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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-28
LONG AND SHORT HAUL
TO BE ENFORCED sTRIc1L''

Washington, D. c., Oct. 22-in
formal order the interstate comme'. :.
commission announced its lnten'iou
administer strictly section 4, the lvus
and short haul provision OF the NV :,
state commerce act. BY the telus -
the order there will be no cnans. .,nt
the existing status or in the ple'. y
rights of carriers until FeOrua'' oom
1911. They may file with inc o .S
mission such changes in rates as o.' :,
arily would be filed in the cou, ~ rst,
their business under the presen. .ds 70
basis or adjustments. This aeco - sstes
them the right even to file nlsn', noiuts
or fares to intermediate pJ hish.
e. than the computations Of the. the i1 tsat
:, "a, rates or fares, providing , inst
in SO doing the discriminate - 20 treat,
intermediate points is not maus ,,st II
er than that in existence Aus'
1910. .os that il
The commission announces enough
aoss y not necessarily approve lnlV mat
this permission any rates OF l a;ns held
NAV Be tiled, all Of them Oeln Osssary,
subject sd to complaint and, il neess''''
to correction. =, .ommission
II IL ordered "that the co ased view
rea i its previously expressstdh mat 5
that q through rate OF 10 ~ the 10.
higher than the combinat !. lima II fseis
termediate rates or fares Is p IN, NON the
unreasonable and will insis, Isl. up # tho
Application Of that principle instance St
earliest possible date IN eve. "a very W.
except possible extreme an
usual cases..
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-28
SAYS ROOSEVELT WILL
NOT BE A CANDIDATE.

Portland. Ore, October %. Theo.
dore roosevelt will not be q candidate
for the presidency again. but Taft will
come up for the nomination for . sec
ond term. backed BY Roosevelt. &C
cording to the prediction Of Jared Z.
Brush. ex-lieutenant governor Of Colo
RADIO, and prominent banker Of tnat
state Brush stopped on in Portland
while en- route to his home ct Fort
Collins. Colo.y from Los Angeles, where
he attended the bankers convention.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-28
KING APPLES DOMINION
IS FULLY ESTABLISHED

Spokane, Wash, Oct. 22.-King Ap.
pies dominion is fully established
when he can upset railroad schedules
and order record runs over transcpn-
tinental lines to suit his imperial con.
venience. That is what the North.
western potentate has accomplished
with regard to the transportation facil-
tiles placed at his disposal by the Hill
lines, over which the prize-winning dis.
plays from the third National Apple
snow In Spokane, the week of Novem.
Der IA, will be moved to Chicago for
exhibition in the First Regiment Arm
DRY. November % to December 4.
A special train, loaded with the
Northwest's choicest offerings of the
king of fruit, will be started on pas.
senger train time 48 hours after the
Spokane show closes, the night of No
vember 10, for q run of 1000 miles.
The train will carry the winner of the
$1,000 championship sweepstake on
carload contests and many other prem
ium takers, also displays from thirty
five commercial orchard districts in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
and British Columbia.
Provided with a diagram Of the Chi
cago armory, Rem H. Rice, secretary
and manager of the show, has been
aDle to designate where the respective
exhibits are to be placed. When the
time comes to make the transfer. the
car packers will have definite direc-
tions which will be the key to the
placards on each exhibit, showing their
exact position in the cars and where
they are to be installed in the armory.
I'm no other way could the co-opera-
ton of the railway companies with the
National Apple show have been more
strongly emphasized" said Secretary
Rice. "It reflects, as nothing else, the
realization by the railroads that the
Northwestern apple, as commercial
asset, will mean potential tonnage yet
undreamed of by heads of the traffic
departments. It represents also, in q
way, the enterprise and spirit that
finds its full fruition in the Northwest
the imagination to grasp the benefit
to accrue from such an undertaking
and the courage to carry it out"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-28
Crossing Rights Granted.

olympia, Oct. ~. Orders have been
entered by the state railway commits
hon authorizing the Idaho & Western
railway to Cross the tracks of the Lib
erty Lake branch Of the Inland EN-
pIe railway in Spokane county, near
Liberty Lake junction, and also certain
uisnWays IN the county. The cimmis-
SION reserves the right to, at any time,
or1er tpe installation Of safety devices
= tne event they are needed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-28
Washington State
News Items

Cordova, Alaska, is to maintain in
Seattle an exhibit of the resources of
that district.
| At the annual Lutheran conference
| at Olympia, Rev. August Graebner of
Tacoma was elected president.
" thin twenty-four hours last week
700, 900 pounds of halibut arrived on
four steamers from Alaska fishing
grounds.
A patrol of boy scouts with thirty
five active members has been organ
lied in Auburn with w. C. Gum as
scout master.
The late. Julia Ward Howe owned 25
acres of rich land near Tumwater. It
became known when her agent,
w. G.. Lindley. applied for letters of
administration.
The publicity committee of the Sc
attic Rotary Club decided Saturday to
take immediate steps toward unifying
the work of advertising Seattle as a
summer resort.
Railroad and steamship traffic men
numbering more than 100, have form
ed the Transportation Club of Seattle.
Col. F. w. Parker, of the Northwestern
Line, was elected president.
Secretary Nagel and Census Direc-
tor Durand are quoted as stating they
have no objection to recount of Ia
coma population, other than the ex-
pense. Tacomans will probably see
to that.
The annual congress of the Northern
Pacific division of the Salvation Army
was held in Seattle last Saturday and
will last until Tuesday. Ninety officers
of the division, which comprises Wash
ington and Oregon, were in attendance
At a meeting of the republican state
central committee in Seattle B. w.
Coiner of Tacoma, was elected chair
man, and E. C. Snyder secretary. Form
er Chairman J. D. Hoge and former
Secretary ]. Fred Lysons declined to
accept reflections.
Representatives of the railroads, who
met with the officers and members of
the Farmers Union of Oregon. Wash
ington and Idaho, at Walla Walla, stat
ed that conditions were such that a
lower rate on grain East could not be
granted.
A permit for the forty-two-story L. c.
Smith building, proposed for the
northeast corner of Second Avenue
and Yesler Way, Seattle, has been is
sued. The permit cans for steel
frame structure to cost 81, 200, 900. The
plans provide for full eighteen-story
building surmounted by twenty-four
story tower.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-28
WELLMAN AND PARTY
PROPOSE TO TRY AGAIN.

New York, Oct. 22.-Walter Wellman
and his five companions were landed
here by the steamship Trent, which
picked them up at sea after they had
abandoned their dirigible balloon
America and failed in the first attempt
ever made to cross the Atlantic
through the air.
A bruised right hand, which Well
man carried in a sling, was the only
physical injury that resulted from
their long voyage of approximately 900
miles, and rescue the like of which
is unknown in all history.
None of the aeronauts expressed re-
greet for the loss of the America. They
agreed that it had served it's purpose.
All stand ready to renew the attempt
as soon as Wellman and his engineers
find a way to conquer the difficulties
that brought their first trip to its
thrilling end last Tuesday morning, 400
miles southeast of Sandy Hook.
Standing on the deck of the Trent,
Wellman made this statement:
1--WE thought we could not get along
without the equilibrator. Now we find
we could not get along with 1t. Our
plans for the future are indefinite UNI
til we find something that will do what
we thought the equilibrator would do"
The "equilibrator" to which Well
man attributes the failure OF his voy-
age was the series Of tanks containing
gasoline which fioated in the water
and. were attached to the airship by
a long rope.
It's purpose, in addition to the stor-
ing of gasoline and serving as q wire
less ground" was to keep the balloon
steady. compromising for the expan-
sion and contraction Of gas due to
changes in temperature. which would
have made the America rise and sink
erratically.
Tail Jerked Head.
The Americas experience proved
that this floating tail, jerking ct the
delfcately posed airship. made It impos-
sibIe to steer or to make Roadway in
the desired direction and severely
weakened the structure. To ind an
other means Of compromising for this
unavoidable change in the volume Of
gas is the problem to which Wellman
and his engineer, Melvin Vaniman, will
now devote their attention.
The direct cause Of abandonment Of
the America was the exhaustion Of the
supply Of gasoline, which had to be
thrown out to save the ship. When
the crew abandoned the balloon only
enough was left to last about twenty
four hours.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-28
Private Bankers Win Case.

Olympia, Oct. 22.-Until 1907 it was
not Illegal for private bankers to re-
celve deposits after knowing that the
bank was insolvent. Such was the de-
cision OF the supreme court today in a
Skagit county case in which Jacob
foungbiuth and August w. schafer,
VINO formerly conducted q private bank
at Hamilton, were arrested.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
SUpT. MORTON'S WARNING
Says compu sorry School Law Will 3.
Enforced and Asks Cooperation
Of The Citizens.
To The Citizens of Martinsburg: =

To The Citizens of Martinsburg
A list of the children of school age
who are not enrolled in any of the
schools OF the city has just been com
pleted.
This list has been placed in the
hands of the truant officer who has
been instructed to enforce the com
pulsory school law in all cases. Any
one who employs child of legal com
pulsory school age, eight (S) to fif-
teen (15) years, is subject 10 fine OF
twenty-five ($25) dollars and possible
Imprisonment for ten (10) days. (Sec.
IA West Virginia School Law) Any
parent who allows his child to re-
main away from school TWO days in
any ore week except in cases OF sick
ness or death in family. is subject to
fine Of two (s2) dollars for the first
offence and FIVE ($5) dollars fcr each
subsequent fierce. (Sec. n West
V rginia School Law
Al considerable expense to the citi-
zens of Marti"sburg the city IS now
fully equipped with schooi buildings
and there is com for every child OF
school age in the city. IA earnest
appeal is hereby made to al citizens
to aid US in enforcing the school law.
WILLIAM c. MORTON,
Supt. Public Schools.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
HEAD OF GRAND ARMY
Rochester, N. ", Selected As Tire
Place For Holding the Next
Annual Encampment.

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept, 2s.--John
e. Gilman of Boston, for commander
in-chief, and Rochester N. Y. for the
next place OF meeting, was the win
ming combination In the National En-
campment of the G. A. n. which
opened its business session on the
ocean end OF the steel Pier. The 9TH
er officers elected wer:
Chas. Burrows, Rutherford. ". T.,
Junior vice commander-in-chief. Will
Lam James, Jacksonville, Fla; sur
geon general, John L. Smith, Spokane,
Wash; chaplainln-chief. Rev. Thos
HARDWOOD, Albuquerque, N NJ.
The new commander had IA easy
time of 1t in his election but Roches-
ter's selection as the next encamp-
ment site has little string to I. The
veterans decided that the encampment
can go to the New York State city on
condition that satisfactory rates are
secured from the railroads, and IL in
the judgment of the executive com
mittee of the National Council of Ad-
ministratlon of the G. A. R., the rates
are not to its liking the committee
can select such other city to which
reasonable rates can be secured.
The proposition Of a dollar-aday
pension for life viii doubtless be
shelved by the encampment. The
Committee on Pensions, which made
its report to the encampment yester-
day, decided against the proposition
on the ground that 1t would be too ex-
pensive to the national Government.
1t was figured out that a dollar day
would increase the pension roll more
than 100000 a year, and that 1t
would take a half billion dollars in the
next two years for pensions The
pension roll now amounts to $780,
900. 900.
The report of the Pension Commit
tee favors the McComber bin now in
Congress, removing the restriction
which bars women who were married
to veterans after June 81, 1890, and
have since become widows, from re-
ceivlng pensions. The bill, however,
bars women who become widows
within three years after they marry a
veteran.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
COMMITS SUICIDE
Mr.. perry Foreman, One Time City
Clerk Here, Kills Himself
In St. Louis.

Mrs Eugene Newton East Burke
street, has received word that her
brother-in-law, Perry Foreman. for
mer well-known resident Of this city.
committed suicide early last Saturday
morning by shooting himself through
the head at his boarding house in st.
Louis He was 68 years old and
leaves wife and five children liv-
ing in 81. Louis and son, Milton W..
Foreman, in New York, who Is connect
ed with the Adams Express Co
Mr.. Foreman was born at Summit
Point, Jefferson county. He served in
the Confederate army during the civil
war. He resided in Martinsburg for
some years and was city clerk for a
while and was widely known in this
community. He left here twenty or
more years ago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
Accident Caused BY Washout On
Rock Island Road.
ENGINE AND CARS IN WATER
Thirteen Other Passengers Injured in
the smashup--one Thousand Feet
of Track Wrecked BY cloudburst---
Dead Were Not Recovered For
Hours-Engineer Saves Many Lives
BY His Goodness and Ierolsm.

Clayton, Kan, Sept. 24.--sixteen
persons lost their lives and Is others
suffered injuries In wreck yesterday
of a wessbound Rock Island passenger
train running to Denver from Kansas
City.
The wreck was the result OF cloud.
burst which swept away nearly 1000
feet of track.
The train, running at full speed.
plunged into the gap, The iocomo.
tive and the mail car went into 30
feet of water The chair car almost
telescoped the smoking car ahead of
it. Several passengers in these two
cars we're killed Almost instantly. 9th
ers were carried into the raging
stream with the wreckage and drown.
ed. 1t was many hours before the
bodies could be recovered.
Passengers in the Pullman and the
other day coaches were hurled from
their berths or seats by the shock.
the storm and gave what assistance
they could to the Injured.
Other uninjured passengers proceed
ed to Clayton, two miles away. and
sent news OF the accident TO division
headquarters Within half an hour
physicians and nurses and a wreck
train were on the way from Norton.
Colby and Goodland. Kan, and Phil
llpsburg, Neb But 1t was almost night
before the last body was recovered
from wreckage In the river.
Nearly all those killed and hurt
were in the smoking car and the day
coach next to it. The dead include
the engineer, the fireman. the conduc-
tor and the brakeman, the rear guard
and the porter escaping. All Of the
dead passengers came from Kansas
and Colorado.
To the GOODNESS OF Engineer Dick
limbaugh who lost his life, Is attrbut'
ed the saving Of the lives OF the 100
who escaped. II is certain that he
could have jumped and saved him
self but he remained at his post and
did everything possible to prevent the
train running into the ditch.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
PROFITABLE MEETING.
OF Fruit Growers of Appalachian
Range During Carnival Week.
From The World of Monday:

The proposition to form an organi-
eaton of the fruit growers of the APP
palachain fruit belt. embracing the
territory from Harrisburg to Roanoke
is meeting with much favor. 1t is
proposed to hold meeting of these
growers in this city on Thursday of
Carnival week and many letters are
being received from various growers
OF the section expressing their inten-
ton OF attending. A letter receiy-
ed from Director Fletcher of
the Virginia Agricultural Expert
ment Station at Blacksburg says in
in part: "Your suggestion of a meet.
ing OF the fruit growers OF the Appa-
lachian fruit belt for the purpose of
discussing their mutual problems and
to effect an organization is an excel-
lent one and l shall endeavor to be
present"
Many similar letters are being re-
ceived and the gathering promises to
be profitable to all who attend
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
SAWS WAY OUT OF JAIL
Fellow at Carlisle Had Sentence of ~
Years Before Him--tiow He
Got Out Of Place.

Edward Morris. who was convicted
at the recent session OF criminal
court at Carlisle, escaped from the
Carlisle Jail at an early hour yester
day morning.
Morris was convicted OF being inn
pllcated in the Cockley robbery i'm
Cumberland county and was sentenc--
ed by Judge SadIer 10 sentence
from six years and nine months 10
twenty.seven years. He was to be
taken with other prisoners 20 the
Eastern penitentlary yesterday.
Late Wednesday Morris was be-
lieved to be securely locked IN his
cell, but according to the Jail author
tiles, during Wednesday the prisoner
had removed lock from his cell
door and substituted one that did
not work properly. Then WHEN ALI
was quiet he made his way out of the
cell and with boards and tables built
up a platform that landed him at the
top OF circular window. There he
used an iron saw, fourteen inches
long. to remove the iron bars
When on top Of the Jail he made q
rope from binder twine and left him
self down in the Jail yard, abor. forty
feet below How he got over the
wall is not known, but II Is believed
that he had outside help for this part
OF the undertaking.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
CODE WAS BROKEN.
Man Who Informed on Moonshners
Murdered With Infant in Arms.


The unwrilten code of the Ken
lucky mountaineers was broken when
DOC" Moles. carrying his baby in
his arms, was shot through the heart
by sharpshooting mountain assas-
sin, the bullet penetrating the baby $
dress.
It has always been a point Of chiv-
airy, even among feudists, not to fire
upon a man when woman or child
might be endangered. To carry a
child in arms heretofore has been an
invariable means of protection
doc" Moles, who had given infor-
nation to the government revenue
officers, started for court to testify
against some of his "moonshining
nefghbors who had been arrested as a
consequence of his story Moles
knew that his life was in danger, SO
he carried his nine-month baby in bis
arms to prevent being fired upon
This time the code failed.
An assassin, hidden by the road
side, shot at Moles. The bullet
drilled through the infants garment
and Moles rolled into the dust dead
There is no clue to the murderer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
WROTE NAME ON EGG.
Pennsylvania Man Saw 1t And Now
They're Married.

From the neighborhood of Bloom.
Shenandoah county. comes story OF
courtship and marriage. Pretty Miss
Pearl Orndorff, half in earnest. pick
ed up an egg from basket in the
house and wrote thereon:
"The man who gets this egg viii
please send his address to mo"
Jack Brindle. up in Pennsylvania.
happened to see the egg and the
brief message thereon and he began
to wonder about the unknown girl
down in the Valley OF Virginia.
He wrote postcard got an
answer. BUSINESS began to pick up
at Bloom Ia ,stofiice. and one day Jack
Brlndie goi off the train at Bloom.
Mr. and Mrs. Brindle have left for
their future home in Pennsylvania
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01
CHILD SWALLOWS PILLS
Mother Leaves Them on Tabe In
Reach of Child Who Follows Eek
ample and Takes Them.

From The World of Friday:
Charles Victor aged Is months
son of Victor E. and Margaret Mid
dlekauff. East Washington street Ha-
eerstown met with sad fate at he
home of his parents yesterday after
noon
Mrs. Middlekauff, who had not been
very well, was taking pills, which
she had in a box. after each meal.
After finishing dinner. the family
went to the front of the house leaving
the child on the floor. When they
returned they found the boy had
reached up and grabbed the box OF
pills off of the table. and had scat
tered them over the floor.
The baby was taken upstairs
for it's usual nap at about o'clock.
In about fifteen minutes the parents
were attracted by the screams of the
child. and when they reached the bed
room. the child was having convul-
sions. Dr. Nihiser and DR.. Victor Mil
Ter were Immediately summoned, but
there was no hope for the child The
physicians then examined the pills
and found they were strychnine and
thought the baby must have swollow-
ed five or six. The parents say that
had they been aware Of this fact that
every precaution would have been tax
en- with the pills.
The baby was the only child and
was just beginning TO walk Death
occurred about one hour after the
pills were taken.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1910-10-01

William Johnson, of 322 X street
southwest, occupies a responsible posi-
ton with the Johnson Wimsatt Lum-
Der Company, at | and Water streets,
one-half square from where the body
was found At night he conducts a
barber shop at 707 | street southwest,
a short square from the death spot.
He was On duty in the barber shop I'M
til midnight on the night of August 81
and he declares that he did not hear
a pistol shot.
He insists that he would have
heard the report If gun had been
fired, as all his windows and doors
were open. None of his patrons ask.
ed by the barber on later visits to
the shop would say that he had heard
a shot fired.
John Harris, a colored Waterman,
sitting in the doorway of the Armour
stables at Eighth and I streets, one
half block from the death spot, until
after midnight and he did not hear a
shot fired.
Robert Jones, the colored stable
boss at the Armour stables, told The
Times reporter that the police asked
him to attempt to secure an admission
from Harris that he did hear o shot
fired, but he says that Harris still
sticks to the story that he did not
hear he report of a pistol.
Watchman's Story.
Joseph OlBrien, might Waterman of
the American Ice Conpany's plant on
Water street near | street, and but a
short distance from the spot where
the body was found, was sitting out in
front of the Water street entrance to
the building with a friend until after
midnight on the night Of August q
and he heard nothing suggestive OF
the explosion of pistol.
His friend, Bernard Dennison, a
helper on one OF the ice wagons, also
declares that he did not hear any re
port of a gun.
Several other witnesses found by
The Times reporters in their canvass
of the neighborhood were willing to
volunteer hearsay evidence, but pro
fered statements of this character
were rejected
The summary of the canvass would
tend to show that, with the exception
of Interviewing two special policemen
ALI members OF the District offlcia
family, so to speak-the detectives
made no efforts to get statements o
others to support their theory tina
Harris shot himself at 1880 or 11:4(
o'clock ON the night of August ~.