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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

This is good message from President Roosevelt
Even his opponents will be compelled to admit it is both
safe and
AT all events, it is wonderfully in harmony with the
views of the people a whole.
You will be glad to that the president does not
abae in the least his attack upon dishonesty and fraud
but maintains that there must be unfnchng perserver
in the against successful dishonesty
few sentences from correlated sections will give his
entire viewpoint financial matters:
He writes that combination is necessary and lnevlta
BILE; that both corporation and labor union have to
stay; that the antitrust law should be amended to forbid
only the kind of combination which does harm; that the
currency system is serious defective, and demands
greater elasticity with provision for emergency currency
Further than this, he makes recommendation except
to urge that the trust companies should be subject to the
same supervision banks. He disavows centralzaon
but asks for extension of federal activity in matters
of interstate with national railroad ncor
poraton giving commission power pass upon the
issue of securities.
He recommends both Inheritance and incomes tax.
He specifies sentmentaity and technically the two
great evils of criminal law and strongly attacks the
abuse of the in junction
There is strong section employers liability. He
wants machinery to deal with industrial troubles, and
recommends district and territorial child labor laws at
the time urging that each state adopt similar
for itself He urges the Mississippi waterway and
recommends both the postal savings bank and the parcels
post.
There is special qualification to be found in his remarks
concerning the racine coast, 1Or he WrteS Our coast
line is on the Pacific much as the Atlantic The inter
ests of California, Oregon and Washington en-
phacaly the interests Of the whole Union those Of
Maine and New York.
He asks for ships and more docks and more for
titled harbors the Pacific and also increased pay for
the officers and men of the army and navy.
Two paragraphs of special interest the CRITICS.
ing the public school system tending take the chill
dren too far away from both the farm and the Workshop
and that suggesting congressional appropriation to
he lpoit
ties, with publication of other subscriptions and all dis
bursements.
AS whole, the message is thoroughly American
strong ncsive plain spoken yet NOT overly radical and
revolutionary.
We may not ndorse its every word but it is one of the
best things President Roosevelt has done
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
Looking for the Tail of a Good Stout Kite

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. A.
The most persistent and eloquent
boomer of T. r. for third term
in the northwest is Henry c. Hans
brough, senator from North Da-
kota.
Hansbrough used to be an edi-
tor, and he knows pretty well
what the people like. He says in
his meek Of the woods" they like
T. r. and his way of trying to do
things for the people. And he says
they like both well enough to
want another tiers of it whether
there is historic precedent
against a new primary election
law" in his state. and must make
a hard run to be elected. On &C.
count OF suspected railway affilia-
tons he is none too popular and
the tail of the Roosevelt kite
would help some.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
Let Wall Street Squirm-- The Farm
Breaks All Records for Prosperit,

and laugh, serenely comfortable, in
evitably safe.
Schemes of high finance may tot
ter and fall, stock may drop to the
lowest level like plummet, but
the country must be fed. The
farmer has the provender
His is independence, freedom,
comfort Back to the farm.
The annual report of Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson shows that
all records for farm wealth produc-
ton in the United States were
broken in 1907. The total value of
farm productions was slap, 100000
or 10 per cent greater than in 1906,
which had far exceeded any for
mer showing.
This is more than Is times as
much as the estimated gold produc-
ton of the entire world for this
year.
In many crops the production fell
below the figures of preceding
years, but almost invariably the
value exceeded all former records.
This year the farmer will have
more money to spend, more to in
vest, than he has ever had before
out of his years work. The finan-
cial furry will not affect him.
Here are the values of some of
the fruits of his toll;
Rye, $23.000,0O0.
Hops, 100000.
Rice, $19.500,O00.
Oats, s360.0O0,O00.
Wheat. s650,000,000.
Barley. $115,000,00O.
Tobacco, SCI, 000,0 900.
Cotton. s675, 100000.
: Buckwheat. $4,000, 1000.
Flax seed, $26,000,000.
Potatoes, $190.O00,0O0.
Dairy products, 100000, 900.
Sugar and molasses, $4,000. 900
Poultry and eggs, 100000, 900.
Corn, estimated, $1,000, O00. 900.
Animals, sold or killed. $1.T0.
600, 900.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
CHAPTER XII.
The Express Letter

Eyes, | remember it quite dis
tinctly," the clerk said. thought
fully. You see, Madam Leona
Fare. the great French actress, is
staying in the house, and she did
not come in till just 2 o'clock.
After l had given her her key
Mrs. Delahay came up and asked
who the lady was. She wanted
her key, too, which she told me
was missing from the door of her
room"
"Oh, indeed" Dallas said softly
She had just come in, | suppose
Had she taken off her things?'
NO" the clerk said. She had
just come in from the street. |
had to explain to her how it was
that the key had found its way
back into the office again"
She did not appear to be an
noyed at that?"
Not in the least. Indeed, she
seemed to be rather amused at her
own carelessness. No, l saw
nothing suspicious in her manner
l think that is all | can tell you. u
POSSIBLY" Dallas said. But
there is one other little matter in
which you may be of assistance.
suppose you can recOllect the
night that Mr.. Delahay left the
hotel. Did he happen to ask for
letters or anything of that kind
1t would be quite the usual thing
to do. Of course, it is a small
point"
There were no post letters,
the clerk interrupted. But just
as Mr.. Delahay was going out a
messenger boy brought an express
letter for him, which he read
hastily and then asked the hall
porter to call him a cab. No,
can't say that the message dis
turbed him at all, but it seemed
to hurry him up bit just as a
telegram might have done. That
was the last | saw of him"
On the whole, Inspector Dallas
was not disposed to be dissatisfied
with his mornings work. He had
discovered some important facts
AS he walked briskly down the
steps of the hotel he met Lord
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lahay," the latter said by the
way, inspector, that was femark-
able evidence which Stevens vol
unteered this morning. But, of
course. he was mistaken"
well, I am not so sure of that,
my lord" Dallas replied. Really,
, | don't know what to make of it.
At any rate, l know that for two
hours, between II and 2, Mrs De-
lahay was not in the hotel
The detective then told of his
discoveries.
All the healthy color left Ra-
venspur's face.
This is amazing" he said.
yet | cannot believe that Mrs.
Delahay has been deliberately de-
ceiving us. l will go up and see
what she has to say for herself. l
suppose | am at liberty to tell her
what you have just said to me?'
Il don't know why not" said
Dallas, after a thoughtful pause.
Il hope you will make her see the
advisa bility for accounting for her
movements. She is standing in an
exceedingly perilous position
Ravenspur was not destined to
make any impression upon the
widow of his unfortunate friend,
for she refused to see him. He
returned home.
1t was nearly 7 o'clock when
Walter Lance met his uncle in
the library.
81 am sorry to disturb you" he
said, "but | have something seri-
Gus to say to you. / have been
reading today's evidence in the
Delahay case, and was so inter
ested in the matter that l went to
Scotland Yard and had talk with
Inspector Dallas. 1t sees to me
that Mrs. Delahay has placed her
self in a very compromising posi-
ton"
Walter then related his expert
ences at the theater, telling of the
startling impression made upon
him when the woman whom he
identified as Mrs. Delahay ap-
peared for moment at Valdo's
dressing room.
"Impossible!" Ravenspur cried
in great agitation. when Walter
made this announcement. ''The
thing is absolutely incredible.
| cannot believe it."
Nevertheless, am stating moth,
| ing but the truth" Walter said
"As sure as l am standing here
saw Mrs. Delahay. And now you
know why l am sure that there is
something more behind this than
| has yet come to light"
(To be continued)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04

C. Reed, and the majority have put
in applications during the past
week for work elsewhere. Several
already nave received good offers
and there is a prospect, by no
means remote, that there will be
a general migration of the school
ma'ams' from this city after
is it would be hard to discover, but
1t is certain that all are anxious to
shake the dust of the city off their
feet. with the exception of the few
whose homes are situated here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
HELLO GIRLS SHOW
FRATERNAL SPIRIT

The Bakers Dozen, a social or
ganization of former telephone
girls in this city, is planning a
benefit dance to be given Dec. IL at
Corbin Park hall for the benefit OF
one of their friends who has had
the misfortune to lose limb as the
result OF an operation. The object
of the benefit Is to purchase an
artificial limb. The girls are sell
ing the tickets at 81 per couple.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
AFTER BOYS PENNIES

A footpad attempted to hold up
Raymond Summers. newsboy,
age 16, about 6 o'clock last night
ON Sixth av. near Sherman st. The
man was unarmed and unmasked.
The boy took to his heels.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04

pife in British "huppe succe instead of de-
In the English evidence
elite
hardly moycodde with
"chinchin din
gided youth
tootleloo" idiotc
farewell sautation
the is spreading the common people 49,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
TOOK TIME AND MONEY

Room of the Ago house, oc-
cupied by Fred Waters, was en-
tered last night by a burglar, who
stole watch and $25 which
Waters had under his pillow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
ScHOOLMA'AM REVOLT

NORTH YAKIMA, Dec. 4.-Prac-
tically all OF the teachers in the
North Yakima schools are up in
arms against the superintendent, d.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. A.
Great Is the American farm.
Aladdins lamp wasn't a circum'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
$500 Boxes of Hand
kerchiefs SIPS

Ladies' lace trimmed linen handkerchiefs
sold by us regular at $500 for a box of g.
An extra good Xmas gift bargain on sale at,
a box Observation-Disclosures. SIPS
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
75c Bust Ruffles on
Sale Tomorrow 49c

Ladies' lawn and dotted swiss bust ruff
f1es, necessary addition to many ward
robes; neatly made and trimmed with Val.
lace and beading; on sale at cost. ...... ACC
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
$500 Boys Suits on
Sale at $1.23

Boys suits that we sell all the time at
$3.50, $2.75 and $500 to fit to Is years. in
blues and blacks; good values at regular
prices; on sale tomorr ow ...$1.23
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
$1.OO Underwear on
Sale at, each 69c

Mems natural wool ribbed underwear;
correct weight for present day wear; double
breasted shirts; all sizes in both shirts and
pants; on sale Thursday, garment. 80. CSC
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
A Good Neck Fur
Bargain--$1.98

Something to keep you warm during the
cold days of winter: black or brown; double
Coney scarfs; well made; fast dye skin: on
sale Thursday, each. .......... $1.o8
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04
$500 Night Gowns on
Sale at each Sligo

Ladies' outing flannel night gowns, in
pink, blue and gray stripes, trimmed with
feather stitched braid and with facing of
solid color fannels; on sale Thursday $1.69
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-12-04

Ladies' is Button Length Cape Gloves
In all sizes; the best winter gloves you can
buy very heavy; an excellent GO 1E
s4.25 quality on sale tomorrow. .@0. 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-18
Wharf Work Along the Potomac.

The wharf at Colton's Point Md. short
distance from Blackistone's Island has
recently been rebuilt by Mr.. Harry Love-
Its owner. and is now In thorough order for
the reception of passengers and freight
from the steamers from this city. The pier
and the walkway to the shore has been
braced and new flooring laid where needed.
Plans have been completed for the cree
ton of a new pier and warehouse at Deep
Point. in Nomini creek. The construction
work will be started I'm a few days. The
new pier Is to be one of the most substan-
tial structures of its kind on the Potomac,
and will be completed and ready for service
before the summer schedules OF the river
steamers go into effect. II is to be erected
a short distance below the present pier at
Deep Point. and when ready for use Capt.
w. r. Hall, its owner. will use the old pier
as a landing place for wood and lumber
loading vessels coming to this city.
The pier at Rock Point, which dam
aged about two weeks ago by the steamer
Wakefield running into it, is TO be rebuilt
as a pile-driving machine can be
secured to go to the Wicomico river to do
the work. One side of the outer end of the
pier Is said to have been considerably dam
aged by the prov of the Wakefield.
The wharf a Chapel Point which has
been In bad order for several months, is to
be repaired. and the steamers from this
city will then resume their regular land
ingS a il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-18
pended here. The cubans are paying the

pended here. The Cubans are paying the
cost of Intervention. Although the money
is being advanced by the United States, 1t
will all be paid back into the treasury at
W ashngton from the Cuban revenues. This
Is fully understood. During the last days
OF the recent session of congress a clause
was inserted in one of the general appro-
priation bills providing that:
Pending the present Intervention by the
United States government under the Plat
amendment to the treaty between the
United States and Cuba to maintain gov
eminent of law and order in that island, the
President Is hereby authorized to receive
from the treasury of the Cuban republic,
and pay into the treasury of the United
States from time to time. such amounts. to
reimburse the United States for expendf-
lures made necessary on account of such
intervention as he may consider the Cuban
treasury able to pay without serious embar
raSsment.
Therefore. a separate account is kept of
all the money disbursed in connection with
the military occupation. Up to the LIST of jan
uary 1t had amounted to about $4,000 600.
The Cubans are perfectly well able to pay
it, however; they have an abundant reve-
nue..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-18
SUNDAYS GAY IN CUBA
CarnivaIs Are Confined to the
Lenten Period.
FINE SADDLE HORSES SEEN
Havana Crowded With Tourists From
America.
DEMAND FOR A GOOD HOTEL
Perfect Climate for Five Months
Steamship Service to New York
to Be Increased.
DEMAND FOR A GOOD HOTEL
BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS
Special Correspondence of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.

Record Herald.
HAVANA March 49, 1907
l do not know of any reason why the
people of Cuba should be exempt from the
religious discipline that prevails in other
Catholic countries, but they celebrate every
Sunday in Lent a carnival. and the en-
tire population turn out into the Prado,
which Is the principal promenade: The
Malecon, driveway along the shore of the
gulf, Of which l wrote you yesterday: the
the parks and public squares, and worship
the gods of folly and frivOlity. They wear
sackcloth and ashes and mOrtify the flesh
otherwise six days of the week and attend
mass. as usual. Sunday morning But the
rest of that day until midnight or along
toward the gray dawn of Monday morning
IS given up to gayeties of the gayest kind.
The strangest part of 1t is that these carni-
walls are confined to the Lenten period and
do not occur at any other time of year.
Last Sunday was one of the gayest days
If the winter. From o'clock until dark
the principal streets and parks were crowd
ed with vehicles of every description
wagons. carts. carriages, vic.orias, automo-
lilies Of all patterns-decorated in fantastic
style and occupied by people in costumes
of bright colors and grotesque designs.
Many wore hideOus false faces others wore
masks: but the majority had their faces I'M
covered, so that they could be recognized.
All the children in town seemed to be out
dressed in fancy costumes. There were
hundreds of men and boys on horseback,
sitting in large. high Spanish saddles
heavily trimmed with silver. with brides
to match. and the tails of their animals
were tightly braided and tied to the left
side of the saddle by colored cord. White.
pink, blue. yellow and purple ribbons were
fastened to the harness and woven into the
tails of the animals, which gave them
very gay appearance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-18
ASK AID FOR CAUSE IN RUSSIA
Conditions in Cars Domain Described
by Russian Leaders.

PHILADELPHIA. March 1S.-"Russiar
Revolution" the theme at yesterday
mornings meeting of the Ethical Culture
Society held in New Century Hall, 124
South 18th street William M Salter, lee
turer OF the Society of Ethical Culture of
Chicago; Alexis Aladdin. leader of the peas
ant party in the first Russian Duma, and
Nicholas Tchaykovsky were the speakers
in the order named.
Mr.. Salter. who has spent many years in
Russia studying social conditions, traced
briefly but clearly the Russian forms of
government from the time of Peter the
Great to the present day. as well as the his
conclusions were that the form of govern
ment had not become despotic by a system
of autocracy until within the last few CEN
turtles. and that the Inhabitants were never
"a warlike nation until after the invasion of
Napoleon. Taking this analytical study Of
the government and the people as a basis,
the speaker accounted for the present con-
ditions of aristocracy, bureaucracy and des-
potism the one side, and dOcility, ig-
norance and Serfdom on the other.
Unlike other civilized governments. Mr.
Salter said, the Russian government is a
gigantic machine which exists solely to sup
port itself, and, instead of being a help to
the people, is, in reality, grinding burden
upon their shoulders. Leading up to the
present agitation, its causes, its fomentors,
it's progress the speaker referred to the
causes as just; the second as composed so
far of only handful of professional men,
. fraction of the nobility and some trades
men; the third as being only in it's incep-
ton. He warned against assassination as
a means of successful revolution, and said
the people, the common people, the peas
antry, must be aroused.
"Only recently he asserted, mas this,
the great vital spot, been touched, and
from now on great strides toward Russian
liberty may be looked for"
Mr.. Aladdin spoke of the struggle his peo-
pie had been making against the autocracy
in the last fifteen years. He explained the
forming of the first duma and said that the
cause of Its dissolution was the govern
ment's assertion that the peasant member
ship of 1853 was more than had been legally
elected and did not represent the senti-
ment of that constituency.
with the military as a weapon said
the speaker. 100000 peasants and 40 per
cent of the urban voters were disfranchised
prior to the second election, but despite
these methods We returned 1913 members,
or 30 more than at the first duma.''
Mr.. Aladdin closed with an urgent appeal
for American support-sympathetic, mater
ial and, If possible. financial
Mr.. Tchaykoysky described the ideals,
hopes and aspirations of the Russian peas
antry. He said they had no interest at the
present time. in, the doings of the aristoc-
racy- are Disguised with the Orthodox
Church, which they think no more and no
less than governmental tool, and have be-
come thoroughly organized for resistance.
He also said that large portion of the
army, including many officers. is arrayed
against the government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-18
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The big four-masted schooner Estele
Phinney. which arrived at Alexandria Sat
urday with a cargo of about 1.5O0 tons of
ice from Maine fields, began the unloading
Of her cargo this morning into the new ice
storage house of the Mutual Ice Company.
The Phinney sailed from her loading port
March 4, making the trip in about ten days.
The day before she arrived the schooner
Clara A Donnell completed discharging her
cargo of Ice and sailed for Newport News,
so that the Phinney was locked as soon as
she arr we'd at Alexandria. The ice aboard
the vessel will be used in icing refrigerating
cars bound from the south to northern
points with fruit and vegetables aboard.
No vessels have been chartered to bring
cargoes OF Ice to this city, but 1t is stated
that the first vessel will arrive here about
May 10 and that arrangements have been
made to have at least three big schooners.
each carrying over 1,2D0 tons, arrive here
each week during the summer months
With the present demand for ice here, the
output of the local icemaking plants is
more than sufficient TO meet the demand.
The Ice storage houses on the river front
are being overhauled and put i'm condition
for the reception of the ice cargoes when
the vessels begin coming into port.
The three-masted schooner Laura NJ.
Lunt, Capt Hunter. which brought a cargo
of laths to this city about six weeks ago
and was lying at the lumber pier at the
foot of 18th street when 1t was burned.
to overhaul and repair damages received
during the fire.
Arrived: Schooner Leroy, railway ties
from a river point for Alexandria; schooner
Silver Star, laden with cord wood from
Machodoc creek: tug Camilla with a tow
from the lower river; schooners Edna and
Nellie and A. F.. Keene oysters from the
beds in the lower river; tug J. T. Selectman
towing feet of sand and gravel-laden
barges from a down-river point
Sailed: Barge Daniel. for Upper Machodoc
creek to load cargo of pilng for the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Company;
bugeye Col. S. A. Graham, loaded with
oyster shells for the lower Potomac;
schooner Annie Comber. light, for a river
point to load back to this city.
Memoranda: Schooner John E Delvin Is
due at the capes with a cargo of phosphate
rock from Punta Gorda, Fla; schooner
John McGinnis has been chartered to load
cargo Of lumber on the Rappahannock
river for dealers at this port; schooner VIM.
Fl. Mcclure has gone to the lower river
to load oysters for this market; schooner
Mabel and Ruth has arrived at Norfolk
laden with gravel from the st. Mary's
river
The old sloop Belvedere which for a
number of years was employed in cargo
running on the Potomac, was purchased
last fail by parties here who propose to
convert her into a roomy pleasure craft.