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dally.
ONE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS, FIVE CENTS.
WIKERSHAM CLEARS BALLMER
CHICAGO'S BOLDEST BLACK HAND MURDER
WIFE HELD;
ill SHOT
10 DEATH
Assassins Killed Husband
While He Lay in
Bed.
THEY DEMAND $5000
(By United Press.)
Chicago, Jan. c--The
boldest black band murder
in tbo history of Chicago was
tjgpunitted shortly after day
light today. Three men en
tered the home of Benitto
Cienni, a rich Italian dry
goods merchant, bold hia
wife off at a revolver's point
and deliberately shot Cienni
to death as he lay in bed.
Mrs. Cienni opened the
door at the bell call. Three
unidentified Italians enter
ed, one of tliem seizin"; her
ana holding n revolver
against her head. His com
panions entered the bedroom
where the merchant lay
sleeping. Mrs. Cienni heard
three shots, then the couple
emerged, holding a smoking
revolver. ,
The three strangers left
the honse by the front door.
Hushing into the bedroom,
Mrs. Cienni found her hus
band dead, with three bullet
boles in his body. Two years
ago Cienni received a Black
I land letter, demanding pay
ment of $5,000, on pain of
death, lb' ignored the de
mand. The last letter was
received a year ago.
The police believe that the
murder was planned at that
time, the assassins awaiting
a favorable opportunity for
carrying [t out.
TROUBLES OF SHORT
AND LON6 PEOPLE IN -
GETTING PROPERLT FITTED
BY PARA DALTON
"Hello, old man; how do you
like my new suit?" said the nifty
looking young fellow as he met his
tall, thin friend on a street cor
ner.
"Fine; who is the tailor?" re
marked his friend.
"Tartor nothing I got tills up
the street. A |16 hand tne-down.
Hetter go up while the sale lasts."
"Now see here," said his tower
ing friend. "I like you mighty well,
but you can't steer me into a bar
gain like that. In spile of the fact
that the gents' furnishing houses
carry suits in all sizes from the 4S
stout to the 31! small, and an extra
line for tall people, what they term
slims, 1 never can get fitted. The
trousers are Invariably too short or
too small ground the walsu; the
shoulders are not broad enough,
and my urtns dangle out of the coat
sleeves like those of lchabod
Crane."
Thlß same incident is true of the
extremely Hinall man, only the pro
portion* are different.
"How do you do! Something I
can show you in suits today,
madam?" This is always a fore
s runner of trouble for the excep
tionally large or small woman. Yes
they can show you a countless num
ber of suits, but you are generally
a whole show in yourself before
you leave. Nevertheless, you suf
DR. WITTER
REPLIES TO
THE MAYOR
Offers $5 If Shown That
Council Chamber Has
Been Mopped in Year.
DOCTORS ARE SORE
"If Mayor Pratt or President
Lambert of the city council will
show me where the council cham
ber has been mopped or scrubbed
in six months I will make them a
present of $5," said Dr. E. P. Wit
ter of Spokane, president of ttie
state board of medical examiners,
today, in reply to the attack made
by these city officials on the un
clean manner in which the council
chamber is said to have been left
after the close of last night's ses
sion of the medical examiners.
Dr. Witter and the other mem
berg of the board wore indignant
today over the roast handed them
by the mayor and the head of the
city council. Dr. Witter said that
no Unsanitary conditions had been
created and that the only dirt was
the waste paper Hint had fallen on
the floor, thrown there by the 118
applicants, who tear Up or waste
a lot of paper in a day's time.
"This roast lias injured Spokane
in the eyes of many of the appli
cants." continued Dr. Witter. "They
came here to take the examination
when they could have gone to Wal
la Walla or North Yakima as well.
They have left money in Spokane
and In return are handed an un
called-for attack. If it came from
any other source than the heads
of the city government l would ig
nore it, but under the circum
stances I think that it should be
rebuked."
The examination will close this
afternoon. The grading will begin
at once and the successful ones
will be announced Sunday morn
ing.
TRIED TO LOOT BANK.
(By United Press)
NRYV YORK, Jan. 6.—An attempt
was made to hold up the Green
Point banlfrlhortly before noon to
day. The cashier and a bystander
were wounded in the pistol fight
with the bandits.
! far yourself to be led Into the tit
ting room to try on various gar
ments. Kor the Jit tie woman, the
I sleeves are several inches too long,
the collar stands up above your
jests and the coat fits around the
hips like the old fashioned draped
skirt. In fact, you remind yourself
of a human hall tree. Then the ex
huttsted clerk stands back a few
pacel and as a word of encourage
ment says, "What a pretty figure
you have!"
One consolation to the little WOOD'
Continued on Page Two..
SUNDA V PRESS HAS THE BEST
COMIC SECTION PRINTED IN U. 5.
The whole city thoroughly enjoyed the four-page colored
comic supplement in The Sunday Press last Sunday. Next Sun
day the supplement will be still funnier, and when the railroads
settle the 3trike in some manner The Press will be enabled
to provide even better comic sections.
The funny section is the only four-page colored comic be
ing printed in Spokane. Like the mid-day and night editions,
The Press was the first paper to announce a colored comic
oupplemcnt. Here are its celebrated features:
Katzenjammer Kids, by Dirks.
Buster Brown, by R. F. Outcault.
Jimmy, by Swinnerton. ..
Howson Lott's Adventures, by F. Opper.
Happy Hooligan, by Opper.
Remember, in the Sunday Press, the second edition of
which will be printed January 9.
* v."
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A Scarcity
of Bananas
in Spokane
There is a scarcity of banan
as in Spokane, and some of the
retail groceries have not been
able to obtain them for several
days. This is due to the rail
road strike, which tied up the
refrigerator cars, in which the
bananas have been shipped to
the commission houses. Many
of the commission houses arc
out of bananas or have but a
very limited stock, and there
is no relief in sight.
During the holidays many
stores sold bananas that had
refused to ripen In the proper
way because of exposure in
delayed shipments due to the
strike. Instead af the bright
yellow of the ordinary banana
this mis-ripened fruit had a
reddish color, as though it had
passed through a fire sale.
NO "CODE OF
ETHICS" FOR HIM
We read In the story books
that holdup men have a code
of ethics. The footpad who
robbed Fred Koegler, an old
man, at # 115 Sprague avenue,
last night, evidently lacked in
the ethics of his profession.
Telling the old man, who is a
stranger in the city, that he
could direct him to a good
rooming house, he conducted
him to the above' number on
Sprague avenue and relieved
him of all the money he had—
$50.
Pake solicitors are abroad in the
city, according] to reports which
have reached the police station. Po
lice Captain George Miles last night
issued orders to patrolmen to look
for men who are alleged to be tak
ing subscriptions to defray the fu
neral expenses of w. ii. Chambers,
the deceased mining man
SPOKANE WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1910
HE KNOWS HE ISN'T WANTED, SO WILL STAY FOR SPITE UNTIL HE IS THROWN* OUT.
SHAEFER TO URGE
STREET CAR HEATING
COUNCIL WILL BE ASKED TO ADOPT CAR HEAT
ING ORDINANCE.
Official action will be asked at
the next meeting of the city council
by Councilman George W. Shaefer,
compelling the street railway com
panies to keep cara warm during
cold weather.
The above resolution was filed
with the city clerk today by Mr.
Shaefer, and he asks that an
emergency be declared so that the
ordinance may be passed at the
next meeting of the city council,
Tuesday night of the coming week.
Th* editorial and Btory in The
Press yesterday, his personal ex
perienoa with poorly heated cars
and complaints that have come to
bin induced Councilman Shaefer
to ask for legislation compelling
the car companies to keep their
cars warm.
The demand In The Press yes
terday for warm cars has met with
universal approval of car patrons,
especially those who travel in the
earlier.cars, from which the great
est complaint conies. The great
( st fault is found with the cars on
the early trips In the morning and
with the extra cars sent out dur
ing the day. Some of these tars
ate said to be permitted to stand
OUt in the open until used
The city council has a legal tight
to compel Hie car companies W
keep the cars warm the same as)
the health board recently compell
ed the car Companies to scrub
their cars once a day as a sanitary
measure. The city has unlimited
authority In health and polios reg
t!i Hons, which can be used to
ct mpel mote comfort in the cars.
Captain John Gray. Second ward
councilman, said that he helieved
the cars should be kept warn).
B. R. Ostrander, Fifth ward coun
cilman, said that the can should he
kept warm, but he did not know
from personal experience that they;
had been permitted to run cold. Ft
was suggested to Mr. Otttrander
that because of late council meet
the: peoples paper
THE UNWELCOME GUEST
RESOLUTION BY COUNCILMAN SHAEFER.
That the corporation counsel be, and is hereby, instructed to
draft the necessary ordinance requiring the street railway com
panies to heat each and every street, passenger car within the
olty limits, to be heated at a temperature of at least 60 degrees,
commencing on the first day October to the first day of April
of each and every year. The penalty to be the sum of $50 to
$100 for each violation thereof.
An emergency existing, the said ordinance to be ready for
passage at the next council meeting.
itigs he was not in the habit of rid
ing the cats that run between ti and
8 a. in.
Councilman Charles ftfohr of the
Fourth ward said that the Beaaefer
resolution was news to him and
that he would have to make an in
vestigation before committing him
self. Mr. Mohr said that the street
cars should be kept warm.
STRIKERS DENY
ARBITRATION
REPORT
There. *'as no truth in the report*
which fiere circulated yesterday to
the effect that the differences be
tween the striking switchmen and
the railroads of the northwest
would t>< submitted to arbitration,
and the strikers go back to work at
once, according to statements made
by a member of the press commit
tee of the local switchmen's union
this afternoon.
Tlu men say that as far as they
are Informed the settlement of the
strike is as far away as ever. The
condition locally has remained prac
tical l> unchanged, the local mer
chant-; and ghlp|>ers suffering great
ly from ths Heup.
A number Of new strike breakers
were taken" on at the local N. P.
today,* It is c sa"id.
. is* /> ~ «a
RE W YORK. Senator Dolllver
•flows, who has been ill in Waah
riiutfoi,. waa brought here today tor
tfeuurent.
UNION IN
LOSE OUT
ON BRIDGE
Claim to Get a Raw Deal at
the Hands of Engineer
Ralston.
CALL MASS MEETING
The methods of employment pur
sued by City Engineer italston on
the city bridge construction work
here are doomed to receive a thor
ough going over, according to re
ports given out by the board of
business agents of a number of the
local labor unions today.
Dissatisfied with the manner in
which the employment of men has
I een conducted, claiming that un
ion labor has been given a raw
deal in the bridge construction
work here, the business agents an
nounce their intention to call a
mass meeting of union men and
taxpayers to raise a general pro
test.
The business agents assert that
union men have been discriminated
against in their efforts to secure
employment on the bridges, that
the work has not been conducted
in an economical manner, and that
the percentage of bosses to actual
workers Is away too large. They
say that they have plenty of data
to prove their assertions. That
political favorites are being played
for the positions as foremen in
also claimed by them.
The announcement of their in
tention to call a mass meeting was
made tit the close of their dally
meeting at the Pantages building
this morning.
LABELED AS "FURNITURE" 3000 RIFLES
ARE SHIPPED INTO FINLAND BY REBELS
HBLBINOFORB, Finland. Jan. 6.—The Russian authorities
today seized tOOO rifles and a million cartridges which were be
ing smuggled into Finland by revolutionists.
The contraband munitions., labeled "furniture." passed the
boundary line and In a few hours would have been safe In the
storehouses of the revolutionists.
The extreme vigilance of the Russian officers, urged on them
lately by St. Petersburg officials, directed suspicion against the
shipment,
The rifles and cartridges, carefully concealed In a few pieces
of furniture, were disclosed and were seized.
THE INbANP EHPIW*>
EIGHTH YEAR, No. 50. 10 CENTS PER WEEK.
TWO DRUNKEN
BOYS SHOOT
MARSHAL
FATAL END OF A
YOUTHFUL SPREE.
(By United Press)
AUBURN, Wash., Jan. 6.—City
Marshal August Roehl is dying to
day, and two your.ns, Howard Wil
liams and C. Hildreth of Sumner,
are under arrest for the shooting,
as result of an alleged drunken ca
rousal here last night.
Williams and Hildreth were ar
rested in Sumner this morning by a
posse of deputies, after a chase
lasting since midnight. Both lads
fled to their homes after Williams
lired the shot which will probably
cost the marshal's life. Badly
frighten^ l , they were easily cap
tured, after the posse had trailed
them. They are now In Auburn
Jail and will be taken to Seattle to
day to be arraigned.
Roehl will not recover, according
to physicians.
The shooting occurred at 11:30
last night in the Northern Pacific
depot at Auburn. Williams and his
companion had been drinking and
decided to go to Tacoma. At the
station they were refused tickets,
as one was alleged to be too drunk
to be allowed on the train. The
pair then became boisterous and
George Richardson, a special North
ern Pacific constable, arrested
them. City Marshal Roehl was
summoned and was conveying them
toward the Jail when Williams sud
denly drew his revolver and fired.
Roehl was shot In the mouth, the
bullet lodging in the neck muscles.
Physicians extracted the bullet, but
hope of life is despaired of. The
dying marshal is about 48 and has a
wife and three daughters.
CANNERY
IS BURNED
(By United Press)
LEWISTON, Idaho, Jan. 6.—The
plant of the Lewiston-Clarkston
Canning Co. was totally destroyed
by fire this morning. The loss is
$25,000, partly insured.
BUILDING WATER
PLANT ADDITIONS
Work has boon resumed with a full
fone on tlie addition to the water
works station up the river. For a
time work was held up by the flood
ed condition of the river, wtiieh sent
the water through the gravel Into
the basement. Yesterday over 100
yards of concrete were laid, in spite
of the cold weather. Work has also
been resumed on the new well to
be sunk at the plant.
SOON TO NAME
NEW COPS
Appli; juts for positions on the
police force who passed success
fully tin mental test were today
i;i\rn a physical test in the office of
Chief Sullivan.
When the result of this trial is
known. Police Commissioner
I t urke and Chief Sullivan will then
he in a position to make their selec
tions, which will be done within a
few days.
THE WEATHER
Probably fair and) warmer
tonight and Friday. Max.
temp., It; mm., 4. Will tho
cold snap too broken tonight 7
GLHIS
SCORED
SEVERELY
ATTORNEY GENERAL
WHITEWASHES REC
ORD OF WASHINGTON
STATESMAN.
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—
| Completely exonerating Sec
retary Ballinger and other
i officials of tlie interior de
rpffrtment of the charges filed
by L. K. Glavis, former chief
of the field division of the
land office, Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham today
made public the report of his.
investigation of the case, at
the direction of President
Taft.
Wickersuam, declared that
the insinuations and charge
of improper action on the
part of Ballinger and other
officials were, in his opinion,
entirely disproved.
He takes occasion to score Glavis
severely, and declares that the
charges against Kalllnger were
filed as the result of Glavis' "exag
gerated idea of his own import
ance."
WickershanT also scored Glavis
for not pressing the investigation
of the Cunningham Alaska claims,
when all the assistance he asked
for from the interior department
"had been immediately forthcoming
and all the data in the case was in
his hands."
Glavis, he stated, continually pro
crastinated and put off the comple
tion of his Investigation, on the con
tinual ground that should the case
he taken immediately to trial he
would be compelled to prosecute
without adequate evidence. He re
cites Glavis' connection with the
case and concludes with a lengthy
summary, completely clearing Bai
linger' and other officials indicted
by Glavis.
HALES BOT HAS
A BIG JOB
CHANDLER HALJD
This is the latest photograph of
Chandler Hale, third assistant sec
retary of Mate. He Is a son of Sen
ator Hale of Maiue and la a groat
friend of Secretary of State Knox,
REDUCED STEAKf v
1). S. Hobbs, ward politician, th*
member of the chain gang who jroa*
terday presented Patrolman "Bill"
Shannon with a black eye, did not
go to work with the boys thia morn
ing. Hearing In mind his actions of
yesterday, tbe police have decidad
to keep hlut in for a few day*. T*»
other of Hit- members of the gangf
decided not to brave tho WtgitW
weather today, with the result that
but - twenty eight beefsteaks warn
ordered f«u dinner."
