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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-01
Oakland County Drug Sales.

A statement is being circulated BY
the opponents OF Local Option,
which. being unsigned. and uncerti-
ned. may. or may not be correct.
IL 'tates that the druggists return OF
safes Tor one week, in Oakland
County, dry aggregates 143 gal
Ions, and use this as An argument
against Local Option. Now suppose
this statement is correct: II i43 gal
Ions per week are sold, IL would
equal 20.42 gallons per day. for the
whole county. an amount much, less
than the daily sales OF any one sa-
loon, when the saloons we're
running; and there were "a of them
in Pontiac alone. So il this state
ment Of the vets proves anything,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-01
prohibition Does Not Prohibit"
Ten thousand barrels of liq

Ten thousand barrels of liquor
consumed per year. in prohibition
Kansas, according to Government re-
ports!" Well, that does look bad.
but when you look a little further,
and find by the same reports, that
the neighboring license State of Mis-
souri, consumes annually three mil
lion barrels, Ii begins to look differ
ent. Put side by side, II looks like
thE:
l gallon, (less than l quartz per cap
tia.
Missouri, 100000 barrels, or
30.41 gallons per capita.
In other words, the people OF Mis-
souri, drink 1867 gallons. for every
gallon drank by the people of Kan
sas. Possibly prohibition does not
prohibit, but it seems to regulate"
a little more effectually than license
does. 1t also has a very marked eff
feet on crime as the following state
ments show:
Over fifty counties In Kansas have
not sent man to the penitentiary In
ten years.
Thirty-seven counties have no
prisoners in any Jail, either city or
county.
Twenty-seven counties have no
criminal cases on the dockets.
The State OF Kansas has for ten
years been renting space in the peni-
Tertiary to Oklahoma. Since Okla
homa has gone dry, she no longer
needs it, so a part of the building
has been converted into binder
Irvine plant.
Kansas City, Kansas, sent two
hundred young men to the State
heformatory, during the last ten
years OF open saloons-twenty-fiv
the last year-and has sent but two
in the two and one-half years since
the saloons were closed.
What the Liquor Traffic Costs Ionia
County Annually.
n careful investigation of the
court and Jail records for the past
year, shows the following amounts
chargeable to the liquor traffic:
Expense in Justice and cir
cult courts ......$ 4672.7S
Board of prisoners in Jail
and Detroit House of
Correction . :. 1866
Officers Expenses .... 1050.01
Add to this, the following:
One half the cost Of car
ing for Ionia County
poor -. 1919. 100000
One half the cost of State
Charities assessed to
Ionia County 49,. 2645.8S
One third the cost OF
asylum maintenance as
sessed to Ionia Co. -. 4SS6.51
Two thirds the cost OF
| prison maintenance as
sessed to Ionia Co.. 1O13.4t
Total, .....$2O124.1E
Revenue from saloon IL
censes., 49,. ..... I6115.0t
-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-01

1t proves the value of Local Option,
as the amount specified would be
only 10 of gallon, or about two
thirds of a pint per year, for each
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-01

The object OF New York's newest
club IL to eat wisely but not too well
That is, to educate housewives In the
domestic sciences. But this idea IL az
old az the hills and was tried by Bos-
ton years ago with more or less fail
ure. Clubs of domestic science are all
over the United States now and one
can determine their value to society
by barking back to the old days of the
simple life when eating and the prepa
ration Of food was not the main object
and the servant problem had not
started on Its wild career.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-04-01
Real Mean.

Pesrl-And he stole a kiss?
Ruby (pouting)-He did and / shall
never forgive him
Pearl-Do you really feel so bad
about il as all that?
RUBY should say so. He said
II was petty larceny. while any other
young man would have said II was
grand
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
DRINK AND DEATH
CHEAT JUSTICE

In the quest for Charles Morris,
an Indian, wanted for horse steal
ing, death has cheated the efforts
of Sheriff Pugh to apprehend the
fugitive and bring him to justice.
Morris, educated and land own
er, has paid the penalty of too in
innate association with the Indians
worst enemy. whiskey. With a
record of being what is generally
regarded as a good Indian" the
moment Morris gave way to the
inherent fondness of his race for
liquor the road to destruction was
travelled at a fast pace.
Morris last Sunday stole mare
valued at $3.50 from Paul Maurer
of Spangle. for whom he had gone
to work as a farmland. One of
his fellow employees saw the mare
and the Indian leave the barn at
the same time. and when neither
returned, the sheriff's office was
notified and Chief Deputy Sheriff
Clarence Long got busy ON the
case.
Last Tuesday the mare was
found in the possession of man
named Westgrove, in the Hang
man Greek valley, who said that he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

musical critics have urged her to
publish her songs. Miss Byrdges
steadfastly has refused to do so.
Some day l will, but not now,
she says. Il am selfish, maybe,
but let me enjoy them alone for
a while. They are all l have"
Recently tempting salary was
offered her to render her songs
before the public. She refused.
For then" said she, Il would be
unable to sit in the moonlight any
more. The moon would not shine
for me anywhere else like it does
in California"
Miss Byrdges has studied music
since child. She is now 25 years
OLD. Her father was William Cas-
tel Byrdges. a famous old-time min
strel. In addition to her rare tenn.
permanent. the young woman pos
sesses splendid technique, and her
touch is such that one prominent
critic who heard her play said:
Her fingers leave kiss on
every key.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

had bought her for s35 from an In,
dian whose description tailed with
that of Morris. The mare was re.
turned to her owner and the
search for Morris continued.
A printed description of the In,
dian prepared by Officer Long
reached the eye of John Dooley, q
justice of the peace at Hope. Idaho.
who in letter received today at
the sheriff's office tells OF the
death of Morris by being hit by a
train on the Northern Pacific last
Tuesday while walking along the
track at that place in an intuxi-
Gated conditions Nothing heing
found on his person telling where
he belonged, Norris was buried M
an unknown yesterday.
Morris on reaching Hope gave
his true name and said that he was
an Indian police officer, In quest
of missing girls. Morris told the
truth, for he had been an Indian
officer at one time. He was drunk
when he walked into Hope. and two
hours later his body was found
short way out of the town, whera
II Is presumed he had been run
down by one of the fast trains on
the main line OF the ". p.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
SOCIALIST MANCOLD
-. WANTS DAMAGES

The affalry ~ the Adrian lrriga-
tion Co., in which II. w. Mangold
and fellow socialists Of Spokane
planned to open an immense colony
on the RoehdaIe plan, have been
thrown into the superior court in a
suit filed today In which Mangold
charges bad faith on the part Of
his associates and asks the court
for a judgment Of soc, 600 damages
against the company.
Mangold mentions as the men
with whom he was associated in
promotingn the deal James Erick-
son, Judge William E. Richardson,
J. S. Lichty, William r. Ludwig,
Peter |. Lefander, s. Haines, A. c..
Clark, r. r. Hyer, A. J. Beckner, A..
Anderson and John Dericke, all of
Spokane, and Waiter Thomas Mills
Of Seattle, the foremost socialist
speaker and organizer Of the state.
From the allegations II seems
that Mansoid through James Erick-
son, acting for the other men In the
enterprise, agreed to buy land at a
very low figure, and sell IT to the
company at handsome increase.
This increase was to be divided be-
tween the promoters in the ratio Of
about one-fourth to Mangold and
three-fourths to the other fellows
represented by Erickson, so Man
gold alleges.
After this agreement was made,
signed and placed on record in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
Nordiea Has Words of Praise for
Blind California Girl Who, Under
the Spell of the Moonlight, Gre
ates Strange Sweet Melodies.

OAKLAND, Cal, Sept. 17.-Un
der the mystic influence of moon
beams which filter through hel
sightless eyes, Miss Ada c. Byrdges
has created songs of such exquisite
harmony that Madame Nordica has
predicted that the blind songstress
will some time be famous for hei
musical creations. -
THE little; song bird hidden
among the hills OF California" was
what the great singer said of hel
after listening to one of the songs
which the blind singer had com
posed.
The song. she sang for Nordica
was only one of a hundred which
she has created during long even
ings spent on the porch of hel
mothers vine-clustered cottage In
East Oakland. There, almost any
moonlight night. she may be seen
sitting where the bright white rays
play full upon her upturned face
while she weaves wondrous must.
cal gems of the romance which is
denied her because of her afflic.
ton.
81 can feel the moonlight" she
explains, seriously, lust as clearly
as you cal see it."
Notwithstanding that prominent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

seems to be the motive behind
Peary's attack.
r. q. Martin, Opportunity-The
manner of the two men Is much to
the advantage of Cook, In the
country Cox is hailed as the real
tliscoverer.
Il think Peary Is fibber; don't
believe he ever got to the pole at
all. | think Cook got there all
right. and that peary caught word
of it Just in time to hurry back to
cable office and declare that he
had reached there. too" This is
the way Police Inspector Lewis ex-
presse his opinion of the big, cold
question of the discovery of the
north pole.
t"Ah. ha. ha,' laughed Captain
BILLY Weir. who III somewhat OF a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
so SPECIAL
FAIR GUARDS

Ex-Captain of Police James Cow
erly, retired with a pension amount.
ing to half his regular pay from
the police department here a
month or so ago, will be in full
charge of the police at the fair
grounds this year, with the excep-
ton of those sent out by the regu-
lar police department.
In the neighborhood Of so men
will be employed by the Interstate
Fair association to preserve order
and to protect the crowds from the
work of crooks during the fair next
week. In addition to these. squad
of uniformed officers from the reg
ular police department will be de-
tailed to duty there under COM
mand OF. Police Inspector Lewis.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

Auditor r. w. ButIer--The col.
ored fellow Hempson who hoisted
the flag on the pole for Peary,
ought to he strong rival with
Jack Johnson for honor among his
people. To my mind, Cook has still
the best of the argument.
w. p. Lee, 210h Wall street.
Peary has been in the business of
finding the north pole for 20 years,
and the discovery of the pole by
Dr. Cook leaves him without a Job,
This Is enough to make any man
feel sore.
J. G. Andrews. custodian of the
court house--Cook's story has the
most natural ring, poary attacked
Cook before he knew the latter's
lineup, and Is coming out second
best in the scriramage.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

CLAIMS THE
PENNANT
HOW MANAGER Fred
CLARKE FIGURES
II OUT.
(By United Press)

PITTSBURG, Sept. lion
Forbes field, the most coIHplete
and finest base ball stadium In the
world, will fly the National league
pennant for 1909"
This is the claim of Manager
Fred Clarke for his Pirate band,
who advances this argument in
support of his claim:
BY losing yesterdays game to
the New York Giants, while Pitts
burg was taking one from the Gin
cinnati Reds, the Chicago Cubs
dropped six and one-half games be-
hind the league leaders. The entire
roster of Pittsburgers are playing
great ball and the pitchers are get
ting stronger.
Pittsburg is roofing for Detroit
to win the American league pen
nant, so as to compare the ability
of Ty Cobb, the Tigers right
fielder. with Hans Wagner, the
Pirates famous shortstop.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

BABE HURLED
FROM BRIDGE

Cut completely in two at the
waist, and with it's little head
crushed into shapeiess mass, the
body Of an infant was found by
Workmen beneath the Monroe
street bridge this morning. It had
been dropped from the bridge, 1875
feet above, and murdered, perhaps,
to hide some woman's shame, or
perhaps just to let some soulless
mother continue to fit undisturbed,
like a moth In the false light Of
the worlds gaiety.
1t is the body of an infant boy
that had been wrapped round and
round in newspapers, and in the
eagerness to be rid of the CHASTITY
contents Of the little package the
person who dropped 1t from the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
EDWARD SCHOLL TO
II KNOW HIS FATE SOON

various threats made against him
by the deceased. On cross-exami-
nation he became somewhat con
fused, but chung to his original
story in it's main points. At the
close of the cross-examination of
Scholl the defense rested.
Mrs. Renner, who until nearly
noon yesterday was known as Mrs.
Scholl, did not occupy seat be-
side Scholl during all of this morn
ing's session, but sat in the rear,
just inside the court room railing
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

EARL BACK

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.--"Affin-
lily" Ferdinand p. Earle, the artist,
Who sent his wife back to her par
ents in France SO that she would
be out of the way OF Julia Kittner,
his first affinity, and who, after
dropping affinity No. l. recently
was reported travelling In Europe
with Gertrude Dunn, short story
writer. has returned to New York
and shut himself up In his castle at
Monroe, N. Y. Miss Dunn has like
wise returned, and remains Sc
eiuded in her studio trying to for
get "Soulmate" Earle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
POILDEXTER IS LIKE HAMLET, SAYS
EF SENATOR HARRY ROSENHAUPT

Richard A. Ballinger has just gone
through. 1t seems to me that Con
gresham Poindexter must be
badly out of company, to hold the
high and exalted position of being
the only one honest man in the re-
publican party. as 1t seems he
would make 1t appear. The grand
old party would be in terrible shape
If this one honest man should die.
"Poindexter must look into the
glass and compare himself with
Hamlet, and say, The world is out
of joint. o, cursed spite, that | am
sent to set Ii right"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
EPIDEMIC OF BOLD
HOLD UPS HERE

Two young highwaymen, care
lessly masked but heavily armed
believed to be the same two who
brutally beat r. j.. Slater Wednes-
day night, held up Frank Morris of
249 Front avenue last night and
robbed him OF $27 in cash and a
valuable gold watch. While Slater
sustained two broken ribs and ter
rible bruises in tho beating adj
minister in an effort to subdue
him, Morris was. practically. un-
harm, according to information so
far received by the police.
He was accosted at the corner OF
Third avenue and Helena street
about midnight by the two men
with8a gruff command to stick
'em up." which he Immediately
obeyed. While one held CLEAN.
ing revolver close to his head and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

continually muttered threats to pull
the trigger should he make an out
cry or show any resistance, the
other robbed him.
The police are practically help
less in the case, since neither
Slater nor Morris have been able
to give description accurate
enough to aid them to any extent
In finding the holdups. Both uni
formed and plain clothes depart
ments are putting forth every pos
sible effort to keep down the Grim.
inal element that Is evidently rap
idly gathering here to work" the
fair Men who have been taken
in custody on suspicion will be de-
tanned In the city jail, II possible,
until after the fair. in order to give
the city as good protection as pos.
sible.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

Constable Blonde Wood--Cook' 8
the man. Peary Is no real sports
man or he would be a gamer loser.
Jimmy Durkln-Again | say, God
bless Cook. He was the fellow who
has delivered the goods, without
any previous touting, and the more
the other fellows rave the stronger
will appear his claims.
Or. w. q. Richardson, East
broadway would rather buy
Cooks book than Peary's. | feel
that 1t will give the nearer correct
version of the finding OF the pole.
Malcolm Mepougali, North Mon
roe--Its all Cook here; Peary
hasn't lookin.
v. r. Tustin, deputy prosecutor
Until shown otherwise. | will give
credence to Cooks story. Jealousy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

s'About everyone in the whole re-
publican party is dishonest except
Congressman Miles Poindexter, &C.
cording to Poindexter's statements
made in an interview concerning
the alleged Alaska coal land grab
and the dismissal Of l.. r. CLAWS.
chief of the Seattle land office. who
criticized Secretary OF the Interior
Ballinger,a declared Senator Harry
Rosenhaupt this morning.
"Poindexter accuses men of the
republican party ell the way from
President Taft down with having
been dishonest In this affair that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
WHO FOUND THE NORTH POLE PfARY OR COOK? # % % S Is

really reached the north pole be-
fore Peary?" The subjects of the
interrogation were taken as they
came along, and the answers are
interesting.
Justice Hyde--There Is honor
enough for Cook and Peary In find
ing the pole. think that both
found 1t. but Cook has pursued
much the manlier course In the
matter.
Harris Baldwin, attorney--We
are better off than we thought we
were. We now have two poles in
stead of one, and may have q lot
more before we get through find
Ing 1t. | would suggest that they
transplant the pole to Spokane and
let us grow poles OF our own. Cook
IL the first, in my mind. however.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
PINCHOT
EXPECTS A
BIG FIGHT
INV United press.)

QLOS ANGELES, Cal. Sept. IT.
Friends of Forester Pinchot are EN-
deavoring today to predict his atti
tude relative to President Taft's
decision in the Pinchot- Ballingel
controversy in the public speeches
Pinchot is slated to deliver here
next week. Pinchot refused to dis
cuss the presidents action in dis
missing CLAWS when he was reach
ed by special messenger today
Pinchot said recently:
Tho power trust assuredly will
send big lobby to Washington
when congress meets. ! expect a
big fight, and hard one, but also
expect big victory"
Pinchot has received an official
communication from Taft, to which
he replied. but refused to discuss
the contents Of either message.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

SEATTLE, Sept. 17.-At the Of
flee of Louis r. CLAWS, chief Of the
Seattle field division of the local
land office, that official this morn
ing was engaged In preparing to
turn over his office to Andrew
Christensen. chief of the Portland
division, his successor. CLAWS will
leave office tomorrow, and refused
to make a statement until then. He
may publish the data which caused
him to prefer his charges against
Ballinger, to Justify himself in the
eyes of the public. He has received
many commendatory kilograms.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
LITTLE GIRL SELLS PIG
/ AND THEN LEAVES HOME
POLICE LOOKING FOR BEATRIC EATH-SETS OUT
Il TO SEE WORLD WITH 49,

Beatrice Bath, age IA years, with
brpwn eyes. and dark brown hair,
who has disappeared from her
home In Victoria, 3. c., Is the sub
jsct Of a search being made today
BY sthe Spokane police. With 50,
which she realized from the sale Of
4 gold ring just before leaving
home, the little girl set out among
strangers to fight life's battles
alone.
A letter and her picture were re-
.ceired this morning by Chief of
Police Sullivan from ]. M. Langley,
chief of the Victoria police, who
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

dizzy heights of the bridge appar.
emily misjudged the velocity Of the
wind and 1t fell far wide Of the
running water, and, striking .
wheelbarrow, was cut in two.
A policeman was sent down
among the rocks to investigate the
case, for with them 1t Is nothing
short of another murder wrapped
in mystery. There was little to be
learned and no clews to be found
about the mangled little form, SO It
was wrapped again in newspapers
and carried away to the morgue.
1t will be buried by the Gilman
Undertaking Co. as soon as the
coroner has passed on the case.
Perhaps the mother nor the muir
derer will never be found.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
CITY MUST BUILD
MORE FLUSH BASINS

That the city will be compelled
to build more flush basins for the
Union Park sewer running along
two sides of the Mckinley school,
at Napa street and Riverside ave-
nue., now seems evident from re-
ports that sickening sewer gases
still infect the district, though the
Stanton sewer has been discon-
nected.
Residents of this part of the city
state that conditions are still quite
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

asks assistance in the search for
the girl. According to the descrip-
ton, the girl is about five feet two
inches tall, has olive complexion
and has small burn scar over one
of her eyes.
When last seen she was dressed
in blue serge skirt, fawn col
ored coat with green trimmings,
white waist, tan stockings and
shoes and a blue sailor cap. She
also had gold filled hunting case,
Swiss movement watch, with a long
gold chain. She left her Victoria
home August 25 and has never
been seen since.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
TO HEAR THE
" H OLE
CASE


Spokane's terminal railroad rate
case will be put before national
authorities In this city September
20. At that time members of the
interstate commerce commission
will be here.
The Press received this lnforma
ton through a dispatch from Wash
Inston. The commission will listen
to final arguments on the supple
mentary petition Of the Spokane
chamber Of commerce in the rail
road rate case.
Before ending their tour the com.
missioners will visit Seattle, Port
land and San Francisco.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

= N the controversy over the dis.
covery Of the north pole, Spo-
= kane 10 overwhelmingly with
Cook, judging by remarks heard In
public places. The interest In the
discussion continues almost as
lively az II was after Peary an
nounced his find and made his at
tack on DR.. Cook, but the Cook sen.
tIment seems TO grow stronger and
the feeling Of resentment toward
Peary over his course la on the
increase.
This riddle of the north, that Is
Acausing commotion the world
Ihround. was the subject of poll
Kmade by The Press yesterday. The
was asked. DO you be-
'liieve Peary's charge that Cook is
n imposter. or do you believe Cook
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

h Edward Scholl, slayer of Henry
Fawlstraw, win soon know his fate.
The taking of testimony in the case
will be concluded this afternoon,
and the case will go to the jury to-
might II night session is held.
II There were no unusual incidents
to mark the hearing this forenoon.
The grilling of Seholl on cross-ex.
animation was concluded this morn
ing by Prosecutor Pugh. Scholl
took the stand In his own behalf
Yesterday afternoon and told of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

critic as well as real live sleuth
1T seems to me that Peary got out
from over the mountains of ice and
snow from the pole to civilization
altogether too rapidly. especially
since 1t is remembered that 1t al.
ways took him as long as 1t has
Cook to get back. where he can
communicate with civilization
again after a search for the pole. '