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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
In DIVORCE CASE

Charges that Mrs. Lima Potter
and her daughter. Florence, used
threats of arrest and Imprisonment
upon Wade Hale to compel his
marriage to the daughter, and that
Mrs. Potter falsified the records of
Stevens county in making affidavit
to the boys age, were brought out
this morning in the superior court
when the divorce case of Hale
against Hale came up for hearing
The complaint in the case was
filed by John Hale. as guardian,
who states that his son was only
10 years old on March of this
year, when the alleged enforced
marriage took place. .-.-. -.
The charges are all denied in the
answer and cross complaint. filed
by the defendant, who further al
leges that Hale has lived in a state
of idleness ever since his marriage
and has not supported his wife.
The younger Hale was not in court
this morning, but the defendant
was, and to her the decree was
given on the grounds of non
support. She was allowed to re.
sumo her maiden name.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT VS.
JACKSON AND Van buren,

confidence, but the confidence of
the nation"
He declared that Van Buren, was
not Selfish and intriguing" as his
enemies alleged, but was frank,
open candid and manly" The peo-
pie would find in him true friend.
Jackson recovered from his sick
ness. He named Van Buren, as
minister to England. The senate
refused to confirm the appointment.
So when Jackson was reelected in
1882 he carried with him Van
Buren, as vice president. This gave
Van a chance to gloat little as he
presided over the senators who had
turned him down.
Jackson's boundless popularity
enabled him to name Van Buren, as
his successor in 1886. 1t was as
much his act, a historian says, as
though such power had been con-
ferred upon him by congress.
After Van Buren's nomination
the opposition party, the wings, at
their national convention, adopted
this hot little resolution:
THAT Martin Van Buren, by in
triguing with the executive to OBJ
tain his influence to elect him to
the presidency, has set an example
dangerous to our freedom and cor
rupting to our free institutions
Van Burens nomination, which
was unanimous, thanks to Jack,
sons influence, was followed by his
election. And of conditions after
his Inauguration we read in the
standard history of those times:
"The policy of the government
had been so distinctly marked out
by General Jackson, and Mr.. Van
Buren, had SO distinctly avowed his
intention of following in the foot
steps of his illustrious predecessor
that there was no call for the intro
duction of any new acts, or for any
change in the administration"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08

is generally conceded that there
will be no occasion for a special
session of the legislature.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
BELIEVE LAW
WILL STAND
LAWYERS SEE LITTLE CHANCE
OF COON AND OTHERS IN
VALIDATING THE DIRECT
PRIMARY BECAUSE THEY
WERE DEFEATED.

Many attorneys who take an
active interest in politics believe
Coon and otherassailants of the
state direct primary law will fail
when their petitions come before
the supreme court at Olympia to-
morrow. Coon attacks the legality
of the second choice provision and
three other cases relate to the non
partisan section governing the
nomination of judges. These com
plainants are William II. White
King county candidate; E. X
Pendergrast, Okanogan; Judge
Gent, Franklin and Benton coun.
ties.
In addition to these Is the ques-
ton raised by the socialists as to
the legislatures right to demand
the direct primary filing fee of
candidates nominated in conven-
ton.
The most significant feature of
the point raised by Coon is that
should the second choice provi
sion be invalidated by the SUI.
preme courts decision Mcbride
would be declared governor.
Against this possibility is the
argument that Coon cannot go into
court and show that he has been
wronged. If any party to the nom
ination transaction suffered it was
the people and as all took advan
tage of the second choice pro
visions of the law without pro.
test their satisfaction will be
taken as obvious by the court.
Had any person been deprived
of his vote by reason of his un
Willingness to vote for second
choice, it is argued that he could
go into court with clean hands and
show where he had suffered an in
justice, and then the second choice
clause would be considered on its
merits.
That there is little fear of the
law being declared unconstitution
al is evident by the fact that al
state headquarters the work has
been carried on for Cosgrove and
Hay just the same as if there was
no contest.
Lawyers are also doubtful of the
ability of Governor Mead tC
handle a curative act in the man
ner he proposes, although there is
a difference of opinion on this. l
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08

tie money we had left, but I man
aged to get something to do that
would keep body and soul together
until Ole could get enough money
to send for me.
1.-TWO months ago the word
came to me that Ole had been hurt.
| just couldn't wait back there any
longer We had friends and rela-
tives in ST. Paul, but they didn' t
know that l hadn't a cent when I
started out. i wanted to get to my
Ole, and | just started out to find
him."
One of the hardest parts of the
journey for Mrs Johnson was pass
ing through the bad lands in
North Dakota. She had been
warned against attempting to walk
through this section, but she said:
Il knew that Ole wanted me some
place ahead and | had to go on. .
She says that the first day she
walked 10 miles, with nothing to
eat and nothing to drink.
God let me get across the bad
| lands and into Montana, and it
seemed as though he had lifted a
hot flatiron from my head when
reached the first farmhouse. 1t
seemed as though every one was
my friend and after that | had nc
difficulty in making my way
The little woman who walked SC
far to be near her husband has
been provided with light, pleasant
work suited to her years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08

Mrs. Anna Johnson, who ut the
age of Sc walked all the 1000 miles
from South Dakota to Spokane, the
trip lying through the Rocky noun
tains, has at last found her hus
band, Ole. She sought him in Sc
attic but finally located him in a
Tacoma hospital, suffering from in
juries received while working as a
ngshoreman. Here is the story
she told at the discouraging end of
her hard travels, and it has been
fully verified:
"Ole and | have had. hard luck
the last few years. Six years ago
we bought a nice little farm near
Aberdeen, S. d. We did not have
money enough to pay for it all at
one time, but we had health and
we were willing to work. We got
along fine until about a year and a
half ago, then fire came and de-
stroyed our house, our barns and
all the horses and cattle. The fire
started in the middle of the night
and Ole was badly hurt in trying
to save some of the stock. He had
to go to the hospital and remain
there for some time before he was
able to go to work again. We had
no insurance on the property
burned so we lost everything. Then
hard times came and the first thing
we knew we did not even have our
little farm left.
Seven months ago Ole got job
in Seattle. The trip took what lit
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
NO MINE STRIKE

SEATTLE, Oct. S.-Peace among
the coal miners, as far as wages
are concerned, will prevail for the
next two years. An agreement has
been reached between the repre-
sentatives of the coal operators
and miners of district No. 10, which
includes the state of Washington
whereby the wages which have
been paid for the last year will re
main the scale for the coming two
YEAR
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
INTERSTATE
FAIR EXHIBIT
The Union Fuel & Ice Compmy
Shows Public Spirit.
Coal Exhibit

The Union Fuel & Ice Co. are
furnishing free to the Interstats
fair the coal being used in the az
fees of the fair in the Manufac-
turers' building, and on the stesm
rollers, as well as the coal f0r
threshing machine engines dis
played on the ground. This coal
is given Jointly by the Union Fuel
& Ice Co. and the Hillcrest Coal
& Coke Co. They have the finest
fuel exhibit on the grounds, show
ing:
Hillcrest steam COAL
Hillcrest screened coal.
Hillcrest slack coal.
Canada West coal.
Gait lump coal.
Banff anthracite coal.
Smith lump coal.
Sheridan lump coal.
Pennsylvania anthracite coal
keystone Lilly blacksmith coal.
The different kinds of coal arc
tastefully exhibited in baskets.
and they have large block Of
Canada West coal on which they
have guessing contest as to the
weight of the coal. This exhibit
is in charge of e. T. Fitzsimmons
of the sales department of the
Union Fuel g. Ice Co.
Cement Exhibit
They are exhibiting Exshaw inn
ported cement in very interest
ing and instructive way, showing
the different stages of the process
es of manufacture from the raw
material to the finished product,
showing cement blocks and trim
mings manufactured by the Spo-
kane Concrete Co. and cement
bricks In the fireplace exhibited
by the Spokane Tile & Mantel Co.
This exhibit is in charge of j. g.
Dean, chemist in chief of the
/ Western Canada Cement & Coal
Co. of Exshaw, Alta.
! Contractors, architects and civil
engineers will find the cement ex-
hibit very interesting and instruc-
tive. The city of Spokane is pur-
chasing this cement for city con-
crete work, and the Washington
| Water Power Co. are using 1t in
the construction of their dam at
Little Falls, 20 miles below Spo-
kane, in the Spokane river. The
Union Fuel & Ice Co. are the
largest Wholesale and retail deal
ers of fuel and cement In eastern
Washington.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
GR0CERS' TRUST
IN TACOMA

TACOMA, Oct. S.-Prosecuting
Attorney Rowland is today investi-
eating charges of conspiracy made
by Richard Rims, grocer, against
the Tacoma Grocers' Protective as
sociation.
Rims claims the association
conspired with Tacoma whole
salers to prevent him from buying
goods because he refused to main
tain prices dictated by the COM
bine.
He also declares the association
threatened to boycott him last
week unless he ceased cutting
prices.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
SCAVENCERS WILL
FIGHT TO FINISH

The fight made on behalf of the
private scavengers against the city
for right to do business, in the
case of Ed D. Smith, applicant for
injunction, was set for hearing
October yesterday instead of be-
ing dismissed The scavengers
are determined on a finish fight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
BOOTLEGCED BY BARREL

LA GRANDE, Ore, Oct. S.-FOr
maintaining a barrel of whiskey
out in a lonely shack to which the
wise ones were directed to quench
their thirst at so much per, con-
trary to the local option law, a
man named Fuches was yesterday
indicted by the grand jury.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08
THREW WOOD AT HER

Mrs. Nellie Carr, wife of an en-
ployment agent, was divorced this
morning on the grounds of cruel
and inhuman treatment. She tes-
tilted that he had mean, quarrel
some and violent disposition and
had several times threatened to
take her life. He threw sticks of
wood at her, she says, and called
her names in the presence of 9TH
ers. One witness testified that
each had their share of temper.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-08

BOSTON, Oct. S.-Among the
scrub material of the Harvard
freshmen football team is Kermit
Roosevelt, son of the president,
who is endeavoring to get on the
regular team. He is rather light,
but snappy player.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
HARVESTERS RIOTOUS
stores Looted and Women InsuIted
One Man Hanged.

Winnipeg, Man, Aug. 2O.-About
$4,000 harvesters have arrived
mere from Eastern Canada in the last
three days. and special trains have
been turned into expeditions of loot
Harvesters on the rst two or three
trains have pillaged stores in small
towns, terrorizing the occupants with
reVolVers and bowie knives. Every
woman coming in the way of these
rowdies was insulted and at one place
a woman emptied a gun at the har-
vesters, wounding several. Every
gang OF section men which passed In
daylight was shot at, and bottles and
other missives were thrown. A COW
was tied to a rear car and dragged to
death. At wayside station a man
was hanged and narrowly escaped
death, his companions letting him
down after his feet were dangling in
air
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
CAPTAIN HAMS KILLS
HIS WIFE'S FRlEND
Mrs .Annis Shouts Warming to H..
band Sailing His Yacht
Into Dealt, Tran.

Long Island City, l.. l.. Aug ,S
Capt Peter Conover Hains. Jr ~
the Forty-eighth Regiment. tr,,,os
states Coast Artillery, accompanied
by~his brother, T. Jenkins Hains ,ho
writer, went to the Bay Side yocb,
CLUB on Little Neck Bay and waitod
an hour until William T.. Annis
member of the club. came in with it,
racing sloop. Then T. jenkins uotrs
held the crowd back with n reyo,vor
while Capt. Hams fired nine sbo,s
from a magazine pistol into the body
or Mr.. Annis. Mrs. Annis who u.,.
| present, tried in vain to warn bor
husband.
The slayer used a magazine 20.
volver of forty-fve calibre. contain.
Ing hfteen shots, built to fire GOV.
tinuously from the moment the tri,.
ger was touched until another finer
movement locked the hammer 50
rapid was the fire that the ninc sb,,,
to unaccustomed ears sounded II.
most like one.
Hains shot Annis from a mili,ary
kneeling position, with his vca,o,
thrust under the bowed arm of Lewis
Harway, whom the victim used as ,
shield. Harway attempted to sbol.
ter Annis from the rain of shots but
the captains army training had riy.
en- him Quickness in handling fro.
arms that enabled him to circunyrrt
both men.
Capt. Hams, calm and self-posscss.
ed, told Capt. Ruthenberg of the
Flushing police. after giving hias self
up, that he had committed the mur.
der because Annis had broken M his
home.
After driving his wife from home no
said, he learned that the liaison con.
tinued, and 1t preyed upon his mind
until he determined to put Annis ont
or the way. Annis was until tho
discovery of the intrigue a warm
friend OF Capt. Hains.
Capt. Hains Is thirty-six wears old
His wife who was Claudia Libby was
high school girl of 16. at Win.
throp. Mass, when he married her
They have three children.
Annis, who was thirty-eight years
old. hau been living for the last two
months at his handsome villa at Nur.
ray Hill. near Bayside, with his wife
charming woman, and their two
sons-William, aged seven, and
Howard. aged five.
Thornton Hams killed a man at
Fortress Monroe in 1891, who was,
according to testimony in his trial as
helpless to defend himself as the man
his brother shot. Thornton's victim,
for the killing of whom he was ac.
Quilted on a self-defense plea. had
both hands on oars, pulling away
from a squall. Peters victim was
In bathing suit, and consequently
The brothers were lodged in the
Long Island City Jail, where they
VIII remain until their trial.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
WHEN DOCTOR DIES
WOMEN ARE SEIZED.
Two Prisoners, One a Spiritualist.
Found Praying Over Body Of
l.. Emerson Wheat.

Philadelphia, Aug. Isl. Emer
son Wheat, a physician As years old
was found dead in his home at Nine
teenth and Diamond streets in on,
OF the most fashionable residence sec
tons of the city, under most start,inf
circumstances. Beside the body
which lay upon couch. two womer
were fonud praying for Wheat's res.
direction and muttering strange in.
carnations, though physicians say the
condition of the corpse indicated the
man had been dead at least forty
eight hours. Mrs. Fannie Soult n
professional Spiritualist. and Miss
Florence Beckman were the women.
Both were arrested
Or. Wheat. who was we'll known
In the northern section of the CITY.
mad been living alone in his home
during the absence of his family in
the country for the summer. He last
was seen alive on Saturday, when he
called at drug store in the neigh
borhood. In consequence OF his hay-
Ing tailed to make certain visits. the
police were asked to investigate.
They forced the door of the house
and found the physicians BODY half
clothed, lying on a couch in his Of
fce. Lying PROSTATE on the floor.
they say. they found Mrs. Soult and
Miss Beckman.
The police took the women to the
station. where Mrs. Soult made n
statement in which she said she had
known DR.. Wheat for seven wears
and that since last April she had
peen treating him by giving him
what Il known as the magnetic treat
ment.
On Sunday last, she said. the phy-
sician came to her house and asked
her to go with him to his home. as
ne felt as If something was going to
happen. When she went to his Of
nee DR.. Wheat was seriously i'll. He
could not say what he wanted. She
worked over him until morning
when she got a message from her
spiritual controller, DR.. Miller. At
the time the police came in she was
for Miller to instruct her
what she should do next in the case.
Miss Beckman, she said. was sim
ply friend who had gone to the
house with her. Mrs Soult. accord |
ng to the police. has advertised as
fortune teller and medium and Is
veil Known as a spiritualist. DR..
MILLER, whom she refers to as her
piritual controller. died two years
go.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NEW YORK MARKETS..
wholesale Prices Of Farm Products
Quoted for the Week.

WHEAT-No. 2. Red, sl.OOh "a
S1.02. No. 1. Northern Duluth,
s1.26A.
CoRN-No. 2, SS1A @S9.
oATS-Mixed, white, 55@59.
buTTER-Western frsts, 2l@22
State Dairy, 1917 Q2O.
CHEESE-State full cream, l2Aq
1914.
MiLk-Per quart, &c.
EGGS-State and nearby fancy,
20 % 27c.; do, good to choice, 22@
zoe; do, good to choice, 22G
zoe; western firsts 20021lhc.
sHEEP-Per 100 lbs, s2.75@s4.5O.
BEEVEs-City Dressed S@1O1Ac,
CALVES-City Dressed-S W12hc.
HoGS-Live per 100 lbs, sG.O0Q
$500.
AAY-Prime per 100 lbs. s71aQ
soc.
srRAW-Long rye, per 100 lbs. 65
Q75c.
LIVE POULTRY-Spring Chickens
per ib.. 16c.: Turkeys per lb.,
lie; Ducks per h.. 11@l2c.;
Fowls, per h., lac.
DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys per
10, 100 17c.; Fowls per h.. 100
10 Rc,; Chickens, Phila,, per ID,
20@24c.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Jersey,
per sack s2,25 Q$2.5O.
oHIONS-Yellow. per basket, $50
S1.O0.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
CHAFIN ACCEPTS
THE NOMINATION.
says Sentence of Death Has been
Pronounced on LIQUOR Traffic.

says Sentence of Death Has been
Pronounced on Liquor Traffic.
Chicago, H., Aug. 2O.-At Music
Hall In the presence Of a large and
enthusiastic audience, Eugene wi
Chain of Chicago. accepted the nomiI
nation for the Presidency of the Pro-
hibition Party. The address formal4
ly notifying Mr. Chain was made by
Professor Charles Scanlon of Pitts
burg on behalf of the Committee on
Notification appointed at the Nation-
al Convention in Columbus, Ohio.
July 16.
Prolonged applaused greeted Mr..
Chain as he accepted the honor. Mr..
Chain said In part:
The attempt made by the Repub-
lican and Democratic Parties to cre-
ate fictitious issue is the most far
cical In our history, in face of the
fact that during the past four years
the question Of prohibition of the
liquor traffic has attracted wider at
tention of the press and the people
than all other public issues COM
bined. The calm thought and COM
mon sense of the moral citizenship
have pronounced sentence of death
upon the liquor traffic, and the only
thing that stays it's execution is the
protecting care of these two old poI
litical parties, kept alive by blind
political party prejudice"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
FOUR DROWN IN LEAP
OFF BURNINGLAUNCH.
Father and Mother Die Before the
Eyes of Their Children.

Newark, N. j.. Aug. 1S.-To es-
cape a sheet of flame which envelop-
ed the launch in which they were re-
turning from a pleasure trip. four
persons jumped into the Passaic Riy-
er at the foot Of Congress Street and
were drowned. Others Of the par
~ unable to help, stood on the pier.
to which they had scrambled or had
been lifted. and watched those strug-
Cling In the water until the tide
closed over their heads. or those on
tne pier were two young girls and a
boy who saw their parents die.
Those drowned were
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pankops. Of
Belleville, N. J.
MISS Catherine Ward, 10 years old.
Waterbury, Conn.
Haldon D. Davey. 20 years old. of
Belleville. N. ].
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
Coal Receiyershin

scranton, Pa, Aug. 1S.-The
pennsylvania Coal and Coke Com
any one of the largest mining con-
'erns In the bituminous fields Of
western Pennsylvania, went into the
lands OF a receiver. The intrinsic
5aius OF properties is given as over
S26.000,0OO.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
SHOT SON ANDFATHER.
Hloodthirsty italian Then Kills Him.
self to Escape Mob.

Westchester, Pa, Aug. 1S.-Ben-
1amin de Gildo. of Philadelphia, shot
and killed Benjamin de Felix, fatally
wounded Pasquale de Felix, father Of
the murdered man here and then, to
escape capture at the hands of an
infuriated mob, committed suicide by
shooting himself.
The shooting is said to be the out
growth OF feud that has existed be-
tween the Italians for long time.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
No Rain for Year in Hawaiian Island

Honolulu. Hawaii, Aug. 19.-The
seVerest drought experienced in these
Islands for number of years is be-
Ing felt In the Nula region of Maui.
This Is region devoted to small
farming There has been no rain
there for nearly year Crops
nave failed and animals are dying
tor want OF water. Many of the in
habitants have been obliged to leave
the region.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
steamers Boiler EynIodos

traverse City, Mich, Aug. 10
MIS- Isabel La Bonte of this citv
was killed and score of passengers
were injured by the explosion of the
poiier or the passenger steamer
teelanau, bound from Leland to
fouch, on Carp Lake, In the North
ern Michigan resort district
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-20
RIOT DEATH LIST SIX.
One More Victim Of the Mob's Furv
At Springfield.

Springfield. ILL.,. Aug. 19.-One
more victim was added to the death
iis' OF Springfield mobs. when G. w.
scott succumbed to gunshot wound
IN the lungs. sustained Friday night.
scott s death brings the total fatali-
Ties to six, and is the fourth charge
apie TO the disorder in the "Blacl,
beit' near 18th and Madison streets.
1t was there that the hunted negroes
lnade their stand, firing on the mob
from windows and roofs