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named after him. 1t vast hence.
forth the Sells-Floto showk
NAME CAUSES CLAoh.
a contract with his show to the eff
feet that they could use his name
indefinitely and that is the begin
ming of the present threateRed war.
The Sells-FlotO show has been
growing in size and public favor
to such an extent that it has cut
in on the Ringing Brothers and
the trust, notably last year, when
it made most successful trip
through the middle west and along
the Pacific coast. The similarity
between the names Sells-Forepaugh
and Sells-Floto has given the latter
a boost and it is feared by the trust
that the Sells-Forepaugh show is
losing prestige and money, espe-
cially because of the gaining popu-
larity of the Sells-Floto show,
which is not in the trust. So it is
war to the death.
THE FORMER CIRCUS WAR.
"The Ringing Brothers-Barnum G
Bailey war, which was the last big
clash of circuses in this country,
and which took place before Bar
mum & Bailey's last trip abroad,
created no little excitement in the
show world for a year and resulted
in Barnum & Bailey's forcing the
Ringing Brothers to divide the
various territories with them. A
few years afterward Ringing
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
NEGRO D|SFRANCH|SEMENT
BILL HAS BEEN PASSED

divorce case that she entranced her
attorney, Luiz Prilukoff, married,
wealthy. and the father of a family
of children.
For her sake he abandoned every.
thing. family, friends and practice.
Through Europe he followed the ad-
ventures. throwing aside both
wealth and honor. Other men were
brought to her dainty feet by the
spell of irresistible fascination.
One of these was the Count IA.
marvosky, who first as her lover
and later as her husband fairly
worshiped her. That she might
not want after his death, he insured
his life for 100000 in her favor
That insurance application was his
death warrant. She conspired with
her lovers to bring about his death.
She chose one lover. DR.. Naumoff
as the slayer, promising him all
that woman can give-herself-
as his reward. Another, the lawyer
Prilukoff, was set to catch the for
mer in the very act of murder, and
thus she fiendishly hoped that the
men, who were sacrificing their
very souls to her whim, might Kill
each other in the presence of the
body of the, slain husband. for she
reasoned that her infamy would
never be betrayed were they all
three dead.
In this her diabolic plans went
astray, for Naumoff. after shooting
five bullets into the body of the
husband, escaped in a waiting gon-
dola and fled from Venice, only to
be arrested at Verona. The woman
and the lawyer lover were also
arrested and for two and one-half
years the three have remained shut
up in the dismal cells OF the old
Venetian prison.
The men have confessed. both
LAYING all the blame upon the coun-
tess, whom they declare to have
been the originator and instigator
of the murder.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03

shall be the first to show here. To
get into Spokane just before the
other fellow and clean up the town
will be the object of both sides, for
it is well known that the circus
that gets into a city first makes
the big stake and the other fellow
generally loses money.
THIS is THE CIRCUS TRUST.
Ringing Brothers, besides their
own show of that name, which is
92-car outfit, now control the Bar
mum & Bailey show of 80 cars, and
the Sells-Forepaugh show of So
cars, besides being affiliated with
Gollmnr Brothers and their big
show of 80 cars. This is the trust,
with unlimited resources, and pitted
against it is the Sells-Floto show,
backed by H. H. Tammen of the
Denver Post, George Bonfils and
several other millionaires of Den
YER
1.-The war had it's origin primarily
in the similarity between the names
of the Sells-Forepaugh and the
Sells-Floto shows. The Sells-Fore-
paugh is consolidation of the old
Sells Brothers and Adam Fore
paugh circuses. The Sells-Floto
was originally the Otto Floto show,
but William Sells, a relative of the
Sells brothers and known as the
younger Sells" went over to the
Otto Floto camp five years ago.
Otto Floto was sporting editor of
the Denver Post and the show was
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
LEAK CAUSES
INVESTIGATION
OF REPORTERS
CLASH BETWEEN SOLONS AND
ScRIBES At JACKSON,
MISS. So.
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(By United Press Leased Wlre)
JACKSON, Miss, April "A
clash between the state senate and
local newspaper reporters and cor
respondents was the feature of to-
days investigation of the Bilbo-
Dulaney bribery charges.
Immediately after the senate
convened there was a hot discus
sion of "leaks" through which
newspaper men have been getting
reports of the secret sessions.
Some of the members were insist
ent in their demands for an in
vestigation that a resolution was
finally adopted directing the SER
geant-at-arms to issue subpoenaes
at once for the newspaper men
now at the capitol to appear be-
fore the bar of the senate. The
subpoenaes We're served shortly
before noon and Immediately after
the demands were received the
newspaper men decided they would
decline to answer any questions re-
sgarding their soultt of informa-
ton.
Word came out Of the senate
chamber that some Of the members
who are hot under the collar"
over the matter will demand that
the newspaper men be sent to Jail
if they refuse to testify.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
OLD SCHOOL YELL
BREAKS UP PLAY
AT COLUMBIA, MO

COLUMBIA, Mo-, April 2.-The
cry "Coo-ee" from the balcony of
the Columbia caused two girls in
the chorus to forget their lines and
mixed up the whole scene, but the
audience was more surprised to see
two members of the chorus step to
the front of the stage and answer
"CoO-ee" in the same tone of voice.
Valentine Naity, a sophomore in
the University of Missouri, was sit
ting in the balcony idly watching
the show, when he recognized two
of the actresses as former play
mates in Australia, his home coun-
try. "Coo-ee" he called, the Aus
tralian greeting. before he thought.
The Clarence sisters recognized
the familiar cry, although they have
not been back to their native land
for Is years, and both answered
Naity from the stage in the midst
of the play. Naity descended to
the stage between the acts and
found them to be the playmates OF
his childhood, the Misses Margaret
and Virginia Clarence.
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BIG GAME
LANDED BY
UNCLE SAM
COUNTRY WIDE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST BUCKET SHOPS
SUCCESSFUL.
SOME STARTLING
EXPOSURES MADE
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WASHINGTON, April RE
markable success attended the ef-
forts of the government today to
break up the bucket shop business
throughout the country. When the
department Of justice closed tonight
information had been received Of
the arrest Of 20 out Of 20 men In.
dicted for carrying on this form Of
gambling and it Is expected others
will soon be in custody.
The men were arrested in New
York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
Washington and the success of the
movement, which was made stimuli
taneOusly, was due to the secrecy
with which the plans had been laid
and the good team work of the gov
eminent officials. 1t is intended to
bring the men here for trial.
The days work represents prob
ably the biggest raid of the kind
ever accomplished and it is unique
in the history of the federal gov
eminent. Three of the largest
bucket shops in the country, hav-
ing more than $50 offices, were
closed up. Among the men arrest
ed are five who are reported to
have become millionaires in con-
nection with the business.
BIG GAME IN NET.
The three concerns involved are
the e. S. Boggs company, At Broad
way, New York; Price & Co.. with
offices in the Equitable building in
Baltimore and New York, and the
Standard Stock and Grain Dealers
of New Jersey, with offices in Jer-
sey City, New York, Philadelphia,
Cincinnati and st. Louis. OF the
men arrested, five were in New
York, five in Baltimore, six in
Philadelphia and four in Washing
ton.
It is limited tonight that there Is
a possibility that the telegraph and
telephone companies might be pro-
ceeded against on the ground that
they had knowledge that their wires
we're being used for illegal pur-
poses.
Government officers resorted to
the same methods which the
bucket shops themselves are said
to have employed and proceeded
to tap the wires. In this way they
discovered much of the evidence
which will be used in the effort to
convict.
From the Investigations here, the
government extended the inquiry
into other cities with the result of
exposing perfect network of shops
operated from the three central
establishments. 1t was the work
of months to trace out the men
principally responsible and to OBJ
tain the necessary evidence against
them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
WIDOW JUSTLY
COMPLAINS
OF TAXES
MADE TO PAY PERSONAL
TAXES THE FIRST TIME
IN TEN YEARS.

Mrs. Mary Bachman, a widow,
living at S13S Hatch street, is not
much impressed with the justice
that lies in the taxing bodies of
Spokane and Spokane county.
For the first time in 10 years she
was called upon this year to pay
taxes on her personal effects, val
ued at $40. She has given this
amount to the assessor regularly
for 10 years, Notwithstanding that
her belongings have deprecated
materially in the meantime, but
this is the first time that she was
not granted the exemption that is
extended to every householder. She
keeps house and has her little
granddaughter living with her and
most of the time dependent upon
her. But because she was single
and could not convince the powers
at the courthouse that she was
really entitled to the rebate she
was made to pay the tax, amount
ing to 1928.
She took up the marrer'%1th AS
SCISSOR Galbraith and he said that
he would make the matter right.
The matter was righted by the re-
ceipt of notice from County
Treasurer Zach Stewart that her
personal property assessment was
now delinquent and had been draw
ing interest since the middle of
March. Total interest, seven cents.
She called at the treasurer Of
flee yesterday and presented her
case to Treasurer Stewart, but he
said that he could do nothing for
her. that the matter was up to the
assessor. She paid the bill.
Mrs. Bachman says that if she
had known that she was to be taxed
on the old stove she would have
thrown it out for scrap iron.
On her home Mrs. Bachmann. in
1908 and prior thereto, paid SIS per
annum. She then built a small
three room house on the place and
found her taxes at $44 in 1909. This
year $12 more was added, bringing
the total to $50.
Mrs. Bachman. asks if the taxing
bodies proposed to confiscate her
place-if so. for them to come now
and take it without further delay.
so as to save the agony OF having
it stretched over a period OF years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03

BIG CIRCUS. WAR"-SUN FEAT
A PICTURESQUE circus war,
u the like of which has never
- - been seen since the Barnum
& Bailey show declared war on the
Ringing Brothers several years
ago, is now impending, and Spo-
kane is sure to feel the effects of it
this year, according to Harold
Bushea, publicity man of the AL G..
Barnes show, the "made-in-Spo-
kane" circus which will be one of
the big features of carnival week
next month.
Mr.. Bushea, an old man in the
circus business, came to Spokane
a few weeks ago to take up his
present work He is cooperating
with the merchants and travelling
mems committees which are pro-
noting the big Spokane carnival
and exposition. OF the impending
circus war he said to The Press
last week:
Ringing Brothers and the shows
they control form what might be
termed the circus trust and they
figure on eXerting every effort this
year to crush out the Sells.Floto
people, one of the remaining few
big circuses not in the combine.
Spokane is going to notice the gil
gantic fight by the record-breaking
campaign which will be
waged here this summer and by
the contest between the two fac
ton of the circus world to see which
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
LATEST ITINERARY Of
TRAVELLING PRESIDENT

apolis and st. Louis, making
speeches at every stop. He will
then go to New York from Cincin-
natl or return to Washington and
start for New York two days later.
Several trips to New York, At
lantic City and nearby points will
intervene before the next western
trip in June. On that one the presi-
dent will attend the COMM 9nent
of the Ohio Northern unives~ty at
Ada, Ohio. and will speak to The
Ohio state bankers at Columbus.
The Ohio leaders have been out
spoken in their demands for help
against Harmon, and they believe
that the mere. presence Of Taft in
the state will help give them some
thing to work on.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
WITH
JAPAN WOULD
SPELL RUIN
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LONDON, April with the
declaration that war between the
United States and Japan would not
= be a good thing for America re-
gardless of the immediate out
come, Francis McCallugh, long a
member of the staff of the Japan
Times of Toxic, says, in the Lon
don Morning Leader, that Wash
= ington is being victimized by the
y very forces which led Japan blind
fold six years ago in the dreadful
Manchurian war.
No man in England is better
qualified to discuss the Japanese
American situation from the
japanese standpoint. His asser-
ton that the United States is being
lured into a war by listening to
group of trade expansionists has
caused little less than a sensation
on the European side.
" Russia was dragged into the
Japanese war;" McCallugh says,
"by a small group of men who were
interested in the Yalu timber bust
ness. America is being clearly
dragged into hostilities by certain
persons interested in the trade of
Manchuria, a trade that amounts
to a few million dollars of profit.
LESSON TAUGHT BY RUSSIA.
"In 1900 Russia withdrew her
agent from her sister people, the
southern Slavs, and concentrated
all the efforts of her diplomats and
her soldiers on part of the world
which can never really be hers.
in that distant region she was
bled and before she had recovered
her strength Germanism had it's
grip on her throat. Russia, unable
to raise a hand in support of the
= sister, was even forced to stop
talking by an ultimatum from
Berlin.
: "In the same way America is
now invited to withdraw her at
tention from Mexico, the canal,
Central and South America, where
one would think all her interests
would lie, and is enthusiastically
encouraged to entangle herself in
the politics of yellow races. If she
accepts the invitation she will live
to regret it-perhaps when the
Germans have seized Sac Paulo or
Rio Grande do Sui and Washington
is afraid of lodging even a verbal
protest.
whichever way victory goes.
the American people will be the
sufferers. Victorious, they will be-
come a prey to jingoism, imperial
ism and the big armament mania.
Defeated. they will lose the Philip
pines and most of their fleet.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
POLICE AID
IN SETTLING
POkERDEBT'
CONTRACTOR FORCES THE RE-
TURN OF CHECKS FOR
OVER $500.
MI ARRtSIS By CUPS
JUST A LITTLE MATTER OF
WINDING UP A GENTLE.
MANS GAME.
NO ARRESTS BY COPS
WELIcKNOWN

A WELL-KNOWN contractor
II lost over $500 playing poker
"A one night few weeks ago in
a cigar store not far from Howard
and Riverside.
He paid his losses by giving two
checks on a local bank, and after
sleeping over his i'll luck during the
night, was seized with an attack
of cold feet" the gamblers call it,
the following morning.
The next day he appeared and de-
manded the return of his money
from a mining man who had won it,
but the man had cashed the checks
at a saloon. Payment on the checks
had been countermanded at the
bank.
The contractor then called in the
police and had them visit the holder
of the checks and insist that they
be returned. The saloonman had
previously been told by the contrac-
tor that he was lin bad for viola
ton of the closing law, and told him
that if he did not come through"
. with the checks he would tip off his
case to the police and close him
up, for the contractor said he was
strong at the police department.
When an officer returned with
the contractor the saloonman deliv-
cred up the checks, and there the
controversy ended. The mining
man later made good the cash adj
vanced by the saloonman and in the
end everybody quit even, except
that some few regulations received
a dent.
There were no arrests and the
matter was dropped until The Press
came upon it in its investigation at
the city hall.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
G o Min u E D
r o 49,
p A G E O n F.
VAMPIRE" ON TRIAL
by her flashing green ewes.

by her flashing, green eyes.
Daughter of Count O'Rurik, de-
scendant of an Irish family, the
Countess Marie Nicolaevna Tar
nowski was born in Kieff, Russia,
in 1879. AS schoolgirl of II she
eloped with the Count Tarnowski,
and the first tragedy of her life oc-
cured two years later, when to tor
ture her husband she kissed her
lover in his presence and before a
company of guests. The count shot
the youthful lover dead ON the spot,
and was later acquitted in the Rus
sian court. After this he divorced
the countess, and it was during this
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
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WASHINGTON, April 2.-Repub-
lican congressman in the middle
west, particularly in Ohio, are en-
couraged tonight with the hope that
President Taft's spring itinerary
as revised at the white house today
will help them in their campaign
for reelection in the fall. Between
now and the time congress ad-
journs the president will tour the
towns of the middle west making
speeches. and the congressman ar
que he should give them a hand.
The first presidential jaunt into
the west will begin April 80, when
he will go to Buffalo, thence to
Pittsburg for two days. He will
then Jump to Cincinnati, Indian
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
SEARCHING FOR MAN
WHO MADE ASSAULT

Deputies from the sheriff's office
and members of the city plain
clothes department are searching
the lumber and railroad camps in
the vicinity of Occur d'Alene in
search of the man who made the
assault upon Gilbert Trublood at
the Arlington bar last night. At the
same time, the delay of the bar
tender of the place to report the
case to the local police is being
investigated. Other saloons have
been closed because of similar con-
duct on the part of responsible
parties.
The assailant being sought goes
by the name of Lockhert, and after
telling Trublood with his umbrella,
he fled and is said to have hur-
riedly left the city for the work
camps. Trublocd was still uncon-
scious at o'clock this morning.
Police authorities state that though
the assault occurred about 5 o'clock
yesterday evening, they learned
nothing of it till about O'Clock.
Trublood having been kept lying
insensible about the place during
that time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
WOMAN USES. STOVE .
POKER ON WOMAN

With blood streaming down her
wan and wrinkled face from hide
Gus wound inflicted by Maggie
Mills, frequent guest at the city
Jail, Annie Clark, another aged po-
lice character, was taken to the
emergency hospital early yesterday
evening by Captain Miles. The
Mills woman used stove poker as
a means of forcing her argument
with her antagonist at the Ideal
lodging house, and the assault was
witnessed by a pedestrian, who hur-
ried across the notify the police.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
TENANTS FLEE
THINLY CLAD
FROM A FIRE

Fire breaking out suddenly from
unknown causes in the rear rooms
of q dingy old structure just back OF
the brick buildings at the corner
Of Front avenue and Bernard street
about / o'clock this morning, sent
the dozen or SO foreign tenants
scurrying TO the street, half clad.
The building was old and burned
for q few minutes like finder. but
the fire patrol arrived In time TO
save the main structure. The dam
age Was light
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
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WASHINGTON, April 2.-"An
obIique attempt to control evil
denee," 10 charged by Secretary
HaIIineer against Attorney Bran
deis because the demands OF the
prosecutions" counsel upon the In
terror department for documents
and other evidence, in a letter to
Chairman Nelson, laid before the
congressional investigation commit
tee today asking these things.
The secretary. in forwarding GER
tain documents requested by Bran
dies. makes the following COM
ment:
"In this connection beg to sub
init that he demands which have
been made on this department for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
OHIO MINERS
WON'T RETURN
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CANTON, Ohio, April 2.-Presi-
dent Sullivan of the Ohio. State
Mine Workers, tonight app aled to
International President Lewis for
decision, following his failure to-
day to reach temporary agree
ment with the eastern Ohio operat-
ors' association which would have
allowed the miners to return to
work pending negotiations of new
wage scale. AS a result the min
ers will not return to work next
week and the adjustment Of diffis
culties is said to be uncertain to
night.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
"OBL|0UE ATTEMPT TO CONTROL
EVIDENCE" ALLEGES BALL|NGER

Nelson, that in this application !
see nothing else than an oblique at
tempt to control the manner in
which the evidence shall be intro
duced."
Today's session of the committee
began with what promised sensa-
tional denoument. H. G. Love, for
mer special agent OF the land Of
flee, now marshal in Alaska, testi-
fled that John Dudley, formerly
register of the Juneau land office,
and in that capacity associated with
the Cunningham coal entries. had
told him that Golfers Weekly had
intimated that il he Dudley would
come to Washington and testify be-
fore the committee there would be
$4,000 or $4,000 in it for him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
STANDARD OIL HELPED
BY BREWERS DEATH?

court were equally divided, four to
four, the final decree would have
meant the dissolution of the Stand
ard Oil company.
On the hypothesis that this
division of opinion did exist prior
the late jurist was aligned with
to Justice Brewers death and that
those favoring the government, his
removal from the bench would
mean the breaking of the tie and
a decision adverse to the gQyegp-
ment. 1t has been reported a .dfA
the capitol that Justice Brewer was
strongly inclined to the govern
ment's side of the case.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
SNOW FELL LAST
NIGHT, BUT MELTED

Early last night Spokane was
treated to snow storm lasting al
most an hour. 1t wasn't on the
program, either, for gentle spring,
officially at least, is supposed to be
with us. But the futile explana-
tons of the weather man, who said
merely rain, will be overlooked, in
as much as the snow did not last
it melted as it fell.
At 1870 o'clock this morning the
sky cleared and the weather man
says it will continue so.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-03
SENSATIONAL BY-ELECTION
IS PROMISED

been a byword in New York for
years.
Aldridge has been involved in the
fire insurance investigation by the
declaration of Elijah Kennedy that
he gave Aldridge $1,000 for services
in aiding to get needed legislation
passed,
Aldridge insists that he took the
money for the Monroe county re-
publican organization.
Ravens, the opposing candidate,
is one of the best known lawyers in
western New York, Cleveland
democrat and former law partner of
the late Congressman Perkins.