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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23
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Szph CITY Cal. June a.
y he Alleghany-Dowule
I'VE miles from here ear.
: lone highwayman rob.
Z ,ssnxers Of 1900 in cash aud
/ ~ w lesslry, and carried on
n 4. s'<o express box contain.
~. 'w Sheriff Walker. with
-, = pursuing the bandit. The
NJ =. me most daring road
! N, -a ~ has operated In the weat
- f = z Ne eareIssaly flung
~ y ~. we Ground while search.
~ sseusen. and went about
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Ths theory Of l.ing's course Of
illghi accepted a. most probable
b. the police Is that he vent from
Washington to New Orleans and
wna ialinggled Into Mexico. II 10
thaash that be then ro-entcrcd this
county through Lower California
and vas then smugsled into san
Francisco.
Linga membership IN the Gee
clonf Tons a revolutionary society.
wo1la Dc q srea, aid 10 him II be
fled over The course named The
ofiloers think that he represented
himself 70 BE- an agent Of this tong
aud thereby persuaded hln fellow
eomugmcn % conceal bis move.
manfa from his pnfaucra.
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stained by ifnNtli the weary dfifttt
responded with smiles as the crowd
eheercd and oheered again, % the
long racing car slid over the line
and the con,cs, Of speed and en-
durance was won.
a Thrilling Scene.
Tho scene a, the exposition
grounds was thrilling The crowd
began collecting around the gates
shortly after II and from that time
on until the bis police patrol car
charged up 10 the gates. clearing
the way for the Ford car, the crowd
increased every minute. When the
winner Of the great race hove IN
ulght the cheering began and lasted
until every car In the escorilng
party had entered the grounds aud
disappeared from sight OF the gates
on their way TO the Stadium.
Entrance Spectacular.
Tho entrance to the grounds was
very spectacular. First In line was
the police patrol. followed by low
racing car. containing Robert Gug.
Ronholm. his wife. and secretary.
Then came the car. known
Throughout the contest as Ford No.
2. the winner, the car that stood
one Of the greatest tests an anio-
mobile was ever put to- Stripped
Of every shred Of extra weight and
cleared for action, the dusty, dirty
car was the most pleasing sight 10
thousands who have watched with
eager interest the race from New
York to Seattle
After Ford 10 had safely slid
under the wire the winner by no
body knows how many lengths, the
ears that formed the escort during
the triumphant last quarter fol.
lowed into the exposition grounds
and the final ceremonies are In
progress this afternoon.
The exercises were informal. and
consisted Of general congratulations
extended by all the officials OF the
.A.Y..P. i. In the New York building.
When the car stopped within the
gates ". NJ Sheffield Of the expo
aiilon officials formally extended
the congratulations Of the exposition
company TO Bert Scott, the driver
and the others Of the officials, with
Mr.. Robert Guggenheim and J, G.
Ford Of the Ford Motor company.
crowded around the driver and
mechaniclan and shook their hands.
About the first word Scott had
TO say was a comment upon the
trying list lap over the very poor
roads be found In Washington
Really the happiest man Of all
was ] G. Ford. the owner OF the
car. lie met the winner al the
summit last night and trailed In
with The leader from there to the
grounds today.
The finish Of the race was watched
with the kocneat interest throughout
tho entire city Al morning long
The stars telephones were kept busy
by people asking for bulletins on tho
race, and o. tho course OF the leader.
Ford car No. 2, was traced from
North BEND where she passed early
this morning, tho interest grew.
1ssaquah reported, Ford car No, 2
passed through here at l0:5b, going
like blazes,"
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HISTORY OF RACE.

\ s,art-New York city hall, \
4 o'clock .. m. June list. 4
\ starters-Fords and 2, 4
Acme, shswmut, ltala, stearns. 4
4 Where They Dropped 4
h stearns. In Kansas; lisla, In 4
4 Wyoming; Acme, in Wyoming. <
\ How They Flnisheo-Ford 4
4 No. 2, shawmut, Ford No. I. 4
4 Plaee-Msin gate A-Y.p. e. 4
4 Time O'Clock .. m, \
4 June %. 4
4 Length Of Raee-5,o55 miles 4
4 Time consumed--23 days 4
4 exactly. =
4 4 4 4 4 4 a 4 4 = Z 4 4 4 4 4
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NO WORD FROM THE
SHkMMuT,

4 Nothing has been heard from 4
\ the shawmut, the car which 4
= was supposed to be able to fin. 4
4 lsh second In the New York to 4
\ Seattle automobile race, 4
4 The last report Of the Shaw. 4
4 NUT was when It tore out of 4
4 Ellonsburg at terrific rate Of f,
4 speed in an almost hopeless en-
4 deavOr to catch up with the 4
4 Ford No. at 6 o'clock last 4
4 night At 1880 this afternoon
4 tho shawmut had not passed 4
y Norih Bend, 4
A 4 A A 4 A A A A 4 A A A A A A
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SAN FRANCISCO. June 23--Thia
ia tho hottest day San Francisco has
experienced for nearly five years.
according 10 an announcement made
from the United Statoa weather bn.
rean. At noon the thermometer
registered s25 degrees. which
shows an Increase Of a2.s degrees
over the temperature recorded for
the same day last year.
All the bay elties report the hot.
test day OF the year. Al the ChHbot
observatory IN Oakland the Their.
momotcr reached % degrees before
noon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-06-23

The sentence In today's paper is
composed Of thirteen words, which
will be found scattered through art.
icles referring TO "The Servant in
the House. and In the amusement
columns Of the paper Your an
swer must be sent In before noon
tomorrow, and to the twelve send
Ing In correctly arranged and
punctuated sentence, will be given
a pair OF seats each to the Tuesday
evening, June ~. performance OF
this play at the Moore theatre, A
list Of the successful contestants
Will be given in Thursdays paper.
FullowinF IL tho list Of the successful
contestants for tho Monday contest to-
gethcf with seventeen OF the winners q
yesterdays contest,
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SAN FRANCISCO. Juno "a
Overcome by the Intense heat. u =.
Ruth. collector. fol- uneon.
acious In Steiner n today, He was
treated al the Central Emergency
hospital. whore II Is announced he
will recover.
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BAR SILVER QUOTATIONS.
NEW YORK, Juno 20 Bar sill.
yer wes quoted today at b2Mo.
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Reenacling The tragedy Of the
murder Of Elsie aircl. the white
missionary. BY Leon LinE. her Chi.
nese admier, ChunF Sin. Who wit
messed tho crime. today demonatrni.
ed 70 the police what took place
IN hia friends room on the night
u iuha s.
ChGus showed heN he had peep.
ed through the key hole Of bis room.
adjoining that occupied b. Ling and
the SRI and declared that he saw
his cuuuifyman strangling Miss
sisrl With a handkerchief lie r..
affirmed all If his statements made
to nlnirici Attorney Jerome yeater.
DAY. bat refused 10 reveal anything
new although he Was Awca,od'
constantly hy the detectives
Subjected TO Third Degree.
After making the demonstration
In Angs room, where the murder
took place. Chung was removed to
police headquarters. where he
Identified the trunk In which the
eiris body was hidden. He also
Identified the canvas hlanke, In
which the corpse WAS wrapped
Detectives. who are attempting 10
extIact further information from
tho Chinese, have not allowed him
10 rest since he was taken Into
custody. They have worked IN 70.
LAYS, one set resting while another
kept CHUNG answering queaiions
These tactics finally resulted In the
prisoners confession yesterday that
be- Witnessed the murder. aud they
aro being continued today In the
hope that some lnkling as TO the
present. whereabouts Of the fugitive
Ling may be gained
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stained by travel the weary drivers
responded with smiles as the crowd
eheercd and oheered again, as the
long racing car slid over the line
and the con,cs, Of speed and en-
dufancr was won.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
FINDS RARE GEMS IN BIRDS
American kIondlke Presents to Can.
ada Many Specimens Found In
Gizzards of Ptarmigans.

Ottawa, Ont.-Wilson Foster, Klon'
dixie prospector, has presented the
Dominion museum with 10000 speci.
mems of minerals secured I'M the Klon.
dixie region, gold, topaz. opals, etc.
Many of the specimens were taken
from the gizzards of ptarmigans and
grouse found in the rich mineral bear.
ing districts of the Yukon. They rep.
resent almost every kind of precious
stone except diamonds.
While prospecting here Foster no
ticed the birds always picking away
at stones and trapping many he was
astonished at the variety and value
of the stones found in their gizzards.
One curiosity he is giving to the
museum is mastadons tooth, weigh.
ing IA pounds.
He will present to the British mu.
scum at London, where he Is going,
a collection made up of $4,000 speci.
mems of minerals, probably one of
the largest collections in the world.
Fosters baggage consists of two
trunks, but in these two he has not
less than 100000 mineral specimens
from all parts of the Yukon.
Foster is native of st. Louis.
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EpisCopalian Rector Finds Effec-
tive Cure in Old BucksaW.
Veteran Decides to Sever Gastronom-
ical Relations with Canvasbacks,
Terrapin and Wines and Turn
to Tree Chopping.

New York.-The Rev. j. Prescott,
of st. AIMS p. e. church, Sayville.
l.. l., has added bucksaw to the
weapons with which he fights the
world, the flesh and the devil and the
other day he appeared on the streets
of the village with the bucksaw over
his shoulder to show his parish how
effective he is.
DR.. Prescott Gf he isn't doctor
already he will be soon. having dis
covered something) has been the rec
tor of st. AIMS for 81 years and for
the last two or three years has suf
fered great agony of mind and body
because he was popular and had so
many millionaires among his summer
parisSioners. He never gets chance
TO eat a wholesome meal of crumbs
with Lazarus. but day in and day out
has to sit up at the table with Dives
and the result is he has developed
just as fine a case of govt as II he
were a millionaire himself.
But in very short time DR.. Pres
colt won't have any govt. thanks to
the bucksaw. which beats goats milk,
and which, let 1t be said with no ir-
reverence, seems to have been in this
case more effective than prayer Fast
ing might have helped some. but, as
already explained, the rector never
got an opportunity to fast.
There probably never was coun-
try parson who knew more about can,
vasbacks and terrapin and the merits
of rare vintages than DR.. Prescott.
He gave up the vintage some time
ago, but II was too late to cast devils
out Of that foot by such a simple sac.
rifice. They got wors' and rheuma-
tism came to help them in the torture
of the good dominic.
He fed the millionaires of his par
ish that he might live the simple life
for a spell, In the Mohawk valley.
There he had a special goat to pro-
duce his milk supply and for the sake
of variety he added huttermilk But
in spite of that DR.. Prescott's govt
got no better and he returned to Say
vile the other day convinced that as
long as he had to have the troubles
of his pastorate he might as well
have the social joys
II was three days ago that he dis
covered the bucksaw by accident. He
wanted pine tree removed from the
rectory yard, so that more sunlight
could reach his aching foot when he
put 1t up on the arm chair on the
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GOOD GOVT REMEDY

veranda. While thinking about it he
hobbled into the woodshed and there
saw the bucksaw.
Then he had an inspiration Seiz-
ing an ak, he tackled the tree him
self. Finally getting the tree down,
he started to saw 1t up for firewood.
That night he slept the sleep he used
to know before he knew how to dine.
That job finished, he tackled another
tree that threatened to fall. The dew
lis were cast out.
The other day DR.. Prescott went
forth into the streets of the village.
taking the saw with him. When
ever a surprised parishioner com.
mented upon the agility with which
he walked the rector pointed to the
saw and told of the cure.
The trustees of the church are de.
lighted about the improvement in
DR.. Prescott's condition. but are wor-
ried about the shade trees on the
church lawn. 1t may be necessary
either for the rich parishioners to
substitute some simple cereal for
pate de foie gras when they have the
rector to dinner or for the church to
purchase piece Of timber land near
the village.
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one hand, his form enveloped in a buff.
falo robe, dead Myers was court.mar-
tailed and acquitted
In the battle of Fort Harrison, in
a hand-to-hand encounter, he was
struck in the mouth with the butt of
a confederate musket. He ran his
bayonet through the man who had
struck him, killing him instantly; but
Myers still carries the scar of that en-
counter.
In the battle of Fredericksburg his
clothing was shot into shreds and his
canteen shot off his person, but he
was uninjured. In the battle of the
Wilderness he was not so fortunate,
however, for he was shot below the
knee, and lay on the field four days be-
fore he was found. He was finally
mustered out of service March II,
1866, at Philadelphia. Many years he
spent in travelling but for some time
has been living quietly, as BELTS his
years, at Lime Ridge.
Mr.. Myers is Frenchman by birth,
and his grandfather came to this
country with Lafayette and served as
cavalryman.
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Poor Brown.

Judge Gaynor, in the tense days of
the mayoral contest in New York, said
of thickness in the course of an after
dinner speech:
But the tricky man usually winds
up by being too tricky-like Brown.
Brown, who lives in Fifth Avenue,
suspected his English butler OF drink
ing his wine. So one night he drug
ged couple of bottles of 81 or So
Chateau Yquem, and left them in the
dining roomi
Unfortunately, that night Browns
wife returned late from the opera.
She saw the rare wine and had it put
Town in the wine cellar along with the
twelve dozen other bottles of Chateau
Yquem that Brown had laid in.
Brown is wondering to this day
which two bottles are the drugged
ones. He has stopped drinking Chat.
,au Yquem. In fact, understand that
his whole stock of 1t is for sale at a
reasonable price
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North Ann river, where he helped
build a pontoon bridge, the Union
forces were surrounded. and the or
der was given to destroy the bridge.
Eighty-flve men were detailed to dc
the work. A death toll of SO was
claimed, and Myers was one of the
two who escaped.
While the forces were lying before
Petersburg there occurred an incident
which he will never forget One of
the guards doing duty at the home of
DR.. Samuel Withers, a supposedly
northern adherent, but confederate
at heart, complained of feeling i'll, and
Myers was ordered to provost duty.
The night before two guards had been
found with their threats cut, and My.
ers was more than ordinarily eau.
tious that night.
1t was almost midnight when he
saw something moving outside the
house that resembled a Newfoundland
dog. Challenging the object three
times and receiving no answer, he
fired, and then running over, struck
the object terrific blow on the head.
1t was Dr. Withers. large razor in
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Build Steel War Balloons

partments to enable the craft to keep
afioat In case any one compartment
is injured. This feature is in line
with the decision reached by the
French aeronautic engineer In build
ing the new army airships.
The car is to accommodate 20 pas
sengers as well as extra ballast in
the form of two aeroplanes of the Far
man type. All arrangements will be
made to provide cooked food for pas
'sengers and crew, which will be pre-.
pared on board. There will also be
miniature salons and sleeping hunks.
1t is proposed to carry aeroplanes
to use them in case of war like tor.
pedo craft The great airship itself
is regarded by the inventor as a large
ironclad It will naturally be able to
resist attack that would destroy rub
Der or aluminium craft. and will be so
constructed that 1t can ram aerial
opponents.
Being made Of steel, it can hold gas
far better than any other vessel 1t
Is not so affected by changes In the
atmosphere, which cause contraction
and expansion, and will lose only
small percentage of its buoyancy In
year.
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Metal Aircraft to Carry Twenty Pas
sensers, Sleeping Bunks and Two
Aeropanes.

Vienna.-At the Daimler Motor
works here dirigible balloon of soft
steel is being built. Instead of using
rubber and silk, like Capt Thomas
S. Baldwin. the American airship
builder, or aluminium, like Count Won
Zeppelin, Herr Won Walach, the Aus
trian inventor, makes his entire gas
balloon of steel
Though the craft is well advanced
in construction, details are carefully
guarded. Its size cannot be learned,
but it is known that the steel walls
of the balloon will be a little over
half inch thick and consist of many
S9X39 plates. All the plates are
welded in annular form by an cleo
trical process.
The balloon Is of the familiar cigar
shape, painted with a specially in
vented mixture TO make it alright
and is covered with silk paper, in
stead of silk cloth to reduce fric-
ton.
The estima ed weight OF the balloon
is over $4,000 kilos and OF the gasoline
engine fuel about $500 hlos. This
fuel will enable the ship to sail "a
hours.
Following the Zeppelin principle,
the gas reservoir is to have three com
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-12-30
SAVES HIS FATHERS BODY
Dream Leads Son to Dismembered
Corpse on Dissecting Table in
Medical College.

New Orleans. La.-After search Of
more than five months for his father,
William A. Balastier, survivor of the
confederate army, Harry Balastier
was led by dream to the medical
department of Tulane university to be
confronted with the dismembered
body of the elder man on the dissect-
ing table. Students were gathered
around the board and the head was
In an upright position. Balastier gath
cred the portions together and the fu-
neral took place.
William Balaster dropped out of
sight June 2. The son dreamed that
his father had been killed and eaten
by cannibals. Taking this as a clew,
he secured the aid of detectives and
learned that the old man had died in
the Charity hospital, and following the
usual custom the unclaimed body had
ben sent to the medical college.
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HAD CHARMED LIFE.
Mexican Veteran Fought Against
His Father and Brothers.
Pennsylvania Now Ninety Years Old
Helped Storm Vera Cruz Away
Back in 4o's, and Faced NJ.
mcrous Civil War Perils.

Bloomsbury, Pa.-One of the few
survivors, in Pennsylvania of the Mex
lean war of 1S46-4S, veteran of the
civil war, man who has fought in 81
battles, was thrice wounded, holds
four honorable discharges, and who.
when but lad, saw much of the civ.
ilized world, is John Sylvester Myer
of Lime Ridge, Columbia county, now
30 years of age, but who looks easily
20 years younger.
Few men have hac such an expert
enoe as this old man, who fought with
the union army because he believed
its cause to be right, while his father.
who disowned him because Of his 10y
atty. fought, with seven other sons, fol
the lost cause of the rebellion. And
from that day, Myers, whose father
owned 1900 slaves, has see nneither
father nor brother
A rover from boyhood, he left home,
near st. Louis, when but ii years of
age, and going down the Mississippi
on small boat to the Gulf Of Mex
leo, shipped as cabin boy on an
English bound vessel. Three trips
he made, and in 1884 left the vessel
and struck out through Germany.
Switzerland, Russia, Italy and France.
In the last named country he was ar
rested and 1t was charged that he
was there In the service of another
country. His fathers money and in
nuence purchased his release.
At the outbreak of the Mexican war
he enlisted as marine and was one
of those who scaled the walls of Vera
Cruz From there the vessel upon
which he was taken to the scene of
var was sent to China, and Myers
went along.
He attempted to settle down to
everyday life and located at Danville,
but the wander-lust soon gripped him
and II was only month or two until
he had enlisted with the government
to do teaming frons Omahe to Cali
fornia. In that service three years.
he made six trips through the Indian
frontier and figured in many fight
with them
He was one of the first to respond
when President Lincoln issued a call
for men, and he was captured In the
Shenandoah valley in 1862, but the
confederates left SO small a guard
over their prisoners that the latter
set upon them. and, killing them, ef-
fected their escape.
He participated in nearly all the
most important battles of the war. AT
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calling his dog off, but the other dog
had not had his fill of fighting and
again rushed to the attack, swapping
savagely at several people who tried
to restrain him. After the second at
tack all efforts to separate the two
dogs were fruitless. and the battle be-
tween them ragged fiercer than ever.
Water was dashed over the dogs,
but 1t had no effect. At length, after
nearly everything in two rooms had
been ruined the dogs were separated
by throwing red pepper in their faces.
The damage done in the fight will
amount to large sum of money.
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Deer Get Drunk on cider.

Winsted, CONAN applejack dis,
tillery in North Colebrook, conducted
by Gustav Volkmann. a German, was
obliged to suspend operations recently
on account of a herd of six intoxicat-
ed deer, which refused to let anyone
approach the cider mill The deer had
gotten into an old shed where the
cider was stored, drank to their
hearts content and then devoured
several bushels of apples. The ami
mails did not get so drunk but what
they were able TO use their feet, and
whenever Volkmann and his men
tried to. get near the cider press the
animals chased them.
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BULL DOGS BATTLE
IN A DRAWING ROOM
WAGE FIERCE CONTEST AND
WRECK THE FURNITURE IN A
PHYSICIANS HOUSE.

Youngstown, O.-Two savage bull
dogs, madly fighting, completely
wrecked the drawing room in DIR. II.
b. Hills beautiful home.
DIR. Hills prize winning bulldog was
In the house quietly sleeping when a
dog owned by neighbor found its
way into the house. The visiting
animal bounced upon DR.. Hills dog
and terrific battle ensued Tables
and chairs were overturned and
broken. Valuable vases fell shattered
to the floor, and costly bric-a-brac was
broken to pieces as the two dogs
fought and struggled in the house.
After the dogs had fought for a
long time DR.. Hills was successful in
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Valuable elru.

London.-Bred at Markham, Norfolk,
maybe pigeon has been sold for
5000, record price for the breed, and
in gold, heavier than the bird Itself