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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
FAT FOLKS FAVOR


Too much fat is both uncomfort-
able and dangerous. but usually
fleshy people prefer to put up with
its inconvenience rather than punish
themselves with the tiresome exer-
cising usually prescribed, or endanger
their health by taking the so-called
cures" and patent fat "reducers."
This self-sacrifice of comfort and
health to overabundant fat is entirely
unnecessary, however, as Mrs. Luella
Bigger tells us there is home re-
ceipt that is far superior In every way
to anything money will buy for re-
sducing superfluous flesh. It is said
this simple mixture will take the fat
off Of man or woman at the rate OF
at least a couple Of pounds a week
without even causing wrinkles. More
over, it does not disturb the stomach.
but is a good thing for the system,
clearing away pimples. and. best Of
all, 1t does not interfere with the diet
You can use 1t and at the same time
eat whatever you like. This receipt
IL as follows: " ounce Marmola: "
and ~ ounces Of Peppermint Water.
Get these ingredients at any drug
store. mix them together at home and
take one teaspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
Mrs. Bigger. as IL well known, ia .
famous beauty expert. and whatever
she recommends IL sure to be found
eminently satisfactory.--Adv.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
PARKER
CASE DISMISSED

There was rather an abrupt ter
mination of the case of Police Of
ficer Parker in Justice Hyde's court
this morning, when the officers
trial was called on a charge of
beating his wife.
The prosecuting attorneys Of
flee entered a dismissal of the case
on the ground that they had looked
into the facts and that things were
different from what they had been
first told. The statement was
made that it had been found that
Parker was good provider for his
wife, that he had taken good care
of her and that If she were at
tackled in the manner claimed her
life would have paid the penalty
instead of being scratched on the
face. '
Justice Hyde then dismissed the
case. Officer Parker. who was sus-
pended during the inquiry into the
case, will now be reinstated on the
police force. Ed. E. Brennan ap'
peared in behalf Of the policeman.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
MUST PAY TO SEE
HIS CHILDREN

Edwin r. Walker will have to
pay good money for the privilege
of seeing his four children. accord
ing to an order issued by Judge
A. w. Frater Of the superior court
yesterday afternoon. Walker and
bis wife separated some time ago
and the wife took the children, re-
fused to talk to him and would not
let him see the youngsters. So
Walker secured an attorney and
made application to the court for
an order permitting him to see the
children. Judge Frater, however,
became inquisitive, and inquired as
to the amount Of money Walker
was paying over to his wife. Upon
being informed of the amount the
Judge decided that 1t was not
enough and issued an order to the
effect that Walker pay his wife
800 Immediately and beginning
February he pay the sum of $25
per month. He will then be al
lowed to visit the babies.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
CHARTER REVOLUTIONARY
AND UNW|sE' ROBERTSON

man or home owner that favors
such power? o
But even more dangerous than
this provision, it is provided in the
charter, that out Of the general
funds of the city may be paid mon
eys to pay in part for such i'm
provements and above the benefits
claimed by the commission to inure
to the property. Under such power,
arbitrary, and without petition from
the property owners, or from the
taxpayers at large, they may fix
the charges to be borne by the gem
eral public, assessing only such
sum as they elect against the prop
erty specially benefited.
A form of government that has
no legislative restraint, an execu-
tive hat is independent of the leg
islative power, but gives over the
management of the business to a
less number of men than the direc-
torate of any national bank In this
town, or private corporation. i
confidently say this is revolution
airy and unwise, and will build up a
ring of crooks, grafters and favor
lite contractors, dealing secretly
with pet officials, whose interest
may never be detected, and whose
crookedness can be safely hid un-
der the mask of virtue, which Will
be assumed when the cry of "stop
thief" is sounded. Fred G. Robert
son
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
BY A. GOOD FELLOW.

Listen, you good fellows of Spo-
kane, who have not yet Joined the
Good Fellows club: I'm not going
to preach you any sermon today.
I'm not going to tell you anything
about how many Good Fellows
there are now and how many more
we need.
I'm going right down into your
hearts by reproducing a letter
which came to my desk this morn
ing, for it seems to me that the
poor, dying little girl who wrote
this letter has handed me a bigger
heart appeal than anything l could
write-and that's ali this Good Eel
low stunt is anyhow; a heart ap-
peal.
Here's her letter, read it, stop
and remember that she is only one
of the hundreds we are trying to
help, and then sec if you don't feel
like getting into the Santa Claus
game.
Dear Mr.. Good Fellows: l am
little girl II years old. I am par
alyzed from my waist down, SO l
am helpless and don't need any
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

To the Editor of The Press:
have discussed, publicly, the clause
In the new city charter that per-
mits ordinances to be passed upon
on emergency without pending one
hour, and at the same time, author
izing the expenditure of public
money, thus rendering 1t ridiculous
to claim that there be such a thing
as referendum in such grant of un-
limited power. But the charter
further provides, with reference to
local improvements:
''If the owners of one-half of the
property subject to assessment for
any local improvement, file a petl-
ton with the council requesting
that local improvement be made.
the council, by a majority vote may
order such improvement. Without
usch petition a four-fifths vote OF
the whole council. shall be neces-
sary to order such improvement,
and further, any irregularity in the
petition for an Improvement is i'm
material where the ordinance Or
WILLIS NhO 10 poOoSA
by four-fifths vote of the council.
There never was such power un-
der a republican form of govern
ment, state or municipal. lodged ar
bitrarily and finally, without re-
view, in the hands of three men, a
majority of the commission of five.
A peril lies at the door of every
laboring man who either owns, or
is buying a home; threatens the
safety of investment in the city,
and makes it dangerous to invest.
Any morning an owner of property
may see a contractors outfit build
ing sewer or paving a street in
front of his property, at the mere
will of four commissioners, and
without any petition from the prop
erty owner. The work can be let,
without competition, to fake pat.
ented paving concern, or to any
contractor, and at a price that Is
fixed by the commission and the
contractor, and without competf.
ton. The property owner must foot
the bills. although he has not been
consulted. Is there any laboring
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
RAID MADE ON
penny ARCAOES

Following the removal Of some
so Objectionable pictures from the
penny arcades a few weeks ago, a
committee composed Of business
men and Detective Buchholz, head
ed by the Rev. G. w. Fuller, made
a raid upon the Penny Arcade,
Main avenue, near Stevens street.
and the one across the street, yes
terday and confiscated a number
OF photographs and signs. The evil
dence secured will put the man.
agement in danger of the revoca-
ton of their licenses. Numerous
protests have come to the commit
tee Of Objectionable matter in these
places and it is now up to the may
or, the goods" having been
caught on them. A hearing will be
granted the proprietors, and II they
cannot show cause sufficient why
they should be allowed to retain
their licenses they will be put out
of business
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
seF1CHT7NC MAD" OVER
THAT BIG SEWER DEAL

A rousing meeting in behalf Of
the referendum against the north
side trunk sewer will be held to-
night at 8 o'clock ut the Monroe
Park Presbyterian church, corner
of Monroe street and Rockwell, UNI
der the auspices of the North Hill
Improvement club.
Another meeting OF the same
character will be held tomorrow
night at the Hamilton school, in
Kenwood, corner of Standard and
Wellesley, under the auspices of
the acknowledgement Improve
ment club.
At tonight's meeting the commit
tee in charge of the referendum
will make It's report of progress and
begin the circulation Of the refer
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

Marry in haste and repent at
leisure" seems to be the way that
Oscar Reich's matrimonial venture
turns out, for after being married
for only about three months, OF
which time he had lived with his
wife but 10 days, Heich had Mabel
Reich, whom he married after an
ackuaintanceship of only three
days, arrested Tuesday evening on
charge of undue intimacy with
Ray Merrill, waiter at Daven-
ports restaurant. Merrill was also
arrested, and the case against he
and the woman will be heard Fri
day. &a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
SYMPATHY WASTED

Declaring that sypmathy which
he had at first felt for r. X. John
son, charged with thefts from a To-
cal five and ten cent store, has
been proven by later developments
to be unwarranted, Judge Mann in
the police court yesterday, fined
the youthful miscreant 500 and
costs and sentenced him to serve
10 days in Jail. The Judge said
that he had learned that Johnson
had his things packed and was pre-
pairing to flee the city when ar
rested,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
ELLEN TERRY
HERE TONIGHT

Still young in spirit and still en-
Unused with the charm Of her stage
representations as much as ever,
Ellen Terry, the foremost English
actress will lecture at the Audi
forum theater this evening upon
her favorite subject of Shakes
peare's heroines. It may be the
last time that Spokane will be en-
abled to see the great actress, as
she is well along in years, although
she expects to be very much alive
for some years to come, she says.
In addition to analysing the char.
acters Of the Shakespearean
women Of fame she will present a
number of scenes from his plays.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
HARRY GREEN IS DEAD

After fighting gamely for life
for the past IL days, Harry G..
Green, one of Spokane's best
known characters. and we'll known
in sporting circles all over the
country, lost the decision to the
Great Reaper at II o'clock last
night, and quietly passed away at
his apartments at the .Ridpath no.
tel.
Green was one of the best known
and best liked of all the sporting
men who have ever made their
home in this city. His reputation
for being on the square was never
brought into question, and when
anything in the sporting line was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
ONE MORE POOR TRUTH
SOL YES GREATMYSTERY

One more victim of dependency
solved the dark mystery of death
last night when an unknown youth,
about 20 years of age, crept into a
box car in the yards of the Great
Northern railway, and drinking the
contents of a small bottle of car
bolic; acid, ended his struggle
against the handships of the world.
The dead body was found by P.
G.. Garrett, a great Northern wiach-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

man, late last evening, and vas re-
moved by order of Coroner Schle-
gel to Turnbull undertaking. m -
lors. where an inquest will h6sheid.
When found, the body was
crouched against the wall 81 the
box car, and the fact that the bot
tie which had contained the deadly
acid was corked and lying beneath
the body, at first led to the theory
that foul play was responsible for
the mans death.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

promoted by Green the fans knew
that they were going to get run
for their money.
He was we'll known all through
the northwest, from the fact that
he was the owner of a string of
racing horses which won enviable
records, among them being Sad
Sam, who for time held the
worlds sprint record, and Royalty,
who twice won the Spokane derby.
Mr.. Green was born August 10,
1863, in Prem, Poland, and came
to the United States when Is
years of age. He is survived by
his widow, three brothers, q sister
and his father. Funeral arrange
ments have not vet been m6de.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

Alleging that her husband fire..
Quently came home drunk, with a
bunch Of companions, and COM
PEELED her to get out of bedyso at
they could sleep. Thora Pe1efeon
filed suit for divorce yestet Jay saf-
ternoon. She further alleges lat
she has frequently been driven
from the house in the winter time
and compelled to seek refuge with
neighbors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
BEING DRUNK NO EXCUSE.

The plea that he was drunk at
the time he stole leather grip
from the Palace store and sold 1t
for $1.65, and that he would lose
his Job if he was not released,
failed to save Charles Lee, a boiler
maker, when he appeared before
Judge Mann on a charge of petty
larceny yesterday afternoon. He
was fined $50 and costs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

endum petitions and the further pc.
tition to the city council refusing
to pay any Of the assessments on
the sewer until compelled to by or
der Of court.
They are fighting mad over the
sewer on the north hill, and as one
man in Kenwood put it, "It's mil
lions for defense and not one cent
for tribute"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
SIGN WITH
VICTORIA TEAM
NV United Press Leased wire)

10y United Press Leased Wire)
UNIVERSITY OF WASHING
TON, Seattle, Dec. 15.-Ten Mil
lion, captain elect of the varsity
baseball team, and Clifford Glenn
entson. first sacker, have signed up
with Victoria for the coming sea.
son. Merton Hemingway, former
varsity catcher, is said also to be
dickering with the Canucks.
Million and Clementson played
on the college team two and three
years. respectively. Hemingway
turned professional last summer,
finishing the season as catcher for
Dugdale.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

Myron Moreiand. Allan Paine,
ana Louis 0chwellenbach, Spokane
high school debaters, left for Ro-
saliA last night, where they win
meet the team from that city this
evening. The question Of income
tar will be debated.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
FINED FOR SPEEDING.

One dollar and costs were as
sessed against the driver of the
Smith auto ambulance for unneces-
sarily exceeding til speed limit
at Howard and Ri rside yester-
day afternoon,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15

STAR HOTEL
2i7N Howard 81.
Special attention transient. On
der new management. A clean
place for clean people. y
RATES soc TO e1.OO y
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-15
n lore SHOPPING
D AVS DE OR II |
G, n \ I 3 T n A d

'Humpty. dumpty, hung to a
strap, till the car he rode in had
a mihap, and Humpty came down
in a fat lady's lap"
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
SHOPLIFTER COCKTAILS
FOUND IN STOCKINGS
Woman Who Invented COnCOc-
tiOn Lands in Jail

The "shoplifter cocktail was dis
covered yesterday by Policeman Peter
MacIntyre. and as a result Mrs. Mary
Martin, a nurse from Healdsburg. in
ventor of the new cOncOction, is in dur
ance at the central police station,
charged with the effects OF the latest
drink and misdemeanOr.
The 'shoplifter cocktail was dis
covered in Mrs. Martins hose. To mix
the drink properly and christen it.
bottle of whisky must be placed down
one stocking and a bottle OF olives
down the other. Then an excursion
must be taken through the shopping
district until the perambulating side
board has acquired several pieces of
fnery and tucked them down around
the bottles
After a short. Vigorous walk the new
cocktail is ready.
Mary Martin was drinking one in
vis-Schonwasser's yesterday. after
carefully following directions. When
taken TO the central statiOn-a quantity
of Davis -SchOnwasser's property was
found tucked about her anatomy and
in explanation of the presence OF sew
eral corset covers. underskirts, etc,
pointed to the two bottles OF refresh
ments.
I'm not a shoplifter, captain said
she. "it's the cocktails I've been drink
ing
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
SPECIAL STAMPS
BARRED ABROAD

Postmaster Fisk has received from
Washington and in turn. issues. warn
ing, that none but postage stamps
should be placed on the address side
of envelopes sent TO foreign countries,
and in some instances no special stamps
should be used at all.
This warning is the result OF many
letters being sent at Christmastirie last
year to foreign countries with Red
Cross stamps upon them and being re-
turned with no attempt at delivery
having been made. The postof1ce de-
partment says that great care should
be taken of letters with special stamps
upon them, as they might have to be
sent to the deadletter office.
sThe following is the notification re-
ceived from Washington, which shows
those countries which do and do not
permit the distribution of mail carry
ing special nonpostage stamps:
Postmasters are notified that the follow ing
countries refuse TO admit 70 their mails articles
adhesive charity stamps or labels Guatemala.
Uruguay. Portugal tif they resemble regular
postage stampsl.
The following countries will admit articles
bearing such stamps. but only when affixed to
the reverse and not to the address side British,
East Africa. Bermuda, British North Borneo.
!. cone British Somaliland Trinidad Germany
Austria tpFovided they DO not resemble postage
stamps Great Britain. Trsnsvaal.
To preclude delay in handling articles bearing
CHRISTMAS stamps to be transmitted In the inter
national mails. the covers Of such articles Shculd
bear the full name and address Of the senders.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
HAYWARD REAL ESTATE
LAS. s. FRENCH.

JAS. s. FRENCH,
THE REAL ESTATE BROKER.
GET OFF THE CAR AT B ST. IN FRONT OF
MY OFFICE. OPEN SUNDAYS.
CASTRO VALLEY ORCHARDS TO acre
tracts small home sites only mile from
school: 24 miles from Hayward; EASY
10 acres acres orchard; new cottage
and barn; only III miles from Hayward; {;
\ mile from school; $4,000; easy terms.
THIS Is GIFT.
room cottage. barn. blocks from car
line best buy in Hayward; $500; easy
terms.
A SWELL. CHICKEN RANCH, Az acres pretty
room cottage, fine outbuildings; 800
chickens horse vehicles. implements,
everything first class; blocks from r. r.
station; 1 block from school; snap price
for quick sale.
10 acres finest sandy loan; crop will show what
land is; only 1 mile from Hayward; 200
yards from W. z. station. Here's a snap
for you.
s., 45o~4k acres level land; only Il mile from
electric car; room cottage, barn, chicken
houses. home orchard.
- scres fine alfalfa land; pretty modern home
OF rooms. bath, pantry; fine outbuildings;
has been run as dairy ranch; very attrac-
tive place; Hne fruit and shade trees: only
2I3 miles from Hayward; low price for
500 acres fine level land big frontage on ?
county roads; miles from r. f. station /;
fine alfalfa or grain land; gift at S42
SWELL COUNTRY HOME, 30 acres; acres
orchard. acre grapes, 20 acres under cul-
tlvation; pretty modern home. 8 rooms,
bath. pantry. barn. chicken houses fine
water: a mile from school; 2h miles from
HAYWARD SNAP PRICE IF TAKEN AT
ONCE.
rEASFEls0 acres. fine grain and dairy ranch !;
spring water. big barns, grsnary. cottage.
homo orchard on main county road; fine
location
IaV aFd n
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
SLEUTH TRAILS
HONEST JACK
Inglis Warned to Keep Out
Of Wholesale District
By Detective

IS lack" INGLIs, contracting agent
of the Union Pacific. has been in
structed to keep away from the
Wholesale district or suffer the penalty
OF arrest and imprisonment Detective
Jack Tracy issued the order. not
that he has proved Inglis anything but
q railroad man. but because OF the lat
Ter suspicious actions.
II al happened this way. Inglis
spends much of his time IN the whole
SAFE district and at nearly every place
ne calls he secures information which.
IN order TO remember he notes I'm a
SnlaIi book that rests in his hip pocket.
tracy is searching throughout the
wholesale districtl for book makers on
the races and he followed Inglis around
Tor a week and watched the making OF
all this memoranda
II is Inglis' custom to chat for few
minutes at noon with the proprietor OF
a cigar stand at Drumm and California
streets, and a few DAYS ago Tracy told
the cigar man to warn Inglis that there
was To be no book making in his dis
trict and that he would have to keep
away from the district altogether. Not
withstanding the prOtesta ttous Of the
c1garman that IngIis was a railroad
man and not a book maker. Tracy is
keeping a close watch. So close a
watch that yesterday he called at the
cigar stand and said that he knew he
was right from the start. Re accused
lnglis' friend of warning Jack and de-
elared Inglis would keep away from the
district hereafter.
Directors OF the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific will meet in New
York on Tuesday TO take over the
Chicago Rock Island and FL PasO road.
which il already controls through a
majority Of ~, av,I
William F. Herrin, vice president oe
the Southern Pacific. in charge OF tho
legal and land departments and Paul
Shoup, assistant general manager. i'm
charge of electric lines. are expected to
return tomorrow from Les Angeles.
Killed. s.sO4: injured. s2.743" This
is the casualty record OF the railroads
In the United States during the year
ended June so last. according to the
interstate commerce commission. IL is
killed and 1S,454 in the number in
jured over the previous years figures.
There were 1851 collisions. killing
4Ss people and injuring 1855 and dam
aging railroad property s4.629,279 In
the years 5.910 derailments $40 per
sons were killed and ASIA injured.
During the last three months OF the
year the total killed or injured was
20.s50.
George l. Williams. formerly com
mercial agent OF the Chicago Nil
waukee and st. Paul in Cincinnati. has
been appointed general agent of the
Chicago. Great Western at Fargo. y, ID.
Walter Byrnes has been appointed
district passenger agent Of the Illinois
Central at Jackson, Miss. succeeding
A. :. Haines, resigned.
Clyde Hogsett, secretary to General
Freight Agent Citizens of the Missouri
Pacific. has been appointed travelling
freight agent of that company at salt
Lake city. succeeding T. ]. Kemper,
transferred TO Cincinnati.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY
CASES ARE POSTPONED
Four Defendants Attend Court
With Their Lawyers

The four san MateO officials and for
mer officials indicted by the San Fran
cisco grand jury for alleged conspiracy
in connection with the stationery con-
tract Of San Mateo county, were in de-
partment 10 of the superior court yes
terday, the cases being on the calendar
for arraignment. In the absence Of
Judge Cabaniss Judge Van NOstrand
put them over to November 10. j. j..
Sullivan appeared as attorney for
Blackburn. and j. J. Dunno represented
the other defendants.