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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06

SAVESC|TY
ONCE MORE
Pratt's Attempt to Unload
Mud Fill Reservoir Is
Again Defeated.

For probably the seventh time
in the last is months the mud fill
type of reservoir that Mayor Pratt
has tried to unload on the city
went down to defeat, through the
kind Intervention Of the city coun-
Gil in behalf Of the taxpayers.
The history of Mayor Pratt's ef
fort to unload this engineering
monstrosity on the taxpayers
forms one Of the most interesting
chapters of the many that tell of
the peculiar work that has been
unloaded or attempted to be un-
loaded on the taxpayers since
Pratt went into office.
Again 1t remained for the city
council, as in many other instances
In the past, to protect the inter-
ests of the public and defeat the
attempt to foist on the people an
Improvement that has time and
again been condemned by engi-
Continued on PAGE Two.
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HYMN WRITER ON TRIAL; TRIED
II TO KILL HIS CHORUS GIRL WIFE

4 NEW YORK. Dec. 6.--Alfred II.
Dalby. composer of many we'll
lkrlpwn hymns. was placed on trial
ltopay before Judge Crane in the
court of general sessions, charged
with attempted murder Of his
pretty young wife. Lucille, who is
Known on the stage as Teddie Hud-
son. The extreme penalty of the
crime is % years Imprisonment.
Richly clad in furs and silks,
Mrs. Dalby told how her husband
had attempted to kill her. Mrs.
Daily said she had been married
to Dalby almost two years and that
almost from the honeymoon they
had quarreled.
"He was insanely jealous" she
said. land his temper was always
dangerous. At last i found that
could not live with him, and we
separated told him i never would
have anything TO do with him, hut
he kept bothering me. coming to
the theater and begging me to live
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
NEAT LITTLE
SCHEME DID
NOT WORK
Order Given to Work Seven
and One Half Hours-Was
Against Ordinance.

Commissioner Gorge Armstrong
Of the board of public works and
head of the city water department
ds..5s full of schemes as an egg is
full of filling, and every once In a
while one of his schemes will bub-
BILE up and boil over, only to be
calmed down again like a kettle Of
hot soup when it's shifted to the
back Of the stove.
Georges latest little scheme.
and, Of course. one which he her
aided as being of great saving
value to the city. was developed
yesterday, when the order went
forth from the head mogul of the
water department to the effect
that from now on and henceforth,
commencing this morning, the
men in the employ of the water
department should work but seven
hours a day instead of the eight
hours provided for by city ordi'
nance.
Armstrong; brain developed the
idea that the city of Spokane was
M receiving full value from the
labNrers In its employ, because of
the aact that the days grow shorter
In the fall of the year, and 1t be-
comes dark nowadays before the
men have finished their eight
hours work
= Men in the employ Of the city
have been going to work at 3
o'clock, stopping but half an hour
for dinner and finishing the day
Continued on Page Two.
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A BIG
FIRE
By United Press.

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec.
6.-Fire that started in the
Fendrick cigar factory here
today caused the destruction
of a block of property, en-
failing a loss Of 81, ,00O,O 900.
Thomas Eidelman, agent of
the fire insurance companies
carrying risks on the de
stroyed property, dropped
dead while watching the
fire. The cause of the fire is
not known.
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Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

There were thick flurries at in
tervals as II the world were filled
with sudden storm of white feath-
ers, but no weight of snow fell; the
air, had sweet coldness as one
inhaled it. yet was as mild as De-
cefnber oath might be and not be
pnslllanimous-a well-bebaved win
ters day; there was not the ghost
Of D reason why the / :05 local from
Baychester should be two hours
late.
The handful of passengers at
Blenheim Junction wandered aim
lessly, afraid to go away lest the
beIated train should make up time;
now and again they drifted to-
gether and exchanged pessimistic
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
STRAIN TOO
TERRIFIC
~
(By United Press Leased Wire)

(ey United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-After
staying ahead of all existing
records for more than IS hours, 13
teams entered in the annual six
day bicycle race at Madison Square
Garden today gave way under the
terrific strain and dropped backed,
until at noon they we eight laps
behind the former mark. -. -. =.
AT that hour the leaders were
still launched. They had covered
738 miles and four laps. The
French team was nine laps behind
the leaders.
At o'clock the French team
withdrew from the race. They
were 10 laps behind the leaders
and realized that they were hope
lessIy beaten.
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PROTEST AGAINST
JAP EXECUTIONS
(Ry United Press Leased Wire.)

OAKLAND, Cal, Dee. Ga monster mass meeting of
protest to be attended by both Americans and Japanese
will be given tonight by the socialists to demonstrate
against the execution of the 26 japanese labor leaders in
Japan who awaiting execution by Japanese secret
tribunal accused of consprng against the royal family.
Among the Japanese under sentence is A. Topoko
formerly member of the local socialist party while
student at the University of California. He caught
with attempting to spread the propaganda which, to the
japanese mind, is conspiracy against the mikado.
The protest, which is of the many others being
framed throughout the country will be sent
the Japanese ambassador in Washington
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
HE LEAVES
IN DISGUST

Joe Curry, shot by Lee Downey, former member Of
the police force has returned to Astoria, Ore, having
been unable to justice before the Spokane auhor
ties. The election is over, there has been change in
prosecutors Downey has vanished and Currys
again lost in the shuttle. I
When Joe Curry left Spokane his arm hung limp by
his sde because of his wound His wasted form told Of
the pain and torture he had suffered in the last
months, and his shattered only queted by
liberal doses of strong drug the craving for which he
had acquired while administered to him to ease the
racking pain that tore at his very life strings
Joe Curry is gone Lee owney gone there has been
change of possibly it is thought that the ends
of justice have been attained.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06

those Immediately preceding Il,
President Taft delivered his an.
nual message to congress today.
He says that from his trip to
Panama he believes that the canal
will be finished BY schedule time,
January I, 1915, and at the estj.
mated cost Of $375,Ooo, 900. Ne
recommends provision prohibit.
ing interstate commerce railroads
from owning or controlling ships
engaged In the trade through the
canal.
In regard to conservation, the
president says: ~ recommend that
the limitation now imposed ubon
the executive which forbids his re-
serving more forest lands In Ore<
gon, Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Colorado and Wyoming be re-
pealed."
Following Is the message h
Congress is urged to support the
state department In its endeavors
to further trade expansions.
l can not leave this subject with.j
out emphasizing the necessity Ohs
such legislation as will make poa-
sible and convenient the estahlish.
ment of American banks ana
branches of American banks Ii for
eign countries. Only ~ such
means can our foreign trade be ~
vorably financed.
Urges Big Merchant Marlns.
Another instrumentality indis-
pensible to the unhampered ana
natural development Of American
commerce is merchant marine. All
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
Continued on Page Two.
BOY AND GIRL
ARE MARRIED

(By United Press Leased Wlrs)
SEATTLE, WASH, Dec. e.
A romance that began while
puzziing over problems In al
zebra In Seattle and ended In
the Victoria marriage license
bureau, became known today
when Cora Helmick Beattie, a
17-year-old senior In the high
school here, confessed to hor
mother that she was the wife
OF Carl Jones, t8, a ciassmats.
The mother Of the young
wife learned Of the marriage
whom she accidentally found a
marriage certificate In a
bureau drawer. The marriage
occurred last February.
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MESSAGE CAUSES
STOCK DECLINE

(sy United Press Leased Wire)

(6y united Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Following
the publication of President Taft's
message to congress the leaders in
the stock market experienced
marked declines. Previously the
changes had been slight. After the
receipt of the message, however,
a sharp slump hit the market. The
drop was attributed to a passage
in the message with reference to
test of existing laws affecting
corporations before considering
new legislation. N Y. Steel
dropped /. L. p. 2, Lehigh Valley
3 and ID. e. Il. g.. Mo Pac. and In
terboro preferred about IL.
Trading came to a standstill at
times just before noon pending the
publication OF the presidents mes
sage. The market closed strong.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06

surmises as to any ones chance OF
getting anywhere for Chritmas. The
shifting human atoms might be
classified as four punches; the
small-boy bunch. three women cir
cling about a stolid and annoyed
boy: the tobacco bunch, four un-
shaven men; the parson-black of
clothes, pallid, yet strong of face
and his friend, prosperous bust.
ness man by the look of him; and,
the fourth diviion, a solitary In
dividual. This last was young, and
so strongly built that muscle was
the first impression on looking AT
him. His listless movements were
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06

aberdeen WINS,
BUT STILL LOSES
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

OTMPTA, Wn, Dec. 6-The Northwestern Baseball
league acted illegally in dropping the Aberdeen Wn,
team from the league January 49, 1910, according to
decision of the supreme court OF Washington which was
handed down today The decision declares however, that
as baseball league odd number of clubs would
a losing proposition from financial standpoint the writ
asked for denied the grounds that writ to re-
instate Aberdeen would be promptly followed by legal
steps to drop the club and in consequence good could
from the issuance of the writ prayed for by the
Aberdeen team
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To
UNJUST
CRITICISM
} Q . Q . . 90 y 80 . . q .
WHAT TAFT SAYS.

. Opposes any revision of the I
. tariff.
. Recommends ship subsidy Z
. for upbuilding of merchant Z
. marine.
. Urges that tariff board be
. made permanent.
. Calls attention to reduc- 4
. tion in expense of running the Z
q government. Z
. Recommends fortification of
= Panama canal, at expense of Z
q $19.000.0O0..
. Urges passage OF provision Z
= prohibiting railroads from con-
= trolling ship traffic through Z
. Panama canal. Z
. A bureau of health should Z
. be established.
. Recommends some recogni- Z
. tion of Pearys discovery of Z
. the north pole. Z
. . . . . . = . . . . 80 . Z
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ode
tending the Payne tariff law, and
asserting that his administration
has been more economical than
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
DEBATING GARMENT WORK.
ERS' STRIKE.

Noy OH''eu FTess Ged"eu ""e'
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-Whether
there will be peace or whether the
garment workers strike shall con.
tinue is being debated today by the
tailors affected by the peace ne,
gouations. The cutters yesterday
accepted. conditionally. the pro-
posals made by the manufacturers
The final acceptance depends on
the vote of the tailors. who are con.
sidering the problem today. II they
vote this afternoon TO accept the
peace proposals the cutters will
also finally accept and tho strike
will be ended.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
DIRK RIDES ON F.
TRAIN.

. OMAHA, Dec. 6.---The stork
. accompanied a fast North
. western train to Ames, Iowa.
. and there Mrs. Emma Ham
. stadt of Columbus, Neb., gave
. birth to a girl.
. The woman's husband re-
q Gently died and she was
. short OF money. Commercial
= travellers devised a plan
= whereby each paid dollar for
= a peep ut the baby. and the
= mother now has a full purse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
SUTHERLIN FIRE

SUTHERLIN, Ore, Dec. 5.-Fire
of uncertain origin swept through
the business center of Sutherlin
today, practically wiping out the
heart OF the town. The loss Is
estimated at $25.000 and is partly
covered by insurance. Forty struc-
lures, housing several stores and
number of offices were burned.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
MONTE GETS ANOTHER GO
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec 6.-Monte Attell, who claims
the bantamweight championship by virtue of his recent
victory Jimmy Walsh of Boston today signed articles
for 10 round bout with Roy Campbell local asprant
to be staged at Tulsa Okla. ecember %
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= . 80 . . . . . . 90 -
} FINDS $165 IN MicE's NEsTp<

. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-While 4
. James Babcock was rummag-
. ing about his cellar at Port I
. Jarvis he found an old coffee ,
. pot in which nice had built I
q a nest. 4
q The paper they used was 4
. his old pay envelopes, and In I
. them were bills amounting 10 ,
q Sl65, which his wife had evi- I
y IDENTITY saved each month. She 4
o d!od-12 years ago.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
PERJURER Is PLACED ON TRIAL.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6.-The trial of c. B. Snell on
charges of perjury growing out of the trial Of Dr. B.
Perrin from conspiracy to fraudueny patenting public
lands began today before Judge Bean the United States
circuit court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06

VIENNA. Dec. 6.-Refuaed roso
by a nurse maid. from whom ne
demanded tho flower, q young man
OF 20 shot the girl dead On The
spot In q street In suburban Vtonua.
At his trial It was related that ho
came OF good family, and Z com
mission of doctors pronounced him
to be sane.
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with him again."
The shooting occurred on July
22. while Mrs. Dalby was standing
on the steps of her boarding house.
Dalby has been in the TOmbs ever
since.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
UNCLE SANS TROOPS BACK HOME.

NOGALES Ariz., Dec 6-After patrolling the Mexican
border for than two weeks, detachment of United
States regulars from Fort Huachuca left Nogales today
to return to the barracks.
CABINET JOB FOR REYES
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
TRYING TO GET BURKE JURY.

jury to try Dr. Willard P. Burke accused of dynamtng
dwelling occupied by Luea Smith and her child, began
today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06

MEXICO CITY, Dec 6-President Diaz cabled General
Bernardo Reyes this afternoon, offering him cabinet
portfolio, according to report here 1t is said that Vice
President Ramon Corral is to resign and go To
Europe, and that Minister of Finance Lmantour will also
retire soon.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-06
Night Bulletins
HERE'S A BRAND NEW SENATOR

BATON ROUGE, La.- &c. 6.-,Judge w. r. Thornton
of Alexandria, this afternoon was elected United States
senator by the general assembly to succeed the late SEM
ator McEnery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
ANCIENT WEDDING RINGS.
On the Isle of Man They Were Used
as instruments of Punishment.

rlon tue London Chronicle.
In the Isle Of Man the wedding ring
was formerly used as an instrument of
torture. Cyril Davenport in his book on
Jewelry" remarks that there once ex-
listed custom in that island, according
TO which an unmarried girl who had
been offended by a man could bring him
10 trial and IL he were found guilty she
would be presented with a sword a rope
and ring. With the sword she might
cut off his head; with the rope she might
hang him or with the ring she might
marry him. 1t is said that the latter
punishment was that invariably in
ficted."
The wedding ring. which was toler-
ated by the Methodists, was anathema
TO the early Puritans, who regarded per-
sonal adornment as one of the many
snares of satan. Wesley who was a.
high churchman, probably recognized its
symbolical value. In the old English
marriage service ii was the custom for
the bridegroom TO put the ring on the
thumb of the bride. saying, I'm the name
OF the Father, then on the next finger
saying. and the Son." then on the third
finger saying, and of the Holy Ghost"
fnally on the fourth finger. with the
word, Amen"
The ring was left there because, as
the Sarum rubric says, "a vein proceeds
thence to the heart" In the modern
marriage service the ring is placed at
once upon the third finger, the invoca-
ton to the trinity being understood
The wedding ring was the only form
OF Jeweiry permitted to the early Metho-
ofsts. and there are people still living
who recall how no longer than forty
years ago they were reproved by old
Methodist ministers for breaking the
rules of membership which forbade (and
technically still forbid Methodists to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
NEW YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK. July 2.-The statement OF
clearing house banks for the week shows
that the banks hold $1S.91S. 400 more than
the requirements of the % per cent re-
in the proportionate cash reserve as COM
pared with last week.
The statement follows:
Loans, $1.215. 537 600, increase, SIS, 755,
600: deposits. 81 .20S. 273. 500, increase. ST.
197, 500; circulation, $4S, Alt, 100, increase
ST., 300; legal tenders. $6S,377, 900, decrease
81. 439 800; specie, $2J2. sos. 800. decrease,
So. $500; reserve. $500, $50. 500. decrease,
IS, 156. 500; reserve required. 500. O6S. $50
increase, S1.799,375; surplus. $1S,91S,4JO
decrease, 1886. 171: eX United States de-
posits. $40. 422.775. decrease. $3.50. 425.
The percentage of actual reserve Of the
clearing house banks today was 1916
The statement of banks and trust COM
panies of Greater New York not report
ing to the clearing house shows:
Loans, 81. 17J, 239. 100; increase. 50. 1884, 600.
Specie, $3.50, $40. 800: increase, 1881. 800.
Legal tenders, $21. 1900: decrease.
$149, 100.
Total deposits, 81 ,29O, 412,OOO; increase,
$40 2232 800.
The Financier will say.
The associated banks of New York
city. according to the statement of actual
conditions published Saturday. lost with
reserve. the surplus standing July at
IS, 669. 800, compared with over Sd, 1900,
reported the week previous. The strik-
ing feature of the current statement was
a decrease of approximately $19.OO9.0Oo
in specie and legal tender. This was
three times the amount indicated by the
preliminary estimates, based on known
transactions with the interior and the
subtreasury. The heavy decrease is
due probably to complications connected
with the enormous July l dividend dis
bursements, which broke all former rec
ords. There was some surprise also at
the increase of $9,S13,SO 500 in loans. as
the logical tendency, based on the week s
business, was toward contraction. rather
than expansion in this item.
Deposits fell 1906, 500 as result of the
operations noted above. and the cash re
serve In the banks is now only 1916 per
cent. as against 27.11 per cent for the
previous week. The statement, based on
averages, showed an expansion of fifteen
and three-quarters millions in loans. a
decrease of q little over $S.O00.000 in cash,
and a decrease Of $9,956,175 in reserve,
making the surplus. figured on the aver
age basis, $1S.91S,45O The actual state
ment, however, more accurately describes
the real position of the banks. The sum-
mary of state banks and trust companies
in Greater New York not reporting to the
clearing house shows unimportant
changes the principal ones being an in
crease Of a little over S2,O00.0OO in loans
and an increase of five and half mil
lions in deposits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS, La, July 2.-During
the week just closing the market saw
little net changes in prices, July advanc-
ing % points. August points ana the
new crop months 10 points. There was an
entire absence of speculation along broad
lines, and much of the time business
around the future ring was in the way OF
evening up over the bureau report on
that are following. The high prices OF
the week were made on Friday following
the bureau report. and the low prices
were made Tuesday as the result or ag-
gressive bearish manipulation, winch APP
reared to start in Liverpool and extended
to the American markets From the h1gn
to the low there was range of 60 points
on July, but only 80 on August, while
the new crops showed range OF 80 TO
Il points.
At the highest July was A points over
last weeks closing, August IL over and
the new crop months were - TO -
points over; at the lowest the list was
Ii to 81 points under last weeks closing.
The main event of the week was the
report on condition issued Friday by the
Department of Agriculture. The hSures'
SOL per cent, were a Iuil TWO poli'S
under general expectations, and Indicated
that the crop had lost ground instead
of improving in condition during the
month ending June %, just the reverse
of the ideas entertained by the trade
as a whole. The report caused an al
vance OF ABOUT OOlIdT d Ddlc, puI .iiiH
was Immediately lost in liquidation that
followed from longs who chose to take
profits on the rise instead of carrying
their lines over the holidays.
Previous to the report there was COM
,paratively little business around the ring,
and it was chiefly of an evening up
nature, in an effort to get the market
in shape to go over the pubica zion OF
the condition figures.
Reports from the growing crop were
mainly bullish and led to the claim by the
long, side of the market that deterioration
hadf steadily continued since the making
up, Of reports June 25 for the Department
of Agriculture to base its condition fg-
ureSs on. Too much rain was complained
of ins the eastern and central portions of
the belt, while too little was falling in
the western part. Against these accounts
were reports of still further closing down
by mills, especially in the south.
In the spot market prices first lost 3-l6
but afterward recovered. middling closing
at 14A, against 147s last week and 12c
this week last year. Sales on the spot
amounted. to 1900 bales. against 1.4fO
la st weeks and 300 this week last year.
Sales to arrive amounted to 300, against
$50 last week and $50 this week last year