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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

to him in the regular way. He leaned
to the view, that exercises outside reg
ular school hours were not necessarily
in conflict with the constitution of the
state. The wording of the constitution
of Washington state, that mo public
money or property shall be appropriate
ed for or applied to any religious wor-
ship, exercise or instruction" would
seem to be opposed even to religious
exercises or instruction before the reg
ular school houre, providing the school
house was used.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Jumbo" HUNTER is CAPTAIN
Fast Tackle Is Named as Football
Leader for 1910 Pullman Team.

F. P Jumbo" Hunter, for three
years a star of the Washington State
college football team, wac eiA:tod cap
tain for 1910 after sDirited contest
last week Hunter is a Junior and first
played on the college eleven IN 1905,
when his position was left guard. He
j. tt school and when hc returned in
1908 he was put by Coach Rhcinschild
at left tackle, which was III, position
this year.
Hunter weighs 200 pouH'.s and is
fast man for his weight 1l%ing starr
ed getting down the field on pun's.
Most of the coaches gave him guard
position on the Northwest team.
He is an aIl-around athlcti- star. mis-
powerful build serving MIA We'll III
other branches of 6pHrt
The election was hotl# conte3ted'
Hunters election being made unani-
NOUS after he was found to have a
majority of the Nv lIen back - an.
Earl Galbraith OF Spokane was an
other candidate. Caiara:th has f'ay-
ed star game at enl for The state
college for three yea"S.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN PUB
Lie SCHOOLS.

The attorney generals ruling that it
is contrary to the state constitution to
open public school with prayer is well
founded. The question arose because a
Thurston county teacher made it a
practice to open school in that way
Evidently there was objection from
some patron. The public school sys-
TEN is a state institution and it has
always been the policy of this country
to keep state and church separate. To
permit religious exercises in one form
would be to open the way for other
see religious instruction in the schools
would object. Many persons are of the
opinion that children of school age
should receive more religious instruc-
ton, but when it comes to giving such
instruction in the public schools trou-
bles are pretty sure to arise. If it SO
happens that the parents of all the
children in a school have similar re-
ligious views, religious instruction
might be given without causing con-
tentions. That does not often happen
in the United States.
Two sections of the state constitu-
ton have provisions that support the
opinion of the attorney general. One
Ie,.
ported wholly or in part by the public
funds shall be forever free from Sec
tartan control or influence" Another
still more in point reads: NO public
money or property shall be appropri-
ated for or applied to any religious
worship, exercise, or instruction, or the
support of any religious establish
ment." The Thurston county teacher
who opened school with prayer re-
ceived public money as salary.
This question of religious instruction
in the public schools comes up now and
again in nearly all the states. 1t was
up the other day in New York, when
the state superintendent of schools was
called upon to decide whether a teach
er might give religious instruction be-
fore the regular school hours A
teacher had been in the habit of con-
Quoting religious exercises from s: As to
o'clock Pupils who did not desire to
do so were not required to attend. The
question was whether the exercises
were contrary to the constitution The
fed way gave assent to the plan. That
is to say, he believed that he should
not finally pass on it unless some pat
ron objected and an appeal was taken
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
MAY DUST LONG FROM JOB
Objection to Him Serving as Club
Manager and Secretary of League.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. %
Henry Berry, president of the Los
Angeles Baseball club, announced to-
day that he had received message
from President Graham of the Coast
league, saying that a meeting of the
club owners would be called for some
date in January to consider the prop
ositon of ousting Secretary Long.
Opposition to Long is based, it is
said, on the alleged fact that he is
acting in the dual capacity of cub
manager and official of the league.
Some of the club owners object to
his holding an executive position
wherein he might be called at any
time to pass upon matters in which
he is directly interested as club
manager.
Another matter to come up for dis
cussion, according to Berry, is the ad-
visibility of permitting the North
western league to place a team in
Portland
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
WEATHER FORECAST.

Local forecast for Walla Walla and
vicinity: Fair tonight and Saturday.
Washington: Rain or snow west,
probably fair east portion tonight;
Saturday rain west, snow east portion.
Weather Conditions.
The highest pressures are over the
Plateau region and the Ohio valley, re-
spectively, giving generally fair wealth
er to those sections. Light snow fell
in southeastern Washington and rain
in the Strait of Fuca, elsewhere fair
weather prevailed in the Pacific North
west A disturbance which moved
from southern California to Kansas
since yesterday is causing rain or snow
from the southwestern states to the
Mississippi valley, attended by a rise
in temperature. There has been a con-
siderable fall in temperature in Nevada
and southern Utah. Indications are
favorable for continued fair weather
in this vicinity tonight and Saturday,
without marked changed of tempera-
ture
JOHN GROVER, Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
THE SUGAR TRUST CONVICTIONS

Five employees of the sugar trust, in
Guiding a dock boss, have been found
guilty by a New York jury-guilty
of swindling and defrauding the feder-
al government. AS to the guilt of the
cashier. Bender Nagel, the jury dis
agreed. and apparently the evidence
did not sufficiently connect him with
the thieving by means of false weights
and the bribing of the underings
Counsel for the defendants pleaded
with the jury for their acquittal on the
ground that they were mere tools in
the hands of men higher up" but Of
course the law cannot accept any such
excuse. though it may regard it as rel
evant in a recommendation of mercy.
However, the plea is significant, as the
prosecution fully recognizes. Punish
ment of the small fry among the SUI
gar thieves will not satisfy justice or
the community. 1t is quite obvious
that the gigantic sugar frauds could
not have been conceived and carried
on for years without the knowledge
and approval of the higher officials
and beneficiaries. If it is possible to
convict them. if the necessary evidence
is procurable, no time should be lost,
no energy spared. in pursuing the in
vestigation and tracing the criminal
and shameful conspiracy to it's source.
Since the fede~al government has
taken UP the sugar frauds various
settlements have been made and stolen
money has been surrendered with
some alacrity. But. as Mr.. Wickersham
has stated, these transactions can in
no wise affect criminal prosecutions of
wilfui thieves, whether they belong to
the ''neanest of trusts" or to its COM
petitors. The federal government has
promised to go high and probe deep:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
MORE SIGNS OF
NIGHT FLYER
PEOPLE AROUND WORCESTER
WATCH SKY AND REPORT
SEEING STRANGE LIGHT.
REFUSES TO MAKE
ANY COMMENT ABOUT MYS-
FERROUS AIR SHIP.

BOSTON, Dec 23.-Following the
report from Worcester last night of
the discovery above that city of a
strange moving light. apparently the
searchlight of a dirigible air craft, to-
night brought stories of the observ-
ance of similar lights tonight from
villages east of Worsecter and even
from Boston Commons.
People in MARLBORO, South Framing
ton, Natick, Ashland, Grafton, North
Grafton, Upton, Hopedale and North
boro, turned out in throngS tonight
and saw a mysterious light in the sky
Many declared that it had the APP
pearance of a strong light and, while
they could discover no frame work be-
hind it, such as an aerOplane would
have, they were positive that the light
could not be that of a balloon because
, it moved as if under control and ap-
parently against the wind.
Wallace E. Tillinghast, Worcester
man who recently claimed to have in
vented a machine in which he had
gone from Worcester to New York and
return and who, it was thought, might
! have been the navigator of the sup
poser air craft, remained nOn-cOmmit-
! tai today.
! If the lights seen were those of an
airship, Mr.. Til,inghast was not the
aviator Of the craft tonight, for he
remained at his home in Worcester.
1t is thought that $4,000 peop'e
| thrOnged the streets of Worcester to-
night, watching for the temperance
| of the visitors in the sky. With most
, of the curious, the watching was un-
, rewarded. People on tops of build
ings told of seeing a light pass rap
! idly at some distance south of the
, city, but it was smaller and much
] less brilliant than the one seen last
night.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
TOXIC GOVERNMENT STUDIES
MATTER OF TARIFF REVISION
At Coming Session of Diet Statutory
Rates on Number of Articles
To Be Fixed.

TOXIC, Wednesday, Dec. Tariff
revision and the new treaties of com
merce are now occupying the time and
attention of almost the entire gov
eminent forces in Toxic. At the COM
ing session of the Diet statutory rates
will be fixed for a number of articles
and changing to a very considerable
extent the present tariff. Some con-
ventional tariffs will be left to the
treaties, but this will not be the gen.
eral rule in the drawing of treaties.
because it is the intention of Japan
henceforth to establish her own tariff
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
TO BUILD UP POULTRY INDUSTRY

A new feature of the farmers short
courses at Washington state college
at Pullman beginning January and
tasting six weeks, will be scientific in
struction in p5u'iry raising by Fl. l..
blanchard of the Puyallup experiment
station. Mr. Blanchard has been ex-
yerimentin:y with poultry for two
years and il is now planned to in
crease the fij";z at the experiment sta .
ton to several thousand birds and
conduct the industry on a commercial
basis.
The state college cannot render the
public any better service than by a
thorough campaign to stimulate inter-
est in poultry growing. We produce
in this state and the Inland Empire
surplus crops of all the cereals and
other products of farm, orchard AID
garden, but are still heavy importers
of poultry and dairy products. AT
best, it will be an effort of several
years to bring production up to home
consumption, and after that the min
ing and numbering camps, the fisheries
and the increasing needs of vessels
stopping at the harbor towns and
cities will insure a never-fa failing mar
ket
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

For Senate

Leigh Richmond Freeman, editor OF
the Northwest Farm and Home, and
republican candidate for the United
States senate, is in the city today
building fences for the office to which
he aspires. Mr. Freeman is one of the
oldest editors in the state, and found
ed the Washington Territory Press as
ISOLATION, July 4, 1886.
Mr.. Freeman says he is opposed b.
three trust" candidates, R. L. Nc
Cormick of the Weyerhauser interests,
Thomas Burke of the Jim Hill inter
ests, and John L. Wilson of the Gug-
genheims.
The Others said Mr.. Freeman,
including Miles Poindexter, are small
Ter fry, and of them l have no fear.
They are not real candidates. 1t is the
others who are out to beat me-"
The restoration of the merchant
marine, by heavy fines on foreign
bottoms, is the pet policy of Mr.. Free
man. He is against ship subsidy, but
he says he wants to see the old law
again enacted.
Much of the beneficial Legislation OF
late years, Mr.. Freeman claims, is due
to his efforts. In this he includes the
commerce act, the state
grain commission, and many other
measures.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
ithout regard to convention.

without regard to convention.
Eleven years ago it mis, ht be said
that the Japanese knew nothing about
the framing of such treaties and little
if anything of the details concerning
tariffs. Since that time however, this
question of tariff has been given much
attention and a force of experts has
been at work continuously for several
years.
1t is estimated that Japan will not
adopt a high protective tariff, but will
endeavor to take a middle course of a
tariff for revnue only, incidentally.
however, protecting a number of her
own interests. At present the tariffs
are uneven and in some cases cOnsid-
cred unjust and exorbitant These
cases are now receiveing the atten-
ton of the government
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
FIND MORE SUICIDE NOTES.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Now that
the grand jury of Essex county, New
Jersey, has indicted the three sisters,
Virginia WardlaW, Mrs. Caroline W..
Martin and Mrs. Mary Snead, for the
murder of Mrs. Ocey w. M. Snead,
East Orange bath tub victim, New
Jersey authorities have 80 days in
which to remove Mrs. Martin and
Mrs. Snead from New York county
for trial.
Prosecutor Mott of Newark said to-
day that he expects to have all three
sisters within his jurisdiction by De-
cember 90.
There was rumOr tonight that New
Jersey detectives who visited Brook
Ign today found 80 more suicide notes
similar to those found when Mrs.
Martin was arrested.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24

of the same age she lost just year
ago.
Since the death of her child, whose
birthday would have been tomorrow,
Mrs, Allison has refused to be comfort
ed. In the little room, now hallowed by
countless associations, there are
number of toys, a big fiaxen-h haired
doll, it's greatest parsonage. There is
the little kitchen set, the toy "schoen-
hut" piano. whose keys are now silent,
the set of dishes and the dolls go-cart.
Mrs. Allison was looking over the
little playthings a few days ago and
her grief came upon her afresh, and
Mr.. Allison yesterday besOughtB Sup
erintendent l.. J. COvingtOn, OF the
Washington Chidren's Home Society,"
to permit him to adopt a child as near
like his own little girl as possible.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
WON'T WAIT FOR SANCTION
Los Angeles AeronautieaI Meet to Be
Held Despite Any Objections.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23.-"With or
without the sanction of the Aero club
of America, the aviation meet an
nOunced for this city on January
1920 will be held is the gist of a
statement issued tonight by the Mer
chants and Manufacturers association
Of this city under whose auspices the
event is scheduled.
From New York today came the
statement that the Aero club of
America would sanction the meet. but
would insist that no unlicensed plots
be permitted to enter contests with
licensed pilots. 1t is the insistence
on this rule to which the committee
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
association objects
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Ice GORGE in Arkansas River.

PUEBLO, Col, Dec. 23.-Continuous
cold weather for two weeks has caused
the formation Of large ice gorges in
the Arkansas river west of Pueblo,
which are threatening much damage.
Water has commenced flooding the
bottoms. At the pumping stations.
which supply the city with water, it
is necessary to blast every few hours
in order to keep the channel clear of
ice. Great difficulty is being exper-
fenced in obtaining water enough to
supply the city. All weather records
have been broken by the present cold
snap.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
MORE WAR TALK FROM HOBSON.

Captain Hobson loses no time after
the converting Of congress in donning
his war bonnet. Scarcely is the con-
gressional ship under way when the
doughty hero of the Merrimac orders
the decks cleared for action 1t is the
old story of the yellow peril, told with
all the old-time enthusiasm and cock
sureness, with a fitting climax of ap-
peal for more battleships lest we per-
ish. According to report, there were
not many congressman who loafed
around to listen to the familiar belli-
costly of Captain Hobson; but despite
that fact, the gentleman from Alabama
was not a5ashed nor restrained. The
product of a years war brooding was
on his mind and had to be worked off
After all is said and done, the annual
war lecture by the eminent Alabaman
is a harmless diversion. There is much
doubt if the Japanese are of the tenn
permanent to appreciate the humor of
it, but after a mild fashion it touches
the American funny bone, and in that
there is compensation even though we
dismiss all estimation of Congressman
HobsOn's value to the country as a ma
val expert. The sincerity and patriot
ism of Mr. Hobson cannot for q mo-
ment be questioned, and his service to
the house of representatives in the con-
sideration of matters pertaining to the
navy is Of a sort that warrants toler-
ance of hObby-riding.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
QUESTION OF CONSPIRACY is
UP BEFORE SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23-The ques-
ton whether a conspiracy to violate
the Sherman antitrust law is con-
tinuing offense, is involved in the
case Of the United States versus Kissel
and Harmed, which today was docket
ed in the supreme court of the United
States.
The two men were tried in the cir
cult court Of the southern district of
New York on a charge of conspiring to
prevent the Pennsylvania Sugar Re-
filming company from doing business.
The trial court found that as the al
legged offense had been committed in
1904 the statute of limitations was
a bar to the prosecution. The con-
tention of the government is. that
while the violation of the law had it's
inception in 1904, it has continued
since that time
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
FOWLER MAY BE PROBED.
Army Officials Would Know Why n
Is Fiqhtinc in Nicaragua.

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 23-Associat-
ed Press dispatches announcing that
Captain Godfrey Fowler is leading the
insurgents in Nicaragua caused great
surprise in the adjutant generals de-
partment here, as Captain Fowler not
only is a member of the Texas Nat
ional Guard, but a member of the gov
errors staff. Under the law all such
officers have to obtain permission to
leave this country to join in any kind
of revolutionary movement in another
country.
This permission has not been obtain.
ed and the department has started an
investigation. 1t is thought possible
that complications may arise and an
effort will be made to recall Fowler.
Fowler is grandson of the late
Judge John H. Reagan, postmaster
general in the confederate cabinet and
United States Senator
from Texas.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
BIG COLLEGES MAY
Continued From Page Three

body, to play.
Captain Palmer E. Pierce, the presi
dent of the Intercollegiate AsSOcia-
ton, favors changes in the football
rules, and it is very likely that the ses-
be mostly taken up with this question.
Among the speakers will be Chancellor
J. r. Day, of Syracuse university; DR..
D. A. Sargent, of Harvard; DR.. ]. H.
McCurdy, of the Y. M. c. A. Training
school of Springfield, and Prof Thomas
F Moran of Purdue university.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
CHRISTMAS EVE
passed through the office.
No White Christina.
NCoh'ihued From Page Ono,

passed through the office.
No White Christina
Walla Wallans cannot ho.
year for repetition of sucb = L..
was experienced in this sect;on
christmas, when the mercurv
mghest point, reached 81 deprooc
at the lowest, Al degrees r.;.,,
strong, dry Chinook wind blowir.
indications are that the temnara,,,..
will hover tomorrow considerable ho
low the freezing point, with cIord,
conditions such as have been - -,
feet today. The weather obser,o, -
fers little hope of warmer weather ,or
tomorrow, and considers snow ont ..
the question. A sudden chance NOV
manifest itself, however. notwitb
standing the fact that the mercr-,.
has stood near the 20 degree MARI for
the past week, and last night did no,
get above 81 degrees.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
WATSON STILL IN CUBA
Poet Says He Came to Island to OBJ
tain Recreation and for Study.

HAVANA, Dec, 23.-Wil lam Wat
son, the English poet, and his wife
are staying at a hotel in a suburb
of Havana. Mr.. Watson today said
he came to Cuba to search for rec
reation and intended to study the
people and resources of the island
Since his arrival Mr.. Watson and
his wife have been engaged in sight
seeing around Havana. The poets
health apparently is good, and he said
he was enjoying his visit and was I'M
determined how long he should stay
or where he would go next. He de-
clined to make any further state
ment
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
COTTON GOES TO is CENTS.
BuIlish Enthusiasm Sends Quotations
in New York to Record Price. q


in New York to Record Price. .
NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-The bullish
enthusiasm that has attended the cot
ton market in it's recent advances. to-
day dealiZed for the first time in five
years Is cents a pound for the staple
on the New York exchange.
While the Nav option. at 1901 TODAY
was the only cotton on the list to reach
the 16c quotation, the entire list ad-
vanced slightly and still holds higher
than at any other time since the Sully
boom in 1904. The bull campaign now
on is said to be headed by Colonel w.
P. Brown and Frank B. Hayne of
New Orleans, associated with Sully
five years ago. and E., G. Scales and
James A Patten, the Chicago grain
operator. The aggregate profits of this
big four" are rumored to amount to
$13,000.000.
The bulls predict II cent cotton be-
fore the end of January. The record
in the Sully boom was 1854 cents.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
AImanacs Of Their Base.

CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-AccOrding to
time honOred almanacs Tuesday was
the shortest day in the year, it being
December q. In reality yesterday
was the shortest day, according to the
weather bureau. "Of course, it is only
a matter of seconds" it was explain.
ed last night at the weather bureau,
''but it is a fact that the sun rose
later this morning than it did yes
terday, and that it set earlier"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Salvation Army Christmas.

On Saturday evening the children
of the Salvation Army will be given
their annual Christmas treat, while
on Tuesday evening a rousing Christ
mas treat viii be held for all of the
children in the city Provision has
been made for 200 and if those pres
ent outnumber those who have been
provided for, the presents and candy
will be distributed as far as they will
go The Armory on Alder street will
be thrown open on that occasion and
all are invited to have a good time.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
Houston Defeats Allen,

BOSTON, Dec. 23.-Thomas Hueston
of ST. Louis successfully defended his
title of pool champion of the world
against Benjamin Allen of Kansas City
in the three days match ended to-
night, winning by a total net score of
600 to 5S1. Allen won tonight's match
by large lead, in which he broke
the worlds record for a run, scoring
IS, the former record being 70, held
by Grant Eby since. 1902. Aliens
score tonight was 255. Hueston had
1877 =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-24
No Chance in Situation.

BUTLER, Mo-, Dec. 23.-Determined
efforts to break the deadlock in the
Sixth congressional district demo-
cratic convention called to name a
successor to the late Representative
DeArmond, met with failure today.
Three sessions were held and after
the 484th ballot the situation was
substantially the same.