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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
SUNDAYS
ANSWER

MY work is my defense against
the attacks and criticisms of those
who assail me- said Billy Sunday
this morning when asked what
answer he would make to the
criticisms which have been made
since his amusement" sermon was
preached.
when they can convert 100000
souls and turn them to God, when
they can restore manhood to the
drunkard, induce the blasphemous
to pray, remove the squalor and
poverty from the home of a
drunkard, lead the bad woman
back into the fold and close up the
grog shows, then, and then only
are they in a position to criticize
The highest praise for my work is
the criticism offered, when the
source Is considered.
when | assault the strongholds
of sin, such as the grog shops, the
theater, the card players and
dancers, expect criticism. The
fellow doing nothing gets nc
criticism. The mutt, the molli
coddle and the nonentity are never
opposed
Mr.. Sunday has decided to make
No formal answer to the letter OF
Miss Shirley, but to bring home
his point will repeat his sermon Oh
amusements at some Afternoon
meeting.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
ROOSEVELT
WITH Us

Roosevelt can't be In Spokane
for the national irrigation congress
next summer. HE ~ be too busy Ia
Africa, but he's interested In II, &C
cordins to the following message
received by Chairman lnslneer this
morning from n. /. Moody Ia
Washington: ~
II have seen Roosevelt by ap.
pointment. He said: 4 am sorry
can't attend the irrigation con-
sress, but your people know my
sentiments. shall continue 10
help these great movements when
return.
"I am greatly pleased At the
stand Of your lumbermen on forest
preservation
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

statement of Wright, said that the
interview was correct in every par
ticular; that he met Justice Wright
by appointment at the latter's Of
flee and talked with him for about
three hours. Gardner says further
that Wright knew he, Gardner, was
a newspaper correspondent and
that he (WrighD was talking for
publication and that nothing in the
interview was violation of con-
fidence.
Gardner is a newspaper man OF
the highest reputation and enjoys
the full confidence of the editors
by whom he is employed and the
men of highest Official position in
Washington, including President
Roosevelt and President-elect Taft.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

bound for Panama with Taft.
Roosevelt named a commission of
eight engineers, among them being
Schuyler, to proceed to Panama to
decide upon the feasibility of a
lock level canal as compared with
sea level waterway. 1t is posi-
BILE the lock level favored by the
president will be abandoned if the
report of the engineers shows the
famous Gatum dam would be in
secure.
Fred c. Stevens, who has lately
returned from an inspection of the
canal is authority for the state
ment that everybody down on the
canal strip-and they are the fin
est equipped and most competent
body of engineers and practical
workmen ever got together-every-
body from Col. Goethals down to
the Office boy and the man with
the shovel is perfectly convinced
that the lock and dam is the only
kind of a canal to be. built. And
they know that this kind of canal
can be completed by 1915.
One who, sees the conditions
down there and realizes a few Of
the things which would be meant
by undertaking a sea level canal is
quick to decide on the folly of such
an enterprise. One thing, for ex-
ample. There is a big swamp
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
JUDGES WAIT
FOR EVIDENCE

No action has yet been taken by
the superior court judges in the
matter Of calling a grand jury in
the Root-Gordon matter.
The judges will take no action
on the recommendation OF Prose
cutting Attorney Pngh for a grand
t,uy until the abstract of the evil
si<se taken by the State Bar as
sociation investigating committee
is laid before them and they have
taken time to consider the char
acter of the evidence gathered by
the committee, This evidence has
not yet arrived, but it Is expected
every mail.
Judge Gordon has returned to
the coast, as there was nothing
further to deta!n him here after
his bond was approved
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
MAKES RECORD BY
GETTING HUNG

SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Jan. 29.-
Charles Baldesar was hanged in
state prison here this morning for
numbering his wife and mother-in-
law in Stockton September 80 in a
fit of jealousy following debauch.
He had been married six months.
AS the man weighed only 1923
pounds the drop was six feet, one
of the longest on record. He was
dead in 80 seconds.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
SAW BURGLAR
ROB A STORE

While man In the Hotel Tou-
faine, Just across the corner. look
ed a burglar smashed one of the
show windows in front of Miller
Mower & Flynne's store, corner
Riverside avenue and Monroe
street, last night and made away
with four pairs of fine shoes and
considerable clothing.
The burglar vanished around the
corner and was lost in the dark.
ness among the buildings when the
astonished witness reached the
bottom of the stairs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

Twenty-four hours before the
democratic city convention finds
the forces of II. ID. Merritt COM
pletely put to rout and the flag OF
the democrats who have opposed
him flying to the breeze from the
mast to which Merritt is dashed.
The convention plan was well
concocted scheme to force the
party to adopt a platform on
which the candidates before the
primary would make the race.
There will be no platform of any
sort, the meeting will not be a
yame affair very likely, and there
will be some of the busiest work
seen behind the scenes In many
moons.
Had the "rebels' succeeded in
forcing the party to adopt plat,
form, the chances are that N. s.
Pratt would have come out as an
independent candidate for mayor
as he would have been in posi-
ton to object to portions of the
platform and refuse to abide by it.
E. O. Conner, one Of the promi'
nent candidates in the democratic
ranks. hit the keynote of the
democracy this morning when he
stated his position and the position
of the Young Mems Democratic
club.
Il think the matter of the plat
form should be left alone until
after the primaries have deter
mined who will make the race In
the coming election. This is more
in spirit with the primary law. The
idea Of the primary is to give
every member Of the party a
square deal and an even chance
and should platform be adopted
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
PUBLIC MARKET
FIRE SALE

Ever hear of Il fire sale of vege-
tables? There will be one at the
public market tomorrow afternoon,
A wooden blanket in vegetable
booth caught fire and the goods,
slightly smoke stained will be
closed out regardless Of cost. The
list includes pears, apples, sauer
kraut, oranges and other kindred
delicacies.
Two farmers will be in tomor.
row with vegetables and produce.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
WIFE AND CHILDREN
LEFT TO STARVE

SAN JOSE. Jan. 29.-The wife
and three children of Victor Sepul-
veda. who is suspected of murder
ing William Thurston. a grocer,
near Willows. are in the San Jose
hospital on the verge of death from
starving.
They had nothing to eat since
Tuesday but roasted pumpkin.
Sepulveda is In jail, leaving his
family penniless.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

one of the first things to be done
would be to grapple with this
swamp, which is Ave miles wide.
and nobody knows how many
miles long. 1t is at least 80 feet
deep and is filled with muck, roots,
vegetable matter, ooze and water.
ITO handle it by machinery
would be practically impossible.
The engineers say that they could
not wall against it as they would
have to go 80 feet for any bottom.
They would have to- dry up the
swamp. They tell me it is human
ly possible to dry up this swamp,
but that it would take probably 20
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
airs and something like 5000, OOO,-

years and something like 5000, 000,-
900 to do it.
While graphing with the
swamp they would have to make
the Culebra cut through solid rock
many feet deeper than at present
Already the cut is 51v feet, or will
be at its maximum point, right
down through solid rock. Under a
sea level plan the cut would have
to go at least $50 feet. At pres
ent the rock is solid and holds on
solid foundations, but what might
happen If the cut were continued
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
BLIZZARD SWEEPS
THE PLAINS

DENVER, Jan. ga great gale
is still raging the plains east of
here. All wires between Denver,
Ogden and the east are down under
the weight of heavy sleet. The
storm extends from North Dakota
to northern Texas. Railroad traffic
1t not interfered with except on
the eastern slope of the Rockies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
WHERE'S COOK?

A week ago last night w. ri.
Cook an employee at the county
hditor's office, disappeared and no
\ ltlings as to his whereabouts have
Hince been received by his family.
''Believers In the theory of his prob
able suicide. which seems to be
tke chief one adhered to by those
who know him, are beginning to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
SUBSTITUTE JAP BILL

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 90
Assemblyman A. M. Drew, assisted
by Governor Gillett, has prepared
substitute measure for his anti
alien bin prohibiting Japanese
from owning land in California
1t was to have been introduced
in the house today but on request
of Speaker Stanton Drew withheld
1t temporarily In anticipation OF
Rooscvelt's last letter TO the gov
ernor dealing with the nnti.Japa
nese situation, which will arrive
tomorrow.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
SUFFRAGE BILL
PASSES HOUSE

Of women's votes.
Several God bless you" speech
'es were made by the women pres
ent when the bill went through
The house then adjourned until
Monday.
Proceedings in the senate we're
uninteresting. A bill providing for
the establishment of a fish hatch.
cry near Auburn and another pro
viding for the appointment Of a
committee to settle the Washing
ton Oregon boundary dispute were
passed. The senate adjourned at
1870 nntil Monday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
@c/TIc SEcII0N

of diversion of the rivers. Already
it has been necessary to take one
river and send it around one side
of a hill while formerly it ran
around the other. The cost of this
was about 100000 a mile. In case
we constructed a sea level canal
there would be q of these rivers
to be diverted in order to keep
the canal from sitting and clogg,
ing, and the cost of diverting 81
rivers at the rate of 100000 a
mile may easily be guessed if not
accurately estimated"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
RACING GAME TO
ROB MEXICANS

, SACRAMENTO, Jan. a.
, When the legislatures vote
, next week sends the racing
, game beyond California linn
. its 1t will drive II to the City
. of Mexico, where Tom Will
, Jams, president of the club
. controlling the Emeryville
. track, has negotiated with
. President Diaz for 10 year
3 privileges to hold races
. with bookmaking and SELL
, ing features. Williams made
. this announcement today.
, . % . - . >< 90
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
CUPID ASLEEP
AT THE SWITCH

} PHOENIX. AriZ., Jan. 20.
While on the way to wed
her fiance, Joseph Warner,
a wealthy Colorado mining
man. Miss Ramona Rollins,
daughter of the celebrated
painter of Indian life and
Grand Canyon landscapes,
left the train at Kingman,
near here, and became the
} wife of Ralph Wylie. violin
} list. Rollins bade his daugh-
ter goodbye, believing she
was going to marry Warner.
} She had only known Wylie
three weeks.
1t Is reported Warner at
} tempted suicide after re-
} ceiving the news.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

think he might have done away
with himself by drowning in the
river. One of his intimate friends
in the auditors Office thinks he was
either murdered or has left the
country for good.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
Especial to The Press)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 29.-After spend
ing much time this morning on a
proposition to save Sc on print
ing bill the house tackled the
woman's suffrage bill today and
passed it by vote of 70 to IS. The
vote decided that the question be
submitted to the people at the next
general election.
Representative Palmer of King
led a fight against the bill, declar-
ing it trivial matter entailing I'M
necessary expense. Bradsberry
said the corporations were afraid
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

today. He left his 3S caliber liver
johnson revolver in his wagon seat
when he pulled up in front of the
Spokane Brewing & Mating es-
Establishment. When he returned
his instrument of warfare was
missing. The police are looking
for it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
FARMER SHY HIS CANNON.

\. Schrawdr Of Marshall June
ton made sure when he came TO
tho city yesterday that he would
not be pinched for carrying con
cealed weapons. and consequently
Is bemoGAing the loss of his gun
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 90
Possibility of a change in the plan
of construction of the Panama
canal is foreshadowed by a letter
today in the Office files of James
d. Schuyler, one of the engineers
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

along the edge of which the pres
ent survey of the canal goes. With
a lock and dam canal built from
present plans this swamp will be-
come the bottom of lake, but ii
a sea level canal were undertaken
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29

BUTTE, Mont. Jan. 29.-Michael
Mickey. discoverer of the famous
Anaconda mine, now owned by the
Amalgamated Copper Co, died
here today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
THINK BABY KING LIVES

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 29.-The
rumored death of Pu ri, the baby
ruler of China, is. discredited in
Chinatown here. Local
say they would
death If 1t ha1
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-29
MAY ABANDON PRESIDENTS
PLAN FOR PANAMA CANAL

down this enormous distance the
engineers will not undertake to
say. They would rather not run
the chance of fissure and slip
ping of the rock.
And then there is the question
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-11-05
DOING HARD THINGS.

A recently appointed official in
one of the nearby counties, in n
private letter to us, makes use of
this expression: II always take
pride in doing things which are
considered hard to do, if think
them Worth the effort" There's
the proper spirit. Anybody can
do the easy thing, but it takes
the man of determination and
grit to do the hard things, and
theselatter are what count i'm the
life OF a man and a community.
We might 'size up" humanity In
three degrees, namely:-the man
who does nothing at all, or only
the easy things; the man who
does the easy things first and n
lew hard things at the fag end;
and the man who tackles the
hardest propositions first and
conquers them. The first-name,l
is OF little use to himself or his
community, the second is the
generality of mankind, and the
third is n rara avis, one who
makes name and fame for himself
and his section.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-11-05
90 loo SOD 185I bS8 Ell 6ac

troll absolutely the Board of Estimate
ana Apportionment. which will disburse
approximately 81 900. 600, 900 during the
administration. This is more than half
defeat for Tammany, for the control
OF the Board IF Estimate was one of
the principal issues of the campaign.
Louis p. Fohrmann. Democrat, was
elected mayor of Buffalo, N. Y.
As belated returns come in from the
counties Of Maryland the majority
against the DISTINGUISHING amendment
increases, and it is now probable that
1t will reach $1,000. or this Baltimore
city gave 1850. Opposition in Balti-
more to the amendment put the entire
Democratic ticket in jeopardy. and
whereas the Democrats have been count
ing on comparatively easy victory.
they lose judge. the Sheriff. the Sur
veyor and one of the court clerks. and
pull through on the Comptroller and
other court clerks, with the Register of
Wills only by narrow margin.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-11-05
: NEWS INDEED.

Recently while political meeting
was in progress in Baltimore, a gen
tleman in the audience. evidently a for
eigner, rose and asked If some one OF
the speakers would tell him whether the
DISTINGUISHING amendment in Virginia
had disfranchised any of the white vot-
ers of that State.
Charles j. Bonaparte, who stood be-
side the speakers stand, instantly
mounted it and replied:
Il can say to the gentleman that it
has disfranchised fully one-third of the
white voters of that state"
Thus it is that one has to go from
home to learn the news. Just how Mr..
Bonaparte came to know SO much more
about Virginia affairs than we of our
State. passes conception. He has not
been down this way so far as we recall
1t. and-but hold. he has probably been
talking with Capt. Kent and Bascom
Slemp. or possibly Mr.. Brent has fur
nished him with figures. One-third of
the voters of Virginia disfranchisedi
one-third of the population is black. or
shaded that way. and is it possible that
Mr.. b. took his observations at niehtr
perhaps. as many affect to believe. he
thinks that the negro is a white man
with black skin. and so should be
ciassed with the white SOULS
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-11-05

wHiLG we Iii Virginia are Ell.
deavoring to hold what we have
OF political Independence. Mary
land ia struggling to adopta Con-
stitutional amendment which is
practically what we have In our
State regulating suffrage. In
Baltimore. which contains about
one-half of the whole population
of the State. the only paper adj
vocating the proposed amend
ment was the Sun, while the
American and News tried to in
fiuence voters against it. Mary,
land has been singularly afflicted
politically by the influx of negroes
from Virginia and the South gen.
orally, Southern Maryland especi.
ally beingoverfowed with a more
than usually vicious and unruly
set.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-11-05
VIRGINIA THE CRAB PRODUCER

1t may astound many, and
cause some initiates to question
the statement, when we say that
eighty per cent of the soft shell
crabs marketed in the United
States comefrom Virginia waters,
all but five per cent of these going
from Accomac county alone. A
few soft crabs GO from North
Carolina and a few from Somerset
county, Md. These figures are
gathered from a study OF the in
dustry and statistics carefully
compiled by dealers of Crisfield,
Md, That city controls the out
put and the markets Of the United
States. Being on the border of
Virginia, it gets practically all
the catch of Accomac county.
Thecrabsare packed i'm wet grass
and shipped alive to northern
md eastern markets. The can.
ming OF soft crabs for western and
European shipment is also quite
an industry in Crisfield.
The yield of CLAIMS and crabs
this year has been very large, and
the demand has been constant
and the prices remunerative.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-11-05
Try rhia In Nexsmbse.

Thousands upon thousands OF fam.
lies who have not been regular eat.
ers Of Quaker Oats will begin on the
first OF November and eat Quaker
Oats once or twice every day for thirty
days OF this month; the result in
good health and more strength and
vigor will mean that every other
month In the year will find them doing
the same thing.
Try 1t! Serve Quaker Oats plenti-
tuliy and frequently for the thirty
days or November and leave OF a cor
responding amount of meat and greasy
toods. You'll get more health, more
visor and strength than you ever got
eating.
While you are trying this see that
the children get a full share.
The best food for them. Quaker
oats Is also packed in Theoretically
sealed tins for hot climates; keeps in.
definitely. 4
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-11-05
OYSTER PEOPLE SATISFIED.

In view of the bitter attacks
by Republicans upon that branch
of the State Administration
known as the Commission of
Fisheries, and their especial eff
forts against Commissioners Lee in
Lancaster and the Northern Neck,
his home, it is interesting and
gratifying to know that here,
especially along the watercourses,
the Democratic vote was largely
swelled. This was largely due to
the oyster people, and we are told
by workers atnumerous precincts
that Republican appeals were
met by the oystermen with the
positive statement that they
have more and better\ oysters
than for years, and that they
were not willing to risk the
present good management for
any vague promises of the Repub-
lican party.
This is truly n high compliment
to Democratic administration of
affairs, for when oyster people
admit that conditions are i'm
proving things must be sure
enough good along the line.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-11-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Many books about the South
have been and are being written.
Some most likely ephemeral in
nature and OF only passing in
terest. Still, our Southern people
are waking up, and indeed have
walked up to the fact that. they
can write, and that of all sections
Of the country the South is fullest
! Qf, rich materialsforgood writing.
We have our Virginia novelists
efgood repute-indeed they seem
at the front so far as large circu-
,,lation Goes-and the novels of
Miss. johnson, Miss Glasgow.
= Mrs. Burnett, Thomas Nelson
Pagennd n host of minor writer's
attest the factthat there is plenty
OF writing ability in Virginia Just
as there is abundant materials
for book-makng when the right
mind wakes up to the oppor-
tunity. = = p
Ofrecent books, books that are
bound TO leave an impression for
good, this one by Col. VIM. III.
Stewart, ("The Spirit of the
south, Neal Publishing Co.,
Washington) is one that the
future historian will find a mine
OF treasure, and the present day
reader a vast amount of accurate
and greatly interesting fact. In
a volume OF 33S pages Col.
Stewart has written more of Viz
? GINA history, history that will
remain when the vapid sketches
OF whilom writer's have faded.
than in almost any book We have
seen. 1t consists of a series OF
lectures, papers, etc.. which he
delivered from time to time at
u many places in this State. papers
that throw d light on many sub
iects concerning our Old Com
monwealth, information that
every young Virginian should
conn and study deeply. The sub
iects range from the life and
character OF George Washington
to that of Robert +. Lee and
Thomas j. Jackson. The paper
on The life and character of
Commodore Nj. F. Maury" is
alone worth many times the cost
OF volume. Always striving to
be accurate and concise, often
really eloquent, Col. Stewart
makes not only a useful but q |
most readable book.