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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

WASHINGTON. Dec. Il. = With
Christmas only eight days away, the
officials of the American Red Cross are
CedoubliHg their effor-s 20 achieve a
phenomenal sale of their little holiday
pect of uccess. 1t is now hoped to
Increase the number issGed and sold
much beyond the original estimate of
fifty millions.
THE sale of the stamps now extends
over the entire country and they are
being distributed. not only by Red
Cross branches. but by anti-tubercu-
iosis and charitable societies in thou
S1ads OF towns and cities. The postal
department has given the Red Cross
the privilege of selling it's stamps in
the corridors of all postoffices.
As far back as 1862 stamps were
sold as means of raising funds for
charitable purposes. In that year
great numbers of these stamps known
as Sanitary Fair Stamps" were sold
at T. fair or festival held in Boston,
the proceeds from the sale of which
were to be used in the care of the
wounded from the civil war. Two
such fairs were held in Brooklyn, one
&c which. in 1864. Melted $500, 900. In
The same year. from April to June,
the Great Central Fair was held in
New York city. at which the United
States Sanitary Commission" stamps
wore sold. The fair Melted $1,000, 900
various organizations and agencies in
S'verai foreign countries fell into line,
and issued many such stamps of diff
erant styles.
rhus, in looking around for a legit-
innate means of raising funds with
which 70 assist the various organiza-
t'auS throughout the United States in
their hard uphill fight against tuber-
ca'osis. the Red Cross rediscovered
this little stamp or sticker. The price
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
Uncle alt
The Ghosts.
The Poet Philosopher.

They tell me that the dead who roam
in shadowland, where all must go, can
look down from the starry dome, and
talk with mortals here below. It is,
in truth, a cheering thought, but one
would think that when they speak.
their words would be with wisdom
fraught, and not be frivolous and weak.
l heard rhymen not long ago, die
tated in a darkened room, and was as
sured that Edgar Poe was beating his
own 'Uia'ume" O. it was simply aw-
full junk, the fiercest that you ever
read! If Edgar's work is now so punk,
he should have quit when he was dead.
A message came from Ton: carlyle.
talked and moOned for quite While
about the likelihood of rain. He said
that next years crops will fail, and
Wen be stuck to pay our tax, and then
discoursed of drouth and hail like
some of last years almanacs. King
George the Third then talked spcll,
and said some very taWdry things; he
said that hesWas doing well, but didn't
like his pair of winks; he has, he said,
a pleasant berth, million miles be-
hind the sky, but he would like to
visit Earth, and paralyze a mutton
pie And so it was with all the bunch:
they reeled off statements by the mile,
thing that was worth while.
WALT MASON.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
Train Service Handicapped.

CHFHALIS, Dec. 17.-Service on the
Chehalis & South Bend. railroad has
been seriously handicapped again this
week owing t. the latest freShet taking
out a temporary bridge that had been
built just over the summit. The trains
have been late every day in arriving
it being necessary to make partial runs
and transfer. 1t is hoped to have the
lire repaired and trains running regu-
larry within a day or two more.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
TROUSERS WERE THE
CAUSE OF DOWNFALL

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec IL
When is the putting on and taking off
of trousers a violation of the TWEEN
ty-first article of war?
Answer: When your superior officer
tells you to put them on or take them
off and you don't do it.
If you don't believe this is true, ask
Private Fred Bremund of the 16Otn
cavalry, Coast Artillery corps, who is
now languishing in the military prison
at Alcatraz Islands, California,
where he will continue to languish for
the next six months. After serving this
sentence Private Bremand will cease
to be one of Uncle Sans regulars and
will get dishonorable discharge.
The pair of trousers that caused
Bremund so much woe were encasing
his manly limbs out at Fort Worden,
Washington, on the evening of Novem-
Der q There is no contention on the
part of First Lieutenant H. F. Colley,
Bremunds superior officer, that the
trousers did not fit or that they were
not of approved style and color. So
far as the department knows they were
as fine a pair of pants as ever were
worn by a gallant -artilleryman.
But on the fateful day in question
Bremund was ordered to come down
from his bunk and to put on your
trousers after you come down" Pos
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

Another result of the investigation
is the development of the fact that
while removal from Europe to New
York has had a beneficial effect upon
the physique of Eastern European
Hebrews the result has been just the
opposite on the Sicilins, the conClu-
sion being that, bad as they are, the
surroundings in New York are better
for the Jews than in their city homes
in the old world while the cramped
quarters which the Sicilians occupy in
New York City are not so desirable as
their rural surroundings in Southern
italian
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

WASHINGTON. Dec. IA drawn
battle between San Francisco and San
Diego, California. is one of the big
rcst things in congressional shows on
ii,e boards for this winter.
The arena is at present in neutral
ground somewhere between the COM
srittees on expositions and foreign az
fairs. but it appears now that before
the issue is decided the forces of the
two cities may have to meet some
where on the Mojave desert and fight
IL out
Tile, question is whether there shall
be an international exposition in 1915
I'd San Francisco or at San Diego. The
proposition thus to celebrate the OPEN
ing of the Panama canal started out
on the Pacific coast last summer when
the gate receipts at the Seattle expo
sifion began to pile up in such graf
flying quantity. There is still some
dispute as to which city first preached
the subject, but both are represented
here in numbers trying to get federal
recognition. Representative Smith, who
halls from the San Diego district, and
Representative Kahn, of San Francis
co. are going to be the star perform
crs.
Smith is known as the "getter" Of
The California delegation. He has gone
about securing the exposition in a
typicaliy Smith way-a process of
stealing up a back alley into the door,
yard before one knows he is around,
ard then walking away with the goods
His bill is a simple little thing. 1t is
merely resolution authorizing the
president to invite the nations of the
Pacific to an international exposition
al San Diego in 1915. when the execu-
tive is satisfied that the citizens OF
San Diego have raised million dol
lars 1t doesn't ask for any money
from Uncle Sam Smith doesn't IN
tend to do that-yet Quite 3 harmless
looking little measure. but if Smith
can get it through it viii amount TO
federal recognition Of the claims of
San Diego. And then, some fine af-
teTnoOn. we will get our fingers into
the treasury" Smith confdes to his
friends.
Tie proposed fair is TO be called, I'M
der the Smith bill. the Panama Cal
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

sibly it was manly modesty that oo.
ua'eo Soldier Bremund-anvbow
whatever the cause, when Rror,,as
came down from his bunk he had ".
trousers on.
Later in the day, Lieutenant ~,
ley ordered Bremund back TO hi.
bunk and told him to take his tro,s
ers off before doing so. BY that time
apparently, Bremund had become 60
much attached to his trousers that ha
decided to wear them to bed with hin,
Not only that. but to make his casa
worse. he turned upon Lieutenant Col
ley and told him, right to his face ",
will take them off when / get readvn
A court martial was convened at
Fort Flagler. Washington, to try the
Medici at Florence a conspiracy re-
garGing the wearing of his neither out
er garments, and, although he pleaded
Not Guilty" very strenuously, he
was convicted and sentenced
Now the finding of the court mar
tial has been approved by all of the
big guns in the department of the Co.
lumbia and unless President Taft or
Secretary of War Dickinson interferes
the sentence will stand and six months
hence poor Bremund will be able to
put on and take off his trousers when
he pleases without any officious officer
giving him orders regarding them.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
HEAVY FOG INTERFERES
WITH FRASER SHIPPING

NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c., Dec.
17-Navigation on the Fraser river is
ent time on account of a heavy fog
which has enveloped this part of the
province for the past few days. A
large number of the smaller river
steamers are tied up, while those run
ming are travelling only at half or
quarter speed.
The Beaver reached port today from
tied up at Decil's run because of the
thick fog.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

should clearly be conducted on a large
scale and in different surroundings in
various parts, of the country, ard
perhaps also be checked up by GER
tain investigation made upon the
same races elsewhere"
Among other results noted, it is
shown that the American born child
rem of the long headed Cicilians and
those of the round headed East Euro
pean Hebrews have nearly the same
intermediate head form. The child
rem of the long headed Sicilians are
more round headed than their parents;
the children of the round headed He
brew are more long headed Similar
changes are traced in the develop
ment of the faces of these typs.
The amalgamation is most rapid
during the period Immediately follow
ing the arrivals of the immigrants.
The difference in type between par
ents and children manifests itself al
most Immediately after their arrival
here Among individuals, born long
time after the arrival of the parents
in America, the difference is increased
but only slightly as compared to the
great difference that develops at once.
Believe Influences Continue.
Up to this time the Investigations
have not been carried so far as TO de-
termine what happens in the second
generation of immigrants, but it seems
likely that the influences at work
among the first generation born IN
America will be still further accentu-
ated.
The commission has also made the
discovery that as "a rule there is
falling off in the size of the families
after their arrival in the United States
and coincident with this discovery has
come the more important revelation
that as the number of children de-
creases the size of the individual In
creases This fact is discoVeraDle
among the children of the well to do
as we'll as those of the poorer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
Enormous Crop of Prunes.

VANCOUVER, Wash, Dec. 1l-An
enormous crop of prunes has been pro
Guced in Clarke county this season
more than the growers could care for,
but at that about 100000 pounds have
been cured One packing plant, the j.
K. Armsby COMPANY, has already
packed three and One-haf million
pounds, and the Officials expect to pass
the 4O0O. 600 mark. The A c. Burdick
company has finished its pack OF
100000 pounds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
MEYER TELLS NAVAL CON-
MiTTEE OF REcOMM ENDATIONS
Secretary Explains Why There Is No
More Need Of Bureau of Equip
neht NOWADAYS.

More Need. Of Bureau of Equip
meht Nowadays.
WASHINGTON, Dec 16-Secre-
tary Meyer was before the house
naval committee for extended inter-
rogation today. The line Of inquiry
was entirely on the subject Of the
secretary's recommendations for the
reorganization of the navy depart
ment. The two things which the Sec
rotary asked in the way of legislation
was the abortion of the bureau of
equipment and the shifting of various
amounts in appropriations from one
bureau to another.
The secretary explained in detail
why the bureau of equipment might
we'll be disposed Of and it's duties dis
tributed among other bureaus
The equipment bureau has been
necessary, he said. in the days of
wooden ships with their great mis-
cellaneous equipment, but not in the
days Of the modern steel ships.
Questions of members of the COM
mittee indicated no manifest hostil-
ity to the secretary's recommends
tions, but great interest was shown
in ascertaining his opinion as to the
probable outcome of departures which
ne is urging.
The recommended building of two
battleships and one repair ship was
not touched upon today, but will be
taken up when Secretary Meyer again
appears for interrogation
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
MAN CAN BE IN MORE
THAN ONE PLACE AT ONCE

VANCOUVER, Wash. Dec. 1.-THE
old saying that person cannot be in
more than one place at a time has
been proved untrue by the county as
sor of Clarke county He is at pres
ent working on a map of the city OF
Vancouver, and in several cases has
A residents home built at the point Of
division of the four corners could, by
standing with his feet apart, be in
four different parts of the city at.once.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
New Ice Plant Planned.

WENATCHEE, Dec. 17.-Another ice
plant will be installed in this city by
the Wenatchee Warehouse company as
soon as the weather permits the work
to be commenced An extension to the
present warehouse 5OxSO feet VIII De
made for storage purposes and the
handling of fruit. The new machinery
to be installed will have capacity OF
Is tons per day and will be modern in
every way.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
MAY BE DISQUALIFIED

NEW WESTMINSTER, b. c., Dec.
IA rumOr is current that John A.
Lee, who was elected mayor by a ma
jority of 81 on Monday, will be dis
qualified from sitting, on the ground
that he is naturalized American citi-
zen Mr. Lee admits having cam
paigned in the United States, but de-
MES ever taking out papers.
Mayor Keary. the defeated candidate
is not making any attempt to prevent
Lee from taking his seat.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
CHRISTY CASE HAS
ATTENTION TODAY

GAINESVILLE. O., Dec. 17.-Habeas
corpus proceedings brought by Mrs.
Mabelle Thompson Christy against
her husband, Howard Chandler Chris
ty,. the famous artist. for possession
of their ten-year old daughter, are set
for hearing today and tomorrow. Sen
satienal developments are expected,
especially in relation to the part played
by Mrs. Stetson, the deposed Christian
Science leader of New York, in the
domestic difficulties of the illustrator
and his wife.
Little Nathalie Chandler Christy,
the petite and lovely child who is the
object of contention, has been in the
hands of her fathers parents in this
city pending the litigation over her
possession, and will remain with them
until the battle is over.
The illustrator declared that he viii
frankly and fully of the life in New
York which he and his wife led, and that
just as soon as the court heard this
he was confident he would get posses
sion of his child.
How his wife not only disobeyed
him but defied him. Mr.. Christy says
he will inform the court Further, he
declares, he will summon many of
his friends here from New York-art-
lists, writer's, publishers and. business
men-to tell of incidents in Mrs.
Christy's life there that will prove
damaging to her claim that she and
not her husband should have charge
of the little girl.
Judge c. c.. Lemmert. formerly the
prosecuting attorney of Muskingum
county is the lawyer for Mrs. Christy.
On the fathers side are Judge Frank
A. Durbin of counsel for the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad Frank W.
Southland, formerly in the Ohio legis
lature, and Robert J. King. These law
yers will be aided from New York by
attorneys representing both sides of
the quarrel.
Mr. Christy was asked if there
might be a reconciliation, but he
would not commit himself. He said
there might and there might not.
However, his friends say there will
be no patching up of the case and
that Mrs. Christy closed any chance
for this when she filed habeas corpus
! proceedings for her child.
Mr.. Christy said that he had not
touched liquor for 81 months. He
declared he liked his little cottage on
the Muskingum so well that he wanted
to live there always.
Mrs Christy says her daughter is
not properly clothed. and that Chris
tian Science as taught by Mrs. Stet-
son. has made her husband unfit to
care for the child Her friends here
say that she is gathering evidence
against her husband and that she will
have enough to prove ner claims.
Mrs. Christv alleges that Christian
Science. as taught by Mrs. Stetson. is
largely RESPONSIBLE for their troubles.
However. she does not blame the cult
or its leaders, but only what she calls
the "nerverted ideas" of Mrs. Stetson.
From what little ] nave learned of
the real teachings of Christian Science
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

ALTERS TYPE
IMMIGRATION BOARD FINDS
CHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS
DIFFER FROM PARENTS.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL NAT
URES CHANGED BY LIFE IN
AMERICA is ASSERTED.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-That the
physical form as we'll as the habits of
living and ways of thinking of the de-
scendants of foreigners who imml-
CRATE to America is different from that
of their ancestors is the conclusion OF
the immigration commission as en-
bodied in the preliminary report OF
that body which was presented to con-
gress today.
The investigation was undertaken
soon after the appointment of the
commission and it was conducted in
scientific manner. Professor Frank
Boas of Columbia University was en-
gagged as expert. The inquiry was con-
fined to New York City and SO far as
the present report shows was restrict
ed to Sicilans and Eastern Europe
Hebrews. A later report will give the
details of the investigation among
Bohemians, Hungarians and Scotch.
Type Changes Entirely.
The report indicates that the des
cendant of the European immigrant
changes his type, even in the first gen
Grafton, almost entirely. Children
born even a few years after the arrival
of the immigrant parents in America
develop in such a way that they differ
in type, essentially from their foreign
born parents These differences seem
to develop during the earliest child
hood and persist throughout life. Every
part of the body is influenced in this
way and even the form of the head
which has always been considered as
one of the most permanent hereditary
features undergoeS considerable
change
In an official synopsis of the COM
missions report attention is called to
the fact that even more stable racial
characteristics seem to have changed
under the new environment and this
fact is commented upon as follows:
"This would indicate the conclusion
that racial, physical characteristics do
not survive under the new social and
climatic environment Of America.
The adaptability of the various races
coming together on our shores seems,
if these indications shall be fully
bourne out in later study, to be much
greater than had been anticipated. If
the American environment can bring
about an assimilation of the head
forms in the first generation may it
not be that other characteristics may
be as easily modified, and that there
may be rapid assimilation of widely
varying nationalities and races to
something that may we'll be called an
American type?"
Judgment Is Suspended.
The commission feels that it is too
early to pronounce absolutely upon
this question and adds:
1.-THE investigation is by no means
complete and moreover, considering
the importance of the subject, 1t
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17

adds that such a company cannot do
a banking business nor any business al
lowed exclusively to trust companies
until it complies with the trust COM
pany laws, nor is it entitled to GER
tificate from the state bank examiner.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-17
TRUST COMPANY MAY
CONTINUE IN BUSINESS

OLYMPIA, Dec. IA company with
the name trust in it's title, organized
prior to 1903. when the trust company
law was passed, may continue to do
business under that name. decides the
attorney general in an opinion to Bank
Examiner MohunGro, but the opinion
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-28
A Man From Bellingham
Another From Spokane
Yet Another From Seattle


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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-08-28

The Methow Canal Company's Apple Lands
Sold exclusively by
THE FUREY-CULVER COMPANY OF
Seattle. Portland Wenatchee, Spokane.
Address all communications to
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-15
Gillett Is Turning
Down the Bad Bills

the past The Call has had cise Governor Gett
chiefly the of appointments OF his
political affiliations but general found that
practice the governor holds straight with his
the good AS been
swayed from the straight way justice by those special
which be presumed have weight influences
that secured him his nomination by
The refusal approve the change of
bill offers fair illustration of his We need
ourselves curiousy ground which the
governor Gies polite and
form of diplomacy Everybody that
this bill pressed by Grove l. the
the San Francisco higher with difficult
the already tangled way of justice the graft The
being of sensbiy and politics. would speak
openly and his refusal his the poor whom
have always with official emergencies The promo
of official The governors action whatever
ground based will be welcomed with general public
graduation.
There other bills awaiting governor approval
ton that belong the class
Among three bills purpose
the punishment than
by compatng and weakening the and practice
of grand uries These bills destroy grand
nquon by requiring enographc all testimony to be
furnished the person accused the stopped that
they might be Objectionable of the bills introduces
the wholly and vicious proposition that trial judge
dismiss indictment when appears from the testimony taken
before the grand jury that the defendant indicted without
sonable or probable cause
This provision puts altogether much power the hands
of the It makes him judge of when he has
heard the testimony therefore appraise the ed
bily of the witnesses.
These bills intended aggraVate condition in California
that has already They
designed compate criminal beyond proportions
that continental scandal 1t hoped by decent
people that the legislature would have done something simplify
the criminal procedure but every suggestion of that turned
down. and all get rogy OF bills designed to make the
scandal and the course of justice difficult