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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
CRISIS AT HAND IN
JAPANESE QUESTION
Roosevelt Holds Long Conference With Rep
resentatives From California.

WASHINGTON. Feb. ga
crisis in the affairs Of the United
States and Japan over anti-Japa-
nese legislation pending in the
California legislature is believed
to have been reached today. A
conference of several hours was
held at the White House today be.
tween Roosevelt, Secretary Of
State Bacon, Assistant Secretary
O'Loughlin, Senator Flint and Rep
resentative Kahn of California. No
statement was issued.
Senator Flint, after the confer
ence, said the meeting concerned
the topic as presented by Roose-
welt. He said:
1T does not seem there can be
any adjustment from a pro-Japan-
csc standpoint"
Later Representative Humph-
reys Of Washington and Mckinley
Of California conferred with the
president.
SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. s.
Although Speaker Stanton of the
assembly has received several tele-
grams and letters from Roosevelt
relative to anti-Japanese bills
pending in the legislature, he re-
fuses to make any of them public
except one referring to the desire
Of the government to preserve
peace with Japan. This message
reads:
please accept my expression Of
profound obligation on behalf of
the American people as a whole
for the high and patriotic services
you are rendering. l have unlim-
tied confidence in the good sense
and right mindedness of the peo-
pie of California. know they ap-
preciate the fact that the national
government is engaged in doing
everything to achieve the ends
that California has in view, while
at the same time preserving un-
broken the relations of respect and
good will with great and friendly
nation. Therefore l am sure Cali
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
Y. M. {. A. MONDAY
MEETINGS CONTINUE

AS result of the Sunday meet
ings 1t was voted by the 300 men
who attended the session today to
continue the noon day meetings at
the Y. NJ G. A. and the sessions
will be conducted by different
business men from day to day.
Mel Trotter spoke today and
preached one of his short SER
mons. At the close of the service
the congregation sang, God Be
With You TIL We Meet Again. +"
The Butler concert tonight will
close the armory meetings. IN
dividual churches will probably
start special services IN several
instances.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08

chorister may not under any cir
cumstances indulge in any bever-
age stronger than tea, coffee or
milk.
No member may go AUTOMOBILE
ing with any gentleman other
than her fiance, and then only in
company with others, or with a
chaperone.
FlItations over the footlights
or of the stage render the Of
fender subject to expulsion.
Fines will be assessed against
any girl who allows press agent
to use her name in any undignified
story about elopement, romances
which place the chorister in the
position of frivolous or indis-
Greet maiden. Stories about
breaches of promise, love for
pet dogs or escapades at hotels
are among the strictly tabooed in
ventions of the press agent.
Members also pledge themselves
to 60 quietly to the seclusion of
their lrooms Immediately after
the show" in order to redeem the
name of chorus girl from the list
of things held up for reproach."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08

CHICAGO, Feb. S.-The "Say
No" club is the latest thing in
unique organization. Thirty-six
pretty chorus girls met on the
stage of the Auditorium and form
ed an association which is intend
ed to be national. 1t is proposed
to include every chorus girl in
the country in this movement for
the ethical uplift of the stage"
The prime movers are Wellesley
and Bryn Mawr college girls who
went on the stage with lofty
ideals and are serving a novitiate
as choristers. They were elected
officers of the club as follows:
Maeola Stockdale, president; Min
ME Higgins, secretary; Enid Glib
son, treasurer; board of censors,
Elfay White, Helen Lavelle and
Millie Wood.
The rules of the club are:
No member may accept an in
vitation to have supper with wine
in the company of a gentleman
unless accompanied by a chaper-
one, and unless the gentleman has
been properly introduced. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
MAKE STREET OF
CEMENT WALK

A burly police officer is stationed
at the corner Of Maple street and
Second avenue today, guarding the
cement sidewalks from destruction
of street traffic. A complaint reach.
ed the police yesterday afternoon
that at this intersection teams and
heavy wagons had been driven
across the sidewalks for some lit.
tie time, and that the cement side.
walks were being badly damaged.
Because Of the peculiar angle Of
the streets at this corner, drivers
going one way wpald NATURALLY be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
LUMBERMEN WANT
TARIFF LEFT ALONE

SEATTLE, Feb. S.-To discuss
the conservation problem nearly a
score of leading lumbermen of the
Pacific coast met A. s. kellogg,
United States assistant forester,
I'm conference here this afternoon,
kellogg Is here at their request.
The lumbermen believe a meet.
ing to be one of the most import
ant in connection with the lumber
tariff question. They will en-
deavor to demonstrate to Kellog
that removal Of the duty will not
tend to conserve the forests. as
Chief Pinchot stated 1t would.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
FOOD ON
EXHIBITION
DISPLAY OF THE
KIND MADE IN SPOKANE
WILL BE FORMALLY OPEN
ED TO PUBLIC. THIS EVEN.
ING.

Everything is in readiness for
the pure food show which opens
this afternoon at the armory I'M
der 100000 club auspices, and the
visitors will be greeted by one of
the prettiest and neatest displays
ever made here. The big hall is
filled with booths, all in white and
gold, and the harmony adds much
to the attractiveness of the exhibit.
There are exhibits of every de.
scription and many who. have pro-
ducts aside from foodstuffs have
availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity. Manager H. Perkins ex-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
MORE FLOOD COMING

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. s.
Weather Observer Taylor says to-
day there is possibility of renew
ed danger to tht lower Sacramen-
to river islands. Rain prevails
through the Sacramento valley
and there is heavy snow in the
mountains. Southern Pacific trains
from Portland are running to San
Francisco via Stockton because a
trestle at Miken was carried away
by the water.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
WRECKERS' WORK
KILLS TWO

COLDWATER, Miss, Feb. s.
Fireman Martin Senton and an un.
identified porter were killed and
two fatally hurt, Is less seriously,
when north bound Chicago fly.
err on the Illinois. Central road
ran into an open switch on the
outskirts of this city this morning
Officials suspect wreckers. The
whole train was derailed.
George Matthews, express mes.
senger, and tramp will die. The
heaps from the various coaches.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08

fornians will support you in your
position, which so eminently inter-
ests, not only the American people
as whole, but especially CALI
fornia.
The senate today postponed until
Thursday its delayed debate on the
report of it's committee on execu-
tive communications favoring Gil.
lett's recommendation that no anti.
Japanese legislation be enacted
this session.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
TO DEATH
FROM FLAMES

MANCHESTER, Eng, Feb. s.
Ten men are known to be dead
and others are probably buried in
the ruins of Grosvenor street
lodging house. where 300 were
trapped by fire that destroyed the
structure this morning.
In a panic the men fought each
other like demons to get out first.
They were asleep when the fire
started.
Most of the dead broke their
skulls leaping from windows and
the roof. Twenty are missing,
most of them poor laborers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
$4,000 ACRES
OPENED TODAY

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. S.-Fifty
thousand acres of land under the
west end Twin Falls irrigation
project were thrown open for set
Element under the Carey act to-
day. Drawing for the lands was
held at Gooding and big crowds
were there. This opening brings
the total amount of land irrigated
under the project to $4,000 acres,
making it the biggest irrigation
system in the world.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
TURNED
BULLETS

OAKLAND, Feb. 8.-Mrs. Mary
Thoman, whom r. J. Hammack,
formerly town marshal at Lake
port, shot because she loved A. P.
Reinhardt, an Oakland policeman,
is thought to be in a precarious
condition today. Hammock then
shot himself, the bullets flattening
against his skull. Hammack got
the revolver by trading his watch
for 1t.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
WIFE BROKE Up LODGE
MEETING AND HUSBAND
GETS DIVORCE THEREFOR

ing doctor for some infraction Of
the rules, his wife came to the
door and tried to break into the
lodge room. She created such a
commotion that she broke up the
meeting and greatly Inundated
Gillette.
Gillette seemed to think that this
was pretty hard treatment for any
man to endure, and the court
agreed with him and granted the
divorce.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08

Every enthusiastic lodge men,
Der will appreciate the troubles of
G. e. Gillette, whose happy home
was broken up by the strenuous
opposition of his wife to his par
ticipation in lodge affairs.
On the witness stand today in
Judge Huneke's court Gillette said
that one time while he was chief
ranger In a lodge of Foresters, and
while the lodge was in session try
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
REWARD FOR 6iNNs.

LIVERPOOL. Feb. s.--Captain
Sealby and Wireless Operator Jack
Binns OF the wrecked White Star
liner Republic arrived today. They
were greeted by a big crowd. Binn
was given a gold medal by the
Marconi company.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
USED GIRL TO AID Theft

lead to believe that the road lead
directly across the concrete side
walk, but coming from the other
direction, there is no excuse what
ever for teamster to drive across
the sidewalk, and all caught doing
so will be arrested. A barricade is
to be built at this point to steer
traffic in the right direction.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
OREGON GOVERNORS
VETO ON SALARIES

SALEM, Ore, Feb. 8.-The fate
of all salary bills will be known
Thursday night, when they will be
segregated from other legislation
before the house so they can get
special consideration. They will
have to be passed over the gov.
ernor's veto.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
ROYALTY ENROUTE

LONDON, Feb. SKIING Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra left
this morning for Dover, where
they boarded yacht and started
on their journey fog Berlin to visit
the kaiser.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
FRENCH WRITER DEAD

PARIS, Feb. S.-Catull Mendes,
leading French writer, died to-
day from injuries received last
night in fall from a train.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
PERSONAL NOTES.

Major Thomas Hayes, former inspector
general of the Confederate army and at
one time second vice president of the
Pullman Palace Car company, died in
Louisville, KY, aged 70.
Edwin d. Mead, one of the most prom
lnent men engaged In the worlds peace
movement, says that after the year 1915
war will be practically abolished from the
earth; at least. war between nations.
Lawrence Shultz. of near lola, Columbia
county, is the champion b%uckwheat farmer
of Pennsylvania He has finished thrash
ing his buckwheat and has l,4O0 bushels
from seventy acres, or an average yield
of twenty bushels per acre.
Two of the oldest voters in Pennsylvania
live in Carbon county. They are Patrick
Fisher Of Lansford. who is 30 years old
and goes to the polls unassisted, and
Daniel Behler of Millport, 80 years old
and is as active as a man forty years
younger. Both voted at the recent election.
Harry Hawke, leading man for Laura
Keene, the night Of Lincoln's assassination,
in Ford's ,theater. nearly forty-four years
ago, was one of the passengers of the
American liner Haverford, which locked
in Boston recently. He is Il years old and
the only surviving member Of that COM
pany.
The disaster in the Illinois coal mine at
Cherry Hill illustrates again that there
are heroes in the Industrial battles in the
bowels of the earth as wen as in the
armies that march and the navies that
sail in the sunlight. OF the fourteen men
who went down into the burning shaft
in an effort to save scores of their inn
prisoned fe~llow-workmen only one re-
turned. Every one of those men bent on
rescue knew that he faced almost certain
death even better than did the 600 who rode
forward in the charge at Balaklava. Yet
the one survivor, DIR. l.. B. Howe, saved
twenty-five men, which meant Joy not
alone to them, but to twenty-five families.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
More About Organized Charity.

The Bee has had two or three re-
sive, against the demand for better or
ganization of local Omaha charities.
These remonstrances are based en-
tirely on misconception, because the
article in The Bee particularly refers
to the lack Of cooperation in the mat
ter Of raising funds and financial ad-
m~inistration, although perhaps 1t
should have been more definite in so
stating.
In the matter of charity work we
are glad to note the great Roadway re-
Gently made through the charity organ
.ization society In co-ordinating the diff
ferent agencies for relief so as to pre-
vent their being imposed on and to
stop them from duplicating n an
others work. But in the matter Of
finances we still have the city overrun
periodically with representatives Of
twenty-five or thirty different societies
soliciting contributions from business
lhGu anu BubAAN-oBAAA NCh NANAACAO Nv
are almost totally in the dark as to the
respective sources of income and the
needs to be met. The average bust
ness man does not know, for example,
whether the Salvation Army and the
Volunteers Of America should be
treated as of equal Importance and
sustained with equal contributions or
not. He is willing to contribute lib
orally, but would like to have his
money go where It will do the most
good, and If he gives to one excessively
it means that he gives to another in
adequately.
Our various charitable associations
all go on the theory that each should
raise as much money as 1t can without
reference to what the others may be
asking. If the finances of all these
charities could be systematized and CO.
ordinated they would all have the sup
port they really require. and our busi-
ness men, who are now harassed by
constant solicitation, would be greatly
relieved.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Uncle Sans Housekeeping.

Those two conflicting interests,
higher prices and the need for econ
omies. bob up ~serenely in the annual
report Of the United States treasury,
confronting Uncle Sam with the same
sort Of a housekeeping problem that
has bothered the citizen in his home.
No doubt the public revenues will show
an encouraging gain in the forthoom-
ing year. for the reforms in the Gus
toms service ought to yield millions
that hitherto have beer diverted, and
there will also be the natural advance
of prosperous times over the lean years
that have passed.
But when looking over the balance
sheet, the demand for economy is al
ways in order, and Mr.. Treats sug-
gestion is a sound one that recent de-
ficits should admonish caution in au-
thorizing expenditures largely in ex-
cess of variable The fact
that a fatter income is in sight is no
reason for a splurge Of extravaganza.
Outstanding of the fiscal of
the government is as essential as con-
servation Of the national domain.
One feature of the treasury report
that will appeal to all the subordinate
employees confronted with the problem
of making both ends meet is the plea
for increased pay for the clerks in the
federal service. While the cost of liv-
ing has gone up. and while wages-at-
large have advanced in some proper
ton, the pay Of the government en-
ployes has in many cases remained sta
tionary. The government salaries,
however, have usually been above those
paid for the same grade of service in
private establishments, and this fact
will also have to be taken into consid-
Grafton when the problem is presented
to congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Look who's Here ~

pTIHBIIeIu HspuDICan,
MIR. Bryan has decided to cast his lot in
Nebraska with the anti-saloon party, which
plans an aggressive campaign in the state
n this fact may add to the evidence
that he plans to seek the United States
senatorship from the legislature to be
chosen next year. Mr.. Bryan's paper now
denounces the saloons in terms equivalent
to a declaration Of war. 1t rs next of
kin to the brothel and the gambling hell,
1t is the rendezvous for the criminal ele-
ment and willing tool of corrupt polite
ians." 1t is expected that Mr.. Bryan will
advocate county option, as a specific pro-
gram Of legislation, after the model Of
Indiana and Ohio.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24

smuggling will accomplish two things,
substantial addition to the public rev
enues, and an increase in the use Of
American made goods, which can stand
on their merits in competition with
most importations, to say nothing Of
the cultivation Of the factor Of non
esty, which is still something of a vir-
tue, even when manifested under
wholesome respect for the law and It's
penalties. The United States has no
little to gain from making the snug
Cling of woman's finery no longer
fashionable. or profitable.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24

The confession of one of the leading
English suffragettes that the efforts to
transplant the cult In this country are
fruitless, puts in another form of ex-
preston what was already thoroughly
known here, that the American women
are too well treated to become frantic
for the ballot. Advocates Of equal suf-
rage will continue to stay with us, just
as they have from days ante-dating
the activities of Susan B. Anthony, but
no such problem as the English suf-
fragette seeks to solve confronts her
sister here in the United States.
Indeed, the American woman is dis
covering that even in England the
movement is not a general one, and
that most of the wives and sisters of
the actual breadwinners of the British
nation are quite satisfied that the bal
lot would not gain for them any Of the
privileges that they now lack without
offsetting disadvantages.
So far as this country is concerned,
If the right to vote appealed so COM
pletely to the woman as a class, every
woman in the land would have flocked
ere this TO those states where suffrage
has been established for the sex, and
those other states denying woman's
suffrage would long since have been.
abandoned to forlorn man. Instead of
which, continues to cling to the
old, order of things throughout this
happy country, where, as the despair
ing British s~uffragettes jealousy OBJ
serve, she is so we'll treated that she
can find no reason to rebel.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24

That the circuit court at st. Paul has
now pronounced it an Illegal combination
is less surprising than that such a posi-
tive Judgment has not been reached before.
Judge Sanborn's opinion Is simp,y a recital
of facts that have been made very familiar
TO readers of newspapers and magazines
for many years past. He makes the dis
tinction between the necessary and the
accidental effects OF a combination dis
tinction recognized with contrary effect
in his own decision, OF the day before, dis
missing a suit against the Union Pacific
railway-but finds that the effects of this
combination in restraint of trade are
necessary and essential. They are pre-
cisely the effects which congress, in the
exercise of its power to regulate commerce,
Intended by this act to prevent and sup
press. The government Is, therefore, en-
titled to a decree forbiddlng the contin-
uance of this combination in interstate
commerce.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Limits of the Peace Movement.

Tolstoi's appeal to the people of all
nations to refuse to bear arms comes
as the pathetic and d~espairing cry of a
wise old nan who recognizes that the
words he utters will be engulfed under
the wave of humanity's advance. The
venerable scholar is but uttering in
new form one Of the stock arguments
of the movement for universal peace.
He offers excellent sentiments, but
they are overwhelmed in confronting
stern actualities.
Tolstoi's philosophy, and our own
Mead's philanthropy in endowing peace
schools, represent the Russian and
American extremes in the non-resist-
ance propaganda. Wal is admittedly a
terrible thing-all that famous gen.
erals have pronounced 1t to be-yet
the records Of history and the march
of events establish 1t as still a neces-
sary adjunct to the maintenance of
fundamental rights. Self-preservation
can at times be maintained only by
readiness for self-defense, whether In
dividual or national. The soldier has
proved essential to every cause, ever
to that Of peace.
Refusal to bear arms in the hour of
the country's peril would stamp cow
ardice on a man ven In the eyes of
those who ordinarily advocate peace.
What would mother think Of son, OF
daughter think Of father, who posed
as a martyr to the peace cause in
safety while there existed a need for
men to repulse a foe? For some time
yet that nation will be most respected
whose young men maintain a resolute
patriotism, with a ready ability to
fight when circumstances make com
bat inevitable.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Takes Away It's Power.
Raltlmore American.

No decision OF the courts since the IA
nous Lands 100000 900 fine has covered
anything like the n Of the decision Of
the United States circuit court at ST, Louis
declaring the parent oil company is in vio-
lation Of the law and ordering the abate-
ment OF its activities. No decision could
have been more sweeping, as il embraces
most Of the subsidiary companies named
as defendants, the exceptions being unim-
portant. These concerns are directed not
to pay dividends TO the Standard OIL com
pany OF New Jersey. and not again 10
form any combination looking TO a monop-
oily Of the oil business. The parent con-
Germ is likewise e~nioined not any longer
to vote the stock Of the minor companies.
While the standard OIL company. as such.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
AFTERWARD.
j. w. Foley in Golfers.

d. W. fOltS III COllleE =.
I'm glad l was always so good to her;
l was just up there in the nursery
Picking up things-you were
Left stTewn about as carelessly
AS a child will do when she's called from
play;
1 picked them up with a mist and blur
In my eyes, and I laid them all away
I'm glad l was always SO goes to her.
And many's the picture that came to me-,
That came to me DER a Teddy bear
Or a doll or a whole tin infantry
ATrayed in q battle column there;
Picture on picture of girls and girls
zone year and two years and three) that
were;
OF pinafores and blue frocks and curls-
I'm glad / was always so good to her.
Dreams on dreams and they ride me down,
Column and phalanX and voices call
And grasses grow green and come sere and
brown,
And leaves bud, blossom and blow and
fall;
She had been six now-and seven-and ten
So tall-and so tall-how fair they were,
How fair they were and would ave been,
Those lost Ones-Tm glad l was good TO
her.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-24
Next in the Customs Frauds.

While relaxing nothing Of its determ-
ination to exact reparation from, and
to inflict punishment upon, the chief
customs m~alefactors in the sugar ring,
the government is bent also upon met
ing out justice to some of the lesser
offenders. This announcement carries
particular dismay to the dressmaking
interests that have profited so long by
Wholesale smuggling, and there is a
consequent hubbub among those who
have a practice of filling the false bot
toms OF trunks with costly finery. Men
have been prone to forgive a woman
who, returning from abroad. tried to
get her gloves or bit OF lace past the
customs officials, but from small eva
sions on the part OF many tourists, the
practice has grown into a professional
enterprise.
The breaking NJ Of this form Of