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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Roosevelt Asks Congress To
Prosecute pu|itZef\0r Libel

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Asking
that the government prosecute Joseph
puIi+zer. publisher of the New York
world. for libel upon the good name
of me United States in connection
,ritd charges of fraud in the purchase
of the Panama canal, President Roose-
Welt today sent a vigorously worded
sneciaI message to congress and trans
,,itted all the records and papers con
cerning the deal. The message says:
in view of the constant reiteration
of the assertion that there was cor
ruut action by or in behalf of the gov
eminent in the acquisition of the canal
7 deem it wise to submit to congress
oil the information 1 have. The stor-
ios first brought to my attention, as
nnblished in the Indianapolis News, are
sioners will be unable to equalize the
false.
"DeIaven Smith, publisher of the In
dianapolis News, shelters himself be-
hind the excuse that he accepted the
statements of the World. The real Of
fender is Pulitzer. He has done great
injury in blackening the good name of
the American people, and it should not
ba left for private citizens to sue Pu-
liter but he should be prosecuted fol
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
Make a Soldier Out of
Every SCh0OIboy in State

SPOKANE, Dec. 15.-Military train
ing for every schoolboy in the state
is provided for in bill which will be
introduced in the coming legislature
oy State Senator-elect r. A. Hutch
inson.
Ihe feature of the bill will be to de-
vote one-half day each week to drill
In the manual Of arms and maneuvers
Tor every boy in the seventh and
elshth grades, securing for the pur-
pose some competent drillmaster from
uncle Sans army. -
nave been giving this subject
much consideration, and believe that
II would result in much good. not onlv
TO the boys themselves, but to the
state as WE'LL" says Mr.. Hutchinson.
"One of the best pieces Of capital
tnat young man can have when he
leaves school and goes out into the
world is good appearance and moth
ing gives him a better appearance
than a military training 1t not only
adds to his bearing, but is a healthfuI
exercise as well, and one in which
the boys would take an interest and
which would add to the pleasure Of
their school work.
Ine state would benefit in that
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Mrs. Barnes
Asks Divorce

On the grounds of desertion and re.
fusal of cohabitation, Mrs. Effie
Barnes this morning filed suit for
divorce from her husband, G. w.
Barnes, brother Of bud" Barnes, the
murderer.
The complaint states that the couple
were married on June 13, 1900. During
September of last year the complain
ant says Barnes deserted her and
refused to live with her. Since he
deserted her, he has contributed but
$40 to the support Of her and the chill
dren. She has at all times been a
true and loving wife, she states, but
her husband has wilfully neglected
her.
From the union have come three
children, Effie Gladys, aged four
years and eight months; Ward
Beecher, aged two years and eight
months; and Minnie Amanda, aged one
year and eight months. There is about
$3.50 worth of community property.
The plaintiff prays she may be
granted a divorce, that the community
property be given her and that she
be allowed SIS a month alimony, and
be given the custody of the children.
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a1ter a few years as the boys began
TO attain their majority. it would al
ways have drilled citizen soldierv
ready to be called upon in case of an
emergency, instead of having to de-
pend for its protection and safety upon
a lot of raw recruits.
My idea is that by devoting one
naf day eac hweek to this work one
drlll master could look after ten
schools, and the expense would not
amount to but little. There are plenty
OF soldiers in the regular army who
are thoroughly competent to drill and
train the boys, and it would not be
necessary to have officers for this
purpose.
Il am satisfied that if such a law
is passed, as I believe it will be. we
would only have to ask the United
states government to detail soldiers
for this work and it would be done.
Men could be had from Fort Wright
for all the schools in eastern Wash
ington, and the west side could be
taken care of by Forts Vancouver and
Lawton. 1 have discussed the bill
with number Of the members elect,
and it has met with the approval of
q ] to whom I have mentioned It,"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
BOrIeSke Captain
Of Football Team

To captain the Whitman football
team of next year, Vincent Borleske
was elected by the Whitman team last
night at the banquet given in the
Dacres hotel to close the season Just
ended. Borleskes choice was nearly
unanimous and every man on the team
and squad is well satisfied with the
selection
Borleske is the best football player
in the northwest, without doubt He is
the only man who received the unani-
nous vote of the coaches for his posi-
ton on the all-northwest and was Sc
lected, to captain that team. He is
a wonderfully gritty player, a catapult
when running with the ball, a stone
wall in defense and a terror to the op-
position when running interference.
Borleske's election Is a justly deserved
honor
The banquet last night was attended
by the squad and was one of the jol-
lest affairs that college men have
pulled off here in years. Full enjoy
ment of the occasion was had by all
and the evening was spent in BAN
quoting, IN toastS and in singing COL
lege songs.
John G. Lyman, '09, was toastmas-
ter, and the following toasts were
given: "The Varsity" Manager Carl
M. Morton, 10; Our Coach" Clarence
E. Morrow, 10, Next Seasons Pros
poets From a Distance" J. Merrill
Blanchard, Bowdoin, 'O4 "Our Cap
TAIN" Charles Lewis, II; "The Foot
ball Season of 1908 in Retrospect"
Captain Vincent Borleske, 10, "Our
Second Team" Ralph Mathews. 10.
Those who attended the banquet
were Coach Blanchard, Captain Bor-
leske, Manager Morton, Cushman, Mar
tin, A Belt, w Belt, Schmidt, Brain
ard, Oldright, Bassett, Mathews, Glenn
ems, Morrow, Wilson, Lewis, Proud
foot, Fletcher, Harrah, Hughart, Shu-
bert, Cox. Dunbar, Pape. Bennington,
Lang. Fee. .Atwater, Strickler. -.
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libel by the government
1T is idle to say that the known
character of Pulitzer and his paper is
such that the statements in the paper
should be believed by nobody, but un-
fortunately there are thousands who
believe the statements they see print
ed even though they are in Pulitzer S
paper. Congressman have actually
been induced to introduce a resolu-
tion with reference to these charges"
The president then quoted the spe-
cif1c charges as published, bringing in
the names of Charles Taft, brother Of
the president-elect and Douglas Rob-
inson, brother law of the president.
Then the message continue:
'The statements sometimes occurred
in the editorial columns and some
times in the news columns, but they
are false in every particular from
beginning to end. The wickedness of
their ISLANDERS is surpassed only by
their faulty. The inventor of the
Taft story evidently supposed that
Taft was secretary of war during some
period of the Panama purchase. He
did not become secretary until after
the transaction was closed
'"The inventor of the Robinson story
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
COMMISSIONERS
WANT PULLMAN
CAR TAX LEVY

Walla Walla county her apportion-
ment of the levy on the Pullman Car
company, the local board of commits
ers will be unable to equalize the 1908
taxes. This appOrtionment has been
held up and although County Auditor
McCaw whote 10 days ago for the in
formation he has not yet received it.
This morning another letter was ad-
dressed to the tax commission asking
that prompt attention be given the
matter, as it is holding up the work
of the county commissioners.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Editor On Trial For Perjury

POMEROY, Dec. 15.-SuperiOr court
convened in Pomeroy today, when the
only important case for trial was that
of the State against NJ o. Fitzmaurice,
charged with perjury.
Fftzmaurice has been in the county
Jail here ever since the close of the
libel cases a month ago. 1t is alleged
that he perjured himself on the wit
ness stand during the progress of the
libel cases, by contradicting certain
statements to which he had been
sworn in an affidavit.
The penalty for perjury in a case
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interests Of the company, visited all
of the more important manufacturing
centers Of the east and also in the
west
In speaking of the business condi-
tions in the larger cities, Mr.. Holt.
who was more interested in the iron
and steel industries, this morning
said:
Indications in all manufacturing
centers of the east are excellent, nearly
all manufacturers having a large num-
ber of orders booked ahead. Iron
business, especially has manifested
an increase, and in all lines the IN
dications are for great volume of
business during the coming four
years."
On his return trip, Mr.. Hot visited
the home of the company in Stockton,
Calf, and came to Walla Walla by
way of Spokane. Conditions through
out the west, he says, are excellent,
and the coming year will witness a
most remarkable change throughout
the Pacific northwest.
Activity in railroad circles is es-
pecially pronounced, and an era Of
prosperity such as has never before
been recorded on this side Of the
Rockies is just opening.
Mr.. Holt looks for even a greater
business for his company during the
coming season, prospects for a bum
per wheat crop being better than has
been known in the past several
years
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
t dmOuS Beauty
Insane Inmate

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-Ada
Long Mccormick, two years ago the
petted daughter of James NJ. Long
the millionaire syrup manufacturer.
former-y the wife of Joseph Vincent,
general manager of the Colorado
Syrup company of Denver. and later
married to Joseph Mccormick of a
wealthy Los Angeles family. is in the
detention hospital for the insane here
A few years ago she was the belle of
New York and Paris, where her beauty
created a sensation. After her di-
vorce she suddenly disappeared from
Denver and was not heard from again
until she was found here in the CITY
prison. charged with attempting to
murder her husband, Joseph McCor
mick. She stabbed him in the thigh.
but was released. Her family subse-
quently heard of her trouble and
employed detectives to locate her.
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tected. For four months with only a
few Interruptions, the committee held
almost daily sessions. In ALL 156 wit
nesses were examined. These witnesses
included army officer gun experts, col
Ored and white soldiers, residents of
Brownsville, and others.
On June, IA, 1907, the committee took
a recess Before the committee and
elsewhere the soldiers strenuously de-
MED that they wre guilty of the shoot
ing, or that they had any knowledge as
to who was responsible for the out
rage. No witness was able to identify
any particular soldier charged with
being involved in the affray. A ma
jority of the members of the commit
tee were convinced that the shooting
was the work of the soldiers, and that
the president was within his consti-
tutional rights in ordering the dismiss
sal of the three companies.
On May 13 last the measures for re-
instatement of the colored soldiers
came up in the senate. Senator Fora
ken, the champion of the negroes,
moved for postponement of the vote
until December. After motion by
Senator Culberson, of Texas, to vote
on the bill Immediately had been laid
on the table. Mr.. Forakers motion
was adopted by vote of 62 to 6. The
Ohio senator considered this a victory
and gave out statement in which he
said that while he could not have
passed the bill at that time, he be-
lieved that it's passage was insured
by the pOstpOnement.
There is nothing to indicate that
Senator Foraker has abated his inter
est in the cause of the discharged men.
He is not the Kind of man who quits
in the middle of a fight. There have
been frequent reports that he has
something up his sleeve" in the way of
specific information as to who is re-
sponsible for the shooting. This may
not be so, but those who are familiar
with the tactics and temperament of
the Ohioan feel certain the session will
be enlivened by a continuation of the
fight for the "Black Battalion"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Hing and Queen
Asked TO Leave

BELLINGHAM, Dec. g. Emma
Goldman the queen of anarchists"
and Ben Reitman the king of tramps'
were escorted to the train today under
a promise never to return to Belling-
ham and are now on their way to
Vancouver, B. G.. They were arrested
last night and charged with attempt
ing to hold unlawful meetings. They
were brought into court this morning,
and placed under $4,000 bonds. Rather
than remain in Jail the couple were
released on their promise to leave the
city
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
City Fathers
Look Worried

For the transaction of routine busi-
ness, the city council will meet in reg
ular session tnis evening at 1880
o'clock, and it is hinted that some sur
prises are to be sprung, along the line
of further reducing the expenses of
the city In what departments the cut
is to be made, or whether there is
really to be a change, would not be
given out for a certainty by city Of
fcials today, though Dame Rumor, who
is oftimes correct in her surmises,
has slated tonights meeting for SEN
sation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Brownsville Affair TO Have
Another Extended Airin0

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-By virtue
May 13, last, consideration of the
Brownsville case will again be- taken
up by the senate tomorrow. Senator
Foraker, who is pushing the bill for
the reinstatement in the army of the
negro troops discharged by President
Roosevelt for participation in the
Brownsville riot, believes that the
measure will be passed at an early
date.
It will be recalled that the village of
Brownsville Tex, was "shot UP" on the
night of August IA, 1906. RESPONSE
bility for the affray was at once
charged to the colored soldiers of the
Twenty-fifth infantry, who were sta
TONED at Fort Brown. adjoining the
village. An investigation by the Off
GERS of the war department failed to
connect any particular soldier or SOL
diers with the shooting 1t was then
charged that the soldiers of Companies
B. c. and D had entered into a con-
spiracy of silence" to protect their
guilty comrades. Accordingly, an order
" clo IooOCu NY tIlt pIcSIUcuI ulSI1llSSIHg
all the soldiers of these three COM
panies from the service, without hon
or"
The debates in the senate were di-
rected mainly to a discussion of the,
presidents power in making this
wholesale dismissal. There was some
discussion, of course, as to whether the
soldiers were or were not guilty of the
shooting, and it was in one of these
crOss-fires that Senators Spooner and
Tillman clashed in their bitter con-
troversy on the race question.
Late in January, 1907, a resolution
was adopted directing the committee
on military affairs to make an inves-
tigation into the facts connected with
the shooting. In the committee, as on
the senate floor, Senator Foraker of
Ohio espoused the cause of the colored
men. Senator Warner of Missouri was
chosen to see that the administration
interests at the hearing were pro-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Castro Talks SduCy To Dutch

conveyed to him until he reached this
city this afternoon
Castro declares that his visit TO this
city is to consult Dr. Israel. He as
serts that whoever says he is not sick
is telling a lie
The Venezuelan president has en-
gagged the first floor, contains thirty
rooms, at the Hotel Esplanade. and
his bill will be a trif1e over s5o q
day. TIE has engaged for the use of
himself and his party 10 motor cars at
a cost of $500 daily. He is surround
ed by small army of detectives and
followed by retinue of gaily attired
flunkeyS.
Representatives of the foreign office
greeted Castro today. They have been
ordered to show him every courtesy
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loes not takx the trouble to ascertain
that he was not connected in any way
or phase of the DEAL There is no
shadow of proof that can be produced
to support the stories. They consist
of strong and Infamous libels. In
form, they are in part libels on indi-
viduals, Robinson and Taft for IN
stance; in fact they are libels upon
the government.
'It is a high national duty to bring
Pulitzer, who only seeks to connect
the government with wrong do1ngs OF
the basest and foulest kind, to justice.
The attorney general is considering the
form of prosecution"
The remainder of the message was
devoted to a description Of the meth
cd of purchasing the canal
Senate Sees Joke.
The senate enjoyed as huge joke
a part of the message regarding the
purchase of the Panama canal. Fair
banks lessened the merriment in some
degree by rapping for order. After the
personal part of the message had been
read the senate paid no further at
tention The senators did not listen to
the details of the purchase.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Install New Bishop.

ROCKFORD, Ill, Dec. 15.-Bishop
Muldoon was formally enthroned as
head of the Rockford diocese today,
scores Of distinguished Catholic clergy
men from all over the middle west
coming here for the ceremony Arch
bishop Quigley of Chicago formally
transferred the episcopate. In view
of the fact that the bishop is beginning
work in diocese where many works
Of charity are necessary, the clergy
presented him with purse for this
purpose and to express the love and
esteem which they entertain for the
new prelate. A public demonstration
of greeting in which both protestant
and Catholic citizens of Rockford
participated. marked the installation of
Bishop Muldoon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Hing
Very Sick Nan

+ he LONDON, Dec. 15--s From !
+ sources of unquestioned reliabil- I
+ ity it is learned today that the !
+ royal family's physician is deep !
+ ly concerned over the kings con- +
+ dition. That the king realizes the i
i seriousness of his condition is +
+ evident by the fact that he is un- =
i loading many government re- !
i sponsibi!ities on the shoulders of i
I. the prince of Wales. !
+ i. i i. + j. i. i. i. j. + !. j i. + !
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not involving a capital crime, it not
less than three years nor more than
ten in the penitentiary.
The following named men were
drawn to serve as jurors in Obedience
to the venire issued By Judge Miller:
c.. H Robinson. J. G. HaWorth, ".
NJ Light, D. B. Gimlin, w. L.
Hoppe, w A Hutchens, H. B. Stailcop'
E. c. Teale, John D. Morris. Martlh
Schuster, Marion Graham, Fred Mat
thies, W. B. Morris, S. A. Fielder, James
Parker.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Class Basketball
Games at Whitman

With the banquet of the football
team last night, fall sports gave away
entirely to winter athletics and indoor
contests are the whole show at Whit
man college this week. Inter class
games are the center of attraction and
beginning tomorrow a game will be
played every day this week.
The official schedule of the series
is announced as follows:
Wednesday at 4:30 o'clock, senior VS..
juniors and sophomores VS.. freshmen.
between the two halves Of the two for
mer teams and in this way gate will
be in progress all the time. On Thurs
day at 4:30 the winners of Wednes
days game will play for the champion
ship of the college. On Friday even
ing at 7:45 the academy will play the
college champions for the champion
ship of the institution.
These games will not be, as formerly
one sided affairs, as every team has
members of the varsity and other good
players to fill out the squad The
seniors are building theiE hopes around
Felthouse and butcher, last years star
guards. The juniors have Barnes,
Snubert and Hawley. The sophomores
have the two Belts, Cushman, Cox and
several other fast men. The freshmen
have bunch of good material and
altogether the series will be an inter
esting one Tomorrow afternoon at
1880, the first games will be played, a
double header
The games are for the championship
Of the school,; but not for that alone
Coach Blanchard will be given the best
possible opportunity of getting a line
on his men in this manner and the
series is practically a tryout for the
squad.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
BOdV of Chief of Police
William BiQQY Is Found

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-The
body Of Chief of Police Biggy, lost
from a parol boat on the night of
November 80, was found today in the
bay near Goat island.
As soon as the Key Route ferry
boat from which the body was sighted
arrived at the slip the police were not
fled. Sergeant James Donovan went
out in a launch and towed the body to
the foot of Mission street, where 1t
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
W. A. Hyatt, Editor of Two
Rivers Tribune, Arrested

Charged with larceny by embezzle-
ment. a warrant was sworn out for
" A. Hyatt, editor of the Two Rivers
Tribune, by A. B. Frame, owner of
that paper The information was fled
in the superior court this afternoon
and the warrant is in the hands of the
sheriff.
According to the information, Hyatt
was entrusted with money by Frame
and he took and converted to his own
use $50 of the papers funds. 1t is
said that there has been trouble be-
tween the two men over the manage
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ment of the paper for some time and
that Frame has been watching his
editor for several weeks. The wit
nesses for the prosecution, named in
the complaint, are A. B. Frame, Mar
tha Sutliff, Laura Richards and John
McGhee.
A. B. Frame is the well known own
er of the townsite of Two Rivers. He
is the principal man of that town and
is behind it's boom. Hyatt is unmar-
ried, and has been in tn eemploy Of
Frame since the inception of the Two
Rivers Tribune, several months ago.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-15
Tobacco Trust an
Illegal Company

I NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Ameri-
+Can Tobacco company was found :
to be an illegal combination in =
: the final decree in the government :
*suit fileI in the United States cir j
%cuit court here today. The COM 4
+pany is enjoined from engaging in !
Tm,erstate trade in leaf tobacco
~or any of its products and in !
articles used in connection with q
the to0accO trade. An appeal will !
! be taken. /
- j. & i i. !. j. j. j. !. i i + + !
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Conference TO
Be Held Soon

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15.-An-
nouncement was made today that the
long hoped for conference between the
traffic officers Of the Southern Pacific
and the Santa Fe, and representatives
of the California shippers, will be held
here beginning tomorrow The ship
pers are protesting against the threat
ened increases in transcontinental
freight rates and while it is not be-
lieved that east and west bound traf-
fic will be placed back on the old sche-
dule, there is reason to hope that radi-
cal and sweeping changes will be made
in the rates on troffic in both direc-
tionS
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SAddoo."

Skddoo."
a.. announcement has been made that,
o,,s 10 the holiday shopping oc-
NJ much Of the attention OF
d., "a "allans at this season, Satur-
D.rn december 19 will not be Tag
ba. aS previously announced, but
h-T'. date after the close of the
LAY season, probably Saturday
ths -. Will be selected. Although
o~f,..,' ,'lAan's Park club has taken no
tor,-- action. a meeting is to be held
char" afternoon, at which time
aba 3 : IN the date to a more favor
alton '''Ae' will come up for consider
u been originally planned to