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New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
HoNoRs FROM VERMONT UNIVERSITY

= D1iNnston. Vt, June 3O-At the lO5th commence
i.h' 'oi the University Of Vermont and State Agri-
~ ~seIeoIai College to-day President Buckham con-
ief'eo honorary degrees as follows:
n Sse' ., da%s-senecs Hazleton. of Burlington,
o. the wsesea "a fowers. Of Morrisve. both justices
II mont supreme Court Frank Plurnlev Of
columbiso t-Ii r-na Professor James R Wheeler of
Doctor OF IJters5r-a ~,
York ia'Ufe-Danlei l. Cady. OF New
Masters OF Arts-sesland " r.,aa. -. 49,
yosenb N n. .. Mason s. Stone of Montpeljer vi ..
Carbrisge ae eAalleh. OF Philadelphia and Walter II,
AN of the Master Of Arts degrees we're con,srr.s
recognition of work done in the cause of eacs-
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
WESLEYAN HOLDS COMMENCEMENT.
Honorary Degrees Conferred at Exercises in
First Methodist Church.

MiddIetown. Conn, June 3o-Wesleyan Univer-
sitv held its seventy-seventh annual commence
ment exercises this morning in the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church. where the orations in the
contest for the Rich prize were given. the sixty
six members Of the graduating class received their
diplomas and number of honorary degrees were
conferred
The honorary degree of Doctor Of Laws was con-
ferred upon Frank Bentley Weeks Governor OF
Connecticut: Silas Arnold Robinson. Judge of the
Superior Court and soon to be Justice of the Su-
preme Court. and upon Francis John ConnelI'
president of Depauw University.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
FEDERAL PRISONERS BREAK JAIL

Asbury Park. y. J.. June 3o-Two OF the big
hatch of federal prisoners recently transferred
from Fort Leavenworth Kansas TO Fort Hancock
at Sandy Hook. and there confined III pen
ad bv a wire highly charged with electricity es-
oored a few afternoons ago, according to soldiers
who were off the reservation on leave YESTERDAY
and were not recaptured until one of them had
heen wounded with bullet. The two men, VINO
had only lew months to serve are no" oaoN "a ''
.,riso, NTH their sentences lengthened 10 three
1,aars each for trying to escape. The men con-
cealed themselves in sand pit ana fousht oes-
peratelv when discovered by searchers.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
BOY COULDN'T TAKE A DARE; DROWNED

Crawford n j. June 80 (SpeciaD.-"TH sink or
eu,ro,, shouted thirteen -year-old Thomas Martin.
loath 10 take a dare and plunged into the Railway
River in full view Of number of companions well
aware that he could not swim. The lads. who had
been taunting him because he was cautious on that
account were frightened when they saw him sink
and ran away Edward SCHNEIDER. truckman.
Who heard Of the occurrence. dived several times
70 recover the body and finally brought it to the
surface Three doctors worked over the limp form
for an hour in an attempt to bring BACK me- out
without result
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
SAY ISRAEL W. DURHAM LEFT s., ,OOO, 900
Other Estimates Place Estate as Low as $780,
o0O-Five Hundred Police for Funeral
[By Telegraph 10 The Tribune J

Philadelphia, June So.-various estimates are be-
ing made of the estate OF the late Israel W. Dur
ham, political leader and contractor. the general
belief being that he left at least S000,0o0 Other
estimates place IT as low as $4,000. because re-
GENTLY il is said had given about 5000 to his
brothers and sister
He is reported TO have carried sixty thousand
shares of Philadelphia Rapid Transit and IL is
said that his recently purchased interest in the
Philadelphia National League Baseball Company
is 100000 The Director OF Public Safety has or
dered detail of five hundred policemen for service
81 the funeral.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
DWELL INVITES MR.. TAFT.

rou.eu Mass June 9o--Governor Draper and
,1....za,. Governor rockingham. President
Treadway Of the state Senate ana speaker walker
- ,ta House Congressman Ames, Mayor Brown Of
Iau,eu and President Speare OF the American
automobile Association have signed an official in
,tation 70 President William n Taft inviting him
80 attend the Lowell automobile carnival 10 be held
during the week Of September to II. II Is be
lieved that President Taft viii he at his summer
$50 IN Feyerlv about that time and It is thought
ta nav he able to accept the invitation.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
LATHAM's PLANS TO FLY TO ENGLAND
Inventor of Monoplane Preparing to Start
from Cape Near Calais

Calais France June S0-Herbert Latham. the
aeronaut who. with Count de Lambert and Henry
Farmsn is awaiting favorable opportunity 10
make a flight in his monoplane across the English
Channel has decided start from the summit or
60. plsnc Nez which is three hundred feet high
Necbancians are at work testing and adjusting tne
machine. so that a start be made at the frst
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
SHINE YOUR SHOES AT HOME SUNDAY.

No shine inside or outside after noon on sun
davs in Jersey City HobOken is the order or
the BootbIacks' Union. Association OF Labor. No.
Il 22s This union. recently formed. has mesnoer-
ship Of 125. and has appointed COMMITTEES to wait
on the Mayor and police officials OF the two cities
midday.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
m,DDLEeuRY COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT.

Middlebury Vt June 3o--At the 109th commence
rnent of Middlebury College to-day bachelor de-
grees were conferred upon forty-cight young men
and women by President John NJ. "homas and hon
orerv degrees were conferred follows:
Doctor of Divnity-The Rev. George ". 6. Hill.
nastor of the North Congregational Church, St.
fIohneburv Vt; Doctor of Laws, Richard s. Tut
Ifi IA of Chicago, Judge of the Circuit Court of
illinois and Frank c. Partridge, of Proctor Vt,
former Third Assistant Secretary OF State and later
United States Minister to Venezuela
At the alumni luncheon this afternoon President
,rhor,as announced gifts to the college amounting
90 sl1 2sn The principal is $4,000 from an anony
roons giver for the establishment Of a professor
ship of philosophy.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP IN DANGER
A Battalion of Troops Holding Down Big
Graft in a Gale

Fiberach Germany. June So--The airship Yep
neIin L which came down near here yesterday on
its way from Friedrchshafen to Metz because OF
+roubA with the machinery, is to-day exposed 10
Gale NJ wind on an open plain. battalion Of SOL
diers has been called out. and the men are engaged
In holding down the huge swaying craft
New-York tribune., 1909-07-01
THE DEGRADATION OF PROFANITY.

R.M 5. Lucsnfa. June 2. 1909
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
CHANGE IN TE[E.
GRAPH RATES
WESTERN UNION TODAY PUTS
INTO EFFECT NEW RULING ON
THE USE OF LONG CODE
WORDS.

The Western Union Telegraph
company has made a new ruling re-
garding the use of long code words.
The big shippers, produce men and
manufacturers have gradually be-
come the users of codes and in many
instances one long word expresses an
entire sentence. The new ruling is
to commence December /. All COM
binations of letters contrary to the
usages of the various languages, that
is to say all artificial words and all
combinations of misspelled or abbre-
Waited dictionary words, will be
counted at the rate of five letters or
fraction of five letters to word. Fig
ures, decimal points and bars or di-
vision will be counted each separate
ly as one word. Words taken from
the dictionary of the various lang
uages ani used as code words will
be taken each as one word but all
words not found in the dictionary
will be counted five letters to each
word.
Inasmuch as large portion of the
messages which go through the local
office are in code and many of them
are long words it is expected that
there will be a general howl of pro-
tests go up on this ruling
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
Floods on the Coast.

Travelling men in the city today re-
port traffic on the Coast practically
at standstill The main line of the
Great Northern running north from
Seattle is out of business on account
of the bridges being out at Blaine
and Sultan. There is between four
and five feet of water on the flat be-
tween Everett and Snohomish. MAX
ing it impossible for teams to get
through, and in some places the wat
er is almost up to the Great North
ern tracks. On Gray's harbor, as
was stated yesterday, the railroads
are out of commission and will be out
for some days to come. 1t was rain
ing in Seattle last night and the flood
conditions are getting worse rather
than improving.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
Progressing
ON BUSINESS
BLOCKS
FIVE BUSINESS HOUSES NOW IN
COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION
WITHIN RADIUS OF 100 YARDS
WILL AGGREGATE $4,000.

Business houses are now building
in the city within the radius of 100
yards, the aggregate cost of which
will amount TO 100000 Including
the Halbert block, which is just COM
pleted the figures will run close to
$4,000 The buildings now in
construction within this short dis
tance are the following:
Russell-Plough building, 100000.
Harlin block, $4,000.
Daily World building, $23, 900.
Ellis-Forde block, $4,000.
Commercial Club building, $4,000
The Russell Plough block includes
a frontage of rs feet on Wenatchee
avenue. 1t is two stories high, with
plenty of room for fine, large base
ment. The lower floor will be oc-
cupied by C. F. Eggiman and hard
ware store on the corner. The second
floor is fitted up for Office purposes.
The Harlin building will not be
completed this winter. The basement
is being completed and the work will
be finished early in the spring.
The Daily World building contains
two floors, besides we'll completed
basement. The basement floor is
concrete and the sides and ceiling
will be plastered and it will be heated
by steam throughout. The main floor
will be occupied by the Daily Word,
with one side a general store. The
house. The entire building will be
heated by steam. with hot ana cold
water on every floor. thus making it
strictly modern throughout. The
| building has been enclosed up to the
second floor.
The Commercial Club building is
| built up of concrete to the second
| floor. The second and third stories
will have pressed brick front The
city of Wenatchee has leased the bot
tom floor. This building will be com
pleted by January /.
The Ellis-Forde building will be
| in size 5Ox120 feet and two stories
high 1t will connect up in the base
ment and on the second floor with
the present store building of the Ellis
Forde company.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
RUSH WORK ON
NORTHERN
LINE
26O TEAMS FROM MONTANA,
WITH ADDITIONAL GRADING
EQUIPMENT EN ROUTE TO
WORK ON OkANOGAN LINE.

Some 260 teams with additional
grading equipment and hundreds of
men are en- route from Montana to
Okanogan county, to be employed on
the Oroville-Pateros branch of the
Great Northern Traffic Manager
Costello, of the Great Northern, has
stated that it is the expectation of
his company to handle the Okanogan
crop by rail next year, and it is evil
dent that it is the purpose of the
contractors to crowd this work this
winter. This is evidenced by the al
ditional equipment which is being
sent in
OF course there is a possibility that
the Great Northern has in contem-
plation a further extension of the
line There is keen rivalry On the
east side of the Columbia river by
the North Coast and Great Northern
crews and of course there is a posi-
bility that a grading outfit might be
put to work on that side of the river
1t is known that the Great Northern
surveying crews are very anxious to
get ahead of the line of the North
Coast.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
MAN ROLLED HIS
ROOMMATE
A. c. SWARTZ GOES THROUGH
TAKES POCKETBOOK CONTAIN
ING SIS AND OTHER GOODS.

A. c. Swartz and E. T. Gavin have
been working together under one of
the street contractors for some
months past. They live in a shack
east of the railroad track. Both men
quit work yesterday morning. In
the afternoon Gavin secured liquor
in some manner and became some
what intoxicated. During an effort
to sleep it off, Swartz went through
Gavin's clothes and took from the
man his pocketbook containing about
SIS in cash. The deed was witnessed
by an old man who was in the cabin
with Swartz and Gavin. Last night
Gavin discovered that his valuables
were gone and informed the police
of the fact. The officials at first
were inclined to put little credence
in the mans story, believing him t.
be intoxicated, but secured descrip-
tion of Swartz and Officers Nelson
and Hauser made search for the man.
He was found at the depot in readi-
ness to take the train to the Sound.
On being searched the pocketbook
was found inside of his undercloth-
ing. He was taken to the city bastile
and will be given preliminary hear
ing this afternoon before Judge Pal
mer. The officers deserve special
credit for so quickly capturing the
larcenist.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
COngregatiOnalists to Meet.

There will be an interesting fell
lowship gathering of the friends of
Congregationalism at the residence
of r. S. Ludington. 1876 d Street
South, Thursday evening, December
2. Rev. Dr. Waterman will also give
a talk on the contribution of Congre-
gatiunalism to American history.
This will be a pleasurable and enter
tanning evening A cordial invitation
Is extended to all such friends, that
we may become better acquainted
with each other and DR.. Waterman.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
COAST
HASCREW At.
PAIEROS
PARTY OF SURVEYORS
ON THE GROUND-WORKIN
ALONG EAST SIDE OF COLUN-
BTA RIVER.

Another crew of North Coast sur
veyors arrived this week from Port
land and have established camp
across the Columbia river rom Pa
teros This crew has begun work
south from that point and it is the
evident intention to meet the crew
which has been encamped at Wenat-
chez as the latter works northward.
The new party of engineers has
established camp with enough pro-
visions to supply them for the winter
and it is highly evident that it is
more than a mere scouting party.
Parties who are known to be rep
resenting the North Coast road are
trying to buy property at East We
natchee, but to date no deals have
been consummated to the knowledge
of the Daily World. One man was
queried as to the price he would
take for his ten-acre tract, but re-
fused to put a price upon it, Rail-
roads are not out buying property un-
less they expect to do business in the
neighborhood and the efforts of the
road to buy property is taken as evil
dence that the North Coast will be
built through the Columbia valley.
President Strahorn and Chief Engi-
neer Pitman of the North Coast left
Spokane yesterday for North Yakima
to look over the construction work
which is in progress in the Yakima
valley It is current rumor in rail-
road circles that it is the purpose of
the North Coast to make North Yak
lima the headquarters of the North
Coast system. and extensive property
interests are being acquired in that
city.
Inasmuch as it seems to be the pur-
pose of the North Coast to build into
the Columbia valley the people are
much interested in the rumor that is
beginning to be current that the
North Coast is part of the North
western system. During the past
week this latter road has flOated a
! s13.0O0,O00 bond issue with the,
understanding that this vast sum is to-
| be used in extension of its line west
| from the western terminus at Lean
| der. Wyoming. Well informed rail-
! road men assert that the North Coast:
| is part of the Northwestern. whifr
equally well informed men still main
tain that the North Coast is a subsi-
diary corporation to the Canadian
Pacific. The residents of central
Washington do not care particularly
as to where the funds come from for
financing the big project. but are in
terested only in its ultimate construc-
tion
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
R,H, THOMSON
T0EXAM|NE
BRIDGE
CITY ENGINEER OF SEATTLE
WAS ALSO MEMBER OF THE
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
WILL BE HERE, SATURDAY.

r. H. Thomson, city engineer of
Seattle, will be here Saturday. This
is a result of request by the We
natchee Commercial club and the city
administration to Governor Hay to
have the state highway commission
make a further and more complete
examination of the Wenatchee bridge
with the object that the state might
take over the bridge, according to
the legislative enactment of the last
session of the legislature. Mr.. Thom-
son is not only preeminent as an en-
gineer but is also member of the
advisory board of the state highway
commission and it is likely that his
recommendation on the Wenatchee
bridge will be recognized as final by
the state highway commission. Mr..
Thomson is one of the notable men
of the northwest. There is no man
in the west who has endured the
abuse of the newspapers as has the
city engineer of Seattle. He has
served during many administrations
and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and
the Times have waged an unceasing g
warfare on this man, but through
many administrations he has held
firmly onto the Office of city engin-
eer of Seattle. and has made one of
that was handicapped by hills, gor-
ges and the encroachmentS of the
Sound. His work in Seattle has won
for him a national reputation and
| last year Mr.. Thomson was strongly
urged by Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger to accept the Office of head
of the reclamation service. He draws
salary of $500 from the city as
engineer but his talents in other
work would bring him double the
salary. He is so in love with his
work, however, that he still holds
onto the position in Seattle.
An invitation will be extended En-
gineer Thomson TO attend an infor-
NAL dinner to be given Saturday
night. This is at the invitation OF
the city council and with the object
of having the present and incoming
!
of the other business men of the city
will also be present at this dinner
The object of this is to have Mr.
Thomson express himself on civic af-
fairs. Mr.. Thomson has spent his
life in studying municipal problems
and it is thought that his talk along
| the line of civic work will be of
great benefit to the residents of We
natchee
! Naturally the people of this city
/ are much interested in the reexamin-
alton of the Wenatchee bridge and
/ are hopeful that the cOnsummation
OF tne safe VIII not De nelQ up muc0
longer. 1t is known that State High
way Commissioner Bowlby has gone
quite extensively into the Wenatchee
bridge matter and is preparing plans
and specifications for a bridge simi-
lar to the one constructed, with the
object of showing that the price for
the bridge is excessive. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Bowlby's estimate of
the cost of construction of the bridge
similar to the one put up by the We
natchee Bridge company is some
$34, 900 less than what it is proposed
to pay. 1t is expected that there
will be other members Of the state
highway commission accompany Mr..
Thomson to this city but the person
mel of the party is not known at this
time.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
Serious Heart Trouble.

r. n. Bradford, while in the Wells
& Morris store, had serious attack
of heart and stomach trouble and
had to have the ambulance to re-
move him to the Gilchrist hospital
The trouble with Mr.. Bradford is
chronic, ana DR.. Gilchrist stated this
afternoon that he is a pretty sick
man.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01

Sheriff Sappington, of Vancouver,
arrived here last night after M. E.
Curtis, the man arrested for attempt
ing to defraud school districts in
Clarke county.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01

Attorney Nelson of Leavenworth is
in the city today transacting legal
business.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
DR.. MATTHEWS
PLEASED BIC
AUDIENCE
is PAST MASTER IN THE MAX
ING OF EPIGRAMS-OPENI
LECTURE OF BROTHERHOOD
COURSE.
MattheWgralns.


+ Our unrestricted electorate is I
+ one of the greatest mistakes +
+ ever made by this government. 1
!. I
+ | will challenge any 100 high /
+ school graduates and If l find !
+ 10 per cent who can read in t
+ telligibly any ordinary poem !
i with which they are not famil /
+ lar. 1 will go all over The state /
+ of Washington apologizing for !
+ this statement. Our schools are I
+ yet but experiments. High I
T. school graduates as a rule do !
+ not know how to read and !
+ write and cipher.
+ We have turned our school !
I. teachers into nice nurses for I
+ lazy mothers.
!. More men today are being I
+ bankrupted from the frying pan I
/. than from anything else. I
+ Food should not have to be 1
+ "swallered. If properly mas I
+ ticated it will "swaller" itself. 1
T. If girls were educated in do I
+ mestic science. there would be 1
+ fewer mer looking like monu- I
I. ments to coming grave ards. 1
+ Less brains is shown by the 1
+ average business man than by 1
I. any other class of people.
+ The man who won't provide 1
f. for his family is an internal 1
+ cur. scoundrel. undesirable citi- !
+ zen. /!
+ !
+ It is not race suicide but race !
!. homicide that is the crime of !
+ the age !
+ !
+ Mans inhumanity to man !
T. makes ountless millions !
+ mourn" but woman's inhuman- i!
!. ity to woman makes countless !
+ billions mourn. !
+ !
+ We need dress reform. There !
+ is not a woman here tonight L!
+ that is properly dressed. !
+ I. + + + 1. + + + + + + + + + 1
Rev. NJ A. Matthews, preacher
politician and publicist
tall like the trees among which h
lives, sweeping in his movements lik,
the statements which he makes, de
scended upon the people of Wenat
chez last night at the opening of tn,
Brotherhood lecture
course.
The doctor, whose oratorical gy
rations interspersed with common
sense has built up for himself in {
few years in Seattle what is probabl!
the largest audience on the Pacific
coast. was introduced to the audi
ence by Dr. w A. Stevenson and the
subject was "The Four Square Girl.
The Divorce Age.
The first phase of the subject
tackled by the speaker was the di
vorce question. This" he declared
is the divorce age. The question i:
an alarming one. There are those
who believe that a uniform divorce
law would alleviate the situation. But
this would not remedy it. The solu
ton is in having proper marriage
III Cl
Domestic life is no purer than il
was Is years ago. Our whole do
mestic scheme needs to be revised.
Throughout his discourse the
speaker discussed the essentials oi
the Girl Four Square" and the en-.
necessary to make up q
tue woman.
Discussing the political condition
the doctor said: "The shame OF
America is the government of hel
cities. Our unrestricted electorate Is
the greatest mistake ever made in
the government of this country. II
is the crime of crimes that a bought
I'M DagO can in four yoa re- tiuo do
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01

Spokane, Dec. 1.-The Chicago e
Northwestern Railway company is to
extend its line to the Pacific coast.
passing through Spokane on its way
to either Seattle or Portland. The
Chicago road intends to compete with
the st. Paul and Burlington roads.
This is the report sent out from
Chicago. where the deal has been
made for the gigantic undertaking.
For the purpose of financing this road
the company is prepared to issue ap-
proximately $30.0O0,OOO worth of
new stock. which is in the ratio of
one to four of outstanding stock.
This proposition has already been
submitted to the proper authorities
of the several states which require
state authority for the issuance of
the new railroad securities. This au-
thority has not yet been given by any
one of the three states to which the
proposition has been submitted,
which fact may account for the denial
which the officials of the company
make regarding the proposed stock
issue.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-01
Will Soon Start Work.

1t is also known, although not ad-
mitted by the company's officials. that
an approval has been given for con-
struction of at least 1900 miles miles
of road to be completed within the
next two or three years 1t is known
through western senator's that the
company has completed and approved
surveys of lines to three important
Pacific coast points-namely, Port
land. Seattle and San Francisco.
In connection with the proposed is
sue of new stock, 1t is remembered