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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
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TUERKE IS UNFIT FOR
OFFICE

]. Stanley Webster as the youth
full county prosecutor, was called
upon to prosecute the murderer.
Jett was convicted and sentenced
to life Imprisonment for the muir
der of James B. Martin, and SEN
fenced to be hung upon his convic-
ton for the killing of James Cock
rill. The supreme court ordered a
new trial on the second charge and
it was after Jet had been returned
to the Cynthiana county Jail to wait
a second trial that the confession
was made.
Jett declared that the Hargis
clan had deserted him, giving him
no money for defense, and that
he desired to make a clean breast
of the whole matter. Prosecutor
Webster took a stenographer and
notary to the Jail and secured the
confession. After signing the pa
per Jet stated that he wished to
sell it to a newspaper, and against
the strenuous objections of Web
ster, the papers were sold to the
Louisville Courier-Journal for $780,
Webster states that the Cincin-
natl Enquirer, angered because of
the scoop, charged the district at
torney with selling the confession
and profiting by the sale.
THE DIVoRcE
R. M. Webster states that soon
after reaching Cynthiana to pay
his brother a short visit, the dis
trict attorney discovered that his
wife was false to him and that
Bailey d. Berry, his law partner,
was carrying on criminal relations
with his wife of four years. Web
ster's first desire was to kill Berry,
but the brother persuaded him to
let the home destroyer live, and
also persuaded him to pursue his
own inclination of keeping the
matter from the public.
While away on visit to Wash
ington, where R. M. Webster had
taken him for few days after the
frightful discovery, Webster heard
that his wife and her relatives and
friends were circulating reports
concerning his abandonment of
her. He Immediately returned to
Cynthiana and divorce proceedings
were instituted.
Judge Webster came to Washing
ton short time after that, broken
down in health. After a year he
recovered sufficiently to resume
his practice of law and rose to the
bench in this county, a position
which he holds at the present time
although still young in years.
His Kentucky wife secured a d.
vOrce year after Webster left
that state, the wife alleging aban-
donment and Webster consenting
to the proceedings.
While R. M. Webster prepared
the statement for the public, Judge
Webster has signed it, corroborat-
ing every statement made in the
rtj cle
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
SYMMES FINED
FOR CONTEMPT

Thos. J. Symmes, !. w. w. at
torney, was fined SIS for contempt
of court by Judge n. L. KEENAN,
during the progress of the Gurley
FIynn-C. L. FiIigno conspiracy
trial this morning.
Symmes stated that the capitals
tic newspapers of Spokane had
hired the police to driye the !. w.
WIS out of the city and county, and
when Judge KEENAN, asked him to
take his seat, the attorney did not
do so, and received the SIS plaster.
The defense spent the greater
part Of the morning reading !. w.
w. literature, While tiartWelI Ship
pey, Harry Burchen, Bessie FiIet
and knuse were the other wit.
nesses for the defense.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
DEATHS.

Benjamin F. Clizer, age 63 years,
died today at 251S Broadway ave-
nue.. He had resided in this city
seven years and was retired
farmer. He is survived by a wife,
five sons, three residing in SpO-
kane, one in Washington, D. c.,
and one in Tekoa, and three daugh-
ters. The funeral services will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock from Smiths chapel. The
body will be shipped to Latah,
Wash, for burial.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alvin Henjun died yesterday at
the family residence at Hillyard.
The funeral services were held to-
day at 10 a. m. from the New Eng
land undertaking parlors. Rev. Ell
worthy officiated and burial took
place at Greenwood
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
HAlLEY'SCOMET
IN SIGHT

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. UNIVERSITY OF WASH .
. INGTON, Feb. 17.-HaIIey's .
. comet has been sighted from .
= the university observatory. .
. Not only Professors NORTH .
. and Gould, but members of .
. the classes in the subject .
. have all had their glimpse of .
. the famous visitant through .
= the big tube. .
. "A strange impression .
. seems to have got abroad re- =
= garding the observation Of .
= this comet" said Prof. j. e. .
= Gould today. "For several .
= weeks it has been possible to .
. see the socaIIed HaIley's COM =
= ct from points in the north .
= west, with the aid of a two q
. inch lens. 1t is a mistake to .
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. short time to residents of q
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
n0OENHAVER Al
PERSUAOER !
WIFE SUED HIM FOUR TIMES
FOR A DIVORCE AND SPENT
$1,000 BEFORE BEING
FREED.

After the filing Of four different
suits and the payment of $1,000 for
attorneys fees and court costs. Mrs.
Kate Rodenhaver has at last Sc
cured legal separation from j. e.
Rodenhaver. The decree was en-
tered by Judge Hinkle, the property
matters having been previously ad-
justed Mrs Rodenhaver, the plain
tiff, is the landlady of the Baldwin
hotel, us Sprague avenue. and her
domestic troubles have been much
aired in court and the subject of
police action in the last two years.
Il never saw man so hard to
get rid of as Rodenhaver," said the
released Mrs. Rodenhaver, drawing
a long breath of ease, as if in re-
Election over her troubles of the
past. EVERY time / brought di-
vorce suit he would win me over by
promises to do better, and fool as |
was, | would forgive him.
my first lawyer was E. o. Con-
nor, and after he had everything in
shape for me at the courthouse why
l changed heart and took Roden-
haver back. In the next case | hired
George w. Latimer and afterward
/ again relented. The next lawyer
was Judge NJ. o. Reed, who also
filed suit. and finally the case was
fixed up by Mr.. Onstine.
AT the last minute l came near
weakening. but l did not, and now
l am free. Rodenhaver told me that
l will be sending around after him
soon, but I guess not, as | am going
to stay single awhile
Mrs. Rodenhaver was before mar
ried, her first husband being Alfred
Gray. who died, and the second was
Patrick Riley, switchman on the
N. P. who was killed in the Yards.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
HAY WON'T APPOINT
MONCOLIAN NOTARY
PUBLIC
(By United Press Leased Wire)

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. 17.-Gov-
ernor Hay will refuse to appoint H.
Ohnick, a Seattle merchant a no
tary public, even though Ohnick is
q naturaliZed citizen.
The refusal is made on the
ground that Ohnick. being a Mon
golian, is not a citizen of the state.
though he may be naturalized. This
is based on the decision of the
state supreme court, which barred
one Yamashita of Tacoma from
practicing law though he had been
granted his citizenship papers, the
court ruling that his naturalization
was illegal.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
(sy United Press Leased Wire)

VALLEJO, Cal, Feb. 17;:-fhe
hint that an effort may be made to
remove Rear Admiral Thomas
Phelps as commandant of the Mare
Island navy yard is believed here
today to foreshadow a sensational
conflict in naval affairs. which will
reach to the highest seats in iWash-
ington. xjtBc
Following the removal of Com.
mander c. A. Carr from his posi-
ton as head of the engineering de-
partment of the yard, it has been
suggested that Secretary Meyer,
displeased at the support given by
Phelps to the Newberry plan of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
SENSATIONAL CONFLICT in NAVY
CIRCLES IS FORESFlADOWED

administration of naval affairs,
may endeavor to put in an entire
new regime at the island. The
friends of Admiral Phelps today
pointed out the fact that he Is "a
native son of California" and
stands in high favor with the entire
California delegation in congress.
1t is said that Phelps is very
friendly with Senator Perkins,
chairman of the naval affairs COM
mittee, and some of Phelps sup
porters intimated that perhaps the
admiral, though he is subject to
the regular discipline of the depart
ment, perhaps may have more pow
err than some of those at Washing
ton may suppose.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
FELL THROUGH WINDOW.

A. NJ Stensland, who is said to
have attempted to carry an enor-
nous "bun" home last night, fell
through the plate glass window in
the front of Seligman Bros shoe
store, in the Fernwell building, last
night. Stensland was taken to the
station, charged with being drunk.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
CAPTAIN MILES WIFE ILL.

Mrs. G. G.. Miles, wife of the cap
tain of police, is i'll at her home,
011O9 Ash street, from an attack of
pleurisy and threatened with pneu-
monia. She has been ailing for sew
eral days, but was not taken seri-
Ously i'll until yesterday. Mrs. Miles
is reported as imprOVing daily.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
SMOKER FOR TRAVELLERS,

Plans for a complimentary smok-
err to be given by the chamber of
commerce to the United CONNER
cial Travellers on February 26, dur
ing the time of the travelling men s
annual convention, were perfected
at luncheon in the Gothic room at
Davenports at noon today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
EDITOR CALLS EDITOR
A CATTLE RUSTLER
(By United Press Leased Wire)

OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. H.
Should one country editor go to
the penitentiary for calling rival
editor a notorious cattle rustler, is.
a question that the supreme couhh
of Washington will determine, hay
ing heard arguments on the sub
ject today. w d. Mayes, editor of
the Garfield County Standard, of
Pomeroy, used that phrase in ref
erence to Editor H. G. Benbow OF
the Columbia County Dispatch, OF
Dayton.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
EARTHQUAKE
AT STANFORD

(By United Press Leased Wire)
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CAL,
Feb. 17.-Stanford was shaken by
an earthquake at las o'clock this
morning. All classes were dismissed
fearing repetition of the disturb
ance.
Plaster fell from the ceilings in
the classroom, although no serious
damage is reported.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
JAP PRESS PLEASED.
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased WIre.)
TOXIC, Feb. 1.-THE press to-
day commented favorably upon the
reception given the Japanese train
ing squadron. which left Manila yes
terday. Throughout the week the
officers and men of the fleet were
feted and entertained. The public
apparently looks upon the work as
another evidence of growing good
feeling between the United States
and Japan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
SECOND SMALLPOX VICTIM

(By United Press Leased Wire)
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. Feb.
IA second smallpox victim was
buried from the cruiser Washing
ton at the quarantine station to-
day. The dead sailor is William
j. Bohning, % years old, and ma
tive of Kansas. p. 0. Griffiths, age
90, of California, is one of the
sick, and his condition is serious.
The name of the sailor who died
Tuesday cannot be obtained.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
$50 PER week
| FROM WHITE SLAVE


SEATTLE, Feb. 17.-One hun
bred and fifty dollars a week was
the average profit Max Thurna.
convicted in the superior court
here today of implication in the
white slave trace, received from
his human chattel, Lottie Stein, ac-
cording to the evidence. 1t took
jury just 10 minutes to arrive at
conclusion.
In a letter introduced by the
state Thurna, who is German
Jew, said the Stein woman was the
most profitable one he had ever
had, and that the clear profit over
their living expenses, amounted to
S150 each week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
FIRST WASHINGTON
STATE NAVAL MILITIA
(By United Press Leased Wire)

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 1.-THE
first company in the proposed state
naval militia will be organized to-
night at a meeting at the national
guard armory. Officers from the
Puget sound navy yard will be pres
ent to give instructions. So far
about 60 men have applied for
membership. 1t is planned to es-
tablish companies in various parts
of the state, as is done in the
great lake states. Seattle will be
the headquarters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17

thousand foot level of the Ready
Bullion mine. near Treadwell, yes
terday. Harris has never been
able to talk since the fight, while
the Slavonian declares he struck
in self defense.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
JOHN MCPHERSON BETTER.

John Mcpherson, a we'll known
resident of Spokane, who has been
at the Sacred Heart hospital for
the last five months, during which
time he has undergone several OPP
erations, left the hospital today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17

NEW YORK.-Judge Hough to-
day appointed Waddell Catchings
receiver for me Central Foundry
Co. of 81 Wall street.
The Central Foundry Co. is $14,-
100000 corporation. 1t is alleged to
be insolvent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
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BUSINESS THE OTHER 1
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
ATKINSON NOT GUILTY.

After being out only IS minutes
yesterday afternoon, jury in
Judge J. d. Hinkle's court declared
County Clerk c. E. Atkinson not
guilty of the charge of profiting
from the use of public funds.
The jury decided that the evil
dence did not show that the county
official did anything wrong, and
that all of his transactions in the
matter of the interest on trust
funds were open and above board.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
MARRIAGES.

w. C. Hill, Spokane ..27
Nellie Chamberlain, Spokane .23
Lewis Adams, Spokane 20
Mabel Venters, Spokane .16
Henry Stilwell, Fort Wright .27
Rosetta McLeoud, Spokane. -. .21
Leaman Sims, Spokane .21
Anna Bell, Phoenix, B. c.. IT
H. j. Seega, Spokane ......... .23
Edith Blessing, Spokane ...... .22
j. j. OFT, Hubbard, Ore. ..... .26
Adolphine Thiel, Deer Park ....21
Irvine Walker, Spokane .27
Hazel Kenyon, Spokane ...... 20
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
VICIOUS FIGHT IN MINE
INV IIpi%ed praee eaeed Wire

JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. H.
John Harris, helper, is near
death today, his skull crushed in,
and Joe Bakich, a Slavonian ma
chine man, is in the Juneau jail,
following a vicious fight at the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17

LA PAZ, Bolivia.-W. j. Bryan
and family could not endure the
high altitude here. and left for San
,iago, Chile.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17

Mrs. Miles Poindexter is gradu-
ally improving each day. She is
still very weak, but her recovery is
very favorable,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-17
500 REWARD

for the conviction Of the party or
parties claiming to be agents or
solicitors of the Partisan Dyeing &
Cleaning Works. COS First avenue.
L. A. Lehmann, prop.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-13

Baby Sleepless with Awful itching.
When our baby was seven weeks
old he broke out with what we
thought was heat, but which gradually
grew worse. We called in a doctor.
He said It was eczema and from that
time we doctored six months with
three OF the best doctors in Atchison
but he only got worse. His face. head
and hands were a solid sore. There
was no end to the suffering for him.
We had to tie his little hands to
keep him from scratching. He never
knew what 1t was to sleep well from
the time he took the disease until he
was cured. He kept us awake all
hours Of the night and his health
wasn't what you would call good We
tried everything but the right thing.
Finally got set Of the Cuticura
Remedies and am pleased to say
We did not use all of them until he
was cured. We have waited a year
and half to see il II would return
but 1t never has and to-day his skin
is clear and fair as 1t possibly could
be. I hope Cuticura may save some
one else's little ones suffering and
also their pocket-books John Leason.
1403 Atchison st., Atchison, Kan, Oct.
10. 1909"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-13
PROGRESS OF sAYLER TRIAL
Much Interest Is Excited by Murder
Case in Watseka. I'll.

Much Interest Is Excited by Murder
Case in Watseka, Ill.
The long work of securing the jury
in the famous murder case Of DR..
W. R. Miller and Mrs. Lucy Sayler
having ended in Watseka, ILL.,, the bat
tie of the lawyers and the taking of
testimony is well under way. No muir
der of recent years has attracted more
attention through the middle West
than when DIR. Miller killed John By
ron Sayler, banker of Crescent City,
ILL.,, July II, 1909. The defense is
claiming that DR.. Miller was attacked
by the banker, while the state asks
the death penalty and hopes to prove
that DR.. Miller and Mrs. Sayler plot
ted to do away with the bankers The
state is using the evidence Of Erring-
ton Miller, 13-year-old son of the ply
stefan, and Coda Sayler. the daugh.
ter Of Mrs. Sayler, against the prison
ers. The defense is well armed with
money and has secured the best legal
talent in Illinois. The states attorney
declares he viii convince the Jury that
Dr.. Miller was in love with Mrs. Say
Ter and that she assisted him in doing
away with her husband. The death
penalty is sought for the man and
woman on trial.
John G. Grunden is Mrs. Sayler's
father. and his connection with the
tragedy has been strengthened by
much testimony tending to show that
he carried an automatic revolver Of
the same kind and caliber as that
which DR.. Miller is reported to have
used in the Staying of Byron Sayler.
Mrs. Myrtle Green. sister Of the dead
banker, positively identified the bloody
shirt worn by Grunden on the night
o. the tragedy. She also identified the
bloody shirtwaist worn by Mrs. Say.
lei on that night and particularly
pointed out the blood stains which are
purported to have been caused by her
effort to hold Sayler to the floor dur
ing the melee.
The testimony Of Mrs. Green was
corroborated in the main by her sis
ter, Mrs. Sneed. Some or the evidence
of the two sisters of the deceased
tended to show an effort on the part
OF Mrs. Sayler to hide the bloody gar.
ments which she and her father, John
Grunden. wore that night.
The coffee episode was brought out
it being shown that Mrs. Sayler under
took to make cup of coffee for DR.
Miller right after the shooting, be
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-13
PERI RepIy,

& A story told of Sir John Fisher and
Lord Charles Beresford when both
were stationed in the Mediterranean
Will bear repeating. A competition
had been held at Malta for prize an.
nually presented by Sir John. It is
known as the Malta cup, and, having
so far always been won by crew
belonging to the admiral's flagship, It
was fully expected by Sir John that
this record would be maintained. On
this particular occasion, however, a
crew of the Families, commanded by
Lord Charles Beresford, carried 1t off
instead. A day or two later the fleet
was practicing maneuvers and Ad-
miral Fisher, whose reputation us a
stern discipiinarian is we'll known,
was dissatisfied with the performance
of the Families. He signaled accord
ingly to Its commander the message,
Explain your reason for being late In
executing maneuyer." Without mo-
ment's delay the answer came. we
are towing the Malta cup.s-Dundee
Advertiser.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-13
EXCELLENT TRADE IN WESTERN
CANADA.
Splendid Crops, Rig Prices, and
Prosperous Outlook for the Fu-

Splendid Crops, Big Prices, and
ture.
Throughout all of Canada, and es-
pecially in the western provinces Of
Canada, there is buoyancy in every
line Of business that is fully warrant
ed by every condition. The crops of
the past year were what was expected,
and the prices for grain Of all kinds
put the farmers in class by them
selves. Many of them are independ-
emit. and many, others have got we'll
started on the road The latest reports
are that seeding Is well under way in
almost every district. and the pros
poets are that vastly larger area than
that under crop last year will be seed
ed early this spring. In the Leth-
bridge district, in Southern Alberta,
steam and gasoline outfits, hundreds OF
them, are breaking up the prairie at
tremendous pace, but they work
night and day. AS soon as 1t becomes
dark gangs are changed, head light
attached, and on, on through the night
until the first streak of dawn, these
giant monsters with their seven or
eight gangs of breaking plows, keep up
the work. Then the more modest farm
er is putting in the longest hours pos
sible with his teams of horses or oxen.
And what will the country be like In
August, when these fields have become
yellowed with the literally golden
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-13

Oswald, witty and original Pari.
sian. had mania for practical iok-
ing. He was very amusing to his
friends. but when his talents were ex-
erted to avenge some wrong there
was more bitterness than fun in his
wit. One evening when man who
had not treated him politely gave re.
ception he avenged himself cruelty.
The man was slightly deformed. All
the hanchbacks of Paris, 500 in nun.
her, presented themselves at his re-
cept,on. They had received notices
from Oswald that ii they should go to
this address on this evening they
would learn Of legacy which had
been left them.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-04-13
EDDIE, FAY IS CAPTURED.
Chicago Robber Arrested in New
York for Postofice AHoldup.n

Chicago Robber Arrested in New
York for Postofice sfHoldup."
Eddie" Fay, who. it is said, made o
science OF burglary and was called the
..trickiest criminal in the world," Is
under arrest in New York accused OF
having taken part in the $4,000 rob.
berry Of the Richmond, Va. postofice.
Postofice inspectors in Chicago were
elated over the news of his arrest. foI
they had been searching for him for
six years. Fay was suspected of hav.
ing a hand in the robbery of the Chi.
cago postoffice of $4,000 in 1901, and
he is under indictment charged with
robbing the Superior. Wis, postofice
in 1909. While awaiting trial in the
GAINESVILLE. Wis. jail in 1904. he es
capped from steel cage and had since
evaded the postal inspectors.