
G. Cataldo. Giuseppe Parelio Antonio AnabfIe and
A Loda headed the parade. Following them came
vanguard Of three hundred cyclists. decked out
IN the Italian colors, then squadron of police
led by Inspector Walsh
In the second division WAS tho commune. %
hohor and the executive committee made up Of
prominent Italians They were followed bv a de-
tachment Of marines from the Italian battlesbfD
Euurla Next came the veterans of the Carl
@ oaIui oa,les' the most picturesque part of the
parade The Guardia Vittorio EmmanueIe II and
The Italian Rife Guard both in uniform were also
in line.
me remainder Of the five divisions was made up
OF fraternal and benevolent societies many carrv
ING horal pieces, one Of which represented q mas
slNe egg five feet high. with the inscrfption Il =
sua Difesa' meaning His Defence" and refer
Ihe 10 the answer of Columbus to the courtiers of
queen isabella when they asked how the world
could remain in its position f it were round
IN the reviewing stand were Acting Mayor Nc
6oWan. Count AIichelangeIo Leonardo N raes1jro
admiTal Of the Italian feet and commander ~ ~.
Etrurla and his staff: Or. Gustavo di Rosa Italian
VICE Consul Of New York Commentators Xin,enes
Designer OF the Nerrszano monument; MARQUIS
frospero De Aobih, and Lloyd c. Grscom former
Ambassador to Italy. and MANY otber r,r -,
prominence Otto T. Barnard saw part Of the
parade from the reviewing stand
AFTER the parade the guests of honor were taLer
N automoniles to Columbus Circle. where speeches
were MADE in Italian by Chevalier Barso1ti a,a
Wee Consul di Rosa. and in English bv Ac+tnr
Mavor MCGOWAN 'e
New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
BELIEVE YOUNG GIRL KIDNAPPED
mysterious Woman Employed Her as Servant
and Police Have Case

Lydia Freeman, a sixteen-year-old Russia, t,
VINO mas been living with Mr.. and Mrs AI5e~+
Nehtra' AT No 5s6 East I4lst street advertised an
september 80 in New York newsnaper for
place as servant. That afternoon 4 closed ,,ri -
Nate cab pulled up the Wehtra house from,
"hloh alishted stylshly dressed woman wear
ing hea'y black veil She asked for Lydia Free
man, and when the girl appeared the stranger
tod her that she wanted TO employ her at her
home in Yonkers and asked her TO come along At
once
The girl demurred at first, saying that she want
ed 10 pack her clothes. The woman however was
insistent and told Lydia that she would have two
nights free every week and would be allowed 70
have every other Sunday off. So lydia went win,
the mysterious stranger. who did not give her
name or address. and that is the last the Wehtra's
have heard Of their protege
Albert Wehtra went the Bronx Detective
Bureau last night and told the story He said
that Lydia had been in this country three years
and could read and write English perfectly She
was very pretty girl he said. feet six inches
tall and weighd 40 pounds. being well developed
for her years. "A general alarm was sent out and
Detective McAndreW was detailed to make an in
YestgatiOn.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
SEVEN sPEcULAToRs LOCKED UP.
Arrested in Front of Harlem Theatres Charged
with Disorderly Conduct.

Half a dozen policemen of the West l25th street
station under Lieutenant McNulty made raid on
the ticket spectators in front of two Harlem
theatres yesterday afternoon and locked up seven
q, them Five we're arrested in front OF theatre
in West 1a5th street and the others taken
from in front of theatre at Seventh avenue and
l26th street.
Al the time the arrests were made the side
walks were crowded with holiday crowds, and the
SPECTATORS it is alleged. not only blocked the
sidewalks but also lnterfered with the patrons OF
the house and those passing. Charges of disOr
derIy conduct were made against the seven specu-
Iators and they were locked up in the West l2Sth
street station The prisoners said they were Mich
oIas Mclaughlin. Of No 33 West i2Sth street
rohar, Rorder of No 205s Lexington avenue; Ben
Lii Iavv OF. No 81 West l29th street; Joseph
tIuntlev OF No sos West l4sth street; Abraham
Marks. of No 52S West l25th street: Albert Har-
RS. Of No 50 West nsth street. and Max Jacobs
of No 20 East 10th street
New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
GILSEY HOUSE TO GO.
Site Sold to John f.. Olson, Who
Will Erect Big Office BmIding.

The Gilsey House which for more than thirtv
years has been one Of the most popular hostIeries
In this city. is TO make way in the near future
for a twenty story Office and store structure.
The hotel occupies large plot at the northeast
corner Of 18th street and Broadway. fronting 645
feet Broadway and 14s.s feet in 18th street The
site comprises over 14OOO square feet.
John E. Olson. who has erected many large
buildings in midtown districts yesterday bought
the property for about 81 from the Anderson
estate through the H. H. Fuller Realty Company.
He will put up the proposed business structure.
The hotel building is owned by the Gisey estate.
which leased the ground from the Anderson estate
in 1870. This lease will soon expire. Overtures
have been made to cancel it, so that the erection
of modern business building can be begun. Ac-
cording to some persons identified with the prof.
ect. satisfactory arrangements regarding the can
collation. OF the lease will soon be consummated-
The late James Fl. Breslin for many years
proprietor Of the hOstlery. AT the time of the
height of it's popularity. which was in the sos the
Gilsey House in the of a great tran
sient hotel section Gradually that centre its
old attractiveness chiefly owing to the creation
Of larger and more modern hotels in more north
erly districts, and the Giisey like the old Hotel
Brunswick. the old St Charles and many other
midtown hotel landmarks. became non-paying
properties. Mr. Breslin met with financial re-
verses. and the hotel was turned over TO Z. O.
Company. Since last December the hostlery has
been conducted Ly the Broadway and Twenty
ninth Street Company corporation formed and
composed of heirs Of the Gilsey estate.
A few months ago plans were drawn for chang
ing the old Gnsey House into a modern hotel of
sixteen stories. That project was soon afterward
abandoned.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-13
BROOKLYN MAN LOST IN MANHATTAN
Italian Crosses Bridge to Attend Columbus
Celebration and Loses His Way.

Frank Seal, Neapotan, of No 1899 6Oth street
Brooklyn came to the Borough of Manhattan
yesterday TO take part in the Columbus Day ex-
around. and he had money and was un-
able TO speak English he presented a pitiable ap-
pearance when Patrolman Wagner, of the West
6sth street station, discovered him last evening
few blocks from the station house.
The mans dazed expression and his aimless
movements attracted the attention of the officer
and he took the Italian the station. There
Seal. after several fruitless efforts. with the
of a pencil and piece of paper scrubbed an ad-
dress He thought he was furnishing the police
with his Brooklyn address, but instead he wrote
No 229 West 6Oth street" and the officers sup
posed ne Manhattan and chased to
such person Seal lived there. Again the Ital-
ian strove 10 inform them. and again he furnished
them with a wrong address. This time II
No. 100 East 60th street The police Of the East
67th street station notified and found thar
Seal did not live there. An interpreter then
called the station, and Seal through him, in
formed the police of his correct Brooklyn address.
He was then sent TO his home.