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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
G O N tt N u f D
r o
P A G E Q N f
GRANT DEMANDS
OR GET RECALLS

eve don't want any whitewash-
ing committee to Investigate Jail
conditions" That's the latest
wrinkle in the forehead of the tenn
pest locally. After reading the affi-
davits that had been secured re-
garding conditions at the city and
county jails the labor leaders de-
cided that if this mess must be
aired that an honest ventilation
will be had, and the plan to have
committee of three, one named by
one by the woman's club will not
be tolerated
Such committee would be one
in accord with the mayor and the
chief of police by two to one ma
jority, and labor doesn't want that
sort of committee.
The administration will be asked
to increase the investigating COM
mittee to five members, and to
of labor and the fifth from the
! United German societies. Both
these organizations are equally in
terested with the woman's club in
the matron question and in the
cleaning up of the city hall.
AND WHAT ARE THOSE AT
| FIDAVITS?
That is the commonest query
heard in public
Well. none of them are printable,
but they all agree on the big, vital
thing and that is that conditions at
the city Jail have been unspeakabe
in the woman's ward. The com
mittee of the woman's club found
unfortunate girls, who though
scared to talk, still did tell what
they knew because of the sense of
injustice they felt against the Jail
ers and the station officers.
The affidavit of one girl that will
be presented to the investigation
committee is enough of itself to
imperatively demand the expulsion
of Chief Sullivan and every officer
directly or indirectly responsible
for the conditions this girl tells
about.
Behind closed doors men and
women of the underworld have told
ministers and labor leaders and
woman's club inquirers of condi-
lions that made the hearers gasp
and none of the hearers, after
listening TO the broken, sobbing
story of the women witnesses, felt
any doubt about the truth of the
charges.
You can imagine, Mr.. Clean Cit.
izen, as rotten conditions as Ken.
nan ever told of in Russian prisons
and you won't miss what affidayits
say has been the program in the
Spokane city Jail,
From charges that police took
money from prostitutes or else
jagged them Zone girl was jailed
IA times in one month";, to charges
of the lowest indecency the gamuI
tof rottenness is run, and these cold
hard stories of sordid horror are
the stories that are determining
the woman S club and union labor
and the German societies to clear
up the city Jail if every public of
fetal in the city hall has to be
thrown ont by the recall and clear
conditions brought by clean men
If the council grants the police
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
"CUDAHY iNSANELY JEALOUS"
(By United Press Leased Wire)

10y United Press Leased Wire)
OMAHA, Neb., March Mrs.
John c. Cowan, mother of Mrs.
John J. Cudahy of Kansas City, de-
clared today that her son-in-law
was 'insanely jealous" and that
the attack made by him upon Jere
S. Lillis would be shown to be the
result of his mania"
General John G. Cowan went to
Kansas City to see his daughter.
Mrs. COwan declared that
Cudahy had shown signs of such
spells" before. She declared pos
itively that there was no truth in
the charge made by Cudahy that
Lillis had ruined his home"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
HIGH WATER IS
PREDICTED HERE

An empIoye Of the Washing
ton Water Power Co. says that
because Of the opening Of the
opening Of the bear trap
dam at Post Falls, Idaho,
and the excessive snowfalIs in
the Occur d,Alenes, the Spo-
kane river this spring will be
at flood heighth. He thinks
that it will attain heighth
never before attained in the
memory of the oldest inhabit.
ant.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08

matrons. probably these charges
will be buried, along with the rot
ten system that made them posi-
Bile, but if the council prefers to
play politics, and courts an expose
the three big organizations behind
the campaign for police matrons
will spread the whole rotten mess
before the investigating committee
and before the public until the Sc
Icret shame of the city is blazed
from the housetops and decency
comes to Spokane'S Jail.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
HUSBAND ILL IN PORTLAND
SHE HAS NO MONEY FOR
TRIP TO HIM

Looking weak and pale, a young
woman, Mrs. Nellie Sharp, came
into The Press office yesterday
and told pitiable story of the ill.,
ness of her husband at Portland,
Oregon, and of her inability to go
to him for lack of train fare.
Her husband was hurt about
three weeks ago on boat at Port
land and for the last week has
been in a critical condition, and is
unconscious. He is being cared
for by his people who reside at
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
TWO BOYS MISSING

J. r. Rinehart of Washtucna,
Wash, is trying to locate his II
year old son Byron, who left home
few days ago. The boy is five feet
tall, fair complexion and has light
hair. He had a scar on the palm
of his right hand. The boy was
dressed in bib overalls.
That his son, d. @. Brown of
Sierraville, Cal, has not been seen
or heard from since the 26th of last
August is the contents of a com
munication received this morning
by Chief of Police Sullivan. The
police here have not been able to
locate him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08

The little republic of Panama
provides itself with enough vice
presidents, for it picks out three at
each election. When President Jose
De Obaldia died there were two
vice presidents-one having died
since the last election-ready to
step into his official shoes.
DR.. c. A. Mendoza, formerly sec
ond vice president, becomes chief
executive of the Central American
republic, and the third vice presi-
dent, j. NJ. Lambert, becomes the
new heir apparent. President Men
doza is an old isthmian politician.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
STRUCK MAN WHO BEFR|ENDED HIN

lit me an awful blow on tbs
head"
Easter was as white as ghost
and moaned in his pain. Ward had
day.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
CLUB WOMEN WILL
STAND PAT

At its meeting yesterday the
Woman's club voted to stand
by Mrs. Stafford and the COM
mittee on police matrons and
remain in the fight to a finish
Instead of discord, as some
newspapers had intimated, the
utmost harmony prevailed and
the club members present were
in the best of spirits.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08

NEW YORK.-Rev. FIR. limo
cence Il. Montverv of the Church
of Mary Help of Christians,
charged with killing of Mrs. MAJ
ria Mata Logudice. young Italian
woman; applied heated aluminum
button to her body to relieve her
OF pain, after having convinced
himself of its efficacy by trying it
on himself.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
y
, SHOCK TOO MUCH
FOR COLORED p. M.

. EDWARDS, Miss, March 8.
. The fact that he had been 4
. supplanted after holdinf Of
. flee for 16 years, as the only
. negro postmaster in Missis-
q sippi and the added shock that
. his successor was white
= democrat named by Taft, was
Q too much for E. B. Perkins.
Q When he received word of
. his dismissal he dropped to
. the floor unconscious and was
. dead within an hour. Perkins
. was a republican.
a q o q . q q q q 4 . = = = =
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
You Can't Do AS Well ElseWher

Sale Price
sideboard Mirror. 80
golden oak sldeboad plate mirror
$1,000 golden oak sideboad plate mirror.
O Sp2 d
$500 combination bookcase desk golden oak
$500 combination bookcase and desk mahogany
SOS 90 Blseye maple ladies' writing
S215O mahogany music cabinet
$45 90 mahogany library table
bdseye plate mirror
$4,000 table
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08

Newton, Mass, is the only city
in the United States more than halt
OF whose population is female.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08
Our Bargain Annex
Extra Special Furniture Values

a
IL that the occupied
our
0
policy of keeping the filled Will
o
to
"Annex'
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-08

Price. Sale Price.
china
table. $225O
$4,000
$1,000
$4,000 white chffoner $500
golden library $225O
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
CHANGES PLEA AND ASKS
LEN|ENCY OF THE JUDGE
Elmer Ellsworth RoWeII Appears
in Superior Court Before
Judge Davis

withdrawing his former plea and en-
tering one of guilty, Elmer Ellsworth
Rowell, former frenzled finaneier and
fugitive, appeared before Judge Davis
yesterday morning to ask the courts s
leniency. No formal application for
probation was entered, but Wednes-
day, July g. was set as the date for
filing.
Rowell, who has been without coun-
sci for several weeks, appeared yester-
day represented by w. J. Hunsaker,
Immediately following his capture,
after six months of hiding in the city,
his former attorney asked to be eX-
cused Although no reason was given,
it was understood that dissatisfaction
with Rowell's unprofessional behavior
in attempting an escape was the rea-
SON. Rowell was himself an attorney.
The one charge to which he has
pleaded guilty is that of getting $500
from j. c. Benedict on the false rep
resentation that he had 100000 in cash,
which he had received from the sale of
a Mexican gold mine, and which was
temporarily being held UP in Ell Paso,
pending the settlement of the bank S
commission
When asked If he would oppose or
recommend probation in the case, the
deputy district attorney stated yester-
day that it was not his intention to
recommend either way, but to leave
the matter entirely to the court.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
GERMAN WOMEN
TO FOUND A BANK
Proposes to Loan Money to
Women Which Banks Now
Refuse to Do

BERLIN, July 2-How systematic
ally the development of the woman S
movement is progressing in Germany
may be judged from the fact that an
Independent women's joint stock bank
is about to be established. The step
is being taken by a number of women
in Wlmersdorf one of the newest Of
the western suburbs of Berlin, who
have had experience in the conduct
of public affairs and have acquired
an extensive knowledge of business
methods.
These women have formed them
selves into a syndicate and have is
sued a circular in which their aims
are set forth They state that many
of the obstacles which have so long
blocked the way of women desirous
of attaining independence have now
been removed, but that there is still
no organization whose special task is
to protect an Independent woman and
assist her in times of need. The or
dinary banks, both public and private,
are, they say, somewhat skeptical
concerning the business capabilities of
women, and, moreover, it is hardly
within their province to lend such
small sums as independent women are
frequently needing.
The object of the new undertaking
is to supply this demand, and it is
proposed to start with capital of
$25, 900 in shares of $25 each. 1t is
hoped that many independent women,
whether engaged in making their live
Iihood or not, will assist the enter
prise by opening deposit accounts or
treating it as a savings bank. From
the ready money thus obtained ad-
vances would be made on good Sc
curity to women temporarily in pc
cuniary straits; bills of exchange
would be discounted and the usual
business of bankers carried on.
A considerable proportion of the
profits made by the projected bank
Is to be added to the reserve fund
of the "Mutterschafts-V s-Versicherung,
a species of mutual benefit society, the
object of which is to furnish the aid
that may be rendered necessary by
the circumstances of motherhood. The
main feature of the scheme is that
1t endeavors to preserve the health of
parent and child by enabling the
mother to desist from work for ade-
quate periods before and after her
confinement. Besides this, however. it
provides for the payment-to every
female who is insured early enough
of a certain sum on her confirmation
and of dowry on her marriage
Should female who has been insured
from her infancy not marry or re-
main childless she receives other ben
efits for the premiums paid.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
JURY IN KEITH CASE
FINALLY DISCHARGED
Jurors Fail to Agree After Delib'
Grating Over "a Hours

After being out more than twenty
four hours. the jury in the felony case
of John s. Keith, charged with mis-
treatment being unable to agree, was
discharged yesterday afternoon by
Judge Davis. Keith. who is good
looking boy, said to be but Is years OF
age, steadfastly denied the charge, ana
though the evidence was not admitted,
attempted to show that someone else
was the guilty person.
During the time the Keith jury was
out, the case of A. ]. Ridley was taken
up. a Jury drawn, the evidence heard
and a verdict of guilty arrived at.
Ridley was charged with having forged
a check which he passed on D. 1. I'm
bert, a grocer His defense was that
the check was given him by an oil well
driller, william Austin, in Bakersfield
in repayment of loan. The only evil
dence, however, that he could. sibmit
as to the existence of Austin was the
testimony of a fellow prisoner, George
Figueroa, who stated that he vaguely
remembered such a man.
Ridley showed no emotion whatever
when the jury's verdict was given.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
LITTLE KNOWN CONS0RT OF
CHINESE EMPEROR DEAD
Sole Remaining Widow of HSier
Feng Little Known

SHANGHAI. July News is re-
ceived of the death of the sole remain
ing widow of the emperor. Hsien Feng,
at the age of II. Hsien Feng died IN
1861 at Jehol, whittier he had retired
before the Anglo French advance on
Picking. He was the father of the last
emperor but one. Tung Chih. whose
mother was the amiable but lympathlc
empress TIE An--quite eclipsed by,
though always remaining on friendly
terms with, the redoubtable TIE Hsi,
the great empress-dowager who ruled
China for forty years.
The aged lady who has now passed
away was probably unknown outside
a very small circle until, few months
before her death, she was dragged into
publicity by the squabble between the
Lung Yu empress dowager, chief con-
sort of Emperor Kuang Hsu, and the
three surviving secondary consorts of
Tung Chih, who seem to have tried to
strengthen their cause by winning over
the support of the aged widow of
Hsien Feng. 1t does not appear that
she ever took very active part in
the controversy.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
Shipping News

SAN PEDRO July 2.-Arrived-Stean1
schooner Hoqulam from San Diego; steam
schooner Katherine from Eureka via San
Francisco; schooner Irene, eight days from
Portland; schooner Oliver J. Olsen. eight
days from Aberdeen; steam schooner Helen
P. Drew from Eureka schooner w. F. jew
ett, nine days from Columbia river; schooner
Samar from Everett; steam schooner Hornet
from San Diego.
Sailed-Steamer Santa Rosa for san
Diego; steam schooner Chehalis for Grays
Harbor via San Francisco: steam schooner
James S. Higgins for Fort Bragg via san
Francisco; steam schooner Olympic for Bell
ingham direct steam schooner yosemite tor
Astoria via San Francisco; steamer BUCK
man for Seattle via San Francisco; steam
schooner Bee for Eureka; steam schooneI
George W. Fenwick for Astoria VIA san
Francisco; steam schooner Hoquiam Tor
Portland via san Francisco; steam schooner
Arctic for Eureka via San Francisco schooh-
er A. NJ, Campbell for Astoria in ballast Tor
orders; steam schooner Hornet for Portland
schooner Blakeley for Port Blakely IN bal
last.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
HIGHWAY INVESTIGATORS
STUDY ROAD BUILDING
Inquiring Into the Construction of
Ell Monte Road and Pros
pect Avenue

The technical side of road building
is now occupying the time of the hlgn-
way investigating committee appoint
ed by the county supervisors to IN
vestigate the charges brought by the
good roads advisory committee against
the highway commission. 1t is IN
quiring into the building of the Ell
Monte road and Prospect avenue, and
seeking the cause of these roads being
unsatisfactory when they were nm
ished and the amount Of their actual
cost It will hold it's next meeting
Wednesday evening.
According to Joseph Scott, chairman
of the committee. it is expected that
A. B. Fletcher. highway engineer OF
San Diego county, will be able 10
act with the committee after July IL,
and speedier progress is expected
then. In the meantime all evidence IS
being transcribed and will be examined
and passed on by him before the COM
mittee makes 1t report. 1t is believed
that this will consume considerable
time, and as the committee Will not
report to the board of supervisors until
ali evidence is in, it will be several
weeks, at least before the committee
will conclude it's work.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
Municipal Affairs
FIRE CHIEF PRESENTED
WITH A DIAMOND BADGE
Subordinates Honor Eley for
Years of Faithful Service
y in Department

AS a token of regard and respect
from his subordinates, Chief Archie
Eley of the Los Angeles fire depart
ment was yesterday presented with a
diamond studded gold badge of office.
The presentation was made at the Hill
street office of the chief in the pres
ence of the fire commission and the
battalion chiefs and captains of the
department.
The speech of presentation was made
by Commissioner r. B. Williams, who,
in simple terms, lauded Chief Eley for
the eighteen years of faithful service
he had given to the fire department OF
the city The chief responded, dis
claiming any thanks for his service,
attributing it to the promptings of
duty.
The badge contains a beautiful dia-
mond. The body of the badge is deco
rated with crossed fire trumpets and
other representations of fire fighting
apparatus.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
WlFE'S CATS BREAK UP
HOME, SAYS PROFESSOR
Dental College Instructor Asserts
Feline Colony Unbearable

WORCESTER. Mass, July 2.-Dr,
Robert A. Pierce Of the Tufts dental
college declares that thirty-two cats
which his wife possessed have broken
up his home.
For three days the divorce court has
listened to the woes of the Pierces ana
the Judge now has the case under con-
sideration, but has urged both parties
to settle their differences out of court
and reach a peaceable agreement II
possible.
Mrs. Pierce Is we'll known in New
York and Boston as an exhibitor OIL
blue ribbon Angoras. According to the
story told in court by Mr.. Pierce they
crawled mewing about the rooms ana
halls. They slept in the bath tub dur
ing the day They crept into coat
pockets and took up quarters In mats
and other wearing apparel.
Numerous cat autopsies were held 10
discover the causes of deaths In the
broods One part of the house was
turned into a laboratory and pharmacy,
where cat medicine was kept. Lltters
of kittens turned up in the most uneX-
pected places-in his hat, for instance
and yowls and fights enlivened the
evening and sleeping hours. DR.. Pierce
testified that the limit was reached
when various members of the cat col
ony began to appear regularly at the
table to dine with him and Mrs. Pierce.
Therefore, last October, after much
disagreement on the subject, the
Pierces agreed to break UP their home
Mrs. Pierce, with a half-dozen OF her
famous cats, is now living at IA Queen
street, worcester.
In defense of her cats, Mrs. Pierce
says: -.
Every one of the thirty-two cats
that we had at one time had at least
eight blue ribbons apiece to their cred
it, ANY number of them had taken
seconds and thirds in New York and
Boston. They were not ordinary cats.
as one might think from the way this
case has been handled in court. They
were worth thousands of dollars, and
several of them I had refused to sell
for any money. Both DR.. Pierce and l
agreed on this, and now he turns all
this against me- 1t is a shame, be-
cause our quarrels had nothing to do
with cats at ALL
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
MANY COMPLAINTS FILED
IN THE CRIMINAL COURT

The following complaints were file,
Yesterday in the criminal court: Fred
Fisher and Edgar Beaverson, grano
larceny, charged with stealing a
trunk on June "a. belonging to Carrie
Galljnger: Robert Crea, assault with a
deadly weapon on Frank Robinson
June IA; S. Perrine felony, May /;
Thomas Granville, attempted murder
of John Kepple on June q; Percy
Patrick, passing bad check, April IS
These will be arraigned In Judge
Davis court Wednesday morning.
In Judge Willis court at the same
time, the following will be arraisned:
George Beraklides, failure to provide;
Dave Vernon, mistreatment; Ramon
M. Wiley, burglary; Karl l.. Lechner'
burglary; Charles Baker, mistreat-
ment; r. S. Schirmer, assault with a
deadly weapon; Clarence E. Wood,
failure to provide; f. w. Love,
burglary.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
PACIFIC COAST TRADE

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2.-Flour-Family
extras, S56OQ6; bakers extras. s5.6oq6; Ore
gon and washington, S.S0g5. -
barley, $21. 5O722.50; oatmeal, $3.50; oat groats
SO 60; rolled oats, S2Sq29. .
Hay-wheat, $9914 wheat and oat' Ssql2i
wild oat 5000; tame. s9912; alfalfa, S7qlO
straw, 40965e.
Beans-Pink $6a6 25; Lima, s4.4o9ioo; small
white, SAGA 30; large. $3.75Q4.
Potatoes-New, s1@l25.
Onions-Fancy, 81. 25; common, N.9O.
Various-Green peas, 3q5c; string beans, so
&c; egg plants, 597c; green peppers, 541c
tomatoes 40cd$2. 90; summer squash, 20d65c
asparagus, $1@2; garlic, Sqic; cucumbers. IL
& C.
Poultry-Old roosters, s5d5.5o young, 81 Jod
10; small broilers, 50. 25d3; large SSa350; fry
ers $5a6; hens s5q1O old ducks, A,50q5
young. s6qs; geese, s292.5Oi goslings, s2q250
old pigeons, s1.5O@175.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
DISPUTE IN BARR00M
SENDS MAN TO HOSPITAL
Bartender Is Arrested on Charge
of Assault

In a dispute with W. s. Nichols, the
bartender. over the payment for drinks
in a saloon in Main street, near Firth
street, last night w. F. Harrington, u
years old, timekeeper for the Barber
Asphalt company, suffered Oppressive
basal fracture of the skull. According
to witnesses, Nichols knocked Harring-
ton to the floor. his head striking on an
iron rail.
Harrington was taken to the receiY-
ing hospital. where major operation
was performed by Police Surgeon Zert-
ing and Assistant Police Surgeons Car
ter and Wiley. Although the injury
usually results fatally 1t is thought
that Harrington will live.
Nichols was arrested by Detectives
Ingram and Beaumont on charge of
assault and will be held in the city Jail
pending the outcome of Harringtons S
injuries. Harrington lives at 26O6 West
Eighth street.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-03
News of the Courts
DIVORCES HUSBAND WHO
TOOK ALL OF HER COIN
Spouse's Last Letter Demands
More Money and Threatens
-
Deserted Wife

Displaying the last letter from her
husband. received over a year ago, in
which he demanded more money on
penalty of his return Ito break her
neck" Mrs. Elizabeth Ganter, a
comley German woman, was granted
a decree of divorce in Judge Oster's
court yesterday from Albert Ganter.
In straightforward and smiling man
ner she told the court how her hus-
band had wanted to go to Alaska to
seek gold, and she had given him $500
in cash, which she had recently re-
ceived as her share of her father 8
estate. In addition, she said, he had
taken the little stock of Jewelry, all
that had been left her by her first
husband. He would sell 1t, he said,
and send her the money, on which she
could join him.
II got lots more letters" said Mrs.
Ganter, "and he wanted more money
He had not got to Alaska, but only TO
Seattle. But ISdidn't have anything
else, so I could not send him anything
1 went to work in a private family.
''Finally he wrote that he guessed he
wasn't coming back, and except for
the letter in which he said he would
break my neck I never heard from him
again."
A decree was also given Matte Belle
Pfeiffer from William r. Pfeiffer on
the ground of cruelty. Among other
things he had insisted that she work
in book bindery. although, she said,
he was amply able to support them
both
Frank Alexander secured a divorce
from Catherine Alexander for deser-
tion in Judge James court. Other de-
crees were given B. G.. Hurlbert from
Rebecca Hurlbert, and Leila NJ. Gruber
from Frank S. Gruber. Threats that
he would kill her were the grounds al
legged in the latter case.