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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
TO EXTRACT AND SELL HIS GOLD
CROWNED TEETH TO PAY EXPENSES
TO BEDSIDE OF HIS DYING MOTHER.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-, Oct. 49,
DR.. George Sewers, a young dentist
OF New York city, will arrive In
Denver today, where 1t is probable
that he will have one gold bridge
and two gold crowned teeth re-
moved from his mouth for the pur
pose of raising money to pay for
his passage to San Francisco,
where his mother lies at the point
of death.
The young man arrived here yes
terday afternoon and departed last
night for Denver, which is as far
as his ticket carries him.
He had just left a sick bed In
New York when he was informed
that his mother was Ill. He was
without money, so he sold all his
tools and three gold crowned teeth
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

. The Spokane Press today .
. publishes the second part Of .
. remarkably valuable inter .
. view given by the matron of .
. the Salvation Army Rescue .
. home. The third part will be .
q printed Tuesday. The first .
. article caused widespread CON- .
. ment and interest, and the Sc .
q ries of stories should help bet =
. ter local condition. =
q % . . 80 . 90 = . 90
"For the benefit Of unfortunate
girls and hardened followers Of the
ways of vice, police court sentences
to rescue homes should be made
longer. Women who have started
wrong can seldom be set Alright In
life again In one month"
Such is a statement made by
Captain Bertha Smith, matron of
the Salvation Army Rescue 4 Ma
ternal home, in the same interview
In which she dealt with the cause
of the debauchery Of young women
In Spokane. The latter was pub.
lished Saturday in The Press.
1T is seldom too late to save a
woman, II she Is given over to us
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
CASHIER SUICIDES;
M0THER-|N-LAW
DROPS DEAD

MINERAL POINT, Wis, Oct. is.
Frank Hanscom, cashier of the
defunct First National bank, sui
cided last night in Graceland GEN.
etery by shooting. His body was
found today on his fathers grave.
When Mrs. John Gray, Hanscoms
mOther-in-law, heard of the suicide,
she dropped dead of heart failure.
Vice President Allen of the bank
is under arrest. charged with en-
bezzling the banks funds, but Han
scom's name had not been men
toned in connection with the fail
ure. The books show his affairs to
bein excellent condition. II is be-
lseved he was Respondent over the
loss of his personal fortune, which
was in the bank. He had been
cashier for ten years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
l
| C E
E

A valuable addition to the North
Pole literature Is a pamphlet just
issued by Dan Stern on What They
Discovered at the North Pole"
Mr.. Stern differs from both Cook
and Peary in the matter, lining him.
self up as one of the Doubling
Thomases of the day. Neither does
the local man rely upon the testi-
mony of reliable Esquimaux for cor
roborative evidence.
When the eager North Pole en-
thusiast beholds the pamphlet, he
is Immediately raised to the sew
enth heavy of delight, mentally Civ
ing whoop and exclaiming, "At
last l have some real information"
Upon turning back the cover, the
word Ice" is shown in large type,
and whether you read it in the reg
ular way or upside down, ice" it
still remains, and no. other interpre-
tation fits the five letters.
Ice, and white expanse of pa
per. That's all. Nuf sed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
ORPHANS GO
TO ORPHEUM

ThIrty-seven little youngsters had
"the time Of their lives" at the Or
pheum Saturday afternoon, when,
as the guests Of the orpheum man.
agement and The Spokane Press,
they saw all sorts OF laughable and
interesting things.
The party was from the Or
phans' Home Of Spokane, and they
occupied 81 seats In the balcony.
The soldiers drill simply fascin-
ated the children, and when the
act concluded In blaze Of glory
they just sat back In their seats
and gasped with delight. Mrs. Dey,
manager Of the Home, today report
ed that the matinee was the one
subject Of conversation among the
kidlets over Sunday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
JEWISH POET WHO BOUGHT GRAVE WITH
VERSE HAS PLUTO WITNESS ODD WILL

NEW YORK. Oct 1s-Naphtali Herr timber. SIS,
sh "Hakivah
sts who died recently left the unique
record
"To the rabbs" reads the will, "a
II will help them a longer life,
ITO enemies leave rheumatism.
Between the republican I
Doodle they yet touched.
tho rnyh roke
write slowly and avoid mistakes
"As there appointed a who knows
Sarnums philosophy through
written my dcathbed. Witness, Pluto the under
ground and his fauliars, the
"As anerthought my publishers bill
paid by They frame and keep amulet ward
that authors" B
ber will probably be buried bought
with t4line in hebe~ although legal battle may pre-
cede the burial
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
TEXAS MOTHERS ORGANIZE.

DALLAS. Texas, Oct. 1S.-Possi-
bly, In the belief that President TAFT
shares the views Of his predecessor
on race suicide and allied topics,
the mothers OF the Lone Star state
have selected date coincident
with the chief executives visit TO
The stale to organize a Texas
Mothers congress. The session
was commenced today and will oc-
cupy three days. during which diet
for infants. teething. soothing syrup
and other important subjects viii
be threshed out
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
HUINRGY, PENNlLESS YOUTH
ROBS SHOW CASE

Hungry. far from home and
penniless, Harry Baum, youth
from Missoula, Mont, robbed a
street show case of its costly dis
play OF ladies' gloves late last
night, and was arrested while try
ing to exchange them for the price
Of meal. He claims to be but IL
years of age, and was given into
the custody of the Juvenile authori-
ties while his case is being inves-
tigated.
Baum was arrested at n second.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

hand store by Officer Bunker as
the result of secret information
reaching the police from the deal
err to whom he was trying to sell
the purloined stuff.
The youth Is said to have beaten
his way here from Missoula on q
freight train and when captured he
did not have a cent in his pockets.
Police officials are inclined to he
lieye that Baum is more than II
years of age because he told them
that he had served in the United
States navy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
$50 IN THE
JAIL NOW

Over $50 persons are confined
In the Spokane county JAIL,
which Is by IS greater than
were ever within that lnstItu-
tion before. This y crowdln0
the jail beyond Ito capacity,
and II herush continues opo-
kane county will be facing the
issue Of providing larger JAN
facilities.
About 20 OF the Oft are Sed-
eral prisoners, the rest being
held for offences committed
within teh confines Of Spokane
county.
This condition might be ueed
by pessimlsts In answer 70 the
time-honored question, "ls the
world growing betterf"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
BIG APPLE SHOW
ASSURED

Assistant Manager w. ID. Finlay
of the National Apple Show re-
turned this morning from ten
days trip through the commercial
apple districts of eastern Oregon
and Washington. He reports that
the apple show movement is meet
ing with universal appreciation
throughout the great apple centers
OF Washington and Oregon. and
that from IL to IA carloads. aggre.
eating almost 100000 apples, will
be entered In carload lots from
these districts alone.
Mr.. Finlay leaves tonight for Mis-
soula, Mont.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

Total number OF buildings de-
stroyed by earthquake and fire OF
1906, 2s,1SS; total value OF build
ings destroyed. s105.000.000; total
number Of buildings erected since
fire. 23,430; total value of build.
ings erected since fire. $165, 0O0, 900 !:
area swept by fire OF 1906, 4 ITO
square miles; area cleared and re-
built, ga square miles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

So sang the Hoosier poet a gener-
alton ago, inspired by the russell
and red of the autumns hedges
and the aroma waited from the
kitchen oven. 1t was the season of
pumpkin pie,"' just this time of the
year, when October begins to taper
off to November, and the sun puts
his finishing golden touches on that
most delectable of earth's gifts
the pumpkin.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

'R GROWS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
In Spokane valley the fields are
studded with balls of gold waiting
for the Transforming hand that will
turn them into LIES most appetiz-
ing delicacy, that symphony of the
table, that rhapsody of the kitchen
pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin pie days are here. and
mothers mothers run to the mystic
formula by which she transmutes
the bulky fruit into that combina
ton beautiful to the eye. exhibilat.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

ing to the nostril and supremacy
satisfying to the palate.
Wordy poets may rhyme of the
sad days of the dying year and ma
lures gaudy funerals, but so long
as mothers hand holds her fashion
ing skill and pumpkin pies in gen.
erous triangles come to flank the
dinner plate there can be no sad
hess. Life with pumpkin pies must
always be round of Joy.
And pumpkin pie days are here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
500, 900 GOES
UP IN SMOKE

WEED, Cal, Oct. 1S.-nriven by
q heavy wind. flames destroyed
100000 feet OF lumber, valued at
100000, at the yards Of the Wee.l
Lumber company. The town was
saved from destruction by heroic
Rforts OF 450 men.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
THE NIGHT PRESS

Get a night edition of The Spokane the
streets about o'clock Contains
and local news and besides this VIII have line
sports every day Get into the habit OF taking
home with YOU starts this week after the finish
season, and will be full Of interesting stuff.
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
GIRLS SHOULD STAY LONGER I'M RESCUE EHO
THREE OF Them
ARE SHOT DOWN
(By United Press.)

(By United Press)
SALEM Oct. 18-The
Willamette river the
at the hands Of two
from the penitentiary Friday
Already Of the
brains Two others penenta
while posse Is pursuing the aiming
Srekeepers selling cartridges Ncha
tch Russian who
from guard His Albert Murray haifbreed
Farmers protecting families possess
by force penientiary believed
the will be captured odat Albert Ferris and George Duncan
who shot,
ter was killed by the posse. Duncan probably will die
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
WOMAN ISN'T MANS EQUAL;
HAS TRACE OF APE, SAYS PASTOR

CHICAGO Oct. 1S-'Too often In modern woman
of the survival of the This declaration
congregation by Rev Perciya Howson
the First Congregational church OF haywood az
what he called feminine snobs drinking gambling
He said rs the equal OF man? No. Thank
God she isn't and modern
set a pedestal worshipped. as.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
fsBABE'' ADAMS
TO GET PURSE
(Ry United Pressl

PITTSBURG, Oct. 49,
Babe" Adams, the youthful
Pirate twirler, whose splen-
did pitching was largely re-
sponsible for Pittsburg's
winning the worlds cham
pionship, will be presented
with purse. Already $1,000
has been donated. The play
ers will receive their share
of the receipts today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

Bouche sisters will be deported.
This is the fourth distinctive case
of this kind in which much OF the
discriminating evidence was pro-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18
FRISCO READY FOR 5 DAYS PLAY
AFTER 8 YEARS HARD WORK

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1S.-San
Francisco Is on the eve of a big
time. II Is to be light-hearted.
care-free big time. with big, seri-
GUS spirit behind 1t. The big time
is to be the "Portola Festival"
What Is behind 1t is this:
A little over three years ago, you
could stand on Russian hill, in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

which he had pulled for the actual
gold in them.
With the funds thus raised
Sewers purchased ticket as far
as Denver, There the remaining
gold crowned teeth will be re-
moved unless the young man sue
ceeds in getting money from a
friend whom he expects to meet
there.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

BUFFALO, Oct. 1S.-Charged
with having conducted a lottery
Joseph Fl. Miller, president of the
Amsterdam Diamond company. will
be given a hearing today. Miller is
alleged to have used the mails for
fraudulent purposes. II is said his
business amounted to $4,000 an.
nRAlly,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-10-18

San Francisco. and look In front
or to the right or to the left, you
could see clear to the .bay. with
nothing to obstruct your view save
smoking, crumbling ruins OF once
majestic office buildings. stores.
factories--four square miles OF
scorching piles OF brick. mortar.
stone. twisted steel, dreary waste.
CONTINUED on Page six.)
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"The frost is on the punkin
AN the folders in the shock y

PRESS REPORTER GROWS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT, TT
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(contlnucd. on Page TWo.l
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
JEFF STICKS TO HIS
TRAINING REGIME CLOSELY
Has Now Reduced His Weight Below
$40 Pounds, and 10 In Fine Shape
Right Now.

NEW YORK. May S.--That Jim
Jefiries. the heavyweight. champion
Of the world. will be in a. fine physi-
cal condition when he meets Jack
Johnson for that title as he was on
The night that he defended 1t In a
battle with Jack Monroe IL San Fran
cisco. August 20. 1904. there is no
longer any doubt.
Ever since Jeff started on his pres
ent theatrical tour OF 20 weeks he has
been working hard both before. during
Gna after each performance. SO that
he now tips the scales a: exactly 25s
pounds. The warm weather OF the
last few days has been the means OF
making the big fellow Increase his
work, and since Monday he has taken
of close TO Is pounds.
So faithfully has he trained that his
manager and sparring partner, Sam
Berger, has been trying IT, get him 10
let up In his work. but Without avail.
JefYries. accompanied by his wife
and manager-sparring partner, Sam
Berger. will leave for Chicago on Sun
day afternoon al 2 O'Clock. where b"
will begin a weeks engagement at one
OF the big theaters In that city. JEFF
fries intends to sail for Europe the
second week In June and vii be gone
about six weeks.
During his stay abroad he will take
the Carlsbad baths. On his return
TO this country he will go straight 10
California. where he will begin real
hard training for his fight with Jack
| Johnson
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
CHALMERS ENTERS FOUR.
Concern Planning To Repeat Honor
Winning OF 1908 In D. A. D. A. Run.

The Chalmers Detroit Motor Co will
be represented In the Detroit Automo
bile Dealers associations four day en-
durance run by six cars. -Four OF these
viii be- competing cars, OF the other
two. one VIII be the confetti car. and
the other a press car.
OF the cohtesting ears, two are OF the
40 type. and two OF the 80" type. J.
O. Vincent head OF the Inventions de-
partment Of the Burroughs Adding
Machine Co, will drive one OF the sos "
The other will be driven by Joe Mat
son. one OF the regular factory drivers.
The sos" will be driven by Lee Lor-
liner the Chalmers Detroit racing -dFtv-
err and by w. G.. Bamford OF the tech
meal department at the factory.
The confetti car Will be driven by
George Grant while II. l. Bill head
OF the Chalmers Detroit contest depart
ment. will drive the press car
All OF the Chalmers Detroit entries
will be. painted the bright blue adopted
by the company last year for its con-
test cars which has resulted I'm their
being known all around the country as
the Chalmers Detroit "Bluebirds."
A dinner at the fuller hotel for Of
ficers. heads Of departments. foremen
and their assistants, was pleasing
feature OF the past week for the Chal
mers Detroit stan The banquet was
held last Monday night. Chalmers.
MI COfHn. and other officers made
short addresses. In the course OF his
talk. Mr.. Chalmers emphasized the fact
that the output OF the company had
increased coo per cent this year over
last
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
FLAG DAY PARADE
WILL Be. WH0PPER
Elks' Committee Announces the Or
der in Which the Various Con-
tingents Will March.

The Elks' committee which Is in charge
OF the E'lad day exercises which Will
commemorate the floating OF Detroit s
second American league championship
banner on Tuesday. has announced the
following the order or the parade
which viii feature the. day on the
downtown streets. and will wend its
way TO the ball park TO participate in
the exercises OF the day.
The nrst division viii be led by +. j.
Hurley. ESQUIRE. OF the Detroit Lodge
OF Elks A band Will be followed by a
detachment OF vehicles carrying Gov.
Warner. Mayor Breitmeyer. members
officials.
The officers OF Detroit Lodge Of Eiks
VIII follow, escorting as many OF the
old-time Detroit champions OF 1887 as
can attend Sam Thompson and Char
lie Bennett are. Of course. assured.
Then Will come the Tigers 1908 ban
ner which rewarded their efforts on the
field in such "a strenuous season. The
main body OF Elks Will have charge OF
the transporting OF the bunting chem
selves. The flag Will be closely at
tended by the automobiles carryin Z
the officers and players OF the Detroit
themselves carry the 1907 flag which
has been floating from the stan at the
park for the past season.
The second division OF the parade
will be headed by the Elks Flag day
committee which will be followed BY
q band. Then will cocm the veteran
players OF former years. and there will
be some whose careers date back as
far as 1883. A separate place has been
reserved for the teams which have
long figured in Detroits baseball life
and are still active
The last and largest portion OF the
parade Will be the uniformed team.
which now represent the great national
sport In active capacities. State and
local teams Will -cnmhine- here-and
there Will be few teams missing from
the list OF those that gather weekly
or oftener for games on the various
local and suburban diamonds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
TODAY'S ENTRIES.
At IOuIsxIIIE

First Tlace-Selling. purse $500, j.
year-olds. mile and 20 yards: Mrs.
Marion Moore. 80: Bryce. 10i: Schles-
wig. io2; .Fulford; lO2: Kelyany; lol
mander, lO4: Meadow Grass, 104: Mrs
Sewall. 10s. snatch Me. l05: Advanc-
Ing. los: Patriot. 107. Console, 10T:
Snap. l07; 81. Auliere. l07.
year-olds. AZ furlongs .Bougain-
villa. loi; Lottie Creed. Io1: simonette.
1Ol: Lou Lanier. i0i; Brunhilde. 101:
Black Bow. l0a; Jack Straw. los; Dick
Goodbar. los; slewfoot. lo7: Ramon CO.
Third Race-selling. purse $500. 3
year-olds. 1-1s miles: Marcella, i07:
Admix, los: Donah IL. i07. ENLIST. 107.
Mamie Gallagher. l0I; Tim Kelley. 100;
Mason. los; Oroonooka, 1903: Cygnet.
Ill; Reside. III. Ben Sand. 1l2. Sir
Walter Rollins. 1is. The State. I13,
Imboden, lI3; Bonebrake. 1l3; Deacon,
lle.
Fourth >-ce-Handicap. 3-year- olds
and up. purse $500. Z furlongs: Hasty
Agnes. s5. All Red. go: Irfaneh. 100;
Black Mary. 100; Sir cleges IOt. Rara
Avis. lO4. iZenap loo: Crystal Maid.
LOT; Charlie Eastman, .lo7.
Fifth Race--Purse $500. maiden q
yesr-oldss a. furlongs: John Me
The Fad. i0s MARITIME H.. i0s. Front
Row. l09; Donier. li2. Forez. ll2:
Fighting Bob. li2 short order. liz. ST..
Dunstan. liz: Topland. he: Mesmer-
iser. liz; Captain Glory. H., Gilpy. ii2;
Sixth Race-seliIng. purse $500. a.
year-olds and up. LIS miles: 'Best-
erling. los; j. g. Core. i0s Sempro.
l0s; Mamie Algol. III. Brookleaf. liz.
Oriy II; lib; Harting: llS; Grenade,
ll3: Conville. 1l3. Goldic. lis
Weather clear. track fast.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
NOTEWORTHY EVENTS
IN THE LEAGUE RACE

Walsh made his seasons debut
for Chicago Sunday and allowed
Cleveland, with Young In the box.
hui four, hits. the Sox winning
easily. In the second game Ber-
ger was inyincible.
on Saturday Cleveland batted
Smith out OF the box. The alleged
rion man has gone the way Of the
rest who have tried TO hog pitch
ing laurels for various teams.
Four hits of Quinn were
punched by Boston. which won
for Morgan and Steele Saturday
at New York.
Murphy. who has been starring
at pinch-hltting all season. won a
/ 10 0 game for the Athletics
from Washington by double In
the eighth. Krause. Comics
southpaw. pitched swell ball.
Lajoie got four hits out OF four
times up of Smith and Owen OF
Chicago Saturday
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-10
Sporting Notes

VI. A. C.. 81 ID. L. So.
Chicago, 81, Wisconsin. IS. In a dual
meet.
Michigan. II, Notre Dame, 3. Bianding
pitched.
Adrian. 81 Good Lucks, 2, ut Adrian,
Saturday.
stone. of 81. Louis, lead. the league and
IL batting .33s.
The Giiddsn Pathfinder ha. reached
Kathenburg. Neb.
Hiliman took n match race from shep-
pard at 600 yards yesterday.
The ~. Louis Nationals have insured
Roger Bresnahan's life In their favor
for $4,000
As expected. sbrubb made N hoiv show
OF Longboat in their race at Is miles
| in Montreal.
Yale. 81, Princeton. 80. In n dual meet.
Supremacy in the field events saved
u-the day for the Els.
Billy Andrews thinks that Hamburg
Belle has fine chance OF setting
new trotting record
scheduled ali over Michigan. as a
general rule on sunday
.
Central Hish's track tenn had mo-
trouble defeating Ann ArhOr on a
slow track at u. A. G.. "a TO 80.
.
Cramps put Marsh, the onr-'ime De-
troiter out OF the San Eve Ma rathon.
He finished pluckily In slow time.
Ralph Crnix. the FORMER Central afs-
lete. captured both dashes and both
hurdle races at Michigans varsity
meet.
Rveibach. the Cub pitcher. T. having
his usual trouble cont POLLING me bail
He will be all rioht bv the time the
wrolds series rolls round however.
Detroif mn~ possibly secu-~ the revf
national skat cone-ess The tourney
this year IL NJ Milwaukee IN June
and the local experts will be well
= represented.
bert More.esd 90 the Goodrich Tir" CO.
VIII no tho starter OF the II a ID A
run. for which 20 cars hove been en-
tered. Tu1sdav's run Will De 10 Port
Huron and return.
=
In to Hnai show of go -~qso~ v'~s-
nesdav Might the Wfnasp- Athtaffc
club will stage as s-wtnh,lln -ke4x--
srs. Tor McCure md Carl Ander.
son. Of Hammon1 heavies.
Le--"y rns Kps.~ i-s~'r-" ~ ~,
fa''t ~ the B~ookiv- y" iiadairhfe
gane saturday. I'D Kid GLEASON bad
dow BIT the poitce got ~ back with
out further trouble.
View Wort .sow- -t~-. ~ ~, nb~.~-
newt % the Mp~afhcn fever The
crowd that saw saw Eve win Ss.u--
dsv. was only fa'--s'zed one Ner-
Z athontng ~ gnof sport hut nothing
can compete with baseball