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THE SPOKANE

ONE CENT IN CITY. ON TRAINS, FIVE CENTS. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1910. NINTH YEAR, No. 36 25 CENTS A MONTH

ORDER OUT AMERICAN TROOPSUNCLE Si'S SOLDIERS

TO SLOP IDE MEXICANS(By United Press Leased Wire.)

' EAGLE PASS, Nov. 22.?Revolutionists dynamitedtwo bridges today pn the line of the Mexican Internationalrailway near Ciudad Porfirio Diaz. Soldiers are repairingthe damaged structures. Two men suspected of the out-rage were arersted. Additional troops are expected atCiudad Porfirio Diaz tonight and it is thought the dyna-mite was intended for them. Paul and Julio Madero.brothers of Francisco Madero, the revolutionary leader,

left San Antonio today for the front. Rebel forces aremobilizing on both sides of the Rio Grande.

Trop L of the Third United States cavalry started on ascouting expedition along the Rio Grande this afternoon,to prevent gatherings of Mexican revolutionists on theAmerican side of the river. Tho soldiers are in com-mand of Lieutenant Bristol.

ZAPATO, Texas, Nov. 22.?A call for rangers was-sentto tho governor by the sheriff here this afternoon to pre-vent an attack on Americans by a large force of Mexicansmassed on a ranch on the Texas side of the Rio Grande.This force yesterday attacked the town of Guerrero andkilled .'SO soldiers and several citizens. An attack on SanIgnacio nearby is planned.

Y. M. C. A. MAV DROPBOXING CLASSES

Physical Director Irwin andmembers of the physical department of the Y. M. 0. A. are becom-ing disgusted with tho lack of in-terest the people of Spokane areshowing in the boxing and wrest-ling classes of the association. In-terest in these events seems to betotally dead among the youngermen of the city. With capable in-structors hired to take charge ofboth boxing and wrestling andclasses supposed to have startedlast week, not enough interest hasbeen shown to warrant a taking upof tho work. l.ess than six havebeen enrolled all together, makingit Impossible to start the classwork.

"There scorns to be no Interestwhatever in either boxing, wres-tling or fencing," said Mr. Irwnthis afternoon. "Last year It wasmuch the same, although not asbad. In the fencing class last year1 hnd two silver cups for competl-

(lon, but I've got them both on myhands yet.

"We are strictly amateur In ourwork and seek to promote the man-ly arts in a gentlemanly, but ef-fective manner and only havetournaments among ourselves, butsomehow nobody seems to think itworth while.

"Wo would stnrt the class goingin both boxing and wrestling If wehad six enrolled in each, but wehaven't. However we will keep theinstructors at hand for two or threeweeka longer und then if no moreenroll we will drop It, that's all.

"Next year, if v\e don not recefveany more encouragement thffi year,we will not attempt to start theclasses as It Is not worth thetrouble and work to say nothing ofthe financial sde of the question."

The boxing classes were to havemet on Wednesday night at 7 p. m.and the wrestling classes on Fridaynt the same time.

NIGHT BULLETINSPORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 22.?Although woman suffrage was heat-

en at the recent election by a b»g majority. It was learneil todaythat the Oregon lff|Ua] Suffrage association has started another peti-tion for votes for women, which will be presented to the state legis-lature when It meets in January.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.?That J. Plerpont Morgan & Co. areactively engaged In pushing the campaign of the railroads to advanee freight rates In Michigan was brought out by the testimony ofMichigan furniture dealers at the hearing before the interstate commerce commission today.

IiOS ANOEI.HS, Cal.. Nov. 22. Chlef of Pollc* Seymour of SanFrancisco was the principal witness before tho Times special grandJury when that body resumed Its probing of the Times disaster to-day. Seymour arrived from San Francisco this morning and wentdirectly to the jury room.

WILLIAMS 10HEAD MAG'S

N. V. TEAM?(By United Press Leased Wire)PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 22.?

Nick Williams, the curly headedblonde catcher of the San Fran-ftsco Seals, propahly will manageE) Portland team In the North-

western league next season. HothJudge and Manager McCredle likeWilliams and have been conductingnegotiatonß with the San Fran-cisco management for lils release.Manager McCredle Is jubilant overthe prospectß of his team In 1011.He will replace Casey at secondand Tommy Sheehan will be retain-ed at third.

The Heavers have been asked totrain at Fresno and probably willdo so, as there is a chance of get-ting more games there than atSanta Mario. McCredle also wantsa couple of games with the HostonAmericans who will train In Cali-fornia during the spring.

And the Dopesters Are Still After That Jeff Stuff

A"DEADLVPARALLEL"Administrations of Spokane and Seattle furnish what might be described as a

"deadly parallel," and both administrations give promise of coming to the samedisastrous end. Both the Pratt and the Gill administrations have been proven ineffi-cient and rotten. The police departments as run by Sullivan in Spokane and Wappen-stein in Seattle have fostered rotten and corrupt conditions, as proven conclusively byevidence.

Mayor "Hi" Gill of Seattle faces a recall election, which probably will succeed inyanking him back into private life. Mayor Pratt's administration, fostered and pro-tected by a private clique and by publicity agencies, stands completely discreditedand branded as a disgrace to the city. The only thing that prevents a recall on Prattis the approach of the time for the adoption of the commission form of charter, and thenew-style election in March.

Last night the investigating committee in Seattle demanded the removal of Seattle'spolice chief by the council. Last week the same conditions under the Sullivan regimewere found here, and Sullivan was found guilty by the council.

And so the parallel in this tale of the shame of two great cities is drawn.The council, in asking for a grand jury investigation of municipal conditions, took a

wise and popular step. The Press urges that the grand jury be called as soon as pos-sible. Evidence already introduced and proved shows how startling and how conclusivewillbe the facts against the Pratt administration.

Sullivan's misrule of the police department is a thing of the past now, although cer-tain facts which go to prove the public's estimate of that officer's character and actionsare yet to come to light. And Pratt's weakly, cunning and disgracefully inefficient ad-ministration is nearing its miserable end.. Only one thing more would be needed to show up Pratt?let him run for commissionerunder the new charter, as he has stated he intended to do. Then the people could registerin an undeniable way their estimate of the present executive h#ad of this city.

QDO YOUQ? KNOW ?

That the octagon shape of thebasalt columns at the northwestend of the Monroe street bridge iscaused by the cooling of the massand Is .somewhat similar to the(Slant's Causeway In the north ofIreland?

That the forests were better pro*tected before the conservationscheme of the timber grabbers' as-tociation by the ranchers and min-ers frequently burning off the un-dergrowth?

That the dividends of one Coeurd'Alene mine would pay for all thework done In the while districtsince Its discovery, and no othermining district lv the world coulddo the same with all its dividends?

That Rossland camp was discov-ered by Hen Thrasher, a Spokaneexpert prospector?

Sgttt win Young Otto before theOlympic club last night. Is report-ed jto have had considerably theietfer of the going. His face was9B {the receivng end of the firstse>tii rounds, but in the last threeperjods he cut loose at a terrificCtifi, completely outclassing Otto.Powell was given a popular verdict.

EXHIBIT AT LIBRARY.

CRUSHED TODEATH Bjj

Caught between the floor of afreight elevator and the aide of theshaft in the rear of M. Seller's storeat 11 o'clock this morning, L. L.Pounders, a salesman lor the com-pany, was precipitated from thebalcony to the basement, a dis-tance of 30 feet, the fall crushinghis chest Into a shapeless mass. Hedied half an hour later at the emer-gency hospital.

The accident is unexplalnable, asno one witnessed it, and the In-jured man was unable to give de-tails. The theory Is that Pounderswished to go up to the second floorelevator while It was moving. Al-and that he attempted to board theready It had moved upward a bitpast the floor, and in the attemptto board it, It is thought he madea misstep, his foot entering thespace below the floor of the eleva-tor.

Striving to save himself from thefall, he is supposed to have grasp-ed the elerator floor, but the space

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BUILT TOSELL OUT

After five years, duringwhich time innumerableguesses have been made asto the identity of the inter-ests backing the NorthCoast railroad, which hasbeen under construction nearthis city for that length oftime, railroad men declaretoday that they have solvedthe myste,ry.

According to the latestand "most authentic" re-port, the road was built withthe definite view of sellingout to any one of the severalbig railroad systems, and itis rumored that the Harri-man interests will soon an-nounce that they have gain-ed control of the line of mys-tery. In railroad circles inSpokane, it is said that Rob-ert Strahorn, the promoterof the enterprise, was back-ed by men who were finan-cially able to take such achance, and it was theircapital that went into thesurveys and road construc-tion that has been carried onso rapidly.

CRASHED INTO TREE.? LOS ANOKLES, Cal., Nov. ?? 21.?Earl Morrison, driving a ?? Knox racing car in practice ?? for the Thanksgiving day ?? races on the Santa Monica ?« course today crashed into a ?? tree at Nevada and Ocean aye- ?» nues. The machine was de- ?» mollshed and one of Morri-?> son's ribs were broken and it 1> is feared he was injured In- 1? ternaily. He was taken to the >> Sauta Monica hospital In a ?> serious condition.

WOULD BE HARD ONSMALL CONSUMERS

1000 ARE DROWNED

COAST STEAMER ?:MAY BE LOST

That a glacier once extendedfrom Montana to tjje valley east ofSpokane?

That nearly all the large busi-ness blocks of Spokaue were builtwith money from the mines? '

POWELL SHOWS WELLAGAINST YOUNG OTTO

i NEW YORK, Nov. 22.-?taw Pow-ell of San Francisco, in his 10 round

! Tjjie exhibit of the Spokane so-ciety of Washington artists willopen tonight instead of last night,

as 'was formerly announced. Thelibrary will be used as a mediumfor the display of many fine worksof |rt. among which portraits willbe \ prominent feature.

(By United Press Leased Wire)BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.?N0

trace of the steamship Bear, boundfor San Francisco from Portlandwith 700 passengers and crew, ovedue 48 hours, had been obtainedthis morning by the marine ex-

change, the official* of the SanFrancisco and Portland Steamshipcompany, owners of ths vesssl, orwireless stations on ths coast.

Wsathsr reports say that a vio-lent storm Is raging In ths northPacific.

VENTILATEDAND PACKED CARS

Complaints have been receivedby the Press of the ill ventilationof the W. W. P. cars during themorning rush hours, particularly onthe Hillyard line. From about 7:30to 10 the cars are overcrowded,standing room being at a premium.Working men and working girlspack themselves into the forwardpart of the cars and there is prac-tically no ventilation. Conductorsand motormen have refused, it Issaid, to open the little ventilatorsat the top of the car. and the re-sult is foul air of the sickening va-riety.

Several times women have faint-ed, and as the ride fiom Hillyard tothe down town district Is a long onethe women and young girls whoare employed in Spoxane are faint

for lack of fresh air by the timethe business district is reached.Continual protests have been regis*tered.

As one man expressed it: "Ifthe health board wants to keepsickness out of Spokane they badbetter see to these cars In themorning."

(By United Press Leased Wlra.{CHICAGO, Nov. 22.?Whole-

sale reductions In the price ofbeef, mutton and perk were an*nouncsd by the Chicago pack*ere today. Spare ribs, perkloins snd beef loins were eels)at 1 csnt less than yesterday.Beef ribs dropped H/, cents.

ANDAMANLA VD YIN&BUTTHEN, ITS THE WAYOF THE WORLD!A young man guspcd out his life

In the city emergency hospital to-

day.This morning he was hale and

hearty and strong, this afternoonhe lies a cold. Inseusate bit of clay

In a local undertaking parlor. Thismorning he was cheery, Inveable,w«*l liked both by employer andfellow employes, the Idol of a fondmother and father. This mornluglie . awe to woik the ulcture u(

health nnd vigor, a few hours laterhe died in the dingy downstairshole which the city calls Its etnergency hospital, and this eveningfriends sorrow for the memory ofone who was dear to them. Andback In Oklahoma a gray-hairedold father and a heartbroken mother grieve for the loved one whohas gone, never to return.

How did It happen? No oneknows exactly. A slight slip, a bitof carelessness, uiayhap, and then

the crash, and a strong young lifewaH snuffed out like the flame ofa candle.

A hurry call for the police ambulance, a clanging and jankling ofa big gong as the hurrying vehicledashed through the streets, acrushed and broken form carried ona stretcher, down the dingy stair-way nto the basemeut of the city

hall. A curious craning of thenecks of the usual crowd whlcn

gathers when the ambulance ar-rives. The Questions, "Who is he?How did it happen? Will he die?"on every Up for a few moments,

and then the busy world waggedon as usual and the Incident wasforgotten.

On a tumbled cot In the. emer-gency ward, the mangled and brok-en form lay stretched out. whilethe last dying breath came in . trimgltug gasps. The doctors stood be-side the bedside for a inomeut or

two, made a hurried examination,snook their heads and turned away.The end was near and they coulddo no good. One or two of thosewho had followed the stretcher Intothe little room went on about theirdaily business.

? Come on, Fred," said one as hepassed out the door of the deathchamber, "I'll shake you for »oiler." And a man lay dying.

fTwo weeping girls found theirway down the dark, hallway and,

knocked timidly at the door of the

death room. They were friendscoming to say the last farewell.Crying bitterly, they stood besidethat gray faced, gasping thingwhich had been their friend. Andthe world was full of Borrow.

In the room upstairs two menmatched quarters to see whichshould pay for the noon luncheon.And a man lay dying.

Tbe bruised and broken thing on

the emergency cot. struggled withthe last dying bieath to tellwherehis loved duos could be found andnotified of the accident.

Upstairs in the water office aman raved and tore his hair be-cause his bill was higher than forthe previous quarter. And a manlay dying.

Finally came the last dying gasp,tbe death rattle sounded In thatparching throat, and with the hairformed word "mother" on his lips,

the man who had boon so oheeryand strong but a few moments he*fore, gave up the struggle aa4passed to the great, mysterioushereafter. The hospital surgeondrew a sheet over ths dead facsand turned to his other duties. Thetwo girls sobbed on one another \u25a0shoulders.

Thus is the great drama of Hfs)and death played out. It's the Whyof the world.

HERE ARE THE REAL FACTS, FOR AND AGAINSTTHE METERING OF SPOKANE. _

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A compulsory meter ordinance with a minimum charge of 80cents per month would work a hardship on thousand* of small homoowners of the city. The lowest possible rat* or minimum under thopresent flat rats plan of water consumption is 80 csnts per month,this being the rate for all houses of four rooms or under withoutbath. In addition to this there Is a charge for sprinkling varying from82.40 to 83.20 per annum per lot.

In other words, the annual water charge under tho present flatrate for domestic uss and sprinkling for homes of four rooms or un-der without bath, is from 812 to 812.80. Under the proposed motorordinance with the 80-cent minimum, the lowest possible bill lo 89.80per annum, domestic alone. With the added consumption of waterIn the summer months ths bill undsr a meter of tho small household-er, who as a hule has a garden or patch of lawn, Is bound to be in-creased beyond ths 80-cent minimum, so that the prospect of sav-ing anything Is slim indsed under the meter plan. Add to this thopossibility of a vastly increased water charge during the lawn sea-son, and the small householder will be found in a much worse boatunder the meter than he is at present.

There is no inducement whatever for the small householder to .use the meter under the 80-cent minimum. Ho already gets his waterat that rate and takes a chance of paying more by taking on themeter. The only thing to do If the council at all seriously contem-plates forcing the meter generally, Is to provide a 40 or 50-cent mini-mum, at least in the non-sprinkling months, so that ths household*er with the small homo has a chance to says as wall as ths manwith ths big house. A larger minimum could be provided for in tholawn season.

There is no question about ths result for the man with a mod-em house of. six rooms or larger?the meter at the 80-cent minimumsaves him money on his domestic use. But it is safe to say that from25 to 40 per cent of our water consumers are on the flat 80-cent rate,and in Justice to this large body of our citizenship ths council shouldpass a meter ordinance that protects them and gives them the samechance to economize as Is given tho man with the largo mansion.

(By United Press Leased Wire.) " *SAIGON, French Indo-China, Nov. 22.?More than 1,000

natives are dead or missing as a result of a sudden floodat Kwang Ngai and in Annares province. The total ofthe dead is expected to aggregate even more than 1,000.The property loss was enormous, four hundred boats withmerchandise being reported lost.