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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
IuD6E BRENIS CHARGES
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Complaint was made in the justice
cou-t this afternoon by Judge THOMAS
VI. 3rcrts against the Walla "a''''
Meat & Cold Storage company caars-
ING :, ,risdemeanor in driving Il morse
which was unit for labor.
The horse is said to have sore
shoulder caused by chatting coiiar'
The case will be tried Monday AFTER
noon.
Manager Q. D. Gibson OF the meat
compsny said this afternoon:
1T ia the duty Of each driver 10 loon
of,o- tho horses he drives and report II
thev are in bad condition. AS soon. as
Iw:,s told about the horse imme-
diate,y had him taken of and repr'-
,nanded the driver in charge OF tne
team. The animal is not in BAD con
dtticn only having one shoulder slsh'-
" chafed."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27

secure lodgings for the visitors still
being short Of enough rooms. However.
by Wednesday this difficulty will
probably be out OF the way and suit
able ccommodations will be provided
for all.
The program for the defamation
contest has been arranged as fol-
lows:
Music
Bessie Fowler. Ritzville-"What the
Fiddle Told"
THE Famine
Helen Hubbard. Palouse-"The Fa-
mine"
Oliver Price. Boise-"Horace Gree
ley's Ride to Placerville.'
Music.
Moxey Chester, Ellensburg-"E Effect
of the Death of Lincoln Dayton
May Cronan, Spokane-"The Char
lot Race"
Fred Schwallbach. Walla Wala--
Pitt on the American Revolution"
Music.
Doiph Barrett. North Yakima-"Ap-
peal to Arms"
Mary Aldrich. Waitsburg Academy
Engineer COnnOr'S Son"
Elise Mckenzie. Colfax-''The
HOrseman in the Sky
George Cole. Pomeroy-"The Boy
Orator of Lepata City
Music.
Alfred Euster. Regulus
| to the Carthagenians."
Erlna Doris, Pendleton II. S.
"Searohing for the Dead"
! Jennie Busch. Oaksdale-"The Tell
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
ALL READY FOR
BIG BOAT MEET
Washington, Stanford and
California Pull

SAN FRANCISCO. April 27.-Ideal
weather prevails for the three cornered
boat race between the Washington.
Stanford and California varsity
eighths. Off Sausalite this afternoon
The sky is cloudless with no wind
Richardson bay, on which the race will
be held, is as smooth as glass.
The betting is light, Stanford being
4 slight favOrite.
The crews We're up early this morn
ing. each taking q short spin to KEEP
from getting stiff. The boys are in eX-
cellent shape.
Coach Conibear of the University OF
Washington. is supremcy confident his
charges will win.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
FISH HATCHERY IS NOW
ASSURED FOR CITY PARK

modern fish hatchery in the city
H'Ek Is now assured. After short
canvass ny members OF the Rod ana
"un club nearly $500 was secured by
subscriptions yesterday.
state Superintendent of HatchcrleS,
""oh VI. Crawford has written letter
" flsa WArdcn Whitney, enclosing
''S'S ana specifications for the trout
pfonagator and explaining them so
work on the plant can be begun i'm
'0ed!Hteiy.
Lac plans have been turned over 10
he Commercial club committee ana
''sS committee will examine them ana
'"Ne active steps toward building the
structure
me chairman of the soliciting COM
-'''ee. Frank Sharpstein. has 3eei'
tFofniS+d prao tically the entire sum
"eeded and plans have been submitted
- contractors to bid upon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
HUNDRED FARMERS MEET To BOOST PRICES

Reorganization and corporation" was
terncon when nearly 100 farmers met
to join the Farmers Cooperative and
Educational Union of America.
Seldom has the old court house held
such an interested audience Of rep
resentative grain growers and prOdu-
GERS as listened to strong and pointed
addresses by leading farmers of the
community on the necessity 70 united
effort to meet the changed conditions
of the twentieth century.
State Organizer Wayman again eX-
planned his object in coming here and
after a lucid and brief talk he gave the
floor to President Scott of the local
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
BIG COLLEGE GAME IS
ON THIS AFTERNOON

University of oregon baseball team
arrived in the city shortly before 3
O'Clock and was taken directly to the
Whitman gymnasium.
On account of the clustering weather
a smaller crowd than was hoped for
occupied bleacherS and grandstand
when the first intercollegiate baseball
contest of the year in Walla Walla
began.
Whitman students advertised the
game in 4 unique manner. several stu
dents dressed up as plug uglies and
carrying drum and mega phone went
about Main street telling about the
crack game between Oregon and
Whitman.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27

union and other well known men OF the
county who have already joined
It will be the aim of every men,
Der presen, to interest his neighbors
who have not joined the union in an
effort to make Walla Walla the fore
most center of the organization in the
state and every member who spoke ex-
pressed the firmest convictions that this
object will be attained as soon as the
advantages offered are made known to
everybody.
So rapidly has the union taken holG
around Waitsburg and Prescott that
nearly 200 farmers have joined the or
der about 10 going in at each place to-
day.
one of the strongest arguments
used in favor of the association was
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27

stream instead of running as formerly
down to the railroad track runs
through a ditch around the hill and
later down to the garden across the
track. 1t is estimated the new system
will double the acreage which can be
used for raising vegetables. increasin"
the 25 acres at present available to So.
One of the greatest advantages OF
the newly discovered septic tan1 sys-
tenn Is that il is Inexpensive. The two
tanks which have just been finished
are estimated to have cost the state
about $125. Convict labor was USED
in their construction but the warden
thinks that they could be built else
where for about $500. as it only took
about one week for the concrete work
Warden Kincaid. who Is responsible
for the new system which means 50
much to the sanitary life OF the prison
was first attracted to the septic pian
when on the board of control
The deaf mute institution at VAN
couver. was confronted by the PROB
lem of putting in new pipe each year
at an expense of $500 year because
ii filled up with silt from the over
flow of the Columbia each summer.
The energetic ex-railrOader thought
there must be some way to stop tnls
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27

The new o. r. & n. depot at the foot
of Main street will be used for the first
time when the special excursion train
from Spokane for the big meet stops
there Thursday morning and the 200
visitors from the falls city and inter-
mediate points disembark.
Special street cars have been pro-
vided by the Walla Walla Traction
company to convey the visitors direct
to Whitman college where they will be
assigned rooms provided for them in
different parts of the city by the en-
tert;inment committee of the college
All the entries for the track and
field events as we'll as for the decla-
nation contest are now in and are be-
ing assigned to their places in the or
der of events.
The defamation contest at Palouse,
Thursday night and the one at Dayton
las, night determine the contestants
from those places and the names have
all been received.
Nearly all the athletes will arrive by
Wednesday afternoon, but those from
Spokane. Ritzville. SpraSue and other
towns on the Northern Pacific will not
get here until Thursday morning which
has been set for Il conference of all
the participants who will be given dis
tinguishing badges and final instruc-
tions for the meet and then, led by
the Fourteenth Cavalry hand. will
march through the principal streets Of
the city.
All is in readiness for the success
full carrying off Of the biggest track
event of the season in the Inland En-
pire. only the committee appointed I
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
had EneAeeMEnT TO ONE
WITH WIFE OF SENATOR

Don't detain me sir. I dine with
Mrs. Ankeny at 2 o'clock" said Tom
Pow ers who was arrested In Main
street shooting gallery in a seni-ds-
mcnted condition. this morning.
Powers, who was crazy. had the
inmates Of the shooting gallery pretty
we'll "buffalOed" when = member Of
the police force took him in charge.
He had a large revolver which ae was
pointing around in an indiscriminate
manner. He seemed to think he vas
arrested.
Ii is probable excessive inhibition Is
the cause of his insane condition and
that he will be all right in day or
two
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
IS NOT GUILTY
SAYS THE JURY
Binger Hermann Acquitted
on Charge Of Conspiracy

WASHyNGTON, April 21.-The jury
r.turned a verdict Of not guilty in ia
lor OF Hingpr Hermann at 12:45 O'Clock
this afternoon. AFTER being out since
$40 O'Clock yesterday. The jurors re-
ceived additional instructions this
morning.
The Hyde Diamond conspiracy case
Vas today postponed until October. the
attorneys representing it will require
three or four months for preparation.
Hermann received the verdict calm
and said: ut is what l expected. l
am innocent. Ny friends always be-
urred in ME so l am greatly pleased
10 hare the honor of being indicated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
BALTIMORE PIER GOES
D0WNKILLING NUMBERS

German Lloyd steamship company. It
is supposed the materials were too
heavy for the mud site. and the piles
were not supported nor sunk deep
enough into the bedrock
1he accident came without the
slightest warning
Divers fastened from the various
wrecking companies and the first ones
down reported many bodies We're in
sight pinned down by the iron. steel
and concrete.
IneTe were many narrow escapes.
one foreman on the iron work was
carried down by a huge girder but
managed to work his way from under
and reach the surface. He will re-
cover.
Among the identified dead is How
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27

that illustrated by Local Organizer Cox
who recalled Congressman Ellis
speech to the Commercial club. Ellis
said while he was trying to get a bill
passed opening the Columbia river Il
delegation arrived from New York and
after getting the !lOOr for Il few min
utes succeeded in having L bill similar
to Ellis passed almost unanimously.
When his bill came up Immediately
afterwards it received two votes. his
own and the other Oregon senator. The
first bill was passed because of or
ganization. the second was lost for
lack of it.
The meeting was still in session at
$3.50 o'clock. Another meeting will be
probably he'd soon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
e;o Debate at Washington School.

A closely contested debate came OH
IN the eighth grade. Washington school,
Erid;y afternoon. Three girls: Grace
rjnneU. Gnberta KOnjcski and Clara
Mcintosh. debated against three boys.
Alfred Langc. benjamin II. Hunt" ano
Frank F.. Cox. The question was: fse
solved that the United States IS
stronger nation than France and Ger
nnanv combined. The girls had the az
firnative and the boys the negative al
though the boys had the worst side OF
the question they won by the unan-
imous vote of the judges. The judges
wer. Richard e. Stafford. Raymond
Loney and Amelia Dietrieche the
strongest speakers We're Grace Finneii
and Alfred Lange.
This closes the series of debates be-
tween the boys and girls OF the Nash-
ington school.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
TAFT SHES
At POLITICS
Big Secretary IN Courtesy
Act While N Ohio

CINCINNATI o.. April 21.-Secre-
tary Taft arrived this morning to at
tend the reunion of Yale club. He
was met by his brother but refused to
talk. He said he might later.
Later he talked about affairs under
his charge. but absolutely refused To
discuss politics. He said he would not
talk politics during his visit in Ohio.
He said the American army would
be withdrawn from Cuba by Septem
Der :. 1908 and that he would leave for
the Philippines September to be-
gone about so days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
CUNNINGHAM Goes TO- .-.
CHINA As MILL MANAGER

Robert Cunningham the well known
Walla Walla mill man, leaves tonight
for China. where he will be one of the
head men i'll the large plant of the
Hong Kong Milling company at Hong
Kong.
He will sa.' May >, from Vancouver.
3. c.. on the ship Tartar. Fob" has
contracted to work for three years
and will receive the liberal salary OF
$4,000 per year with medical attend
ance, etc.
The Hong Kong Milling company
has one of the largest plants in China
They turn out 1000 bbls. a day and
expect to increase the capacity of the
mill to 1000 bblS. shortly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
MURDERED BY MASKED MEN
Indiana Farmer, Accused Of Immor.
ally, BPutaNg Treated

SPENCER. Ind. April 21.-Eight
masked men. before daylight this
morning, cut the wires between this
town and a point west. then went to
the home OF John Layman. Il farmer.
and ordered him out.
When Laynan resisted they snot
MIN twice. tied him to Il tree and
thraSheu him.
Layman was taken down by his
family and nursed. but is dying with
two bullets in his chest.
Layman was charged in IL warrant
with immortality.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
With Pretty Surprise Party

A pleasant surprise party was ten
dered Miss Anna Dietrich at her home
Friday evening. Games and music
were tle entertainment for the even
ing. At a late hour refreshments were
served. Those present were: Mrs. h
F.. Lange. Sadie Koch. Anna Prizes
Lena Kothemeir. Clara. KOthcmeir
Anna Bald. Lillian Ditgen. Carrie
Smith Rose Smith. Rose Weber. Mar
guerite Kicker, Lena Kicker. Katie
Dormaier. Emma Preas. Amelia Diet
trich. Anna Dietrich. Louine Hart"is.
Jacob Koch. Alfred LanGe. Conrad anu
Jacob Dietrich.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
BuRGlAR TATE CAu6n1
BY CHICAeo POLICE

CHICAGO. April 27.--Edwin Tate,
the burglar ana cell mate of y. c.
Doulerty. the convicted superintend-
ent cf schools of Peoria. was rearrest-
ed here this morning.
Tate escaped from the Peoria police
whore he was being held on suspicion
Of blowing the safe of the Peoria board
of educa ton and destroying the papers
nee essary to further the Indictment
against Dougherty and the possible
conviction Of Dougherty's associates.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
Book Social Enjoyable.

',' Q; the pleasant events OF the
VN was the book social given 'oy
'.o+fs OF the Marvin NJ. +. church
~. TIE nome of Mrs. ]. l.. Elam. 'So
~ rmAshincton street. yesterday evening
49, guests We're dressed to represent
49, 'V'ent books. Mrs. Darnell won the
Ga','. Ior the best representation. "A
i,,' 'ous luncheon was served. A troi-
dou var was held to take the guests
1""n'own later
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
He Saw rhinos.

only stole Dutchnan's sairt,
S'a can't pat me on the Hill for that.
S'Ed Peter Barnes. when he was being
,'c"rsed 'so-the brick inn yesterday az
''"ooh BY the police. This morning
" had forgotten al, about the shirt
,''o said he guessed he was fuil OF
7'e authorizations when ne made the
""1<Ft!on about the shirt.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27

BALTIMORE, Apr. 27-The new pier
~, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad in
,,orse Of construction, collapsed this
corning burying about IS men.
Rv noon four bodies were recovered.
steamer near the pier was lifted
uo by the upheaval which was caused
By the collapse. 1t is estimated the
J,od and injured will number from so
10 =.
Sixteen of the injured were taken to
tgr hospital. Some are fatally hurt.
Forty to 80 wOrkmen went down with
tlr structure and it seems certain they
.r beneath the water dead.
Re4cuers are working to clear the
1r,,kage and get the bodies.
The pier was being built for the
ioint use of the +. 4 O. and the North
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
PINCH ENGLISH N0BLEMAh
Spokane Police Lag Hands On
beresford's Cousin

SPOKANE April 21.-Major Dela-
peer Berestord. claiming to be IA Brit
jSA nob!eman and a cousin OF Admiral
E"rasford. is in jail here charged with
p,,SSing bad checks
tie has a card showing member
ship in the Royal Yacht and other Eng
NSh cubs.
arrest
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
TO RE-APPOINT LAWRENCE.
Governor Mead Says Railroad Com
missioners Will Continue.

In an interview in Seattle Governor
Mead announced that J. c. Lawrence,
the short-terrn member of the state
railroad commission. will be reap
pointed on the expiration of his term
In June. The appointment will be for
the long. Or siX-year term.
You may state that Mr. Lawrence
will be reappointed 1T the expiration
of his present term" said Governor
Mead. He has made a careful study
of the work and it will be a pleasure
to continue him in the office if he de-
sires to do So
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
aad Weather at Fair.

NCRFOLF. April 27.-Pres'dent a,'o
Mrs. Roosevelt and party OF irleiioS'
including Bacon. went up the 'aih.s
,;yar on I'll. Sylph today on private
oxcu-sion. the newspaper men moi ac-
,,ornnonying them. The weather Is
d;sasreeable. 1t rained heavily ias'
nigh, and threatens more. 1ooas
MARYLAND day at the fair ana tne
streets are filed with miniature lakes
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
To Fight Roosevelt.

THICAGO. April .7.--I.abor men to-
day announced the organization by
partisans of Meyer. Haywood and Pet
tibone of undesirable citizens The
object is to oppose the nomination and
election of Roosevelt. They claim a
membership of $4,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
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WAR RUMORS FLYING.

MEXICO, CITY, April g.
Repeated meetings of the cabinet 1
lasting - hours have given rise !
to rumorS of trouble with Guata- !
mala. brewing as the result of the
assassination in OSaca of General 1
Barlillas, former president of 1
: Guatamala. The minister of war 1
? denies the report Mexico is mass !
: ing troops on the border of Qua 1
, tlmala.
). 4. 4 i 4. 4. 4. i. 4. 4 4. ]. !. i 4. .
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EMMA EAMES DIVORCED.

= WHITE. PLAINS, n. Y, April I
: Eft was learned today decree :
= vas Signed giving an absolute di- I
: vorct to Emma Eames Story from I
, Julian Story.
: She Is restored her maiden
: name and the right to marry.
+ The court forbids Story to re-
+ marry during the life of his form I
: er wife.
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u;t With Kettle: Get. $3.50.

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. April ia
Jury gave Mrs. Mabel Earhart vef-
dict for 1920 against Bernard Berg
man for personal injury inflicted wher
no struck her with a kettle from which
she had poured boiling water on MIN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
Cattle kina Weds.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. April 21.-John w.
Springer once elected mayo OF Den
yer. married Mrs. Isabelle Patterson
Folck al noon today in the hotel Jeffer-
son. The couple left at 2 o'clock for
Denver.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27
Around the Horn.

DETROIT, April 27.-Captain White
side of San Francisco has purchased
the iron steamer, DeaVear, ,~feT~use on
the Pacific coast trade and will go
around the Horn as soon as he is
equipped for salt water.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-04-27

ard L. Ellendor. civil engineer for the
Mclean Construction company.
The police say there Is no reason
to hope the dead are fewer than esti-
mated.
The construction company hopes to
account for many of the missing and
says it is possible not as many as
thought were at work at the time OF
the collapse.
At o'clock % bodies are still under
the ruins.
Another Catastrophe.
oHNSTOWN, Pa, April 21.-In an
accident while flooding the Foustweil
mine of the Berwynde White Goa!
company today Il men were entombed.
Their fate is unknown as yet.
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heney Still After Them.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 21.-ProSe-
crtof Hcncy declares Hermann's ac-
oUjttui will nave no effect on his trial
IN Portland on the charge of land fraud.
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THREE ARE KILLED.

O'FALLON. Mo-. April 27.-A I
locomotive on the Wabash rail- 4
: road blew up this morning and I
killed three trainmen. I
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Ice Barons Fined.
CINCINNATI April 27.-FOur mem
bers of the ice trust pleaded guilty
today and were fined 500 each
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STRIKE Is INEVITABLE.

SAN FRANCISCO, April II =
: The strike of the street car men =
now seems inevitable. A careful =
canvas of the barns this morning .
shows az overwhelming sentiment .
, in favor Of a walk out.
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CONTINUED on Page Three.)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-28
JAPANESE IN SCHOOLS.

evidently seeking
what they doing grade
excluded them,
about IT,
complaint resolution
other number
public primary schools course
whom the excusoniss after,
deal said about the
found n schools by the federal investigators.
That 3 because the adults had left during agitation
There
ably half school the mostbut
trouble in those schools,
numbers which induced the enforcement
Mongoian' clause OF school laws
We glad the Asatcs working east in considerable
numbers
eastern
population.
be 10 any way
diner from other Americans In the policies to be observed
those
THE DOCTRINE THAT WE MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
IMMIGRANTS RACE WILL STAND.
DESIRE EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS CHAR.
ACrER
NOT WITH IMMIGRATION OF ANY
CHARACTER.
MATTER WHICH DIPLOMACY LONGER AFFORD
IGNORE
stopped
recently
Columbia will the orenas
the middle
found here the outbreaks will there
wild aud woody
legislation. military prevent
II the brought n they will
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-28
WHAT rs HOLDING SALEM BACK?

city pledged improve
unwieldly council
personalities MAYOR RODGERS MAKE
LITTLE PROGRESS.
Salem A. Wlber
OF agriculture, who work rotten.
Improvement
ALL THAT COULD
make without constant repairs.
side used
horses and uncomfortable ride
1T SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED
Looking Construcin
have been systematic fort TO MAKE FURTHER
IMPROVEMENT UNPOPULAR AND IMPOSSIBLE.
In the first place dragged possible until
body with the
In the place the
enforce the details OF the specifications.
would be so mIsmanaged ROAD WHATEVER
The surveying of thu road and the laying Of the grades
botchd confused that
The finished properly the
MOST IMpAsSIBLE CONDITION POSSIBLE,
The whole history of that indicates
METHOD BACK OF IT delay
that the mosbacksm
what ~
builder
view,