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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
SHEEPMEN ARE HAPPY.
Will Hereafter Be Able to Lease
Range for Term Of Five Years.

PENDLETON, March 5.-Two i'm
portant concessions have just been
made to the sheepmen of Oregon by
Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot. Secre-
tary Dan P. Smythe of the Oregon
Woolgrowers' association has just been
notified by Pinchot that hereafter
sheepmen will be given five-year
leases on range in the forest reserves,
instead of being compelled to make ap-
plication for range annually as hereto
fore and he also received notice from
the chief forester that hereafter nc
sheepman would be fined for breaking
reserve rules without due trial. Here
tofore forest .rintenlents have
fined sheepmen without trial for al
legged infractions of reserve rules, but
this practice is now stopped. These
two concessions are results of recent
visits to Washington of representatives
Of the sheepmen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
Ia SALlE TEAM WINS.
Institute Boys Defeat Washington
Team In Exciting Game Of
Baseball

In an exciting and well-played game
for this time in the season, La Sale
school yesterday afternoon won from
Washington school on the formers
baseball diamond by the close score of
IA to Is. Both teams showed good form
and the game was interesting, although
the score was large.
The La Sale boys lined up as fol-
lows: S. Remillard, catcher; w. Ebj-
ing. pitcher: Clarence Walsh. first;
Robert Cillins, second; Elmer Lane.
third; Lee Jassaund. short; w. Ma
han, left field; W. Hopper, right field;
Ray Conlan, center field.
The Washington lineup was L. Isis
catcher; S. Dietrich, pitcher; r. Peo-
pies first: Frank Bairard, second;
John Kremer, third; Theodore Die
trich. short; j. Burke, left field; M.
Shubert, right field; John Russian,
center field.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
ARMIES OF MEN
FILE THROUGH R|PAR|A
FORTY THOUSAND MEANDER UP
CLASSIC SNAKE AND MEAN
DER OUT AGAIN.

RIPARIA, Wash, March 5.-To have
an army of 10000 brawny railroad la
borers pass through town of scarce
ly 100 inhabitants, secure accommo-
dations at the one small hotel and rest
aurant supported by the village and to
then as silently retrace their steps and
resume former. Or other places in the
world aside from that shut in by the
canyons. of the Snake river valley, has
been the scene witnessed by the ham,
let Of Riparia, the lower terminus of
the washington & Idaho road, which
is building II miles up the crystal
Snake to Lewiston, Idaho.
Conservative estimates placed on
the number of men, a congregation of
varied nationalities, who, during the
past few months have been shipped by
the trainload into Riparia for en-
ployment ON the railroad construction,
is placed below $4,000. At this time not
a sign of the horde of humanity, which
would apparently be thronging the lit
tie strip of country, is evident They
have gone as quickly and as silently
as they came, unobserved personally,
but travelling in motley crews. Beds
strapped on their backs, with their last
months earnings securely tucked away
to be held aloof from use until their
appeals for work were unheeded, griz-
bled, bearded men, lads accompanying
their brown-faced fathers, Italians,
Greeks, few Montenegrins, japanese
and a scattering of Cinnamon have
composed the throng surging for
months into the village.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
HUBBARD DECLARES
SON is INNOCENT

POMEROY, March 5.-State Labor
Commissioner Hubbard has wired Pros
ecuting Attorney Gentry that his SON
L. L. Hubbard is innocent of the inn
putatiOn of being connected with Miss
NJ. Hayward of Seattle, young wo-
man accused of taking a dress pat
tern of silk from the store of the POM
eroy Mercantile company. The cloth
disappeared after the young woman
had been looking at it and has not yet
been found, says ]. ]. McGrath, man.
ager of the store. Miss Hayward was
travelling for Seattle house. selling
Hubbard left town. They were stop
ped at Starbuck by a constable, act
ing under orders from Sheriff Dixon,
who searched for the silk but could not
find it. The pair then went to Dayton,
where they were detained by the sheriff
bat released Miss Hayward is known
as the Chewing Gum Girl' among the
travelling men and they say she and
Hubbard have been seen together in
several Eastern Washington towns.
Hubbard travels as deputy state la
Dor commissioner.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
GOV. MEAD WILL GO |
TO WASHINGTON
EXECUTIVE ACCEPTS INVITATION
TO ATTEND WHITE HOUSE
CONFERENCE.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Presi-
dent Rooseveit's invitation to the gov
|ernors of all the states and territories
to meet with him at the White House
in May for a discussion Of ways and
methods of conserving and making the
best use of the country's natural re-
sources, has been accepted by Gov. AL
bert E. Mead, of Washington. In bis
reply to the President, the governor
|says:
'T have the honor of acknowledging
the receipt Of your letter, inviting me
to attend conference at the White
House. May 13, IA and Is, 1908, for the
purpose of discussing ways and means
for conservation of our natural re-
sources. 1t gives me much pleasure to
iaccept your invitation, and 1 trust that
the conference will be fruitful of prac-
tical results
The conference which Gov Mead will
attend will be held in the historic old
East Room of the White House, and
1.-THE opening session and perhaps every
lsession will be presided over by Presi
dent Roosevelt himself The seating
capacity of the East Room does not
exceed 500 or 700, and this makes it
necessary to limit the attendance to
the governors and the three delegates
which each will appoint, the cabinet,
probably the supreme court of the
United States, the members of con-
gress. the members of the inland
waterways commission, and represent
atives of comparatively few national
organizations which are peculiarly in
terested in the subjects to be discussed.
Will be Great Gathering.
Many societies add atassociations in
IAN parts Of the United States are ask
i ing that they be permitted to send rep
,sentatives, but the lack of room rem
ders the granting of all these requests
impossible.
This will be the first time in the his
tory of the United States that the
chief executives Of practically every
Estate will have met in conference with
the chief executive of the nation. 1t is
expected to be one of the most no
table and important conferences ever
held in the country. Great political
gatherings have been held, but this
will have no politics in it, -:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
PLANNING
FOR WAREHOUSES;
lat MEETING NEXT SATURDAY.
IMPORTANT MATTER WILL BE
TAKEN UP.

Warehouse control will be the sub
ject taken under discussion at the
meeting of the farmers union in the
Odd Fellows temple, Saturday after
noon at 1 o'clock. The farmers will en-
.deavor to buy the warehouse from the
present owners or failing in that will
try to lease them. If no arrangement
of hits kind can be made the members
of the union purpose to form a stock
holding company and build warehouses
in places where they are needed most.
Several other important measures are
to be discussed by the farmers Satur-
day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
ATHENA REFLECTS
MAYOR PLAMONDON
Little Booze" selling incident is for
gotten at the Polls.

DR.. J. D. Plamondons friends at
Athena evidently wanted to show him
that they We're willing to overlook the
little infraction of law for which he
was recently compelled to appear in
court here for yesterday they reelect-
ed him mayor of the little city by a
majority that might Us well have been
unanimous, says the Pendleton East
Oregonian.
The city election took place with
little outward evidence of a contest
but it is said that there was a con-
fiict previous to the contest that was
interesting.
DIR. Plamondon was elected for the
third time as mayor of Athena and
since he is a republican and the city
is democratic, his popularity is evi-
denced by his reelection. There were
no other names on the ticket, but
three votes were cast for other can
didates for mayor.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
WOMAN WANDERS ALONE
IN SAGE BRUSH ALL NIGH

PROSSER, March 5.-Mrs. Floy
West started out early Monday evening
to meet her husband on his return
from town. Not meeting him as soon as
she expected, she undertook to find the
way back home by cutting across
through the sage brush, but was unable
to find the road. Darkness came on
and she lost her way and wandered
about all night.
Her husband came into town for
the bloodhounds recently brought into
Prosser by the county sheriff.
The dogs took up the trail and fol-
lowed it over Is miles and finally ended
at the house of a ranchman near Grand
view, arriving there just one hour after
Mrs. West reached the place, about s
o'clock Tuesday morning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
NEbRASKANS TO FORM
PERMANENT CLUB
MEETlNGt TO BE HELD At Y, M, C..
A. BUILDING TO-
NIGHT.

Nebraskans are urged to attend the
meeting Of the Nebraska club which is
tonight. At the last meeting a tenn
porary organization was effected and
tonight permanent one will be COM
pleted. Every person in the city who is
from the state Of Nebras ska, is urged
to attend this meeting and help get a
club started to further the interests of
Walla Walla in their native state.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05

CLEVELAND. March 5.-Gaunt
horror and he,r.-rending misery made
the little town OF Collinwood their
home last night
No one slept. In the grim and pitt
fully bare building used as a rail-
road shop by the Lake-Shore, railroad
lay the 1852 burnt and mangled bodies
that a few hours before held the hope
and pride Of hundred and sixty-two
|COllinwood homes.
In every home for radius of many
blocks We're heard the fitful, fevered
cries of the injured.
Doctors hurried from house to
house. while gathered in the streets
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
CITY WILL NOT PAY
ELECTRIC LIGHT BILL
Roseburg Company Threatens to Sue
for Six Months Service.

SOSEBURG, Ore, March SIS. A.
Kendall, one of the owners Of the
Roseburg water and light system. has
brought up the very important alterna-
tive of paying up for the city lights
or stand a lawsuit before the city
council. The city has refused to pay
the bill for the last six months on ac-
count Of poor service. This, Mr. Ken
dali says. cuts no figure He maintains
that unless the lights are all out no
deduction from the regular bill will
be allowed. The city has been enduring
this condition for a long time The
council says it is not willing to pay for
the lights until it gets them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
MYSTERIOUS SIGNS
PUZZLE POPULACE
MEANING OF PLAcARDs PLACED
ABOUT CITY Is STILL.
UNSOlVED.

What the meaning of the mysterious
"513- Friday, March 13" is, remains un-
solved. 1t is being even advertised in
the papers without any read knowledge
on the part of those papers as to
what the game is. Everyone in the
city today is guessing as to the mean
ing of the mysterious and perplexing
combination.
Some have advanced the theory that
it is a day set by the
Seventh Day Adventists for the
end of the world. Others
believe that it is an anarchists warn
ing that some dire plot is to be sprung
in the city on that date. Everywhere
one goes are the signs and no one has
been able to guess their meaning.
They have sprung up mysteriously ard
if thrown out Of a window or torn
from a board appear again in spite of
close watching.
Some who are superstitious have
been worried about the matter That it
is an advertising scheme is stoutly de-
MED by every merchant In the town.
All ayoW that thew know nothing of it
and if it is an advertising scheme it
has been covered better than any ever
the origin of the cards has proved
useless and the meaning is still in tle
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
OREGON ASKS FOR
ESTHER MITCHELL

Girl Confined in Washington Asylum
Said to Have Recovered Sanity.
SEATTLE, March 5.-The state OF
Oregon has made request of the Wash
ington state board of control for the
custody Of Esther Mitchell. who killed
her brother, George Mitchell. July IL
1906, to avenge the death of Franz
Edmund Cref1ield. Esther Mitchell was
adjudged insane and has been confined
in the state hospital. Since her con-
finement began she has recovered her
mental faculties. The request has not
been acted upon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
LAKE kAHLOTUS is
SUBMERGING TRACKS
Freak Body Of Water Gives the o. r. e.
N. Some Trouble.

Freak Body Of Water Gives the o. r. &
NJ. Some Trouble.
WASHTUCNA, March 5.-The o. r
& N. tracks along the shore of Lake
Kahlotus are becoming more and more
submerged by the gradual rise of the
lake by constructors of the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle road. which it is
thought is closing an underground flow
of the lake.
The lake has raised till it found an
outlet over the surface Of the ground
through the town of KahlOtus, this
course, it appears, has been stopped by
the citizens to protect, their homes,
which is likely to cause trouble for the
o. r. & N. railroad company, who, is
is said, will have to drain the lake OF
abandon their present tracks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
FUNERAL OF oL0 PIONEER
TWO SERVICES WILL BE HELD
OVER REMAINS OF JAMES
DEMARiS.

Funeral services over the remains
of James Demaris of Dixie, who died
Yesterday at the Walla Walla hospi-
tai. will be held tomorrow.
AT 9 o'clock in the morning a short
service will be held at the home of
bis son, Olander Demaris, 507 East
Rose street, after which the body will
be taken to Dixie and services VIII
be held at the Christian church of that
place at IL o'clock noon. Rev. John
LeCornu will officiate at both ser
vices. Interment will be made in the
Dixie cemetery.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
FILLING RESERVOIR
ON FEDERAL PROJECT

HERMISTON, Ore, March Dur
ng the past few days a head of water
varying from so to IS second feet has
been flowing into the Cold Springs
reservoir and a good sized lake is re-
sultings The flow is being increased as
rapidly as prudent, and by tomorrow
it is expected 100 cubic feet per second
will be flowing into the reservoir. The
officials are now preparing to turn
water into the distribution system for
its trial, and they will soon have every
thing ready to turn water on the lands
of the Umatilla project as the settler
needs it.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05

+ FiREBURG THEORY
+ GIVEN cREDENcE

+ CLEVELAND, O., March s. I
= p. m.-The first intimation that I,
= the terrible disaster at the Col +
- linwood school yesterday was the {
= result of the work of a firebug .
= was given today in the testimony 4
= of DR.. Williams at the inquest, in &
= which he said that he was the .
= first person to reach the scene of Z
= the disaster and that he thought =
= it the work of a firebug. Testi- Z
= mony was also given that the fire Z
= might have been the result of a =
= crossed electric wires. During the Z
= examination, Janitor Hirter, who Z
= saw one of his own children killed =
= in the crush and who lost two little Z
= ones, shrieked and collapsed on 4
Z the stand.
= = = = 4 4 = = = = 4 = Z, 4 4 4, 4
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
P|l|FUL scenes OF SOB; .;IjW
MARK C0LuNWQ d HORROR
Parents. Led BY Attendants. Allowed to Visit
Morgue and Identify Their
Loved Ones,

and in front of the temporary morgue
was a great crowd of almost frenzied
parents and relatives, awaiting the
moment when the police would allow
attempt TO identify their edad.
zone hundred and sixty-two bodies
have been recovered. This accounts for
all the missing" declared City Engi-
neer Gould who is in charge of the
work.
OF this number 10 have been posi-
lively identified. Thirty are SO burned
that Coroner Burke declares that there
Is no hope of Identification.
The Collinwood chamber of COM
merce has $4,000 and the city council
has devoted another $4,000 to pay for
the funeral of the victims.
1t was a pitiful scene when the
parents were first allowed to enter the
morgue.
The bodies were laid out in rows and
the mothers and fathers of missing
children. were led past the silent lit
tie forms by attendants.
Many Of the women tainted. Some it
is feared by the doctors will never re-
gain their reason.
Mrs. Bertha Robinson is one Of
these whose mind tottered and finally
failed her in the hour of her distress.
She lost two daughters in the disaster
When told that their bodies hal
been found she attempted suicide and
lis now held in restraint by the author
|ities. ~
1t is probable that Friday will be set
on as the day for the funeral of the
victims.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
CARPENTERS UNIONS
LOSES ITS CONTRACT.

BELLINGHAM, Wash, March S.
Because of the alleged extreme radt-
calism Of the carpenters union in this
city contractors have decided not tn
sign another closed shop agreement
with the union when their present con-
tracts expire April 1.
A determined stand for the ope,:
shop rule in the building trades is to
be made.
w Baumeister, one of the leading
carnenter contractors here, says his
agreement signed for year the first OF
last April has ruined his business on
two jobs.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05

LONDON March 5.-Striking events
:. the Chinese japanese controversy
which have occurred within the last
., hours have convinced the British
e,r.,gn office that war between the
,,ro great Mongolian races is. very i'm
minent.
Tho seizure of the Japanese steamer,
Tatsu Maru, by the Chinese, is con-
s;aared TO significantly demonstrate
rho unsettled conditions that now ex-
;st in the diplomatic relations between
the Two countries.
Japan's demand which was little
short of an ultimatum, for the return
Of the vessel. and the almost insolent
disDlay of Nipponese naval force that
accompanied the request for the i'm
,nadiate release of the vessel, brought
the tangled affair to a climax.
All that Japan now awaits is a fav-
orable moment to strike. The mobili-
zation of the Japanese fleet, which has
been taking place for the last two
months, the rush of war preparations
that have been going on at the great
arsenals of Osaka, are now believed to
be explained in the development of tae
Chinese crisis.
japanese, diplomats let the world foo
itself in attaching Importance to these
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
EXPLORING Party Sighted.

Z PORTLAND, March O. Captain
Lechycin of the French bark, Eduard
10 TailIe. which reached here this
morning from Europe. reports that ne
smoke to the exploring schooner >. b.
oharot with the French Antarctic ex-
uloring party, headed by Raiter Du
Dot, on board. The Du Baty party
,ysre nreparing to land at kergueien
island at that time and nan' Ior ois
game.
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CONTINUED on Page Four.)

Walla which is in the business part
of the town and which is bringing in
a monthly rental of $45 per month. Be
sides that, he has property to the
amount of $1,000, of which the petition
states, should be invested for the young
man. The hearing of the petition is
set for 10 o'clock, March 20.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
ENGLAND LOOKS FOR WAR
BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN
Fast Occurring Events Point to Conflict
Between the Two Great Mon.
go|ian Races.

preparations as result of the Ameri-
can naval activity while the rea.
cause of it all lay to the eastward, in
Manchuria
England In Peculiar Position.
Officials of the British foreign office
will not speak authoritativeIy of the
crisis but they make no secret of the
fact that England is greatly concerned
in the war cloud that has swiftly de-
veloped in the far east within the last
two weeks and which has assumed
such a serious hue within the last 4S
hours.
England as an ally of Japan would be
in a peculiar and far from enviable po-
sition
The United States is looked upon to
uphold the territorial and administra-
tive entity of the yellow empire and ir
case. Japan forced conflict, would be
|expected to make strong representa-
tions, at least to those that signed the
circular note of 1890 providing for that
thing.
/ If the English government failed to
support the note and the attitude of
the United States, she would at once
make move very unpopular at home
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
GUARDIAN FOR YOUNG MILLER.
'outh In School for Defective Youtf
Owns Valuable Property.

a petition was filed today in the SUI
p0'ior court by A. K. Dice, asking tnat
4e De appointed guardian of the per-
sun and property of Maurice Miller
"sed Is years and now an inmate or
'"e Washington school for defective
'0u'h The petition cites that the
'0ung man has property in Walla
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
M'BR|DE TO RUN
FOR GOVERNOR
HIS CANDIDACY. 1T is SAID, WILL
BE ANNOUNCED IN SUM-
DAY PAPERS.

According to political gossip coming
from the Sound, Ex-Governor Mcbride
will be a candidate again this year in
opposition TO Governor Mead and At
torney S. G. Cosgrove, whose candidacy
was announced some months ago.
Stanton Warburton, it is said, is re-
spOnsible for the information that Nc
Bride will be a candidate again this
Year.
S. G. Cosgrove of Pomeroy, who is
Spending a month on the Sound in the
interests of his candidacy, has heard
the news and is considerably disturbed,
as he is of the opinion that Mcbride
mas strong following east of the
mountains.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
PROBING CAUSE OF CO[uNWOOD FIRE.

CLEVELAND, o.. March 5.-Today
the board of education Of Collinwood Is
investigating the cause of yesterdays
fire.
Architects declare that the fire could
NOT have been caused by an oyerheated
furnace but there is no evidence OF IN
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05
Mcbride Is Wealthy.

Mcbride has made considerable
money in the lumber business in the
last three or four years. and although
lie Went out of office broke, is now III
sood shape to make a vigorous cam
palgn for the nomination. 1t is SAID
mat the fact that he is engaged III
running a mill will incline the lumber
men of the Sound country to consider
Ills candidacy in favorable light.
AcBrides candidacy, it is rumoreo'
VIII be publicly announced in Sunday
morning papers published on the
Sound.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-05

binary demands within the next month
,,rred TODAY when he directors met
ona reduced the minimum iat' OF sois
coun: one-half of one per cent
ote in force since January i
had leen four per cent.
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+ + I. + + + I. + + I. + + = + + + Z
+ BRITT TO MEET 4.
+ PACKY McFARLAND.$ =

+ LOS ANGELES. March s. =
+ Sam Berger has signed Jimmy f
- Britt for a 20-round battle with =
= Packy Mcfarland in San Francis =
= co on March 81. =
+ + - + + + + + + +
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cendiaryism.

|cendiaryism.
The janitor declares that he opened
the outside doors but on, this point the
testimony is conflicting.
Plans of the building show that the
rear doors should open outward but
this is disputed.
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+ + + + + + = +f++
4. MINE HORROR
IN ENGLAN ..

. BIRMINGHAM, England, March !
. 5.-Sixteen men have been en-
. tombed in a colliery at Hamp- .
. stead and the rescuers cannot get :
to them because of fire. 1t is .
. feared that their death is GER =
; tain.