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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
MANY MEN
LOST CASH
Harvest Hand Who Had Rib
Broken, Tells of Several
Cases of Robbery.
and Attack.

Although the local police force made
"a strenuous effort to apprehend the
gang CT negroes that held up James
Murphy as he was coming to Walla
Walla on the Hagenback- Wallace cir
Gus train last Wednesday evening. they
were. unable to do SO. and the des-
peraGOs left the city with the show
1t is now learned that a wholesale
robbery was worked on strangers
aboard the train as it came from The
Dalles TO this city and that no less
than six or eight harvest hands were
beaten and thrown from the cars.
One of the men who beat it, to
the harvest fields of this section s
now at the county poor farm, where
he is receiving treatment for num-
ber of broken ribs, suffered in fall
into a cinder pit while running to
catch the train as it left The Dalles
According to the injured man, whose
name is William Jones, an organized
gang of hurley negroes went through
the train, and, although they did not
modest any of the circus attendants,
they did not overlook the harvest
hands who were stealing a ride.
Mr. Jones says he was near the
scene of the affray in which James
Murphy. now in ST Mary's hospital,
was severely stabbed and his watch
and razor taken from him. He says
he was suffering intense pain as
result of the broken ribs and expected
to be tossed from the rapidly moving
train. but was. in some manner over
10 ked. Others less fortunate, were
set upon. beaten and stabbed and then
tossed bruised and bleeding beside the
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Japanese Soldiers Who Are
Compelled to Endurance
Stunts, Fall Dead.
HUNDREDS ARE IN
SERIOUS CONDITION
Public Sentiment Aroused
and a Court Martial
Is Demanded.

TOXIC. July 19-Eight soldiers are
dead. 80 are dying and 115 are in a Sc
riouS condition as a result of the heat
wave that has swept Japan in the
past few days. Public sentiment Is
aroused over the action of the military
authorities compelling the men to
drill in the sweltering heat; and a
courtmartial is demanded. The men
dropped like flies, but the, maneuvers
did not stop. Six are dead at Takasa-
Xxi and % are dying. Two are dead at
Osaka. The idea was to test the en-
durance of the soldiers in hot weather
At Hamamastsu similar conditions
prevail. For five hours Saturday the
regiments stationed there were COM
PEELED to maneuver. Nearly a hundred
were overcome and FIJI. OF this num-
ber 35 are in serious condition.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Detectives and Police Run
to Earth Most Skillful
Gang on Coast.
OPERATED IN MANY
CITIES ON PACIFIC
Woman's Jealousy Means
of Capturing Bunch
Of Robbers.

SEATTLE. July 19-City Detective
Hudson c. Adama of Seattle and De-
tective Sergeant Thomas Ryan of
San Francisco, working with the To-
cal police force, announced today that
they had run to earth what is con-
sldered the most skillful gang of
thieves ever arrested on the coast. II
G. Moore, said to be an exconvict from
San Francisco, is the leader or the
band. Claud Payne, who is said to be
Moore's assistant, is held as an ac-
cOmplice. Steve Arana, a former rail-
road man, was also arrested Mrs. o.
NJ. Slater, said to have deserted her
husband in Portland, Oregon, is one
women in the case.
A great quantity of jeWelry has al
ready been recovered. Hundreds. pos
sibIy thousands of dollars worth of
additional plunder is scattered about
Seattle, Vancouver, B. c., Portland
and Tacoma.
Moore and an accomplice arrived
here March Il. Since then scores of
burglaries have been reported to the
police. Moore became tired OF the
company Of Mrs. Slater and met an
other woman, who, becoming jealous.
told Of the operations Of the gang.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
MACKIE ARRESTED
FOR EnbEzz[EMENT
Claim Is Made That Columbus War
Took Money for Investment But
Firm Burned Out Before
Cash Is Put in.

IOS ANGELES, Calif.. July 10
] F. Maclie president of the Columbus
Ohio Sporting Goods company, was
arres+ed here at the request OF the
Columbus police. According To- the
Pinlxa ton agency. Mackie IS wanted
on the charge of embezzling Sl3'ooo
from Mrs. Jane I. Green OF ooluiihous
1t is alleged that after he became ac-
ouainted with her he induced her 70
i,,,-as+ that amount in the sportnS
goods firm. After the money was given
him the firm burned out. 1t Is now
charged that the money was not IN
vested in the company before the hre
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
MOTHER MAKES VAIN
ATTEMPT FOR CHILD
Tries to Rescue Little One From the
Wheels of Approaching Train,
But Fails and Is Herself
Seriously Injured.
Seriously Injured.

SAN RAFAEL, Cal, July 19.-After
a heroic but vain attempt to save her
baby daughter, Vera, from death be-
meath an electric train, Mrs Ida Mel
son lies in the Cottage hospital of this
city suffering serious internal injur-
les. The child, aged 8, was instantly
killed.
The accident occurred at noon yes
terday, when the mother and daughter
were awaiting the train.
For moment the mothers atten-
ton was taken from the child and
when She turned around she saw her
daughter standing directly in the path
of the on rushing cars. The mother
throw herself in front of the train Il
save the baby. but failed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Second Will Be Made
to Convict Traction
Magnate of Crime
LITTLE INTEREST
Is SHOWN IN CASE
Less Than Ten Persons
Come to Court to Hear
Beginning of Trial.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19.-Attor-
news for the defense and prosecution
announced today that they We're ready
IN begin the second trial of Patrick
calhoun. the traction magnate charged
with attempting to bribe John Furey,
a former member of the old boodling
board of supervisors. Fifty talesmen
We're summoned by the court and ex-
animation was begun Immediately.
District Attorney Langdon is prose-
cutting Heney is still absent in Alaska
but viii j. turn when the taking of tes-
tnony begins. Calhoun is represented
by t.. same lawyers as IN the first
tr.a. Great difficulty is expected in
getting The second jury.
L.s- than tn spectators were in
court ut the heginning Of the trial The
actual beginning of the trial came as
it ~urrrs as more delays on technical
I3r-t1Hs had been expected.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
THONNEY WILL FIGHT
FOR ANOTHER TRIAL
Believes Verdict of Juror to be Biased
Because OF Previous knowledge of
Subject-Affdavit Made.

Upon the grounds that one OF the
jurors in the case of Paul TEOnney, Of
Dixie against the Northern Pacific
railroad company FOR damages amount
ing to s1S15. did not render a true
verdict to the best of his knowledge
and belief. it is possible that another
trial may be held. This case was held
in the district court of the United
States in the state of Minnesota and
was for the collection of $1S15 dam
ages. due the plaintiff from improper
shipment of his fruit.
The sum of $500 was allowed him
and as one Of the Jurors. in the pres
once of John ThOnnev and his nephew
Paul. afterwards stated that he held it
down to this amount because of his
superior knowledge on the subject.
affidavit is being made by both of the
men to this effect. II is claimed by
these two that this juror stated after
the trial that he was aware of ship
ping conditions and facilities in the
west from a visit to this section of the
country and therefore was opposed to
the decisions Of the other jurors.
Mr.. Thonney has already had sever
al trials against the Northern Paci-
fc and in every case. with the ex-
ception of the last one. was awarded
the full amount sued for.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Pc T|T|ON
To PAVE
Property Owners Along East
Main Street Would Try
Their Hand at
the Work.

That the paving controversy, start
ed some time ago, relative to the i'm
provement of East Nam street, may
develop into a boomerang for some of
the paving concerns, is announced to-
day by interested property owners,
who say they will petition the council
to allow them to lay concrete street
covering b. private contract Since
the annuiment of the contract with
the r s. Blome company, property
owners on East Man street have
mad. q detailt study Of De vcnents,
and it is now announced they can
save a large sum of money by having
the work done other than by the local
Improvement district plan.
There have been many developments
in the move to pave East Main, the
first having been due to the protest
filed by property owners against the
contract that was awarded the Blome
Granitoid company. In response to a
petition asking fc'- street improvement.
the council advertised for bids sor
! the work. with the result that the bid
of the Blome company was found to
/ be the best Soon after, however,
! property owners entered pro
! test. and asked the council to annul
! the contract with the Blome people,
/ and also readvert:se for bids. Theit
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
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p WANT A DRY TOWN.. =

= VANCOUVER, Wash, July 19 !
- A mass meeting of the congre- J.
& cations of the Presbyterian, i
j. Methodist, Baptist and Christian J.
! churches last night in the taber- !
j. racle decided to start a cam =
J. paign for a dry town. They !
+ are circulating petitions today to j.
j. call special election on NOvem- j.
= Der 2. There are 80 saloons and u
J. wholesale liquor houses in Van +
j. couver. =
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Hobson Backs Water.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-1n the
house today R. p Hobson withdre"
tha statement he made recently 10 the
effect that Ambassador o'Brlen mao
annroved a request of the japanese Of
San Francisco. for permission to sen
liouor without a city license he salo
his statement was based on mlsln-
ternretation of a speech made os
O'Brien
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
DOES HANGING HELP
IOREF0RM CRIMINALS
NOE So Says Attorneys fer James
''''2'' and Consequently They Ask
mat He Be Spared Death
on the Gallows.

SALEM. July 19.-Arguments in tie
'- James Finch. convicted OF
.5 .-Ifao' of Ralph Fisher. Of Port
ana sentenced to hang. will be
IN The supreme court tomorrow.
attorneys have advanced the
-1oh that hanging ;s unconstitu-
B." oregon because the constitu-
'" reeites that all punishment must
''."oe With view of reforming the
criminal
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
JURY TAKES CASE
OF ELLA G|NGLES
State Asks Conviction On Grounds
That Former Story Tcld sy Lace
maker Is but Fabrication

CHICAGO, July 19-The case OF
Ella Gingles. the lacemaker, charged
testimony shocked the entire country,
was given the jury today. The state
asked for convf-tion on the claim that
the story of the abuse and inhuman
treatment told by the gal was
fabrication invented by her The de-
fense contended that the last story
told by her is true and asserted that
she is the victim of white slave"
plot
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Trustees Will Meet.

The trustees of Whitman college
will hold their regular monthly meet
ing Wednesday afternoon, at which
time President S. B. L. Penrose will
be present. probably to make a report
Upon the progress of the Greater
Whitman movement. Matters of i'm
portance will be considered by the
+rIJ IJStepS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Rose Is Here.

T. J. Rose, of Dayton, formerly a
business man of this city, is in Walla
Wala today looking after business in
terests and visiting with old friends
Mr. Rose in speaking of other I'M
provements noticeable in the Garden
CITY. said the Statesman was the
brightest and newsiest publication in
Southeastern washington, and that II
is constantly growing in popularity IN
his section of the sta~e.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Loqqinq Congress Meets.

SEATTLE. July 19.-The sessions o.
the Pacific Coast Logging congress
began today in the Hoo Hoo house on
the exnositi9n grounds, with promi-
nent loggers and others identified with
the industry in attendance from all
Darts of the coast.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Editors Arrive

SEATTLE, July 15.-Several dele
cations of newspaper men arrived in
Seattle today to attend the twenty
fourth annual convention of the ma
tional editorial association. which will
be in session all week. 1t is expected
$50 members will have arrived by
night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Leaves For Spokane.

David Brown. president of the
Hazelwood Dairy company will return
to his home in Spokane today, leaving
the city on the Northern Pacific train
Mr.. Brown and family were in wal
10 waua for the purpose of attending
the funeral of o. r. Ballou' the
father of Mrs Brown.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Taft Will Go So nth.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Taft to-
day promised to visit st. Louis the
to New Orleans. where he will attend
the deep waterway congress.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19

SAN DIEGO. July 19.-The chauf-
feur of the local sightseeing" auto
mobile and five passengers were in
jured shortly before noon today wher
the machine tan down and cut in two
near here The chauffeur was re-
moved from the wreckage, dying.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19

ASKTAFTFOR
HIGHER RATE
Senators Favoring Increase
In Tariff Schedules
Visit President.
CORPORATION TAX
AT ONE PER CENT
Conferees Agree to Taft's
Pet Measure in Place
of Inheritance.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Eighteen
republican senator's. attempting the
upward revision of the tariff were ap-
pointed today on the following sub
committee to confer with President
Taft and argued schedules this af-
ternoOn: E1kins- on coal: Piles of
Washington, lumber; Warren, of
Wyoming, hides: Curtis of Kansas.
oil; Smith, of Michigan iron ore.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Adopt Corporation Tax.

The tariff cOnferees agreed to adopt
the cooperation tax amendment re-
drafted by Wickersham and Root,
making the tax one per cent and ex-
empting holding companies; and max
surance and building and loan aSso-
Citations. Wickersham and Root, before
the cOnferees, explained the details.
The an endment will supplant the in
heritance tax adopted by the house.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
CHINESE OFFICE To
Be RETAINED HERE
Advjces From Washington, D. c., State
That There Is No Intention OF
Removing INN grafton Bureau
From City.

|.#. ... office Of Chinese inspector
+, 'ot IL. b. H.thlcaWn from this city
.- HN~ rIor.ed q short time ago. is
... information cpnttined in adv.ces
r"" Washington to Secretary A. c.
Morn. of Jhe Commercial club. Ar
ta.Ee"on-s have been made for a
Successor to the late Col. T. NJ. Fisher,
... it is thought the office will be
iea..Hej this week Following is the
->hat.h from Washington received by
Secretary Moore this morning:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-19
Automobile Driver.

(Continued On Page FourD
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:. ,wALLA WALLA CITY
OFFICIAL PAPER,
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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

in which Helen Seavey had been mar
ried to young officer the May be-
fore, The blue field and the red and
white stripes were also of silk, and
were furnished and made up by Mary
Langdon, Caroline Chandler, Helen
Seayey, Augusta Pierce and Dorothy
Hall, this last niece of Elijah Hall,
second lieutenant of the Ranger. It
was the first example of the new
symbol of liberty to be seen in Euro
pean waters and the first to be sa-
luted by European powers in those
waters, by the French at the OUT
beron Bay, December IA, 1877.
This was only the beginning of it's
fame. Jones took the flag with him
when he gave up the Ranger and
spread it to the salt breeze when he
stepped on the quarter deck of the
old Bon Homme Richard. But before
that he had fought the Drake, and
this was the first naval victory gained
by the Stars and Stripes; this flag
was the first ever hoisted over a for
eign enemy after an American vic
tory on the seas. Fierce as the fight
ing was that day of the Irish coast,
and though it was the first time a
British ship of war ever struck it's
eolors to an inferior force, the flag
came through the battle without
scar. This was also true of the fight
ing with the Scraps, September 10,
1879, the bIoodiest battle ever won
at sea.
When Captain Pearson struck at
last his sailors were cowed by the in
domitable yalor Of Jones and his
men. The Scraps was uninjured,
the Bon Homme Richard was total
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02
The Real Fourth Of July.

''On the Sd of July, 17T6, John Adj
ans, then one of the representatives
of Massachusetts, In the Continental
Congress, wrote to his wife, Abigail:
Yesterday the greatest question
was decided which was ever debated in
America. and a greater perhaps never
was nor will be decided among men,
I'm a second letter, written the same
day, he said:
but the day is past The ID of
July will be the most memora Bile
epocha in the history Of America. 1
am apt to believe that it will be cele-
brated by succeeding generations as
the great anniversary festival 1t
ought to be commemorated as the day
of deliverance by solemn acts Of devo-
ton to God Almighty. 1t ought to be
solemnized with pomp and parade,
with shows, games, sports, guns, bells.
bonfres and Examinations, from one
end Of this continent to the other from
this time forward, for evermore.'
When the resolution was taken up on
the I'd, all the States, except New York,
voted to accept it. Thus. on the I'd day
of July, 1776, the independence Of the
Thirteen United Colonies from the
throne of Great Britain was definitely
decided upon. The I'd, and not the 4th,
may be called the true date OF, the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02
A Famous Flag.

Of all the thousands of flags which
have waved over the heads of Ameri-
cans one stands supreme in its un-
equaled fame This one is the flag
of Captain John Paul Jones, the
Founder of the American Navy" 1t
was the naval hero's proud boast that
he and the flag were twins, having
been born together AS long as we
float we shall float together" was the
pledge which he kept to the end. 1t
was fitting that the first flag to float
over an American vessel was hoisted
on the Ranger by Jones himself, July
A, 1777, says an exchange.
This flag was made by a quilting
party of young fades at Portsmouth,
N. H., where the Ranger was
launched. The thirteen white stars
were cut out from a white silk dress
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

affair that the statue will comment
crate occurred on July 5, 1879. The
British planned to cause Washington
TO weaken his forces at West Point
In order to defend THE Connecticut
coast New Haven, then a town of
1900 inhabitants, was to be the OBJ
ject of the British attack. President
Stiles, from the steeple of Yale Col
lege, saw the British fleet preparing
to sail from West Haven, and called
out the students for the defense of
the town.
"Under General Garth the British
forced landing, holly opposed by
the Yale boys and the patriots, and
proceeded to plumber and destroy.
A pitched battle was fought at the
northwest corner of Broadway, and
the defenders were eventually over
whelmed by superior numbers.
Meanwhile the British had landed
1900 men at Lighthouse Point and
advanced from the east, with the
intention Of forming junction with
those in the town and crushing all
opposition. while Sir George Collier
bombarded the town from the war
ships in the harbor.
BY this time, however, the entire
countryside was aroused, and the pa
triots gathered in such numbers that
the British withdrew and burned
Fairfield. The heroic students of Old
Eli were therefore left in possession
of the college town. 1t is this fight,
lost in the pages of history, that the
group Sc beautifully delineated, is to
immort4lize.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02
THE BOSTON TEA PARTY

separation. We could with propriety
celebrate the Fourth two days earlier.
That the participants in the work con-
sidered the I'd as the true date is
shown by the letters written by John
Adams, quoted at the beginning of this
article. The popular fancy, however,
seized upon the 4th, the date of ac-
ceptance of Jefferson's more dramatic
declaration of the reasons for the sep
aration, as the proper day to celebrate.
The debate upon the document was
continued until the afternoon Of the
4th, and, says Jefferson. might have
run on unfortunately at any other sea-
son of the year. But the weather was
oppressively warm, and the hall in
which, the deputies sat was close to a
stable, whence the hungry flies
swarmed thick and fierce, alighting on
the legs of the delegates and biting
hard through their thin silk stockings.
Treason was preferable to discom-
fort and at last the delegates were
brought to such state of mind as to
agree to the Declaration without fur
Their amendment.
1T is mistake to suppose that the
document was signed by the delegates
on that day 1t is improbable that
any signing was done save by John
Hancock. the President of the Con-
gress, and Charles Thomson, the Sec
rotary. Paul Leland Haworth. in
Harper's Magazine for July.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02
FOURTH OF JULY.

Come on, my dear children, now let's have
some fun,
These big cannon crackers go off like gun.
What? You've put your left eye out!
What matters an eye
To one who would celebrate Fourth Of
July!
Now fire off your rifles, and set of your
Don't mind II you do lose some fingers and
thumbs,
What? You've shattered your arm? Tie
it up in sling.
Don't stop the proceedings for such small
things.
And now for the cannon, and now for the
The day is progressing exceedingly WE'LL
What's that? Little Johnny has blown of
an earl
Well, such things will happen. Don't cry
so, my dear.
These jumbo torpedoes go off mighty loud,
Let's fire one right down in the midst Of
the crowd
What shrieking and bowling! Are many
hurt? Yes?
Well, this celebration has been SUGGEST
Carolyn Wells, in Life.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

wreck. This engagement is the only
one in the history Of the sea in which
the victor sank and the vahquished
floated. Transferring his wounded
to the English ship, Captain Jones
had no more than time to save the
living. His SIXTY gallant dead went
down with the ship AS final trih-
ute to the yalor Of the brave Ameri-
cans. this most famous flag went
down with them.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02
YALE HEROES HONORED.

Statue to Commemorate Their Fight With the
EFftish.
"The heroic defense of New Haven
by the students of Yale College, an
almost forgotten page of American
history" says Army and Navy Life,
twas first thrown into the national
limelight by the unwilling of a
unique piece of statuary. The group
was designed and sculptured in the
studio of James Edward Kelly. The
unwilling took place on July 5.-19O7,
the anniversary of the defense of
New Haven.
The statue represents three fig
ures, in the costume of the college
boys of Colonial times, operating a
piece of field artillery. The stirring
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-07-02

Ii seventeen hundred SGvCnty.six
The Revolution ended,
And floating biel9 in every breeze
Our counfry'3 flag dScendcd.
lADecIorofjOp bad been signed
That gave US independence,
so we became people free.
In war our own defendants. ~ I.
Eocb year since that momCntoGs day
New long an old-time Story