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a» {1 NO, 137. Scores Council- pen While Business Men row Angry Over the ote nic Funfest. ——— man Sawyer has no We any council. He te be up at his little | Pouse washing dishes. Armstrong are both and will vote and the crowd, and it's @ther members of the | to eee that the peo their rights.” was the statement 1 ¥. Boullion, superin. iF panic utilities, this ite answer to the insults Papen him by the members " } committee on cor ‘Fetterday afternoon tn) ge with the recommenda ‘ by him rewarding the g of the Northern Pacific! “ompany a franchise to around Lake that two Se organteations | Md the letter which was) ft Bouillon to the cor- ittee, the counctl and laughed, and bad| bandying jests from | about Mr. Bouillon} pite the fact te Call a Halt. Was a recommendation | of the most uable | the railroad com-| for around Lake tious time to railroad and se polo few wrongs of the city t the attention omm! the fact tha’ the a rates were made poperty in Seattle's down , slong the water front, : by the Northern the fact that it fs removed from ia than other prop a high rate. mination. / the switching rate — lots from potnts be-| on st. to Virginie | f $1.50, while right next Bpany's switching yards) Of $3.00 in made for the} sat of work. Thus the tically forces busl- to pay the raflroad a) to get the ban col ré mination that the ef Commerce and the ‘lub want stopped, and | & good remedy was Mr. Boullion wrote to ‘as he did. site was unant- Statement that the — ot afford to antag. a a pople demand these rail- and capital demands | a “We can't afford | the railroads and withdraw altogether (ther hand J. D. Lowman, Pat the Chamber of Com- bthis morning that there interests around At demanded the con- tracks. @ scheme of the avery valuable iP to the fact that they fomething away,” it business men of | the same statement, that the switching charges | bY the Northern Pacific rr ting, and therefore 40 the business inter Me city as a whole | the railroad com | fight to build up any | the city it might have | of,” said Mr, | “and the committee Showing their utter of what corporation AL, # Grant this fran- rat gaining some } “Te WEA MURDERER INARDINO, Cal Rice, the prison Seriously wounded 6 eseape from officers day, ix James ‘Was alleged to have yt fh Fresno March ls the opinion of Sheriff County, brought to this olty to-| Metording to the sheriff Salled at the jail and Wentified him ax Rich has communicated | ithorities, Rice Ne exico of Wain at Needles after ine ard watches 8 Indian tratier who Was captured by | Oa rallroad bridge Named. D. c,, July f California secretary at London July was ot toy TEN PAGES QWVER SHOULD NOT TRY 10.00 MORE THAN RUN GING HOUSE, HE SAYS HOUSE WIL PISS TIF HLL HS Special Rule Is Adopted by a Vote of 36 to 11 to} Pass the Bill, After a Slight Debate. (Hy United Press) WASHINGTON, D.C, July 31L— Passage of the tariff bill in ite pres | ent form waa practically assured for that end was adopted by the house by 4 practically unanimous vote. The special rule was submitted by Dalzell. It provides that none af the report of the conference com mittee shall be open to points of order, The rule was adopted after 45 minutes’ debate by a vote of 36 for to 11 against, KNOWS SLAYER OF MMAHON Peter Miller, the man now ac- cused by the police of the murder of Hugh McMahon last November, denies absolutely any complicity in the crime, and fastens palr who were under arrest at one time tn this city, but who were al- lowed to leave the city. Miller admits pawning the stuff taken from McMahon's body, and he admits being Instrumental fo seeing Kenneth Mackintosh, a lawyer, and killed McMahon. “Did you kill McMahon?” asked Captain Tennant thin morning “Why, you had the fellows tn jail once,” coolly remarked Miller “You mean Smith and Rose?” ask- ed Tennant. “I do,” was the sullen reply. ‘The only hope the police have for convicting Miller is on a burglary charge. This will be comparative. ly easy, as an unlimited amount of evidence has been secured Cireulars have been prepared and sent broadcast In the hope of hav. ing Miller and Rose apprehended BAR AS Puts Ban on Outsiders and Will Act as Judge and Jury, Members Doing as They Please in Cases. (Star Special Service.) ABERDEEN, Wash, July 31.— The Washington Bar association has perfected a reorganization along the lines of the Seattle Bar association, so as to provide a pro feastonal machine to enforce eth- jeal discipline, to protect the courts and the influential mombers of the bar from the criticiem of “outsld ers,” on the profession, and to pro- mote and protect the dominion of corporation attorneys and interests. Under the new constitution the gtievance committee {a authorized to prosecute unethical practition- ers on the authority of the exec utive committee and without refer: | SOCIA ALL WILL WANT TO TOOT THE WHISTLE | | | After the whistle | | street corner cops system for duced in Seattio there will be but one real job in view for the small | boy who has des(gning ambitions on #othe of Our More conspicuous lay men, Me will want to wear a blue uniform with brass buttons, fare, toot his whistle and report to Chief Ward, or whoever else it hap pens to be, for his firet ef the month He will start shaving to expedite }& Moustache, he'll eat carrota to make it red, and he'll dine on olive oll to become obese, For the small boy who is going to get big some day, picks on a plaything like a cur or a kitten, and unless some of the already grown-ups tnvent some thing more attractive to divert bie ntion, the probability ft that we'll not have any more presidents or street car cons or bus drivers or locomotive engineers or band-cara propellers, or any other of our great eltleena who are holding down jobs of fascinating Interest to the youth ful mind. Imagine, if you are a small boy }today when a special rule designed | the endless pleasure and great im portance of a man In the commun. it onto | ity who calla to halt the entire traf-| | Charles Smith and George Rose, the | fio—street cars eons, Rae bug \ by morely blowing bia little whie the, of waving his chubby hand-— poor fellow, it must be hard work--s0 they're going to supply him with a | whistle and all he will have to do| planning the release of Smith and/ is to toot It, for if he didn’t the| Rose when they were detained by | street cars wouldn't know whether | the loca) police for vagrancy, bat|to go or stand still, and the traffic | jhe denies that he is the man who lof & great metropolis might stop In definitely It's the “gee tupp" to motormen, drivers and pedestrians to move east Or west or north and south on }@ busy corner. The whistle aye tem bas been tried In several big cities, and it will take tte turn in Seattle. dass Radia te Malin ole daa & AY. ATTENDANCE. * ® Friday's admissions 26,003 # ® Total for the season. 1,496,295 # * * Andindndindindn Andnd tn din de tatind es Sa charges, and asking their in | vestigation. | Being invited to prefer his \charges against the court to the association's grievance committes, Robinson looked into the matter, jand found that the committee is lyet to be appointed, the new by laws providing for its appointment jby the new president. The new ipresident te C, C, Gose, of Walla | Walla, & brother of M. F. Gose, a member of the court Secret Seasions. The bylaws provide that the grievance committee shall hold its |bearings in secret, making its re port to the executive committee, also appointed by the president, who may order what action shall be taken. Without a public hearing without even reference of the mat ter to the association, the grievance committee might report to the ex ecutive committee, and the exeew tlve committee order Judge Rob inson prosecuted for making the nee ence of the matter to the associa-| This means actions to dis members whoee actions are to the professional ton. bar displeasing machine. Have no Chance. This is how it worked at this session of the sasoclation, and gives an illustration of how it may be expected to work generally In general practice, Attorney De Wolfe stood on the floor of the convention yesterday and declared that he was prepared to prove the charges made by him against the supreme court, If the association would appoint a committee to hear them. Instead of doing so the as sociation appointed a special com mittee to prosecute De Wolfe for ‘disbarment for having made them. The association adopted a resolu tion tnviting Attorney J. W, Rob inson, of Olympia, to file with its grievance committee any charges he may desire to make against the supreme court Robinson ‘Instructed. The inference of the invitation ts tuat the committee would proceed to hear and determine such obarges on their merite, But within two hours before the invitation was ox- tended the association had ordered |De Wolfe prosecuted for preferring How to teach a 15-pound baby seal to drink milk out of a nursing | bottle, even when the seal In tame }and willing to be taught, ts a puzzle to the government's fisheries de }partment at the exposition, where | the dedreat, fuzziest little seal over captured la worrying a lot of grown men more than the disposal of a |12-oot devil fish The seal was caught near Bel ‘Iingham in a fish trap, and brought |to the fair three days ago. \then W. P, Sanerhoff of the fisher lies annex has spent considerable time pouring milk into the palm of his hand and letting baby seal drink it up. It takes many weary minutes to satisfy Master Seal's appetite by |thia system, but the ittle creature absolutely scorns the bottle, and persiste in his handto-mouth ex: fatence, The baby ty as tame as a dog, and as affectionate an a kit ten, following the employes about has been Intro wtand | in the centre of a crowded thorough: | velope on the} It's all to relieve the copper | TION WILL SMOTHER ALL CHARGES Se THIS BABY WON'T DRINK OUT OF A BOT- TLE AND ITS FOSTER PARENT IS WOR. RYING SOME ABOUT HIS Since | EDITION. SEATTLE, WASH,, SATURDAY, JULY 31,1909, /WOMAN WHO REFUSED TO BE LOST AMONG MILLIONS OF HER PEOPLE IN CHINA WHEN HER HUSBAND WANTED A NEW WIFE, IS HIDDEN AWAY BY LOCAL MISSIONARIES. BY BONNIE WHEELER Hiding in fear and trembling of her Chinese husband, | )Chin Lem, one of the owners of the Quong ‘Tuck compan of 208 Washington st., from whom she escaped in Hong Kong last June, littl Gong Oy, or Mra, Chin Lem, as she is called and her 12-year-old daughter, Maggie Chin, who reached Se attle a few weeks ago, are being cared for under the protect ing wing of the Presbyterian mission | Taken back to China almost two years ago, at the re quest of her husband's father, Chin Gee Hee, one of the best known and richest Chinese merchants of the Northwest, and| jthe promoter of the new railroad which is being built into] lthe interior of China, Gong Ov refused to remain in Hong iKong while her husband, the teereant Chin Lem, returned {to Seattle with wife number two, So, after numerous at tempts, she sticceeded in eluding the vigilance of the slaves Here she was received with open arms by the mission workers, and set by Chin Lem to watch her and escaped t |her whereabouts are being kept from her husband, In one of the many homes of the dhoosing and bring her back to Se mission workers this Chinese wo- [ttle with bin : man who has braved dangers of| USM distracted, Mrs. Chin Lem burried to ber friends at the mis every sort, and who has 00°) sion and told them of the letter she | through perlenees thrilling | had found. She was advised not to Gonsent to the trip to China, But the years of Chinese training count od, ad in the end she obeyed her Kueband, as every Chinese woman enough to fill a book, in order to return to America, ts living a very quiet, if not entirely peaceful life. while eomlssaries of her Chinese husband are scouring the city in 4@e#; and, after extracting a prom vain endeavor to locate her | ise from him that he would not The story of the plucky Chinese | Marry any other woman, but wou woman and her equally fearless | tl Bis father that this was Impc daughter seoma almost Incredibie,| @ble, she consented to visit China it fe wo fraught with startling events) Tt Was a very tearful little Chi and dangerous situations, nese woman who bade Mra. Janie Bigelow, one of the foremost mis | aloe Workers in Seattle, and Mre. A Was Born In San Francisco. cleco, and her marriage to Chin Mibaesota steamed out of the Sound Lem, was one of the many mie | that September morning almost two | | sles, fruit venders and all the rest) sion romances of that city, which | Years Ago, and the mission workers, | fico in the First Natic | knowing how rigid are the laws of After living tn San Francisco «| Obioa, and how, bound by ages of number of years, the couple moved | Custom, Chinese children are to to Beattie, where Chin Lem opened | Obey their parents, never expected la branch of bie father's business. | fo see little Maggie and her mother inews proepered, and the couple | asain. were happy but for the one disap) But they did not reckon on the pointment-—the only child of the) Feare of mission training the moth union was a daughter | whiet grieves every Chinese parent, | When she war but a girl @id not trouble the parents of little 3 Tui haif as much a it seemed to! peoate Wife umber. Ture worry Chin Len's father, who had! Until che was shown the new wife jretarned to China. contains a corner of China, Were killed she set about to return rome’ & Sot to America. She had saved up A lotter from father to som, |enough to buy two tickets, but these |which was found by the little wife,| were found by a spy before she had was tho first intimation she had of }¢ime to perfect ber plans, and she) trouble fn store for her. The letter} waa more closely guarded than ever. stated that Chin Lem was to returh}) Chinese slaves reported her every to China and bring his wife and! mave to the husband or his father, cbtid with him. He wag to leave} and escape wan well nigh imposst- them tn China, once he succeeded) ble, A second attempt wae discov- in getting them there, and was to) a. marry another woman of hie father's} (Continued on Page = : eros ea. LOVING LOVES "i j char, Meanwhile the charges themselves and any evidence sup- porting them could be suppressed. Barrier Is Built. (hy United Pree) RAN FRANCIBCO, Cal, July 11 |The loving Loves are in love | again and at the Love home every In ordering De Wolfe prosecuted, Hod tale “4 Ph Neh B00 ensing the we ne — the association te transgreseing (h0 i eove lovingly tells Franklin * Love Jurisdiction of the legislature to that ehe te sorry she was unloving hear and try complaints against ju ad, dicial officers as provided in the | PMH to sue for divorce, Two constitution. De Wolfe's “charges Months ago Mra, Love filed a nen- were directed to the legislature, | Sational eult in which she allowed Should the court hold that an at-| ‘Hat Love had attempted to poisor her #0 that he could get hold of her jtorney may be punished for com municating charges against courts to the legisiature it would shut the legislature off from access to the only kind of information upon which it can exercise ite constita- tional function to try Judietal off cers. Unless De Wolfe's charges to the legislature are privileged the legislature cannot try ® supreme judge for misconduct without mak ing the witnesses in the trial sub ject to criminal prosecution In the courts. 1 Kies reason property, In addition she bp atrested for the same Mut today they decided that loves had dwelt apart long on: an4 #0 Victoria Love and Franklin Love lovingly went before the ¢ and owked that the diem! od. urt mult be GHARGED WITH KILLING SIPEL GIRL INH. Y {By Volted Pree) NEW YORK’ Sily Me-A charge of murder was preferred today againat Chung Sin, held since the ae. = <2 | | | killing of KElsle Sigel, the Ameri CHARGE. ean miasionary, whose body was J found in 4 trunk in the room of — Léon Ting, a Chinese who Hved labove Chung Sin'a chop suey res. the butiding, He has not yet been | tagrant, placed on exhibition, but will be if} the warrant charging Chung Sin he ‘er learns to eat like & grown! with the murder was {asued on an up, The 12foot devil teh caught | affidavit elgned by Yuan Yick Lam in the same trap was’ too big to! an interpreter, who alleged that he exhibit, but the department hopes to got a smaller one soon. ALASKA CHILDREN WILL SEE A.-Y.-P. E, Next Thursday will be Alaska Children's day at the AYP. expo altion, and all Alaska children who will call on or phone Mra, Mary A Hart at the Alaska building on the fair grounds will be given tickets and entertained on the grounds. The | was certain Chung assisted In pack ing the girl's body In the trunk Leon Ling, suspected of the mur der, has been missing ever since tho girl was killed Rifles Band to Close Engagement. The Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles Band will give a special con jeert at the A Y.-P, exposition to. lmorrow, closing their engagement at the fair, They will appear in the | Amphitheatre at 4:30 in the after }muste and drills, | Alaska boys and girls will meet al) yyy eRe the main gate at 10 o'olock Thurs-| % Wedth R FORECAST, |day morning, where Mrs, Hart will|® Fair tonight and Sunday; ® greet them ond take them Into the grounds. * light west winds. * RRR KKH This fact,|er hed recotved in San Franciseo | she kept her hopes, but when these; STOP DIVORCE noon, giving their full program of | Ph aa haem 2a THE SEATTL CHINESE WOMAN HIDES IN SEATTLE TO ESCAPE TOILS OF HER HUSBAND MAGGIE CHIN, ee eee BRIDE STANDS ON HORSE SHOE KICKED INTO A MAN’S HAND ON WAY TO CHURCH TO BE MARRIED— TEN PAGES ‘INDUSTRIOUS LITTLE Twelve thousand busi! working in a glass hive jis one of the novel exhibits just in stalled In the King County building the grounds The have through @ glass | passageway to the open air outside jand are seen coming and going with | their loads of honey, and working in |their hives, building cella for the bees jon expoaltion boes access BEES HARD AT WORK’ STAR ONE CENT GOV, JOHN A, JOHNSON DISAPPOINT A GRE CHOWO AT FAIR 10 AR OOM | He Stops at Spokane for an Automobile Ride While | Swedish People Gather | at the Fair. (By Uniied Press) SPOKANE, July 81.—Gow John A, Johnson arrived In Spokane shortly before mid night last night, and despite the fact that he due to speak to the Swedish peaple at the A-¥-P. fair, agreed to stay over in Bpokane today, up- raising of their young, and storing on representations of eral away honey, Mrs. 8. M. Allen, of} Prominent business men of Green Lake, je the exhibitor. The| Spokane that special enter | bees are a cross between the black tainment had been arranged The en Italian and the wild bee. They are| for him here today. very industrious and multiply| tertainment included a big aly rapidly, the hive having increased tomobiie ride in the Palouse |from about 7,006 to 12,000 since be-| Country today and a banquet ing installed in the King County| ‘tonight. Gov. Johnson will bullding GOT HIM DRUNK, Claiming he was plied with liquor and then defrauded out of a | warranty deed to a lot on Fifth av | between Virginia and Stewart ste worth thousands, 8. T. Holden has filed sult against Livia Quagiitu Romano for recovery of the prop erty IT DURING SERVICE. | (iy Colted Press) from that incident thelr acquaint- CHICAGO, I, July 31.—If there , ance ripened inte love. St. Clair ts the eon of the is anything In a horse shoe for good tuck, Mr. and Mra. Perey R. ®t. Clair who were married Monday at the Gong Oy was born in Ban Fran-| C. Drewback a ead good bye as the | Chureh of the Ascension, will find | ment their live Just ae filled with good fortune rey was leaving hie of al bank that | day and about to croms the street, he caught the «lint rks anf horee wae crossing the street car | tracks: | Instinetively he ducked bie head 4 threw up his hands, He was shocked to feel a heavy welght strike in the palm of hin right hand. He closed his fingers and found thet jhe had blindly caught @ flying horse shoe in midair The bri who was Mise Virginia Hunt, was overjoyed when she heard of the good omen that had be falien her fiance. When they went to the church to be married she car- tied the horse shoe In her hand bag ind while the pastor took their vows she stood with one foot upon it, This was not the first good omen that fell in the path of the young lovers bor of Mixe Hunt, began bie tnti- mate acquaintance with her through & hunt for a four-leaf clover. Short- }ly after the couple had been pre- jrented, the young man was leaving hie home, for his work tn the city, and saw Mise Hunt sitting on the lawn with seme children searching for four-leaf clovera, He offered to join In the search and was the first one to find the clover with four leaves, Judge W. R. Gay Makes a | Startling Statement in| i Denying a Divorce Here | “After all, divorce is a die grace—an absolute disgrace, Divercees are never good citi zens,” said Wilson R, Gay, judge of the superior corut, this morn: ing. Margaret Beeman, mother of six children, and married 26 years, was asking for separation because she and her husband quarreled lx months ago and he abandoned her Her children are grown. We have grown very our divoree courts,” continued judge. “When they have dren or the child Is small and has been grossly neglected by father or mother loose tn the ing else to do but to end the un | happy marriage Never Good Citizens. | “But here you, a woman of 48, with a family of six grown children, jask for a divorcee merely because | you and your husband quarreled six }months ago and he abandoned you pres and Mr. Beeman have reached a sta of life where you are ex |pected to be good citizens, and | divorcees, are never good citizens Vhat goc% would a divorce do you? } “If | were free 1 could defend | myself,” said Mre. Beeman, “My husband fs supposed to, but don't do it.” ‘Do you have any spectal need for defense?” inquired the judge Most women need it,” returned | Mr. Beeman | ‘There is a certain stage in a woman's life,” continued Judge Gay, “when she ts hard to live with; when her husband should remem St, Clair, who was a neigh- | no chil-| either | there seems noth: | late | Clair Lieutenant Colonel T. 8, 8t of the Royal Berkshire reat For generations his family jhas been prominent tn British army official circles, Mre St. Clair is a i niece of General John M. Caree FOUND | Laure W. Melated, a laborer, aged about 33, was found dead in bed shortly after noon today in a shack at 1417 Van Buren ay oner A. J, Hill made an investiga- tion, and it ie bie opinion that the man died of acute aleoholiam, Deputy Cor- OED WN BED leave for Seattie at 11 o'clock tonight, arriving there tomor- row. | Fully 50,000 people attracted te |the A-Y.-P. exposition for Swed day, were bitterly disappointed by | the failure of Gov. John A. Johnson, of Minnesota, to reach Seattle to- day and make his scheduled address in the Amphitheatre this afternooi Swedish people from every part the Northwest flocked to the fair today in expectation of bearing ~ noted Mipnesotan. President © berg expressed his regret for the |fatlure of Gov. Johnson to arrive, lafter his expected presence had been so widely advertised. It te expected that Gov. Johnson will be |present to unveil the Hill monw ment on Tuesday Word was received at noon to« day, by telephone from Spokane, that Gov. John A. Johnron had @f« rived in that city last night and | had gone on « sightseeing trip in an automobile through the Palouse leountry today. There was no way lby which communication could be had with Gov. Johnson to ascertain why he falled to keep his appoint- ment with the exposition officials, Provident Chilberg expressed great regret that such a misunder- standing should have occurred. He waid he fatied to see how such & mistake could have happened, as the arrangements for Gov. Johnson's | vinit to the exposition were made by Andrew Chilberg, who visited 6t | Paul for that purpose. Gov. John« son and Mr. Chilberg arranged the day at that time, which war then | advertised. FLOODS AGING AND HUNDREDS DROWNED (By United Press.) | TOKIO, July $1.—A terrible flood is raging in the province of Chang- chun, Manchuria, Information re ceived here today states that sev- jeral hundred people have been idrowned nnd thousands of houses submerged and swept away in the leity of Kirn alone Kirn ie sitoated at the head of navigation of Shangari river, It is 240 miles from Mukden, The river ts still rising, and the people es ee ARE NE Kirn is unknown, but it is reported jthat there has been a great loss of life, both above and below the (stricken city. ‘ | | FRISCO WANTS CONVENTION, (By United Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, Jhly 31.—An emphatic bid for the next session of the National Irrigation congress will be made by San Francisco rep- |Tesentatives at Spokane when the jannual meeting convenes at the |northern city In August. The San rrancisco conveution league will have ardent boosters present with }a lecturer and & photographic ex He offered it to Mines Hunt, and|are terror stricken. Damage above | hibit to convince the doubtful ones, DIVORCEES GOOD CITIZENS, HE SAYS =e VER | | JUDGE WILSON R. GAY, ber his vows to cherish her, For she ts as, cranky and disagree able man to stand ft “If L should grant this seperation I would commit a moral wrong; a wrong to society, The decree is dented But judge, can T say | interposed the plaintiff. a ward?" There 1s nothing to say,” return ed the judge the next case,” | The following divorees were granted | Bartholomew from Anna MeDon Jough; desertion | Ruby from John Franklin Bell; honsupport Leona L. from Charles F, Oden wald. Lena J, from William W, Morrt son, and often It takes a patient] [NOTHING HEARD FROM | THE WRIGHT BROTHERS | The offer of $26,000 to the aero- nauts, Bleriot and the Wright brothers, to come to the A-Y.P, exposition for a contest, was yes | terday confirmed by the executive | committee of the fair, and indorsed by the special events committee, No | answer has yet been received from | the aviators. In case the Wright | brothers refuse to enter in a con- | test the exposition will make them an offer to come to Seattle for a few exhibition flights with their | Reroplane [RARER EERE He x |* BANK CLEARINGS, & * Seattle. * *® Cloarings today ..$1,938,587.69 ® j}* Balances 244,951.87 w * Tacoma. * |* Clearings today ....,.8782,735 ® * =Balances 40487 ® * Portland, * ® Clearings today * * Balances * * * SERRE ERR REE RH Everett's Population Grows. EVERETT, July 31—The Everett | directory, to be isaued next week jby the R. L. Polk company, gives Ja population for 1909 of 31,2 increase over last year of 2 TERMINAL SUIT CASE, (By Unlted Press) WALLA WALLA, July $1— Papers in a suit for intervention in the Spokane rate case have been drawn by the Commercial Club and sent to Washington in an effort to get for Walla Walla the terminal rates, One thousand dollars has been raised to prosecute the case, 5, an 9