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TX Onfr Republican Newspaper Chicago, Thi Only Republican Newspaper in VOLUME XXXVIII. NO. 153. MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1909. PRICE TWO CENTS.

ROniiif CLASH IN STREET PAQpnmccnTOC uniuum li i 385 Bb'rri President ol a i 1 a Company and Union Leader Exchange not Words In Controversy Over Ucment ol Employes' Wage Dispute. NO PROGRESS IS MADE BY THEM CMctliatioa 1 1 1 1 Soat Cknecs Seem to Be Tfeat Arbl- tratton. Wffl Have to Be Resorted Ta fa Orer to Avert a Strike. Stormy scenes. Including a heated tflt between President Roach of the Chicago Railways company and President Mabon of tba street ear employes, marked the conference between the unions and the companies yesterday, the first In which the International head of the railway men has had a part.

Contrary to expectations, as well as the announced Intention of President Mabon, the anion officials did not present their original demand to the railway officials. No figures were presented at all by thcunlon men. The entire discussion during the meeting centered on the question of what provision is to be made for new employes. For three hours the battle of arguments for and against waged In the office of Walter L. Fisher, the city's representative, and then a recess was taken until 11 o'clock this morning.

Laaar Mem A Firat. The labor men were the first to reach Mr. Fisher's office, having been notified by Attorney Fisher that the railway officials would them. President Mitten arrived a short time later and was introduced to Mabon. When President Roach of the Chicago Rail' ways company reached the office he greeted Mahon, whom he knows, with a cheery "Hello.

Bill." Then the- railway president and the labor leader, who were destined to be facing each other In a bitter dispute an hour Jater, laughed and chatted gayiy for a few minutes President Mahon lost no, time in getting down to business when the conference was begun. He told the railway presidents. according to- reports of what took place, that the prepesttioarww am wgww per twea employed by the corn pan e. and tor that he said it would be against the principles "of the organization to accept It. "Under this proposed: contract," Mahon is reported to hare said, "there would be no chance at all for the new men.

Statistics show that on the North and West Side lines -alone 1.204 new men enter -the service every year. According to these figures and at this rate the men would never make any headway, and the average wage at the end of the contract would be lower than it is now." Say Fisrares Art Wraaar. "But your figures bare been shewn to be Incorrect," the railway officials are said to bare replied. of yoor own members have- male statements to the effect that less than 160 men were retired from the North and West Side lines in a period of six months." "That is not so," Mshon is alleged to have laid. "I have every reason to believe that my figures are accurate." President Roach Is said to have edme for-, ward In defense of the graded scale.

-and. this led op to the tilt between the railway president and Mahon. Mr. Roach is said to have declared that the graded scale contract was 3s good as any one could want, and at. the name time he fell back on his fifteen year proposition, which wss made, to the men at the beginning of the controversy.

"I cannot see what better "proposition any labor organisation could ask for," Mr. Roach Is reported to hare said. "It provides for a substantial increase for the employes, and for the claim that It will have the effect of lowering wages, that Is absurd." To this Mahon Is said to have replied, sarcastically: "If we work tea years we get cents. If we worked twenty years we might get op to 40 cents, if we worked seventy-five years we mlrbt reach 75 cents, and if we worked 100 years we icisht even set -up to $1 an hour." rrCaaMt Be Aeeeytes. Mahon viewed the company' proposition la the liehi that it would embarrass tbe anion in tbe future, and he declared tbat no such proposition could be accepted, no matter what benefits might be derived from the contract at the present time.

lie urged that the new men be placed In im-ineliale line fcr tyomotlon and declared tbat the companies moat decrease tbe proposed difference-in the pay of the old men and the new -men and at the same time snorten the time required for tbe new men to reach the maximum-wage reale. The length of the contract offered by the com pan Ira wss mentioned by the labor man but he aaM that-lit tie Importance was attached to feature, so far as the unions were concerned, just as long as the terms of the contract were fair to new and old men alike. "The one big objection." Mahon continued. "Is tbe proposed difference between the pay of the old men and- the pay of the new men. I appreciate cs well as you, or any one else dees that an old man In tbe service is more valuable to his employers than a new man.

and I do not deny that there Is justice in wage" agreement which. takes this difference Into consideration. In this instance my contention is tbat the proposed difference is loo great." Officials la Firm On this point the officials ar said to have concentrated their objections. Both Presidents -Mitten and Roach were firm In their (Cofitlnued on Page's. Column 6.) Have The Inter Ocean follow you -on your vacation Notify tis 24 boors' before you.

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ON BOARD STEAMSHIP KAISER WILr-KELM by Wireless via Halifax. Aug." 23. After remaining. In -his suite. practically all the" time since leaving Cherbourg on Aug.

18. E. H. Harriman appeared on deck this afternoon. lie remained-In the open sir for half an hour and conversed with several of the passengers.

1' Mr. Harriman still looks greatly fatigued and la need of rest. Will I.MB4 Ak.at a P. M. Taes7 Special Dlftpatc to Tbe Inter Omn.

NEW YORK. Aug. 23. Latest prospects sre that Edward H. Harriman.

will not set foot on his home soil again uotH tomorrow r.fternoon. A wireless message at midnight from the stesmer Kalicr Wllhelm on which he is a pacseoger. stated that tbe liner wss about 30O miles east of Scotland light; The steamer Is expected to pass tbe Sandy (Continued on. Page' 2, Column 3.) i 1 -1- FUNERAL STOPPED BY WRITf i i BURIAL CONTRACT VIOLATED Boily Held by Police Until Court Can Decide Whether De to Old Agreement. FpeMal Dltpatcb to The later GOSHEN, Aug.

23. Held back from its last resting place, as It was about to be lowered Into by a court writ backed up by six weighty policemen, the body of Charles Crary was placed In a vault today to remain there until the courts can decide whether or not a deed man can held responsible for a contract made, while still in --Tbe body- waa carried from the side of the grave this afternoon by the policemen, led bjr C. B. Stiver, an undertaker, who resented-the performance' of tho List attention to the dead by a business -Ten years ago. according to' StWer.

Crarjr made contract with him providing for his funeral. The agreement called for cremation of the body In the obsequies to be attended to by Stiver. Last week Crsrydled In Dallas, Texas, and tbe body was brought here br Crary. his wocle and heir. Another undertaking concern-wan given the today was set as 4he date for the funeral.

"At the Crary home the funeral sermon" was preached, and six 'friend of the deceased carried jhev coffin from the house to- the Stiver, while- not pushed hi claims violently, and tbe cortege proceeded to the cemetery: A -the-eeftn' wa lifteeV toward the grave C. P. TAFT MAY BE SEIITTO LOIIDOII AS' REID'S SUCCESSOR President May Send Brother as Ambassador to Straighten Out Tangle Caused by King's Preference for. Present Incumbent. BELIEVED THAT EDWARD VII.

WOULD WELCOME SELECTION Reid Will Tell of Monarch's Choice Friday When He Goes to Beverly for Special Audience Busy Day at Summer Capital. 7 Special Dispatch to Ttis later BEVERLY, Aug. 23. President Taf today received notice that Whltelaw Reid, Ambassador to England, will com her for a special audience with the president on Friday. The coming of Mr.

Reid is regarded as THE NEW TOY. an event of much importance, for If Is expected to settle the question of wbo win be his successor at the court of St. James. It is believed that Mr. Reid will tell the President Just who King Edward VII.

prefers as American represents ti re at his court. -Heretofore it has been the custom for the President to sound the British monarch on matters of this kind by submitting a list of names and then appointing the one most acceptable to the London government. This time, however, the retiring Ambassador," it Is said, will submit one name to the President. It is believed that this announcement means that King Edward desire the reappointment of Reid. If this be the ease, it is not at all certain that the King (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) by the pallbearers the nix policemen, one officer -to each 'pallbearer, stepped forward from the shrubbery.

Supporting the casket, they disengaged the hand of ife former bearers audi pushed, titcm aside. Then Stiver, waviirg the writ obtained an hour before' the funeral, stopped the funeral bylcgalorder. Shocked by tbe Interruption of the ceremony, Wesley Crary and. other relatives of the dead man protested. They threatened violence, tout to no Stiver remained obefuratc.

and; according to the Instructions of the holder of the writ, the policemen-carried -the' casket from the grave to a vault in another part of the cemetery. L' Taking watches as sentries, the policemen are tOMght gwsvrdlng the vault against any attempt on the part of Crary' family to take the body from Its temporary resting place and lower It Into the grave which was first dug for 1U Stiver will appear lncourt tomorrow, when heerlng on the writ will be given by the Judge. He declare that nothing will shake hi intention of holdlna.Crary's ten-year-old contract down to tbe very letter ot Its It I expected that the courtroom will be fllled when the case Is called. Crary ha declared hln determination- not to bow to the demands of He'ssysjlhat his nephew was mentally Irresponeible when made the eon tract. DEATH Tlu'lOG JS M1WH.Q eV? 1 I CAUSED All ARREST Jessie B-' Ohnstead's Life Is Threatened by Mysterious Per-: sons Who Vte Telephone in De-f mand That rrosecution CeascT -1- ARREST OF M.

MOORE IS FOLLOWED BY THREATS Messages Believed to Have Been Sent by Friends of De i fendant in Effort to Cause Drop-V ping of Case. Mrs. Jessie 8. pfcnateaa. 5429 Prairie aye-nue, ha been threatened- with death and warned' not to leave hr heme waless she ceases' la her prosecutloit nf Major M.

Moore. Kggiostcn avenue, whose arrest she caused Aug. It, charging him with obtaining XCOO from her by false pretenses. The messages which inform Mrs. Olm-teadv a piano seller, 4 hat she will be killed she drops the ease against Moore are telephoned to the -house and each time a different voice warn her 'to ctop all legal proceedings, she told the po nce yesierasy.

iwice tatt (Saturday some one called her and warned her to proceed no further with tbe affair, 'in all four attempt have been made at intimidation on tne eve of the bearing of tbe charges against in me cugicwooa court tooay. Pol lee DUrrsara Tbreala. As a result of the alleged threats, Mrs Olmatead and two daughters. Jessie. Olm- ttead, a music teacher, and Mrs.

B. Dulcheri i wnom sne lives, are in-a state of excitement. Tbe police were appealed to. cui tneir aavice to disregard tbe threats. Mrs.

Olnistead secluded herself at her home last Saturday and yes- tercay ventured out only to make a second appeal to tne police and arrange for the trial your prosecution of Moore." This was the warning ahouted over tbe telephone to Mrs. Olmstead last Saturday. "If you se-cure a conviction and tend him to the penitentiary-you wilt see blood. Don't leave your home to appear at his arraignment In 'Remember. If you want to live In peace, stop the prosecution." On several other occasions, according "to (Continued on Page INDEX TO THE NEWS: Page, 1 Meet.

on Street ear fsnbreaTlI. Harrlaiaa kaae today tkreeiteaed with death. "Hel aaeete the Frealdeat. -S Killed la ewte aeeldeeta. Tell prlatsry Uwt FrsgreM of bloody strike.

silent sa.rcwler, Seefc. C'aleearo ml J- Tell of tliaols itrlsaarV lavr Reaorta la apea war. Editorial. Soelety aad dranta. Pla.aef.l w.

foe larestoral "Crsie aalforat -food Hear eesl eoatrset protearas Caieaa; flaaaelal Market. 8 Jfw Tarlc stock prices. Dally Wall etreet review, Wheat ball eearee. Gasafa a( pit aad field. 'Choice eteer first.

Oa trial fee kllllaa aff leer. Realty deals th day. .1 AX'S SPEED IIE17 SPEED IS MADE BY CS American Aviator in a Thrilling Flight in France Covers Six and One-Fifth Miles in Minutes 3S 2-5 Seconds. Spectal Cable tMspatcbr to Th." Inter Ocean. RHEIMS, France.

Aug. Glena H- Cur-tlas, the American aviator, and M. Paulham. representing Franc, divided the honor of the second day -of aviation week, the former with a thrilling Sight Juet before dusk, la which -be lowered the speed record for ttie course, which measures six and one-fifth mile, to minutes SS 2-5 second; the Utter making two Impressive high ahttude flights of -forty-nine and one-half and nfty-tlx kilometers, respectively. In the endurance rest for the Prix de la Champagne.

Curtlsa performance began Just as tbe time limit for the start of the Prix de I Champagne wa expiring, when tbe A merles a en -thaelssta had abandoned hope of seeing their representative tak the. field. Amid the u-bouDded- Jubilation of the French spectator, Bleriot. only- a few minutes before, bad clipped sixteen second off Le Febvre's record, made yeaterday with his powerful eighty horse-power Suddenly, atone end of the field, a cry went American Is starting!" All eye were strained to that particular point where Cortlandt Field- Bishop, president of the 'Aero Chib of America, and a crowd of other admirer surrounded Cprttss. With preliminary run along the ground of 100 yards, the machine roe lightly and thot by th tribune at a height of sixty feet.

It was going at a terrifie pacev with the wing level as a plain. Curtlsa made the laat turn under the mistaken Impression) that the finish line vrss closer. He descended cloee to the earth that many thought he touched, but. percelv-lag hi error, be mounted quickly ae easHy, crossing the line maJestlcaJly. An Instant RECORD later the sJgTial was bolstedUhha4oe(j.

a record. -Cartlaa IHd Vat raalrlaehl Curt Is said that he Ba iJoVshedr hia machine to the limit of its speed, and laugr lngly declined to say more, adding -that the most Interesting Incident ot hi flight wa th view he got ot hi fallen rival strewn around the eourse. It Is the intention of the American aviator now await patiently the international event for the Gordon Bennett cup Saturday, for which again th favorite, after which he will try for th Prix de La Vitesse, the final of which -will he eontectedon rJ-L PaUIbam'also made a record in the endurance test toay, but Lefebvre. Femmer, Sauchla-Pesa Bleriot. De la grange, Lambert, Cockburn, Bunan-Varllla.

Gobro. Latham, Tlssandler and Farms a sjualificd with flights varying from 204 meter to 25 kilometers, the majority contenting themselves with covering sufficient distance lo get within tbe limit. During Paulham' tons fiiirb4eeance rUces took place between -ami -Blertot 5 and Lefiebvre. th two Uttrrf high flying BMry4 appeared wbllfr" Paulham was. complettni Jrf.

toyli ana witn nia etcntr norse-pown moji swiftly overhauled and aseedjde biplane, leaving it far behind. Latham Trie Hew Slaehlae. monoplane having betn put out of com is la io a by slight accident in landing, Latham succeeded In making1 hi best flight with an untried machine with an aluminum propeller. Until Saturday, when tbe international event-wltl be decided, the flying Is likely to be less Interesting than during, first two days, but popular, a well as scientific and expert enthusiasm over aviation week shows no sign of abatement." The policing of the course by French soli diers and mounted dragoons I tbe subject of general Squadrons of dragoons inside the field are often compelled to escape on the gallop from some lew flying ma-chine. One of the notable features of today's program was the interest evinced in the exploits of the aeronauts by American society women who were prominent among the thousand of spectators who watched the man-bird flit to and fro In the It was taken to mean that American society before long would be showing more than a spectatorlal Interest In atrchlps, and that the day Is not far distant when members of the smart set in New York and other cities would make tbe airship what the auto Is today.

Among, the prominent American women who. were present were Mrs. George Gould, Mrs. W. K.

Vanderbilt, and Mrs. Nat C. Goodwin, who was formerly Edna Goodrich: the Chicago actress. All were accompanied by their Mrs. Vanderbilt displayed an eager Interest In the airship which Curtiss used in his Bight.

It was reported tbat she bad requett 1 ed him to permit her to make an ascent In It, b.ut that.be had politely declined lo expose her to what -might he a great peril and told her that her trip must be postponed until the Rbelms meet was over. 1 MrsVanderbilt's Jiusband Is'said to have -(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) PREACHES HUSBAND SHOULD RULE; IS SUED BY SON'S MOTHER-IN-LAW 'V 1 William Bartz, VVhen Young Wife Dies, Blames Parent for Changing Physicians Mrs. Wetzel Demands $20,000 for Slander. A husband ought to be the boss in his own house, says William Barts, and mother-in-law must shoulder the blame for all that happens, it she It was this philosophy that made William Bart tell Mrs. Lena Wetsel what be thought of her actions as the body of the woman' daughter lay between them.

Barts insists that he was right In reproaching the mother-in-law for the girl' death. Yesterday Mr. Wetzel filed suit for 120,000 damage for slander, alleging that Barts accused her ot being Indirectly responsible for the daughter's death. Barts, the defendant In the ault. I the father" ot Richard Bart.

When- hi son's bride ot eleven months fell 111. D. B. Eaton, who has been the family physician for twenty-four years and ushered the young husband Into life, was called. Mrsv Barts was on "the way to recovery.

say Mr. Barts. sr. untu atrs. wetzet, ny virtue of her ex-omcio membership in tne fatuity 'as mother-in-law; took a "She came Into the house.

say Bartz. American Society Woman Wanted io Ride in Aeroplane if li 3Cv. W. K. Vaaderbllt, dr.

LS OF UCWC VOMAfI DISAPPEAR Wasnstanai M6ntral Hotel Are.StoI Kcward of $3Q0 Offered for Their Return! Spe-ial te.Tbe Xsuar Oocaa." MONTREAL, 23. There myeeery.at the Windsor hotel today regards lai jf loss y.Mr. Klein of Chicago of her reward 'of tvui r. I'- 'J CHICAGO ufrVed forjjo recovery of rings, a beautiful aomaire. -opal aad pearl ring and anotlfaropal ring Is the form of a mal-teee-cro.

Xlt Appears that Mrs. Klein went Into th woman's lavatory and removed her ring. When he had completed her toilet ah left them on the wash When she returned a few minutes later th rings had disappeared. A search waa instituted, the hotel detective were informed of the loss and everything; Is being done to recover tbe Jewel that Mr. and Mrs.

Klein would be willing to give a much higher reward tha a that offered. The Jewels are sap-posed to be worth about fle.000. City Jewelers and pawnbrokers have been The Kleins live at the Iroquois apartments '1 hT here with a party of Chicago tourists. Mr. Klein has remslned In tbe cjty In tbe hope of tracing the lost gems.

The remainder of the party have gone to Quebec. PolichHaltTaft ifor Ra cing A uto: i 6ri Wrong Track Bpedat tMspatch to The Inter Ocean. BOSTON, Mass. Aug. 23.

Toung Charlie Taft ha not eaten a green apple, wrecked an automobile or capsized a boat for several days, but his Illustrious father has run afoul of the Boston 'While Mr. Taft's automobile was sninnlne the boulevard at Revere beach Ser- geant Elmer Bickford saw He stopped tbe but "recognized, the -occupant- and called a patrolman to escort fhto President's automobile through Ihe drive, i v. The portion of the road which President Taft and his secret service follower were using- Is barred-to automobiles. But the President escaped arrest and Sergeaat Bickford got famous In a minute. I i "when no one was looking.

My son. the girl' husband, was away at his work at the telephone office when she arrived. She put the old family physician and she brought In her doctor. And now tbe girl is dead. I told her that it was her' fault that the girl died, and guess that's why she is suing But let her sue and A mother-in-law hasn't any business in the young people's The husband ought to be the boss there.

And the husband is the man to choose the doctor. I was the girl' father-in-law. but I didn't Interfere. But when my daughter-in-law died and I found out some things, then I went to the house and I told Mr. Wetsel what I thought of the mother-in-law business." Young.

Mrs. Barts died ten days ago at her home, ig West Forty-Sixth street, and a week' ago 8unday the father-in-law, ta an undertaker at. 4641 Went worth avenue, conducted the funeral for bis bride. -The dead girl was Mis Elfreda KUemskK daughter of Mrs, Wetzel by her first husband. The present husband, Mr.

Wetzel. is a retired capitalist at 912a Commercial avenue." i Automobile Struck at Kankakee by Train and Two Occupants Are Being Lit-' erally Crushed in Wreck of the Ma-! -chine EVANGELIST. AND WIFE IN CRASH Car Turns Turtle in Dash to Pass' Another- Near La Porte, Ind. Over on South Side-Close Watch of Police Cuts Down Accidents. TOTAL OF ACCIDENTS.

AatasBabllafatalltlea far year 1M0. 14T Killed yesterday 3 ajared yeafteraay. 5 Chleasra aad vlelally, killed lsec. Friday, 29. Tbe harvest of victims which tbe auto mobile speed mania has claimed In Chicago and the vicinity within the last week wa increased yesterday by three mere acci dents In which two persons were killed aad rlne Injured.

Two were killed and flve; Injured la one accident in Kankakee. Four ether person were seriously injured in and about Chicago. Carelessness -on tbe part of chauffeurs. In- difference on the part of owsers sod reck less disregard for speed ordinances seems 'h rfr our -i boUevard and flusa through country and Th grim toll which is being taken daily from these-- reckless, dare-devil driving pleasure seekers la begianinf to rouse a public sentiment againat this criminal negligence snd heedlessness, which Is piling up and gathering a strength which may soon result; In an outburst of popular Indignation against the chances- taken and the fearful tragedies resulting. Thoughtful automobllists see the gathering clouds, and when the storm breaks It 1 predicted that radical entftrcement.of speed laws and regulation of fast driving will be the first result.

tsaarlae Strike A at. 1 At Kankakee yesterday afternoon a large touring ear, SUcd" with a party of pleasure seekers, was crashed Into by' an engine of the Big Four Twa were Instantly killed, eruebed beyond recogaltion In the tangle of steel aad wood which is all that remained of the car. Tbe killed were Mr. George Granger, wire of one of' the most prominent citltens la Kankakee, and Miss Genevieve Rabtg, 114 Garfield boulevard. Chicago.

'Miss Rabig was 21 years ot age, an elocutionist end graduate of the Chicago Mutical college and had accepted an invitation from Mise Amelia" Fortln, of Kankakee, a Inlima) friend. spend a tew weeks, with her. Tne: first' day of her contemplated vacation season was to be celebrated by a pleasure ride In the large touring car of her friend. -r-" The other occupants of the car, Georg Granger; Miss Amelia Fortln, Mise JeaneUe and Paol Granger, and Ira Dole, the chauffeur, were all Injuredrwhlle the larje Mitch-: -ell touring car in wblch.they were out' for a pleasure trip wa struck by an engine push-' Inga caboose on tbe Hobble avenue crossleg of the Big Four railroad at about 5 o'clock in-tbe afternoon. I The injured er taken to the emrrgeney hospital, where it was said by physician In charge that all have postiblc cbance of re- -covery.

George Granger was badly injured about "the head and shoulders and may be inter- -sally Injured. His Granger, sustained -a of the left arm and right hip. Woaiea laternally Hart. Miss Amelia Fortln sustained Internal Injuries and an injured spine. Paul Granger and Ira Dole were slightly Injured about th body.

The party were en route to Manteno when the accident occurred. The crossing at which the machine was truck is the most dangerous In the city. TiTelve sets of tracks are at that point' Coroner L. E. FenouIUe ill conduct an inquest Tuesday.

Chicago itself waa' more free than usual trom accidents yesterday, but Billy Sunday, the well-known evangelist, waa Injured at Lm. Porte, when a machine In -w hich he was riding with his wife turned turtle. Mrs. Sunday was also injured. Sunday himself escaped with minor bruises.

Mr. Sunday wa running at tiah SDced. and In attempting to dash by a machine tbe two autos Vhubbed." with the result that th evangelist's car was badly wrecked. The accident occurred near Yellow Creek lake, la Fulton county." Pollee Redoable alrh. The accidents of the past few d) a caused the police to redouble their activity e- terday I an (Tort Jo atop the speeding on the Special policemen were detailed throughout the city by the regular police department', as well as by the forces employed by the different park systems, to prevent such speeding.

As a result there was lees complaint regarding this speeding than there has been in the city for severs! week. and the number of accidents reported were'; correspondingly smaller. -v Chief xf Polics Steward last nigbt declsrcd that he impress upon his men the necessity of having the speed" Ia a enforced -to the limit. "Beside estra vigilance on the part of the police." said the Taball ask that my.