The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 20, 1909, Page 1

‘TAR § * vou. 1. NO. 154 “AVS HUSBAND TRICKED HER OUT OF A DIVORCE $0 HE COUL Wr. Eugene T. Graham Is " Wroth About the Decree and Asks the Court to Set It Aside. ink the asband T. Graba we man, Beru divorce from known meelf Laura Harvard av, N al tition | u tpertor the Grabam « 4 Bie former wife . that he amd that he wanted to marry a! woman. Graham got September |, last year that b . nd that ih went to the divorcee, and They were to Nove ax lov family Graham stator at at that be began to old and dis mS SITY mLES IN ONE. 7 HOUR IN AA arkable Time Record- ‘ad by Aviator Near City of New York Today ina Great Flight. / he efully ly bluff ary mistre Nome, Alaska. y now in in mber ev a (By United Press.) | YORK, Aug. 20.--Although Willard, himself, expressed doubt of the authenticity of | ords, the timers of three flights at Hempstead Pisins | by the aviator in a Curtiss! reported that he trav:/ all times at a rate not) T 60 miles an hour, the tine ever made in a beavier | alr machine. ie e flichts were made in an which the Wright broth. | infringes on their pat-; for the destruction of | entered sult yesterday. | witnessed “the flights| the aviator, The fir | shortly before i oe roe Ca ha Mea m toward and City, and then back to the t, u distance of three timers recorded this 3 minutes and 56 seconds Might covered the same | th wider sweeps, and was in 3 minutes flat, ac- ft the timers. MMird flight was termin & split in the canvas) accident was pot seri) the machine was quickly | repairs. | iS EPG. AGROS UG RESERVATION United Pres) | Aug. 20-—-The Young Evere!! Harri old son of E. H. may be caught with of surveyors by a great inthe Couer d'Alene { jation, is prevalent | afternoon. Young * i is with a party sent | ‘the Oregon Railway and company | a, ¢ mites in Aug. 26 width eping the lands of the Coour d'Alene ‘ation nusing thous- ‘damage and serious the value of the olution Bwarded by the «& J * aoentding adlvicge re from ft rd. has ab damage est at} @ there le apparently no! BE heidi i (y BEY wind ernment ated ck becaus Reventon ix felt | a} PPartien jar RG Marriman, sor KB. H.| the r ir »| OF the part commur ' CHLLED FROM WD 15 KILLED Search Jouoph Hb connec yesterday at San i] toda fe wanted murde: tuck Doyl make that, fc which Pot wtealing | MOKA Doyle Mim three tin for D WED AGAIN TRAGIC END TD A CIRCUS RING OTORY Performer Dies in City Hospital and Girl He Was to Have Wed Goes on With the Show, ful Love, romance and pathos passions that either mean the fulment of @ desire for or the blasting of hope—were strangely Interwoven tn the life of Louis Paleon, the acrobat death yesterday, on the eve of his marriage to the girl he had wooed and wan, disclosed one Of the pret t, Yet saddest, romances of the elreus ring unfolded Palcon, who waa & member of the Pacheco troupe until he was stricken wi dreaded agent of death nected with the Ringting cirews. His idle hours, while was hot engaged in performing his sense tlonal feata before theusegds of spectators, Were spent in planting himself deeper into the affections of Marte, the charming trapeze per former of the same show He Won His Suit. Falcon was so persistent in his love making that the youok woman gave bim her promise. And now when he had attained the height of his success, when he had won the girl of his choice, and when he was about to be granted an Increase in salary--in fact, had reached the suromit of his ambitions—he Hes cold In death. Thas has death added the last chapter his pretty story > ing at his bler ts the pretty bride. thatwould-have-been if the acrobat had lived to see hin fond dreams realized, The happy couple w proceeding with the wedding plan and bad agreed on the marriage date, when, on Monday last, Falcon suddenly contracted a cold in Van- couver, B.C. He Grows Worse, Coming to Seattle with the cirens and his sweetheart, the acrobat condition steadily grew worse, The thought of death was not permitted to interfere with the wedding ar- rangements, and each day Marie, the trapeze performer, visited the 4 yond of her lover to cheer im discussing their plavs and the joyous: hesey moar, tt was white they Were In the midst of these discussions yester- day that physicians discovered that the acrobat was really suffering from cancer of the lang. When this aad news was whispered to the pa tent’s sweetheart she gave up iu despair, Like a flash she saw all her plana for future happiness with her lover shattered The condition of Falcon changed for the worse rapidly. tie realized that hie end was near, As he was taken from bis apartments to an ambulance be glanced in silence at the weeping gir! and closed his eyes, His death occurred shortly after he reached the hospital The Circus Goes On. The girl, heart-broken, is today the center of circus performers, who are trying to console ber, but thelr etvorts are being made in vain. The body of the Cuban will probably be taken to Cuba for borlal And, as says, “the CHAMBER WOULD HAVE FLEET STAY LONGER At the request of the Chamber of Commer Senator Piles today telegraphed Secretary of the Navy Yeorge Von L. Meyer urgently ap pealing, on behalf of the chamber that the Paeific fleet now in the harbor might be allowed to remain here till the arrival of the Jape nese commissioners. That If the veasele should remain and partict pate in the welcome it would great ly add to the impressiveness of the occasion, is the opinion of the chamber, CARMEN MAY STRIKE (iy United Heres. CHICAGO, Aug The men and conductors of the Railway company today the new wage scale offered by the ever rothers he “Polly of the Circus" show must gO On. 20 motor Street lcompany, and a strike seems almost te ex third have a certainty. The situation tremely critical, and for the time this, month the police been ordered to prepare themselves for strike duty ANNAPOLIS SHAKE-UP, (Dy United Brews.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.-—-Tt was announced today that Charles A Doyen, commandant of the marine barracks at Anmapolis, Md., at the time that Lient. Sutton, of Oregon met his death, will be relieved from duty at that post. It t# reported that this lw bat the first step of a general housecleaning that is to occur as @ direct result of the Sut ton inquiry. * augmenting his rejected | Wf isasa Liddle acid} DARLING ANGELFACE, FOU WOULD ONLY PuT ME YO THE TEST) Wound PROVE My AFFECTION , ME THAT) You ARE GiRK I INDYING ONLY TRY PAL TASK, THE tre, ONLY | | | DI ATTLE, WASHINGTON, CUPID'S SUPREME TEST A new atyle in millinery will reach this city soon. and will be a foot and a whose | alf in height, HOME TION FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1909. HANDICAP ON THE LOCAL CUPID Marriage Law Which Is ' Playing Hob Likely to Be Amended by the Legisla- ture. | OLYMPIA Heenses may dollars, the lowest figure ever charged for such a document in the state of Washingtos, as soon as the Gheot bill removing the re strietions imposed by the legisla ture jast winter, In signed by the governor, The measure has already been approved by both houses. Dan Cupid will now have the field to himself all over the state, for the laws governing his actions are even } than those prevailing before the regular session of the present legtelature decided that all applicants must undergo the humiliation of a physteal examina thon, Dr. Ghent sald his principal reason for removing the restriction requiring an examination by a physi }elan of all applicants wae that in spite of the fact that he is a prac tieing physician and not averse to income, he dows not belle that « doetor should thave the exclusive power of deciar ing what man or woma. te capable of marrying reeeived a large number Aug. 20.—Marriage be obtained for two } of com ‘PROMINENT WOMEN The Camplagn of the Welfare Protective and Relief Work of the Florence Crittenden Mission at the A-Y-P. EB. has secured Mra. Deb orah C. Lads, vice president of the National Mothers’ association and member of the Natlonal Coun elt of Women, and many other wo men soctetios, who came here ag a delegate to the Prison Congross | 48 & speaker at the Plymouth Con gregational church Sunday at 2 p mi. Mrs. James H. Wood, delegate from Kansas who, for forty years, has made a stady of hypnotiem in its relation to the “white slave traffic,” will speak on the subject Brutality of Hypnotiam.” follow ing the address of Mra. Lads ee ee THE WEATHER. Fair tonight and ‘tooler tonight; mode: ® winds, * -. ee * See ee woe Ured ! munications over the telephone, b: egraph and through the mall neratulating him on the fight he » for the rights of Ca You are entitied to the boat wife ever man was blessed with one enthusiastic young woman, who at (he same time warns the physician legislator that she te already “pre-emyp’ Of course the man who ls known to be insane and the habitual erlminal are jared by the bill to be unfit to marry, but apart from these Capid will have things all to him. self Some of the senators ported to repealing the “freak” law enacted last winter, but when it was shown to them that Victoria and) z wero op MAY BE LIFTED the # for Vateouve doing part of the Cupid bw northern patt of the state, and that Portiand was doing about the peroen for the of the commonwealth, they fell into live and declared that Washington andifors and Washington preachers should not be discriminated againat The women of Olympia are con sidering the advisability of inviting the author of the rellef to & reception where he will be sonted with earnations and other evidences of thelr regard for him apd the law that bears his name Gov. Hay sald yesterday that would certainly sign the bill Dr, Gheat retarned to Seatile last night satisfied with bie efforts, were major pare measure pre SY MONE 1 TA LD AN APPEAL! «ewe STEAL SURELY Representative Ghent} lehoes and stockings, | little | tor TOTHIEVES, Here Is a chance for thieves, a chance for those—and there are no doubt many of them in Seattle who steal, to prove that they tot all bad: that, despite all, there Uitte of the milk of human kindhess In thetr makeup. Mra. Ellen Bolton, mother are ie a of jetght children, and wife of @ man — ee | who i+ down and out, a sufferer with tubereulosiy at the Chehalis hoapital, was robbed yeaterday. She ls the sole support of those eight children, and is trying to feed and clothe them, to provide for her own keep, and at the same time hold out enough to provide a few deli cacies for ber sick husband, all on 50 per day Steal Babies’ Clothing. The loot ured by the thieves consteted of a telescope case con taining about $15 worth of little dremwes and wher wearing appare! for the eight kids. She has been working In Bremer recently, and only came to fe attle yesterday, hoping that she might find more remunerative em ployment here than she had in the Navy Yard elty Immediately upon arriving in the} elty she made purchaser to the amount of $15 for her children They needed clothing badly, and she was planning to surprise them by seoding them a meagre supply She placed the newly made pur chasen in her telescope and started trod) fo a room she had reserved on Pike st. near Boren ay. on the Mean Thieves Appear But te grip was heavy and ahe About every half block SAYS TACOMA MEN ARE FAV Charges Unfair Play on Part of Police—Arrested Local Man and Let Ta- comans Go. of who came Rank discrimination in favor Tacoma launch owners to Seattle crowds to the Elliott bay, is the W. L. Gazzam, manager ap Transportation company James D. Beary, whe rates the steamship Whidby and other crafts, and Roy Liilico, the extensive launch oper today Police Chief Ward and Mayor The complaint was made follow ing the arrest of W. H. Huston, A Swift and G, Donahue, speilers em ployed by Mr, Gazzam, Mr, Beary and Mr. Lillico ‘Our men were arrested by Pa trolmen Hubn and Oden on charges of wolietting in a public place while spellers for Tacoma launches were not disturbed,” aald Mr. Kaary At the foot of Madison at, Capt Elilott, In charge of the fire sta tion at that point, permite Tacoma {spellers to work while our men yesterday to help carry tn charge made by of the Kit battleships now Miller ator fe) ED HERE don't know what means have beet used to make possible this discrim ination but it seems to me that we who pay heavy taxes should at least be accorded as fair treatment Tacoma brethren, It's noth than a and | propose to carry the matter before the Chamber if some why our others are a myatery Elliott or as our ing more outrage tm to nee Just of Commerce emedy can be found. pellere are arrested and vermitted to solicit is my Perhaps Capt he officers who made the ean explain Huston, Swift and Donahue released on $10 ball each OBJECT 10 ASSESSMENT The Dexter were First National bank and the Horton company object to thelr assessments Through their representative, the Trustee company, they appeared before the Board of Kquatizatton this morning and asked for a reduc tlon, The Dexter-Horton company pays taxes on a valuation of $657 448 and the First National bank on $168 The board took the complaint an ‘are not allowed to do the same, I der advisement, WILL NOT COUNTENANCE THIG THEFT FROM WOMAN. bhe would pat the grip down and reat ‘Hello. ’ Mrs. Bolton,” ry a at ber side as she ed Third av. and Pike ste fant we help you with the grip? Looking up at the sound of the she recognized a man whom i seen in Bremerton a few times, but to whom ahe had never spoken. Tired ax she was, the of fer to carry her grip was welcome indeed, wnd she readily acquiesced Strong and Able to Work. But the men were strong, and they were not tired. They walked rapidly abesd, and, soon turning aound and seeing her toiling clow ly up the bill, told her would take the grip to a restauraus on Pike at. w she could find it jater That was the of {he grip. iY went to the restaurant, but they kuew nothing of the men nor of the grip. Abd now she is working In a hot Vike st. kitehen at $% per week of seven days to make up the lows And the children in Chehalis, who needed the clothing so badly, will have to go without the ones thelr mother so thoughtfully bought for them An Appeal They will great PY are # thiey still have hearts ‘ a he othets know any sum the stolen clothing tote back in Chehalis eee that Mre ald a last she ever saw new to Thieves, suffer tment unless th in Seattle who If any thief who bo matter what of him, will nd in to KO towards replacing for the littl The Star will Holton gets the money, and will ask no quostior as to the identity of the giver or hte fleld of operations. BIG DAY ON ~THE PAYSTRERK NOVEL FREE ATTRACTIONS BAING LARGE CROWDS ave to this re ne 10 is a thle tion ¢ the ex n eayon t the had tt Columbia. lebration of tart at the ” Pay Streak landing of wf the Pay § from the royal feet on Lake One of the big crowd ix on the fair ground pageants yueen Union f the wea today d contes the fulle The earniva conte the ba jumping and had the The revel evening, At the electric with dancing competing, on ot of the Pay the distritu wedding in th ind parachute loon race ather thou pe have ir f spectators thin he held mtinuc ¢ iil ballet wl! nation girls of alt the at the f Htreak Later will be tion of prizes and special fireworks At 11 o'clogk the million lar Pay Streak will’ be iuminated and car nival stunts will conclude the even ping. platforn that they} | | THE SEATTLE ° ONE CEN) FIVE DIE WHEN AUTOMOBILE TAKES THE “DEATH CURVE" And d and different ti vccurred 4 the the other. st 1 face of the nur nite death of half the tatements made at dents that have handled the matter in “I'M GOIN’ TO DO WHAT | PLEASE; I'M GOIN’ TO GO WHERE I PLEASE I'M CERTAINLY GOIN’ TO PLEASE MYSELF” MISS HELENA CASTLE (LEFT) AND HER CHUM, MISS BILLEE GIRARD, FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO Whether or not Mise tle will ever reality Mra voreed wife broker, graduate of a fashionable New York school, athlete of no mean ability, and until recently a very prominent Wigure in Boston's mont exclusive il of which the local poll established, it te undeniable that this dainty, demure and gether charming and strennous lady ha havis Cal H admit that Ella al of a wealthy Aug na Cas ts in rd, di Hoston social clreles claim t alto very little of very won the distinction Franclaco a town that dotes QETECTIVE WHO TRIED veo al EXTORTION 15 FINED $) Fred United was yesterda Judge 1 tempte xtortion preferred him by Mr Phillips nfanagement of the Mrs, Sanders topping at the hotel left without found Phillip 0 8 Deter fined Phillips agency of at inst OW, On Kdward Sander by the hotel to who, was employed Savoy after several her bill Glencoe and She charged held In custody her if she the Mrs locate for day ttling She brought to that while she wae Phillips offered to release would give him the money due hotel, together with his fee Sanders was released after it was discovered that she had left at the hotel baggage of sufficient value to satisfy the bill MAGAZINES EXPLODE, OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 20.- This city was shaken today by the tre Seattle with one sensations in laring and unexpected the most unique experience In this accomplishment Miss Hel sided by a real man’s tall plus a skirt, two stout and a loyal and equally chum, whom she in iding its charming troduced t Mi th nded and frequently pr M Helena and Miss Bille if they to wear what th ease and n.) fell ou that chose and to come (Continued on Page Fourtee: me militar o'clock ndous explosion at magazin morning Four nortally wounded eriously hurt, and a ings destroy powder thi sol diers were many were great number d the shock ee ee ee ed BANK CLEARINGS. Seattle. ch toda Balances aring $1, 762.6 Tacoma. nes today 8s 44,68 Ralance $ Portland today ..$ Clearing Ha anne 69,82 ee eee RR EE ee | JAPAN AND CHINA AGREE. (ity United Press.) Aug. 20.--It today that reached arding the and that co-operative line TOKIO. nounced Japan hav agreement reg was China an amleable the work of Antung: Mukden work started this morn an and reconstructing railway on the ing. was of Women Visitors From Van. couver Victims of a Hor- rible Accident on Tide Flats Trestle. IRA PARRY. j The Dead. | MRS. J. COLVIN. Body not re- covered. MRS, M covered MISS AGNES COWAN, covered. MISS MARGUERITE Body not r ed IRA PARRY, owner automobile, Body The Rescued, MISS MAY PAUL, MISS CATHERINE HISCOX, M. GROTHE. Rody re Hody re- PAUL. and driver of recovered Four prominent society women of Vancouver, B. C., and a chauffeur were carried to thelr death when a heavy Winton “Seventeen-Six” automobile, hurtling through inky darkness along the Fourth ay, @, | bridge, crashed through the railing at Andover st. and plum 15 feet into the cbill waters of Elliot bay, jshortly before 11 o'clock last night. Two girls, members of the party, clung to the wrecked santo until | their rescue was effected, Those carried to their death were Mrs. M. M. Grothe, 42 years old, wife of M. M. Grothe, an agent in the employ of the Canadian Pacific }rallway; Mrs. J. Colvin, 26 years lold, wife of J. Colvin, of Colvin & Harris Shoe company; Mise Agnes Cowan, 23 years old, sister of Mra. |J. Colvin and daughter of M. J. |Cowan, prominent realty dealer of Vancouver, B. C.; Miss Marguerite Paul, 27 years old, daughter of John Paul, of Vancouver, B.C, and @ teacher in the select Seymour jsehool, and Ira Parry, of 126 War. ren av, part owner aud driver of jthe Winton car, and former propris ,etor of the Royal cafe Bodies Recovered. bodies of Mra. Grothe, Mise » and Chauffeur Parry were recovered. No trace has yet been |found of the bodies of Mra. Colvin and Mise Paul By clinging to the partially sub- merged antomobile, Miss Catherine Hiscox, 18 years old, and Miss May Paul, whose sister was drowned, were saved from death The abrupt turn fa the Fourth avy, bridge at Andover the seene of the deathexacting accident last night, hae already claimed several victims, Eve Eddie Bennett, & prominent member of Seattle's set, plunged to his death, a red light has nalntained at that point by the street department, H, J. Magee ant general st younger (Continued on Page Thirteen.) “QUEEN OF FAKERS” BROUGHT BACK 10 SEATTLE BY PEYTON Mr Fake street car companies he United bro mck to 8 « FL B ‘Queen of victimized nd railroads was s alleged to b * States, from San B, Pey- attorney's all over ton, of the pros other supposed to used bloods it is sald, railway ecret agents got on her Brown dozen t but name vu be the ACID ENDS LIFE. Rush 789 Third av, wa din his bed He earbolic acld, SEER RR eee AYP. ATTENDANCE. terday * * * 7 *® Total ORR RR