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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
BY gibson GARDNER

and defend the present ownership
on the part of a small class, the
capitalists, of all the principal rail-
ways, mines, mills, factories, ma
chimes, ETC.. which were produced
and developed by labor. That is.
the republican, democrats and
other parties stand upon the prin-
ciple of private ownership of the
things upon which the public, So
ciety, must depend to sustain life.
'In contradistinction to that
principle, our party stands clearly
and uncompromisingly upon the
principle of collection q. e., public
or governmenD ownership of the
means of production and distribu-
ton upon which the people must
depend for existence. The party
declares specifically for collective
ownership of railroads. telegraphs,
telephones, steamboat lines and all
land. and all industries which are
organized on a national scale and
in which competition has virtually
ceased to exist.
"We declare that the issue be-
tween our party and all other par
ties is clear that it reads:
Socialism versus capitalism;
Industrial freedom versus wage
slavery.
"A social democracy versus a
monopOiistic oligarchy."
(TomOrrOw' article will be a
history of tho nnnnla,S nartvl
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
SWEARS HE SAW
BROWN KILLED

SHERIDAN, Wyo., Oct. 14.-An
affidavit has been made by A. s.
Burroughs, who is on the verge of
insanity, that he witnessed the as
sassination of Sheriff H. X. Brown
of Baker City, and knew the man
who committed the deed. Until the
matter can be thoroughly investi-
gated, the details of the confession
will not be made public. Bur-
roughs is unknown to the officers
here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
KEEP AWAY FROM TIE
DOCTORS

II people only went TO the doc
tors when they were really sick.
so many doctors wouldn't be-
wealthy. It's their business to
keep you sick. and ours to cure
you. There's nothing SO good for
tired and worn-out people as .
Turkish bath and It's better In
most cases than a carload OF
medicine Try one Turkish Bath
Parlors, First and Stevens n.
Nichols, prop. Main 1241.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

1t is a coincidence that the three
leading presidential candidates
have played important roles in the
Industrial comedy called Govern
ment by Injunction"
1t was Secretary Taft, also, as
United States judge for the south.
ern district of Ohio, rendered a
decision that was upheld by the
United States supreme court and
which was the precedent upon
which Eugene v. Debs was con.
demned to serve six months in the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
HERE'S man WHO HEAVED
BOMB AT NAPOLEON

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. 10
In a quiet cottage at 1889 New Eng
land street, this city, living his last
days in peace with the wife who so
years ago saved him from Grim
malls death. is little old man
whose name today is on thousands
of tongues in Italy, to whom Off
Gals of his native land are writing
daily, urging him to return that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

which could be used for boating
and aquatic sports.
Residents of Nettleton's addition
contiguous to the isolated peninsu-
la near the head of Hangman creek
which was proposed for exchange
protested strongly against the To-
cation of the hospital in the add.
ton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
OLD CRIME REVIVED.

STIGLER, Ok la, Oct. 15.-W. l..
Woolley, capitalist, principal
owner of the town of Stewart, is
under arrest, charged with COM
plicity in the murder of a man
named Anderson in 1881.
Woolley was sitting in room
with Anderson when the latter was
killed, on what is now the site of
! Stigler Woolley was arrested at
the time and taken to Fort Smith,
Ark, but was discharged by Gen
eral Wheeler, United States com
missioner.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
YOUNG WOMEN WAKE UP

An active campaign for the in.
crease Of membership has been
decided upon by the officers of the
Y. w. c. A. Under the direction of
Miss Ellen Walters, general sec
rotary of the association, the work,
which will be in the nature of a
thorough canvass of the city, will
continue during November 16, II
and 49,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

after numerous letters had been
received urging him to return to
Italy. Rudio spoke for the first time
of the motives that prompted him
to kill.
Il am a member of the Italian
republican party" he said. 1T was
this party that made Italy what she
is today. We realized that unless
some decided stand was taken
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

Woodstock ull) Jail for alleged
contempt of court during the fam
GUS A. r. u. strike in 1894.
1t was w. J. Bryan who, two
years later, when the labor ele-
ment of the country was indig-
nantly protesting against govern
ment by Injunction, injected the
question into politics and was sup
ported by Debs until the issue was
shelved after the memorable polit-
ical battle of 1896.
The name of Debs is closely as
ISOLATED with revolutionary, indus
trial and political movements of
the past two decades. He was born
in Terre Haute. Ind, and will cele-
brate his fifty-third birthday by
reading the election returns next
month Debs went to work on the
Vandalia railway as a locomotive
fireman when Is and attended
school in the evenings to complete
his education. At rs he was elected
city clerk of Terre Haute and
three years later was chosen a
member of the Indiana legislature.
Previously lin 1870, Debs was
elected general secretary treasurer
of the locomotive firemen and edi-
tor of their magazine. The brother
hood was composed of 60 lodges
and a bankrupt treasury. BY tire
less work Debs built up the order
to 2S6 lodges, with a big balance in
the treasury, and then resigned.
His ambition was to amalgamate
all the warning factions in railroad
ing into one gigantic organization,
and so in 1898 the celebrated
American Railway union was
launched, with Debs as president,
salary $75 per month. In less than
a year the union won the greatest
railway strike in American labor
history--tieing up the Great North
ern completely.
May II. 1894. the famous Pull
man strike against the conditions
existing in the "model town" be-
gan. Debs was opposed to calling
out the railway men in sympathy
but was outvoted in convention,
and by the Fourth Of July many of
the leading railroads of the coun-
try were paralyzed. Then came
injunctions and Grover Cleveland's
troops over the protest Of Gov
ernor Altgeld. and by the use of
all the powers of government and
the railways. the strike was broken
and Debs and his associates were
imprisoned for conspiracy and con-
tempt of court. The conspiracy
case, although partially tried, has
never been concluded despite all
the efforts of the defendants to
secure a hearing.
While In the Woodstock Jail
Debs read all the leading works on
political economy. He left prison
Nov. %, 1880 convert to social
ism, and when he arrived in Chi
cago I'm the evening he was ten
dered great reception.
The candidate was asked to
write. for publication In connection
with this article, his present
claims for public support of the
socialist ticket, He gave his rea-
sons as follows:
"The socialist party holds that
the people are the government.
and that when the people exercise
their right of eminent domain and
transfer the Industries from the
present trust and monopoly con-
troll, then the people will be In
possession and thus enjoy indus.
trial as well as political freedom.
"The socialists charge that the
republican and democratic parties
are class parties-that they uphold
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
JURORS CAN EAT
RUM OMELETTES

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. IA.
AT the special instance of Juror
Charles Roller in the Ruef bribery
trial, Judge Lawler ruled that a
rum omelette was not an intoxi-
cant. Roller had ordered one at
the St. Francis hotel, where the
jurymen were breakfasting in
charge of the bailiff, and the bailiff
denied him the right to eat it on
the grounds that it was intoxicat-
ing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
MAYOR AGAINST
NEW DEAL
m .0n0 ~@AO
NEW HOSPITAL SITE IN
EVERY WAY SATISFACTORY
AND TRADE PROPOSED AP.
PEARS TO HAVE NO REAL
MERIT.

Mayor Moore expresses the
opinion that the city will not dis
pose of the excellent site it has
secured for the new isolation hos
pital in the northwest part of
town. This site is an ideal one"
said the mayor 1.-THE site near
Summit boulevard which the.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
CHINA SILK

81 inch China Silk: the best
quality of this silk made in the
width; comes in all the light
and dark colors, and sells in
all stores at soc a yard; An
niversary sale price. a yard,37cf
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
WHAT 1T ALL MEANS

DEss. THE MAN. AND WHY HE ASKS SUPPORT
Tenth Of series Of nonpasan Voters
recently auraiized Citizens Folk
political events closely. Boy and Girl readers.
BY gibson GARDNER
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
OUTING FLANNELS

5000 yards of Amoskeag Out
ing Flannel will be placed on
sale Friday; a good assert
ment of patterns will be
shown; plenty of the small
stripes and checks among
them; 12Rc value on sale.8f-3e
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE ON
WOOL BLANKETS

One hundred pairs of wool
blankets. in gray only, on sale
Friday; the size of the blankets
is 70xSO and they are good
value at $3.50; limit 2 pairs to
customer, on sale Friday. .S4.25
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE Of
CAPE GLOVES 1

The glove that wears better
than any other kind; heavy Kids
Cape Gloves; shown in tam
only, and in every wanted size;
these gloves are regular 1925
values; on sale Friday at, a
pair $3.15
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE SALAD
DISHES

Beautiful China Salad Dish
es; a nice thin china, prettily
decorated in bouquet effect;
best value we can offer in salad
sets at soc; on sale Friday only
at, a set ............. zoe
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
SALE OF SUGAR AND
CREAM SETS

Fancy China Sugar and
Cream Sets: all beautifully dec
GRATED in floral effects with
gold lacing; these sets are good
value at $l.00; we will sell
them on Friday only at, a
set :. 3ec
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
BOYS BOOKS

Henty and Alger Books for
the youngsters; good reading;
hundreds of titles to choose
from; these books are sold all
over America at Csc each; Fri
day sale price, each. .15c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
BOYS SUITS

Good School Suits for the
boys wear; made from good
reliable cashmere fabrics; made
with straight or knicker pants;
all sizes represented; regular
$3.50 and $500 suits on sale
at ......... $3.50
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
LEATHER BELTS

Leather Belts in a nice va
riety of style and in assorted
colors; the buckles are gilt and
gunmetal, and the regular
values range up to $500; all
these belts will be on sale Fri
day at HALF PRICE
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
RIBBONS

A good grade of Taffeta Rib
bons; full three inches wide;
warranted all silk; shown in
nearly all good colors; an ex-
ira special for Friday of Ami
versary sale week; on sale
at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1870
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

The celebrated A.A.A. Color
ed Taffetas; one of the best
lines made; shown In all the
wanted fall colors; this Is
splendid value at S5c a yard;
Anniversary sale price. SIC
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

Ladies' 12-button length
Glace Kid Gloves; a good
make; perfect skins; perfect
finish; colors are black, white,
tan and oxblood; the regular
$3.50 grade on sale at, a
pair 1888
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
RUCHINGS

Ruching is today the fashion
able neckwear; for Friday sell
ing we have laid out a nice as
sortment; full pretty Ruching,
such as we sell all the time
at 35c; Friday sale price, a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

A good grade of Horn Hair
Pins; smoothly finished; won't
tear nor cut the hair; these
pins are put up four on a card;
come in shell or amber; sell
usually at 10c; Friday sale
price Sc
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
MEMS CARRIERS

Keep up your Socks; get a
pair of these Boston Carriers
and in future you wont have the
uncomfortable feeling of loose
ness round your ankle; 25c
grade on sale Friday at, a
pair 15c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15
FRIDAY SALE OF
MEMS SUSPENDERS

The best Suspenders for men,
the President; everybody
wears them; easy to wear and
last longer than most kinds;
we will sell the regular soc
suspenders on Friday at,
pair 39c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

Nice warm comfortable gar
ments for the cold winter
mornings: made from soft,
heavy material, and come In all
sizes; these sell at $500; all on
sale Friday at, each. $3.50
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

46 inch Nuns Yelling in all
the best street and evening
shades; this soft, cling mate
rial is very fashionable this
season; we sell it regularly at
Csc; on sale Friday at, a
yard Observation-Disclosures. soc
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-15

You will want to buy these
Cards for the winter parties;
we are showing them in all the
late designs, and we sell them
regularly at from 15c to Csc a
dozen; Friday sale price.
dozen -. 80. 10c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-17
Our Coin Motto Restored.

The removal of the words 'In God
We Trust from our coins led to CON
siderable criticism, and after a great
deal of agitation congress decided to
have it restored. Every sickly person
is exceedingly anxiouG to be restored
to perfect health again, and those who
have taken Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers voluntarily testify that it helped
them more than anything else they
tried. 1t will strengthen and tone the
entire system, and properly fit you for
the battles of everyday life. You
really ought to try a bottle and let it
prove its merit for your own satisfac-
ton. In cases of poor appetite, heart
burn, belching, bloating, sick head
ache, indigestion, dyspepsia, costive-
ness, biliousness. sleeplessness, cramps,
diarrhoea, female ills and malaria, fe-
yer and ague it is excellent. Insist on
having Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-17

Whenever a man commits a crime
heaven finds witness.-Bulwer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-17
MAXIM'S NEW WEAPON
inventors Almost Silent Gun Tested In His Home-Sight
Flash of Fire Seen.

the invention or give drawings of it be-
fore the time would invalidate my pat
ents in the European countries.
'The gun that is to be used in the
army, however, will differ very mate
rally from this. The silencer will be
only about three inches long 1t will
not encircle the barrel, because that
would interfere with the sighting of
the gun. 1t will be underneath the
barrel and probably near the muzzle."
General William p. Duvall of the
Military Staff and War college at
Washington, discussing Mr.. Maxim's
latest invention, said:
At have read the account of the per-
formances of the Maxim noiseless gun.
Certainly they are interesting and as
tonishing The matter has not been
brought officially, however. to our at
tention yet.
Assuming the accounts are authen-
| tic, and l believe they are, it would
be reasonable to suppose this discovery
would produce just as much of revo-
luton In the art of war as did the in
vention of smokeless powder. Psyche
logically, this new gun would double
the terror that would be inspired by
the enemy possessing 1t. When smoke
less powder was discovered there was,
| of course, the absence of smoke-an
important means of determining the
| location of an enemy. Add to that
then, weapon in the hand of your foe
| which neither emits smoke nor makes
noise, and the fear of the enemy
would be at least doubled"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-17
The Mute.

"She has no friends to speak Of"
Good heavens, What does she talk
about ?"-Sporting Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-17

again. / felt dreadfully giddy and OPP
pressed, but gradually came to myself.
The balloon was descending with
frightful speed and making great oscil-
lations. I crept along on my knees
and pulled Siyel and Croee by the
arm. Swell Grocer l exclaimed
Wake up!' My two companions were
huddled up motionless in the car, COW
cred by their eloaks. collected all my
strength and endeavored TO raise them
| UP. Sivel's face was black. his eyes
OF blood. Croce's eyes were half clos
ed. and his mouth was bloody.
ITO relate what happened afterward
is impossible. ] felt frightful wind.
We were still 900 feet high. There
remained in the car two bags of bal
| last, which / threw out. was draw
| Ing near the earth. | looked for my
knife to cut the small rope which held
| the anchor. but could not find it. | was
| like a mailman and continued to CALL
'Sivel, Swell" BY good fortune / was
| aOie TO put my hand upon my knife
and detach the anchor at the right
| moment.
The shock on coming to the ground
was dreadful. The balloon seemed as
| IL it was being fiattened. thought 1t
was going to remain where it had fall
En-, but the wind was high and it was
dragged across fields. The. bodies OF
nay unfortunate friends were shaken
| about in the car, and | thought every
moment they would be jerlled out. At
| length, however, | seized the valve
line, and the gas soon escaped from
the balloon. which lodged against a
tree. 1t was then 4 O'clock. On step
ping out | was seized with a feverish
attack and sank down and thought for
a moment that | was going to join my
| friends in the next world, but | came
| to- / found the bodies of my friends
cold and stiff. / had them put under
shelter in an adjacent barn. The de-
scent of the Zenith took place on the
| plains 100 miles from Paris as the
crow flies. The greatest height at
tanned in this ascent is estimated at
e. COO feet."-W. r. C. Iatson in Min.
leapolis Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-17

Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the
noiseless gun. recently gave a private
exhibition of the powers of this Won
derful weapon at his home in Hart
ford, Conn. The inventor entered his
den and produced the Maxim humane
slaughterer," the name chosen for the
gun that he proposes TO use in the
slaughter of cattle in stockyards.
very frequently the blow which is
dealt to the animals In the stockyards
does not kill them" said Mr.. Maxim
to New York American reporter,
shut merely stuns. Now. it sometimes
happens that the man with the iron
maui hits an OK in the eye and simply
maddqD the creature, or it Is only
stunneA when it is dumped bodily into
the slaughter room, and the butchers
have to run for their lives. This gun
Is intendes~to slaughter them pain
lessly and end all this trouble 9th
er guns will not do this because the
noise maddens the other animals.
at is not the type of the noiseless
gun that l expect to see used in the
army"
The gun which Mr.. Maxim held ap-
peared like an ordinary army rife. ex-
cept that 1t was sheathed with an out
er barrel of aluminium. In this outer
sheathing was concealed the silencer
The inventor loaded the gun with a
30 caliber bullet and fired it at pile
of dozen magazines resting on edge
against the wall. The only noise heard
was the click of the trigger and a
swishing sound as the soft nosed lead
en- bullet tore its way through three of
the magazines and embedded itself in
the fourth. The hole r2ade was large
enough almost to. put ones hand
through. A slight flash of fire was
seen at the muZzle of the gun at the
moment of the firing. This would
probably be obviated by the use of
smokeless powder, though the inventor
did not say.
''The outside barrel of this gun is in
three parts" said Mr.. Maxim. There
are three cells for use in killing sound.
do not know how silent the New
York S. p. G. A. wants the gun to be
used by it to be. but 1 gave them
enough silence to satisfy them.
This gun will not be used or even
receive any public test until my pat
ents in Europe have been granted
That will be in about two months, and
at that time the United States govern
ment test will take place. To describe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-17
NEW ENGLAND WITCHES.
A Small Record Compared With That
of Other Countries.

Yankees have so long and so loudly
confessed their ancestral sins that the
facts in the case are little known. So
cution of witches in Pennsylvania is
overlooked. The scant score of persons
hanged for witchcraft In New England
causes more comment than the many
thousands legally burned for that
crime in Europe.
In all New England, according to
Nathaniel Hawthorne, nineteen per-
more was accused of the crime and
for refusal to plead was pressed to
death, after the custom of the day.
The facts concerning the widespread
belief in witchcraft and the enormous
number of witches killed may be
found in any encyclopedia. Haydn's
Dictionary of Dates says: More
than 100000 persisted, mostly by the
flames, in Germany.a Chambers En-
cyclopedia says: I'm England and Scot
land the witch mania was somewhat
later in setting in than on the CONT
snent. but when it did so it was little
If at all less yirulent. the reformation
Notwithstanding" 1.-THE number of
victims in Scotland from first to last
has been estimated at upward of
1000" DIR. Sprenger in his Life of
Mohammed" computes the entire num-
Der of persons who have been burned
as witches during the Christian epoch
at 100000.
Witchcraft prosecutions in New Eng
land took place in 1852. They were all
done in six months. In England they
continued till well into the next cen
fury. In 1868 a reputed wizard was
drowned in a pond at Nottingham, in
Essex. Says Chambers. 1T was con-
sidered worthy of notice that nearly
all the sixty or seventy persons con-
cerned in the outrage were of the small
tradesmen class, none of the agricul-
tural laborers being mixed up in the
affair. Springfield Republican.