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SETiTTlE iluS DISASTROUS I V, in . ; Dclhrs IUU1VU WertV'cf Pircpcrly ' IfeSiroyed v f ; II I llffft ' I flftTI fl I llrN ' I IIS I t -,. kv vi hvv i iire m Seattle Destroys 23 Lives and More .Than a Million Dollars Worth of 'Property Fire Was in a Parti FIRE W SEVER MW Bmdne Section rt .iliC"T, Blocks Were ltroyedT-rHnndwds ot rontons ? Driven From Their Homes by the Flames . Many Val- nable Horses Lost in the Flames. . . j (By -Leased Wire to The.Tlmes) , r Seattle Wash., June 11 Twenty. three persons believed to be dead, two , 'store hurt, property worth more than V si,vuu,uoo destroyed and ' in the heart .of, the lower portion - of the city in ruins; are the result or a fire - which, starting at midnight., blazed ' T,;' , Sweeping up from the water front, it destroyed lodging houses, homes, stores, , warehouses - and hospitals , Twenty, ot those reported killed were in a lodging house that went up like tinder by the side of. the gigantic Qalbralth warehouse. , The blaze is the worst Since the historic fire of 1899? which destroyed ing $12,000,000 dwnago, . - Only by heroic efforts- was the water front saved, fivery tui in the harbor,-, reinforced by many f.rom Tacoma and other points was set to work pulling liners, (ramps and sail ors from the wharves. The fir spread with terrific rapid' ity, and for a time the destruction of the entire city seemed Imminent. At places the flames were held in check by' the great hydraulic streams with which many of the itya beaut! : ful bills are being levelled. ,:; i When the flames- were finally got L in.enecK, six blocks were: gutted, .. everything between Battery and Ce-I dar streets belpg In ruins, - ,Thls dis- inci is jusi norm or tne Denny Ke-I grade district. In breadth the- des troyed zona extended from the water front across Second avenue, While the more substantial busl- . ness section was saved, In the district - destroyed, there were dozens of bus iness houses. t i The big Pacific Hospital was one I of thb-buildings, that went up. . .. In i the light of the conflagration, the pa- : tients. were, taken from the hospital while the flames ' were lapping the upper stories - Wagons, automobiles . and buggies were impressed , as am- ... , i " , bulances. and. with the, aid of every regular amouiance in the, city the patients, ; many of them in a, critical condlUon,rwffre,rue!hed to safety.. . ' Hundreds of persons were driven irom their, homes In. : their night clothes, losing all their possessions, ine wnoie city , was turned into an emergency dormitory and the refu- gees;. found shelter In the homes of ; rich and poor,;: '"'''M. , Wilhln a few minutes after the first-alarin -came In, a second and a IS Li.UU I liiU 1 lAIr i".'? (By Cablo 40 The Times.) .'On board Kaiserin uguste Vlc- vtoria.-hjf wireless, Vla . Cookhaven, " Jtme H--"ThJs is invigorating," said Theodore v Roosevelt today as he ' tramped the deck of the Kaiserin, While 'most: Of the other passengers were complaining at the-krey sky ahdi ,indV- 1 ence- on ua ..ner ts aivracung com"l paratlvely little attention. He plann- - ed to spend today Quietly, arising late I and giving, much time to writtn He appealed at 10 o'clock add af ter a 1 few turns about the deck ap peared, much refreshed. He break. fasted in the dining saloon, returning to his cabin to write. 4 j ; . - . '. Thus far the voyage has beed with- put iif-'jt.;' . i. ?;, -', i'.-.-i third had been tapped out. and then I came a general alarm., ' The clatter of apparatus la all parts of the : city 'awoke - those, who had not . been aroused by the reflec tion of the Barnes, which, shooting to I a height of hundreds of feet at times, attracted attention for miles, All the 'poilcemefrof the depart ment were called out. end yet they 1 had difficulty in handling the vast crowds that' flocked to. tlje verge of j the are. . At one time it was .believed 'that the use of dynamite alone could save the city. 'Within a short time, of the! lapse of the period set by the author!-1 ties as a safety limit,- the mastery was secured by the firemen..' The fires'intensity was increased by the .fact that many of the build ings were of wood and the flames en- croacned on a -.large lumber yard. 4 heroic, fight was waged; from flr8t vto ,ast t0 aave the big lumber yara district, along the water front. More than 30 valuable draft hors-j es were destroyed ' In onn stable alone and several other express sta- bles went up. Several . firemen sustained minor gpirks, "spreading the fire. Others I were overcome by smoke and half a dozen, making a brave stand td save a warehouse. Were. trapped by a fall ing wall, being rescued by their omi rades when hope seemed gone. The lodging' bouse district in the lower part of 'the city was in the al iened secuoo.. - 'mere . many were trapped in their cheap rooms and compelled to leap for safety from windows. The life net saved more than a score In the first hour of the blase alone. . . -! The full death list will never be I known on account of-the fires hav- ing destroyed the lodging house, dis trict. Many of those caught in the buildings there were sailors. ., . None Killed. Later, today the police announced. their belief that none had been killed in the fire. They admitted, however, that they bad no way of verifying this as they could secure no roster of the lodging hrtse inhabitants. , BIDS FOR CIT1 BONDS. Board of Aldermen Confirms Sale of . $150,000 Bonds. As was stated yesterday afternoon, N. W. Halsey & Co. were the high- est "bidders for the. city bonds, and last night the board of alaermen con- flrmed the acceptance made by the I committee. The folowing' bids were received: j1 25-000 Municipal Building Bonds. Breed $ Harrison, of . Cincinnati, Ohto, bid 125,625; premium, $625 - Field, Longstreth & Co.,, of Cincifa hatt,: Ohio,, bid $127,506; premium. $2,505 I A. B. Leach & Co., of New York, bid $125,462.60; premium. $462.50. Seasongood ft Meyer, of Cincin nati, Ohio, bid $127,225; premium $2,225. " , :"; .-' Woodln, McNear & Moore,, of Chi cago, III., bid $127,910; premium, $2,910. ; pstabropk Co., of Baltimore, Md:, bid $126,406; premium, $1,406 Weil,' Roth .ft Co., of Cincinnati," lOhio,, bid V $126,625; premium, $1,625. ri o. 'iTnWvAr""-ii.,iij : v: i bid $125,000. - ; :; VV,, , Joe A Davies,. of ; Baltimore, bid for $46,000 at 100.11. . North Carolina. Home ;:' Insurance Company; of Italeigh, $5,00dat par. A. Kean ft Co., of. Chicago, III bid $2,625 less than par on bothiis sues. . ' "N. w. Hasley & Co., of New York, bid $128,845. premium; $2,700. Baker Watt ft Co.,' of Baltimore, bid $128,845; premium, $3,81.5. V.r $25,000 Refunding Bonds. Breed : Harrison, "of Cincinnati; Ohio, bid $35,125; premJum,-$125.. Field, Longstreth & Co.. of Ctn Irtttfitl Ohlsi MA K fi -at ft 1 tirorti A B. Leath i Co.. of New York, uiu iiivi'lwu, -uitiiiimiui .tr.uvf f-.- Seasongood & Meyer, of, 'Cincin nati, Ohio, .bid $25,446; premium, I44C - ii . -v. i-';.':' Woodln, McNear & Moore,, of Chi cago, oia ma.nnz; premium, izj5x.-..; Estabrook & Co., of Baltimore, Md., '-bid - $25,281.26; premium, $,J8tl.i5.:;: Co.,, of Cincinnati, Weil. Roth ft Ibhto, bid 125,25: premium, $325 baker WaUj A .Co Of : Baltimore, bid $25,000 4 Hood ft Co.i of Chicago', 111., bid $25,030; premium, $30 N. W. Halsey A Co., of New York, bid $25,769,' premium, $769. Postmaster ' At Cullowhee. (B Leased: Wire to The Times.)' Washington. June 11 -Julia B. Long Was today - appointed, fourth- class postmaster at Qullowhee, N. C. ..yi Panoromlc view of Avelftno, Nearly every house in that city and according to the meagre reports W TOBACCO SALES Winsfon-Salera Headed The ith 843,612 Pounds Eleven Towns Reported a Total Kale of f 1,20,83 Pounds of Leaf To-bacco- Itaring tlie Month of May. . The following statistics for - the month of May: were gathered from the leaf tobacco warehouses of North Carolina -' by .the State Department- of Agriculture: Winston-Salem . , . 843,612 RetdsviUe. .". . .121,445 Stoneville. . . . ,. . .... .. 97,134 Madison , , ,764 59,930 45,346 18,574 15,165 20,846 i 1.471 1,124 Durham Mount Airy Roxboro- States vi lie Mebane ... . . . Rocky Mount Oxford ... . . Total . . . . ':, 1,300,893 NEW 'YORK SHIPPERS v CHARGE UNJUST BATES, '(By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June .11 The New York Produce Exchange filed with the inter state commerce commission today i "Complaint agalnBt seventeen railroads Operating between grain belts in the northwest, wet, and southwest and New York City,' alleging discrimination rates in favor of Canadian shippers. It Is charged that the railfoads exact of American shippers of grain in bond, relatively higher rates from Duluth, Chicago and Buffalo, than from Cana .cuan, snippers rrom ManuoDa, - winni- pes "anS bther polnts; ,,, Canada to Md-.JNew York Cityl . . ' .' ..... .- .... . -. . American Girl Disappears In Ocrnutay 13., 1nt.tA . !Pt.n Tt , ' V .Berlin, J una ll--rThe government today , began" an Investigation of the strange disappearance of an ' Ameri- Chn. girl. Miss KerriBon, who dropped frpm sight while, on the " way from Munich to Meratt. ; Searching parties have been sent out In the mountains, mm HOSE 111 Id I'v'-f, (By Cable-to Th le Times.) Calais, June 11 The French sub marine Pluvolne which 'was sunk by a channel packet on May 26, with - -, - - -. . . . .. ' twenty-seVen men aboard, was dock- ed hei,ethi8 morning, having finally been raised' from the channelled. A great .crowd watched tlio work of ru moring the. bodlef - r-:;:- '-A"r-; When .the vessel , was brought to the surrace It was found that she, had been sunk by the ripping open of the Stern by1 the packet's paddled - A gash flfteen feet long and two feetwlde was revialeiV-'',',- "'('. '''"''T-.-. -i The first body taken out was. that of Lebreton, the helmsman. . He was at his post in the steering .toweC.ii" Holes will be drilled in the hull to facilitate its balnfe pmptled and , tho removal moval ot the bodies.' -h' 4 1 wlierethe earthquake of1 June 7th Ik 'reported ' to have done niiu-lr damage. Vicinity was thrown down by tlie shock. from the scenes of thj! disturbance. E Case of Allen and Dickens In Federal Ccsrt Comes to End Case of ( Mabel H-kney (Continued. : Prosecuting:, Witnesses Fined For , Failure to be lresnt at Court. Board of Aldermen ltepcnl "Blue Laws". - (Special ,to lie Times) Greensboro, JuW il--The fate of Sidney Allen - and Preiston Dickens, on -trial in United States Court for counterfeiting was placed in the hands of the jury at noon today. , The evidence' was concluded late yesterday afternoon and. speecnes of Assistant "District-attorney CoWe and J. C. : Buxton made before adjourn ment." J. C. Buxton spoke for the de fense this morning and District-at torney Holton closed for the govern ment. Judge Boyd's . charge con sumed half an hour and ' was gener ally commented upon as a clear and impartial presentation of the law. , , Sidney Allen, a wealthy merchant and farlner of Carroll county, ,Va. and alleged to have been -the prime mover, in Issuing the $20 gold pieces, went on the stand In his own behalf yesterday and his general depeanor was the subject of much comment. Notwithstanding selentless cross-fire questions about his peculiar move ments the1 witness never divulged for a, mpment from his original story District-attorney Holton finally stand ing him'aside while apparfently in the midst of the examination. The case, it .is estimated, has cost the govern ment $15,000, several detectives and 30 witnesses from all sections of the country helping to run up the total In1 municipal court yesterday-the Case' against Mabel Hackney, the young white woman arrested on - a charge of "shoplifting" Was 'contin ued and fines pf $10 each imposed iipon'S. Schlffnian and a clerk at his store as a result. Schiffman and bis clerk had been summoned as state's witnesses, but they failed to show up necessitating a continuance.' , : ..The board of aldermen' last night repealed the odious system of so- called "Blue Laws", enacted several months ago and since"that time the subject of severe condemnation- on th' part, of traveling men, citizens and yoters. It was Greehsbortt's sec ond attempt at Sunday - observance, Hi So far as soda fountains, etc.,- are cbticerned, and the most, enthusiastic advocates of the proposition a year ago are now convinced that the sys temJs a failure. t , y'i iVThe hoard also received aids . for the recent issue of school bonds .to the extent of $35,000, - .they being awarded to tho Western Gcrmap Bank of Cincinnati at a good; prem iura- . t " ".11 ; : . Stcuinship ColHdosT ; . j, New. York, June 11 The paacnger steamship Caroltnac bound .'tor v.San Juan. :Pprt- Rico, this afternoon, coK llded with tS'andard Oil barge No. hi tow of a tug eft OavernOr's Island. A jtreat- hole was stove In the steamer and she rushed -back to-her, pier' at top, speed. The barge, sahk as : the "steaintr drew away. .. , '"' Noinatter iiow much a 'gr loves 4 nmn she likes him to think how near she came to marrying a lot of other fellpwB.v " " I.I II' f ? 'rr mt At leust fifty persons were killed v - ' DUKE NOTMRIED Brodie L Duke Not Success ful In Venture Tlie Durham ToInico Mun Cannot be Tiocated in WuNliiuton, Xhoiigb llelativrs Are Hurry:is to That Place to Prevent Further Attempts. , (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Jurie-H --Bvodie j. Duke. '.the sixty Ttwo-yeai'-Old son of the original tobacco king, of Dur ham, N. C, whose marriage tp Wy lanta Rochelle, tweniy-two-year-old, of the same place, was stopped yes terday by the refusal of tho llev. Don ald C. McLeod, of the First Presby terian church, to marry them, is miss ing today. Relatives of Duke ai'e hurrying to Washington toi try tu stop another possible attempt ou the part of the couple to find a minlter who will marry them. Relatie have asked ColimoLWilliam Haskell, an old bus iness acquaintance ' of .Dukes, to find him, and, if possible, to prevent the marriage. It is learned Duke and the girl may go to another city to get married. Duke laid plans for his. 'marriage to Miss Rochelle a 'jtar ac; j when he made. - arrangements to have her placed In a young woman's? finishing school that she migftt niort fitly grace the home of a millionaire as his wile, Acording to Colonol Haskell, he was asked by the North Carolinian to recommend to him a suitable school where a young woman ot about twen ty years of age could be given a fin ishing, education. Colonel Haskell asked for more In formation concerning the :;irl. He was told that while siie ha-1 received a grammar school education in Dur ham, she was practically a eotintcy maiden, who had little or no experi ence or knowledge with manners and customs of so-called higher class so ciety. . . .' Colonel Haskell recommended the school conducted by Mrs.' Horstley, ,a HhtD DtADV llllilHIIULI ILHII SAILS' FOR HOME (By Cable to The Ttnies.) London, June . 11 "I wish the Scott British expedition .Success in he. hunt for the South . Pole," was the final message of Commander Robert E.-Peary, given today as he departed, with his family,, from Lon don. He saids for America on the Mauretania. . ' "'. ' ' . , ' ' When the Peary party left at noon they were bidden Godspeed by repre sentatives i; of the , Pilgrims Club, which last night entertained the dis coverer of the North Pole. The club men presented bouquets . to Mrs. Peary , and M iss' Peary. . , ;, Dr.1 Scott Keltie, of the Royal Geo graphical Society; and Captain Bart- lett, . who," accompanied the succegs- ful Peary; expedition,' were also at the station and a large crowd cheered the American explorers". If. f. ".l V relative of Judge Horstley, of Vlr ginia. Duke came to Washington in July. 1909, and made arrangements with Mrs. Horstley. He returned to Dur- bam and nothing more was heard from him either by Colonel Haskell or Mrs. Horstley . until September, when he made good his promise to send Miss Rochelle to the Washing, ton school. COLLOQUY in sknatk. Senator Clay Attacks and Senator Aldrich IH-fendx Tariff Bill. (By Leased Wire to The T.tmes) Washington, June 11 Consideration of Senator Clay's, of Georgia, amend ment to strike out the nundry civil appropriation bill the appropriation of 1200,000 for the tariff commission pro voked a lively discussion In the "senate today In which thp.tarlff question was revived, and there was some spicy col loquy between the Georgia senator and Senator Aldlch, ' . benator way declared that tlie re publican party will have to stand or ran upon the Fayne-Aldrlch bill, a sentiment to which Senator Ballinger and Senator Smoot assented, decarlng tnat it was the best tariff act ever passed. Senator Clay predicted that the republican party, when It learned the opinion of the country would find out differently. , At this Senator Aldrich broke in and asserted that there would be no tariff revision In the near future and when there was another revision it would not be to establish a revenue tariff, but to strengthen and fortify the protective principle. Characterizing- Senator Aldrich as a poor., prophet.. Senator Clay declared that the Rhode Island sehator had predicted at the opening of the present congress that economies would be in augurated which would save the gov ernment $50,000,000 a year, and that he had further declared that the in stallation of business methods would save the government $300,000,000 an nually. Neither of these predictions had been made Kood. . Senator Aldrich Insisted that if a business man were to take charge of all the affairs of the government, and run It as he woud a private business that it could be done for $300,000,000 ' less than It now costs. . He could do it himself, he said, but it was' not prac tical to do, so. He Rtlll believed that, the Inauguration of business metnod would result In' a saving of ten per cent in the cost of running the gov ernment. - ., The postal sayings bank bill as It passed the house was laid before the senate today. There is an undertand- Ing, howevr, that the meaure which Is a substitute for the senate bill will not be taken up until after the con ference report on the railroad bill is disposed of. The sentiment among senators who favor postal bank legislation is, that the senate will accept the house bill in its entirely and thus avoid sending the measure to conference. The friends of the measure declare that they have sufficient votes to do this, even if there is objection on the part of the oppon ents of theb 111. THK RAILROAD BILL. Question of Railway Capitalization to : Come ( By Leased Wire to The Times ) Washington, June 11 As a result of the insistence of President Taft that the railroad bill must contain some provisions with respect to the Issues of railroad stocks and bonds there may be put into the measure in conference a feature which requires an investigation by a commission of the question of railroad capitalization and the control of it. An understanding to this effect was practically reached at the white house this morning as the result of a long conference participated in by the president, Attorney General Wick ersham, Speaker Cannon, Senators Klkln and Aldrich and Representative Mann. Senators Aldrich and Elklns and Representative Mann are the principal factors in the conference committee on the railroad bill. In terstate Commerce Commissioner Lane was not at the meeting in per son but was consulted by the presi dent In the Course of the morning. Senator Shiveley today Issued a statement denying that a "joker" Is hidden In his amendment to the rail road bill, which prescribes a $250 penalty for any misinformation given a shipper by a railroad agent in re gard to rates." He said the penalty he had proposed was not a substitute for existing penalties for rebating, dis criminations, etc. It covers an en tirely new offense, he said. Members of the house had taken exception to the -Shiveley amendment on the ground that it would have given the railroads a loophole by which they might escape punishment for rebates. under-welght and other punishable acts, covered by the. existing law. Senator Shiveley said: - "The offense referred to in my amendment has no selation to, re bates but relates sftlely. to ..withhold ing requested information or supply ing erroneous information resulting in loss to the person of company ap plying for It." 1 , II US 1 mm REAL EE U t . ' '! ''? V.f !' Herbert acox vza ucs a I Notable fcecKpid 1 01 I 7 - ,1. r.. THE CECl ConiiiilsfSioner of.;'.' l.rprations Lec tures at Yale tuiA Makes a Severe ' Arralgitment f im "Vested Inter ests" The Central Issue, He Says,, is the Man Against the Dollar All Other Questions Come Now to This One Issue He , Says Shall 'the Force of CivUlsntion be Directed to tlie Advancement of the Citizen or to the Accumulation of Prop. . erty. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New Haven, Conn., June 11 "Man versus the dollar Is the real issue to day in the government of the United State," said Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of corporation" ,"iy In a lecture at Yale In which he at tacked the "interests." The work of the bureau of cor porations Is but a prt of the real movement throughout the country,'" he said, "and the whole is a move ment on which the nation depends. "The United States has reached. after a decade of contention and con fusion, the, central issue of the man againt the dollar. It musii iiettle in this generation- whether.. the. govern ment is to be run as the agent of div- . idends and profits,, or as the trustee of the interests of humanity, ot the individual citizen, of the man him self..- ' .-' 1 "The corporation question, the conservation question, the question J of big business in politics and count less smaller state ' and municipal questions nearly all come down In the end to the same tremendous is- 'sue, whether out organizel civiliza tion shall direct its mighty forces to the advancement of the character ot the citizen himself and the race or to the mere accumulation of prop erty; whether it shall have for its ideals honesty In business, equal op portunity for all men, and the moral laws that are eternal to tha material wealth that perished with the using' I pi iKlng Quelled. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, June ,11 The Mexi can embassy announced today that advices had been received from En rique Creel, Mexico's foreign secre tary, declaring that, the uprising of Mayas in Yucatan has been quelled. The campaign against the insurgents occupied five days, according to the dispatch. Cuse Against Mrs. Wendling DIs. - missed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Louisville, Ky., June 11 Mrs. Joseph Wendling, wife of the miss ing janitor wanted In connection with the murder of 8-year-old Alma Kellner, was dismissed in city court today. THE SENTENCE ON HEIKE POSTPONED (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, June 11 Sentence upon Charles R. Heike, secretary or the. American Sugar . Refining Com pany, and Ernest W. Gerbracht, con victed with him of conspiracy to de fraud the government was postponed today to August .30 by Judge Martin to permit the men to file a bill qf particulars. They were held In $25 000 bail each. ; ; .' Harry W. Walker, ' assistant dock superintendent,' and James F. Halll gan, a,: checker,, were sentenced to three months each. on Blackwells Is land. Jean Voelker, another checker, , who is now ill,, received a suspended sentence. , These three ben confessed after Oliver Spltzer told his story. Trouble Is about the only thing ydu; can find when, looking lor. iW ,- r ' ' "., -- .-..I ' V '- iAtM l
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