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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-06-19

1907, is alleged to have brought infiu-
enee to bear on Washington authori-
ties to enable the taking over Of the
coal and iron company by the steel cor.
poration. Mr.. Perkins says he will tes-
fifty before the committee, together with
other high officials in the steel com.
pany. J. p. Morgan and Andrew Car
nesie will be called as witnesses on
their return from abroad. II is stated
that the government will bring a suit
against the trust based on evidence SO.
cured by the Stanley COMMITTEES.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14

provinces, and events indicate a care
full underground organization. The
unrest is believed to be caused by the
publication in Havana newspapers
two weeks ago of the accumulations
of President Gomez and the wide dis
cussion thereof by the local press.
Cipriano Castro, the exiled presi.
dent of Venezuela, has eluded the
vigilance of the nations of the world
and landed in his native country In
disguise at Castilletas, on Gojira pen
insula, according to report to the
state department from Caracas, con-
firming previous rumor from there.
Following a conference of President
de la Barra and Minister of Finance
Madero of Mexico an order was is
sued to the national treasury to pay
to Gustavo Madero $32O,00O gold to
reimburse him for expenses incurred
during the revolution.
Forty thousand building workmen
in Sweden, who rejected the state ar
titrators' award in the labor dispute,
will be locked out at once.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
FOREIGN NEWS.

The international steel conference
at Brussels appointed committee OF
thirty, made up of members proposed
by each national group, to work out a
plan for an international steel organi-
zation and submit the same to the
full conference when called. The COM
mittee organized forthwith by making
Judge Gary, head of the United States
Steel corporation, chairman and w. B.
Peat of England secretary and ad-
journed to meet again when sum-
moned by the chairman.
In the house of lords the Marquis
of Lansdowne, leader of the opposi-
tion, moved the official amendments
to the veto bill. The amendments
provide for the exclusion from the
operation of the bill legislation relat-
ing to Irish home rule, for joint sit
ting in case of disagreement be-
tween the two houses and for refer
endum to the country in other cases.
Rumors of discomfort in the Cuban
provinces during the last few days
are growing into real revolutionary
talk. Sugar men and others arriving
at Havana bring tales of general dis
affection among the rural guard, es-
pecially in Pinar del Rio and Oriente
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
CRIMINAL NEWS.

Close upon the death of James
Petit of Chicago, who was found dead
from drowning in Lake Michigan,
comes the announcement of the re-
tirement from the brokerage business
of the Peavey Elevator company, Of
which brokerage company Petit was
president and general manager.
Notes aggregating between $1,2O0,O 900
and $1,5OO,O0O, which Mr.. Petit, 1t is
declared, floated on the credit of the
grain concern and which money he is
reported to have lost in private spec
ulations. have been under secret con-
sideration at conferences of Chicago
and Evanston bankers. 1t was said
that the company had promised the
bankers that 1t would make good on
all the paper which had been given
by Petit on the credit of the concern
Authorities at Globe, Ariz., are
searching for the person who mur-
dered Kingsley Olds, the prospector,
as he lay in his cell there, where he
was awaiting trial on charge of mur-
dering Lulu and Myrtle Goswick in
the Salt river near there on June "a.
The fatal bullet was fired from a
rifle resting in the county judges
room of the courthouse only thirty
feet from Olds' cell.
While attempting to arrest Tony
Imperis and Philip Roberts, accused
of white slavery" Sheriff John Rad
cliff of Villas county, Wis, was prob.
ably mortally wounded and Deputy
Sheriff John Hanson is in serious con-
dition as the result of bullet wounds
received when the men opened fire
on them with revolvers.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
THE DEATH RECORD.

Representative Alexander G. Mitch.
ell of the Second Kansas district is
dead at Lawrence. Kan, following a
long illness. Mr.. Mitchell was elected
to the house of representatives last
year on progressive Republican
platform, defeating Representative
Charles r. Scott, regular Repub-
lican."
Considerable mystery surrounds the
death of James Petit, millionaire
treasurer of the Peavey Grain compa-
ny of Chicago. and himself probably
the best known grain man in the Unit
ed States. Pettit's body was found
In six inches of water on the bank of
Lake Michigan.
Charles T. Goodrich, q national fig
ure in the Order of the Knights of
Pythias. is dead at Newburgh, N. Y.
aged sixty-ive. He was a past su-
preme representative OF the frater.
nifty.
Sister Madeline O'Brien. for forty
years directress of st. .Joseph's acad.
emy. Emmettsburg, Md, and one Of
the best known educators In this
country and CANADA. is dead
Jacob Weidmann. one of the best
known American silk dyers. is dead
at Paterson. N. j.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
HELD FOR SHOOTING
OF ". f. D. STOKES
Misses Conrad and Graham
Bound Over 10 Gland Jury.

New York, July 12.-Ethel Conrad
and Lillian Graham, who on June 6
shot w. E. d. Stokes, the millionaire
hotel man, in their apartment, were
held in $4,000 bail for the grand jury
on a charge of felonious assault.
Magistrate Freschi, in deciding to
hold the two girls for the grand jury.
stated that he would ignore the ele-
ment of scandal in the case. He said
prima facie case had been made out
and that no defense had been offered,
and therefore there was nothing left
for him to do but to hold the young
women.
Robert w. Moore, of counsel for the
girls, had expected the case to go to
the grand jury and for this reason re.
fused to put either of his clients on
the stand, but contented himself with
trying to show that Stokes went to
the apartments of the young women
to get possession of certain letters
and that the girls shot in self-defense.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
THIRTY STEERS on RAMPAGE
Dash MadIy Through Chicago Down.
town Streets.

Chicago, July l2.-Thirty long
horned Texas steers stampeded at
West Fortieth and Morgan streets
and ran madly for more than mile
through busy streets. Pedestrians
scampered from the path of the ami
mails and the excited cattle almost
had clear right of way.
One man was not quick enough to
escape the frenzied cattle and his
scalp was ripped open by the horn of
one of the herd.
Three of the steers were killed dur
ing the stampede, two being run down
by locomotives and third by street
car.
When it was realized that the wild
cattle had got beyond control two
cowboys on bronchos dashed along
the streets warning pedestrians to get
out of the way.
A dozen cowboys finally rounded up
the herd.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
sHRINERs ARE IN SESSION
J. r. Treat of Fargo to Be Next I'm
perial Potentate.

Rochester, N. Y, July 12.-With
Shriners present from all parts OF
the country, Canada the Hawaiian
Islands and from the Philippines, the
thirty-seventh annual session of the
imperial council Ancient Arabic Order
of Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, as
sembled in convention hall here.
The doors were thrown open to the
public and Imperial Potentate Fred
A. Hines of Los Angeles, CAL, called
the council to order. Welcoming
speeches were made by Mayor Edger.
ton and local Shriners on behalf Of
the city and on behalf of the state by
Lieutenant Governor Thomas F. Con-
way.
The two matters of greatest gen.
eral interest before the council are
the election of officers and the selec-
ton of the location of the next i'm
perial council. There apparently is
no question as to the selection Of the
next potentate; he will be the present
deputy imperial potentate, j. Frank
Treat of North Dakota.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

The loss of more than 500 lives Il
of July / to 5. The torrid period
will be memorable in weather annals
for it's wide extent, it's long duration
it's record breaking temperatures ir
many places and the long list of IA
talities which it has caused. The hun
dreds of news dispatches which cities
from the North Atlantic seaboard west
to the Plains states exchanged during
the four days account, according to a
careful review, for the deaths Of 431
persons from the heat and eighty
from drowning-a total of 511.
Two deaths, the wrecking of five
motor boats on the Ohio river and a
narrow escape from destruction of the
Pittsburg Cincinnati packet Queen
City was caused by severe storm
that broke over Wheeling, w. Va.
The terrific wind was accompanied by
almost cloudburst.
Four members of the crew of the
wrecked steamer Santa Rosa of the
Pacific Coast Steamship line were
drowned in the surf while trying to
escape from that vessel, which strand
ed near Point Arguillo, Cal. Two hun
dred passengers and eighty of the
crew escaped.
The total casualties for July in
the United States are 80 killed and
1917 injured. as compared with A
Killed and 2,4S5 injured last year and
62 killed and 3,246 injured reported
in 1909. The fire loss for 1911 is APP
proximately 100000, which is about
the average
His view cut off by dense bushes,
Gustav Menzel of Riverside, r. L.,
drove his automobile directly in front
of trolley car and as result three
of the occupants of the automobile
are dead and Mcneil and the fifth oc-
cupant are badly injured.
Three lives were lost and thirty.
one persons experienced thrilling
midnight rescue when the steamer
John Mitchell of Chicago was sunk in
collision with the steamer William H.
Mack of Cleveland, Off Vermillion
Point, Lake Superior
Fire destroyed the stables of the
Arthur w. Dixon Transfer company
at Chicago, burned 2G3 horses to
death and caused loss amounting to
100000.
Three men were killed and three
badly injured in a collision between
an extra and gravel train on the
500 Line near Superior, Wis.
Four mattresses at hotel in Mount
Pocono, Pa, were drowned in an ice
pond near the hotel Two others were
rescued unconscious.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The 4 orty thousand odd rural free
delivery carriers in the United States
are to receive salary increase as q
result of decision reached by Post
master Gere eral Hitchcock. The order
will provide for the disbursement the
current f.s al year Of $4,000. 900.
which will mean an increase of 500
over the present salary Of 5000 for all
carriers on standard routes, with
proportionate Increase on the short
or routes. u. e
The people OF the United States are
steadily deserting the country and
the farm for the city and town. &C.
cording to statistics made public by
the census bureau During the past
ton years the percent ze Of people liv-
iing III, cities or other Incorporated
places fof more than 2,5ilO Inhabitants
Increased from 40.5 to 4G..3 Of the to-
tai.
a board OF naval ofhcers, experts
on explosives. is being select by the
navy department to study the hullsOf
the battleshsp Maine In Havana har.
bor ae the water is plmped from the
.coaerdam now surrounding the wreck.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
ALL AMENDMENTS DEFEATED
Canadian Reciprocity Bill Appears
Nsarer Passage.

Washington, July 12.-The Cana
dian reciprocity bill emerged un-
scathed from the most serious ordeal
it has yet experienced in the senate.
The series of amendments offered by
Senator Cummins Of Iowa and the two
offered by Senator Simmons of North
Carolina, all seeking to increase the
number of Canadian, manufactured
articles that shall be admitted to the
United States free ,of. duty, were voted
down by lssge majoritf&s. s1s
I The defeat of the. Cummins amend
ments clears the situation In the sem
ate and leaves the reciprocity bill
much nearer final passage.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

The loss of the battleship Maine
was caused by the explosion OF her
three magazines. No such effect as
that produced upon the vessel could
have been caused by an explosion
from without. Such is the opinion o!
William H. Bixby. chief OF engineers,
u. 8. A., who has returned from per.
sonal inspection OF the work of rails.
ing the Maine. General Bixby said
that a portion of the deck over the
magazines was blown upward and lsid
backward and that there were numer
6us conditions of the hulk as 1t lies
in Havana harbor which proves this.
No explosion from the outside, he
said, could have caused the same re-
suit.
The measured swing Of Referee
Welsh's arm. tolling of the fatal ten
seconds over the writhing and uncon.
scious body of Owen Moran Of Eng
land, brought victory to Ad Wolgast
in the thirteenth round Of the inter-
national battle for the lightweight
championship at San Francisco. It
was q clean Knockout and the decisive
victory was clearly earned by the
rugged strength and the terrific pun.
fishing power Of the champion.
judge Bordwell handed down dc.
cision ut Los Angeles. CAL. holding
that, his court had Jurisdiction and
the right to try John J. Mcnamara on
murder charges growing out Of the
destruction Of the Times plant Oct. 1,
1910, overruling the plea OF no juris
diction. entered on behalf Of the labor
leader.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
SUTHERLAND
SCORES RECALL
Opposes Approval Of Ari-
zona Constitution.
FEARS PLAN WILL FAIL

Says People as Whole Have Neither
the inclination, the Specialized
Training Nor the Time Requisite to
Enable Them to Master the Details
Necessary to Discharge the Duties
Proposed.
Washington, July 12.-To an "am-
liable band of insurgents and soothsay-
ers" all efforts in behalf of the initia-
tive, referendum and recall provisions
OF the Arizona constitution were
traced by Senator Sutherland of Utah.
He addressed the senate in opposition
to the approval of that instrument. He
was especially severe in his denuncia-
of the judiciary in the recall
Accepting the application of the ref
erendum principle as wise where it ap-
plies to such general enactments as
state constitution, Mr.. Sutherland con-
tended that the general public never
would give sufficient time to general
legislation to pass intelligently upon
it. What he objected to in the refer
endum was not it's historical applica-
ton, but it's historical extension.
"The people as WHOLE" he said.
"have neither the inclination, the spe-
cialized training, nor the time requi-
site to enable them to master the
thousand and one details necessary
to qualify them to discharge wisely
the functions of ordinary legislation"
Says Taxpayers Are Dissusted.
He said that where recently thirteen
proposed laws had been submitted to
the people of South Dakota, all had
been voted down in disgust owing to
the tax imposed upon the electors.
Applying to the initiative all the OBJ
jections attaching to the referendum,
he declared the proposed Arizona sys-
tenn to be especially Objectionable.
Under the initiative as thus pro-
vided, proposed laws" said the sena-
tor, will, of course, frequently be
drafted by coterie or clique of inter-
ested persons, perhaps all of one way
Of thinking. 1t will not be considered
and debated in public as legislative
enactments are; there will be little, if
any, opportunity for the consideration
of opposing views in framing the law.
The power of compromise, which is
necessity in the making of laws, will
be wholly absent. The chances are all
in favor of the adoption of more un-
wise laws than ever will get through
our legislature"
Mr.. Sutherland's main opposition to
the recall principle was with reference
to the judiciary, included in the Ari-
zona constitution.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
SHORTAGE SAID
TO Be A MILLION
Statement Regarding Affairs
Of James Petit.
DEAD MAN LOST HEAVILY

Manager Of the Peavey Grain Com.
pany Of Chicago Alleged to Have
,SpecuIated on Large Scale, Con-
trary to instructions and Without
the knowledge Of His Employers.
Bankers Involved Hold Conference
at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, July 12.-James Petit,
president and general manager of the
Peavey Grain company Of Chicago,
whose death occurred by drowning at
Chicago on July 8, was short approx.
mately s1,O0O,0OO, according to a
statement issued from the offices of F.
H. Peavey & Co., the parent of
dozen subsidiaries, which Is the own
er of the stock Of the Peavey Grain
company.
The following statement was issued
from the Minneapolis Office after a
conference with representatives of
Minneapolis and Chicago banks and
commercial paper houses of Chicago
holding notes floated by Mr.. Petit in
the name of Peavey Grain company:
"On Saturday afternoon, July 8, fol-
lowing the death of James Petit,
representative of F. H. Peavey & Co.,
who had been sent to Chicago to as
sist in the Office of the Peavey Grain
company during Mr.. Pettit's illness,
discovered that certain unauthorized
and concealed speculations had been
going on in the business, which, sub
sequent investigation proved, will re-
suit in shortage of approximately
81, 100000.
"Mr. Petit, general manager of the
business, has apparently in no way
profited by these speculations, and
they were carried on absolutely con-
trary to the instructions and without
knowledge of F. H. Peavey & Co., and
in direct violation of the we'll known
policy of the Peavey company.
Bankers Called In Conference.
Immediately after the notification
of Mr.. Pettit's death, Mr.. Heftelfinger
and Mr.. Wells, president and vice
president of F. H. Peavey & Co., went
to Chicago, and upon arrival were in
formed of irregularities then discov-
cred.
"They called in the officers of those
banks with which the Peavey Grain
company did business and laid before
them the existing conditions.
Sunday the Minneapolis bankers of
F. H. Peavey & Co. were called to-
gether and advised of the develop
ments in the Chicago Office, and this
morning these bankers, together with
the representatives of several Chica-
go banks, met in Minneapolis to ad-
wise as to the situation"
Just what condition the Peavey
Grain company is in the officials at
Minneapolis will not say. Another
statement will be issued later. Wheth-
er F. H. Peavey & Co. will stand the
losses entailed by the speculation of
Mr.. Petit is also uncertain. Mr..
Wells explained that this may follow,
but he is not able to say.
1--WE wish it understood" said Mr..
Wells, that neither +. III. Peavey &
Co. nor any of it's subsidiaries is di-
rectly affected in this matter F. H.
Peavey & Co. is holding corporation,
founded to hold together the Peavey
estate interests. The company never
deals in grain and in fact the only
brokerage business we ever did was
through the Chicago house of which
Mr.. Petit was in charge"
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
DEAD ENGINEER
HELD TO BLAME
Responsible for Wreck on
New Haven Road.
SIXTEEN PEOPLE KILLED

First Six Cars on Train Plunge Down
Twenty-foot Embankment and Near
Iy Every One Of the Hundred oc-
cupants Meets Death or Injury-Fire
Breaks Out in Wreckage, but Flames
Are subdued Before They Become
Serious. X
Bridgeport, Conn.,, July 12-The
Federal Express, one of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroads
fastest trains, carrying passengers
without change from Washington to
Boston, plunged down a twenty-foot
embankment here while running, sixty
miles an hour
OF 100 passengers that went down
with the first six cars scarcely one
escaped death or injury. Sixteen
bodies have been taken out of the
twisted wreckage, including those of
the engineer and firemen, which were
SO mutilated that it is evident they
must have met instant death. This
probably completes the death list.
Forty-four injured are in the hos
pitals and nearly score more re-
ceived injuries not severe enough to
prevent them from continuing their
journey.
Among the dead are four unidenti-
fed men, five unidentified women and
one unidentified child. ~
Running Fast to Make Up Time.
A new "crossover" installed on the
Burr road viaduct and embankment
on the western outskirts of the city
was indirectly responsible for the ac-
cident. The train was late and the
engineer was driving to make up lost
time. When the heavy vestibuled
train of nine cars struck the switch at
full speed the engine leaped, rocked
and swayed over the ties for nearly
$50 yards and finally fell to the street
below, dragging six cars down the
bank. The coupling broke between
the sixth and seventh cars, leaving
three sleepers' upright on the embank-
ment, two of them still on the rails.
That the wreck was due to the en-
gineer taking crossover at a speed
estimated at sixty miles an hour,
when the time card limited the speed
to fifteen miles an hour, was the gist
of statement concerning the wreck
issued by oficials of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad
here.
Ball Players Prove Heroes.
Many a victim of the wreck pinned
beneath the debris owes his life to
the promptness of the members of
the st. Louis National league baseball
team. The ball players were riding in
the last two cars which remained ON
the track. When the crash came they
piled out in their pajamas and several
of them were bleeding from cuts about
the face, caused by racing over the
sharp wreckage.
Fire broke out in the wreckage but
the Bridgeport fire department quick
ly put this out and tie men lent as
sistance to rescue the injured. Am
balances and doctors, hastily sum-
moned, did their best to save those
who were under the debris.
With firemen, policemen and doc
tors working as fast as possible, the
dead and injured were laid out upon
the lawn Of Mrs. B. A. Horan in Fair
field avenue. AS fast as the ambu-
lances came the injured were sent to
the hospitals.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
COACH DOWN EmBAHkmENT
One. Dead and Score Injured In Ore.
gon Wreck.

0He. OeAu anu 0SVV0 1"JUTeV VI Os0'
gon Wreck.
The Dalles, Ore, July 12.-The
warping of the rails by heat on tile
Oregon Trunk railway caused the
wreck Of southbound passenger
train. One man was killed aud a0out
twenty persons were injured. two par.
#'..iis fatally.
louis Rising. storekeeper at the
Wa.nl Springs Indian schocl, was
skilled and his wife VAS perhans fata.-
jy injured. The engi:. left the track
sant rolled down :'ss-tty-foot engan!i-
melt A day coach i.srcwed and tel!
OH the engine.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
BRICK AND TILE RATES CUT
Wisconsin Commission Promulqate
New Order for Short hauls.

New Order for Short hauls.
Madison, Wis, July 12.-The Wis
consin railroad commission has issued
m order reducing freight rates on
brick and tile by one-third Of the
present rates on shipments of 100
miles or less in Wisconsin.
1t is recommended the companies
voluntarily reduce such rates between
all points in the state to avoid an ar
bitrary order by the commission to
enforce such q cut.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
UPRISING IN HAYTi SPREADS
Government Troops Reported Re
pulsed in Battle.

Port au Prince, Hayti, July 12.-se-
we're fighting between insurgent and
government troops under General An.
toine Simon. president Of the Black
Republic" who is personally direct
ing his forces, is reported from Fort
sLiberte.
The uprising is spreading and the
government troops at several points
are reported to have been repulste:ad.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
Wealthy Negro Dead.

Chicago. July 12.-Robert T. Motifs.
the wealthiest negro in Chicago, and
known to the gambling and sporting
fraternity all over America, is dead.
gambling houses ever conducted in
Chicago. He was q strong political
factor in Chicago and the Middle
West.
The Washburn leader., 1911-07-14
GATES VERY NEAR DEATH
Paris Physicians Admit Condition 8,
s'f Financier ls Critical.

Paris. July l2.-The condition OF
John w. Gates. the American finan-
cier, is worse and his physicians say
that their patient is in q critical state.
Il Charles G. Gates. who hastened TO.
bis fathers bedside from New York
has arrived here. 5ss