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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-10-28
TILE MEDIATOR
By CIinton DangerfieId


William Wallace was worthy of his
name Worthy too of the astoundingly
hard skull granted by Fate. which en-.
abled him to wipe up the ground with
every other goat he met He spent
his time wandering around the K
locomotive plant, in which his owner
was a superintendent
Aside from his master William Wal
lace liked Fnnegan and McDougal
best It was a grief to him that his
two friends hated each other. Nc
Dougal was a direct importation from
the Scottish Highlands. and. far from
possessing the cautiousness attributed
to the canny Scot, he was belligerent
as any Iiishman. though he concealed
this under a brow of contemptuous
scOrn.
Finnegan had a red head and plenty
OF ready wit, which last he exercised
so freely on McDougal that il was
matter of conjecture among the men
as to how long it would be before the
two came to blows
Finnegans last gibe was the pro
verbal straw, for when asked by an
injudicious youth as to why he had
NOT pounded the scornful Scot, Fin
negan. remarking McDougal within
earshot. observed pityingly:
Sure, an it's not meself would be
fghtin' wild a poor crathure. jist a
wake or so ont Of petticuts!
McDougal approached.
Herself will be finding out" he
said, Significantly "that the Highland
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-10-28
PROGRAM OF MUSIC AT THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

The following is the music for
sunday evening in the Episcopal
church, under the direction of Mr..
Walker.
Organ Prelude.
Professional r. c. Maker
Gloria H. Round.
Gloria in Excelsis Old chant.
Bonum Esl A. Burnett.
Deus Miseralur Beethoven.
Hymn G.. Kingsley
Offeriory rendered by Miss Logan
noXologv
Amcri Glover.
RecessiOnal Ritter.
Organ poslludc.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-10-28

President TAN Is now about to
discharge one of the heaviest re-
-pOnsibilitics that has deyolved on
him since he became president, that
of appointing Chief Justice of the
supreme court of The United States.
fhs great mass of the people are
overwhelmingly in favor Of the APP
j, intment of the associate Justice
J ,ln ID. Harlan TO the Chief JUS
tip of that great court. presi-
DENT Taft is debating this question
with himself and it is generally hop
ed that he will appoint Harlan. who
While he Is for justice and equality
FOR everyone. corporations inciud-
"a. j. nevertheless ON the side of
ile people n against the privilege
clasSeS. Il is thought that President
Tan sincerely desires The supreme
Court "a Sustain he income tax pro
y lSion ct The last tariff bill and by
appointing Judge Harlin to the CHIEF
Justiceship he VIII further the cause
as Judge Harlin is one of the abiest
champions of the income tax i'm the
counlry end life long Republican.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
BALLINGER IS
BACK; INSISTS
HE WON 7 QUIT
Secretary of Interior Says
He Win Keep On in
Spite Of Fanatics" Who
Don't Interest Him.

Reiteratlng his announcement
that be has no intention Of ~.
algninE. Secretary o. the Interior
Richard A. Baliinger returned home
lest night from Washington. and
win spend the summer touring
Western states and iamlilarizing
hitAHeh with the field work Of his
department
Secretary Balliuger n accom-.
paniea by " G. Finney. assistant
"a the secretary. and H. r. McCabe,
hts stenographer On the way
West they stopped az Chicago,
where they visited the reclamation
offices and Indian warehouses. and
one day each a. the nelknap and
Blaekfuot Indian reservations.
"a expect 70 continue 20 admins.
ter the affairs OF the interior de.
partment IN a LEGAL manner. which.
I btlleye. viii ultimately receive
the appreciation OF everyone except
the fsnatick. whose opinions do not
concern me IN the least" said Mr..
Bstllnger 4 am greatly pleased
With the legislation passed By con.
KroAA affecting my department.
President Taft has secured the full.
fillnens Of practically all OF the
party pledges. The interior depart.
ment was never In more efficient
condition than II Is al present"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

the dissipation Of the national re-
sources In the name Of conserva-
ton, and which is sending out lit
erature designed 10 deceive the un-
wary into the idea that their doc
trines are the doctrines Of the con
servatlonists.
The president OF this organization
is J. j. Browne. who IL Interested
in corporations which are trying
10 get control OF water power re
sources In Eastern Washington,
and SIR Browne is going about the
state bitterly assailing the Pinchot
conservation policy, and urging
that the federal government sur
render the unappropriated water
power OF the West 10 the water
power grabbers, through the agen-
cy OF the state governments.
Mr. Brownies next public address
will be given at the State Bankers
association az Aberdeen this month,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
FATHER MILLER
AS A BURGLAR
JAMS STREET
Catholic Priest Has Merry
Time Proving That He
Didn't Steal Pipe and
Guitar-Accuser Flees.

Father Miller. - the Church ~
the Sacred Heart had a rather en-
tsarrnssing quarter ~ an hour ~
Third ard Pike this morning whrn
an excited Individual grabbed him
Tor burglar and Insisted that The
priest accompany him q a police
man.
Father Miller. who wore the rlsri-
cal collar % the Catholic church.
tried IN vain % convince the excited
individual ~ his Identity and the
improhablilty that priest Wotid
steal two overceats. q fnearschanni
pipe and guitar, none % witch he
needed
but the excited Individual would
not listen. but talked long and loud.
4 crowd gathered and street care
stopped Then. a policeman APPEAR
Cd The excited individual. conf
dent that he had made a great cap.
ture. triumphantiy turned Father
Miller over 20 the COP. The police
man didn't know Father Miller. and
just 10 make certain that be was
not thief masqueradinR a. a priest.
called up Father Mahony
The thought of Father Miller
downtown IN the clutches ~ po-
iiocman. held for burglary. appealed
20 Father Mahony'a sense ~ humor
and hlH laughter convinced the po-
iiceman that Father Miller was all
right.
The excited individual had n pre-
sentiment that he had better move.
and he dif 20 Just n few seconds be-
fore Neil Dow arrived on the scene.
BY this time everybody was laugh
ing. Father Miller most Of all II
the police find tho excited Individual
his sanity will be looked into.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
ASKS DIVORCE
AND $4,000

Thirty.fiyc thousand dollars aud a
divorce were asked by Anna
Sprague this morning IN the su.
perlor court from Elisha G. sprague.
wealthy Seattle Land owner and
real estate dealer The divorce
is asked on the grounds Of cruelty
and non.snpport.
The couple WAS married IN Fargo.
y. n. IN October. 1899. and have
one child. a girl OF two and a half
years. the possession OF which the
mother asks the court TO grant her.
The wife charges that Is months
ago her husband gave her a beat.
ing aud that for more than year
he has contributed nothing to her
support She says that the hus-
bands property interests ia Seattle
are Of the value Of $4,000. He
earns, according to the complaint.
$500 a month.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

being ]. J Browne Of the Spokane
fake conservation association, 9th
erg being George S Long, manager
OF the Weyerhauser timber Inter
eata, +. @. Ames Of the Puget MIL
company and J. ]. Donovan, man
ager of big timber interests in
Whatcom county This commission
may be confidently depended upon
TO outline a plan OF conservation
in the interests OF the timber grab
bers.
All Of the reactionary candidates
for United States senator have fall
en- In with the plans of the land
grabbers, and all of them are either
covertly undermining the Pinehot
policies or openly denouncing Pin
chot and his followers as enemies
OF The West and ifs commercial in
forests. Some OF these candidates
are advocating what they please to
term state conservation which,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
KING Of ALL
THIEVES DIES
HONEST MAN
IL Made Right Kind of a
Finish" the Last Words
of Charley Adams.
my uai,sa Press,

WEST SWANZEY, y. H.. July ~.
Happy that he had abandoned his
profession many years ago and
had since lived an upright NE.
Charley Adams. known az the king
Of burglars. but whose real name
was Langdon w. Moore. died here
today.
Though at one time Adams was
the most notorious crook in the
country. for "a years he lived hon
eatiy. with his last breath he re-
ferred TO this fact almost Joyousiy.
Il made the right kind ~ a fin
lsh." he said. n was able 20 die
among my friends"
Adams biggest haul was made In
connection with the robbery Of the
Concord National Bank In 1886.
when he made way with 100000.
In 1870 he robbed a bank In Rock
land. Me. ~ 1900. 600. but was cap
tured. In 1850 he was convicted and
sentenced 70 ~ years IN prison.
Adams estimated that he paid out
fully 81. 900. 000 during his career for
police protection.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

Trust company. and vice president
OF the Commercial State bank, bus
mess concerns representing capital
OF millions of dollars. He also was
president OF the Farmers Mutual
Independent Telephone company OF
Everett. and was the force which
built up that concern from a tele-
phone strung on trees between Ey-
erett and Snohomish TO the pres
ent system controlling so exchanges
between Everett Beliingham and
Vancouver y. c.
Both he and his wife were promi-
nent church workers. being mem
beers OF Plymouth Congregational
church. They leave three children,
Marion. 10. Lawrence, ?. and John.
3. MIR. Wiley was As years of age
and Mrs Wiley 3S. MIR. Wiley was
an attorney IN Illinois before COM
ing to Seattle eight years ago. He
started here as a lawyer. and then
became interested In contracting.
Seattle friends OF Mrs Wiley re-
call that she went on the trip re-
luctantly. and only because her
husband appeared TO have his heart
set on the vacation. Mrs. Wiley
did no; want to leave her children.
but Mr. Wiley insisted that the trip
would do her good, and she con-
scented.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

as they define It. means that the
federal government is to permit the
states TO dissipate the federal re-
sources In addition TO the state re-
sources.
Under existing laws state con
servation." II adopted. would be
administered through the state
land department, which is charged
by a recent report of a legislative
investigating committee OF having.
through fraud. incompetency and
collision with the land grabbers,
dissipated sl3,000.000 worth of
state lands to the Weyerhauser
timber interests aud other large
grabbors of public resources.
The last session Of the legis-
lature passed law under
which the state tax commits
sion is now distributing among
the water power grab5ers the
states shore land rights to
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
WHITE SLAVE
OWNERS TOLD
THEY MUST CO
Sixteen Cadets" Arrested
in Raid and Wappen-
stein Says They Won't
Be Tolerated in City Amy
Longer.

chief ~ Police WappenFtein has
declared war On the white slave
owners who now infest Seattle u
b. estimated that there arg zoe Of
these despieahie persons in the city.
So brazen have fhrs become IA their
vicious life that shcy have taken
possession ~ whole hotels have
formed clubs and have gone about
The streets and in saloons. openly
admitting the ownership ~ women
~ toe underworld
They've got 20 get out Of
town. TRAITS all. N they stay
IN Seattle they will spend all
their time here IN the city Jail"
said Chief Wspp-nsssin, N e.
planning . raid on the Hotel
Waldron a. an early hour this
morning.
sixteen men were arrested ia the
Hotel Wnldfon raid chief Wap-
rfnatein nayn BE- ha# evidence show
ina that ail are New York cadets 70
IN addition 20 this ID the purity
squad" consisting ~ Patrolmeu
Fischer. NARCOTIC. r. Sullivan.
Carleton. Ballard and Garland. raid
81 several other small hotels south
- Yeeisf way. arrestinE five al
Legged jap slave owners and two
negroes IN the Same business All
were booked no diHardsriy persons.
Two were allowed 10 go on 400
each. and then orders were issued
that no hail would be accepted
that an persons 81 this class would
have 60 be in Sail until their eases
came up hi court
~Thcy'n either stay In Jaii Or set
out of town said wapry.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
FIVE ARE KILLED WHEN
BALLOON FALLS
FROM SKY
eru.n Dnigibe Comes Crashing to Earth and Adds
More Names to Long List of Those Who Have
Given Lives to the Conquest of the Air.
(By United Press.)

COLOGNE July iS.-Carryipg five 70 death, the
ssbe balloon Erhsloch fell 5000 feet Pasched West
eany today Herr Erbsloch constructor Of the balloon
II a inventor OF renown Is among the dead.
The airship although only sixth large the Yep
n at hal made several successful flights with passcn-
- The Esbsloeh assembled from Dusseldorf shortly after
unre carving besides the inventor companions aud
49, nfogesiunal chaueurs who acting mcchancians
y pasched one OF the balloon nets. OF which there
Il II in rigid frame like the waer-tigh compartment Of
shsp burst and the gas bag II enclosed exploded The
80 hars were ripped pieces. and the aluminium with
4 passengers and heavy engines dropped like pummet
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

where he Is programmed 10 speak
on the subject of Conservation.
The State Bar association
has been enlisted In the cause
Of the opponents Of eonserva-
ton, and United states SEN
ator Hepburn Of Idaho, who
was one Of the Cunningham
Alaska coal land claimants, and
has at all times been a bitter
opponent in congress Of the
Roosevelt policies, has been
invited 70 address the assoeia.
ton at it's annual convention
al BeIlingham this month on
the "Unoonstitutionallty Of
Conservation"
Even Governor Hay has beer
Communicated by the landgrab
beers, and has appointed a timber
land conservation communication
comprised OF advocates OF the land
grabbing policy, one Of its members
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

IS WELCOMED
BY SPOKANE
Three Hundred, Including
Big Business Men OF
City, Attend Dinner in
His Honor.

SPOKANE. July 10 IF you send
Poindexter a. far as the mountains
with majority. kinx county all
elect him
This was the assertion Of speak.
eys from the vest aide Of the state
at tfsr welcoming dinner last night.
rendered Congressman Miles Polu'
dexter. who has just returned from
the East
In his address. Judge Polndexter
said that be would make 40 key.
note speech. but he ala hit upon a
keynote. when he declared that a
great issue OF The campaign would
be state vs.. national control OF the
forest lands. In discussing this be
said
a certain distinguished citizen
once left this district pcuniless and
shortly afferward buught a newspa-
per worth half a million lie spent
most OF his time during hts stay IN
Washington In denuuncing civil
service reform and forest reserves.
One Of his chief arguments against
the latter was that once established.
no FhitfVA9 AAiNAF8AAtA $3.50"
get across the state We have
plenty OF railroads and the principle
OF forest reserves IL established and
established to stay.
III YOU have a homestead on a re-
serve you can 90 upon II and prove
up under the land laws II you want
timber. you can 90 and bug Il under
the forest laws ~ you want water
power you can go aud develop II
under the water power laws. II you
want minerals you can prospect r.
file on the claim aud work II under
the mining laws II you want grass
for sheep or cattle. you can go IN
under the regulation OF the forest
reserve law.
"The only thing you cant do
under the federal law In 10 turn u
over 10 the Weyerhaeuser Lumber
company. The title remains with
the American people. II Is our duty
10 maintain and develop this land
and hand It on 10 our children un'
impaired"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
Promlnent Business Man
CONSERVATION! WHAT GIGANTIC GRABS ARE PLANNED THY name

streams and lakes having
water power resource POSSIBLE
tiles. Chief among these Is
the Lake chetan water rights,
worth at least a million dol
lars. which the commission re-
Gently voted 10 give away for
SOS, 1000.
These straws Of fact which have
floated 10 the surface indicate the
sources from which the opponents
of conservation draw and expect 70
draw the slush funds for the con.
duct of their Campaign of educa-
ton" If the people of Washington
and the other states OF the West
can be lulled into indifference, II
the Roosevelt-Pipchot policy can
be reversed, and it's supporters de
feated in the coming primary elce.
ton. Il will bring back 70 the grab
bers OF public resources another
season Of prosperity.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
NC BROKERAGE
FIRM Is GOING
OUT OF BUSINESS

~ 'ss firm Of Downing, Hop
80 Eyer, stock and grain
s,ssfs with offices in the
~. s building, will retire from
. : I the first Of August. as
: indirect result Of the govern.
tAsps." "'' DuSns'
~. = many firms have quit bust.
-. -. s'nse the agitation began
hssns added wire expense TO
~ Hopkins & Ryer
Z. al profit. Beginning 70.
-. ~ =. = new business viii be &C.
$50 and sIl accounts viii be
s,ssd Juiy 81. WV
,...as company has offices In
!, sna, Spokane and Seattle.
=. !. Frank E. Dyer, local man.
WI continue 10 make his
" Seattle. The firm mas
70 business since 1893.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
FRIDAY WILL BE STAR DAY AT
WHITE CTTY-DONT FORGET 1T

that tired feeling.
Either before or after eating cut
out this coupon. add five cents, and
take a ride on the miniature rail-
road at the park. You'll laugh and
grow fat. Follow this treatment
with exercise az the chicken
ranch" where you shoot a hen and
she lays o real" hard-boiled egg.
Then take every amusement in the
park until relieved.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

Fridays the day-don't forget
when a coupon from The Star and
five cents viii admit the bearer to
everything outdoors and in at tho
white City" Madison park It's
the "sllly season" when relaxation
and fun viii do more for the system
than sarsaparilla or sassafras. Just
try a full prescription OF White
city amusements for the blues or
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
BELL BROUGHT A
LOST SON BACK

ST PAUL. July 13,-Absent
from his home two years and
thought dead by his father, l7-year-
old William Ii. Hatfield. the only
son OF a railroad man of Belleville.
Kan, met his mother at the St Paul
hotel yesterday, where he Is an ele-
vator boy. She had arrived In he
Spouse to the message OF a friend
who thought he recognized the boy
in the elevator two weeks ago.
did you ring?" Hatfield inquired
OF room l07. The next moment he
was in the arms of his mother.
Some trivial event caused him to
leave home August 10, 1908.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

The car turned over before those
inside could leap from h. The
engines. which were attached 20
the car. we're driven into the earth
BY the impact Of the fall. and the
men. caught Ia the DESCENDING car.
were half buried in the ground
The splintered framework. twist
I'd nets and ripp<a canvas fell on
top OF the engines and car The
accident was Witnessed al PAscheld.
and automobiles with soidirrs and
physicians wers rushed to the spot
where she men and wreckaEe fell.
When the aerunnuta we're dragged
from the debris az the dsriEibls u
was evident that they had been
killed Instantly Surgeons declared
that the manKled bodies we're in
the &orst condition they had ever
seen.
The dirtgible was registered Ia
the Rheiu Aerial club. The craft
had been under severe tests. which
we're successful. and experts could
not account for the sudden break
Ing OF the nets
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

Day by day II Is becoming
more apparent that there 's a
we'll organized movement ~
this state TO educate public sen
tlment along the line Of disered'
Isina the conservation move
ment inaugurated BY former
President Roosevelt and Git
ford Pinehot, and 70 turn the
Influence Of Washington IN
congress over to the Iand-grab-
bling opposition TO that policy
The word conservation" Is beipg
used by the opponents Of the policy
as a means Of conJuring up oppo
sition to Il in the guise Of friend
ship. making the campaign one OF
deceit. fraud and misrepresenta
ton.
In Spokane there Is an orsanlza
ton calling itself the Western Con
geryatlon league. which advocates
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
Star Want Ads Pay

I.ost-Dark brown horse with
roach name; weighs about i,fbe Tbs
Notify sidney isf
The above ad. inserted last
week, brought not only the re-
turn OF this horse, but was also
the means of returning a horse
to an owner at Everett. who
wrote The Star In regard 10 II,
and was given Information that
helped 90 locate the second
horse.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13
WATER SHUT OFF.

h Water will be shut off in
the intermediate service mains
h In all the district north of !
\ Lake Union and the govern
h ment canal, except on Sixth
av. n. f.. south Of +. 45th St.
4 on Thursday. July IA. from
\ 3 a. m. to 5 p. m.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-13

Explored Inlet.
Mr.. Ewing. with Mr and Mrs. WI
ley. left the yacht IN a small row
boat with the idea Of exploring
along the inlet shore and running
up into several little streams en-
fering the inlet They turned into
one stream and went up about a
half mile. when they figured that,
due TO the swift current. Il would
not be safe to go farther. They
stopped on the river shore for
while 10 pick some huckleberries
for pies for the evenings dinner.
when they went up the stream
the tide was high. BY the time
they started down again the tide
had fallen. adding 10 the swiftness
OF the current Of the stream.
The three put out from shore.
with Mrs. Wiley in the bow, Mr..
Wiley at the oars and Mr.. Ewing
in the stern Of the boat They had
barely pushed off before all real.
lied the danger OF attempting 10
run down the stream. The current
Whirled the boat around and MIR.
Wiley struggled and pulled at the
OATS. trying TO keep Il under con-
troll.
Boat Strikes Snae.
Suddenly the boat struck a snag
with great force. and all three of
the occupants OF the boat were
thrown out into the water The
boat did not turn over, and MIR
Ewing grabbed II, and at the same
time the snag Hoping that Mr.
and Mrs. Wiley might be able to
grab the boat. and thus save them
selves, he turned the boat loose
and let Il go down stream. while
he held onto the snag until rescued
by Mr. Lewis. who was out in the
inlet In canoe.
Mrs. Wiley's body was found soon
after the accident. but all attempts
TO recover Mr.. Wiley's body have
so far proven futile.
Prominent Business Man.
MIR. Wiley was one of the most
prominent business men of Seattle.
He was president OF Lewis &
Wiley. Inc. president of the Lewis
Construction company, Of the Bea-
con Place company. of the Title