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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
TIMES INQUEST
l IS ADJOURNED
Arrest of Mrs. Belle LAWN
Is Foreshadowed in
The South

LOS ANGELES, Oct. is.-The arrest
today. charged with murder in connec-
tion with the blowing up of the Los
Angeles Times, was foreshadowed by
Coroner Hartwell this afternoon when
he adjourned the inquest to an indefi-
mite date. The inquest was scheduled
to be continued tomorrow, but at the
conclusion of the testimony today Hart
well changed his plans.
The inquest he said, will be ad-
journed indefinitely, pending important
developments in the case"
Mrs. LAWN, who is on the way here
in custody, may be called upon to tes-
tify at the next session of the coroner S
jury. All the facts relating to the num-
Der of dead were adduced today. The
next thing is to fix officially RESPONSE
bility for the killing of the 81 men
slain by the explosion. The coroner
probably will defer the inquest now
until other arrests be made. He inti-
mated as much tonight when informed
of the arrest of Mrs. LAWN.
The warrant under which Mrs. Belle
Lawn was arrested today is one of six
issued here, all charging murder in
connection with the Times disaster. AL
though attaches of the district attor-
ney's office denied knowledge of any
warrants, when the news of Mrs. Law
ms arrest arrived they admitted later
that Louis A. Duni, detective at
tached to the district attorneys office.
had sworn to the warrants, all of
which are against John Doe and Jane
Doe. The six warrants charge murder
of nine Times employees who met death
in the explosion. Neither the police
nor officials Of the county would say
tonight whether any more arrests were
in immediate prospect. They also de-
clined to say whether all the warrants
were sent to San Francisco for service.
1t was learned later, however, that
all of the warrants were taken north
by Duni last Saturday.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

possibilities of exploration and voy-
aging by dirigibles.
Mrs. Wellman and Mrs. Vanin1an hur-
ried from Atlantic City to New YORK
tonight to meet the returning voy-
ayers upon the arrival of the Trent to-
morrow.
Thrilling Rescue
ON BOARD STEAMER TRENT, Oct.
1S.-(By United Wireless to New York;
The crew of the airship America, IN
abandoning their craft lowered them
selves into the lifeboat which swung
beneath it, They then cast of the life
boat and were aioat in the sea- The
airship. relieved of the weight or the
lifeboat shot up high into the air. and
was rapidly. blown away. The transfer
of the Wellman party from the tfeooat
TO the Trent was effected with much
difficulty.
the America and wireless communica-
tion was Immediately established r.
win. the operator on the airship, in
formed Ginsburg. the operator on the
Trent. that the airship Americas crew
wished to abandon the balloons Wire
less communication was kept up from
this time on between the airship and
the steamer.
Daylight was rapidly approaching
and the Trent was requested to follow
the America, which was then drifting
at the rate of II miles an hour.
After a council on the airship il was
decided the best means of rescue was
to launch the life boat. But this was
such a hazardous undertaking that
much time elapsed before the ma
neuvering was executed as the tail OF
the airship. consisting of tanks of gaso-
line and wooden blocks. threatened to
capsize the iifeboat as it was droppei
from the balloon into the water. This
danger was at last overcome and the
operation was carried out with sue
cess. In the operation the trailer
struck Wireless Operator Jack Irwin
and Louis Loud. the engineer, and also
knocked a small hole in the side OF the
lifeboat.
The airship. Immediately on being
released on it's weight of crew and boat.
shot skyward as the boat shot down
ward.
A moderate sea was running at the
time and after some slight dificulty the
crew was taken on board, together
with the lifeboat. at 1880 a. m.
All the members of the crew are we'll
after a thrilling experience. Wireless
telegraphy has distinguished itself by
it's great assistance in accomplishing
the work of rescue.
The Morse lamp signaling also took
great part in the communication be-
tween Jack Irwin and officers OF the
steamer Trent, which gave the signals
leading to the rescue.
The crew was picked up in latitude
SS.45 north, longitude 62.1S west, where
the America was abandoned
Wellman said the airship had been
blown so far out of its course that il
was fnadvfsable to proceed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
NONPARTISAN CLUB TO
WORK FOR CREIGHTON
Candidate for Justice of Peace
Has Many Helpers

Friends of Charles E. A. Creighton,
candidate for justice of the peace,
gathered in the courtroom of Judge
Graham in the Grant building last
night and organized the Charles E. A.
Creighton non-partisan club. Among
the 200 present were men from all
political parties. An executive corn
mittee was appointed, consisting of 81
members who will make a thorough
canvass of the city by precincts in
order to assure the election of their
favorite. The officers chosen were:
Joheph O'Connor, chairman; J. J. Gu
sack, vice president, and Peter }. Nc
Cormick, secretary.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Man LOSES LIFE
IN Saving sheep
Herder Is Exhausted Pulling
Animals From Canal Into
Which They Fell
Especial Dispatch to The Call


STOCKTON, Oct. 18.-Exhausted from
his efforts in rescuing sheep from a
drainage canal, into which they had
fallen, Jack Biedinger, sheep herder
employed by r. c. Bach at camps 81
and 29 on the Rindge tract, died last
night. Part of the flock broke away
while Biedinger was rounding them up,
1eaped a dreger cut and headed for an
other section of the island. Biedinger
ran for nearly a mile before he could
head them off.
In recrossing the canal many of the
sheep fell in. Biedinger leaped into the
water and began hauling them out.
Some time later exhausted and still in
the water, Biedinger was found by
Thomas Holden.
A few minutes later while lying on
theb ank Biedinger died He lived near
the Gardner ranch at Clements. A wife
and three children survive.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

ton Burns declared that he believed
the man was not in the confidence of
the plotters and ordered him released.
B. Katschinski, the shoe merchant, who
resides at 39g Webster street, and who
received a threatening letter from a
mysterious dynamiter, was also asked
TO visit Chief Seymour and spent some
time questioning Mrs LAWN. Little
light was thrown on the situation from
either Lofthause or Katschinski.
The warrant on which Mrs. LAWN was
arrested is one of a number brought
here by Detective Duni yesterday, all
sworn to before Justice of the. Peace
Summerfield at Los Angeles on the 18th
of the month. These are to be used here
as soon as the persons wanted are
placed in custody and it is highly prob
able that five warrants under the John
Doe and Jane Doe form of warrant Will
be made before Burns, Rogers and Duni
return south.
KAPLAN ANARCHISTS
There was some attempt made during
the day to identify Kaplan as a student
of Anna Goldman the anarchistf and to
support a theory that the dynamite
plant at the Nineteenth avenue cottage
was part of a program of terror planned
for this vicinity. Little credit was
given the suggestion and no serious at
tention attracted to it by the detective
force at work on the case.
The importance of the latest clews
uncovered is indicated in the activity
of the men at the Los Angeles end OF
The hunt a number of whom are work.
ing in all parts of the city.
POLICE ARE RETICENT
Duni's arrival yesterday places hiln
in contact with Samuel Browne. chlei
district
5ornev,s Office detective force, who has
been in the city for some days working
with Burns and the others from the
local bureau
Every effort is now being made 10
guard the work of the police ana 10
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
AERIAL FLIGHT WILL BE
FEATURE OF CARNIVAL
Ivy Baldwin to Navigate Air at
North Beach Festival

An aerial fight by Ivy Baldwin is
among the novel features planned for
the North beach thanksgiving carnival.
There are other feats of equal interest.
Every effort is being made by the com
mittees in charge of the celebration to
make the affair a success.
The contestants for the royal posi-
tions in the three day fete are work
ing earnestly. According to the last
count George Duddy is leading for
king with vote of 2S,3SS, and Mabel
Canepa for queen with 33,756.
AS given by Chairman A. e. Kelly of
the contest committee, the other con-
testants are:
king-AI Devote. Frank Sillineri. DR.. W.
Jackson, Robert Jeffries. Il. Lamanet. Prosper
Mortola, A. j. Rocea, Harry Thornhfll. Frank
Flynn.
Queen-Eyira Bardellini Julia Favilla, Angela
Perrone, Josie Marinf, Lillian Qutnones, Mar
guerfte Winkler. Annie Badaracco, Erminfa
Guinasso, Mae Marno.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

keep as quiet as possible the happen
ings about headquarters. Fully 40 men
are now pitting their efforts in the
local search, some spurred on by offers
of reward from Los Angeles and others
who have their regular duties to per-
form. Ed Wren and Ed Gibson, with
II. V. Burke, Conlon and aMckey, are
leading different features of the chase
for the local bureau, while the Pinker-
tons, Burns and oRgers are all doing
independent work. Everything indi-
Gates that a number of arrests are ex-
pected by all concerned, butn state
ment will be made by Chief Seymour
or the others.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

explorer he became interested in bal
looming and has had great faith in the
jagged cliff; the second was given I'D
because of the breaking of a long trail
rope stored with provisions, not dis
similar to the equilibrator of the trip
just ended.
81 YEARS OLD
Wellman is 50 years old and was
born in Mentor o. AS a journalist and
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

RECEIVER FOR MONTANA BANK-wa.h;,.
ton. Oct 1s<-The comptroller OF the currsncv
today appointed Philip TilIlnghsst who has
been receiver OF 10 national banks receiver Of
the First national bank Of Billings Mont
The bank was placed In charge OF NationaI
ceiver July 2
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

sTEvEDoRE JAILED AS BURGLAR
Oct. 16.-Walter Ayhens, d stevedore. 90 years
old, was arrested this afternoon by Detectives
: McSorley and Hodgkins at his home. 443S
Glenn avenue Melrose for the burglary of ].
0lsons home at 865 East Twenty fourth street.
Ayhens suspected of the crime. which was
committed August 10. disappeared. He re-
turned today and was arrested. The detect
49, ivunu Jewels stoien from O,son nome
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATES

The whole matter will be laid be-
fore the grand jury this morning.
Whether indictments will be returned
against the magistrate or not is un-
certain. When seen yesterday this
official claimed that he. as custodian
of the funds. had a right to cash his
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
Advertising Talks

All this talk about advertising increasing the cost to the
consumer-Nhere it fpstered? Whence does it Gomez
From ''close corporations usually; from those folks
who object publicity any guise. From manufacturers
ho are not sat;shed with fair nroht above the cost of
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
CLERK MARRIES OLD
WIDOW TO GET Coin
Hawaiian Police Court Attache
Turns to Matrimony In Order
to Replace Funds
| Special Correspondence of The Call

HONOLULU, Oct. 12.-Enjoyfng the
third day of his honeymoon, after mar
riage to a wealthy widow, Henry N.
Clark, a Hawaiian singer and until his
marriage a clerk in the police court
here, was arrested yesterday on war
rant charging him with embezzlement.
An examination of his accounts at the
court showed that he was $500 short.
a part OF which shortage was covered
by checks made out by other court
officials. Two of these checks carried
the signature of Police Magistrate An
drade. the dates being some months
old,
just prior to his arrest Clark had
deposited $1,000 in gold with the city
auditor to make good his actual short
age. Yesterday morning the police
magistrate handed $435 over to the
city attorney to cover the checks he
had in the court cash drawer. Ben
Fabian, another court clerk, is respon-
sible for a check for $40. This has
not yet been made good. leaving the
actual cash shortage to date only $3.50,
$40 of which Clark is still short
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19

possibilities of exploration and voy-
aging by dirigibles-
Mrs. Wellman and Mrs Vanin1an hur-
ried from Atlantic City to New YORK
tonight to meet the returning voy-
ayers upon the arrival of the Trent to-
morrow.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
MOTOR BREAKS AND BIG
BALLOON DRIFTS IN AIR
Abandons Attempt to Cross Ocean After Dirigble Is
Blown Hundreds of Miles Out of Course

Continued from Page I
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-19
I'm INNOCENT, .
CRIES LAWN
WOMAN At JAIL
Four Hour Inquisiti0n Fails to
Break Her Nerve in Face of
Detectives Evidence
Police Now Seek D. KapIan, at
Whose Flat Canvas Cover
Was Delivered

mite. harbor the pIotters. and assist
them in flight from this city. If such
is the case the woman is an accessory,
and as such can be convicted
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07
GOVERNMENT WON A
VICTORY AT DENVER

Denver, June THE government
won an apparently important victory
the first it has gained since it began
its prosecutions for alleged land frauds
in the west-in a decision handed
down yesterday by Federal Judge Lew
is in the Yampa anthracite case. Judge
Lewis held that although the lands
which the government is now seeking
to recover through equity suits were
once involved in criminal cases in
which the defendants were discharged,
the results of that trial do not enter
into the chancery proceedings, and
the court overruled every motion to
have the chancery suits thrown out
of court,
Under this. ruling it is thought the
government may win back lands in
Colorado worth s20,000.000. The
Yampa anthracite case involves L. M.
Rumsey. Frederick Keitel and other
men we'll known in st. Louis and Den
yer. 1t is said that as result of the
decision the government will at once
begin additional suits against large
number of Colorado corporations for
the recovery of large tracts o Goa
lands
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07
HEIKE TAKES STAND
IN HIS OWN BEHALF

New York, June 7.-Charles r.
Heike, secretary of the American Su-
gar Refining company, was on the wit
ness stand nearly all day yesterday,
seeking to clear himself of the charge
of conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment on underweights of sugar.
He continued his denial of any
knowledge of the fraudulent scales or
Of the details concerning weighing on
the docks, and sought to prove that
there was no cheating at the Williams
burg refinery because profits of that
institution were generally lower than
at the company's other concerns.
Arthur Donner, president of the
American Sugar Refining company of
New York, and vice president of the
trust, testified that none of the COM
pany's officers had charge of the GUS
toms duties, but that two clerks, now
dead, had charge of this work. Heike
he said. did not even have authority
to sign checks.
Chester Woodward a director of the
Nassau Trust company of Brooklyn,
called by the defense, testified that
Oliver Splitter, the former dock su-
perintendent convicted but pardoned
and now aiding the prosecution, had
deposited a total Of s1O4,457 in the
bank between May and November
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07
TWO KILLED IN ACCIDENT.
Woman Found Lying Beside Road
Underneath Wrecked Auto.

San Jose, Cal, June THE bod
les of Miss Dolores Sunol, daughter
of the late Antonio Sunol of Barcelo-
ma, Spain, a pioneer millionaire land
owner of this city, and Mrs. Fra
ces Sunol Intel of Eureka. Cal, au-
thor and linguist, were found under
an overturned automobile in the Pen
itentia creek in Alum Rock canyon
late yesterday afternoon. The women
who were cousins, left the"cafe at the
park at 4:20 o'clock in an electric
runabout and must have reached the
point where the accident occurred
about five minutes later. The ma
chine evidently struck a rock and
skidded into the creek.
Twenty minutes after they started
down the canyon, DR.. F. D. Richards
of San Francisco, started over the
same road and discovered the bodies.
An examination of the bodies indi-
Gated that Miss Sunol was drowned
and that Mrs. Intel was crushed to
death.
Miss Sunol is the stepdaughter of
the late Mrs. Pedro de Saissett of an
old French family of San Jose.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07
ATTACK ON YOUNG GIRL.
Officers EndeavOring to Locate Man
Who Is Thought to Be Member
of White slavery Gang.

Los Angeles, June Ella Splawn,
1S wears old. was attacked last night
by a man who sprang out upon her
while she was on her way home from
a neighbors house in Hollywood. she
was bound, gagged and beaten. AT her
behest a number of detectives are
searching for a man known as John
Miller who she asserted, led her into
a mock marriage last December and
then tried to sell her into Whlte
slavery Miller, the police say, is
member of a gang of white slavers
from New York and is known under
numerous aliases. His real name is
said to be Marion Mazurian. He was
traiIed to a deserted shack on the
outskirts of Hollywood but darted
through a rear door when the Off
GERS approached and escaped. The
girl was near her home when attack
ed. She said the man struck her and
after gagging and binding her, sought
to carry her off, but a passerby
frightened him and he fled. Miller
is said to have a wife and child in
New York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07
PARIS MURDER SENSATION.
Girls Body is Scattered I'm Sew,
Pipes.


Paris.-There are many points in
the sensational Rue Botzaris murder
which appeal to Parisians. Not that
IL is more unnatural than many a
similar crime. but because the details
lend themselves to any amount of de-
scrlptiVe amplifications. While the
ponce were searching for the pre-
sumed murderer-and it took them
TWO good months-there was ample
time to enter into the history of this
unfortunate girl. who, at the age OF
Is, had already a long career on the
Paris trottoirs behind her.
She makes a casual acquaintance
with a man who had already spoken
to three of her friends in a similar
walk in life. They see her disappear
gaily in his company down the street
and that was the last they saw of
Elisa Vandamme until her mutilated
heaG was found in the vacant lot of
the Rue Botzaris. Her hands were
found in drain some time later and
then what seemed to be her ears and
other parts of the body, scattered. as
It We're. at haphazard by the fiend
VINO was cutting up her corpse, and
iinally some children playing on an
other vacant lot were found to be us
ing dried up human leg as a bat in
game of ball. The leg was to all ap-
pearance, after a careful examination
by specialists of the morgue, set down
as being that of the murdered girl
The crime haunts the imagination
or real or would-be criminals. who
write to the detective department
claiming that they perpetrated It. as
l. 1t were something in which they
could glory. During this time the
only man who knew anything about
the girls death and how it occurred
was quietly pedaling every day
through the streets of Paris on a.de-
livery tricycle., carrying clothes and
well earning his or 5 frances a day
by more real hard labor than he had
ever been compelled to do in the con-
vict station at Guiana.
The newspapers were full of details
about the Rue Botzaris mystery and
when he could spare a sou he would
buy one and read It quietly by him.
self He had served his term Of five
years, but another five as n ticket-of-
leave man was too much for him.
He had apparently taken every pre-
caution to remove all traces OF the
crime, for the police found the room
scrupulously clean and tidy, but he
had omitted to get rid of the key of
the girl Vandamme's room It was
this that convicted him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07

junction with the road supervisors
and the run between Leavenworth and
Wenatchee can now be made in quick
time for country roads.
The large number OF fruit growers
securing autos has added interest in
the agitation to bond the county to
put the roads in an excellent condi-
ton.
More street improvements are be-
ing asked for by residents in this city
and bids for the Improvement of Okla
nogan avenue in this city will be
opened this month. This work will
cost about $4,000 and it is intended
to lay a macadam roadway. cement
walk and concrete curb.
June II has been set as the time
for hearing protests against the Inn
proVement of the streets in Grand
View addition, the cost of which is
estimated at $160,O0O.
The lack of men is hindering the
advancement of the work now under
way.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07
MAIL TRAIN COLLIDED
WITH FREIGHT TRAIN

Prosser, Wash.-A rear-end col
lision occurred at the west end of
the railroad yards this afternoon "A
heavily loaded freight train OF 6S
cars was on the main line, just pull
ing onto a siding, when without
warning train No. 4, a small train,
crashed into the caboose. The ca
boose was crushed to kindling wood
and two cars next were badly wreck
ed. The passenger had slowed down
to about 12 miles an hour.
Bert Mckinney. rear brakeman of
the freight was in the cupola of the
caboose and was shot clear of the
wreck, sustaining only severe bruises.
He was removed to the Riverside san
itarium
j. Coleman "a colored porter, was
injured on the passenger train badly
cut by glass about the face and head.
Traffic was delayed about one and
one-half hours.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07
NEW LAW INVOKED
FOR FIRST TIME
MECHANIC FILES LIEN
AGAINST AN AUTOMOBILE
Telephone Manager Fails to Pay Auto
Machinists for Repairs to Devil
Wagon"-First Case of Kind in
Country Under New Statute.

The first automobile lien to be filed
in this county under the law passed
at the last session of the legislature
was placed on record with County
Clerk Frank Sailing today. The lien
was filed by B. F. Tromley, machinist
at the Pendleton Auto Company's
garage against R. H MacWhorter and
was for the sum of S217.70.
The law provides that any black
smith, machinist or automobile re-
pairer may file a lien against a ma
chine within 80 days after the repairs
are made, in case the bill is not paid
Iii this case it is alleged that the re-
pairs were made on May 22, so that
the 80 day limit has not yet expired.
There have probably been other in
stances in the state where the new law
has been invoked but this is the first
time that lien has been filed under
it in Umatilla county.
MacWhorter is the manager of the
Interstate and Butter creek telephone
companies and the machine attached
J. his big Cadillac,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-06-07
BREAKS LEG IN BALL GAME.
George Stonebraker. Jr.. Suffers In
fury at Sites.


sites, Idaho.-While the business
men and Junior league ball team men
were playing ball Leo Grevlng. run
ming from second to third base, ran
into George stonebreaker, jr., knock
ing him down and breaking his left
leg betwee the knee and ankle.