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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
Considering Proposal of Local Com.
pany.

The contest of the city of Wenat-
chez against the Pacific States Tele-
phone company to prevent the erec-
ton of double lines of telephone
poles on Wenatchee avenue, is yet
unsettled. The matter is being held
in allegiance by the proposal of the
Farmers Telephone company that the
Pacific States company should buy an
interest in the pole line on Wenatchee
avenue belonging to the local COM
pany and string their wires on this
line. thus saving the erection of the
double pole line which SO disigures
the avenue. 1t is expected that the
matter will come to an issue within
very short time.
Ralph Littlefeld, who has been
confined to his home during the first
of this week with a severe cold, Is
out again today and doing business.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
LeavenwOrth Will Be Represented.

Mayor l.. j. Nelson. of Leaven-
worth. is in the city today and while
here promised that Leavenworth will
be represented at the National Land
& Irrigation congress at Chicago. A
delegation of Wenatchee people will
leave here Monday on No. 1 and a
meeting will be held at Leavenworth
during the evening. 1t is thought
that there will be no trouble in awak-
ening enthusiasm sufficient to have
a fine exhibit secured for the car
which leaves here November 6.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
ELLIS --FORDE
To BUILD
ANNEX
STORE BUILDING TWO STORIES
AND BASEMENT ON MISSION
STREET WILL BE CONNECTED
WITH MAIN BUILDING.

The business of the Ellis-Forde
company store demands more floor
space and George H. Ellis made the
announcement this morning that he
will commence work at once on an
addition to the store. This will be
built on Mission street, just in the
rear of the building on Wenatchee
avenue. The new building will be
two stories and a basement, 37k
feet frontage by 120 feet deep. The
new building will be of brick and
Mr.. Ellis will ask for bids immedi-
ately for the excavation work.
Should the weather permit the build
ing will be finished up this winter.
The connection between the two
buildings will be by a subway under
the alley and an archway over the
alley. The estimated cost of the new
structure will be $4,000.
Already the Ellis-Forde company
store has in use "a 900 feet of floor
space and the new structure will give
it an additional $1,000 feet 1t has
only been several years ago that the
Ellis-Forde company was doing busi.
ness in little structure on Wenat-
chez and Orondo avenue A new
building was erected 50x120. At the
time of its occupancy <only the first
floor was used for store purposes
During the last two years, however
the entire building has been used ir
the various departments OF the store
and during the past year additional
quarters have seemed to be impera
tive and during the past two week:
Mr.. Ellis has decided on the erection
of the Mission street building.
A main entrance will be on Mis-
sion street as well as on Wenatchee
avenue, but Mr. Ellis has not posi-
lively decided as yet on the location
of the various departments of the
store. This will be announced later
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
PRACTICAL JOKERS
J0bbED
STATE OFFICIALS BECAME PREY
OF FELLOW PASSENGERS CO.
WEEK.

Two state officials were made the
butt of huge joke the other night
in Spokane and their belief in the
seriousness of their predicament will
no doubt continue until this article
is brought to their attention through
the newspapers. Both are great
tricksters and have been playing prac-
tical jokes over the whole state of
Washington, but they were led into
camp last Sunday night, and one of
the humorous features about the mat
ter is they still remain in blissful
ignorance of the way the game was
played
These two men were Henry Schal-
Ter of Tacoma and c. w. Whistler of
Seattle, chairman and secretary of
the state board of barber examiners.
On the great Northern train. while on
their way to Spokane, they met three
young men who, noticing the gen.
eral "caginess" of the former, en-
tered into a discussion which ended
in a dispute and later into a wager
of fairly good proportions which was
to be decided when they reached Spo-
kane. No. l and No. 2 made the
wager against the chairman of the
board, and No. held the stakes.
Deciding to give Schaller, the cute
Dutchman, the worth of his money" "
No. was quietly told on reaching
Spokane to drop out Of the back end
of the car, away from the rest of the
party. This he did. Upon his fail
ing to reappear Nos. and 2 inquired
as to what had become of the other
party. Pretending that they could
see in the man who had disappeared
with the $40 of "bet money" and
the Dutchman a clever pair of bunco
men, the two young men attempted
to call the police.
In vain did Examiner Whistler pro-
test the innocence of his brother ex-
aminer. The situation was indeed
trying. 1t is stated positively that
the latter gentleman turned pale with
utter embarrassment and great drops
of sweat stood out on his forehead,
as he perceived that all the circum-
stantial evidence was against him.
Schaller and Whistler were both
threatened with arrest If the matter
was not cleared up. Affairs had TAX
en- on an apparent serious aspect.
when-the missing man appeared
upon the scene.
Schaller, to show that his heart
was in the right place. agreed to pay
for the oyster supper for the bunch,
which he did.
But this article is the first intima-
tion to him and to his partner that
the whole thing was a ''put-up" job
at the hands of r. c. Warren, of the
Widauer Lumber company of Ever
EFT, B. D. Beattie, a hotel clerk in
Spokane, and a Wenatchee newspaper
man.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
Change in Long Distance Line.

The long distance which serves the
Waterville and up-river country is on
the east side of the river and the
crossing is near the Columbia river
bridge, thus necessitating big curve
A line is being constructed out Eu-
cid avenue and up the west side OF
the Columbia river five or six miles,
where crossing will be made.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
Another Stea mShOve1.

The second steam shovel for use
on the Pateros- Oroville railroad, will
go up in the morning in town of the
steamer Okanogan. A great deal OF
railroad equipment is being shipped
up by the boat company. Several
train loads of this material has ar
rived in the city for transporting and
the local company is getting along
very we'll in taking care of these
large shipments.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
Maintaining Fine Display.

The depot fruit stand is one of
the most attractive apple displays
that has ever been maintained in the
city. Mr.. Morey handles nothing but
the choice grades and these are kept
polished and arranged in the best
possible manner. and passengers on
the trains are always attracted by
this display.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
State PostOffice Money.

Spokane. Oct. 27-Inspectors peer
ing through lookout holes" in the
postoffice discovered George n
Coonce hiding letters in his pockets
Coonce confessed that he began the
thefts last July when he failed to
get the raise in salary he expected
He says he stole more than $1,000
Attention was attracted to Coonce be-
cause he was spending more than he
earned. He has wife and three lit
tie children.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
IMP R0vEMENT
DISTRICT IS
PLANNED
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT TOOK THE
INITIATORY STEPS FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF ALL THE
DISTRICT NORTH OF ORONDO.

The most extensive scheme of city
improvements that has yet been un-
dertaken was initiated last night
when City Engineer Ward was in
structed by the city council to pre-.
pare plans and estimates for the i'm
provement of all the district north
of Orondo avenue to Fifth street,
Second and Fourth streets south
(known also as Idaho and Alaska
Streets, Methow street, Okanogan
avenue and Mission street. The plan
Of the city council is that these
streets will all be thrown into one
improvement district, the red tape
incident to their improvement being
gone through with this winter and
that work will be started early in
the spring. The plan of Improvement
is that the district shall be bonded
and that these bonds shall be re-
deemable in five years in equal year
ly payments. This includes about all
of the city that has not otherwise
been provided for. The city council
has already started the legal red tape
on the improvement work on some
of these streets, that is Mission, Pop
lar avenue, Okanogan and First, but
in h0
bonding provision. The engineer was
also instructed to hurry along the
plans for the sewerage district on
the hill west of town. This work
will have to be started before the
streets can be improved. This is the
most extensive Improvement under
taken by the council ani will entail
greater cost even than the improve
ment of Wenatchee avenue.
George H. Ellis appeared before
the council and asked for the pass
age of an ordinance allowing him to
construct an archway over the alley
connecting his store with a store
building which he is to erect on Mis-
sion street. The ordinance was given
first reading last night.
Ball & McNerney were awarded the
contract for the sewer in block 3S.
The bid was for 495 linear feet of
earth work at $3.50 a cubic yard; SO
cubic yards of rock work at Is cents.
The health and police committee
was again instructed to prepare a re-
port on comfort stations and also
on some place to get rid of the city
garbage. Mayor Gellatly is strongly
in favor, if it can be secured, of the
city owning crematory.
E. A Hale petitioned the council
for a change in the plat at the inter-
section of Walker. Cascade and
Peachey street. The new plat will
be submitted AT Letter meeting OF
the city council
Prior to the city taking up the ex-
tensive improvement scheme for the
city, resolution was passed provid-
ing for the improvement of F street.
The council meeting last night was
of the unusual order. Mayor Gellat-
ly called the meeting to order
promptly at s O'Clock and an ad-
journment was taken at $3.50. The
business was transacted in more dis
patch than usual.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
STRIKE STILL
FAR FROM
SETTLED
STRIKERS THIS MORNING uNAN1-
MOUSLY VOTED AGAINST GO
ING BACK TO WORK UNTIL
DEMANDS ARE MET.

Inc strike SITUATION III tHiS CITY Is
still far from being settled. While
a crew went to work yesterday on
the Downey & Bethel concrete mixer
and also on the rock crusher yet
these crews were augmented by but
few men this morning. Three addi-
tional men went to work on the
mixer and two on the crusher. The
Allen & McKiver crew is still out,
and while O'Connor & Parrish re-
port plenty of muckers and shovel
men vet they have no hammersmen.
Mr. O'Connor states that under the
old scale his hammersmen and rock
men were paid $3.50 while the muck
ers were paid the same. Under the
eight-hour schedule he is paying for
muckers 1925 and will pay rock
men $3.50. The point of issue be-
tween the strike committee and Mr..
O'Connor seems to be that the COM
mittee insists that the muckers be
paid $3.50 and that rock men and
hammersmen be paid $2.75, instead
Of 1925 and $3.50.
An effort will be made today to
get the strike committee and the con-
tractors together There has been
NO general meeting of the committee
and the contractors held and the city
authorities feel that concessions will
have to be madeson both sides and
the best way to get at this would be
by a meeting of representatives of
both sides.
There are some so Italians which
have been employed ON street work
and the contractors thought it might
be possible to get these men to go to
work again, but the foreigners were
represented at the meeting held this
morning and it was thoroughly agreed
that they would not go to work un-
less the rest of the strikers were re-
instated. A representative of the
Italians was with the committee
which called upon the Daily World
this morning with the decision ar
rived at in the meeting of the strik-
ers which was held about 10 o'clock.
The World yesterday stated that
the electrical connection with he
rock crusher had been cut during the
night by some of the strikers. This
was in error as the wires were cut
by a representative of the Wenat-
chez Electric company and not by the
strikers.
1t seems to be the sentiment in
this city that the paid agitators rep
resenting the Industrial Workers of
the World should be driven out of
the city. The local contractors are
willing to treat with the strikers
themselves, but want nothing to do
with the blatant agitators who have
been here for the past several days,
stirring up trouble.
Contractor McKiver stated this
morning that he had advices from
Seattle that he could secure all the
men needed in this city for the street
work at the price which the contract
ors are willing to pay and that if the
men in this city do not act reason
able in the matter that he will secure
an outside crew. He has hesitated
about doing this owing to the num-
Der of men that are in the city but
if he cannot get local men that he
will secure outside help at once.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27

Mrs. c. NJ. Deniston Is reported
very low today and consultation Of
physicians has been called. Mrs.
Deniston has been very Ill with stom-
ach trouble for the past several weeks
but her case has not been considered
serious until the last few days.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27

Miss Woolfork, who has been visit
Ing her sister, Mrs. D. r. Johnson,
of the Chewawa hotel, left yesterday
for her home in Kentucky.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
HOOd-COOn.

A marriage license was issued yes
teriay afternoon to j. M. Hood, of
Plaza, Wash, and Miss Ethel Coon,
Of Twisp.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27

Chicago.-Wheat: Dec. and May
closed 1.04 A-2; July 81 SIS.
Tacoma. Wheat: Bluestem 1.oS;
Club 93; Red 81.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
Westbound Trains Late.

No. / and No. 43 are both late to-
day No. / will not arrive until 4:1O
and No. 43 until AIS.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
Warmer Tonight.

Washington-Rain tonight and
Thursday; warmer in the east por-
ton tonight.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27
TO PRODUCE "HE|R
APPARENT
PLAY WITH LOCAL CAST TO BE
GIVEN UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB ONE
WEEK FROM THURSDAY.

The Heir Apparent, romantic
comedy drama that has been under
preparation for tie last ten days for
the benefit OF the new commercial
club building, is assuming a most
favorable stage for the careful re-
hearsals conducted by Mr.. Clarke
and are showing the talent and abil-
ity of the chosen cast to produce this
beautiful and snowy play. The
scene is laid in the Island of Mar
cana and is very much on the order
of the "Prisoner of Zenia." 1t is
brim full of heart interest and action
and it is easy to predict that the
amateurs of Wenatchee will outshine
many Of the professional companies
that pass through Careful rehears-
ing in the next few days will bring
the company up to a splendid state
of finish and ease. The costumes for
this production are of the most elab-
crate and every detail will be attend
ed to. The date will be announced
within a very few days. Seeing that
it is for the benefit of the city and
commercial club every citizen should
assist in every measure possible to
make the benefit huge success. The
following is the cast of characters:
King Rudolph :. Willis Poe
Sir Felixe ... Fred Crollari
Richard Staegal -. .Phineas Kemp
Baron Brissac 80. Elmer Knowles
Sergeant Brew ..... Prof. Sudwick
Captain Runfels ... T. H. Clarke
Princess Grace Miss Helen Scanlan
Celeste Jennie Anderson
Lady Brissac ....... Miss Battle
Lady Meldoc =. Miss Maude Boblet
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27

Fl. H. Nickell came In yesterday
from Conconully on business.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-10-27

Miss Phoebe Reeder is on the sick
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-14
SAFE BLOWERS
VISIT LESTER
Jesse James Exhibits at Les
ter Same Night Safe is
Blown Open, But Money
Untouched.

The cracking OF n safe at Lester
Friday night and the presence Of 40
Jesse James shows there the same
night may not have any special sig
nikcance, but It is intresteing. AS
the work was evidently done by an
ateurs, the show may haze suggestc
the crime.
On Saturday morning T. was dis
covered that safe had been cracked
during the night and the door en-
tirely removed, but the contents q
the safe had not been touched. 4
telephone i'm the front Of the store
rang about four O'Clock ~ the morn
ing and il Is supposed that the bur
glars wore frightened away by II be-
fore accomplishing their purpose.
The safe had been tiltcd out =
thc back door OF the store and was
found lying there next morning. II
contained between $500 and 5000 in
currency.
II Is evident that Il was not the
work Of real JeSsc James. or the
money would have been iaken. Jesse
never got frightened away when he
was 50 near to success.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-14
STATE NEWSPAPER Man
IS INDICTED FOR LIBEL

ParXersburg, w. Va, June IA
VI. G. Lough. editor OF the Fairmont
West VirgiHian, and newly appointed
member Of the board OF regents OF
the university, was indicted by the
federal grand jury here fer publish
ing "a scurrilous, libelous, defama-
tory and scandalous article" i'm his
paper OF the issue Of March 30.
When the grand jury had the mat
ter under advisement the members
filed into the court room ana asked
for special instructions. Judge Day
ton waived his hand a1d directed
them to return to their room and
return the Indictment. This was
done.
The Indictment is said TO have
been brought about through the
publication Of an article n the pa
per attacking Col. w. H. Conway,
Of FairmOnt. II compared his body
TO brewery and belly to a tank.
II appeared as communication. and
friends of Mr. Tough assert that he
dill not write it,.
City politics is said to be back
Of the Indictment.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-14
Decision of Judge Burdett
Has Revived Talk of Es-
Establishment of Body to
Care for Railways.
THE PEOPLE WILL DEMAND IT
If Upheld Law viii be In
fcctive Regarding All

Charleston, w. Va, Jure 1.-THE
decision this week Of judge Burdett,
Of the Kanawha county eircuit court,
declaring the West Virginia 2-cent
fare law void, If upheld by the gu
preme court, where .he case is to
be carried. will prove al important
step toward the establishment OF =
state railroad commission.
Such measure has been proposed
at the last several sessions OF tho
legislature, but has always found
resting place In some committee
from which II could not be awaken
ed. But should the 2-ceat fare law
be buried beneath the folds OF the
state and national constitution. as
Judge Burdett says II should be, the
people will demand railroad COM
mission, and not stop until they get
It.
While the decision applies only to
the Coal and Coke Railway, the COM
pany which brought the suit, should
the supreme court decide that the
law Is unconstitutional a1d void, as
Judge Burdett did, the law would
be ineffective as to all railroads.
Though the decision holds the law
.confiscatory as to the Coal and Coke.
"a great deal of attention is given
by 1t to the fact that the law ex-
.cepts from tho 2-cent rate all cleo
trio lines under fifty miles in length;
It is, therefore, discriminative and
leaves such roads without regulation
since the Old law was repealed when
the last legislature Of 1907 passed
the law.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-14
Sheriff Croushorn, Of Rock
ingham County, Virginia,
Kills Lee Turner as He
Tries to Escape.
SHOOTING CAUSES SENSATION
Slayer Has Not Yct Been
Arrested-Attends
Inquest

Harrisonburg, Va. June IA
sensation has been caused in Rock
ingham county by the shooting ami
death OF Lewis Turner. white man.
aged twenty-four. by Deputy Sheriff
ID. Emery Croushorn. The TRACE iy
occurred at Timberville about nine
o'clock.
Two brothers Lewis an 1 John Tur-
ner. had been placed under arrest
for being disorderly on a freight
train. While waiting at the Tim
berville station Lewis Turner made
n break for liberty with Croushorn
after him.
The deputy sheriff ran tho man
seventy-five yards when he fired two
shots at him. One pierced Turner's
lung and liver and he died I'm less
than an hour.
The coroner's jury is holding an
inquest but has not concluded its
examination. The deputy sheriff Is
attending the inquest. He has not
yet been placed under arrest.
Turner is an unmarried nan but
Is survived by his parents and three
brothers and four sisters
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-14
WILL CONFER ON
B. g O. STRIKE
NO EXTRA SESSION

Charleston w. Va, Jane lit
is announced that Gov. Glasscock
will not cali an extra session OF the
Legislature, unless such action is alb
solutely necessary. While there are
several measures the executive would
like to have passed, he warts to run
the government as economically as
possible and while in a conference
with Speaker StrickIing, of the house
he declared against an extra session.
Unless some defect In he present
laws aurn up, or some emergency
arises, there will be no session until
the regular time in 1911. u will not
be called to carry out any platform
promises.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-14
DASH FOR LIBERTY
CHECKED BY BULLET
THORNTON HAMS
HAS DISAPPEARED
Defendant in Two Murder
Trials Has Gone to Sea as
Plain Sailor, it is Thought

Ne WORK. June 1i..-Thornton
jenkins Hams, novelist, short story
writer. seaman and the defendant I'm
two murder trials. has disappeared.
Under some other na,le he Is
maaing his living as n sailor once
more. but no one knows what ship
he is aboard or whittier h. Is bound
Not even his parents or brothers
have on idea as TO his whereabouts.
and not one of them ever expects
TO hear of him again.
The last seen OF him wns I'm Wash
ington.
He was then heading for some dis
tant port To go aboard n ship and
leave his country for ever.
Hams left his little daughter, Mol
lie. with his parents. AMI signed q
document giving to the general, his
father. a lien on all the royalties
coming from his books.
IIo went to- sea dead broke to eat
sailorman's grub, do sailorman' =
work and sleep I'm sailorman's
bunk.
Since the killing OF William r..
Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club
nearly year ago. Thornton Hams
has been persona non grata with .he
publishers. One magazine at
least has accepted his stories and
paid for them in advance. of pubiica-
lion has subsequently failed to print
ltiIem.
Men who were once eager to get
stories from him and be received by
| him as his friends avoided him af-
ter his trial at Flushing. Before
his disappearance Thornton went TO
Sing Sing TO bid farewell to his broth
err, Peter. He found Peter n CHASTITY
wreck OF man. thornton showed
mingled rage and grief at the plight
or his brother of whose ac0uittaI of
the charge Of murder n had felt
sure.