PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 11, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BARK TO SAIL ON
NIGHT ATTACK ON
WOMEN TD FIGHT
STOCK IN PARSON
1 DEAD; 4 WILL DIE
$15,000,000 QUEST
BAY CITY IS PLAN
TO BE SOLD HERE
TO DEPOSE
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MODERN" ARGONAUTS PREPARE
WAR FLEET MAY TRY TO CAP
TCRE SAX FRAN'CISCO.
''GYPSY"" SMITH, EVANGELIST,
WILL BE INCORPORATED.
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TO GO TO COOOS ISLAND.
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WHENTMIN JUMPS
Cars on Oregon Trunk
Plunge 40 Feet.
ESCAPING STEAM SCALDS
Passengers in Panic When Car
Plunges Into Boiler.
SPREADING RAILS, -CAUSE
Intense neat Warps Track of Oregon
Trunk Lino Causing ratal
Wreck Xear ' Deschutes
Train Crew Rescue.
ttt-b- niT.i.irs. Or- July 18. (Spe
c!L On man was. killed and four
persons fatally Injured ad a acora
more hurt as southbound Oregon Trunk
passenger train plunged over a
embankment II rollas north of Pherar-
hva . r ms o'clock this afternoon.
The train waa running miles an hour
wken It stru-k a spread rail, caused by
tha Intense heat or the anernoon.
Tha At.rn.A-
r ntiinr storekeeper. 'Warm
Springs Indian School.
c..a?? In1urd:
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Baker and aon
v.p.i. 7 tun old. Sheridan. Or.
lira. J. W. Rmmui. Ellsworth. Wis.
Seriously Injured:
J. W. Rassmus and babr daughter
E'.lsworth. Wis.
George McKilllp. fireman. Vancouver
mnA rut.
A. A. Camp. Seattle manager Kerrtck
tc Company, row broken.
e. L. Arthur. Seattle, badly scalded.
Slightly Injured:
Thomaa Mllea. engineer, VancouTer.
forehead cut; Walter Iaxaon. brake
man. Vancouver, hands cut: Oeorge Sue
kieh. Burn. Or.: Pat Collins. Spokane.
Wash.; Thomaa Redding. Portland, cuta
and bruises; C. Swanson. brakeman.
Minneapolis, bruised.
When the engine hit the sun-klnk !n
the rail It left the track and rolled
down a, 40-foot embankment. The
baggage car remained on the rails, but
the day coach, following. left the track,
plunging 40 feet to the top of the lo
comotlre In the ditch below.
When the car atruck the engine the
escape valve of the boiler waa ripped
off and etram and hot water ahpt Into
the ear filled with panic-stricken pas
sengers, who had been projected Into
the front end of the coach by the Im
pact. P. J. Galllnger. a conductor, waa
riding with Conductor Cass, at the rear
end of the- car. Both clung to a seat
as the car ahot down the embankment.
They escaped serious Injury.
Firemen Fall With Engine.
Thomas Allies, engineer, and George
McKilllp. fireman, said they knew
nothing of the danger until the loco
motive waa rolling down the ateep
incline. Both men stayed with the
engine until It struck the bottom of
the ditch. McKilllp waa unconscious
and was caught under the cab. but
extricated himself before tha safety
valve was released. He was scalded
on the back and neck and slightly in
jured Internally, but hla condition la
not considered critical.
A special train waa made up at The
Dalles and physicians were hurried to
the scene of the accident. The in
jured were brought to a hospital In
this dt ylate thla afternoon.
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Injured members of the train crew and
passenger.
Train Crew to Rescue.
When the day coach rolled down tha
embankment Conductors Cass and Gal
llnger were shuttled bock and forth
Jn their end of the cat, but kept them
aelvea from Injury. When the car
landed they were the first to begin
the work of rescuing the passengers,
who were screaming wl'h pain from
the steam and hot .water that u
pouring Into the front of the car.
S. L, Arthur, of Seattle, one of those
badly scalded, rushed toward the
Deschutes River. 200 feef away, scream
ing in agony. Fellow passengers, see
ing that he Intended to Jump Into the
stream, hurried after the crazed man
and pulled him out of the river J ist
in time to save hla life.
A Coroner's inquest will e hel over
the body of I J. Rising tomorrow.
HOOD SCALED FROM NORTH
Portland. Vancouver and Hood River
Ieople Make Ascent.
HOOI RIVER. Or, July 10. Spe
cial.) F. C. Howell. Albert Crocker.
Charles Hugglns. Fred Coshow and
William Toung. of this city, and a
number of people from Portland and
Vancouver. Wash, made the first a.-,
cent of Mount Hood from the north
side for the seaaon yesterday.
The ropes, by which the ascent was
made easier, were strung from the top
to points more than 1000 feet belowi
where the Incline i not so steep.
Members o fthe party report that be
cause of the recently fallen loose snow
on the mountainside, the climb Is more
difficult than It will be later In the
aeasoar
Town I Stake In Spectacular Sham
Battle Arranged hy Adjutant
General In California.
i
SACRAMENTO. Cai. July 10. J
night attack on San Francisco by i
fleet of war vessels, beaded by th
i t..Mhu1 the Naval Mllltlaf
ship, a hostile demonstration In the
iiarVni with booming cannon and
flashes of powder and everything but
flying shells. Is what Adjutant-General
Forbes is planning for some night next
week.
The land forces, manning the fort
-,,n. .nil batteries, protecting th
entrance to Ban Francisco Bajr, will
. . . . . 1 ... frAtn entrr-
enaeavor w ep n-
ing. It will be a contest between the
Army and Navy, and Incidentally it
.in h. the first time In history m
the harbor haa been attacked by a fleet
of vessels.
Thl nrorramme will be carried ou
If Adjutant-General Forbes can secure
permission from the Army nd tn
v. w
Th. fleet of vessels will try to cross
through the entrance of the harbor.
while the aoldlera on the hllia aDoux
the entrance to Golden Gate will be
busy with searchlight flashing spears
of light over the bay and Its entrance
to detect the first appearance or a
hostile ship.
The winner will be decided, probably,
by umpires selected from the Regular
Army, the Navy and me mauona
Guard.
CITY BOARD ENJOINED
Taooma Civil Ben Ice Body Loses
Suit to Hold Up Pay.' e
TACOMA. 'Wash, July 10. (Special.)
SuDerlor Judae Clifford today dis
missed tha ault of the Civil Service
nniM riimt the Municipal Commis
sion to bold up the wages of 25 city
employes alleged to have been named
without reference to eligible lists. The
court held that the city had not been
given proper notice of the filing of the
Intunrtlon case. The Civil service
Roard s-ava immediate notice that ap
plication would be renewed and sought
a temporary writ at once. The court
directed that the board first file for
mal application with the Clerk, failure
to do which brought about the de
ficiency In the suit dismissed.
While the board's attorneys hurried
a h - tn th. nrnner neDers Cltv At
torney 611 les sent the men whose sal
aries were held up to the office of the
r Tr...ii... trt IT t thffir Bit. Ail
will be paid before the temporary re
training order can De aignea ana me
citv notified.
The injunction was brought against
. , . w-t-- . n H ltB-ht and street
departments, who, the board holds, have
not taken the examination requirea oy
the city charter In order to quality
them for the positions.
RIGHT TO SPRINGS DENIED
Government Would Prevent Filing
on Bit of Public Land.
VANCOUVER. -Wash, July 10. (Spe
cial.) A case Involving the Tight to
file on land ont whlon la locatea a
medicinal hot spring Is being con
tested In the United States Land Of
fice here, before W. W. bparks. Ite-
celver.
Rhode Green, the defendant, haa filed
on a claim eaat oi twm, uu, uor
the southeast corner of Rainier Na
tional Park. Insisting it 'is a placer
claim. On the claim are hot springs,
which contain a doxen or more dif
ferent1 kinds of minerals.
The Government charge that the
property Is valuable as a hot spring
nd that the patent should not De
aranted to Green. It is the policy of
the Government to prevent filing on
hot springs which are rented or leased
for a nominal sum. Green avers that
the aoil will be valuable as a fertilizer
because of the mineral deposits.
I. L. Sharpe. chief of the field di
vision of the Land Office at Portland,
and W. F. Staler, of the agriculture
department, are conducting the case
for the Government.
GARDEN HIDES $1000 GEM
Philadelphia, Woman Loses Diamond
Heirloom While Picking Peas.
OREGON CITT. Or, July 10. (Spe
cial.) While gathering peas toduy tn
the garden of the Rev. C. W. Robin
son, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church. Miss Catharine Perclval. of
Philadelphia. lost a diamond ring
valued at more than 1000.
Mr. Robinson, his sister. Miss Clara
L. Robinson, and Miss Perclval looked
all afternoon for the gem with out suc
cess. The ring is an heirloom. Mies
Perclval Is a sister of tha late Dr.
Henry R- Perclval. and recently found
ed the Peroival Ptocesaa Library at
Nineteenth and Spring streets, tn mem
ory of her brother.
COOPER MAY BE BENEDICT
Portland Couple Get Marriage Li
cense at Oregon City.
OREtJON CTTT. Or, July 10. (Spe
cial.) Clara Van Riper, of JOS Gllsan
street. Portland, and Frank Cooper, of
the tiimonds Manufacturing Company,
of Portland, were granted a marriage
license In Xhis city Saturday evening.
Mr. Cooper had been rooming at the
home of 6. L. Street at 14 East Seventh
street, and left Saturday for his Sum
mer vacation, to Seaside. His friends
in the city believe that the wedding
ceremony was performed In Oregon
City Saturday night. The name of Miss
Van Riper does not appear in the Port
land directory-
Education Association
. Struggle Outlined.
MRS. WIXON IS IN VANGUARD
Colorado State Superintend
ent Scorns "Old Guard."
DR. BUTLER QUITS BOARD
Opening of National Convention
Sees Retirement of Columbia
President to Forestall In
surgent Element.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 10. (Special.)
Declarations of Mrs. Helen Marsh
Wixon. of Denver, the only woman
State Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion in the United States, that the real
struggle In the National Educational
Association la between the men and the
women, and the resignation of Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler from the board
of directors, to forestall an attempt by
the "Insurgents" to unseat him for
non-attendance at meetings, were. In
tereatlng Incidents of the first day of
the educational convention.
Mrs. "Wlxon was elected State Ba-
perlntendent last Fall, when only two
Republicans on the entire Colorado
ticket went through.
She Is Glad to Talk.
She said that she was very glad to
talk to newspaper men, as her father
had set type from the next case to
Horace Greeley. Mrs. Wlxon Is an ard
ent suffragist, but insists that she is
not of the English type and that she Is
not a suffragist In the sense that It
is now used, but that she Is a citizen.
"The cause of this trouble In the
ranks of the National Educational Asso
ciation." aa.'d Mrs. Wlxon. "is only the
motto which has served In more than
one revolution, taxation without rep
resentation is tyranny,' and that Is ex
aoUy the state of affairs that we have
here. I am one of Mrs. Young's staunch
es! supporters and I have ranged my
self with her. as I think that the first
thing women must do Is to stand to
gether. Our delegation from Colorado
la divided between the 'insurgents' and
the 'old guard.'
Fight Is Between Sexes.
'It la a. fight between the men and
women or the organization ana mai
states the case exactly as It Is. The
women have tired of seeing the 'old
guard' come In year after year and
never recognize them except to have
them vote as the men think Is proper.
and this year we have made up our
minds to win, because we have seen the
old-liners before and know that they
will not give up. Heretofore the wo
men have had nothing to do but pay
their dues and let the men spend the
money. ' '
"Take this convention for an ex
ample. Last night on the train there
were S3 women delegates from Ten
nessee who had come across the conti
nent to attend the convention. Now
what will these 83 women derive from
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Famous Treasure AVUI Be Sought
With Up-to-Date Tools Moving
Pictures to Bo-Taken.
.SEATTLE. Wash, July 10. (Special.)
Lying In Eagle Harbor is the bark
Hesper. being overhauled and provi
sioned for the strangest treasure hunt
of modem history. In the Seattle of
flees of the Cocos Island Hydraulic &
Treasure Company, Incorporated. In the
Maritime building, final plans were laid
tody for the deprture of the vessel on
her search for $15,000,000. Within a short
time, as soon as the remaining $23,000 is
collected by the company, the expedition
will set sail, to return. Captain Fred
Hackett declares, with the treasure on
board.
The story of Cocos Island treasure,
well-known among sea-faring men along
the Coast, has been the subject of M
merous expeditions In the past only one
of which was successful. In that the
captain obtained approximately $100,000 In
Jewels and money from the burial place.
Upon the death of John Keating, who
let that expedition, he transferred tha
secret of the island to Thomaa Hackett.
from whom the present leader received
the chart and Information.
With the present expedition will go
all the modern contrivances, such as
moving-picture machines and wireless.
Mrs. Roswald T. Hitchcock, widow of
Rear -Admiral Hitchcock, will accom
pany the captain to write te history of
the expedition. The crew has been care
fully selected, every man being required
to give references and to bear a good
record. "
HARD EXAMINATION BEGUN
New York Seek Fitting Successor to
Fire Chief Croker.
NEW YORK. July 10. Today marked
the first stage in the examination or
candidates for the post of New York
Fire Chief, the most Important place
ever filled through competitive exam
inations in the world. The examina
tions will be the most technical and
scientific ever held.
The new chief must have a know
ledge of water pressure and of the in
tricate water system of New York City.
The examinations will cover the archi
tecture of skyscrapers and lofty apart
ment houses, the use of explosives, the
use of automobiles, chemistry, the use
of chemicals In fighting fires and the
effect pf chemical in fires. Th ap
pointment is practically for life at th
salary of $7000 a year.
Only Deputy Fire cniers ten in num
ber axe eligible to take the examina
tion.
JOHN W. GATES IS WORSE
'Bet You a Million" Magnate Falls
to Respond to Treatment.
PARIS, July lOW Special.) John W.
Gates Is worse tonight. It Is announced.
although his condition is not yet con
sidered desperate. His attending physi
cian. Dr. Edward Gross, said that he
regards Mr. Gates' condition as very
serious.
The physician's anxiety is caused by
the patient's failure to respond to treat
ment. Tha crisis will be reached In two
or three days.
Mr. Gates' son, Charles, is expected
here tomorrow.
Clifton Poker Players Arrested, j
ASTORIA, Or.. July 10. (Special.)
Last night Sheriff Burns raided the
saloon conducted by Joe Falangos at
Clifton and arrested the proprietor and
four other men on a charge of gam
bling. The men were playing poker
and $58.50, which they had on the" table,
was seized.
"A 'STANDPATTER'? OH, VESY WELL!"
Mysterious Letter Fig
ures in Hearing.
ALASKAN LANDS INVOLVED
Disappearance of Alleged
"Dick" Missive Puzzles.
.SEARCH IS MADE IN VAIN
Woman Says She Copied Document
From Ryan to Balllnger Saying
C. P. Taft Influenced Presi
dent for Guggenheims.
"WASHINGTON. July 10. The story
of a vanishing letter, both addressed
and signed "Dick," from Richard S.
Ryan, of New York, to Richard A.
Ballinger, then Secretary of the Inte
rior, purporting to show that Charles
P. Taft had influenced his brother,
President Taft, to forward the alleged
attempt of Guggenheim Interests to ac
quire Controller Bay. the only outlet
for large coal fields In Southern Alaska,
figured In a Congressional Inquiry be
gun today.'
The testimony before the House com
mlttee on expenditures In the Interior
Department and statements from the
White House and from Charles P. Taft's
office failed to lift the mystery shroud
lng the alleged letter. Commissioner
Dennett, of the General Land Office,
the only witness, testified he knew
nothing of It, and that he would not
necessarily know ot Its existence. Such
a letter was not recalled In any other
quarter.
Letter Not Found In Files.
The letter was not to be found in the
files, although Miss M. F. Abbottt,
newspaper writer, who will testify later,
says sne copied such a document from
the official files. President Taft has
expressed 'confidence that his brother
never communicated . with him on the
subject, either orally or In writing.
Miss Abbott, already subpenaed as a
witness, probably, will appear before
the committee Wednesday. Commis
sioner Dennett testified that some time
between the framing of the first draft
and that of the final order opening the
Controller Bay lands to entry, the usual
provision was eliminated which would
have repuired 60 days" notice from anjr
one intending to file on the lands. He
did not know who struck it out, and
did not attach much importance or
mystery to that point, but, replying to
questions, said the effect of the omis
sion would be to give advantage to
those on the ground who happened to
know of the order.
Ballinger's Secretary Summoned,
It was explained later that this order
was given to the press at the time.
Among the witnesses the committee
will summon Is Ashmun Brown, a Seat
tie newspaperman, who was private
secretary to Secretary Ballinger, and
who, according to Miss Abbott, was
present when she saw the alleged
Ryan-Balllnger letter.
Commissioner Dennett was the first
witness. Examined by W. P. Fennell,
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Committee to Capitalize Prcacher'6
Meetings at $10,000 and May
Declare Dividends.
Portland subscribers to the fund re
quired to bring "Gj'psy" Smith, the
noted evangelist," here are to incor
porate for $10,000 and expect to declare
dividends after the exhorter closes his
meetings here November 27.
It is planned to make the dividends
pay back the amounts subscribed
or form a fund to be distributed among
benevolent and charitable institutions
of the city.
C. N. Woncott is secretary of the
general committee appointed to file in
corporation papers cf the required $10.
000 capital: $6500 has already been sub
scribed by churches of the city. The
remainder of the shares will be sold to
business men of Portland.
"Gypsy" Smith will reach Portland
November 11 from Seattle, and will
close his meeting here November 27,
This gives him three Sundays in Port
land; the longest stay scheduled In his
western campaign.
The Ministerial Association, o Port
land, tried for three years to engage
Gypsy Smith for a series of meetings
in Portland, hut was unable to do so
until after last Summer, when C. N.
Woncott and Rev. Henry Marcotte,
traveling in Europe with Dr. W. H.
Foulkes. of New York, visited him at
Cambridge. Dr. Foulkes is acting as
his agent In America.
The Portland meeting will be held In
a tabernacle to be erected on the Jacob
Kamm property near the Multnomah
Club. The building will accommodate
between 9000 and 10,000 persons.
' It Is the purpose of Portland, Seattle,
Tacoma and Spokane to co-operate in
managing the "Gypsy" Smith meetings.
The general committee In charge of
the meetings to be held here is com
posed of Rev. Benjamin Young, chair
man, C. N. "Woncott, secretary, W. M.
Ladd, G. F. Johnson. H. W. Stone. Dr.
Luther Dyott, Dr. W. F. Reagor. W. J.
Gill, and E. L. Thompson. Te commit
tee In. charge of finances Is composed of
W. M. Ladd, chairman. G. F. Johnson,
E. L. Thompson, C. N. Woncott, and W.
J. Gill.
TESTY EXPATRIATE BARRED
American Rights Denied 3Ian Who
Is without a Country.
TACOMA. July 12. Refused Ameri
can citizenship after he had practically
Informed Superior Judge Easterday
that It was a matter of Indifference
to hira whether he became an American,
or remained an Italian. Guido Lenzii,
interpreter for the Northern Pacific
Railroad. . left the courtroom today a
man without a country. The Court re
fused to return his first papers, in
which he renounced allegiance to
Italy, and at the same time refusing
him citizenship. Now Lenzll legally
belongs to no country.
. Lenzll became surly because he was
questioned by the Court as to his qual
ifications. He thought the examina
tion was dragging out too long and he
interrupted the Judge, saying:
"If you admit me, all right; if you
don't it's all right also."
The court promptly dismissed his ap
plication. Lenzii cannot renew the ap
plication for five years.
SZCZYS IS MAN'S NAME
North Dakotan Does Not Expect
People to Pronounce It Correctly.
Speaking about unpronouncable
names, test your vocal chords on this
one Szczys. This name Is by no
means a studied arrangement of let
ters. Including only one "sometimes"
vowel, but it is the bona fide name of
a business man of Minto, N. D., Robert
Szczys, who Is registered at the Bowers.
Mr. Szczys Is not the least bit sensi
tive and does not in the least mind flie
futile attempts to pronounce his sur
name. "By birth I am a German, no
explained yesterday, "but I am inclined
to believe I was endowed with an Aus
trian name." Clark Wright, at ttio
Bowers, declares that the name is pro
nounced "as though you were going to
sneeze and then didn't."
BIG MILL NEAR LYLE BURNS
Xearly 100 Out of Work Dy Loss of
Western Pine Lumber Plant.
LYLE. Wash.. July 10. (Special.)
The Western Pine Lumber Company's
big sawmill at Wright's station was
burned Friday and nearly 100 em
ployes have been thrown out of work.
The loss is especially heavy, as the mill
had large orders to fill, some from as
far away as Virginia. '
Harry Holmes and his two brothers
built the mill two years ago. Re- ;
cently their planer was destroyed
by fire. It is believed the company
will rebuild, as it has much standing
pine and has constructed several mllea
of logging roads.
TAFT IS BACK TO DESK
President and Senatorial Guests End
Yachting Trip.
WASHINGTON, July 10. President
Taft and his Senatorial yachting party
returned to Washington this morning
after a two days' cruise down the coast
and up Chesapeake Bay and Potomac
River. j
After the Mayflower aocKed the
President went to the White House for
breakfast. Half an hour later he was
at work In the executive offices. The
President and his guests left politics
and the cares of state behind and gave
themselves over to thorough enjoyment
f salt breezes.
Peavey Company Will
Quit Pit as Result.
INSURANCE PEOPLE ANXIOUS
Verdict of "Accidental Death"
Will Be Protested.
PETTIT HELD SPECULATOR
Head of Big Concern, Whose Body
Was Found in Lake Michigan,
Said to Have Plunged and
Lost Concern's Jloncy.
CHICAGO. July 10. (Special.)
Notes aggregating between $1,200,000
and $1,500,000 which the late James
Pettit, president of the Peavey Grain
Company, floated on the credit of the
grain concern and which money he is
said to have lost in private speculation
were under consideration at secret con
ferences of Chicago and Evanston
bankers today.
Late tonight, after the last confer
ence had adjourned. It was announced
at the Peavey Grain Company's offices
that the concern had decided to sus
pend operations on the Chicago Board
of Trade, and hereafter would conduct
only its elevator business. It was un
authoritatively announced that the
company had promised th3 bankers
that it would make good, penny for
penny, all of the paper which had been
given by Pettit upon the credit of the
concern.
Insurance Company Protests.
On top of this financial bombshell
came the announcement that the in
surance company holding policies ag
gregating approximately half a mil
lion dollars on Pettit's life would pro
test the verdict of "accidental death"
returned by the Coroner's Jury last
Saturday, following the finding of his
body in two feet of water on the Lake
Michigan beach near the Moraine Hotel
in Highland Park.
To support their contention that the
grain company's president did not die
in an accident, the Fidelity & Casualty
Company, with which Pettit held a $25.-
000 policy, obtained a copy of the
evidence given at the Inquest and de
clared a post-mortem examination
would be demanded.
Pettit's Powers Large.
According to the story in financial
circles tonight, Pettit, as president of
the grain firm, one of the largest and
most prominent in the country, had full
rein In the matter of borrowing money.
His signature attached to a note was
good for $1,000,000 or more. It was
not unusual for the concern to borrow
half a million or so on Its grain ware
house receipts.
Several years ago, Pettit, It Is said,'
began speculating. He and an asso
ciate were openly said to have lost
$700,000. A September oat deal in
the same year is said to have cost
Pettit heavily also.
Dead Man Plunger.
Recently Pettit plunged heavily in
wheat, according to statements made
today, associating with ' the "bulls."
He generally was credited with being
in "deep" on the "Northwestern
drought" wheat deal, which began in
July, 1910.
The first intimation that all was not
well is said to have been gained by
the banks a month ago, when more
than $1,000,000 in paper of the Teavey
concern suddenly appeared on the
market. The Peavey concern, usually
a conservative company, surprised "the
street." by discounting its notes.
Under the heavy strain Pettit be-
Kcame a physical wreck. He Is said
to have been on the verge or nervous
prostration when he took his family
to Highland Park for the Summer, ha
making dally trips to the company's
offices In a big touring car. To hia
family physician's advice that he take
a vacation, he turned a deaf ear.
Chauffer Finds Body.
At 8:25 o'clock last Saturday morn
ing, his chauffeur, who had appeared
at the Moraine Hotel to take him into
the city, saw his body floating on
the beach. He pulled the inanimate form
to shore and found that Pettit was
dead. In the afternoon, the Coroner's ,
inquest was held and a verdict of "ac
cidental death" was voted after a
lenethy session.
The bankers met .Sunday in Evanston
In secret session and discussed the
financial situation. Tills morning the
bankers held a long session in a bank
In the Loop district. Representatives
of the Peavey Grain Company, it is '
said, were called in and the paper was
checked up.
It is said that the discovery then
was made that the immense amount
of paper had been floated on the credit
of the grain company, all the money,
it is said, having been lost in private
speculation by Pettit. On the face of
this startling discovery, the company
officials are said to have made an offer
to attempt to tak up the paper and
quietly settle all the affairs of the dead
president.
At the same time, it is said, the grain
(Concluded on V&se X.1