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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
CANADA IN FAVOR OF
CONTROLLING OWN NAVY.

Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 13.-The second
session of the eleventh Parliament OIL
Canada is now in session. GoV-Gen'
Earl Grey, in his formal speech, real
6rmed the position taken by Sir WIZ
frid Laurier's government in the JOHN
resolution of Parliament adopted Ill
the last session regarding naval Ut
tense, which simply enunciates the It,
cessity for Canada undertaking snare
in the empires naval policy, MAINTAIN,
ing autonomous control OF her own
navy, but working in harmony WILL
the imperial navy.
No definite announcement was MAUI
as to whether Canada should bulla h.l
own navy, have it built in Great Dli,
ain, or make a cash contribution penu
ing the establishment of nucleu
for Canadian fleet. Regarding "a,
if changes the speech was equan'
Indications are that the naVal ~.
icy will be the principal subject Oh u''
cussiOn this session.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
STATE HUMANE SOCIETY
ORGANIZED AT TACOMA

Tacoma, Nov. IS. - The State HUI.
name Society of Washington was or
ganized here by about sixty represen.
tative people of the State interested in
humane work. Three sessions were
held at the Commercial Club, with
Mayor John w. Linck presiding Ar
ticles and bylaws were adopted at the
first session, and the following officers
elected: President, w. w. Seymour, of
Tacoma; State organizer, Miss May
Kruger, of Seattle; Secretary, Max
Wardell, of Seattle; treasurer, Mrs. H.
j. McGregor, of. Tacoma; board of
trustees, Mrs. w. w. Ritz, of Walla
Walla; Charles F. Valley, of Seattle;
Judge R. R. George, of Seattle; DIR. M.
A. Matthews, of Seattle: Walter J..
Thompson, of Tacoma; C. J. Aspin-
wall, of Chehalis; William S. Van
Voris, of Tacoma; Carl ]. Smith. of
Seattle; W. T. Pillman, of Everett:
Judge Phillips, of Bellingham; H. J.
Wallace, of Tacoma.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL
FOR MINISTERIAL STUDENTS

Chicago, Nov. ia correspondence
school for ministerial students is an
innovation which is to be started in
connection with the Chicago Theologi.
cal Seminary of the Congregational
Church. It's establishment was decid-
ed upon at the eighteenth triennial con-
vention of the churches, now being
held here. The especial aim will be
to reach those preachers already in the
field, but who need more training.
Rev. o. q. Davis, president of the
seminary, submitted correspondence
curriculum and it was adopted by the
convention and referred to a commit
tee for immediate establishment.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
"Jexite" Is New Explosive.

Spokane, Nov. ia new powder
to be called "Jexite" has been invent
ed by Spokane men, and will soon be
manufactured in this city, factory
with daily capacity of ten tons day
now being under construction. The
inventors, Messrs. Farris and Jex,
claim that the powder is safer to han
die, and more powerful than dynamite,
third as much Jexite doing a third
more damage than given amount of
dynamite. 1t generates no poisonous
gas, and is nearly smokeless. The
market here is large, 200 Acton car
loads having been shipped to this city
last year. Ten men will be employed
in the new Jexite factory.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
GREAT NORTHERN
TO ELECTRlFY
MOTORS IN CASCADE TUNNEL
HAVE PROVEN VERY
SATISFACTORY.
Success There from Viewpoint of
Speed, Cleanliness and Safety Such
That Company Has Plans Under
Way for Electrification of Entire
Cascade Division from Wenatchee
to Everett.

Everett, Nov. 13.-The use of motors
In the Great Northern Cascade tunnel
has proved so successful from the
viewpoints of speed, cleanliness and
safety that the company has plans now
under way by which the whole of the
Cascade division, from Wenatchee to
Everett, will be equipped with the cleo
trio engines, meaning the complete ell
limitation of the coal burning lOcOmO-
tives. To harness the power necessary
to drive the motors of the division will,
it is stated, require an expenditure OF
100000. This expenditure will en-
able the Harvesting of $4,000 horse
power, in addition to the $4,000 already
in use at Leavenworth. To take care
of additional needs 1000 additional
horsepower will be added in the i'm
mediate future. The falls at Lake
Chelan is where the railroad expects
to obtain it's gigantic power.
Although no official announcement
has been made to this effect, it is gen.
orally believed here that the steps for
improvement being taken by the Great
Northern are but the first guns in a
finish fight against the Milwaukee in
terests, now striving for admission to
the territory about Everett. Everett
is a Great Northern stronghold, and
extensive car shops soon to be put in
by the Hill road for the coast traffic
will probably be located here. The
Milwaukee is known to be aggres sive-
ly upon the move for a footing in the
city to divide Great Northern monop-
oily, and it is expected that here will
be the point about which the main
struggle of the big transcontinental
lines will center.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
WREckERs AT WORK ON
EXPOSITION R,l,,n

Seattle, Nov. 13.-The wv.
the post-exhibition period win sners Of
have their inning. The work tbrs soon
on the fair grounds has been nus .s far
disintegration, but next weeL ~ mat Of
work OF demolition will be- 'i in Zeal
swing. This work will be DOM lull
the most part by H. Chase g. w. Tor
much of their task will be tho w. and
undoing of their own handiwor,, VI The
OF the buildings having been cons. naly
ed by them. The latter part Of uet'
week is given as the time 49, b., next
work will be begun. "' The
Large gangs of wreckers will,
ployed, so that the brilliant aa A.. en-
which for five months entor." nces
thousands of visitors, may no , ni
off the landscape with all possih n'ped
spatch. 0'e De.
The buildings will vanish u,.,
speed of phantom city. A few n me
after the start of the wreckina ae.hs
grounds will be restored to tbei, sue
mer level, with no sign of previon, 'or'
cupancy, the contractors state w.
What took months to build will
days to demolish. This calls ,tta Ae
ton to the cost price and tho ''e i
price. The buildings have been s sae
toned almost for the proverbial "niu as
OF snuff" Four of the largest hnna u
ings sold, Agriculture, Manufactnna u
Foreign and Mines palaces. were so,s
for a pittance amounting to $4,000 ~
build these edifices meant an out,a'
of $210,827. The japanese bui1d;"
of Oriental architecture, built at a cos 20.
of $4,000, was given gratis to oos
tractor. The Emergency hosnita1
which cost approximately $4,000 was '
sold for $3.50. "''
The bargain sales of the eybihi.
buildings found a counterpart in those
of the Pay Streak structures Horo
are the prices at which some of tbem
sold: The Monitor and Merrimac
$3.50; Spanish theatre, $1OO; vacunm
tube, $40; Temple of Palmistrv s4O.
lgorrote Village, $3.50; Haunted
Swing, $50; Roast Beef Sandwich
house, $3.50; Alaska Gold CAMPS and
Streets of Cairo, $275.
By the end of the week the majority
OF these buildings will have been RACED
The lumber from the buildings must
be stored outside the grounds The
conditions on which the buildings were
sold provided that the site must be
graded and restored to the level of
the surrounding grounds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
CLAWS ARTICLE REVIEWS
BALLINGER-PINCH FUSS.

Portland, Or, Nov. ia special to
the Journal from Washington says:
The CLAWS article in Golfers did
the business and stirred the long-ex-
pected warfare to the official death be-
tween Ballinger and Pinchot. On ev-
cry hand the concession is made that
the president must now choose be-
tween these two officers, and that the
decision cannot be long deferred.
Most of the cabinet members side with
iBallinger and seek to start backfire
by inspiring the publication of state
ments that in essence tend to convey
their belief that the whole cOnserva-
ton movement has been urged to
cause political conditions which will
bring Roosevelt to the White House
again. Ballinger is fighting mad, and
declares he will throw himself into the
combat without reserve. The CLAWS
article is to be followed by many 9th
ers, bringing forth much matter from
the CLAWS side bearing upon the con-
trOVerSy
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
HAS SUGAR
MEN UP FOR CONSPIRACY

New York, Nov. 13-After months
of quiet work by the government in
vestigators, who have been scrutiniz-
ing the ms and outs of the sugar
frauds, there came suddenly today the
Indictment and arrest of an import
ant former official of the American SUI
gar Refining Company, charged with
conspiracy to defraud the government
by false weighing of sugar. The man
arrested is James F. Bendernagle, for
more than thirty years superintendent
of the Havemeyer & Elder refinery in
Williamsburg, the largest plant of the
American Sugar Refining Company.
The company accepted his resignation
yesterday.
When arraigned before United
States Commissioner Benedict and
asked to give $4,000 bail for his ap-
pearance next Monday, Bendernagle
produced the required amount in cash.
The Indictment returned against
Bendernagle is of the blanket variety,
including in it's terms also the sO-called
big six"-Oliver Splitter, Thos. Ke-
hoe, Edward A. Boyle, Jean M. Voel-
ker, John r. Coyle and Patrick J. Hen
nessey, all of whom have been pre-
viously indicted on similar charges.
The six were Bendernagles associates
in the capacity of agents and boss
weighers at the Williamsburg plant
The specific charges against Bender
nagle are that he defrauded the gov
eminent out of duty to the amount of
1894 in connection with the Salz en-
try of the 9,OOO,OOO-pound sugar cargo
of the steamer Eva, which arrived from
Cuba on Aug. 4, 1907. A little more
than 100000 pounds were clipped off
the real weight when the customs
o. SuIpIoooe 'p9lndmoo JON seSIguo
allegations of the Indictment.
At one point the indictment relates
the old charges made against four
members of the so-called "big SIX" al
leging the use of fraudulent devices on
the scales at the dock to short-weight
sugar. It was in connection with
these charges that the government
last spring recovered $2,435,0OO in
duties and penalties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19

Washington, Nov. 13.-Characteriz-
ing the attitude of Samuel Gompers.
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison. of
the American Federation of Labor in
the contempt proceedings in connec-
ton with the Buck Stove & Range Co.
as "wilful, premeditated violation of
the law" Simon Burns, general mas
ter workman of the general assembly.
knights of Labor, has administered a
severe rebuke to these three leaders.
Burns expressed his confidence in
courts in general and In those of the
District of Columbia in particular.
This rebuke was contained in Burns.
annual report to the general assembly
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
State Steamer for River Work.

Wenatchee, Nov. 13.-The steamer
Yakima, recently purchased by the
State of Washington to be used by
the open river commission of the State
in its work of opening the Columbia
river from Wenatchee to Kettle Falls.
a distance of 240 miles, is now ready
to start out on the work, after having
been completely overhauled at the
yards of the Columbia & Okanogan
steamboat Company, in this city. It's
completion was celebrated today by
representatives of the commercial
bodies in the city, and by representa-
tlves of the State and county.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Rival Pastors to Convene.

Spokane, Nov. ia Joint Holt
ness Convention" of pastors and men,
bers of the Free Methodist and Nazar-
enc churches of Eastern Washington
and Northern Idaho will be held in
Spokane from Dec. 1 to 5. The two
denominations are often held to be
rivals, and this is said to be the first
joint convention they have ever held
anywhere in this country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
BUREAU PREPARES
FOR $4,000 IN SEATTLE.

Seattle. Nov. 13.-Federal census Oh
eoials have made provision for enum-
Grating $4,000 persons in Seattle next
Anril when the thirteenth census Is
taken. They have made provision 1or
counting $4,000 persons in Everett ana
"a 600 persons in Bellingham.
This information has been received
hvR w. Hill, census supervisor OF the
first district, in the form OF detalleu
tentative plan for districting the terri
,orv under Mr.. Hills jurisdiction. This
Man provides for dividing the first dis
trict into 352 smaller districts, each
one of which is supposed to be covered
hv one enumerator when the census is
taken next April. One hundred and
sixtv-one of these istritcs are Within
tbe limits of Greater Seattle. Three
are in Georgetown, seventeen in Bell
ineham and fourteen in Everett.
The census bureau estimates that
every enumerator in cities will be able
To count 1000 persons in the time al
1oted for taking the census, and has
divided the territory accordingly.
"The people of the first district
should be fairly enumerated" said Mr..
Hill 81 consider the number of emu
merators to be allowed by the federal
census bureau as adequate to make the
count in this district, at least so far
as am able to judge now. The tenta-
tive plans which l have received from
Washington show that the bureau has
a proper appreciation of the remark
able growth in the Northwest since
the last census was taken. I consider
that 161 enumerators can take the GEN.
sus properly in this city, and, so far as
| am able to judge at this time, suffl
cient enumerators will be available for
taking the count in other parts of the
district. 1 really did not expect the
bureau would at first give us as many
enumerators."
Mr.. Hill has received authority from
Washington to engage a clerk, and
will name one at once. The clerk will
help handle the work now gradually
increasing For the present Supervis.
or Hill will not engage special offices.
A large number of persons have al
ready made application for enumera'
tors, but the selections will not be
made for several months yet. -.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
RICE is FOOD FOR
OTHER HALF-STATlSTlC

Was hington, Nov. 15.-Rice forms
the chief cereal food of one-half of the
worlds population, and wheat the
chief cereal food of the other half
The latest estimate placed the
worlds rice crop at about $4,000, 0OO,-
600 pounds and the wheat crop at
about 190,0OO,OO0,OOO pounds. The
above facts are set forth in a bulletin
from the department of commerce and
labor. In the last decade rice produc-
ton in the United States has equaled
that of the half century immediate
preceding.
More than 600 million pounds were
produced in 1908, Louisiana and Texas
raising more than 80 per cent of the
total.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Ruled Against Observation-Disclosures.

Tacoma, Nov. INSTRUMENTATION
received solar plexus blow in a de,
cision by Superior Judge John A.
the school board could exclude child
from school, which instead of GER
tificate for vaccination, produced an
excuse issued by a physician known to
be opposed to vaccination. The mat
ter came up in the case of Margaret
Russ, whom Superintendent Yoder re-
fused to allow to attend the Sherman
school. Her parents will carry the
case to the Supreme Court.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
REGENTS RIGHTS UNDER
THE LAW ARE DEFINED

the secretary of the board of regents
of the state university the attorney
general holds the regents may legally
spend money from sums appropriated
for the maintenance of that institu-
ton in examining university lands to
determine whether it will be policy to
lease or sell them. Under the laws
the regents have veto power on all ap-
plications filed with the state land
commissioner for the sale or lease of
lands granted to that institution.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Washington State News

The King county grand jury will
meet Nov. 20.
Gov. Hay has returned home after
an absence of several weeks from the
State.
The town of Creston, Lincoln coun-
ty, has voted dry" by a vote of So
to 80. The local option election puts
three saloons out of business.
The increase in the number of stu
dents in Spokane's public schools Oct
80 over year ago is 1,O43, bringing
the total to 1926, of whom SO per
cent. are in daily attendance.
Jacob Furth, of Seattle, in charge of
Stone & Webster interests, states that
the Seattle-Everett interurban will be
in operation in March, and that the
line will be completed to Bellingham
next year.
The King county exposition COM
missioners have returned to the treas
ury an unexpended balance of $4,000.
Broadway High School at Seattle is
to be enlarged by an addition to cost
100000.
Through Mayor ]. P. Guerrier, Div
ision Superintendent Albee of the
Northern Pacific has announced to the
people of Centralia that the city will
be given a new $4,000 deopt within
the next few months.
Thirteen Seattle Councilmen who
make up the membership of the park,
finance and boulevard committees,
have voted to put the 100000 park
bond issue to an election. The issue
will be voted on next spring. The
money, it is estimated, will last the
board for five years.
In an opinion to the secretary of the
State Board of Optometry the attorney
general has ruled thtat nonresident
OptOmetrists who make occasional
trips into the State cannot come under
the provision of the new law author
izing issuance of certificate after
two years practice, but must take
the examinations before the board.
The Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposi-
ton grounds are to be preserved as
public park by the city Of Seattle until
May 1, 1911, at which time it is ex
pected that the legislature will apprO-
pirate enough money to make the
park a permanent one in connection
with the grounds of the University of
Washington.
DR.. j. S. Kloeber, of Green River
Hot Springs, has been elected presi
dent of the Washington State Fair
Commission at a meeting of that body
ceeds the late Senator Samuel J. Cam
eron. Charles Heath, of North Yaki-
ma, was chosen treasurer of the COM
mission.
The annual report of the Belling
ham Bay & British Columbia road,
| filed with the railway commission at
Olympia, shows net revenues over and
above operating expenses and taxes
of about fifty thousand dollars. Dur
ing the twelve months the company
handled $4,000 passengers and 215,000
tons of freight. The operating ex-
penses were 1857 per cent. of the in
come.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Closed Season for Whales

Victoria, B. c., Nov. 13.-Tne 'a 1,,1a.
csc government has formed I'D ord.
lions for protection of whales, ac'V Ari
ing to advices brought by Tue ION
Maru, and whaling vessels Oh .a II.
will be limited to thirty, each Dein u:,ns
censed for five years, and reguias
are being drawn up for closee a., o. If
and closed seasons, but the penai', 70
$50 for infraction is not calcuia'0'
prevent attractions.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
GERMAN CLAY FIGURE
OLDEST WORK OF ART.

Berlin, Nov. ia clay figure of a
goddess which experts pronounce to
be about 1000 years old has been
unearthed at Ottitz, in Silesia, Prus-
STA, by an excavating party under Jo-
names Richter. The figure was dis
covered in house that was construct
ed during the stone age. Richter de-
clares the statuette is the oldest art
record of the human race thus far dis
covered
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Minor Happenings
of the Week

Work on the completion of the big
dry dock at the Brooklyn navy yard
has begun.
The cruiser New Orleans has been
nlaced in commission at the Mare Isl
and navy yard.
A city beautiful movement is now
under way at Portland and great pub
lie interest in the plans is being mani
tested.
outspoken against the proposition for
a separate court of appeals to try rail-
road cases are now reported to be- in
accord with his views.
The law prohibiting employment of
women for more than ten hours a day
has been upheld in decision by a
Chicago Judge.
William Wainwright, of the Grand
Trunk Pacific railroad, announces
that the Dominion government will
construct floating dry dock at Prince
Rupert at a cost of $1,50O,O0O.
For the third week of October the
gross earnings of A railroads in this
country aggregated $13,57O,6O7, against
S12,066,3OO in corresponding period
last year, an increase of $1,504 ,307, or
1916 per cent.
Directum (2:05A) which set a
worlds record for four-year-old trot-
tiers in 1898, on the Nashville track,
died Thursday at Savage, MINI. M.
w. Savage purchased Directum in
1898 for $4,000.
DR.. Charles P. Grandfield, first as
sistant postmaster general, has been
appointed city postmaster at Washing
ton, D. c., to succeed the late Benja-
min F. Barnes. DR.. Grandfield has
been in the postal service about TWEEN
ty-fve years.
President Taft is again in Washing
ton after an absence of three months,
a large portion of the time having
been spent in the West and South
His trip covered $4,000 miles, during
WulCH liI1S HO Iuduc Aoo 0pOOSAOo.
1t is stated in Washington that the
Interstate Commerce Commiss ion
seems to be relinquishing opposition
to President Taft's recommendations
for it's reorganization. Several of the
commissioners who have been all but
The Atlantic ocean, from Long Isl
and to the West Indies, is fairly alive
with whales, according to Capt. John
son, of the Ward line steamer Moro
Castle, which has arrived at New York
from Porto Rico. He reports that his
ship passed through almost continuous
schools of whales during the entire
voyage
A. R. Mckinley, one of the members
of the United Railroads detectives.
who was arrested several months ago
on charge of stealing documents
from the Office of District Attorney
Langdon, has entered suit against Ru-
dolph Spreckels, William J. Burns,
Francis J. Heney and others for $780,
600 damages for conspiracy and false
Imprisonment. The charge against
Mckinley was dismissed last week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
PortIand-Antwerp Steamship Line.

Portland, Or, Nov. 13.-Estapi' sa
ment of a direct steamship HE ~
tween Portland and Antwerp was -
nounced this week and this new cnan
mel for commerce is important "
whole Northwest. Coast CONSUME.
will be able to take advantage u ,ho
modities brought here direct IRON "a
Old World and the vessels VIII aor.
large loading space available for .a
rying coast products back to Euiop'
markets.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Clarke County Prune Shipments.

Vancouver, Wash, Nov 10 APP
proximately $50 cars of Clarke county
prunes will be shipped out of Van
couver this year by the several prune
packing establishments. The price re-
ceived for these is firm and steady,
and is said to be fairly good. The
product is being shipped to London.
Paris. New York, Chicago. st. Louis,
Kansas City, and, in fact, all over the
world.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-11-19
Coast Census AGENT Named.

washington, Nov. 13.-William e.
BLOCK, OF New York, has been appoint
ca cnlef special agent of the census on
the facihc Coast, in charge of the in
vestigation of agriculture and manu-
features.