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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-22
OPEN NEW STORE.
Plumb Bros. viii Engage in Genera
Merchandise Business

J. D. and G. A. Plumb have opened a
store az 905 South Center street. They
expect to carry full line Of groceries.
shoes ard stationery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-22
WHEIK oN milwaukee.

Accident Between Melbourne and
Rhodes Neeessitatss Detourina.
Twelve cars of a Chicago. Milwaukee
& St Paul freight train were derailed
Thursday at a point between Mel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-22

F. L. MEEKER, Attorney
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
HOW SENATOR CRANE
AMENDED INTERSTATE
COMMERCE LAW
He Simply Inscribed the
Momentous Words "And
Milk" in the Margin.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 90
When Senator Crane of Massachu-
sets, arose in the senate and Of
fered an amendment to the inter
state commerce law the other day
the floor and galleries were agog.
Anything appertaining to that
law is of large interest at the cap
itol because Of its possible effect
on the vast business and transpor-
tation enterprises of the country.
Crane is one of the republican
leaders in the senate and it was
naturally assumed that he would
not monkey with the awesome stat
ute unless he had something i'm
posing in mind. Perhaps he was
carrying out some suggestion made
by President Taft. The crowd
looked at Crane, serene and indif-
ferent, seated on the senatorial
mahogany. Then they looked at
the magic paper that had been car
ried to the front by a flying page
and lay on the clerks desk.
"A BILL TO AMEND"
The bill had been announced
only by title, but it was this title
that Jared the nerves and fired
the imagination: "a bill to amend
the Interstate Commerce Act"
There was more or less discus
sion as to it's effect on Wall street,
railroad earnings, the price of liv-
ing and the English elections.
Crane was the cynosure of all eyes,
the center of all thoughts, the mag
net and man of mystery.
In the regular course of business
the historic document was trans
ferred to the office of the secretary
of the senate, where it was opened
with trembling fingers and scanned
with eager eyes.
Several huge linen sheets were
unfolded. On these were pasted a
printed copy of the interstate law,
which is longer than a speech on
the tariff.
FOLLOWED A SlNUOUs COURSE
Search for the amendment dis
closed line of ink that started
between two words on the printed
sheet and pursued a sinuous course
to the chaste and expansive mar
gin. Quick reading showed that
the section affected provided that,
among others, railroad companies
might give free transportation to
men having charge Of shipments of
cattle and fruit.
Following the sinuous line of
Cranes amendment the anxious
ones found that when 1t reached
the margin it resolved itself into
the momentous words land milk"
That was all.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
DETECTIVES FIND
GRAFT AMONG LINER
STEWARDS; WATERS

HAMBURG, Jan. 29.-Thirty-
eight of the stewards and walters
of the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, of
the Hamburg-American line, were
arrested upon the arrival of the
steamer at CuXhaven. The prison
ers are accused of stealing provs-
ions, particularly meats and pre-
serves.
The discovery was made by three
detectives, who made the last west
ward trip on the vessel, two as
steerage passengers and the other
as a steward.
The detectives allege that they
found the existence of system
through which provisions were
struggled into the quarters of the
steerage passengers by the cOnniv-
ance of the stewards with the wait
ers, and sold to those in the steer
age at low prices. The detectives
returned to Hamburg on the
steamer Bleucher and met the
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria upon her
arrival at CuXhayen.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
TO MAKE OLD FRISCO
GOLDEN C|TYOF THE
GOLDEN WEST
Extensive Plans Already
Made for Panama Pacific
Exposition in 1915.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. Eek
tensive preparations are already
being made here for the Panama
Pacific exposition, which will be
held here in 1915 in celebration of
the completion of the Panama
canal. All roofs of exposition
buildings here will be painted in
gilt, in order that San Francisco
may be known as the Golden City
of the Golden West" as a result of
the exposition.
San Francisco is glad of the sup
Tort Of the business men of Spo-
kane, and the Inland Empire in
general, in getting the worlds fair
here in 1915. All members of the
excursion party from Spokane,
Walla Walla and other points in
the Inland Empire who We're asked
regarding the matter expressed
themselves in favor of having the
exposition held here.
Little difficulty is expected in Sc
curing an appropriation of $4,000
600 from congress for the exposi-
ton, for it is believed that the
equal amount of money that San
Francisco will have to raise before
this sum will be granted can be
easily gathered by subscription.
A design, drawn by E. M. Mase,
for the official emblem of the fair,
has been selected. The theme of
the design is a representation of
the Panama canal with a steamer
travelling through. On the bank
walks sturdy laborer with shovel
over shoulder and dinner pail in
hand. The stars and stripes are
draped about his shoulders and the
shovel. The official name of the
exposition is printed around the
border of the disc, and above the
picture is inscribed in old Roman
lettering: San Francisco, L. S. A.
MCMXV."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
THINK TOY TUN THE
.CHINK WAS TRYING
TO BAMBOOZLE EN-

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The
bureau of immigration here
heartily subscribes to Bret
Harte's characterization of the
heather Chinee. Nearly every
day officials are confronted
with another dark trick of the
willy celestials to evade the
strict exclusion laws of the
United States.
For instance, there is the case
of Toy Tun, recently arrested
on the charge of surreptitiously
entering the country and re-
leased because the immigration
bureau refused to prefer
charges.
Tun gave himself up, claiming
to have sneaked into the United
States from Mexico three or four
years ago. He made the case
against himself so easy that the
immigration authorities became
suspicious.
They have now decided that
Tun is trying to bamboozle the
government into paying his way
back to China. His scheme was
artfully concocted. In the first
place, he made the time in
which he had been in the United
States three or four years, to
escape deportation back to Mex
leo. which would have been or
dered if the immigration Off
Gals discovered that his en-
trance into the United States oc-
CURED less than three years
ago.
Thus he stood liable for de-
portation back to China, under
the exclusion act.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

might accept the republican nomin.
alton for president in 1912, if any.
one insisted"
The New York governor refused
to discuss, even in the most i'm.
personal way, the outlook in the
republican party during the recep-
ton of the state executives at the
White House. So did Harmon, but
he did remark that "he liked the
view from the White house."
81 understand that the place is
for rent every four years." he con-
tinued, with smile.
Eyes. Were you thinking of
leasing it?' he was asked.
"Well. I would have to discuss
that matter with my wife. No SEN
sible man ever tries to establish
residence without his wife's ad-
vice." Harmon observed sagely.
That evening the Ohio governor
and his wife both attended the din
ner given the executives by the
president. The next day Harmon
was asked what Mrs. Harmon
thought of the white house as a
residence.
"Mrs. Harmon has not yet de-
cided. But she is thinking about
it, was the governors diplomatic
reply.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

body while he was being carried
blocks by his station because it
was physical impossibility to get
through the crowd, is today re-
ported to be getting very busy. He
plans to build new subways to con-
meet with the four big bridges that
now span the East river, and sub
ways to cross Manhattan at it's
uppermost point and place the
east and west sides within rapid
transit" communication with each
other. And all to stave off the
proposition of municipal ownership
and to clip the wings of Mayor
Gaynor, who declares that the city
should control its own utilities.
The proposition to be solved is
most stupendous. Traffic conges-
ton in London, about which books
have been written, is admittedly a
flea bite compared with the prob
lem to be solved in New York
Manhattan island is hewed out of
solid rock The building of sub
ways is a stupendous and a very
expensive task The city is grow
ing too fast for the present sys-
TENS and conditions are inhuman
and intolerable.
SOLID MASS OF HUMANITY
Men, women and children are
carried along in a solid mass the
moment the doors OF cars are open
ed and soon fill the vacant space
inside of the cars. None can fall,
so tightly are the people damned in,
but if any lose their footing they
are simply carried along by the
crowd. When the car is filled to
the point of suffocation, when it
seems as though not another per-
son can be squeezed inside of the
doors, the special police-they are
chosen for their brawn-turn their
backs and by sheer weight of num-
bers jam dozen more inside. Then
the doors are closed and the car
moves on and the spectacle is re-
peated every minute and a half
for two years.
If Morgan is permitted to invest
his half billion dollars he will
earn good return on it, but wheth-
er he is to invest it or the money is
to be taken from the public treas
ury, the people of the city are
seemingly at last determined that
they must to permitted to come and
go without risking life and limb.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
GOV, HARMON SAYS HE LIKES
THE VIEW FROM WH|TEHOUSE"


WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-It is
not often that the White House
shelters president and two po-
tential candidates for the presi-
dency in opposing parties. but
President Taft established the
precendent when he entertained the
| conference of governors at the ex-
ecutive mansion recently.
The two who are Gin the hands
of their friends" for the nomina-
tons in 1912 are Charles Evans
Hughes, governor of New York,
and Judson Harmon, governor of
Ohio. Harmon, since the death Of
John A. Johnson of Minnesota and
the temporary observation of one
William Jennings Bryan as a pres
idential possibility, has been the
one bright star of hope shining for
the democratic party in a lowering
cloudbanked sky.
/ His colleague of New York was
one of those "steam-rollered' at the
Chicago convention when Taft was
placed at the head of the republi-
can party.
FOR personal" REASONS.
Hughes has not voiced his pres
idential aspirations, but within the
last week or two he has let it be
known that he will not accept a
denomination for governor of New
York, for personal" reasons, and
the political world has not been
slow to deduce therefrom that he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
WAGON LOAD of ivALUAbLES
GO TO DBD LETTER OFFICE


Observation-Disclosures seems to be
the order of the season along about
Christmas time, and about this
time of the year is when thousands
of people in all parts of the civil
lied world are just "all put out"
and on the verge of tears railing
at the postoffice department and
the worthless, careless" creatures
it gives employment. But here is
the solution of a good percentage
of that so-called carelessness. Only
Il few days ago the Spokane post
office authorities sent a wagon
load of a little of everything in
tended for Christmas tokens, to
the dead letter office, where, per.
haps, they will be sold in lots to
the highest bidder-perhaps for a
nickle or a dime per half dozen
packages, the contents of which are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
BUILD MANY SIDEWAYS

Shonts, who a couple of weeks
hgo got caught in a rush hour
crowd on his own railway and had
his clothes nearly torn from his
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
unknown, either to purchaser or to
the government engineer.
UNCLE SAM NOT TO BLAME,

ONClE SAM MOT 10 BLAME.
Ridiculous! do you exclaim ?
Well, maybe it is ridiculous. They
will sell for ridiculously low prices,
that is one thing certain, but it
can't be helped, and if none will
bid anything on them, why they
will be thrown in the big furnace
at the dead letter office in Wash
ington, d. c., where they will un-
doubtedly make splendid fire.
This all sounds pretty tough, and
it is tough, when the long evenings
of tedious yet tireless work OF
some fond old mother, over
dainty dolly, hand knit gloves or
something of the kind is taken into
consideration. but the postoffice
authorities are not to blame. These
packages were all thrown into the
mail box with no addresses on
them.
BORE NO ADDRESS.
Some of them bore the uninform-
ing inscriptions ITO Henry" or
ITO Mama" and others equally as
meaningless to the men in the
postoffice, and that was all. Some
seemed to have the idea that the
mail box was Christmas tree.
The majority Of them had no writ
ing on them at all. Some were
stamped and some of them were
not. An absent-minded party pur-
chased a safety razor outfit that
ordinarily sells for s. and tossed
it into the mail box without even
tying it up. The only inscription
the box bore aside from the print
cd lettering concerning the con-
tents was the price mark, the pres
ence of which further indicated
observation-disclosures for who, when
In thorough control and possession
of their thinking cap, would let a
price mark remain on a Christmas
gift?
SOME REALLY PATHETIC.
One package was torn open and
was of particular interest. 1t con-
tanned a beautiful hand-worked
stand cover or piano shawl, on
which the maker-likely a silver
haired old northumberland evil
IDENTIFY worked for many days. ut
seems like a shame to have to send
that away to the dead letter office,
where the one it was intended for
will never get it, but there's noiil-
ing else we can do with it and
come within the law" Postmaster
Edris said with a sad shake of his
head as he looked thoughtfully at
this package in the collection. ITS
just a plain case of absent-minded-
ness
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
m0RCAN TO REIGN SUPREME IN
new YORK TRANSPORTATION
Father Knickerbocker to Spend Half Billion Dollars to
Better Rapid Transit Service
Must Get Busy Immediately to Stave Off Municipal Own
ershp, Which Seems Only Remedy

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-New
York city will within the next 10
years spend half billion dollars
to better its transportation ia
cilities within the city limits, and,
II present plans are followed, the
funds will be furnished by J. Pier
pont Morgan. That Morgan has
succeeded Thomas Fortune Ryan,
August Belmont and their asso-
ciates as the supreme power in
the traction world so far as this
city is concerned, has been q care
fully guarded secret, but through
an admission by Theodore p
Shonts that all of the marlborough
Traction Co.'S plans have been
made with Morgan's approval it is
at last known just on whom the
millions in the city must depend
to get to and from their homes
and places of business.
Morgan, supreme in the steam
railroad world, king of finance,
now takes on his shoulders to sup
ply the largest city of the coun-
try with the money to build its
transportation lines and within
10 years every man, woman and
child inside of the city and for so
miles around, will be paying trib-
ute to him every time they ride on
a car.
HE is ALREADY AN"
Today Morgan is in the INTERIOR
ough railway, which operates the
elevated, subway and some OF the
city surface lines; he controls
much of the stock of the Union
Railway Co. in the Bronx; he is a
potent factor in the Brooklyn Rap
i'd Transit Co. and the Queens and
Nassau county railways running
through Brooklyn and down on
Long Island; his cash helped build
the McAdoo tunnel and stock of
the Hudson & Manhattan Railway
Co, operating the tunnel system to
New Jersey, is in his strongboX
and his firm has Just bought con
troll of the Public Service corpora
ton, which operates the network
of trolleys in northern New Jer-
sey. While kept profound secret
for months, it is at last dawning
On New Workers that Morgan is
supreme in city transportation and
that he can make or break any Sec
ton of the suburbs.
He has offered unlimited
capital to the Interborough COM
pany to build new railways and to
extend its present system. He
told Theodore P. Shonts in his own
office that there was no money
obstacle in the way of a compre-
hensive system of rapid transit for
Sew Workers.
->-e~-~-6UIlD MANY SIDEWAYS
Shonts, who a couple of weeks
MO got caught in a r1Sh hour
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
SPOILED THE STORY.

Tattered Terry-Im a newspaper
man, but l can't get a job.
Lady of the House-Indeed! Why
not?
Tattered Terry--Yer see, saved
train from a terrible accident
once, and all de editors have been
sore on me ever since!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

REDLANDS, Cal.-John II. L.
Holbrooke, for 25 years an employee
of the Cudahy Packing company at
Los Angeles, was killed by a fall
into a reservoir on Smiley Heights.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

SACRAMENTO, Cal. - Sixteen
federal prisoners have started from
San Quentin and Folsom prisons
for the penitentiary at Leaven-
worth, Kan, on a special train.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Dora Lyon,
society woman known as THE
Queen of Clubs" files petition in
bankruptcy, showing debts of half
million and no assets
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30
YOUR CHANCE

In order to expand our already large bust
ness of building homes and substantial business
blocks on property owned by ourselves, as well
as on property belonging to others who are
financially unable to build we are offering a
limited amount of preferred stock in the Colo
NAL Building Company, Washington corpora
tion capitalized at 100000. We are selling
this preferred stock at the par value of $50 per
share, with an ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE OF
7 PER CENT, and further participation in
the profits of our business. Never before in the
history of the northwest has the small investor
had better opportunity to place his savings
where they will be amply protected and at the
same time produce for him GUARANTEED
INCOME. This preferred stock can also be
purchased on the installment plan by paying S.
down and S. per month-your money drawing
interest from date of first payment.
There is not the slightest element of risk in
purchasing this preferred stock, because your
money is protected by more than twice the face
value Of the stock issued in first class Spokane
improved business properties, which, as you
know, will always command high rentals.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-30

Daily and Sunday Press, del'v-
cred, 10 cents a week.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-14
WHERE LIFE IS
WORTH LIVING

Miss Laura Chisholm, - years old, M.
3ss Thurbull-aVe., took carboIic acid
by mistake, Monday night. ana died
Tuesday. The young woman got hold
OF the wrong bottle in the dark
John IL. Howarth, president of the Pin
gree shoe. Co., VIII ne the speaker
at the weekly luncheon OF the 5000
club. in the Y NJ. G A. Friday noon.
The 5000 club has elected John -.
Biggars, president. and Frank NJ.
Campbell Vice president
Claude Marin was arrested Tuesday
night by fatrolman y. 4. smith after
he had stolen cheese in denca =
lessen store When he was brought
to the central station a letter urging
him to reform was found in his
pocket 1t was from his sister in
Seattle.
Fire visited the stable In the rear Of
the Barrie ~ saiadin bakery, No.
l2S Fort st. east, Tuesday afternoon.
and did damage estimated AT $1,000.
y horse tramped on "a match that
mad beer@ Carelessly dropped In It's
stall. The match was lgnited and
the flames spread quickly.
L.. -. Elmo Lewis, ADVERTISING man
ager OF the Burroughs Adding Ma
'cnine Co Is much IN demand as "A
speaker. He addresses Today the
sales convention OF the National En-
| ameltng x Stamping Co, OF st. Louis,
on House policies" and Will also
| speak on The new gospel OF efu-
| cheney" at the st. Louis Advertising
club dinner in his honor.
Ralph Lucas, prominent automobile
engineer, of England. and inventor
OF the Lucas two-cycle valveless en-
CINE, delivered an entertaining lee
ture before the Wolverine Automo-
| bile club. Tuesday evening" on sim =
| plicity OF engine design" There was
large turnout. and though the lee
ture was OF a technical nature. II
| was OF unusual interest to the auto
mobile men.
Matthias Hayek, AT one time we'll
known bandmaster ana theater or
| chestra leader. died Tuesday in his
home, No. 469 Fifteenth st. follow
ing 10 days illness from pneumonia.
Mr. Hayek was born In Austria 81
years ago and came to Detroit near
~ a half century ago. He was lead
er OF the Great Western band for So
| years and leader OF the old Wonder
land theater orchestra for many
years. Mrs. Hayek and three daugn-
The Detroit times., 1910-12-14

Extra large size. in
either green or black
upholstered seat and
sides, heavy rubber
tired wheels, high Eng
lish strap spring gear;
large adjustable hood.
The Detroit times., 1910-12-14
Wants To Obey Peoples Mandate.

Edward Keusch, Democratic alder
man-elect from the Seventeenth ward.
called at the city hall, Wednesday
morning, 70 get a line on his future
duties. 81 haven't any policy except
to do what the people want me to-
he said. Il think know the needs
OF my ward. because have walked
all over il in my duties in the asses
SOUS office think probably IL will
be found best TO divide the ward, but
that will be np TO the people. and !
shall not take any action In that mat
ter except 20 present any petition TO
the common council that may be cir
culated."
The Detroit times., 1910-12-14

to rush out and clamor for transfer
when the car turned up Grand hiVer
For a while they were given them.
but the order has been maqe 10 us
continue the courtesy. IL Is merely
an enforcement of the rule against
transfers TO lines running on the
same tracks.
A reception and supper Tor Tue
member o of the viii it"''b be given
"Wednesday evening in the new
church building, No SO sherman
marking the opening junction III
connection with the formal deulca-
tfon services, which take place sun
daV parlor meeting for the wo-'
men OF the church VIII be heIa fTu.
day afternoon, at oclock, IN ,riS
No az Watson-st The services sum
day will be participated In by many
OF the Presbyterian ministers Oh t nS
city. and two distinguished men VIII
come 70 Detroit especially for the
occasion in the persons OF the rev
1hrrt colt. delegate from the PRO,
testant church of Italy 10 the OhIteu
states and the Rev. Arthur lie RE
fro Of brooklyn, n. Y. editor OF the
Italian Herald
rr,i,y In keen up alimony OF 500 n
month and support q second wire ON
a salary of 500 has forced henry
Johnson into Dankruptcy,,. . 10
formerly lived in Detroit, put ms
home is now in Newark, .. lie for
merIy received $4,000 a year salary.
and when he separated from his wife
agreed to pay her $50 month,
abtcb vvas made permanent altmony
when she obtained divorce. Then
Johnson went into business, which
vas unsuccessful, and he was oolig
Ell 10 take a position at $1,000. HE
el,aJ tha circuit court TO reduce his
siimony to $50 a month. but the
Court refused because OF written
agreement he had made lie owes n
u~hi
Johnson and $1,000 TO other persons
Who helped him on his payments TO
her If he is adtudicated bank
rupt. he will be free or the otner oo
LEGATIONS. but Will still have 70 pay
the alimony Mrs. Johnson lives AT
No ass Hancock west Johnson
established residence here TOT the
sake OF the bankruptcy proceedings
The Detroit times., 1910-12-14

ters, Mrs. John Mathison. Mrs John
Gum and Miss Carol Hayek, survive.
Funeral services Will be held In the
family home. Friday afternoon at
O'clock
The Detroit times., 1910-12-14
Child's Rockers, $1.l5

Made OF full and
split reed, natural fin
ish, long rocker base
to prevent tipping, very
roomy; Il regular $50
value at e1.15.