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Evening star., 1907-08-11
WELCOME TO BORGHESE.
Winner of the Peking Race Reaches
Paris

Spot ftrgsdm To- me star.
PARIS August lJ.-Parls gave an IN
Er.c- D- welcome 10 Prince Sclpto Borg
La~r AS hr drove Ais ITALIA car FOR the last
- yf ilr 800 miles he has covered sine.
De- lrf' p king ,r June ~. in t. Mat!n
race .gpm that placr t. Paris. Cheering
crowds lined the roads and became SO dense
that tur ear was only able 10 reach the
N4tr utlic- At a snairs pace. At this
Point came the presentation of gold medals
90 s luncheon At whtt Va Primo, Borghese dis
clam. q the title of hero saying that he
ard lis companions were only patient men
who bad kept their eyes fixed. not on
Paris. hut at the end of each days jour
E.,y-
me Aiatin gave fetc at the Tu-!leries
Gardens at night WHICH Was attended by
"utDo guests The fcte itself was quite
an Accomplishing at tor a violent storm
DrUke down all the decorations. etc. every
thing having to be duplicated between D
and o'clock
The Automobile Ciub of Francs gave a
banquet in honor Of the prince and his
companions. who. after the hardships in
Asia, have banquetc1 themselves through
Europe.
The car now stands outside the Matin
Of. " strong guard of police protecting
r.. i-nds 1t shows little
.....,-- ,..= -.4.,. TX it has done.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
Were Literally Entertained"

The old-timer, referring to the "entertain-
ment committees and the manner in which
they made 1t interesting for the out-of-t town
lightning jerkers who came here to take
their places. remarked that after a plug
had been properly entertained he almost
invariably concluded he did not care to
work In Washington and consented to be re-
turned to his home place at the expense Of
the committee.
1t is also said that as result Of the can
Vass OF this city for operators. good. bad
and indifferent. many were discovered. and
the big telegraph companies afterward
placed their names black list to pre-
vent them from going into the operating
rooms and listening to business in transit
as 1t was licked over the wires.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
Miss Mcmillan Engaged.

DETROIT, Mich, August 10.-Mrs. James
Mcmillan, widow of the late United States
Senator James Mcmillan, has announced
the engagement Of her daughter. Miss Amy
Mcmillan to Lieut.. Col. Sir John Harring-
ton British envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary to AbyssInia. The
marriage will probably take place at Eagle
Head. Manchester by-the-Sea in October
Miss Mcmillan was maid of honor at the
marriage of Baroness Won Kettler, whose
husband was killed by the boxers in Peking
The Mcmillan Harrington wedding is to be
very quiet owing to the fact that the Nc
MILAN family Ia in mourning.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE.
Department Of Labor Has Represent
ative in Los Angeles,

LOS ANGELES. August 1O.-The Western
Union Telegraph Company had twenty-five
operators at work In Los Angeles today.
The office was working directly with Chi
cago and New York, and there was only the
normal amount of business on the files. 1t
was said, however. that the business with
New York, where the union operators were
working with the non-union men here, was
moving slowly.
New York and Chicago are routing busi-
ness to the northwest via Los Angeles in
stead Of direct with Oakland and San Fran
cisco.
Ethelbert Stewart. special represents ntative
Of the Department Of Commerce and Labor
at Washington. d. c.. arrived in the city
today and held . long consultation with
Evening star., 1907-08-11
WOMAN IN THE CASE.
Operator at the Bottom of the Present
Strike.

Strike.
Special Dispatch to The Star
BUFFALO. N. Y. August 1o-Mrs Lulu
Nichols. the woman who caused the strike
of the telegraph operators which threatens
to cripple the commercial telegraph system
or the country. was formerly a Buffalo
woman. She was the wife of Ernest
Nichols. at one time a desk sergeant in
the Buffalo police department. Mrs Mich
ols up to three years age was employed
at the Buffalo office Of the Western Union
company as an operator. At that time,
a1ter a disagreement with her husband
mrs Nichols, with her ten-year-old son.
arranged to be transferred to the Western
Union office in San Francisco What her
object was In leaving Buffalo was nor
known at that time nor is it known now
She gave no reason for her departure
other than to intimate that she was go
ing TO the coast on a business mission Of
importance
Mrs. Nichols was employed by the West
ern Union here both before and after her
marriage. 1t was through her that her
husband learned teegraphy. and thus OBJ
tanned his position In the police department.
Little Is known about the married life Of
Mrs. Nichols. other than the fact that she
and her husband did not get on we'll to-
ferred to the west She was of good
Buffalo family. who were we'll known here
about twenty-five years ago Her maiden
name was Lulu Wade. After her separation
from her husband she fell into social dis
favor with the other employees in the. local
office. and 1t is thought that this was one
or the causes which induced her to go to the
coast.
Mrs. Nichols Talks.
OAKLAND, Cal, August 1o-Mrs. Sadie
Nichols. the Western Union Telegraph
Companys operator who figures in the
strike. has been an operator in the West
ern Union employ in San Francisco and
oakland for two years. Samuel j. Small,
national president of the Telepraphers'
Union. styled Mrs Nichols as the storm
center of the Striks."
Concerning her position Mrs Nichols
says:
Il had been greatly bothered by the
operators at Los Angeles sending unin-
telllsible messages on my wire. 1t was
not that | was inSulted so much as the
lnpossibility of understanding what was
being sent. Several night chief operators
Iried TO make out the stuff, and on their
failure / suppose the trouble was reported
to the high officials of the company"
Mrs. Nichols denies the reports from the
east that she had deserted her husband in
Ruffalo. She asserted that she was the vic
TIM OF his neglect, and that Superintendent
of Police Bull of Buffalo had helped to get
divorce from her husband. subsequently,
procuring his dismissal from the depart
ment. Mrs Nichols worked through the
recent strike. She said that she was heay-
lily in debt, and could not afford to give up
her work. Mrs. Nichols was railroad
and commercial operator in Buffalo before
her marriage. She was transferred to the
coast at her own request by the Western
Union.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
BREAK IN STRIKE.
Silk Mill Employees Accept Offer Made
by Operator.

SCRANTON. Pa. August l0.-The first
break in the ranks of the silk mill owners.
whose employees to the number of about
1000 are on strike for shorter work day.
occurred today when Alfred Harvey. who
operates four large mills. offered the strk-
ing girls three-quarters of an hour day
off the present ten and half hours The
committee representing the girls from tho
Harvey mills agreed 10 accept the offer.
The girls had been working ten and a half
hours Il day with half hour for lunch. 1t
is proposed now To give them thrcc-quar-
ters of an hour at noon and close down a
half hour earlier.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
RESEMBLES MARTIAL LAW.
Armed Guards Patrol the Streets of
Canadian Town.

DETROIT. Mich. August 1o-The town
of Essex. Ontario. is tonight under police
restrictions resembling martial law. Fifty
guards gathered from surrounding towns
are ratrolling the streets to protect property
exposed by the destruction of buildings in
todays explosion, and under authorization
received from Toronto License Inspector
Smith ordered all saloons in the neghbor-
hood closed until Monday moraing.
The casualty list tonight remains two
dead and three probably fatally injured.
The rumor that man had been buried un-
der the ruins OF Green's elevator proved To
be Incorrect.
Mrs. y. -. simmer was among - Ose in
jured not Station Agent Stmmrrs. as at
first reported
Evening star., 1907-08-11
OCEAN STEAMER MOVEMENTS.

NEW YORK, August lo.-Arrived: Steam
er Etruria; Liverpool and Queenstown.
PLYMOUTH, August 10.-Arrived: Steam
er ST Paul, New York, for Cherbourg and
Southampton. iand proceeded
SABLE ISLAND, n. s.. August 10
Steamer Statendam, Rotterdam and Bou-
logne for New York. in communication with
the Marconi station when l3O miles east Of
800 p. m.
VIII probably dock at 7:30 a. m. Tuesd1y.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
MESSAGE FROM SMALL. ,
Pittsburg Operators to Work for
a While:

PITTSBURG, August 1O,-"Continue. work
in Pittsburg until further instructions are
received. working on Chicago wires and any
other wires assigned to- l1....~ ..,
The above is the wording of telegram
signed by President s. J. Small of the Com
mercial Photographers Union. received in
this city today by Secretary Treasurer
Perry of the Pittsburg district. The latter
made the rounds of the offices of the West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph companies,
notifying the men and women to continue
work until they receive other instructions.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
STRIKE OR A LOCKOUT.
Situation Is Strained In Cleveland,
Ohio

CLEVELAND. Ohio, August 10-Either
a strike or a lockout of all the union teleg-
raphers in Cleveland will come within the
next twenty-four hours. according to plans
announced by the union men this after
noon. Either action. it Is declared, will
completely tie up this city SO far as tele-
graph service is concerned.
The executive committee of the union has
been hurriedly called together for D. clock
pm. today, to formally make an order call
ing on local operators to refuse to handle
Chicago meSSag geS.
Evening star., 1907-08-11

stances the railroads were almost deserted
by their operators at stations who sought
the better wages paid in the city Offices
The Washington strikers appointed a Wig
ilance committee and posted pickets at all
the depots to capture the incoming strike
breakers and show them the town." as It
Evening star., 1907-08-11

here by two men who bought pie and got
change. have witnesses to prove it
pienty OF them That's all I have To saw"
Evening star., 1907-08-11
DREAM OF A GOLF COURSE
TO EMBODY THE BEST IDEAS OF
FAMOUS LINKS.
Charles Macdonald Is Doing the
Planning and Millionaires
the Paying.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
NEW YORK. August 1O-Charles r.
Macpona!d's dream of an ideal golf course
IS rapidly becoming a fact. for down among
the sand dunes near Shinnecock Hills great
progress has been made during the past
summer on this mlionaires' retreat. 1t is
estimated that the course and clubhouse
VIII cost 81 .OOOoOo
In selecting the land for this unusual un-
dertak.ug Macdonald could hardly have hit
upon spot more suited by nature for Just
such purpose. But even before he had
definitely determined upon the site he went
abroad and inspected many of the famous
holes on the classic" links of Scotland and
England Born in Scotland. and having
learned the game at old St Andrews Mac
Donald well qualified to bear the brunt
o: the undertaking
But he was not content to depend solely
upon his own Judgment. Foreign golfers
We're consulted, and long Macdonald
had trunkful of maps describing the best
holes on scores of courses. In a nutshell
therefore the ideal course. when completed
will ~ not only reproduction OF the best
10 be found abroad. hut also original, as
things are To be attempted that were never
thought of before.
Closely assisting Macdonald in his work
Were II. j. Whigham. another Scot and also
an ex-champion. and Walter j. Travis of
head of the game in this country.
Features of the Course.
Although the new eighteen hole circuit
will abound In difficult situations the COM
mittee does not intend to have 1t become
awe-:nspiring to the man of advanced
years. There Will b. occasions where the
sw!per viii be able to gain advantage
by bringing off great carries but there will
always he road for the shorter
R!ght-angle hazards to the line of play
which are now Considered out OF da. e. are
being avoided.
Among the famous holes abroad to be re-
produced on the new course is the eleventh
at st Andrews This is a One-shut hole about
100 yards. and practically surrounded by
trouhI" save in q direct line from the tee
But At SHinnecock there will be a narrow
water hazard Immediately in front of the
tee. the idea being TO force the player to
Use the uashie.
Sahara Reproduced.
Then there is the famous Sahara at Sand
w!ch. which IS being closely initiated. while
the twelfth at Shnnccock is to be facsimile
or the much-ta.ked-of Alps at Prcstwick
The short hole AT Ban Caster is also to be
IrpcodI. ii. and the l>.i-yard thirteenth at
tie uvw course viii bear a similarity to the
Eodlu at North berwick \ fortune has
already been expended. and the work has
only fairly hrgUn II IS expected that no
a.t.rr:r 90, iIlying VIII be made for fully
N"aF l' become a regular member of the
new "rsaHzation VIII require the tidy out
lfy " 81 "1, bat a.S most of thos. who have
thus 'tr put down their names are men OF
stdH'NS ~ the d-ancial and business
world THIS does EItt enter IA a serious fac
tpl- l. VIII, however. pe possible To become
an asSn late m-art-ar at II Itrrrlparatiyriy
reasonable usuTc.
Evening star., 1907-08-11
American PIavs Amuse London.

LONDON, August 1O.-While most Of tho
theaters here are closed for the summer.
two American plays. "Brewster's Millions''
and Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch"
are drawing large audiences. with no signs
Of decreasing interest
Evening star., 1907-08-11
Calls Detective "Slob.'

Mr.. Wilson was not Inclined to discuss
with a Star reporter last night his arrest.
When asked II he had any statement to
make he replied:
mo. except about that 'sloAs Detective
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-10-15
Smoke the La Fama cigar.
Legal blanks at this office.

smoke tne La rama cigar.
Legal blanks at this office.
Ask your dealer for the celebrated
La Fama cigar; none better.
At the surprise sale Saturday, October
10. will pay 40 cents dozen for eggs.
W. l.. Too2e.
Walter L. Tooze will pay 40 cents for
eggs at his great surprise sale, Satur-
day, October 10.
I have on display a nice assortment
of ''Spalding's" sporting goods. All
guaranteed. W. r. ELLIS
Patronize the new barber shop on
Main street. T. W. Reel, the proprietor,
guarantees first-class work.
A surprise price eggs at the Satur-
day surprise sale in W, L. Tooze's big
department store. 40 cents a dozen,
Smoke the Leader cigar.
Legal blanks at this office.
Everything for that fishing trip at
W. r. Ellis
Try the La Fama and Leader cigars.
You. will like them.
L. D. Brown, for Abstracts. Notary
Public; typewriting.
Ralph Adams sells furniture for
less than trust stores.
The OBSERVER office wants the print
ing you are particular about.
Barham s. Winslow have a record
breaker for price, in city limits.
For the best cigars and freshest
candies, call on Horace Webster.
Money of private parties to loan at
6 per cent on well-improved farms.
SIBLEY & EAKIN.
Forty cents will be paid for eggs at
the Saturday surprise sale, October 10,
at W. L. Tooze's big department store.
w. r. Ellis, agent for Daily Ore
gonian and Evening Telegram. Have
a daily paper delivered at your house
by the week, month or year No extra
charge for delivery.
DR.. A. W. Green, of Melicine Lake,
Washington, is visiting his daughter,
Mrs. r. r. Wood, at the Dallas Hotel.
DR.. Green is travelling in search of a
climate where he will be free from
asthma
The only true constipation cure must
begin its soothing, healing action
when it enters the mouth. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea restores the whole
system to healthy, normal condition.
35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Belt & Cher
rington.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-10-15
Polk County Observer

Miss Edna Yost, of Black Rock, is
Visiting friends in Dallas.
Travis McDevitt, of Corvallis
Visited In Dallas over Sunday.
Albert Meier was up from Portland
Yesterday, lookiag after his property
Interests in Polk county.
Miss Flora McCallon, manager oil
The Pacific States Telephone in Dallas,
was a business visitor in Salem
yesterday.
Another car of extra Star A. Stal
Shingles, the celebrated Moore brand
Just received by the Soehren Ware
house Co., Dallas.
Irwin Gone has recovered from the
sprained ankle he received q few weeks
ago, and has returned to his work at
his fathers sawmill at Black Rock.
The work of grading the east end OF
Court street has been resumed, and
will be completed if possible before
the commencemento Of the winter rains.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. M. Gregory, Of
Portland, were business visitors in
Dallas, Saturday and Sunday. Mr..
Gregory will invest in land near
Dallas.
Mrs. Frank Hall who has been visit
Ing friends In Dallas stopped over in
Salem yesterday for short visit be-
fore returning to her home in Wood
burn.-Salem Statesman.
Prof. d. M. Metzger, dean of Dallas
College, preached in the United Evan
gelical Church in Salem, Sunday
morning and evening. A large con-
gregation was in attendance at each
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Crowther
returned to Dallas, Friday. after a
years stay at Big Pine, California,
where Mr.. Crowther owns and is work.
ing gold mine. They will spend the
winter in this city and will return to
California next spring.
The third annual convention Of the
Polk County unday School Associ-
alton will be held in Dallas, November
1919. These dates were decided upon
at meeting of the Executive Com
mittee in this city yesterday afternoon.
Carl Williams and Roy Finseth
went to Eugene yesterday to begin
course in the business college in that
city. They were accompanied by
p. A. Finseth and Mr.. and Mrs. Ohio
Williams who will stay in Eugene
few days.
News Of the death in Portland Of
John Paul Jones, Southern Pacific
travelling agent, occasioned profound
sorrow among his wide circle of
acquaintances in Dallas. Mr.. Jones
was in the employ of the Southern
Pacific for nearly 25 years, and during
that time made many visits to this
city.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-10-15
H. Boals returned yesterday from
a visit in Salem and Portland.

H. Boals returned yesterday from
a visit in Salem and Portland.
Miss Madge Groves, of Independ
ence, visited friends in Dallas this
week.
Mrs. R. L. Chapman and daughter
Barbara, are visiting friends in Port
land.
Miss Bessie Gooch returned today
from short visit among relatives in
Portland.
Miss Ora Linton, of Falls City, is
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Scott
Fourteen new subscribers have been
added to the OBSERVER subscription
list since last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Myer went
to Portland today to visit their
daughter, Mrs. J. P. Simpson.
Mrs. Fred Levin and son, Milton,
and Mrs. David Seth have gone to
Idaho, where they will spend the winter.
Mrs. J. H. Mes recently underwent
a severe surgical operation in Santa
Barbara, California, hospital. She is
improving rapidly, and her many
friends will be glad to learn that she
will soon be able to return home.
While driving home from Salem,
Friday, J. A. Lynch's horse was fright
ened by an automobile, and becoming
unmanageable, ran away, throwing
Mrs Lynch and Mrs. Milt Grant from
the buggy and severely bruising
them.
In the absence of Mrs. Nellie Tatom,
who is visiting in Washington, men,
bers Of Mistletoe Circle, No. SO, Women
of Woodcraft, may leave their dues
at Cherrington's drug store, where
receipts will be issued by G. N. Cher
rington. MRS. HELEN GREENWOOD,
G. N.
Plasterers are at work installing the
new drinking fountain at the corner of
Main and Washington streets. 1t
will be built of concrete, and although
it will be more massive than orna-
mental, it will serve its purpose we'll
and will be a great convenience to the
people who come to Dallas to trade.
Roland Holman shot a large gray
eagle on his fathers farm near Dal-
las, Friday. The bird was presented
to f. e. Fisher, the professor of zool-
ogy in Dallas College, and will be
mounted for the college museum. 1t
is fine specimen, finely feathered,
and measures five feet from tip to
tip.
The Pacific States Telephone Com
pany will run all wires to the ground
within half block of it's new office,
and run them the remainder of the
distance in conduits. This will be a
neater and quicker method than the
old way, and will obviate the nuisance
of tangled web of wires running
overhead through the main business
portions Of the city.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-10-15

F. A. Koser, of Rickreall, was in
town Saturday.
Chauncey Crider went to Portland
today on business.
Looks as if we were going to have
summer weather all winter.
l.. W. Zorin, of Fal Is City, is in Dal.
las today on a business visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Starr, of Falls
City, were visitors in Dallas today.
Claud Lewis, the well-known stock
buyer of Lewisville, is in town today.
Joseph Edwards, of Kings Valley,
is a business visitor in Dallas today.
G. w. Nc Laughlin, of Buena Vista,
was in Dallas yesterday on business.
Jesse Ellis returned from Centralia,
yesterday for short visit in Dallas.
10. Thomas has moved his family
from Mccoy to ,Blodgetts, Benton
county.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Campbell
returned Saturday from a visit in
Portland.
A city printing office in the best
country town in Oregon-that's the
OBSERVER office in Dallas.
Haven Smith went to Monmouth,
Monday, to assist in the management
of the new skating rink.
Mrs. Rufus R. Wood will accept a
few pupils in voice culture-old Italian
method. Private lessons only. Room
z, Dallas Hotel. 10-4-tf
Mr.. and Mrs. George Siefarth, of
Falls City, passed through Dallas
yesterday on their way to Eugene,
where they will visit relatives.
E. A. Hamilton, of the Townsend
creamery, says that the company is
now paying 35 cents for butter fat.
He adds that the dairymen of Polk
county need have no trouble in
determining the prices paid in Dallas,
for it is fixed policy of the company
never to let their prices fall more than
one cent below those quoted in the
regular market reports in the daily
papers. At present they are paying
exactly the same price for butter fat
as is found in the regular market
quotations.
DR.. Victor Fink is finding a ready
market in Dallas for the product of
his thriving vineyard on his Salt
Creek farm. The grapes brought in
by him last Friday were fully equal in
quality to the best grown in Cali
fornia. Among the varieties in his
vineyard are the Black Hamburg,
Riesling, Tokay and Chasselot. The
grape which the Doctor prizes most
highly is purple grape, the original
cutting Of which was sent him from
the Sandwich Islands. The fruit is Of
medium size and excellent flavor, and
the vines are prolific bearers. DR..
Fink is demonstrating that as good
grapes can be grown in Polk county
as in the more widely advertised Sec
tions elsewhere