THE SPOKANE
THB INLAND EMPIRE'S ONLY PENNY PAPER
HARRIMAN OPERATED UPON TODAY; RALLIES SPLENDIDLY
PARTIAL PARALYSIS
ALREADY SET IN
Must Wear Plaster Cast—Trouble
With Spine and not Cancer.
r (By United Proas.)
TURNERS, Aug. 30.—A spirit of
confidence at Tower Hill today
leads to the belief that the opera
tion has already been performed.
Harrlman rallied splendidly. The
operation, when performed, proved
to be of minor character and not
alarming.
Dr. Lyle said today: "Harrlman
la Improving continuously and unin
terruptedly."
It Is reported that Instead of a
cancer Harrlman ia suffering In his
spinal column.
The operation consisted of mov
ing two vertebrae, which relieved
the pressure. It Is understood that
partial paralysis set in before the
operation was entirely done. He
must wear a plaster oast several
months, but complete recovery is
HEARTBROKEN WIFE IN
SUSPENSE AND MISERY
A little heart-broken wife with
scarcely a penny in the world, and
sick from suspense, is behind a
search for Philip Fisher, a tailor
from Los Angeles, Cal. Fisher dis
appeared from Los Angeles July 7,
just as he and his wife were pre
paring to start again in business.
They had but $3 that day. He took
$2 of it to do some shopping, agree
ing to meet his wife down town a
little while later.
Fisher has not been seen by his
wife or anyone who knows him
and of his disappearance since that
time. When his wife returned to
their home she found that her
FIND 1200 DEAD ON THE
RIVER RANKS
(By United Press.)
MONTEREY, Mex., Aug. 30.—
Falling almost as rapidly as It had
risen, the Bantj Calaiante river to
day is within Its banks and res
cuers are recovering bodies swept
to death along Its shores from the
MAINTAIN
10-MILL
LEVY
The city council, as the 4
• watchdog of the treasury, 4
> should see to It at tonight's 4
• meeting that the city levy Is 4
• not raised above 10 mills. 4
• A 10-mill levy will give the i
> city government $50,000 more <
•to spend this year. That Is 4
> ample, to take care of In- i
• business. 4
• The attitude of the council 4
•on this matter Is believed to 4
•be satisfactory. Outside influ- 4
' ence, In and out of the city i
1 government, should be guard- i
•ed against, and the council i
• must remain firm. 4
'• Maintain the 10-mill levy. 4
PRIZE WINNING TEAM HERE
The prize winning Enterprise
:camp drill team of Denver, which
took first honors last week In the
ROOSEVELT POLICIES
ARE NOW ON TRIAL
(By United Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 30 —
rheh so-called Roosevelt policies
pre on trial before President Taft.
Phis Is the real situation, In the
[pinion of persons who have been
pllowlng the summer rows of tbe
Iffclal family, the culmination of
expected.
Semi-official reports declare that
Harrlman does not intend to give
up hia railroad Interests, but ia
planning to leave minor details to
Kruttschnitt and L. E. Lores, Lores
is the tutor of W. Averill Harrlman,
who will finally aaume his father's
work.
(By United Press.)
MONTEREY, Aug. 30—Pestilence
Is feared and the streets are be
ing rapidly cleaned and the dead
buried. The heaviest loss of life
Is In the southern part of the city,
which lies lowest. Meager reports
have been received from the valley,
where It is feared loss of life is
heavy. There are a number of
hotels and resorts along the
stream, and some probably are de
stroyed.
trunk had been rifled of all her
jewelry, and while she suspects her
husband, she has persistently re
fused to get out a warrant for his
arrest.
According to a letter received
here by Chief of Police Sullivan
this morning, Fisher has been un
der a hard mental strain over fi
nancial reverses for some little
time prior to his departure from
wife and home, and it is feared by
his wife that he became suddenly
Insane and wandered away. The
police have been furnished a pic
ture of the missing man and a
search is being made by all the of
ficers in Spokane for him.
flood of Friday, Saturday and Sun
day. The unofficial estimate of the
dead Is 1200. Rain stopped at noon
Sunday. The rescuers have found
hundreds of bodies since. The state
and city authorities are caring for
the homeless.
competitive drill at the A. Y. P.
for the foresters' or uniformed
tennis of the Modern Woodmen of
America, Is in the city. The team
will give an exhibition drill tonight
in front of the Spokane hotel and
will later conduct Initiatory work at
the M. W. A. lodge room. The
team Is composed of 16 men and
won $300 as first prize In the drill
at Seattle in a field of eight com
petitors.
IMPROVE THE
SNAKE RIVER
CHANNEL
(By United Press.)
LEWIBTON, Idaho, Aug. 30.—A
movement waa started here today
to petition tho government to lm»
prove the channel of the Snake
river five miles west of Rlparla,
where lack of water compels the
river navigation company to dis
continue the Qolilo-Lewiston ser
vice when the grain Is ready to
more. Narrowing the channel at
this point would obviate the diffi-
which was the McHarg Interview
Saturday, criticising the conserva
tion and forestry service and ridi
culing Roosevelt. McHarg today re
iterated his declaration, avcept his
saying that Roosevelt might* think
he was the "Ix>rd." He denied this,
but the reporter declared ha was
quoted correctly.
PURCHASING
AGENT FOR
SPOKANE
Better Plan of Purchasing
is Needed—Plan
Endorsed.
That there is need of an official
purchasing agent who will devote
his whole time to the matter of
purchasing city supplies is a ques
"tion on which the executive and le
gislative departments of the city
probably will agree.
The belief is held that a better
plan of purchasing city supplies is
needed. It is estimated that sup
plies under the present plan of
buying in small lots as needed
cost the city from 10 to 25 per
cent more than they would If pur
chased In quantities sufficient for
six months or a year at a time.
Councilman Lambert has an
nounced that he proposes to Intro
duce an ordinance creating a pur
chasing agent to be appointed by
the city council.
Prom a former corporation coun
sel it Is learned that the original
ordinance on the question, which if
not repealed in the last few years
still stands, created a purchasing
agent to be appointed by the city
council, but that the city council in
late years, instead of having an
official of this character, delegated
the duties of the purchasing agent
to the secretary of the board of
public works. He thinks no new
legislation will be necessary If the
old ordinance has not been re
pealed.
The city administration endorses
the idea of a purchasing agent but
disagrees with President Lambert
as to the manner of his appoint
ment, holding that the mayor
should have the right to make the
selection.
The benefits to accrue to the
taxpayers from the careful pur
chase of supplies can be learned
by application at the office of the
county commissioners, where most
of the supplies for the county are
bought in quantities on competitive
bids.
GIRLS HAVE SWEET
TOOTH, BUT 0H!
YOU MR. MAN!
Woman's sweet tooth and
predilection for candy and
sweets of all sorts Is recog
nized, but It is also supposed
that mere man does not care
ao much for sweets, and takes
refuge in cigars, sometimes
beer, etc.
But today a Press reporter
observed a marvelous sight. It
was in a restaurant. A man
was seated In a revolving chair
at the counter.
"Some blackberry pie,
please," he said to the waiter.
"And some Ice cream, cottage
pudding and peaches and
-earn. That's all."
That's all! A fine repre
sentative of his sex, this man
makes! Four kinds of dessert,
and no soup or meat! Tho girls
who patronize the candy stores
aren't In It with this gentle
man.
JUST LIKE
M'HARG
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Aug. 29.—Comment
ing on recent criticism of Forester
Pinchot and the forestry depart
ment by Ormsby McHarg, acting
secretary of the department of
commerce and labor, Secretary Bnl
llnger said before departing for
the east:
"Thnt statement of his was just
like McHarg, all over. He was
right about tt. He is always loyal
to his friends."
Ballinger further said:
"1 have been called to Washing
ton to take up important matters
which have been accumulating for
the last two months. During my
absence things arose which re
quire my personal attention. It is
an emergency call from my depart
ment."
He reiterated that he did not
think the reslgnat|m of McHarg
and Its prompt acceptance by
President Taft had any bearing
upon Mciiarg'B criticism.
PAPKE AND LANGFORD
MATCH
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—Papke will
meet I .angford before Thanksgiv
ing, probably at Ban Francrsco.
Faus look for a quick wiud-up, one
way or tbe other, when they
clash.
LAST EDITION
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SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1909
11
HARROVIAN'S RETURN—
THE FIRST PICTURE
PHOTOGRAPH BY DONCOURT, TAKISN ESPECIALLY FOR THIS
PAPER. HARRIMAN IS SEEN ON. THE DECK OF THE SOUTH
ERN PACIFIC TUG EL TORO, JUSf AS IT STEAMED UP TO THE
DOCK AT JERSEY CITY. ON THB AFTERNOON OF AUG. 24.
THE NEWS DISPATCHES SAID THAT HARRIMAN WAS SO
WEAK THAT HE CLUNG DESPERATELY TO HE RAILING OF
HE TUG UNTIL IT MADE FAST. WHEN A NEGRO PORTER TOOK
HIS ARM AND ASSISTED HIM DOWN THE GANGPLANK.
IS A WIFE ENTITLED TO HUBBY'S
COMPANY ON SUNDA YS ?
•..... 'i*..
Should a husband have to devote
Sundays to his wife or should he
not?
Should he stay at home and dig
around after weeds in the dirt of
the back yard, or should he be free
to splash around in the mud after
the elusive duck?
Should he have to take the fam
ily on a boiled ham and lemonade
picnic at the beach, or should he be
unencumbered to take a spin in the
boas' machine?
Should he have to stay in with
tho children and play solitarire, or
should he be Independent to seek
a session of double dummy whist
with his neighbor?
f These are. some phases of the
question which has wrecked the do
mestic happiness of Mr. and Mrs.
Jas. Monroe Singleton, who mar
ried Sept. 14, 1905, and were happy
ever afterwards—until Mayy 11
last.
In the divorce court Mrs. Single
ton argued for the home; and Mr.
Singleton appeared for an Inde
pendent and carefree Sabbath.
Mrs. Singleton got the decision.
"A wife says home all week,
keeps house, mends her husband's
clothes, gets the meals and Is lone
some. It Is his duty to stay home
on Sundays," said Mrs. Singleton.
CHARGED WITH ATTEMPT TO
LURE WOMAN OUT OF TOWN
John Fitzgerald, Who has; been
enjoying his liberty on fB.OOO ball,
charged with living off the earnings
of a fallen woman, pending his
hearing In the superior court, has
been arrested again. This time he
is charged with attempting to drive
Agnes Stewart, the state's prin
cipal witness, out of the state, so
that she would not be here to testi
fy when bis case came on for
trial.
Since securing bail for hia re-,
lease. Fitzgerald Is said to have
been living near Medical Lake,
where It Is said a number of the
parasites driven out of Spokane by
the police have established a
.refuge. According to Information
feVen the .police, he has ulready,
shipped the Stewart woman*
trunks to Havre, Mont., and had
Fair tonight and Tuesday. Max. I
temp. yeatarday, 88; rqln. today, 8?. I
don't forgot to give the oar-1
rier your new address or tale-1
'"A married man struggles all
week to prov.de a home for his
wife, and he snould have his Sun
days to himself," refuted Single
ton.
"I will not stay at home alone all
the time," declared his wife. "I
will get a divorce first."
And she did.
Perhaps it might have been bet
ter—though who knows—if in one
of those lonely Sundays she had
read the story of Kipling's about
ithe lady who gave herself up to
grief for her dead child and let her
husband seek the society of Mrs.
Hauksby, or some one equally en
tertaining. It was a cruel and heart
less thing for the man to do, cer
tainly, but he did nit —naturally.
But this particular grieving lady
did not rail against man's cruelty,
nor did she seek a divorce. She got
Hubby back again, you remember
how. It wasn't difficult; and he
was probably worth the effort.
The question of husband's re
maining at home, Is after all, not a
question of should he, or shouldn't
he, but does he; and if he doesn't,
why doesn't he? If the lady had
looked into this matter a bit thor
oughly she might even now be let
ting him buy her a pony ooat in
stead of tearfully trying to collect
alimony.
been beating her in the Michigan
lodging house here, trying to make
her leave the city, when Officer N.
Warner. Delaney and Lister came
upon him. He is. in the county
Jall.
TODAY'S WEATHER IN
DIFFERENT CITIES
Here ere temperatures,
maximum and minimum, from
cities: Boston, 84, 56; Chica
go, 68, 80; Denver, 78, 62; Los
Angeles, 100, 84; New Or
leans, 94, 78; New York, 82,
62; Philadelphia, 88, 62; Pitts
burg, 76, 54; St. Louis, 78, 56;
8X jaul, 72, 54; Washington,
THE SPOKANE
WAS MAN
THROWN OUT
OF WINDOW?
Tom Monroe Arrested, Sus
pected of Action.
IT'S A PECULIAR CASE
Suspected of thrusting Michael
Burns out of the second story win
dow of the Liberty hotel Saturday
night, nearly killing him, as a
means of getting his money, Tom
Monroe, former partner of Allen,
the notorious safe blower now in
the penitentiary, was taken In
custody, together with three of his
associates, this morning.
Burns is in the Sacred Heart
hospital with a depressed fracture
of the skull as the result of his
tumble out of the window to the
concrete pavement 30 feet below.
Monroe, who poses as a miner, age
44 years, is known to have been
sharing the room with Burns.
Burns declares the last he remem
bers he had $45 in his possession,
but his pockets contained no money
when he was brought to the emer
gency hospital Saturday night.
Monroe was Just bidding his
friends, Frank Smith, Tom Hillen
and John Ryan good-bye, prepara
tory, to hastily leaving the city, on
hearing that the police were look
ing for him this morning, when
Detectives Burns, Thompson and
Miller came in on him at the Lib
erty hotel. Monroe, who has sel
dom been seen by the Spokane po
lie since Allen, the safe cracker,
was arrested here a few years ago,
was not suspected until he had re
fused to come to the police station
to tell what he knew about Burns'
accident, at the request of Chief of
Police Sullivan.
The man range in age from 25
to 51 years, and have the earmarks
of hardened criminals, though each
represents himself to be a work
man of some kind. Each has been
charged with vagrancy for the time
being, but the case will be thor
oughly investigated. Burns, whose
home is In Ottawa, Canada, is in
a critical condition.
WHESE IS
G. W. BURNS
George W. Burns, formerly of
Canton, 8. D., is being sought for
by the police at the request of his
brother-in-law, E. A. Jones, city
auditor of that place. A letter re
ceived this morning by Chief of Po
lice Sullivan from Jones, states
that Burns left Boise. Idaho, sev
eral weeks ago to come here to reg
ister for Indian laud. A few days
later he wrote to a brother In
Boise, telling Mm that he had
found work here and that he was
all right. Since tban i;ot a word
has been received from him and
his relatives have seemingly been
unable to reach him by corre
spondence.
Burns is described as being about
32 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall
and when last seen wore a reddish
mustache. He stammers slightly.
HEAD NEARLY
CUT OFF
With his head almost half sever
ed from his body by two terrible
gashes just above his coat collar.
Joe Ottovich was found by the po
lice Saturday night and Is now in
a precarious condition at the Sa
cred Heart hospital. Two negroes,
whom Ottovich declares inflicted
the Injuries on him for the pur
pose of robbing him, are. being
sought by the police.
Ottovich was attacked near the
Harmon horse corrall at the foot of
Bernard street by the river. Satur
day night shortly after 9 o'clock,
and was staggering along the
street feebly calling for help when
seen and taken Into the Nichols
bar. He had been robbed of $105,
be declared.
WHAT'S THE SLOWEST THING IN SPOKANE ? TELEPHONE
SERVICE, OF COURSE
What's just the slowest thing In
the lively city of Spokane today?
Why, the telephone service, of
course.
During the past week or two citi
zens have been complaining to the
Press about the phone service, and
the Press has been doing some
mental cussing too.
Answers of the central girl* have
been timed, and it takes anywhere
SEVENTH YEAR, No. 249 30 CENTS PER MONTH
WON'T STAND FOR
SO PER GENT RAISE
Council Willing to Consent to Nec
essary Increase, But
That's All.
From expressions heard around
the city hall today, the city coun
cil at its meeting tonight as a com
mittee of the whole will cut deeply
into the estimates of the city of
ficials for revenue necessary to
care for the business ef the city
for the coming year.
While the city council la willing
to stand for necessary increases it
will not tolerate a raise of 50 per
cent in the cost of running the city,
which would be necessary If all of
the appropriations were granted.
The total amount asked for by all
departments is $1,517,734.47, from
which is to be deducted $233,320
of the estimates of the water de
partment, leaving the net total
asked by the city officials, $1,284,-
-414.47. The water department esti
mates are payable out of the water
revenues and not raised by taxa
tion.
From the total above mentioned
CROWN PRINCE
18 TO RESIGN
(By United Press)
ATHENS, Aug. 30.—The imme
diate resignation of Crown Prince
Constantine, as the head of the
Greek army, is expected as a result
of a conference between the new
PROPELLER
OF AIRSHIP
FLYS OFF
Germans Losing Faith in
Rigid Type.
'8v United Pres«.)
fIKKLIN. Aug. 30.—Misfortune
has pursued Zeppelin's balloon to
day. The propeller flew off at 5
o'clock this morning near Ituel
selg. It ripped three gas compart
ments, causing damage not to be
repaired within two days. The ac
cident happened five hours after
the airship left Berlin or the return
journey to Friederriehshafen. Count
Zeppelin was not aboard. Officials
of wthe war department arel osing
faith in the rigid type of airship
as the result of the acoidents be
fulllng the balloon on this trip.
WANTS $12,500 DAMAGES
Iftke Prekeck today filed suit
against P. Welch & Co., the con-
UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
BECOME AUTO DEALERS
Two university professors have cast aside the college garb
to don overalls and wield a monkey-wrench as proprietors of an
automobile garage in Spokane. They are Baender & Blegler. 6
Riverside avenue, who severed their relationship with the
University of lowa to engage in the automobile business in
this city. Mr. Baender was professor of mechanical engineer
ing at the university and Mr. Biegler was a professor of elec
trical engineering. They have taken the agency here for the
White Steamers and are now demonstrating the first 1910
model, a kerosene burner.
from one-quarter of a minute to a
minute and a half for them to an
swer a call. A good many times
phone patrons get tired of waiting
for central to answer, hang up
their phones and do without talk
ing with the parties they want to
get at the other end of the line.
Patrons of public service corpo
rations are patient mortals, but
they like to get quick service now
md then, just for a change. Per
there Is to be deduoted $306,000,
the estimate of license revenues)
and other receipts made by Comp
troller Falrley, leaving the total to
be raised by taxation $978,414.47,
or an amount that will require 14
mills to cover as against 10 mills
last year.
In the consideration of the esti
mates last year a demand was
made on the city council by the
heads of departments that would
have required about 20 mills to
meet. The council, however, ap
plied the pruning knife with such
vigor that 10 mills was made ta
suffice.
Another thing that causes the)
council to look with disfavor on •
sharp increase in city taxation Is
the fact that the city tax rolls con
tain approximately $67,000,000 of
taxables, as against $62,000,000 last
year, which will give at least $50,-
-000 additional revenue for the city
at the old basis of 10 mills.
premier, Maveromachalls,, and
leading generals, the mutineers de
manding Constantino's removal. A
revolution is feared because of the
feeling against King George's sol>
dlers, who mutined Saturday.
tractors, for $12,500 damages re*
ceived in being injured while em
ployed on the Spokane, Portland «V
Seattle road abeax a year ago. He
was being lowered by a windlass
into a hole when the rope broke,
precipitating him to the bottom.
BURGLARS ARE
"CASHING IN' 9
Second hand stores and pawn
shops In all parts of the down
town business district are con
stantly under the surveillance of
the police now, because of numer
ous sttrglarles that have been com*
mitted here In the last few weeks.
Tools stolen from different work
shops and new buildings have been
coming in fast to the second hand
stores and are being returned to
their owners but the work of the
srooks is still going on. Nat
Brothers reported to the police this
morning that a bunch of valuable
tools were stolen either Friday or
Stturday night from a anop at the
corner of Cedar street and the
Northern Pacific tracks.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.—Mayor
Stoy Muses to obey order of At
torney Qeneral Wilson to close sa
loons here Sunday and mayor's ar»
rest Is threatened.
haps If the Home automatic tat*
phone geta established here the)
present system will Improve a lit
tle. It has had that effect In tan
Diego, Los Angeles and other Cal
ifornia cities.
Of course the telephone officials
are trying to make aa perfect a ays
tern as possible, but something)
needs fixing up here, and the tele
phone using public would like to
see tt fixed.