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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
FRICTION IN CITY
COUNsEL'S OFFICE
Means Probable Retirement Either
of E. O. Connor or j. p. Blair.

i,ss There Is friction In the corpora
ton counsers office that means the
retirement of either E. o. Conner,
head of the department, or his first
assistant, John e. Blair.
The chances are, however, that
Conner is the man who will lose
out. Favoritism on the part Of
Mayor Pratt for Blair led to the lat
ter assuming a rather indepe ndent
attitude, virtually equivalent to as
Stunning the management of the Of
flee, it is charged by the intimates
of Connor. ....
This led Conner to read the riot
act to Blair and tell him who was
at the head of the office, and that
any further INSTRUMENTATION would
lead to his dismissal. Blair re-
sponded that he did not care a snap
for the threat of Conner and that
If any one had to go Conner would
leave first. And the wise ones polit-
ically have Blair picked to win
when the matter comes to q show
down, which may be at any time.
In sloughing off Conner, Mayor
Pratt will be but pursuing the pol
icy that he has followed in dealing
with the men who elected him to
office. He first turned down Judge
Nash, manager Of the Pratt non.
partisan movement. Judge Nash
had aspirations to serve the city in
legal way, but Pratt instead chose
Conner, manager of the Pratt DEM
ocratic campaign. Connor, before
the primaries, had the mayoralty
bee In his bonnet and had been en-
dorsed by the young democrats,
when all at once he announced his
support of Pratt and was later
picked to manage his campaign.
Another prominent Pratt sup
porter and appointee on the scrap
heap is ]. T. O'Brien, late city COM
missioner. A large measure of the
credit for the democratic support
that chung to Pratt is due to
O'Brien, yet when it came to a
choice between Carl Teurke and
O'Brien for place on the board of
works the mayor threw OBrien
overheard and reappointed Teurke,
at the urgent request of other pow
erful supporters of the mayor.
Another large element of Pratt
supporters slapped in the face Is
the Scandinavian vote, at whose So
licitation Arvid Reuterdahl was
made water commissioner When
Pratt ousted Reuterdahl the air
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
A NICE
DONATION

A nice little donation was made
by the city to the electrical wir.
ing contractors when the new wfr-
ing and inspection ordinance took
effect the first of the present
month.
BY requiring a cash deposit with
the city before a job OF wiring Ia
touched. all of the so-called Jack
leg" electricians are pushed out of
the business. leaving only the reg
ular electrical firms in the field.
A citizen can not wire his own
home under the present arrange
ment without putting up the cash
bond, and the money must remain
on deposit until the job Is CONF
pleted. This raises small but eff
sesssTS 7Asss-sr Asakx@k sxttrtAE "a
this character ON we VArt - &c
citizen, hence he will think twice
before putting up $50 cash for
doing his wiring and call In q reg
ular contractor instead. -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
ERRORS IN
BIG FREIGHT
SHIPMENTS
STARTLING STATEMENT
ES MADE BY AUDIT
COMPANY.

zone million dollars per annun
10 lost to the shippers Of the
northwest through errors In exces-
sive freight charges made In the
railroad Offices" was the startling
statement made today by &. D.
King, general manager Of the
American Audit Co., with offices in
the Mohawk building.
This vast sum is not wilfully
taken from the shippers, but is col
lected through errors made in
many instances by cheap and in
competent clerks, who In case of
doubt give the company the long
figure. The railroad companies are
not looking for these errors, but
they are very careful to see that
the shippers makes good If the
mistake is against the company.
ut is the easiest thing in the
world to make these mistakes, and
It requires an expert to detect
them after they are once made.
PThe average shipper does not have
the time to probe his freight bill.
He knows oftentimes that 1t is I'M
REASONABLY high but lays 1t aside
and soon the matter is forgotten.
THE bill must be paid whether
right or wrong, and once the bill,
Is paid the shipper loses interest
to great extent" 2p s3sa ,s,.... ..,.,s..,.
To correct such errors Mr.. King
organized the American Audit Co.
in Spokane some months ago and
he has now branches in the chief
cities of the northwest. The COM
pany Is cooperative, in a measure,
as its stockholders consist of 262
shippers in various states who have
their freight bills audited and
compensate the company on the
percentage basis for overcharges
recovered.
In the few months that the
audit company has been in business
1t has handled freight bills for 800
different concerns, and In that
time has discovered discrepancies
against the shippers to the amount
|of about $4,000. Most Of this has
been paid by the railroads, which
have got 20 view the work of the
checking up system with anything
but brtoherly admiration.
Zone gentleman told me-" said
fr, King, that he had good
bookkeeper and that there never
were mistakes in his freight bills.
told him that this might be so,
but for the purpose Of illustration
asked him to let me have n
bunch of his freight bills. This he
did, and in the batch found errors
amounting to over $500 against
him. which he had paid, and in one
bill the mistake amounted to over
500. He believes that mistakes on
the part of the railroads are now
possible"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
SERIOUS
CHARGES
ARE MADE:
AGAINST COAST BUYERS Ass0.
CITATION JAMES MUIR
RAYS SUIT.
A SENSATIONAL CASE

Charging the Coast Buyers asso-
citation with picking him as an
easy victim conspiring to cheat
and defraud him out of money, and
alleging that he has ben seriously
damaged by the sale of their I'm
ferior" and "adulterated' goods,
James Murray has brought suit for
the recovery of approximately
$4,000 fro mthat concern. The plain
tiff is represented by Attorney
Fred H. Witt, and the first papers
in the sensational suit will be filed
today.
Murray alleges in his complaint
that his relations with co-partners
in the Coast Buyers association be-
gan about the first of the year,
when the defendants placed a prop
osition before him, by which he
could easily earn $500 a month, ac-
cording to their representations, he
| declares.
He alleges they represented to
him that they, the Coast Buyers
association, was very large, well
known and prosperous corporation,
with its principal place of business
in Chicago and with branch offices
in st. Louis, Omaha and Spokane.
| Further, that they represented
that, by reason of the immense cap
ital of the concern and the fact that
1t imported it's tea, coffee and
spices in large quantities and man
ufactured its baking powder and
other articles, it was enabled to
eliminate the profit of the importer.
jobber and wholesaler and sell to
the farmer cheaper than the latter
could buy of his own merchant.
This represented great profits to
him as an agent. the plaintiff de-
e ~. n
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
A HARD NUT
TO CRACK
SPRACUE AVENUE FILL
Injecting ABOUT
1T, TOO.

The present city administrations
has hard nut to crack In the
Sprague avenue fill. There was
another long session behind closed
doors this morning in which the
board Of public works, city engi-
neer and the corporation counsel
on one hand, and the fill contrac-
tor, G. B. Dennis, and his lawyers
on the other, participated.
When it comes to diplomacy G..
B. Dennis can give all of the city's
representatives, except Engineer
Ralston, cards and spades and
beat them out. Ralston. however,
is between the devil and the deep
sea-" so to speak. and cannot exer-
else suavity for which he is noted.
He passed the Sprague avenue fill
plans and saw it being built, and
soft talk will not longer smooth
things over.
In the conference this morning
the members Of the board of public
works asked Dennis to proceed and
finish the fill and pocket the loss
caused by its collapse. Dennis
could not see it this way. and as
result there was no agreement
as to the future.
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A CHAIN OF FATAL
ACCIDENTS

car, and every rod Of progress was
marked by body hurting along
the tangled wreckaee.
A rescue car was dispatched from
this city to Latin, where the crash
occurred. The injured were placed
aboard and a wild rush was made
to tho city.
Returning to the city, an am.
bulance and the car approached In
the congested section on Central
avenue and Seventh street. The
crowded car failed to heed the am
bulance bell. There was a crash
forward and 10 more injured were
hurried to the hospitals.
Horses attached to a carriage
bearing w. Il. Gillette, wife and
daughter, terrified by the crash,
ran away and the occupants were
Injured painful.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
TWO DEAD MANY HURT IN
FIGHT OVER VILLAGE BELLE

MOBILE Ala, Nov. 26Because Nellie Nelson, the acknowl
edged belle of Barnweb little town in remote section OF
Baldwin county refused to with Wesley Mckenzie Bert
Pierce and Mark Mckenzie today and John Farley
Walter Pierce John Walter Mckenzie
seriously injured.
When Nellie Nelson refused to dance with Mckenzie the lat
ter is said to have made sighting remark The girl mmed
atey Informed her brother general fight In which 80
persons involved preciptated.
When the smoke OF BATHS lad cleared Pierce
found dead with his head crushed by ciu5 bullet hole
through the heart had ended Mark McKenzes life.
According the sheriff of baldwin county who only
notified Of the dual tragedy today Bert Pierce shot Mark Nc
kenzie whose friends dubbed Pierce to death
Nearly survivor of the dance is today suffering from
a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26

The Bradley Machinery Co, a
Spokane concern, which has sup
piled city pumps in the past, was
turned down, although it's bid was
$4,000 lower than the one accepted,
that of the Allis- Chalmers Co., for
something around $4,000.
The Mosso-Berry Co. of Spokane
say their bid was $4,000 under the
one accepted, and that they bid on
identically the kind Of machinery
called for.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
(By United Press.)

COLON, Nov. 26.-News of a de-
cisive battle between President Ze-
laya and General Sanez, marking
the success or defeat of the Mica
raguan revolution, is expected mo-
mentarily. 1t is believed it will
occur near Managua, the capital,
which Zelaya has fortified.
The revolutionists have slosed
about the city, ready to strike. If
the insurgents capture it, they be-
lieve the United States will recog-
nize the provisional government I'M
der Estrada.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON Noe 26-The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
May INVESTIGATE
PUMP CONTRACTS

A councilmanic investigation of
the recent letting of the contract
for the new pumps for the upriver
pumping station is probable. Many
complaints have reached the ears
of the members of the city council
as to the failure of the board OF
public works and city engineer to
award the contract to the lowest
bidders, and there is a desire to
know why this was not done.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26

was blue with the smoke Of Swed-
ish indignation, and the color of the
airsaronnd the headquarters of the
Norsemen has not yet changed.
The only one of the high council
that managed Pratt's campaign
that remains in good standing at
the mayors office is H. ID. Merritt
of the Spokane Traction Co., who
has the right of way into the may
or's office at any hour. Merritt is
still on the job while the lesser
lights are being eliminated one by
one.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
|Scene Is Before Fortified City of
Managua--Were Americans
Insurgent Officers?

government will demand full apol-
ogy and reparation as far as pos
sible for the shooting of Leroy Can
non, the American, in Nicaragua.
Action looking toward this end has
been started already by the state
department.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-With
the revolutionary government rec
ognized by the United States, the
revolution has gained immense
Roadway, and the cause is acquir.
ing support from all parts of the
country.
1t is reported, but has not been
verified, that Grace and Cannon,
the two Americans executed by or.
der of President Zelaya, held com.
missions in the insurgent army.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
RE|NFORCEMENTS ON
THE WAY TO SPOKANE

Spokane's difficulties over the
disputed rights of the |. w. w. to
use the streets for speaking places
are becoming more and more of
national interest. The excitement
of the fight has now extended to
McKee's Rock, Pa, where working
men were in combat with their EN-
ployers recently and where the
fight vSs Won by the l, w. w.
Forty more men are on their way
here from that point as a result,
to help the Spokane members of
the order in their fight with the
police.
A telegram was received this
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
WHY?
DEMANDS FEDERAL IN
VESTICATION OF THE
HIGH PRICE OF FOOD
STUFFS.
NV United Press.l

NEW YORK, Nov. 26.-Charles
Eprague Smith, head OF the Peo-
ple's institute, today issued state.
ment demanding a federal investi-
cation of the advance Of prices on
foodstuffs. He backs his demand
with figures from report to the
New York stock exchange by Ar.
hour, showing that for the year
hding October 26 that packing
hpany made 35 per cent profit
pn capital stock of $20.000,000.
He declares that Armour kept tho
Figures secret until forced to make
them public so that they could list
(he company's bonds on the ex'
change. He charges that the fig
hres show that the high price Of
meat was caused by excessive prof
It's. He asserts that similar condi.
ions exist in other foodstuffs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26

morning from a man named Ste
vens at McKees Rock, stating that
he had already started with a band
of two score workingmen. Other
men are still struggling In from all
parts of the country, but it is with
much difficulty that many of the
workingmen are enabled to reach
Spokane at all.
1t is said that large percentage
of them are attempting 70 beat
their way here O. the fYeGns
trains but are being "ditched" all
along the line in remote sections
of the country. from which places
they are compelled to walk to q
larger station.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
COURT REPORTERS WAR IS
"SOMETI1ING FIERCE"

Mrs. SCOTS occupancy of rooms in
the county building. The matter
was turned over to the commission
ers and upon an offer of $40 made
for the offices, the price was raised
from $25 to $40, which Mrs. Scott
paid.
Mrs. Scott has been in the court
house for about three years, and
during that time has managed to
secure about two-thirds of the court
reporting Of the county. She has
five men and two women in her
emDlOy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
JUST SHOPPING

Parents suspense over the I
mysterious disappearance of I
} Miss Grace Foster, age 16 4
years, OF Willow Springs, I
} Wash, yesterday was cleared I
up this morning when she was 4
located by Detective Goldman. I
She simply came to Spokane 4
to visit with her sister and to 4
do some shopping. When she 4
did not return as early as ex- 4
pected the police were call 4
ed into consultation and OF. 4
ficer Boldman located her this 4
morning at the home of her 4
sister. She Is returning to
her home with her father to-
day.
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(By United Press.)

Los ANGELES, Nov. 26.-Lives
Of Nicholas Jacobs and his four
children we're snuffed out, the
mother and two months old baby
girl were perhaps fatally hurt, and
20 Thanksgiving merrymakers were
seriously hurt, as the result of a
chain of accidents which started
when Jacobs auto was run down
by speeding suburban car.
The dead: Nicholas Jacobs, IS,
contractor; Katie, 10; Mamie, IS;
Tony, 9; Clements, q. . s.
Fatally hurt: Mrs. Jacobs, ~;
Cecilia, two months old.
Bowling along at 40 miles per
hour, the car crashed into the au.
tomoblle. For a block the wrecked
auto shuttled along beneath the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.

Mrs. Helen S. Baker, aged 50,
of Los Angeles, Cal, died last
night after an illness of several
months at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. ]. e. Brown, E325 Nine
teenth avenue. Three sons and
two daughters survive. The body
will be shipped to the old home at
Waterville, Mimi, for burial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
GIRL TILTED FOR MOTHER

OTHC JTE Ed FUN WO TIE II
ELGIN, ILL.,, Nov. 26.-When Flor
ence Honert, pretty girl of %,
was told by the man she was to
marry today that he no longer
loved her, but loved her mother,
the distracted girl killed herself
with acid
The man Is Frde Hahn. He told
the coroner's jury that he had been
engaged to Miss Honert, but liked
her mother better. The girl left
note for her mother reading:
BE good. | don't care to live
any longer"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
TAFT AND sUFFRAGETTES.
(By United Press.)

(By United Press.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 26.-Mrs. Pank-
hurst, suffraget. announced that
petitions are being circulated in
which Taft is asked to intervene
In behalf of Miss Paul, the Amer
lean suffragette, who is imprison-
ed in England. .+'-'''
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
EX-bANKERGETS
ID YEARS
(Bv United Press.)

MADISON, Wis, Nov. 26.-Phil
Allen, jr., ex-vice president of the
First National bank at Mineral
Point, pleaded guilty to stealing
$16S,000 and was sentenced to 10
years at Fort Leavenworth.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
D >>%><>>>>>>> %
OH, IA IA, O'BRlEN
lBY United Pressl

. TOXIC, Nov. 26.-American I
= Ambassador O'Brien was
y made an honorary member of
. the Friends of the American
=. Association at a banquet
. Thanksgiving day. which was
. intended as a welcome to him.
y In his farewellto Uchida, new
y ly appointed ambassador TO
. the United States, O'Brien de-
= clared their never existed two
= nations who were as friendly
. as Japan and America.
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26
RETIRED OFFICER ESCAPES FIRE
BY SLIDING DOWN BANNLSTERS
(Ry United Pressl

NEW YORK, N. ", 26.-J j. HOWE probably fat
ally burned and number narrowly death today when
fashionable bachelor patronzed by members of
the club, destroyed by fire. A. e. Brac
retired army officer stiff
sliding the badly burned John A.
Freedman badly burned.
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SAN DIEGO. Nov. 26.-Former
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman
j. Gage was married to Mrs. Ada
Ballou here yesterday. They will
reside at Point Iona, near the
headquarters of the Philosophical
colony t.....t..- .-.. .--...
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26

and discharged the revolver. The
bullet entered his right breast and
plowed through the liver, inflicting
a serious wound.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-26

(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Noe. 26.-The
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Continued on Page Two.)
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01

that lives are given out in all manner
OF kindly service, and there are countless
revealings Of love, gentleness, sympathy.
tboughtfulness, and encourag cement TO
enrich the lives of others. 1t is the mil
Hon SAINTS Of homes who live to make
people better. happier. true and more
worthy. and who leave no memory but a
world made better by their lives.
Mrs. E. NJ. MILLER
e55 street northwest.
What Is It that gives us peace. para
disc. true, pure love; a school Of human
virtues that cause Joys. smiles. hopes.
and soicitude; that place Of repose. OF
caeerfulness, Of comfort, where the soul
gathers renewed strength 10 encounter
the dark chasms of life; what is II that
lifts the heart into the throat and ever
excites intense emotions; that makes the
man, and interprets heaven, tbs a moth
er's love-the home!
ROBERT H. STEINER
so North Carolina avenue southeast.
The little, smiling cottage! where at eve
He meets his rosy children at the door
PTattling their welcomes. and his honest
wife.
With good, brown cake and bacon slice,
intent
To cheer his hunger after labor hard.
Dyer.
ROLF THELEM
Forest Service.
There's a strange something which,
without a brain,
Fools feel, and which cen wise men can't
explain.
Planted in man. TO bind him to that
earth.
In dearest ties, from whence he drew his
birth. Churchill
KATHRYN E. PHELPS.
1901 fifteenth street northwest
Home and heaven are not so far sep
arated as we sometimes think. Nay. they
are not separated at all. for they are
both in the same great building. Home
is the lower story and is located down
here on the ground floor; heaven Is above
stairs, In the second and third stories:
and. as one after another the family is
called to come up higher, that which
seemed TO be such a strange place begins
to wear q familiar aspect; and when at
The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
HOME.

II " M Z.
mia pleasures and palaces
though we may roam.
BE IT ever 10 humble, there's no
place like Home.
~. H. Payne, 'cHOme, Sweet
Home.D
Stay, stny at home, my heart,
and restJ
Housekeeping hearts nre hap
piest
For those thar wander they
know not where,
Are fun of trouble and full OF
careI
To stay at home is best.
-LOnEfelIOw CsOns).
Home f. the resort
OF love. OF joy, of pence. and
plenty; where
Supporting and supported, pol
ished friends
AnG dear relations mingIe into
bliss. Thomson.
To be happy at home Is the
ultimate result OF NIL ambition,
the end TO which every enter
prise and labor tends, and of
which every desire prompts the
prosecution. johnson.
A man who in the struggles
OF life has no homo TO retIro TO.
I'm fact or in memory, is without
life's best rewards and lIfe'a
best defeDses.
~. G. Holland.
Home-the nursery OF the In
finite. w. f ChanninE.
Home should be the center Of
Joy, equatorial nnd tropical.
-H. w. Beecher.
There II no happiness in Hfet
there iS no misery like that
growing out OF the dispositions
which cOnsecrste or desecrate n
home. Chaplin.
loves are graceful things, they
nre graceful in the poor. The
ties that bind the wealthy and
the proud TO home may be
forged on earth, hut those which
link the poor man to his humble
hearth nFe OF the true metal and
bear the stnmp of Heaven.
Dickens.
He f. happiest, be he king OF
peasant. who finds peace in his
home. Goethe.
The domestic relations pre-
cede. and in our present exist-
ence nre worth more than nIl
our other social ties. They give
the first throb TO the heart and
uDsenI the deep fountain of its
love. Home II the chief school
or human virtue. It's RESPONSE
bilitieA. Joy, sorrovvs. smiles,
tears, hopes, and sOIicitudes
form the chief interest OF human
life. -ChannInE.
Our home Joys are the most
delightful earth affords, md the
Joy OF parents I'm their children
Is the most holy Joy Of human
Ity. II makes their hcnrts pure
and goods Il IiftS men up 20
their Father in Henven.
-PestalozzI.
Are YOU not surprised 10 find
how indepeRdent OF money peace
OF conscience f.. and how much
happiness can be condensed In
the humbIest hOmeF A cottage
Will not hold the bulky furni-
ture and sumptuOus RccOmmO-
datiOns OF n mansion; but ~
God he there, n cottage will
hold as much happiness as
might stock n palace.
DIR. james Hamilton.
The house Of every one II 20
him ns his castle and fortress,
as wei for his defense against
injury and violence, as for his
repOse. Sir Edward Coke.
I am fnr frne my hRme. an Pm
weary nften whites.
For the IOnged-fOr hame-brinE-
ing an my Fathers well
come smiles.
-Erastus Ellsworth.
Peace and rest at length have
come,
All the days long toll In pnEty
And each heart Is whispering
Home,
Home at IRst!" Hood.
BY the HresIde still the light Is
shining,
The chiIdren's arms round the
parents twininEJ
From love so sweet, O who
rOamg
BE II ever so homely, home is
home. ID. VI. MuIOel
The sweetest type of Heaven
"A home. -. G.. Holland.