The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 9, 1911, Page 1

— _HAVE You JOINED THE * CITY EDITI eregemaees Claims for dadbigen and shipments cost the railroads counrty $30,000,000 annually. ON § ween] loss on of this ONLY VOL. 13, NO. 144. NINTY-TH ® GIVES UP HUSBAND EE See TO OTHER WOMAN (By United Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. 9—Mre. Oscar A. i Ag wife of the multi-miitionaire head of the Ely Copper e@ompany, will surrender her husband to the “oth After 20 years of married life, ‘womar unmarried by a single quarrel, during which time whe helped her husband fight from poverty to wealth, Mra, Turner learned, after an automobile accident In San Fran: cisco last October, that her husband had a “sow mate.” Today she announced that lawyers representing herself and her husband an» negotiating for a finan- cia) settloment. Then she will go ple have grown sons. to the West, establish a residence and secure a divoree, The cou HE WAS “CONSIDERATE,” WIFE SAYS. “Mr. Tprner was a considerate husband,” said the wife today, discussing her plans for separation. “There never was any misunderstanding between us until he confessed to me that he had found @ soul mate. cisco, ‘Then my husband told me all. ‘The girl is the daughter of a prominent New York politictan. I prayed for months for a reconciliation. ment until last Cctober, when I returned from Europe. He {8 openly received at her home. Then | saw it was useless. I didn’t learn of the entangle I was injured in an auto accident in San Fran There ts nothing left to do but a divorce.” Wife Helped Man Get His Fortun Turner ts well known in Western mining circles. He was m wife, prospected trough ¢ gether discovered some of ried when @ young man, and, with his Together they tramped many miles through the mountains, and to mines which were the foundation of Turner's wealth, Mrs. Turner was robbed of a $25,000 diamond necklace last year, while returning from Europe on the Nner Deutachland. TAFT TO BLOCK THE PEOPLE’S WILL (By United Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Ang. Becaues of his opposition to the re- Bitely learned RIEF IN GAME WARDEN’S OFFICE | Harry Rief is drawing a county} erford..ring, and certain Taft will veto the statehood bill, now before the senate and certain learned today t jof passage, call of judges provision it was defi-) | openly vole today, President | recall of fi constitution, and it was t he had definitely ‘The president “has| decided to veto the bill. In hie his opposition to the veto message, it was learned, he ee provided for in the | will ha ld Lind opinion on the _—— Arizona “sports | INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SEATTLE, WASH,, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST | 9, 1911, (WALDO WIELDS: AX HIMSELF. New York Police Commis- |} sioner Puts 90@ Gamblers al Cold, Cold Curbstone. RHINELANDER WALDO. NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—More than 900 New Yorkers who have been devotecs of the racetrack game by of patronizing the $2” oot “COAL The Seatt s le E AT COST” ARMY Star SEATTLE ONE CENT. “Labor i ON THAIN! NEWS (By United Pr 7] GIBRALTAR, Aug. 9.-—Sinking like a plummet after she was rammed by the Bi h CITY. EDITION is prior to capital,” said Lin- coln. But it doesn’t live in as fine a house, does it? TEAMERS COLLIDE; ONE GOES DOWN ish steamer Silverton nine a dense fog in the Straits of Gibraltar today, the French mail steamer Emir carried down with her 93 her passengers and crew. Immediately after the crash the Silverton lowered all her boats, but, hampered by the fog, they were only able to rescue 23 of those on the Eimr, which sank within five minutes after the vessels collided. The bow of the Silverton was stove in by the impact and only the hardest pumping enabled her to reach this harbor with news of the disaster. eee ANCE WHT }, ie reported today to be on the to recovery. il went under the a knife at 2:30 o'clock yen- morning. Thé flow of blood | stop, and an injection of | |Hoist Your Umbrella and Talk by Wireless on a Moving Train) Telephone, Good Anywhere, in All Kinds of Weather, to Be Installed by Big Railroad Soon, KANSAS CITY, Mo., See the man on the car! Guess what he's doing. Holding an umbrella? Not on your life, He's listening to a human volee coming to him through the riba of his parasol by wirelens Yes, railroad signalling by wire- telephony is & success at last, Aug. 9-— | ley |p . Frederick H. Millener, inventor, USES AUSTY WIRE 10 aUICIDE |Charles Cameron, in City Jail, Makes Determined Effort to End His Life — Probably Will Recover. Unwinding rusty wire from @ |prison mop, Charlies H. Cameron gashed his throat repeatedly with it in the city jail this morning, ina determined attempt to end his life, Jailer Corbett found him in a de | rlous condition, .He was rushed te the city hospital, where, after am examination, it was found he would ) probably recover. Cameron was arrested a few days ago and “booked” as a “sober drunk.” According to custom, he should have been released whem he had sobered up, But it was found that he suffered from delirt- | um tremens. So he was sent into in the very heart of Ae ‘on found it impossible to place & bet today. Rhinelander Waldo, the tall, husky young man whom Gaynor 2:20 a. m. a local druggist was pieked out to be police commisston- ‘out of bed and the drug er, has put a score of pool rooms | cured, With the promise of a large out of business in the past fot) bamus, Charley Smith, a local driv. men” saw an opportunity to get ihe | eeeeee= OE WN THE Pam! again. Rief is the ex-came warden who was recently Indicted by the grand jury for embezzle- tment in connection with his public duties. Dlood serum was hit upon | mp oa None be be | Bakersfield, *o An fiton and Rutherford requested | Path arte wie jey's resignation, and they w me | pealed oppoint Rief, but Rief was in the meantime, and so her om stituted John Hogan, Riof's former | When the new commissioners came into office, last January, )Rief was removed and Hugo Kelley | deputy, as the new game warden appointed In his stead. Then came | And now Rief is a deputy under the break hetween Commissioner! Hogan, and still drawing the put- pean fe Aaa rn the Hamilton-Ruth- | e's money. JWAY WILL PROBE = |e I States grand jury, which is fo be impanelled tomorrow, will take up the Alaska coal cases in some new form. COUNCIL Beattie may have women “coun. climen” soon. Secretary F. A. ALASKA GOAL GASES) Uy United Prese Leased Wire.) ; TACOMA, ‘sagt %.—Although As te charges recently made in Wash- sistant United States Attorney Gen- ingt eral Townsend bas not reached this| eral's office, city yet, it is reported about federal, startling prosecutions headquarters today that the United! begun. od very quiet about the matter, tut rumor Government authorities are keep- Stirtan of the recall association ie strong that, following had no candidates in mind, either for mayor of the council, except concensus of opin- two of against the attorney gen- that some new and that it was the are to be lon that there ought to be women candida’ If the plans materialize and the GET BATH TOWEL HAT; IT’S A HIT WITH FATHE Missed your favorite batn towel Uf course. And have you seen Bifey's new hat? If you haven't, look it up. find your towel there. Of course, ft won't look just the same, on will result in ite| ¥ It’s a new hunch bath towel hat sheets dev that some tow from Paris, the so the fashion) re. It's said, though Yan manufacturer of! ¥ launched the Idea. HARRY THAW’S NEPHEW Is FOUND MASQUERADING UNDER ASSUMED NAME (By United Aug. 9-—Masquesi y Thaw Kirkland, SALEM, Kirkland, Dr Who killed § helr to the Thaw millions under the la Ore. Ha should the bath towel idea be car ried out in other feminine wearing | when You'lt| #pparel, lean provid but | for his wife | think what that pony skin coat last winter cost | lwhat? anford White in Madison Square Garden, women candidates are elected, Se. attle will be the first large elty in the country with women members in its municipal body. In northern Europe women are further ad- vanced in this respect. Hoth in Copenhagen and Christiania, the capitala of Denmark and Norway, women are seated In the city coun ells, and act on important commit tees. Stirtan said that the association | will probably endorse some cand! date for mayor, He would not say who it is, though he intimated that FLONERED some one had been considered. ngrre ne Great London Hotel Burns A SG THM rn SERV (By United Press Lene Wire.) LONDON, Aug. 9—The Cariton hotel, mecca of Americans visiting London, is burning. With the en- tire upper portion of the structure in flames, the guests were driven helter skelter into the streets. It is not yet known whether there were any casualtie ACTION BLOCKED ON COTTON SCHEDULE (By United Press Lensed Wire.) WASHINGTON, D. C., Prospect of a rorable action in the senate on the house bill for the itguiring, | |revision of the cotton tariff sched. jule was practically blocked today the senate committee on resourceful, husband |finance voted to report adversely nifty winter ouffit|}on the measure. The action came trom. his furniture, | atter a vote in the senate last week the bath rug would |dlrecting the committee to make a And just “Raat Sure ant TIES ARE THE THING BATH SLIPPERS No DOUBT witt BE WORN Py a little shrewd the ‘or instance, wagger coat maxes S oaee end of the preesnt session. economic good, eh Considered from an fewpoint, the idea's | Press.) ading under the name of Curry nephew of Harry Kendall Thaw, New York, and aws of Scotiand, has succeeded for But will the Standard octopus urt’s decision foil, @ year {n hiding sis true identity from the authorities of the state peni tentiary here Kirkland is serving a two-year sentence for approp lating and Dawning his sweetheart’s watch for mongy with which to quench his thirst for drink—a tairat whith, Respite his social standing, education and wealth, has made him conaiderable trouble. Kirkland has admitted ce Mentity, - — When Seattle pecsie wake to the fact that they really own Seattle then Seattle won't stand for Jake Furth any longer. Dissolved in oil? — A puzziing problem thie— On which the courts are mute; How can a trust dissolve, When it is dissolute? stated today that his organization |" Mass Meeting Endorses Move Engineer Thomson, night et, sped away toward the mount- And be did it himself, not Jeay- | aif. Smith was met at Palmdale, ing-the work to the preeinet eap-/ halfway on his journey, by a ma-| tains and inspectors, chine sent from Bakersfield, which Some of the gambling joints bad|eugried the precious pac! the “jee-box doors,” weighing 300 and )pest of the way, arriving hi at 400 pounds. When Waldo couldn't |$:48 o'clock. smash ‘em In with an ax, he called ‘en minutes | the serum had) for a hydraulic jack and entered} seen administered and Mre. Camp-| Aug. 9—|¢ | report on the cotton bill before the| some things can never be) that way to Remove “Whereas, we, the voters, being convinced that City Engineer R. H Thomson {8 not conducting Res og office for the best interests of the whole people of the city; that he is| largely responsible for unnecessary and excessive regrades; that he} has bound burdens upon the home| owners o fthe city, and that his ad-| ministration of the engineers office! is @ menace to the continued wel-| fare of the city; ee | ‘The Annual Sugar Hold-Up Is On bi berry canning season is on,| And The Seattle housewife ts mighty busy these mornings hustling up with the preparations And The grocery man is puliing off the! annual Granulated Sugar hold-up! |” Just why the price of sugar is $0} high nobody seems to know. { The city salesmen at the National | Grocery company swore a mighty | swoar this morning that they are) getting 96.90 per hundred pounds for sugar—wholesale price. At a “fancy” grocery on Firat av. | a clerk quoted retail price at 14) pounds for a east |" A corner grocery on Seventh av as a 8 Improvement bega Sefone the ¢itizens for his removal.” above resolution was the nimous epinion of a mass meet Swe night at Toro hall, 1722 N. at. Thomson also came in for a rap) om'the dumping of garbage in the| Walers of Lake Union. A resolu | was passed in which he was! iticised for not having the in rator built A department 4 on Second av. that has a grocery store quoted 16 péunds for a dollar—delivered only with o reasonable amount of other | goods, Quoted 15 pounds for a dollar Thus it goes. | It Is odd that in midwinter, in the ingtime or in the late fa!! there all kinds of sugar to be had at | 6 conts a pound flat. But the canning season is on now, ind the poor old groceryman must make hay while the sun shines. And in the meantime the Seattle ss tad Pp had the freight. Boy Accidentally Kills His His Sister (Dy United Press Leased Wire.) KLAMATH, Or., Aug. 9—Acci dental discharge of a gun in the| hands of 13-year-old Ralph Copic| ter Minnie, 11, according to wore What Shall | I Do With My Savings? Talk No. 1 The wage one receives for his daily toil will never enrich the worker. Too many people make a profit off his labor. The cost of living is always so high that the ordinary man must invest his savings to gain a compe tence. When he starts looking for a place to plant his surplus, he finds many a snare already laid sed the instant death of his sis-| © teceived here today from the Copic tanch, 30 miles from Kiamath. The accident occurred while the chil- Gren were hunting ri bits. MWR E ERM eee H oe * FIRST FOG SINCE APRIL 30 ‘& Barly this morning the first * heavy fog since April 30 ‘& rolled In over the city. ® Today's forecast: ® nig! and Thursday; light * northwesterly winds, Temper- *& ature at noon today, 59. Tete ee eee eee eee STEAL AEROPLANE (Hy United Brews Leased Wire.) Fair to La tndindiadadiadeding | in the man on men who stole an aeroplane from E. E. Lessard, a local amateur ‘Aviator. $0 far as known, the to annex it. The fake mining stock promot- er, the crooked real estate op- erator, the get-rich-quick Wall ingfords are all lying in wait, with thelr claws carefully con cealed, to fleece him. So greedy are these vultures, they would steal his shoes if he stood on his head, OLE HANSON @ CO, Real Estate Third Floor, New York »Block theft is the first of its kind. 5 hpi lst dade Mee % ASKS DIVORCE FOUR * DAYS AFTER MARRIAGE % KANSAS CITY, Aug. 9- * Four days after marrying * Thomas G. Murnane, Martha # Murnane filed sult for divorce * against her husband. Sho * aska a divorce on statutory * grounds, * * * * * * * * + * * ~. + Rp eranrarts i |now he has it down fine. Upper picture shows man on mov. ing train, with telephone receiver) on his head and umbrella up, re ceiving a meseage. Below is im- provised telephone in section shanty. has been experimenting for the|readily follows the path of steel Unton Pacific railroad for years and|rajis and is stronger than during a storm. Dr. Millener says railroad use of wireless phony will result in a reduction in the number of railroad wrecks and a big saving to raflroads and ship pers. Two wireless stations are soon to be established; one at Sidney, Neb,, and one at Cheyenne, Wyo. 103 miles apart, It has been dis covered that the wireless wave WOULD YOU RISK DROWNING FOR THIS KIND OF A RESCUE? SURE!) Se Say, wouldn't you be willing toy tumble overboard, right into the|beach and keep a weather eye cold, cold waters of Elliott bay, if|cocked. for any possible cry for you were certain that a couple of |help from the bathers, fair young life guards like these| qf a child or a woman or a great, would come and pull you out? big husky man is caught in the Sure you would; so would any-|undertow, or if cramps grab ‘em in body, the vitals, a shout brings both of But unhappily these pretty girls,| these pretty girls to the rescue, real life guards, are not working in| Some class to a rescue like that, ahese parts, es there? | Helen Richardson and G ntta | you want tobe rescued by Archibald are the girls’ names, and} | Helen and Gretta, the fare to their they are employed as sure enough | particular beach ts about $25.00 life guards at Coronado Beach, Cal. ' just one way , Every day’ they patrol the sandy ever] the police court, where Judge Bee- be sentenced him to stay away) from whisky for ten days. — Gates Loses - - in Game ne Fight (Hy United Press Leased Whee. PARIS. Aug. 5-—John W, Gates, Street and |the millionaire Wal jmining man, died here at 5:15 o'clock this morning. Gates’ body will be brought back New York for burial on the Kale | Ihelm de Grosse, which August 16. Services over the body, will be held in the American chugelt | here on Saturday ates’ physicians say his figh® against death was the gamest they ( jever saw. Inspired by the desire) |to see America once more, the whose fron will forced the | Street magnates to back down in fae, a financial fray, battled grime ly to the last +9 ¥ (GIRL AVIATOR WINS CHEERS *MINEOLA, L. L, Aug. 9.—Miss Matilda Moissant, sister of the late Jobn B. Moissant, fulfilled ter promise today which she made months ago that she would be able to fly a monoplane. She tried out her machine on the Hempstead plains and made three long flights of about two miles each, being 50 feet above the ground. Her land. ings were so successful and clever that all the aviators on the fields praised her skill NEWS ITEMS FROM THE HICKTOWN BEE Quite a lot of excitement will be had here next’ Saturday the Ladios hi Two nice quilts hed the rubber plant ntral hotel again, There was much spooning on the front steps of the M FALL SHOWING OF Imperial Hats $3 NEW BLOCKS IN Stetson Hats at $5.00 Shafer Bros Arcade and Arcade Annex,