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Member of the Associated Press VOL. VI. XO. 145. Patterson Now Wants Wenatchee to Advance Expense Money Before He Can Start — Also Insists on Divi sion of Excess Above $1,500 Guarantee — Requests Re fused —Final Word Awaited With Impatience. The football situation is more complicated than ever. Just when the Wenatchee management had com plied with each and every demand of K. W. Patterson, t-he Chicago man ager, even io signing the contract he had written and sending a certified check to his representative, a North ern Pacific official al Spokane, tho said Patterson sets a new inspiration and refuses to start from Chicago with the Oak Park team until he re ceives Wenatchee's guarantee in cold cash with which to buy railroad and meal tickets. He also has a hunch that it was a had move for him to give the guarantors all the excess of gate receipts ahove the $1500 guar antee. He wants a new contract giving him the option of fifty per cent of the gate receipts if they ex ceed the guarantee. To these demands, all and single, the Wenatchee guarantors and coach say. "Nay. nay. Pauline! We have put up the money you asked and we have signed the contract yen wrote. We stand pat." Coach Sievers received a wire from Patterson yesterday, saying he "could not walk." The reply of the coach from the sagebrush rural dis trict stated: "Wan for me; I'll carry you." Will Not Advance \ny Money. .No definite word from the Chica go man had been received ay to noon. It is thought that he will find a way to bring his men. If not, then the game will be called off. Sentiment is universally in favor of not advanc ing any money or yielding the exrer-s of receipts above the guarantee. These will go to the 4'enatchee Ath letic Association. The matter of excursion rates is quite perplexing. Both Agent Piper and Western Passenger Agent Ross at Seaitle tire bombarding the St. Paul office of the Great Northern asking for a decision in the matter. They have heard not a word as yet. li is possible that another way of solving this problem has been dis covered. The State Educational As sociation meets in Seattle on Decem ber 27th. A rate of a fare and a third for this event has been granted by all the roads In the stale. The plan is that members pay full fare going any time from December 23 to and take a receipt from the agent. The certificates are signed in Seattle by the state secretary of the association which certificates entitles tbe holder to one and one-third fare, returning any time prior to Dec. 31. No definite word has been given cut by the railroad company as to whether any but members of the as sociation will be allowed to take ad vantage of the special rate. It is thought, however, that the signature of the secretary will be sufficient to obtain the rate. This, however, will necessitate remaining over until the 27th to get the signature of the sec rotary. Mo would not be acting in good fai-.h to act before the meeting opens. S:oi> at Cashmere. The greater part of the people go ing from here will leave on train No. 3 on Sunday. Christmas evening, or rather, at one o'clock Monday morning. Agent Piper states that this train will stop at Cashmere if anybody wants to get aboard there. HELD UP ADVANCES Interstate Commerce Commission De- lays Lumber Advance Tariffs. Washington. Dec. 19.—The pro posed freight tariffs advancing the rates on lumber, shingles and other lumber products east bound from the northwest Pacific points were sus pended today by the interstate com merce commission until April 23, T9ll. The tariffs were to have be come effective December 24. They were filed by the agent of the trans continental freight bureau for traf fic originating on (he Tacoma & East ern and effect 135 railroad lines oper ating west of Chicago, AFFEECTS LAND AT CONCONULLY Presidential Proclamation Reduces Area of Chelan National Forest. Washington. D. C. Dec. If».—The President has simied a proclamation eliminating 17,t>10 acres from the Chelan National Forest. These changes are the result of a careful field examination made by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in pursu ance of a general plan for the cor rection of all National Forest boun daries. The largest elimination is located west and southwest from Conconully where 1-2 sections of heavily alienated lands are released. A por tion of this is suitable for agricul tural purposes. The other elimina tions are of comparatively smal! areas, which examination has shown to be. for the most part, chiefly val uable for grazing. Some small elim inations of alienated lands adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the for est are likewise made. The unappropriated portions of the land? eliminated by this proclamation will be restored to settlement and en try after they shall hay been adver tised in the local papers by the Sec retary of the Interior. TAKE EXHIBIT EAST F. M. McLean of Winthrop To Leave for the Dakotas With Fruit. F. M. McLean, of the Winthrop Realty company and of the Twisp Land company, is in the city today in the interest of his several land projects owned by these companies. Mr. McLean expects to leave in a short time for Nebraska and the Da kotas. He will take with him an exhibit of fruits and vegetables grown in the Columbia river districts, which he will place on display in a number of cities in the middle west. There is a large body of the very Finest land in the upper Methow val ley. This land is suitable for fruit raising, for stock and for general farming. The same plan was carried out one year ago when Mr. McLean brought iin a coiony which is now located near Winthrop. There is a large number of people in the east who desire to own homes of their own and to locate in the place where the conditions are as ideal as possible. It is to this class of people that Mr. McLean will en deavor to connect. Hearing in Chariton Case. j Trenton. N. J.. Dec. 19.—The ha | boas corpus proceedings in the case jof Porter Charlton, who has confess !ed-that he murdered his wife, Mary : Scott Castle Charlton, at Lake Como. ■ Italy, came up for hearing today be fore Judge Rollstab, in the United j States Circuit Court. This is the j first of a series of legal moves that Will be taken by Charlton's counsel ito prevent the extradition of the j young man to Italy, as ordered by i Secretary Knox. Other steps will be taken with the view of ultimately i getting the case before the United j States Supreme Court, and it is pre dicted that at least two years will be ! consumed before Charlton is return ed to Italy for trial, proving he has won the meantime. Dick Lillis will leave Wednesday for his new home at Peoria, Arizona. Bert Court way. who is now at Lo4 Angeles, will join him. at Peoria. WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 1f), 1910. Dozen Italians Found in a Poker Joint on Mission Street. Another gambling den was raided by the Wenatchee police last night, it was located in the old building formerly occupied by the Moorefield Baths, just north of the focner tele phone building on .Mission street. The place has been a cheap boarding house for laboring men for the past two or three weeks. Officers Nelson and Hauser had suspicions that gambling of some kind was going on in the place, but they did not expect to run .into it so soon when they entered at a little aft or nine o'clock last night. (Joiner into the dining room on the main floor, they found a dozen Italians with cards and money stacked on the table before them. The sight of the blue coats and familiar helmets caused consterna tion. Four or five dagoes leaped toward the back door, nearly tearing it from its hinges in their mad ef fort to break away. This was goins on while the officers were placing five under arrest. were taken to the station and locked up. Their hearing in the police court tool! place this afternoon. Not all the men in the room were playing. The police made especial effort to take all those who were en gaged in the game and succeeded in doing so. altbougb two chairs were broken by the gamblers in their at tempts to get away from the table. Tacoma Men Outlining Pro position for the Quincy Country. Tho great body Of sheet water which underlies the Quincy flat is coining to be regarded more and more of immense importance as an aid to irrigation. A number of small plants have been installed for the purpose of raising the water from wells to the rich soil above. These projects have been uniformly suc cessful. On all parts of this Quincy flat it is possible to secure a flow of water at a depth of approximate ly one hundred feet. This flow is found to be inexhaustible provided the well is sunk through a certain stratum of rock. The well is sunk approximately two hundred feet, the water then rises one hundred feet in the well and remains stationary. For some years a number of Ta coma men have been interested in this country. More or less work has been done towards its development, but thus far the land hits been culti vated without water. A number ol these men spent the past few days making a throrough investigation or this region. Among these were L. L. Benbow, Newt Peer and Messrs. Mc- Parland & McFarland. While nothing has yet been given out in reference to the project. It is the intention of these men to irri gate a large section and put it into fruit. These men investigated some of the pumping plants in the vicin ity of W T enatchee today, and left on the west bound train at noon. Yash.cn College Fire. Tacoma. Dec. 19.—Fire from a de fective flue destroyed the main build ing of Vashon college on Vashon Is land this morning. The loss is esti mated at $3,000. Tacoma Banker Dead. North Yaklmft, Doc. 19. —Thomas B. Wallace, of Tacoma, formerly a prominent hanker of the Pacific Northwest, died here today from ail meuts brought on by overwork. Chelan County Official Paper. ANTI - TREATING LAW Tacoma Citizens Do Not Take Kindly to Mayor Fawcott's Scheme. Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 19.—Taco ma's antl-treating ordinance did not take effect today, owing to the fact that petitions are being filed with 4,000 signatures asking for a refer endum election. This election vill be held within 00 days unless the city commissioner repeals the ordinance, , Mayor Fawcett says he will resign unless the ordinance is ratified and enforced. Series of Shocks Lasting Until Night, With "Waves violent. Tort Limon, Costa Rica. Dec. 19.— A message from Salvador reached here today annuoncing the sinking of a small island in tho Ilopango la goon, southeast of the city of San Salvador, following an earthquake shock. It is asserted, though with out confirmation, that about 170 per sons were killeri. Sinking of the Island. Tbe sinking of the island is said to have followed a series of shocks which were fell throughout the re public. Tbe tremblors began early in the evening and increased in fre quency and violence as night pro mised until about midnight, when the watchers on the shores heard the sounds of guns from the people on the island. Soon after thai great bonfires were lighted on the island and al about 1 o'clock a boatload of frightened wo men and children reached the main land. The survivors reported that other boats were coming, as the is land was slowly sinking. Boatmen Pear t<> Venture Out. The boatmen of the mainland were wired to send aid. but in view of the continued shocks and the steadily in creasing violence of the sea in the lagoon they were afraid to venture out. As they watched another and more violent tremor shook the main land and the fire and other lights on the island vanished. In the morning not a vestige of the island remained. The Ilopango lagoon was the scene of a, volcanic eruption in ISBO. Tremors Recorded hi United States. Washington, Dee. 19,—Professors at Gorgetown university said tonight reports of an earthquake at Costa Rica on Thursday and Friday prob ably were true, as the seismograph recorded tremors Friday morning. They were recorded on both the hori zontal and vertical machine and the distance was estimated at 7500 miles. GIVE GRAND BALL Masonic-Eastern Star Orders of Oka nogan Hosts. The Masonic-Eastern Star hall to be given by Okanogan lodge No. 160, P. & A. M.. and Okanogan Chapter No. 113, O. E. S., on Wednesday evening, February 22, 1011, will be one of the grandest affairs socially, that has ever been attempted in Okanogan county. It will be an in vitation affair and the committee in charge is making preparations to en tertain 300 people. As the Masonic and Eastern Star lodges are the only ones in the county, invitations will be sent to all the surrounding towns. The price of tickets will be five dollars, which will include supper for two. No expense will be spared to make the ball a success. The committee in charge has made arrangements with the Okanogan Light & Power Co. to furnish electricity for decora tions, and it is expected that it will be the grandest display of electric lights, including emblems in colors, that has ever been witnessed in this past of the state. Washington Weather Washington.—Fair tonight and Tuesday, except occasional rain or snow near the coast with south easterly winds.. ALCOHOLISM BROUGHT DEATH Dr. Richards of Waterville Found Dead in Bed at Cottage House. Dr. Henry R. Richards, a Water ville physician, was found -lead in his bed at the Cottage House this morning. This is a small lodging house fronting on tho alley near First street, between Wenatchee ave nue and Mission street. It is the same place where another Water ville man died suddenly last sum mer. S. J. Ma Hoy, a wheat farmer, passed away, as the result of a trip east when he was in a very weakened condition. The death of Dr. Richards was caused by acute alcoholism. He had been drinking heavily for several days. On the bed near his head when found this morning, a quart whiskey bottle was resting on the pillow. Its contents were almost gone. It bore the label of a local drug store with the name of Ib-. Richards as the**|J , reseriMng physic ian. Evidently he had consumed nearly the entire quart of liquor during the night and death ensued. When found at eight o'clock he had been cold for some time. Tbe remains are in charge of the Wenatchee Undertaking company. t A. BATTLE HIM Found Times Good There and jno Indication of Depression. C. A. Battles, who has been east for the past thirty days, returned hame yesterday. He spent most of the time at his old home in Findlay, Ohio. Mr. Battles went east with one of the fruit trains sent east by the Wenatchee Valley Fruit Grow ers association, and iathougb he had a pleasant trip, he states that he is glad to get back home again. Mr. Battles found financial condi tions very good in the east, though probably not as good as in the west. The business men are all looking forward to a good year in 1911. There was a general sentiment of ap proval regarding the recent election and everybody is satisfied that the good times will continue and that there will be no financial depression. While in Toledo, Mr. Battles found a great many western apples, but thr dealers there insisted that these were Oregon apples. On investigation, however, Mr. Battles found boxes marked, "M. Horan. Wenatchee;" "I. W. Reeves, Wenatchee," and some bearing the names of other Wenatchee growers. The names and varieties, however, were in the small rubber stencil and Mr. Battles is more satisfied than ever that every box of apples which goes out of this valley should be marked with a full end label on the end of the box, ad vertising Wenatchee and Wenatchee apples. If this were done, the deal ers would then know that the apples came from the Wenatchee valley rather than from Oregon. Apples Not Less Than ."> Cents Apiece. Ohio people were paying this year from S cents apiece for their apples to two for 25 cents, or $2.75 to $3 per box. $4,000 FOR RESIDENCE R. C. Osborne- Purchased Watts Place on North Mission Street. County Assessor R. C. Osborn on Saturday purchased the Watts resi dence property on North Mission street, paying for it $1,000. This property was recently sold by Mr. Watts to O. B. Fuller, who in turn sold to Mr. Osborne who will take possession sometime during the com ing spring. Twelve Killed and Thirty Injured When Dynamite and Gas Wreck New Power Station of New York Cen tral Road in New York City—Property Loss Will Ex ceed Half Million—Cause of Explosion a Mystery. Printers and Plasterers Or ganized Last Night by State Officials. Charles Perry Taylor, secretary treasurer of the Washington Feder ation of Labor, and 0. O. Young, gen eral organizer of the American Fed eration of Labor, both men with headquarters at Tacoma. were in the city last night and officiated at the organization of two new labor orga nisations. The printers of the city io the number of twelve, organized the first Typographicad Union of Central Washington. Twelve sign ed the application for a charter last night, and temporary officers were elected as follows: H. c. Austin, president; Fred ('. Cattle, vice president ; E. Marcuson, secretary-treasurer, and Jo X. Bryan, soargant-at-arms. If is expected that the charter will arrive here in the course of a week or ten days from the headquarters of the International Typographical Un ion at Indianapolis, and at that time the printers will effect a permanent organization. Mr. Taylor, who. besides being sec retary-treasurer of the Washington State Federation of Labor, is also foreman of the Tacoma Ledger com posing room, officiated at the orga nization of the printers. C. O. Young officiated in the organization of the Plasterers' Union. S. T. Crial was elected as temporary secretary of the plasterers and a strong organization was formed. The Carpenters' Union was the first to organize in this city and it has a strong, active working union. Sovera] public meetings nave been held in the city. It is likely that the barbers will be the next to effect an organisation The four or five shops in the city employ quite a number of men and it is understood that a state organ izer will be here in a short time to effect an organization. CRACK LINER ON ROCK Prince George Struck This Morning Near Vancouver. Vancouver. B. C. Dec. Ift.—The Grand Trunk Pacific's crack liner Prince George went aground in a dense fog this morning while enter ing the harbor coming from Victoria. She struck a rock, and as the tide was at the highest within a half hour after she struck it. it is feared she will be high and dry at low tide this afternoon. The problem of keeping Iter from tipping over will be a seri ous one. The vessel has 30 or 4t» passengers who are in no danger. BOUGHT PIPE ORGAN Christian Church to Install \ew In strument Specially Designed. The Ladies' Aid of the Christian church after examining several dif ferent makes, have concluded the purchase of a Kimball organ to be specially designed and constructed for the organ alcove which has been built in the church. The organ con sists of eight speaking stops of the best-toned organ pipes. The purchase price was $2 100 and will be install ed by the Filers' Music company. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McCreary of South Wenatcnee avenue, left today for a several months' visit at their old home in Hamilton. Mo, , . i * *■» ■ Established July 4, .1905 5c PER COPY New York. Dec. 19.—Twelve per pons, including two women, and thirty injured in a double explosion of gas and dynamite in the new elec tric power house of the New York Central railroad shortly after eight O'clock this morning. The force ol the explosion shattered hundreds oi windows in the big hotels, apartment houses of the neighborhood, and the railroad terminals, causing great alarm to the guests. The dynamite blast picked up a north bound trolley tar, lifted it in to the air and seat it crashing down upon an automobile which was pass ing on the other side of the street Pour of the passengers were killed The railroad service was only tem porarily interrupted. The new substation power house, where the explosion occurred, is at Fiftieth street and Lexington ave nue, which is half a dozen block; north of the Grand Central station. The explosion partly wrecked the fire engine hou-e nearby and pre vented the firemen from getting thr apparatus into the street. A num ber of priests hurried to the seen" and administered the last rites. The power house was built o! stone and brick, six stories high, an 1 ! took fire after the explosion, th<» in terior being practically burned our. .lust what caused the double ex plosion probably never will be known. From the officials of the railroad it was learned that there were many workmen in the building at the time of the explosion, and but few of these were accounted for. In the Bible Tea-hers' Training school, directly oppospo the power house. 125 men and women on their way to breakfast, were thrown to the floor by the blast. Many men and women were injured and several ta ken to the hospitals. The damage to the power house and other build ings it is likely will exceed half a million dollars. Numerous theories are advanced to account for the explosion. One is that a crowbar falling on the third rail caused a short circuit, ignited some gas escaping from a tank. One workman says be saw smoke coming from a motor car and thought the sparks from the "ire set off the gas. The police are making an exami- nation of the ruins and are of the opinion that the first explosion oc curred in some gas tanks which was communicated to some dynamite that one of the officials of the New York Central said ho understood was in the power house. "KNIFE AND FORK BE" R. A. Maynard Will Lecture Thursday of Proper Dieting Methods. A lecture will be given Thursday evening in tne office of Dr. H. F. Morse in the Russell-Plough build ing, on the subject. "Knife and Fork Suicides." The speaker Is R. A. Maynard. of Denver, who is au apos tle of Dr. .1. H. Tiiden. The lecture was given In Spokane last week and was quoted at some length in yesterday's issue of the Spokesman-Review. It deals with the proper foods for people of differ ent ages, the amounts that are re quired and several suggestions of fered in the interests of good health. He especially attacks the evil of over eating. Mrs. Maynard also speaks on liter ary subjects. In Spokane her sub ject was 'The Chanticler, the g»>eat French play which is the vehicle be ing used this year by Miss Maude Adams.