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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26
ADMIT SINKING
AFTER DENYING IT
fBv United Press Leased Wire


WASHINGTON, May 26.-After
repeatedly denying knowledge OF
the sinking of the ram Katahdin
at target practice on the Potomac
river yesterday, the bureau of ord
nance yesterday issued state
ment explaining the accident. The
statement says that "in continuing
the Katahdin experiment with large
'caliber guns, 12-inch projectile
struck an unarmored part of the
ship slightly below the water line
This let in the wacer and she set
tied to the bottom. The Katahdin
purposely had been placed in shall
low water. The work OF raising heI
is now under way"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

Ray Kellogg was fined IS and
costs for speeding his taxicab early
Wednesday morning.
A letter has been received by
Chief. OF Police Sullivan from
Charles Mitchell, an inmate Of the
Soldiers home at Columbia Falls,
Mont, asking information in regard
to his long-lost son.
A party of Norweeians in an
ancient viking ship will leave Seat
tie. Wash, for Christiana, Sweden.
They will sail on July 4.
The registry and money order de-
partments at the postoffice will be
opened at a. m. instead of 8 q. m.
on account of the numerous re-
quests.
The |. W. w. have applied to the
postoffice department at Washing
ton, d. c., for admission of their
paper, the Industrial Worker, to the
mails as second class matter.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26
RESERVES A VIEW
That Is to Say. This Farm Will Be
Sold for Landscape
Purposes Only.

iW PAW, Mich,
May 26.-If any
one wants to
b NY a far m
minus the view,
a good bargain
is said to be
available here at
present.
Rev. E. A. Har-
vey, now living
in retirement in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

cific and the allied interests re.
ferred to. That then is the who,
what and why" of Lawler as Los
Angeles knows it,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

A committee Of the labor unions
and the judges of the superior court
met in closed session in Judge
Hinkle's court last night. No de.
cision was reached from the evil
dence submitted as to the calling of
the grand jury and the matter will
be taken up once more at a meeting
the latter part of the week.
Ladies' lingerie, taffeta and pongee
dresses at wholesale prices. Florence
Waist House, $40 Mohawk "+~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26
BRIGHT LITTLE NEWS ITEMS WHICH SHOW JUST WHAT SPOKANE DOING

Rev. Or. Charles Reign scoviiie
will take rs the topic of his SER
mon in the Central Christian
church tonight, "The Ten Plaques
of Spokane" Last night he preach
ed on the "Prodigal Son.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Lang Of this
city are visiting at Atlantic City,
New jersey.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26
Sale of Drucker TRUNKS

A DOZEN or more desirable styles in
az the famous drucker trunks are of
fered this week at prices far less than
we have ever been able to offer thessame
numbers. It's an opportunity those pre-
pairing to travel should not overlook.
Drucker trunks are wonderfully dur
able and are shown in only practical
styles, for both men and women.
Reduced prices are in some cases al
most half value; some other reductions
are not quite so great. All mean sub
stantial savings.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26
J. Nichols
& Co., Brokers

sos Howard Street
Phones, Main 26 and 1850
Members
Chicago Board of Trade
Portland Board of Trade
Spokane Stock Exchange
Correspondents
Logan & Bryan
MIMI CEil
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

J. W. Hayes, owner of so by 142
foot lot on Second avenue, near
Adams, has opened negotiations
with j. w. Boyd for building site.
The price to be paid is $4,000.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

Sedewick and Reno posts, Grand
Army of the Republic; General
Charles F. King camp of the Span
ish War Veterans and the women's
auxiliaries will hold Memorial day
exercises and services Sunday. The
official services will be held in the
Masonic temple.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

At a conference Of the street COM
mittee of the city council last night
it was decided to recommend the
electrolier as the standard type of
this city. This Is the electrolier
favored by the chamber of COM
merce and designed by X. X. Cut
ter, Spokane architect. 1t has
been decided to call the electrolier
the Davenport"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

The Spokane county republican
committee will hold a meeting at
the courthouse at II o'clock on the
forenoon of June l.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-26

so far subscribed is $35, 1925.
Miss Jessie Mcclure, In charge Of
the Woman's club nursery, lila
Third avenue, is making great
Roadway with the work, and is win
ming the affection of the small tots
placed in her care for few hours
each day. ...
The Rev. Father Herman J. Col.
Ter, head of the Jesuit order of this
provence, left Tuesday night in
company with Father O. Rockliffe,
for Montana and Wyoming. ... ...
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
SIBLEY ARRESTED ON THE
CHARGE OF VOTE BUYING
on Account of iii Health-War-
rant at Once Issued.

Franklin, Pa. Following his
withdrawal as Republican candi-
date for congress in the Twenty
eighth district, Joseph C. Sibley,
was served with a warrant charging
him and others with conspiracy to
bride and debauch voters of Warren
county.
The information upon which war
rants were issued asserts that the &C
cused used the following sums of
money, paid over by Sibley and his
secretary, Frank H. Taylor: To
Charles Crandan, s13,800; George B.
Mum, $500; D. NJ. Howard, 81 900;
D. F. Wheelock, $4,000; William Nc
Ray, $3.50; c. j. Gibson, 1925; r. J..
Schumacher, $685.; Albert Erickson,
$50, and John A. Swanson, $1,000
The action against Sibley and the
others was begun at the instance of
the Warren County Civic league The
league is composed of Republicans,
Democrats, Prohibitionists and other
political faith.
Mr.. Sibley is manufacturer and
farmer and reputed to be a million,
aire. He was elected as a Democrat
to the Fifty-third and Fifty-sixth Con-
crosses and as Republican to the
Fifty-seVenth and Fifty-eighth Con-
crosses and reelected to the Fifty
ninth Congress by a large majority.
In the Democratic national convention
of 1896 Mr.. Sibley received the largest
number of votes for the nomination
OF vice-president, but wired the con-
vention to withdraw his name.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
PUT IDAHO FIRE
DEAD At OVER zoo
Men From st. Joe County Bear
Tales of Horror.
81 RANGERS ARE MISSING
Financial Loss, Mostly in Timber,
Placed at More Than S2o,ooo,-
oOO-Montana's Casualties
NUmter Thirteen.

Spokane, Wash. If the stories
of men who returned from the
st. Joe country of Idaho are to be be-
lieved the loss of life along Big creek
was appalling, and the dead in Idaho
alone will number more than two hun.
bred. even if Ranger Joseph B. Hahn
and his "a men turn up, of which the
former officer in Wallace is not hope
full.
All estimates of the financial losses
place it at over 100000, mostly in
timber.
The loss of life took place mostly
last Saturday and Sunday, when a gale
famed smoldering embers into great
fires and drove the flames through
the mountains with the speed of ex-
press trains, giving the fire fighters no
chance to fee for their lives.
The weather is calm and cool, and
the fire, even where left to itself, is
travelling slowly. None of the towns
in Idaho and Montana are now in dan
ger and the critical period of the fire
is passed.
With the opening of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound railroad
into the ST. Joe valley more detailed
news is beginning to come out. 1t ap-
pears that 600 men were at work on
Big creek, a tributary of the ST. Joe,
last Saturday, when the wind blew the
flames through the canyon. Apparent
ly truthful accounts of the death of AZ
of the men were received here. These
fatalities should not be confused with
the losses reported from Avery.
Near Avery Al bodies have been
found and ten Japanese, four negro
settlers a:e missing.
Sixty-five men, natives of the Medi-
terranean country, arrived in Spokane
from Big creek and said that Is Aus
TRANS and two American choppers
were burned to death last Saturday.
Missoula, Mont. - A message
from Thompson, Mont, in the Cab
met reserve, says that all danger
to the town has passed. The bodies
of the two forest employees who were
reported missing Story and
George Feese-were recovered. The
casualties in Montana now total 49,
Reports from Libby and Troy are
that the safety of those towns is as
sured
Ogden, Utah. The forests that
border Bayfield, creek, near Salmon
City and Spencer towns in east
central Idaho, are ablaze, according to
advices which have reached District
Forester Sherman. An area 20 miles
long and eight miles wide is in the
grasp of the flames.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
A Truce Declared.

The enmity between cat and rat is
rs old as time, butaa cat that resides
Ia Washington is seeking to usher in
] er end of the millennium by frater-
iZing with all the rats in the neigh
borhood. Needless to say, the rats are
perfectly willing to declare a truce
with her, inviolate and perpetual
Every morning the milkmen who visit
3hat district in their rounds see the
labby gamboling over the alley flags
with a dozen fat sewer rats. all as af-
1ectionate as a political love feast aft
tr a caucus row. Other cats of the
Geighborhood, not yet educated to this
sigh standard of peace and good WILL
bit apart on the adjacent fences and
bwlishly blink their wonder at the
ftrange sight. They have completely
tstracised the htIoving pussy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
N0MEN WORKING NEW ONE
Gave Old Rings ard Other Junk Re,
seiyed From Various Sweethearts
Melted Into One Rinq.

Here is new one the women seem
70 be working good deal lately" re
marked a local jeweler the other day.
They bring in all the old rings, stick
pins and other junk of that sort that
hey have received since they were
eds from their various sWeethearts
md have the gold melted up into one
ing.
Some of them have this set with
small stone Of some kind, and others
lust have them plain. Of course a
married woman does not like to wear
ring that has been given to her by
one Of her earlier sweethearts. and
lots OF them have rings of that sort
ylng about in their jeweIry cases.
BY having them all melted up into a
composite souYenier the rings all lose
their identity, and the husband can
aaYe no reason for even L tfnge of
jealousy. IN fact, one woman came
n recently and had all the rings she
aad collected from her old sweethearts
melted up and made into a ring to
give to her husband for his birthday
present
Now whenever 1 sell a ladys ring
% a young chap l wonder where it
VIII finally end up. But if every
young fellow stopped to think of such
a contingency 1 am afraid there would
pc considerable falling off in the Jewel
~ business"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
Stuck to His Fish

The Neshaminy creek, in PennsyI-
tania, in rainy seasons fills the
bitches of adjacent farms with water
from Is inches TO two feet deep. After
recent downpour three boys went
dshingsup the creek and in a ditch the
lads espied three huge carp Hopping
about. One of the boys jumped into
the ditch and seized the largest fish.
The carp, nearly as big as the boy,
had the advantage of being in its ma
1--we element, and plunged through the
water and mud, until the boys on
9hore thought their companion would
surely be drowned. But at last the
fish grew so weak from its great eff
forts that the boys dragged it out
upon the bank, and there held it until
It ceased to struggle. Then they
4ugged their trophy home, put it on
the scales and found that it weighed
II pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
GRAND TRUNK TRAINS
COLLIDE AT DURAND, MICH.
Rear Sleeper Split in Two-Coaches
Take Fire and Many Passengers
Are Cremated

Durand, Mich-Eight bodies have
so far been recovered from the
wreck of Grand Trunk train No. IA,
Chicago to Montreal which was struck
by train No. Wednesday three miles
east Of this city. The wreck imme-
diately caught fire and many of the
bodies were burned almost beyond
recognition. Nearly all the dead were
in the rear sleeper attached to No IA
Many others are injured, several
probably fatally.
Train No. 4, from Chicago to Mont
real. which was due at Durand at
1875 at night, ran into the rear end
of train No. IA. which left Chicago
half an hour earlier and was due in
Durand at 1902.
A special train. with doctors and
nurses and hospital appliances on
board, was started Immediately from
Battle Greek to the scene of the
wreck
No. IA left Durand at 1901 o'clock
out was stopped three miles east be-
cause of breakdown on the engine
No. left Durand, also east bound,
at 1926 and crashed into the rear
end of the standing train, splitting
the rear sleeper in two and throwing
its thirteen passengers and bits of
wreckage to each side of the right of
way.
Only one of these passer gers, A.
Davis Trenton, of Montreal, is thought
to have escaped from the sleeper. His
invalid mother and a trained nurse,
names unknown, both of Montreal,
were instantly killed.
George Wilson, fireman of No. 4,
says his train had gathered full head
way and was running more than forty
five miles an hour when the accident
occurred. He says there was no warn
ing of the presence of No. IA except
one torpedo over which his engine
passed moment before the collision.
Charles Spencer, the engineer of
No. 4, is thought to have been fatally
injured.
Engineer George Mitchell of the en-
CINE pulling No. II was under his
broken engine making repairs when
his train was struck and was proba-
bly, fatally hurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
Water BASEBALL

The boys of Georgetown have in
Rented kind of water baseball, which
viii appeal to the lovers of the sport
during hot spells of the summer. On
large raft anchored above the Aque-
duct bridge they have laid off dia-
mond. and on this they gather in their
bathing suits. playing ball, every now
and then plunging into the cool river,
hnd swapping their fingers at the hot
weather man.
The ball is of rubber, large and
light, and cannot be batted very far.
But when there is a passed ball. or
some amateur Wagner knocks a long
tiy into deep center, the fielder in
That territory has to plunge overheard
and field it like a retriever dog in a
duck hunt Needless to say, home
runs are very frequent in that game.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
SUMMONED IN /. c. GRAFT CASE.
Ostermann. Former Repair Chief, Sub
poenaed to Appear at Hearing.

Chicago. - Henry G. Ostermann
the ''spender," whose penchant
for lighting cigars with $50 bills,
caused the whole Illinois Central
grand jury inquiry, returned to Chi
cagO quietly after a months absence,
and a subpoena was Immediately is
sued from the municipal court com
handing his presence in the hearing
Ostermann was formerly president
of the Ostermann Manufacturing COM
pany, which did a large part of the
ear repair work for the Illinois Cen
trail, in which, the railroad charges,
there was 100000 graft. He is
wanted to be questioned about the al
legged completely OF Frank B. Harri-
man. Charles l.. Ewing and John NJ
Taylor, all former Illinois Central Off
Gals, in the alleged graft.
At the same time a dispatch from
New Orleans brought the first fat,
out-and-oEt direct statement that Ira
e. Rawn was involved in the graft
and would have been among those ar
rested had he lived. This statement,
according to the dispatch, came from
Detective William ]. Burns, who has
been conducting the entire investiga-
ton on behalf of the railroad He
declared it the most brazen thievery he
had ever seen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
Letting His Light Shine.

If anybody wanted to see some
7aing curious just come with him, the
marble cutter said Somebody did, so
he led the way to a monument that
had inscriptions engraved in three
languages English, German and He
brew.
Same thing in each one" he said.
You can see for yourself what it says
in English. A good citizen, a good
Father, a good husband and peace to
his soul. The relatives had that eu-
logy printed in all three languages be
cause their friends are kind of mixed
on tongues; some can read one thing
and some another, and he was too
good a man for anybody to pass by
unaware of his virtues simply because
they couldn't read the language on tho
tombstone"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
Is the Office Vacant?

In consequence of the decision of
Judge T. Ray Stevens of Madison. a
question that is being asked in Mari
nette is whether or not the office of
district attorney of Marinette county
is now vacant by reason of the disbar-
ment of A. E. Schwittay, who was
suspended as district attorney On
first view most attorneys are in
clned to think the office now vacant,
but 1t is doubted whether or not this
view is correct.
The actual judgment in the disbar-
ment case has not been filed yet. The
decision announced was a copy of the
original findings. The original will
not be filed until after the elapse of
Is days, the time given Special Pros
ecutor H. 0. Fairchild to draw the
Judgment and submit it to all attor-
neys in the action and the court. I'm
til this judgment is filed the office is
not legally vacant.
Another question presented is
whether or not the office is consid-
cred vacant legally if Schwittay car
ries the disbarment action to the SUI
preme court. There are those who
think that until after the time had
elapsed in which such an appeal could
be made that the office would not be
considered vacant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
All the Difference.

The professor was delivering an elo-
quent address on cruelty to animals,
and, to illustrate how little judicious
foiethought would eliminate to great
extent the sufferings that even small
insects are subject to, said:
AS | was coming through the hall
tonight | saw a bald-headed gentleman
very harshly treat little innocent
house-f1y which had alighted on his
head.
NOW, if there was any justification
for such bad temper, I would be quite
justified in INDUCING in 1t at the pres
ent moment, for fly has just alighted
on the back of my head. l can't see
it, but | can feel it.
Possibly some of you can see 1t
now; it is on the top of my head. Now
it is coming down my brow; now 1t is
coming on to my G-r-r-eat pyramids
of Egypt, it's a-waspi"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
REFUDIATEs sHERMAN's ACTION
Taft Says He Did Not Desire

Taft Says He Did Not Desire
Roosevelt's Defeat for Chairman.
New York--Presi Taft and
former President Roosevelt are to
outward appearances again fellow
workers in the same political field.
The threat that they might pull apart
has apparently been forefended by a
full explanation on one side and an
unreserved acceptance on the other
The president makes it plain in a
letter given out here by Lloyd C. Girls
com, president of the New York Re
publican county committee. how the
misunderstanding arose. He explains
that he never took any part in a COM
mittee cabal to defeat Colonel Roose-
welt for temporary chairman of the
coming Republican state convention.
On the contrary, he explicitly deplores
the result Of the committee meetings
which chose Vice-President Sherman.
He rebukes the party leaders who
have permitted it to go abroad uncon-
tradicted that the president Of the
United States was behind their fac
tional preferences. He insists that at
every opportunity he advised the full
est conference with Colonel Roosevelt
For his part. Colonel Roosevelt
when he read President Taft's letter
as communicated to him at Oyster
Bay, said:
1 am very glad to see President
Taft's letter and am pleased with it."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-09-01
More Wealth for Farmers.

AS a result of years of experiments
ton, Prof. R. A. Moore of the College
of Agriculture at the state university,
has perfected a breed of oats that
is threshing out 76 bushels to the acre,
increasing the normal yield by 20
bushels.
This new and high pedigreed breed
of oats gives the biggest yield ever
made on the university farm. The plot
is only four acres. Another variety
developed brought 63 bushels per
acre. In both cases the results were
exceedingly gratifying to the officials
who have given so many years to
achieve them. The oat area of Wis
consin is over 100000 acres, and
with oats selling at 40 to As cents a
bushel, as farmers are expecting, the
new variety may mean millions to the
growers.