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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
english Politics.

LONDON, Oct IT, That the dis
solution of parliament this week
marks the opening Of the fight for
the appelition of the house of Lords
is believed to be probable. Lord
Landsdowne, Lord Balfour and Pre-
mier Asquith were in conference with
the king today in rapid succession
and political people believe that de-
velopments will come forth in tho
budget fight before the end of the
week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Creston-At meeting of the city
council the bids for paving were again
rejected as being too higa. This is
the second time the council has reject
ed bids, and has ordered advertising
the third time for the work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Five people KILLED

FORT WORTH Texas, Oct t2.--
Five people were killed in collision
of two trains on the NJ X. & I. near
Greenville, Texas, today. No details
have been received
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Novels Not Books.

Bostons careful discrimination in
literary matters is revealed by
sign displayed not more than half
mile from the public library: Books
and novels sold here
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Griswold- school attendance
at Griswold is the largest in it's his
tory. The high school has sixty-five
students enrolled, thirty-one of whom
are from the country
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
THE WEATHER.
Indications Cor Iowa, Illinois and Mis-.
souri,, Wired From Chicago.

For Keokuk and vicinity. General
ly fair and continued cold tonight and
Wednesday.
For Illinois, Iowa and Missourin
Generally fair and continued cold tor
night and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Extreme Flneness Of Pores.

A grain of fine sand would cover
one hundred of the minute scales of
the human skin, and yet each of these
scales in turn covers from three hun
dred to five hundred pores.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
CRANE RESIGNS
AS AMBASSADOR
State Department Accepts the Same
and President Taft Has Been
NotjfIed

WASHINGTON, Oct 12.-The state
department announced today that the
resignation Of Charles R. Crane ais am
bassador to China has been accepted.
E In formal statement to the press Sec
retary Knox says Il have reluctantly
reached the conclusion that the good
of the service demands that accept
the resignation. Taft has been no.
titled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Daily River bulletin.
Local Observations.

Bar rTher. Wind State.
II 4 p. m. %. So 80 w Clear
u 7 am. :. % 80 2S w Clear
Rainfall for past "a hours, hun
dredths.
River above low water of 1864, 9
feet. 8 tenths.
Change in q hours. rise, / tenth.
Mean temperature, AZ.
Maximum temperature, As.
Minimum temperature Sc.
River Forecast.
The river will rise slightly during
the next 42 hours.
FRED z. GosEwIscH.
Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
no decisive position one way or the

no decisive position one way or the
other
The situation here in the national
capital today is extraordinary. Both
reactionaries and progressives of the
republican party declare President
Taft is in sympathy with their poll
cies In the vernacular the president
is playing both ends against the mid
die" The progressives of the senate,
or the so-called senate insurgents, say
that the president is with them. One
western senator expressed the belief
the president would like to see a
change in the personnel of senate
leaders.
On the other hand, the Aldrich
clique take the position that they do
not think but that they know
Taft is with them. 1t is pointed out
by the stand patters that the presi-
dent has not made a single complaint,
so far as is known, against any fea-
ture of the Payne bill He has not
expressed the hope to visitors that the
average tariff rate in the new law will
be below the average Dingley rate, in
So it would appear there is some
uncertainty as to where the president
really stands, whether with the pro-
gressives who are in the best faith in
their fg't for revision downward, or
with the stand patters, who appear to
be looking out solely for the dividends
Of the New England protected inter
ests
What is the result of the presidents
aon-committal policy? The stand
patters are in control of the tariff
making machinery. Their ambition is
10 revise the tariff upward BY not
giving assistance to the progressives,
the president is permitting the Aldrich
faction to ignore entirely the general
sentiment of the country for revision
downward
Sympathizing with the insurgents.
as the president does occasionally in
private conversations, does not inter-
fere with the Aldrich organization
plans, but has tendency to keep the
insurgents tanned down to such action
as the president would approve of.
# President Taft would urge revision
downward in a special message it
would be giving substantial aid to the
! progressives.
President Taft is now standing with
| two factions of his party, which are as
| different as day and night. While this
! position may be one of diplomacy from
a political standpoint. it is contended
| that it does nothing for the interests
| Of the producer and consumer 1t per-
mits the worst element of the party to
! dominate not only the making of the
tariff, but the running of the govern
ment in general.
| Only once since'taking office has the
| president laid aside his policy of not
| taking sides with one or the other of
/ the party factions In the views of
| many his action in this instance af-
| forded the country an accurate line on
! the faction having the greatest hold
| on the presidents affection.
| The instance referred to was when
| the president went to the aid of Speak
er Cannon when the latter was in dan
| ger of being dethroned. Cannon and
Aldrich are actuated by the same mo-
tives, or at least work in accord
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
MAGISTRATES MUST
CURB SPEED F|ENDS
HAVE SHOWN THAT THEY CAN
DO so AND THE PUBLIC
WILL NOW DEMAND 1T
Marathon Succeeding Raseball-Ban-
quets All the Rage In Gotham
Cheers for Mrs. Stoppani.

NEW YORK, May 1.-The magis-
trates have shown that they can curb
the wild extravaganza of automobiling
and lessen the number of fatalities
from these death dealing machines,
and the public will demand that they
do it. The recent great raid brought
up to the courtrooms a large crowd
of offenders, with an appalling accident
and fatality record. The usual expec-
tation of a fine, in some cases trivial,
met with disappointment, for the par
ties We're held for the court of special
sessions under bal That court dis
posed of many Of the cases with heav-
Ter fines, but others were held for trial.
The magistrates limited at imprison-
ment, and in a number of ways showed
that a more strenuous treatment was to
be melted out to offenders. This had a
more wholesome effect than was calcu-
lated upon, for the next days and
nights arrests were a mere bagatelle,
less than half dozen indeed. The
fact was, that the law had at last made
an impression, and very few speed
devotees felt that it was safe to risk
high speed in the streets of New York
city. 1t is understood that this is to
be the policy from now on by the
courts, with an increase of severity,
as may be needed 1t sustains the
complaints by policemen that it didn't
do much good to arrest offenders as
tiie magistrates let them go with tri-
vial fines. But Whet an. auto driver
starts out now he knows he faces a
trial if he exceeds proper speed, and
he actually thinks about the speed at
which he is travelling, which is some
thing ne had not previously done.
1t begins to look as though Ameri-
can sports are going to place a rival
beside their beloved game of baseball,
and that hereafter the marathon race
is to share popular attention with the
great institution that has grown up
into sucn magnificent proportions as
to enlist the interest of all classes of
citizens, from the millionaire to the
shoeblack. Every week now has it's
Marathon race of Importance in some
great city, and even the small cities
are beginning to feel behind the times
if they have no Marathon on the
tapis. Greece started the game by
filling a real necessity and showing
what a man could do when he called
But America has a right to claim it
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01

perpetuating the abuses of the system.
These is one development in the
situation / am looking forward to with
q great deal of anticipation, said a
prominent member of congress from
the west, in discussing the position of
President Taft today. About the
time the Aldrich bill gets to working
well certain hunter will have fin
isned shooting lions and will be back
in America. When he behods the
spectacle of his self-appointed sue
cessor and his old friend Uncle Joe
clasped in the bonds of the warmest
friendship, and the reactionary element
in undisputed possession of things, |
look for him to do something that will
be equivalent to one of his most SEN
satlonal messages to congress-"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
HQWS THIS2

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cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
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We, the undersigned, have known f.
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believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions, and finan-
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WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free Price, 75c per
bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
PRESIDENT TAFT
Is UP AGAINST 1T

The discussion of this question. prin.
cipally from a negative viewpoint, has
developed the much more interesting
query: How does the president real
ly stand on revision now Is he a re-
dictionary or a progressive?"
The presidents actual feelings to-
ward tariff revision are daily becom-
ing more of a mystery. Although the
tariff bill now in the making will de-
termine the failure of the success of
the Taft administration, and will
therefore decide whether the presi-
dent will be. renominated three years
hence, still President Taft is taking
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
Cominol Be Sure 20 See 1t.

Next week. beginning Monday and
until Saturday night,
housewives and others of Walla Walla
are to BIS given treat in the form
of demonstrations on cereal foods by
representatives of the Quaker Oats
Company.
Besides being the best cereal foods
in the matter of purity and cleanli-
ness, Quaker Oats products are the
most attractive to the eye and palate.
The Quaker Oats Company spends
thousands of dollars yearly in show
ing the public the best and most
wholesome way to prepare and serve
cereal foods This is a rare opportu-
nity for the ladies of Walla Walla.
If you will attend one of these
demonstrations, you'll feel fully re-
paid. Don't miss it!
Demonstrations at the stores of
Sims Grocery Co, A. H. Schafer &
Co.. Malcolm Mclean Grocery Co.
Dietrich & Son.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
Bat Getting Ready

ROCHESTER, May 1. Battling
Nelson leaves for Hegewisch satur-
day and on Tuesday will start for San
Francisco to begin training for his
fight with Cyclone Johnny Thomn-
SON at Colma. July 5.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
Anniversary Naval Battle.

WASHINGTON, May To-day is
the eleventh anniversary of the me-
morable battle of Manila Bay. and
tonight at the Raleigh hotel in this
city Admiral Dewey and the surviving
officers who participated in that de-
cisive victory will celebrate the glo-
rious achievement.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
Russell SAGE Foundation.

NEW YORK, May DIR Hastings
H. Hart began work today as the
head Of the children's department of
the Russell Sage foundation DR.. Hart
has been the superintendent Of the
Illinois Childrens Home and Aid So
ciety for several years.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
EiI>s Lay Corner Stone.

ALAMEDA. Cal. May 1.-THE cor
nerstone of the Elks new building was
laid today with appropriate ceremo-
MES before large audience. The
building appropriation was increased
S10 O00
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
Resources.

l. j. Chitwood, cashier of the above
named bank do solemnly swear that
the foregoing statement is true to the
best Of my knowledge and belief.
(Notarial Seai) J. CHITWOOD.
Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 80 day of April, 1909.
A. A. KING
(SeaD Notary Public
Correct, attest:
w. p. WINANS
ALLEN H. REYNOLDS.
GRANT COPELAND,
Directors
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
Brown Breaks BouIders.

SAN QUENTIN, Cal. May 1-Dai--
cell Brown, the former president OF ing
California Safe Deposit and Trust com
pany. is breaking rocks with gans
Of convicts. He was transferred
the rock pile because his eyes "ete
falling under the strain of work IN 'iie
jute mill where he was working
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
QUESTION CT HIS SECOND TERM
DEPENDS UPON HIS POSI-
TON ON TARIFF.
AIdrich and Payne Point With Pride
That Executive Is on Their
Side and Will Be

: WASHINGTON. May 1.-(SpeciaD-
Els there any likelihood OF President
Taft sending a special message to
congress urging the Improvement of the
Payne bill by more revision downward
Features?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01

The Classified Columns VIII hn
what you want to buy or fnd ouyo'
tor what you want to sell.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01

as a sport. as it answers all the re-
quirements 1t is a genuine race, in
which every man has to play. his part
with sincerity, and the best man wins.
1t is a very severe test of strength
and endurance, and many are attempt
ing to win the Marathon who are not
fitted for it, and should not be allowed
to enter the lists, for the Marathon al
ready has q growing list of victims,
who have found the work altogether
too much for their powers. But this
class will be Weeded out. until every
section of the country has picked a
runner who has a recognized right to
be considered the champion of his To-
cality. With the growth of judgment
competitors will be able to gauge their
speed by their powers, and the sport
will become a school for the acquire
ment of strength, and especially of en-
durancel
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01
Official Publications.

Report of the Financial Condition
of
The Farmers Savings Bank located
at Walla Walla, State of Washing
ton. at the close Of business on the
2Sth day Of April, 1909:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-01

speed by their powers, and the sport
will become a school for the acquire
ment of strength, and especially of en-
duranceI
There is a continual round of BAN
quets, of this society, and that club, of
speeches are the order of the evening
Thees speeches are almost invariably
made by professional speakers, the
higher their class the better The
president is first in demand, and a
governor usually comes next, espe-
cially if he has done anything odd or
striking. These banquets therefore
appear to be gotten UP as entertain
ments, while the speakers who speak
most frequently are all the while look
ing for new and striking notions
which they plunge upon their auditors
and the public generally. Some of
these do not post up the ideas they
have advanced, and soon when they
come to recall their utterances find
before their memories a Kaleidoscope
picture of ideas that don't fit. Now
why don't these organizations do
their own speaking? Surely such or
CARNATIONS as the American News
paper Publishers association and the
Associated Press are able to supply
speakers from their own ranks who
can tell why they exist and what they
do.
So much is being said about women
in these days of divorce suits and
salacious stage acting that there is
nothing like taking a deep breath of
clear spring air. Cheers for Mrs
Stoppani," says the report of the
meeting of the Ennis & Stoppani cred
itors. The grand old lady had con-
sented to withhold her claim of $780,
900 so that the other creditors might
get a larger dividend She also sur
rendered $4,000 in good securities
which the firm had put up as collat-
eral for her loan. Mrs. c. w Morse
also has surrendered a large amount
of property, and almost daily the pa
pers mention wives and daughters
Who surrendered property to help
their relatives pay their debts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
READY TO EASE UP
ON PROSECUTIONS
Attorney General Wickersham Raps
Roosevelt for Pursuing
"Malefactors."

New York, May 1.-Promiscuous
and indiscriminate prosecutions plan
ned by the previous administration
were scored by Attorney Wickersham
in his speech before the bar assoc
iation lest night at the annual din
ner.
Prosecutions commenced without
sufficient consideration and without
adequate cause will be dismissed by
the government" said Mr.. Wicker
sham.
The dinner was given at Sherrys.
Many prominent attorneys from all
parts of the country were there. The
speakers included a list of men well
known at bar and bench.
The remarks made by Mr.. Wick
ersham caused a sensation 1t was
not supposed that he would come out
with such an open criticism of the
methods employed by his predecessor
in Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
POSTPONE THE DUAL
HIGH SCHOOL MEET
Moline and Davenport VIII Hold
Contests Next Week-Sopho-
=. mOreS Win.

The dual track meet which was to
have been held this afternoon between
the Moline and Davenport high schools
at Exposition park was postponed on
account of the nfavorable weather.
The teams have arranged to pull off
the track events and the jumps Tues
day afternoon, and the weight events
will be held Wednesday evening. The
contests will be held at the Exposition
park.
The sophomores of the high school
this morning won the dual class meet
with the freshmen, at Exposition park
The meet was designed as means OF
arousing the interest of the younger
men of the school in track athletics.
No extraordinary records were made
the men as rule not being experience
ed in the events, and the contestants
being handicapped by the unfavorable
weather and track conditions. There
were 30 students entered in the differ
ent events, the teams being about even
in number. The sophomores maintain
ed a safe lead throughout.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
HELEN BLAIR OFF
ON A LONG TRIP
Boat Will Travel on Ohio and Cum.
berland Rivers Before Return.
ing Here May IL.

The steamer Helen Blair will
leave this evening on a trip to the
southern part of this, state and into
Tennessee, taking in St. Louis, Cairo,
Paducah and other points of inter-
est. The trip will be $50 miles down
the Mississippi, rs miles up the Ohio,
and 200 miles up the Cumberland to
Nashville, Tenn. Five days will be
spent in making the first half of the
trip and the return will commence
May 6. There will be fewer stops on
the way back and the boat is due to
arrive here May II at 10 o'clock in
the morning. The accommodations on
the steamer have all been reserved
for nearly month in advance and
about 80 people will make the trip.
Captain Blair has about decided that
the fates that control the weather are
against him. Last year when he start
ed on his southern cruise twas in
much the kind OF weather we are now
having. The morning after the start
the ground was frozen hard and it
did not warm up for several days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
new EXPRESS OFFICE
OPENS FOR BUSINESS
Wells-FargO Company Begins Opera
tions Over the Milwaukee To-
day-Teams Delivering.

The office CT the Wells-Fargo Ex-
press company, at 1905 Second ave-
nuue, was formally opened for bust
ness this morning by Agent c. H.
Hoskinson, who came here from
South Heights, Chicago, to take
charge of the affairs of the company.
The offices of the company in Moline
and Davenport were also opened for
business this morning, and the pros
poets of the company's doing profit
able business are bright. Three wag-
ons were put into commission at the
local office, two of them being for
day service and the other being for
night work. The new wagons and
the horses which draw them were
brought down from Chicago, and
they make a fine appearance. The
horses are doubtless the best APP
pearing that have ever been seen in
express business in this city The
fixtures for the office were made at
the Rock Island Wood works.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01
TESTS SHOW MILK
is ABOVE STANDARD
DIR. Dart, Health Commissioner Takes
Samples from Wagons-Butter
Fat Runs High.

Dr. Ralph Dart, health commissioner
today took up samples of milk from the
various dealers, and made tests. The
results show that the dealers are fur
nishing a product better than is re
CURED by law, so far as the amount
of butter fat is concerned. The law
requires 8 per cent, and every sample
tested shows more than that amount.
The percentages are as follows:
Strayer, A; H. Dieroff. 30; Beeman,
"a; A. Gottsch, "a; F. Gottsch, IS;
Anderson, 4.G; C. Nowack, IS; ].
Downing, SO; e. Dierolf, SO; F. Van
Horbeck, "a; Norris Bros. "a; F. H.
Druckmiller, 4; Eckhart, "a; Maeir.
3.S; Barnett, So; White, "a; Scherer
f. Spitznas, Sc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-01

tory. Because of the high location,
the, sound of the music is carried a
distance in all directions
and often can be heard more plainly
in the down town districts of Moline
and Rock Island than in the Immediate
vicinity below the college building.
Comes From sweden.
The May day" celebration at the
college is a remnant of the Swedish
national custom of observing the day.
1t is the custom in that country 10
regard the day almost as national
holiday and it is celebrated all over
the land Dancing around the May
pole during the entire night preceding
May / is the principal feature of the
celebration, huge bonfires being built
in the vicinity of the may-pole to light
up the neighborhood and give it an air
of festivity. Those who have wit
messed the may-pole dance assert that
it is a scene of beauty never to be
forgotten.