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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
EASY PICKlNS FOR 4
Mr.. SKINNER

& + 4
Spokane Is certainly q place OF
easy .pickins" for the clever con-
men as well as the dips" and the
thugs. George Martin, en- route to
Nelson, B. c., confided to the 9po-
lice that he guessed new found
friend who had borrowed $35 from
him had left him stung After hear
ing his story Desk Officer Walter
Hogan guessed SO. too.
Martin said he met stranger
at the Great Northern depot and
took a walk about town with him.
All of a sudden, his new &C.
quaintance, whose name he has
not yet heard, remembered that he
had some express at the station
that he had to take out immediate
ly or pay extra charges on 1t. Mar
tin was right there with the $50
necessary to pay that alleged BILL,
It'll Mr.. Skinner could get back
with the proceeds from check,
and he gladly loaned 1t to him.
Well, he was just supposed to
stand there for a few minutes and
wait. Minutes grew into 10 min
utes and doubled up few times
before Martin surmised that maybe
he'd been done and he went to the
police station to ask advice. That's
about all he got any way, for the
police. couldn't even get an intelli.
gent description of the confidence
artist.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
Pitiful Tragedy Of Young
Old Man, with Memory
Lost Through Sweet
hearts Death.

Special 0orrsspeadsnos 60 me 1rsss
SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug. Ill
wish was in de land Oh cotton"
Alfred Lawrence listens, his
weary eyes Frightening. For there
II nothing else, nothing but the
strains OF old Dixie" song of the
Southland, that can bring back to
him even a shadow of his past.
cinnamon seeds and sandy
bottom"
Lawrence is thinking hard. For
q few second he sits erect, the
lines of his face hardened in in
tense concentration. He is trying
to remeWber Then his face soft
ems and he signs YEARLY. :
II can't remember. can't re-
member"
Called upon to suffer as few men
suffer, a strange, sad story is the
life of Alfred Lawrence. In the
short space Of six months, this ar
fist and musician, who is 35 years
/. old but looks SO, lost his sweet
heart and six close relatives by
death. This was In 1907, and In
-DeCcIHDeT Vi IJVc tu6 Wcl6ut VI HE
sorrow wrecked his health, This
is all he can remember. He suffer
ed shock and was taken to a hos
pital at Rock Springs, Wyoming.
h When he went there he was a
young man in the prime of life.
Me gave the name Of Alfred Law
renee. When he left, his hair was
snowy white and his memory a
blank. He couldn't speak his own
name-he couldn't even remember
1t. They. wrote 1t on a slip of
paper at the hospital and put the
paper into his pocket.
It's as good. a name as any
other" says Lawrence, vacant,
far-away look in his sea-blue eyes.
On leaving the hospital, Law
renee began to roam the earth,
seeking for friends and relatives.
He believes his old home is some
where below the Mason and Dixon
line. One day 1t dawned upon him
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
Attention
Irrigation
Men

You can make a farm out of a
desert by irrigation, but you can't
make a home without music.
We have a niano that you can
play yourself, whether or not you
ever saw a piece of music. You
can sit down at will and play your
favorite selection with the skill of
an artist. The whole world Of
music is at your command.
You have not heard a real art
istic player piano unless you have
heard the genuine Pianola piano.
They give the performer perfect
control of expression and tempo.
We are always pleased to show
them to visitors, or If it is impos-
sible for you to call, drop us card
and we will mail you an interest
ing booklet.
We sell Pianola Pianos on easy
terms and take old instruments in
exchange. They are sold only by
Eilers Piano House, corner
Sprague and Post, Spokane, Wash.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
DIVIDES SOME
RESPONSIBILITY

Chief Of Police John Sullivan is
already tired of a regulation made
by himself on entering the chief
ship under the new administration,
which provided that all visitors at
the city Jail must secure permits
sion from him before conversing
with prisoners in Jail. In a new
order given the police this morn
ing, Sullivan makes the day cap
tain and Chief Jailor William
Smith solely responsible for irreg-
ularlties In the Jail.
These two men have the power
of discharging prisoners, securing
new recruits for the ''trusty" squad
and giving permission to visitors to
see prisoners. The order directs
that the day captain shall consult
the arresting officers before pris-
oners in felony cases are permit
ted to talk with visitors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

HAS DISAPPEARED

For two days the Spokane police
have been searching for Ed Hob
laren, a gas manufacturer from
Grand Forks, NJ D., without sue
cess. Hollaren, age As years, came
here a week ago yesterday from
Grand Forks to take a position at
the Spokane gas works. He went
to the office and completed all
arrangements to go to work, then
left to get his luggage at the depot
and has not been seen since.
The police have been unable to
find a single clue SO far as to Hol-
laren's whereabouts. Communica-
ton has been taken up with Grand
Forks authorities to see II he has
returned there to his home. Hol-
laren Is described as being I'VE
feet 10 inches tall. heavy set, hir
complexion, smooth face and wore
spectacles. He wore blue coat,
with light pants.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

! Tears fill the eyes of the white
haired unfortunate. He loves to
play Dixie Land" and other south
ern melodies, and it is then that
he sees visions of an old colonial
homestead somewhere down In the
land of the cotton and the corn.
.''In Dixieland I'll take my stand. "
the white haired man sings on.
And as he repeats the words of
the old southern ballad Mrs. Hall
tries to help him remember.
Think; think hard" she says,
and the poor old young man tries
to.
"I'n live and die in Dixie"
"Oh, my home must be there, y
he cries, but l can't remember.
l can't remember"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

A Turkish bath ia what you need
this spring. 1t is better than any
medicine for a spring tonic. Tones
you up and removes all impurities
from your system. We have spent
SIS, 900 In fixing up our parlors and
they are the finest in the north.
west. Come tonight. Bath and bed
$1.00. Turkish baths, First and
Stevens. H. P. Nichols, prop.
Phone. 1241. sss
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recover his memory and thus unite
him with his dear ones.
He tells them that his father
was a lawyer, but where, he can
not remember. He says he can re-
call his mothers sweet and gentle
face, and somewhere, he believes,
she is waiting for him to come
home.
When not engaged In roaming
the streets, or playing the piano,
Lawrence paints strange. weird
creations in water colOrs. He
loves the flowers and the birds,
and wants chance to work in
some garden for his board and
room, and a little sack of tobacco
now and then.
II wish | was in Dixie"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
WIFE STOPS CHECK PA
NV United Press)

= HOQUIAM, Aug. 11.-After =
= gambling away 5000, the saw =
= ings of several years, with .
= which Mr.. and Mrs. w. Robin .
q son had planned to build a =
. nice home, Mrs. Robinson has =
= notified the banks to stop pay .
. ment on the checks given by .
= her husband for his l0sings .
. in the game. She then hunt. =
= ed up the man who won the =
= money and made him return =
= the checks. .
Q Q Q Q . . . 80 go
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
Anusernents
WARRINGTON.

Z Blanche Sloan, introduced as
ffThe Queen of the Air." is creating
somewhat of a sensation at the
Washington this week with her
daring gymnastic performances on
q swinging bar In mid air. Rinaldo,
the violinist, Is scoring great sue
cess with the Rinaldo Rag, his own
composition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
olRARo ON PLEASANT tai

F. w. Girard, prominent attor-
ney with offices in the Paulsen
building, left this morning for
Fort Worth, Texas. to visit with his
father, a wealthy cattle dealer and
clerk of the federal court. Mr..
Girard, ST., has been clerk of the
federal court at Fort Worth for the
last IS years. Attorney Girard
will be absent from the city for
about three weeks,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

Special Corresyoadsncs to The Press
SEATTLE, Aug. 11.-Although
thousands OF miles away from her
home and baby. Elsa Ryan, star
ring In Clyde Fitch's play. 1.-THE
Blue Mouse" is transported back
to her sweet faced child and charm
ing home once each day. And its
modern magic that does 1t.
All alone with her mother love
and thoughts and fancies Elsa
Ryan goes to 10 cent theater and
pays the operator to run off sew
eral feet of moving picture films
showing the baby at play on the
lawn, In the house, with his toys
and in his mothers arms.
Its the biggest. most tender. most
pathetic show that any mother
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
BRUNETTES OUTLINE.
THE BLONDE WOMAN
HERE is A PRETTY SHOCK FOR
CERTAIN BUNCH OF THE
FAIR WOMEN.
(By United Press.)

CHICAGO, Aug. t1.-6ru-
nettes, taken as class, out
live blondes, according to the
statement of J. Cummins, Sec
rotary of the Equitable Life In
surance Co. of Iowa, made at
the yearly meeting Of general
agents of the company, held In
the Sherman house.
1t was while commenting
upon the fact that women who
live to be 30 years old outlive
men who have reached the
same age three to one, that
MIR. Cummins referred to the
longevity of brunettes and
blondes. On direct questioning
he admitted that artificial
blondes did not count, the fig
ures applying only in cases
where nature had performed
the work. Mr.. Cummins said
that official figures showed
blondes more subject to lung
trouble than brunettes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

CHICAGO.-C. H. Mcconnell,
druggist, will erect monument on
Gettysburg battlefield to civil war
veterans to cost $150,000 and be
"the finest memorial on any bat
tlefield in the world"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

WASHINGTON THEATN

HIGH GLASS; VAUUGvIIEE
WEEK COMMENCING SUNDAY
MATINEE, AUGUST & tS0o
1.-The Peer Of Impersonators."
Boutwell, Browne, and his COM
pany, in Cleopatra and the Live
Snake Dance" Rinaldo, The
Wandering Violinist. The Four
Stagpooles, in THE Crazy Caddie. "
Marion & Rial, in The Witch's
Power" Blanche Sloan, Queen Of
the Air" Biograph.
Matinee daily at 1880. Two
shows every evening at 1880 and
%. Prices--Matinee, Is cents:
evening, Is and rs cents.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

ever saw. Every scene shows baby
as leading man and lover, whose
heart, although 1t isn't big. beats
alone for the audience of one.
When the Schubert's asked E}sa
Ryan to take the road In "Tho
Blue Mouse" she refused because
she couldn't take baby along. And
she declined TO listen to the most
tempting offers until the moving
picture scheme was suggested as
q compromise.
And now at the hour when the
theater crowd has passed out the
little actress-mother hires IL
cent theater. There all alone in
the gloom she sees projected on a
white sheet a tiny object which to
her is more than all the world.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
PANTAeEs.

Edward Blondell, the comedian
in the little skit, THE Lost Boy"
keeps the. house in the best of
humor during the progress Of his
act.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

PARIS-General Charles Louis
Tremou appointed commander in
chief of French army to succeed
General de la Croix.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11
oRPHEUM.

The work of Marseilles, the nov
city gymnast is about as clever an
exhibition In this line as has been
seen in some time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

that he used to be in Pasadena,
California, with a sister He hurried
there. He thought he could recall
an old fashioned house with
great rose bush climbing about the
door. He dreamed that he could
walk to the place from the depot
1t was but an idle dream. No
one knew him, or his relatives.
A few days ago he came to San
Diego. He was without funds,
but Mr.. and Mrs. Hall, managers
OF hotel, have taken up his
cause and are trying to help him
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-08-11

CHICAGO.-Hernan Bell, 80
years of age, shoots and kills his
niece, Sarah Bell. age 20, because
of jealousy.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-13
Katherine Elkins to Become a Nurse

firmed that report, and ever since
Washington has been wondering what
the young woman would do. it being
assumed that her affections had been
as deeply wounded as her royal suit
or's by the breaking OF the engage
ment
1t Is now learned that Miss Elkins'
attitude toward society for the next
six months at least, and perhaps
longer, will be more serious than was
anticipated.
Arrangements have been made by
Miss Elkins to begin the serious work
of study in the homeopathic general
hospital in Washington.
The course which Miss Elkins will
have to follow, under the rules of hos.
pital training, will include attendance
at all lectures, clinics and operations
She will have to spend certain mum
Der of hours each day in various
wards observing the treatment of pa
tients and fitting herself to take tenn
peratures, dress wounds, apply band
ages and do all which nurse must
perform for the sick
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-13

VIZ Theodore
w Roosevelt retires from the presi-
Dental Office, on March 4 next, he will
have made record for numerous cab
met appointments. The last cabinet
meeting he presides over will be COM
posed almost solely of comparatively
new men. There will be but one man.
Secretary Wilson, who attended the
first cabinet meeting that Roosevelt
held in the autumn of 1901. There
win be only one other. Secretary of
the Treasury Cortelyou, who was at
the cabinet table in March, 1905, when
Mr.. Roosevelt entered upon his pres
ent term.
In the seven and a half years of his
tenure. Mr.. Roosevelt will have had
29 different cabinet officers, but not
as many different men, for Mr. Root
has served under him first as secre-
tary of war and then as secretary of
state. Mr.. Cortelyou has had three
cabinet positions under Roosevelt
commerce and labor. post Office and
treasury. Attorney General Bona.
parte first came into the cabinet as
secretary of the navy.
No other president has made SO
many changes. There have been six
secretaries of the navy since Mr.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-13

A GOOD deal of amusement was Gre
n ated at the hearing of the COM
mittee on ways and means the other
day, when a newspaper article was
brought to the attention OF the COM
mittee, stating that 1.-The ways and
means committee, which is now en-
gagged in the task of framing bill to
protect American industries, had pur-
chased toweling bearing the mark,
MADE in Great Britain" The clip
ping was passed along to the commit
teemen, and finally one of them sent
this word down to a member of the
press.
when the session is over turn up
the chair upon which you are sitting
and read the mark" This was done,
and 1t was revealed that the chair was
made in Vienna"
Further inquiry disclosed that the
gypsum upon the walls of the commit
tee room was imported from Canada,
that the carpets on the floor came
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-13

A MOTHER interesting Washington
"A romance is disclosed in the an
nouncement of the engagement OF
Preston Gibson, millionaire clubman,
athlete, author and playwright, to
Miss Grace Mcmillan Jarvis, a niece
of Lady Harrington and one of last
seasons most attractive and charm
ing debutantes.
The engagement was announced by
Miss Jarvis grandmother, Mrs.
James Mcmillan, wife of the late SEN
ator from Michigan. who was one of
the wealthiest men in the Wolverine
state.
Mr.. Gibson is a son of the late Sen
ator Randall Lee Gibson of Louisiana
and a nephew of Associate Justice Ed
ward ID. White of the United States
supreme court. He is also closely re
lated to Mrs. William F. Draper
whose husband was former ambassa
dor to Italy, both of whom are now
prominent in Washington society.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-13
Sets New Record for Cabinet Members

Roosevelt entered the White House
Long, Morton, Moody, Bonaparte, Met
calf and Newberry: and five postmas-
tiers general-Smith, Payne, Wynne,
Cortelyou and Meyer. There have
been two secretaries of state-Hay
and Root The recent announcement
that Secretary Root is to resign as
soon as he is elected to the senate
from New York and that Assistant
Secretary of State Robert Bacon OF
New York and Boston will succeed
him assures three secretaries of state
during President Roosevelts time
Mr.. Roosevelt has also had three sec
retaries of the treasury, three secre
taries of war, three attorneys general
three secretaries of commerce and two
secretaries of the interior.
Grover Cleveland, the only other
president since Grants time who has
served two terms, had but % cabinet
officers. They were in two admins
trations, separated by four-year- pc
Rod. In each of his administrations
most of the men who came into Office
with him remained at his cabine
table till the close of the four years
for which the president had beer
elected. But one of the changes IL
Mr.. Roosevelt's cabinets has been Oh
account Of death, and that was in thu
state department.
| When Mr.. Bacon becomes secretar,
of state three of the nine members o
the last Roosevelt cabinet will b.
men who were favorites at tennis ant
have been counted as members of thu
| tennis cabinet
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acknowledgements
bob" MELDRUM TO CLEAN OUT
WYOMING CATTLE RUsTLERs.
Typical Gun Fighter Will Be Pitted
Against Unknown Number of
pesperadoes Men Who
Know Say He Will Win.

Denver, Col.-"Bob" Medium, typ
ical gun-fghter of frontier days, has
been given the job of cleaning out"
the cattle rustlers who have been ma
king life miserable for the cattlemen
in one of their last western strong
holds-the Little Snake river country,
on the Colorado-Wyoming line, near
Utah.
Pitting one man against band OF
outlaws who would just as soon kill a
human being as steer, does not look
like the accepted idea of fair play
but those who know Bob" Meldrum
have no fears as to the outcome. The
| cattlemen of the Little Snake river
country are backing the sinewy, keen
eyed deputy sheriff against all the
bad men" who infest that part Of the
| country.
| For years the country adjoining the
Little Snake river has been the haunt
| of characters more or less undesir-
able. 1t is wild and unfrequented
country, remote from railroads. On the
vast ranges run countless thousands OF
cattle and sheep. There have been
bloody conflicts between the cattle
and sheep men, but finally their diff
ferences were adjusted through the
recognition of dead line" The sheep
are kept north of the Colorado-Wy
oming line, and the cattle range south
of that line, except when being driv
en- to the railroad for shipping pur
poses.
Before this dead line" was estab
Ished clashes were frequent between
herders and cowboys, and many par
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-02-13
To Embark Again on Matrimonial Sea

This is Mr.. Gibsons second venture
on the sea of matrimony. In 1900 he
married Miss Minna Field, daughter
of Henry Field of Chicago and niece
of Marshall Field. the merchant dry
goods prince. Their wedding eight
years ago was the result of ro-
nance dating from their meeting in
school, but the marriage turned out
unhappily and two years ago Gibson
and his first wife were divorced.
Shortly afterward she married Alger-
non Burnaby, member Of the British
smart Set" and they are living in
Licestershire.
After his divorce Preston Gibson
took up his residence permanently In
Washington and at once became pop
ular in the set which comprises some
of the best known beaux and bellies of
the capital. Besides being we'll
known author of Kentucky stories,
Gibson has dramatic talents. and took
a prominent part in social theatricals.
But it was as an athlete and lover OF
open air sports that Miss Jarvis came
to know him, and their love of athlet
les soon ripened into the romance
which was announced recently.
The debut of Miss Jarvis last win
ter was regarded as one of the smart
est events of the season.
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Amusing Stories on Tariff Revisers

from Brussels, and that the wood
work of the imposing throne" upon
which the committeeman sit at hear
ings, was brought over from. Italy.
In fact" said Democrat, the only
article of domestic production around
the committee room these days is the
hot air supplied by the witnesses who
appear before u.s."
All of this recalled to Democratic
members of the committee ludicrous
incident that occurred during the con-
sideration of the Dingley bill in the
house, II years ago. Nelson W. Ding
ley of Maine was in charge of the tar
i'll measure at that time. He was
speaking to the theme, I'VE should
encourage American industries"
Mr.. Dingley was followed on the
floor by Jerry Simpson of Kansas,
whose nimble wit and comic stories
are a part of the traditions of the
house. Mr. Dingley wore a high hat,
and invariably brought it into the
house with him, laying it on the chair
adjoining the one he occupied.
The gentleman should practice
what he breaches" shouted Mr.. Simp-
son, moving toward the unsuspecting
Mr.. Dingley. Picking up Mr.. Ding
ley's headgear, Simpson continued:
Il find label in the gentleman's hat
reading thus: Made in London