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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11
Ruef Found Guilty of Bribery
Graft Prosecution JubiIdnt

conviction and Heney today issued a
statement saying that the people of
San Francisco owe a debt of gratitude
to the jurors who have given moro
than three months time to the case.
Johnson said yesterdays victory
score of triumphs in warfare.
Addressing a mass meeting of citi-
zens Attorney Johnson said:
I'VE have completed the work for
which we entered the prosecution and
We now surrender the trust We took
up the case where Heney was forced
to leave off and feel that our obliga-
tions have ceased with the conviction
of Ruef.'
He declared the real purpose of
prosecution should be not merely to
punish persons and send grafters to
jail, but to purge the government so
as to establish the equality of men in
the eyes of the law.
Langdon said that the conviction ia
only the forerunner of others, adding
that the "arch criminal of San Fran
cisco is now on his way to the PEN
lenIlary.
Detective Burns declared it was
plainly the peoples victory and that
the people are vindicated
''The prosecutions plans are un-
conn leted in detail, but it is probable
that Patrick Calhoun, president of the
United Railroads will be the next to
be tried. He will be charged with
bribing a supervisor.
Langdon said today: "It is not de-
cided what indictment to try him on.
We will not try Ruef again immedi-
ately on the remaining indictments
and it is probable that the prosecutions
energy will be centered on Calhoun"
Calhoun will be summoned back
from New York, where he is said to
be negotiating the sale Of the United
Railroads to Hartman. 1t is expect
ed that Heney will give particular at
tention to the Calhoun trial.
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he is in position of subordination to
foreign naval officers. This is true be-
cause foreign powers have, on i'm
portant naval stations, representa- dives
of the rank of admiral.
The secretary urges that the navy
should, without delay, be provided
with two vice admirals.
1t is desirable, the secretary states.
to lengthen the dry dock authorized by
congress to be, constructed at Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, from $50 to 114O feet.
to render it capable of accommodate
ing two or more vessels at once.
Secretary Metcalf recommends that
the navy yards at New York, Phila-
delphia, Norfolk, Puget Sound. and
Mare Island be developed to their full
capacity for the repair and mainte-
nance of ships, but says it is not fur
ther desirable to develop other navy
yards, at least until that at Guantana-
mo shall have, been equipped. the last
named station being regarded as of the
first military Importance and as a nat
ural strategetic base
1t is deemed highly desirable to ac-
quire by purchase or to construct a
dock in San Francisco harbor. With
the acquisition of such a dock, and
the bringing up to high efficiency of
the yards at Bremerton and Mare
Island, another navy yard on the Pa
cif1c coast will not be necessary for
some time to come.
The navy department. being a large
business organization, Mr.. Metcalf
suggests arrangements of the duties
OF any bureau are exceedingly diff
cult and complex, and necessarily
rests with congress; but those who
speak of the millions unnecessarily
spent annually by the lack of econom-
ical administration do not realize that
comparatively small percentage of
the annual budget goes for repair and
maintenance of the material of the
fleet The greater part is expended
for the pay and provisioning of the
navy and marine corps, ammunition,
fuel, and expenditures on account of
increase of the navy. So far as con-
Germs the last-named item, the depart
AAASAiS Aie@o iOiiS USOu du exceedingly
economical purchaser, the contract
price of our latest battle ships being
hardly more than the actual cost of
labor and material and incidental ex-
penses, and very considerably below
the limit fixed by congress- The secre-
tary says also that it would be diff
cult to find in any large manufactur-
ing establishment, or other industrial
organization, greater coordination than
exists among the heads Of the great
bureaus and offices of the navy depart
ment.
The secretary recommends that con-
gress authorize at it's approaching
session the construction of four bat
tie ships, four scout cruisers, 10 de-
strOyers, four ubmarine three GOLFERS,
one repair ship, one ammunition ship,
ships to be converted from cruisers
now on the navy list.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11
ShrinerS Are Coming Tomorrow

More than $50 members of Ell Katif
temple, mobiles of the Mystic Shrine,
will arrive in the city from Spokane
tomorrow On their special o. r. & N.
train, known as "E7 Katifs Special"
and will spend the morning and af-
ternoon visiting with Garden City
members of the Mystic Shrine, and in
enjoying the hospitality and entertain
ment provided them. There will be no
restraints on the jolly travellers from
the Falls City, and, as one of the To-
Gals said this afternoon, they will "do
all they can"
The motto appearing at the head of
the bright red announcement is do
Thou Unto Them. for They Will Do 1t
Into You, Surei" At o'clock to-
morrow evening % candidates will be
taken across the hot and burning sands
of the Sahara, the ceremonies to be
given in Masonic temple and lasting
until II o'clock, after which will be
served one of the SWEETEST banquets
to which ever mortal man sat down,
and at which nlustrious Potentate
Henry A. Flood, of Spokane, will pre-
side as toastmaster. e Ii
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ings is completed" said Manager
Tourtelotte this morning, 1--WE propose
to drill another on the north side Of
the farm. I fully believe that within
a period of ten years every ten acres
of this farm will be supporting fam
lily.
1.-THE strata below which is found
the flow of water coming from this
well, seems to slope gently toward the
east, making the wells below the new
one shallower, while the nearer the
government reservation w got the deep
er we had to go. For that reason, 1
believe, the brewers failed to secure a
flow. People living below the farm,
according to my findings would strike
water at much shallower depth than
that at which we secured it, though
the extent of the rock strata is some
what in doubt.
Much difficulty is experienced il
penetrating the rock strata as it is ex-
ceptionally hard, and the drillers do
day. The strata encountered here was
perhaps II feet in thickness"
The securing CT the artesian wells
on the BlalOck fruit farm has interest
ed property owners throughout the
country in the matter, and it is prob
able that the next year will see many
take up the work of solving irrigation
problems by sinking wells. An early
government report CH the conditions of
artesian water says that the artesion
point in the Walla Walla valley is on
a line drawn from the state peniten-
tiary to Whitman monument. and the
wells struck on the BlalOck farm would
indicate that the report was correct.
It is said that the new we'll on the
ranch would If properly located, h
worth 100000 to the state penitentiary
and it is not improbable that Warden
c. S. Reed will take steps to secure
artesian flow, as labor is plentiful
there.
According to the opinions of those
who are conversant upon the subject,
the well of the Betz Brewing COM
pany, if sunk deeper, would eventually
strike the rock strata below which is
to be found the flow of water which
opens new possibilities in the way of
irrigation in the Walla Walla valley.
Manager Tourtelotte regaled the
visitors to the farm this morning with
keg of cider manufactured by the
company, and a sample Of the water
was also passed around as a chaser" +"
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TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
johnson Says He Would
Not knOW How to Buy Pool

L don't know whether this Ole Oh
son is playing politics. or what he is
doing" said Robert H Johnson, secre-
tary of the Walla Walla County Fair
association, last night when Ole Han
sons communication asking the Com
mercial club to adopt resolutions fav-
oring including race track and pool
room gambling in the same category
with other forms of gambling, was
read. Il wish to say that l am not
upholding gambling, for l could not go
to booth and intelligently purchase
pool. This is not matter to come
before this club, and l move chat it be
placed on the table"
AS that seemed to be the opinion of
all present, it was so disposed of,
though Tom Mosgrove entered a mo-
ton that the communication be re-
ferred to a committee consisting of
Secretary Robert Johnson. F. S. De-
ment filled the presidents chair in the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11

absence of President F. w. Kaser.
A resolution from the Spokane
chamber of commerce was read, favor
ing an increase in the salaries of dis
trict and circuit judges to $4,000 and
$4,000 respectively. and after Prose-
cutting Attorney-elect Everett J. Smith
had shown the necessity for such an
increase in maintaining the dignity of
those offices, the resolution was adopt
ed. A second resolution protesting
against any tariff revision which would
reduce the present duty of 1 1-2 cents
per pound on lead ore and is cents
pound on lead bullion, was also read,
but the club desired to take no action,
and the communication was laid on
the table for further action.
The Walla Walla Concert band was
given a vote of thanks for the excel
lent work done at the Spokane Apple
show, and the plan of assisting the or
ganization in financial way will
probably be taken up at a later date.
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TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH
BIdIOCk Well Has Pressure
of Sixty Pounds to Inch

In the presence of Manager A J.
Tourtelotte, of the Blalock Fruit COM
many. Mayor Eugene Tausick, Robert
H. Johnson, John P. Kent, Art Harris,
Robert E. Allen, Water Superinten-
dent E. A. Knight, Fire Chief William
Metz and newspaper representatives,
a test of the old artesian well on the
Blalock farm was made this morning
at 10 o'clock, and a pressure of 60
rounds to the square inch registered
on the guage. When converted through
q fire hose with a one-inch nozzel con-
nected with a six-inch pipe, the stream
was thrown more than a hundred feet,
and when the nozzle was pointed up
ward, the point reached was higher
than any building in the city.
Those who witnessed the test were
most pleasantly surprised by the show
ing and the possibilities attendant
upon the finding of such a flow of
water have not yet been fully appre-
ciated The new we'll which was con-
yerted into a veritable "gusher' a few
davs ago, has not been controlled but
the flow therefrom is expected to have
a greater pressure than that recorded
from the old we'll this morning, as the
water rises into the air almost two
feet and fills the casing which was
sunk The test made this morning
was mainly for the purpose Of deter
mining to- what uses the well might
be put in fighting fire, as a similar we'll
is being sunk near the buildings on the
farm to provide protection. A COM
plete fire system, consisting of large
number of hydrants and an ample
soon as the well is completed, and
a direct result insurance rates are
expected to be appreciably reduced.
In all there are nov three wells in
the vicinity, the lower being 535 feet
in depth, the intermediate 565 feet and
the new one $50 feet feet. All produce
an excellent flow of warm water, lead
ing to the belief that any quantity of
water may be secured for the drilling.
The water, being warm, is especially
desirable for irrigating purposes, as it
has the effect Of assisting early growth
of garden truck, in which there is
good money if marketed early in the
season. Manager Tourtelotte this
morning announced that rhubarb irrf-
gated with the warm water was last
spring much in advance of that grown
on other sections of the farm.
LAS soon as the well near the build
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11
Draw Color Line.

JACKSON, Miss, Dec. 11.-Mis-
sissippi farmers affiliated with the
Farmers union are up in arms against
the attempt Of the colOred agricultur-
lists of the state to organize a similar
union. 1t is feared that trouble may
result from the attempt of the negroes
to establish a union, and in sOme' 10
calities the white farmers are threat
ening night rider tactics, if necessary
to put stop to the propaganda of the
negro organizers. The matter will
probably come up at the next meeting
of the state union, which will be held
next month.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11
Secretary Of Navy Tells
Of The EpOCh;Making Cruise

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Secretary
Metcalf. of the navy department, in
his annual report discusses, as the
most notable event of the past year,
the voyage of the battleship fleet,
which has proven an epoch-making
cruise"
Late in the spring of 1907 it was de-
cided to send the Atlantic fleet on
practice cruise to the Pacific. When
the purposeT of giving this assemblage
of 16 battle ships such a practice cruise
under severe conditions, was an
nounced, he states, criticism from high
technical quarters was heard. The un-
dertaking, it was said, was too monu-
mental; dangers more than multiplied
with numbers in such a case; battle
ships should not be sent around the
globe on any ordinary occasion; the
skeletons of some of them would
doubtless be left in the Straits of
Magellan; and. if thes hips should
round South America, they would. one
by one, arrive with machineries loose
and unserviceable, and with crews
rejecting the condition of the material.
The facts are, Secretary Metcalf
says that the ships maintained sched-
ule time, and have practically taken
care of their own repairs on this cruise
The repair list sent in at the naval
station, Cavite, p. l., have just been
received and are significant They
show that after the voyage to the dis
tant borders of the Pacific, the needed
repairs are negligible. The performance
of the Oregon in 1898 has, it seems,
been substantially repeated.
This cruise, as yet hardly half over.
he declares has given us an opportuni-
ty to get better acquainted with the
republics Of the south Of US. with our
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11
Label League
For The Women

foH the purpose of formally effect
the organization of a "Woman's s
--aoeI League" a meeting of the lab
'"g people of the city, especially the
"ohan is TO be held in the Labor tenn
p'e South Third street, this evening at
oceck, and an appropriate program
audresses, followed by refresh
.ei'Is, will be given after the organi-
:, '"oh Is established, and officers
-, O'eu. Invitations have been sent to
wives, sisters, mothers and sweet
us OF labQring men of the city. by
u Oohlmttee consisting of Mrs. Glenn
lis Mrs. c. p. Trask, Mrs. Ray
Ca. couA, Mrs. Dave Evans. Mrs. c. w.
isham. Mrs. j. o. Burton, Miss
uIer and Miss Retzer.
! Ne object of the Label League
e -or the patronage of firms which
na. pioy union labor, goods made by
+.rr, on labor, and patronage of the
"aila Walla made" articles. While
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SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 11-Heney
made the following statement:
Needless to say 1 am gratified with
the result. I fully expected conviction
if none of the jurors were reached by
all honest
Johnson's statement follows: 1--WE
have disproved that our law is a. sham,
that our administered zion of Justice is
travesty. Ruefs race is run. His con-
victiOn sounds the death knell Of his
system and that of his accomplices,
the public service corporations, the
system by which a political boss sells
to ar e&a4dlly guilty corporation boss
privileges and rights which belong to
the people. Henceforth Ruef's person.
ality will be eliminated from this city,"
District Attorney Langdon made this
statement:
THE public is familiar with the evil
dence which made it apparent that no
honest jury could do other than con-
Wet. The graft prosecution will con-
tinue until it makes a demonstration
that San Francisco is capable of en-
forcing laws and that the courts and
juries are not a mockery and a sham"
The designations of Attorneys Hi
ram w. Johnson, Matt L. Sullivan and
j. j. Dwyer as special prosecutors in
the graft cases will be- presented to
District Attorney Langdon today. The
trio volunteered their services after
Heney was shot and with the convic-
ton of Ruef they feel that their du-
ties are ended.
The prosecution is jubilant over the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11
Committee Will Investigate
House Needs No WdtChin0

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE first
action taken by the house today was
the adoption of the resolution intro
duced by Representative Perkins, of
New York, providing for the appoint
ment of a committee of five to con-
slider the action to be taken by the
house in reference to that part of
Roosevelt's message intimating that
members of congress need watching
by secret service.
The members appointed to the COM
mittee of five are: Perkins, Denby,, of
Michigan, and Weeks of Massachu-
setts, republicans; and Williams of
Mississippi and Lloyd of Missouri,
democrats.
The resolution says: Whereas the
message from the president to the
houses of congress has stated in ref
erence to tha. provision, that it is not
too much TO say that this amendment
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11

has been of benefit only and could be
of benefit only to criminal classes"
The resolution then quotes the mes
sage referring to the use of the secret
service force is investigating members
of congress. Perkins arose and said:
"The statements made by the presi-
dent cannot be Lightly disregarded.
They may be construed by the public
to lessen the dignity and thereby i'm
pair the usefulness of congress. Whe-
ther it can be justly said that those
expressions of the president are un-
fortunate, must rest with congress,
exercising wise and discreet judgment
to decide
The resolution was adopted without
debate and Speaker Cannon imme-
diately appointed the committee. 1t
was reported late this afternoon that
the president is primed with all sorts
of important information received
from the secret service.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11
"TaQ DdY' for Wd|Id WdlId Soon

talk of having a "Tag day" for the
public library, which is sorely in need
of money for new books, and there is
now talk of a Tag day" for the Park
club. 1t is not unlikely that there will
be cooperation along, these lines and
that the money raised will be divided
between the park fund and the library
fund. l. -f
The matter will be fully discussed at
the regular esmi- monthly meeting of
the Park club to- be held in the Y. M.
c. A. building tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock At this meeting, a formal
report will also be presented showing
the amount of money raised by the
recent Park club ball, and the matter
of the expenditure of this fund
whether it is to be used for mainten-
ance or for new work at the city park
will be discussed in detail.
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own island possessions, with the new
and vigorous branch of the British en-
pire in Australia, and particularly with
Japan; and has given to those coun-
tries a better opportunity to get ac-
quainted with us. 1t has been every
where understood and accepted, as it
was intended, as the reaching out of a
strong hand in friendly greeting on
the part of America, and the cordial
hospitalities extended to our feet will
be long remembered, and have power
fully Influenced feeling in this country.
Between the United States and every
country visited there is feeling of
deeper interest and friendship than
existed
Passing to certain recent criticisms
of the new and larger battle ships
now building, the secretary says that
at the conference, convened and opened
by the president at Newport, the gen.
eral matter of design of these ships
was approved, after fortythr days
consideration, by this assemblage of
the best authorities available in the
navy, SOIISiStlHS OL dDOuC OU OllCCTS
all but seven of whom were line Off
GERS of the seagoing branch of the SER
vice.
Workmanship he says has improved
On the practice cruise. With respect
to the assertion that our 12inch guns
are inferior to those of other powers,
the facts are found to be that the act
ual muzzle energy of the 12inch guns,
which form the main armament Of our
eight latest battle ships in commits
sion, is somewhat greater than that of
any gun afloat in any other navy.
As the officer in command Of the
American feet now in the far east
holds the rank Of rear-admiral only,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-11
Prison Doors Open for 81
Recommendations of Board
Louis Horner, Whatcom county.


Louis Horner, Whatcom county.
Conditional Pardons.
The following four prisoners, having
exemplary prison conduct, and being
supported by recommendations OF
trial judges and prosecuting attorneys,
were recommended for conditional par
dons:
John Walsh, committed from Snoho-
mish county.
Charles Kinney, committed from
Snohomish county.
George Cornwall, from King county.
George Smith, committed from Okla
hogan county.
Final Discharge.
The following prisoners, having
served their minimum sentence under
the indeterminate sentence law, and
having exemplary conduct to their
credit, are recommended for final dis
charge:
Richard ]. Purcell, Ferry county.
L. H. Alger Okanogan county.
James Coghlan, Spokane county.
w. j. Donovin, Benton county.
w. S. Fridley, Pierce county.
John Harrison, King county
Mike Harkins, Franklin county.
Richard Murphy, Klickitat county.
Arthur Murphy, Spokane county.
Alfred G. Payne. Spokane county
Ernest Stout, Spokane county.
James Vlaminck, SnohOmish cOun-
ty.
George Rogers, Pierce county.
Eugene Russ, SnohOmiSh county.
Thomas Wilson, King county.
Arthur Price, Spokane county.
Daniel Boyd, King county.
Charles Collins, SnohomiSh county.
Frank Smith, Spokane county.
Jack Fraynham, King county.
Mike Ross, committed from Pierce
county.
Henry Murphy, Stevens county.
Charles Austin, King county.
George Clark, Kittitas county.
James Murphy, King county.
A. j. Dugas, Spokane county.
James Butler, Yakima county.
F. O'Brien,. Snohomish county.
William Proctor, Yakima county.
Mable White, Spokane county.
Discharge from Parole.
The following prisoners, now on
parole, are recommended for final
discharge:
L. T. Gardiner, Joe Moore, S. J. Gra
ham, J. H. Snethen, H. G. Duell, Ida
Saltiers, Clinton Buchanan, Arthur E.
Waddell, Chas. H. Burroughs, William
Newan, J. E. Schmid, Ben Williams.
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Soldier Hills
Rival In Love

PACIFIC GROVE, Calf, Decem-
ber 11.-Jealousy over woman has
brought Private D. c. Duke, of Com
pany B., Twentieth infantry, to prison
under the charge of numbering First
Sergeant Edward Stanton, of the
same company, and attempting to Kill
the woman over whom they both quar-
relied.
Duke found Stanton and the wom-
an eating in a restaurant. He ran 70
the Presidio and returned with a re-
voIver. He opened fire without any
warning and Stanton fell dead In the
restaurant. Two bullets We're hreo al
the woman but both missed. Duke was
shot in the shoulder by Policeman
Dosch as he was running away.