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m SINKS; CURRENT EVENTS CAR FERRY 30 PERSONS TAFT WOULD PERISH OF THE WEEK LOCATE LEAKS Ludington, Mich, Sept. 10.— Thirty lives were lost today when Pere Mar quette ferry No, 18, bound from Lud ington to Milwaukee, went to the bot tom o f Lake Michigan. The dead in clude Captain Peter K ilty , o f Luding ton; S. F. Sezepanek, o f Chicago, General Resume o f Important Events purser and wireless operator, whose President to Find Out Truth o f Ald signals o f distress brought assistance Presented In Condensed Form rich’s Statement That $300,- to the sinking steamer, and two mem 0 0 0,000 Can Be Saved. fo r O ur Busy Readers. bers o f the crew o f car ferry No. 17, who lost their lives in an effort to res Beverly, Mass.— A force o f experts Colonel Roosevelt has finished his cue the crew o f No. 18. Western tour. E ly Colbean, o f Saginaw, Mich., a w ill be put to work shortly in the de Roosevelt compliments Pittsburg for member o f the crew o f No. 18 , would partments o f the government at Wash make the 31st victim , but it is believ ington to locate the “ leaks” . putting the “ higher-ups” in jail. T a ft ed he was not on board when No. 18 wants to know how much o f the $300,- The total attendance at the L iv e foundered. stock show in Portland was 46,000. The steamship company issued a list 000,000 that Senator Aldrich says he Mrs. Seligman, w ife o f a prominent o f 45 names o f survivors o f the wreck, could save the government by conduct N ew York merchant, w ill sing in grand all ‘ members o f the crew, most of ing it on business lines can really be whom were brought here tonight on saved. opera. P ere Marquette No. 17. E ight bodies Adm iral Eavns, endorses San Fran I f it is possible to conduct the go v were recovered. cisco as the place fo r the Panama ex Today’s disaster is one o f the worst ernment on the lines o f a well-run bus position o f 1916. in the history o f navigation on Lake iness establishment, the president Nine men were killed by fallin g rock Michigan. The car ferry Pere Mar wants to know it. I f not, why not. in an open cut which the E rie railroad quette No. 18 was the flagship o f a E very department is to be gone is making at Jersey City, N . J. fleet o f six steel car ferries owned and operated by the Pere Marquette R ail through minutely. The wastes are to The Eucharist congress which has be noted, lost motion located, duplica road company. just adjourned at Montreal chose V i The boat was valued at $400,000, tions marked and a rational economy enna as its next meeting place. and the cargo, which included 29 load made the watchword. A prominent St. Louis man, a de ed cars, at $100,000 to $150,000. The A t a m eeting o f the cabinet, which scendant o f a wealthy fam ily, w ill total loss w ill exceed $500,000, which w rite a book exposing St. Louis so is fully covered by insurance in Lloyd’s has been called fo r September 24, and ciety. in England. which w ill be succeeded by a series of “ Ferry No. 18 sinking. H e lp !” was such meetings from day to day, fo r a Lorim er has resigned hiB member brought ship in the Hamilton club, o f Chicago, the wireless message that week, the matter o f economy w ill be and a great loss o f membership is the first news o f the disaster to this one o f the subjects discussed. The city about 5 o’clock this morning. scheduled to follow. The flash was repeated continually fo r president is looking to the development Gold bars to the value o f $57,500 nearly an hour, but was unsigned. o f some practical plan whereby the end disappeared in transit from Fairbanks, The cause o f the disaster is a mys Alaska, to Seattle, and lead bars were tery. Among the survivors the con which he has in view may be accom found in their place. clusion seems to be^that the car fe r r y ’ s plished. doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. The mother o f Alfonso, o f Spain, threatens to abandon the country per manently, on account o f the tactics o f Premier Canalejas in the religious con troversy. Oscar Hammerstein w ill build the world’s finest opera house in London. Pope Pius X takes extra precautions against the growth o f modernism in the church. The servants o f the shah’s palace at Teheran, Persia, have gone on a strike for wages due. An American diplomat declares this country may be forced to occupy or annex the Panama canal country. A Jap at Chehalis, Wash., paid a fine o f $525 to avoid going to the peni tentiary for an attempted burglary. Three men are known to be killed, several injured and many missing as the result o f an oil explosion on the battleship North Dakota. An Alaskan miner was overtaken and devoured by wolves. Another man was pursued by them fo r two weeks, but finally reached a settlement. The Texes legislature has instructed its congressmen to work for the repeal o f the Fourteenth amendment, which confers the righ t o f franchise upon negroes, Escaped convicts from a road camp near Lyle, Wash., set file to the tim ber to prevent pursuit by bloodhounds, and serious forest fires have started as a result. The county treasurer at Tacoma, Wash., is selling $153,526 worth o f delinquent tax certificates against the property o f the Weyerhauser Lumber company. Systematic Effort Will Be Made to Cut Down Expenses A fte r the manner in which he went about selecting a stocks and bonds com mission, the president is proceeding carefully in the organization o f such a corps o f experts that w ill enable him to g e t the best results with the $100, 000 appropriated by the last congress. He already has had experience in forc ing economy in the executive depart ments o f the government. He lopped off $10,000,000 from the navy estimates last year, without in juring the standards o f the navy, and the army establishment underwent a sim ilar cut. He has enforced economy in other departments, and is constantly urging upon members o f his cabinet the necessity for holding down their expenditures. So fa r as is possible, it is desired to g e t some capable and efficient offi cial in each o f the departments to offer a comprehensive plan fo r reform. It A C C U S E D BRIBER C LE A R E D . is not meant that this man shall be a spy. But from his experience in the W eeps With Joy at Verdict and Em department it is believed he ought to be able to point out where there are braces Lawyers. duplications, waste or other loose bus Chicago — Attorney L ee O ’N eil iness methods. Browne, o f Ottawa, 111., legislative minority leader, charged with bribery $ 5 7 ,5 0 0 D IS A P P E A R S in connection with the election o f W il liam Lorimer, o f Chicago, to the Uni ted States Senate, was acquitted by a Gold Bullion From Alaska Replaced By Lead Bars. jury in Judge Kersten’s division o f the criminal court. The jury, which took Seattle— Gold bullion valued at $57,- eight ballots, was out 21 hours. On 500, part o f a shipment o f $170,000 the first ballot the jury stood eigh t to from the Washington-Alaska Bank o f four fo r acquittal. The final juror Fairbanks, Alaska, to the Dexter- standing out for conviction was won Horton national bank o f Seattle, on over to sign the verdict o f acquittal at the steamship Humboldt, was stolen in 2:35 in the afternoon. transit and lead substituted in the The verdict was returned in open strong box that had contained the bul court a few minutes before 3 o ’clock. lion. Immediately the courtroom was in an The gold when it le ft Fairbanks on uproar. It was ten minutes before a Yukon river steamer fo r Dawson and bailiffs stopped the cheering. W hite Horse was contained in three a fter water compartment filled through an open or broken deadlight, which was followed at the last minute by a burst ing o f bulkheads. Leaving Ludington at 11:30 o ’clock last night with a fair, but stiff, wind, and carrying 29 loaded cars, the ferry made good weather fo r five hours on its course to Milwaukee. A t 4 :30 o ’clock word was sent to Captain K ilty that his boat was rapid ly making w ater aft and that the pumps were unable to keep even with the inflow. K ilty headed his ship with all speed toward Sheboygan on the Wisconsin shore, and as the water gained nine cars were dropped off the stern o f the ferry to lighten her, but this gave the vessel only slight and temporary relief. A t 7 :30ja. m. the boat’s buoyancy could no longer sus tain it, and she plunged beneath the water. Investigation shows that graft money was paid to N ew Y ork legisla "H ush” Fund Discovered. tors through brokers, who gave the recipients generous opportunities to N ew York— The charge that thou speculate. sands o f dollars had been deposited to Roosevelt refused to sit at the table his credit by representatives o f street- with Senator Lorim er, o f Illinois, at a railway interests was made before the banquet at Chicago. Lorim er ia ac investigation committee o f the legisla cused and practically convicted o f ex ture against ex-Senator Goodsell, o f Extracts from the tensive bribing In the state legisla Orange county. ture. Roosevelt also thoroughly books o f the brokerage firm o f Elling- grilled the legislature in a speech be wood & Cunningham showed that in less than five years $24,800 was placed fore the Hamilton club. to the credit o f the ex-senator and that The International H arvester com at least $13,300 o f this amount had pany has been declared a trust by the been furnished by officials o f street Missouri courts. railw ay companies. It is believed Secretary Ballinger w ill be vindicated by the conservation investigating committee. Governor Crothera, o f Maryland, promises some startling disclosures in connection with the cocaine business in Baltimore. A brilliant meteor passed over Northwestern Oregon Sunday, and re ports are that pieces o f it w ere picked up near Wood burn. California legislators cheered at the reading o f a constitutional amendment to allow the state to raise money fo r the San Francisco fair. A lone robber shot a flagman and then robbed the passengers in a Pull man car while the train was passing through the yards in St. Louis. Two men were drowned in the St. Lawrence river by the overturning o f their motor boat, while their wives stood helpless on shore but a fe w feet away. - - - - H onor Given to Stork. Tulsa, Olahoma— Official recogni tion o f the anti-race suicide tendency o f the people o f Tulsa county, where the birth rate since statehood was es tablished has overwhelm ingly exceed ed the death rate, was taken when the county commissioners adopted the stork as the emblematic bird o f the county. A heroic statue o f the Roose- veltian bird w ill adom the facade of the new courthouse, which is to be built at once. Balloon G oes 265 Miles. Topeka, Kan., SepL 10.— Word was received by telephone tonight from E. S. 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To a Certain Sweet Extent. “ Do you wholly trust me, darling?’’ murmured the young man to the fair creature who was sitting beside him on the front seat of the trolley car. “ I do to a certain extent.” she re- «ponded after a little hitch of hesita tion, "W hat extent?” he asked, anxiously. "W h y,” sho explained, “ I would trust you to the extent of not being afraid of there being any poison in a box of candy you might send me by mall.’’ The children of an Infant school In Wales are taught very much by signs. The hand of the teacher sloped sig nifies "oblique;’’ the hand held flat, horleontal;” the hand upright, “ per pendicular." One of the Welsh bishops was preaching one day In behalf of the school, when, observing several children whispering together, he held bis hand upright In a warning man ner, meaning thereby to Impose st- lonce, on which almost the whole school. In the midst of the sermon, shouted, out, "Perpendicular!” L im it on M a r r ia g e . H O W A R D E. 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When clock which was once the property of the boxes were opened by the Canadian the great Napoleon and which not customs officers at Dawson the gold only tells the time of day, but, as well, bars were found to be as stated in the the day, the month, the year, the express company’ s papers. mean solar time, the phases of the The boxes were opened again at the moon, and indicates, in Euldltlon, the United States assay office in Seattle, quarter hours. Its attachments also and one contained pigs o f lead, not o f lncludo a thermometer. gold. The seals o f the box were in tact when it reached the office, and it was evident that the robbery had been committed by removing one end o f the box. The gold was insured against loss by the express company. Prose Poet Is Found Dead. Philadelphia— Believed to have com mitted suicide at least a week ago to get re lie f from the pangs o f an in ternal disorder, Jdhn Scanlon, better known under his pen name o f “ W alL Mason,” was found dead in his studio at 913 Arch street. The discovery was due to a search made by a sister, whb had not heard from him for a long er period than usual. In addition to being an artist and illustrator, Scan lon, wrote poetry in proee in a humor ous style which waa published in sev eral o f the leading magazines. Sot According to Russian law no ms* or woman who has attained the age o f eighty can contract a legal mar- rlage. No other country nowadays Imposes such a restriction. In ancient Rome, however, legislation on this point was even more stringent, the maximum age limit for men being sixty and for women fifty. w~ •nstelt y«mr One *f Ayer’s Plllu at bedtime will cause an increaaed flew * f bile, and produce a gentle laxative affect the day I fo allowing. lio Formala on oaeb box. 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