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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
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BERLIN, April 16.-CharleS May,
a millionaire philanthropist OF
Dresden, author of religious books
and stories for children, intimate
friend of the king of Saxony, and
leader in the social life of Dresden,
was proved in Berlin court today to
be a notorious criminal whose law
breaking exploits startled all Ger
many 40 years ago. 1t was shown
that he had undergone two prison
terms, one from 1870 to 1873, and
has been the chief of band of rob
bers. whose violence terrorized the
whole of SaXony.
The unmasking of May, who for
score of years had kept his iden-
tity concealed and had been trying
to compensate for his dark past by
living life that almost rlvaled
Jean Vatican in its good deeds, was
the work of Herr Lebius, the social
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
SEES PATHETIC FIGURE. IN Bank WRECKER
M0RSE'S DEVOTED Wifi, SEEKING PARDON

declaration. My husband is not
guilty"
talked to her in the office she
has established in New York for the
business of getting names on pc
tition for her husbands release that
will be presented to President Taft.
She doesn't look the part of a
keen business woman; she is best
suited to drawing room; her
dainty lingerie waist was trimmed
with yards and yards of lace, and
her well cut black skirt trailed the
floor, modishly.
"Of course my husband is inno-
cent" she exclaimed $50 many
people write me letters of sympathy
and tell me he ought to be out
Really, I can't answer all the let
ters. A dear old man, who used to
be a bank examiner, and who is
over so years old, wrote to me that
he would live to see the day when
my husband would be free.
Wasn't that kind? Why, even
senators and congressman have put
their names on the petition
AS ! looked at her the thought
occurred to me that if President
Taft could only see the sweet, faith
full. pathetic little woman before
me he might understand that pity
for her more than sense of justice
caused such distinguished men to
lend their names to her cause. And
of course that same thought in the
presidents mind would only over
throw Mrs. MOrse's hopes.
You have been very brave I
said to her.
"Oh. no. 1t is Mr. Morse who was
brave she said. He is the best
man in the world. Mr.. Morse has
three lovely boys and little daugh-
ter, and they need him so much"
IF I only knew what I could do
to secure his release I'd gladly do
it, They let me see him occasion
ally, in prison at Atlanta. I'm send
ing the petitions TO other cities for
signatures, and I've organized the
Morse Petition league. | hope it
will grow all over the country"
And everybody who knows says
that her hope is baseless.
And that fact makes her one of
the saddest figures ! ever saw.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
0ERTER MADE
HEAD Of NATION
Al bARTENDERS

Henry n. Oerter, business agent
of the bartenders' union of Spo-
kane. has been elected national
president of the international
brotherhood of Bartenders. He was
organization in session at McKees-
port. Pa. and word reached his
friends in Spokane last night.
Oerter is we'll and favorably
known throughout this part of the
country and as business agent of
the local bartenders' union has done
much to better the conditions of the
organization \ banquet was ten
dered to Mr.. Oerter at McKeesport,
Pa, last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16

MRS. NftARLES w. NURSE.
sent to Atlanta prison for IS years
on one count, when he was indicted
on so, for running thousands
No matter if his name is execrat-
ed because he took from thousands
of tenements the cooling blessing of
ice by forming the ice trust
No matter what the world thinks.
his wife, with all a woman'S mys-
FERROUS devotion, has left her
life of ease and luxury, to ght for
his release.
There is a world of pathos in her
dist church. Mr. Small was former
ly associated with Sam Jones, and
has lectured throughout the United
States, Canada and England.
In honor Of Susan 3. Anthony.
founder of the suffrage club, a
committee from the Washington Po-
litical Equality league planted a
tree yesterday at O'Clock on the
campus of the Spokane college.
HalIey's comet Is visible at 4
a. m. 1t can be seen with field
glass in the eastern sky.
The Sunday school superintend-
ents of the city held a meeting last
night and discussed the subject of
the WOman's club day nursery be-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
PLANNING SNOW
SHEDS OF CONCRETE

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OLYMPIA, April 16.-The
Great Northern railway plans
to protect its line through the
Cascade mountains with snow
sheds built Of concrete, accord
ing to information brought to
this city today by Assistant At
torney General Turner, who has
been on tour of the state with
members of the state railway
commission. Had the section
of line in the vicinity Of Well
ington been covered with the
concrete sheds it is believed
the disaster last month to the
two passenger trains which
cost nearly a hundred lives,
would have been averted. Be-
sides, with the tracks unpro-
tected, the expense to the rail-
road company in clearing the
mountain divisions of snow and
slides amounts to thousands Of
dollars every winter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
NO JOB TOO
BIG FOR THE
WOMEN TO TACKLE
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PARIS, April 16.-There is no Job
TOO big for women TO tackle. in the
opinion of Nine. Marguerite Du-
rand, candidate for the chamber of
deputies from Paris. who is today
the biggest political sensation" in
the French capital
"A woman could easily fill the Of
flee of president of France Nine.
Durand declares, and ! hope yet
to see woman candidate for this
office
Reform of divorce laws, abolition
OF the sale of absinthe and gam
bling and reform of prison laws are
a few of the things that Nine. Du-
rand will work for. if the voters do
their part on election day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
TOO BUSY TO TURN
OVER THE MONEY
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SEATTLE, April 1G.-Lee f. Nor
gan, former city treasurer of the
suburb of Georgetown, recently an
nexed to Seattle. an electrician by
trade, is too busy. he says, to turn
over $3S,03S95 from the George
town treasury 10 the city Of Seattle.
Treasurer Terry of Seattle has
demanded the money. but Morgan
told the treasurer of the city
finance committee today that he
had been very busy and therefore
unable 10 attend to the transfer of
the money. He added that he might
get around TO it within a week
or So
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
WARSHIP ON BUSINESS.
BY United Press Leased Wire. J

Annoy, China, April 16.-Under
orders from Washington, the Amer
lean cruiser Cleveland sailed today
for Hankow to aid in suppressing
the anti-foreign outbreak The
Cleveland will take an active part
only if it becomes necessary.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
BY ELIZABETH GREGORY.
(Special to The Press,l

NEW YORK, April 15.-No ma,
ter if millions of people DO think
Charles W. Morse ought to be in
jail
No matter if he did get more
mercy than justice when he was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16

WHICH, BEING INTERPRETED
Joseph was interpreting the
dream of seven lean and seven
fat kline.
at means the beef trust will
charge top prices for BOTH" he
declared.
Herewith they saw he was a
prophet.-Sun.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
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. whose report has just been =
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= secretary of the state board of =
. health. This discovery is con- =
: sdered to be one of much i'm =
; portance, and has opened up =
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= assures the people, however, =
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16

Admiral Wilson of England has
own. Their absence is more ef-
fective in speeding visitors than
Ths-ls-My-Busy-Day sign.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16

ing aided Financially by the mem
bers of the Sunday schools.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16
The orations on woman's riahts

The orations on Woman's rights
prepared by the students of the
South Central high school were
handed in last night. The mem
bers of the faculty will be the
judges and will award the prizes
next Monday. This grafton contest
is given every year by Mrs. May
Arkwright Hutton. Cash prizes of
$50, $40 and S. will be awarded.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-16

by painting your home
in we'll selected color
that will add grace and
beauty to the neighbor-
hood in which you live.
This will do more than
any other one thing to
increase the value Of the
property in your neigh
borhood.
BE sure that the quail
ity of your paint is
good, standard paint
is a paint that will
stand the wear and tear
Of the weather. 1t will
not fade or scale off.
"A larger per cent or
Spokane people own
their own home than
people of any other city.
1t is also true that Spo-
kane houses as an aver
age are more attractive
than most cities. Paint
your home, and in this
way swell the list Of at
tractive homes. .
Call at our office ana
our men experienced in
paints will be pleased to
give you the advantage
of their experience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

later and will eventually become part of the federal constitution.
 The New York Worlds poll shows 8 senators in favor of direct action of the people-22 republicans and B demo- crats. Twelve senators are opposed-9 republicans and democrats, while 16 senators are non-committal, iearing 29 senators that have not expressed an opinion on the subject.
 The states will act freely this winter in this matter, and the Senate cannot much longer withstand the will of the people. The states will soon demand at the hands of Congress the submission of an amendment that will be identical with the Borah-Rayner proposition. Every of privilege in the Senate is anxious to avoid test vote on that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Anticipating Next December

On January 19 a remarkable caucus of the democratic elect will be held in Washington. No lame ducks need apply. IL is not customary to call together the membership of a new house while an old and to a great extent repudiated house is still in session. But Representative Champ Clark's election as speaker is as- sured, and he desires a caucus of the democratic members of the new house. or no they will appoint tentative com mittee of ways and means and also rules committee. If they say 'Yes," then he will ask them to instruct the new ways and means committee to take up the tariff schedule by schedule, possibly item by item, and to be ready next De- cember to report amendments of its worst features. The members of the new committee may have Ito toss up'' in To- eating the worst features of the tariff for the entire instrument is based on high-handed taxation of the many for the benefit of the few.
 And then, too, MT. Clark desires the controllers of the next House to say how its committees shall be selected. The caucus of January 19 will .decide that question freed from dictation on the par. of anybody. MT. Clark himself hopes the House will select its own committees.
 The caucus of January 1s will be asked in other words, to decide how the com niittees shall be selected and what the party will do with the tariff. It is un- necessary to say that upon the solutions oe these two problems will rest the hope of retaining the good will of the people and of eleeting a democratic President in 1912.
 | The caucus of January 19 has been wisely called, and no one need doubt that it will act fully up to the will of the people expressed at the polls last month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

favor of the veto bil. while the union lsts will be rent and torn by various propositions.
 Premier Asquith Is a man of cour- age, and he has men of courage and great ability in his cabinet, and we may be sure he will send the veto bill unaltered speedily to the house of lords. In all honor and conscience the lords should accept it, for they accepted the referendum and should abide the de- cision.
 If they haggle over and attempt to evade the popular will King George can keep out of party politics and obey all precedent and the British constl- tuition as 1t has been developed, not written, by filling the house of lords with a liberal majority. Will he do it?
 If he refuses to do this then pande- monium will reign in England, rather than King George. Premier Asquith would resign-a tory would follow. As the coronation of the King is to take place In June we may be sure the veto bill will become law either through its acceptance by the lords as they stand or through the creation of hundreds of 'hoi polloi" peers. In all probability the present lot of lords will take their medicine and pass the veto
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
TWAS ALL A MISTAKE
} New York World.

From the New York World.
 Mrs. Coleman, who keeps the police of the West Side busy arresting cruel driv- CTS. approached policeman in Central park west in great indignation the other day. ''I want you to arrest the driver of that horse over there." she said, point ing to a delivery wagon across the street. "The poor creature is foaming at the mouth. It must be in frightrul pain" The policeman took his station by the wagon and arrested the driver when he came cut of the house. How dare you drive a horse in such condition as that?" Mrs. Coleman said to him, pointing at the foam on the animals s jaws. 'I know, num-" he said, apolo- getically, q know I ought not to give her so much sugar to eat between meals, but I've been doing 1t for 10 years, and she won't start the wagon now until she gets one lump at every stop" Mrs. Coleman looked at the policeman. The policeman looked at her. Then they wheeled about and walked in different di- rections
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
A SUCCESSOR FOR asALoMEy

From the Chicago Record Herald.
 Things never stand still Either they get better or they get worse. That was one reason for dealing summarily with "Salome." Chicago, having disposed of this operatic parsonage, is less likely to be troubled with her successor, Saint Sebastian"
 Gabrielle dAnnunzio has determined to outdo Oscar Wilde And a French composer. working with him, has de- termined to outdo Richard Strauss. Tho two of them will let loose next spring the new opera of Saint Sebastian" on the Partisan public.
 The saints predicament is familiar from medieval paintings. Protesting against his enforced presence at the unbridled orgies of young Roman pat ricians, he was made a living target and shot full of arrows. The title role will be taken by q woman
 Without further account of the new operatic venture, one may see the ad- vantage of taking a decided stand at the start Artistic daring is likely to go from bad to worse. Better give it 8 quietus as early as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
The Latest Cotton Picker

Louis c. Stuckenborg, one of the best known young men in Birmingham, has just received letters patent for his cotton picking device.
 Many cotton picking machines have been invented but none have proved economically workable" said MT. stuckenborg. "of course. I think that mine will do all claimed for it. In a we'll conditioned field it will pick 15O0 pounds of cotton a day.
 'In making my device I proceeded on a different principle from all the other inventors. The other. machines are on the suction principle. But the suction will never work successfully. I have spent several years in cotton fields and have studied nature from the cotton picker's point of view. all which being so I have adopted what I call the COW tongue principle"
 MT. Stuckenborg is a native of Gov ington, ky, but has lived in Alabama since he was a small boy. He lived in Dallas county eight years. He does not claim to be a mechanic-engineer in fact, he is not. but calls himself a plain, every day inventor. Among his successful inventions is a hose sus- bender, one of the best known and most generally used in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Secretary DlCklnsol's War Scare
proposition.

The confidential message of the war secretary Is a joke. The house refused to receive 1t because 1t was marked "confidential," and the President then rigeonholed it because Congress already lad all the facts upon which legislation could be based. The incident is officially closed, and the joke Is on the secretary, who presumably did not see as he cir cled the globe so much as he thought he did.
 The war scares of the present time gre three in number, and the best-in- without foundation. Brazil built ships because she was afraid Argentina would assail her, but her fleet found no em- ployment except in the hands of muti- neers. England thinks Germany is try
 ing to wrest from her the control of the sea, and both are straining their resources in building ships that will probably rot in the waters of the sea without being used in a battle. The third war scare of the world Is the sil- Hest of the entire lot-that of America and Japan, lying 1000 miles apart. We could not afford to send a fleet to Ja- pan and Japan could not afford to send one to our Pacific coast Neither has anything to gain so far away from home. But the Philippines-well. they are not worth the risk and certain losses of a great war. Japan has not shown that she wants those islands, and Japan has nothing we want. As for the control of the Pacific, that is Il humbug. England has a voice in the Pacific and so has other nations. No nation controls the Atlantic and none will control the Pacific.
 The truth seems to be the war scares are worked up by armament contractors and other interested people, and if Con- gress would serve all war scares as the President served Secretary Dickin- sons recent scare document it would not go astray
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
There are no tricks in plain nnd sim pIe faith. Julius eneshf.
Amending the Primary Law

No doubt the primary law of the state needs amendment. The party has a clearer and broader sense of a primary than 1t had when the primary was first established under the constitution of 1901. A subcommittee headed by Chair man George W. Jones is considering needful changes, and thus far the sub committee has evolved nothing revolu- tionary or startling.
 This subcommittee thinks that inas- much as the state pays the expenses oe general elections she should also pay the expenses of county primaries, which are. after all. the states real elections, and the resultant November elections are but ratification meetings. Polling lists are to be secured, managers em- ployed and other expenses incurred, and these should not be defrayed by candidates, some Ol WHOui dAC oANDiS to bear the burden. Give, iu other words, a poor man equal opportunity in office seeking. The proposition is reasonable, just and fair.
 Chairman Jones desires party regis tratIons as a preparation for county primary, and he wants all parties to hold primaries on the same day. He does not propose that primaries shall be compulsory, for the constitution for bids that Provision for the settlement of contests should be better regulated and defined
 On lines like these the subcommittee is doing good work, and it may be able to prepare a bill that will render the primary system of Alabama much more satisfactory than 1t is at present The system has come to stay and all fric- tion should be taken out of 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
THE STUDY lF PEOPLE.
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 That old philosophical observa- tion, The greatest study of mankind Is man. must ever remain true, for people will never cease to have interest in people. One of my greatest recrea- tions on the road Id particularly in crowded depots, where I am often com pelled to wait for trains, is studying people. I see every conceivable kind of people, the old, the young. the rich, the shabbily clothed. the gorgeously robed, the handsome, the homely, the lean, the fat, the large, the small, the sick, the robust, the erect, the bent, the lame, the blind. the clean-shaven, the be- whiskered, the sad-faced, the happy hearted; I hear them laughing, crying, swearing. What a panorama Is the crowding, jostling, hurrying, surging sea of humanity in city depotl Talk about miraclesl Did you ever stop to think of the miracle of the human face? Of all the billion and a half of human beings on the earth, no two faces are exactly alike. What infinite, what in- conceivable variety. Truly, we are 'fearfully and wonderfully made How any thoughtful person can fail to req son from all this infinite variety of face up to an infinite God is to me as great a mystery of thought as these differing faces are a miracle of fact."-Ex-Gov- ernor Hoch, of Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
A Good Recommendation

One of the recommendations in Presi- dent Tafts message to Congress that should result in favorable action was that relating to postmasters of the presidential class said a retired politician, who was at one time an attache of the postoffice department.
 The President recommends, if I re- member that part of his message alright, that the postmasters of the classified sal ary Hst-known as presidential postmas- teIs-De placed under civil service rules and be selected from the civil service list
 Tn by-gone days. when the spells sys- tenn was In vogue. 1t was but natural that the President and the senators liked the law as 1t stands. It not only gave the President immense patronage, but sena- tors also for they had to concur in the appointment. ss they were usually con- suited in the selections.
 But when first remember there were only POO presidential postoffiees all told Now there are p4 of the first class, sal. ary 5000 or more; ls29 of the second class salary Szoo Or more; 539 of the third | S'oos, sdI1fy s4SD or more All of the great army of fourth-ciass postmasters were appointed by the Postmaster Gen. eral as far back as I can recall but taese pcstmsstefs are being gradually placed on the civil service basis
 With the enormous pressure of busi- ness on the President now-and it will grow heavier year by year--he would be greatly relieved if he could escape the appointment of between 7C0O and 5000 postmasters. I have often wondered why some of our Presidents did not rise above the patronage idea and ask Congress to change the law. The appointment oi every postmaster takes up several n,In- utes of the Presidents time. Take the Birmingham postoffice as a fair average of the larger class. l estimate that Pres. ident Taft spent hours instead ol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
PRICES THEN AND NOW

From Scraps.
 As every southerner knows, elderly colored people rarely know how old they are, and almost invariably assume an age much greater than belongs to them. In an Atlanta family there is employed an old chap named Joshua Bolton who has been with that family and the pre- vious generation for more years than they can remember. In view, therefore. of his advanced age. 1t was with sur prise that his employer received one day an application for few days off in order that the old fellow might. as he put 1t, "go up to de ole state of Virginny'' to see his aunt. "Your aunt must be pretty old" was the employers comment. 'sYassir," said Joshua, she's pretty ole now. I reckon she's bout hundred and ten years ole' "One hundred and ten! But what on earth is she doing up in Yirginia?" T don't jest know" ex- pIained Joshua, but understand she's up dere living wifi her grandmother"