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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05

ICHI EXPENSES.
For the first few years after MFR.
Moody's death it was felt that the
wisest course would be to demon
strate to the Christian public that
Northfield remained true to the pur-
pose of the founder and was follow
ing the line of work which he laid
down. This seems now to be gen.
orally acknowledged and the time has
come, in the judgment of Mortified
friends, to extend Northfield's scone
and ministry. Already a number
new buildings have been given which
will greatly increase the efficiency of
the work and the announcement Of the
100000 gymnasium for Mount Her
mon Boys school brings the amount
raised for new buildings in the past
three years to nearly $5OO,OOO. But
this provides no new dormitories. nor
does it afford opportunity for increas-
ing the number of students. During
the past year the aggregate enroll
ment in the two schools has approx
mated 1000 students, and more than
G,2OO applicants for admission this
fall have been refused for lack of
accommodations. There is urgent and
immediate need for new dOrmitories.
and it is hoped that in the next two
Or three years 100000 may be secured
to extend the ministry of Mount Her.
mon Boys School and Northfield SEM
inahy.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
GIVES
MORE WARNINGS

Secretary p. G.. Kaufman, of the
Washington State Bakers association
is still warning the various institu-
tons of the northwest against frauds,
and his latest communication sounds
a word of warning against the pro-
miscuous cashing of checks for people
whose identity is unknown or In
doubt. Many worthless papers have
been passed within the past few
weeks, and the following has been is
sued from the office of the secretary
of the state bank association:
"a number of forged checks pur-
porting to be issued by mill companies
at Buckley, Tacoma and other places
have been passed on merchants. A
Pacific northwest, taking counter
checks and using stencil letters and
numbers to make the checks seem Of
ficial. Checks were put in circula-
tion last week, stamped in stencil,
ST. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Mill
Acct. Advise your merchants to be on
their guard"
Secretary Kaufman emphasizes the
following special notice.:
Handle no pay checks for strangers
no matter how plausible their story
unless they are introduced and check
endorsed by responsible party.
Remember, if you cash good pay
check and the endorsement is forged
the loss will fall on you"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
California Legislature Asked
: 1BVlGOvernOr to Proceed Slowly

SACRAMENTO, Feb. 5.-Governor
Gillette this morning sent a special
message to both houses of the Califor-
MIA legislature, his action following
telegram received from President
Roosevelt.
Governor Gillett worked late last
night preparing his message, which
reads:
believing there should be further
and most careful consideration of as
sembly bill Ne. IA, providing that the
boards of school trustees shall have
the power to establish separate schools
for Japanee children, that thereafter
they hall not be admitted into any pub
lie school, and further believing that
the enactment of the provisions of
such a bill will, at this time, affect
the interests of the entire nation, per-
haps seriously, l must respectfully ask
you to reconsider. the vote by which
said bill was passed and to take the
matter up for further consideration
''Within a few hours after the pas
sage of the bill, the president Of the
| United States, alarmed at the possi
| bic consequences of the enactment of
such a bill. sent me telegram in
which he said
"'This is the most offensive bill of
all. In my Judgment it is clearly un-
constitutional, and we should have it
| tested in the courts Can it not be
stopped in the legislature or by veto?'
1.-The telegram is so much the more
forcible, as this coming from the pres
ident of the United States, is entitled
to full consideration"
Pay Little Attention.
Directly after Governor Gillett's spe-
cial message was read to the senate
this morning, Senator Caminetti
showed utter Indifference to the execu-
tive appeals by introducing Grove
Johnson's anti-Jap school children Sc
gregation bill which passed the lower
house yesterday, and made the sub
ject second to the debate on recon
sideration this morning
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Split on
WdrShipS

LONDON, Feb. 5.-The demands of
the admiralty for six new battleships
of the Dreadnaught size, costing $780,
100000, has precipitated crisis in
the British cabinet today.
The Daily Chronicle says that i'm
pending designations may affect the
portfolios held by David Lloyd George.
chancellor of the exchequer, Winston
Churchill, president of the board of
trade. Lord Morley, secretary Of the
state for India, and John Burns, presi-
dent Of the local government board
The Daily Mail announces that the
struggle in the cabinet is extremely
stubborn and may result in an open
rupture any minute. Premier Asquith
Foreign Secretary Gray and War Sec
retary Haldane favor the new pro-
gram, and are reported to be planning
to compel the radicals to accept it or
get out.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Pleasant RumOrS in Local RdiIWaV::GrCI
Publicity Interests New
Commercial Club Members

Z called the sess' on to order, when the
motion was made, seconded and car
ried that a committee of five be ap-
pointed by the chair to assess the
various business houses of the city,
and report to the meeting next Thurs
day evening on the feasibility of en-
deavOring to- raise $4,000 or more by
that method. The committee cons SITS
of J. H. Morrow, R. E. Allen, ]. G. An
derson, j. c. Scott and J. w. Crawford.
Dunphy Talks.
One of the publicity talks of the
evening that was of especial interest
was that made by J. Raymond Dun
ply, of Portland and Seattle, who is
an authority on community advertis-
ing. He briefly outlined the plans that
have been successfully carried out in
other cities of the northwest, and said
that, with the spirit of progress mani
tested here, it should be a compara-
lively easy undertaking to raise a large
publ city fund. Il believe 1 could do it
myself" he said. Mr.. Dunphy alluded
to DR.. Marcus Whitman as the first
exponent Of publicity of the great In
land Empire and said that present
residents of the city might well emu
late the illustrious example of the
honored missionary.
Cold, calculating business methods,
combined w tn an abundance Of enthu
sasm, he said. could not fail to bring
results. and if properly executed the
population of Walla Walla should swell
within the next five years to $4,000
or more
In connection with Mr.. RaymOnd's
talk. Carl Roe introduced the discus
sion relating to the passage Of house
bill No. S4, introduced by Bell, Of
Pierce county. and already passed by
the house, asking that the club endorse
its passage by the senate. The bill pro-
vides for the levy of a tax of one
tenth of mill on all county prop
erty. at the option or discretion of the
county commissioners, the fund so
created to be used in the respective
counties in securing printed matter ad-
vertising that section. Mr. Roe, in max
ing the motion that the secretary be
instructed to wire representatives in
Olympia to urge it's passage, advanced
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05

With an attendance that was just
journed publicity meeting of the Com
mercial club was held in the club
rooms last night, and the plans for fur
thering the proposed campa gn were
again discussed, and new ideas pre-
sented.
Everybody had something to say;
all were vitally interested in the
movement, and the ideas expressed
were brilliant and to the point, serving
to increase the enthusiasm of the
wide-awake boosters.
After cons derable discussion, r. f..
Allen, saying that he thought the time
had come for action, pledged himself
for 500 to be used for publicity pur-
poses His offer was received with
great applause. and there was one
other subscription last night. Carl Roe,
managing editor of the Morning Union,
agreed to pledge the sum of $40
month for one year to be used IN pub
licity purposes under the direction OF
a competent publicity man. The action
of Mr.. Allen was taken by some as an
indication that he was rushing the
proposition, and in speaking upon IT,
Pres dent Kaser said that the club
should not jump into the work with
great squirt, before details were ready
and then fall down later. He said he
desired a publicity department to be
made a permanent success and that
he did not think the time was yet ripe
to start the work.
Carl Roe. George Brown, and other
speakers, urged the necessity or taxing
some decisl We steps before the reduceo
colonist rates on the railroads go into
effect in order that the Waila Walia
valley might be exploited when every
thing here is at the best, but after
hearing the ensuing discussion, Mr.. Al
len withdrew his subscription, WIN
the understanding that it would be re-
newed whenever needed A motion was
! made and carried that the secretary
/ lock the doors while those present go'
busy, during a five-minute recess
with a subscription paper to see no"
much could be raised. After tne hse
! minutes had gone by. President hase'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Stated That Big Traction
Magnate May Purchase
Holdings of Local
Capitalists

With the arrival of DR.. M G. Bla-
lock from Olympia tomorrow, it is
intimated there will be things stirring
in railroad circles, and that the open
ing Of the coming week will witness
a general shaking up of interests ir
this section of the state. The rumor
is persistent that one of the biggest
railway n1agnates in the west whose
name is withheld for the present, is
negotiating for the purchase of the
holdings of the Columbia & Walla
Walla Traction company recently
turned over to the Farmers union,
with DR.. n. G. Blalock as president
and general manager. The condi-
tion included in the transfer to the
farmers was that the sum of $250,00O
should be raised by February II.
However, in order to be on the safe
side in case the farmers do not full
fill their part of the contract, the rail-
road magnate, seeing an opportunity
to tap the great WaIla Walla valley
through a source, already rssally
mapped out, it is understood, has be-
come interested in the proposed line
and may purchase the right Of way
and plats of the Columbia Walla Wa
la company from Dayton to Wallula.
That he will be in Walla next week is
stated as an assured fact, and plar
are being generally held up in order
to receive the proposition and give
consideration.
Nothing definite will be given out
today, but all residents of the city
directly interested in railway con-
struction, talk in riddles, leading t.
the belief that big developments may
De expected within the next two weeks.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Baldwin
Rallies

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5.-Rallying
today from his relapse of yesterday
Lucky" Baldwin declared he would
be out of bed within a week to search
for a loophole in the anti-race bill
passed by the legislature. He declared
that he will be racing in Santa Anita
again before he will give up the fight
against the bill. He has spent millions
breeding horses to run there. He said:
'Now a crowd of men who do not
understand conditions and who have
no money invested are clamoring for
the extinction Of the greatest sport un-
der the sun 1t Is an outrage"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Bartender Is
Shot i'm Head

SEATTLE, Feb. 5.-The police are
untavelling a mysterious attempted
murder case of Harvey l.. Hellossis,
the bartender who was found writhing
in the agonies of death under dark
part Of the Grant street bridge. The
police heard a pistol shot early this
morning and then discovered the body
There was an ugly bullet wound at the
base of the mans brain and he is still
unconscious
The evidence points to robbery as
the motive for the crime. When he
left the saloon he was accompanied
by strange man. Only half a dollar
was found in his clothes.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Would
Corner 'Ben Hur''

Spectators are thought to be con-
templating a graft in connection with
the sale Of the tickets for "Ben-HGr"
which are, from present indications,
going TO be a mighty scarce article
by the time the curtain rises the first
night of the engc gcgemenL mere. Manager
J. B. Catron has been informed upon
what is thought to be reliable lnfor-
nation that an attempt Will be made
to corner the market in the tickets
when the box office sales opens next
Thursday morning.
To prevent this, Manager Catron is
taking every precaution to keep the
tickets from going in big lots and VIII
positively not let any specializing be
done, if he can prevent it. Tickets pur-
chased from speculators in the street
will not be honored at the door, All
tickets have printed upon them the
stimulation that the management has
th, right to take them up by refund
ing the purchase price of the same.
This has been decided in the highest
courts and eastern states have lately
mt an entire stop to ticket specula-
ton.
While the box office will not be open
until Thursday, February IL, the SAFE
of seats by mail orders Is now gong
on and those who would be sure OF
good seats should reserve them py
letter at once. In this way, they Will
head off any chance of graft through
sneculators and will be sure OF the
hest seats left, when their order ar
rives at the theater. When the box Of
flee opens for. the sale, however, the
sheet will be clean except for the mai
order reservations; and no lots OF TICK
cts will be sold to any one person Iol
sneculation. Manager Catron THIS
morning expressed himself on the mat
ter as follows:
| Interest in the engagement OF BE!
tu,,r,, which begins here Monday. FEB
| r,arv Is. has become greater even tnai
| T had hoped. Mail orders for seats arr
mourning in. and those who would o.
sure of seeing the show would 90 WEI
r. send in their orders at once. Ih'
coat sale at the box Office begins mex
Thursday, and not until then Will W.
cell tickets through the window Bu
W., are making reservations by MAJ
now. .-is@'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Murderer
Is HunQ

SALEM. Ore. Feb. 5.-Walter Mont
gomery Johnson, convicted of mur-
dering Elmer Purdue, at Hillsboro,
Oregon, December IA of last year, was
hanged at the state penitentiary at
12:4O o'clock today. When asked if
ne had anything to say he straighten-
ed up and said:
Il am guilty. / did not commit
the crime in self defense as stated
during the trial, but 1 needed money.
l blame nobody. l had been drinking
heavily and was not myself I am
ready to pay the price.
He then delivered a short talk on
the evils of intemperance. Just as
the cap was drawn over his head
Johnson said:
BE sure to break my neck"
At 1927 the prisoner left his cell
accompanied by the prison officials
and Rev. w. H. Selleck. He marched
to the gallows and ascended the steps
firmly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05

the idea that the $4,000 so raised in
Walla Walla county might be en-
plOyed to secure literature which might
be distributed by the proposed publici-
ty department of the Commercial club.
The motion was carried. Tss@sTA@sszsH -
That Whopper Again.
In presenting the old idea of employ
ing the back side of business station
ary to exploit this valley. George Cecil
seemed TO strike a popular chord, and
his suggestion that committee be ap-
pointed to design some attractive slO-
gan for this city, was carried without
a dissenting vote, after which ]. III.
Morrow suggested that design of the
"Walla Walla Whopper" with the let
tering that it was the biggest apple
shown at the Spokane Apple show in
1908. be used as the design. The sug
gestiOn was received with applause,
and hereafter the picture Of a big. red
apple. known as the "Walla Walla
Whopper'' may be the trademark of
this c ty and section.
The appointment of a publicity
manager seemed to be considered the
most vital necessity, all other ideas
being held as lessed considerations, re-
volving around the one main point, the
securing of a competent publicity
manager. The question will again be
brought up at the meeting next Thurs
day evening, and the report of the
committee on assessment will be pre-
sented.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
fighting Over Will of champion MiSer"

BOSTON, Feb. 5.-A hearing was
commenced today in the contest 70
the various wills said to have been ex-
ecuted by Benjamin Hadley Of Som
erville, who called himself "The Cham
pion Miser of America" and who died
leaving an estate valued at over half
a million dollars. Four wills and sew
eral codicils are to be considered in
awarding the property.
First, there will be contest Of the
will which was originally led by
Judge NJ F. Farrell as executor in
which. the estate is left to the rela-
tiyes of the testator. Two nephews
signifed their intention Of opposing
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Star Committee
Explain Things

J. Edward Derry, w. ]. Foredyce :
i G. C. Timpke and w. D. Dysert, :
i the committee of College Place :
i. residents who purchased the star =
+ of the constable, over the posses
! sion of which suit is now penang !.
j in the justice court, in an inter-
4 view this afternoon said they !
!, wished to take from the shoul-
J. ders of A. Van Ausdle, the newly .
= elected constable, the responsible :
+ itv for the institution of the suit
+ to determine the ownership of the
j star. The gentlemen say tney
J. purchased the badge, and present
J. ed it to Lew Donkard, who was
= first appointed to the POSITION :.
!. with the understanding that it was
i. to be turned over to his success
+ sor.
! "Mr. Van Ausdle had nothing TO
+ to do with this action, SAID one
J. of of the men this AFTERNOON
1. more than to serve the papers.
+ The people of College Place elect
+ ed Mr.. Van Ausdle constable over
I. Lew Donkard by ratio Oh
!. about 20 to 1, and we, as mem
+ bers of the committee who pur-
= chased the star intend to see that
+ our agreement is lived up TO. IL
= is not that the star is worth SO
I. much-it's the principle OF the
= thing"
= The case will be heard in Jus
4 tice court Wednesday morning
= before judge Mckinney, ana
j. meanwhile Prosecuting Attorney
+ Everett ]. Smith will retain pos
= session Of the star.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Filibustering is Resorted
to by Opponents of An
ti-Saloon Bill --Drys
Remain Firm.

OLYMPIA, Feb. 5.-(SpeciaD D-F'il-
clustering on the part OF "wets"
against the anti-saloon leagues To-
cal option DILL occupied practically all
the ''drys" were standing pat and,
with a clear majority, the passage of
the bill with no material amendments
is considered practically certain.
The filibustering started last night,
when with packed galleries, the final
struggle over the bill was started. Con-
siderable progress was made. but this
morning the speaker ruled that some
of the spectators had participated in
ment on the table and that all subse-
uuent proceedings last night were void.
The "wets" are offering all sorts of
amendments, many frivilous, and are
constantly moving adjournment, but
thus far to mo- avail, the drys stand
ing solidly together and voting down
"wetS"
The struggle is one Of the most
spectacular in the history of Washing
day by leaders of the anti saloon
forces that they were determined to
thresh out the bill without delay and
would therefore oppose any movement
to adjourn over Saturday. A night ses-
sion Isl probable tonight.
The senate held a short session to-
day and adjourned over until Monday
morning
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05

the probate of this soon after 1t was
filed.
A short time later wills began to
flow from over the sea, in England.
where, it was claimed, an adopted
daughter Of Mr. Hadley lived, in the
persons of Mrs. Elizabeth Moore
Ruckley Of Trowbridge, Wiltshirs. In
these wills the estate was left to Mrs.
Ruckley and members of the Fisher
family of England; also $4,000 to the
president Of the United States for
various uses.
The three English wills and the CO.
dicils We're roughly written on poor
paper, the name being signed In three
different ways. the names in some
cases followed by champion Miser
Of America"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Bio Ship for Navy.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5.-When Miss
Anne P. Cahill, niece of Governor Sim
con S. Pennewill, Of Delaware, breaks
a bottle of wine over the bows of the
Delaware at Newport News, Va, Uncle
Sans navy Will gain the most mo-
mentous addition it has ever had. The
Delaware and her sister ship, the
North Dakota will be the largest bat
tleship up to the present in the United
States navy. They each have ten 12-
inch and fourteen 5-inch guns in their
armament. Each vessel will have
displacement Of 10000 tons and both
are designated for a speed of twenty
one knots.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
"WetS" and "DrYS" Lock Horns
Over the Local Option Bill
Honor Memory of Evangelist

NORTHFTELD, Mass, Feb. 5.-Sev-
enty-two years ago today Dwight L.
Moody, the most famous evangelist Of
the last century, was born in this city,
and the anniversary was fittingly OBJ
served by the men ana women who
have taken up his burden and success
fully carried on the great religious
educational institutions he establish
ed here. 1t has been nearly a decade
since Moody passed away, but his
spirit, like John Browns 'goes march
ing on" Today's anniversary Of the
great evangelist's birth finds his sue
cessors beginning a. movement for the
wide extension of the sphere of use
fulness of the institutions which were
Moody's hope and pride.
On the death of Evangelist Moody.
nine years ago last December,
work he began at Northfield was In
trusted to the body of friends whom
he had gathered around him as
board Of trustees. During this time
the two Northfield schools have passed
through crisis which has demon
strated the loyalty of these, trustees
and friends to Mr. Moody's purposes
for the work, and today the work is
still being maintained in behalf of
poor boys and girls. In spitel of the
financial depression of the past year,
as well as of the steadily increase in
the cost of living, these two fnstftu-
items have been enabled by the sup
port of their friends, to keep down
their charges for board and tuition to
the fee of 500 a school-year as or
iginally charged when the schooIs
were begun. BY increasing the appeals
for this work to the Christian public
necessary funds have been raised
meet the ever increasing need for cur
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Upholds Reclamation Act.

NORTH YAKIMA, Feb. 5.@rriga-
tionists are jubilant over the dec sion
of the United States circuit court of
appeals at San Francisco in upholding
the consttutiOnality of the reclama-
tiOn act in the Hanson case. The re-
clamation work now being prosecute d
by the government ON the east side
will cost $4,SOO,OOO and will reclaim
2200OO acres, of land.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
ReSued
In fRuinS

NAPLES, Feb 5.-A message from
Messina says that man was removed
from the earthquake ruins today. His
rescuers heard a faint cry and volun-
teers worked all night. Early this
morning they pulled him out, and al
though nearly starved to death, the
chances of his ultimate recovery are
good
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-02-05
Jap Has

BERKELEY, Cal, Fl b. 6.-Presi-
dent Wheeler, of the university of
California has received a letter from
K. Kaneko, the Jap who was assault
ed last week by students, In which
he says he does not want Wheeler to
investigate the trouble and desires the
matter to drop so that no interna-
tional trouble may result