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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
A|RSH|P AMERICA
OFF FOR EUROPE

Atlantic City, N. j., Oct. 17.-Sailing
into thick fog that hung low over
the Atlantic ocean few minutes after
s o'clock Saturday morning: Walter
Wellman, with crew of five men, is
believed to be on an epoch-making voy.
age to Europe in the huge cigar-shaped
airship America.
The men making the fight are Wal
ter Wellman, commander; Melvin Van
imam, chief engineer and next in com
mand; F. Murray Simmons, navigator
J. X. Irwin, wireless operator; John
Aubert and Albert Louis Loud, assist
ant engineers.
The airship is equipped with provi.
sions for thirty days and a twenty
seven-foot lifeboat is carried. If the
ship gets into difficulty in the way OF
motor trouble to the two eight horse
power engines and a donkey engine
which it carries, the wirless will be de
pended upon to summon ships.
New York, Oct. 17.-Swept onward
by a sturdy westerly breeze, Walter
Wellmans great dirigible balloon
America, first of air craft to hazard
transatlantic passage, was following
the steamship lanes up the Atlantic
coast at midnight last night out OF
wireless range from shore points. but
presumably continuing her unbroken
course with all well on board.
The giant craft passed Nantucket
island early in the afternoon with pro
pellers idle and held brief wireless
communication with the Marconi sta
ton at Siasconsett.
In all the other messages there was
no hint of the airship's location, but q
signaled good-by indicated that Well.
man. whose dream is to be the Co.
lumbus of the air, on passing Nan.
tucket turned the nose of his craft In
a northerly direction, with the British
isles as his goal.
A wireless message simplifying those
of the day was relayed to Siasconsett
last night, thence to Sagaponack, L. l.
It was faint and hard to decipher
but as patched together was as fol
lows:
"All well. Machinery working well.
Have turned more northerly to reach
transatlantic steamer track. Exact
position not sure; somewhere between
800 and 800 miles OF shore"
None of the messages received spoke
despairingly, though one communities
ton received by the New York Times
referred to the outlook as mot favor
able"
In the same message, however, was
il cheerful 1--WE are keeping up the
fight"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
Minor Happenings
of the Week

The National League of POstmasters
of the United States held its annual
convention at Chattanooga last week.
The interstate commerce commits
sion has decided to suspend the eff
fective operation of the proposed rate
increases on Eastern lines until Feb
ruary 1.
By order of United States Judge
Kohlsaat, the Illinois state railway
commission has been enjoined from
enforcing it's order for a general re-
duction of express rates in Illinois.
About 1000 women in Denver have
permits to operate automobiles. There
are $4,000 licenses of this kind out
standing, although there are but 5000
automobiles and motorcycles in Den
yer.
Gardening among pupils in the sub
urban schools at San Diego is being
introduced with success. Plots ada
cent to the schools, and in some cases
a portion of the Fairgrounds, are being
cultivated.
Reports are being received in San
Antonio that the promise is for an
unusually large pecan crop in Texas
this autumn The harvesting begins
about the middle or last of October
and continues until the holidays.
Six new steamers, two of which
in RI hn
built to replace the steamers now
used by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha in
the trans Pacific service to Seattle,
according to advices brought by the
Ava Maru.
The interstate commerce COM
mission will promptly file an appeal
at St. Paul from the decision of last
week in the circuit court there adj
verse to the shippers in the lumber
rate case. The appeal will be taken
to the supreme court.
Machinists of the Baltimore & Ohio
and Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Railroads, who went on strike about a
year ago, will be reinstated, according
to an agreement reached at Chilli.
cothe, Ohio. No announcement of the
terms of settlement was made.
Charles S. Mellen, president of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad, has been elected president
of the Boston & Maine Railroad. Mr..
Mellen has been acting president of
the Boston & Maine since the recent
resignation of Lucius Tuttle, who has
been made chairman of the board.
At the annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Oregon Short Line rail
way it was unanimously voted to in.
crease the capital stock of the cor
poration to 100000 257,352 shares
being reported at the meeting. The
old board of directors was reelected,
with the exception that Marvin Hughitt
of Chicago was chosen to succeed P.
A. Valentine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
SUPREME COURT
SAYS NAMEsB||1
ONCE ON TICKET

Olympia, Oct. 1S.-The state
preme court has sustained 1uds.
Carey's decision in the King coua,v .
superior court denying a writ of mo.
date to compel the auditor Of Kin,
county to place the names of five o.
preme court nominees under the na,v
designations of both the nonpartsan,
and the Democrats. The decision v,,
written by Judge Chadwick Demo
crat, and was concurred in BY justices
Dunbar, Mount and Crow, Republican,
These are all the members of the eour
who are not candidates for reelection
on the Republican ticket.
Judge Chadwick wrote that tecbpi.
cally the case was not before the su.
preme court, as the application for the
writ was made before the auditor had
received notification as to the names
of the candidates or by whom they had
been nominated, but, says the opinion,
because of the supposed political ad.
vantage which the REALTORS assume will
result to them from decision by this
court, and the public importance Of the
question, we shall unhesitatingy meet
the ISSUE"
Must Choose Designation.
The law in question provides that
the name of no candidate shall appear
more than once upon the official ballot
and that any candidate who has been
nominated by two or more parties
must notify the clerk of the board Of
county commissioners under which
party designation he desires bis name
to appear. This law was attacked by
the nominees as unconstitutional, the
contention being based upon decision
of California court.
The supreme court says that lns
G alifornia decision was rendered Oy
divided court of four to three; that ns
California constitution was subsequent
" changed to permit such law u "
enacted; that similar laws have Deen
sustained by the courts OF otner s.a's'
and finally that this California aecl'v.
has been cited in many cases oiOu 70.
to defeat the modern trend ol CIV
tions by the people, mentioning IN pm'
ticular that it was used before 'ne ~
preme court of Washington LII a. w.
fort to oyerturn the direct primary low
OF this state.
CONSTITUTION Knows No Parry ,,,,
Judge Chadwick asserts in his as e.
sion that neither the federal ~. ~
state constitution takes concern " a,; y
litical parties and that the co a.o,set
ton goes no further than TO pO, h,l
the elector in his right to cas-, - = :,
lot. not a coerced party ballot ' W. t
the candidate of his choice, vns'n'
be upon one ballot or ano'ne., re that
The decision further say ,meuts
should the court sustain the s1 a,g the oh.
presented by Mr.. Shepard anu ~ Nv the
er candidates in this case .,u,u ~
ground that it was unc0nst a.rtr o..
because it tended to destroy ps srsten,
xanizations, sthe Australian ,m .I
the primary law ana INC -, fall upon
form of government mus a.
the first attack"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
Admitted 10 Practice L.xe.

Olympia. Oct. 15.--As q result Of
the recent examinations the following
nave been admitted to practice law
IN the supreme court: Harley ].
boyle, of Spokane: Thomas L.
oLeary. of Wenatchee: G. p. Collier,
% Olympia; Louis j. Muschek, OF Ia
coma, and d. o. Dean, Elliott Henry,
II, =. e. Hughes, Emory 3. Hess and
frank A. Paul, of Seattle.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-21
Washington State
News Items

Exhibition of prizefight pictures has
been forbidden at Olympia.
Authority has been given to the
Farmers and Lumbermen's Bank of
Elma to begin business.
MANY growers in Walla Walla val
lev have been compelled to delay the
picking of their fruit because of the
shortage of apple boxes.
On the recommendation of Senator
Jones. DIR. F. H. Brush has been ap-
pointed pension examiner surgeon at
North Yakima in place Of DR.. j. b.
Burns, resigned.
Dearth of country school teachers
has delayed the opening of number
of schools in Clark county, accord
ing to a statement of Oscar Mcbride,
county superintendent.
The big Pasco irrigation ditch will
be opened at Zillah Friday with
monster celebration, in which delega-
lions from a large number of towns
of Washington will take part.
According to a report read by Gen
eral Missionary L. w. Terry at the
Western Washington Baptist conven-
ton at Seattle 10000 persons belong
to the Baptist churches west of the
Cascades.
Edward N. Whitson, judge Of the
DIV ,,r< of hn
Eastern district of Washington, died
at his home in Spokane Saturday, fol-
lowing an attack of paralysis a few
days previously.
The state railway commission has
announced that the hearing regarding
equalization of telephone rates in Sc
attic will be resumed Thursday, Oc-
tober 20, at the assembly room of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
The late John H. McGraw, former
governor of Washington and pioneer
of Seattle, left an estate valued at
$25S, 501.20, according to an invent
DRY and appraisement filed in the pro-
bate department of the superior court
of King county.
G. w. Rounds, who has been con-
nected with the Stone & Webster in
terests in a similar position at Sa-
vannah, Ca, has been appointed gen.
eral superintendent of the Tacoma
Railroad & Power Company and the
Puget Sound Electric Company, with
headquarters at Tacoma.
The Seattle chamber of commerce is
to have big exhibit of mining, for
estry, fishing, agricultural and horti-
cultural resources of Western Wash
ington in a travelling exhibit train to
be sent all over the country by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
Railway. The exhibit was shipped to
Chicago Friday.
From the pulpit into politics is the
ambition of DR.. w. J. Hindley, for
seven years pastor of the Pilgrim
Congregational church in Spokane. DR..
Hindley resigned last Monday evening
and Tuesday announced himself as a
candidate for the commissionership
of the city under the new form Of gov
eminent now being worked out.
County bridge contracts are void
unless the commissioners follow the
law as to advertising and calling for
bids is the decision of the supreme
court and the contract let by the COM
missioners of Okanogan county for a
bridge across the river at OkanOgan
city to the Puget Sound Bridge &
Dredging Company and Charles o.
tenburg is null and void.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
0SHOULD TF4E WIFE 9
: FORGIVE EVER YTF1ZNC :
ANSWER, AND WIN CASH PRIZES TICKETS TO OLGA
NETHERsoLEi PERFORMANCE

I. Should the wife forgive
everything and anything the
husband may do, If he is the
father Of a child or Of children
by her? Does not the child ce-
ment through all eternity the
marriage vow taken before
Gods holy altar? Is there a
wrong in the world which the
wife under these circumstances
should not forgiven. y
2. Are men and women in ex.
actiy the same position con.
corning forgiveness? Should
the wife overlook wrongs she
is obliged to suffer from her
husband, more than the hue
band would forgive II the
wrongs had been committed by
her?
These are questions involved II
Olga Nethersole's play, "The Writ
ing on the Wall" which will be a
the Auditorium a week from today
What do Press readers think abou
them?
The Press will give prizes To-
the best answers, as follows:
First best answer, S. cash.
Second best answer, $3.50 cash.
Third best answer, $3.50 cash.
Fourth best answer. two seats foI
THE Writing on the Wall.2
The contest closes at noon mex
Monday. Answers received aftel
that time will not receive consid
The announcement of the prize
winers will be made in The Pres,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
TWO BIG NEW
SPOKANE COMPANIES

Mohrmann and William N. Rath.
International Investment &
Realty Co. of Spokane, $500 900;
J. L. Martin, E. r. Northup, w. w.
Mailman, F. M. Rohrbaugh and
Hal J. Cole.
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OLYMPIA, Feb. 9.--Among the
articles of Incorporation filed here
are the following:
Spokane Railway G Power Co.
Of Spokane, 100000; H. l..
Moody, d. M. Drumheller and AL
fred Coolidge.
Wenatchee Valley Railway &
Power Co. of Wenatchee, $4,000;
H. A. Chaplin, Ralph Vermilya, A..
J. Linville, John Godfrey and l.. j.
Nelson.
Hub Liquor Co. of Bellingham,
$12,500; Adam SPENCER, J. w.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
LOOMSON
LUNCH STAND
ORDINANCE

A nice fight is promised on the
ordinance introduced in the city
council last night barring restau
rants and lunch counters from the
saloons. 1t was introduced at the
request of the restaurant keepers
association and is aimed at such
places as the restaurant of Jimmie
Durkin on Main avenue.
That the saloonmen who conduct
lunch counters or restaurants will
fight back is foregone conclusion.
This ordinance would put fully a
hundred lunch stands in the city
out of business.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
FINE LOWERED TO
MEET MOTHERS
PURSE

Although Jesse Lohr was the OF.
fender, when it came to paying the
$500 fine imposed on him for lswds
ness, his aged mother had to morn
gage her home. Even then $3.50 was
the best she could do, and after sup
plicating Deputy Prosecutor Clau-
sen to have mercy on her boy, the
two persuaded Justice Hyde to re-
duce the fine to $3.50.
At first Judge Hyde was obdur.
ate. 1.-THE offense is a most flag
rant one and the young fellow
should pay the penalty" declared
his honor. Finally he compromised
on 5000, but when it was found that
even this was beyond the resources
of the mother, and that after mort
gaging her home she could only
scrape together $3.50, the fine was
fixed at that sum, while the son
was ordered to 60 to work and clear
off the mortgage.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
DES MONIES POLICE
FORM A BIBLE CLASS

= DIES MONIES, Feb. o. Z
. The Des Moines policemen are Z
. to be organized into a bible 4
. class. Pocket testaments will
. be furnished all the men on Z
. the force who desire them, 4
= and the class will become part
= of the international movement Z
. to form policemen Of the world
. into bible classes.
. The Rev. Paul Gilbert, as
= sistant pastor of the First
= Methodist church, will start
= the work of organizing the
= coppers some time within the
. next two weeks. Pocket tesla
. ments will be given the men
. and the promise to read a
. short passage of scripture
. each day will be eXacted from
= them.
= The plan is part of a world
. wide movement started by
= George T. B. Lewis in Birm-
. ingham, England.
4 4 q 4 4 4 q q q 4 q 4 q q 4 I
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
SPOKANE MEN ON
STATE COMMISSION
(By United Press Leased Wire)

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OLYMPIA, Feb. 9.-The COVER
nor has just appointed a commits
sion consisting OF Charles p. Lund
of Spokane, l.. o. Meigs of North
Yakima, speaker of the house Of
the last legislature; Carroll B.
Graves, attorney of Seattle; J. D.
Blackwell, civil engineer of Seat
tie, and Prof. c. l.. Waller, dean of
the faculty of the state college at
Pullman. The purpose of the COM
mission is set forth in the follow
ing letters:
Realizing the necessity for bet
ter laws for a system of state con-
troll of our water courses, water
ways and water powers, inclOse
you herewith commission ap-
pointing you to take up this work
for the public good, that you may
gather data and information and
have a bill prepared ready to sub.
NIT to the twelfth session of the
legislature. You are doubtless
aware that there is no authorize
ton of law or appropriation made
to cover the expenses of this com
mission, and the work must be en-
tirely voluntary on your part.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
CAN NOW SELL THE
I.W. w. PAPER
BUT ARREST AND CONFISCA-
TON WILL FOLLOW IN
CASE OF LIBEL

Mrs. Bessie Fiset Of Seattle sold
the Industrial Worker of the World
on the streets of Spokane for one
hour last night without police in
terruption.
This is the paper that was sup
pressed and the issues confiscated
as they left the press in local
printing office during the recent
l. w. w. speech fight.
Since then the Industrial Worker
has been printed in Seattle and
sent to the subscribers in Spokane
through the United States mail.
Chief Sullivan today said that
there will be no further efforts to
interrupt the sale of the paper on
the streets so long as it contains
nothing of libelous character.
The censor as to what is libel
GUS will be Prosecuting Attorney
Fred G. Pugh. The minute the In
dustrial Worker appears with any
thing Of this character 1t will be
confiscated and the vendor arrest
ed, the chief says.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
BOY STARvES TO
STAY IN COLLEGE;
BECOMES INSANE

BOSTON, Feb. 9.-To saw
her son, a Harvard student who
broke down while working his
way through college from
spending the rest of his days
in the Worcester insane asy-
lum, the mother of Roland F.
Burnes, Harvard 10, will ap-
peal to the state board of in
sanity that she be allowed to
take him home with her to Gin
cinnati.
When the mother arrived at
Cambridge on Christmas to see
her son he had disappeared,
after raving in his room.
Mrs. w. HI. Taunton, who
manages the apartments, told
the mother some facts that the
boy had suppressed out of
pride. She told how he had
gone without an overcoat, how
he starved himself and worked
day and night that he might be
able to finish his course with
his class this year.
Then Mrs. Barnes started on
a hunt for her boy. She found
him in the asylum.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
STATE BACK TO
A CASH BASIS
(ey United Press Leased Wire)


OLYMPIA, Feb. 9.-After three
days of mo fund" warrants, the
state of Washington is today back
to cash basis. Treasurer Lewis
has issued call for outstanding
general fund warrants.
Insurance department receipts
show a great increase over pre-
vious years. Last month the de-
partment collected about $4,000,
mostly from agents, licenses. about
$4,000 in excess of collections for
January, 1909. Insurance company
taxes are payable before May l.,
and it is estimated about 500, 900
will be received from this source
during the next month. The total
tax to be paid by the companies is
estimated at about 100000, or $780,
600 more than last year. Licenses
have been issued by the depart
ment to about 5000 agents in the
state.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09

questions between capital and
labor (the Western Federation
case was fresh in memory them.
He answered that he did not know,
but thought it possible. This ac-
ton of the county authorities has
always appeared strange to me.
Can it be possible that the 1875
affidavits to the belief that Miss
Flynn can secure a fair trial in
Spokane was picked from what
would be considered desirable citi-
zens on the assessors list? T. E.
Eriksen, 1917 Montgomery avenue.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09

Editor The Press: In the spring
of 1908, / was living north of the
city, and when the assessor listed
my property for taxation, among
other questions he asked my politi-
cal affiliation, to which /, of
course, answered that it was none
of his business, but as he kept in
sisting, stating that he was in
structed from the county authori-
ties to ascertain the political COM
plexion of everybody. l asked him
if it was for the purpose of know
ing how to pick juries to decide
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
SHORTWEIGHT
CASE GOES OVER

The case of B. H. Baird, of Stat
ford's addition, arrested on war
rant issued by Inspector of Weights
and Measures Schultz for selling
alleged shortweight hay, will come
up February Is in police court. The
weights and measures department
will be armed with a lot of inter
esting statistics on weights in the
feed business when the case is
called.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
MITCHELL RECEIVER
REMOVED

Finding that there was no justi-
fication for the appointment of a
receiver for the c. E. Mitchell COM
pany, mining brokers, Judge ]. d.
Hinkle has ordered that the re-
ceiver be removed. Mitchell states
that the G. E. Mitchell company
ceased doing business about one
year ago and that the mining COM
panies for which it was doing bust
ness are handling their own stock
affairs at the present time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
SWALLOWED TOOTH
IN DENTISTS CHAIR
(By United Press Leased Wire)

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. Or.
w. PeII of Los Angeles will
collect $4,000 damages "a to
recompense him for suffering
caused because he swallowed a
tooth while under an anaesthe-
tic in dentists chair. The
Judgment was awarded in his
favor by Superior Judge James
of this city.
PeII swallowed the tooth in
August, 1907. For months he
complained Of severe pain in
his chest and coughed severely.
He went to Arizona for his
health, fearing a brochiaI or
pulmonary trouble. During a fit
of coughing the tooth reap
peared and his illness disap-
peared Immediately.
Sophia Young, the little girl VIII
was shot by her younger brother
Freddie, while playing in their mt
theirs yard last Sunday, is eXpecte
to recover.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
us H|)RGOT1EN
HER LITTLE BABY

The police are today looking for
tho mother of a deserted baby.
Three days ago a woman who said
her name was Mrs. Stewart asked
Mrs. Jerry Turner. E33 Fifteenth
I. avenue, to care for the infant for a
few days while she hunted work.
Mrs. Turner accepted the task but
has heard nothing of the mother
since.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
CHL0ROF0RMED
CLOSING PLAN

The Ostrander ordinance closing
saloons at midnight is believed to
have been chloroformed last night
when it was referred to the COM
mittee of the whole.
This action is regarded as having
pigeonholed the measure for the
time being at least. Ostrander
tried hard to get the council to
take a vote on it last night, but the
city fathers would not have it that
way. The morning opening hour is
placed at o'clock, whereas is
the present opening hour.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
BEGINNING $4,000 HOTEL.

Excavation for $4,000 hotel and
office building, to be erected on
Sprague avenue just east of the
Hutton building, has been started
by Clayton Miller, general manager
OF the Federal Building company.
Plans for the structure, which is to
be built this year, are being drawn
by Architect Alfred Jones,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
DR.. OLIVER NEW STATE
DENTAL EXAMINER

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. 9.-The
appointment was made today to
the state board of dental examiners
of DR.. E. B. Edgers of Seattle, sue
ceeding himself; DR.. Starke Oliver
of Spokane, succeeding DR.. C. G.
Mann of Spokane, and DR.. F. G..
Titus of Centralia, succeeding DIR.
G. S. Irwin of Vancouver.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
WITH SLAPPING BOY

d. l.. Deegan, who is employed
at the Washington mill, was arrest.
ed by Officer Mullane yesterday
afternoon on warrant charging
him with slapping boy named
George Farrell, who also works at
the mill.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-09
INSPECTING INSIDE
OF JAIL NOW

c. J. Splitter is busy inspecting
the inside of the strong cell at the
city jail today. Splitter is making
a little trip to Whitman county with
Deputy Sheriff Sullivan. The Off
Ger decided to take trip around
the town while waiting for train
connections and consequently Spit
tier was given the privileges of the
strong cell in the meantime. They
Will continue their journey tonight.
Splitter is said to have assaulted a
lodging house keeper in Whitman
county.