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The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16
WITHIN THE
REALM OF WOMEN'S CLUBS.

De Witt Paxton. the well-known
humorlst, entertained the members OF
the Woman's Club and their friends at
the annua, reception of the club, held
at 951 Broad street last night. Mr..
Paxton's stories were received with ap-
plause. There was also program OF
music by members of the club. The
reception committee included the presi-
dent, Mrs Adelbert B. Twitchell, 1r,
and the presidents, Mrs. Clara
Brown, Miss Theresa Murphy and Mrs.
j. K. ShiclS. Miss Clara Ramsthaler
was chairman of the reception commit
tee. Mrs. Ida Blanchard had charge
of the entertainment, and Mrs. Mary
Russ of the decorations.
Representatives from nearly every
club in the city attended.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16
WILL DROP WELLINGTON
FROM CHILDREN'S HOME.
Managers Won't Await Action OF
Grand Jury in Case of Me-
gro Accused of Cruelty.

A delegation of negroes from the
Home Trainers Association at II Null
berry street, representing the board of
managers, called on Judge Howell to-
day at the First Precinct Police Court
and told him that w. III. Wilmington,
the negro manager, who is held to await
the action of the grand jury, will be
discharged from the institution at once.
Wilmington was alleged to have scared
the face of negro boy with red hot
poker.
Whittington's wife was among the
number who called on Judge Howell.
She will be retained by the board of
managers, and reorganization will be
made at once
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16
SCHOOL CHIL LDREN HOLD
ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL,

The Fairmount Avenue German and
English School will hold its annual
May festival late today. In the after
noon the customary May Walk" will
be taken. and following the return to
the school grounds games and races
will be enjoyed. The festival will be
held in the school park formerly
known as Seibert's Park, at 40S Fair
mount avenue.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16
MONEY WANTED TO BUILD
BIG SCHOOL ADDITION.
Bloomfield Board OF School Esti-
mate Asks $4,000 to
ENLARGE Berkeley.

The Board of School Estimate in
Bloomfield met last night and decided
to ask the Town Council for an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for general school
purposes during the ensuing term. The
Council will also be asked to appro
pirate $4,000 for the building of an
eight-room addition to Berkeley School.
OF this amount, if the Council accedes
to the request, $4,000 will probably be
placed in this years tax levy, so as
not to increase the tax rate as quite
a sum not yet named will be received
from the State.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16
CALDWELL SOCIETY
HOLDS LAST DANCE,

The last dance of the season of the
assemblies held in Association Hall,
Caldwell, for the benefit of the Bor-
ough Improvement Association of
Caldwell, was held last night A big
crowd was present The patronesses
were Mrs. John W. Gosman, Mrs. Ed
mund r. Laine, Mrs. Wilfred +, Max
well, Mrs. Frederick r. Cook and Miss
Frances Taylor.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16

streets, last night. The officers in
charge were: Joseph German, presi-
dent; Arthur Hyland. vice-president;
secretary, Miss Bessie Tully; treasurer,
Miss Pauline Schweikert. Those on the
floor committee were: Arthur Hyland,
floor manager; assisted by Joseph Cor
man and William Murphy.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16
pIJMp WORKS OUTING.

The Henry r. Worthington fire de-
partment has appointed Frederick
Lodge, George Legg, George Pickney,
James Murray and James Hurd com
mittee to arrange for an outing next
month.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16
FAREWELL BEFORE SHE
GOES TO ENGLAND.

Miss Rebecca Burke, of Grant ave-
nue., Kearny, will give a reception to-
night at her home to a number of
friends She will leave Wednesday for
England, to remain several weeks.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16

Mrs. Wright, before her marriage
was Miss Champenois of the old New
All family of that name. Both the
Wright and Champcnois families oc-
cupy prominent places in the exclusive
social circles of Newark and its envi-
rons.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16
'TTT17 177'7''F TTIR = TT = =
MISS STANLEY TO !
BE A JUNE BRIDE. !
Will Marry John ]. Phelan :
in Ceremony at Sea-
side Home. !

~ARDS have been issued for the
marriage of Miss Margaret Shan
ley, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tohn f. Stanley, of II Washington
street, to John J. Phelan, of New
York. The wedding will take place
June in ST Mary's Church, at Deal
and will be followed by a reception at
the summer home of the brides par
ants, in Allenhurst. The wedding will
be one of the seasons events in social
circles
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16

life, and for more than fifteen years
has been connected with the Female
Charitable Society as a member of the
relief committee and the kitchen gar
den committee For number of years
she has been one of the board of man
ayers.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16

table Society. Mrs. Wright is one Of
the popular women of Newarks -Four
Hundred"
Aside from her social life, Mrs.
Wright takes lively interest in char
ity work. She has been connected with
missionary work the best part of her
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16

Another June wedding of social
prominence win be that of Miss Elsie
Milward and Louis Lelong, which
will take place in the Roseville Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church June IL.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16

St Columbas Alumni Society held its
second annual reception and dance in
oraton Hall, corner Bridge and Broad
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16

Judge and Mrs Elwood C. Harris
and their daughter. Miss Grace Harris,
sailed today for Europe, where they
viii spend the next four months. They
win visit Great Britain and the prin-
cipal cities on the continent.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-16

Charles b. Evans and B. N. Jones.
of this city, are at the Homestead
Hotel, Virginia Hot Springs, where
they will spend a fortnight.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
ASKS BAIL FOR
SCHM|Tz
RUFF REFUSES TO TESTIFY
BECAUSE PROSECUTION HAS
REFUSED TO GRANT HIM
FULL IMMUNITY.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 11.-At-
torney Drew, for Ex-Mayor
Schmitz, made an appeal for bail
for Schmitz this morning. 1t was
postponed until Monday. Opposi'
ton is expected.
Drew also asked District Attor-
ney Cook to have Schmitz's bail re-
duced from $355,000 to an even
100000. Cook stated he would
consult Langdon in this regard.
Ruef, it is said, will have to
stand trial on all his indictments.
He refused to testify foI the prose
cution yesterday unless the prose
cution granted him full immunity.
This was refused. Without Ruef
the prosecution will have difficulty
in connecting up many of the de-
PENDANTS with the alleged crimes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
PROBLEM FOR F0LlCE

The question of what to do With
the 200 or more women who on
Feb. / must leave the Main and
Yale blocks is great one which
the police will try 10 solve as best
they can. Already Chief Rice has
been informed that women are
preparing to rent residences and
continue the business engaged in
before. The chief says that If any
of them are found after Feb. they
will be as severely dealt with as
the vagrancy ordinance will allow
Last spring the great problem of
the department was to abolish
streetwalking, and although it has
taken months to do this it has been
a trial of unceasing labor and is
not thoroughly accomplished yet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
MORTGACED RANCH
he never OWNED

Another chapter was added this
morning to the David Tonnett-John
Jahde troubles, which We're aired
in the superior court some time
ago. where Tonnett was given
Judgment for the return of a
ranch which, while intoxicated, he
sold to Jahde, who owns a saloon
on the corner of Main and Division.
u. ID. Finley is in possession of
notes aggregating $4,000 and a
mortgage against the Tonnett
ranch, which Jahde gave after he
got 1t from Tonnett. Since Ton
nett was given back his ranch by
order of the court. he sold 1t to A..
f. Barnes. l.. H. Prather and
George A. Latimer, whom Finley
has brought suit against TO recov-
er the amount OF the notes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
Justice Harlan Predicts Great War.
Japan Situation Critical.

and urged the United States to
make preparations for it. In refer
ence to the navy, he said:
II want to see the navy grow to
such extent that no nation on earth
could consider for moment enter
ing into a contest with u.s."
Negotiations between the United
States and Japan have reached a
serious stage. While war is but
yet an eventuality, largely because
of Japan's alleged unpreparedness,
it is known that friendly relations
are strained almost to the breaking
point.
Ambassador O'Brien has been for
the last six months attempting to
secure from the Japanese govern
ment some definite statement in re-
lation to the restriction of coolie
immigration. So far satisfactory
assurances from Japan have been
wanting. Hayashi evades the issue
and makes counter demand on the
United States to guarantee that no
Japanese exclusion bill be passed.
This last representation on the
part of the Japanese government
was received by the state depart
ment few days ago by cable and
cost the government several thou
sand dollars in tolls. Root is now
preparing a reply.
Japan will be informed that this
m, ha onv,,nnl1nd m
grant assurances that no exclusion
bill will be passed. Root, however,
will try to avoid precipitating mat
tiers with the fleet so far from its
western base.
Meanwhile the Japs are delaying
matters while preparing for war.
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. lin
this evenings Portland Journal
will appear an interview with an
unnamed officer of the American
navy who, it is stated, is of high
rank. He declares that the situa-
tion between the United States and
Japan is of the most serious ma
ture
"The people as a whole do not
realize how serious position the
two countries are in" he says
THE United States is making
every preparation for armed con-
flict in the near future. Fortified
tons at Point Iona have been
placed on a war footing. The bay
of San Francisco and Puget Sound
have been mined and the work of
completely mining the mouth of
the Columbia river is almost over.
We are only awaiting the arrival
of the mines. The electric wiring
was finished recently"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
WOULD SHUT OFF
TELEPHONES

That the city will be left with
out telephone service on Sunday If
a Sunday closing test is brought
to shut up all lines of business in
addition to saloons, is the state
ment of c. W. Reynolds, manager
of the local system He is quoted
as saying that no attempt would
be made to fight such case and
that the service would be shut off
the minute suit was brought
against him.
The telephone company would be
saved that much expense, with no
corresponding reduction in re-
ceipts. But there would be no call
ing up the doctor or the police all
day Sunday.
1t is not believed that drastic
measures will follow the saloon
closing, although there is strong
disposition on the part Of some of
the saloon keepers to retaliate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
SALOON CASES WOUND UP|
Corporation Counsel Agrees to Dis.
miss Second Offense Charges.

pared to open for the two hours
and expect to do big business in
that time with those who have
been dry over Sunday.
A new ordinance, which will be
introduced Tuesday, will close sa-
looms from midnight Saturday I'M
til s q. m. Monday morning If it is
passed. 1t is proposed to repeal
the old law and substitute one ap.
plying strictly to saloons.
Attorney N. E. Nuzum, legal rep
resentative of the saloon men, this
morning paid Justice J. d. Hinkle's
court $3.50 in cash, which Is the
amount of cost to which the city
was put in arresting and prosecut-
ing saloon men for violation Of the
Sunday closing ordinance. Follow
ing the agreement between saloon
men and the corporation counsel
Justice Hinkle dismissed these
cases.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
BOTH SIDES SATISFIED WITH
MEN SELECTED TO FIX JUDO
MENT IN SECOND TRIAL OF
NOTORIOUS CASE. ;

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.--"What do
I think OF the jury? Why, it's a
hundred per cent better than the
first. am truly delighted with
it,"
So said Evelyn Thaw in COM
menting on the quick work per.
formed in securing jury in the
Thaw case Both sides seem
pleased with the IL men.
Its a clean cut jury. One Of the
best | have ever seen in my legal
career" said Jerome. Thaw him
self is apparently satisfied.
With the selection of the jury
completed late yesterday after
noon, court adjourned to 10 o'clock
Monday morning, when opening
statements will begin, to be fol-
lowed by the taking of testimony,
The jurors selected follow:
Charles F. GremmeIs, ship
broker, foreman; Arthur r. Naeth-
ing, employing baker; George w.
Cary, dry goods; George c. Rup-
precht, salesman; John Fl. Hol-
bert, mineral waters; David E. Ar
rowsmith, manager; William F..
Doolittle, auditors clerk; William
H. McHugh, clerk, Frank ]. Ho-
well, manufacturer; William Burck
assistant secretary Y. M. C. Al;
Francis Dovale, real estate; James
A. Hooper, meats and provisions.
1t is said that Jerome may ask
that one Of the jury sworn in yes
terday afternoon be discharged for
cause. Jerome refuses to discuss
the subject. 1t is rumored the man
is reported to have said that he
would never vote for conviction.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
SEATTLE SHOOTING
CASE IS REVERSED

SEATTLE. Jan. lion account
of errors in excluding testimony for
the defense, the supreme court has
announced that William Constan-
tine, recently tried and convicted
on a charge of shooting Jesse Hall,
his son-in-law. would be granted a
new trial.
The jury which heard the case
reduced the charge from assault
with intent to commit murder to
assault with a deadly weapon. and
Constantine was found guilty, later
being sentenced by Judge Morris
to serve one year in the peniten-
tiary and pay fine Of $1,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
TONS OF FOOD
FOR The FLEET

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. IL
To be certain that the Pacific
feet will not be delayed in repro
visioning when it reaches San
Francisco the navy department to-
day ordered that 1900 tons Of pro
visions be sent to Mare Island. The
department is expecting word at
any time that the feet has arrived
at Rio Janiero.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
GIRL
To KILL HER

: Nick FenO, Seattle Italian, will
be taken before Justice Hinkle this
afternoon to face a charge of bur-
glary, assault and carrying con-
cealed weapons, and one of the cir
cumstances which the police will
use as evidence is a statement of
Teresa Mataeo, a beautiful Italian
girl, who says that for two years
Feno kept her a white slave and
forced her to walk the streets to
earn money for him.
Recently she escaped from his
clutches in Seattle and came to
this city, where he followed. Yes
terday he found her rooming place
and assaulted her and then stole
$35 which she had in a bureau
drawer. She escaped from him and
notified the police.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
THE CORPORATION COUNSEL
HOLDS THAT BARNARD LAW
DOES NOT APPLY TO PLACES
WHERE FOOD is SERVED.

Aside from the three variety the
aters, only Pfister's place of amuse-
ment is effected by the barmaid act
which Police Chief Rice will en-
force from tonight. In the order
which the chief made Thursday
night, he notified all restaurant
keepers who sell liquors with
meals that either the liquor or the
women employees must be abolish
ed. The chief followed the word
ing of the act which in the title is
sweeping but in the enacting
clause stipulates such places as it
is applicable to, and restaurants
are not among these. On account
of this difference between the title
and the body of the act, the chief
sought the advice of Corporation
Counsel Hamblen, who this morn
ing submitted the following opin-
ion:
Pursuant to your request for an
opinion in reference to the en-
ployment of women in restaurants
such as Davenports, the Silver grill
and Windsor's, | beg to advise that
places of this kind do not fall with
in the purview of what is called the
barmaid act. While as you suggest
ed the title of the act is "To pro-
hibit the employment of females in
places where Intoxicating liquors
are sold as a beverage" and is
broad enough to cover such places
as those under discussion, the en-
acting clause precludes the en-
ployment of women ''in any sa-
loon, beer hall, barroom, theater
or place of amusement where in
toxicating liquors are sold as a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. Ii
1--WE will see within the next 10
years an army of 100000 men in
China, drilled and instructed by ia
panese, and when the time comes
it will GUST the whites from that
country"
This note of warning was sound.
ed by Associate Justice Harlan, of
the United States supreme court,
at the annual dinner of the Navy
league. The speech has created a
stir at the capitol and is being gen.
orally discussed.
Harlan predicted great war be-
tween the yellow and white races
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11

The Sunday saloon closing cases
were wound up today by the cor
poration counsel signing a stipula-
ton and order to dismiss cases re-
naming on the docket for second
offenses, and for which Judge Hin
kle had affixed fines of $25 each.
Appeal notices had been served by
the saloon men, but these cases
are to be dropped with the former
ones on agreement that the saloon
men pay costs and agree to remain
closed on Sunday. In consequence
tomorrow will be- a dry day in Spo-
kane history as far as the sale Of
intoxicating liquor is concerned.
The saloons will remain closed
until midnight Sunday. Then they
will be able to reopen until 2
o'clock, after which they are closed
till 5 under the ordinance that mas
been in effect for some time. A
number of saloon men have pre-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN
UPHOLDS SCF1MITZ

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Con-
gresham DUNCAN Mckinley, of
California, took occasion to severe
ly criticise Special Prosecutor
Francis j, Heney for the part he
had played in the San Francisco
graft prosecutions today while dis
GUESSING the decision of appellate
court on the Schmidt case.
II felt all the time" he said,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
ARE EXEMPT

beverage You will not there is
nothing in the enacting clause
which makes the act applicable to
restaurants.
1.-THE fact that the title covers
more than the act has no effect in
constituting the same.
'1n answer to your inquiry as to
whether the restaurants furnishing
music to their patrons could be
construed as places of amuse-
ment' within the said act. l beg
to advise that in my opinion they
could not. By places of amuse-
ment' as used in the said act the
legislature evidently meant a
place, the primary and principal OBJ
ject of which is to furnish amuse-
ment. With the restaurants men,
toned the primary object is to fur
nish food and refreshment. and the
music and entertainment is merely
incidental there to-
This opinion closely follows one
rendered by the prosecuting attor-
ney.
Chief Rice this morning said:
Following Mr.. Hamblen's opir'
ion. it is plain that only Pfister's
palm garden must abolish it's wom-
en- employees. The opinion has
cleared up the situation vastly and
am glad of it. The law as cor
rected by the opinion will be car
ried out to the letter"
H. l.. Haupt, proprietor of Pts
ter's, stated today when he was
informed of the chiefs decision
with regard to his resort, that he
could easily remedy matters by not
engaging any more women mu-
sicians or singers. There are
plenty of male orchestras and
male singers to be engaged, espe-
cially since the three variety
houses have gone out of the show
business.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
WOULD DESCEND
on CHURCH

A grotesQue demonstration is
planned by the variety actors and
actresses thrown out of employ
ment by the mayors order. They
are talking of forming a parade to-
morrow evening and marching to
the First NJ, f. church with a set
of questions asking where they are
going to find work and who will
support them now. They claim
that so families have been de-
prived of support by refUg'"g wom-
en- permission to drink with
men in the variety houses, whlch
amounts to the same thing as clos
ing the places, as the sale of liquor
through the women is the paying
end of the variety business.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
she SUES FOR
LOST PATIENTS

The troubles of DR.. Mary Keat-
ing over the McGoldrick dump are
soon to be aired in the superior
court in $4,000 damage suit,
which was started this morning by
the filing Of an amended complaint
Mrs. Heating had sanitarium
near the sawmill when the com
pany gave the city the privilege of
filling large hole with refuse.
Soon the flies came and with the
flies and the stencil Mrs. Keating's
patients had little success in get
ting well and left her house.
She claims she has been dam
aged thereby and wants the Nc
Goidrick company to reimburse her
to the amount of $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11


Parties are out searching today
for Merrill G. Washington, age q,
who disappeared Friday. The police
have found no trace of him, but
another appeal will be made this
afternoon to the officers.
The mother fears Washington
met with foul play, but if he has
left town in fear of punishment for
anything that has happened him
she wants him to know that every
thing is all right
Washington is colored and lived
with his mother and stepfather, S.
H. Hadley, at S521 Washington st.
Friday morning the Ritter Drug
Co., for whom he worked, entrust-
ed him with valuable package of
jewelry which was to be express
ed out of town. On Saturday morn
ing someone telephoned the drug
store that the box which Washing
ton lost was laying on the sidewalk
in Front of 30S Post st. and had
been there all night
Although it rained Friday night,
W uSIi TIC DOA Wds lOuIiu IL Was pEI-
fectly dry. 1t had not been opened
The young mans mother Is
heartbroken. She said this morn
ing that Friday morning she told
Merrill to call at Perkins colored
saloon on Post st. and collect the
rent for BARRIERS furniture. which
JEFF Mendenhall, a colored barber,
was using, About 8 O'CLOCK Merrill
called her and said that. Meu<
hall would not pay the rent. -
rilfs mother says she knew that
her boy telephoned from the sa-
loon because she heard boisterous
laughter while conversing with
him. When the young man failed
to return home Friday night in
quiry was made. People of the sa-
loon said he had not been there at
all. Later a man called up over the
telephone and informed Mrs, Had
ley that the box Merrill had was
stolen from him while he was tele-
phoning. The man would not tell
his name.
1t is believed that Merrill be-
came distracted when the box he
had been entrusted with disappear
ed, and. fearing consequences, hid
himself away or left the city.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
PREACHER GOT HIS

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. IL
Because he said in sermon that
all women who danced are ques-
-tionable characters the Rev. Ern'
est Sweeton, Holiness minister
of st. Louis, was jagged and
dubbed on the streets OF Newburg
Ind, near here last night, The
eggs and other missiles Knocked
him down and men then beat him
with clubs. No arrests were made
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-01-11
On. GUARD
TOMORROW

The Law Enforcement league
this afternoon placed in Prescott
ing Attorney Barnharts hands
nearly 1000 warrants for saloon
keepers who kept open the last
four Sundays since the city en-
forcement cases were held up.
Barnhart promised to serve the
warrants If single saloon opened
tomorrow, and deputies will be sta
toned to see that the order Is en-
forced. ...
The league agrees to hold up tho
warrants if the saloons close.
The prosecutor also ruled that
lunch counters in saloons must re-
main closed as well as the bars.