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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-24
Il ADJUSTMENTS *

Clyde Fitch has returned from
five months stay in Europe, during
which time he superintendent the re-
hearsals of and witnessed the pro-
ducton of Truth in which Marie
Tempest scored such a big hit. The
play is to be produced in Holland,
Sweden, Germany and Italy. Mr..
Fitch wrote a play called Bluff, dur
ing his European stay, and it will be
produced some time this season
Daniel Frohman has disposed of his
interest in The Spoilers to Charles
+. Blaney, who is said to have paid
over ten thousand dollars for the on;
put. The play has been entirely re-
written since its production in New
York, and will now be produced in
high-class melo-dramatic manner.
1t will receive its first presentation on
Labor day.
Harold Wizard, quondam comedian
of the Augustn DAILY musical COM
pany, has been engaged by John Cort
for one of the principal comedy roles
in The Alaskan" the new Blcthen
and Girard comic opera which John
Cort presented for the first time in
New York, on August 18th.
Corinne has signed contracts Tor
forty weeks in vaudeville, opening at
Shea's, Buffalo, N. Y, the first week
of September. Her feature song
number will be a Mexican serenade,
MY Chiquita," which has been writ
ten for her by Alfred G. Robyn and
Howard Hcrrick.
"A Fool and His Girl" will be pro-
duced in Washington on September
80. But you won't have to 90 to
Washington to see fool and his girl;
you can see them airy evening, COM
ing in from Saltair.
Harry Corson Clarke, well known
to Salt Lakers will open his fall and
winter season at the Shubert theatre
Milwaukee, September Ist Margaret
Dale Owen has renewed her contract
with Mr.. Clarke for leading business,
this being Miss Owens fifth season
with the comedian.
A cable dispatch from Paris is re-
sponsible for the report that Frederic
Thompson is being urged by syn
dictate of Partisan capitalists to build
and operate Luna Park on the Seine
a few miles from the French a,,ital
The title of W. H. Cranes new play
of which George AIDE is the author.
is Father and the Boys" 1t is in
four acts and NJ AIDE is said to have
succeeded in WI. ing a play that. will
fit the peculiar style of Mr.. Crane.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-24

Stepanie Longfellow, who claims
to be grand niece of the poet Long
fellow, will be seen in "Checkers"
this season, playing the leading part.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-24

Lottie Levy James, one of Salt
Lakes talented singers, who married
a noted tenor of New York, Cecil
James, is visiting her parents in this
city. 1t is quite probable that re-
cital will be given by Mr.. James, as
sisted by Mrs. James, and one of
Salt Lakes leading instrumentalists,
in the near future.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-08-24

The title of W. H. Cranes new play
of which George AIDE is the author
is "Father and the Boys" 1t is in
four acts, and NJ AIDE is said to have
succeeded in WI. ing a play that will
fit the peculiar style of Mr.. Crane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
Street PILED WITH
BUILDING Material

Pedestrians along Post ST. and
Sprague av. have a big kick on the
board of public works these days
The reason they feel they owe
something to the members of the
board is due to the fact that the
General Contracting Co., which has
the contract for the Peyton block.
uses the streets of the city for
storage purposes. The work on
the Peyton block has been shut
down until next spring and in the
meantime the streets are occupied
by heaps of iron and other building
material. The expressions of re-
sentiment toward the commission
ers would not be so loud, perhaps.
were it not for the fact that the
contractors could clear the streets
in about half an hour by storing
their material in the unfinished
building.
1t is the general comment
among visitors to Spokane that
there is less restriction placed on
contractors and others occupying
the public streets in this city than
in any other city in the country.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
FALLACYOFEARL YMORlVINC
SALOON CLOSING

thoughts. 1t is the strongest sort
of inducement to crime. Many a
man goes wrong under such cir
cumstances who would not develop
criminal instinct enough to take
him out doors were he permitted
shelter and warmth in which to re-
adjust himself to the consequences
of his own folly. Put him out to
freeze and if he resorts to theft or
highway robbery, who reaps the
consequences. The saloonman or
the public?
If it is intended to confer any
real benefit by shortening the bust
ness hours of the saloon common
sense would suggest that they be
closed early in the evening before
their customers of limited means
and lack of prudence have thrown
away all their money. With moth
ing more in sight to drink even the
most bibulous will go to bed if
they have the means left.
But what has the law and order
element gained by shutting up the
ginmills for three hours AT the time
of night when there is little or no
prospect of the saloonman having
anything more to do than harbor-
ing the men homeless because of
him?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
SHOOTS AT DEER
KILLS. FRIEND

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. IS,
"A dispatch from Kalispell tells
Of the accidental killing of Forest
Ranger Charles r. Peterson, of the
Lewis and Clark national forest,
by Major George E. Doll, inspector
of rifle practice of the Montana ma
tional guard. The two men were
hunting deer and Peterson had
taken a position at a point where
he had agreed to remain until dark.
Some time before dark Doll shot
at deer, which ran from him, and,
following the trail, he saw the deer
plunging in the brush, and fired a
second time Rushing forward, he
found the deer had escaped, but
Peterson lay dead in the brush with
bullet in his brain.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
PUT PREMIUM
ON JOBS
EMPLOYMENT AGENTS Elk
TORT HIGHEST POSSIBLE
PRICE FOR WHAT WORK
THERE Is IN SIGHT NOW.

Complaint is being made of hold
up tactics resorted to by employ
ment Office men in taking advan-
tage of winter scarcity of outside
work to charge exorbitant fees for
what enjoyment they have in
sight. According to reports made,
the employment agents appear to
have taken the ground thar jobs
are now to be claSsed as Mxuries
commanding premiums. Where 81
or such a matter WIS charged last
summer, with the AgeYs on the
constant hunt for meas and more
is now asked and the applicant can
take it or leave it, as he likes.
An instance of this is cited by
working man who applied to the
All Nations agency in reply to a
call for wood cutters in this city.
He was told to dig up SO if he
wanted the job.
Another working man states that
the Carr employment office on
Front and Stevens, which furnish
ed work for as low as so cents last
summer, has jumped it's fee up till
it now ranges from $1.50 to $3.50,
and in one instance $40 was de-
manded for position paying $75
per month and board.
Investigation discloses a condi-
ton that amounts to. trust i'll the
local job market, all agents holding
what places they have for all they
can get out of them. The latter
take the ground that this is a regu-
lar application of the law of sup
ply and demand and that jobs are
worth two and three times as much
now to the man that hasn't one as
they were last summer. But the
man who is seeking work and finds
himself confronted with payment
of a heavily increased fee for the
privilege of working for less
money than he could have COM
manded formerly is unable to see
the justice of the application.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
COPS CLIMB after
SOCIALIST ORATOR

SEATTLE, Dec. 1S.-Forty more
socialists offered themselves on
their altar of self sacrifice by at
tempting to speak in Pike place.
The reserve force of police sta
toned there succeeded in arrest
ing all Of the speakers as soon as
they started to talk, with the ex-
ception of DR.. H. F. Titus, who
climbed to the roof of one Of the
market buildings and pulled the
ladder up after him. 1t took the
police 10 minutes to scale the
building, during which time the So
cialist leader made good use of his
opportunity.
After arrest DR.. Titus continued
speaking until he started down the
ladder in the rear. He was led to
the patrol wagon through the
crowd, which continued to cheer
until the wagon was lost to sight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
WOMAN FORGOT
AND OH MY!
HUSBAND SEARCHED IN VAIN
FOR WIFE AND FINALLY
TOLD POLICE SHE HAD DIS
APPEARED, WHEN SHE
HADN'T.

Because one woman forgot to tell
another woman's husband that the
other woman had been called to
attend a sick friend, Mrs. jesse
Wade was yesterday registered at
the police station as having disap-
peared, the anxious husband being
the informant. The woman who
forgot is Mrs. Douglass, landlady
at E12a Main av. Mrs. Douglass
says Mrs. Wade was summoned by
a friend at Lidgerwood Monday aft
ernoon and left a message to that
effect for her husband. But the
incident slipped Mrs. Douglass
mind and at / o'clock yesterday
morning, after searching high and
low for his wife, Mr.. Wade applied
to the police.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Wade
returned home to learn with
establishment that ner absence had
become matter for official inves-
tigation. Mrs. Douglass has the
task of squaring herself in an affair
between woman and woman, with
the man in the case just perceptible
in the back ground as the joker OF
the occasion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
PREFER DECREASED PAY
TO DECREASED FORCE

No extra pay is allowed for over.
time work.
In this the w. w. p. Co. em-
ployes have the best of 1t, being
allowed time and half for overs
time. They receive IS cents an
hour for interurban service and
city carmen receive rs cents an
hour for beginners, the scale in
creasing by slow graduation until
it reaches 33 cents an hour for 10
years service.
No reduction has been announced
on the w. w. P. system, but 1t Is
claimed the company is accomplish.
ing the same ends by discharging
the old men as they reach a stage
where an increase of pay should
fall to them and replacing them
with beginners. 1t is stated that
100 men have been discharged by
this method in the past few weeks.
The Traction and Inland men
were given the choice of reduced
wage scale or decreased working
force and chose the former in or
der to keep everybody busy
through the winter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
THESE
SW|NOLERS


Inspector Halliday, OF the city
electrical department. this morn
ing issued a warning to all persons
who have electrical work done
against cuple Of smooth swindlers
who have been doing about and by
representing that changes in i'm
stallation are demanded by the
electrical inspector, are cleaning up
considerable money The way they
operate is for one man to visit Al
place and say he is the electrical
inspector. He finds fault with the
work OF installation and leaves or.
ders that unless certain changes
are made at once, lights will be cut
off. Then the other man follows
with the information that he Is an
electrical wire man and wants to
know If there is any work to be
done. OF course the citizen who
don't want his lights cut off tells
what the inspector" has stated is
wrong with the installation, the
other man rights" matters and
collects money.
Inspector Halliday says that no
attention should be paid to any,
one who does not come from his
office and can prove 1t.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18

misunderstanding of report
rendered the Central Labor union
by the Garments union is RESPONSE
BILE for a statement yesterday that
the Traction Co. had raised wages.
The contrary is true. The Trac-
ton employees, including carmen,
electricians and all other classes of
labor on the payroll, have accepted
a reduction of 10 per cent in wages
on promise from the Graves
management that the old scale will
be resumed as soon as conditions
warrant. The same rule applies
equally to the men on the Occur
d'Alene and Inland systems.
What the carmen really gained
was a closed shop rule, or agree
ment that none but union men
would be employed.
The Graves street carmen have
been receiving rs cents an hour at
starting and 80 cents after three
years service. The passenger
trainmen on the interurban lines
have been paid 35 cents an hour.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
WANT UNION MADE
CIGARS SOLD HERE

Owing to the fact that local
members of the cigarmakers' union
have complained to the Central
Labor union that their products are
not being given a square deal in
the local market, E. A. Cooney will
introduce into the next meeting of
the central body a resolution ask
ing the local liquor dealers to
handle nothing but union made CT
CARS. AT the present time there
are only 80 or 40 cigarmakers in
this city. If the saloons alone
handled nothing but union made
cigars this number would be in
creased to about 500 men.
In his letter to the central body
Mr.. CAoney points out that the Ii
quor Interests need the votes and
good will of the laboring men, and
the working men are entitled to
something in return. If the liquor
interests want the support of labor
they should. according to Cooney,
do the fair thing and sell only the
product of local factories.
In speaking of the matter today
Mr., Cooney said it was notorious
that very few saloon men sold
union made cigars over their bars
They might have union goods for
sale, but in great majority of
cases it was necessary for pur.
chasers to demand the label
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
DARROW'S ILLNESS
May DELAY TRIAL

BOISE, Dec. 1S.-The continued
illness of Darrow may cause a de-
lay in the Pettibone trial. He was
not able to appear in court to-
day. and as a result the session
was devoted to reading of extracts
from the Miners magazine to show
that the federation bore animosity
against Stuenenberg.
Mrs. Orchard arrived today to
testify for the state and corrobor-
ate Orchards testimony regarding
Petitioners visit to his house.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
v. v. P. TRYING
To BUTT IN

Just what the intention of the
Washington Water Power Co. was
in filing with the board of works
yesterday a protest against the al
legged damming of the river, is a
mystery to city officials, but is
taken to be a legal warning In case
the river should later on be
damned to such an extent that it
would hinder the power of the falls.
The communication states that the
river has been damned with rocks
and sacks OF sand, and the com
pany protests on the ground that
backwater will damage property.
The fact Is that 500 yards of
rock has been removed from the
river. Sandbags have been sunk
there, though, but will be removed
In few days, as by that time the
piers and abuttments will be ready
for the concrete. A significant
fact is that the Traction Co., which
will be required to pay one half OF
the expense with the city. is salts
fed with the progress of the work.
and Chief Engineer Zimmerman, of
the company, is constantly on the
job, watching for any mistake in
construction. The w. w. p. does
not Mse the bridge.
The w. w. p. Co. claims owner
ship Of the river and general SUI
pervision of its banks. The com
pany was anxious that no publicity
be given its latest assertion of
proprietorship.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
. All slot machines must be Z
= abolished before March I, Z
. or prosecutions will follow Z
. under the state law. Z
o . q q . q q q 80 = q q

This was the edict which issued
from Mayor c. Herbert Moore's of.
fee this morning. The mayor gives
as his reasons that slot machines
are an abomination and should not
be allowed in the city.
THE council had the privilege of
righting matters last night he
said today, but now that they re.
fused to grasp the opportunity to
do this community much good,
am determined myself to rid the
city of this gambling device, be.
cause l think | am doing right in
making such a move. | must say
that was surprised that prom.
inent business men should petition
the council to allow the machines
to be maintained
The mayor sent a written com.
munication to Police Chief Rice
this morning commanding him to
arrest all proprietors or anyone
found with slot machine on
March 1, and furthermore, to con-
fiscate any machines found in op.
Grafton at that time.
Mayor Moore states that his &C
ton Is prompted only by his knowl-
edge Of the pernicious influence of
the machines, and not by any par.
ticular interests.
The council last night attempted
to make an indefinite sort of COM
promise on Pratt's antl-machine or
dinance by defeating it on the un-
derstanding that machine owners
should have until May before the
matter would be brought up again.
The vote stood for passage of the
ordinance, Pratt, Estep, Dalke,
Laumer; against. Brown, Funk,
Baldwin, Gray, Phillips, Lambert.
On behalf of the slot machine
men, Charles Lund argued for a
respite until May, claiming that
the proprietors would then be in
condition to stand the drain. He
said the cigar men had stocked up
with goods on the prospect of sell
icrsthem through slot machine op-
Grafton. Lund presented a petition
signed by the following business
men asking for delay:
w. s. Grinsfelder, by James Nc
Cougar; Powell-Sanders, by p. p.
Powell; Benham & Griffith, by A.
Benham; Washington Liquor Co.,
The Hotel Co. Incorporated, by w.
S. Norman: b. l.. Gordon, Riley
Bros, Siegel Cigar Co., Mason Erh-
man, by Meyer Abraham: M. A.
Gunst, by Leo Marx: Exchange Ma
tional bank, by X. d. Miller; Trad
ers National bank, by Aaron Kuhn !;
Spokane Table Supply Co., North
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
ONE BARTENDER
IMPLICATED
N. J. BARRY HELD AS ACCOM-
PClCE IN BEATING AND
ATTEMPTING ROBBERY OF
T. L. BROPHY.

N. ]. Barry, bartender at the
Manhattan saloon, was arrested
last night by Sergeant Sullivan and
Detectives Briley and Lister, on
charge of implication with others,
who are unknown, in assaulting
and robbing Thomas l.. Brophy, the
mining man who was found In an
almost dying condition early yes
terday morning on Riverside av.
Besides Barry, hack driver
named Williams Is also implicated.
Williams took the two men who as
saulted Brophy from the Manhat-
tan saloon to where he was dump
ed out upon the sidewalk. Williams
has not been apprehended.
1t is claimed that Barry, the pris-
oner, secured some of the money
which was stolen from Brophy. 1t
is believed the two men were
strangers in the city who met
Brophy while he was drinking and
followed him until he was helpless
and then robbed him. Putting the
threads of evidence together, the
police believe that the actual rob-
berry occurred in the Manhattan sa-
loon and that the hackman was
called to take the drunken mining
man away so that suspicion would
not be attached to the saloon.
But like a drunken man some
times does, it is believed while in
the hack with the two men Brophy
recovered enough to fight with
them. and that they struck him a
blow with a sandbag as he reached
the sidewalk and then ran away.
The Manhattan has been ordered
closed as a result of the attack.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
ALLIANCE VOTES
TO Affiliate

Acting on an invitation to afrl-
late with the Central Labor union,
the Structural Trades alliance last
night voted unanimously to accept
the invitation and the delegates
will so report back to their unions
1t has been over three years since
the local unions all mot in one
central body. The split in the
unions came when charter was
received from the a u. of L.. a
number Of the unions refusing to
affiliate with the new ganiZation.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
D0UMA DOOMED
/. AGAIN

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 1S.-
The dissolution of the douma is re-
garded as inevitable. Its demand
for a complete statement from the
government in regard to the naval
program will be resisted and az
most certainly refused.
Compliance with this request
would give the douma authority
that no proceeding douma dared to
ask. and it is not expected the car
will yield to 1t.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
FURRY IN FEED

Spokane feed dealers DO not sg.
ure that the furry In bran and
shorts on the coast will make any
difference in the local market. Two
sharp advances have been made in
Portland in the past As hours, bran
advancing from $2l to $23 per ton,
and shorts from $22 to $24. The
market there is very short on de-
mand
In Spokane bran is selling at 500,
shorts at $24 and bran and shorts
mived at s21. The supply Is re-
garded as sufficient to prevent any
noticeable increase above this
price, shorts being already at the
high figure IN Portland.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
finest WEATHER
ON EARTH

The weather bureau Their
mometer reached the low limit this
morning at o'clock when 1t regis
tered IL degrees above zero. That
wasn't so bad compared to other
places, but it was plenty for the
man that had to get up and start
the fire before or about that time.
But II you had been over at
Lander, Wyoming. this morning
you would have crawled out from
under the quilts into a % below
temperature. At Pocatello. Idaho,
II was 2 below, and 10 below at Re
gina, Canada. So cheer up and
Join the Smile club. Youll get
your sunshine right along then.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
TO FIX MINERS
WAGE SCALE

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1S.-This
city is today the scene of meet
ing of miners and operators in an
nual conference affecting the dis
trict of western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The
United Mineworkers will hold a
joint conference with operators to-
morrow in relation to the wage
scale for the coming year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
CITY ENGINEER
PAYROLL CUT

Owing to the depleted condition
of the appropriations for the city
engineers department, 80 engineers
and field men employed on various
city surveying jobs about town will
be laid off on Friday until after
Jan. /. when the new appropria-
tions are available. Since more
than a month ago the engineers Of
fee, as well as the water and
street departments, have been lay
ing off men so as TO keep expenses
of those departments within the APP
preparations, II possible.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
TO ENJ0|N
CORTELY0u

WASHINGTON, D. c.. Dec. 49,
George w. Austin, of New York to.
day filed in the district supreme
court suit to restrain the secre-
tary Of the treasury from making
allotments of the Panama canal
bond issue. The bill alleges that
the government will lose nearly
$1,000 900 If the bonds are all
lotted.
He contends the government haS
been defrauded in the allotment.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
HUNT SENTENCED
TO IA YEARS.

Judge Sullivan this afternoon
sentenced Z. b. Hunt, a real estate
man. 10 serve from one to IA years
in the penitentiary for fraud in
connection with land deal had
with w. S. Odell, Hunt entered a
plea of guilty.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
CLOSE RIVER TO
PROTECT SALMON

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1S.-After
conference with Pres. Roosevelt
today, Fulton, of Oregon. an.
nounced that the president will
probably issue an order closing
Wood river for the year to protect
salmon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
sP0kANE#AM
PILED UP M0FlT

In spite of finishing some dis
lance from the lead this season the
Spokane league ball team earned
profit of from $4,000 TO $4,000, ac-
cording to complete returns. What
the games earned for the Traction
Co. in street car fares is not given
out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-18
DARK NIGHT BUT
NO TROUBLE

GOLDFIELD, Dec. 1S.-Goldfield
was plunged into darkness last
night by a break in the electric
power wires caused by slide of
snow and ice in the White noun
tains. A slight panic seized the
city for a short time, as it was
feared that an attempt would be
made to start a riot. Nothing hap
pened.