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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20

PiThis was bad enough, but the
mode of procedure taken by the
association, that they might take
no chances of losing their fee, con-
WINGED us that they did not have
much faith in humanity, and to our
notion greatly resembles Shylock
and his pound of flesh.
HA The applicant for a job is made
to sign an order on any future en-
,ployer directing him to deduct the
amount of fee from the employees
wages and remit to the Y. M. c. A.
Talk about signing your salary
away to the loan sharks, where
have they gotten the better Of this
method.
We are great believers in the Y.
M. c. A. and realize the inestimable
good it has done for the young men
of our country, but we also firmly
believe that in this land Of pros
perity no man should have to pay
for the opportunity to work, and
least of all the common laborer,
who works the hardest and is the
poorest paid.
Wishing you great success in the
stand you have taken of equal
rights to all and special privilege
for none, we remain, Very truly
yours, Northwestern Concrete Co.,
H. l.. Carr, Secretary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
FORCED TO HIDE
TO AVOID SUITORS

NEW YORK, Nov. 2O.-Mrs. Will
liam H. Chapmoh, the beautiful
young widow whose 76 year old
bridegroom died year ago, ieav-
ing her $10,000.0O0, declared upon
her return from Europe, that she
was SO annoyed by suitors, whom
she described as descending in
swarms, that she had to hide and
secure protection from detectives.
II have been driven to distrac-
ton by letters proposing marriage
to me-" she said. Every mail
brings hundreds of these silly mis-
sives. l have even received letters
from a foreign association looking
out for the interests of impecuniOus
noblemen. l tremble every time
my maid brings in the mail. 1t is
all SO horribly unsentimental."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
HOW TO LIVE LONG IN THE LAND
BY w: r. c. LArsoN, q. s.,

BY w: r. c. LArsoN q. s., PHI. D. M. D.
Men desire above all things Give long in the land And yet
well
fined conditions and that by meeting these conditions the term lie
heightened.
regards longevity heredty is of course factor but in TINS
heredty
that scky
himself will
poverbial three while
dssipaed living
his stock of life fill
lowest conditions of
mind lightly
of simple food drink must to that
the
their full mind essential because all excitement
excitement enxiety
all states the vital disturbing their action
depicting vitality curaling life
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20

until after the count is made at
Washington.
Mrs. la Refine Baker hes return
ed to Spokane after 1000 mile
trip east in the interest Of the
suffrage movement.
Chief of Police Sullivan has ap-
pealed from the decision of Judge
j. Stanley Webster granting writ
of habeas corpus freeing Marie
Smith from Jail. The woman was
held as witness in the fremont
case and released by Webster. Sui.
Ivan desires to hold her on a vag.
rancy charge.
r. D. Hubbel filed suit against
the Pacific Radio Telephone Co.
yesterday afternoon, asking that
the company be restrained from
selling stock in this state, have the
license revoked and to recover $50
for $40 shares of stock purchased
from the local agents.
With the warning that it is un.
lawful to attempt the collection of
a debt at the point of pistol, A. E.
Sourwine was given his liberty yes
terday afternoon by Justice
Stocker. Sourwine tried to forcibly
| collect money due him from John
| e. Schmidt of Plaza.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
Editor Spokane Press: Being an

Editor Spokane Press: Being an
interested spectator Of your fight
against the loan sharks and all
their kindred, whose living is made
by preying on the needs and mis-
fortunes of the common people"
/ cannot help calling your attention
to another phase of the matter
which I presume has escaped your
notice.
In the course of our business we
have occasion to use common labor
ers and have in several instances
called on different employment
agencies to supply us with men.
These men are hired with no un.
derstanding as to the length OF
time they are to be employed and
are paid at the rate of $3.50 for
eight hours work.
For this class Of jobs we find
that the ordinary employment
agency charges from 81 to 81.
Needing another man short
time ago and just previously hav-
ing noticed that the Y. M. C. A.
was running an employment de-
partment, we thought it might be
we'll to patronize this we'll known
institution, thinking it was very
likely that it was running a free
employment bureau or at least one
where the fee was merely nominal
and not extortionate like the much
discussed agencies which have
been in the public limelight of late.
We were we'll satisfied with the
man furnished, but were greatly
surprised to find that instead of
running any free employment bu-
reau the Y. M. G. A. was charging
more for giving man a chance to
work than the agencies that we're
mobbed some time ago, the fee be-
ing SO for a job at $3.50 per day
that might have lasted only a
cOuple of DAVIS
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20

suffered intensely. Some of the
leading surgeons of Spokane came
forward to say that a piece of
gauze cloth working around vital
orgaus for year would do no
harm. But a new operation was
necessary. The jury brought in
verdict for s8S9.90. A new trial
was asked for, but denied.
My wife died October 30 of COM
plications, leaving myself and one
boy, aged years. My wife was
%, and had lived here with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Titus Bless
ing, for Is years.
LESLIE LAMB.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
FACTS ABOUT MRS. LAMBS
DEATH.

Editor The Spokane Press:
would like to have you publish
few facts regarding the death OF
my wife, Mrs. Annie Lamb. DR.
Thomas operated upon her, and
through mistake a piece of gauze
nearly foot square was left in
her side. This was not discovered
until year after the operation. ]
entered suit against DR.. Thomas,
as she was almost helpless and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
SUFFRAGETS MAY
ADOPT WHIP. IDEA

LONDON, Nov. 20.-A gen.
= eral campaign by the suffrag-
= cts similar to Saturdays at
tack on Winston Spencer
. Churchill, president of the I
= London Board of Trade, at 4
= Bristol, was indicated when 4
. Theresa Gurnett struck the 4
= cabinet officer with a rawhide
= whip was. indicted by Chris
= label Pankhurst, the suffraget 4
= leader, today in discussing
. the incident. 4
. q Q . 9 q . q q q, 4 4 4 q a z
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
. 90 90 . Q - Q I
!. ROWDIES KEPT GIRLS
DANCING UNTIL 8 A. M. I

. Unless eight farmers sons 4
= in the neighborhood of Four I
q Mound cease their rodyism ,
. at dances in that town, the 4
= strong arm of the law will I
. hale them into court.
. A delegation of women in I
. vaded the courthouse yester- I
. day and complained of the I
. boys, who went to the dance,
. became drunk, wouldn't pay I
= and insisted upon dancing I
= until 3 o'clock in the morn I
= ing, keeping the girls there
. until that hour.
. . q 90 . . . O . q q Q 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
"DR. JEkYLL AND MR.. HYDE"

The Rev. ]. Whitcomb Braugher,
pastor of the White Temple Bap.
fist church of Portland, sometimes
called the Sam Jones of the west,
will lecture in the Y. M. C. A. audi.
forum tomorrow afternoon on Or
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-20
THE PUBLIC SQUARE

speech everything except personal
family fights Othe you think
about 400 Sign your
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
PREFERRED STATES PRISON..
Burglar Who Joined Army Draws In.
dcterminatc Sentence.

Sioux City. April 17.--Placed In a
position where he had to choose be-
tween tho state and federal prison,
James Locke under indictment here
on a. charge of burglary. decided to
take the state prison and In the dis
tric. court today he pleaded guilty to
the charge. withdrawing a plea of not
guilty. Judge oliver gave him an in
determinate sentence in the state re-
formatory at Anamosa, not exceeding
ten years.
Locke was betrayed by his sweet
heart here to whom he had written af-
ter he joined the army, telling her
where he was. But afterwards he found
that the army did not harbor criminals
and he was brought here from JefTer-
son Barracks. at st. Louis. TO stand
trial. He was offered his chance OF a
state prison or the federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth.
Instead OF essening his troubles
when he joined the army he Increased
them, for he entered under the as
sumed name of Burt C. Wilson and
under federal laws that Is a crime pun
ishable by three years In prison. The
army officials turned him over to the
state and his pleading guilty today will
save him from being sent to the fed
eral prison. He will be dishonorably
discharged from the army.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17

Washington. April 17.-There Is sut.
ficient wheat in the country at normal
prices to make bread for America I'M
to the time when the new crop comes
in." declared Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson today. anent the Chicago wheat
corner; "and those who attempt to keap
prices up at the present rates expect to
get their money out of the common
people,
Wilson'S statement was made in re-
ply to criticisms by ]. A. Patten. oe
Chicago. of the crop reports of the de-
partment of agriculture Patten NOT
only discredited the department es,i.
supply of wheat was scarcer than the
governments estimates show
"The reporters of the department ars
farmers living on the farms, and they
know, II anybody knows. and have
knowledge. il anybody has knowledge,
of the facts" declared the secretary.
the farmers hands and a fictitious
price has been created The farmers
are not the benefciaries of such con-
ditions. They Will likely plant moro
wheat, and next years crop likely VIII
be abnormally large when the gamb-
lers Will not be in the market and .ho
mischief vii! be done by n disturbances
of the crop system. In the corner OF
1896. when the price OF wheat WAS run
up to sl.S5. the price was depressed tho
following year below 80 cents. the re-.
suit. undoubtedly. OF upsetting the.
equilibrium OF normal supply and de-
mand."
To show that the scarcity of wheats
in this country is not the cause OF
the present abnormal increase in prices.'
the secretary points out that $1,000 90
bushels more was produced last year
than the previous crop year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
PRESIDENT PLANS LATE SUMMER
TRIP TO PACIFIC STATES
AND ALASKA,
WILL SWING THRU SOUTH
ON HoMEWARD JOURNEY
Tentative Plans for Western Trip
Made, to Follow Quiet Two Months
at Summer Home at Beverly, Mass.
All Depends on Congress Voting
Necessary Expense Money.

Washington, April 17.-President
Taft, who believes the chief magistrate
of the nation should keep in as close
contact with the people as the duties
and requirements of the office admit,
is planning a notable trip during the
late summer, provided congress decides
to continue the annual appropriation
Of $4,000 for travelling expenses all
lowed during the closing years of
Roosevelt's administration.
The presidents plans for the sum-
mer as far into the heated term as
August have been completed. He will
leave Washington as soon as he can
of congress, which will be probably
about June 1, for his summer home at
Woodbury. Point, Beverly, Mass. He
will spend two months or more there
as quietly and free from official worry
as possible. Taft will devote most of
his vacation to golfing, motoring and
short cruises along the northern coast.
Plans Western Visit.
Late in the summer the president
desires to make a trip west, which
will be entirely too expensive to be
paid for out of his own pocket. An out
line of the proposed itinerary has been
given to a high railroad official and
an estimate requested. 1t is said the
cost will be in the neighborhood Of
$4,000 to $4,000. If he goes at all
the president will include Alaska in his
journey. He has been invited to and
is particularly anxious to attend the
following gatherings: Annual encarlp-
ment Of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie at Salt Lake City; trans -Mississip-
pi conference, Denver, and national ir-
rigation congress and Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition, Seattle.
Will Swerve to the South.
In addition to the proposed visit to
the Rocky mountain states, and Pa
cific coast, the presidents tentative
plans for the trip include a long swing
thru the southwest and south. Mrs.
Taft will accompany the president on
the trip. Western and southern sena-
tors and representatives are particu-
larly anxious to have the president Wis
it their sections and will do all in their
power to provide the necessary funds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
THE b. A. r. CAMPAIGN.
Mrs. Scott Issues Statement Regard
ing Her Candidacy.

Washington, April 17.-Mrs. Mat
thew Il. Scott, so-called "administra-
ton candidate for the office Of presi-
dent-general Of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, to succeed Mrs
Donald Mclean, today issued a formal
statement outlining her platform. She
declares she "Takes her stand square
ly on the constitution and will uphold
that instrument as it now stands or
as if may hereafter be amended" Mrs.
Scott says she is proud to have the
support of 80 grand an administra-
tion as the one now going out of Of
fce," yet she wishes 1t distinctly un-
derstood that If she is elected to the
position she must be accepted with her
own individuality. She declares that If
elected she will make one of the main
objects Of her administration the
equipment of Continental hall and the
collection Of funds to pay off its in
debtedness at the earliest possible mo-
ment; that she will take up her resi-
dence in Washington, and devote her
whole time to the duties of the office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
WOMEN ARE WROTH
Majority Of 2,4oo Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing Employees, Protest
Against Damaging Published State
ment and Threatened Dismissal Be-
cause Of Alleged Moral Detection.

Special to Times Republican,
Council Bluffs, April 17.-Attorney
George 8. Wright, before starting for
Des Moines today. where ne goes to
have a conference with his client. j.
c. Maybray. stated that no effort would
be made to secure a bond for May
bray. on the federal charge for which
Maybray Is now held.
If bond was secured. Wright fears
that Maybray would be Immediately
nabbed by the state authorities. and to
secure additional bond in the indlct-
ments brought in the state courts,
would require a sum eaualng 100000
There are ten of these indictments in
which the bond has been fixed at $l0,-
900 in each.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
BULGARIA TO BUY FREEDOM.
Will Pay Russia, as intermediary With
Turkey, $16,40OO0O.

st. Petersburg. April 1.-THE Rus
so-Bulgarian settlement will be signed
here today, simultaneously with the
signing of the Turko Bulgarian agree
ment at Constantinople. Bulgaria Is
considered to have secured good terms.
She will pay to Russia, as intermediary
between herself and Turkey in the set
tlement of claims made by the porte
arising from Bulgaria's declaration of
independence s20000O0 francs (s16,4OO-
0O0-. A loan for this amount will be
Issued at par with interest at Ak per
cent, and will be extinguished in sew
enty-f1ye annual payments of 4,O25,60O
francs. Bulgaria reserves the right to
pay the debt outright at any time. The
recognition of Bulgarian independence,
which will be done by the exchange Of
notes, Is now a matter of a few days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
What Patton Said.

Chicago. April 1T.-Patten's atten.
ton was called 60 statement by
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson say
ing that $1,000 trusted agents OF the
government have reported that the
wheat situation Is due to speculation.
Patten said: The secretarys report
is farce. He got the reports from
country postmasters. etc, who may be
informed on other subjects but not on
grain. My reports are from grain ex-
perts." He predicts that before many
months Germany and England will
witness a bread line" He said they
needed ten million bushels OF wheat
this week and couldn't get 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
SAY CHEAP BREAD DAY is eoNg'
MilIers of Minneapolis Declare Price
Of Flour Will Stay Up.

Minneapolis. April 17-Here In Min
neapolis. center of the -four world, the
big millers are saying that the days
of cheap -four and bread are past.
The days of cheap wheat. cheap
flour and cheap bread are over" said
A. c. Loring, receiver for the Pills.
bury -Washburn Flour Mills Com-
pcny, Limited. 'The present condition
OF tho market Is not the result alone
of James A. Patterns speculation In
wheat or short crop. Back of this is
the tremendous increase in population
and the consumption OF bread"
John Washburn, vice president Of
the Washburn- Crosby Milling Cons
pany, said he believed the present price
of -four would be maintained In spite
of the fact that 1t was higher than In
several years.
Bakers in Minneapolis are of the
opinion that the present prices can be-
of only short duration. Ono baker.
who purchases thousands OF barrels of
flour annually, said today: "A visit to
the warehouses OF every large bakery
in Minneapolis would show that the
purchases OF flour have practically
ceased within tho pssN two weeks.
Most of us have considerable supply
on hand, and until this Is disposed OF
we shall give no more buying orders.
Joseph w, Folk, former governor oe
Missouri, scored the wheat and stock
gamblers. hribe takers and givers, dis
honest public servants and multi-mill-
ionaires alike in an address at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota this evening.
stock and grain gambling is curse
to the American nation and should be
Nprohibited by law" he said. Every
year the nsylnms and penitentiaries of
the country reap harvest as n result
of this evil Men made bankrupt by
the people who make It business Ia
gamble In options are driven to cm-
besalement and often to suicide,
Streams OF these men file past the bar
OF Justice into the state prisons every
year.
Gambling in the necessities of life
should be prohibited by law The man
that makes it his profession TO gamble
In options should be prosecuted the
same as other garnblers.a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
WARNS STATE COURTS
Judge Mcpherson Notifies Local Courts
to Keep Hands OFF of Missouri Rate
case-Injunction Suit is Dismissed.

Kansas City, April 17.-Judge Smith
Mcpherson, in an amended decree
handed down here today, reserved ex-
elusive jurisdiction in the Missouri
rate cases and in effect instructed the
state courts to keep out Of the case.
This decree will dissolve the injunc-
tion against the railroads now pending
in the state courts and started by state
officials to enjoin the eighteen rail-
roads operating in Missouri from put
ting the Scent passenger rate into ef-
foo+
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
BUSCH is FRIGHTENED.
Brewer Tells Industry Will Go If Pro.
hibition Wins.

st. Louis, April, 17.-Adolphus Busch,
brewer, issued the following signed
statement on the question of submis-
sion !. Of prohibition to vote Of the
people in Missouri:
1--WE have so much confidence in the
good sense and liberality of the people
of Missouri that we are not planning
to move from st. Louis and the state
We do not want to move from the city
where our worldwide business has
been built up. I, personally, would
deeply regret leaving st. Louis, wholly
apart from considerations Of business
because love the city, but. of course
il we are forced to go, we would not
only move ourselves across the river,
but to every point in the country pos
sible.
''Our industry is a perfectly legiti-
mote one. 1t is one Of the greatest rev.
eEue payers to the national, state and
city governments, and one OF the larg-
est employers of labor; therefore why
should it not be maintained and sus-
tained?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
ZINC FIRM BROKE
Receiver Appointed for Lanyon Com
pany, Controlling 40 Per Cent OF
Output of Entire Country.

lola, Kan, April 17.-Upon the ap-
pllcation of Alton B. Parker, acting
on behalf Of the Trust Company of
America, trustees for the bondhold-
ers, j. o. Rogers was today appointed
receiver for the Lanyon Zinc Com
pany, one Of the largest smelling
works in the world.
Rogers is president of the Lanyon
company The petitioners declare there
are still outstanding s1,7sS,O00 in the
company's bonds, on which there is
defaulted interest amounting to s4S3,-
900. No interest has been paid on the
bonded debt of the company, they de-
clare, since 1906. The Lanyon COM
pany controls over 40 per cent Of the
entire zinc output of the world. 1t
holds stock in numerous other COM
panfes, including the Colorado Zinc
Mining Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
DOES NOT WANT BONDS
Attorney Fears That Were Maybray
to Secure One on Federal Charge,
He Would Be Nabbed by State Au.
thortes.


Washington, April ia mass meet
ing of nearly all the 2,4O0 women en-
ployed in the bureau of engraving and
printing, was held today to protest
against the published statement that
the National Civic Federation thru its
women members, had appointed COM
mittee to investigate the morality of
employees of the executive departments
in Washington, and that the committee
had determined to demand the dismiss
sal of at least fifty women employed
in the bureau, where today's meeting
was held. A committee of women en-
ployes was appointed to take the mat
ter up with the newspaper printing the
story.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
ABDUL MAY LOSE JOB
su'tan's Soldiers Concentrating on
constantinople and Young Turks
Leader Declares Reign Of Present
Ruler Is Near an End.

Berlin, April 1.-THE Zeitung Am
mittag publishes dispatch from Sa-
loniki saying 10000 volunteers are
presenting themselves at the various
barracks in large numbers for uni
forms, arms and ammunition. The
greatest enthusiasm prevails.
Dispatches of soothing nature have
been received from the sultan, who is
attempting to dissuade the men from
marching against the capital, but
the troops are firmly resolved to pro-
ceed. A leader of the young Turks, who
just arrived here from Constantine
pie, declared today:
"The destiny of the traitorous sultan
is decided. Abdul HaInid will not COM
plete the thirty-third year of his reign;
he will be dethroned before Aug. 81, the
date of his accession"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17

taking the child had she so desired.
Cabanne's wife claims she got di-
vorce in British Honduras and mar
ried Broughton Brandenburg, the au-
thor, who figured recently in public no
tice when he Jumped his bond and
evaded charges in connection with an
article purporting to be by President
Cleveland
Mrs. Brandenburg, or Cabanne, re-
Gently had a controversy with Mrs
Valina Brandenburg, who claimed she
also was the wife OF the missing au
thor. This was after Brandenburg fled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-04-17
COOKS MAY GO ON STRIKE.
Those Employed on Lake Vessels Aid
Seamen's Union.

Buffalo. N. Y, April 17.-While not
officially declaring a strike, j. M. Sc.
cord, general secretary of the Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union, has in
structed his men not to take employ
ment on any boat on which there are
non-union crews, and contract engin-
GERS. The cooks and stewards are af-
fliated with the lake seamen's union
and 1t is not believed the latter organ
ization can hold off much longer in
declaring a strike officially.