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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-25
NO GREATER
SINGFEST ON
RECORD HERE
Welsh Eisteddfod VIII
Bring Many Famous
Singers and Choirs to
the Exposition.

With 1880 Ia prizes, with II
Evan Williams, the noted tenor H
leading B0lnlat. aud with eholfs
aud ehofuaes entered from Id far
eaat as Ohio. and from all ofnr the
Northwest. the Welsh Elstoddfod At
the A Up exposition Friday and
Saturday will he the greatest sting
ing competition ever held IN the
weet The entry Of the famouh
tabernacle choir OF Salt Lake city
In the 1 \ coo choral competition has
not dismayod other cholN Of the
Northwest. who hope to defeat the
well known organization The Salt
Lake choir arrived IN the city today
by special train
Daniel protheloe, the Chicago d.
rector and composer. has accepted
an Invitation to preside over the
Elstedfod. He IL the composer OF
many well known sacred and other
selections. among them. The
Night iias a Thousand Eyes His
The Nun Of NidHros' will be sung
in the $1,000 competition. There
Will be -four sessions Of the Eiatedd
fod. Friday and Saturday afternoon
and evening, tn the exposition Audi
iofium. and Evan Williams will
sing at each session He has never
appeared in the Northwest. but his
voice Is very familiar to lovers Of
the phonoEfaph. for which be has
sung many grand opera selections
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-25
MANY CELEBRITIES
WILL ATTEND FEED

Officials Of the state. King oogu
". Seattle. Tacoma and Georgetown
will lend political complexion 10
the barbecue 70 be- given at orbov
Saturday. September I. BY the In.
vanish River improvement club, TO
celebrate the passage Of the water
way bill Invitations 10 the officials
will be sent out this week b. Sec
Rotary Jamss Wilson. and q number
Of membefs Of the legislature have
already signltlsd their desire TO at.
tend.
A number Of the whiting officials
will be- Asked to speak. and pro.
vision vii be made To feed from
5 900 to 5000 people on The af,ef-
noon het
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-25
To BEGIN CANAL WORK

Contractor c. J. Erickson will be
ready 10 commence work on the
excavation Of the Lake Washington
canal about September 20 The con!
tractor suggests that the Chamber
a Commerce arrange 4 celebration
Of some kind fof the Inauguration Of
tho work.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-25

LONDON. Aug &c Prince aud
Princess Kuhl, Of Japan. who have
been touring Europe. sailed today
for SeW Yort. The royal couple
will participate 10 the Hudson.Fui.
ton celebration ne1t month at New
York A. the official representa-
tlveA Of Nippon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-25
NEW TARIFF SUITS
j. s. SENATOR DICK

United States Senator Charles
Dick. Of Ohio, who has reached Be.
attic with his family on tour Of
the Pacific coast. declared today
that the tariff bill Just signed by
President Taft viii satisfy the PEG.
pie for many years to come
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-25

RHEIMS. France Aug % A
howl. mighty enough 10 be heard al
the way across the ocean Ia ascend
ms from this areopoils today
Aviation week has not only brought
thousands Of visitors. but has
caused an unsnhied raise IN pfices
Tor everything from five. to a hun
fred times normal,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-08-25

KALIsrEfsL Mont. Aas gb-
The senate irrigation committee IL
spending today inspecting the gov.
eminent irrigation projects on the
FlaiheAd Indian reservation.
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NEW LIFE ~PREsERvER.
euoyancy Far surpasses That Of The
=. Ordinary Cork Belt.

suoyancy Far surpasses That Of The
Ordinary Cork Belt.
A valuable adjunct for protecting life
at sea and on the coast Is offered by
the newly introduced Nowotnick life
preserver, the invention Of ]. s. No
wotnick Of Hamburg. This device diff
fers very materially from the preva-
lent types Of life preservers and COM
bines several novel and valuable fea-
lures. It consists Of a hollow belt Of
rubber five and a quarter inches in d.
ameter. The ends consist of fat plates
OF the same diameter furnished with
the requisite attachments. so that the
belt car be quickly and easily hooked
together beneath the arms.
Closely fastened to the upper sur
face Of the belt Is a small metallic cyl
1nder filled with liquid carbon dioxide.
On turning the tap the liquefed gas
escapes at ono into the belt, volati-
Lies and initiates it to it's fullest
capacity, twentv-seven and a half
quarts. The whole operation Of at
taching and initiating the belt requires
thirty seconds. The buoyancy of such
belt is equivalent to ifty-five
pounds.
The advantages Of this device over
the customary belts are twofold. In
the first place, the buoyancy of such an
inflated belt is uniform at all points.
so as to allow a perfectly vertical Do
sit1on in water to any person wear
ing it; second, its buoyancy far SUR
passes that Of the current types, filed
with cork or reindeer hair. Thus an
ordinary cork belt Weighing eight
pounds sustains a weight Of sixteen
pounds. The gas inflated belt, weigh
ing only four and a quarter pounds,
sustains a weight of fifty-Ave pounds.
A cork belt Of the same buoyancy
would weigh over twenty-six pounds.
The new p~reserver has been shown
by repeated demonstrations to be adj
mirably adapted for the wants of the
average person, supporting the body
so that the head Is far above the sur F.
face Of the water.
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LIFE SAVING APPARATUS.

Cylindrical Rope Ladder Cage Adopted
by German Navy.
Experiments have been carried out
In the port Of Hamburg with a novel
apparatus devised by 8. German in
ventor for rescuing sailors who have
fallen overheard. The results have
proved so completely satisfactory that
1t has since been adopted by the Ger
man admiralty. The apparatus; as may
be seen from the accompanying illus
tration, is Of a very simple character,
comprising a cylindrical cage built up
OF rope ladders disposed around the
periphery Of the circular framework.
When extended in the manner shown
the cage is about thirteen feet in
height by some four feet in diameter.
The floor of the cage is built up of
rope netting of fairly close mesh to
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afford an easy foothold, while at the
top the rope side members Of the lad
der are continued to form a cone ter
minating in an iron ring, by means of
which the whole apparatus may be
slung from a hook working with a
block and tackle. When not in use the
whole folds up into a small space.
In the case of an accident, such as
the capsizing Of a pinnace or a sailor
falling overheard, a davit or spar car
rying a block and tackle is run out
over the ships side and the pulley
rope made fast to the top Of the cage,
which is then thrown toward the scene
Of the accident. The act Of throwing
causes the cage to distend to it's full
est extent, so that the man in the wa
ter can grasp either a rung of one Of
the ladders or climb to a position
above the water on the outside of the
cage, the hosting tackle being manipu-
lated so as to keep a sufficient length
of the cage well above the water, so
that the rescued man can secure a
safe position.
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HI TURmsA SITUATION.
The Reaction Against the Reformers
and Constitutional Government.

The Reaction Against the ReforuAers
and Constitutional Government.
When Turkey became an empire
with a constitution and a parliament
there many who said 1t was not
yet quite ready for such modern insti.
tutions and that ere long the ship of
state would go upon the rocks. This
has happened within less than a year.
The revolutionary events that have re.
Gently t~ransptred represent a reaction
against the changes introduced by the
Young Turks party, headed by the co1n,
mittee of union and progress. The mer
at the front in the reform movement;
to have endangered their continu
ance in power by carrying things with
too high a hand and pursuing too die.
tatorial a course.
1t was on July "a, 1908, that a con
stitution was granted Turkey by the
sultan, who did not at all relish the
necessity imposed upon him by the
course of events. Under the terms OF
this instrument elections for a parlia
ment were held in due course. The
new legislature was inaugurated Dec
II, since when the empire has beer
under a constitutional administration.
The hand Of the sultan was forced
and he was obliged to give the country
a constitution by the Young Turks.
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quired q host Of admirers. Her hus-
band Is twenty-six years old and pop.
ular in the club circles of New York
and New England. He met John Bar.
rymore, Ethel's brother. while IL stu.
dent at Yale several years ago. The
two men met afterward in London,
and Jack Barrymore introduced young
Colt to Ethel. who was al that time
playing abroad. He was afterward
constant In his attentions to Miss Bar
rymore. Mr.. Colt was in the employ
Of the United States Rubber company
for q time.
Miss Barrymore is a daughter Of the
late Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana
Drew Barrymore. both very popular
on the stage In their day. and the pres
ent Mrs. Colt is herself one Of the most
popular members Of the dramatic pro
fession.
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aOAWs 1lGndx M1AL6.
strange event in the life Of a man
whose career has been filed with ex.
t%raordinary happenings. He changed
his name from Chanler to Chaloner
because Of enmity to his relatives. who
had incarcerated him in retreats for
the insane. He is a great-grandson Of
the original John Jacob Astor, q broth.
er of Colonel William Astor Chanler of
African exploration fame and Of Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler. former lieutenant
governor Of the state of New York.
The encounter In which Gillard was
killed occurred ut the Chaloner home,
Merry Mills, near Charlottesville, Va.
Gillard's home was about two miles
distant, and he had been q recipient
OF Mr.. Chaloner's charity. 1t was no.
toriOus in the community that he ha.
bitually maltreated his wife, and she
had fled to the Chaloner home for pro-
lection after a particularly violent out.
break on the part Of the husband. Gil.
lard followed his wife to Merry Mills,
and Chaloner entered his dining room
to find him beating Mrs. Gillard with
a pair of tongs. The woman's assail-
ant was raining savage blows on her
head and would have had her life
within a moment or two. Chaloner in
terfered with the result that in a
struggle over the possession Of a re-
volver a shot was discharged, the bull
let piercing Gillard's heart. A coro-
ner's jury Of substantial farmers Who'll.
~ absolved ChaSoner from all blame
in the tragedy. The people q 'the sec.
ton are unanimous in praisfng Chalo-
ner for his courage in unhesitatingly
entering an unequal combat to protect
a woman, mother Of seven children
and poor to restitution. The big fam.
lily Of children witnessed the death of
their father.
Mr.. Chaloner's strange career is
blended with romance. love, madness,
intense hatred Of kinsmen and a prob.
ably unparalleled battle In the courts
of several states for a legal 6acree re-
storing to him the rights Of aaane per.
son. The romance Of Chaloner's life
was his wooing Of the novelist. Amelie
Rives. The had its ending in
q divorce. She is now living in New
York and wife of Prince Pierre Trou.
betzskoy. Russian artist. She obtained
her divorce from Chaloner on the
ground of incompatibility of temper.
The rnate carved bedStead given
President Taft by Filipino admirers
and recently installed in the White
House for his use is a splendid speci-
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who had been particularly active un
der the leadership Of the committee OF
union and progress since 1905.
The granting of the constitution was
followed by the dismissal or fight OF
various members Of the hated palace
Clique and the installation Of officials
dictated by the successful Insurgents
who still maintained their organization
and continued to operate through the
committee Of union and progress.
Since the first days of it's success the
course OF the committee and the political
activities of the Young Turks, particu.
larry In the direction Of administrative
control, have aroused a counter polit.
ical sentiment, which has brought out
and crystallized the opposition Of the
Liberals.
The present internal troubles of Tur-
key really reached a crisis as far back
as the middle Of February last. On
the 18th day of that month the cham
Der of deputies by an overwhelming
majority passed a vote of lack of con.
fidence in Kiamil Pasha, the grand
'AHAcA, ouu ucIudIlueu CQuC the sultan
place in his stead some one who, had
the confidence Of the people. Kiamil
promptly resigned.
The next day the sultan announced
the appointment of Hussein Hilmi
Pasha as grand vizier, and the latter
began the formation Of his cabinet by
the reinstatement Of General Ali Ria
Pasha. whose dismissal as minister of
war had precipitated the movement
against Kiamil Pasha. 4
While the foreign correspondents at
that time were not able to give the
true inwardness Of the internal stu
alton in the Turkish capital, it was
stated that a feeling existed among the
Conservatives, who are still an i'm
portant factor in the country, that the
committee of union and progress, 9TH
erwise the Young Turks, purposed the
~dethroning Of the sultan, Abdul Hamid.
and the placing upon the throne of
Prince Yussuff, son Of the late sultan.
The Young Turks, however, disa.
vowed any intention Of interfering
with Abdul Hamid in ease he respect
ed the constitution.
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New Insulating Material.


is the chemical name Of a coal tar
product which is being used as an in
sulator. However, it goes by the trade
Of bakelite, after the inventor
DR.. L. H. lakeland. 1t is stronger
than hard rubber. withstands a, higher
degree Of temperature and is unaffect-
ed by most chemicals. It has been
used for insulators and also to i'm
pregnate soft wood, causing the latter
to become as hard as ebony. Genera
tors and motors have been impreg-
mated with the bakelite to protect the
wiring.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

CONHhESS0AN JOHN J.
Mt the New York Law school and was
admitted to the bar at the age Of twen-
ty-one, during the same year receiving
from the regents Of the state Of New
York the degree Of bachelor Of laws.
cum laude. He was q delegate to the
national Democratic convention In
Kansas City in 1900 and is nov serv-
ing his fifth term in congress.
Russell Griswold Colt, the lucky nan
who won the hand Of the fair Ethel
Barrymore, is a son Of Colonel Samuel
Pomeroy Colt of Bristol, r. l., presi-
dent of the United States Rubber com.
pany and of the Industrial company
of Providence, r. l. The elder Colt is
reputed to be several times a million
aire. Though she married into a very
wealthy family. Miss Barrymore viii
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follows a suggestion
made some time ago by Mr.. Humphrey
O'Sullivan, treasurer Of the O'Sullivan
Rubber company Of Lowell, Mass. Mr..
OSullivan recommended the forma.
tion in America Of the Irish Manufac-
turing Distributing company, to sell
articles Of Irish manufacture and thus
encourage the manufacturing industry
IN Ireland, which has as yet been but
poorly developed.
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Mr.. BOwsER, WE'RE You EVER TAKEN IN
IN A CONFIDENCE GAME2"
seemed inclined to explode. Then he
caught himself and cooled down and
replied:
Il suppose l must explain, though l
hate to be talking about myself. The
car was crowded this morning. and l
rode on the rea platform"
"And some n stepped on your
feet?"
mo. ma'am. We had got down to
Beach street when the car stopped for
a lady to get on. She was in the act
when the car started. But for me she
would have been dragged under the
wheels and crushed"
."You rang two bells for the car to
stop, did your
"Of curse not. l am not ringing
bells on a blamed old street car. I
reached down and seized the lady and
lifted her ON to the platform by main
strength and thus saved her from GER
tain DEATH"
THAT was grand!' exclaimed Mrs.
Bowser. II am proud that you had
such presence of mind" b
Il always have it. 1t belongs to the
Bowser family-that is, to the male
members of it. l shouldn't be ratified
even in an earthquake"
well, the lady was grateful, of
course?"
Called q Hero.
"Of course. She called me a hero
and oil that, took my address and said
that she would see that the public
learned all about me. In other words,
she intended to notify half a dozen
Of the newspapers and have them send
representatives over here this evening
to interview me and publish my picture
and the full particulars of the heroic
rescue.'
why, dear. it will be another Binns
case"
1.-THE Binns case won't be in it. All
he did was to stay on the Republic
with a lot of others and work his wire
less apparatus. He simply had to stay.
If he had tried to sneak away the cap
tain would have had him in irons. The
Binns ase makes me tired"
"You were. certainly a hero" said
Mrs. Bowser as she glanced at him ad-
miringly. In reaching down to seize
the lady you might have plunged head
first in the yawning abyss. Her weight
might have torn your arm off. The
hind end Of the car might have lifted
up at that critical moment and driven
your head through the roof. Why
didn't you telephone me as soon as
you reached the officer
"Humph! l should think you had
lived with me long enough to know
that I am not n who blows his own
horn. I even hope that no reporters
will come. I don't want to be called
q hero for a simple act of duty"
"Wnl they want my picture too?"
"Eh? What? Your picture? What
for?'
"Why, I am Mrs. Bowser, the wife
Of the great hero"
"But what in thunder does the pub
lie care about that? You're my wife, |
Of course. but don't you go butting in
on this thing. There's a ring at the
bell. and III go right up."
Strange Queries From Reporter.
It vas q reporter from one of the
0aIies. He Introduced himself. made !
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herSelf. Her chief
object in visiting the
United States was to
arrange for the es-
adjustment in New
York Of a branch
for the sale of tex.
tiles which are be-
ing produced by the
Irish Industries as
ISOLATION, started ten
a ago In Ireland
by prominent noble
women. Her idea
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not retire from the
stage at present.
She will continue
appearing in LADY
k" In
which she has made
another decided hit.
1t is about thirteen
years since Miss
Barrymore first
made her appear
ance on the stage
In the company of
her uncle, John
Drew. She has in
tho ipfnrvo1 oo-
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IS NOT A HERO
Wife Concludes That He Can
Only Be ~Just BoWser."
OF HIS BRAVE DEED.

Interviewed by Three Representatives
Of the Press and Treated With In.
suIting Levity-He Falls Asleep on
the Lounge.
Copyright, 1903. by Associated Literary
Press.l
XNYHEN Mr.. Bowser came home
wv to dinner the other evening
it was evident that he was
on the rush, and he had
scarcely got his head inside the door
when he called wi to Mrs. Bowser:
If dinner is not on the table, hurry
1t up as fast as you can"
"You can sit down at once. Have
You got to go back to the office or
somewhere this EVENING""
mo, but I expect half a dozen call
ers. Some Of them may be here with
in ten minutes"
I'll hope it isn't politics." said Mrs.
Bowser as they got seated at the ta-
BILE.
'Tve got nothing to do with politics"
"And the callers you expect are not
coming to sell you an auto, a balloon
or. anything Of that sort?"
Certainly not"
And you are not going to take box
ing lessons again and be knocked clear
across the garnet and left for dead?"
Mr.. Bowser flushed up and glared at
her across the table and for a moment
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Purity Of Norway Iron.

Norway iron usually contains 99.S
per cent Of iron. the remainder being
sulphur. carbon, phosphorus. silicon.
Stag and manganese. The purity Of
this iron is obtained by using very
pure res and by smelling with char
coal.
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Folk !. Il: Limelight
The Strange Case of John
Armstrong Chaioner and the
Latest Incident In His Tragic
Life-Tks Tat Filipino Bed.

1t was a deapeeate bottle which John
Armstrong Ohm1pner, member of the
famous Aston family, fought with a
powerful Englishman, a pensioner Oh
his bounty, resulting in the death of
the latter. The tragedy is one more
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
MRS. T. P. o'coNNoR.

Her Efforts In Behalf Of Lansuishins
Irish Industries.
The visit to the United States of
Mrs. T. T. O'Connor, wife of the noted
Irish parliamentary leader aud editor,
has excited much interest. She is an
American by birth and is quite a bril-
liant star in the literary armament
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Still Savage.

We have Indian hummer
Like noontime in the Alps,
But Indian spring 10 now the thing
That robs US Of our scalps,
And it's been limited by q hinter
That sometimes we have Indian v,nA>,
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Thinking n Over.

"Don't You want to live In history?"
II don't know" answered Senator
Sorghum. II never found any especial
satisfaction in the idea Of worrying
posterity with book agents trying to
sell my Observation-Disclosures Star.
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~ Tue 0OU04 GIVING
H. H. BINGHAM. to bis service IL
that body dating back to an earl1es
period than that Of any other member.
1t was In accordance with immemorial
custom that it fell to him in this ca
pacity to administer the oath to Mr..
Cannon when the latter was chosen
again to preside over the deliberations
OF the lower branch of congress. Mr..
Bingham is not SO very aged a legis-
iator, having been born In Philadel-
phia in December, 1871, and having
therefore not yet celebrated his sixty
eighth birthday, but his political ca
Feer began early, and he was first
chosen to congress nearly thirty years
ago and has served continuously since.
Representative Bingham is a graduate
Of Jefferson college, is a lawyer and is
a veteran Of the Union army, in which
he served with much distinction, ris-
ing to brigadier generals rank and re-
ceiving a medal Of honor from con-
gress for distinguished gallantry on
the field Of battle.
Congressman John Joseph Fitzgerald
OF New York, whose refusal to follow
the lead Of Minority Leader Clark in
the movement Of the insurgent Repub-
licans and Democrats to amend the
rules Of the house Of representatives
has excited SO much discussion, is a
resident Of Brooklyn borough and an
ally in politics Of the Brooklyn Demo
cratic leader, Patrick 81. McCarren.
The amendment to the rules which he
offered and which was adopted after a
bitter contest has been the subject Of
considerable controversy among his par
ty associates. MI. Fitzgerald was born
In Brooklyn in 1872 and educated in
the schools Of the present borough and
at Manhattan college. He studied law
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
The Father Of the House:"
Who Swore In Speaker Joseph
G.. Cannon - The MaA Who
V6n Ethel Barrymore.
H E co ngress-

IT co ngress-
man from the
First district
of Pen ~sylvania,
Henry Harrlso n
Bingham who fg-
ured In the proceed
ings connected with
the recen exciting
s~peakership contest
In Washington, is
called the father of
the house." owing