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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
AWARDS CONTRACT
FOR NEW STAND PIPF

Commissioner McGregor finally
awarded the contract for the new
standpipe to the Northwest Bridge
company yesterday. Work will be
started at once on the structure
III will hold 100000 gallons and
VII improve the pressure and give
ptenty of water for the whole high
service and West End sections OF
the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
JESSE POMERoY TODAY.

never misses a visit.
Every mother of a prisoned son
thinks him innocent. But none
believes 1t more devoutly than
Mrs. Pomeroy.
my son is martyr she says.
They told him that / was ac-
cused of his crimes-that IL he
didn't confess to them, I would
have to go to prison. He con-
fessed to save me-because he
loves me-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

JESSE POMEROY'S2 MOTHER
AND THE PRISONER'S BOY
HOOD HOME.
animal who must be Gagged like a
man-eating lion. He must be kept
in prison till he is dead. Occa-
sionally efforts have been made to
get reprieve for him, but public
sentiment has always interviewed.
1t is a fearful record the
courts have against this boy who
has grown to past middle age be-
hind the bars. His case is uni
paralleled in the whole ugly his
tory of crime.
At Is he was assaulting and
and torturing boys oil
6. He was put in a reformatory,
where, after three years, he was
released on parole.
A little while after, by his own
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
DELEGATES TO MEETING
OF NURSES ELECTED

Misses Harner, Melroy, Jones
and Juergens were last night
elected delegates from the Tacoma
Graduate Nurses association to
the state meeting at Seattle, June
16 and IL. Miss Edith Weller
was elected delegate = the nations
"a meeting at ST. Paul. The local
assoolation now has I Q members,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06
Americas Most Remarkable Prisoner; Jesse
Pomeroy Sits in His Solitary Cell % Years

Once a Month a Mother Of 30 Is
Allowed to Weep Outside the
Bars and Talk to Him-Has
Made Himself q Brilliant Lin
guist-Movement to Let Him
See Daylight and Work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

practically all their reserve stock
for within the last few
days and agents are still out on
the hunt for more.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

learned all those languages in
prison.
Beside reading, Pomeroy has
one other pleasure-the monthly
visits of his mother. Mrs. Pom
eroy, a broken and frail woman of
close to 80, who still lives in Wey-
mouth, where Jesse was born,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-06

Schlitx Beor on draft ct the
Royal $50
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
WEDDING VENTURE ALMOST
ENDS IN SAD CASTROPHE
Mistake in Marriage License Almost
Ties Up Wrong Couple in
Hard Knot.

Cupid" SWeaZy came near wreck
ing the launching apparatus of mat
rimonial bark yesterday right on the
start and for a time the whole matter
took on a serious aspect i'll the eyes
| of the newly-Weds- to-be, while others
had the heart to consider it a huge
| joke
The groom can now interpret the
correct meaning of the sign on the
| Judges door; the witness to the
granting of the license is greatly re-
| lieved that he did not have to marry
| the woman in the case, and the lit
| tie bride still shudders to think of
| the almost fatal wedding.
It was all an accident. Yesterday
afternoon John D. OBrien, OF st.
Louis and Miss Jennie Johnson, of La
Grande came to this city to wed.
| Their witness was w. J. Clancy of
| this city. and in some uneXpla1nable
manner Sweazy made out the license
to Clancy and Miss Johnson, instead
of O'Brien and Miss Johnson. O'Brien
with the young lady, then went to the
temple of Justice, to have the job fin
ished
Upon entering the building the gal
liant and light hearted O'Brien noticed
on Judge Brents door the sign
"Judge's Chamber" Leaving the
blushing Oregon girl in the hall ne
entered The following conversation
ensued between he and Judge Brents:
"Is this Judge Chambers?'
mo, there is no Judge Chambers
here
s"Well that sign on the door says
Judge Chambers and I would like TO
see him please"
INV dear sir, this is Judge Brents
won are addressing and this is the
Judges Chambers, or in other words
my Office
O'Rrien apologized, cleared his
| throat and then made known his WISH
| Judge Brents was willing and the TWO
witnesses were summoned, Mrs Mapei
Sherman and Deputy Fred Wits OF
the county's clerks office. Inese
txv, generally serve in such cases.
After the contracting parties were
"arraigned" Judge Brents happened 10
address O'Brien as Clancy. This
created wild excitement, and it was
then found that the almost disastrous
mistake had been made.
! Those present so appreciated the
situation that they carried 1t further
and for a time had the young coupe
| believing that law was law ana tnat
CIancey and Miss Johnson would nave
| TO he married Although the two were
surrounded by a cold-hearted punch
the court house employees could not
bear to prolong such untold SUFFERING
| and the mistake was remedied. Mr.
| and Mrs. O'Brien took the first train
ont of Walla Walla for La Grande.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
essary, but observe the strictest rule.

essary, but observe the strictest rules
of sanitation, not only to accumulate
the droppings at close intervals, but
to use a dust of some kind as deodor-
izer, SO as not to give them an oppor-
tunity to incubate. The pleasure it
self in taking care of a lot of fowls
is we'll worth the extra labor expend-
ed, to say nothing OF the extra profits
derived from a clean lot of fowls. 1t
may be that your fowls are not dying
as yet, but any one can readily see
that lot of fowls harassed all night
long with millions upon millions of
these thirsty blood-suckers. besides
being robbed of their life blood will
not produce because they nave plenty
for their digestive tract to do to sus-
tain life. You are therefore feeding a
lot of fowls, or 1 might say red mites,
and getting no returns for your food
or labor.
The treatment I recommend is SIM
pie and easy to obtain; in fact in the
ordinary farm house it is always on
hand. 1t is kerosene oil. The cheap
low grades are just as good and even
the crude article is all right and VIII
cost less when it can be had. Usually,
however, the crude article is not avail
able, hence kerosene oil can be used'
and for these red mites the liquid
killers of which we see so many on the
market will do the work well and
are lasting and effective. However,
these should be used for the mite only.
whiteWashing is a check to them IL
they are not too numerous, ana II
YOUR house is so you can close 1t up
TIGHT q two hours thorough fumlga-
ton of birthstone is a sure cure.
find many who do not succeed When
doing this owing to the improper man
ner in which it is done. The simple
process of placing a few Goals In a
kettle and then throwing on sulphur Is
not a thorough fumigation. rake an
iron weighing three or four pounds
heat red hot and place in the Kettle
in the center of the room you 1ntend
to fumigate. Take away all inf1amma-
BILE material and then pour on at least
two pounds of birthstone and get out
of the building as soon as you can
closing up the openings, and be sure
YOU get every fowl out before hand or
the cure will be as bad as the disease
permit the red mites to get a foot
hold.
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ore q sort of gray color When mag
nified So you can see their real form
they have the appearance of a spider;
hence the reason for their being call
print They are on the fowl only at
night. and then to feast on their blood,
returning to their hiding places as
soon as they have their fill. Their
hiding places will be found in cracks
and crevices of the perches, nests,
etc, and as they multiply in numbers
they spread to the inner walls of the
building and as I have found in many
an infested house, located as near the
roost as possible), punches of them
on the interior. But such cases are
rare, they are mostly found on the
perches, nest boxes, ETC., which cOnsti-
tute their breeding places. They are
ONLY active in warm weather; at other
times they are dormant. They only
breed as they are allowed to fill with
blood from your fowls, but when the
weather is warm, and they have youi
fowls to feast on they multiply very
RAPIDLY. 1t has been said by our
most eminent authorities that these
mites have the power to become grand
fathers in twenty four hours. I will
70, fhn fTI1f n Il
statement, but I do know that if ne
elected they make pretty lively work
for the poultryman as we'll as for the
old hen.
In going into a building so infested
the attendant will be swarmed with
them before leaving. They pounce
upon a sitting hen and if left uncheck-
ed they will kill her right on the nest
However, I am happy to say that such
conditions are not the rule and are
only found in filthy, neglected build
ings. This is a point I wish to en-
phasize, that they thrive in all manner
of filth. but cleanliness is sure death.
Also, that they are Matched from
eggs laid in the droppings the same as
the white grub does from COW manure
All farmers know that where cow
manure is left in piles or taken to
the field and plowed under in chunks
that the white grub will be present in
a short time.
So it is with the red mites. If
YOU wish to keep them down strict
rules of cleanliness must be observed.
This is my first recommendation, that
we do not wait until treatment is nee
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Biographical
--Cdlendd1---
November %.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.

Franklin Pierce, who as many
school children probably know, was
the fourteenth president of the
United States, was born in Hills
boro, N. H, los years ago today. He
was educated in the schools of his
native state and at Bowdoin college
where his classmates included Long
fellow, Hawthorne and Prentiss.
Soon after his graduation in 1924
he began to interest himself in poll
tics, and at the age of twenty nine
had SO far established himself in the
esteem of the voters as to be sent to
congress. After four years in the
lower house, he was promoted to the
United States senate, being the
youngest member of body that
contained such men as Webster, Clay
Calhoun, Buchanan, Benton and
Silas Wright. Even in this dis
tinguished assemblage. young Pierce
distinguished himself
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
abor Men Confer.

NEW YORK, Nov. 23-It is under
stood that private conference will
be held in New York today or this
evening between President Samuel
Gompers of the American Federation
of labor J,hn Mitchell and Frank
Morrison, and their counsel, when the
question of an appeal from the con-
viction for contempt of court, and the
line of defense. will be fully discussed
President Gompers declares that JUS
tice Wright was guilty Of outrageous
conduct in So cruelty eXcoriating the
honest conduct of three citizens who
undertook to test the law and in i'm
posing unusual sentences.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23

Did you ever-When you were young
and eager and IMMERSED in the lore of
human nature-ever say to some other
person equally young and eager, lets
tell each other our faults:'
Of course you did.
And did you ever by any chance get
through that fault telling session with
out both of you getting a little bit
hurt at the very least?
Of course you didn't
More likely you became very indig-
nant
Most of us are better for criticism
but few of us are able to receive much
of it without feeling, even if we do not
show it, a wee bit of resentment to-
wards those who give the criticism.
In view of that, a little plan which
certain college Greek-letter society,
uses, seems to be very valuable.
The sorority has a question box.
Into this box at each meeting of the
society the members drop questions
and suggestions in regard to the con-
duct of the other members.
These comments and suggestions the
president fishes out of the box and
reads aloud to the society
They are unsigned of course, so that
nobody knows who writes what. They
are put in a kindly sometimes half
humorous spirit and they are always
couched so as to hurt as little and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
VIRGINIA Teachers Meet.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 23.-Virginia
teachers and educators will celebrate
the Thanksgiving week holiday by
gathering in the capital city to hold
the fourth annual convention of their
association Many delegates arrived
today, and will hold a meeting this
evening. Senator Thomas Gore, the
blind Scion from Oklahoma, will be
the principal speaker of the session.
tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Want Dut Yon Rosin.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-Southern
producers are demanding a duty Of
20 per cent. on gum rOsin, which has
heretofore been admitted free, and the
treasury department has decided to
Civ the plan a trial. Soap manufac-
turers oppose the imposition of the
duty. Southern rosin interests claimed
the law, gum rosin. from abroad, has
been admitted free of duty, to the Sc
manufacturing interests using rOsin
sought free admission.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
EVENING
CHT-CHAT
By...
Ruth
Cameron

help as much as possible.
IF X represents the distance at
which you can hear Mary's laugh, how
many miles off can you hear Alice's
green tie?" is the way in which a
suggestion that Mary modulate her
laugh and Alice wear a somewhat less
loud tie is presented.
Freshmen who cut more than half
their recitations seldom get AS. Does
Elsie know this % is a gentle hint for
Elsie to be little more regular in
her attendance at classes.
In this way the members get the in
valuable opportunity to see themselves
"as others see them" without getting
an opportunity to feel hurt
Why isn't this good suggestion not
only for the college society or club but
also for the home?
Why not have question box to be
opened once week by mother?
OF course the writing might give
the authorship away in so small a
circle but no one but mother need see
the slips, and surely she can keep her
own counsel.
We often see those whom we love
making foolish little mistakes when
the right word spoken in just the right
way might make them see their folly.
Here is a splendid chance to speak
that right word in as kind way as
possible.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
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BY Uncle Hy1 um...
Red Mites and Poultry

depredations being so secretly planned
and their development so rapid, leav-
ing little if any trace of their where
abouts, an enormous loss is occurring
daily, and although the attendant may
suspect something is wrong yet the
last thing he will probably think of
is the little red mite.
They are called red because when
filled with the blood of your fowls
they are red, but in their ordinary half
starved state, as we find them in the
spring before they have had favorable
weather to awaken them from their
long winters fast and slumber, they
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23

Here is a picture of the charming
Mrs. Ada Ballou, who will be married
to Lyman ]. Gage, former secretary of
the treasury, on Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. Ballou, who lives at Coronado.
near San Diego, Cal, is tall and state
ly. She has pale blue eyes and a mass
of titan hair. The sings well, plays
the piano and has the reputation of
being one of the most fascinating wO-
men in California. Her first husband
died soon after their marriage. Mr..
Gage is 70 years old and has been
married twice.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23

The season is fast approaching when
red mites will prove the most trouble
some and as poultry will never be
profitable where the ravages of the red
mites go unmolested, it is very neces-
sary that we understand all details
connected with their haunts, habita-
as to be able to avoid loss in that
direction. Although it is important
that fowls are free from the other
species of vermin formerly mentioned,
still l believe the loss from red mites,
either directly or indirectly, is greater
by far than both combined Their
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23

In 1912 he resigned from the SEN
ate and retired to private life, refus-
ing several fat and juicy plums tend
cred him. In 1916 he was enlisted for
the Mexican war, was appointed brig
adier-general in the volunteer army
and led his brigade at the battles of
Contreras and Churubusco
His record served to again bring
him to public attention, and when the
democratic national convention met
in 1852, he was selected as a compro-
mise candidate on the forty-ninth bal
lot. His principal opponent was Gen.
Scott. He was elected by the over
whelming majority of 254 to AZ.
His administration was not re-
markable, the principal incidents be-
ing the repeal of the Missouri com
promise; reciprocity treaty for
trade with the British colonies in
America; the establishment of a
treaty with Japan, and the settle
ment of the Mexican boundary dis
pute.
Failing of a denomination at the ex-
piration of his term, he sought soIace
in travel abroad. Returning after
three years, he lived in retirement at
Concord. where he died, October g.
1869.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Shin ERUPTION
An Open Letter in Praise Of Docto.
Oarrin's Successful Method
of Treatment.

Mr.. Editor-Dear Sir: In ms
tlce to DR.. Darrin, I wish TO state
for the benfit of those who NAV
be suffering from any loathsome
disease that he has cured me of
dlsfguring skin eruption on the
face and / am confident that he
can do for others what he has
done for me. l can be seen and
referred to as to the particulars
of my case at my home in this
city.
V. MARGUERITE KLINKERT.
Dr. Darrin gives free consultation at
the Hotel State from 10 a. m. to n.
m. daily. All durable acute. chronic
and complicated diseases cOnffdentiallv
and successfully treated Circulars
and question blanks sent free, to anv
address, and correspondence solicited.
Most cases can receive home treat
ment after one visit to the doctors
office. Batteries and belts furnished.
with full directions for their use.
Difficult surgical operations scientfica-
lily performed. Cross eyes, rupture.
varacocele,' hydrOcele and
structure cured and guaranteed in
every case.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
president Eliot to SPEAK.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-It is for,,,o,
~ announced today that the twentr
" meeting of the National Civil
service Reform league will be bo,d :,
New York, Dec. 9 and 10. On the ovou
ing OF the 9Th President Charles w
Eliot will deliver his annual addrasa
Among the subjects to be discrsso,
are civil pensions, consular reform and
the application of the merit system 70
the higher municipal offices.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
To Be Bridesmaid.

BOSTON, Nov 23.-Miss Margaret
Preston Draper, daughter of General
William F. Draper and Mrs. Draper of
Hopedale, and niece of Governor
Draper, is to be a bridesmaid at the
wedding of Miss Noble and Lieutenant
Sherman Miles, son of General Miles,
morrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Early Trials Of Young Mothers

bed from the cot is best-beneath ba-
by in the perambulator that he is
raised above it and catches every
draught
Other points to remember if you
wish him to avoid collie are: Cd To
hold him slightly raised while feeding;
(2) on no account to jog him about
directly afterwards; and CD to retain
him in an almost upright position or
slightly forward (your hand being
pressed against his abdomen) that he
may bring up the wind" for few
minutes after feeding.
There are also the following rene
dies for collie which may be found in
bottle.
Peppermint water is easily prepared
by partially melting a small pepper
mint lozenge in an gg-cupful of
water. A spoonful or two of this,
administered as warm as baby can
take it, will often give instant relief
If the lozenges are kept handy, this
can be quickly prepared.
Dill-water on the contrary must be
made beforehand and can be procured
from the chemist.
Caraway- water may be prepared at
home Boil three teaspoonfuls Of
bruised caraway seeds for ten minutes,
in a teacupful of water, strain and use
the! liquid Bottle when cold. One or
two teaspoonfuls of this may be adj
ded to each feed, after an attack OF
collie, as we'll as the small quantity
which is administered to the child at
the time of the attack.
An eminent physician recommends
sal volatile as an excellent remedy.
Half a dram of the sal volatile should
be diluted with an ounce and half of
water. The dose is one teaspoonful.
A Particular Friend of Baby's.
where a baby is in case, is a rubber
hot water bottle. Bear that in mind
when your friends ask you what you
would wish them to give ''the little
stranger" When the child has the
wind" if the bottle be placed against
the abdomen, any of the foregoing
remedies will be greatly assisted. 1t
aids sleep, too, if at the child's feet,
as tiny children feel extremes of cold
and heat much more acutely than do
We adults.
Don't forget to use the flannel case.
And better than any of the brightly
colored ones, to be bought ready made,
is a bag of flannel Two bags are need
ed, in fact; one to wash and one to
wear.
Failing possession of a rubber bot
such cases. 1T may be heated in the
oven, between plates.
Much to the same purpose is the
rubbing Of the child's abdomen, by
means of the warm hand, with warm
olive oil. A warm bath, too, in severe
cases which do not yield to other
treatment, is very safe.
But after ALL when the babe is suf-
fering severely, a dose of mild aper-
lent medicine is often the best rem
edy. It removes the fermenting mate
rial which is the cause of all the
trouble.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Food Fair In Salt Lake.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 23.-The
first food and industrial fair ever held
in Utah was opened in this city today
by the Greater Salt Lake Food and In
dustrial association, and will continue
to December 4.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Can't Run Trains Backward.

DETROIT, Nov. 23.-An order pro-
hibiting railroads from running their
trains backward with cars ahead of
an engine has been issued by the Mich
igan Railroad commission, and goes
into effect today.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Federation of Churches.

BOSTON, Nov. 23-Clergymen and
1aymen representing many protestant
denominations are taking part in the
meeting opened in Brookline today by
the Massachusetts Federation of
Churches.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Consolidation Efforts Fail.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, November %. =
Efforts of 200 independent telephone
men of Ohio today to form a conson-
dation of their properties failed. inc
project is to be taken up again aftei
further details have been worked ou'
nv a committee named tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-23
Snerry Will Assist.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.-Admira
Sperry has been detailed by the sec
rotary Of the navy to assist the ma
tionaI waterways commission