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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27

wish the hearings to be open to the
public, the rules Of the Senate require
that all proceedings relating to the
confirmation Of appointments must be
conducted in executive session. Hence
the sensational charges made before
the subcommittee thus far have sim
ply, Leaked" from the committee room.
Delegate Wickersham. of Alaska, to-
day completed the statement he began
on Tuesday in support of the charges
which he made against the appointees.
and whom he alleged to be responsible
for their nomination. His allegations
were supported by Boyce ana Suther-
land
The directors charge that the depos-
ed officers were removed on false in
formation furnished by attorneys. and
Others in behalf Of the Alaska syndt-
cate because OF prosecution OF influen-
| tial persons who are charged with at
tempting to tamper with witnesses anc
| Jurors. One man was killed, another
was fatally wounded and severa
others were injured In contentious owe
| rival claims.
1t is charged that the Alaskan syn
| dicates became active in Hays de
| Tense, and that $1,000 was spent II
that cause.
these customs house weights ar
| generally taken as basis for tn
MEETINGS To charge the MEETINGS o
the proper basis we have made tn
following system.
Here the system of charges is out
, lined, and then the letter goes on: "
make these changes in the office IL
New York, and I do not alter the &C
counts at the refinery. as 1t does no
seem to me desirable that there shouie
, be two sets of weights on the book!
. OF the refinery. one set. for instance
| representing the custom house weight
on which duty Is paid. and. anothe
set representing melting weights. CIV
ing larger number of pounds.
will be most convenient for you ate
S your statement OF raw sugar mel,e
, has been completed to add these di'
! ferences to each lot. The correction
the technical statement shall mai
, here in New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27

Holmes. Mary B.
James, Rosa L.: Jordan. Susie a,
Knight. Annie B.
Lewis, II. c.; Lawrence. Gertrude d.
Morton. Abram L.; Moore, Lillian l.;
Morris. Mary E.
Norrell, Albert v.
Patterson. A. Deborah; Patterson. oc-
tavia L.; Peters, Lucy a.
Robinson. Fannie NJ; Robinson, Kate
c.. Ross. Victoria D.. Robinson. Mo
selle c.; Robinson. Halle B.; Randolph
Kate G.
sweete, Bertha L.; stephens, Julia l.
Smith, Maria l.. Smith. Mary E.; Smith
Willinette c.; Sutton. Rosa b.
Taylor Cornelia NJ; Turner Fannie
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27
News Of South Richmond

under large pine tree. were all struck
by bolt OF lightning and killed. Captain
W. ". Baker reports that he heard tina.
several cows were killed at the same spot
a number OF years ago.
Cattle Tick Problem.
The oa4le tick problem is still causing a
commotion in Chesterfield county. 1t is
claimed that there are not many farmers
who are troubled with the infection OF their
cattle and thar II these men VIII move
their pastures the want of sustenance viii
kill off the tick, and thus the county viii
be free from quarantine, The farmers look
at matters in a different light. however,
Personal Mention.
Messrs. ingram Robertson. Harold Jones
and France. French have returned f-om
delightful two weeks visit to several Of
the largo cities up North.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27
'N|NE-YEAR -0LD
GIRL ATTACKED.
Fourteen-Year-old Negro Boy
Is Under Arrest on
4 Suspicion.

Aaron Moore, n negro boy fourteen
gears old, was arrested late last night
By Mounted Policemen smnllwood nnd
Kroilsc, on suspicion OF having COIN
mitted criminal assault on ROsn
BO,yIcs, n nine ycnr-Old white girl
The alleged assault is said to have
been committed near lakewood Park,
near which the little girl lives. The
details are meagre. but from the in
formation in hand. 1t seems that the
attack was made on the previous day.
that the officers heard OF 1t and made
the arrest without waiting for a war.
rant to be sworn out. Moore will APP
pear In the Police Court this morning
for q preliminary hearing. Even In
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27

NJ; Tilshman, Armenia H.; Taylor.
Mamie B.
Watkins, Kate c.. woodscn, Lucy
j.: white, Eulalia NJ; White. Bes-
sic L.; Williams, Fannie NJ: White.
Maria L.; Willis, Lula A; Wilson. An
ME l.
Yancey. Lizzie G.; Yancey, Rosa p
Williams. Nelson; Allen, Mary e.;
Mundin. Maude E.: Epps. Wallace p;
Murray, Maggie "; Evans, Elizabeth
c.; Dabney, NJ Susie: Brown, Florence
D.. Mayo. Mary E.; Brown, Mamie E.
Brown. Cora L.: Jasper. Mary J..
Tinsley. Margaret l.: Williams, Jes'
sic; Chiles, Marietta L.: Phillips, Mar
garet B.: Crump. Susie B.; Steward
Albuna H. Mundin. Leaoneard j.; VIII
liams. a. Elizabeth.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27
sIxTY-FoUR YEARS OLD
Male orphan Asylum to Celebrate An-

Male Orphan Asylum to Celebrate An
niyersary on Sunday.
Sixty-four years of service In raising
good boys is the. proud record which
the Male Orphan Asylum will cele-
brate on Sunday at o'clock In the
afternoon. The anniversary Will be op-
served with fitting ceremonies, In when
the orphans will take part Tor they
have chorus of singers that Know
how to sing with Joy and giadnese.
Governor Mann will make the ANN.
yersary address, and John y. Wiinanl !. >
will preside over the meeting. MANY
prominent people of Richmohu WI pe
there to give evidence OF lne. ~.
49, r,ii and her associates are doing
= No member OF the original board is
now living.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27

At meeting OF the City School
\ board last night. principals and teach
ers were elected for next session for
all of the public schools of Greater
Richmond The assignments have not
been made as yet TO the various
schools. save to the John Marshall High
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-27

Fendley. left Tuesday for their home in
Batavia, y. Y.
The Manchester Red sox and the seventh
stree Blues will cross bats in semmes
Street PARK in the old Manchester district
this afternoon. Batteries: Red sox. Bul.
lock and Strickland; Blues. Taylor and
DayIe,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
CREIGHTON
ANNOUNCES
DEPUTIES
A. M. Campbell Chief Dep
uty-Force of Seven
Men.

Glen b. Creighton, county asses.
sor, today announced his corps of
deputies, to take effect January g.
1911. Chief deputy, A. NJ. Camp
bell; personal department, ID. ].
Harrington, Miss Mcintyre. j. w.
Cobb, r. A. Harris, Ray C. Peter
son; chief draughtsman, Ed Mon
roe; real estate department, segre-
gators and tracers, range property
and township assessors, f. II. Bart.
lett, Thomas +. Geraghty; tract in.
dexers, block books, field books and
general data, e. p. Galbraith, w. f,
Johnson, o. M. Hotter; improve.
ments, residences. George w.
Graetz. r. ii. Diehl, c. w. Garrett,
Chester l.. Creighton: stenograph.
er, Mrs. e. III. Holly. Seven of the
force are new men. Mr.. Creighton
has reduced the assessors force for
the present to seven men. He an.
nounces his intention of running
the Office as economically as pos.
sible, consistent with securing re.
suits, and says that he will carry
no men on his payrolls except when
they can give returns to the tax.
payers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
A GRAVE CHARGE
AGAINST MATR0NS
DORA FALK ALLEGES THEY TRIED TO MAKE HER
GIVE TESTIMONY BY THREATS
AND "SWEATING."

Elliott case and knew nothing
about the affairs of Marjery Allen.
1T was then that / told them
that l knew The Press people and
some of the women in the matron
fight, and on my agreeing to tell
them about these they promised
me my release. Ihad never been
arrested before, and while I had
heard of people being sweated,
did not exactly know what it weant
until then. The matrons would
not let me loose till l told them
everything that I 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. Hindley)
and another old man, and had me
repeat to them some of the things
they sweated out of me in the cell.
81 did not steal that baby cab,
as charged, and can prove my in
nocence, but there is no justice in
that court, so long as the matrons
and Sullivan's friends on the police
line up against YOU"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

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 If 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 If she did
not do this she would be sent up
for six months. She also charges
that she was knocked down with
a blow in the abdomen, 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 lie and that the story
of Marjorie Allen as to paying the
police tribute was untrue. l 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
FAv0RS
CHANGE IN
STATELAw

Prospective legislation growing
out of the imprisonment Of the
editors Of the Seattle Star, tending
to modify the power Of constructive
contempt az exercised by superior
court judges, will find support
among the members Of the legisla
ture from Spokane county.
While Spokane county's legisla
tors to man favor the preserva
ton of the dignity and integrity OF
the courts, yet some of them are
willing to admit that a judge can
abuse the right to cite a citizen
or a newspaper for criticism OF a
court ruling, or constructive con
tempt, as it is legally termed.
Senator Whitney, one of the lar
gest land owners OF Spokane coun'
ty says: Let the papers have the
right to criticize when the same is
Just. The trouble is, there Is not
enough criticism offered at times.
| don't believe in any abuse of this
right, but | do believe in the lar
gest measure of freedom for the
press, when not transgressing the
bounds of fairness and justice.
Senator George W. Shaefer, coun-
Gilman and attorney: From my
present information as to the sub
ject, | am inclined to favor the
bill calculated to place the trial of
case for constructive contempt
in the hands of some other judge
than the one issuing the writ.
Representative r. E. Buchanan.
attorney: Il think there is merit
In the suggestion of change in the
statute on contempt. permitting
trial by another judge in a case as
between the courts and the peo-
pie"
Representative Guy Croft. attor-
ney: While | believe in the sac
redness and integrity of the courts.
| do not believe in any judge vent
ing his spleen through the right Of
citation for contempt"
Representative Lloyd Candy, at
torney: 1T Is hard to make law
that will fit all cases and that some
one will not abuse. | must look
into this question on its merits be-
fore expressing an opinion. We
should look more carefully to the
election of our superior court
judges. as this question strikes me
as being one more Of men than
OF measures"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
0DOYOU =
. KNOW =

That the majority Of deaths from
suicide. according to age, is from
40 to 40 years. and that summer
is the time usually selected?
That in Utah a condemned rnur
derer may choose shooting instead
of hanging?
That In 1890 the center Of popu.
lation in the United States was Bal
timore; in 1900. Columbus, Ohio?
That James D. Esary, the steam.
ship man, once was a professional
bicycle rider?
That Captain Larsen, the orig
inal Sea Wolf" in Jack London's
story of that title. is a tugboat cap.
tain plying out of Vancouver. b. G.
That 30 per cent Of the mechan'
ical toys you will buy at the toy
shops this Christmas have a little
mark on them reading like tins,
Made in Germany?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
SOME GOOD POINTS

A lot has the pronosed new
municipal charter It is we'll statement of some Of it's
good features The Spokane in this
campaign except the best city government people
The idea OF commission fine
and progressive The idea Of having five directly
sponsible to the people, unwedv
machine with central responsibility length Of the
charter good because length protect city
from injustice at the hands of officials system
voting has been desirable is fine
made to work at all VIII be fine but The Press opinion
for universal transfers is step forward If nuIed by
reference " ~ -
These good features And as The Press
yesterday the people Of all for able officials
who will under either old
~ ~'~ Wv
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
CRIMINAL
NEGLECT
CHARGED
Strain Too Great on Struc-
ture-Two Men
Will Die.

Criminal careiessness on the part
Of Contractor John Fife 10 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-
ously and two Of whom undouhted-
ly will die.
A gang of men employed on the
bridge were engaged in moving
donkey engine from a 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 TIMeERs
When the power was turned on
and the engine began to move
along it's skids onto the falsework
the strain was too great for the inn
properly braced temporary struc-
ture to withstand and it collapsed,
carrying four men down with 1t and
pinning two beneath the falling
timbers, where they lay in . tangle
of bloOdstained wreckage until res-
cued by fellow workmen and neigh
bors who rushed to the scene OF
the accident.
LIST OF INJURED.
The men who were carried down
in the wreck are:
Sidney Powell, GIG College ave-
nue.. bridge carpenter; badly cut
about the head, face and arms,
skull fractured. May die.
c. Warren, S106 Ferry, fireman
of the donkey engine: back broken
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. E. Whipple. signalman, 720
Laura street; right arm and back
bruised, terribly scalded by steam
from the wrecked engine. VIII die.
IL. .. rtiSh, cuS'uce'T, V1SVl Ndp8
street: badly scalded and leg bad
ly bruised.
]. Beck, carpenter; side and leg
bruised.
Whipple, who will die, has a wife
and five children. Two Of the
children are married.
Warren has a wife and several
Continued on Page Two.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
MORE CONSOLIDATION.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Clarence
II. Mackay, on being shown the
announcement from London that
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, with two submarine cables
from the United States to Europe.
has. now acquired control of the
-four submarine cables owned by
the Anglo-American Telegraph
company, said:
The only competition now left
is the Commercial Cablbe company
on the ocean and Postal Telegraph
company on the land"
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 a
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.
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
The permanent tariff COM
mission will provide the neces-
sary basis for intelligent tariff
legislation, no matter by what
party CT to what end. If the
demands are Champ Clark's
and not Champ" Clark's they
will support 1t. No scientific
revision of the 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
porarily on the tariff, to collect
and digest the vast amount of
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, Dee 20.-The purpose of this article
is to give newspaper readers intimate personal view of
their president William Howard Taft just it
possible for each to call upon him today at the White
House and talk affairs uppermost in his mind 1t
is designed to bring the reader face to face with the
president, he may hear why Mr. Taft is fighting an
effort to destroy his partisan permanent tariff
mission plan 1t purposes to let the reader hear, from
him. the reasons why every American should swell with
pride at the successful construction of the great Panama
canal
The writer found the president busiy engaged, CON
fonted all sides by appeals of congressman chickering's
of politicians demands of office seekers and vet wthal
serene, earnest and cheerfully optimistic
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 statement of the exact
measure of the contents on the la
bel, If substitute bill to be sub
mitted to the house today by Rep
resentative Mann of Illinois be-
comes a law. The substitute bill
is calculated to take the place of
Mann's original amendment to the
pure food law.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
, . Q . . . . . O . Q . Q Q Q q
} DRAWS LAND AND BRIDE. .

. Drawing a claim on the
. Coeur dAlene reservation sat
. isfied John Allen OF engine
. company No. as far as the
. mere matter Of value in a
. monetary way was concerned,
. but John was lonesome and so
. when he appeared before the :
. Rev. Leo NJ. Totten of this
. city yesterday with Miss Mol
. lie Owens of Oakesdale as his
= prospective bride. he was cor
. respondingly jubilant. Mis-
. Owens had visited friends in
. this city some months ago,
. when Allen became acquainted ,
. with her.
n u u u u u u u - u u = y = .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
MURDERS THREE

(6y United presa leased Wlrey
DURHAM, N. c.. Dec. 2O.-Fol.
lowing the murder of three persons
Sheriff Wheeler and two deputies
are rushing here today with Ma
than Montague. a negro. In order
to protect him from posse OF
farmers that seek to lynch him tor
the crimes.
Montague last night entered the
home Of Leyton Sanders. . farmer.
1t is alleged, slew Sanders and his
grandchild. aged 2: assaulted Nina
Sanders, daughter and cut her
throat with jack-knife.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
A MOTHER S PLEA,
TAFT COMMU7ES SENTENCE
fBy United Press Leased Wire.

WASHINGTON Dec. 20.-Answering a mothers plea,
President Taft today commuted life Imprisonment the
imposed John Wynne who to have
been hanged for the murder of A. McKinnor shpmae
United transport Rosecrans. Wynne had devel
oped dislike McKinnon and In November 1908 at Homo
while intoxicated he McKnnon asleep and crushed
his head with hammer,
Communication, in the presidents handwriting states
kill formed In drunken brain,
condition rebu the inference Of the premed
murder In the first degree"
q q . . .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
LORlMER 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 committee
on privileges and elections.
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 its 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 New Eng
land brand of shoes will quick
ly feel its effect. The man en-
ployed in a 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
nnrncS tho rnntinnnt
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
PETITION FILED
AGAINST GILL
(sy United Press Leased wlre.)

SEATTLE, Dec. 20.-The mon.
ster petition demanding that an
election be held to determine a 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 11.202, of
which 631 are duly qualified wom-
en- voters. 1t is only necessary
that $3.50 names be signed to the
petition to invoke the recall elec.
ton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
"A SPLENDID
HAZARD

Coming-Greatest serial Of
the season-"A Splendid Haz-
ard" by Harold MacGrath,
author of "The Man on the
Box" It will be printed exclu-
sively In The Press. Don't miss
an issue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
"Good Feu0lus''

To the Good Fellows Of Spokane: We feel that
owing to lots Of sickness and other dsappontments
our babies will be sorely disappointed this Christ
mas We have two baby girls and three boys that
won't even have clothes to 60 anywhere or even
good dinner - Cedar street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
Just a Few of the Letters From

To the Good Fellows My papa has not had any
work for long time, and I have got five brothers
and sisters and live at - Knapp avenue. And
we will not have any Christmas unless good Santa
comes, as mamma says she can't hardly keep us in
food. From Little Pearl.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
. . - 80 . . . o . Q O Q 4
= QUITS PULPIT TO MAKE 4
= LOCKS. 4

. TRENTON, N. j., Dec. 90 4
. The Rev. William G. Wherry 4
= has resigned as rector of st. 4
. James p. +. church to be-
. come a maker of locks. 4
= His friends say he is max 4
. Ing the change to provide 4
= hpme FOR his prospective
4 btide. The congregation,
= Which is poor. refused to
. build rectory. 4
= H
 q = . . . . q . . . Q 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
A STORY OF The TOWN

81 didn't know hurt any," A
Four girls walking
talk had from laundry
oh didn't hurt much but II jerked somehns
We'll, I'm going get hair caught
out Somebody holered at me just In time today scsped hr
girl
Believe ANY mansle@ quoA
the third girl.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20
Spokane Kids to

Dear Mr. Good Fellows: Papa has not been working
for quite while And we have not the money to buy
anything for Christmas There is two Of children My
brother is 10 years old and H. Will you please try
to call We will be thankful for anything you have
Ethel - Riverside.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Further
investigation is being made by
Rep. Martins charges that friar
lands have been mishandled by
Philippines government in connec-
ton with deal with the sugar trust
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-20

what want for me and little brother. want doll
buggie. will do with my old doe One of its eyes is
and pair Of shoes Baby wants rattle. Mama says
won't get nothing because papa is sick live at - Ash
street