The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 13, 1914, Page 1

A® MORE THAN 45,000 PAID COPIES DAILY TOTAL ECLIPSE of the sun Au- gust 24. But you'll have to abroad to get the benefit of the shade. E you going on a vacation? The Star to you by mail. cents a month, three months for $1. VOLUME 16, Don’t worry, The Star can follow you wherever you go. Get the news, written in crisp, wide-awake, snappy style. The Only Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News SEATTLE, WASH., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1914, NO. 95, ILLNESS, CHEASTY LOCKS DOOR; DIES Scene of Cheasty’s Fall From Washington Hotel =| a ment From Which View of New Washington Hotel, Sh owing Window of Cheasty’s Apart. He Leaped to Death | | Edward C, Cheasty, pi- oneer clothing merchant, who was instantly killed by a fall from a window in his. apartments on the 10th floor of the Wash- ington hotel, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, de- liberately jumped to his death This is strongly indi- cated by the fact that the door of his room was locked from the inside, and barricaded with a heavy chair, placed against the knob. His body struck of th the cement roof ucture fn g, the thud employes instantly atte rehant crushe The w legs w His a by Friends Think He Fell her his tentions ax to w ntab or | cores of his fr city, where he had grown up m0 boyhood, point. out the fact that be had been suffering silently for a long time from general poor health. Th believe he rushed to the window for fresh alr, and, being seized with a spell of dizziness, lost balance and hurtled through death. Officials from the coroner's of fice who made a thorough invest! gation of the surroundings immedi ately after the death was reported announced that the detatls of their inquiry brought the conclusion that | fin Mr. Cheasty committed suicide In a| were In ¢ fit of despondency over {Il-health Had Been in Iil-Health merchant had not been well ‘a on his re ment to n the front of room at the away from his health asked the m his room fre to a quiet sibly fornia fe turn change his front apartments, which he had held for three years. He suffered from dizziness and a throat affection, which attacked bim at intervals, and at times near ly caused bis death by strangulation and high blood pressure Hat and Coat on Bed and coat were found ly bed, as ff hastily dis was hanging up had not been made up but was not sor h any extreme The bed was at » after 1 and went from there to the o'clock elevator boy says pok him to his room between 30 and 1:45 o'clock. He stood silently in the car. He had made a business engage ment during the morning with J. E Chilberg, agreeing to meet the lat ter in his offices at 2 o'clock, An hour after the date for the business conference Mr. Cheasty was found a lifeless form at the bottom of the dizzy plunge Alighted on His Feet E. K. Wilson, a mining man, a guest in a room on the sixth floor, saw the falling body from his room "The man lighted on his feet and nds throughout }the firat ef the-week. fell mo | bui me an Mrs They face downward He dt ve after he hit the Iding,” sald Mr, Wilson Henry L. Gray nt, and Cashier F. H ! Henry d entran r key y found the ad in Said Suicide Was Cowardly de by a heavy chatr 4 not root of the also witness | ed the fail from her apartments notified the hotel manage Sangfelder bell-boy, door braced from Now it i tion officials of the the merits or faults GAIN we have with us the injunction. ' by which to thwart the people. coming to the rescue of Lafe Hamilton and Krist Knudsen, to stop the check of the recall petitions by the registra- ONE CENT FALL 3500 FEET IN BALLOON- DESPONDENT OVER Howdy! Here’s Our Old Pal, Injunction! Always it is the club city. Without any hearing, without any trial, without going into of the complaint, Judge promptly granted the petition for a temporary injunction, and to- day the check has been halted. A chap named J. M. Brewster, a dummy for Lafe Hamilton, came into court with the claim that he is a taxpayer, and the city must not pay for the check on a recall against a county official. Brewster undoubtedly has al! of one-tenth of one cent of taxes to pay by reason of this check, and lo! the court must protect that Or, maybe it is all of a whole penny it will cost him. Never mind the 20,000 people who signed the petitions. Never mind the fact that the law makes it as plain as plain can be that the city registration officials must check up those recall petitions, and that it was the intent of the legislature that that expense. Never mind all, that—THE INJUNCTION LAW IS KING. Let us send Thirty-five Call Main 9400 and leave your summer address. : : : : : 2: The Seattle Star IGHT EDITION WEATHER FORECAST — Gen- erally fair tonight and Sunday; ‘iat “aie Ase light southwest to west winds. NEWS RTANDS fe SAFE Aeronauts Have Mi- raculous Escape After Bag Is Struck by Lightning. OREGON CITY, Or., June 13.—Al he balloon “Million Popula- lub” was rent asunder by Thursday evening, while net above the ground, and fell from that height, bumping r trees and rocks in a deep can- yon, Pilot John Berry was not seri- ously injured and Aide George Y. Morrison escaped entirely. The balloon fell about ten miles east of Beaver creek. Lost In Woods Berry and Morrison were lost from that time until 5 o'clock yes terday a‘ternoon, when they came upon a woodchopper, after a climb of nearly 3,000 feet. He piloted them to the home of Fred Lindeau, a farmer, where they stayed last night With the wrecked balloon, Berry and Morrison are expected to arrive in Portland late today. Capt. Berry said today that he had seen nothing of the other bal- loons missing in the race from here ~the Kansas City IIL and Spring- field—since 5:20 Thursday night. It was not until today that he learned that the Uncle Sam and its passengers were safe. He saw their gas bag alight when struck by lightning near Oregon City Thursday night, and attempted to ascend, but was prevented, owing to the condition of the wind. Berry was badly bruised in the fall and his back injured, but he is lexpected to recover rapidly. Frater yesterday 86 PER CENT OF Fr iw of th ead man say the fact that a cha was against the door ix not rily significant, an the door, they say, rattled when one-tenth of one cent. th “ lows were en, and Cheas ty, be vous thr iMnews, often placed a chalr ag ot it to stop the attiing. He had, at various times, told 1 f h wee ti 1 ft livi t f suicide. It's too cowardly the city should bear If it w je, his friends are rtain he committed the act while| temporarily out of his head as al eeult of suffering - — a —~— Says It Was Accident | nyt rene Aaah eye” She vt ROSE SHOW OPEN } i J. C. Marmaduke, manager of the Hotel Washington, believes Mr Cheasty’s death was accidental ‘Since Mr. Cheasty'’s return from i ornia, recently, he has not been a well man.” said Mr. Marmaduke. I don't b e he was a man that would do that sort of a thing.” ri was born at Utea Camano tsland, Washingtor r 9, 1864 He worked his way up through years in Seattle to the head of the Cheasty clothin Cousin Gets Estate R. Pidduck, manager of the maty haberdashery, declared ) other men of the place that th nees of the mercantile house firm, and during his career held of fict At th am al positions of importance. time of his death r of the park board. nemb he was A will found in his office makes se and leaves his estate to Austin Mc Namara, a ¢ of San Francisco, his only living relative. All retat! clothing stc » members of the Se association | Stores Wil! Close whore m. othiers | will remain closed until 10 | Monday, during the funeral of FE. C st lishment from 1 moi F bear which th n Will attend fn a be James’ cathed Monday ry Watson undertaking rrow afternoon services will be held at} Ninth av and In. in Calvary » body will lie In state at the stab: 0 to 4 o'clock to-| Governor Among Pallbearers Howing is the list I ny, ber ick Fra ter She 8 fonorary pallbearers—C Edm «, F. Wins! G. EB. Miller, © McDermott, Gov wm arers—A, G H. Sutthoff, R Bb. nk pailt Doheny rgeon, »pard. of pall lL. Den TODAY; BIG TENTS) HOUSE EXHIBIT With three big tents forming a gainst the background of the Henry building, sharp contrast of whi and lending very much the appear ance of a small circus, the first an ual rose show of the Pacific North which will opened at 2 p by ¢ Lister, is attracting wide attention west Rose society, m. today It fs at the corner of Fourth and | University | Within the tents ts a veritable pral bequests to personal friends | fairyland of gorgeous floral beau ty. Hanging baskets of blossoms hid a great mass of greenery | swing overhead. The walls ar jen by | Seven exhibitors are competing for prizes, It 1s open from 2 to 12 p. m. today and from 9 a. m, to midnight to-| members of the | morrow CALIFORNIA VOLCANO IS CUTTING UP SCANDALOUSLY REDDING, Cal., June 13.—~ The worst eruption so far of Mt Lassen occurred at 5:30 this morn Chit | 198 Freder Helfner Ernest Lie Hickman Dunn J. Pidduck, A A The ashes fell 16 miles from the crater, Supervisor Rushing has hitherto contended that the eruption was really not volcanic, but only the spouting of geyser, but today sneezing from the smoke, which | was very noticeable, it was said he has revised his theory | RECALL NAMES COMMISSIONERS | ARE FOUND 0.K. When the injunetion was served | on Comptroller Carroll to prevent | him from checking the Hamilton} and Knudsen recall petitions, the! first che n the Hamilton reca had b completed It showed that 15,481 names signed, 13,8 were of good standing, or 86.13% of the total, This meant that approximately only 500 would be needed The filed ith Carwroll were from the city p nots callers have in their possession country petitions that contain more than double the ar int of names ON EARLY SPIN | POUGHKE cept for the SIE, June 13.—Ex-| University of Wash-| ston oarsmen, none of the crews | out for practice before 11| m. today | Tene pangs | esterday afternoon's eruption was of the weirdest magnificence. For half an hour jet black smoke rose from the crater 2,500 feet into| the air, | The sky being perfectly clear at! the time, the great column could be seen from nearly Sacramento and north to Klamath Falls, Or i} It was visible until the evening's | haze shut off the view i as far south as GIVEN A RESPITE © Judge Frater yesterday granted | for the checking of the petitions. Lafe Hamilton and Krist Koudsen,| | The order cites the officials ta aceistile . show cause June 19 why the in- county commissioners, another | tinction should not be made pete respite against the recall, when he manent. issued a temporary injunction to The complaint was sworn out by restrain City Comptroller Harry! J. M. Brewster, who allegés he fs Carroll from checking the names a taxpayer, and that the recall is on the petitions, a county and not a city matter. The injunction also prohibits) Therefore, he claims, the city City Treasurer Terry from paying should not have to pay the expense. PRESIDENT MARCHES WITH COLLEGE MEN TO BALL GAME DID YOU EVER tem Wison tert af 10. m. toattend SEE THIS BEAT? the graduating exercises at Prince- | THEN TELL US ton university, He attends as an alumnus. His plan was to march in the col- lege parade, to attend the Yale- 5 Princeton baseball game, and to be Editor The Star: Mary Eu- nice, aged 5, was over to play with my little Arthur, just 3. Mary was recalling the times Arthur had been sick. “Yes, present at the '79 class reunion, Sign First Protocol President Wilson received a long telegram just as he was boarding and you had the mumps, and the measles, too, and the whooping cough, but | had something worse than you ever his train at Washington, at 8 a. m, today for the trip to Princeton, tell- ing him that the American and Mex- fcan envoys at Niagara Falls had | signed the first section of the pro- tocol by which the administration LA EP on expects peace will be restored tn | Mexico. MRS. WILLIAMS. | Provisional Government EB mail brings {n some cute! The section was understood to sayings of cunning youngsters, and | provide for the establishment of a if yours has not been sent in yet, Mexican provisional government of shoot it along. Brilliant remarks a character to be determined later, ‘out of the mouths of babes” are to be recognized by the United worthy of perpetuation. The Star| States on a date yet to be fixed, and will print each day what it consid-| to exercise public functions until ers the cutest thing sent in the day | there shall be inaugurated a consti- before ‘tutional president. CONGRESS PASSES TOLLS REPEAL BILL AND SENDS IT TO WILSON CHICKEN DINNER