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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Hockey Popular in Chicago.

CHICAGO, October 5.-Arrangements are
being made here for the coming hockey sea-
son. During the past five years the great
Canadian sport has gained a considerable
foothold here, and In three months the
sport will be in full swing. The league Of
ficers have decided that owing to the great
prestige gained by the sport it is advisable
to consider the admission of several moro
cities to membci hip in the league.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Seeker Recognized at Yale.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, October 5-The
Yale athletic council has given socker foot
ball standing by permitting the men who
make the team wear the insignia Y A. F.,
signifving Yale Association Foot Ball Here
tofore the university has discouraged the
game but It is now likely to take front
place in Yale athletics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Good Man in Center.

Parker, the captain of the team is a
man of experience. and will play at center
MS usual position. Barney will be the
substitute center, and Barney has chad
experience, but not much, with the new
game. Nourse, Dore, Plumb and Hadden
are all candidates at Harvard. and are
promising players. Coach Crane is salts
fed that all four of them will make some
position on the team. Pierce, if he were
eligible, would help the line greatly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
Outlook IN the West.

Indiana promises to be a rich field for
good foot ball this year. Notre Dame,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04

score sheet. He won the position of
athlete, the first by only one point,
however. over Knapp, the Oaksdale
star.
it was the South against the North
on the SidelineS yesterday and Dixie
line ran through the southern boun-
dairy of Spokane county
Whitman county schools rooted to-
gether against the common rival. proud
Spokane-While Waila Walla nign
school yetlers. 200 strong. invented in
genious yellS such as "Skidoo. skidoo.
Spokane. WGere are YOU to toss TO-
wards the discomftted Falls city root
ers as the leader in the prelminarie
dropped lower and lower on the list.
The mile run was far and away the
prettIeSt event OF the whole. meet The
man Who Won. Johnson of Oaksdaie.
was put in as 4 sub in the place of
Canfleld of that city. yet he out run
Woods Of Walla Walla and Fancher OF
Spokane. To one of whom the track
1ans thought the victory was a "cinch'
Woods finished within a few feet
or Johnson and Fancher was not far
oenlnd. Fancher kept place four or
hve until the last but when he spurted
he discovered Johnson and Woods had
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
0AKESDALE SPR|NTER IN SPLENDID FORM
WINS DESERVED VICTORY FOR SCHOOL

Not until Knapp. star sprinter fror'.
Oaksdaie high school, breasted the tape
at the close of that thrilling relay race
which spelled fins at the tristate track
meet at supper time yesterday was tha>
well fought contest decided.
The Mercury footed lad from Oaks
dale not only won for Whitman county
the beautiful relay cup but by this
race gave his school the meet by a
clear margin of six points over Pen
dleton. which when the schools l1neu
up for the last event. was one point
behind Oaksdale.
The winning school took and kept
the lead in every lap Of the deciding
race. but ner fleet footed champions
were crowded and crowded hard. Spec
taturs in the grandstand formed one
madly cheering mass as the men passed
them in the last chapter of the last
event.
Although the maj jor share of honors
went 10 Oaksdale. PendletOn high
school. in the person of its crack little
athlete. Jay. won the distinction OF
having the best athlete in the mee,
he getting l9 points. To him was al
most entirely due the commanding po-
sition of the Oregon city in the final
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
WALLA WALtA BOY IS HIGH
Bernard Wills Making Fine Record
al Annapolis

There are a few places on the
Slobe where Waila Walla is not known
but the naval academy of Annapolis
banks Of tho Severn is not one of
teN.
"~. .luatr Of ih.. l"""l hi@h srhoo!
D, making Il name for himself and his
Gown AT Uncle Sans big school.
Entering with class of 2l5 last
summer Bernard Wills rapidly took a
place i'll the front rank in his studies
md has been the star athlete of his
class as We'll
Tie stood u from the top in mathe-
Wathics last month. and in the first
100 in every other study. Only three
others In the class got II higher mark
N efficiency. which means that he is
considered one of the best all round
students of the academy by the Off
GERS in charge of the institution.
IN the interclass track meet held at
Annapolis last week Billy" Wills, as
inc middies affectiOnately called him.
"'h second in the high hurdles to
turner. one of the fastest hurdle men
III the east, and. in addition. he took
'hlTd place in the low hurdles.
He Was one of the 500 midshipmen
'o make the academy basket ball team
Las, winter and he was one of the two
men chosen out OF his company to en-
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II. s. BLANDFORD
LESTER s. WILSON,
w. II. DUNPHY,

Committee on Resolutions of Respect
A short memorial service under the
charge of the Walla Walla bar asso-
citation was held in Judge Brents'
chambers at 80 o'clock this after
noon. Nearly all of the local attor-
neys were present as we'll as some of
the relatives of the deceased.
Judge NJ NJ. Goldman of Dayton was
at the funeral. but was unable to stay
for the meeting of the association but
sent his regrets. Judge Bean of Pen
dleton and Richard Ormsbee of Waits
burg. sent letters regretting their in
ability to be present and full of warm
tribute TO the memory of the dead.
Nearly all the members of the local
bar spoke of Judge Sharpstein. Words
as warm with praise as could be ut
tered were spoken in eulogy of their
brother attorney by Lester S. Will
son. Cary NJ. RAIDER. ]. W. Brooks. W.
Fl. Dunphy, Marvin Evans, Judge T..
II. Brents. Edward c. Mills. Otto E.
Rupp. H. S. Blandford and F. F.
Barker
John Sharpstein responded for the
family. IL a voice which he could
hardly control on account of emotion
he told how much the tribute meant
to those who knew Benjamin l..
Sharpstein best of all and thanked
them for their kind words.
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MISSIONARIES At PULLMAN
Crack Athletes Expect 10 Bring
Home Prizes

Professor Donald V. Mitchell. track
day evening to join the college track
team at Pullman which participates
this afternoon in the largest college
track meet ever held in eastern Wash
ington.
The meet which started ut O'Clock
this afternoon on Washington State
college field is the first triangular
man. Washington State college and
the University of Idaho.
Whitman has some brilliant track
men among the Is athletes who left
yesterday afternoon and hope burns
= ronGly in the missionary breast that
The wires will tick IL tale of vi, tory
tonight ana that Il big bonfire will
ligh, up the walls of Billings and Rey-
nolds at midnight.
II is expected several records will be
broken at the meeting now taking
place at Pullman. Idaho and w. S. c..
as well as Whitman, have some phe-
nOnenal men. PhilbroOk. Dimick AMI
Cox may reasonably be counted on for
first in jumps. weights and sprints.
Following are the men who left
with Manager Harry Davenport: Cox,
10: PhlbrOok. II: Dimmick. II: John
Lyman. 'O9: James Lyman '0.:
Barnes 10; Oldright. 10: Graham, 'OS;
Burroughs. '09: Hawlcy. 10: Felt
house. 90: butcher '09 Davenport,
manager. 0S.
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As dal been forecasted. the two
'Sn,St honors Of tho platform went
:" Chester MaXey Of Ellensburg, ana
MISS Nay Cronau of Spokane.
'"D EouHE man was presented with
H'-o medal, the first prize for the
N''I1.,IoN contest of Thursday
.-"' by President Kaser of the
''.l''"rDial club at the exercises held
whitman chapel yesterday even
-' VIM" Miss Cronan smiled sweet
IS Sic received the pretty silver
.''hy 10 her skill as a speaker. Miss
- A'tricA of Waitsburg Acad-
IT,. .e'vod third prize
d" EXERCISES held yesterday even
as The grand finale of the sue
,H-StJtr track meet We're in
. '"N In watch as we'll as fruitful
.., purpose OF the great event held
~.r auspices Of Whitman col
'o1'asrl nthuSiaxm reigned su-
,.n 'aooling over in high school
,,s- "sHT and varied and in rous-
d. '"'e'S :or the vi, tors in the TWO
,~,..,, contest Of Drawn as they were
fo-.. -'e' with medals uoon the plat
=. .! Presiden, kaser.
den, - Were bouquets galore Presi-
Wy fenrose set the mace in his OPEN
OF sn~s. IuFeSs. He had IA whole armfull
some OF which he scattered
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
DEFAMATION HONORS AWARDED TO
CHESTER MAXEY AND MAY CR0NAN

uron the Commercial club in recog-
nj, ion of the cooperation which meant
success 20 the great meet and the
rest he sprinkled literally over the
runners. jumpers and weight huriers
from the II schools and acaoeliies
who were guests of the missionary
college.
Then professors from Spokane
oal,esdale. Baker City and Boise each
dronped a pretty rhetorical bouquet al
the feet of Walla Walla and oneFeo
homage at the altar of Whitman
memorial institution.
Referee Dorsey Hill was given uh-
s+inted praise for his labor ana re
piled in a neat little speech OF con,
,,anaation both Of his fellow officiaiS
,pd of Whitman college ana 'he
1bines for which ii STANDS.
After all the nice things hld peen
ia aacb of the contestants hled
mo, The platform one by one as Rel-
cree Hill and Chief Clerk sutherland
,aaa their names from the lS' %
winners. President kaser hahoeu
,bam the pretty gold. silver anu
bronze medals.
Afterwards every contestant III ''ie
.r,oL meet. or defamation contest
was presented with a Whitman coi
-, ,,onnant as a souvenir of the oc-
casiOn.
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lively result in course of time in finan-
cial disaster.
So much for the cost of this decep-
tive scheme. Let us look to the actual
benefits. if any. AS stated before, the
suave gentleman selling the stamps to
the retailer asserts that they will
double the merchants trade. He
states tnat no other merchants doing
business in the same line in the imme-
diate vicinity will be able to procure
these stamps. and that he, therefore,
secures monopoly on this advertising
scheme. Again l take issue with the
gentleman's assertion.
Suppose Mr.. Jones. a retailer in a
certain locality, becomes a victim anu
gives away a certain kind of stamps;
let us assume that his trade increaS
by doing So Now. Mr.. Smith, who ~
in the same business across the street
from the Jones store, loses some Of
his customers to Jones. and in the
meantime, a gentleman representing
another trading stamp concern ap-
proaches Mr.. Smith and he too, per-
hapS not as much out of avarice as III
order to protect his business. signs a
contract to become a trading stamp
distributor. and other merchants in the
vicinity also become victimized; and
what is the result?
There are not less than 20 different
trading stamp companies, so if your
neighbor could not get the same trad
ing stamp you are using. he could get
another. and experience has demons
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
DEAD JUR|ST
GIVEN TRIBUTE
Hundreds Turn Out al JUDGE
ShaPpstein's Funeral

Benjamin L. Sharpstein. lawyer,
legislator, and distinguished bene-
factor of education, was laid to rest
this morning.
Relatives. who loved the kindly old
man dearly, professional friends who
had learned to reverence him because
Of generation Of intimate association
and hundreds Of Walla Wallans who
admired Judge Sharpstein as the sterl-
ing citizen were in that hushed and
SOrrOwing crowd which filled the
Sharpstein home. 365 Katherine street
this morning. filed the yard and even
the sidewalk in front of the house
The procession which followed the
deceased to his last resting place was
composed of more than three score
carriages extending for blocks. The
floral tributes to the judge We're
among the most beautiful ever seen in
the city.
The pail bearers We're chosen from
the oldest and closest friends Of the
deceased. They We're Senator Levi
Ankeny. Judge William Glasford. Gill
bert Hunt. f. II. Nixon. John Hoffman
and Max Baumeister.
Rev. Andreas Bard preached the
funeral sermon of the old pioneer,
touching upon his honorable character.
his kind and thoughtful disposition
and his faithful services as a public
servant to his home city and to this
state.
The services at the grave We're con-
Quoted by G.. H. Malcolm. worthy
master Of Blue Mountain lodge No. 13
F. & a. Masons. of which the judge
was member for many years. The
members of this lodge went to the
members of the Walla Walla bar as
sOciatiOn.
II. S. Blandford. as chairman of the
committee appointed by the assOcia-
ton to draw up resolutions of respect,
read the following resolutions which
We're unanimously adopted:
THAT the members of the Walla
solve:
THAT the death of Benjamin Lu-
ther SharpStein takes from us our
oldest. best loved and most reVerenced
member and that his life. character
ana abilities honor and distinguish
this association.
THAT We testify to our feeling of
personal loss and bereavement; that
each of us has lost Il kind. wise, con-
siderate friend and adviser.
THAT this association has lost
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
HORSETH|EVES STEAL FAMOUS BUD WADE

HOrsethieyes. who have been work.
ing in Umatila county for some time.
seem to have extended their opera
tons to this section and to crown
series of thefts which have been re-
ported to the sheriff's office Of late
the boldcst stroke of all was played
Monday night when Bud Wade" the
winner of the first Walia Wana Der
by. along with a bunch of five other
horses was stolen from the ranch Of
Hugh McCool hardly a stones throw
from the city limits.
At the sneriff's Office a mysterious
silence is maintained and whether or
not the officials have any clue to the
thieves is not known. 1t is considered
strange the 'rustlcrs'' have been al
lowed to carry on their nefarious trade
in the midst of one of the most thickly
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pany, is told by the suave gentleman
representing it that if he will only use
stamps issued by his company he will
drive away all competitors and double
his sales. OF course, he is told it will
cost him about five per cent Of his to-
tai receipts; but this is. unfortunately.
not always fully understood by the
victim.
Now let us assume that the giving
away of trading stamps would really
Increase the business of the merchant
inaugurating their free distribution.
Even if accomplishing this, it would
be at cost not compatible with safe
methods. Does the merchant realize
that If he pays five per cent on his to-
tai sales to the stamp company he al
so pays this percentage on his old
business, namely the trade he had be-
fore becoming stamp distributor. as
well as on the business which he may
gain through this medium? In other
words. if he doubles his sales the ad-
ditional business costs him 10 per cent
for stamps, or an even greater propor-
ton if his business fails to increase to
that amount
In my own line. groceries and meat,
1t is an admitted fact that the aver
age profit on our gross sales is rare
ly more than IL per cent; deduct from
this the cost of doing business, which
ranges from IL to IA per cent. and you
will find that business as conducted
on an honorable and safe. method will
not stand the additional five per cent
for trading stamps. as il would posi-
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populated valleys on earth. and al
most at the door Of the SheriffS Office
without being detected. Those who
have lost their horses are at Il loss
TO know whether the failure of the au-
thOrities is due to neglect. or stupidity.
Among other particularly audacious
coups of the gang was the stealing of
two horses belonging to Mooney Bros,
from the slaughter house yard. less
than month ago. Not q trace of the
animals has been obtained since. al
though it would seem to be an easy
matter for the sheriff and his deputies
to use the telegraph in surrounding
towns to get some word of any pass
ing bunch Of horses.
How the thieves expect to get rid of
a horse like Bud Wade. who is
bound to be recognized, is mystery.
1t is thought the other horses, taken
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some reserve too. The race caused
more excitement than any event OF
the day outside of the relay and more
money changed hands on ii than any
other.
The time 4:53 2-5 nas been eXce'led
but twice in intercollegiate events at
Walla Walla and is remarkable for
high school athletes.
The 30 yard dash was one "f the N
teresting little surprises Of the day
Everyone looked for KNAPP 10 take II
ca silly but Thompson. sprlnter rom
the city where the Clearwater meets
the Snake. had been pracuclnS the
quick start all spring and Kept MT
Knapp trailing for the whole lou Ieet'
The following events took place altef
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
120-yard hurdles jay. Pend!eloil
first: Englehorn. Spokane. secohu'
Payne. Boise. third Time IA.
Hammer throw-kellogg, Baker. hrst
Laird. Garfield. second: Marston. Spo-
kane third Distance. 12i feet
50-yard dash-Thompson. Lewiston
first; Knapp, OaksdaIe, second: hch-
ert. Lewiston, third. Time. 8 SECONDS.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS.
Receipts for April Show Large In
crease in Sales Made.

Receipts at the local iandOffice show
Il large business for April. They are:
Sale of public lands including COM
mutation homestead entries, $4,124.6, :;
original desert land entries, S2.632.6 8;
final desert land entries. S245.25; total
from sale of lands, $5,233.55. Fees and
commissions; homestead entries. $435:
cu.niniSS;pnS. $4$I.4l; commissions on
final entries. $416.9S; cancellations, SIS:
testimony reduced. $65.04; testimony
examined. $47.34; plats and diagrams,
$l6.1O: transcripts. $65: y. =. lieu
land selections. SIG. Total fees and
commissions. $1,594.12. Total receipts
for the month, $6.S267
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
STRICKEN CITY
STILL SUFFERS
Tremendous Losses Expected
As ResuNOf Car Strike

SAN FRANCISCO. May As the
crisis in the garments trouble ap-
proaches the fear is becoming general
the men will vote to strike at the
meeting called for Sunday morning.
Neither side made any peace ad-
v;tnces this morning and there is no
intimation of n conference before the
time set for the vote.
With the telephone service para
lived, the cessation of local transpor-
tation will create unprecedented
condition of affairs The telephone
strike has caused heavy losses in all
lines of business but these losses will
be mere bagatelle compared with
tremendous losses the car strike will
entail. .r.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
PRESIDENT Of GR0CERS' ASSOCIATION
ON EVILS Of TRADING STAMP GRAFT
Once in Clutches of Trading Stamp Company Merchants Are
Helpless and Forced to Make Their Customers Bear the
Extra Burdens Imposed by Middemen

II is reported two clothing stores in
Walla WalIa have made ready to sign
q contract with the grating trading
st,rp concern to handle the stamps
and aid in mulcting those customers
who are foolish enough to imagine
,b.l art. getting something for moth
jnc.
Pertinent at this time is the fol-
lowing adrcss by President S. Wes-
t,rfrld of the Chicago Retail Grocers
and Butchers association:
The folly of issuing trading stamps
and their utter WorthleSSnesS as Il
trade bringer has been fully Demon
strated in the communities where this
rornicious practice has been adopted
bv the merchants.
In all instances the merchant has
been anxious TO be freed from the fet-
lrs imposed upon him by the trad
ing stamp company. But when once
in their clutches he finds it hard to
break away from them; and it is gen.
rrally only after hard struggle and
lfter reaching, with more or less
trouble. an understanding with his fell
low sufferers, j. e.. the merchants in
his locality, that he becomes 4 free man
once more. 1t is not to the merchant
who has paid for his experience that I
would address this article. but to the
.ortunat. retailer who is as yet not
familiar with trading stamps and who,
! lope. will profit by the advice here
matter contained.
been victimized by the stamp COM
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in the bunch with the Derby winner,
We're merely stolen as Il blind. Posi-
bly, the racer will be disguised and
taken to some of the smaller tracks
up north to enter meets this summer
and fall.
While Bud Wade" was unbranded.
he has a crooked star on his fore
head and has the lines of a thorough
bred which almost any one would not
fail 70 notice. The other horses stolen
from, the McCOol place were all
branded. one, a pinto roam mare. be-
ing marked distinctly with the letter
H" Oh the left shoulder A bay hc<se
had the letter y. F. NJ" on the left
shoulder. a bay mare was branded
-. c." on the left shoulder. A brown
buggy horse and another bay were the
other animals stolen.
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ARE
FAST IN ICE
Biz Ocean Liners Unable TO
Pass Cabot Straits

HALIFAX. May 4.--Over 5000 per-
sons are aboard transatlantic liners
which are fast in the ice that COM
pleteiy blocks Cabot Straits between
Newfoundland and Cape New Breton.
The liners are from London for
Montreal and were forced to land 600
passengers here in efforts 10 pass the
barrier which was Intellectual.
1t is reported the Ontarion and Van
couvcr are unable to move except with
the uncertain motion of the ice.
The IOnian with 1000 passengers
aboard is believed to be in the ice in
the gulf OF St. Lawrence.
The ice field is 80 miles wide.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES
UNIONS PARALYzE TRADE

MISSOULA. Mont, May 4.-Differ-
ences between the Industrial Workers
of the World and the Montana Fcder-'
alton of Labor has resulted in the
tying up of the lumber industry OF
western Montana.
The operators granted the demands
for an increase of wages but when the
question of what organization would
be recognized came up it precipitated
troubla. causing a tieup after the men
had voted to return to work
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-05-04
sHRiNERs ARE ARRIVING.
Mystic Men Gather at Los Angeles for
Good Time.

Los ANGELES. Cal, May 4.-Thc
advance guard of the Shriners is be-
ginning TO arrive. Many of the special
trains are late.
Among the delegation expected to
arrive this evening are temples from
Duluth, Minneapolis and ST Paul.
Three thousand wOrkmen are strug-
Cling with the thousands of cards.
bunting and innumerable electric
lights. flags. banners, lanterns. flow
ers. ferns ana palms In an effort tn
complete the dccora tiOns.
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A SONG
AND THEN DIES
Great Italian Singer, Rossi,
Chooses Dramatic Death

ROME. May 4.-Arcangelo Rossi.
who committed suicide Thursday, Ii
was learned today. cut off his tongue
in the presence Of guests ut Il break
fast after singing the swan Song
with astonishing power
Dcspondent over the threatened loss
OF his voice he gathered his intimate
friends at the table.
Rossi was in an unusually happy
mood. apparently.
After concluding the feast. ROssi
sang the song and with the last notes
suddenly drew q pair Of shears from
his coat and amputated his tongue.
then bled To death.