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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
A SKETCH OF CLAWS

L. r. CLAWS, the deposed special
agent Of the land department, the
man who through his activity In
the coal exposure Ieaped into ma.
tional prominence, can usually be
found seated in an obscure corner
Of she public section Of the federal
court room, among the common
people," In whose service he met
the III will Of superIors and lost his
official head.
CLAWS is quiet young man, with
slight southern accent, and
bushes with modesty when his part
In the coal lands scandal is men
toned. He has but little to say and
refuses positively to talk about the
coal investigation, reserving his
views on this important matter for
later date, after the conclusion of
the inquiry.
CLAWS, the cause of 1t ALL" Is il
peculiar position. He is not con
suited by either side. has apparent
1y no more personal connection
with the case than the most casual
spectator, yet his name Is men
toned In the examination Of every
witness. and the CLAWS affidavit"
forms stumbling block that makes
many of the entrymen study hard
In offering an explanation.
CLAWS, of course, is taking notes,
most mental, and no doubt will he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
SERVANTS ILLTREATED
That's the Cause of the Problem,
Or. Van Setback Says.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1T Is
amazing that so-called kind, Chris
tian women should be so devoid OF
kindness and justice to those whom
they employ as servants" said the
Rev. DR.. John Van Setback jr. at a
meeting of the Housekeepers' alli-
ance here today.
=" have seen their look of blank
amazement when 1t was suggested
to them that servants came under
the law Of brotherhood that binds
us all together" continued DR.. Van
Shcaick. There are housekeepers
who would be Mortified at the idea
of shoplifting who steal from their
servants, neglecting to pay them
all that is due them"
DR.. Van Schaick places the blame
for the servant problem ON the
'snobbish, unkind and unjust
housekeepers who treat their serv-
ants with small consideration, neg
lect them when they are Ill and en-
ieavor to keep down the pay OF
domestic servants to minimum at
all times,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

The Spokane hotel screen case
will probably have to be deter.
mined by the courts. The period
of time which the city council
gave w. s. Norman, proprietor OF
the hotel. for removing a section
of colored glass on either side of
the entrance has elapsed and no
change has been made.
A. NJ. Winston, attorney for Mr..
Norman, called on John e. Blair,
assistant corporation counsel, this
week and asked for a few days
respite before legal steps were
taken In the courts, which was
granted. From this 1t is taken by
the legal department of the city
that the hotel management will
carry the case to final decision.
The hotel company removes the
Objectionable colored glass on
Sundays and after hours, indi.
eating thereby that they hold the
screen law applies only to the
prohibited hours.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
TWO MORE
|. v. v. MEN
SENTENCED
GIVEN FOUR MONTH FOR
"CONSPIRACW

Tive more l. w. w. leaders have
been ground through the mill in
Justice Suckers court. Yesterday
afternoon James p. Thompson, an
organizer, was sentenced to six
months in Jail, and this morning A.
e. Cousins, former associate editor
of the local Industrial paper, was
found guilty and sentenced to four
months in Jail.
Things are going along with
greater dispatch in these last trials.
This morning it required only thirty
minutes to try and sentence Cous-
ms, while 1t is expected that even
quicker time will be made in some
of the remaining cases.
The l. w. w. leaders yet to be
tried for conspiracy are S. e. Bailey,
Elizabeth G. Flynn Jones, Louis
Gatewood, +. M. Conner, William
Douglas and G. H. Speed. Mrs.
Jones, or Gurley Flynn, as she is
better known, is out on $4,000 bond,
while the others remain in Jail.
In each case notice of appeal
has been filed with bonds fixed at
1000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
|C0NFESSES TO THE
GUGGENHE|M DEAL
Michael Doneen's Testimony---A. D.
Jones' Clean Bill.

Michael Doneen, a retired farmer
living in Spokane, in the Cunning
ham coal inquiry this morning, said
that he had agreed to the Guggen.
helm deal for the sale of the coal
claims and had made out a trust
deed for the transfer of his interest
to a company to be formed for the
purpose of taking over all of the
claims.
This was after Doneen had paid
for the claim and received his GER
tificate, but while his application
for patent was pending Doneen
said that he did not like the agree
ment entered into, but thought he
would ratify it If most of the other
claimants did.
Doneen said that he first met
Clarence Cunningham in 1908
through Ed Davidson of Oakesdale.
Cunningham was at that time pro
noting the Alaska coal proposition.
and because of the witness conf
dence in Cunningham brother, DR..
John G. Cunningham of Spokane,
he took claim, paying the initial
fee of $500 in cash to the doctor,
He said that the claim was entered
exclusively for his own benefit. and
that he had no understanding or
agreement with anyone at the time
of entry or subsequent thereto until
he received his certificate from the
government.
Arthur ID. Jones of Spokane, also
an entryman, gave a clean bill in
his cross examination. He had new
er agreed to anything. with any
body, had made no deeds or Other
conveyances, and passed through
the examination unscathed. The
claim has cost him to date about
$4,000. He signed number of pa
pers without noting them very
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
men
REPORTED
RETURNING
THROUGH FREIGHT BEING AC-
CEPTED AGAIN TODAY
S. u. STILL DETERMINED

Embargoes on freight are being
lifted today by the railroads, which
for the last several days have been
paraIyzed by the switchmen's
strike. Some Of the old men are
returning to work, though there 10
no reliable indication Of an abate-
ment of the trouble and through
freIghts arc being run both by the
Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific today.
The NGreat Northern Is now ac-
cepting freight from and for all
their connecting lines all over its
system. On the Northern Pacific
the embargoes have not yet been
lifted on the main line in this dis
trict, but the road Is accepting
freight from its branch lines and
is also making deliveries to the
branch lines.
NINE THROUGH TRAINS
Local officials of the Northern
Pacific report nine through freight
trains moving on the main line this
afternoon and the traffic conges-
ton Is being greatly alleviated.
They report a sufficiency of coal
to operate both freight and passen-
ger equipment for some time yet,
and the Great Northern officials
declare there is no danger Of a
Continued on Page Two.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
GUILTY.
SCHADE
VERDICT:
CONVICTED OF SEDUCTION
AGAINST MINNIE
DEMMER.
$4,000 BONDS ARE FIXED

Guilty" was the verdict rem
dered this morning by IL good
men and true" against Leopold
Schade, on trail for the past week
for the seduction Of Minnie Dem
mer, 20 year old German servant
girl.
Retiring at 10 o'clock last night,
the jury went to bed at IL, arose
at late hour this morning, were
taken to breakfast and returned a
verdict within 20 minutes after 60
ing into session this morning. The
jurors agreed to keep secret the
results of their balloting, but it is
probable that an agreement was
reached last night.
Immediately upon the reading of
the verdict by Foreman Charles Is
bell, Attorney r. M. Barnhart filed
a motion for a new trial Bonds
were fixed at $4,000. Bernard
Schade, the brewer brother of the
(Continued on Pace TWo.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
PRESS"
MOVING TO
NEW home
WILL BE LOCATED AT
DIVISION AND RIVER
SIDE AVENUE
ESTABLISHED THERE BY
MONDAY.

= This is the last day The 4
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

EXHIBIT NO. #

Government Exhibit No. A" ID
the Cunningham coal inquiry, IL an
interesting document. After the
private journal of Clarence Cum
bingham, who promoted the coal
deal, was brought to light showing
an entry wherein the various par
ties to the deal were said to have
agreed to give Cunningham a one
eighth interest in their claims, 1t
became necessary to straighten
matters out.
Hence Cunningham went to law
office in Seattle to make an aft,
davit in explanation of this record
The. government exhibit shows that
this affidavit was drawn in the law
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

office of r. A. Ballinger in Seattle,
at present secretary of the interior.
Herein is noted the appearance of
the Ballinger firm as counsel for
Cunningham.
Another interesting phase of this
affidavit, which covers several type.
written pages, is the effort of Gun.
bingham to clear the record of
United States Senator w. B. Hey.
burn Of Idaho, who seems to have
been after a slice of the" coal lands
in the beginning himself. Hepburn
dropped out later. and Cunningham
tells why it is that no blame at
taches to the senator, from his
point of view.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
GET THE SUNDAY PRESS
AND KATZEN.JAMDlER KIDS

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edition of this newspaper will be beginning
the next fsw weeks To
The Sunday Press will be hummer" It's be
most interesting Sunday issued
empire.
One of the most entertaining features will
colored comic supplement. This
include the Katzepiammer Kids Happy Hooigan.
Brown and all hesfest OF the
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
VIoLIN'SELLS FOR $4,000.

CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-The re,
nowned Adams Stradivarius violin
formerly the Due de Greville, which
Fritz Kreisler has owned for sew,
eral years, has been purchased by
Lyon & Healy. Mr.. kreisler expect
ing to retire from the concert plat
form. The price paid was $4,000
the record price in this country
This inatrument dates from 1926
and is one of the largest and broad
est of Stradivarius' work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
ELKS HONOR
ALNELLOYD

The Elks gathered at the Or
pheum last night to do honor to
Miss Alice Lloyd, the English sing
err, who claims the distinction of
being the only woman honorary
member of the Elks.
Lodge No. 1, New York Elks, pre-
sented Miss Lloyd with a diamond
Elk brooch and made her an hon
orary member of the lodge.
At the conclusion of her singing
Miss Lloyd was presented with a
beautiful bouquet and responded
with a short speech.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
]. P. STAFF0RO'S
THRILLING EXPERIENCE

Felled by a crashing blow from
a heavy bludgeon in the hands of
n desperate, thug. j. p. Stanton of
0611 Hamilton street, lay almost on
the brink Of death across the side
walk of the Olive avenue bridge
when discovered by his startled
sister last night. He was on his
way home, some little distance in
advance OF his sister, when attack
ed from behind by the highway
man.
He simply remembered a shut
fling of footsteps in the semi
darkness behind him, then a sick
ening blow across his head that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

prepared to give some more light
on the coal scandal before the end
is reached. At the present time he
stands in the light Of a discharged
government employee. and for this
reason the attorneys for the gov
eminent do not avail themselves
of his assistance. He testified in
the case at Seattle. but is here on
his own initiative, in the light of a
man who is seeking justification
through the development of the in
ward facts in the case.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

brought dark veil of unconscious,
ress over him. With his pockets
out-turned and lying dangerously
near the edge of the sidewalk over
the foaming rapids. his sister
found him a few moments later.
The thug was out of sight across
the bridge.
Stanford lost no money In the
experience, as 1t was reported to
the police that he was flat" when
the robber attacked him. Only for
the timely arrival of his sister, he
would likely nave lain on the
bridge for hours and perhaps died
from EXPOSURE.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

NEWARK, N j., Dec. 4-Abaham Schiff who arrested
with several friends gambling aragned before Judge
Herr the criminal made the plea that
they merely playing called zone thousand
Explain the game said Judge Herr.
We'll honor said Sch you match cards together
If threes that than only got
two twoes Then that think the hree pretty
good and chip down remember what you said
threes match another
pair, why then your hand is the better
The sounds familiar, unused Judge Herr suppose
hand that consisted only of damondswoud that be
good hand?'
VERY good your honor"
Now suppose your all of suit,
the the spot. Would that be beter|
oh your honor, 1t would be lovely exclaimed Sch rub
bling his hands joyfully.
And suppose you'd have TO lot of chips to remem
what I've heard of the The
Russians call jakpoovitch Fifty dollars fine and don't play
poker"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
P|T|FUL PLIGHT OF OLD COUPLE;
PENN|tESS AND COLD

Penness cold,
1906 Clark with his there
child a neighbors
With held close
the bedside of his wife, nothing
of the the pfu the his
of the city has been the authorities but
nothing been aid their dire distress.
Coming to this city two with little the sick
the wife depleted his pockeboo when paralysis
unable
for length time
For the month kind allowed the family live
supplied with
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
GAIN OF 1854 IN ONE MONTH

That The Spokane Press is akins big strides In popularity
by circulation figures of
daily circulation exclusive Of
This great gain month among
different of crcuatonhe
. street sales the mail ribers
The that Its in what believes
interests the people rep
resentng their endorsed by the majority their
dosenent demonstrated by the rapidly growing
Sunday morning
publication very will the people increased
ter service,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
COOLEST YET

. This morning was the cool Z
. est Of the season--so far. The Z
. official temperature at s a. m. Z
. was IL degrees above zero, but Z
. at many points in the city a Z
. temperature of eight degrees Z
. was shown. Warmer weather Z
. 10 predicted for Sunday. .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
GLADSTONE TO RULE
SOUTH AFRICA

Herbert Gladstone, son of the
Grand Old Man of England" will
be the first governor general or
United South Africa, which in
cludes the Transvaal and all ad-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04

closely, on Cunningham's o. X.
Something new was injected into
the proceedings today when Attor-
ney Sheridan for the government
asked A. ID. Jones and M. Doneen
about Jerry Hays deal, in connec-
ton with the consolidation of the
coal lands. The relation of Jerry
Hays to the claims has not yet been
developed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-12-04
HERBERT GLADSTONE AND
HIS WIFE.

jacent British territory in southern
Africa. He is the present secretary
of state for home affairs. and has
been tower of strength to the
liberal government in its efforts to
pass the pending revenue laws.
Mrs. Gladstone, daughter of Sir
Richard Paget, is one of the most
charming of English women; she
loves entertaining, and will do
much to make the administration
of her husband success.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-25
Early Battles With the World.

Answering a question as to how he
got his start in business the newly dis
covered oil king said that he had
worked as hard for what he had as
any one of whom he had ever heard
or read.
1t was the memory of those early
battles with the world that transform
ed the ideal husband, father and grand
father of private life into the alleged
pitiless, money-making machine-the
accredited driving-rod of the Standard
Oil Company. Gazing from the We
randa of his Fairhaven mansion this
no less strange than successful man
who in his sixty-fourth year could
write his check for $75,000,OO0 and get
the money at any bank big enough to
honor the paper could still see the
union grocery store where he worked
an accumulated enough money to de-
fray his expenses to the Pennsylvania
oil fields.
He had graduated at the age of six
teen at the Fairhaven High School and
then peddled papers on the streets of
New Bedford as a stepping stone to
the grocery counter and wagon which
he drove for five years at SO week
and his board. Today a number of
Fairhaven persons treasure receipted
bills for bags of flour and other staple
which bear the signature of Henry H.
Rogers
One of these receipts bears the date
of November, 1859, and it was shortly
after that date that young Rogers
burned his Fairhaven bridges behind
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-25
CAREER Of H. H. rogers,
The STANDARD OIL MAGNATE

been revealed by Thomas w. Lawson,
who says that when Vice President
Rogers entered his office when his will |
was thwarted or his course INSTRUCTED |
in his onward race for millions, the |
man became a marvellous machine
That his will was law unto his asso- |
ciates was evidenced by his square
jaws, telling of bulldog fighting power
and his high, full forehead, ervealing
tremendous intellectual force.
His eyes, according to one who has
seen them in action. were red, blue
and black, brown, gray and green ac-
cording to his passing mood. His
friends have seen them when they
were as restfully blue as the skies OF
August and September afternoons, or
as green as the ocean levels. His en-
emies describe them as being as som
Der as the thunder claud when the ele-
ments are angry, or when they We're
of that frey red and that glinting yell
low which one observes at night when
| the doors of a great roaring furnace
are opened.
At 20 East Fifty-seventh street in
New York, where the Rogers town
house is one of the least-known man
sions in the millionaire district, or at
his $1,000, 900 Massachusetts country
home at Fairhaven, or at the many
exclusive clubs to which this ostensi-
BILE second-fiddler but real leader of
the Standard Oil orchestra belonged,
was revealed the one side. At 26
Broadway the home Of the so-called
octopus from which radiate its count
less miles of railroad and pipe lines,
tapping and burrowing into all parts
of the continent, and from which its
emissaries go to levy tribute wherever
the voice of man is heard, was reveal
ed the other side.
Probably no man of equal stature in
the financial arena has had a more re-
markable career than had H. H. Rog
ers. Beginning as a newsboy in New
Bedford and Fairhaven, he has risen
, risen, risen. But only now and then
, did he appear upon the stage. His
place has been behind the scenes. But
, when he has chosen to court the lime
light and make hit in a momentous
! role. other actors, cast with him, have
thrown aside their dummy swords an(
l run for their financial lives.
: Yet thousands who have felt hi
: hand in business competition passet
! him by on the streets without recog
nizing in the tall. broad-shouldered
e athletic figure, with eyes hidden unde
e shaggy brows and with prenaturall
: long arms-a heritage from his sea
S faring ancestors-the author of thei
2 discontinue. He was the blue goat O
{ the street-so unfamiliar was his fig
t ure among the bulls and bears of tn
r, money cages.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-25

WASHINGTON, May 2'.-The SUI
preme Court of the United States yes
terday decided the case Of the Adams
Express Company VS.. the Common
wealth of Kentucky, involving the
right of the express company to ship
liquor into a local option county, con-
trary OF the law, in favor of the COM
pany. The case involved the shipment
from Indiana and Tennessee to Bon
nievielle, in Hart county, for which
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-25

VIENNA, May 25.-With the excep-
ton of Roumania, Austria is the only
oil producing country which so far has
successfully resisted the attempts OF
the Standard Oil to gain controlling
interest in the oil business. According
to reports just received from Drohi-
dycz, the center of the oil interests in
Austrian Poland, the Standard has
about accomplished its desired end.
Representatives of the Galician oil
combine have just gone from Hamburg
there to perfect an agreement with the
Standard Oil representatives which
will go far to making the American
masters of the oil business in Aus
tria.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-25
The STANDARD OIL GAINS
FOOTHOLD IN foreign field

The Standard undertakes to build
number of reservoirs for the storage
of oil with an aggregate capacity of
100000 cisterns of crude oil, at cost
of seven million crowns. The usual
storage charge agreed upon will be
1919 hellers, 81 cents, per 100 kilos
for the first four years, which will be
sufficient to defray the whole cost of
the reservoirs. After the expiration of
the first four years, the storage
charges will be reduced to six hellers
per year for 100 kilos. The Standard
further binds itself to buy from the
Austrian oil combine its whole output
of benzine and crude oil at an agreed
minimum price of 1912 kroner for ben
zine and kroner for oil.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-25
Whooplng Cough.

I'm February our daughter had the
whooping cough. Mr.. Lane, of Hart
land, recommended Chamberlain
Cough Remedy and said it gave his
customers the best of satisfaction. We
found it as he said, and can recon-
mend it to anyone having children
troubled with whooping cough says
Mrs. A. Goss, of Durand, Mich. For
sale by Hays & Field and yellow Pine
Pharmacy.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-25
COURT SAYS There CAN BE No
INTERSTATE ANTI-JUG LAW

the company was fined $50 for each of
tense by the circuit court of Hart
county.
The opinion of the Supreme Court
was handed down by Justice Harlan,
and reversed the verdict of the Hart
county court on the ground that the
transaction was interstate commerce,
and therefore not subject to interior
renee by the Kentucky state authori-
ties.