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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-20
Entertained at 500.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Johnson enter
tanned at 500 at their coy home at 7O3
North Third street last night in honor
of Mrs. B. L. Gage of Rugby, who is
the guest of her son, A. c. Gage in this
city, The evening was delightful
one and the refreshments were truly
delicious.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-20
Dancing Party.

There will be an informal dancing
party at the Masonic Temple this
evening for all Masons and their
friends. This is the last informal
dancing party OF the season. Halls
orchestra.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-20
NOBLEMAN,S son,

A..ociated Press Gable to The Evening
London, March 20.-Lord William
Neville, fourth son of the Marquise of
Abergavenny, was today committed
for trial on a charge of stealing jew
elry from friend. Bail was fixed at
$4,000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-20
Leaves on Thursday.

Madame Wardell will leave Grand
Forks Thursday at 5 o'clock, when her
parlors will be closed and the last
reading given.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-20

was out of the city, and no opinion
could be secured. Shortly afterward
the mayor issued his order canning
the city auditor,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-03-20

Times wants will supply your wants
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
GO TO LEARN ABOUT TRUSTS
Railway Commission Men Sent Al DELI
gates From Warrington.

Railway Commission Men Sent al Dele
gates From Washington.
Olympia, WASH, Aug. 28.-Gov.
Mead has appointed 81. A. Fairchild,
J. @. Lawrence and Jesse 8. Jonef
members of the state railroad commits.
sion, as three of the delegates to rep
resent the state Of Washington al
the conference on combinations and
trusts OF the National Civic Fedora
tion on October 20 at Chicago.
Several matters Of Importance to the
members of the railroad commission
will be discussed at this conference,
notably the subject of railroad pooling
maximum rates and the relations be.
tween state railroad commissions and
the interstate commerce commission.
Men Of national reputation will at
tend the conference and take part in
the discussions, delegates being sp
pointed by President Roosevelt and
governors of the various states and 10y
commercial organizations.
The members of the Washington
Railroad commission will be in at
tendance at the meeting of the Ma
tional Association Of Railroad Com.
missioners at Washington the second
week in October and will probably
remain over for the conference or
combinations and trusts at Chicago
before returning home.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
LIMIT ON JAPANESE
The DOMINION GOVERNMENT Re.
sTRICTS IMMIGRATION.
Only Five Hundred of Mikado's
Subjects Will Be Allowed to
Enter Canada Annually, Ac-
cording to Announcement
From Ottawa.

Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 27.-Here-
after no more than 500 Japanese q
year will be permitted to land in Can
ada. This is the announcement that
comes from Ottawa.
For some time past the Canadian
and Japanese governments have been
negotiating regarding the restriction
of immigration from Japan. Canada
asked that Japan agree to supervise
the departure of her subjects for Can
ada and permit only limited number
to embark for that country. Japan
has now agreed and fixed the maxi
mum nubmer of immigrants at 500 an
nually--rather less than have arrived
on one ship in the past.
Furthermore, in the 500 are to be
counted all who come by way Of the
Hawaiian islands.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
CHANGERS BOYCOTT
INTERSTATE FAIR

Spokane, Aug. 27.-Because the in
terstate fair will have pool selling this
season, the city council having decid-
ed to allow it for this year, the Wash
ington State Grange will not have any
thing to do with the fair.
G. B. Kegley has just given the final
answer to the fair management The
fair management offered to give the
grange two days, but Kegley says no
attention will be paid to the offer.
At Iatah. WASH, few evenings
since, at the Meathodist church, q res
olution was read and adopted con-
demning the fair management. The
members Of the congregation pledged
themselves not to attend the fair on
account Of the pool selling.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
WORK OF NEW RATE ~,
Many Decisions Have Been R.,a.
During First Year

Washington, Aug. 26.-Rata ~,
tion under the present interstate qua s
merce law will be year old oon.
Wednesday, and some interestina !. .s1t
are to be told on the eve Of it = ' q
anniversary. During the year ~ nfst
have been fled with the into.a .ets
Commerce Commission $50 tos
complaints. A great majority Of :.
alleged unjust rates, while thu Dess
mainder sought to do awav r: ~
switching charges and alleged diso ".'n
nations.
Ninety-one actual decisions \.
been rendered on complaints dnr;s love
the year. La Al cases CHARGES ha us
been sustained, AZ have been lave az;
missed and two set for rebea,;n
Most of the cases had to do with ra.s
between certain points or cLarpas . -
certain shipments or classiflcation VI y
freight. In most Of the cases whoV :"
the complaints we're not dismissss0
therefore, ''just and reasonable mss;
mum rates" were established :.
would be impossible to give figures ~ ~
the actual far reaching effect Of tha
maximums thus fixed. '
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
LINK IS ADDED TO
INTERURBAN CHAIN

Tacoma, Aug. 26.-Stone & Webster
have made another important move
toward the accomplishment of their
plan for the construction of chain of
interurban electric lines to reach from
Grays Harbor through Tacoma and
Seattle to Bellingham and Everett, by
the purchase of the street railway sys-
tenn of Everett. The lines include a
suburban railway between Everett and
Snohomish.
Tho purchase of the Everett railway
is effective September l, when the
new owners will take active control.
It was made in the name of the Puget
Sound International Railway Compa-
ny, Stone & Webster corporation
organized for the construction of the
network of electric lines in contempla-
ton.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
SEED FOR UNCLE SAM
Timothy for Use of Government R.;,,
Threshed at Pullman.

bene
Threshed at Pullman.
Pullman, WASH, Aug. 26-Fav
people know that the government Ia
partment Of agriculture at Washino
ton, D. c., is securing seeds from Phi
man for distribution throughout tho
United States, but such is the case
and threshing of timothy for this mn,
pose is now in progress. J. W. Evans
the government employe in charge If
the work, is now here and is engaged
in threshing timothy from the farm NJ
J. s. Klemgard, eight miles southwest
of town.
The timothy is hauled to the Wash.
ington State college, where it ia
threshed and the seed will be sent to
Washington for distribution. A new
kind of timothy, which is thought to
be an Improvement over the common
variety, is now being threshed. Next
year it is likely seeds of various kinds
especially grass seeds, will be grown
near Pullman in large quantities, for
government experts, who have been
here investigating conditions, declare
no part of the United Sattes is better
adapted to raising grass seeds than
the Palouse country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
AMBASSADOR wright
RETURNS FROM FAR EAST

Seattle, Aug. 29.-Luke E. Wright.
former governor of the Philippine isl.
ands. and recently retired ambassador
OF the United States to Japan, reached
Seattle yesterday aboard the steam.
ship Minnesota. Coming directly from
immediate association with prominent
officials of the mikado's government,
Mr.. Wright states that there is not
the least danger of any conflict be-
tween Japan and the United States.
Mr.. Wright is retiring to private life
at his own wish and is en- route fo1
his home in Memphis, Tenn, and il
accompanied by Mrs. Wright and Mrs.
Mary Folkes, a relative.
Il can state frankly that conditions
IN Japan are not one particle less ia.
vorable for the continuance of friend.
~ relations between that government
and the United States than when ]
visited Tokyo for my official work
eighteen months ago. Reports circu.
lated by periodicals., not recognized a.
standard, had stories to tell that were
not conducive to friendliness. How.
ever, such weak effort to incite nm.
1riendiiness has now passed away. Ii
omciai circles there was never, to my
knowledge, a particle of sentiment Oh.
posed to the continuance of prevailing
friendliness toward the United States. j
OF the Philippine possessions, Mr.,
wright speaks favorably. Informa.
zion reached him unoficially to the
enect that the islands are now com.
pieteiy pacified SO far as any organ.
lied body is concerned, and that time
only Is required to justify the judg.
ment OF the administration in insist.
ing upon the propaganda now effective
Tor dominating the territory.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
JAPANESE OFFICIAL
Brings Olive BRANCH

Los Angeles, CAL, Aug. 2S.-K.
Ishii. director Of the bureau Of COM
merce of the department Of foreign
affairs Of Japan, was last night the
guest of honor at q banquet at which
Mayor Harper and other prominent
citizens were present.
Mr.. Ishii made it point in his ad.
dress to make it plain that there
should be no hostility between the
United States and Japan, and he de-
cearled that his country was under the
greatest obligations to this country.
He went SO far as to say that the
ownership of the Philippines by the
United States was one of the greatest
guarantees OF peace with the United
States that Japan could have.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
STATE IS ENJOlNED
BY FEDERAL COURT

Asheville, N. O., Aug. 28.-In the
United States circuit crourt yesterday
Judge Pritchard, in an opinion in the
rate case Of the Southern Railway
against the Corporate Commission and
Attorney General of North Carolina,
upholds the Judgment of his court in
the issuance of the recent injunctions
against officials and declares that the
suit is not one against the state within
the meaning of the eleventh amend
ment to the Federal constitution.
Judge Pritchard says:
cit is inconceivable that q circuit
court of the United States in the exer-
else OF it's jurisdiction should be pow
erless to afford remedy to one who
seeks to assert right which is guar
anteed by the constitution of the Unit
ed States. This is in no sense a suit
against the state, nor can it be sue
cessfully contended the state is in any
wise party in interest in so far as
the merits Of the controversy are in
uestion.
''It cannot be reasonably insisted
that this is suit to prevent state
from enforcing any right which it pos
sesses, nor can it be suit to compel
the performance of an obligation to
the state, nor does it in any way in
volve matter in which the state has
pecuniary interest, the parties in in
terest being complainant on the one
side and the travelling public on the
other.
Therefore, the questions submitted
are not such as to warrant assumption
that this court is without jurisdiction,
and careful study of the circum
stances Of the eleventh amendment, as
we'll as the end to be obtained by the
adoption of the same, show conclus-
lively that those who were responsible
for its adoption never dreamed that it
could be used as means of depriving
an American citizen of q substantial
right"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Miners WAGES RAISED;
COAL PRICES TO ADVANCE

Seattle, Aug. 27.-According to the
Morning Times coal miners will re-
ceive an average increase Of wages
amounting to Is per cent; the opera
tors will recognize the United Mine
Workers of America; the price Of pow
der, supplied by operators, will be re-
duced to contract miners; house rent
and fuel will be unchanged and a
plumber of small operating conditions
will be regulated to suit the miners.
This is the result of months confer
ence between coal miners of the North
west and the operators. The United
Mine Workers will meet the operators
tomorrow to sign q wage scale that
will be effective for the next year.
Through all the negotiations between
the operators and miners, the Pacific
Coast Company, the larees coal pro-
ducing company on the Coast, has
had great quantities of coal afloat en-
route TO this coast which would sup
ply all the requirements Of that cor
poration for many months, so that it
could have closed IT'S collieries with
out fear of interruption of it's business
Yesterdays agreement upon wage
schedule lifts the possibility of a
strike, out it means that coal prices
all over the Pacific coast will be in
creased. The cost of production is adj
vanced by the terms made with the
union 30 per cent. The average wage
increase is but 10 per cent, but at the
same time the production is decreased
and mine efficiency falls off.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Oil Company to Enter Mexico

New York, Aug. 27.-Arrangements
have been completed for the organiza-
ton Of $50, 600, 900 American syndi-
cate, according to the announcement
published yesterday. The syndicate
plans to develop several million acres
of Mexican oil lands. It is proposed
to ship the product to Central and
South America, Europe and Africa.
The syndicate will take over the Mex
lean Petroleum Company, which was
organized in California in 1902 and
owns approximately q million acres Of
land In the states of Caxis, Tamulpis,
Vera Cruz and an Luis Potosi. Sew
eral gushers are already on the prop
orty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
CHICAGO & ALTON SOLD
SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS

New York, Aug. 24.-The Toledo.
st. Louis and Western Railroad Com
pany has acquired control of the Chi
cago and Alton railroad, according to
an announcement made yesterday.
The acquisition is subject to eondi.
tions which will not be made public
for few days. While the negotia-
tions are closed, the change Of owner
ship will not occur, it is said, until
the Hawley interests are definitely as
sured that the government does not
intend to fine thea lton $29, 900, 900 in
connection with the Standard Oil re-
batting case.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
GOVERNMENT ORGAN
COMMENTS ON Big fine

Caracas, Aug. 27-El Constitutions
the government organ, commenting Oh
the 81, 900, 600 fine assessed against tns
New York and Bermudez Asphalt Oom'
pany for completely in the Mates 10.
bellion, after stating that the ev'oenss
against the company was taken mossv
from the records of cases tried IN clio
United States, says editorislly: -.
''It now remains to be seen II 'n'
state department. of America Will asslD
convert itself into the protector 10
fender and tutor Of adventures WV
have confessed their guilt and VINO ~
leaitimately classified by the ieei ,s
lures Of all civilized nations, lnciuu
ing the United States, in which coa .1s
try there abound sentences perle0"aa
analogous to that now pronount.b.
against the guilty company os "
Venezuela court.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Washington News

First, Second and Third avenues, Sc
attic, are to be lighted with cluster
lights.
Chehalis has begun paving streets.
Contracts have been let to the extent
of $40, 900.
The annual convention of the state
w. G. T. U. will be held at Mt. Yer
non September 30 to "a, inclusive.
The single weavers Of the state are
preparing for long struggle with the
mill owners over the closed shop
policy.
The Everett Improvement Company
will soon begin the construction of an
electric line between Snohomish and
Fall City.
A clam cannery, to be known as the
Ocean Beach Packing Company, has
been built at Westport, and will open
for business in few days.
Edward Stenger, graduate of the
Bellinghiam high school, has been
elected instructor in geology and min
eralogy in the University Of Califor-
MIA.
Fifteen hundrt yards of rock at the
entrance of Roche Han Dor will be
moved shortly, work beginning next
week under the supervision of Maj.
Chittenden.
The acting secretary of the interior
has directed the withdrawal for the
Yakima irrigation project Of a strip
of land around Dumping lake, one mile
in width from the normal high water
line of the lake. The land is already
included in the forest reserve.
LaConner has a new chemical fire
engine.
A new high school building is to be
erected at Chesaw.
County superintendent of the state
are in annual session at Olympia this
week.
The run of humpback salmon in
Sound waters is unprecedented this
season.
Grocers of the state will meet in an
nual convention at Seattle September
IS and 10.
The order of Knights Of Khorassan
have selected Seattle as the place of
meeting in 1909.
The new Y. M. G. A. building at
Walla Walla will be turned over to
the association about September /.
Because of the slump in the price of
lead there has been decrease in divi-
dends of mines operating in the Occur
d'Alenes for the quarter just ended.
A. E. Berg, of the Second Washing
ton regiment, won the president
match at Camp Perry, Ohio, last week
and thereby also won the individual
rifle shooting championship Of Am.
erica.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
SPIKELESS CACTUS
Its Evolution Has Been of Great Service,
Says Mexican.

Its Evolution Has Been of Great Service,
Says Mexican.
San Francisco, Aug. 26.-Enrique
G. Oriel, Mexican ambassador to the
United States, who is visiting in San
Francisco, spent q day at Luther Bur.
banks gardens at Santa Rosa. He
was profuse in his praise when be re-
turned to the Paramount hotel Of all
that he saw at Santa Rosa
Burbank has done great work,
said the ambassador. He has done a
service to nature the value Of which
cannot be overestimated. he has
producedwQnderful results. was g.
pecially interested in the spikeless
cactus which he has produced and
more so in relation to the uses it will
have in my own country.
''Mexico is especially adapted for
the extensive growth Of the cactus.
and the introduction of the spikeless
variety will be of much service to the
country. I shall certainly recon-
mend the establishment Of expert
mental stations in Mexico upon N!
return, at which the production Of the
spikeless cactus will be pursued.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Socialists Oppose War

Stuttgart, Germany, Aug. 26.-The
international socialist congress has
ended. Resolutions were adopted con-
demning ornaments both Of land and
sea. Should war threaten, the con-
gress is to bring all pressure to pre-
vent; shsould hostilities begin, to ex-
ert every influence to stop; then to
take advantage Of succeeding condi-
tions to overthrow capital. It was
declared that the best method Of gain
ing universal peace is In educating the
youth in socialistic ideas.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
NATIONAL CITY BANK
HAS BRANCH AT SEATTLE

Seattle, Aug. 24.-Another million
dollar bank will be provided for Sc.
attic Immediately. The capital and
surplus of the Seattle National, now
figured at $5OO,O 900, will be increased
to 81, 900, 600 through to sale of an in.
terest in the bank to financiers closely
identified with the National City
Bank of New York, tho Standard Oil
bank. At meeting Of tho directors
of the Seattle National during the
week it was voted unanimously to in.
crease the capital stock from $500, OOC
to $500, 900 and the ssurplus from
5000, 900 to an even half million.
proposal that the National City Bank
buy an interest in the local institution
was accepted and the additional 5000,
900 capitalization will be taken by the
New York institution at the rate OF
$22O share. This sale adds $500,
600 to the stock and surplus Of the
bank. Legal papers are now In pre-
paration to complete the change
Chaplin Will Retire
Herman Chaplin, vice president Of
the bank will retire and Bert CLARK,
for fifteen years identified with the
National City Bank, will come here
as vice president Of the Seattle Ma.
tional
With the acquisition of the stock in
the Seattle National, the National
City Bank of New York is now inter.
ested in National banks in Washing.
ton, D. c.. Sacramento, CAL, and
Seattle. The Investment in this city
lie regarded by financiers as a step
toward greater activity in the North
west on the part Of the great financial
interests behind the New York bank.
which is the richest and most power
full in this country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
To Curtail Powers Of Lords

London, Aug. 26.-That it is the
intention Of the government to force
the curtailing Of the power Of the
house of lords to an issue was dis
closed by speeches made Saturday In
various cities. Half a dozen promi-
nent members Of the Liberal party all
emphasized that the claim Of the lords
to equal Legislative rights was the most
serious political question Of the day.
Winston Churchill said bills rejected
by the lords would be repassed BY the
commons until the time came to APP
peal to the country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
SAILING date FOR
FLEET ANNOUNCED

New York, Aug. c4.-Secretary
Loeb has announced that a feet Of
sixteen battleships will start for the
Pacific some time in December via the
Straits Of Magellan, touching at San
Francisco and also probably Puget
sound. The destroyer fotilla will
leave for the Pacific coast about the
same time, but will not accompany
the batleships.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Transfers Refuse compromi,e

Chicago. Aug. 27.-A compromise
offer OF an advance in wages made by
the packing firms at the stockyards
here to their teamsters was rejected BY
the latter and the firms were given "a
hours to make further concessions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Million Dollar Opera House

Chicago, Aug. 27.-Oscar Hammer.
stein will build in Chicago home Of
grand opera at cost Of over one mill.
ion dollars. Steps were taken yester.
day to secure site. II the location
can be acquired without delay con.
struction will proceed Immediately.
Hammerstein wants it ready for open
ing next fall.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Noted Packer Passes On

Oh cago, Aug. 28.-Nelson Morris,
head Of the great packing concern
bearing his name, died yesterday.
Mr.. Morris was native Of Germany
and landed in Philadelphia penniless
He later came to Chicago and worked
az laborer in the stockyards. He has
been . leading packer since 1881.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31
Russian Newspapers Suspend

st. Petersburg, Aug. 24.-In1 ,.a,,
trictive measures and frequent LOO ogs.
fines imposed upon Russian outbs
papers during the past two no rro.
have had q ruinous effect on .no tbe
vincial press. Fully q third y have
newspapers Of the provinces aciJ
stopped publication, and the =. o sub
news agency has lost half OF i''
scribers.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31

Paris, Aug. 27.-As proof OF i1s ~
termination to eradicate tho wa ad
frauds, the government annou a;ous
that there had been 4, 800 prosecu'.luU0D,y
for violations Of the law and tna' ' mhs
would result in 8, GAO convictions. %, -.
persons prosecuted included a u't ths
who resigned as a protest agains!. an.
governments alleged inactivity IL s :.
folcing the law, and also several 'u uou,.
bers Of the wine growers defense wv
mittee.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-08-31

Paris, Aug. 26-A dispatch has been
received here from Tromsoe, Norway,
which says it is reported that Walter
Wellman, Of the Chicago Record Her.
aid polar expedition is about to leave
Spitzbergen in his attempt to reach
the north pole by means Of balloon.
The Wellman balloon was successfully
MATTED early in August and q trial
trip with which Mr.. Wellman was
well satisfied was made about week
ago.