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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21

GOV. ]. 4. JOHNSON DEAD.
Distinguished Minnesota Democrat
and Executive Died at 2:35
This Morning.
CHeraId Specially

Rochester, Mimi, Sept. Glover
nor John A. Johnson, three times gov
ernor of this state, died at St. Marys
Hospital at 2:35 this morning. His
last words to his wife were: well,
Nora, guess I'm going; we have made
a brave fight"
Governor Johnson was born at st.
Peter, Mimi, in 1861, of poor Swedish
parents, the mother of recent emf
grant to the United States. Six years
ago Johnson was editor of small
country newspaper in st. Peter, and
was unknown to fame. His early days
were spent in hard work, and almost
in poverty. He was taken out of
school when he was thirteen years of
age, and went to work, from sheer
necessity. The father was a black
smith, and was fond of his drink, and
often drank to excess. The mother
took in washing, and John, who was
three times governor of his state, de-
livered the clothes to the patrons.
His life history is full of stories of
privation and hardship, yet he over
came them all, and grew to be the
first man of his state, and prominent
ly spoken of as future president of
the United States.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21
MOON DISPROVEs PEARY
Italian Astronomer Says Peary's
Statement Is Proven False BY
the Moons Position.

Rome, Sept. 20.-According to the
astronomer, Signor francesca Faccia
da Schio of Bergamo, the moon abso-
lutely disproves Commander Peary's
claim to have discovered the pole In
his dispateh to the New York Times.
the explorer states -tt that on April G,
having accomplished the six stages he
had planned, he was favored with an
opening in the clouds which permitted
him to take astronomical observa-
lions. From these he established his
position as latitude SO degrees 81
minutes. Signor Faccia points out,
however, that unquestionably accurate
astronomical calculations show that
with the horizon at 80 degrees 81 min
utes, the moon could not be seen at
the time indicated by Commander
Peary, because from midday April G.,
Paris time, or o'clock central time,
the declfnation of the moon became
gative-that is to say, the moon
was below the equator, which is the
natural horizon of the pole.
For this day and for the day follow
ing the moon sank still lower below
the equator, and at midnight of April
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21
OWENS KILLED STK0ES
Tragedy Occurred at Fredericksburg
Last Night-Men Were For
merIy Partners.
Herald Specially

San Antonio, Texas, Sept 21.-John
Owens was arrested at Fredericksburg
today, charged with shooting and
killing Harry Stokes there last night.
The men were formerly partners in
wild west show, and the tragedy is
supposed to have grown out of bust
ness matters.
MonopIane as Life Saver.
CHerald Spec-aD
Boston, Mass, Sept. 21.-While all
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21
Good to Be an American.

New York, Sept. 2O.ZnIt's goo
be an Americai
been gone ten years"
Going toward the lights of New
York after an absence since July 4,
1907, these were the first sentiments
expressed tonight by DR.. Frederick A.
Cook of Brooklyn, as he paced the
deck of the steamship Oscar II wait
ing for daylight, and his actual re-
turn to his native land. DR.. Cook is
very near home tonight, for the Oscar
II is anchored off Fire Island. The
ship is marking time, as it were, so
there may be no hitch in the home
coming reception for the explorer who
reported via the Shetland Islands on
September 1 that he had unfurled the
American flag at the North Pole on
April 81, 1908. Though sixty miles
from the city proper the Oscar II was
in easy wireless communication with
New York during the day and night
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21
IN COLORADO
Great Crowds Turn Out at Every Stop
ping Place to Greet the Nations
Chief Executive.
(Herald Specially

Denver, Colo, Sept. 21-President
Taft was welcomed to the Centennial
State today with genuine western cor
diality. During the hours of the fore
noon great crowds turned out at every
stopping place to greet the nations
chief nvacutive.
Governor Shafroth and other sta6>
officials, the mayor and a large re-
ception committee, welcomed the
president upon his arrival in Denver
this afternoon The people of the
capital city, regardless of political af-
filiations, greeted the distinguished
guest with a warmth and heartiness
of welcome not exceeded on his trans
continental tour. The city's ordinary
population, swelled by thousands of
visitors from other parts of the state,
massed about the railroad station and
along the streets and avenues of the
line of march, at the state capitol
grounds, and in the city park, and
cheered for the president during his
drive through the city, which was the
initial feature of the entertainment
program.
A public reception at the state CAPT
tol and a banquet tonight in the Audi
forum complete the program for the
presidents entertainment in Denver.
Tomorrow morning he is scheduled
to breakfast with Thomas F. Walsh at
Wolhurt. The remainder of the day
will be divided between Colorado
Springs and Pueblo.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21
GREAT STORMS WORK
Communication Cannot Be Had With
New Orleans and storm-swept
Area-Lives Lost.
CHerald Soectal.)

Galveston, Texas, Sept. 21.-Up to
noon all efforts to get into commune
cation with New Orleans and other
Louisiana coast towns failed The
Postal, Western Union and Wireless
Telegraph companies advise they are
unable to reach the storm-swept area.
Meagre reports say heavy wind, rain
and sea struck coast towns of Louisi-
ana, Alabama and Mississippi, with
great fury, and that considerable dam
age has been done there is no doubt.
Six lives are reported as lost, and
the streets of Mobile, Ala, are under
water.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21

the world is looking to the perfection
of aeroplanes as a means of destruct-
i've force in warfare, one man has
come to Boston with plan whereby
the monoplane theory may be applied
to life-saving and be used as an aux
iliary to the present methods of res
cuing shipwrecked persons. The man
is Dr. F. W. Riehl, former superin-
tendent of the German field artillery
during the Austria and Franco-Prus-
sian wars, and holder of the Iron
Cross of Germany for exceptional
bravery in the field, who, despite his
war experience, has devoted years of
study to the use of the monoplane, or
kite, in reducing the annual list of
deaths in cases where ships are
wrecked within sight of shore.
Herald want ads. bring results.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21

6, Paris ttme-that is to say, o'clock
in the evening, American time-the
moon was already 2 IL degrees below
the equator
signor Faccia denies that refraction
on the horizon could have rendered
the moon visible, and he adds that no
sailor would dare, even in normal at
mospheric conditions, to determine.
his latitude by the stars on the hori-
zon.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21

!
szssfctor Puiol, steamship inspector;
killed by live wire.
James Garrettson, foreman street
railway company; killed by live wire.
Chas. Schultz, killed by falling
smokestack at Louisiana Brewery.
John Arends, killed by live wire.
Steam ferry Assumption sank at the
head of Napolean avenue; no lives
lost Considerable property damage
was done along the river front
The storm apparently moved inland
to southwestern Louisiana. The We
locity of the wind at New Orleans
was the most intense in the history of
the local weather bureau.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21

The Palestine quartette, consisting
of Cooke, Healy, LaBarge and Stin-
nett, will be on the bill at the Airdome
next Wednesday night. 2O-2t
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21
Getting Along Nicely.

Mr. F. c. Eason is in receipt of a
letter from Rev. ]. C. Oehler, pastor
of the Presbyterian church here, who
is at the San Antonio sulphur wells,
for his health. Rev. Oehler writes he
is getting along nicely, and hopes to
be here to fill his pulpit Sunday.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-09-21
Hurricanes Toll of Human Lives.

Hurricanes Toll of Human Lives.
New Orleans, La, Sept. 20.-After
attaining a velocity of sixty-six miles
an hour at New Orleans at Z o'clock
tonight, the West Indian hurricane
which struck the Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi gulf coast has been reduced at
a late hour tonight in it's intensity
1t left in its wake four dead at New
Orleans and perhaps others along the
gulf coast, though no definite advice
of mortality in other sections have
thus far been received. The, property
loss in New Orleans will exceed $780,
900, and many houses were unroofed
and frail buildings in numerous in
stances were partially destroyed.
With all wires down it is impossible
to ascertain the loss of life or property
loss along the gulf coast.
At late hour tonight the tracks of
the Louisville & Nashville railroad,
which have been inundated some
twenty miles east of New Orleans,
have not been fully repaired, and it is
impossible to say when a resumption
of traffic will begin. 1t is presumed,
however, that the trains on this road
will run into New Orleans by tomor-
row.
iThe list of the dead in New Orleans
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
INSTALLING A
NEW EQU|PMEN
BOILER AND ENGINE PURCHAS-
ED FOR NEW GAS PLANT
WILL MAKE IMPROVEMENT IN
LIGHTING SERVICE.

A new steam engine and boiler has
been secured by the Wenatchee Elec-
trio company for use at the gas plant
This equipment was secured to re-
place the big boiler which went
wrong at this point and which has
been in part the cause of the poor
lights for the past several months
Mr.. Gum stated this morning that
the new engine and boiler would be
placed in a few days and it is ex-
pected that this will give relief The
defective machinery will be turned
back for repair to the California COM
pany which installed it.
The Wenatchee Electric company
expects to connect in a few weeks
with the new power developed up the
Wenatchee river.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
THERE''LL BE HOT
TIME IN SENATE
SENATOR FALCONER SAYS UP
PER HOUSE WILL HAVE A
BATTLE ROYAL WEDNESDAY.
ONE "DRY" VOTE NEEDED.
(By Associated Press.l

Everett, Feb. a. Senator J. A.
Falconer, who is home from the CAPT.
tai, says a battle royal will be on in
the senate when the local option bill
comes from the house. But we may
not get that one vote. The vets
are working every resource to break
down the local option lineup, and
1t may be that concessions will have
to ~ made to get the measure
through, But we are going right
down the line with the house bill,
which makes the county the unit, as
/ believe the sentiment of the people
calls for. The "wets" will, of course,
If they find they have strength
enough, defeat or so modify the
measure that it will be largely nulli-
fed. They are putting up desper-
ate fight and we will certainly have
a lively fight in the senate Wednes-
day"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
PLANS FOR HIGH
SCHOOL BUILDING
BOARD UNDECIDED AS YET RE-
GARDING EXTERIOR PLAN OF
FOR INTERIOR.

The members of the school board
had a long session yesterday with
Architect Stevens, who came over
from Seattle to confer with the
board regarding the plans for the
new high school building. AS far as
the interior of the building is con-
cerned the board has agreed in the
main upon the arrangement The ex-
terror is what is delaying the plans
at present Several exterior plans
were submitted by Architect Stevens
but the board has not come to de-
cision as yet Those that were sub
mitted would make handsome build
ings for the city but the board will
not make a positive decision as yet
until further plans are submitted by
Mr. Stevens.
One of the attractive features of
the new building will be an audi
torium that is planned to accommo-
date an audience of fully 500.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
THE HIGH SCHOOL
LECTURE COURSE
EDMUND VANCE COOK TO BE THE
OPENING ATTRACTION-MA
OTHER CELEBRITI< IN THE
CATION.

The Athletic association of the
high school is about to inaugurate
one of the finest lecture courses that
will be given in this state or any
where in the west. Only four num-
bers will be given, but every one of
them is a d-liner-not a filler in
the series.
The opening attraction will be the
famous poet who has made his reou-
tation in Wenatchee as the best en-
tertainer that ever struck this part
of the country. The man who az
swers that description is none Other
than Edmund Vance Cooke. No doub
about his drawing a full house here
whether he appears on the lecture
course or under any auspices what
soever He is able to stand on his
own merits as advertised by three
previous appearances in Wenatchee.
The date is Thursday evening, March
4. Put it down in your calendar
right now.
Following at intervals of two or
three weeks will come three more
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
DISCHARGE THE
SINGLE MEN
SPOKANE LODGES PETITION
TO MARRIED AMERICAN BORN
CITIZENS.
(By Associated Press. }

Spokane, Wash, Feb. 16.-Frater-
nal societies in Spokane, including
tile Masons, Odd Fellows, knights OF
Pythias, Elks, Eagles, Red Men, For
esters, Woodmen and Maccabees, are
preparing petitions to be submitted
to Mayor C. Herbert Moore and mem
bers of the city council, calling upon
them to discharge all aliens and
itinerant single men now employed
on public work. The purpose is to
give the places to men of families,
preferably residents of Spokane. 1t
is also urged that the council enact
an ordinance, embodying the re-
quests. The petition points to the
fact that by the employment of Ital-
ians and other aliens, who have no
interest in American institutions be
yond securing money to send TO
their native homes, many residents
are deprived of work The reference
to the dismissal of unmarried men
has already had it's effect, as more
than a score of them were married
during the last few days. 1t is ex-
pected +bat the resolution will come
before the city council in a formal
way Immediately upon the return oe
Mayor Moore, who is in California
Wi ho no 0f
ours Gil.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
HORTICULTURAL
BILL IS RADICAL
PRESCRIBES MEANS OF GUARD
ING AGAINST THE SELLING OF
NURSERYMEN @
(By Associated Press.)

OLYMPIA, Feb. ia bill max
ing sweeping changes in existing
horticultural laws of the state has
been approved by the legislative COM
mittees on horticulture and will be
submitted to the legislature for ap-
prevail during the week.
The law as drawn, was recon-
mended by the Washington State
Horticultural society and by horti-
cultural institutes all over the state
Fruit growers and nurserymen OF
Washington are in Olympia working
for the passage of the bill, and the
following representative fruitgrowers
have approved the measure: M. Hor-
an, Wenatchee; w. NJ Richards,
North Yakima; E. c. Burlingame,
Walla Walla; c. A. Tonneson, Ia
coma A. Eckert, Detroit; A. w. Nc
Donald. Toppenish; John A. Stewart,
Christopher, and Chas. B. Reed, NAL
aga.
The new law provides that the
state commissioner of horticulture
must be a graduate of an agricultu-
raj college, and the new bill has
been amended to read that his office
shall be in Tacoma instead of Ken
newick as the bill first proposed.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
STATE FRUIT CROP
WORTH S6,208,934
ANNUAL REPORT OF COMMITS
SIONER f. A. HUNTLEY SHOWS
THAT WASHINGTON APPLES
BROUGHT $3,379,9 65 ON MAR
~ II LAST YEAR.

Washington fruit growers were
paid $6,2OS,93440 for their crop
from their fruit trees during the year
1908 Of this amount, $3,379,965.4O
was paid for the apple crop alone.
These figures are shown in the an
nual report of F. A. Huntley, state
ommissioner of horticulture, which
was completed yesterday. This re-
port covers the horticulture work of
the state thoroughly, giving the num-
Der of trees of each fruit and the
number of acres planted to each fruit
in every county, the number of boxes
of each fruit grown in each county,
the average price paid for it, and
the total amount brought for each
kind of fruit shipped to the Seattle
market, which alone uses more fruit
than all the other large markets in
the state together.
The report reviews the horticultu-
raj progress of the state in part as
follows:
considering a period of two
years now ending, this state has new
er seen as much horticultural devel-
opment in any other corresponding
length of time. New lands have
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
Banks Until People i'm Burning Hotel
Awaken and Escape.
4 (By Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The bark
ing of a collie dog. owned by Oresto
Giolito, proprietor of the Hotel del
Europe, on West Ninth street, saved
the lives of the dozen guests who
were asleep in the hotel when fire
broke out in the basement early to-
day. Giolito, who slept on the Sec
ond floor with his wife and there
children, were awakened by the dogs
barking, and found the hall filling
with SNAKE.
An alarm was sent in, and the fire
was checked before it had spread
beyond the basement. Several of the
guests were overcome by smoke and
had to be carried to the street.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
NEW ENGINES FOR
FAST c. \. TRAINS
ADVANCED TYPE FOR THROUGH
CHICAGO SERVICE, SAYS SU.
TRIO ARRIVES.

When, on May %, the Great
Northern inaugurates it's fast train
schedule between Seattle and Chi
cago, it will have what are considered
by railroad men the finest passenger
locomotives ever constructed for
heavy and fast passenger service.
These engines will have 73-inch
drivers, will carry 100000 pounds
weight on the drivers, and in order
to maintain high rate of speed,
will carry $50 pounds boiler pres
sure, with Schmidt superheaters in
USE
This is the report of the prepara-
lions, according to G. H. Emerson.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 16.-Meagra
reports from Acapulco, where the
theatre burned Sunday night, says
at least 400 were burned to death
The city is in a wild state of excite
ment and confusion. The police and
firemen are unable to control the
situation. Scores of bodies were
burned to a crisp in the trenches.
The wires leading to Acapulco are
down and it is difficult to get details.
A woman who lost her husband and
child leaped into the flames. There
are many suicides among the sorrow
ing relatives and friends.
The Flores theatre was a wooden
structure and last night more than
1000 people crowded into it to wit
ness a special performance given in
honor of Governor Damien Florts of
Guerrero. One of the numbers on
the program consisted of series of
moving pictures. While the operator
was exhibiting these film caught
fire and a blaze was quickly COM
municated to some bunting which
had been used for decoration pur-
poses.
Many Crushed to Death.
In an incredibly short time the
flames spread to all parts of the
structure. There were but three mar
row exits and the panic stricken
audience rushed to them, many per-
sons falling, to be crushed to death,
their bodies choking the way of es-
cape for others.
Acapulco, on the west coast of the
state of Guerrero, is one of three i'm
portant ports of the Pacific coast OF
Mexico. Nearly all of the steamer
lines make it a port of call and the
harbor is accounted the best in Next
co
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
ORDER Of PENDO
GOES To SMASH
FRATERNAL ORDER WE'LL
KNOWN ON COAST SEVERAL
YEARS AGO HAS GONE BROKE
LACKED CASH.

Another fraternal order, once well
known all over the coast, has been
forced to the wall and compelled to
suspend business. The defunct order
is the Fraternal Champions, formerly
the Order of Pendo, and as near as
can be ascertained it has an indebt-
edness against it amounting to more
than 100000 besides many thou
sands of dollars in annuities and sick
benefits.
Another of the wildcat fraterni-
ties went to the WALL says the Los
Angeles Examiner, when the trus-
tees Of the Fraternal Champions is
sued a circular letter, in which it is
declared that the order is absolutely
insolvent, and it is thought the only
up entirely.
The letter does not state the time
of the discovery, but the dates on
certain papers in the hands of Attor-
new w. G.. Lincoln, Los Angeles at
torney, show that the announcement
was not made until the checks issued
for annuities to members were re-
fused payment at the bank and came
back protested
Scores of poor peole, many of
them well up in years, have been
duped out of their money during the
past 10 or ~ years, by the promise
of a monthly annuity of from $40
to $40 and the belief that they were
making provision for their declining
years. Now when all their savings
are gone, they find themselves with
out any of the protection which
might have been given them by repu-
table fraternities.
"The letter giving notice of the
suspension of business is dated jan
uary 80 and is signed by the follow
ing trustees: A. j. Colby, George E.
Terry, S. H. Wilson and James H.
Gilmore. The paper on which it is
printed bears the name of C. P. Dan
dy as supreme president, but Mr..
Dandy said he had not been presi-
dent for 10 days and that A. J. Colby
was elected to fill the vacancy after
his resignation.
1.-THE Fraternal Champions was a
mongrel organization, concocted out
of several weaklings, in all OF which
the hand of Dandy is seen. He was
once supreme president of the Fra
ternal Brotherhood, from which he
was oustei after a considerable row.
Then he took up with some new fan
gled Forester's order, and when 1t
failed to catch the easy dollars, car
ried it bodily into the Fraternal
Champions, which in turn has been
Matched fro mthe Order of Pendo,
and Dandy became the president OF
the Forester-Pendo-Ch Champion COM
bination."
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
WITH new COMPANY
A. E. Wieland is Now Consulting
Engineer of the Entiat Power
Company.

A. E. Wieland is now consulting
engineer of the Entiat Power com
pany, succeeding Gray & Barash. Mr.
Wieland made a trip to the plant
this week and looked over the work
Mr.. Wieland is very competent cleo
trical engineer and will enter upon
his new duties with the intention OF
making this new plant one of the
best in the northwest.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
GREAT THEATER
HOLOCAUST
FLORES THEATRE BURNED SUN
DAY NIGHT WITH 200 LIVES
LOST-NO AMERICANS AMONG
THE DEAD.
(By Associated Press. J

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 10
No Americans lost their lives in the
fire which destroyed the Flores the
atre at Acapulco, Mexico, Sunday
night, according to dispatch re-
ceived by the state department today.
Over two hundred were burned to
death, according to Consul Maxwell
X. Moorhead.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
AN ILLINOIS WRECK
Six Passengers Killed and Thirty In
jured on Illinois Central.
(By Associated Press. J

MURPHYSBORO, Ill.,, Feb. 16.--
The Illinois Central train south
bound from st. Louis to New Orleans
was wrecked six miles east of here
today. Six are reported killed and
80 injured. Owing to broken tele-
graph lines the details are lacking.
A relief train has gone from here to
bring the wounded to this city.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16
Sent to Prison for Forgery.

WATERVILLE. Feb. 16.-Harry
Davis was brought up from Columbia
Siding accused of forgery. The check
was drawn on Spokane bank for
$1,000. He pleaded guilty and was
sentenced to Walla Walla peniten-
tiarY for one to IA years.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-02-16

CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Official re-
ports of the Illinois Central wrecked
train says it was caused by a broken
rail. Official advices say but two
persons were killed.