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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
THE CRAZIEST MEASURE.

Governor Pennypacker and his news
paper bill has been outdone in the
introduction of a bill by Senator
Graves of Spokane, intended to de-
stroy liberty of speech in the news
papers and gag them to the point OF
obliteration. No more radical or sense
less measure was ever placed before a
legislature for consideration. 1t is all
the more astounding coming from the
lsource it does
In the bill are sections fOrbidding
newspapers to print accounts OF rape,
seduction. adultery or other similar
crimes; accounts of executions by
burning, lynching or hanging of any
criminal or alleged criminal, details of
any crime, Or the details of any GRIM
inal trial, or the reports of police court
trials Or interviews with, or accounts
concerning fallen ones, or advertising
the cures or the treatment of certain
diseases.
Such measure is an insult to
every reputable newspaper in the state.
That one man should take it upon him.
self to dictate what shan or shall not
be printed in newspapers of standing
is more indication of the lengths to
which some legislators will go in their
attempts to reform the universe or at
tain notoriety.
The newspapers of this state have
generally shown a higher regard for
decency in their publications that have
the Graves people in their crooked
methods of corrupting public morals.
And the father of the bill is closely
allied with the Spokane Graves inter-
ests. In general the men who edit the
newspapers of the state are careful to
see to it that Objectionable features
are eliminated from reports. The
wording Of the stories published, under
their trained handling, is of a nature
calculated to reduce to the minimum
shocking features. 1t is not for
senator of the Graves standing to de-
termine these questions
Undoubtedly the bill. if passed, which
event is remote, would be declared I'M
constitutional. But for the sake of
the reputation of the present assembly
we trust the notoriety seeking docu-
ment may never be permitted out of
the committee room
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
LONG LOST GIRL TO STAR.
Witness in Murder Trial Proves to be
Missing Heiress.

DIES MONIES. Feb. 12.-The pretty
nurse. who is the star witness against
Mrs Fred West in the murder case
here, proves to be Flora GOble, who
disappeared three years ago from Nora
Springs. Iowa. She is the daughter of
the late James w. Goble, merchant.
Tonight the girl broke down and
confessed that she had left Nora
Springs and came to Mrs. Vests ma
ternity nome years ago. She also re-
vealed the name of the man whom she
alleges was responsible for her cOndi-
ton. The girl was so well liked by
Mrs. West that she was employed as a
nurse. Later, she alleges, she was
told by Mrs. West to administer laud-
unum to babies to put them out of
the way. She refused. she says, and
was soharged, after which she made
the affidavit upon which the murder
charge against Mrs. West was filed.
Despite the fact that the girl is
heiress to her fathers property and
was always well supported. she never
informed her relatives of her where
abouts. Her guardian is S. NJ. Mitch
ell of Nora Springs. prominent
druggist, who is said to hold severa!
thousand dollars in trust for the miss
ing girl.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
PAUL GILMORE "AT YALE"

Paul Gilmore in play Of college life,
in three acts and five scenes. entitled
AT YALE delighted a good size au-
dience at the Academy of Music last
night.
Mr. Gilmore is one of the best of the
younger members of his profession,
and his Dick Seely Yale "95 stroke of
the crew last night was good piece of
work
The great scene of the new play is
the boat race scene in the second act,
which was intensely interesting. and
during the time many people in the au-
dience rose to their feet.
The race was between Harvard and
Yale and as a matter of course Yale
won amid the greatest enthusiasm. 1t
was at the close of the race that Mr..
Gilmore was called before the curtain
and returned thanks in a neat little
speech for the reception given him.
The play has quite a vein of comedy
running all through it, and little love
story attached as well. Upon the whole.
the play and players were all right and
the performance was much enjoyed
Virginian Pilot.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
ADJUSTMENTS
ENGLAND GIVES US BEST.

Barrett Eastman, the critic on the
Chicago Journal, said that we Still
have to look to England for our re-
fined musical shows which our owl
composers fail to give us. The lates
new creation in the field of musicai
comedy and it does not seem pOssibl,
that even the most sensitive citizel
could be bored by The Cingalee," pro
vided his mind is healthy. 1t has two
gorgeous scenes as sensuOusly beau
tiful as the music or as the Cingalese
maidens in their pretty and graceful
dresses. Its story is interesting anc
well told. It's principal characters are
striking and clearly defined. It's songs
and chOruses are hauntingly melodiOus
its comedy is amusing. The company
is unusually we'll furnished with tai
ent. What more could be wished:
The music of The Cingalee" is as
much superior to the banjo. 1t is uni
fOrmiy rich in harmony and has body
as one says of good Burgundy. II
does not give the impression that the
composer originally picked it out with
one finger on the guitar. The piece
Augustn Daily Musical company or
Feb. is and 10. which is all that is
necessary to say.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
BAILEY POOR SIX YEARS AGO
Senator, Now Rich, Had Little Before
Election, Declares Townsman.

AUSTIN. Tex, Feb. 12.-Some in
sight into Senator Bailey's rise to for
tune was shown at today'S session OF
the Legislative investigating committee
j. H. Lindsey of Gainesville, Mr. Bail
ey'S home town. testified that the latter
owned property there to the value of
many thousands Of dollars. and that
when he was first elected to the senate
six years ago, he was poor man.
John X. Kirby. president of the Kirby
Lumber company, on crOss-examina-
ton, gave details of the many services
which Mr.. Bailey had performed for
that company. For eighteen months
service. a part of the time when Mr..
Bailey was employed by Kirby. suple-
mental to his senatorial duties, Mr.. Kir-
by paid him $149,0 00 Mr.. Bailey re-
ceived for effecting the transfer of
$3.50 shares of preferred Kirby Lumber
company stock a commission of SO a
share.
For concentrating the sale of S.1OO
shares of Kirby Lumber company stock
at commission of per cent, he re-
ceived approximately $4,000 For other
legal services rendered Mr.. Kirby and
the corporation of which he is the ex
ecutive head, the senator received
$4,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12

The central feature of the service is
the immense punch bowl. 1t is repre-
sentationof an old Viking ship, having
for a figurehead a facsimile in bold re-
lief of Triton.
Around the base are etchings repre-
senting the various industries of the
state. and upon the side is the hand
somely engraved presentation inscrip-
ton.
The other pieces Of the service in
clude a smoking set, mess punch bowls,
COMFORTS. two vases, two candelabra
and 80 punch glasses. The service in
cludes 1,72O troy ounces of silver and
cost approximately $4,000. No ar
for payment has been made
and an appropriation from the legislat-
ure is looked for.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
IN lyon YONSON"

One of the most striking condolences
Of two writer's recording the same event
in almost identically the same way. is
to be found in Stewart Edwart Whites
description of the breaking of log jam
in his 'Blazed Trail Stories and in
the reproduction of a similar scene in
lyon Yonson," which will be seen here
at the Keylor Grand. February Is.
The only difference in the two descrip
lions is that White painted his picture
in vigorous words, while in "YOn YOn-
son" the scene is even more thrillingly
shown in action. The following is
Whites descriptions: Without the
slightest warning the jam pulled. Us
ually certain premonitory cracks, GER
tain sinkingS down. groanings forward.
grumblings. Struggling and Sullen. re-
luctant fittings and Shiftings of the
logs give opportunity for the men to as
sure their safety. This jam, AFTER in
eXplicably hanging fire for a week, as
inexplicably started like Splinter al
most into it's full gait. The first few
tiers toppled smash into the current
raising waterspout like that made
by a dynamite explosion: the mass be-
hind plunged forward blindly. rising
and falling as the integral logs were
up ended, turned over. thrust one side,
or forced bodily into the air by the
mighty power playing jackstraws with
them"
No one would accuse a writer Of the
plagiarizing and as "Yon YOnsOn" has
been a popular play for many more
years than White has been writing.
the only explanation of the coincidence
is that in both cases the scenes are
true to nature
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
e a most popular man the next time
he comes to America.
CAN JAPAN REVISE OUR LAWS?

CAN JAPAN REVISE OUR LAWS?
The reported saying Of Viscount
aayashi that in case of a decision
against Japan in the cases instituted,
the differences between the countries
would be subject to diplomatic adjust
nent, may be taken as notice to the
lawsuit is tried.
If the decision is adverse and Japan
takes up arms. she will be in the posi-
ton of going to war to change the con-
stitution of the United States. for the
suit can be decided against her only
in the event that her contentious are
not in accordance with the law of this
land. Japan is a civilized nation and
she will hunt in vain for a modern
precedent that will justify her in re-
sorting to force to modify the domestic
institutions of neighboring country.
Her course would be to the making
Of treaty that would adjust her griev-
ances.
The treaty on which Japan bases her
claims to privileges in the public
schools may not suffice to uphold her
contention. While treaty is the
supreme law of the land it is law only
so far as the constitution itself goes,
and if the federal constitution does not
confer on the United States control
over the public schools of a state. sure
ly the treaty will not confer them on
Japan Nor is it necessarily true that
the japanese had right to assume that
in making the treaty they We're to have
access to the schools of California on
the same terms with natives thereof.
The United States has made treaties
with China, one Of which is now in
force, which declares that the citizens
of the United States shall enjoy all the
privileges of the educational institu-
tions under the control Of the govern
ment Of China. and. reciprocally. the
subjects of China shall enjoy the same
privileges of educational institutions
under the control of the United States.
In accepting such an agreement both
sides were undoubtedly aware that
there were many educational institu
tions in both countries not under the
control of the government, and that
these were not within the perview of
the treaty.
The disposition Of the Japanese to
view the San Francisco school order as
an affront offered by the whole of
America to the whole Of Japan is
somewhat annoying. but it can be
borne with patience and the whole
trouble adjusted if the Japanese will
but consent to keep their guns out of
sight. There is something about a gun
held at an Americans head that causes
him to drop argument and reach for his
own weapon. This is just what the
wisest men of both nations would be
glad to avoid.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
Bogus Antiques are Profitable
Source of English Revenue

LONDON. Feb. 12.-Largely. it is
said. because the demand for English
md foreign antiques on the part of
americans is greater that the supply,
he prices obtainable for genuine old
,aintings, old furniture, old china, ETC..
nave risen to an amazing extent dur
ng the last few years. while, for the
same reason, the production of faxed
antiques has become an ever-increasing
md more profitable branch of the in
dustry.
England, practically, is overflow
ing with these spurious specimens
said Basil Dighton, the Grower street
dealer in discussing the subject the
other day, while ROuen turns out
enough limitations of old Empire fur
niture to furnish the Tuileries a hun
dred times over. One of the leading
experts in London recently had a copy
made of valuable Chippendale table,
and when the faxed table and the
genuine piece were placed side by side,
the expert himself was unable to tell
which was which.
For all kinds of English antiques of
the eighteenth century," continued Mr..
Dighton, prices have risen steadily
for the past five or six years. A ROM
ney which was worth $4,000 then is
worth $4,000 or 100000 now Engrav-
ings have doubled and trebled in value.
In 10 fin ttrYrn ho viC
markably. A set Of chairs from the
Orrock collection sold recently for &c.
900. A Chippendale writing desk sold
at auction for $50. 1t was Immediately
resold for $4,000 and shortly afterward
a dealer disposed Of it at the handsome
price of $4,000 am told
THE owner of a Hoppner portrait,
ignorant of its true value, recently
offered it to clergyman as gift. The
minister. knowing something about pic
lures, demurred at taking advantage of
his friend, and advised him to sell the
portrait at auction. 1t realized
100000.
There are shops in London with
"Hoie StochS VI bogus enSrdVlnSS, SI-
YER boxes, miniatures and the like, and
the bargain hunters are easy victims.
The demand for genuine old prints is
very keen. and perhaps the most nota-
bic instance Of their appreciation in
value is that of prints sold at 81 in 1880,
which now bring $780,
One of the traps by which American
tourists, in their craze for antiques,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
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. HORSE BEAT TRAIN % MILES =

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb 12.-This is
Northern was half an hour late at the
terminus of the line:
nice old Charley horse, marOoned
at Lake MinnetOnka by the return of
the summer residents. got on the track
at Crystal bay and trotted placiIly
ahead of the train till it had passed
New Germany in Carver county. When
the train pulled up at station old
Charley kept steadily on and it took
the locomotive several minutes to
catch up with him again. Had it not
been for these chances to run for a
few miles at normal speed. the train
would have been much more than thirty
minutes late.
The eXasperating thing about it to
the engine crew was the stick-tO-it-
iveness Of old Mr.. Horse. He seemed
to- like the right of way and refused to
turn off at any of the crossings. The
head brakeman went out on the run
ming board and pelted him with chunks
of coal, while the engineer expressed
profanity with the whistle, but the
track remained blocked for speed by
the moving obstacle. They didn't dare
run him down, and when they were
at station he was so far ahead that
they couldn't run on and catch him.
He babe defiance to block system sig
mails and derailing switches and so it
was a big relief to thoroughly mad
train crew when a mile beyond New
Germany, he fiirted his tail and turned
off into an intersecting road. He had
made a run of % miles and was as
fresh as daisy at the finish.
Il don't mind bein' thirty minutes
late" said the engineer with an air of
annoyance at the end of the run, but
l hate like the dickens to run my train
as the second section Of a horse"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
SALOON MEN LOSE IN TACOMA.
Council Passes Drastic Law Over May
or's Third Veto.


TACOMA, Feb. 1.-THE drastic sa-
loon ordinances which have been
passed three times by the city council
and vetoed each time by Mayor Wright
was passed over his veto last night.
While it required but eleven votes to
pass the measure over the veto, the
roll call showed fourteen councilmen
favoring it. An attempt will now be
made to pass another ordinance max
ing the saloon license fee $1,000 instead
of $500. Last nights ordinances pro-
vides that a majority vote of the en-
tire council is necessary to grant
license: that a two thirds vote will re-
woke license; that applications for
license shall give full particulars, with
names of all partners. and must be
signed by a majority of property own
ers in the block; that all boxes, wine
rooms and screens must be removed
from places where liquor is sold; that
no sign other than Saloon shall be
placed over a side door; that no women
shall be employed on the premises;
that no more than one license shall be
granted to one person firm or corpora
ton, and that no gambling nor theatre
cal performance shall be conducted in
saloons.
The removal of screens and boxes
from saloons is very much opposed, as
it's effect will be to make the front of
saloons as open to public gaze as gro
Gerry store front, while the removal of
boxes works a hardship on cafes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12

are often caught is thus described bv q
connoisseur: People touring in the
north of England" he says, see a
fine piece of old furniture in a farm
house. and, never questioning the genu-
ineness of anything found in such an
out -the-way place. they buy it. If
the tourists should return a few days
later they would find a similar piece in
place of the one bought, as bait for the
next visitor. These pieces are all spur
iOus ones and the takers are so we'll
acquainted with the travellers way, that
they send these limitations to the coun-
try places to be sold. Through this
practice, a Welsh dresser has often
been placed by mistake in a Yorkshire
farmhouse, but. of course, it takes an
experienced eye to notice such little
incongruities.
England is overflowing with faxed
antiques" he added. There are faxed
Chelsea cupids, holding little baskets
of flowers, faxed Old Tobys, parsons
and clerks, recumbent greyhounds, and
harvest jugs with notices.
"Al kinds of English china are
faxed. Lowestoft ware is faxed so
cleverly that it cannot be told from the
old. Sheffield plate, which is worth
five times what it was ten years ago.
is faxed but the takers cannot pro-
duce the glow Of the genuine work.
Pewter is faxed in Germany by the
ton, and there are factories near Nur-
emburg which turn out pewter stamped
with a place of origin and date a couple
of centuries old.
1.-The German government makes ex-
cellent copies of works by Reynolds,
which Sell for a dollar or two. They
are easily disposed Of at higher prices
to unwary tourists. Hundreds of imi-
tations of Morland's pictures are sent
to England from Holland, where they
are made. In Dresden they initiate the
old Dresden so we'll that it is hardly
an imitation; it is simply reproduc-
ton of the same thing. Not long ago
I saw a Napoleon table bearing the
Tuileries cipher. 1t was faxed
AT the same time real bargains are
still to be found now and then, but 1t
takes a most expert connoisseur to be
sure of things. Recently I bought a
Queen Anne table for 30 cents and it
proved to worth $50. and a table for 81
which would bring $125. Such bar
gains, however, are becoming rarer eve
~ day"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
STORIES OF FAMOUS PLANT
MAKER or COL DEN STATE


that their freakish character has over
Swallowed the great principle under
lying his work, at least so far as
popular conception go. AS a matter of
fact, Mr.. Cree says, the queer"
things accomplished by Mr.. Burbank
are mere incidents in his efforts to de-
velop forms of plant life which shall
make them more valuable to the hOr-
ticulturist and which shall insure to
the owner of a small plot of ground the
fullest possible return from the soil
which he cultivates
While with Mr.. Burbank, Mr.. Cree
executed veritable coup in closing
an arrangement whereby Mr.. Burbank
is to write the detailed story of his
professional achievements. He has
never told the full story of his work,
though importuned to do so by numer-
Gus publishers, but he has been del
uged with letters, indicating a keen
and widespread interest. The work
which he will undertake for Mr.. Cree
will cover all details of his expert
ments and attachments, giving his
tory of the facts, methods, principles
and a description of the creations he
has brought out. With the wealth OF
Illustration available, the work will be
probably the most notable contribu-
ton eXtant to the science of hOrticul-
ture. presenting as it will the success
full Burbank methods in a way which
will enable others to follow them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 12.-Luther
Burbank, sold five leaves of spineIess
cactus for enough to build him a new
home. The cactus with the thOrns
eliminated by intelligent cultivation,
has great possibilities as a forage crop
in arid districts. and the five leaves
sold by the great scientist of the plant
world went to a foreign government
for propagation purposes.
This is one of the stories brought
back from Santa Rosa, Cal. by Dugal
Cree. president of the Cree Publishing
company. For four days he was the
guest OF Mr.. Burbank. and he says that
the almost incredible reports of achiev-
in the least exaggerated. In thirty
five years study and experimentation,
Mr.. Burbank has developed many new
varieties of fruits and flowers. The
Burbank potato has long been a stand
ard, while newer achievements are the
white "black' berry, the stoneless plum
the Shasta daisy. the spineless cac-
tus, a peach admitted to be the best
variety grown. deciduOus fruit pro-
duced by trees within eighteen months
from the planting, and a large group
of fruits and flowers. less picturesque,
perhaps, but all showing clever ada pta-
lions which increase their hardness,
beauty or prOductiveness
Some of Mr. Rurha plx'S croo tiOpS
have been of such a startling nature
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
SILVER SERVICE DAZZLES
Visitors See Magnificent Gift Of People
to Cruiser Washington.

OLYMPIA, Feb. 12.-Visitors to the
capitol building this afternoon were met
with the sight of dazzling array of
silverware displayed in the main cor
ridor, being the magnificent silver for
the new cruiser Washington.
The set contains altogether so pieces
made of solid silver, with the exception
of the lining of the punch bowl, which
is gold, and the goblets, which are cut
glass. The design. representing the
state flower, the rhododendren, runs
through all the pieces and the state
seal appears on all of them. An eagle
is worked on each piece, with the ex-
ception Of the punch bowl.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12
BINGER HERMANN BEING TRIED.
Accused Oregon Congressman Faces
Judge at Washington.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 1.-THE
trial of Representative Binger Her.
mann of Oregon, charged with the vio-
latiOn of section 5402 of the statutes in
that he destroyed So letters of a press
copybook, while commissioner general
of the land Office, began today before
Justice Stafford of the district supreme
court. Milton J. Purdy is conducting
the prosecution. A number of wit
nesses from the northwest have been
Subpoeaned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12

Senator Graves of Spokane has in
troduced a bill forbidding newspapers
20 print reports of pretty nearly every
hing criminal on the calendar
ne bill should pass about all the news
papers could do would be to write W
The Graves traction interests and pup
lish the sermons against the selling OF
Sunday papers. Evidently Mr.. Graves
is afflicted with the rabies.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12

The Spokesman-Review, always I'M
friendly to Senator Ankeny. has taken
up the defense of the Evening Bunc''
thereby endearing itself to those ELI
minated employees who are working
against the interests of Walla Walla
and for an outside candidate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-12

Whenever Frank Reese desires to
frame up new deal on water, or paw
ing, he orders a meeting of the council
as committee of the wlOle-then
fires out the reporters.