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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
CITY NEW
~ | N REF ~

The call made yesterday by the
comptroller of the currency from
Washington, D. c., for a statement
from the banking institutions in
Spokane revealed most satisfac-
tory and healthy condition, show
ing good gain, as compared with
this time one year ago. The total
deposits in local banks at the close
of business last Tuesday were s33,-
56,404SS, as against S26,S43,-
1883, at the report made April %,
1909, a record breaking showing.
The increase is $6.913,356.69. Of
this amount $12,67S,S 63.53 is in
cash, an increase of $2,591,7S9.31
over the amount shown at the
April call last year. The loans and
discounts have increased about
$4,000,000 during the same period
of time, the total loans and dis
counts now shown being S20,422,-
1865. The increase in the surplus
and profits at this call is $77,O12.4S.
Ezra Meeker, the we'll known
pioneer and hop raiser of Puyallup,
is now, for the second time, mark
ng the Oregon trail" across the
continent, this time travelling by
mule team instead OF oxen, as he
did year ago-one of his oxen be-
ing lame. He is now planting iron
pipe along the trail as markers for
future monuments. Last year in
Baker City and other prominent
points in Oregon and Washington,
when Meeker drove his OK team,
even down Broadway, the school
children planted granite shafts on
the school grounds.
Warrants have been issued for
the arrest of II. NJ. Boone, A. r.
Patten and A. s. Parker, former
officers of the detunct Palouse
State bank, on the charge of en-
bezzlement. Boone, in Spokane
last night, said that his life has al
ways been an open book and is
confident of acquittal. He has
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
AOOKWORM IS
COMING NORTH
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WALLA WALLA, Wash, April z.
DR.. c. Edwin Montgomery of
this city has discovered a family
of six living near Freewater, Ore,
each member of which is suffering
from a pronounced case of hook
worm, the first reported this far
north.
Fear is felt lest the sandy soil in
the Freewater district is infected
and lest the parasite known as I'M
cinafasis may be communicated to
other families. This cannot be de-
termined for some time.
The family formerly lived in Ten
nessee, but went to Oklahoma two
years ago, moving to Weston, Ore,
and coming to Freewater a month
ago. The 10 year old son is suffer
ing from the disease in it's adj
vanced stages.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
PERJURER INSTEAD
OF A MURDERER

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, April
2.-The findings of the board of
court martial, which has found Pri-
vate Wiley Bennett guilty of per-
jury, are on the way to Washington
today for the approval of the de.
partment.
Bennett was arrested as a sus-
pect in the murder of Private Rob-
ert B. DUNN, whose body was
found at the foot of Crows Nest,
a precipitous bluff which overlooks
the sound, in February. The evil
dence against Bennett was purely
circumstantial The officer in
charge of the courtmartial accused
Bennett of being constitutionally
unable to tell the truth and the
murder charge dropped. His story
during the investigation was all
conflicting. The mystery Of
Dumm's murder will probably never
be solved
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02

gone to Coifax to surrender him
self to the sheriff.
One hundred feet frontage or
Pacific avenue has been bought by
the City Dye Works for a plant tc
cost about $4,000. The property
which lies near Garfield street
was purchased from Newton Green
for $4,000.
The record of the hearing of the
Washington Water Power company
Hooded lands case, Just completed
IN Occur dAlene before the in.
terror department, contains a total
OF 100000 words, covering 5000
pages of closely typewriter mat.
ter. This is said to be the heaviest
record ever sent to the interior de.
partment (as the records and ex.
hibits weigh half toni and
involves the right of the Wash
ington Water Power company to
exercise eminent domain.
The Vermont Loan G. Trust COM
pany is planning the erection of a
$4,000 apartment house on Ninth
avenue, just off Mcclellan street.
The plans call for a structure 100
feet on Ninth avenue by 4l0 feet
deep. 1t will be four stories high
| and finished for three and four
room apartments.
M. h. Whitehouse has Just pur-
chased the southwest corner of
Third avenue and Bernard street
from Jacob Woolley for $4,000.
The March rainfall fell below the
average Of 1874 inches during the
last 30 years, only a total of rs
being recorded.
The rentals of offices in the
Hyde block have been greatly in
creased, causing a storm of protest
from the tenants. Office rooms
are in demand and the company
feels that it is entitled to all it can
get.
At the branch U. S. land office
in this city at the opening of the
Spokane Indian reservation yester-
day only 10 responded. In the alb
sence of Allen Newton of Helena,
Mont, holder of No. /, Miss Mabel
d. McNickle of Chicago had first
choice and filed on 1873 acres in the
northeast part of the reservation.
Others who filed were A. j. Snoddy
of Miller, S. d., holder of No. 3; A.
j. Mullan, Wallace, Idaho; H. A.
Treadwell, Mabton. Wash; Nora N.
Gilbert of Seattle; Walter John
son, Nelson; Emil Schaffner,
Evansville, ILL.,, and Albert H.
Squires of Valleyford.
Attorneys Hoffman and Bailey,
before Judge Huneke of the SUI
perior court, have contested the
right of the county clerk to charge
$500 for filing dismissals.
Judgment was yesterday rem
dered against the Great Northern
railway by Judge J. d. Hinkle in
the superior court in favor of Mar
garet Rice and five children for
$1,000, she being the widow of
former employee of the company
who was killed in the Hillyard
yards while working under an en-
CINE which was bumped into by an
other locomotive.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
FINDS DAUGHTER
AFTER A LONG
SEARCH
HAD ELOPED WITH ALLEGED
ARMY OFFICER THREE
YEARS AGO-FOUND
IN MONTREAL.
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MONTREAL, Que, April q
John Copehart, alias Shaw. alias
Cox, has been arrested here,
charged with clipping three years
ago with Anna Behner, the 16-year-
old daughter of Louis Behner of
Hartford, Conn. The finding of
Copehart and the girl together here
ended fathers three years.
search for his daughter that carried
him pretty well over the United
States.
1t is probable that charge of
kidnapping will be made against
Copehart, who has posed as a lieu
tenant in the United States navy.
Behner left today for his home,
accompanied by his daughter. The
girl says that she and Copehart
were married, but she had no GER
tificate to show in substantatiOn
of her marriage.
Copehart departure three years
ago with the Behner girl caused
sensation in Hartford. Despite
vigorous search for the pair they
succeeded in dropping completely
out of sight until within the last
week. Copehart, 1t is said, worked
as waiter in Hartford cafe. At
night, however, he laid aside his
apron, donned a navy lieutenant's
uniform and became quite lion in
Hartford society that knew moth
ing of his calling by day. Copehart
refused to say where he and the
Behner girl had spent the last
three years. They arrived here only
a few days ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
FRANCHISE
IHECOL0REO
VOTERS
TIVE MARYLAND LEGISLATURE
RUSHES THROUGH BILL
CUTTING OFF BALLOT
FROM NEGRO.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md, April q
After an all-night session, the Mary.
land legislature today passed a bin
prohibiting negroes from voting in
town, city and state elections in
Maryland. The bill was supported
and opposed strictly on party lines.
The measure was introduced last
night in the course of a sleepy
session With its introduction
things began to move quickly and
in spite of all that opponents of the
bill could do the measure was re-
ferred to a committee which re-
ported it back to the house favora-
bly, after a brief recess.
Three hours after the bill was re-
ported out of committee the meas
ure was passed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
TABLET CALLED FAKE
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BALTIMORE, Md, April 2.-The
tablet which Prof. Herman V. Hill
precht of the University of Pennsyl-
vania announced two weeks ago
that he had discovered on an expe-
dition to Palestine and which he
alleged upheld the biblical story of
the deluge, was denounced today at
a meeting of the American Oriental
society at Johns Hopkins university
as fabrication and as an exploita-
ton of an archaeological fraud for
purely sensational purposes.
This declaration was made in one
of the --latest additions to Babylon
ian literature of the deluge" pre-
sented by Prof. George A. Barton of
Bryn Mawr college.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
A NEW KIND OF AFFINITY
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CHICAGO, April DIR. G. A.
Drews, doctor of alimentarianism,
found himself suddenly famous to-
day following the publication Of his
lecture before the vegetarian soci-
ETY. at the John Crerar library last
night, when he laid down some new
laws of diet and explained just
what "dietetic affinities" are.
Persons of positive character
should eat negative food and vice
versa. Sour apples do not go well
with persons with that sort of a dis
position. In like manner those of
sunny character should not eat
sweet fruits. Positives should go
with negatives II you expect the
best results"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
TAKU RIVER IN
EXCITEMENT
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/ TACOMA, Wash. April 2.-Ac.
cording to advices received here to.
day from Juneau. the excitement
over the rich placer discoveries in
the upper reaches of the Taku
river continue.
Canadian Customs Agent Busby
has just returned from an investi-
cation Of the new Minion region,
which is on Canadian soil. He
stated the dominion government
would establish a relief station and
customs post on the boundary. A
big rush is expected as soon as the
summer makes it possible to reach
the new district without undue eff
fort.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02

TIRED OF DOING OTHERS WORK.
star boarderr - NV ~ VIC
mo- che declares that she isn't
peek o. lazy boarders any longer" said the ianady
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
MAY BREAK ONE
GLASS COMBINE
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PITTSBURG. Penn. April g.
Although it has not been officially
given out it was learned today on
good authority that the govern
ment is preparing to proceed
against the Imperial Window Glass
company for alleged violations of
the Sherman antitrust law.
1t is said that federal employees
have been investigating for three
months and that they will present
the evidence against the company
before federal grand jury Mon
day, when an attempt will be made
to prove the corporation is a trust.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
broken PIN CAUSED
DEATH Of SEAMEN
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MANILA, April at is expected
that the court of INJURY which is
investigating the explosion of a
three-inch gun on board tie Charles
ton which caused the death of
eight men last week will be COM
pleted shortly. The finding of the
court will not be given out until
they have been forwarded to Wash
ingtOn. Officials have intimated
that the explosion was caused by
a broken firing pin. 1t is said that
the broken pin struck the primer
as the breach block was swung to
close the breach and the explosion
resulted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
TOWN GETS 8 CENTS

-LENOX, Mass, April 2.-The
town of Lenox, the home of the
largest summer resort colony of
millionaires in New England out
side of Newport, received from the
state treasurer of Massachusetts a
check for 3 cents as it's share of
the corporation tax paid into the
state treasury in 1909.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
HE, 20, SUES HIS LOVE,
GO, FOR $4,000 BALM

BALTIMORE, April 2.-The
usual order of breach of promise
suits is reversed in one Just
brought by Frank Catterton
against Mrs. Lucy E. Mcknight.
Catterton is %, while Mrs. Nc
Knight is 6S. Catterton asks s2O,.
600 damages, the claim including
bouquets, candy and theater
tickets which he lavished upon
the widow during their love max
ing. The plaintiff is a linotype op-
orator. Mrs. Mcknight is we'll
to do.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
LABOR TROUBLE IN
THE EATHERLAND
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BERLIN, April 2.-Although a
lockout of 100000 men of the
building trades in Germany is
threatened, il is probable that the
German employers will take no ac-
ton unless the men first refuse to
agree to certain regulations govern
ing wages and hours.
Some $4,000 employers of the
building trades have declared that
they will discharge their men on
April Is, but it is confidently pre-
dicted here that the questions at
issue will be settled amicably.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-02
NO USE FOR MORMONS
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BERLIN. April 2-Five Mormon
missionaries from Utah were ex.
PEELED from Saxony today as unde-
sirable aliens. They were charged
with conducting an immoral propa.
ganda"
The missionaries. had already in
duced many women and girls to
emigrate to Utah.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
PROMINENT MUSICIAN
AND PIONEER DIES
Hermann HoIZhauer Succumbs
Suddenly at Springs

Hermann Hoizhauer choral master
and pioneer. died at Harbin Springs
Sunday at the age of "A years. Death
came suddenly while visiting friends. -
After musical education in Germany
which gave him at the age of IA the
post of erganist in an important church,
Holzhauer came to California and es-
tablished himself as a music teacher in
Stockton in 1858. Three years later he
moved to San Francisco. where he had
since remained.
The Arion found one of its most earn
est workers in him when the society
was founded in 1887. and much of it's
success was due to his efforts.
He was leader of the San Francisco
maennerchor for % years and of the
Teutonia society for II. He also con-
ducted for the Schweitzer bund The
German songs composed by him were
at all times popular with the German
societies.
Holzhauer was one of the leaders of
the big song fest planned by the united
German choral societies of the coast, to
be held here next September.
The members of the Schlaraffia Fran
ciscana, social club, feel his loss
keenly.
His only surviving relative is a daugh-
ter in Germany.
The funeral takes place this after
noon in Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
SHORT BOUT CARD
Will BE Staged
Al Neil and George Green Will
Furnish Main Event of
Hawthorne Show

The Hawthorne club will give its
boxing show next Friday evening at
Dreamland pavilion, when eight bouts
will be staged. For the main event
Match Maker AL Young has secured the
two popular Californians, AL Neil and
George Green, who are to box for de-
cision. No draw verdict is to be per-
mitted.
These middle weights were the two
shiftiest boxers of their time. and a sci
entific contest should be provided. as
both have been in training for several
weeks for this affair.
Several other popular boxers are to
appear. Billy Snailham and Tommy
Mcfarland should put up a lively go.
while Rufe Turner the stockton scrap
per. who at one time fought Joe Cans
for the title. will face rising and
clever youngster in Tommy Ryan. The
balance of the program is made up of
the following talent:
Walter Scott vs. Eddie Marion. 1928: George
Murray vs.. Kid George. 154 Jack Douglas VS..
Jimmy Fox, -1l5: Tom Craig VS.. Bert Andrews.
135; Joe Greely VS.. Harry West, 13j; Tony Ba-
roni vs.. Willie Thomas, 125.
Eddie Horan will referee all of the
preliminaries. while Frank Klaus. the
Pittsburg middle weight, has consented
to Officiate at the main event
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
ALEXANDER smith
Wins GOLF TITLE
Champions Brother, Mcdonald
Smith of CfaremOnf, Is Third
i'm Tie Play Off

PHILADELPHIA, June 20.-AIexan-
der Smith, the professional of the
Wykagyl golf club, New Rochelle, n.
Y, won the play off of the triple tie
for the open golf championship of the
United States today on the links of the
Philadelphia cricket club with score
OF II for the Is holes.
j. J. McDermott of Merchantsville,
n j., won second money with score
of rs. The champions younger brother,
Mcdonald Smith of Claremont, Cal,
was third with rs.
The three men had tied in the COM
petition last week with scores of 29S
for the 72 holes. In the play today
McDermott finally outdrove the win-
ner, but greater stead diness of A1exan-
der Smith enabled him to lead Though
out the match. The winners card was:
Alexander Smith
Out .............4 3 : 4 4-37
In ....,-.-..... 4 3 3-34
The winner received the gold medal
emblematfc of the championship and a
purse of $500. The second mans
purse was $3.50 and the thirds 800.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
S[pOT'ILIGH1rS
ON S[pO[R IT'S

PARIS, June 20.-The prix des yaux dor of
$4,000, distance 10 furlongs, was run at Saint
Cloud today aud won by w X. vanderbilts S
Rameszum. vanderbilt's Clatterfoot finished
third in the prix des clochettes.
BOSTON. June 2o-A new long bicycling
record between New York and Boston was an
nounced today Alvin Lofts, a 10 year old
Gns the distance h Rp1s an ns @ Sd
This is nearly two hours better than the record
made by Joe Noe Of New Jersey year ago.
deliver lecture on Japanese Baseball'' to his
diamond candidates tomorrow as a preliminary
cago invasion of Japan this fall. Before the
club starts summer training for the games with
Waseda and keio universities. Stage will adj
monish them against overconhdence. on the basis
OF news from japan as to the native skill in
baseball
MEMPHIS, June 2o.-Mal Eason. former east
ern league Umpire and working at present in the
southern association. has been appointed to UNI
pire IN the National league. according to an
nouncement here. Southern League President
kavanaugh has offered Easons vacant berth to
Bill Hart, the old time Pittsburg pitcher. who
has been pitching in the Southern league for
several years. He is now member of the
Chattanooga team
ST. LOUIS. June 2o.-H. c. Pietz resigned
tonight manager OF the Louisville club in
the American association after conference
with William Grayson Jr. of the club.
He will be succeeded by Del T. Howard, for
merly with the Chicago Nationals
SAN DIEGO. June 2o-Frank orsati of 625
CASTELAR, street. Los Angeles and RED Cor
hett, youthful prize fighter, were arrested this
to the police 0rsati. whose father is said to
have been wealthy at time. confessed. 1t is
charged that the boys, both under 1s years Of
So So 'i0Ae '-'' '0''i p00''O0n anu store ABOUT
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
COL. FRANK II. JOHNSON
SELLS HIS AEROPLANE
Clubman Returns to Less Haz-
ardous Sports
Especial Dispotch 10 The Call

SAN RAFAEL, June 20-Colonel
Frank III. Johnson, aviator, has sold his
Curtiss aeroplane to Charles volmer OF
Oakland. Formerly he electrified local
society with his skill and daring as an
automobilst, and it is probable that the
old longing to speed on safe terra firma
has outweighed his inclination to soar
aloft in flimsy ship of the air.
His experience at the Alameda meet.
when he landed in the bay, and other
narrowing adventures in which his
aeroplane crashed into fences and
chased crowds of specta tors around the
field, have not been conducive to great
love on his part for navigation in the
upper elements
In view of the assertion made by him
some time ago that he was the only
man in California who had nerve enough
TO run an airship, his disposal of the
Curtiss machine has awakened consid-
erable surprise among his friends and
others in aviation circles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
SOLDIERS CARRY BODY
OF COLONEL TO GRAVE
A. K. Whitton Buried at San
Jose With Masonic Honors
I Especial Dispatch TO The Colll


SAN JOSE, June 20.-The Second
Presbyterian church was filed this
morning when the hundreds of friends
of the late Colonel A. X Whitton. who
dropped dead in San Francisco Satur-
day, was held.
The funeral was under the auspices
of San Jose lodge. No. 10, +. and A NJ,
which order attended in body, escort
ed by San Jose commandery No 10.
Knights Tenplar Members of the
Saintes Claire club and the local Ma
tional Guard also marched.
Rev. George l. Long, pastor. con-
Quoted the services at the church and
the Masons at the cemetery.
The honorary pail bearers were Dr.
M. E. Daley, w. G. Andrews. w. s.
Clayton, Judge II. d. Tuttle and j. w.
Findlay. The active pail bearers were
the following named sergeants in full
dress uniform from Companies B. and
M. Fifth infantry, N. G. c., of which
Whitton was at one time commander.
B. w. Gray, r. E. Babcock, r. w.
Towner, +. l.. Sage, Il. X. Kennedy and
r. Berggeren.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
NINE AMERICANS ARE
GOING TO BULL FIGHT
That's the Way Congressman
Sizes Mexican Centenary

WASHINGTON. June 2O.-Three SEN
ators, three representatives and three
other citizens of the United States will
attend the centennial anniversary of
the republic of Mexico, to be held in the
City of Mexico next September, il the
senate considers fayorably resolution
passed by the house today
Representative Mann of Illinois and
Representative Fitzgerald of New York
opposed the resolution on the ground
that 1t provided merely for junket
Chairman Foster of the committee on
foreign relations being unable to tell
the nature of the celebration, Mann
suggested that 1T would be bull fight
The resolution was passed by a vote of
142 to 20.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
ENDORSEMENT OF
SENATORS OPPOSED
Democrats Expect Lively Con-
test at Ohio Convention

DAYTON, o., June 20.-With pros
poets for a greater degree of peace in
connection with nominations than has
reigned for many years, but with fndi-
cations of contest of national inn
portance over party policies, the Ohio
state democratic convention will open
here tomorrow.
The big fight of the convention will
come when the state central committee
meets tomorrow to consider the propo-
sition to amend the convention call to
require the Endorsement OF a candidate
for the United States senate.
Governor Judson Harmon is opposed
to the Endorsement proposition. and in
dications are that the plan will be de-
feated. Harmon has no opposition for
denomination.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
COM MERGE COURT TO
AWAIT ON CONGRESS
Taft Not to Appoint Judges I'M
til Next Session

WASHINGTON, June 20.-President
Taft will not appoint the Eve Judges
of the court of commerce authorized bv
the new railroad law until December
The law does not become effective until
August Is. BY that time congress will
have adjourned, and early in his term
the president announced that he would
make no recess appointments to fhe
federal bench.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
RUSTGARD RECEIVES
HIS APPOINTMENT
Senate Takes No Action in the
Case of II. l.. Faulkner

WASHINGTON, June 2e-The senate
today confirmed the nomination of
John Rustgard to succeed John J..
Boyce as United States attorney in
Alaska. No action was taken ON the
appointment of Herbert L. Faulkner.
who was named to succeed Daniel Suth-
erland as United States marshal in
Alaska.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21
UNIVERSAL PEACE"
BILL PASSES HOUSE

WASHINGTON, June 20.-In the In
terest of universal peace the house to-
day passed the Bennett joint resolutiop
authorizing the president to appoint !
commission of five members to consider
the expediency Of utilizing existing in
ternational agencies to limit arma-
ments.~