The Chitina leader., 1912-10-16
SEATTLE. Oct. 15-Yesterday

HI iAitS1p SouAlss &hibo DoAothSo Williamson is suing Butterworth & Sons and Dr. Linda B. Hazard for s25 0o0 damages for alleged desc
 cration of the body of her sister.
 Miss Clare Williamson. It is al- legged by Miss Dorothea that without
 authorization from herself or any
 member of the family. Butterworth
 X Sons allowed Dr. Hazard to per- form an autopsy on the body of Miss
 Williamson's sister, Claire. She also
 charges that Mrs Hazard likewise
 was absolutely without authorization
 to perfom the autopsy.
 The suit is one of the develop
 ments from Claire Williamson's
 death in April, 1911, at Dr. Haz-
 zard's so-called fast cure institute in Olalla, Kitsap County. Claire
 died from starvation, and as result
 Mrs. Hazard was convicted of man.
 slaughter and sentenced to a term in
 the state prison at Walla Walla.
 Mrs. Hazards arrest for murder was due to the efforts of Vice-Consul
 Agassiz. who personally unearthed the evidence on which the warrant for her apprehension was issued.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11--E. Frere ChampRey, Seattle architect has, tele-
 graphed to the directors of the Pan- ama-Pacific exposition his acceptance
 of terms by which he becomes chief of design for the buildings of the big 1915 worlds fair at San Francisco. Mir. Champney held a similar posi- tion for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ex- position. He will have general man.
 agement of the fair and will design
 buildings erected by the exposition
 company. In 1902 as assistant to
 E. L. Masquerray, chief of design Of the Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. Louis, he worked upon plans for the transportation and agricultural
 buildings cascades. terraces, and the
 general treatment of the grounds.
 SALEM, Mass, Oct. 11-Yester-
 day Justice Quinn denied the request
 to fix bonds for Joseph J. Ettor,
 Arturo Giovannitti and Joseph Car nso. They are charged as accessor-
 ies before the fact with the murder
 of woman during the great Law
 renee textile strike last winter.
 Change of venue to Salem was se- 1 cured after bitter arguments lasting
 many days. As result of the pros
 ecution of these men, l 900 workers affiliated with the I. w. w. cause went out on a one-day strike two | weeks ago as an organized protest against the charges brought against
 their leaders. Their trial started
 October l, but the venire of $50
 talesmen became exhausted without
 nearly securing jury. A postpone
 ment of the case was secured and the
 accused men will be held in jail.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 12-The fire | prevention conference, that was to
 be held in conjunction with a fire
 exposition at Madison Square Garden
 in October, has been postponed to
 the week of December 16, in order to increase the attendance of Euro
 pean experts and add to it's inter- national value. Europe leads in fire prevention, the United States in fire eXtinguishments, and as an exchange for the views of the European au-
 thorities the conference in Decem- l Der will have an exposition, in con
 junction, in which all manner of 1 fire eXtinguishment devices will be shown including automobile fire en-
 zines; automatic sprinklers, hand ex- tingushers and other devices such as fire alarms, hydrants, fire escapes
 and a department of fireproof build ing construction. The fire loss in the United States and Canada in 1911 was s234,337,2 ,25O, and in1s1O, $234.470,650. The annual per cap- ita' fire loss in the Unitd States ex-
 of the vote pandemonium broke ceeds that of England, France, Ger
 many, Ireland and Norway com- bined, the figures for 1910 being:
 United States, $2.39; England, 44c.; Germany, 19c.; France, 92c.; Ire
 land, 45c.; and Norway,25c.
 UNIONTOWN, Pa., Oct. 12-Dur- ing the election of a new pastor at St. Mary's Greek Catholic Church att NaW Calar,y fh;c oonnfv fhfs of