The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 12, 1909, Page 7

aor! : ABSTRACTERS mh ol yoo ane ! ur weed ture “i up our ox ‘ nat Pioneer, Tors! ryorations | Male BICYCLES, PURNITUN % A ‘ : / goods Mighew Bpinning’s for bloyele re PALE—FURNITURE mae & PLATT jerson & Bailey, 606 Pi Wik #8 spoctalty & ROSS PARKER, ott N Y ind | United Missourl River Power DALLINGEA REFUGES TO EAPLAIN: CHARGES: (Concluded,) com pany Afternoon Fight. A spectacular flight on the floor jof the Natlonal Irrigation congress today fulfuied every prediction {that the seventeenth annual con: jYention would prove the hottest jin the history of the organization George Otla Smith, director of 200. Mechantes’ th Washington + Bank Ide Mide f CANADIAN HANK OF COM MENCE Canada t a a pects Ee Special far, epoca! peated by the Rind THON i fa “BOOKS AND STATIONERY, Third av OQ Book Store, Davia DG foot ape 8 N n and Pike # ~GONTRACTORS, Trait * Van Werer foundat be an, stone ond Phene Batt CLAIRVOVANTS. lire. Perey on Mbean " Bn nit Fire NB dium. Lacky charms hav Ti) and fi) Pine wt. | small expense We a ree Chiro podiet @ PLart 48 Fike se vem, 144 Four Mra Bbafer gies readings daily fo ladiee only rhe; at 166 Siet ay wu. “BETEE t ive SERVICE. douse f eroom CODY DETECTIVE AGENCY, 483-44-546 Avoade Wide. General tine of | minal and etyil private detgetive work Yoon day and gight, Consulialhon strictly prisie Hurreapondence all eastern elties M. 4408) Ind FTE, J. A. CODT, Supt Agency, 316-17 LOUIS K. CHURCH Tevestiguiions made, — oriminal ctv, 301-4 People’s Savings Wank Bide Main 3284. Ind b238 DENTISTS. een K J. BROWN—1 om eh ctaen a here in The moans ook. turned ia A Winker woe avid at} conetaded a cy ‘fore to tet}. fa Si snowa firm teat ie ing out Read my lay about the} dental + GOLD AND WP Motes te 0 HAIR GOODS. ~“Weltches eilll on sale 618 HAT MAKERS, 12.09 Hate Karane well Known makes as Ramberger Brea, and other high class under the place Sale starts wet 14th. fas JOR MARTIN % G BLAKER Auctionesrs Bast ea feneed clothing sales- Cedar and eck. Johneon, 2430 First nm MASSAGE. | Wiectrie, steace aol tub bathey ote chef. | Pare present jecation T14 (rear) Unies, OPTIC.ANS. ne 4. W. Rdmoade, Oph. D. Helen, Deleay Beue-Ficher Ce 187. Be ba gow stare, recrisera- inn ‘kitchen goods, ote, eto Piet ar. Pritey, * = BG tickerton, Mate 3991; Ind. Members National, State and County EXCHANGE. ce Me Kirkeriile @redante. 669 Northern fk. Ride. (th and Phones, PATTERNS AND MODELS. +), The Seattle Pattern and Model Works 416 First av. & Main 068 PAINTERS, Chicago Decorating Co. painting and paperhancing: by day oF contract. First nee veasonahie Huneet, Main tiene pa tint ting by dey oF "a ae Sat Paloting Ca, 106 Henece d and Cotumbir | 1492 PLUMBING, "WY, Keeler & Co. 82% Yester, plum’ ine aed Miting, gas fietures of si kinda wa a call when in need of plomber PATENT ATTORNEYS. Adams we Tirooka, rexintered P and Trade Mark Attorneys; 16 yeare tm Meattic 625-4 Cotman bioot. —e to jean on city] parnes @ Co. reg! EbirtLarox, neve, Stare-Hoyd bi pan Ma a dae lds Td York Block. Past A. Talbot, EXPERT. Mutual Life PHYSICIANS. “ph. & C PIRRCR for alt ny ol and ah consult the doctor In advice tree, private Phooe 1, 4088. 1 Peopie fe wan on Improved eared, Ee. aiete 4-19 Bona bases Bide Leading physician and tand Meortengrs _fiesemway, 465 Hinek- tt LOVERING has removed Both Pe we. T. Lumber Bxchange. in Gixenwen 686 Arcade Dr. Tucker, Union linck. Ind. 4610 —tt SUPPLIES Anderson #upply Co res Cher PRINTERS, MISCELLANEOUS, ~~ - eed Trick Binding ond Printing Co, Piece, Beattie. Both phones 1 1 DOOR HARGAING pose ee for pointing. $1.15 for watning 41 6 with fancy Ey ae apron, #245 Medium priced houses ae ee Helter Printing boumhl and sold, Bchweda | 1406 Fourth. ~“SECOND-HAND CLOTHING. x oh iit ps We buy gecond-hamd cothing at high BREA LAIN? ent" prices fc tens, Main 6388181) Pike He per ation ~ SHOE € DEALERS. M6 ber gxiion tg? Balnt from and be shoes at low to ba wold by Georne The | Raueen wel “best mens possible. prices 1615 Fleet ay nd foore trom us _ fell anyone. #h\p Ste price. tend tor | Mailed free 2 Ms CO. aah, abinet work SIGNS AND MESTON Moving & Born Main #46, Ind. & TRANSFER COMPANIES, $448 Vernon place furniture and plano ue, Ballard 12; rest Fox and ¢ rittan letters Leonard TELEGRAPHY. Than Comte at Talonraphy. 606 BaP Kant tle, Wash. Wing or wirelans export inetruction Ove teeation just west expo grounde | the a | eald in part SILVER | Miltie Hayat 214 Peopie’s Bank Bidg | | Gov . | ploston at the onited States logical sur | Yey, Tone to the defense of Becre tary Ballinger of the Intertor de |partment, and was replied to by former Gov, Pardee of California, who endeavored to meet every ar |xumont put forward in defonse of ithe secretary Defends Ballinger. Smith defended his supertor in gallant style, and endeavored to onvinee the delegates that. Ballin ger had been misrepresented, He jread earama from the general }land office and from the Bozeman, Mont, land office, which, he sald, showed that there had been only jone filing on forty acres of land fn the Bozoman district, and that }that filing had been protested by opartment of the Interior, He | | “It hae been charged that the |secretary of the interior recently ~ failed in hie stewardship, and it drew lands containing power sites. eit concession was made to the citizens of Montana, because they wanted the land for agricultural *|purve 4 “The United Preas |story the other day in which it was }charged that the water power truat had cinched a monopoly by filing on land in the Bozeman district on June 11, — valuable for power pur carried a! and on all land which we! THE STAR—THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909 | pones, but | drawn | “Now, with regard to that entry jot June 11, it la shown by the ree orda that It Is a wide valley, and fs not believed to be valuable for |power purposes, Collins dentoa| |making the entries, I do not be lleve that the General Electric company controls all the power in montana, If these lands were re-| stored April 10, why did the po interests walt? “While writers have been fabri cating fancies, we've been with | drawing lands, It ta easy to orith else public servants there has been too much criticlam at this congress,” Pardee Again Talks. Former Gov, Paraee of California jthen followed, with a speech de-| fending his position, He sald 1 sald yesterday I was sorry Sooretary Ballinger left the con vention hall when he did, and I re iterate it today I have seen other cabinet members always ready to anewer questions, but I am glad he has sent a man to defend him I call your attention to the that Ballinger restored all Why not the lands restored and the other landa| oliminated? TL have been told that | the reason why it was becnuse of the pressure on the de partment of the interior by the agrt Joultural Interesta, The names have | not been given to me allinger Starts It, ‘There are various kinds of agri cultural Interests, some of and some of thelr 5 real agriculturints eulural lands. which waa not with faet landa were agricultural | was done awyeors, The nly wanted agri wer 2 ling powe: and | believe | jingor restored them to entry, | | there yet.” retorted | day low Abres whiuh he doctar wed by Ballinger, and Jafeiniah Colling, In spit ament?for the Amat compan Phone who i wae re contr of fe vialy Was land gamated Copper recom@a in the b& were 7 by « have ov wald ont man man in confidence, » dented that he onter It would be better if these made by Mr. Bal Hinge of one of hin sub ordingite® We aro here in thin con great lO consider the Interests of atl the people sire that thin mat tor be cleared up and the record be as clear am tt wae in the time of Hooretary Garfield and de c re for Pardes. I have been in public offte have been eritioiaad, Ido not object to it, A public officlal should be willing to be criticised, An agent of the people of this country should be called to account whenever It Is ry to call him to account Let me state finally that secre tary Garfield withdrew land contain and Secretary Hal witon, am oreditably Pardee informed interrupted A. C. Campbell, of the Unite department of justice Why don't you take y to the district attorney It is ponnible tt here by d States wan who said nur evidence taken amid comely may be Parde yells and applause, At the sion of Pardeo's speech he corded an ovation by the delegates BLIND GIRL TO SING wiki ac Mise Christine La Barraque, a blind eager of international reputs tion, will be the at the A-¥.-P. exposition with Wag | ner's band, which will fill the Sun engagements at the Muste Pavilion, Wagner's band will fill the Interval between the departure of Liberati's band on Baturday and the arrival of Eliery's band on Mon day. Mise La Barraque will sing two numbers at both the afternoon jand evening cone It ts not @ question of percentage, but one of power sites, and on power nites 1 stand ay ‘On the very day he took offive, Secretary Ballinger began to restore power altos then re tf & mil ' Pardee al a Hat .. BLUE-EYED BUNCH ATTRACT ATTENTION lorry HALL BRIGADE A QUEER | LOOKING LOT AS RESULT OF A DUST FIGHT. “The blue spectacle brigade” ts what many politicians around the elty hall are beginning to call the clerks whose offices are on the Yesler way side of the city’s build jing. The name ts derived from the | tact that the clerks wear blue spec tacles a great deal of the time. | They first began to notice that they | needed something when thetr eye lids began growing red. not have been so bad if only one jor two were majority In the city ball were | prowling around with funny looking red eyes. Then someone suggested seeing a doctor, and all marched up to con- suit Dr. Crichton in the City how pital. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN®. fo cud: “There's nothing wrong with your eyes, except a Mite grain of dust, or maybe a few of (he little grains. “You sit down there at your work on the ground floor with the win- dows wide open, and the dust Mier in the windows and Into your eyes. Then you rub the eyes and they become inflamed. “Take my advice and quit rub- bing and buy a pair of blue specks.” Bang was the beginning of the jae speck brigade,” and it bids ar to rival Cox's army in gum bers of the Holy Rollers in queer looka. “Hut that dust is sure ferce,” sald one clerk in a half apologet- jeal manner. VETERANS OVERCOME BY ANYS OF THE SUN (By Onited Prem) SALT LAKE, Utah, Aug, 12.- _| After yesterday's strenvous day, when so many veterans and chil- jdren were overcome by the heat, the delegates to the G. A. R. con- vention are under cover today, at- *\tending to the business sessions of the Grand Army and allied organt- | zations. An executive session was canned at 6:30 this morning at Arm- ory hall, and it was expected that It would last most of the day The outlook for the election is un- changed, it being expected that Van Sant will be chosen, The contest for the next encampment ts between St. Louls and Atlantic City. The records of the Emergency hospital show that 170 persons were prostrated by heat yesterday THIS MAN BLOWN UP — Harman Johnson, a United States forestry agent, Hes at the Pacific | hospital In a serious condition today the result of a dynamite ex Darrington, this state, | yesterday afternoon. In all probabil lity amputation of his left hand will become necessary Johnson is 26 years old and re garded aa ove of the bright young men in the Western forestry serv- foe MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT. The Kastlake Improvement club | will hold a special meeting tomor- “\vow evening at the Seward school at Loulsa and Boylston avs. for the purpose of arranging for the con- vention of the improvement clubs of the Northwest, to be held at the ———=lex position Aigust 19 and 20. A Dientted Appileant for here o letter of from my minister Head of firm—Phat’s very mood so far an tt goes, But we won't need your services. on Sundays, Have =| yen ny references from anybody who knowa you the other six days ot the week ?—Heraps. TO MAKE BUST OF TAFT, : (By Untied Press.) NEW YORK, Aug, 12TH was learned today that Butzun Borgh- lum, the seulptor, has recetved a commission to make a bust of President Taft, commendation It would | fMiteted, but the big! WORCESTER MEN ARE ‘GOOD SINGERS AND GOOD ADVERTISERS One hundred and one citizens of) @ Worcester, Mass. including one of the best glee clubs ever heard In these parts, are celebrating Woreester day at the A-Y-P. ex position today. The excursionists arrived yesterday, and were joined in thetr celebration today by hun dreds of former New Englanders of Seattle Yesterday the glee club gave two fine concerts at the A-Y«P. Audi toriam. They will give another to- night, and a matinee and evening performance tomorrow. The sing lera are all Worcester business men, but the club includes many fine voices, and some comedians of more than amateur ability. The visitors are stopping at the Hotels Georgian and Wilhard SAYS HER HUSBAND HAS ANOTHER WIFE SO WANTS DIVORCE To discover your husband has) another wife before your honey-) moon ia over is rather discouraging. | That Ig what Mra, Elizabeth H Kahler found out several weeks ago and it waa that whieh caused her) }to filo sult for divorce from Robert | Kahler this morning, aceording to the complaint on file. Mr. Kabler is a gay deceiver. The young woman went to Spokane to | visit friends, There she mot Kah-| ler, He made a favorable impres sion on both her and her friends and they were married April 15, this year, at Coeur d'Alene. She din covered his duplicity some time after this. TAKE POT SHOT AT THE GOLD STAR COP Alvah Emerson Heath, Seatt only gold atar cop and the pride of Fremont, narrowly escaped being shot down early yesterday morning when he engaged in a pistol duel with two prowlers on Stone ay, near 45th at. A bullet from one thug’s revolver whistled uncomfortably close to Heath's head but the patrol man whipped out his trusty “gat” and fired three times at the stran and disappeared. He thinks he hit one of them, MAIL POUCH MYSTERY. (By United Press.) CINCINNATI, Aug. 12—In the seeeeeeseeeeeee gers as they dashed into the brush | Funeral Godfrey, a Heattle services for Willlam P well known ploneor of were held this morning at # o'clock, at the Church of Our Lady f Good Help, at Fifth and Jefferson et. T > interment was at Calvary omotery PRETTY FETE FRIDAY “A Night in Veni pretty little water fote with ap propriate lighting and musical ef fects, will be held in the Court of Honor, about the wer Basin, at the AcY-P. exposit tomorrow evening. Gondolas will ply the basin, Colored lights will be strung about the esplanade, and the soft voteed Hawallan singers, a colored | quartet and a number of soloists will furnish music appropriate to the pretty quiet scene which ls to be depleted MASHER GETS HIS United Press. CHIC, Ado, Ang. 12 Claiming to} be the brother to the Irish leader in the house of parliament, Maurice Redmond, who says he ts from Dab- iin, wae found gutity of disorderiy conduct today and fined $5, Red- mond was caught attempting to start conversations with women erossing the Clark street Ee Ree eee heee POLLY’S EGGS DON'T DO A THING TO HIS NAME. * * * * * (By United Press.) WINSTED, Conn, Aug. 12. —A parrot owned by Fairman Black, of No, 538 Willoughby av, Brooklyn, N. Y., for 18 years has been known as “Polly Boy.” The family brought the bird with them to Ralph Black's, in Canaan val- ley, a fow weeks ago, One day recently an egg was found In ite cage, the next day another and two days later a third Since that time the bird's name has been “Polly.” rs Seeeeeeeeeteeeee ee eeee PRESIDENT CHILBERG CITED FOR CONTEMPT President Chilberg, of the A-Y~ P. fair, W. M. Sheffield and G. E. Mattox have been cited to appear before Judge Gay next Monday, Anguat 16, and show cause why they should not be held for contempt of court for Interfering with an jorder of the court directing George | A. Custer reeelver of the Miniature Shingle Mill, a Pay Streak attrac: tion, to remove the property from the grounds. PUT BAN ON NEAR.BEER, (By United Press) ATLANTA, Ga, Ang, 12.—-Near- beer was voted out of nearly half of Georgia day by the legis laturé by the passage of a high Ii- cons® bil which prohibits the tseu ing of “near-beer” Heenses except in townd of 2,500 or over DIVORCE WILL BREAK LONG MARRIAGE PACT Married 25 years and the mother of nite children, Mra, Alice Math {has saved Alexander Mather, of 1211 Firat py, for divoree. The children range from 9 to 24, but a ynajority are grown. Mr, and Mra. Mather were married at Vic November 11, 1884, She abandoned her in jtorta charges that h | 1902 e this which Judge Wilson R. Gay dismissed two weeks ago and leo tured the plaintiff severely VETS WILL CELEBRATE arrest of Postmaster Philip © Smith of Chicago, Ky. government officers belleve they have solved the mystery of missing registered mail that bas failed to reach Chi cago, Ill, Two men detafied to catch Smith have notified the department of bia arrest, They report finding a large number of letters contain- ing checks, drafts and cash ad: dressed to Chicago, Tl. A man always expects his wife to be @ lot better than he could pos- albly be, | Manila day at the AcY.P. expo | ebagoo tomorrow will be celebrated by vetorans of the Philippine cam paigns and others who have been on the islands, Major Hettinger |has turned the Philippine building} over to the committee as head quarters, Col, Wm, H. Miller, Maj. H,, Gallagher and Col, Richard Thompson will be among the speak ors in a short program to be held in the afternoon, in commemoration of the capture of Manila and the conquest of the islands, solotat next Sunday | _| Yakima bh being a} It is Just auch a divoree suit as) GIRL ON HER DEATHBED b | GIVES OTHERS WARNING SEVEN MONTHS AFTER TAK ING FIRGT DRINK, GIRL DIES ALONE, Chieago with another girl We m two boys and went to where | the Year's celebration was] just starting, | did not know what but [ found out, # but 1 notieed to drink a cafe Now it wae ike }thing was In that the girls much ae the order Aug. 12.—Just seemed before she died in @ howpttal this jmorning from the effects of dine pation, which prevented her from j rallying after an operation, Miss | Helen Chambers, 17 and pretty, told had taken hor firet drink last New Year's eve. ; “Everyone drank freely, and s00n It seemed as though every one was intoxicated, | took my first drink because everyone seemed to be drinking and to happy ae well, The minutes ed quickly and my brain how she | | orev numb, | do not know ex | } “That was the beginning of it, this Ie the ending of it,” she ald, pathetically actly how | got out of the cafe or the events leading up to it. But when | awoke the next morning | felt disgraced Her home Chicago, Aurora, HL, near her family is high ly respected The unfortunate jeeven months ago was a country girl about to be from high school absinthe and weeks before hospital, A me io tn where who I then decide #MVI® | home; 1 decided it wor bn Braduated | 1 came to Kansas Cit Virtually Hved of} 4} felt in with bad a morphing for two! finally married. { went to Dal being taken to the|Toy with my husband. There we age to her mother ' *|quarreled and he returned to Kan alll! living in Aurora, evoked 0! cas City without me, but 1 ale ; response, and the girl, with her | jowed We made up here. but Nfe slowly ebbing out, dosed rest: | quarreled and 4 loanly through weary and torturous ang then 1 shew minutes until the end came, Hop | post you know . ing that her fate might be a warn ing to other girls, she told ber atory On ! dtor but again started rooming house Monday | cane there might be seems all up with me here, he New Year's eve I went to and the mother of C. W SO AS TO GO OUT iiss Porrice a EXHIBITS WILL BE TAKEN TO OMAHA all of the United government department of ulture exhibit and reclamation it from the AYP. exposition will be taken, at the clone of the fair, to Omaha, for the National Corn exposition, next December Thomas F. Sturgis, secretary and manager of the National Corn irowers’ association, Is In Seattle peting the exhibits, which will amoufit to several carloads, to be| shipped to Omaha at the clone of the A-Y¥.P. exposition, The gov ernment will authorize the display | of such exhibits as Mr. Sturgis chooses tor the Corn exposition at} Bh. J. Haanze, Yakima county com missioner to the A-Y~P. exposition joffered hin resignation the other jday because he wanted “to see the | jexpoaition and go fishing,” neither} of which he had time to do while working at the Yakima County {building on the fair grounds, But now his political enemies in North ® aroused Mr. Hannze jto righteous wrath by printing, in the Yakima Republic, a the effect that Mr, Hansa interest in Yakima county Meanwhile the Yak jcommissioners refused accept | Mr. Haasee's reaignation, and he says he js mad now and going to stay through the season if he never |sees anything of the falr outalde jthe four walls of the Yakima Coun ty building, or any fish outside of jthe government aquarium. And a8 for interest in county, | only own about worth of real estate there, Commissioner Haaaze. Practically State story to has no county | Yakima 50,000 says WILL ENTERTAIN G. A. R. Mra, H. H. Beker entertained shit George Washington circle of the| Soldiers of the G. A. R. at 1319 Sev | enth av, this afternoon BURIED Mra. Jane E MRS, SMITH The funeral of Smith, aged 70, the wife of Horace wi MEN CONSULT VASSAR GIRL ABOUT PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRY MISS CRYSTAL EASTMAN; SHE DOES A MAN’S WORK. Crystal Eastman, graduate of Vas-| sar, is doing & man’s work—and the work of @ great man, When she went to Vassar college from her home in Elmira, N. Y., she became in ated In the course in aoetology, She was ene of the most attractive girls In her class, but she disrogarded all social temp tations, and as soon as she gradu ated she went ont into the world to find out how she could help to make it better, She took up the work with the Russell Bage foun. dation She went to Pittsburg and stud led the workmen there She found |that employers were not caring for injured employes. By living In the homes of toflers she gained vast information regarding this evil that shed new light on the terrible con ditions which existed in the great city of furnaces and rolling mills. A pamphlet which she published on | workmen injured, just as he is} this theme attracted general atten: | ‘lable’ for wages to all his work: | tion | men." . ae a MARRIES FOR SPITE, (Hy United Press.) OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 12.—Mrs Sarah J. Nichols, a wealthy widow, who was secretly married to C 8, Smith of this elty, immediate ly following the ceremony will ed all of her large property | holdings to her newly-acquired hus band, The marriage is for the pur pose of frustrating the woman's 5 brother, J, Lucas, who is trying to} Wonderful values in Mon's have hor declared incompetent. |} Tailor-made Uncatiod-for Suita, i] Overcoats, Cra ettos and Trou. BIG MILL DESTROYED, | | Mi Her latest honor is to be ap! pointed by Gov, Hughes of Ne York on a special state commission to investigate the causes of unem ployment On this commission. with her, are John Mitchell, labor leader; Henry R. Seager, profes sor of political eeonomy at Colum Americ Association for Labor Legislation; and other industrial students, They look to Miss Bast man for much of their information Regarding the Hability of em ployers to injured employes Miss Kastman writes that we must adopt the “principle that an employer in sures his workmen in a limited amount against loss from all acei dents in the course of work, ex cept those due solely to the con-| scious, willful fault of the injured An employer, therefore, would be| Hable’ for compensation to all his about 6:50 last evening totally de-| stroyed the plant of the Howell-Hill Mill company at Midland, at the | intersection of the Tacoma Kastern | railroad and the old Puyallup e trie Ine. The loss will be a $20,000, partially covered surance. ‘The OHLOAGO MISKT 1 H sers, A fine new line of Men's (fy United Press) urnfehings, Hats, Caps and Sult on, Also Full Dross Suits for TACOMA, Aug. 12.--Fire starting |gems | have bia university and president of the Ry . HOOCHY KOOCHY GIRLS MAY LOSE THEIR. 085 iF JUDGE CAN FIND A WAY, THE DANCES ARE BOON TO BE ABOLISHED. (Wy United Wi CHICAGO, Aug dance wh © the ition | o be Chieago K Poll chuetler a legal « ”" He nid that he 1 confer with indage to d heretofore could be 0 tively We were happy and had just as much fun before the world’s fair as now, and I think we would get t much wsement out of dance If any one way, 1 will be ri 1 were yinints concerning the per giver ome of the amusement park e caused this determ of the pe chiet. formance nation WOMAN WRONGLY ACCUSE (By Unlied Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 12 injustice ha done Mrs. Helen neer, arrested cently in Beuw ed with having white slave traffic for admit indict dismissed by That an gaged in the he P ted in court here ment against her was Judge Roas ‘anama canal sone, wa when the ‘FARMERS’ WIVES. OF WEST BU SHINERS (By United Press.) NEW YORK Aug 12.—The prvaperay of the western farmer ius depleted the stocks of dim monde in Maiden Lane the importing houses there have hur- ried their uuyers the ocei to purchase new supplies, Dealers y that the lethargy which began elry trade two years ago has been followed of late by so great an Increase In business that trade is taken by surprise, and that even the largest dealers ard finding it diweult to fill orders for the higher grades of perfect stones Although $5,000,000 worth of were imported Into this country last month, the dealers been unable to fill orders. shey say that the orders from the middie west and the northwest are the most urgent, and those re- sions are reporting record-breaking jerops, the Importers are of the opinion that the jewels, or at least many of them, are going to the farmers’ wives 16 WHIPPED BY HS SWEETHEART'S PA (ity United Press.) WINSTED, Conn., Aug. 12.—Be- cause the father of his sweetheart flogged him with a horse whip, Wil- liam Conners of Waterbury sued his prospective father-inlaw, Nel- son N. Dingwell, also of Waterbury, for $100 damages. Judge McMahon, who heard the evidence, has reserv- ed his decision. Conners and Miss Violet Ding- well, aged 17, were strolling when the girl's father approached and sald: “What does this mean: Ain't I forbidden this? Then he bade his daughter to go home, and Conners got off the road, Miss Dingwell went toward home, and Conners said he bad as much right on the road as Dingwell, whereupon Dingwell drew his whip and laid it on Conners. This was the story of Conners and Miss Ding- well. Dingwell said he had forbidden Conners and his daughter going out together because there was noth- ing equal between them. He said, too, that where he overtook the couple the road was lonely and dark. KILLED BY SON, (My United Press.) DULUTH, Minn, Aug. 12.—J. ai Ostby, a prominent Duluth was shot and killed by his ieyea year. old son at his home last evening. The shooting followed a heated ar. gument over the funeral bill of one of Ostby's children, PROF. STEVENS exety Three adjoining Telephone Main 32 are the smoothest-and easiest-cutting saws in the world. Simonds Saws work their way through any wood, without “sticking” or “chewing,” without waste of lum. ber. Their perfectly-set teeth are always sharp. Simonds Saws and value ervico— id by the Simonds blade of he maximum ¢ Simonds quality is invariably assur trademark; etched on the every genuine Simonds » is no tea. #pentor n't have the st saws obtain nds Saws porchased from any af these Seattle dealers, UNION HARDWARE CO, STEWART HARDWARE CO, F. M. SPINNING DAN, BR, ERICKSON CO, FREMONT HARDWARE Co, MONDS MFQ. 00, ttle Office, 119 Jackson