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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07
LOSE THEIR
QUAKE EXPERT
BALL & McNERNEY CUP AGAINST
IT, ON THE SHAKE PROPOSE
TION-NEGRO EMPLOYE WHO
WIRED TAFT SKIDDOOS.

It's singular coincidence that
Ball & McNerney, "the earthquake
makers" should have in their en-
ploy a man who understands all
about the "comings and the goings
of the earthquakes" Yet this is the
power claimed by big, burly negro
who has been working for them on
the ditch. He is the same fellow
who yesterday telegraphed President
Taft that he knew all about earth
quakes and urged an immediate con-
ference on the question. He states
that he also had written the presi-
dent in regard to the matter and If
the stream of communications to
Taft continues from this place, We
natchee will become famous for
earthquakes" as we'll as for Big
Red Apples.
When interviewed by Chief Inscho
and Sheriff Ferguson, the man with
the coal black skin informed them
that he had three magic words which
would bring on the "quakes."
"Cut 'er loose said Inscho, as
he braced himself for the big shake
mo, / don't care about starting
anything now," said Africanus.
Chow do you do it?" said Fergu-
son.
"I just talks to de Lor' and de
shakes comes" he answered.
The negro in the morning had
gone to the Office of the Western
Union and sent a telegram to Presi-
dent Taft apprising him of his power.
The wire cost him s1.10. He hung
around all afternoon waiting for an
answer.
He was given a little oral examina-
ton by the officers, after which he
decide it would be policy to move
on. When last seen he was touch
ing the track for Malaga.
1t will be remembered that a short
time ago, Ball & McNerney, the con-
tractors for the city water system,
set off such charge of dynamite
one night that it was thought by
many people to be an earthquake,
and the Daily World published it as
such. The paper received bill
shortly after from Ball & McNerney
for s25, "For one earthquake fur
nished."
The Daily World paid them by a
draft on their Sand Bank. But the
departure of their colored employe,
who knows the "comings and goings
of earthquakes will probably be an
irreparable CD loss.
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QUESTION Of SITE
IS UP TO CLUB
BUILDING COMMITTEE OF COM
MERCIAL CLUB MAKES RE-
PORT TO DIRECTORS BUT 1T is
LEFT TO GENERAL MEETING. :.

The building committee of the
Commercial club. Messrs. Gum,
Prowell and Taylor, submitted a re-
port yesterday afternoon to the board
of directors of the club. In effect
the report was that the committee
had taken an option on six lots on
Chelan avenue, just south of the
Episcopal church These lots will
cost the club $500. but. the owners
will require but little cash at this
time, but will simply take the notes
of the corporation and this may, be
paid off whenever convenient. The
committee also recommended the
erection of a $4,000 to $4,000
building. comprising basement and
three stories, the plan being to rent
the upper floors The report of the
committee was not acted upon by
the board but was passed up. for &C
ton to the general meeting which
will be held next Monday night,
Some of the members desire more
central location. but the committee
has canvassed this matter carefully
and with the funds available it is con-
sidered impossible to erect building
that will be suitable or one that would
bring in any revenue to care for in
terest that must be paid The mat
ter will be decided at the meeting
Monday night.
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City Council Last Night Was Tied on
Ordinance Putting Saloons Out of
Business---Russi Has Deciding Vote
mo Protest on Regarding Wen
atchee ve.---Sprinkling Let.

The meeting of the city council
was a very interesting one, first, for
the reason that the liquor question
was again an issue before the coun-
Gil; second, that the question of paw
ing Wenatchee avenue was also un-
der discussion.
But six members of the council
were present, Messrs. Thomas, Nc
Gohan, Holcomb, Parshall, Buttles
and Ross; absent, Russi.
The ordinance prohibiting the sale
of liquor in the city of Wenatchee
and the refunding of the unearned
license fee of the saloon men came
up for second reading, and it was
considerable of surprise when the
vote on this measure was taken. The
ayes were Thomas, McGohan, Hol-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

henry GRASS SAYS OLD HOMES
81 IN OREGON, CALIFORNIA, TEX
& AS AND MISSOURI LOOK TAME,
TO HIM NOW.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grass return
ed last night from a several months
visit in Oregon, California, Texas and
Missouri. Mr.. Grass reports a very
pleasant time spent in the east, but
he said this morning that Wenatchee
looks better to him than ever before
He says that he never could be con-
tent to take up a permanent resi-
dence in the east, and that Wenat-
chez, as a place to live, place II
make money, is far ahead OF any
other section that he visited. He
says he is now content to settle down
to his law practice in this city. He
plans to eschew politics and any
other interests that will interfere
with his lucrative law business.
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Fern Camp went to Seattle today.
Born, to Earl Hager and wife,
Monday, a girl.
c. F. Bishop went to Cashmere to-
day. so .s-... .. .
Maude MacNiel went to Cashmere
yesterday for short visit.
Walter Jones went to Cashmere
today. ~4 .....-...
Mrs. L. Murdoch went to Chiwau-
KUN today. @
Mrs. Charles Buttles went to Sc
.attle today for several weeks visit.
Mrs. Johnson, who has been with
Mrs. o. E. Loving the past winter,
is quite sick.
J. r. Briton and wife of Kalispell,
Mont, are in the city looking over
land.
Mrs. w. Queen arrived from Spo-
kane today on her wayl to Chelan to
meet her husband.
The ladies of the w. c. T. U. are
soliciting for the dinner to be served
in the Reading Room Saturday.
Guy Whitson reports the arrival
of four hundred cords of slab wood,
purchased from the Lamb-Davis Co.
Grace Easton, who has been visit
ing c. NJ. Barker and family, re-
turned today to her home in Seat
tie.
George Braker and wife arrived
from Menominee, Wis, this morning
on his way to Bridgeport, where he
goes to look after his ranch.
Ray Lutz, who recently sold his
home on D street to HI. F. Schade,
went to Seattle this morning.
G. w. Hellman of Almira, who has
been agen for the Washington Grain
and Milling company of the Big Bend.
has resigned his position ana will go
into business here in the near future.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

KILBOURNE-CL co. OF Sc.
ATTLE HAS SURVEYING PARTY
AT WORK-GRAY BROS. TO
FURNISH POWER.

Orondo, April THE Kilbourne
& Clark company, of Seattle, has a
corps of surveyors in the field this
week getting the final data necessary
to installing the irrigation system OF
the Orondo Water & Land company
at the earliest possible moment.
Seattle parties have just closed a
deal for the purchasing Of the Simon
ton tract of 60 acres, which is under
the irrigation project. 1t is the in
tention to subdivide this tract and
put it on the market.
It looks as though there will be
at least a half crop OF peaches in
this vicinity. Notwithstanding the
excessive cold snap of last winter
Trees on sandy soil will have full
crop.
Charles Gray, of Entiat, was over
and closed a deal whereby his com
pany will furnish the electricity ne
cessary for pumping and other pur-
poses In this valley.
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band WILL
CLEAR S100
RAGTIME MINSTREL SHOW
PROVED TO BE A PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT TO THE WENAT-
CHEZ MILITARY BAND.

The receipts for the two evenings
performances of the Ragtime Min
strel show were over $400. Out OF
this there is considerable expense
but the band boys figure on a profit
of something over $100. The attend
ance last night was not as great as
was hoped and this cut down the ex-
petced receipts. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Evans, who have had
charge of the production of the min
strel show, go from here to Kalispell
Montana. They have made many
friends in the city and are talented
people. Mrs. Evans has been very
sick for the past week and it is not
likely that they will be able to leave
here this week "a.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07
DOCTOR GREEN .
LECTURES TONIGHT

If the people of Wenatchee appre-
Iciate their opportunity, a full house
will be present at the theatre this
evening to hear one of the greatest.
if not the greatest, orator on the
American platform. DR.. Green is
the highest salaried professional lee
turer of the day His entire time
year in and year out is devoted to
filling dates. ON the lecture course
and chautauqua platforms. He has
been doing this for the last ten years
and the demand for his services is
louder today than ever before.
DR.. Green left one of the most
prominent Episcopal pulpits in the
country to enter the wider field of
effort on the lyceum platform. I'm
like most of the successful lecturers
whose place is made secure by the
curiosity of the people to see the
man who is in reality famous for
some other accomplishment than
oratory, DR.. Green is recalled again
and again simply because Of his mar
velous eloquence To hear him has
been the life's inspiration of many
a man who has never before realized
his heritage. What Vending was
to the last generation, this orator
is to the present. His style is not
humorous. He does not play to the
galleries. Yet he is distinctively a
popular lecturer and he always sue
ceeds in holding the rapt attention
of every one in his audience, so great
is the power of his personality and
clearness of his thought and the
vividness of his descriptions. Every
one present at the lecture this eve
ming will not only be spellbound by
the eloquence of wonderful speaker
but will receive lasting uplift.
This is the closing week of the
doctors season. He joins his wife
on the 18th of this month at San
Francisco, whence they sail to jap
an. A series of articles about that
country will be prepared by the doc
tor for the Broadway magazine. and
we shall have the opportunity of
reading these in the near future.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07
Three Drunks.

George Cooper appeared before
Judge Palmer, charged with being
drunk and fighting. He was giveI
SO fine
Jomn Patton also plead guilty and
was given SO fine
Joseph E. Lambert, of Moses Cou
lee. drove into the city yesterday
and placing his team in the livery
barn. proceeded to imbibe to freely
He was found on the street in g
drunken condition last night, and
on appearing before Judge Palmer
he was given a fine of $3.50 and or.
dered to leave town at once.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07
Death of Young Girl.

Last night at IL o'clock, Edna
Hinton, the 19 year old daughter of
III. R. Hinton, of Cashmere, passed
away at the home of her parents.
Miss Hinton was the cashier at the
Wenatchee Department Store of this
place and had many friends both
here and at Cashmere who will
mourn her death. A few weeks ago
she was taken with typhoid fever
and everything was done to save her
life, but to no avail. The funeral
arrangements have not yet been
made.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07
CALL MEETING To
DISCUSS PAVING
PROPERTY OWNERS OF WENAT-
CHEZ AVENUE WILL MEET To-
FICE OF WENATCHEE REALTY
& INVESTMENT co.

The matter of, to pave or not to
pave, also the character of the paw
ing should that be decided upon, is
causing a great deal of discussion on
the streets today, and a call has been
issued to the property owners of We
natchee avenue in the improvement
district to meet tomorrow night at
1880 sharp, in the Office of the We
natchee Realty & Investment COM
pany. 1t is requested that there will
be full meeting of the property
owners.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

9mb; nays, Parshall, Buttless Ross.
Owing to the absence of Mr.. Russi
the vote was tie and the ordinance
dpuld not be passed to the third
fading. The issue is now fairly be-
fire the members of the council and
the six men have lined up on the
matter and now there is considerable
speculation as to the way Councilman
Russi will vote. He is now in Cali
fornia and this ordinance probably
will not be brought up again until
his return, in about four weeks.
Another matter that made the
council meeting last night one of
special interest was that it was the
night set for protest to the proposed
plan of improving Wenatchee ave-
Continued on Page Two.)
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THE SACRED CANTATA
The Cantata "CrucifixiOn' Will BE
Repeated at the Episcopal
. Church Next Friday.

At $50 p. m. will be given, in the
Episcopal church, the sacred cantata
the "Crucifixion. by choir Of 80
voices, assisted by Mr.. Louis Crollard
violin, at the organ Mrs. Ed. Fergu.
son. In no other way can person
spend an hour more profitably than
to listen to the music of this beauti-
full cantata and at the same time
realize what our Blessed Master suf-
fered for us on that day.
Admission by ticket only, at We.
natchee Drug Store or at the rectory
F. STUART HYATT,
Minister in Charge.
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PIONEER AND
BRIDE IN CITY
UNCLE NED PAYNE HOMEWARD
BOUND FROM SEATTLE,
ROMANCE.

Edward L. Payne, known all over
the entire Pacific northwest as
Uncle Ned" accompanied by his
bride, arrived here last night. They
will spend a few days in the city
and then will proceed to their home
in Conconully.' Mr.. and Mrs. Payne
were married in Seattle last month
and spent several weeks visiting
Sound points.
The bride was Miss Maggie B.
Wilson and the wedding was at the
home of her brother, George G..
Wilson, of Columbia City.
Mr.. Payne is IA years of age and
his bride is 20 years his junior. The
couple met in California through
mutual friends last winter. The
courtship was swift and before they
returned to the north they were en-
gagged. They are guests of the
Olympia hotel in this city, and Mr..
Payne certainly looks younger since
his venture into matrimony.
Mr.. Payne is one of the best
known pioneers of the Pacific slope.
He was born in Indiana January 8,
fornia gold fever migrated west. He
reached "Hangtown," now Placer
vile, Cal, in 1852, and after work
ing about the mining camps for sew
eral years struck north for the Fra
ser river camps in British Columbia.
When he reached Portland he stayed
and for ten years afterward was a
stage driver on the line between
Portland and Sacramento. AS rail-
road building increased Mr.. Payne
was driven farther and farther south
until he had guided stage over
every drive between the two cities.
AS stage driver Mr.. Payne start
ed the first overland mail from Port
land to the east in 1860. When
Gen. U. s. Grant made trip through
1866 Mr.. Payne drove him part of
the distance. Vice President ColfaX
was passenger in Mr.. Payne's
stage, and he has driven and was
a personal friend of the army of
ficers who were stationed on the
coast during the early days of the
development of Washington and
Oregon.
When the Modoc war began Mr..
Payne was a wagonmaster for the
quartermaster's department in the
army. On one occasion he and his
cavalry escort were surrounded by
savages and before the white men
could organize and beat off the hos
tile Indians they had lost all but four
of their teams and sevral of the
drivers were wounded.
Okanogan county has been the
home of Mr.. Payne for the past II
years. He first drove a stage be-
tween Virginia Cit yand Loomis and
later settled in Ruby. when that vii
lage, now deserted, was a thriving
mining town. Of recent years Mr.
Payne has made his home in Con-
conully. He retains his youth and
seems to be a man of so.
Recently when two cowboys at
tempted to make free with the old
man and ride their ponies into his
store, Mr.. Payne reached behind his
shelf, hauled down an old GA" and
announced that the first horse would
enter the store riderless. They
thereafter confined their enthusiasm
to another part Of town.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

The Women of Woodcraft met in
regular session at Eagle hall, April
5, and Mrs. Donna Maxwell was elect
ed adviser and Mrs. Ed Bauer elect
ed banker. After the business ses-
sion a social time was had, and re-
freshments were served by Mrs. J. M.
Duffy, Sophia Lockwood, Mrs. Bige-
low, Elizabeth Eikelberner and Mrs.
Maxwell. Several candidates were
initiated
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07
Three Belmont Lots.

Three lots in Belmont addition
were sold yesterday by Walker &
Widney as follows:
Charles Robertson, lot 1. block 1,
price $3.50.
James Robertson, lot /, block As.
price $3.50.
Fred Rice, lot 10, block 2, 1915
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

The Ladies' Aid of the Christian
church will be entertained tomorrow
afternoon by Mrs. J. r. Haines, on
South Methow street.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

The cast for the senior class play
this year is rehearsing every night
now and will be ready to put their
play on the 18th, as intended.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

Anna Tholin, who has been visit
ing Mrs. o. B. Fuller, returned to
her home at Leavenworth this noon.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

Roy Banker is here from Spokane
and will remain several days.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07
Good Friday Services at the Episco-
pal Church.

Good Friday Services at the Episco-
pal Church.
On Friday next, being Good Friday,
prayer will be said at II
a. m. Sermon, "The Power of the
Passion" All members are earnest
ly requested to attend for one short
hour on that day.
F. STUART HYATT,
Minister in Charge.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-04-07

Judge Mccoy went to Spokane
yesterday
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Continued on Page Two.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19
BRIDE TIED TO HER LOVER
LOVER IN WEIRD CEREMONY

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19.-Bound
wrist to wrist with his bride, sur
rounded by hundreds of his coun-
trymen In strange and brilliant
garb, Dmitri Rudowitz led Rosa
Pacovich from her Utah street
home to his residence on Glass
street yesterday, with chanting and
dance and incarnation, according to
the Russian custom.
After night in which the family
Of the bride and their friends had
walled and moaned and even rolled
themselves in the mud of the
street, Dudowitz, escorted by his
parents and his friends, reached
the brides house just before noon.
There he claimed her, was bound
to her by sash and carried of to
his parents home amid jubilation
by his friends and lamentation by
her own.
The high priest awaited their ar
rival. With great loaf of bread
he endowed them with future do
nestle prosperity. For hours there
after and until late in the evening,
there was the reading of the bible
and the intermittant serving of tea
from big brass samovars, and the
scattering Of salt. The wedding
service lasts a week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19
USE ROOSEVELT
10 ILLNESS CANARD
TO JOB STOCKS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-That
the now famous Roosevelt canard
the wild rumor of the death of
the ex-president, in Africa, which
swept over the country last week.
was first given circulation for ul-
terior> purposes by stock jobbing
concern, is the opinion entertained
here by two or three government
sources, after a careful investiga-
ton of the matter.
Just who was responsible for the
rumor no one here has been able
to ascertain. Secretary Carpenter,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19
D NO HOT AIR TO HIT
. TAFT NEXT SUMNER 4

. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10
q Among the extensive changes
. made at the office building at 4
. the white house since the adj
. journment of congress is the
. installation Of cold air plant 4
= in the basement beneath the 4
= new oval room which Presi-
. dent Taft now occupies.
= The large brick vault isPro- 4
. vided with corrugated iron, 4
. upon which cakes of ice are 4
. placed, the plant requiring a
= ton of ice a day under normal 4
. summer conditions. + 4
. Apparatus Is provided to
. force the cold blasts from the 4
. vault into the presidents 4
. room over chloride of lime, 4
. which removes all dampness 4
= without raising the tempra- 4
= ture. 1t is asserted that the 4
q equipment will control the 4
. temperature in the presidents
= room during the hottest days 4
. of summer.
a 4 4 4 a n a a a 4 a n a a a Z
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19
100 DAYS FOR
INDECENT LIBERTY

Joe Dougherty, the w. w. P.
motorman, who was arrested Sat
urday night and charged with the
attempted rape of Emma McGrevey
the 13-year-old daughter of Eunice
McGrevey, pleaded guilty to
minor offense this morning, and
was sentenced by Justice Hyde to
100 days in the county Jail.
Dougherty declared that he did
not intend to assault the girl, but
was only flowing her up" He con-
scented to plead guilty to the minor
charge of taking indecent liberties
with a female under Is years OF
age"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19
EZRA KENDALL IN
THE VINEGAR BUYER"

An old friend in up-to-date vest
ments is to be welcomed at the
Auditorium next Thursday, when
Ezra Kendall reappears in the best
of his laugh producers, Herbert
Hall Winslow's "The Vinegar Buy.
err" The new vestments are pro.
vided by Kendall himself, and are
composed mainly of brand new
jokes and comedy which he has
been working up for some time
past. AS everybody knows, he
wrote those excellent joke books
Spots" Good Gravy and "Hot
Ashes" that almost everyone
knows by heart. He writes his
own side-splitting monologues and
curtain speeches. He has spent
several months in frightening up
this already bright comedy, which,
in it's old form, was one of the
funniest of many seasons, and is
now guaranteed to be as full of
laughs as sieve is full of holes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19

Observation-Disclosures eve.
ming will close another successful
bill at the Washington in which the
act of Delmore & Lee on the re.
volving ladder and the act present.
ed by Hill & Sylviany on the uni.
cycle divide the honors equally as
the most popular acts on the bill
Another act that was especially
pleasing to those that like the
musical features is that offered by
the Bohemian Sextette with their
sweet voices and entertaining Sc.
lections both popular and classical
Every one who listened to Mr.. Ar
thur Deans singing has thoroughly
enjoyed it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19
SPOKANE - At the Spokan

SPOKANE - At the Spokane
theater, commencing next Sunday
and all week, H. H. Frazee will Of
fer the La Sale theater's latest
success, "a Girl at the Helm" The
production will be the largest and
most pretentious yet offered, not
even excepting the wonderously
beautiful "A Stubbon Cinderella
an act that appeals strongly from
its true-to-natureness as much as
from the fact tina 1t is presented
by a most capable company. White
and Perry are prime favorites from
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19

representing. the president, the
state department and the Smith
sonian institution, have all been in
quiring into the affair.
1t Is pointed out, in support OF
the theory that the rumor was de-
liberately started to influence a
particular line of stocks and that
the story apparently originated at
time when authoritative confirm
alton or denial was out of the ques-
ton for at least several hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-19

Before the holiday rush
have all your pictures framed.
At the present time we can
promise your order will receive
prompt attention. Low prices
and most artistic RESULTS are
assured.
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