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Tire Monyixa okegoxiax, . ritrp at, October 28, 1910. - r . : t m UKEWASHINGTOH L Army Officers Blast Way Out With Dynamite, Despite Or der of Supreme CourJ. FOES THREATEN TO SUE No Ceremony Slarks Incident Which V.nda SS-Year Washington Fight. Biac Ditch Majr TreTcnt Annual Wrecking Hoods. SEATTLE W ah.. Oct. r. (Special.) She new I-ko Washington canal chris tened ita first water from tha lake at 4 'clock yesterday afternoon, after a few ticks of dynamite poked under a bank of earth separating the lake from the new excaTalion. were exploded. For the first time In history water flowed freely from the lake Into the canal and found Ita way alowly to Lake Union and thence to the Sound. Entirely oblivious to Injunctions of WATER FINDS GANA Superior Courts, legal notices threaten ing dire calamities served by attorneys in the canal suit brought by W. F. Pllger and others. Captain Arthur Wil liams, assistant to Major C. W. Kutx. Corpa of Knirineers. United States Army, gare tho ordr which resulted In the ' blowing up of the arth embankment. 'o ceremony marked the occasion, al though the canal has been an Issue In teat tie and Washington affairs for nearly a quarter of a century. Court Contempt Alleged. Attorney Thomas F. Meade, represent ing Mr. Bllcer and other residents on the east shore of Lake Washington, who brought suit to prevent the construction of the beard of the blowing up of the embankment last night. He had been Informed previously that C. J. llrickson. contractor, would blow up tha remaining earth wall separating the waters of the lake from the canaL "Ertckson Is clearly In contempt of the Injunction order of Judge Mitchell of t!e Superior Court of Thurston Coun ty and I shall endeavor to have him punished." said Attorney Meade this morning. "I know nothing about the blowing up f that bank, except what I was told aver the telephone last night." said Contractor Erlckson. "I did not order It done and none of my men go.t In structions from ma to do It- You. had better sea the Army officers." Government Plan Followed. There-e no story In this business." gclared Captain Williams. United States Engineer Officer .in charge of fiver and harbor work In the absence of Major Kutx. "The United States Oov Imment Is doing certain work within a right-of-way purchased many years axo, and It will continue with that work. We hare not been served with any legal process to stop us In that Improvement, which la a Federal proposition. "Yon may say that the Government has no Intention of Interfering with the level of Lake Washington. We are imply proceeding with our business alone lines laid out a good many years ago." The bottom of the excavated canal Is four feet or mora lower than the present level of the lake and It Is possible for the Government to provide means of agrees for the flood waters of Lake Washington this Winter. If this Is done, much of the damage from freshets usually prevalent In November and In bruary when high water and floods work havoc In the Duwamlsh and White hirer Valleys, will be avoided. AERO CLUB IS ORGANIZED Two Flyinr Machine to Re Tested by WalU Walla Men. WALLA WALLA. Wash, Oct. JT. Speclal. The Walla Walla Aero Club waa organised here today and articles of Incorporation wera filed. The trust ees are among the prominent men of the city. They have two machines, one built by Charles A. Zornes and the other by Ola and John Meckleson. Neither machine has an engine, but the club baa already bought these. Pri vate flights will be made In a few days, and If either machine Is success ful, publla trials will bo made. The Incorporators are: W. B. Foshay. manager of tho Columbia Power IJgct Company; J. R. Gravey. I- E. Meacbam. Plait Morrow. C K. Offner, L. A. Taylor and C S. Walter. BRIDE SLAPPED, WOULD DIE fcUlrr Frcienta Suicide of Young Wife Husband Had Struck. NORTH TAKIMA. Wash, Oct. 17. (Special.) Temporarily erased because her husband alapped her face and left dome In a fit of anger. Mrs. Edward litlL of this city. It years old and a brlJe of only six weeks, attempted to commit suicide yesterday by drinking carbolic acid. She waa saved by her lster. Miss Minnie Nuenboff. who knocked the bottle containing tho acid from her hand. Mrs. Hill was badly burned about the face, but will recover. Hill, who la a cigarmaker XI yeara old. attempted to take a train out of the city, but waa compelled to corr.e fcack by bis father. The quarrel was the culmination of a series of clashes during the past few weeks. 60 TWO-BIT APPLES SOLD "White Sainton Grower Nets $40 JTrom Fonr Winter Banana Trees. WHITE SALMON'. Wash.. Oct- ST. (9pedaL M. C Martin, of thai place. Is xUghly pleaed with tho performance of tls young Winter Banana apple trees. Ma two -yesr-old trees and two 4-yesr-old trees have netted him 140 thla seeaon. Ha sold tt of tho apples for S cents each, and two or three boxes for aa high as a box. Mr. Martin ta the only grower of Winter Banana applea thla side of tho liver. More orchardlsta da not grow tblo variety of apple be cause tt la so delicate that It will not stand shipping for any distance. MRS. ARMORMAKES REPLY Jjectnrer Denounce Home Rule, ex Major Rom and Rev. Mr. Wasson. OREGON CITI". Or.. Oct. r-Spcsi.) -Two thousand persona crowded In the tabernacle to hear Mrs. Mary Harris Ar mor, the fa moot woman temperaoce lec turer, last nlgat. Purine her address he attacked tho Greater Oregon Home Rule Association and answered Rose's statement of conditions in Georgia by producing a telegram to the contrary from Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia. Rev. W. A. Wesson, who Is now on the platform against prohibition, came In for his share of denunciation. one made several statements against r bis character. Fanning to Talk tor Dry. M. J. Fanning, the noted "Irish Ora tor." of Philadelphia, Pa., will speak at Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church. East Ninth and East Pine streets. Sunday evening at 1:30. Mr. Fannin will speak In the Interest of a "drv" state. He addressed large au diences -in both Centenary and First Methodist Episcopal Churches a year ago. He haa been touring the state since September 1. Yakima Kngages ffitson. NORTH TAKIMA. Wash.. Oct. 27. (Special.) Rev. William A. asson. re tired Episcopal clergyman, who has been campaigning against prohibition In Oregon, has been secured by the wet" faction of this city to make two addresses In the Yakima Theater hera the afternoon and evening of Sunday, November . Rose to Speak in Oregon City. ORrXlO.V CITY. Or., Oct. 27. Speclal.) Ex-Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, will speak tomorrow at the Shlvely Theater, under the direction of the Greater Ore gon Home Rule Association, on "Tha Fallacies of Prohibition." BILLBOARDS STIRVJOMEM THREAT OP BOYCOTTING OWS Kit OF LAND IS MADE. Vancouver Club Objects to IMaelng of Signs Opposite Church, Li brary and City Park. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct 27WSpe cial.) A new billboard company recently took over the business In thla city and at onco began to put up new billboards. It haai Incurred tho wrath of the wo men's clubs; and one business man, who owna property which ho has leased to the billboard company, baa been Informed by several of hla customers that they will refuse to trade with him If be permits) tie billboards to mar the landscape. One large billboard baa Just been com pleted across the street, from the First Congregational Church, and opposite the Vancouver Public Library. The church waa recently bought at a cost of IS, 000. At one corner of the City Park a big billboard haa been built In tho past few darn, and thla shuts off tho view of many residents from tho park. They have protested to J. W. Andresen, who owns the property. Many of the women of the city are angry at the billboard company and It la likely that a movement will be started by the women's clubs in tha city against the practice. ' JACK FROST GRIPS DAYTON Touchet Valley Feels Winter Touch. Blue Mountains Snowcapped. DAYTON. "Wash.. Oct. ST. SpeclaL Convincing signs of Winter are evident In the Touchet Valley country this morn ing. The temperature last night dropped to St above zero here and to 20 above In the Blue Mountains near the Oregon line. Thla Is the coldest weather recorded wince Inst Winter. Heavy hoar frost covered everything Inanimate and Ice waa frozen In places. Another Indication that Winter Is due shortly In tbe Northwest Is tha report from the Blue Mountains that snow has fallen near the summit. Snow waa re corded In the mountains earlier than this lae Fall. Vegetables and fruits, apples excepted, still In the open are Injured and orchardlsts are hurrying the work of picking and packing applea In an effort to escape serious damage from the cold. PLAYHOUSE PLANS READY Adjoining Klaw A ErlangtT House In Vancouver Will Be Hotel. VANCOUVER. B. C. Oct. S6.-Spe-claL) After considerable dilly-dallying plans for tha erection of a $250,000 playhouse for the Frohman. Klaw & Erlanger theatricals have been com pleted here and It Is assured that the theater will be ready for business by the opening of next season. Tho theater Is to follow the lines of tha Knickerbocker Theater In New York, will have a 40-foot stage, and seat about !000 persons. Adjoining the theater the owners of tho ground will erect one of the handsomest hotels on tha Coast, which Is to be fitted up with a grill resembling the Silver Orlll, of Spokane. Wash. Lot River Dam Opposed. KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. 27. Speclal. Word baa been received by tbe local rec lamation aervice officlala that tho Sec retary of tho Interior had approved plana for the construction of the concrete dam acrow Lost River, near what la known aa the Wilson bridge, and the diverting of that stream Into the Klamath River. The department has advertised for bids for tlie construction of the dam and the canal across the valley to divert tha river. The bridge will coot about $10 (M and will raise the water In the river about 24 feet. The canal will be about three mlUw and a half long and will empty Lost River Into the Klamath at tha Sutton place. Chinese Dies on Train. MEDFORD. Or, Oct. 57. (Special.) T. Sam. a Chinaman, who waa on hla way from Gervala to San Francisco for treatment, died on the train yes terday morning between Gold Hill and Central Point. The remains were taken off at Medford. Sam waa accompanied by another Celestial, who waa taking him to a hospital. As the companion could speak little English nothing much could be learned about the deceased or tbe cause of bis death. Vancouver Chooses Debaters, VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct. iT. (Spe cial.) At a try-out held last night In the Vancouver High School Auditorium two young men and a young woman, Lester Wood. Glenn Hill and Misa Fran ces Stone, were chosen to represent Van couver High School in the Western Washington Debating League. Tbe first debate will be held with Kelso, at Kelso, In December. Gearhart I'ark Votes for Schools. ASTORIA, Or.. Oct- 27. (Special.) The taxpayers of school district No. 15, at Gearhart Park, have voted to issue bonds for f 2000 to raise funda for pur chasing a alto and erecting a new school-bouse. The bonds will be of fered to the State Laird Board. Tha sessions of school are now being held In a private residence. Mary Harris Armor. Armory Satur- Jday night- (.Paid advertisement. BOY BLAMES VICTIM Lad, Witness of Killing, Says St. Martin Started Row. DEED CALLED ACCIDENT J. T. Harris, on Trial for Homicide, Declares Fatal Stab Was Not In tended Stevenson Case May Close Today. STEVENSON. Wash., Oct. 27. (Spe cial.) That he had witnessed the mortal quarrel between aged Isador St. Martin and J. T. Harris from a wagon bed In the stable of St. Martin's Springs was testified In the trial today by Allen Jose, 18 years old. The lad Intimated that St- Martin had started tho trouble by making a dlnparaglng remark about Shlpherd's Springs, of which Harris waa a patron, and that St. Martin had assumed a threantenlng attitude in ordering Harris from the resort- After the boy's testimony Harris took the stand and throughout Insisted that the killing of St. Martin by him was accidental and that he fled Immediately after the scuffle, fearing that Indians at St. Martin s Springs would take his life. Harris said St. Martin had struck him such a blow that be felt as if be bad been "broken in two." Questioned as to his place of resi dence he asserted he "lived here, there and everywhere." He said Ms correct name la James T. Harris and that he assumed the name Robert Brown for the first time when registering at Shlpherd's Springs. At Spokane, he said, he conducted a lodging-house, which he traded for a hotel and left that city when his hostelry was burned. Later he visited Hot Springs. Or.; Klamath Springs. Mont-, and Shaniko. Tomorrow testimony taken at the preliminary hearing of Harris will be written Into the record of the present trial and It la thought the case will be In the hands of the Jury by noon. OREGON GETS SIGMA CHI Khoda Khan Club Given Charter in National Fraternity. UN1VER3TY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., Oct 27. (Special.) A charter In Sig ma, Chi has Just been granted to the Khoda Khan Club, a local fraternity which was organized October 31, 1907. The members of the active chapter are: E. Morgan Watson, William B. Mott. Alon xo Perkins, Leon C. Parks: George F. Carter. Lyle F. Brown, Homer B. Jami son, Ralph P. Newland, Carl N. Homer, John M. Moore, Paul F. Brledwell, Ray mond B. Early. Martin W. Hawkins. William Elliott, Carl Fowler, Henry Fow ler and Dsn Mitchell, many of whom are Portland boys. Sigma Chi Is a National college frater nity which waa established at Miami University. June 28, 1855. It has 63 active chapters and a membership of approximately 9000. Or fleers Honor Captain Knlgbt. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Oot, 27. (Special.) In honor of Captain Harry E. Knight, post adjutant of the First Infantry for the past three and a half years, and Mrs. Knight, a dancing party and rupper were given in the Offi cers; Club tonight by the Post Club, com posed of all of the officers of the garri son. Including the officers of the depart ment headquarters. Church Buys $2500 Pipe Organ. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Oct 27. (Spe claL) A $2300 pipe organ was bought today for the FJast Congregational Church, which Is being built at Main and Fourteenth streets. The big or gan, the second in the city. Is to be ready for use Easter Sunday. Railroad at Medford Attached. MEDFORD, Or., Oct. 27. (Special.) The Standard For 63 Years WHEN the time comes around for you to put a new stove or range into your home don't go at it blindly. Be guided by the wisdom, choice, experience and approval of the largest portion of our American homes for the last sixty-three years. During this entire period CharterOak Stoves and Ranges have given the best service by far that waa ever gotten out of any cooking or heating apparatus and there are thousands of housewives that will back this state ment up. When you purchase a Charter Oak you get the best that can possibly bo built, and that will stand up and do the work that-you require. 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