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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-20

los ANGELES. April 20.-Today'
los Angeles began her welcome to the
officers and men of the fleet in earn
est. Three thousand of them are ashore
and DESPITE the fact that the Gay
onened cold and chilly, with threats Oh
raj, in the air. the visitors and sailors
eocked the Chutes park to witness attn
letic events which formed the main at
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-20
Los ANGELES HOST TO MEN OF FLEET

traction of today's program.
The sports which began with a Sc
ries of amateur boxing matches which
were refereed by Jeffries, an exhibition
fencing match. some more boxing by
the sailors and Spanish barbecue took
up the forenoon. This evening there
will be dancing at Chutes park and a
great display of fireworks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-20

PORTLAND. April 20.-Safe crack
~ made a good haul last night Wheh
Il. Jarkell company's offices an
-'u'''Aan & Taylor. and secured $500 III
"rency, gold bullion and ostrich
TIumes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-20
PORTLAND BURGLARS MAKE RICH HAUL

Tho men drilled both safes but used
no explosives They are thought to be
.ba same men who robbed the Lundy
;avelrv shop in San Francisco re-
.antly and made away with saV'ooo
worth of jewels.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-20
Phillys. 1-Moston. &

BOSTON, April 2O.-The Amarica
morning game was Philadelphia !
Boston. s.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-20

and promoting the anti-Japanese boy
colt in China. The measure is de.
fined as a legitimate retalitatory meas
ure against the Japanese who have
raided British trade of territories and
cost the British commercial houses mill
lions of dollars during the last two
years.
Stealing of trademarks by the Japs
On old established lines of goods is one
of the most serious grievances ex-
pressed.
Japs Suffer In China.
The boycott is steadily growing and
apparently it is no idle boast the Jap
anese commerce in China will suffer
loss of S3O0,0O0,0O0 or just 10000 times
the amount of the damages taken by
Japan in the Tatsu Maru incident be-
fore it is over. This. it is declared, will
be terrible blow to Japanese COM
merce just at a time when Japan is
in the throes of severe business depres-
sion ami needs every dollars worth Of
trade she can possibly secure.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
HELPING the Postoffice.

ut is surprising" said postoff1ce
employee, "how many people there are
who think they know better than the
postal authorities the most direct way
for letter to reach its destination. 1t
Is quite common for us to handle mail
that has instructions in regard to
speedy delivery written in one corner
Of the envelope. Not only are we di.
rected to send domestic mail by Ger.
tain railroad or steamboat line, but the
route by which the writers wish for
eign bound letters to travel Is also desig.
mated. These instructions frequently
denote lamentable ignorance Of trans.
portation facilities on the part of the
writer's. If they, were obeyed the de.
livery Of the letters would be delayed
rather than expedited. Fortunately
such directions are disregarded by the
postal authorities unless they happen
to coincide with the governments ar
rangements for handling mail, so no.
body is inconvenienced except the
clerks who read the unnecessary ad.
vice."-New York Sun.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
THE COUNTRY BANKER.
His Influence on National Finance Dur
ing Crop Harvesting.

Enter the small town for almost an,
purpose-to sell books, to seek loca
ton, to look up land titles, to write lif'
insurance, to get news story to col
lect debt-and early in your visit yoi
will go to the ornate. imposing build
ing on the corner of the two busies
streets. You will pass lattice crown
ed counter and be admitted to room
large enough only to hold desk an,
two chairs. There you will come fac
to face with the towns financier, tn,
Pierpont Morgan of the community, tn,
banker. Not an enterprise not con
siderable business undertaking /,
started without consultation with him
The man who sells a farm and wishes
to put his money where 1t will earn In.
terest goes to the banker The widow
with few thousand dollars of life in
surance-mOre money than she ever
saw together in all her life before
asks the banker how to invest 1t. II
would be better If more of this class
would take the bankers advice when
1t Is given. Then there Is the merchant
who owes for large portion of his
goods. He comes nervously asking IL
the bank will "see him through" the dull
season. The banker gives assent to
one, explains to another, refuses third
and comes at last TO read unconscious
ly the business record of every man he
meets on the street.
Th, onupt,,, L. o,,I,o, oro,@. III.
est influence on national finance dur
Ing the crop harvesting season. Wheth.
er 1t be in the gathering of fruit in
California, of cotton In the south or of
wheat In the plains region, the banker
comes In direct touch with the worker.
Take the wheat harvest as covering
the widest area and creating the most
intense demand during its existence.
In single state 10000 harvesters are
needed besides those already at work
on the farms. Through the labor bu-
reaus and railway departments whole
train loads of workers are secured from
states at distance. These helpers are
mostly itlnerants, and they have no To-
cal standing. A grain raiser went
among his laborers one Saturday night
and. asking their names, proceeded to
make out checks for the weeks work.
"What shall we do with themT ask
ed one
"Cash them at the bank, of course"
"Who will identify us?"
The employer saw the point, tore up
the checks and secured currency with
which to pay the men. That made a
demand on the bank. Scores of other
farmers were doing the same thing.
Hundreds of other communities did 1t.
The result is that the country bankers
draw millions of dollars from the ere.
serve centers" every harvest and to
some degree change national financial
currents thereby.-C. M. Harger in At.
lantic Monthly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
FIERCE CANNES.
The Wolfish Dogs of Newfoundland
and Labrador.

On the extreme northern coast of New
foundland, as well as on Labrador, the
fishing villages and settlements are all
situated i'm the harbois and creeks
along the seashore. In the summer all
intcrcommunication with the various
villages Is by water, so that the roa Is
are very primitive. In winter, when
the ground is covered with snow and
the marshes and lakes are frozen, the
people utilize dogs ana "comaticks" to
travel to and fro, and also for hauling
firewood, building material, etc Those
dogs are savage mongrels, closely a.
lied TO their progenitor, the wolf; IN
fact. they are half wolf.
The residents do not trouble much
about these mongrels In the summer,
and they are generally kept in Il state
of semisavage starvation. They feed
on fish offa during the fishing season
and occasionally band together and go
a-hunting on their own account. On
these occasions they will attack any
thing they come across, man or beast,
and so fierce are their depredations
that caribou, which are plentiful In
Labrador, can only on rare occasions
be found within twenty-five miles Of
the seaconst, as these mongrels have
destroyed or driven them all inland.
Last winter it was reported that
team of those dogs turned on the drlv-
er and devoured him and his wife and
child who were accompanying him to
a distant settlement 1t has been long
recognized that these packs of savage
dogs were great obstacles in the way
of the progress of the people in these
parts. 1t was impossible for them to
keep cows, sheep, goats or even poul-
try.-Forest and Stream.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Well Known SiunaI.

The trainman who when sober was
so competent that the officials had
winked at his occasional bibulous
lapses was at last called up on the
carpet
what does this mean?" asked the
trainmaster sternly. "a month ago
you went on prolonged bat when we
were short handed-stayed drunk a
month. Then recently you were away
on two different occasions for half
week each time What does 1t mean p
why" said the trainman, 81 am
surprised that you should ask me what
1t means. had understood that you
came. up from the ranks yourself, and
yet you ask me the meaning Of one
long toot and two short ones. thought
everybody knew that was the signal
to stop."-Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

thing, but especially Edwards pretty
daughter, and presently proposed a
match between the young lady and his
nephew" This was agreed to, and
the visitors at once dlned with the fam
lily, Blood pronouncing an edifying
grace. After dinner they were shown
over the house. Blood managed to rid
Edwards of case of pistols by pur-
chasing them for friend, and 1t was
arranged that the nephew" should be
brought for inspection by his future
bride at o'clock on the morning of
May o.
Punctual to the day and hour, Blood
appeared with three companions-Par
rot, Hunt and Holloway. Each had
sword stick In his hand, dagger in his
belt and pistols in his pockets Hollo-
way remained outside to guard the
door.
Blood, with nice regard for the eti-
quette of the occasion, proposed that
they should await the arrival of his
wife before joining the ladies' and that
Edwards should show them the crown
Jewels to while away the time. The
jewel room was entered and the door,
as usual, closed. Edwards was at once
attacked gagged and bound, an iron
hook being even attached to his nose
"that no sound might pass from him
that way" In spite of threats he
struggled gallantly, was knocked down,
stabbed and left for dead. Parrot put
the globe In his loose breeches Blood
crushed up the crown and thrust 1t be-
meath his cloak, while Hunt began to
file the scepter in two before putting It
in bag.
AT this moment, like q bolt from the
blue, appeared Edwards son, newly ar
rived from Flanders and eager to greet
his family. He went first to his moth
er and sister, and the thieves slipped
out but Edwards, regaining conscious
ness, managed to give the alarm, and
they were taken. Said Blood philo-
sophically, "It was a bold attempt, but
1t was for crown"
After this one imagines there would
be short shrift for Colonel Blood, and
we expect the march to Tyburn and an
edifying "last speech" But he refused
to plead unless in private to the king
and was admitted to an interview, got
on the right side Of the merry mon
arch, hinted at accomplices by the hun
dred who would avenge his death, was
granted his forfeited estates and was
thenceforward frequent in the pres
ence chamber. Then he quarreled with
his patron, Buckingham, and was cast
In damages for SANDER on the duke.
He died in 1850 and was buried in Tot.
hill fields; but, "sham funeral ru-
NOR being started, he was exhumed
two days liter and identified at an in
quest.-Lo.ldon Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
EVENED Up MATTERS.
The Way Fine Imposed In Court
Came to Be RENTED.

raw mountaineer got back at Judge
Nose Wright of the Rome circuit In a
very clever way. While the judge
was presiding over the Chattooga su-
perior court he had occasion to plas-
ter fifteen dollar fine on this man
because he failed to appear in time as
a witness in case.
"Say, jedge, haln't that purity steep?"
mildly inquired the Chattoogan.
NO" was the reply. "You know you
were an important witness In this case
and ought to have been here. Will
suspend payment, however, and hold
1t over you to see that there Is no like
trouble in the future
Later Judge Wright was spending a
few weeks at Menlo, popular sum-
mer resort In Chattooga county, s>v-
eral miles from a railroad. He had
package to come out from Summer
vile, and the big mountalneer hap
pened to deliver 1t.
"Wcll, what do l owe your" asked
the judge genlally, reaching for his
change pocket.
"Waal jedge, | reckon about $15
would square u.s." was the calm reply.
"What?' yelled Judge Wright, stag
gering back.
'Mebbe you won't be so dern keer
less next time bout leavin' yo' pack
ages" was the imperturbable answer
'Look here" whispered the perturb-
ed jurist, 'T'll just remit that fifteen
dollar fine put on you down in Sum-
merville."
"Gld ap, Beck. That bout squares
us, jedge."
It's true, all right, because Judge
Wright told It on himself.-Atlanta
Georgian.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Mother

At mothers meeting young WON
an recounted with some pride mum
Der Of proverbs about mothers.
"Its easier for a poor mother to
keep seven children than for seven
children to keep a mother That sad
and striking proverb," she said, "is
from the Swiss.
"'A mothers love is new every day.
He who will not mind his mother will
some day have to mind the jailer.'
Better lose rich father than a poor
mother "A fathers love is only knee
deep, but mothers reaches to the
heart Those proverbs are all German
'The Hindoos say poetically, Mother
mine, ever mine, whether / be rich OF
poor
"The venetians say: 'MotherI He
who has one calls her. He who has
none misses her.
"The Bohemians say, "A mothers
hand is soft even when 1t strikes
"The Lithuanians say, Mother means
martyr"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
EARTHWORMS.
They Can Move About Only When the
Ground Is Damp.

Ground Is Damp.
Ever since Darwin wrote his remark
able book on earthworms the general
lowly creatures. Everybody has OBJ
served thousands of them on the ce-
ment walks during and after a rain,
but the true cause of these remarkable
wanderings is not often written about.
The fact is that earthworms can move
about only when the ground and the
grass are wet. The truth of this Is cas-
lily shown by placing an earthworm on
some dry sand, when the dry grains
will stick to its Shiny skin and make II
helpless.
All living creatures are endowed
with the instinct to move and spread
over the earth Human beings, higlet
animals ard bl;,i prefcr to moro
about in fair weather. 70 thp ear.
worm and other lowly creatures. r."
frogs, salamnnders. slugs and liui
snails, rainy days are the only fair
days for travelling When the 'rl
comes out and dries the roads and ne
meadows, they Withdraw into tain
hiding places. As earthworfrs cannot
see clearly, they crawl about in III
aimless sort of way. If they hnNrr" to
get on board or cement o;alk WIEN
the sky clears they soon die and shrivcl
up.
When dry season or winter ap-
proaches, the earthworms burrow deep
er into the ground. At depth varying
from six inches to two feet each worm
coils up into little ball. By aid of
secreted slime 1t makes case of dirt
round itself, and in this state 1t re.
mains dormant until abundant rains or
the spring thaws call it back to more
active lfe.-St. Louis Republic.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
WIGS IN COURT.
Bench and Bar In England Stick to
the Traditional Headgear.

Bench and Bar In England Stick to-
the Traditional Headgear.
American visitors to English court
rooms have been struck by the strangeI
appearance-strange to their eyes, att
least-of judges and lawyers in wigs.
Times and customs change, but the
judicial wig of England remains un-
changed. Bench and bar hold faith
fully to the traditional headgear.
Until 1927 human hair was used In
making the wigs, which were heavily
powdered when worn, but since then
white horsehair has been used. While
English horsehair is considered the
best, the wigmakers buy supplies I'm
France, Russia and even China and
South America.
Every operation in the manufacture
of wigs is by hand except the curling,
and this is done ON small hand curl
ing machine. Most of the wigs run
from twenty-one to twenty-four and
half inches in circumference.
The wig of the average member of
the bar costs $50. Full bottomed wigs,
such as are worn occasionally by
judges and the kings counsel and al
ways by the speaker of the house Of
commons, cost about $50.
Few lawyers buy more than one wig
In the course of their career at the bar.
Some Of the most famous advocates Of
England may be seen in court with
dilapidated wig and rusty gown.-Phil-
adelphia North American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
NUMBER 81.
OCEAN CABLES.
The Many Dangers to Which They Are
Constantly Exposed.

SoHstaHtiJ GNpoSeu.
The vicissitudes of a submarine ca
BILE are many, says the Magazine of
Commerce. 1t may be torn by an an
chor, crushed by rock or seriously
damaged by coral reefs such as abound
In the tropics.
Some of the growths often found on
a cable tend gradually to decay the
iron sheathing wires.
Then, again. cable Is sometimes
severed by seaquake. 1t may be ia
tally attacked by snout of a sawfsh
or by the spike of swordfsh. But
perhaps the little animal that makes
itself most Objectionable from the ca
BILE engineers standpoint is the insig-
nificant looking teredo navalis.
This little beast is intensely greedy
where gutta percha is concerned, work.
ing its way there between the iron
wires and between the serving yarns.
The silica In the outer cable compound
tends to defeat the teredo's efforts at
making a meal of the core, and this
defeat is further effected by the core
being enveloped in thin tapping of
brass.
But where the bottom Is known to
be badly infested with these little mon
sters of the deep the insulator Is often
composed of india rubber, which has no
attraction for the teredo and possesses
a tOughness, moreover which is less
suited for its boring tool than the COM
paratlvely cheesellke gutta percha,
which 1t perforates with the greatest
ease
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
A NOTORIOUS RASCAL
Bold Exploits of Colonel Thomas
Blood In England.
TRIED TO STEAL THE CROWN
The Daring Scamp Almost Succeeded,
Too, and Managed to Escape Pun
ishment After Being Captured-His
Attack on the Duke of Ormonde.

A daring fearless scamp and one of
the most reckless and brazen soldiers
or fortune that ever cut swath in
England was the notorious Colonel
Thomas Blood.
This choicest of seventeenth century
scoundrels was born probably in Ire
land In or about 1913. During the civil
war he was active on the parliamen-
tary side, was made justice of the
peace by Henry Cromwell and received
large grants of land. These were con-
hscated at the restoration, and Blood
forthwith began his career as q des-
perado.
His first plot was to seize Dublin cas-
tie and the person of the Duke of Or
monde, the lord lieutenant, In 1868. A
crowd was to be collected at the castle
gates. pretended baker with load
OF bread upon his shoulder was to
stumble and upset the loaves, and in
the scramble which would probably en-
among the castle guards the gates
ere to be seized, but the plot was be-
trayed to Ormonde, and, although
Blood himself escaped, his brother-in-
law was arrested and executed.
After period Of seclusion among the
irish hills and in Holland, Blood cross
ca to England and Joined the fifty mon
archy men. After one or two minor
deeds OF daring he planned and nearly
kcarried out desperate stroke in 1910.
that year the Prince of Orange visit
6d England and was entertained by the
Icity. Of London. In his train on the oc-
casion was the Duke of Ormonde,
SAgainst whom Blood nursed undying
bate. The duke was dragged from his
coach in st. James street by Blood and
his son-in-law, strapped on horseback
to one Of the conspirators and hurried
toward Tyburn. So determined was
the prime mover in the affair that his
enemy should die that he hurried on
Howard the gallows to arrange the rope.
Uhe dukes coachman gave the alarm
and followed his master with assist
lance, and timely rescue was effected.
QAMay 0 In the following year Blood
hade his great attempt to carry Off the
Flower jewels. He set about the task in
yquite modern style. Some three
weeks before the attempt he and wo-
man whom he represented as his wife
Ibis real wife being then in the north
q England-vlsited the Tower, where
he lady feigned sudden illness. She
Ind her companion were invited into
he private apartments Of Edwards,
be aged keeper, that she might rest
nd recover.
hree or four days later they return
with present Of gloves as an ac-
wledgment Of the civility. Blood
courtesy itself. admired every
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
A CLEVER THIEF.
His Capture and Sale Of a Consign-
ment Of Diamonds.


An expert criminal named Raymond
is described by Sir Robert Anderson as
a Napoleon of crime. The plot which
he devised for the theft of diamonds
worth $450,000 and which he carried
out with mastery forethought and
address is unrfvaled.
Diamonds were habitually sent from
Kimberley to the coast Just In time to
catch the mail steamer for Europe.
Were the convoy delayed the gems
were locked up in the postoffice until
the next steamer left the harbor.
Raymond, profltlng by knowledge
of those simple facts, visited the port
of departure. He made friends with
the postmaster, learned his habits and
took wax impressions of his keys. He
then returned to Europe, leaving be-
hind him memory Of pleasant man
ners and good fellowship.
A few months later he was in Africa
again, disguised and unknown. He
made his w"y up country to the point
where the diamonds had to be carried
across ferry on their way to the
coast. Unshipping the chain Of the
ferry, he sent the boat downstream,
and the next convoy of diamonds
missed the mail.
All that remained for Raymond to do
was to unlock the safe in the post
Office and go of with the treasure,
which by a fine stroke Of ironical hui
NOR he presently sold to its rightful
owners In Hatton garden. This was
Raymond's masterpiece. e.-Blackwood's
Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
A Greater Noise.

They had removed from New York
to quiet country town, and new
neighbor was rendering his sympathy.
81 guess you must miss the noise of
the elevated cars good DEAL" she
said. 81 don't suppose you could get
to sleep at first because you was so
used to hearing them where you liv-
ed"
II never heard them," said the lady
from New York. "My husband snores."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Measures.

''The money man amasses," re-
marked the philosopher, sis not the
measure of his value to the commu-
nifty"
NO" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax;
'it's the measure of the community's
value to him" Washington Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
The Reptile.

Schoolmaster-So, then, the reptile is
a creature which does not stand on
feet and moves along by crawling on
the ground. Can any one of you boys
name me such creature? johnny
Please, sir, my baby brother.-London
Tit Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
A Sliqht Diversion.

Anything new at the reception last
evening?"
well, yes. The genial host and the
amiable hostess quarreled informally"
kansas City Journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
SEEING the Alps.

"Did you see the Alpsp
"Oh, yes. Our car broke down right
opposite them, and, do you know, I'm
almost glad it did. I found them so
charming and interesting."-Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Little Thinus,

Life is made up not Of great sacri-
fees of duties. but little things, in
which smiles and kfndnesses and
small obligations given habitually are
what win and preserve the heart and
secure comfort.-Sir II. Davy. .
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
HeIpina Him Out.

Borrows-I say, old man, l wish you
would help me out today.
Busyman-Haven't time to do it my
self, but I'll call the porter. John,
open the door and help the gentleman
out.-Chicago News.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29
Precaution.

She-But, Fred, dear, fancy coming
in such shabby clothes when you are
going to ask pas consent. Fred-Ah,
but, dearest, / once had a new suit
ruined.-London Sketch.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

"The best lightning rod for your pro-
tection." says Ralph Waldo Emerson,
"is your own spine."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

A married man says 1t isn't the
jaws of death that worry him, but the
jaws of life.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1908-04-29

Laziness begins in cobwebs and ends
in iron chains.-Spanish Proverb.