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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
FreiQht Men Arrested for Theft

was searched and some articles of
clothing and a pair of leather pillow
cases were found, which the o. r. &
n. men identified as part of the miss
ing plunder. Ely protested that he
was innocent and claimed that pair
of shoes which were found and claimed
by the officials were some that he had
bought from a hobo.
Dickens Makes Confession.
Charles Dickens was the next in
line. When his arrest came and the
search of his premises was brought
about he made a complete confession
and when a dray stopped before the
door a huge pile Of merchandise of all
kinds and descriptions was ready to be
taken to the offices of the court Dick
ems is young man and has a wife and
baby.
All three gave bonds to appear in
the justice court and were released on
furnishing the required amount.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17

TEHERAN, Persia, Feb. 17A Sixty
villages are reported to have been de-
stroyed by an earthquakes. which
caused loss of life of between five
and six thousand in the provinces OF
Luristan, western Persia, according to
advices received today.
A thousand people are reported to
be wandering in the mountains home
less. The trembler occurred Jan. %,
but owing to delays the news was not
received here until today. The govern
ment has issued orders to various de-
partments requesting further informa-
ton regarding the necessity of food
and clothing.
The seismograph showed the trem-
blor more violent than the one which
occurred in Sicily and Calabria, in
Southern Italy. At least $4,000 cattle
were killeu, 1t is reported that the
greatest loss of life was along the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
President Roosevelt Says
Canal Plan is Satisfactory

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-President
Roosevelt today submitted to congress
in a special message a report of the
board of engineers endorsing the
present plan of the construction Of
the Panama canal. Roosevelt says it
would be ineXcusable folly to change
the plan to a sea level canal. The mes
sage says: Il am happy to report that
the accompanying document shows in
the clearest fashion that congress was
wise in the position it took
The message continues: I'm fact the
report not only determines definitely
the type of canal, but makes it evident
that hereafter attacks on this type
Of canal-lock type-is in reality a
mere attack upon the policy of build
ing any canal at all"
Referring to the engineers report
Roosevelt says:
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the bill was not reached this morning
but will undoubtedly result in the
same tie vote.
The line up is: For the bill-Ander-
son, Arrasmith, Bassett, Blair, Brown,
Bryan, Cotterill, Cox, Davis, Falconer,
Fatland, Fishhack, Hutchinson, Nc
Gregor, Metcalf, Meyers, Paulhamus,
Poison, Rosenhaupt, Stevenson. Stuart.
Against:-Allen, Booth, Cameron,
Eastman, Graves, Huxtable, Kline,
KnickerbOcker, MCGOWAN, Minkler,
Nichols. Piper, Pots, Presby, Roberts,
Smith, Rydstrom, SmithIson, Whitney,
Williams and Ruth.
Pass Labor Bill.
In order that the members might
hear the debate in the senate the house
held no session this morning After
having defeated female labor eight
hour bill yesterday morning the house
reconsidered it's action this afternoon
and passed the bill.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17

Whitman football men, claiming that
their activity is the greatest in the
school. and that others are secondary
and that tennis has little right to ex-
ist as an intercollegiate activity at all,
We're responsible for the amendment
introduced by Captain Vincent Bor-
leSke. of last years football team,
providing that the emblems for the
different activities shall be of dl1ferent
design. and that football shall have
the largest, and tennis the SMALLEST.
1t is an open war by the football men
on those wearing the tennis wv ac-
COring to reports from the college, anu
at a meeting of the Associated STU
dents two weeks from today the mat
ter will be threshed out and finally
decided
The amendment provides that foot
ball men will keep the present W."
that baseball men will have block
Wv" smaller than that of football;
that track men will have a winged
w. smaller than that of baseball;
basketball men will have W. the
same size and shape as the baseball
emblem. but lacking the blocks on
the letter: and tennis will have small
three and One-half or four-inch OLD
English of regular shaped football
W.
The amendment is the crystallza-
tion of the sentiment that has been
in evidence ever since tennis was
granted the athletic emblem. While
BOrleske admitted this morning that
the tennis emblem is the hardest to
gain, he says the students take the
least interest in it and for that reason
it should not be rated the same as the
larger activities.
While the amendment does not come
as g surprise to most of the men OF
the institution. there. are those who
do not like to see the emblems chang
ed. Whitman has at present dis
tinctive W., one different from either
Whitworth, Washington State college
or the state university, all of which
grant a "W." The colors are differ
ent, but at the same time those op-
posing the amendment claim it would
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find out certain facts. The report of
this commission and those of the inter-
state commerce commission resulted
In the law for the department of COM
merce and labor, the bureau Of corpor-'
ations, the Elkins law, the rate law,
the immigration law and most of the
reform laws of the last six or seven
years
The tariff commission of 1882 de-
vised and recommended the most i'm
portant features of our present tariff
administration. It originated the ap-
pralsler's court; and recommended
most of the administrative tariff laws
of the treasury department which have
since been adopted. Congress provided
for the administrative machinery de-
signed by this tariff commission
But the tariff commission We ask
for does not go so far aus the tariff
commission of 1882 went. We are now
asking only a commission of experts to
find out facts and make classifications
Congress is to fix duties from these
facts and adjust them to these classifi-
cations.
"A permanent tariff commission is
inevitable, because committees of con-
greSs cannot do the work These COM
mlittees attempt to find out the facts
by holding hearings At these
hearings" crowds of men represent
ing various industries des1rous of spe-
cial rates of duty, jam the committee
rooms. Each one of them is carefully
rfi Iar.
busfness-Of necessity he Isl far better
prepared than the whole committee
put together. Very few witnesses ap-
pear before the committee representing
the great body of consumers.
These hearings are rushed through
with all possible speed, because the
cOuntry's business necessarily waits
until the new tariff law is passed. Af-
ter these brief hearings, the commit
tee is supposed to digest such facts as
the bulky volumes of such Testimony
disclose. No equity court would dare
enter a decree in a single cause where
the testimony took up even half the
space of a single volume of these COM
mittee hearings, without first referring
such testimony to a master in chan
cery to have it digested and reported.
Having attempted to sift those VOL
luminous masses of scattered testimony
thus hastily taken, the committee next
goes to the even harder work of fixing
new rates of duty. Before finally fix
ing them, they are supposed to become
thoroughly acquainted with all the
other elements, foreign and domestic,
mentioned which should DETER
mine these duties. The result of all
this is new tariff.
But we who are demanding an
tariff commission are asking
only commission which shall find out
and digest the facts and make scientific
classifications and report both to con-
gress, so that congress may have all
this preparatory work done when con-
gress goes to its legitimate work of
fixing tariff duties and determining
tariff policies"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Wife Gets Hubby
Out of the Pen

Armed with a certified copy of the
order handed down by Judge Brents
this afternoon, Mrs. W. c. Bingham
went to the state penitentiary to Sc
cure the release of her husband, who
has ben confined there for obtaining
money under false pretenses. Bingham
was convicted in the superior court,
and sentenced. He appealed his case
and it has been but recently that the
supreme court decided against the
state reversing the decision of the To-
wer court
Bingham is the man who was said
to have purchased a stove from Da
vis-Kaser and then sold it to YOudo-
witch, later taking the check and pur
chasing groceries from Muntinga's s
store. He has been incarcerated since
year ago last October.
The order handed down this after
noon directed that the case against
him be dismissed, and ordered G. S.
Reed, warden of the penitentiary, to
release him from custody.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Beveridqe FdvOrS Commission

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 17.-Senator
Albert j. Beveridge today delivered
an address before the tariff commits
sion convention, in which he strongly
favored the creation of tariff COM
mission.
Senator Beveridge said:
within less than four months q
new tariff will have been made. l hope
and believe it will be the best tariff
that congress ever has constructed 1t
will be historic in this: that it will be
the last American tariff created with
out the aid of a tariff commission-a
commission to get facts and make
classifications for congress; and not TO
fix duties, which is the exclusive busi-
ness of congress.
Immediate revision must not be de-
layed until tariff commission is Gre
ated and has made necessary investi-
cations and arranged scientific class
ficatdons-that would require at least
two years and ought to take a longer
period. So, for tie last time, we must
have a tariff builded in the Old way.
Butt that this shall be the last tariff
thus builded, we soon must provide a
commission of tariff experts. The pres
ent emergency never must be faced
again.
Tariff Building.
Heretofore, both parties have
builded our tariffs without sufficient
knowledge of the facts, without scien-
tific classification of schedules. Both
paroles, whether framing a so-ca1led
revenue tariff Or a protective tariff
have handled this intricate subject in
a way which would have crippled any
business man or corporation handling
their enterprises in the same fashion
Both parties have made the tariff eX
clusively POLITICAL; have waged cam
paigns as to whether our tariff policy
should be on the protective or revenue
basis; work preparatory to revision
has been delayed until the people have
ordered fmmedia te revision: and so,
finally, new tariff has been rushed
through without time or ability to get
the facts. without either the technical
knowledge or scientific skill to make
classifications.
Other Commissions.
Except upon the tariff congress has
seen the wisdom of a commission of
experts to examine all sorts of subjects
and report to congress. Yet the tariff
is more difficult, intricate and far
reaching than all other present eco
nomic problems combined, excepting
only the problem of currency and
banking. In currency and banking
has acknowledged that it
cannot wisely legislate until commits
sion shall have spent years IN study
ing our own chaos of financial laws
and the monetary systems of other ma
tions.
Congress created the bureau OF cor
porations for this purpose. After years
Of thorough work by this bureau, no
man in any party proposes to destroy
it or stop its labors. The same Isl equal
ly true of the bureau of labor. Congress
created the industrial commission to
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recommended the most careful
consideration of their report
"As to the Gatum dam itself, the
engineers show the dam is not only
safe, but on the whole, the plan al
ready adopted would make it needless
ly high and strong. Accordingly they
recommended that the height be re-
duced by 20 feet, which change I ac-
cordingly directed
Every American citizen should feel
not only satisfaction, but keen pride
In the statement by the engineers on
the way the work is done and is now
proceeding. American people are to
be heartily congratulated upon every
thing of Importance done in connec-
tiOn with the canal"
The engineers report favors the
continuance of the construction of the
lock and dam system.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Football Men Insist on Having
BiGCeSt wv" in the College

lead to confusion. The amendment
was laid on the table for two weeks,
at which time it will be voted upon by
the Associated students, and stub
born fight is expected.
Another amendment, introduced by
Frank Fletcher, manager of track, pro-
widest that for the changing of the
method of granting the track "W''. AT
present it is given to any man who
makes five points in any meet, or who
is a member of winning relay team.
The change provides that the emblem
shall be given to any man who makes
five points in a dual meet or wins a
first or second in a triangular or con-
ference meet, or who is member or
any winning relay team. This was
also laid on the table.
A third amendment, providing that
the meetings of the Associated stu
dents shall be changed from the Sec
ond Wednesdays in September and
February to the second Wednesdays
in the first and second semesters, was
introduced by Vincent Borleske, and
was laid on the table.
Football Made Money.
Reports of athletic managers were
heard, that of last falls football man
ager being made public for the first
time. Carl Morton, the manager, read
a report showing that football last
fall did more than a $4,000 business.
The receipts were s2,14S.30, and the
expenditures s2035.65, leaving gain
of s112.65 to the credit of the football
department.
Manager Harry Davenny reported
that up to the present time the bas-
ketbalI receipts have amounted TO
s55445, and the expenditures TO
s527.55. So that at present the bas-
ketball is s2690 to the good. Frank
Fletcher. manager of track, urged all
students to get into track; and Cap
tain Rorleske. of the baseball team,
appealed to all those not in track to
get into baseball.
The meeting was largely attended
one and the reading of the roll call
showed by it's length an unusual IN
terest in the student affairs OF the
college.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Oregon Legislature Empowers
This CITY to Protect Its Wafer

Representative G. S. Barrett, of the
twenty third district of Oregon, whose
home is in Athena, today notified
City Attorney Oscar Cain that house
bill No. 240, the passage of which was
desired by this city, had gone through
both houses, and was now up before
the governor for his signature. The
bill is one empowering municipal cor
Dorations of other states to acquire til
tie to lands within the state of Oregon,
by purchase or by condemnation, for
the purpose of securing or protecting
their water supply and to prevent the
pollution of such water supply and
prescribing penalties for violations of
the act.
Since the gravity water system was
completed four years ago, the one
source of annoyance has been the de-
vising of ways and means by which
the watershed Nigh, be policed or pro-
tected from impurities which have
found their way into the system
Campers in the summer time have
been regulated by means of a patrol
who has looked after the health of the
city by keeping the water as free as
possible from contamination, but the
city, owing to the fact that the greater
portion of the watershed was in the
state of Oregon, was unable to exercise
that power Of protection desired.
Although there was no strong op-
position to the passage of the bill in
the Oregon legislature, some eXert1on
on the part of City Attorney Cain was
called for. and only through the in
teresjt taken in the matter by Attorney
s D Peterson, of Milton, and Repre-
sentative C. S Barrett was the passage
made certain.
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Commercial
Club to Meet

A meeting of the Commercial club
will be held tomorrow night in the
club rooms, in accordance with the
movement for publicity that is being
pushed in the city. Rev. j. c.. Reid
will be the principal speaker of the
evening, his topic being Unity of Eff
fort the Secret of Success" Everyone
is urged to come and get in line with
the boosting spirit that is taking hold
OF the city.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17

Charles Dickens, warehouse foreman
of the O. r. & N. company, at Pen
dleton, formerly of the Walla Wa1la
freight department of the same road
and Frank Ely, transcontinental freight
inspector, who also was stationed in
this city for a few weeks last year,
have ben arrested in Pendieton, to-
gether with a number of employees of
the o. R q n. company, charged with
the theft of freight en- transit through
that city.
The men, who were placed under ar
rest Monday by Special Agent Wood,
working with E. F. Schuyler, freight
and passenger agent, and have each
been released under $3.50 cash bond.
The announcement Of the arrest of the
two men. we'll known in Walla Walla,
has come as a surprise to their many
friends who regarded them as being
above suspicion.
When Ely was arrested his room
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
HUGH ARVIN CASE
Is HEARD TODAY

In the superior court this afternoon
the case of little Hugh Arvin, the 3
year-old son of Ed Arvin, is being
heard. The matter is nothing more
than q formality, as all parties con-
cerned are willing to have the lac
to the state children's home
at North Yakima The father ap-
peared in court at the proper time
this afternoon but not understanding
that he must have the boy, he did not
bring him. Proceedings were delayed
while he went back for the lad. The
order will probably be granted late
this afternoon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
CIOudburSt i'm Mountains
Makes Wafer Very Muddy

Two hours of steady rain, which
caused a small landslide into Mill
creek above the intake of the water
works. was responsible for the muddy
water that has been running through
the city pipes today. The water in
Mill creek raised about IA inches as a
result of the heavy rain, and above
the intake it is thought the water must
have fallen in the form of cloudburst.
Today, however, conditions are bet
4ering and the water will soon have
its normal color A message from the
,leadgates this afternoon stated that
the creek was down almost to normal
and that the water is clearing up IN
nice shape. There was no damage to
the waterworks as result of the
heavy rain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17

On the Walla Walla river much the
fell so heavily yesterday afternoon
that debris and dirt was washed down
the fiume of the electric power house
and clogged the screen at the wheel.
Until this could be removed, the lights
and power of the city were shut off.
The condition was overcome in about
ID minutes, however, and everything
is normal today
In the city the rainfall was not so
heavy, although the downpour for a
few minutes was quite noticeable.
During the whole storm, however,
only 26 hundredths of an inch fell in
the weather bureaus meter The
prospects are for more rain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER MONTH.
Another Revolution
In Central America

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17.-Follow-
ing the withdrawal of the ministers
of Guatemala and Salvador. from Hon
duras and Nicaragua. it was learned
today from authoritative sources that
the United States government had
warned the Central American repub-
lies that any overt act would immedi-
ately call down armed intervention
from this country.
! All diplomatic relations between the
countries involved have been broken
OFF, despite the warning from WASH
ingtOn and the situation is regarded
as serious. There has been unrest in
Central America since July last.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Supervisor CObbey is
Found Guilty of Bribery

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.-F'or-
mer Supervisor M. w. Coffey was to-
day found guilty of accepting a bribe
of $4,000 from the United Railroads
for a vote favoring the overhead troll
ley.
The jury was unanimous on the
third ballot.
Coffey, former hack driver, was
elected supervisor by Mayor Schmitz
and was a member of the famous
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17

boodling board. He was granted i'm
munity by the graft prosecution in
return for his testimony connecting
officials of the United Railroads with
offering bribes but in the trial of
Tiery Ford, chief counsel Of the Unit
ed Railroads, he gave such unsatisfac-
tory testimony for the prosecution
that his indictment followed. His
case was continued to February 27 for
sentence.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Senate Evenly Divided on
Local 0pti0n--BiII
Lost on Tie
THE LOCAL OPTION SITUATION. .

The senate today by vote of q to 81 defeated
the Falconer local option BILL which is Identical with
the McMasters local option bill, commonly known as
the anti-saloon league bill, which has passed the
house. The McMasters bill is still in the senate COM
mittee public morals and may be resurrected any
time it's friends so desire.
late wire from Olympia today, however, con-
tanned the information that Senators Rosenhaup of
Spokane and Fatland, of PIERCE who have been vot-
ing with the antsaloon forces this afternoon agreed
to come over to the "wets giving the latter control
OF the senate Ii this is true is believed that the
senate will pass local option bill making all
porated cities separate units
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Says he Ought to
Have Been in He'll

NASHVILLE, Feb. 17.-That the
late Senator E. w. Carmack Ought to
have been in hell long ago" was the
statement attributed to John Sharpe,
who with Colonel Duncan Cooper and
his son Robin Cooper, are being tried
for numbering Carmack by w. J..
Smith on the stand today. Smith said
Sharpe regarded Carmack as a disturb
ing figure in politics.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Another Cdpit0I
Graft in Boise

BOISE, Feb. 17.-At the direction Of
the state senate a special committee is
making open investigation of the
charge of Misrepresentation and ex-
t'ravagance in connection with the erec-
ton of the capitol building. 1t is an
nounced that the structure cost two
million, which is three times larger
than the original estimate. The COM
mittee is also investigating the charges
against the state land board.
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One of the indictments with FIVE
counts is directed against the World,
naming Joseph Pulitzer as owner, Ca
leb Van Hamm, editor in chief. and
Robert H. Lyman, managing editor
The other names Delavan Smith, own
er and editor in chief of the Indiana
polls News and Charles H. Williams.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17.-George
is the nominee of a committee of Is
appointed by the "recallers'' to select
candidate for mayor against A. c.
Harper, whom they are trying to onst
from office. Alexander will run if the
nomination is ratified
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-17
Storm did Little
Damage to Fleet

!. WASHINGTON, Feb. ia +
E wireless from Admiral Sperry =
+ was received at the navy depart =
l. ment today and says the fleet =
1 passed through Sundays gale =
= but slight damage to the super =
+ structure of the Virginia, illinois =
q and Kentucky. =
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Blue Laws
For Idaho

BOISE, Feb. 17-F'ollowing the
passage of the county local option law
wave of blue law" legislation is
sweeping the house of representatives.
The latest is a bill which was put
through the house doubling the state
license for saloons. A statewide pro-
hibition bill is now pending.