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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
LEWIS BROS. MAKE LARGE
PURCHASE.

Lewis Bros. & Co. of this city
have made arrangements with Col
fax merchants for 100000 worth Of
flood stock. They have chartered
special train of eight large freight
cars and will bring this damaged
merchandise to Spokane. This i'm
mense stock will be placed on sale
here in the city as soon silt is
possible for Lewis Bros. & Co. to
secure a location from which, to
dispose of the same.
c. G. Lewis, who has just come
from Colfax, says that he never
saw town in such destruction. At
least five to six feet of water was
in the stores when the flood was
at its height. He states the people
Of Colfax are making wonderful
Roadway in the way of cleaning up
the city putting in bridges and get
ting the town back to its normal
condition. His estimate of the de-
s'ruction done to the stocks of
merchandise Is more than $4,000
and the damage in all will amount
to more than Sl,000.000. -"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
G O Min u E D
r o
P A G E. o N E
HOW FAKE DOC.

offices and were met by blond in
his reception ROOM We told this
woman that we wanted to see the
Great Fer-Don as he calls him.
self. We were told that it would
cost us one dollar to get to see him.
At that time we had no idea of the
trap we were walking into. We
paid the dollar and after q while we
were admitted to little inner
room.
"A little, black haired man, with
an oily smile and a satanic appear
ance babe us welcome. He told me
that had symptoms of gall stones.
| have later found that practically
everyone who visits Fer-Don' S
establishment is told that they have
gall stones. He said he could cure
me- l asked him if he was Fer
Don. and he said, No. Fer-Don is
not here, but | can cure you
Il asked him how much he would
charge. Three hundred dollars, in
advance he said. told him that
could not pay that much because
haven't it. Well, We'll take half in
advance he said. | told him |
didn't have even half, but that
would pay him in full for every
treatment as we went along.
with this he flew into rage
and ordered me out of his office.
Get out of here he shouted. If
you don't get out, I'll have you put
out He shook his long, skinny
hand in my face and was so fright
ened that | tainted. / fell across a
chair and injured my spine
Mrs. Hogevoll is now under the
care of a practical phvsicion. At
her home yesterday, the physician
told a Press reporter that the in
jury received when Mrs. Hogevoll
fell across the chair at Fer-Don' s
offices was serious. Furthermore"
he said, Mrs. Hogevoll has no gall
stones, and never did have"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
SCHILLER OPPOSED TO
INCREASE FOR PEOPLE:
WANTS A CITY CHEMIST

$175 per month the economical Mr..
Schiller saw no reason to kick.
True, it is proposed that the
services of the chemist are to be
paid out of the paving fund col
lected from the interested property
owners, as so much of his salary as
is collectable from that source.
But when there is no more paving
to be done in Brownies addition the
salary of the chemist of course will
come out of the general fund. At
all events, an office of this kind
created at the city hall is hardly
over abolished. 1t creates another
taX-eater to be cared for by the
people of this city and adds another
department to be filled by some in
competent or tool of the paving
company that has the inside track
at the city hall.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09

(This is a continuation of the
story on Spokane's telephone girls,
begun in The Press yesterday
The girls who are employed on
the day shift or what they call the
first trick, work eight hours. They
have is minutes relief In the fore
noon and afternoon and have 80
minutes for lunch during this time.
The ones who work the second
trick come to work at q p. m. and
stay until 10 p. m. They have IS
minutes relief in this length Of
time. On the all night trick, which
begins at 10 p. m. and lasts until
7 a. m. the girls are allowed two
or three hours rest during that
time. They also have one night in
the week off for which they get
paid.
The average monthly wage in
New York for this class of workers
is $685.. The average wage of
the main office operators in this
city is $1.25 per day. Those in the
Maxwell office draw $1.2O per day,
while those at the Glenwood board
make $1.15 per day. The long dis
lance operators make $1.40. Butte,
Montana, has the record of paying
the largest wage to their telephone
girls. They pay $4,000 per month.
Nashville, Tenn, pays the lowest
wage, their monthly average being
about $22.40, while many of the
smaller cities of the south pay even
| less.
If you aren't over five feet you
can't be telephone operator. 1--WE
can't use girls under five feet in
the main office" said the local
manager, "for the reason that the
board is 61a and 7 feet long and
rounds of a chair to reach" Girls
five feet may, however, be en-
ployed in the long distance and
Glenwood offices.
How are they measured was the
ventured query? "a young lady
knowing her height holds the APP
plicant in conversation while she
sizes her up for height by the level
of her own eyes. Occasionally an
application comes through the mail,
but the applicant Is always request
ed to apply in person."
The special investigation of labor
at Washington showed that 90 per
cent are unmarried, per cent are
widows and 5 per cent are married.
Seventy-one per cent of the en-
ployes of the companies through
ont the country are between 16 and
"a years of age, % per cent from 20
to 50, and only per cent over 80
years of age. The average wage of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
LONG 0UTW|TS
Los ANGELES
SLEUTHS
GIVES OUT PHONY KIDNAPPING
STORY, WHICH THE CALI.
FORNIANS SWALLOW,

Deputy Sheriff Clarence Long re-
turned this morning from Los
Angeles with A. J. Goldberg, after
one of the most exciting series of
incidents that ever fell to the lot
of a local officer.
Goldberg, who is wanted for
obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses, was first reported as in
custody at Phoenix, Ariz., and
Long was sent down with requisi-
ton papers on the governor of
Arizona. The man proved to he
the wrong Goldberg, but before
Long had arrived at Los Angeles
on his return trip, he received
word that the real Goldberg was
in custody at the Angel City.
Goldberg secured his release on
writ of habeus corpus and was
Immediately arrested again. In
order to get his man away in safe
ty, Long faxed up a sort of a
kidnapping story, representing that
he had hurried his man away
on a steamer which would not
touch land until Vancouver was
reached. He then quietly placed
his man on the train and was out
of California before Goldberg's
attorneys awoke to the deception
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
G O NTI N u f D
r o
P A @ F. O N f
LABOR LEADER is

and then disappeared within the
anteroom, where already were de-
tectives posted, at a word of pro-
test from the president of the coun-
ell to seize the speaker.
The program was carried out.
Within ten minutes after the cOun-
ell convened, Mr.. Coates started to
speak. Councilman Schiller OBJ.
jected. The president ordered Mr.
Coates to stop. Mr.. Coates being
an American citizen. didn't stop
and two detectives grabbed him and
threw him into the anteroom, there.
by demonstrating the power of mat
ter over mind.
But labor didn't go home and Mr.
Coates returned with word that un
less a definite hearing was prom
Used by the council, that labor
would pack The city hall and wait
all night if need be. At this ulti
,matum, remembering still how the
misses of the council hall crowd
had snarled in their ears, the coun
ell decided that perhaps third OF
Luc NOtClo VI NpohohS uiu iie'' y
some few rights, and it was decided
that the special session tonight
would be devoted to the wage and
matron problems. The only differ.
ence being that while labor and the
woman's club will be on hand to,
night and may get what they want,
labor has been convinced that the
recall is the only way to get clean
government in this city, and no fu,
ture action of the council is going
to change the idea of labor about
this.
There were more than the prom
Used 5000 men in the labor parade
last night. According to the best
estimates there were nearly 5000
but at the least calculation a third
of Spokane's voters last night
marched to the city hall, and saw
councilmen insult their leaders
their cause and their plea for jus
tice.
And that, in the long rum" is the
best thing that ever happened IN
Spokane for good government.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
G O N tt N u E D
r o
P A @ E O N E
HAIL TO AMERICAS
NEWKINCS

are good and loyal subjects, and to
dash them into the depths of finan-
cial panic should they rebel.
To the second has just been al
lOtted the authority to feed the
hungry, to clothe the naked. to aid
the sick, to educate the ignorant, to
send tracts to the heather and
well, let's wait till we hear more
about the old oil kings scheme.
While young Rockefeller has had
more or less experience in almon-
ing, as understudy for his father,
he has never before been incor-
porated as a charity bureau by his
father-in-law's senate, an expert
ence which ought to please Senator
Aldrich, for he will be the only
senator who possesses an almoner-
inchief for SOn-in-law
The last, ranking just beneath
the king and the almoner-in-c chief,
is the son of Thos. F. Ryan, who
as prince of public necessities will
have his hand on the throttle of
American industries and public
utilities. In New York a day or
two ago he took his fathers PLACE
on the directorate of a number of
big concerns.
To him will fall the duty of boss
ing the street railways, on, below
and above the surface, numerous
steam roads, coal mines, lighting
systems, power plants, the newly
combined teleDhOneS and tela-
graphs, the tobacco trust, and such
other industries as his dad decided
not to let us keep in our own hands.
Hail to the new kings! Hail!
Hail. Or
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
T0REPEAL
SPEAKING
ORDINANCE

Tired Of the everlasting trouble
and undesirable advertising for the
city that has come from Spokane's
notorious street-speaking ordinance,
members of the city council are to-
day considering how best TO get rid
of it and not make too big a change
all at once.
Some want lot set aside tor
street meetings, but this will not
suffice. Others think the best plan
is to adopt the Seattle ordinance
permitting street speaking subject
to police regulations. An ordinance
to this effect may be introduced at
the meeting of the city council to-
night.
Now that the |. w. WIS have
been crushed it is felt that there is
no need to make citizens hold
meetings in the mire of barnyarGs
and back doors, as was done at the
protest meeting in the rear of the
city jail last night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
: :"
THEG0RD0N
INDICTMENT
PROSECUTOR SUBSTITUTES IN.
FORMATION FOR WORK
OF GRAND JURY.

Fearing that the courts might
hold that the grand jury had no jur-
isdiction in the M. ]. Gordon embez-
Element case, Prosecutor Fred c..
Pugh secured the withdrawal of the
indictment against the Great North
ern lawyer this morning, substitute
ing an information containing the
identical charges.
Gordon's attorneys fought hard
against the information, but the
court granted the request Of the
prosecutor, an an information
charging Gordon with embezz!ine
5000 of the railroad company
money on May 20, 1908, was sub
stituted.
The Gordon trial has been set for
$3.50 O'Clock tomorrow morning be-
fore Judge Fl. l.. KEENAN,.
A peculiar thing in the Gordon
case is that an information had
been filed against the railroad at
torney at the time of the grand
Jury indictment, today's order of
the court renewing the former form
of the charge.
1t was charged by the farmers
organizations some time ago that
the prosecutors office had slept in
the Gordon cases and that the in
dictments would not stand because
Of failure to prosecute.
This was denied at the time, but
developments go to show that the
farmers had sized the situation up
about right. The Pacific live stock
cases are in the same boat with the
Gordon cases.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
GILL BARELY
SCRAPES IN
To OFFICE
ELECTED SEATTLE'S MAYOR
BY ABOUT 1000, INSTEAD
OF 1000.
MANY LOST ON BETS
UNITED Press Leased Wire

Omitted Press Leased Wire)
SEATTLE, March 9.-SeattIe
In the municipal election declared
yesterday for wide open town and
elected Hiram c. Gill mayor by the
scanty plurality of 1900 to 1000, in
stead of the predicted 1000 to
10000. ellis majority over William
n. Moore, democratic candidate,
will not be over $500 votes, judging
from the returns at 10 o'clock this
morning. Gill carries all the down.
town wards and many Of the resi-
dence districts. Moore carried the
ninth, tenth and eleventh and pos
sibiy the eighth ward. The twelfth,
thirteenth and fourteenth are still
doubtful, and Gill carried the re-
mainder.
While Gill has won, republican
supporters have lost thousands of
dollars on the election. Gill was so
strong a favorite, little or no wagers
were made on the bare result, but
on the majority. Thousands of dol
lars were put up in dozen saloons
that the Gill majority would be
from 5000 to 10000, and that Gill
would carry every ward in the city
The slogan of the republican
campaign in the last few days was,
make it 10000 majority for Gill"
A bitter fight was made on Gill
and the fight told on him at the
polls. He ran far behind his party
in most of the wards.
Thirty-five thousand five hundred
votes were cast out of registered
number of 42,62S, as against $500
votes in the recent primaries.
julius Redelsheimer. a prominent
merchant, admits the loss of $4,000
on the election. He failed to win
a bet. The firm of Battersby &
Smith. owners of large pool hall,
1t is said, lost over $4,000 and
nearly $4,000 was bet through the
house by outsiders, practically all
of which was wagered on a majority
of 1000 or more for Gill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
TR YING TO CONCEAL THE
FACTS AT OUR CITY HALL

In an effort to punish The Press
for its work in exposing city hall
methods, the city administration
las determined to close all avenues
of news possible to this paper. They
cannot stand the glare of publicity
of this sort in some of the depart
ments, and by throttling The Press
in its quest for legitimate news it
is hoped to bring this paper into
line with the others and make 1t
be good
For some time The Press has
Eeen able to obtain only second
hand information from the mayor s
office, and only the other day did
the mayors secretary eXpend half
an hour of the time paid for by the
taxpayers in cursing and damning
The Press.
Yesterday The Press representa-
tive heard that there was to be a
little turn pulled off" in the pur.
chase of two teams for the crema
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
TAKE No ACTION
ON PEARY

WASHINGTON, March 9.-The
house subcommittee on naval af-
fairs voted unanimously today not
to take any action upon the various
measures which have been intro
duced for the purpose of rewarding
and honoring Commander Robert E.
Peary for his discovery Of the
north pole, until actual proofs of his
discovery are submitted.
This action followed a critical an,
aIysis of Peary's narrative of IFS
expedition. Y =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
FARMERS union HOLD
MEMORABLE MEETING
That was history making open meeting night.

mat was history making air meeting last night.
On the vacant block back OF the city hall while the rulers of Spo
kane council chamber cleared with
labor and the and the farmers unions formed the
fusion
The leaders of the hoped that
such could be night when
the Kisses from the council chamber they
tons into>a fighting whole
leaders, leaders all ad
dressed the crowd and to the pupor Labor and the farmer
time That hoping would
be shouted has with flash
Friday the will
consider the old fight
ally
Tonight the executive the labor council will
plan the will work
gethe and each will be in the fight from until clean cond
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09

Mr.. Jacob Schiller, representative
of Brownies addition and the liquor
interests in the city council, saw no
grief for the taxpayers pocketbooks
last night when he voted for reso-
luton creating the position Of city
chemist at SIPS per month and ap-
propriating $500 for the establish
ment Of chemical laboratory.
Three police matrons will cost
1925 under the plan originally
adopted by the city council, but
that expenditure for common de-
cency, coupled with the increase in
wages demanded by the laboring
men, might bankrupt the city and
put it on a warrant basis-in the
eyes of the economical Mr.. Schiller.
Yet when the millionaires of
Brownies addition wanted another
job saddled on the taxpayers at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09

Hope Rebecca lodge will hold its
last of a series of afternoon pro-
gressive whist parties in the Odd
Fellows temple, 1917 First avenue,
Friday afternoon. All members of
the organization with their friends
are invited. After this the pro-
gressiye whish parties will be held
in the evening and the first of these
will be given in the halls on the
evening of March 80. Proceeds
from the parties are turned into
the floral fund.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
MILITIA
FOR STRIKE

SARATOGA, N. ", March o.
Two companies of state militia
were dispatched to Corinto today
for strike duty.
General strike orders were issued
by the labor union leaders.
These affect 81 mills of the Inter
national Paper company.
Strikebreakers were taken to the
Corinto plant by the company Of.
ficials to replace striking union
men, who, according to union lead.
ers, number 10000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09

tory department. An inquiry ad-
dressed to the superintendent, G..
d. Harmon, elected no response be-
yond the fact that he had been Or
Gered not to talk for publication.
Inquiry revealed the fact that the
order had been issued by Mayor
Pratt and Secretary George w.
Armstrong of the board of public
works
From other sources it was learn
ed that the story in the purchase
of the two teams is this: Harmon
wants to buy the teams at their
market value and have the city pay
what they actually cost. The fix
ers" do not want Harmon to have
anything to do with buying the
teams and want to reserve all such
privileges themselves. Harmon Is
not in on the play and will not
stand to put his name to bill for
the horses that he does not know
positively is correct. Hence the
rub
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
\ TRIBUTE FROM THE
OPPOSITION

. An instance related today by 4
. woman in kenWood shows 4
= the hold of The Press with 4
= the common people of Spo- I
. kane. Z
. A solicitor for an opposition 4
= evening paper came along, and Z
. after making the old stereo- Z
= typed plea that his sheet was 4
. the friend Of the working peo- Z
. pie, ETC., was told that his ora Z
. tory was in vain, that the fam. Z
. lily took The Press-the only Z
. paper that stands for the peo- Z
. Pile in Spokane-and that II Z
= was useless for him to plead 4
. further. =
. Dropping into confidential =
. tone the canvasser for the op- Z
. position paper remarked: =
= "Weii, | find that il is the =
. same everywhere ! go. The .
Q Press has such a hold In the .
. homes that ! have visited that .
. you cannot pry II loose with a =
. crowbar." .
. The beauty of this story Is =
. that the solicitor told the .
. truth for once In his life. .
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
GOSSIP THAT PREMIER ASQUI7H
AND WIFE ARE TO SEPARA TIE
(By United Press Leased Wire)


LONDON Mach is gossip here today that Premier
Asquith his wife
Europe where is said the first toward separation will
strongly nmaed by position
that the prime minister will resign leadership
forces and retire from the premiership.
According the general understanding King Edward will
Asauh the provided the carried
through This is asserted will probably
it known that Mrs. Asquh is too ambitious throw
opportunity a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
HEART OF THE PEG LIE RESPOND
TO CALL OF POOR LITTLE ORPHAN

The plea for aid for the unfor-
tunate little orphan, Oracle Hicks,
who at the age of five and a half
years, was paraIyzed and was with
out an invaIid's chair, bed, cot or
other necessary comforts to ease
her affIiction, has not been unheard
by the charitable people of Spo-
kane, who are ever ready to extend
their sympathy and means toward
the aid of the helpless. a. -.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09

Since the story appeared in The
Press a few days ago telling of the
misfortune of the little orphan
whose life had been saddened by
such an affliction. an invalid chair
has been provided for this little
girl and a special ward is being
arranged in connection with the
New Orphans home where the dis
abled children may be cared for and
be made as comfortable as possible.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
HOW TELEPHONE GIRLS WORK
" AND WHAT THEY ARE PA|G

the female worker is $3O1.31 per
year and the common battery type
of switchboard shows that calls
should be answered in five Sec
onds. Compare our local system to
the correct average of the universe.
But soon we are going to have<a
girlless and a radio wireless tele.-
phone system and then the girl
question will be solved.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
SHAMEFUL PRACTICE

Within the last few weeks have been called upon to
examine several and bridges for other dentists pa
tents and to the shameful work that has been inserted
into the mouths of good honest hard working people
worse than you could imagine.
People knowing that | am specialist on this kind of
work gives the opportunity of seeing of it than
the ordinary dentist Now know who is doing this in
feror work and especially of three different places If
had the authority to do would revoke the license of
any dentist found guilty of inserting such unsigty
ceanly poorly constructed work 1t is not only detr
men to the patients financially and physically, but a
detrment the profession at large Some seeing this
work are led to think all crowns and bridges are similar
causing them go neglectng their work until it is too
late.
hope these few lines have written will put few at
least on their guard and either them to learn how to
do better work or quit the profession. Sincerely,
DIR. G. G. HAWoRTH, Dentist
211 10 Nichols Block Office hours $3.50 to 6, 7 to s.
Sundays, 9 to r.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-09
|. w. w. RELEASED

Frank Brown, I. w. w. arrested
in Hillyard last week on the charge
of conspiracy, was released on his
own recognizance by Justice Geo.
w. Stocker this morning. This is
in line with the action of the
authorities in dealing leniently with
the I. w. w. since the recent capt.
ulation.
Evening journal., 1910-09-02

and Mrs. George Fl. Gildersleeve.
Miss Ivinette Lodge, of Magnolia,
was in town on Tuesday.
Maurice Wyatt is critically i'll Of
typhoid fever
c. w. Lord and daughter, Miss Ina,
are Atlantic City visitors for a few
days.
Master Robert Reed of Wilmington
is visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Jakes return
ed TO Wilmington on Monday.
Mrs. Frank Rawley, of Staten Is
land, is the guest of Mrs. Roscoe Raw
ley.
Miss Maggie Downham of Philadel-
phia, is the guest of relatives here.
Miss Margaret Lynch of George
town, is the guest Of Miss Bessie aJck-
son.
Mrs. Needles, of Franklin city Va,
spent Thursday with Mrs. Mantague.
Mrs. Sarah Clark is on an extended
visit to her son John Clark here.
Randall McCommons spent a few
days with his father J. V. McCommons
Mrs. Anna Ross. OF Marydel, has
been the guest of Mrs. Rebecca Mon
tague.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caleb Clark are visit
ing their uncle DR.. Hubbard at Bow
erS.