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WOOLWINE BARES
EXTRAVAGANT USE
OF COUNTY FUNDS
Candidate Makes Forceful Refer
ance to Fredericks' Adminis
tration at Watts Meeting
WASTE OF PUBLIC'S MONEY
Speaker Informs Gathering of the
River Bed Scandal and At
tempted Bond Steal
NEW CHARGES WOOLWINE
HURLS AT FREDERICKS
New charge* against District Attorney
Fredericks were presented by Tbomaa
Lee Woolwine at Watts last night .as
follows:
Expense of running district attorney*
office for six months ending December
SI, 1000, (18,801.03; expense for six
months ending June 30, 1010, (38,057.07.
.Combined salaries of District Attorney
Frederick* and deputies for six month*
ending December 81, 1006, $13.0.0.00;
combined salaries of district attorney
nnd deputies for six months ending June
30, 1010. (2 -070.62.
- In December, 1006, District Attorney
Fredericks had eleven deputies and seven
detectives; in June, 1810, this force was
twenty-four deputies and twelve detec
tive*. . _, ; .
In startling contrast to thl* increase
is this fact:
In the last four rear* District Attor
ney Fredericks and his deputies have
appeared 'a* attorney* for private par
ties in 895 civil cases.
| J The aggregate of time thus taken from
the public service In the district attor
ney's office Is estimated by Mr. ' Wool
wine at 1195 days, or the equivalent of
paying | for the time of one deputy , for
three and one-fourth years, "for which,"
said Mr. Woolwine, "not one dollar of
service was rendered to the public." '
The foregoing' public ! time . lost ■ doe*
not Include any In which there was no
litigation and concerning which the
courts 'furnish no record, which Is un
doubtedly extended. .-' 'V :.' .
':.] Mr. Woolwine further charged, that
' stenographer* ; paid by the county have
been used In • great volume of private
practice. '
. Although delayed at Newhall by the
breaking down of J his automobile so
that he did not arrive in Los Angeles
until evening from the meeting at Lan
caster, Thomas Lee Woolwine spoke
at Watts last night to an audience
that crowded Rice's hall'in spite of the
rainy weather. He was compelled
to work all day in the rain' repairing
the automobile at the Newhall grade,
but his dllevery lost none of Its fire
and earnestness on that account. >
At the outset of his speech Mr. Wool
wine went into details along new lines
concerning the official record of his
opponent. He showed how Capt. Fred
ericks and his deputies, who frequent
ly tell persons having business at the
district attorney's office that they "are
very busy men," utilize time belonging
to the public for private practice. His
pledge to devote his entire , time,' if
elected, to the public service was re
ceived With cheers. Mr. Woolwine
said:
ADDRESS BY WOOI,WIN_
It is my purpose tonight to take
up and discuss the useless ex
travagance of the district attorney's
office during Mr. Fredericks* sec
ond term. Figures are' some
times dry , and uninteresting,
but f_is phase of 'the is
sues will not be treated wholly as
a matter of figures, but there are
certain matters in connection with
the conduct of the office and * the
employment of numerous deputies
and the increase of the office force,
that are startling, and should be of
vital: Interest to every taxpayer
and . voter in this; county.
I Now, in the flrst place, it should
he stated that the expense of run
ning that office for the six months
ending December 31, 1906, was
$13,801.93, while the expense of the
office for the six months ending
Juno 30, 1910, was $38,057.07. . In
other words, the expense for the
last period more than doubled that
for the- first. ' .:.»
For | the six months , ending De
cember 31-1906, the combined sal
aries of > Mr. Fredericks > and his
deputies, amounted to $12,049.99,
while for r the six months ending
June, 30, 1910, the salaries of Mr.
Fredericks and his" deputies was
$25,670.52,' an increase of more than
.100; per cent.
LARGE INCREASE IN , DEPUTIES
In December, 1906, Mr. Freder
icks had eleven deputies and seven
detoctlves, and 'in June, 1910, this
force had increased to twenty-four
deputies and twelve detectives. -In
other words an enoromous Increase
of • thirteen ; deputies . and \ five " de
tectives. \'^U9s*Sßßi__|Hslßl_bp_)sa9
This statement as to the growth
of the office force and the enor
mous increase In expense is only a
preamble ii to the , facts , that will
follow, . and these facts - will : show
an abuse lof the office for private
gain, that" is almost unbelievable.
• It should .be . borne 'In ; mind : that
when the district attorney and his
deputies take their oath of-office,
such oath contains an implied con;
tract that they will give up: their
entire time to the public, and to the
conscientious execution of their du
ties to the exclusion. of .all ' other
business. . . Now they have ! violat
ed this contract, " and' the manner
in ' which' they have . embezzled I the
time ,of the . people, I propose to
show. When v the people • pay pub
lic - officers for ; their time, , such
time Is the property of the people,
and to squander it, and - use ,It i for
private' gain ' to >. the ; detriment of
the public welfare, is nothing more
or less t than *, the . embezzlement •of
such time. y ' _
- Now, listen ■to .. this astounding
fact.: ' ■■-■ The speaker „has nad ' the
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WIT-MS _. MOORE
ACCUSES WILLIS MOORE
OF TYRRANY IN OFFICE
WASHINGTON, Oct.. 14.—One of the
counts ln the number of charges made
by James Berry, division chief of the
United States weather bureau for 17
years, against the chief of the bureau,
Willis L. Moore, Is that he has pursued
and is now pursuing a policy of with
holding ' forecasts of the weather
bureau for the deliberate purpose of
creating complaints, then blaming con
gress ~ for not granting additional ap
propriations. Mr. Berry says the
chief has reduced the number of places
receiving the forecasts ' and special
warnings of the bureau by 190, making
the total the smallest since the year
1905-6, notwithstanding there has . been
no diminution in the amount of money
appropriated* for this important work.
He' asserts no committee, of congress
can afford to overlook the information
which he, will lay before it concerning
the ■ management' of ■ the bureau. He
asserts Mr. Moore holds '. tyrannical
sway over the bureau and manipulates
the , government .' business Ito suit' his
own whims rather ■ than the needs -of
the ■ public. / ■■-.■■■■■
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Cloudy
Saturday, breaking away during the day;
warmer; light north wind, changing to
south. Maximum temperature yesterday, CO
degrees; minimum temperature, S3 degrees.
LOS ANGELES
Thomas Lee Woolwine. makes new criti
cism of Fredericks and deputies before
Watts audience. ' .■• - ■•"..- PAGB 1
Liverymen ] charged with failure to com
ply with ordinance. „ .'.*-p .'•- PAGifl _
Los Angeles pioneer Is perhaps fatally In
jured by automobile. FAG_ 4
Business men secure $1600 through street
ticket sale for Times benefit.. ; PAGK 5
Traffic Manager Gregson of , Associated
Jobbers tells Rotary club of urgent need
of , more • manufactures in Los Angeles.
PAGE 6
Federal building janitor locks . district
court clerk ln court room, r PAGE 6
Los Angeles police will be equipped with
first aid to Injured. packages. PAGE 6
Boy touches match to leaky gas pipe—
injured by explosion. PAGE 8
Mayor vetoes ordinance pertaining to eta- ...
tionary engineers and elevator' opera
tors. > PAGE *
State superintendent of banks closes All
Night and Day bank at 10 p. m. , PAGK 9
Postoftlce department plans . Improvement ,
in Los Angeles office. . - _ PAG_ ' »
Proprietors' Casa Verdugo protect *"" title
of their resort. * PAGE »
Workman on Los Angeles Trust and Hay
- ings bank building - falls nine stories.
■ ' PAGE »
Woolwine I will I reply to J Fredericks' • "an
swer" at : Long Beach. . PAGE! 13
Federal building will be open for public
inspection tonight; program. PAGE 1.
Mining' and oil.fields. V : PAGE 6
Building permits. 'V. ,'"'> ' PAGE -
Markets and financial. ' PAGE 7
Editorial I and Letter . Box. . PAGE 12
Politics. , -•" J .PAGE 13
Marriage, licenses,. births, deaths. PAGE 14
Churches. :''.\^ -'. : " PAGE 16
SOUTH CALIFORNIA .
Sam Pedran grasps • live' wire; narrow
•_■ ly escapes death. * PAGE 3
Long Beach home of Al D. Myers sold
for $100,000. ..,. ; „. . PAGE 14
At-Santa Ana probate suit is entered in
volving sanity of a suicide. PAGE 14
Vigorous war on lltiuor violators in
_ Pasadena lanned. , PAGE 14
COAST
Theodore Hell greeted ln Woodland with .
... 1000 , men . and , torches. .-. • _ PAGE 1
Revenue cutter men witness spectacular
. eruption "of ' volcano < ln Aleutian is- ■
-lands. - ' - . * • PAGE 2
Pinkerton men '. are ■ hired to unravel -
.Times: explosion ', mystery,. PAGE . 5
Hiram ' Johnson speaks "at San .' Fran- V
.- cisco. , , PAGE 13
Miss' Curtis writes book' exposing, careless
' lives of' Reno divorce colony.' - PAGE 4
EASTERN
West Indies hurricane approaching Florida
; coast. •■',-. .-,;«...' '.'•/'.;,".':PAGE- 1
Daughter of '< Secretary. Wilson will" moke
vocal ■ campaign through lowa > with her ',
father.. .'•..'...._- . PAGE 1
President Brown of New York Central lines'
explains company's . stock arrangements
to Interstate , commerce i commission - at
Washington. ' ;. PAGE 1
Three Seattle men arrested and others In
dicted for: Alaska coal land conspiracy.
i; . . PAGE 1
Clerk : makes charges against chief of"
, weather Bureau. . -.. ' PAGE 1
Revenue officials i search Great Lakes • for •;-.
i smugglers. PAGK _
McEnery act case reaches. United , States;
. supreme court. '.„_';'.. .;;' ■ . '■' .-■ PAGB 3
Balloonists from' five European nations ar
rive in St. Louis for race. . PAGE 3
New Jersey court holds Porter Charlton to ■,"
1 » await extradition ■ proceedings, \ PAGE 4
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 1910.
BELL GREETED IN
WOODLAND BY 1000
MEN AND TORCHES
Candidate Says Herrin Reign to
End if He Is Elected
Governor
RECORD BACKS UP PROMISES
Asserts Johnson's Insinuations
Against His Sincerity Are
Groundless
[Special to The Herald]
WOODLAND, Oct. 14.—Theodore
Bell, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor, was given a tumultuous greet
ing here tonight at the close of a hard
day's campaigning in Solano and Yolo
counties. When the automobile con
taining Bell, Timothy Spellacy and
Judge Henry C. Gessford arrived a
half-hour ' late from Winters it was
greeted by fully 1000 men with torches.*
Men, women and children were banked,
along the sidewalks and broke into
frantic cheering when Bell, tired and
dust-covered, climbed out of the auto
mobile. The progressive leader was
escorted Into the city and to the thea
ter under a continual glow of red
fire. Even Republican leaders admit
ted tonight ttat Bell will carry' the
county by at least lUOO. Democrats in
sist that the majority will be at least
2500.
In the theater an audience of fully
1200 persons awaited the candidate,
packing the hall in every foot of avail
able space. The meeting was called
to order by E., W.. Watson, who pre
sented the Democratic warhorse Ed
Lake as the chairman of the evening.
Bell's reception shook the building, the
audience arose and waved hats and
hank rchiefs as It cheered. "You may
rest assured," ■ he said, "that there
will be no William F. Herrin or politi
cal bureau of the Southern Pacific
railroad in the government .of Cali
fornia if I'm elected. I have my record
to back up.my promise there will be
no William F. Herrin '• to tap legisla
tors on the shoulder and place his own
men In the judicial • possessions. Hi
ram Johnson knows that I am sincere
yet 'he Insinuates, that I have given
up the cause of the people." ;.. .:;_t
JOHNSON MAKES ADDRESS
TO CROWD AT BERKELEY
BERKELEY, Oct. 14.—Hiram W.
Johnson,' Republican candidate for
governor, started out on the last stage
of his campaign tonight by addressing
a big meeting in this city. He was
met at the station by a committee and
a band. The hall in which he spoke
was filled.
Arthur Arlett, chairman of the John
son-Wallace club of Berkeley, opened
the meeting and Charles .H. Spear
acted as chairman.
In his speech Johnson attacked his
Democratic opponent for declaring the
leaders of the progressive movement In
the Republican party were bigots.
"On the other side in this fight," he
declared, "you will find every reaction
ary Influence and corporate interest.
You see the attorney for the Southern
Pacific railroad .ln i San Francisco
aligned with my opponent. Our Demo
cratic friends do not like this designa
tion, but they have pinned their faith
in success in getting that kind of vote
and they must take the consequences.
On our side we have drawn the line
on that issue." ■
HYDRAULIC CHAIR BLOWS
UP-PORTER LOSES EYE
Flying Bolt Destroys Optic of Man
Installing Seat ;
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Ordinarily . barber chairs appear
harmless enough, but that there to
hidden danger in the nicely upholstered
seats was made apparent late yes
terday afternoon' when Frank Miller,
a negro porter employed at. the bar
ber shop at 118 West Third street,
lost his right eye when a hydraulic
chair exploded and a bolt struck him.
Miller was helping one of the bar
bers install a new chair. The latter
was adjusting the , hydraulic appara
tus while the porter was engaged ln
fastening the chair to the floor, us-
screw bolts. Suddenly the* chair
wa/ lifted from the floor with great
force and a bolt over which he was
bending flew up and struck the negro
in the eye. - "-'-'.* V -
Miller was taken to the receiving
hospital where Dr. .J. H. Slater, an
eye ; specialist, performed an, operation
and removed the eye. Later the in
jured man , was removed to the Clara
Barton hospital.
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STOCK BROKERAGE FIRM
IN NEW YORK COLLAPSES
NEW . YORK, Oct. 15.—Arthur W.
Joseph, Frank • MacGuire, Herbert' A.
Rosenfeld and Allen F. Cohen, doing
business as stock brokers at:24 Broad
street under the firm name of Charles
Mlnzeshelmer & \ Co., •. assigned .. today
for : the benefit ;of creditors ■ to. James
Balnbrldge Colby. No statement .of
assets or liabilities has been filed. The
firm has membership ln . the stock ex
change. gggM_Bß__S__-..-'.
BROKER FILES ASSIGNMENT
* NEW YORK, Oct.' Thomas . G.
Gaylord," who carried on . business ' at
43 Exchange place as Latham, Alex
ander & Co., cotton and stock brokers,
filed an aslgnment in the county clerk's
office today for the : benefit of , credi
tors. ' ________ - .
KILLED IN AUTO COLLISION
i PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. Dr. Edna
D. Tlmms, <a ; well . known I physician |ot
this city, was killed In a collision here
tonight between . a street car and her
automobile. The: force. of the impact
was so great thnt the automobile was
knocked about fifty. eet.
WITNESS YIELDS
RAILWAY SECRETS
IN STOCK SALES
President Brown of New York
Central Appears Before Inter
state Commerce Body
MORGAN, FINANCIAL ADVISER
Official Testifies Regarding In
crease i.n Dividends When the
Employes Asked More Pay
[Associated Press! ,
WASHINGTON, Oct. President
W. C. Browrf of the New York Central
lines was on the witness stand
throughout the day in the investiga
tion by the Interstate commerce com
mission Into the proposed advance in
freight rates in the eastern trunk line
territory.
The case of the railroads is practi
cally completed, although J. C. Stew
art, vice president of the Erie, is to be
he- .1. . .
In discussing the capitalization of
the New York Central, President
Brown said:
"The New York Central stock, every
dollar of it, has been paid for at $100
a share, except such as was paid for
at the rate of $125 to $150 a share, and
the New York Central cannot be re
produced today for 200 per cent of its
total stock and bonds. I say that un
der oath." .-••■,; .
Louis D. Brandeis of counsel for the
shippers' took up the cross-examina
tion, and elicited the information that
J. P. Morgan was a member of the
executive board of the New York Cen
tral and that the firm of J. P. Morgan
& . Co. was among the financial ad
visers of the road. -
"Did Mr. Morgan approve of the In
crease of New York Central dividend
from 5 to 6 per cent in 1910?" inquired
Mr. Brandeis. - '.';- '_'■ ',_
"I: cannot answer, because I don't
know," responded the witness.
"Did not you ; and your directors
make this increase in dividends with
a full knowledge that employes w"ere
about to demand increased wages?"
"The demand for Increased wages
was pending at the time, I believe,"
replied President Brown.
"Is it not a fact,'.' persisted Mr.
Brandeis, "that you disabled yourself
to the extent of $1,786,000 a year from
meeting, the increased liabilities for
wages?" „. _ , ;_
FACTS BEHIND DrvTDENDS
"In doing that," replied President
Brown, "we increased the dividend
less than the men who held the se
curities of the New York Central could
have got on first class mortgages—a
dividend about equal to a 4 per cent
bond, because bonds sell almost on a
5 per cent basis. The same reason that
caused an increase in wages logically
and necessarily applied to the people
who held the stock of the railroad."
"Do you not conceive," suggested Mr.
Brandeis, "that it was your duty and
the duty lof your fellow - directors, If
a surplus was necessary for the main
tenance of the credit of the road, to
withhold the granting of the dividend
at a time when you knew that a de
mand for an Increase in wages was to
be made, which necessarily would Im
pair a portion of your net revenue?"
"No, sir," said Mr. Brown.
"Was the question considered," .sug
gested Mr. Brandeis, "in view of the
effect of that action on the credit of
the New York Central and- upon its
ability to borrow money in the markets
of the world?" .
"I don't recall," replied President
Brown, "whether it was or not; but
there Is no question but that the in
crease of the dividend to 6 per cent
made it possible to dispose on satisfac
tory terms bf $44,000,000 securities of
the company." .■'.,- ■
| Mr. ■ Brandeis, in response to . ques
tions by Chairman Knapp and other
members of the commission, indicated
his purpose to show that if railroads
in the eastern territory .. were man
aged' with the highest degree of effi
ciency it would be possible for them
to earn dividends and make the de
sired improvements without increasing
rates. ; He • said he would put men on
the stand who would explain how this
could be done.
CROSS-EXAMINE BROWN
Cross questioned, President W. C.
Brown of New York Central, said of
his road's earnings: ' •
"In twenty-one years the New York
Central paid an average of 4.76 per cent
in dlvldendsto its stockholders, an av
erage less . than they could have real
ized If they had invested their money
In first-class farm mortgages. In that
time they have taken out of earnings
and | applied .to improvements 1.27 per
cent, or Just about 25 cents for each
dollar of dividends."'
After Mr. Brown had given similar
information' of earnings and surplus
set aside for Improvements on other
of the New York Central lines, Com
missioner Lane asked how it happened
that in such rich* territory as the New
York Central had, it had paid such
small dividends.
"Because," . Mr. .; Brown replied,* "It
has not • been .possible to earn any
more." ;■'■- , \ , ■ :";
"If the Pennsylvania and the Balti
more & Ohio could do so well, how is
it that you could do so little?" asked
Commissioner Lane.
' "That is a very hard question to an
swer," : replied Mr. 'Brown. >■. ■-
| "The: Pennsylvania railroad Is locat
ed, in some . respects, in better terri
tory . than the New York < Central and
the Lake ; Shore, that is in territory
that gives an enormous tonnage."
fe| Reverting to.the proposed advance in
rates, • Mr. t Brown; in response to In
quiries by Examiner Lyon, declared:
■ "I think It is absolutely necessary for
the railroads to return more money to
sustain their credit, so they may ob
tain sufficient funds to make necessary
improvements. I do not think the In
creases in rates asked for are all that
we should have, . but they will enable
us, if granted, to obtain money abroad.
The sentimental effect of allowance of
the proposed rates would be worth as
much as the practical advance in sus
taining our credit. It will convince the
foreign Investment that there is a trib
unal in'.tho. United States j that will
permit a ; fair increase »In rates. The
fact Is,* there la much doubt about that
in Europe." ; _9KSBSt-Wm__^^SSL
Sec'y Wilson's Daughter Will Sing
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TO SECURE VOTES
Daughter of 'Tama Jim' Wilson to
Accompany Father on
lowa Campaign
[Special to The Herald]
DES MOINES, lowa, Oct. 14.—The
lowa campaign Is to be enlivened by
the singing of Miss Flora Wilson, who
will accompany her - father, "Tama
Jim" Wilson, the secretary of agricul
ture, on his speaking tour through
the state. I Miss Wilson is extremely
popular in lowa and has already made,
a name for herself with her voice in
New York and Washington. ■>-*■.■'■'.''*_
She i prepared for participation ,in
grand opera under the tutorship of
Jean de Reszke [in * Paris and has a
magnificent voice. Her personal
charms have made her much : liked in
capital society. .' ■
I Miss Wilson volunteered to j sing at
the meetings and although vocal music
of grand opera quality is a novelty in
politics her suggestion was eagerly ta
ken' up. Already the Polk county po
litical leaders are predicting that her
distinguished father, ■• will *be crowded
into second place.
Secretary Wilson comes ■to lowa to
participate . in the _ campaign entirely
on . behalf -of the administration , and
he will not take sides < with either pro
gressives or regulars.. He is expected
ta make some extremely Important
statement's ■ reflecting , the official atti
tude and desires of President Taft.
lowa is regarded |as | critical ground
by Republicans, because of the intense
interest in progressive .policies dis
played by the most conservative mem
bers of the party. 'An attempt will be
made to secure harmony between the
warring elements . and - through « the
peace established in this state to have
a beneficial influence in party matters
throughout the union.
Secretary Wilson is well fitted to
carry out this plan of the administra
tion, as he is loved by all Hawkeyes
and is famous for", his i conservatism.
This will insure him a most respectful
hearing and do more,. the administra
tion leaders believe, to advance keynote
ideas i than their presentation „- by some
more radical speaker.
His accomplished daughter Is re
garded as a distinct asset In this cam
paign, as her singing will aid materi
ally in the success of the meetings..
WAITER-CAT-COLLISION:
SOUP RAINS ON PATRONS
Food Bearer Dislocates Elbow in
Fall to the Floor
A common black -cat, appearing at
an inopportune moment in the restau
rant at 217 Aliso street, resulted in two
patrons receiving impromptu baths of
hot soup ■ and Andre Long, a waiter,
being sent to the receiving hospital for
treatment for a dislocated left elbow.
Andre was serving the patrons of
the place and was endeavoring to rush
the food to the dining room to avoid
delaying tbe evening meal of the hun
gry ones. Just as he was about to
place a bowl of soup on the table he
stepped on the tall of a black cat that
darted across his path.
The yowl of the Injured feline
startled Andre and he hurled the soup
from him, lost his balance and fell to
the floor. The hot liquid splashed on
two irate customers and when the un
fortunate waiter arose he found that
his left elbow was dislocated.
"I have been good to dat cat," said
Andre while the .ollce surgeons wore
preparing to . put htm under the : in
fluence of , ether. ' "But— you say
nevalre again."
MISS FLORA WILSON
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WEST INDIES ARE
SWEPT BY STORM
Hurricane. Is Approaching Coast
of' Florida Preceded by
Heavy Seas
KEY WEST. Fla., Oct. 14.— 6
Clock tonight the wireless station here
reported the ; West Indian hurricane
centered j west ■of Havana and moving
with great intensity toward Progresso,
Yucatan. The storm will extend from
Florida to Mexico. All wireless sta
tions: with the exception of the local
government station are disabled. There
is an unconfirmed - rumor I that a liner
is ashore near Key West.''
Although a 50-mile wind blew stead
ily throughout the day here, no ma
terial damage, was done in Key West,
but tonight there was considerable ap
prehension | over the approach of the
hurr an;. :'
The weather bureau station at Sand
Key . was awash • and the men there
♦sought: refuge at the lighthouse. The
United: Wireless station was temporar
ily ' disabled and the operator | aban
doned his ' quarters when I heavy I seas
began; to : come. in. . The government
wireless alone was in operation.
At 5 p. m., the steamer Olivet, from
Tampa, for Key West, . was ' reported
30 miles. out, all well. :"•',,'
HURRICANE CLAIMS LIVES
IN EASTER&I BALTIC SEA
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 14.—A hur
ricane swept over the eastern coast of.
the Baltic sea last night, causing many
wrecks and' the loss of hundreds of
lives among sailors.
, Throughout the night lights of dis
tressed vessels could be made out.
Three sailing vessels foundered off the
Gulf of Riga. : Some of their men were
rescued. '
The tide today cast up quantities of
wreckage, including timber, naphtha
cans and boxes of . merchandise. ■
At Mitan the wind tore down whole
rows of houses, trees and telegraph
wires. . . . ',-'->','^.'*..';'... ,:.',. .\
FIFTY-MILE GALE KEEPS
SHIP FROM MAKING PORT
. TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 14.—A message
from the wireless station at Key West
at 7:20 p. m. reported the steamship
Olivet just outside the bar unable to
make port on account of heavy seas.
The wind is blowing' fifty to > sixty
miles an hour. -The steamship Comus,
spoken forty miles > west of . Tortugas,
is ' proceeding. ';'•% ,'
CUBA STORM SWEPT
HAVANA, Oct. 14.—The provinces of
Havana, Matanzas and Plnar Del Rio
have been in ' the grip of the severest
storm of ascent j years | since Thursday.
The - highest velocity of the wind was
eighty miles an hour. The rain prob
ably " was : unprecedented - and has
wrought great damage to sugar cane
and tobacco. ' <V
-RENCH SHIPS IN COLLISION;
TWENTY-THREE DROWNED
ST. NAZARE, France, Oct. 14.—The
French steamer Ville de Rochefort was
wrecked off ■ Nolrmoutiers island early
today. The British steamer Peverll
picked up the first and second mates
and the chief . steward of the French
craft,, but • twenty-three others of her
crew were drown'-.d. The Peveril put
in here tonight. , •
It developed later that the Ville de
Rochefort, which was bound from Bor
deaux,, was rammed:, by the Peverll,
bound J for Bilbao,» and the '■ Rodlefort
sank in ; three minutes. Twenty-three
of hor crew were . drowned. J
SINGLE COPIES: DAIT.Y tc. ON TRAINS Be. »•
SIJNGLJIi COI lr_h . Sundays sc. on trains !••
COAL LAND CASE
REACHES CLIMAX;
6 ARE INDICTED
Prominent Seattle Men Arrested
on Finding of Conspiracy
by Tacoma Jury
CHARGE OF DUMMY ENTRIES
Additional Sensational Develop
ments Expected from Inves
tigation at Spokane
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—After
months of secret effort and patient
waiting officials of the general land
office were able to announce today the
indictment of six claimants to valu
able lands in Alaska.
The entries involved No. 154 and
cover almost 2000 acres of land, all of
which lies in the Bering strait district,
in which the Cunningham claims are
located. They are what are known as
the English or Straccy and the Chris
topher Simmonds groups, the former
containing 80 and the latter 74 claims of
160 acres each. The deposits covered
by these claims are believed to be as
rich as those of the Cunningham
mines which cut a conspicuous figure
in the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy.
INDICTMENTS BY TACOMA JURY
The indictments were handed down
in the federal court at Tacoma, Wash.'
In the English group Indictments were
returned against C. F. Munday, A. H.
Stracey, Archie W. Shields and E. E.
Siegley and the second group against
Cornelius Christopher, George Sim
monds and Mortimer C. Sweeney."
The flrst group of defendants takes
its name from the fact that a number
of people in western Canada are sup
posed to be interested. Stracey is « a
resident of Vancouver and is charged
with having been instrumental in mak
ing some of the locations. Munday is
a prominent attorney of Seattle.
The charge Is that the .entries were
made in the names of "dummies.":
Most of the entrymen were residents of
Washington, and they are said to have
made an agreement that their claims
should be assigned or deeded to | third
parties. There is «aid to have been a
further understanding that the locator
should receive a • large , percentage of.
the sale prices.
Tho charge differs from the charges
in the Cunningham claims, in which
there were no allegations that the en
trymen took the claims for persons
other than themselves, but rather that
they had a previous agreement to work
or dispose of their claims as a unit. It
is said few claimants in the new cases
ever saw the land on which their names
were used for locations. $JS_S
ECHO" OF BA_I_NG_R CASE '
Both groups of claims figured in con
nection with the Ballinger-Pinchot in
quiry. Charges of fraud in connection
with the entries were made two years
ago, ane it was asserted that investi
gation had been stayed by . the land
office, supposedly for sinister purposes.
Meeting this allegation with the
statement that the services of the land
office were needed elsewhere, and that
there was no statute of limitations to
run against these cases, it was con
ceded that they were not pressed for a
period. Since last May, however, Chris
tiansen has been giving the major por
tion of his time to them. I
Another federal grand Jury sitting at
Spokane is considering other charges
of fraudulent coal entries in Alaska,
and results are expected from the in
vestigation's similar to those obtained
at Tacoma. : '
COMMISSIONER RELEASES
ACCUSED MEN ON BONDS
The Cases Involve 17,000 Acres
Worth $100,000,000
SEATTLE, Oct. Charles F.
Munday, George Simmonds and Cor
nelius Christopher, all prominent Seat
tle men, were arrested here late today
on Indictments returned by the Ta
coma grand Jury charging conspiracy
to defraud the government in the
Alaska coal cases. They were taken
before United States Commissioner W.
D. Toten and released under bonds of
$2500 each. '-fesgag»_M
Warrants have also been issued for
the arrest of Algernon S. Stracey, an
Englishman; Archie W. Shiels and
Earl E. Siegley. Slegley was private
secretary to Michael J. Heney, the
contractor who was building the Cop
per River railroad in Alaska for tho
Guggenheims. Siegley is now on the
way from San Francisco to Setttlo
with the body of Heney, who died a
few days ago. He will be arrested Im
mediately after Honey's funeral.
Mortimer C. Sweeney, the seventh
man for whom an indictment was re
turned, is dead..
FICTITIOUS EOTB- CHARGED
The accused men are charged I with
having conspired to defraud the gov
ernment on fictitious entries in what
are known as the Christopher and the
English groups. Both groups are situ
ated in the Bering river district, be
tween Boring lake and Kushtake gla
cier, near the famous Cunningham
claims. The value .of the coal lands,
which it is alleged the claimants con
spired to obtain fraudulently, is placed
by the government at $100,000,000.
The men arrested today are to i
pear before United States District
Judge eGorge Donworth for arraign
ment at Tacoma next Monday. It li
probable that the trial will be set fir
the November term in Seattle.
"The cases wherein the grand jury
returned indictments Involved 154 i en
tries and approximately 17,000 acre? cf
coal lands ln the Bering river fleid
in Alaska," said Special Agent And,
Christensen tonight. "The evidence
submitted to the grand fury ha.bcnn
secured during the last two or threo
years, as the result of Investigation'
by special agents of the general land
office luring that time."
The Indictments .returned .in.the
Christopher cases ■; charge that a pi-.rt
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