Centralia Weekly Chronicle (Newspaper) - May 10, 1911, Centralia, Washington I MAY 10 May 3 A communication was read to the city council last night from Charles T of Tacoma agent for the Star Signal company proposing to make improvements In the city's fire alarm system costing The matter was referred to the com- A number of letters were also read from various points relative to an automobile truck One ter was from A G Long of Portland representing a equipment com- pany in which he offered to pay the expenses of the members of the city council for a trip to Portland to in- spect auto fire trucks The letter stated that Mr Long understood the conucil to be desirous of early tion in the matter of buying an auto fire truck May 3 The building ordinance which has been carefully prepared at much bor and for which there has been much demand was given final sage by the city council at its Ing last night The required nes of walls was reduced from what was first proposed WATER 10 II LUST May 3 The pest house in wnich hag been such an eye sore to the community for several years besides being a menace to the health of rounding residents was set on fire by the department at 3 o'clock morning and destroyed cording to the orders of the city council A new and modern ing will be erected on the edge of town GREEK GREEK May 3 The case of John was heard in the court of Justice C Beaufort in Chehalis Monday night The man is a Greek and was accused of threatening the life of George another Greek It pears that ther are two clans of Greeks in Chehalis and that they are continually warring and the ble in question arose from an ment between the clans Judge Beaufort the and with costs of the case and placed him under the jurisdiction of the court for a period of one year Ther were eight Greek witnesses gave their testimony but all of them waived their witness fees May 3 Manager Price of the Centralia Water Supply company reported to the city council last night that the water main and hydrant on South Tower avenue over which there has been considerable has been installed and is ready for vice May 3 A Bureh a man who is badly wanted in Castle Rock for obtaining ed in Castle Rock for obtaining money false pretenses was ar- rested in: Chehalis yesterday just as he was preparing to leave the city and is now lodged in the county jail waiting for an officer to come after him The man who was swindled was talking to Vaughn the Chehalis liveryman over long distance him with his difficulty when Mr Vaughn saw the culprit hurrying to the depot past his place of business He acquainted the sheriff's with the fact and a telephone held the train until the culprit could be apprehended GIL ID BE May 3 i Miss Prances F will leave May 3 I for Portland next Monday for a visit Last night was the time set by j friends prior to entering the the city council for the hearing missionary school of training for remonstrances against the paving of evangelistic work in foreign lands north and south Tower avenue No Gardner has been contemplating remonstrances were received and the this move for several years and ordinances creating the two j herself called to missionary districts were given first j work It is not known yet where ing she will be assigned but she has ex- pressed a wish to be sent to May 3 Automobiles and must cut out spirting on Tower avenue Councilman Stewart look the matter up last night and the council instructed the police ment to enforce the ordinance against speeding also to have notices calling attention to the speed limits Drivers of vehicles will also tie compelled to use the correct sides of the si recta The heirs of Robert Morris tho banker who financed tho American Devolution should not purchase any automobiles on the strength of their claims The Government Is slower than an Individual when It comes to paying for deceased Death Jakes Him While Flames Rage LEONARD S GROVES EXPIRES SUDDENLY FROM HEART DISEASE AFTER HELPING TO EXTINGUISH BLAZE AT May 3 Suffering from impaired heart tion and excited while aiding the ex- tinction of the fire at the kiln Leonard S Groves ah em- ployee of the shingle mill dropped dead Groves who worked for the Eastern Railway Lumber Company as a shingle weaver was interrupted at his work by the alarm of and went out to help with the other men He worked vigorously for an hour or more when he was stopped by an acute pain darting through his chest and he gasped to a friend that he was feeling 111 After ing still for a few moments to get his breath back he thought he was sufficiently better to make his way home alone and he dropped dead The dead man was an industrious worker and a good father He leaves a widow and four children the oldest being only nice years of age Neighbors broke the news to the stricken family and the remains were borne to morgue where they were prepared for funeral which will take place under the auspices of the Eagles Many friends are visiting the morgue and expressions of sympathy are extended to the bereaved family The funeral announcement pears In another page May 3 The publication of the financial condition of the city which appeared in the Chronicle last Wednesday has resulted in a disposition on the part of the city to economize although the economy practiced last night was not with the city's money The members of the council decided to tighten the on private pocketbooks There was a lot of talk about economy and admissions that the council had run the city pretty much in the hole financially were general but when it came to putting some of their talk Into ual practice the economy was not with the city's money at all While no denials or attempted as to the financial tion of the city as published in the Chronicle yet the members of the seemed to feel stung the condition of affairs had become generally known to the people of the city They were smarting under the dose of publicity and were resentful toward the source of information through which the people had ed the facts Before was called to order It was decided the one of the proprietors of- the Chronicle should be slapped on the wrist The slap was administered when the city engineer who is smarting because the people have been told the amount of city rants issued in his favor in the last plans for Mr Crawford's ment were ready and that twelve months reported that the the city might instruct the city ney to draw up a resolution for the same It was then that H H Tilley whb has appropriated more public money in Lewis county than any other man arose according to program and the fact that we have been spending the people's money at a pretty fast clip I move that this Improvement district be done away with The motion carried The Chronicle had been informed a week previous in an indirect way that is it persisted in giving publicity to municipal affairs that ation would be taken One of the proprietors of the Chronicle lives in the im- provement district In question All the people living in the district asked for the Improvements and of course would themselves pay all the expense there being no expense to the city Comment on such Is un- necessary And these little boys have in charge the managing of the city's TO E POLITICAL CAPITAL OF FIRE May 3 The members the city council last night attempted to make cal capital of the at the Eastern Railway Lumber plant yesterday afternoon They tried to argue by inference that the fire demonstrated that the city needs an automobile truck As a matter of fact had the city owned sixteen automobile trucks and had they been manned by teen automobile fire crews no more property would have been saved from burning than was saved with the present equipment and force of men who fought the fire yesterday afternoon The only thing the ent department was short on was hose Time and time again Chief Miller had told the members of the council he needed more hose But the city fathers last night dodged the real issue and instead of talking about the need of more hose they talked automobile and the need of another complete paratus That the latter was needed was spoken of in gasps What would have happened with all the equipment at one if another had started at another part of the If the city had two sets of fighting apparatus and two fires should break out at the same time the question might be with equal force What would the city do if a third fire should Reasoning along this line is really no limit to the number of machines which the city I Carry out this line of thought to its logical conclusion and the city needs either a fire wagon and team or an automobile fire truck and for every block in the city and in the long blocks there be at least two such chines equipped with fuft crews The members of the conucil did considerable arguing with selves to make believe an automobile fire truck is needed and Councilman Tilley capped the climax by saying he believed 90 per cent of the taxpayers are in favor city buying an automobile fire truck and the fact that the taxpayers were not on hand last night was proof they are satisfied with the council's in- tention to buy such equipment Con- hot air was indulged in about protecting the property of the citizens and the myth of reducing fire insurance rates was again brought up e MILL STARTS IIP TODAY OUTPUT WILL BE USED FOB OP COUNTT ROAD FROM BARKER PLACE TO MILL WILL HAVE OUTPUT OF FEET A DAY May 3 The V S Shaver Mill started up this morning The mill is situated miles east of and will have a dally output of feet of lumber Fifteen men are starting to work in the out 000 feet of be used on the road leading from the er place to Centralia and work will start on the highway when the com- mission completes the grading are waiting to see when the on Seminary hill will be ed as the planking cannot be laid un- til the grading is completed but It is believed that the work will be well under way in a few weeks The new mill will use timber as Charles Althauser feet J P Parker feet J feet AS IN May 3 An impromptu marriage was held in the office of Sheriff Urquhart in last night Jack tho popular ball player of Chehalis was the bridegroom and Emma Rose of Pe Ell the bride Judge performed tho ceremony The marriage is the outcome of a warrant which was to by Miss Rosa's mother in Justice Beaufort's office Saturday and since which Burns has been lying In jail Tho was sot for hearing in tho Court wook as tho girl lias steadfastly refused to have further to do with tho nnt Yesterday afternoon she hor mind and tho coromony was performed last night May 3 John Kokolias a Greek plead guilty to Iho charge of assault In the second degree In tho Superior Court of Lowls connly yesterday afternoon and was fined and conts Tho man was In Contralla Homo ago for hitting another Greek named Human a during a near Centralia Several road contracts were In Raymond lant week and a man ed nines In secured one of tho bent contracts calls for a road to ho oast from Raymond and the consideration is May 3 It took Deputy Prosecuting ney Bishop six hours yesterday to pear for the state In the prosecution of Howard Kimball who was ar- on the charge of adultery and when he finally made his ance at the court room his flimsy and indifferent conducting of the case on- ly served to strengthen the defense The case was called for 2 o'clock o'clock 5 o'clock and o'clock and even then it was 8 p m before the court convened Every time Mr Bishop had some excuse for postponing the hearing The oase was heard In the court of Justice P C Beaufort The defendant was arrested afternoon on a warrant was sworn to by T T Murphy who claimed that his wife Mabel Murphy had had improper relations with the defendant The plaintiff was given absolutely no show to make a case and Judge the tion and Murphy with the costs in the case which amounted to Murphy was astounded at the verdict and was unprepared to settle his costs aud requested the court to give him until this morning to secure the amount but the judge refused his request and turned the man over to the custody of the iff If it had not been for the efforts of Murphy's brother and a friend the man would have been compelled to pass the night In the county jail There is something strange about the whole proceedings Attorney Bishop deputy prosecuting attorney argued the case for the state or was supposed to argue it his efforts in prosecution wore confined to agreeing to everything that Mr counsel for the defense stated Only one was called to stand she was more worried as to where her witness fees were coming from than she was interested in what she was testifying An effort made to locate Mrs and ob- tain her testimony but the sheriff was unable to find her Mr Murphy said that his wife had confessed to the crime as having taken place and as she was the only witness the plaintiff had bis testimony was un- verified Attorney Bishop claims that phy came to him on Sunday morning and requested him to drop the case but said that he would not pay tho costs This Murphy Indignantly de- nied and claims that it is a tion of the attorney's If tho chief witness in the case could not be found the trial should have been postponed until she could bo located The case was three times yesterday on various pretexts of the prosecutor and when it was finally set for ing it was with difficulty that be was brought to the anene Judge Beau- fort said that he would rather the state and bold tho until 8 o'clock until tho at- torney arrived The wholo affair looked very much like a cut and dried proceeding At- torney should have tried tho case himself as tho county pays him for that purpose Tho only In- stances tho deputy acts Is when thn prosecutor Is otherwise en- gaged but witnessing a In a could hardly bo called engaged It Is not known what further action Mr phy will tako but ho undoubtedly baa a case and will sock Homo way of obtaining tho that Is duo him May 4 Centralla had an airship stration and address on aviation last night The model airship built by Its Inventor J W Jeffries was on the stage of the Rose Theater and ager Irwin of the Home Investment Company explained its In describing the new airship Mr Ir- win stated that It would mean much to Centralia If an airship factory were established In this city He went or to show that the Wright brothers started from an obscure tle bicycle repair shop and expanded to their present factory where 200 men are unable to keep up with ders The airship that Centralia has now the chance to make he ob- served possesses all the merits of the Wright machine with the tional Improvements of a device by which gravity met With In a manner which rendered capsizing to the air impossible It seems the airship met with support In Tacoma but the cap- wanted the controlling inter- Mt Effort Is being made to float the company with capitalization of a number of people here are interested In the movement WILL 1 May 4 A petition is circulated among the business men and dents of Centralia to raise money with which to pay the balance on the home of Leonard Groves the em- ployee of the Eastern mill who died during the progress of Tuesday's The widow of the man is left without any means and with four small children to take care of Groves was a member of the Eagles but carried no insurance in the The unfortunate man purchased a home some time ago but there Is a balance of 350 yet to be paid on the property and if this amount IB not raised Mrs Groves will lose her home M 0 Kulien started the movement of the petition and con- the The mill which employed Mr Groves will sub- scribe liberally and the Eagles and local men will very likely rally to the support of the widow and see that she Is left something with which to start her battle alone May 4 i Two delinquents appeared In the i police this afternoon when 1 Justice of the Pence attended to their cases Ben one-time steady man and respected citizen I was charged with being drunk and a nuisance His wife complained that lie had forced her lo give him money which she had earned herself The police took it away from him and returned to the woman and ton was arrested by Constable i ter Weston was given a chance un- i der suspended sentence of fine The other man was arrested at the instance of Passenger Agent Green who said the man had been begging on passenger trains He had been begging for a trifle to carry him to j the next never seamed I able to get there despite the fact that lie had been gathering alms for several days Ho went to the rock pile TWO BABY TWO May Tho arrival of a handsome little son lo Mr and Mrs i has brought joy to the two grand- 1 fathers of tho young gentleman On receipt of the news Grandfather Charles who Is tho father of the young mother dashed off to purchase the costliest baby buggy In town the intention of taking the little follow out for a rido at once while Grandfather Charles is buy lolling his friends all about his first grandson INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS Untied Press Wire TUUIN Italy May of nations In- America participated today In tho opening contests for the Inter- national championship hold on tho Exposition grounds A national contest for Italian student gymnasts was also today Tho International gymnastic for men will bo held wook
