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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
IS
NOT SURE

Candidates for congress this fall
are confronted with new issue
in general opposition to continu
ance of Cannon in the speakers
chair at Washington. This OppOsi-
ton has assumed the importance
of national issue, and efforts are
being made in many localities to
pledge candidates against Cannon
in case the latter is returned to
Washington.
In this district there is no in
quiry as far as William Goodyear,
the democratic candidate, is con-
cerned, for one of the ach> ements
he most aspires to is helping to
eliminate Cannon and his kind.
With Judge Poindexter. republi-
can, the case is different. Con-
fronted with Cannon, the judge is
up stump somewhat. In the first
place he will be a first termer il
elected and first termers in Wash.
ingtOn amount to about a vote and
little more until they get lined
up" Lining them up by hitting
them over the head with his club
is Cannon's specially. Judge Poin-
dexter says he has not plotted any
congressional revolutions and he
doesn't know what he would do
in the matter of Cannon. Just now
he is more interested in the matter
of Poindexter VS.. Goodyear, an &C
ton brought by both parties to
confiscate one Office of congress-
man from the Third district.
The regular national organiZa-
ton of the republican party is be-
hind Cannon, and Roosevelt him
self is included in this formation.
Whatever else Cannon is, he is re-
garded as a strictly party man,
which lisa paramount virtue under
the capitol dome. That Cannon is
an obstructionist where all progress
sive legislation is concerned, and
has a friendship for the moneyed
interests that he cannot conceal if
he wanted to, is admitted, but his
partyp fidelity appears to cover a
multitude of sins of this sort.
By his supporters here Judge
Poindexter is advocated as a
| progressive" but he hasn't pro-
crossed far enough to express an
opinion yet on the Cannon incubus.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
NEW PLAN FOR
|DE AVENUE
NORTH COAST NOW PROPOSES
TO CLOSE STREET AND OPEN
A NEW ONE 60 FEET FUR
THEIR NORTH.

An entirely new proposition was
submitted to the board of works
today by the North Coast railway
interests with reference to the
much mooted question of improve
ments to Ide avenue 1t is proposed
to close Ide avenue entirely and
open street 60 feet farther north.
Attorney Danson, who represented
the railway at the board meeting,
declared 1t to be much the better
proposition. and one that would re-
suit in an amicable settlement be-
tween the property owners who
have objected to the previous
plans. Instead Of 40 foot street
such as Ide avenue would be under
the old plans, the company pro-
poses so foot street. Mr.. DansOn
declared it would agree to cement
sidewalks and other usual city
specifications.
Owing to the haphazard manner
in which the city council went into
the Ide avenue matter, the board of
works faced two different orders.
The council adopted the first plans
of the railroad people, then on a
resolution by Councilman Mohr, Or
dered Ide avenue improved accord
ing to usual city specifications. The
company's first plans was for board
sidewalks. After adopting these the
council did not formally revoke the
action, but passed Mohr's resolu-
ton. The railroad people refused
t oaccept it. The different actions
of the council furnished a loop hole
and the railroad crawled out of
doing any improving whatsoever,
with the result that the property
owners who are at present practi-
cally without means of getting out
from their property are in the same
shape they were before the North
Coast matter came up at all.
The last scheme, however, ap-
pears satisfactory to the board of
works, each member of which ex-
presses the opinion that it effects a
solution to the satisfaction of both
the property owners and the rail
road. 1t will be submitted to the
council tonight with the boards
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
SQUARE DEAL
FOR FARMERS

MEAD, Wash, Oct. 12--Editor
Press: We have been hearing SO
much for a long time about a
square deal, nearly always from
republican papers and our presi-
dent, and the question came into
my mind since the primaries, are
the republicans giving the farmers
in Spokane county a square deal
when they nominate two candi-
dates for county commissioner
both from the city of Spokane?
| am republican, but if these
two men should by any chance get
elected wouldn't that be taxation
without representation" as far as
the farmers of Spokane county are
concerned? Yours for square
deal, Robert G. Turner
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
DELv|NC INTO
HEALTH COST
COUNCIL APPEARS TO FAVOR
LIBRARY INCREASE BUT
WANTS TO- KNOW ALL
ABOUT CITY SICK BILL Ex-
PENSE.

While showing every disposition
last night to tear and pare the es.
Inmates of the health department.
which DR.. Hall and DR.. Grieve
claim are absolutely needed for the
protection of the city's health, the
council was not disposed to pin
the Carnegie library representa-
tives down by interested inquiry
into the items asked for that in
stitution. On the one hand the
health department asked for $780,
$3.50 cents per capita; while the
library asked for 1872, $50.
Although the health departments
estimate was for $3.50 less than
originally demanded, the council
still showed a disposition to cut
down even on that amount.
Judge Belt, c. NJ. Fassett and
Mrs. Estelle Deffenbaugh of the
library each declared that they
could not well recede from their
original estimate of $50, $50, which
is $11,S01.60 more than was re-
quired to run that institution last
year. 1t was explained that new
stacks" and new books are the
principal needs and one assistant
to have charge of the Is branch
school libraries and four neighbor
hood branches.
c. NJ Fassett said that the cir
culation of the library during the
past year has been 1875 900 volumes
to Seattles 100000 volumes, and
while the Spokane library is run
with a force of 10 the Seattle
force numbers rs.
Mrs. Deffenbaugh suggested to
the council that it might assist in
cutting down expenses a lot if it
would straighten out the freight
rate matters. AS an instance of
the discrimination practiced by the
railroads against the library she
quoted a shipment from New York
which was s12 to the coast, plus
$3.50 back to Spokane, the goods
not travelling to the coast at all.
The needs of the health depart
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
TAFT CAR
OFF TRACK

STERLING, Ohio, Oct 13.-The
Taft special, which arrived here
this morning, met with a slight &C,
cident near the city. The car Con
stitution,' containing Taft, Cover
nor Harris, Senator Dick and others
left the track and the occupants
were severely jolted. Spreading
rails is the supposed cause.
No one was injured and work
men soon replaced the car on the
track A large iron bar was found
beside the track, which had been
recently repaired where the acct
dent occurred.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

meetings to be addressed by local
speakers, and number Of these
gatherings will be held at the
smaller towns throughout the
county during the coming week.
A meeting will be held tomorrow
night in Finlander's hall in Peace
full valley, to be addressed by
Thomas A. Scott and William Mat
thews. Thursday night the Fourth
ward democratic club will hold a
meeting in Justice Suckers court
room at the court house. Friday
night the Second ward BRYAN club
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
FOUND BANK LEFT
WIDE OPEN

A policeman at a late hour last
night discovered the rear door of
the Inland bank open. He entered
and was astounded to see the outer
door of the huge safe standing wide
open. The inner door, however
was closed
According to the police, the care
lessness of some business men will
result in wholesale robbery some
of these nights. Not night passes
that patrolmen do not discover
from one to three business houses
open. AS a rule, the doors are
merely left unlocked.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

funds, and has had solicitors out
with Indifferent success. 4 This
financial stringency is something
unusual in a national campaign,
and the only reason assigned is
that the people have lost the old
interest in the old campaign locally
or else have not the money to con
tribute.
All the successful effort seems
to be made for funds for the ma
tional committees, In which direc-
ton both parties have had fair re-
suits. The hustling for national
campaign funds has operated
against the effort to raise money
for the county campaign. tcL
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
PAYS FOR
STREET MISTAKE

Because of extra work, due to
the omission of three blocks of
the Improvement of Tekoa street
from the assessment rolls, the city
council has been asked by the
board of public works to pay the
contractors, Mitchell Bros, $1,700.
The omission from the assessment
rolls is due to a change in the
plans for the improvement of the
street, from Twenty-second to
Twenty-fifth avenues.
The board of public works has
agreed on a settlement with
Mitchell Bros. for the figure given
above.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
LAST DAY FOR
REGISTRATION

By o'clock tonight, when the
registration books close, it is ex-
pected that fully $500 voters will
have signed the rolls. A big rush
has been on all day and probably
at no time has there been less than
a score of men on line. About noon
there was string of about 60.
The clerks expect that they will
register about 300 today. Many who
came registered early in the sea-
son but since then changed ad-
dresses and are required to regis.
ter anew.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
BOARD WANTS TO
HIRE EXPERT

The board of works this after
noon decided to request the city
council tonight to rescind it's order
Of July IA authorizing the city engi-
neer to hire an eminent engineer to
check over bridge plans, and to
leave the engaging of such engineer
to the board of works.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
BOTH ARE HARD UP FOR
FUNDS TO MAKE LOCAL
FIGHTS AND WILL HAVE TO
PASS THE HAT TO MAKE A
RAISE.

There appears to be lots of in
terest but very little cash around
the Spokane headquarters of the
old parties. The republicans are
considering a move to inaugurate
house to house, hat in hand can.
vass for funds, also to swoop down
on the occupants of the Office build
ings for the same purpose
The democratic county organiza-
ton is also sadly in the need of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
BUYS
RAILROAD

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-That
James ]. Hill has finally secured
control of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad is the belief of Wall
street. The stock was held abroad
pending final negotiations.
The cash paid is said to have
been part of that which it was ex-
pected would be distributed to
stockholders of the Northern Pa
cific. "a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
BIG PROJECTS In
FIFTH WARD

Committees have been appoint
ed by the North Division Improve
ment club, which held a meeting
last night, to lock after some large
improvements in the Fifth ward.
The club wants a viaduct built
across the deadly grade crossings
on Division street, will ask for the
paving of Division street with
asphalt and seeks the building of
complete system of sewerage in
the Fifth ward.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
new STRIKE AT NOME
YIELDS $|48 TO A PAN

TACOMA, Oct. 13.-Dispatches
today confirm a report that one of
the richest strikes in the Nome dis
trict was made by two miners,
Peterson and Hail. on the third
beach line. Pay dirt yields S14S
to the pan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
SOMEBODY TO BLAME

Ten years ago Mile Cody was
considered one of the brightest as
well as most beautiful girls in Spo,
kane. She graduated with high
honors at the high school and was
class valedictorlan.
Yesterday she was fined S25 and
costs in police court, where she
was hailed on a charge of yagrancy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13

Two hundred faithful democrats
gathered in Cheney last night and
organized a Bryan club with the
following officers; President, ].
S. Hull: first vice president, A. A.
Ames; second vice president, 8.
w. Webb; treasurer. j. A. Burke;
secretary, l.. J.. Hoy; sergeant at
arms, Mart Noyce.
Among the speakers were Will
liam Matthews. who reviewed the
political situation. Fred Schade
followed with a rousing, old time
speech which stirred the crowd. ".
I. Tustin spoke on the taria.
The next meeting of the club
will be held next Saturday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
will hold a public meeting at the
municipal court room at the city
hall.
BOY HAS VANISHED

The disappearance of Roy Cum
mings, age II. from his home near
the subway nine miles east OF
town, has been reported to the po-
lice. The youth left home yester-
day on a Wentworth motorcycle
and had not returned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
FILES CONCRETE PETITION

Thomas Maloney will again file
with the city council tonight
petition containing about 1000
names asking that the council
chose concrete instead of steel for
all city bridges to be built.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-10-13
HOME INDUSTRY
SPELLBINDERS

The home made hSand of demo-
cratic spellbinders is in demand
these days. 1t is proposed to in
crease the number of democratic
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-02
Base Ball Union.

A baseball players union is the
latest thing to spring into existence.
1t was organized at Galveston.
lex, last week by the members; OF
the Washington Club of the
American League, with James J,
Callahan, of Chicago, one of the
moving spirits, Callahan was
working with Cantillon's men, and
the scheme is said to be his, but
he IS not allowed to play in organ.
lied baseball.
According to Callahan, the new
union is to be affiliated with the
Federation of Labor under Samuel
Gompers, ano its object will be
mutual protection. 1t is also aim
ed to create a fund for baseball
players home modelled on the gen
eral idea Of the actors fund.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-02
Trades Assembly Meeting,


The Trades Assembly met in
special session Monday evening
with President Kuntz in the chair;
with a large representation of dele.
gates present.
Several matters in regard to
local organizing questions were
discussed at some length and
detinete policy to pursue along this
line was outlined.
A communication from the
American Federation issued as an
address to the workers, authorized
by the organized Labor's Protest
Conference held in Washington
recently in which lis National and
International Trades Union and
Farmers Associations participated
was read which set forth the things
which labor is seeking at the hands
of the Congress and the United
States Senate and asking the CO.
operative of all unions and union
| men.
The following committee was
appointed to draft a resolution
petition to be presented to our U.
5. Senators and members in Con.
gress In compliance with the re-
quest Of the communication
Frank w. Snyder, Jno. w. Gil
more, Harry Philips, Joe J.
limerick and e. E. Mcclure.
A committee was also appointed
consisting of one member from
every organization and craft in the
city to prepare for the holding of a
monster mass meeting on or before
April goth which was recommend
eddy the circular above mention
ed. The committee consists Of the
following members.
| l., d. Kinsie, of the Carpenters.
j. j. limerick, of the Printers
| G. N. Edgington of the Brick
layers.
Albert Eaton, of the Bartenders.
i VIM Glllison, of the Clerks.
Frank w cody, of the Pain tiers.
| G. w. Eagler, of the Musicians.
Ben Davis, of the Miners.
| B: S. Hastings, of the Miners.
W. f. Ayers, of the Tailors.
y. A. Stephens, Of the Leather
Workers.
1 l.
Donald Fraser of the Pressmen.
| Walter Lewis, Of the Linemen.
Richard GULL, of the Electric
ianS.
Henry Brown, of the Hoo
Carriers.
! j. w. Vickers, of the Black.
smiths.
| Harry Morgan, of the Newsboys
! W. T. Coffey, of the, Plumbers
| R. J. Prof1itt, of the BARRIERS.
| Chas. Skita, of the Timers.
| The following organizing com.
mittee was appointed to assist
organizer Wyatt: limerick, Rob
lnson, Kuntz, Mcclure, Philips
Eaton, Edgington and Snyder.
The Assembly meets in regular
session next Monday evening an6
it will be a very important one and
every delegate should be present
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-02
Miners Meeting,

The District Convention was in
session Monday and Tuesday and
also a portion of every day this
week. President Ben Davis has
assumed the active leadership both
In the convention and in the joint
conference for the miners.
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, 1908-07-20
THE AUTOMOBILE CLUB
SPEND DAY IN COUNTRY

Six automobiles of the Laramie Auto
mobile club, carrying about forty per-
sons, srent the day at the Riverside
ranch and in that vicinity, the storm
of Saturday making the roads too
muddy for the proposed run to Chin
ney park. Among the members Of the
party was Elmer Lovejoy, who went
fishing. When he returned singing,
"The Good Lord knows how dry l ami"
he was almost heartbroken to find that
his share of the Budweiser had been
consumed and he was fighting mad. Joe
Lohlein and John Winslow laid it onto
the other members VI the company,
but that didn't to bring back a
single bottle and Lovejoy walked with
a ringing headache this morning.
, 1908-07-20
many STk7fSAT THE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Monnett and E. H. Moore of Youngs-
town, the chairman of the last state
democratic convention in Ohio, are to-
day speeding home after a conference
with Bryan, with Instructions to size
up the situation and take every ad-
vantage of the Foraker-Taft feud.
Indiana and Ohio.
1t has been practically determined
that the main efforts In the middle
west will be directed against Indiana
and Ohio, where the leaders are count
ing on wrestling a majority vote from
the republican column.
Concerned About Barrel.
Bryan today occupied himself with
the subject Of campaign contributions
and issued a statement appealing to
the democratic papers of the country
TO begin the collection of funds from
their subscribers.
Money from the Masses.
He believes the democrats will re-
ceive this year a larger campaign fund
than ever before, and that the money
will come from the masses.
, 1908-07-20
MEDICINE BOW YOUTHS
APPREHENpED At DENV

Three youthful emulators of early
day cowboys ere picked up by Patrol
man Mcintyre at Tenth and Santa Fee
avenues yesterday, says the Denver
Post Of Sunday. Placed In the mat,
ron's quarters at the city jail, the
young prisoners were booked as Baker
Comstock, IA Theodore Comstock, IL,
and Charles Sell, Is. They are said
to be runaways from Medicine Bow,
Wyp.
AL boys were armed with cheap re-
yolvsrs. which they carried 10 odd
looking holsters tsrapped around their
Waists. Their legs were covered with
chaps made BY themselves. and they
wore sombreros on their heads and
red h~andkerchisfs tied loosely in a
knot shout their necks.
They preseAtAd : grotesque appear
spce, and th-iesAft1hctsd the policeman
W. wAmHp sohboys," declared
~ tsto All ~ arrest. 'and thatt
, 1908-07-20
TOOK FISH
TO STREAMS
SUPERINTENDENT TREGoNiNG
MAKES TRIP TO INLAND
STREAMS IN AUTOMOBILE
Thousand Pounds Of Fish From Lara
nile Hatcheries Planted Where
Fry Had Never Been Planted Be-
Observation-Disclosures Baked on
Return Trip BY Moonlight.

Theodore Tregoning, superintendent
OF the state fish hatcheries, arrived in
town Sunday morning on No. 8, with q
consignment Of 10000 brook trout for
Boulder creek, on the west side Of the
Wind River range, a hundred miles
north of here. says the Rock Springs
Rocket.
This is the first trout ever planted
in this stream by the state, on accoun.
of its remoteness and long distance
from the hatcheries, and the conse
quent dificulty Of tranporting them In
a healthy condition
Thousand Pounds Of Fish.
The automobile stage service from
Rock Springs northward now brings
the Boulder and Pinedale district wfth-
in easy reach Of the railroad, and
Superintendent Tregoning, realizing
the advantage OF the present facilities
left Laramie at 2 a. M, Sunday with q
thousand-pound consignment of trout
and was met at the Rock Springs de-
pot at 9 a. M, by the automobile max
ing the daily north trip, and at s p. Ii.
vas landed at the town of Boulder, on
the west foot hills Of the Wind River
mountains, and the fish were planted
in Boulder creek before 6 that evening,
with a loss of less than 8 per cent of
the original consignment as it left the
hatcheries at Laramie.
He Wanted To Sleep.
On account of the regular Monday
morning trip the auto driver wanted
TO make the return 100 mile trip to
Rock Springs in the moonlight. but
Superintendent Tregoning thought he
had had enough for n day, and to
"nleaca on way and Lot him s1eanp
, 1908-07-20
Roads Yet Undecided.

Transcontinental railroads have not
yet decided whether they will fight the
decision of the Interstate Commerce
commission in the lumber rate cases.
A decision as to what action to take
will be reached within the next few
days. Meanwhile the roads ask more
time in which to change their tariffs
in compliance with the new order
should they accede to the rates order
ed by the commission without a fight
Not Officially Notified.
Judge Martin A. Knapp, chairman OF
the Interstate Commerce commission
stated that he had not been officially
ed that the transcontinenta'
railroads would contest the commits
sfon's decision in the lumber rate
ceses, but he has heard in an indirect
way that they are considering such 9
course.
, 1908-07-20
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED
BY NEPHEW WHO HAD PROM
IsEb TO MARRY HER
PRETTY DAUGHTER.
Body Found on Track In Lonely Part
Of Hackensack and Several Hun
dred Dollars Of American Money
Missins-Man Who Escaped from
Penitentiary Eleven Years Ago
Returned to That Institution.

New York, July 20.-A tale of crime
SO revolving and repellant with cruel
craftiness as to be almost unbelievable
is told in the case of Mrs. Ottillie Eb-
erhard, a well-to-do Viennese widow,
whose body was found on the railroad
track in a lonely section of Hasken'
sack, N. j., yesterday.
Murdered in Cold Blood.
Investigation revealed that she had
been murdered and her body placed
upon the track in an effort to destroy
all traces of the crime.
Looking for Nephew.
The police are searching for Au-
gust Eberhard, the dead woman's
nephew, who had importuned her to
come to this country and bring her
little fortune, $500, and her daughter,
20 years old, whom August had prom
Used to marry.
A Grocery Clerk.
The man worked In a grocery store
on Nicholas avenue, in this city, and
his parents lived on q farm near
Duchess Junction, N. Y.
Met Them on Pier.
The woman and her daughter arriv-
ed in New York last Thursday on the
Deutschland. Eberhard met them at
the pier. and after settling them tenn.
porarily at q little hotel, took the
elder woman to money changer, who
, 1908-07-20
Sherlock Captured.

Williams, Ariz., July 20.-With g
pistol pressed to his abdomen by
Ranger H. E. Woods, Frank Sherlock
alias Charles Ely, recognized as the
convict who rode away from the New
Mexico penitentiary on the warden's
horse eleven years ago, yesterday ex-
planned, Il guess you have got me
kid" and guilty surrendered.
Now in ~Penitentiary.
He was delivered into the custody
of Captain Christman of the New Mex.
leo renitentiary last night and i'm.
mediately started on the Ovbrhnd
train for Santa Fee, where he has two
years Of a four-year term to serve for
horse stealing.
Betrayed BY Employe.
Sherlock was betrayed by a fellow
convict whom he discharged from his
position with the Grand Canon Lime
and Cement company of Nelson, Ariz.
where Sherlock had taken up the
track.
Served As Deputy sheriff.
Sherlock was a Jean Vatican since
his escape, and lived an exemplary
life. For eight years he served as
deputy sherin of Mojave county and
ran dowR many desperate criminals.