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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03

DETROIT, Mich. Feb. 3.-The
beginning of the end has come for
Hughey Cannon, author of Goo
Goo Eyes" "Bill Bailey" "Ain't 1t
a Shame" II Hates to Get Up Early
in the Morn"-song hits that should
have made him wealthy-and now
he is in the local poorhouse at
Eloise. He affixed scrawly sigma
ture Hugh Cannon" that has ap-
peared in great, gaudy letters on
sheets of music all over the world,
to an application for admittance to
the retreat few days ago.
Drink. cigarets, opium, cigarets,
morphine, cigarets, cocaine, cigar.
ets-and the night life of the ten
derloin cafes, where Hughey has
pounded out his life on the keys of
tuneless pianos-that is the story.
The line is not very closely drawn
In Detroits lower tenderloin cafes,
but Hughey had passed It. They
wouldn't have him tickle the ivor.
les anywhere any more. He had
been on the toboggan here some
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
SMELLS LIKE CALC|M|NE
The Faithful Brush Is in the Lime Pot Ready for Another
Ballinger Smear But Despite Investigating Commit
tees Clumsy Efforts Grave Facts Are Coming Out Con-
cernng Land Grabbing Methods.

Pinchot case. 1t was thrown to.
gether, many hundred pages, with.
out arrangement or system and
without index; but when carefully
examined it proved to be a steril-
lied edition of the evidence. Many
letters were missing; but forum
etely CLAWS had preserved copies
and was able to supply some of the
missing documents.
The fact that the record is found
70 be incomplete is important as
throwing light on the claim tina!
President Taft had all the facts be
fore him, when he whitewashed ed
Ballinger. 1t is also significant in
view of recurring rumors that the
files of the interior department
have been tampered with.
The reference in CLAWS testi
mony to Secretary Ballinger's con
nection with the Wilson Coal Co
case must be borne in mind as
highly important. When CLAWS
gave his first testimony before the
committee the Wilson matter was
merely in the state of litigation
But on the day following CLAWS
testimony word was telegraphed
from Seattle that Judge Hanford
had decided the Wilson case, and
that the decision had the effect OF
returning to the public domain
1924 acres of valuable coal land in
Lewis county for the reason that
the lands had been obtained by
fraud. Subsequent dispatches from
Seattle stated that Secretary Bal
,inger had acted as attorney OF
record in preparing the claims to
these lands. and later was 'of coun
sell to the company.
Attorneys for the Pinchot (Which
is the people's) side of the case
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03

time before he splashed into obliv-
ion at the poorhouse.
Cannon should have made big
money from his lyrics of the tender
loins that he pounded out, express
ing the wild throbbing of his rest
less brain in the smoke laden and
beer smelling atmosphere OF the re-
sorts-but he didn't.
Goo Goo Eyes" he said, II sold
for $25. Bill Bailey | gave away.
| pulled down $3.50 for one | wrote
May Irwin fergit its name-but
that was the most, | ought to have
stuck to my cartoonist work instead
of going wild over ragtime.
The booze is the worst. | quit
the coke, easy, | cut out the pipe
after hitting 1t for year In New
York. quit morphine, too. But
the red, oily booze, that's got me.
II started when | was l6-now
I'm &c, and except for seven months
on the wagon, I've been picklst
most of the time. Twenty, black
nastJ, sick years"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
LUMBER MEN VISITING
THE BIG MILLS TODAY

President, ]. P. McGoldrick; vice
president, c. NJ. Gregg, both of Spo-
kane; treasurer, NJ. II. Strathren.
Post Falls; auditor. I. j. Humbird,
Standpoint; secretary, A, w. Cooper,
Spokane. Board of directors: T. ].
Humbird, II. p. Syendsen, Z. F. Car.
tier Van Dissel, X. A. Hocksett,
George Stoddard, La Grande, Ore. ;
Vincent Palmer. Elgin. Ore; ]. R.
Toole, Missoula, Mont; G. II. Rich
ardson. Lothrop, Mont. Bureau of
grades: 4. j. Humbird, +. A. Hook
sett, Spirit Lake; A. w. Laird. Pot
latch; p. j. Circle, Bonners Ferry;
w. b. Bach, Imbler, Ore; Joseph
Stoddard Baker City; c. II. Rich
ardson and G. +. Weisel, Henderson.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
DAVENPORT
TELLS Of
TROUBLES
FAMOUS CARTOONIST SEPA-
RATED FROM HIS WIFE.
$4OO A MONTH WANTED
MARRIAGES ON TWO WEEKS
ACQUAINTANCE ARE FAIL.
URES," HE SAYS.
(By United Press.)

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 3.-After
reading dispatches that a warrant
for his arrest has been issued at
New York on charge of failing to
pay $400 monthly alimOny to his
wife, Homer Davenport, the car
toonist, who is recuperating from
an illness at the home of A. G.
Spalding at Point Lomo, today gave
an exclusive interview to the
United Press concerning his diff
culties. Davenport declared there
are no scandals and no affinities in
their makeup. In the beginning one
was as much to blame as the other,
he said.
Marriages on two weeks ac-
quaintance," declared Davenport,
should never be encouraged. From
the beginning our views were wide.
ly different, our tastes dissimilar.
had not been married a week be-
fore l realized that our marriage
was a combination travesty. AS
time went on the gap widened, but
/ went on playing with time, with
little hope of readjustment. In up
holding this false condition our
home life may have done injustice
to my children, but still | had a
faint hope that they would help
bridge some of the difficulties.
Later, when there was no longer
any hope of this, | decided for the
happiness of myself and family l
would not remain with them.
though my wife and had occupied
different apartments in the same
house for two years prior to my
final leaving. 1t was not until Mrs.
Davenport circulated stories which
reflected upon my character that I
decided to leave my home in Nor
ris Plains, \. j."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
63 MINERS
LOST LIVES
(By United Press.)

MEXICO, Feb. 3.--According to
estimates made today, 63 miners
lost their lives and between 80 and
40 were seriously injured by an ex,
rlosion that wrecked the Paulau
mine at La Espenanza last yester-
day. Fifty-two bodies have been
recovered from the third level
shaft No. 3. where the explosion oc-
Cured. Rescuers today are explor-
ing the lower levels, where it is
feared other bodies may be found.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03

~ HERE is trouble ahead for the
alleged milk combine--and
q and many of the producers
and small retailers say that a COM
bine exists.
The Spokane Dairy Co., operating
in Union Park, and a number of
small dairies on the north side have
cut the price OF milk at retail to
8 1-3 cents per quart or II quarts
for 81, while the Big Four" which
charges a fraction over nine cents
per quart, or II quarts for a 81, in
tended not to cut the price until
April 1.
Whether the lower price by the
smaller dairies will affect the price
of the larger concerns remains to
be seen. If the opposition by the
smaller dealers should be such as
to make inroads into the trade of
the larger concerns. a general re-
ductiOn to the s 13 cent price may
come sooner than the agreed period
for the change.
The Spokane Dairy Co. does not
milk a single COW, yet it can afford
to undersell the other dealers and
still make profit. 1t buys its milk
from the producers at Is to 20 cents
per gallon f. o. b. cars in Spokane.
The other dairies pay no more, yet
they exact nearly nine per cent
more for their milk at retail. Fur
thermore, the Spokane dairy has
maintained the 1-3 cent price most
of the winter, while the big Four
have collected the higher price all
of the winter.
Mr.. Holland of the Spokane Dairy
Co. says: 1--WE give II quarts for
81. but do most of our business at
wholesale, selling the milk at 25
cents per gallon. We retail to pri-
vate consumers probably so gallons
per day. We belong to no associa-
tion or combine and fix our prices
to suit ourselves"
]. e. Smith of Williams prairie.
who runs small dairy on Williams
prairie and cells in Spokane at re-
tail. says: Some of the large
dairies feed malt from the brewer
les and pulp from the sugar factory
at Waverly, which materially re-
duces the cost OF their feed. They
gobble up all of this cheap feed. so
we little fellows get no show at it.
While the cost of feed is high. ! am
willing to meet any cut that may
be made in the retail price of milk"
Af the Broadview dairy, which is
the largest producer and retailer Of
milk in the city, the following
statement was given out: I'VE milk
COO cows a day and it costs us 22s
cents per gallon to lay our milk
down In Spokane. We sell only our
own milk to the retail trade and de-
liver the milk bought from the
ranchers to the wholesale trade.
The wholesale price is 25 cents per
gallon. and there is no margin in 1t
at that figure. We can see no
change in tho retail price of milk
before March l.
is no combine of the milk
fIen at this time, and the price OF
milk goes up in the fall and down
in the spring the same as the price
of other commodities. We had a
credit association among the milk
men until a year ago, but because
of lack OF interest 1t was
dropped"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03

Delegates to the fourth annual
convention of the Western Pine
Manufacturers association, which
convened yesterday in the chamber
of commerce assembly room, are
visiting the McGoldrick lumber
mills this morning. They are in
specting grades and grading rules,
a discussion of which will close
the business of the convention
Many of the delegates will attend
the concatenation of the Order of
Hoos Hoos to be held tonight in
the Columbia building A banquet
was held by the delegates at Dav.
enport's Hall of Doges last night.
Officers of the association elected
late yesterday afternoon for the
ensuing year are as follows:
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
HOWDOES
LAW PROVIDE
FOR HIM.?

Refused admittance at the
county poor farm because he
was not native son, crippled
and unable to take care Of him
self r. c. Mahaffey, an aged
man who came to Spokane re-
Gently, but who has been q vic
tim of rheumatism, was taken
from the streets by the police
yesterday, booked on a charge
Of vagrancy and questioned In
the police court yesterday after
noon.
Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
ney Denton NJ. Grow an
nounced that he thought he
could find suitable place for
the old man where he could do
light chores for his board and
room. At present the aged
vagrant Is at the county Iall.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
MRS. BROKAW
GETS $4,000
A YEAR
AND SEPARATION -CHARGES
AGAINST MILLIONAIRE
HUSBAND PROVEN.
(By United Press.)

MlkEOLA, L. l., Feb. 3.-Mary
Blair Brokaw today was granted a
separation from her millionaire
husband, William Gould Brokaw, by
Justice Putnam of the New York
supreme court. Justice Putnam's S
opinion, l,ied today, allows Mrs.
Brokaw $4,000 yearly for her
maintenance, and holds her aIIega-
tions, upon which the suit was
based, to be fully proven.
Mrs. Brokaw had demanded $780,
900 yearly.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
OUR HISTORY DULL; 1T
LACKS WOMEN?

CHICAGO. Feb. 3.--"Our history
has no picturesqueness: It is the
most dull and limited history of any
great nation, and the reason for It
is that woman has been ignored.
Woman makes history romantic
and interesting"
These statements were made yes
terday before the Highland Park
Woman's club by Mrs. Charles Hen
rotin. She spoke of Empress Eu-
genie of France. Empress Frederick
OF Germany. and Empress Carlotta
of Mexico, who played important
parts in the history of their re.
spectiye nations.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
ANOTHER COMET
HEADED THIS WAY

. MANILA, Feb. 3.-The OBJ
= servatory last night sighted
= third comet, a few degrees
= south of Venus, and appar-
. emily approaching the earth.
= 1t is thought to be Winnecke's
. comet.
q The astronomers are certain
. it is neither A. 1910 nor Hal 4
. ley's celestial wanderer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
GRAND MASTER TO
BE ENTERTAINED

Masons of the city have been in
vited to a blowout" to be given
tonight by lodge No. 81 in honor of
the grand master of the order for
Washington, William r. Baker, who
is in the city. The master Mason's g
degree will be conferred as part of
the evenings entertainment, to be
followed by banquet. Mr.. Baker
will leave tomorrow for the coast.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
STEAL THE MEAT,
LEAVE THE MONEY

NORWICH, n. Y, Feb. 3.-Rob-
bers entered Browns meat market
here early today and carted away
500 worth of meat. The cash
drawer in the meat market con-
tanned money, but neither 1t nor the
safe, containing several hundred
dollars was touched.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
THE ATMOSPHERE RESPONSIBLE
FOR HORRIBLE Mine DISASTERS?

Wor Z
Ia hanse tmos~
a year a large etcnt
o o o
dsad
air entn the u
he ac tends to create usexposN
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
SELLS LAND FOR BOOZE.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Feb. s.
James b. Aiken. Fort Worth. says
he has sold to dlstillers of Dayton
o., 100000 acres in Brewster and
Presidio counties for 100000 gal.
Ions OF whisky.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
STOLE WOOD; IS FINED

William Trufle was fined SIS by
Justice Hyde this morning for steal.
ing wood belonging to the Realty
Lands and Improvement Co. The
charge of petit larceny was pre-
ferred against him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
oo.NE: FIRM
CUTS To
8 Is CTS.
General Reduction From
Nine Cents May
Follow.
A COMBINE IS DENIED
Price Is Cent Per Quart
Higher Than in New
York-Dairy Men
Interviewed.

= . . . = q = = q . . = . - =
= Meat is not the only table .
. supply item that is high. How =
. about milk? Present prices =
. are over nine cents per quart. .
= In New York a campaign has =
q just been won which reduced .
= the price from nine to eight =
. cents. Local milk dealers deny =
. a combine, but uniform price .
= has been maintained by all. .
Q . Q Q . . q . q q q . q . . .
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Friday.
Not much change in tempsra-
ture. Max, 80; min., 20.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-03
Your Wife's Eyes

What are their color? See
local story on editorial page
today.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
MORGANS TO RACE.
Special Prizes for Morgans to Run
and Race at Vermont State
Fair

Much has been written regarding the
Morgan horse exhibit to be made at the
Vermont State Fair at White River juno
ton, Sept. 90, q, % and 80, but two
special prizes have escaped notice up to
this time.
One of these is a half mile running
race for Morgans, open only for horses
entered in the Morgan classes either
special or regular, for S25 to the first, SIS
to second and $40 to third. 1t is not
generally known that typical Morgan
can run with great speed, but much is
promised of interest in this race and
some of the best Morgans in the big ex-
hibition are expected to show remark
able speed.
The other special prize is a sweep
stakes driving race without whip. Max
well Evarts. chairman of the State Fair
commission, offers to back the Morgan
mare, Dutty Dimples, for 500 in a driv-
ing race for ID miles without whip and
without goading or striking the horse in
any manner, in a four. wheeled vehicle
at even weights. This race is open to
any stallion, mare or gelding upon the
deposit of 800 for each horse entered,
the entire purse to go to the winner.
The Morgan horse exhibit will be the
argest ever made in this country.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09

The pearl stringer's eye becomes
practced in the detection Of real and
imitation pearls. one glance is usually
sufficient. \ genuine pearl has hard
look. II presents sort of shell-like
surface with an indescrbable blush.
This blush is so cleverly counterfeited
in wax limitations that even those who
are accustomed to handling pearls day
after day are likely to be deceived.
In one of the large New York jew
elry houses last winter customer
purchased hand painted miniature
set in frame of imitation pearls.
On examination it was found that sew
eral of the pearls had been slightly
defaced. and the whole thing was sent
to the manufacturing rooms for re-
pairs BY chance it came under the
eye of one OF the pearl stringers. who
instantly detected four genuine pearls
in the circle of imitation ones about
the picture. The frame had passed
through a dozen expert hands with
out any ones noticing the presence
of real pearls. No one could account
for their being there. If they had not
been detected the purchaser of the
frame would have had bargain. for
the four genuine pearls were worth
many times more than the picture
and the rest of it's setting.-New York
Tribune
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
Costa Rican Volcanoes.

Costa Rica has been subject to earth
quakes for many years. Part of the
republic is exceedingly mountainous,
and in this part of the country there
are more than a score of volcanoes,
some of them dead, but a few that
break out periodically. There are
three or four that have been active
for more than a century. Some of
these are near San Jose, the capital.
Costa Ricans have always believed that
earthquakes, which the country has ex-
perienced ever since it was first set
tied by Spanish Adventures, were
caused by the volcanoes. There is
good ground for this belief, because II
has been noticed that earthquakes OF
more or less intensity followed the ac
tivity OF these volcanoes. If the vol
canic eruptions were violent the earth
quakes were correspondingly severe
Washington Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
Butter and Butter Sub stitute.

The great majority of people eat but
ter and much prefer it to any of the
substitutes which have been put upon
the market However, a great many
people must use substitute on account
of the high prices which prevail during
certain months of the year.
Oleomargarine is the most common
substitute for butter and millions of
pounds of this product are consumed
each year. The difference in cost of
butter is so great that when butter is
retailed at forty cents per pound, cleo
margarine may be retailed at twenty
cents per pound at as great profit to
the dealer.
The person who chooses to purchase
the substitute should be allowed to do
so and he should be required to pay only
the price of the substitute. The differ
ence in price between the genuine pro-
duct and the substitute is so great that
dealers are tempted to sell the latter
for the former. Only by requiring that
the consumers may differentiate be-
tween the two articles can honest traf-
fic in the substitute be insured.
This was contemplated by Congress
when the present internal revenue tax
of ten cents per pound was levied upon
"artifcialy colored oleomargarine. "
Many people think that all oleomar-
garine is taxed ten cents per pound.
This is not fact. Oleomargarine
which is 'artifcially colored" so that
the consumer cannot distinguish it from
butter is the only oleomargarine that is
thus taxed. When it is put upon the
. market in its natural color it is only
taxed one-fourth of one cent per pound.
1t is only when the product is made tC
look like butter so that it may be frau
dulently sold as butter that a burden.
some tax is imposed upon it. The i'm
position of the tax is not to suppress:
the sale of oleomargarine or to make il
more expensive to the consumer, but t.
prevent fraud in its sale.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
Shirt of Youna America.

A teacher in a Philadelphia public
school narrated the following account
of how an aspiring young Italian citi-
zen was beginning to show the effects
of an American environment. The
story. which was told at teachers as
ISOLATION meeting runs something like
Hs:
Tony had been away from school
about week. and when he showed up
one morning the teacher asked him
where he had been.
II ran away" said Tony.
Ran away! What did you do that
for?" asked the teacher.
MY father was going to lick me, so
/ thought I'd run away" was the re-
ply.
The teacher by further questioning
brought out the fact that Tony for
some tritinG dereliction had been
threatened with a beating and had
stayed away from home the best part
of a week.
But your father has the right to
whip you. said the teacher.
Yes. he may" added Tony. but
was born in this country. and don't
want no foreigners to lick me."-Pitts
burg Chronicle-Telegraph
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
Held on Charge of Kidnapping.

Assid Kourie, a Syrian, who has as
sumed the Americanized name of Isaac
Cory, is in Jail in st. Johnsbury charged
with kidnapping. About IA years ago
Kourie lived in Barre with his wife and
one child. When she gave birth to a
second child Kourie deserted his family.
His wife unable to support the family,
gave the baby to Frank Simons of Ston-
nard.
Three years ago Kourie asked for a
writ of habeas corpus to gain possess
sion of the child. 1t was refused by the
court and Kourie was not seen again
until he appeared in an automobile at
the schoolhouse where his daughter was
attending school. He seized her, forced
her into the automobile and hurried to
his home in Berlin. N. II. An adopted
brother, who attempted to prevent the
seizure of the girl, was struck and an adj
ditional charge of assault is made
against Kourie.
States Attorney Simonds and Sheriff
Winch of Caledonia county went tC
Berlin and secured Kourie and brought
him back. He was given a hearing anC
is held under 81 900 bail for the grand
Jury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
Granite Business is BOOMING.

The granite sheds of Montpelier re-
port the most business the past month
of any August in several years. For
time after the strike was settled last
spring there were no orders in sight
except those which had accumulated as
a result Of the tie-up in the industry.
During the early and middle summer
orders began to come in and at present
nearly every shed in Montpelier and
Barre is working full compliments of
men and some are rushed with orders.
The railroads have handled increased
tonnage as a result of this increase in
business and the tonnage of granite leav-
ing this city over the Central Vermont
and Wells River roads has been far
above the average for the past FIVE
weeks There are few large jobs being
cut, most of the work being the usual
run Of monumental cutting.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
Seeks $4,000 Death Damages.

Papers have been filed in the Wash
ington county court in negligence suit
brought by j. Ward Carver, of Barre,
administrator of the estate of Irene Far
rar, against Mrs. j. B. Sanguinetti and
her four children, owners of the San
guinetti block on North Main street in
Barre for S15 600 damages.
February last Miss Irene Farrar
aged Il years, was struck on the head
by bricks falling from a cornice at the
top of the Sanguinetti block. Her skull
was crushed and she died the next morn
ing at the Barre city hospital. Negh-
gence of the defendant is claimed in al
lowing the property to he unsafe and
thus endangering the lives of the public
The case is returnable at the Septem-
Der term of the Washington county
court. The papers served on Mrs. San.
guinetti were in the form of an attach
ment on the block
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-09-09
Number Plant Employee Badly
Hurt.

Charles Newell, employed in the plant
of the Rabidou Lumber Co. in North
field, was injured Friday, September 2,
when piece of timber flew from the
saw at which he was working, striking
him in the abdomen. He was taken to
his home in an ambulance, and although
the extent of his hurts could not be as
certained at once, it is feared that he
has suffered internal injuries. He has
been employed by the Rabidou Lumber
Co. for about five years.