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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31
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Political Coup to Eliminate
Ballinger-Co Committee
to Censure Him.
(By United Press Lea.ed WIrs)

Wy OVIkOu 6TCSo GCdNGO
BEVERLY, Mass, Aug. 31.-That
Secretary BaIlinger Is to be forced
out Of the cabinet by a bold polit-
icai stroke Is the report current
here today.
Ballineer instead Of being white
washed by the congressional In.
vestigatlng committee, will be con-
sured, 1t is declared, thus forcing
President Taft to ask for his resig-
nation.
The success of this plan, 1t is
declared, on> the detection of con-
gressman Samuel w. Mccall of
Massachusetts, from the majority
favoring exoneration and the non.
participation of Senator Elihu Root
of New York in the verdict. If the
plan works the committee will
stand six to five against BallinSer.
Senator Root was absent from
the hearings during the closing
days of the investigation. 1t is
planned to diskualify him from vot-
ing because he did not hear the i'm
portant testimony that was pre-
sented Just before the committee
adjourned and did not hear the ar
gument in the case.
President Taft has refused to fol-
low the council of the politicians
who have urged that he ask his sec
retary of the interior to surren-
der his portfolio. The plans deem
the elimination of Ballinger neces-
sary to insure success in the COM
ing election and have been seek
ing some plan to bring this about.
If Senator Root be disqualified and
Congressman Mccall votes against
Ballinger, the committee will stand
six to five in condemnation of the
secretary.
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bURTONFRENCH
WILL WIN

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 31.-As the
returns from ldaho's first primary
election poured into Boise today
the regular leaders were compelled
to admit that Burton f. French,
progressive candidate for the con-
gressional nomination. would In all
probability win over Congressman
Hamer, stalwart, who is out for re-
nomination. French seemingly Is
sweeping the state from the Pan
handle to the southern boundary.
In southern Idaho Hamer was
strongly supported. but even there
French has secured his share of the
votes.
French stumped the state and
made Cannonism and Aldrichism an
issue, while Hamer declared for
standpatism and the "old guard"
Governor Brady probably will Sc
cure the republican endorsement,
with Paul Clagstone second choice,
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BRADY WINS BY
CLOSE MARGIN

Idaho primary elections are
claimed to be somewhat In doubt
on the fight for the governorship,
but tho best estimate this after
noon was that Governor Brady had
been nominated by $4,000 plurality.
Because many democrats voted
for O'Nell, Rice may be the demo-
cratic choice for governor over
HawIey.
COEUR D'ALENE. Aug, 31,-
Meager returns up to 8 o'clock this
morning show that O'Neil will
probably carry Kootenai county by
not more than 300 majority. or
the 2374 voters registered in this
city 171S voted, or u $40 per cent.
There are large number OF spoil
ed ballots because of the fact that
vters failed to write in second
tXhoice candidate.
Scores of names other than those
of the candidates were written In
the second choice column for gov
ernor. This was found to be true
more among the O'Neil supporters
than the others. AS each name
must be recorded, the work Of the
judges is slow and complicated.
Complete returns will not be forth
coming before tomorrow morning,
Clagstone is showing up strong
In the count, and II Is believed he
will be the second choice candidate.
tt-
sHOsHONE RESULT IS LIGHT.
WALLACE Idaho, Aug, 31.-Un-
official returns from but eight out
of 26 Shoshone precincts give
O'Neil 623 first choice votes, Clag-
stone 1879. Brady 1872. and Fletcher
81. Fletcher has 1T second choice
votes.
Indications are that the count
will not be completed until late this
afternoon. One hundred O'Neil bal
lots were thrown out because no
second choice was voted.
The surprise of the primary cleo
tion In this county Is French's lead
over Hamer for congressional nomi-
nation. Hamer having been consid-
cred absolutely safe.
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$4,000 AS
INHERITANCE TAX
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 81
Following the completion of the ap-
praisal of the estate of Elias J..
Uucky) Baldwin it is announced
today that the state will receive
from it the greatest inheritance tax
ever paid into he reasury. The re-
port of Special Appraiser James H.
Faulkner has been filed in the pro-
bate court, showing the estate to
consist of $11,13S,272 in real es-
tate and $349,342 in personal prop
erty. After deducting $4,13S,272,
the amount of mortgages on the
property, the total value of the es-
tate is given as $7,S50,03S. Judge
Rives has ordered the executor of
the estate. II. A. Unrh to pay the
state $2477,000 Inheritance taxes
which is said to eb more than $780,
600 larger than any previous tax
paid in California.
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BOOSTED
BY I.R.
Roosevelt Will Bind Himself
to Insurgency by Speak
ing for Senator.
NOTABLE THINGS ROOSE-
WELT SAID TODAY.

The true friend Of property,
the true conservative, 10 he who
insists that property shall BE- the
servant, and not the master, Of
the commonwealth"
~ stand for the square deal;
but when ] say that ! am for
the square deal, mean not
merely that I stand for fair play
under the presen. rules Of the
game, but that stand for hav-
ing those rules changed 20 - to
work for more substantial
equality Of opportunity and Of
reward for equally good SER
vice."
"The constitution guarantees
protection to property, and we
must make that promise good.
But 1t does not give the right to
suffrage to any corporation"
at 10 my personal belief that,
the same kind and degree Of con-
troll and supervision which
should be exervlsed over public
SERVE corporations should be ex-
tended also to combinations
which control necessaries Of life,
such as meat, oil and coal, or
which deal In them on an impor-
tant SCALE"
~ believe that the officers,
and especially the directors Of
corporations, should be held per-
sonaIIy responsible when any
corporation breaks the law"
mo man should receive dol
lar unless It has been fairly
earned. Every dollar received
should represent a dollars worth
Of service rendered. The really
big fortune, the swollen fortune,
by the mere fact Of It's size, ac-
quires qualities which differen-
tiaet Il in kind az we'll as In de-
gree from what 10 possessed by
men of relatively small means"
"One Of the fundamental ne
cessities In representative gov
ernment such as ours is to make
certain that the men to whom
the people delegate their power
shall serve the people BY whom
they are elected, and not the
special interests. ! believe that
every national officer, elected or
appointed, shuoId be forbidden
to perform any service or re-
ceive any compensation, directly
or indirectly, from interstate
corporations, and similar pro-
vision could not fail to be useful
within the states"
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LOS ANGELES, Cal, Aug. 81
Mrs. Nellie Boyle. one of the quar-
tet which tasted 40 days In frenzy
of religious fanaticism, died today
at the county hospital. She had
gone without food so long that
when the fast was broken about
ten days ago her stomach was too
weak to assimilate food.
Mrs. Boyle is the third Of the
four fasters who died. The Rev.
John Irving O'Neil who claimed to
have been pastor Of Dallas, Tex.
church, was the first to succumb.
The death of Alice O'Neil Griffen.
10 years old, followed the last week.
The survivor is James Butler, but
his condition Is so critical today
that 1t is believed he can not re-
cover.
The fasters were members of the
Holy Roller sect. They were
found in a cottage on the outskirts
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Mrs. Smith took up the challenge
partly for the adventure, partly for
the winners end of the best-$2500
Offered her If she succeeded,
partly because she had a very def
mite notion that men and women
do not compete on equal terms in
business.
At the end Of year she had es-
capped detection, but complications
had arisen to prevent her assum.
ing her proper role as woman. A
young woman who had been liv-
ing with Martinez" as his wife
had parents in Boston to whom the
masquerader had been introduced
as husband" Martinez" was sue
cessful in business, earning a bet
ter salary than Mrs. Smith could.
So the pretender continued to be
a man." even carrying out her de-
ception to the point of letting bar
bers shave her. Recently she
started up in business for herself
AS there was no longer any need
for the masquerade she let her hair
grow, moved her office and reap
peared as Mrs. Smith.
During her five years as MAR
tinez" she mingled with COM
pany of gay youths who had Broad
way for their evening playground.
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NEWS THAT HAS
NOT
Happened YET

John L. Wilson and Thomas
Burke have withdrawn from the
senatorial race in favor of Earl ID.
Freeman of North Yakima.
The northwestern railroads have
granted a voluntary decrease OF 5
per cent in freight rates.
>BERllN-kalse Wilhelm an
nounced today that he will leave
next month for the United States,
where he will take teh stump for
Theodore Roosevelt for president
in 1912.
BEVERLY, Mass.-P d e n I
Taft did not take nap, play golf,
ride in an auto. or indulge in a rail-
way trip today.
Councilman Gray said that the
councils action in turning down the
so-called Gray site pleases him i'm
mensely.
SEATTlE-This city has admit
ted that Portland has the larger
population.
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What Would You Do
With a Million Dollars?

St. Paul Methodist church had a
million dollars he would invest II
in an irrigation project He would
divide the land into five and 10
acre ranches and sell them to poor
people at nominal price. Il would
give every man a chance of a home
without having to pay any money
down. but would let him pay In
small amounts at various intervals
within five years. | don't believe in
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ALLEGES HUSBAND WAS
KILLED THROUGH NEGLIGENCE

SEATTLE. Aug. 31.-Mrs. Rosa
Berry. widow Of Charles Berry. a
longshoreman who was fatally In.
jured during the big strike of 1908,
has filed suit for $780, damages
against the Puget Sound Shipping
association on behalf of herself and
minor daughter.
The widow declares that her hus-
band was killed through negligence
of the defendants in bringing about
the strike situation.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE NOT SOLD.

CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-The Tri-
bune, In an editorial today, an
nounced that 1t had not been sold
and that II was not for sale. The
Tribune denied recent stories that
the paper had been purchased by
John ID. Rockefeller and j. p. Nor
gan. This nonse was started by
standpatters who think that three
or four newspapers represent the
entire western insurgency" con-
cludes the editorial.
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HE CAN'T TAKE HIS
$30,0O0,000 WITH HIM

(By United Press Leased Wlre)
REDLANDS, CAL, Aug. 31.--
George Meyers, tobacco manu-
facturer, whose fortune is esti-
mated at $4,000, 900, is dead at
his home on Prospect Hill.
Funeral will be held tomorrow.
The body will be taken later to
st. Louis, where Meyers lived
for many years.
II is believed the daughters
will receive most of his vast
estate.
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world then knew was playing
around Charleston almost without
cessation for four years. The 1886
affair, however, was not due to ar
tillery, but to an earthquake, the
only one which up to that time had
ever seriously disturbed any town
in America big enough to be notice
able on the map. Practically every
building in the town was more or
less injured and about half of them
were ruined. After the shock, the
scientists tried to prove that the
center of the earthquake was full
20 miles on Of Charleston, but that
did not seem to be great consola-
tion to the property owners.
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odl@~
RMa&
TODAY IN HISTORY

Aug. 81, 1885,
at 10 minutes to
10 in the even
ing, Charleston.
S. c., received
the hardest jolt
1t ever had, and
during the civil
war the heaviest
AslI 4 l. ~
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HIGH SCHOOL
ROMANCE

(6y United Press Leased Wlre)
SEATTLE, Aug. S1.---When Dom
aldson Graybill was captain Of the
Queen Anne high school football
squad last year he was the hero
OF all the dear goods ana one pretty
miss, Mildred Stein. wrote many en-
alted verses to the hero. The se.
quel came today In the announce,
ment that Graybill and Miss Stein
were secretly married last month
in Vancouver. B. G., ana have been
spending their honeymoon IN =
eanoe ON Hoods canal. 0raybill'o
parents are wealthy.
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(sy United Pres. Leased wIrs.)

oSsAWAToMiE, Kan, Aug. ST.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt ~
Viewed today the scenes where the
martyred John Brown lived and
fought. The colonel was met a
Usage City by Governor Stuhbs and
his staff and escorted to ossawoto-
mile, where ConpresssNsn MurdoeDs,
Madison, White and other lnsurqent
leaders greeted him.
Roosevelt was taken to the log
cabin built by John Brown near
here, and later to the battlefield
where the Kansas aholitionist. more
fcontInued on Pana aix.l
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WILBUR CHAPMANWEDS
(Dy United Press Leased Wire.)

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Aug. al
DIR. Wilbur Chapman, the noted
evangelist, and Miss Mabel Cor
nelia Moulton. daughter OF Mrs.
Ruth w. Moulton. are today spend
gihx a quiet honeymoon here. They
were married yesterday at the
home Of the brides mother. Many
ofsDr Chapman's co-workers in the
evangelical field attended the cere-
''msny.
PARIS.--Marie Colombier, an act
REDS who accompanied Sarah Bern
hafdf to America, died today.
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BY PARA DALTON.

What would you do with q million
dollars
Would you be satisfied with life
and quit wishing Hettie Green
would be your wife? What would
you do? Would you tack trip
around the world, start a bark, buy
up land of Uncle Sam or give your
fortune To charity.
II Rev. e. M. Hin, pastor Of the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-31

KlEV.-The bubonic plague made
it's appearance in this city today for
the first time. A single case is of,
ficially reported.
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giving without any obligation on the
other mans part. because 1t encour-
ages them to be paupers."
When ! asked J. G. Appiegate,
representative OF the engineers un
ion, what he would do with mil.
lion dollars he gasped for breath
and then in a feeble voice ex.
claimed that he would repeat the
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You are an earnest advocate az
woman suffrage. What are your
erason's?"
My wife,"
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RESULTS IN NEz PIERCE.

LEWISTON, Idaho, Aug. 31.-At
! o'clock this morning the counting
of votes cast at Tuesdays primary
had progressed so slowly that only
two precincts out of ~ had been
counted. These were Culdesac and
Pierce. The results are as follows: /:
French, 40 first and 16 second
choice; Hamer. 81 and 2S; Sinclair.
8 and II; Brady, 50 and %; Clag-
stone. 27 and 2i; Fletcher, 3 and
43; O'Neill, 20 and 80; Hastings,
81 and IA; Allen. 22 and 81; Myers.
4 and As.
RESULTS IN IDAHO COUNTY.
GRANGEVlLLE Idaho, Aug. 81.
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CLUTCHES
ON 700
FAMILIES
Trying to Unload Rotten
System Upon the City
Protest Tonight.


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. zens of Cannondale and the ad- Z
. jacent additions taking the Z
. Jones water supply will be held Z
. tonight in the Marcus Whit Z
. man school In Cannondale to Z
. protest against the cutting off Z
. of the water supply by Jones, Z
= and demanding that the city Z
. law its mains into that terri Z
. tory in opposition to Jones. Z
. The efforts of Jones to un- 4
. load his old wooden main sys- Z
. TEN onto the city has stirred Z
. the people and the call to arms Z
. has been sounded nj opposition Z
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VERA FITCH
WAS FROM
OAKLAND
Girl Who Shot Herself Iden-
titled - Reported
Dying.

10y United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.-Identified
as Vera Fitch, daughter of a late
colonel in the United States army,
the beautiful young girl who shot
herself at the Hotel Astor, is dying
at the Flower hospital. The physi-
clans assert that she cannot live 36
hours. She was in great pain all
night and although half delirious,
continued to deny her identity.
Mrs. Henry Fitch positively iden-
titled the suffering girl as her
daughter. In spite OF this, Vera
continued to refuse to give her
name and moaned: "My people are
self respecting; do not bring them
into this"
Miss Vera Fitch formerly lived in
San Francisco with her sister, Mrs.
Grace Conger, wife Of Roy Conger,
a nephew of former minister to
China, Edwin H. Conger. ae
Mrs. Conger, at her Broadway
home, today at first denied that the
girl in the Flower hospital was her
sister. but later admitted that she
was. You cannot blame me for try
ing to deceive" she said. my sis
ter is young and l wanted to protect
her"
Vera's friends say that most OF
her troubles were imaginary She
was very ambitious to become a lit
erary light, but was easily discour-
aged. She wrote short stories which
she was unable to sell. and there
fore judged that everyone was
against her.
FAMILY IN OAKLAND.
OAKLAND, Cal. Aug. 31.-The
Henry S. Fitch family, OF which
Miss Vera Fitch. who attempted sui
eide at the Hotel Aastor, New York,
Tuesday morning, has been identi-
fled as the youngest child, lived in
East Oakland for few years while
the five children of the family at
tended the local schools. The resi-
dence of the family in this city was
but brief. They removed to San
Francisco about eight years ago,
where the father, who was vet
eran of the Mexican var, died.
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With his clutches on the throats
Of 700 families in the northeast part
of the city dependent on him for a
water supply, Arthur ID. Jones. auto
crat of the Cannondale water sys-
TEN, tried last night to force the
city council, because of the extrem-
ity of the people, to either buy his
plant or give him an exclusive
franchise in that territory.
About 100 of the abused and long
suffering water consumers of that
section of the city appeared before
the city council and demanded some
relief. Jones had threatened to
shut off their water by September 1
and they wanted some protection.
They did not want the city council
to accept the proposition Of Jones,
as the sentiment was that they al
ready had too much Jones. They
wanted the council to take Mr.
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WHO TASTED
FORTYDAYS DIES

lpf the. city by neighbors after they
had grown so reduced by their alb
stitnence.
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center or the earthquake was u run
20 miles on of Charleston, but that
did not seem to be a great consola-
tion to the property owners.
The largest olive ranch In the
world Is located at sylmar, near
Los Angeles, Cal. 1t has 10000
acres and 100000 trees.
NEW Standard Oil
does not employ red-haired sirens
IN Its business. These statements
are tissue of falsehood." This
was the reply Of John ID. Archbold,
vice-president of the company, to
the report that beautiful young
woman had been employed to fer
ret out secrets from business COM
petitors.
Do you know that Mr.. George
WhettIn Is king Of Great Britain
and emperor Of India?
VICTORIA, B. C.-Women will
not be admitted to the courts and
conferences of the Canadian Meth
odist church, according to a de-
cision reached by the Methodist
conference.
YUMA, Arix.-Locked In each
others arms, bodies Of q Girl Of
four and a boy Of nine were sent
ashore by the current Of the Color
ado river. They were drowned
while playing on the banks Of the
stream.
HANOVER, Germany. - Major
Henry Reed Rathbons, who was an
aide to President Lincoln, and re.
ceived knife wound while trying
to save llrcoln's life on the night
of his assassination, Is near death
here.
Five marriage licenses were is-
sued yesterday.
Canada has over 5000 ioWyers.
Births of four girls and two boys
were recorded yesterday.
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The largest olive ranch In the
world Is located at Sylmar, near
Los Angeles, Cal. II has 10000
acres and 100000 trees.
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Continued on Page Seven.
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Canada has over 5000 iowyers.
Births of four girls and two boys
We're recorded yesterday.
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Continued on Page Two.
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Five marriage licenses were Is
sued yesterday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-21
FEDERAL AGENT SAYS
WHITE SLAVE WAR IS ON

SEATTLE, Nov. 20-The immigra-
tion service has succeeded in getting
hold of the white slave traffic making
il so unprofitable to those engaged III
it that they are gradually Withdrawing
from the business, according 10 DaVlu
j. Keefe, commissioner general OF I'M
migration, who is making tour OF
inspection of western stations.
"The bureau and the whole depart
ment are exerting every effort TO pre-
vent the introduction of white slaves
into the country and to prosecute and
deport all who are found guilty of the
business" said Keefe tonight. '"The
law is being more rigidly enforced and
the department is putting forth every
effort to gain absolute command or the
situation. Arrests and prosecutions
have been steadily sustained by the
courts.
1--WE are hopeful the next congress
will put still more efficient weapons
into our hands with which to cope with
this traffic. We shall ask for weapon
of sufficient size &c enable us to detail
special police to this work alone. The
law which went into effect this year
removing the time limit within which
aliens may be deported for white slaV-
ery has been of inestimable value in
hunting down the leading elements in
the business.
"Our annual report will enbody a
bill to legalize the deportation of an
archists and all aliens who may be en-
gagged in violations of law
Commissioner Keefe arrived from
Vancouver, B. c., tonight and will
leave for Honolulu Tuesday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-21
PASSENGERS TIE UP CAR
SERVICE IN RATE WAR
Commuters Tender Old Fare and
Refuse to Leave Train

SEATTLE, Nov. 2O.-Two hundred
commuters, adopting the tactics fol-
lowed by the Fern Hill people in the
recent street car rate war at Tacoma,
tied up local interurban communica-
ton between Seattle and Riverton, a
south side suburb, between $40 a. m.
and p. m. today.
The recalcitrant passengers boarded
three Seattle bound cars of the Puget
Sound Electric railway, some of them
holding full fare tickets and others
rendering the old cash fare, about one
half the present rate. Those rendering
the old rate maintained it was the legal
fare under a recent order of the Thurs
ton county superior court The rail-
way company has appealed the case
and contends If the appeal is settled
the advanced rate holds good
When the passengers refused to pay
the advance fare the cars were side
tracked and local traffic between Seat
tie and Riverton suspended. The Ia
coma limited trains were run through
Riverton at high speed to prevent the
Riverton passengers from boarding
them.
Efforts of the railway employees to
eject the offending passengers were un-
successful until o'clock, when deputy
sheriffs took a hard and the service
was resumed. No property was de-
stroyed during theh demonstration.