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Million People Witness | Pauliel Tregedice in the Air in 3 y Call off Big BESS R ER HER EEE HH | & Aviation in heavierthan air 3 has claimed a total tore deaths, out of which 26 Rhave been Killed during the ‘& last year. cs Peet eS eee (Miz United Pree Leased Wire) - PARIS, June 19.—A mesasge ‘the Parle Journal, which paper hi ‘been promoting the fournation race, says another con- driving a monoplane fell and between Saint Laurent Tunis. His name has not yet learned. US, June 19.—Sickened by the | of death that has marred the of the Paris-Helgium-Hol- » + . . * * * * o to POLICEMAN'S aeroplane race, many of aviation today are de that the contest be aban- Tp spite of this protest and three deaths and five injuries bave already marked ite the airmen are still hurt tlong in the race today. Six of the 48 starters have reached r im, and are preparing second stage of the flight to ‘Utrecht. ‘That the aviators were nervous yesterday at the start and that they ‘Mok grave chances. is the belief of Aviator Hubert Latham, who today fe that aviation s# a sport is dangerous and ought to be re- “The fact that the last two races Converted into tragedies at Very outset explains the ner. of the aviators in yester fart before a crowd of a people,” he added. A Million See Tragedies. accidents came almost with fe starting guo. in the sight of ‘the million people assembled at the park at Vincennes, Captain! who had been gazetted aly a few hours before the for his notable services in was cremated in midair the engine of his monoplane A few minutes later M. Le Mar (8 Bleriot became unmanageable } fell as he was aver a forest a of a mile from the start Was crushed against a ‘tee trunk and he died within a few after he was picked up. Lendron was the third victim. COLLISION BAN DIEGO, Junel9.—A hole in starboard bow of the torpedo Rowan is the result of a col between the Rowan and the i ooat Grampus. The Struck bow on at about 9:20 Morning. The danger was seen to avert a serious accident, escaping without in | No one was hurt. The re- Fe ibility for the accident has ‘Rot yet been placed. GEORGE'S BY CHARLES P. STEWART Londen Correspondent of the United Press. ~ -LONDON, June 19.—Fngland is _ Meday om the eve of the most spec- faewlar event in her history, the crowning on Thursday of King George VY and Queen Mary. Not ‘Mat the crowning of this royal pair fs of any greater importance than Similar events in the past, but that ‘Whe king and queen, both with a Tove for ceremonials, and England and the world at large apparently tis for such a pageant, have Combined to make tne function the Most sumptuous of its kind Primarily the coronation day Pageant fs intended to impress the Bees sublects with the greatness Create that enthusiasm for it which, spite of all the royalists’ efforts, ee Peer enna | How uld YOU spend a week's vacation? If the boss should pop out next Monday morning and allow that you might | take the full week off—with pay, of course—what would] you do? Please don't say that you'd drop dead! You really wouldn't, you know 4 The Star will pay $10 for the best two-hundred word Ideal Vacation letters Here is the way the prize money will be awa For the most ATTRACTIVE vacation plan. For the most NOVEL or UNUSUAL vacation Plan. . 3.00 a For the most FOOLISH vacation plan....... 2.00 Here is a chance for a little easy ice cream soda money for you ready letter writers. All | he Star office before Thursday night and must be not more TORPEDO BOATS READY FOR institution of royalty and to} HOW WOULD YO SPEND A VACATION? MRS. CUNLIFFE liffe, who was slain tn the discharge | of his dutles early Saturday morn Ing, will receive a monthiy pension of $33.33 so long os she lives. This is the aid given to the young widow and her babe under the state law Cunliffe was shot deed when he attempted to arrest two mon who were acting suspiciously just be- | fore 2 o'clock Saturday morning. | No trace of his slayers has been | found, although ft is probable that | & reawr dof $1,000 for their appre hension will be offered. In the meantime, the widow of the dead patrolman is Only just be |, sinning to realize the intense lose she has sustained. She is only j beginning to understand that she and the babe must fight life's atern | problems alone—with the state's stipend to help. Married Less Than Year. The Cunliffes were married less | than # year ago. On the 27th of) this month they were to have cele-| brated the first anniversary of their | wedding. The babe—11 weeks old | —was to Wear a pretty little silken robe in honor of the glad event. | The Httle home that Cunliffe was struggling to build up for his little family was to have been deco: | rated with flowers, and there were | to be a few friends invited. It was! going to be a merry party—this first anniversary | | But there will be no merrymak- CORONATION is so inevitably dying out. With the decline, however, of its political influence, it is certain that never lin the history of such displays has any been turned so effectively to |commereial account as the present jone. From all over the world tourists and money have been pour ing into England. «For weeks to jcome the tourists will remain, and |the sum which London merchants and landlords will gather in from | them is incalculable. | In their greed the traders have, lin fact, to some extent overreached i themselves. The throng of visitors) in the city is, to be sure, enough,| but there {# little doubt that it would have been far greater had} not 80 many people been frightened | jinto rémaining away by advance | news of the remorseleasness with | | which they would be bled if they/| | came. <r U letters must be mailed or left at than 200 words, written on one side of the paper, and bear the Mame, address and phone number Vacation Editor, ‘The Star. of the writer. Address DRAW PENSION FOR ONLY s ‘ VOL. 100, 13, NO, WIDOW WILL LIFE ANO HER BABY ing. The young widéw began to | realize this today amid all the grim preparations for the funeral The public is quick to forget ie heroes. 1 wonder if time will lend ite surcease, too, to this little farmtly, today left desolate and alo by the bullet of the cowardly arsassin who shot in the dark? DID SPAIN FIRE DIAZ? (By United Frese Leased Wire MADRID, June 19—A_ hint from official sources that for- mer President Diag of Mexico not wanted in Spain until public feeling subsides is re- ported today to have caused a change in the ex-dictator’s xpected to |. he NEW YORK, June 19.—A young man who, like Walter Duryea, broke one of the verte. brae of his neck by a dive into shallow wat in the Hudson river, was jatill alive and con- joue today, in Washington Heights hospital, the accident having occurred late yesterday. The victim is Leonard J. the 19year-oli son of Smith. The surgeons in the hospital, mindful that Duryea lived twelve years after his injury, are working hard to save the young man. They think he h: chance of recov. ery. The surgeons said that the fenth cervical vertebrae, or last of the neck, was broken. SEAMEN DESERT (By United Press Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, J 19.—The sea men's strike is affecting shipping here. The crews of the Southern Pacific line freighters Creole and Sol, deserted when the vessels docked today, and officials of the seamen’s union here, assert that within a week the entire Southern Pacific fleet will be tled up. FLOYD MERRI Pi a ee eo Floyd Merrill, the 17-year-old antomaniac, so called, present ed anything but the appear anee of the happy, careless joyriding individual who fig ured #0 sensationally in the news items for the past week when seen at the county jail this morning. He is complete ly depressed with the realiza tion that he had been guilty of “bad doings,” and expresses thorough repentance. ‘The following story wae writ- ten by Merril) himself in the county jail this morning. Terr ere eee eee 2! BY FLOYD MERRILL. Home or jail? When I think of my recent auto * * * * *| *) * * *) *| | Set eeeeeeeeeeeee * * * experience, I realize that I must make a choice between the two. And Hom {# the answer, I have had my lesson, * | | ing INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1911. WILLIE AND HIS GRADUATION DAY Willie is reading up on high brow stuff these days. And he's giving friends a great treat. hie barnyard Hin eloquence starties mare and timid hen. the bay He practices gra cob as a diploma His bow would make L terfield writhe In envy. 2 He brushes his hair and aquirts perfume on his nose. He goes forth with his proud pay-|ait fife. all hat rents and Sister Sue. ie Introduced to the audience But, sad to rela’ on Alpine heigh' The prompter straight tip from the wings. But it's ali wasted on Willie, who) Gouncilman Blain starts to shiver, Whereupon, the curtain falle on Willie's graduation, 1am not a crook. Hut 1 certainly see that I had started on the road to be one, I got a wrong start and Il am now glad to have it, ended This te how it started I hired a car one night aud when it came to paying up, I found: that I had spent all the money I had, Or most of it. 1 had to do some- things Bo I gave him a cheek 1 ienew it would all be found out Whemthe bank opened in the morn. ing. 1 got up early and was go- take a freight car with an- other boy whose name I will not #ive. Then he said, “Why not cash some checks and take a passenger train?” So, after thinking a little awhile about it, 1 did that. They Went to Blaine. We then went to Blaine, We only had money -effough fo take us to Bverett then. In Everett, 1. met this girl they say 1 was going to marry, She sald she lived in Bal CHICAGO, June 19.—Women a the victims, the followers, the @taunoh believers in Evelyn Arthur | See, founder of the mysterious re | Higious cult, Known an the “Absolute iLife, nd women are the chi - rial, which began to- if-etyled “Modern Jo- seph,” who is charged with a statu- jtory offense against Mildred Bridges, aged 16, one of the two girls who lived with | \urlowaly fu ed * | the “prohet's” arr | The other, and by far the most pleturesque of all of # disel | ple&. ie Mins Mona Rees, a girl in jth twenties, but fully as youthful }loolfing as her companion “pupil jot $ee's Oriental teachings. There} | wete, the prosecution claims, other youRs girls among thorze whom Se¢ | was "teaching to become the moth | ord Of perfect men | Fiithers of the young girl puptis in file Absolute Life and Perfect | Motherhood school have threatened |to @ring the prophet ip on a | Jamp post if they ever Iny hands on bim, One husband of a married pupil has sued See for alienation of ble Wife's affection. He tx Stepheg H. Bridges, father of Mildred, who |in a, Wealthy Chicago Jeweler | The most revolting of all ix that! | Reet women follewers, mothers. | ehobid permit their own daugh | tore wacrificed to the un q of a hypocritical fanati prosecution | yet, that is what the sage it will bring out during the tri-| al; that has taken his toll of] both mothers and daughters ! The arrest of several women,| wha elther submitted th ters ta Bee's teachings or else s aided him in inducing other young girl to feside in the “temple” t# pre dicted One “Perfect” Woman. Mona Rees, the one “perfect woman, Who bas been chosen by | Se to became the mother of the first perfect child, still professes to believe in the “prophet 1 do not reghrd Mr. See a8 a morte! Min teachings are divine. then, can he do wrong.” she Y And yet the state's sttorney cael that both she and Mildred Bridges confersed to having misconducted thetonelves with See. Mildred ix be the mother of the first perfect! child. Mona Rees, 24 years old, is be youd the age where the juventie| court.can take charge of her “1 khow that I have done rig! she says. “Mr. See ie to me Ihe the sun to the flo All trith. ypinese come frok his fevelations. If people do not tiitnk We are just proper, then I am worry fOr the people Her mother, Mra. Felicia Blake Rees, who has written considerable James S. Goldsmith has Councilman Erickson’s bill for re one week Goldsmith, whose name was made prominent by opposing the $300,000 city street car bond Issue last win- | ter, now wants to “protect” the city light plant. Goldamith always} was & chainplon of the Interests of » Electric Co. Th opposed to reduction of because it will cause rates gives him aleither a loss of business or a reduc tion dn its own rates—in elther! case alos of profits | And this is how it bappened that Goldsmith exercised his power to act on laws for the city of Seattle He came into the counetl com mittee room one day last week and | asked Erickson where Councilman Steiner was, He had a talk with Steiner Last } Friday afternoon | chairman of the told Erickson | postponed for findinee committee, that bis bill had been The Seattle Star SEATTLE ONE CENT. $3, TTLE WITH KILLED Setf-Styled Prophet on Trial for Crime Against Young Girl Mona Rees. who was destined to be child. EVELYN ARTHUR SEE. WHY LIGHT RATE B IS BEING POSTPONED had [one week on the request of Steiner, who wanted to give Goldsmith a duction of light rates postponed for|chance to appear against the bill. | buck, if you know how wanted Chic to see See's ILL a bucking broncho, ae BE TAKEN ALTE (By United Press Leased Wire.) SALT LAKE CITY, June 16—~ One man was fatally wounded and another shot through the hand in @ battle this morning between ban- dits, who Saturday killed Condue- tor Kidd and fatally wounded Dep- uty Sheriff Jones on an Oregon Short Line train, and a posse whieh has since been pursuing them. The fight occurred near Highbridge, Idaho, at 10 q’clock this morning. he desperadoe sescaped The posse got on the trail of the bandits after they had held up a farm house near Highbridge. They shot the owner, seriously wounding him, and escaped with a horse. The news was rushed to Highbridge and sent on to the posse, which was already in the field One Officer Shot. Tracking the bandits to the farm house the posse over took them |five ‘miles further on. The . of- | ficers with a volley of shots. One member of the posse, whose name has not yet been learned here, was |shot through the temple. It is re- | ported that he cannot live. Another jreceived any ugly wound in the nd Reinforcement were at once | rushed the officers, and they jset out again on the path of the robbers. The bandits went in the direction of Rigby and the officers, two hours behind, are following them It is believed the posse | would overtake the bandits before ~ a «| nigh d another battle was ex high priestess,” and “spirit of love” and | pe Officers in charge of the his first “perfect” mother of the first “perfect” oa |posse say the desperadoes will not be taken alive. junder her nan Felicia Blake.” thinks it is all right for her daughter and young Mildred Bridges | F lto have conducted themselves as \ they did with § | Mona Rees had, See explains, | |reached nearest perfection. She} was his “high priestess.” He called 10 NEW YORK her the “Spirit of Love” It was the | |prophet’s treatment of her in the/ | presence of two new disciples which Art Bues, Seattle's hard hit- ting third baseman, who is now fourth in the Northwestern led to his arrest. The new discl-| ples were young girls who had for the first time gained admittance to |the inner “temple.” ’ Here the walls |were hung with heavy draperies, the carpets were an inch thick and {everywhere one looked were mystic | symbols. The air was thick with jincense. The effect sought was a league batting averages, with | mixture of voluptiousness and mys-| @ standing of .337, and who ue ticism. when hits are According to the evidence of been sold to the | lthe young girl priestess they| New York Nationals. |changed their street garments for | | diaphanous draperies and nothing else, before they entered the “inner | temple.” The deal was made this morning by President Dugdale. In return for | Bues Seattle gets a New York play- er and a cash consideration, the amount ow which Dugdale will not mention | Bues will finish the season with |Seatt'e, and report to New York next season. The player who figured in the New York end of |the trade will report to Seattle next spring. THE HICKTOWN BEE Quite = number of folke from the ety were yesterday. having Bues is considered the classiest pienie juadhes Gn — third baseman in the league, and LORE err several big league scouts have porter ‘who fan also runs job pres, |been on his trail. He is positively Journalists keep off certain to make good in fast cam- ‘That was the first I knew that ii a aod pea pany. Genes’ cgeniitteen,® seid wieithnon sirleta tm, Gina's Gi | Boxes and bottles of heer were hance com! cricknor emer | pl . this morning. "President Wardall tne ide | Piled Bien ee peacener: had it referred to bot hthe city Schilling md Robinson, aided by utilities and the finance committee : ee Sergeants Rests asd Ghlakin Gee | lo the. oo “ tteer e' to os stay sshancs for its ene- | , ‘any om a house at 624 Yesler way, con- mies. 1 am just won eture | ducted by Mra. C. S. Ward. Six committee would have postp wore beaked aa érasks,, waile:denn action if some unknown working Word: wus held Gn the shasia ae man who uses city light in his selling liquor without a license, home had come and requested a Four were Seld:an: otaeues delay i wilt St winsicn aa A QUAINT LITTLE PET. Tenderfoot—Is thie little animal | re y a broncho? ctus Bill—Yes, mise. Tenderfoot—Please make him I've always NO. 9—FRANCIS J. HENEY IN 1930. ——— = NS ——— = = “nomesgajas Suyypovoadde pasn oq ub 3] B jo otuivU ayT sey), PIoYy VOWuUIYSE AY Aq saapees avig Aq asn soy paandaid Ayjpeioodsa adigas Mou «16, GVTVS HOLVTLOd,, | Supoy ¢ aiied uo 4 4c ey) Buunp squauurepiajua soy jo pyapn F} MON at LL, THE JOY RIDING KID, IS MIGHTY SORRY NOW So I told her I w pmetime next hour I wa away. There ing wond just. simply couldn't catch me. I then made for arrested here and taken rful about my jail. 1 was there two nights. The next morning I was taken up to some home with another boy. They left him there but start me back, Well, I got and this time | made At Ballard 1 che and then though get out of Seattle. of 80 «pe esd cin stn Aa tiasbad * WEATHER FORE * ‘Sor Seattle and * Fair tonight and ® light westerly winds, i i i ee started to run, and they Seattle. SX arrested » was noth: | escaping. 1| I was to the city ed to bring away again for Ballard my clothes, pme way to CAST. vieinity Tuesday ; * * * * * * * t