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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
Superior Court Of German
Empire Grants Rehearinq
FORMER TRIAL WAS UNFAIR
CRlTIcIZlNG EDITOR is ORDERED
RELEASED FROM PRISON
ON BONDS.

LEIPSIC. May 23.-Editor Maximil-
ian Harden. whose exposure of the i'm
moralities of the knights of the round
table and Emperor Williams Kitchen
cabinet resulted in his Imprisonment
for libel. secured a great victory today
when the supreme court of the German
empire passed down a decision declar-
ing that his trial and sentence were
unfair and granting him a rehearing
Harden was sentenced for accusing
Count Won Moltke of unspeakable
practices. Prince Zeulenberg. Won
Moltke's best friend and at one time
Emperor Williams trusted advisor. is
under arrest charged with giving per-
jured testimony in the Harden trial.
The decision is a crushing condemna-
ton of the metnocs usea in Harden's
trial. The reversal is expected to quiet
public clamor against the injustice dene
the editor.
The court ordered the editors release
from prison on bond.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
JOHN v. WOODS
HUMANE OFFICER

A special meeting of the Walla Walla
Humane society was held May 21 at
the residence of Mrs. H. P Isaacs, Boy
er avenue, at which DR.. j. w. Woods
was appointed humane officer by the
board of trustees.
This society, which has recently been
organized according to the state laws,
fills a long felt want in this county. 1t
already has a membership of thirty,
and at each meeting new names are
being added. The purposes for which
the society is formed are: To more
effectually prevent cruelty to animals,
and to encourage and assist in the
prosecution of all violations of all the
laws of the state Of Washington rela-
tive thereto; to encourage a spirit of
kindness and humanity to all animals
and to mankind. The dues of this socie-
ty are 81 a year The next meeting will
be held in two weeks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
.PUTER TELLS Of
LAND FRAUDS
Book Written in Jail is
Just Issued
A NOTABLE MANUSCRIPT
LAND FRAUDER GIVES GRAPHIC
DESCRIPTION OF HIS ARREST
IN BOSTON.

PORTLAND, May 23.-"Don't shoot,
Steve, for Gods sake, don't shoot"
This is the way that the noted detec
tive w. J. Burns plead with S. A. D.
Puter when Puter covered him with
revolver at the time of Puter's ar
rest in Boston, according to the noted
land frauder's book 1.-The Looting of
the Public Domain which is just off
the press.
Puter wrote the book while in Jail
in Portland serving sentence for land
fraud conspiracy.
Puter's account of his arrest by
Burns in Boston, his escape and his re-
arrest in Oakland, Calf, differ ma
terially from the story told by other
writer's on this subject.
Puter's book reveals a number of
sensational incidents in relation to the
land fraud game in the Pacific north
west. A number of these alleged grabs
took place in Idaho and Washington as
well as Oregon. Names are mentioned
in every instance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
BAPTISTS REFLECT
HUGHES PRESIDENT

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, May 23.-
The Northern BAPTIST Convention, rep
resenting 100000 Baptists, held its
first annual meeting here yesterday.
Nearly 500 delegates and a thousand
visitors crowded the White Temple.
Vice President Harry Pratt Judson,
president of the Chicago University,
presided.
Governor Charles E. Hughes, of New
York, president of the convention, sent
from Albany message expressing his
regret that pressure of executive work
made it impossible for him to be pres
ent.
The convention effected permanent
with Governor Hughes re-
elected as president. Harry Pratt Jud-
son, first vice president; DR.. w. c. Bit
ting, St Louis, secretary.
The new Organization unifies the
Baptist denomination and will give IT
means of expressing itself on impOr-
tant public questions.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
-ostS LIFE IN AN ATTEMPT
TO SAVE SCHOOL CHI DREN

FRESNO, May 23.-Attempting to
save crowd of small children from
being trampled to death by a runaway
iacehorse Which was attached to sui
KY at the race track this afternoon.
rrIhclpal NJ. P. Holmes was dashed to
'he ground, his skull was fractured
and he will probably die. 1t was the
occasion OF the school field meet and a
number of school children were on the
track
Maud c, local race horse. which
was exercising, broke away from the
ur'ver and ran away. When Holmes
Sd" the frenzied animal bearing down
on the children, he dashed out AMI at
tempted to hold the horse.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
RIG EXCURSI n TO
PEKDlET0N TOMORROW
MANy FANS WILL ACCOMPANY
LEAGUE TEAM FOR FIRST
GAME OF SEASON.

For the opening game Of the base
world ir this city, the Walla Walla
league team will go to Pendleton To-
morrow morning, accompanied py d
bio contingent of rooters, to do oattie
with the Pendleton league aggregation
The O. r. & n. road has maze d
s,acia1 round trip rate !of $1.4O for the
occasion. and several hundred enthu-
elastic fans are expected to accom-
nanv the team to the Oregon town. a
return game will probably be piaSeu
in this city week from tomorro" io'
which a special train is to be run
Tho game tomorrow. although II Is
49, fret of the season for the nome
+eam is attracting no little amount oi
o+tantion and that the victory VIII DC
bard-earned one, is predlcteo ps
those who have seen both teams WorN-
ing out
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23

Mitchin, proprietor of the Ell Paso
,EE PASO, Tex, May 81. H.
Mitchin prol rietor of the FL Paso
Evening News, was yesterday after
noon indicted by the grand jury I'm
special session for the murder of NJ. M.
Harrell, who was shot to death We'd
nesday night Mitchin waived a pre-
liminary hearing and Immediately in
stituted habeas corpus proceedings in
an effort to obtain liberty under bond.
1t is claimed freely that Harrell was
killed as the result of a political feud-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
COMMITTEE IS
:, NOW DISRUPTED
Frs lDS OF HAROLD FITCH AN
~ NICE RESERVATIONS At
Z STANFORD.

STANFORD, Cal, May 23.-Rather
than to continue to bear the criticism
of the students for the acts of the stu
dents affairs committee and be placed
In position of having approved of the
course of the committee, Prof. A. NJ
Catchart of the law department, and R.
E. Swain of the chemical department.
have announced that they were unwill-
ing to continue on the committee ana
handed in their designations. The res
ignations from the committee will take
effect June 1.
1t is believed that the action of the
committee in refusing to allow Harold
Fitch, editor of the Daily Palo Alto the
student daily, his degree from the law
school, because he took a stand with
the students in the present difficulty
brought about the crisis. The minority
on the committee have long beer
! fighting the methods of Chairman
| Clarke and the majority of the mem
| bers On the committee.
| Fitchs offense consisted in editorially
condemning the radical action OF
the student affairs committee. His
course was acknowledged to have been
very conservative, however, and the
action of the committee in his case was
great surprise. 1t was openly op-
posed by Professor Catchart.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23

weight of five motors caused the bag
to burst. The men in the lower sec
ton Of the ship fell about rs feet while
those in the upper section fell about
200 feet.
The injured are: c. A. MorreIl in
Ventor leg broken, badly cut; c. Tip
pie, engineer, crushed by engines: Jus
tin barber, photographer, ribs broken:
w. Tyson, cut and bruised E. c. War
len, newspaper man, bruised and cur:
P. H. Goodfriend Fish, engineer.
Herst Miller, valve, tender, bruised:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
OKLAHOMA DEPOSIToRS
GET THEIR MONEY
Under New State Law State Commits
sioner Has Authority to Pay
Customers in Full.

GUTHRIE, Okla, May 23-Wfthin
one hour Of the time H. H. Smock, Ok
lahoma banking commissioner, had
taken charge of the International Bank
of Colgate, he had authority to pay
the depositors in full. though the
banks cash and available funds in
other banks fell $4,000 short of the to-
tai amount of deposits. The commits
sioner was enabled to do this under
the operation of the new banking lew.
and this is the first time it has been
called into use
Commissioner Smock took charge Of
the bank for alleged gross violations of
the banking laws and notified the bank
president of the banking board, imme-
diately authorized the payment of de-
The amount of deposits is $4,000. The
bank had $4,000 on hand and $1,000 de-
posted in other banks When the cash
was exhausted the commissioner drew
checks upon the state guaranty fund.
Under the operation of the guaranty
banking law in Oklahoma, a tax of one
per cent is levied upon the available
annual deposits of all state banks and
the money thus raised is used in pay
ment in full Of all depositors Of an in
solvent state bank after the funds have
been exhausted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
big, M0RRELL ARSH|P EXPLODES WHILE MAKING ASCENT

BERKELEY, Cal, May 23- The big
Morrell airship, $50 feet long, blew I'D
when 200 feet in the air this morning
and ropes injuring seven men. The
pig air ship was scheduled to make the
ascent at noon and great crowds
watched the performance. When the
bag struck an upper current it wobbled
considerably and the gas pressure be-
came unbalanced and rested on the
upper end of the bag. This with the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
Big Sum for VanderbiIt's Son.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-Ffve millions
is the sum that Alfred G.. Vanderbilt
must set aside for his son as a result
OF the divorce granted Mrs. A. F. Van
derbilt according to the report. Tni.
settlement was agreed upon between
the attorneys for bob sides.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
WIRELESS OPERATORS
TURN PIRATES
PICK UP OFFICIAL MESSAGES
FROM FLEET-OFFiCERS ARE
TO PROTEST.

SEATTLE, May pa report pre-
pared by the officers of the Atlantic
fleet on pirating by commercial tele-
graph company of wireless messages
exchanged between naval vessels, will
be submitted to congress with recon-
mendation that congress enact legisla-
tion imposing a penalty for the offense
Officers claim that official messages
were taken up by companies and made
public.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
FOR
GOVERNOR
DISGRACED CONGRESSMAN MAY
YET TURN DEFEAT INTO
VICTORY.

WASHINGTON, May 23.-The prob
abilities are that Representative
George Lilley, recently critized by the
congressional committee which investi-
gated his charges against the Electric
Boat company, may be elected COVER
nor of Connecticut next November.
This phase OF the situation may result
in a delay IN the contemplated action
looking towards his expulsion from the
house.
John Sharp Williams is said to have
drafted a resolution looking toward
Lily's expulsion but it is believed he
will be protected by his republican col
leagues
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
ALL SERENE IN
ROOSEVELT CABINET
PRESIDENT DENIES THERE is ANY
FRICTION BETWEEN HIM
AND BONAPARTE.

WASHINGTON, May 23-President
Roosevelt declared today that the
wished to set at rest any rumorS thal
indicated that Attorney General Bona
narta had threatened to resign and
that there was a difference between
them over the suit filed against the New
Work &, New Haven. The president ar
nounced that he has no intention OF
suspending proceedings and that Bos-
ton had been selected as the city
in which the hearings should be held
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
MEETS DEATH
UNDER WHEELS
John Leake shocking|y
Crushed By a Train
ACCIDENT NEAR R|PAR|A
INJURED MAN BREATHEs LAST
WHILE BEING RUSHED TO
WALLA WALLA.

Thrown from the front foot board of
an Q. r. & N freight engine about 5
o'clock this morning, and suffering a
badly lacerated left leg, besides a Sc
rious scalp wound, John w. Leake
night yardmaster for the O. r. & N.
company at Riparia and Starbuck, died
shortly after O'Clock while being
brought to Walla Walla on a special
train.
According to the story of Leake's
companions, he boarded the engine as
the train was leaving Riparia for
Grange City Junction, taking his ac-
customed place on the front foot board.
When Grange City was reached, it was
noticed that he failed to register as
usual. and his companions at once in
stituted a search. Inspection of the
car wheels revealed the fact that they
were spattered with blood and within
few minutes an engine was speeding
back to Riparia in the hope of finding
the missing yardmaster.
About two miles this side of Riparia
the relief party saw their companion
lying near the track, helpless and
bleeding. He was taken to Riparia
where DR.. Huntington relieved his suf-
ferings, and a special train was started
for WalIa Walla Before more than
six miles had been traversed, how
ever, the injured man breathed his last
with members of his crew about him.
The body was taken to the undertake
ing chapel of MacMartin & Company,
where it is being held awaiting word
from relatives in the east.
Born In New York.
According to a statement made to a
fellow worker but few days ago, Mr..
Leake was born in Poughkeepsie,> N. Y,
where his relatives still live. He was
3S years of age, and was an unmarried
man. He was a member of the Frater-
nal Order of Elks. under whose aus
pices the funeral will probably be held.
While no one was on the front end
with Mr.. Leake it is the belief of mem
bers of the crew that he lost his footing
ground beneath the wheels of the train
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23

Captain Penfold, aeron4nt from Aus
tralia, slowed away on the ship against
orders. leg crushed; J. Christensen
was injured while John Burns. another
member of the crew climbed up the
bag as it overturned and escaped in
jury
John Ahern engineer of No. A engine
escaped by jumping; w Mowry of
Oakland, engineer Of no. also escaped
injury
Morrell says the loss will amount to
100000
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
Ellie Fay to Marry.

NEW YORK, May 23.AIt is reported
here that Elfie Fay, the famous vaude-
vile actress, will be married shortly to
Lieutenant Damon Pierri, an Ameri-
can naval officer, who until recently
Of Guam. Miss Fay will leave the stage
at least during the shore duty Of her
prospective husband, which will ex-
tend through three years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
Promotion for Mai. Mclndee.

WASHINGTON, May 23-Major
James F. McIndee mas been appointed
to relieve Major ROeSsler of all charge
of the river and harbOr fortificatfon
work in the department of Columbia
Roessler will go to New Port, r. 7.
Major McIndee is considered one of
the best engineers in the service.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
Chaffeur Drowned.

SALEM, Ore, May 23.-Jesse
Schaffer. a Portland chaffeur, was
drowned this morning in the Willamet-
te from a capsiZing canoe. He was with
Miss Ollie Drummond, who escaped
The body of Schaffer has not been re-
covered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
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\ OVERCOME BY GAS
4 LIES FOUR DAYS ALONE.

:. SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.-To !
+ aspyxiated by gas, conscious, yet +
j. unable to speak or cry out for as =
+ perience of Henry Cook, an en- i
j. ploye of the Hotel Atherton +
+ Monday, Cook went into the eel +
i lar to mend a broken gas pipe He +
j. was overcome by the fumes. When =
+ he awoke he attempted to arise y
+ but was too weak. He lay there +
+ until he was found Friday night. +
i He may die. =
j. + j. + + j. + j. /. + + + + j. i. !.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
GRAND STAND FALLS
AT BElLlNGHAM.

bELdANGHAM, May 23-With a
crash that could be heard for blocks.
a big reviewing stand fell to the
ground. precipitating 100 persons into
a mead on top of the debris. No one
was seriously hurt BY fine presence
OF mind panic was averted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23

Mrs. Katherine Hockelley of Dixie
died at the family home yesterday
morning, of paralysis, following
brief illness. She was SO years of age,
and leaves, besides her husband, Lowe
Hickeller. three children. The funeral
will be held in Dixie today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
SEATTLE WELCOMES
ATLANTIC FLEET.
HALF MILLION PEOPLE GREET
WARSHiPS AS THEY STEAM
INTO ELLIOTT BAY.

SEATTLE. Wash, May 23-In it's
most virulent form, the feet-madness
which has ragged as an epidemic in the
cities Of the California coast today
seized Seattle in it's grasp and trans
formed the populace, augmented by
thousands of visitors, into a fair imi-
tation of an army of bowling der
wishes. All day yesterday and early
this morning the trains and boats have
been pouring sightseers into the city
in an ever-increasing flood that threat
ems to swamp the hospital provisions
of Seattle's houses of entertainment.
The rush for places of vantage to wit
ness the incoming of the fleet began
early and continued until the great
fighting ships polsed their noses into
Elliott bay, to be welcomed by pan
demonium of cheers and booming guns
and shrill, jubliant whistles from the
craft in the harbOr taken up and
echoed by myriad whistles in factory
and mill
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
Officials Extend Welcome.

Two great merchant vessels. bearing
the reception committee of the Seattle
chamber of commerce, the mayor of
Seattle, the governor of Washington
and executive officials of all the states
and leading cities of the northwest,
headed the line of scores of craft that
welcomed the fleet Governor Mead and
Mayor Miller extended to the officers
and men Of the fleet the freedom of the
state and the city, and Admiral Thomas
was presented with a large key OF
pureSt Alaska gold.
This evenig the officers of the
fleet will be given a reception by the
chamber of commerce, and the en-
listed men will be the guests of the
city fire department at a grand ball at
Leschi Park pavilion, at which some of
the fairest daughters of the Pacific
Northwest will dance with the gallant
tars of Uncle Sans navy.
Tomorrow special services will be
held in all churches for the tars of
religious proclivities, and the others
will not lack entertainment, even, let
it be whispered, if their desires should
take the form of indulgence in the cup
that cheers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
Loot Postoffce

LOS ANGELES, May 23-Burglars
entered the postoffice at Lomoda Park,
near Pasadena, last night, blew open
the safe and secured 5000 in money and
s400 in stamps.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-05-23
Peter Daily Dead.

NEW YORK, May 23.-Peter F. Daily
ore of Americas greatest comedians,
died suddenly today. His last appear
was in the Merry Widow production
;,ore.
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continued On Page Five.)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-12-24
students and Police EIght.

Paris, Dec. PA vefitsble battle
took place toca7 between 1000 students
of the Faculty Of Medicine and the police
reserves, in which score of persons,
including Project of Police Lepine, were
Injured. Tue frat clash occurred in
front of the college building, where the
students gathered to protest sgsiust the
recent decision of the faculty to gIaat
firsi aad second cas- diplomas. For
bali su hour the students ssssiled the
police with rotten vegetables and eggs,
stones aod ink stands. The police then
charged, a1d by using the butts OF their
revolVers drove the students into the
Boulevard Saint Gsrmaiu, where the
students bsrricsded themselves in the
excavations for the new Metropolitan
line. Lepine joined the sffrsy here
His appearance was greeded with cries
OF "down with Lepine." The project
ordered the police back aud 10 the scrim-
mage that followed he was knocked
down and trampled upon. The riotiDg
vas 6taIly quelled, LepiDe giving orders
for the police to fire if the students re-
newed the fighting. During the fight
ing Prot. Landouzy, dean OF the faculty,
appeared at a college window and was
the target for storm of proIectiles.
Most OF the windows 10 the building
were broken. TOdsy's was the second
riot following the fsculty's ruling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-12-24
Virginia News.

A marriage license was issued in Wash
ington yesterday to Henry h. Hthip,
and Mary E. Oliver, both Of Fsirfsx
Courthouse.
Miss Blanche Collins, daughter OF
Mr.. r. A. OOllius, of Fairfax county,
was married Yesterday to j. NJ, Allison,
of Prince William county, at the bone
Of the BRIDES parents.
Mr.. Lewis 7. Moreland, son Of Town
send Moreland, of Bluemont, aud Mics
E6ie Baxter daughter of William Baxter,
of Berrgvlle, we're married recently at
the BRIDES home in that place.
The sudden death Of J. E. Il. Ken
nedy, of Orange, occurred yesterday
morning a! the home of his sons, S4O9
Mount Pleasant street, Washington.
Death was due to heart disease.
w. B. Samuels, the saloon keeper Of
Dauville, who shot and killed Sheriff
William V. Flanagan, of North Caro-
Ira, was found guilty By jury yester-
day and given eighteen years in the PEN
tentiary.
James Rixey, who lived near Milford,
Caroline county, was frozen to death
Tuesday night while returning home
from his work SO section boss on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad.
William F. Fox, for 20 years super
ntendeut of the public schools Of Rich
mond, has rendered his resignation 10
take effect at the end of his term in
Juns. There are already several csnd-
idates for the place
Capt. Marion ]. Dimmock, &c years
old, q Confederate cavalry leader, serving
under Gen. J E. B. Stuart, who was
stricken with paralysis while at church
last Sunday morning, died at his resi-
dence in Richmond yesterday.
Mr.. Lester B. Murphy, a well.known
farmer, of near Leesburg, son Of Mr.. j..
I. Murphy, OF Clarke county, and Miss
Slrah @ Rut'er, the daughter of Mr..
G orge w. Ruter, of Loudoun county,
we're m rried yesterday by Rev. Mr..
Kesne. pastor OF the Southern Methodist
Church.
Archie NJ. Vsughal, now a fugitive
from justice, and Fannie Pope, q ne
gress, were yesterday in Richmond in.
dicted by the grand jury for the death Of
Mary Murphy, Irish immigrant girl,
who died while on her way to hospital
from the home Of Mrs. Agnes Hermsnce,
where she had been undergoing treat
ment at the hands of Dr.. A. B. Cosby,
following a criminal operation alleged
to have been committed by the negress.
Vaughan was the sweetheart Of the girl.