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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
RAILWAY ORDERED
TO MAKE CHANGE

OLYMPIA, Dec 14-The state rail-
road commi ssion today received word
from the manager of the Port Town
send Southern Railway company that
orders have been issued for air brakes
equipment for that line between Port
Townsend and Quilcene to take the
place of the old style unlawful equip
ment now in use, with it's link and pin
couplings.
Inspector Perley, of the commits
sion, learned some time ago that the
old equipment was in use, and the
commission called upon the company
to discard the old cars and obey the
law. The commission has also receiv
ed word that the general counsel of the
Great Northern has ordered the claim
of D. j. SWitzer, Of Wenatchee, to be
paid.
He shipped clothing with camp
outfit and it was lost. The company
claims agent refused to pay the claim
and the commission took the matter
up with the attorneys at st. Paul.
The commission has also called upon
the railroads requesting action on the
petition of Ballard manufacturers OF
couches and lounges that such articles
be given the same rates from Ballard
as from Seattle, now that the cities
are consolidated. Present tariffs pro-
vide a maximum rate in the state on
such articles Of $1.35 from Ballard. If
favorable response is not received
from the roads the commission will
order a formal hearing on this com
plaf1t
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Restoration of Public Lands

NORTH YAKIMA. Dec 14.-RestOr-
alton of public lands under the Pros
ser extension and north of PrOsser,
which has been Withdrawn from en-
try. is announced by the terms of the
notice issued by the interior depart
ment With regard to the furnishing
Of water under the Sunnyside project.
The restoration is not stated in ex-
plicit terms, but the meaning of the
notice is so interpreted and will be so
recognized by the government. The
amount of land thus restored to entry
is not large, since most Of the land
under the extension was owned by in
dividuals before the withdrawal, but
what there is will be valuable and
doubtless taken up at once.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
TWENTY FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
Roosevelt Probes Brownsville
Shooting Affair For Congress

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Roosevelt
today sent congress a special message
regarding the Brownsville affair in
cludlng evidence. He suggests the re-
instatement of the soldiers who will
truthfully tell what happened in the
riot and he will aid in fixing the re-
sponsibility,. those who show they were
not implicated. The message saws:
enclose report of the investi-
gatlons made by Herbert j Brown.
employed by the war department with
captain Baldwin, in investigating tthe
Brownsville affair. The report enables
us to fix some criminal and murderous
shooting. 1t is an established fact
that the colored soldiers did the shoot
ing. The investigation has not gone
far enough to enable us to determine
al the facts. There is no question that
practically every man in companies c.
and d had some knowledge of the
shooting done by the soldiers of COM
pany B. The concealment of this
knowledge is grave offense. and is ag-
gravated by their testifying before the
senate committee that they were ignor-
ant of what they must have known I
feel that the guilt of those who shield
ed the perpetrators of the crimes. al
though serious, was in part due to un-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
TELLS WHY WOMEN
SHOULD GET BALLOT

Tha address of Mrs. Emma ohiltA
eDVoe in Whitman Memorial chapel
Saturday evening, on the subject OF
Woman's suffrage, was one OF the
most interesting discOurses delivered
here for some time. and the large num-
Ter of people present who believe IN
equal suffrage were more than pleased
with her ability to handle the subJect
in an intelligent and interesting man
ner. Rev. James Clement Reid, OF the
First Presbyterian church, introduced
the speaker.
Mrs. Devoe. who is president of the
Washington Equal Suffrage assocla-
non, is woman who appeals to peo-
pie her simple, unassuming manner
free from that "mannishness," when
many imagine to be inherent in all
workers for equal suffrage, makes 1or
her hosts of friends wherever she goes.
as public speaker Mrs. DeVoe Is
IN the foremost ranks of women ora
tors. and the manner in which she
handles her subject, producing statls-
ues 10 support her arguments, Is nosl
Pleasing. She is strong in her state
ments regarding the present system OF
government, by which the men nave
absolute control, preventing the Wom-
en- II many states of the union. from
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

voting. There is nothing new in our
campaign for equal suffrage said
Mrs. DeVoe. Not a thing; it is
simply a revival of the spirit which
stirred our forefathers in precipitating
the revolutionary war-taXation with
out representation"
The remarkable growth of the
movement, and the change in public
sentiment, favorable to granting the
use of the ballot to the women, was
the belief that within a comparatively
short time the women of every state
in the union will be enjoying equal
rights with men, and that the future
government Of the greatest nation on
earth will be conducted in more sac
isfactory manner than it has been in
the past.
Mrs. DeVoe will speak in Pasco to-
day, after which she will go to Ritz
vile, Wenatchee, Spokane and later to
her home in Seattle. Everywhere on
her trip Mrs. DeVoe has met with the
most cordial receptions, and women
throughout the state are as one, favor
able to the presentation of the petition
to the next legislature asking that an
amendment to the state constitution be
passed, whereby the question of equal
suffrage may be submitted to the vo-
ters of the state at the next general
election.
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wise and improper attitude of the
others and that some allowance should
be made"
The report of Herbert j. Browne,
who investigated the affair. also sub
mitted to congress, says that former
Private Boyd Conyers of company B,
confessed to William Lawson, a col
ored detective, that he and four others
led the shooting, and that Conyers
gave Lawson the full details of how
the ammunition was secured.
Conyers afterwards tried to commit
suicide, saying he feared he would be
murdered when his confession was
made known. Later, after receiving
a letter from Senator Foraker, to whom
he wrote, the report says he refused
to give information, and decided to
stick by the story he tod the senate
committee. Conyers is reported as
having said that whiskey is reponsible,
otherwise the town would not have
been shot up. The number firing
from the barracks is unknown. A
small number followed the leaders in
to Cowan alley. Five minutes after the
shooting, the men were back at the
fort, their guns were cleaned and
fresh ammunition supplied before day.
break
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
COSgrOVe Nay Not
Have To QUALITY

OLYMPIA, Dec. 14-Washington
laws contain no provision for COVER
nor-elect qualifying, according to
statements made here today by Mark
A. Fullerton, associate justice of the
state supreme court. Judge Fullerton
visited the offices of the secretary of
state and governor in a vain effort to
discover if any governor had fled a
written oath of Office or bond
The judge stated that he had
searched the state laws and had no.
where found any legal provision re-
quiring a governor to take an oath or
to do any specific act to qualify for
office. Pressed for further express
sion of opinion, Judge Fullerton de-
cllned to discuss the matter for the
stated reason the question might prob
ably later come before the supreme
court for determination The Judges
statements have occasioned a belief
here that Mead cannot hold over if
Cosgrove fails to be here in January
to take office, and in the event of
Cosgrove's absence, Hay, and not
Mead will perform the executive du-
ties.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
German Newspaper Declares
German Emperor Is Insane

ences to his life time friend and coun-
seior Won Buelow, and his extraordi-
nary conduct towards members of his
household indicative of his suspicion
that all of them are in some way con-
nected with his humiliation. are re-
garded as significant.
The government has issued a secret
order, The Nachrichten asserts, for the
purchase of al the outstanding copies
Of the book published in 1905 by Prof.
Renta, a specialist on alienism. in
which the scientist diagnosed the en-
peror's mental condition as incipient
dementia that was certain to be fol-
lowed by stronger developments later
in life. The entire edition will be
destroyed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Unvaccinat- d Children Must Leave

TACOMA, Dec IA writ of mand-
anus against Superintendent A. H.
Yoder and the board of education was
issued by Judge w. o. Chapman today
requiring them to expel from the school
all children not properly vaccinated.
The writ is sweeping and includes all
children who are attending the schools
under cover of a physicians certificate
stating that they are not in condition
to undergo vaccination. The writ was
issued on petition of j. B. Pamment
He alleges that 100 children are now
in the schools with the certificates in
question, and charges that it is lille
gal and an evasion of the law. There
are about 200 children in the schools
without certificates, whose parents re-
fuse to allow them to be vaccinated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Postal Savings Bank Bill
May Soon Pass The Senate

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-In the
senate today the postal savings bank
bill was taken up as a special order,
with every Indication that it will re-
ceive favorable consideration from a
majority of the lawmakers of the up
per house. Senator Thomas H. Carter,
of Montana who is in charge of the
measure, gives it as his opinion that
the bill will pass the senate without
opposition of any serious kind Both
the president and the postmaster gen.
eral favor the passage of the bill. The
fate of the measure in the house is
problematical, as Speaker Cannon is
opposed to it, but it is believed that
the influence of President-e Taft
will be sufficient to overcome the Op-
position of the speaker.
In regard to the chances of the bill
passing the house, the Montana sem
ator said:
During the last session of congress
there were a good many republican
house members who were either op-
posed to the bill or lukewarm in it's
support For the most part, these men
come from sections of the middle west,
where the bank guarantee idea had
taken hold.
''The republican national convention
at Chicago subsequently declared in
favor of the postal savings bank, and
the republican party went to the coun-
try with that as one of it's issues, de-
fea ting the democrats, who stood
squqarely for the guarantee of depos-
its. 1 have been reliably informed
that many Of the middle west repub-
licans to whom I have referred are
now strongly in favor of the postal
savings banks. They tell men that
they want now to put themselves in
harmony with the party platform I
am sure that majority Of house re-
publicans are now in favor Of the bill
and that it will pass that body, once
it is permitted to ccme up.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Ne0rOeS Combat
White Plague

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Dec. 14.-Repre-
sentative negroes from many parts of
the country are assembled at Tuske-
gee Institute today, responding to the
call of Dr. Booker T. Washington for
a negro congress for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis. The In
ternational association has installed
an extensive exhibit at the institute,
which will remain open throughout the
week. Statistics are presented showing
that the negro race is especially sus-
ceptible to the dread disease, and lead
ing colored educators, physicians,
clergymen and men of affairs will de-
liver addresses, in which they will at
tempt to rouse, the colOred people of
the country to the necessity of begin
ming an active warfare against the
plague The program arranged for
the six days of the conference and ex-
hibition follows closely that Of the In
ternational Congress on tuberculosis
recently held in Washington.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
PORTLAND MArs is
MYSTERIOUSLY KILLED
Falls From Third Story Window
Found Twelve Hours Later.

!
Found Twelve Hours Later.
PORTLAND, Dec. 14.-Under mys-
terious circumstances Frank Brady,
an employe Of E. G. Atkins & Co., saw
manufacturers, met his death last
night by falling from a third-story
window in the Auditorium building, a
distance of 40 feet. The body, which
lay exposed to the elements for over
II hours, was accidentally discovered
in the courtyard of the building today
by, G. J. BEERS, who was making a
search for Brady at the solicitation
Of the latter's wife. 1t is not thought
that an inquest will be necessary,
death having been evidently acciden-
tai.
Brady was to have attended a meet
ing of his lodge of Red Men last night,
and several of the members saw him
in the hall, but he was not on hand
when the session was called to or
der.
1t is the theory of Detective Graves
who investigated the case, that Brady
leaned out of the third story window,
and becoming dizzy, lost his balance
and fell to the pavement, 40 feet be-
low. Death was undoubtedly instan-
.taneOus, as an examination showed
Brady sustained a fracture of the
skull, a broken arm and internal in
juries. He was SO years Of age.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Bruce Arrested
By Deserted Wife

SEATTLE Wash, Dec. 14.-William
T. Bruce, department manager Of the
Boston store, of Chicago, was arrest
ed here Saturday night in company
with Mrs. c. c. Braddes, the widow
of sheriff Braddes, of Will county,
Illinois, charged with wife desertion.
He declared today he will return to
Chicago peacefully.
He said that the $4,000 found in his
possession will not be given attorneys
to fight extradition The couple had
intended to invest money in business
in Seattle. The woman went to the
Butler hotel where it is said she is un
decided what to do. Bruce says he
informed his wife in Chicago that he
was going to Seattle, and she replied
she would have him arrested and
brought back.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

Speaker Cannon has been opposed
to postal savings banks, and, assume,
has not changed his position. But 1
have abiding faith in his desire to be
fair and to reflect the will of the ma
jority of the republican members of
the house. If it can be shown him
that a majority of those members wan
to pass a postal savings bank bill,
believe that he will yield. At any
rate, we will proceed to put the bill
through the senate on that theory"
Senator Carter calls attention to
the fact that there is a strong political
reason why the postal savings bank
bill should now be enacted into law.
The republican party is now COM
mitted to it, as is the president elect,
William H. Taft, who spoke in defense
of it many times during the campaign.
If the principle of postal savings banks
can be put into the federal statutes,
Senator Carter believes that it will
forever stop the democratic demand
for the guaranty of bank deposits, and
thus take away from that party the
strongest issue it had in the So
called doubtful and close states in the
middle west. In those states William
j. Bryan made his campaign chiefly
on the bank guaranty issue, and if this
should be taken away from them by
act of congress, the democratic party
would have, to turn to some other is
sue four years hence. By taking de-
cisive action at this session of congress
Senator Carter believes that the re-
publican party would be playing good
politics. for the new law would be in
operation for almost four years be-
fore another presidential campaign,
and the country would have ample
time to adapt itself to it. Senator Car
ter says there are already indications
that this is the view which the great
majority of members of both houses
will take of the matter during the
present session.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-THE German
press of Chicago has received transla-
tions of articles published by The Dres-
dener Nachrichton, the leading con-
servative newspaper of Dresden, open
" charging that Emperor William of
Germany is insane.
The publication AYERS that the en-
peror has an acute religious demntia.
According to the information the editor
claims to have from attaches of the
royal household the ruler spends many
hours in bed daily reading religious
books and making prayers that are
hours long. The emperors abnormal
mental state is said to have become
apparent since the recent outburst Of
popular indignation against him.
The emperor's refusal to grant audi
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
WEBSTER ATTACKS
NEW LEGISLATION

PORTLAND, Dec. 14.-The Oregon
conservation commission met this
morning to discuss the proposed legis-
lation for the regulation of water
rights of the state. Judge l.. r. Web
ster threw a bombshell into the midst
of the deliberations by attacking the
fundamental principle upon which it
is proposed to base such legislation,
declaring that no law can legally be
enacted and enforced which is based
upon the proposition that a state owns
and controls streams within it's bor-
ders. al T.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Death Reveals Woman

BUTTE. Mont, Dec. 14-The sudden
death yesterday at Manhattan Of
Sammy Jones, aged 80 years, dis
closed the fact tnat instead of being
man, as every one in the vicinity of
Manhattan for the last 18 years had
believed, Jones was q woman. This
discovery resulted when Undertaken
Safely, of Bozeman, took charge of the
body She cheWed tobacco and drank
and associated freely with men as a
cook
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Bank Examiner
Double Dealer

CHICAGO, Dec. 14.-Cassius G..
Jones, chief state bank examiner as
signed to Cook county, has suddenly
resigned rather than face the scandal
which his superiors say will be stirred
up if letters written him by city bank
officials are made public The charge is
that Jones was privately employed by
-hese banks as examiner while doing
the same duty for the state. This is
contrary to the banking act. 1t is al
legged that letters show Jones received
favOrs from railroads in the shape Oh
passes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
BUFFALO GETS
INTO THE GAME

PUFFALO. N. Y. Dec. 14-Another
step toward the realization Of a Great
er Buffalo will be taken today with
the opening of the first annual Buff
falo Industrial exposition, under the
auspices of the Manufacturers club,
Practically al of the manufacturing
and commercial interests of the city
have representation in the exposition
and the displays of "made in Buffalo,
goods fill Convention hall to the point
of overfiowing. The big show is ex-
pected to attract thousands of visitors
from other cities and towns during the
six days it will be in progress.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Civic Federation
Opens Its Session

NEW YORK, Dec. .14.-With Taft
and his wife expected as guests of
honor, Gompers, John Mitchell, Carne-
gle, President Eliot Of Harvard Arch
bishop Ireland, famous capitalists and
leaders Of various lines on the program,
the national civic federation today
opened it's annual meeting in the Astor
hotel The general theme of the two
days will be the promotion of friendly
relations between employers and en-
ployes. Taft makes the principal adj
dress tomorrow night when he will de-
liver his report as chairman Of the
federation's public emplayes' welfare
committee.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
RAISING MONEY
FOR Y. M. G.. A. WORK

NORTH YAKIMA, Dec. 14.-Seven
thousand dollars was the sum decided
on to be raised for Y. NJ. G.. A. work
in the state this year at the annual
meeting Today OF this amount s2,-
351.5O was pledged before the session
was over. Seattle pledged $3.50 uncon-
ditionally and $3.50 more to be used in
extension work in the army and navy.
Spokane pledged $3.50 and North Yakl-
ma, 500.
State Secretary Wilcox is to have
two assistants in his work this year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
Root Investigation Completed

that his road is not in politics, is not
trying to influence legislators or other
public officials, and is not trying to OBJ
tain favorable rulings from courts ex-
cept by fair and honorable methods.
Mr.. Hill, while in the city, made it a
point to meet the members of the
committee and offered to furnish it
with any information that it might
desire L. c. Gilman, general western
counsel of the road, has informed the
committee that ne, as well as the other
officials of the road, was in ignorance
of any of ex-Judge Gordon's alleged
acts, and has furnished the commit
tee with any facts that might throw
any light on the scandal.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14

SEATTLE, Dec. 14-The committee
anpOinted by the state bar association
to investigate the charges against for
ner Supreme Justice Root has about
finished it's investigation. The press
has been barred from it's meetings,
hut more or less of what has been tes
+ided to has leaked out. The COM
,nitten is expected to make it's report
at an early date. The belief is gen
eral that while the investigation has
been as thorough as the committee had
in its power to make it, the Grea
Northern railroad will come out un
Scared While in the city this week
President Louis Hill stated, what has
heen public property for some time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
OFFICERS
LOOK FOR
DIAMONDS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-Rail-
road detectives and secret service
agents are attempting to trace a $15,-
600 diamond necklace believed to have
been stolen in the United States custom
house at the Canadian line last week.
The stolen stones are the property of
Mrs M. McKillop. wife of a whole
sale importer, of Vancouver. She dis
covered her loss when her baggage was
opened here yesterday. She has fire.
quently lost valuables in crossing the
line
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
To Honor Memory
OF "HOneSf Abe'

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.-Senator
Dick of Ohio, today introduced a reso-
luton to the senate urging that Feb
ruarv u, 1909, the hundredth ami
yersarv of Lincoln's birthday, be fit
tfnglv celebrated by the nation. He
suggested a joint session of congress
with an address by prominent men
and meetings in all the cities through
out the country, and in all educational
Institutions. The motion met with no
OppOsitiOn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
File Articles of incorporation.

Articles of Incorporation of the
Pasco Power & Water company were
filed this afternoon with county au-
dltor by w. H. Parry, H. K. Owens,
F. L. Blunck, w. j. Grancks The
state incorporation was effected May
25, 1906, and the principal place of
business is Seattle. The filing of the
articles here is taken as an indica-
tion Of increased activity on the part
of the company.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-14
NOTED JURIST
DEAD AT HOME

BERKELEY, Dec. 14.-Judge John
CARRIER, noted throughout California
and Nevada as a lawyer and an able
jurist died at his home in Claremont
shortly after II o'clock last night. His
death had been expected for several
days. President Roosevelt rendered
him appointment on the first Panama
canal commission but he declined on
account of private reasons.