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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-04

THAT IS PROFITABLE. Other peo-
pie will realize that you are living
In live town and move IL.
We are doing what we can to put
up a front for our town. Lend a
hand, OF, better still. let US help you
do it.
The right kind of stationery will
help ycIr business front and the
front of the town.
DON'T pc EN ALSO RAN" in
your business. Don't Let your town
be classed "amon4 tho-> men
toned" When new Business or
the opening Of q new facto-y is un-
der discussion get up to tie 'front.'.
Arranging and rerci~iay business
fronts is CIR speciality
BOW IS YOUr E2OlsT7
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-04

Way up in style and way
down in price are the hats
shown at Chapmans.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-04

7. a. Lynch, of Richmond
is here to vote, etc.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-04
z ON

Ex-Governor Montague says: 81
appointed Henry C. Stuart on the
Corporation Commission because /
recognized his supreme honesty, and
his ability to do injustice to none.
and | am glad to asy that every re-
quirement has been fully met"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-04

Hosiery to match your
gown at CHAPMAN'S.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-04
Board of District Stewards Meet

The Board of District Stewards of
the Methodist church met here on
yesterday in the Methodist church.
The board is composed of one repre-
sentative from each circuit in the
district. They apportion the amounts
TO be raised for beneNolence among
The churches, fixing the salary of the
presiding elder, etc.
EOLEYSKIDNEYpEaYS
Eos bAcsAcsg k,osgvs ANo BlAooes
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1910-11-04
Travelling Goods

1t matters not whether your
trip will take you to South
port or Scotland. there's
some things that are abso-
lutely essential to real com
fort. Travelling goods that
will stand the "hard knocks
of bouncing baggagemen" ARE
shown here at prices that
will not allow you to think
of taking a trip without en-
joying the pleasures. --
CHAPMAN'S.
Serviceable Goa [ S for
school girls and little girls
at CHAPMAN'S.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
JE[LSETT
NEW CHIEF
DEPUTY
Sheriff Stone Makes Some
Very Good Appoint
mentS.

Sher;f-elect George e. Stone to-
day announced his list Of deputies
The list of made up of democrats
and republicans, picked from
among $50 applicants.
Sheriff-elect Stone says that he
has made the selections that he
thought best after weighing all con
siderations. The men selected will
be given the appointments with the
understanding that they must make
good to hold their jobs.
From all indications Mr.. Stone
has selected corps of efficient as
sistants, and in this reslVct will
probably come as near pleasing the
men who elected him as 1t is posi-
BILE under such conditions to do.
A. ii. Jellsett. emergency Officer
at the police department. is the
chief deputy. Mr.. Jellsett is prom
limit among the Scandinavian peo
pie, has the experience, and will nc
doubt make good in the position.
David Hyatt. the office deputy,
has been an express messenger on
the Northern Pacific.
Christopher Baumhoefer resides
on Bridge avenue and has been a
team owner.
II. A. Jarvis Is the president of
the Central Labor council and one
of the best known men in the labor
movement.
Captain J. f. Clark is a promi-
nent Grand Army man and a pro-
gressive republican and member
OF the republican county commit
tee.
William Reynolds comes from
Medical Lake, where he is one of
the owners of Camp Comfort. He
was a republican candidate for rep
resentative from the Fourth dis
trict in the recent primaries.
Frank Rase is travelling sales
man for musical instruments.
l.. o. Cain Is prominent union
man and along with Jarvis was
recommended by the Central Labor
council.
lver Sorenson Is a liveryman,
large property owned and former
business associate of Mr.. Stone.
j, M. Murphy is contracting
teamster and was formerly a jailer
at the county Jail. He will be the
head jailer under Mr.. Stone
Il. M. Allen will be the stenog-
rapher and Mrs. Elizabeth Warren
will be continued as matron.
A. II. eJllsett, emergency officer
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
E CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS. FIVE CENTS.
The Thing Most Desired

Through series of articles describing the commission
form OF government The Spokane Press started the
ment for an improved charter here The Press believes
that the commission idea of city government is good and
naturally it desired to the best charter possible
commission lines adopted in Spokane
But there is radical difference between theory and
practice No intelligent man who thoroughly
studies the proposed charter help but feel that it is
extremely weak in vital particulars. OF course
tese weak points may be remeded at the following
ton members of the revision committee have suggested
themselves, but that is in itself bad admission.
AS stated last week. this newspaper intends to print the
facts about the weak points well the good points, 1t
urges all citizens to carefully follow the arguments for
and against the charter and to decide for themselves De-
cember 28 Spokane is going to go ahead with the
ment for better government whether the charter is
rejected adopted choice of honest and able officials
and the elimination of the present inefficient band in the
city hail. is after ALL the thing most desired by the people
of Spokane.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
DOLLAR GAS REASONABLE!

In opening campaign for DOLLARS GAS The
asking what country years
them relegaed
long
II to talk of dollar in most of the cities Of the
extorionyet dollar awu where
the held $3.50 dividends
tered stock 60 Wall Street
addition dollar gas company should be
PEELED south hills and give the
growing population of these sections service.
There hundred cities in American with population
ranging LESS THAN DOL
LAR PER 1000 In the city of Indianapolis there is
ganzed financed by sells 80 cents
l000 the Pacific several cities with
while the is still
$75 with 25cent rebate II paid
before the 10th Of the month.
passed public trade
charge old Spokane The people will take
of the in the election by choosing men for office
who will be pledged to dollar
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
0DOYOU =
KNOW 4:

That on Christmas day, 1860, the
only people Of Spokane who cele-
brated Christmas were on old buck
Indian, his sQuaw, three papooses
and an old pinto cayuse; and they
went fishing?
That Stevens county, although
more cut up than any other county
of the state, is still the largest?
That near Daisy, WASH, In the
PinIfSok country, there still stands
the cr,tnbling remains of an old log
"block house." which was much
used in the early days when all
freight for the northern part of the
Inland Empire was hauled in wag-
ons from Fort Walla Walla.
That Waite's lake, a few miles
from Valley. Wash, and right on
top of a mountain, is supposed to
be the crater Of an extinct volcano?
That the Blackfoot Indians Of
Montana and the Dakotas once
came as far west as Republic.
Wash, on raiding expeditions?
That Hillyard had newspaper
more than IA years ago? II was
called the Hillyard Headlight, and
It soon went out.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 19.-
No, it isn't modernized portrait
of Queen Elizabeth, nor is it the
portrait of Queen Mary or any of
the other queens of Europe, but it
Is the latest portrait of the first
lady of the United States, Mrs. Will
liam Fl. Taft.
She isn't really queen, of
course, but still-well, do you see
the resemblance? Do you remem-
Der the portrait of Queen Eliza
beth in the school history for in
stance-now do you see the re.
semblance? The earrings made
prominent, The filmy scarf
draped into a suggestion of the
Elizabethan ruff, the pointed bod
ice, the position of the hands, the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

taper fingers, the tiara, and the
palace.
The new portrait of Mrs. Taft,
painted by B. Kronstrand, a
Swedish artist, has arrived in
Washington and has been hung
in the reception room at the White
House (where the populate can see
it, because every visitor to Wash
ington is admitted to the reception
room.
Mrs. Taft posed for the painting
at Beverly last summer. In all
there were 20 sittings. Now that
kronstrand has painted the presi-
dents wife, he will set up a
studio in Washington, and hopes to
do a Hand office business among
the smart set this winter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
TO CHANGE
LAWS On
CONTEMPT
Storm of Protest Against
Sentencing Seattle Star
Editors.
(sy United Press Leased WIre)

(6y United Press Leased Wtre)
SEATTLE, Dec. 19.-A storm Of
protests from the city and from
outside have piled into the Seattle
Star office following the sentenc-
ing Of two editors Of the Seattle
Star late Friday afternoon for con-
tempt of court. The Fremont Bap-
tist church congregation yesterday
unanimously passed a 1000 word
resolution commencing the editors
and pledging them their utmost
support in their fight for the peo.
Pile of the Duwamish valley, now
at the mercy Of the traction trust.
From all over the country wires
have poured into the Star offices
from editors and publicists, urging
them to continue the fight for a
free press and the right to COM
ment on court decisions.
Already bills are being drafted.
taking from judge the right to try
his own contempt cases, and others
wiping the principle of construc.
tive contempt-that is, contempt
outside the court room-from the
statute books of the state.
That the matter will be fought
out in the legislature which meets
early in January seems a certain
ty. The contempt law, involving
the right of free press and the
Injunction law will both come be-
fore the legislature.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
Never touched me-

Never touched me.
The man who muttered this as he
lurched out of the way of a deliv-
cry wagon which swung swiftly
around the corner of Howard
street and Main avenue this morn
ing, was manifestly under the
'fluence of that delightful concoc-
ton which inebriates as well as
cheers.
Missing the wagon by the barest
fraction of an inch, he was drawn
back by a fellow pedestrian, just in
time to escape the whirling wheels
of an automobile which honked
merrily over the spot where the in
ebriate had stood but a moment
before.
/. Never touched me-" he muir
INJURED again, as he Strengthened up
and once more started wabbling
across the street.
A street car came changing down
the line, and the man who was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
INSURGENTS
.ST0PTRAINS
(By United Press Leased Wire)

Ell PASO, Tex, Dec. 19.-lnsur-
gents stopped all northbound
Mexico Northwestern trains at Pc
dernales today and ordered them to
return. Telegraph and telephone
lines beyond that point were cut.
1t was rumored that a fierce battle
was in progress on the outskirts
Of Pedernales. The action of the
insurrectos in interfering with the
railroad traffic caused widespread
expressions of Indignation.
Scores of American soldiers of
fortune, hearing the news. started
for the scene, some of them offer
ing to take the trains forward.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
SCHOOL
HOUSE BURNS
(By United Press Leased Wir.A

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BOISE, Ida, Dec. 19.-With
six hundred children seated at
their desks, a school house at
Rexburg caught fire this after
noon and was destroyed. Every
scholar and the teachers es-
escaped. When the fire alarm
sounded, the students formed
in line quickly and marched to
safety. There was little dis
order. The fire is believed to
have started from a defective
furnace.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
MARRIED WOMEN FORCED
INTO SLAVERY, SAYS PASTOR

glect of children, allowing bad com.
panionship and lax discipline, and
stated that there was ample evi
dence of criminal matrimony right
here in Seattle, where men have
married young girls for the sole
purpose of perpetuating the white
slave traffic
DR.. Matthews also attacked the
moving picture theaters, which he
declared, displayed films of revolt
ing character. Some of the Seattle
scent resorts, DR. Matthews stated,
are simply maintained as rendez-
Vous for young men and women.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 19.-TO
newspaper reporters today, DR.
Mark A. Matthews, Seattle's in.
surgent preacher and pastor of the
wealthy First Presbyterian church,
reiterated statements made from
his pulpit last night. charging that
hundreds of young married women
arecompelled to practice customs
by their husbands that eventually
lead to white slavery. The sermon
created a profound sensation. The
speaker laid stress on parental ne
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
PRATT IS
EXP0SD BY
ATTORNEY
Read This Argument, to Get
Other Side Of Charter
Issue.
. . . . . . Q . q . Q Q 900
= LIVELY COMMENT BY ROB- Z.
. ERTSON.

. "Who was the 'nigger in the q
. woodpile' that cut out the =
. right to install a municipal q
. lighting plant and regulate .
= lighting and gas charges in .
= the new charter?" =
Mayor Pratt says that he q
= is hampered by the city coun- q
= Gil; that he hasn't got power .
= enough. From our experience =
= in the last 1S months we can .
= all join and say, Thank God, =
= he hasn't got any more" .
= "A cry of Stop Thief has .
. been raised by Mayor Pratt, .
= after his administration has q
. been convicted. his chief of Z
. police forced to quit and the Z
= city government brought to Z
= the verge of disruption by Z
= him. What we need more is Z
= new chief executive instead .
. of new charter" =
. 'The new charter was pre- .
= pared by men who did not =
. either know what they were .
= doing or else deliberately de- q
= ceived the peopl" =
= "Whn our forefather signed Z
= the Declaration of Independ- Z
. ence they voted one-man gov Z
= ernment to everlasting perdi- Z
= tion. Now We are asked to =
= restore it in Spokane to aid in Z
. the ambitions of a clique of =
. discredited politicians" Z
= "They say organized labor Z
. stands behind this proposed 4
. charter. / doabt it, because Z
. it is inimical to the best .
= things that organized labor y
= stands for. The charter does =
= not mean to give a square q
= deal to the skilled mechanic, =
. no more than does it mean to Q
. deal fairly by the small home .
. owner" Q
. "In this proposed charter y
. three men control and one =
. man will dominate the three. q
. These men levy their own .
= taxes, audit their own ac- .
= counts. act as their own treas =
= urer. and are accountable af- .
. ter election only unto them .
= selves. The cZar of Russia q
= possesses no more power than q
. they" =
= Il am not willing to trust .
= to the intellect of John 4. =
. Blair as to the efficiency and .
= integrity of the new charter" .
= - . . . = 90 . . . . .
For one hour and half Sunday
afternoon at the Auditorium the
ater Attorney F. c. Robertson dis
sected the proposed new city char
ter. He took 1t up article by arti-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
SPOKANE MEN SAVE MONEY SHAVING THEIR OWN
FAIR CHEEKS BUT THEY ARE LOSING BEAUTY BY Il
BARRIERS Say That Their
Business Has Fallen Off
Since Advent of the Safety
Razor, But They Are Still
Doing Business.

Next"
According to some pessimists,
we are doomed to live to see the
day when this old familiar cry will
become extinct.
YES" said a well-know Spokane
barber, mos everybod' shave
himself nowadays. All we do the
livelong day is cutta the hair, cutta
the hair, cutta the hair. Some days
we wash the scalp, and once in a
while we give the massage. But
the shave-O, the beautiful shave
that we can give you no more
Continues on Page Six.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
NEVER TOUCHED ME-!

overloaded barely scrambled out OF
the way in time to escape injury
Then he reached the curb and
fell.
A call was sent in for the patrol
wagon, and the intoxicated one was
soon bundled aboard and started
for the station.
As the wagon rumbled away to-
ward the police station, the in.
eMiate waved his hand drunkenly
toward the little crowd which had
gathered and called a good natured
farewell
Never touched me-" he said.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
D . . . . . - . y . 900 4
, WILL LIVE ON ROOF 4
OF OFFICE BUILDING

. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. II.
. Herbert II. Law, who, with
. his brother, DR. Hartland Law,
. Is owner of the Monadnock
. building, 12-story structure
. on Market street, is to become
= a roof dweller on his property.
. plans for dwelling con-
= tanning drawing room, bed
. chambers and garden wall
Q to be built on the Monadnock
. roof will be submitted to the
. Laws today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

SANTA ROSA. Cal. Dec. 49,
The trial of DR.. Willard p. Burke,
on charge of having dynamited
the dwelling of Miss Lu Eta Smith
at the Burke sanitarium, was con-
tinued today by Judge Emmett
Sewell until Wednesday morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
BERTHS
NOW COST LESS

(By United Press Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The
interstate commerce commission
today ordered the rates for upper
berths in Pullman cars reduced to
basis Of 80 per cent Of the price
of the lowers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
MUCH OBLIGED,
MIR. ALDRICH

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Dec. 19.-
Nelson W. Aldrich unequivocalIy
declined to run for United States
senator for another term today. A.
drich announced he would not allow
his name to be considered even IL
the legislature became hopelesssiy y
deadlocked on other candidates.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

BALTIMORE-If the ideas of
the National Civil Service Reform
association prevail the government
will extend the merit system in all
including some 10000
political appointments.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

SAN FRANCISCO.-It Is expect
ed that the police will place a
c.Garge of grand larceny against
eachi of the four suspects arrested
in connection with the Humboldt
bullion robbery, and for that reason
THE hearing of the writ of habeas
corpus was postponed until today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
TACOMA SCHOOL
IS BURNED DOWN
(By United Press Leased Wire,

10Y OV6tvu F'esa GodSeu ""0V
TACOMA, Dec. 19.-The Vashon
military academy, a four-story
building on the island Of Vashon
was totally destroyed by fire OF
unknown origin early today.
Fifteen students occupied rooms
in the academy building, but all
escaped injury. The dormitory
and the gymnasium, which were
separate from the main structure
were saved. The loss will amount
to several thousand dollars.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
WILD SCENE
FOLLOWS
DISASTER
(sy United Press Leas:d Wire)

(sy United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-A toll of
IL persons dead, eight missing
and so injured resulted today from
an explosion Of carload Of dyna-
mite that was set off by a minor
explosion of a tank of acetyIene
gas in the New York Central rail.
road milk depot this morning.
The dead:
MRS. MARY POKE.
FRANCIS KELLY.
c. M. MORROW.
PATRICK JORDAN.
FRANK PAGE.
e. B. LlVERMORE.
THREE BODIES UNIDENTI-
FLED.
After the explosion ambulances
from every part of Manhattan were
hurrying to the scene. Police re-
serves quickly followed the fire
men to the ruins that marked the
big plant, and the work of fighting
the flames and rescuing the dead
and injured began.
With the nearby buildings in a
shattered condition and threatening
to topple over on the rescuers, fire
men, police, physicians and news.
papermen carried scores of wound.
ed to the ambulances or placed the
dead in an improvised morgue in
the New York Central railroad
yards.
FIVE HUNDRED CHILDREN
PANIC STRICKEN.
With the first shock of the ex.
plosion 500 children, patients in
the Children's Mercy hospital, be.
came panic stricken and those able
| to leave their cots rushed for the
doors. A score of the little ones
were trampled in the wild rush for
safety. Every window in the hos
pital was blown in and many OF
the children and nurses were cut
with broken glass. The panic was
checked before any of the patients
was seriously hurt.
In the meantime $4,000 persons
had surged around the blazing
ruins and the police fought with
the crowds to keep them back sc
that the work of rescue might &C
on.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
} = . . . . . . . . Q . . 90
, OBLIGES FRiEND; PAY
, COURT $50 AND COSTS

EVERETT, Dec. 16.-Jacob
Cohen's kindness to a friend Z
} cost him $50 and trial ex- I
penses in the superior court :
today. Cohen sold the friend Z
pint of whisky for % cents, 4
in a dry town. and the friend :
informed on him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
ISLAND SINKS;
I7O ARE DROWNED

19-seventy families, consisting
the island which
earthquake Saturday
Word Of
1t 5L miles The
lagoon
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
CANCELS LUMBER SCHEDULES
fBy United Press Leased WIre.)

(6y United Press Leased Wlre.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 19.-The In
terstate commerce commission to-
day cancelled the schedules on
through shipments Of lumber from
points on the Tacoma Eastern rail
road to points reached by other
railroads. A new schedule will be
decided on later. II was announced.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

VANCOuVER,-One Of the pigs
on James Morgan's farm has two
sets of teeth. one set by nature. and
the other by acquisition, its master
having dropped his,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

For one hour and half Sunday
afternoon at the Auditorium the
ater Attorney F. c. Robertson dis
sected the proposed new city char
ter. He took 1t up article by arti-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-13
Easter Mxtha and Customs.

Many and varied are the supersti-
lions, ideas and customs which cluster
around Easter. One Of the best known
Is that it is unlucky TO neglect the
wearing of new attire on Easter day.
This widely prevalent custom original
ed, 1t is said, with the young people
Of Yorkshire. England, who never fan
to provide for themselves some new
article Of dress or OF personal adorn-
ment. firmly believing that unless they
do the crakes or rocks Will ayenge
the neglect by damaging their cloth
ing. 1t Is held to be a good omen II
one sees a lamb the first thing on
Easter morning. The lamb, 1t Is TO
be noted, should be standing erect and
looking toward one to augur the most
felicitous results.
The weather on Easter day Is also
specially significant. This Is a point
for forecasters. IL the sun blazes out
on Easter day, that is very good au-
curry, for 1t is sure to shine again on
whitsundsy in May. An old couplet
tells US that
a SOOQ Oe6t OF ram On E<dsttE ody
Gives a good crop OF grass. but little good
hay
The direction from which the wind
blows should also be carefully noted
II the wind is In the east 1t Is said
that there Is great virtue in the water
used on Easter day.
A curious fable connected with Eas-
ter day is that on that day the sun
could be seen to dance. a superstition
which has readily been traced to hea-
then origin 1t was the custom during
the ancient pagan spring festivals. Of
which the modern Easter Is an adapta-
ton, for the sun worshipers who held
these ceremonies to dance at festival
In honor of the sun after the vernsi
equinox.-Leslie's Weekly.