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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26
CONGRESS SHOULD INVESTIGATE

President Taft opposes a congress
sional investigation of the sugar trust
frauds on the ground that it might give
Immunity" to the men "higher-up'
and otherwise prove an enibarrass-
ment" in securing conviction of the
guilty parties in New York
1t has been presumed from the first
and there has been no denial from
the White House-that Mr Tiff is act
ing in opposition to a probe by con-
gress upon the advice of the attorney
geenral of the United States, George
W. Wickersham.
Mr.. Wickersham was former attor-
ney for the sugar trust. Perhaps he
knows the meaning that the words
otherwise prove an embarrassment
were intended to convey. No one else
seems to know
The record in the most recent of the
sugar trusts scandals is as plain as it
| is infamous. BY placing steel springs
in seventeen pairs of scales, the trust
robbed the government of more than
s2.O00,000 in import duties, and ad
mitted it by returning the plumber. A
few minor employees have been sent to
prison The master thieves, the men
into whose pockets the $4,000 would
have gone had their crime not been
discovered, have not been molested.
The present indications are that these
men will so scot-free. Instead of oc-
cupying prison cells, as ordinary
thieves do. they are in all probability
living in mansions on fashionable boui-
evards. Because of their vast wealth,
these ulti-millionaire SUGAR thieves
are more of a menace to society than
ordinary crooks. because they are in a
position to bride the representatives of
the people and thus breed more Grim
mails
Congress ought to be allowed to In
vestigate the sugar scandal. even if it
does mean immunity" for the men
higher up" which it does not. neses-
sarily. A congressional probe might
at least establish the identity of the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26
Hanson and His
Family are Lost

LON ANGELES, Feb. 2e-Grave
fears. are felt today for the safety of
w. S. Hanson, a wealthy resident of
Saratoga, New York, his wife and son.
The Hansons were caught in terrific
storm on the Colorado desert while
touring in an automobile. Al second
car. containing George Dake. an auto
mobile dealer and two assistants, is
also thought to be lost in the storm.
relief party left early today
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

smuggling operations in Walla Walla
thirty years ago. How the Date of
Easter Is Fixed Musical Mention -
'iSemi Centenary Of Whitman College,"
Impressions Of Walla Walla," by
David s. Rose, mayor of Mailwaukee,
Wis. This is one of the best articles
descriptive of the Garden City, and
surrounding country that has ever been
penned. killing of Citizen McGarry
by Soldiery on the Streets Of Walla
Walla in 1882" by A. B. Roberts. This
is an historical contribution of note
and value as it relates to the last
clash between the civil and military
authorities in this section Of the
Northwest. "a Modern Interurban
Depot" AS Walla Walla valley folk
are likely to have much to do and be
affected by the operations of traction
lines from this on many Of them will
be interested in reading about the
ample and modern facilities Of the
Northwestern's new interurban depot
Other worthy contributions in the
March number come under the head
of Playhouse Paragraphs" "All That
Is New Among Fruit Growers" Re-
view of Current Events Throughout
the Walla Walla Valley" --latest Pro-
gross and Development News" AS
go The Up-to-the- Times
sets a high standard in all it's under
takings and Walla Walla and tribu-
tary country are many times better off
as a result Of being able to claim such
a highly useful and interesting publ
cation.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26
Exchange PuIpits.

An unusually good lecture is ex-
pected tomorrow afternoon at the Y
NJ. c. A. auditorium when Rev. H. c.
gregational church of Seattle will
speak to men at 2:30 O'Clock. Mr.. Ma
Rev. r. C. Brooks. All men of the
city are invited to attend. Special
music from until $3.50:
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

A farmer in Illinois has had put on
his wife'S tombstone the inscription
that she was talked to death by her
friends 1t would be an interesting con-
triDutiOn to present medical knowledge
to learn how often the door of conva-
lescence is shut on the inmate of the
sick room and that to the grave opened
by the tongues of well-meaning friends.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

The above wireless message, sent by
Secretary Robert H. Johnson, of the
county fair association, was received
this morning by Mayor Tausick, who
has just returned from a weeks visit
in Portland. The message which was
sent from the steamer, Baltic" came
via Spokane and was dated February
81
Mr.. Johnson, who was on his way to
Liverpool England, to visit with
friends and relatives for a month OF
more, left Portland two weeks ago fol
New York, wrom where he sailed, an(
it is expected he is by this time III
Liverpool -.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

An agricultural college in New York
has discovered how to change white
hens to pink ones, and how to change
the color of eggs by feeding the hens
with a prepared dye. The college ought
to make itself a good revenue by rails
ing brilliantly tinted Easter eggs in
the natural way.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

New Jersey is now investigating
coiu storage of meat and eggs, ana
wants stricter terms for divorce. The
picturesque little state where the SEN
sations come from ought not TO attempt
too many reforms at once.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

Publicity is the great corrective of
the age There is no genuine reform
without it. There IS little chance Of
mischief brewing with the searchlight
of the press turned on all the dark cor
ners. 1t is small wonder that the first
tim OF corporations or individuals de-
flying the law is to escape publicity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

fleet has mutinied. Revolt everywhere
seems to be in the air The constituted
order of things and the powers that be
are getting subjected to some hard
joltS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

The Marquis de Castellane, ex-father
in-law ofAnna Gould, is suing her for
annuity promised him when she mar
ried his son. The hope of the De Cas-
tellanes of getting in touch again with
some portion of the Gould millions is
dying hard
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

Boston aerOnautS Will so to meet
Halley's comet in balloon and will
take it's picture. There is no escape in
the heavens above or the waters be-
meath from the omnipresent American
camera, and the comet must submit to
the universal fate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

Colonel Roosevelt is out of the rngfe.
But it will not be long before he is
into something else 1t is not in his
nature to be out of anything for any
length of time that can be noticed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

a Wall street mant was fined in
New York courtroom for putting on ms
hat before he left the room. Perhaps
the action was natural, in considera-
ton of Wall streets view that It owns
the land and all the contents thereof
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

Now that Uncle Sam has taken the
case of the night riders in Kentucky in
hand, it is reasonable to, suppose that
peculiar industry will soon become too
dangerous for enjoyment
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

Now is the turn of the nature ia
kers to be rejoicing in the way fate is
revenging them in the perplexity of the
United States government in having 20
decide whether the hen is>a bird, with
Roosevelt thousands of miles away.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

A western railroad official puts down
the complaints of high prices to the
Jaw smiths and sensational newspa-
pers,v and Ereproaches the American
public for being bad losers TINS
seems nike adding insult to injury.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

real robbers, and that would be safe
guard to the average citizen. who, in
case he should see one of the sugar
pirates coming down the street, might
be able to run down some alley and es-
cape being held up.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

Rostand's barnyard drama might
have a better prospect Of success in
America if it undertook to show how
prices of eggs and poultry can be held
down.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

China is to spend seven years in re-
organizing it's navy For, any nation to
modest it in the meantime would, of
course, be considered very unsports-
manlike
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

The public has DIR. Cooks own word
for ii that he is in Chilli. The cautious
remembering that they had his own
word also that he was at the Pole, may
hesitate before acceptins MS latest
statement Internationally.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

So there has been attempted bribery
IN the Virginia Legislature, too. But the
Old Dominion can never hope to rival
the Empire state in crookedness of this
kind
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

MIR. Charles w. Fairbanks is abso-
lutely Indifferent to the tradition that
a man who has been president
should become wholly obscure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

No photographer could reasonably
expect a picture connoisseur like J. P.
Morgan to be pleased with a snapshot
portrait.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

About the only thing of interest that
Dr Cook could say would be in eX-
PLANTATION of how he came to stop lect-
urlng before the graft was quite played
ont
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26
Weather Conditions.

Another disturbance, now moving
from the north Pacific eastward over
British Columbia, is causing general
rain over the northern portion of the
Pacific states and snow has fallen in
Montana. A high area extending fro"
the northern California coast to Sas-
katchewan is attended by a fall in
temperature in most of the Rocky
mountain states. The eastern area OF
high pressure is passing away east
ward from the Atlantic states and a
general rise in temperature has re-
suited east OF the Mississippi rived.
Tie Indications are for rain with mod
crate temperature in this vicinity to-
night and Sunday. The southerly gale
now prevailing on the Washington
coast will be felt inland in the form
OF high winds this afternoon and to-
night
JNO. GROVER, Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

Mrs. B. F. Simpson, 343 S. Fourth
street will leave for Portland tonight
to attend. her mother, Mrs j. III. Neal,
who is seriously ill there.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

The very offer that may mean
great advantage to you may be here
today and gone tomorrow. snapped
up by a more watchful CLASSIFIED
advertisement reader.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

After all this advertising Africa
should have little difficulty in starting
a real estate boom.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Walla Walla and vicinity: Rain
tonight and Sunday.
For Washington. Rain tonight and
Sunday. High southerly winds this af-
ternoon and tonight. Conditions are
favorable for unusually high water or
floods in all streams draining the
Cascate and Coast ranges.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26
bob" johnson
Sends Greetings

WIRELESS MESSAGE.
Mayor Eugene Tausick,
; ''Walla Walla, Wash
Zone thousand miles out. Re
: member all friends in Walla
; Walla.
, r. H. JOHNSON"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-26

JNO. GROVER, Observer.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14
This contractor got results.

Some years ago a contractor build
ing q railroad in warm climate was
troubled great deal by sickness
among the laborers.
He turned his attention at once to
their food and found that they were
getting full rations of meat and were
drinking water from stream near by.
He issued orders to cut down the
amount of meat and to increase great
ly the quantity of Quaker Scotch Oats
fed to the men.
He also boiled Quaker Scotch Oats
and mixed the thin oatmeal water with
their drinking water. Almost instantly
all signs of stomach disorders passed
and his men showed a decided improve
ment in strength and spirits. This con-
tractor had experience that taught him
the great value of good oatmeal.
! Packed in regular packages and in
hermetically sealed tins for hot
climates. So
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14

arms, the thrust of bayonets, the rattle of mus
kerry and the shrek CT shells and solid shot con
sttute the needed remedy for the correction of
something that simply had to be corrected, if the
nation was to progress and grow mighty in
power, respect and grandeur.
If have long been of the belief that it was
good thing for the country to make that gigantic
test of the sixties, test that gave the world
to know beyond the possibility of doubt that
the Americans are the best type of the worlds
people, do not censure myself for strongly ad-
vocating allowing Virginia to do just as she
pleases, under the law, in the matter of the two
statues in the hall of fame do not censure my
self; for being glad that the statues of thosa two
great men, great soldiers and the best known
type of Christian gentlemen, gladdens the hearts
of Lees soldiers and the South generally, I do
not censure myself; for sincerely regretting the
action of members cf the Michigan Loyal Legion
in urgrnei congress not to permit the static of
Gen. LeeSp the Confederate uniform to b. un-
Veiled in the hall of fame do not censure myself
With deep regret lament the unwise not to
say unpatriotic, action Of a handful of Grand
Army men in Chicago who joined the Michigan
Loyal Legion in demanding that congress- pre-
vent the placing of the Lee statue in the ball of
fame 1t was in bad taste. l regret it because
of the effect their action will have upon the South
and the grief it will cause the survivors Of the
men who bravely followed Lee. l regret 1t be-
cause it will bring rdicule upon the Grand Army
of the Republic and the Northern soldiers gen.
orally. I regret it because before this century
is gone every descendant of the Michigan men
and the Chicago men who placed themselves in
position to be ridiculed and condemned will
blush when their ancestors action is recalled
Conduct of that character by Northern sol
diers bettles them in the eyes of most If the
public.
Isn't the war over? Isn't the Confeteracy
dead? Isn't Lees uniform harmless? Is it more
thae memory? Isn't the Confederate flag a
dead flag? Is it mere than a memory? 5 it a
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14
sEcTIoNALlsM is DEAD.

When Weldon Brintcn Hepburn, a senator OF
the United States from Idaho, rose in his place,
unfurled the bloody shirt and talked enough to
fill several pages of the Congressional Record, he
did not get a single hand. His colleagues sat
silent, patiently awaiting his finish. He was pro,
testing against the ga.,~1ment permitting the
Confederate veterans use some saddles, brides
and tentage at their forthcoming encampment. He
also lecturing the senators upon the awfulness
of their allowing the state of Virginia to place a
statue of Robert Edward Lee in the capitol. The
men from the South, many of them Wearers OF
the gray in the days when Pickett commanded the
greatest charge made by infantry when Stu.
arts cavalry established worlds record for
bility, these men who knew war from contact, were
not provoked to fiery answer.
But one of them spoke when the senator from
Idaho resumed his seat All he did was to
vote the question. 1t carried, every
senator save Hepburn voting in the affirmative
All of which is merely given for the purpose OF
indicating that the people of this country are not
in sympathy with those who would unnecessarily
open old wounds.
Seriously, however, the speech of Senator Hey
burn accomplished something. It demonstrated tG
the satisfaction of the majority of the people that
secdonalism is dead and that the carmine hued
garment is SO deeply buriedO that it caunot again
be successfully faunted.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14
The Response MechanicaI.

1t is the custom in converts for the
nuns to respond to a knock at the door
with the words: In the name of God, >
the phrase being equivalent in con-
yentional parlance to our worldly
"enter" or come in
In convent in one of the western
cities not long since the mother supe-
rior had never-to-be-forgotten expe-
rience as a result of this custom. Some
one in the outer world called the con-
vent telephone number by mistake.
The mother superior, reused from her
meditations, picked up the receiver
and responded, mechanically: IN the
name of Cod
Madam" called an irate masculine
voice at the other end of the wire,
there is no occasion for you to swear
at me, even if have made a mistake
in the number. Profane language is
prohibited over the telephone"
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14

I Because home is in the country-be-
cause 1t is on q farm-is only an added
reason why it should be more up-to-date
and attractive, for those who are fortu-
nate enough to live III the country really
spend more time in their homes than do
those who live in cities.
And it is also true that farm homes and
farm life is daily becoming more and more
attractive. The inside of our house is our
home, so why not make it nice and at
tractive,. homely and cheerful, up-to-date
and modern
You wouldn't think of burning tallow
candles, yet why use wall paper?
In order to educate few refined peo-
pie in every community to the artistic
beauty of soft velyety alabastined walls
of solid color, free offer of beautiful wall
stencils of classic design is made to every
reader of this paper.
1t is also possible to secure without any
expense color suggestions for your home
telling you the most suitable colors, to use
the best arrangement, curtains and over
curtains, etc.-in fact the services of
decorative architect are at your disposal
without charge to you.
In cities there are many and most ex-
cellent designers of interior decoration, but
It takes money and time to carry out their
ideas. This same service is at the disposal
of every reader if he asks for it, and bet
ter than all, it tells you how you can
either do the work yourself or direct some
one else 1t gives you exact shades and
eolors, and the stencils to do the work
without charge.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14
Whereshe Scored.

Sheldon Keyaliis tells this story on
his esteemed father:
"One day q long time ago a number
of children in our neighborhood were
talking about the bad habits of their
parents.
My father smokes Is cigars a day :
said a little girl. boastfully like.
My father swears something aw-
Cul when supper is late said another.
My papa came home tight the
other night, remarked a third.
1t was my little sisters turn next.
You just ought to see my papa
read Cicero she said, and all the
other little girls retired in confusion,
gladly admitting that sister had won
the prize.-Cleyeland Leader.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14

state the right to place in the hall of fame statues
OF two persons chosen by the state Nothing is
said as to how the statues shall be made-how
clad. What pleased Illinois should have been ac-
cepted Wisconsin chose Pere Marquette in the
garb OF Catholic missionary priest A few
people criticised Wisconsin for the selection par
tcuarly for the garb in which the statue ap-
peared, but Wisconsin had her way, as she
should have had
Virginia, without dissenting voice chose
George Washington and Robert E. Lee Does it
not go without saying that these are two of the
greatest VirgEans?
It is insisted by some that the statue of Gen
Lee should not exhibit the Confederate uniform
Virginia chose Lee in his uniform and Washing
ton in his. Both, 1t is true, the uniforms
fighting for their respective countries
Unquestionably it was a source of real pleas
ure to every Vrginian who served under Gen
Lee and to every living Confederate soldier and
the South generally that Virginia desired that the
statue OF Gen. Lee should show him in the uni
form of the great general whom they little less
than worshiped and whom the states soldiers
willingly fought under
AS Northern soldier am frank to say that,
in this late day, nearly half century after Gen.
Lees surrender at Appomattox, where he and his
soldiers were so generously treated by another
great American general to whom he surrendered
am glad to see the old Confederates who fol-
lowed Lee made glad. What harm can come
from making them glad? What danger is there
in the gray uniform? 1t is but memory It
makes Gen. Lee none the less one of the very
first generals of the American Republic of the
world, who, before wearing that uniform had
honored the United States as but few officers of
his rank had ever honored it.
In ya<rs to come the fame of such soldiers as
Grant and Lee, Sherman and Stonewa Jackson
Sheridan and Longstreet Thomas and Joe John
ston, Meade and Joe Wheeler will contribute
largely to the honor and glory of the American
nation, and few will stop TO ask in which army
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14

of an army? Grant, MCKINLEY Hayes, NaTHeIu
Arthur Cleveland, Harrison, Roosevelt ana 1aie
would have counted themselves lucky to secure his
services What American would have responded
more promptly or with stronger desire to serve his
country than Robert E. Lee? This is only sup
position, but it is a perfectly safe suppositon.
If alive would Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, sherf
dan Thomas Warren Smith, Sedgwick, Howard,
Logan Rosecrans Meade or any of the great lead
ers of the Union army approve of the camor
against the Lee statue for the hall OF fame?
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14

II seems quite wonderful to read of
the proposal of g--arvard student by
wireless in Hq, olulu and his accept
ance by the lady in midocean. But it
loses all the romance of the good old
way of settling the matter face to
face with soft whispers on one side
and sweet bushes on the other. Be-
sides. there is always the danger of
wireless proposals being intercepted
and the wrong girl getting the fateful
message.
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14
HOUsE N WEICH eIEFTERsSn DAEI5
LIVED YEHR ST RRANcTe5YILLE. Lei.

American war. How fond1y we all
thought as We looked upon the inspi-
ring, uplifting, patriotic picture that
"now the Civil war is over" But
some people have forgotten. A few
in Michigan and few in Chicago ap-
pear to have forgotten. Seemingly
they would keep up the strife.
We should not forget that this
country is as much the South's as it
is the North's; that the South has the
same rights that the North has; that
our flag is their flag. that they were
as ready in '9S to assist in fighting
the country's battles as the North was,
and that no portion of the country
would respond more promptly should
other dangers demand great armies.
Has there been a president since
the war, had another war come and
Robert E. Lee been alive and in con-
dition to command, who would not
bo1,a selected him as the commander
The Donaldsonville chief., 1910-05-14

Rodents have been accused OF trans
mittfng the bubonie plague, and now
rats are said to be giving two St. Louis
girls leprosy. But they were the
rats" made of Asiatic hatc. And,
naturally, any spread of the plague
will be laid to feminine vanity, the
convenient scapegoat for most hui
9nan Ills.