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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-18

owing TO the large number
of "woif" essays received
from boys and girls, and the
desire Of The Press to pub
Iish as many of them as pos
sible, the contest will not
close until tomorrow. In
Saturdays Press the names Of
the winners will be an
nounced. They will get $40 in
cash and tickets to Saturday
nights performance of 1.-THE
Wolf" at the Spokane
theater.
Wolf a wild animal belonging to
the dog family. Some believe it
to be the parent of the dog, wild
dogs resembling wolves more
nearly than they do their domestic
brethren. The wolf has long
coarse hair and bushy tail. 1t is
very swift, hunting deer and other
animals. 1t does not attack men
unless very hungry, but in the win
ter when it is driven by hunger
from the forests it is dreaded by
travellers.
The wolf is still found in Canada
and rarely in the forests of New
England. The duskey wolf is of
the northwestern states and the
black, white and rofous wolves
are varieties found in the south.
Wolves are very cunning and not
easily trapped. They have been
t<~ hN f,.in al
to set gun, and then eat the
bait in safety; also haul up fish
line set in a hole in the ice and
help themselves to the fish.
ANGELINA JENKINS,
428 Second avenue.
Hawthorne school.
animal and is feared as much as
a lion.
The wolf is very shy animal,
and they roam the woods, bowling
and barking. They go into barn
yards and eat pigs, sheep, calves
and fowl. In foreign lands they
attack horses and people.
E3S3 Blaine avenue
Lincoln school.
The timber wolf Is long,
gaunt, sinewy animal with shaggy
hair sometimes one foot in length
During the day they keep in hid
ing, but at night they are very
bold and come almost to the edge
of civilization and sometimes car
ry away live stock. They general
ly move in packs and have a lead
er, who is larger and stronger
than the others. They sometimes
keep on the trail of their prey for
days and in many cases have only
been kept off by fire built and
kept going for days. The wolves
of Alaska are very large and
fierce and have been known to en-
ter small settlements and carry
away plumber. Their howl is
mournful and prolonged and can
be heard echoing through the
mountains during the night. The
timber wolf is an inhabitant of the
colder zones of North America. OF
the United States it Is found on
the western plains and in the
mountains of the northwest.
FERN EVANS,
1921 Twenty-third avenue
Irving school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-18
YOUNGSTERS ESSAYS
ON THE WOLF CONTEST

country and is noted for the terri
BILE stories of wolves attacking peo-
pie who linger out too late at night.
The stories, / am sorry to say, are
generally true, but wolf never
attacks man unless he is near
starving. The wolf provides for
his cubs and is obliged to give
one-half of his kill to his old and
infirm brother wolves, something
that few human people do.
Most people, however, regard
wolves with horror for they claim
that they are sneaking animals,
but who. can you tell me, are
greater sneaks than cats?
The wolf being so desperately
hunted by men has educated him.
self to avoid all traps and poisons
that smell of man. The wolves
still linger on the outskirts of CIV
ilization while most all other ami
mails have been exterminated.
Edith Van Buskirk, O2925 Chester
street; Longfellow school.
TIE WOLF.
The wolves have ears different
than any other animals; they are
very short and wide; they can hear
most anything; they can almost
tell when a hunter is approaching
them.
It's eyes are fiery as it looks at
night about him. He can see
through the forest long way.
1t has nose which can even
smell the scent of a hunters foot
track.
The teeth are very sharp and
strong. If he once bites you, you
would find out how sharp they are.
It's fur is a kind that is not soft.
but stiff and rough to feel of. 1t
has no use for soft, even fur, be-
cause it runs through many rough.
thorny bushes. So soft, even and
long fur is not needed.
It's body is long and slim, so that
it can squeeze through small places.
The legs are long and slim and
light to carry, so that he can go
very swift along through the thick
forests.
The tail is quite long; it is lit
tie fluffy, too. The wolf takes
good care of it's tail because it is
his pride.
ELSIE SCHWARTZ,
E507 Highland Ave.
Lincoln school.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-18
BARGAINS

In our exchange department we
have some player pianos that we
can sell at very special prices, in
GLIDING such makes as Hallet az
Davis, Columbus, Decker, etc.
Prices range from $445 upwards.
Terms to suit your convenience.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-18

People Of Prominence and Musical
knowledge the World Over
Give Preference to
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
EIGHTEEN LIVES
LOST IN SHIP WRECK
British Cruiser Bedford Goes Aground
On Coast of QuelPart Island.

LONDON Special.-Eighteen lives
ashore on the southwest coast of Quel-
part Island, in the Yellow Sea. off Ko-
rea, yesterday. The extent of the dis
aSter was announced todny by the
Admiralty.
The Bedford was undergoing speed
trlals when the accident occurred She
crashed onto the Samarang Rocks when
gong tull speed, according TO the of
nclal ca Diagrams received in London
japanese war vessels today reached
her, but adverse weather made any at
tempt 10 aid her hazardous. The nea-
ger details given out here Indicate that
the vessel was held up by the Rocks
The Bedford'S displacement is o 500
tons, and she is $40 feet along the wa
ter line, with a beam of GO and a draft
or 241e. Her armament consists of
fourteen iN-inch guns, ten twelve inch
Founders and smaller guns. She also
mas two submerged torpedo tubes, and
is heavily armored
The largest vessel of her class in the
British navy, she was built in 1900 O3
at Fairfield, being one of the seven
cruisers of the County type, being
named after English counties.
She has been remarkable for her
speed, her Belleville boilers giving her
record OF 24.3 knots.
A dispatch this afternoon says that
heen taken off. There is no chance to
save the vessel, which is waterlogged
Most of abe victims were stokers who
We're trapped far below the water level
when the sea rushed into the stokehoiu
of the Bedford
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
MAID TOLD OF BURGLAR
FIGHT; HELD As THIEF

NEW YORK, August 2...-Julia Mar
dN, eighteen years old, who has the
reputation of having twice repealed bur
glars who sought 10 enter the house of
her employers, was arrested in Nonkers
thursday on a charge OF stealing Jew
cry valued al nearly s .0O0 from Mrs.
/. r. BNrne, OF PCS Hawthorne Avenue.
When Mrs. BYrne returned from a
shopping trip Wednesday, Julia with a
show Of great excitement told Of a
struggle she said she had with n thief
who had entered the house unawares
and looted the bureau in Mrs. Byrne's
bedroom.
Julia said she confronted the burglar
as he was leaving the. premises and
She exhibited a gold watch which she
declared she had taken from the in
truder, but said she had made good his
escape with the rest Of the plumber
Mrs. Byrne did not doubt the story,
but Police Captain Cooley told Julia he
would place her under arrest if the
stolen articles were not returned by
morning.
When Mrs. Byrne arose yesterday the
er. Julia explained this by saving that
she awoke al dawn, just in time to see
the burglar ascend the porch and de-
posit something wrapped up in news
paper. on investigating, she said she
found the stolen jewelry.
Last year, Julia, while in the emploN
of Mrs. Regina Shipman. Of Glenwood
Terrace, drove away two burglars after
revolver duel. The Eirl came here
from Pennsylvania, where il is reported
she also came out victorious in a bat
tie with burglars.
Julla made complete confession
when arrested, the police say.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
SIemp's Waning Strength.

Nowadays II is no easy matter TO
get together a crowd of men to hear
a political address. the voters content
ing themselves with reading the news
papers for political information. SO
from this one is able to see that con-
ditions have changed in the old Ninth
and that Mr.. Slemp is nothing like as
strong as he used to be. Then. again.
the Republican party is not united as
in the days gone by and the rank and
Tile and the leaders are not WhOOp-
ing it mp for MIR. Slemp with their old
time VigOr. Some of them argue that
as Mr.. Slemp Will not resign the State
chairmanship, they will go fishing on
election day or vote against him di-
rect so as TO deprive him of one of
his high positions. With politics aside
we believe Mr.. Stuart is the best man
for the people of the Ninth District
to have as their representative. He
is in every way qualified to look care
fully after their interests and this We
believe he will do to the satisfaction
OF the rich and the poor and the white
and the black.-CHfton Forge Review.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
THREE DIE IN SURF.
ONE IN TIIYINU RESCUE

SEA ISLE CITY. y. J.. August ga
Ihree bathers were drowned in a
treacherous undertow here today. one
pl the three met his death while at
-empting to save his brother-in-law
The latter man dragged his wouId-be
reScuer down with him. The dead are
CHARLES Cook. colored. professor of
languages in Howard University, Wash
lnGton. y. c: Rudolph ROmhere and
walter Lechtner, lamp black manufac-
turers, Of Camden
Mrs. Rom berg from the beach saw the
uNoWing of her husband and brother
t;omberg entered the surf soon after
.otinS n heavy meal. He apparently
"aS seized with cramp. for his wife
no hrother-in-laW saw him throw up
MS hands and heard him CRY for beln
.-echtner instantly dashed out Rom
'er% clutched him with death grin and
nom sank. The bodies were washed
ashore soon. II was found that Rom
oerg had died from heart failure. Two
pnNSlclanS and a life saving crew
worked an hour without avail over
While the excitement over the double
browning was at its height. Prof Cook
an expert swimmer, entered the water
a long distance down the beach Ven
'urtng beyond the breaker line he wa
suddenly caught in the undertow and
disappeared. Fifteen minutes afterward
his body was washed back within a few
.eet of the place where he had sunk
II was brought to shore but efforts To
resuscitate him failed. He leaves a
are ahread
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
DUKE IN AUTO CRASH
WITH j. j. ASTOR'S SON

NEWPORT, Aug. 23.-Duke Franz
JOSEF, of Bavaria, may thank emer-
SencE brakes for permitting him 10
continue his American tour with a
mind open to matrimOny instead of
spending the remainder of his time in
this country in the hospital To these
safety devices he owes his escape from
a smash-up when the Goelet car. in
which he was riding. collided vester-
day afternoon with a car driven bv
Vincent Astor. the son of Colonel John
Jacob Astor.
With the Duke were CONGRESSMAN
Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. Long
worth who was Alice Roosevelt. and
Mrs Robert Goelet. who is entertain
ing the Duke and the Longworths AZ
her home here
The four We're speeding in the Goe-
let car for an afternoon call at the
cottage of Mr.. and Mrs Nathaniel
IhaNer, of Boston. AS they neared
the corner Vincent AstOr came unex-
pectedlN upon them. his car also 60
lnS at high speed. with young AstOr
himself at the lever.
The cars We're too close together re
avert collision. but both drivers an
piled their emergency brakes and thus
escaped bad crash. AS il was the
9oelet car was put out of commission.
and the Duke and his party had ts
Ia ke another conveyance to make their
call.
Many society people called at Mrs
Goeiets today TO congratulate the
Duke on his lucky escape
Colonel John JACOB Astor sailed for
Bar Harpor today on his steam yacht
Verna.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
HARMON FLEW ACROSS
LONG ISLAND SOUND

Hampstead, y. Y Special
Chhord b HarmOns Farman biplane
IN which he made a spectacular night
across the Long Island Sound on sat-
urday and broke his skids and front
control when making a landing. in Con-
necucut arrived at the aviatiOs, field
today. Chief Mechanician PinchOu and
his assistants are at work on the large
biplane and hope TO have il ready for
flying again on Thursday.
In addition to the cup won for cross
Ing the Sound, Mr.. Harmon will re-
ceive one for his remarkable fvinc
done on the aviation field before leav-
ing Garden City.
John J. Frisbie. OF Rochester. y Y.
who has been flying about a week
made circuits OF the coures this morn
ing. keeping or the ground fully TWEEN
ty-hve feet.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01

gested that the Governors of the States
affected be called upon to use their re-
spective militia forces to patrol the
forests.
That the fires are growing worse
every hour, and that there is no chance
to check them entirely unless there are
heavy rains, was reported to the For
estry Bureau today by Forester Buck,
who has charge of the forces in Ore
gon and Idaho
The flames are sweeping through the
st. Regis Valley, Oregon and ranches
and towns are imperiled. Mr.. Buck re-
ports that twenty-five men lighting
fires in the Crater Forest Reserve and
in the vicinity of Ashland, Oregon, have
persisted in the flames, while many 9TH
ers have been seriously burned.
At his request, the department today
is rushing medical aid TO the scene.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01

State Railroad Commissions office
Wednesday, and she added triumph
antly, for the commission had reserv-
ed decision:
Il do believe I've whipped them"
Mrs. FELTON,, Congressman Felton's
white-haired widow. was NOT the
youngest Portia who ever pleaded a
case, but certainly she was as elo-
quent as any. She appeared, alone.
before the commission to urge that a
switch be replaced at Feltonia. Ca.
which the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad officials removed. Fifteen
corporation lawyers argued or handed
IN briefs against her. She showed an
intimate knowledge of railroading.
and declared il unfair for the railroad
TO remove the switch after receiving
free from the FELTON, estate $4,000
worth OF right of way. She cross
examined the attorney who made the
Closing argument for the railroad, and
paid for it's maintenance.
Mrs. FELTON, has been noted for her
forceful determination. She defended
the lynchtng of negroes guilty of GER
tain crimes, and wrote a letter TO the
Atlanta Constitution, in which she
said:
In the last analysis the supreme
crisis, when churches fail, courts fail
and manhood has departed from DO
hucal methods in this country, when
woman becomes the helpless victim
said, Lynch a thousand n
week or stop the outrage and 1 re-
peat it,"
About the same time il was report
ed TO Mrs. FELTON, that Mrs. Elizabeth
Grannis, or New York, had reflected
on the character of Southern women
IN an address she made TO q meeting
OF negroes in Cooper Union. that city
Mrs. FELTON, retorted:
The woman knew she was telling
wilful and Venomous untruth. She
was there to play on the basest pas
sions of that ignorant audience"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
Surprise Birthday Party.

A surprise birthday party was given
MT Hunter Tyler last evening at his
home, 400 North Twenty-seventh
Street Various games were PLAYED.
after which the party adjourned to
the dining room, where refreshments
were served.
Among those present were Misses
Deubre Hay, Gertrude Gentry, Mary
Gentry Mary Childrey. Laura Hard
wicke, Annie Hardwicke. Louise
spain Hazel Flppen, Lottie ShackeI-
FORD, Madeline Shackelford Hazel
Cole. Mabel Tyler. Bessie Tyler. Mrs.
w. l. Hardwicke. Mr.. and Mrs. c. A.
Tyler, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Tyler. Mr..
ana Mrs. W. +. Ellis; Messrs. James
Tyler. Earl Tyler. Luther ShackeIford.
Frayser Childrey. Frank Childrey
Frank Chandler, Clarke Roper, Lewis
Miles. Willie Low, Thomas Bickers
carroll Speights. Walter McOuade
Albert Siewers, Hammie Smith, Err
nest Flippen.
Ihere was also present Miss Ada
Gillian, from Crittenden. Va. who Is
visiting relatives in Richmond.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
SAW WRECK OF
TRAINS COMING
Telegraph Operator Collapsed After
Seeing That Accident Could
Not BE Avoided.

NORTHFiELD. VT. August 2c-
Search for the bodies OF Victims ct
the terrific head-On collision OF
freight trains ou the Central Yer
mont RnilrOad at N0rthfieId Falls
was continued today. seven bodies.
80 badly burned that Identification
- almost impossible. have been re-
moved from the NrcckaSc. IL il
thought that three or four more
bodies are I'm the debris.
The railroad officials have order
eel an investigation To place the
blame for the wreck. l.. IL. Muir
rcre, the NOrthfieId operator upon
whom the officials are depending
for assistance, il In "a state of men
taI collapse. He has been uncon-
Sci0uS most of the time since short
~ before the fatal crash when he
realized that nOrthbOund freight
speeding forty miles an hour had
passed the station. aud that the
collision was inevitable. Nurrere.
White-faced and trembling. stag
gcred from the station into the
square.
"My God, they are coming to-
gether," he shouted. and collapsed.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
Wan Bites Him nj u.nca

NEW YORK. Aug. 2S-John TuIlv.
nineteen wears old. of No. 1872 Bedford
Avenue. Brooklyn. attended the outing
OF the Eighteenth Assembly District
Democrats Club at Bergen Beach sat
urday night. As he was dancing with a
ford II. Waltbridge. fortv-nine, of 1896
NoStrand Avenue, went up to him. re
took her place.
Come, dear heart. dance with muh."
he said.
Tully declined and attempted to re-
foin his partner, but the rival for the
girls position. according to scores of
witnesses chung to him. Then Tullv
losing patience, pushed Waltbriage
back from him, when the latter bent his
head and bit TullN's cheek until he
screamed with pain.
In an instant the place was i'm an up-
roar. WaltbridSe was rescued from
the angry crowd by the police and
taken 10 the snyder Avenue station
while an ambulance surgeon was called
to attend Tully.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
WEST VIRGINIA VETERANS
ARE FOR LEE STATUE
GRAFTON. w Va SneciaI -

GRAFTON, w. VA Special
The second annual reunion OF the
Taylor County Union Veterans Asso-
citation was held here SATURDAY..
Isaac NJ. Lock presented a resom-
ton condemning the placing OF the
statue of General Robert +. Lee in
the statuary hall at the Capitol in
Washington, but the resolution was
voted down.
The election Of officers resulted as
follows: Colonel, d. Miller Simonton:
lieutenant colonel, w. p. Kinter; ad-
Jutant, Thomas Nuzum.
Representative George c. Sturgiss
made an address.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
Report of IncendIarism.

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
That the alarming spread of the forest
fires in Idaho, Montana and Oregon is
due to incendiarism is the charge made
in a telegram received here today by
Acting Chief Forester Potter from As
sociate District Forester Cecil, in Ore
gon. 1t is claimed that persons, evil
IDENTIFY with the view of receiving en-
ployment as fire fighters" have been
deliberately applying the torch
throughout the forest reserve
AS a result, IL has been necessary
TO withdraw a number Of the troops
from the scenes OF the fires and employ
round up the fire bugs"
In this connection IL has been sug-
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
SIXTH WOMAN CLAIMS
KELLER AS HUSBAND

NEW YORK, Aug. 2U.-The sixth
woman TO claim that Harry Bradley
Keller married, robbed and deserted
her made herself known by letter at
Brooklyn police headquarters. Keel
er. a painless dentist" is in Ray
mOnd Street Jail with his alleged sis
ter, Emma, awaiting trial on a charge
Of swindling Mrs. Wilhelmina Lynch
out of $4,000.
The new victim says she is Mrs
Lou Ashton. OF Pittsfeld, Ill. In her
letter addressed "Chief Of Police
Brooklyn, y. Y" she says:
Il see by the papers you have in
custody one DR.. Harry 3. Keeler,
dentist. a man OF many wives and
names. l see by the picture that he
is the same man 1 married in Au-
gust. 1897, and who robbed me Of
$1,000 out Of the Pittsheld Bank.
we took train to Detroit. where
he left me in a hotel without a cent
He even stole my clothes. He hypno-
TIED me and left me at hotel.
HE married me under the name of
]. NJ. Baker. His sister. Emma. as
he called her, was with him. They
claimed they had money. Can 1 get
anything out of them?
LOU ASHTON"
Enclosed was 4 letter addressed to
Harry and Emma" which read:
4 do thank God that your sins
sin is death, which should be Your
reward You thought you fooled me
in Detroit when you wrote to me as
woman, but you did not.
L am glad my prayers have been
answered, and you are safe behind
the bars. I hope Emma is with you. as
she is as deeply in the mire as YOU
are. Hoping YOU will rest in the
pen the rest Of your lives, 1 close. TO
Harry Bradley Keller. the painless
dentist. and Emma. May you fad
rest in Heaven, but 1 cannot forgive
you.
LOU ASHTON"
Mrs. Ashton had a grown son when
she married Keller and she enclosed
n her letter to Captain Coughlin a
note keeler had sent her son after she
married him. The letter was signed
j. NJ. Baker, the name Mrs Ashton
says keeler then posed under. and
was sent from Griggsville. Ill. to her
son in Pittsfield while Mrs. Ashton
vas on her way with her husha nd
TO his mythical ranch in California.
In II Baker" expressed a strong de-
sire to meet the son of so noble and
good a lady I am proud to call my
wife" '
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
Found Hanging From Rafter.

HICKORY, y. g, August 2S.@The
reached here today of the
suicide of Charles Edwards aged
nftY-three. at his home at Mountain
Creek, near here. Mrs. Edwards and
the children We're visiting her parents
and her husbands death was I'M
known to them. Returning home.
Mrs. Edwards searched for her nus
band. Going into the garnet she
found the body suspended by a rope
from the rafter. He evidently had
been dead sometime. The coroner
gave a verdict of suicide.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
FRANK G. CARPER
FOUND DEAD IN BED

ROANOKE. VA Special Frank
G. Carper. a former leader of the
Roanoke Machine Works Band. was
found dead in his room at the Ponce
de Leon Hotel this morning. Death
was due 70 heart failure. He was
material inspector for the Norfolk and
Western, a native Of Salem. and
brother of Mrs. Frank LOvelOck
whose husband is editor of the Lynch
burg Advance.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
The American Ash-PiIe.

Government statistics show that the
largest number OF forest fires and
probably the largest loss occurred in
1908 and 1909 in Idaho and Montana.
where the present fires are raging.
both states make annual apprOpria-
lions for preventing and eNtinguish-
ing forest fires, and Yet at this time
100 square miles have been burned
over, villages have been destroyed and
an unknown number of lives lost The
American ash-pile is very serious
fredericksburg Star.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-09-01
ONE HUNDRED MEN
FIGHTING FIRE DIE
Ten Thousand Square Miles of Timber
Lands Destroyed in Montana
and Idaho.

MISS0ULA, MON Special
One hundred fire-ighters are be-
lieved to have persisted i'm a flood
ed canyon near Wallace, Idaho.
Attempts to reach the canyon
have been futile.
No word has come from the
$50 forestry service men trapped
near St. Joe. Fears are also felt
for a rescue party sent from the