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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

In answsr TO the request Of The
Press for an. explanation Of the
charges contained In . resolution
adopted by the Central Labor coun-
ell last Monday night, William L.
Toilette, republican candidate for
congress, and L. G. Crow OF Palouse,
state president Of the Farmers un-
ion, on whose authority the charges
were made, held meeting last
night at the Halliday hotel.
Newspaper men were present and
the meeting was friendly all
around. Mr.. Grow said that in writ
ing the letter referred to he had
not intended to hamper Mr.. La
F0llette's race for congress, that
the letter was of a private and con-
fidential character, intended for use
in the primaries, and that now he
proposed to support Mr.. LaFOllette,
although himself . democrat.
1.-THE letter alluded to In the reso-
luton was written before the pri-
maries, in answer to letter sent
to me by j. B. MOrford of Spokane,
secretary of the Central Labor
council. The letter was given as q
confidential communication, for the
purpose of throwing light on the
candidates before the primaries,
and regret exceedingly that an ef-
fort Is now being made to make
political capital out Of 1t against La
Toilette.
, ''In that letter I did say, cor
rectly. that Mr.. LaFollette en-
ployed Chinese labor ON. his fruit
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C O NTIN u E p
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r a G F. O N f
ANOTHER BAD

shortage was caused by placing the
money in the wrong bank. Atkin-
son made good by giving check
of the Farmers and Mechanics
bank in favor of the trust fund in
the Traders bank, and the incident
never leaked out until few weeks
ago.
Immediately on the discovery of
this condition, the county commits
siOners entered an order requiring
the county officials receiving
The purpose of this motion was to
prevent Atkinson from retaining on
hand longer than a day at a time
money to make daily deposits with
the county treasurer, instead of
monthly settlements as heretofore.
any fees due the county.
There was an effort made at the
time to fasten the blame for the
$500 discrepancy on w. A. Cum
mings. cashier in Atkinson's office.
Cummings. however, had nothing to
do with it. as he only collected the
fees and monies and turned the
same over to Atkinson. To The
Press Mr.. Cummings very reluct-
antly talked of the incident. He at
first positively denied any knowl-
edge of 1t, saying that he was
friend of Atkinson. but finally said:
Yes. l heard something about
this affair at the time, but I never
did get ON the inside of 1t. I saw
Mr.. Atkinson and the expert In
close daily conference. going over
the figures, but made no inquiries
as to what they were doing. L
never kept the funds of the clerks
office in my possession longer than
until the foiowing morning. when
] turned the same over to Mr.. At
kinson. who did the banking"
Fred McBroom was reluctant to
talk OF the affair when preached to
him by The Press. After some per-
suasion he said:
II got an mixing that all was
not right In the clerks office, 80
talked to the bond expert. then
called in Atkinson. and he at first
denied that any trouble existed. He
then said that the $500 had been
deposited In the wrong bank, and
that It had been made good BY be-
ing checked from one bank to the
other, after the matter was dug up
By the expert"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
TWO LOCAL MAIL
CLERKS ARRESTED

Charged with the theft Of pack
age containing several bottles Of
whisky, which had been sent out in
a special decoy package, Wilfred H.
Sphinx, who lives with his wife and
two young sons at FOG Boone ave-
nue., and M. F. Mcleod of 1914
Calispel street, railway mail clerks
on the Spokane Falls & Northern
railway, were arrested last night
and are now in the custody Of the
federal officials. sss.
Petty thievery on the 8. F. & N.
mail cars has been going on for
some time, according to the federal
authorities, and last Saturday the
decoy package was sent out on the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

Without waiting to hear the evi-
dence Of tn eprosecuting witnesses
In . series Of the gravest charges
ever filed against an officer Of TIE
Spokane police force, the police
board, on evidence much Of which
was perjured. freed Sullivan from
all blame, in spite of the fact that
he had previously thrown up the
sponge and resigned his office
after the charges were filed.
The legal hearing of the charges
against the former acting chief of
police-the hearing authorized by
the courts will begin before the
city council next Monday night.
In today's issue of Sullivan's
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
When you buy a pair of
[(1Al

shoes you are sure of the fol
lowing things about it.
The Regal shoe wears the
longest.
The Regal shoe fits the
best.
The Regal shoe looks the
best.
! If those things are true
and they are true every
word of them it stands to
reason that the Regal is the
shoe that will give you the
most general satisfaction in
the long run, also the big
gest possible value for your
money.
That being the case, you
surely owe it to yourself and
to your pocketbook to buy a
pair of Royals the next time
you need shoes. Just try
them once and see what it is
to have a shoe on your foot
that really fits.
The Regal is the only shoe
in the world that is made in
W sizes, and that being the
case, we positively guaran-
tee a perfect fit in every pair
of shoes that we sell.
Fall and winter styles are
now here in profusion. We
have a shoe for every foot
and a shoe for every taste.
Come in and look them over.
They are beauties. The
prices run $3.50, $500
and $5. 90.
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car In charge of Sphinx and Mcleod.
When the car arrived at Oroville.
the package was missing, and the
inspectors found the goods In pos
session of the accused men. Sphinx
was arrested at Oroville. but Nc
Leod gave the officers the slip by
leaving the train at Marcus and
starting back to Spokane. He was
arrested ais he stepped from the
train here.
Sphinx has been with the railway
company about seven years, while
Mcleod had worked for the railway
mail service a couple OF years. Both
men have heretofore borne excel
lent regulations,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

farm on the Snake river, and that
personally had no use for LaFoi:
lette. However, l did not give u
terance to some or the thin41
charged to me In the resolution
adopted by the trades counciL and
l am really inclined to believe that
my friends Of organized labor hsve
been made the victims Of SOME
shrewd politicians seeking to gain
political advantage by the unauthor-
lied use OF my name"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

newspaper organ an effort is made
by Sullivan to defend his position,
In which he makes the charge that
the city council dined with AttOr-
ney F. c. Robertson, the inference
being given out that this meeting
was held for the purpose OF induc-
ing the city council to take action
adverse to Sullivan. This story,
like many others given out by the
Sullivan defense. is colored to suit
the taste of the whitewashers and
misrepresent the truth. Mr.. Rob-
ertson met the members of the
council as their attorney to lay pa
per's in Sullivan's appeal before
them for their consideration.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
DRAGGED WHOLE BLOCK
BYA RLJNA WA Y TEAM

Dragged for nearly a block be-
hind a runaway team, c. Hull, one
of the best known expressmen and
truck drivers of the city, was
crashed into telegraph pole this
morning and sustained serious in.
juries, including a broken hip and
possible internal injury.
Hull has bee driving for the See
horn Transfer company for the
past Is years, and this morning his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

team was back up in the rear of
the Rosenthal store in an alleyway
running from Washington to Stew
ems street between Main and Riv-
erside, whe buggy which was be-
ing driven past. brushed against
one of his horses, and the team
started to run. Hull grabbed the
trailing lines an dhung on until he
was dashed into the pole. ala .,:,
The injured man is SO years of
age and lives at GIG Third avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

!. Mr.. La Toilette has given The
Press an interview In which he de.
mics many Of the charges made and
explains his position as to some Of
the others. The interview will be
given IN fan tomorrow. Mr.. La
Toilette said that he would sooner
have given the matter attention,
but did not Ike to speak until he
saw Mr.. Grow.
Mr.. Ia Toilette says that the
charges contained In the resolution
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
COULDN'T WAIT FOR
HALLOWEEN

Howard and Carl Eseke, aged IL
and Is years, and Arthur Smith.
aged is, couldn't wait until Hallow-
cen to begin playing FRANKS, and
last night they were arrested As
they were trying to dump buggy
over the Sprague avenue fill. The
Smith boy was sent to the juvenile
court, while the Eseke lads were
lectured by Captain Sullivan and
released.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

hire condition, and Mrs. Schmidt be-
lieves that the shock of being
turned out by her own people has
as much to do with the present af-
lection of the girls mind, as has
the work of the drug.
1t is q pitiable case, but it is
only one of those tragedies of real
life which are enacted all about us
every day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

Arrested on q charge Of creating
q disturbance In . house at 1920
Second avenue last evening, Frank
Laws, who Is worth more than
$5Os00O. insisted on calling q 1axi-
cab to convey himself and the ar
resting officer to the police station.
1t IL claimed that Laws was intOx-
icated and used vulgar and abusive
language. ~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
The Big Sale Of
Continues

Our sale to close out our
stock of comforts has been a
great success. Friday and
Saturday we sold a great
many. But we still have a
few left. We are determined
to close out every single one
of them. We haven't room
enough to display them
properly. Take your choice
Of the best comforts you ever
bought at any price at just
half their regular selling
prices. Thatmeans that you
can buy:
Comforts worth $500
for -. -. ~. $l.5O
Comforts worth $3.50
for 1925
Comforts worth 5000
for. $500
Don't fail to take advan-
tage Of this opportunity to
lay in your supply of bed
ding for the winter and save
just about one-half of what
you would ordinarily have to
pay.
New Ladies Sample Skirts.
We have just received a
fine new sample line of
skirts. They go on sale for
the first time tomorrow. This
is the place to buy your skirt,
ladies. We give you a better
skirt for less money than
you can get at any other Spo-
kane store.
Skirts worth to $500 on sale
at j. 1895
Skirts worth to $1,000 on
sale at 1915
Ladies Blanket Bathrobes
at Special Prices.
Nothing is nicer to have
handy than a good, warm
bathrobe. There will be
many a time that you will
slip into it and find it mighty
comfortable. Special prices
for tomorrow are:
Bathrobes worth $3.50 on
sale at 80. $685.
Bathrobes worth $500 on
sale at ....... $3.50 |
Remember, that we buy
and sell nothing but samples
at this store and that is the |
reason that we can give you
better goods for less money |
than any other store in the
city. Come here just once
zee the bargains that we
have to offer you, and you
will be a regular customer |
thereafter. We can save the |
average family a good many |
dollars in the course of a
year by selling samples and
hey will get better merchan-
lise than usual, also.
UWRu -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
ovERcoAr THIEVES sIsl

Overcoat thieves were busy in
Spokane Saturday night, 9 J. F.
Feekam OF E553 Carlisle. flAveNne
lost fur coat, and H. Y. TeqA Char
ence Tobin and w. L. King reported
that their coats, which w6re loft
hanging over the back Of afseaelin
the Northern Pacific depohfof1 a
few moments. had disappeared
when they returned from aohearby
cafe. .s'r01
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
HIGH POWER
Of REFORM

head of the Los Angeles milk trust.
BOTH ARE NUMBERS OF THE
M. & M. sS
On July 16 last, during the pro-
gress of the brewery workers
strike. the city council passed an
ordinance forbidding union picket
ing. Labor leaders and some others
hold. and with good grounds, that
the ordinance is so broad as to
deny freen speech.
Aside from the merits OF the or
dinance or the Justice OF its pas
sage is the fact that ONE OF IT'S
TRAINERS AS WE'LL AS IT'S
CHIEF ADVOCATE WAS EARL
ROGERS.
Earl Rogers Is and was at the
time of the passage Of the ordin-
ance. special attorney for the M.
& M.
Earl Rogers was one OF the law
yers who defended Patrick Calhoun
In the San Francisco graft prose-
cutiOns.
Earl Rogers has gained notoriety
on the Pacific coast through his
defense of rich criminals OF the
stamp Of the San Francisco hribe-
givers. -
To associate. Rogers with the idea
Of true reform 10 an absurdity
which only the Pacific coast can
fully grasp. This u fact, not com
ment.
To identify Rogers as a Trainer
Of reform administration measure
would appear, then, to be an
absurdity not to be thought OF
YET l. FOUND SUCH AN IDEN.
LITIGATION STARTLINGLY SIM
PIE. sr-s 4s
Leslie Hewitt, who was cry at.
torney when the ordinaISes was
drawn and put to vote, frankly, ad-
mitted to me in five-minute chat,
that Rogers did have hand In the
framing of it. v,
"As finally passed." he said, 6sthe
ordinance was much broader, than
in its original draft. was in
structed by the council to draw, up
the ordinance and it was the SUBJ
ject of several conferences, in the
judicial committee" ~
WAS it sumbitted to the M. &
M. before it was passed by the
council?" III
]. swell, no, not exactly, Il khe
committee conferences certaik duo
gestions for changes were made BY
certain men. Yes, Earl Rogers
was one Of them. n believe Earl
Rogers 10 acting as attorney for the
m. q NJ, yes"
All right. Now, what would a
reform mayor think of an Earl
Rogers framing reform administra.
tion measures?
|. l asked Mayor Alexander. It was
the mayor is an old man. worried
by sudden and involved difficult
ties; that his friends say he is
guided largely by the men who
elected him; that / had disturbed
him at his Sunday dinner.
l asked him If he thought Earl
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
SCHILLER Is
ALMOST WELL.

Councilman Schiller, who has
been Ill with pneumonia for sbme
time. Ii recovering rapidly and Is
expected to be downtown again
some time this week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
The Spokane
Sample Store
500 RIVERSIDE

just East Of the NJ. Seller store
and oiagonaliy Across the Street
From the Wonder.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31
The REGAL
Shoe Store

z Doors East Of Howard St.
q North Side Of Riverside.
Look for the Boot Sign, and
~ Sure to Get Into the
Right Store.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

Through Earl Rogers, Big Bust
ness Is now attempting to bear out
Zeehandelaar. Third degree for
women has already been feature
Of the attempt, believe 1t to be
true that the business interests
here will 60 to any extreme to fix
the Times disaster on labor.
And the working man 10 still
fighting for simple Justice.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-10-31

charges contained in the resolution
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21


ment to Annapolis. He has already
withdrawn from the University and
will 90 to Annapolis soon.
Mr. l.. S. Fuller viii leave on the
22nd for his home in saurens where
he will spend the holidays.
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Moore delivered nm address IN rdoo.
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21
AN EDITOR AND A NFWSBON


Mr. Gray. the proprietor of the
hotel heard what the boy said and
remarked: NO, he won't take the
change. He is the straightest boy |
ever knew. He won't take penny
except that which belongs to him.
and he won't even sell the paper a
second time if you should give it back
to him."
BY the time the boy had secured the
right change for me | had finished
reading the paper (no reflection in
tended, but this is a fact SO | took
tile three coppers and handed him the
paper with the remark: Here, son,
have finished with the paper. you
can sell it again"
He thanked me but said he could
not take the paper.
Then it was that some one in the
crowd-perhaps it was Pet Durham
or some other Greenville man present
-butted in with the remark, Maybe,
he thinks he has caught one sucker,
and that is enough for paper like
The Journal"
II don't know who made the re-
mark, but we all had good laugh
over it. partly at my expense and
partly at The JournaIs. am sure
there was no intention on the part
OF anybody present to have fun at
the expense Of the boy, or to say
anything that would hurt his feel
I,inaS.
have written this because it
seems that | have, somehow. been
connected with tho incident that has
caused the boys distress. never
saw the boy but once. and did not
know his name until | saw his card
IN The Journal. but he impressed me
as being very bright manly. honest
little fellow. His rigid honesty, while
perhaps a little unusual, is not at all
to his discredit, feel, since he is
hurt over the matter. that | owe him
to him. cannot do anything more
than this. and | will not be satisfied
with anything else
And now just one more word
George BrunSon, OF the Greenville
News got me into this trouble can
not say that he did it on purpose, for
he knows | have been one of his best
friends. And | understand that he
still thinks he is my friend. ] have
thought a great deal of him, and am
still thinking Of him. In fact, have
thought about him so much, in the
past day or SO, since he put this fool
ish thing liz his paper. that have
made up my mind that ! want to be
close by VIXEN he dies. | am anxious
to be present, for want to get n
piece of the rope to keep as a memen-
to. Yours very truly.
A " Carpenter
Editor Anderson Daily Mail!
\ndcrson S. G. Dec. -. 1910.
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Standish: he knew she was sitting
proud and defiant with q contemptu-
Gus curl on her red lip. Instead. he
stared away through tho aisles OF
trees. made into golden paths by the
later afternoon sun
IL WAS too bad that Christmas
should have turned out so disastrous
ly for them both. There WAS to b .
jolly party at the Fergusons and In
haps Ralph Ferguson would send forth
another conveyance for them--but It
would go by that other road They
were marooned OH the short cut.
A glimpse OF Polly's woeful face
brought revulsion Of feeling. Poor
little Polly was cold and tired and ne
was acting like brute
Without word Derrick approached
small clearing in the middle OF
which grew young pine tree
1t was the work of minutes to gath
er an armful OF wood and broken
branches and to clear a space OF snow.
Presently bright fire crackled cheer
lily and then Derrick brought cushions
and blankets from the stage and pre-,
pared place for Polly.
Come. Miss Standsh," he said po,
Htely. "If You Will draw near The fire
We will have some dinner"
I'm not hungry" said Polly, hold.
Ing her hands to the blaze.
AT least you will sit down and
wrap this blanket around you--so," In
sisted Derrick.
Thank you." said Polly without en-
thusiasm.
From the blanket Derrick produced
large plate loaded with generous
Christmas dinner. There were turkey
and cranberry sauce, stufiing and
mashed potatoes and gravy, turnips
and celery, and n whole mince pie.
Derrick managed to convey half OF
the dinner more or less daintily to the
pie plate and this he placed before
Polly. Eat" he said sternly You
will need the nourishment before we
reach Ferguson's"
II am not child" said Polly re-
sentfully.
Derrick did not reply. He fell to his
own dinner with a vigorous appetite
and II was not until he turned to give
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-12-21
DIR. j. r. CULBERTSON DEAD.
Prominent Physicia< and -Confed-
crate Soldier of the County.

Another Laurens county veteran
has answered the last roll cal, The
n,oce. ,,o. ,,o , n
VIII A"o"
MIN no more. lie departed this life
Thursday night at IL o'clock. at his
home at Gray Court. He succumbed
after an illness of several months
duration.
The funeral service was held Fri
day morning from DR.. Culbertson' S
late residence. conducted by Rev. w.
T.. Thayer of LaurenS. assisted by Rev.
j. Is. Mccain ana Rev. r. NJ. DuBose
of Gray Court. The service was CON
cluled at Harmony Baptist church
cemetery with tl:a Masonic Paternity
officiating led by II. 4. Cooper. JUNIOR
grand warden of the Grand Lodge OF
the State.
DIR. CulbertSon was 62 wears old and
is survived by his widow who was be-
fore her marriage to him. Mrs. Hattie
White of Greenvile county. Dr..
Lawrence Culbertson of Washington
Ga is the only surviving brother.
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oe'O 1CIIISh, III 10"
Tone.
Polly some mince pie that he discov-
cred that the weary girl had eaten
little OF the dinner and then fallen
asleep in her nest of blankets
For long time he watched the
changing lights on her ewnet face as
the branches tossed in the wind; then,
softly he arose and approached the
little pine tree standing in the middle
of the clearing.
The cones were sllvered with snow
and 1T looked like a Christmas tres
decorated for a festival
Derrick opened his suit case and
brought out sundry white packages
These he tied to the tree with colored
cord. Gay toys for the Ferguson chil.
drcn were added until the little tree
stood forth braycly in its fine attire
"Polly!" he called SOFTLY "Pomy,"
Polly sat up with startled eyes seek.
ing his face. For the instant she had
forgotten their misunderstanding. but
suddenly their light cloudcd.
Come here, Polly. and sec our
Christmas tree" urged Derrick
Reluctantly she came a rose nush
straining her pale checks But vet her
red lips were obstnately set in
straight line
This is our Christmas tree. Polly,
dear said Derrick in low tone
Yours aul mine shall we be happy
and enjoy not only this ono, but many.
many others after please God? say.
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NEWS AT LISBON.
People Preparing to Spend Happy
Christmas and then Begin the New

People Preparing to Spend Happy
Christmas and then Begin the New
Year.
Lisbon. s. c.. Dec. ID The farmers
are about through with scattering cot,
ton. sowing oats and wheat. and are
now ready to get wood and prepare
for week of iollification that every
body ought to enjoy. But there are
some poor people that never enjoy the
holidays from the fact that they never
have the money to get the things that
make the heart and mind satisfied ;
however, none never have to the
hearts content That is foregone
with what they have, let it he much
or little.
There will he a great deal of chang
ing places among the negroes this
winter. some of them have made
money, while others never make any.
School Commissioners Pitts has done
a great work this year in the boys
contest on the corn question. il has
brought about better corn and more
corn.
The people in and around Lisbon
were very much shocked when the
news reached them that Mrs. j. d. NJ.
Shaw had hreathed her last She
will be missed in many ways. She