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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
A GRAVE CHARGE
AGAINST MATRONS
DORA FALK ALLEGES THEY TRIED TO MAKE HER
GIVE TESTIMONY BY THREATS
AND SWEATING"

Dora FaIk. the girl who escaped
from the Salvation Army Rescue
home about week ago, makes the
grave charge, from her place Of
hiding, against two Of the police
matrons at the city Jail that they
told her IL she would make a state.
ment attacking some Of the testi-
mony in the Sullivan council hear
ing she would Immediately be CIV
en- her liberty, but that II she did
not do this she would be sent up
for six months. She also charges
that she was knocked down with
q blow In the abdo men, delivered
by one Of the matrons.
The girl says: "They asked me
to say that what Libbie Morgan
swore to about paying the police
tribute was false, that the Elliott
case was a lie and that the story
of Marjorie Allen as to paying the
police tribute was untrue. / could
not give these statements because
did not know Libbie Morgan.
had never taken any part In the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
PERSONAL VIEW
OF ". H. TAFT
UNITED PRESS CORRESPONDENT TALKS WITH
HIM-TARIFF AND THE CANAL
Copyright, 1910, by The United Press.)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20The purpose of this article
is to give newspaper readers intimate personal view of
their president, William Howard Taft, just if it
possible for each to call upon him today at the White
House and talk affairs uppemost in his mind 1t
president he may hear why Mr. Taft is fighting an
effort to destroy his nonpartisan permanent tariff
mission plan 1t purposes to let the reader hear from
him, the why every American should swell with
pride at the successful construction of the great Panama
canal.
The writer found the president busy engaged, con-
fonted all sides by appeals of congressman chickering's
of politicians, demands of office seekers and yet withal
serene earnest and cheerfuy optimistic
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

Elliott case and knew nothing
about the affairs of Marjery Allen.
ut was then that / told them
that l knew The Press people and
some OF the women in the matr0n
fight, and on my agreeing to tell
them about these they promised
me my release. Ihad never been
arrested before. and while had
heard of people being sweated, I
did not exactly know what 1t weant
until then. The matrons would
not let me loose till l told them
everything that knew and all OF
my whole life. When they had
sweated me to their satisfaction
they then took me before the bald!
headed preacher (Rev. HindleyJi
and another old man. and had mo
repeat to them some Of the things
they sweated out of me In the cen.
II did not steal that baby cab.
as charged, and can prove my in-'
nocence, but there 10 no justice Ia
that court. so long as the matrona'
and Sullivan's friends on the police
line up against you."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

and head crushed. Died at hospi-
tai.
John Gore. bridge carpenter,
lives at Second and Monroe; skull
fractured. arm broken and badly
bruised about the back. He will
probably die.
c. f. Whipple. signalman, 720
Laura street; right arm and back
bruised, terribly scalded by steam
from the wrecked engine. VIII die.
l.. S. Frisk. engineer, 0290l Napa
street; badly scalded and leg bad.
ly bruised.
j. Beck. carpenter; side and leg
bruised
Whipple. who will die. has wife
and five children. Two of the
children are married.
Warren has a wife and several
Continued on Pace Two.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
NEW PURE FOOD LAW.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.--In or
der to conform with the pure food
laws all packages of foods will have
to bear a statement of the exact
measure of the contents on the la
bel, II a substitute bill to be sub
mitted to the house today by Rep
resentative Mann of Illinois be.
comes law. The substitute bill
is calculated to take the place OF
Mann's original amendment to the
puro food law.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

NEGLECT
CHARGED
Strain Too Great on Struc-
ture-Two Men
Will Die.

Criminal careIessness on the part
Of Contractor John Fife is charged
to be the cause of the collapse OF
a temporary bridge on East Second
avenue between Denver and Arthur
| streets, In which one man was
killed and five injured, four seri-
ousiy and two of whom undoubted-
Iy will die.
A gang of men employed on the
bridge were engaged in moving a
donkey engine from part of the
structure which had already been
erected to the falsework further
out In the gulch, and the cable from
the winding reel of the engine was
run over big derrick and attached
an an anchor at the west side OF
the gulch.
PINNED BENEATH TiMBERs
When the power was turned on
and the engine began to move
along its skids onto the falseworl,
the strain was too great for the i'm
properly braced temporary struc
ture to withstand and II collapsed
carrying -four men down with II and
pinning two beneath the falling
timbers, where they lay In a tangle
OF bloodstained wreckage until res
cued by fellow workmen and neigh
bors who rushed to the scene oil
the accident.
LIST OF INJURED.
The men who were carried down
in the wreck are:
Sidney Powell. GIG College ave
nue. bridge carpenter; badly cul
about the head. tace and arms
skull fractured. May die.
G. Warren. sloG Ferry. fireman
CT the dcakey engine; back broker
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testimony GROWS
SENSATIONAL
(By United Press Leased Wire }

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 20.--With the appearance
the stand this morning of Mr. j. NJ Bowel controller
of customs former controller of Chinese immigration the
inquiry into the alleged frauds in connection with Chinese
immigration took turn bordering the sensational.
Besides dealing with the question of the passports and the
exemptions from head tax the probe applied to the
watch system of the customs service far related
to the smuggling in of Chinese and it revealed service
which had totally failed to do its duty and which has
probably permitted the admission into Canada of very
considerable number of Chinese stowaways
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
|SEATTLE'S CHIEF OF
POLICE HOLDS JOB
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire)
SEATTLE, Wn. Dec. 20.-Mayor Gill will not fire
Chief Wappensten result Of the graft committees
findings.
"Im not going to fire him because those say so, said
the mayor this morning. Im going to read this testi-
mony, then III do what think best
Remove Wappenstein chief of police"
That was the recommendation of the graft investigating
committee before the city council last night, after the
most exhaustive investigation Of the underworld Seattle
saw.
The report presented, adopted by the council
with but two dissenting votes. Mayor Gill was present
at the council session in a defiant mood
Gambling places, notorious dance halls and vicious
resorts unchecked the report stated and this could
not possibly have happened without the knowledge Of the
police That it protected from prosecution the n-
vestigators convinced
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
OENN|NG
GOES OUT
(By United Press.)

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec.
20.-Earl Denning's cham
pionship aspirations are a
minus quantity today, his
bout here with Johnny Cou-
lon last night, having con
vinced him that the path to
the crown is a stony one to
follow. Denning was dis
posed of by Coulon in the
fifth round. A ght-handed
punch to the jaw did the
work.
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SOME GOOD POINTS

lot has been said
charter II repeat statement some Of its
charter
campaign except the best city people
idea Of Is
and progressive The idea Of having five directly
sponsible the instead undy
machine with no central responsibility good The length the
injustice at the hands officials
voting has desirable
The referendum is absolutely
II will be fine opinion
that the effectiveness Of has beer nued
for universal transfers step f.rsrd 1t isn't nucd
the coed features
yesterday the people
win
charter
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
TEAMSTER
IS killer

CHICAGO, Dec. aO.-J John Don-
nelly. a teamstcr, employed by Gaz~
ment manufacturers whose en-
ployes are ON strike. was shot and
killed today. The police seek hta
assailant among the striking ear.
ment workers. After he had beon
shot Donnelly drova hia hornoo
halt a nile before becoming uncc1r
scious. He died later et Z hospitlk
The police have no clcw ~ e the
murderer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
BIG STRIKE
IS SETTLED
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Dec 2O."Strike settled; men
report for work Wednesday; particulars by mail"
The above telegram announcing the settlement of the
strike of $500 machnsts the Missouri Pacific railway
received this afternoon from A. 0. Wharton of st.
Louis business agent of the machnsts by j. G. Taylor
agent for the machnists union living in Sacramento
The $500 men receiving minimum of 81 cents an
hour They struck for 40 cents hour and better
dons. The company granted the increase, but not the
second demand. Then the men struck again
Although details given, Taylor that
n compromise effected whereby the machnists got
what they wanted.
Local unions helping the strikers and were re-
joced today at the of the settlement
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
lORiMER FORMALLY ExoNER
ATED.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.--A re-
port generating Senator William
Lorimer of Illinois from charges
that he secured his election to the
United States senate through legis.
lative bribery. was formally adopt
ed today by the senate committees
n privileges and elections.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
PETITION FILED
AGAINST Gill.

SEATTLE. Dec. 20.-The mon.
ster petition demanding that an
election be held to determine q re-
call Of Mayor Hiram c. Gill WAS
filed today with the city comp
troller. The total number Of names
signed to the petition Is 1l,202, oe
which 631 are duly qualified wom-
en- voters. 1t is only necessary
that S670 names be signed to tho
petition to invoke the recall cleo
tion.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

SANTA BARBARA. Cal-Fund
Of $4,000 is bing raised by public
subscription to buy for the city the
only remaining piece of harbor
frontage owned by private inter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

detailed information which
must be considered in the max.
ing of the tariff,
THE PANAMA CANAL.
The president was enthusiastic
regarding the Panama canal, which
is just beginning to appear on the
horizon of the average American as
one OF greatest causes for national
pride. He displayed his vital inter,
est In It's future meaning to the
The greatest effect of the
opening of the canal, in the
presidents opinion, as felt by
the average American, will be
the reduction of the trans-con-
tinental transportation rates.
This will draw the country
closer together The orange
grower In southern California
who likes to wear a New Eng
land brand OF shoes will quick
ly feel its effect The man en-
ployed In New England shoe
factory who likes California
oranges will soon realize the
value Of the canal to him. The
milk man In Seattle who buys
his bottles In Pittsburg will
suddenly become aware that
the Panama Canal has trans
ported the glass factory--in re-
spect to freight rates--half
across the continent,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
ANOTHER
!. / REVOLUTION
III F|zzLES 0UI
(By United Press }

'TEGUCIGALPA, Dec. 20.
The government today
gave out official announce
ments that a revolution
headed by Alvarado has
failed. Alvarado, it is de-
clared, was captured at Ali
ana, where the rebels were
routed. Many of the insur-
rectos fled to Salvador.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

The visitor seated and immedi-
ately put at his ease by the presi-
dents geniality, then followed
conversation bearing upon two sub
jects, chosen from dozens of topics.
The permanent tariff commission
was taken up first. The president
freely gave his personal opinions
and beliefs, which form the basis
of his earnest hope of making the
commission an accomplished fact.
A White House rule prohibits direct
quotation of the president, but In
the following an attempt is made
faithfully to give his ideas as he
expressed them to the writer.
TIE TARIFF COMMISSION.
The permanent tariff COM
mission will provide the neces-
sary basis for intelligent tariff
legislation, no matter by what
party or to what end. If the
demands are Champ Clark's
and not "Champ" Clark's they
will support 1t. No scientific
revision of tho tariff is possible
without true facts upon which
to base 1t, and the facts are
obtainable in no other way. 1t
Is beyond the ability of any
body of men, working tenn.
pofsrily on the tariff, to collect
and digest the vast amount of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

Continued on Page Two.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09
DOIphinS to Cruise Around
FeStal Board

The Dolphin swimming and boating
club will hold its annual banquet, in
sta,lation of officers and jinks next
Saturday night at a downtown cafe.
Two hundred guests are expected.
After II o'clock dancing will be In or
der. This is always the big event for
the Dolphins, as the members bring
their wives and sweethearts- Among
the talent that will favor the banquet
ers are Charles Bulotti. X. Nelson. Au-
gust Aguirre, Henry Well, Harry Fossy
and Ned Belcher.
The following officers will be in
stalled:
President. Hugh K McKevitt; vice
president. William r. Harris; treasurer.
Adam Schuppert. financial secretary,
Frank G. Stab: recording secretary.
Henry J. Wellman: sergeant at arms.
Joseph G. Gallagher: captain. Thomas
Harris: lieutenant captain. Herman
Gerdes: executive committee-Charle
NJ Farrell. Charles Minzenmayer: dele
gates to the Pacific association of anna
teur oarsmen-James.J Cronin. John 3
Phillips and William A. Remensperger; ;
board of observation-disclosures O'1ea- C. A.
Kenniff and August NJ. Aguirre-
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09
LOCAL REVOLVER
CLUB IN THE LEAD
Portland Team Tied With Home
Organization

The san francisco team continues
to lead the United States revolver
league the locals having yet to lose
their first match in the telegraphic
tournament The Portland, Or, club
has also maintained an unbeaten rec
ord and the meeting between the lead
ers will be the big event of the shoot
ing season. The st. Louis. Providence,
Springfield, and New York teams are
tied for second place, each having won
four matches and lost one Melville
Oll.), Los Angeles, Chicago and Wash
ington have not yet recorded a victory.
The San Francisco team shot at the
Shell Mound indoor range Thursday
evening, December 30, and recorded an
easy victory over the Chicago revolver
club. The score was 1859 to 1,O0I
James E. German made the best total
for the locals, running up 22S, which
is one of the best marks recorded in
the competition to date. German has
been shooting consistently and this is
his first season at the indoor game
The other members of the San Fran
cisco team have also done surprisingly
we'll and their work has caused favor
able comment all over the country
The San Francisco team competed
with the Boston revolver club last
Thursday. The Boston scores have not
yet been received. Here are the scores
made by the San Francisco team and
also the individual scores of the Chi
cago match:
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09

try. The bullion was in the form of
two egg shaped Jumps valued at $1,000,
and was the cleanup from the is ton
mill run of one week. The heavy
return that the. plates yielded on the
Gold Note ore has surprised even the
strongest boosters of the Mount Grant
section, as the milling was not done
under the best conditions. In spite of
and a saving of fully two-thirds of
the value was effected. A contract has
been let for 200 feet of additional work
on the ore bodies now in sight, with a
view to making another and larger mill
run in the early spring. In addition a
modern Kincaid mill and complete con-
central ting system will be installed be-
low the mine on Cottonwood creek at
that time, and a gravity tramway built
from the mine to handle the output
Los Angeles Herald.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09
Strike at Mt. Pleasant
NEVADA
GoIdfeId's Big Output

The output of the GoldheId district
for the calendar year 1909 amounted to
ZS3,6fS.93 tons of ore, averaging $2S
per ton and giving a gross yield of
sl4I1737 and net yield of s6,599,
1860.
Amounts produced by various mines
was as follows:
Goldheld Consolidated, $s,117412 90
gross and $5,91S,002.27 net.
Florence. $7S0,620.56 gross and $685.
Combination Fraction (for the first
pine Rine IN omnIo5nthsl $2ss14OS2 gross and
.sn Small properties. 100000 gross and
The production of Goldfeid district
from 1904 to 1909 inclusive is $50, ,S94,-
17$;. giving net profits of $1e.175,14O.
The estimated production for 1910 is
SIS, 600 000 The monthly payroll of
the camp is about $I75, 900.
Dividends during 1903 were: GoIdfeId
Consolidated. $4,9S1,283; Florence Cold
field 100000: Combination Fraction.
s92, 600 Total dividends for 1909,
total production of 1e.2S4.7O tons
of ore containing $724.450.63 was made
by the Golddeld Consolidated mines
company during the month of Novem-
ber, according to the monthly report
just sent to the directors by General
Manager J. II. Mackenzie.
This ore contained an average of
$37.57 per ton, all of which was milled
with an average extraction of $3.50
per ton, or 1896 per cent. The total net
profit Of the company was S499,76773,
hor $25.92 per ton. The total cost of
mining. development, transportation,
milling, office and. general expenses
was $6.922 per ton. Included in the
expense was 4,354 feet of development
work
The most notable showing was from
the CIermont shaft. where there were
produced 2,422.7 tons, containing 1857.
7227O an average of $147.50 per ton.
The production from the Clermont
during the previous month, October
was 2,301.49 tons, containing $225,-
9O425, an average of SOS per ton.
All of the equipment for increasing
the capacity of the mill from approxi-
mately $50 to 900 tons per day is now
In place and in successful operation
within a few days it viii be running at
full capacity
An official estimate of the amount of
ore handled by the Goldfeld Consoli-
dated mines company for the month of
December has been given out. The
statement shows that during the last
month Of 1909 about 20,260 tons were
treated. which yielded $649,000 gross to
the company. The cost of treatment of
this ore was given as $4,000. leaving
a net value Of $4Ss, ,000.-Goldfie1d News
GoldfieId Ore Production
rough estimate of the Goidheld
district ore handled during 1909 by
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09
Nevada ConsoIidated's Success

The greatest single factor in turning
the attention of the mining world to
the Ely district has been the phenom-
email success attained by the Nevada
Consolidated copper company during
the IS months since it entered the era
of production.
Since its absorption of Cumberland
Ely the Nevada Consolidated has en-
tered the class OF Calumet and Hecla
and of Amalgamated with this impor-
tant difference in favor of the younger
company; the Michigan company makes
its copper at a cost of about SH cents
pound, while the cost to the Anal
gamated company is currently reported
to exceed 10 cents a pound. According
to its last published statement the Me-
yada Consolidated produced its copper
during the last three months at a cost
OF Z cents pound. which in all like
1hood Will be reduced by increased
production and economies made pos
sible by the combination to 6h cents a
pound.
Steam shovel mining has made pos
slble this wonderful reduction in cost
of production. The ore reserves of
Nevada Consolidated are officially stat
ed TO be about $4,000, 900 tons, of which
2i;0O0,OO0 tons on the Copper Flat and
Liberty Bell properties is accessible TO
the steam ShOVelS-FlV Record
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09
Elk Creek Mine Is Paying

Few people in Yreka and stfll fewer
in Siskiyou county are aware that we
have a gold mine almost within our
corporate limits that promises to de-
velop into one of the best paying prop
critics in the state. The mine referred
TO belongs 10 the Elk Creek mining
company and is located "a couple of
miles west of Hawkinsville, just north
OF Yreka-
The property is no longer prospect
It is mine and it is doing we'll. The
best thing to be said of ii is that the
lodges are growing wider and richer as
they go down and they give every in
dication of holding out for many years
TO come.
The last cleanup. from 10 days
run OF the two stamp mill, brought the
company s2,117, netting them a profit
Of more than 81 300. The ore averaged
about $50 per ton
In the lowest working OF the mine,
at the bottom of the drift, they have
uncovered the apex of a ledge, which
is about Is inches wide and appears to
widen out rapidly as it goes down. This
ledge is very rich in both free gold and
viii go $500 per ton, but this is only
their Judgment based on panning the
ore. II is the purpose of the company
either by sinking the shaft, which is
already down l15 feet, or by going be-
low the mill and running another tun-
neI in on the jedge.-Siskiyou News
Strike at Mt. Pleasant
Word comes from the Mount Pleas
ant mine near Grizzly fiat, Ell Dorado
county, that a new and extensive ore
chfte was broken into and a round of
shots fired showed that the chute is an
exceptionally good one. The chute is
on a vein four feet in width, which was
encountered in a crosscut from the
south drift of No shaft at the 800
foot level. and is in entirely new
ground. The 10 stamp mill is hammer
ing away 10 hours every day, and with
the opening of spring it will be oper-
ated continuously, and the Mount
Pleasant viii contribute thousands of
dollars to the output OF Ell Dorado
county in 19l0-Sacramento Union.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09
CALIFORNIA
Wonderful Kennedy Mine

AT a meeting of stock holders of the
Kennedy mine last week, the officers of
The company were reelected. Out Of
100000 shares In the company, over
10000 were represented at the meet
ing mainly by proxy. This shows the
confidence of the stock holders Ia the
management Of this big mining prop
orty-far the largest mining concern
that Amador county has produced IN
history. And the outlook is very
bright for "A continuance Of prosperity
and dividends.
The ore bodies hold out both in size
and quality as depth is attained. Al
the $500 level they have cut the hang
ng wall ledge, which shows a width
of or 8 feet Of good ore. Drifting
west TO cut the footwan vein has
reached I50 feet and il is expected to
r+u $50 feet more before this vein is
c1Countered.
For more than a thousand feet this
wonderful mine has been operating
TWO separate and distinct ore bodies
which are known as the hanging and
foot wall veins. Down 70 a depth Of
900 feet from the surface these veins
constituted one ore body.
At 210O feet, the two branches be-
gan to appear, taking a somewhat diff
fercnt pitch At the lowest level
worked thev are about 300 feet apart,
bat showing strong and well defined.
Everything indicates a long life of
gold production for this famous mine
=Amador Ledger.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-09
Granada Club Elects Its
Officers for Year

AT its semiannual smoke and Inks
held Friday evening the Granada club.
1920 Pine street. elected it's officers
for the ensuing term. President r. W.
Barthels thanked the members for the
honor conferred upon him.
After the election program was de-
Hvered and the club talent entertained
with songs and verses. Among those
who assisted were l. Y. Newton. IT.
Hunter. Douglas Swasey and Archi-
bald Mcdowell
Following is the list of the new or
GERS: President. RI. W. Barthels: vice
president and secretary. George r.
Chandler; treasurer, Oscar Barthol. SER
geant at arms, ID. Swasey.