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THE WEST SIDE LIKES POINDEXTER TAME THE DUST IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FOLKS FOR SPOKANE AND WHEN MOVING don't forget to give carrier your new address or tele phone The Spokane Press, Main 375. ONE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS, FIVE CENTS. AGED WHIFFS PLEA FOR MERCY FOR HUSBAMD TIE FOREST FIRES ARE in Homes Go Up in Smoke— Man Driven Insane—Re ports From Wallace. (By United Press.) WALLACE, Idaho, July 18.- One man lias been driv en insane, half a dozen set tlers' homes have gone Up in Smoke, h'lis of thousands dollars' worths of timber has burned, the mill of one min ing company has been wiped out and <>thers arc threaten ed by a fores! fire which is burning in the Pine Creek district today. The flames, according to lasl reports, were rapidly advancing to ward Kellogg Peak. One hundred and fifty men fughl the furious blaze all niglll without success. At midnight over three Bquare miles of timber bad burned, and the fire was raclna across the mountainous country at race horse apeed. The building of the Dalma tta Mining company burned yes terday. When the last reports Were received men wire fighting to save the Structures of the Na bob. Highland Chlet ami utile Pittsburg mines. A call has been Issued for; avail able men to assist in an effort to check tlie flames, A large num ber lesponded from Wallace and Kellogg ami more had planned lo Continued on Pape Two. HER STORY BEATS FISH YARNS (By United Pre«s Leased Wire) PORTLAND, Ore.. July IS—The angler is always coining to the front with a "fish story" and tin hunter with "hunter's yarns." Hut here Is a real, genuine, truthful story ot a hen. Mrs. A. M. I.cc of 591 Filth street has one "f the most Industrious bens in the world. She is not a Ircal; hen, but (hough a fine, large. healthful Puff Orpington, who is laying the largest eggs in the conn try and caring for chicks at the name time. . Mrs. Pec's prize hen has been lay ing eggs of the, enormous sice of ,VW inches long by <;<<, Inches (Though. Something over a month ago this wonderful hen came off with a brood "f chicks. Since Unit time she has cared for the little ones and has laid 110 eggs in 30 days. "MONTH OF BRIDES"-AND ALSO MONTH OF DIVORCES June was a record breaker in the numbel of marriage licenses is sued at the courthouse, yet the "month "I hi ides" was also a month of divorces. Surprising. Indeed, are the figures, yel the cold records are there to show that there was a divorce granted lor every fifth marriage license issued during the most active mouth of the year for Ctpld, In other words, Hie number Ol marriages that were failures in Spokane county in June was 20 per cent of the total weddings. The records show that In June there were issued 210 marriage and that U divorce decrees were mauled, or an average Of nearly two a day for every working day of Hie court. Some days the number of divorce decrees exceedeJ the number of marriage licenses issued. j GERMAN CITY ADVERTISES FOR MAYOR; PAYS AN ANNUAL SALARY OF $5,250 BERLIK, Germany, July 11.- The city ol Magdeburg, through the prealdenl ol its city council, is advertising for ■ mayor, In papers all over the Herman empire The salary is 21,000 marks yearly .5,850),, which Includes th< rental ol I dwelling In the olty hall. Besides the salary tbe mayor is allowed 11000 a year for official expenses, The practice of hiring experl officials, wherever obtain able. Is no Mvelt) in Germany, where sometimes, two cities bid in competition for a particular!) capable man. The Magdeburg ease attracts special attention, as it i- tha first large city to advertise In tilling so prominent an office, The retiring mayor has lately been promoted to be Prussian min ister of finance. WEARING GREEN IN PORTLAND Ten Thousand to Be There for Hiberians' Con vention. (By United Press Leau.d Wire! PORTLAND, Ore.. July 18.—Dele sates to the national convention of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, which convenes in Portland tomor row ami continues throughout the week, are pouring Into the city on every train tpday, When the first session convenes it is estimated thai 10,000 strangers, attracted to the city by the convention, will be here. The streets arc decorated ami every shop window displays some emblem of the order. The delegate hay taken Portland by storm. The Philadelphia delegation of 200 persona arrived late last night. A few of the California delegates have reached Portland and more are expected today, The Massachu setts deb gatlon arrived today from Seattle, where the party had stopped off for a short visit. All the national officers, With the excep tion of Rev. John Kennedy, a direc tor, are in Portland, Rev, Kennedy is ill at Seattle. An Informal meet ing of delegates will be held tonight for the purpose of "getting ac quainted." in connection with the work mapped out for the fort) seventh convention, .lames J, Reagon, vice president, said: "We expect to bring about a union ot the four great Irish orders." PiNGHOT HELPS IN CALIFORNIA (By United Press Leased Wire) SAN FRANCISCO, .inly 18.—That tiie insurgent cause in California will he given a big boost when Clif ford Pinohot, former chief of the forestry department, and close friend "t Theodore Roosevelt, speaks tomorrow night in ibis city, is tile expectation of the Lincoln* Roosevelt leaguers who have the meeitng in charge. While the formal sublet t of Pin chot's address has not been given out, the general topic will he the slogan of the people vs. tin- inter ests." ami it Is expected that the former forester will lay down the principles of Insurgency in behalf of the masses with much of the vigor which characterised his St. Paul speech a few weeks ago. \KW YORK. In London Mrs. O. 11. I. Belmont, millionaire, said American men treat their wives as tlaves, she Is a suffrage! leader. The Press receives the full leased wire report of the United Press. DO YOU REMEMBER "OLD SWIMMIN' HOLE?" Spokane's "old swimmin' hole"i slocated just south of the Inland Empire bridge across the Spokane river. Here almost every after noon during the past week could have been seen a score or two of newsboys, drowning the heat of the day in the cool waters of the river. There is a nice beach in the river at this point with a grad ually increasing depth, in which the timid can be guarded as to the danger. A pier erected by the Traction company extends into the water and from this boys dive and have all sorts of sport. One of the most pleasing sights to be witnessed in the city on a hot afternoon is the piunging of the youngsters into the cool waters at the railroad bridge. CHICAGO KIDS IN THE SWIM CHICAGO, Juy is.—Swim ming will soon be a universal practice anions the Chicago school children, it the wishes of Mrs. Ella Flagg ¥oung, su perintendent, are carried out. Mrs. Young says It is one of the prime duties of the public chooll to relieve children of the fear of water. To do this she said tanks should be es tablished in the schools and the pupils taught to swim by experts. Mrs. Young believes that all teachers should know how to Bwim. YES SIREE, EMMA WAS THERE WITH THE PHYICAL CULTURE PITTSBURG, Pa., July 18. -Em-1 ma Tuchclsl, a pietty blond, only it years old, is a waitress in i physical culture restaurant here. As an echo hi the recent affair •it Reno the colored porter of the establishment ami the white driver of the ice cyam WggOfl were mix lug things, when Bmma stepped in Although the negro was armed with a big butcher knife. Kmma banded hltn an uppercul in the jaw tiiat just about knocked him silly, took his kuiie awa; from him. and took command of the situation uu THE PEOPLES PAPER SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1910. OFFICER KILLS THREE NATIVES (By United Press Leased Wire) MANILA, July 18, —An uprising of the Moros in the island of Pala wan is expected, following the kill ing of three natives who today at tacked Dean C. Worcester, secre \ tary of the interior for the island government. The men who sought to kill Wor cester were Moros who had made !careful plans for the success of the attempt. They were frustrated by the prompt action of Worcester's bodyguard, which shot and killed three nolo wiolders and wounded several others. The remainder of : the band fled. til the police arrived and aneM.il 1 both, men "Physical culture did it." said Bmma. i eat physical culture, I exercise According to physical etri ture, Jmd I sleep and tltink after the raysical culture way. "The result is that 1 am always in 'training.'" Kmma poasessei a cool, collect' cd. thinking braiu, her nerves are In the beat ol ouiei . her BUM I are hard and she is in fine work ing and fighting ttiSl all the time. When her trends talked of seem ing a hero medal lor her she f said. 'No not for me. The niedal j goes to physical culture." TAFT IS ON DEEP i BLUE SEA (By United Press Leased Wire) BEVERLY, July IK.—President Taft. abroard the yacht Mayflower, bade goodbye to Loverly and sailed awiiy for a ten days' cruise at 3 o'clock this afternoon. There are 13 persons in the presidential par ty. Hesides the president it In cludes Mrs. Taft, Charlie Taft. HotUce Taft. Prof. Louis T. Moore ami Mrs. Moore. Secretary Norton. Beekman Winthrop and Mrs. Win throp. Captain Btttt, Maybelie Hoardman. Stenographer Webster and .lames Sloan of the secret ser vice. The tentative itinerary of the dfutse follows: Arrive Eastport July 19. Arrive Par Harbor July 20. re main>hg until the 22ud. At rive Hanger July 23. Arrive Ellsworth July 24 and stay until .Inly 35, Arrive Rockland July 26. Arrive Biddeford Pool July 27. Arrive Beverly July 28. The Tatfi party will stay at Sen aior Fills' name at Elworth on the night of June 24. PREVENTATIVE FOUND FOR CONSUMPTION (By United Press Leased Wire) PITTSBURG, July 18.—An nouncement by Dr. S. G. Dixon, state commissioner of health, that the board his discovered a preventative for tuberculosis which may soon be used as a complete specific, is today caus ing much discussion in medical circles. The disovery. Dr. Dixon says, has proved itself an absolute preventive. He thinks it will be equally efficient as a cure. The nature of the discovery will be announced shortly, ac cording to Dr. Dixon. GRAND RAPIDS HAS 112,570 (By United Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, July 18.—The ter»S'.s bureau today announced the population of Grand Rapids. Mich., as 11*?,570. This is an increase of . r i n cent over the population of 1960. WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE? SUMMER BY PARA DALTON. Where are the people? This the cry of the managers of the moving picture shows and the pasters of the various churches of Spcktne. when the thermometer has regis tend tin and H in the bhadc these hot summer days the pressure has Special illustrated news service of The Press is the best in the city THE PEOPLE, AND NOT POLICE, MUST RULE Did you know that with the exception of Spokane and San Francisco, nearly every big City in this little old country of ours has, within the past year or two. "sat down hard" on their respective police departments, and made them understand that THE PEOPLE, AND NOT TIIK POLICE, ABE TIIK RULEIfc OF THE CITY? This is a fact. In some cities the mayor has taken the action, and in others either the council or the citizens at large, through a general movement. j Mayor Gaynor in New York and the mayor of Butte, i Mont., are two of the latest executives to take up the work of police reform, ami they are making their police depart ments understand that they are employed to Serve the people and not tyrannize over them. Spokane, so fay, has done nothing, while suffering under one of the rottenest police systems in the nation. The Press has been the only opponent the police have had to meet steadily during the past months. 'Wie people know what The Press has accomplished. It has exposed cor ruption, evil doings and inefficiency, forced removal of I "undesirable" officers and compelled action against ! crime. But there is much more to do. A<'tiua; Chief Sullivan must be removed, an able chief must l>o chosen, and the whole department reorganized. It is time for all the forces of good government to act. Labor and other organizations are strong enough to de feat the ring of politicians who insist on retaining Sulli van, but they must act unitedly. Mayor Pratt, as he refused to remove City Engineer Ralston, refuses to remove Sullivan. The people must force such a result, as they have done before. "THEN IT HAPPENED' (Our Daily Disconttnued Story.) After years of study on the inner workings, habits and traits of air ships, the supreme moment of Ciussie Oohigh's life had arrived. He was to see the First Fanatical Flight of the Atmospheric Airship Association. From the top of a 30-story build ing. QUMIa gazed gleefully at the concatenation of dirigibles as they whizzed about. "* "At last my ambition Is real ized." he cried joyfully, "1 now see the point of those wouderful In ventions. Hue he did not see the point of a monstrous Heppclin airship, as it came at a terrific rate of speed from another direction. THE END. MISSOULA, Mont.—Early Satur- 1 day morning two powder men were buried in a "coyote" hole, when the hill slipped. Yesterday a force of men dug them out, and both were found alive. She toil sea vovagci Shall I CRY OF CHURCHES AND THEATERS prOVed too great for the comfort ol ! the moving picture show patrons The moving pictures of real ife at the parks and lakes and cool re treats have attracted most of their attention. line of the managers of the local BBOViKg picture theaters told me [ttet the patronage at then Indoor THE !NbAND_E.MPIRE EIGHTH YEAR, No. 240 25 CENTS A MONTH have your lunch brought up here to you, dear? He (feebly)—No, love; have it thrown overboard. It will save time —and trouble. SOLINGEN, Rhenish Prussia- While he was attending his son's funeral Oscar Erbslohe, father of Oscar Erbslohe, the aeronaut, died from apoplexy. It was brought on by the shock foll-"«ino the aero naut's tragic death. A Seattle man cured stomach trouble by fasting 39 days. They buried him on the fortieth day. ST. LOUIS—Mrs. Emma Hof flinger gave her life to save her husband. He and a neighbor. Wil liam Augustine, .were quarreling, and when Augustine fired, the woman threw herself In front of her husband, receiving the bullet in her forehead. WASHINGTON — Accusing his wife of bestowing upon him a "Judas kiss" and of instigating his arrest as a fugitive from justice, W. L. Lyons took his own life in jail here. TODAY IN HISTORY July 15. t'.22. occurred the He si ra when Mo hammed moved from Mecca to Medina. Moham med was the or iginal antl-Osler ite, for his biog rapher tells us Uuti ...0..«.,..ned never amounted to anything until after he was 4*\ Then he began to have strange visions. In one of thum an angel told him It was a sin to kill girl babies, and he launched out on this and other re forms which made hint unpopular among other local prophets. Hence he decided to move and he picked out Medina. SALT LAKE. —Mrs. George W. B*tTy of Napa, Mrs. K. \\ Cord way of Port Costa and Miss K. B. Smith of Santa Ana were hurt in collision on Hio Grande road near here. . EL PASO, Tex—Arthur Itean, Copper expert for Copper Queen Mining Co., was shot and killed from ambush by W. H. Hart of Pis bee. Family troubles. attraction had in the past month (alien off at least 50 per cent, "In variably," be confided, we have a small patronage compared to any other season, and 1 think you will liud the condition general in all moving picture show houses." Some of the managers ot these . amusement houses have installed HOME EDITION THE WEATHER Pair tonight and Tuesdsy; warmer. Msximum, M; mini mum, (3. SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR REGGIN6 But Had Lived Honestly— Husband and Wife at Mercy of the Law. Ten years of separation will sofen almost any wrong and wipe out the gravest injury for most women—if the man is her husband. When a woman grows old and feeble, and feels that the end cannot be far off, and when the husband, going his separate, lonely way, falls ill and is finally thrown in pail for begging the wherewithal to satisfy the crav ings of a hungry stomach, then it is time to relent —tc forgive, and for get, to make peace her eon earth that there may be no anger, no malice, no conscience stain when the call which cannot be long de layed comes from the Maker. Laying bare her feelings to the world, but still holding a great deal that it unexpressed and untold In reserve, Mrs. Ella Bush, an old woman, racked with rheumatism, and well past the meridian of life, has written to the city council, ask- Continued on Page Two. WATER FLOWING SERENELY AGAIN The break In the water mains near the old Bishop Court station has been repaired, and now every thing Is flowing along as serenely as is possible under present condi tions. The Sprlugston mill fire aroused the city council to action, and a peremptory order was Issued to the board of public works that adequate fire protection should be at once Installed to take care of any blaze In the business district hitherto for several years so ined equately served. Work along this Hue has already begun, but Super tendeut Lindsay wants to know where the funds are to come from and he Is preparing a letter to the city council, which will come be fore them at the meeting tomorrow night, asking that he be informed what fund to draw on for the cost, or whether it Is their Intention to make a special appropriation. NEW YORK, July 18.—The liners Chicago and Minnesota were searched today by the local police on cable request front London for the arrest of Dr. Hawley H. Crippen and Mile. Ethel Leneve. Three trans-Atlantic steamships arrived yesterday and were ransacked by the police. No arreats were made. The London police have an nounced that Dr. Crippen once dis guised himself as * woman and ex pressed a belief In the possibility that he might adopt that method of eluding recognition. WOULD BE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN FILE DECLARATIONS OLYMPIA. Tilly 18.—The an uouncement of the candidacy of Leigh Freeman of North Yakima for the United, States senate. subject to the repub lican primaries, is on file with the secretary of state today. 8. A. Manu of Spokane and A. B. Veatch of North-tort have filed as candidates tor congress to succeed I'olndex ter. eleetrlo fans for the comfort of the audiences and provide fans for each person, tsill they report a slight dtf ference in the cash register. Men are mlasins. from tue church congregations The women manage to keep comfortable In their cool, white lingerie gowns, with low neck i "" Continued on Wig* two*