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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-09-30
GRUMBLETOwN.

Folks who live in Grumbletown
Show scowl and wear frown.
Never deign to crack smile.
humble. grlinble all the while
Winds are always hot or cold,
Making Grumble people scold;
Fretting. fuming. they complain
II il shine or il il rain
All their tempers are awy.
Cannot please 'ein il you Try:
Nothing right. and all things wrong
That's the burden OF their song.
lfyou live there. don't you stay
Pack your goods and move away:
Look around you-eveD hand
Shows the happy Laughter Land
Willis Warren Kent
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
NEAT JOKER IN
SUNDAY LAW

OLYMPIA, Feb. 24.-Piper of
King in the senate, and Tenant of
King in the house, slipped in a
couple of nice ones when they in
troduced bills to amend the Sunday
law prohibiting noisy games
around churches" That's was the
bill looks like, nice decent Sabbath
bills, designed to permit the pastor
or the organ to be heard Sunday
instead of the mob at the ball
game.
In reality they allow all sorts of
common sports legal right on
Sunday, provided they are not near
enough to a church to bother PEG.
pie at their devotions. The pres
ent law, always honored in its
breach, prohibits these games ir.
respective of their effect upon IA
church.
The proposed code has pro-
vision along these lines, and the
intention Is to get this through in
case the code fails to pass.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
BOARD PROBES
NEW SCHOOL
SPECIAL REPORT TO BE MADE
ON NORTH HIGH AND DE-
FECTS POINTED OUT ARE
NOT YET ACCEPTED.

The condition of the work on
the new North Central high school
as mentioned recently in The
Press, has stirred the school board
to action.
An inspection of the building
was made by the members OF the
board, after which an order was
adopted requiring the building SUI
perintendent, j. M. Raught, to
make a special report on the char
acter of the work rendered by the
contractors.
A. w. Davis of the school board
said today:
IF there is anything wrong with
the work on the building we want
to know 1t. In this respect the
article in The Press has served a
good purpose In calling attention
to the building. as any defects car
be remedied before the job is &C
cepted. The east wing of the
building. in which the unfinished
condition of the stone work due t.
It's not being pointed was mention
ed. has not yet been accepted"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
CARBARN H0[DUP owns Up

tives' Office at police headquarters
this morning, and sweated by Su.
perintendent Billingslee of the w,
w. +. Co. Deputy Prosecuting At
torney Don Kizer, Chief of Police
Rice and Detectives McPhee and
Miles. He denied his guilt until
he was being led by Detectivs Nc,
Phee back to the jail, when he
confessed.
Cashiers II. G. Caukins and III. ].
Hildebrand furnished the descrip,
ton on which the detectives work.
ed out the case against Miller.
Miller has been working for the
Washington Water Power Co. as
an extra motorman about one
month. He has heen a resident of
this part of the country for the
last Is years.
Young Hildebrand, at whom Mil.
Ter fired the shot. stated this aft.
ernoon that he would be unable TO
positively identify Miller aside
from his general outline because
he wore a broad felt mask. Miller
gave no reason for his act
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24

engaged in interstate commerce to
equip their cars with automatic
couplers and air brakes, has been
invoked in a suit for $4,000 dam.
ages filed today against the North
ern Pacific by Mrs. Geraldine Riggs
on behalf of her minor child, Geor-
gian Riggs.
The claim is made that the
father of the child. George Adams
Riggs, met his death at Toppenish,
Wash, in 1906, because of the fail
ure of the Northern Pacific to have
its cars equipped as the federal
statute required. Adams was a
brakeman and fell from the side of
car while climbing to set the iron
brakes. The handhold gave away
and threw him under the wheels.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
NO TRACE Of
MISSING COOK

AS much mystery envelopes the
disappearance of Deputy County
Auditor Cook today as the morning
after his disappearance, five weeks
ago. Cooks accounts have been
found straight and all of his bills
over the city paid, hence financial
matters could not have caused his
disappearance.
Mrs. Cook is unsettled as to
whether to believe her husband
met a violent death by suicide or
murder or simply concluded to
leave for some unknown reason.
His fellow employees in the clerks
Office have concluded that Cook is
alive and on the west side. because
If he had committed suicide or had
been killed his body would have
been found before this.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
Want to See Alien Labor
Law Passed and
Enforced.

While the fraternal organiza.
tons feel they have won a decided
victory as a result of their fight
to bar alien labor in the city, the
committee which has pushed the
matter is not ready to quit, and
will remain in session until the
aliens have been excluded In fact.
The council has instructed the
corporation counsel to draft the
ordinance, and the board of public
works has put the screws ON the
contractors, but this will not be
enough. The ordinance will have
to be passed and enforced before
the fraternal bodies are willing to
quit.
The matter came up during the
winter on account of the large
number of members in the differ
ent lodges out of work. The mem
bers of Camp 80, Woodmen of the
World, took the initiative and ad-
dressed an invitation to all of the
other fraternal bodies in the city,
asking cooperation in securing an
ordinance to bar alien labor and
give citizens the first chance.
The practice of employing aliens
Is not limited to one or two jobs,
but many contractors are said to
be awaiting themselves of cheap
labor According to George Stone
he found a crew of 10 aliens on a
piece of contract work under the
direction of Mitchell brothers.
This work against the aliens
will keep up until our object is an
accomplished fact" stated Mr..
Stone today. THE committees
will continue to meet every We'd
nesday night, and will keep tab
on the doings of the officials, and
see that the promised ordinance
is passed"
The attention of the Spokane
lodges was drawn to conditions
here by numerous applications for
relief from workingmen members
who were unable to obtain EN-
ployment in this city, while aliens
without families or property pros
pered.
This condition is the black spot
in Mayor Moore's administration.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
HARTMAN ONLY
CUSSES

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. "a
Hartman is not worried by re-
ports from New York concerning
sharp declines in steel stocks and
the effect of the steel trust war ON
Independent competitors on other
markets. He said:
Those fellows will wake ur
some of these days"
He was practicing at pistol
shooting with "Bobbie" Goelet
when interviewed. He continued:
Young man, l am no damn fool
but do not put that in the paper
II you say anything, you say
damned"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
LAW TO LETMEN
SMOKE CIGARETS

Friends Of the bill insist that this
measure is a reasonable one, In
that II prohibits boys from smoking
and lallows persons of legal age to
do as they please. AS the law
stands now, they contend that ciga-
rets are smoked and sold, and
every man who gives his friend a
pin or a paper is an offender,
contrary to reason. 1t is further
asserted that youngsters who can
pass for q have been in the habit
of Illegally buying cigarettes, and
thea on the threat of informing.
compelling tobacco dealers to fur
nish them their smokes for notn.
ing. Friends of the Byerly bill be-
lieve that this condition makes the
Byerly law all the better, but those
who will back Edge contend that
II is better for boy to smoke
cigArets than to learn the art OF
blrckmaiL
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
HIDING HIS
SWEETHEART
Parents Spoil Match but
Girl Promises to
Be True.

Miss leila Foerschler. aged IS,
1908 Frederick avenue, whose
parents, William Foerschler and
wife. have since Saturday success
fully defeated her efforts to become
the wife of her lover of three
years, Bert l.. Taylor, aged IS, 904
FORK avenue, this morning disap
peared from the city, 1t Is believed
through the agency Of her par
ents.
While It was announced by the
Gsfather last night that the girl had
given up Taylor for good, a note
received by Taylor from the girl
later in the night, telling him that
she loved him as much as ever and
was determined to be his and his
only at the earliest possible mo-
ment, seems to give an effectual
denial to this statement by the
fond father.
Mrs. Foerschler, the mother. this
morning confirmed the girls dis
appearance but refused to state
where she had gone. 1t was an
nounced last night by the father
that the girl would go east to
visit relatives and 1t is believed
that her destination Is somewhere
In the central states.
Young Taylor, who Is sick and
confined to his home because OF
worry over his troubles, will not let
the girl, for whom he secured a
marriage license last Saturday
pass out of his life so easily. Just
as 500 mas his health will permit
he intends to follow his sweetheart
to the uttermost ends of the earth
and he expects that she will keep
him posted as to her location nc
matter where she goes.
The only objection the parents
of the girl have to her marriage is
her youth. They say they will not
oppose her marriage to Taylor II
she will wait few years, but love
waits not for the pleasure of par.
ents or the weather. The young
man said he had been paying court
to the girl for three years. had
given her diamond ring and still
no objection came from the par.
ents until he had procured the Ii.
cense.
Young Taylor did talk of invok
Ing the law and tried to get the
prosecutors office to take a hand
in his case but found that he had
no legal claim on the girl until he
is Joined to her in wedlock.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
WIFE WILL FIND HUSBAND
ALMOST A SUICIDE

When Mrs. Adrian Owen of
Pomeroy, Wash, arrives here to-
day In response to summons. she
will find her husband in the Wash
ington hospital, his throat cut with
suicidal intent. He inflicted the
wound Sunday and remained for
two days and nights with little food
in his shack at Thirty-third avenue
and Division street, while his wife
waited in suspense for his return
to Pomeroy. He was found yester-
day by X. johnson of the Columbia
bar, who went to his little house
to summon him to telephone to
talk with his wife at Pomeroy.
owen severed two veins, but DR..
b. II. Roark. emergency hospital
physician, believes he will recov-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
SPOKANE COUNTY is
'DRY" OUTSIDE CITIES
AFTER NEXT TUESDAY.
Operation Of Township Law Will Put Coun
try Saloons Out Of Business for
Whole Year.

Prohibition will soon prevail in
the rural districts of Spokane
county without waiting for legisla-
tive action.
Every saloon in Spokane county
outside of the incorporated cities
and towns must go out of business
10 days after the taking effect OF
me township government law next
Tuesday, March 2.
This is the opinion handed down
by Deputy Prosecutor Ernest E.
Sargent, in charge of the legal end
of the organization of townships,
which will be effected at their first
annual meeting next Tuesday. His
opinion is upheld by ]. Stanley
Webster, chief deputy prosecutor.
In accordance Herewith no action
on the saloon question will be
taken at the Tuesday meetings.
This opinion of the prosecutors
office is based upon the require
ment in the township law that
whenever saloon licenses are to
be granted at least 10 days notice
of the pendancy of such applica-
tons must be published by the
clerk of the township. AS there
are no clerks as yet there is no
legal functionary to give the no
tice, hence the voters of the town
ships will not ballot on the ques-
ton of saloons.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
Especial to The Press.)

OLYMPIA. Feb. 24.-Representa-
tive Edge of Spokane has come for
ward in the final moments with a
bill amending the present anti
cigaret law, and this promises to
be one of the interesting matters
of the session. The bill was intro
duced by Edge by request, and has
strong backing in both houses. 1t
will provide that cigarets may he
sold to persons over II years of
age. provided the cigaret contains
no opium.
Minors, however. are prohibited
from buying cigarets. and to make
1t more stringent, 1t is an offense
for a minor to have cigarets or
cigaret papers found on him. The
possession OF the markings" by a
minor brings him up before the
juvenile court, and his confession
as to who gave them to him viii
not save him from the penalty.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND
SHOOTING THE WORK OF
JAMES X. MILLER, A MOTOR
MAN IN EMPLOY OF THE
COMPANY.

James X. Miller, motorman No.
1926 OF the Washington Water
Power Co. confessed to the police
this afternoon that he is the man
who attempted to hold up the
cashiers at the w. w. p. car barns
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning,
firing shot at Fl. J. Hildebrand.
Miller, married man. aged
about 35 years and resident of
Lidgerwood, was arrested on sHs.
ptcion by Detective Miles this
morning, after his actions had
been watched closely all day yes
terday and last night He has al.
ready served term of one year
in Walla Walla for the theft of q
check mt Elk. Wash. several years
ago, the police say.
He was taken 10 the city detec-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
OIL
ATTACKS THE
GOVERNMENT

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Charging
that the government is abusing the
Elkins act by making 1t means OF
revenue instead of a means to vim
dictate the law, Attorney Miller,
representing the Standard OIL Co.,
today attacked the indictment un-
der which the company was fined
S29,000,000.
Miller was arguing in support OF
motion that the court fix a unit
by which the offenses on which
Standard Oil can be convicted may
be measured.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
EAGLES HOLD OUT
FOR $4,000 PRICE

Spokane aerie No. 2, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, has been offered
$4,000 for one-half of it's 80 feet
of ground on Madison street, be-
tween Riverside and Sprague, next
to the CRANKY Court building. Ii
the offer is made $4,000 it will be
accepted, and the money used in
the erection of a business block
and lodge building combined. The
ground was purchased by the
Eagles three years ago for $4,000
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24

The township law places the r..
suance of saloon licenses In the
hands of the voters of the several
townships, and expressly stipulateS
that all saloon licenses shall ex-,
pire 10 days after the township
government law becomes opera,
tive in any county. Under this
provision all saloons in the county
outside of the cities and towns
must cease business at IL midnight
on March IL. AS no provision has
been made for their relicensing in
Spokane county they must keep
their doors closed until the next
annual meeting of the townships,
when the saloon question can legal
ly be submitted to the voters. This
means a dry" season for one
whole year.
This means that such notorious
places as the Flo Darling road,
house on East Sprague avenue and.
the Montgomery saloon at Elk
must go out of business, notwith-
standing all the efforts made to
keep them in existence.
Saloon men affected may take
the matter to court, but at the
present status of the case the sher-
ifs Office will stand behind the
townships to see that the law is
enforced as interpreted by the
county prosecutor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
ARKANSAS TORNADO KILLS II
entire TOWN DEMOLISHED
AND GALE STILL RACES

eight people killed. Six were kill
ed in Woodruff county.
Torrential rains accompanied the
tornado, which is still raging.
NORFOLK, Neb., Feb. 24.-This
section is in the grip of another
blizzard. For the fourth time in
three. weeks railroad traffic in
northern Nebraska and southern
South Dakota is blocked by snow
drifts. Trains are stalled and
telephone wires crippled,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
SPOKANE SETS THE PACE

Kootenai. Idaho, has a booster
club modelled after the 150,00 club
in this city and to insure success
a member of the Spokane club is
secretary Of the Koontenai club,
which assumes the modest name OF
the 5000 club. Glenn b. Powell,
the secretary, has written to Sec
rotary A. w. Jones asking him to
give data as to where to get but
tons for his club.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24

er. His act resulted from despon-
dency over financial affairs, accord
ing to his friends. He lay uncon-
scious on the floor of his house for
some little time, but when he re-
gained his senses he was afraid to
go out to ask his neighbors for
help and consequently remained
in his house with nothing but
water to drink and a few spoonfuls
of food.
Owen is SO years old and con-
ducts steam laundry at Pomeroy
He came here a few days ago to
attend to business matters. The
house in which he attempted to
end his life is situated on one of
a group of six lots he owns. and
he generally stayed there when in
Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
BUSINESSMEN FAVOR
MORE SCHOOL MONEY

The special committee Of the
chamber of commerce, consisting
of w. S. McCrea. Sam Glasgow, Il.
F. Waggoner and F. w. Dewart,
has reported unanimously in favor
of an appropriation of 100000 to
be used Immediately for increas-
ing Spokane school facilities. The
committee visited number of the
schools and then decided more
buildings and enlargement OF
many Of the old buildings is Inn.
perative.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
BILLY SUNDAY A BOOSTER

The work of making Billy Sum
day a member of the 10000 club
was the result of securing another
booster at Aurora, Ill. Secretary
Jones has received a letter from
Ernest S. Epley asking that he bo
sent a button or badge Of tina
club. He states he has many
friends in Spokane and seeing that
Sunday was admitted to the club,
wants to do his share of boosting
for Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
BURIED WORKMEN
RESCUED ALIVE

SEATTLE, Feb. 24.-After being
imprisoned 40 feet beneath the sur
face for "a hours in imminent
danger of being crushed to death
by tons of dirt as the result of a
cavein of the north trunk sewer,
near the exposition grounds, a
crew of men were rescued this
morning.
All night the rescuers worked,
and finally broke through to the
narrow chamber where their COM
rades were held.
Scores, including friends and
relatives, greeted the prisoners.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb. "a
Fourteen persons killed and scores
injured, live stock destroyed and
one town demolished, is the record
today of tornado that swept east
ern Arkansas. Owing to the gale
wire communication is interrupted
and 1t Ia impossible to ascertain
full details.
The greatest damage was done
at Fisher, In Poinsett county,
which town was destroyed and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
AGENT
KILLED BY
R0lD()P

HUTCHINSON, Kas., Feb. "a
Robbers entered the Office of the
Wells Fargo Express Co. in the
Santa Fee depot last night and kill
ed the agent, Jesse Haymaker, who
refused to open the safe.
They then cracked the safe and
stole large sum of money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
TURKS LIFT BOYCOTT

CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. ga
protocol settling difference between
Turkey and Austria over boycott,
placed by the former on Austrian
goods, was signed this afternoon
and the boycott Immediately lifted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
WANTS S., 900, 900
EOR SPOKANE PARKS

DIR. George Wharton James OF
Pasadena has gone A. l.. White
FIVE better in the matter of public
improvements. and Mt the meeting
Of the chamber of commerce ad-
vocated the issue OF bonds to the
amount of s5,0O0,000 tor park and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
TO RECEIVE BOB EVANS

The 10000 club has planned a
reception at the Hall of the Doges
to be rendered to Rear Admiral
Robley d. Evans on his arrival in
Spokane March 49,. The time for
the reception has not been set, but
1t will probably be at noon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
MORAN AFTER ATTELL
THIRD TIME

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Owen
Moran, English featherweight who
fought two draws with Abe Attell,
today issued a challenge to Attell
for a third battle. Moran posted
$4,000 to bind the match.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
MEN GET WORK TRUST
KEPT THEM OUT OF

, CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-One
} effect of the steel trusts
, war on indepe ndent COM
, petitors Is the employment
, Of large additional forces
, here. Orders for 1000 tons
, OF steel rails will neces-
} state $500 more men. Fur
, naces idle for many weeks
, have been reopened. The
, trusts price list shows a re-
, duction on all steel goods.
4 n n a n 4 a a y a a = a = a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
TWELFTH JUROR in
PAT CALHOUN TRIAL

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. "a
Thomas Lockwood, sawmaker. was
accepted this morning as the
twelfth temporary Juror in the
Calhoun trial.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
NOT
YET THROUGH

boulevard improvements. DR..
James is an ardent advocate OF
city Identification and stood be-
hind Mr.. White in his effort to Sc
cure park sites while land can lie
secured at a reasonable figure.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
BILLINGS AFTER CONGRESS

CHEYENNE. Feb. 24.--Today's
attendance at the dry farming con-
gross is greater than yesterdays.
Billings, Mont, will probably SET
the next congress.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
TRAIN PLUNCES
OVER LOFTY
CLIFF

GUAYQUlL, Ecuador, Feb
} 24.-Between rs and 80
persons were killed today
when train on the main
line toppIed over a 100 foot
) cliff near Rio Bamba.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-24
.INVOKES FEDERAL
LAW FOR CHILD

The federal statute passed in
1898, requiring railway companies
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1909-05-21
KEEP THE CHILDREN OFF.
THE STREETS.

One of the most humiliating
sights to see in our city is at GER
tain times in the evening, and
especially on Sunday afternoons
are congregated a dozen or more
of our young boys and girls, in
their teens, before the place of
one of our business men to talk,
laugh loud, halloo, run, jump
in short act the part of monkey
in the eyes of all civil people.
The good children from the. Snn-
day Schools are often mixed in
with the bad element that don't
attend Sunday School, and are
simply stationed there to catch
who they can. It must indeed be
di.tastful to those young business
men to have them lettering
around their store, yet they hate
to complain. Very soon the peo-
pie who pass by will complain;
so we are now warning the
parents to put stop to their
children lettering there. A hint
to the cautious parent is sufficient.
These sights are the ones that
degrade us before the world. No
good can come from it. Let us
put a stop to it now.