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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
mysterious Trio Await Arrival
OF q Friend" from the East

Who are the three mysterious per-
sonages who have been walking the
sttrees of the city the past two days,
Is the question which is troubling the
authorities, and although efforts have
been made time and again to solve the
puzzle. the officers are as much In the
dark now as when the trio arrived in
town. All they have said to anyone
with whom they have talked Is that
they are waiting for man who is ex-
pected to arrive from the east some
time this week, and every morning and
afternoon they make the rounds of the
hotels and lodging houses in the en-
deavor to ascertain whether their
friend" has arrived.
Although efforts have been made to
determine the lodging place Of the men,
they have not been successful for the
reason that they invariably take one oe
the late interurban cars and leave the
city. returning in the morning.
One of the men, who seems to be
the leader. is about feet in height
with glistening black hair and black
eyes, proclaiming him to be descend
ant Of Italian parentage. His compan-
ions, though somewhat shorter, are Of
the same complexion, and. have the
straight Grecian nose They are all
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
First Frost
Last Night

Those who awoke early enough this
morning were greeted by sidewalks
and lawns covered with a white frost.
And it was a good heavy one which
made the air nippy. Last night an
overcoat was not uncomfortable and
those coming from the theater were
surprised by the chilly air. The ther-
mometer recorded 38 degrees.
This is a part of. the cold wave
which is at present sweeping the Pa
cific northwest. Spokane had a tenn
perature Of 80 degrees last night, Lew
iston "a and Roseburg, Oregon, much
farther south, 80. In Montana and
Wyoming considerable snow fell and
more is expected. Yesterday snow was
visible on the foothills near the city
here. and the fall which probably oc-
Cured in the mountains further back
is no doubt the cause Of the delightful
weather just at present.
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attired in clothing above the ordinary,
and at a glance look like we'll to- do
tourists.
But the mysterious part Of their visit
to Walla Walla Is the fact that they
are clannish, and evidently do not care
to mix with people Stools have been
put out to engage the men in con-
versatiOn and thus learn something of
their visit here, but all that can be
secured from them Is that they are
waiting for a friend from the east"
Local authorities are going through the
records looking at old descriptions Of
men who are wanted by officers IN
other localities. but thus far nothing
has been found against the tria
While the visitors have been de-
corous and orderly at all times, there
is fear lurking in the hearts of the
authorities that some crooked work -
being planned, and some have hinted at
the depredations of the black hand"
Whatever business the men have in
Walla Walla will be determined within
the next few days, as the officers are
becoming nervous, and say they Will
keep an eagle eye on them until Walla
Walla is brushed from the itinerary of
the friend from the east"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
Should Reserve Space Now
The Pavilion Will Be Crowded

Unless applications of business men
for space in the pavilion for the week
Of the county fair come in with more
frequency for the next few days, there
will be some disappointment because
of the inability of the fair management
to sell exhibition booths. Secretary r.
H. Johnson said this morning that a
number of business firms who will de-
sire space have been holding back,
and as a result, many of the choice
locations have been disposed of, and
the amount of space left is small.
Among the business men who have
secured booth privileges are Hanger &
Thompson, Drumheller company, Best
Manufacturing company, John Smith
company, Tierney Toner company,
Gilbert Hunt company, Weber Harness
company, Whitehouse- Crawford COM
pany, A. r. Dorwin, Peacock Mill Co,
Davis -Kaser company, McFaden &
German, North Pacific Flour Mills,
Walla Walla Paper & Stationery COM
pany, Washington Printing & Book
Manufacturing concerns will be repre-
sented.
Some of those who have secured
their positions in the pavilions are
ready to take up the work of making
the decorations, and the next week will
see wonderful changes in the appear
ance of the interior of the pavilion.
New Band Stand.
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pleasant surprise in store for those
who delight in the night entertain
ment in the pavilion, in the Shape OF
new band stand which has been
made a permanent fixture, and is To-
Gated to the right on entering the main
doors. A stage like those to be found
in theaters has been erected, with foot
lights, curtain effect and dome to
throw the sound out into the audito-'
rum. Numbers given on the stage can
easily be seen and heard by people
in any part of the pavilion, and much
more room is afforded the crowds by
the removal of the band stand from
the center of the pavilion
Want Grain Exhibits.
Secretary Johnson requests the farm
ers to bring in their grain and grass
exhibits at the earliest possible mo-
ment, in order that they may be en-
tered and placed on exhibition before
the rush of the last few days before
the opening of the fair begins. The
grain may be left either in Mr.. john
sons office, Third and Rose streets.
or taken to the pavilion, where it will
be cared for.
Carpenters are engaged this week on
erecting the extension to the main
grandstand, which will accommodate
about 1900 people The stables have
been completed, with the exception of
a few minor details, and the secretary's
Office, which has been added to the
pavilion, is also nearing completion.
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Hartman Railroads Are
Out To Defeat BRYAN

PORTLAND, Sept. 25.-Edward H.
Hartman, master mind of the vast
Hartman railway system, has entered
politics. Not in New York alone, but
throughout the entire country. He
wants his employees to enter politics as
well. He wants them to vote for those
candidates for public Office, both "state
and national" who are found to be
friendly to the railroad interests Of
the country.
lead them in the right path, a bulletin
has been sent out from, the head off,
ces of the Hartman system through
out the country, telling the employees
to get into politics.
Portland employees Of the Hartman
roads have received one of the noti-
f1catiOns. 1t is posted on the official
bulletin board in the Office of the au
ditor of the O. R & N. in the' Wells
Fargo building, the headquarters Of
the Hartman lines of the northwest.
Clever In Wording.
The bulletin is headed, "Shall the
railroads enter politics?" 1t has a
short preface and is followed by the
reproduction Of an editorial taken from
the Railway Age Gazette OF July II.
1t is cleverly compiled and does not
openly direct, or suggest, that the
employees of the company vote for any
particular candidate for public Office.
Just at this time, when the presiden-
tial campaign is in full swing, the bull
letin has deep significance.
The attitude of Mr.. Hartman on
railroad legislation is well known. He
is against any modification Of tne in
junction law. He, wants the railroads
left alone to work out their own reg
ulation and tariff arrangements. He
wants the government to keep away
from the railroads and their affairs,
unless railroad men shall consider
such action that might be taken.
Directed Against Bryan.
The opinion and belief of William
jennings Bryan in regard to railroad
regulation and control is we'll known.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
Prescott Banker
Placed Under Arrest

Fleisher was made cashier.
Since leaving the bank Sweet has
been living in Prescott. engaging in the
real estate business, and since the ex-
porting Of the books was started, has
been under surveillance. The money
taken is said to have been used in
speculations.
Sweet is a married man q years of
age. He came to Prescott from South
Dakota three years ago, and assumed
the duties OF cashier on the organiza-
tion of the Prescott State bank, which
position he held until a recent meeting
of the stockholders removed him.
The bank is capitalized at $4,000, of
which $4,000 was paid in and had a
surplus Of $1,000. The officers are
H. G. Hart, president; F. ]. F1eisher,
cashier, and David Erwin, John Flath-
ers and N. McSherry, directors.
Sweets operations are said to have
been well concealed by an elaborate
system Of false entries.
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Big Office Building May
Be Erected In WdIId Wdlld

the land and that if the present plans
of the promoters do not go astray,
actual work on the building will be be-
gun early this winter or in the spring.
The building is to be of large dl-
mensions and is to have what will De
an innovation in this part of the coun-
try, a roof garden. The building Will
be of ample proportions for this. In
fact. it is said that a Seattle man VINO
is interested in the building has this
part of the building in mind and VIII
furnish amusement there during the
summer time According to reliable au-
thority, vaudeville attractions viii De
furnished. with soft drinks, as a side
issue.
.sThis is no dream said well
known Walla Wallan this morning
And time will prove to you that what
am telling you is true. If the location
mention is not used. one on South
Second street will be secured. Tne
building will be well under way In SIX
months"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
Roosevelt Lies-=Just Plainly Lies'
Says Former Congressman COWherd

OF LOUIS, Sept. 25.-William S.
cowberd, democratic candidate for
nxernor of Missouri, today In an in
.orv4sw with the Star-Chronicle over
,ns telephone from Richland. Mo-. said:
President Roosevelt shows himself
ar awful liar when he says the present
der,ocratic campaign committee re-
caived 100000 from it's predecessor.
everybody realizes that 1t was impos-
sible for the last campaign committee
ro have that much left over. Roosevelt
uas-iust plainly lies. Realizing that
the defeat of Taft treasured, the re-
n,blican party is in desperate straits.
Roosevelt miserably failed to make
GOOD his charges against Haskell"
Continuing he said: yTfnt story was
made out of whole clo<h Roosevelt is
irving to make himself an issue by
injecting himself into the campaign,
and is endeavoring to divert attention
from the real issues to a mudslinging
contest in his efforts to elect his pro-
tege."
The statement referred to was given
ont by State Chairman Timothy Wood
ruff. of New York, after conference
with Roosevelt, who declared it was
strange that such a big amount would
appear in the democratic treasury i'm
rnediateIy after Haskell was made
treasurer The president referred to
money as left over from the last
campaign Chairman Mack, of the
democratic national committee, wired
Roosevelt, asking an explanation, but
Roosevelt ignored the message
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His ideas are not in accord with the
ideas of Mr.. Hartman. Therefore,
reading between the lines. the en-
ployes Of tho Hartman system, are
shown the ,iesire of the head Of the
Hartman system as to their choice OF
candidate for president Of the Unit
ed States. They have read what prac-
tically amounts to his instruction as
to their choice for president, and they
have noted the veiled threat in the
words included in the text Of the bull
letin, Upon the way they are treated,
(the railroads) will depend how many
men they can employ and what they
can pay them" Therefore, 1t can be
safely said that Mr.. Hartman has en-
tered politics.
Hero ls the Bulletin.
The editorial reproduced in the bull
letin and posted in the offices Of the
company is as follows:
1.-The railroads are in politics. They
ought not to be there, but there is no
use blinking the fact that they are
there. They figure prominently in the
national platform of both great par
ties. They will be discussed during the
campaign from every rostrum and in
every community. Upon the way they
are treated will depend how many men
they can employ and what they can
pay them. What the party platforms
say. past experience has shown, is Of
less significance than the views of the
individual candidates. II the railroad
employees know where their true well
fare lies they will study this question
thoroughly and discuss it in every
part of the country, with their neigh
bors and with the candidates for pub
lie offices. They will also study care
fully the records and speeches Of every
candidate, and they will make it clear
ly understood that their votes will not
be cast this fall for any man who does
not intelligently recognize and candid
ly concede that railroads and railroad
empliyes, as we'll as travellers and
shippers. have interests, and rights to
be respected by lawmakers and pub
tic officials, state and national"
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mat new seven-story Office and
Tre building is to be erected In
"a-la Walla within the year, was
LED today upon what appears to be
Iaoie information. The building is
pe located on the Ward estate, on
s' street between Alder and Pop
ana will be- the finest building In
r.neastern =. Washington.
os me basement and first three floors
Ue new building are to be occupied
- department store of metropolitan
fporuons. The remaining four
uF o'' noors are to be used as Office
80 eFs' The building will be of
o~0.d ahd concrete, finished in white
p'eSsed brick.
h, new building is to be financed
ca, ooInblnation of local and outside
.,'al.srs. The cost is estimated at
s,o-, s sSoO,O00 to 100000. Plans and
d,eieauons d.. are said to be already
M up by Spokane firm.
be-. ie no purchase of the land has
ns. actually made, it is understood
an "ltion has been secured on
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
Great Political Sensation
HdviIdnd Wins WdIluId GATEWAY

Members Of the court house bunch
are wondering whether Sheriff James
S. Haviland has paid his subscription
to the paper which recently styled him
James Stand-o Haviiand." or wheth-
er he gave the editor two-bits and
told him to keep the paper. After hav-
ing termed the sheriff everything from
horse-thief to 'standpatter," dur
ing the primary campaign, the editor
Of the Wallula Gateway, comes back
this week with the following sQuiblet
informing all the anxious ones, Sheriff
HaTiland included, that he cannot bear
to see the republican party In the
county disrupted; hence he has cast
personal feelings aside, and will stand
by the ticket. This Is the way he puts
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25

During the direct primary campaign
the Gateway supported Mart Lanning
for sheriff. However, the election
showed that J. S. Haviland was the
choice of large majority of the re-
publicans and the Gateway will give
him the same loyal support it did in
the campaign of two years ago. This
should allay any apprehension that
this paper will not support the entire
republican ticket. Jim Haviland was
elected last time by 500 majority. This
being presidential year he should re-
ceive not less than 1000 majority and
We believe he will"
And that Is probably why some of
the friends Of the genial sheriff are
wearing a sorrowful look today. And
that's no joke, either.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
RUN RAILROADS
A MERRY CHASE

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 25.-Ten
steamship lines have formed an agree
ment to compete with transcontinental
railroads for the Pacific freight for
Europe. Pacific ships will take the
freight to Salinas Cruise, where it will
be transported across the isthmus of
Tehauntepec, 189 miles. by rail, and
there picked up by Atlantic ships at
Puerto Memixo.
They opened the fight by reduction
of rates from Is to 80 per cent. The
Pacific lines involved are the American
and Hawaiian line and the Kosm os,
Canadian and Pacific line. On the
Atlantic side the participants are all
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For Good Roads.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Sept. 25.-
With Governor Fort and other state
officials, the New Jersey State grange,
the Associated Automobile clubs of
New Jersey and other influential in
terests. cooperating, a good roads
movement of national importance was
launched here today. Hundreds OF
men interested in highway improve
ment are taking part in the delibera-
tions which will continue through to-
morrow. Many of the visitors were
brought here by automobile, and in
transporting the freeholders, read au-
thorities and other officials the mo-
torists took care to bump their guests
over some bad roads in order that the
necessity for improvement might be
forcibly impressed upon the omcihl
mind.
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REJOICING At MILLS HOTEL
Unique Establishments Observe Birth
day of Founder.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25.-In the three
great Mills hotels today thousands Of
gra teful men are recalling that this is
the SD anniversary of the birth OF
their benefactor, Darius Ogden Mills,
perhaps the greatest practical philan-
thropist that the age has produced. The
three mammoth structures which thou
sands of honest but poverty stricken
men call home" enjoying every com
fort and not few luxuries at cos.
they can afford, and that without any
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Illinois State Fair.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 25.-Slx-
ty-f,ve thousand dollars in cash prizes
will be awarded to the winning exhlb-
itors at the Illinois State Fair Wn1ch
onened it's gates to the public TINS
morning. In all departments the dis
nIavs far exceed those Of past years
and nothing but favorable weather is
needed to insure the greatest state Iair
ever held in the central west.
The race track Of the fair grounds
which now holds the worlds race rec
ord of 2:0o1-4. is faster and in better
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ArChiteCt Dow Is Well Paid

OLYMPIA, Sept. 25.-The highOut
salary paid to a state employe is to a
Spokane resident, John K. Dow, ap-
pointed April, 1907, as architect of the
new Eastern Washington hospital, at
Medical Lake; the state penitentiary,
ct Walla WalLa, and the state college
at Pullman.
Since that time Dow has drawn ST.
600 and within the next few weeks will
draw $4,000 more. He has averaged
$1,000 a month for II months, more
than the combined salary of the gov
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ernor, lieutenant governor. state treas
urer. state auditor, attorney general
and state superintendent of schools. In
addition, Dow has received thousands
Of miles of transportation while in
specting the progress of the new work.
Dow gets a five per cent fee on all
work for preparing the plans and su-
perintending the construction. He was
selected as architect by the colleges of
regents and the boards of control of
the various institutions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
Tackled Wrong Man
Says Blind Senator

aE4ATHI14E, Sept. 25.-Thomas P.
eOrs, the blind United States senator
epIp Oklahoma, when asked about
fseossyelt's charges against Haskell,
and the latters connection with the
&sniard Oil company, declared that
1e president has tackled the wrong
nan" and that ''the president will get
the worst of it in the end"
The senator declared that Haskell is
amply able to take care OF his end of
he discussion and that Roosevelt will
ind himself worsted when it Is over.
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Washington Miners
Going on Strike

OLYMPIA, Sept. 25.-That the coal
mines of Washington, exemptinga few
private properties have passed under
the control of an eastern syndicate and
that as the result of a refusal of the
new operators to agree to the scale Of
wages submitted by miners, a generaf
strike will be declared October 1, is
the report which reached this city from
a semi official source today. 1t is re-
ported that disagreement with the
miners nearly came to crisis the first
part of this month when the Utah
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Sheriff James S. Haviland left this
afternoon for Prescott for the purpose
of arresting Ed. B. Sweet, former cash.
ier of the Prescott State bank, on the
charge of embezzlement.
Sweets alleged defalcation Will
amount to about $1,000 and was covered
by false entries.
A meeting Of the stockholders was
held about two months ago. and, al
though there was no definite proof of
Sweets wrong use Of money, there was
a sentiment favoring change, and
he was accordingly released and F. j
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-09-25
1 slbor Men In Politics.

PEORIA, H., Sept. 25.-Whether
union wJrkmen of Illinois will adhere
to the Gompers program and support
Bryan will be one of the important
questions up for decision at the con-
vention of the state Federation of La
Dor in this city next month. Opinion
is divided as to the wisdom of such a
course and a hot fight is already In
progress to secure control of the con-
vention. An appeal to the voters Of the
Danville district to defeat Speaker
Cannon will be presented and the fed
GRAFTON will be asked to indorse it and
70 wage an active warfare on Uncle
Joe"
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Foraker Will
Make A Reply

CINCINNATI, Sept. Ex-senator
Foraker today announced that he Is
preparing lengthy reply to Roose-
velts letter accusing him of being
dominated by corporations. 1t contains
eight thousand words. 1t will be re-
leased Saturday.
II Is reported that Foraker will deal
With his entire career, answering
every charge made by the president
ana Hearst, and dealing with ali his
controversies with Taft and Roosevelt.
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Costly Fire at aeddinq.

REDDING, Sept. 25.-A loss of $780,
900 was entailed by a fire which burned
alrge part of the business section
early yesterday. 1t started at II o'clock
last night and was put out at 4 o'clock
this morning Mount View hotel was
burned together with the bottling
works Three warehouses and a score
of small stores. The fire is believed to
be of incendiary origin. The authorities
refuse to give out names but it is sup
posed there will be arrests before
night.