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VOL. XXXVII.
NUMBER SS3
NO RESIGNATION
TO BE TENDERED,
SAYS BALLINGER
Secretary Declares He Is Going
East Merely to Attend
Cabinet Meetings
DENIES RECENT DISPATCH
'All Rot!' He Exclaims Regarding
Story of Broaching Mat
ter to Colleagues
(Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 18.—"It ls true
that I am going to Washington to at
tend a series of cabinet meetings
which will last for about a week. But
all of the members of the cabinet have
been called by the president to dis
cuss various matters pertaining to all
of the departments. I do not know
that anything affecting mo personally
will be discussed at all."
In this way Secretary of the Interior
Balllnger this afternoon flatly denied
the report recently sent out from
Washington and supposedly from an
authoritative source, to the effect that
he was hastening to the national cap
ital to attend a meeting of the cabinet,
September 26, when he would put lt up
straight to his .Republican colleagues
either to sustain him or turn him down
and that he tad determined ln the
event of being sustained by the other
members of the cabinet to remain in
office regardless of any pressure that
might be brought to bear to force his
resignation, but that if the heads of
the other departments failed to sustain
htm he would resign, accepting their
judgment as final and without waiting
for the report of the- congressional in
vestigating committee.
DENIES RESIGNATION STORY .'
When asked whether he had read the
dispatch referred to, > Mr. Balllnger
said:, "Yes, I read every word of it.
But It is absolutely without foundation
so far as I am concerned. Such a prop
osition has never even occurred to mo.
The report is silly, absurd, and I sim
ply laughed at it." '
When asked whether he had
broached the matter to any of his cab
inet colleagues regarding the submis
sion of the question of resigning or re
maining In tho cabinet, Balllnger said:
"That is all rot and I won't discuss
it any further." • ■*■
"Do you intend to resign?" was
"What *. have said before along that
line still stands. I will not resign as
long as I am sustained by the presi
dent. I cannot see what connection the
trther members of the cabinet can have
in this matter. Certainly I have never
made any such suggestion and I am
Ignorant of such a suggestion having
been made by any member of the cab
inet, if such a suggestion has been
made, which I am wholly disinclined
lp believe."
Secretary Balllnger passed several
hours today ln looking over the Pay
ette-Boise government project, inspect
ing the concrete canal lining and then
visiting orchards in the vicinity of
Boise. He left tonight for Salt Lake
and ■ then will proceed to Denver, stop
ping for a short time at each place.
He will go direct to Washington from
Denver. - '■ > .' \r '
COAL MINERS RATIFY
CONTRACT WITH OPERATORS
Agreement Is Said to Be Victory
for Workers
KANSAS CITT, Sept. 18.— a
meeting which ended at 6:30 tonight
the . representatives of the miners in
the' southwestern field ratified the
agreement made with the operators
and will resume work next Tuesday.
The contract as it now stands is said
to be a victory for the miners. Accord
ing to the agreement, tire miners re
ceive an increase of 5.55 per cent on
day work, dead work and yardage.
They also receive an increase of 3 cents
a ton on shooting coal and an increase
of 5 cents a ton on wall work.
The ■ arbitration clause was finally
settled by an agreement to, leave all
future differences to 'W. L. A. Long,
mine Inspector or Kansas, for settle
ment. . '".'
'When work is resumed on Tuesday
morning it will end a strike that began
more -than five months ago, to settle
which several conferences have *>een
held. | In many of the districts of the
southwestern field lt Is said the miners
and their families are In wont.
AMERICAN SECRETARY OF
WAR WELCOMED BY CHINESE
Cabinet Officer Borne in Sedan
Chair Into Peking
PEKING, Sept. 18.—A curious throng
of ' Chinese, wearing blue shirts - and
queues, in innumerable carts, on,
horses, donkeys and camels, ' waited
an - hour last '. evening behind the Chi
nese troops lining'the route from the
railway station •; through the 'great
Schcln Men, the great gate of Peking,
to the American legation. " <»
W. J. Calhoun,' the American minister,
the other members of the legation, and
Chinese officials In , picturesque cos
tumes, the legation ■• guard and a de
tachment of imperial guardsmen met
the' train which brought Jacob M.
Dickinson, the American secretary of
war, and party from Hankow to this
city.
Secretary ' , Dickinson was" borne
through the gates into, the legation in
a sedan . chair, while ho was heartily
greeted on all sides.
The program for his entertainment Is
said to be the most elaborate eve ar
ranged •in < honor 'of■; a foreign t official
visiting the .Celestial) capital..,.,-..
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity:. Fair, Mon
day; light north wind, changing- to south.
Maximum temperature yesterday, 86 de
grees | minimum temperature, 08 degree*.
LOS ANGELES
Burglars bore through roof of Silver- ■
wood's Broadway store and secure -
. four suits and »10 in silver. PA OB 1
Chamber- of commerce committees com
plete program for excursion to Venice
next Saturday. PAGE 3
James Butler, Holy Holler faster, whose
companions died following fast, recov
ers appetite at county hospital.
,PAGE 3
Children vof Plain Catholic church Sun
day school celebrate anniversary of
Mexico's Independence. „ PAGE] . 3
Mrs. James Beck, whose husband slashed
her neck In a rage over some trivial
matter, visits him in hospital and
comforts him during what ls said to
be mortal Illness. PAGE 6
Convention of Pacific Coast Gas Asso
ciation will be one of most successful
yet held. | PAGE 5
Mrs. Clara Klmball-Stewart-McCoy-
Murph la charged with bigamy and
lodged In city Jail. , PAGB 5
Mrs. Sadie Rosenthal of West Twenty
ninth street falls - heir to estate of
$1,000,000 through death, of father ln
!e[ew Tork. ' PAGB i
Twelve per cent Increase In summer
beach travel and many new summer
. resldenta reported by electric lines.
. PAGB 5
Dr. J. W. Brougher defines meaning of
home In sermon nt Temple Baptist
church. , PAGE 8
Truce of twenty days arranged by
Chinatown's warring tongs. PAGE 13
Society. PAGE 3
W. C. T. U. notes. PAGE 3
Personal*. ; \ ' PAGB 3
Editorial and Letter Box. PAGE 4
Shipping.' .." PAGE 5
Sport*. PAGB3 6-7
Mothers' congress. PAOB 8
Churches. PAOB 8
Art notes. - ■■ ■ ; PAGB '„
Mining and oil field*. PAGE 9
Classified advertising. v. PAGES 10-11
Theater*. . • " page 12
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Mr*. Mary Leidel dead and two other
women Injured in collision of electrlo
train and buggy near Venice. PAGE 1
I- B. Shehorn, Colton upholsterer, dies
■ of heart disease while ln surf at Long
Beach. PAGE 10
Liquor Interests at Colton defeated by
movement they originated. . PAGB 10
Pasadena realty board will boost cot
tage garden competition at' banquet.
PAGE 10
COAST
Four days' celebration of Mexican cen
tennial at Tla Juana closes with bull
fight and ball. PAGB 3
Charles M. Schwab- declare* steel trust
will not build Chinese battleships In .
San Francisco plant because of labor
conditions. — ■ . PAGE 2
Joint maneuver* of 4000 soldiers 'at
Camp Atascadero begins with shrap
nel fire and ball cartridge attacks „.,
today. : *\ PAGB- 2
Santa Barbara bids farewell to South
ern California Editors' association fol
lowing banquet and entertainment by ..
mayor. >. ;/:•'' PAOB »
EASTERN
Commander Van Hani, O. A. A., Gen.
Hilary A. Herbert, Confederate, grasp
folds of Stars and Stripe's at Atlantic
City. PAGB 1
Capt. Klaus Larsen makes successful trip
through whlrpool rapid* -at Niagara ln
motor boat. s ■ PAGB 1
Snow-buffeted, ons of 13 balloons which
ascended at Indlanapoll* was forced to
land at Indianapolis. PAGB 1
Secretary Balllnger declares he Is going
to Washington to attend cabinet meet
ings and again denies resignation story.
„ PAGE 1
Eugene V. Deb* denounces American
courts and declares Roosevelt dis
honest. PAGE 2
Men of Atlantic fleet ordered to bathe •
and change underwear dally In action
' to avoid blood poisoning. * PAGB 2
Dr. Douglas Snyder claims that Incubator ,
babies died because electrlo current waa
not strong enough. PAGB 2
Call Issued to states for delegates to
Transmlsslsslppl Commercial congress In
San Antonio, Texas, November 23-26.
PAOB '2
• Former Lord Mayor Treloar of London,
friend of crippled children, coming to
Los Angeles on tour to study hospital
methods. , PAGB 6
President Taft, on leaving Beverly, an
nounce* plan for • construction of two
new , battleship* and for fortifying Pan
ama canal. _ ■ PAGB 10
MINING AND OIL
Conservation bills are not satisfactory to
mine operator*. PAGE 9
Newspaper men feast on huge ostrich eggs
from Arizona. PAGE 9
Western steel corporation buys Nevada
Iron property. - ' PAGE 9
COLONEL RESTS BEFORE
SHOCK OF THE CONFLICT
After Fair Warning to His Ene
mies Roosevelt Retires to
Sagamore Hill
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.— gauntlet
flung, the banner flown, the field picked,
Theodore Roosevelt has now but little
more than a week before the actual
shock of conflict with the old guard in
the Republican state convention at
Saratoga. '
Ho returned to New York this morn
ing from Syracuse, where he sharply
joined issue yesterday with his critics
in his speech at the state fair; motored
from the city to Sagamore Hill, where
he arrived shortly before noon, and
spent the rest - of ; the' day with his
family.. ■ ■ r „'•■ *■"
The colonel: refused to discuss his
plans for the flght at Saratoga, or. to
say whether he believes he will be suc
cessful. ' . ■ ■ - - • ..-:',.-..
His references to President Taft in
his Syracuse speech, in which he gave
his approval to a number of the most
Important acts lof the administration,
are - regarded, however, •as throwing
some light on his probable attitude to
ward an Indorsement of the adminis
tration-by the Saratoga convention.
What action ho will take in case an
attempt is made to indorse President
Taft for a renotnJnation in 1912 is a
subject on which he remains resolutely
mute. Reports. that he would resist
such an Indorsement .have brought
forth no statements from him, except
that he will have nothing to say on
that point unless the question : bo
raised.at Saratoga. -
MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1910.
TRAIN SMASHES
VEHICLE; WOMAN
IS DEAD; 2 HURT
Mrs. Mary Leidel Fatally Injured
in Collision on the Track
Near Venice
VICTIM THROWN SIXTY FEET
Husband Learns of Accident as
Horse with Fragments
of Buggy Arrives
VENICE, Sept. 18.—Mrs. Mary Lei
del was fatally hurt and two women
companions were painfully injured
when the buggy in which they were
riding was struck by a Los Angeles-
Pacific train at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon near Boycr's grove.
Mrs. Leidel died two hours later at
the Santa Monica Bay hospital, where
she was taken in the hope of saving
her life. Her skull was fractured and
she sustained other injuries of a mor
tal nature. v
The other women, Mrs. Rose Staub
ble, a sister-in-law, and Mrs. Kahlen
of 1 1929 Darwin avenue, Los Angeles,
received slight Injuries. Mrs. Kahlen
was taken to her home at Los An
geles while Mrs. Staubble is resting
at the Leidel home, a short distance
from the scene of the accident.
CRASH ENDS PLEASURE RIDE
Mrs. Leidel was the wife of Frank j
Leidel, a rancher. Their home Is sit
uated about 150 yards south of the
road crossing which proved fatal to
Mrs. Leidel this afternoon. In cTfm
pany.wlth Mr. and Mrs. Kahlen Mrs.
Leidel and Mrs. Staubbl, who resides
with the Leldels, and her husband
were guests at dinner today of John
Connelly, who lives north of the rail
way tracks. Following the dinner,
Leidel Invited the guests to come over
to the ranch and witness the thrash
ing of the bean crop. It was while
the women , were driving there that
they were run down by the train.
Staubble,- Kahlen and the tetter's
young son walked ahead of the wom
en's rig and were only a few hundred
feet away when they heard the train
pass by. Mrs. Clarence Cole, who lives
near the Connelly place, was driving a
short. distance behind the other women
and arrived on the scene in a few mo
ments after the collision. She said she
did not see the car strike the buggy,
but she gave a clear account of the
facts In the case. Mrs. Cole said:
WOMAN IHOff.V SIXTY FEET
"The buggy had got almost across
the track when the fender of the car
struck the rear wheels. • I could not
tell how fast I the - train was going.
Mrs. Kahlen Jumped and this probably
saved • her life. Mrs. Staubble was
thrown to the ground and hurt, but
Mrs. Leidel suffered the worst of all.
She was thrown fully sixty feet and
struck on her head on the Iron rails.
The buggy was completely demolished,
but the horse was unhurt. - The horse,
running home and dragging a portion
of the buggy, was the first inkling
Leidel had of the accident.
That the train was running very
rapidly was the opinion of others fa
miliar with the case. The distance
which Mrs. Leidel was thrown by the
impact, the complete destruction of the
vehicle, and damage ,to the front of
the . car are taken to show, that the
speed was great. The approaches to
the crossing at this point are hidden
on both sides by trees and hedges
and It Is practically Impossible to see
an oncoming train -until within a very
few feet of the track. The scene of
the accident is known as the Ballona
road crossing. .. ;'' ....
INJURIES OF THE WOMEN
Dr. W. M. Kendall, who attended
the Injured Women, found that. Mrs.
Leidel sustained, besides a fractured
skull, a broken arm I and internal in
juries. : He pronounced death due to
concussion of thejfraln. Mrs. Kahlen
was bruised and cut when she Jumped
from the buggy. Mrs. Staubble suffered
a broken thumb and cuts and. bruises
about the face, legs and back.
The Los Angeles Pacific train was
In charge -of Motorman J.. H. Mizo
and Conductor T. G. Ellis.
The body of Mrs. Leidel was taken
to the undertaking parlbrs of Bresee
Bros. & Todd at Santa Monica to
await funeral arrangements.
Mrs. Leidel leaves no children. . She
was 40 years of age.
GAYNOR REMAINS SILENT
REGARDING GOVERNORSHIP
ST. JAMES, N. V., Sept. 18.—Mayor
Gaynor was questioned at his coun
try home here tonight about a letter
received from him by Frank Glck, sec
retary of the Saratoga county Demo
cratic committee, in which he had said
he must "carefully consider" the pos
sibility of his nomination for governor.
The mayor did not relish the subject.
"I won't say a word about politics;
I won't be forced to talk about the
governorship," he said. [ "I don't know
whether I shall be a candidate or not."
HENRI ST. YVES NEAR DEATH
PASSAIC, N. J., Sept. Henri St
Yves, the marathon runner, narrowly
escaped death in his flrst professional
motorcycle race at the Clifton stadium.
His machine collapsed' when he rid
ing 55 miles an hour and dragged him
tho length ot the grandstand. He was
not • seriously hurt.
SHOOT AT AUSTRIAN COUNT
VIENNA, Sept.. 18.— Count Kiel
mansegg. I governor of Lower Austria,
hist wife 'and nephew were motoring
home - from an aviation meeting -.. at
Wlener-Neustadt teday, where the em
peror and archdukes were spectators,
a shot was' fired through the window
screen of his car. No one was hurt. .
CHAUFFEUR CRUSHED TO DEATH
GREELEY, Colo., Sept. 18.—Caught
beneath an automobile that was. over
turned at a railroad crossing nine
miles south of here, Elmer Rust,; the
chauffeur, was crushed to death and
Deputy Sheriffs Peterson and Frailer
more or, less seriously Injured ' early
this morning.
STORM BUFFETED,
ONE BALLOON IS
FORGED TO LAND
Gas Bag Drifter, Heavy by Rain,
Compels Pilot and Aid to
Seek Safety
2 OTHER AIRCRAFT DESCEND
Four of Thirteen Aerostats Which
Started at Indianapolis
Cross Ohio River
■ WHEELING, W. Va., Sept. 18.—Four
of the balloons that started from In
dianapolis Saturday crossed the Ohio
river at or near this city today, and a
fifth landed at Unlontown, W. Va. Three
balloons were seen north of the city,
one flying so low that Its number, six,
waa plainly discernible.
The balloon which landed at Union
town was the Drifter, with Albert Hols
pilot and UCorge R. Howard, aide.! The
aeronauts stated they encountered three
storm* while flying at an altitude of
about 2800 feet and crossed the Ohio
river three time*. Their big gas bag
was made so heavy by the rain that
they were forced to come down.
During the evening this note, which
was dropped from the Million Popula
tion Club balloon of St. Louis, was
brought into a local newspaper officei
"Post Dispatch. St. Louis: We are
now at the 2500-foot level, traveling
northeast, with fourteen sand bags left.
Don't think we will be able to stay up
all night.
"LOUIS YON PHOT,, Pilot. ,
"JOSEPH P'REIXI/V, Aide." J
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 18.—Only three of
the thirteen balloons that started from this
city in two contest* yesterday have landed,
according; to report* received late tonight.
The three that have dropped out of the
race are the Topeka, at 'Washington, Pa.;
the Drifter, at Unlontown, W. Vn. Both
entered ta the free-for-all contest, and the
Drifter, piloted by Albert Hoi* of Cincin
nati, has been declared st ' winner of the
free-for-all race by A. B. Lambert, official
starter, on the ground that the other thre"
entrant* in the event were not ready at the
scheduled time. ---.
The eleven balloon* which hare not re
ported landing are I ■ ' -
- America 11, Mis* Sophia, Indiana 11, Mil
lion Population Club, Pennsylvania,, Centen
nial, Hoosier, Buckeye and New York, all
the entrants In the championship race, and
the University City and the Luzerne, ta the
free-for-all event. ' '_
The Million Population Club balloon, en
tered from St. Ifluls ta the Indianapolis
meet and piloted by 8. Louis yon Phnl, with
Joseph Rellly as aide, landed near Trafford
City, a few-mile* east of Pittsburg, Pa., at
3:35 o'clock p. m. today. Yon Phol baa
shipped his balloon to St. Louis.
PITTSBURG, Sept. • 18*.—At least
three of the thirteen balloons that as
fended from Indianapolis between. 5
and 6 p. m. yesterday passed over the
environs of Pittsburg late this after
noon, and at dusk tonight were re
ported still pursuing a course east
by north, at a rate of from ten to 12
miles an hour. v
: In the twenty-four hours since the
ascension the aeronauts have covered
about 400 miles.
The only landing reported was from
Washington, Pa., this evening. The
Topeka had come down at 8 o'clock
this afternoon seven miles south of
Washington, j on account of a shower.
Pilot R. S. Cole and his aid, F. M.
Jacobs of Topeka, reported that most
of the night they had traveled so close
to others of the big aeronautical party
that they could talk from basket to
basket.
The Topeka was entered In the free
for-all event.
Eastern' Ohio, western West Virgina
anti Pennsylvania were balloon hunt
ing today. All afternoon local news
paper offices were advised from out
lying districts that three balloons, sail
ing high and separated by about ten
minute intervals, had been sighted.
The first report came from Washing
ton. Pa. Two balloons had been sight
ed" there at 1 p. m. and the third had
passed at 1:50 p. m. They were all
over 1000 feet high. .'.;.'-•
TURNS IN FIRE ALARM
At Cannonsburg, just northeast of
Washington, the balloons were sighted
by hundreds of people, and one got so
excited he turned In a fire alarm. x
Over the Junction of the Mon\-ga
hela and Youghlougheny rivers Vlie
aeronauts evidently encountered trou
bles with the lower air currents and
avoided them by mounting to a height
of nearly a mile. At this altitude they
sailed up the Monongahela valley, over
the fire and smoke of numerous steel
mills. ' '"•'."'
■ Between 2 and 3 o'clock the balloons
were sighted from the southern sub
urbs of Pittsburg, at McKeesport,
at Elizabeth, Carrlck and Mount Oliver.
At the extreme height it was, impos
sible to Identify the balloons, and as
duck closed in they were reported bare
ly visible as they proceeded northeast
along the course of the Allegheny river.
- During the afternoon showers threat
ened several times, and at 8 p. m. some
rain. fell here, but at that hour no re
port had been received of any of these
three balloons landing.
The wind held steady at about twelve
miles an hour, as it had all day.
'. The local weather bureau reported
that, during last night the aeronauts
could not have had a wind of much
better than four miles an hour, but
at daybreak it was almost brisk.
AUGUSTUS M'CABE DIES
SAN JOSE, Sept. 18.— Augustus M.
McCabe. one of the best known and
successful business men in San Jose,
died today of a complication of ail
ments. He was head of the Agricul
tural Hall association, which controls
the Garden theater; and owner of a
large hat store : In the downtown dis
trict.
Wearers of Bronze Button of G.A.R.
and Commander at Encampment
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U.S . FLAG HUGGED
BY BLUE AND GRAY
Commander Van Sant, G. A. R.»
and Former Confederate Gen.
Herbert Clasp 'Old Glory'
ATLANTIC CITT, N. J., Sept. 18.—
(The hotels, piers and board walk are
crowded with old soldiers and their
families here to attend the forty-fourth
annual encampment of the G. A. R. i
Commander Van Sant and Hilary A.
Herbert of Alabama, former secretary
of the navy nud a general in the con
federate army, were the prlncjpal
speakers at a large gathering of vete
rans on the Steeplechase pier this af
ternoon. General Herbert eulogized the
members of the G. A. R. He told how
the wearers of the blue and the wearers
of the gray were welded together In
the cause of the Union. ,
Commander-in-Chief Van Sant and
Gen. Daniel E. Sickles both said they
would work with General Herbert to
bring the veterans of the north and
south together. It is believed, this
demonstration of friendly feeling will
end the agftatlon against the placing of
a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in
Statuary hall at Washington.
GENERAL SICKLES CAUSES SCENE
A remarkable scene occurred with
the 1 entrance of General Sickles. As he
swung down the aisle the veterans
arose as one man and four of his com
rades lifted him, chair and all, and
placed him on the platform while the
band played "Dixie" and the crowd
cheered. As General Sickles grasped
the folds of a huge silk flag, with Com
mander Van Sant, General Herbert
stepped up and said: .. ' ■
"Had I been told when I was ln
Antletam that in the years to come I
would stand side by side with federal
soldiers and grasp the Stars and
Stripes with them, I would have been
insulted. But I love that old flag now."
Commander Van Sant said he was
proud of the fact that no American
army ever surrendered to anything but
another American army, and declared
there was no longer a north and a
south, but all are one great people.
• A ripple of applause greeted the men
tion of Colonel Roosevelt during the
GAR. leader's address. The name
of President Taft was not mentioned.
EVANS SAYS WEST COAST
NEEDS 16 BATTLESHIPS
'Fighting Bob' Tells Newspaper
Men of Navy's Needs
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18.— like
this beautiful country of yours; I like
your farms and your' cities and all
that, but whenever I look out over the
Paclflc ocean I see what you want,
and I want you newspaper men to see
It from the right standpoint; you need
sixteen battleships stationed on this
coast, with IS all the cruisers, torpedo
boats, ammunition boats and colliers
that are necessary to go with it. That
Is the only way that you people of the
Paclflc coast can go to bed and rest
easy, rest care free of the great peril—
I won't say yellow peril, but green
peril or any other peril, so as to be
impartial." .":_*i_
With these words Hear Admiral Rob
ley D. Evans (retired) impressed upon
150 newspaper men of this city today
the inadequacy of the defenses of the
Pacific coast at the flrst banquet of
the newly organized Portland Press
club.
Besides Rear Admiral Evans there
were present at the banquet Col. W.
F. Cody, Gov. Jay Bowerman, United
States Senator George E. Chamberlain,
Federal Judge Charles E. Wolverton
; and other prominent officials.
onVT/^T I, 1 I'nlM • DAILY 2c. ON TRAINS sc.
SIN ( « lil'i tUI IJliO . SUNDAYS sc. ON TRAINS 10a
BORE STORE ROOF
AND STEAL GOODS
Burglars Gain Entrance to Silver
wood's and Leave with
Four Suits and $10
The clothing store of F. B. Silver
wood, at Broadway and Sixth streets,
was visited by burglars early yester
day morning, they having gained en
trance by boring an opening in the roof
and descending to the store proper by
means of a rope. So far as has been
ascertained, their loot comprised four
-suits of clothes, two tuxedos, a. few silk
handkerchiefs, several ties and about
$10 in sliver, i which was taken from
b, cash drawer.
F. B. Silverwood had occasion to
enter his store about 10 o'clock yester
day morning. As he passed through
the clothing department he noticed
many disarranged lacks, while several
suits of clothes were scattered about
the floor. He hastily made his way
to the office on a balcony In the rear
part of the establishment.
HOLE IN OFFICE CEILING
Directly over his desk he saw a new
made opening in the ceiling, through
which a rope dangled within a foot of
the floor. Several desks had been
forced open. He Immediately notified
central police headquarters and De
tective Ziegler was assigned to the
case.
| The detective made an investigation,
which points to two men having com
mitted the crime. They are believed
to have gained the roof of the one-story
building In which the clothing estab
lishment is located through a window
"of the Elden rooming house, which ad
joins Sllverwood's. Footprints loading
from the window to the place on the
roof where the hole was "cut plainly
showed that the men had taken off
their shoes in order that their walk
over the tin covering might be noise
less. It is believed they got Into the
rooming house during the night hours
when no one was on watch.
TAKE CASH AND CLOTHING
By using a brace and bit they bored
an opening in the side of a combina
tion air vamp and skylight above the
store. The burglars then securely tied
a rope around a small pipe and de
scended to Sllverwood's. The rope
dangled to the floor of the balcony on
which the offices are located. It is
believed the men pried open the draw
ers in the desks before visiting the
clothing department. A , revolver was
stolen from one o? the desks, and in
the main office $10 was taken from a
cash drawer which had been pried open.
On reaching the clothing department
they searched about for their sizes
and threw several suits on the floor.
An Inventory of the clothing stock was
made Immediately after the discovery
of the burglary and disclosed the
amount of goods stolen. The men
evidently made their exit in the same
manner as they had entered, for all
doors were locked.
It is believed the men who robbed
Sllverwood's are the ones who entered
Cawston's salesrooms at Broadway
near Third street two weeks ago. At
Cawston's they bored a' hole in the
celling and descended by a rope to a
balcony in the store. They had first
entered a tailoring establishment di
rectly above Cawston's. ■ They escaped
with ostrich feathers, boas and fans
valued at $1000. .
TWO PROBABLY FATALLY
HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Sept. 18.—
William H. Lempke and B. Miller were
probably fatally hurt this afternoon
when a forty-horse power automobile
they were driving went through a fence
at the race track and was wrecked.
The men were testing the car in
preparation for the automobile races
at the fair here tomorrow.
Lempke, who was driving, attempt
ed to pass another car on a turn in the
trapk, was blinded by dust and lost
control of his machine. The car
crashed'into the fence, went over an
embankment and turned over three
times, i
. Lempke was pinned beneath the car.
Bo^h legs were broken and he was in-
ternally injured. Miller was thrown
clear of the car, but suffered a frac
ture of the skull and other injuries.
t CENTS
LARSEN SWEEPS
SAFELY THROUGH
NIAGARA RAPIDS
Captain Hazards Life on Voyage
Over Whirlpool in Little
Motor Boat
DARING SKIPPER'S LEG HURT
Craft Shoots Twenty Feet Out of
Water and Plunges
Over Boulders
(Associated Press!
NIAGARA FALLS, N. T., Sept. 18.—
Capt. Klaus Larsen, in his little motor
boat, the Ferro, late this afternoon
made a successful trip from the foot
of tha cataract through the whirlpool
, rapids to within a mile of Lewlston, a
distance of four and a half miles.
He started from the Maid of the Mist
dock at 4:45 and ran on a rock near
the American shore at 30. Despite
the battering of the whirlpool rapids,
LArsen went through safely, but his
boat was leaking badly at the finish
and through the trip.
Larsen Intended to start at 3 *. m.,
but engine trouble delayed him and
besides the authorities threatened to
arrest him for attempted suicide.
RAPIDS HIDE LITTLE BOAT
The boat swung out under tho can
tilever bridge and into the whirlpool.
Larsen held to the middle of the
channel and in less than three minutes
had reached the great pool. In the trip
through tho rapids the little boat was
lost to sight most of the time, but at
Great Wave it was shot twenty feet
out of the water. The boat landed
right and continued to the pool. Lar
sen kept to the outer edge of .the pool
and passed down without accident.
Just as he left the pool the - engine
stopped working and Larsen was at
the mercy of the water hardly less vi
olent than that above.
' The boat swung around stern flrst
and turned completely over, Larsen
coming up with it, badly battered.
Here, also, his leg was Injured.
After that Larsen was a mere play
thing of the rapids, unable to hold
the course, the boat swinging from one
side to the other. After going through
the Devil's Hole the Ferro swung to
ward the rocks on the American side,
rolled over one boulder and went fast
between two rocks. There Larsen
stayed for five minutes, forty feet from
shore, working desperately to release
the craft.
COMBERS POUND CRAFT
Getting free, he was hit by a comber
and went careening toward the mid
dle. At the bend, with the Lewlston
bridge in sight, tho boat drifted to
ward the American side again and
was then caught in the shore eddy.
The Ferro grounded again, this tlmo
near enough to shore to be caught by
Roy Rockwell of this city, who waded
into the water and caught a rope
thrown by Larsen.
Larsen wanted to continue the trip,
but having accomplished the worst
part of the Journey, he was persuaded
to board a trolley to Lewlston, setting
the boat adrift. ' '__ "'""V
"The trip was worse than I thought
it would be," said Larsen, "but I am
not hurt and I will do it again some
time with, another boat. My leg was
jammed when she tipped over, but
that's all. The engine worked fine
through the rapids and I could; have
made the trip in thirty minutes if it
had not. stopped." v-'--
Except the old Maid of the Mist, sent
through in 1864 to avoid seizure, Lar
sen's is the only engine-propelled craft
to have gone through the rapids.
Peter Nissen of Chicago, in 1900, and
C. A. Percy, in 1888 and 1891, went
through the rapids safely ln barrels.
No one else has ever passed through
the rapids and lived.
INVALID DRAGS HERSELF
FROM BURNING DWELLING
Redlands Woman Falls Uncon
scious Just Out of Danger
REDLANDS, Sept. 18.—Mrs. Charles
Stewart, an Invalid, had a remarka
ble escape from dpath at Grafton to
day when she managed to drag herself
from her burning house Just far
enough from the flames before she
dropped unconscious. Her two young
sons were enveloped in the flames, but
succeeded in escaping before they were
badly burned. »—^
Fumes from a galosine stove ex
ploded and the kitchen was almost im- j
mediately in flames. The house Is out-'
side the city limits and the fire de-'
partment was not called, so the loss
is total. Neighbors hurried to the
rescue and picked up Mrs. Stewart,
still unconscious and barely out of
danger from the filing walls. Unless
the shock causes complications she will.
recover. . Her loss is $2000. without any -
insurance.
ARREST OPERATOR WHEN
FOUR DIE IN COLLISION
CAIRO, 111., Sept. 18.—Four men
were killed and two Injured In a
head-on coolislon between Mobile &
Ohio and Iron Mountain freight trains
several miles north of here, near Beech
Ridge, 111., this morning. The dead:
CLAUD ROLLINS, engineer of Mo
bile & Ohio, Jackson, Term.
A. CROSSNER, fireman of Mobile
& Ohio, Jackson, Term.
W. R. STEVENSON, brakeman Mo
bile & Ohio train,. Jackson, Term.
, Unidentified negro.'
Witnesses testified before the cor
oner's jury this afternoon that Ope
rator Charles E. Clark, who was on
duty at Beech Ridge,- had been drink
ing when the wreck occurred and failed
to transmit orders. .
Clark was arrested, charged with re
sponsibility for the accident.
The trains were running about thirty
miles an hour. Both engines and
twelve cars left the track and wera
demolished. .":;-- •-*..