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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
POKER PLAYERS ARE
AIDED BY NEW LAW
Hard Loser Must Also Pay Penalty as
Result Of Evidence He Uses to
Convict Winners.

NORTH YAKIMA, July People
with poker playing proclivities, who
Use and seek legal redress and re-
venge, undergo the pain of arrest OF
give bonds for their appearance as
complaining witness, according to
provision of the new criminal code.
The clause does not lesser the crime
of gambling, which is classed as a
felony, but makes the man who bets
and loses, and seeks revenge through
the courts, equally guilty in the eyes
of the law, with the man who bets
and wins. Several cases in which the
loser at social sessions took his
troubles to the authorities have been
noted the past year, with cores
ponding falling off in complaints since
the new law became effective.
Complaint was made Wednesday by
a man who lost. but when told that
he must give bonds or be held in jail
pending the trial, changed his mind
and decided there had been no gamb-
ling that he knew anything about.
The victim admitted that he had been
the first to suggest the game, and the
loss of $35 under suspicious c1rcum-
stances caused him to attempt to Sc
cure revenge against sportive friends
by the institution of legal action. The
losers idea was to hold the court
proceedings over the winners heads as
a club to force the repayment of the
coin lost. s. t,3
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02

of February 10, 1S37-before Car
Reed was even thought of, and be-
fore the famous Reed rules" under
which the house is now supposed to
be governed were evr projected With
the aid of that relic of 1897, and one
dated January %, 1S47, Speaker Can
non ruled out a certain parliamentary
proceeding to which he and the other
republican leaders objected.
Nobody appealed because 1t was a
democrat who fought for the parlia-
mentary proceeding, and everybody
realized that minority member had
about as much chance of successful
ly carrying an appeal from the chairs
decision as a ball of snow would have
on one of Mephistopheles' stove-lids
Speaker Cannon may be the Iron
Duke of American Politics and some
more-but the real ruler of the house,
figuratively and actually the power
behind the throne, and the God OF
Things as the Speaker Wants Them to
Be-" is Asher Kinds accommodating
tome of precedents.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
TAXING INCOME FROM INVEST.
MENTS.

1t must be admitted that the best
economic judgment of the country
looks coldly upon President Taft's cor
poration tax plan. 1t would yield little
revenue, would be easily evaded with
out unmerciful prying, would fall on
incomes from energy and enterprise
and pass by those from passive invest
ment and has pit and gallery flavor
not looked for from that quarter. 1t
is confessedly a makeshift to save the
tariff raising bill and defeat the in
come tax, both results whose value is
doubted by the public.
1t is noticeable that the leaders in
congress, while accepting the presi-
dents help for their own purposes
put the whole responsibility for it upon
him. They are willing to pass it, or
at least to talk about passing it till the
last stage of conference, to draw him
into the tariff combination and tie his
HduOS lot Il veto, Dul he dlOne Is 10
be answerable- for the way it works
The president is playing a difficult
game with very skin full opponents
So much depends on the wording OF
the bill that it is not known whether
or not the income from bonds will be
taxed. This is a primary object OF
any proper income tax. If any invest
ment should pay for the protection OF
government, it is that of the man who
sits in an easy chair and cuts coupons
This is so generally felt that these in
vestments escape from the futile at
tempt to tax them as property.
Other governments meet this prob.
lem under far more stress of NEED
for revenue than ours Those which
are under no disability resort to tn.
straight income tax. England has Il
and France has just adopted it. i
makes part of Japan's searching Ia,
system Germany, which probably i.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
TO ENFORCE
THE RULES

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tive that people bear in mind the needs
of the fire department Ordinarily, the
pressure is 100 pounds to the square
inch, though the average is rs or 81
pounds, the least with which the de-
partment can do effective work In
case the water is not turned off when
the whistle blows, it would be neces-
sary for the fire boys to return to the
stations and get the steamers, and
during this operation thousands Of
dollars worth of property might be
destroyed. The engines are not now
used in answering alarms, being held
in reserves for emergencies.
Must Conserve Supply.
In speaking of the situation this
morning, Registrar Mclean who is
temporarily performing the duties of
superintendent. said a more careful
observance of sprinkling hours will be
demanded during the remaining months
of summer, as the pressure must be
kept up to the highest possible mark.
With people in the eastern part of the
t city sprinliing 10 or Is minutes over
time and residents below Third street
starting a few minutes earlier than is
specified, practically the entire city
is using water at the same time and
| the drain upon the system is some
thing tremendous.
I'VE are going to take action i'm
mediately to see that the regulations
are given careful consideration. and in
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02

the heaviest taxed nation after ia
nan. being a federation, has the same
difficulty as the United States with
an income tax.
But the reichstag has just passed
stock and bond tax, based on prices
and rate of interest. II be paid by the
companies and deducted from interest
and dividends. This is far more thor
ough than the presidents plan.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
SITS BEHIND SPEAKER CANNON
AND GUIDES HIM THROUGH
SHOALS.
That Is, He is the God of Things a
They Ought to Be According
to the Speaker.

: WASHINGTON, D. c., July 2-The
God of Things as They Ought to be
Done" is ensconced behind the speak
er's chair at the house of representa-
tives
Maybe everybody doesn't realize the
fact, but nevertheless it's so. Members
of the house have long since recog-
nized that the real God of Things is
fortified behind the speaker, and that
Uncle Joe can count on the aforesaid
god helping him out of every hole.
The God of Things as They Ought
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
SIS. 900 for Taft.

WASHINGTON, July with the
beginning of the fiscal year yesterday
President Tafts salary will be raised
from $4,000 to $4,000 year.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
No Incentive,

"Why don't you start for the Pole? ''
Because my lecture manager has
completed his bookings. l couldn't fill
another date next winter if I discov-
cred ten poles.''
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
Bio Chunk of Coal.

A chunk of coal weighing 200
pounds is an exhibit in the Mines
exposition. 1t is from a Washington
state mine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
Weather Conditions.

The north Pacific area of high pres
sure is now everything western cana
da and pressure is also relatively hlgh
over western Kansas. Low paroIhet-
er areas are over Arizona, New MeAl-
co and western Texas. and RAIN mas
also fallen in portions of the south
Atlantic and Gulf states. Temporal
tures in the Pacific coast states remain
nearly stationary, but have risen III
the Rocky mountain states. 1t con-
TIMES warm in the middle west put
is cooler in the Lake region ana Ne"
England states. The conditions ihoi-
cate continued fair and moderately
warm weather in this locality tonlght
and Saturday.
JOHN GROVER, Observer
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
Ungrateful Chap.

at is easy to read between the lines
in a girls letter.
YES" admitted the reistle, "but it
isn't easy to read across the lines in
these slantYise and perpendicular
portions"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
Poor Old Dad.

II understand the brides father was
overcome by his emotions.
Eyes; he could only utter a few
feeble checks
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla Walla and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Saturday
Washington: Fair tonight ana SAT
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-02

case no other method will bring the
desired result, a few property owners
will be used as examples" said Mr..
Mclean. 1.-THE fire department simply
must have the water, and If residents
of the city will be reasonable in their
use of the supply. there is no reason
why the supply will not be equal to
the demands for fre-fghting pur-
poses." 49,
Figures Don't Lie.
The report was circulated yester-
day evening to the effect that the pres
sure was so low as to cut off the sup
ply of water on the second floor of the
Y. NJ C. A. building, and on the Sec
ond floors of many Walla Walla homes.
The gauge in the office of Fire Chief
William Metz shows the pressure to
have been no lower than 35 pounds
yesterday evening, and that pressure
would have been sufficient to send the
water to a height of IS or 80 feet in
an ordinary water pipe In case the
water was not to be had on the sec
ond floors of the buildings mentioned,
the water officials say it was due to
some defect in the pipe or the plumb
ing The gauge is equipped with an
automatic needle which marks in red
lines the pressure at each minute dur
ing the day and night, and removing
any cause for controversy as to the
amount of water in the pipe line.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-16
SOI

Glendale Loess and Maricopa Sandy Loam The top notch quality for Sugar Beets Canteoupes, fruit of all kinds or Alfalfa There is small Orange Grove of thrifty five year old trees the tract, another half a mile away.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-16
PROFIT

You make your first profit when you buy, you are sure of that; if you improve it will pay fine income, that is your second sure profit when you sell you are equally sure of another profit. The terms easy One-third cash, balance per cent.
Arizona republican., 1909-05-16
LOCATION

Three miles from Phoenix, in heart of the Sugar Beet Country, two miles from Fair Ground Car Line. The new Glendale Line will run probably within half mile, half mile from Alhambra on the Santa Fe. One and one-half miles from Indian School Car Line, five miles from the Sugar Factory and Glendale. All these advantages insure high priced land as well as convenience for occupant.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
House Adopts a Resolution
Tabling Presidents Message

WASHINGTON, STe of 2l2 to 3 passed
w the following resolution today:
this language be reflection the
constitutional duty
to its membership respectful called the
would Justify the language of the
message constitutional duty the house of
the implied charge of corruption
The president January denied that the
graph reflections the integrity of the
house: failure understand
message charge corruption against
by implication that he has
proof of corruption of any member of this house
Whether resolution of December IL 1908
words used by the president his
annual message language the
president implies the according the
Interpretation the English language This house charged
responsibility the people of the United States and its
obligation unpaed the future the representative
inherited the past and dignity
capacity understand the of the
language consider the language of the president his
message 1908 unjusied without basis OF fact and
breach of the privileges of the house. therefore
be
the house the exercise OF its constitutional
prerogv declines consider from
which in Judgment respectful; and be it further
special and the committee of the
whole discharged
daon presidents relates
the forth that the said portion Of
be laid o the table; and be it further
of the president, the house
inquiry of the
constituting privileges this questioning
the intelligence members the of their consti
utonal rights functions be laid on the table
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
COMPETITION GAVE
SHIPPERS BENEFIT
Agent Testifies Freight Business
Was Not MonopoIized in 1901

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-That prior to
1901, the Southern Pacific, Union Pa
cific and Santa Fe railroads were in
actual competition for California busi-
ness was testified to by George Smith
of Jersey City, former general agent
of the Pennsylvania railroad, at the
hearing today of the governments suit
to dissolve the alleged Union Pacific
merger.
Smith said also that the oregon Short
Line, the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern competed for freight
shipments into and out Of Portland
Ore. Shippers at Denver and other
Colorado points had been benefited by
competition. he said.
When asked what other lines In the
east have competed for transcontinental
business, Smith said:
'.All lines of any importance that
connect with western roads.
Frank M. Murphy of Prescott, Ariz.,
said that he was president of the Santa
Fe. Prescott and Phoenix railroad COM
pany, stock control of which had been
exercised by the Atchison in 1901
Murphy said an agreement was
reached in New York by virtue of Which
the Phoenix and Eastern was turned
over to the Southern Pacific. He adj
mitted that the AtcSison had received
some concessions from the Southern
Pacific for giving up the line.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
NANCE O'NEIL BREAKS
AWAY FROM MANAGER
Actress Has Finally Made Great
Hit on Broadway

NEW YORK, Jan. S.-Miss Nance
ONel announced today that she had
withdrawn her power of attorney to
Mckee Rankin, thereby indicating that
she had cut adrift from the actor
whose professional lot has been cast
with hers for more than 10 years.
Although Miss O'Neil has been recog-
nized on the Pacific coast as an emo
tional actress of great power she was
little known in New York until she
one day made a hit IN a stock com
pany at the American theater. But
the New York critics have never given
her the credit her acting seemed to
deserve One of the best known of
these. however, has pronounced her
one of the greatest of American
actresses.
Miss O'Neil's most recent attempt to
score a victory in New York was made
at the Majestic this season in a play
entitled Agnes" About this time she
transferred her allegiance to the Shu-
berts. but still Rankin remained in the
foreground. agnes" proved to be no
happier medium for the actress than
The Fires of st. John" and some of
her earlier efforts.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
MANY PROPOSE TO
LIVE LIKE JESUS
Movement Inaugurated in Cleve-
land Will Be Followed
[Specidl Discutch 10 The Call

CLEVELAND. o., Jan. S.-The move
ment TO live. this week and next as
Jesus would, started by 1900 Cleve-
land young people. and led by Rev w.
B. Wallace, pastor of the East End
Baptist church, has attracted wide at
tention.
DR.. Wallace has received many let
ters and kilograms from ministers and
citizens of all faiths in various parts
of the country congratulating him and
his followers, and asking for detailed
information that similar movements
may be inaugurated elsewhere.
Wilbur Hathaway, a young business
man of Washeta, H., asks to be en-
rolled in the Cleveland movement. He
says he has been able to carry on his
business better since he has tried to
do as Jesus would.
DIR. Wallace says the reports made
to him indicate that all who Joined
In the movement are adhering faith
fully to the duties outlined. At big
meeting next Sunday those engaged
in the movement will report their ex-
periences of the week
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
JAIL BOOK KEEPER
FOR FMBEzzLEMENT
Fred TetsaIl, Employe of Rosen-
thal's, Short $4,000 in
His Accounts
Continued from Page 1

wooden buildings and stores in Van
Ness avenue. Rosenthal & Co. offered
reward of $1,000 for the conviction
of the miscreant and later increased
the reward to $1,000, which now
stands.
Detectives have been working hard
on the case, but without success. The
confession of Tetsall furnishes the au-
thorities with the first plausible ex-
PLANTATION of why the crime should
have been attempted The destruction
of the books, it is asserted, might have
concealed TetsalHs crime.
Tetsall will be confronted today by
four men who shortly before the Rosen-
thai fire sold oil cans identical with
those found in the rear of the store.
1t has been proven that those oil cans
were carried to the store in a suit case
found among the fire materials. In the
suit case were found two black hairs.
short and masculine, which may serve
to trace the crime, and also a bit of
glue such as is used to adhere leaves
of tablets used by book keepers. Theo-
dore Kytka, the handwriting expert
and Detective Murphy and special men
who have worked on the case had Sc
cured the evidence noted above.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
Joke Proves Profitable
ISeeeiol Dispatch 10 The Call

LONDON. Jan. S.-The Call repre-
sentative heard an interesting and au-
thentic story of how the earl Of era
nard. who is to marry Miss Beatrice
Mills. granddaughter OF D. .. NILS
got his offer of a place in CampOeh-
Bannerman's government.
The earl of Gfrauard, who Is captain
in the Scots Guards. was known amohS
his brother officers for his liberal ten
dencfes which their char only
strengthened. When Bannerman was
called upon to form his government
they got some friends in London 10
send Granard a telegram purportinS
to come from Bannerman inviting hifn
to cail at his house in Belgrave square
Bannerman laughed. and seeing thal
Granard took so pleasantly the cruei
Joke perpetrated on him, and, realizing
that he was in every way eligible
offered him the place Of lord in waiting.
and Granard accepted
Since he has been in Oflce GrandFu
has won universal good will by MS
courtesy and business qualities. 80
when the important court post or mas
ter of horse became vacant the king
selected him from list OF three sub
mitted by the premier.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
San Franciscans Suffer

Among the San Franciscan who have
suffered heavy loss through the earth
quake In Sicily and Italy is v. Gam
honi- -Mazzitelli a real estate dealer.
He is AZ member of one of the fore
most families of Italy and had extern
sive holdings in the city of Messina-.
He has received a cablegram stating
that his property has been entirely
destroyed. He has a sister in Naples
and relatives in other parts of the
country Two cousins in Reggie were
killed in the disaster.
Gamboni -Mazzitelli has also received
a cablegram from Captain Roberto
Giorgi 6e Pons of the Italian warship
Calabria. The vessel called at this
port in 1906 and its commander was
extensively entertained while here.
Captain de Pons cabled that he had
lost his only daughter, child of 8
years, in the disaster
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
MACMILLAN SAYS NAT
CONSPIRED TO RUIN HIM
BIames Actor for Charges
Which Have Been Dismissed
ISocoioI Disoolch 10 / he Call


RENO. New. Jan. s.-Freed of the
charge of passing worthless checks to
the amoutn of $500, J. Harry MacMil-
Ian. formerly a wealthy mine operator
at Goldheld. accused Nat C. Goodwin Of
being a conspirator to ruin him and
maintained that his bear raid on Raw
HIDE Coalition stock caused the actor
miner 10 insist on his arrest.
Macmillan was tried in the justice
court today for refusing to honor
paper issued by him while gambling in
l. Z. Patrick. cashier of the First
national bank of Goldfield, testified
that Macmillan had formerly had
money on deposit there, and showed to
the satisfaction Of Judge Lee Davis
/ that the defendant had no intention of
ldefrauding Jim May and John Nolan of
the Palace
MacMillan stated that he had lost
$4,000 in gambling houses of Nevada
and IL May and Nolan left him alone he
would pay them.
After the trial Macmillan gave to
the press his st0ry of the raid on
Coalition. ending with the assertion
that Goodwin was SO chragrined by the
decline in that security that he had
threatened to FIX" him.
Friends say the actor was persuaded
in his course partly by MacMiilans at
temDt to marry Edna Tnodrich-
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
COMMENTS ON CAIARRH
Giving ExceIlent Recipe for Its Quick
Relief ard Cure.

The only logical treatment for ca
tarrh lis through the blood A prescriD-
tion which has recently proved so Won
derfully effective in hospital work is
the following. 1t is an exceedingly
simple mixture, but one that will bring
quick results and put the system in a
normal condition:
"One ounce compound syrup of Sar-
saparilla; one ounce Toris compound:
half pint first-class whiskey. These
to be mixed by shaking well in bottle.
and used in tablespoon doses before
each meal and at bedtime"
The ingredients can be gotten from
any we'll stocked drug store. and easily
mixed at home. A bottle of this mix
ture should be in every family medicine
chest on account of the manifold ills
that it will cure. being perfect tonic
and system builder. The good results
are felt after the first few doses
This formula is also especially bene-
fetal to old people and all persons OF
failing strength. as, it will eventually
restore full physical vigor. eradicating
acids In the blood and promptly stop
ping rheumatic pain and hackache.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
ectors to use in. setting himself right

spectors to use in. setting himself right
with the people.
The letter mentions the fact that
although he was found to be innocent
of any attempt to deceive or to de-
fraud any one, the investigation
almost ruined his business and de-
stroyed much of the confidence his
clients had reposed in him. He said;
Mr.. Riches now tells me confiden-
TALLY that his investigation clearly
showed that Senator Tillman had IN
terested himself in the Coos Bay lands
as stated by me, and that the denial
was unwarranted and false. The in
Jury which Senator Tillman did me,
taking advantage of his official position.
is almost irreparable There is only
one way by which I may receive repara-
ton: that is by publishing the facts in
full. The only thing which will enable
me to do this is a copy of the report
of Postal Inspector Riches. whose sub
ordinate position prevents him from
giving me the truth in writing.
The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
PARDON OF MINERS
DENIED BY BOARD
Petition of Preston and Smith,
Convicted of Murder and Nam
slaughter, Is Refused
Western Federation's Attorney
Makes Long Argument, but
Without Avail

CARSON, Jan. S.-The board of par
dons took up the application of Pres
ton and Smith this morning and Judge
Hilton. attorney for the western fed
Grafton of miners. took the entire day
in argument before the board. The
two men were tried for the murder Of
John Silva. a restaurant keeper OF
Goldheld. March 10. 1908. Preston was
convicted of murder and Smith of
manslaughter
President Meyer of the western fed
Grafton of miners was in the city for
some days. and William Burns. organ
lzer for the federation. has a.sfed in the
| work in behalf of the two men.
Judge Hilton set up in his argument
that Smith was convicted OF man
slaughter and cited authorities TO
show that Smith had been convicted of
crime that he could not have COM
mltted under the statute. In Preston's
ease he argued on the line OF self
defense. Preston gained national no.
toriety last summer when he was nomi-
/ mated for president of the United States
+, on the socialist labor ticket The shoot
| ing of Silva was the elimination of a
strike of walters and mattresses in the
I Silva restaurant in Goldf1eld. which
/ followed Silva's refusal to refrain from
| boarding persons inimicaI to the inter-
est of the Goldfield union of theI w. W.
| Testimony showed that he was shot
by Preston and that Smith was an ac-
cessory before and after the fact A
| in the doorway of his place of business
possible chance for vehearing was lost
through the inattention of the attorneys
| for the accused men who failed to act
| before the statute of limitations had
run in the matter. The board, after a
1 long session, denied the pardon in both
| cases.