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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
WALLACE IN
DANGER Of
BURNING
One Hundred Families Pack
Up Belongings-Appeal
for Help to Spokane.
(sy United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WALLACE, Idaho, Aug. 12-one
hundred families Of Wallace THE
morning are apcking up their be-
longings and will leave for Spokane
and other outside points to escape
the dangers Of tho forest fires
which are raging near, threatening
to wipe out portion Of the city.
With dense smoke enveloping
the city. making 1t impossible to
see a distance Of 200 yards, and
with burning embers falling. car
ried by the wind from the burning
area. Wallace is in immediate dan
ger of destruction.
Everywhere men and women are
running about using every safe
guard to protect their property
from the fire demon. while the city
fire department stands ready to
may be started.
Should the wind become stronger
it is believed that nothing can
save the city. Forest fires raging
in the Placer creek district, five
miles from Wallace, have de-
stroyed property, including COM
pressor buildings, boiler plants,
blacksmith shops and cabins
owned by the Wentworth Clothing
company Of Spokane, the Vienna
International Mining company, the
Arctic Mining company, the Snug
gler Mining company and the Col
den Star company.
On account of the dense smoke
and falling burning embers, 1t is
impossible for the owners of the
properties to get into the camp
and make an estimate of the
amount of damages.
An appeal has been sent to
Spokane for 100 men to aid in
fighting the flames, also the gov
ernment has been asked to send q
squadron of troops from Fort
George Wright. At the present
time there are only so men in the
vicinity of Wallace fighting the
flames.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12

tics of our Spokane women. Sure,
l can tell them from Chicago wo-
men. We have a big demand for
the triple A width"
One of the clerks at the Crane
Shoe company says they keep a
triple A in every size. He claims
he can only tell Portland woman
by her line of talk, but he never
misses his guess with Spokane
woman Many girls and women
wearing a Az shoe. wears triple
A width.
No one seems to be able to ac-
count for this peculiar character
istic, unless ii is a fact that Spo-
kane women have worn narrower
lasts than the women of other To-
ealities. Others claim that the
women of Chicago have more long
travels on pavement which has a
tendency to spread the feet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
TEDDY HELPS
CANDIDATE
(By United Press Leased Wire)

KFNTFIELD, Cal, Aug. IA
letter from former President Theo-
dore Roosevelt figures in the pri-
mary campaign in the Second Cali
fornia district. The letter Is ad-
dressed TO William Kent and says
that Roosevelt does not think Kent
acted improperly in connection with
the fencing of government lands,
whihc has been made an issue by
the opponents OF Kent, who is seek
ms the nomination for congress
IRON the Second district.
DO YOU need TO assure me, my
dear fellow that you never acted
imp operly in connection with fenc-
ins government lands? | know YOU
too well to believe any such story
tie colonel wrote.
The campaign in the Second dis
tyict is going ON under full head
of steam today. the Roosevelt letter
a ..lS us share of the work.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
Spokane women have long, n;

Spokane women have long, mar
row feet.
You have heard Of the big feet
of the women of Chicago and the
general middle west, of the women
of the south and their trilby pedes-
tails and Of the web-footed women
OF Portland, Ore, but secret has
leaked out-Women reared in Spo-
kane have feet characteristic Of
this locality.
A bunch of pretty Spokane maid
ems, while enjoying social chat
the other day, the conversation
drifted to the subject of feet. Lo
and behold. as each fair maid put
her feet out from beneath her
dress she slowly tucked it in
again. They blushed and then ex-
claimed in unison, why do we all
have such long. narrow feet?
The Spokane shoe clerks verify
the fact in regard to the feet Of
the Spokane daughters, and de-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
HERE is WHAT A
"DOSSIER" MEANS

NEW YORK. Aug. 12.-Translat-
ors are at work today making cop
les in English of a dossier filed be-
fore the supreme court of New Jer-
Sey by Italian Vice Consul Di Ros-
sIa in the Charlton case, The dos
siei Is judicial statement of all
TIE facts in the Lake Como murder,
attested by officials of the foreign
government.
BY agreement the hearing for
Charlton eNtradition will not be
held until Septemher 90.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12

NO attention

The city council will consider
at their next meeting communi.
cation from the board of works REC
ommending that no attention be
paid TO the protest of he residents
of Nora avenue, between Nelson
and Regal, against the grading re-
Gently done of the street. Tho
residents of this district asked
damages in each case of from 3ahO
to $500. as they claimed that their
property had been injured to that
extent by the grading, AZ he
street has been completed and
turned over to the city. and ac-
cepted, the protest will have no
legal status, and II In expected
that the city council viii aGrea
with the sentiment expressed In
the hoard OF works communication.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
GAYN0R EATS
HEARTY MEAL
(By United Press Leased Wlre.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
HOBOKEN, n. j., Aug. 1.-THE
following bulletin was issued at ST.
Mary's hospital at o'clock this
morning. Mayor Gaynor passed
a good night. He slept seven hours
and was comfortable this morning.
He is in excellent general condi-
ton. Temperature 100; pulse 10;
respiration IL
The mayor ate a hearty break
fast
New X-ray photographs taken
yesterday show that the bullet is
lodged in the vault of the pharynx
back of the nose, whence it could
be quickly extracted il an opera
tion were undertaken.
The patient has difficulty in
swallowing. owing to the location
Of the missile. but this is to be
expected. according to he docors.
Two samples of blood are AIKEN
daily So far no signs of infection
are present.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
WALLA WALLA
GAR RUNS AMUCK

(By United Press Leased WIre)
WAllA WAllA, Aug. "a
Rounding curve last night, the
motorman and conductor Of
street car were both thrown off,
and tho car sped on through the
darkness with two frightened little
girls and Chinese laundryman -
its passengers. The children ~
nally jumped while the laundry
man stuck to his seat. On the
next curve the car jumped the
rails and rolled into the ditch. The
chinaman disappeared and could
not be found today. The two chill
dren were discovered today al
their homes. They escaped with
out scratch.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
WESTERN MONTANA
IN SHR0UO OF SMOKE

showed that the fires are more dan
serous than ever.
Fires along Cayuse creek, a trib-
utary to the Loeb branch of the
Clearwater river are worse than
have been reported this year, The
fire district covers three or four
townships The fires are said to be
of most dangerous sort and great
property loss is expected. The re-
eion is timbcrod heavily, is three
or four days journey from any base
oc supplies for man or horses.
M western Montana is shrCuded
in a pail of smoke,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
SUGGESTS NEW IDEA
FOR CITY HALL SITE

Henry Beneke of E2012 North
Crescent avenue, has a new sugges-
tion for a city hall site. 1t is an
original one. He suggests that the
city hall he erected at the south en-
trance to the new Monroe street
bridee-in other words, To erect the
building over and around the bridge
entrance, WIKI an arch permitting
traffic to pass onto the bridge,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12

Augustine AngelCake was on a
ranch for the first time. For the
first time did Augustine stack up
against the wild part of the woolly
west.
Augustine sauntered forth to ex-
anime the cows and other agricul-
tural implements.
About the soonest thing he saw
was native Texas steer.
80. boss cooed Augustine,
tripping up to pet it.
Some moments later they identi-
fled him by his red necktie.
THE END.
"Water, ask the orchestra to play
something different"
'Any particular selection, sir"
Something slower. ! can't chew
my food properly in waltz time"
QUEBEC.-Ethel Leneve, DR..
Crippen's former companion, has
bought wig for $40. and will dress
in woman's clothes, instead of those
of boy, on her return trip to Eng
land.
Would the fight pictures have
been so immoral if Jeffries had
won?-lndianapolIs Sun.
PORTLAND. Ore.-The Portland
Journal says 1t has information to
the effect that Portland's popula-
tion will be shown to be 10000 in
excess of that of Seattle. Portland
223 900 Seattle 203, 900 are the fig
ures that have leaked out.
~ wish we had a plano; I'd like
to impress those people"
"Show them the piece of beef you
have in the refrigerator"
Births of l3 boys two of them
twins) and six girls were recorded
yesterday.
Five marriage licenses were is
sued yesterday.
1T T., Ont.-tfaHeu oy tnlrSt,
a large baboon caused excitement
here last night, and drained two
bottles of ink, one black and one
red, together with a large bottle of
mucilage.
seek beach by wavelets wet,
BY !breezes swept;
There for time ! may forget
The ribbon dept.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12

something like the scheme of the
old London bridge.
The city OF course owns the land
constituting the roadway to the
bridge. This, Beneke says, would
allow the city to apply the cost of
site to the erection of a magnificent
municipal building. Another en-
trance, he suggested, could he made
for Maine avenue, some feet below
the level of Monroe street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
Died From
Swallowing
False Teeth
Girl Chewed Gum to Keep
Mind Off Work, and
Detached Teeth.

(By United Press Leased WIre)
LOUISVILLE. KY. Aug. H.
That Miss Lille Hunt died as
the result of swallowing her
false teeth, the near molars
lodging in her throat and
strangling her, is the verdict of
the coroner's jury here today.
She was chewing gum to keep
her mind off her work while
sweeping in her home and alb
stractedly detched her remov-
able teeth, swallowing them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
tev United Press Leased Wire. J

MlSSOULA, Mont, Aug, 12,-
"'rhe forest fire situation looks
worse. The high winds that have
been blowing along the Montana
Idaho divide are raising the very
devil" In these words Associate
District Forester SilcoX Of the for
est service summed up the condi-
ton of fires In western Montana To-
day. Yesterday. as happened many
times before, the service thought II
had the situation we'll In hand, ont
today's report upset everything ana
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
FINED FOR PADDING
CENSUS RETURNS.
(By United Press Leased Wire)

(By United Press Leased Wire)
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Aug. II.
census returns. prac-
tice popular in Great Falls during
the recent enumeration, was given
decided setback when two local
enumerators who pleaded guilty to
making false returns, were fined
81 900 each and sentenced to "a
hours In Jail in the federal court
at Helena late yesterday. Two
more enumerators will be arraign-
ed August II on the same charge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
DIRT FILL
RESERVOIR
SUGGESTED
Would be Completed Quick
er and Save the City
$4,000.

Why, In the name of all that's
economical, sensible, and prac-
ticabIe, is the contract for the Lin
coin Heights reservoir still left by
the board of public works in the
hands Of John Huetter, who has
been tinkering with the excavating
on the site for the past several
months, and who has done only
about $1,000 or $4,000 worth Ct
labor on the Job, although his time
limit expired forty-three days ago.
and penalty of 500 day Is now
accumuIating?
Huetter admits that it may be
close to year yet before the work
will be completed on the reservoir,
and that means that another sprin-
king season, with its persistent
water shortage, must be endured,
Huetter has been raked over the
Goals by the mayor and the mem
bers of the board of works, but still
is left in charge of the job, while
~ the vaults of the city clerk S
office at the city hall are plans
for a reservoir which could be
completed next spring. and which
would. in the opinion of several ex-
perts interviewed by The Press, be
a much better reservoir, and in
addition would cost almost 0,00O
less.
DfRT-FILL PLAN.
These plans were prepared by
Fife Bros. & Murphy, and call for
a bank-fill. or dirt-fill reservoir.
Several thousand yards of con-
crete can be eliminated by using
a dirt-fill scheme, and as concrete
costs just about $3.50 yard, this
alone would decrease the cost con-
sid erably. Dirt-fill reservoirs pre-
dominate throughout the big cities
of the country, and the new one
in Seattle, constructed according
to this plan, is giving every salts
faction.
The reservoir now being started
by Huetter is known as solid
concrete reservoir. and has retain
ing walls built of concrete, Besides
this, the foundation is to be built
of concrete, which WILL BE
EIGHT FEET THICK, ACCORD
ING TO THE PLANS ON WHICH
HUETTER is NOW WORKING.
In dirt-fill reservoir, after the
excavation is completed, thin
layer of clay is laid, and then the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
(sy United Press Leased Wire)

MEXIlIRES, France, Aug. IL
Weyman, tho American aviator,
who is driving Farman biplane In
the big cross country aeroplane
race. flew to Mezieres today from
Rheims, where yesterday he was
forced by the fury of the storm to
alight. Weyman thus is qualified to
remain q competitor In the contest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
INJURED BY A
TW0.F00T FALL

Because he fell into a hole two
feet deep, which was unguarded by
any red light, and received severe
injuries, on July 81, c. T. Hutch
ins. of 1880 Clark street, wants
81, 800 damages from the city. The
aforesaid hole was situated in
front of his residence, the claimant
states.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
HINDOO TURBANS
HAVE ARRVEDI
The last word In ladies' head
gear is now in Spokane.

HSdf 10 INV wv SRoNoiiSs
The much heralded "llindoo"
turban for women has arrived in
the city and is now being shown
in many of the shop windows.
One store advertises them In
The Press today at an introduc-
tory price of $3.50. That seems
like a very reasonable price and
many lady readers will undoubt-
edly be interested in looking up
this ad. The advertising col
Umns today are chock full of in
teresting bargains. besides many
of them are beginning to tell of
the new things for fall wear. BY
reading the ads carefully, YOU
will not only save a considerable
amount of money, but will also
keep well Informed on the latest
styles. etc.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
JAMES WH|TCOMB
RILEY Ill

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. Ia
Following a mild stroke Of paraIy-
sis, the condition of James Whit
comb Riley was better today. The
attending physicians say that he
suffered nervous shock that is not
likely to prove fatal.
The Hoosier poet is SO years old.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
TOP DELAY AND WASTE ON RESERVOI
DECREASE IN BIRTH RATES
ALARMS SAN FRANCISCO

SAN FRANCISCO Aug 12-san Francisco faces depopua
within years unless the cajoled making
his visits frequent Babies not only becoming
but according to the of Health Officer Mutt
1t shows of than
last three years. in 1910 being 1920
The committee that will be appointed by the
will have interesting problem before it? Baby clothing
said to be going out Of business.
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
, . . . . Q Q Q . = . . Q . .
DAKOTA cows IN
} BITTER CONTEST

GRAND FORKS. n. d., Aug. 4
, 12.-Shortly after the prize I
cocks at the fair grounds have 4
commenced their chantecler 4
} sunrising act this morning, 4
, several merry milkmen re
; paired to the stalls OF the 4
, meek faced bossies to begin 4
. q contest which will make I
ySthe winner the proudest COW 4
In North Dakota.
, 1t Is a 4S hour butter COM 4
petition aud the COW giving
, the highest percentage OF but 4
; ter fat between 6 o'clock this 4
, morning and 6 o'clock tomor-
} row night will win for her 4
3 owner n silver trophy offered 4
, by Duluth, Mimi. newspaper.
n n u u u = 4 a = 4
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12
GAPING HOLES
APPEAR IN THE
CENTER OFTOWN
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(By United Press Leased WIreA
STAUNTON, Va, Aug. Ia
Residents Of Staunton are hur-
riedIy moving from their homes
today, terrified by the sudden
appearance in the towns center
of gaping holes in the earth.
Already two houses have been
engulfed and other caveins are
occurring at short intervals,
slowly destroying Baldwin
street, the main thoroughfare.
Staunton is in the limestone
region and il is believed that
hitherto concealed subterran-
can chambers have suddenly
settled, breaking the surface.
No relief seems possible.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12

Queen Alexandra of England is
to go into retirement at Sandrine-
ham.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12

Continued on Page Two.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12

WEATh e r.

Fair tonight and Saturday.
Max. Temp. 81, Min. Temp.
Sc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-14

iting at the home of our popular post master.
 After an extended visit out of town, Mrs. Johnson. Huntington road. has returned home.
 A movement is on foot to have the name of Clapboard Hill changed.
 Rev. G. w. Stimson preached at the Bethany Mission yesterday.
 Next week Monday Mrs. Charles Judson, King street, entertains the Bridge Whist Club.
 After visiting their sister, Mrs. Geo. Messinger, in ,Southington, Mrs. Sarah Bristol and Mrs. Lavinia Curtis have returned to town
 chowder, along very appetizing lines, was served Friday evening at the meeting of the Oronoque lodge. Hereafter it is proposed to have a luncheon after every business meet ing.
 A fire doing damage to the amount of some $25 took place in the drug A candle set fire to the gas escaping from a pipe the plumbers were ham, ding.
 A number of residences on Clapboard Hill have recently been repainted. and improvement is the order of the day.
 Trees are being cut down, and stone walls removed, to make way for the new street which is to join King street near the new Burritt house. Earl Bray is constantly making i'm provements upon the interior of the Wilson pharmacy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-14

that he is in very poor health He was sentenced on Oct. 27, 1909, to serve a. sentence of from two to five years for theft in Bridgeport. He is 43 years old
 Rania Salvatore makes a plea: of in- nocence. says that he has three moth erless children who need his support and if released he promises to go to Italy and never return to this coun- try. He has been in prison since Dec. 10, 1909, having been sentenced for from ten to fourteen years for assault with intent to murder in Greenwich.
 Bernard Sirnons complains that he is unlawfully imprisoned. He says that he had no intentions of wrong, that he did not have a fair trial and that the prosecuting attorney would not permit witness to answer queS- tions. Simons has been in prison since Sept. IS, 1907, under sentence of from three and one-half to six years for an assault in Bethel.
 Antonio Stafford, who was Sentenc- ed on Sept. 16. 1908, for from ten to fifteen years for a criminal assault on a woman in Norwalk, says that he is innocent.
 Rudolph StaffIe makes application for the fourteenth time. He. has been in prison since Oct. IS, 1889, serving a life sentence for the crime of mur- der in the second degree at Newtown. He says that he has been sufficiently punished Stoffle is 61 years old.
 Henry Williams who was sentenced on November II, 1908, for from five to ten years for an assault with intent to kill in Bedding, says that he did not have a fair trial, that he was ac- tually forced to plead guilty and that at the time the crime was committed he was involuntarily intoxicated.
 Litchfield County.
 George s. Barden is in the insane ward in the prison, but a petition filed in his behalf shows that he has been in prison before. On Oct. Il, 1907. he was sentenced to prison for from eight to ten years, for an assault upon a woman in New Haven. AS a ground for pardon the petitioner says that an aged mother needs his support.
 Robert Garrison, who was sentenced on February 4, 1908, for from two to seven years for series of burglaries in Canaan, says that he had an un- fair trial. He is 20 years old and has served in prison before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-14
NEW. HAVEN LOWEST
All Leading Railroads Showed
 Good Earnings Last Year

With the official reports of nearly all the leading railroad systems of the country at hand, it is now possible to calculate with accuracy common share earnings for the year to June 30 last. says the Boston News Bureau
 The year on the whole was a good one. practically every leading system earning it's dividend. Such an aSSer- tion means more, when the 1910 year is referred to perhaps, than ever be- fore, for aside from record-breaking fuel and labor bills. maintenance charges were hundreds of millions higher, in the aggregate than ever be- fore. Had profits for common stocks shared to the extent to which they were strictly entitled, in the 1910 gross expansion. percentage of earnings would have averaged at least 21a%c more than that reported.
 A table has been made up shoWing estimated surplus applicable to the common stock of IA leading roads and the earnings, calculated on selling price as of recent date. In one or two earnings appear somewhat less than might be reasonably expected There is Atchison. for instance which now has $165, ,563, 900 stock. as against s1O3,- 0O0.OOO during the most of 1909.
 l. Union Pacific has again demonstrat- ed it's right to be considered the prem fer railroad earner of the country. Its balance of s41, ,727 ,839 is far and away the greatest in the list, while its share earnings of 1920 are approach ed only by the Louisville 6. Nashville. with 17.5qo. and Canadian Pacific with 16.1To.
 Apparently New Haven shows the slinmest margin of safety for it's stock. The surplus does not represent its real earnings. however. Add a total of about g, 2,370,OO0, which repre- sents subsidiary revenue that could properly have been credited to the New Haven's income account, and the true share earning power of 10.49o is secured.