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pact i HOW FRED PUGH SECURED MOST OF HIS CONVICTIONS There has hardly been a murder trial •in the superior court in the last two years tn which an effort has not been made to convict the defendant on his own testimony. In most of these cases the victims were "sweated" into admissions, taken in the presence of deputy sheriffs or policemen, on which the victim was led to the gallows on his own statements. Take the Prank Barker case. The chief testimony against Barker was his own confession. He was hanged for the killing of Ira Messinger at Medical and could have been convicted probably as well by a straight trial on the facts as by the confession plan. INDICTMENTS AGAINST FARMER (By United Press Leased Wire) OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 3.—Nine in dictments charging western Ne braska ranchers with having en tered into a conspiracy to defraud homesteaders out .of their land were returned today. It is alleged that the ranchers persecuted the homesteaders, their efforts to drive them out of the country ending in an armed raid and the "railroad ing" of one of the land seekers to an insane asylum. PeiTv Yeast, his son Frank Yeast. 'Leslie Ballinger. M. C. Hub bell, Emll Auderson, Henry Sutton C. Emerson. B. Thorne and Dr " Harry Huff are the men against whom the indictments were re turned. 30 ARMED RANCHERS. The disturbances, it is alleged took place in Banner, Cherry and Garden counties In these coun ties there is much semi-arid land and under the Kincaid homestead law many land seekers had taken out claims. The someseekers were, It is al leged, at first subjected to a num ber of petty annoyances. Then fol lowed more serious efforts on the part of the ranchers to drive them from the country. This feeling reached a crisis, the indictments say. when, during the spring months a raid was planned and 30 armed ranchers and ranch workers descended ui>on the homesteads. ROGERS AT WORK (By United Press Leased Wire.) LOS ANGELES. Nov. 3.—Earl Rogers todoay received a commis sion as special deputy district attor ney, and began service with the spe cial grand Jury that is investigating the Times wreck. It will be his part in the investigation to examine witnesses subpoenaed in San Fran cisco and brought to Los Angeles. Rogers was in charge of the inves tigation of the Times affair for the Merchants & Manufacturers' asso ciation STRUCK BY CAR While riding a bicycle at the corner of Fourth avenue and Wash ington streets at 9 o'clock this morning. A. Mittens, manager of the Northwestern Printing and Decorating company, was struck by a Washington Water Power car and thrown to the ground, sustain ing a severe laceration over the right eye. 700 IS HIS UNLUCKY NUMBER Chris Swenson, the parsonage burglar, who was captured at the home of the Rev. A. C. Crier while In the act of burglarizing it, states that he tetrad the "!%0 block as a boodoo. "I had n feeling that If I tried to do that Job I would get Into trou ble,'' says Swenson. "I have been here there weeks and have watched the papers carefully to see what ministers were going to attend meetings away from home. In this case I should have smelled a rat, as the newspapers wer careful to give the address of Mr. Grler, which isn't usually done." I NEW BOOSTING CLUB. ♦ » SiKikaue'a new boosting ♦ > club, to be known as the In- ♦ > land club, was formally • > launched last night, about 40 ♦ > of the city's most prominent ♦ > bttelncsa men signing the *> > charter roll. H Is proposed by s> > the new club to work for the *> > general betterment of the en- ♦ > tire Inland Brapire district. ♦ $100 REWARD far the conviction of the party or . MMsa claisata% to be agents or I sMMtass) «< the Pension l»yetnt & mmmWcAn. »c* rtmt avenue. Take the case of poor old Joe i Gauvette, hanged for Wiling his I wife. Gauvette shot the woman i down on the street, in the presence of witnesses, yet it wan necessary for Prosecutor Pugh to sweat hlni out at the police station for two days before Gauvette confessed. nl all of Prosecutor Fred Pugh's term of office there has been but one murder trial of any conse quence in which It was sought to convict the defendant almost solely on the evidence. This was in the case of Paul Clem. for the murder of the Pole, Saudawski. Pugh was away when the crime was discov ered and one of his deputies han dled the preparation of the case. TAFT GETS A PRESENT THAT WILL HELP HIM OUT WITH HIS SPEECHES WASHINGTON, Nov. 3—Presi dent Taft was receiving a big dele gation of busi ness men in the east room of the white house the other day when Captain Archie Butt, military aide, whose duty it Is to per form introduc tions on such oc- cas ion s-, pre sented a man to the , executive whose face seemed strangely famil iar. President Taft hurriedly searched his mind for a. clue to the man's identity as he shook hands— the name not having caught his at tention. "I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Presi- CHANGE FOR SPOKANE CITIZENS TO VOTE FOR THEMSELVES To the four winds of heaven with all parties, as far as this little but beloved Spokane world of ours is concerned! Don't you want MEN, and not POLITICAL RINGS, to serve you? The Press has been printing on its editorial page an advisory ticket. On that ticket are some republicans and some democrats. This pajx?r has made a careful study of the situation, and it believes that the choices made are wise ones. . The Press Jias noJeeling whatever against the opposing 'candidates.--or their political organizations. It simply KNOWS that their official actions and the political ring formed HAVE NOT WORKED OUT WELL FOR THE PEOPLE OP SPOKANE. And, knowing this, The Press has proceeded to tell the facts. The verdict rests with the people. It is possible that there are enough men still imbued with the antiquated notions of "voting her straight" and standpattism to swing the ring into control again. But if the people will throw off party shackles, and vote for PERSON A LITIES AND THEIR OWN INTEREST, THEY WILL WIN A REAL POPULAR VICTORY. COATES TOO BUSY WITH CHARTER TO MAKE POLITICAL FIGHT D. C. Coates, socialist candidate for congress. Is too busy serving the people as a member of the comm ission that is writing the new city charter fo look after his con gressional race. Yet from ' corre spondence received,and personal as surances of support, Mr. Coates be lieves that the socialist vote In the Third congressional district will show a substantial Increase In the coming election. "I had intended to make an active campaign during the month preced ing the election," said Mr. Coates, in discussing his congressional can didacy, ••but the work of trying to secure a decent charter for the peo ple of this city has taken all of my time. When a man puts ill a full day at manual or mental labor and then gives the night to the arduous task of helping to draft a suitable charter for a cit> of 100,000 people, he does not have much time left for politics. "In the election of a congressman the people have an opportunity to express themselves directly on the fundamental issues in our economic nnd industrial system. So long as the corporations own the natural resources and the machinery of in dustry, present conditions will con tinue. The wage worker will be ONLY SUES FOR (67,000 (By United Press Leased Wire) BT. LOUIS, Nov. 3 —DavitL JL Frsncl*, former governor of Mis sour! and head of the St. Louis ex position was made co-defendant to day In a suit for $67,000,000 filed here. The amount represents the original Investment needed to build the Merchants' bridge across the Mississippi river at St. IjOulh and the rents nnd profit* accruing teher froni for 17 years. John C. Illgdon, a patein lawyer, file*! the suit "in the name of th« people •.»-•— Suited <JUuea.~ | When Pugh returned and found ' that no confession had been ob | tamed from Clem he was much ex : ercized and reprimanded his sub ordinate for lack of skill in han j dllng such cases. Clem, however, was sweated night after night, m ( accordance with the ethics of the office, but did not confess tho crime. In the trail of the case he was convicted on the evidence, only to have the whole proceedings after ward thrown out on the ground ! that the prosecutors office had no I right to try the case in the first ' place, as it belonged to the federal (court. V dent, - the man began. "I hear that you are expecting to deliver several speeches between now and election time, and —" "No, sir," interposed the execu tive, "I have decided not to enter into the campaign at all." "Hut," began the man, hesitat ingly, "you'll probably make some speeches some time scon, anyway. Now," and the man squared himself off, "the first requisite of a public speaker is a clear throat, a throat that Isn't hoarse. I want you to accept a box of my cough drops and keep them in your pocket, taking one just before you begin on your speeches." It was then that the executive re membered where he had seen that face,before, and with a broad smile put the cough drops in his pocket. (Continued from page one.) D. C. COATES. paid less than he ought to receive, he will work longer hours and more and more will be left without em ployment. A man's employment du pends on his ability to make profit for his employer." HUNT GOLD, FIND MASTODON TEETH *J NEAR NOME, ALASKA Borne of the Sixteen Molars Discov ered Sent to Professor Quack enboas in New York. SEATTLE, Nov. 3.—A hydraulic nozzle cutting away an ancient gravel bank on the Kougarck river, 120 miles from Nome, to wash out gold, uncovered 16 mastodon teeth, grinders of eight huge beasts that roamed over Seward peninsula when that now frozen country was covered trith abundant vegetation. Other bones were found, and the miners hope to find the remainder of the skeletons. Some of the molars have bees History, New York. THE SPQRANE PRESS J. C. HILL HAS REPLY TO PUGH James C. Hill, stepfather of Joe Curry, has made a reply to the' statements made before the Minis-! terial association last Monday by Prosecutor Fred Pugh as to wtiy he failed to enforce the law In that case. Pugh intimated that the true facts had been withheld from him, and that the matter was brought up at the time for the purpose of injuring him politically. Hill says that none of the facts were with ; held from Pugh and that he was I i given the whole story of the case . when the warrant was asked for, two and one-half months ago. , "This statement I want to brand at this time as an absolute faise l hood," said Hill today, "as I furn •shed Pugh with the same evidence two and one-half months ago that was given the members of trie mm; -; 'sterial committee at their meeting -' 'ast week. "At that time I also stated to Mr. Vugh that the three eye witnesses jf the shooting were not permitted .to testify at the hearing before . the board of police commissioners. Pugh promised .me to investigate the case. I "In the effort to secure justice ! in the Curry case, I visited the ' prosceuting attorney's office three times, accompanied on each visit [ by my wife, the mather of the ' wounded l)by. On the first visit I : met Mr. Kizer, chief deputy under Pugh, who at first tried to make ' me believe that the prosecuting at torney's office did not control the issuance of warrants. He finally ' admitted that the prosecutiug at * torney's office seems to be the whole thing In this respect, and that I would have to see Mr. Pugh. j [ 'On my second visit, I saw Mr. i Pugh and submitted to him for his information and investigation , the j . names of 13 witnesses in the case.! He said that he would make ap in-j vestlgation and asked me.tOjCallj again, and addei 1 that if he were, not present one of his deputies would act in his ftead. After wait-j I ins a week, I again learned from | I them that Fred C. Pugh had made I no effort to see any of them. 1 then called at his office the third time and waited three hours to* see h~ j—. I NO QUES IN i-l i JMEfiluH (By United Preee Leased Wire) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Chinese Minister Chang Yin Tang said today that the attaches of the Chinese legation would cut off the queues upon confirmation of the Imperial edict ordering the abandonment of the pig tail. "We have not Beard officially of the eTjict," said Chang, "but it was expected,, and we are gratified at the news." C O NTINUED fR O M [page one IT'S SURE doing everything possible for the sick man, wer eunable to help in this part of the case, so Wink has 'to stay at home. The couny physi cian says that he is more than will ing to treat the afflicted man, but he can do nothing for him in his home. it's a queer law which prevents people who pay taxes from being aided in an hour of need from the funds which they help to supply, but it is the law. and Wink has to suf fer because he happens to own a smali bit of property. If he can sell his little place he will be entitled to secure aid from the county, but unless he can do this he will have to suffer and per haps die, for the doctors say there is no hope unless he can be taken in hand at a hospital immediately. The moral seems to be: "Don't own property if you ever expect to ■gtrt stelt'or f6"be out of work." : • HORSE KNEW OWNER. AND SHOOK I§f|S OMAHA, Neb., Nov, 3—Whew Stark* of Kansas City came here ————' for hifj ttftt horse ffrat Trad been stolen, the hdase *re cognizedd ' him at first v*la»«e. Elß, dTr « a J?" proachen 1 - the horse, I9wb*rh 1 m m e-ydiatjly stood on his h.lnd u l*gs pranced ■ about ■ the stall, and finally canje to its master and extended the right hand of fellowship—or right fore hoof, to be anatomically correct .. The police witnessed the affec tionate demonstration and gave the horse back to Elgin without further question. The regular business meeting of the executive committee of the ele mental division of the Sunday avenue, Friday after aooa at 2 o'clock, Mr. Pugh, without being able to ;s cc him. I then called on his chief J deputy, Mr. Kizer, and asked what had been done In the matter of the' issuance of a warrant for Police man Lee Downey. Kizer replied that he did not know what had been done, as it was unfinished business and I would have to see Mr. Pugh. I then told Mr. Kizer that Pugh had told me that In his absence, any of the deputies would I act for him, and I insisted on know ing the reason for all the delay In this case. Mr. Kizer said he could not do anything for me, so I left the office. "Mr. Pugh asserts that this is a political move, and in this asser tion tried to place the responsibil ities with R. D. Martin. I wish to say that I am not interested in pol itics one way or the other, but I would like to see justice done and the prosecuting attorney's offlc'e cleared of a gang that is an abso lute disgrace to it and the com munity In general." SPOKANE XEWSDEALM3 WHO EAKDIiC THE SPOKANE PBSSB. Empire Cigar Store —Empire hotel, city. Mrs. Wilson, E4 Sprague avenue. Washington Store Store, Washing ton and Sprague. Hay. ss Washington. Spokane Hotel Newstand —Spo- kane hotel. Blue Label Cigar Store, 824 Sprague. Brigjrs, 1007 Sprague. 819 Main avenue. Wide World Newsstand. 111% Post street. Jamieson Newsstand, Jamleson building. Rookery Cigar Store —Rookery hlock'. Fitz. SlO Howard. Chicago Hotel Newsstand—Chi cago hotel. Tucll Drug Co.—Second avenue. 5302 Howard. B. H. Ensley—osl9 Monroe. A. P. HelnU & Son—o6ll Monroe. A. N. Lanneau —0713 Monroe. Have you investigated the lines of House Fur nishings at the Washington Furniture Company If not, why not? And now is the time to look it over and get our prices. We can save you money on your furnish ings, quality guaran teed. Our line of ranges is complete, ranging in price from $20.00 to $75.00. Heating stoves of all sizes and description, from $1.00 to $40.00. Our lines of furniture, beds, bedding, carpets, linoleum and cr6c*kery, graniteware, etc., is complete and moderate in price. Quality of the best. Your old goods taken in exchange. Remember the place. Washington Furniture Company 37 Main Ay. Phone Main 4818. Tyler's Style Shop For Friday and day selling —about 500 Coats, Suits and Dresses reduced in price— divided into two groups $19.75 $23.75 Coats usually considered good value at $23 and $25 $19.75 Coats selling readily any other day at $25, $28 and $30 $23.75 About 300 man-tailored siiKs, 'for; and misses; made to retail at $23, $25 and $28 $19.75 Stylish, man-tailored suits, $30, $35, $40 $23.75 When you can buy suits like these at $10.75 and $23.75, why pay more! SALE OF COATS FOR MISSES AT 99.95, $14.75 Warm, stylish, new fall coats; all new coloring; about the greatest coat values we 'c ever offered. CLOTH AND SILK DRESSES AT ...$1975 Stylish, wear-resisting cloth and silk dresses in this season's most approved col ors and models. Reduced from $23, $25 and $28. Two Lines $2.49 Two tables given to these hats. A beautiful line to select from. Values worth twice the money. All new stock and styles that are up-to-the-minute. Don't miss these two bargains. Friday and Saturday $2.49, $4.98 Pressed Satin and Felt Shapes < Untrimmed shapes, worth up to $2.50. Friday and Saturday 75<* 822 Riverside Avenue 4 Millinery Section Trimmed Hats THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1910. Friday 8r Trimmed Hats \ Shapes $4.98 75c Satan day Sale