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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
LET Him
HAVE GOOD
CHRISTMAS"
WiFE'S PiTIFUL PLEA TO OFFII
GALS, CONCERNING NEG.
LEcTFUL SPOUSE.

The spirit of Christmas is won.
derful and all-pervading, but if your
husband was a drunkard, earned
$24 a week and gave you only four
or five dollars for the support of
yourself and four children, allowed
payments on your little home to &C
cumulate while he spent his nights
in roistering about saloons with
the boys" would the spirit OF
Christmas make you forget his
wickedness?
Despite the fact that her hus
band drinks up his earnings, is
robbing his wife and children of
their home month by month, and
his excuses mean that Santa
Claus will not visit their home this
year, Mrs. Clara Smith begged the
prosecuting attorneys office to
take no action in the case of her
husband until after Christmas.
Mrs. Smith visited the court
house yesterday with her story OF
want and desertion and a deputy
prosecutor suggested that Smiths
name be placed upon the list 0;
habitual drunkards.
At first she aSSented to the
plan, but the Christmas spirit-th5
spirit of kindness to all mankind
came into her eyes and she
begged, Cant you wait until afteI
Christmas Needless to say, her
request will be granted.
Smith is skilled iron worker
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
YOUTHFUL
LNCORRICIBLE
SENT BACK

Hugh Kelly, the IA year old in
corrigible, who escaped from the
Chehalis training school and later
escaped from the probation cell at
the court house, has been return
ed to Chehalis.
Kelly, in company with Roscoe
Abnet, still at large. escaped from
the cell on December IA. Kelly re-
turned to his parents Saturday
night and was turned over to the
officers on Monday, the boy &C.
companying superintendent c. c.
Aspinwall to Chehals.
The youngster declares that he
escaped by unlocking the door with
a rubber comb, but failed to re-
peat the performance when taken
to the cell. A dozen detectives and
members of the sheriffs office
have attempted to unlock the door
without a key, but all efforts
proved unsuccessful.
Young Abnet is still at large
Kelly declared that his companion
was given money by his parents to
aid him in evading the authorities
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
MAYOR WILL HAVE
PLENTY TO DO

Mayor Pratt stated today noon
that he had heard of the difficulties
of former License Inspector Glenn
ent, removed by Acting Mayor Lam
bert. but that he had not taken any
action in the premises.
The mayor has also learned that
there is trouble brewing in the
crematOry department, but he is
hoping that it can be headed off
before it gets too serious. Wise
ones say the crematOry affairs are
in such shape that an investigation
is sure to come.
Mayor Pratt said that there have
been no applicants yet for the new
position of city purchasing agent
created by the city council 1t is
known that several have their eyes
on the job, which pays 5000 per
month, but the city council must
also be reckoned with, as they have
the power of confirmation of the
appointment
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
CORONER
STATES HIS
POSITION
Says He Is Performing
Duties According
to Law.

Editor Spokane Press-Plaese in
form the readers of your paper that
| am conducting the duties of my
office in strict compliance with the
laws OF this state, as interpreted by
the prosecuting attorney OF this
county.
never have nor do I intend in
the future to turn over any body
coming under my charge to any I'M
dertaker. but simply have the body
removed to proper place, where
the necessary investigation can con-
veniently and properly be con-
Quoted.
After the investigation is COM
pleted the body is turned over to
the relatives or friends of the de-
ceased.
If no relatives or friends are
found. the law provides that the
coroner should bury the body at an
expense not to exceed $75.
In my opinion $40 is no eXorbit-
ant price to pay for burying the
county pauper dead.
King county pays so, Whatcom
county IS, Pierce county $3.50, and
have failed to learn of any county
in the state that gets their pauper
dead buried free of charge.
Should there be an undertaking
firm in this county that is willing
to bury the paupers free of charge
It is perfectly satisfactory to me,
and every pauper's body coming un'
der my charge will be entrusted to
them for burial. H. E. Schlegel
M. D., Spokane County Coroner.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
SULLIVAN KEPT PAID MEN n
IN RANKS Of THE l. v. ",

Professional detectives have been
kept in the ranks of the |. w. W.
on pay from the city's secret serv.
ice fund throughout the trouble be.
tween the revoIutionists and the
police in Spokane. This fact was
brought to light this afternoon in
an interview had by a reporter OF
The Press with Chief of Police
John Sullivan concerning petition
filed with the board of police COM
missioners this morning asking for
the remainder of the morey in the
secret service fund.
1--WE have had no Pinkertons
working in these disorders, but |
have kept men, who became mem
bers of the |. w. w. and were con-
stantly in attendance at their
meetings, at work throughout the
fight. | have even had one of my
informants right in the executive
committee of the |. w. w. right
along, and that is why have ask
ed for more than the regular allow
ice work. For the last three
months have not used the $50
which | was allowed for this pur-
pose, but now | need it for the pay
of the secret service men employ
ed in the l. w. w. trouble.
I'VE have routed the street
speakers out of town now and they
have started a little band of their
members over in Hillyard. | know
Hat Nirrey,% inhn
of Chicago is sending kilograms
right along to Spokane, trying to
keep the members of the |. w. W..
together, but they are whipped and
are scattering"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
PLUMBING INSPECTOR S125
NOW.

An ordinance was reported favor
ably last night by the city council
placing the salary of the plumbing
inspector at 1925 per month, and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22

I Federal labor unionists, teamsters
and team owners of the city are
happy men today. Common labor.
ers and the teamsters were granted
raise of % cents per day in
wages and the team owners sue
ceeded in securing their additional
81 per. day from the council last
night. Those who have received
the % cent raise declare that it will
all be consumed in the price of liv-
ing, for the cost of necessaries of
life are advancing so rapidly that
the addition to their wages will
| amount to little.
James NJ. Lynch, president OF the
international Typographical union,
addressed the members of the
Butte union at the carpenters un.
ion hall in that place Sunday night.
He has now gone on back to the
eastern states, intending to be at
home by Christmas.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22

The railway brotherhood
disabled members Highland
30
the accommodations will hundred
housed
ed n he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22

per month each. This is one addi-
tional inspector for the plumbing
chief, who after the first of the year
will take over the gas inspection
also. In former times plumbing in
spectors have carried on plumbing
on the side. but the new ordinance
requires that the inspector give his
whole time to the business.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
"LITTLE TIM
IS DYING
fBy United Press.j

NEW YORK, Dec. 22.-The con-
dition of Alderman Timothy P. Sui
Ivan, Little Tim" prominent in
Tammany politics, is grave, and at
tending physicians today hold out
little hope of his recovery. The
alderman is suffering fro ma COM
plication of diseases which have
affected his heart. Death is ex-
pected at any minute.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
ARE CHILDREN BETTER
THIS YEAR?

Are children better this year than
ever before, have they more spend
ing money or have the bad ones
been deded out? The probation Of
ficers are asking themselves these
three questions, for a remarkable
state of affairs exsts-not child
has been reported as tseaIing from
the stores.
Last year complaints innumer-
able were made to the probation Of
flee about the petty thieving of the
children of the city, but this year
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22

not single complaint has been
filed.
The hard times of last year, com
pared with better times this holiday
season and consequently more
spending money is thought to be
one of the reasons for the unprece-
dented state of affairs, while the
large number of incorrigibles who
have been committed to the state
institutions during the year is held
to be the chief reason TO rthe very
satisfactory conditions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
PIANO AT BOTTOM OF 1T

The $4,000 damage suit of Joe
Heep, Chinese porter at the Car
lyle hotel, against Proprietor Geo.
f Carr, commenced this morning
before Judge Huneke.
While taking a piano up the ele-
vator some time ago, Keeps leg
was caught in the shaft and so bad.
ly injured that he will be crippled
for life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
MATRIMONIAL
REEFS AND GRIEFS

Desertion, that most common of
all grounds for divorce in this
county, gave Henry B. Thayer free
dom from his matrimonial bonds
this morning, Judge Hinkle grant
ing separation from Lillian B.
Thayer.
The Thayers were married in
Ohio in 1904, the wife deserving
Thayer over two years ago, and
taking their child, Felix, to New
York, where they are at present.
Arthur Simpson was granted a
divorce from Emily Simpson this
morning, the wife failing to appear
to contest the desertion case.
McWiLLlAMS-N
Word from San Francisco an
nounces the marriage there last
Saturday of one of Spokane's ris-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22
NO MORE OF
THIS. FOR me-
-RQiICE R0HERS
BRUCE ROGERS

After confinement of 10 days
in the county Jail, Bruce Rogers. l..
w. w. attorney, was released this
morning.
Rogers was arrested for passing
letters to one of the l. w. w. pris-
oners. and Justice Stocker did the
rest.
mo more of this kind of business
for me-" declared Rogers this
morning, 81 am not going to break
any more laws"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22

ing young attorneys, R. l.. McWil-
liams. to Miss Madge M. Nagle.
Mr.. McWilliams is a graduate of
the University of California, and is
associated here with his father in
the practice of law, under the title
of McWilliams & McWilliams. He
is grand knight of Spokane council
of the Knights of Columbus, and
quite popular among his fellow
lodgemen, to whom the wedding
announcement comes as a surprise.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-22

drawing good wages, but spends
the greater part of it in saloons.
He stays down town during the
week and visits his suburban home
only on Sundays.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-05
FOUND T|PSTER
IN BLACK HAND
GANG he LURED
Friend Who Advised Barber
Lori to Pay Trapped
With Partner.
BAND MADE CUT RATE.
Prospective Victim Consented
|, to Avert Blow-Up for $3.50
and Told Police.
BAND MADE CUT RATE.

Vlncenzo Lori, barber at NO 26l
..,,.d an MANY ,e,,ers sIvned "RIack
''o"u '"'e'' '""' u ''' 'ee'"e 4'''e
custom Tor MS frlends 70 drop IN on
him daily and ask him about his mail.
Naturally when Joe Legar' VINO runs a
fruit stand at NO 595 Flushing avenue
trolled In yesterday and asked MIN
, now many letters arrived the day BE-
fofe ne TOOK II as "hulF attention
! Ihey nave cut their price, Lori
TOLD Lesar' Two weeks ago. before
they put the bomb that didnt go on
under my door, they wanted $500, but
IN their last letter they say they VIII
compromise lor sloo' II cent meet
them Tonight ana hand over the money
: they say they VIII blow UP me and my
tamlly'
Legar Is little, w,ry, dark man.
th,rtv.siy veors old and wears ono ,,rv
,
! soid earring
Adviesd u;r, - p,v
"1 ,b,rt eeor v,ncer,o ,h., would
, do a. they ask no said sootb,,v,v
az. , 49,, . 49, 10,
IL we're Eou' "ou!u MOI l'sN Hiah-
/ Ing them my enemies any furthe".
! They nv. nova-ful and IN. no,ice ran.
! ~, ,o,a, ,ho,,, ..,.,,,,,,,,. ,,o, ri
, "o' 'ou'" '"e''' ''''e''''e. ""'' i"'
, sum they ask is not much, ana after
you pay II that vii be an end to it,"
"perban, van ~, .,ol," onsvverod
''"pS ~" 49, So y"
Lori i lh'nK ! VIII 40 as you al
wise"
Ri, Ior, adm. tell his friend that no
-, .,a.
nau told 'He ponce Oh the "e'n'nu' 'h"'
there was an Arrangement by which
he WIS TO meet tie blaCknailers at
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-05

values up 10 $6U
A collection OF gowns in
which no two are alike.
Exclusive and effective
styles in duchesse satin,
ere pc meteor, chiffon
broadcloth an d chiffon
wolfe.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-05
MELBA WILL PAUSE AT NAPLES
TO SING FOR ITALIAN RELIEF.

Meba. whose season at tho Manha,-
tan Opera-ilousc ends next Monday
night. announces that she will give n
Naples, on Jan, 81, for the benefit OF tie
sufferers by the Messina catastrophe
She is due TO arrive at Naples on the
morning of January 81, and will sail for
Australia at midnight directly after the
performance.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-05
RECITAL FOR RELIEF OF
EARTHQUAKE SUFFER, RS.

Albert spalding, the young American
vlolnlst who IL to give recital Mt
Carnegie Hall Jan, IL, assisted by AL
frcdo oswald, an Italian pianist. will
give the proceeds to the Red Cross So
ciety for the relief OF the Italian earth
quake sufferers, Mr.. Spalding was edu-
Gated In Italy and lived there for three
years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27

NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-Doing
away with the bell as summons for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
SOUL SAVING AND ENGINE 5
DRIVING HIS TWO BIG ENDS

the street for q living att. At Is
he shipped as sailor and studies
nights to learn to read and wriH
With an Unsuitable thirst f0S
knowledge he read everything he
could get his hands on. n
He studied to be an engineer.
and ran an engine in India. While!
there the Church of England mad<3
him q reader for the church. butt
Tommy knight couldn't be- bound
by creeds. He wanted to get hold
of mems hearts without the gloves
of doctrine He studied the re-
ligions of the world. He travelled
in China and Australia, India and
Europe and South America. He
found out that men were starving
for love and the grip Of hand
Then he went into the. Salvation
Army. "A drunken fellow. sneered
at his uniform one night in III hotel
and Tommy knight, five feet tall
with his English bulldog jaw pull
ed off his coat and told the leer-
ing fellow that under every Saliva
ton army coat was a heart
beating for the betterment of his
fellow man and that the love Of
Christ was to help just such fel-
lows as he But this chin of mine
stands for fight" said Tommy
Knight, land l can take the scott
out of YOU They didn't fight.
One day Love found Tommy
Knight and little Salvation Army
lass became his wife. In little
cottage down under the hill Tom
my Knight and his wife and two
little boys have their home in
Seattle on the sound.
Between runs Tommy Knight
reads Carlyle, Machiavelli, Ger
man philosophers, ST. Francis of
Assist, the English poets and his
quotes the greatest men of liter
ature and history with the readi-
ness that most men repeat the lat
est phrase in slang or sports. He
is, perhaps. one of the best read
men in the northwest.
That's Tommy Knight, London
newsboy, word traveller, soul saw
er, humble engineer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27

cades with one hand and snatch a
mans soul from hell's gate with
the other. ---s-e.
When the Canadian Pacific was
building, Tommy Knight ran his
steam shovel along the mountain
sides and held religious services
with the men. Amid the thunder
of blasting rocks and the roar of
mountain torrents, strong men
cried, rough men became gentle,
troubled men found peace, when,
on the crags and peaks of the Sci
kinks, Tommy Knight prayed.
Tommy Knight was born So
years ago in London, and struck
torians. Carlyle's Sartor Resartus
is his Pilgrims Progress. He
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
INHERITING $4,000,
HE QUITS HIS
QUARRY JOB
Laborer With Wife and Eleven
Children Can Now Give Up
Three.Room Cottage.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. Ell. L. Keel
ing, So years old, who has been
toiling In a quarry at Madison for
years to exc out living for his
wife and II children, has been mott
fled by former Judge Burroughs of
Edwardsville that he has fallen
heir to $4,000 from an estate in
England.
The money, Burroughs informed
him., is lying subject to his order
in the National Bank of Commerce,
in st. Louis. keelings wife receiv-
ed the letter from Attorney Bur
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
Powel's
Stomach
Remedy

cures Indigestion, 0astrttiss Nesssl
GUS Dyspepsia, Sick HoadacheLr
Catarrh Of the Stomach Az
your druggist.
Spokane. Wash, Jan. -, 1S0S.-ssi
Mr.. A. H. Powell, lsU.
Manufacturing Chemist, aai
Spokane. Wash. > ~
Dear Sir: After suffering for,
over 80 years with stomach trouble |
and spending hundreds Of d0lIarAi
with doctors and for patene mcdt
cine and receiving only temporary
relief, II any, finally was induced
to try Powell's Stomach Remedy.
After taking one bottle / felt Ike:
a new man and could eat thinge
that I had not been able to eat for,
years. | wrote You this letter 80,
you can publish It so that anyone
affected as I was may read It and
learn of this wonderful medicine
and be permanently cured. Yours
truly. EDWARD RYDBLOM, ,r,g,
826 Perry Street. sd
800 bottle at all drug stores.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27

roughs and Immediately sent word
to her husband at the quarry to
quit his job and hurry home. He
resigned, telling his workers
that he would, be back soon with
the money and spend a portion of
it in showing them the best time
of their lives" '.ta-
The. estate has been in litigation
for two generations, and has dwin.
died in that time to $325.O00. The
remainder goes to Feelings broth
ers in England.
Keeling and his family have lived
for many years In a three-room cot
tage on. First street, near State
street in Madison.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27

800 bottle at all drug stores.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
Works at Them Together
and Succeeds at Both,
Does Little Old Tommy
Knight, London 'Newsie,
World Traveller, Preacher,
Engineer.

SEATTLE, Dec. 27.-Ever hear
of Tommy Knight. railway engi-
neer. stationary engineer of mems
salvation, stoker of Gods truth
into mems hearts?
Tommy Knight is known to ev-
cry man on the Canadian Pacific
from Seattle to Calgary, as the
man who can drive an engine safely
through the canyons of the Cas-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
Christmas pack ages still continu

Christmas packages still continue
to be received at the postoffice and
the express offices, but the rush is
over. 1t was the greatest Christ
mas Spokane has ever known from
the standpoint OF postal activity
and the transportation companies.
John z. White, the Chicago econ
omist, will address the Young
Mems Democratic club tonight at
the assembly room of the chcamber
of commerce on Absolute Free
Trade the Only Basis Of Universal
Peace and National Prosperity"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27
JAMES FREEMAN CURTIS.

n President Taft has named Mr..
Curtis as the successor to James B.
Reynolds as assistant secretary of
the treasury. MIR. Curtis was once
intercollegiate golf champion and
later United States district attor-
ney in Boston. He practiced law
after getting his degree from Har-
ward in 1889. He once was assist
ant attorney general of Massachu-
sets under Attorney General Ma
lone.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-27

churchgoers at night. the pastor
will flash searchught from the
belfry Of the First Reformed church
at Brooklyn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
UNHAPPY HOMES OF AUTHORS
Large Proportion Of British Writers
Have Been Unfortunate In
Domestic Life.

Someone with a passion for genuine
antique scandals has been poking into
the private lives of classical English
writer's and finds among them dis
tressing proportion of celibutes and Of
unhappily mated persons, sayB writ
err In Success Magazine. For the hene-
ut of bookloving gossips he has pre-
pared list of the foremost British
authors with a short description OF
their domestic relations. The list 10
so full OF matrimonial, wrecks that the
compiler is forced to wonder whether
cheesemongers. stock brokers and tho
rest OF us have as poor chance at do
mestic happiness as poets and play.
wrights
No fewer than rs out OF 6S we'll.
known authors never were married at
all. A number. including Milton. Bun
yam, Southey and Hazlitt. made sew
erai matrimonial ventures. or the
rest. Shakespeare. Dryden. Addison.
| Coleridge. Carlyle, Ruskin and Dick
ems are the most notable of long list
of those who were unhappily married.
Why should the production Of litera-
| ture be apparently SO Incompatible
with happy domestic life? Are lit
erary men less capable than lawyers
/ and plumbers of choosing congenial
/ mates? The truth seems to be that
the writer husband Is at homo SO
much of the time that he becomes as
familiar an object there as the old
cane-bottomed chair. Two persons who
can survive "a hours OF each other S
society per day without jars are hap
| PLY married indeed.
Il have only one thing to ask you.
said wise younS bride-to-be to the
1 prospective husband. land sthat is tina,
| you will promise not to be in te
lunch ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09

much more distributed In Honduras.
San Salvador and other republics. He
was an expert mining engineer and
used his technical knowledge to the
advantage Of General Estrada.
Both Groce and Cannon were cap
tured after decisive encounter be-
tween Estrada's forces and those of
Zelaya near the San Juan river. Ze-
laya's force. contrary to the treaty pro-
vision. deliberately crossed the river
into Costa Rica. recrossed it ut an TN.
expected point, and. appearing in the
vanguard of General Estrada's force,
put 1t to flight.
Eager to Be Rid of Cannon"
"Personaily have no doubt that
both Cannon and Groce were taken in
the act of laying mines under the river
and adjacent roads. But us they were
recognized officers of the revolutionary
party it was utterly unwarranted to
lead them to execution. never be-
lieved they had a fair court martial.
but that they were killed on the per-
sonal order of Zelaya. A cable in
cipher received from friends in Mica
ragua two days after the execution
tells me that Zeiaya refused to take
into consideration suggestion of his
own general in chief that their SEN
fences be committed.
.'Zelaya had repeatedly shown him
| self eager to be rid of Cannon. Can
non was captured and condemned to
death in the last revolution, but
4 through the intervention of MIR. Greg
| DRY, the American minister. his seu-
tence was committed. They contiscat-
ed about half his property. Mr.. Can
non frequently showed me letters in
1 which were plain proofs of Zelayas
animosity to him. He had not q
chance of escape"
Mr.. Holland declared that most OF
the American residents in Nicaragua
had either left the country as unsafe
or retired to their plantations or mines
Most of them. he said. were hoping
that the United States would take
charge of the situation and restore or
der for the proper development of th'
country's many resources.