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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
COUNCIL BOWS
TO PUBLIC.
OPINION
ORDERS AN ELECTION IN RAIL
WAY FRANCHISE MATTER-
jim HILL TALK RESENTED.

Smarting under the statement In
The Press that it was being
charged that John L. Wilson OF
Seattle had lined up the city eoun.
Gil against the admission Of the
North Coast and the Milwaukee,
Councilman Shaefer last night in.
troduced resolution in the city
council to submit the question of
the franchises to a vote Of the PEG.
Pile on June II.
Mr.. Shaefer dropped a nice little
bombshell into the midst of the
ity council, one that was wholly un.
expected. but the proposition was
so clearly honest and right that the
council could not evade it and avoid
suspicion, and it went through with
faint chorus of ayes" Possibly
three or four councilmen voted aye,
but as there were no votes in oppo.
sition, it was declared unanimously
adopted.
Councilman Dalke growled over
the Shaefer resolution. There is
nothing to gain by this course" he
said. THE council has gone on
record and agreed to take no steps
in the franchises until the roads
agreed to give terminal rates. 1t
is not up to the city council to or.
der an election. The railroads
should first ask for one"
The passage of the resolution
was greeted with applause by the
crowd in the council chamber, but
caused decided chill to pass over
some of Ahe members of the city
fathers. They were evidently out
of sorts over the turn affairs had
taken, but could not help them
selves. fhe Press had put the
question squarely up to the coun
cilmen and they could not well
dodge the issue.
There are several chances yet to
beat the franchise election before ii
is finally called.
An ordinance must be passed
authorizing the election, and if the
city council cares to defeat the
proposition it can yet be done.
In order to make the election eff
fective the Milwaukee and the
North Coast must agree to bear
the expense. The city council
agrees to abide by the result of the
election and to waive any questions
of legality that may arise.
They say that John L. Wilson
has fixed this little city council,
said Shaefer, the mover of the cleo
ton plan. HE surely mustGbe a
fiXer because we certainly are
fixed. We are advertised as a part
of the Jim Hill clique, which is
quite compliment. We are going
to show the people that we are will
ing and ready to abide by their
judgment" E"f
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
WHEAT TAKES
A JUMP Up
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CHICAGO, March 23.-It was the
continuance of the damage reports
from Kansas that caused the initial
advance of IA to &c bushel in the
wheat pit this morning and forced
a closing of " to 5sc above yes
terday.
Todays performance was directly
opposite what had been expected
by the trade but nevertheless this
occasioned no surprise for during
times Of crop damage reports any
thing may happen and this is exact
ly what the trade figured after the
higher opening.
Encouragement of substantial
character was given the bull side
of the wheat trade was given this
morning by the early cables. AT
Liverpool opening prices were y
to I'D above yesterday and the
closing showed still further gains
at an advance of q to sd.
There was a disposition to dis
count the damage reports from
Kansas after the opening but the
rise in wheat prices abroad made
up for any loss in bullish sentiment
on that score.
In today's trading September re
ceived most attention and made
the greatest gain both at the open
ing and the closing of the session
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
POLICE HIDE
CRIME NEWS

Although the police have a full re-
port of the burglary of the residence
of DR.. c. G. Brown, 716 Superior
street, which was entered and robbed
sometime within the last three days
they refused to divulge any of the de-
tails to the papers this morning.
DR.. Browns residence is at 116 "
Superior the house at 116 being used
by his family as a storehOuSe. The
doctor and Mrs Brown have been liv-
ing down town recently at the Penn
ington hotel, and it was upon making
a trip to their residence yesterday
that the burglary was discovered.
The entire house was ransacked
the burglary taking place. it is
thought, in broad daylight. al none of
the neighbors Are conscious of having
seen light in the house for several
weeks
Two oil paintings, valued at about
$500, and several water color paint
1ngs were among the articles stolen.
A box containing nothing but baby
clothes and baby trinkets and play
things was pried open and rifled.
Baby clothes which We're worn by
Mrs. Browns son in his infant days.
and which Mrs. Brown was saving as
relics were strewn all over the house.
Some of them were taken by the rob-
bers All of the playthings have dis
appeared.
Another robbery. the details of
which the police have endeavored to
keep secret, is that of a pool room at
421 Main avenue. which was entered
Monday night by burglars who gained
their entrance by. breaking a window
in the rear of the place.
Several hundred cigars and five
meerscham pipes We're taken from the
showcases and IS in cash was extract
ed from the cash register. The pool
room is conducted by A. Whaltier,
and is known as 'Tony's Place"
Room A. at the Fair hotel occupied
by S. d. Thorn. was entered some
time yesterday and Tnorn's Elgin
watch was taken. A cigar cutter
bearing an Elks emblem is also
missing.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
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WINNIPEG. Man, March 90
Public ownership of the packing
houses of Canada is one of the
plans of the government meat com
mission meeting here today. The
commission was appointed to inves-
tigate charges that a meat trust,
fostered by American packers, is
operating in Manitoba.
The commission first recon.
mended that an abattoir be estab-
lished by the government for the
slaughter Of animals at slight public
cost. Later it is expected that the
government will go into the whole
business of meat packing and that
II may take charge or appoint a
number of packing house super
visors.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
HOPE TO CONTROL
ENTIRE COUNTRY
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NEW ORLEANS, March 90
Consul Altschul, who represents
the Madriz faction of the Near
aguan government, declared today,
following the announcement that
Madriz troops are moving on Blue
fields, that confidential advices he
had received, confirmed the press
dispatches.
The Madriz army, he said, had
been secretly advancing for seven
days. 1t is now in the Rama dis
trict and will march from there to
Bluefields.
President Madriz hopes by the
capture of Bluefields to end the
revolution in Nicaragua and by
crushing the provisional govern
ment win recognition from Wash
ington, according to Altschul.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
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TACOMA, Wash, March 23.-De-
tectives are today searching for
three holdup men, who at the point
of revolvers last night robbed three
young women of money and dia.
monds valued at $500. The robbers
entered the apartments Of the
young women which are located in
what was formerly the restricted
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
FIND BIG COAST RING
Of OPIUM SMUGGLERS

according to the officers, number
of letters were found which revealed
the workings OF the gang and gave
the officers evidence to substan-
tiate other-clues they had discov-
cred.
According to the information
given out the gang has operated in
several border cities. 1t is said that
arrests will be made at Ell Paso and
Los Angeles.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
VERY NICE GENTLEMAN
ENTERTAINED LADIES

district and after chatting for an
hour suddenly whipped out their re-
volvers and marched the girls into
another room where they bound and
gagged them. Tieing them securely
to the bed with electric light wires
the thugs stripped off their diamond
rings and eardrops, took $500 in
cash from a trunk, then threw a
heavy mattress over the women and
left
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
CARVEN WANTS THOSE PACK
ERS,

TRENTON. N. j., March 23.-Prose-
cutor Garven today formally applied
to Governor Fort of New Jersey for
extradition papers in the cases of the
officers of the National Packing COM
pany, recently indicted here for con-
spiracy in the restraint Of trade.
The majority of the men who are
under indictment live in Chicago
1t is understood that the Chicago
packers, who were indicted by the
New Jersey grand jury, will fight
against extradition, and will attempt
to have the cases tried in Chicago II
means are not discovered to quash
the cases before they are brought to
trial
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
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TOXIC, March 23.-The house of
peers today passed the bill relating
to the ownership of land in Japan
by foreigners.
The bill was amended in the
house of representatives so that
only foreigners resident in Japan
shall be allowed to own land.
Preparations were made today
for the formal adjournment of the
diet tomorrow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
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WASHINGTON, March 23.-The
stand of Representative E. A.
Hayes, one Of the leading house in
surgents, that the insurgents
should be represented on the rules
committee in ratio to their numer-
ical strength, is being seriously
considered by the revolving wing
Of the republican party today.
The majority of the insurgents
seemingly do not care whether any
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
WRECK DEAD
NOW TOTAL 40
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Wy W. ICuSSU VIII
MARSHALLTOWN. Ia, Mar. 90.
The death of A. H. Maggie. of Wat
erloo, Ia. and Charles E. Davis. of
Minneapolis, today brought the total
40 persons. The wreck occurred at
Reinbeck last Monday. Nearly a
score of injured passengers are here
still.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
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SAN FRANCISCO, March o.
Federal officials in California, New
Mexico, Arizona and Texas are
ready today to make arrests in a
crusade against gigantic ring of
opium smugglers, according to local
federal officers. This information
follows the arrest here of l.. Leg
ner, a bartender, in whose room,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
ONE LNSURGENT WHO
<s WANTS ON COMMITTEE

of them get on the committee.
Hayes, however, has come out flat
footed and declared that insurgents
are entitled to at least two seats on
the rules committee and he wants
to occupy one of them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-23
ONLY FEW PENNIES.

1t only costs a few pennies to
reach the majority of the hsSing
population of Spokane. Try Press
want" ad. Phone Main 374.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24
N. j. N1cENIRY'S ADDRESS BEFORE
ST. PAUL CONSERVATION CONGRESS

know that results are yet to be hoped
| for to regulate charges of freight, pas
senger, express, sleeping car and mail
| service, together with telegraph and tel
I ephone charges.
This valley between the Allegheny
and Rocky mountains was ordained by
nature to be a storehouse to largely
supply the foodstuffs to a goodly por-
ton of the globes people. So that,
with the opening of the Panama canal,
along with the development of our in
| land waterway transportation, the prob
! lem of traffic rates will be largely reg
ulated. While the general government
has been accomplishing this work, US
| ing the peoples money in the past, no
sooner has the government undertaken
to develop power incidental to some
praiseworthy undertaking, than the
water power was absorbed by private
interests that were at all times alert
to obtain grants in perpetuity now
worth millions, without any regulation
TO rebound to the peoples good, as
shown by the reports of our waterway
conventions. The best sites are taken
away from the people by law; will we
bend every energy to save what re-
mains?
This must be all changed in future
grants Of power; rights in flowing wa
ter A census of the nations water
power resources should be taken and
all grants determined with the respec-
tive values of the same for use in cleo
trio currents.
when once the lawmakers are ap-
prised that the people are truly in
earnest about conservation throughout
the nation, halt will be called upon
reckless legislation made in the inter
est of exploiters; that sincere citizens
may be induced to stand as legislative
candidates without fear of being pill
loried by the press and venal poll
workers at every turn in a canvass.
Our waterway improvement con-
ventions in this valley have spoken
plainly at their gatherings to learn
that the rivers and harbors Of the ma
ton are faring better than ever before;
in fact efforts along these lines have
done wonders to bring to the people
what is justly their own by act Of con-
gress.
Will the conservationists array
themselves against the succession of
all lawmakers who have proven recre-
ant on this subject by their conduct to-
wards all clean-cut legislation in aid
ing conservation of natural resources
throughout these United States? Kind
ly words without conscientious acts in
the irterosf of OI1r lofty aims sbo,IId
meet with lasting rebuke. Fight it
out on this line if 1t takes several
summers, should be our slogan"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24

the same. A few bottles built up her
health and strength.
81 took Peruna for q cold which set
tied in my kidneys, giving me much
pain. In two weeks was much better,
and in few months 1 was WELL"
For Liver and Kidneys,
Mr.. w. II. Armistesd, Cum beri and,
G. H, Va, writes:
"Your Peruna has cured me of chronic
catarrh of long standing. I thank you
so much for your advice. think it is
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you recommend it to do. Besides, can
recommend it to cure all liver and kid
ney troubles.'
Chronic Kidney TroabIe.
Judge CD. Park, r. E. D. l, Buckhead,
Ca, writes:
''For long time was troubled with
catarrh of the kidneys, and after taking
Peruna feel like a new man. / think
it the greatest catarrh medicine Of the
age, and believe it will cure any case Of
cAtarrh on record"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24
NEWS OF THE NEIGIBORS

to the shoulders. A physician was hur-
riedly summoned and did all within his
medical skill to relieve the child's suf-
fering. Reports from the Herd home
today bring the encouraging news that
the patient is getting along nicely and
its complete recovery is looked for.
Mrs. Herd, who is a daughter of Pro
fessor William Reuter-, physical in
structor of the Davenport Turner's and
the Davenport public schools, received
a number of painful burns in her heroic
act in rescuing her child from almost
certain death.
Obituary Record. - The funeral Of
Joseph Cary was held this afternoon at
2:30 from the residence, 917 West
Third street. with services in charge of
the Moose lodge, of which Mr.. Cary
was a prominent member. The body
was put in a burial vault at Oakdale.
where it will be kept until arrange
ments have been made to ship 1t to
Willimantic, Conn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24
Don't Break Down.

Severe strains on the vital organs
like strains on machinery cause break
downs. You can't over-tax stomach
liver, kidneys, bowels or nerves with
out serious danger to yourself. If you
are weak or rundown, or under strain
of any kind, take Electric Bitters the
matchless tonic medicine. Mrs. J. e.
Van de Sande, of Kirkland, Ill, writes:
THAT l did not break down, while en-
during a most severe strain, for three
months, is due wholly to Electric Bit
ters" Use them and enjoy health and
strength. Satisfaction positively guar,
anteed Fifty cents at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24

the northwest territory have been OBJ
tanned and is largely held by antag-
onistic private interests to a thorough
use of the stream. Thus, for mere
pittance, those landed rights passed 20
private ownership to the thread of tlN
stream, needlessly and without any COM
sideration to the original grantor, be-
ing the government Each city and viii
lage along this river is up and doing,
like this city, providing a municipal
wharf at enormous expense. and are
fully appraised of the great Importance
of these holdings, and we ardently hope
will be regained for the free public use,
so that improved machinery for load
ing and unloading of cargoes from mod
ernly built boats and barges to the
landings and railway cars by a single
power lift, as may be seen along the
Rhine. Soon boats will again ply this
great river and it's tributaries, carry
ing the abundance of the products of
every kind that this valley annually
produces for shipment beyond its con-
fines at a much cheaper rate than by
rail.
1--WE who people this central north
west were pioneers at our efforts in
conserving wealth from rapacious
transportation rates. It was the grang-
er movement hereabouts nearly 40
years since that aroused the law-mak-
ing powers to the necessity of dele
eating to commissions state and fed
eral rate-making powers, and you all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24

from all over the state by the citizens
of Waterloo, and as Davenport has
been chosen as the convention city for
1911, a similar welcome was extended
our delegates. 1t is expected that Dav-
export will be the mecca, for over 500
representatives of the leading cities of
the state next September, when the
convention will convene here. In Sc
curing the meeting Davenport won over
such cities as Dubuque, Cedar Rapids
Mason City, Sioux City and Boone, all
of which were in the field for the next
meeting
Baby Badly Burned.-Elsa Herd, the
21s-year-old baby daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Herd, us Ripley street, was
severely burned in a peculiar manner.
The baby was sitting on the front
porch of the family home at the time
that a small boy passed the place, and
the latter in his childish innocence
struck a match and threw it at the
baby on the porch. The lighted match
struck the little one and ignited its
clothes. The child screamed and rush
ed into the street with it clothes
mass of flames. It's cries attracted the
attention of the mother, who was doing
her homework inside the home. She
hurried after her baby, and grasping
the child, wrapped her own clothes
around it's little form and smothered
the flames. The chfld's life was I'M
doubtedly saved by the fact that it had
on a wool sweater at the time. This
prevented the flames from gaining ac-
cess to the body as quickly as If the
child was dressed IN lighter material.
AS it was, the little one was severely
burned on the right side from the waist
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24

One of the most interesting address
es before the recent conservation con
gress at st. Paul was delivered by NJ
J. McEniry of Moline, who spoke as
| follows:
/ How to conserve the various nat
uraI resources of every land has be
come an absorbing theme throughout
the civilized world, and 1 take it there
! is no portion thereof more alert in
reference thereto than the inhabitants
who now reside in the former north
west territory and of the Louisiana
purchase. 1t is they who are the salt
of the earth, and notwithstanding their
eagle eyes they have Witnessed the
constant encroachments by predatory
greed and covetousness mostly by cor
porate monopoly now rampant world
wide in this goth century.
1T is thus most fitting that this most
magnificent assembly of progressive
public-spirited delegates from nearly
every avocation and locality should
gather here at the headwaters of nav,
| igation of the greatest flowing stream
OuclL III tlHS ttlC luOoI lSIIllG valley Oh
this mundane sphere.
Viewing these lands from here, it
would be most natural to expect that
the bill Of rights of this people, as de-
cIared by the trainers of the law of
congress or ordinance enacted in 1887,
should be wise, and among the pro-
visions thereof may be found the fol
lowing:
Article f. The navigable waters
leading into the Mississippi and st.
Lawrence and the carrying places be-
tween the same shall be common high
ways and forever, as well to the inhab-
itants of the said territory as to the
citizens of the United States, and those
of any other states that may be admit
ted into the confederacy, without any
tax, impost or duty therefor
''The association that represent has
labored during the past decade to Gre
ate in the public mind sentiment in
this valley to force the governments
purse string to relax, SO that a six-foot
channel may be provided at all seasons
of the year to flow from here to the
gulf bring the message to you that
we have aided much in arousing the
people from an almost dormant leth-
argy to forceful activity for cheaper
transportation by inland waterway i'm
provement that has been assured to
this upper river within the succeeding
dozen years by congressional action at
the last session.
'"The problem that should be Crap
pied with now is how best to regain in
the public corporations the landings for
boats, which we find. on the east side
of this stream along the west side of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24
WHY LIQUOR TREATMENT
SHOULD BE TAKEN

1t Does Away With the Longing for
Liquor and Requires No Effort.
If those who were confirmed IL
quor or drug users could only be
made to realize that the treatment
in the various Neal Institutes
throughout the country would en-
able them to quit for good without
any effort it would certainly be a
godsend to many men and women,
to say nothing of their families. In
the Neal treatment no hypodermics
are used and in three days time the
patient leaves the institute forever
free from the abnormal craving, the
qualification of which has caused
more misery and degradation in the
world than all other agencies com
bined. After the first day the crav-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-24
DOUBT DISAPPEARS
No One in Rock Island Who Has a
Bad Back Can Ignore This
Double Proof.


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