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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-21
Labor Trouble Not Vet Settled

AS compromise to the threatened
trouble between the Cooks and
Walters union and proprietors of res
taurants of the city, the union at a
special meeting held last night adopt
ed resolution to abide by the reduc
ton in wages until April 1, but to
work only on 10-hour Shifts. AS the
proprietors demand an 11-hour shift,
there is still dissensiOn, and to
straighten out the tangle and if pos
sible, bring the question to an AMIGA
bic settlement, committee is this
afternoon waiting on employers.
In speaking of the action of the
union men this morning, Manager Joe
Boden, Of the Creamery cafe and the
Calumet, said:
Il do not know what we are going
to do, yet, for we have received no of
fetal notice of any action taken by the
union. The committe, will call on us
this Afternoon and We Will then be able
to tell what action to take / under-
stand they have agreed to abide by the
reduction, but want a ten hour shift
If that is granted it viii mean an addi-
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tional shift, and that We cannot afford
at this season when the two eating
houses are not doing the business that
one Of them should be doing.
81 have q L., Of men who want to
go to work in case the union men go
on strike, but as ! have not been Off
cially notified as to their demands,
cannot say at this time what action
we shall take. l have been told that
the leading members of the union were
not present at last nights meeting
but that the resolution was drawn up
by some of the younger hot-headed
members; they will put their union
out of existence if discretion is not
employed"
Members of the organization this
morning said they had agreed to stand
by the reduction in wages, if granted
a ten-hour shift, but as the proprietor
did not look with favor upon the pro-
position this morning, it is doubtful if
clash can be avoided. However. the
conference this afternoon NAV result
IN reign of peace and a cessation of
hOStilitieS until April l.
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fact that the old mill has not long ere
this, been converted to a mass Of
ruins.
AS soon as the new building is COM
pleted, the old building is to be razed.
and the old concrete, steel and brick
In the walls is to be used in building
14OO feet of new stockade to surround
the new MILL in front of which will be
located the playground of more than
twice the size of the present recrea-
ton ground. 1t is the intention of
those in charge to erect the chapel
on the old playground, when the de-
clSlOn to erect such a structure Is
reached Besides giving the prisoners
much more room for their exercises,
ball games, and other sports, the new
StOckade, to be extended north from
the old walls, and across the rear
OF the new mill, will do away with
much of the worry incident to taking
the jute workers to and from the mill.
as they will not leave the prison walls
in going to the mill. The play ground
Is to be 250 by 400 feet
The excavation for the new mill was,
OiIopo, the DlSSoSC Undertaking III
connection with the erection of the
structure, a large area having to be
leveled. About 14e men were employed
for six months in making the exCava-
tlons, and as a result a draw some
20 feet in depth just to the west of
the prison has been filled and made as
level as a lawn. The work was all
done by hand making it more difficult
and laborious than though done with
machinery. Warden C. S. Reed said
this morning, however, that many ap-
,, pilcations were received from prison
ers who desired that class of work
and practically every man in the pris-
on was kept at work throughout the
summer season
estimates as to the time in which
the new jute mill can be completed
and the machinery installed vary some
what, but it is believed that within a
year from this date, the hum Of wheels
In the new building will be heard. The
,, plant will be operated with electricity
and the steam needed will be piped
from the big plant in the main prison
| buildings - -
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Students discuss Changes in
NorthM St Conference Rules

To consider any changes tina Whit
man college may want in the confer
ence rules, there is a meeting of the
students interested held in Billings
hall this afternoon from s.: 80 to $50.
All who have changes to suggest will
present them at that time and the pre-
liminary discussion will be made in
order to facilitate the work of the
associated students, which body meets
tomorrow morning after chapel, at
1915.
While the meetings are to consider
changes that Whitman may desire. it
is we'll understood that Whitman is
satisfied with the rules as they are.
Some plan of more rigid enforcement
is likely to be brought up. but as to
the rules themselves, most of the stu
dents are in favor of leaving them
as they are. -----.- -,-..
It is true that Whitman would have
favored the abolishing of the expost-
facto clause of the four-year rule last
fall. as she was harder hit than any of
the other institutions of the confer
ence. But as she has Weathered this
year and the rules have been in force
one year, she will not make a stand for
this clause now. The one year resi-
dence rule has been strictly enforced
at Whitman, as has also the profess
sional rule, which latter has always
been held to closely. And it is improb-
able that the local institution will ask
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at the prison, and it is said arrange
ments will be made, in case the work
is started, to go to a depth of 1000 feet
Or more if necessary.
What an artesian we'll such as has
been secured on the BlalOck farm
will mean to the penitentiary can
hardly be estimated in dollars and
cents, though it has been said that
$150,00G would be placing too low a
figure upon it. The present supply is
derived from a well some 35 or 40
feet in diameter, but "a a pumping sta
ton is kept in almost constant opera
ton, there is more or less expense at
tached to it through the use of fuel,
repair of machinery, etc.
With a "gusher" such as has been
secured on the Blalock farm, the fu-
ture water supply of the prison would
be solved, and il addition what water
is required for irrigating purposes
would be available. 1t is believed
that the supply, if gained from an ar
tesian source, would be fully as adapt
able to domestic uses as is the present
water, and the vegetation so irrigated
would make much more rapid growth
because of the high temperature of
SIIcb a flow
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Work on New Jute Mill
Held up by Cold Snap

Owing to the severe freeze of the
past week, operations on the new jute
mill at the state penitentiary have
been held up, and brick work on the
walls has not progressed noticeably
The window castings, provided with
steel bars, are now being put in, the
walls having been completed on three
sides of the building as far as the
sill line. AS soon as weather cOndi-
tions will permit, Is or 20 brick ma
sons will again take up active work.
so that there may be no more delay
than possible in the completion of the
structure, which will be III by 3O3 feet
more than double the dimensions Of
teh present jute mill.
The estimated cost of the new mill,
of the prison proper, when fitted out
completely with machinery and para
phernalia. will be something ovel
S125,000, an appropriation of $2S,O01
having been made two years ago by
the legislature for the purchase OF
structural steel. and $4,000 having
been put aside for the purchase of ad-
ditional machinery. Counting In the
convict labor which has been and is
being utilized on the mill. together
with the immense number of brick.
and tie new plant would reach a point
in cost we'll above the 100000 mark.
There will be a total of 145 looms
in operation in the jutue mill, 20 of
them to be removed from the old
n1ant: rs new looms have been bought
and are now in the warehouse await
ing the com pletion of the building In
addition to the looms, which will en-
nlov between $50 and 600 convicts
there will be other machinery necessary
in a. plant OF that kind. The building
will be fire proof throughout. or as
nearly so as steel and concrete can
mako il. and the danger of fire, which
;s so marked in the present mill
finished with wood on the interior. will
10 wholly eliminated. 1t was said this
,,,orning that the jute is given to fire.
o,,ent combustion, causing an incipi-
~. hlaze in the present establishment
o1rarv week. Because of the flimsiness
- the structure those in charge are
go to be ever ready with the fire
go and their vigilance is due to the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-21
DIRECTORS
MEETING A
GOOD ONE:

The sessions of the county school
directors meeting held in the court
housed on Saturday, were completed
at the close of the afternoon and the
meeting was adjourned. About so di
rectors from the districts of the coun-
it was so near Christmas probably be-
ing responsible for the small attend
ance.
The meeting was good although the
attendance was small" said County
Superintendent Bond this morning.
Those who We're present showed much
interest in the work and through
them we expect much good to be
done. Especially were those present
benefited in the explanation of the
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ArfeSidn Well Proposed
For State penifentidrV

That the activity for artesian water
IN the Walla Walla valley is not to be
confined to the Blalock fruit farm or
to die a natural death was proven this
morning. when announcement was
made by Chief Engineer Quinn, of the
state penitcntiary, that plans are now
being considered for the drilling of a
well on the highest point of land with
In the p5mitentiary enclosure, with the
object in view of securing a steady
ho,s ct water which may be carried to
any part of the place. The site has
been selected and it is considered
more than probable that the matter
viii be brought before the next session
Of the state legislature in the annual
report OF Warden G. S. Reed.
The site selected is on the bluff i'm
med ately back of the new jute mill
and slightly to the east, in close prOX-
unity to the buildings, so that water
could he utilized in case of emergency
for ere fighting purposes. 1t is known
to a certainty that an excellent flow
Of surface water can be secured at
that point at a depth of 20 feet, as
there is a we'll in the neighborhood
with an almost ineXhaustible supply.
But an artesian VIII is what is desired
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Child StaryeS While Father Writes

alone to seek employment. She is deaf.
and cannot care for the children. We
income of three hundred dollars.
Mortgages and other expenses cut the
fund for food to $125. Several days
ago We ate figs picked from a tree IN
the field. The children were taken ILL.,
The children were not allowed to
attend the public school but received
their education from their parents.
Brokaw said he did not think child
hood has sex and taught them to use
TT instead of names when referring
to each other.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-21
SNOWFALL LIGHT
In THE MOUNTAINS

SEATTLE, Dec. 2l.-AccoroiilS "
, huIIetfn issued by the weather ser
vice here the snow fall during the
month of November, 1908, was ISht
and there was less snow than uSuai
on the mountains at the end OF inc
month. Considerable snow tell ouIlli5
October on different dates from the
14th 10 the gath. but warm spei
following melted the greater porloil VI
#. so that there was less on the m,uh-
tain summit and slopes than usual a.
the end OF that monlh. :.
November was above the average Al
temparature. and there was a notdple
deficiency in precipitation thfousno..|
the state. therefore the fall OF sno" III
the mountains was less than usual
cept. perhaps, in the Blue NOUN.
where. it is thought, there may ha
been a little more. -
Reports from the western Slope u
the Cascades show little or no Sho" a.
the end of the month, except on LIZ
submits. where it is estimated at from
six inches to about three feet, accoi
ing to locality On the eastern siope
of the Cascades the weather was gen
orally so mild during the month tiid'
httle snow fell except In the Hishe-
attitudes. Reports from the fahiiii0
headwaters show less snow tnai
usual. A snow scale on the sIHliiii -
Vi stampede Pass, which was recenus
H. 1cleo Tor the weather bureau, hds
h read at intervals by telephone
l-eeh ONh passing over the summit. on
I'D, the scale showed SD
OF snow; on November 14th ano
III 'nere was none; on November 23c
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-21
Many Members
For New Lodge

A vigorous campaign for members
in the Brotherhood of American Yeo-
men is being carried on in Walla
Walla, and since the organization CT
the lodge here short time ago, many
of the young men and women of the
city have taken interest in the move.
The contest is being waged by Op-
posing sides. r. l.. Britain being at
the head of the green" faction, and
F. S. Hull leading the orange side.
District Manager w. II. King, OF
Clifford, Idaho, is in the city personally
conducting the campaign for the new
members, and the recent additions to
the order are wearing a small drawn
bow and arrow as proof Of the activity
of the leaders of the Yeomen here.
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PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 21.-One
child is dead, physicians are trying
,o save the life Of another, while the
third one is i'll in the home of Warren
Rrokaw, once, editor of the Single Tax
Courier of St Louis, and an intimate
associate of Henry George. Brokaw ad-
noitted today that while he and his
wife were writing books On balanced
land tenure, their children went hun
grv. Leonard, age eight. who died. had
not touched food for three days before
his death.
Rroksw said: IF we had had food
last week our child would be- alive
now I am unable to leave my wife
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-21
Get
Bogus Bills

BELLINGHAM, Dec. 21.-That there
are still "easy marks" left in Bellfng-
ham is evidenced by the success of
a well dressed man in passing Confed-
crate currency in several places in
this city. The victims, most of them
merchants, tried to keep the story from
the newspapers, but secret service men
failing to locate the stranger, let the
news leak out.
The man passed first $40 Confed-
crate bill at a dairy station, receiving
change in good money. He bought a
loaf of bread with another and re-
ceived 1895 in change. He later re-
turned to the bakery and passed a
$40 Confederate bill. The bill bore the
stamp Of the Bank Of Georgia.
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Corn WhiSkeY for Roosevelt

enjoys the honors and emolmuents of
the Columbia postoffice on the appoint
ment of the president.
But there was much agitation for a
time over the express company's hes
itancy to accept the stuff for shipment.
The agent at first declined to accept
the shipment.
The Carey Cothran law forbids the
shipment of liquor from wet to a dry
county, and the agent feared this law
might also apply to interstate ship
ments. When the attorney general was
asked abou the matter hei said he was
not the legal adviser of the express
The company's attorney finally ad-
vised shipping the whiskey. declaring
that such shipment would bel in vio-
lation of no law.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-21
Carnegie
On Tariff

WASHINGTON, De. 21.-Carnegie,
who recently declared that a tariff on
steel was unnecessary, today testified
before the house committee on ways
and means in tariff hearing.
He testified: My point is that the
cost of production is cheaper here
than abroad, and that no tariff
needed; that it is impossible for for
elSners to compete seriously with our
home manufacturers
There are more ways of figuring
cost of production than ways of kill
Ing cat" continued Carnegie zone
thing is certain, a ton of steel can now
be made cheaper in America than In
any foreign country. The steel corpor-
alton pays 20 cents ton royalty on
its ore"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-21
TEN ROUND BOUT
SATURDAY NIGHT

Lovers of mat sport are to have a
veritable carnival of amusement Sat
urday night, December 26, when Ralph
Sullivan, of the Fourteenth cavalry,
will meet Jimmie Barry, of Chicago,
the great middeweight, in a 10-round
mill. For the preliminaries four bouts
Of four rounds each have been ar
ranged between the following we'll
known boxers.
Bert Parkyns against Lewis Schra-
der, both of the Fourteenth cavalry;
Harry Bowers against Albert Mike,
both from the fort; Frank Moore
against Joe Woods, both of Wall
Walla; Kid Burke, of Sacramento,
against Tim Murphy, of Portland.
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COLI MBIA, S. c., Dec. 21.-Shades
Of Carrie Nation, Won't that lady be
2nsered to the point of apoplexy when
She hears the news? For President
Roosevelt is to receive, among his
Christmas presents, a gallon OF fine
OLD South Carolina corn juice, and
snce it comes from a close friend of
TIE chief executive there is reason to
believe that he may taste q wee bit OF
t.
And as President Roosevelt smacks
BIS lips over the Christmas toddy his
@1d will doubtless revert to the
Strenuous times of San Juan hill, one
Of whose heroes. Major Micah Jen-
Ans. S the sender of the liquor, the
same Major Jenkins of courtly bearing
ana distinguished South Carolina lin
''5e whom Roosevelt presented with
Fo II Charleston. and who now
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ton running against Thft's brother
Charles in the senatorial fight. Taft
was angry with Burton after a con-
versation with the latter in which .he
told Burton that he was not politi-
cally embarrassed by the candidacy OF
his brother, Charles P. Taft. and that
he thought his brother should enter
the race. Taft was angry because the
impression gained strength that Taft
had expressed himself as being under
obligations to Burton
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ThdW WLOSeS
Out Again

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.-Harry
Thaw cannot be taken from New York
to Pittsburg to testify in his bank
ruptcy proceedings under the opin-
ion of the United States court of ap-
peals, which today affirmed the order
of the district court. This was a
great disappointment to Thaw. 1t was
the general belief that if they got
Thaw out of New York state his at
torneys would fight against his return
TO the Matteawan asylum.
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oysters are
Going to Waste

BALTIMORE, Dec. 1S.-Since the
,oySter season opened, thousands of
ty1She,s of fine Chesap peake bay oysters
nave gone to waste, the dealers being
unable to find a market which would
-e1 4 reasonable profit.
For the first time since the confed-
T'ate war. probably, a dozen eggs will
ouy 4 bushel of oysters and that
ouShel will open nearly gallon. The
'oSt Of opening-twenty cents-is al
most the price of the oysters.
This is the best season for oysters
N a good many years, but for th'
OYSTER packer and shipper it is tn
poorest in many seasons.
The oysters are large, hne ana pien
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there was four inches.

there was four inches.
In the highlands of Okanogan, Ferry,
and Stevens counties, there was gen
orally no snow in the valleys until the
29th, when the weather turned colder.
On the mountains the depth at the end
of the month was from four inches to
one foot, according to estimates in
different localities. In the foothills
of the Blue mountains, the first snow
of the season fell on the 29th and goth,
but melted rapidly as it fell.
Thus far the season, in regard to
snowfall. is strikingly similar to that
of 1907-S. sos
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Bandits
Rob Bank


LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 21.-Robbers,
believed to be the "automobiee desper-
s1otS' who are terrori1ng the state,
r.e" the safe of the state bank, at
oere5co twenty miles north of here,
giny today, and secured $3000 If
Iey ara the same thieves who robbed
we banks at Keene and Gibbon they
nave secured $4,000 in the last "a
hours.
N.E three robbers were engaged
,'o"AS Ceresco bank, although six
"sFe seen in an aSto as the bandits
S,t GiNb1n yesterday. The trio stole
"EerY rig and left the city. James
p0ye Nho was passing, was pulled
--,' hui ding and tied in chair.
"''"e he was found when the cashier
'9tned the doors.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-21
EAST INDIANS TO
CO TO LOUISIANA a

VANCOUVER, Dec. Pin an 'e1-
fort to relieve part of the congestion
in India, a well organized movement
is on foot to start an influx Of East
Indians. principally Sikhs, direct from
4bair native land to Louisiana to work
on tha sugar and rice plantations
there. The first influx Will lnVolNe
10000 Sinks, who are said TO De eA
cellent agriculturists. Announcements
of this project was made puhic 10
dav by T. c. Crawford, minglng man
who arrived here from London.
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tifuI. but there is no market for them
The stringent times is largely respon-
sibleL
1t is thought that the arrival OF the
holiday season will result in an in
creased demand for the blvalves, put
in the meantime the concerns engaged
in the oyster business have suffered
heavy loss through their inability TO
market their product.
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Tdff-burtOn Row
Is Now Explained

WASH LNGTON, Dec. 21.--The
cause of the recent disagreement be-
tween Taft and Representative Bur-
ton of Ohio, was explained today by
Chairman Brown of the Ohio republi-
can central committee. Brown said
tie split was caused primarily by
Taft's belief that Burton misrepresent-
ed his attitude On the Ohio senatorial
fight and denied that the break re-
suited from Tafts opposition to Bur
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chinese Husband
Caused Tragedy

PLANO, Ills, Dec. 21-Driven des-
perate by what she believed was an
unnatural alliance, Mrs. Georgiana All
wong, the American wife of China
man, today poisoned her four children
with wood alcohol and committed sui
ciGe by throwing herself under a fast
passenger train. She stabbed her baby
girl after giving it alcohol All the
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ANOTHER ARTESlAN WELL.

Small Flow Encountered Sooner Than
Was Expected.
Water is now flowing from the new
artesian well, being driven by the
Blalock Fruit company near the
company's offices. The flow was struck
175 feet higher than was anticipated,
but as it is not as strong as is desired.
the we'll will be put down 200 feet
more.
lnis makes the third artesian we'll
on the Blalock farm, while there is a
fourth on the Colombo place, but a
short distance from the BlalOck place.
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children are probably dead
The mother left note saying: life
IS so horrible l cannot go on. intend
to prevent any one making my daugh-
ter bear the same kind of a life have,
led. The woman is said to have been
the daughter of wealthy Chicagoan.
She has been ostracised sincei she mar
r1ed the Chinaman 13 years ago
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Railroad Nan
A Suicide

OMAHA, Dec. Civ. r. Kelly, the
cashier of the Union Pacific, at South
Omaha, and nephew of the former
solicitor general Of the same road, was
found dead in his apartments last
night with a bullet hole in his head.
1t is believed that he committed sui
eide. In a note left for his wifeL who
went to Kansas City. he said that:
Each day at the Office was full Of
horror" but it is not known what he
meant.