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THE SPOKANE
ONE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS, FIVE CENTS.
CHOLERA RAVAGES
BRUTAL
MURDER
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Wn„ Dee. 10.- The sheriff's office is today
investigating the brutal attack made upon Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Wolf at their ranch in a lonely section of the
Cherry valley yesterday. Wolf lay helfless on » sick bed
when a stranger entered the ranch house and attacked the
wife, lie chloroformed her and then slugged the husband.
The bandit then ransacked the house and fled. Neighbors
heard of the outrage and notified the sheriff.
Deputies in automobiles are scouring the sparsely set*
tied country hoping to capture the outlaw.
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
I.W.W. MEMBERS
LEAVE FRESNO
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
FRESNO, C;il., Dec. 10.- Large numbers of 1. W. W.
members, frightened by the open hostility shown them by
citizens of Fresno. left town today. 'Plic camp, which
members of the order have maintained on the outskirts
of the city for the past month, was abandoned. Such of
the Industrial Workers as chose to remain kept out of
light, and ii renewal of last nights rioting - , which was
feared, did not materialize.
I ATE NEWS BULLETINS
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SHIP SINKS WITH 34.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 10.—The steamship Empress of India,
which arrived here late yesterday afternoon with silk worth over a
million and a half dollars and a la ge passenger list, brings news of
the loss with all hands of the Japanese steamer Kumamoto Maru on
November 1 off Sado island, when bound from Muroran to Tsingtao
with ties. The crew numbered thirty-four.
GIRL'S DEFENSE RESTS.
CAMBRIDGE}, Mass.. Dec. 10.—Tbe defense In the trial of Hattie
l.c Blanch, charged with the murder of Clarence Glover, rested at
noon today, The girl, wso Is accuied of having shot and killed
Glover, was not called to the stand, although attorneys for the de
fense had Intimated that her testimony would be taken.
FAIRBANKS FOR AMBASSADOR.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. —GOBitp tO the effect thai former Vice
President Fairbanks was to succeed Ambassador O'Brien as represen
tative of the United States government at Tokio was revived today.
A MAJORITY OF 39.
LONDON, Dec. 10 - With only 177 more constituencies still to
hold election each side in the parliamentary voting at this stage has
exactly the same Dumber of seats,that it had in the last parliament.
Tin coalitionists have 'Jtili, a majority of 89,
CHINAMAN FIRST AIRSHIP INVENTOR.
HONG KONG, Dec. 10, —A Chinaman from Shanghai lays claim
to prior invention Of the dirigible balloon. Tai Tsn n Taj claims be
jIU-W jMs plans before the Chinese government in 1894. He states that
. _P*!m plans to sir Hiram Maxim In 18*9, and received a letter
that the British inventor was already in possession of the secret and
principles of aerial (light, Tai s.iys Zeppelin's invention was many
years behind his.
OVER LOS ANGELES IN BIPLANE.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 10. Aviator Charles I-'. Willard today
flew from LOS Angeles to Paaadeni In a Cui'ttSS biplane, lie co\
eied tin- 10 miles without mishap, performed several evolutions over
the business section and started on the return trip without de
scending,
BABOON IN PHONE BOOTH CAUSES MURDER SCARE.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. —A girl operator in the Williamsburg
telephone exchange saw the flash of No. s;i!l Williamsburg, and
when she plugged in heard what appeared to he groans and
scratches of a person in death agony.
*.' U's ft murder," she said, calling up Police Headquarters,
W'wu policemen were Hont from the Vernon avenue station to
the'BVoadw..;. Grill, and found it closed and dark.
The night clerk of the hotel look the policemen in. The cause
of (he supposed murder was soon discovered. A baboon that bad
been appearing in a show had been put in the telephone booth for
the night and had knocked I he receiver oil' the hook.
PHONE TRUST SERVES TEA
TO PLACATE FUSSY C. P.
If you should, .within the next ;
few dayi. be invited to attend a
luncheon by the Psoitis States j
Telephone Co., do not be at all sur
prised, us all the world knows the
way 10 reach a man's heaii is
through his stomach, anil the local
telephone people may follow the ex
ample oi' the Dalles, Tex., branch pi
the American truai In an effort toi
create favorable sentiment.
Ye;!, the day has arrived when
the people line up and feed right
out ol the hand of the public ser
vice corporation;
Or you ciin put It this way:
Tin- day is here when the public
service corporations are adopting
LOCAL GAS
CO. RECORD
IN DENVER
Doherty Was Praised in Spo
kane, But Here's His
Record as Promoter.
It is a standing joke around the
office of the Spokane Gas company
that if anything of importance is to
be done or anything bought worth
speaking of that "you will have to
see 60 Wall street."
"Sixty Wall street." What does
that mean? Why that Is the busi
ness address of the high financiers
that now control the destinies 01
the Spokane gas plant and have a
strangle hold on the throats of
Spokane consumers.
While ostensibly a firm of Spo
kane lawyers, counsel for the gas
company, are the chief officials of
the pompany, yet the directing
force is at 60 Wall street. Henry
L. Doherty is the heatl of the syn
dicate controlling the Spokane gas
plant, and Frank W. Frueauff is his
right hand man. Both live In New
York. Doherty holds no position
of greater importance in the com
pany than being one of the 13 mem
bers of the board of directors of
the Spokane Oas & Fuel company,
while Frueauff is the vice-presi
dent.
After the Doherty syndicate
came to Spokane columns of news
paper space were used to tell what
a public spirited gentleman he was,
how he loved his employes, and
how they loved him to the extent
of forming a Henry U Doherty
club to perpetuate his memory.
That read well in the Spokane
newspapers and was intended to
allay public suspicion. However,
when the mask is removed things
appear differently.
DOHERTY IN DENVER.
Four years ago Doherty was
president of the Denver Gas &
(Continued on Page Six.)
WHOLE CITY
WATCHED
FIGHT
(By United Prec* Leased Wire)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Deo. 10 —
Five hours' bombardment of the
naval barracks at Combri Island
by loyal Brazilian ships and shore
batteries in Rio Janlero harbor
ended a second revolt In the
Brazilian navy today. At noon
the niutineers surrendered after
several of the garrison and crew of
the scout cruiser Rio de But, which
reported the mutiny, had been
killed. The greatest excitement
reigned during the bombardment.
Thousands of citizens of Rio
Janeiro lined the shore and hills
watching thai conflict and cheering
the display of firmness by the gov
ernment. The red flag, which the
niutineers hoisted at dusk yester
day, was shot away twice during
the firing, but each time was re
placed. Orders were issued for a
general bombardment, but before
the vessels could clear for action
the red Hag was run down and a
white one took its place on the
barracks flagstaff.
DO YOU KNOW DE WAELE?
. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 10.—L.
De Waele, Belgian vice consul :it
San FranclSCO, will leave shortly
for New Orleans to become the rep
resentative of the Belgian govern
ment there.
the time-honored niaxlm for domes
tic haPplneaS, to-wit: 'Feed the
brute."
Tin' big Hell telephone trust, with
Its 9* mmpanlanjpi mi d under the
charter of the American Telegraph
& Telephone to, which made |SBv
000,000 net in 1909) is having trou
(Contlnued on Page 8.)
THE "PINK"
NIGHT EXTRA
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1910.
30 MEN ARE
RESCUED
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CALGARY, Alta., Dec. 10.-, Thirty men have been re
moved from the Western Canada collieries mine at Belle
vtie, Alta., where an explosion occurred last night en
tombing forty-five men, tea of whom are dead, several
fatally burned and others an unconscious. The explosion
was caused by poisonous g4ses.; The Bellevue mine is a
heavy producer and employs Italians and Slavs. The acci
dent is the worst that has happened since the explosion
in Fernie mines seven years ago. Doctors and rescue
parties ha worked all night.
SOLOMON-LIKE RULING FOLLOWS THE
SPANKING OF A GIRL OF SIXTEEN
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. —'Tsingf the maternal slipper in spanking a
child, chastisement ends at the instep and assault begins at the heel."
Magistrate Freschi, noted in New York for his Solomon-like wis
dom, announced this dictum in the case of 14-year-old Frances Bahner,
who had her mother arrested, following a spanking. The magistrate
was certain the punishment was in a spirit of loving kindness,
so he discharged the mother.
Fiances told the magistrate she had- been hit on the head with the
heel of the slipper? TJM*. th» mother emphatically denied. » "Guess I
know how to use a slipper." sW Saidj_ ;7'm..t)tg; (pother of 16 ehtldretf."
miton
now HAS
1,141,999
A Gain of 120.4 Peer Cent—
On This Continent
91,972,260.
By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The
grand total population of the Uni
ted States is 101,100,000. These
figures represent the United States
and all its possessions.
Taking the population of the
Philippines given in 1903, which
was 7,635,426, and adding esti
mates for the islands of Guam and
Samoa and for the canal zone, the
grand total population of the Uni
ted States and its possessions is
over 101.000,000.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—The
population of the state of Washing
ton was announced by the census
bureau today as 1.141,999.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10—The
population of the United States as
given out by the census bureau to
day shows a total of 01,072,266. In-"
eluding the territorial possessions,
the total population Is 03,402,1.12.
The Increase in population lor the
continental portion of the United
States is 15,977,691, or 21 per cent.
The increase in population of the
territorial possession is 16,146,311,
or 20.0 per cent.
WISCONSIN 2, 334.860.
The population of the state of
Wisconsin was announced by the
census bureau today as 2,334,860, an |
Increase of 12.7.
Three More Congressmen for This
State.
The census of Georgia was given
as 2,609,121. Wisconsin autl Georgia
each Is entitled to one new con
gressman under the present appor
tionment. Georgia's percentage of
increase is 17.7. The Increase In
population of the state of Washing
ton Is 623,8N7, or 120.4 per cent.
Under the present apportionment
this would give the state throe new
congressmen.
The population of Alaska Is
64,866, an increase of 764, or 1.2 per
cent.
BUYS FARM TO SAVE TIME.<
NEW YORK. Dec. 10.—.las.
McDonald, chairman of the
Hanover National Hank, has
bought a 100-acre farm be
tween his home near Trenton
ami the nearest railroad sta
tion 10 lie can build a short
road to the Station.
it now takes htm eight mm
UtSS to go from home to the
New York train, and he things
it is too much time.
MANY KILLED
IN TORNADO
(By United Press Leased Wire)
CERBERE. France, Dec. 10.—
Marry persons are reported to have
been killed by a tornado that
swept northern Spain early today.
Six fishing vessels sank in Corruna
harbor, several of their crews be
ing drowned. Bilboa and Seville
suffered severely, although none in
either city was killed.
REBELLION
IN MONACO
(By United Press Leased Wire)
LONDON, Dec. 10. — Uncon
firmed reports of a rebellion in the
principality of Monaco and the pro
claiming of a republic by the reb
els are printed today in the Pall
Mall Gazette. According to the Ga
zette the prince of Monaco has
been deposed and a municipal
council now is directing affairs. If
the dispatches are correct, Monaco
is the smallest as well as the new
est republic in the world.
DES IIS AFTER
90 GENT GAS
i.. i
'{(Special Dispatch to The
Press.)
BOBS MOINES, lowa. Dc
cembi r 10. —A popular move
went for 00 cent gas has been
Inaugurated here and prom
iies to bring results. The
pfescni rate v* $1 per 1000
feet, with n 10 per cent penal
tf added if the bills are not
paid before the 10th or the
month The people say that
this rate is too high, as scores
at other cities have been cit
ed that secure gas as low as
■ cents per 1000.
! The Dag Moines city com
missioners on January 1 will
have before them the ques
tion of the passage of an or
dinance regulating the price
»if gat In addition to what
Is considered a high price for
th<' gas. the charge hi made
that the people are robbed by
tjsrookfd meters, and that a
poor quality of gas Is served,
pfetlch causes the bills for
tfStte heme - to be higher than
racy were 18 jsssjfg ago. when
gga MS 40 per cent dearer
than -it Is today.
THE SPOKANE
mH^^^^^^
MONGOLIA
BIG MONEY
IS DIVIDED
(By United Press.)
SEATTLE, Wn., Dec. 10.
—The directors of the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific" expo
sition announced today that
a dividend amounting to
$:m,00() is- ready for distribu
tion among the stockholders.
A major share of this money
will be paid to the local Anti-
Tuberculosis league, stock
holders having assigned
their stock to this charity.
ENGINEER'S
OFFICE IS
COSTLY
Deputies Gaily Take Long
Vacations on Full Pay—
A Few Facts.
While the probe Is being in
serted in different departments at
the city hall It will not do to slight
the engineer's office..That ancient
and time-honored institution of
political and other activity can al
ways be depended upon to produce
something worth going after, if the
inquisitor will but delve deep
enough.
The purpose of this article is not
to say anything harsh about the
engineer's office at this time, be
cause City Engineer Macartney Is
an awfully nice fellow, and The
Press hates like the mischief to
injure the feelings of good fel
lows. But there are one or two
things in connection with the of
fice that it might not be amiss at
this time to call to the attention of
Mr. Macartney, just as they have
been placed before The Press.
To begin with, it is understood
that A. D, Butler, Macartney's
chief deputy, has just returned
from a 45-day vacation at full pay,
$l"."i per month. The city charter
says that 10 days Is the extent of
the vacation allowed any one of
ficial in a single year—but what
does it matter, when we see Mayor
Pratt go away for five weeks and
pull down his little $334 per
mouth on his return, just the same.
Then there is Mr. Klifeld. an
assistant engineer at 1186 per. Mr.
Klifeld wants to go to see the old
folks back in New York state or
some other place In the east, so
Mr. Macartney has asked On
board of public works or the coun
cil to send Mr. Klifeld east at lull
pay and expenses to attend a
paving convention of some sort. It
is to be hoped that the price of
paving will not be hoisted above
present figures on the return of
Mr. Klilold. So it may be cheaper
for the taxpayers to pay the ex
penses of Klifeld and let the pav
ing business stand where it is, for
it is high enough already.
Then ttiere is the "winter sched
ule" in the englner's office, which
hua just gone into effect. This
schedule works this way: All the
rod or men and inspectors em
ployed at 53 per day are laid off
for the winter and the high priced
engineers are kept on. The engl
neers then turn in and act as rod
men for each other, In order to
kii p busy, the only difference be
iug that the city pays or $»i per
day for carrying the chain, while
formerly it paid but )3. The en
gineers are mostly single fellows,
who live well and need the money,
while the rod men and inspectors
are largely commou scrub . tax
payers with families to support,
and can live during the winter on
[ what they earned in the summer.
DYING FROM RAT BITES.
WASHINGTON. DM, 10—With
14 rat bites on QW body, Uiebe
Lewis, 2 years old, in dying of blood
poisoning. Mrs. Lewis was
awakened by the child's cries, and
saw a big rat disappear. lhe
wounds were cauterized.
NINTH YEAR, No. 51
SCORES FALL
VICTIMS TO THE
DREAD DISEASE
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
HONG KONG* Dec. 10.—Spreading from Mongolia, the
plague and cholera are ravaging the Russian-Manchuria
frontier and scores have fallen victims to the disease. All
Russian towns have been picketed by soldiers and the
Chinese quarter at Harbin has been isolated since Novem
ber 12. Russian physicians are experiencing much trouble
in caring for the sick, owing to the superstition of the
natives. One village of 200 souls, Chintao Sung, is re
ported to be practically deserted. It is said that the
natives fled, leaving the dead and dying victims of cholera
in the streets and houses.
Charlton
WW Fight
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
TRENTON, N. J„ Dec. 10.—The fight to prevent the
extradition of Porter Charlton to Italy, where he is wanted
for the murder of his wife, Mary Scott Castle Charlton,
has only begun, according to R. Floyd Clark, Charlton's
chief counsel. Secretary Knox's decision that the state
department must order the extradition of Charlton is not
final, according to Clark.
"The state deiTartment has no right to order any such
thing," said the attorney today. "Italy's refusal to re
turn prisoners wanted here voids the treaty, and it is no
longer binding. The i>ower to make new "laws does not
lie with Secretary Knox, or even with the president. Con
gress alone has a right to do that.
"We will lay our case before the United States circuit
court, and if that tribunal decides against us we will carry
it to the highest court in the land.
SOME OF US "GOOD
FELLOWS" ARE GIRLS!
BY A. GOOD FELLOW.
Say, fellows! Some of us Good
Follows are girls!
'Course we all know that the
girls were good fellows, but we'd
hardly been expecting them to de
clare themselves In on this Santa
Claus stunt of ours, had we?
They've done it though, and yau
can just bet they are more than
welcome.
Yesterday afternoon iwo l>rlght
laced young women found their
way to The Fress office, asked for
A. Good Fellow and finding him.
announced that they wanted to
play .Miss Santa Claus to four lit
COUNTY CLERK-ELECT
MAKES APPOINTMENTS
Organized labor and the farmers,
who took such an active part in
the late county campaign, were Ig
nored by (lieu B. Derbyshire in the
se on of his list of deputies,
announced today. Mr. Derbyshire
has selected 15 deputies, the sumo
number that exists under the pres
ent county eierK, Cal Atkinson. He
will take his office January 9 next.
.Following are the appointments:
Otto Blehner, chief deputy, can
didate for county clerk against At
kinson in the republican primary;
('. W. Hopkins, bookkeeper in the
store keeping department of ihe
Northern Pacific railroad: W. C.
Orr. stenographer at democratic
county headquarters; A. C. Bur
rows, a former deputy in the as
sessor's office; Louis Gulh, brother
ol Horace CJulb. law partner of H.
D. Merrtlt; Charles Meugel or the
Spokane Chronicle; Frank Roth,
couuected With the Hill Paving
1 eoaapany, formerly a deputy in the
25 CENTS A MONTH
tie girls, and that they had already
begun the work of preparing a
Christmas for them.
And this morning comes a let
ter from a woman, herself a moth
er, who wants to be Mrs. Santa
Claus to five children. She says tn
her letter:
PRESENTS FOR FIVE KIDS.
"A Good Fellow: Kind Friend-
Will you please send me the ad
dress of five children. Please let
me know also If their mother Is a
widow tshe realizes that mother:;
and fathers sometimes need a
Christmas, too): and tell me as
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clerk's office; A. W. Kommert, a
brother of W. J. Kommera of the
Old National bank; X 8. Stacey ot
the Washington laundry; E. J. Ball,
with the Spokane Title company;
K. E. Burton and Roy Knox, depu
ties under Atkinson, retained for
the present; Blanche M. Rogers,
Pauline M. Borgnian, stenograph
ers; Mary M. Kemp, a former depu
ty in the auditor's office. C. W.
Hopkins holds membership with
some railway organisation.
SNAKE GUARDS CELLAR.
ALTON, 111., Dec. 10 —Any one
who breaks Into A. G. Mailer's wine
cellar and steals the contents may
not see snakes, but he will be sura
to see one snake, a seven-foot bull,
head The snake Is Halter's pat
and the guardian of the basement
of the Duller home In Wood River,
near Alton.