The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1911-03-03
FRIDAY, March 8, 1911

PERSONS TALKED ABOUT
L. H. Gray writes from Los Angeles: Beautiful
weather. no politics, no worry" Some weeks ago Mr..
Gray sold out his steamship business and practically
retired from business, although he thinks he will do
some investment business upon his return to the city
Charles W. Wappensten for many years conspic-
figure in the police circles of Seattle, is him
self in the tolls of the police and there those who
would like to him put through the third degree just
as he has put so many others through.
Will H. Morris who is the central figure in the legal
battle now being fought over Hlman, will soon be
the central figure in the legal battle Wappensten.
If the past is any criterion, both Hillman and Wap-
pensten will go Scott Free and all because they have
Morris as their attorney.
Since the grand jury returned an indictment
against Wappy Hot Stuff, the detective, has dsap-
peared from the front page of the Times and
pect he did so because the stuff handed out by the
grand jury such hot stuff that it burnt the Colon
els fingers
Samuel HILL the good roads enthusiast has recent
ly returned from California, and is not feeling very
hopeful the prospects of getting good road built
between California and Seattle which will permit the
Calfornans to automobile to Seattle and spend their
summers here as the Washingtonians are spending
their winters there The prospects of the present leg
islature of Washington stopping all road FORK by the
convcts he slso regrets.
D. K Sickes, clerk of King county, is to retire
ayear and ten months from now and already fierce
has broken out among the employees of that office
and other court house parasites to which one will
succeed him. The late cleaning out the people gave
the city political parasites ought to be warning to
what is in store for the court house loafers
J. w. elise, representing the L. C. Smith estate
is delighted to get all of the troubles concerning the
fortytwo storey building, which is to be erected in Sc
attic this year, smoothed out Actual will be
begun within very few weeks, and before snow fys
the building will be we'll under way.
J. H. Bohlke's name was by an oversight, left out
of the lucky eighteen but from the nice things that
being said about him all over the city, he will be
among fortunate nine
Boyd P Doty, according to rumor, is to retire from
the superintendency of the Anti-Saloon League in
Washington and take it easy for season. The job
must be remunerative one.
Fred L. Rice, who is candidate for of the
judgeshps to be, feels that he has the situation we'll
in hand and will land with He is said to have
strong friends at court.
Charles B. Hopkins who has been United States
marshal so long that he concluded he was fixture,
is now an ordinary citizen like and l.
It occurs to us that for Wappy has enough
money on deposit to hold him for awhile
Whatever else may be said of or about Joe Smith,
one of the nominees for the council he has always
been an advocate of the people against the inter-
ests and if he should be elected and do in the council
as he has written and talked in the past he will not
go very far wrong. His candidacy is being we'll re-
ceived
Gid Upper who peached on Charles w. Wappen-
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