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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
SCORES DROWN
IN GALE WHICH
SWEEPS LAKES
Vessels Founder in MidIake
and Pile Up on Rocks
Along the Shore.
eoo.FoOTER IS LOST
Freighter Floats Bottom Up
Off Port Huron-Crew
Is Drowned.

CHICAGO. Nov. 11.-scores
are thought to have perished
IN the storm which has been
sweeping the Great Lakes
since early Sunday.
All on board the unidentified
steamship on Gull Rock, Mani.
tou Island, In Lake Superior.
were believed to be doomed.
Life savers failed In reneatad ~
tempts to reach the stranded craft.
ne NesseIs decks were awash
when dawn broke today and the
crew could be seen lashed in the
rigging. II was believed there
were 2S on board. Several were
thought to be dead already from
exposure.
Big Freishter Turns Over
1t was impossible today TO learn
the name OF the 600-foot freighter
sighted yesterday floating bottom
upward off Port Huron. Life savers
said they thought the vessel car
ried a crew of about 40 and were
convinced that all were drowned.
Messages from Sault Ste Marie
said the Tomlinson liner James
Davidson had gone down off Gross
cap, Lake Superior. presumably
with all on board. Just how many
she carried was not known.
The steamship l.. c. Waldo also
was missing on Lake Superior and
supposed to be lost.
The steamship Huronic was re-
ported ashore on Whitefish Point
with its crew in great danger. two
unidentified steamships were
stranded at Isle Royal and Copper
Harbor, the steamship Simon Lam
gall and two consorts. which left
Portage Lake United States shin
canal Friday, were missing. and the
merchants liner Acadian of To-
ronto was ashore in Thunder bay.
though it was believed its crew was
safe.
Santa Maria Ashore
The Santa Maria. the reproduc-
ton of Columbus caraveT. on its
way from Chicago to San Francis
co, on the bar outside Erie harbor.
was pounding heavily today and
threatened momentarily to 90 to
pieces.
Telegraphic communication was,
badly disorgsnized and shipping
'men feared that when II is re.es-
tablished many more disasters will
be reported.
Schedules Abandoned
Wires were down throughout
most of the North Central West.
The Ohio river valley was buried
under from two TO six feet of SNOW.
Ohio and Western PENNSYLVANIA
were in an even worse situation.
Some trains were still running.
but all attempts AZ maintaining
regular schedules We're abandoned.
The thermometer In many places
was but few degrees above zero
and intense suffering resulted.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
A BEAR OF ANIDEA
BUT 1T DIDN'T WORK

n vas hear-that idea
II failed. But Il WAS only by
skinny margin.
I'D Murray. %. nn1 Roy Weller.
10. felt the arm OF the law slowly
but surely cncircling them
They we're about TO be caught
red.handed early this morning in
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
KEEP HIM BUSY

Secretary OF Labor Wilson has
busy day Of spcechmaking today.
At 10:45 he spoke at the university
To the students. and, before the day
IL over. will address the labor con.
vontion. and at p. m viii speak
10 the democrats at their head
quarters in the Lyons building
He visited headquarters early
this morning. and at o'clock was
taken for ride about the city by
tho Democratic club Tomorrow
noon. he will speak at the CONNER
cial club.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
OPEN CAMP AIC N

BOTHELL. Wash. Nov. ii
Mayor Woody. candidate for north
district logged off land commission.
ers. opened his campaign here last
evening at a meeting that drew a
recori crowd from the entire coun
try Tor miles around The senti.
ment IN this. neck OF the woods IL
overw helmingly in favor OF Great.
Ing the agricultural development
dlstricJ
u tiodge myself" said Woody.
mot tc vote for any mill tax. King
county does NOT need II. other
counties do. and that is why It Is
put In the logged-off land law.
Senator fAndon also spoke.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
WHERE WILL
.U.S.PUT THAT
.ALASKALINE?
City Editor of The Star. Back
From Alaska, Tells OF
the Situation.
SEWARD is FAVORED
Majority OF Alaskans Pleased
With Plan TO Let President
Pick Route.

tr O Saver Ir city editor Of THE
Star. 10 bach from HE tfip - Alaska
sawyer found out by personal inseHiisa r
ton tho conditions In tho northern EN-
pire ~hirh led Senator ruindestsr and
consfcssman HfBan to Introduce nh
which not unly authorizes the huiidiuG -
government railroad 20 open up tho
country hut the mining 20 coal hY Fnrl~
sam and ht outsiders UNDER PROPER
HESINIt HONS tf 10 hill f0f she
opening - Aiaska ~ tut HfGUt And
skit MANNIN rhis b. thr nast ~
sswJsrs conclusions efttt~n since his
return
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11

The GuggenheimA favor Cordova
they want 10 sell tho Copper
River and Northwestern to Uncle
Sam. have Uncle Sam complete the
line from Chitina into Fairbanks
and then lease the whole road to
them. Nice plan7
The Seward route Is favored by
John r. Bellalne OF Seattle. owner
of Seward townHl,e. and by tho
Canadian bondholdcrH-vh had TO
take over the Alaska Northwestern.
which failed after building II miles
of line
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
LANDLORDS
OPPOSE CITYLIGHTS

Councilman the counci
used light instead or fnSet traction
/ service
and furnish all possible
embodied
referred to the city utilities and the judi
cary
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
FIEND CALLS JUDGE
BONEHEAD in NCOURT

WHEATON, tt-Henry Spencer drug fend trial here
OF Mrs Mildred Chicago dancing teach
er, bitterly Judge susser today.
politician.
brains would hull
deliberately
He he perfectly
also busedH counsel, VenIremen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
TRY TO ORGANIZE
employees OF US,

With the intention OF consider
ing an organization under auspices
Of organized labor. n meeting Of all
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11

Sadie Gompers
romplng little girl with fat legs. n
dimplcd chin and a bashful smile,
has developed into a modern maid
OF modern ideas.
She is a suffragette
For that matter. father is he
one she explained.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
REMNANTS G0oP9S S0! ,7S

from The Star. eonseeutveiy
office
to 65cent out
pennans be by PEN
s
Ave- near ST.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11

How could Hugh Mcmahon, vita
whose murder Miller is charged.
have teen garroied without leav-
ing any marks upon his body. he
demanded TO know. How could ne
have leen kicked in the stomach
and firangled by two big. burly
men. as George Rose. the states
star witness. said Miller confessed.
without breaking the bottles OF
milk and beer which Mcmahon took
home with him the night he met
DEATH
Police Feared Him.
Peter Miller was making a fight
whicn the police and the prcsecu-
tion did not dare to let him win.
because he intended TO expose them
TO the world. 10 show up the ne.
farious and diabolical plans and
schemes hatched by these officials
10 make records for themselves
that was the reason they were af'-
er hi,a. Miller said. They could
not land him in the penitentiary. so
they're trying 10 railroad him 10
the L,llows. he charged. They
were afraid because he had the
ability to show them up. Miller told
the Jury.
The alleged murder OF which he
is accused occurred In 1905 The
recent anti-hanging Law. therefore,
does not apply to him. He is argu.
ing for his life.
He declared to the jury Mondav
afternoon that the police and the
prosecutor framed" up the murder
charge against him after failing. IN
four years he had been committed
10 jail. 10 make one OF the 20 burg.
larry and perjury charges stick
against him. They were afraid OF
him because he would expose their
third degree methods from the pub.
lie platform II he should be free, he
said
Calls Sullivan perjurer.
lie plainly branded Pat Sullivan.
proprietor OF the American cafe
where Hugh Mcmahon. the de
ceased. was employed as a deliber-
atepe -iurer who came at the behest
OF the police because he needed po.
lice protection for his business and
had to swear to anything demanded
by them.
His description OF cafes in gen.
eral. as recruiting station for
white slaves. was a masterpiece
Equally as caustic and as bitter
were his shafts aimed at Former
Coroner Carroll. who had. upon first
examination, declared Mcmahon
died a natural death. but changed
the testimony at the present trial.
Tom Page, an attorney, also was
branded as a perjurer and an out
cast rom the legal fraternity.
Pounds on Table.
Miller. pounding his fists vehs.
mently upon the table, demanded
to know why Prosecuting Attorney
Murphy allowed such apparent
perjdrers as Sullivan, Carroll ami
Page" to so scot free.
Miller admitted he pawned the
watch and diamonds belonging to
Mcmahon, but denied he knew any
thing of their source. He intimat-
ed It was given him by some ons
else. probably Reser who is Jointly
charged with the murder, but had
not Ueen found by the police.
u am not a saint" Miller
said, "but | am not muir
dercr."
The doors OF the courtroom were
thrown wide open as the immense
crowl which sought to hear Miller
could not otherwise be accommo.
dated.
The crowd was easily In sympa.
thy with Peter Miller.
Juose Glasgow. Milier's attorney
followed his spectacular client and
Prosecutor Murphy will then wind
up the argument. The case is ex
pectei to be in the hands of the
jury tonight.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11
Seward Has Upper Hand

Valdez. which was ignored by the
Alaska railroad commission IN It's
report. still has hopes
Up 10 the present time Bellaine
Of Seward has the upper hand.
He went before a committee OF
congress last year and showed Il
In the shortest route 10 the interior.
taps more agricultural land than
any other and ia so located that
branch roads can he built from it
into more than half OF the inland
mining districts of Alaska
Try 20 Put One over
Realizing existing conditions. tho
Guggenheims have attempted to
put one over on Seward and the
kenal peninsula
They sent an agent with a survey
party up Prince Williams sound 10
Passage canal and surveyed route
If miles across Portage pass.
This cuts 80 miles Off the route
from the Matanuska coal fields to
the sea Then this was tipped off
Quietly. OF courso) and an order
secured from the Coast and Goedet-
&c Survey department for survey
of Passage canal
The Passage canal route had nj.
ready been passed up by the Alaska
Northern. owing TO the dangers OF
navigating Prince Williams sound
in winter and the danger to n rail.
road line from glaciers.
But there Is slight chance that
this might prove 20 be the place
for the navy department coallng
station at this point. so the interior
department has crlmped any plan
to grab the harbor aud right-of.way.
The bills now before con-
qress providing for the build
Ing OF this road leave that ques-
tion OF route In the hands OF
the president OF the United
States.
The majority Of Alsssans
with whom | talked are we'll
pleased with this.
pie today behind closed doors
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-11

Sell that unused office furniture.
A few osnts Invested In . Star
want ad Will do II
, 1913-01-02

standing open perhaps an inch. {,
stopped uncertainty. I was In a pc
!culiar position. Not even the most ar
dent admirers of antique brass candle,
sticks indorse them as weapons Of Of
Tense or defense. But. there seeming
to be nothing else to do. I opened the
door quietly and stepped out into the
darkness.
b next Instant I was flung heavily
to the porch floor. l am not a small
man by any means. but under the fury
Of that onslaught ] was a child It
was q porch chair. | think, that knock
ed me senseless. know ] folded up
like a jackknife. and that was all l
did know for a few minutes.
When l came to l was lying where
I had fallen, and a candle was burning
beside me on the porch floor. 1t took
me a minute to remember. and another
minute to realize that I was looking
into the .aJrel Of a revolver. 1t &C.
CURED to me that I had never seer a
more villainous face than that Of the
man who held it-which shows my
state of midland hat my position
was the reverse of comfortable.
, 1913-01-02

$500 e.8
my own voice. drunk from the shock.
Paper bag, laundry bag
you've hidden 1t In the house." he
said. bringing the revolver a little
closer with every word.
go in and look" I responded. 81
don't know anything about a bag. but
II you will give me your word there
was nothing in It belonging to this
house l will take you in and let you
look for IT"
The next moment he had lowered the
revolver and clutched my arm.
"Who in the DEVILS name are your"
he asked wildly.
l think the thing dawned on us both
at the sane moment
"My name is Knox" l said coolly-
"John Knox"
"Knoxv' He snatched the candle
from me and. holding it up. searched
my face. ''Then-good God-where. Is
my travelling bag? | am Harry Wal
drop, and l have been robbed, Mr.. Knox.
! was trying to get In the house with.
out waking the family, ~and~bvhen
came back here to the from door. where
i had left my valise, 1t was gone.
thought you were the thief when you
came out, and-we've lost all this time.
Somebody has followed me and robbed
meT'
what was in the bagf' I asked
valuable papers," he said shortly.
you are certain you left 1t here7"
where you are standing"
Something glistened beside the step,
and l discovered a small brown leather
travelling bag. apparently quite new.
Here 1t is" I said. not so gracious as
I might have been. | had suffered con
s~iderably for that travelling bag. The
sight Of 1t restored wardrop's poise.
by Jove. I'm glad to see it" he said
1 can't explain. but tremendous things
were depending on that bag, Mr.. Knox
1 don't know how to apologize to you
must have nearly Drained you"
"You did" | said grimly, and gave
him Tho bag. The moment he took IT !
knew there was something wrong. He
hurried into the house and lighted the
library lamp. Then be opened the trav.
cling bag with shaking fingers. Il was
emptyi
/ t a trickP he said furiously.
you've hidden 1t somewhere. This ia
not my bag You've substituted one
Just like it."
Don't be a fool" ! retorted. How
could | substitute an empty satchel foi
yours when up to fifteen minutes ago !
had never seen you or your grip Ell
therT'
He dropped into a chair. and after Q
pause: II was followed In Plattsburg
Two men watched me from the min
ute got there on Tuesday. ] changed
my hotel. and for all OF yesterday
Wednesday, that Isl felt secur,
enough. But oil the way to the train !
felt that | was under surveillance
again. and by turning quickly l cam,
face to face with one Of the men. !
thought he was "a detective. You know
I've had a lot Of that sort of thini
lately. with election coming on Hs
, 1913-01-02
~.
Little Miss Jana.

did you do with that
" bagY' demanded the man
Wv with the gun, and ! felt his
knee on my chest.
what bagY I inquired feebly.
Don't be a fool" he persisted 'If I
don't get that bag within Eve minutes
I'll fill you as full of holes as a cheese"
II haven't seen any bag" I said
stupidity. what sort of bag?" l heard
, 1913-01-02

S BY. Time Table
Train No. l
Leave Encmpment 5:45 A. M.
Arrive Saratoga $40
Leave Saratoga $50
Arrive W alcott 500
Train No. 2
Leave Walcott 900
Arrive Saratoga l0:15
Leave Saratoga 1890
Arrive Encampment 11:45
Connects with U. p. train No. 4
going east and with No II going
west
Geo. G. Austin SUPP
, 1913-01-02

JOHN, McFARL4ANE.
42Hs Cattle branded on e'thar side. horse
kVIINxZ on left shoulder. Range, Jack orse
and Platte River. Address. Saratos,
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
NEWS TO DATE
IN PARAGRAPHS
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

The Fortieth California Legislature
has adjourned sine die.
One man was killed and another se-
verely injured by lightning during a
storm near Peru, twenty miles south
west of Elk City, Kan.
After a conference between police
and Juvenile Court officials, it was
announced that boy police force
would be instituted at Portland, Ore
The revenue cutter Bear, the first
boat to sail for Nome, Alaska, this
season, left Seattle for the north car
rying $4,000 pounds of mail for the
Behring sea metropolis.
Otto and Fred Watson, IS and II,
were arrested at Douglas, Ariz :,
charged with the murder of their
father, William Watson, wealthy
rancher near Douglas.
Benjamin Allison, a hero of the
Chicago fire, who saved a score of
persons with his canal boat, COM
mitted suicide in Chicago. He was sS
years old and brooded over his mfr
mites.
Pursuing its white slavery probe the
grand jury called several witnesses be-
fore it at Los Angeles in an effort TO
locate two girls-Mabel johnson and
Clara st. Ives-said to be well kno xn
to certain society men of Los Angeles
Willard l.. Card, seventy-eight Of
Denver, committed suicide near Ell
sinore, near Los Angeles, CAL, by ty-
ing string to the trigger of a gun
and shooting his head off. The head
was found fifteen feet from the body.
A memorial was introduced in the
Arizona Senate asking that steps ,.e
taken TO abrogate the present treaty
between the United States and Japan
and negotiate a new one which will
permit states to enact their own alien
land laws.
Gait, Calf, is the scene of lively
battle. between Mrs. Anita Baldw n
McClaughry, wealthy heiress, daugh-
ter of the late E. j. C''Lucky') Bad
win, and her husband, Hull Nc
Claughry, over the custody of their
two children.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
SPORT.
STANDING OF WESTERN LEAGUE.

Lincoln Beachey, aviator, will never
fly again, according to statement he
made at the Olympic Club at San
Francisco.
Harvard defeated Cornell in their
dual track and field meet at Cam
bridge, Mass. Harvard's total was 63
points; Cornell's, "a points.
Lincoln and Sioux City played an
eleven-inning one-to-one tie game st
Lincoln. 1t was a battle between
Pitchers Knapp and Young.
Princeton won the Varsity boat
race at Cambridge by quarter of a
length. Harvard was second, Pennsyl-
vania third. The official time of the
winner was L :.
Princeton won the intercollegiate
gun championship at Princeton, N. j.,
with a sweeping victory over Yale and
Dartmouth. The team scores were
Princeton, 407; Yale, 312; Dartmouth,
294.
Donerail, an outside starter, won
the thirty-ninth renewal of the Ken
lucky Derby at Churchill Downs at
Louisville, going the distance, one
mile and quarter, in two minutes
four and four-fifths seconds. This time
broke all records for the race.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
CONGRESSIONAL.

The House passed bill to admit free
of duty exhibits for San Diego exposi-
tion.
Bill appropriating 100000 for the
hire of clerks for the parcel post was
passed by the House.
The Senate territories committee re-
sumed its hearing on Alaskan prop
lens. question of coal development be-
ing taken UP.
Majority Leader Underwood, Pro
gressive Leader Murdock and Minor
ity Leader Mann conferred on commit.
tee appointments.
Representative H. Olin Young,
Twelfth Michigan district, announced
his intention of resigning.
Sen6tors Thomas and Shafroth laid
before Secretary Lane of the Interior
Department the San Luis Valley water
supply situation as affected by the con
struction of the Engle dam, and asked
the secretary to have the question
taken into the courts for settlement.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
WASHINGTON.

j. A. Owenby, representing the j. p.
Washington said that the death of Mr..
Morgan will not interfere with the op-
erations of the Morgan coal properties
in Colorado.
Government coal reservations in
Alaska for the exclusive use of the
United States navy were advocated
before the Senate territories commit
tee by f. G. Jemmett, treasurer of the
Alaskan Northern railway.
Fear for the safety of Americans in
the City of Mexico will prevent the
withdrawal of Ambassador Wilson,
following the announcement of Pres
ident Huerta that the American rep
resentative was without official stand
ing with the provisional government.
ID. M. Aupperle, of Grand Junction,
created sensation in the reclamation
service hearing by calling upon Sec
retary Lane to cancel the allotment
of $15,000,00O for Montana projects
and expend the money in Colorado.
President Wilson, discussing the
Japanese subject informally, took The
position that the Webb bill in Cali
fornia would not violate the treaty
between Japan and the United States.
President Wilson viewed with salts
faction the passage of jury refocm
bill by The New Jersey House. 1t rs
this bill he urged in the recent visit
to New Jersey.
Congressman Kindel and Congress-
man Lewis Of Maryland held con-
ference with Postmaster General
Burleson regarding proposed improve
ments In the parcel post.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
FOREIGN.

The Argentine government is TAX
ing measures to oppose the American
beef combine in Argentina.
More than 500 dead are lying on the
field above Guaymas, Mexico, after
three days desperate fighting.
The steamer Ophir, plying from
Vancouver northward, was destroyed
by fire at Brunswick wharf, Canoe
Pass, six persons losing their lives.
The marriage OF former King Man.
ual of Portugal and Princess Angus.
tine Victoria, daughter of Princess
Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, Is to take
place next September.
The Duke of Marlborough closed
Blenheim palace to the public follow
ing the receipt Of an anonymous let
ter revealing the existence of a sus-
fragette plot to destroy the palace.
Twenty-Five federal officers, includ-
ing an infantry and artillery colonel,
taken prisoner during last weeks
fighting above Guaymas, were shot Mt
a public execution by order of the
constitutionalist commanders. The ex.
ecution is admitted officially by state
authorities at Hermosillo.
The worst typhoon experienced in
eight years struck the Philippine is
lands, causing many deaths and
wrecking several small steamers and
numerous lighter craft. The known
fatalities at sea total fifty-eight, but
the total death list from the storm is
swelling with incoming reports.
The worlds long-distance dancing
record is claimed by the Countess
Lamsdorf of st. Petersburg, who esti-
mates that she has covered $4,000
miles on ballroom floors All told the
countess has attended 1,062 balls,
danced 2,934 quadrilles, 500 polkas,
1900 waltzes and had 1,7O0 partners.
Gilpin observer., 1913-05-15
GEN ERAL.

Fourteen persons were injured, two
seriously, and the First Christian
church Of Turtle Creek, a suburb of
Pittsburg. Pa, was destroyed by gas
explosion.
Governor Sulzer announced that he
would call an extraordinary session Of
the New York Legislature on June 1S
to consider direct primary and other
Legislation.
A market improvement has been
noted in the condition of fifty cancer
patients who have been inoculated
with the rabbit serum recently dis
covered by DR.. Howard w. Novel; Of
Boston university.
Three men entered the First State
bank at Bonanza, sixteen miles south
east of Fort Smith, Ark, dynamited
the safe and escaped on horseback
with a sum estimated to be between
1,50O and $4,000.
Opal Mitchell, ten years old, Of
Licking, Texas county, Mo-, won the
title of best speller in the state. in
a contest in which sixty pupils from
as many counties competed she miss
spelled but three of 200 words: chal-
ice, besieged and weasel.
In his fourth lecture on Some
questions OF modern government" at
Yale, Professor William II. Taft char
acterized the form of government ad-
vocated by the Progressives as "hair-
trigger and leading to anarchy and a
despotism of the majority.
One car burned, five deserted and
left standing in the streets in the down
town section and the crews of these
six cars either beaten or forced to run
to cover is the total result of an effort
made by the Cincinnati Traction Com
pany to operate cars on its lines.
Charles Erickson was arrested at
Richmond, Cal, by the police on a
charge of beating his wife to death.
A sensation was created at Chicago
in the State Senate committee investi-
eating charges of immortality against
Lieutenant Governor Barratt O'Hara,
head of the Ilninos vice investigating
committee, when the name of Mrs.
Mabel Davidson Inbusch of Madison,
Wis, daughter Of former governor Da-
wilson of Wisconsin and widow Of
millionaire, was brought into the tes-
timony.