The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-05
GIRL MAKES
MAN CONFESS
Converts Him, Leads Him
Repentant to Police Station.
BLAMES IT ON LIQUOR
Noted Thief Warns Young
Men Against Evil.
Silly Sunday to Talk In Spokane
Unique Method If Gettiog Around
the Anti.Free Lunch Law.


Spokane, Wash, oct. 5-Thirtv
thousand square feet OF ground will
be occupied by the tabernacle to
be erected by the Spokane Minister.
lal association for series of re
yivals by Billy Sunday ex-basebal'
player, bdginning the middle ~
December and continuing well into
January The building will seat
5000 persons, fnd will be provided
with adequate heating and lighting
systems. There will be a choir Of
500 voices. The singers will oe-
cupy the speakers platform which
is to extend across the end of the
tabernacle. There will be floor Of
iawdust and the roof and sides will
be covered with tcwed felt and pa
7er. The Structure will be used by
the National Apple Show Dec. Z to
l2, to display exhibits from east.
ern, middle western aud southern
states in the competitions for pre-.
miums aggregating $S5,OOO.
Spokane Wash. Oct g. Some of
the saloons in the river district IN
Spokane are getting around the pntf
free lunch law by Offering beer at
our cents a glass and lunch at
1ne cent. They must be bought to-
gether. While some Of the places
claim to have lost trade since the
ordinance becpme effective others
say they are money ahead by the
Elimination of the lunch route It
Is not believed that the ONE cent
7chedule will last very long. Spokane
branch of the Heights or the Gold
en- Arch, an association OF the bet
Ter class of SELDOM men. has taken
the matter uD with the corpora
lion counsel to ascertain II this Is
not an infraction of the law, since
re lunch is not scld saparately
't the advertised prize, The asso
"iaticn purpose to rout the brrrel
house and joints of a similar type
'nd in this it has the support OF
"ariCus trades organizations and
'emi-civic bodies IN the city.
Spokane, Wash, C,st. 5-Flora W
Bilkiss, p graduate o, Baldwin semi
nary, until short time ago. =
"audevllle rarformSr and now head
# Christ Mission in the rear of
'he Coeur d'Alene theater, accom-
"lisbed in brief eXhortation OF
he street. corners what could not
We done bv the entire police force
't the city. She rounded up John
v. Gamble, elias j. p, Mansfield,
notorious highway man, converted
him to Christianity and persuaded
him to confess his crimes to the
authorities, He walked alone to the
police station where he told OF NOR,
than 40 rGbberies. When taken be-
ore Justice S. A. Mann he pleaded
guilty to the attempted robbery
and shooting cf H. L. Ayres, ana
was held to the superior court in
bonds of $4,000. lie said.
II understand what 1t will mean
% me 10 confess, but | am willing
20 take any punishment that may
&c given me for my crimes. At the
'ame time, | want to sPy. word to
he young men Leave all liquor
'lone. It is the forerunner of evil
The first drink may be the begin
hing CT a career of the blackest
rrimes, / committed all my crimes
when drunk and always worke
singlehanded, the first being at He
lena, Mont. three years ago and
guess I've robbed men of thous.
ands of dollars in my time am not
eoasbful of this; | am sorry now
and | em willing to atone for my
rong-doings
Gamble gave several $40 gold
pieces to stragglers in the river
district after talking with Miss
Bilkies also scattering $3.50 Of his
ill-gotten gains into the street
while on the way to the pollca
station.
Spokfne, Wash, Oct, 5-Hybridiza
tion of wheat with which the GER
eal experts at the Washington State
Hollege at Pullman in the heart of
the Palouse grain belt, south Of
Spokane have Just closed series
of successful experiments will ada
from $1,sO0OOO to s3,OOO,OOO q year
70 the value of the states product
in the future. Prof. G. w, Lawrence
station cerealist and Prof. George
Severance now acting head of the
agricultural department, took charge
OF the propogating work four year
ago, II was ascertained lpte last