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versatile gentlemen Of fine presence and many anments-
beraIded goodness where
Vaudeville Producing School 23
Liberty building, Union street
They secured Miss D.
finding developing dramatic talent
bouqht furniture,
so They bought grand piano which
They paid the first months cnt$5
outlay OF s73 the Metropolitan vaudeville Pro-
School launched
guarantee every time they accepted
sketch play, parody or mono
teach singing dancing magic fencing
culture Chinese Grand
easy for professors salome the bunny
was all professors" IL pupil too fat they
would thin they would make him
professors how much
weeks time they would change him
And II he passed they would give
him public ryout then promptly secure him lucrative
ragement big circuit he cared to mention
prospered remarkable the number OF people
in whose breasts the sacred flame
frstb school joke but " sofry Joke
for the many victims the proesors caught
dreamed fine dreams OF potgts
applause and Lauder salaries
A $1,000.
.Ido,u Maid the lifetime
the stage department store girl
something
Of estate agents clerk paid $40 Tor
included the cast OF the department store
sketch. And so went
The "profesaors variable They sized their
all they could get is not recorded
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Alaskan BOAT
IS REPORTED
WRECKED
City of Seattle" Runs
Aground on Rocky
Coast Near kctchikan,
Is Report Received
Details Lacking.

News was received here today os
the grounding Of the Pacific Coast
s. s. Co.'S liner City of Seattle on
the rocky coast near ketehikan,
southern Alaska.
oesalls OF the vessels plight are
lacking. but II 10 feared she 10 In q
dangerous position.
The City Of Seattle " a vessel OF
about 500 tons. aud had a passenger
list OF loo. Officials OF the Pacific
Coast :. :. Co here stated their
onl yadviees had been received
throught the Chamber OF Corn.
ineree. but they expected further
details later In the day.
The City Of Seattle runs between
Seattle and Alaskan ports. She
was on her way here when the ac.
eident occurred.
Company's Statement.
The officials OF the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company received
cablegram which said city OF Sc.
attic on rocks two miles below
ketehikan. Resting easy: no dan.
ger feared. Expect II 20 float away
on afternoon tide"
The company officials say that
neither the vessel nor the paneen.
gcrs are 10 any danger.
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9aie Senator J. A. Falconer OF
rsss.t and John A. HaiIaine. two
& ne most prominent candidates
= oonxrsssman-atlarge. this morn
y sonnzlly Withdrew from the re-
ral'czn primaries. thus leaving
Iie stantpa' ticket practically strip
- of any congressional candidates
4 Importance.
hIeoner and Ballnine, who are
k'irx IN harmony. are expected 10
@ fAeir candidates. with the pro-
rssiys party.
u ne meantime. candidates for
naeF Offices are getting ready TO
fsye the old reaetionary party for
ust and 10 the smaller counties es-
'n1iif unusual Interest is mani.
- 10 the call for the preferen-
~ primaries
Nth Yakima progressives. at a
y nAss meeting last night, heart.
y indoEset the plan. Chehalis
m~ly progressiyes wiIl meet Sat
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will fool with my liberty"
Darrow's speech was rapid and
emphatic. He seemed more sure Of
himself. more bold and confident
than yesterday. He continued:
When do you trust Franklin's
statements-when he was first ar
rested. or when they bad him by
the throat and said 10 him: Here
is the penitentiary on one side and
liberty on the other?'
Franklin had hearing before a
justice OF the peace" resumed
Darrow. "and even then he said 1
was innocent He told II to VIII
lard. 20 White. to Barnard, TO
Jones. newspaper men. lie told It
70 all Of them. Ford says they're
al liars. Every one OF them.
Am | dreaming? Is there really
district attorney trying to take
away a fellow mans liberty on the
word Of man like Franklin?
Then he saw John Drain and
Frank DominEuez. and he told them
without reservation that | never
gave him a dollar. Franklin told
Geo. Hood. fellow lodge member.
that ] didn't give him the money.
He said somebody frop out Of town
gave IL TO him. and was watching
him closely while he had II.
That's the excuse Franklin gave
for not stealing the money. Hood
Is liar--all liars" growled Oar.
row with biting sarcasm.
Franklin Only Pure Man
"Ford says corrupted Lecompte
Davis. Davis is a fuil-grown man.
He's a lawyer OF experience. He
can take care OF himself. And, gen
tlemen. all these people lied.
franklin is the only pure and inno-
cent man in the case. Franklin, .
seif-confessed liar and a man who
bribed jurors for 1000 shot. A
man who is testifying for immunity,
a man who suddenly began telling
the truth when he took the stand
against me. Before that he told
nothing but lies"
Think OF asking you TO believe .
man surrounded by infamy, as he
Is. and impeached. as he is. to send
me to the penitentiary.
~ took $4,000 from Job Hartman
and gave II to Franklin and told
him 20 trot down to Third and Los
Angeles streets, as near my office
as he could get. and buy a juror.
Like one OF you would hand your
child a penny and tell him to run
down to the corner grocery and buy
stick Of candy.
"FranklIn lost 500 between my
office and the scene, In some nys-
terious way"
There's nothing In this case but
the word of Franklin and Harring-
ton" declared Darrow.
I'm not blaming Franklin. He's
not responsible for his brain," Dar-
row went on. But think OF the de-
tectives they set on. me. Thick as
the lice OF Egypt. Nine testified in
this case.
Detectives to the right Of me,
Detectives to the left of me-,
Detectives behind me,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to swear and lie,
"Noble detectives
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SlANDPATTERS TRYING TO BLOCK
WITHDRAWALS OF PROGRESSIVES

~ impressive candidates for county
-, ~ legislative offices may with
\ II. nom the republican primaries
!. ~ssenting a written request to
~ II sf'ect TO the county auditor NJ
~ court house.
~. s,.aaloates for congressional and
o'iices must leave such with
49,. ai With !. ". Howell. the state
49,. ,of st Olympia. Howell has an
- Heea that he will refuse TO ac-
~. ~ s''hdrayals after s o'clock this
,,''s'n. ,loon. This, however leading
i,'ssalyes i,,ss say, is merely an arbi-
49, ~, rule that Howell himself
b,,sss bs 70 enforce in order to en-.
~, prosressives. They claim
I mas no authority whatever
,,,.te sse the names OF candidates
II 80 a''. On the republican ballots II
n..s.Nl. s'.alarawaIa are made within a
sie time before the baIlots
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are printed. In any event. HowelPs
ruling does not apply in county Of
ficeS.
THE election law provides" said
Thomas +. Murphine. this morning,
that candidates may withdraw
their names from the general cleo
ton ballot any time prior to 20 days
before the eelctlon. The primary
law has no provision whatever on
tho subject. and II should be reason
ably presumed that the same time
limit exists IN that case also"
The limit for Withdrawing filings
would thus be on "wednesday,
August 81.
Even though the standpat secre-
tary OF state tries To keep the
names of progressive candidates on
the ticket, they can get around his
rule by repudiating the old stand
pat ticket.
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KING COUNTY PROGRESSIVES
CALLED in MASS MEETING

TToeresslvcs OF King county are
asked 20 attend meeting TO be
hcla at Eiless ball Third av and
University st. next Saturday aft
ernoon AT 30 O'Clock.
A complete county organization
viii be perfected at this me citing.
and arrangements at once under
takun for county primaries and
convention. II Is desired that pri-
maries be held in every precinct
In fhs county on Saturday, Sep.
icnilser I.
Throughout the state slrllar
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GREATEST RAINFALL
FOR AUGUST HERE

Last nights heavy shower Of
81 OF an inch brought the total
precipitation for the first IS
days Of August up TO point
higher than any for CORE
spending month In the past IS
years. The official rain gauge
in the weather observatory on
top Of the Hooe building has
recorded t.42 inches for this
month. This 10 just fraction
less than three times the aver.
age, AZ. During the month OF
August. 1911, only 10 OF an inch
fell. The total precipitation
from January tst Is 1905, an In.
crease Of 1853 inches over the
corresponding period Of last
year.
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In NEVADA

RENO. New. Aug. ia com.
plete state ticket Of the progressive
party Is In the field In Nevada to
day. as follows.
For United States senator.
Sardis summerfield: for congress.
man. Geo. Springmyer. for Justice
OF the supreme court. w. II. Thom.
as: for presidential electors, c. v
Hatch. Goldficld. J. c. Mccarthy,
Carson. and j. II. Kaufman, Yer
rington.
A decision was also reached to
place county tickets In every county
In the state.
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urday at Montesano. Lewis county
progressives will follow suit. And
so on, down the line.
President OF the Senate w. III.
paulhamus Of Pierce county has
formally announced bis Intention 20
file a. q candidate for governor on
the progressive ticket. Paulhamus
was not a candidate in the republic
an primaries, and he thus becomes
the fourth progressive candidate FOR
the gubernaiorial office. Otto A.
Case has not yet been reached. He
h near the Idaho border. campaign
ing. but his withdrawal is expected
any moment.
CONGRESSMAN Stanton Warburton
OF Taeoma. who is now at Washing
ton. ID. c., Ia also expected TO with
draw from the republican primaries
within the next fs hours. A. ".
Joab, one OF his opponents, is al
ready ont OF the old party.
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STORM WARNING

A telegram has been received at
the weather bureau that gives
warning to small craft sailing on
the Sound. The Telegram states
that a moderate disturbance over
British Columbia IL moving east
and will cause moderately high
gusty winds this afternoon and
night. The telegram is known as
a "nfnrm warning"
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-. ef1clal call BY the leaders
y " ns~ly organized progressive
a the state Of Washington
s,,r,rses on Saturday, sep,er'-
and state and county eorsen-
A Tuesday. September 10,
|'-. ,~aued late this afternoon
~ call recites the resolutions
- Il the Hotel Butler meet.
d sss Tuesday afternoon. and
,ee apportionment OF dele
-... Il the state convention. which
~ hsld In Seattle, AZ double
q .smber OF delegates to the
sSsrdxeu convention
plans for Primary.
a. committee of six appointed
: a. Hotel Butler meeting, In ad'
,.s~ 4 ureparlng the call, adopt
ssrses Of resolutions Of an ad-
- character In order 10 make
- Il possible the great amount
\ vort which will devolve upon
- occnty ln preparing for pri-
- and county conventions
4 xsx determined also 10 call
r<>tIax 90 Saturday afternoon
- AZ the full state committee
tainted at the Roosevelt, eonFen.
5r Il Aberdeen. at which time all
Z a. acts Of the provisional com
-s..e win Be submitted and a
-reslxn committee appointed
~ meeting viii be held In Sc
ssk
Filing Fee Fixed.
80 determined that all can
xl>s>< who desire 70 flie with the
rveressive party should pay ri
y re. Those pr0grossives who
Lw slreaey filed at Olympia for
n rrimarsss OF either o. the two
Il szr.les will be asked 20 pay
! ~ q cue-half of that fixed BY
= esis Candidates who will lie
= th< nrst time with the pro
c>urivs party will be asked to pay
Z ,nsuaf equal to the full filing
= d Tie state.
IN those desiring 20 become can.
xfnses before the progressive prt
~ xill have the full week OF
,uut 10 10 a In which to file
m eommlttee or Individual with
- thsss ftlings shall be made
"a b determined upon AZ the
n.>lIns 10 BE- held 10 Seattle on
1fmtny nerr.
Allosmsns Of Delegates
Dr1nuts0rx 20 the state ana
nunv ccnvsntions may be deter
~ % far as Individual numbers
- oecernsd by the various coun'
~ zach county. however. being
nEi.ird 10 cnly the number Of votes
IN 4 under the call. as follows.
kzns. ~. Asofin. r.; Benton, le:
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SNYDER GOES TO SPOKANE

is'sgfams sent from Seattle yes
~asT telling more In detail OF the
snen Of the Hotel Butler meeting
= Tuesday last. and bearing the in
Y aMn&'lon that candidates were to
I saosen at direct primaries. and
vote at the primaries simply
isa AZ the various state and
ny conventions seems to have
!. pA'sd whatever criticism was
= ilfst offered.
,s nnfa ron Spokane IS TO the ef-
~ 'hat progresslyes there will fall
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A Terror to Standpatism


in o seized
rad d nap o sheer fom goats PR
tandpa and he might we'll
Th O the rom III
blood q n in the
in this ST is b al empty Is o it,
They do 70 want b., o. the
all
no, cavn the
this nmsysra o
a a
O i nc Al r. Il
o ct party
the to be
now been winho
no n lean
candidate candidacy
dc annero o
roads cyma
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in line. Edgar G. Snyder. chairman
OF the Washington delegation to the
national progressive convention at
Chicago. left last night for Spokane.
and Is In that city today In confer
ence with progressive leaders there.
The official call for the conven-
ton is being mailed today 10 pro-
gressives In every county In the
state. In addition there IS attached
to the call a statement bearing all
Of the suggestions made by the pro
yisiOnal committee at It's meeting
yesterday.
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BARROW IN GREAT FIGHT FOR LIBERTY
MOST DRAMATIC
EFFORT in ORATORY
OF ATTORNEYS CAREER

LOS ANGELES, Aug f5Hs streaming jury
10 to decide whether he shall TO the penensy
weeping
room osro today placed his fate the hands Of
" viii deliberate few
The famed attorney made the
He played
master touches the keys Of
Az Darrow made his chimes Vbsns cathedral
block where wedding held
the court Sobs audible
women alike unabashed.
~ you " send to the penientisry-H said
row. Life s like
and dealt by the hands OF Fate don't like
shuhled, but like the
Ionun with
I'm dealt until the breaking Of
"oentiemen, Thousands
In the
OF
TO
Ihey are looking gentlemen they'll
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WHITE MAN BEATS
UP CHINAMAN

Sing Jim. who runs hand iann-
dry at the corner % 10th avenue
and Il. Pike street, and 10 one OF
the beat known characters In auto
mobile row." was beaten up by a
white man at the broadway stables.
10th avenue and Union street. last
night lie was badly bruised about
the face and head and spraincd his
thumbs.
Sing was unable TO tell how the
trouble occurred except that n
white man picked fight with him
and he got the worst Of a.
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meetings are TO be held within ;he
next week The committee ap-
pointed al tho Hotel Butler meet
Ing. on Tuesday last. has already
worked out tentative plan. which
vial be submitted TO the various
couu'v meetings.
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FISHERMEN
ARE DROWNED

MADRID. Aug. iSs--Bsttiine
for their lives In a terrific storm,
OF the north coast OF Spain. many
fishermen were drowned, accord.
ing 70 aoviees here today. u ls re-
ported that fts perished at Blibos
alone.
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MURDER SUSPECT
IS CAPTURED

Los ANGELES. Aug. i5.--chss.
Eugene Greenfield. suspected by the
police OF the murder OF hia s-ycar.
old step-dauahter. Vivian. was cap
tured shortly after noon today AZ
Cucamonaa. San Bcrnaroino county.
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ThE TRouT WAS sAVEp

SAN RERNARDINO, Cal. Aug.
l5.-Siartlod by the strike of n
trout. Chief OF Police Mespelt fell
into 10 feet OF water. whence he
was hauled with difficulty by
friends. The trout was saved. II
weighed three ponuds.
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BOOTBLACK HEIR TO 100000

VANCOUVER, h. c, Aug ls.-Alec McLaren boot
black and elevator boy Calgary is expected here this
week to claim fortune OF $4,000 left by brother who
died year ago The brother wled il him. but provided
that his wife have the OF it for year The year
has expired, and McIaren will assert his right The
widow is expected to The property consists Of
real estate here in desirable locations.
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0FFICIAL CALL
| OF PROGRESSIVE
PARTY IS ISSUED

x,ve Primary Sc; for September T. and Convention VIII
r. Held in Seattle. September o-Plan to Have Roose-
yrlt Here TO Attend Great Rally on That Date.
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HNf hN'lnE tbWhTl tUe jury nDA,
carrying huge sheaf Of notes.
Darrow this morning at once
plunged into the Lockwood bribery
charge. the specific indictment In
the present trial.
This morning. gentlemen" Dar.
row began. Il will confine myself
solely to this case. not 10 the out
side issues. they have nothing to do
with me.
Did ! Give Franklin s4,oo07"
"All you have 20 decide To-: Did
! give Bert n. Franklin $4,000 on
the morning OF Nov. %? Did
Franklin tell the truth or did he lie {?
The evidence shows he lied.
There Is no evidence in this case
that should be considered by any
fair minded jury except the evi.
dence on our side. Take Nov. 25.
The evidence says ! gave Franklin
Jury liet az o'clock that night
There were certain markings on
that list opposite the names OF men
who were approached with bribes.
They asked me n made the mark
ings. J denied Il. Franklin knows
] did not make the markings. Why
don't they produce their angel.
Franklin, 10 say ! did?
Gentlemen, you cannot send me
TO the penisen;iary on guesswork
or suspicion. n am convicted In
that case. II must be on the story
OF Bert n. Franklin. His story is
that Job Hartman came to me on
Nov. % and gave me $4,000 for
bribery. Job Hartman says he did
no, DO II.
DO you believe he committed per.
jury? Next. Frank Wolfe says he
came down on the car with me that
morning. and was with me until !
left for Harriman's campaign head.
quarters. is Wolfe a liar and a
perjurer2 For what? He has no
interest In this case.
To contradict Wolfe they put on
the weakest testimony ever saw
presented to take mans liberty
away. A bunch OF street car con-
duciors. who said Wolfe came down
town on various cars. Not one OF
them remembered seeing Wolfe on
Nov. 2s.
any Word Against Crooks"
Frank Wolfe swears he came
downtown with me that morning
and was with me until within an
hour OF Franklin's arrest. viii you
take my word against FranklIn's.
against the word OF these inform
ers. crooks and immunity huntersg
"kow, gentlemen, II you convict
me when you 90 to the jury room.
you must say that I, Wolfe, Hsrri-
man, Fremont Older, LeCompte
Davis, all lied. But the sanity
Franklin spoke the truth. With
their two grand juries, their Burns
outfit and their Erectors' sssoeis.
tlon they rake and serape the whole
country and find only two honest
nnen-Frankiin and Harrington, all
the rest are liars.
Gentlemen, 10 convict me would
be 10 convict you, every one of you,
convict you of being party TO this
plot 10 entrap the life and the lib
erty OF your fellow man. don't be-
lieve there is one man here who
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EALCONER AND BELLAINE
QUIT STANDPAT TICKET

oH Party Already Stripped Of All Important Congress,ona
Observation-Disclosures VIII File for Governor on New
Ticket.
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\ Progressive leaders are now 4
In communication with the I
headquarters al Chicago seek. I
ing TO arrange dates so that I
: Col Roosevelt may be In Seat. I
; lie on Sept. 10. the date OF the
I progressive state convention.
= Plans made before the de 4
= parturc OF tho Washington del. 4
egation from Chicago indicat 4
: ed that the progressive presi- I
\ Dental candidate would be In 4
\ the state Of Washington dur
ing the first week or two Of
: September. Il Ia. believed that 4
\ arrangements may be made 4
to have Sept 10 definitely 4
fixed upon for the Seattle 4
visit.
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chehalis. 40: Cheian. "a: clallam.
f6. Clarke, az. Columbia. IL. Cow
ilfr. %. Douglas. rs: Ferry. ~:
Franklin. i2: Garfield. II: Grant.
IL: Island. IL: Jefferson. "a: king
zee. Kitsap 26. Kisiitas. %. Klicki
tat. 20. Lewis. as: Lincoln. 7s; Ma
son. i2: Okanogan. 22. Pacific. 20.
Pend Oreiile. rs; Pierce. l22. San
Juan. IL: Skagi,. IS. skamania. 10.
snohomish. Sc. spokane. 1872. Ste
vens. %: Thursron. 20. wahkiakurn.
10. walla walla. 81: whatcom. so:
Whitman. Ss. Yakima, t6.
Must Obey People.
II il provided In the call for the
county and state conventions that
the vote OF the convention shall be
cast In each case for the candidate
receiving the highest total vote cast
BY the people
All Endorse Cali.
The official call Is signed by the
following. w. r. Heeks. Thomas
:. Murphine. J. A. Johnson. X. g.
Beaton, J. Y. G. kellogg, Edgar G.
Snyder, Thos. p Reyelle. w III.
White. and Is endorsed By the fol.
lowing. Lorenzo Dow. national
committeeman OF the progressive
party. Edgar c. Snyder. chairman
OF the Washington delegation 70 the
national progressive convention 81
Chicago: w. IT. neeks. chairman
Of the central committee OF the Ta'
coma convention; Mrs. NJ. Lanbe
Ioonia. secretary OF the central
committee OF the Tacoma conven.
tlon: Edgar c. Snyder. chairman OF
the Roosevelt committee, Aberdeen
convention. w. ID. Askran. secre'
fary OF the Roosevelt, committee,
Aberdeen convention.
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mother of 7 grown children, all
we'll off, is unable to pay her rent
of $40 a month. Case continued
to Monday.
The fact that policemen here
get transfers from conductors
that have not been punched and
are good anytime during the day
is being looked up by detectives
by orders of Chief McWeeny.
bad women cannot out-vote
good women because good wo-
men are in the majority. Jane
Adams.
One of Will-rn Ran-often
Hearst's Examiner wagons left
the office this morning on its 5Oth
av: route with 1920 papers, and
when the driver was at Van
Buren, and Kedzie av., on his way
back, he had 1900 papers left.
And they say they have the cir
culation they used to.
Fred Schulebert, drunk, arrest
ed, told judge he had snakes.
Fined SIS and costs and sent to
Bridewell.
Chas. Stechheld, 10, 5546
Woodlawn av., clerk, dead. Gas.
Accidental.
Albert A. Metzker, IS, Angola,
Ind, laborer, killed by L. S. train
at Tooth st.
Martin L. Dryden, SO, 1872 s.
State ST., laborer, struck by car at
S. State st. and Hubbard ct. St. 1