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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30
COOPER COLLEGE CONTEST.
Annual Affair of the Prohibition
League at Sterling Successful.

Sterling. Kan, Jan. 30.-The annual
oratorical contest of the Cooper College
Prohibition league was held here last
night in the u. P. church with four
contestants for first place with the fol-
lowing results: Ralph Linsly, first
place; Mr.. Cyler. second; Mr.. Davis,
third, and Dave Linsly fourth. The
business men of the town presented the
contestants in cash as follows: SIS. 80.
Sc and So. AS reward for the work
the winner will represent Cooper in the
state contest to be held February Is.
The audience was also favored with
several pieces of vocal and instrumental
music Of a very high order.
nootor Iau,as AIbe-t E2errv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-30

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
NAVAL OFFICERS
ARE JEALOUS

WASHINGTON, D. c., July TO-
There is serious friction between
high naval officers. The question
has been raised that great naval
movements have been planned
without consultation with heads of
bureaus on which their execution
must depend. This question is
prompted by the discovery that NO
verbal or written order referring to
movement Of the fleet to the Pa.
cific has been received by any Of
fetal Of the navy department here.
The officers only know by public
announcement that the greatest
fleet Of American battleships ever
assembled Is to mobolize in the
fall for a Journey to the Pacific
They wonder If they are intention
ally being sighted or il the head
of the navy department forgot to
give them official notice.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16

Thebrewery proprietors and CON-
panies are lining up in preparation
for an anticipated fight in the city
council over Councilman Laumer's
proposition to increase the license
from $500 to $1,000 a year. The
brewers don't want their licenses
raised.
There are 210 saloons in the city
and the increase would mean an
addition of $4,000 year to the
city treasury. In years this In
crease would amount to enough to
almost pay for the new concrete
bridges which have been ordered.
The Schade, Inland and the Spo-
kane Brewing & Mating companies
control all the breweries in town
and probably all but so of the 210
saloons. 1t is argued that should
the license be raised, 1t would
mean that much money clear to the
city, as the numbers of saloons
would not be decreased any.
The brewers will make a hard
fight and believe they can defeat
the proposed increase. The custom
Of the brewery owners in the past
has been to secure the licenses and
then lease the saloons to saloon
men who pay for the goods and
license at so much a month. In
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
MISSING WITNESS
WAS SAFE IN JAIL

"Egad!' calculated Attorney Ed.
gar G. Riste in police court yes
terday afternoon when Prosecutor
Pugh insinuated that Sabatier
d'Annuzia, witness against Hazel
Belmont and Clara Stone, Riste's
clients, had been seen" when the
gentleman with lordly name failed
to respond. Riste was perpleXed
Interested parties might spirit a
witness away, but Riste couldn't
see himself in the act. The Italian
accused the girls of robbing him
of $3.50.
1t was all explained this morning
by the discovery that the witness
was locked up In Jail all the time.
He knew he was wanted in police
court and about noon went to the
police station, but on account of
poor English couldn't explain any
thing to the officers except that he
was witness" They just quietly
locked him up so as to have him.
And they thought he was little
bit crazy. too, perhaps. And there
he stayed the rest Of the day and
all night. He will appear when the
case is called this afternoon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
VICTIMS SUFFER
MORTAL AGONY

WASHINGTON. d. c., July 10
There have been no additional
deaths today from the explosion
yesterday on the battleship
Georgia, but several Of the injured
are growing worse and all the sur
vivors are suffering terribly from
burns and conclusion.
Official reports this morning say
that James Cruise is wore; Z. X.
Walsh's wounds will prove fatal
L. o. Meese, worse; J. A. Bush,
critical; j. A. Fone, same, with
some prospect of recovery: F.
Schlapp. favorable; o. Tagland,
critical; w. M. Thomas, critical;
s. l.. Rosenberg, hopeful; Rich. IA
vorable; c. Hansell, favorable: ].
Mallet, critical.
The death roll numbers Lieuten.
ant Casper Goodrich, w. j. Thatch.
err, w. ]. Burke, G. G.. Hamilton,
G. L. Miller, William Pair.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
CENTRAL LABOR
UNION

The Central Labor union spent
most Of last nights meeting In the
nomination of officers to be voted
on at the next meeting and discuss
ing differences with the lngersol
Amusement Co.. the leases Of Ma
tatorium park. Steps will be taken
to enroll the employees OF this place
in the various unions where they
should be affiliated.
The semi-annual election of Of
ficers takes place next Monday
evening. There was only 2 NOM
nations for president. those named
being j. c. McCracken OF the
Cook and Goodenough Of the Fed.
eral union.
Thomas Ivy, secretary and busi-
ness agent of the BARRIERS union,
and second vice president OF the
State Federation of Labor. was the
only nominee for secretary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
DANGER SIGNAL CASE
ON AGAIN TODAY

j. w. Baylor, manager Of the
Barber Asphalt Co., and l.. s. Muir
ply, foreman in the employ OF
the Washington Water Power Co.
were given a hearing by Justice
Hinkle yesterday on the charge OF
disobeying the city ordinance re
quiring that danger lights be placed
on work where the streets are
torn up and dangerous to public
travel at night. A. G. Avery, their
attorney, consumed all of the aft
ernoon in arguing that the com
plant was illegally drawn and fail
ed to state sufficient grounds upon
which to base an action. |
Finally further hearing was post
poned until this afternoon, when
after all other business is finished
with, Avery will be allowed the
floor to continue his attack.
The men were arrested on com.
plant of Street Commissioner ONO,
whose action followed his repeated
admonitions against disobeying the
danger signal ordinance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
LYNCH BUSY ON
HIS TUNNEL

]. A. Lynch, who has affected the
city council for some time with an
anonymous tunnel scheme, has be.
gun to dig without a franchise. AS
he is digging on his own property
he has a right to tunnel all he
wants to SO long as he does not en-.
croach upon other peoples prop.
erty. 1t is generally believed that
Lynch's activity is a scheme to
bluff the council into believing he
has sufficient backing to go ahead
with the work without disclosing
the identity Of the parents of this
tunnel project.
This is the notion held by Coun.
Gilman N. s. Pratt, who this morn.
ing said:
1T looks queer, doesn't 1t. ]
don't know what the mans object
is. OF course he has a perfect
right to tunnel around his own
property if he wants to. But he
hasn't got the franchise. 1t looks
to me like it was a bluff"
Some weeks ago Lynch appeared
before the council and submitted
his franchise proposition. He re-
fused to state whether or not he
had capital enough to build, or If
he had not, who his hackers were.
Attorney e. A. Belden, who repre-.
sents him, however, did state that
those who were behind the scheme
wanted big depot site and An en-
trance into the city that would be
clear Of other traffic.
The council looked upon the
franchise as speculative and re
fused to consider it until Lynch
tells who is backing him, or shows
evidence that he intends to build
and not speculate with it.
And councilmen are puzzled tC
know whether Lynch is now throw
ing dirt as proof of his burning
ambition to percolate through the
rock bottom of Canon hill or is
merely covering up his tracks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
HENEY GETS
SETBACK

SAN FRANCISCO, July 16.-The
state suffered a setback in the
Glass trial today when of its I'M
portant witnesses, both employees
of the telephone company, failed on
the stand to repeat evidence given
by them before the grand jury.
During the examination Mary
Ryan. Halsy's stenographer, Heney
and Delmas had a wordy clash iii
which Heney said he would meet
Delmas outside. Delmas respond.
ed by laughing at Heney.
John Krause, assistant to Halsy,
was the first witness. He had a
poor memory. The only admission
secured from him was that he saw
Mayor Boxton in Halsy's office a
number of times.
Miss Ryan's memory was equal.
ly bad. Heney could get nothing
from her to prove Glass ordered
Halsy to bride supervisors. She
admitted many supervisors fire.
Quently visited Halsy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
BREWER|ES LINED UP
TO BEAT HIGH LICENSE

this manner OF doing business, In
some instances, men who have not
cent of their own at stake, run
the places on the lowest possible
order.
1t seems to be the effort Of the
breweries to control every saloon
in town. If at first they cannot Sc
cure this control, they are content
to bid higher for lease of build
ing than the independent saloon
man, and then release to that In
dividual on condition that he use
the goods Of that brewery ex-
clusively. This amounts to a sort
of coercion, but Is generally ac-
cepted as the saloonman who owns
expensive fixtures would prefer to
use a certain brewers product than
to move out or sell out altogether.
The breweries have In the past
been power in local politics. They
are formed into an organized asso-
citation, and although there Is much
rivalry for business, they are COM
bined for their common interests.
They will bring every influence. to
bear upon the council to keep IL
from raising the licenses.
Propositions for increased IL
censes have come up in the past
but were always defeated by con-
certed effort, leveled against any
councilman who showed a dispOsi-
ton to favor the increase. The sa-
loon vote counts for something, 1t
Is admitted, and this, the brewers
argue, they control and will use to
defeat any future aspirations Of the
councilman
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
POOL FIGHT Up
|. TO COUNCIL

The Federated Civic clubs took
a hand in the poolroom and race.
track fight this morning when a
committee appointed last night
with c. L. King as chairman wait.
ed on George T. Crane, president
of the Interstate Fair association,
for conference.
The committee assured Mr.
Crane that the clubs had no ami.
mostly toward the Interstate fair,
but would not concede that race.
track gambling is essential to its
success. Nothing definite beyond
an expression of attitude de-
'veloped.
| After the meeting Mr.. Crane
stated that 1t was no further use
to antagonize the council, that this
body understood the conditions
Pand the matter now rests with
them.
This would seem to indicate that
Fthe fair management has come to
a satisfactory understanding with
the council.
The Federated Civic clubs meet
ing at All Saints parish house last
might represented II of the organi
cations in the federation and it was
very much anti-poolroom The
concensus OF opinion was that II
1t was choice between the pool
room and no fair fair the fair might
as well be abolished.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16

The fair management is entirely
correct in the assertion that the
latter will not come unless the
former find plenty Of inducement
to accompany them. The people
who visit the fair and unstinted op-
portunity to fleece them is the in
ducement.
However 1t may be worded, this
is just what the opposition to the
anti-pool room ordinance amounts
to. Without a. pack of sure thing
grafters there can be no racing at
the Interstate fair. Without rae.
ing there can be no fair. Take
your choice.
Racetrack "hustlers" or "touts"
as they are commonly known, work
in harmony with the bookmakers
and do thriving business getting
men to bet on horses that have no
show to win. A race will be fixed
up with ! good horse and lot Of
Skates" in it. The "hustlers" go
about among the women and men
assembled to witness the race and
induce bets on 1 of the skates"
odds on which are offered as an in
ducement to make lot of money
from a small investment.
II the victim is so gullible as to
allow the huster to place the money
for him, the money is never placed,
but "ticket" supposed to show
that the money has been bet for
him, is given him. OF course this
ticket is always on some firm Of
bookmakers not operating The
hustler" pockets the money and
never bets 1t, of course. There
has been known to be an honest
tout, but he is long ago dead and
buried and forgotten.
These individuals do big bust
ness and as a rule pay a heavy
price to police who allow them to
operate. They prosper because
men and women still believe they
can beat horse race. At the fair
grounds last year, when policemen
who desired to protect the public
would run tout off the grounds
the tout would appeal to 1 of the
bookmakers, who in turn would ap-
peal to Manager Cosgrove and he
would notify the police that so-and-
So was "all right" on the represen-
tations made him. The tout would
then operate at will. Cosgrove
could not antagonize the gambling
element. The life of the fair de-
ponds on them. The fair manage
ment is repeating this over and
over in appealing against the new
ordinance.
The populace last fall was
grated out Of thousands of dol
lars in this manner.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
HANGS HIMSELF
IN CITY JAIL
WHISkEY VICTIM DEVELOPS
SUICIDE SYMPTOMS THAT
ARE DETECTED JUST IN
TIME TO SAVE HIS LIFE.

A vain attempt at suicide was
made at $3.50 o'clock this morning
in the city Jail by Oscar Tomilin.
age AZ, a Finlander who was lock-
ed up week ago to recover from
the effects Of a prolonged spree.
Attorney Dick Nuzum went to
the jail to see client, and while
there heard gutteral sounds emen.
ating from cell No. /. He notified
Jailer Brockman, who opened the
door and found the Finn laying
partly on the cement floor with his
head held up against the bars and
his neck in the strap with which
the hammock is swung in place.
The man was strangling. His
tongue protruded and his face was
purple.
With the assistance Of the attor-
ney, the jailer unbuckled the strap
and the Finn fell helpless to the
floor. Other officers were called
and by pounding the victim on the
back and throwing water on him
accomplished a resurrection.
About the cell were strewn the
would-be suicides clothes, torn
into strips and knotted to form a
moose. Evidently the man had at
tempted sometime during the night
to hang himself, for the strips had
been broken several times.
When he had revived Tomilin
acted like he was going to have q
fit. He frothed at the mouth, his
eyes glittered and he attacked the
officers in an effort to get out Of
the cell. A straightjacket was
forced onto him by main strength.
Worn out with his struggles he
then asked the officers to hang him
and have it over with. He said he
wanted to die and would eventually
kill himself and the officers might
just as well allow him to do It
then. They declined the invita-
ton.
Sergeant Sullivan prescribed the
city rockpile as an antidote to sui
cidal impulses.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
CRUEL GENERAL
DYNAM|TEO

ST. PETERSBURG, July 49,
General Alikhanoff, former COVER
nor general Of Tiflis, was assassin
ated by bomb explosion at Alex
andropol today.
The revolutionists were angry at
Alikhanoff because of his methods
of suppressing disorders. He was
a Mussulman with a reputation for
cruelty toward all Christians. He
was twice degraded, once for en-
bezzlement and again for man.
slaughter. Today he was assas-
sinated while on his way home
from club.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
ElKS GRAND
LODGE MEETS

PHILADELPHIA, July 16.-
Judge Melvin, grand exalted ruler,
today called the first business ses-
sion of the Elks to order. A thou
sand delegates are present. The
election of officers is of the first
duties. Indications are that John
X. Toner. Charleroi, Pa, will be
grand exalted ruler. John Kohler,
Kenosha, Wis. and T. B. Mills, SUI
perior, Wis, are in the fight for the
grand trusteeship.
The new constitution adopted at
Denver went into effect. 1t is
copied afteh the federal form of
government.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
RUFF ARRAIcNED
ONCE MORE

SAN FRANCISCO, July To-
Ruef was arraigned this morning
onindictment charging him with Of
fering a bride in the Parkside rail-
way franchise deal. A weeks con-
tinuance was granted. He will
make a motion to set aside the in
dictment.
Schmitz appeared in court to
hear the decision in his motion to
set aside the indictment charging
acceptance Of bride In the gas
deal. The motion was denied. The
defense submitted demurrer,
which will be argued tomorrow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
GETS A WANT AID" HUSBAND

FOSTORIA, o., July ia Fos-
toria girl, Italy Crandall, and
Charles X. Strum were married at
Marshalltown, Iowa, the result OF
an advertisement in matrimonial
paper, followed by correspon-
dence covering period of weeks
and an exchange of photographs.
The groom sent Miss Crandall a
sufficient sum to pay for the trip
to Marshalltown and back, pro-
vided she was not satisfied with
him after seeing him. A telegram
received by her mother stated that
everything was found to be as rep
resented and that they were mar
ried. The bridegroom represented
himself to be successful young
farmer and the message indicated
that he told the truth.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
more REBUFF tai EVIDENCE.

BOISE, July 16.-Impeachment
Of all witnesses who alleged Or
chard was not present at the blow
ing up Of the Bunker Hill & Sulli-
van mill and recital Of Cripple
Creek conditions covered this
mornings session in the Haywood
trial. Nothing new was brought
out.
A. Tholman, former president Of
the Mine Owners association of
Cripple Creek, testified that Nc
Cormick and Beck were killed in
the Vindicator mine by bomb. He
explained how Orchard got into the
mine and why he made a mistake
in the levels. Otherwise his testi-
mony was unimportant.
The state arrested another wit
ness for the defense who contra
dicted Orchards story yesterday.
c. w. Aller, formerly ticket
agent in the Cripple Creek district,
was taken in custody on the charge
of perjury.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
PROPOSE PEACE
WITH v. v. P.

There is possibility that the
long standing fight between the
unions and the w. w. p. Co. may
be settled. Last night the dele
gates from the Electrical Workers
union asked consideration by the
Central Labor union of PROPOSE
ton to settle the difference existing
between that union and the power
monopoly. The delegates stated
that the company would agree to
give then Everything asked for
when the sh ;e took place except
ing the CLOSED shop" They stated
that they believed they could organ
ize the employees Of the concern
providing they were allowed to put
their members back to work.
The opinion of the delegates as
sebled was divided as to whether
or not to accept the terms offered
by the company.
Local union men who were seen
today said that the terms offered
by the company could have been
Secured at any time since the
strike took place and that to &C.
cept them would be nothing more
nor less than surrender on the part
of the unions.
y 1t was also stated that to accept
conditions other than those agreed
to by the Traction Co. was treat
ing that concern unfairly, as the
Graves people had conceded the
"closed shop" and every other rea-
sonable demand made by the
unions.
The Stree Garments union will
protest the proposed settlement,
as their fight against the big power
company has never been settled,
and 1t is probable this union will
Insist that the company be per-
mitted to search the country over
FOR men in the future, as has been
the case for months past.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
WOMEN ROBBED BY
RACE TRACK GAMBLERS
Merchant Cites instances In Letter to Mayor
Endorsing Action on Pool Room Ordinance.

That grating bookmakers and
racetrack riffraff do not devote
their efforts alone to robbing men
Is shown by a letter received this
morning by Mayor Moore from ].
o. Jeannot, l of the proprietors OF
Jeanpot Bros. store on North
Monroe ST., in which he charges, of
his own knowledge, that women
were grated last fall at the Inter-
state fair. The letter follows:
ITO the Honorable Mayor, Dear
Sir: am SO pleased with your
action against the poolroom holdup
that as citizen | take this method
of conveying to you my most sim
cere approval.
Personally l know a thing or
two about the contemplate rob-
berry at the racetrack last fall
which was a disgrace and shame,
to say the least Two of our lady
clerks, for instance, attended the
fair 2 afternoons and l lost $50
and the other $50. They were in
duced to invest on sure thing.
"A customer of ours, also, came
to town from the country to pay
for goods and get more, but went
out to the fair and lost all his
money-$350. 1t would be a thou
sand times better never to have q
fair If such robbery is essential to
It's success. 1t is simply cut and
dried proposition from the start
kN1 L.>1I
up. II such contemplate trash is
considered a good to any city,
those who so consider have only
their own interests at stake and
not those of the masses, and the
citizens and the business houses
that have a higher aim-one which
makes city"
Whether the business men who
as fair directors mean that way or
not. their present attitude of OPP
position to enforcement of the or
dinance is demand that this sort
of robbery must be permitted If
the Interstate fair Is continued
More than that, 1t Is an indirect
admission that the Interstate fair
races are fixed" even though the
management does demand square
racing. There is no such thing as
square deal as far as pool SELL
ing is concerned; the bookmakers
will not accept a gamblers chance,
; and the fair management can't
help itself.
The working theory of the bet
ting ring Is Get the money" Get
1t from men, women and children.
Get 1t anywhere, anyhow. The
bookmakers travel with the horse
men; their interests are Identical.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16
FINDS PURSE; GETS KISS

CLEVELAND, o., July 10
Shortly after Stephen A. Mcneil,
accountant in the city auditors Of
fee, picked up a well-filled purse
from the floor Of the Office, when
the rush of taxpayers was on, a
woman claimed it. She described
it's content and Mcneil handed the
purse to her. Thanks" she said,
and gave him kiss. While Nc
Neil was recovering from his EN-.
barrassment the woman disap.
peared.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-07-16

by vender Of ice cream The doc
tor says that although fish horn
was always considered by him as
the worst slumber disturbance ex.
cept trombone practice of a neigh
Dor, recognized in materia medica,
this ice cream horn Is the most UNI
earthly noise it has ever been his
misfortune to encounter.
The police will probably try to
influence the ice cream vendor to
change the key of his horn to bass
instead of Its high, shrill, unearthly
sort of tenor, of which he is now
the instigator.