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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

fought the trust so many years.
But let Cort tell about 1t himself;
what he says is also a confession Of
trust methods. He related the whole
story to me.
Back in 1855, after scrimping
and saving. got contral of thea
ter in Seattle. used to have TO go
east to get attractions. and the
other managers around there used
to ask me to get their bookings for
them Soon we had little circle of
theaters, which formed the first
play circuit in the country. Always
the man In the next town wanted to
get in on the bookings, and the cir.
cult just naturally grew of Itself
until was hooking and controlling
40 theaters in the northwest. used
to book through Klaw & Erlanger In
| the days before they We're strong,
and when they formed the trust |
was loyal to them. was about as
strong ? theater trust servant as
there was IN the country.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
MAN FALLS
THROUGH A
GLASSR00F
Old Window Worker Is
Probably Fatally
Hurt.

Isaac Stauffer, an old man en-
ployed by the Kenneth hotel, River.
side and Bernard, in washing win
dows, fell from one of the windows
on the Riverside avenue front today
and sustained very severe and prob
ably fatal injuries.
In falling, Stauffer passed
through the glass roof of the sta
tionary awning in front of the
Washington theater and fell to the
cement pavement with great force.
In the fall one hip and wrist
were broken and internal injuries
sustained. He was removed to the
emergency hospital for preliminary
treatment and this afternoon was
taken to private hospital.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
Fifteen HUNDRED SEE
ROOSEVELT WEDDING

man and the ushers will be Hamil-
ton Fish Jr, Francis Roche, Fulton
Cutting, George Roosevelt, Monroe
Robinson, Grafton Chapman, Nor
gan Gilbert, Eliot Cutler and John
Cutler.
The church was decorated with
lilies, lilies of the valley and roses.
The brides gown was of white
saith of empire mode. with high
neck and three-Quarter sleeves,
trimmed with point lace and orange
blossoms. with collar and yoke of
Valenciennes lace. The bridesmaids
costumes are to be of dull pink and
pale blue.
Eight hundred guests will attend
reception after the wedding, to be
held ht the home of Mrs. Charles b..
Alexander. the brides aunt.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

happened to be having fight with
him, had to give his show in some
barn or rink or tent In their towns.
Il sent kilograms to men who
control 1900 theaters, so-called one
night stands. the best paying mints
OF the theatrical business, asking
them to hurry to Jersey City, across
the river from New York.
In a private residence there on
May 2, 20 of us met In secret. I
told them my plans. I wanted to
form an association Of theater own.
ers who would open the doors a.
their theaters to any shows. either
trust or independent. Every one of
these 40 men came In. We formed
the National Theater Owners asso-
ciation. and | was elected presidents
for one year. This association can
never be a trust. The president can
be deposed by the vote OF any five
OF the members. Then we got 900
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NSa-
u 600-

Observation-Disclosures Taft
offered to take young lady home
In his auto yesterday. Just as his
car was passing a young man and
young woman riding horseback, her
horse stumbled and she fell to the
ground. The president stopped and
said. "You'd better get In here
and let me take you home,' but
she thanked him and said she could
keep her saddle.
when do you expect to begin
working the mine?'
las soon as We get through work
ing the public"
OYSTER BAY-Former PresI,
dent Roosevelt spent the first rest
ful day in a good while here yester-
day. He went to church, and took
long walk with Mrs. Roosevelt
Deacon Wigg-Now, that was a
finished discourse.
Farmer Wagg-Yes; but, dod you
know, l thought 1t never would be.
SEATTLE Former Governor
McGraw shows signs of improve
ment, although his condition still Is
critical.
Hewitt-Whenever l ask Gruet to
have smile he orders high
priced drink.
Jewett-His smiles seem to be
broad grins.
WAllA WALLA. - Campbell
Brothers circus train was wrecked
on the Snake river branch Of the
o. r. & N. yesterday. Ten horses
were killed In the crash.
Observation-Disclosures Taft
has received a letter from Theodore
Roosevelt. It had an English
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
(By United Press Leased Wlre)

NEW YORK, June 20.-Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., eldest son of Colonel
Roosevelt, and Eleanor Butler Alex
ander are to be married at o'clock
this afternoon at the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church. Fifteen hun
dred guests were invited to attend
the wedding.
The ceremony will be performed
by Henry NJ. Saunders, great uncle
of the bride. DR.. Gordon Russell of
Crawford, N. j., will assist him.
Mrs. Snowden Fahnestok will act
as maid of honor and the brides
maids will be Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
Miss Harriet jeanette Alexander,
Miss Joan Delano and Miss Jessie
Mulligan-D Drake.
Kermit Roosevelt will be the best
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

Thus, into verse bursts out G. A.
Forth, a complainant in a divorce
suit filed this morning in the SUI
perior court. in telling of his woes.
1t is the first time on record that
the plaintiff in divorce suit in
Spokane county reduced his matri-
monial ills to poetry.
Usually, the poetry is inspired at
the beginning of love affairs and 1t
requires the hardest and sternest
of prose to tell of the feelings dis
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
PROFESSORS PROTEST.

PEKING. June 20.-Foreign pro-
fessors in the imperial university
are awaiting a reply today as to an
ultimatum sent the Chinese admin
istration in which they state they
will refuse to continue their courf/,
unless sanitary conditions in the
university are improved.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
(By United Press

BERLIN, June 2O.-The
infection on Kaiser Will
helms knee, which has Civ
en- him much pain recently,
was a blood disorder, the re-
suit of over-indulgence in
beer, according to DR.. Doyen,
a famous cancer specialist
and authority on skin dis
eases.
"The kaiser's kidneys are
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

~Tbe city Of Spokane will benefit
which John Cort has made against
the theater trust. a better and a
high class of sh-ws than have ever
before visited Spokane in one season
have been booked for this city next
season. The fight between the weak
ened trust and the independents. who
have grown to giant proportions
within the last month, has outgrown
New York. and the battlefield Is the
country at large. The result Is that
the theater- going public Will derive
tho advantage. The New York corre-
spondent of The Press here tells
Corts own story of how he gained
the "open door" for 1900 theaetrs. at
one stroke. taking them out of the
hands of the trust. t.--Editor.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
SCENT BEER SLOGAN
OF DLAZ' OPPONENT
(By United Press Leased Wire.

Ell PASO 20-Three-cent is The
Nchalos Morando opposing
presidency Mexico.
Miranda incorporated the cheap
meeting
cheers Of feay
Other campaign voiced candidate
abore living
He declared his belief that the maximum
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
TEN DROWNED

(By United Press Leased Wire)
LIVERPOOL, June 20.-The crew
of the steamer La Rochelle of Bay
onne, N. j., numbering 10 men, were
drowned today, following a collision
between the La Rochelle and the
steamer Yewes. The La Rochelle
ran down the Yewes and sank
within a few minutes after the col
lision.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

CANNOT ALLOW THE
INFECTION TO SPREAD

in a bad condition, and the
infection is likely to become
general unless heroic meas
ures are taken," said DR..
Doyen today. "Should the
infection continue, death
will be certain. / don't
think the kaiser's advisers
realize the seriousness of the
situation. I don't think the
kaiser has been doctored in
telligently.'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
ESCAPING SAILOR BROWNS.

(By United Press Leased Wire)
SEATTLE, June 20.-The body of
T. Ganata, Japanese sailor on the
Chicago Maru, drowned in an at
tempt to escape from the vessel, has
not been recovered today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

go. | had a notion that all over the
country there were theater owners
who felt as did about the trust,
and who had seen their theaters
dark and useless while some prod.
uct, just because Klaw & Erlanger
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
RICHARD
OFF FOR
RENO, NEV.
Langford- Kaufman Match
lis Declared
Off.
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. TODAY'S DEVELOPMENTS Z
. IN FIGHT SITUATION. Z

. Rickard goes to Reno, taxi .
. ing arena builder with him and .
. again declaring that San Fran =
. cisco will not be a scene Of the .
. big fight. =
. Announcement that Reno .
. will be battle-ground to be .
. made tonight or tomorrow .
. morning. .
. Langford-kaufman match 10 .
. off. .
y Laneford and ketchel sign .
= to fight at Reno on morning .
= of July 4. .
. Louis Blot abandons plan to .
= hold test fight today in his =
. arena. Z
. Blot said that IL his attor- Z
y neys should advise him he 10 I
. within the law In staging . I
= fight similar TO the one ar. 4
= ranged for Laneford and kauf- Z
= man he will put on two light Z
= weights for . test fight, Z
= "troops or no troops" The Z
. Langford-kaufman fight is off =
= entirely. =
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
GUS SAYS TODAY:

Wen | see a
gang NV prison
ers in handouts
on the way to Jail
it makes me stop
and think. Think
in is sorta pain
full at times. We
are goin' tn have
rain tonight.
Watch what l
say for the real
weather DOPE"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
Especial to The Press)

NEW YORK, June 20.-Abraham
Lincoln Erlanger and Marc Klaw
are smashed, so far as their being n
theater trust Is concerned.
John Cort, who. back In rs. was a
slapstick artist Of the team Of Cort
and Murphy, did 1t. To-day he is
the biggest figure In American the
atrical circles. overshadowing both
the, trust and the Shuberts. who
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20.-Tex
Rickard today shook the dust OF
this city from his shoes and boarded
the 10:30 train for Reno, New. He
took with him prominent builder
and thereby eloquently emphasized
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
SEPTEMBER WHEAT ADVANCES

(By United Press Leased Wlre.)
CHICAGO, June 20.-September
wheat advanced seven cents in two
hours Of trading today on the
strength of reports of dry weather
in the northwest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

At college Hazel HackenSchmidt
used to be 1.-THE athlete. That
was before she was 40, fat and mar
ried.
When the car came to her street
she signaled the conductor with a
graceful gesture and gathered up
her parcels to allght.
Don't git orr de car backward"
cautioned the courteous traction
employe.
Can your kidding and let the
kyah proceed" replied Hazel, con-
temptuously ignoring his advice.
Ding-ding.
Ker-plunk.
(The END
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

Linen Suits Are Popular
This Season
Easy to Have Them, Too,
by Reading the Ads.
Linen suits are always
a popular summer cos
tune for the ladies, but
this year it seems that
more of them are being
worn than ever. Every
woman in Spokane can af
ford to have a good as
sortment. A reliable store
of Spokane has this item
in today's ad:
$500 linen suits on
sale at $3.50"
This is a reliable ad and
may be depended on by
Press readers. 1t is we'll
worth looking up. Read
the ads and save money.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

The defendant tolls not, neither
does she spin,
In her leisure hours other
hearts she doth win;
Against the wish and without
husbands consent,
Neither time nor affections
on his has she spent,
Till Patience no longer such
conduct can endure,
And a wronged spouse new
seeks a divorce to procure.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

stamp on the envelope, land prob
ably came over on Roosevelt's
steamer. Taft isn't telling what
Roosevelt said.
Everything lost on a railroad is
found-but you seldom get it.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

Il Seattle own a magnificent
theater. Bernhardt and some of the
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Weather-ProbabIy showers
tonight; fair weather Tues
day. Max. temp, II; min., 81.
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Continued on Page six.,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20

WASHlNGTON.-President Taft
has received letter from Theodore
Roosevelt. II had an English
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-06-20
TEDDY ROOSEVELT, JR., MARRLED~7yLz
A1ANFALLS THROUGH ROOF AND is EATALLY HURT S[&1l

don't forget to give carrier
your new address or tele.
phone The Spokane Press,
Main 375.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
Mrs. Bertha Blekebere Dead.

Mrs. Bertha Blekeberg passed
away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Carl o. Hagen on Friday, hav-
ing suffered for four years past
from rheumatism. She was born in
Krodsherred, Norway, Sept. II,
1928, and came TO this country in
1851 and here in 1854. Her hus-
band, Ole Blekeberg, preceded her
in death, % years ago. She leaves
to mourn her death four children,
Mrs. Anne Osgaard of North Dako-
ia, Colbjorn of Madison township,
Mrs. lngeborg Hagen of Decorah,
and Peter of North Dakota. The
funeral services were held yesterday
from the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Hagen, interment being in the Madi-
sen cemetery, Rev. Tn. Nilsson Of
ficiating. She was a good woman,
and will be kindly remembered by
her many acquaintance in the city
and vicinity.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
BOYS ON THE FARM.
Organization of Boys Corn Clubs
One Way TO Keep Boys
On The Farm.

The question of how to hold
young men of progressive ideas TO
tie farm has long been one of our
most serious problems, and the in
ability to solve it has been the chief
cause of the deterioration of our
lands. The matter has been reac-
tive; ambitious boys have left the
farm because it promised but little,
and the farm has promised less be-
cause ambitious boys have left it..
The final consequence in many cases
has been that both boy and land
have come to naught. Attaching the
boy TO the soil means the redemp-
tion of both boy and land. DR..
Knapps idea is this: If young men
can be made TO see that farming is
d scientific study as interesting as
any other branch of productive
knowledge, that it can be robbed of
its old-time drudgery and hardships,
that it can be made 10 pay more
than even successful boys can expect
for many years in competitive city
employments, and that an easy in
come in early life will the sooner
fit them for future influence and
power, the problem will be solved,
and the result of his work with the
boys proves the truth of his con-
clusions.
This branch of the work is under
Prof. o. B. Martin. The plan is to
interet boys between ten and eigh-
teen years of age in one thing on
the farm, and corn-raisng has been
| Cnln Cd L
come necessary for farmers to pay
more attention to feed crops. Corn
clubs are organized by agents of the
Government in conjunction with
superintendents of education and
teachers, the boys elect their own
| officers, the Government furnishes
the Instructions, parents furnish
land, teams and implements, mer-
chants and bankers offer prizes,
newspapers keep the matter before
the public, and the boys begin their
career as farmers upon an acre each
| after the plan adopted for adult
! demonstrators. The boys have so
many interested in them that they
! feel bound to succeed, and they do.
Each boy keeps a strict account and
makes yearly report to the Bureau
! of Plant Industry. He must know
the exact cost of his crop and how
his profits have come to him, and
he soon begins to realize to what
extent success depends upon a
! knowledge of the work in Hand and
business methods applied TO it.
From Making Good Farmers Out
tof Poor Ones" by Rosa Pendleton
Chiles, in the American Review oil
Reviews for November
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
Short Course at Waukon.

The state agricultural college will
conduct short course at Waukon
Jan. 80 to Feb. 4. The short course
is an institution Offering, in a con-
else form, valuable instruction for
farmers along lines embraced by the
various branches Of agriculture,
with special work in stock and
grain judging. The farmers wives
and daughters are offered a full
weeks course in Domestic Science,
including discussions and demon
strations of various foods, and in
struction in clothes making The
Allamakee county snort course will
be under the direction of the eX-
tension department of the State Ag-
ricultural College, and the oppor-
tunity to hear Prof. p. c.. Holden is
alone worth more than the price OF
admission. The crops of instructors
furnished by the extension depart
ment includes fourteen people, the
domestic science branch being un-
der the direction Of Miss Nealt
Knowles.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
HAVE YOU BOUGHT 'EM YET?

The days are passing swiftly-just
as swiftly as they may;
Have you bought 'em yet?
The early birds are taking all the
choicest worms away;
Have you bought 'em yet?
There's no time like the present if
you've duties to be done;
The one who keeps delaying never IS
the happy one
The task becomes more awful with
each rising OF the sun
Have YOU bought EN- yet?
The strife becomes more frantic as
brief days come and go;
Have you bought 'em yet?
The race, you should remember, is
but seldom to the slow;
Have you bought EN- yet?
The one who waits till others shall
have kindly cleared the way
Might as we'll sit back expecting
green or black to turn to gray
The people who accomplish are the
ones who start today
Have you bought 'em yet?
IS. E. Kiser, in the Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
WHY is a Church.

A subscriber. sends The Gazette
the following, with this suggestion:
DO you not think it might do good
to some in this community if you
would give space to this sentiment: y
Churches are temples ostensibly
created for religious worship. The
idea of worship dominates in all the
divine injunctions hereunto relating
in all the analogies and proprie-
ties. But does this really extend
itself inclusively or even largely to
the average worshiper?" "Oh, that
preacher doesn't interest me- -
Heard you, ever, gentle reader, a
word like that. Have you yourself
ever said a ;,orl like that? Not
disparaging in the slightest degree
the pulpit proclamation, this ques-
tiCn is still pertinent: WAS this
church dedicated to Almighty Cod
in order that you and others might
be entertained by an interesting
preacher?" Are churches worth the
While if this is the substance of
what they mean? Suppose we for
once, for an example or a sugges-
tion, discard the idea of entertain
ment and even of instruction, and
see what is left! There is at least
the coming together of people actu-
atcd by common purpose more or
less declared TO the inner conscious
ofness, according to ones apprehen-
sion of the Office of prayer and
praise" This is something, surely.
1t is much. Buy such effort of the
will the individual is helped and
others in like attitudes are also
helped. The common impulse is
shared by each. 1t is something to
thrs look into eacn others faces; to
feel, ourselves, the impact of other
sympathetic individual thought and
movement; to have share, however
limited or underlined in the unities
of appointed worship. Help the
church, help your brother men, help
yourself, by having some part, how
ever inconspicuous, in the stated
Worship of this place.-The Occa-
sional."
There is something in the forego-
ing that ought TO appeal to every
one. When these who are a part of
the church make the church what it
really ought to be TO them, there
no doubt will be less difficulty in
reaching those outside.-Cedar Ra-
pids Gazette.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
Home Influence.

The gentle grace of the mother
lives in the daughter long after her
head is pillowed in the dust of
death; and the fatherly kindness
finds its echo in the nobility and
courtesy of sons, who come to wear
his mantle and to fill his places;
while on the other hand, from an
unhappy, misgoveIned and disord-
cred home, go forth persons who
shall make other homes miserable
and perpetuate fhe sourness and
sadness, the contentious. strifes and
ratings, which have made their own
early lives so wretched and distort-
ed
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
The Heart Makes Home.

A crust of bread, pitcher of
water, a log cabin and perfect love
there is happiness for you, wheth-
er the day be rainy or shiny. 1t is
the heart that makes the home,
whether the eye rests on a potato
patch or flower garden. The heart
makes home precious, and it is the
only thing that can. Home is where
the heart is.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
\ Youth of Mettlc.

We have residing in the southern
surburbs of our town, a young man,
who, i reports are true, is wonder
fully and fearfully made. His doe
tor said he had an iron constitution
his friends said he had nerves OF
steel; his uncle that he had a wood
en- head; the girls said he had a
heart of stone; his enemies declar-
ed that there was more brass to him
than anything else; others declared
he had lots of sand, while his ad-
mirers declared he was all wool and
a yard wide.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
Wanted to Know.

Have you ever read any of my
husbands poetry?"
Yes, | have had that-er-yes
ma am
What do you think of it?'
Madam, are you looking for a
compliment for your husbands
verses, or for sympathy for your
elf?'-Houston Post.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21

Worse than an alarm of fire at
night is the metallic cough of Group,
Careful mothers keep Foley's Honey
and Tar in the house and give it at
the first sign of danger. 1t contains
no opiates. r. A. Engbertson. Dec.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21
Our SDeCiaI Christmas

overcoat, lot 607, is the best $1,000
ovcrcoat ever shown anywhere. This
coat sell on sight $1,000 as long
as they last. BEARS.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21

When you have a cold get a bot
tie of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
1t will soon fix you up all right ant
will ward off any tendency toward
pneumonia. This remedy contain:
no opium or other narcotic and may
be given as confidently to a baby
as to an adult. Sold by all medi
cine dealers. Dec.
Decorah public opinion., 1910-12-21

Special attention given to chill
dren's hair cutting at B. e. Buck
nell's. 16-tf.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-10

Congressman Gill Of the Eleventh
Missouri District is calling the atten-
tion of the voters of that district to
be fact that II is costing them more
o live under the present tariff than
t did under the Democratic tariff of
he Cos. There can be no doubt of
the fact, according to the price fig
ares Mr.. Gill is quoting in his
peeches and with which the National
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee is flooding the Eleventh
District.
But nothing is cheap which is un-
attainable. The child, looking at the
candy horse in the bakers window.
feels it to be a too costly luxury be-
capse he lacks the penny which would
make it his. The low prices of the
Dos ere high prices to everybody
withou money and nearly everybody
was without money then. The ex-
p~ectation that imports Of cheap goods
mder the low Democratic tariff
would swell government revenues,
was W. realized. The cheap for
eign goods were brought over, but
they remained in the hands Of the
importers, for the reason that the
purchasing power of the American
people had declined under a tariff
law which closed factories while
t opened ports.-Glove Democrat.