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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Short on School Teachers.

There is dearth of teac hers in Gill
liam county and some of the best school
districts have not as yet been provided
with instructors foI the coming school
year. In Condon all the teachers have
been chosen and so far but one resig-
nation has been filed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Harmony Club.

The club met with Miss Elliot Tues
day evening. Kathrine Froome opened
the program with the charming little
solo Dance of the Rose Buds" next
was Gladys Smith "Rondo." Hazel
Parker gave "Under the Willows. "
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21

TTmekeepers: r. FL. Ormsbee, at
torney; E. L. Wheeler, editor; Platt P.
Morrow, merchant. Test witnessed
by Mayor r. NJ. Breeze and 50 citizens
of Waitsburg, Wash.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-08-21
Now In La Grande.

Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Mansfield have
moved from Joseph, Wallowa county,
to La Grande, where thsy will make
their home. Mr. Mansfield Is one of
Wallowa county's leading stockmen.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

would return to her and their baby in
March.
1t seems that Mrs. Wilson was not
the only one who had claim on her
husband. Miss Annie Lastien, en-
ployed by the Pacific trunk and ba g
company in Fruitvale, was desirous of
seeing him in order to obtain money
which he owed her. She told him of
her straitened circumstances, and ap-
pealed to him to at least answer her
letters. Her claim seems TO have dated
back to a time when he referred to
her as one with whom he was in love.
and she believed she had the right to
address him in the most endearing
terms.
At the same time that Wilson was
telling his wife he would return TO her,
and was assuring Annie Lastien of his
affection, 1t seems he also was devoted
to Miss Bertha Jansen, who lived in
Oakland. Whether Miss Nina Miller
also was the object of his affection
during the same period can only be told
by Wilson, but it is known that he
tried desperately to marry her, and
that her folks were very bitter against
the match
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Betrayed Own Brother

But even while he was busily en-
gagged with many love affairs it seems
Wilson also betrayed his own brother.
James Wilson, who was a deserter
from the United States army. He
wrote to- the war department at Wash
ington and detectives were Immediately
detailed to go to Pueblo, Colo, and
take the man into custody.
Wilson's actions since Boas' death
have been watched by the dead mans
relatives.
Wilson did not come to the house to
see us until Friday evening" said Miss
K. Bose, sister of the dead man, yes
terday. He then told us he was aw-
fully sorry because of Harry's death,
but did not say anything about why he
did not call on the previous day. He
seemed to be grief stricken. He stayed
about an hour He told us how Harry
had befriended him in. every way and
expressed wonder that anyone should
be 50 cowardly as to take his life IN
the cowardly way it was taken. My
mother told him he could take the
business if he wanted 1t, but he re-
fused, saying he did not have the
knowledge necessary to conduct it,.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

and the suggestion of the false TO the
lie direct. Those who write or pro-
cure others to write the articles are en-
gagged in the practice of mendacity for
hire, and surely there can be no lower
form of gaining livelihood. Whether
they are paid by outsiders to say what
is false or whether their profit comes
from the circulation of the falsehoods
is matter OF small consequence 1t is
utterly impossible to answer all of
their falsehoods When any given false
hood is exposed they simply repeat 1t
and circulate another. If they We're
mistaken in the facts, If they possessed
in their makeup any shred OF honesty,
IL would he worth while to set them
right. But there is no question at all
As 10 any mistake or misunderstand-
ing on their part They state what
they either know TO be untrue or could
by the slightest inquiry find out to
be an untruth.
Il doubt IL theythemselves remember
their own falsehoods for more than a
very brief period. and l doubt still more
whether anybody else does. Under
these circumstances it seems hardly
worth while to single out for special
mention one or two given falsehoods or
one particular paper the moral stand
ard of which is as low, but no lower
than that of certain other papers
Time for DeniaIs
"Of course. now and then L am will
ing to denounce a given falsehood, as
for instance. as regards this case of
the indianapolis News or the case
have quoted Of the New York Sun. sim
ply because it appears that some wor-
thy people are misled or puzzled by
these direct. shameless falsehoods But
ordinarily 1 do not. and can not pay
heed 70 these falsehoods. II / did
would not be able to do my work My
plan has been to go ahead. to do the
work, and to let these people and those
like them yell and then trust with
abiding confidence to the good sense of
the American people in the assured
conviction that the yells will die out,
the falsehoods be forgotten and the
work remain.
Therefore, as far as | am concerned,
I would rather make no answer what
ever in this case. But l have much con-
idence in your judgment, and II you
feel that these men ought to be ex-
posed. why you are welcome to publish
this letter. There is no higher and
more honorable calling than that of
the men connected with an upright
fearless and truthful newspaper; no
calling in which a man can render
greater service 10 his fellow country
men. The best and ablest editors and
writer's in the daily press render a
service TO the community which can
hardly be paralleled by the service rem
dered by the best and ablest men in
public life, or the men in business. But
the converse of this proposition is
also true
Most corrupt inanciers, the most
corrupt politicians. are no greater men
ace to this country than the newspaper
man of the type that [ above discussed
Whether they belong to the yellow
press or to the purchased press, what
ever may be the stimulating cause Of
their slanderous mendacity and what
ever the cloak it may wear, matters but
little. In any event they represent one
of the potent forces for evil in the COM
munity Yours very truly,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
William Dudley Foulke, Richmond,
Ind
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Two Other Vessels Collide

In the black fog that covered the bay
last evening two big ferry boats on
the Oakland service crashed together
about 200 yards from the Oakland mole.
There were no causalities, but the
strain Of the accident wore several
women out completely. so that they
were in need OF medical attention when
the big passenger crafts were olsen
tangled and continued on their respec-
tive journeys
The vessels in the crash were the
Oakland, Captain McKaulty, which left
the San Francisco side at 1922 on a
special trip. carrying a large number
OF persons who had attended the Tan
. foran automobile races. and the ferry
steamer Newark. Captain Leale. bound
from the Oakland mole TO this side. and
carrying 400 passengers from overland
train No. and the suburban points.
The collision occurred about Io:25
The Oakland left San Francisco at
1910, 10 minutes beyond the appointed
time for sailing. The Newark left its
berth at 1922
When about 200 yards from the oak
land mole the two bay craft loomed
large against each other There was
crash Of straining timbers and the
two vessels were locked together.
In an instant there was a panic
Women were screaming wildly and
men struggled among themselves to
get out Of the panic stricken passen-
gers who made for the rails
Several women tainted on both boats
Wearing apparel was torn from their
bodies
Captain Leale on the Newark and
Captain Meulty on the Oakland ordered
the lifebosts manned and men helped
women into them. But before the
boats We're lowered the crIncbing
ceased and the big hulks drifted
apart.
When the Newark reached this side
Policeman II. 0. Webb went aboard
TO see II any OF the injured women
needed 10 be taken TO the hosnftal
None was in that serious condition.
In the stampede that followed the
crash many people lost Valuables
On hoard the Newark at the time NJ
the collision We're more than 400 ner-
sons. For the most part they were
essterners who had just reached oar
land on the overland Among the 80
sengers was Upton Sinclair. the novel
ist. who went direct to the St Frsros.
hotel from the ferry. Sinclair xts.as
that the men We're extremely calr, a,.s
sverted what might have been ,,ar.,
disastrous panic.
Among the other passengers me-.
BalfoUr Of Burlingame. who has 49,
On an extended trip: H s. Yeaxer =
mining man from Rswhide: o. ] Ka.-
q businessman OF Rochester. n. Y and
J. r. Langtry, New York financier
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Telegraph Brevities

PRESENTED BY KAIsER-New York. Dec
"a bronze bell donated to the German re-
former church OF New York By the kaiser was
formally presented at celebration today. The
presentation was made by DIR. Karl Buenz Ger
man consul general at New York.
NEW RIFLE sUCCEss-washington Dec
5-That the new magazine rife just placed in
the hands Of the army of the United States and
the militia OF the various states is a success is
set forth by William CrOzier, chief OF ordnance
OF the war department, In his annual report
AERoPLANE FLIES-Hsmmondsport " Y
Dec. 6--The Aerial experiment associations
aeroplane, the Silver Dart, had its first trial
today. Three short flights were made and in
each instance excellent control was exhibited
ELECTION AFTERMATH-MontreaI Dec. 6.
The election campaign which ended October 2s
In the return of the Laurier government is to
be fought again In the courts with the PROV
ince Of Quebec the principal storm center
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Robinson Not Involved

Robinson had not the slightest con-
nection Of any kind, sort or description
at any time or under any circumstances
with the Panama matter. Neither did
Charles Taft The News says that Taft
was a member of the syndicate. So
far as know there was no syndicate;
there certainly was no syndicate in the
United States that. TO my knowledge,
had any dealings with the government
directly or indirectly-and inasmuch as
there was no syndicate, Taft naturally
did not belong to it. The News de-
mands that Taft appeal to evidence. by
which il means what it calls the rec
ords-that is. the mass of papers which
are stored in the war department, save
such as, because of their technical char
acter and their usefulness in the cur
rent work of the canal, IT has been
found advisable TO send to the isthmus.
All of those documents that pos
sessed any Importance as illustrating
any feature of the transaction have
already been made public. There re-
mains a great mass of documents of
little or no Importance which the ad-
ministration is entirely willing to have
published. but which, because Of their
mass and pointlessness, nobody has
ever cared to publish
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Bitter Against Wilson

John Bose a brother of the cleo
trician. expressed himself very bitterly
against Wilson.
J. t. Shubert, proprietor of the Meth
erlands hotel, where Wilson lived, last
night said:
Wilson came here on May 9 last,
and he never paid cent of hoard.
When / went to Boas' office to see him
about the bill I was always put off.
Boas told me that the main man of
the concern was down south and that
they would have money later. This
was repeated several times. The last
time I went there they both told me
that they would have some money on
the first of December.
Monday night Wilson asked one of
the chamber maids for pen. saying
that he wanted to write to his mother.
About Is minutes later he told another
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
DELEGATES TO DISCUSS
RIVERS AND HARBORS $
Four Thousand Will Attend Ma
tionaI Convention in Wash
ington Wednesday

WASHINGTON. Dec. 6.--Four thou
sand delegates are expected at the con-
vention of the National rivers and har-
bors congress here on Wednesday.
Cardinal Gibbons will give the invo-
cation at the opening session. and Vice
President Fairbanks will welcome the
delegates and incidentally speak in be-
half of comprehensive policy for
waterway Improvement
1t is expected that President Roose-
velt will take a pronounced stand in
favor of improving the waterways of
the country in his message to congress.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
VAIN SEARCH FOR TREASURE SHIP

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The Harvard
treasure seekers, as they have come to
be known. returned empty handed to-
night from Jamaica on the steamer Ad-
miral Dewey. The expedition set out
to recover gold sunken in Spanish
galleon off the coast of Jamaica. The
prize hunters are Stephen Noyes, Har-
rison, 'O4. and Roger Darby. '05. They
said they had located several wrecks
presumably including that of the gal
leon, but the hulls were buried so deep
that satisfactory examination was i'm
possible.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
pRowNs IN ENGLISH CHANNEL.

LONDON Dec 7.-Alfred Dobson.
general agent for Tasmania in London.
while crossing the channel from Bou-
drowned He was sitting in the stern
of the boat in forbidden part of the
vessel. One of the officers warned him
that he could not be allowed to remain
there, whereupon Dobson threw up his
hands and fell overheard. He was at
different times speaker of the Tas-
mania assembly. attorney general and
solicitor general
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
METcALr IN Los ANGELES

Los ANGELES. Dec. 6.--Victor II.
Metcalf. former secretary of the navy.
accompanied by Mrs. Metcalf. arrived
in Los Angeles today from Washington.
They will visit their son. Victor Jr.. who
Is in sanitarium at Monrovia, for a
few days. and Tuesday Metcalf will in
spect San Pedro harbor That evening
he and his wife will leave for their
home al Oakland. Metcalf said the At
lantic fleet could not be retained in the
Pacific because of the lack of adequate
drydocks
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
PIONEER RAELROADMAN
MURDERED IN GUATEMALA A
Jack Lane, Known Throughout
Mexico, Reported to Have
Been Slain
Especial Dispatch to The Call ]

Especial Dispatch to The Call
MEXICO CITY. Dec. s-A dispatch
from Puerto Mexico says that Jack
Lane. an American, one of the pioneers
and best known among railroadmen in
Mexico. was murdered across the line
in Guatemala by unknown parties He
was employed for 80 years as passenger
conductor on Mexican railroads.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

SAN JOSE. Dec 6.-Martin Boas. a
brother of Harry j. Boas. the San
Francisco electrician whose death has
nystified two cities, spent Sunday in
this city investigating the case here.
He is firm in the belief that his brother
was murdered. He had an interview
with Chief of Poliec Ed Haley, who
believes Boas committed suicide. Mrs.
G. G.. PEBBLES, who was friend OF
Boas, was equally positive that the
electrician killed himself. The brother
could not locate Miss Anna Kelliher,
Boas girl friend.
Mrs. Walker, Boas former landlady
Mrs. PEBBLES. Miss Kelliher and Chief
Haley will not be called personally to
San Francisco to testify at the inquest
Their depositions will be taken here
Chief Haley has received letter
from San Francisco signed "A. NJ Pow
ell" Powell declares he saw man
who resembled Boas' photographs get
on a train at Gilroy Wednesday. De-
cember 2, in company with a young
girl who seemed to be under the inhu-
ence of drugs.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

RUSSIAN LoAN--St. Petersburg. Dec g.
The budget committee Of the douma has sdont
ed the bill authorizing an external loan Of
$225. 100000. The president of the committee
announces that the government has consented
to a public discussion Of the bill in the douma.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

Continued from Page 1
that every important step in the trans
action and every important document
has been made public in communica-
ton TO congress and through the daily
press. and the whole matter has been
thrashed over in its details again and
again.
The News gives currency to the
charge that The United States bought
from American citizens for s40,000.Oo0
property that cost these citizens only
SI2 900. 900 This statement is false
The United States did not pay cent
of the $40, GOO, 900 to any American citi-
zens. The News says that there is no
doubt that the government paid s4O,-
100000 for the property. and continues,
But who got the money? We are not
10 know. The administration and Mr..
Taft Go not think it right that the
people should know.
Says 1t Is Ludicrous
Really this is so ludicrous as TO
make one feel little impatient at hav-
ing to answer it The fact has been
officially published again and again
that the government paid 40,o0o,OOO
and that it paid this s40.ooo,oo0 direct
to. the French government, getting the
receipts of the liquidator appointed by
the I6HCA " ICSclNC bAAO
same. The United States government
has not the slightest knowledge as to
the particular individuals among the
French government TO whom was dis
tributed the sum. This was the busi-
ness of the French government.
The mere supposition that any
American received from the French
government a 'rakeoff is too absurd to
be discussed II is an abominable false
hood. and il is a slander not against
the French government, but against the
American government.
The News continues, saying that the
presidents brother in law is involved
in the scandal. but has nothing TO say.
The presidents brother in law was
involved in no scandal Delavan Smith
and the other people who repeated this
falsehood lied about the presidents
brother in law: but why the fact that
Mr.. Smith lied should be held TO involve
Robinson in a scandal is difficult to
understand The scadnal affects no one
but Mr.. Smith, and his conduct has been
not merely scandalous but Infamous.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Laffan Makes Reply

NEW YORK. Dec. 6--Mr. Laffan re-
plies to the presidents letter as fol-
lows:
The editor of the Sun presents his
compliments to Mr.. Roosevelt and ac-
knowledges his active sensibility in re-
velt has been good enough to pay him
in his letter to William Dudley Foulke
of Indiana.
Notwithstanding the directness of
his challenge, the editor OF the Sun de-
clines a controversy with Mr.. Roose-
velt. He is by no means Indifferent to
the implied compliment discernible in
Mr. Roosevelts TRADE, but Mr. Roose-
Welt has shown in his frequent collisions
with various persons Of distinction that
he has an overwhelming advantage
over any respectable antagonist in his
(Mr. Roosevelts) complete freedom
from any sense of personal obligation
in respect to the truth. The editor of
the Sun is fully alive to the extremity
of the Inconvenience which attaches to
a personal controversy with a man who
has shown himself capable of suppress
sion and perversion of individual cor
respondence, an act which in ordinary
life would, in the cognizance of any
club or association of self-respecting
gentlemen. entail his prompt expulsion
In saying these things we can not
disguise our chagrin and humiliation
that the person who is addressed is also
the president of the United States.
1T is curious that Mr.. Foulke is a
preferred repository of these conf
dences of the president. 1t was to him
that Mr.. Roosevelt wrote his memorable
letter denying that he was using the
federal patronage to aid Mr. Tafts can
didacy-the letter which at once took
its place among the most valued incu-
nahula of Yeracifv',
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Inquiry in San Jose

! OF the girls that he was going I
write a letter back east for a job"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
PlIes curea ln 6 70 r4 nnr.

Pazo Ointment Is guaranteed to cure any cas-.
OF itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protrudinc piles
in 70 u days or money refunded. Soc
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Special Inquiry Ordered

a special investigation viii be held
by q board of inquiry composed of
Southern Pacific officials at Oakland
mole tomorrow morning TO fix the re-
sponsibility for the accident.
Assistant Division superintendent A.
". Baker who conducted the investi-
cation at the mole tonight issued a
statement 10 the effect that the boat
which was necessarily moving very
slowly on account of the fog, was un-
svoidably swung out OF its course by
the heavy tide.
Cerelh viii probably be submitted
10 an operation tomorrow to remove
the fractured arm. He has a wife
Kate Cerelli. and three small children.
living at 7ezk Sixth street, Oakland
He sustained an injury TO one foot
about two weeks ago It kept him
from work until last week
was on my way home from a visit
in San Francisco" he said. and was
standing on the lower deck in the front
Of the boat The fog was so thick I
could not see ahead OF the bow and
did not know there was danger until
the smash came I heard a crash. then
something struck me on the arm. That
put me out.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
RESCUED BY POLICE BOAT

Drifting helplessly toward the open
sea in small boat, two men and two
women who refused to give their names
were picked up in the bay last night
by the police boat Patrol.
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

him for having woman in the office
at night
Il recall now that my brother repri-
manded Wilson for having had
woman in the Office one night short
time ago. said Jack Bose yesterday.
The appealing letters of Wilson's
Wife to his brother in Philadelphia,
written a few weeks after the earth
quake, show that she mistrusted her
husband and thought he wanted to
leave her and their young baby While
the excitement after the confla grafton
was at the highest pitch, the wife of
the man now under suspicion told of
his having left her and gone off with
his fine friends. The wife asked the
brother to let her know where her
husband was, if the latter happened to
hear from him.
Wrote Husbands Brother
In another letter to her husbands
brother in Philadelphia, Mrs. Wilson
said she had not seen him from the
time of the earthquake until December.
1906, and he then told her that he
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
PANIC FOLLOWS
COLLISION OF
STEAMERS
Ferry Boats Oakland and New
ark Smash Together Near
the Oakland Mole
Accident Follows Fatal Crash
of the Berkeley Near By
in Dense Darkness
Lifeboats Are Lowered and Belts
DOnned, but Vessels Drift
Apart in Safety
Captain Explains Crash

but later was compelled TO go TO the
receiving hospital for relief
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Smith Shifts Blame

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. 6.-Delavan
Smith, here today on his way to New
York. was shown a copy of President
Roosevelt's letter, and made the fol-
lowing reply:
The presidents comments on the
Panama editorial are based on state
ments made by a prominent New York
paper. not the New York Sun. which the
Indianapolis News printed at the same
time, with many other papers, giving
full credit to the source from which
they obtained it. In making the ed
itorial comment to which the presi-
dent takes exception the editor of the
News credits its information to the
New York paper making the charge
and distinctly disclaimed any respon-
sibility for its accuracy This editorial
was published in the ordinary course
of the daily routine of the editorial
department at a time when / was alb
sent from indianapolis, and therefore
could not have been inspired by any
personal motive"
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

The shows specimen Walter Wilson's writing and
to
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Heavy Fog on Bay

The Berkeley left the Ferry building
at San Francisco at one minute after
six O'Clock and its trip was q minutes
long. One OF the heaviest fogs Of the
year hung over the bay and it was
necessary 10 run at slow rate
throughout the trip.
When the boat approached the Oak
land side II was impossible to see more
than a few feet ahead Of the bow and
several times the captain brought It
almost 10 a stop in an effort to ascer-
tain how near he was 10 the mole
The accident occurred q few minutes
after the last Of these halts was made
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07

PROFESSOR KNAPP DIES
PARIS. Dec. 6.--Prcf. William ireland
Knapp, formerly of Yale and Chicago
universities, died here today
The San Francisco call., 1908-12-07
Hired Writers Scored

The fact Is that these particular
newspapers. habituauy and continually
and, as a matter of business, practice
every form of mendacity known TO
man, from the suppression OF the truth