VOL. L.. XO. 15,562.
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ROOSEVELT TAKES
AEROPLANE TRIP
Colonel Waves Hand at
Breathless Crowd.
FLIGHT WHOLLY UNEXPECTED
Ex-President Quickly Accepts
Invitation of Aviator.
APPLAUSE GREETS FEAT
Rrtumrd Hunter in Air 3 Minutes,
SO Seconds, (iocs Mile a Minute.
Spectators Fear as Amateur
Aviator Jokes In Flight.
ST. IiUTS. Mo., Oct. 11. Theodore
Roosevelt made an aeroplane flight to
day and said it was the finest experi
ence he ever had had. He traveled twice
around the aviation field at Kinloch, 18
miles wen of St. Ioui-, in 3:2a He
waved his hand at the crowd of thou
sands on the field below, most of whom
were too dumbfounded and frightened to
move. When the machine alighted easily,
a few feet from the starting place a
mighty shout of applause and relief
went up.
Arcli Hoxsey. a 'Wright aviator, with
whom Colonel Roosevelt made the flight,
said that the Colonel made a good fel-low-voyageur
for the trip, but, instead
of being afraid, he was having such a
good time that Hoxsey was afraid he
would fall out or interfere with the
engine, which was rotaring at his side.
Roosevelt Shows Jfo Fear.
The Colonel waved his hands at the
rrowd below so vigorously that Hoxsey
called out to him:
"Keep your hands on the rail. Colonel.''
Colonel Roosevelt, who had forgotten
to hold himself in, waved his hands once
more and then obeyed orders.
The Colonel's flight was a complete sur
prise to everybody. Although he had
been Invited to go. no one had the least
Idea that he would do so, and be .him
self did not decide to go until the mo
ment before he stepped Into the machine.
The trip to the aviation field, to watch
the flights there, was on the afternoon's
programme for the Colonel's day in St.
Louis. He went to Kinloch in an auto
mobile at the head of a procession of
motor cars that was half a mile long.
Tlie cars were filled with members of the
Republican state and city committees
and business men.
The ride was a fast and dusty one,
and much of the way the cars were en
veloped in such clouds that it was Im
possible to see more than a few feet
ahead. Colonel Roosevelt's face was
covered with a thick coating of dirt when
he arrived .at the field. Colonel Roose
velt's car was driven directly on the
aviation field. Instead of to the parking
place for automobiles. Around the rim
of the field -were hundreds of cars, which
tooted their horns in noisy chorus as
the Colonel appeared.
The spectatorn were on every hand, and
a company of militiamen kept them back.
Hoxsey's machine, a Wright biplane,
was standing directly in front of the
grandstand. Colonel Roosevelt stepped
from his automobile, with Governor
Hadley at his side, and walked over to
it. He inspected the broad brown planes
and. the huge shiny engine, and shook
hands with the aviator.
Invitation' Promptly Accepted.
"I'd like to have you for a passenger,
sold Hoxsey.
The Colonel looked at him without a
word. Then he began to take oft his
coat. It was the first intimation that
anyone had that he would make, the
trip.
Governor Hadley stepped up quickly,
with a scared look on his fare, and said:
"Are yoj really going up. Colonel?"
"Of course I am," said the Colonel,
and without another word, he took his
seat at Hoxsey's direction beside the
engine. Governor Hadley stepped back.
He admitted afterward that he was
nervous.
Governor Hud ley Xervons.
"This Is my district, and it extends up
Into the air. I suppose. I feel a sense
of responsibility while the Colonel Is in
my territory," he said.
Colonel Roosevelt removed his slouch
hat and borrowed a gray golf cap, which
he pulled down over his eyes: The
guardsmen were stai.ding so closely
about the airship that few of the spec
tators knew what was going on.
Hoxsey took his place beside Colonel
Roosevelt, who watched the prepara
tions with a smile of anticipation, be
traying not the least nervousness. Four
guardsmen seated themselves on the
ground to hold the tall piece of the air
ship until the motor should be started
and the propellers were well under
way.
One caught hold of each of the two
great aluminum propellers and Hoxsey
gave the word to start. They whirled
the propellers as the six-cylinder motor
barked and spoutod smoke. The pro
pellers revolved a few times and then
the motor stopped.
Camera Men on Spot.
After two more trials the motor was
started and the blades spun rapidly.
The photographers who had been snap
ping the Colonel in the machine had
barely time to step aside before it
iConcludtd ua rag 5.)
BRIDE FIRES HOME
TO BURN HUSBAND
CALIFORNIA WOMAN", WED FOLK
DAYS, ADMITS CRIME.
Man Sound Asleep,, Saved as Bed
clothes Burn Insurance Al
leged Arson Incentive.
ELMHTTRST, Cal., Oct. 11. (Special.)
Confessing that she tried to burn
their dwelling. Mrs. Gertrude Sweetser
today stands charged with arson. Inves
tlgation which Is being made by Captain
of Detectives Peterson and the Oakland
police may lead to a more Berious charge
being filed against the woman.
"We ouarreled and I did not care
what became of him," said the woman.
as she faced the captain of detectives.
It Is true we had been drinking, but
he never treated me right, even when
he was sober. He cared nothing for me,
neither did I care for him. Only the
day of the fire we had a terrible fight
He threatened me and 1 suppose that
said things to him which he did not like.
When he went to sleep I set fire to the
house."
The fire from which Sweetser narrow
ly escaped was discovered about 3:30
o'clock In the morning. Officers broke
into the house and saved Sweetser's
life. He was sleeping soundly, although
the bedding upon which he was lying
was actually afire. While the fire was
burning briskly, Mrs. Sweetser is said to
have been seated on the porch of the
home across the way. Sweetser, who
had been married to the woman but
four days prior to the fire, asserts that
his bride knew his life was insured for
$1"00 and she was the beneficiary.
MILL TRUST INVESTIGATED
Department of Justice Looks
Lumber Combine Charge.
Into
WASHINGTON, Oct 11. To determine
if there is any foundation for numerous
complaints received at the Department
of Justice alleging the existence of a
lumber trust, special agents of the de
partment are investigating the opera
tions of many trade associations and
other organizations In all parts of the
country.
Agents In Minneapolis, St. Paul, Chi
cago, St. Louis, Kansas City and smaller
cities in the East have turned in their
reports. Complaints have been reach
ing the department from dealers and
builders, as well as Individual consum
ers, alleging the prices of dressed lum
ber is fixed by agreement and unduly
raised by powerful Interests which con
trol the lumber industry.
Charges of blacklisting, elimination
and competition and divisions of terri
tory also are made.
ONE MAN IS HOW MANY?
American and Jap Incorporate, but
Law Requires American Majority.
OLYMTCA. Wash., Oct. 11. (Special.)
From Seattle the Secretary of State
received articles of Incorporation for fil
ing of which the trustees were two In
number, one being a Jew and the other
a Jap.
The law provides that a "majority"
of the trustees must be American citizens
and as a subject of the Emperor of Japan
cannot become an American citizen. Sec
retary L M. Howell referred the matter
to the Attorney-General's office.
That department, while figuring that
an American citizen might be a ma
jority, decided to send It back to the
men forming the corporation and direct
ing them to add one more trustee and the
new one an American citizen.
DEATH TAKES WRECK HERO
Michael llcney, Seattle Millionaire,
Dies in San Francisco.
SEATTLE. Oct. II. Michael J. He.ney,
the millionaire railroad contractor, died
In San ' Francisco today, after an 111 J
ness of several months. Honey built
the White Pass & Yukon Railroad and
the Copper Valley Railroad in Alaska,
undertakings In which extraordinary
obstacles were overcome.
He almost perished in the wreck of
the steamship Ohio In Northern Brit
ish Columbia waters In August, 1909,
and had not been entirely well since
that time. He was carried overboard
when the ship went down and after I
swimming ashore he neglected him
self to care for the shipwrecked wo
men and children.
AUTHORESS SUES HEARST
$10,000 Asked for Crediting Her
Serial Story to Male Writer.
SAX FRANCISCO. Oct. 11. A 10.000
damage suit was filed here today la
the United States Circuit Court against
William Randolph Hearst by Miss Cice
ley Hamilton, of London, for an alleged
infringement of copyright.
The complaint recites that "The
American Weekly, a weekly paper
published here by William Randolph
Hearst, has been running a serial cred
ited to Joseph O'Brien, but. which was
written by Miss Hamilton.
HOMESICK, MEN MUTINY
W halers Throw Harpoon Gons Over
board and End Arctic Cruise.
SAX FRAXCLSCO. Oct. 1L Homesick
In the Arctic, several of the crew of
the whaler Lettitla threw tlie harpoon
guns overboard, and though placed in
Irons, succeeded in terminating the ves
sel's cruise.
The Lettitia arrived here today with
S.V) barrels of oil and 1700 pounds of
whalebone, all of which was taken within
16 days.
,000 STRIKERS
IMPERIL FRANCE
State Railroad's Em
ployes to Quit.
COMPLETE TIE-UP IMMINENT
Famine Threatens Paris
Result of Outbreak.
as
ARMY OPERATES TRAINS
Trouble Starts on Northern Line and
Spreads to Republic's Own SyS'
torn, 8 000 Leaving PostsGov
ernment Appeals.
PARIS. Oct 11. The French Govern
ment Is again facing a serious strike.
Employes of the Northern Railroad
went on strike early today and tonight
the strike spread to the Western Rail
road, which is owned by the state.
Indications are that tomorrow will see
a complete tie-up in Northern and West
ern France.
The strike Involves about 80.000 men.
The strike on the Western road was
voted this evening by 8000 men employed
in Paris and suburbs. They count upon
the National unions to tie up the prov
inces.
The movement may possibly extend to
the Eastern and the Paris, Lyons and
Mediterranean Railroads.
Paris is threatened with a scarcity of
food. Transportation is partly pros
trated, and the vast army of working
people in the Northwest quarter are un
able .to reach their places of business.
Military engineers are taking the places
of the strikers and the troops are guard
ing various stations and Important sec
tions of the roads. Large military
forces were distributed when the strike
was declared and additional troops were
ordered out tonight.
The Government has decided upon an
Important step in - an attempt to break
the strike on the Northern Railroad. The
Official Journal publishes a decree call-
ng to the colors about 30.000 employes of
the Northern Railroad. This .immediate
ly subjects the men to military discipline,
under which they may be ordered to op
erate the trains.
Officials of the Northern Railroad have
Issued a statement that wages on the
Northern Railroad were increased 3,500,000
francs during the year of 1909-10 and
that the increased cost of operations and
the burdens put upon them by Parlia
ment, made it Impossible to meet the
demands of the men.
The aviators Audemeyer, Barrier and
Garros, who were scheduled to take part
In the aviation meet at Belmont Park
and who are booked to sail on the Teu
tonic, will proceed to Cherbourg by auto
mobile."
The central strike committee of the
National Railroaders' Union met tonight
and decided to call upon the men of all
the railroads to strike immediately.
The more conservative newspapers con
demn the strikes as indicating a revolu
tionary General Federation of Labor try
ing to absorb the railroad unions, but
he Socialist Press halls it as a com
mendable battle to obtain needed redress.
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 69
decrees: minimum. 50 degrees.
TODAX'S Occasional rains, southerly winds.
Foreign.
Eight thouand employes of Western Rail
way In Paris strike suddenly. Page 1.
Soidlers disappear from streets of Lisbon.
Pago 2.
National.
Willamette Valley shippers ask rebate on al
tered excessive tariffs ot last ten years.
Page 4.
Supreme Court of United States now com
plete sets cases against trusts lor nw
Ing next January. Page 8.
General Muus. In annual report, advocates
opening ot Alaska coal deposits. Page 6
Political.
Hawley Issues open letter to voters. Page 7.
RrMMvlt In lrt ,nCMh of cmr.Daiicn at SU
I.ouIb upholds Republican tariff plan and
scores lemocrat or .New lorn ana
souri. . Pace 0.
Cheers greet Bowerman at LaOrande.
Page tt. '
Senator Bourne's sale of note is verified.
Page la.
Domestic.
Relief being given sufferers in Minnesota
tire horror. Page 2.
Christian Church convention divided on
Issue of governing board. Page 3. '
Roosevelt makes flight in aeroplane at St.
I.os Angeles bank teller absconded on eve of
promotion. Page 1.
Sacramento police arrest Los Angeles bomo
suspect, page 1.
California bride of four days confesses burn
ing "home to cremate husband afier quar
rel Page 1.
Sports.
Lincoln High and Washington High to meet
on gridiron la annual game todny. Page 8-
Paciflc Coast League results: portlitnd 1.
Los Angeles n; s"an Francisco-Oakland
game postponed, rain; no game at Los
Angeles. Page 8.
Judge Orsham tvIII announce Hetllng deci
sion today. Pace 8.
Interest In Horse sh w stimulated by hand
some prizes offered. Page 10.'
Pacific Northwest.
Initiative and referendum In Oregon and
Switzerland compared. Page 7.
High school eleven, coach and teacher ar
rested on charge of tiicru page i.
Pacific Coast coal to be given thorough test
by Navy. Page V.
Commercial and Marine.
Pacific Northwest wheat standards are
fixed. Page lit.
avy selling of wheat at Chicago carries
prices down. Page 21.
Navigation above Hawthorne bridge will
bait 48 hours while new draw is put in
place. Page 20.
Portland and, Vicinity.
Superintendent Napier, of gcrbage crema
tory, accuses sanitary torapany or nn'r
ing Inducement not to oppose franchise
Page 4.
United States Courts of Oregon to decide
whether alleged smuggled Chinese are
entitled by law to give ball. Page I t.
President McKnlght of Woolgrowers praises
Oregon sheep as best in noruvwesi.
Page IS.
Engineer reports contractors are delaying
Mount labor reservoir, i-age u.
Story of Johnson killing retold to Webb Jury.
Page 1 4.
Influx of settlers is large. Page 16.
Portland's aid sotight in campaign for open
ing of Columbia to Canada, pege if.
Farmers realize need of good roads. Page 9.
Railroads take Interest in Oregon apple
show. Page 12.
Portland Presbytery assails false doctrine.
Page u.
TOWN WOULD BAR ELOPERS
Kockvllle, Md., Convenient Gretna
Green, Asks Parsons Sot to Act.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. Women of
Rockvllle. Md., a town near Washing
ton and conveniently reached, abhor the
notoriety it has gained as a Gretna
Green and have launched a movement
to discourage elopers.
All the ministers of the town have
been asked to refuse to marry couples
that may apply to them unless one or
both are known to the minister, o are
vouched for by some reputable person.
COUNTRY SCHOOLS CLOSED
Lack of Teachers Works Hardship
on Clark County Pupils.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 11. (Spe
cial.) Dearth of country school teach
ers has delayed the opening of a num
ber of schools in Clark County, accord
ing to a statement of Oscar McBride,
County Superintendent.
Most of the schools have been opened
for the Winter term, but there are still
several not opened because no teachers
can be obtained.
WHERE HE STANDS
WILL VETO ANY ATTEMPT
TO CHANGE THE mm(M ,
mmm bkhe people. i
neon
EVE OF PROMOTION
Bank Teller's Thefts
Total $50,000.
TELEGRAM RUSE IS WORKED
Friend Gets Message From
San Francisco, but It Is Fake.
CLERK LIKELY IN MEXICO
VI lute Officials Thought Fugitive at
Golden Gute on Vacation, He Is
Thought to Have Been
Speeding Across Border.
I.OS ANGELES. Cal.. Oct. 11. (Spe
cial.) Officials of the Farmers & Mer
chants National Bank were so pleased
with the work and ability to draw busi
ness of Wilson B. Evans, the abscond
ing assistant teller, whose peculations
are said to have been $50,000, that they
planned to promote him upon hie return
from his vacation. Now they are very
anxious to get hold of him, not to pro
mote him, but to place him behind the
bars and get the money back. He la
thought to be in Mexico.
The last day Evans was on duty at
the bank he secreted a roll of $5000 on
his person, according to attaches who
have been Investigating his movements.
Detectives Have So Clew.
This is the largest Individual amount
appropriated by hlra, it Is understood,
and the police believe it was practically
11 he had when he fled. His total
peculations are considerably more than
$50,000, according to private detectives
who are trying to trace him. They
have no clew-.
I. W. Hellman, Jr., whose father is
president of the bank, came down from
San Francisco today in connection with
the investigation.
Evans worked a clever ruse, accord
ing to bank officials, who say that
about the time of his scheduled arrival
San Francisco, where lie had an
nounced his intention of passing hia
vacation, a telegram was received by
one of his friends in this city, who is
a frequent caller at the bank. It indi
cated Evans' safe arrival, and said he
would leave at once for a hunting trip
In the high Sierras.
Evans Went South, Is Thought.
This telegram, it develops, was filed
for him by a person other than Evans,
who was at that time presumably
crossing the Mexican border, having
taken the "owl" train for San Diego
instead of the "owl" for San Francisco,
and deceived his friends. The two
trains leave the city about the same
time.
Officials of the bank said today that
Evans had a chance to abstract funds
only since September 1, as his accounts
were fully checked on that date. As
he departed on September 17, supposed
ly on his annual vacation, his oppor
tunity for misappropriating the bank's
funds covered but a little over twf
weeks. It was Evans' custom, however,
to handle the daily deposits of the rail
road companies and other heavy depos
itors. T
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FOOTBALL ELEVEN
ACCUSED OF THEFT
ANGRY" HOTEL MAS GETS WAR
RANTS FOR MEMBERS.
Search of fiaggage by Officers Dis
closes Stolen Pictures, and
Coach Promises Return.
EVERETT, Wash., Oct 11. (Special.)
Following the departure of Snohomish
High School football team from Stan
wood and the discovery that several
fine pictures of football scenes have dis
appeared from the walls of the Stan
wood Hotel, where the team had stayed,
a warrant for the arrest of the entire
football team, its coach and a high
school teacher, who had aocompanled it
to Snohomish,'' was sworn out by Allan
Bartz, proprietor of the hotel.
Telephone messages were sent to
Everett and Snohomish, the Sheriff here
being Informed of the issuance of the
blanket warrant, with a request that
the team be met and arrested.
The pictures were taken from the
walls of the hotel, after a member of
the visiting team of football players
had requested thsm as a gift and it
had been refused. Acting on advice
from Stanwoodi Everett officers met the
train and detained the Snohomish play
ers in the waiting-room, where their
belongings were searched and the
stolen pictures were found.
Upon the promise of the team's coach
that the property would be returned.
the party was permitted to proceed to
Snohomish.
CHAPERON'S DUTY TO END
Chicago Will Present Society With
Unusual Debutante.
CHICAGO. Oct. 11. (Special.) Chica
go Is to have an unusual debutante next
month.
Miss Marguerite. Sherlock, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James P. Sherlock, who
in her 20 years of life has never been
permitted to go to a party, never ha3
had a young man caller and has never
ventured from her home unless under
the eyes of careful selected chaperons,
according to her mother, is to be pre
sented to the society world in a coming-out"
party at a Michigan avenue
hotel November 19. A dinner will be
given and will be followed by a theater
party. After this presentation Miss Sher
lock will be free to follow her own in
clination in accepting or refusing in
vitations.
'All of Marguerite's studes have been
under woman Instructors, said Mrs.
Sherlock today. "Woman tutors have
taught her Latin, French and Italian. I
assure you that it has been a most dif
ficult task to bring a girl through 20
years of life as Marguerite has Deen
brought. She is bubblmg over with
spirit and has often wept bitterly at
not being allowed to enjoy he privileges
accorded other girls.
'My idea is that the girls of this age
are permitted to become blase before
they reach the years in which they could
properly enjoy the pleasures they have
already tired of. However, this Is not
true in Marguerite's case. She was even
attended at boarding school by a chap
eron."
TWO-BIT FIGHT COSTS $150
Portland Man Disputing Fare
Throws Driver Through Window.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Oct. 11.
(Special.) Dispute over a 25-cent cab
fare today was the cause of breaking
a 1150 plate glass window in the front
of the D'Acres Hotel, and even now the
fare remains unsettled and one of the
belligerents, or both, must pay for the
broken glass.
The trouble occurred this morning
when J. A. Bauman, of Portland, su
perintendent of construction of the
Baker building, rode from the O. R. &
X. station to the D'Acres Hotel in the
cab driven by Frederick de Forest. Bau
man tendered a return check given by
the cab company, which for some rea
son the cabby refused. In the alterca
tion that ensued Bauman threw De For
est across the walk and the cabman
fell over a bench and into the window,
through which he went. He was not
hurt.
PASTOR TO BE CANDIDATE
Pulpit Resigned to Enter Knee for
City Commissioner.
SPOKAXE. Wash., Oct. 11. (Special.)
Dr. W. J. Hindley who resigned "is
seven years pastorale oi me rugnra
Congregational Church last night, an
nounced himself today as a receptive
candidate for the place of Commissioner
under the new form of municipal gov
ernment. "If I can be satisfied that the peoplo
want me that I will satisfy a public
need." Dr. Hindley stated, "I will run
for the office."
Dr. Hindley is the first to present
himself as a candidate for a Commis
sioncrship. His resignation was not accepte 1
when submitted to the official board
of his church last night but will he pre
sented to the congregation next Sun
day at the morning services.
RECORD IN AIR IS BROKEN
A. L. Welsh, tit St. Louis, Sets Xew
Mark for Endurance.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11. A. L. Welsh, in
a Wright biplane today, created a new
endurance record for America of 3 hours
11 minutes 55 seconds. The previous
record was made by Ralph Johnstone in
the Harvard meet at Atlantic, Mass.,
September 12, in 3 hours E minutes 40
seconds.
EX-MINER IS HELD
AS BOMB SUSPECT
Torn Letter Confirms
Police Theory.
PRISONER BADLY FRIGHTENED
Arrest Made in Sacramento on
Los Angeles Request.
P0ST0FFICE IS WATCHED
.Knowledge of Inside Affair Is In-
timated by Writer of Missive,
Pieces or Which Are Put To
eethcr by Detectives.
MtRAJIEXTO, Oct. 11. Sacramento
police today, at the request of Chief of
Police Galloway of Los Angeles, airested
George Wallace suspected of having been
concerned in the Los Angeles Times
dynamite explosion. Wallace's attempt at
the time of his arrest to destroy a let-
w hich, wnen pieced together, con-1
talned veiled reference to the explosion.
aim tno fact that he almost collapsed
when taken Into custody confirm the be-I
lief of the detectives that they have
made an important capture.
Wallace, who Is a recent arrival from
Los Angeles, did not offer re-1
sisiance, nut turned suddenly pale I
ana trembled violently. Even after I
he had been taken to the sta
tion ana questioned his condition be
came worse, although he retained mn.l
trol of himself sufficiently to answer I
questions without tangling himself and
at the same time be non-committal.
Detectives Watch at Postoffice.
for me last several days Chief of
Police Ahem has had detectives and pa
trolmen on special duty stationed at the I
postoffloe. watching for Wallace in the I
hope that he would appear and ask for I
letters, and it was after his appearance
tnere tnls morning that he was ar
rested.
Pieced together, the letter which Wal
lace tore up, shows that ttie prisoner left I
Los Angeles suddenly on the day or the
nay following the dynamiting. It is in
timated that Wallace knows much con
cerning the inside of the affair. The
writer conijxiscd his letter guardedly, but
used bitter language in speaking of Gen
eral Manager Chandler of The Times and
.Harrison Urey Otis.
Letters Sent From Los Angeles.
The letters taken from Wallace were
signed by John Murray, and were sent
irom.the Hotel St. Louis, 653 Central
avenue, Los Angeles. One of the let
ters was mailed at the Arcade station
October 5, and the other on the day
previous. The first letter and the one
which tells most is as follows:
Friend George: I sure was surprised
wnen I got to the room last night and
got your note, but I soon got over my
surprise. While going to supper I was
held up and felt of my hip pockets
three times Inside of 20 minutes once
on Main street, again on Fourth and
Los Angeles, and again on Seventh and
San Pedro. These crazy. Yes,
gone mad.
Writer Distrusts Mail.
"There is no doubt in my mind that i
Chandler knows more than he eays. The
least said through the mall the better.
George, Jim told me you told the Chief
you were born in Glasgow. You know
the rest. Just think what I mean.
George. I have no more to say now.
II 1 was talKlng to you X would tell you
a whole lot of what I heard and seen
during the short time you were gone.'
The second letter contains less that
seems of possible importance to the
police. The writer discourses upon the
rich men who want to grind down the
poor. In the course of the letter he
refers to a man named Murphy, who.
Wallace says, is a miner with whom he
worked in Butte County.
Asked what the letters which he had
just torn into small bits contained and
why he was so desirous of destroying
them. Wallace declared that they con
tained nothing of value or significance.
He declared that lie did not know what
his friend meant In referring to the
dynamiting case. He also declared that
he did not know who Chandler was, not
having heard of him before, although
his friend spoke familiarly of the gen
eral manager of the Los Angeles Times.
Wallace told Ahern that he was a
native of Sydney, Australia, a statement
at variance with his friend's letter; also
that he had been employed at 1ms An
geles as a gardener at the home of a de
tective and that he worked a few days
now and then at that labor in Los' An
geles, but he did not tell what his other
occupation, if he has one, is.
it-is thought, nowever, tnat he is a I
miner ami it is known that his friend
who wrote the letters is a miner from
Eldorado County.
Wallace will be sent to Los Angeles.
Los Angeles in Doubt.
IjOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct.' 11. Al
though the police will continue their
investigation in regard to George Wal
lace, arrested In Sacramento today, they
are inclined to believe that both he and
.iQhn Murray, who wrote the letter that
Wallace tore up, had no connection,
wits ta Tiroes disaster.
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