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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
|HANFORD STOPS IN
CITY ON WAY EAST
Will Meet the Pathfindins Car in
Granger, Wyoming, and Will
Then Make Arrangements
for Roads.

Clarence Hanford Of Seattle is in
Walla Walla today on his way to
Granger. Wyo., where he will meet the
pathfinder car sent out from New York
to Seattle for the purpose Of estab
fishing the route of the cars in the
Guggenheim trophy contest.
Mr.. Hanford left on this afternoons
train for Granger, intending to stop at
a number of the towns along the way
between here and his destination. He
is making the trip to Granger and
stopping enroute for the purpose Of
confering with the county commits
sioners and arranging that the roads
along the route be put in good con-
diton before the time for the passage
of the cars in the great transcOnti-
mental contest, which occurs in June.
During my short stay in Walla
Walla,'' said Mr.. Hanford this morn
ing, I have conferred with a number
of officials and men interested in good
roads and have assurances that when
the big race comes off the roads in
this section will be put in good con-
'dition. I will return. with the path
finder car in about week and then
we will make definite arrangements
with the county commissioners to get
the roads along the route in Walla
Walla county in good shape for the
cars.
Il was surprised to see the interest
manifest in the coming contest by all
classes of people in this state. That
the contestants wifi be given a royal
oil al IN, - in
state is an assured thing. County
road authorities all over the state
seem to be glad to do all in their
power to accommodate the promoters of
the race in putting the roads in good
condition.
1.-The Seattle Automobile club under
whose dire elton l am sent out, is doing
al. in it's power to see that the race
is success in every particular. We
have received word from the party
driving the pathfinder car that the
people all along the route have re-
ceived the car with enthusiasm and in
some cities purses have been raised to
present to the driver of the first car
in the contest which shall enter the
town. By the appropriation of $1,000
We are assured of having the Snoqual-
mic pass road made passable and this
in itself will not only benefit the cars
but will furnish a route for all cars
across the mountains. The road here
tofore has been almost impossible and
there was little incentive to touring
cars to make the trip across the state.
With the road over Snoqualmit pass
in shape, we of the Seattle Automobile
club have received assurances that the
Spokane Automobile club will make
the trip to Seattle some time this sum-
mer during the exposition, in body"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
WILL LENCTHEN
PROSPECT LINE
REQUIRED BONUS HAS BEEN
GRANTED AND WORK WILL
he BEGUN At ONCE.
Mile and a Half Of Construction Work
Is to Be Done by WalIa WaIIa
Valley Traction Company.

The required bonus having been
granted by property owners living in
that section of the country, work OF
extending the present Prospect Heights
car line will be commenced at once
and by the middle of summer it is
expected that over mile and a half
OF track will be laid, this being the
distance to be bui t.
This deal which had it's start at the
last visit of l. W. Anderson to this
city, has been pending since that time
and was only completed YESTERDAY. tie
necessary bonus asked for by the Wal
Wslla Walla Valley Traction COM
pany having been put up.
Ey this extension, great deal of
lev land will be in direct contact with
trolley service and as most of it is cut
up or is being cut into small acre
tracts, it will make the most desirable
country homes.
1t will probably not be long until
tire proposed line into the Russell
creek country will be built, but at the
present tine the desired bonus is
slow in making it's appearance. Resi-
dents of that section have pledged
about $4,000, but as the sum asked is
$4,000, nothing has yet been done by
the Traction company. When asked
regarding this matter, Mr.. Drake,
manager of the Northwestern Gas &
Elc' trio company said:
at present nothing has been done
regarding the building of a line into
tho Russell Creek district, but when
the required bonus is pledged, work
will commence. The trouble is, that ri
val roads have promised to run into
that country for nothing and because
of this we are forced to wait until
some definite move is made by them or
until it is found out that nothing will
be done. The work fextending the
Prospect Heights car lines will begin
at once however, or as soon as a few
tlral arrangements are completed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Wslla and Vicinity: Show
ers tonight and Thursday; warmer
east portion Thursday.
-. Weather Conditions.
The nigh pressure area remains
stationary off the Washington Oregon
coast and a slight depression exists
over British Columbia, resulting in un-
settled weather conditions in the Pa
cific northwest Light showers fell in
portions of Washington and northern
ldaho since yesterday. Snow or rain
has fallen in Montana, South Dakota
and Nebraska. Rapid baron etric
changes in the Lake region and At
iantic states has caused rains in those
sections 1t is cooler in the Rocky
Mountain states, and east of the Mis-
sissippi river The indications are for
showers in this civinity tonight and
Thursday with warmer Thursday.
JOHN GROVER, Observer
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
DECLINE OF SOCIALISM.

There are some disbursements that
are indicative of the growing common
sense of the so-called common people
and the encouragement of the Hon.
Keir Hardie, the distinguished English
socialist over the emphatic decline of
socialism in this country.
Mr.. Hardie expresses his profound re-
gret that organized hboe has not taken
more kindly TO socialism, Instead. he
should express profound qualification
at the Intelligence and self respect
which mas caused organizea labor to
refuse t. be swallowed up by an or
ganization whose creed represents a
potpourri of what is most fnciful,
visionary and vicious In modern soci-
clogy.
There can hardly be any doubt that
a great deal of the intellectual sym
pathy which formerly went out to the
socialists has been alienated by the
wider understanding of what social
ism means practically. When 1t first
became a cult it had around it a
halo Of human brotherhood' and a
purring and winning gentleness.
Every socialist lecturer was sort of
Servant in the House." impossibly
good and benign and all that sort of
thing. But closer study brought Ane
revelation of what socialism heads to.
when it leads to anything
Those whose sympathies were warm
and generous and who sought earnest
ty to ameliorate conditions turned their
efforts into practical and more effect
I've channels. They did not seek to
overturn existing society and build a
new one, but on the foundation already
laid to erect a superstructure of rea-
son, justice and humanity. Many of
the reforms cOntended for by the So
cialists have been achieved, and the
very fact that they have not been Sc
cured through socialism is proof that
socialism is not the proper method or
means. It is enough to condemn anv
sociological creed that it is absolutely
chimerical. When it is founded or
dreams, no matter how splendid would
be their realization, it must be reject
ed for that reason if no other. But
when 1T is unjust, and above all when
1t contains anything that is vicious and
repellant to the common instincts of the
race. its condemnation is doubly Just
The workingmen of the country nc
longer take any stock in the whining
doctrine that they are wage slaves
and that they must rise in their might
and take what is theirs" Reforms en-
glneered in saloon Easements over
roaming stems by whiskered foreign
ers can hardly be expected to command
respect of a puAlic which bas alra,d,
rejected the vaporings of half-bake6
college theorists. All that American
workingmen, or anybody else in this
country whose demands are worth no.
ucing, asks is equality of opportunity
chance to make the best living pos
sible for himself and family, under con-
ditions that work out most happily
for all concerned. The horizon of that
opportunity is widening every day in
the year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

the Northern Securities case, which
the government won but the winning
of which was barren of results. The
Stndard Oil corporation is being prose-
cuted under the following section OF
the Sherman antitrust law:
Every contract, combination in the
form of trust or otherwise, or con-
spiracy, in restraint of trade or COM
merce among the several states, or
with foreign nations, is hereby declared
to be illegal. Every person who shall
make any such contract or engage In
any such combination or conspiracy,
shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and. on conviction thereon,
shall be punished by fine not exceeding
SIS. 000 or by Imprisonment not exceed
ing one year. or by both said punish
ments, in the discretion of the court
This act went into effect in 1890,
and as Justice Holmes said in the
Northern Securities case. it is a
criminal statute, which it is the duty
of federal district attorneys to in
force, yet since that time these GRIM
inal conspiracies have multiplied and
waxed strong OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Oil, the steel trust, railroads and others
yet. but very few cases have been
brought under this statute, says the
Oregon Journal. One Of these cases
was brought by Ohio in 1891. and the
courts of that state decided against
Standard Oil, but it reincorporated in
New Jersey, and did business just as
before only more so, and in 1907, ac-
cordino tO Mr. ROckefeller himself it
earned about $50 900 0O0-a dollar from
each inhabitant Of the United States.
In 25 years the total dividends amounted
to 1891 100000. and it has earned in
all, according to the governments brief,
nearly $1,000, 100000 on an investment
of s69,OO0,0OO The New York World
says:
1.-THE Standard Oil controls 81 minor
corporations in the United States, and
who knows? 1t has Sc foreign corpor-
atoms Of all these companies Mr..
Archbold says the total capital is
s32S.3O1. It overawes railroads. 1t
controls government. 1t is constantly
invading new fields as surplus earn
ings seek investment, and wherever 1t
invades it throttles competition"
President Harrison did nothing to
enforce this law against Standard Oil;
neither did President Cleveland, nor
President Mckinley Roosevelt tilted
against it spasmodically and inefec
tually. We shall see after while
whether this case wins anything for
the people.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

there is in all this no single word or
act at which she feels that she has the
right to cavil.
It may even be that she mas no desire
to cavil, and honestly believes that
there is no harm in such a RELATIONSHIP
calls it platonic friendship. 1t may
also be that the harm he is doing is
unconscious on his part
But all the time is closing about
them the almost inevitable result OF
day-in day-out propinquity between
two congenial people, a net of mutual
need by which they are helplessly held
together.
Since the worlds judgments are
what they are, there is no great dan
ger for the man. But there is for the
girl And isn't the position she is in
far more Of problem than that of the
woman who knows that her employers
intentions are, frankly dishonorable?
Rl G,-,.~~--
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14


spectful in his attitude towards her.
life pleasant for her.
The head of large business con-
Germ, notorious man about town, told
a pretty girl. who had recently come
to his office, and who lived with her
chum zen bachelor" that he wanted
her to have little chatting dish party
for him.
When shall it be-" he leered.
Taking his request simply as banter
she escaped him, but the next day. he
pushed the question when am /
coming to that cnefing dish party."
"Oh, Mr.. Stevenson" she protested,
of course. you can't come out. /
heard something about you last NIGHT .
"You mustn't believe all you hear.
he warned. What was it,"
Her brown eyes widened In an inno-
cence he hardly knew whether to ques-
ton or not
why, you're married. she said.
And that was the end of her troubles.
But the way out for the girl in the
net of kindness is no such simple thing
as that.
Friendliness is sometimes harder to
battle with than insult. The employer
is always ready with some half seri
Gus, half laughing banter. He is al
ways planning something for her COM
fort-ner desk must be moved from the
draughty corner, no matter who else is
discommoded. He brings her their ia
VOrite maya zine that che ,,,oxx 49,, :, ~ .
story that he is interested In. He con-
ndes in ner and takes her advice
most subtle flattery of all. And vet
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
WILL TEST RECALL
STATUTE IN OREGON
Houston Will Ask for an Injunction
Preventing SayIor From Taking
Possession of Mayorship
of Junction.

EUGENE, Ore, April &c. H.
Houston will ask for an injunction
tomorrow morning restraining F. A.
Saylor from taking possession of the
mayorship of Junction. 1t is supposed
the case will ultimately be fought out
on the constitutionality of the recall.
Houston will base his claim to the Of
flee on the ground that he is still in
possession of the office and that Sat-
urday's election is illegal. He failed
to state his reasons in the complaint
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
Lad is Found.

Howard, the four-year- son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Everett, Ala Pine
street, who left home shortly after
noon, was found about 3, o'clock un-
der the trestle of the coal chute at the
old o. r. & N. depot. The little fell
low had lost his shoes and his hat in
his long jaunt, but was having a most
enjoyable time when found bv his anx-
ious father The police were notified
Of the boys disappearance and assist
ed in the search
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
THE PEOPLE VS.. STANDARD OIL

After two years spent in taking tes-
tmony. the arguments in the Missouri
case against Standard Oil have been
concluded This case attempts more
than the case tried in Chicago before
Judge Lands, resulting in the famous
szs'4oo,oo0 fine. did. for it seeks to
put standard Oil out of business en-
ureiy as an unlawful and criminal
- 49,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

Still those street sprinklers have not
made an appearance on the dust COW
cred throughfares Of the city. What
good in advertising clean town and
then showing newcomers streets chang
ing location as rapidly as they have
been for the past two weeks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

It is all right to punish bad men,
but doesn't justice sometimes go TO
unreasonable extremes? An Atlanta
man who tortured his 10-months- old
infant to harass his wife, because she
had become Indifferent to repeated
beatings' was sent to the Workhouse
for two weeks-two whole weeks OF
seven DAYS each.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

ED-SITUATION BY A FIRST
class business man with universe
ty education. Willing and capable of
adapting himself to any position.
Can speak German. Address A. F.,
this ef1ce.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

National Baseball league games this
afternoon.
The American league will also begin
their battle this afternoon.
The ST. Louis Nationals play the
Chicago Cubs on the West Side
grounds At Detroit the Chicago White
s,ox cross bats with the Tigers. which
were twice champions of the American
Aleague.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
BUYS a Store.

j. F. Browne of Portland, yesterday
purchased the Family grocery store
614 Alder street. from G.. E. Vain
right Mr.. wainwright will continue
to conduct this establishment until Mr.
Browne straightens his business af-
fairs in Portland.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
Evening
Chit.Chat
The working WON
BY RUTH CAMERON.

The working Wom
IN who is prosecuted
by the evidently dis
honorable intentions
of her employer is
Undoubtedly in a diff
fcult position. She
s in constant terror
lest her repulsion Of
hem will mean the
'oss of her position.
And yet, somehow,
7 have even more
sympathy for the
girl whose employer.
Nrr1,i10 D-@,~1I
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

If the Payne bill produces as much
revenue as it has produced complaint
that big deficit will mek away like a
June frost.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

AS an undesirable person" Castro
Is entitled to the championship belt.
Probably no other man ever had so
many big doors slammed in his face.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

" n T e. D-H GU Sc CLEANING
window washing, wall cleaning.
floors washed, oiled or painted New
lawns made. Farrell & Johnson, 11e
West Rose ST., Phone 2139.
Ala If chg
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

Walla Walla will be quite city
when she gets all those railroads, brick
buildings and vaudeville houses.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

take pleasure in an
nounc'ns to my friends and
patrons that my place Of
business, namely the Family
Grocery, GA East Alder,
has been sold to J. F.
Browne Of Portland, an ex-
perienced man in the bust
ness and one whom ] am
sure will show my custo-
mers every courtesy, as
have tried to do in the past.
Thanking my many patrons
for past favors, am, Yours
very truly.
C. e. WAINWRIGHT.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

FOR RENT-UP-T O-DATE BUNGA-
low in choice location, $25 per
month. Address T. T., this office.
Ala If chg.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14
FINE WEATHER FOR
BASEBALL OPENING
Thousands of Fans Clamor for Ad-
Mission to Grounds at Opening of
First National League Game
Today.

CHICAGO, April 14.-With a clear
sky above and thousands of crazy fans
clamoring for admittance, everything
is suspicious for the opening of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-14

The Congressmar-A man takes a great
deal Of risk when he goes into politics.
The Senator-Yes. It's very much like
going over Niagara Falls. You don't
want to attempt II unless you have q
Good stout barrel
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
MRS. HAMILTON" KNOUN.
Suicide Has Hiss De la Barre Had
Picture of j. BOz0Grs Lee.

"Annetta Hamifou who committed suicide Mon
day afternoon by Ieapng from a window in her
ana artn,ent on the ninth of the Corone apart
rrents No 81 West 5Sth street. identified yes
tardsv as Annette de la Barre. The Identification
was made by Maurice Eller. member of the cigar
firm of E. j. Mast & Co. No Il Vesey street. who
said he was brother-in-law of the dead woman
According to EUer, the picture of the middle aged
man found in the apartment of Mrs. Hamilton"
as she was known in the apartment house. was
that Of J. Bowers Lee. head of the banking firm
% Lee Kretschmar & Co. of No. 81 Exchange
Place.
The mystery which was thrown around the death
of Mrs Hamilton by every one connected with
the case was lifted only when Coroner hamburger
refused to issue A death certificate for the burial
of the hody Coroner Hamburger learned that Mrs
Hamilton had never been married and that she
was a woman of means. She was. according 70
the Coroner the daushteu of Joseph de la Barre.
and had several sisters and brothers living IN this
citv Mrs Hamilton" who was forty-four years
old had lived at the Coronet for seven years
..urs Hamilton" according to Mr.. Eller, had re-
Gently been depressed and suffering from melan-
cholia
After Coroner Harburger had fully investigated
the death of Mrs Hamilton he signed the death
certificate and the relatives of the dead woman
took charge of the body. The Coroner was pre-
pairing to leave his Office after learning the facts
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
FIRST OAK LE4F FALLS.
The Same Being the 4corns Pre-
Liminaru Political mphLet.

Great Oak Joe johnson, jr.. OF the Order Of
Acorns shed "Oak Leaf T. yesterday, the same
being a preliminary declaration of principles and
purposes of the Order Of Acorns for the coming
MayoraIty campaign. The Acorns attracted some
attention in the first Low campaign
Mr. Johnson is an accountant in the ofics Of
Controller Metz but there is nothing in the first
oak leaf of the indicate that the Accrns
will drop for the Controller. The Office OF the
Acorns this year IS at No % Duane street. Mr.
Johnson choosing that particular street number
because he doesn't care rap for signs ana moo
docs.
The first leaf is a fourteen-page pamphlet on
tan colored paper and it starts off with dedica-
ton by the Great Oak II the word painters and
poets do enroll Immediately under the Acorn
banner il will be the fault of Joe Johnson
for he is something of poet himself. Hear this
from the dedication
love New York's clear days when the white
banners OF steam above the canyon streets
love her long twights. when the myriad lofty
too | love. when her new. uneven castles are oo
4lI love 10 hear the clatter of the big horses
hoofs; and / love to climb some high steel dome
and & catch t the Sbe sfF OF Of hs Sope Soces that sws
from the newcomers and the democracy that Is
love her Compassion for those OF all lands Who
/ love her stride of youth and power as she runs
But ali those / pity who dream not OF the hour
when our city shall be first of all that are or ever
The Acorns through their Great Oak, declare
FOR home rule and non-nteTfeTence from Albany
oppose the Capitalization of power as proposed In
the new charter call for retrenchment a uniformed
Iolice head definition Of the debt limit, and sus-
gest that the cost Of the Public Service Commission
for this could be spent better an interest
carving charge for the building of new subways
Coming down the primrose path Of practical poll
tics Joe" Johnson. jr., says the Acorns will take
no hypocritical stand, and there is more than a
suggestion that the order is not in politics merely
ard solely for its health
Great Oak Joe" johnson detailed by Con-
troller Metz to make an investigation of the meth
ods of the Board of Water Supply the day after the
newspapers announced that President Bensel of the
board was being seriously discussed by the Tam
many men as a candidate for Mayor. his report is
now in the hands OF the Controller
New-York tribune., 1909-04-14
LIABILITY BILL A LA"
Gouernor Fort Signs Senator Acker'
mans Measmc-CIcsing Days.
IBv Telegraph 10 The Tribune.1

Trenton. April Ex-Governor Fort signed Dc" =,
Ackerman's employers liability bill to-ca5' on -
doing so paid high compliment TO the t
from Union. The Governor affixed MS SIS
TO the bill with sterling silver pen' wiz =,
sftervard presented to Senator Ackermah. Ai
the second pen the Senator has received II iioi
Governor after signing OF his oills' Inc -
being that with which he signed the ClVI "e' 10
bill 49,,
The HOUSE tonight passed Senator fFeli.'e"s ~, .
sens bill appropriatinE the money recel'eu O'
state under the motor vehicle law for ule lopo
OF improved roads. This money amouH''e -
about 1881 900. has teen lying in the treasury d
defect in the law preventing its use inc EouSo
also passed the Senate bill making OCTOBER L. "
lumbus Day, a legal holiday.
The Senate tonight killed the House sarIlSHoo
BILL providing that where a salary eHceedS Sl-
weekly II may be levied on to an amount equ"i -
10 per cent thereof by virtue Of an execution
Assembiyman Blauvelt, Of Passaic, created d Hi''u
sensation in the House to-day by announcing tHao
his bill creating a board OF assessors mao
nysteriously disappeared. The Assemoiynan il''
mated that some one had kidnapped the oi'l' anu
he obtained the consent OF the House 10 MS no''"
directing the supervisor OF bills TO prepare ne"
copy of the measure