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UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION SERVICE
LAND FRAUDS WILL INVOLVE $77,000,000
HARRIMAN CHIEF OFFENDER
IN NEVADA CASES
Garfield Asks $1,000,000 Appropriation to
Wage War for Vast Domain.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—Revela
tion of an astonishing number of
cases of alleged fraud on public
lands of the west.ls contained in a
special report sent Secretary Gar
field by H. H. Schwartz, chief of
field service In the general land
office. The renort was sent to con
gress today In support of Garfield's
request for an appropriation of
$1,000,000 to detect and prevent
land frauds in six Pacific states,
Arizona and Alaska territory.
Cases involving land valued at
over $77,000,000 are pending either
in federal courts or are under in
vestigation by the department of
justice.
Chief Schwartz says there Is
good reason to believe that every
FOUR HUNDRED GERMAN GIRLS
COME AFTER OREGON BACHELORS
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Four hundred German maidens from
Wurtemburg arrived here today on the Graf Walcb/rsee en
route to Oregon to find husbands.
The attention of the German girls to Oregon was drawn by
a picture shown them by Mrs. Frieda Walburg. wife of an
Oregon sheepherder, who is reported to be responsible for
the migration.
CHINESE GAMBLER PUTS
A CRIMP IN FRISCO 400
CALLS MAYOR, MRS. HEARST
AND LEADING CLUB WOMEN
INTO COURT TO SHOW
THEY HAVE BPECIAL CARD
PRIVILEGES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.—The
wealth and culture of San Fran
cisco, represented by scores of
prominent club men and women,
Including Mayor Taylor and police
commissioners, were subpoenaed
by Ah Sam, Chinese, arrested for
gambling In the Asiatic club.
All are endeavoring to escape
service, as they do not want to
discuss club life in open court.
Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, mother of
William Randolph Hearst; Mrs. R.
E. Revalk, president of the
Papyrus club; Mrs. F. M. Wright,
president of the Forum club, and
others equally prominent in club
life are included.
The Chinaman wants to show by
them what privileges are enjoyed
by them Inside club doors of ex
clusive organizations.
HORSEMAN'S WIDOW
LOSES MONEY
OAKLAND, Feb. 6.—With the
disqualification of Kngllsh Mail, a
two year old filly, yesterday for
fouling, it developed today that
Mrs. Caesar Young, widow of n
horseman who met a mysterious
CHIEF RICE'S SON
COMES TO TOWN
JUST MENTIONS IT HERE AND
THERE AND COLLECTS
MONEY WHEN HE CAN ON
BYRENGTH OF RELATION
SHIP.
The living, breathing truth Is
out on Chief of Police Rice. It
materialized In the form of a son,
one old enough for whiskers. See
ing that dad bossed the police
force, son saw no bar to his as
suming the same office. Hut pos
sibly his ideas of hte duties of the
office differed a bit from dad's, for
son got busy in an industrious en
deavor to bamboozle a woman in
the Cadillac hotel out of f6. De
ifcils are not given, but he did It
with a bogus badge and show of
relationship. Here and there and
everywhere he revealed his filial
connection with the chief. Whether
be reaped $6 on each revelation is
not yet divulged, although the
chief rather resented the enter
prise when he heard of It aud the
acre of this land, which is in the
hands of private individuals and
corporations, can be recovered. Al
though there are fewer cases In
Nevada than any other of the six
states and two territories, the
lands involved there are worth
$40,375,000, or more than half the
entire sum.
The principle involved in the Ne
vada cases is the most Important
that has come up for years. If the
government, wins its contention,
the Harriman lines will be forced
to disgorge thousands of acres of
rich land that was acquired from
congress when the late Senator
Stanford of California secured the
now famous Central Pacific land
grants by the act of July, 1862.
death In New York while riding
with Nan Patterson, had placed
$200 on the horse, which belongs
to her. at odds of 50 to 1. After
being disqualified English Mail did
not even get inside the money.
QUEERED WITH
ROOSEVELT
SENATOR F. O. NEWLANDS
BREATHES THE FORBIDDEN
DOCTRINE THAT MONGOL
IANS MUST BE DENIED PO
LITICAL EQUALITY.
RENO, Nev., Feb. 6.—Senator
Francis G. Newlands, who after
the last presidential election an
nounced his desire to become the
next democratic presidential candi
date, today In a printed Interview
with the Washington correspond
ent of a local paper, declared that
Mongolians must be denied politi
cal equnlity if the supremacy of
the white man is to survive.
McFarland and
hyland sign up
SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 6 —
Pneky McFarland and Dick Ilyland
have signed to Unlit at Mission
arena February 22.
son. and set his sleuths on the
trail. They brought in the prodi
gal.
Investigation develops the fact
that the chief is a cockney in dis
guise and also that he entered the
domaiu of dadship very, very early
in life. His son speaks a pro
nounced English accent, and is 23
years of age. The chief is 35, may
be. The meeting between father
and son was so affecting that Hill
Shannon even shed tears. The
chief was surprised to suy the
least. It has been sometime since
he lived in Loudon, and he had
hoped to forget It. While hunting
for his dad son enlisted in the
United States army, sir claims to.
He Just mentioned that he was a
son of Chief Rice as he wandered
along his way and collected coin
on it when he could. The chief
has men out todny In an endeavor
to ascertain lust how eiiterprising
son is. Meanwhile sou stays lv
jail.
THE SPOKANE PRESS
FLEET IS RACING HOME TODA V
DOTTED UNE IN MAP SHOWS THE WONDERFUL VOYAGE OF THE BATTLESHIP FLEET. BE
LOW, THE FLAGSHIP CONNECTICUT AND ADMIRAL SPERRY, IN COMMAND.
WOULD BILL V SUNDA V
CALL THIS WICKED?
Special Correspondence to The Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Coquelin,
the great French actor and
cometlian, who died recently,
prized far more highly than the
millions of laughs he brought dur
ing his career, the tears which he
saw occasionally when he recited
his favorite monolog, a legend of
Christ. The tenderness with which
the great actor told the sweet story
of Christ's kindness was irresist
ible, and brought tears to the eyes
of even the butterflies of Parisian
salons. The legend ran that Christ
and Peter, while walking toward
Jerusalem, met an aged woman
carrying a burden of firewood and
weeping.
Peter apoke to her, and she said:
"l live in a hut Into which the sun
GERTRUDE COGHLAX.
never shines. My husband, for a
long time before his death, had a
cough. Then two of my children
began to cough, and they died. Now
my last child has a cough. She Is
so ill she will die soon. It only 1
could have sunshine in the cot for
her!"
Then, the legend reads. Christ
spoke and said: "Go thy way to
thy cot. And the sunshine shall
always follow thee."
A light formed about the aged
burdened woman as she went smil
ing to her home. The little cottage
was filled with sunshine.
And when Peter saw the aged
woman again her child was well,
and others were basking In the
light and joy thit surrounded her
wherever she went.
Gertrude Coghlan, daughter of
the late Charles Coghlan, was In
troduced by her father, when she
was a child, to Coquelln. Miss
Coghlan, who is now playing in "A
Traveling Salesman" In New York,
says:
"My father told me he could not
keep back the tears when he heard
Coiiueltu tell this story. He thought
/eather—Snow or rain tonight and Sunday; warmer tonight.
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1909
that Coquelin really hoped by It
touch the lives and hearts of his
hearers and make them better men
and women, just as a minister
might."
TO INVESTIGATE
GALBRAITH
Joseph F. Hunold, secretary of
the Spokane County Township
club, in speaking of the visit of
County Assessor Galbraith to
Olympia, says:
"The action of Assessor Gal
braith in staying at Olympia to
lobby for senate bill No. 82 is being
condemned by the members of the
township club in strong and un
qualified terms. This bill is de
signed to take away the powers of
the township assessors, and is de
signed for the benefit of Mr. Gal
braith and his colleagues in office
and against the Interests of his
constituents.
"Unnecessary expense of this
kind should be stopped, and for the
benefit of the taxpayers, Mr. Gal
braith should Immediately be re
quested to return home.
"This matter will be brought up
at the next meeting of our town
ship club, to be held at the cham
ber of commerce Tuesday, Febru
ary 9. at 10:30 a. in. At this meet
ing senate bill No. 19t>. fathered by
the Spokane County Township
club, amending the township gov
ernment law, will be read and dis
cussed. Every member of the Spo
kane delegation in both houses has
agreed to support this bill, except
Senator Graves, and it has been
introduced in both houses."
TWENTY-SIX DIE
IN THE STORM
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 6.—Reports
from the storm belt that 26 per
ished in the southwest yesterday
were received today. Most of them
were negroes.
HERE TO LINE JJP BOOMER
Pert Warner Is In town from Se
attle today trying to close a mates
between Boomer Weeks. Spokane's
husky fireman, aud Dr. Holler of
Seattle. Weeks outweighs Holler
about li> pounds, but states that
he can train down to the doctor's
caliber. There Is some talk that
If a match can be made a purse
of $3,000 will be put up. and If
possible the fight will be pulled
off in Spokane.
HASKELL GETS DELAY.
MUSKOGKK, Okla., Feb. 6.—
Date of healing alleged land fraud
cases was set today for March 1.
Governor Haskell, who was Indict
ed In this connection by the grand
jury, was granted a delay and left
for Guthrie,
FROM°THIRD
CITY PRIMARY FILING SLACKS
UP TODAY—LAMBERT WOULD
LIKE TO SIT IN SEATS OF
MIGHTY ONCE MORE.
The rush for city office has slack
ened, and up to noon today but
one declaration was filed by a can
didate In the coming primaries.
The declaration filed this morning
was By John ('. Kleber, who is out
for the nomination on the republi
can ticket for the council from the
Third ward. He seeks to obtain
the first term now filled by Council
man Schiller.
Those who filed last evening be
fore the clerk's office closed were
E. V. Lambert, republican, who
seeks to succeed himself as coun
cilman from the Third ward, sec
ond term: R. 11. Dent, who seeks
tho republican nomination from
the Third ward, first term; T. M.
O'Connor, who seeks the republi
can nomination to the council from
the First ward, first term.
The declarations of candidates
may be filed any time up to March
5 when the "entry list" will be
closed. That will give the camli
dates a month to get busy and
make their campaign.
ROOSEVELT HAS
SECRET BUSINESS
LQNDON, Feb. 6.—Diplomats
are discussing the mysterious mis
sion of Elmer Dover, former secre
tary of the republican national
committee and trusted friend of
Roosevilt, who this week made a
Hying visit to London, then rushed
to Berlin, where it is understood
he delivered an important docu
ment to the kaiser.
Immediately after his arrival
here a few days ago, Dover went
to the foreign office, where he left
some papers.
DECLARES INNOCENCE
AND LOOKS INNOCENT
' I don't believe yet that Mr. Cor
coran is a bigamist. This other
woman's statements (meaning Mrs.
J. S. Corcoran No. 1) has placed
me in a wrong light and after my
trial, of course, 1 want to make a
complete denial of ever) thing this
woman has said against me."
Thus declared Mrs. Corcoran, al
leged to be No. 2, under arrest for
bigamy this morning.
"My attorneys have instructed
me to make no statements till after'
my trial, so I cannot say as much
at this time as I would like to.
1 have friends who all know that 1
would not knowingly marry an
other woman's husband and I don't
believe 1 have."
The henest expression upon the
v..., %U j wife's face, while making
GIBRALTAR, Feb. 6.—With the
cannons of a dozen foreign war
ships in the harbor booming fare
well the American battleship fleet
sailed on the last leg of its jour
ney around the world today.
The ships weighed anchor at 9
o'clock and steamed from the har
bor In single formation.
When the strait of Gibraltar Is
passed in single column, the line
will be broken and each ship will
steam for itself in a race for the
Atlantic shores, to establish a new
record. The engines have been
thoroughly overhauled.
The fleet will rendezvous in
Hampton Roads, where it will be
reviewed by. Roosevelt, who will
crown his presidential service with
a floating pageant. The vessels will
then disperse to different navy
yards.
GREATEST
WARSHIP
LAUNCHED
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. ( Feb. 6.
—The United States battleship
Delaware, the greatest and heavi
est in the world, was launched to
day. Miss Anne Cahill smashed a
bottle of champagne against the
port bow.
The vessel gained momentum as
it passed the cheering crowds and
took the plunge In the James river
without mishap. Among those who
witnessed the launching were Gov
ernor James Pennewlll, Delaware,
and staff of officers. Immediately
following invited guests were driv
en to the Warwick hotel, where
they were entertained at luncheon
by officials of the shipyard. Gov
ernor Swanson. Virginia, and Gov
ernor Pennewlll spoke.
ROOSEVELT LIKE ANGRY
SCHOOLTEACHER
LONDON, Feb. 6.—Com
menting on Roosevelt's atti
tude toward the California
legislature on anti-Japa
nese measures, the London
Globe today criticizes him
for the tone of his remon
strances, saying:
"The president's remon
strances might have been
more dignified. His tele
grams have the tone of an
angry schoolmaster and are
hardly worthy of the head
of a nation."
BOMB FIEND BLOWS
UP TENEMENT FULL
OF FEVER PATIENTS
NEW YORK, Feb. L—A bomb
explosion drove a score of scarlet
fever patients into the street to
day from an east side tenement,
where they were quarantined by
the Inalth officers. The entire front
of the building was wrecked. The
origin of the explosion is a mys
tery.
REPORT OF RELIEF WORK.
Superintendent George Hollway
of the Associated Charities, report
ed to the council this morning that
during the month of January the
relieve suffering in the city.
her brief statement, Indies tod that
if she is a bigamist, and has made
Corcoran a bigamist by accepting
his hand in marriage, she has sure
ly been deceived in some way.
She smiled quietly and seemed
to be little perturbed on learning
that her visitor was a newspaper
representative. Aside from a wor
ried expression that has over
spread her countenance, the young
woman appeared to be enjoying
good health and with her graceful
carriage and neat fitting gown, she
presented a neat and attractive ap
pearance.
Sheriff Mac Pugh left yesterday
afteronon for Kl' Paso, Texas, to
bring J. S. Corcoran, the alleged
bigamist, back to Spokane for
prosecution.
ONE CENT
SEVENTH YEAR, No. 78. 25 CENTS PER MONTH
BOTCH JOB ON NORTH
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Holes Show in Stone Work
and Plaster Falls
From Walls.
It may be that the city of Spo
kane has secured a good return
for its money in the erection of
the North Central high school
building, just being completed at
a contractors' cost of about $150,-
--000, but a casual inspection cannot
fail but to impress the dullest ob
server that the price Is high for
the kind of construction worn
done.
Some of the class rooms are fin
ished as if intended for a grocery
store or ware room and many de
fects in the building are apparent.
Toilet rooms are built without any
ventilation, plastering is falling off
the basement and class room walls
and ceiling, the brick foundation
for the boiler appears inclined to
crumble at one end.
A stone retaining wall was
built around a pit into which fuel
is dumped at the south side of the
building. A heavy board supports
this wall, It Is claimed, to keep it
SHAW HAS
111 SCARE
NEW YORK, Feb. 6—Leslie M.
Shaw, former secretary of ,the
treasury, declared before the mer
chants' congress last night that
Japan could place 200,000 fighting
men in Hawaii within a month. He
pleaded for a merchant marine sub
sidized by the government, and
said the powers of the world laugh
ed at the spectacle of 16 battle
ships starting around the world ac
companied by and depending for
coal supplies on 27 colliers.
The supply vessels were floating
foreign flags, which would desert
the ships and leave them helpless
without coal at the first smell of
hostile powder.
Speaking of powder, he said if
all the powder mills in the United
States should stop making sporting
and blasting powder and just turn
out battle powder, we could not
make in 30 days enough powder to
last the navy 30 days. At the pres
ent rate, he said, the ships could
tight two hours a month.
BUSINESSMEN
OPPOSED TO
COUNTY UNIT
Among businessmen of Spokane
a strong sentiment has developed
against the proposition to combine
the city and county into one unit
in voting on the question of local
option, as proposed in the measure
now under consideration in the le
gislature.
This feeling cropped out last
night in the meeting of the civic
commission, and is the general
topic wherever businessmen gath-
er. The feeling is that cities of
the size of Spokane ought to be
permitted to govern their own af
fairs when It comes to the regula
tion of local questions, and it is
held to be unfair and contrary to
the spirit of local self government
for communities like Spokane to
be governed by the wishes of
voters situated at remote corners
of the county.
Many men who believe in local
option as a general principle In
sist that the application of it as
proposed in the county unit local
option bill Is wrong, and for this
reason are opposed to it. Ou the
question of the straight approval
of the county local option unit in
last night's meeting of the civic
commission only three men out of
15 supported the county unit.
Ex-Mayor Olmstead said that he
believed in local option but be
lieved that the people of Spokane
should have the settlement of the
question on their own account and
not be required to conform to the
wishes of the citizens of Medical
from bulging out In the center and
falling in. Superintendent Raught
says the wall is all right, how
ever.
Men employed on the work say
it was rushed to a termination
with such speed that due regard
to quality and excellence of work
manship was disregarded. It may
be that these things will be rem
edied before the school board Anal
ly settles with the contractor, Mr.
Cunningham.
The stone work around the
south entrance and wall looks as
if It might have been laid by guess
work, as large openings appear be
tween the stone; but this will be
remedied, the building superinten
dent says, before the work Is final
ly accepted.
Although the construction of the
building has cost almost enough to)
build a courthouse, yet from 10 to
15 mechanics of different kinds)
have been employed on the build
ing by the school board for months.
When the end of the expense will
come seems to be unknown by the
regular employes about the build
ing, who ar naturally supposed to
keep ahead with the work assign
ed to them and say nothing.
Lake or Rockford. Dr. Olmstead
further stated that this would be a
most Inopportune moment to
launch local option in Spokane.
Things are not any too brisk as
they are, he said, and to hang up
posters in the windows of 210
business rooms and throw 1,500
men out of employment would
force a condition onto Spokane the
end of which might be hard to de
termine.
Chairman F. T. Post of the civic
commission said he voted for the
local option plank in the republi
can state convention but not the
form of local option that is now be-
ing sought.
Those wlio have canvassed the
situation say that between 75 and
90 per cent of the commercial and
industrial Interests of the city are
opposed to the county unit in the
adoption of a local option bill.
FATAL FALL
FROM HIGH
BRIDGE
Discovery of the dead body ot
Frank Gravelle half submerged in
the river beneath the Great North
ern trestle, just east of th©
Phoenix lumber mill, with clothing
tattered aud torn, tells of a terri
ble plunge down a rocky incline
in the darkness. The discovery
was made at 1 o'clock today by a
boy named Laurel Brown.
A large diamond ring, valued at
approximately $200, an elegant
gold watch and fob and a valuable
lodge pin were still on the corpse.
Papers identifying Gravelle and
showing that he was a member of
aerie of Eagles No. 22 of Nelson,
B. C. were found, together with a
membership card In the Metro
politan club, Spokane, in his
pocket.
Gravelle was employed at the
Hotel Richter bar at 0606 Monroe
street and was evidently on his
way to that place by way of tho
Great Northern tracks when he
took the fatal plunge. At the
point where he slipped to his death
the trestle divides, leaving an open
space between the tracks. Ap
proaching the divide Is a cinder
roadbed which extends to the very
edge of the ties of the trestle. The
open space is unguarded, with the
ragged rocks below.
Gravelle had been married but
secured a divorce from his wlfo
several months ago. He was about
50 years old.
SPOKANE THEIR EOEN.
Coming west on their honey
moon tour last year. Dr. George
H. Searcy and wife saw Spokane,
They had lived in soft and sunny
Alabama, but the old state's
charms faded under the benign In
fluence of the City Beautiful, and
the result Is that they are here to
stay. Dr. Searcy was professor of
anatomy in the Alabama university
at Tuskaloosa and also had charge
of one of the state asylums. Ho
has opened offices in the Empire
State building.