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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
MODESTY is SOMETIMES A CRIME
SCORES TWICE

the part Of patrons. A fine of $50
is fixed for each violation.
The company contested the or
dinance on the ground that it was
unreasonable and would put the
company out Of business.
This contention was set aside by
the supreme court, which held that
nothing unreasonable was shown
to exist in the ordinance. The
substance of the decision amounts
to a ruling that the streetcar com
pany must furnish a seat to each
passenger in order to legally de-
mand fare from him.
Both the w. w. P. Co. and the
Traction Co. have the cars to com
ply with this view of corporation
obligation to the public. The for
mer company is by far the worst
offender in this respect, but the
new ordinance, if such relief is
granted, should be carefully and
impartially enforced. The com
panies can handle their patronage
comfortably if compelled to. The
usual corporation rule is to supply
nothing the public will get along
without. and the Spokane public
has been so good natured in this
respect that forbearance should
long ago have ceased to be a
virtue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
COURT REFUSES HABEAS COR
PUS FOR THOSE ALREADY
FOUND GUILTY UNDER SUM-
DAY CLOSING LAW.

Judge Miles Poindexter last night
denied habeas corpus for the con-
victed saloon keepers who have
tried for violating the Sunday clos
ing laws and Attorney Nuzum, who
represents the defendants, stated
last night that no further effort to
get before the higher court will be
attempted until all of the cases
have been tried out before Justice
Hinkle. Then the superior court
will be appealed to on the evidence
and a separate jury trial for each
saloon keeper will probably result.
Justice Hinkle will hear no more
of these cases until Monday morn
ing, at which time 40 are set for
trial. From now on delay will
probably be the tactics adopted by
the defense. Thus far Attorney
Nuzum has done little cross exam
ination which has facilitated mat
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
DEALERSW0ULD
NAME MEN

Some business men who are in
terested principally in the coal
and wood business are preparing a
petition which will be presented TO
Mayor Moore which asks that the
name of II. A. Beamer be sent to
the city council for confirmation to
the proposed Office of city weigh
master.
Mr.. Beamer Is at present EN-
ployed with the Consumers Fuel
& Ice Co. His chances are regard
ed as very slim.
Mayor Moore did not send to the
council the name of Tom Joyce as
inspector last night He is giving
the matter careful consideration
and no further action Is expected
until he is satisfied one way or the
other.
The new ordinance authorizing a
city weighmaster was given its
first reading and referred for dis
cussion in committee of the whole.
which will meet Tuesday night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
WILL FIGHT FOR
SONS freedom

BERKELEY, Cal, Nov. 27.-The
fight for the freedom of Harry
Kleinschmidt for the murder of
Frank Bellows will be made Friday
when his attorneys will ask a writ
of habeas corpus. District Attor'
ney Brown will resist this motion
and believes he can hold the boy
in jail
A. Kleinschmidt, father of Harry
who lives in Helena, Mont. Is ex'
pected to arrive today. When the
boy was first arrested the news
was kept from him. but as the
charges grew more serious he was
notified and at once took steps to
close out his business and come to
his sons defense.
Reaction has set in and many
state that the case against the boy
is not so strong as appears on first
light.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
NOTE SAYS GIRL
DIDN'T STEAL

The empty purse which, when
stolen several days ago from Mrs.
McCurry Of 1923 Sharp av. contain
ed $40, was found in the yard this
morning. 1t contained the follow.
ing note:
The money was stolen by a man
little girl didn't take it," The
little girl in question is Emma
Walters, age 10 years, who since
her arrest and detention In the jul
yenile jail has told many conflict
ing stories about the money and
taken officers to places where she
said she hid 1t. This afternoon
however, she says her auntie, a
Mrs. Diel, has the money. On &C
count of the many untruths she has
told in the past the officers place
little credence in her last state
ment They will investigate Mrs
Diel.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
City To Demand
Seats for Every
Passenger.

The Press editorial suggestion
of Nov. 81 that "No seat, no fair
law would operate as effectively in
Spokane as in Jersey City, bore
fruit last night in request from
Pres. Pratt, of the city council,
that the corporation counsel inves-
tigate the validity of such an Or
dinance and also in the introduce
ton of resolution by Mr.. Pratt
calling the councils attention to
the need of such regulation in this
city.
In support of his motion Mr.
Pratt called particular attention to
the cOngested condition of the Lid
gerwood and Astor st. lines, re-
minding the council of the efforts
vaiDly made by patrons of these
lines to secure relief from the w.
w. p. Co. The familiar fact that
men, women and children are
forced to stand waiting in the rain
or snow until car comes by that
has another inch or so of standing
room left was brought out, and
there was no disposition evinced
to question the reliability of these
reports, as they are thoroughly I'M
derstood by every city official, as
we'll as private citizen so unfor-
tunate as to be compelled to
patronize the congested lines. Con.
ditions mentioned govern in vary
ing degrees every other line in the
city.
Councilman Baldwin mentioned
the case recently cited in this pa
per in support of the contention
that street railroad companies are
not entitled to collect fare from
passengers forced to stand, and
the motion was given the unani-
nous support Of the council.
Speaking offhand, Corporation
Counsel Hamblen said he believed
such an ordinance would be sus-
tanned. He will have his opinion
ready by next Tuesday night.
The ruling cited by The Press
was handed down by the supreme
court of New Jersey in an appeal
by Jersey City streetcar corpora
ton from an ordinance passed I'M
der Mayor Fagan's administration.
This ordinance provides that the
company must, at certain hours,
provide sufficient cars to furnish
every passenger from whom fare is
demanded a seat, and also that
enough cars be run to prevent a
wait of more than five minutes on
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
STAY AWAY FROM NEVADA
Working Men Are Idle and Hungry
and Conditions Are Desperate.

The Press is in receipt of the fol-
lowing communication from Ely,
New, which will be Of value to
those contemplating going to that
part of the country. According to
the correspondent, Samuel Jeffer-
son, the man who is wise will stay
where he is, especially If he hap
pens to be located in Spokane. In
Nevada he will starve. Mr.. Jeffer-
son writes under date of Nov. 90:
Editor, Press-In order to an
swer many inquiries from Spokane
in regard to conditions here. | will
say that conditions are critical at
the present time. All the mines in
the Ely and Robinson districts
have closed down and discharged
their men. In q great many in
stances they have failed to pay off
There are hundreds of men in
these districts without means of
living and many are actually going
hungry.
AS it looks at the present writ
ing the government will be asked
to send relief as soon as possible
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
SOUGHT RELIEF
BY SUICIDE
GEORGE M. HOLMES, VETERAN
OF SPANISH WAR, YIELDS
TO DESPONDENCY RESULT
ING FROM LONG ILLNESS.

George NJ. Holmes committed
suicide last night at the Spokoma
hotel by shooting himself in the
left temple. The suicide occurred
about $50 o'clock. In order to
muffie the sound Holmes put his
coat over his head. This caught
fire and set fire to his undershirt.
The night clerk downstairs
heard the report but did not iden-
tify it as a shot. The smell Of
smoke later sent him hastily to the
room, where he found Holmes
stretched upon his back with a 3S
CALDER American bulldog revolver
grasped in his left hand, which was
laying across his breast. Detective
George Miles was called and noti-
fed Coroner Witter,
In letter found upon the Dress
er Holmes asked that Smith & Co.
take charge of his remains and
that he be buried in wooden box
in the potter's field.
Dependency and perhaps tenn
porary insanity caused the deed.
Holmes had been sick for six
months and was operated upon
twice at st. Luke's hospital by DR..
A. A. Matthews during that time.
He had served with credit
through the war in Cuba. Deputy
County Clerk Mays and he enlist
ed in the Seventy-frst New York
and were together in the campaign.
Holmes on several occasions
proved his bravery. He was an
excellent shot and once shot a ma
tive sharpshooter out OF a tree.
When Holmes went to the wounded
mans aid he was struck in the
mouth with the butt of the Span
iard's revolver. The removal of
the upper teeth and an operation
for cancer was necessary on &C
count of this blow.
Later a broken branch Of a tree.
cut in two by shots from the
enemy, in falling struck Holmes
upon the head and knocked him I'M
conscious. Mays dragged him out
of danger. AS soon as he regain
ed consciousness Holmes insisted
on going to the firing line again.
<AllSl HiS ne WI hCu
as salesman for a tobacco factory.
Things there went wrong and he
enlisted again and went to the
Philippines. When discharged he
went 10 San Francisco and remain
ed until all his money was spent.
Except for the time he was sick in
Spokane he worked for the Wash
ington Water Power Co.
The funeral will be held Friday
afternoon under the auspices of
the Spanish-American war veterans
and the unfortunate man given
proper burial. He requested that
j. Smythe, now in San Francisco,
be notified of his death.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
FEARFUL CRIME
DEVELOPS

OAKLAND, Cal. Nov. 27.-As
the police probe deeper into the
suspected murder of the supposed
wife, whose identity is still mys-
terry, of Nj. A. wilkins in their lit
tie cottage at Elmhurst, a grew
some crime Is developed, every ele-
ment has mystery and grimness
rarely equaled In the criminal an.
nails Of California.
Despite persistent sweating, but
one statement was wrung from
Wilkins-that she took her own life
by swallowing strychnine. He does
not offer to explain the towel tied
about her mouth or why he buried
her in the ground beneath the barn
in a bed of quicklime. Neither does
he tell why he started to dig the
hole, which afterwards became the
woman's grave, before she died
nor what he told the woman in or.
der to get her to assist him dig
this hole which proved to be her
own grave.
The motive for murder. if muir
der was uone, is the DattllnS lea
ture. wilkins could not have gain
ed financially. in fact was worse
off financially after her death than
before II. One theory is that he
was tired of her and wished to
avoid responsibility of caring for
the child. which would have come
last October had she lived.
The police have discovered kit
of burglar tools in the house and
believe wilkins has a criminal
record.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
CLAIMS ITALIANS
SHOT HIM

Earl Smith, the II year old son
Of Mrs. Gavin, of Hillyard, was
shot in the right leg about 8 o'clock
last night and told Deputy Sheriff
Pugh that Italians who occupy a
tent near the Great Northern track
did it. The boy and his 16 year
old brother were together at the
time. The deputy visited the tent
and found 10 Italians, each of
whom had a rife that evidently had
not been discharged recently.
The elder brother of the wound
ed boy said three Italians emerged
from the tent on their approach
and each fired a shot. He also said
that he and his younger brother
had gone to the machine shops in
search Of work. Officers doubt the
story, but the boys stick to it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
w. w. P. Takes
Small Checks on
Street Cars.

If you happen to be caught on a
w. w. P. Co. streetcar with moth
ing but clearing house check
you won't have to get off and walk,
unless the check exceeds S.. The
conductors will accept checks up
to that amount hereafter. An Or
der to that effect was put in force
by General Manager Huntington
this morning.
Last Saturday The Press took
occasion to point out an instance
in which a passenger was elected
from a w. w. P. car because he
had nothing but clearing house
certificate. He walked to the Trac-
ton line and got on a car, where
his certificate was accepted. This
instance seems to have made
somewhat of an impression upon
w. w. P officials, as up to this
time the conductors have stubborn
ly refused to accept certificates, al
though the latter comprise about
all the money great many people
see nowadays.
Clearing house certificates OF
larger denominations have been re-
fused by Traction Co. officials, but
the passenger was not elected.
Smaller certificates were taken on
this line and change made.
No advantage of this attitude on
the part of the Traction Co. has
been taken by the public, and it is
expected that the same considera-
ton will be shown the w. w. P,
now that it has fallen into line in
the successful endeavors of the
bankers and people to tide cover
the stringency in the best way pos
sible.
1t would be impossible for con-
ductors to carry enough small
change to take care of nothing but
certificates, but that they will be
expected to do so is not probable.
as the public is pretty well supplied
with small change and is not re-
luctant in using it. But nobody
wants to walk because the street
car company won't recognize as
money what the people are willing
to accept until they can get some
thing better.
The signs Of the times seem to
Indicate that the w. w. P. Co. is
gradually advancing to higher
state of corporation civilization,
even though no official announce
ment of a change of management
has been made.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27

The county officials refuse to take
any action for the relief Of the
workingmen and the Nevada
Northern railroad will not take the
men out nor give them reduced
rates. The rate they demand Is
5 cents a mile and there is nothing
but cattle cars to ride in.
At McGill, where the Guggen"
helms were building a new smelter,
all the men have been discharged
and the company has decided to
abandon the work At Ely and Ely
City. where six months ago there
were 5000 people, today there are
not 600 and there would not be
that many if the idle men were
able to get out | advise anyone
who had intended to come to Me-
vada to stay away, as 1t is now
the worst state in the Union for la
boring men. There is nothing here
but poverty and hunger on every
hand. Men that have money COM
ing to them from these wildcat
companies are unable to get 1t.
Yours respectfully, Samuel Jeffer-
son
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
CORONER SATISFIED
IN CARR ACCIDENT

Coroner Witter stated this after
noon that he places no credence in
the report that j. j. Carr, the
Northern Pacific swltchman who
was found dead near the tracks on
Division ST., had met with foul
play.
The coroner decided that death
was caused from the battering OF
the head by the wheels. Chief of
Police Rice asked for an examina.
ton of the body on account Of the
suspicious circumstances surround
ing the finding of the body but no
blood.
No money was found on the
body, which also led to the belief
in foul play when it was known
that Carr had drawn about $400 he
had deposited at the Arion saloon
only a few days before his death
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
FRENCH SOLDIERS IN
DESPERATE SITUATION

NEMOURS, Algeria, Nov. 81
The Bonis Nassen tribesmen have
turned the tables on the French
troops, who burned their villages,
and are now attacking them.
The soldiers will be wiped out
unless reinforcements arrive.
Twelve thousand natives are in the
field and have surrounded the sol
diers, who are fighting desperately
the overpowering numbers of as
sailants, who rush the French
squares and field batteries of ma
chine guns with absolute disregard
for death.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
WESTON ARRIVES

CHICAGO, Nov. 27-Edward
Weston, aged pedestrian, began his
triumphant entry into Chicago at
GAS this morning, escorted by %
mounted police and a committee
from the Illinois Athletic club.
Weston walked down Michigan av..
which was packed with people
cheering him.
Weston finished his 1900 milo
walk from Portland, Me, at 1918,
He beat his former record made in
1867 by one day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
FOOTBALL TOMORROW

The Seattle football team, well
trained and confident. also boxers
and wrestlers, have arrived. To-
morrow afternoon the football men
will line up against the S. A. A.
c. giants for the annual battle,
which promises to be fiercely
fought. Tonight at the club gym
nasium the boxers and wrestlers
will try their skill against the To-
cal athletes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
TO BEGIN $4,000, 900
ELECTRIC LINE

NEW WESTMINSTER, Nov. 81
CONTRACTS for the grading and
construction work on the New
WestminsterC hilliwack tram line
will be let next week. With the
letting of the contracts work will
be started in real earnest and in
stead of 30 or 40 men being EN-.
ployed, work will be found for 200
or 800 men-all whites, Asiatics be.
ing barred from the ranks OF the
employees of the British Columbia
Electric railway.
The road Is to cost $500, 600, the
money being subscribed almost en-
tirely by English capitalists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
TEAM OWNERS FIND HALL

The team owners union has
leased the Pony House hall. This
action was deemed advisable on ac-
count of the closing of the Central
Labor hall on First av. A large
number of unions which have been
in the habit Of meeting at Central
Labor hall have been unable 10 Sc.
cure meeting places. The action
of the team owners win to a great
extent provide meeting place for
a number of these unions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
R. R. OFFICIALS
UNDER ARREST
State Inspector to Enforce the Law
Providing Protection for Public.

might catch his foot in such way
as to endanger his life.
This is the first action of the
kind ever brought in this county
Walsh and Robb will appear for ar.
raignment before Justice Hinkle
this afternoon when a date for a
hearing will be set. 1t is under
stood that the cases will be hard
fought. Attorney Sam Stern will
app ear on behalf of the railroad
men
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
ONLY NONUNlON
MAN PUNCHED

Charles w. Cloves, Associated
Press operator at the Chronicle, got
the worst of it in scrap with
George Welch at the entrance to
the Review building last night.
WEIGH is a union operator and
seemed to disapprove of Gloves,
who is the only nonunion operator
and strikebreaker now working be-
tween Salt Lake and Bellingham
Cloves took the chronicle place
which was made vacant by the
strike. This position is one of the
few that has not been refllled by a
union man. Cloves was hit sever.
al times in the melee. He will have
Welch arrested if the latter can be
found.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27

Tom Walsh, division superintend-
ent, and J. H. Robb division engi-
neer of the Oregon Railroad & Nav
igation Co., were arrested at mid
night on a warrant sworn out by
A. w. Perley, of the state railway
commission, charging an infraction
of the law regarding the protection
of frogs in switches. 1t is alleged
that owing to the conditions of the
frogs in the o. r. & n. yards a
man walking along the tracks
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
BEAR HUNT Dinner IN
White HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-Roose-
welt is trying to arrange great
bear hunt dinner" to take place in
the White House some evening
next week. He desires to have
with him all the men who were
with him on the recent Louisiana
expedition. Bear steaks and bear
stories will be the feature of the
occasion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
TO SENTENCE HOPKINS

Judge Sullivan this morning set
Nov. 80 as the day ON which he
will sentence William Hopkins, the
colored butcher, who was convicted
by jury of receiving stolen prop
erty from Harry Hill and Guy
Thompson, who robbed Northern
Pacific freight cars and are now do
ing time in the penitentisry for It.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
FIST FIGHT IN
LEGISLATURE

SPRINGFIELD, I'LL, Nov. Ell
Angered at the action of the house
on the direct primary bill. Sen.
Hensen, Of Decatur. attacked Rep
resentatiye Shanahan, of Chicago,
today and beat him until Shanahan
fell under desk with his head in
a waste basket The men were
then parted and later shook hands.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
GUERIN ARRESTED
FOR FRAUD

Detective Weir last night arrest.
ed j. T. Guerin, physician, on a
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. The warrant was
sworn out yesterday by J. Downey,
of the Sherman. Clay Co. 1t was
alleged that the physician gave a
check on the Exchange National
bank when he knew he had not
sufficient funds there to meet 1t.
This morning, however, a settle
ment was effected and the case
dismissed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
SALOON CASES CONTINUE

tiers a great deal and made 1t pos
sible to try the 80 cases which
have been up. Instead of getting
through with 80 cases a day, as has
been the custom, probably not
more than five or six day will be
finished hereafter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
this morning to Arthur Willard and
Jane Nevins, both OF Newport,
Wash; John II. Davis and Idella
Oensmore, both Of Anaconda,
Mont.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27
BEAN SPROUTS IN BOYS EAR

MAKINEI TIE, WIS, NOV. 70
AS a result OF bean-throwing con-
test between several companions,
an operation was necessary to re-
move a bean from the ear Of Jack
Eberly, a farm hand of Napier.
The bean had sprouted and the
operation was necessarily deli
cate one.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27

OAKLAND, Nov. 27.-Frank Nc
Pherson, II year old boy, charged
with postoffice robbery in Portland
was arrested here last night. He
will be taken back to Portland at
once
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-11-27

George Hurle and Miss Anna Ne.
veau were united in marriage at
o'clock yesterday afternoon al Our
Lady of Lourdes church, Father
Verhagen officiating.