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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-29
YESTERDAY"

The fourth of the series of dan,
cling parties of the Alamo. club this
season was given last evening at
the Pacific Halls under the man.
agement of William Kerwig.
The hall was attractively deco
rated with college colors and pen
nants of the various colleges and
schools.
The music was furnished by No
lan's orchestra, and so couples en-.
joyed the evening with dancing.
The patronesses of the dance
were: Mrs. j. w. Wentworth,
Mrs w. e. Bigelow, Mrs. e. Loom
IL. Mrs. r. Il. Bigelow, Nus. X. A.
Hutchinson and Mrs. n. J. Sweeny.
9 =
Since the announcement of the
engagement of Miss Jean Spear
early in the fall, the popular young
maid has been honor guest at a
number OF prenuptial affairs, and
In spite OF the rush of the holiday
season her many friends have kept
her busy with formal and informal
teas. card parties, dances and
luncheons.
Most attractive and novel were
the appointments which marked
the I o'clock luncheon given yes
terday by Mrs, Austin Corbin in
compliment to Miss Jean Spear,
whose marriage to Victor Piolette
takes place today.
The rooms Of the Corbin resi-
dence on Seventh avenue were
beautifully decorated with color
note of red and white. in keeping
with the midwinter season. Bo-
Ouets Of white roses and large
wedding bell of the same blossoms
formed an effective decoration in
the dining room, where the lunch
con was served. Covers were laid
for IL of tho most intimate friends
Of the young bride-to-be.
4 4 .
Miss Aileen Slawson. daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Slawson,
was hostess at pretty affair last
evening, when she entertained q
number of her friends at the home
of her parents on Ninth avenue.
q q
Mr. and Mrs. A. p. Mcaker, who
have recently moved into their now
home on Twenty-third avenue, on.
terta!ned at house warming and
dancing party last evening. The
decorations and features of the az.
fair were carried out in n genuine
holiday fashion. Forty guests
were present.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-29
FREIGHT RAILROAD
MANAGER INSANE
BECAUSE OF WORK

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-B. Fl
Vail, second vice president and
freight traffic manager of the Read
ing railroad, suddenly became in
sane here today. He was removed
to an asylum. The effort to keep
the freight moving, on account OF
the recent storm. was responsible
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-29
Womem's News---Fad& Fashions and Famci@s

cab. the judges CHEEKY voice bSl-
lowed:
IAN elopement, Ell? just heard
it from the Empire liveryman IN
time to catch the 1880. Let's gUt
the ceremony over and have =
jolly supper"
"If / had known" grOansd
Brantley, while Elsie smiled radi-
antly through her tears.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-29
PLEAS
TELL ME
WOMEN'S QUESTIONS
A N s w E r E D. BIZ
Cynthia Grey

Dear Miss Grey--Will you please
answer the following questions
through The Spokane Press.
Is it not necessary for the bride
to wear a veil at a church wedding
Alt is not necessary at any
time for a bride to wear a veil; it
is matter of choice.
Is it proper for the groom to wear
white vest with his black suit
A.-NO; never.
Does the brides folks have the
wedding invitations printed or does
the groom do that?
Alt is customary for the bride
to have the wedding invitations
printed.
Who furnishes the wedding din
ner?
A.-The bride.
Is it proper for the bride and
groom to be unattended at church
wedding?
Ayes, it is perfectly proper for
the bridal couple to be unattended
Do married people act as brides
maid and best man?
"A married woman often acts
as an attendant, but she is called a
matron of honor. A married man
can act as best man, but it is not
customary.
In entering the church where the
couple are unattended, does the
minister go up the aisle first?
A.-The minister generally is
waiting at the altar and does not
walk in the bridal procession.
Where the bride is unattended,
does one Of the ushers take her
glove when the ring ceremony is
used?
Ayes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-29
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-29

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-29
Remnants of WOODEN
Dress Goods

SEVERAL tables full in the dress goods aisle
will be ready for your selection tomorrow.
The collection will include practically every
short length that could be CLEANED from the
dress goods stock while measuring up for in
ventory. Materials of every kind and quality
Lots of black and many Of the black pieces are
i'll lengths suitable for a waist or skirt
Each piece is as usual marked with its length
and value at regular price, and Il very LOW
REMNANT PRICE.
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Sunday end Daily Prcso, 10 cents
Eer wax.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05

city to secure these souvenir ticket
books=the first tickets ever issued
for the street car line of Grand juno
tion-at the usual rate of fare and
at the same time help out most
worthy cause.
The company first contemplated al
lowing everybody to ride free on the
cars for the first day or two; but it
was later decided that it would be
better plan to so arrange 1t that
from the first sale OF tickets splen-
did sum might be secured for some
worthy object in which all or large
portion of the people are Interested.
Today a large force of the work
men employed by the street car COM
pany is busily engaged in unloading
the first three electric railway cars
ever brought into Grand Junction.
The cars came in yesterday after
noon. as expected. They will be re-
moved at once to the car barn. They
are handsome, modern cars, all ready
for service and have been viewed by
many people today.
The Sentinel has secured excellent
photographs of the cars that are
here.
The picture ontthe right shows mo-
tor car No. l and trailer No of
the Grand Junction e Grand River
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
IBy Associated Press. ]

Chicago, May 5.--.'Compulsory
peace is an incubator of war; prepar-
alton for war is a menace of war. and
broken treaties of peace are peace
breakers, said Alfred II. Love of
Philadelphia, the president of the
Universal Peace Union, in his ad-
dress before the last days session
here today of the End national peace
congress.
An exchange of formal greetings
between the diplomatic representa-
tives of the various nations and a
business session to consider the prin-
cipal results of the gathering CON
stituted the days work.
Among the speakers today were
Rev. J. L. Tyron of Boston and Rev.
Gilbert Bowles of Toxic, Japan.
Congressman Richard Bartholdt of
Missouri presided over the interna-
tional greetings session, at which the
principal speakers We're Count Jo-
hann Heinrich Won Bernstorff of Ger
many, Ambassador WI Ting Fang,
the Chinese minister. and Richard A.
Ballinger, secretary of the interior.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05

Valley Railway Company. The motor
cars are combination summer and
winter type, each equipped with two
General Electric No. so, 40-horsepow-
er motors of the very latest type. and
powerful enough to pull three loaded
trailers each. Each motor car Will
seat 40 passengers comfortably, and
will easily carry 20 passengers in
emergency. Each trailer has the
same capacity.
These cars are of the same type as
are used by the Colorado Springs &
lnterurban Railway Company on a
portion of its lines. and were built
by the Pullman Car Company. All
motor cars are equipped with cleo
trio heaters. powerful searchlights.
the latest improved fare registers,
etc.
Grand junction will enjoy better
street car service than any city of its
size in the United States operating an
indeaendent system.
=. The picture on the left shows mo-
tor car Nd. 2. This car is of the
same construction and capacity as
motor car No. l.
Ample equipment will be furnished
by the railway company to give the
city good service as well as to take
care of crowds at base ball games.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05

1t is announced today that the
Grand Junction & Grand River Val
ley Railway Company will issue about
900 souvenir ticket books, each
book containing 20 tickets hand
somely bound together and good for
20 rides ON the electric street rail-
way. These books are to be turned
over to the girls of st. Agnes Guild,
and will be offered for sale through
out the city by the girls. The books
will sell at 81 each, and handsome
percentage of the sales will go to the
building fund of the Episcopal
church. Therefore. an opportunity
viii be afforded the citizens of the
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05

Fourth of July celebrations and to
handle the attendance at the great
Mesa County fair this fall.
General Manager Sunderlin has in
formed The Sentinel that several ad-
ditional trailers will be brought to
the city during the summer, and by
the time the county fair meets the
company will be able TO handle 1000
people every hours-certainly a
most excellent service. Additional
cars will be brought to the city as
they are needed.
1t is hoped to start the system in
operation May 15.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
HEAVY DAMAGE BY FIRE IN RAILROAD YARDS
BIG HOTEL ON FIRE
[speeial 70 The Sentinel. !

Denver, May 5.-The Kiserhof
Hotel, the fine structure that is jp
course of erection and that was on
yesterday the scene of strike of a
number OF carpenters, was badly
damaged by fire last night at f:36
O'Clock but the fire departments got
the flames under control in time to
save the building from complete
ruin.
1t is believed that the fire was of
incendiary origin but IL is not be-
heved that the labor troubles had
anything to do with an attempt to
burn the building
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
nNL Y Heroic Work Prevents Ex-
- plosion of Thousands of Gallons
of Gasoline.

go. Twice it was necessary to with
draw the hoses from the oil house in
order to extinguish fires which had
sprung up on the roof of the machine
shops.
Much fear was entertained thar
the great quantity of gasoline buried
Underground would be reached by the
blaze or affected by the heat and ex-
plode. in which case scores of lighters
and spectators would undoubtedly
have been killed.
The engines, which at first were
almost powerless to move on account
OF the crowds that blocked their way.
at last succeeded in getting the most
oil the rolling stock out of the zone
VI uallgerH and of the engines
were taken out of the roundhouse.
AT the time of going to press the
nre is practically under control. and
y is thought that all danger of ex-
plosions is over.
superintendent Brinkerhoff. Mas
ter Mechanic Gauledet and Fire chief
rauikner were at all times in the
thick of the fight and directing and
urging on the fighters.
Ihe damage will amount to several l
thousand dollars. An accurate esti-
mate cannot be made this afternoon
me exact cause is not known
me IRE created great excitement
ana attracted an immense crowd.
me fact that the thousands or
sal,ons OF gasoline We're endangered
aogeu a intensity to the excitement.
,,,d.ni' nee pox cars were almost com
tents. Gull
For over two hours four streams of
water We're kept playing on the ruins
OF tne oil house and on the machine
SHOPS and other surrounding huild-
tnss shat We're constantly menaced
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
WAS ASCENT FATAL
[By Associated Press ]

home, May "a report has been
circulated to the effect that the Duke
OF Abruzzi met with serious acci-
dent while beginning his ascent of
.ne Himaiaya range i'm India, the
nishest mountains in the world. No
particulars of the accident or con-
rnatioh OF the report have been
obtained. 1t has been stated nm,
ltsiian guides have written home
mat the duke was about to embark
on dangerous ascent against the
advice of local guides.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
OUTBREAKS FEARED
IBy Associated Press. !

Beirut, May 5-=The situation at
Saudia and Deurtyul again is crit
ical. trouble is brewing and further
anti-christian outbreaks are feared
Five hundred Turkish troops have
been dispatched to those two points
in addition to the British battleship
Triumph. with the British consul on
board, left here this morning for
Duertyul.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
REFORM WINS THERE
[By Associated Press ]

Keno New. May 5.AThe muni-
cipal or clean government ,aaa..a
won great victory over The $50
ling and saloon interests here .vestar-
day by electing three out Of -four
eounciimen and thus SECURING con-
.roi OF the city council for the corn
ing Two years. The independents
eiected city clerk and police Judge
wniie the whiskey ticket elected tbe
mayor and one councilman. No NARY
iisnt was manifest in the contest
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
GREAT FOREST FIRE
[speeial 70 INC Sentinel. /

Boulder, Colo, May "a Large
forest fire is raging on the western
slope of the Flagstaff mountain and
thousands of acres of timber are be-
ing destroyed. 1t is believed that the
fire started from beef-steak fry
participated in by number of pleas
ure seeking students of the Boulder
university who were on the mountain
yesterday afternoon and evening.
The damage will run high into the
thousands.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
WILL USE LOCKERS
+ TSpecial 10 T6a va,,,,.,,

Especial to The sentiner. !
colorado Springs, May 5.-As m,
s,as oI the recent decision of the
Ssas supreme court concerning the
nsposai OF liquor by clubs. the va,.;
,ous ciubs OF this city are pre..,,.;n.,
lockers FOR the members of eacl, cI,,,.
ehuer this system each member NO.,
use and share all the liquor he IT,,
sire, s,rss nut he cannot sell any. This
,ns .em I'M, VIII in no way confiicr with
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
HONOR CLEVELAND
fBy Associated Pres. s

Chicago. May 5.-The Grover
Cleveland Memorial committee has
decided that the most appropriate
memorial which could be erected to
the late president would be a stat
ue. Accordingly a finance commits
tee has been named which will have
eharge OF the details of raising $780,
ovv LOT the purpose. This statue
will probably be located on the LAKE
front "S
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
AMBASSADOR GUEST
[By Associated D..

chicago. May 5.-Connt
a,einrlch a,,s,i Won Bernstorff, the ,. Gerrnnr.
l'oassador' was the guest of homo.
AT a luncheon given by the Ind,,s
trial Club here today.
me ambassador, in a brio, -.
uess, is,s suggested an EXCHANGE os az,
ssts anu works of art, as Vel, ars-
anu dea.ors. r. between the United sts, os
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
YOUNG MAN JAILED
+ BY Associated Press.

Vera Cruz. Mex, May 5.-Harold
Sanborn. son of President Sanborn of
theA-5efft1 Plantation company and
Sanborn Lumber company is in Jail
and six Mexicans dead as result of
a clash between young Sanborn and
the owner of the Latienda plantation
on one side and number of Mex
leans on the other. One woman is
among the dead.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
MANY LOCAL PEOPLE REJOICING

!. on being told that the coun- =
= try schools of Mesa county were =
:. anxious that he sign the bill, r
b Governor John F. Shafroth this =
; morning attached his signature =
= to house bill No. 43, providing +
+ for the consolidation of country =
: or rural schools, and the meas 7
/. ure now becomes a law 1t was >
+ the last day on which the bill +
+ could have been signed by the r
+ governor.
+ + = = + +
This morning Secretary Mahoney
of the local Chamber of Commerce
called up Governor Shafroth and
asked him II the bill had been signed
The governor replied that it had not
and then said: IF your schools over
there want it signed, will sign"
They certainly desire it, COVER
nor,'' replied Mr.. Mahoney-
''All right" said the governor
The signature was attached. and
now any two or more rural schools,
after certain formalities have been
met and the desire of the people ex-
pressed at an election, can consoli-
date their interests and erect one big
central school building for the usr
of the pupils of those several afs-
tricts. In this manner in any coun-
ty of Colorado, certain districts<ean
consolidate and erect big s. or o.
room building and have a graded
school equal, in its work to- a school
in the cities.
AS many rural schools throughput
the state had shown a disposition q,
consolidate interests if such a law
were passed, the measure was taken
up number of years ago and has
been agitated at various sessions of
the legislature, but never secured a
passage until this session.
Secretary Mahoney has worked I'm
the interests of this measure for
years and no person is more delighted
over us hnal success than is he. He
actiyely had charge of the bill at one
or two legislative sessions.
II is reported that some eight ru-
raj districts in this county are con
tempiating taking advantage of the
consolidation privileges which the
new law provides. The Pomona
Bethel, Fruitvale and Orchard Mes,
districts are especially Interested In
several OF the districts meetings have
oeen neld during the past few months
ana the consolidation law has at ev-
eE meeting been heartily favored.
matters nave so far progressed in the
Pomona district and one or two othe,
pig districts that everything is nov
IN readiness TO call elections and pre-
pare at once for consolidation
mere is every reason to believe
tnat within the next year several bio-
central school buildings win be erect
ed in the county
me measure is one of the most i'm
.'o polean1 passed by the Legislature in
IL Is not made compulsory forltb.
scnooi districts to combine: Ii is on
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
TEDDY KILLS MORE
[By Associated Prees

Nairobi. May 5.-Theodore Roose-
Veit went hunting again yesterday
ana before the chase was over two
more mons had fallen before his gun.
. roosevelt now holds the record
s9r s3 non killing in the Protectorate.
lions and one lioness has been bayged
by him. t'ss''
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
wRIGHTS START HOME
[By Associated Press. ]

London. May Wilbur and Or
Vile Wright journeyed down to
Southampton this morning and en-
barked on the steamer Kron Prin-
zessin Cecilie for New York
A large gathering of the members
OF the Aero Club bade the Wright
brothers farewell. Their presence in
London has been the sensation of the
week and was overshadowed only by
the budget.
Orville Wright said that he and
his brother were going home to con-
duct further experiments of n secret
nature, and that later they would
carry on some important trials for
the British government.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05

Mr.. Lewis. son of A. T I.a,v,s ~.
:. "a, DehVer merchant, and another
seneleman of the capital city are here
'oaay and are being shown over no
valley by II. J. Gray. 's
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
TAFT AGAINST INCOME
IBy Associataa n.a

m Washington, " May 5.-Presidan,
i. nai. mas declared that he fayors an
,,o' oe tax only as a last resort: tbnt
ourse ~ In case of deficiency under
70 a.. lev .ariff act should first be had
poration tax. 10 cor
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05

VINO had been convicted within the
last rev weeks in the municipal graft
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05


uous efforts of the fire department
and the scores of volunteer fire fight
ers, the big machine shops caught
on fire and the flames began to
spread rapidly. desperate efforts are
being made to gain control of and
eNtinguish the flames and while these
efforts may succeed IL looks at this
hour as IL the big shops are doomed.
In the local railroad yards at 2:45
this afternoon one of the fiercest
blazes in the history of this city
broke out.
The fire had gained but little head
way when the alarm to the depart
ment was sounded; but, though the
team made-a quick run, upon arrival
at the scene the wagon could not get
very close to the fire owing to the
dozens of tracks that had to be got
ten over; SO that by the time that a
considerable amount of water could
pc made TO reach the fire, which was
primarily confined to the mammoth
wood piles south and west of the de-
pot. it had reached the oil house os
the railway company, was crackIing
over 10000 gallons of gasoline and
mixed oils and had caught three hoy
cars, TWO of which contained mar-
cnandise- Luckily nearly all of the
gasoline was buried underground
In few minutes the blaze bad
reached almost uncontrollable al
mensions, and the barrels of oil emit
eo dense clouds of blush -blacl,
smoke from the center of the bla1a
me nre lighters, especially the en-
pioyes of the company. were beroir
"a lnelr endeavors to save the sur
,ounuing property, but for a while n
h iooheo as though their efforts would
tbo ~ vann ana that every building on
ia'i"as eompany's property would
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
SOCIALIST CRANK
IS TURNED
DOWN
Simons, Editor of Chicago Daily So
cialist. Creates a Sensation in
Great Peace Congress Today.
WANTED HIS PARTY RECOGNIZED
inv Associated Press. /


+ Chicago, May 5."The delib- !
= erations of the international +
r peace congress. in session here. :
+ were rudely disturbed today =
= when \. NJ. Simons, a socialist =
+ editor. attempted to secure the +
+ formal recognition of socialism :
+ as 'the greatest peace force in +
+ the world j.
+ The desires of Mr. Simons met !
+ with a signal rebuff at the hands +
I. of the assembled delegates. +
= / + I. 4. + ! + + !. i +
1t happened after the congress had
officially adopted a platform in strict
keeping with it's well known princi-
pies, along broad lines carefully
avoiding matter of sectional or polit-
ical controversy. Mr.. Simons arose
with four hundred words of where
ases and be it resolveds, outlining
the socialistic beliefs and accomplish
ments and attributing the causes of
war to the exploitation of labor and
the impoverishment of those who
toll
Great confusion followed. and. fol-
lowing the adoption of the regular
platform, vote was had on the Sim
ons resolutions, they being tabled by
a standing vote of TO 1.
The daily sentinel., 1909-05-05
COUNTY SrpSS0LS
Mby JN|TE
NOW

Mesa county's Wishes Cause Cover
nor Shafroth to Sign This Most
Important Measure Today
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-03
FIRE VOLLIES
OF BAD eggs
NEW CALIFORNIA STUDENTS
ARE SUSPENDED FOR
THEIR FUND.

SAN. FRANCISCO, April D.
Found guilty Of hazing Harris Klein,
a junior in the pharmacy department.
of the affiliated Colleges Of the Uni
versity Of California, FIVE students
have been suspended from the institu-
tion-Emil T. Komsthoeft indefinitely
and Ward w. Giddings, Roy Boone,
Harvey Gilmer and Walter Johnson,
for two weeks.
Klein was subjected to lombard
ment Of eggs last Monday and after
wards was held under a faucet by his
tormenters who facetiously declared
that he needed shampoo
The hazing was the result Of Klelns
refusal to contribute his share Of the
expenses Of a dance given by his class
recently.
Klein informed President Benjamin
Ide Wheeler of the treatment accord
ed him, and after an investigation the
suspensions were announced.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-04-03

Th iendieations are that the odds
tomorrow viii be slightly in favor Of
Oxford, though the Cambridge crew
showed up much better in the early
practice work. But when the Oxford
eight a week ago covered the full
course in the phenomenal aid record
time Of IS minutes, 2l seconds, II ma.
uralIy caused reversal OF public
opinion and it is now expected that
the dark blue add another to its
strong Of victories.
OF the sixty'fopr races rowed since
1889 Oxford has won thirty-four and
Cambridge thirty, In 1877 the two
crews rowed a dead heat OF the last
ten contests Cambridge has won eight
victories and Oxford two.