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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
MEN WHO CAN OPERATE WITH
OUT WIRES ARE BADLY NEED.
ED IN CIVIL SERVICE.
Many Positions Are Open to Applicants
Along Various Lines and Pay
Is Good.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April T.
To fill vacancies and secure eligibles
for appointments in the government
service, the civil service commission
held this month in Buffalo, Bingham
ton, Elmira, Ithaca, jamestown, Og-
densburg, Plattsburg, Poughkeepsiv,
Rochester, Syracuse, Troy and Utica.
Today and tomorrow applicants for
the position of assistant geologist in
geologic survey will be held in the
places mentioned. There wilp be ex
aminations for mechanical and topo-
gra phic craftsmen for the Panama ca
nal service on April IA and Is, and
for assistant electrical engineers, who
shall be expert in wireless telegraphy
and telephony on April q.
The geological survey positions pay
$1,000 to $1,000 per annum, and sue
cessful candidates will be appointed
as vacancies occur. Ten appointments
will be made a an early date from
these examinations. In case where only
a portion of the time of the appointee
can be given t. the work, the COM
pensation will be upon a per diem
basis. Employment as field assistants
will also be made from the eligible
list secured, at from $50 to 800 pei
month, but the service will be temp
orary, running from three to seven
months. The age limit is 20 years or
over.
The salaries for the Panama service
range as follows: Mechanical drafts
man, first class, $50 month; second
class, $125 a month. Topographic
craftsman, 1925 month, and tracer
800 a month. Applicants for first class
craftsmen must have had not less than
three years good drafting room ex
perience and shop work experience or
on machine construction. A technical
training school training in mechanical
engineering will be equivalent to two
years practical work. Second class
craftsmen mus have had two years
training in the drafting room or one
year in drafting and one in the shop
or on construction. A technical school
tanning in mechanical engineering will
be equivalent to the two years prac-
tice.
Topographic craftsmen applicants
must have three years experience in
civil engineering, or are graduates in
civil engineering from a reputable
school. The age limit Of both posi-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
LWAUKEE WORKING HARD
FOR HER BIG HOMECOMING
In August City Made Famous by Beer
Will Welcome Home All Her
Stray Children.

MILWAUKEE, April 7.-Plans for
Milwaukee's big homecoming celebra-
ton on August 8, 4, 5. 6 and gradual
ly are assuming tangible form and the
various committees are able to report
work in various departments to be we'll
under way
Just at this time names of former
residents of Milwaukee who might be
induced to return for the celebration
are wanted by the invitation commit
tee. Each name and address is re-
corded in a large set of books and to
each address will be forwarded an in
vitation to the homecoming.
All these persons, no matter how
far away, will be kept in touch with
doings of the various committees ana
progress of plans and literature Will
be sent from time to time TO 1ully APP
prise each one just what may ne eX-
pected in the way of entertainment
and accommodations, together with
other interesting notes.
A reproduction of the munlcipai
flag. whose design has been accepted
as a part of the official homecoming
emblem and for use as the official nag.
will appear on all Homecoming sta
tionery going out Of headquarters. me
letter "M'' in white on circular back
ground of red, carrying out the bright
SPOT" idea, the insignia of the Citizens
Business league and familiar in many
cities in which the league has peen
active. Everybody here is boosting
the whirlwind campaign to raise s5o'-
a0n in three weeks to defray homecom-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
UNCLE SAM WANTS
WIRELESS EXPERTS
tons is 80 to As years.

lions is 80 to As years.
The assistant electrical engineers,
who are also to be experts in wireless
telegraphy and telephony, are sought
for the signal service, and the salary
runs from $500 to $500 a year. The
successful applicants will probably be
located for the greater part of the time
in Washington, but will be required to
travel about the country visiting wire
less telegraph stations, which visits
will be for a few days or several
months duration. Applicants must
have a good general knowledge Of
electrical science and be thoroughly
familiar with wireless, both in theory
and operation The age limit is rs
years or over.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07

with the gold fever, he left the navy
to try his luck in the gold fields of
Australia. Not striking pay dirt, his
active nature lacking the patience to
wait for better luck, he soon left the
quest to try journalistic career.
After meeting with moderate success
in Journalism he became interested in
theatricals, and having succeeded in
interesting others in MS ability, ne re-
turned to England and made his stage
debut at the Theater Royal at Brigh-
ton At last he found his proper call
ing He soon became leading man
and star in London. But the merry
chase of the golden emolument led him
across the Atlantic and in October
1885, he was leading man at Wallack' s
theater in New York He subse-
quently made a grand tour of all the
English speaking countries. starring
jointly with Mrs. James Brown Potter
in legitimate drama.
But the stage did not satiate his
thirst for glory. and for two years ne
became the intrepid explorer, heading
an expedition into Queensland, IN
1902. With the laurels of discov-
erer he returned to the stage in Octo-
her 1902, and has starred every sea-
son since.
Owing to his active interest in ex-
ploration he was made a Fellow of
the ROYAL Geographical Society OF
England and is member OF seVerai
noted London clubs. To add another
vocation to the list, be it said that ne
also met with some success as an
author. his best known works being
Yyonne. Iolande, Hero and Leander.
Charlotte Corday and also several
Cd tiOnS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
Burglary Policies Go Up.

meeting Of the Burglary Insurance as
socia ion was he'd here today with
representatives from most of the
principal burglary insurance compan-
les in this country present The princi-
pal topics of discussion We're the ad
visibility of raising the rates in New
York city from $3.50 for each $1,000,
and the unifying of the clauses in the
policies issued by the different COM
panies.
the night hold-up rider on bank poll
cies should be eliminated. Definite ac-
ton on the proposed standard resi-
dence policy will probably be taken
his afternoon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
TREES PLANTED RECENTLY
EIGHT Stations in the West Now Have
Nine Million More Ready to
p.,& IN the Ground.


WASHINGTON. D. c.. April THE
trees used in the national experiments
in reforestation are grown at elgnt
government nurseries in the existing
national forests out west These eight
stations now contain 100000 trees
from one to three years old.
The preliminary stage OF forest
nlanting within the national forests
is now past. and several Of the plant
mo STATIONS have produced trees OF
sufficient size to plant directly on the
nermanent site About 100000 trees
were planted during the winter ana
spring of 1907.
At the nursery In the Dismal river
nationa, forest more stock has reached
an age suitable for planting than az
the other stations. This nursery con-
tains approximately 2.500.ooo trees
!. At present there are about 1.OOO,OoO
trees for planting in the sand Nils
The species largely in use up to TINS
time are western yellow pine and jack
nine other species, chiey Scotch pine
Norway pien and Douglas f1r, are be-
ing tested in the nursery and on ex-
perimental plantations.
THE state forests of Saxony, COM
prising 100000 acres, are In charge
of a forestry bureau at yearly ex-
pense which averages s. for each acre
but such is the extent and value OF the
timber and other products that the
net yearly revenue averages $3.50 an
acre after deducting all expenses
The appropriation of the United States
for the bureau OF forestry is so IN
siglfficant that it amounts to littie
less than 1 cent for each acre.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
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This is the birthday of the welt
known actor and matinee idol who
has led a life off the stage ia settings
as romantic as any of the settings IN
which actors revel on the boards.
Kyrle Bellew was born in Calcutta in
1851 His father far from being a
member of the profession was the
Rev. J. c. NJ Bellew, chaplain of a
Cathedral in Calcutta. Kyrle Bellew.
thirstirg for excitement, joined the
English navy as a youth still in his
teens ard served seven years as ca
det Growing restless under the mo-
nOtony of the service, and being seized
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07

NEW YORK, April Annie S.
Peck, the noted mountain climber will
lecture in Carnegie hall tonight on
'The Conquest of Huasc )ran" in the
Andes, the highest mountain on this
hemisphere.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
FREETO THE
RuPTuRED
4 New Home Cure That Anyone Can
Use Without Operation, Pain,
Danger Or Loss Of Time.

have new Method that cures rupture and
I want you to use it at my expense. / am not
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that stays cured and ends all truss-wearing and
danger Of strangulation forever.
No matter whether you have q single, double
or navel rupture or one following an operation,
your age nor how hard your work. my Method
will certainly cure you. / especially want to
send it free to those apparently hopeless cases
tions have fa;iej. / want to show evervone AZ
my own expense. that my Method will end all
rupture suffering and tru:s:wearing for all time:
ability and longer life. Ny free offer i too
important to neglect q single day. Write now
and begin your cure at once. Send no money.
Simply mail coupon below. Do it to-day.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
March-Dec. WnOle
1909. 1910.
Short term
n,tes .s153391, 400 $327,560,000
Railr,d bonds 64.465.OOO 154,338,6 600
Industrial
bonds 13.4Ss,5OO 1S,677,5O0
Tota, s231,344,9OO $5OO,576, 100
Grand total $731,921, 900

Never before have American corpo-
rations been confronted with SO exten
sive maturing loans. The abnormal
require ments to be faced in 1910 We're
created chiefly by the output, during
+bo industrial boom and monetary
s.ringency of 1906-1907, of innumer-
abe short term notes. which were the
only investments that could be dlstrlo
uted, so high was the price demanded
for losnable capital. Now that money
rates are lower than at any correspond
ing season in a decade, TRUSTWORTHY
borrowers are experiencing no dlmcui-
ty in selling bonds carrying REASONABLY
low interest charges. During January
and February last offerings in bonds
reached $237, 695 900, and since then the
s3OO. 0OD, 900 mark has been crossed;
generous percentage has represented
proportion for refunding the lndept-
edness dealt with in this article
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07

Edward w. Durant just appointed
by President Taft as collector of Gus
toms at Charleston. S. c., to succeed
DIR. William D. Crum, the negro COL
lector.
He was born in Minnesota, August
4. 1854, and graduated from Yale
(Sheffield Scientific SCHOOL, in 1887.
No appointment made by President
Roosevelt has given rise to more dis
cussion than that of DIR. Crum, whose
appointment was vigorously opposed,
because of the fact that he is a negro.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07
SECURITIES TOVALUE'
1872, 900, 900 NATURE
NEVER BEFORE IN HISTORY OF
FINANCE HAVE so MANY
BEEN DUE AT ONCE.
Problem Of Securing Money to Meet
Obligations Is One Of Much Per-
pIexity Just Now.

NEW YORK, April THE Journa.
of Commerce and Commercial Bulle in
has compiled exhaustive data showing
that between March, 1909, and Decem-
Der. 1910, inclusive, the railroads and
industrial corporations of the United
States must meet maturing short term
notes and bonds aggrega.ing not less
than $731,921 900, of which just over
half a billion fall due in 1910, includ-
ing 1927 100000 notes. Arrangements
have already been made for the IMAM
cling of almost one-half of these ma
turing obligations, but applications
for capital during the period covered
cannot fail to be heavy. Many note
issues will be paid off through the
f1otation of long term bonds bearing
lower rates of interest
The following table summaries ana
Classics the security maturities dur
ing tie current year and throughout
1910.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07

For 80 years Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman does justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and
has thousands of cures to it's credit.
@MxS~ Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
49, to write her for advice. She has
guided thousands to health free of charge.
Address Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-07

Save shoe leather by using the
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and effective.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
CORPORATION TAX
TO NET SI5,OOO,OOO
Internal Revenue Report Sets
That Figure For 1910,

Washington. Dec. 1.-THE commits
sIoner of Internal revenue estimates
that the receipts from corporations In
1910 on account OF The corporation tax
will amount To sl5.O00.UO0. aud for
1911 will be 5000 noo greater These
estimates appear / the annual report
OF Commissioner l.ayal +. Cabell.
The commission makes very little
comment on the corporation tax. De
tailel information concerning the
mode OF imposing and collecting this
tax. together with the forms and In
structions. will be- given out within a
week. and the commissioner decided TO
refrain from discussing The subject at
length. pending the appearance OF this
Information.
The other features OF the report re
late to the routine affairs Of the de
partmcnt for the fiscal year ended On
June 81 last One OF the more inter.
estlug disclosures OF the report Is that
the receipts Of the bureau for the last
fiscal year were s. 1929 below those
81 the preceding year.
The largest sources OF internal reve-
nue. receipts. as usual. We're distilled
spirits. ferlnenled liquors and tobacco
Illinois Was the largest producer Of
internal revenue taxes OF any Of the
states. yielding the total OF s43.441,'
III. or nearly one.ffth OF all the reye-
nnes from this source collected in the
United States. The other states In the
order Of revenu x yielded we're; New
York. S2S.C373f9; Kentucky. $2S13O,'
i2O: Indiana. s25.22is16; Pennsylya.
mia. 500 $50. 066: Ohio. slS.9O7OS1.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
FOUGHT PISTOL DUEL
AT CHURCH DOOR
Mon Was Fatally Injured, Bu1
Services Went On.

Nashville. Ind. Dec. 2--Emmit Hell
ensburg. aged twenty-four years. and
Samson Axom. aged twentyseven. en-
gaged in a pistol battle. When the
smoke OF battle cleared away Axiom
was found lying face downward with
a bullet In his breast. He was hur
riedly carried TO nearby farmhouse
where physicians were summoned. Al
examination revealed that bullet had
entered the left lung and that he could
not recover. A dispute as to who had
Jumped the furthest led to the ira
gedy.
The shooting took place In front oil
Rev. Mr.. SINNERS church during ser
vices. The preacher told his hearers
to keep their seats. and after he was
advised that Axom had been shot no
said that the AFFAIR would not inter
fere with the services in the least
and that II a dozen men were killed on
the outside he would not stop the ser
vices.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
EXPLOSION WRECKS TOWN
NItro-elyeerine Blows Up, Killing One
Mar and DAMAGING Property.


Washington. Pa. Dec. 2.-One man
was killed, a score injured. and the
town of Cameron. w. Va. twenty-five
miles southwest OF here, was almost
destroyed when a magazine containing
several hundred quarts OF nitro-gly-
cerine exploded.
The dead man Is Anthony ShVster,
an oil we'll shooter. He was blown
10 shreds The injured comprise resi-
dents OF Cameron who were caught
in the debris OF falling houses. many
OF them being In their beds when the
explosion occurred.
Shuster drove 10 the magazine 70
get the explosive preparatory to shoot
ing well. II IN impossible 10 ascer
tain what caused the explosion. How
ever. II is supposed he dropped can
OF the fluid while carrying II TO his
wagon. The noise was heard with dis
tlnctness here. Houses rocked. as II
by an earthquake.
The front axle OF Shuster's wagon
was hurled through the side of q
dwelling house quarter OF a mile
from the scene OF the explosion. II
fell across the foot OF cradle occu
pied by a year-old baby. without In
Turing the child.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
MAY LAY BARE
SUGAR FRAUDS
Accused Refinery SuperInten-
dent May Confess.

New York Dec flames +. Bender
nagel declines 10 he made the goat
by the American Sugar Refining com
pany, and II the word OF his counsel
is correctly interpreted he may tes
tify for the government before his
trial. together with Ave former en-
ployes OF the company, all charged
with defrauding the government by
underweigbing sugar. is concluded IN
the United States circuit court
This development Is one OF the
many legal phases involving the cor
poration now under federal fire, and
came when a witness testified that
s15-sometimes little mOre--was
what employees Of the American Sugar
Refining company were paid to be
crooked. And the man who had In
some instances paid this alleged cor
ruption money. according to the testl-
mony. was Bendesnagel. one time su
perlntendent OF the company's plant
in Williamsburg.
The evidence which brought this
turn in the case was given by Andrew
J. Mallen. who no to 1907 was EN-
ployed in the cashiers Office OF the
Havemeyer a Elder refinery In VII
llamsburg. Bendernagel. he said. was
In charge OF the Office.
Did you ever see Dendernagel pay
cash to men in the uniform OF the
customs house who came to his Of
Ace?" asked Winifred 7. Danison. OF
counsel for the government
Eyes" was the answer
what form was this money inP"
at was in bank notes taken from
the safe in the Office. never saw
vouchers for 1t nor heard Of any" Nal
len replied.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
STAY FOR LABOR LEADERS
Execution Of Mandate Sending Them
70 Prison Put on Indefinitely.

Washington. Dec. 1.-The court OF
appeals OF the District OF Columbia
granted the petition OF Samuel Comp
ers. John Mitchell and Frank Morrl
son. OF the American Federation OF
Labor. In the contempt case against
them. for stay Of execution OF the
mandate Of the court sending them to
prison.
The mandate Is stayed Indefinitely
pending appeal to the supreme court
OF the United States.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
CRUSHED BY HORSE
New York clubman's injuries May
Prove Fatal.

White Plains, NJ Y, Dee, 2.-Fletch-
er Harper. prominent clubman and q
member OF the Harper family, of New
York. was seriously injured during the
weekly run after the hounds OF the
wotchester Hunt club of White
Plains.
Mr. Harper, who Is an expert cross
country rider, W.. at the head Of a
field OF seven hunters when his horse
stumbled while takla.s a timber fence
The animal. which was a champion
high jumping thoroughbred. turned a
complete somcrsaii aud landed on top
OF his rider. cru ing many OF his
bones. II is sal that Mr. Harper
stuck to his mount. and that II he had
jumped he would probably have es.
capped injury.
Mr.. Harper when picked up was I'M
conscious. Many q his ribs were
broken and he also suffered internal
Injuries. II is feared he cannot re.
cover.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
SAYS WHITE SLAVES
COST $500 A HEAD
President Of Rescue League Sets
Number al 100000.

Chicago, Dec. AT $500 a head
The average price Of negro girls on the
suction blocks fifty years ago the
coo 1000 white slaves IN the United
States represent an Investment OF
s540 600. 0OO Each year $1,000. or
0.000.0 600 worth. of these women are
sacrificed I'm the highly financed dis
,ricts OF vice throughout this country
and an equal number OF recruits are
procured each year to take the places
of those who have worn themselves
out In sin.
"Of this vast army Of unfortunaies,
whose march from the home 10 the
morgue OF insane asylum by the vice
route has been shown by statistics to
average but five miserable years Chi
cago contributes $1,000"
In these words Or Jean T. thinner
man. president OF the National White
Cross League. in an address before the
Woodlawn Woman's club on The
Black Slavery OF Our White Girls. -
strove to impress upon his audience
the extent and horror Of the trafi'c in
women throughout the United States
and Chicago's part therein.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
Girl Swallows Poison.

Chicago. Dec Miss HaEa Eliza
beth Robertson Dillon. guest OF the
Plaza hotel, who says that her father
is general superintendent OF the Ore
gon Short Line railroad. attempted TO
klll herself near the north lagoon In
Lincoln park by swallowing poison.
The girl escaped from a convent In
Tarrytown. n. Y. in which she had
been placed by her father. and came
direct 10 Chicago
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
800 REWARD. 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires consti-
tutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surface of the
system, thereby destroying the founda-
ton of the disease, and giving the pa
tent strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list Of
testimonials.
Address: +. j. CHENEY q Co.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-04
Eacea Death For Assault.

Wilmington. Del, Dec. 1. - George
Colobo, a Greek. charged with feion'
ious assault on Mary Lefkowicz, ten
year-old Polish girl. in his room at 4O7
West Second street, was found guilty
by a Jury in court after the trial had
been before them for two days. The
penalty for this charge Is death. The
case is one OF the most vile ones that
was ever heard here.