davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
LEEChES
DISREGARD
7 HE Law
HAVE NO MORE USE FOR IT
THAN EQUITY GLUTTON HAS
FOR WOODEN SHOES.
THIS LETTER PROVES 1T

Boo! Woo-oo-oo! Oh, but tho
crafty money lender is poor, pow
erless and miserable dog when
once he finds his slave slipping
from the bonds of fear that holds
him in unwilling peonage. Loan
sharks Of the stamp that have in.
tested Spokane have about as
much use for the law, or a law
yer, as a equity glutton has for a
pair of wooden shoes.
Following is letter that stands
in undeniable prof of this asser-
ton. Out of respect for the feel
ings of the victim and his family,
tt a Press will refer to him as Mr..
Biz. The original letters from
which the following is copied is
held as authority for this article by
The Press
"Mr. Blank, Dear sir-i wrote
you letter a few days ago and
will state that ! think you are any
thing but a man when you try to
beat-a person out of anything when
they have been so good to you as
have been.
"Now | wish that you would drop
me line and let me know wheth-
err you wished this thing to be set
tied by your attorney or whether
you are willing to pay II as you had
aught to. am sure that you would
not like to have your check tied up
for a couple Of months, and all the
trouble with the company about
this, as you necessarily will have
to do 1t you do not consider a set
tlement. Let me hear from you
personally. Yours truly, W. S.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

TALES bydn EX-pUG

"Out in front it looked like he
went down when | connects with
his chin, but it was tn wax turned
tn trick all right. / walloped him
hard, but If tn floor hadn't been
creased it wouldn't have feazed
him. 1t was tn way his bean hit
the floor that put him out for a
quick count"
Didn't he make a how'll" asked
Mr.. Fogarty
Sure, but when they loked at
tn floor, tn wax was gone an resin
was sprinkled on it. His friends
give him tn laugh for lettin' lit
tie guy like me knock him out"
Pretty rough work." commented
Mr.. Fogarty.
Sure. You don't suppose we was
putin on pink teas. do you? You
gotter do rough work when you're
stoppin' EN- six nights week. An
if anybody tells you that the big
ger they come tn harder they fall,
you just make up your mind that
they don't fall hard unless they're
helped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
BY GEO. 3. NEWLAND.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. Some
how this big switchmens strike,
that has all but paralyzed the
northwest, has a strong resem-
blance TO the familiar scene down
in the old orchard, where a swarm
of busy, home loving bees, resent
ing the offices of two legged in
truder, gets busy in primitive fash
ion to show its displeasure.
These $4,000 or so switchmen
have been buzzing about the ears
of one James j. Hill. raising such a
din that others have stopped to
look ON. Yes, there is general
managers committee that has SUI
prem charge of the situation. 1t in
cludes an array of imposing names
and represents millions of dollars; ;
but as far as the switchmen of the
st. Paul district are concerned, the
railroads are Hill-cool, crafty, ex-
perienced Jim Hill. winner of a
hundred fights, absolute boss of the
northern transcontinentals. He is
the two legged embodiment of
power that the pigmy bees are be-
siesing.s
WILL HAWLEY BEST HILL.
But the swltchmen know this:
Hin has been beaten before. And
he knows when he's worsted. If
he's d desperate, resourccful
fighter, hes also good loser. Eu-
gene Dsbs taught him the trick a
good many years ago. in the early
days of;the A. r. U. Hin fought to
the Last ditch, was whipped, and
surrendered without a whlmper.
Franz T. Hawley, the switch.
mems president. hopes to repeat
Debs' Victory He is the queen
bee" and be Is onto his job. No
one, not even Hill, underestimate
him.
What are the switchmen striking
for.
Cstensibly and technically a
wage advance of six cents an hour
and improved working conditions
fundamentally THEIR LIVES!
Up IN these bleak, wind swept
northern regions nature must be
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
SHIP BURNS;
TWO DEAD,
z MISSING
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT ON THE
GREAT LAKES IN DARK.
NESS OF NIGHT.
SURVIVORS TELL STORY
(By United Press.}

7 CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. o.
Two seamen are dead and IL miss
ing, following the burning Of the
Anchor line freighter Clarion, off
Point Pelee, Ontario, at ridnishs,
Six members Of the crew. who were
taken from the burning ship by
the steamer Hanna, brought the
news to Cleveland at daylight.
The Clarion was wooden steam
er, 240 feet long, with 26-foot
beam. The-fjr started soon after
the Clarion passed Amherstbure,
Ontario. A gale was blowing and
immense waves swept the decks Of
the doomed vessel. The snow was
SO thick that It was impossible to
see any distance.
This accounts for the fact that
the Point PeIee life savers were
unable to see the distress signals
displayed by the Clarion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

yah. them parlor scrappers
give me a pain" said Spike Hen
messy, throwing down the sporting
page.
What's eatin' your" demand
ed Toad Fogarty, his jaw coming
out like an interrogation point.
These here mugs" responded
Mr.. Hennessy, indicating the up
turned page, where the doings of
a couple of pugilists were fea-
tured. They're maxim more fuss
about signin' articles than a pull
let that's discovered what's hap
pened to her when she finds her
first egg. You'd think they was
signin' fer go wit tn Newport
Brigadiers.'
Its all in tn game, amt it?''
Mr.. Fogarty demanded.
81 spose so, but them hams
don't know what fight is. Say,
had more real scraps last winter
in two monts than them Gertiesl!
have in 10 years"
Funny I amt never seen
nothin' in tn papers bout them
scraps you guys had. If any one
was to ask me how you got tn
rocks | might not tell 'em, but I'd
have a idea"
"Meanin'?"
"Meanin' you was fine lot of
pete men or else had sock full of
sand"
Chuck that rough stuff, Toad.
We didn't need no soup men to
get tn dough, it came too easy.
1t was like takin' eggs from
a incubator. Not a cluck from
tn hen. You notice Mugs Daily.
Frosty Finnegan and Riley tn
Brute is lousy wit dought, don't
you? Well, they got it when I got
mine.
Say, some of tn things we
slipped tn runs on that trip
would make a corpse laff. We
had to do it, cause they make 'em
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
THE YOUTHFUL
ROBBER ESCAPES

Harvey Sherman, age II years
who was arrested a few weeks ago
with companion charged with
rohbing the Leader and Crescent
stores of valuable suit cases and
clothing, has escaped from the
juvenile authorities. Sherman got
away last night and search is be-
ing carried on for him throughout
the adjacent country today, His
thefts would likely have caused
him to be sentenced to the refor-
matory for years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

anybody in tn house an give him
SO sinkers to stick six rounds.
When the mob pipes me, about
20 of them wanted that dough. My
100 pounds looked like ready
money, and when Muggsy picked
tn biggest in tn bunch to go on
they was sure it was all off with
our so.
when tn mutt is ready. Frosty
puts his gloves on an tn rest OF
the gang is out in front, takin' bets
SO fast their hands got tired.
I'VE hadn't been goin' more'n
two minutes when steps inside a
roundhouse to belt him in tn
kitchen and walks plumb into a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

office every day, and Mr.. Brewster
has devised every means of escap.
ing her. She Is persistent, how
ever. and comes again and again.
Jones Is evidently disappointed
when he is satisfied Mr., Brewster
will not see Annie, but in a few
moments he returns with the elder
Mrs. Howard Jeffries card. The
lady Is at once admitted. She is
much excited. having heard that
Annie is going on the stage to
parade her name before the public.
Mr.. Brewster tells her of Armies
visits. and admits she has inter
ested him in herself and the case.
Mrs. Jeffries says she would like
to see Annie. and asks Brewster to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

arrange 1t for her. Mr.. Jeffries is
a very old client of his, Brewster
says, and he does not like to dis
please him. but as they are talking
Jeffries enters.
After asking what that woman"
is doing out there again, the trio
discuss the situation. Jeffries has
not changed In his attitude toward
his son or Annie, and as he and
Brewster argue they seem to gain
no Roadway, AS the former takes
his leave he asks Mrs. Jeffries II
she is coming. but saying she
wishes to talk with Mr.. Brewster,
and asking him to call for her In
an hour, remains behind. II must
see this girl, Mir, Brewster" she
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

says when they are alone. II think
! can persuade her to change her
course of action. Brewster thinks
he had better see Annie first, and
advises Mrs. Jeffries to come back
In half an hour. Then he sends for
Annie. Jones, who Is much i'm,
pressed with the young lady, goes
on his mission with a grin, When
Annie comes in Brewster invites
her to be seated, and then asks
how long she intends keeping up
her system of warfare, persisting
In forcing her way into his office.
Il didn't force my way in" she
answers. II didn't expect to come
Continued on Page Three.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

trlcn. Hlley tipped TN stage nand
keepin, time to cut tn round.
They. draws out tn rest SOS !
comes back all right, an I'm more
CAREFUL don't have any trouble
gettin' TO tn big stiff, but once in
a while slapm one of them
lawmakers into me and I'd shake
like man with ague.
"Between tn fourth and fifth Ri
ley sgets busy. He has to or our
cush ga6s up tn flue. What does he
do? Gu. nothin', only sprinkles
resin Oh my side of the stage and
shifts tn box and smears up the
other side with powdered wax,
making 1t as slippery as tn road
to ruin. Pm wise an when tn gong
rings, I'm out of my corner on TIL
run, meetin' TIL big guy right
where tn resin let's off an tn wax
begins. He gets set to stop me
with his left but shifts and plant
my leff in his pantry. When he
tries to move quick to stop my
right, which | start for his chin,
followin' tn belt in tn middle,
his feet slips an he's gone.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
THREE BIGGEST
PAYROLLS HERE

About $50 people were on the
city payroll during the month
of November, and the salary
disbursements amounted to
$4,000.
The payroll of the city is
one of the largest In Spokane,
but two or three others ex-
ceeding It. One of these Is the
Washington Water Power Co.
and the other is the Great
Northern railroad, counting the
payroll of its shops at Hill
yard.
Probably the most popular
paymaster in the city is Bob
Farley, city comptroller, who
knows nearly every man on the
city payroll by his front name.
Bob has CHEEKY word for all
as he passes out the checks,
and this helps some, especially
with the fellow who thinks the
city's check Is too small. On
public works like bridges Mr..
Farley takes the checks to the
men, who are unable to reach
his office during business
hours,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
|UNKLE RE|TERATES CHARGES,
He PREPARED COOKS
DATA

NEW YORK, Dec. George H. Dunkle insurance
er today reiterated the charges that he and Captain
w Loose prepared the data for DR.. Frederick A. Cook
it'll which the explorer hoped to prove his claim that he
iscovered the North Pole Dunke said he turned on
Cook because the physician failed to pay him balance
$780, due from the alleged price Of $4,000 for faxed OBJ
rvaons He said he gave the story to the paper which
bished it this morning but declined to state whether the
aper paid him the $3480
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
PROSECUTOR IS FORCED
TO APOLOGIZE

bod in their eyes.
IF Moore had as much brains as
God gave geese, he would know
that the superior court declared
that ordinance constitutional" de-
clared the fiery prosecuting attor.
ney.
Then came the explosion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

taken into account, II Is vastly diff
ferent in California or Oklahoma.
or even In Illinois and New York.
Perhaps 80 cents an hour is good
wages in these wtrmer parts. Out
in North Dakota OF here in Mime
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

leader.
Half a dozen times this morning
the attorneys engaged in an eX-
change of words which clearly
showed their antagonism for each
other.
IF Mr.. Moore knew the A b C's
of conspiracy law, he would know
that persons do not have to know
each other to be implicated" was
one of the remarks of Pugh, to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

sofa, when the thermometer Is
often 40 degrees below zero and
there's blizzard on, there are
softer ways OF living than risking
Your life in the gray, cold death
trap OF a railroads yards.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH DEATH FOR % CENTS AN HOUR
SWTCHMENS BIG FIGHT WITH JIM HILL IS FOR THEIR L|vESl

1t is risk. every hour out of the
10 that the switchman works.
Every time he goes on duty he bets
his life. And the odds are against
him-always. It's one great epic
all but the music. Hardened? Ger
tainly he is. Otherwise he wouldn't
be in the game. But that heightens
instead of minimizes the peril. A
veteran takes risks that tyro
wouldn't dare. And he doe nit as a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

|Biff! Bangl
mo, not hat, but almost so this
|prnhM when Prosecuting Attor-
|y Fred c. Pugh and Attorney
ed c. Moore jumped to their feet
Is morning in Justice Suckers
|urt, with doubled up fists and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
THE WORLD DOESN'T KNOW.

matter OF cOuTSS-IOT the D. Seuto
an hour he gets.
THE WORLD DOESN'T KNOW.
The tragedy of it is that tho
world doesn't know-neyer will
know. Switchmcn don't have HOG
raphers. They're lucky to leave
enough insurance to assure q de-
cent burial.
When a miner gets caught below
there are a hundred men anxious
, to risk their lives to get him out.
Newspapers describe II with spread
heads. II he comes up alive he is
hero.
When a switchmen misses his
footing and goes under train it's
:. too late for herolsm. There's no
romance there--just u sordid.
= lamentable accident. And news
paper space is too valuable to re-
peat the story. II always has the
same setting. 1t happens too ofan.
It's not news. The public doesn't
guess.
IF YOU consider q switchman's
wages" President HAwiey told me,
you want to recall how YOU
$ skinned over that little paragraph
q in your morning newspaper, telling
briefly OF the fatal accident to John
Z Jones Maybe. as Il happens. he's
~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
KING NEAR TO DEATH?

BRUSSELS, Dee. 9-'rhe condition of King Leopold of
eg who is said to be suffering from paralysis, is
approved today. expressed that he will Mot re-
The monarch unconscious for two hours this
ornng and revived only by the application of stmu-
nts Court physicians in constant attendance at his
Edside
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

big and tough in the long grass. u
"Th' bigger they come tn hard,
er they fall" quoted Mr.. Fogarty,
Yes, they do-like ice,' re-
sponded Mr.. Hennessy. Some
times tn bigger they come tn
harder they wallop. An take it
from me, / know it. / didn't get
that tin ear playin' ring-around-a
rosy.
"I'll never forget big husky
handed tn sleeper to in a jerk
water burg in Minnesota. After
J tn regular show | went on to meet
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
|AE1NIE MAKES A GREAT LAWYER DEFEND
HER HUSBAND I'm THE "'TEElRD DEGREE"

To-day The Press prints the third
btaIlment of the play, 1.-THE Third
gree" which will be presented
the Auditorium next Sunday,
|onday and Tuesday. II Is proving
be an exceedingly interesting and
pertaining story. Watch for the
|urth instalIment and local story
bout the third degree" tomorrow.
I'VE are next brought into Mr..
Fewster's law library and find the
torney porting over his books.
mes, his confidential clerk. inter
Ipts him with the information
pit shes here again" Annie, 1t
pms, has been haunting the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
:R0zEN TO DEATH

1.-Two dead others dying the
lsult o a cold that is sweeping Colorado
Wyoming the
the Both bodies
the and probably die
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

OAKLAND, Cal Dec 9-Search Instituted today for
the bodies of two of three
Point Richmond night Deputy Sheriff J. j.
Burrows of Contra Costa
Richard c.
under water. A Squall capsized boat.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
NIGHT BULLETINS

sHREvE Ohio Dec "a posse is in pursuit of O. f. Boiey,
VINO created reign of terror Bog Prairie
night and shot and killed Sheriff Boley escaped
from Masslon State Hospital yesterday
meeting where he sat with shotgun his
later to the home of Roy Lee where he shot the sheriff.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 9.The collapse the switchmens
strike in Montana Northern
return to work today Livingston ordered
out by President Hawley of the Swtchmen's union
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

These Railroaders of the
North Whose Strike Has
AL But Paralyzed the
Great Northwest, Have
Nature to Contend With
in Their Battle of Life
Why They Refused to Ar
bitrate.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 9-The Patrick H. Calhoun
the millionaire traction magnate, today continued until
January TO- when will be by incoming
attorney, Charles M. Fickert who will have
the During the political
the famous graft per
sona candidate of Calhoun Since has
cared his firm intention the graft cases.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

PORTLAND Ore, 9-The of Captain Levi Sny
der of the steamer when
weeks suspended for by
spectors Fuller
gale which swept the coast from San Diego British Columbia
showed signs abang According
officials, the storm spent early dawn.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

SEATTLE, Dec. 9.-The Switchmens on (ires
Northern and Northern Pacific
10 operating officials but the
they will win because the railroads impossible
experienced switchmen outside union
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

WASHINGTON, Dec 9-In this afternoon
cratic senators elected Money of Mississippi
of the Texas
presented
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09
COIL ApSES
THREE Men RETIRED

. NEW YORK, Dee. 9-Patrick Keegan, team mate Of
Frank Calvin OF this city, in the sixday bicycle race at
Madison Square garden collapsed today and was removed
from the track by the order of physicians This is the
first team to retire thus far This morning the leaders
were still IL miles and laps ahead of the record last wear
having covered 1875 miles. Later in the day Rut and
Stole forced to retire Stoles legs were giving out
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

TACOMA, Dec 9The body of Robert Heae aged
penr and wealthy residnot Tacoma
the residence of Asbuy Smith where it
week Investigation today shows that Heae
the Smiths the evening
the yard and was by the cold which
night to the depth OF inches completely
The has lain thick the during
freezing weather and until today did II sufficiently
to be seer
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-09

Continued on Page Two.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
RETAIL. CLERKS BALL
a GRAND SUCCESS

One Of the most delightful dancing
parties of The season thus far, was the
one given by the retail clerks of
Grand Rapids at the EagIe's Hall
This dancing party was of the invi
tation order and those in attendance
consisted chiefly of the young men
and women employed in the retail
stores Of our city, and few invited
friends. Fully fifty couples were pre-
sent. who "tripped the light fantas-
tic'' into the wee small hours of night,
TO the merry strains of the Bliss
Orchestra.
The spacious hall had been very
beautifully decorated for this occasion
by Harry Neipert, decorator and win
dow trimmer for Cohen Bros. Dept.
store. and an adept in this line of
work. The decorations consisted
mainly of red and green bunting lsOme
four hundred yards of which were
uSed) beautifully and artistically
draped Ger wall and ceiling. The
rostrum, occupied by the musicians,
was almost surrounded by large
palms and leafy ferns, giving the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
ARE NOW
CHAMPIONS
Grand Rapids Defeats Stevens
Point Basket Ball Team by
a Score of l8 to 22 and Wins
the Title,

Never before ia the history Of
Grand Rapids athletics, was there
any more college spirit exhibited than
Friday night during the game of basket
ball, between the teams of Stevens
Point aud Grand Rapids for the
championship in the Wisconsin river
valley. A specia! train from Stevens
Point arrived a. seven O'Clock with
nearly 300 people 10 cheer and support
their PLAYERS 90 victory. From the
tiine their train arrived until the
manifestation OF enthusiasm exhibited
ia the college yeIlS on the part Of
both schools. The gymnasium was
crowded to it's capacity with an appre-
ciative audience overly anxious to
see their team win. The game was
called at o'clock and it was evident
from the start that The friends of
each team were anxious that they
should wjD. The Grand Rapids boys
led Of by making the first basket and
kept the lead during The first half of
the game, the score ending 13 to
1t was then patent that, while the
teams we're quite evenly matched.
our Grand Rapids team was the super
ior, and the ball was kept in their
territory most of the time.
Tho Scnpr1 haIf cnaY ol am
fidence on the part of the local team
and their roOters while the Stevens
Point PLAYERS indicated by their man
ner determination TO win, and they
started in with that spirit, They
gradually gained until the score was
Is to Is, ard at this point the audience
went wild Every decision was
watched with intense interest and
upon foul being made the superin-
tendent Of the Stexfns Point schools,
lost his bead and attempted to strike
one Gf the Grand Rapids professors
which a:ouse d great INDIGNATION and
nearly melted riot. Good judgement
and cool heads were successful in sub
DUNG that spirit and the game proceed
ed without any further trouble The
score was D 10 Is ia favor Of Grand
Rapids when 1he game clused, They
NOT only won the game out The cham
piGnsaip Of the Wisconsin river Eval-
ley, having defeated every team iu
The district.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-25
SLEEK PICTURE AGENTS
WORKING CENTRAL WIS.

We received complaints from several
sources of trancient picture agents,
who are working the cities of cen
trail Wisconsin,
One man goes ahead and contracts
to enlarge pictures for $1.9S and gets
the small photo to enlarge.
Another man brings the enlarged
picture, all framed up, and demands
from $500 to $500 for the enlarg
ed picture and frame, refuses to let
the enlarged picture go without the
frame, and refuses to return the
small photo until the enlargement
and frame are paid for.
He usually succeeds in bluffing the
women folks into taking the picture
and frame, and paying his price. That
price is three to five times what the
picture and frame are WORTH
People should learn to steer clear
of transient agents. In nine cases
out of ten they can get better work
and lower prices from their local deal
er. Dit Wit