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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
ST-BUST|NC WITHOUT
THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY

solution suit against the New
York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Co. and others. 1t is still
insisted by a high authority that
the case will be abandoned in the
near future. The evidence is I'M
derstood to be far short of satisfy
ing the new administration, and it
would not be surprising if. the case
should never reach the circuit
court at Boston, even if the tax
ing of testimony before a com
| missioner should be completed.
On various court calendars are
scores of cases other than those
enumerated, which must shortly
come to trial. The majority of
them have been brought under the
Elkins anti-rebate law In these,
the Standard Oil Co. is in bad.
There are seven prosecutions
against it in the western district
of New York, one with 1S9 counts
and another with ia. There are
six cases against it in the north
ern district of Illinois. The
Waters-P Pierce Co. must fight two
suits in the eastern district of
Missouri. There are four suits in
the western district of New York
against the Vacuum Oil Co., in one
of which there are 1873 counts, in
another 40 and in another 81.
The New York Central. the
Lackawanna and the Pennsylvania
railroads are fighting prosecutions
in the western district of New
York. Other suits are: Two
against the Santa Fe, in southern
California: two against the New
York, Chicago & ST. Louis, in
northern Illinois; three against the
Southern Pacific in northern Cali
fornia on counts ranging from 8
to SO; one of SO counts against the
| st. Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ern Railway Co., and the Mis-
| souri, Pacific in the eastern district
of Arkansas, and number of
suits against corporations in Nir-
ginia, Illinois and California.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
BROAD WANT POWER
OF COUNCIL FIXED

Judge KEENAN, having sustained
a demurrer to the suit of James
c. Broad against the city of Spo-
kane, Broad has elected to plead
no further and will appeal to the
supreme court. sr sa
The point came up on the re-
lection by the city council of the
contract given Broad to build the
First ward sewer. awarded him by
the board of public works. IU
Broad wants the higher courts
to determine whether or not a sue
cessful bidder has a contract for
a public improvement whend the
same is awarded to him by the
board of public works, ornwhether
the city council has the right to
reject such contract at will.
Broad says that under the plan
pursued by the city council OF
vetoeing the action of the board
of public works a contractor can
not tell when he has job landed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
ATTORNEYS LOSE
TIDELAND CLAIM
(By United Press)

TACOMA, April 19.-Federa
Judge Hanford this morning hand
ed down a decision knocking Out
claims of Attorneys b. F. Gross
cup and Charles Bedford for the
Puyallup Indians to tidelands al
the south end of Commencement
bay, valued at $J,000000.
The land has been held by the
state since it's organization unit
sold to Tacoma men, j. NJ. Ashton
and William Jones. Recently rail
roads bought the land.
Bedford and Grosscup unearthet
old treaties under which they
claimed the Indians owned the
land.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
TURNER For
RAILROAD

Judge Turner appeared today
among the legal battery arrayed in
behalf of the Great Northern to
combat the demands of the grand
jury that General Western Counsel
Brown bring into court documents
relating to Gordon's transactions
with the company.
Judge Turner argued that the
summons commanding Brown to
bring into court all the papers re-
lating to the case in question was
a dragnet order. too broad in its
demands and calculated to work in
jury to citizens by prying into prl-
waite business affairs. He desig
mated the subpoena an invasion of
the constitutional right guaranteed
the Great Northern railroad, ceiling
ii an attempted seizure of papers
contrary to law
Judge Turner acknowledged the
right of the court to issue sub
poena and stated that if the court
would issue an order specifying
what papers were wanted they
would be submitted under protest.
Deputy Prosecutor Kizer is repre-
senting the state in the argument
over the contempt citation issued
against Brown for refusing to eX-
hibit the documents. Judge Tur-
ners appearance in court was
something of an event at the court
house, as he is rarely seen in active
practice here, in spite of his ma
tlonal reputation as an attorney.
AT the opening of argument today
Deputy Kizer dismissed the con-
tempt charge against A. J.,
Laushon, an assistant counsel for
the Great Northern. on the ground
that Lauehon was a subordinate
and not responsible for the course
taken by the company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
FINE PROGRAM
FOR ORPHANS

A good program is being planned
for the Orphans Home of Spokane
benefit, to be held the evening OF
April 80 at First Presbyterian
church, corner Jefferson and Sec
ond. One of the principal features
will be a chorus of 50 voices sing
ing Rainbow Sam" Richard Kluss-
man and Miss Margaret Neff, who
has been before the public before,
will take the Indian solo parts in
Indian costume. A pantomime of
The Holy City" and Nearer My
God. to Thee" will be given by Miss
Edith Stoneman, Mr.. II. King sing
ing The Holy City Tickets are
on sale at rs cents each.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
O'SHEAS HURT
in RUNAWAY

In runaway accident near the
Webster schol this afternoon, Mich
ael O'Shea of the Spokane Cab Co.,
and his son, DR.. Ed O'Shea, We're
thrown from buggy and both We're
painfully injured. Michael sustained
a broken arm and his sons face
was badly bruised and marred. The
runaway was caused by the break
ing of one of the fills.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

on an accident policy carried by
the wonan's husband, who was a
brakeman and lost his life in the
service.
The insurance company had been
in the habit of collecting Gilmore's
insurance on the goth of the
month, his regular payday. The
railroad company held out the
premium and the transaction, it
seems, was largely between the
railroad and the insurance com
pany.
Gilmore was killed on the third
of the month and the insurance
company claims that because his
death occurred before they drew
the premium on the goth that they
are not liable
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
SCOVIL UP FOR
HEARING TODAY

The case of f. X. Scovil. com
mercial traveller, suspected of
holding up a. woman vegetable sell
er near Hillyard, is having a hear
ing this afternoon. The woman
and son Identified him, but the liv-
eryman, whose evidence was ip.-
portant, could not. Scovil did not
leave town Saturday, as suspected
by the officers, after he was re-
leased on bond, and evidently has
no doubt of being able to prove his
innocence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
MA YOR MOORE AS
FATHER COMPRESSOR

husband-though perhaps she'd
rather bang him on the roof with
well blackened skillit. He ad-
vised her to give herself up to fer
vent supplication that the life voy-
age for herself and husband would
be less stormy and that no more
obstacles bar their paths. IF that
don't work, after lots and lots of
trying, you better get a divorce,
was the last bit of sagery that was
waited to the little wife's ears.
Down the two flights of stairs,
with head erect and cheeks flush
ing. the woman walked. Her upper
teeth mere set hard down on her
rudy lip, as though with dead
earnest she was starting out to do
something she had never tackled
before. She went in the direction
of the minister's house.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

When a careworn little woman
with a heap of domestic trouble
weighing her down till she could
scarcely bear it longer sauntered
dejectedly into the mayors Office
this morning and told of her diff
culties what do you suppose Mayor
Moore did? He sent her to her
minister. Rev.--well he's prom
inent Methodist minister. That
string of advice that the smiling
city father dealt out to the little
housewife, whose greatest drudg-
cry was settling disputes with her
husband and perhaps picking up
the dishes after their frequent
family jars, would have done
credit to any bewhiskered sage.
He told her to go home and
pray-pray for herself and for her
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
HORSES WORTH 100000.
(By United Press)

PORTLAND, April 19.-One. OF
the fanciest collections of blooded
horses ever inside the same enclos-
ure at the same time will be seen
here when the annual spring com
bination breeders sale opens next
Monday Stock valued at 500. 900
is at the Country Club barns and
daily consignments from the east
are arriving,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
CANDY WANTS TO GET
RID OF 1T

Candy, receiver of the Pacific Live
Stock association. under investiga.
ton by the grand jury to wind up
the affairs. The liabilities are in
excess of 100000 and the assets
consist of $500 in cash, and notes,
considered of little value, that
to about 100000.
Judge Huneke has ordered that
the bond of the receiver be re-
duced from $4,000 to $4,000 and
that he be allowed $500 for serv-
ices rendered The court ordered
that Emmons & Emmons, Portland
attorneys, be employed to collect
certain notes in Oregon on con-
fee of $3.50.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
(By United PressJ

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 10
The tangled skein of legal pro
ceedings against the so called bad
trusts" which had its beginning
in the Roosevelt administration,
is gradually being unwound.
Final arguments have been com
pleted in one dissolution suit, that
against the Terminal Railway as
ISOLATION of ST. Louis, and Others
are now in progress in the great
est of all the trust busing' ac
tions, that against the STANDARD
Oil Co. The taking of testimony
in four other big suits is being
pushed rapidly, and the new attor
ney general and his assistants
who are interested as special coun
sci in the various prosecutions
against the trusts and against rail
roads and corporations charged
with being guilty of rebating, are
consulting from time to time rela
tive to the evidence in each case
and the policy that the new head
of the department OF justice pro
poses to follow out
Attorney General Wickersham
is operating the soft pedal in the
matter of publicity. He says he
can see no reason why the same
methods should not be adopted for
the governments legal machinery
as have been found essential for
the success of large private prac
tice. This, contrasted with the
methods of his predecessors, has
given rise to an impression that
the Roosevelt trust policies are tC
be sidetracked. The attorney gen
eral and his chief trust buster
Wade Ellis, Ohio's former attor
ney general, who whipped certain
trusts to a standstill in the Buck
eye state, warmly resent any such
imputation. They have heard it
for it has been banded back and
forth in official, financial and
newspaper circles for weeks.
In working out his idea that in
all future prosecutions there
should be omitted the customary
fanfare as he has expressed it tC
some of his friends. Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham meets every in
1nf t@ frtt r,t Cow
with the declaration made the first
few days of his administrations
that the government will press al
suits in court in which the evi
dence warrants such action, anC
that if any cases are found IL
which the judgment of the law of
flee is against further litigation
he will not hesitate to have the
proceedings abandoned
He put his O. X. upon the brie
of the government in the STANDARD
Oil dissolution suit, and he will
keep his eyes upon the following
actions:
The anthracite coal carrying
railroads, in which testimony il
behalf of the government is nov
being introduced before a specia
commissioner appointed by the cir
cult court at Philadelphia.
The so called powder trust, il
which the government has jus
concluded the introduction of di
rect testimony before a commits
sioner appointed by the circui
court at Wilmington, Del.
The Union Pacific and othe
Hartman lines, in which the intro
duction of testimony for the gov
eminent will be resumed at Sal
Lake city before the commissions
appointed by the circuit court a
that place.
The attorney general is no
ready to announce what decision
he has reached concerning the dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
PERMIT FOR w. w. P.
POWER HOUSE

A permit for the erection oNthe
new three story brick power Kant.
to cost $4,000. was issued by the
board of public works to the Wash
ington Water Power Co. this morn
ing. The plant will occupy lots ..
10 and IA of the unplatted ground
near block IA in the angle formed
by the river and Post street, just
south of the Post street bridge.
Elegant architectural designs are
contemplated.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

See the automobile. Isn't it a
funny one? 1t has a back at both
ends. And a step at the back.
There are no cow catchers on it,
That's because there are no cows
to catch where this automobile
runs. Neither does it run in the
tsreet. 1t does not even run on the
earth. 1t runs under the earth
down under the ground
Isn't that funny?
Well, this is the reason. The au-
tomobile is in Washington. 1t was
built to carry United States sena-
tors. Just senator's; and, once in a
while, vice president of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

United States. The bald headed
man in the automobile. without
any hat, is vice president of the
United States. 1t is none other lin
fact) than James Schoolcraft Sher-
man, now the vice president of the
United States.
But to return to the automobile.
This automobile runs in a sub
terranean passage-a tunnel-an
underground road-connecting the
capitol building with the new
$4,000 600 office building built for
the convenience of senators.
1t is whole block from the SEN
ate chamber to the offices of some
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

vested, alleging a violation of the
contract under which he bought the
stock. Judge KEENAN, held that as
the evidence showed that Rozell
terminated his connection with the
theater of his own accord there
was no violation of contract. and
refused Judgment for the money
invested in the stock. Rozell was
given judgment for $23 for back
salary due.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

of the senators. To walk block
is very hard for many senator's. Be
sides, it is undignified. Senators
get used to riding. And they get
used to underground ways. So it is
slngularly appropriate that they
are to be furnished with vehicles
for riding in their underground
way.
No fare is charged by this trac.
ton company.
1t is all paid for out of the same
fund that furnishes senator's with
shaves. baths, hair oil, tonic. min
eral water and subscriptions to the
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
welded AT LAST
(By United Press)

TACOMA, April 19-The strange
chain OF events separating Martha
Christian and Alyin r. lehman
OF this city almost at the altar,
ended last night after his mysteri-
Gus disappearance and return. The
couple were married. After the
wedding had first been arranged
Lehman went to Sacramento be-
cause he was broke" His father
sent the money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
WIND-DRIVEN SAND
WRECKS TRAIN
(By United Press)

VANCOUVER, Wash, April 10
North Bank train No. 2. east
bound, was wrecked early today
near Plymouth, 10 miles east of
Vancouver, by sand piling on the
track, due to high wind. No one
was seriously injured, West bound
trains to Portland were delayed
several hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
SUFFRAGE MEETING TUESDAY

The Spokane Equal Suffrage
league has an important meeting
scheduled for Tuesday evening at s
O'Clock in the assembly room of the
chamber of commerce.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
WESTON STOPS TO REST
(By United Press)

CHICAGO, April 19.-Edward
Payson Weston, aged pedestrian,
is resting here. He. will start to-
night for st. Louis, his next stop
on the trip from New York to San
Francisco.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
NO CLAIM AGAINST
THE DREAMLAND

Richard T. Rozell has no re-
course against the stockholders in
the Dreamland theater for the
$4,000 invested in the theater, now
in the hands of a receiver. He in
stituted suit against j. S. Lichty,
j. f. Arnett and C. J. Rumens
personally to recover the sum in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
PATTEN IS SORE
(By United Press)

CHICAGO April l9.-Wheat
King Patten today declared he is
a scapegoat and that the public
has refused proffered enlighten-
ment regarding the present situa-
ton. He announced he would not
take people into his confidence any
more and give no more interviews.
He bitterly denounced ministers
who yesterday attacked him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19
ACCIDENT INSURANCE
PREMIUM INVOLVED

Judge ID. H. Carey of Colville.
sitting IN Judge Sulliyan's court.
~ hearing the case of Mrs. Gilmore
against the Continental Casualty
Co. OF Chicago. to recover $1,000
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

Cune, seems destined to become
figure of national Importance in the
battle that is being made to re-
adjust freight rates on an equitable
basis.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

Regular habits are enervating.
says a Chicago doctor, who seems
to assume that regular habits ar
possible in Chicago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-04-19

Unusual attention has been paid this complete line ren and
Hastily trimmed lildrms hats in the
Remember, they g a third OF price
goin
them.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-06
AGAIN ST
THE Dam
HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE LITTLE BETTER
THAN HOLE IN THE VALLEY THROW GOVERN
MENT MoNEY-WILL REPORT - DANGEROUS TO
LIVES AND PRoPERTY-NOT PROPER MATERIAL

A report from the special committee
of the House of Representatives on
Nuuanu dam is expected next week,
and this committee, composed of a
member from each district. will be un-
favorable to conditions and not favor
able to those concerned.
1t will be year or more before the
dam is completed, according to the
present situation, and, if it is COM
pleted, say the investigators, along the
lines now followed, it will be a danger
to the lives and property of that por-
ton of the community in line for a
bursting of the big reservoir
There was a serious cave-in few
days ago, necessitating a lot of re-
construction that will cost heavily and
this cave-in was exactly where there
was before a cave-in. on the mountain
side of the structure.
The main faults observable are in
competency of hukhead, danger OF
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-06
SENATE REJECTS
The COASTWISE
RESOLUTION

Ways and Means reported as follows:
Your committee believes that un-
der the present financial condition of
the Territory and need for further ap-
preparation for school purposes that
the passage of this bill, at the pre-
sent time, would be very unwise, and
therefore recommends that the same
lie laid upon the table"
Tabled for consideration with the
bill
The same committee recommended
the passage of the bill to reduc the
price of the Revised Laws to IS a
volume and the report was tabled for
consideration with the bill
Knudsen presented a report from
the Judiciary Committee on Senate re-
solution to provide relief for the clerk
of the Judiciary, by reimbursing him
for Sl00 he paid by mistake to the
former law firm of Kinney, Ballou &
McClanahan, as the committee finds.
The report concludes thus
Your committee cannot see where
any responsibility rests upon them.
Had the petitioner discovered his pr-
ror in time he ne doubt could have
obtained relief from the lawyers or
their clients but after the money was
paid over and the case settled theer
was no further responsibility on the
lawyers and the clients are now pro-
tccted by the statute of limitations
should they choose to plead it,
There being moral obligation on
The clients to repay this amount, per-
haps the clerk could persuade them to
refund the amount, thus making good
his cash balance. AS to the relief
prayed for here, the question Is sim
ply this, Is the Territory under any
obligation to make good to any of its
employees, losses made by them
through accidental mistakes? The an
swer is obviously. No, even though
in the present case a faithful servant
is compelled to bear the loss.
Your committee therefore recon-
mends that the resolution be tabled"
Coelho moved that the consideration
Of the report be deferred until next
Wednesday, pointing out a question
the committee had not considered.
KnudseI answered that the ques-
ton was not asked in the resolution.
The motion carried.
Knudsen presented a favorable re-
port on Senate pfil to place Kalawao,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-06
Wants SUPERVISORS
TO CONTROL LIQUOR
FURTADO A HOUSE-CORPORATON
GIsLATURE A THAT HUMOROUS
CONEY WOULD COMPEL wATER SEWER RATEs-sTATE-
HOOD RESOLUTION BECOMES oNCURRENT-QUARTER SESSION
GONE

One quarter of the regular session of
the Legislature has now passed, dozen
bills have become acts through the
signature of the Governor and in the
House there have been bills introduced
on an average of about nine day.
Furtado introduced a bill in the
House today that is calculated to create
some diversified conversation, to wit:
A bill giving Boards of Supervisors in
their respective counties full control
of liquor licenses. This may bring
out another deluge of petitions, or it
may not.
The funniest thing of the session to-
day in the House was a petition from
the Hawaiian Development Co. praying
that it be reimbursed $42S because, in
recording its mortgage on the Hawai-
ian Mahogany Co, it, had, through err
ror, because it forgot also recorded
the duplicate and put stamps thereon
also. 1t is just possible that the House
may forget to make the appropria-
ton. This is perhaps the first ms
lulu where a corporation ever paid
twice; usually they have good mem
Ories.
Coney entered pair of twins that
are lusty chaps and may go sqealing
through two or three days of fighting.
One is to compel the payment of water
rates and the other to compel the pay
ment of sewer rates.
Kealawaa distinguished himself by
producing a bill to make Lincoln's
birthday holiday.
Nakaleka's measure providing that
government officials must be liable for
acts of their substitutes, passed third
reading.
Shingles concurrent resolution re-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-06

overflow and bursting want of proper
material in construction, and seepage
When the Nuuanu dam matter was
placed in the hands of the committee
with Sheldon as chairman, it was
thought to be no more than formal
indeed at the time it was remarked in
the House that everybody knew all
about the dam, but it appears that the
committee has been finding out things
from reliable sources that are sensa-
tional, and it develops, in the express
ed opinions of those informed, that the
Nuuanu dam is little better than hole
up the valley in which to throw govern
ment money.
The idea of appointing a committee
composed of a Representative from
each district was to make the commit
tee as unprejudiced as possible.
1t is expected that the verdict of this
committee will be that the Nuuanu
dam is practically worthless.