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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
LPLE MURDER COMMITTED IN CALIFORNIA
A Direct Slap
at the People

The Hon. Richard Achilles Ballinger and his antics is
disgrace enough for the people Of this state to endure,
but insult has been heaped upon injury by the brazen
actions of the state Judiciary convention at Tacoma yes
terday.
From start to finish of its disgracefu session every
action taken soft soap rubbed the sleek backs
of great private interests financial and political and
direct saps and mud flingng at the great body of the
independent, intelligent voters of the state.
The whole thing framed up weeks ago. In the first
place. such convention, whose duty to nominate
Judges for the supreme court had business interfering
with the senatorial fight discussing national local
situations But deliberate ffame-up concoced to
knock Poindexter.
DO these corporationserving delegates think that they
reectng the will of the people when they deliberate
y "sghted cuffed, kicked and sneered at Pondexter
to correspondents expressions
Do these delegates, serving the big interests with
Heepike humility think they did the peoples work when
they voted to repeal the second choice provision of the
primary law defeated resolution to restore the nomna
ton of supreme judges to the people, and declared for the
election of western Washington candidate for the
ate'?
This privately ruled and whipped into line convention
and it's actions will act boomerang, and it Just
the addition of another army Of supporters for Pondexter
and insurgency.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
SLAVES Of
SNOW IN
SP0KANE:
Fiends Cater to Craving of
Armyof Drug Slaves
Here.

There has been an alarming in
crease in the drug habit in Spokane
in the last year. While the police
have in a measure held down the
tendency to "hit the pipe" by white
men in the oriental joints on Front
avenue, the "hypo" fiends and users
OF the new decoction called "snow''
have grown ten to one as compared
with the old-time opium smokers.
The police seem powerless to
stop this deadly traffic, which is
carried on extensively though Sc
cretly by some Of the drug stores,
in spite of the safeguards thrown
around the traffic by the state
laws.
The recent death Of Mrs. Lottie
Fountain at 115h East Sprague,
due to the morphine habit, to which
she had been addicted for years,
recalls to mind the destroying
power of the drug habit. Mrs.
Fountain was addicted to the use
of morphine in the "hypo" form
or by hypodermic injections. She
was young, full of life and energy.
when she began using it, and took
'he first dose more to please the
wishes of companion than be-
cause of any necessity for the drug.
The habit grew, tuberculosis set in,
and the woman finally died be-
cause of heavy dose of the drug
from which she never rallied. an
an age under 25.
For years Spokane's chief activ-
ity in the use of dope" was smok-
ing opium in the Chinese dens on
Front avenue. The police offered
but little opposition in those days
and 1t was not until the govern
ment put opium under the ban and
made the practice too costly for
the hop" fiend. that some other
forms of JOY from drugs were
brought into more general use. The
celestials still hit the pipe" right
along. the same as they did in the
past.
After this came the "hypo" or in
lection by means of a syringe into
the arm, leg or some other part
of the body. For this purpose two
drugs were used, morphine and
cocaine. or coke" The 'hypo"
habit. however. costs money, and
only people with steady incomes
can indulge Ii. The police have
known men who could not buy the
hypodermic syringes actually break
the flesh with a blunt instrument
of some kind and pour the dope"
into the opening thus made in the
body.
But most deadly Of all Is the
new drug called "snoW." II Is
composed Of cocaine, boracic
Continued on page two.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
STRIKE ENDS; PIPE
LINE WORK BEGINS

Still determined fight
averse to handappng the city In it's efforts citizens
with adequate water supply the
called off the five weeks strike this morning
SO main
water works and the reservoir.
strike called
determined supplied
is designated by union unfair
days the employees of the Union
engaged in dumping the pipe along side of the ditch
decided the
after becomes city Job They have always endeavored to be
possible with
possible.
declared off made this
mo l.. F..
Nine boiermakes out strike their quitting
threw about 40 filters and helpers
did declare strike The who going back
public their action
made this is the
principles ,t
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

MOTHER
AND SON
Bodies May Have Been Fed
to Hogs-An Awful
Story.
(By United Press Leased Wlre.)

(By United Press Leased Wlre.)
cAZADERo, CAL, Aug. 4.-The
disappearance of T. A. Kendall and
his mother and father from their
ranch near here, followed by the
finding of the charred portions Of
human bones, resulted today in or
ders for general roundup Of Jap
anese In Sonoma county. Suspi-
cion was directed toward the Jap
anese last night when 1t became
known that Henry Yamaeati, a
ranch hand, had been seen at the
Kendall home following the dsap-
pearance of the kendals and that
later he had vanished.
A TRIPLE MURDER.
While Assistant District Attor-
ney G. w. Hoyle and Sheriff John
Smith believe that triple murder
has been committed they are bend
ing their efforts today in attempt
ing to find Kendall and his par
ents, Enoch and Ura. In addition
to portions of charred bones, which
DR.. J. w. Jesse declares that once
belonged to human body, the
Sonoma officials found burned and
fragmentary pieces of clothing. bits
of jewelry and human teeth in a
mound of ashes near the Kendall
home. A woman's spectacles and
hair comb were found in the CRATE
N0n1jn,1@5 -. o-.- r,.--
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
GARDNER TALKS AND
CALLS ROOSEvELTTHE
ORIGINAL |NSURGENT
Famous Correspondent Who Met
EX-President on Nile, and Who
Was Present at Roosevelt Dinner,
Tells Whole Story to The Press.

Gibson Gardner the Washington newspaper correspond
ent who Colonel Roosevelt in Africa and accompanied
him through his European trip, and who present at
luncheon at Oyster Bay with Colonel Roosevelt and Con
gressman Miles Poindexter, is in Spokane.
''rhere has evidently been good deal of misrepresen
taton in regard to the visit of Mr. Pondexer to Oyster
Bay' said Mr.. Gardner to The Press this morning Il
was present that OCCASION and remained with Mr. Pon
dexter from the time he left Oyster Bay until he boarded
train for the west in New York | also present at
the luncheon.
"CooneI authorized Pondexer give a
the waiting Bay
Roosevelt Poindexter
the visit Mr. Poindexter that
entire accord the subjects which discussed This
the statement the newspaper
reporter paper
time of leaving
when the New York
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
75 LOCAL
CONCERNS
T0EXPLA|N
Galbraith Wants Assess
ments Raised-Big In
equalities Alleged.

A sensation was created at the
meeting Of the county board of
equalization today noon when
County Assessor GaIbraith in.
formed the chairman of the board,
r. X. Mc6room, that he would ask
for orders raising the assessment
of rs local corporations and mer-
camille houses.
These assessments were made by
j. s. Graves, a former deputy in
the office, now a candidate for
county assessor. and it Is charged
that undue influences of some kind
were used In securing exemptions
for the parties named.
The principal business houses Of
the city are included in the list,
Continued on Page Two.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
CR|PPENSA|O
he DIDN'T
KILL
(By United Press Leased Wire)

10y Oniteo FTeSS Ieascu WVeJ
QUEBEC. Aug. 4.--lnspector Dew
OF Scotland Yard today virtually ad-
mitted that DR.. II. II. Crippen had
made a definite statement to him
regarding the disappearance and
death of his wife, Belle Elmore Grip
NJ.
Dew, who Is awaiting the arrival
of police officers and matrons to
assist him in safely conducting
Crippen and Miss Ethel Claire Le-
neve back to England is on his way
TO Niagara Falls today. Before
leaving he said:
I'VE are not seeking to compel
Crippen to confessAWe are not anx-
ious to secure confession. because
he has said that he is not guilty of
murder. We believe, however, that
we can secure satisfactory state
ment from Crippen. The English
laA however, forbids our publishing
a. prisoners confession
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
FRANK MORRISON
FOR POMDEXTER

Frank Morrison secretary the American Federation
Labor writes follows to Fred Hudson leading trades
ions Bengham. who had him
gardng Miles
ter, so far as it relates to labor legislation
" am pleased to that Mr. Pondeser has responded
call without evasion and without hesancy He de-
cIaed himself emphatcaly In BILL H. r. 215888
which provides for the exemption organizations Of labor
organizations Of asrcursts from the provisions Of the she
antitrust law
"he has also declared himself favor Of the provisions in
the bill for the regulation Of the Of restraining
njunctons He declared himself In
Of eight hour bill He introduced at request the bill
H. r. 1885, In behalf Of the civil rights Of the civil service
Of the United States Representative Pon
dexter Of the that rely advance egsia
interest of the people He
all that could be especially during
his first term in congress"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
SULLIVAN AGAIN MAKES
CITY PARTNER TO CRIME

The city Is still a partner in
crime, hand In glove with Chief
Sullivan, Sergeant Warner and his
other aides and aecomplices in the
police department. The decision to
do away with the monthly "fines,"
by which prostitution was, and
still is, licensed in the city Of spo-
kane-which was announced in the
Press a couple Of weeks ago-has
been rescinded, and In the early
hours this morning thirteen women,
poor victims Of society, were haul
ed to the police station in the
patrol wagon, and booked on a
charge of vagrancy.
The collection started at 1870,
Sergeant Warner being in charge
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

quite a hundred years to reach the
top of the social ladder, those that
have helped spread Spokane's name
abroad have done so within scarce
q decade.
II may not be generally known,
but il Ii a fact that those hand
some members of the tlaral family
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
WHO CAN FILL
THIS POSITION?
(By United Press Leased Wire)

10Y SuitCu TTOSS ICdSSu VuSI
WASHINGTON, Aug 4.-Wanted
at the Chinese legation here, a
bright young man who can translate
the sign language of a Chinese deaf
mute into plain English gestures.
Apply to Yung Kwai.
Adelegate from Pekin to the in
ternational congress for the deaf and
dumb, to be held at Colorado
Springs next month. Is en- route
from the flowery kingdom. But the
officials are at loss to know how
to provide a means of communica-
ton when their representative
reaches this country. An attempt
is being made to train one Of the
young attaches Of the legation in
the are of hand and finger express
sion
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

superintendent claim that these
men are the most reliable. and
that from them they get better
service than they do from the un.
married man or the bachelor.
I'VE find that the married men
are the best and most reliable
workers as motormen and conduc-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
BY PARA DALTON.

Married men make the best street
car motormen and conductors.
Sixty-five per cent of the men who
turn the crank and collect the fares
ON the Spokane street cars, accord
ing to reports from the local tran
sit offices, are married men. The
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

Like New York, one Of Spokane's
most aristocratic families is the no
BILE house Of aster. And like their
Gotham namesake also, the Spo-
kane asters belong to an exclusive
set, for they are, without exception,
the finest in the country. While II
has taken the Manhattan Astors
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

of the squad which had the duty
to perform. 1t continued for more
than two hours, at intervals, the
houses in the neighborhOod Of
Front and Wall being dragged more
or less thoroughly. From the fact
that less than a score were taken
to the station, 1t has been stated
in some quarters that partialitX
was shown, and that several wO.
men were excused" from going to
the city bastile.
Those who were booked were
Glen Parker. aged %; May Moore,
%; Cora Crawford, "a: Esmerelda
De Lavega, 81; Marjorie Allen. 81,
Leah Swan, rs: Ruth Gordon, 3Os,
NnnAin.~d =. R~n~ 49,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
MORE IMPROVEMENT klcks
THAN ASSESSMENT klCka

More kicks seem to be coming be-
fore the county board Of eQualixa-
ton ON improvements than ON the
assessment of real estate. The
board is making progress with the
work, and II the kicks do not In
crease more rapidly In numbers Will
finish ahead OF time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
LIKE NEW YORK, SPOKANE,S
ARLSTOCRATS ARE ASTERS

known as asters have reached their
full and final florescence In npor
kane. Higher In pedigree no antoPn
In all the land may dare asptre.
For the last II years 4pokane boo
enjoyed a national Reputation @
producing the most exQuisite aotero
lcantinusd on Paoe olx.l
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
MARRIED MEN WANTED MOST
ON THE STREET CAR LINES

tors" said T. l.. Billingsley. super
intendent Of the Washington Water
Power city lines. The fact that
a man Is married Is a sign that he
is more careful and will assume a
personal responsibility"
"We have so much OF the float
Continued on page six.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
Continued on Page Seven.
, . 80 . . . . . . 90 .
CHINA, AFTER 5000
YEARS EXISTENCE TO
} HAVE MONEY STANDARD I
Omitted Press Leased Wire)

. SEATTLE, Aug. 4.--The Chi
. nese empire, after an existence
. of 5000 years, is at last to have
. monetary standard, with a
. currency of recognized value
. throughout the country, ac-
. cording to word brought by
. by c. ID. Tenney, secretary of
. languages in the United States
. legation at Pekin, a passenger
. on the Sado Maru from the
. orient.
Q O Q q q Q Q . q Q . q q q Q
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

Jimmie Jones had just finished
reading about Sergeant Jasper at
Fort Moultrie.
Jimmie was somnambulist as
well.
In his dreams that night he
climbed the slender, quivering flag
staff; in reality he climbed the tele-
graph pole in front of his house. He
reached worth his hand to grasp the
beloved standard of his native land
and cried:
1T Is mine"
Little Jimmie was right. 1t was
his by about 1900 volts.
(The End)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

woman who had been associated IN
business with him."
Births of five girls and three boys
were recorded yesterday. A girl and
boy were twins.
took her out in my new canoe
As the summers day toward even
Ing drew
A wooirg, bashful lover.
kissed her upon her lips divine,
And asked her softly to be mine
When the burned thing turned
over.
Five marriage licenses were To-
sued yesterday.
Suitor-I wish to marry your
daughter.
Pater-Take my advice, my don;
don't.
Suitor-B-but why?
Pater-l've just found signs OF
insanity in her.
Suitor--Heavens. What makes
you suspect it?
Pater-She says she wants to
marry you.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
(OGGr
EE@0
II Roosevelt backs Pinchot for
New York's governor Taft had just
better play golf and say nothing.

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.-While
grinding in a coffee mill smokeless
powder of his own invention, the
stuff exploded, fatally injuring Otis
Greer, farmer living near here.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

ROSEllE, N. Y.-Mrs. Fred Gin
nett, a friend Of Or. Crippen, says
she does not think Ethel leneve
knows anything about the Elmore
murder. She says: "a believe the
doctor missed his wife after she
was dead, and that he turned, as a
lonely man often will do, to the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04
FAMILY.
!. BURNED TO
DEATH


HOBOKEN. N. j., Aug. 4.--Louis
Biazetti, his wife and two children
were burned to death, and Oscar
Alcez, who inhaled flames, is dying
today as result Of a spectacular
fire in three story tenement house
here.
The fire swept through the build
ing so rapidly that escape from the
upper floors was cut off and . num-
ber Of persons were taken down lad.
ders from the upper windows.
Alcez. in trying to reach the ground,
climbed through sheet of flame.
The members of the Biazetti fam
lily were cut off from all escape and
were burned to death In their
rooms.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

Continued on page six.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Frid
Cooler tonight. Max. ten
80; min., 81.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-08-04

Continued on Page Two.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-08-10
MUST ROTATE NAMES
Law Regarding Placing of
Candidates Names on Bal
lots Makes Plenty Work.

Candidates who will make the
run at the primaries in Septem-
der and who have been codgrat-
ulating themselves that their
names begin with a letter which
will, according to their ideas,
place their names at the head of
the lists of the names of candi-
dates, have an awful Jolt coming.
County Clerk Bradford has dis
covered that a recent enactment
of the legislature has changed
the old rule of things and inciden-
tally gives him a large amount
of additional work to do in pre-
pairing the various ballots for
the elections.
The law provides that the
names of the various candidates
for office shall be rotated
throughout the county for the
primaries, and it goes into effect
this year. 1t requires the county
clerk to arrange in numerical
and alphabetical order each of
the voting precincts in the coun-
ty, and then take the names of
all candidates for each office and
arrange them in alphabetical or
der. In printing the ballots the
names of the candidates will be
set forth in alphabetical order in
the first precinct, which in this
county will be the town of Arbor
Vitae, but in each succeeding pre-
cinct the county clerk must ar
range to have the name which
appeared first on the list in the
first precinct printed last leaving
the name of the man who was
in second place at the top of the
list in the second precinct. Thus
if there are; three candidates for
an office in every third precinct
each man will have his name first
ON the list.
The enforcement of the law
will make q lot of extra work for
the county clerk, he being requir
ed to make out eleven differ
ent ballots, one for each precinct.
Heretofore one form of ballot did
for all, but under the new law
each precinct will require a diff
ferent one. Great care will also
have to be exercised to see that
no mistakes are made in making
the proper arrangements Of the
names in the various precincts.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-08-10

Alex Higgins, noted for his
numerous escapades ind deer hunt
ing, fishing and whatnots, has
another hard luck story to tell
to any friend he is able to back
UP against brick wall and com
pei to hear his elucidation. In
company with John Barnes and
another gentleman he made an
overland trip Friday to the Bru!e
after trout. Alex borrowed the
writer's patched-up whipping
rod, sans butt, which works from
rear with automatic reel attach
ment) claiming he wanted front
reel seat butt, and would substi-
tute onefrom his own casting rod.
The Brule is thirty miles away
over a pretty tough road part OF
the way. All there is to the
story, Higgins forgot the butt to
his trout rod. The reader can
guess the rest-thirty miles from
home and no rod to fish with.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-08-10
HAY CROP DESTROYED
Fire Burns Over Big Marsh
Destroying 400 Tons of
Wild Hay.

The big hay marsh linear Swamp
lake, where Geo Jackson and
-Paquette were harvesting
hay with a big crew of men,
caught fire in some manner Fri
day afternoon destroying about
four hundred tons of hay.
Paquette and Jackson had fiji
teen men and four teams at work
putting up hay, intending to har-
vest in the neighbornood of 400
tons. The crew had all of fifty
tons cut up to Friday. In the
afternoon fire broke out in the
presumably from a match
by one of the workmen,
and when it stopped of its own
accord Sunday had burned over
the entire area of the marsh, de-
stroying all of the hay cut and
what was standing. 1t is said
that all of the hay saved was
one load of about seven hundred
pounds which was on a wagon
and was drawn off the marsh.
Paquette and Jackson will be
heavy losers as they had outfit
ted for several weeks of haying.
Fred Hessen, F, J. Minkley
and Charles Boldt, who were
putting up hay for their ow n use
had all of their labor go up in
smoke-about eight tons of hay.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-08-10

to initiate by dropping a Texas
Lacquer near the left field fence
out was yelled "out" by the ump
wnen Iowne fastened his leath-
CT on 1t with half-nelson and
crotch-hold la Gotch. Before
and during the game four of Hir-
1S $ punch ran into snags-Wal-
lace struck over the eye with a
slippery ball; Morgan hurt on
ankle; Ewald had his Stats and
Knee 1 dented somewhat and
White stepped into a hole dislo-
eating his neck ~. Somewhat
d,lsflgured but still in the game,
they finished, passing over the
lemon in this STYLE:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1910-08-10
Still rlore Lanciles.

Every month sees the arrival
Of more LAUNCHES on our lower
chain. Saturday w. B. Ray
mond launched a 24-foot, 6-horse
power boat here, after an over
land trip from Minocqua. 1t
was built by the Minocqua Boat
Works. On the 18th of this
month A. ]. Austin of the Hotel
Austin, will launch a 2o-foot
craft of 4-feet finch beam, IN
stalled with a 6-horse power en-
pine. Fl. Strong will put on a
i9-foot launch Of 3-horse power
this month. Both OF the latter
boats are being constructed at
the Eagle River Boat Works.