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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19
ANENT THE GRAVES BILL.

| There can be no question of the in
tent of the Graves bin prohibiting
| the right of publication in the news
| papers of criminal proceedings. 1t is
not intended solely as a measure to
prevent the printing of obscene mat
, ter; it is put up for one of two rea-
sons-possibly both. Its primary in
tention is to shield the criminal, par
ticularly the official criminal-the
crooked politician. Of secondary in
tent is it's radicalism, designed to
force the alternative of the obnoxious
Pennypacker bill introduced by Booth
of King county.
| That the bill is excessively vicious
| is demonstrated by the attention at
tracted to it from other states. In
speaking editorially of the proposed
law, the Oregon Journal of Portland
says:
The theory prompting such bill
is based on a good motive, operating
in an unbalanced or impractical
mind 1t is doubtless true that in
Esome. cases crimes are prompted by
lreading reports Of like crimes, but
who knows how many crimes are
prevented by the same means, and
by reading of punishments inflicted?
Publicity is the greatest safeguard
against crime. With assurance that
details of their deeds would never
be made public, many people who
~
ture to commit crimes.
Besides, such a law violates the
fundamental principle of free speech
and free press, which considering
how hardly they have been won are
not to be lightly esteemed. In some
cases newspapers go into greater de-
tails than is desirable. but this evil
is infinitesimal as compared with
that which would result from re-
preston of publicity something
happily impossible in this country.
Nor do we agree with some Of tine
authorities that suppression of parts
of the evidence in the Thaw case is
advisable Almost all readers know
that such things happen, and is it
likely that they-and still less those
who are ignorant of such occurrences
will be induced by the tale Of Mrs.
Thaw to initiate either her or Stan
ford White? We think that the re-
suit will rather be the opposite, but
in any case newspaper readers are
entitled to full reports. of public
trials. II evidence in one case can
be kept from the public by law, or by
an administrative order, in the judg-
ment of an official, it may be sup
pressed in other cases, and next we
know officialdom may declare tina,
nothing done in it's domain except
what it pleases to give out shall be
published, and we shall be in Russia's
position.
"All these efforts and attempts to
suppress facts and news are based on
good the motives prompting them
may be. The more publicity there Is
the less rascality and debauchery
there will be. Every detail of GRIM
malls career ought to. be published, as
a warning. There is a deterrent les
son of force in the suicide of every
penniless gambler and hopeless out
cast woman. If the people are to be
ruined by learning the details of
crimes and their punishment, then
they need a moral guardian and are
not fit for self-government"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

After soliciting the support and good
will of other newspapers throughout
the state on the plea that it is prac-
tically out of politics. the Seattle
Pr again renews its fight against Sem
ator Ankeny in the interest of it's own.
er and dictator, John L. Wilson. The
cloven hoof always shows.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19
RAIN HOLDS up
CONTINUED from Page One.)

Prescott, where a considerable stretch
of track is undermined.I
Yesterday the trains were able to
go from Pendleton to Weston-today
they cannot even reach Adams, which
they could do nearly a week ago.
o. r. & N. officials think that most
of the washOuts are minor ones and
that they will all be repaired by night.
A work train was sent out of here
for Wallula this afternoon and if it
can get through to that place tonight
the regular train will leave tonight.
Whether this will be possible will not
be known until late this evening.
Two trains were sent out of here
this morning one at Z O'Clock which
should have gone at 9 o'clock last
lays to No. 4 by washouts near Airing
ton and No. by washouts at La
Crosse. This train is now shut up at
Wallula. The second train went to
meet No. but this latter train was
forced to turn back for Spokane at
Grange City.
Watersoaked Ground Unsafe.
Outside of the Dayton washout it
is thought that the troubles will all
be repaired in few hours The water
soaked condition of the ground makes
it unsafe to run trains in some of
the places where the ground is not
actually washed out and it is thought
these places will be dried up by to-
morrow.
Mail and passengers were taken to
Milton by rail today for the first time
in two weeks. An immense accumu-
lation of mail sacks and merchandise
was taken on a special train under
the charge of Robert Burns, superin-
tendent of the o. r. & N.
Although Mill creek was muddy
where it passed through the city this
morning reports from the headwaters
up the creek indicate there has been
no considerable rise at this point and
none is feared.
The temperature is warm up the
creek but the cloud bank is still too
thick to let in any of the blessed sun
shine" which bathed Walla Walla this
morning.
Most of the snow along the creek
is melted but there is still good sized
mass in the defiles of the foothills
Temperature Much Warmer.
Rain fell last night to the depth of
l. of an inch. The mercury has been
slowly rising for the past few days and
was almost promoted into the SOS this
morning, registering 40 degrees by
the official instrument at the weather
station.
Owing to the popularity Of the
foods, Milt Aldrich. a farmer living
between this city and Dixie has been
making a strenuous effort to save an
entire field from being washed away.
A small hole in the side of hill filled
with water. Soon the dirt began wash
ing away. Mr.. Aldrich was endeavor-
ing to stop the ravages of the water,
Straw was hauled to the hole and the /
force Of the deluge was finally block
ed. Reports received toby say the
roads between Walla Walla and Dixie
are almost impossible In many places
they are washed out three and four
feet deep. Persons who are we'll ac-
quainted with the county roads esti-
mate the cost Of repairing the damage
to be $4,000.
L
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

If that crazy federation leader in
Lead. S. D.. who advocates killing one
capitalist for every hair in the heads
of Meyer. Haywood and Pettibone,
ever starts for Walla Walla We are
going to hire the bike cop, Jack Lam
bert, as our 'bodyguard
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

The real reason the Evening Bunc"
has not been called into the Thaw
trial is the difference between an alien
and an alienist-although both talk
for pay.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

Tonight Mr.. William Kirkman will
reiterate his belief in the honesty and
administrative ability of Mr.. William
Glasford. Mr.. Frank Reese and Mr.
W. P. Mexican being out of the city
the fractional remnants of the btu
lithic squad may vote as they darned
plNase
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

In the event of the passage Of the
ultra Hansen bill prohibiting the en-
ticing of girls from their happy homes.
an extra expense will be placed upon
the skating Kinks through the neces-
sity of hiring engaging young men
to solicit the parental consent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

The movement started by the Com
mercial club for good sidewalks all
around the town Is gaining great sup
port from the property owners-i1
not from the council
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

Most people of the clean life will
concede that Stanford White deserved
his fate-even though Harry Thaw
violated the law in shooting the de-
stroyer of virtue
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

If some of those new anneXatiOnists
neXatiOn they would have the unre-
served support of every person inter-
ested in the progress of Walla Walla.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

There is a faint suspicion that Sem
ator Graves is boosting his Russian
lied newspaper gag bill in order to
force the passage of Booths Penny
packer libel bill as an alternative.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

The overworked railroad men Of
Walla Walla have once more return
ed to the simple life, having eschewed
the thrilling battles upon the bound
ing, greasy waves
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

Sammy Collins. who so acceptably
fills the role of hBarry" in "A Coun.
try Girl" has just one fault as high
kicker-he can't make the reverse Eng
lish with those short legs of his.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

According to the news columns the
Walla Walla Valley Traction road ser
props.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

Two more cases of sunstroke were
reported on Main street this forenoon.
attack of the grip.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

In the matter of annexation the
opinions of Mr.. Moore and Mr.. BAH
meister remain unsolicited.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-19

Open work in trouserings is the
fashion note brought home from Cali
fornia by former Councilman d. H.
Cox
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
THE QUESTION OF LIFE.
Mans Progress nnd the Books Of the
Eighteenth Century.

In what mankind called progress"
the world was led by illusion. advanc-
ed by lies. Everybody hated work
which was the only health. Even the
preacher spoke dolefully of "the curse
OF Adam Everybody wanted 10 be
rich, which meant unhapplness; every
body wanted 10 be idle, which meant
death. Change was regarded as prog
ress, and To find one different from
oneself was 10 find one worse than
oneself And with all these | sympa.
thized. knowing them TO be wrong.
! had listened To moralIsts and be.
fore all was done dlscerned that
question Of morals was question OF
ATTITUDES. and vice related to the equa
tor. Cruelty was creature of the
thermometer; the tropics tortured
what the arctics nursed Happiness
was born OF contrast when it wasn't
born Of temperament. and Third ave
nue. laughed oftener than Fifth. One
man committed suicide. another gave a
feast Each was worth $4,000. The
suicide had been a millionaire the
feast giver pauper. | considered
merchants and gamblers There was
but one difference when the mer.
chants resources ended his credit end.
ed; when the gamblers resources end.
cd his credit began. When the gam.
bier was down his fellow gamblers
helped him; when the merchant was
down his fellow merchants fell upon
him and tore him like wolves.
Progress? \ wise man proved It by
pointing TO a railroad and asking me
10 remember stagecoaches. asked
why II was better To travel 900 miles
I'm day than TO travel ninety. He
said one could reach Chicago in a day
and night. ! replied that one couldn't
reach Calcutta in IL day and night He
said that medicine and surgery had
advanced: that we now saved lives we
used TO lose. | asked why ii was im
portant Ia save lives that must one day
die; also | pointed out that we saved
weaklngs to wed weaklings and pro
ducc weaklings, which was progressing
backward. He grew angry and asked
If favored death. | grew angry and
asked if he favored birth also I want
ed to hear whether or no he believed
In killing weeds.
Progress. | know nothing OF medi.
cine and railways and stagecoaches
and saving lives, but / do know about
books. And | see by my bookcases
that the nineteenth century did not
-, T.. -.
think SO we'll as did the eighteenth,
with the promise all about me that the
present century will write worse and
think more heavily than either. We
have better guns, clocks, plows, sewing
machines, but they wrote better Eng
lish and thought nobler thoughts.-Al.
fred Henry Lewis in Cosmopolitan.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
Owen-M a her.

Miss Lillian Maher, former teach
or at the Kelly street school, and FREQ
l.. Owen, an attorney we'll known
among the younger men of the pro
fession were married Monday morn
ing at St. Anthony's Church on
Plainfield street, in the presence OF n
large congregation. The pastor. Rev.
George W. Brown, ofiiciated. The
ride was attened by her sister. Miss
Stella Maher, and Charles Love was
best man. The bride wore gown OF
white silk poplin, with silk lace trim.
mings and a veil held back with bri.
dal roses. The bridesmaids dress was
If burnt onion silk, with inner bod.
ice Of cream net. The ushcrs were
Charles Love. a cousin of the bride,
and Francis Holden
At the close Of the ceremony a wed.
ding breakfast was served and re-
ception held at the new home of the
couple, 100 Priscilla avenue. This af-
tcruoon Mr.. and Mrs. owens started
on honeymoon, which will include
an extended trip through the South.
The groom's gift 20 the best man
was monogram link buttons; TO the
ushers pearl stick pins; TO the
bridesmaid. an amethyst ring and TO
the bride a purse OF gold.
Beth the bride and groom are mem
bers Of the Johnston High School
alumni. Mr.. Owen, who graduated
from the Rhode Island Law School
Is connected with the firm of Tilling.
hast and Murdock Of this city.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
GRIM OLD CROMWELL.
The Protector Made Christmas q
Gloomy aud Serious Day.

"Christmas was Illegal in Cromwells q
time" said an antiquary. Those grim
old PuritanS were 50 gloomy that they
would not have any raycty even on
Christmas day.
Cromwell said that holly and mistie-
toe were henthenish things. He snid
that they had no real Christian signiti-
cance: they were Il part or som" pagan
festival of the DruidS. Accordingly he
made IL law that if YOU decorated your
house with mistletOe at Christmas you
got thirty days in jail.
"'rhc terrible old fellow forbade
Christmas colcbrations-no dancing, no
singing. no playgong no feastng on
Christmas day; pcualty, thirty days.
You see il was his idea that Christ
mas was Il religious, a serious time, a
time for churChgoing and prayer and
reverence and FOR nothing else. The
innocent family that in Cromwell's day
sat down to turkey and plum pudding
and wound up with Christmas games
got a month all round.
"Only for time, though. The people
rebellcd. Willing as the people had
been 10 put on the gloom OF those
dreadful old Puritans, they insisted on
having little JOY on Christmas day.
and Cromwell after year or two had
to civ" in = them"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
nnNi,IrrnI. AClrcss

a doctor saw Julia Marlowe aS .Iu.
lict one night in Pittsburg and was tire.
mendously impressed. Only in the pow.
erful death scene there was technical
error. Miss Marlowc," the doctor said
ut a reception the next day. Il admired
your Juliet profoundly The imperso-
nation was work of art. But, pardon
me. don't YOU know that corpse
doesn't Stffcn for at least six hours
after DEATH Miss Marlowe answered
I'm the drawl that she reserves for such
speeches, Now. doctor. do you think
I'm going To keep my audiences wait
ing six hours for me TO stiffen?"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
Omen Of the wedding Ring.

At the close of a recent divorce case
woman spectator remarked:
Il knew they wouldn't pull together
very long. The crease made 10y her
wedding ring proved that When she
had been married six months saw
her take her ring Off one day. The
mark il had left was so faint you could
hardly see it. You eau always gauge
the length of Il marriage by the impres.
sion made by the wedding ring. In
some cases the ring, even though eli.
tirely too large. sinks away into the
finger. Such Il mark as that indicates
a marriage rs lasting as eternity. 9th
er women may wear ring as tight
as the skin. yet it will leave scarcely a
streak OH the flesh. In that case look
out for an early termination Of the con.
tract"
The other women present said moth.
Ing. but all improved the first oppor.
tunity to slip their rings around and
inspect the telllalc mark The faces
Of some wore an expression Of salts
faction, others of disappointment, but
nobody knew the reason therefor
New York Press.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
A NAVAL REBUkE.
Two AdmiraIs. n Coptniu aud n Fool
In Manila Hay.
NFVNI ~ Y, NVWIV,
Sharps. Florida. Jan. Is.

When Dewcy'S fleet was at Manila
the late Admiral Chichester was then
n captain. On one occasion Admiral
Diedrchs. the German, sent out the
Irene Oh an unrcvealed crrand and
without the customary notification To
the commander of the blockadiug fleet.
Admiral Dewey had suffered. he
thought. sufficiently from that sort of
thing, and so the admiral sent vessel
across the lrenc's bows aud notified
her captain that she would not bc per
mitted 10 depart without n statement
as to her destination. II was not Ad
mirnl Diedrichs' mission To quarrel
with both the American and the Eng.
hsh meets OIL this critical occasion. so
he sought To find out Captain Chichcs
ters purpose In case of n collision. Go
Ing on board Chichester's shin hc an.
grily exclaimed, Did you see what
Dewey did to my shipg"
Yes" replied Chichester.
What would Won have done II n had
been an English ship"
We'll" said Chichester. convenient.
y as tuming that the Ircnc's captain
had sailed without orders from bic.
dricbs, I'D have put my captain in ar.
rest. and then I'd have gone ON board
the olympia a1d apologizcd tn Admiral
Dewey for having such a fool I'm com.
msnd or one OF my ships"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
A Bunch OF IFS

Ifimmigratiou II was very much rcstric ed,
how would the work of this country be
done.
If ice was worth, or rather If it sold for
7sc. per week in 1906, what will i, sell for
in 1907.
II it were as easy to answer questions as
il is 10 ask them. what a wise nation we
would be.
If King Richard was willing to give his
kingdom for a horse, what would he have
given for All auto.
lfany Of your New Years resolution re-
main intact, try hard to keep them so until
February ISL, at least.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
THE STRANGlING FIG.
A Curious Tropical Tree That Lives
rpon other Trees.

Visitors 10 Mexico and other tropical
countries often have their attention
called 10 'thc strangling rg''-a tree
that commences its growth as an cpl
phytc-that IL. one form of plant life
that grows perched Oh another-far UP
on the trunk or among the branches OF
another tree, usually on a palmetto or
some OF the kinds Of palms. The roots
Of the strangling tree extend down.
ward around the host tree 10 th-.
ground. gradually Joining together,
making tubelikc mass Of roots some
times as much nS six feet or more in
diameter
When the attacked tree il palm
death to il is caused not so much by the
binding around the trunk as by shad-
ing out its branches by the attacking
tree.
When the attacked tree il an exogen
that is. one with wood and bark-the
attacking roots bind so tightly as TO
cause a stoppagc OF the flow of the sap.
As the sap OF u Tree is really its food
Changed by the leaves SO that il can
be used and the flow OF the food is
thus stopped. the attacked tree il real.
ly starved" 10 death. SO death 10 the
attacked tree is caused either By
smothcring or by starvation or by both.
The peculiar manner in which the
iattened roots extend down and around
the tree give them the appearance OF
some thick slow flowing material 1 rim
ming down the tree.-St. Nicholas.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
ANTIOCH

Cards are out for the wedding on
January 3lst Of Miss Minnie Valen.
tine Anthony Of Providence to Mr..
william Henry young Of Antioch. The
wedding will take place at Lawton
IIill Farm where they will reside. Mr..
C,ortous moving wagon will leave
Thornton at seven o'clock TO convey
guests TO the wedding.
scarlet fever has broken out In this
place.
Mr.. George w. jerks In spending
the winter In Mobile. Alabama for the
benefit OF his health.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
schooIbo,'S Essa, ON Henry yII

Henry VIII. was n frequent widow.
er, conccitcd, cunning. cruel and corpu.
lent. He burned the popc's bull In eff'
gy. beheadcd his best friends, made
himself defender OF the faith by Lat
and an ulcer In his leg. Henry sternly
denied the validity Of the proud pope
OF Roam and at last, worn out by an
Internal discord. died more in sorrow
than in anger Iarper's Weekly.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
Man aud Woman.

Man. composed OF clay. is silent and
ponderous." preached Jean Raulin In
the fifteenth century. "but woman
Gives evidence OF her osseous origin by
the rattle she keeps up Move sack
II earth and IL makes no noise; touch a
bag Of bones and you are deafened
with the Glitter clattcr" - London
Chronicle.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
elyRs>-
VrI''r-

You know that surgery has been made
painless. Why, then, should you doub
that we can do dental work without pain'
The prob en- Of the surgeon and the dentist
is identical because pain Games from dis
tnrbance of the nerves, whether in a tooth
or finger. 1t can be controlled in either
place, but it is more difficult in tooth, for
there drugs are more difficult to use. But
we have found a safe and sure way 10 do
this, that numbs the nerve of the tooth we
are operating on and no other. We do not
put our patrons to sleep or deaden the fac
ultes to the slightest degree, but the nerve
of the tooth we treat doesn't know there is
anything at all going on.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25

spring term begins Monday, January =
81 O'Clock a. m. Examinations for sdmis-
sion will occur Friday, January Is, begin
ming at 2 a. IN. Registration OF students at
Principals office, Friday, Janua-y 70, High
school graduates admitted TO regular course
OF two aud one half years, without eNamin.
-tion, for course Of two years. examination
required. For catalogue or other informa.
tion. spply 10 Walter r. Ranger, Secretary
Trustees, RoS ltS2, OF To Charles :. Chaplin,
Principal, Box 1885, Providence.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25

One Of the correspondence schools had a
window display recently in neghborng
town, using window in a shooting gallery.
On the ground Of teaching the young idea
how TO shoot" the plan was not bad one.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
same Trouble ENrrywhcrc.

We have brother in our church who
belonged 10 several other denomina
us they have the same trouble every.
where-impossible to get S2,oco
preacher for $3.50 a year. - Osborne
ukan) Farmer
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25

An Iowa editor has just entered college
at the age Of 40. Il is evidently case
Of being held back. II the subscriptions
had been promptly paid, he might now be
IN his junior year.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25
Hereditary.

Your son Is great football play.
er."
Yes; IL is hereditary"
II never heard that his father was a
football player"
He isn't. but be is chronic kicker"
Houston Post
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25

'rillman is not success as a funny man
and is not success when he is in earnest,
but for all that he has just been reelected to
the United States senate from South Caro-
lima.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25

o. Paying honest debts promptly and
cheerfully is virtue OF manhood ap-
preciated by every one.-Newark (Ark
Journal.