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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
IT'S THE LITTLE HONE OWNER
WHO NEEDS PROTECTION

The small home complied to fight
FOR their rights at all times
ment or of who is office
justice for them 1t thus in Cannondae
and is the the
Last night Frank Atkinson, chairman of the
that The in
would print the of
In battling for justice
suing the policy that has awas taken fight
the
ise n by city officials The big poer9 owner
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
MAYOR IS N
bAOSTATE
NOW
Responsible for Armstrong;
Peculiar Actions-Must
Explain Friday.

just az anticipated, the effort to
make political capital in certain
quarters by sacrificing George w.
Armstrong, president Of the board
OF public works, with the hope Of
blackening some members Of the
city council, has resulted In q
roorback for the parties concerned.
1t means today that the respon-
sibility for any shortcomings Of
Armstrong, who Is a subordinate,
must be borne by the power that
created him-Mayor Nelson s.
Pratt.
The purpose of bringing out the
Armstrong Isolation hospital scan
dal at this time was to discredit
the city council and to make votes
for the new charter While 1t may
serve this purpose to some extent
1t has raised a storm that the
forces which set the bali in motion
cannot stop.
PRATT MUST EXPLAIN.
The city council last night unani.
mously ordered that Mayor Pratt,
the executive head OF the city gov
ernment. tell the city council why
it was that his subordinate. Arm.
strong, as appointee of the mayor,
was permitted to award the Isola-
ton hospital contracts without ad-
vertising for bids. The mayor has
been ordered to report on the came
at an adjourned meeting Friday
night, at which time his honor
must saw wood or the fur will fly.
The mayors friends were kind
enough to set the thing IA motion:
now the council asks that the may
or be there at the finish.
Councilman Lambert did not In
sist on the adoption of his emer-
gency resolution last night. In
stead, he said that he had intro
duced it at the request of ARM
strong; that his confidence had
been imposed upon, but that he
blamed the mayor more than Arm
strong for permitting this situation
to arise.
Today Councilman Belshaw. who
is free from all alliances in the
city council, said that Lambert had
squared himself in his eyes and
he was convinced that there was
no blame to be attached to him in
p connection with the resolution.
Belshay sees the necessity for the
executive head of the city coming
out from under the cloud
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
SAYS GAS
DEPOSIT IS
ILLEGAL

Councilman John Gray took a
fall out of the gas company last
night on the floor of the city coun-
Gil, when he charged that its plan
of collecting deposit of S. on me-
ters was in violation of the fran
chise of the company, and that
through this means the company
was enabled to at all times hold
from $250,00G to 100000 of it's con-
sumer's money in its hands. He
asked for an opinion of the cor
poration counsel as to the legality
of this charge.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
FLAMES
BURN Up
VICTIMS
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MANCHESTER, Eng,
Dec. 21.-Two hundred and
eighty-ninee out of 300 min
ers working in the Little
Hutton company's mine near
Leigh, are believed to have
been killed in an explosion
and fire that has turned the
workings into a veritabl'
blast furnace.
Eleven Of those below the
surface of the earth when the
disaster occurred have been
rescued. The others were
trapped in the mine. Rescu-
ers have brought out the
bodies of 20 charred and
mangled men. Since these
bodies were found close to
the mouth of the main en-
trance, it is believed all the
other miners must have per-
ished.
SHEETS OF FLAME.
The flames apparently spread to
all parts of the mine, and the heat
thrown out from the main entrance
was So intense that those who
rushed to the rescue when the eX-
rlosion occurred were forced to fall
back. They fell back just as a
burst OF flames shot from the shaft.
Although every effort was made to
smother the fire. little could be
done and it was many minutes be-
fore the rescuers could again ap-
proach the main shaft. After a
time the flames ceased pouring out
of its mouth and the rescuers at
tempted to enter the shaft, only to
find that the inner workings were
burning fiercely and that the fhtol-
cradle heat and the fumes of dead
ly gases prevented any rescue
work. The explosion jammed the
cages in the shafts and interfered
with the ventilation apparatus.
WOMEN FAINT.
With the first news of the acci-
dent friends and relatives of the
men employed in the mine rushed
to the scene. When the flames
poured fro mthe main shaft many
women tainted and were carried
away Hundreds of men and
women crowded around the pit
mouth.
When the fire had receded far
enough to permit of an attempt, a
small rescue party entered the
shafts. Not far from the entrance
the bodies of 20 men were discov-
cred.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
SMALL FIRE


Fire, breaking out In the base
ment of the building at $40 Mon
roe street this morning, damaged
the stock of the Palace Cleaning
company and of r.. j. Gnttman
tailor, to the probable extent Of
some $500, as we'll as smoking out
the West End cafe. owned by
Weaver & Boyd next door. Shortly
after IL o'clock, smoke was seen
issuing from the basement win
dows and through the cracks OF tho
first floor, and before the Depart
ment could arrive much OF the
damage had been done.
The fire broke out In the heat
ing plant in the basement as q re-
suit of an over-heated furnace, it
Is thought.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
MRS. kERSH FOUND
GUILTY OF MANSuAUGHTER

PORTLAND, Ore. Dec. 21.-
Mrs. Carrie Kersch, found guilty OF
manslaughter for completely in the
murder of VIM. oJhnson, a Wash
ington farmer at the New Grand
Central hotel June 20, will be SEN
fenced January 5 by Judge Morrow.
The verdict was returned by the
jury last night at o'clock after
the jurymen had been out over ~
hours. During the deliberations
over 100 ballots were taken 1t
was learned today that the obdura-
cy of one juror saved Mrs. Kersch
from conviction of murder.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
TWO HENS WORTH s22, 900.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.-Two
of the finest hens in the country,
IN charge of two attendants, are
on exhibition at Philadelphia. They
are owned in Factoryville. Pa.
The mother hen, Lady Washing
ton, a raven black Orpington, Is
valued at $4,000, and her daugh'
ter at $4,000. Their eggs are
worth S25 each.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
NEW RECORD
IN THE AIR

CHALONS. France, Dec. 21.--A
new worlds record for nonstop
passenger.carrying aeroplane flight
was made here today. when Lieu
tenant Cammerman OF the French
army aviation corps, accompanied
by Captain Hugoni, flew l45 miles
without alighting.
The flight was made at the or
der of the minister of war, and is
an official record. The start was
made from Chalons, and the avia-
tors flew to Montigny-Sur-Aube,
72A miles away. the turning point.
Counting deviations from the
course. the aeroplane really Gov
cred more than 145 miles. The
time for the flight was four hours
and three minutes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
BIG CHRISTMAS SHOW BY
THEA TRICAL MECHANICS

The big Christmas show to be
given by the Theatrical Mechanics
association at the Auditorium to-
morrow afternoon promises to be
the biggest affair OF Its kind ever
attempted in the city.
There will be between 16 and 20
acts ON the program, including the
best attractions from the Orpheum.
Pantages and Washington theaters.
and the third act from The Three
of U.s." at the Spokane. making
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
FEW CHANGES IN
CITY HALL PLANS

With but few changes, the orig
inal city hall plans of Architect
Zittel were approved by the coun-
Gil last night. The only changes
made were to cut down the size of
the police drill hall and the wo-
mans ward of the jail in order to
allow more room for the water de-
partment and park commission;
and the addition of Front avenue
entrance for the benefit of the po'
lice court.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21

one Of the longest ana stronsoae
programs ever given IN the city.
A feature OF the parade which
will be given tomorrow at nom
will be the big band. which viii ii.
clude every union musician IN thu
city. thus comprising the larReoi
band which has ever played here.
The parade will start 1t noon, an1
at p. m. the performances win ~
gin, and will run until nearly 3
o'clock.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21

Christmas dinner-enough money
has been turned in to make GER
tain that there will.
And now | want to tell you about
some of the letters from the chill.
.firen. These are all interesting.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
CHRISTMAS GIFTS WORTH $25,O00
--- BURNED UP In WRECK

registered mail. After the fire had
been extinguished police guard
was thrown about the debris, while
laborers shoveled the ashes of the
car into cans. Systematic sitting
of the ashes began and diamonds
and jewelry were recovered.
The engineer of the passenger
locomotive was probably fatally
Scalded
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
FINE TO Be "C00D FELLOWS"
HELPING 800 CHILDREN

who will get one of the other dolls,
and the third one will go where it
will be loved and cared for.
Several people wrote in telling
about their children and mentioned
that there was liable to be no
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.

Lewis Larson, aged 10. . stu
dent. was arrested this morning BY
Officer Hunt ON q charge az for
gerry. He Is alleged to have tried
to pass two forged checks on S0ss
Bros, one for $1.75 and the other
for $2.26.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
SNOW STORM
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(By United Press Leased Wlre)
DENVER, Col. Dec. 21.-A Sc
we're snow storm, extending from
northern Nebraska to southern
Kansas and from the middle of
Kansas to the continental divide, is
raging today. Telephone and tele-
graph companies report considera-
BILE wire trouble and trains are de-
layed. The storm, the first of the
winter season, is moving eastward.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
CHAIR USED TO HUNT

ST. CHARLES, Mich, Dec. 2f.--
A cripple since the age Of 3. Roy
Brady, 26, has taken out license
to hunt deer in the upper penin-
sula. Brady has no use of his legs
and goes about in wheel chair. In
company with George Shoran, he
will leave for the district above the
Straits, still in his wheel chair.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
SENATOR ALDRIcH IN HOSPITAL.

NEW YORK Dec Ex-senator Nelson W. Adrcn was .aSen 70
operation his hand
the senator in serious con-
hospital The
stenng Of the tendon in his left hand
Aldrich months
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fey United Press, Leased ,NIre.)

CHICAGO, Dec. 21.-Christmas
gifts valued at $250,000 were de-
stroyed today in a wreck on the
Pennsylvania railroad, when pas
senger train and westbound
freight collided in the yards on the
west side. When the trains met
the boiler of the passenger engine
exploded, setting fire to a car OF
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21

MORE CONTRACTS WITH
OUT BIDS.

. In addition to the deals on
. the Isolation hospital. 1t now
. develops that the board of I
. public works. with the ap-
. proval of Mayor Pratt. has
. awarded contracts for water
. pipe In excess Of 100000
. without advertising for bids.
4 The contracts went to the
. Holly-Mason company, agents
= here for the concern that
" manufactures kalemane water
. pipes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
DEATH HAS TAKEN,
THE FATHER OF 20

FINDLAY, Dec. 20.-Lawrence
Ryan, So, father of 20 children,
died here late Wednesday. He was
born in Ireland. Thirteen children
and the widow survive. Ryan had a
splendid record in the navy during
the civil war.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
NEW ILLINOIS CENTRAL PRES
lDENT.

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Charles
X. Markham of Pittsburg was today
elected president of the Illinois
Central railroad as the successor
of James II. Hanrahan.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
- - y @ - I
EW WOMAN'S AvlATlOl
RECORD.

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. ETAMPS. France, Dec. 81.
. Mile. Dutrieu established 4
. new woman's aviation record
. here today. She flew 103
. miles in hours and 33 min
. utes. 4
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RECORD SHATTERED.

PARIS Dec ply flying sz miles without aghtns Leaag
time the flight hours SO min
by next Letagneua
LeGagneux Blerlot mono
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
MURDERED THREE PEOPLE.

21-Nathan Montague, suspected
here today in custody
mobs bent lynching
the home Leyton
Durham, Sanders and his brandchd
his daughter and then cut her
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-21
ORPHANS TO SEE BIG SHOW

pheum will also come top-notch
acts, and the whole affair will be
finished up with a newsboys car
nival.
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PRATT MUST EXPLAIN TO CITY COUNC
| ate NEWS BULLETINS
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COMPLAINS AGAINST SEATTLE TIMES.
.E. wash, Dec. 21.-Alleging defamation
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sEATT.E WASH, Dec SMAesng - ueamae0n % % o tat,mony
the police administration the recent investigations con
filed demanding $4,000 DAM
against Alden Bethen pres
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LEWISTON MAN NOMINATED.

Dec 21-President Taft today nominated
receiver of public at Lewiston, Idaho
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Tonight fair, solder; Thursday
fair. Maximum temperature, 80;
minimum, 27.
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the next few weeks auesting information
in every maritime city of that country.
He sifted the mass of rumors and weighed
and weighed one bundle of alleged facts
against another. The brief report he
made to the prime minister gives the sub
stance of the most credible although con-
ficting bits of information that he picked
up. and closes by stating that 1t is useless
for him to remain longer in Holland, and
that ii will be necessary for him to pro-
coed to America to accomplish his mis-
sion The Due de Choiseul agreed with
him in this, and the burden of his final in
structions was to take the utmost pre-
cautions against the nature of his mission
being discovered. De Kalb Informed the
minister that he would transmit his re-
ports in cipher in his letters to Nine. De
Kalb in France. She had the key to this
cipher and would translate and forward
these reports to the prime minister.
De Kalb landed in Philadelphia. and
after spending some time there. reached
New York in February, 116S. Thence he
travelled in New England and Canada.
All through the concise and coldly accu-
rate reports that De Kaib sent TO the
French prime minister there runs an ever
deepening and ever broadening vein OF
enthusiastic sympathy for the American
colonists In those days each colony
was independent and jealous OF the
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break the bonds that bind them to her.
De kalb did not intrust to his CORE
spondence with the prime minister the
names of the prominent Americans with
whom he talked. In one of his letters he
says that he fears his letters are being
tempered with and that he deems 1T best
TO reserve such details until his return to
France. II Is evident however, that he
obtained the confidence of most of the
men who afterward became leaders in the
patriot cause. When he returned to Eu-
rope he pointed out to the prime minister
two conclusions in particular that were
the result OF his long and careful inves-
legations. One was that despite the OPP
preston of Great Britain there was a
deep and ardent affection on the part
of the colonies for the mother country
an affection equaled only by their instinc-
tive antipathy to France. This, he said.
would make it undesirable for France to
aid openly or by any except the most Sc
cret means toward bringing about a rup-
ture between America and England. His
second conclusion was that the break be-
tween Great Britain and her American
colonies was inevitable. although 1t might
not occur for eight OF ten years. When IL
did come he was confident that the
colonies would attain their independence.
These opinions did not coincide with those
which the Duo de Choiseul had formed.
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France when their fate hung in the bal
ance. II was the prime minister OF Louis
XIV who conceived the plan which DE
KaIb carried out. But Ii was De kalb
persistence which kept the plot alive and
made il bear fruit more than ten years
later. when another king and another
prime minister ruled the destiny or
France.
The treaty of Paris. signed by England
and France i'm 1865. consummated the ruin
the French colonies and the overthrow OF
France as sea power. BY the possession
Of Canada. the English had carried their
conauests from the Gulf of Mexico 10 the
nolar seas and had become the most pow
erfuI nation in the world. France, on the
other hand. was PROSTATE. Louis XIV
vas ruled by Nine. de Pompadour. vain.
selfish and capricious. Never before or
since was the hereditary hatred of the
French for the English greater than at
that period. Yet Frances treasury was
dry and she did not dare to embark upon
another struggle with her ancient enemy.
The Due de Choiseul was prime minis
ter. He was "A past master or all the
devious ways of diplomacy. His secret
agents were in every court OF Europe
n GO 10 a science. Through his interna-
tional spies he knew better than the Eng
liSh themselves of the spirit OF unrest
that nrrvaded the American colonies. He
decided 10 send some one across the seas
10 learn at first hand of the conditions
that existed there. IL these were such as
he hoped. he planned secretly at first and
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Whole World Watching Rome Madrid Struggle


i'm expelling the ''usurper.' Alfonso XIII.
Besides republican sentiment Is strong.
Barcelona is a republican city in thought
and aspiration. If CASTELAR, were alive the
hour would be ripe for a coup d'etat
similar to the one which placed him at
the head of affairs as president i'm 1873
But CASTELAR, is dead. and he has no
worthy successor. Don Jaime, Carlist
pretender, has never given any indication
of ability. and his attitude at this hour
is that of an opportunist. waiting apart.
cold-blooded and sinister, for favorable
turn of fortunes wheel.
The precautionary measures that have
been taken by the Spanish government
in an effort to crush in it's incipiency
any revolutionary move of the people
shows only too clearly the seriousness of
the situation.
Capt. Gen. Weyler. one OF the ablest
and at the same time most cruel of
Spanish military men, is credited with
making the following statement:
1.-THE moment a revolutionary outbreak
compels me as captain general to assume
the supreme command want the revolu-
tionists to know they must prepare for
a merciless fight. There will be neither
prisoners nor wounded. The walls of the
hospitals will become useless and the
cemeteries will have to be enlarged
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The Due de Choiseul needed something to
bolster his tottering power as prime min
lister and was eager TO carry out to the
full his plan of embroiling and conquer
ing England. Therefore he treated De
KaIb coldly. paid him OF in money and
made him a brigadier-a comparatively
empty title, for the pay of the army was
in arrears. Not long after that the Due
de Choiseul lost the favor of the king
and was sent into exile.
The Declaration Of Independence came
sooner than De kalb had expected.
Throughout the years that interviewed be-
tween his visit to America and the out
break of the revolution De Kalb became
more and more imbued with the splendor
OF the idea for which the Americans were
preparing themselves to lay down their
lives. He let no opportunity pass to renew
his former friendship with such promi-
nent Americans as visited France. Among
these were Silas Deane and Benjamin
Franklin The former was chosen as the
first delegate OF the new republic to the
court of Versailles. Louis XVI was tnen
king. Almost the first thing that Deane
did after his arrival in Paris was TO ap-
point De Kalb as his principal agent.
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CHE Is the Youngest and
- One of the Most Beauti-
full Women in the Diplomatic
Set-The Daughter of Senior
Corviruvias, Mexican Min.
lister to London-Came to
Washington as Bride Last
Winter-She Is Now Just
Passed Eighteen, and with
Her Marriage Saw Her First
Glimpse of Official Life
Spent Her Girlhood in a
French Convent.
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The Right Way.

WILLIAM MULDOON. the noted train
w er. was talking. apropos OF the
Jeffries-Johnson fight, Of training.
I'm training" he said. .'the strictest
obedience is required. Whenever l think
of the theory of training / think of Dash.
who. after, eighteen years of married
life. is one of the best and happiest hus-
bands in the world
".Dash.' / once said to him, Dash.
"a man. how do you take married life?
According to directions he replied"
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BY Margaret B. Downing.

AID the plans of
President-elect OF
Brazil. Senior Fon-
SEGA. 10 spend a
few weeks touring
this country mate
rallied, the charge
d'affaires and his
lovely young wife
would have been
conspicuous figures
during a season
when the remainder
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entire kingdom on the verge of revoiu-
ton and civil war, the lot of King Alfonso
is by no means an enviable one. WHO Is
TO rule SPAIN" is a question he probably
would appreciate having answered.
The interposition of the Carlist pre-
tender. Don Jaime. at this crisis In the
affairs of Spain will beyond doubt become
one of the most serious obstacles to set
Element by peaceful means of the present
controversy between the Vatican and the
Spanish government.
The pronunciamento OF Don Jaime re-
Gently issued at San Sebastian is causing
no end of trouble.
Il think the day is not far distant when
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fiance OF Pope Piux X comes as sur
prise to Christendom. 1t is true that
Italy cradle of the western church, has
been i'm open rupture with the Vatican
since September 20. 1870. when Victor
Emmanuel entered Rome and made IL his
civic capital, banishing Plus TX to the
ecclesiastical precincts his successor now
occupies: it is further true that France.
nominally Catholic but tending to ire
Iigion. has recently abrocated the con-
cordat which Napoleon l hoped would be