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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
SALOONS TO 60
IN NEXT DECADE
DEATH kNELL OF LIQUOR TRAF-
FIG is SOUNDED BY THE
METHODISTS.

THE overthrow of the saloon in this
decade" is to be the slogan of the
Methodsts all over the United States
in the future. This is to be the princi-
pal subject for discussion at the Puget
Sound conference which is to assemble
in Seattle on September II, and at that
meeting the clergy expect the new cry
will receive an impetus that will car
ry it forward to the remotest corner
of the land. The Methodist in Seattle,
notably Rev O. H McGill, pastor OF
the Queen Anne Methodist church, and
Rev. Grant Stewart of the Madison
street church. believe the saloon will
go before 10 years have expired, and
they say it is becoming an article OF
Methodist faith throughout the ma
ton.
Among the laymen who are con-
vinced that the death knell of the IL
uuor interests has already been sound
ed are L. S. 'Winans, head of the Sc
attic Epworth League movement and f.
L. Blaine, who is spoken of as a car-
next general conference in Buffalo IN
1908 Other prominent Methodists are
impressed in the same manner ana
among those who have been questioned
it was hard to find one who would cor
cede even 10 years of life to the IN
'terests which they say are opposed TO
human morals and progress.
Il have a rubber stamp made so as 10
be able to impress the words of our
battle cry on every letter 1 write SAID
Rev. o. H McGill. with whom the ldea
is said to have originated. 1T is no idle
dGeam. We have reasoned this thing
ont and have come to the conclusion
that it can be accomplished. When 'he
conference meets a resolution Will be
introduced calling upon the members
to use this cry wherever they preach.
ALREADY it has taken possession OIL
thousands of Methodists in the east
and it will soon be ringing all over
the land
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
TRACK IS OUT NEAR cONNELl
MAIN LINE OF NORTHERN PACl-
FIG WASHED OUT SAT-
URDAY EVENING.

Between Hatton and COnnell on the
main lire of the Northern Pacific, oc-
Cured a washout Saturday afternoon
which has stopped traffic over that line
ever since and probably not until to-
morrow night will the through trains
of that line run on their own tracks.
In a narrow gully between the two
places mentioned a cloudburst came
down with such volume of water as to
entirely wash out the bridge of the
Northern Pacific at that point. Trains
stopped running Saturday night and
will not resume traffic on their own
lines until tomorrow night.
Transcontinental trains are being
run on the Great Northern tracks and
over the o. r. & N. tracks between
here and Spokane.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
STRIKE IS OFF
SAY COMPANIES
But Men are still Out and
Press Service is Poor

There is no longer any strike" de-
clare the officials of the two leading
telegraph companies Both declare
their men are back in sufficient num-
bers to continue their work in good
shape and that more are coming all
the time.
Locally the situation as far as COM
mercial messages are concerned has
improved a great deal Messages are
still being sent subject to delay but
no great difficulty has been expert
enced since the confusion. due to the
recent rain.
At the Postal office a little better
than normal business was done last
week. This is due to the fact that less
men were striking on the Postal and
their work is being rushed through in
good shape.
At the Western Union things ade
also in good shape. Manager Werth-
elmer is busy at the key all the time
and all the business sent out from
messages are being received regular
ly although the press service is, as yet,
poor.
Associated Press operators are still
out and there, more than in other
place places, is stubbornness shown on
both sides.
While the companies are claiming
victory, the operators are just as loud
in their declaration that they will win
out. Little progress is being made and
little can be expected for the next few
days.
The companies have quit sending
out news concerning the strike and
little definite information can be Sc
cured.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
YOUTH HAS MANY CHECKS
ARRESTED WITH OTHERS SUS-
PECTED OF BEING GANG OF
MURDERERS AND ROBBERS.

CHICAGO, Aug. pa youth giving
his name as William Knight, is years
of age. of Omaha. was arrested this
morning with 50 checks and card IN
scribed. y n. Sheldon, 312 South
Twelfth street Omaha, employment
agent" in his pockets. At the same
time an unidentified man was founo
~ tbe rear of the fire station in an
other part of the city with his throat
cut from ear to ear. The prisoner was
taken with scores of others arrested
in an effort to stop mysterious rob-
herieS and murders.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
NEW YORK BEATS
STANDARD OIL
MERCHANTS DISCOVER LAW
WHICH WILL BRING FINE
OF $44,000,00

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.-New York
may find itself in a worse position than
tandard Oil and the $4,000, 900 fine of
the latter may be cast into the shade
by $4,000 600 penalty against the city,
according to the statement of the chair
man of special committee of the Mer-
chants association which is working
to stop the pollution of the. Hudson by
sewage. The chairman of the commit
tee has discovered that under a law
passed by the state legislature in 1903
the penalty for failure to obtain from
the state a permit for the discharge of
sewage from any public sewer in the
state is $500 and $50 for each day the
offense continues The act also re-
quired the filing within 90 days of a
report on sewers existing at the time
and forbade any increase in the dis
charge of these sewers without specific
authority from the state. Apparently
none of these provisions have been
complied with and as over 500 new
sewers have been built by the city
since the adoption of the law, the Mer-
chants association figures that the city
is now liable for the trifling sum of
S44,1S6,735. Whether New YOrk's pride
in having the biggest of everything
would reconcile the citizens to the
payment of this sum is doubtful.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
PASSES SEVERAL
FORGED CHECKS
SALOON MEN CASH WORTHLESS
PAPER AND ARE NOW
LOOKING FOR MONEY.

Proniscuous cashing of the checks
of harvest hands by local saloonmen
resulted Friday and Saturday in the
passing Of forged checks to the to-
tar value of s1f2.os
TwoFof fhese checks. e.,e for s4s.7o
and one fqr $40, were made out against
Bow and IuAns TIE fpruur being
cashed at the Kreflef saleoA and the
latter at the Idle Hour Saturday
night The third check was drawn
against Hugh P. Estes and was cashed
at the Monogram saloon.
AS near as can be learned these
checks were all the work of one man.
II. the check presented against Mr..
Estes there is exhibited clever bit of
forgery. The signature on the checks
against Bow & Ennis, however, are
poor limitations. In each instance the
forger exhibited excellent penmanship.
According to the description given
the forger's victims, he was short,
broad and smooth shaven and of SAN
dy complexion. He was dressed in
rough clothes, wearing an old coat of
doubtful color, black shirt and overallS
and slouch hat.
The police are on the trail of the
bold forger and it is thought that if he
can be apprehended he will have to
answer for other crimes than those OF
last week.
The effect of the recent forgeries
has already made itself manifest to
harvest hands who were attempting TO
get checks cashed. 1t has been fire.
ouently remarked that the careless
manner in which the saloohmen are
cashing checks would result in some
body getting "stung" and the work OF
Friday and Saturday justified this
prophecy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
TRAMP MURDERS
UNKNOWN CHILD
Little one is Found BY Man
and Dies in His Arms

CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-An unidentified
I-year-old girl was attacked and at
tackled and so severely injured by q
tramp at Gary, Ind. this morning.
that she died a few minutes later.
gasping out her story to a party of
men who found her body lying in the
road. The girl said tramp attacked
her, placed his hand over her mouth.
and carried her into the bushes. Leav-
inb his victim the tramp fled and the
child crawled back to the road where
the men found her. They picked her
up and started for a doctors office but
she died in the arms of the man car
rying her. A posse with dogs are on
the trail of the murderer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
MANY FRAUDS
IN CALIFORNIA
GRAND JURY CALLED FOR TO-
MORROM EXPECTED TO RE-
TURN INDICTMENTS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-Most
astounding land fraud exposures are
promised as the result of the inquiries
of the United States grand jury which
Is to convene tomorrow.
er, Low special agent of the depart
ment of justice, whose testimony was
The mainstay of the government in OBJ
tanning the conviction of John A. Ben
son ana Millionaire Edward B. Perrin
promises to go before the inquisitorlal
body and lay bare secrets which Will
bring the indictments of many in hlgh
places. He declares ne knows ana
will reveal the names of those that
supplied Benson with money to further
the latter's schemes for illegal grab
bing of the public domain.
L is known that a secret agent OF
The land department has been at work
Ill California for several months gath
eFing evidence that will be presented
10 the grand jury.
The grand jury was called by Judge
beH3Ven earlier than usual, it is said,
because Attorney General Charles j.
hon3parte urged United States District
attorney Devlin to ask immediate i'm
parchment to consider these land
frauds.
The operations of several large land
owners and millionaires of Califor1- la
nave been under investigation and the
The maximum penalty for the crime
upon which Benson and Perrin were
convicted is two years in prison and
"les Of $4,000 or both, in the judgment
OF the court.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
KISSES JUDGE ANO JURY
IDAHO LAWYER GETS FEE WHICH
is SHARED BY TRIAL
JURY.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Aug. 90
Covered with bushes, Judge Edwin
McBee, than whom no attorney in the
north of Idaho is better known, was
forcibly pried from the embraces of
Malbina Ownes, erstwhile cOlored ser
want of l. N. Peyton, of Spokane, in
Judge Chamberlain's court.
Overjoyed by a verdict of acquittal
of a charge of robbery, the coloEfd
girl first attempted to lavish caresses
upon the jurymen. She pumped her
185 pounds avoirdupois into the lap of
one of the jurymen, the while attempt
ing to kiss the next juryman. Those
within reach failed to escape, but the
others made record time in leaving the
courtroom. Meanwhile, Judge McBee,
TO whose eloquence the girl owes her
acouittal attempted to get to the open
air through a long corridor. Malbina
was not to be denied. She hurried after
her attorney ard seized him in a
grateful but powerful embrace.
"Oh. nah deah jedge,' she MUIR
INJURED between kisses that Judge Nc
Bee vainly endeavored to evade, man
darling Mr.. McBee. you ah so good,
nah honey"
Unable to stop the osculation, which
bv that time bid fair to include his
face. neck and ears. Judge McBee
called for help, and Sheriff McDon-
ia vas mover more welcome than
when he went to +he rescue of the at
torney and compelled Malbina to de-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Let Him Stay There.

lanes Harris. a half breed Indian
was arrested last night by Patrolman
Lambert who came to the relief OF a
couple of small girls about 10 years
old and who were being annoyed by
the half breed.
Harris was following the girls on
West Main street pinching them ano
using foul expressions in talking to
them.
The girls were crying with fright
when Patrolman Lambert move in slght
and threw the half breed in the dun
geon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
RUNAWAY TEAM
CAUSES DAMAGE
DASHES ALONG SECOND STREET
AND DEMOLISHES THREE RIGS
IN ITS PATH.

Another runaway was added this
morning to the already somewhat
lengthy list which has piled itself up
during the last two months. A brewery
wagon from the Stahl brewery was
the cause of the trouble this morning:
dashing down Second from the brew
cry to Main, they demolished three
other rigs and wound up by breaking
the wagon to which they were at
| tached.
The team has always been known as
a gentle one and it was not thought
necessary to have it tied when at the
brewery. Knowing the history of the
recent runaWayS, however, the driver
had taken the precautiOn to tie
them back to the brake. Becoming
frightened by the pop off, of the en-
cutting wide swath. The inside
checks of the lines broke and the team
spread out, taking everything which
came it's way.
The first encounter was a cart
driven by a little boy the lad was
in a store at the time ard thus escaped
injury. His cart was demolished, but
the horse uninjured
Next came a Chinaman's delivery
wagon an1 things We're doing aplenty
nd
all kinds of vegetables We're served un-
cooked on the street in front of the
Methodist church. No one was in
Jured in this wreck as the Chinaman
was in a store at the time.
Next in the path of the destructive
wagon was delivery wagon belong
ing to the Walla Walla Meat and Cold
Storage company. Here the step on
the front of the brewery wagon caught
the shoulder of ole of the meat wagon
horses and tore the skin and flesh open
for Is inches, exposing the bone. The
wagon was not damaged and the driver
was luckily not in his wagon.
For another block and a half the
team continued on their way looking
for more wagons and horses to con-
quer, but as they saw none they
started in on hitching posts and got no
farther thar the one in front of the
Farmers Savings bank on Main and
second. The post stopped the team
but just to carry out the joke, they
twisted the tongue out of their own
wagon before they quit.
No lives We're lost and no one was
hurt, but it was only through pure good
luck that no more damage was done.
The route of the team was through a
crowded streets and with delivery
wagons backed up towards the sores.
usually half way between the center
of the street and the curb. it is small
wonder that only several rigs were
demolished.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
BONDS ACCEPTED

j. That the bond question is at last =
T. settled so far as the disposal of +
j, the city bonds is concerned would =
= appear from telegram received y
], by City Attorney Cain today, from y
j. E. H. Rollins & Co. of Portland. =
i The telegram is to the effect that =
- the company will accept the bonds =
j. at par palue. the bonds to draw =
+ per cent interest payable In 70 =
= years.
j. While the telegram states this =
j. bid is made subject to the le- =
!. gality of the bonds as determined =
+ by the company's attorney, IT =
!. also states that the company =
T. counsel is not inclined to dlsap- =
j. prove the bonds on the debt ques- =
j. tion. =
:, 4. j. j. \ j. j. = i. j. i. 1. !. j
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
SPECIAL CAR
TO FRUIT FARM
PACKERS MAY RIDE TO WORK
FROM CITY IN THE FU-
TURE.

Beginning tomorrow morning, Z
o'clock car will be run by the traction
company to the Blalock fruit ranch to
accommodate the packers at work at
that place.
The company is turning out two
cars of fruit daily and in few days
the output will be increased to four.
The heaviest shipping will be done in
the next 80 days and an immense
amount of fruit will be shipped from
kets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Inspecting Reserve.

W. H. onBayer, chief of the section
of reconnaissance in the office of ex-
tensions in the United States forest
service. is in the city for a few days.
Owing to the rains he was forced to
discontinue the work in the mountains
er settles. While in the mountains,
Mr. Won Bayer lost his saddle horse
and was obliged TO ride his pack horse
out, leaving his pack in the mountains.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
.SEASON'S CROP
NOT DAMAGED
Nc Great Loss as General
Result Of Heavy Rains

| Although some damage has been
done at different points by the recent
rains, there has been no general or ex-
| tensive damage done to the crops in
the Walla Walla valley. From various
! places come reports of damage to
grain in the fields but the damage was
not great throughout the valley.
In the immediate vicinity of Walla
Walla little damage was done as the
rains We're light. The main damage
seems to be to the south of town, in
the Milton and Athena country. Here,
however, the damage is not great, as
this morning by the Northern Pacific
shows.
Several individuals have reported
losses, says the report, but there is no
general damage. Three hundred acres
will cover all the damaged portion. in
that part of the country and this is by
no means a total loss. The main
damage was from the mountains east
of Athena to the south.
Hail was reported in that section,
too, but one man returning from that
country this morning said there was
little damage done. The rain has in
most places fallen gently and it is
only in places geographically situated
so that the volumes of water We're
combined and rushed down in one
Sfr oh
serious loss has resulted
From Eureka Flat the reports diff
fer In some cases great losses are re-
ported but it is the general opinion
that the damage is neither general nor
great. Cases reported TO be the great
est are all isolated and ir. no locality
has there been any reports of thor
ough devastation of the crop.
About so per cent of the crops of the
| country ale harvested and this portion
lis safe from damage such as was
caused by the downpour of Saturday.
OF the grain standing, only about
10 per cent of that in the Walla
Walla valley was affected and, ac-
c0rding to reports, that portion was
not badly damaged.
AdviceS this afternoon show the
damage to grain considerable less
less than was at first feared. Especial
ly is this true of the Eureka fiat coun
try About 80 per cent of the grain
is still standing there and it was re-
ported that this was damaged about
so per cent. Later reports this after
noon go to show that the damage will
be considerably less and that as a
whole the crop on the fiat is not dam
aged five per cent.
The heavy wind which accompanied
the rain is the cause of the main
damage and the grain is blown down
in bad shape in a few places. This is
not general, however, and the belief
now is that most of the grain can be
picked up without loss.
The country around Milton and Athe-
ma also send up better reports this
afternoon and the damage will be con-
siderably loss than frs reported.
About Az of an inch of rain fell here,
but it was accompanied by a 2O-mile
an hour wind and the damage done
| locally is due to that fact. Nowhere
except in gullies and canyons was any
res.ous damage done by rain alone.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Witness Has Poor Memory.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-Judge
Lawler postponed ruling on the status
OF +. j. thinner before the court be-
cause of Zimmer's later refusal to tese-
tify, until Wednesday, Henry T. Scott
Is on the stand in the Glass trial The
memory of the witness is bad on vital
points and the testimony of doubtful
value.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Weege Is Dismissed.

William Weege was brought before
the justice court today on complaint
OF Russian who alleged that Weege
mad struck his boy with a whip Weege
put up good story. however, and the
judge let him off with the remark that
1t was possible he had reason to adopt
more drastic measures than he did in
treating with the said boy. weege
claimed that he did not strike the lad
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Special for Carnival.

Both railroad companies have an
nounced one and one-third rates for
the harvest carnival to be held in this
city Sept 16-S7. The o. r. & N.
rates cover points from Umatilla to
Pendleton, from Penjleton to. Colfax
and all branches between, including
the Wallula lines The Northern Pacific
covers practically the same territory.
Selling dates are from Sept. 1921 with
final return limit of Sept %.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26

Chas. w. Chadsey was fined S2o
today for stealing watchchaln from
a harvest hand by the name of Harry
yy;,lians Chadsev contended that he
was drunk and merely teasing VIII
liams when he took the chain, as he
ierked it out of Williams pocket.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Athletes to jamestown.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-The
Olympic club track team, consisting of
Captain Andrew Glarner, Ralph Rose,
Charles Parsons. Al Plaw. and six
others, left for jamestown this morn
ing. They will spend one day in Chi
cago en- route.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
= + = = = = = = = = = = 4
FAMILY KIDNAPPED.

= CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-Paul aged 1
+ nine; Lillian, aged seven; Charles !
+ aged five, and Earnest, aged four !
+ years, children of Jacob Heinrich 4
+ sen, a market gardener, have dis !
+ appeared and a search of "a hours !
- shows no trace of them. A gypsy !
= camp near the home, which had !
+ neighborhoOd, moved during the +
+ light. +
+ + \ j /! I. + + = + + + + + +
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
Frisco Gets Reeder.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26-Rally
Reeder, whose ownership was in dis
pute and for whom the Boston Ma
tionals offered $2500, was awarded to
San Francisco this morning by the
national commission. He will come out
at once.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-08-26
California Attorney Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-M. B.
Kellogg, head of the legal department
of Spring alley Water company, and
an authority on law. died last night of
heart disease. He was born in 1S47,
in White Pigeon. Mich. and graduated
from the University of Michigan, in
1891" He was member of the Paci-
fic Union club.