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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
TWO CHILDREN DISAPPEAR.
Woman Runs OFF With Tots From
Watertown, S. D.

WATERFOWL. S. D., March 3d.
The disappearance of the two little
GIBBS children from the home of Mrs
J. H. Thorpe, of this city, yesterday
afternoon. has occasioned quite a sur
prise. Three years ago Mrs. GIBBS was
given a decree of divorce from her
husband. the decree having been sign
ed by the late Judge Julian Bennett.
AT the time the divorce was granted
there was nothing said as to the dis
position of the two little children, the
judge not giving either party In the
action the custody of them.
That being the case, the two chill
dren were placed in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. B. Keeney, and at the
time of their removal from this city to
the coast, the children were given in
to the care of Mrs. j. H. Thorpe. Yes
terday afternoon while Mrs. Thorpe
was absent from her home, a woman
came and wanted to take the children
out, giving as an excuse that she want
ed to get their pictures taken. Since
then neither the woman nor the chill.
dren have been seen here.
1t is rumored that dispatch has
been received here, stating that the
woman and children had arrived in
st. Paul. where she now lives, hav-
ing remarked, but the report cannot
be confirmed
Now that she is out of the state no
legal action can be taken to make her
return the children to this city or to
give them up.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
A COUNTRY WITHOUT TREES.

China is held forth as a warning to
America by Eliot Blackwelder, writing
in the Outlook China is "a country
that has used up it's trees" and is now
suffering from their absence. Noun
tains and hillside. no longer protected
by trees, have lost their soil by wash
ing away, and are totally bare of veg
citation. Water is not held in the
ground but runs off in torrents, flood
ing the lowlands, and between rains
the streams go dry. The underground
water supply is scanty and springs are
few. Hillsides that are farmed must
be terraced with stone walls to pre-
vent their crops from washing away
with the soil
China was denuded Of trees centuries
ago, except for small patches in the re-
mote mountains. Lumber is cut In
those inaccessible spots, and boards
carried to the lowlands on the backs of
collins, and bring 50 or SO apiece Carts
and wagons are made of soft woods
that wear out quickly. Charcoal made
from shrubs and twigs is used largely
for fuel
being stripped faster than it is posi-
BILE for timber to grow. In spite of the
increased use of steel and concrete,
consumption of lumber has increased
ten times in fifty years. In the eastern
states the mountains where rivers rise
and rainfall is held as in reservoirs
are being robbed of their trees, and
soon will wear the same aspect as the
highlands of China. Washington's re-
naming timber is going fast. Selfish
interests block every effort to save
these remaining timber tracts. Poster
ity will have no trees. but the camp
boss and his crew care not hang for
posterity. Neither does the man who
OWLS l1le trees, ana is
them for profit, big and little together.
The man who owns a tree seems to
know nothing, but to cut it down and
turn it into money. While the trees
last this is all very pleasant. but when
the trees are gone, what then?
The answer may be found in China.
II is not a pleasing prospect.
The time must come when the gov
eminent will own or control our re-
naming forests. and only allow trees
to be cuet as they are ripe for the ak.
saving the smaller growth till the pro-
per time.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
Rarrimea's Coast Enterprise No.
Plain on Surface.
SPECULATION As TO COAST OPERATIONS
WALL STREET TAKES A HAND IN
GUESSING WHAT HARRl-
MAN MEANS.

Speculative interest in the possible
Hartman plans with regard to Seattle
terminals and other extensions in
coastwise territory is pretty much con-
fined to guesses at the form in which
the money will be raised to do all these
things 1t is pretty we'll recognized
around here that the Hartman rail-
ways will spend, in addition to the out
lays mentioned in the fall for Oregon
lines, something well over $20,OOO,OOO
for new lines in Washington and out
toward Butte, is the report that comes
from New York.
The plans, as Wall street sees them.
seem to contemplate the extension to
Seattle more in defense than in ag-
gression The whole affair is somewhat
puzzling to the average railroad ex-
pert. There is sneaking opinion in
the minds of the majority that the
plans for a coast line from Portland to
Sedtlie are oIiy q poiI VI q 6oiSi al
scheme, and that this coastwise line
will never be built at all by the Har-
riman lines.
The argument is laid down this way
by an engineer, who made his reputa-
ton in the Pacific northwest:
81 don't see ANYTHING in the Port
land Seattle line at all. 1t will cost
two thirds as much to build it as it
would to build from the southeastern
corner of Washington to Tacoma and
Seattle, and it won't get one-half the
results. Local business from Portland
to Seattle is mare drop in the bucket
compared with the through business
out of Seattle eastbound.
THAT local business from terminus
to terminus of such a line is taken in
competition with the all-water route,
it is rather roundabout, it is true, but
yet there to make the rates. That d.
vision of the Northern Pacific is not a
great mOney-maker and there is no
cash in building a new line to rival an
old one that can't make any money
worth while.
"a Hartman line from up the river,
on the contrary, would make things
hum in the state of Washington. If it
should turn out that Hartman is mere
ly pulling the chestnuts out of the fire
for one of those three or four projected
in other words. securing franchises to
be used by a cross-tate line, it would be
tween the new line and the Northern
Pacific"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
District Convention Begun in Wa||a
Wd|Ia Today.
LARGE NUMBER OF DELEGATES PRESENT
PUBLIC RECEPTION WILL BE
rendered ALL THE wis.,
TORS THIS EVENING.

The annual meeting of the District
No. l, Independent Order of Good
Templars, comprising all the lodges in
eastern Washington, was opened this
afternoon in the First Methodist
church.
Nearly every lodge in the district
was represented by several delegates,
there being about SO visitors in the
city,
The afternoon session was taken up
principally in organizing and the ap-
pointment of committees. The officers
made their reports for the past year,
which were referred to the proper
committees. Tomorrow morning the
actual work Of the convention will be
taken up.
Tonight at the church a reception
will be given in honor of the visiting
delegations and the officers of the
convention. musical and literary
program will be rendered during the
evening. The public is invited to at
tend the reception.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
DENIED BY SMOOT.
Utah Senator Brands as a Lie State
ment that He Has Three Wives.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 30
The specific statement that Senator
Reed Smoot, Of Utah, has been guilty
of polygamy, having married two plu-
raj wives, attracts much attention
here. When the attention Of Senator
Smoot was called to the statements
made by Mr.. Clemenson, he entered
the most emphatic denial of the whole
story.
ut is utterly false" said he, land
reveals to what a depth of depravity
my traducers have descended in order
to place me in a false light before the
country. I am not a polygamist and
never have been. 1 have one wife and
six children. I was married at Salt
Lake City, Utah. on September II.
1884, to Alpha M. Eldridge, my present
and only wife. I was never married
to any other woman; never went
through a marriage ceremony of any
kind with any woman but Mrs Alpha
NJ. Eldridge Smoot
1.-THE story of Mr.. Clemenson is false
from beginning to end, so far as it con-
meets my name with that of any other
woman than my legal wife. I have not
met and do not know any woman
named or known as Rose Hamilton,
who is alleged to be my wife No. 2;
I have never met, nor do 1 know
woman named Lottie Greenwood, who
is alleged by Mr.. Clemenson to be my
wife No. 3. The whole story is a ma
licious absurdity.
"Mr. Clemenson's statements give
evidence of their own absurdity. He
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30

young girls. One or two men who
were allowed to be present and take
part in the talk admitted that the thea
ter was a vitalizing force.
We are ready to indorse most of
these views and particularly those
This automatic discovery of the mana
ger, who swishes her skirts ,f1irts her
the house of detention handed to her
She was meant to drape clothes upon
not to speak pieces in public.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30

King Edwards left knee is said to
be hinged with a silver wire, and the
hinge having worn out as a result of
his recent active life he has been
obliged to retire to the knee factory to
be rewired. His majesty lost his nat
ural knee joint while Prince of Wales.
The story is that Wales, after spend
ing a particularly hilarious evening,
missed his footing at the top of flight
of steps and fell the whole length OF
the stairs without stopping to count.
This incident shows that the hilarity
of youth will oftentimes have to be
paid out of the sparse surplus laid up
for old age.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
NEW LIGHT ON OLD CRIME.
Wrong Men May Be Serving Long
Sentences.

'''S"9 VSH way DC serving Long
Sentences.
FERGUS Falls, Mimi, March 30
Some important testimony has re-
Gently come TO light in connection
with the Great Northern train rob-
berry which occurred here seven years
ago, tending to show that the four
men generally known as the Thayer
gang, who are now serving twenty
year sentences for the crime, are not
the real perpetrators.
The testimany of a Wahpeton man.
who admitted some time ago that he
had been engaged to take the men
from Carlisle to Breckenridge after the
train had been robbed, is substantiated
by the testimony of A. Volker, a farm
er living between the two places. The
Wahpeton mans testimony was to the
effect that he drove to a point near
Carlisle, as prearranged, but that when
he heard shots fired his courage failed
him and he drove away, leaving the
robbers to get to Breckenride the
best way they could. He testified that
the robbers were three men from Mis-
souri, who were known to have been in
the vicinity at the time, and who are
now serving sentences in their home
state for robbery.
Volker's testimony is to the effect
that he found the Missouri men in a
straw stack on his farm, which lies
about half way between the scene of
the hOld-up and Breckenridge on the
morning after the crime. Volker's de-
position has been taken, and he testi-
fies that he recognizes the pictures of
whom he found in his straw stack. c.
W. Kaddatz, a restaurant man of this
city. testifies that the Missouri men
took dinner in his restaurant here the
day before the hOld-up, and several
other bits of testimony have been Sc
cured tending to show that the Mis-
souri, men are in reality the guilty
persons.
District Attorney Houpt returns to
st Paul tonight, and has high hopes
of securing a pardon for Thayer and
his associates, whom he defended at
the time Of their trial.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30

The Nebraska supreme court has
handed down a decision on Nebraska S
anticigarette law, which was tested
in the courts by young man arrested
on the charge of rolling cigarette.
The effect of the decision is to sustain
the law in general, making the sale and
manufacturer of cigarettes illegal, but
the rolling of cigarettes by individuals
for their own use is not called manu-
featuring" 1t is a pity that the court
did not rule on the legality of these
single manufacturers throwing their
by-products out into other people
air.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
&HI8 2EAEzKE1
is 1T A SURRENDER?

The address of C. S. Mellen, presi-
dent of the New York and New Haven
railroad, former president of the
Northern Pacific, before the Art club
of Boston sounds like the bugle calling
a retreat Mr. Mellen practically says
the jig is up the management Of rail-
roads is to be radically changed and
the railroad managers who have COM
mitted none of the OffenSeS which it
will be thrown down along with those
who have. 1t is impossible, Mr.. Mel
len says. to allay the suspicion which
has been excited, it is too late for
promises. The public will have regu-
lation.
1t looks as though President Melen
were trying to excite sympathy for
some unknown railroad presidents who
have done only their duty and conduct
ed their railroads according to the best
ideas of business But is it neces-
sary? 1t does not appear that such an
individual has anything to fear from
government rate making. In fact, he is
one of those who is going to profit by
it. He is no longer to be overwhelmed
by the stock jobbing railroad presi-
dent. He is going to have the power
fui arm of the government to support
him in square deal. If the square
deal has not prevailed in the railroad
world, the presidents who yearn for it
should welcome the assistance of the
government. Secretly they probably
da. but outwardly they must maintain
semblance of being against govern
ment interference with private rights"
This is to placate and keep off their
backs the stock jobbing presidents who
would come down on them like the
Assyrian if railroad legislation should
fail in congress. Mr.. Mellens speech
might easily be interpreted as that of
railroad man who hoped congress
would pass the rate bill, and be quick
about it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30

alleges that three years ago I first met
Rose Hamilton at an Omaha hotel.
where he says my wife and I stopped.
He gives the date of her marriage to
me as December %, 1903, little more
than two years ago. He says my
marriage with her was the basis Of the
affidavit of Rev. ]. L. Lellich, charg-
ing me with being a polygamist. Yet
Mr.. Lellich's affidavit is dated three
years ago on February 25, 1908, ten
months before the marriage date given
by Mr.. Clemenson.
LAS to my meeting such a lady in
Omaha, I will say that I never did
at any time. The statement about Mrs
Smoot and me being at an Omaha ho-
tel is untrue
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
Divine Right Baer informs the pJ

Divine Right Baer informs the pub
labor dispute or pay $1.20 more per ton
for COAL The public is in dickens of
will go up; if the coal miners strike
there will not be any coal at all. Is it
any wonder the public is inclined to
say: "a plague on both your houses"
and take hold of the coal business it
self
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
More Tobacco Chewed.

NEW YORK, March 30-One Of the
leargest retail tobacco dealers in the
United States, whose headquarters are
in this city, aid today that the con-
sumption of chewing tobacco has in
creased almost so per cent in the last
five years. He attributes this increase
in no small measure to the automobile
"You see," he explained, ut is i'm
possible to enjoy pipe or cigar while
whizzing along in an automobile. Not
only that, but there is always danger
of sparks or ashes from a lighted cigar
or pipe getting nto your own eyes or
those of persons sitting behind you in
the automobile. AS a result chewing
tobacco is becoming general among the
automobile enthusiasts and chauff-
eurs''
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30

The Santa Fe railroad is to replace
all it's light wood frame smoking cars
with steel inner frame structures which
will give them the resistance Of stand
dents has shown that nearly all the ia
talities occur in the smoking and buff
fet cars, which are of light construc-
ton and are at the front of the train.
The passenger who must smoke while
in transit takes nine out of ten chances
of sudden death on railroad journeys.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
ELEVEN MEN HELD UP.
Bandits Create Terror in A Montana
Saloon.

BUTTE, Mont, March 30.-The sa-
loon of Peter Bertoglio, at Meaderville,
was held up at an early hour yester-
day morning by bandits who apparent
ly have shifted the scene of their OPP
erations to that suburb. Bertoglio and
ten men who were in the place were
compelled to hold up their hands by
two robbers with handkerchiefs over
their faces and guns in their hands.
While one of the robbers lined the
men up With their faces to the wall,
the other bandit went to the cash reg
lister and took it's contents, amounting
to about $5S. Making sure that this
was all the register contained, the rob-
Der reported to his companion, VINO
scanned to be the leader in the enter
prise.
"Well," said the latter, "you had bet
ter see what these fellows have got In
their pockets.
"UD with your IduuS, do hi6i "S
YOU can get them" he continued, ad-
dressing the crowd of victims. The
order was obeyed and with a syste-
matte precision each man was care
fullv searched Old watches, knives,
KEYS and other things of that charac-
ter were found and some small change
hut only one man had any money
worth mentioning. He had $50 In bills,
and this was cheerfully confiscated.
The search being over, the men were
ordered not to move until the door
closed. and the bandits leisurely back
ed out of the saloon. AS the door bang
ed. Bertoglio and his companions
Jumped for their weapons. and seeing
the men running some distance away,
fred nine shots at them, but without
success. Two miners returning from
work met the men and say they would
be able to identify them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
SOCIALIST HITS At ARMOUR.
Patterson Sees Wrong in Big Packers
Biz Income.

Patterson sees wrong IN Dig Packers
Big Income.
CHICAGO, March 30.-"Back- skim
ners, $13 a week; dry salters. 81; cat
tle-stickers, $13; laborers, ST. and j.
Ogden Armour, 100000 week. Now,
YOU see something is wrong with the
present system"
Joseph Medill Patterson, the new
convert to socialism, in talking to 400
stockyards workmen at Schumacher's
hall last night, summed up the first
part of his speech as quoted. He said
he did not want to appeal to class
envy, and then used the contrast be-
tween Mr.. Armours affluence and his;
employees dependence for illustration
throughout his talk. Toward the end
he said:
Every one who works for Armour
helps to contribute to a purse of S.
100000 a year for him. He has $780,
900 ,OOO and you have to give him
$5,OOO,OOO purse every year. On the
average every one of his employees
gives him 500 year. I'm talking
calmly to let you know"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
REV. GEO. ". rutland
Restored to Health by VinoI and
Strongly Endorses 1t.

Prominent men from all parts of the
country are endorsing Vinol and
strong testimonial letters from four
ministers of the gospel and several
physicians have been received within
a week. Such unsolicited testimony as
this is the best proof Of merit any
medicine can have.
The Rev. George w. Rutland, of
Keene, N. H., writes: 81 have used
your cod liver Oil preparation, vinol.
sa a tonic, and 1 do not believe there
is any other medicine that can equal
it, 1t built me up and strengthened
me when run down and overworked
Vinol has done for me more than was
claimed for it,"
eve honestly believe there is no
ether remedy or cod liver oil prepara
ton known to medicine that has the
healing, strengthening power which
Vinol has, and if it fails to create
strength and health for rundown. de-
bilitated people, old people, weak.
sickly women and children, nursing
mothers. and after a severe sickness,
or if it fails to cure hacking cough,
chronic cold, throat or bronchial
trouble, or to make those who are too
thin, fat rosy and healthy, we will
return every cent paid us for it.
Is there a sick, ailing or aged per-
son in Walla Walla who can afford to
ignore this generous offer?" Green &
jackson Drug Co.
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the trustees of these institutions. 1t is
acknowledged that the Armstrong in
vestigation merely scratched the sur
face. 1t was expected that the legis-
lative investigation would be followed
up by grand jury inquiry which would
develop facts upon which criminal
prosecutions might be begun. Mr.. Jer-
ONE now says there is no law cover
ing the acts Of these men in dissipating
Mr. Jerome may be right about this,
but it would have. been in better taste
at least for him to have tried a case
and failed in it than to have acquitted
all the insurance grafters before he had
brought them into court.
His explanation that he would not
bring a case before Recorder Golf be-
cause the latter is a policyhOlder in
the New York Life is puerile. 1t is ar
insult to the magistrate to insinuate
that he would not do his duty because
he is a policyholder. His offer to be-
gin action if Magistrate OSullivar
would issue a warrant is equally disin-
! genuous It was not the magiStrate's
business to decide the matter in ad-
vance, but it is Jerome's duty to bring
all the facts he has at his command
| before the grand jury and let it decide
Mr.. Jerome is evidently in a peculiar
! funk about something.
The trial of Perkins will be only {
farce, as Jerome says that no crime ha
| been committed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-30
TORTURED BY
ITCHING SCALP
Eczema Broke Out Also on Hands
and Limbs Suffering Intense
Doctors Said Too Old to Be
Cured-An Old Soldier Of 80
Years Declares:
"CUTlCURA TREATMENT .
IS A BLESSING"

"At all times and to all people I am
willing to testify to the merits of Gu
ticura. 1t saved me from worse than
the tortures of hades, about the year
1900. with itching on my scalp and
temples, and afterwards it commenced
to break out on my hands. Then it.
broke out on my limbs. / was advised
to use salt and water, which l did, to,
no effect. I then went to Surgeon, who
commenced treating me with wash of
borax. This treatment did me no good,
but rather aggravated the disease. I
then told him I would 60 and see a ply
stefan In Erie. The reply was that I
could 60 anywhere, but a case Of
eczema like mine could not be cured:
that was too old (SO). l went to an
eminent doctor in the city of Eric and
treated with him for six months, with
like results. had read of tho Gu
ticura Remedies often. l was strongly
tempted to give them a trial, 80 sent
for the Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and
Resolvent and continued taking the
Resolvent until I had taken six bottles.
stopping it to take the Pills. Twas now
getting better. took two baths . dav.
and at night I let the lather of the Soap
dry on. l used the Ointment with
great effect after washing In warm
water. to stop the itching at once. I
am now cured.
"The Cuticura treatment Is q Blessing
and should be used by every one who
has itching of the skin. / can't say any
more, and thank God that He has given
the world such a curative. You can
use this letter as you please. A very
much befriended man, VIM. II. Gray.
1908 Mt. Vernon St., Philadelphia, Pa,
August 2. 1906"
Complete External and Internal Treatment for svssv
aumor from Pimples to Scrofua from Infancy to A.
consisting Of Cucura Soap, 2sc Ointment 50c Resofv.
g co. may Be had al druggs single ct oSssn curss
Issd Chen a SSIR sS' :. fn6Sp: sG:on -.
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regarding Hills condition" he con-
tinued, II am convinced that there is.
little to be hoped for In his case. He
is a broken man. physically"
Here the friend of the former gov
ernor paused a moment, and then. low
ering his voice to whisper. he add
ed: What gives even more concern
to his friends is the fear that his once
great mind is sharing, in part at least.
the wreck of his bodily health"
Both mental and physical collapse
are laid to the insurance disclosures