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VOL. XXIL LORIMER TELLS STORY W Gives Graphic Details of His Rise From Blacking Boots to Place in U. S. Senate SPRINGS SENSATION IN DEFEAT OF YATES Ust Declared That Senator Hop kins and Mayor Busse Were Faithless Friends of Former Gov. Yates and Helped Defeat WASHING-TON, Jan. 15.—Senator fcorimer told the senate Investigating ooimniUee today the story of his life, •with many homely details, dramatic in the extreme. Ha blacked boots at the age of ten. Supporting his aged mother and live brothers and sisters, but the lire of SST4 wiped out his customers and de stroyed the little hoard of savings of bis mother. Next he was cash boy, fend then worked for a sign painter. In turn be was laborer, street car con ductor house painter "as long as my money lasted, then back to the street ear conductor," Started a Collection Agency Tben his fortune took a turn for better. He was elected constable and started a collection agency. Fort unate Investments in real estate fol lowed and he went into the real estate business. He got a job in the water department and later entered the con tracting business and then became. Superintendent of the water depart ment. He ran for congress seven times, beginning In 1894. Lorimer Springs Sensation IVorfmer was the coolest man in the Isjcm while the story was told, except Vfeen he spoke of his mother, two y*ars dead. The political sensation «C the day's testimony came when he 4#olared that the faithlessness of Mayor Busse and Former Senator ficpklns defeated former Governor fates in the primary contest with t>eneen, the present governor. Re garding- Chanles A. White, a former members of legislature, whose alleged confession of bribery formed the foundation of the Inquiry Into Larimer's lecetlon Lorimer said White came to him and volunteered his note. BOSTON HOBTKLRY BI'KXS Hler«re House for Many Yours l'u mous Burned —Many Liu's Lost BOtfTON, Tuesday, June 16, (2.50 fe m-) —The Revere House took fire shortly before 2 o'clock this morn ing. Many guests were carried down ladders, others rushed from the build- Ing through the smoke scantily clad, geveral adjoining buildings were scorched and at this hour the Revere hotel appeared doomed. Confirmation of the report that a number of dead were In the hotel is lacking. A fireman, who fell from the fourth Boor and landed on a picket fence, died on the way to the hospital. More thßn three hundred were sleeping in the hotel when the fire was discovered. The police declare many did not es cape. The Revere House was named after Paul Revere and was opened Jn May, IM7 and was the most sumptuous ho tel In Boston for many years. SMALL TRACTOF LAND RESTOREDJO ENTRY No Rumors of Any Kind Will' Stampede the Land Seekers at the Land Office Door Forty acres of land near Cle Klum have been restored to entry The land 1b about three miles south of the lake and is un Big (.'reek. It is the north west quarter of the northwest quarter of section 28 of township 20 north, range 14 east This land was with drawn for Irrigation purposes for use In connection with the KitUtas pro ject It will be subject to settlement on and after February 24, 191 :, but shall not be open to entry, tiling or selection until March 25, 181ij at the North Yakima land office. No rumors that the public land in the Wide Hollow and under the Tie ton canal will be restored to entry by the drawing system will have have any effect upon those who are now in the line at the land office awaiting the restoration of the land. Those in the line-up say that no rumors of a.ny kind will have any effect upon thrm. Any proper notice to the land offlre here and communicated by it to the waiters will receive >lue consideration but short of i>uch notice the men and woman In the line-up say it will be Impossible to stampede them and that they will hold their positions until they know definitely what will evsnt uaU The Yakima Herald. MANY INVESTIGATIONS ARE NOWJNPROGRESS N Many Case* the Required Testi mony Is Not Forthcoming Nor U It Available WASHINGTON', Jan. 15.—Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel wrote to Chairman Henry of the House rules committee that he had no facts that would aid the inquiry into the so called shipping combination. He re ferred to the reported combinations of foreign steamship lines with certain railroads. Attorney General Wickersham, be cause of other official business, was unable to attend the meeting of the committee which began hearings in the proposed sweeping investigation of the so-called money, shipping and harvester trusts today. Most of the day's hearing was devoted to the ar gument of Humphrey uf Washington. Tomorrow the commitles will hear the motion of Representative Levy, of New York, referring to the bank ing and currency oommittees question of investigation nf the alleged money trust, but It was Raid the committee was adverse to any such reference. FRANKLIN SUBPOENAED BEFOREJRAND JURY McNamara Detective Will Not Confess and Must Testify in the Conspiracy Probe LOS ANGEL.ES, Jan. 15.—Thecoun ty grand ,lury Investigation today cen tered closely about Bert Franklin, the McXamara defense detective, charged with Jury bribing. Because it 1» known the negotiations between him and the district attorney's office for Franklin to admit his guilt amd had fallen through a subpoena for him to appear before the grand jury will fol low but he later was notified not to • PWear this morning. After a brief session the grand Jur ors went into Deputy District Attorney Ford's office where it is Bald he show ed them something in connection with tVie case which he did root want them to sec? officially. It was said they viewed the dictaphone. BITULITHIC PAVING ORDINANCE PASSED Action Was Taken by City Com mission Monday, and It Is Now a Law The assessment roll for local Im provement district No. 224 is part of an ordinance passed by the city com mission Monday. This Improvement is for the paving with bitiilithic of portions of West Yakima avenue, Tur ner street, Miles avenue, Linden Lane, Park street, West Chestnut street. Seventh avenue south, and Tacoma avenue, and for constructing curbs, gutters and catch basins along the sides thereof. The city clerk Is Instructed to fur nish the city treasurer with a certified copy of said assessment roll, who shall immediately publish It in tho city of ftcial paper, and assessments thereon may be paid at any time within 30 days from the date of the first publi cation of the treasurer's notice. OPEN SESSION IK THE SENATE Will OUcvuin Arbitration Before the I'iihlii aiid Make llecord WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—Because Taft set the example of discussing openly and unreservedly the pending arbitration treaties with Great Brit ain and France the senate today voted to admit the public to Its debates and to preserve them in the Congressional llecord. The vote was decisive, only eight senators of the 66 who voted against It being In favor of closed doors. OFFICER CAPTURES INDIAN MIKE RENEGADE WANTED FOR MURDER Arrest Made In Nevada After Follow ing Trail fur Several Months REDDIN'O, Jan. 15. —Indian Mike, wh i with his son, killed Deputy Cos stable William Blake and wounded Constable I^ansing at Fall City No vember 24, was captured tonight near Lovelock, Nevada. .Sheriff Hunsinger, who ran the renegade down, tele graphed tonight lie expected to have Mike's *on within a few hours. Hun ■tiiger has been un the trail continual ly since the time of the tragedy. THE YAKIMA HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1912. What Is Left of Railroad Station After Wrecked Train Strikes It and Sets the Tangled Debris to Burning ST. PETERS, Mo., Jan. 15. —Wa- bash railroad officials have not fully decided on the cause of the wreck here that resulted in the total destruc tion of the new concrete and frame railroad station and three passenger cars. The train, which was nut sched uled to stop, left the track near the station. The ene;it;c, mall car, express car and one "day coach turned over on CYPHER TELEGRAMS TELL OF HIGHER UPS McManigal Says That "Ping" Was Another Who Was Implicated With Him on Jobs INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 15.—Tele grams and letters signed by "Ping" and purporting: to contain a code aya tem for giving instructions about via ducts and buildings to be blown up, were read before the federal t;rand jury today tn connection with Ortle McManlgal's confession as to who wns implicated with him in the dynamite conspiracy. This signature, according to Mc- Manigal, was not that of the McNa raaras, but was used by another per son whom he names. It was because of his belief that "Ping" was receiv ing $200 for each job and giving him only $125 that McManigal says he re fused to work with him and later ar ranged through John .1. McNamara to do the "Jobs" with the aid of J. li. McXamara. HOW PACKERS CONNIVED TO FORCE UP PRICES BY FALSE BOOKKEEPING Stopped Crediting Hides to Beef Ac count und Pocketed tiio Difference CHICAGO, Jan. 16. —Explanation of the rige In price of fresh meat, fol lowing the period of financial depres sion in 1907 was given In tho trial oi the ten Chicago packers tuday. By the books of Morris & Co. and the testimony of Henry' A. Tinunoiis, chief accountant of that company, It w.-is was shown that the practice of cred iting the beef account with the value of the hides amounting to about 11.60 an animal was discounted lroin Xov. 1907 until April 191(9. The result of this movement it is declared, was to increase the test coat of beef and make it possible for tli« packers to increase the price of fresh meat without showing SXCMSIva profits. Tin; government expects to show that 190S was the most profit able year in the history of the fresh meat business up to that time. MANY JVKOKK OHOSKN 'Starvation Doctor" Will Soon Re on Trial SEATTLE, Jan. 15.—Rapid pro gress as made today at Port Or chard in obtaining Jurors for the trial of Mrs. Llndn Burfteld Hazzan}, tho "starvation doctor." charged with the murder nf Miss <Talre Williamson, a wealthy English woman Twelve Jur ors were passed for cause, but two of them were excused by the court. Kx •rclstag peremptory challenges will be begun tomorrow and it Is bcliev^l the jury will be complete'! L>y Wed nesday. their sdes. The next day coach left the track on the other side and plow ed through the station, which caught fire, and three coaches were burned. A score of the passengers were hurt, but none fatally. Those who were, unhurt helped tha injured from the wrecked oars, and thoy were csired for In the sleeping cars, which did not leave the track. PREACHER WANTED FOR MALPRACTICE Death of Young Woman Charged to Him and His Accomplice and Police Seek Him PITTSBURG, Jan. 15. —Rev. W. D. McFarland, former lieud of the aca demic department of the Pittaburg high school, is being Bought by the Pittsburg police tonight in connection with the death in a local hospital of Elule Dodd Co*, aged 1!8. Allsa Coe had been McFarlnnd's sec retary and before her death she made a stHtement in which she Implicated Dr. McFarland and A. Rollins McCon nell, now omployed In the Westtng housa offices in Chicago. At the in quest today evidence was presented to show MoKarla.nd left her in 1910 to take up missionary work in Tennessee. According to the young woman's statement MeFarland was known to her mothor and sister as a physician and twice since he left the city he had returned at her request. The coro ner's jury found that the young wo man died of peritonitis superlnduceed by malpractice. McFarland, who Is about 60 years old, wag at one tima engaged in educational work and later was president of a small western col lege. I'UK&'IAN JtATTKJft I'IKXrESTED Sir KriiTord «Jr»y ( undniuned for His < iiiiiiiviii^ with Krivtinn I>|p|omatß LONDON. Jan. 15.—A resolution protesting againxt the British govern ment concurring In the Russian ac tion In Persia was adopted by accla mation at a meeting tonight called by tlia ivi. 1,111 committee of the house of commons. James R. McDonald, M. P., de clared that \V. Morgan Shunter, the Americnn treasurer general of Per sia, recently dismissed from office, the man who atOOi between Persia ami dissolution —h:id been thrust out because the liritlHh foreign secretary, Sir Kdwnrd Qray, could be pushed, flattened or elongated Just as liuwiu wished. The American*, McDonald said, were beginning to ask whether all interna tional treaties were being made that the weaker nations might be crushed out of existence. AIJv FOH JX>VE OF "JACK" Chicago lle(re*ifl Confesses That Sho Sought to He Near Hint NF.W YOHK, Jan. 16.—Violet Bueh ler, the ft/teen year "Id Chicago 4 girt, reputed to be the heiress of $100, --oofi, arrested hers early today as a runaway, admitted tonight that she rame to this city became of her love for "Jack" f'tine, not simply because she sought udv*ntur« In tho metrop olis. "Jack" wft» a «.alt«r in h»r punt's hotel In Chicago. It U roport fd an arr;-st will be mad* VIGILANT WORK OF IHKIIY POLICE Smothers and Caldwell Held to Federal Court Charged With White Slavery Two of the men taken In tho raid »t the Blair hotel last week WIMMI six nen and as many women wore arrest »d, are now In tlio cOttßty Jail With lerious charges luinglns over their lends and will have to answer In the "ederal court to the crime of white ilavery. Their names aro Ralph Smothers and Hoy Caldwell, and their nearcenuion is due to the vlxil.itil york of the city police who som<> lime igo undertook the work of ridding the lty of all characters suspected of Hv ng off the earnings of fallen <v.mien. It is understood that Smothers is narried to the woman with whom he >vas found, the latter acknowledging :hat she has been mt inmnte of the Blair house. Caldwell is stated to nave taken the woman with whom he &as found, back to his old homo in Illinois, Where he introduced her to relatives and friends as his wife. He ater bought tickets to Bolee where t is stated she was an Inmate of a re >ort for some time. Coming on to North Ynklma she later Joined Cald .vell witls the result above stilted. The, jfficers ItalleVe they have a strong cast lKiiinst the two men. STATE MILITIA CALLED TO SUPPRESS RIOTS Strike in the Massachusetts Mill Districts Puts 30,000 Out of Employment LAWRENCE, Muss., Jan. 15. — Eight companies of state, militia, In cluding one Held battery, pluced the mill districts in this city under mar tial law tonight aftor a day of riot ing due* to the strike of 15,000 opera tives In the cotton and woolen (Bills, At least 15,000 other hands were thrown out of work hy ♦.In? stopping of the machinery and the attacks on the mills by strikers. In ono Instance, a company of mili tia had to churge the mob with lixed bayonets, one boy being probably fa tally hurt. Thirty-live arrests of irmed rioters were made during the lay and a few strikers and mill em ployes were treated Cor bullet wounds. A. majority of the mills is expected to reopen in tho morning and tho militia men have been instructed to use dras tic measures to prevent a repetition jf today's outbreak. "Iven If the mills open it Is expected they can run only with reduced for»'o II the strikers have trebled their force since Friday. At a special session of the court tonight 117 rioters woru found guilty and thn'e were sentenced to two years in the house of correction, and others were Kiven one year sen tences. The mayior has ordered all sa loons to remain closed tomorrow. TWO ORDINANCES ON ELECTRIUMATTERS Theatres, Public Buildings Must Be Wire According to National Electric Code Two ordinances were pawned by the city commission Monday having to do with electric InHtallatlon in this city, the appointment of an electrical In spector and the licensing of electrical workers. Briefly, ordinance No. A 3(1 provided for regulating the. etaoMc installation wires, appartus and appliances in all public buildings within the . Ity at .North Yakiina, provide* lor the Inspection <if the same, fixes ttie fOHK therefor, pro vides for the licensing of Qualified personH, llrms or corporations to per form such work and dJtM an annual license fee. All theatres, moving picture thea tres, schools, churches, hospitals and public buildinsn, regardless of loca tion, must bu wired entirely according to the National Electric i .ode ipecl fioatlonn for conduit work. I.l' • Ul'.ll Itil I | !«• l"l Ordinance No. A 37 defines the duties and authority of electric*] In spector, nxt»« his bond and compensa tion. He shall enforce the provtsteMj r>f all ordinances of North Yakirna re lating to th» electrical wiring of buildings, installation and ime of elec trical wiree, machinery, etc., and shall have supervision of the same His salary Is fixed at % 1,200 per year, pay ible monthly. In order to qualify hx such electrical Inspector he must tak« the oath of office and furnish a bond In the sum of $l,onn. Would Ho Administrator Ernest Hajullton has filed his ap plication In the superior court to be ippelnted administrator <,f me t-ntii. --it the late James Hamilton. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY IS CONSTITUTIONAL Doctrine of Fellow Servant Abol ished by Decision Which Sus tains Law of 1908 WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. — After nearly a year's consideration, the su preme court today gave Its unanimous approval to the employers' liability law enacted by congress in 1908 to take the place of a similar act de ilared unconstitutional. The decision marks an epoch In la bor legislation. Notable In today's decision is the abolition of tho com mon law "fellow servant's doctrine" which absolved the employer when tha injury wan caused by a fellow serv ant, and the substitution of a doctrine making the employers liable for tho negligence Of the employe resulting in an injury to the employe. Furthermore it frees from the em ployes "eontribtitary negligence" in many cases and limits the doctrine in others, "also in many cases it ab solves the employe from assuming the risk in knowingly entering dangerous employment. DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN MISJUDGED SAYS GOV. HARMON Panic of the Nineties Was Not Due to |)ihhm i aiic Incompetence MILWAUKEE, Jan. 15.—The wrong Impression that the tariff bill caused the hard times in the nineties, and tho tact that the democratic party had been so long In political exile, that the country was made to believe that It was not competent to manage the government, were the reasons for tho four consecutive defeats of th« party, according to Governor Harmon of Ohio, who made an address tonight under the uusplces of the Jeff arson club. He said these handicaps hud been thrown ankle and that tho united democracy of the nation looks with contldonca on the coming election. CHICKEN FANCIERS GO TO WALLA WALLA Many Prominent Local People Are Preparing to Raise Pure Bred Stock on Fruit Ranches Several Yaklmn poultry fnnclors ans at Walla Walla this week with thoir birds. They wont rllroct from tho poultry Bhuw here taking their birds out Sunday morning In order to reach Wiilla Walla In order to be In at the opening of tho show them under the conditions. D. A. Gillette, has taken Leghorns and Rhode Island lledn. Harry Bprague took black and buff Orpingtons. J. H. Henry of Belah took brown Leghorns while R. K. Plland of Parker took Andaluslans. A. F. Lliiße with with Wynndotten was strongly urged to make the trip hut wns unable to do so. Mr. Llnsa has shown at Walla Walla, two years In succession, had sold a. great deal of stock there and hud promised his pst roni there that ho would allow the gnme fanciers to have the competition between thnnißelevn. so far as he was concerned this year. Much Stock Sold One of the re«»ltn of the show which Just cloned here whji thu trans fer of a great deal of breeding- stock to new handx. Extensive s.iles were nmdo and some pretty high prices were paid. One fancier whose white '•rptnglon made a winning placed a value of $150 on the bird hut had found no purchaser up to thn latest reports. Thirty-five dollar.* wa» paid In DM Instance and .V lin one or two others and the price ranged from th«U down to Ju.oo. One of the snrprls«» whs thn number of peoplo who are interested in procuring pure bred stock. Many residents of the city who are preparing to remove to Nob Hill ranches, under the Tleton, were seen studying the birds and it Is anticipated that several professional men and business men will niaka chickens a hobby. SUPREME COURT DECIDES DEMIJOHN OF WHISKEY IS ORIGINAL PACKAGE OLYMPIA, Jan. 15.—Reversing th« superior court of Hnohijtnlsh county the supreme court today derldwd thut a demijohn of whisky is the original packag*, even though the whisky which tills it be drawn from barrels. The court's decision la expected to fa- Cilitate tho •hipme.nt of alcoholic liq uors to Everett, Fic.lllngham and other prohibition communities. Safe But Wntorlogged PAN FrtANf'IRCO, Jan. 15.—B»dlv waterlogged but In no apparent dan ger of sinking, the schooner C. A. I'tiayer In tow of the steamer J. B. Ktotson, Is approaching San Francisco and will arrive here probably tomor-1 i'» afternoon, according to a report received by the Stetson's nwacrs. EASTERN REPORTS ON FRUIT SITUATION Michigan Grower* Declare That Their Peach Crop This Year Will Be Very Light Fruit reports from the fast, ai brought here by the trad* journals, •ontuln many statements which must find a ready interest among tho fruit producers of thia part of the state of Washington. Herewith arc some of the statements made which Herald read ars may find to contain information. IVnrli Crop Dies First Time BENTON. HARBOR, Mioh.—Al ready pessimists are beginning to kill the Michigan pencil crop of 1918, Growers nt Halnbrldge, Benton and Watervliot report few buds on the trees, and say that next year thrro A'ill be a famine of tree bearing pro lUOtS. Such prominent growers as Robert Sherwood and Roland Morrill ire quoted. The reason for the Short* ige Is given as a heavy vleld in 1911. Chli-offo Apples Plentiful CHIOAOO—The more prominent people tn the apple market said tiny ivero simply resting on their mis, with little doing and few really active attempts being made to Inject life In to the present sluggish condition of Ihe market. Tho. cold Weather of late had had the effect of cuHailing sales to street peddlers, who ordinarily con stitute a good outlet for common stock that otherwise moves slowly. In «enpml, the market was ruling quiet, with the demand for bettor grades of apples slow and of rather thin volume. SuppNes were reported plentiful In practically all grades. Renewal Now York Views NEW YORK—While It la generally admitted by large apple holders that the movement from storage all ovur tho country during December was ex tremely light and fir below expecta tions, yet the healthy condition this week at a number of points has great ly stimulated the trade, so that there are few confirmed pessimists In tho market. Unsed on tho early estimates of storage which showed over 6,"Oft,* 00© barrels in cold and common stor age on Dec. 1, there were probably 5,000,000 barrels held on Jan. 1, al lowing that the holidays took up !, --000,000 barrels (an estimate Which Is believed to be far nbovo tho BOtt .' movement.) A very large prornrtlon of the fruit moved in December, how« ever, was from common storug' . This would not have kept well for anotbi month and had to be. sold. 4pple holders who have good fruit that promises to keep well Into th« spring ar« encouraged by this berivy move ment of the Inferior fruit, which means an earlier carr for the better grndeji. The heavy exports for I'e eember have also encouraged appia holders who are looking forward to a continued, active foreign demand through January and February. Again, during the past two weeks a number of Interior cities have cleaned up ami are now enlllng for fruit, and thia, coupled with an active southern de mand, is taken as an encouraging ■lgn. l.iirnr Fruit Demand DETROIT —U. Herbert Taylor of I. & H. Goodwin. I/ondon and Man- Chester, Kngland, was here recently on his return from California, where he purchased several hundred cars of Pacific, coast n.pples. Mr. Taylor Is lnt«r«strd In tin- .Michigan apple and says If a moderate sized Michigan ap ple enn be sold in Lunri.tn for 4c Ib thf* Increase lv consumption would soon become phenomenal. Five cents per Ib Is the usual retail price for fancy American fruit. Only the lintels demand the large fruit tnd tills de mand Is limited. California apples pay SHe per hundred more for freight to London thnn Michigan apples. Tills Is about S2c a box. NORTHWESTERNIII INSPECT]. P. LINE Tacoma Paper Tells of the Com ing of Officials to Look Over Northern Pacific Property People hfre Interested in the North, jrn Paeifl. railway "ill lie In ten l n a Tacoma statement with reference o its connection with the Chicago md Korthwestern railway. Tho i. l ter of Tacoma lays. "('onslfler;ib!e mystery, unexplaln> ?d In tlie least by local Ldvlce, sur ounds the coining visit t<> I' ■■■ r i it the chief of officials of (ha Chi I i md Northwestern railway, weeV after icxt. "A. s. Nash, local representative of h« company, said yesterday th.it Pre» dent W. A. (jiirduer, Vice-Preiidant 1. M.-i ullough, Tral I i [er H. M. 'earce. and General Paaenger A }. H. stacßae will probably arrive In racoma January j^v They were 'iu«i 0 leave Kt. Paul yesterday aeeoi o Mr. NMh's advice, and will stop iff en route to the coast :it Hi i nd Butte. If-ont., and Spokane Pro* lding unforseen ilnl.tj . (.» imt at'isa he party should be In Seattle Janu ry 19, and here several day* latof, Ifter leaving Taooma it 1« expectod he railroad irieu will go on to Port mi,i uiul down to California votuu." NO. 3.