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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
WORK IS RESUMED
.0N new CITY HALL
GETTING READY
FOR SPEEDY COMPLETION OF
NEW BUILDING.

At last work on the city Jail will be
resumed. For the past two or three
days a small force of laborers have
been getting things in readiness for
the masons and 43y tonight all will be
prepared for the brick and stone work.
ers
If the weather holds good there is
little doubt but that Monday will wit
ness a scene of much activity at the
new city building. Since the sale of the
city bonds there has been nothing
standing in the way of the rapid COM
pletiOn of the building except the damp
weather and frosty nights. With good
weather continued and the nights get
ting warmer work will be rushed along
as fast as possible.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
Batdeshlps Begin Last Leg
Of Long Journey
ENR0UTE TO MAGDAlENA BAY
NAVAL CRITIC IN DiSFAVOR WITH
OFFICERS DESERTS THE
FLEET.

CALLAO, Peru, Feb. 29.-The At
1antic fleet is on the last leg
of it's long voyage. Lead by the
Connecticut, amid the booming of guns
from the Peruvian warships and the
cheers Of thousands On shore. the
fleet passed out of the harbor into the
Pacific, their noses buried in the
heavy surge. headed for Magdalena
bay.
The sensation of the entire voyage
occurred today when the noted marine
artist and naval expert, Henry Reu-
terdahl, left the fleet. Reuterdahl is the
author of an article which recently ap-
peared. criticising the structural de-
fects of the naval bureau system.
1t is thought he left because he felt
that he was persona non grata with
the officers because of f'his articles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
CHEER u!yNE
OF HUGHES
s
Great Enthusiasm Among
Mutnomah Republicans
ARE IN CONVENTION TODAY
FIGHT PRECIPITATED OVER
STATEMENT NO. 1-GRlFFlN
TEMPORARILY CHAIRMAN.

PORTLAND Ore, Feb. 29.-The
republican county convention for
Multnomah county is in session here
today for the purpose Of formulating
IA platform upon which to make the
primary fight.
After sharp fight NJ. o. Griffin de-
feated F. F. Freeman for temporary
chairman. Griffin is pledged to his pre-
cinct to support Statement Number /.
if the question becomes an issue in the
convention but it is believed delegates
will attempt to avoid causing fight
over this platform by not making
Statement Number 1 an issue.
In his speech of acceptance. Griffin
caused great enthusiasm by declaring
that Hughes will be the next president
of the United States.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
Amateurs Made a Hit.

Mr.. HOneycutt's amateur threatrical
company of this city presented in Mil
ton, last night, "A Mountain People"
to a large and appreciative audience.
Mr. Victor Clayburn and Miss
katherine Dorricott in the leading
roles, played exceptionally well. Miss
Lottie Wuesteny, in the role of Marion
hendrick. made great hit. Ebert
honeycutt, in the role of "Ephr1am
house in an uproar Miss Ebberharts
singing was very much appreciated.
Messrs. Carroll. Yahne and MarshaH
furnish a great deal of amusement
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29

Following a remarkable escape from
death. HI. B. Lowell, a Pennington
lrancher was brought to the Walla WAL
la hospital yesterday evening sufrc.
ing from a severe scalp wound re-
lceived by falling and striking his head
on the railroad track near Starbuclk,
while walking along the track, yester-
day.
The fall rendered Lowell unconscious
and his body was lying diagonally
across the track when he was dis
covered by the engineer of a fast
freight which was fortunately stopped
in time to prevent running over the
man. The train had just pulled out of
Starbuck for Walla Walla when the
engineer sighted Lowell on the track.
The train was brought to a standstill
just a few feet from Lowell.
The injured man was placed on
board the train and brought to Wal
la WaIla for medical attention.
Mr. Lowell is still in a dazed con-
dition and cannot give an account OF
how he happened to get hurt. The
suppostion is that while walking along
the track he suddenly became dizzy
and fell, striking his head on the iron
first thought that he had met with
foul play
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
BULLET ENDS
A GAY LIFE
W.P. MCConas Kills Mrs.
Noyes, Rich Widow
TRAGEDY At Los ANGELES
WITH VITROL, MAN
SAYS HE WAS FORCED TO
SHOOT.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29.-Mrs.
Charlotte L. Noyes, a wealthy widow
tourist from Boston, was shot and in
stantly killed this morning in her lux
urious apartments by w. P. McComas,
well known mining engineer and
shriner
A few minutes after the shots. Nc
Comas, with his face and hands blis-
tered by vitriol walked into the ball
room at the Hotel Pepper, a block
away from the scene of the shooting
and announced that he had killed Mrs.
Noyes and gave himself up.
McComas lead the officers to the
apartments where the body of the
woman was found with two bullet
wounds in her breast.
woman because she had attacked him
with acid and that in the scuffle he
had pulled a revolver and shot.
He said he had known the woman
for five years.
"She had been bothering me lately
land / could stand it no longer" Nc
Comas declared. The couple had been
spending their mornings at the Area
dia race track and tickets showed that
they had won considerable money. but
during the last two weeks their losses
aggregated yat least $4,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
MORSE HOPES TO
RECOUP LOSSES
OUTLINES PLAN WHEREBY THE
STOCKHOLDERS WILL PAY
THE PIPER.

NEW YORK, Feb 29.-Charles W.
Morse announced today that he had
worked out a plan by which the shat
tered remnants of his interests might
be saved from the slaughter OF a
forced sale.
The essence Of the plan is to secure
$500 from each of the stockholders
in the National bank Of North Amer
lea. This will pay off all depositors.
get on his feet and by careful finan-
|ciering liquidate the remaining secur-
lities in such a manner as to pay ali
Ibis debts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
OLD MINER DETERMINED
TO WE'D STENOGRAPHER.

SALEM, Ore, Feb. 29.-Bohemla
Sharpe as the old miner is known ir
Lane county, has been paying his an
nual visit to the state capital.
He makes a formal call on the gov
ernor. and each year when he comes
around has tales of new discoveries
and regularly tenders his hand in mar
riage to the stenograpner In the exc
cutive office. whoever she may be. he
is as regularly refused.
Sharpe is now in his seventies, Dut
still follows prospecting. Bohemia left
.oao,, for his old home in the noun
tains. % miles from Cottage Grove.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
HEARING COMMENCED
IN LUMBER CASES,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29-Hearing
was begun today by the interstate
commerce commission in the case of
the lumbermen of the northwest
against transcontinental and Pacific
coast railways. The petition is signed
by 43 companies located in the interior
and coast territories, naming 90 rail-
roads as defendants and charging a
conspiracy to exact exorbitant freight
rates. The defendant roads include the
Southern Pacific, Union Pacific, Cana
dian Pacific and Oregon Short Line.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
Law SEEKS PRINTER
OF OBSCENE CARDS

PENDLETON, Feb. 29.-District At
torney Phelps is taking steps to prose-
cute the owner of defuncti job print
ing plant in this city on the charge Of
having printed the obscene cards for
the distribution of which J. P Mer-
denach. local saloon man. was fined
number of saloons have recently dis
tributed these cards and evidence has
ney that a job plant which recently
suspended in this city did the print
is $500 or a Jail sentence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
JUMPS FROM DISC
BREAKS A LEG
H. h. SLOVENIAN MEETS WITH
BAD ACCIDENT AT SHADY
NOOK FARM.

AS the result of a fall yesterday af-
'efhoon, H. H. Showerman, of Shady
NOOK farm, formerly publisher of the
weekly Argus in this city. is suf1er-
ing with a broken leg which he sur
ie'ed. Mr.. SLOVENIAN was engaged IN
U'Seing tract Of alfalfa land on q
''eep hillside, when the disc slid ano
started to overturn. He jumped from
'''e machine. but in so doing fell on
Ills left leg in such a manner that the
"0hes were broken just below the
'uFe and no serious complications are
looked for.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
BIG STEAMERSPtY
INLAND WATERS
SHIP ROGERS MAKES RECORD
EcLlPsiNG FEAT OF BATTLE
SHIP FLEET.
Special to The Statesman.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-To those
who view with awe the record break
ing run of the United States battleship
fleet around the Horn, It might be a
surprise to examine the record of some
of the fleet of commerce that plies
the waters Of the Great Lakes. Ac-
cording to figures compiled here.
many Of these lake steamers have tra-
veled in their trips to and fro more
miles than will the war vessels now
steaming on their lengthy voyage.
Probably the record belongs to the
steamer Fl. II. Rogers. of the United
States steel corporations fleet of ore
carriers. During 2S5 days of service
this vessel carried 323,567 gross tons
of iron ore on her 29 trips, travelling
approximately $4,000 miles in doing so.
This mileage is equivalent to three
runs like that of the battleships' cruise
from Chesapeake Bay to Frisco.
The activity of the country's inland
fleet and its growth has been gong
forward steadily of late years. This
growth will be accelerated as soon as
the government undertakes a we'll de-
fined policy of waterways development
The National Rivers and Harbors con-
gress is working persistently toward
this goal, which is of the most vital
interest to every part of the country
whether near inland streams or on the
seaboard or far removed from either
When the government undertakes
the expenditures of s50OOO,OOO year
on this development of waterways. the
river fleets that will spring up will act
as feeders for the lake craft and obtain
business from them in return. The re-
suit will be sharp reduction in the
toll the American people are forced to
pay in the guise of freight charges.
closer relationship between the markets
and the producing centers of the coun-
try and constant bracing up of in
ternal commerce
Already the effects of this movement
toward water transportation are be-
ginning to show themselves. Larger
vessels are being constructed for the
lake trade, more money is being put
into docks and loading and unloading
apparatus. and greater attention is be-
ing given to dredging work in harbors
and channels.
One remarkable feature of the Ro-
gers record is the fact that in each
If It's numerous trips between Lake
Superior and Lake Erie it was COM
PEELED to traverse $50 miles of channel
and canals. Although it is a 6OO-foot
steamer it did not meet with a single
mishap in the interlake traffic. It's
captain took it through the tortuous
locks without so much as scratching
its paint
This performance is the best ans
wer TO those who protest that the navi-
CATION of the rivers by steamers of any
size is an impossible feat. There are
many who claim that vessels of a size
large enough to make them of any VAL
ue at all cannot be operated on the in
land streams, no matter how elabor
ately those streams are developed The
record of the steamer Rogers is suf-
ficient illustration of the sophistrv of
their contention. Although a lake
steamer of greater tonnage, vet it ira
versed last season i'm its 20 trips ex-
actly 4,64o miles Of channels and canals
without an accident.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
WILL DRAW PAY
ALTHOUGH FIRED
School Board in UmatiIIa Must Dis
charge Teacher All Over Again.

PENDLETON, Feb. 29.-Miss Zena
Mettie. the school teacher who was dis
oL.road hv the board for dismissing
the school in district No. II to attend
her sisters wedding. was yesterday
unbeld bv County Superintendent
Frank K. Wells, who ruled that board
has no right to dismiss teacher with
out legal notice. Miss Mette may draw
nav for time lost while enjoying her
enforced midwinter vacation.
The board will now give her notlce
and discharge her according to law
it is said.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
AUTOS NOW RACING
ACROSS ILLINOIS
BIG THOMAS CAR HEADS PRO.
cESSioN IN NEW YORK
PARIS RACE.

CHICAGO, Feb. ga message re-
ceived from Sterling, ILL.,, states that
the Thomas car the leader in the New
York Paris race passed through that
city today. The French and Italian
cars passed through here today ac-
companied by scores of Chicago autos
who will pilot them to Clinton, Iowa
It that point the pilots from Marshall
town and Cedar Rapids clubs will
guilds the racers across the state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
Looks Bad for Grafters.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29.-De-
Bartnett, ]. Dalzell Brown and James
w. Treadwell OF the defunct California
Safe Deposit bank were overruled this
morning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
THAW WON 7 PAY
HIS LAWYERS
sags He Bargained With
them for an Acquita)
NOT THE INSANE ASYLUM
vo,ING MURDERER ALSO RE
rusEs TO SANCTION SETTLE
MENT ON HIS WIFE.

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-Harry Thaw
raflses to pay the fee of his attorneys
who defended his second trial and he
has refused to sanction the settlement
Of $4,000 per year on his wife Evelyn,
according to messages received in
Pttsburg today.
Thaw bases his refusal to pay his
attorneys on the grounds that he bar
gained with them for an acquittal and
not being sent to Mattewan.
My attorneys will not get one cent
from me until they get me out of here
he declared.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
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+ GATES PLANS BIG =
POULTRY FARM. 4

PORT ARTHUR, Texas Feb Z
y 29.-The largest poultry farm in {
= the world is about to be estab- Z
hsned here by John w. Gates, the Z
= financier. formerly of New York 4
y out now a resident here. Gates 4
mas announced his plans and ex- 4
= poets to be shipping eggs by car {
= loads within a year. 4
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
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: NO BUTTERFLY SET +
FOR HETTY GREEN 4

= NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-Mattbew :,
= Aster Wilkes today denied that he 4
= was engaged to Sylvia Green. 4
y daughter of Hetty Green. Mrs. 4
= Green has little sympathy with 4
y the butterfly set' in New York 4
= society and Wilkes. it is thought. 4
y would not please her as a son-in- 4
= law. 4
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
NO SHOOTING ON MEXICAN SOIL.


MEXICO CITY, Feb. 29.-Applica-
ton of the United States for permis-
sion from the Mexico government to
Magdalena bay for small arms prac-
tice during the visit of the fleet has
been denied.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
PLAN TO REVIEW FLEET.
Great AssembIage of Warships at San
Francisco Harbor.


WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. %
Plans for a review of the fleet of AZ
warships to be held in San Francisco
bay upon the arrival of the fleet are
being made
Ine program provides for union
or the fleet within the bay, in four
column formation, of all the fighting
ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
Secretary Metcalf and distinguished
guests will review the fleet from the
yorktown, tender to the flagship.
Admiral Evans has been advised of
the PLAN by cable. The assemblage of
ships will be between Mission and
Hunters point
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
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7 SPOKANE RATE CASE 1

+ WASHINGTON, Feb. ga re- +
i port is current here that the in +
terState commerce commission =
+ has been unable to reach a deci- =
+ this is impossible to verify. 1t is =
+ known that the commission re- +
= CARDS the case as fundamental y
+ and that it is vitality important +
+ that a decision be arrived at. =
1 1. J. + I. y j. + + /. + + + 4! = +
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29

+ TEHERAN. Feb. 29.-Another I
= bomb explosion occurred today I
= and as a result of the latest out 1
+ rage two more are dead. The i'm I
= perial guard about the palace has Z
= been doubled The shah is in con- I
= slant fear of his life. I
=
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29
WHITMAN DEFEATS
|DAH0'S FIVE
BASKETBALL GAME GOES TO MIS-
SiONARIES BY SCORE OF
Is TO 16.

In a game which was easy picking
| for the Missionaries, the University of
| Idaho was last night defeated by a
score of 26 to Is. Idaho never was in
/ any danger Of defeating the local team.
Whitman took the lead and kept il,
rubbing a good hard defeat in for the
one suffered at the hands of the boys
from the Syringa state a year ago.
| The preliminary game between high
school and the Whitman second team
was a cinch for the former. High
school has just about the sWiftest team
ever seen in interscholastic ball here
and it is doubtful if the college teams
ould wipe up very muchETAO1NSH
could wipe them up very bad or even
at all. If they keep their heads, they
are in little danger of defeat from
Spokane next Monday.
The teams lined up as follows:
Preliminary game-Walla Walla
High: Bollerman and w. Steel, guards;
T. Steel, center; Blackman and Doug
lass, forwards Whitman Second:
Felthouse and Cox, forwards; A. Belt,
center; Shubert, Cushman and Matth
ews, guards.
Wnitman-Idaho game-Whitman
Rigsby. center (captain); w. Belt and
Barnes,I forwards; Felthouse and Shu-
bert, guards Idahoh: Montgomery. CEN
ter, Young and Case, forwards: Strick-
len and Edmunson, guards.
F. D. Applegate refereed the collie
giate contest.
Last Game Tonight.
Tonight the last intercollegiate game
! of the year will be played between the
Whitman and Idaho teams. Idaho will
play desperately as she has not won
! game this season. although the scores
in most of them have been close.
Whitman is in excellent trim and hopes
to defeat the Idahoans by an easy
score
The preliminary game proved po-
pular feature and tonight the second
team will play Pearsons academy five.
This will be a good game and one well
worth seeing. The whistle for the first
game will blow at o'clock.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-02-29

SAME OLD THING

4. The weather man today OBJ I
4 serves: Rain or snow tonight I
I. and Sunday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-12-24

GSed OI1A VI NJ EMS VI is the pre-
z IN vailing religion in Turkey
i kI and for that reason only
fE5SS the few scattered Christian
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-12-24

On the Point, now bleak with winter.
he stopped by tiny spruce protruding
from the snow and began digging as
furiously as if he were hunting for
buried treasure.
A half dozen little trees he uncov.
cred. At last, with boyish laugh, he
laid the AK at the foot of one until
the chips flew.
That night the crazy man who had
come 800 miles for a Christmas tree
started homeward again. Christmas
eve the man and the Christmas tree
mounted the steps of the Wilson resi-
dence and rang the door bell violently.
Well what else could she do? That
night they went out into the Christmas
crowds together and bought the tin.
sci for the first Christmas tree Kate
had had in years-and the very best.
Copyright, 1908. by Wright A. Patterson
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-12-24

The soft reproof, more suggestive of
tears than anger, brought the story
10 his very lips. He wondered how
he should tell it, Then an old schoolboy
trick came back to him. He brought ont
his penknife. Beside them was little
spruce and in the soft. faky bark he
carved a heart. Within its lines he
dug deeply the initials of two people
The girl caught her breath and blushed
little, which are the proper and Gus
tomary things for a girl to do at such
a time
Then he told her what was in his
mind. 1t left her little pauic-stricken
and she took the refuge her sisters al
ways have taken-she asked him to
wait for his answer.
In such a case there is but one thing
for the man to do, and that is to wait
until tomorrow. But when a man
is terribly in earnest he takes people
seriously
When l see this carving of yours
again then we will talk about this.
Jack-if you still think this way"
She thought she was putting him
on most proper probation. 1t was
only womans reluctance to give up
her freedom
But he took her at her word. Next
day he went away.
Back in town again, at first he saw
her often. His restraint she imagined
was resentment. In November a
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-12-24

sYI:gtsgs'Ss n HRISTMAS is the most sa-
n s,3a8d cred and most celebrated
EA Kg9s4 holiday in Russia Contrary
&ESSS to the custom in nearly all
other countries, Christmas
there always comes on Sunday. and a
continuous celebration is held until
midnight on January 2.
The Russian believes in devout re-
ligiOus services in honor of the birth
of Christ, and each day during the
season each family including all it's
members, attends church at least
once. On Christmas morning the most
important services take place. Each
congregation marches solemnly to the
nearest river, which is always frozen
over, the ice being sometimes as much
as three feet thick.
After a large hole has been chopped
in the ice the priest dips his cross in
the water and prayers are pronounced,
after which the priest holds baptismal
exercises. Having been blessed by the
priest the water is considered to be
holy and as fast as the people can
file by the hole in the ice bottles of all
sizes and descriptions are filled with
the water.
This water is priced the most high
ly of anything in the home, and bottles
of it are sometimes found a century
or more old Some fanatics secure
large quantities of it and battle in it
at regular intervals during the year.
There is one custom which many
Americans would cherish in their own
Christmas celebration, and especially
the young people. 1t is that of kissi(N
for on Christmas day every one stt
a kiss from whomsoever he meets. In
some cases, and among the older peo-
pie, the hearty handshake is much
used, but the younger element clings
closely to the old style.
Santa Claus is unknown to Russian
children, but the "Babushka," an old
woman witch, carrying a long stick
and attired in the usual witch cos.
tune, visits the homes in every viii
lage and city and distributes greetings
and then comes at night and leaves
tne gifts for both Old and youug.