The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 16, 1909, Page 1

LAST EDITION SS Fie (NAT \ Every sal House should | La The Star has outfitted with old « lothes scores erat ho Pe } use an Exposition Rubber | of poor people. There are others in need, SATTLE | {y~ Stamp. | Have you a surplus in your wardrobe? VOL. 10. NO. 280. SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1909. PRICE ONE CENT. DAY OF BIG DISASTER JESTERN MILLS WRECKED | (| TRANNSCONFFRI SCORES ARE ~_ PY. FIRE THIS MORNING 'TFiAVE) WILL BE KULLED AND po vouanios’” " WEGE WHO PUFFS A PPE TON | CALLED INJURED IN Many Mill Workers and : lial } | | DANGEROUS. SEATTLE. | . ABOUT OLD CLOTHES Loggers Are Thrown | Out of Work. No Serious Floods Have as|Will Come From All the 1 TAR Collision on D. & R. G. Leads List of Yet Developed West Countries Bordering MINING MA Dead and Dying—C. P. R. Train Goes of Mountains. on the Pacific. 4 = ee Serta od MURDERED hae Wrecks mo account ity Of 100" |terday ah the Pathe Gane, or| MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY OVER RAILROAD FATALITIES. KILLING OF JOHN HANCOCK where the ts he ons quest IN HELENA, MONT Collision on D. & R. G.—75 or 80 dead. Only a bet @olock B Biscovers " Foom and at tu in an 4 coe 8 eel P - _—_—_— Derailment on C. P. R.—two dead; two locomotives titi« were ow | f he Mbp aon he gt disappear in Fraser river , ee " j : al) the ntries bordering the By U. P—The Helena police . i Frank Wfle ode meat in Sedtt sae aon a : ‘ P : . . . Sate Gwitawn <a hy gem " are today working en a mys Fast train strikes sleigh at St. Catherine’s, Ont.; four tht exposit rious murder case whic . js Sy wheathees ma The eopference, if } will be| proved most baffling. Early killed, two injured. ont he firtt veprenentat gathering his morning John Hancock +s . “er Fi at : bustin < Me) Walidnown mining man ana | Head-on collision on Peoria & Illinois—four killed, seyret ated on the Pacif . It} former president of the Miners two injured. woe a per believed tha g the union, was found lying uncon ae ‘| ‘ . n ae u e cus : . ¢ the Unit a! . eptous In. the trent yard “ Oriville Wright has narrow escape in collision; two a wo eity » planking te a way to the callzed n’ hetlc ho f i i » camel Of $29,900 will be given to { P se et the Paci ©. John's Cathellc heepita dead, in Paris. lls for ‘ La , ; i ieat hardship on togee Chairmen Josiah Coitins, of the nion, stating port from the ‘ wt be ar nor of Lake Wast Union | ents of the Alaska-Yukou-Pacific much to see Hancock s R a ad fa Dot- ! Western | omorrew night for the purpose t trvewn, | making definite arranger 1 ai iiiies thine hee tone 76 wreckage, nt of _ adh of auuent % a ‘ & He quired i a in Th cha e re that a single properties more years will gather some time within a ye tervale doriag « oreun : . fury . to the new king, and Among: the sper Mr Bevera! years I: on certain that Collins expects atth : KNOWN DEAD. é Swept the r w man from fa oe are Getieral Boot? v An the ci ad are Gus Ols« Salida immediately ret cigning bette " A At Ca he pa sinend Cheuk ¢ the fire ‘ }GEO. STANKOVITCH AND BES-| Bensie George. 1 9 gs nn Mee faecte, barre slish el ‘i : ieidelig: uae Bighty-five men w / SIE GEORGE. jaaughter of the ing, © Ambaseate ietha Keae : t ; t today as a result of} | eye ‘ . smoker @ short, black pipe mort of) Government Craft a Total Loss Archibishop Ire i end wife y la CINCINNAT 9. Jan. 1 Ge he tim which e trifle 7 " rn . Wiiilietos : TORIA, B. ¢ tre Brace & Hergert have tong en-|Stankovitch, swarthy, black-haired, /to people who visit the gsypsiew’ | 5. m Bamtle at he Arne 1a rw ler, Denver; Mrs le W. Pfoved the confidence and respect of |scarcely more than a boy in years, | camp. t's mote represented ah Taylor Holden, formerly | Mort lish, ¢ A. W. McCauley aid child, Winnemucca, Nev.; iahelr eraployes, and it ts not thought |e to rule over 53 tribes gypeles on a ore « tome b Cc Maxe 1 An Pullman ductor, and ember of the Phat the mills were fired for re-|scattered throughout the United will te. te o ; ne depart Menge or because of tanc ted wrongs. | Staten. | ment, wes found overcome by filur orge is the on of Stanko ‘inating gas at hie home aF bee de ident a few days a business dea t ainh called . lelty, and was buried with great ho: CAPE TOWN, Jan. 16 YORK, Jan. 16.—-B: tially re oman. Holden was | Where icGowan, Deny ENGINEER BLUNDERED. r to the effect that Gus ead engineer, misread the time of his watch. Thinking pulled the freight train past Dotsero, ecelved here nutes to spare, he have waited for passenger train to pass. He George Comers, a yourlg man wholora. He left several thousand doi ROME, Jan, 16—By U. P— Several earthquakes ite cones / + Jenkins Haine was (later taker fic b starte fer full speed for another siding down the track but hardly We he sometimes works for a liv- tars in cash and a large farm near 1 |red recently in various parts of | > Shouitee ated t Btn Phen and Pag irom aes ae was fined $20 in the pollee court } King Victor Emmanuel and : & Ju t reached it when the train rounded a curve and crashed South African, One wae felt today ]ii piame for the kt nesburg, but no damage | Annis. announced t tended to write a = ——-—-—- Twritten Law | that country for th ' se Haine will remain here mit suicide or turned on ke welt | It's too bad t dave andl ek oe to Wan mit suicide or turned « gan Ac the éarthquale ev re call cldentally, Molden is th enn 0 2 = ee = ad == ‘ | reported that the royal couple | ¥ s should be comp in order to acoe « daughte - aye ood | Y th j drink milk from a cow fed OD who te there, to Bay Ridg here and fairly well-to-do. He has a | i TO W ORK TODAY ON visit ts herd a alga ‘grain mash from a brewery they will reside _Idaughter at Nanaimo, B. C . i 4 nemummetanimmmnnats ae | © oii i of William | condit that he in-| Police detectives sent to tnventi Into tt 70k to 20 The bodies ttempted to ¢ Dayton, 0. je was bis only! Queen Margherita ma non. He had five daughters and} bly visit the United 8 ¥ for selling an overcoat whi Meured from Leo Kobn. p at Joba q of the Charitios Orgynization | leaves 34 grandchildren | personally thank the people of | was do 20 victimes so far ta gate were un whether Holden 2 from the wreckage were in a row near the track, The-coroner will not mit their removal until after an Investigation is made. Many of are #0 terribly mutilated that all hope of identifying them has ‘>a laced side bt ¢ relief to | Reprasentatives of all the tribes mperance ad 1 WRECKAGE CATCHES FIRE. ' 4 PPEAL a Fi. . Ratipeareiy anti ep and burned fiercely for a few minutes, , A fidlails are fociin lass w 2 FOR AID IN SEARCH FOR CHILDREN “wtnouT BABS) oor tmin. Others ony that if te eve of the frcheth Gis kal Pea ERY BOY AND GIRL HAS OPPORTUNITY Dotsere il CHERS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER THE CHANCE HOPE THAT THEIR BOY’) {0 Me Cine Kimble, Me Vernon _ GIVEN SCHOOL HILDREN BY THE STAR. | hae og tee i aS ALIVE, MOTHER IN OREGON The school children of this city for the at four days have been NEEDS HER GIRL ling about The Star's Ben-Hur contest; they know that they are passenger train passed on its way ed pulled by two engines, ran onto me thunder- ght and left the would not the fret lear the main tra When the passenger ¢ speed it struck the end of the f Sand earn the treat which has been BetHur today. If you have alr the book of ad tt, review some portion of you, ¢ vited to be guests of The Star at the initial performance of the | p of wreck chair car was cu two and one Pateatest American drama, Ben-Hur, Monday, January 25, at the Moore | cars was telesc Those sleeping in the man theatre. injured. Today and tomorrow, childre best time to get bu | a C. P. R. TRAIN PLUNGES INTO RIVER. VANCOUVER, B. ( J 16.—By U. P.-A delayed westbound ' § the story—the part you liked the best—or if you haven't read it, get _ i . E r . a rn w storm by two the synopsis that has heen published in The Star this week;. then sit jeavy locomotives, str “mnowalide yesterday and leaped into the 7 Gown and carefully write the short essay, not over 150 words, and art ne Fraser river, nea um sag 110 mike wenn here. The — ‘ es were the only persons killed outri rtys impall it at once to the Hur Editor of The Star. You have probably all read what different prominent people of the F city have said about the plan. Your parents will not object to your ling Ben-Hur, they will be glad to have you. Read tt, study it, over it and then write about it. | ‘Those essays will be judged fairly and impartially by prominent perverse who will recommend to The Star who are to be the ers. That's all there is to the contest. Just a plain educational Her, which The Star is taking the greatest pride in promoting Don't fail to have your exsays in by next Wednesday noon. On y¥ the winners will be announced, and one week from today, wae vowey Ovns YouR, Musi 8 were injured, a number seriously 1 on a curve, When the engines struck this they plunged over and fell into the river below. The locomotives and four cars went over the bank and fell 80 feet. The two firemen jumped and fell | r and A. Kincaden, were not seen again, the locomotives having disappeared from view * ry 1S NOT RESPECT! 7 i$ | * UNRESPONS ME. had oceu a snowbank, The engineers, J. Fo THE NAMELESS GIAL. mail and express cars and a colonist car went over, Two of these remained in sight at the river bank. The dining car turned on its side and the sleeping coaches piled up behind The sleeping cars were immediately transformed into hospitals, Somewber in Reattio, pert wandering about the streets, the ob- WILLIAM KIMBLE ject of charity, or perhaps comfort ‘ pean ably housed with some good family hich the injured were ed for until y oi e bro! van- hose who have followed instructions carefully. and written an accept-| In a country farmhouse near Mt girl, whore picture awe adured meee enece vet et Cee eee ne ree Oe essay will congregate at The Star office and get their tickets | Vernon, Washington, lies a poor old article } Ps ek Paix get iba lige ei is ae cl tl : b heat 86 woman prostrated with grief. An| Down in Oregon, tm the little town i 8 a EimeF the best seats in the house, Joa man, also, againg rapldly under | of Coburg, is an aged mother, Mra TRAIN STRIKES SLEIGH. The essays are already pouring into the office. Telephone In-\q heavy weight of sorrow Missive Saitth, whe te ping and} | ST. CATHERINES, Ont., Jan. 16—By U. P.—The New York @uitics are being made all the time, although the Ben-Hur editor has| Their son, the apple of thetr eyed, | praying for the return of thie wan express of the Grand Trunk railroad, going at the rate of 60 miles fried to explain in detail ail the necessary points governing the con-| has not been heard from since he derer to their little home who, y yD ® & Weft the farm over & year ako. ‘The In her grief, has apponied to” Uve | [PReweeeecees <0 an hour, today crashed into a sleigh filled with people, at Grimsby, near pest family has asked The Star to help | Seattle postmaster to aid ber in the Cau OFF . here, William Wilson ang wife and George G. Tester and wife were cae's But the Interest is real. The teachers are enthusiastic, schoo! of | ting the missing boy pcos } your 00@ ) , A pe i Baxeo - fleers say it is great, ministers endorse the Ben-Hur contest, becpuse| His name is Willlam Kimble. He| A lettor and a poxtal card with ] we 's* NvAOING ived instantly killed. Gordon Nelson was so ser sly injured that he will probably dle. Two other occ ants of the sleigh were slightly it ho the greatest moral, educational and spiritual influence of any|is 22 years old, rather short, not the girl's photograph were r dured “ fean drama. much over 6 feet, aud weighs about | Yesterday. The sorawlings are bare escola 7 ds. He has Diack hatr, | !y legible, and in her eagerness to} a aa Don't be afraid to enter this contest. Remember that younger | ‘os and is rather stout He |@et the letter off, th the phote | ANOTHER HEAD.ON COLLISION, pils are not competing against older ones—we have divided the | was last seen at Everett in com mane he ponted up tn the p at flee | PEORIA, Wis, Jan, 16.—By U. Pein a head-on collision between Hekets among the different grad : |pany with a man for whom he had | got te give her daughter's nam two of the trains on the Northwestern railway, 10 miles west of here, Go to work at once, boost the contest. Tell your friends about It,| worked in a hotel at Mt. Vernon.|” No doubt some « , last night, four trainmen were killed and two were seriously injured. Diet them to enter the contest with you. Work hard, It is well worth| ‘The mother and father have t her will see this article and it ts j The trains were running at a high rate of speed at the time of @¥ary effort you can put forth, The play as presented this year under | trying for over a year to find ast hoped that she will lowe no time in the collision. ‘ MRE direction of John Cort is more stupendous than ever before land have almost given up hope of returning home eeaelge at Paitin " ; finding him alive. Still, they are . ~ lechantes, playwrights, musical directors and managers have been) hoping against hope that he may be| Heoaun Hourtabad salt teen ORVILLE WRIGHT IN A COLLISION S@letly working on the play for months until they have now brought) tying, and that thoughtlessness razor ot hingtor ant nieht PARIS, Jan. 16.—By U. P.—Orville Wright and his sister Catherine to the highest point of. perfection ; May be the reason for his not writ- | George ney narrowly eseaped deat oday in a collision be Bayonne ex | WERY STUDENT SHOULD COMPETE AND EVERY PARENT iin home tangs tig ae pe nih ay ey 9 5 and a train, Two passe aid po intubad ony nyone ing seen him during Sie eae that he ’ “ en , CD URGE THEM TO COMPETE the past year, or has any toMin |Sanial uae Wad aol quite roimes but the Wrights emerged from the wreckage wainjured. There were dress all communications to “Ben Hur Editor, The Star.” wherea uts, write to The Star, or |« for } tion ers on the expr train vacmanate als i la as te st essccbat a ail