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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Phone Issue Is Squarely
Before Commercial Club

users Of said systems. and
Whereas. II ~ our belief that the
city OF Seattle should take imme.
diate steps to acquire. own and
operate a telephone system for the
such system the best possible scr.
vice AZ a minimum cost. therefore
BE II resolved. That the Seattle
purpose OF giving to the users OF
Commercial Club 30 on record as
favorIng municipality owned and
operated telephone system. and that
the city council Of Seattle be urged
to pass the necessary ordinance or
ordinances for the purpose OF ac-
curing. owning and operating such
a system. having in mind tho con
domination Of the present Indepen.
dent telephone system BY the city.
II such condemnation be considered
advisable by the city council"
The public utilities commission
has denied the city's motion 10 re.
scind It's order allowing the raise IN
rates pending the decision Of the
courts on the matter. Consequent.
ly the high rates will be In effect
until the case Ia finally determined.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
He TRIES OUT
GUN; IS HELD
FOR MURDER

As result OF Trying out feNot
yer which he had just purchased for
so cents. n. W. haxeiwood. cook on
q steamer, bids fair 20 answer 10
the charge Of numbering patrolman
n. /. Harris here last Fourth Of
July.
Hardwood was arrested one
night last week while trying hts gun
in an alley. and the police then
found that he Tailed with the de
scriptions OF the officers slayer.
who ESCAPED at the time. A dill
gent search has been made for him
since.
pafrolnan Harris was shot In the
head By an unknown assassin In the
dark near the corner OF Occidental
Av. and Washington 81. The slayer
ran into Main ST. into an alley and
disappeared.
A motorman who was on the Hea.
con hill car from which Harris
slayer ieaped before he did the
shooting. was brought 10 the police
station and asked 70 pick out the
man who most resembled the
slayer. lie picked out Hardwood
The latter is being held for further
Investigation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

Interest Ia the telephone contro.
versy ceufers in the meeting Of the
Commercial Club tomorrow night.
AZ which time the resolution calling
upon the club TO endorse and work
for municipal ownership OF the teie.
phone win be the special subject for
consideration.
The resolution. signed by George
III RevelIe, j. u. blackwell. M. r.
Wells and J. II. Shively. follows:
Whereas. the Independent Tele.
phone company OF this city has
raised its rates. in compliance with
a decision OF the public service
commission; and
Whereas. we believe that said
rates as raised are excessive. and
that the decision OF the commission
Is due 10 lack Of complete under
standing OF the facts necessary to
form proper decision In the mat.
ter: and
Whereas. merger OF the hide
pendent telephone system and the
Sunset telephone system will not
be for the best interests Of the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

A big steel plant, TO be located
In Seattle, is in contemplation by
some English investors. according
to w. Owen. a steel expert OF Lon
don. who has been In the city for
some time incognito. owen is be.
lieved TO have talked the matter
over with local capitalists. He
predicts the erection OF the plant
within a year. and II will from the
outset have an output OF $4,000
tons per year, and will employ $50
skilled workmen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
ALARMED AT
WAR VETERAN JUROR

once been "s~indied" by the Times.
After looking over the matter
frederickE became alarmed. and en-
sayed 10 eliminate Gribling. renew
Ing. with the consent of Judge Bord-
well, his questioning along the line
Of the Jurors opinions on circum-
atantial evidence. He was anxious
10 get him from the box for cause.
as he did not desire later on TO
have TO use a peremptory challenge
on him.
There are only nine members Of
the fifth yenirc left for examina-
ton. aud II was expected that a
sixth panel would be drawn late
this afternoon or tomorrow.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

tBy rnised rree LEASED wirs.i
f. Los ANGELES, Nov. i3s--with
three permanent and three TEN.
porsry occupants of the Jury boz.
tho trial Of James o. Mcnamara
for murder growing from the de.
sirue,ion o. the tos Angeles Times.
was resumed here today. with Dis
sries Attorney Frederieks striving
TO eliminate Alexander crIbiIng. =
Civil War veteran, from the llsss.
Ffedericks had passed cribiinn on
Friday for cause. despite the fact
that he had told Judge Bord~ell
that he could net look kindly on cir
cumstantiaI evidence, ard had told
the district attorney that he had
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

When the KumerIc. Capt. G.. -.
hcGill, arrived from Yokohama
Saturday night II came In with a
clean bill Of health, for. at Manila,
II was purged of $4,000 worth OF
contraband opium. cocaine and
morphine. Lee Fung. quartermas-
ter, gave the information to the
United States customs inspectors,
and the boatswain and two sailors
were arrested and are held at Ma
Mia for smuggling.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

tny usitsd rrsse Leaned Wtrs)
CHICAGO. Nov. IA score os
persons are dead and great suffer
Ing prevails among the poor today
as the result Of . violent storm,
which has been sweeping the Mid.
die West for the past two oays,
leaving . train Of devastation In
lss wake. The property damage
already totals ef.soo.0oo. The
weather 10 bitterly cold.
Revised reports received hero In
dictate that twelve lives vere lost
In Wisconsin Jus, across the I'M
nols border. the fatalities resulting
from a tornado The storm cut q
swsth half mile side over q acc.
ton 20 miles IN length and was
followed By a dsluxo OF rain. To.
day zero weather grlpa the dcvas.
tated territory. Communication
has not yet been restored and ITO
reports arc meagcr.
John Dudley. OF Grand Forks. n.
ID. and Joseph Ruppe. ~ Rush
City. MINI. were found frozen 20
death near their homes. Ruppc
persisted In trying 10 swim ashore
after the high Wind had swsmpcd
his hunting boat
Worst In History
The storm Ia the worst IN the
history Of the Great Lakes region
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Car Hits Minister

Rev. O. II. Kalstead. of Kings.
bury. Cal, sustained a fractured
skull and a broken leg Saturday
night when an Everett interurban'
car struck him at Aurora and
Blewett avs. Rev. Kalstead was
the guest OF Rev. Ossian johnson
OF the Swedish Methodist church.
He was taken to the Noble hos.
pital. where he is still in precari-
GUS condition.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Rules England
by Wireless

(Dy United Press Leased Wtre)
LONDON. Nov. t5---Ai-
though four cruisers. the De-
fence. Natal. Argyll and coch-
rams. have been assigned to
eseort King George 10 India.
the royal ship Medina and her
escort will never be allowed
out Of reach Of the different
British fleess along the route.
Squsdrons Of the home fleet
are about the channel. the Bay
Of eiscay and the Spanish
coast 10 see the royal party
safe to Gibraltar. Thereafter
the Mediterrsnean fleet will
see them safe to Port Said.
During the kings absence Eng
land will be ruled BY wireless.
the Medina being equipped
with powerful apparatus that
will enable the king to keep In
constant communication with
Premier Asquish ard the spe-
elal commission.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

Nine deaths figure In the inves-
liostion Of Mrs.. Louise vefmiiya
Of Chicago. These are:
eissoNETTE. ARTHUR r, po-
iieeman. aged 20. died ~ Mercy
hospital Oct. 20. after brief
and mysterious iiiness At the
home Of Mrs. vermiIya; she 10
charged with murder.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
RUSSIAN C0SSACKS
SENT TO PEKIN

watch Russian interests In what n
10 expected will be an information
al scramble for territory following
the dislntearssion Of the Chinese
empire.
Authorities Al ST. Petersburg be-
iieye the dlsinsegrasIon Of China 10
inevitable after the fall Of the EN-
pire.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Two Strikes
in One Day
fBy uaitsd Press LEASED wire,

OAKLAND. Cal. NOV. lS.-Three
hundred awitchmen are back at
work In the local railroad yards to
day. after establishing a record Of
two strikes In one day. Both
strikes we're called against the
Southern Pacific company within .
period OF ~ houre.
The trouble followed a dispute
between the switchmen and the
guards on duty In the yards on ac-
count OF the shopmen's strike. The
switchmen demanded that the
guards wear uniforms and be sworn
In as policemen. and after the two
strikes the company decided that
they meant business and acceded TO
their demands.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Court Divides Biganist's Property
Between His Wives-Sent to Jail

Judge West Of Santa Ana. Cal,
believes in brevity and is AGAINST
the laws delays. Here is his de.
cision In bigamy case:
Mrs. Edith Sallinger. the man
you thought married you had n
wife; you will get half his proper.
ty. Mrs. Mary Sallinger. you Will
get divorce and the other half OF
the property. James Sallinger. you
will get three years in prison"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Tried TO Push Log Out Of the Road,
Found II Was Grizzly Bear

There's a log" said Frank
Short to Harvey Adams when
something doomed In the road
ahead OF their automobile near An
aconda, Mont, on a dark night.
Lets shove II away" said AID.
ans. But the log" shifted and
grunted. and trotted off. BY the
light Of their auto lamps they saw
II was sleepy grizzly bear.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
GREAT STORM IN EAST
CLAIMS TWENTY VICTIMS

for yeara. Half a score Of lake
vessels were beaehcd by the VIC
icnce Of the tempest and several
largo ships we're driven entirely
across Lake Michigan. Tho GOV.
ernment life savers wcra forced
TO keep q 1e.hour vigil
Three persons persisted In Chi
cmko as q result OF the intense
cold
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Towerman
Saved Lives

Usage CITY. kas.. Nov. Ia
Passengers on the Santa Fe train
No. II, which was sent into the
ditch near here. are thanking the
towcrman here today for their
lives. whom the towcrman NJ the
Santa 20 Missouri Pacific crossing
saw the Santa Fe passenger about
10 collide head on with Missouri
Pacific freight. he threw the de.
railing switch. sending two engines
and the mail and baggage cars of
the Santa Re train into a ditch. No
one was injured.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
ARGUE FOR SPECIAL
SESSION DECEMBER 6

The insIstent demand for a spe-
cial session Of the legislature, chief.
ly for the purpose Of passing a law
for the direct nomination OF dele
gates TO national conventions. is be-
ginning TO bear fruit. Gov. Hay
has set apart Dec. at Tacoma for
a meeting to hear all the argu-
ments in favor OF the special SEES.
sion. The petitioners hope TO show
him al that time that majority
OF the people OF Washington do
not want the state committees to
arbitrarily name the delegates at
the presidential conventions.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Cook County, ~. Has a
Worth $50. 600 600

Cook county. Ill. has the richest
Jury In it's history at Chicago. the
total wealth OF the jurors being es-
timated at s50.000.000.
The deputy sheriff who sum
moned the men had 10 fight his
way past doormen. office boys and
private secretaries, but not n
wealthy man escaped.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
PHIPPs IS FREED

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, Nov. u.
Too much fnotherIn.iaw." wns.
In effect. the verdict Of Police
Judge shortall here when he finally
dismissed the case OF dlsordcriy
conduct preferred agains; Horton
Forrest Phipps by his wife's
mamma. who is Mrs. Marie Wolf
Dowd. former Portland society
woman.
THE trouble Ia between you and
your mothcrin.iaw. You have no
difficulty with your wife," said
Judge Shortall.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Rodgers Has
Bad Fall

tDy United Press Leased Wtrs)
PASADENA. Cal. Nov. H.
csIhrsith p. Rodgers. the
eoass-socoast aviator who fell
on his feet yesterday after
noon when almost within sight
Of his goal, is In semhcon-
seious condition 1T the Mary
land hotel. where he was
brought after the accident
Examination by physicians
showed that no bones were
broken and that no internal in
jurics are feared.
Rodgers 10 too dared 70 give
out any statement Of how the
accident occurred.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

SMITH. RICHARD r. Illinois
Central railroad conductor. died
March n, 1911, a. Mrs. vermil.
ya's home: coroner has been
unable 10 find motorcycle he 10
said 20 have owned.
BRimMEHkAMp. FRED. 90 years
cid. first husband Of Mrs. Yer.
milya. died on farm a. Barring
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
TRAINS DELAYED

EVERETT. Wash. Nov. Ia
Great Northern trims have been
seriously delayed by snow that IL
lying between three and slx feet
deep between Leavcnworth and In,
der. Three rutariea were operated
all day yesterday The snow has
begun 90 melt In places.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
HOTEL DESTROYED
fBy United Press Leaned wire,

CHEHALiS. Wash, Nov. ia
Fire last night destroyed the Spald.
ing hotel. The guests escaped. but
many lost their personal effects.
The building was formerly the
Lewis county court house. The loss
was SIS 1000.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

CIR DATED Press Leased wire,
vLADivosroH, Nov. fs.--Ff-
teen hundred eossseks ensrained
here yesterday for Pekin. where. Il
Ia reported on high authority. they
are Intended TO be used as an al.
vance guard 20 troops which Rus
sia proposes sending TO China 70
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Waldorf Guests Dog Dumped Into
Laundry Tub With Hotel Linen

Fedora, a Spitz dog belonging 10
Col Frederick Cody Of Detroit, was
left for nap on the bed while the
Colonel went for breakfast at the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

Vice Admiral Borea D'OIino Is the
new Italian governor OF TripolL
Gen. Caneva. on account OF the mas
sacre OF Arabs. has been superseded
as commander.in-chie
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

husband OF woman: died from
"souts gassritis" after an illness
OF elk days AZ mspie~ood. Aug.
Z, 1909.
vERMiLyA. LILLIAN, 20 years
old. relative Of Mrs vermilys BY
marriage. died ~ 2s1e Grove
LAND sv. Jan. n. 1908.
vERmILYA, HARRY O.. IS. years
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
Dies in Her Shame

EVERETT. Wash. Nov. i3.--fse-
cause her mother learned OF her
whereabouts and her plight. Mrs
Ilamara. 10. the girl wife OF Louis
IAamara. leaned forward on n rope
In the county jail here until abe
was dead. The mother arrived
from Oregon too late Lamara il
being held on charge OF living off
the earnings OF the girl.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

ton. H.. after short Illness.
BRimMERkAmp. FRANK. ~
years old. sor Of Mrs. vsrmliys;
died supposedly Of pneumonia AZ
home Of MIRA verrnilys's sister,
Az East 2sth st.. Oct. 20. 1910.
vERmlLyA. CHARLES. 80 years
old. collector for Chicago q
Northwestern railroad; seeond
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

Have your Tina collected. West.
ern Collection Co. s3s N. Y. Block.
Main 6i6a. sss
Seattle Automobile School. 2fo
Broadway. zee
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

James H. Garfield. son OF the
late president. who claims 10 be q
progressive republican. ran for del.
egate to the constitutional con.
vention in Ohio. He refused TO
sign a pledge TO support the In
itiative and referendum. His op.
ponent endorsed direct legislation.
Result: Garfield was showed un-
der by 500 majority.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
WILL BRING SUIT

CHICAGO, Nov. f3.-Emns
Trentini. whom reports said
wss 10 wed Enrico caruso. de-
eisres she will file a 500, 600
breach OF promise suit as a re-
suit Of a rupture with the great
tenor.
"fiis heart 10 gold" she says.
land will stab him in the poek-
etbook."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13
QUEER THINGS IN THE NEWS

Waldorf Fedora mysteriously
disappeared before he returned.
After the hotel had been
searched Fedora was found in the
laundry. He had been gathered up
In the bedclothes. taken down on
an elevator. dumped into a vat OF
water with sheets. when he came
to the surface and was rescued.
Two oecanias, the oeeans and the
Oceanic, Steamships, Meet at Sea
The Oceanic met the Oceana,
Oceania and Oceanic on Nov. / last
near New York.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

old. stepson: died Sept. 20. 1904,
at sst West Diversey parkway
from heart failure following ma
iarisi fever.
BRfmMERkAmp, ORA, 9 years
old. daughter Of Mrs. vermilys;
died AZ Darlington, vi.
eRiMMERkAMP. FLORENCE, ~
years old. daughter: died az Bar
rlnaton. III.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

ron NEW. n9r~rn fafnisn~d reosns
a. lev prices ssfi AZ The vfrstnas ees
Flfsinis street neaf &sssiaks aFenuA
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-11-13

Dance at Dreamiand tonight
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-02-17
THE FUTURE OF
San LUIS VALLEY
Destined to Become the Great
est Section of the Whole
Southwest.

Since the organization of the
Alamosa Business Mems Club
and Commercial Association and
their subsequent activity, a large
number of the erstwhile knock
ers and billiards of the town have
been awakened to the possibilities
o. Alamosa and the San Luis Val
ley and every one seems now to
be imbued with an indomitable
spirit of progress, and it is well
sor the community that this
change has come about for the
enormous resources that have
long lain dormant demand the in
terest and attention of every
resident of the valley.
ID. E. Newcomb, of La Jara,
tells of his impression of the
ALLEY gained in 1873 when he
thought it great cattle country,
but never dreamed that the day
would come when the herds
that roamed the ranges would
be replaced by the activities of
commerce; when the few big
ranches would be divided and
subdivided into farms showing
every mark of prosperity and
modernity; when oil derricks and
sugar factories would dot the
northern half of the valley; when
the waters of the Rio Grande, by
means of great canals, would
transform the vast tracts of sage
brush into verdant fields
Many of the possibilities of
this great section are fast grow
ing into realities. Let us take
for example, the fact that a
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-02-17
TO DO AWAY WITH
AUTOMATIC SHOTGUNS.

The hunters of the community
Will be interested in a movement
that is being instigated to abol-
lsh the use of automatic shotguns.
Mr.. G. o. Shields, who is the
president of the League of Amer
lean Sportsmen and editor of
Shields magazine is working
for the enactmenet of the law.
lie protests on the grounds that
with automatic guns hunters are
able to destroy whole flocks of
game birds with such rapidity
that the various tribes are be-
coming extinct. In an editorial
In his magazine Mr.. Shields says:
This weapon is in the same
class with the old-fashioned punt
gun for waterfowl and the stick
OF dynamite for brook trout no
more, no less. Can any decent
citizen use it without sinking to
the level of those who fish with
dynamite and kill birds with
cannon?''
Friends of the wild birds and
animals are to be asked to urge
Its adoption in Colorado, but if
these kind souls would only real
lie that stricter game laws and
above all more vigilent game war.
dens would be much more eff
cient in protecting the birds and
animals the latter would be much
less liable to extinction, for the
user Of the pump gun comes in
as often with few or no birds as
he does with an entire flock.
Whole herds of deer are not
being killed by single hunters but
nevertheless their number de
creases each year by greater
per cent than the ducks, geese
and cranes of the state.
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-02-17
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The La Jara chronicle., 1911-02-17
NEWS FROM THE OIL FIELD

The San Luis Valley oil and
Gas company is negotiating with
some oil well men who came from
a distant oil field, to lease to
them two quarters of their land,
on which the leasers are to put
down oil wells at their own ex-
pense, operate the same, and
pay the company a royalty on
the oil and gas produced. This
company has seventy quarters in
a body, and the object Of leasing
two quarters to oil well men, is
TO have two other oil wells going
down on the other portions of
their lands at the same time the
company is putting down a well.
Monday, 275 feet of the drill
rod at the oil well was
lest, which is the second time
that that kind of accident has
occurred. This being of differ
ent nature from the first one, the
contractor had to get implements
from a distance to use in pick
ing it up. The implements and
fixtures came yesterday and we
understand that they expected
to get the drill rod again yester-
day afternoon.
These mishaps are simply a rep
etition of the history of all oil
well boring.
If, next summer, we see a hun
dred oil wells going down in this
locality, we will hear of these
mishaps at all of them.