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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
Arrested Among Classmates
BY One of the City
Detectives

tective went through the list Of
names of the pupils. Then he con-
sidered the characteristics or pc
culiarities of each scholar, and lastly
he scrutinized the pupils. 1t was this
scrutiny that led to young Christen-
sens being called out and questioned
The boy bore stolid front. He
denied emphatically having taken the
pocketbook. He was questioned more
closely and explained his home con-
nections, saying his father was a
bartender in the Vega saloon, Main
avenue and Stevens street, and that
he lived at 1917 Second avenue Ehe
front which William maintained was
| magnificent. but the detective de-
cided to take him to the police station
| and sweat him still more.
En- route to the police station Nc
Dermott explained to the boy that
the purse that had been taken was a
keepsake of the teachers. that she
valued it much more dearly than the
money it had contained because it
was keepsake and had been given
| to her. Then the boy weakened.
He said another boy stole the purse
and gave 1t to him to keep; that he
had hid it under the floor of his
fathers house.
Officer and prisoner went to the
Christensen home and the purse was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
WHERE MILLIONS
ARE HIDDEN AWAY

"The ladies of Spokane have at
least 100000 hidden away in their
stockings
( This startling statement was made
in all seriousness to The Press at noon
today by one of the leading bankers
of this city. He is, however, too mod
est to have his name uGd. The Press
man continued:
But, my dear sir, we must print
your name. 1t is most desirable and
will carry great weight"
II cannot afford it; my professional
career forbids."
"At your age, my dear sir, you
should not be afraid of the ladies'
BLESS their hearts, what could We
do without them? No, it is not be-
cause I'm timid. but for purely bust
ness reasons. | feel that the ladies
would not like to have their stockings
mentioned in public
But, about the 100000 have you
counted?"
"Sir, | am speaking professionally
as a financer. To be serious, Spokane
was never in sounder financial condi-
ton. Our national banks are, loaded
with money. | understand that the
Spokane & Eastern Trust company and
other banks are away up, making in
round numbers the enormous sum OF
Sll 100000 in cash on hand, the high
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
Is Spokane Really An Old Squaw?

One moment please: really old squaw?
Isn't about time that something about
this
Processing be the a
insists day after picturng
to the righteousness this particular
IDENTIFY has her hair in roll
fvegored skirt, short lks a ballet dancer
to a
we-tun ankle which. thought. be
keeping with the Puritanca
constitute II matter inquiry
look with suspicion
But everyone has with her
rheumatic FORM hands feet
black
when beside her brandy
That Spokane should bleareyed drudge
whose pipe of
the certainly this speaks
folk
cities $ a thoroughly modern, uptodate city.
blanket decrep wandering
a symbol
this understands Spokane
to be pictured as The squaw rown'bah!
the discussion Write The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
Big Church fair.

Men members of Our Lady of Lour-
des parish are to hold meeting in
the parish house. on Main avenue, at
o'clock this evening to perfect ar
engagements for the opening OF the
big church fair which they are to
start in the new cathedral on the
evening of November 81.
For several weeks the ladies of the
church have been perfecting their
plans for the fair and tonight the
men are expected to decide what they
can do to make the fair success.
Up to now the best prize to be put
up at the fair Is Schiller grand up
right piano, given by Mrs. Dennis
Clark of 2325 First avenue. This
prize will be given to the most pop
ular society in the city.
Father Kauten said today that the
roof structure of the church Is on
and protected by tar paper. proving
ample protection from the elements
until the slate is put on. BY the
middle of the coming week the in
terror body of the church will receive
coat of printing and will be ready
for the opening of the fair.
Father Kauten has a number of
other offers of prizes, and feels as
sured that the fair will be the biggest
event of the kind ever held by the
Catholic church in this city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
LOOKS LINZ
AN OUTRAGE
How Traction Companies
Propose to Knock Out
the City

1t is reported at the city hall. ap-
parently on the best Of authority,
that the city fathers are about to
give to the two street car companies
of this city a franchise in perpet u-
tity that will be worth thousands of
dollars, and that will cost the city
and county at the outset many thou
sands of dollars.
This is the franchise to lay their
and fill crossing Hangman creek in
the western part of the city
AS planned, 1t is true each of the
traction companies is to give $4,000
towards the construction of the
bridge. In addition to this the city
and county will each pay $4,000 for
the building of the bridge.
After the total expense of the
bridge, s65,0o0, is paid the plan is to
fill in either end of the bridge. con-
tinuing the work of filling until the
steel span over the center of the creek
is reached This fill will cost many
more thousands of dollars-probabl
bringing the total cost up to 500. 600,
of which sum the traction companies
will have paid $4,000
Later many repairs will be neces-
sary as the years go by. With the
payment of their $4,000 the traction
companies go free and the city pays
the rest.
Would any private business con-
Germ make such a bargain-one-tenth
of the total cost of the structure.
the tenth interest to have same privi-
leges of the nine-tenths interest and
the nine-tenths to keep up the re-
pairs?
This is the problem which the city
council is to decide
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
.n0R[ f|0h[I
4 FQR LIGHTING
City Fathers 10 Trouble
] About Raising Hard
Il Cash )

in the present month of financial
strenuosity at the city hall one of
the bills that the city fahers will
have to meet is the charge of $1112
dae the Washington Water Power
company for arc light service.
Z This bill is no different from what
IL has been for a long time past, but
IL looks unusually large just at pres
cnt. The only consolation the city
dads can get from looking at the bill
Is the realization that it is just half
what the bill would have been had not
the lighting company reduced its
charge when the city threatened to
put in it's own lighting plant Fur
thermore. the charge. 81 per light
per month is said to be as low as it
In in most cities.
But the chief reason for thought
mlness in the matter is that the city
mas authorized the establishment of
NJ more lights during the coming
month. five lights per ward, or an ad-
aftional cost per month of 500. With
the addition of these rs lights the
total cost per month to the city will
be S1212. or $1l.544 per year.
The question at the city hall is,
"Where is the money coming from
10 pay for these lights, and would it
aot bet better for the city to put in
an extra wheel and motor at the up
river pumping station and manufac-
ture it's own lights for the city hall
as well as for the streets?'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
Wants Ten Thousand.

Cyrus II. Hull wants the Washing
ton Water Power company to pay him
$4,000 because one of it's cars on
the Boone avenue line started up
while he was in the act of alighting
therefrom last July. Hulrs injuries
consisted of Il bruised head, a frac-
tured skull, a ruptured eardrum, a
paralyzed left side. injured eyes and
Il whole train of weaknesses and pain
and anguish. by which he was unable
for some time to run his business and
profit $40 month by his activity.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
ALL ABOARD, THE new
LINE STARTS TODAY

the first part OF next week and 1t
will not be long before the entire line
will be ready for business.
According to Superintendent Weeks
IL 1t were not for the slowness in
grading Sinto street. cars would have
been running on that line also.
The company has some IL or IS
miles of track, which is well dis
tributed throughout the city. When
its cars are all running and with
those now in the service of the
Washington Water Power company
Spokane will present very metro
politan appearance and without any
doubt have the greatest system of
street railway service in the west
The route to Corbin Park is along
Washington street Six cars are now
standing on the track, but this after
noon only two of them will be ready
for business. At the end of the line
in Corbin Park they as yet have no
loop. but this is contemplated for
future improvements.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
WITNESSES DISAPPEAR
AND CASES DROPPED

1t is barely possible that the case
of criminal operation against DIR.
Creighton over the case of Maude
Breeder will never come to trial.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Miles
Poindexter said this morning that the
case for the prosecution is not as
clear as he could wish. One of the
principal witnesses, Mrs. Eta Hager,
has been lost sight of. She remained
IN the city for some time and said
that she would be ready, but she has
slipped away and her whereabouts is
not known.
Mr.. Poindexter also points out that
much of the evidence is Of such a
character as to be challenged. The
different statements made by the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
ARMY OF CHILDREN
IN SUPERIOR COURT

Judge Richardson's court today was
partly resolved into a school for the
study of civil government. Just after
court opened in trooped a half hum
dred eager faces of us many girls AMI
boys and ranged themselves on the
spectators seats. Every eye and every
ear was alert at what was going on.
The youngsters learned something
about court forms, if they did no.
quite comprehend some of the formal
tiles. They also had an object lesson
or two of right conduct in society and
the results of breaking over the forms
established by the government.
The children were pupils in GA class
of the Bryant school, under charge
of Miss Soules.
When they entered the courtroom
they saw lot of men. Perhaps they
knew that the majority of the men
were jurors. Then they noted a tall,
athletic. blond young man sitting at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12

Superintendent Weeks of the Spo-
kane Traction company announced
this morning that they are using all
efforts to have the Corbin Park line
in running order some time this
afternoon. The principal drawback
to their having everything in shape
for operating the line has been the
trouble encountered in getting the
tenders for the cars. Two of these
have now been secured and are now
in place and after a few minor mat
tiers. which are Of considerable mo-
ment as regards the running of the
cars, are attended to. the current,
with which the Washington Water
Power company is supplying the new
street railway company, will be TURF
ed on and the cars then ready will be
sent along the line for temporary
limbering up before the line is finally
thrown open to the public.
If nothing goes amiss the operat-
ing department OF the company will
have cars running on Second avenue
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12

h desk writing in book The chill
dren were informed that he was Fred
Blomherg. the Beau Brummel of the
courthouse, and incidentally clerk of the
tsaurt They heard Bailif Coifeen
say; Hear yc, hear ye,' etc, and
count was open, as short, tmckset
man entered from back room ami
took his seat behind the highest desk
IN the room and called off number.
The children knew that the man was
Judge Richardson.
The children enjoyed the visit and
tried their best to understand what
Was going on and Miss Soules is sure
to help them try TO digest and assim-
hate for future use the things which
they saw and heard while spending a
day in a real court instead of cudgeling
their fancy as to Just how things are
done in that. to them, far off world
fk-long phrases and technical terms
which they hear called court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
The LITTLE animal
LAID BACK AND DIED

The cold weather and consequent
freezing last night has doomed the
business of the horseshoer this morn
ing. Many who had not prepared for
the cold snap beforehand are hav/lg
great trouble with their horses today
caused from the unsteadiness of these
animals, which are constantly slip
ping to the ground. IN many in
stances much time Is lost by the
drivers having to unharness the ami
mails before they can be got up.
A pathetic scene was enacted at the
corner of Main avenue and Howard
street~thi morning. =. young sorrel
mare. hitched to a light buggy, owing
to the smooth shoes it wore. slipped
on the icy pavement and fell on its
side. The most frantic efforts to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12

With the arrest Of William Chris
Jensen. II years of age, this morning,
City Detective McDermott did one
of the best pieces of work done by
the police in several months, and
rounded up one of the worst boys in
the city.
The arrest was made at the Haw-
thorn school. Fourth avenue and Mill
street. Before making the arrest the
detective had to consider more than
40 pupils who were In the sixth grade,
the grade that william has been at
tending, and his judgment proved cor
rect with the first pupil taken to
task.
The story of Christensen's undo
ing started yesterday when one of the
pupils stole a purse containing two
$40 gold pieces, key and a handker-
chief belonging to Miss Cora Good
night of 01004 Normandie street. the
pretty young teacher of the grade.
To handle the matter required the
greatest delicacy. More than 10 pu-
pills are in the grande and to have
wrongly suspected any one of the 40
would have resulted painfully for all
parties concerned. The faculty of
the school decided to call In the po-
lice, and Detective McDermott was
assigned to the case.
At the start this morning the de-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
SCH00[B0Y STEALS
TEACHERS PURSE

found as described, but it was minus
one $40 gold piece. The absence OF
the $40 was explained by the boy
Immediately.
II stole the purse, but the other
boy took out the $40 gold piece"
Beside the purse under the house
was large pile of candy, but the
missing $40 gold piece could not have
been entirely spent for candy. The
detective says the $40 will be found
before night
Young Christensen is in Jail charg-
ed with grand larceny.
At the police station 1t developed
that other members of the depa rtment
have had to deal with Christensen in
the past. He stole $50 from his
father last summer and with another
boy fled to Seattle, from which city
both lads were brought back to Spo-
kane.
Christensen also gained fame last
summer by going out to Montrose
park with another boy and falling
foul of labor organization picnic.
Both boys were retSrned home from
Montrose hopelessly intoxicated. The
Christensen boy told wonderful
story of men catching him and the
other boy and forcing them to drink
liquor until they became unconscious.
So exasperated did the street car
company officials become over the
story of the Christensen boy they
advertised a heavy reward in all; of
the papers for the men who made the
boys drunk.
Officers of the labor organization
defended themselves at that time by
saying someone had broken into their
stock of liquors and helped them
selves.
In jail this afternoon the Christen-
sen boy continues to repeat: Il stole
the purse, but the other boy took the
$50 gold piece. l don't know the
other boys name"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12

dead girl to the witnesses were not
all made when she was in extremis
and may not be admitted in evidence
At any rate, the case will not come
up for trial at the present term. Mr.
Poindexter states that he is not yet
in position to recommend the dis
missal of the case.
Prosecuting Attorney Kimball has
charge of the case involving charges
against DR.. Harry Martin. Mr.. Kim
ball says that he has the statements
of all the interested parties with the
exception of the woman in the case
and he expects that she will be in the
city within a few days. The case Is
one which involves fight between
schools of physicians, and Mr.. Kim
ball says that he is waiting for the
woman before determining whether to
file an information.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
CORA DELOO IS Wanted
AT RANK|N'S SALOON

Where Is Cora DeLoo? WIN she
go tonight to Rankin's saloon, to
meet her father?
Standing patiently, hour after hour,
before the postoffice general delivery
window, stood n German workingman
this morning.
whats up?" asked q Press report
er, Offering. to help.
my daughter" said the old man
in a queer dialect which this paper
doesn't care to try to repeat, because
we have no idea of joshing an honest
wage-earner, my daughter is In
town. and I can't find her. l have
been waiting here for her. thinking
she would show up for the letters
1t soon developed that her name
wasn't in the directory. The old
man didn't know where to seek her.
"Why not let The rress find herr
"Capitalw declared the old man
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
At Fort Des Moines.

three days celebration of the opening
of Fort Des Moines was ushered in
today. For many years the capital
city of Iowa has been striving to Sc
cure the location of an army post
here and its final acquisition Is re-
garded as n cause for general jubiia
tion. An interesting program of fes-
tivities is being carried out. including
football games. an automobile parade
and receptions. balls and other social
functions In honor of the distinguish
ed visitors, Included among the lat
ter are Generals Chafree. Sumner and
Bates and other high officers of the
army.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12

"The Press is the best paper In
town"
whats your name?" replied The
Press man, side-stepping the compli-
ments.
Peter r. Ensminger OF Ana
conda."
"And your daughter"
"Oh, that is 1t. Her name is.
am no scholar" he apologized, but
il sounds like this, De-ioo. Her front
name is Cora, Cora Doloo, as near as
l can speak it,"
IAN right, Mr.. Ensminger. whare
are you stopping?'
The German pulled out piece of
paper "Well," said he again. slowly,
pointing to scrawl in indelible pen
Gil. II will be here tonight at 5
o'clock"
The name on the paper was Ran
kin's Saloon"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
Fatal Freight Wreck.

NEW HOPE. Ky Nov. IL Six
men were killed and two injured in
a wreck on the Louisville Il Nashville
this morning. Cause, head-end coll
lision between frelghts at Tnford's
switch.
The dead are: Mark Cannon. engi-
neer: Ed Sturgis and Moreland
Graves, tremen.
John Leach and William Lyden
were fatally hurt. Reid Humes.
brakeman. was seriously injured,
Three locomotives were demolished
and the cars piled up, The wreckage
| caught fire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
DON'T NEGLECT THE ROY.

Get him an overcoat today. We are
going to have a cold winter, this is
only taste, See what we have in
boys coats, ages II to 20 years.
These strictly pure all wool overeoats
that We are Offering to the boys and
young men for 81 are made up from
material furnished the government
was afterwards found to he too heavy
and not regulation. The cloth was
afterward redyed jet black and
made up in small size overcoats of
latest New York box style, No boy
can go cold in them. There never will
be any more. or their equal. fol
double this money. Ii is rare and
only chance for an all wool overcoat
Tor 81. w. $, Kirk. 9lQ Sprague ave
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
Assessors Work.

Clerks in Assessor Stewards Office
have commenced work in anticipation
of next years grind, doing such
things as fixing up indexes and other
clerical work upon which the real
work of assessing will be built.
Within week MIR. Stewart will
personally take up the work of "siz-
ing up the large buildings in town.
He will visit the structures and take
notes upon which he will determine
whether he desires to make any
changes in the figures on real estate
made two years ago. The work on
the new buildings, erected since the
old assessment was made. will be
taken up on March /. when the real
work of the coming assessment sea-
son is opened.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
FOURTH WARDERS KNOW
ALL ABOUT SEWERS

arrests be made He merely instruct-
ed the police to notify persons who
had removed manhole covers and
clogged up the sewer with refuse that
they must cease
One resident of the ward informed
the commissioner. after reading the
article in The Press. that the people
of that end of town knew just as
much about the usages of sewers as
other people-as much as Root knew.
The trouble with this angry citizen
was. that he took the matter too much
at heart He had not even been ac-
cused of putting old clothes in the
sewer. and his knowledge protected
him from being warned by the police.
During today no new complaints
have reached the street commissioner.
and it is now believed the sewer will
| be permitted to perform it's intended
! functions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12

Street Commissioner Root has been
called upon by divers residents of the
Fourth ward who have explained that
they did not choke up the new sewer
through the ward by means of dump
ing manure, tin cans and brick into
the manhole-that they are perfectly
familiar with the objects of a sewer
system.
In justice to the commissioner, 1t
may be said that when he directed
the police to explain to the people
Of the Fourth ward the uses of the
sewer system he did not mean to i'm
ply that all the people in that ward
did not know that the sewer would
not serve as a dumping ground for
manure and used up building ma
terial.
In the kindness of his heart the
commissioner did not even ask that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
Quite a Difference.

Something that has generally been
ignored by railways leading into Spo-
kane is the change which has been
in effect since October IL restricting
the dimension of cars governed by
the transcontinental association. The
standard upon which they base their
calculations is q 4f-rooc car. Fifty
foot cars are charged at the rate of
125 per cent of the minimum. For
instance. If the minimum weight for
a carload is 10000 when figuring on
a 50-foot car they would make the
rate on $4,000. This matter is of
greater Importance than appears on
the surface
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12
BIGGEST CAR STRIKE N
THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO

barn door swung back and six trains,
including a mail train sandwiched in,
started out with non-union help. No
they passed outside. The police de-
tail at the barns was greeted with
storm of missiles. Three trains
managed to weather the storm, but
the other three crews abandoned the
cars and fed to the barns with bleed
ing wounds. One man is badly hurt
and was taken to the hospital. The
mail train was not molested, but
could not be moved because the trains
ahead and behind were abandoned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-11-12

eighth street and Cottage Grove the
first car returning was again blocked
by transfers and a mob of 500. A
squad of police charged, but met so
determined resistance that they
were almost overpowered. The grip
man announced that he had enough
and would step off the train as soon
as it returned to the barn. The crowd
cheered and speedily opened the way.
The gripmen of the three succeed
ing trains also resigned.
A mob at Fortyseventh street and
Cottage Grove stopped the car, pulled
the crew off, tipped the closed coaches
over and dashed the grip apparatus