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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

COMING To
THEFR0NT
PROPOSED POSTAL CHANGE
MEETING WITH UNIVER-
SAL SUPPORT.

The fight for an ndepende sub
station Of the Spokane postoffice at
hiIIyard, giving that thriving city
free delivery, has become walk
away for the movers in the new
postal change.
Nearly 400 names were on the pc
titions last night, included in the
list being the leading business men
Of the town. A petition sent out in
opposition to the change has re-
ceived but few signatures.
An effort OF the opposition to the
change to make it appear that the
Hill railroad interests are opposed
to the postal change has fallen
down, as some of the leading shop
employees have signed for the
change /.
The postoffice issue has stirred
up more life in Hillyard than has
heen known there for some time.
1t is said that while the business
men are together and feeling haIs
mOniOus. movement for CONF
mercial club to boost the city will
be launched
Hillyard is one of the pretties1
cities of its size in the state OF
Washington and the effort of some
Of the "mossbacks,' as the unpr0.
gressives are called, to check iti
progress have been swept aside;
They citl has nearly doubled its
population in the last two years;
and will now take on metropolitan
airs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
G O N tt N u E D
r o
P A G F. Q N F.
REJOICING

he had not given 1t serious con-
sideration. The carpenters did not
take up the subject at their meet
ing last night.
Although the matter may be dis
cussed at the meeting of the cen
trail labor council next Monday
night, it is not certain that action
will be taken.
The matter of setting the price
of meats is in the hands of the
trusts. and if by starving ourselves
we are able to lower the price, they
will just lower wages to that extent
to offset the loss; so what's the
use?" is the way one union man
put it. "The people seem to think
that the unions should lead every
movement that comes along. Let
some other body go ahead with it,"
Local meat market men said to-
day that they had not noticed de-
cline in orders. Prices, they said,
remain the same.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
DELAY
CAUS|NGLOSS
MERCHANTS WILL AGAIN
FoRcIBLY PROTEST TO THE
POWERS AT THE CITY HALL.

The East End Improvement club
and the East Sprague Avenue I'M
provement club, organized last
night, will cooperate in an effort
to get some relief from the city
administration in the completion
OF the Sprague avenue fill. Pro-
test after protest against the delay
in the work has gone to the mayor
and the board of public works with,
out producing any visible results.
Property owners and merchants
along Sprague avenue have suf-
fered enormously through the loss
of business and the hindrance to
real estate sustained through delay
in the work. The blame is placed
On the city officials in charge of
the work because of alleged jug
CLING in the plans and temporizine
with the contractors.
The East End Improvement club
has. been called to meet Monday
night at the fire station at Mag
nOlia and First avenue to appoint
committee to join with the East
Sprague Avenue improvement clut
in moving onto the city hall fol-
redress.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

The most effective and harmless
way to cure backache and regulate
out of order kidneys. or end bladder
trouble, is to take several doses of
Pape's Diuretic.
You will distinctly feel that your
kidneys and urinary organs are be-
ing cleaned. healed and vitalized,
and all the miserable symptoms.
such as backache. headache, nerv-
BUSINESS. rheumatism and darting
pains. inflamed or swollen eyelids,
irritability. sleeplessness or sup
pressed. painful or frequent urina-
ton especially at night and other
distress. leaving after taking the
firts few doses
The moment you suspect any kid
ney or urinary disorder or rheuma-
tism, begin taking this harmless
preparation as directed. with the
knowledge that Their is no other
medicine. at any price. made any
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
HIGH WATER
RECEO|NG
TODAY
UNION PARK RESEMBLES A
LAKE IN PlACES-TWO
HOMES FLOODED.
CISTERNS WORK WELL
CONDITIONS NOT AS BAD AS
LAST YEAR IN OTHER SEC.
TlONS OF THE CITY.

After rising the whole night long
the flood in Union Park began sub.
siding at noon today.
While the flood was not as bad
as that Of last year, it was almost
as high in places. At the corner Of
CrestIine and Sprague the water
was four feet deep and at another
point it began entering two homes
this morning. The flood was due to
the chinook earlier in the week.
The street department had a
large force of men in Union Park
this forenoon and rendered every
measure of relief possible. But the
ground is frozen over three feet and
the water does not soak away. II
follows the low channels created by
nature and it seems as If all Of the
water from Moran prairie and the
intermediate ground was poured
down upon Union Park.
The sewer helped a great deal
but the manholes were not equal to
the task. At the point where the
city dug large cistern to drain
the water. considerable relief was
afforded and demonstrated that the
cistern plan works well. Portions
of Union Park resembled a lake
this forenoon.
There was no high water condi.
ton on the east side of the Divis.
ion street fill, such as there was
last year, for the reason that the
culvert under the fill was repaired
during the summer and was opened
COrbin Park has not suffered a
great deal, although water stood in
some of the streets from four to IL
inches deep this morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
CITY NEW 6
YIN BRI ~

Councilman Mohr says he is
against granting a franchise to the
North Coast or the Milwaukee until
they get together on a union depot.
Postmaster Edris says that he is
neutral in the matter of the Hill
yard postoffice change, as it does
affect his office one way Or the
other.
A garage to cost $4,000 will be
erected by the Inland brewery on
Second avenue near Cedar.
Today the International railroad
began to haul the stable refuse
from the livery barns of the city
free. Cars are loaded in the yards,
to which point the stuff is hauled
by liverymen and team owners.
William Morris, manager Of
Harry Lauder, announced yester-
day through his travelling respe-
sentative. Joseph Pile, that he pro-
poses to open a house in Spokane
next season, and to do this will
likely build another theater.
The r. S. King Co., with a capital
stock of 100000, has opened Of
fices in the Hutton building, with
H. d. Moon as local representative
The company has control of the
Othello improvement Co.. the
Prince Rupert Land Co. and the
American Slate Products Co.
The following officers were
elected by the Spokane Hotel and
Restaurant Keepers Protective as
sOciation: Harry w. Wraight,
president; J. W. Cakes, vice presi-
dent M. T. Dunning, secretary and
treasurer; Frank Fowles and Pete
Lewis to vacancies on the executive
board.
M. Grostein, member Of the
firm owning the Antlers confection-
cry, S11 Howard street, having in
herited $780, 600, has disposed of his
interest in the business to S. B.
Weaver of Vancouver.
The new ownership map of down.
town property, issued annually by
the Union Trust Co.. is out. The
large acquisition of downtown prop
erty by the North Coast and NIL
waukee railroads has changed the
face of the map in the region of
Front avenue.
c. w. Anderson will erect an
apartment house on Second avenue,
between Elm and Cannon, to cost
$4,000.
Owners Of property on East
Sprague and vicinity, from Division
street to the Sprague avenue fill,
held a meeting last night in the Of
flee of Finch & Campbell and
formed an Improvement club. The
following officers We're elected:
DR.. f.. Pittwood, president; D. w.
Dwight, vice president; Edward L.
Johnson. secretary, and David Ack-
erman, treasurer, A committee on
organization, composed of Thomas
Scott. Samuel Galland and w. A.
Corey was appointed TO recommend
the scope and the name of the or
ganization and submit it to the pre-
liminary organization at the next
meeting, to be held next Thursday
night in the offices of Finch &
Campbell
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
HOW A CITIZEN WAS
DIRECTED TO A PLACE

Editor The Spokane Press:
wish to heartily corroborate the
letter printed in The Press few
nights ago, in which stranger in
the city expressed his astonish.
ment at the incompetency of our
streetcar conductors along direct
i've lines. s .Aes
1t was not long since that bust
ness called me into the eastern
portion of the city on Fourth ave
nue.. l boarded a car bound for
town Ia Union Park, as it happen
ed) and asked the conductor which
car would carry me nearest the
twenty-six hundred block on Fourth
avenue. He was not sure whether
a Union Park car was the proper
car or Liberty Park, but said he
thought Liberty Park would take
me nearer.
Alas! | transferred to a Liberty
Park car as instructed. To be pos
tive that l had the proper car
inquired of the conductor If his
was the proper car for the twenty.
six hundred block on Fourth ave.
nue.. He assured me it was, where.
upon l retired to the interior of
the car.
All went well until | heard him
(the conductor) inquiring where
the twenty-six hundred block WAS.
Think of it, A man posing as a
conductor on streetcar, servant
of the public, and q presume) a
resident of Spokane, asking
WHERE the twenty-six hundred
block was. Well, can't blame the
gentleman who wrote the article
before mentioned for being amazed.
Amusement is a mild term for eX-
pressing what | felt.
But to continue. 1t was then
that l began to dom. the authen-
ITCHY of the conductors statement
that | was or the correct car. A
few seconds passed and I heard
him saying, Did you want the
twenty-six hundred block?" | told
him | did. Well" he replied,
guess you had better get off and
walk from here. This is as far
east as we 60" A corpulent gentle
uldIl III tie COI llcl Itle SDohc w
and said. You had better take an
Eighteenth street Traction car.
They run up in there somewhere. y
U have since learned that the
Traction company operates no car
called the Eighteenth street, but
maintains a service on the River
view line that runs on Tenth for
some distance, finally winding
down to Efficiently Needless to
say, | was not going to take an
eighteenth street car las | then
thought and walk at least four.
teen blocks, if | could get the mum.
Der at all from Eighteenth street
Il suppose he meant Eighteenth
avenue)
To make a long story short,
got off at the corner of Tenth and
Perry and completed my little
journey Ga distance of some Is
hlocks) on foot. so to speak.
didn't mind the walk, and 1t didn't
harm me any, but 1t was the time
that was consumed that worked a
hardship on me.
The queerest and at the same
time most comical feature Of the
| little episode was: | found the
Union Park car running just one
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
G O N TIN u E D
r o
P A @ F. Q N E
WHAT SPOKANE PEOPLE

States secretary of agriculture in
forms the public of the stupendous
Figures in dollars of crops for the
year 1909, showing that the farm
erS of the land, who are the main
spoke in the wheel, have done
their duty The crops of the past
year, as a whole, were also favor
able. What becomes of these mil
lions of bushels of this or that
product? My answer is: Either
elevators, cold storage or exporta-
ton. 1t is my earnest prayer that
the food investigation committee
appointed by the general assembly
may speedily solve the problem
with which it is charged, in order
that the food supply and it's dis
tribution may be set upon higher
plane and above suspicious modus
operandi. j. N. GARFUNKLE.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

dressing rooms were ludicrous &C
compartments for a great artist
appearing in big city.
/, Lauder made his best impress
sions as the seaworn sailor and the
Highlander in his last stunt. His
greatest asset is his natural humor
and genuine Scotch ways, which
americans thoroughly enjoy
whether or not they can trace
Highland ancestry. His jokes were
not unusually brilliant. In fact
several very old and oft-repeated
ones were heard.
LADDERS "prima DONNA" Julian
Eltinge, received as much appreci
alton as any one. He is one of the
funniest comedians and best dan
GERS ever seen in Spokane.
An immense audience paid their
respects to Lauder at the evening
performance. They would like to
see him again in a theater and with
proper local ARRANGEMENTS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
YOUR KIDNEYS ACT FINE AND -~~--
BACKACHE SIMPLY VANlSE1ES.

where else in the world. which will
effect so thorough and prompt a
cure as a so cent treatment of
Pape's Diuretic,. which any druggist
ca nsupply.
Your physician, pharmacist,
banker or any mercantile agency
will tell you that Pape. Thompson
& Pape, of Cincinnati, is a large
and responsible medicine concern,
thoroughly worthy of your conf
dence.
Don't be miserable or worried an
other moment with lame back or
clogged, inactive kidneys or bladder
misery All this goes after you
start taking Papes Diuretic, and In
few days you feel and know that
your kidneys, liver and urinary sys-
tenn are healthy, clean and normal.
and all danger passed.
Accept only Pape's Diuretic-5O
cent treatment-from any drug
store--anywhere In the world.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
RAN BECAUSE HE THOUGHT
THEY WANTED HIS MONEY
STATEMENT OF WOUNDED MAJ

~ ran because thought the men
were just citizens. They were
dressed In plain clothes. did not
know u was an officer" said. Rob.
est r. Scott, the young Seattle bar
tender who was shot In the back by
ofsicer Thompson when attempting
20 escape arrest at the v. s. bar, at
I o'clock this morning, when inter
viewed today.
81 saw Hammer with the man,
and l thought they were after the
money which l won from Hammer
In a fair. game at the Big v bar
about an hour before" said the
wounded man as he lay in bed at
the Emergency hospital
SCOTS story is that with three
others he had been playing a game
of pedro at the Big V. The game
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
SHERIFF KNEW
Of ATTEMPT.

For two weeks j. Miller, n.
A. Lewis and Charley Phillips
sawed away on the sheet steel
at the county jail in an effort to
secure their liberty, while dur
irr this time the officers we're
fully alive to the situation and
weie keeping a close watch on
the cell occupied by the three
men in an effort to discover
who was smuggling the saws
into the jail. This was an
rounced at the county Jail to-
day.
sheriff Pueh stated this
morning that the matter was
kept a profound secret in order
to capture the smuggler. Moth
ing came of it, however, and
when one of the petty prisoners
was released the news was
bruited about town.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
LAUDER WAS, FINE, BUT
HE OUGH1ITO HAVE
HAD REAL THEA TER

Although the Armory was nj
place in which to receive thu
worl-famous comedian, Harry Lau
der, and the management was vert
poor as regards arrangements fol
the public, the wee bit Scotch lad
die delivered the goods. Howl
that for a combination of ol(
Scotch and American rye?
Truth to tell, Lauder was somd
what of a disappointment to thosf
who had never actually seen hind
but who had heard a mint about
him. One of. the reasons for this
feeling was that the Armory was
not a theater and Lauder played
under great disadvantages. If he
bad appeared at the Auditorium
he would have made a much big
ger hit and would have received
many more encores. People in the
back of the audience could hear
very little, and the staet and
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
BIG RALLY OF
LUTHERANS
~ w

A big Lutheran rally, in which
several hundred young Lutherans
of the city will take part, will be
held next Monday night in the
Swedish Lutheran Zion church at
Magnolia and Pacific. The pro
gram of music, addresses and reci-
tations will begin at O'Clock, and
following the program the evening
will be devoted to a general socia!
affair. Eight Lutheran churches
of Spokane have joined to give the
rally, and it is to be made one OF
the greatest church affairs of the
wear
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
FREE THOUGHT
QUESTION IS
STILL BEFORE 'EM

The question raised by the
local library board in refusing
to admit to the library GER
tain free though publication
will not down. The Spokane
Economic club has thrown
down the gauntlet.
Special invitations have
been sent by the club to the
members of the board to a
meeting at Apollo hall, $40 1-2
Riverside, at o'clock tomor-
row. At that meeting the &C
ton of the library board will
be given a thorough discussion.
The members Of the board
themselves will be given an
opportunity to talk.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
LEGAL BATTLE
FORSTAFFORO
BEGINS

w. M. Stafford, indicted superin-
tendent of the county poor farm,
was arraigned before Judge n. l..
KEENAN, this morning on the charge
Of larceny by embezzlement.
Attorney r. M. Barnhart inter
posed a demurrer to the informa-
ton and the arguments in the mat
ter will be heard next week.
Stafford was indicted by the
grand jury for embezzling $3.50 Of
the county's money. The indictment
was subsequently Quashed and an
information filed against him by
the prosecuting attorney.
W. c. Donovan has been APP
pointed special prosecutor to
handle the case, as Prosecutor
Pugh is a relative of Stafford's.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22

was changed to poker, and in that
game Scott says that he won $40 in
fair way.
The shot fired by the officer
struck the bartender in the back.
1t was located in front of the abdo-
men by Steward Dare, who extract
ed the bullet.
The arrest resulted from a COM
plant made to the police by S. A..
Hammer, one of the four, who lives
at 126R Second avenue. Going
with the officer, Hammer identified
Scott, who had been drinking beer
at the L. S. bar after the poker
game was broken up. Scott at
tempted to escape and was shot.
Two other men, alleged to have
been in the game. D. A. Dormey
and Charles Erickson. were also ar,
rested .-- .-s
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
ROBBED WHILE
FAST ASLEEP

Thomas Olsen bought tick
ct to Fielding, Mont, at the
local Great Northern depot
last night. After he had
bought his ticket he jingIed
his money in his pocket. He
had $3.50 left, and he was going
home. But it was an hour
until train time, SO he sat
down on one of the benches.
While sitting there, happy in
the thoughts of home, he went
to sleep. Some villain took
the money while he was Sleep
ing, and he awoke to find not
only that he had missed his
train, but that he had lost his
ticket and his money. The
police will assist him to find
the thief.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
so WERE
WRECK VICTIMS
BULLETIN. ?.
(By United Press)

SAULT STE. MARIE, Jan. 22.-
Following a more thorough search
of the wreck of the Canadian Pa
|cific's Montreal-NIinneapolis ex-
press, which plunged over an en-
bankment into the Spanish river, 1t
is estimated this afternoon that IS
or 40 persons have lost their lives.
Records shows that when the
train left Sudbury there were
about 100 persons aboard. OF this
number % are seriously injured,
while practically none escaped I'M
harmed. Many injured are in a
precarious condition, and it is pre-
dicted by physicians attending
them that the death list probably
will reach SO.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
HIGH PRICES BLAMED
ON MONEY COMBINES

Editor, Press-Some are blaming
the producers, some the trusts,
some the retail men and others go
so far as to blame the consumers in
the food fight. BY high prices we
mean that labor, which pertains to
So per cent of the population of
ever country. has not the means
to buy its own products. The con-
centration of wealth and labor say
ing machinery are responsible for
high prices. J. +.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
MATRIMONIAL
REEFS AND
CRIES

Two women whose matrimonial ex-
perience has proven failures were
sent forth from the courthouse this
morning bearing their maiden names,
restoring this much of the happiness
that was theirs before their unhappy
marriages.
Matte A. Hathaway, married to
John f. Lee in Wisconsin in 1900
and abandoned soon afterwards, was
one of the women. while Ethel r.
Dawson, married to Ralph w. Par
sons in Seattle in 1906, was the
other.
The jealousy of her husband and
his command that she live with his
parents instead of i'm home of their
own is what wrecked the Parsons
matrimonial ship.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
REFUSES To
FOOT BILL

r. A. Paukschen, against whom an
$3.50 judgment was given the other
day in favor of Poindexter a. Moore,
to cover attorneys fees in the in
sanity case in which Paukschen en-
deavored to keep his wife in an in
sane asylum. is not going to pay the
judgment without a fight.
Through his attorney, II. j..
Hibschman. exceptions to the find
ings of Judge Sullivan were filed
this morning and the case will prob
ably be fought out in the higher
courts.
He was ordered to pay the costs,
as they were assessable to the com
munity property instead of to the
wife, who afterwards secured a di-
VOrce from him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
NON-SU|T To
Be APPEALED

Murdoch Campbell, non-suited by
Judge e. H. Sullivan in his $4,000
damage suit against Jones & On
serud and the Chicago. Milwaukee
& Puget Sound railroad, was de-
MED a new trial this morning by
Judge KEENAN,, and will appeal the
case to the supreme court.
..Campbell was injured by falling
rock while working on a construc-
ton gang on the railroad.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
HIGH PROTECTION IS
GIVEN AS A CAUSE

Editor, Press-I have been MOTTO
ing this bowling about high prices.
have made this matter a study;
| have studied the farmer, the
trusts, the cold storage, the whole
saler, the retailer and my solu-
ton is that it is high protection
and nothing else. Any one that
has two eyes ought to be able to
detect it. HENRY FAIR.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
DEALERS
TONIGHT

The coal men of the Inland En-
pire will hold convention and
banquet in Spokane this evening at
the Hall of the Doges.
After the business and Testing
is over the fiery degrees of the ia
nous Order of Kokoale will be con-
ferred by the degree team of the
Spokane Breaker.
The leading fuel dealers of Spo-
kane are on the program for talks
lat the banquet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
BUILDING PERMITS.

Emil Hansen, one story frame, AL
lamont, $500.
National Feed & Mill Co, one
story frame addition, Dennis q Brad
leys addition, $500.
Inland Brewing Co, brick garage,
first addition to Spokane. 900.
-. E Kuckman. Keawood, two
room addition to residence. $500.
George w. Ruch. one story frame
residence, Woodlawn place, $500.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
BIRTHS

Walker and Grace Doolittle, 2512
Hilliard street, Jan 90. a boy.
Ferdinand and Sophia Wcyerman,
161S1a Mallon avenue, Jan. 81, a boy.
Harry c. and Gertrude Stoltze. 713
Spofford avenue, Jan. 81, a boy.
William j. and Ida \. Smith, 1903
Queen avenue, Jan. 20. q girl.
Grant and Ruth Dixon, ES07 Web
ster. Jan. 10, a girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. H. Bossnet, El71S
Eleventh avenue, Jan. 20, a girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles \. Benson,
04606 Adams street, Jan. 8, a girl
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren G. Childs,
1911 Shannon avenue, Jan. Is, a boy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-22
LOGAN DENIES
MURDER STORY

James F. Logan, the convictei
slayer of Agnes Janson, denies thu
report telegraphed from Colvilll
that he was a second Fl. II. Holmel
and had committed all sorts Of
murders in his day.
1t is believed that Judge Carej
will order Logan sent to the gaf
lows