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BALLOTS SHOW SENTIMENT AGAINST METERS
HOME EDITION—ONE CENT
WrATUCP Fair tonight and Saturday.
TrCAIIILn Maximum temperature, 38; rmti-
Imum, 29.
ONE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS, FIVE CENTS.
SULLIVAN
QUARREL
ENDED IN
A MURDER
Joseph Harland Dies From
Blow on Head—Fight
With Negroes.
Passing along Front avenue near
Market street, about 10:15 last
evening, Joseph Edward Harland,
a native of England, saw two ne
groes and a couple of white men
engaged in an altercation. As
Harland and his companion, O.
Perry, drew near, a shower of
sticks and stones, thrown by the
combatants, flew about them, and
the two men dodged into a nearby
alley to. escape injury.
When they emerged from the al
(Contlntied on page two.)
BETTER LOCAL POLITICS
One example of improved conditions following the un
horsing of the Pugh ring has been given by Sheriff-elect
George E. Stone. He invited the central labor council to
select two of the deputy sheriffs. And the labor council
made two very good selections.
Do those who supported the Pugh ring imagine for a
moment that Sheriff Pugh would have allowed any one
but his own family or clique to help in the selection of
deputies, or that he would let labor have a voice in such
a matter? Well, we rather guess NOT.
The Press desires to congratulate Sheriff Stone on this
particular action, and also hazard the guess that if the
other anti-ring officials-elect pursue the same course in
that and other ways, the new county administration will
prove to be the best Spokane has ever had.
THOUGHT DEAD FOR FIVE YEARS,
FORMER MILLIONAIRE FOUND, A TRAMP
LA CROSSE, Wis., Nov. 25.--Helleved dead for a period of
five years, Abner Bertram Frazer. former millionaire grain specu
lator of Minneapolis, was found here today as a tramp. Frazer
dropped front sight after having lost a fortune in a wheat "cor
ner." Ills memory became clouded and D. S. Grieg, who recog
nized Frazer, Is attempting to restore Frazer'B recollection of
the past.
DECIDE NOT TO
OPPOSE GOMPERS
(By United Press Leased Wire)
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25.—1t was in
timated today that the socialist ele
ment In the . American Federation
of Labor will not seriously oppose
the re-elactioft of President Samuel
(lumpers tomorrow. It Is likely,
however, that Max Hayes will vote
"no." there preventing (lumpers'
re-election unanimously. The so
, clalists are concentrating their op
position on William lluber, candi
date for vice president. The con
vention will close tomorrow night
and the delegates probably will
conclude ttieir labors without In
dorsing either San Francisco or
New Orleans as the place for the
Panama-Pacific exposition in uns.
SEA RUNNING
MOUNTAINS HIGH
(By United Press Leased Wire)
C VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 25.—
Buffeted for 19 days in a se
ries of strong southeaster
which raged throughout the
voyage from coast to coast
with the sea running moun
tains high 'or four days, with
the storm at its height bucking
a northeast to northwest swell,
the Weir liner Kumer arrived
in port late yesterday fter
noon over four day* late. One
gale followed another and for
two days the barometer read
27 Inches, which la its lowest
and an unusual occurrence for
mid-Pacific ocean.
LOO KILLB MAN.
HOQUIAM, Nov. IS, —A. R.
Berg, 2">, was killed here last night,
when a log rolled off a side hill
end buried htm iv the debris.
MADERO
WOUNDED,
FIGHT ENDS
Canvass of Situation Shows
Little Fight
Left.
(By United Press.)
CARRIZO SPRINGS; Tex.,
Nov. 25.—Word reached
here today that a band of
Mexican revolutionists, es
corting General Madero, who
is wounded, had crossed the
border yesterday, ,'{o miles
from here, into Texas, leav
ing their wounded leader at
Continued on Page Two.
AFRAID OF RAID
BY MEXICAN EXILE
SAN niKflO, Oaf., Nov. 25.
—Humors that Klcardo Ma
gon, the Mexican exile, was
going to invade Lower Cali
fornia, got about In the little
village of Tla Junnn. across
the line in Mexico today, and
alarmed the people there. The
result was that more than
110,000 was brought to local
hanks by anxious Mexicans.
Extra guards have been
placed on duty below the line.
SHOT MAN
THROUGH LEG
RELLIXGHAM. Wash., Nov. 26\
—A man giving the name of George
La Porte, when called upon to halt
this morning at the corner of Mag
nolia and Commercial streets, with
his Companion started and ran and
was brought to the sidewalk by a
shot through the calf of the left leg,
fired by Police Sergeant Jim Lee.
The niuii with La Porte, giving the
name of Stanley, but who since has
been identified as John Carver, an
escaped convict, was captured by
Patrolman Pat .lessup In the alley
near the American-Reveille office.
AGAINST
CHILD LABOR
(By United Press Leased Wire)
PHOENIX, Ariz.. Nov. 25.—Pro
hibition of the employment ot
children under 14 years of age
during public school terms will be
maintained under the law of Ari
zona. The convention adopted a
provision providing also that no
children be perriiitted to work more
than tight hours a day.
An an V>lui-kl'Bl proposition was
the (ecture of the labor measure
adopted.
The Spokane Press
INJUNCTION IS THROWN OUT
"COME THROUGH!"
Miss Libby Morgan, a crippled woman, who ran a lodging house at Front and Divi-1
sion streets, testified at the council's hearing of the charges against Sullivan that police
men held her up regularly for tribute. She swore that she. had to turn over to them $5,
$10 or more about every week, and that two girls who had rooms with her had to do the
same. This is simple one of the rotten conditions in the police department—things
which went on right under the nose of ignorant, inefficient Sullivan, while he was the
responsible head of the department.
25
"The lurk in the lave mat
couldn't speak plain, cried 'Gobble,
gobble, gobble.' The girl on the
street, who hobbled her feet, went
wobble, wobble, wobble."
A WAGON
TIPS OVER
ON MAN
While dumping a wagon loaded
with rock and dirt at the Seventh
avenue dump, out near Hangman
creek, shortly alter li o'clock this
morning, W. W. Gosney, 411 West
Second avenue, a teamster driving
for the Keystone stables, and work
ing on the Cannon hill paving job
for the J. V, Hill company, was
seriously injured by the wagon tip
ping over upon him and pinning
him to the ground.
Gosney had driven his team,
which was somewhat excitable,
well down over the edge of the
dump, and had pulled the lever
which dumped his wagon, when the
heavy load overbalanced, and it
was seen that It was going over.
The team became frightened and
attempted to run, and In his en
deavor to stop them Gosney failed
to get out of tho way and was pin
ned beneath the wagon. It Is tear
ed th.it one of the bones In nil hip
Is broken.
LEAVES 25 MILLIONS
TO THREE DAUGHTERS
KEDLANDS. Cat, Nov. 25.—8y
the will of George H. Myers, the
tobacco magnate of St. Ixuils, who
recently died heie his three daugh
ters will receive the bulk of the
vest Myers fortune, estimated at
no less than $2i>,000,000.
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1910.
MORE SHOPPING
DAYS BEFORE
CHRISTMAS
A STUDY OF
WOMEN AT POLLS
Some Charges Against Feminine Voters in Denver Are
True, He Says, But the Big Effect of Their Ballots Has
Made Their Enfranchisement a Success—Their Most
Important Victory This Fall Was the Carrying of
Initiative and Referendum.
("Woman's suffrage" has become one of the bis questions of the
clay In the i'nite;l States. At tho recent election the state of Wash
ington gave the franchise to it's feminine citizens, and the move
ment Is very strong In several other American commonwealths. Hut,
it Is also seriously asked, "is vfbman'a suffrage a failure?" And some
of the answers won t dowa. Not rong ago the Ladies' Home Journal
published a seusational article by Richard Harry, a famous corre
spondent, who said absolutely that It Is a failure In Colorado and
I'tah, two states in which he -Investigated the matter. He said that
the suffrage had not been used for good, and he charged that women
sold their votes, notably In Denver.
In view of the wide attention giv*p Barry's statements, which
appeared late in October, The Press commissioned Editor B. F. Gur
ley of the Denver Express, to watch the women at the polls of Den
ver on the day of the recent election, and to write for this newspa
per his impressions as a result of his observations then and at other
times. Mr. Qurley's article, whkhroltows. throws a good deal of
light on the problem, from a Colorado standpoint, rt least.—Editor.)
Critics of woman suffrage will. suit Is the counting of extra votes,
find but little basis for their argu-' to the fact that the political
nients in the recent election | parties pay their "women workers"
Colorado. for their activities, anud that the
Call women partisan. If you will, corporations have found it possible
Say that the majority vote as their subtly to subsidize many who
husbands do, and that the only re- (Continued on Page 8.)
GO TO PRISON
JOYFULLY
(By United Press Leased Wire)
LONDON, Nov. 25.—Fifteen
suffragette* arrested last night
for attacking government of
ficers in Whitehall, were each
sentenced to two months' In
jail today. One woman was
sentenced to a month's Im
prisonment and tive others
were fined 10 pounds each.
The women went to prison joy
fully.
BY B. f. GURLEY.
Editor The Denver Express.
CONFESSES
TO MURDER
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 25.—
John Sears, a half-breed negro, eon
'teased today to the murder of Hey.
Amazl Armstroiiv and his wife in
th.;r home Wednesday night Sears
Mdd If killed the Armstrongs to
gel share of the minister's es
!it I -■Hie-uhe.d to hlui in Arm
strong's will.
PUBLIC DOESN'T
LIKE THE PLAN
Are you for or against the compulsory use of meters? State
your preference here:
For meters '
Against meters
Reasons therefor
Name
Address
Cut out and mail to The Spokane Press.
According to The Press balloting
on the compulsory meter question,
the very great majority of the citi
zens are against the proposed or
dinance.
The board of public works a
short time ago planned a neat little
scheme to rush a universal meter
ing ordinance through the coun
cil, and the situation looked very
favorable for said neat little
scheme until this newspaper begau
explaining the facts last week and
urging the people and the council
to canvass the situation thorough
ly before taking final action. The
ballot was offered people by The
Press, in order that an .accurate
idea of public sentiment might be
secured. All interested in the
YOU'LL HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO
THE "HOUNDS" MR. HILL!
J. F. Hill, president of the Hill the paving deals In this city are
Paving company, which has re- far from "irresponsible." On the
ceived considerable unsavory no- contrary, they are some of the best
toriety of late, writes from Chica- people in the city. The people of
go bitterly resenting the slurs the Browne's addition and Cannon
which have been case upon his Hill district, the element which
firm and its methods of doing busi- stands for good government and
neBB . the elimination of graft In munic
"Such villainous attacks must re- ipal contracts, these are the "irre
eult in all decent contractors pass- sponsible hounds" who are causing
ing up Spokane." Mr - Hill to become so agitated.
"These hounds, I suppose, are If Hill really wants to prove to
irresponsible." lne public that his company Is on
T>ss says the Honorable Mr. the square, let him. Instead of us
flilL paving contractor, in his let ! ing such language as he resorted
ter of protest. to > wr ite the newspapers of this
Which goes to show just what [ city an open letter explaining what
Mr Hill doesn't know about the,lß really done with the al
matter Decent contractors willleged 10-per cent "promotion
not pass up Spokane, because of i fund," which Is Is alleged, is laid
exposes of Improper business meth- aside from the profits of every
ods on the part of paving con- 1
tractors who stand In with the
political ring which controls city
affairs.
Far from It. Instead they will
be attracted to a city where queer
business methods are not tolerated.
And the "hounds" who are show
ing up the rottenness of some of
CERTAINLY A
TRIFLE FORGETFUL
Hassai Merhly is sure some 4
forgetful. When a man Is so 4
absent-minded that he will 4
deliberately take a train out 4
of town and leave nearly $200 4
in bills lying In the bed he 4
occupied the night before, he 4
Is pretty near going the limit 4
of forgetfulness. but that Is 4
what Merhly did. 4
He came to Spokane a few 4
days ago front Coeur d'Alene, 4
and after taking in the sights 4
last Wednesday, he retired in 4
room 46, Kenneth hotel, and 4
placed a canvas belt contain- 4
Ing $183 in bills between the 4
mattresses in his bed. The 4
next morning he arose, 4
dressed and took a train back 4
to the lake town, never think- 4
Ing of his money until he 4
had arrived at hime. 4
Then he got busy on the 4
phone, notified the local po- 4
lice, and an investigation of 4
the bed which ho bad occu- 4
pled resulted in the recovery 4
of the money. 4
THIS CALF STEALS $118.25 AND EATS
IT ALL—PRETTY TOUGH—WHAT?
SPARTANSRLRO, S. C, Nov. 25.—1n going milking Mrs. Luther
Calvert, who lives at Clinton, dropped a pocketbook containing five $20
bills, a $10 bill, a $5 bill and three ones, besides a sliver quarter. The
money was missed an hour later and thorough search revealed the quar
ter, which showed sisus of having been chewed by a calf. A young
licit.•! lv the yard had a guilty look and a veteriuary surgeon wus sum
moned. The roll was extracted from the stomach of the calf iv a niu
tHated condition. The bills were taken to a bank cashier, who sent them
to Washington to be redeemed.
ONE MONTH FOR 25 CENTS
You can have The Press delivered right at
your door early every afternoon for 20 eente
ocr month. Phone Main Main 878.
NINTH YEAR, No. 39
question—snd all should be inter
ested —are urged to mark the bal
lots and send them to The Press.
In this morning's mail nine bal
lots were returned. Eight were
marked against compulsory meter
ing, and one for it. Here are some
of them:
M. A. Miller, E2204 First—
Against meters. Would mean in
sufficient water and more ex
pense. ,; *; •»
George Williams, ,1311 Alice—
Against meters. Satisfied would
be poor proposition, from experi
ence and talk with people.
Bert Nelson, E4O Riverside—
Against meters. Expense in put-
Comtnued en Page Two.
DYNAMITE NEAR
STEEL PLANT
(By United Press Leased Wire)
CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—Seven
teen sticks of dynamite were
found today near the works of
the Federal Steel Company
here. It is believed by the
officials of the company that a
plot was afoot to blow up the
plant. The American Bridge
company, which controls the
Federal Steel company, has
been at war with its employes
throughout the country.
GIANT'S SIZE LED
TO HIS ARREST
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 2:—
Sherman K. Hill of Portsmouth, N.
M . employed last summer as clerk
at the Hotel Frederick, New York,
and since September 1, as clerk at
the Atlantic hotel here, wns urresi
ed with Mrs. Cora Dayton on a
train at Washington, D. C, this
afternoon at the Instance of the
Bridgepoit police. Hill's great
height, 6 feet 6 inches, betrayed his
identity. ggj
KINO OEOROE WILL
VISIT INDIA IN 1912
LONDON, Nov. 2f..—lt has been
I officially confirmed that King
, George will be present at the mag
i nitieent coronation durbar which
will be held at Delhi, India, about
January 1, 1912. More than $500,01)0
i will be spent to make the great
spectacle an equal to the famed
' Curzon regime durbar
25 CENTS A MONTH
CAN NOT
RESTRAIN
COUNCIL
Judge Sullivan Tells Mr,
Winston He Has No
Case.
Another bombshell was
dropped into the midst of
the Pratt-Sullivan police
combine today when Judge
E. H. Sullivan of the supe
rior court refused to grant
an order restraining the city
council from enforcing its
order looking to the suspen
sion of former Chief Sulli
van.
Judge Sullivan, after reading tha
application of Attorney A. M. Win
ston fur a writ of review, - simply" -
I Continued on Paoe~Two] "
paving contract his company re
ceives In this city. Let him ex
plain why It was that his company
has used second class brick in the
Browne's addition gutters, instead
of the first class material which
it is getting paid for. Let him ex
plain why round gravel instead ot
crushed rock was used In the
"binder" layer in this pavement.
Let him explain why his company
went right ahead with work In the
Cannon Hill district even though
suit had been started to invalidate
the assessment.
Tell the public the truth about
your paving company and its meth
ods, Mr. Hill, and you vgon't have
the "irresponsible hounds" like
Mayor Pratt's "gray wolves," yelp
ing at your heels.
PREVENTED A HEAP
OF TROUBLE
(By United Press Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 25—A
complete report of the revolt ot
Brazilian sailors at Rio Janeiro, re
celved at the Brazilian embassy
here today, indicates that serious
trouble was averted by the surren
der of the sailors • •
A cablegram signed by Baron
Rio Branco. stated that at the time
of the surrender of the steamers,
the rest of the Brazilian fleet, con
sisting of 26 vessels, was prepar
ing to attack the warships in the
possession of the mutineers. Or
edr had been isstfed by the gov
ernment to torpedo the dread
noukhts, and if necessary to sink
them.
'7 PLVNQED
HIM OVER' 9
(By United Press Leased Wire)
CHICAGO, - Nov. 27j—"That
guy got fresh and I plunked
him," said Earl McDonald, 1»,
today, foUowinq hie arrest for
the killing of John Ostoezew
sky, and the wounding of K. W.
Schurt in an attempted holdup
of Ostoszewsky here last night.
McDonald was asaisted In
the crime by Ray Cannon of
Carroll, lowa, a youth of Mc-
Donald's age McDonald"*
home Is in Cleveland. While
relating their confessions the
youths smoked cigarettes.
GIANT SCARE* WOMEN.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—A score
of young women worshippers in the
Church ot the Holy Rosary were
thrown into hysterics yesterday
when the nude figure of an unuauaj
i> tall man appeared In the pulpit,
It took seven policemen to get him
Into a cell. The intruder was In
sane.
