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6.0. LEADS
IDE VAN
OLD SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT
FOR LINCOLN DO NOT PRO
POSE TO FOLLOW BEHIND IN
HONORING HIS MEMORY.
The Grand Army of the Republic
•will be no tail to the Lincoln cen
tenary celebration. It will lead the
celebration or will hold one on its
own account.
This was the sentiment which
develoj>ed this afternoon when the
citizens' committee met in the
mayor's office and at which the G.
A. R. and the Spanish War veter
ans were invited guests. The trou
ble has been brewing ever since
Colonel Charles R. Connor got his
committee appointed.
' Colonel Connor at the meeting
today, stated that the citizens',
committee had secured the taber
nacle, had arranged for Dr. Kim
ball to be the orator of the day,
and had other general plans.
Then the fun started. Dr. Free
man of the G. A. R. challenged
the statement of Colonel Conno'
and po'nted out that the G. A. R.
and Spanish War veterans had se
cured the tabernacle and made all
plans which were in line. He ob
jected st-enuously to the G. A. R.
being relegated to the background,
and said the G. A. R. did not in
tend to be placed In the class with
the "has beens." He was support
ed in this by Captain J. E. Clark
of the G. A. R.
Rev. W. .1. Hindley of the citi
sens' committee then moved that
the committee join with the G. A.
R. R. and that the two co-operate,
but this was objected to by the
Grand Army men. who insisted
that they were to take the lead,
and the citizens' committee was
welcome to suggest, but not domi
nate the celebration of the birth
of the commander of the great
Grand Army. Abraham Lincoln.
This sentiment finally prevailed,
and a motion was passed that the
letizens' committee work in har
mony with the G. A. R.. accepting
their plans as already made and
following them in future plans.
Then new trouble arose. C. R.
Connor did not intend to give up
his leadership and attempted to
appoint a secretary. The (I. A, R.
men insisted they had a chairman
and secretary already appointed,
and that these officers were suffi
cient.
As a matter of fact, the citizens'
committee was appointed by May
or Moore to raise funds for the
Lincoln memorial and not to plan
the celebration. The old boys won
as they did fr Lincoln.
AGENTS M
In spite of the fact that today
is the last on which the employ
ment agents can pay their licenses
without laying themselves liable to
arrest there are a number who
have failed to do so and Major
R. 1». Gwydir promises to start ar
rests Monday morning of all those
who have failed to pay up. There
have bee'i but six licenses taken
out since the injunction against
the city was overruled and there
are about a dozen agents who are
now without licenses. There are
seven holding old licenses which
have not expired as yet.
The license fee was raised last
fall from $r.u to $2uu per annum
and this started a fight by the
agents which resulted in their de
feat in the courts.
TWO MORE BIG COPS
Two more men have been added
to the police force through the
recommendation of Chief Rice and
the action of the board of police
commissioners. Roth are big, well
built men. who come up to the
new requirements of the depart
meat.
Grant Bradley, formerly employ
ed by the Diamond Ice &. Fuel
Co., aud at one time a guard in
the |»enitentiary, was the first man
appointed. He stands five feet 11 :, 4
incites In height and weighs iy_'3 4
pounds.
The other man appointed Is
George Alvin Rea, who is five feet
11% inches tall and weighs 191
pounds. Both men are promising
looking; candidates and will worn
as specials until they have gained
places on the regular force.
UNIVERBALIST CHURCH.
Hey. A. C. Grler, pastor—Subject
ef the morning sermon, "Witness
ing for Christ"; evening, "A Pil
grimage to the Homes of Abraham
Lincoln. Illustrated."
-
Hoys to sell The Press. Can
make good money. See Gates at
tae office. 81G Front avenue, corner
Wall and front.
SON DIVORCES WHOM
FATHER WEDS
Special Correspondence to The Press
Feb. 6.—On Oct. ~; 1903, the
Rev. Dr. Van Kleek. rectoi
of the Episcopal church at
White Plains, tied a nuptial
knot that launched Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph C. Thompson
matrimonial seas.
When Joseph C. Thomp
son appeared before the su
preme court in a divorce
action against Lavinia L. M
Thompson. the attorney
who obtained an interlocu
tory decree for him was
Frank Van Kleek.
"Are you and the minis
ter relatives?" asked the
court.
"He is my father," an
swered the lawyer.
"He ties the knots, judge,
and I untie them."
LUMBERMEN
ENO_SESSION
SPOKANE SECRETARY RE
ELECTED, Z. E. HAYDEN IS
PRESIDENT AND THE ASSO
CIATION MEETS NEXT YEAR
IN PORTLAND.
A. L. Porter of Spokane was re
elected secretary and treasurer of
the Western Retail Lumbermen's
association yesterday afternoon in
the closing session of the conven
tion. 7.. E. Hayden, Wenatchee,
Wash., manager of the Lamb-Davis
Lumber Co. retail department, was
elected president, and C. B. Chan
nel), manager of the Nibley-Chan
nell Lumber Co., Twin Falls, Idaho,
vice president.
F. H. Hillyard, Spokane, was re
elected president of the Lumber
men's Mutual society, and J. J.
Owen. Spokane, was chosen a
member of the managing board
and executive committee. .1. Fran
cis Merlll, IMgham City, Utah,
was elected to fill a one year term
in a vacancy on the board of direc
tors. .1. E. Lane, Lewistown,
Mont.: U. K. Swift. Seattle, and
.1. M. Crawford of Walla Walla
were chosen to fill four year terms
vacant on the same board.
Resolutions calling for the ap
pointment of a nonpartisan tariff
commission by the president of the
I'nited States, which should have
supervision over tariff matters, the
same as railroad commissions over
railroad matters, were adopted.
The parcels post bill introduced by
Postmaster General Meyer was at
tacked and resolutions opposing it
endorsed. Portland was chosen
for the meeting place for 1910.
ARRESTED ON WIFE
DESERTION CHARGE
With a charge of wife and fam
ily desertion placed aga-inst him in
a warrant sworn out by his wife.
Berl .lames, a motorman for tlie
Washington Water Power Co., was
arrested tins afternoon by Officer
Marshall. His family resides at
1421 Gardner avenue. .lames must
raise a bond of $1,000 to gain his
release from jail pending trial.
TO SAVE DEFAULTER
BY AN AGREEMENT
I.A GRANDE, Ore.. Feb. fi.—Aft
er signing a secret agreement
through which the alleged stolen
bonds of i he Grand Ronde Electric
( o. may be restored, Attorney Mc-
Mahoo, a relative of J. W. Scriber
of the defunct Farmers & Traders'
National bank, left La Grande last
night.
McMabon fa trying to stave off
prosecution of Scriber. In the
agreement McMahon agrees to do
certain things before March 1, the
nature of which are unknown.
TESTIMONIAL
TO 0. SUNDAY
At a banquet given in the Hall
of the Doges at the Davenport to
Hey. Hilly Sunday and his co-work
ers at 12:30 o'clock today, 225
business men of the city gathered
to express their appreciation of
Mr. Sunday and his work while In
Spokane. Speeches were made by
R. B. Paterson and others. Mr.
Sunday aud members of his staff
res | Gilded.
BRICKLAYERS TO MEET HERE.
A convention of delegates from
every brick layers' union of the
state will be held in the bartend
ers' hall, Riverside avenue, be
tween Wall and Howari streets,
next Weduesday. The convention
will begin about 9 o'clock in the
morning and a dance will be given
at the Eagles' hall Wednesday
night. A banquet will be tendered
to the visiting delegates, at the
Davenport restaurant Thursday
evening.
SIXTY YEARS WEDDED
Mr. and Mrs. ,T .A. Hellman,
E2OIB Riverside, enjoyed the rare
experience of passing the 60th wed
ding anniversary together on Feb
ruary 3, the only cloud to darken
the occasion being the illness of
Mr. Hellman, which prevented a
celebration of the event.
They were wedded back in Mc
Klane county, Illinois, when the
bride was only 12 years of age and
the groom 26. It was one case
GAUVETTE
ON COALS
TWITCHING AND BITING HIS
FINGER TIPS THIS AFTER
NOON ON SCATHING WORDS
OF PROSECUTING ATTOR
NEY PUGH.
Joe Gauvette. charged with the
murder of his wife, this afternoon
bit his finger tips, squirmed and so
acted the part of a madman under
the scathing arraignment of Prose
cuting Attorney Fred Pugh that
many who stood near expected to
see him indulge in another out
break such as occurred at the
opening of the trial.
The spectators in the courtroom
and the jury were intently inter
ested in the action of Gauvette.
seeing which Prosecutor Pugh
said:
"Gentlemen of the jury, you
should not permit yourself to be
influenced by the feigned insanity
of that murderer seated there,"
pointing at Gauvette. "His ac
tions are carefully planned and in
tended for the purpose of influ
encing your action in this case. If
he should indulge in another such
outbreak as he did last week you
can put it down as a carefully
thought sham on his part and not
the actions of a madman."
Gauvette in his excitement was
chewing on a match and in reach
ing to take it from his mouth
tried to run his right fist between
his teeth. When he finally grasped
the match he threw it from him as
if it had required superhuman ef
fort to rid himself of it.
The taking of testimony in the
Gauvette case closed yesterday
afternoon and the argument began
at a night session last night with
an opening speech for the state for
two hours and a half by Deputy
Prosecutor Don F. Kizer. V. T.
Tustiu made the plea for Gauvette
this morning, opening at 9:30 and
sontinuing until the noon recess.
The closing plea for the slate by-
Mr. Pugh began at 1 p. m. and
MICROPHONE FOR FISHERMEN;
ITS A NEW WAY TO HOOK 'EM
Dp on the sixth floor of the
Peyton building in a quiet suite
of office rooms, with a door mark
ed "private," is the hangout by day
of one of the most fascinating Ike
W'altons in Spokane.
One of the favored few —the fa
vored few are all good listeners
—entered that private office very
quietly today.
"Say." yelled the famous fisher
man, as soon as he caught a
glimpse of the visitor, "did you
ever have a dream so vivid that
you didn't know you'd been
aaleep?
"You see, I'd been reading about
that new discovery that a bunch of
Norse fishermen have made, with
the aid of a microphone.
"Well, these Norsemen have dis
covered that by lowering a micro
phone into the water you can tell
all about the kind of fish that are
monkeying around their boats. If
it's a shrill whistle, it's a herring,
and a series of grunts means a
bunch of cod are nibbling at the
hook. You can see what a cinch it
is.
"Well, the first thing I knew I
was. fishing
"Yes, he weighed 10 pounds and
he was about so long, and,
talk about being sassy, say, that
fish simply gave me the merry ha,
ha, and actually kidded me for try
ing to catch anything except
youngsters with perch minnows
for bait. (Jet away? Of course he
did. but 1 finally got him
"You see, the next morning I
was on the job early and the short
conversation i had had with him
had been as good as a course in a
fish college. I slipped a pretty
sucker minnow ou the hook and
then dropped my microphone into
the water.
"There was a rubberneck perch
down there, and it seems that he
had overheard the conversation I'd
had with the big fellow, aud was
anxious for revenge on account of
the slighting way his species had
been referred to. I knew it was
a perch by the way he wheezed
when he talked over the
phone.
"Well, I heard a quick riqg,
and the minute I took down the
receiver I knew there was some
thing doing, '(let ready for that
big fellow,' the perch yelled, 'he's
r-VO- - £A3fl<l gt . j.,?
THE BPOkANE>REBB. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1
where an exceedingly Snarly mar
riage on the part of the--Woman did
not terminate unhappily nor soon.
For the past 18 years have
lived in Spokane, and have three
married daughters, two "of whom
live in Spokane, one l»eing the
wife of Professor Walton.' The
other daughter lives on a ranch
near Chester.
Mr. Hellman has now recovered
from his untimely illness and Mrs.
Hellman is In good health.
will be concluded in time to let
the case reach the jury before the
evening adjournment. ,
Former Sheriff H. H. Doak is pre
pared to suppress any outburst on
the part of Gauvette. The big
form of the ex-sheriff and the
diminutive person of the wife mur
derer made a striking contrast in
the closing hours of the trial.
PAINTERS' ROW
NOT SETTLED
No sign of an agreement has yet
been reached between the union
and master painters. A meeting
of the master painters was held
yesterday evening and another was
held this morning, but nothing is
being given out regarding the af
fair. Many of the 17 shops where
the union painters were locked out
yesterday morning are closed and
unoccupied even by the bosses to
day.
While the master painters de
clare they locked out the union
men because they demanded $5,
the union men say tney did not de
mand $5 but asked that they might
be allowed to continue to- wprk a?
day labor during the dull season.
BOARD REJECTS
WATER SYSTEM
The board of public works has
turned down the proposition of S.
A. Wells to sell to the city the
water system in Kenwood. f The
board states that the cost to re
place the mains woul dbe ahout
$1,226.90 and advises that not more
than half this sum be paid, if any.
In suggesting the payment of hatr
the estimated value the board
took the precaution not to lay itself
legally liable as having made an
offer. The report slates that the
system is inadequate and would
all have to be replaced in a short
time.
A small boy's idea of politeness
Is not to ask for a second piece
of pie.
a trifle befuddled this morning—
didn't get much sleep on account
of the storm last night.' 'Thanks
awfully,' I replied, and a minute
later my reel was whizzing like a
bun saw.
"Well, you can Imagine that
fight, if you have ever caught a
big muskie on a light bass tackle.
Say, if you SMt something easy,
take a lunge any day in place of
a 10 pound bass.
"Then the phone rang again.
'Say, old man, that was a dandy
scrap.' It was the perch again.
Hut, by tho way, if you haven't
any use for that tubful of perch
minnows, throw a few of them
over the side. I ain't above being
a cannibal myself, and if you treat
me right I'll hang around the
phone and tip you oft.'
" 'No, you just run along and
chase your tail,' I said. 'I'm a
game fisherman, and I won't enter
into any low-down combine with a
yellow-bellied, cheap, ward-heeler
like you.' And I didn't —You see, I
woke up."
SUNDAY'S
CLOSING
About 200 seeks came forward
in response to Sunday's exhorta
tions last night, and among the
number was Dr, Allen, head of the
Spokane school board. John D.
Porter, the contractor, was an
other. Fo r a time the crowd fairly
surged forward to take Sunday's
hand.
Sunday preached on how to be
come Christians. His services to
morrow will be held at the usual
hours, except the morning service,
which begins at 10 o'clock. To
morrow is the last day of Sunday's
meetings.
FIVE LiS IN
FOUR WEEKS
LEGISLATURE IS DOING NOTH
ING RASHLY THIS SESSION,
ALTHOUGH SPENDING A LIT
TLE MONEY HERE AND
THERE.
(Special to The Press.)
OLYMPIA. Feb. 6.—Four weeks
and five new laws. That's the an
swer for the first month of legis
lation, and incidentally it might be
mentioned that the five laws the
great state of Washington has ac
quired are all authorizing the ex
penditure of the taxpayers' money.
To go back to the start, ex-Gov
ernor Mead signed the bill appro
priating $85,000 for the legislative
expenses. That is law No. 1. Gov
ernor Cosgrove slgnfd two bills,
one providing the form of a seal
for the Insurance department; the
other appropriating money to buy
furniture for the same department.
That's a total of three laws. Acting
Governor Hay has signed the bill
appropriating $50,000 to pay A. Y.
P. interest and the bill to appro
priate $10,000 for public printing.
There's the five laws on the state
statute books as a result of the
four weeks' labor of the legisla
tors.^
While this is strictly true. It Is
hardly a fair manner of stating the
question as to what the legislature
has done. Each house has consid
ered many measures, but inasmuch
as each measure requires concur
rence by both branches, there is
sure to be a time when the actual
results are not visible. The new
laws, which are few now, will mul
tiply shortly.
The house has Introduced 227
bills and the senate 203, making a
total of 430 new laws or changes
to existing laws now under consid
eration.
But a small proportion of these
measures will become laws, as the
death rate in the closing rush Is
appalling. There are still probably
300 bills waiting for a chance for
introduction, as the average num
ber a session is 700.
MISSION BRIDGE
BILL MAY RUN
UP TO $103,000
A letter from Engineer Ralston
lo the board of public works puts
an entirely new light on the cost
of the East Olive street bridge.
The letter states that the esti
mated cost .of the bridge is $91,000
provided the salvage is used from
the Mission street structure. Other
wise the cost will be in the neigh
borhood of $103,000.
The board and the council w*fl
under the impression that the esti
mated cost was $91,000, from
which was to be deducted the sal
vage, which would make the total
cost of the bridge about $80,000.
When the matter Is reported
back to the council the whole ques
tion will be reopened, as the coun
ty will pay but about $0,000 as Its
share of the bridge. The opinion of
the prosecuting attorney was that
the county could only pay lf> |>er
cent of the road fund for lmprovw
tnentß in the city, and this Is esti
mated at $0,000.
The corporation counsel has
taken up the matter of the Trac
tion company paying $1,000 a year
for 22 years and had the matter
in writing, legally drawn up.
SUGGESTS CHANGE IN PLAN
City Engineer Ralston made a
proposition to the board of public
works to change the plans on the
Mission avenue bridge to sub
stitute an iron railing for the con
crete railing which was planned.
When this was submitted to the
board early this week the board
rejected the proposal, but this
morning It addressed a communica
tion to the engineer asking him to
give reasons why the change was
desired and as complete data as
possible in order that the board
might give mature consideration
to the project.
A man with a grievance never
misses an opportuuity to men
tion it
THEIRS NOT TO
REASON WHY
LEGISLATORS ALL FIGHTING
OVER LOCAL OPTION, BUT
NEITHER WET NOR DRY UN
DERSTAND THE ISSUE.
(Special to The Press)
OLYMPIA, Feb. 6.—Whatever
may be the late of the local option
bill when it reaches the statue
books as a law, it will forever
stand as a monument to parliamen
tary heroes who fought and bled,
oratorically, and never knew what
they were fighting for. On both
sides of the question of local op
tion this remarkable Ignorance of
what was being done was display
ed. On one occasion but 19 mem
bers of the 95 In the houses dared
to rise to their feet to say they
had read the hill. Those who fa
vored the McMatsers bill and those
who opposed it in a majority of in
stances did not know its provisions
and voted simply with their crowd.
Even McMasters is not certain
of the meaning of certain provi
sions of the bill in their ultimate
analyses, although he is willing to
give his opinion. He is no worse
in this respect, however, than the
opponents of the bill, who trumped
up faked objections to the meas
ure and tried to construe Its pro
visions beyond the limits of com
mon sense and English.
On the broad ground that every
thing of a local option character is
right, or the reverse that every
thing local option Is wrong, the
members of the house, with the
exception of a score, talked and
voted and voted and talked. To
gaze at the assembled Intelligence
brought to bear by the disputanrs
on both sides was to have grave
doubts as to the efficacy of the
representative form of government.
For instance, there Is not a man
in the house who voted for or
against the bill who has a positive
knowledge whether or not the bill
will permit a man living in "dry"
territory to order a case of beer to
be delivered to his house. Natur
ally the opponents to the measure
say it will, but they say so because
they are ready and willing to be
lieve the worst. Those who favor
the bill do not know or else declare
in prohibitive ardor that they don't
care whether the bill will prevent
this transaction or not.
This is merely a sample of the
manner in which legislatures act.
The men who voted for the meas
ure had or professed to have abso
lute confidence in every word of
The Windup of
The Great
Removal
Sale
WEDNEBDAYY WILL SEE
THE END OF THE GREAT
CLEARANCE SALE.
STOCKS ARE PRACTICAL
LY SOLD OUT, AND FOR
THE NEXT THREE DAYS
WE WILL MAKE A FINAL
EFFORT TO GET RID OF
ALL THE ODD LINES AND
BROKEN ASSORTMENT.
Men's
Suits
IN NAVY BLUE, BLACK
AND FANCY EFFECTS,
WORBTEDS, CHEVIOTS,
SERGES, ETC. SIZES 35
TO 42. REGULAR PRICES
$20.00 TO $30.00, ALL ON
SALE MONDAY AT $9.85.
The Chicago
Clothing
Company
Wall and Riverside
EXTRA!
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8.
The Famous
Gans-Nelson Prize Fight Pictures
(Latest One) Will he Shown at the
BIJOU DREAM THEATRE
IN PENNY PARLOR, 512 MAIN AVENUE.
i\o raise In prices. 5c to every one. Theater will open
10 a. m. Continuous performance until 11 p. m. Come
early.
MONDAY ONLY
their leaders. Those who voted
against the measure were equally
loyal. •
Three exceptions must be made;
Edge of Spokane, Hanson of King
and Speaker Meigs voted according
to their beliefs with aud against
the local option crowd.
The bill comes up for (bird read-'
ing in the house Monday. The
"wets" claim to have the senate.
LAMBERT STARTS
CITY HALL SCARE |
Acting Mayor Lambert came
near raising a storm by his first
act as executive. Mr. Lambert, 1
on the suggestion of Mayor Moore,
agreed to set aside Lincoln's birth-j
day as a half holiday, nnd agreed
to issue the proclamation, a draft
of which had been prepared.
When the employes at the city j
hall read of the matter In The
Press last evening they raised a j
loud wail. It seems that the state
legislature has set aside the day as I
a legal holiday and It requires Bo
proclamation to make the day a 1
holiday. The effect of Mayor
Lambert's proclamation would 1
have been to curtail the holiday
rather than give the city employes
a full day off, as they had planned
on enjoying. Mayor Lambert may
yet issue a proclamation, but it will
set the entire day aside as a holi
day.
A man may feel guilty the first
time he fools his wife, but after
that he begins to think what a
smart man he is to be able to doit.
MILLWOOD
FOR SALE
JOHNSON SHINGLE CO.
ATLANTIC AND CATALDO
PHONE MAXWELL 1172
HAVE YOUR SHOES REPAIRED
IN THE NEW WAY.
Women's half soles sewed for 500
Men's half soles sewed f0r....750
Phone 1535 snd we will oall for
and deliver your repairing.
LE CLAIRE BHOE CO.
Glenwood
Pcirk 0n the North HiU
MYSTERY OF THE SEA
NEW YORK. Feb. 6.—The four
masted bark Fort George, from
New York to Honolulu via Cape
Horn, has been missing for months,
and her owners fear she has foun
dered. She carried a crew of 18
and cargo of 2,500 tons of general
merchandise.
Hundreds of
Shaweco Ranges
BACKED BY A REPUTA
TION OF YEARS TESTI
FY TO THE FACT THAT
YOUR KITCHEN 18
NOT COMPLETE WITH
OUT A SHAWECO
i
SHAW-WELLS
CO.
330 MAIN AYE.
PHONE, MAIN 808
Store open Saturday even
ings. Ask us for automobile
vouchers.
Plumbing and Heating
Special attention to repair work.
F. J. LOVE
5206 Bernard. Main 5499.
Your Spare Quar
ters Invested in
Grow into dollars.
No Spokane addi
tion offers money
making possibili
ties like Glenwood
Park. Prices
$60 Inside Lots
$75 Corner Lots
$10 Down, $5 per Month
Full particulars at our office
G. A. YANCEY
No. 618 Riverside Avenue