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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-10-18

siaseonsett, Mass, Oct, 17-Five
with each other, and all anxious for
news of Walter Wellman, reported to
the wireless station here today that
they had seen nothing and heard moth
Ing, either directly or indirectly, of
his dirigihle airship America. The first
ship to call the operator here was the
Finland, 10 miles east of Nantucket,
at SOC this morning. Then came. In
succession, the Maine for Philadelphia,
the Psndham, the niagara and finally
the Kron Prime Wilhelm for New
y1rk. Not q word had they heard. All
five ships had sent out the pre- arr
ranged call w" at frequent intervals,
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but no word out Of the silence had
come back, to any Of them. They had
followed the regular Westbonnd lane
for transatlantic travel; the wireless
zone covered an area which they
thought should have included Well
man, If he was able to reply.
"Juice' Is Precious.
Just before the America drlfted our
of touch with the world. her wireless
operator warned the station here. that
juice was precious" II the America
were still running before the wind With
her power shut off, 1t was, therefore,
thought here today that she might be
outstanding her strength for crucial
need,
All the stations IN this chain and all
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ALI Wires Down.

Jacksonville, Fla. Oct. 17.-All wires
on the east coast of Florida are down
south of Fort Pierce. lao miles from
Jacksonville. and 1t IL impossible TO
get news from that section, Before the
wires failed the wind was reported
blowing at an estimated velocity Of 60
miles an hour.
Late adyices from Fort Pierce and
Titnsvlle, 7 state that the waves are
breaking over the lowlands and flood
ing exposed places. The track of the
East coast railroad IL washed ont IN nj
least N dozen places.
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and two In the lflnth--and not one
Cab reached second base Until the
final inning. If 1t had not been for
the mnffing Of Tinker's foul fly III
the ninth inning the Cubs would have
been disposed Of with but two hits,
as the little shortstop hi lac bail for
a clean single and took second IN
Strunk's tumble
Bakers Stick Work.
The big Indian was as steady as II
rock and appeared to be the master
at every stage of the game. Besides
getting only three hits the Nationals
were able to work him for only two
bases on balls, and Schultz got both
of these, one In the fourth inning and
the other IN the ninth. Overall got
away with the first inning In fine
shape, although Collins singled, but he
got into deep trouble in the second
when. the home team batted him for
three hits, one a double. He also gave
a base on balls In this Inning. III
the third he was found for single
and a double. Third Baseman Baker
was the only man on sither team t.
get more than one hit. He landed or
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NOMINATE BY PETITION?

Butte, Oct 11.-tspecial) THE qnea-
tion as to whether the county attof-
ney holds such judicial position as
requires him to go on ticket by
petition instead of by the nomination
Of a party convention was fa3aea TO-
day. Both Tom Walker, the demo-
cratic candidate, and Matt Canning,
the labor candidate, are circulating
petitions so az to make sure Of get
ting on the ticket.
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"iIit 'er out, Murphy" the crowd cried
as tile hard hitting right fielder
stepped To the plate. and Murphy re-
sponded with a single down the left
field line bringing home Baker with
tile first run. The crowd cheered
wildly as Baker crossed the home plate.
Hats went into the air. horns We're
blown. aud Il terrific din set IN as
Shortstop Barry came to bat. overall
appeared unsteady, and on Il high
pitch that King just managed to
reach, Murphy stole second. He adj
yanced 10 third on lsarry's out Thomas
drew four balls aud Chief Bender came
mp The Indian who h d good hitting
pitcher, sent Il single To center, and
Murphy scored the second run Strunk
flied TO ssheekard.
Bakers Hit Scores One.
The chicagoans went out In one.
two, three order In their half Of the
third, but Philadelphia added another
run 10 their total In their turn al bat.
--5~r-ers-sv-
\
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FATHER REJECTS HIS CHILD.

Butte, oct. II - Especially = Judge
Lynch today granted Louise Agnes
Bcklnna divorce from George Eek
Mnd The woman said there was one
child living, Her husband did not
want 1t. declaring children a nuisance.
Both make their living as musicians.
The grounds of the divorce We're bad
treatment and unjust charges, which
have made the plaintiff Il physical
wreck.
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home tive others " the total N four
Lord was the only othef man ~ ~
Cor an extra base
Fielding Not Sensational.
EXCEPT for d hard running catch by
Sheckard Of long fly off Mnrphys
bat IN the seventh inning ana several
difficult stops by BAKER and Barry,
the fielding was not sensational me
only base stolen was by Murphy. who
reached second base OH nigh pitched
bah which King could not bring down
In time for try To the center bag,
The Athletics much discussed weak
ness behind the bat did not show
itself, as Thomas had the ball down
TO second ahead Of the runner each
time steal was tried. Only two AT
tempts were made both hs Schultz.
Gate Receipts.
The crowd that saw the game was
not the largest that ever attended
baseball game In this city. the offi-
cial count of the attendance being
a6.S9l and the total receipts s3i,42i.5n.
or this amount the players VIII re-
ceive $20,2Da23; the club owners, Sl5..
4S7T2, and the national commission,
s374245 The failure of record
crowd to attend was due partly la
the inability Of the visitors to obtain
reserve seat tickets and 10 tile fact
that the police department would mol
permit any one to stand In the aisles
of the grand stand. The national com
"a
thousand standing room tickets IN The
big pavilion, but after IS Of them iiad
been disposed Of the police shut down
on the sale.
The beacher seats were packed AMI
thousands OF persons were crowded
behind the ropes IN both right
and left fields. The bleaehers were
filled before the game began, several
thousand having spent most Of the
night Mt the gates Of the park To get
good seats. outside the grounds en- !
terprsing hpuseholders whose homes
overlook the field erected bieacher
seats on the roofs and sold them 1T
prices ranging from $3 to s5
Late In Starting.
/ Inc DIE game WaS ldle Ill aihIllliE
! due to long conference over ground
rules, owing 10 the crowd IN the field
and over the question Of permitting
moving picture men on the field When
the game was IN progress. Umpire
/ D'Day, who decided the base decisions
ordered the photographers off the field
| They refused to go and appealed ft
Ban Johnson, president of the Ameri-
can league, WHO was in box. John
son summoned Umpire Connolly ant
told him that the moving picture mel
had permission of the national com
mission to operate their machines
! O,Day aeqnieseed, but Manager Chance
! objected To the machines being plaeet
behind The plate. Then followed mera
minutes of waiting, and the crowd
becoming impatient, was yelling
"Play ball," IL was finally agreed [.
permit the photographers 10 plae'
their cameras against the grand stant
behind first and third bases. Bender
was given a splendid ovation. Ills grea
. record for the season Mas remembers,
by the crowd and the Philadelphia
rooters settled back, confidently be
lieying that the chief would continue
to show his great form
Sheckard, the first man up, fpnles
off the first ball pitched, and TIL
, the crowd cheered, The next was
! strike, and. with two more heayes o
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SUNSET LIMITED WRECKED.

El Paso. Oct 17-The Sunset linn
tied, on the Southern Pacific, weat-
bound from New Orleans and due here
this morning, was wrecked last night
near Ghocar, Texas, llo miles west
of here. Eight cars were derailed and
turned over The six Pullmans re-
NAMED on the track, No fatalities
are reported. but two of the passen-
gers were seriously injured.
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COMMISSIONER CHOSEN.

Helena Oct. 17.-lspecial) Will
liam NJ. Dolliyer, bookkeeper em-
ployed In local store, was today APP
pointed county commissioner by Judge
j. Miller Smith. TO fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Moses Root.
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CANCEL ELEVATOR ALLOWANCE

Chicago, Oct. fisk western rail-
roads gave notice today of the cam
collation. of the half cent elevator al
lowance for transferring cereal grains
from Missouri river crossings to boats
at Chicago The allowance was grant.
ed abont six months ago.
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Strike Called Off.

. Paris, Oct. 7--The railroad strike
was formally declared off tonight This
was decided ut meeting of the strike
committee Of the National Railroad
ers' union. Work Will be resumed on
all lines tomorrow,
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AnxiousIy Await News.

Atlantic city Oct, 17.--News Is being
anxiously awaited here tonight by the
families of men aboard the America
as To whether they will attempt u
dash for Europe or return To this city
ahead of the eaaterly wind now pre-
yailing. Lacey Chamberlain. son-in-
law and secretary manager for Walter
Wellman, said he believed that Well
man and his party would decide before
daylight whether To attempt a desper-
ate trip over the ocean or return to
America.
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On Texas Coast.

Brownsville. Texas. Oct, IA dis
patch this afternoon from Point Isabel
reports rough weather In the gulf and
that Padre island Is inundated.
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HOSPITAL NOT TAXABLE.

Butte, Oct E-lSpecial.1 -- .Ialge
Lynch rendered decision today de-
clearing the Sisters hospital charl-
table Institution and not subject tn
taxation. The decision was rendered
In the case of the st. Mary's academy
against the city, to restrain the col
lection Of taxes on the hospital prop
erty III
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Bad al ST. Auaustine.

st. Augustine, Fla, Oct. i7.-At .
O'Clock tonight waves were dashng
over the sea wall here. flooding the
streets on the water front and mum
dating the marshes and loWlands.
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FIVE Att ANTIC LINERS UNABLE
TO GET WORD FROM WELLMAN

vessels reporting tell of heavy rains
and violent electrical storm on sun
day evening, followed by continuing
fine weather and calm sea.
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The Indians mighty arm, the batter
went out on strikes. Schultz, the next
man np. sent chill through the crowd
by shooting 4 clean single ~ LETT
Then. On tile first ball pitched. Schultz
started fur second ANA Was headed orr
by Thomas benutifnl throw. Hoffman
WAS III easy ont. IN the Athletics
half Strnnk ana Lord were easy outs.
bnt Collins hit ~ LEFT Collins, IKE
Schultz. also went down Oh The first
bali pitched, ana Kings deadly arm
haa the ban Ia second ahead of him
BIZ d good margin
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FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
LEAVES sT. LOUIS AND
CROWDS CHEER.
CONDOR IS OFF FIRST
Huge Gas Bags Are Of 10 Sec Which
Can Go the Fsrthest IN 60 Hours.
According 70 the Rules, q Landing
Is Made If Basket Touches tho
Ground Or Rope Drass 70 Minutes.

st Louis. Dct IA The fifth inter-
national balloon race Mas launched
here this afternoon, when 1n monster
balloons, representing four countries.
ascended, amid the .ltanaits III thDu.
sands of enthusiasts They sailed to
ward the north and northwest ana
were ont Of sight within few MIN
ntes. Under ideal atmospheric con
ditions. amply proplsioned for 10 hours
Or more and bailasted with fha utmost
care. the balloons arose gracefully ana
sped away. There was not hitch In
the arrangements, though the Ham
burg III. of Germany. Lieutenant vogr
pilot. got a false start. and the Million
Population club. st Louis, = Louis von
Phnl. pilot. narrowly missed collidin.
with Il grands,and.
Condor OFF First.
The balloons were released at inter-
walls varying from one minute to 20
minutes. The first To weigh off was
tie Condor and the last was the Ger
Iaania.
The A2nrea tSWltzerland) got away
with nearly 30 bags Of ballast. while
the others did not do so well.
The race In for distance. which Ii
to be airline measurement from st.
Louis. The winner VIII receive the
James Gordon Bennett cup and $4,000.
the second and third prizes being
81 500 and si.250
Under the rules. a landing Is made
if the basket touches the ground or
the drag rope becomes entangled IN
trees or trails along the ground for
more than l5 minutes. or II the bal
loon descends In fresh water. II
balloon descends In salt water II Is
disqualified. The velocity Of the wind
when the race started was eight miles
IN hour and the direction southwest 10
northeast. Weather Observer Hayes
expects the balloons to take north
! ensterly course after they have reached
| the higher attitudes.
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Wreck Avertsd.

Chambery. France, Oct. II. The
Rome and Paris express narrowly es-
capped being wrecked last night. The
compressed air connections had been
cut, supposedly by train Wreckers, and
for II time the train ran Wild.
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FIERCE HURRICANES IN GULF OF
MEXICO ARE CAUSING UN.
TOLD DAMAGE.
MANY LIVES IN DANGER
Wind Blows so Miles An Hour Over
Key West and Fears Are Enter
tanned For Safety Of Hundreds Of
People, Among Them Being Mem-
bsrs Of the Artillery.

Tampa, Fla. Dct. 17.-Wfth com
mnnication with All points south ofthere
cut off ana wireless stations ont vi
commission. Tampa and all other
territory between Tampa and the Flor
ida keyes ~ being storm swept r.
night. II IL impossible at this hour
10 estimate the damage, no reports
having been received from nearby
Towns In Tampa. up ID 10 o'clock,
the damage IN confined 10 telephone.
electric wires and minor damage to
shipping Greve fears are felt for Az
members Of the Plant city artillery en-
camped Ut Egmont Key. The company
landed there this afternoon and soon
after the tents We're pitched the wind
blew them down. Considerable fear IL
also entertained for residents Of
PASSED. Grille. II resort on the bay.
There are at least 50 persons there.
Fortunately four hours warning
given by the weather bureau served
To put all shipping on guard Not n
boat has sailed In that time.
Untold Damage.
II IN feared the schooner Brazos.
which sailed several days ago liz lost.
She was bound for Cuban ports, lnm-
her laden Untold damage IL being
done to the oranges. The trees were
loaded with fruit. Passengers arriv-
Ing this afternoon from Sarasota and
other points south report considerable
siamaaa along tho @rallroad d.. The wire-
less is working, but its range III linn
tied.
a steady gale is blowing at the ratt
of so miles an hour and increasing In
intensity every moment. Indications
however, are that the storm will pass
II little to the south of Tampa. 1t Ii
probable that IL will spend itself some.
where In the Everglades. A wireless
message received here nt 8 o'clock this
evening stated II hurricane was sweep
Ing over Key West at the rate of 81
miles TN hour.
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Panic Ensues.

The rumor that the city had been
struck by IA tidal wave added To tho
general panic. which WAS allayed short
iy after 3 o'clock when the wind nbated
and the water ceased 10 rise. The jail
nj the foot of the Prndo was complete
ly surrounded by water and the prls-
oners.. mad with fear, clnng 10 TIT
barred windows, demanding TO be taken
to Il place of safety. 1t was feared
for time that they would break loose.
but guards held them In check with
Break Over Moro Castle.
AT the height of the storm, the great
waves broke clean over the ramparts
of MORO castle. They rolled with ter
rifle speed up the harbor. tnmDlns
over the sea walls. innndating the
streets IN the lower part Of the city
and swamping many lighters which
escaped the blow during the earlier
hours. ALI the steamers I'm the harbnr
remained at anchor with engines work :
Ing. Practically all communication
with the interior was cut off and news
parts Of the island liz lacking, but II
Ii feared the damage was enormous,
especially In Havana and Pinar del
Rio provinces. Small streams In the
| vicinity of this city are over their
banks. flooding the loWlands and ear
rying off nuts, barns and cattle. Prob
ably many people lost their lives III
these sections. A barge containing all
| the outfit of the divers working on
/ the wreck Of the battleshlp Maine was
carried away and stranded on the rocks
Of Moro castle.
All the divers' bnoys. stakes and
other marks around tine Maine We're
swept away. which probably will de-
lay seriously the work Of raising the
wreck
Arrangements are being made "a
quarter the homeless In the barracks
and other government buildings. Wind
and rain have ceased tonight.
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POLICE AND MILITARY AUTHOR
-iTiES IN FRANCE ARE
AFTER ANARCHISTS.
STRIKERS NOT BLAMED
Officials Believe Fighting Rveoiution-
lists Are Attempting to Create
Reign Of Terror-Women Parade
and Several Are Arrested, az Are
Some Strike Leaders.

Paris, oct. Bomb outrages ~
connection with the railroad strike
reached climax today IN an attempt
to wreck passenger train NJ Yer
saillea. A bomb was thrown at the
entrance Of the tunnel 10 the Chantiers
station at the moment passenger
train was due frem Drenx. The bomb
struck the limb Of q tree, and, bound
Ing Off, landed beside the tracks. ex.
ploding with terrific force.
"A group Of soldiers guarding the
tracks nearby had narrow escape
from injury. They report having seen
three persons on the bridge Just be-
fore the explosion Neither the tracks
nor the tunnel Wefe damaged.
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Strike Leaders Arrested.

The police had arrested several ad-
ditonal strike leaders on the .charge
OF fomenting disorders. A arge num-
ber OF strikers have been sent to
prison for interfering with the free
dom or labor. The garrison Of Paris,
which has already been reinforced. was
further strengthened by two regi-
regiments, and the troops Will be em-
ployed to protect property. Six hun
dred women. wives of strikers, at
tempted to parade tonight. They car
rled plaeards. summoning the women
of France to oppose the .'scandalous
opulence of the financiers" and he'll
to ease the misery of small owners
The police arrested several OF thf
women.
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Through the Splendid
Pitching Of Bender
and Fine Stick
Work Of Baker
Athletics
Win Out
Connie Mack's Men Show
Great Form and Bat Over
all Out OF the Box
Huge Crowd Sees
the Contest

Philadelphia, oct. 17.-In clean
ana sharply played game the Philadel-
phia American League champions de-
featca the Chicago Cubs, the piemier
team of the National leagGe, AZ Shibe
park. today. I to J. IN the first con
test of the series to decide the worlds
championship. Nearly 10000 persons
saw the game,
10 Charles Albert Bender, the Chip
pewa Indian pitcher, and I'D Frank
Baker, the third bnseman. Philadel-
phia largely owes It's victory. The chief
never showed better than he did when
he faced Chicago this afternoon. Baker
contributed with hard and timely hit
ting The Americans found Overall
rather easily. and after the third in
Ming Manager Chance retired him aud
sent Mcintyre into the box. The lat
ter promptly stopped the Athletics
and held them without a hit until the
eighth inning, when Baker hit to the
right field fence for two bases.
Bender is Superb.
Bender, who won the only game the
Athletics took from the New York Ma
tionals In the worlds series In 1905,
allowed the Chicago men but three
hits-one In the first inning by Schultz
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Express pera,led.

The express from Marseilles for
Nice was derailed and the working
parts of several trains were found to
have been tampered with. Half a
dozen bombs have been exploded In
Paris, and although the damage has
been slight, people sre appGehenslye
and the authorities are. doubling theh
precautions. Tonight the police We're
notified that q small box containing
powder, nails and q lamp wick fuse
had been discovered IN the vestibula
of public Kindergarten at NafnhveZ,
Il southern suburb Of Paris.
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"Itit 'Er Out, Murphy"

Chicago was easily disposed of In
the second inning, Chance and stein
feldt going out on grounders ana Iiir-
norman on foul fly. Baker, the firss
man up for Philadelphia. brought the
spectators to fheir feet by a tWo-base
hit into the left fled crowd aud was
sent 10 third on Davis petty sacrifice
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THE WEATHER

Today.--Cloudy, cooler.
Tomorrow Probable rain.
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Forcsful Explosion.

So great was the force Of the explo-
sion that all Versailles was shaken.
Thousands Of people rushed to the
scenes and police guards We're iinne.
diately strengthened along the line.
This and other outrages have spnrred
the police and military authorities To
new efforts. Tile police attributed the
bomb throwing to anarchists and fight
Ing revolutionIats. They do not think
the rank and file of the strikers re-
sponsilre. and the frequency Of the
attempts convinces them that they are
confronted with a far-reachlng con
spiraey on the part of the anarchists
who are taking advantage of the strike
agitation To destroy property and ter
rorize the public.
Attempts at train .Sreeking are re-
ported from various par.s Of France
and serious catastrophes have been
narrowly averted Dynamite was
found today strewn along the tracks
near Mirames and an attempt was
made to blow up Ii bridge spanning
the river Loire, nearby. A bomb was
found under the railroad bridge near
E'irmincy. which was intended to ex-
plode upon the passage of the first
train Another bomb was found III ii
first class compartment of train
near Reuilly The pomb contained
enough dynamite to blow the train tn
| atoms
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Bakers Hit Scores One.

Continued on Page seven.)
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YOUR VOTE

for tho republican ticket IL d
vote for Missoula's good.