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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
POPP IS POPP NO
LONGER, BUT POPE

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Mr. Popp is
no more No tears, please. 1t is not
an occasion for weeping, but for re-
joicing and the late Mr.. Popp is the
chief rejoicer. Charles Albert Popp he
was yesterday. Charles Albert Pope he
is today, by the kind permission of the
supreme court of the Empire state,
which granted him the right to change
his name from Popp to Pope, the judi
cial dictum becoming effective today.
All in favor will please signify by say
ing "aye" Aye, declares Mr.. Popp
beg pardon, Pope, with much enthu
siasm. The motion is carried, and on
and after Dec Is, 1909, Mr. Popp is NJ
more
When Mr.. Popp-Pope- appeared
in court, he declared, almost tearfully,
that there was a whole lot in a name.
and that your success in business and
your prominence socially might de-
pend on the kind of label you wore
After hearing Pops petition, JUS
tice Mccall granted him permission to
change his name from Popp to Pope.
Popp set forth that a name may mean
dollars and cents to a person. He
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

said that he was foreman in the
manufacturing department of a con-
Germ at No. "a Fifth avenue, and his
success in the business depended
tragedy on his dignity and the disci-
pine he maintained among the en-
ployes In the last few months, he
said, he found that his name not only
caused him much loss of time in at
tending to his business, but that it lost
him the respect Of his sub0rdinates.
Unexplained that, no matter how
much dignity he maintained, when
ever one of his superiors came out to
his department and called: Say
Popp, how about this?' or What's
the trouble, Popp?" his dignity was
lost and his subordinatcs assumed ar
unpleasantly familiar tone.
His name was a drawback too, in
talking business over the telephone
Pcpp complained. When he tried to
converse withsa stranger, that man
could not understand his name until
he shouted "Popp! Popp! Popp!
Meaning father! You knoW--head o.
the family, only with three p's!
P-O-P-P! Don't you see?"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
BIG STEAMSHIP FIGHT
FOR BERMUDA TRAFFIC

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-With the
saiting today of the royal mail packet
Orctava. formerly in the England
Australia service. on her maiden voy-
age to Bermuda there was inaugu-
rated what promises to become the
ficrcest steamship war New York has
known in recent years.
The first gun in this battle was
sounded early this year, when a COM
pany Of upstate New Workers, hail
ing from Rochester, came to the me-
tropolis and announced an intention
to enter into the steamship business
All the old tars who run steamship
lines from their offices in lower
Broadway laughed at the invasion
Haw! haw! haw! they remarked, in
unison.
But the deep-sea Farmers" from
Rochester went ahead and organized
the Bermuda Atlantic company. They
advertised the fame of Bermuda far
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

paratus capable of senoing messages a
distance OF about 1000 miles and re-
ceiving from a high power land sta
ton 5000 miles distant. The land sta
ton will be located at Brent Rock,
Mass. The scout cruisers will follow
a course from the west coast of the
British Islands south toward the west
coast of Africa, thence westerly in the
direction of the West Indies. They will
be about 1000 miles apart. An at
tempt will be made to establish COM
munication not only between the two
cruisers but also between the land sta
ton and both vessels.
If these experiments are satisfactory
a high power wireless tower will be
erected in or near Washington and the
vessels CT the navy will be equipped
with instruments more powerful than
those now in use. The specifications
FOR high power wireless system re-
duire that communication must be
estab lished in all seasons and climatic
conditions over distance of at least
loco mics between vessels at sea, and
all vessa's equipped with high power
wireless Instruments must be able to
receive messages over a distance of
5000 miles from the land station
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

to the speak er-and if the organization
of the house wants to discourage
amendments to measures the congress-
man who is anxiously clamoring to
present one finds that he can't catch
the speakers eye
Then, too, the house considers only
those measures that are reported by
committees. All the business of the
house is framed up in committee
Their meetings are secret, and if the
majority desires to kill a bill, it is
simply left in convenient pigeon-hole
to die a natural DEATH And all the
kings horses cannot force a report
either favorably or unfavorably so as
to give the house a chance to vote on
it. This method is the favorite way
of killing legislation abainst which
even majority of the members would
not dare to record their votes And
Uncle Joe holds every committee in
the palm of his hand
What will probably happen is that
the insurgents, aided and allotted By
the democrats, will use every parlia-
mentary device known to legislation
to pry loose some part of the machine.
In the senate, it is a little different.
With but 80 members the upper house
proceeds on rules that allow any mem.
Der to talk as long as he wants about
anything or nothing, and to offer
amendments to any bill that may be
up. Senator Aldrich thinks that he
can hold his forces in line as we'll as
he did when the tariff bill was up. The
insurgents, led by Cummins and La
Toilette say that the tariff was a party
measure, and they point with pride to
the dents that the tariff discussion left
In the armor CT the senator from
Rhode Island. They are going to make
big effort to deepen those dents and
make a few more
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

and wide, and in a short time the old
timers, who had had a monopoly Of
the Bermuda traffic for more than a
quarter of a century. began to OBJ
serve that they had a competitor in
the field Next month they will re-
sumo service with one of the largest
vesses ever engaged in the New
York Bermuda trade.
Meanwhile, the old company is add
ing the S,000-ton liner Oceana, and
the Royal Mail steam packet Orotava
today inaugurated rival service.
Another new company has just been
organized to operate line of steam
erS between Bermuda and Havana.
An improved service will be maintain
ed between Halifax and Bermuda AL
gether, it is evident that "the land
Of the lily and the rose will have
many more American visitors than
ever before, or else some of the steam
ship companies will be badly "stung."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
PUBLIC PRINTER
GIVEN SUMMONS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-In response
to "a summons issued by the civil SER
vice commission, Public Printer Den
nelly must appear before that body
today to explain why he placed q
charge of characterization against
John w. Rodgers, an employe Of the
government printing office, who, al
though told by his foreman that he
could not be spared, took leave with
pay which was due him, he alleges,
and absented himself from his work
for three days in November last and
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
INSURGENTS WILL
TTIR THINGS SOME

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Encour-
aged isv the sentiment they found at
their respective homes this summer
and the general western discomfort
with the Payne Aldrich tariff law, the
socailed insurgents or progressive
members Of the republican party, are
hcre in force prepared to fight the or
ganizatiOn in both houses to a stand
still in this session of congress But
an examination of the state of affairs
eat tho capital shows that they have a
hard task mapped out for them Their
eight will consist largely in making
things as unpleasant as possible for
Cannon and Aldrich.
"And we can worry them consider
ably" Congressman Murdoch, the red
haired insurgent leader from Kansas,
says with smile.
To which Uncle Joe smiles grimly
and remarks that he is used to un.
p'So7'ttt Wy ILLS tt1ile. Anu
then be pounds his desk with sleeves
rolled up and says. LET them come on
I'm just spoiling for a fight"
The fight against the organization
in the special session last summer was
necessarily. confined to the tariff bill,
but this winter the republicans will
shit on several issues The postal
savings hank the tariff commission
idea, reform in interstate commerce
legislation. and several other things
that were pramised by the platforms
of both parties, will be storm centers,
after the regular appropriation bills
are disposed of and perhaps in between
times
The big problem for the progress
sives in the house is how to get a vote
on any, Of these or kindred issues. The
rules under which the lower house of
congress does business w~re framed so
that recognition of member is left
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

DES MONIES. Ia, Dec. 15.-Foliow
ing up his Missouri decision adjudg-
ing the two-ceat fare law uncoastitu-
tiohal where it can be shown that
railroad is unable to earn reasonable
profit. Federal Judge Smith Mcpherson
has granted a temporary injunction
forhidding the Cedar Rapids and Iowa
City Railway and Light company
from complying with the Iowa two
cent fare law. and hearing will be
held today.
The action was based on petition
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

went home to vote On his return 70
work, he was notified he was dis.
charged, and that a charge of "insub.
ordination" had been filed with the
Civil Service commission as reason for
such discharge. Later, on an ap-
peal to Representative Bingham, Of
whom he was a constituent, Mr.. Rod
gers was reinstated, but the charge Of
characterization was not withdraw
that Rorgers had a legal right to alb
sent himself.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-FolloWing
the abandonment Of the Cd police
headquarters at 300 Mulberry street,
for many years the center of investi~
cation for more crime mysteries than
any other place in the world, with the
POSSIBLE exception of Scotland Yard,
an auction sale Of condemned police
property was held there today.
Among the condemned property is a
copy of the Penal Code, another of
the charter of the city and a copy
of the city ordinances.
These are listed as follows in lot
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
VALLEY PIONEER
SUCCUMBS AT AGE OF 7:

ELLENSBRG, Dec. 15.-DaVid Fish
er, a pioneer of Kittitas valley, died
this morning aged 73 years. eDath
was caused by old age and a comp.i-
cation of diseases. Mr. Fisher was
morn March 10, 1886, in Penns ylvania
He spent his boyhood in that state
moved, in 1855, to the Willamette VAL
ley. making the trip across the CONT
nent by prairie schooner. He stayed In
the Willamette for two years, then
moved to The Dalles, where he stayed
until 1873. In that year he came to
Kittitas valleys
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

Then the person on the other enc
would invariably laugh, and thus
cause delay in the transaction Ct busi-
ness. Popp made it clear that if he
could once shake off the name for q
more dignified one, his chance of ad
would be increased Justice Mccall
ruled that he would have to remain
Popp until today, but thereafter could
he Pope, with all the dignity that must
go with such a name.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
Improper Explosives
Cause Many De aths

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 15.-The
use of improper explosives, or the inn,
proper use of safer explosives, is re-
sponsible for a considerable number
If deaths in the coal mines, nAany Of
which are often credited to other
causes.
This is the assertion of Director of
# the Geological Survey George Otis
Smith, made after the results of the
work of that branch of the survey
which has had charge of the work Of
experimentation in an effort to reduce
the number of fatalities in American
coal mines.
Vigorous objection is made to the
use of black powder in any mine where
there is danger of a gas or coal dust
explosion. In such mines, the Oper-
ators and miners are urged to use the
explosives that have been tested at the
mine accident station, at Pittsburg
Pa, as being much less dangerous in
their. action. Investigations at this
station have proved that the flame
from the explosion of black powder
'asts from 1000 to 1000 times as long
as the fame from the newer explosives
and is therefore more likely to ignite
the dust or gas in these mines. The
use of explosives is increasing both in
quantity and in the variety of purpos-
es to which they are applied said
Mr.. Smith today. "They are now made
at $50 pans in different parts of the
country and the product of a single
year now approaches 50O,000,000
pounds. OF all this material, there is
no such thing as safe or safety ex-
plosive when in the hands of a care
less or ignorant eprson. This state
ment is true whether considered in
connection with the transportation or
use of these explosives in mining. In
addition to the large losses of life and
property resulting from an improper
use of explosives in mining, the recent
statistics of the railway bureau for the
safe transportation of explosives have
shown more than 400 persons killed
and injured and over $3O0000O worth
If property destroyed from accidents
from this source. The fact that
through cooperative effort under the
wise supervision Of this bureau dur
ing the three years of it's existence
these losses have been reduced to al
most nothing, should encourage the
hope that similar cooperative effort
may likewise greatly reduce losses of
life and property from the use of ex-
plosives in mining.
'"The large death roll of American
mines is an oft recurring appeal to
they cooperate in every possible effort
for greater safety. 1t may never be
possible under conditions such as ex-
list today to prevent mine accidents.
Little may be accomplished in that di-
rection by either the operators or min
ers working alone, but experience in
all countries shows that through hear
ty, determined cooperation of the two,
these accidents may be greatly re-
duced. This will require wise laws and
regulations based on fact and expert
ence, and the strictest possible dis
cipline.'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
TWO CENT RATE
INJUNCTION OUT

nv Mrs. Elizabeth d. McClintock o,
Haverford. Penn, stockholder of til.
company. She declares the compan
is no longer paying dividends. Shs
saws the stockholders have been fore
ed into the action t. protect their in
terests The injunction restrai1s AT
tcrney General Byers, the state raj
road commissioner and two count,
attorneys from bringing action againsi
the company to compel it to follow
tho law
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
POLICE HOLD
AUCTION SALE

No. .: 1.-TWO iron gates, one Cook S
Penal Code (1905), one Greater New
York Charter Q9OD, one city ordi-
nance 0905), one boiler (hOt water.
80 gallons), one stove (hot Water,)
eight bedsteads, seven bed springs,
nine oil cans, f35 feet cable (elevator),
lot of iron pipe stanchions, quantity
of manila rope"
1t could not be learned what artist
of the department was responsible
for the arrangement of lot No. 2. 1t
was conceded that the lot was what
is called miscellaneous"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
MAN TRIES TO TAKE
HIS LIFE ON A STEAMED

ANACORTES, Dec. 15.-Herman
Scheive. aged Al, attempted suicide by
shooting at o'clock this morning
aboard the PerGita en- route from So.
attic to this city. Family troubles ars
assigned for the deed. Scheive lives
at Mosey Rack, near Seattle. He was
taken to the hospital in this city. where
doctors say his condition is serious.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

tests of the wireless telegraph ever at
tempted The scout cruisers Salem
and birmingham are equipped with ap-,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15
WIRELESS FOR
LONG DISTANCE

WASHINGTON. Dec. i5.-Prepara-
t'ans were completed b. the navy lie
lnc.faeet today FIR the most ambitious
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-15

A CLASSIFIED AID in The Union
statesman VIII get the results for you.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
DON'T LIKE
THE GOWN
JUDGE Garfield OPPOSED
To the Idea Of the Wearing Of
the Gown But he Says he
Will Respect and Obey the
Law to the Very Letter

Judge Garfield has given out the
following statement regarding the
new law which prescribes that
Superior Court judges shall wear
gowns:
Il regard the Judges gown law
as a legislative attack on all the
judges of the state, as tantamount
to a declaration that the judges
can not be trusted to know and
adopt the dress and etiquette best
adapted to promote a feeling of
public confidence and respect.
AS applied to my own county,
at least, | feel there is danger the
wearing of gown will or may re-
suit in loss of public esteem, and
might render the court an object of
ridicule and pleasantly.
4 can see no excuse, however,
for refusing to obey. A man
whose duty is to compel obedience
to the law from all and in every
event, should not himself refuse to
obey in any instance, nor can he
afford to declare an act of the legis-
lature nugatory in his own case.
While l regard the act as i'll
advised and its application fraught
with an element of some danger, l
regard refusal to conform to the
act as utterly inexcusable andfrom
which lack of respect for the law
and the courts must necessarily
follow.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
Warning.

For eight years the stock companies
have been warning the pro erty owners
against the orrhwestern Mutual Fire
Association. Some have needed the
warning but others have not Those
who have not needed it are the gamers
bv over $500, 900. Every loss has been
promptly paid and it is gaining
strength every day. Careful selection
and inspection of risks is responsible
for this record.
The stock companies are good thing
for those who will not properly protect
their property and make it accepta BILE
to such companies as the Northwestern
Mutual Fire Association, but man
with the safest class OF property should
not have to pay for the most hazardous
classes. as he must do if he insures in
the stock companies.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
Things You Can't Do Now

After June IL it will be unlaw-
full for any saloon in the state to
have any screens in front of the
doors or at the windows to obstruct
the view of the bar or interior.
Some of the saloons in town have
already begun preparations for it
by removing their screens so as to
accustom the public to it.
Besides this the new criminal
code contains a paragraph which
not only prohibits the sale of Gig
aretts, but makes it misdemeanor
for anyone to be found with the
markings" in their possession.
Section 248 of the code reads:
Every person who shall manu-
facture, sell, give away or distri-
butte. or have in his possession any
cigarettes, cigarette papers, or
cigarette wrappers, shall be guilty
of misdemeanor.
The maximum punishment for
violation of this section is 90 days
in the county Jail or a fine of r ESQ.
Under this section the mere fact
that a man is seen smoking a Gig
arctic is prima faci evidence that
he is a lawbreaker.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
A Hot Roast

The republican party in the
State of Washington, has been
fooled in the last two elections.
We thought we were sending good
republicans to Olympia. Instead
of that we succeeded in electing
the rankest kind of Socialists. At
least they believe in dividing up.
They have divided up everything
they could lay their hands on. 1t
is time for the republican party to
hold housekeeping, if they ex-
pect to continue in power. If the
rascals are whitewashed now the
whole party will be buried next
year New World. (Rep.) Bel
lingham.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03

Nj. i. Randall of tho LOcalizer spent
few days in Seattle this week.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
Meets Death in Alaska

Thursday, of this week MIS-
Iobn Griffin, we'll known Ill TINS
o;tv now residing i'll Ellensburg'
rec.;yed a telegram from Alaska
.,,o,,rcing the death of her son-lii-
law, Mr.. John Mako. Having no
,r.vious information 1t IS thouRi'
-. accident was the cause. MIS-
Griffin left Friday to meet he'
DAUGHTER in Victoria, III response
- the telegram and anticipates
chat her daughter is accoiiiPay liz
the body, which, proving ''ue'
,,;ll be brought to this county '''
interment. :,
naoeased was well known III
,,,,att where he had charge OF
Mining interests and whele =" w
'l'',' ,.;ad Mrs. Grillin's daughter
MAJ man,, ~, .;x years ago He went TO
, H,outa about four years ago 40
- 'a'' Of large mining com
l''d'"8 and was in the employ Vi
I pa'.S' company at the time OF HIS
death. are Crif-
n 'd I her daughter, Mrs. Marko'
I'm ana r "o to learn of his un-
, M'n death and the SYM sy%p'' Elu II,
a all will be theirs -c'e '''''''
I.chn
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
For Tomato Blight.

Now that transplanted tomato
plants may seem to be effected with
blight, we give our readers a for
mula, which Issac Mumma says
will destroy it every time: Take
whale oil sufficient to make one
gallon of strong suds, put in two
tablespoonfuls of coal oil and
twenty drops of carbolic acid, and
with this solution spray the vines.
He and others in this city who has
tried it, say that it gives satisfac
ton and will destroy the blight.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
Coterie of Acts Superior
With Sells.FlotO Shows

As the seasons come and go, and the
people depart from the circus tent,
they may be heard to give expression
to their amazement by saying: "Well,
what wont they do next?" The ques-
ton is invariably answered when the
Great Sells. FlOtO Shows come the next
time.
The macy features with the Sells.
Floto Circus this year are creating
great attention, from the fact that
there are So many new and truly won.
derful acts offered Among the cOterie
are the Nelson Family, acrobats extra.
ordinary: the startling Bartic Troupe;
the Riding Rooneys; the wonderful
Marie Meers; Flora Bedeni, and q
score of other premier acts, together
with hundreds of arenic performers.
The Sells Floto Shows will appear in
Ellensburg, June Sth.
NJ. f. Randall of the LOcalizer spent
few days in Seattle this week.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
Death and Destruction

OKLAHOMA CRY, Okla. Nav 80.
Five persons are dead and at
least 10 seriously injured, several
thousand acres of crops are inun-
dated and every stream in the
northern and eastern part of the
state are raging, as a result of al
most unprecedented rains during
the last "a hours in Oklahoma. A
number of houses have been wash
cd away.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-06-03
Memory Refreshed

The following funeral notice APP
peared in the Kittitas Localizer,
Jan. 80, 1885.
Jan. 9th, Mrs. Jennie Bull,
consort of Judge w. A. Bull, of
Kittitas county. The deceased
was daughter of J. d. Olmstead;
was born in Illinois, came to this
county in 1871; was married in
1872; leaves a husband, six bright
children and father to mourn her
untimely loss. The deceased was
40 years, 3 months and 10 days
old. This death creates a void in
the household that cannot be filled.
The bereaved have the sympathy
of the entire community. We
sincerely regret that death has
visited the family SO suddenly and
Unexpectedly. The tender years
of the younger children need the
care of a mother, but death is no
respecter of persons, and comes,
many times, when least expected"
Today the firm of Rose & Imam
went out to the Bull ranch five
miles southeast of this city and
took up the remains of Mrs. Bull
and buried them in the l. O. O.
F. cemetery on the hill