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103 WRECKED PASSENGERS REPORTED SAFE
HOME EDITION-ONE CENT
WEATHER
ONE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS. FIVE CENTS.
GAS COMBINE DODGES PAYING IT'S TAXES
DIG SHIP
POUNDING
ON ROCKS
Thrilling Rescue of Passen
gers Fro mthe Olympia
Is Reported.
(By United Press Leased Wire)
POINT GREY WIRE
LESS STATION, Vancou
ver, R 0., Dee. 12.—At 9
o'clock this morning a mes
sage was picked up here
that the pasengers of the
Olympia, wrecked in the
north were all safe.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 12.—Lo
cal officials of the Alaska Steam
ship company received word from
Valdez at noon today that the 103
people on board the steamship
Olympia have been rescued. Ther
is no Information as to how the
passengers and crew were taken
off. but it is known that some ves
sel is bearing them on their way
to Valdez.
CORDOVIA, Alaska, Dec. 12.—
One hundred and six persons were
aboard the Alaska Steamship Com
pany's steamer Olympia, which is
pounding to pieces on a reef near
Bligh Island, Prince William Sound.
Several vessels have put out from
here and from Valdez to aid the
ship. The gale, which began Sat
urday, still sweeps the Sound, and
grave fears are entertained for the
safety of those who took passage
on the vessel.
When the Olympia loft hero Sat
urday night there were 52 passen
gers aboard, most of whom were
bound for Valdez and Seward.
Among them were United States
District Judge K. E. Sushman, Mrs.
Cushman, United States District
Attorney George R. Walker and
other members of the Third district
court, who were en route to Valdez,
where court was to convene today.
The ship is in command of Captain
J. Daniels, and she carries a crew
of 54 men.
The Olympia sailed from Cor
dova at C o'clock Saturday night,
having arrived from Seattle ear-.er
In the day. She carried a number
of passengers who previously had
sailed on the steamship North
western, which went aground at
False Hay, San Juan Island, De
cember 2.
The night was clear, but a 55
--nille gale was blowing when the
ship started for Valdez.
It Is believed that she struck the
reef at midnight, as a wireless call
for aid was picked up at the naval
wireless operating station shortly
afterward. The call was answered
Immediately, and Operator Hayes,
aboard tlie wrecked vessel, flashed
the news that the Olympia had
struck the reef and that high seas
were breaking over her.
According to Hayes the ship had
struck an exposed position on
Bligh's Island and the passengers
m*>re In peril. Hayes did not ex
plain the causes of the wreck.
HIT ON HEAD BY MAN
HE WAS TRYING TO HELP
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 12.—
Aside from being painfully burned
on the face and shoulders, James
McCue is euten by an enormous
peve today because he was struck
on the head and knocked down by
a blazing stove, hurled by a man
whom he was trying to befriend.
Just us McCue was retiring last
night his wife rushed to his room
* and told him that the home of
Koscndo Bohando, next door, was
If You All Tell the "Good Fellows" Santa Claus Will Come to Everybody
BY A. GOOD FELLOW.
Oil. you Good Fellows of Spo
kane, you don't know what a grand
work >ou are going to do this year,
and I only wish 1 dared tell you
in the paper, but Santa Claus works
in a mysterious way his wonders
to perform, so 1 daren't tell you
what I would like to:
Itut. If you could only read the
bunch of ietters that comes to my
For Spokane and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Tueeday. Maximum
tern. 38, minimum tern. 30.
I ATE NEWS BULLETINS
Ym < BY UNITED PRESS LEASED WIRE.) \j
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 12.—The jury to try Mrs. Carrie Kersch
for complicity in the murder of William A. Johnson at the Grand
Central hotel in June, was selected this forenoon in Judge Morrow's
court, and Deputy District Attorney Fitzgerald made the opening ad
dress on behalf of the state.
FORMER WASHINGTON OFFICIAL DIES.
BANNING, Cal., Dec. 12.— T. T. Langridge of Olympia, Wash., form
er auditor of Thurston county, Wash., is dead at Palm Springs, Cali
fornia, where he had gone for his health, according to a message re
ceived here today. Langride was a prominent Mason and was a
member of other orders. His body will be held at Palm Springs
pending the receipt of instructions from Mrs. Langridge, who is In
Mexico.
ANOTHER RECEIV ER OF PUBLIC COIN.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. —Vivian L. Jones was appointed receiver
of public moneys at Independence, Cal., by President Taft today.
THINKS FRISCO WILL GET EXPOSITION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. —"A personal, man to man canvass showed
that San Francisco will receive the solid support of the progressive
members of congress in her fight for the award of the world's fair in
1915," said Hiram Johnson, governor-elect of California, before leav
ing Washington today.
WALL ST., SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
AKRON, 0., Dec. 12. —"Why has the seat of government been trans
ferred from Washington to Wall Street?" asks a letter written to
every congressman and United St ates senator, demanding that rail
ways be investigated and freight rates lowered. C. Barber, a mil
lionaire match manufacturer, Is {he writer.
SKATING RINK FOR
RICH INDIANS
(By United Press Leased Wire)
JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec. 12.—
Juneau and Douglas Island are
alive with new amusement en
terprises for the benefit of the
Indian natives, who earned
large sums during the summer
and fall in the fisheries, and
are now able to pay 20 cents
each to view motion pictures in
the several small halls recently
built here. A roller skating
rink was opened a fortnight
ago on a venture, and the In
dians are spending 10 to 12
hours a day mastering the
"figure 8" and the dove tail
movements.
POPULATION
OF CITIES HERE
(By United Press Leased Wlre.l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The
census bureau today announced the
population of the following Wash
ington cities: Aberdeen, 13,000;
Bellingham, 24,298; Everett, 24,814;
Walla Walla, 19,364; Centralia,
7311; Hoquiam, 8171; Vancouver,
9500; Olympia, 6996.
ELECTION DAY
FOR MINE WORKERS
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Dec. 12 —
Tomorrow Is election day for the
United Mine Workers of America.
In all the districts throughout the
United States and Canada, the
850,000 members of the organiza
tion will ballot for local nnd ftiter
national offices. Each district will
elect officers, and the miners, on
the same ballots, will vote for the
men who will head the general or
ganization.
John P. White of lowa is oppos
ing Thomas L. Lewis for the na
tional presidency.
on fire. Like a good neighbor, Mc-
Cue rushed to Bohando's aid. As
the rescuer was dashing into the
Bohando kitchen, a hurtling object
with a tail of flame descended on
his head. Burning oil wus thrown
on his head and body and he rolled
on the ground, screaming with pain.
His wife extinguished the flames
by throwing a quilt over him aud
sitting on him, but not before he
was badly burned.
desk every day of late, especially
the ones from the mothers and
fathers of the Children who but for
the work we are pushing along
would be among the "empty stock
ing" brigade this year, you would
realize hew much greater a work
than mere charity this Good Fellow
stunt is.
Some of those letters would
bring ttars to year eyes, and they
The Spokane Press
KERSCH JURY SELECTED.
RUBBER STOCK
IS OWNED BK
ALDRIGH
One of Reasons Why "Boss
of Senate" Likes High
Tariff.
(By United Press Leased Wire)
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—Nelson
W. Aldrich, senior senator from
Rhode Island, owns more than 300
shares of stock in the United
States Rubber company, according
to the New York World. The
World's story is besad on a view
of the stock books of the rubber
company obtained by a World re
porter, who purchased one share of
the stock in order that he might be
entitled to examine the list of
shareholders.
At the top of one page was writ
ten the name of Nelson W. Aid
rich. The entry, the World says,
showed Aldrich owned 340 shares
of first preferred stock. The date
opposite the entry was July 18,
1910.
"Is that the date the stock was
purchased?" asked the reporter.
"Oh, no," Secretary Norris is re
ported to have replied; "that is
merely the date it was transferred
from the old ledger. He has
owned it for some time."
FINGER PRINTS
CAUSED ARREST
fßy United Press Leased Wire.)
KANSAS CITY, Kas., Dec. 12.—
•lohn Fagler, a form hand, waa ar
rested today on suspicion of hav
ing been connected with the mur
der of four persons on the Hern
hard farm, near here, Saturday
night.
Fagler's finger prints will be
taken and probably will constitute
the most Important factor In es
tablishing his guilt or innocence.
His arrest is said to have been
made because the finger prints of
his left hand corresponded very
closely to those made by a bloody
hand on one of the walls where
tho quadruple mutder was commit
ted.
wodld also make you proud and
glad that you wire going to help
in such a worthy cause.
"SOME ORANGES AND CANDY."
Take for Instance the letter of
of the little boy who writes and
tells that hit papa Is dead and It
"takes ovory cent we can scrape
to keep us in Hchool," lie says the
stockings of lie and his brother and
sister were empty last Christmas
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1910.
KILLINGS NEXT IN SUFFRAGE! BALLOT WAR
MILITANT SUFFRAGETTES IN ACTION, SHOWING HOW IT TOOK THREE POLICEMEN TO HAN-
I OLE ONE OF THEM.
LONDON, Dec. 12.—The suffra
gette situation in England is get
ting pretty serious. There's no
mistake about it—the authorities'
are frightened. Not so much afraid
of what the women will do to them
as of what they may be driven Into
doing to the women. Sooner or
"CHARITY'S" ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THE
ORPHANS INTO THE STREETS
A year ago one or two members
of a committee purporting to be ap
pointed by the city hall charity
trust visited the Orphans' Home of
Spokane and made a few super
ficial observations.
After a lape of a year or more,
in some manner a report, or at
least an alleged report, has reached
the public to the effect that the
Orphans' Home of Spokane should
be closed, that there was no need
for it, and that the children in the
institution were not being properly
cared for.
"The fight on the Orphans' Home
of Spokane," said Louis Martin to
day, "was started originally by
Miss Marie Hornburg, visiting;
nurse of the Associated Charities, i
She was aided in the effort by
Mrs. Hilda Rihard, assistant pro
bation officer, and the Rev. L. -J, |
Covington, who is In the business
of looking after orphans under the
tile of the Washington Home Find
ing society.
"I am chairman of.the board of
directors of the Orphans Home of,
Spokane, und along with S. A An
derson, cashier of the Scandinavian-
American bank; Ira llonefenger,
the attorney, and Dr. A. K. John
son, personally look after the finan
cial affairs of the siutltutlon.
"When these people, some of
whom have never seen the home.
Issue such a report as the one
printed Sunday, we feel it Is a rer
flection on our management, and
we Jußtly resent It. The report la
false; It is inspired by malice,-'
jealousy and hatred on the part of
persons who have been combatting
the home, and is given out at this
time for the purpose of cutting off
land they ex|iect them to be enipty
thi year, but if they could only
get some oranges and candy they ,
would be happy. Bather guess
! they'll be happy this year, with the
Good Fellows on the job.
WANTS SOME SHOES.
And then there is a little girl,
aged 10, whose pupa died when
she was only a year old, and whose
mama has ull she can do to earn a
later, they are convinced that lives
will he lost. It is bad enough to
ha|re lives lost in any kind of po
litical disorders. But the Idea of
having them lost in a suffragette
disorder is awful,
seems no doubt that some
lof the more aggressive of the suf
_,—,—_
possible contributions that might
go to the 40 children at that home
on the eve of Christmas.
"Of all the sins that have ever
been committed in the name of
charity—and it has been made to
ORPHAN, 14, WHO
GETS $30,000,000
IS RICHEST GIRL
CHICAGO, Dec. 12—Young Miss
Catherine Barker must be added to
the galaxy of American heiresses,
if, indeed, she is not the brightest
gem in that array of beauty and
wealth.
Her father, John H. Barker, who
'died recently, bequeather $30,000,
--000, his entire fortune, to Miss
.Catherine, 14 years old. She Is
the richest girl or unmarried
woman in the country probably and
ene of the wealthiest in the world.
•" Thirty million dollars is at least
double the fortune of Miss Helen
Could of New York, three times
•that of Miss Jennie Crocker of San
Francisco and 15 times that of
Alius Dorothy Whitney, New York.
By the time Miss Barker comes
of jtr>'. even of marriageable age,
her wealth will have increased
vastly. Her father's will made the
First Trust and Savings Bank her
guardian and manager ot her
estate, and that institution is noted
for Its conservative administration.
However, those who know Miss
Barker best say money can not
"spoil" her.
rf ■ —
bare living. She says she would I
like to fiud a pair of shoes in her I
slin king, but if Santa Cluus thinks
they would cost too much she will
be satisfied with anything. She is
thoughtful enough to give the size
of the shoes she wears.
And then there is a man who
writ**: No hope of Santa Claus,
finding our ttaa* children this
year." He's aot another guess j
fragettes are equipping themselves
'. with firearms. It has been ru-
mored that they are doing it as an
! organteation: Probably — almost
j certainly—this is untrue. But It is
pretty certain that individuals, and
it is likely a good many Individ-
Continued on Page Six.
stand for many In Spokane—this
baseless, uncalled for and un-Chris
tinn like attack on this institution
is probably the limit of all."
Louis Martin is the president of
the Ames Mercantile Co.
FOUNDER OF INDIANA
TOWN, AGED 90, GETS
NEW START IN WEST
I HAMMOND, lnd., Dec. 12—Mel-
I viu A. Halsteud. aged 90, founder of
j l,owell. Ind.. has proved up 320
! acres of land near Harrison, Neb.,
j and did the work himself. Hal-
I stead's career has been remark
| able. He homesteaded land in
! Lake county when Chicago was
j Fort Dearborn. He ran the first
: grist mill in Indiana, and built the
j first church and school house in
I this part of the state. He went to
I the California gold fields via Pan
I ama in 1849 and crossed the conti
nent In search of adventure ten
I times before 1860. He also served
jin the Civil war. His health is per-
I feet.
$10,825 WORTH OF
SMUGGLED OPIUM
(By United Press Leassd Wire.)
SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 12.—
Fifty men employed by the cus
toms service are today making a
thorough search of every depart
ment of the big liner Minnesota for
contraband opium. Since the ship
arrived in port the customs officers
has unearthed scores of tins of the
prohibited drug worth $10,825. The
stuff was found in old clothes, in
lockers and in boxes of soap
wrapped in borax labels.
coming.
I could fill columns with such
letti rs as these, and with the kind i
und loving words which come from I
the people who are flocking to the
standard of the Good Fellow bri
gade. But space torbids, and I will i
have to content myself with semi
inn as many as possible of tho lei
tbi's out to the Fellows whom I
pick, to x>'ay Santa Claus in each
ONE MONTH FOR 25 CENTS
NINTH YEAB, No. 52. 25 CENTS A MONTH.
Oil GROUND FLOOR
FOR THE LADIES
Joy for the ladies!
They can now register with
out climbing three flights of
stairs to the office of the city
clerk.
This morning the registra
tion books were moved down to
the office of the city comp
troller on the first floor, for
the special benefit of the fair
sex, who have been complain
ing loudly of the long climb to
the third atory.
"We sent the books out into
the different precincts for the
benefit of the men," said ity
lark Fleming this morning,
so we thought we ought to
have consideration for the
women to move the books
down stairs."
35 DEAD
(By United Press Leased Wire)
FERNIE, B. C. Dec. 12.—Early
Sunday morning the last of the 45
bodies had been recovered from
the mine of the Western Canada
collieries at Bellevue, Alberta,
where an explosion occurred Fri
day. The dead include 35 employes
and 10 members of a rescue party,
from Hosmer and Frank, who went
Into the mine and were entombed.
BABIES GOME TO
STRIKERS 1 HOMES
(By United Press Leased Wire)
CHICAGO, Des. 12.—Since the
beginning of the strike of 40,000
garment makers a month ago. 50)
babies have been born among the
strikers, according to records kept
by the relief committee. The com
mittee now furnishes a supply of
milk daily to 7500 babies whose
parents are on strike.
Every day there are 9500 loaves
of bread and 3500 pounds of pan
cake flour distributed to the hun
gry Idle.
Because of the different nation
alities of the strikers, the rations
at the various relief stations differ.
The Italians must be supplied
with tomatoes, macaroni and spa
gheti. while the Poles desire bar
ley, lentils aud codfish.
DITCHED AT 60
MILES PER HOUR
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 12.—
Two men are near death today, the
result of an automobile accident on
the Elmonte road, near Alhambra.
The driver of the wrecked car and
two other passengers disappeared
after the accident. The Injured
men are J. A. Walsh and Stanley
Gambel. They were taken to a
hospital, where it was stated they
had little chance to recover. H. M.
Alst sustained less serious Injuries.
The accident occurred late last
night, when the car was running
approximately 60 miles an hour.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 12.—
Overcome by falntness, caused by
the steam arising from a bathtub
In which she was about to batche,
Mrs. Rose Ford, the yjung wife of
Clyde K. Ford, an employe of a
local furniture company, yesterday
fell forward into the water and
was drowned. Her husband, re
turning to their home about an
hour later, discovered her.
FARMHAND FALLS HEIR TO A
MILLION -NO CHANCE, GIRLS
NEW YORK. Dec. 12 — John F.
McCluskey, an Irish farmhand, ar
rived In New York today aa a first
class passenger on the Campania.
He is heir to the million dollar es
tate of his dead brother, John C.
McCluskey, who. In his time, dm a
particular case.
It's surprising, too. how many
Good Fellows of this town are
among the women. Nearly half the
letters which come in are from
women, and they are all willing
and anxious to help in whatever
way they can. And, bless their
hearts, they will all have a chance,
i for there are, oh, ever so many
j chtlUreu to be wovlded for.
You can have Tha Pram delivered right at -
your door early every afternoon for 25 cant*
per month. Phone Main Main 375.
PRATT HAS
TAKEN NO
ACTION
How People's! Sights in the
Franchise Have Been
Ignored.
A peculiar condition of affairs In
connection with Spokane's gas sit
uation is revealed by tha records
of the city comptroller's office.
The fsct haa developed from an
examination of the books of the)
comptroller that the franchise
which the Doherty syndicate of
New York waa bonded and stocked
for $7,300,000 has not paid a penny
franchiae tax to the city of Spo
kane for three years, In spite of ths
fact that the franchise ordinance)
specifically saya that tha company
holding it must pay to the city 2
per cent per annum of its gross
1 earnings.
Ordinance A 1631, covering tha
Roger Williams gas franchise, was
pending before the city council of
Spokane in 1904, and the argu
ments used In its favor were that
it would assure 11.50 gas sua that
the company would pay the city at
tax of 2 per cent on its gross earn
ings. The franchise also specifical
ly stated that the grantee receiv
ing it was never to combine, unite,
pool, confederate, conspire or take
any other step that might tend to
ward a consolidation with the old
company then In the field.
See how beautifully the people's
rights in the franchise have been
Ignored! The bills of the gas com
pany are rendered at $1.75; we do
not receive the 2 per cent fran
chise, as not a cent haa been paid
on the franchise for three years;
while the provision as to the com
bination is a nullity because the
new and the old gas companies are
controlled by the same Interests
and operated as practically one
company, with two franchises —one
to beat the gas consumers and the
other to fool the bond buyers.
MORE OF PRATT'S RECORD.
One of the men who voted to
pass the Roger Williams 2 per cent
gas franchise was N. S. Pratt, then
a councilman, now mayor of Spo
kane. Pratt has been In office as
(Continued on page 7.)
TRAIN RUNS
OFF THE TRACK
(By United Pren Leased Wire)
SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cal.. Dec. li.
—Southern Pacific train No. 9,
which left Los Angeles at 6:15
o'clock last evening, la off the
track eight miles north of Gaviota.
and all traffic on the coast line will
be held up at least until noon to
day. The wreck, which occurred
shortly before midnight, was due
to spreading rails. Engineer Chap
lin brought the train to a sudden
stop and undoubtedly saved many,
Uvea.
Several Pullmans were left lean
ing at crasy angles against tho
walla of the cut in which the acd*
dent occurred.
thriving business aa a manufactur
er of paper.
McCluskey is a bachelor. Ho
said today that he did sot know
what he would do with his wealth.
"I'm over 50 years." he sold,
and I think I'll stay a bachelor tho
rest of the time."
Within a few days now I stall
begin the work ot ftrt'gnlng tho
amateur Santa Clauses to their spe
cial casea, and then the real work
of the Good Fellows will begin.
And Christmas morning there
may be some aching hearts ajejofjfj
tii.- unfortunate children of tfctß
town, but If there are It wUI be ks>
cause the Good Fellows didn't net*
about these children.