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SEE TUESDAY'S PRESS FOR IMPORTANT, EXCLUSIVE ARTICLE BY CONGRESSMAN POINDEXTER fOR SPOKANE AND STREET EDITION Weather—Fair tonight and Tuesdsy. Man.. 50; mm., 34. *DHE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS, FIVE CENTS. TAINTED MEAT FED PEOPLE IN SOME RESTAURANTS BY M. M. WINANS. | Another man—an usher at the i Orpheum theater —died the other day from ptomaine poisoning, sup-, posed to have been contained in | hamburger which he ate for dinner, at a downtown restaurant. Vint-, lence of the poison in its deadly work of eating away at the young fe'.loVf's vitals astonished experts *»f tnV medical profession—they had never seen a case quite so bad as this, yet, all things considered, It is no wonder. It Is not strange that hamburger—the kind that is to be seen in various parts of the city—should contain death dealing poison. To eat of the blackened, tainted stuff is little short of trifling with suicide —an invitation to death. There are reasons o believe that health laws are being broken in Spokane—that coloring is being put Into the hamburger. That tainted meat is being fed to the customers In some of the cheap eating houses there Is no doubt. Can hamburger or any other kind of meat that has been left open to the air and dust, except for a thin wire screen that cannot re ard contaminating substances from the streets and the gutters, be fit for the human stomach? No one would care to eat such stuff were they to know of such conditions, but, unconscious of the manner In which it is being handled, they are rating it daily in Spokane. LIVING PROBLEM-SOLVED HOW JOHN AND CONSTANCE YOUNGLOVE, OF THIS CITY, DID IT—JOHN WRITES THE WHOLE INTERESTING STORY FOR THE SPOKANE PRESS. BLIND GROPING TO REACH ECONOMY BY JOHN YOUNGLOVE. CHAPTER IV. And now we plunged. From the gloom of the boarding house, we swung our pendulum too far the other way. We passed up cheaper apartments, all of which are more or less inconvenient, and chose one whose large airy rooms, pleasant outlook, good neighbor hood and all seemed to us to be about Ideal. But the rent was $24 per month. CARRIERS TO CONTEST FOR GOLD MEDAL; NEW WINNERS The Press has Just closed one of tho most successful carrier con tests for new subscribers ever held. Leo Herche, 228 Kverett place, won first prize, which consists of a fine baseball outfit; .las. Stack, second prize, a fine catcher's glove; Cart llruner, third prize, a fine first baseman's mitt; Clarence Rdger ton, fourth prize, a fine hat, and U*y Herk. Clarence Rich, Clarence Hall, Robt. Pence, Joyce Clark, Luther Taber. John lluchannon, Red Kelley, Paul Melvln, P!arl Gil more and Willie Sexton all won good prizes. The contest rnn for one week only, and the above boys are going to compete for a gold medal for the Chanvpl"U solicitor of The Spokane Tress for the year 1910. The boys are all first class salesman, and some good, hard work is expected from all of them, as they are com peting for a big thing. IS ATTACKED AND INJURED BY ROOSTER ST. LOUIS. April 4.—At her homo In Maplewood, Mrs. Mary Reilly, 75 years old, was attacked and seriously Injured by a game rooster nnd was probably saved frotafdeath by the arrival of a granddaughter. Miss Nonette Le Grand, who killed the (owl with a rifle. Mrs. Reilly was taken to a hospital and physicians say her In juries are serious. She was attacked from behind and knocked dowu by the rooster, who slashed her face and throat with his spurs. She fought desper ately for several minutes, but be came unconscious. (By United Press Leased Wire) SEATTLE. April 4.—Keats for the safety of the bark Diamond Head, from San Francisco, three were dispelled today receipt of a wireless nies sagiT Saying the boat had put Into Astoria last night. THE STORY OF THE NAMES OF MONTHS JANUARY —The Roman Junus presided over the beginning of everything, hence the first month of the year was called after him. FEBRUARY—The Romnn festival Fobrus was held on the Ifitll day of this month in honor of Lupercus, the god of fertility. MARCH —Name from Mars, the Roman god of war. APRIL —Probably derived from Asperlre, to open, because spring generully begins and the buds open in this month MAY —So called from Maia, a feminine divinity worshiped at Home on the first day of this month. JUNE- -Named after Juno, worshipped as the queen of heaven. JULY—Called after Julius Caesar, who was born In this month. AUGUST —Named by the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar, R. 0, 30, after himself, as be regarded it a lucky month, being one in which he had won several battles. SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER Named from the septeiu, octo, govern and decent, seven, eight, nine and 10, as they were res|i*ctlv«ly the seventh, elithtb, ninth and tenth months of the old Roman VOO» • No wonder another man is dead from the hidden poison of this con taminated, half decayed meat. Meat inspection, restaurant keepers de flare, Is carried on at a rigid pace here in Spokane, hut there are many reasons -to believe that some of tiie so-called inspectors are in spectors only in name. Certainly it Is not an aid to longevity to eat 'hash hamburger" such as is sold in some of the Japanese restaurants in the cheap restaurant sections. Here ham burger is made from scraps taken from the plates—scraps paid for but not eaten by the hundreds of men who gather during the day for dinner at the counter, and from the meat left over from the dinner from day to day. This is vouched for by men who declare they have seen it done, yet the Spokane peo ple who are hiring Inspectors to protect the public health have seen no punishment meted out to men earn ing on this sort of "hashing." Hamburger and sausage, steaks and other ifteats are permitted to t.it around until they have become black and surface crusted, and are Iftea thrown on the griddle and ccok d for hungry worklngmen to j eat. -Many men are too suspicious ! if ihe contents of some of the ham -1 burger sold In some of the cheaper IriHtaurnnts to risk including it in : iheir dinner menu. While present | conditi. lis exist this abstinence is | consldeted most And I was earning but $20 per week. That was our first mistake. Our second was that we were caught by the alluring terms of an install ment house and bought our house hold equipment there. Our outfit was not expensive, but it cost us about $140. And for nearly seven months I went each week to the Installment house and laid down a $f> bill. After the first flush of (Continued on page eight. HURRAH FOR DOWN TRODDEN SKIM MILK! CHICAGO, April 4.—The much maligned skim milk may now prove wonderfully valuable, is success which already seems to be assured Dr. O. Henry N'owak, a local chem ist and scientist, continues to de velop. Skimmed of all its rich, pure cream, all of its fat and 53 of 54 varieties of bacteria which it con tains, wonderful things, almost un ending possibilities, are declared to He In this product. Milk, after all its richness and all but one of its bacteria have been removed, will form a perfect and almost Invisible film over any thing dipped into it, preventing en trance of germs, air or water, and absolutely indissoluble nne) Imper vious to acids. In other words, It is said to be a prefect preservative for meat, eggs, fruit or anything that decomposes. Dr. Nowak, a year ago, dipped fresh eggs into Ihe fluid and today showed that they were as fresh as when tnkeu from the nest. WHY THE PIG WHISTLED BLOOMBBURG, Pa.. April 4. —Randall Howell has found • out why his pig whistled. He • says that for weeks prior to • butchering time the hog would 1 Invariably start whistling at • feeding time, and this brought > all the other hogs to the • trough; they got to expecting It and the food thai followed. Howell wus puzzled over • that whistle until Ihe porker. • a fine one, was cut up. and there In its throat was a sec tion of a spring such as is found In the roller of a win dow curtain. Governor Hay, who came in last night, is on the fence on the quos Hon of the railway franchises. He would like to see terminal rates and he says Spokane cannot afford to lose the building here of the Mil waukee. He declines to take a stand «itht-r way. Bpecial illustrated news service of The Press best In city. ThelPress ROOSEVELT SEES 1 KINO CHUMS WITH KING VICTOR FOR TWO HOURS. KING ADMIRES T. P. (By United Press Leared Wire) ROME, April 4.—King Victor Emmanuel received Colonel Roosevelt in private audience ißting almost two hours. The length of the sudience caused general surprise, as it Was the longest ever granted to any vis itor at Rome, except upon polit ical occasions. The nature of the conversa tion between the king and for mer Preaident Roosevelt was not divulged. Kermit Roosevelt was also granted an audience by the king. "ONE OF WORLD'S GREATEST MEN." Following the visit of Roosevelt and Kermit to the quirinal. King Emmanuel said: "They were a most interesting pair. 1 have always looked upon Theodore Roosevelt as one of tho greatest men in the world. Today's meeting has only strengthened that Impression." After leaving the palace. Roose velt was driven to the pantheon, wher he placed wreaths on the tombs of Kings Emmanuel, Victor and Humbert. A great throng lined the course of the Roosevelt party to the pan theon and another large crowd wit nessed the simple ceremony at the tombs. After returning to their hotel the colonel was occupied for two hours In reading his mall. WON'T SEE THE POPE. In effect, the restriction Implied in Monsignor Kennedy's final mes sage to Roosevelt, was that the col onel could not be received by his holiness if he contemplated a prior address to the Methodists here. Al though It is bel oved that Roosevelt had made no engagement to ad dress the Methodist college, he deemed it a curb upon his liberty should he consent to the restriction. In the course of a message Mon signor Kennedy referred to a sim ilar incident involving Charles W. Fairhunk*. formerly vice president of the United States. Fairbanks had agreed to address the Method ist college and also had accepted an Invitation to visit the Vatican. When he learned that he must forego the college address If he desired an audience with the pope, Fairbanks declined the audience. It was explained thai Monsignor Kennedy's reference to the Fn'r banks Incident was a friendly one. made in the hope of avoiding an other unpleasant Incident, METHODISTS CALL. While Roosevelt was reading let ters from a mass of mail piled be fore him. Doctors Tipple and Clarke of the Methodist college had called to pay their respects. Although Roosevelt purposely avoided any discussion of the. "Vati can Incident." Dr. Tipple, head of the college, warmly congratulated the colonel on his attitude. Dr. Tipple sa d Hint S new feeling Is developing In Rome that the vatl can is hedged about with too many restrictions and thnt this policy Is oppo: • il by a maloritv of Cathol'es. KING WILL DRIVE WITH T. R. An unprecedented honor for Roosevelt has been announced for tomorrow. King Emmanuel will send bis carriage for Roosevelt and will take him driving through Rome. WALKER WESTON PASSES CHICAGO WITHOUT STOPPING (By United Press Leased Wire) ! CHICAGO. April 4—Edward i Pay son Weston, the aged pedes- Itrian, passed through Chicago early today on his tramp from the Pacific to the Atlantic. For the flist tune on any of his long lunula routed through this city he did not stop here for a rest. He walked east, passing through the southern part ol Chicago and cuing to Ham j inond. Hid, He Is 11 days ahead of his n licdule. Royal Neighbors, Spokane camp, ahl ■imlntj. will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Fred Sears, corner Cannon street and Augusta u\ i'uiic. THE PEOPLES PAPER SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, BOND AY, APRIL 4, 1910. SALOONS GIVE PROOF THAT MANY MEN ARE ABSENT MINDED; WHAT THEY LEAVE "Give me a glass of beer." A man with a big bundle under his aim walked up to the bar of a well-known local saloon, paid for his drink, drank the foaming bev erage, and then started for the door. Suddenly he halted and turned back to the bar. "Say, I want to leave this pack age here for a little while," he re marked to the "bar creature." "Sure," replied the mixologist. "Got your name on it?" The man produced a pencil, scribbled his name on the pack age wrapper, passed the buudle over the bar and hurried away. The proprjetor of the saloon, who wants removal of inspector of Washington Rational guard (By United Press Leased Wire) SEATTLE, April 4— Adjutant General George B. Lamping has forwarded a formal request for the removal of Captain John Klns'e, inspector and instructor for the ! natio.ial guard of Washington, to the war department at Washington. | The message was sent six days ago. but was just made public. 1 At about the same time Captain Klnsie executed a counter attack I and mailed a report of the condi tion of the national guard to the ' war department, in which he al leges that the military organization has lv en declining steadily in effi- I clency since last spring and re- I questing that Lamping be asked to resign. Kinzie refused to discuss the matter today further than to say that the state militia had been weakened In point of equipment |and Instruction; that ist year it had practically no encampment or ! drills and that it has absolutely no I medical or hospital department. j SON OF MURDERESS BORN IN JAIL AND KILLED BY CAR BALTIMORtt, April 4.—Born in jail while his mother was uwuitlng trial for her life on the charge of murder; separated from her while still a child in arms, as the doors of the Maryland penitentiary closed upon her for five years, and hurt | when v boy in such a way that he 1 was a frequent victim of vertigo, I Edward Beta, -1 years old, is deadJ He was killed last night by a trac tion car. Kuntgunda Beta, his mother, identified the body, and the police were surprised at the presence of the women, as many believed she was dead. The woman was heart-broken, and told how she had striven to raise her boy and support herself since leaving prison. WOMAN SCIENTIST HAS PECULIARITIES I'AUIS. April 4.- Mine. Curie, one of the most prominent profes sors in the Soribonne, Is 45 years old und of striking appearance. Her face Is very pale und this coupled with clean cnt features gives her a Certain distinction. The discoverer Of polonium never appears In pub lic in Paris suve to deliver lectures, although every salon is open to her. She prefers the company of her lit tle child, now five years old. Mmc Curie's father was a professor of Physics at Warsaw and she used to spend hours In his laboratory w hen a child of six. LATE CLEAN UP happened to be standing at the end of the bar, smiled, and turning to a irland standing near, remarked: "I'd? be willing to l et you a five spot that fellow doesn't come bntk for his package Inside of a week." "Pshaw," replied the friend. "YouVfv dreaming. He 1! be back right away. He said so..' "Just the same," insisted the proprietor, "I'm willing to take 4 chadce on the bet. That fellow's ono of the worst we have to deal with ln the package leaving Hue, and we sure have a lot of them." A JUNK SHOP "Do you meu.i to say thut many people forget to call fo.' the pack age! tnp y leave in saloohs?" PREACHER CURED A HOBO OF PROFANITY MAN OF BULPHUROUB VOCAB ULARY ACCEPTS A TEST REFORMATION. SANTA CRUZ, Cal., April 4 — Th«h» are more ways than one to hand out the uplifht, and the Rev. J. B. Orr has much success In se lecting the proper way where other people mjght just as easily make a mistake. Bfr. Orr was coming down on the stage trots, Pescadero, where he had been holding revival meetings, and caught up with a hobo on the road who "braced" the stage driver for a lift to town. This hobo was one of those unfortunate people who affect nlrtur—que profanity under (he delusion that It makes them picturesque characters. His line of talk was best represented by dots and dashes and exclama tion points and asterisks. He seemed to think his breezy infor mality* emphasized in this manner made Bim v "hail fellow well met." The driver didn't think so, and decided he wouldn't carry the hobo in the ■ioi> bus with a preacher, no matter how cou sarned, dod rot ted, blaskety blank footsore he might'ba. Tht>'- minister here Interposed and made it proposition to the gift* ed Itinerant cusser. He said: "I'll pay for your ride on one condition, 11 mi you sit up here and talk to me all tho way without using any bad language." •Quite taken aback, the hobo thought it over dubiously for a minute, and then accepted. He rode to town beside the preacher and told the story of his life und , wanderings, pausing every now and then to choke buck an oath. Xiit lie stood the test and Mr Orr pa hi his fsre. "Il was the hardest half day's ; work I ever did." be suld, "but that sky allot is all right. Guess a fel ler could git ilong without cussln' iae much If he tried." The Press receives the full leased wire report of the United Press. "I sure do; and just to prove it, come down stairs with jaa." Bo the pair proceeded to the basement. And there was found a miscella neous nucleus for a junk shop. There were Buits of old clothes, a suit of new tailor made apparel, numerous old hats, bottles of med icine, some surgeon's tools, a cou ple of law bonks, any number of magazines, three or four umbrel las, half a dozen pairs of old shoes, some carpenter tools, a buck saw, and other bits of odds and ends too numerous to mention. "This is all stuff which has been here from anywhere from four Continued on Page Seven. ~ CANADIANS COMING TO UNITED STATES (By United Press Leased Wire) OTTAWA, Ont., April 4.—There is much rejoicing in the columns of the Canadian press over the con tinue d very extensive American In tas lon of the Canadian northwest. Hut tli* fact seems to he lost sight of that while there Is so large an i.icoming of Americans into Can aoa. there is also a considerable en dow of Canadians to the Unlteo F.'afes. ! This Canadian movement toward the United States is particularly noticeable In the province of Que bec. On every day of last year, as an average, that province lost 52 of its Inhabitants by emigration, the majority of whom left for homes ln the United States. Although the year 1909 was a prosperous year for Canada gen erally, nevertheless 10.083 persons 'tit Quebec province alone to go to the United States. Reasons lead lug to this exodus generally are •tated to be lack of employment and lack of practical methods in agriculture. FOUR GIRLS FATALLY HURT JUMPING FROM BLAZING BUILDING (United Press Leased Wire) CHICAGO, April 2.—Four girls were probably fatally and eight injured severely by jumping from the blazing six story building of the Central Laundry Co. When the fire started 175 girls were at work In the building. DOG'S KEEN SCENT SA YES HIS MASTER (By Unitsd Press Leased Wire.) SEWARD. Alaska. April 4—The keen scent of his dog saved the life of St Clair McClary, a miner bur led deep in a snowsllde, according to news which has just reached here from the Haugan copper prop erty. The snowsllde swept down the hillside March 28. The four men at work on the property were caught and buried Two managed to escape without serious Injury. The sltde was so deep, however, that the other two had completely disap peared. Finally the dog led the res cuers to a place several yards dis tant and began scratching at the debris and harking wildly. After hard digging they came upon the men, who had been buried for eight hours. Thomas Coates was already dead. McClary was almost dead, but Is now expected to recover. THE !NLANt>rEHPIRE EIGHTH YEAR. No. 136. 10 CENTS PER WEEK. MENACE TO THE POOR How the Loan Sharks Rob the Unsuspecting "One of the worst menaces to the poor Is the salary loan shark," says a thorough student of sociol ogy. "The legitimate, necessary business of helping the man with a small salary and no credit over \ the hard places has fallen into the ; hands of the merciless and greedy. Ixian offices thrive in every city of the United States, and the total ; number has mounted into thou i sands —their clients number hun dreds of thousands. And the busi ness is growing abnormally fast, i The poor man must pay 20 times |as much for money borrowed as the business man with established . credit, when the risk is little greater and the necessary expenses I are but little higher." "American toleration is carried ! far when we allow men like D. H. : Tolman to syndicate the business !of robbing the needy," he con ; eluded. i Ihe Press has made a study of ■ the men and women who have ! been most successful as loan sharks in Spokane. It has been found out that In nearly every case Ihe real owner of the busi ness has screened his name behind that of a deceptive firm —"The j Star Loan company," "The City Loan company," "investment com- I panics" and any other similar | terms. A GAME FOR CROOKS. In some cases financial adven turers make up the class who en- JEFFRIES ARRIVES AT OAKLAND (By United Preu Leased Wire) OAKLAND, Cal.. April 4 —.lames J. Jelfties, Mrs. Jeffries and party arrived here this morning from Los Angeles, en route to Rowardennan, where Jeffries will take up active truning for the fight with Jack Johnson, July 4. Upon arrival at Oakland. Jeffries debarked from the train at the Six :eeuth street station, thereby giv ing the slip to a number of friends who had gathered at the Oakland Mi it to greet him. „ef fries was met at the Sixteenth street station by an old friend, "Dick" Adams. The Jeff party en tered Adams' automobile and were whirled away. It was expected that Jeffries wou'd cross the bay later in the dty and leave for Rowardennan from San Francisco this afternoon. MARIE CORELLI RECOVER ING. (United Press Leased Wire) LONDON, April 4—Marie Corelli, the novelist, who has been critically ill, Is thought tc have passed the crisis, and today her physicians believe she will recover. • GETS LETTER MAILED 35 YEARS AGO EL PASO. Texas. April 4 —Jer- ry Faust, an employe of the South- I crn Pacific railroad, has recevled ( a letter mailed In Pennsylvania 35 ■ years ago. The letter was address led to him at Pittsburg and was , written at Blanchard, Pa.. July 2, i 1870. by his stepmother, Mrs. May Still. Faust left Pittsburg many years ago. His stepmother has been dead 15 years. SEATTLE, LIKE CHICAGO, WANTS SIZE OF HA TPINS REGULA TED (By United Press Leased Wire) SEATTLE, April 4—An ordi nance regulating the size of hat pins, barring those which protrude more than two inches beyond the crown, and providing fine and im prisonment for violation, will be in troduced in the city council tonight by Councilman T. P. Revell. Corporation Counsel Calhoun, who prepared the bill believes that it is fully within the police power of the city to regulate the length of the feminine hatpin. Seattle is following In the foot steps of Chicago, the city council there passlug an ordinance last month providing a fine of $50 for violation or the short hatpin ordi nance. "The hatpin does not need to be two feet long to be a weapon of de- ROCKEFELLER CHIDED BOY FOR PLAYING MARBLES; NEARLY LOST HIS LIFE (By United Pre«« Leased Wire) NEW YORK, April 4.—A gentle admonition administered by John O Rockefeller to a dirty seven-year-old boy for playing marbles on Sunday almost cost tho aged financier-philanthropist his life Into yes* U i day. Rockefeller was still looking backward at the boys when be slop ped from the curbing at Fifty-seventh street and Fifth avenue. John D Rockefeller, Jr., caught hla father by the hand and pulled hint back just in time to keep him from being struck by an auto. When the driver suw that Rockefeller was about to step In front of lbs machine he screamed: "Hey, watch where you are going.'' without making any effort to stop the machine. The chauffeur shut a scornful glauce at Rockefeller us he turned the automobile into. Fifty-seventh street. IF YOU MOVE Be sure to give The Proae your new address so that yen will get your paper vrtfhout interruption. Phone SB. 178. ter this shady "profession." Men and women who in nearly every case ere gamblers themselves have found that In order to pay tbeir own gambling debts they can bleed the poor in this fashion. Others are recruits from the grafting and criminal classes. They seldom connect their names In any way with the loan office. THE EMPLOYERS' DUTY. The manager of a large firm which has been putting up a strong fight against the loan shark tells us that a great deal can be done by employers in eradicating the eviL "It has always been our practice," he says, "to fight these institutions, and in all the ln stantts that have come before us where a settlement has been made it bas been reduced to a strictly 6 per cent basis. Our effort has al H.iyg been to give the people In this line of business to understand that they could not conduct their business with our employes with profit to themselves, and every case that has come to our attention has been placed In the hands of our attorney." If this attitude that seems prev alent among several of the larger employers were organized It would knock the props from under the worst features of the loan business. If the employer pro tects his men the loan companies conld not drive usurious bargains as the price of secrecy. 21 LIVES LOST IH 616 WRECK COLLISION BETWEEN BRITISH SHIP AND UNKNOWN VESSEL. (By United Press Leased Wire) FALMOUTH," England, April 4.— At least 21 lives were lost in a col lision between the British bark Kate Thomas and an unknown ves sel, which cut the bark In two off Land's End today. The Kate Thomas sunk within a few minutes after she had been struck, and all aboard went with her, except a cabin boy, who clung to a piece of wreckage, from which he waa res cued. The news of the accident was brought by the Belgian tug John Bull, which made port thia after noon. The tug was towing the bark. Without warning the unknown ves sel shot out of the fog. A moment lster its prow ploughed into the side of the Kate Thomaa, tearing a great hole amldshlp. Before life boats could be lowered the bark had disappeared beneath the chan nel waters. The other vessel con tinued on her course, and her fate is unknown, according to officers of the tug. The wife of the captain and the wife of the first mate of the Thomas were aboard. They shared the fate of the others of the Thomas. fense for a woman," said Council man Revell today. "The smallest pin sold is a dangerous weapon and fully sufficient to enable a woman to ward off the advances of any man." ARCHBISHOP WILL NOT DIS CUSS IT. (By United Pre.. Leased Wire) NEW YORK, April 4.—Archbish op Farley of New York today" tic cllued to discuss either the action taken by Roosevelt In regard to an audience with the holy father or that taken by the Vatican at Rome. He said that the situation called for no comment on hta part, as It was for the vatlcan alone to deal with the situation.