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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
MRS THOMPSON
CAN'T BE FOUND

The case of Anna Thompson as de-
fandant, in the suit to have ner chill
dren taken from her and turned over
to the county on the ground that the
children were being neglected and
were being brought up in atmosphere
which would tend to make them vi
cious and immoral, which was post
poned from yesterday to be continued.
this afternoon, was not held as it is al
legged Mrs. Thompson, with her two
small children aged two and five years,
her granddaughter, aged five years,
and three elder daughters ranging in
age from II to 20, took French"
leave last night for Pendleton. Mrs.
Thompson stated in the court room
yesterday that she has met nothing
but trouble since coming to Walla
Walla from Pendleton and declared,
her intention of returning to that city
where people were more sympathetic
and had a better tendency ''to MIND
their own business"
AS soon as it was learned by the
court that Mrs. Thompson had left
voluntarily for Pendleton and had
failed to put in her appearance al
court, he gave instructions to have
her summoned to appear.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Five Bodies Recovered and
Fifteen Believed Yet
Under the Debris
ROCK ISLAND TRAIN
LEAVES THE RAILS
Train Is Burning and Many
Work to Release Those
Imprisoned.

TRENTON Mo-. Dec. 31.-TWenty
were killed and many more injured in
a serious accident to the Rock Island
special near here. The engine and all
the cars capsiZed.
Five bodies have been recovered
and it is reported that Is more dead
are buried under the wreckage. The
cars are burning and scores are m
jured The fireman is believed to
have been instantly killed, but the
engineer escaped.
The train left the rails and toppled
over, two and a half miles north or
here The cars are badly smashed
The injured were rushed to hospitals
here
Wreckers armed with axes attacked
the sleepers attempting to rescue the
imprisoned passengers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Basketball
Last Night

The first three games of the bask-
etball series which has been institu-
ted by Physical Director F. d. Apple
gate of the Y NJ. G. A. were pulled
off in the "Y" gymnasium last night
before a fair sized crowd of basket
bali fans. The first team defeated
the second team by the score of IL to
lS; the third team defeated the fourth
team by the score of 16 to IA; while
the sixth team put it over the fifth
team to the tune of 25 to Is. The
games last night were played with
spirit and dash that speaks well for
the remaining contests which will be
played in the gymnasium tonight
~nen the champions of the fssocia-
uon viii be declared The result of
ast nights playing leaves the first.
fourth and sixth teams still in the
race. From these three teams two
VIII be eliminated tonight and the
aampions declared.
director Applegate has secured five
S'piehdid medals which he is going to
urn over to the members of the win
aing team tonight.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Browning is
COnV ViCted
OfCCntenpt

Fred Browning convicted in the po-
lice court yesterday afternoon was ar
raigned before Judge Brents this morn
ing to appear in the defense of a suit
for contempt of court instituted by his
wife Kate Browning. Marvin Evans
appeared for Mrs. Browning and in
troduced evidence to show that Brown
ing had threatened his wife bodily
harm, had applied vile names to her
and her daughter and had entered
the Browning home at Fourth and
Chestnut streets after an order by the
court prohibiting Browning from SO
doing had been served upon him by
Deputy Sheriff Painter.
In his own defense Browning claim
ed that he could not read and write,
that he was under the influence of
LIQUOR at the time the papers were
served and had been in such a condi-
ton for three or four days. He stat
ed that he had meant no harm and
asked for leniency.
After a severe lecture in which he
said that drunkenness was no excuse
for violation of the law Judge Brents
placed a Jail sentence Of ten days on
Browning. He was Immediately taken
to the county Jail.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Serious Offense to Write
One for Less Than
One Dollar.
u. S. LAW EFFECTIVE
ON JANUARY FIRST
Law Also Affects Notes of
Less Than One Punk
Buy Stamps Now

Under the new section of the penal
code of the United States, it will here
after be a serious offense to issue a
check for less amount than 81. The
code becomes effective tomorrow. The
language of the provision forbids the
making, issuance, circulation or pay
ing out of any note, check, memoran-
dunn, token or other obligation for less
than a dollar.
Business firms who have been in
terviewed as to the effect of the new
enactment say it will mean the sub
stitution of postage stamps, subsidiary
coins and postoffice money orders in
lieu of the bank checks for payment of
accounts representing fractions of a
dollar The number of bank checks
drawn in payment of balances of less
than dollar are very few Outside OF
the mail order houses the number of
such checks received in the course of
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Turner is
APdrtner
In Store

Among the business changes made
at the beginning of the year is one
whereby Guy Allen Turner, who has
for number of years been identified
with the Stockwell paint and paper
store on West Main street, Will pe-
come one of the projectors, with a
half interest in usiness. The
change will take eff tomorrow, and
the firm will hereafter be conducted
under the new management. The
store is one of the oldest in the city,
having been established many years
ago by J. H. Stockwell, who has con-
Quoted the business up to the pres
ent time.
Mr. Turner. junior member of the
firm, will look after all outside con
tracing. make estimates and attend
TO the details of the work, while Will
liam n. Knapton of Salt Lake city,
will have charge of the store. Mr..
hHdplOn Is an oApSIicIlSeu lietli, cliiO q
valuable addition to the city's leading
decorating house. He has arrived In
the city and will assume control or his
duties next week.
Joseph H Stockwell, who has been
Identified with the progress and de-
velopment Of the city for so many
leaving in the immediate future for
a stay of several months in southern
California in the hope of bene1tIng
his health. During his absence Mr..
Turner and Mr.. Knapton will have
full charge of the business.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Services Will Be Held in
Many of the Churches
Of the City.
WATCH PARTIES TO
BE QUITE NUMEROUS
Ringing of Bells and the
Blowing of Whistles
To Tell of Event.
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watch-night services will be con-
Quoted in a number of the Garden
City churches this evening. when the
young people of the Sunday schools
and other organizations will entertain
those who wish to witness the exit of
the old year and the advent of the new.
Services in some churches in celebra-
tion of the new year are to be held
Sunday in place of the usual worship.
when appropriate sermons are to be
delivered
Members of the Wilbur Memorial
church have been rendered an invi-
tation to join with members of the
night meeting which will be held in
hte parlors of the church tonight and
it is thought a large number of MEM
bers of the two organizations will be
in attendance An appropriate pro-
gram will be given.
Members of the "Baraca" class of
the Park Street Baptist church have
arranged an excellent program Of mu-
sical and literary numbers to be given
tonight, beginning at o'clock, and a
delicious supper is to be served by the
young people. An address appropri-
and the advent Of the New Year prop
erly celebrated.
There will be a watch party held i'm
the Central Christian church at 8
o'clock under the auspices of the
Christian Endeavor of that church.
The affair will be one of the princi-
pal church social functions this week.
All are to go masked and wear an
tique costumes. The event promises to
prove a delightful one
Services in celebration of the OPEN
ing Of the New Year will be conducted
in st. Patrick's Catholic church next
Sunday morning. with the usual wor-
ship Father Van de Ven will have
charge Of the meetings.
The Epworth League society of the
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Dies With
Old Year

MEDFORD, Dec. 31.-With the pass
ing of the old year, Silas j. Day, the
oldest pioneer Of Jackson county, Ore
gOn. passed out into the night. He
died early this morning at his home
in Jacksonville, Oregon, where he has
resided since 1849, being one of the
first to reach that place after the
discovery of gold. Judge Day was
perhaps the best known of the south
ern Oregon pioneers. He was "a years
old
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
CHEATED
BY FAKE
PASSES

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec, 31.-Fraudu-
lent disposition of free passes has
cost the Great Northern railway up
wards of s600,O0O in the past four
years, it is alleged, as result OF an
organized system supposed to extend
throughout the west. Special Agent A
L. Ray, has been working on the case
for the railroad over a year. TWO ar
rrests were made.
Paul Carbon, of st. Paul, saloon
keeper, and an employment agent or
Grand Forks, N. D., were taken into
custody, accused Of disposing of passes
The investigators allege the passes
were purloined from the maintenance
of ways department and sold TO EN-
pIoyment agents and others shipping
laborers over the road.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
CHANGE
CONGO
POLICY

BRUSSELS. Dec. 31.-Authoritative
but unofficial announcement has it that
King Albert has accepted the resigna-
ton of the entire civil and military
staff of Leopold. including Baron Wa
his. governor general of the Belgian
Congo. The action is accepted as q
preliminary step to stamping out the
old regime in Congo ana ending the
abuse.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31

Charley Martin, Mike Davis, H. c.
Gregg, E. S. Hennessey, T. J. Ennis
r. F. Mclean, Frank Ennis, Ned Nc.
Lean, w. H. Kirkman and Jack Lam
bert are on the program for tonight,
and the numbers are both amusing and
appropriate.
Localized Jokes.
Many new jokes have been ar
ranged for tonight, all of them hav-
ing a local coloring, which makes them
especially pleasing to the audience
and forecasting number of big
''hits." Every member of the troupe
has been drihed to perfection in his
particular stunt, and it is guaran-
teed there will be no evidence of that
"amateurism" hesitation so noticeable
in the majority of home talent produc-
tions. Practically all of the stars"
have appeared in public in previous
years, many of them being remem-
bered as real artists, and there Is
every reason to believe the big min
strel show will be given a place in the
D.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Turkish Official
Was ASSaSSinated

CONSTANTINOPL Dec. 81
News was received here today of the
assassination Tuesday of Hassen IT,
him Pasha, governor general OF Yomen
valley, while enroute from Sana to the
Red Sea- Hassen was recently charged
by the Young Turks as responsible Tor
the granting of valuable concessions
and franchises to foreigners without
sufflcient return to Turkey. The as
sassination is directly attributed to
this souabble. There are no details OF
the crime.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
James D. Campbell Retires.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31-James d.
Campbell, general solicitor of the
Philadelphia & Reading, leaves that
road today and will retire under the
pension system. He has held the
office since 1890.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31

Full Fares to Merchants Meetings.
CHICAGO, Dec. ,31.-The Western
Passenger association agreement abol-
ishing reduced fares TO an merchants
meetings goes into effect tomorrow.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Capt. kaempff Retires.

BERLIN, Dec. 31.-Capt. Kaempff,
the commander of the Hamburg Amer
lean liner Deutschland, who is person.
ally and favorably known to thousands
of American tourists, retires today
from the service after having been
before the mast and in the cabin since
he was IA years old.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Denver's New r. r. Opens.

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 31.-The new
Denver, Laramie and Northwestern
railway will begin operating as far as
Greeley next week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
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councilmen Talk 'sr the
Proposition With y
Club Directors. &.
OPPOSITION TO THE
PROPOSED PURCHASE
Objection Raised Against
Buying of Stone Tract
For Burying Ground.

For the purpose of discussing and
considering the various phases of the
city's plan to purchase a tract of 35
acres of land from Mrs. Henrietta M.
Stone for use as cemetery grounds.
the directors of the Commercial club,
members Of the city council, and the
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Unusual Mo nth.

December, 1909, was an unusual
month in several respects, as shown
by records compiled by Mr.. Grover
this morning. Although the precipi-
tation, amounting to 2O7 inches, was
about normal, the number of cloudy
days was the largest since 1906. when
December brought 20 cloudy days.
These are the only two instances in
% years that cloudy weather has pre-
vailed SO steadily for this month.
In point of rainfall the year 1909
was unusual in that it brought an ex-
cess of Loo inches, the total having
been 1878 inches, the heaviest since
1906, when the total was 1913 inches
This was due to the heavy rain of
four inches which occurred in May.
1906, and brought the big Hood The
average rainfall for this valley during
period of % years has been 1857
inches, while the average number of
cloudy days for December in the same
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-12-31
Clouds and Fog Roll Away
And Year Goes Out
Like a Lamb.
HALF INCH OF RAIN
DROPPED LAST NIGHT
December This Year Was a
Record Breaker for
Cloudy Weather

Smoked glasses were in great de-
mand this morning when Weather
Observer John Grover permitted the
clouds to give way to a season of
glorious sunshine, the first seen in the
valley for more than two weeks. 1t was
all unannounced, too, and that made
been slipping and sliding over icy
walks, ploWing their way through
dense clouds of fog and shivering IN
the icy winds. The chinook which
bore down from the mountains yester-
day morning was effective in tempor-
arily breaking the back of winter, ana
a hearty rain set in yesterday evening
softening the ground and making
things seem like gentle spring time"
this morning.
instruments in the weather office
showed nearly half an inch of rain last
night, the exact amount being 45 hun
dredths. Toward morning the ram
turned to sleet, with heavy snow in
the mountains, but at daylight the
clouds blew over anl the first glimpse
of sunshine was meted out Indica-
tions are for cooler weather tonight,
but the weather man is of the opinion
that the first day of the new year will
be clear and sunny.
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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-21
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Who Is the Wise Giver?

There is growing tendency am ong
rich men to give their money to in sti-
tutions, rather than to leave it to their
sons and grandsons. In America,
money is seldom handed down from
generation to generation in large es-
tates. The highest type of individ-
ual is he who can see farthest into the
future and direct his actions so that
they will be operative for good fifty
or one hundred years hence. For this
reason wise giveIs. wise and loving
parents. are learning not to leave all
of their fortunes to their children.
Why? Because there is surer way of
investing 1t, so that it will yield in
terest to their children and grand
children, than by handing down to
them swollen fortunes with the accom-
panying evils.
The best inheritance any man can
have is an environment that promises
health, that gives opportunity to be
self supporting and to make his own
fortune, in whatever way seems to him
most worth while. Not the man who
leaves money for his grandchildren 8
education, but he who gives money to
make the school system provide goud
education for all children. is the wise
giver. Not the man who Guilds a
modern tenement, but he who enables
his town to enforce the tenement
house, law that protects all tenements
for all time; not the man who gives a
home to convalesoent mothers and
babies, but he who gives fund to
teach the public to educate all mo-
theirs to save their tabies.
Our interest is no longer in the
maintenance of particular family,
but In better race of Americans.
e., in better environment.
The money of Americans is their
conscience, the use of it, if not the
getting of it, expresses an ideal now
health ideal, now beauty, now gov
ernment. now social welfare. May il
be known today as philanthropist oil
benefactor, but who uses his money
his thought, his time and energy to
put his ideal into permanent form on
a commercial basis. will be lauded as
the Charitable Man. The Delineator.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-21

Some interesting news is being Ca
bIed to the American press these days.
On Chewsday Mr.. Roosevelt shot at a
hartebeste and clipped some of the fui
from bis tail and Kermit killed phil
aboo bird with his Winchester. Mr.
Roosevelt's body servant fell over an
ant heap and sprained his neck and a
trained elephant that had been drilled
to walk up and be shot at escaped in
the juugles. Kermit secured several
portraits of native monks hanging
by their tails in the Eastwood trees
and the cook got to playing rinch with
a chief and burned the soup. Several
papers got out extra editions we under
stand.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-21
Paaanini's Cab.

On awakening one morning at his
hotel in Vienna, Paganini, the celebrat-
ed violinist, was informed that the
cabman whom the previous evening he
had employed to drive him to the con-
cert hall where he was playing was
waiting to see him. On being admit
ted to his presence the man, after hav-
ing advanced poverty and large fam
lily as an excuse for the request that
he was about to make, prayed the
great musician to make his fortune.
"What do you meanT demanded Pa
ganini. Authorize me to write in large
letters on the back Of my vehicle these
two words, 'Paganinrs Cab" was the
answer. Consent was given, with al
together satisfactory results.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-21

other process of bringing the Athena
school to the front is out of the ques-
tion. for the simple reason that high
class talent demands as ia any vocation
or profession, high wages. Therefore
in view of the fact that to attract
people to the school you must first
have the school, and further, that the
taxpayers of the community recognize
this fact, any difference of opinion
that may have transpired among the
mem bers of the board the other even
ing, merely resolved into question of
opinion. Athena now has what she
has long been in need Of, and is bet
tered thereby.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-21
ATHENA. ORE. e1NAY 21....... 1909

The action OF the Athena school
board in securing the services Of Pro-
fessor Klemme, for three years prin-
cipal of the Walla Walla high school,
is commendable and shows that the
board has harkened to the universal
demand for good school. Professor
Klemme is one of the leading educat
ors of tbe Northwest, and prior to
coming to Walla Walla three years
ago. was at the head of one Of the Eest
high schools in the state of Illinois
for ten consecutive years. The price
paid for the new principals services,
$500, per year. is beyond the usual
range paid by cities of Athena's popu-
latiou, but the school board took the
present condition of the school into
consideration aud, the Press believes,
exercised good Judgment in paying
the price and getting the man." With
a man Of Professor Klemme's ability
at the head OF the school, and given
the able assistance of Professor Null
key and the present corp of grade
teachers, there is practically nothing
to hinder the Athena High school
from taking rank with the leading
schools of the state. Prof. Klemme
is a splendid organizer, and every pa
tron of the school should act as COM
mittee of one to see that he has all
assistance available in reorganizing
the school and putting it on as sound
a basis as possible under the ciroum-
stances. Athena now comes to the
front with every assurance of having
a high school worthy of the town, and
1t is up to the patrons of the school
to support it by zealously laboring for
the best interests oft he institution.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1909-05-21

1t will be fun to run for the legisla-
ture in Iowa two years from now, and
the man who tries it will have the
time of his life. The suffragettes ha We
announced that they will defeat every
candidate who will not commit him
self In their favor. The prohibition
lists intend to defeat all candidates
who will not commit themselves to
state wide prohibition and the liquor
men and their friends are loudly an.
nounoing that no ''oranks" need ex-
pect to be elected.