The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 26, 1909, Page 1

* |THE SEATTLE 7 WoL. 11. NO. 159 CORDS BEAT AY ENGLIOH AVIATOR N AGES.AT_RREIMS Merwe T, MILLIKIN | Frain ik (5 DROWN (My United Press.) Lowers the Time ‘and Makes Greater Dis- ‘RURIMS. Aug. 26—Fiving tn his} . this afternoon, Latham both the and distance @établished yesterday by | m in his ne in the avia-| eisai ontests now in progress at] : Tesy Plain |He Swims Far Out, Then fe plucky French aviator yes ite made a sustained Might be} Back Near the Shore it BF minutes and 24 noconds and Sinks Beneath the exceede this record pen = hav siven out he) Surface of the Water. | Mola! time as According to zs =. | ~waofficia announcement, | Bay record © $7 miles | While swimming in Lake Wash st . 13 | ington this morning at the foot of was flow hours and 13 « . . Ridgeway st. Mt. Haker park, Thos "Th © & Millikin. ay Joye of the fs f yom few ss ntes as Pantoriam Dye Works, suddenly ete had ended his Might of near-|t4rew up his hands and sank be neath the water. He never can ‘miles, »! he covered In “3 FE minute and 51% seconds. |"? + eis pavroler te Around charge of @ steam roller on Lake Been fatally injured in his|the swimmer and admired his fall from a great height stroke. He saw the man awim 200 . when « breaking wire| yards off shore and then turn and| his machine to buckle and/ start back, When within 40 feet of to the ground. disproved the | the bank, Vanderburg declares, the Tegarding his condition to | man threw up his hands deliberate appearing op foot on the} ly and sank fae «After walking around for a} Millikin had been a bookkeeper | m time be made a short fitght/for the Pantorium. He gave notice Teserve machine j that he intended to leave, One of ims flight is the talk of| the drivers resigned and he decided mde congregated here, | to take that place instead, supposed. | he ix the hero of the hour./ly on account of the out of doors} r he appears the crowds | work. wildly, and applause even) He did not report for work yee the mention of his name. jterday morning, but bis accounts! now holds the record forjare ail straight and there is no rea | Pfastest long flight. He was com-|#on known for his taking his life. to alight because of the lack | He was 27 years old. A sister lives Pgitoline to drive the motors. |at Hamilton, Montana diately after refilling the tank | de a second ascent. 7 Bieriot is injured. Heriot was slightly injured this: gon when bis aeroplane got {his control and crashed to PAOBE ACCIDENT ON ‘ocees) UKE WASHINGTON it oecurred, and though the) The was wrecked, be escaped | whic arent injury. ton Saturday evening. when the the Coupe Internationale speed motor boat Bwastika ran into ia which is set for Sat-/and cut in two a row boat occupied fF, Bleriot will beetle FS, by B. B. Knowlton, a Ballard real , which was to estate man, and Miss Mabel Downs, his continuance in the con-iwas resumed yesterday before in the event of an accident) (United States Inspectors Whitney pas today's occurring. and Turner. , flying In a Volsin BL) The lensed operator of the another one of the Um /igunch gave his evidence, which . the @ffeet that he ran Into boat before he knew it was . He was of the opinion that had sent the occupants to the but in any case was un turn to go to thelr rescue his propelier was fouled by \@ plece of carpet. Pri de Sagan today re =. F. Walker, who hauled the to the police that she had wrecked row boat ashore, said that of $100,000 in money ‘he found a lantern in the bow, but : ls while attending the /it was impossible to tel! if it had meet. Prince de Segan been lighted or not. that be lost $5,000 worth) The examination is not yet com and money when the plete, as the inspectors are desirous Stole the princess’ valuables, of taking the evidence of the occu- pants of the boat. PREPARING. REPORT OW OML FU IDRICHSHAPEN, Aug. 26.— (By Colted Pressey ‘Zeppelin, in bis newest dirt | WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—~The ‘balion, Zeppelin U1, will leave interior department is busy today 7 p.m. today with a party |preparing the statement of the for Berlin. He expects |Cunningham coal land cases de the distance, 450 miles, by'manded yesterday by President 4 According to present | Taft. ind if the wind is favorabie,| It ie understood that Pinchot, expects to land at Tegel,| who is supporting Giavie in hie ef of Berlin. The emperor fort to have the Cunningham ciaima press are expected to be |investigaied before being patented, to welcome Count Zeppelin | has been requested to present bis descends at Tegel. laide of the controversy ee Pa ee Gt ee SWEATHER FORECAST, %| MVERETT, Aug. 26-—The Mukil| © tonight, with show. # teo Lumber company's holdings | Priday fair and warmer. & here were sold today for $800,000 ite west winds. wito A. A. Baxter and James Tyeop # of San Francisco and H, W. B, Thek.| Reet ket tee te & on of Eureka, The eale Included ; WME PROFESSOR EN SITE TONS J into the accident occurred On Lake Washing: E GREAT FLIGHT (By United Frese) D, Baird, who is suing! force as told in The Star} 25, is not connected with | (By United Press) ity Owners’ Syndicate, ga! TOKIO, Aug. 26.-~After déwoond Wertently stated. Mr, Maird|ing 100 feet Into the crater of the A in the lumber business active voleano Asama to collect that epring sclentific data, Prof. J, Rodger, pres lident of the American Untverslly OLDIERS ARE KILLED. . [union, has just returned here, fe (By United Press) is the first man who has ever un: | A, Aug. 26.—~Two hundred | dettaken the bazardour undertak ly soldiers were killed, ac ing, and bis accomplishment has | to messages received today astounded the Japanese, who Constantinople, by Mahdist thought the daring feat Impossibly in Yerhen, a province of bs ~engg$ | ettern Arabia, who dyna, JAPANESE BARON ILL, | (Hy United Press.) o TOKIO, Aug. 26.—Baron Arasuke ARR Raa Bone, the Japanese resident gen! | eral of Korea, 1s roported to be In| P, ATTENDANCE, * a exgtical condition from the effects | ray . ; 26,408 & of a cancer, complicated by kidney | seecce teveeeee2,899,705 wr trouble. Karon Sone is prominent in polities of the empire, and is a} member of the house of peers. the Turkish barracks. * PORTER TA HOME EDITION \A SEATTLE, WASH THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1909 COLLIER’S WEEKLY INSISTS Says Secretary Is Allied With Heyburn For the Benefit of the Special Land Interests. Under the caption, “Ballinger! Should Go,” Collier's Weekly, law | ed today, devotes a quarter of tts editorial space to setting forth the reasons why Richard A. Ballinger ie not 4 fit person to hold the of fice of secretary of the Interior Collier's, tn ite editorial, connects Senator Heyburn, of Idaho, and| Secretary Ballinger in an alliance for the special interests and con traste this allie with that form ed between Roos Pinchot and Garfield, for the general interest Collier's edtterial follows Don't mix op Hallinger and the president Many newspapers #atesmen, and others will assure you that those two gentlemen stand for law, whereas Mr. Gifford Pinch ot, Mr. Newell, Mr Garfield and Mr. Theodore Roosevelt represent lawleas impatione Mr. Taft dows in reality care for legal impartiality and calm, Mr linger, wearing t cloak, cares somewhat too wach for “business Interests.” The contest between him and Mr. Pinch ot should not be sidetracked on some irrelevant slide teaw Mr Pinchot la not a master of safe Ingal statement, but everybody who sires to do so can readily under stand his actual meaning. Nobody proposes (© violate the law, even to benefit (he public The question ie) merely how to wee the discretion which ts left to men in power. Li us see how Ballinger hae used Mr, Ballinger makes a about not limiting enter prise. If we pay any attention to what is really happening to power rights all over the United States, , apeech private may Ww hot omit analety about struggling private enterprise? Mr Ballinger declares at Seattle and Chicago that the Intertor Depart ment is not to be run by Mr Pinchot. We can well believe so mueh. Will the secretary declare also that his department le not to n by Benator Heyburn? The alliance between Ballinger and Hey burn is an alliance for special in terests, surely as the alliance be- tween Roosevelt and Pinchot and Garfield was an alliance for general interes! Not long ago a few con wtitaedta, "giving Bo reason, * "Closing Arguments Being Elopers Secure the Aid of Heyburn to use his tnflaence to have certain lands eliminated from & forest reserve in Idaho. Heyburn hurried tt to Ballinger, with ap ur, went ar for immediate action About same time Heyburn te) celved @ very different petition) from others of hin constitaente.| These gontlomen asked for the! withdrawal of lands, ‘because as homemakers we believe it neces sary that this area be placed under (Continued on Page Eight.) ad | Sheriff to Seli Smeiter. FLORENCE, Colo, Aug. 26.—The Rocky Mountain «melter, erected some yeart Ago at & cost of $250, lember 24, to satiety a judgment tn the dlatrict court for $78,120. i SHS ORVLLIE WRIGHT O10 NOT MARBY GIRL (By United Pree.) DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 26— “The story from Portland, Ore, that my brother, Orville, wae married to # Mrs. G. A. Carson, of that place, is untrue from be ginning to end. The above statement was made today by Orrin Wright, ir brother of the noted | aviator, when he was seen at his home in Dayton, “There is not one word of truth in it, as Orville has never married,” he continued. “if Mra. Carson married a man named Orville Wright, he most certainly belongs to some other family of Wrights.” MILLIONAIRE READY TO SERVE SENTENCE (By United Press.) BAN RAFAEL, Cal, Aug. 26 Locked In the county jal) of Martin county, William J. Bradbury, the aged millionatre convicted of per jury and sentenced to one year in Sau Quentin prison, today denied himself to all newspaper men. ‘This | is taken to mean that he has about | given up hope of securing a pardon from Governor Gillett, and destros | to begin his term in prison as quiet: | ly as possible. OTTO G. ELMERGREN WANTS A DIVORCE. Otto G, Elmergren, division in “apoctor for the Seattle Blectric com pany, has filed suit for divoree from his wife, now living in London England, charging desertion In her answer Mrs. mergren asks that the divorce be allowed, but de sires the custody of the child, now with her in London Ole M. Lundberg filed wuit this morning for separation from Sarah Jane Lundberg. BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS, NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Bar #liver | ia quoted at 51%. } 19 “BALLINGER SHOULD GO” BIG FIGHT ON ANY BALLINGER ENDORSEMENT Trouble Will Start in Con- tion through ihe commition pratning nthe discovered that the sentiment of the servation Congres floor of th When Friends of Secre- tary Get Busy. BY SAMU wher there EVANS. will be open war tw the friends of Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot and the friendé of Seeretary of the Intertor Richard A. Mallinger at the National Conservation Congress whieh od ite first semsion at the A-Y PE Auditorium this morniog, depend entirely upon the friends of the secretary of the interior Indications today when the cor gress convened, showed clearly that Pinchot’s friends are satisfied with the Victories they won at thé Irriga tion Congress at Spokane and at the Tranamiasissipp! Congress a Denver ar they will not force the I ' d te defend ¢ u attiiude toward Halll Will Force the lseue It seome equally certain, howove that Ballinger’s fri sme sort of an feeue elther in the | committee on resolutions, of on the floor of the convention allinger left the Spokane 6ox vention m discredited man, Hts friends were unable to get a reaola == CCHWELY 10 COON LEARN THE VERDICT Made and Firm Belief Is That Senate Will Go For One Over on the Police Acquittal. (Star Spec OLYMPIA Aue 7%. Hebively, state Gervice.) John sioner, will know bie fate late to Investigation are positive fichively will be acquitted on each of the 12 counts larme! for Attorney pleading At im ristant at lock thie afternod @ clock George A. Lee. torney general, began the arguments for the state Ne will this afternoon it was stated that he might not formatty close anti! to-~ morrow morning Upon the completion of bis argu-| Messenger boy was waiting to see the matrimonial knot tied this aft id hurried off with this| “We're mar- he senate will go into secret ballot on ment seasion and then begin te | the gullt or Innocence of the accused, Mé@sage to father A rumor has been cireulated to the | effect that the Schively forces held & caucus and have 1 votes pledged to aequit ment, A two-thirds vote, or 28, iv necessary to impeach, there belng only 49 senators presen With Senators Graves, of Spokane and Nichola of King, excused, only Votes are necessary to save Rehively from being usted from the office of Insurance commissioner A conservative eptimate of the vote shows that (he state hae 22 solid and Sechively 16, with eight dowbt- ful. Of the fatter, the state has wot to necure six (0 conyict, while all that Schively needs te three. HIS GAS TURNED OFF AND NOW HE ASKS BIG DAMAGES SEATTLE LIGHTING COMPANY PATRON SAYS CORPORATION 18 TYRANNICAL, Because the Seattle Lighting Company turned off the gas at the York Grocery. 1126 Jackson at, Max Malakoff and Anna Malakoff the owners of the store, have filed \auit against the company for $6,000 oie, in damages. Thoy allege that because they re fused to pay @ gas bill at. another store, not belonging to them, the company turned off the gas at their own store and in this way compelied them to pay the bill of $6.63. Malakoff states that he bought the bankrupt stock of @ store at 6243 Ballard av, That at the time he bought the stock a gas dill of $6.63 against the owner was due and and that the lighting company at tempted to make him pay it, though he had nothing whatever to do with Malakoff feels that the alleged ty | rannical tactics of the company and the humiliation caused him by the }® Clearings today ..% /turning off of the gas for the non: |® Halances payment of a bill, is worth about $6,000. his and made no attempt convention wher delegates was overwhelming againet them, ihey did attempt get & resolution favoring Halling through the Washington but fatied In this At Denver erything went peacefully until hot had left! town. Then a resolution wae] brought onte the Moor ¢* the con vention condemning the poliey of| the ehtef ent preelpitated. Pinchot won by a big vote, Ballinger's Home Town | It te stated today that Ballinger «| friends will make «© last effort | here largely because of the effect hat this convention will have or the ixtration officials at Washingto b ie Hallinger’s home town and it t# thought that they consider |i essential that a vote of praise ed } f possibie / Hut Pinchot will be here all the| titse and sept Teal, of Port-| land, and iormer governor Pardee f California, « so have 1” thing to 8a ir very certaty MRS, MARGARET LYONS AND THE BABY THREE WOMEN that 1f Ballin * friends at t CLAIMED. to force the tasue at this convention theet men will have as much to eay}| LOB ANGELES, Cal, Aug & M Lyons dressed the baby fo and more than they did at Spokane | One tiny mite of a a Ait a doll-clothes and told ene nmnmnenemenemes | HY Ite mother, and the ¢ the what a little (Continued on Page Light.) ithree womer len't that t of beauty he Then the twe jt bega he 1 | A girl appre f wor lemanded of age, foothore and w t the that he be re them baby wrapped tn he 7 Mra, Lyons was firm. To | at the home of Mra. O. L. Pet the courthouse hastened the ot ; | The young mother sald she bad) w but as they bad willing | come from Arizona and that sh arted with the child, it remained would call the next day with money | in Lyons’ possession to pay f by's board Sure it will have as good a home She did not come back, Mre,)as my own had. | only wish its Poterson turned the baby over to poor mother would come and I'd }& welghbor, Mre J. R. Stevens. take her tn, too, It's a hard, cruel | After @ day or two, Mra, Stevens world and many ts the poor girl confided to Mra. Margaret Lyons has beon made to feel it,” says we that she would not keep the baby Mrs. Lyons had a family of her In addition to ralsing her own} t sure that the young three ebiidren, Mra. Lyons has been | Jack Slattery, Who Slips would not return with| the mother of five adopted children Department. Under the sheltering wing of Jack H Slatery, matrimonial adviver, first Insurance commt®- | aid to the jovelorn and erstwhile | secretary to the mayor, a happy | | wht or rarty tomorrow morning. | pair of elopers from Rosalia, Wash. |*Those who have been watching the solved the problem of parental ob- that jection and were married by Justine IN TH TOGK k | The eloping newly weds are Mr Mra 000, will be sold by the ahertff, Sep. | Behively, ended his arguments at 1 Grace was Miss Allie Sue Worth Hrown this afternoon at 2 o'cloc ‘aod Mra Walter B. Graff fagton of Rosalia until 2 o'cloe closing Graff ts an employee of the Spokane The probably finish by tonight, although bride t# not yet 18 and the groom} Inland Railway company in 29 and a fight was THE SEATTLE ONE CEN} PLENTY OF ROOM IN JAIL THREE WOMEN WENT TO money for the care of the Iittle one he arme of the ble-hearted Irish Voman opened wide as whe sald, “I'll take him, Poor dear, hia mother must of been hard preased to de sert such a pretty boy." ke MARKET TODAY Condition of Harriman Is Mra. Graff's father ix one of oe Alarming and His Stock rithest land owners in the state efnoon tied, Dad. Please forgive us. apd Walter” All Dad” gotified the police to watch | If thie te true, it wilt teave for the couple, but the slowgoing the state only £4 votes for impeach. Officer® did not figure on the com piictty of the smooth Mr, Slattery BALLINGER FOR U, 5. SENATOR AND BACKED BY THE GUGGENHEIM WASHINGTON, Aug. 26— There is @ well defined rumor prevalent here that R, A, \. linger, of Seattle, secretary of the interi 1s to be boomed for United § senator from Washington succeeding Samuel The Guggenheim in Hleged to be at the political move to place Ballinger in the senate, (fy United Press) nols Idaho, Aug. 26.—For duests of the Bilis hotel at P the Bolee basin. i death tn a fire whieh early | destroyed the buliding patrot of the hotel fled to the streets their night clothes and none bh time to save thelr belongings, hotel ix a total loss ed \* * BANK CLEARINGS. Seattle Clearinges today Halances * * $1,902,418.17 * i Tacoma. + * $66,826,91 4,423.00 126,114.00 Clearings today ..% Halances Portland, * 507.00 762.00 * Lie ROTOR TOIT OR tot FORTY GUESTS ESCAPE escaped | father’s serious lilness today Takes Tumble, Creating, Panicky Situation. (By Cnlted Pree.) NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Wild scenes were enacted in the stock market this morning, alafming reports that the true con dition of BE. H. Harriman’s health has not been made public Throughout the street it 1s rumor ed that his fines fe of a canc nature and that a grave operation on the wisard te Imminent Heavy early loseos of Harriman stook# caused a general weakness in the market. Yesterday Union Pa-| cifle clowed weak at 2.05% and to day It fell below 2.02. te eaused by rous ing Harriman's condition has been given out, and all attempts to learn} if the rumor ts true have been un successful A rumor f# current here that an operation {s about to be performed on Harriman, The visit yesterday of Dr. Norman Dittman, the noted New York specialist on kidney dis | on, to Arden ie lending color to} the report. Although ft is declared that Harriman te doing “some work,” rumor has it that this work consists of turning over the details of his vast interests to his assist |father's bedside from the west, where he has been surveying ty Walter's return to the st is be r-|Meved to have been caused by his The personal and business friends ne /of Harriman emphatically deny the in|rumor that he is suffering from ad | cancer | They contend that Harriman ‘within a few weeks, will be in his Jacoustomed health, and will give! battle to James J. Hil if the Minne # | pota man is looking for it, as has #| been reported he 4 FIREBUG IS ACTIVE, *. al (My United Press) *) SACRAMENTO, #) "Jack the Firebug” te terrorizing! #0 large number of residents of this) * city, Twenty-three fires tn 26 days # {8 the record thus far, all mysterious *#/and most of them showing traces x» of the incendiary, ‘The police have Cal, Aug. 26 wino clue, COURT TO CLAIM BABY The new baby is the sixth Sure, we'll adopt a little girl so it will have @ companton,” she said If Its mother should come for it we'll never deny ber the right to her | own child ff she can care for it.” STRUCK DOWN IN OFFICE BY h MURDERER Editor of Panama Press Is. Killed by General Who Was a Leader in Ranks of Revolutionists. (By United Press) PANAMA Aug 26.—William Nicholas Chandler, editor of the Panama “Press,” is dead here today ue the result of a beating alleged to have been administered to bim by General Herman O. Jeffries, who figured prominently In the Panama revolution Jeffries was admitted to Chand: le who received him had been inform- ed that Jeffries was in an ugly mood, Editor Is Attacked, The famous revolutionist lost no ler. What does this mean?” he shout ed at the editor, pointing to the article in the paper It means exactly what it says,” responded Chandler Without a word Jeffries is then reported to have jumped at Chand: ler and the two men grappled Jeffries is then said to have step ped back and struck Chandler on the head with the butt of his re. volver, This blow is said to have dazed Chandler, and Jeffries ts said to have rained blow after blow on the editor's head, until he sank to the floor dead Mrs, Guyant is the wife of the United States deputy consul gen eral, with whom she Is alleged to have eloped in June, and is a sister indaw of Jeffries, {fries is under arrest HENEY COMES HERE TO GIVE LECTURE Francis J. Heney, the prosecutor of graft in ) Francisco, arrived in Seattle this afternoon to deliver an address here tomorrow After finished his long fishing and hunting trip, he left Portland this morning for the North. He has } announced his determination to run for district attorney of San Fran cisco as an independent candidate If he can do so under the primary law, Heney will accept both the democratic and union labor nomin ations, However, he does not think he can do that, 1's office, although newspapermen | FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS { Committee of Chamber of Commerce Instructed to Investigate Action of Commissioners. ed to show « commit been In actions sioners risoners out that there te vom In the Jail for all the ) gate the ne comm. prisoners, on of the necewsary oners Sheriff Hodge and Jailor Roberts have already shown their ability to properly segre gate and care for the crin and unfortunates incarcerated at the jail in the most humane manner if the proper facilities are given them by the county commissioners ige and his chief 4 M ir fh Stringer, were tatements of ‘ ner Carrigan to the effeet there » room in the jail prominent fi federa . r Chamber of Com jon over the f the ners, which, it eeult in the r a _ n the | fede ‘ veing held in some c mt | Committee Will Act. the chamber on ttee on county mas W. Proseh instructed to look of the refusal of the at whieh T nan was commissioners to allow the incas- ceration of federa! prisoners in the jail, and now that Judge rd has announced in open ourt that if this refusal stands Se will lose the court, the com ¢ promises to go to the very ir at onee, in the mething can be done matter before September 1, the date arbitrarily fixed by the commissioners when Sheriff Hodge federal charges out aitle must turn the of the jail J. D. Lowman, president of the Chamber of Commerce, today sald: “The refusal of the county commissioners to house the fed- eral prisoners in the county jall appeare to me to be a most calamitous mistake, if it is go- | Ing to have the result of banish- ing the federal court or any part | of it from Seattle.” | “We have at the present time 185 prisoners in the county jail,” sald Sheriff Hodge this morning / With proper bedding we could accommodate at least 50 more. “We could do this and segregate (Continued on Page Eight.) BUSINESS CENTER OF + OMALL TOWN BURNED FLAMES DESTROY WARE- HOUSES AND BUSINESS BLOCK IN KRUPP, (By United Press.) WILSON CREEK, Aug. 26—A ‘disastrous conflagration swept the business portion of the town of Krupp, seven miles east of here. The fire started about 11:15 yes terday in an empty warehouse own- ed by the Farmers’ Grain & Supply company. The flames were fanned by a strong northeast wind and in- jside of 30 minutes four other ware- |houses and Krupp’s one grain ele- vator were in the grip of the fire. Handicapped as the town was without firefighting apparatus of any kind, the fire spread rapidly from the warehouses to the bust ness section, licking up everything jin its path | Several cars partially loaded with At Arden no information regard: | time in stating his errand to Chand-| grain were pulled to a place of laafety by the engine of No. 3 pas jsenger train, which arrived just in {time to save the cars The business houses destroyed are: F. A, Wingate, general mer- chandise; Allen Meisenheimer, general merchandise; W. ©, Dash- fel, drugs; Lawrence Be furnt- ture; E. D. Wright, harness; Adolph : » meat market; Dr. Ayers’ of- fice; Farmers’ Bank of Krupp; Signal printing office; EB. T. Rinton & Son, blacksmith shop; a restan- rant, a hall used for a place of wor ship, barber shop, real estate of- fice and two saloons, both of the latter pty. WRITES A LETTER | THEN TAKES LIFE (iy United Press) SAN FRAN | After ents, George prominent & prayer turned CIsco, Aug. 26.— addressing a note to his pars Ar ir, the son of a nining engineer, clutehed book to his breast and om the gas in & room in the Hotel May, This afternoon his dead body was found lying on the bed, In the note he asked his parents to bury htm where “they burled Allee," his wif KING TO ABDICATE, (By United Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 26.—A rumor ia current tn official cirelee here today that King George of Greece has notified “England, France, Germany and Italy that he | wishes to abdicate the throne,