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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08

Jim Roiandi, an Italian lad Of but
II years is held by the police as
the one who fired upon Mrs. Frank
Bruno from ambush on Cooks hill,
at 1880 o'clock this afternoon, as
she was on her way to the police
court to appear on a charge Of
adultery with Joe Portfolio Princi,
an italian with whom she 10 de.
cIared to have eIoped more than a
year ago. RoIandi was captured In
the dense Brush just east Of the
big city reservoir, on Ninth avenue,
by Officer Uirich, and an liver John.
son revolver Of 80 caIiber, with
every chamber exploded and it's
cylinder and barrel still hot from
firing.
Frank Bruno, the woman's hus-
band, with much of whose fortune
the woman decamped, more than a
year ago, when she is declared to
have deserted him for Princi. is
also held in custody at the police
station. 1t is declared that the
young assailant practically admitted
to the officer while on the way to
the city that Bruno had hired him
to do the deed.
ROlandi was dressed in a new
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
THREE BANDITS
CAUCHT;AFTER
OTHERS NOW
ALL CAPTURED MEN ARE
WOUNDED-NO TRACE OF
TWO MORE.
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JOLIET, Ill.,, April S.-With
three of the alleged Coal City bank
bandits wounded and under arrest
here. a posse today began search
ing the countryside in the vicinity
Of Coal City and Verona for two
mer.swho, 1t is charged, were with
the tsang of five who raided the
bank at Coal City and escaped with
$4,000.
The three wounded men were
identified as frequenters of the
West Side, in Chicago. The police
say their names are Young, Pool
and Hall. When arrested, they
gave their names as Rawer Tenas-
sewski, Joe Crowlck and John
HOyt.
Ghetto. who had cut the ropes
which held him. telephoned to the
night watchman at Macon, several
miles south.
WhActhe freight pulled in, Night
WatchJnan Miller and DR.. Watts, a
ply >an. were waiting for the
robbers.
Watts carried a shotgun and
Miller a revolver.
While the trainmen switched
some cars, the three men now un-
der arrest and two others jumped
from the train and hid near the
tracks,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08

removed. Its bereft owner could
not be located, hence the inanimate
fowls peaceful sIumber In the alley
goes on undisturbed, while the
crematory with no seeming con-
cern for public health Of the neigh
borhood, awaits the payment Of so
cents by that chickens owner for
its decent burial.
Through fair figuring there might
have been two good loads of stuff to
be removed from Rehberg's back
yard, 7but after wagon from the
cremstory department had been on
the JOB for an hour. had hauled
Continued on Page Twelve.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08

Ann. third. Time, AS 3-5.
Third race-Tramotor, to Q,
won; Little Siss, 2 to 1, second;
Kaiserhoff, even, third. Time.
1:10 4-5.
Fourth race-Enfield, 12 to 10,
won; Jim Gaffney, 8 to 20, second;
Col. Jack, 6 to 5, third. Time, 1920.
Results at Jamestown:
First race-LOchiel, to 2, won;
Edmund Adams, 2 to 5. second:
Bendaga. third. Time, AS Is.
Second race-Uncle Fred, 4 to /.
won; Nora Emma, out second;
Stepchild, third. Time. 80.
Third race-The Golden Butter
fly, 8 to 2, won; Takahira, out. sec
ond; Jolly, third. Time, 1907 Is.
Fourth race-Plantland, to 8,
won; Hyperion ii, l to 2. second:
Louis Cavanaugh, third. Time,
1870 2-5.
Fifth race-Silverin, 9 to 10,
won; Dander, to 2, second; Snug
third. Time, 1:14 3-5.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
ARR|VED!-
HALLEY'S COMET SEEN
TODAY FROM LICK
OBSERVATORY.

(By United Press Leased Wire)
LICK OBSERVATORY, MT.
HAMILTON, CAL, April g.
HalIey's comet was viewed
shortly before sunrise today by
Prof. r. G. Aitken at the OBJ
servatory and its movements re-
ported by Director W. w. Camp
bell.
The comet was visible for
only a few minutes and at that
the tail was not seen owing to
the brightness of the twilight
background.
The comet appeared In the
position predicted by astrono-
mers.
Astronomers in ordinary
planes Of observation cannot ex-
pect to behold the comet for
several days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
WH|SKEY SOAKED MAN
SET To GUARD WOMAN
Case Shows Why All Decent Women
Want Police Matrons at the
City Jail.

No more forcIble case can be pre-.
sented showing the need Of matrons
in the city Jail Of Spokane than that
Of Miss Anderson, the young school
teacher who went suddenly insane
and was sent there In the fall of
1908.
Herewith is presented the affi-
davit Of Mrs. Martin, who waited
upon the insane girl and saw the
conditions that surrounded her. II
was this information that shocked
the Woman's club Of this city and
lead to the demand for police mat
rons at the city Jail and the appoint
ment Of a committee of which Mrs.
p. p. Stafford is the chairman.
Think Of putting man with 20
glasses ct whisky "under his belt"
in cell with an insane woman and
Of the refusal of the police to give
the afflicted woman a female at
tendant when she called for one!
Mrs. Martin, who makes the fol-
lowing affidavit, has no desire to
get into this controversy, beyond
that Of lending what aid she could
to a worthy cause. Her affidavit
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
SIMPLY p "a 4 CANE G!1! ,2Eo,,,z, Of

George s. LOTUS OF Minneapolis,
prominent attorney and an author
ity on railroad law, wrote an opln-
ion on the terminal rate question to
the peoples terminal rate commit
tee, which has just been received.
RE states that he bellows Il 10 fair
and profitable to hold out for ter
minal rates, and that he thinks the
railroads will make the concession.
In part his opinion follows;
81 am in receipt of the newspaper
you sent me on the rail-
road terminal franchise matter. and
they show me that the railroads
now trying to deceive the people
of Spokane are adopting their US
ual tactics and are combining. as
they always do, threats with false
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
CAYNOR SUGGESTS
TAXING CHURCHES
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(By United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, April S.-Being
satisfied that much property in
New York city is undervalued,
Mayor Gaynor today began to
wake up" the tax board.
For some time the mayor has
been busying himself by looking
into the city's tax and assessment
department.
AS result he suggested that
churches and other religious insti-
tutions should be compelled to pay
their share OF taxes for local inn
provements.
Il don't see why there should be
any discrimination in favor of
churches. said the mayor. II
know 1t is the policy of the state
to free religious institutions from
general taxation, but think they
should be made to pay local i'm
provement assessments.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
T0DAY'S RACES

Jacksonville results:
First race-Chilla. to 5, won
Sally Preston, 1 to 4, second !;
Away, third. Time, 1925 3-5.
Second race-Bodega, s to /,
won; Roseberg II, 5 to 2, second; !;
Chess third. Time, :49 2-5.
Third race-Firm, to 2, won;
Blarney, to 1. second; Virginia
Maid, third. Time LAG 3-5.
Fourth race-Booger Red to 5,
won; Eyebright, 6 to 5, second !;
Joe Gaitens, third. Time, 1907 3-5.
Fifth race-lda D., 7 to 2, won /;
Pocomoke, 6 to 1, second; Home
Run, third. Time, 1:13 Is.
Sixth race-Yama, Z to 5, won;
Ceremenious, even, second; Otego,
third. Time, 1:45 3-5.
Results at Emeryville:
First race-Titus III, Is to /, won !;
No Quarter, even, second; Calopus,
even, third. Time, iii.
Second race-Elnar, 8 to 1, won
Abigail X, to l, second; Ban
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
BRYAN IS A
GRANDFATHER

. Omitted Press Leased Wire) Z
. TUCSON, Arix., April a. .
. William Jennings Bryan 10 a Z
. grandfather today. A daughter Z
. was born yesterday to Mrs. .
. William Jennings Bryan Jr. .
. Mrs. Bryan Sr. arrived In Tue .
. son four days ago, winning by .
. that narrow margin race =
. with the stork. She had trav- .
. eled In record time, 1900 .
. miles from Buenos Ayres to =
. Tucson, to be with her daugh- .
. ter In law. Z
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
BEGGED FOR A
WOMAN ATTENDANT

Affidavit of Mrs. Martin on the
case of the insane woman at the
city Jail.
State of Washington, County of
Spokane. IS.
Elizabeth A. Martin, being first
duly sworn, on oath deposes and
says: That she is now and was at
all the times mentioned in this af-
Continued on Page Nine.
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ATE NEWC
B U L L E T N s.
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CHICAGO April S.-Joe ChoynsN a
tive of United that he
from Jim Jesres his manager. said he
had idea of the the
rushed to him today from the training quarters
dennan.
PASADENA, Cal, April photographs of Haleys
night
Wilson 1t stated today plates probably
the astral wanderer without its traditional
ing unable record the
background. ts.ss
LONDON April S.-Sr Morgan Crofton today secured
divorce from Lady Crofton Suit brought
that Lady Crofton eloped Montague
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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08

Representations Of fact. The sug.
gestion that unless the city con-
cedes the franchise without ter
minal rate restrictiops the rail-
roads either cannot or win not
come into the city 10. Of course, 3
mere threat. and used TO frighten
the timid and to serve as an ex-
cuse for their special pleadera
among the business mon. neyond
question the railroads will accept
the franchise, offered with the ter
minal rate clause, because It 10 fair
and profitable. even II II does not
permit them to exact the exhorbis
tant freight rates heretofore
charged by the Hill liness
The so-called citisens' committee
Continued on Pa6S Nine.
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BARD's CONDITION BETTER.
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(6y United Press Leased Wire)
OXNARD. Cal, April S.-Former
United States Senator Thomas r.
Bard, who is suffering from con-
gestion Of the lungs, passed fair
ly good night. The chances today
for his recovery are brighter than
at any time since he was stricken,
according to a bulletin issued by
DR.. w. r. Livingston.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
OLD CITY EMPLoYE KILLED
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OLYMPIA, Wash, April 8.-John
Adshire, aged 60, a city employe.
|died late last night from injuries
Sustained when he was buried In a
landslide at the Tulis street gravel
|plt yesterday. His right shoulder
was dislocated and he was hurt
INTERNALLY. He was conscious when
|rescued and remained so all day.
After dark the nurses thought he
had fallen asleep. When the doc
tor came later at night he was dead
Adshire had worked for the city
ten years.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08

squarely contradicts the statement
Of Chief Of Police Sullivan, recently
made in an interview in which the
case Of the insane woman was first
mentioned.
This incident occurred before
Sullivan was chief, but the same
men and the same system that pre-
vailed then continues sway at the
present. Sullivan stands sponsor
for the system, which is rottener to-
day than ever before.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
SECOND HONEYMOON
SPOILED BY KINDNESS
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(By united Press Cedseu WTcJ
ROME, April 8.-Former Presi-
dent Theodore Roosevelt arrived In
Genoa at o'clock this afternoon.
He was not expected until tomor.
row.
He declared that he was simply
driven here by the hospitality Of
the people. Instead Of the privacy
he had expected he was confronted
on every hand by crowds Of vii
layers, who threw flowers In his
path and waved banners with mot
toes Of welcome. He found II i'm
possible, he said, to revisit the
scenes of their honeymoon trip.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
O D D S
A N .
F. n D s

When Spokane gets the commits
sion form Of government she will
be In a position, like Des Moines,
to improve river banks and streets.
Des Moines couldn't do it until the
new form Of government was
adopted, but now it has improved
the appearance Of the city 100 per
cent In many instances.
CHICAGO.-Miss Nellie An
heuser of the st. Louis brewers
family. received a bill for $25 per
hour for work on her teeth. She
refused to pay it. The dentist at
tached her trunks. She is going to
stay and fight the case.
jones' hear the storm blew
your tent down.
Circus faker-Worst than that.
that. The rain gave the sword
swallower a sore throat and washed
all the designs off the tattooed
man.
PASSAIC, N. Jas the result of
a quarrel over girl and a result
ing prize fight, one boy is thought
to be dying from injuries received,
and 20 high school lads were ar
rested.
II takes 100 livers to yield one
gallon Of cod liver oil.
,
CHICAGO.-NeXt season the
city of Chicago will not allow any
immodest bathing costumes to be
worn at the lake beaches. Bloom.
ers without skirts will not be toll
Grated.
A record of an officeholder actu.
ally dying comes from England,
where Mrs. Margaret Iimond,
Ayrshire, died at the age Of 90,
She was the oldest postmistress In
Great Britain.
SAN FRANCiSCO.-At a public
reception yesterday, Governor Gill
lett greeted Field Marshal Lord
Kitchener Of England as the great
est general of any army.
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DOVER, England, April 8.-Five
hundred immigrants, who mutinied
today aboard the British steamship
kanwha because they had been re-
fused permission to 90 ashore, were
landed today under a guard Of ma
rines and bluejackets from a war
ship In the harbor.
Tho immigrants were placed
aboard special trains for London,
where the .Cairn Steamship COM
pany officials will see that they are
given care until they can be sent
to their destination.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08

TERRE HAuTE. Ind, April S.
The farmer has found a new use
for the automobile. David Claypool,
who recently purchased motor
car. used II to carry a 450-pound
hog to market at Martinsville, Ill.
The distance is six miles. and Clay
ton claims the worlds hog-market-
ing speed record.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-08
0LDF|ELD BREAKS
ANOTHER RECORD
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PLAYA DEL RAY April ssending
new Del Ray motordrome In 3622 Barney OIded
mile record for earlier the day bv
Caleb Bragg than given an ovation
~
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23
THE SPOKANE PRESS

scout training is intensely practical
from its military side, let him fol
low a boy scout company around
with his camera and attempt to get
a clear, well lighted snapshot at ii
in action.
OF course it would be easy
enough to get the boys to line up
somewhere and be photographed.
But this wouldn't be playing the
game fair-and scouting is about
the biggest and best outdoor game
yet devised for boys.
Once in a while it's possible to
snap the scouts as they hurry along
Indian file across some clearing in
the woods in the course of their
maneuvers. Even then they are u.s.
ually found to have gotten-prob-
ably by instinct as well as by train.
ing-against background which
makes them practically invisible at
a hundred yards and poor subjects
at even short range.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23
COMPETITION FOR BOYS

To the boy under II years of age
writing most thoughtfully on What
Think of the Sunday School," the
Inland Empire Sunday School asso-
citation offers an award of IS. The
award will be given for the best ex-
preston of the boys own thought
from his own experience and OBJ
servation of the Sunday school.
There will be an award of So for
the second best paper and So for the
third best. 1t is not reqpired these
articles be favorable to the Sunday
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23
BY c. L. GILMAN.

BY c. L. GILMAN.
= Have you started your boy scout
patrol yet? If you want to get
the most out of it this summer and
fall, don't put 1t off a day. but get
busy. boys. The Press has already
outlined the movement in general
way. Other articles will follow, and
pretty soon well get right down to
business. showing just how you
need to equip yourself, just what
to start doing when your patrol is
enrolled as part Of the big ma
tiOnal mOvement-in fact, every
thing that you need to know and
do to be a corking fine scout. Here
are a few ideas Of what boy scouts
do. and how.
Some things scouts dO.-Talk
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23

with each other by flags when far
apart. Take cover" like Indians
Camp out.
What they -learn.-How to make
themselves safe and comfortable
with whatever lies at hand. To rely
On themselves in every emergency
When to learn.-Do it now. Much
of the summer and all of the fall
remain for fine, healthy outdoor
work. Through the winter you can
hold camp fires and work on the
tents. knapsacks. belts. slaves and
the hundred other things a scout
uses. Of course you can buy most
of these, but good scout takes
pride In being able to. make them
for himself.
Winter time. too, Is the time to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23
HELP-YOURSELF STORE FOR
FARMERS.

MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Sept. 23
Running store on the honesty
system" Is to be undertaken by the
Stony Ford Grange. A stock will
be supplied and when a member
wishes to obtain anything there
from he will be entrusted with the
key of the stOreroom and whatever
he takes he will make a note of
and leave the price If he takes
more than he leaves the money for
he will not be trusted the second
time.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23

Deposits made by married women
or by children are subject to their
personal control. Such deposits arc
payable to them, regardless of hus-
band. parent Or guardian. Deposits
made now draw interest from OctO-
Der l at per cent if deposited with
the Spokane & Eastern Trust Co.,
northwest corner of Howard ard
Sprague. **+
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23
CAUGHT LIKE POP FLIES.

BOSTON, Sept. 23.-Earl H. Bar
ter, catcher for the Beverly base
ball club, today caught three balls
dropped from the top of Bunker
Hill monument, 204 feet.
He gathered them in with as
much ease as if they had been pop
flies behind the nlate
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23

school. What is desired is the ex-
preston of the boys own feeling,
and his reasons, whether favorable
or adverse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23

/ We fix them for you, and
do it right and at a reason
able charge.


are one of the most impor-
tant parts of your body. If
they are in good shape you
chew your food well and
thus keep your digestive or
gans in good working order.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23
500 REWARD

for the conviction of the party or
parties claiming to be agents or
solicitors of the Parision Dyeing &
Cleaning Works. COS First avenue.
l.. A. Lehman. prop.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23
. . 90 q % Q = . 90 80
. HOW TO BE A SCOUT I

= To enlist.-Organize a COM =
. pany, or patrol, as it is called, =
= with seven or eight members. .
. Then write and enroll your .
. patrol with Colonel Peter S. =
. Bonus, commander in chief. .
= No. 6 West Twenty-eighth =
. street, New York city. This =
. will make you a part of the .
. national movement, and will .
= cost you nothing. .
. How to learn scouting-Fol- .
= low the suggestions and in .
. structions in. The Press and .
. you will be first class scouts in .
. double quick time. =
. - . . - . . . 900 .
tell stories of the great scouts who
have made American history. Daniel
Boone, Kit Carson and a host OF
others. It's good time also to
learn telegraphing and signaling
and to receive instruction in what
to do in various emergencies.
A real boy scout learns something
useful and interesting every day.
The Press will print the news OF
your company. 1t will publish ar
ticles explaining the various scout
tricks so plainly that you can go out
and do them right at once. instead
of having to learn from lot of dis
couraging mistakes.
The ability to take cover" is the
prime requirement of modern war
fare. If anyone doubts that boy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-09-23
We Kept This Sample
Line of Neckwear

A NEW YORK neckwear estab-
"A lishment sent us, to order from,
sample line of neckwear whose va
riety is almost bewildering. In the
hundreds of different pieces, no two
alike, is almost every kind of neck
wear that has come out for this sea-
son - many Persian trimmed
more trimmed with fine laces and
embroideries. The price they made
us on the sample line allows our sell
ing these pieces at striking reduc-
tons. SO tomorrow comes your
chance to buy, for instance,
round collar of Persian silk edged with
black or white lace.
double round collar of Persian and
pleated lace. n
A double jabot of new model edged with
Irish lace 4
plain silk jabot-half rose color and half
Persian. H
A butterfly bow trimr4&d with lace.
Large-and small net aR lace bows.
Worth $3.50 for 1.19.
Worth 81 for 79{
Worth 75c for So
Worth SOC for ID
Worth 35c for q
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Saturday From A. NJ. Until $50 P. M.
Knee Pants, Csc
Xx1oRTH SOC, e5fand sizes
w 4 to 16!

XXIORTH soc, 65dand 75c-szes
w to 16! I
They are all wool but sizes have
become broken. 1T is the chance
bockers for everyday -
to stock up with knf ker- /hC|
wear. just Saturdak -. ~O>
Waists--35c Ones at 18c
Blue or tan chang brays-or per-
Gales in fancy patterns-all sizes
from to IA. Worth 35c, 10
Saturday .xOC
Boys 35c Caps, 23c
Just the dark mixtures (many of
them match boys suits we have sold
this fall) you want for school wear
made to sell at 35c, but marked as
a Saturday special at. ....... .23c
Boys Fall Union Suits, 75c
A little heavier than medium
weight-fine cotton rib garments in
sizes 6 to 18. Per suit Use
Boys fine wool plated union suits
that means there is light layer
of Fleeing natural gray-sizes
6 to IS. ................ .$1.25
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Teeth

are an important factor in
your looks. If you have
pretty teeth you can't help
but have a pleasing appear
ance; on the other hand, no
matter how regular the feat
ures or clear the complexion
if the