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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
PA US
THEFREIGHT?

Grafton, it is estimated cost the
city for labor and carriage about
$50, which would have been saved
had the mayor needed the order of
the city council and given the peo-
pie new water mains. a,-
Now Gordon avenue will get, a
new main-when the water depart
ment gets ready, and that may be
three or four months, the citizens
We're told. pa
In Brownies addition heavy, cast
iron mains are being laid without
petition, guarantee or anything else,
except that in the Judgment of the
water men that section should have
the heavy pipe. When Gordon ave
nue. came along with its formal pc
tition, agreeing to reimburse the
city if it installed one of the light
steel mains, its request was ig-
nored.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
LABOR HELPS
EQUAL SUFFRAGE

Organized labor will lend its aid
to the work of furthering the cause
of equal suffrage. Last night Mrs.
May Arkwright Hutton and Mrs.
Reynolds appeared before the Cen
tral Labor council and asked that
the body name a delegate to serve
on the campaign committee Of the
suffrage organization. John Gordon
was named for that purpose.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
(By United Press Leased Wire)

HARTFORD, Conn, June IA
clue which may lead to the iden-
titv OF the murderer of Mary Scott
Castle Charlton, whose body was
found in Lake Como. Italy, was dis
covered here today.
Mrs. Charlton in the summer of
1908 lived at a local hotel as the
wife of a man named Belts. The
trunk in which the body Of Mrs
Charlton was found bore the name
'W. c. Belts" according to news
paper dispatches from Italy.
AS soon as this fact became
known. the local police got in com
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
AXE IS GROUND FOR
FAKE AUCTION SALES

many months 1t has been almost a
so-called auction houses have been
doing a flourishing business by the
use of "cappers" or dummy bid
ders" and by other false and dis
honest methods equally as elusive
and illegal. Tn suspecting patrons
of the places are daily bidding
against the cappers for cheap jew
elry and other articles of commerce.
represented by the hoarse voiced
man on the box or the counter to be
genuine and real bargains. when in
fact close inspection will show them
to be phoney and almost worthless.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
BOY VICTIM BETTER,

Dallas Green, the 10 year old lad
who was badly injured in an ele-
vator accident in the Green block,
the property of his father, on North
Monroe street, Sunday afternoon, is
reported to be much improved to-
day. He is at Sacred Heart hos
pital, where it is now thought he
will recover without the aid Of an
operation, which was at first
thought necessary for the preser-
walton of his life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
BLACKMAiLiNG SOCIETY?
(By United Preez leased Wire)

tBy Unite d Prees leased Wire)
MILAN, June 1.-THE unusual in
terest taken by American Ambassa-
dor Leishman in the murder of
Mary Scott Castle Charlton and the
disappearance of her young hus-
band, Porter Charlton. led to the
report today that the United States
is seeking to ascertain whether a
society formed for the purpose of
Matchmaking American women in
Italy is in existence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14

he will go to New Orleans and from
there sail for the Panama canal.
From the isthmus he will go to New
York and thence across the CONT
nent on a return trip to Portland.
The trip is to be made on wager
between two oil barOns of Beau
mont. Texas. where Ward formerly
lived. One man offered to bet $1,000
that Ward could smash all previous
record. and the wager was &C
copted Ward plans to carry a mes
sage from Portland to New Orleans
from Mayor Simon to the mayor of
New Orleans.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
A GLITTERING NEW
FIRE ENGINE HERE

A brand new, gIistening white
fire engine, artisticaIIy striped
and decorated with gilt, pink
and delicate blue paint, fresh
from the factory, was unIoaded
here this spring for No. 9 fire
station, at Eighth avenue and
Monroe street. It is Of the Con-
tinental make, from the Ahrens
shops at Cincinnati, Ohio, and
Is about the most beautiful In
the city. The new engine is
called the second size and has a
capacity Of about 900 gallons
per minute. Its cost was some
thing over $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14

An axe Is at last being ground for
the fake auction sales that have
flourished in the cheap jewelry
stores, pawnshops and second hand
stores along Front and Main ave
nues for years, unmolested by the
police. The crisis in the prosperous
career Of one shop seems to loom
on the horizon by the arrest this
morning of Harry Broh, on a charge
OF obtaining money by false auction.
Broh was arrested by Detective
Tom Lister, on a warrant sworn out
by a man who alleges he was the
victim Of fake auction, to the ex-
tent Of considerable cash. For
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
A POSSIBLE CLUE TO
THE CHARLTON MURDER

munication with the Italian au-
thorities requesting more data and
forwarding the details of the wo-
mans stay here According to the
police, Mrs. Charlton, then known
as Mrs. Castle, lived at the hotel
for two months. The hotel man
ager says that Belts expressed fear
of the woman and deserted her.
Following this desertion, say the
police, Mrs Charlton attempted sui
eide in the river near here. This
was in the summer of 1903. The
woman was rescued unconscious,
but refused to reveal the cause of
her act.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14

Gordon avenue petitioned for a
new steel main in the regular way.
backed by the usual guarantee to
the city of II per cent earnings on
the investment. This is the custom
airy petition, and the council voted
that they get the new main.
Yesterday the water department
shipped over a lot of the old main
taken up in Brownies addition and
started to excavate for the purpose
of laying the mains in the street.
After J. F. Miller, leader of the COM
mittee, had served notice OF his
intention to take the matter to
court the ditch was filled up and
the water mains carted to some
other section of the city. This op-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14

4 suit to fOYeClOSe a mortgage OF
$4,000 was filed today by the Hypo-
theekbank against the Spokane Or
chard Land Co, and its officers,
Clarence w. Robnett, president, and
Henry Fair. secretary. The loan
was negotiated in April Of last year
at 10 per cent and neither principal
nor interest has been paid
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
GREAT WALK ON
WAGER.

(5y United Press Leased Wire)
PORTLAND. Ore, June lid
ward James Ward. who gained
fame in Australia as a walker, will
leave within a few days for one of
the longest pedestrian tours ever
made in America. From Portland
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
DEATH LIST 81.
(By United Press Leased Wjre)

10y OTTttu FTtss EtdStu Witt
MONTREAL, Quebec, June a.
Three bodies were taken today
from the ruins of the Herald build
ing. which was burned yesterday,
cred. A conservative estimate
places the number of dead and
missing at 81.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14
COLD WATER BREAKS
Up A FAMILY

In divorce suit filed today
by Attorney Fred Moore, Agnes
Settlers charges that her
spouse. among other forms of
alleged meanness, doused her
with a pitcher of cold water as
she lay in bed. They were mar
ried five years ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-14

. Property owners on Gordon =
8 avenue have suggested the =
. drafting of a cartoon in which =
. Mayor Pratt is shown handing Z
q the old shoes of Brownies ad- Z
= dition to LidGerwoOd, with a Z
. little bill for $3.50 freight and Z
. carriage. Since the pipes were Z
. not used on the street, the Z
. question has arisen, "Who Z
o paws the freight" Z
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
ROANOKE CLOSES SHOP
AND VISITS STATE FAIR
Holiday Spirit Prevails in Magic
City and Twenty Thousand
Turn Out.

Especial to The Richmond yirginian)
ROANOKE, VA, Sept x.---The suc-
ces of the Roanoke Fair for 1910 was
assured when a crowd. estimated az
twenty thousand. gathered to-day on
the grounds, II is Roanoke day All
business houses are closed and every
body Is trying 10 see the exhibition.
1t is believed that thirty thousand ad-
missions Will be the days record OF
attendance.
Aviator Ely is expected TO make a
flight this afternoon in his Curtiss ma
chine.
Among the prizes awarded this
morning were. percheron best three
year old stallion, James NJ Graham. Of
Max Meadows; best two-year-o stall
lion, Calkins. Augsburg.
Among the, exhibitions are those Of
the Norfolk and Western Railway col
lections Of fruit from various growers,
r. w, Wood and Sons, display of seed
and plants under care Of C., C.. Jacob,
OF Richmond, which are attracting
much attention.
This afternoon all live stock exht-
bited at the fair took part In a pa
rade
The two bands furnishing music are
composed of the Red Men and employ
es of the Roanoke machine works
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
CHURCH HILL NEWS
column left
hurc ank. O Madison 1881

Mamie Smith, Essie Watkins; Messrs.
Wyatt Smith, Charles Felvey, Willie
Mccarthy, Mr.. and Mrs r. ID. Watkins
Mr. Ernest Davenport. of King Will
liam county, was the guest of Mr.. ".
b, chenau,t this week.
Preparations are being made at the
Baptist sunday-school for Children
Day exercises, to be held October eth.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. f. James have re-
turned home from Cartersville where
they spent the summer with relatives.
The regular choir rehearsal of the
Baptist church VIII be held SATURDAY
the leader requests all of the memb RS
to be present at this time.
Miss Matte Mann has opened her
musical studio at 1901 North Twenty
come back her old pupils and new
scholars.
Mrs. Willie Rose is critically i'll at
her home on the Mechanicsville Pike.
Mr.. and Mrs Vernon Pugh, OF Ports
mouth, who have been the guests OF
Mr. aRd Mrs, Pryor Patterson. during
the past week, viii return to their
home sunday.
Mrs. Addie B. Shelton is visiting her
sisters, the Misses Creates of Gooch-
land county. She will be away sever
al weeks.
Mr.. T. Morris is still very sick at his
home on the avenue.
Miss Leila Sneed has returned home
from pleasant stay of ten days in
E9rmville.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Balm, of Charlottes-
vile. Va. Is the guest Of Mrs. r. l..
Lane on Darlington street
Mr.. Willie Tucker has moved his
family from Twenty-second street to
Mosby street.
Mrs Lena Morrison, left Thursday
for Crozet, Albemarle county to visit
her mother. who is very sick.
Mr.. j. A. Ninson continues very Iii
at his home. with an aoscess In his
head.
Mrs s. T. Durvin is very sick at her
home on the avenue.
Miss Bessie Chandler delightfully."-
entertained few OF her friends IN
honor of her birthday. Wednesday ev-
ening from TO IL o'clock at her home.
The evening was spent In music anl
parlor games until they were invited
into the dining room where a lovely
table was spread with all the delicacies
Of the season. Among those present
were, Misses Bertha Bailey Susie
Brown. Victoria Farrls, Louise Reams.
Nellie James, Louise Barnes, Bessie
Chandler; Messrs. Rufin Bailey, Har-
~ Carver. Noble Newly, Newberry,
Mahanes. Allen Bailey and Mr. and Mrs.
j. r Bailey.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
alrnnOunt

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Pugh and little
son. OF Portsmouth. are the guests OF
Mrs. Pryor Patterson.
Miss Virginia Yarbrough, of Caro-
line, is visiting her cousin. Miss Ruby
Mason.
Mrs. }. H. Gardener, of Bluedeld.
West Virginia, is spending several
days with his sister Mrs. Raynes. Be
fore his return home, he will also Wis
il friends at Scottsvlle.
Miss Mayme Snellings, of Farmyille,
is the guest OF MIR and Mrs. Carver.
The Fidelity Y held their regular
Tucker on Monday night, when after
the regular business, officers We're
elected as follows Mrs. r. Walter
Beadles, president; recording secro-
spending secretary Mrs. Matte Tuck
er, Treasurer, Miss Lizzie Walker; sup
erlntendent Flower Mission. Mrs. Lew
is Gentry; superintendent parlor social,
Mrs Russell Gentry. press reporter,
Mrs r. Walter Beadles and Mrs.
Russell Gentry We're appointed dele
sa.es 10 Sea,e
Goth to 29th and Mrs Charles Pollard
and Mrs. Flay Gentry alternates. Mrs.
Beadles was elected secretary for the
branch Of the county.
MIR and Mrs. A simpson Clayton
have returned from their bridal tour,
ard are at home to their friends at
2uot paramount avenue.
Mrs. Mamie Hogan, of New York
City IS the guest OF her neice, Mrs
James T.. Hart
Mr., and Mrs. Frank James have re-
turned from GooChland where they
visited relatives for two months
Miss Victoria Farris left Tuesday
for Cro2et, to visit her parents for two
weeks
Mr. George Marshall, of Petersburg,
Is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Edward
MsrSton, on q street.
The regular meeting OF the ]. o. L.
A. N. Will be held In the town hail
Thursday night al eight o'clock. There
Ia business OF Importance and all
members are requested to attend
Mr.. Walter Andrews left Wednesday
for New Jersey where he will visit
relatives and friends for two weeks
Mr.. Leroy Johnson, who has been
spending some time with his uncle. MIR
u, II. Johnson, of Mosby street, left
Wednesday night for his home In
Goochiand.
Mrs. NJ. A. Strickland is very i'll at
her home on Q street.
Miss Essie Watkins entertained a
few of her friends at her home on
Twenty-second street Wednesday night.
Those present were Misses Mamie Fell
sey. Esste Germelman, Retha Watkins.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
Barton Heights

Mr.. Frank Richards has as his
guest his father. DR.. Richards. of
Rockingham county
Mrs. J. L. Pool and children have re-
turned from a stay OF two months in
North and South Carolina.
Mr.. C. V. Blackburn gave delight
full launch party to Dutch Gap Tues
day afternoon on his handsome Nap
tina launch. Those who went were
Misses Ruth Farrow. Mamie and lessee
Blackburn, Messrs. Black burn. Rich
ards and Larry. They took supper on
the island, and enjoyed several de-
lightful games of lawn tennis
Mr.. James Satterwhite left Tuesday
night for Blackstone where he will en-
ter school in the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Baylor. of Fisher
vile, Augusta county, have moved to
900 Lamb avenue. Barton Heights.
Mr.. r. S. Ragand and Mr.. Hugh
Noel left Tuesday for Emporia on a
business trip.
Lydia, the infant daughter OF Rev
and Mrs. G. Peyton Craighill, who mas
been critically Ill of pneumoniaSsis con-
valescing.
Mr. Bradstreet Peaseley left Tues
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
( IIAPTTis Y.
The Dart.

High. high up in the clear apaline
air was a broad. golden CLEAN Nearer
1t came. and broader 1t grew, and
as It grew, and as it caught more
fully the slanting beams of the low
hanging Arctic sun, ii sheue with prs-
matte. iridescent color among the gold,
like an archangers wings. The shin
ing thing lowered at last right above
the masthead. but high. high up In
the sky.
Then the four watchers uttered, in
one breath. a horror frozen cry, for,
as h falcon does. il dropped, hurting,
But not TO the destruction they fore
saw; once more 1t darted forward, cir
cied half round the yacht, so close
to her rail that they heard the whin-
ing scream of the air as those mighty
wings cleft through 1t. And then, as
on the night before, his planes up
standing straight, Cayley Ieaped back
ward, clear of them. and alighted Oh
the foe beside the yacht.
old Mr.. Fanshaw walked quickly
around the deckhouse aud hailed the
new arrival. Won't YOU come aboard.
sir" Jeanne heard him call. I'm
send the dinghy for you"
Thank you" they heard him an
swer, There wasn't much room FOR
alighting on the deck or l. could have
spared you the trouble
Jeanne stole a glance into Tom Fan
shaw's stern, set face. wondering il
the tone and the infection of that
voice would impress him as 1t had
her. Don't you find II hard to be-
iieVe that he could have done such
n thing ." she asked: "a man with ii
voice like that
Il only wish / found 1t possible
to believe he hasn't Not every viii
lain iii this world looks and talks
like a thug. If they did. life would
be simpler" He paused moment
the other thing-out there In the Phil
ippines'
Her face paled little at that, stiff
fened. somehow, and she did not an
swer. They sat silent. listening TO the
receding oars OF the dinghy AS it made
for the ice-hoe. Suddenly the girl
saw an expression of perplexity come
into Tom Fanshaw's face. When you
talked with him. Jeanne, last night
did you tell him our name Mine
and fathers, | mean? Did you give
MIN any hint who We were, or that we
We're people who might know him."
NO, only my own; and who father
was He asked me about that"
All" he said. Then that accounts
for his coming back"
She had hoped that in some way
or other the trend of her answer
might be in the sky-man's favor. and
was disappointed at seeing that the
reverse was true.
She had To represa a sudden I'm
pulse of flight when they heard the
returning dinghy scrape alongside the
accommodation ladder And even
though she resisted IL. she snrank
back, nevertheless, into corner be
hind Tom Fanshawfs chair. The old
gentleman was waiting at the-head OF
the ladder, blocking. with the bulk
OF his body. tho newcomers view Of
the deck and those who were waiting
there until he should have fairly come
aboard.
tho be Continued.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
PAID s82,475 FOR
FAIR TREATMENT
Legislators in n. Y. MIXED Street
Railway Companies for Big
Contributions.

NEW YORK, September "a
That the Street Railway combine of
this state turned over to members of
the legislature ss2.4T5 during the per-
iod between May 1900 and July 1903.
for fair treatment" and as cam
paign contributions was developed
at to-day's session of the legislative
graft investigating committee.
OF this amount $4,000 was con-
tributed directed by Henry A. Roll
inson and $2.675 by RI. III. yreeland,
poth ofnciaIs OF the Metropolitan
Street Railway system The entire
amount was disbursed through the
brokerage Arm OF Ellingwood and
cunningham OF which G. Tracy Rog-
ers, legislative agent for the traction
combine, was silent partner. Most
or the money went to Senator Good
sell and Assemblyman Bedell and
their friends. In a single month in
1903. the total paid out by Rogers
was s25, 200.
Rogers was on the stand when the
hearing was resumed to-day. He
was asked why this money was paid
out and explained that the street rail-
way association considered the mem
bers OF the legislature who benefited
good square men who could not be
bribed." and so IT gave up the money
to keep them in the legislature.
Why was this money paid through
this brokerage firm and not turned
directly over to the campaign coHa-
mittee that was managing these mems
campaign" asked Judge Bruce
We thought that the safer way"
was the reply.
Bruce tried TO find out the identity
OF all who benefited by the activity
OF the traction combine. but Rogers
insisted that he could not recall
any others than have already been
mentioned. He did not seem partic-
ularly concerned when Bruce accused
him Of having Intentionally forgot
ten"
Questioned about the account OF
Col. Archie Baxter, former clerk OF
the assembly. which Rogers said he
managed. the witness claimed he had
no personal interest In it. He kept
Bakers margins safe, he said. on one
occasion, In November. 1899, advance
ing $4,000. Rogers denied abso-
iutely ever paying money to Baxter
for his influence.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
THE SKY-MAN
HENRY kITCHELL WEBSTER
A,thor trsfh Samuel Mey-cin) Of Calumet " K
Copyright 1910 by The Century Company

van had spoken made the question
hardly necessary.
Yes, sir His body is lodged deep
down iu one of the ice assures ia the
glacier l could see It perfectly. though
I couldn't get down to IT,"
Tom FaushAw covered his ace with
his hands tor al moment. ThcB looked
Np and asked. steadily; "llc slipped,
suppose
AT the same oomeui his sather ask r.
ed do you think We shall be able
IL recover the body y"
Donovan answered this question
first,
we can Try. sir. though I've not
much hope Of our succeeding
Then. after moments hesitation,
he turned TO the son,
NO. air. he didn't fail. AT least it
wasn't the fan that killed him. found
this IN cleft in the Toe near by, Ii
must have been driven clean through
mis- throat. sir
He held out, in q shaking hand
long, slim IVORY dart sharp almost as
steel could be and stained brown with
blood He Was murdered, sir Dono
van concluded simply
Give me the dart, the old gentle
man demanded, As he examined it.
his fine old face hardened. DO You
seee" he asked holding IL out tn his
son There ts no notch in the end
for "a bow string. but 1T VIII lie very
truly in the groove Of that throwing
stick that Jeanne brought aboard the
yacht this morning"
Then he turned to the girl u m
afraid your Visitor last night was no
vision. my dear, after all
But the girl was looking and point
ing skyward.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
APOPLEXY KILLS
CLUB STEWARD
Aged Man Expires While Draw
ing Money to Go to Wash
ington Hospital

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
LYNCHBuHG. VA, Sept az
While in the act OF drawing out money
at bank, preparatory to going to a
Washington hospital for treatment,
John Croghan, aged sixty. steward of
the Piedmont Club OF this city. was
stricken with apoplexy and died in
ten minutes. Groghan had been in
the employ of the club only a few
days and came here from Washington,
his native city. He was a thirty-sec-
ond degree Mason. He had already
become popular among the club MEM
beers. He was married and had several
children, all of whom are in Washing.
ton,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
INSURANCE BUREAU
POSTPONES HEARING

The hearing which was to have
been granted Friday morning by the
State bureau of insurance to the
Royal Mutual Aid Society. OF VIII
mington, Del. has been postponed
until October 6.
In going over the books OF this
company some time ago certain ir-
regularities were discovered by State
Examiner Hobson, and II ID to ex-
plain these that the representative
Of the company were cited go appear
before the bureau.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
NIAGRA GIVES Up DEAD
FIRST TINE IN HISTORY

NIAGARA FALLS. Sept 2r.--That
Niagara sometimes does give up it's
dead was shown to-day when the body
of a man. about 30 years old, sup
coat, to be w A. gin, was found on
the shore before the American falls.
Except for coat this body was fully
clad. 1t had been In the water about
a week and is supposed to have come
over the American falls.
According TO the river men this is
the first time n body his ever been
washed UP below the falls.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-23
TWO YOUTHS CHARGED
WITH KILLING BROTHER

ADMISSION. ALA. Sept. 2..-Chargea
with the murder OF their brother.
Rathbone and Cicero HUMPHREYS were
arrested here to-day following an In
vestigation by the coroner. The body
of Laney HUMPHREYS was found on Ju-
ly u. with a bullet in his head and a
revolver in his lap The suicide the
Org was accepted at that time. Re-
Gently further evidence has developed
indicating that fight preceded the
killing,