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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-10
HANCOCK.


Miss valma stratton visited friends d
Eastbrook recently.
H. B. scammoD shipped two carloads Of
potatoes last week, to Providence, q. |.
H. w. johnson, P. E. Walker and @. p.
Cook are on . hunting trip at the Hummer
for few days.
o. B. Pettengill and wife, who have
spent the summer at Walthan, are OK
pected home this week.
Farmers in this section have given con-
siderable attention to the potato culture
this year. It Is estimated that 1900
bushels have been raised within . radius
of one mile Of Hancock postofice. Chester
Stratton has raised 1900 bushels, H. b.
Scammon, 1,40O bushels, o. w. Foss, 800
busheh, and many others smaller amounts.
Considerable ploughing has been done
this fall, and the prospects are thatl many
acres win be planted next year.
Nov g. ~
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-10

The report OF City Auditor T. E. Hale,
printed in full elsewhere, was approved
and ordered filed.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-10

You may sometimes think that mother
is little old-fashioned, but after while
you will acknowledge that she is the best
advisor you have ever had.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-10

The report OF City Auditor T. e. Hale,
printed in full elsewhere, was approved
and ordered fled.
POOR CONTRACT.
The contract with Superintendent of the
Poor NJ. J. Drummey, according to terms
agreed upon, was submitted and executed.
The contract il the same as the previous
one, for term Of five years, at $3.50
Year.
BOUNTY CLAIM.
B. T. sowIe appeared before the board in
the interest of Isaac Jordon, who claims
that he has never received from the city
the 500 bounty to which he was entitled
ct the time Of his enlistment in the civil
war. Mr.. Sowle submitted a proposition
to prepare the evidence and submit the
whole matter to Judge A. w. King as ref
cree, the parties agreeing to be bound by
his decision both as to the evidence Of
whether or not Mr.. Jordan ever received
the money, and the legal questions in
volved.
The proposition was not accepted by
the aldermen, bqt the board agreed to
hear Mr.. Jordan's evidence at its next
regular meeting. The position Of the
city government 10 that il the claim 10 Just
MIR. Jordan should be paid, but it is up to
him to prove conclusively his claim that
be has never been paid.
The board granted the use OF Hancock
hall to the girls Of the high school for
basket ball practice.
SALE OF CEMETERY LOT.
John A. Psters appeared before the
board in relation to the sale Of one-half
Of the soldiers lot 1t Woodbine cemetery,
title to which ID in the city as trustee,
though VIM Il. H. Rice post, G. A. H., is
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-11-10
MARINE LIST.

EIlaWOrth POrS.
Ar Nov 9, sch Ann Stuart, Rockland
Hancock County Ports.
Southwest Harbor-Ar Oct 80, schs Pochas-
Nov !. sip Myrtle and waiter; sch Forest
Belle
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10
HIGHER FREIGHT.
ON AUTOS.

San Francisco, Dec. 10.-A bomb
was dropped into the camp of the
automobile dealers yesterday when
the transcontinental lines announced
that they were considering an ad-
vance on freight rates on automo-
biles. The proposal to raise the rate
is the outcome of the annual meet
ing of the rans-continental freight
bureau held at Chicago from Novem-
Der Is to December 2.
1t is proposed to raise the rates To
California from s6 to 81 per hun
dred pounds on automobiles in less
than carload lots from SO to 81 per
hundred But s40O will have to be
paid for any weight in the car under
10000 pounds.
Several conferences were held by
the local dealers yesterday and it was
decided to call general meeting To
discuss plans for preventing the pro-
posed increases.
The northwest is even worte off
than California, for carload rates
there is $56S.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10
RAILROAD BABY IS
RECOVERING
GRABBED IN SNOW
NEAR SCENIC is DOING WE'LL
MOTHER NOW AT LEAVEN-
WORTH.

Seattle, Dec. 10.-With both moth
er ana child well along the road to
recovery from the startling events of
the past week, and the girls sweet
heart hurrying as fast as steamboat
and train can bring him westward
from his home in Germany, the ro-
nance of the railroad baby" the
wee tot found lying in the snow be-
tween the ties of the Great Northern's
right of way near Scenic, Immediately
after the passing of the eastbound
flyer, promises to shortly be drawn
to a close with wedding at the
home of the brides sister.
Just as soon as the mother re-
covers she and the baby will be
brought to this city from Leaven-
worth to the home of the girls sister.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10

IMMIGRATION COMMIS ISSION
MAKES REPORT OF START
-PROCURERS GET RICH.

Washington, d. c., Dee. .10.-Sto-
res of revolving practices of Ameri-
can and foreign procurers of women
for importation into the United States
for immoral purposes are told in the
report today of the immigration
commission. In explanation of the
act laying bare to the public the
horrible details discovered by the
United States agents of the commits
sion it says:
The white slave traffic is the most
pitiful and most revolving phase of
the immigration question. The in
quiry covered New York, Chicago.
San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Salt
Lake, Ogden, Butte, Denver, Buffalo,
Boston and New Orleans. The COM
mission believes the evidence war
rants legislative and administrative
action
The report deals in the methods
used by procurers to lure women into
this country for immoral purposes.
The report goes into detail, and un-
der the head of Recommendations"
the report says: Owing to the diff
ference between American AMI Euro
pean views regarding prostitution;
administration for the suppression of
the white slave traffic can be expect
ed from most European countries
only along certain lines. Most Eu-
ropean countries are rigid in reguIa-
tions regarding the procuring for
purposes of prostitution minor girls
or of any women by means of fraud
and deceit. Women who are of age.
however, and who for business of
their own accord. are not lnterfered
with From continental countries
where these conditions exist, practic-
ally no cooperation could be expect
ed to prevent professional prosti
tutes from sailing to the United
States. Such governments probably
would cooperate to prevent the Sc
ductioh of minors or the fraudulent
or forcible expectation of their wom-
en-. In the main the power of the
United States government must rely
upon its own officials as preven-
tion of this traffic
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Good Bill at the Wenatchee.

An exceptionally good bill is draw
ing good business to the Wenatchee
theatre this week. Mons lie Hart,
an eQuilibrist from Rochester, n. Y,
is a head liner above the average
The monologist whose makeup re-
minds one of the days before this
town went dry, kept the audience in
roar of laughter and surprised his
hearers by his fine bass voice. The
pictures are replete with comedy and
human interest although the first
film was run through a little too
rapidly. The absence of an illus
trated song was not regretted, for
this feature gets rather tiresome 70
regular patrons.
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Reading Room Benefit.

The McCally Entertainers come to
the city on the night of December
16, under the auspices of the w. c..
T. u, for the benefit of the Free
Reading Room. No better troupe
has been here. Program is varied,
consisting of vocal, violin and piano
solos. BurlesQue approximations and
readings. Our magazines and books
need replenishing. We give you
something good and clean to listen
to and remember. in order that we
may acquire the necessary funds to
keep this room open. Give us a
good house and cheer us and those
we aim to give good literature to and
a warm. comfortable room to read
in. ***
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10

CUMMINS AND ELKINS WILL
LEAD WITH RIVAL BILLS TO
MERGE LAW.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 10.-h
controversy over railroad legislation
will be precipitated in a conflict over
the railroad rates adopted four years
ago The first gun was fired today
when Senator Cummins of Iowa in
troduced a bill proposing radical
changes in the interstate commerce
act In a large sense the Cummins
measure is a substitute for the pres
ent interstate commerce act. 1t is
expected that measures proposing
amendments to the law will be intro
duced early in January by Elkins,
which will differ from the Cummins
bill in many important details. In
brief, the Cummins bill requires the
interstate commerce commission to
promulgate a uniform classification
Of freight and to prepare plan for
the statement of freight rates which
shall hereafter be made in a uniform
this classification. The commission
is authorized to consider rates on its
own motion with view of deter
mining their reasonableness and is
empowered to fix minimum and max
imum rates.
By the terms of the bill, carriers
are prohibited from issuing any capi-
tai stock without payment at par
either in money or property and in
effect the commission shall have su-
pervision of issues of stocks and of
bonds by any carrier. Specific di-
rections are given for disposition of
proceeds of the sale of bonds After
January /, 1911, no carrier doing
interstate business shall be permitted
to engage in any other business than
that of common carrier.
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CORNELL NOW IN
WINNIPEG
WILL NOT BE BROUGHT BACK,
AS BIACKMAIL is NOT EXTRA
DITABLE-LECTUR IN THIS
CITY.

Seattle, Dec 10.-Harry Watson
Cornell, late sojourner here, who said
he was the grandson of Alonzo B.
Cornell, once governor of New York,
and who disappeared from Seattle
shortly after complaints were filed
with the prosecuting attorney charg-
ing blackmail, has been located in
Winnipeg, where he is employed in
promoting advertising schemes. Dep
uty Sheriff Liner few days ago re-
ceived a letter telling of Cornell's
whereabouts and showed it to Dep
uty Prosecuting Attorney John F.
Murphy. Mr.. Murphy told Mr.. Liner
that the offense with which Cornell
was charged with not extraditable
and no attempt would be made to
bring him back to Seattle for trial.
The complaints were issued by Prose-
cutting Attorney George F. Wander
.veer on information furnished by
William Gottstein, cigar stand pro-
prietor, 119 Yesler way, who stated
that Cornell sought. by means of
threats, to secure 500 from him,
and that he had actually paid SO to
his agents.
The complaint stated that Cornell
threatened to have printed in a local
magazine an article accusing Mr.
Gottstein of pool selling and book
making
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W|[MEROTH WILL
SETTLE HERE
IN THE MEANTIME HE is DOING
STUNTS WITH AN APPLE EX-
IENCED FRUIT MAN.

Chicago, Nov 5-Wenatchee is
soon to claim c. w. WilmerOth as
citizen. Mr.. Wilmeroth ranks as one
of South Water streets pioneer fruit
men. and to the people of Nenat-
chez the merchants on the street
voice their regard for him in recon-
mending him as a very desirable
citizen" Mr. Wilmeroth is at the
present time in charge of the Wenat-
chez Commercial club exhibit at the
Coliseu m and the display of fruit
and fine Wenatchee apples is drawing
the praise and attention of everyone
who passes it. Mr. Wilmeroth is to
be complimentei on having the best
apple exhibit at the Land and Irri-
cation show.
Mr.. Wilmeroth's experience on
South Water street covers a period of
80 years, and since his Introduction
to the fruit trade he has handled box
apples from all the western valleys
where apple growing is counted as
great industry. Mr.. Wilmeroth, go
ing to Wenatchee with his family to
be connected with the fruit trade,
suggests to most of his friends that
he considers the Wenatchee valley
the best in the west and South Water
streets loss is Wenatchee's gain. He
exhibited prize-winning apples iH
Minneapolis, but his Chicago show
consists of sweepstakes prize-winning
apples and the quality is not only in
the color scheme nor size of the
fruit, but they fully came up to the
test of THE proof of the pudding
is in the eating" when the Guides
Chicago representative conducted the
test.
All varieties are shown in Mr. Will
meroth's booth: Lady apples. Ben
Davis, Twenty Ounce Pippin. Wine
sap, Grimes Golden. Spitzenberg.
Jonathan, Delicious, Winter Bananas.
Arkansas Blacks, and Rome Beauty.
His color scheme was the most re-
markable in the building and the
idea of grouping was original with
Mr. Wilmeroth. Too much could not
be said of the exhibit Mr.. Wilmer
9th will leave Chicago with the clos
ing of the Land and Irrigation coh
gress, returning to Wenatchee to be
permanently located, and he goes
with the best wishes of the merchants
or South Water street, although the
street loses a reliable apple and fruit
man whose experience makes him
valuable as we'll as his knowing how
to be one of the boys at all the ap-
pie conventions, his firm having been
one of the charter members of the
International Apple Shippers asso-
ciation - Fruitmen's Guide, New
York
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BIG JUMP IN COT
TON MARKET

New Orleans, La, Dec. 10.-FOl-
lowing the posting of the cotton crop
report, an estimate of 1O,0SS,00O
bales on cotton exchange, the future
40 points. The estimate was about
100000 bales below the predictions
of the most sanguine bulls. May
jumped to 16 cents
New York. Dec. 10.-The cotton
market was wildly excited after the
publication of the government report
and there was a jump of approx
mately 40 points within a few min
utes. May jumped to $3.50.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10
PRESIDENT WILL Go
INTO STRIFE
WASHINGTON TIMES FORECASTS
MESSAGE ON BALLINGER-PIN-
CHOT AFFAIR-TODD WOULD
GO TO CONGRESS-.

Washington, Dec. 10.-The Wash
iDgton Timse, which sometimes hits
and frequently misses in its predic-
tions, predicts tonight that the presi-
dents forthcoming message on con-
servatiOn will go into the socalled
Pinchot-Ballinger controversy and
the CLAWS charges fully. The vol
ume of matter collected by Secretary
Ballinger will be presented as supple
mental documents and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham report on the le-
gality of Ballinger's action, in which
the secretary of the interior is ex-
onerated from misconduct in the AL
askan coal claims, will be made the
basis for strong paragraph de-
nouncing the critics of the secre-
tary.'
The interior department has no in
formation to confirm this prediction.
Todd Grows Ambitious.
Hugh Todd, Whitman county's
fair-haired and youthful democratic
legislator who helped King county
put through the Lake Washington
canal bill at Olympia last winter, has
congressional aspirations. If no one
of the seven republican candidates
for Mr.. Poindexter's job in the Third
district can win, Mr.. Todd is willing
to show what a democrat can do.
Since September !. Mr.. Todd has
been taking a course in constitution
al law at the Georgetown university.
He has already been admitted to the
bar at home Next June he will re-
turn to Colfax, and, il the the con-
gressional fight looks as good to him
then as 1t does now, he will announce
himself as a candidate. rally Billy
Goodyear, Bill Dunphy, Deep Creek
Jones and the few other unterrified
In the Third district and go after it.
Mr.. Todd was born in Cheney and
has lived all his life In Spokane,
Lincoln and Whitman counties.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10
Big Sales i'm MethOw Lands.

The Methow Canal company is
doing a big business this week owing
to the advance in price which takes
place tomorrow. One of the Great
Northern's high officials came to the
Spokane office of the Furey-Culver
Co. recently and purchased so acres.
Another official called at the Wenat-
chez office, at % Wenatchee avenue,
on Monday AMI bought 40 acres,
which he stated was for several OF
the. employees in the general office at
ST. Paul. Thirty-five acres more have
been taken up this week by residents
of Wenatchee. Over 200 acres have
been sold in Seattle during the past
few days.
Most of these sales have been
made to parties who have not seen
the land. In such cases the COM
pany guarantees the buyer satisfac-
tion. allowing him to visit the pro-
ject any time before May 10, wnen
he may either accept the selection
made, change to any other unsold
tract, or get his money back.
The activity of railroad surveyors
in the Methow assures a line in that
valley in the near future. This fact
is responsible for the recent sales
and advance in price of $25 per acre.
Another advance is expected by the
local managers before spring opens
up.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10
ASK 100 PER CENT
RAISE
REQUEST OF b. OF X. r. WILL
BE RATIFIED BY MEMBERS BE-
ROADS.

New York, Dec. 10.-Demands for
increase in wages formulated for
presentation to the railroads will
call in some cases for raise of 100
per cent, Vice President James Muir
dock Of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen declared today.
The demands would not be present
ed, however, he stated, until after
January and only then if ratified by
vote of the employees.
There is no thought of a strike
in connection with the demands to
be presented" said Mr.. Murdock.
by the agreement between the Or
ganizations and the railroads it is re-
quired that 80 days notice be given
the railway managers for considera-
tion of the wage scale, so that some
time must pass before any question
might be raised as to whether the
roads will meet the mems desires. "
An important statement bearing on
the attitude of the railroads in the
matter of increasing wages was made
by w. c. Brown. president of the New
York Central railroad.
eff it is true" he said, that there
has been an increase in the cost of
living since the increases in railroad
wages in the latter part of 1906 and
early in 1907 then the men are justi-
fled in asking for some further in
crease at this time
"If no such increase in the cost of
living has taken place, then the men
can not expect more pay. The facts
remain to be determined"
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Cincinnati, O., Dec. 10.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor. and F. T. Haw-
ley, president of the Swtichmen's
Union of North America. are con-
ferring today regarding the strike of
the switchmeh's union in the north
west. The nature of the interview
was not learned but to the press
Gompers stated he wanted to do all
he could to help the switchmen, who.
he declared. have not been given due
consideration by the railroads.
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viii Take Up the Simple Life.

Ed. S. Russell expects to take up
his permanent residence some time
next summer on a nine-acre tract
which he purchased yesterday from
II. c. Hastings, on Miller street.
There are nine acres in the tract and
it is all set to three year old trees,
mostly of the Winesap variety. The
consideration was in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000. Mr. Russell ex-
poets to build himself a handsome
home next summer and when this is
completed he will take up his per-
manent residence on the place
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Willie Hogg Makes His Last Windup.

Willie Hogg, who pitched for the
Spokane team several seasons ago,
died yesterday morning at New Or
leans, La. Hogg died very suddenly,
and his demise was a shock to his
many friends in and out of baseball.
After leaving the northwest Hogg
went to the big leagues, where he
stayed for five seasons with the New
York Americans.
Last season he was with the Louis
vile team, where he showed some
of his old time form.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10
Freight Being Received.

This morning the transfer men
were all busily engaged in handling
considerable consignment of freight
in the local yards. In the lot were
carloads of hay. coal, lumber and
merchandise. Freight trains have
been moving both east and west and
freight conditions are again appar-
emily normal here.
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Sold Seattle Hotel.

n. n. Brown, formerly in the hotel
business in this city and we'll
known pioneer of the county, writes
the Daily World that he has sold his
Seattle hotel, the Claibourne, and is
now living in his home residence, at
S211 Wallingford avenue. Mr.. Brown
writes that he is contemplating going
into the hotel business again.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-12-10
MOTHER AND Chill
DREN BURN

Concordia, Kan, Dec. 10.--At
Wayne, a village IA miles north of
here, Mrs Frank Hicks and four
children were burned to death. A
crude oil stove exploded, setting fire
to the house. Mrs. Hicks carried the
baby from the house and went back
for the others and lost her life. Mr..
Hicks was severely burned trying to
put out the fire.
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W. T. Clark returned last night
from a several days business trip in
Billings, Mont
A son was born yesterday to Mr..
Methow street.
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Regular Meeting Monday Night.

The regular monthly meeting of
the Wenatchee Commercial club will
be held Monday night. Though Pres
ident King will probably be absent
yet it is desired that as large an at
tendance as possible be present.