davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
METROPOLITAN LEASEHOLD
ASSESSMENT IS SUSTAINED
State Will Gain Nothing
From Big Gift If Tax Is
Not c ollecte d, Says
Commissioner.

"Unless the state collects lts
taxes against the Metropolitan
leasehoid II viii never get
cent out Of the lease All the
buildings erected on the prop
erty will be yalueleas In fifty
years. The lie Of an office
building is much less than
that"-stsie Tax commissioner
Frost.
The diseased value Of the Metro
poliun Building coupanya lease
hold on the old University tract will
stand at $50 900. or 81 per cent of
million dollars. aH recommended
by County Assessor A 2 Parish.
Tho board of equalization made
this decision this morning 10 the faes
Of the cpmpanys protests that the
leaaehgld was not taxable In the
first plage and that Ia tho second
place tis09o1 was eKsfbltant II The
lease was taxable.
J y. Douglas. secretary u the
company. testified under oath that
the company had lost money on tho
ielsehold up 10 March J. this year.
when the assessment va technically
made, and that It was purely q spec
uiatiye proposition. which depended
ON the cityis growth.
Tsstifying exactly 10 the con-
trary. State Tas Commissioner
Eros, told the board that siso,-
600 was not only not esorbitant
but that $4,000. or 10 per cent
Of si.200l00o, would be a iAirer
value and q generous enc to the
company.
The Metropolitan pleaded that II
had 10 furnish the university regents
an office suite with private toilet
free u cost; that the land was some
blocks distant from The business
center, that the streets upon which
Il bordered were never business
streets. that more than two and a
half years Of the lease had expired.
that $4,000 had already bean put
into unrroductiye work, such as
grading. that the lease contains
numerous restrictions which cur
tails It's value. and finally that tho
$4,000 assessed value was arbi-
tnry and was made without due
thought
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
Aiouso SMITH Dead.

Aianaa Smith. a prominent cattle
man q Montana. died u appended
tis al midnight last nighi at the
home 1t ". A. pay, eeih Easilake.
Mr smith has been In tho city TOT
several days visiting tho fair The
body h Al Honey -waiHou's await
Ing tho arriyai u his widow and
daughter from Montana,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
Was Poor Bargain.

That the buildings on the lease
hold will be valueless at the end
Of so years and that the state must
collect It's taxes 10 make a cent
out Of the ground, was what State
Tax Commissioner Frost told the
board, The life Of q modern Of
flee building Is less than 80 years."
said Mr. Frost There Is prob
ably not an office building In any
city In the United States built 50
years ago and still used for Of
fees"
J. y. Douglass. secretary Of the
company. did the tcstifying for the
Metropolitan. 1t was he who made
the declaration that TO date the
investment had lost money.
what WAS the value Of the
leasohold. In your estimation. on
Continued on Page Seven.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
FALLS ON HOT STOVE;
IS BRANDED FOR LIFE

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ia
With the words New pepsr-
ture" In reversed order burned
deep In the flesh across his
forehead. physicians state that
@. lswaia, a Japanese now In
hospital at Alameda, Will DO a
walking advertisement for a
cooking range the remainder Of
his life.
while stepping over a hurn.
Ing gas stove In his room yes
terday the Japanese trlpped and
fell upon the heated steel, and
the letters Of the trade mark
branded themselves deep upon
his forehead.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
I Pspas Also Sweat
~ During the Dis
ing Of Tips on Femi-
- Loveliness.

~ d one thing in the world
Bows NJ a big. rugged
ns role Of a helpless hit
= his attempts 10 care for
~ powerful Of aut0crats-a
ally IL this a fact when
rof On the Job. which was
txenpllfled at the exp0si-
.ands yesterday afternoon.
MY 70 papas assembled on
- STEPS Of the Auditorium
skiie the muchly adver.
Ane Yale discoufaed on
and how to make II stick.
Drank In the Tips.
he matters we're drink.
Ans fale's tips the pseudo.
olfslds presented an AZ.
4 picture Of helplessness. Il
1sh' ioI the gods the Three
ne Nine MUSES.. the Double
.1as and the rest Of those
- Who had the inks on the
tsssns.
= ne Alile pInk.skluned dar.
,peIehily hungry, com.
y vhoop 'er MP just a. the
1911 was immersed In a
The tiny tot chung 10
- began TO search dad.
lpst about where he
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
Public Demands That the
Investigation Proceed,
Showing Up All Points
in Sullivan Case.

OLYMPIA. Aus. is.--It would be
lust as easy to stop the progress OF
a cyclone with a pitchfork as TO
prevent the further aud ultimately
complete Investigation Of the au.
premc court and nll persons con.
nected In any way with the settle
mcnt Of the sullivan estate This
IL the consensus Of opinion here,
among not only the legislators but
In all circles,
When the French resolution TO
dismiss the committee was voted
down the legislators and spectators
felt that they were in the center OF
a yerltable Niagara, The storm OF
protest and indignation was so VIC
lent. so powerful. an TO throw the
few supporters Of the resolution
that could be found In the assembly,
into a panic, Even u. u. Palmer
who was fatty accused ON the floor
Of inspiring and directing the action
OF the Clark county representative,
ran to cover, declaring that he was
moi ayerse to continuing the prob
Ing. At the same time the Seventh
ward statesman defied the Halsey
or any other committee to get amy
thing on me-"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18

I'VE have started something that
we cannot stop. even II we were In
clined to do so, said Representa-
tive Peter David, a member OF the
committee. This must go on, for
the people are determined that We
shall go into the very entrails OF
the whole Sullivan deal, and II
there Is anything crooked, expose
II and insist on the punishment Of
the crooks, II any are found. There
IL an underlying sentiment all over
the state that will not down. de
manding that the work OF invest.
CATION be thorough, and II we do
not do our duty the people will
find others that WILL
One OF the most dramatic Incl.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
UT LID ON SAYS IA


DENVER, Colo, Aus. Is
President Taft has sent a per
sonal appeal to President
Walsh OF the Transmisalssippi
congress TO put the lid on the
PinchotBalllnger controversy,
according to gossip here to
day.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
IA Elmquist Bemoans
4. Fac, She Is not at
ursue With Man Who
w. Jealous Of Her.

- s,ry he didn't DO a
-, d o. ne, don't wan,
7 =, his way aiier he acted
7. =, Ne do yesterday Ne
|..'' Z. 10 NIL me several
-. ~ / never knew he had
/ ...sl,sr Until he stood In the
80 yesterday ard, without
/ - fired at ne, I haven't
!. ,llun,sst idea Of why he
~ =s.'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18
~ 49, . . = =
AVID BY A WATCH.


~ 4nilto ffcassf
[5LAND. Or, Aug. IS
lI1vs< and friends Of Ralph
|1fsli. Of this city. learned
Z hat the youths life vas
= yesterday at Seaside By
= watch which his father
9vsa him as a reward for
en1klnr The young man
osEying a rifle which
1ce|1eatally discharged.
MID struck bis watch
vsa IN a pocket over
1onrl vas DETECTED, and
- through his arm, shat
y lke bone.
tattttttt = .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18

carried his pencil and fountain pen.
Being man. said dad didn't tum-
BILE 10 babys wants, but when he
did several cruel. hafd.hcafted VII
lains sniekered.
Mamma Was Real Busy.
The helpless dad turned a deep
crimson aud prayed for the arrival
Of mamma. Bn, mamma was get
ting beauty hints hot from the Yale
lips, and she right then had no
thought OF baby and dad. Dad fin
ally bit on a happy scheme, how.
ever and let the little chap try to
swallow his fngersoll, Baby did his
best TO make a noise like an ostrich,
but dad held on TO the chain, thus
foliing the infant. Al that, baby
ceased vibrating his larynx and
dad cast a look OF dladain on tho
anickerers.
And another thing show me tho
breadwlnner who knows how TO
hold a baby like a mo,herl II can't
be did
And no more eloquent proof OF
this claim was ever shown than
when a big, brawny chap, weighing
close to a NTH Of a ton. tried TO
rock a pink and white package TO
sleep. It was O scream In more
ways than one. While tears rolled
down the bnby's chubby cheeks,
Precipitation gathered on daddys
dome.
He Found the Pin.
For fully Is minutes that little
future presiden, cried As though his
little blood pumper was on tue
blink. After shifting baby from
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18

=. an A cot Al the cts hos
:, head swAthed 10 handases.
Mari May Elmquisi, who vas
\ hsF husband. " William
"a IN a room ~ the Fair
"A ss,sl. .,inth az aud Pie s..
-.,sss Afternoon. made the fore
4. sisisment
y somAn Developed a slight
= us mornlng and a consider
s.sIIIag hzt below The left
sAoxs where The ballet i
An xray phoiograph sas
4 i .he head last night and
- ia development the hos
pAsslslans hope TO locate the
X seesfaieiy.
asuld Hide Her Trouble.
nn J. 4. Crlehton Mrs, Elas-
rtused to give any infofmAi
q to the identity OF her
rs,k
ilrt wan, them to know the
49, | al IN. said the wounded
xc1s Y Is true my husband
.r1iurnf . klll me several times.
= N s>zt ! do not know. We
y II ke<n married very Ions. but
n lras wife. | did not have
sEtzbs, warning that he Sas
Z b skeot me.
<azr ! reached my ROOM yes
II EfzsInoon ] lag down on the
ksd been there but a few
~ uhen he opened the door
~ n the doorway and. with
f1ni. drew bis revolver and
I hats all | remember about
! xi1A he had completed bis
n learns Of His Death.
- BOT duttl THIS morning
y wounded woman learned
IL husband was dead. a vie
Z lke sane revolver which
1u1 or Der. When told that
~ xss dead. she began to
NJ tessed that her husband
~ he proper burial. When
|oned n 10 who her parents
Ne usuan maintained a stub
silence
= l<tfer nov In Coroner J.
Ttrr's possession. Il develops
~ osn father advised Elm
~ liA Pearl II she continued
1lest cheap dance halls at
1l1osi illegible letter. written
pisf 10 Paris father. stat
y tolld not keep his wife
1ulkiax m cheap restaurants
- frc7uentinz dance halls.
y kstef Elmquist stated that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18

q lover Of golf. the outing at the
Country club wan planned ] be
licve that the people Of the North.
seat will have ample time and
chance TO see and hear the prcsi.
dent In one DAY ~ be desires"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-18

Other exposition officials main
tain their attitude Of insisting that
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15

ing Mikes'-another name for victims who
complain-by photographing every event. At
some time in the contest picture would be
TAKEN and always these pictures contained
faces of the syndicate leaders and the victim
close together, usually shaking hands. These
pictures could be shown to family, If neces-
sary to prove what father had been doing
when he lost his thousands. They were very
valuable. Several of them were found
Land propositions were the favorite bait for
men with wealth The sporting event came
in casually, as a side play such ashley de-
clared-any party of millionaires might choose
to arrange The leader and his companion mil
lionares never by any chance induced the
Mikes" to bet on event. That was left in
the hands of the agents. The case of a wealthy
farmer in Illinois, will, perhaps, serve as we'll
as any of the 400 or more recorded to show
how the swindle was worked. The farmer
wished to buy land as embarrassment One of the
syndicates agents knew of 5000 acres that could
be bought for $1.50 acre, and if bought at
once, might be sold Immediately for $3.50 an
acre. That sounded good. The farmer and
his wife accompanied the agent to Little Rock
to see the land. On the road down south the
agent showed supposed newspaper clippings
describing the westward trip of his principals
and other "mllionares' in a private car The
government found bundle of these clippings
in the leaders valise They evidently were
made in a job printing office, but they i'm
pressed the farmer and his wife and made
them feel important in being allowed to meet
such large men.
There was much delay in arranging a trip
to see the land. The owners were away some
where-they usually were hard to find-but
everything would soon be all right. The farmer
proved, with draft for $4,000, his financial
standing, requirement never neglected by the
mllionares, and were shown every courtesy
by the receiving party. He was a daily visitor
in the excellenty equipped Offices in the South
ern Trust building and became well acquaint-
ed with the private secretary His wife was
taken out in the touring car to the beautiful
mansion-rented-wh she met the leaders
wife. and had lovely time.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15
CAMPAIGN
FOR HEALTH
HOUSE FLY AND MOSQUITO To
BE ATTACKED BY THE
SOUTH.
DR.. WHITE is in CHARGE
Conqueror of Yellow Fever Epidemic
of 1905 is Selected as Leader of
the Work of Prevention of
Disease.

New Orleans-The entiTa South
has notified the mosquito and the
horse fly that they are undesirable
citizens and that under no circum-
stances will they be permitted to re.
side in, or frequent the inhabited
communities. But the authorities
have not been satisfied with declare.
tions. They have not forgotten the
lesson taught them in 1905. when the
yellow fever came.
So, all over the South in the small
Ter villages as well as in the bigger
cities, the health authorities are open.
ing an early campaign against the
disseminators of all the deadly dis
eases-the mosquito and the house
fly 1t has been demonstrated that
the mosquito is not the only disease
spreader He-or she-does spread
yellow fever, but the house fly has
been tried and convicted of the crime
of disseminating malaria, typhoid fe-
yer and several other diseases, no
less deadly.
To begin with, all tanks of water,
SIoICIll Vi NCoDClS WHICH AOlu wafer
or which might be filled with water
after a rain, must be covered and
screened with a screen of at Least IS
strands of wire to the incn. Stand
ing water on lots or commons is not
permitted All shallow lots must be
drained Or kept dry, or the owner is
subject to a severe penalty. All sta
bles must have receptacles for ref
use, and this refuse must be moved
every week Where there are large
natural bodies of water, which it is
impossible to drain, the surface must
be disinfected and oiled at frequent
and regular intervals. Even the wa
ter used in the sprinkling carts is
heavily charged with the strongest
disinfectants. I
Under the direction of DR.. J. S.
White, the marine hospital surgeon
who fought and whipped the yellow
fever in 1905, regular set of laws
and precautions have been devised.
These are practically the same in all
the Southern cities and states.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15
Niagara Causes 100000.

Buffalo.-The voice of Niagara was
silenced Sunday for the second time
in the memory Of man. The first time
was late in February when, following
a severe northerly blow, the falls
ran dry. Now, following a severe
Southwestern, the river is frozen solid
from bank to bank. Water poured
over the window stills of the power
house of the Ontario Power Company
and flooded the machines. The tracks
of the Great Gorge Route were COW
cred from the lower steel bridge to
Lewiston. Conservative estimates
place the damage at S1,000,000
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15

millionaires would bet any sum. After much
persuasion 1 agreed to go to Omaha to see
match-I was due for vacation anyway-and
Stowe said l couldn't lose. A certain A. 3.
Shores was to wrestle the millonaires man,
who had agreed, Stowe said to let himself be
thrown ] took with me check for $4,000 to
make a showing The millonaires met were
this Gordon and two others. | told Stowe, in
Omaha, that l was next and wouldn't bet my
money but would bet their money for them
as I'd been asked to do. l deposited my check
in a bank. During the betting the leader
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15
Policeman Shoots BoY.

New York.-Harry Jansen of the
Pastime A. c. won a Marathon race
at Celtic park, Long Island City, in
which II amateurs competed. Just
before the race, riot was precipitat-
ed among the 5000 spectators, who
threatened harm to Charles Haas,
special policeman, who had shot
and dangerously injured Thomas R.
Daily, 14-year-old boy, who tried to
smuggle his way into the grounds
by climbing over a fence. The crowd
chased the special policeman quar-
ter of mile.
He took refuge in a house and was
rescued from the crowd by the police,
who took him into custody.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15
Much Tobacco Burned.

Mayfield, Ky.-Fire, said to be of
incendiary origin, destroyed four
large tobacco warehouses here early
Sunday. These warehouses were
owned by Lewis & Gordon, Richard
Waldrop, Sheriff. e Bearnett and the
American Snuff Company, respective
ly. These firms are Independent and
have been buying a great d.eal OF
loose tobacco. The loss will reach
about $25,O00 There was about 30O,-
600 pounds of tobacco lost. The fire
was not discovered until it was I'M
der full Roadway.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15

The syndicate wasn't los
ing any time. While the
farmers wife was eating
sherbets and lady's fingers,
the man his patriarchal
white beard trimmed and
brushed as it had not been
for years on the home
place, was being taken deep
ly into the innermost con-
fidence Of the secretary.
This man knew that the
farmer would never have
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15
Woodman Commits Suicide.

Chattanooga, TENN. S. McNeal
Of Howe, Tex, committed suicide Sun
day on a Southern Railway train. AS
the train was leaving Gurley, Ala en-
route to this city from Memphis, Nc
Neal shot himself literally blowing
his brains out The body was put
off the train at Paint Rock, Ala. Pa
pers in his pocket indicated he was
a member of Camp 373, Woodmen OF
the World, at Howe, and wGs en-
route to Morristown, Tenn.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15
Wireless Telephone Successful.

Pariss-Naval Lieutenants Colin
and Jeanice, the inventors of wire
less telephone apparatus, with when
they succeeded last fall in commu'
nicating with Dieppe from Paris. have
tested a new and greatly improved
system The minister of marine eX-
changed conversations with operators
at Melun, a distance of 80 miles, ana
he declared the result was vast
Improvement on that attained by the
ordinary telephone. The sound was
clearer and purer.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15

were to race TO the foot of hill about one
half mile away The farmer liked the appear
ance of the sorrel mare on which he and the
millionaires had bet their money and he
justified, because the sorrel really was a mag
nificent animal.
They got away in good shape the sorrel in
the lead. The other man. the friend with the
losing horse, was sad. The Illinois farmer
threw his hat in the air and yelled
But ah they say in novels, what's this?
Something had happened to the jockey on
the sorrel-he had fallen suddenly forward
he was off-down-on the ground and the
millionaires and the friend" were running
down the road toward the spot.
When they reached him they found his face
covered with blood, it was flowing from his
mouth he was injured internally he was
dying. Fright seized everyone.
Of course the Illnosan didn't know, he
learned only few days ago, that the syndicate
jockeys and wrestlers and boxers always bled
much at the mouth. He didn't know they car
ried little thin rubber sacks filled with blood
or something resembling it, in their mouths;
that sometimes they bit the sack and some
times burst it against their ears to show how
dangerously they have been injured.
The millionaires said it mustn't get into the
papers The farmers wife said she wanted to
go home. Then she thought of her husbands
$4,000. When they turned to see the stake
holder, one George Wilson, he had disappeared.
The millionaires We're furious. So was the
friend" whose horse certainly had won be-
cause of thesaccident.
Il am a lumber dealer" said a Minnesota
man. Il am not 80 years old l used to go up
to Minneapolis occasionally and there met an
old acquaintance, Louis Stowe, whom I hadn't
seen for years. MY family had known him
for 20 years. His father is an Episcopal rec
tor ] took this fellow to my home often after
l met him. One day he said he had a friend,
Frank Myers, instructor in physical culture,
whose cousin, George Bennett, was private
secretary for three or four millionaires in
Pittsburg, Pa. These millionares had devel-
oped a wrestler, German by name, whom they
would match against anyone. Stowe said the
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1909-04-15
n .fHhED DEHTH on TIFF MAL.,

Gordon, asked me to place bet of $4,000
or $4,000 on the side. I deferred doing
it, however Shortly afterward George
Bennett, the private secretary, told me
that his money, which he had hoped to
get in Omaha to bet on the match, had
not come and that it might be declared
off if l wouldn't help. Stowe and Myers
and Shores, the wrestler, Wept and plead
ed with me to help them by putting up
the stakes they needed. Finally l consent
ed. The money was to be merely an adj
vance I got the $4,000 at the bank and
gave it to Stowe to hold, as he was the
only man | knew well-or thought | did.
He gave me this receipt:
Received $lOOO0
which is not to be bet or hazarded in any
manner (SigneO LOUIS STOWE.
"The wrestling began promptly. Our
man, Shores, got the first fall He was
to get the second too, because the mil
lionaires man, German had agreed to give
up. But in the second bout Shores fell,
and apparently bursting a blood vessel,
gave every evidence of dying in great
agony.
Everyone was greatly excited. Cor
don wept because of the disgrace attach.
ing to his family in having him present
at such a death. In the midst of the ex'
element, Bennett, the private secretary,
rushed up and whispered that he waG
ruined He had bet his employers mon
ey-the stakes he held for them-and
nust now escaDe to Canada, | was huS