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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
H0WTELEPHGGHH'EE
CD. ABUSES
CENTRAL

Editor. The Press: The Pacific
States Telephone & Telegraph Co.
thinks it is winning the love of
Spokane people and business men
by not allowing employees to accept
gifts of candy. gloves, flowers. ETC.,
from grateful subscribers as a re-
ward for good service on long dis
lance calls, and for which the COM
pany gets credit.
The company simply does not
want other people to do what it is
too close to do. Never once was
the telephone company known to
reward employees for hard work.
Possibly after d girl works or 6
years she has grained the privilege
OF having every Sunday 10 herself
and $3.50 per month raise in her
salary. nothing more. Business
men of Spokane often wished to
show gratitude to the operators for
good service given them on long
distance calls by sending boxes of
candy. etc. and the recipients were
even denied the privilege of calling
up lut SlNtiN " lIIoih wv III ~
Pedicord hotel. the gas company
and many other places are among
the list of grateful ones. and their
kindness was always more than
appreciated, even though the candy
was often returned to the sender
unopened.
Long distance operators surely
earn their money If any one does.
Ask Miss Mcdonald, long distance
chief. She superintends them and
ought to know.
Operators are supposed to get
paid twice a month, on the 18th and
odd But they never get paid on
payday and not for one week after
at least. Their wages are small
enough should they get what is
coming to them when it is due.
Girls depending on days work for
living better shy clear of the
telephone company.
But at any rate We girls Will try
real hard to give better service to
your long distance calls from now
on. so the telephone company may
receive a far better reward for our
hard work in the future.
Telephone Operator.
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PRATT WORKING
FOR V|AOUCT

Councilman n. S. Pratt is collect
ing plans and data today for the
proposed Division ST. viaduct,
which he will submit tonight at a
meeting of the Fifth Ward Inn
provement club. The Fifth ward is
deeply interested in the viaduct, as
its construction will greatly facili-
tate transportation in that section.
Mr. Pratt said this morning that
he intended going to the bottom Of
the question and forcing some inn
mediate action. He said the o. r.
e n. Co. would not sidestep this
viaduct proposition like it did the
one on Washington st. The esti-
mate of cost furnished by the engi-
neering department is $4,000 1t
is proposed that the city Great
Northern, o. r.. & n. and Canadian
Pacific companies share the ex-
pense equally.
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FINED 500 FOR
TAPPING A WIRE

]. E. Montgomery and A. c..
Rice. president and manager of the
Empire Electric Co., of this city,
were arraigned before Justice
Stocker yesterday on a charge Of
having tapped W. w. P. Co. power
wires for the purpose of running a
motor and light. Rice was fined
500 and costs. Montgomery al
legged ignorance of the affair and
was released. John Hyde. witness
for the defendant, claimed to have
been the first to make the connec-
ton and was placed under arrest
upon similar charge. but re-
leased on $25 bail. His trial was
set for next week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
'|E ROASTS THE
BEER DRIVERS

Editor. The Press: Much eX-
element prevails in the ranks of
organized labor in the city of Spo-
kane over the action of the Brew
cry Drivers union in blacklisting
member Of the Teamowners
union The victim is a business
partner at SCI First av., under Cen
trail Labor hall, This place of bust
ness is thoroughly unionized. NO
person can buy tobacco or cigars
there that do not bear the union
label. This firm is recognized by
the better element OF organized la
Dor in Spokane as one of the most
perfect union business houses in
this city. Yet the Brewery Drivers
union seeks to blacklist and vic
timiZe one of the partners, and
openly declare they will drive him
out of business and out of the
city.
Why these drastic measures.
known and generally practiced by
heartless employing corporations?
This victim of persecution arose a
few years ago from bed of illness
TO find his wife PROSTATE with what
seemed a fatal disease. In his
weakened condition he found HIM
self without visible means of sup
port. All his means had been eX-
pended in an effort to regain his
former physical strength and care
for his afflicted family. He must
have medicine and the necessaries
of life. How to obtain it was a
vital problem The brewery drivers
were on a strike. He saw no other
alternative. He boarded one Of the
brewery wagons and for a short
time drove the team on the streets
of Spokane. Soon after he left the
city and engaged in teaming for
the lumber companies on the ST.
Joe river.
After 2 years he returned and
found that the Teamowners union
had placed a fine of $50 against
him for having taken a brewery
drivers team during a strike He
promptly paid the fine in full. That
fine was the penalty for forgive
ness and completely eXonerated
him from all his past offenses. No
other union had jurisdiction over
the case in question, for he be
longed to no other union Now,
this Brewery Drivers union insists
that this man be put in jeopardy
twice for the same offense. con-
trary TO the constitution OF the
United States, There is no for
siveness in their hearts, and with
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HE'S A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK
NEW PRESIDENT OF GREAT
NORTHERN CARES NOTHING
FOR CLOTHES, HAS RED
WHISPERS AND HAIR AND
HAS OLD JIM'S BUSINESS
FORESIGHT.
Special Correspondence to The Press

Special Correspondence to The Press
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 12.-
Louis Warren Hill, a great figure in
the railway world since his recent
succession to the presidency of the
Great Northern. was born in ST.
Paul. 80 years ago He is the old
est son of Jas. j. HILL His early
education was gained in the school
of the Christian Brothers. He grad
uated from Yale in 1893. Thor
ough instruction in railroadng was
obtained by service in the account
ing. construction and traffic depart
ments of the organization directed
by his father. He was appointed
assistant to the elder Hill several
years ago.
Louis w. has the Hill gift of fore
sight. An example of this was his
purchase of great tracts of iron
lands Oh the Duluth range in north
ern Minnesota. Experienced pros
pectors ridiculed his action and
other experts predicted disaster
Solid evidence that his faith was
justified is afforded by the fact that
those lands now hold mines worth
millions of dollars.
Hill was married in 1901 to Miss
Maude Van Cortlandt Taylor. of
New York and ST. Paul. by Arch
bishop Ireland. The laylors are
connected with some of the oldest
New York families. Straitened
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
WORKMAN HONOR
SPOKANE MEMBERS

The grand lodge Of the \. 0. L.
w. in session at Aberdeen. has
elected the following officers for
the Washington jurisdiction:
Grand master workman, J.. NJ.
Sims. Kalama; grand foreman. A.
NJ. Baldwin. Spokane: grand over
seer. NJ. z. Lucas, Aberdeen
grand recorder. ]. H. Hemer, Seat
tie: grand receiver. J. H. Rabbit
Tacoma; grand outside Waterman
j. NJ. Lockhart Port Townsend :
trustee for > years, Oliver Hall
COlfax; trustee for 4 years. w S.
Banner, Seattle; trustee for
years. c. w. Hunt. Spokane.
Grand lodge officers elected by
the Degree of Honor:
Past grand chief of honor, Mrs.
Adelaide E. Clark, of Bellingham
grand chief of honor, Mrs. Jennie
Wiscombe. of Spokane; grand lady
of honor, Mrs. Elizabeth Richard
son, of Olympia: grand chief of
ceremonies, Mrs Anna l.. Linn. OF
Aberdeen; grand recorder, Mrs
Cora Kenoyer, Of Chehalis; grand
receiver. Emma p. Chadwick, of
ColfaX; grand usher Daisy Wiley
of North Yakima; grand inside
watch. Mertha c. Van Houten, Bell
ingham; grand outside watch
Louise King, of Everett.
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TELE CRAPHERS
ENJOY BANQUET

At $50 last night nearly 100
members of the Western Associa-
ton of Old Time photographers
gathered about the tables in the
banquet hall of the Masonic temple
and enjoyed an elaborate menu.
Secretary A. w. Neimeyer reported
a membership of 299. 1t was de
cided to elect a vice president for
every large city within the terri
tory covered by this association,
making a total of 7. A wire from
the Western Unions central wire
was connected with the hall and
several messages were received
from members who were unable
to attend. Portland has been Sc
lected for the meeting place in
1908.
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them no penalty can condone an
offense. If the Brewery Drivers
union had existed in the days of
the early Christians that great
preacher of all preachers, the
apostle Paul, would never have
been known, for they would have
put him on the unfair list and or
dered him to leave the country.
Let me say, Mr.. Editor, that the
right of conversion should never
be denied anybody, neither should
the right of repentance ever be
abridged. And whoever denies
these rights is cruel enough TO
place a captive on the sands of the
seashore where the devil is running
down the beach on the one side and
the tide running in on the other.
and then laugh at the dying spasms
of their squeezed out victim.
All labor organizations are vol
untary associations. No persons is
required 10 belong to any one of
them unless he wishes to, and any
effort to blacklist, boycott or vic
timize a member who has paid the
penalty of his offenses will dis
courage those who know not when
their turn may come next.
The writer hereof has spent
many years in the labor move
ment and never before did | hear
of a labor union resorting to the
tactics of Hartman and the gen
eral board of railway managers
and all the other corporate en-
ployers who seek TO force labor to
worship at the shrine of capital as
the price of employment. until |
heard of the Brewery Drivers
union Of Spokane. J. II. Sovereign
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MUST MARRY OR
SUFFER PENALTY

Patrolman Shannon yesterday ar
rested Charles Wilde. gasfltter,
and Mrs. Nellie Morrison, wife Of
shoemaker. Shannon says that
he has been trying to catch the 2
together for years. He said the
woman deserted her shoemaker
husband and > children years
ago and went to live with the gas
filter. yesterday evening he found
the . with their little boy eating
together in a room in the Albion
block. Shannon says that if the
woman is good enough to live with,
Wilde must marry her or suffer
the consequences.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
PR0WLER
PURSUES WOMAN

Mrs. Ottila Gray, dressmaker
living at 1917 Sixth av., reported
to the police this morning that last
night a strange man followed her
home from the Auditorium theater.
He skulked along in the dark a
few feet behind her and attempted
several time to address her. Meet
ing no one, she became frightened
and started to run, with the man
following. She finally reached
home all right, but could give no
good description of her pursuer. ,
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financial circumstances, however,
required Miss Taylor to seek en-
ployment and she served as a pro-
fessional nurse for two years be-
fore her marriage to Hill. They
have two children. They live in a
handsome home. the gift of J. ].
Hill, which adioins the latter's
mansion.
In Louis W. Hill the rugged.
homely features and the short,
stocky figure of J. j. Hill are al
most exactly reproduced. The son
has red-brown hair. decidedly
red beard and light blue eyes. He
cares as little as his father for
dress
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
AFTER PEARSON'S HEAD

Chief of Police Waller is consid-
ering a request for the removal of
Patrolman Fred Pearson from the
Main block. 1t is stated that Pear
son has made himself obnoxious
by using the whip hand on the
Italian interests which control the
redlight district. Pearson is the
policeman who wears a 81 200 dia-
mond.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
HELD TO GRAND JURY

L. z. Keleech, the suspected
Austrian, was given a preliminary
hearing before United States Com
Marshall yesterday and
was bound over to await the grand
jury. He is alleged to have forged
the name of his cousin to letter
asking for money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
OPPENHEIMER BUYS

Nose Oppenheimer, of the in
surance firm of Oppenheimer &
Co., of this city, has purchased the
Bennett block in Butte for S64 900.
He will convert it into a vaudeville
theater on the Sullivan-Considine
circuit
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
DEMAND AN INCREASE

EVERETT, April -. - The
Single Weavers' union of this
city has adopted new wage scale
carrying a 1919 per cent increase,
to go into effect Monday. Employ
ers have refused to confer with
the union and a strike is probable.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
DEAD MANS AUCTION

NEW YORK, April Ex-senator
Clark paid total of $3.50 for 2
pictures in Stanford Whites art
collection, sold at auction. The
sale nettel $20,272
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
SPINAL MENINGITIS

ROSALIA. Wash, April r.
Spinal meningitis yesterday claim
ed a victim at this place in the
death of Henry Lonelet, 10 year
old hOy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
Bits O News

George n. Black, grand presi-
dent, and DR.. Sigmund Nacht,
grand orator, of the Jewish order,
both from Los Angeles, will be en-
tertained in this city next week by
Abraham Geiger lodge, No. 423,
B'nai Birth.
Patrolman Lister this morning
arrested c. Shingrin, age 2S, on
telegraphic advices from Butte,
Mont. Shingrin is wanted there on
some charge which is not diyulged.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-04-12
MILLS QUITS HARTMAN.

NEW YORK, April I'D. o.
Mills has retired from the director
ate of the Union Pacific.
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JEANNOT BROS.'
PHONE MAIN 2o87

Three large new l story 6 room
modern homes in Union Park; full
Easements and large garrets. One
on corner, $4,000; other two inside,
SO 900 each. Easy terms.
o. A. OVERBAUGH
Phone 1923. 425 Peyton Block
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12
Workers Nearly All Poles.
N Interesting feature of the whole
Notes of Current Events

Several persons were injured when two
passenger trains collided kead on on the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
railroad near Seabrook, Texas.
Sachem Hall, the new 100000 dormi-
tory of Yale university at New Haven,
was so badly damaged by fire that it will
be necessary to rebuild it.
Fire in the upper stories of the Monitor
Truck and Storage building in Toledo
caused a loss of 100000. The Interna-
tional Harvester Company was the heavi-
est loser.
Effective war, it is announced, is being
waged against the Black Hand through
out PENNSYLVANIA by the State constabu-
larry and the indications are that the
troops will soon rid the commonwealth of
this murderous organization.
The Bank of Auburn, Wash, was rob-
bed of $500 some time between Satur-
day night and Sunday morning by some
one having a pass key and the combina-
ton of the safe.
President Roosevelt has granted a COM
mutation of sentence in the case of Mrs.
Adaline Rose of Jackson county, KY,
COif4CleQ Oh making dAu SciIiAS NAahy IA
violation of law.
Miss Agnes Mcguire, teacher Of
Brooklyn, has disappeared mysteriously.
While caught in a rainstorm at Lake Ho-
patcong her cousin left her in buggy for
a few minutes. When he returned she
was gone.
A demonstration by the striking MEM
bers of the Western Federation Of Min
ers took place at Eveleth. Mimi, and it
is thought that about 100 miners were
prevented from going to work before chief
Kent and deputy sherifs arrived. Sew
eral of the latter were injured in the clash
with the officers.
James A. Lewis, a civil engineer,
known locally as the man with the WY
neck" shot and killed himself in his room
in Brooklyn. Ee gave himself his pecu-
liar nickname in a strange personal which
he had published in a daily paper last
Juno He aIlaged his father vas muir
dered BY unknown persons twenty years
ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12
Whx nrinIZ WufarS

Why should man or beast drink
water in stormy weather? Why not
absorb it through the pores of the Skin?
A fairly we'll known writer and poet
once informed me in all seriousness
that he had never swallowed a drop of
water since he was old enough to do
his own thinking When thirsty he
would lie in a bath and drink through
his pores. He was always in state of
sensible and insensible perspiratiOn.
One day 1 had the temerity to inquire
whether he drank through his sebaceous
or perspiratory glands; that is, through
grease or sweat He refused to make
reply.
A learned physician asserted that
man could not absorb enough water
through his skin to keep him alive, the
pores, or glands. being secretory and
excretory. Tkat is to say, they do not
drink. eff fellow could drink through
his skin,' he said, "he could eat through
it as we'll He could lie down in a bath
tub of broth, beef tea or good, strong
chicken soup and drink through $780,
600 glands all at once. Or he might
take a dip in a tub of whisky and get
100000 drains in a minute without
getting a sinking breath. When man.
kind can drink and eat through the
epidermis and derma there will be no
more use for stomachs or doctors. y
New York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12
A Bargain,

Mr.. Mason rubbed the edges Of the
sunshade with discriminating fingers
while his wife listened to the sales
woman's enumeration of its good
points.
'1This is ten dollars, isn't it?" he
asked.
ooh. no. replied the saleswoman,
reproachfully; sit is nine dollars and
eighty-nine cents.'
'She seems to regard the eleven
cents as particularly invidious-I won
der why?" whispered Mr.. Mason to his
wife.
Not at ALL" said Mrs. Mason, with
mild heat; nothing 'invidious' about
it. Only, very naturally, it touched
the girl not to have you perceive that
you were getting a bargain"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12
FAMILY FOOD.
Crisp, Toothsome and Requires No
Cooking.

Crisp, Toothsome and Requires No
Cooking.
A little boy down in n. G. asked his
mother to write an account Of how
Grapefruit food had helped their fam
lily.
She says Grape-Nuts was first
brought to her attention on visit to
Charlotte, where she visited the Mayor
Of that city who was using the food by
the advice of his physician She says
''They derive so much good from x
that they never pass a day without
using it. While I was there l used
the Food regularly. I gained about 10
pounds and felt so web that when I
returned home 1 began using Grape
Nuts in our family regularly.
"My little Is months old baby sho-t-
ly after being weaned was very i'll
with dyspepsia and teething. She was
sick nine weeks and we tried every
thing. She became so emaciated that
1t was painful to handle her and we
thought we were going to lose her. One
day happy thought urged NE to try
Grape-Nuts soaked in a little warm
milk.
"Well, it worked like a charm and
she began taking it regularly and i'm
provement set IN at once She is now
getting well and round and fat as fast
as possible on Grape-Nuts.
''Some time ago several Of tie fam
the same time, and during the worst
stages we could not relish anything IN
the shape Of food but Grape-Nuts and
oranges, everything else nauseated US
I'VE all appreciate what your IA
There's Reason" Read '-The Road
to MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12
Pen Economy.

The merchant, before filling his ink
well, dropped in two or three old pens
and poured the writing fluid upon
them.
''Thus," he said, 81 practice pen econ
omy, prolonging three or four times the
life of all my pens. You see, the corro-
sive power of the ink, which B i'm
mensely strong, vents itself on the old
pens kept in the well, and has little or
no strength left wherewith to attack
the pen have in use.
"Try this scheme, young man, and
you will find that your pens will prac-
tically never wear OUT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12
No Kisses: nixnrce

Three months ago Timothy L. Troppe
of Denver, Colo, broke his eight-year-
old custom of kissing his wife every
morning upon his departure for work
and also upon his return home in the
evening. For this Mrs. Troppe has
been granted a divorce. 1t broke her
heart, she said, and she could not mag
inc cruelty more severe than such
treatment.
After wife has been used to q
good-mcrning and goodnight kiss every
day for eight years. she explained. lit
is impossible for her to get along with
out it if she be sensitive woman, such
as l." The absence thereof. she says,
constituted cruelty that made life
miserable in the extreme.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12

was one of her predominant traits. Then,
without giving the Iaundress time TO deny
or affirm his statement. he added in an
impressive tone:
My name is Alfred Cassagne, and
an a detective from Paris"
Nine Beausantin's little beady eyes no
longer twinkled. Instead, they appeared
to be dilated to twice their former size.
Her hands ,trembIed apprehensiyely and
her fingers interIaced themselves together
in a spasm of sudden nervousness.
"a detective! she gasped. when she
was at length able to command her voice.
DO not be alarmed. madame" said
Cassagne. Not the slightest harm is in
tended to you. On the contrary. perhaps
| may be able to make your special
knowledge Of this affair of considerable
pecuniary advantage to you. Take seat.
There is a good deal to talk about"
The calm tone of the detective some
what treasured the proprietress Of the
laundry. She sat down. The look OF
alarm on her face gave way TO her pre-
dominant expressiou-the expression OF
greed.
What do you want to know?" was her
eager question, in a voice which asked al
most as distinctly as words. What will
you pay for it?
Il want to know as much of Monsieur
Graham's history as you are acquainted
with"
He drew from his pocketbook two bills
of the Bank of France. They were of the
denomination of one hundred francs
apiece. Taking one between his finger
and thumb, he pushed it toward Nine
Beausantin across the table.
when you tell me all you know about
Monsieur Graham, you shall have the
other one," he remarked, impressively.
THE sum is entirely too small, mon
sieur," she said, ''for information which
is really worth having"
TO be continued.l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-12
Home-Gro,rn Motor,

Even book agent sometimes fails
of achievement through unforeseen
misunderstanding. Colonel" said one
of them. affably, to Texan whose
record he had looked up beforehand,
those are mighty fine boys of yours"
THE finest in the county. stranger"
said the colonel The finest in Texas"
Il reckon you buy them anything
they want?"
why, stranger, l buy them any
thing they need, whether they want it
or Not"
Then, colonel, let me sell you a
cyclopedia for them. There's nothing
else will do them so much good"
The colonel looked at him in aston
ishment. why, stranger" he said,
them boys of mine don't need any
cyclopedia. They ride mules"