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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
Sites Offered for Cof.eoe.

VANCOUVER, Wash Sune 22.-The
news that the proposed English Luth-
eran college will be located in this
city was received here with great re-
joicing today. Free sites have been
offered to the college by the following
named men: Charles w. Buell., c. S.
Alben and w. Buchanan, all of Mime
haha, a suburb of Vancouver; John N.
Lay, on Columbia heights and lMcMas-
ter and De Yarmon, in Lincoln park
With the location of the college here q
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
PAN-PRESBYTER|AN
ALLIANCE MEETING
Delegates From All Over the World in
Session To-day in New York, Dis
cussing Mission Work in
Foreign Countries. -

NEW YORK, June 22.-Delegates
from all over the world are in attend
ance at the International Pan-Presby-
terrain Alliance convention today en-
gagged in mission work Missionaries
engaged in spreading the Presbyterian
faith in many of the out of the way
corners of the earth recited their ex-
periences. Only two days more remain
of the period allotted for the conven-
ton
Council committees will be appoint
ed and a president and an American
treasurer will be elected tomorrow
AT the afternoon session marriage
and divorce, Sabbath observance, and
temperance with discussions follow
ing, will be the subjects of formal
addresses. Christian Fellowship" will
be the evening topic.
On Friday, at 10, Robert Watchorn
will discuss Immigration" and Sir
Alexander Simpson, "City Evangelical
ton" In the afternoon the work of
the Brotherhood and of the Deacon
esses will be among the subjects of
addresses. A farewell meeting in the
evening will bring the council to a
close.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
CIGARETTE LAW NOT
VALID SAY COURTS
Thought That the First Man Who
Fights Provis on of the Criminal
Code Will Be Means of Knock
ing 1t Out.

From the remarks of local attorneys
and perusal Of the statutes Of vari-
Gus states regarding the cigarette law,
it is very probable that the first per-
son in Washington who is arrested up
on this cause and appeals his case to
the supreme court will be the means of
knocking it out. Many attorneys have
take the trouble to look this matter up
and one and all declare that many of
the states and the supreme court of
the United States has given a death
blow to this law and make it unconsti-
tutional The supreme court of tle
United States says:
cigarettes are legal article of COM
merce and their importation into a
state in origina packages cannot be
prohibited Again the supreme court
of Indiana states that, ga statute pro-
hbiting the owning or keeping Of CT
garettes does not apply to their smok-
ing, which cannot be prohibited
THE question of the laWfulness of
interstate commerce in cigarettes was
taken out of the pale of controversy
by the decision Of the United States
supreme court in the case of Austin
VS.. Tennessee" said another attorney.
In this case the court held that states
could not prevent the importation from
other states of cigarettes in original
cartons or their sale in such pack
ages. The following passage from the
decision is interesting:
s. From the settlement of the colo
ny Of Virginia to the present day to-
bacco has been one of the most profit
able and important products Of agri
culture and commerce and while it's
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22

effects may be injurious to some, It's
extensive use over practically the en-
tire globe is a remarkable tribute to
its popularity and value. Cigarette
are but one of the numerous manufac-
lures of tobacco and we cannot take
iudicious notice of the fact that it is
alleged to be more noxious in this form
than in any other. Whatever might
be our individual views as to it's dele
terious tendencies we cannot hold tina,
any article which congress recognizes
in so many ways is not legitimate ar
ticle of commerce.
Indiana Decision.
The Indiana anti-cigarette law was
practically the same as the one now il
effect in Washington. 1t was knocked
out by the supreme court of that state
in the cases Of the state of Indiana VS.
William H. Lowry, and John M. Lewis
VS.. State of Indiana CT Northeast Re-
porter, 1881. Lowry caused 1000 Gig
arettes to be shipped to him for his
personal use by dealer in Kentucky
The cigarettes were packed 20 in
box and 25 boxes in a carton. He
bought the cigarettes to smoke, not to
sell or give away. He was arrested on
a street corner while smoking one and
had five on his person at the time. Tne
decision of the supreme court is:
"a state cannot deny to person
the right to hold in the original pack
age cigarettes which he has impOred
from another state; and
"a statute making it unlawful ia
keep or own cigarettes does not apply
to the act of smoking cigarettes or OF
having them in possession for the sole
purpose of smoking"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22

SPOKANE, June % Arthur Hooker,
secretary Of the board of control of the
national irrigation congress, will pre-
sent resolution for approval by that
organization at its meeting in Spokane
August 8 to IA >memorializing congress
to issue three per cent gold bonds, run
ming 100 years, to the amount of So
900, 100000 to reclaim lands improve
rivers, irrigate arid wastes, protect
forests and build national highways
He declares that this stupendous sum
of money will be no more than is &C
tually necessary to render tillable the
millions of acres of swamp and arid
lands, build the necessary roadways
and improve the rivers for transporta-
ton purposes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
POOR PICKINGS AT
THE WHITE HOUSE

Inc Constitution is often reforro,
us the law of the land. "
Chief Wilkie has not been as,.o,
report the names of congressman ~,
in harmony with the secret service
No pugilists or wrestlers have !, ,
rounds with the executive.
E. H. Hartman has sailed for T.
rope with peace in his soul
Bears down in the Missis.ir.,
swamps and the Colorado mountoi..
are getting sassy.
Jim Tawney visits the Whit.
House.
Zen Tillman pokes his nose IN
there whenever he pleases.
Congress waits for the message tb.,
never comes.
To cap all President Taft has turned
down an invitation to play with a lion
on exhibition in an animal show.
But for oratorical wars between Ia
Toilette, Beveridge and Dolliver on ona
side, opposed to Aldrich and Penross
there would be nothing on the politica,
map. The halls of congress would 10
turned over to fellows seeking twice AZ
much protection as they have had IN.
der the Dingley law, except for this.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
Sheriff Successful.

CHEHALIS, June 22.-SherlH -
ouhart returned from Aberde-l ''
with Charles Weaver, alias o. b. john
sen. who is wanted for taking li''-'
house Wednesday from W. ).
Of Chehalis. Weaver wrecked the OO0
-gy he was driving near Grand MoD-'.
took the horse down the harDOi
and sold it. The animal was re'O'
cred. S. n. Enoch, who hau
ranching near Centralia, was al'o
ed in Jail. He is charged with oO'aI >,
ing money under false pretenses '''N
accused of forgery. bii'0]
captured in Portland.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
TAFT JOINS WAR
ON PRESERVATIVFS

, sympathy with Their unalterable oppo-
sition to benzHate of soda. borax, for
| maldehyde and other chemical preser-
natives.
President Taft informed the commit
ted that he would recommend to con-
gress next December the creation Of a
bureau or department of public health
to have charge of all such questions
affecting the public at large AS the
enforcement of the pure food law
would come under such a bureau or
department it is probable that the
pres .dent will await action by congress
rather than ask the present pure food
commission to reopen the case against
benzoate of soda although considerable
pressure is being brought toward this
end
The resolution presented 10 Presi-
dent Taft by the committee Of the
American Medical association were as
follows
Resolved: That the American Medi-
cal association respectfully urges upon
congress the necessity of amending the
national pure food and drugs act in
the folliwing particulars viz:
90 To prohibit absolutely and un-
qualifiedly the use of benzoate of soda
and similar preservatives in the pre-
paration and preservation of foods
destined for interstate commerce.
"(2) To provide for system Of
federal inspection of all establishments
engaged in the preparation of foods
destined for interstate commerce. such
inspection having for it's specific object
ta) the prevention of employment in
them of persons afflicted with a conta-
gious, infectious disease; CD the pro-
hibition Of the use of preservatives.
such as benzoate Of soda, etc. and (c)
tie prevention of the utilization of I'M
clean and offensive waste productions
which niw, by the use of such preser-
vatives, are branded as fold -stuffs and
sent through the channels of commerce.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22

After standing for the singing a
few minutes the congregation got into
a panic and bolted from the church,
leaving the edifce in possession Of
the yellowjackets
There are 500 men, women and chill
dren in Boston today putting lotions
on "stung" spots.
An effort will be made to destroy
the yellow jackets and resume revival
services.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
GUIDING TRAFFIC
IN NEW YORK CITY

, gested places caused by more than
two street crossing at the same place
such as the intersection of Broadway,
Fifth avenue and Twenty third street
and points where streets converge
such as Columbus Circle, by means
Of posts and ropes. All of these plans
can be very much improved. Larger
ropes should be used and the ropes
and posts some of which should be
lighted, left up all the time. These
temporary plans should not however,
be continued longer than necessary
to find out just where the trouble lies,
and then the curb lines and car tracks
should be changed where necessary to
correct, as far as possible, the mis-
takes of their original layout
The block system was put in ope-
ration and three. mounted men put on
Fifth avenue in 1902. On December
l. 1903, their number was increased to
six. In February, 1903, an ordinance
on traffic regulation was introduced,
but held up and apparently shelved.
The city charter, sanitary and penal
codes, however, were discovered to
contain sufficient authority for the po-
lice department to regulate traffic
without the help of the board of alder
men. The most important provisions
of the proposed ordinance were then
embodied in folder form and taken to
the police commissioner, who, when
shown his legal authority, signed it
mission was obtained to put up 100
signs directing that "Slow- moving We
These will shortly be superseded by
others with improved wording. A
change in police administration result
ed soon in a larger increase of men
for traffic duty, but also in an I'M
fortunate discOntinuance of the printed
traffic regulations, the only means of
educating drivers, the keynote of all
traffic regulations, without which
nothing can be accomplished speedily
or economically.
The saving of money in time to the
citizens would undoubtedly pay the
entire expense of several police de-
partments as large as the present one.
The saving of life cannot be accurately
computed, but probably several hun
dred lives are saved every year, while
the addition of comfort and pleasure
is not to be lost sight of. 1t is ex-
tremely important that the police de-
partment in every city be given the
power of summons and complaints, as
is done in London, Paris and Boston,
which usually answers better than an
arrest without accompanying hard
ships and delays, and does not take
the officer from his post on which as
sumption the drivers now often pre-
sumo to break the regulations
Foreign Methods.
In London the work on the streets
by the officers is no better than it now
is in New York, but the office work is
developed to perfection and the driv-
ers know their duties more generally.
In Paris, the officers know their du-
ties, but the drivers have no rules to
go by, and when the police are absent
everything is confusion. A small
| amount of money spent in distributing
| the traffic regulations in Paris would
| enable the officers to do more effective
| work and probably reduce accidents
and DELAYS mora than 50 nor cant
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
NEWS is SCARCE ARTICLE WHERE
EXECUTIVE is PEAcEABLY
DISPOSED.
Not the Least Excitement
Stirring at the Capital

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 22-It's
getting to be hard pickings in news
way at the White House.
Not single man has been put in the
Ananias club since March 4.
No advice has been given on the sub.
ject of the proposed number of children
in well-regulated families.
Undesirable citizens" roam at large
without fear.
Controversies with nature fakirs are
tabooed.
No senators have been denounced by
name Of late.
No new commissions have been ere
ated
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
GUARD AND NEICE
DROWNED IN RIVER
Wife Narrowly Escapes Death-For
ner Newspaper Man Victim
of Accident.

EDDY, Mont, June 22.-While at
tempting Ito cross the Clarke Fork
river mere today in a frail boat E. P.
Courtney, a deputy forest guard, and
his 5-year- old niece, Imogene Wilde,
were drOWend, and Mrs. Courtney
barely escaped death.
Courtney was deputy guard in the
cabinet forest and was formerly a
Well-known newspaper man of the
west,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
Steal Soap and Go to Jail.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c. JUNE
22.-George MILAN and Nllllam De
dult, two youths who admit ha'Ih9
committed many roberies here "ei'
yesterday sentenced to six months III
pr:sonment for stealing soap from the
Bank Of Commerce. They were le
manded on a charge Of arson, ha'iH9
set fire to a shack which they A@1
ransacked in order to conceal eVluen''
Of their crime.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
Just, But Not Generous.

The barefoot boy had carefully brok-
en- his fishing pole across his knee and
tossed it into the strsam.
What's the trouble?" asked the
passing stranger
Been fishin' all afternoon Didn't
get a bite If / could have brought
home a mess O. fish I might have
plow."
But why did you break the fishing
pole?"
I'm willin' to take what's comm to
me, Mister, but don't see why should
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
White SaImsn Library Opens,

WHITE SALMON, June 22-The
White Salmon Library association had
its formal opening today. The asso-
citation has about 800 volumes and
many others have been donated. The
association has about forty members.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
Milk Prices Soar.

NEW WESTMINSTER, b. -
pat a meeting of the Lo"'
land Milk and Cream Shippers as
held Yesterday in this city, ny" 3,
Foster of Whonnock, in the oi-" an
was decided to raise the price u .
delivered in Vancouver Hum IL
cents per gallon to 20 cents PEI -,
Ion. and the price of cream to Sl'iV p
gallon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
An Admonition.

An Admonitfon.
Oh, Mars, when we exchange remarks.
some day,
AS wise men say that we are sure to
do,
Pray heed this early warning Do not
say,
Hello, there! Is it hot enough for
you?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22

which have done service for the Che-
halls department for so many years.
Will soon be placed at substatlOhs III
the residence portions of the city lol
emergency use.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22
Has Fire Fighting Equipment.

CHEHALIS, June 22.-The ChehaiIs
fire department is now equipped with
a combination chemical engine and
hose wagon. The two old hose carts,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22

save dad the trouble of cuttin' his owl
SWITCH
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22

wheat crop for Umatilla county will be
between 100000 and 100000 bushels.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-06-22

LONDON, June 22-Mary Agnes
Ruiz the beautiful American woman
who killed herself in fashionable
apartment in London and whose name
was connected with that of Alfred c.
Vanderbilt, was born in ST. Louis in
1873, her fathers name being O'Brien.
She was the wife of Cuban diplomat
in New York city a few years ago.
Later she occupied luxurious apart
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ments In New York city and still later
magnificent country house at Port
Chester. At the time of her death she
was living in luxury in Grosyenor
street. London. The extraordinary
efforts to suppress the facts relative to
her death were brought to the atten-
ton of the British parliament, where
member declared that the mystery was
surrounded by a wall of American
gold.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-20
Montana Fugitive Arrested.

SEATTLE, Jan. I'm. E. Arthur
Froembling, who disappeared from
Lewistown, Montana, Jan. %, 1907,
and was subsequently, charged with
being short in his accounts $40, 900 as
a bookkeeper of the Power Mercantile
company, was arrested last night at
Port Gamble, WASH, by Seattle de.
tectives and Sheriff l.. Tullock of
Lewistown. The prisoner was brought
to Seattle this afternoon and is now
confined in the county Jail pending re.
moval to Lewistown.
Froembling was known in Port
Gamble as Richard Gerlach and had
been working in the Port Gamble
hotel for some time as a head waiter.
Since he fed from Lewistown Frozen.
bling has had quite an eventful ca
He first made straight for
Alaska, but the climate did not agree
with him and he back.tracked to Seat.
tie. Finding that the police were not
hot after him he decided to remain
here for a time, and secured q posi-
tiOn as waiter in the Commercial club.
Last fall he went to Port Gamble and
remained until his arrest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-20
The Desert Tortoise,

One of the most interesting reptiles
of Ca%lifornia's great desert is the des-
ert tortoise. A writer in Suburban
Life says: 81 have found as many as
twenty of these hard shelled fellows
that we usually associate in Jul minds
with the thought of water in the very
heart of the desert, where the water
was exceedingly scarce. Yet when you
pick them up they generally void two
or three large spoonfuls of liquid. Dis
section shows that they each have two
large water sacks on the back, and
these afford them their water supply.
They are great travellers and can walk
faster than we should imagine. They
r also good climbers. l have watch
ed one for hours climbing up and
down the rocky sides of a desert
mountain. He could wriggle himself
up to a rock almost as high as he was
long. Raising himself on his tail end,
he would use his head as a hook,
then claw with his right leg until it
had secured a good hold, then, with
what seemed to me extraordinary
strength, he would lift himself up and
wiggle his body into a secure posi-.
ton"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-20
Disastrous Mine Explosion.

B~LUEFIELD, w. Va, Jan. 12.-As
the result of another explosion at the
Lick branch mine at Switchback, about
20 miles from here, between so and lOC
miners we're killed at $3.50 O'Clock this
morning. The number may be largely
increased, as from 280 to 300 miners
were at work at the time and it had
not been ascertained shortly before
noon how many had survived.
On December % last an explosion
occurred in this mine, which up to
that time has been regarded as q
model mine. On that occasion the
cause was not ascertained and the
death list reached fifty.
The last body in connection with
that explosion vas brought to the
surface only last Friday, after which
the state mine inspector declared tina,
the mine was again safe and work
could be resumed. The majority OF
the miners who were engaged to re.
sumo work at the mine were Americans
with q few foreigners and some
colored workers as laborers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-20
The Wisa Eakimos.

Everything in the Eskimo dress has
a reason for its existence, writes Cap.
tain Road Amundsen in "The North
west Passage" The members Of Cap
tain A~mundsen's expeditions had be-
come accustomed to the Eskimo dress
and had adopted it, but many Of them
thought it ridiculous for grown up
men to go about wearing fringe to
their clothes, so they cut it of. I
had my scruples about this, says the
author, as I had already learned that
most things in the Eskimo's clothing
and other arrangements had their dis
tinct meaning and purpose, so I kept
my fringe and put up with the ridi-
cule. He laughs best who laughs last.
One fine day the anovaks, a sort of
tunic reaching below the knee, made
of deerskin, from which the fringes
had been cut of, commenced to curl
up, and if the fringe had not been put
on again quickly they would soon have
looked like neckties.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-20
RIGHTS OF ENTRYMEN.
Supreme Court Makes Decisions
That Favor Settlers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-For the
second time the United States supreme
court has interpreted the timber aud
stone act, and for the second time
rendered q decision adverse to the
contention of the government. These
DECISIONS, almost identical in terms,
and entirely identical in effect, strike
at the most vital parts of many of the
land fraud cases that have been tried,
or still remain to be tried in the fed.
eral courts of various western states,
and the law, as defined by the supreme
court. renders lawful acts which, up
to this time, have been held by the
department of justice and the depart.
ment of interior to be unlawful, and
contrary to the provisions of the tim.
Der and stone act.
In the Oregon timber land cases, as
in;cases In Idaho, Colorado, Califor-
mia and elsewhere. the government
commended that a timber entryman was
not permitted to sell, transfer or agree
to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose
OF his entry at any time between the
filing of his initial application, and
the completion of his final proof. The
supreme court first in the case of
Congressman Williamson, and only q
few days ago in the Colorado land
cases, specifically holds that an entry.
man, at any time after fling his orig.
inal application, may sell or contra act
to sell his entry, and be entirely with.
in his legal rights.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-20
NEW O STORIES
Perjls of P~artisanshjp.

To maintain allegiance to a political
party in the face of an overwhelming
majority, backed by force of arms, re-
luires a sturdiness Of conviction un-
usual in this day and generation. Such
4 thought is impressed firmly upon the
mind Of the ~ten-year-old nephew of
Nelson Conrad, chief inspector Of the
health department Of the District Of
Columbia.
Mr.. Conrad's small relative engaged
actively in the recent campaign, which
waged with force and vigor in the
Jefferson school and which resulted in
the election of the peerless leader" by
4 majority exceeding the expectations
Of his stanchest supporters.
The boys own inclination was to-
ward the Democratic candidate, but
his father is a Republican, and, yield
Ing to parental solicitation, he depos-
tied on the day Of election a ballot for
Taft.
This fact was not only discovered
but deply resented by the Democratic
voters, and after school they proceed