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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
OFFERS NEW
HEALTH Law

An act providing for the protec-
ton of public health in the han
ding of meats. poultry, vegetables,
groceries, etc, is to be introduced
into the coming session of the leg
islature by State Senator Buchanan
of Spokane.
1t Is provided that any state food
inspector or health officer may
freely inspect any meat market or
grocery and that the proprietor
shall answer all reasonable ques-
tons,
No foodstuffs shall be kept near
where live animals are kept. 1t
will be unlawful for any persons to
adulterate any food supplies, but
spices saltpetre, sugar or cereal
-four may be used for preserva-
tives. Slaughter houses shall be
kept clean.
Inspectors are given power to
confiscate improperly kept food
supplies and close unclean slaugh-
ter houses or markets. A fine not
exceeding 500 or Imprisonment
not exceeding 80 days in Jail 10
provided.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05

WANT TARIFF

SEATTLE. Wash, Jan. 5.-A
delegation representing the lumber
interest of the entire Pacific coast,
including loggers, lumber and shin
gle manufacturers, will leave for
Washington this week to discuss
with Chief Forester Pinchot the
conservation problem. which is
playing an important part in maxi
ing up tariff schedules. They will
give the ways and means commit
tee additional data concerning the
lumber and single industry.
The personnel of the delegation
Is incomplete An effort is being
made to induce prominent and in
fiuential men of the industry to go
TO Washington to fight for the re-
tention of the duty on lumber and
shingles.
ID. f. Skinner, San Francisco.
president of the Port Blakely Mill
Co., is chairman of the Pacific
coast lumber tariff committee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
DETECTIVE WEIR
IS SERGEANT
POLICE BOARD TURNS DOWN
CHIEFS RECOMMENDATION
AND GIVES PLACE TO WELL
KNOWN DETECTIVE.

A
Billy Weir won his fighis ior po-
lice sergeant before the board of
police commissioners this morn
ing against the recommendations
of Police Chief Rice who. sent a
communication to the board favor
ing Martin Burns detective.
The board was in session about
two hours. Only one of the chiefs
recommendation for new men,
l., d. Glider, comes up to the stan
dard established by the commits
sioners. Ninety of the 100 appli-
cants for the new jobs were also
knocked out, according to the
chief.
The standard established by the
board is age limit, 80 years; height,
five feet 10 inches; weight,
stripped, ITO pounds. A medical
examination and good character is
also required,
This ends a bitter figSt for the
new police sergeancy. When the
council made the appropriations
several months ago five new patrol
men and police captain were- ar
ranged for. To the new captaincy,
Sergeant John Sullivan succeeded
without opposition. Sergeant ID. d.
McPhee, the other logical candi-
date for the new captaincy, was
made sergeant of detectives. This
left a sergeancy open and for this
place at least a dozen officers and
detectives aspired.
The appointment OF Weir to a
sergeancy leaves vacancy in the
detective force, to which either OF
the following men may succeed:
Cecil Thompson, patrol driver:
Fred Pearson, desk sergeant; Pa.
trolmen Jellsett, Daniel and others
The action of the police board
in setting a new standard of regu
lations as to the size of men meets
with the approval of officials gen
orally. There are old men on the
force who got Jobs through political
pull when they We're past 5C..years
Some of the men are understood
The new regulations will not dis
turb the old men.
The chief claims that the action
of the board upset his plans and
he is neither in position to decide
who shall succeed Weir or tell who
the other new patrolmen will be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05

OF all these recorded earth
quakes "a per cent have occurred
in two narrow, well defined bands
forming great circles and crossing
each other at two points. Not all
parts Of the belts are equally liable
to earthquakes, but in them occur
almost all the Notwithstanding earth
quakes.
One of these belts, in which has
occurred So per cent of all record
ed shocks, is called by De Mon
tessus the Mediterranean" or
Observation-Disclosures" belt.
It swings roughly east and west
about the earth and includes the
Mediterranean region, Asia Minor,
the Caucasus, the Himalayas, the
East Indies, Central America and
the West Indies. Where the belt
crosses the ocean little is known
about it's condition.
The second belt, called by De
Montessus the "Circum-P Pacific" or
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." belt,
almost encircles the Pacific ocean.
Passing along the Andes, it
crosses the other belt in the Cen
trail American region, thence ex-
tends up the western coast Of
North America, passes across to
Asia along the Aleutian chain, then
down through Kamschatka, the
Japanese islands and the Philip
pines, and crossing the Mediter-
ranean belt in the East Indies, ex-
tends on to New Zealand. Forty
one per cent of all recorded shocks
occurred in this belt.
AL; the rest of the world--that
is, surface scores of times great
err than the combined area of these
two belts-is the seat of only six
per cent. of recorded shocks.
But Prof Ralph s. Tarr, profess
sor of dynamic geology and physi-
cal geography in Cornell univer-
sity, shows that the regions out
side these belts are not entirely
immune. He has this to say in an
article in the North American Re-
view, on earthquakes in the United
States:
Eastern United States has, in
deed, been visited by one earth
quake which, so far as can be
judged by the meager descriptions
handed down to us, must be class
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
TOLD HORTON THEY WERE.
AFTER HIGHER UPS
Accused Deputy City Treasurer Says Coun-
sci Baited Him.

city Jail with the crumbs. I had
asked for counsel at the first two
meetings, but Kizer told me that ]
had no right to have counsel"
Horton said that the receipts OF
the water Office on July IL, 1907
were counted and put into sack
by his assistant, c. B. Sheldon, and
turned over to the city treasurer's
side.
Il never got one dollar OF that
money" declared Horton, in posi-
tive terms, "and never told anyone
else that l did. l told them that ]
never got one cent of that money
Horton said no receipt for the
labor and material funds turned
over to the city treasurer for July
IL were given him, as the treas
urer's side was not in the habit OF
giving such receipts.
The purpose Of the cross-exami
nation of Horton today was to con
fuse him and discredit his reliable
ity as witness. Attorneys for the
state said at the noon adjournment
that they had succeeded in show
ing up Horton to their satisfaction
Counsel for Horton insisted that he
made an excellent witness for him
self under cross-examination.
c. B. Sheldon, who is also under
bond for completely in the water
Office shortage, has been summon
ed as witness for the defense
but was not present in court yes
terday when called.
Nearly a score of business mer
and others testified yesterday aft
ernoon as to Horizons good char
acter in the matter of truth and
integrity.
Several warm tits occurred be
tween opposing counsel today over
the desire of the state to lead Hor
ton into examination on matters
other than that for which he is on
trial. but Judge Cary uniformly
ruled that the state had no right
to go deeper into the case on cross
examination than the defense had
on direct examination. The TAX
ing of testimony will end tomor
row, 1t Is thought.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
CENTRAL LABOR
UNION OPENS
BATTLE

The Central Labor union went
on record last night In favor of
waging vigorous campaign for
the adoption of an effective initia-
tive and referendum amendment
to the city charter. The adoption
of the "recall" was also unquali-
fiedly endorsed. The legislative
committee report was unanimously
adopted.
The legislative committee
through its chairman, Thomas Ma
loney, recommended that the Cen
trail Labor union aid In every man
ner possible the Spokane County
Referendum league In securing the
adoption of amendments providing
for the initiative and referendum
and recall. Mr.. Maloney and the
legislative committee recommend
ed that the central union contine
its efforts to securing the adop-
tion of these amendments to the
exclusion of everything else le-
gislative character. He stated that
there was several other charter
amendments were being advocated
but that he did not believe 1t
would be policy to propose more
than those providing for the in
itiative and referendum and recall.
The officers of the league will
have, the amendment in proper
form in few days and will in
augurate an active campaign.
The amendments are the same
as those adopted by the voters of
Seattle at the last city election in
that city and are sweeping in
their nature. It is the purpose of
the advocates of the amendments
to place the power in the hands
of the voters to pass on all official
acts Of their representatives in the
city council and In case any acts
of a public official nature be so OBJ.
jectionable as to warrant his re-
moval. to vote him out of Office
just as he was voted In.
The proposed initiative and ref.
erendum amendment provides that
cgislation can be initiated by 10
per cent OF the voters signing a
petition for the adoption of the
proposed ordinance. In case spe-
cial election is demanded II can be
secured by 20 per cent of the total
number of votes cast for mayor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05

Charles e. Horton, on trial for
embezzling the funds Of the city
water office, underwent a severe
grilling on cross-examination this
morning at the hands of Don F.
Kizer, deputy prosecuting attorney.
Horizons direct testimony being
limited to the transaction for
which he is on trial, an item OF
$3.50, every effort by Mr.. Kizer to
get deper into the affairs of the
water Office than this one item was
successfully resisted by Judge
Poindexter, counsel for Horton.
On the stand today Horton re-
iterated the circumstances that led
to the confession he Is alleged to
have made to the ofilcers Of the
city and state, He said Frank AL
len, assistant corporation counsel
had told him that II he would turn
states evidence and tell all about
the way things we're being run In
the city treasurer's Office that L. r,
Hamblen, corporation counsel
would intercede with Judge Hun.
exc and see that Horton escaped
any punishment. Continuing, Hor
ton said Allen told him:
I'VE are not after you little fell
lows: We are after big game
Daggett, Gill and Eggleston."
Horton, it seems. was a little
slow in his attendance at the
earlier sittlngs of the inQuisition
held at the city~hall. After Martin
Burns, city detective, had gone af.
ter him couple of times to secure
his attendance at the meetings
Burns said, according to Horton:
Burns told me I had better come
down to the meetings, that they
had enough evidence to send me
to the pen for life, and 1t would be
well for me to be on hand when
called for"
Il told him." said Horton, that
! would rather go to Walla Walla
for life than confess to something
that I did not do:
"Mr. Kizer te s'sce," said Horton,
that II | did not come down to
the meetings at the council cham.
Der he would throw me into the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
To ELECT NEW
TRUSTEES

At the annual banquet to be Civ
en- by the chamber of commerce in
Masonic temple tonight new trus-
tees to succeed III. l.. Blocker, Car
tier van Dissel, F. r. Culbertson,
Dave Ham and l.. Mclean, are to
be elected.
This is an honor to which all
members of the chamber aspire.
There is probability that these
same trustees may be reelected, as
their services for the past year
have been creditable.
The new trustees in turn will
select president and secretary for
the ensuing year President F. E.
Goodall has served for a nnmber of
years, as has also Secretary Levi
G. Monroe There is no contest
on their reelection, so far as can
be learned. Both are willing to
serve again.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
SAYS
KEEP PLEDGE

BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 5.-The
first message of Governor James
H. Brady was delivered to the le-
gislature today. He urges the re-
publicans to fulfill all party
pledges, including enactment of a
direct primary law and county To-
cal option laws. He also urges that
the pledge made at the state re-
publican convention that w. B.
Hepburn be reelected United
States senator be kept.
While not favoring a railroad
commission the governor recon-
mends creation of a public utilities
commission, to have charge of all
public service corporations. He
recommends an appropriation suf-
ficient for state capitol building,
also for an Idaho building at the
Seattle exposition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
FACE CHARGE
OF BLACKMAIL

Because they wrote letters
threatening violence upon J. M.
Reynolds, saloonkeeper with a
place Of business at 222 Stevens
street, James Casey and William
Morris are to face trial on charges
Of blackmail. The men are now
serving time in the city Jail for
vagrancy and 1t is evident that the
letters wer written in the jail.
A demand for $500 is made by
the two men in letters they are
alleged to have written to Rayn-
Olds.
Morris and Casey were taken be-
fore Chief of Police Rem II. Rice
yesterday evening with Reynolds
and there declared that Reynolds
had hired them to steal some valu-
able diamonds from woman in
the Elm lodging house. Reynolds
denied the charge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
JUDGE GETS WHOLE STORY

A most remarkable epistle has
been received from an Iowa wom-
an by Judge Hinkle. The package
In which it came was bulky enough
for Christmas parcel and the
court at first thought that it might
be a. belated remembrance from
Santa Claus. The letter was writ
ten In close on the imprinted
side of long slips of wall paper,
81 pages in all. 1t was signed
Mrs Lydia Branscombe, Morning
Sun, Ia, care Sam Cummings.
Judge Hinkle has not yet had time
to wade into the epistle.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
SHACK FOR THE WIFE

Mrs. Andrew Larson has been
permitted by order of court to oc.
cupy a small house on the rear OF
her husbands premises In Ide h
Kaufman's addition during the
pendancy OF the divorce proceed
ings.
Mrs. Larson had been living in
the large house, but consented to
relinquish her tenancy OF 1t when
her husband petitioned court for
possession on the ground that the
property was not being cared for.
Andrew Larson is a brother OF
the late Peterson Larson, a million.
aire mining man. In his divorce
complaint Larson charges his wife
with being instrumental I'm causing
him to sQuander In one year In
high living fortune OF $50, 900 left
him by his brother. -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
TAFT''S LAST
CHOICE

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-The
Tribune today prints what it
claims to be Taft's final cabinet
slate as follows: Philander Knox,
secretary of state; John J. Mitch
ell, president Illinois Trust Saw
ings bank, Chicago, secretary of
the treasury; Frank Hitchcock,
postmaster general; George Won
Meyer, secretary of the navy;
Luke Wright. secretary of war;
William Loeb, commissioner of
commerce and labor; r. A. Balm
ger, Seattle, secretary of the in
terror; John Wilson, secretary of
agriculture. The attorney general
ship IL not mentioned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
REAL ESTATE MEN
WILL STOP OVER

In reply to the invitation OF the
chamber of commerce that the
Minneapolis real estate board stop
over in Spokane enroute to the
A.-Y.P. exposition in Seattle, II. F.
Newhal1, secretary, writes that the
invitation is to be considered and
probably Will be accepted by a
large numbers This, in the opinion
of members of the chamber, is ex.
celient boosting material. With a
hundred or more real estate in,
yestors visiting Spokane this year,
the advantages for Spokane invest
ments would be brought to notice
so thoroughly that some of them
might be induced to invest here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05

The referendum can be demanded
BY eight per cent of the voters as
shown by the number of votes cast
for mayor signing a petition de-
handing that any action taken by
the city council be submitted to a
vote Of the people.
The recall of public officials will
require petition with 25 per cent
of the total number of votes cast
for the office from which it is
sought to remove such official. The
intention of the initiative and refer
endum and recall Is to make public
officers public servants In deed
and in fact, instead of petty auto
Gratis, as is the case in many in
stances under the present arrange
ment
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
$4,000 LOOKS:
BIG TO JEFF

Los ANGELES. Jan. 5.--The
probability of a fight between JEFF
fries and Johnson ia the strongest
today. through an announcement
that the. Vernon Arena club. OF
which Jeffries is principal owner,
is for sale. It is believed the otter
Of $4,000 to fight the colored man.
is seriously considered by Jeffries.
1t Is reported James CofYroth,
San Francisco tight promoter. will
probably buy the club. Jeifries has
repeatedly announced he would
never re-enter the ring until ofrer-
ed $4,000 by Promoter McCarey 70
fight Johnson, Now Jeffries Is
wondering IL he could get In condt-
ton again.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
SKULL CRACKED
on RAIL
o
JOHN }. BERGMAN PROBABLY
FATALLY INJURED BY TER
Ri6LE. FALL FROM GREAT
NORTHERN TREsTLE.

Falling 30 feet from the Great
Northern trestle to the Medical
Lake freight tracks at the west
bank of the river about 1880 to-
day, JOIN ]. Bergman of Dubuque
Iowa, was undoubtedly fatally in
jured. An enormous fracture was
inflicted at the vault of the skull
extending from the inner angle OF
the left eye around above the ear,
space measuring nearly four
inches in diameter.
Two friends with whom Berg.
man left the police station but a
few moments before his PROSTATE
body was picked up from the car
tracks, cannot be found. Bergman
had reported to Desk Sergeant
Fred Pearson that he had been
robbed of nearly $500 in some OF
the down town resorts last night
He was a little under the influence
of liquor, but not drunk enough to
warrant his Incarceration. He was
directed to a seat at police head
quarters, where he was told to re-
main, with his two companions till
detective arrived to take charge
of his case.
Bergman waited but a few min
utes when he with HIS friends left
the station and TURNED toward the
Great Northern tracks. Whether
his friends were with him when he
met with his terrible accident is
not known to the police, but it is
the general impression that they
were.
Bergman fell in such position
that the side of his head struck a
steel rail.
Not more than $50 was taken
from John H. Bergman last night,
according to statement made
this afternoon by Detective d. D.
McPhee. Bergman had been in at
police headquarters to report that
he was robbed of about $500 some
time last night, just a few mo-
ments before he fell from the
Great Northern trestle sustaining
grave injuries this morning. AT
that time McPhee, states he, had
conversation with him in which
he stated that he had spent all
but about $50 of the money he
had, for land near Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
JANUARY s.,
bUWALDA IS
PARD0NED

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. g. Pr.
vate William Buwalda, who was
sentenced to five years in the mill.
tary prison at Alcatraz island for
applauding Emma Goldman, queen
Of the anarchists" was today par.
doned by Roosevelt. Recently the
sentence was reduced to three
years upon recommendation OF
General Funston.
Buwalda claimed he attended the
meeting to take notes, but the
military court would not believe
him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05

referred to the committee on legis-
lation.
The Home of the Good Shepherd
lis overcrowded at present. The
mother superior is seeking to have
the state build an institution SINH
lar to the reformatory, for the girls.
The younger girls could still be
cared for by such institutions as
the Home of the Good Shepherd.
The chamber will probably lend
Its aid Ito the move and boost for
Spokane as the proper place for
the location of the institution.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
A BOOST FOR
KETTLE FALLS

For all-around boosting DIR. Bald
win, president Of the Kettle Falls
Commercial club. is entitled to
prize. In an address before the
chamber Of commerce at noon to-
day he said that one reason for
Spokane's greatness is that 1t is
tributary to Kettle Falls. He in.
vited the members to visit Kettle
Falls If they wanted to see unsur-
passed scenery. unrivaled water
power. marvellous mineral and TIM
Der wealth and the finest fruits In
the world, not excepting the Yak,
ina valley or Wenatchee.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
BRAVE FIREMAN
ASSURED MEDAL

A Carnegie medal for bravery is
to be awarded to Jake Haffner,
who saved the life of Mrs. Ole
Fjerstad when she dived off the
Post street bridge with suicidal in
tent several months ago. This fact
was communicated to the chamber
of commerce today in a letter from
Manager S. NJ. Wilmot, who said
that the investigation of the act
had been satisfactory.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05

Caused Devastation in Mississippi Valley
but Recurrence Now Would
be Fearful.

Though
mystery earthquakes significant that
curatey predicted.
Also Brith Association for tho
Advancement regularity
There wodshaking shocks
which recorded by sesmosraphs the world
onetentieth Of
the earthquakes apprecabe
French
scientist 15e7s4
ASIA America southern
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
SAY VANDERBILT
LOVES WARBLER

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.--The
Call prints a story this morning to
the effect that Mrs. William X.
Vanderbilt, ir.. formerly Virginia
Fair, contemplates permanently
leaving her husband because of his
alleged infatuation for Madame
Cavallieri. an opera singer Van
derbilt is cruising on his private
yacht, and his wife Is in New York
Gossiping friends. who started
the rumor about the opera singer,
declare Vanderbilt and wife will
never be reunited.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
WIFE DENIES SUICIDE

Mrs. Malvina Hoeiand, who has
filed suit against the Western
Union Life Insurance Co. to COM
pei payment of policy for $1,000
carried by her husband In that
company, today denies the allega-
ton of the company, in defense of
their nonpayment OF the policy,
that her husband had committed
suicide.
No verdict of suicide was return
ed by the coroner, who made an
Investigation of the csse and con-
Guided that Holland had. come to q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
MOTHER SUPERIOR or GOOD
SHEPHERD APPEALS TO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
FOR COOPERATION IN TAX
ING CARE OF MAYNARD.

A communication to the chamber
of commerce from the mother SUI
perior of the Home of the Good
Shepherd relative to assistance of
that body in furthering a move for
a state home for hayward girls,
was read at the weekly luncheon in
the assembly rooms this noon and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-01-05
POLICE SEARCH FOR
A MISSING LAD

Spokane police have been asked
by NJ. l.. Codin, chief of the SYRIA
cuse. n. Y, department, to aid in
search for Alvin Wolf, who, ii is
explained, disappeared from his
Syracuse home last September,
Young Wolff is but Ia years of
age, five feet tall and weighs 100
pounds. He has light complexion,
light chestnut hair and full face.
The police all over the United
states are searching for the lad.