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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
OUEEN.MOTHER CONFIDES HER
SON TO THE ENGLISH PEOPLE
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11-Queen Alexandra has issued to
the of England thanking them for the sympathy they be-
Edward,
George, assist him following
in father. The shows the deep
of the mother
the letter is appeal behalf Of her
confde who, know, Will fol-
low in his fathers footsteps begging to show him the
devotion showed his dear father she
know daughter-nlaW will do
MI it,"
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DIES MONIES, Iowa, May Ii
Iowa republicans today are of the
opinion that the broadsides hurled
at the G. o. p. regulars by United
States Senators Dolliver and Cum
minis at last evenings mass meet
ing in the Coliseum marked the
actual opening of the predicted ma
tionai campaign of the progressives.
Twelve thousand persons filled
the great hall when the senators de.
livered their denunciations of the
regular republican leaders and the
causes of the present situation in
congress.
President Taft did not escape the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
HELD UP
BY THUGS

Compelled by two armed thugs
to stand submissively with hands
uplifted, in a shaded spot OF Spo-
kane street, between First and Pa
cific avenues, near midnight last
night, Joe Anderson, 421 Pacific
avenue, was relieved of his watch
and So or 81.
The holdup occurred just across
the street from the residence OF
Detective Cox, but that official OF
aw and order was sound asleep.
Neither of the highwaymen Offered
the victim any violence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
BRODSKy WILL
RETURN TO D0DDS

From Sweetwater, Tenn, a lively
young semi-professional named
Calfee is coming to recruit the
Dodd baseball team of the City
league. Catcher Brodsky, formerly
with the Dodds, will also return
and will likely be in the game at
Natatorium park next Sunday aft
ernOOn.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
CITY SEXES A
STREET GAR BARN
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w O'''NSS SSS ~SeSSA WV
SEATTLE, May 11.-County
Treasurer Gormley and corps of
deputies seized the Cedar street car
barn at $3.50 o'clock this morning as
part security on the disputed
$4,000 personal taxes owed the
county by the Seattle Electric Co.
A few minutes later deputies
stopped a North Queen Anne car
climbing the Queen Anne hill,
routed the motorman and conductor
and blocked traffic on that line.
The treasurer then headed for
downtown, where cars will be
stopped at strategic points until
traffic is completely tied up.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
0RR|S D0RmAN WILL Be
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE

Empire and has always taken a
deep interest in farming problems.
He is at present the president of
the wheat convention that meets
annually at Pullman. He is a man
of family and is now building a
home at Lincoln street and Ninth
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
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PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, May
1.-THE commanding officer at
Fort Worden here will order an in
vestigation of the accident to the
quartermaster's steamer Major
Evan Thomas, which was struck
yesterday while towing a target by
a subcaliber shell from a mortar
battery at Fort Casey.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
PICkPOCKETS IN THEATER.

Pickpockets worked IN the
crowded lobby of the Spokane the
alter last night, according to the re-
port made to the police by Jack
Goggins, E91S Lacrosse avenue.
Goggins stated that he was re-
lieved of $50 there and gave the
police a description of the man sus-
pected of the theft.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
SAVED FROM FIRE
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HOUGHTON, Mich, May IL
The town of Allston, which was
threatened with destruction by for
est fires. was saved from the flames
today after a As hour battle. Re-
ports here indicate that the fire sit
uation is improving everywhere ex-
cept nj the Pilgrim river district.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
RI0TINC
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LONDON, May 11.-Reports re-
ceived today confirm former dis
patches saying that rioting is I'M
der way in Yuen Chow, China, 200
miles from Chang Sha, where re-
cent serious rioting occurred. No
particulars of the present uprising
have been received.
There are five German mission
aries at Yuen Chow, but it Is be-
lieved they have escaped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

P. F. McCauley, Spokane. 20
Ida Stafford, Spokane. 10
Grant st. Morris, Spokane. .21
Ella Devanna, Spokane. 10
Philip J. Hayes, Spokane. 30
Mary Haggerty, Spokane. 10
Carrot Anderson, Spokane. rs
Ethel Graves, Medical Lake. ..23
Peter Proff Jr., Rosalia. ....... 40
Emma Musdt, Rosalia. 20
Haldean McGinnis, Mead. .26
Minnie Johnson, Mead. IT
J. P. Waldrup, Spokane. ........ rs
Lillian Differding, Spokane. ..26
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
Charged with the forgery of a

Charged with the forgery of an
other mans name to a tie check
for s3025. James Brady. gray and
grizzled old lumberjack, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon. The
spurious paper was passed on Fred
Kaiser of the Kaiser hotel and bar,
and Brady afterward offered to re-
turn the money to get out of the
trouble, but this was refused.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
G O N TIN u E D
r o
P A @ F. O N F.
MRS. GLADYS BRITTON

been done with the child's body,
but that she believed that it had
been burned up in the cook stove,
as first announced in the Riggs
affidavit. She detected an OdOr
coming from the cook stove, on
which the breakfast was being pre-
pared, and going to the stove to
poke up the fire in her accus-
toned way, she was warned by
Mrs. Pearce to leave 1t alone.
Attorney w. H. Plummer has ap-
peared in the case as counsel for
Mrs. Pearce. He asked that the
bond be reduced, but the court
placed the figure at the amount
originally ordered, $4,000. and &C
cepted the wOman's aged parents
as sureties. They own farm near
Mica. Her hearing is set for May
16 at 1920.
GlLDER's BOND.
This morning in Justice Hyde's
court Attorney John Gleason took
up the question of ex-Policeman
elders bond. He produced as
sureties S. d. Anderson, team
ster, who qualified as owning
$4,000 of unincumbered real estate
and $4,000 in cash and notes. His
wife had failed to sign the bond and
Justice Hyde, on the suggestion of
Deputy Prosecutor Clausen, or
dered that Anderson's wife sign
before the bond be accepted. The
other name offered was that of
Mrs. Florence M. Denny, who lives
on Twelfth avenue in Altamont,
who qualified by saying that she
owned her home, worth $500. She
said that she was divorced and had
two children living with her.
Deputy Prosecutor Clausen
warned the sureties that in his
opinion Glider would fly the coun-
try and asked them to be on their
guard. The court also joined in
the expression of the belief that
Glider would not remain for the
trial of the case. The sureties
agreed to stay on the bond and the
further hearing of the application
was deferred until this afternoon tC
permit the securing of the sigma
ture of Mrs. Anderson. elders
hearing is set for May 23 at IL
| a, m.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11

The jury is being impaneled to
try Louise Ham on the charge of
killink a Fort Wright colored
soldier. Preliminary challenges be-
tween opposing counsel are now
going on, and the trial will perhaps
go before Judge KEENAN, during this
afternoon session. q,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11

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LONDON, May 11.-A cylinder
explosion aboard Admiral keppei's
flagship London was reported here
today, but details are lacking. The
ship is now in Norwegian waters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
OLD WIFE SUES HUSBAND FOR
DIVORCE; MARRIAGE PERFORMED IN DARK


MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 1Neie johnson Lamar, aged TO- 10
plaintiff today divorce action 49, The
child married July
performed preacher
to him light long
aided the darkness conceang In her suit Mrs. Lamar al
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11

tional congress. Mr.. Dorman is a
pioneer of eastern Washington and
has at different times been engaged
in newspaper and mercantile bust
ness. At the present time he is
heavily interested with his brother
in farm lands and Spokane city
property. He has been promi-
nently connected with the agricul-
tural development of the Inland
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11

Mary Rose asks for a decree OF
divorce from Ira Rose. She mar
ried him at Palouse July 8, 1906
In July, 1909, Rose was committed
to the penitentiary at Walla Walla
from Ritzville, where he is now
serving sentence.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11

Fred Mueller was given a decree
of divorce from Mary Mueller on
her failing to appear to testify in
her behalf. He was also given a
clear title to lot 8, block II, Pine
Grove Terrace addition.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
Drs. Shontz & Wilson
l1{{{@9
Personal Attention

We practice no fake meth
DDS, but use the systems
practiced by reputable den
fists.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
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. SPOOlS STOPPED TRAFFIC. I

. For fully IS minutes traffic Z
. was blocked at the corner Of Z
Q Front avenue and Division this Z
. morning by a van loaded with Z
= two spools Of cable wire, Z
. weighing about three tons. Z
. One of the hind wheels had Z
q sunk next to the track, caus- Z
Q ing the street cars to stop. Z
q After a vain effort by six Z
. horses to move the wagon out Z
. of the way, A Hiilyard car Z
. hitched a heavy log chain to I
q the wheel and pulled the Z
. wagon out Of the way.
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
The Dentists

who are graduates of two of
the largest universities in
the country, and with years
of experience, holding Ii
censes in this state and six
others.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
The Dentists

whose guarantee is lived up
to and dare any one to at
tack their honesty as to the
materials they are using.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
The Dentists

who advertise their prices
so you know them before
you come, and can not be
grated upon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-11
OUR PRICE LIST

Best gold crown. :. $500
Best bridgework :. $500
Best plate $1,000
Extraction (painless) soc
Examination free. Open
evenings. ~.
We guarantee the above
to be the best dentistry you
can get anywhere and at any
price.
8111s Riverside Ave.
Rainier Grand Blk. Tel. 3547
Over 5, 10 and Is Cent Store
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
HAMER URGES BOND ISSUE
FOR IRRIGATION PROJECTS
Asserts That Millions of Dollars
Will Be Wasted Unless Work Is
Finished in Contract Time.

Millions Of dollars invested by the gov
eminent in western irrigation projects
may be lost unless the work is finished in
contract time, according to Representa-
tive Hamer of Idaho, who appeared today
before the House ways and means COM
mittee to urge the passage Of the Mondell
$50 600, 900 bond BILL Idaho. Hamer said.
would on January 10, 1913. take possess
sion of the two big uncompleted projects
within its borders and, under the law,
would be obliged to turn them over to the
next claimants.
"Oh, I guess that IL the government
doesn't finish the works by 1913 Idaho
will grant an extension of time," re-
marked, Representative Dalzell of the
committee.
at will not" replied Hamer.
Representative Clark, a member OF the
committee, suggested that the reclamation
service combine all its resources and
complete one project at time. The Gun
nison project, which has cost $500, 900
and needs s. 500.O00 more. could be nm
ished in a year, he said, and then it
would bring in $780, 900 annually to help
build other projects.
Mr. .Hamer said that tho law requires
the money to be spent in the state where
in 1t is collected and the Clark idea was
therefore out of the question.
Representatives Martin and Taylor also
addressed the committee In favor Of the
bill. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
ANDREW LEE IS HELD
IN $500 FOR TRIAL
Three Charges Of HOUSEKEEPING and
One Of Carrying Concealed
Weapon Made.

Andrew Lee, accused by the police OF
numerous jewelry robberies in this city,
was held for the action of the grand jury
in $500 bond today by Judge Mullowny
in the Police Court.
Lee was given a preliminary hearing in
the Police Court, and entered a plea of
mot guilty" He was represented by At
torney Campbell Darlington. Three
charges of HOUSEKEEPING and one OF
carrying concealed weapons we're prefer
red against him. John T. Cam Of SO T
street northwest identified numerous ar
.ticles of jewelry which the. police say
were found in a satchel in Lees room at
his boarding place, 415 G street northeast.
as those which were taken from his
home.
John H. Anderson of 164 Adams street
northwest also testified that his home had
been entered and Identified articles of
jewelry placed in evidence. Mrs. Mary
E. Huck of 20 s street identified Lee as
the man who attempted to enter her
home
Sergt. Walsh of the eighth precinct
identified several skeleton keys which he
stated had been taken from Lee.
Assistant United States Attorney Given,
who appeared for the government asked
that Lee be held in the sum of $1,000 in
the three cases of alleged housebreak-
ing, and the court held him in the adj
ditionaI bond of $500 on the charge Of
carrying a revolver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
ROW OVER WINE COOLER
SAID TO HAVE LED TO LIEUT..
JANNEY'S SUICIDE.
Upbraided Wife, According to Testi-
mony, for Making Present to
Col. Ames.

MANILA, March 1.-THE military in
quest into the death of Lieut.. Clarence NJ.
Janney developed the fact that a silver
champagne cooler was the cause of the
final quarrel which led the lieutenant TO
kill himself
The champagne cooler originally be-
longed to the suicide, and, according TO
the testimony, was given by Mrs. Janney
to Lieut.. Col. Robert F. Ames. When
the lieutenant and his wife dined at the
home Of Ames last Saturday night Jan
ney saw and recognized the cooler. where
upon he upbraided his wife for having
given 1t to Ames. During the verbal ex-
change that followed. the lieutenant, it
was said, called Mrs. Janney liar and
insisted that she apologize to him. The
wife apologized and the dinner was
sumed, it being generally thought by the
other guests that the incident was closed.
A little later, however, Janney left the
house and returned with revolver, with
which, according to the coroner and
military board OF inquiry. he shot himself
in the presence of those at the table
Mrs. Janney testified that her husband
and Lieut. Col Ames we're intimate
friends.
In army circles 1t is believed that the
action of Maj. Gen. William H. Carter.
commanding the Department of Luzon, in
returning the report of the board OF in
quiry, with request that further testi-
mony be taken. means that court-mar-
tial Is contemplated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
FRENCH BLAME ENGLISH
DEPLORE HITCH IN CHINESE
RAILWAY PROJECT.
Consider Haggling Of Financiers
Ridiculous-H. p. Dawson Ex-
pected in Paris.

PARIS, March f7.-Henry p. Dawson
Of the banking house of Morgan q Co.
In expected In Paris tomorrow in con-
nection with the Hankow-Sse-Chuen
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS railway loan tangle.
The members Of the French group do
not conceal their Impotence over the
hitch In the negotiations. They attribute
It to the English ''haggling."
The four groups have agreed upon the
principle Of equal division Of money and
material. But the English are holding
out for what 10 described here as certain
petty advantages,
The squabble at the present stage is
declared to be made all the more ridicu-
lous by the fact that the Ichang- Chengtu
extension, covered BY the proposed quad
ripple agreement, IL still q mere project,
which neither the chinese imperial gov
eminent nor the provincial authorities
have yet approved Moreover. 1t Is by
no means certain that the concessions
ever will be granted.
Gsn-Chuen province is the most anti
foreign division of the empire. A CHI
nose company backed by Q capital of
s.. 100000 has undertaken to build road
west from Ichang.
On the other hand. the Canton-Hankow
and the acknowledging concessions, be-
longing, respectively, to the English and
German nnanciers. are accomplished
facte.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
AMERICAN SHlPYARDS
BARRED BY THE PORTE
British Firms Given Contracts for
Building New Turkish War
Vessels.

American shipbuilders, through the I'M
expected action OF the Turkish govern
ment, have been deprived Of the oppor-
tunity to submit bids for the construc-
ton of warships for the Ottoman gov
eminent to cost approximately So. OOO. 600.
Some weeks ago 1t was announced by
the State Department that the Turkish
government contemplated large In
crease in its navy. and had taken steps
to bring the matter to the attention of
American shipbuilders. who promptly
sent their representatives to Constanti-
nople to bid for the work.
1t had been understood at the depart
ment that the opportunity to bid was to
be kept open for. several weeks TO give
American shipbuilders equal opportunity
to submit designs and tenders. The de-
partment now hears. with great surprise
and regret. report that the contracts
are to be awarded to English firms with
out open composition. This is especially
regrettable. just at time when, with
the establishment Of a modernized roy-
eminent In Turkey, So much hope had
been felt for closer commercial relations
between the United States and the Otto
man empire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
DANIEL IS IN EXTREM|S
RAPIDLY APPROACHING END.
SAY PHYSICIANS.
Paralyzed and Insensible-May
Live Hours or a Few
Days.

DAYTONA. Fla. March 17.-At II
O'Clock the following bulletin was Ia
sued by Senator Daniels physicians:
The condition of Senator Daniel con-
tinues unchanged. The state of coma
remains the same and the patient does
not recognize any one"
The physicians in attendance also in.
sued the following statement Iast
night:
Senator Daniels condition is critica,
TO an extreme degree. The Indications
are that he is rapidly approaching the
end or his life.
He Is in state of coma, which is
getting more and more profound. This
coma may terminate in death during
the next twelve hours or it may be as
late as twenty-four or seventy two
hours.
The coma is due to cerebral hem
orrhage. which caused paralysis of the
left half of his body in the beginning
OF his illness here"
Mrs. john W Daniel, wife OF the SEN
ator. his soE-in-law, Fred Harper. and
Mrs Harper. and the following near rel.
atives are at his bedside: Mrs f. e. Dan
lei. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Addison Hicks. Mrs
Sarah w. Haisey and John w. Halsey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
ACTION IN WALL MATTER
MANDAMUS ASKED BY GIRL
EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL.
Father Seeks to Have Ruling of
Principal and Supt. Stuart
Reversed.

Isabel /. Wall, the seven-year-old
child who was refused attendance at
the Brookland public school on the
ground that she was coIored. today
filed. through her father, a petition for
q mAndamus to compel the board of
education to reverse the ruling Of the
principal of the Brookland white
school and Supt Stuart, and to direct
her Immediate readmittance to the
Brookland school.
stephen r. Wall, father of the child.
says that she lived at 1919 Kearney
street, Brookland, and at the opening of
the school year was admitted to the first
grade of the white school. where she
TENDER 80. when she was notified by the
principal that she was not eligible to at
tend a white school. This ruling. her
father says, was approved by Supt.
stuart.
He declares that the nearest colored
school the child could attend, If she were
colored, is located at a much greater dis
lance from her home and would cause
serious Inconvenience, In addition to sub
Jecting her to danger because OF her ex-
treme youth.
Attorney John Ridout, for the petitioner,
cites section 279 of the Revised Statutes
as the only legislative authority for the
exclusion of colored children from white
schools, and declares this does not ex-
pressly prohibit such attendance, but does
SO only by inference, in that it provides
for the maintenance of separate schools
for white and colored children.
The act, in so far as it attempts to ex-
clude colored children from Write schools,
Mr.. Ridout says, is unconstitutional be-
cause it violates the fifth amendment. in
that 1t accords no hearing to the excluded
pupil on the question of his racial status.
II the act is valid, the petitioner says,
she is not colored child within the pur-
view Of the legislation, because her great
grandparents were . white man and a
mulatto woman, whose son married a
white woman, and that her parents are
the son Of the latter. couple and a
white woman. i a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
ATLANTA COOL TO PEARY
HANDFUL OF PEOPLE HEAR Elk.
PLORER LECTURE.
Quietly Comments on Gov. Browns
Criticism of Him as "Faker."
introduced by Editor.

ATLANTA. Ga, March 1T have
read Gov. Browns remarks about me
Doubtless he is within his prerogative in
expressing his views OF me and my
work. As visitor to Atlanta 1 do not
care to discuss the matter further than
to say that l should not have permitted
any engagements to be made for me in
Atlanta, or elsewhere in Georgia, IL had
the slightest reason to think I should be
regarded as persona non grata-"
This was the only answer Commander
Peary would make to the published state
ments of Gov. Brown in which the latter
termed Peary as "faker." and declined to
introduce him to an Atlanta audience
Mr.. Peary delivered lecture here last
night
The Atlanta Auditorium, with its seat.
ing capacity of 5000, contained but a
mere handful OF people when Commander
Peary began his lecture. No one was on
the platform with the explorer except
Editor F. L. Seeley of the Atlanta Geor-
gian, who volunteered to introduce Mr.
Peary when he learned of the declinat iou
Of Gov. Brown and Mayor Maddox.
Commander Peary did not refer to the
governors criticism OF himself
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
HURT BY EXPLOSION
OF BARREL OF ASPHALT
Piece of Flying Wood Strikes
Plumber and Causes Frac-
ture of Jaw.

Emory E. Garner. twenty-six years
old, was taken to Emergency Hospital.
this morning and treated for fracture
of the jaw and severe cuts about his
mouth. having been injured by the ex-
plosion Of barrel of asphalt in the rear
of 210 It'll street southwest. Surgical
treatment was administered and the pa
tient was in so serious a condition that
he was sent to a ward to be detained
for additional treatment.
Garner is a plumber. He lives at 1917
c street southwest and is employed by
Frederick Sickle at the place where the
explosion occurred. He was at work i'm
the yard near the barrel of asphalt, and
when the contents of the barrel became
ignited and exploded a piece of the
wood struck him and inflicted the injury.
No. 4 engine company and the ambu-
lance from Emergency Hospital respond
ed to a call for assistance. The patrol
wagon from the fourth precinct station
was ahead of the ambulance, however,
and Garner was hurried in it to the hos
pital. About $50 damage was caused by
the blaze.