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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23

Ellis d nralef. chairman Of the
nepabiiran State csntrai commEt.
~. VII 500 Issue = call for a
me<sinx Of The committee for The
pgFpote Of fixing the date and
pls<s fer holding the state con.
vfRlinn to select delegates to the
sxsiouaI ecnvention It Il probable
~ tke state convention will BE-
~ IN NAY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23

Tearing up their wedding certif-
icate and throwing the pieces IN
his wlfe's face after a quarrel. J. II.
Reeee. a grocery clerk. of 2lo2
sixth av.. last night knocked the
woman down. and tried to wrest
the wedding ring from her finger
This IL the story told by young
Mrs. Henrietta Reece. as she sob
bed out her troubles 10 Officer
shannon OF police court. She APP
piled for ard was granted a war
rant for her husbands arrest on
the charge of assault
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
TAFT FAVORED
POLL TAKEN OF REPRESENTATIVES

ton Post. an independent newspa-
per. and no homes Of individual
representatives and their prefer
ences are given.
The poll developed the fact that
all third term for Roosevelt SEN
timent is dead. not vote being
registered for the president. The
ballots ran as follows: Taft 80.
Cannon SO. Knox &c. Fairbanks 10.
Hughes s. LaFollette 5, Foraker /.
non-eommittal 10. absent 20.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23

chiniHts; r. A. Rust, manager OF
kett. business agent Of the Cooks
union. and Miss Alice Lord, bust.
ness agent OF the Mattresses MON.
and financial secretary of the labor
council. was appointed TO take care
Of the feeding Of the unemployed
Meals viii be served free TO those
who are penniless. while those who
have money are expected to pay \
small price
II il probable TINT the committee
will be able 20 have everything In
readiness SO that meals can be
served Monday.
Arrangements were discussed at
a meeting held this afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
in CALIFORNIA

on. when the bulb burst. The flash
iGnited the gas In the tank and n
terrific explosion followed. Leland
Was hurled 20 feet through the air
and bruised and burned.
Soon the entire oil train was one
mass ~ flames Two large wooden
taukn and reservoir nearby
cassEbt fire and burned fiercely A
great cossmn Of black smoke that
could be seen 90 miles rose several
Thousand feet into the air and.
drifting northward. envcloped Hol.
h wood. making that place dark as
niEht
Tho loss Is estimated at s25. 200.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
man KILLED By
FALLING Tree

WILLIAM Van north. A. years old
was killed yesterday By = falling
tree while looking for employment
10 one Of the lumber camps near
North nend
when about 10 miles from North
bend. a falling tree crashed down
upon Van Berth. fractnrlug bis
skuil and hreakinK . leg lie lived
about an hour
Van Borth had no relatives IN
ihfA country. and IL a native Of
Sunderland. England. The BODY Is
az nnnney Watsou's.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23

Los NSGEIEs. Jan. 7s.-The
breaking Of an incandeaeent halh
started the most destructive fire
that has ever occurred In the Shof.
man oil fields, seriously burned two
men and blocaded the snwtelle
branch of tho Los angeles Pacific
railroad for several hours early this
morning
The injured men are Charles lie.
land. conductor. and Edward Well.
born. moturman. Of an oil train.
Leland lowered an electric light
bulb into the trailer tank 10 akcer.
tain how much oil had been taken
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
NOME WINS
AND LOSES
10y United press.)

LAwRENCE, Kan. Jan. a.
Tuesday night the Nome basket.
ball team was defeated In a rough
game By the Baker university
quintet, the score being 81 10 "a.
Last night Nome played the Law.
renee Y. NJ G. A. team. winning by
a score of 40 to 3S.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
Trmbe Seems to Be IN the Lead at Present Time,
With Miller Close Behind, and Russell Coming Up
Rapidly.

be transferred TO Miller. On the
other hand. however. ~ ia known
that should he be- induced TO with
draw, his declaration would con-
tain an endorsement Of Trlmbie.
Russell declares, however. that no
IN In the race 10 stay. and il is
therefore Idle 20 speculate as 20
the result OF his withdrawal.
Russell VS.. Miller.
Russell'E aniagonism 10 the MIL
Ter interests arises from a dispute
Az to whether or moi Miller told
Russell that he would not become
candidate Russell says Miller
told him emphatically that he did
not intend 20 file a declaration Of
candidacy and that he tRussellD
thereupon determined TO run.
Later Miller changed his mind and
became a candidate. This angered
Russell and be also flied bis dec
laration In spite Of the fact that
he had not intended 20 become
candidate with Miller IN the race.
Russell could. however. deliver
but a small part OF his support TO
Tnmble 20 that he and Miller are
splitting vote that might go NJ
most solldly 10 one or the other
OF the two should one withdraw
This condition Is one Of the Trim
Bile elements OF strength.
John {. tiumphries.
Fourth In the race Is John r..
HUMPHREYS. as much OF an uncer-
tainty as ever stumped a city.
There are men In Seattle. intel
ligent and apparently politically
wise who will tell you that
HumpnfIes will be nominated. A
block away a man equally as wise
VIII laugh al you IL You suggest
such possibility. Humphries has
been campaigning for the past two
months. He has good meetings
and he has sent some truths home
to the minds OF the voters. lie
knows how 10 campaign. He has
been doing IL all his life It's .
mighty poor office that he has not
been a candidate for. He makes
the mistake OF believing what peo-
pie tell him He Is honest himself
and believes fin his fellow IaaB. Ho
has probably already been prom
ised enough votes To nominate and
elect him. Perhaps John Humph-
ries day has arrived. On the the
DRY that everything comes TO him
who watts" II IL nearly due and
stranger things have happened
than that the Judge should slip
In unnoticed while the others are
battling among themselves
The dope figures HUMPHREYS
fourth. however.
The Also Rams.
And then there comes Lewis
Levy. He's an impossibilIty. II
Is one OF the few weaknesses OF
the primary law that such men
may upon their own initiative be-
come candidates for office
Also p. p. Carroll.
Also o. p. Oliver.
Charles Burnett. Jr.. president
OF the city council. while can
didate is not active. He Is seeking
no support and therefore IL set
ting none.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
SAILORS RESCUE HORSE
WITH LIFE BOAT

Sailors OF the revenue cutter
Rush yesterday rescued a horse
which had fallen into the water
af pier No. ~ The team. at
tached to a wagon belonging to ".
p Norton A. Co. escaped the notice
OF the driver after being unhitehed
and wandered off the end of the
pier.
One was drowned The sailors
hastily releasing one OF the life
boats. towed the live animal
ashore.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
EARLY MARRIAGE UNHAPPY

Because she was married when
but - years Of age, asd without
the consent OF her parents. Annie
jefferson today commenced suit for
divorce from her husband, Francis
A. Iellerson.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
AlAskANs BELIEVED
LOST.

JUNEAU, Alaska. Jan. 20.
The launch Fox is eight
days overdue from Kake. The
} launch Z. ID. NJ started 20
search for her but broke
down. All hopes have been
given up for the Fox. and
Waldo States and Charles Nc.
Conaghey. two well known
Alaskana, who were aboard.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
DIES OF plpHrHERlA.

Charles Gardner. aged II. die!
at Rainier Beach of diphtheria 10.
day. lie IS the fourth member of
the family to die within a year
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
LESLIE SHAW TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENT.


\ NEW YORK. Jan. ea.--lsn.
\ lie n Shaw. who il 10 retire
: from the presidency Of the
! Carnegie Trust company on
: March |. next. slli devote his
entire energies toward eaptur.
ING the republican nomination
: TOT the presidency of the Unit.
: ed States coincldenf with
: the ncwu of hia retirement
: from the trust company. Il be
: came known today that the
: former secretary OF the treas.
: ury has established political
: headquarters At No. II broad
: way and II desotlng a great
: part OF his time 10 his political
! ambitions aud politics.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23

JAps LOSE CONFIDENCE.
fBy unlsed Press.

fUY UHTFFu FTN1H'T
p TOXIC, jan. 23.-ln the
motion made by the Progress.
aiya Yuko parties for a favor.
! fble vote. the lack Of conf
! dence IN the cabinet was bit
! terly attacked Ia tho Diet and
finally rejected Eight repre-
! sentatiyck Of the parties, in
Gliding shimada and Ohlahi.
! spoke M favor Of the motion
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23

With only eight days more Of
campaigning before the date OF the
primary election. there seems al
most as much uncertainty as "a
the outcome Of the contest for the
republican nomination for mayor
m there was ON the day the nom
nations closed
Interest Is ~ great In this re-.
publican contest ae II will be IN
the contest for election With
Mayor Moore the assured nominee
Of the city party aud democratic
contest OF no importance excepting
10 the two candidates. all ~ the
interest centers about the fight In
the republican ranks.
To one who has followed the
contest closely from the beginning.
who has talked with the managers
Of ali Of the candidates and with
the candidates themselves and who
has mingled much with the voters.
the outlook today seems % favor
W. +. Trimble.
Tnmhie's Position.
With no political past 20 hamper
him. Trimble has gone Into the
fight purely on his business rec.
ord. and In this day and age OF
reformation and Of breaking with
the old order of things. such a
campaign Is drawing and viii con.
tinue 10 draw generous measures
OF support
TrimbIe's chief opponent Is John
r. Miller Iiiler's weakness lies
IN hla past political affiliations
Justly or uniustiy his professional
association with Mayor Huuen dur
Ing the days when Seattle vas run
vide open il being used against
him and undoubtedly 10 advantage
Responsible men, however. wha
know and have known John Miller
for years are most emphatic In the
statement that al no time Was NIL
Ter In sympathy with the character
o. administration given city affairs
b. Mayor Humea On the other
hand. Il IL pointed out that Miller
was always one OF tIumes
supporters--and In the last Humes
campaign WAS chairman Of the
Humes' committee
concedc Him Strength.
Aside from this connection with
Mayor Humes. his opponents have
found no grounds upon which e
ATTACK him. They concede him e
be strong in HIS own personality
a llkeahle man and one apparently
ksuceru and honest
Somewhere in the rear. but com
ing along at a pretty rapid clip. Il
George r. Russell. city treasurer
wlsh a personal following perhaps
greater than that of either 81 the
two leading candidates. Russell :
strength lies in his popularity. his
record az city treasurer and his
very extensive acquaintance with
the younger active men In the Re.
publican ranks. His greatest weak.
ness is his youth and his inexper'
fence.
Efforts 90 get Russell out Of the
race have failed. These efforts
haze been made hy masagers oil
the Miller campaign. II Is believed
that. should Russell withdraw. bis
strength would 10 q great exteni
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23

BANDITS KNOCK DOWN AND ROB
MAN OF HIS G0LD-CAPPED TEETH

AfOKANF Wash, Jan 23-II0l1-up mon haYe created q
record for tapaeity in thla city threshold
stopped g. D. liedgef, Columbia
theatre searched him for sauabeu
whereupon Nj. IedFer lauehed the Hight a nearby
lamp the laugh revealed the
cleaned aud glttefed from the reflection Of gold
cfuated teeth Before Hcdaer was abie resist
thrown down and the gold teeth s25 yanked
from his motuh
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23
The Also Rams.

And then there comes Lewis
Levy. He's an impossibilIty. II
Is one OF the few weaknesses OF
the primary law that such men
may upon their own initiative be-
come candidates for office.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-01-23

Also Il. 4. tafToH-
Also o. =. Oliver.
Charles Burnett. Jr.. president
OF the city council. while a can
didate is not active. He Is seeking
no support and therefore IL get
ting none.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-12

Jack gathering wood for his fire and snow for his pail. And while the wood burned he would warm himself beside it and drink the hot snOw-water from the pail. Twice he went to the top of the bank to make observations. but was glad to return to his shelter. for the blizzard was one of the iercest he had ever seen. and he felt that it would he dangerous to try to push hOmeward. The rude roof he had framed of sticks. bark and stones soon became air-tight, for the sleet and snow filled each crack. clinging there and holding more snow and sleet And so Jack found himself pretty comfortable in his cave He had kept a path open through the drift. which was piling up higher and higher. aud promised to soon reach the bank on the opposite side Through this path Jack brought in wood at frequent intervals.
 Just as the blizzard bound boy was on the eve of going out for another supply of wood-one which would last him for the night. he heard the sound of q voice calling Hello, Hello-o-o." Jack knew it was his father searching for him. Putting his fingers fin his mouth he gave back several answering whistles which brought to his ears another call: Jack Ja-c-kr
Arizona republican., 1908-05-12

l do feel somehow that we shall have . blizzard before nlghtfal. one that would prevent our reaching home were we caught out in 1t. So well get through our recitations as quickly as possible and omit the recess ''
 The IS children were pleased when the teacher made this announcement. and none were more SO than Jack Bird. boy of IA. who came from ranch three miles distant from the schoo.house.
 At o'clock school was dismissed for the day and teacher and children hurried towards their respective homes without a minutes delay. the teacher bidding those of her pupils who did not go in her d. rection to make all possible haste to their homes. for the sky was already leaden and wind gusts were coming at intervals across the prairles. carrying dust tangle- weed and breath of ice.
 Jack Bird and Willie Sans went with the Grey children as far as their home, which was two miles from the school house. Mrs. Grey, coming to the road to meet her little ones. begged Jack and W.T. lie to stop over night with her, saying that a blizzard was at hand and might come on with a mad rush. overtaking them before they could reach their homes,
Arizona republican., 1908-05-12

| his observations he made out the very place on the creek where be had passed over on the ice some 1J minutes before. Jacks mind went to work. Now. it was plain that he had found it impossible to weather the storm and keep in the home
 ward direction. Doubtless trying it again
 would meet with the same result. Then
 what should he do: First thing to do Is to get warm" he said to himself. T
 may have to stay here all night. If so.
 don't want to turn Into snow man.
 must have a fire"
 With a will he set to work scraping
 up all the dead limbs and bark that he could find. Soon he had a big pile of
 wood and went down under the bank to find s sheltered spot for his fire.
 He found that. while fin the timber he
 could keep his eyes open enough to see
 his surroundings. the trees and under
 brush serving as sort of windbrake
 he sought out A spot he knew of. little
 washout in the side of deep bank Here the snow was drifting in a half circle. leaving a place next the bank Be cure and dry. Into this uncovered bit of
 cave, walled on one side by sn Overhang- ing bank and on the other by rapidly forming snowdrift Jack brought his wood. From his pocket he drew his match safe tJack was never without matches. know ing that one may need fire in cases of emergency when far from civilization and soon had fine blaze. An. not so
 had ss it might be- he exclaimed And In my dinner pail l have q slice of bread Gnd butter and two doughnuts That'H , serve me for supper. I'll just fix things as though \ mean 10 stay here couple
 of days. but hope my plans will not be
 fulfilled. If the storm lets I'D before
 dark, | can get out>and move on. What troubles me Is that dad and mother will ! be SO worried that dad will he trying to
 go among tine neiGhbors to hunt for me,
 and never once will he suspect LIat I'm
 away down here on the creek"
 With several long sticks Jack managed
 to fix q roof over one corner of his cave
 Above ihe sticks he threw several iai
 pieces Of bark, weighiing them down by
 stones found along the bank While he
 worked he whistled and sang mentally
 for he meant to keep up his, courage. He
 also kept the fire blazing. which was q
 difficult task the snow and sleet coming
 down so abRndautly that they almost
 smothered IT out al times. But Jack | would find fresh sticks. dry as finder. and : poke ID the blaze. The wind whipped | the smoke about. filling Jacks eyes and
 ncstrils, but the fire kept him from freez- | ing.
 | Getting fine blaze. Jack sat down in 1 the sheltered corner and ate his bread | and doughnuts. Then an idea stru him I He took his tin dinner pail and filled it I w.ih tue snow from the sheltering drift Then he set the pail Ion the fire. Soon
 he had' some very hot water. Several | times did he fill the pail and melt the | contents into water, for the heat of it warmed hin through and through No 7 use freezing when one can have plenty
 of lire and hot water" he said to him
 snif.
 1 And thus did three hours wear away,
Arizona republican., 1908-05-12

mile and a half beyond. Indeed. little Willie Sans lived farther away from the schoolhouse than did Jack Bird and after parting from Jack he must still proceed for half mile on the big section road which went 80 straight across the prairie that 1t looked like a chalk line drawn from the Equator to the North Poe.
 No, thank you. Mrs Grey, said Jack. But we must hurry home> Our parents will be looking for us; and if we failed to turn in at the right time our dads would be out On the search Oh, we'll make home all O. K. I'll make the short cut through the' river bottom with Willie and see that he gets home safely. Then I'll come back to my own house like a prairie fire, for I'll be with the wind. You see, it's hard going against norther. but it's only fun to travel with 1t. I'll just lean against 1t. shut my, eyes and let 1t blow me right Into my own door yard" a
 Mrs. Grey was not quite so sure of Jacks being blown safely into his own dooryard, and urged him and Willie still further to spend the night with her. but the wind rising and the temperature fall ing. Jack declared that every minute spent in conversation meant delay in getting ahead of the blizzard. so. politely thank ing Mrs. Grey for her kind offer of hos pitality. Jack and Willie hurried on their way. After walking the first half mile. they turned from the main road into au old stubbiefeld. which led down to the edge of a creek on whose banks grew some very heavy timber By taking this Surn through the field and across the creek they could reach wilNe's house more quickly And Jack was determined on seeing Sis little comrade in his own home before he left him.
 "I hate to have you go to all this trouble for mo. Jack. said Willie. talking with difficulty in the teeth of the wind, which was now blowing a gale
 That's all right kid declared Jack And now lets hump ourselves D-d you feel that s!cct: Gee it's coming from the North Pole. all right. all right"
 Soon enough they had reached Willie's home: that iS they were within Il hun dred yards of ir. and Jack saw Mrs Sans coming at q run to meet her little son. Knowing that h.s charge was safe Jack turned without waiting for thanks from either son or mother and hurried back tpwa'ds his o1n house Tho S.eet was now filing the wind which hew with hurr'cars strength. almost taking IaeL of his feet. But as he had said. going with inc wird was not difficult as going a=ainst #. For tho first half mile he made pretty soo1 progress. He reached the creek safely and walked across it on he ice. Then he found him self in the hi. stubb!e-feld. where q last years wheat crop had been grown. But h. cOulda't see h,s way clearly aflcr crossing tue creek. The flying snow and sleet were Sl dense that a curtain seemed to have fallen between Jack and the sur rounding world And inc tierceness of the wind beat against him as he tried walk ing up the bank in The direction of his own home.
 Once on the bank Jack found it impos
Arizona republican., 1908-05-12

sible to hold his eyes open. for the seet and sand which were carried by the furious wind filled them.
 Guess I'm Tn for q hard pull" said Jack mentally. Well. across this held to the west q quarter of a mile brings me to the main road. Another quarter of a mile following that road will carry me right into my own door yard. Now. I know this ground well enough to find my way in the dark. I'll just shut my eyes and make tracks for the road. Once there I'm on safe ground
 Jack knew he could not judge his di- rection by the wird. for it eddied and whlrled. seeming to come from all direc- tions at once. And had he been able to keep his eyes open he could not have seen 50 yards from his nose. So. strug gling bravely OH. Jack whistled mentally, for he had a cheerful disposition and never became frightened over anything as small as a blizzard.
 But pretty soon to his astonlshment Jack found himself going down an in cline. He opened his eyes long enough to see that he was on the bank of the creek and several trees were directly Tn his path An. he had evidently been walking in a circle, From the best of
Arizona republican., 1908-05-12

AT day fhr heavens had threatened q storm lir atmoSphere was full of urna'r. >"t ih.;; anyone could say just how the a,r threatened. hut that danger was hreYviuS everyone agreed. Even tac ch drpJ iu ihr iiitle country schoolhouss fe.' tb" warming and kept turning from their hnokS tn look o;t at tho windows. haf "xpc"iiae to sec the storm coming in monster form over the prairies at fU,l gsiiop. The teacher. too felt that the En" weather which had blessed that part of the Northern States for SO long vas about fo end with a grand climax. B-t in nc- the anticipated spectacular ending of fine winter meant suffering and hardship. for not only would she and the IL little children intrusted to her care have a struggle through snowdrifis and stiuging winds. hut the poor. farmers in The community would be cut of from town. the source of their provision. And Inc i've stock would suffer most of all, for a great many cattle were doomed to pass the winter on the open prairie, seek ing what shelter they could find under the hiH sides or along the creeks so Sparsely iinIhered.
 Chi d-en. ! think 1t advisable to dis miss schooi early this afternoon. While ! ile not notice fall in the temperature.