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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
HARD HEARTED OFFICIAL TURNS
DOWN THE OLD AND DECREP|T

Is believed the order driving the
vendors from the streets will be mod
flied sufficiently to permit of the
otherwise helpless ones to make their
meager sales.
Matt Warner. a one-legged vendor
of popcorn, showed this morning that
since he was driven off of Riverside
avenue he had taken a position at the
Monroe street bridge, where, yester-
day, he and his wife were able to sell
but 40 cents worth of goods. This
morning one scent sale was made.
Warner and his wife had just 90
cents to live on at noon today as a
result of the expulsion order. They
owe SS2.40, divided between lTull 4.
Gibbs, MCGOWAN Bros, Dexter Car
riage works and Fred Shirley, all OF
the Indebtedness owing on their little
stand, in which they have invested
$3.50.
Yet because ii was the easiest way
for the police to get rid of the Ital-
ians, the Warmers and others are
thrown out of a living just before
Christmas. 1t should bring the blush
of shame to the checks of those men
who declare themselves public serv.
ants and who are using taxes and
license money to provide warm
homes and plenty of Christmas gifts
for their own families.
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sioners- he elected by the people and
that one of the members Of the
board so elected shall be given the
title and powers of the city engineer.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Funk also introduced a resolu-
tion that the board of public works
prepare plans for a combination steel
trestie and fill to replace the old
wooden trestle on East Sprague ave-
nue.. Plans are also to be submitted
for new wooden trestle.
The new telephone ordinance, SUBJ
mitted by c. e. Summers, was pre-
sented and passed to the committee
of the whole without discussion.
The ordinance granting franchise
to the Washington Water Power COM
pany for street car tracks west Of the
Hangman creek bridge was passed.
w. III. Cowles and d. l.. Huntington
asked that the west 125 feet of Sec
ond avenue be vacated so they could
connect their lawns
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
POLICE BILL
NOT INTRODUCED

The new police commission bill was
last night and some of the schemers
of the police department received an
other setback
Chief of Police Walters letter was
read asking that another sergeant be
added to the force and an inspector
ship provided for Sergeant Sullivan
in order that the sergeant might get
a day job.
The jobbery shown in the letter
and the schemes back of the chiefs
latest move was too apparent for the
councilmen who were likely to get
mixed up in the fight and the ordi-
nance was therefor withheld.
Some time ago Captain Coverly, as
acting chief of police, recommended
to the council that detectives be
placed on salary basis of 500 a
month, the appointing of new cap
tain and 10 additional patrolmen.
This recommendation was fought
bitterly by Sergeant sullivan and his
democratic friends for the reason
that Detective II. d. McPhee was slat-
ed for the new captaincy.
The claims of the democrats were
presented by Councilman Pratt, who
succeeded in killing off the chances
for the bill. Then the Sullivan fac
tion waited until the furore over the
defeat died out.
The jobbery in the proposition of
Chief of Police Walters suggestion is
made apparent when il is shown that
the proposed ordinance would actual
ly cut down the force of patrolmen
in order to make room for Il nigh
priced inspector and new sergeant
The democrats In the city council
fought the appointment Of five addi-
tional patrolmen, but they are willing
to increase the expense of the depart
meht at the cost of efficiency in or
der to make room for another politi-
cal job.
Fortunately the scheme was expos
ed before the hill was presented and
the spectacle Of a chief of police ask
Ing that his force, already Inadequate
to the needs of the city, he cut down
In order to make another political job
at a higher salary, resulted only in
ridicule being heaped upon the move
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nected, and the interests of these
men, too, lie in the same district. or
course we believe this road will be a
money maker. Now, in order that
the company might commence busi-
ness it was necessary that the entire
capital stock should be subscribed
for This Mr.. Twohy, Mr.. Coolidge,
have done With us, as l have said,
will be our associates in business
but we want, and must have, the peo-
pie of the communities in which we
operate to be large stockholders in
the road. The reason for this is
twofold: In the first place. we want
every person along the road to feel
that 1t is his road, that he has an
interest in it, and that every dollars
worth of business he can turn to it
is so much money in his pocket. a
community of interest between rail-
road and it's patrons, under which
each must assist the other If he
would himself profit, can but rebound
to the advantage of both. Again,
if the people where the road runs
own it, they can dictate it's policy.
There will never then be use to
seek from the legislature relief
against it. If it's rates are not just
and fair, the remedy lies in their own
hands. A locally owned road will
never deal unjustly with local people.
In the second place, this enterprise
is too big for ourselves and our as
sociates to put through alone. Such
from s3.O00,000 to s4,000,000 to put
in operation. If the people here do
not assist us by purchasing stock
and aiding us in getting right of way,
we shall either be forced to endeavor
to secure eastern capital, or else li
in our project. The first we do not
desire to do, even if it were possible
to raise the funds we need, since that
would put the road on the same basis
as other roads now operating here,
viz: controlled by men who have no
other interest in the country than to
take rs much out of 1t as they can.
The other horn of the dilemma is even
worse. 1t means to us not only the
loss of the money we have and shall
put into the project before we will
abandon it, but also serious blow
to our interests and to those of every
other person in this community"
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old SOLDIERS DRIVEN OFF THE
STREETS AT CHRISTMAS Time

The council instructed the city
treasurer to refund the balances OF
licenses due to the vendors who are
the victims of the chief of police.
Then the petitions presented and sign
ed by hundreds of business men was
referred to the board of police.
The matter is now up to the police
commissioners. Until now there has
never been any question of the fair
ness OF Commissioners Handley and
ONO, The matter is practically In tho
hands OF Commissioner Handley az
chairman of the police board. Once
away from the influence OF the chief
of police, who Is covering up his own
inefiiciency by taking the bread and
butter from the mouths Of deserving
poor, 1t is believed the commissioner
would act fairly in the matter and
modify the order. at least for the
holidays
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TON LAWSON
.D[f|[} 6Rf[h
(Scripps News Assoctation.)

NEW YORK, Dec. IA reply
message from Colonel Greene to
Thomas Lawson states that Greene
will be at Lawson's office in Boston
at $3.50 this afternoon to denounce
him. The Boston broker changed the
place of meeting to the front of the
Old Plate house on State street, add
ing: Il herewith notify you that
will do all the denouncing that will
be done"
Colonel w. c. Greene, president of
the Greene Consolidated Copper Min
ing company, did not call on Thomas
W. Lawson of Boston yesterday to
hold him personally responsible as
liar. faker and charlatan," as he ad-
vertised this morning he would do.
Instead he explained that he would
see Lawson "at his own convenience"
Wall street was disappointed, for it
was fully expected Greene would
Lawson waited all day for Greene.
then sent a telegram calling him a
liar and inviting him to come and
bring a revolver with the 'notches
on It, ~
Thomas w. Lawson's attacks on
the stock market have caused me the
loss of $1.5OO,O0O in the last two
days trying to protect the stockh old
ers of my Greene Consolidated C0pper
mine," said Greene last night 'It
was. this loss that enraged me- and
made me publish an open letter de-
nouncing Lawson as a liar, faker and
charlatan."
Bulletin-Colonel Greene did not go
to Boston as he advertised he would,
He announced this afternoon that he
declined to make a fool of himself
by engaging in an encounter with
Lawson. Il was hot when I said it,
he admitted. '"The episode is closed"
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In his speech the bishop referred
TO the many contradictory statements
made by Commissioner Haudley and
took occasion to criticlse that Of
fetal for his apparent lack of back
bone.
Councilman Gray showed his SYM
pathy for the unfortunate vendors
deprived of the means of making a
living by making motion that the
president of the council confer with
the police commissioners with view
of securing modification of the
order.
1t was the sense of the councilmen
that the council could not interfere
in what was purely an executive
question mad that IL had not the right
TO order the police board to refrain
from doing what is provided for by
law. The only method now suggested
is to have the ordinance changed.
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Before the city council last night
Bishop McInturm made an eloquent
plea for the old soldiers, the cripples
and the invalids who have been de-
prived of their means of livelihood
by Chief of Police walters action in
inducing the police board to order
the peanut and popcorn vendors off
the streets. The cases of the i'm
poverished street merchants was put
to the council In n fair and convinc-
ing manner but without producing
definite action.
The bishop pointed out the great
hardships worked ON the men who
were unable to do anything like hard
work and suggested that the police
force was certainly able to handle
the Italian nuisance without driving
the worthy dealers to starvation.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14.-Jacob
Millers and Joseph N. Fellows killed,
two other firemen injured and prop
erty loss of s55O.OO0 is the result of
a tire that threatened the retail dis
trict at midnight
The buildings totally destroyed
were: Boutelle Bros, furniture house,
100000; C. II. Peck's photo supply
house, 100000 Bintliff Manufacture
ing company, art goods, $4,000; three
buildings on Fifth street and First
avenue, occupied by small concerns
and all owned by Mrs. Irene Hale,
loss $150,000. Powers department
store on First avenue was damaged
$4,000 by fire, water and smoke.
The fire started in the Peck con-
Germ and for a time threatened the
entire destruction of the retail dis
trict so far north as the West hotel.
At midnight appeals were sent to
st. Paul for help and two engines
were sent on a special train. At
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
ELECTRIC ROAD TO BE BUILT
THROUGH The PAL0USE

Articles of Incorporation of COM
any, the carrying out of the plans
IL which means much for Spokane
nd the surrounding country, were
led in the auditors office yesterday.
rhe incorporators are Alfred Cool
lge, president of the Traders Ma
ional bank of Spokane and Of the
,olfax National bank of Colfax John
Cwohy, member of the firm of
rwohy Bros, large contractors and
ional bank; F. Lewis Clark, CAPT
alist and one Of the largest property
owners in Spokane; +. A. Blackwell,
president Of the Coeur dAlene & Spo
kane Railway company and western
representative of the William How
ard Lumber company, one of the
large lumber companies Of the United
States; and Jay p. Graves, president
bf the Spokane Traction company and
I'm extensive stockholder in and man
|1ging director of the CRANKY mines
hnd smelter.
The company Is to be known as
|the Spokane & Interurban system. 1t
has capital stock of $3,5O0.000. and
|for it's objects the construction, equip
|ment and operation of electric and
steam railways. and the manufacture.
Transmission and sale of electric
|power.
Mr. Graves, who was seen today,
said: "The company Is formed pri~
marily to operate an electric railway
line from Spokane through the Pa
louise country. The line will be con-
structed and operated largely along
the lines adopted by the Coeur
d'Alene electric road, which has
proved so great success Several
electric passenger trains will be run
each way over the entire line every
day These trains will carry bag
gage and express matter and the
United States mail, II we can secure
. contract therefor. Freight in less
than carload lots will be carried by
electric cars, which will also carry
such local passengers as may be ac-
commodated thereby. Car freight will
be moved by steam power at night"
what route will the line follOw?"
That Is n matter not yet definitely
determined. Several preliminary sur
veys have been made, but the definite
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location Of the line will be made by
an engineer of national reputation"
Can you not give a general idea
of it's location?"
1T would be exceedingly general.
Probably it will run through Moran
Prairie toward Waverly, thence
through the principal towns of the
Palouse country to Moscow, Idaho.
and, ultimately, to a point or points
on the Snake river. The primary
consideration of shortness Of line and
ease of grade from terminus to ter
minus will govern it's location. If
these considerations prevent the
reaching of populous centers by the
main line, branch lines will be con-
structed. ! can only say that it is our
intention to thoroughly cover the Pa
louise country with our system.
I'VE will enter Spokane over the
lines of the Spokane Traction COM
pany. The Coeur d'Alene & Spokane
Railway company and the Spokane
Traction company now control site
155x175 feet, bounded by Washington
street and Sprague and First avenues.
y terminal company will be formed
to construct an up-to-date depot and
Office building there, and this will be
used for passenger depot and office
purposes by the three companies. Ex-
tensive freight terminals will have
to be provided, but the site for these
has not vet been selected"
"Where will you obtain your cleo
trio power?"
AT some near time we will, no
doubt, find 1t necessary to acquire
n power plant of our own. At the first
we can probably secure sufficient
power from the Washington Water
Power company"
"Mr. Graves. is this going to be
n local enterprise or foreign enter
prise? In other words, will its stock
be owned and its policies dictated by
people of this community, or will it
be controlled by some transconti-
mental railroad or allied interests"
IF our plans are carried out, 1t
will be purely and unquali1edly n
local enterprise As you will observe,
the corporators of this company are
men whose interests lie in Spokane
and the Palouse country. There will
be associated with them in this enter
businesses with which they are con-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
ACTRESS MARlifS
A MILLIONAIRE
(Scripps News Association,)

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IA dis
announces the marriage of Miss Ru-
dolph. the Sacramento actress, recent
ly injured in an automobile accident
In Los Angeles, In which a million
aire named Praod was killed; to
jefferson Graves of Fresno Cali
fornia. He Is the only heir of the late
Jefferson James OF San Francisco.
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lection to the laps In their advance
upon the position.
The first defense consisted OF u
single barbed wire. placed close to
the ground. Inside of this were foui
rows of pits. cnCh seven feet deep
four feet across the mouth aud two
feet across the bottom, miniature
elephant traps: in the bottom of each
securely Embedded In the ground, was
a sharpenod stake, so placed that It
impaled tho unfortunate who tumbled
into the pit I'm the darkness.
Inside this row OF pits was mar
row strip of solid ground. and then
came four more rows of pits. each
with Its impalng spike in the bot
| tom, and IN addition barbed wire en-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
COMPLAINT n SIGNED.

City Passenger Agent Harry Brandt
of the Great Northern has sworn
out a complaint against Ross Buck
man, the young man who confessed
to stealing Great Northern exchange
checks from his brother-in-law, Con-
ductor Anderson.
In the complaint Buckman is charg-
ed with getting $40 from the Ottinger
Ticket Brokerage company by repre-
senting a ticket exchange check as
good for use between Spokane and st.
Paul.
Buckman was bound over by Judge
Hinkle this afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
CHADWICK, REYNOLDS AND
SPEAR INDICTED

o'clock this morning, when Mrs.
Chadwick awoke on board the train
bearing her to Cleveland, she said
Good morning" to the reporters and
was served in her stateroom. When
the train reached Buffalo Mrs. Chad
wick sent for the morning papers,
which she glanced over. She remark
ed that she would read them carefully
before reaching Cleveland. The train
Is due In Cleveland at 11:10, but will
probably be two hours late owing to
a snow storm,
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from breach In the walls opposite
the exit, into trenches. The exit was
protected by chevaux de frise-com-
posed of barbed wire and sharpened
logs. intended to stop attack--and by
a horseshoe shaped redoubt.
The Japanese preached the entan.
clements and swarmed through the
moat and over the walls In three
places, overcame the defenders and
captured the position only after hours
of lighting, of character never be-
fore recorded. The fighting was done
in the night. and hundreds OF the at
tackers were lost in the pits and
moat. while others fell before the
terrible musketry and machine gun
fire.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
RtVOLUTIONISTSkILLtD
(Scripps News Association.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 14.-At
Odessa, Monday, the police surround
ed a house occupied by IS revolu-
tionists led by girl of 10. The girl
shot a police lieutenant from a win
dow. The house was barricaded and
the siege continued for As hours and
ended in a hand to hand fight in
including the girl. Eleven were
wounded. Two police We're killed and
nine wounded.
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tanglement, through which the Japs
had to cut their way. If they escaped
the pits aud merciless machine gun
fire of the Russians, they were met
by q moat, from 10 to 20 feet in
width, flooded with water and filled
with wire entanglements. Then came
the parapet of the fort, which was
raised about six feet above the plain
level, affording excellent shelter from
rifle fire to the besieged At each of
the three corners the machine guns
were located.
Inside the fort proper were the
bomb-proof living quarters and bomb
proof shell galleries.
As means of escape. the Russians
were provided with u gallery, leading
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

One fine Kranach & Bach piano;
several oil paintings; oak sewing
table; leather valise; closing iron
frame bedstead; white hair mattress,
goose feather pillows; bric-a-brac,
etc: prices very reasonable. Galena
building, stairs 106 Post, room II,
hours IL to 2 and to s p. m. 332
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prohibiting polygamy and against the
protest of the witness. At the time
of the marriage, the witness said
Cannon had three wives living. He
gave as his reason that Lillian Ham,
lin had been engaged to his brother,
then deceased. The witness thought
Joseph f. Smith performed the mar
riage, as he went away with the
couple.
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The great losses among the attack
ing Japanese columns at the battle
Of Lilo Yang was due to the formlda-
ble defenses built by the Russians
under Gen Stackelbergs direction,
The redoubt shown here was one
Of II similar redoubts which the
Japs attacked furiously and success
fully, but with tremendous losses.
Gen. Oku's' third division was nearly
annlnilated.
These redoubts we're built In the
cane fields around Lilo Yang and were
placed 80 that terrific fire WAS con-
eentrated upon the attacking forces.
All about the redoubts for a distance
the cane had been cut to height Of
three feet. offering inadequate pro
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
ABOLISH ENGINEER

Councilman Funk made a direct at
tack on City Engineer Gill and his
political machine during the meeting
of the city council last night
Mr.. Funk introduced a resolution
to direct the corporation counsel to
prepare an amendment to the char
ter abolishing the office of city engi-
neer. The resolution further pro-
vides that the board of city commits
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(Scripps News Association.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-With
tears streaming down her face, Mrs.
Fred Ellis, the former wife of Abram
Cannon, an apostle in the Mormon
church now deceased, told the senate
committee in the Smoot hearing this
morning of the plural marriage of
her husband to Miss Lillian Hamlin
after the issuance of the manifesto
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(Scripps News Association.)

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 14.-Tne
federal grand jury Of the northern
district of Ohio this morning began
its investigation of the Chadwick
case. After a conference, President
Beckwith was placed before the jury.
Receiver Lyon of the defunct Oberln
bank appeared as witness.
The grand jury returned five in
dictments against Mrs. Chadwick,
four against Beckwith and four
against Shears
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Mrs. Chadwick in Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 14.-Mrs
Chadwick arrived here at 2:30 o'clock
today A thousand people, many Of
whom were women, surrounded the
station to catch a glimpse of the pris-
oner. The woman was led slowly
and almost lifted into carriage.
Crowds followed the carriage to the
federal building, calling attention Of
passersby to the identity of the oc-
upant.
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OPERA HOUSE BURNED

STANFORD. Conn. Dec. 1.-THE
Ing the theater, offices and several
stores burned this morning. The loss
Is 100000.
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JAPAN ANNEXED
MANcEURIA

ROME, Dec. IA Toxic dis
Oyama has issued proclamation
professionally anneXing the southern
portion of Manchuria to Japan.
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EARTHQUAKE in FRISCO
tscripps News Associction)

(Scripps News ASSOCIATE tion.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. li.-There
was an unusually heavy earthquake
at 7:l0 this morning, which lasted
for several seconds. No damage was
done.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14
BAD BOYS.

Derredations by boys In Brownies
addition have caused the residents
there to complain to the police. w.
II. Hahlo, 1880 Pacific avenue, COM
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-12-14

Orders from eastern points for
Lewis and Clark souvenir dollars are
daily increasing in number. The
coins sell for two dollars apiece.
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JUDGE SWAYNE
IMPEACHED

(Scripps News Associatiop.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Speaker
Cannon of the house today appointed
ticles Of impeachment against Judge
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plains that the boys are making raids
on the front porches along that ave-
nue. and stealing rubbers and over
shoes left outside.
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at the Lewis and Clark Exposition
will be fitted up in the same manner
as a large service station. There
will be the regulation complement
them.
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Mrs. Chadwick in Good Spirits.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. 14.-After