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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
Woman Held for Murder.

four. bullet wounds in the body and
one in the head, John Pishota, a
wealthy Greek merchant, was found
murdered yesterday in the cellar of
his home in Carlisle. His wife and
her brother, Angela Formatore, were
arrested. The authorities say the kill
ing probably was the result of fam
lily quarrel. In trunk owned by For
matore the autonrlties found a re-
volver covered with blood and several
Black Hand letters. Pishota had serv-
ed term in a western penitentiary
for bribery of jury. He returned re-
Gently to his home in Carlisle.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
BAND BOYS BUY
THEIR OWN UNIFORMS.
Members Of Lood! Musical Organiza-
ton Decide to Dig Up the Cost.

On ders are being placed this week by
members of the Walla Walla Concert
hand for uniforms. the members of the
organization to purchase their own
suits in the failure of residents of the
city to furnish funds necessary for the
purpose. There are 33 members in the
band, and each uniform will cost ap-
prO,limately $40.
The uniforms are to be the regula-
ton A. F. of L. blue in color and eX-
certionally plain. They are used uni
versally by union bands, and the boys
expect to make a much more effective
showing when they have blossomed
out with their Easter uniforms 1t is
thought the suits will be ready for
the musicians within the next three
weeks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
Evening
Chit-Chat
BY RUTH CAMERON.

my DEAR" sait
an old lady to m
yesterday, Il shout
think your cOusi.
would go int
mourning for he
brother. Why, whel
1 was twenty l pu
on black for m,
mother and l neve-
took it off until
was about twenty
six.
Eyes, l wore it tw
years for m
mother, and thel
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
Mr.. AND MRS. LOUIS
SCHOLL RETURN TO HOME
After Extended Trip Through Europe
Well Known Couple Are Back.

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Scholl ST., re-
turned to their home in this city yes
terday evening after an absence of
seven months. Mr. Scholl accompanied
by his son Carl made an extensive
tour of European countries while Mrs.
Scholl spent the winter visiting in var
ious parts of the United States.
Mr.. SchoI, ST., who is eighty years
of age, returns in good health and
greatly pleased with his visit to his
old home in Germany which he had
not seen for more than 60 years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
Would Canoe. Land Patents.

ST. PAUL, Mimi. April 15.-The
taking Of testimony in the Barber
Lumber company cases was conclud-
ed by Peyton Gordon, special assist
ant to the United States attorney gen.
eral here today. The government is
seeking to cancel the patents to about
1000 acres of land secured by the
lumber company in the Boise basin,
Idaho, in 1902, alleging the company
secured title Illegally.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
Democratic Paper.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15-Incor-
|porators of the Democratic Press com
pany, it was announced today, will
meet Saturday to perfect plans for
the establishing of a democratic paper
in this city. They incorporated yes
|terday for $500, 900. An appeal to the
party members to support the venture
win be made.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
Dead From Exposure.

SEATTLE, April 15.-As result of
hardship and exposure while heroical
ly assisting in the rescue of workmen
buried In the sewer cave in recently,
Father Uric Scheffold, of st. Benedict's
church, is dead. For hours he stood
waist deep in water and mud and thus
contracted q cold.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
SHOWERS.
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla WaIla and vicinity: Showers
tonight or Friday.
Washington: Showers tonight and
Friday west portion; showers tonight
or Friday east portion.
Weather Conditions.
Weather conditions remain unsettled
in Washington state, a weak high area
continuing over western Oregon and
slight depression being over Alberta.
Showers fell in western Washington
during the past "a hours and rain or
snow in portions of Montana. Rain or
snow occurred in South Dakota, Ne
hraska, Kansas and Iowa. Along the
immediate Atlantic coast heavy rains
fell 1t is generally somewhat warmer
over the United States, except along
the Atlantic coast where it has turned
cooler The Indications are for light
showers in this vicinity tonight or Fri
day.
JOHN GROVER Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

L o IA MANICURING SET;
either in High school building or in
some store. Can be identified by en-
closed slip of paper bearing name OF
Juanita Carm chael. Return to the
Statesman office for reward. 80 If
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15

MAN AND WIFE WANT TO RENT
two OR three desirable furnished
lighthOus excepting rooms in modern
house. References exchanged. In
quire for or address, H. M, care of
Union office D. H.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
New Mill Planned

TACOMA, April 15.-Plans are be.
ing drawn here for mill plant to cos
100000. and which will have a ca.
pacity Of 100000 feet per day, to talxs
the place Of the Union Lumber com.
pany's sawmill plant which burned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15

the business idea so completely tnat
its advent within the comparatively
brief period of ten years has charged
the appearance Of cities.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15

FOR RENT-FURNISHED ROOMS;
excellent location; 232 E. Birch.
Phone 1876 Alb If chg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15

blood. AS to how that may be able to
hold the Standard Oil activity in check
remains to be seen.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
THE FATAL TOUCH.


touch
o world grin;
One touch of pathos makes us brothers.
But touch" for the whole
Who made . touch?
ANSWER TO YESTERDAYS PUZZLE.
Right dewn
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-15
Weather Conditions.

JOHN GROVER, Observer.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
HOLD
DISTRICT NEE TING

Salem, O., Jan. 24.-Local Socialists
today entertained members of their
party from other towns and cities in
the district at the eighteenth congress
sional district convention, in session
all day at the local headquarters. Some
SO visitors were present from Alli-
ance Canton, Massillon- and Youngs-
town. A business session was held at
8 o'clock this morning when plans for
furthering the 1912 campaign were
made. Arrangements were also made
for other meetings in the near future.
Resolutions in defense of Messrs
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison were
passed. in which the Socialists of the
district emphatieally protested against
the "usurpation of our constitutional
rights and the prostitution of the
courts in favor of capitalists and to
the detriment of the toilers" and con-
demned this action "as an intrusion
upon the rights and liberties of Amer
lean citizenship" A resolution con-
demning the eXtradition of the three
Mexican refugees confined in Los An
geles was also passed.
The afternoon was devoted to an
open meeting which was held at the
Broadway theatre. The speakers on
the program we're: Mrs Marguerite
Preyey. of Akron, who talked on
women and the Socialist Movement"
Attorney Allen Cook, OF Canton, sub
ject. What Socialism VIII Do for
the People," Robert j. Wheeler, of
Massillon, subject, Organization"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
COURT REFUSED To
REINSTATE COPS

Portsmouth, O., Jan. 24.-Circuit
court, in an opinion given at Chilli
cothe yesterday, refused to mandam-
us Mayor Searey to put back on duty
the eight Portsmouth policemen who
lost their jobs when the local force
was cut down to IL men because of the
.shrinkage of revenues from the voting
out of saloons. Those patrolmen who
instituted the suit were all holdover
officers from the former Republican
administration. The Democratic mayor
since taking his seat has appointed
number of patrolmen of his own polit-
fcal faith, and when the council ordi-.
nance passed reducing the force he al
lowed all but one of his new men to
iemain. The deposed officers brought
the action to get back their jobs The
mayors defense was that the law gives
him and the safety board wide dis
cretion as to who should be retained,
and the court has sustained this con-
tention
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
REPUBLIC SINKS;
CREW ALL SAVED

New York, Jan. 24,-Steamship Re
public, which was rammed by the
steamer Florida yesterday off Nan
tucket shows that while both vessels
were proceeding slowly through the
dense fog, sank tonight at 7;25 in deep
water off No man Land, small island
near Marthas Vineyard island All the
crew were saved. 1t was magnif1-
cent ship and went down with her
full cargo and the effects of all her
passengers. The latter are on the
Florida and Baltic now on their way
to this city, now somewhere off the
Long Island coast and will reach here
tomorrow about noon. The last act
in the thrilling tragedy at seat was
witnessed by the crews of the doomed
vessel, on the liner Furnessa, derelict
destroyer Seneca and revenue cutter
Gresham. Capt. Sealby, of the Repub-
lie, hoped to the last to save the ship.
This afternoon lines were passed from
the Gresham to the Republic and the
Gresham began an attempt to get the
sinking vessel to shallow water
where she could be raised later. The
Furnessa was made fast to the Re-
public's stern, acting as rudder. 1t
was soon noticed, however, that the
bulkheads were giving away under the
strain of the big ship moving through
the water and that it soon must sink
Tonight inst after z o'clock Capt.
Sealby called through the fog horn
that the ltapublic was sinking. Gres-
ham at oncs cast off line and hurried
TO aid the Republics crew, all of whom
were on the ship, and were not mo-
ment too soon. The bow of the great
liner rose high in the air and she
went down in an. angry whirlpool of
troubled waters. Capt Sealby wept
as he saw his ship disappear beneath
the waves.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
WOEFUL TALES ARE
TOLD BY SPOTTERs

Alliance, Jan. 24.-Some days ago 1t
was mentioned that a "spotter' was
at work on the Stark Electric line
and that he had been detected in his
work. It is probable that when de-
tected the man felt ii duty to quit
the job, but If he did, like the pes
tilential fly, there were others who
came to take his place, and one of
these was detected as his predecessor
and the word was passed among the
employees to beware" How long
these spoilers were onto their job is
not known, but they were there, and
made their reports to the president
of the company, and he in turn to
Superintendent Mowry.
During the present week one by
one the employees of the company
have been called upon the carpet to
hear read to them the charges pre-
ferred against them by these spoilers.
These men as called in stood accused
of some offense, some trivial, some
rather aggravated.
One conductor was charged with
splitting upon the floor of his car.
Another hadascarried a girl with a
poodle dog from Alliance to Canton,
and during the trip caressed the dog
One had carried the spotter from ALI
ance to Salem, taking a cash fare
and gave no receipt for the same.
Another took chew of Mail Pouch
tobacco in the place of Polar Bear.
A motorman allowed the conductor to
take charge cof the motor while he
talked to woman in the car, sup
posed to be his wife. Another ate his
supper in the rear of the car and
threw fish bones upon the roadbed.
Another. collected fares with the top
button OF his vest unbuttoned and q
toothpick in his mouth. Another told
the inquisitor that he knocked down
S3 every Saturday afternoon to help
him pay his debts. One man wore
goggles, indicating sore eyes, and yet
another had talked to a lady going
from Alliance to Damascus, and gave
no attention to the other ladies in
the car.
Even the superintendent was shad-
owed for 18 hours. From the time
he ate his breakfast in the morning
until he retired at night the omni-
present visitor was there All remote
employees were shadowed. Even the
coal miner In the coal bank that sup
plies the dirt and slack for fuel at
the power house was bumped, and the
fireman at the power house censured
for sitting on nail keg while eating
a cold lunch for dinner. The man
that oils the switch shifting devices
was condemned because he spilled oil
on his felt boots, and the man who
sells tickets was called to account to
answer for discourteous treatment of
a lady who wanted to leave a child in
his care while she got drink. One
Of the men was censured for allowing
his whiskers to grow, and another for
wearing his hair long. Thus the star
chamber session disposed of the
charges that came before the crouch,
ing criminals were arraigned for
these various heinous crimes,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
GENERAL CONFERENCE
TO Be HELD IN CANTON

A special committee of the congre-
cation of the United Brethren church
viii meet to confer with DR.. Funk,
publishing agent of the denomination,
for the purpose of making some of
the preliminary arrangements and dis
cussing plans for the entertainment
and accommodation of the 1000 dele
gates, who will attend the general
conference in Canton next May. The
conference is one at which all portions
OF the globe will be represented.
The conference is called once every
four years for the purpose of franz
Ing laws and enacting other church
legislation. The last general confer
ence of the United Brethren church
was held at Topeka, Kansas, at which
place 1t was decided to hold the next
one In Canton. 1t is SEATED that del
egates representing United Brethren
churches in Africa, Canada, Japan,
China, and Porto Rico, will be pres
ent. The conference is considered the
most important gathering IN the Unit
ed Brethren churches throughout the
world. From now on the members
OF the local congregation will be bus
lily occupied in making preparations
FOR the conference. So far as accom-
modation Is concerned, no difficulty is
anticipated along that line, especially
since the remodelllng of the church.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
PETTY BRIBERY TRIED
IN THE LEGISLATURE

Columbus, Jan. 24.-Petty bribery
in the form of free street car tickets
has made it's appearance here again,
and many members of the supposedly
august general assembly of Ohio, are
riding about the city without cost
and giving away tickets to their
friends. These same legislators are
supposed to be able to legislate free
and unbiasedly on all manner of sub
jects and corporations is one of them
The free street car ticket graft is a
small thing. Every year it comes Sc
cretly. A member of the assembly
finds bunch of tickets of the Colum-
bus Railway and Light Co. in his box
at the legislative postoffice. He can
use them or not at will.
Often he sends them back to the
company with a sharp letter and re-
'buke. He is never bothered again.
But If he says nothing and uses the
tickets, he gets more, and every year
thereafter. In fact he may get them
at any moment for the asking and get
them for his friends. If member
travels much about the city, the graft
becomes larger.
The company can afford to give
away tickets. It's very cheap in the
long run.
The street car ticket graft has
never missed a year. Some people
believed that this year it might not
appear but in the same old places in
the postoffice in the senate and the
house the punches of tickets were.
There isn't even any name on the
packages, showing the extreme eau
tion of the people who have in charge
this delicate bit of work. The mem
Der, if he is painfully conscien-
tious, can blame no one for the pres
ence of the tickets there. There is
no name to indicate source. There
is no one about that knows where
the tickets came from.
Many send the tickets back to the
office of the company. One man this
year, surprised to find big package
in his box, at once sent them back to
the company without even giving his
name.
And 1t is true that some members
never get any tickets and never even
hear that tickets are going around
Such things don't spread. The people
who hand out the tickets are always
fairly certain of their people. 1t pays
them to be. So the quiet and hush
about the tickets. Many of the legis-
lators take their tickets, ask no ques-
tions, use them and go about their
business.
There is another form of petty
graft and that is the use of franks for
telegraph service. That, too, comes
every time a session is held. Reports
say they are being given to the mem
bers again this year, and there is no
question that some are being given
out These the members find in their
postoffice boxes. II becomes very con-
venient to wire ones friends three or
four times a day with absolutely no
cost. The cost to the per pie of the
state comes when these legislators
come to act upon some law that may
tramp on the toes of a telegraph com
pany Then the people pay the cost,
many times over.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
IS THIS THE STARTER OF
LOCAL OPTION CAMPAIGN?
Many Drew such A Conclusion From The Hare
Raps Given The Saloon ByV p. Randall Al
Mems Mass Meeting

to receive castoffs and buns produced
by the good saloon.
when you better the condition of a
saloon, you are dressing the wolf in
sleeps skin.
"The medium class of saloon, term
the poor mans club, which, howe,
far from being a philanthropic institu-
ton, is a purely business proposition.
Drinking habits are formed before
a man reaches the age of 20 generally.
The young man who can go through
college without acquiring the habit, |
consider safe and the working boy who
refrains from it until after he is 20 is
not likely to become addicted to the
practice. | find that among working
men who drink, many of them began
when they were 10 or 12 years old.
'It must be conceded that labor is
unjustly treated by the liquor inter
ests. in ordinary labor, man gets
about $40 out of every 800 worth that
he produces, while in the brewing in
dustry and the distilling of whiskey,
he gets less than $3.50 for every 500
he produces. Thus If laboring man
saved his money, instead of buying
drink with it, and built a home with
four times as much for labor.
"The saloonists contend that no law
is prohibitive. This is undoubtedly
true, for despite our laws against
murder, there were almost $1,000 last
year. They maintain that prohibit
tion does not affect their trade, but if
it did not they would not fight it.
81 have nothing to say against the
saloon keepers. We ourselves are the
saloon keepers. We decide what their
hours of opening and closing shall be-
and through our representatives we
decide their profits. have no blame
to attach TO any saloon keeper, for it
is entirely our own fault that such an
evil exists"
Mr.. Randall was formerly specia
inspector in the New York tenement
house district. He was also secretary
of the Consumers League. For mir
years he has been actively engaged in
social work, aud at present he con-
ducts lectures upon sociology in M
igan and Oberlin universities and in |
some of the high schools of this par
Of the country. .....
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
SHORT CHANCE WORKERS
COME FROM ALLIANCE

AT late hour Saturday night Chief
Smith received word from Chief How
ellis, of Alliance, stating that two men
who had boarded a Stark car fos this
city, had been working the short
change racket in that city The local
chief met the car before it reached
the public square, only to learn that
the two men he was looking for had
left the car when it stopped at the
Lake street crossing in the east end
or the city. He made round of that
section Of the city in an endeavor to
get the men, but they could not be
found. Two men, answering the same
description as that given by the ALI
ance chief, went into Soehnlens meat
market, South Market street, and car
ried out their scheme at this place.
They succeeded in beating the butcher
out of a $5 bill.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28
PRIZE MONEY At
STATE TOURNEY

b. y 2.
The local bowlers, while they did
not get the big end of the prize money
at the Ohio State Bowling tournament
held at Columbus last week, they came
home with $11750 as their share of
the coveted coin Cleveland bowlers
copped $522.S0; Columbus, SAL; Gin
cinnati, 1928; Toledo, $2SS6O; Akron,
$156; Youngstown an even $100; and
East Liverpool, $S0.86.
The Stetsons, of this city, rolled a
total of 2TS3 pins and came in for
fifth prize in the fve-man contest,
winning $40. In the two-man contest
the locals were not very successful
and brought home just $19. The win
ners were Wesley -Franta, 1927 pins,
$40; Sperry-Jenks, HOO pins, 81; Nc
Eldowney-Deal, 1890 pins, ST.; Jones'
Houser, 1886 pins, 81.
Deal with total of 610 pins Sc
cured the tenth prize in the individual
contest and walked off with $12. Three
other prizes amounting to $3.50 were
also secured by individual bowlers of
Canton. The winners were Schaffer,
$50 pins, Sc; Franta, 5S3 pins, Sc; Nc
Eldowney, 569 pins, $3.50
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-01-28

"The better you make saloon, the
further you increase its evil" Thus
spoke " P. Randall, of Detroit, in his
lecture before the mems mass meeting
held yesterday afternoon at the Grand
Theater, under the auspices of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
An audience of 700 heard him.
The subject of the address of Mr..
Randall was THE Saloon Problem in
the United States,' in which he took
up the saloon from its social and its
financial standpoint, eliminating all
discourse from a moralistic or reiig-
ious standpoint. He classified saloons
into three distinct types, namely:
The so-calleG good saloon the mid
die class, and the bad saloon" He
accompanied his descriptions of these
different types, by stereoptican views.
There is nothing in Randall's talk to
show that he was anything of a TEN"
perance fanatic, and his lecture
abounded in good sound reasoning. As
a speaker fluent and forcible, he
brought storm after storm of applause
from the audience.
ne llQuOT interests, he SAID, are
promising to uplift the condition of the
saloon by eliminating many of its evil
features, and other wrongs of which
1t has been guilty of developing But
say to you that the BETTER YOU
MAKE A SALOON, THE WORSE
YOU MAKE 1T. The more attractive
you make it, and the more lawfully
you conduct it, the greater is it's evil
To the so-called good saloons, as a
social institution, the young man is
attracted during his period of unrest.
He goes there first merely because of
its social feature, and soon forms the
habit.
"On the other hand we have the bad
saloon, the resort of the undesirables,
generally middle-aged and old men,
cast off from the so-called good saloon.
This place furnishes little or no at
traction for the young man, in fact he
would abhor it as a loafing place. If.
all of the saloons were OF the bad type
we would have fewer ruined young
men. AS long as the good saloon ex-
lists, the bad saloon will be a necessity