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HAfion 10/0 t p hd^\u25a0PROVEMENT CLUBSILL FIGHT STRUVE

LEASE PROPOSITIONA LITTLt STORY OF PROFITS

t-r. Th. I'l**"I lit, old city hill lit, lor 50 ytttlit theIrtsi, offered l>*' Frederick K. Strove would be worth tot,|___l_r TWENTY-THREE MILLION DOL-jjUtS. -j-. It it • sjihi'lf but tt.lio.ti problem In compound in-,,,-i '

*£ figure the profits on the building at $100,010, with___est it 5I"' -l'" *******-* profit* run up to in .Win

Q_f amount. In 15 yens the Interest on the profitsl^,-.-*-. lo more than the rental ol the building. In 20«i tit. leaseholders are thead iii three and a half,illi.i.. In 2} rears tbe profits have reached the five~oan mark. Al the end of .10 year* thr interest on the

.it* is over three timet the rental profits of the build-t_. in.l ihe leaseholder* have nearly seven million do.|n in the bank, I\u25a0> ihr time tht letse has run 40 years_ faterest on the profits is considerably over si*. luiii-_r,l thousand a year, '''I the profits have totaled to overikirtttrt million. At 43 years the interest on the profits|tttr eight hundred thousand dollars, while the hank ic-

io_it is ibo*r« sixteen million, anil in the fiftieth yell thepterr-i on the profits '*\u25a0 over * million dollars a year,,hilt *'... interest and principal amount to a few thousandiIn than twenty-three million dollars.

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[____!__- 'of _ I•\u25a0tlr-r.trd I[__ 1 *k• Adopti Strongj _____ A.-mst City,H*l-_*Ot.tl.

.The sseelei sommltt** of th* \u0084

E..Mwat*d Improvement clubs Irf-W \u25a0-**_" un_nir. ou*ly passed jI l-WB-'utir-F. yesterday afternoon J|'BO***, that they were unailer.IWF SBB-rfHd to th* propu«d\u25a0Ebblesss of th* old cty hail fcH|t Isch Individual bitprova* -;HNs-bib «f th* t_.ty will taha I\u25a0BEtf nuttsr. and in Iln*with .BtaWlsmsnt cipraiaed at th*Hgß*B *neaterday, will l»* ; |FIBBI c*p.d*itin the propomion. \u25a0* ,| fcrt slab will b* asked to tab* ihaatter ap witb tb* coancllmeta i

\u25a0Mr vanls aad to was* a bitter\u25a0Haatb* srbc-aa. IB__a_r Hillsaid al tba m . t .

\u25a0*•>«_ to tbe proposedlease of the old city hall\u25a0eh Individual impro.tttt nt th- elly tvllt take

BefFifi capreteed al the| yesterday, will no i-gnßernn lha proportion,lab ai -\u25a0 -,__.. to lab* iX 'he aBBBBBBBBfI i

Bard* atui tv wage a bitier

fiSBI aat_

at tbe Hi***I t

fcrsKards*'; IRaw \u25a0BBaaa-*) '\u25a0\u25a0 lb* Hiy'flenter\u25a0 ibob v* . .-\u25a0aitlun to farm i

mtsrlr __. ands. am-h a srbeme ,i\u25a0Pwdsrlek Karl ..tniY. has pre- i\u25a0\u25a0i^Mlßlint-.**-- . |

commltteo i\\\_m mat down tba imposition'iBpW*ts all ot tb* In..rait.nrrit;mt ta tfco city, and ib* aetloa tflfbiafter miirti thought and i

Revelle Says It Would BrShort Sighted in City toEnter Into Such anAgreement

"I am Iif.-ably apposed to\u0084 granting thl* lease to Itnuv*Iand hi* aat ociaiei The allyIwould lose by the deal to ouch

*« *xl*nt that in attar* year*i the building would aland M aliving monument t* the abort-i.ghtadntai and utter lack ofbue.ntae Judgment on the partof th* present admin letration."Tbe abotf tlaicoif-ji was BbSß*by ronni llotaa T. P. __*..,« tbla

moralM ____-ruing '•'" prop-oar.! 'Btntte leaa* of the old fit* hall 'alta. - ."No i-iIman with any regard '

for bla political future -.mid *r*rilsm tot* for aoeh a achr-me aslha' ' b* aalil.

"Thera ar* flrat. I beltrf*, wt...would favor sorb a schrma. but Idon't belief* thst tbey would ,|ar ,.show their bands. -"No, I tlnn l bellev* that the billwill arat get beyond th* commitI***.I This Htrutt- .-_.-*_ _-*•_>*

to l"'- a furtherance of a g.n*raJaebeme to sain rnairol of en \u25a0

tiiImi valuable In tb* city," be aald.

WOMAN SHOT THIS[MAN-HEADMITS IT

mm"DIE OF HEAT

IN Ni YORKCaught in the Blistering

Embrace and the LittleLives Snuffed Out inTerrific Meat Wave.

tWt railed l-r-aaatNOT YORK, \n_ 10-Th*

botllea of 14 babies, th* gri-aii-*tBtlt_tt*r alntt. lh* i..i Sfociltn . I—.

asler, He la th* morau* today a*th* leaiilt of th. terrific tirni _lit.h

haa locked th* Kii-aiit city la aliliaterlna etiil.t _i*..

lit. adulla are .rati, icttrea areprostrated, ami 'hi- aminila neehorses bate |o Un change*, alnn-athourly at the b(| nut.it.- hospital*,then are so many i-»lla

Twt*nt.-a*Ten babfe* ha**, died lalb** . I-MimllhiK aa. 1 uiu. ami th*other 11 la oth*rhoapttata and i-rl*at* 1., Mi

Mora then 11.000 persona, men.women and children, at. •\u25a0. oa th*sands at Camay Island laat night,having baaa driven out of th* swel-tering ill* 1., ihr se-alde. where,nae* BSlßing th* relief from th«n't-ao air, th* jr could not r*lurn toth* n**iilike run and the citywalla, hot all nliht with tha retain-r. heat of the day,

la the parka thmoahottt Maohat-laa last nt. tit th* beuebe* weremmd Hitir*. hlKhl. than nailtia lal hi.h i-ru-frl h..1.-l, Thousaudaiir-i't lo tb* parka.

The atifrerins among the eblldr*eaia Ihe East aid* la tb* worat fea-Ii

itHi*. rill.r from IBS Ir ill** BDBM 88l !_Ilk* flats ami Ihe tit*

t all night _i*h *:

iif th.- ilav|*rka Ih.niahi.nl Manhsttit. ht thi* tfi.iht-» ware

iiifr hlshh than mmia In\u25a0

Uh partifl. rln*aiii.'ii*Ihr rhtlilr**njtat BM* la tin- a-orst "*»-In the .11 fin,-:

leoemenl distrirts lie fire **rap*«itttm \u25a0en turned Into outdooriit-eplni ronsta, M with little re-llef to th* victim* of th* heat

Th* tpreaalTaneaa of yesterday,ransed mainly ht th- h'miMil-r wasHit ;*-aa-_l much limine lb*ii .hi. and this nit.rtiiiia lb* cityir*'H«.'rt after an annual *l-..-,t.eelight, saw no relief near - *- -Tb* afcwaj la aim--at __t_-ar-iMe. but IB* BTeat crowds, lingerni aa ii.nic a* [-_.ait.l-* away from•orb, SBBH '1-iari towa in It a*ibusl

l.t--T*( tie who Maid gt-l away'TNI town BBS fton hut lh*swoteriaa mimosa an- her-*, and tbnew\u25a0ho are fortanai* ea-MHih to bar*iwaped to , tbe t-t-aai 1. ara actnls**4*

CtIICAOO. Anf. It).—Thrw*lestba wen. r*"porii_l thl* morning.a th*result nf th* t-rrlfl.heat hatlight It la slightly cooler Ihlaartrulnf but th* weather bun-aittaam-m that Itwill be hotter

FRfIINED HIS WIFETO KILL HIS RIVAL

THEM DISAPPEAREDMT. VI -NON, IIUA.

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Th* aha** iff today renewed bis. March tar atari Ma .1. Mt. Ver-non, followingth*etanitng tan-

: f*sst*n by his wife that h* |t*u|ht her* is _•• a revolver a* |•he could kill Joe Bad., who, h*believed, was hit rival far heraffect'one.

WHERE BALLINGER FED THE TRUST

MURDER WGROW OUT OP

THIS AFFAIRWd Th.-<-. _--.- Okwifl, who bow

Ilea at th* my !..*__ it.ii with abroken nark but yet allr*. fall fromlha ae-Ma*- «1 Btath ay, H, imr f. n-n*-iiirut *t.,it aaa lit- deUbrrstelypttehatl off by a sn*a Who waa a* enwltb htw Blind*]*atchtT •'.'»\u25a0-.

Thl* la Ihe t-weatton whlt-h hew*-tltal [.Ii) 1.1

_and th*po*+r»* wl*h

soswar NeW ii_r_i waa thrown•m lh* affair yesterday aft-m>t*._eh*- «'

V, HayI- tot 111 l_ih ». ,and Vktor B«lmt (Wiled at Ihe t'ltyh-apiial and told He I H. Oreen*.lb* Iftlartir,what tbe) bnew of tin-_____

"Ba*mland I wer* tot-not ft yard*Blatant aiii-n wa n.-*.t.*.l two mawlalkinc o«ar th* e.t_. ot tb* ttrtttri.*said __yl*

"ftuddenly -nr nf tbetn, whom Inow baow wat 111*t. \u25a0-». (. I' ir*-*f*t OTttt*trie |...t bis babUMB At nayrate, tb* man on lb* bridt* leanedover and iwmritencad to la-.ah. Kaln.iand I ttar'ttl after li._ fella* aimwaa laufllilna but lit- ran away a.<faat that we eeuld not eotrh htm.**

At th* ''ll* I ti'itai tula BIBHllBflOla-am 1.1.l wm. difficulty thai boWW* with « Krt*n.*l'nitn. whom beaaya live* n*ar th* Bay VJaw i.r -«r•ry, ******Ibat niaht. Jtiet ''-re he felt'or waa ahoved off th* l>ri<i«a. Ol*-a-.n hat bean ilrlnkli.*- ll* says h*_,** not H.lnk hi*r_mpaHaft (le-liberstely pushed him fn>ra thebrlda*. Th*- | \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0-- ar*. In-tilvtlt.« «

anart-B for Olraon's ctmtpaalon. IBT HE SAYS HE WILL DIEKrone It HI * TILLS

I NIB NAME.-

__** tit before I tall whoB MS, It wee a women, ailli*Jealous woman, but I'lltoH*-irille'l .__ her name

i ****the trouble waa over."I coal-., Bob Vancoy. a ten*tfth. Vtittiey bote, who «n•toMb a MM hole In hla left'litfifth bt. aad Want-hard .

\u25a0to I***-,up V'aßctt y Instiled !to hut been held np by a!to. aaa According to his•*•*>* put up a fight againstBE''-* whkh tainted the latterto It*,shots at him.

takes to th* Pacific hoe-I B-M-a he stubbornly main-

* Ifcwt be bad bam shot by a"siauw. Today, h.,ai-».r. he\u25a0tad lo Tapiain of Detective**s Teaeant that . womantry toat the cans, of the shoot-£___«_,---\u25a0 - - . .__*___ >*•<>\u25a0'\u25a0 of me. and'

I MfIDON: MAYJEiTBWN MARSHAL

„_.'\u25a0* I.'•* ..aaa I-»*K_BT. K. . AM. 11.—**__* minis* t,i.n of l.ltr,

_a**lF, ll.Ith.nii , marshal__"'*" ft,,, mi.,, has par-It*,,a Ural,., arrrln, thr.-ea. li.nill.rr.iiy. It |. [,r„1.

'J* *111 I*.- th. fat. Th*_** tot , pathl, . ti„m a.[.\u25a0a 111., In ._ic_

[, ._, „.,_*_* .... t»l *•*IO tlaiißi-r

_*__*'\u25a0\u25a0> «*' * "larahal. Ni.rir}__*__\u25a0• car.. i„uaume the

I^*"**ot It* dtniera.

•1t*,,,,,,.,,,•irfTHnroßec,,,. l\J* fall. I W.,,,,..,,,,.

•M «.rmi.r: llabt n.irtn- »**.rind,_ . . .

**************_________£__ D. ' A,,, in--si»«-nlli..h_.n ..point-

aw t!_ 00 IWll- .*--• .-. a'

when I met her Saturday night she ;limply whipped out a gun and pot- |ted me I a,mi It. I who ._.- it IIt's our affair, and I would ratherdie than pottki ber out to yoß.**

Although Vbbbbi Is In a sertouaeondltton, his wound la nut conaid-•red fatal.—-— \u25a0"--'-—-

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* BOLT STRIKES WIRE! ** KILLS 12*3 SPARROWS *I*'.- \u25a0\u25a0_\u25a0

*; * FINDI-AY, Ohio, Aug. 10.— *1 * On* hundred and want) ftwe *\u25a0\u25a01

*sparrow* were Bitting OB a ** t*l.pbon* wire that ran ** through several trees In-fore It ft

* enim i-d the bom* of Ed Camp- ** bell IB Cast Kind lay. Mr. ** Campbell la certain of the ** number becaoa* h« counted ** that many dead hlrda today ** after th*-. had I**-**--, _._..!_-_] to ** the ground I.) a Toll of light ** ninit which s'ruck the wlr*. *'»ll| -III IB lILU UN.III *****************HORSEWHIP IS USED

TO JEM INSULT'Ity Ialia* I.*-**>

' AfllirVllJ-K N. (... Aug. 10 —Mrs. |K. .".yd* Knight, society ,woman 'if Home, tin sent i noie '"I* prominent rltli'-n,urging blm tomet:t ber at a designated apot. IIwas raining at th* appointed hour,hut both parties kept th* engage :ment, The prominent fltli.n got a

i warm -caption. Mra Knight \u25a0

horsewhipped him. and later made, him apologize In tb* pretence of hiawlf*. Hh<- claimed 1"' Insulted her.

***************** SANK CLEARINGS. ** \u25a0.- *. ft Seattle. ** Hearing* today.,, I. IM l" II ft

* Balance* U1.131.1S **'* Tacoma. *ft Clearings today. ...1918,197,00 *ft lialancu* M.024 00 *. * Portland. ** Clearing* ..11,177,71*00 *ft lia.aa.rea 111,001.00*******************

Th* effort* of th* tsgulalive Investigating committeeto , determine whether Mr*.Barah L. Brown actually at jjtar-pi*? to "fig"Judge Root, ofth*supreme court, through th*influence of C. B. Palmer,were brought to an abrupt ter-mination this morning, whanMrs. Brown fainted on th* wit- .neat stand.VeaterOa)' P. ¥ morrow testified

that Mr*- Brown had Interviewed \K. It J'aluirr a ii.imt.-r of times, Inpur-nam i- of lb**'In-ill. of ' IraniIng up" a derision which theywanted th* supreme court '*> l>S«a.

Mre, Brown, BBSS »*nsrfl atUn- afternoon a*__.k_i, SPBS rcport*d111. Today she appeared and took11.. Btand. acknowledging -I"*' "I"*had already had an Interview thismorning BWfc l'"' attorney. Jay 0.Allen.t ; Makes • Poor Witness.

The woman mad* a eery poorWitness. Hit lapae* of inniv**r*mimeruns, B*B__ lallt whenevera member of th* commit i*-i- beganto ask leading questions. Frequent-lyMrs. Brown Insisted on her kg*.!rights, and after nil other witni-aseawere eifluded. Attorney Allen Interrtipted tha aessl.n a couple oftimes to protest a. .In*. Infringingupon any legal rights of Ma client

As nearly *«could _• !"i.Mit-d.

win- bad agreed to (Inane* the fightof Mollis Wilson tor Hi'- Ballardportion of Hi'- Sullivan eatat*. Asto 11,. details of Mil' later Iransnrtlona, payments of money. Identifi-cation of peopl* Inlerealed, date*,years, contracts, deeds and prsn-li-ally everything flat' that wastouched on, Mrs. Brown eitherwaa not aim. or ih* "tit not si*sctly remember."

Btatamanta at Variance.

I Mrs. Brown denied emphatically

Continued on Pag* Three.

. • CIFFORD PINCHOT,

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» ! A. Y. P. EXPOSITION AT- **'\u0084._ TENDANCE. »* Monday*aiiiiil.alnlia. 31.3*1 *I» Tout (or 111- mm 1.711.111 *1..... ...... \u0084...'

Map allowing Montana lande which Becratary Bellinger reopened for entry, and which Tsft ordered•lass*, after 14 days. Th* drawing shows hew th**« valuable Isndß (marked in black) follow river*

, and atreami in every Inatane*. They war* cl****dat the land office on a par with worthless lands, buttheyare *n*rmausly rich becaua* (hey hold hundred* of water power aim.

PINCHOT STARTS OPENI -^ WARFARE FOR PEOPLELaunch.* the light Against Ballingrr tnd Dealt Out

' Punchet Agtinit Policy of the Secretary of the In-terior, tt the Same Time Flaying the Water Power

' Trust and Lauding American..

BPOKANH, A_| lit-- \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0dialtb* flrat (...'. of open warfare withH. -rrelary luillnaer and apbotdlniHi*- Rnoserell pollt'les, _\u25a0< .muni mrtb* adminlatration of Ib* law bytecbalralltlea and eioorlatl*. s lb*\u25a0iaantle water power trual, t'hit-fforester aifftttd I*llirh_ltoday 88ltbe National Irrigation oongrswaaamt with m lli'wfMla a stirringt*H \u25a0. Ii *.1.1. I, < all. ta* delegate*fi)tii. F.-.i nn,. and again to cheerbint

The rblef forester, nothing daunt-ed by lb* power or ha-kln_ of hitopponents, delivered a a< _thl.i|_ atIh. it on what I.* tatmwt th* iiuti*-in- 1t... in.-thi. la working againsttin- public a.-at

la rloalna hi* remarks, air. Pin-(hot said:

Water Power Trust"There rotild b*nn better llliiatra

Hull of tb*e*<er. rapid, unweariedabsorption by capital of tin- right*whirl) brio.

_to all Hi. pop]* than

th* water power trust, not yet form-ad but In rapid prorata of fi.ntiaM.ii,This stati'ii. Nt la true, but not ....\u25a0 lialliiis-. We are met at *v*ryturn ii* the Indignant _„ialof th*water power Intrreata

" I hey tell as that lh**rrla no com-Continued on Big* -.van.

WOMAN WITNESS FAINTS WHEN SHEIS QUESTIONED TOO CLOSELY TODAY

The throwing open of theselands had progressed for amonth when -i rising tide ofpopular protest was heard atthe While 1louse, and theclamor Increasing, Taft calledBallinger in to explain,

ily one excuse and another,Ballinger secured delay, andmeantime kept throwing landopen to entry, and was againcalled i" the White House, andthis lime tin* public was givento understand thai the publiclands bad again been with-draw.

Bui it was too late—the trusthad had warning and had hadtime.

The power sites, scores ofilnin. were grabbed,

Right here it might be wellto remark that a water powersite has to be a mighty small

THE SEATTLE

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ONE CENT

BALLINGER GAVE MILLIONS TOGREAT WATER POWER TRUST

ROOSEVELT DIDBEST TO SAVEPUBLIC WEALTH

Secretary Was Giving Away Sites WithLavish Hand Until Public Clamor Com-pelled Talt to Call a Halt. But DamageIs Done and People Must Pay

tV SAMUEL M. EVANS, STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

HELENA, Mont., Aug. 10. -This is the true story

of how the birthright of a great state hat been takento round out the greatest American trust.

The state it Montana.The trust is the Water Power monopoly, the

youngest and destined to be the greatest of all thebrood of American monopolies.

There is proof at hand that one of the first offi-cial acts of President Ttft't secretary of the interior,Richard Achilles Ballinger, was knowingly to turn overto the Water Power monopoly millions of dollar*'worthof power sites along Montana river.

Water power will succeed steam, and "white coal,"as the water power it called, willrun the railroads ofthe future. Not only that, the electric power gen-erated by mountain torrents will be tent across theplains to operate the mills and factories of many statesof the nation, and most important of all, this wonder-ful new power willpump endless floods of water uponmillions of acres ofarid land, and so make new homesfor millions of Americans.

WILL EXACT TRIBUTE FOR ETERNITYBut the water power trust will be in a position to

exact tribute from every settler, and from hit childrenforever.

It was in the doling days of hit administration thatPresident Roosevelt learned of the wholesale seizingof water powers by the then forming trust. The grabwas at it*height The president sent surveyors and ex-perts from half a dozen government bureau! into thefield to find out what was going on. - The first and ,unanimous report was that the woods and hills werefull of the engineers and surveyors of the trust, andthat the trust had better maps of public lands than

, the government had. pS-HHPBSo Roosevelt had Secretary Garfield end the grab

by resuming government control of public lands con-taining power sites.

It wtt generally supposed thtt Garfield was to re-main in Taft't cabinet, but on February 15 he wat

asked by Ttft to retign on March 4.Not knowing who the new secretary would be.

President Rootevelt and Garfield decided to lock allthe doors to that the new administration would findeverything snug.

> Day and night the engineer! worked on their plant,and the LAST THING President Rootevelt did at mid-night on March 4, wat to withdraw more land, tothe extent of 186,000,000 acres, from the reach ofland grtbbert.

And the FIRST THING Ballinger did titer he wat

•worn into Taft't cabinet on March 5, wat to beginto turn that land over to the half entrenched trutt <

line not to be worth a milliondollars.

A political explosion willcome with the public knowl-edge that it was after PresidentTaft had ordered Ballinger towithdraw certain Montanalands, which he had quietly re-opened a few weeks before, 11.at

j the Amalgamated Coffer com-pany, owned by Senator Gug-genheim ami brothers, togetherwith the General Electric com-pany, had swallowed thousands"I acres of these importantMontana lands, holding powerKites ofuntold wealth.

Produce Scandal.The relation of the dates of

strenuous transactions in whichthe government and the twist'sagents figure are being urged.[- proper matter for an official

(Continued an Pag* 7.)