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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
F0RGER IS
CAPTURED

Frank M. Metzger, who rooms in
the swell Hotel Pennington, was
captured this afternoon and posi-
lively identified as the dapper
young forger who during the past
month has passed worthless checks
on most of the prominent business
houses in the city. c. Colenatty,
proprietor of the Metropole market,
who was taken in on SIS check,
was standing near the Pennington
today when he saw Metzger enter.
When he came out again Colenatty
grabbed him and sent for Patrol
man Daniels, who placed him I'M
der arrest. The forger's scheme
was to represent himself as a well
known business man, order bill
of goods sent to that persons adj
dress, and then give a check. In
every instance he selected bust
ness man with whom the parties
he dealt were unfamiliar except on
reputation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
| ORDINANCE
NOW BEFORE COUNCIL

Corporation Counsel Geraghty
introduced into the city council last
night an initiative and referendum
amendment to the city charter to
be voted upon at the next municipal
election. In speaking of the amend
ment today Mr.. Geraghty said he
wanted 1t understood that he has
been an advocate of the initiative
and referendum law for years and
that he did not expect any opposi-
ton to the proposed measure on the
part Of the members of the city
council.
The amendment provides that Is
per cent Of the number Of votes
cast at the preceding election for
mayor will, when attached to Pc
tition to the city council requesting
the submission of an ordinance to a
vote of the people, make it manda-
tory for the council to do so. The
council shall be required to act
on the petition within 80 days. The
council can act by either passing
the ordinance initiated by popular
demand within the time limit or
by calling a special election at
which said ordinance without alter
alton shall be submitted to vote
of the people. No special election,
however can he held within six
months prior to general municipal
election.
In case the council should pass
the ordinance without it being
voted on by the people, the mayor
vetoed it and the council did not
pass it over his veto, the ordinance
could then be submitted to a vote of
the people.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
PUBLISHED WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR
PATTERSON FOR
GOVT. OWNERSHIP

readily call at per cent. Patter-
son said:
1.-THE power of railway potentates
is undiminished, and half a dozen
arrangements control all the lines.
These are combining to thwart the
government and mold it to their
ambitions.
Railways Hobbies everywhere
overshadow legislative sessions
and political conventions, putting
their guardians in public Offices and
binding those elected to serve their
wills. This deadening influence ex-
tends from the top to the bottom OF
our political system. Occasionally
the states elect a Cummings, Boise,
= Van Zant or Folk and the country
sometimes elects Roosevelt, but
even these cannot permanently
loosen the railroad grip.
Governmental ownership will
vastly improve the moral tone of
the nation"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
(Scripps News Association.)

NoCIIppS Nc"S AoSoSldtioii.J
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-There
was a noticeable lifting today of in.
terest in the Thaw case. Evelyn
concluded her testimony with a re-
hash of the story she first told and
was excused until Tuesday, when
Jerome recalls her in rebuttal. I'm
til Thaw's mother takes the stand
the testimony is expected to be dry.
technical evidence of experts Of lit
tie interest to the public, but Of the
greatest Importance to the defen-
dant. Since the attorneys learned
of the likelihood of Jerome calling
a lunacy commission, alienists
have watched every move Of the
prisoner so as to be prepared to es.
tablish the fact that he has fully
recovered his mental strength.
Evelyn and Mrs. Game entered
the room before the trial was re-
sumed. AS soon as court convened
Thaw's lawyers told them they
must leave. Evelyn was disap-
pointed, and tears filled her eyes.
She walked slowly out and smiled
at her husband through her tears.
Jerome explained to the court that
in rebuttal he would offer formal
denial of facts alleged and to do
this under the rules he must call
Evelyns attention to the subject.
Evelyn was recalled and came in
drying her eyes.
you've brother, Howard Mes
Bit" began Jerome.
Eyes, SIR
ION your return from Europe in
1903 did you tell your brother
Howard in substance that while
you were abroad you had been ask
ed by Thaw tot tell lies against
White and that these lies were that
he had drugged and mistreated you,
which story you told Howard was
false?"
Il did not"
Didn't you give Howard money
to buy you a revolver"'
II did not"
Didn't you tell your brother you
were compelled at the point of a
revolver to make such state
ment?"
II did not"
did you tell Howard these facts,
in substance, at some time?"
Il did not"
Each time the answer was re-
neated with greater emphasis.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
COUNTY ATTORNEY
MUST MAKEUP

Judge Poindexter this morning
denied a motion to dismiss the
charge of house breaking against
Ernest Presti. The motion was
made by S. T. Crane, attorney for
the defendant, on the grounds that
Presti had been detained in the
county Jail for over 80 days with
out information being filed against
him. 1t was denied with the under
standing that IL the state failed to
file new information within "a
hours the motion would be re-
newed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27

Submission of ordinances to a
popular vote is provided for as fol-
lows: No ordinance passed by the
city council except ordinances re-
lating to local improvements and
assessments therefor; ordinances,
the passage of which is required by
the general laws Of the state; ordi-
nances making annual appropria-
tons for the various departments
of the city government or ordi-
rances for the preservation of the
public peace and safety, shall go
into effect before 30 days from and
after the date of its approval by
the mayor or passage over the
mayors veto. If within 80 days
after the passage Of an ordinance
a petition be filed with the city
council signed by Is per cent OF
the qualified voters protesting
against the enactment of such ordi-
nance the same shall not go into
effect except as provided by the
charter amendment If it is found
that the required number of sig
natures are attached to the protest
the council shall submit the ordi-
nance to a referendum vote at a
special or general election. No or
dinance passed upon the initiative
Of a petition as provided shall be
subject to referendum vote.
The amendment received its first
reading at the council meeting last
night and was, upon a motion Of
Pratt made a special order for the
next meeting of the council in com
mittee of the whole next Tuesday
night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
To
STIR THINGS

The interest which local demo
Gratis feel in the annual Jeffersoniar
club banquet, April 10, was demon
strated yesterday by the attend
ance at the meeting of the execu
tive committee yesterday after
noon. The preliminary arrange
ments for the banquet were made
and several innovations introduced
Three prizes will be offered by the
club for the best orations on JEFF
ferson by high school pupils. The
prizes will be divided as follows:
$3.50 for the first, $3.50 for the
second and IS for the third. The
school board or principal will ap
point the judges and the board will
be asked to appoint day for hear
ing the orations. The object of the
club is to induce the pupils of the
public schools to study the life and
principles of Jefferson.
Another innovation will be the
nomination and election Of officers
at the annual banquet. Each mem
Der will have an envelope placed on
his plate containing blank ballot
and he will write his name and vote
for any members he wishes. There
will be no nominations made, each
member making his own nomination
and voting accordingly.
1t proposed to have a number OF
the most prominent democrats in
the west attend the banquet, and
invitations have been sent to
Mayors Moore and Wright, of Sc
attic and Tacoma; Governor Cham
berlain, of Oregon, and Governor
Toole, of Montana. Ex-Congress-
man w. c.. Jones was selected to
act as POSTMASTER. The reception
committee will be enlarged that all
visitors can be properly welcomed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
THAW'S SANITY ON TRIAL

Didn't he say to you that you
ought to have some way to pro-
tect yourself, and suggest that YOU
carry a revolver"
HE did not"
Did he buy you revolver"
mo; he did not"
Lengthening pause between en-
phatic words each time.
did you ever carry revolver?"
"Never in my life"
Evelyn was here excused again.
Delmas called DR.. Bingaman, the
Thaw family physician at Pitts
burg, to the stand Bingaman said
he saw Thaw at The Tombs in Au-
gust and September and he was
then irrational, laboring under de-
lusions.
Jerome asked Delmas to allow
him to take over Bingaman as a
witness for the state and submit
him to direct examination, SO the
doctor could return home. Delmas
refused and said the regular pro-
cedure must be followed. Jerome
then asked Delmas how long it
would take to get in his testimony.
Delmas asked how long Jerome
would require to examine experts.
The prosecutor said about a day
and a half, and Delmas said he
would conclude his case this week,
in that event. Jerome decided that
Bingaman must be held in this
city until Monday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27

A nemploye of the Crescent store
today verified the statements of the
officers of the Central Labor union
that the girls and women employed
there had been induced by misrep-
resentation and other influences to
sign APP rotest to the legislature
against the adoption of the eight
hour law for women employed in
factories, laundries and stores.
According to the informant of
this paper, the protest was placed
before them for their signatures,
accompanied with a bulletin which
stated that among other things, II
the law passed they would be paid
by the hour, and every minute they
were late for work would be locked
from their wages. The company
did not give the girls copy of the
proposed law, contenting itself with
pointing out the disadvantages"
OF the measure to the employees.
An officer of the company stood
sentinel as the girls signed in or
der to see that everything happen
ed as per schedule. The employees
were not told in so many words
that they would be discharged If
they did not sign, but We're made to
understand in an indirect manner
that they would lose their standing
with their employers in case they
refused. Under the circumstances
they signed the petition.
The management of the store inn
plicated denies the charge of coer-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
BOARD OF HEALTH BARS
BIRCH SPRINGS WATER

After an analysis OF the Birch
Hills mineral springs water the
board of health yesterday after
noou ordered the local company at
2tl Front av. that distributes table
water to families to cease such dis.
tribution within "A hours. or be sub
ject to punishment under the city
health ordinances. Inspector Rein
valid some weeks ago took a sample
Of the water and Bacterlologist
Robins found it to contain peculiar
~ offensive germs.
The company was directed to
cease using the water at once, but
disregarded the order, On the plea
that tie springs had been cleaned
out. A later sample was taken,
which showed the prcseRce OF dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
TEACHER DIED
WITH PUPILS

MONTREAL, Feb. 27.-Principal
Maxwell and 16 of her pupils is
the death list of the fire in the
Hochlelaga school here yesterday
afternoon. Children in the kinder
garten department on the second
floor became frightened by the
smoke that had accumulated in the
hallway and refused to proceed fur.
Their down the steps but rushed to
the rear of the building, where fire
men were unable to rescue them
on account of the dense smoke
Miss Maxwell was requested to
leave the building in order to save
her life but refused and heroically
stayed with her frightened pupils.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
Promoters GONE
With THE FUNDS

Irate subscribers to the cumula-
tive scheme of the Standard Land
& Investment Co. today are hot af-
ter L. M. Thomas, its president, and
E. e. Holloway, vice president, who
have apparently disappeared with
all the funds of the organization
as we'll as more than 900 belong
ing to Joseph Haupt, an old Ger
man farmer, whom they elected as
their secretary-treasurer, but who
in reality was nothing but their
dupe.
Last Monday Thomas and his
wife left the Trenton hotel and told
the landlady they were going to
Missoula, Mont, for a few days.
Thomas failed to notify Haupt, and
Holloway disclaimed any knowl-
edge Of his whereabouts. Since
then Haupt has grown suspicious,
but was Modified last night when
Holloway told him that he had
bought Thomas interest for 5000
and that Haupt was to dig up an
other 500 and be in on it. To
make the bluff good, Haupt says,
Holloway announced that the com.
pany was to begin an active rental
business. He went further and or.
dered two dozen board signs
painted.
This MORNING he also has dis
appeared. The Office desks, when
Haupt reached the place, were dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
TRAINS STILL LATE

Most of the recent railroad
troubles are now apparently at an
end, and No. on the o. r. & N,
il but 40 minutes behind time this
morning. No. %, a freight, will ar
rive in due time. Some little de-
lay is reported on the Northern Pa
cific, some of their trains being
il hours late, due to the wreck at
Ellensburg. No. l, on the Great
Northern, from st. Paul, is about
seven hours behind time today, and
a general delay is reported all
around, occasioned mostly by heavy
loads being drawn over most sec
lions of the line.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
HARTMAN CAPITALIZED
THE FUTURE, HE SAYS

personally since July 1, 1906, for
$2,022,5 $40 He declined to state
the price OF time at which he Sc
cured the stocks. He didn't con
slider that the road paralleled or is
competing with the Union Pacific
He said the New York Central
stock the Union Pacific purchased
since July / was bought in the
open market. At the conclusion OF
Harriman's testimony Otto H
Kuhn, of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. was
called.
Kuhn testified that before he
purchased the Southern Pacific he
had an understanding with Harri
man that the Union Pacific would
DO taken in.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27

The old row between the mayor
and councilmen that is always
smoldering at the city hall has
broken into print again, this time
over the question of jurisdiction OF
the board Of public works. Inc
particular instance is the work
needed on the Howard and Wash
ington SITS. bridges
The mayor has roasted a fraction
Of the council, composed of Pratt
and Estep, for the months of delay
that have ensued in the bridge mat
ter, and denounces the councils in
tention to hire an outside engineer
to superintend the work as I'M
pertinent and illegal. The mayor
holds that the board of public
works has the right to say who
shall supervise the bridge work.
The council, on motion of Pratt,
has provided that the Wallace
Coates Engineering Co. name the
engineer to have charge of bridge
repairs. Pratt does not attempt
to conceal his distrust in any city
work started under supervision of
the city engineering department,
but claims that he Is not opposed
to the day labor plan II control is
removed from Mayor Daggett and
his appointees. He and Estep both
contend that the mayors design Is
purely political in that he intends
to entrench himself with a big
force of men employed In city
work at this time to be organized
into support for the coming city
campaign.
In substance, the mayor accuses
minority Of the council, two
members really, with power to OBJ
struct legislation, and places on
them the responsibility for the
bridge work delay.
And thus it goes while the pub
lie meanwhile makes the best of
the miserable and unsafe bridges
provided. AS to the merits of the
contention, both sides are probably
right. The councilmen opposing
the mayor have contested his plans
at every turn on any proposition.
That they're against him has been
deemed sufficient reason. The
mayor on his part is playing poll
tics for all 1t is worth, The balance
of the council appears huddled up
like so many sheep, instead Of TAX
ing the situation in hand and end
ing the waste of public time and
money now going on at the city
hall.
The proposition suggests the adj
visibility of thorough cleanout
all round. A city of Spokane's i'm
portance putting up with such
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
(Scripps News AssociatiOn.)

(Scripps News Associatlon)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 81
Patterson in the senate today ad-
vocated government ownership Of
all railways, the properties to be
taken over under condemnation
proceedings at the estimated mar
ket value of $11,000,O0U, 000 He
held that the commerce and post
roads clauses of the constitution,
under the supreme courts inter-
probation, give ample authority for
governmental acquisition of rail-
ways doing business within the
states as we'll as those engaged in
interstate commerce.
Patterson presented a compre-
hensible plan of operation, calling
for a partisan transportation
board acting under supervision OF
an enlarged interstate commerce
commission. He contemplates the
exchange of securities to finance
the scheme and declared the bonds
issued for that purpose would
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
THEY LET HIM GO.

Chief of Police Waller, and the
local walters union, are mad about
the way they do things in Los An
feles. After advising the local au
thorities that Frank Smith, the EN-
blezzling ex-treasurer Of the wait
ers' union, was in Los Angeles, and
some correspondence by telegraph
Chief Kern last night advised Chief
Waller that Smith had smelt rat
and fed to Ryolite. New. Authors
ties of the latter place have been
communicated with.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27

mantled and the books scattered
about. Accounts are jumbled bad
ly, but Haupt estimated that his
partners, besides the $1,000 they
secured from him, are several more
hundreds ahead.
Haupt met his partners In Taco
ma year ago, where they were
running a similar business. They
induced him, he says, to go in part
nership with them and open bust
ness in Spokane. He took third
interest for $1,000, and his name
as secretary-treasurer of the COM
pany, was printed on their letter.
head, which announced capital OF
$4,000.
Last November the concern
moved to Spokane and opened
Offices at 20S Mohawk block. They
did a thriving business. having
about 100 subscribers. The scheme
was for each one to pay $1.25
week, and each week premiums
would be paid on ,ne contract
numbers in rotation. Some SUBJ
scribers had as many as five con-
tracts. The premiums were 80
per cent Of the amount paid in, so
the company claimed, and up to
last week this so-called 80 per
cent was promptly paid to the con-
tract holder with the ensuing num-
bor
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
HosTIKA CONVICTED

In Judge Huneke's court yester-
day, after a few hours delibera-
ton, the jury detailed on the trial
of the case of A. J. Hostika
brought in a verdict of guilty at 8
o'clock to the charge of criminal
assault upon Carrie Warren. This
case was dismissed Jan. 81, but the
plaintiffs were granted leave to file
new information, which they imme-
diately did, and upon which the de-
PENDANT was tried and convicted
Yesterday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
SHAKE THE CHAIN GANG.

Dan Sullivan, with one leg in 6
plaster of paris cast, and John
Chilly, both serving $25 fines fol
vagrancy, made the first escape
from the rock pile on North How
ard st. early this morning while
Patrolman McCloud, who was in
charge, was getting the men organ
ICED to begin work. Sullivan and
Chilly were among the first to gel
tools. They went to distance tc
begin breaking rock and when the
opportunity came disappeared.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27

ease germs, and the peremptory or.
der followed.
Dr.. C. V. Genoway, head Of the
health board. today said that dur
ing the winter, when the spring was
frozen up, the company instead OF
distributing spring water. subjected
city water to filtration and dis
trlbuted 1t in place of the product
of the springs. The Birch Hills
Spring Co. advertises its water as
"a million gallons without
germ"
Manager Gleason, when asked
about the order of the beard this
afternoon. said he had received no
such order and that there was
nothing TO it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27

(ScrIpps News Associatlonl
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.--Harriman
again took the stand this morning,
Fish was not present at the open
ing. The keynote of Harriman's
operations was what he termed
"capltalizlng the future" The com
missioners will likely report that
the only beneficlaries they have
been able to find Of the gigantic
promotions are Hartman and asso-
ciates. Shippers and the public
should haze gotten some of it,
Kellogg began this morning by
asking Hartman about the st.
Joseph & Grand Island railroad
matter. Hartman testified that
the Union Pacific has purchased
stocks Of that company from him
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
DOCTOR SUES SCHADE

DR.. Thos. A. Russell has filed suit
against the Schade Brewing Co.
for $1,1S6, which he claims as fee
for attentions to John Dickens
dorfer, who was seriously injured
by falling from scaffolding in
December, 1905, while in Schade's
employ. The medical account was
charged to the company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
WOMEN WILL JOIN UNION.

The Clerks union has secured
Apollo hall and will meet there
Tuesday evening. 1t Is expected
that a number of women clerks will
join the union at this meeting and
there is long list of applications
to be acted on. The union was only
recently organized but it has a
membership of nearly 200 with
more applicants coming in daily.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses were this
morning granted to Paul W. Knuth,
of Spangle, Wash, and Martha S.
Gotham, of Spokane; VIM. H.
North, of Wallace, and Alice C.
Slice, of Spokane; VIM. Hardy, Of
Illinois, and Lydia Thees. of st.
Paul; Moses Slinkard, of Rosalia,
and Grace A. Harmon, Of Pine
City, Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
WOULDN'T SUPPORT HER.

Louise Roustein began divorce
proceedings this morning against
her husband, Wolf Roustein, on the
grounds of desertion and non-sup-
port. Mrs. Roustein alleges that
he would never contribute any
thing to the support of herself and
their one child, and In 1902 he de-
serted her altogether.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
TO SETTLE STRIKE

The council last night adopted a
resolution to arrange for an arbitra'
ton committee consisting of three
men selected by the Washington
Water Power Co., three by the car
mems union, and three selected by
the six, to settle the Garments
strike. Baldwin, Laumer and Phil
lips were appointed as the COM
mittee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-02-27
TRUANCY LAW ARREST.

c. E. Richards, mail carrier,
living at ESQ Third av., was ar
rested this morning by Sergeant
Sullivan ON a charge of allowing
his son to remain out of school.
Richards was later released on his
own recogizance and told to be in
court this afternoon, so the date
for his hearing could be determined
by Justice Hinkle.