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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
NORTH COAST
TO MAKE YAKIMA
DIVISION POINT

NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. 12.-(Spe-
cial Correspondence)-N Yakima
will be a division point of the North
Coast railroad Definite announcement
to that effect was made here today.
The local yards will be at least mile
in length and will contain fifteen
tracks. round houses, repair shops, etc
At this point the road will break its
grade and the heavy engines for the
mountain division will be quartered
here. The foregoing information came
out today when F. L. Pitman, chief
engineer of the North Coast, appeared
before the county commissioners and
opposed a proposed highway which
will cut across the tract selected as
the railroad yards.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
dispersion historical, it has been used

dispersion historical, it has been used
for nearly three thousand years. 1t re-
mains now what it was when Mar
settles was the oldest and greatest COL
ony of Greece, the shortest line be-
tween the populous Mediterranean
coasts of Italy. and France, Spain
north of the Balearics and all the ISL
ands they confront, and the whole east
of the Mediterranean.
In all this time there has been no
record that it or any similar highway
of ocean traffic has suffered such
changes as are now feared in the Strait
Of Messina. Even greater changes
would have been less serious before
the art of navigation, harbor making
and coast defense were so highly de-
Veloped.
The bottom appears to be so altered
that ships dare not use it. Conditions
may be so changed that new sites
will have to be found for seaports, II
any are bold enough to rebuild them
in that menaced region. Probably i'm
proved harbors have been destroyed.
1t is believed that costly Notifications,
when not shaken to pieces, have been
made useless by change in place of the
channels to be defended. AS in the
case of the smaller changes of the
earth's crust in San Francisco, it VIII
take a long time to survey and map
out all these changes.
Here seems to be the plainest hlsto-
rical example of the sudden changes
of sea and land recorded in geology,
as the sinking of the southwest corner
of England and the washing away OF
land by the sea is an example OF
slower changes The Strait of Messl-
ma has been known a thousand ye"rs
longer than the English channel and
it NAV be that the latter has suffered
even greater change.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
ADJUSTMENTS

"A Winters Tale"

"A w lnterS Tale"
"a Winters Tale" which was the
attraction at the Vendome last night
was splendidly portrayed here by
Mr.. Charles B. HanfOrd and his COM
pany. No playwright of today can ex-
press the thoughts and sentiments Of
the Bard of Avon in language half so
beautiful.
His works are beautiful His Ian
guage is pure and well-nigh perfect.
Mr. Hanford, in "a Winters Tale
displays splendid histronic ability, as
does also Miss Drofnah.
Mr.. HanfOrd is a Shakespearean ac-
tor of unquestionable ability, his work
is conscientious and able, and his
versatility was made evident by his
portrayal of the two roles-'LeOnteS''
and "Autolycus'. Miss Drofnah which,
read backwards, spells Hanford, is al
so an artist and a reader of talent
Her work both as "HermiOne" and
"Perdita' w as all that could have
been desired, and the supporting COM
pany, though small opportunity was
given other members of the company
was strong throughout.
The old shepherd and the fool We're
especially capable.-The Nashville
Banner
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
MANY LIVES LOST IN
COLLAPSE OF CHURCH
House of Worship Near Sion, Switz-
erIand, Falls During Service.

House of Worship Near Sion, Switz-
erIand, Falls During Service.
BERNE, Switzerland, Jan. 12.-Dur-
ing service yesterday an ancient
church near Sion suddenly collapsed
burying the worshippers in the ruins
Practically all the members of the con-
gregation were killed or injured. A
wild panic followed, those who escaped
rushing through the fields and shout
ing that an earthquake had over
taken the village. Other villagers
Joined in the outcry and were with
difficulty Gained.
After an hours exertion the fire de-
partment of the place extricated forty
bodies but it is believed there is still
number under the timbers. Sixty
persons were badly injured.
The collapse was caused by the time
worn pillars in an under ground crfpt
giving away.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
Argues for Simplified Spelling.

The other night in an uDroar 80
Side home there was a spelling bee at
which some forty-Odd guests fell down.
The hostesA offered the following sem
tence as test:
1T is an agreeable sight to perceive
the unparalleled embarrassment of a
harassed peddler attempting to gauge
the symmetry of a peeled onion,
which a sibyl had stabbed with a pom
lard, regardless of the innuendoes of
the lilies of carnelian hue
The president of a college made five
errors in writing it. a learned clergy
man made seven, and an eminent lect-
urer and teacher made siX.-New York
Press.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
SCIENTIST DECLARES
HE FOUND NEW PLANETS
Prof. T. J. J. See, of Observatory at
Mare Island Says His Discovery
Is Conclusive.

VALLEJO, Cal, Jan. I'm regard
to, the recent report issued from the
observatory of Harvard college that
Prof. w. H. Pickering is searching for
a new planet located beyond Neptune,
Prof. T. ]. j. See, the officer in charge
Of the naval observatory at Mare
Island navy yard, yesterday made this
statement:
con July IA, 1903, I succeeded in
proving conclusively by difficult
course of mathematical reasoning i'm
regard to the mode of formation of
the solar system, that one CIR more
planets revolve beyond Neptune. My
investigation has since been before a
learned society, but is not yet pub
lished.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
"Mary's Lamb" In Pittsburq.


Garnished by one of the prettiest
girl shows" of recent musical come
dy history. and aided by some clever
people. Richard Carrie presented him
self at the Nixon theater last night
as 'Mary's Lamb AS the case now
stands. We have thoroughly charac-
teriStic Carrie entertainment. In re-
spect to that serio-comic himself, there
is no doubt in the mind of any one
who has ever seen him. He dances
wiggles and means through three acts
of riotous color and female beauty as
a hen-pecked husband. 1t is a pretty
chorus. both as to the freshness and
beauty of the girls and also with re-
spect to its dressing. 1t is distinctive
ly a girl show."-Charles NJ Bregg
in the Pittsburg Gazette Times.
Richard Carrie has taken a French
farce comedy and from it made a most
amusing modern musical farce come
dy. The earle brand of humor is es-
sentially in evidence, principally in
what he himself does. What he does,
is, or seems to be absolutely original.
He uses just enough makeup to over
come the dazzle of the footlights and
yet by the easiest and sanest of meth
DDS he convulSeS his audience-Jack-
son D. Haag in the Pittsburg Post.
Richard earle and his big company
scored a hit at the Nixon last night
His new vehicle, 'Mary's Lamb" is
good throughout and entirely original.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
"BURIED ALIVE"

The earthquake in Sicily and South
ern Italy is a thing of such intense
horror that it is difficult to think Of
let alone discuss-any Of it's special
degrees of horror in detail.
Yet the news which comes from
Messina, and the other stricken COM
munities-that human beings are still
being rescued from the mass of debris
alive-sends fresh thrill of horror
through everyone who reads the dis
patches.
1t is certainly a terrible thing to be
buried alive but to be buried in this
fashion-with the opportunity of es-
cape ever dancing under the guise of
hope; with the dead bodies of the
others of what was once happy fam
lily for company. and with the terrors
of thirst and hunger thrown in for
good measurement be a torture be
yond forgetting.
According to the dispatches, those
who are being rescued alive with any
chance of recovery are old persons or
children-those who wasted no
strength in struggling to free them
selves, but who. either stunned by
grief or uncomprehending, accepted
the situation and waited for what their
fate might be.
In other words, it is only the most
devout. or the most fatalistic who are
living through this dreadful trial Of
endurance The strong, the rebellious,
the active, the OpportuniStic-are
taken out of the ruins of their homes
either dead or dying.
One element which seems to have
struck deeply the sensibilities of the
rescue parties, searching through the
ruins, is the deep religious element in
the lives of the people. The stricken
population was one of the most devout
in the membership of the Roman
church and instances of that devotion
are continually cropping out.
ignorant in worldly affairs, many OF
Thorn 10, got that portion of scriptura
teaching which commands US to help
Curselves'' and they waited for aid
from the saints and the church as
Oh ldren wait for their mothers t,
como home in time of trouble. This
is unfortunate, but in other cases the
same spirit worked to save the lives
of those imprisoned.
II is stated that the archbishop OF
Messina. who was caught in the ruins
of his cathedral, found his way to his
shape. and remained there in prayer
and meditation for several days until
searching rarity found him, alive and
in good health. Had he tried to strug-
gle out unaided, he would probably
have been killed
An old woman was found in the
ruins Of church. She had been there
for four days, perfectly content Ir
her Astounding faith she believed that
the earthquake had marked the end OF
the world, and that she was living ir
the next.
There have been scores of instances
of this sort which relieve to some eX-
tent the general horror, but the pitt
able part of it is that there are known
TO be hundreds of victims still alive
am ng the dead in the ruins and there
is scarcely any hope that they viii
ever be reached-to say nothing OF
being reached in time.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
IN THE STRAIT OF MESSINA.

No CONFUSION of nature in familiar
civilized lands ever has wrought
greater changes in the earth's surface
than that which distorted the Strait
of Messina- This highway of seaborne
traffic has been used for navigation
since the Greeks began to colonize the
western Mediterranean more than
twenty five hundred years ago.
If We believe the story that discov-
cry of the key to Etruscan inscrip-
tions makes the story of the Trojan
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
To Tax Timber
In Oregon

SALEM, Jan. 12.-TaXatiOn of the
standing timber upon current estiE
mates furnished by timber owners is
the keynote of a bill to be introduced
by Representative Beals, of Tillamook
and Yamhill counties. Same bill was
killed at the last session by the sem
ate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

The supporting company is large, IS
well dressed and musical. The chorus
is as busy a one as has been seen IN
this city. The music is catchy and
there is lots of it, and some OF the
numbers were repeated time and again
at the audiences request-Pittsburg
Leader.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
Shot by
Beggdr

NEW YORK, Jan. 12.-Mystery sur
rounds the shooting of Robert Hilliard,
wealthy Englishman, in Central
Park by a stranger, who was refused
financial aid by him. His condition is
critical. The beggar Immediately fired
when Hilliard said he was not giving
money to beggars.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
Somewhat Queer

1T does seem queer, unused the man
who seemed to be thinking aloud.
What seems queer" asked the In
nOcent bystander who had overheard
the remark
THAT people who don't know right
from wrong usually go wrong" an
sWered the loud thinker.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

$4,000 per acre buys $50 acres, $50
acres in summer fallOW wheat, five
miles to town, abundance of well
water, young orchard, will take good
city property as part payment, and
take grain payments for balance
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

Everybody in Walla Walla is getting
ready for the California excursion TO
leave this city Friday under the a
pices of the Commercial club, and
everybody in Portland is getting re
to receive these representative WASH
ingtChians. TIL party will be enter
tanned Saturday by the Portland Com
mercial club.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
Weather Conditions.

Light snow fell in eastern Washing
ton and northern Idaho during the
past "a hours. elsewhere in the Paci-
fic northwest the weather remained
fair. A depression over California is
causing rain in central and southern
portions of that state. General rain
or snow has occurred in the Atlantic
states the Ohio and Mississippi val
leys. Little change of temperature has
taken place in the Pacific northwest.
The cold wave is now affecting the
western Gulf states and is approach
ing the eastern states. The fnnca-
tons point to snow tonight and Wed
nesday in this vicinity, and it is en-
pected to be slightly warmer.
JOHN GROVER. Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
Too Much for Him

Gi6s-The man who makes those
moving pictures bumped up against his
first failure today.
Mles-How was that?
Giles-He tried to make a moving
picture of two men playing game
of chess
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

$500 down, balance on easy payments
buys a fine modern bungalow of six
rooms, fire place. basement, close in
in Green Park, Price $500.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
Wolfe, Valaer & Brooke
Real Estate
ID and Il Paine Bldg.
Phone 1721

$4,000 for a fine garden and fruit
tract of 10 acres, only two miles from
city and close to car line, abundance OF
water to irrigate with, would take
a small city priperty as part payment.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
After him
BRIT.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator
Tillman today said: Il am going after
Roosevelt just as he has gone after
me and l hope to get the same kind of
evidence that he produced against
me-"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

And at last the Weather Man has
relented and now promises that it
not going to be so Geld, which brings
to mind the fact that we are still
thankful for small favors.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

Advices from Portland are to the eff
feet that six tons of advertising mat
ter was forwarded to- the east by the
Portland Commercial club last week.
That is the kind of publicity that pays.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

ONLY $3.50 PER ACRE FOR 1920
acres-all tillable; $40 in wheat
rented for one-third All fenced. 3
miles to station Small improve
mentS. Easy terms
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
SECOND HAND FURNITIIoE

ST. PAUL JUNK SHOP BUYS AND
sells at wholesale and retail all
Kinds OF Hides, Wool, Scrap Iran.
Brass, Copper, Rubber, Lead, Zinc.
Bottles, Old Rubbers and Second
Hand Sacks, and Second Hand Fur
nlture, Stoves and Carpets, M. Gold
stein, Phone2207; Sc East Main ST
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
ECONOMY IS DEM LANDED.

A careful perusal of the estimates
prepared by State Auditor Claussen
will convince anyone that the leglsla-
ture now in session must be careful if
it would keep the state away from The
Of baOlruntcV
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

TWO GOOD LOTS ON WALLA WAL
Ia avenue, 52x20S. Close to Division
street. Price only $500 for two.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
With demands aggregating $4,000

now before the legislature, to say
nothing of newer demands yet to be
presented, and an approximate reVe-
MI of but little over 100000 in sight,
it is easy to see that the committee on
appropriations will have to do some
close figuring.
In this connection, it is interesting
tc note that this enormous excess OF
demands over available income is the
direct result of the policy which has
been pursued by the past two or three
legislatures, and that the extravaganza
of the past must now be paid for.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Walla and vicinity: Snow
tonight and Wednesday,; not so cold.
Washington: Snow tonight and
Wednesday: not so cold.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
BAGGAGE AND TRANSFER

HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVED; ALL
kinds of light and heavy drawing.
Residence phone 1856: Stand 'phona
ZIG: joan Kralman, Prop.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

5000 buys fine new five-room house
new barn, wind mill; one-half acre.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
VETERINARY SURGEONS

DR. j. L. MURRAY, GRADUATE
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist.
Graduate American Veterinary Col
lege, New York City, 1881. Office, O..
K. Feed Barn, 21O E. Main ST., phone
Main 81, Walla Walla, Wash.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
TAILORS
PHYSICIANS

DIR. j. c. MACK, PHYSICIAN AND
Surgeon. Special attention given to
diseases of women and electrical
treatments. Office. rooms 21 and
%, Jaycox Bldg, Phones. office, Main
40; residence, Main 220.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

FOR SALE-A GOOD BUSINESS
Address p. O. Box 341 r.,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12
FOR Observation-Disclosures

foR SALE-40 HEAD OF HOME
raised mules at WalIa Walla Livery
Barn. Range in price from s125 to
s175, broke and unbroke. d. B.
Keithly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

OlAD PAPERS FOR SALE AT THE,
statesman office. 15c per 100
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

A good livery stable in Waitsbure
rented for five years at $50 per month
70 trade for Walla Walla property.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

$1,000 buys fine diversified farm OF
240 acres, considerable can be irrigat-
ed. $50 acres wheat land. balance COCO
pasture and alfalfa land.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

To trade for smaller property, one
acre, running water, ram, new modern
elght-roon house, hot and cold water,
close to car line, east of city. Price.
$G50O
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-01-12

Fol. CAl-E-Real Estate
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
IS HOME
FROM CHICAGO
MEETING

A. H. Yoder, superintendent of
the Tacoma public schools, who
has been in Chicago attending the
annual meeting of the National
Educational association, and who
was reelected to his local posi-
ton with an increase of salary
during his absence, returned yes
terday. His return was fastened
so that he might attend the ses-
sion of the Pierce County Teach
ers' institute, which opened at the
high school today.
The news of the construction of
a 100000 high school stadium
for Tacoma has spread to all parts
of the country, according to Mr..
Yoder. He was questioned con-
corning the stadium on every side
while at the convention, and says
that the proposition seems to
fairly take the breath away from
the eastern superintendent.
Twelve hundred educators at
tended the Chicago convention.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
FARMERS PUT CITY
CHAPS in SHADE

lie place and the common law
makes him accept all custom, but
kindly leaves him the right to
charge what he pleases. Thus the
hotel keeper excludes his undesir-
able guest.
But the warehouseman, who
builds a warehouse and receives
no particular protection or bene-
fits from the law, not accorded to
any other business, is henceforth
classed like railroad, which gets
its right of way and the right of
eminent domain from the public.
Legislator Couldn't DO 1t.
No legislator from Pierce coun-
ty could get the bakery dealers
association put under the railroad
commission, no matter how much
they combine and maletreat their
patrons. That's the difference be-
tween the pull of the poor down
Itrodden farmer and prosperous
dweller of the city. The farmer,
by reason of the fact that he does
not naturally wear a white collar,
is person of legislative compass
sion, and anything that will ben
eft him is just and proper at no
matter whose expense.
There isn't any sympathy due
the warehouseman. AS general
thing they have gouged the far
mer with Rockefeller voracity
and the farmer has beaten them to
the statute books. Not in a thou
sand years or multiple thereof
could "city" legislator do as
much.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
SOLDIER RAVES In HOSPITAL
ABOUT NOTED PATTERSON
MURDER CASE

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SAN FRANCISCO, March s.
While Private Alexander Glass, of
troop B, Fifth cavalry, lies raving
in the Preside hospital ward for
: the insane, the authorities here
today are endeavoring to ascertain
his connection, II any, with the
famous murder of Jennie Boschei-
ter in Patterson, N. j., several
years ago.
Glass continually refers to the
killing of the Paterson factory
girl and, from random sentences,
appears to have more than a cur
sorry knowledge of the case which
sent several wealthy young men
to the New Jersey penitentiary.
Several days ago Glass showed
symptoms of insanity and was
placed in the ward. He eluded
the attendants and plunged
through heavy glass enclosed
veranda but, beyond a few cuts,
was not seriously hurt.
He was then confined in a strait
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
SIMPLE REUBENS FROM THE
PLAINS GETS JUST WHAT
THEY WANT IN LEGISLA-
TON.
(Times Special Service.)

Il DpCNIdI ocTNlCe.l
OLYMPIA, March 8.-When 1t
comes to getting what he wants
out of the legislature the farmer
the simple reuben from the
plains, has his sophisticated broth
er from the asphalt district churn-
ed into nice golden butter balls.
Witness the neatness and dispatch
with which the farmers Of the
legislature made public ware
houses public corporations and put
them under the control of the rail-
road commission.
There is no question but that
the law will help the farmer, be-
cause the warehousemen have the
modern habit of organizing little
cliques and agreeing upon charge
restrictions, just like the retail
grocers' association, the laundry
trust or any other metropolitan
organization.
Easy for the Farmer.
The farmer bitches his team in
front Of the legislative halls,
passes law that the railroad
commission shall fix the charges,
that the warehouses can't have
any private contracts and must
serve all corners without favor.
The hotel keeper is like the
warehouseman or livery stable
keeper in that he conducts a pub
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-08
OLD SOLDIER IS
HELD UP AND
ROBBED

W. e. Grove, an old soldier,
was held up and robbed of his
open-faced gold watch and $3.50
in cash near North Second and C
streets late Saturday night by two
masked bandits. Grove was
bound for his home, 704 North
Second, when the two men sud-
denly stepped directly in front of
him and commenced searching
him without delay. After taking
everything of value ON the old
mans person they ran down the
long fight of steps leading to
the wharfs.
Cove reported the matter to
the police and detectives were put
on the case within ten minutes
after the robbery, but the high
waymen had left no tangible
clues.