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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-06

q piece out Of nprnbama hoadgear
aatlnfed With blazing away AZ the
neelug copblc. the hlghwaymeu
turned 90 The other machine, lined
UP tho oocunanth. together with
LATaoh, Who had been left out OF
the other car and relieved them all
OF their cash
He Became Excited.
Larson. who had slb IN q ohamlos
skin purse, attempted 60 save it by
slipping the pouch into HE sock,
but he pulled his purse out OF his
pocket upside down aud when
searched the thugs found the fifteen
plunka In his hip pocket.
The names OF the women In the
machines are kept secret for
reasons best known 20 the chanf.
feure. who admit that they were all
Joy riding" az the time OF the
holdup.
After taking what money they
could find. paying no heed 10
watches and iewelry. the masked
highwaymen passed directly In
front OF the auto lights and HE'D
themselves Into the brush whence
they came I'VE could easily have
killed them both II We had been
armed said J Il. Merrill. OF the
Blg.F1ve Automobile Co, who was
driving the ear In which the victims
were riding The robbers took
about $50 from the man and woman
tn my car. although the man had
more, They got 81 dS from me-"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
COOK TICKETS SELLING.

New York. Sept 1G.-The sale Of
tickets for the welcome home banquet
| to DR.. Frederick A. Cook which
ohenoss tadas, ssatsFs''A, ..lae ee#asittee
in charge that there are lpentD Of
persons who have faith enough in the
Brooklyn explorers claim to pay s5
apiece for the privilege of attending
that function, DR.. Roswell 0. Steh
bins, chairman of the executive com
mittee OF the Arctic Club, which is
arranging the dinner, said that tt
has already received zoo applications
for seats.
The banquet will occur at the Wal
dorf Astoria on the vening of Sept 20,
two da,s after DR.. Cooks expected
arrival Since the number of guests
is limited to 1900, the committee be-
lieves that the demand for seats viii
exceed the supply,
The steamer Grans Republic will
take delegation down the harbor to
meet Dr. Cook and transfer him from
his steamer, the Oscar II, at Quaran-
tine
Because it is now certain that Com
mander Peary will NOT arrive until
some time later, preparations for
meeting him are still in allegiance. It
is believed that public officers, ma.
tional, state and city will hesitate TO
participate officially in the welcome
to either claimant OF arctic honors
while the controversy between them
is still unsettled. acting Mayor Nc
Gowan sail today that nothing had
been done by the bo&rd recognizing
the arrival Of DR.. Cook
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17

IS RUMOR[D
WALL STREET BELIEVES POSTAL
HAS ABSORBED WESTERN
UNION.
NO REAL COMPETITION
Has Existed Between the Two Con
Germs in Several fears--Eoth
in Good Condition-CoI
SIocum Urging Merger

New York, Sept lG.-The report
persisted in Wall street today that
the Western Union Teiegrah Com
pany had been absorbed BY the Postal
its supposed rival General credence
was given to the report in the iinan
'c.al district.
In the absence from the city Of
>both George J. Gould and C,arenc e
Mackay, it was impossible to obtain
an authoritative on the report. Col.
u. J. Siocum, a representative of the
Russell Sage estate. which was a
large holder of Western Union was
said to have. been one of the chief
agents in effecting the merger OF the
telegraph companies, but he declined
today to discuss any phase Of the
subject.
Il am not the peraon to apply to
for information, he. said.
"Why don't you 50 TO George Gou'd
and Clarence Mackay il you want to
get the thing straight?"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
DR. COOK FULLY
CORROBORATED
STOLBERG EXPEDITION NET EX
PLORER AT EGESMiNDE I'M
GREENLAND.
pRIRTEDIN BERl LIN PAPER
Party Met the Doctor Months After
the News Of His Success--Was
Essentially the Same as
the Present Story

New York. Sept. lG,-FuI corrobo-
ration and substantiation of DR..
Cooks discovery of the north pole
months before he w5s able to tele
graph it. was approximately re
ceived today by the arrival in the
mail of the Cologne Evening News
dated Monday, September G, in which
dispatch Is printed from the Berlin
Montag giving the account Of the
members Of the Stolberg de Quervain
expedition, who incidentally met DR.
Cook in Egesminde. in Greenland
many months after they had heard OF
his having reached cne pole.
This expedition was purely scien
tific one into North Greenland, and
when the party reached the extreme
limit of North Greenland. months
ago, they were informed that zone
Dr., Cook had discovered the great
nail" At that time the members had
no idea that on their Voturn trip they
would meet DR.. Copk himself and ac-
company him back to civilization.
Mention is made at length of lee
ture delivered by DR.. Cook on board
the Hans Egede, on August 20, giving
the details Of his discovery Of the
pole. which account is substantially
the same as that contained in the
New York Herald and Commercial
appeal and fully corroborates it.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
Concluded on Sixth page.)
WOMEN WANT TO HELP
Ask For Representation in Great
Lakes-to.Guf Waterways
Convention.

New Orleans, La, sept. 1G,-The
Wcman's National Rivers and Har
bors congress, of which Mrs Hoyle
Tomkies, Of Shreveport. is president,
will ask president K X. Kavanaugh,
president of the Lakes-to-theGulf
Deep Waterways Association, to give
the members of the congress a place
on the program of the association S
convention, which is to be held here
next month.
A representative of the woman7s
congress called on officials of the
New Orleans Progressive Union to
day, and was referred to Mr. Kava-
naugh. Some Of the women of New
Orleans have been prone 10 criticise
the committee which. in arranging
the Taft trip from st, Louis to New
Orleans, barred women from the
presidential feet The fair ones claim
they are being disseminated against
That they have as much right to ride
ON the presidential boat as man and
they threaten to make several differ
ent kinds of trouble unless the OBJ
noxious order is rescinded.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17

With the weight of these names be
scientific Importance, BriIgman said,
of first magnitude, as an 20. K of
the highest qualified body of interna-
tional experts.
The International Polar Commits
sion was appointed in 1908, by dele
gates of twelve nations.
Cook, while in Copenhagen, re-
ceived kilograms of congratulation
from Brussels and an invitation to lee
ture, but Bridgman insisted that none
of them came officially from the In.
ternational Polar Commission and
that the foregoing was the first scien
tiflc recognition of the discovery OF
the pole yet afforded by world wide
recognized authorities, A meeting oi
the Peary Arctic Club will be
held next week to decide whether
it is to launch formal cam
|aign in behalf of Peary's claim
as the sole discoverer of the pole. A
publicity campaign is planned, includ
~--~~r
fCOnrludel on Sixth pagp)
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
(Concludea on Second Page.)
PLAY BALL IN JAPAN
Baseball Team Of University Of Wis
consin Arrived at TOXIC
Yesterday.

Toxic Sept. lG.-The University OF
Wisconsin baseball team which sailed
from Seattle three weeks ago for a
tour of the Orient arrived here and
were given cordial reception today.
The Americans will play several
match games with the clubs Of the
various Japanese colleges, including
the teams of the Imperial University
at Toxic.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
GOOD SHOWING
ON HEAVY TRACK
HAMBURG BELLE TROTS MILE IN
o:o4A AT SYRACUSE
RACES.
SHIPPED TO COLUMBUS
Where She Meets Unian in Decisive
Race For Worlds Champion
= ship-2esults at Mi.wau-
kes Races.

Syracuse. N. Y. Sept, 1G.-In a
heavy track Hamburg Belle 2;0tA,
trotted a mile this afternoon in
2:04A Accompanied by a runner
she went the lrst quarter in 29a
Thirty thousand spectators shouted
when she made l:0A for the half.
The trottng queen reached the three
quarters in 1:3lla, but tired in the
stretch. The mare was shipped to
Columbus where she meets Uhlan
next week in the decisive race fer
the worlds Championship.
The 2:09 pace was unfinished,
Canens and Ella Ambu,atQr each
winning two heats,
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
FOUGHT SNAKE IN DRY STATE

Stigler, Okla. Sept, l6.--R H. XII
gore, a farmer living three miles from
Stigler. probably will die as the re-
suit Of being bitten by a giant rattle
snake after he had battled with the
reptile until it was dead and then
rode a race with death tc Stgler to
get medical attention K'lgore was
coming to town with a load Of cotton
The snake crawled into the road and
kilgore dismounted and attacked Ii.
The snake returned the attack ami
after kilgere had administered sev.
eral heavy blows the reptile sprang
into the air and bit him on the arm.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
Reviewed 10000 School Children
Saw Ball Came and Address,
ed Mass Meeting
Assured Hearers He Had Not Forgotten Promises
to Organized Labor During Campaign-AIso
Will Recommend Reforms Looking to
Remedying Of Laws Delays
in Courts

Chicago, Sept lC.-Pesident Taft,
TAFT durine an eventual 12 hours to
day plunged into the long program Of
entertainment awaiting him through
out the great tour. With perfect
weather and crowds that fought to
see the president, Chicago set a high
mark in enthusiastic welcome.
Beginning with an automobile trip
and a review Of 150,0Q0 school chill
dron along the bou:evarGs, presidents
day was replete Win Incident He
attended and spoke briefly at lunch.
con at the Commercial Club, viewed
the exhibit OF the plans for the inn
provement and beauncation of Chi
cago, attended a baseball game be
twen the Chicago Cubs" and the
New York Giants" dined with the
Hamilton Club addressed mass
meeting this evening and attended
the ball of the American Bankers
Association.
At tHN& bdiI SdHlS tllDit li5tu tHil y
thousand people were present. New
York won, but the crowd had the
compensation of cheering the presi
dent.
Texas" Reilly, the San Antonio
ediioE who rode a hcs.ae from San
Antonio to Chicago to invite Taft TO
visit that city, met the president at
the ball game. He was in typical
cowboy costume. The president as
sured Reilly that he was looking for.
ward to his visit to San Antonio with
great pleasure.
The president at midnight boarded
his special train whereon he is pro-
ceeding to Milwaukee.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
MAKES GREAT SPEECH.

Chicago, Sept. 1G--Speaking in
great earnestness to a mass meeting
in Orchestra Hall tonight President
Taft declared for reformation of
the administration of Justice, an
nounced his intention of recommend
ing the appointment of a congressional
commission to take up the question
of the laws delays in the federal
courts. The president said he hoped
the enactment of such federal reform
would serve as a guide to the states
in eifecting remedial legislation.
The president was uproarioualy
greeted when he reached the hall He
assured his hearers he had not for
gotten the campaign promises to the
wOrkingmen made on the same spot
year ago. The speech was fre'
quently interrupted by cheers
Deneen Extends Welcome.
Deneen said he could only extend
an official welcome TO the president
because everybody already had ex
tended hearty welcome today. The
governor predicted that the western
people during the great journey now
begun would interpret to the presi
dent the spirit Of the west and he
will internret to the west the spirit
OF the nation and in these speeches
a calm, broad. comprehensive policy
of the country will be Defined
I'VE of Illinois are fortunate be
cause our state will have three op
portunities to meet and greet him
Chicago. East st. Louis and Cairo
Now, at the gateway of the west, We
bid him God speed until he returns
TO receive our welcome at East st
Louis" (Applause)
Taft's Speech.
Taft recalled his speech to the rail
road labor organizations made in the
same hall year ago. wherein he ar
gued that there was nothing in hi:
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
HARRIMAN'S WILL, HUNDRED
WORDS, LEAVES WIDOW ALL

New York, Sept. 1G--A hundred
words, weighted each with approx
mately q million dollars, comprises
the will of +. II. Hartman which
makes the widow one OF the wealth,
lest women in the world. It Is per
haps the briefest viii on REGARD for
the disposal of an estate of such mag
nitude
All the property goes to the widow
who Wall street estimates will in
herit in realty and personal property
between seventy-five and one hun
dred million dollars. lIarriman's for
tune is supposed TO ne greater than
this by many millions, but there is
reason to believe that his children
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
AT MILWAUKEE

Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. lG,-Wlth
tie exception of the 2:2O pace, which
was unfinished every event Of todays
Great Western races was won in
straight heats.
Minor Heir failed to lower his un.
paced record, the time being 2:01a.
Summary.
2:15 pace, $1,000. Ross K, won;
Luke Vernon, second Directly Con
nor, third. Time 2;07A,
2:16 trot, $1,000. General H., won;
Bell Bow, second; Golden Rule
third. Tine 2:11M.
2;o6 pace $4,000. r. F. D., won;
Manager H., second Dan S., third
Time 2:0Gl2.
Oil trot, $500, Kenyon. won; Todd
Mack, second; Richie Baron, third
Time 2:09A.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
Dixie Il. GOES ALONE
Made Better Time in Second 30 Mile
Leo Of 80 Mile Event Than in
The First.

New York, Sept. 1G.-The second
day OF the National Motor Boat Carni
val found the number of competitors
reduced from thirty to sixteen. The
Dixie H., which won the first 80 mile
leg of the 90 mile race yesterday
found herself alone at the starting
point today owing to the withdrawal
of the Elco-Craig, and Willow Brook
The Dixie III. bettered her yesterdays
performance nearly II minutes, fin
ishing the 80 miles in one hour, two
minutes, Is seconds.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
GOV. JOHNSON RESTLESS BUT
CONDITION NOT DANGEROUS

Rochester, Mimi, Sept. 1GGOvern-
or Johnson spent fairly easy day,
considering his condition, but tonight
he is more restless, and suffering
greatly. All the doctors expect the
crucial time will come before dawn.
Should he pass this there is definite
hope that he will recover. Early to.
day frequent saline injections We're
administered to stimulate the almost
imperceptible pulse. He rallied at in
tervals during the day. and the doc
tors stated the pains had gone and
the patient had about an even chance.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17

and other relatives are all previously
provided for in gifts and trust funds.
Compared to Mrs. Harriman's.
Mrs, Hetty Green's wealth Is esti,
mated at $40,0Q0000, Mrs Frederick
penfeld, of Philadelphia, $50. 600. 300.
Mrs. Russell Sage, a like amount.
Ry making no bequests to the chill
aren or relatives. Hartman avoided
IN enormous inheritance tax which.
under the laws New York. otherwise
would have imposes. The Widows
dover rights are not subject to tax,
and the remaining two-thirds Of the
estate TO tax Of only one per cent
as against a graded classification
which in some instances run to FIVE
per cent.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17

The governor slept Is minutes at a
time, and when awakened he put his
hands to his abdomen, indicating pain
He displayed great hopefulness an
endurance, and joked with the physi
clans about his condition.
At 1880 this evening the following
was issued
The governor is very restless, suf
fering exceedingly from gas pains
Temperature 50 $40; pulse lis. There
is decided rise in the temperature
and pulse, but the governors condi
tion is not yet alarming"
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17

When informed by the reporter that
neither MIR. Gould nor Mackay was
in the city, Col Slocum repeated the
assertion that he Was not authorized
to discuss the subject
The medium through which it is
believed the merger was brought
about was the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, known as
the telephone trust. The Mackay es.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
CONGRATULATIONS,
CABL[O PEARY
INTERNATIONAL POLAR COMMlS-
SION HEARD FROM BY
BRiD6MAN.
OTHER CABLECRAMs TOO
Received by Secretary Of Pear
Arctic CIub--BriI9ma Says
This is First Official Recog-
milton of Discovery.

New York. Sept. lG.-When Secre-
tary Bridgman of the Peary Arctic
Club returned today from sydney he
found a number of cablegrams Of con
gratulatons to Peary, among which
was the following dated Uccle. Be-
gium, Sent. 8:
"Peary: The International Polar
Commission addresses sincerest con.
gratulations of their members.
"CAGNI,
"NORDENSKJOLD,
'LECOINTE"
Tccle is a suburb of Brussels and
the seat of the royal Belgian obserya-
tory of which Lecointe is director.
Captain Cagni, who was the Italian
leader of the Due D'Abruzzi's polar
expedition, is president Of the inter-
national Polar Commissions DR.. Nor
denskjold Is vice president and has
led a Swedish expedition into the
antartic
hind it, the cablegram assumes
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17

decisions as Judge in the labor iniunc-
tion cases which ought to cause them
to vote against him, and added that
the assumption that he would lose {.
large part of the labor vote proved in
correct as both union and non-unlon
labor men declined to be delivered as
a body to any party.
81 have not, said the president,
forgotten my own or the platform
promises and / propose to recommend
the legislation on the subject of the
injunction promised in the Republi-
can platform, and see whether it Is
not possible to avoid the few cases
of abuse cited against the federal
courts.
Organized Labor.
Il cannot sympathze with the ele
ment among the employers and in
vestors which are opposed to the or
ganization of labor for the defense of
its interests. The employer who de-
clines to deal with organized labor is
behind the times. There is not the
slightest doubt that If labor had re-
manned unorganized, the wages and
conditions of living Of the American
workingmen would have been much
lower. But nothing that | have said
or shall SAY, should be eonstt1io.is Into
criticism against, or unfriendlness to
those workingmen who don't join un-
ions. Their right to labor at such
wages as they choose to accept is sa-
cred and any lawless invasion of that
right cannot be too severely condemn
ed. All the advantages of trades un-
ionism, great as they are, cannot
weigh feather against the right of
any man to work for whom and what
price he will. | say this even though
the fact is, if were workingman,
would probably join a union for the
reasons given.
Good Effects.
The effect of organized labor upon
child labor, exposure to undue risk,
the continuance of unjust exemptions
of employers from liability for acci
dents, has been direct, immediate,
useful. One notable defect has been
the disposition of the majority of the
members of labor union to reduce the
compensation of all men engaged in
particular trade to one level | think
the trades unions are beginning to
correct this tendency. Nothing could
strengthen the movement more than
the retention among union workmen
of the impetus and motive found in
the greater reward for greater skill,
and greater industry.
In France trades unionism is in
tensely socialstc The tendency to-.
wards socialism in England's trades
unions is growing, but those in con
troll of the American Federation Of
Labor and all the great railroad or
ganizations set their faces against the
propagandism of socialism. They fa-
vor- the rights of property and of our
present institutions, modified by reme-
dial legislation, putting the working
men on equality with their opponents S
in trade controversies and stamping
out. the monopolistic abuses, and all
of us should give credit to these men
as champions of the cause which com.
mands sympathy, respect andsupport.
The Laws Delay.
Our union friends complain some
| times of our courts, especially with
reference to injunction decisions,
but this suggests a large field for re-
form in which all citizens are inter
i ested, reform in the administration of
| L. teal
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17

Cubs Defeated.

Chicago. Sept. 1G.--President Taft
saw New York defeat Chicago here 70.
lay. Mathewson and Brown pitched
we'll but the winners placed their HIS
to better advantage
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17

Batteries-G Groom, Slattery aud
Street; Gillgan and Smith
PHILADELPHIA Beat Tigers.
Philadelphia, Sept philadef-
phia defeated Detroit this afternoon
Concluded o.. Sixth Pagal
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-09-17
PhlladeIphla Beat riners.

Concluded Of Sixth Pagel
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Concluded on Sixth Page.)
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

lit ALL" they said, laughing. But they
were really scared at first.
LENA COLEMAN.
Colegrove school, fourth grade. Age
IL years. Cole avenue.
The three banqueters were very sur
prised to hear women's voices. AS they
were standing there peering into the
dark they saw three siantesses coming
up to them. The men were terrified.
and they had been drinking a little
wine. so they turned and fled.
They had gone about three miles,
every moment looking back to see If
the giantesses were coming. and saw the
huge ladies right behind them. At last
they gave up and threw themselves
down, thinking they were goners. The
giantesses came up and bowed down,
striking the banqueters with a pole.
Just then the men heard a loud laugh.
Looking up they saw their own sisters,
who had dressed up as giantesses to
cure their brothers OF the drinking
habit, and it surely cured them.
FRANK CAPRA.
Griffin Avenue school, AZ grade. Age
10 years. 1775 Albion street. Member
of II. j. c., branch No. 1.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

was nc one visible but themselves.
They all had queer feeling, but in an
instaI Peer declared 1t to have been
an ecn5 Albert thought it an Illusion.
due to the banquet but Hans, who was
German. a $ you may have supposed, de-
clared the noise came from some super
natural source. IL am from Eberfeld,'
said he. land there they say that after
midnight the streets are haunted by
widwomen.
Nonsense" exclaimed Peter; "who
believes such trash in these days of
science2
Lots of people do persisted Hans.
land l know "A man who once saw
widwoman. She wore a long cloak and
you couldn't see her face"
"If they are women" cried Peter,
with a laugh. they must be very ugly
or they wouldn't be ashamed to show
their faces / bet they are as ugly as
blue mud, and they make that noise
because they have wooden legs
He said this with a loud voice, as IL
he were making a challenge. All the
same he was much taken back when he
heard musical laugh and beheld three
ladies on the opposite pavement.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

NJ OF so very long ago three young
~ men were walking home from
~ banquet. one of the number was
a great talker. He made jokes about
everything they passed. while the 9TH
ers only threw in n remark now and
then to keep the ball a-rolling. The
name of the lively one was Peter Por-
tco and his companions were Hans
Schlutzel and Albert Conway.
'Hhe state house clock struck mid
night as the three turned the corner
of Lime street. 1t was a very dark
and lonely thoroughfare. For some rea-
son no lights shone on the lamp posts,
and the only illumination came from
moon half obscured by clouds. On one
side of the street stood the blank wall
of q warehouse; on the other a chemi-
cal factory, whose every window was
tightly closed with iron shutters.
But our three banqueters were not
disturbed by the gloomy street. Peters
witt!cisms showed no sign of a let-up,
and Hans and Albert laughed at them
vigorously. Suddenly they heard foot
steps on the other side of the street,
Notwithstanding the fact that there