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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
WILD BIRD HAS
STRANGE NOTE
TIED TO ITS LEG

GRANITE CITY, Ill, Dec. ia slip Of yellow paper
on which was scrbbled note signed George Powers
Yukon country saying that the writer sick and be-
eved ne was about to die 215 miles from civilization and
bidding the world good bye found today tied to the
leg OF strange species Of wild shot by Frank Wan
ton farmer, near here.
The note said that the writer alone 25 miles from
White Horse Pass Pine Creek Yukon territory His arm
broken the note sad he was unable to cook and could
hope to live but few days more.
The text of the note was as follows:
1.-TWO hundred and fifteen miles due north Of White
Pass Pine Creek, Y T., July 8, 1910. Ss
Been sick since June Is; feel certain am about to d
NY right arm is broken above the elbow due to falling
down mnpntain can hardly walk. Although there
is flour in the cabin, have way Of cooking III as NJ
condition will not permit to work. Back 0 the eabn
2O yards up the gulch there is body Of almost sold
gold It is not nuggets but seems to esheet 1t will
never do me any good Winter will be here soon "a
mountain storm is now raging It will cut short my exist
ence for will freeze to death There is hope for me-
(Signed) George Powers. I, 8 n
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

pie. has the experience. ana win "a
doubt make good in the position.
David Hyatt. the office 1epufy.
has been an express mesoeneer e
the Northern Pacific.
Christopher Baumhoefer resid19
ON Bridge avenue and has been :
team owner.
H. A. Jarvis II the president q
the Central Labor ccuncll ana -
|of the best known men IA ths lan(
movement. ~
Captain J. e. Clark u = prornI
nent Grand Army man and q -
gressive republican ana ! u,aun ~
Of the republican county eonuli =
tes. ~
William Reynolds coraos M
Medical Lake. where ~ u eule =
the owners OF Ceup Conaf6rt r.
vas . republican ean1l ~ ~ -
resentative from tho &efh
ltrict ID tho recent NH y
Frank Rases y ! ti9v4ilne saln4
man Tor mualcal inatruxnenl6.
L O. Cain b Z psnu1lneRt ~
man and along With Jarxir a.
tecomnended by The Central xoll
council.
Iver sersnson 4 ! Hx@ryi =
large property oWne1 ~ 1,1
business associake q ~ o<G1c
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
The Thing Most Desired

Through series of articles describing the commission
form OF government The Spokane Press started the
nent for improved charter here The Press believes
the commission idea of city is good and
naturally it desired to the best charter possible on
eopnmission lines adopted in Spokane.
But there is radical difference between theory and
practice. No intelligent woman who thoroughly
studies the proposed charter help but feel that It is
4xtremely weak in some vital particulars OF course,
these weak points may be remeded at the following eec
on members Of the revision committee have suggested
themselves, but that is in itselfa bad admission.
stated last week. this newspaper intends to print the
facts about the weak points well the good points 1t
fges all citizens to- carefully follow the arguments for
and against the charter and to decide for themselves De-
enber 49, Spokane is going to go ahead with the
for better government whether the charter is
rejected adopted choice of honest and able officials
and the elimination of the present inefficient band in the
city hall is after ALL the thing most desired by the people
Of Snokane
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
"Never touched me-"

'Never touched me-"
The man who muttered this as he
lurched out of the way of deliv-
cry wagon which swung swiftly
around the corner of Howard
street and Main avenue this morn
ing. was manifestly under the
'fluence of that delightful concoc-
tion which inebriates as well as
cheers.
Missing the wagon by the barest
fraction Of an inch, he was drawn
back by a fellow pedestrian, just in
time to escape the whirling wheels
OF IN automobile which honked
merrily over the spot where the in
ebriate had stood but a moment
before.
Never touched me-" he MUIR
INJURED again. as he Strengthened up
and once more started wabbling
across the street.
A street car came changing down
the line, and the man who was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
POWERS KNOWN
As MEMPHIS COP

MEMPHIS Tenn, Dec. 19.-George Powers, whose
name was signed to note found tied to gooses ce ~
Granite City, ILL., formerly was member Of the Memphis
police force He left here two years ago for Alaska s
sister, who lives here said that Powers last heard ~
two ago at ST. Louis when he was preparing o sar
for Nome. W 7 ~ ~ - 81
Coincident with the discovery Of Powers message John
Taylor secretary Of the Business Mems league here ~
ceived letter from Isaac Thorne Of Berger ~ D Stain
that wild goose bearing similar message from Powers
had been killed there by hunter two weegs ago Thorne
inserted personal letter from Powers telling Of rich
find in the Pine Greek district -
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
JELLSEII
new CHIEF
DEPUTY

shsrlff-eiect George e. Stone %.
day announced his list Of deputies,
The list Of made UP Of democrats
and republicans, picked from
among $50 appiicants
Sheriff-elect Stone says that he
has made the selections that he
thought best after weighing all con-
alterations. The men selected will
be given the appointments with tho
understanding that they must make
good to hold their Jobs.
From all indications Mr.. Stone
has selected a corps Of efficient ~
sistants, and in this RESPECT win
probably come as near pleasing the
men who elected him as 1t il possi-
bla under such conditions to do.
A. H. Jellsstt, emergency officer
at the police department, Is the
chief deputy. Mr.. Jellsett is prom
limit amons the Scandinavian peo-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
TO CHANGE
WS ON
CONTEMPT
Storm Of Protest Against
Sentencing Seattle Star
Editors.
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SEATTLE, Dec. ia storm OF
protests from the city and from
outside have piled into the Seattle
Star office following the sentenc.
ing Of two editors Of the Seattle
Star late Friday afternoon for con-
tempt Of court. The Fremont 1ap-
tist church congregation yesterday
unanimously passed a 1000 word
resolution commencing the editors
and pledoino them their utmost
support In their fight for the peo-
pie Of the Duwamish valley, now
at the mercy Of the traction trust.
From all over the country wires
have poured into the Star offices
from editors and publicists, urging
them to continue the fight for a
free press and the right to com.
ment on court decisions.
Already bills are being drafted.
taking from judge the right to try
his own contempt cases, and others
wiping the principle of construc.
tive contempt-that is, contempt
outside the court room--from the
statute books Of the state.
That the matter will be fought
out In the legislature which meets
early In January seems a certain
ty. The contempt law. involving
the right Of a free press and the
injunction law will both come be-
fore the legislature.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
WILD Scene
FOLLOWS
DISASTER
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NEW YORK, Dec. t9.-A toll et
II persons dead, eight missing
and 50 injured resulted today iron,
an explosIon Of a carload Of dyna.
mite that was set off by . mluor
explosion Of tank Of acetylen6
GAS In the New York Central rail:
road milk depot this morning. n
The dead:
MRS. MARY POKE.
FRANCIS KELLY. =
G. M. MORROW.
PATRICK JORDAN. ~
FRANK PAGE.
II. b. LIvERMORE.
THREE BODIES UNIDENTI.
FLED.
< After the explosion ambulances
from every part OF Manhattan were
hurrying TO the scene. Police re.
serves quickly followed the fire
men to the ruins that marked the
big plant. and the work Of fighting
the flames and rescuing the deat
and injured began.
With the nearby buildings In q
shattered condition and threatening
to topple over on the rescucrs. fire.
men. police. physicians and news
papcrmen carried scores Of wound
ed to the ambulances or placed the
dead In an improvised morgue IN
the New York Central railroad
yards.
With the first shock OF the ex
plosion 500 children. patients IN
the Cbildren's Mercy hospital. BE-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
IS
EXPOS|) BY
ATTORNEY
Read ThisAA Argument, to Get
Other Side Of Charter
Issue.
. . . . . . . . = = Q Q . Q . .
= LIVELY COMMENT BY ROB- .
. ERTSoN. .


who was the 'nigger in the =
= woodpile' that cut out the =
= right to install municipal =
= lighting plant and regulate =
= lighting and gas charges In Z
= the new charter" 4
Mayor Pratt says that he =
= IS hampered by the city coun- Z
= ell; that he hasn't got power Z
= enough. From our experience =
= in the last 1S months we can =
= all join and say, Thank God, =
= ne hasn't got any more. Z
= "A cry of Stop Thief has =
= been raised by Mayor Pratt. =
IN sitter his administration has =
~ been convicted. his chief q Z
= police forced to quit and the Z
= city government brought u Z
= the verge Of disruption by Z
= him. What we need more is =
= new chief executive instead =
= OF q new charter" Z
- The new charter was pre- Z
. pared by men who did not Z
= either know what they were Z
. doing or else deliberately de- Z
= ceived the peopl." Z
X WIN our forefather signed Z
. the Declaration of Independ- Z
= ence they voted one-man gov Z
. ernment to everlasting perdi- Z
. tion. Now we are asked to =
= restore 1t in Spokane to aid in I
= the ambitions of a clique OF Z
. discredited politicians" Z
= They say organized labor =
. stands behind this proposed Z
= charter. ! doubt 1t, because =
~ Is 1nim'cai 70 the best z
tnihes thsA organised labor =
stands for. Inc cnarter does =
not mean 10 give square =
= deai 70 tne skiiied mechanic. =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
SOLVENT BANK
IS CLOSED
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
VANCOUVER, Wn., Dec. 19.-The Commercial Bank
Of Vancouver closed today by State Bank Examiner
j. L. Mohundro According to the examiner the banks
liabilities $455O0O with only $13 1856 in cash
hand which he considered insufficient to meet the de-
mands of business it below the cash reserve
quired under the laws
There the bank. 1t is not believed that
the depostors will lose anything The the nst
ton closed it is said because the officials had
overloaded with real estate security for oans This
the opinion of the examiner sufficient to close the
bank temporarily to give the officials chance
realize of the loans and bring the cash up
TO normal and in other ways sraghten out it's affairs.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

came panic stricken and those able
t9 leave their cots rushed for the
doors. A score Of the little ones
we're trampled in the wild rush for
safety. Every window In the hos.
pital was blown in and many Of
the children and nurses were cut
with broken glass. The panic was
checked before any Of the patients
was seriously hurt.
In the meantime $4,000 persons
bad surged around the blazing
ruins and the police fought with
the crowds to keep them back SO
that the work Of rescue might 60
ons
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

SAN FRANCISCO.--It is expect.
ed that the police will place a
charge of grand larceny against
each Of the four suspects arrested
in connection with the Humboldt
bullion robbery. and for that reason
the hearing Of the writ Of habeas
corpus was postponed until today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
NEVER TOUCHED me-!

overloaded barely scrambled out of
the way in time to escape injury.
Then he reached the curb and
fell.
A call was sent In for the patrol
wagon, and the intoxicated one was
soon bundled aboard and started
for the station.
AS the wagon rumbled away to-
ward the police station, the In
ebriate waved his hand drunkenly
toward the little crowd which had
gathered and called good natured
farewell.
Never touched me-" he said.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

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lBy United Press Leased WireJ
<. <. WASHINGTON, Dec 19--Ibe death kneil of "suspen-
sion OF the rules day sounded for the present session
through the nstrnmentaty Of Speaker Cannon today who
thereby took unique revenge Today suspension
the unanimous consent calendars considerations Of mo-
ons to discharge committees on final measures and finally
requests OF to suspend the rules and pass
nres on the calendar This afternoon the house finished
the unanimous consent measurs
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19

I SANTA ROSA, CAL. Dec. Is.-
The trial Of Dr. Willard P. Burke,
on 2 charge OF having dynamitsd
Nh4. 4.dwelling OF Miss Lu Eta Smith
~ he Burke nitarium. was con.
41nhed today BY Judge Emmett
.Ae6en until Wednesday morning.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-19
SPOKANE men SAVE MONEY SHAVING THEIR own
FAIR CHEEKS, BUT THEY ARE LOSING BEAUTY BY i
Barbers Say That Their
Business Has Fallen OFF
Since Advent Of the Safety
Razor, But They Are Still
Doing Business.

"Next!"
According to some pessimists,
we are doomed to live to see the
day when this old familiar cry will
become extinct.
Yes" said a well-know Spokane
barber. mos everybod' shave
himself nowadays. All we do the
iivelong day is cutta the hair, cutta
the hair. cutta the hair. Some days
we wash the scalp, and once In a
while we give the massage. But
the shave--O, the beautiful shave
that we can give you no more
Continued on PAGE slx.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-30
MURDER MlU CHARGE FOR
MISSIONARY
Religious Worker in Phoenix.
in Custody Accused Of Crime.
in CochiSe County Six Years.
Ago,

Especial Correspondence TO Morning JournaiI
Phoenix, Ariz, Dec. 26.-Georse w
Marl,r, who is connected with the
Life Ii inc mission, was arrested Or
Friday night and charged with a
murder committed in Cochise county
six years ago. Marler was found at
religious services at the mission
and taken into custody. Marler mani
tested no alarm. He said mistake
had been made and that he was will
ing to go to Cochise county and meet
any charge against him.
Yesterday he retained B. E. Marks
to look after his interests and sele-
gram was sent to the father of Mar
Ter, who lives at Carlsbad, N. M.
Little could be learned of the
crime with which Marler is CHARGED
II could only be learned THAI man
by the name of Woodward vas rnur-
dered in Cochise county about six
years ago and that his house was
burned. A man named George w.
Marier was suspected of the crime
after he had fled from the country.
IN Indictment was returned by the
succeeding grand jury and the Off
GERS have been looking for him EVER
since.
| 1t was learned by the authorities
ct that county not long ago that a
George w. Marler was about Phoenix
ana week ago a deputy was here
making inquiries about him. Nothing
wore was heard of the matter until
Friday night, when Sheriff White
came to town.
Marler. the suspect. was seen at
the Jail last night. He talked freely
of his situation and he said that he
nae no doubt that he would be able
to quickly show that a mistake had
been made.
He said that he had never been in
Cochise county but twice and at no
other point than Benson, where he
worked at two different times with
bridge gang as common laborer.
He came to this territory from Carls
bad and arrived in Phoenix about
six years ago. He had been here
ever since except for short trips back
to New Mexico, and once when he
returned to Benson, where he was
| c'iploNtu lpI Il SnpTl tltIit.
! He Joined the mission two years
ago. and since then he said that he
bad devoted all the time ne could
spare TO the work of the orgauiza-
ton.
He was reminded last night that
this was not his first time In Jail.
Ho said that in the course of the
mission work he had been there al
most every sunday for tho last two
years with other members of the
mission. talking and singing to the
prisoners and praying with them. But
this. he said. was the first time he
had ever been on the wrong side of
the bars.
Several members OF the mission
called yesterday to see him and to
profess faith in him and minister TO
his wants. Among the callers was
{. +. Newcomb. with whom he had
lodged for several months
l Narler Is 26 years Of age.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-30
SILVER CITY WOMAN
TAKES LIFE
Commits Suicide With RevoI-
yer on Christmas Eve, While
Sitting in Chair in ReStau-
rant,

Katie Williams. an inmate of Hud-
son street house, in Silver City, COM
mit.ed suicide in sensational man
ner Christmas eve. The Independent
tells it as follows: About half-past
six she went to the w. S. Cox store
and purchased a revolver and cart
ridges. After the sale was made anc
as she was going out of the door II
was noticed that she was labor.ng
under considerable excitement, but no
particular attention was paid to her
actions. From there she went to a
drug store and started to telephone,
but abandoned this idea and walked
directly to the American Kitchen,
where she entered one of the back
booths She gave her order to one OF
the walters. but before the same could
be served a shot was heard. and when
some of those who were present in the
dining room rushed into the box sh
was found dying. Physicians were a,
once summoned. but by the time the,
reached the scene the girl was dead,
still sitting upright in her chair The
bullet had entered the head on the
right side above the ear and passed
out on the other side at an angle OF
about forty-five degrees. All her
fingers were powder marked. indicat-
ing that the gun had been held in both
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-30
HOLIDAY BUSINESS AT
KANSAS City GATEWAY
BREAKS ALL RECORDS

Kansas CITY, Dec. 29.-Holiday bus
mess through the Kansas City gate
way reached high water mark dur
ing the past week, according to most
of the local passenger officials few
OF the more conservative report busi-
ness fully as heavy as last year on
their lines, although they doubt that
there was any greater increase. This
despite the fact that none of the roads
inducements to the public in the way
| of reduced rates.
"The fact that we are not granting
special rates has not affected patron
age" said one railroad official IL
appears that the people have the
money TO spend and are willing to
pay their regular fare to the towns
| in which they desire to spend the holi-
days.
Last year the average holiday rate
was a fare and third for the round
trip This year throughout the entire
Icollntry with but few exceptions the
regular rates prevailed. few redue-
, ed rates were granted in southeastern
TERRITORY which gave Kansas Cityans
an advantage in travel to that section
via st. Louis. In Chicago the same
conditions prevailed as in Kansas CITY
except that the Grand Trunk ana
! Perc Marquette srahteu reuuVtlOhs III
local rates.
| Uncertainties of travel due to the
Threatened engineers strike undoubt-
lediy caused some shrinkage.
| "The possibilities of a strike cost
1.-The railroads a lot of money" said
lone traffic official yesterday. "A
great many who had planned TO take
trips gave them up, fearing that they
might not be able TO get home soon.
The effect has been smaller volume
of business than otherwise would
have been the result. Though an
Iagreement was reached, it came too
| late to influence travel
! Taking Il on the whole however
| | believe the volume or BUSINESS this
year has been greater than ever be-
| fore. Kansas City roads have sold
more tickets and with the tickets sell
ling at the usual rates instead OF at
reduced rates the revenue, l would es-
ltimate, has been fully 20 per cent
greater than last year
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-30
FORMER ALBUQUERQUEAN
MUTUAL LIFE MANAGER
IN CITY OF CINCINNATI

The following from the Evening
Chronicle of Charlotte, N. c., regard
ing a we'll known former Albuquer-
que man will be interesting to ms
many friends here:
Announcement has been made by
Vice President Dexter Of the MUTUAL
Life Insurance company OF New
York. of the appointment of Mr.. u.
r. Ferguson, at present manager OF
the North Carolina agency or the
company, as manager of the Cincin-
natl agency with headquarters at
Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr.. Ferguson VIII
be succeeded as manager OF the North
Carolina agency by Mr.. Milton Nc
Intosh, at present manager OF the
Wilmington district of this agency.
Both Of these appointments become
effective January /.
Mr.. Ferguson, whose well-merited
promotion will take him TO Cincin-
natl, has lived in Charlotte for sew
eraI wears and has won large circle
OF friends who will regret mis- depart
ure.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-12-30
BULLETIN BRINGS
RESULTS FROM A
WIDE FIELD
People in Far Away Southern
States Becoming interested
in Opportunities Offered By
New Mexico.

lust to show how effectual Is prov
,ing the weekly bulletin plan of the
New Mexico Publicity association and
the bureau of immigration. the fol-
lowing extract from this weeks bull
letin is interesting:
Some three months ago 1t was re-
quested that people in New Mexico
having friends in other states who
they believed to be interested in the
new state, send the names of these
friends to us for publication in the
Bulletin. A considerable number of
such lists were sent to us and print
ed and as q result several people
have been located. One of the results
of the submission of these names IS
indicated in telegram received Dec.
%, from a large irrigated land com
pany with headquarters in New York
City, which is selling land in the Pc
COS valley The message reads:
lt"Bureau Of immigration,
Albuquerque, N. NJ
please write us Immediately fur
ther information of people in Annis-
ton. Ala, which appeared in Bulletin
Dec. 12. Our representative going
to Anniston.'
The list in question was furnished
! by Mr.. j. B. Madden of Portales, N
M, who stated that the names we're
persons who he thought to be inter
ested in New Mexico lands.
AS showing how wide spread is the
territory covered by the Bulletin, We
received under the same date, Dec
l22, a letter from another large irri-
cation company in Cincinnati, which
| is selling lands in northwest New
Mexico making practically the same
inquiry as above and stating in ad'
| dition;
Admission is in our territory ano
| If these forty-two persons have be-
come interested you bet there will be
some size to the crowd that we viii
have purchase land in New Mexico
| 1t is not unlikely from the above
correspondence that the names fur
nished by Mr.. Madden of Portales
| will result in some considerable sales
of land and a number of new famil-
| les in the territory. 1t is plain tha'
these lists of names when they are oi
parties genuinely interested can be
made very valuable from the imni.
agration standpoint through the me
dunn Of the weekly bulletin.