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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-11-11
VIII Effect Permanent Organization

The Mems club, composed of bust
ness men of Pullman, which has held
weekly meetings at the Congrega-
uonal church for more than a year,
held an interesting session last Mon
day night, at which time it was decid-
ed to effect a permanent organization
in the near future. The object of
the club is to get the business men
OF the city together to enable them
to discuss municipal affairs and if
possible to devise ways and means
of benetitting the town and surround
ing country About twenty repre-
sentative business men took part in
the discussions last Monday night
and each pledged himself to be on
hand next Monday evening with an
other business man, at which time it
is proposed to effect a permanent or
ganization, and to outline policy and
plan of action, it being understood
that the only object of the organiza-
ton will be to further the interests
of the city and the community at
large, and to discuss civic problems
that may arise from time to time.
The meetings are open to the pub
lie and it is hoped that a large repre-
sentation of business men will be on
hand next Monday evening to assist
in making plans for the future
The business transacted at Mon
day evenings session was as follows:
Meeting called to order by Presi-
dent A. F. Brownell. Election of
officers.
Moved and seconded that A. F.
Brownell be reelected president for
the ensuing year Carried.
Moved and seconded that F. M.
Slagle be elected vice-president.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that l.. B. Mil
Ter be elected secretary and treas
urer. Carried.
The club then listened to a speech
by w. w. Thompson describing in
part the Wenatchee Commercial club.
Mr.. Thompson said among other
things that the club had built and
completed and had paid for a $4,000
building within the short time of
three, years. That the town had in
creased in population from $500 to
10000 during three years. That
the Wenatchee organization was or
ganized with an initiation fee of
$3.50 and 81 a month dues, that ev-
cry business man and farmer adj
joining Wenatchee was a member of
this club and all were active, progress
sive pushers for Wenatchee.
Professor Watt being called upon,
outlined plan for a similar organi-
ZatiOn at Pullman.
f. NJ. Slagle and f. f. Sanger both
spoke on the subject, after which it
was declared the sense of the meet
ing that every member present
should act as committee to solicit
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-11-11
Signed Statement
To the Voters of Pullman.

To the Voters of Pullman:
Inasmuch as some petty, would
be politicians saw fit on election day
to telephone large mum Der of my
friends on College hill, representing
themselves to be the undersigned
and stating to them that l had with
drawn from the race for city attorney
and was seeking the nomination for
councilman for the third ward, de-
sire to state to the voters of Pullman
that said statements were willful and
malicious falsehoods and that I was
then and am now a candidate for CITY
attorney subject to the will of the
voters at the election December 9Th.
am absolutely sure that the other
aspirant for the position was in no
way connected with the misrepresen-
tation aforesaid, and that he would
not have cOuntenanced such action
had be been aware of the situation.
(Signed.) FRANK e. SANGER.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-11-11
congregational Church

Services next Sunday, November
18th: Bible school 10 a. m. Morn
ing worship II a. m. Vesper service
1870 p. m. The subject for the
morning. Our Natural Posses
sions'; in the evening the address
Will be on Town Gossips" At the
vesper service Miss Mitchell will sing
Come Unto Me- by Farrell, and
Mr.. Fitzsimmons will play the Hmm
Oresque," by Dvorak
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1910-11-11

and secure other men of Pullman to
attend the next meeting to be held
November 18th.
Club adjourned.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
ROBBER A NURSE
WHILE PAL LOOTED
Thieves Get $500 in Silver
ware Then Leave Wishing
Sick Man Speedy Recovery

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
CHICAGO, Ills. Feb. l0.-J. S McCul-
lough, an official Of the Southern Railway
Company, has discovered a new kind Of
honor among thieves"
Mccullough. lying ill In bed to-day. told
friends how one Of two ROBBERS acted as
his nurse yesterday while the other looted
the house of its valuabes.
Mccullough has been in for several
weeks. The burglars entered the fiat with
skeleton keys and were surprised by the
sight of the invalid in bed.
You get busy. Bill" said the leader.
"Iil take care Of our friend here"
Bill" promptly cut the telephone wire
and began gathering lp the silverware.
Meanwhile the old oorglar chatted sym-
pathetically with Mccullough. lie OBJ
served that the glass OF water on the
table was stale" and brought him an
other. Then he asked the railn ad man
II it was not time TO take his medicine
and when told it was .he thief measured
out a dose and administered It.
When the burglars departed with $50
worth OF jewelry and silver they wished
the sick man a speedy recovery.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
NO DANGER FROM
HALLEY'S COMET

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
BOSTON. Feb. l0-Deriding alleged
assertions Of California's astronomers
and Of Camille FlammariOn, President
F. w. II. Pickering. of Harvard s
astronomical department. to-day an
nounced that there is not the slightest
fear that he cyanogen gas in he tail
Of Halley's comet may snuff out life
upon the earth. He said
Notwithstanding Professor Edwin
Booth. Of California, and Prof. Camille
Flammarion to the contrary, the old
earth has a long life ahead Of Il. In
the last century it has passed through
three comets tails with such case that
It is safe to predict It will go un-
scathed through several more.
1.-THE cyanogen gas involved in the
comet tail is much too rarifed to affect
the earth. Besides there is no hydro
gen in the earth's atmosphere except
that in the form Of water vaDor and
being in this form. it is impossible for
it to unite with the cyanogen gas in the
comets tail and form hydro-cyanic
gas. This is only another astronomi-
cal bugbear."
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
FIREEATS UP
FREIGHT DEPOT
Loss Of More Than 100000
to the PennSy at Girls
field, Md.
WATCHMAN MISSING
MAY HAVE BEEN SLAIN

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
CRISFIELD. Nd. Feb tO-Fire
started at l.3O o'clock this morning on
the west side of the Pennsylvania Rail
road depot in the freight department,
destroying the entire freight station of
the Pennsylvania Railroad and b. G.
and A. Railroad Company.
The alarm was given by Night Po-
liceman Charles Riggin. The building
was in flames when Mr. Riggin dis
covered the fire The wharf watchman
only fifteen minutes before had made
his rounds and had discovered nothing
wrong
In the depot at the time were five
large empty freight cars. The wharf
and warehouse of both the B. c. and A
Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad
were packed with inbound freight, and
over twenty-five thousand dollars Of
outbound freight was on hand owing
10 the ice and the b. C. and A. steam
ers not running.
!. ID. Collins night watchman Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad is missing and
foul play is suspected Citizens
suspect that Mr.. Collins was murdered
and the depot set on fire to cover the
crime. and are talking Of offering re-
wards for some clue. The agent of
both companies thinks the total loss
will exceed one hundred thousand dol
lars. This morning the Pennsylvania
Railroad rushed seventy-five men to
the station TO clear away the debris.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
SUES FOR $3s,OOO FOR
ONE WORD OF ADVICE

CHICAGO. Feb 1O-Rosevelt gets
81 a word for his stuff and Kiphng
is said to get as cents a word, but
Chicago boasts one man whose Ian
guage is so golden that he wants
S35.OO0 for a single word.
His name is Seth f. Crews and he
has sued for a $35.0O0 fe because he
pronounced the single word yes"
when asked for a bit Of legal advice.
on September 25. 1908 John r.
Smith, a rich mining man. was dying.
For seven years he had been engaged
10 marry Miss Sarah Peterson and on
that day he asked Miss Peterson 10
marry him right away. He called In
lawyer Crews and asked If a death bed
marriage OF that kind would be legal.
Crews pondered on the question for a
few moments and then replied in a
single word Of one syllable. yes"
The couple were married. Smith
died two hours later and his widow col
lected his $4,000 estate. Crews now
thinks the laconic way in which he
answered the question and brought the
bride fortune ought 10 be rewarded
with a nice chunk of that fortune.
Mrs. Smith does not think Crews Is
the human mint and believes the fee
a trife exorbitant The case is now
on trial.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
KENTUCKY WOMAN
ASKS ABOUT RELATIVES

Mayor j. Harvey Spruanco to-day re-
celved a letter from Mrs. Martin Smith.
nee Clarrissa Pratt, ofc No. 5st North
Seventh street, Paducah, Ky, inquiring
about William Saxton, or George Pratt
and Elizabeth Saxton.
George Pratt she sets forth in the letter
was her father and William saxton was
her mbther's brother. Her father AMI
grandfather she said were millers many
years ago, along the hay By bay she
probably means along the Brandywine.
She said her husband made an attempt
at one time to gather the history of her
people and Just as the lawyer engaged in
the work got his. records together, his Of
fee burned down and later her husband
died. She said she desired TO get the in
formation for her children. She said she
had been raised by strangers and that she
left her parents when quite young. Her
great grandfather, she says, fought In
the Revolutionary War. Her parents, she
said. moved West many years ago.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
DEMOCRATS
FOR new PLAN
Suggestion Made That all
County Nominations be
Made at Polls

A special convention of the Demo-
cratic County Committee has been call
ed for Saturday, March 12 at the Irish
American Hall. No. COS French street
County Chairman Charles ID. Bird will
preside.
One Of the most important matters
TO come before the meeting will be the
proposed abolition of the county con-
vention to nominate candidates on the
county ticket. Heretofore candidates
for the offices Of sheriff, comptroller,
receiver of taxes and coroner have been
nominated at the polls while the
nominees for the remaining county Of
fees were selected in convention.
It is proposed to do away with future
conventions and instead, nominate all
candidates for county offices at the
polls.
This proposition viii be put before
the convention and from what can be
learned now, it looks as If there will
be little if any opposition to the move
ment.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
GLOUCESTER GETS
IMMIGRANT STATION

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Feb. 10
SECRETARY Nagol. Of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, who yesterday
announced his selection Of the William
J. Thompson property. at Gloucester,
n. j.. as the site for the new i'm
migrant station at this port, is acting
with extraordinary despatch
This morning Mr.. Thompson called at
the Office of Immigrant Commissioner
Rodgers. in this city, and turned over
the deed and other papers necessary
TO complete the transfer Of the prop
erty TO the government. The papers
will at once be turned over by Com
missioner Rogers to J. Whitaker
Thompson, United states District At
torney. who win pass upon them. II
the latter finds that the documents are
in legal form. he will approve them
and the transfer Of the property will
promptly follow.
Mr. Thompson. who has long been a
business and political factor In the life
Of Gloucester City and South Jersey,
announced to-day that the sale of his
property TO the government will be
followed by his retirement from active
politics
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
S27O BALM FOR
AUTO INJURIES

In Superior Court to-day the jury in
the case of Angelic Cecchi. by his
father Raffen Cecchi. his next friend,
VS.. Nancy II. and Joseph II. Lindsay,
awarded the plaintiff $40 damages for
pain and suffering The jury was out
an hour and a half. Cecchi sued 20
recover damages for injuries suffered
by his child by being run over by the
Lindsay automobile.
on March "A last ANGELA was run
over by an automobile operated by
Mrs. Nancy II. Lindsay. The auto
mobile came up Tatnall street and
turned out Sixth street. going on the
south side of the street. Testimony
was to the fleet that the plaintiff. aged
years, was knocked down and run
over by the left hind wheel Of the
machine. The defence alleged that the
boy ran into the automobile. Testi-
mony was produced that trees were
being trimmed on the north side Of the
street. preventing the operation of the
car there. The trolley cars ran in
the middle of the street and accord
ing to the plaintiffs contention the
automobile ran on the wront side OF
the street.
Leonard L. Wales appeared for the
plaintiff.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
VISION LURED
Her TO DEATH
Young Woman Kills Herself
on Anniversary Of Her
Mothers Death
WENT TO MATINEE THEN
COMMITTED SUICIDE

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 10--Convinced
that Frances T.. Floersl1oy, the brilliant
and beautiful young graduate of Notre
Dame Convent. who shot herself
through the heart in her apartments
here last night I'm CHASTITY celebration
Of the sixth anniversary of the murder
of her mother and the suicide Of her
father. was obsessed by the fancy that
the dead parent was waiting and cali
ing for her az night, eDputy Coroner
Walden, after Investigating the case.
to-day declared that the young wo-
man committed the desperate deed un-
doubtedly I'm the throes of insanity OF
most unusual character.
Miss Floerckey, who idolized her
mother. believed that the murdered
parent came often 20 see her and She
frequently told friends of CONVERSE
tions. which she had with mother
az night the mothers face would smile
az her through the darkness and
beclon 10 her to come. 10 WAS because
she could no longer stand the coming
Of day which would dispel the Illusion
that she decided to kin herself
Gruesome TO the extrcme was the
coolness with which Miss Floerckey
planned the last hours of her life ano
tragic demise. Early In the day she
instructed tho caretaker OF the apart.
m ent house to carefully clean hci
rooms. as wonderful event. wa,
about to hapcn. Afterwards she care.
fully dressed and attended "a matine,
i'm a threatre. on her return hom'
she spent some time at the piano.
At & o'clock last evening she calle,
Frank b. Stokley her lawyer, on th'
telephone and camly told him OF he
intention TO die. and when he woul'
have expostulated with her. she re
placed the received. After writing
note TO her mother. i'm which she de
clared she could no longer bear eth
sight Of her dead face the youn
woman fired the bullet that ended he
| life. When found she clasped n cruel
fix in one hand and the revolver in tn
other.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
DECLINE in
MEAT SUPPLY
Government figures Show
That Live Stock Receipts
Are Low
STATISTICS THAT HELP
CONTENTION OF THE TRUST

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1O-Figures which
show that maybe the meat trust is not
altogether responsible for the rise in cost
Of steaks. outlets and chops came from
the Bureau of Statistics to-day
Tho bureau. in special statement, de-
clares the live stock receipts at the seven
leading interior markets for 1909 were
considerably lower than that tho average
for the past five years.
During the year receipts of hogs at these
seven centers to,alled lSs3Asn head-as
against 22S63 7Ol in 1908. and the general
average OF over 100000 since 1904. The
cattle receipts were 9,tS9.3l2, as against s.
S27.360 in 190s-an increase, but still not
anything like the totals for the years
1905, 1906 and 1907. The 1909 arrivals OF
sheep-lo.2sf9 1905 head-while in excess OF
like totals for the two preceding years,
show a smaller total than the figures for
1905 and 1907
The cattle receipts for 1909 at Chicago
2 929. .sO5-fell below three millions for the
hrst time since 1902. Chicago also suffered
less in receipts Of hogs.
An estimate of loaded cattle cars in
bound. 10 the seven cities shows a ie-
crease Of more than four per CEN. he
low the average Of the past five years
The annual aggregate Of packing house
products shipped from Chicago, 2i5l. .663.7i'
pounds were below those reported for any
of the FIVE previous years. Also. the stocks
of meat as reported for the FIVE principal
/ packing centers az the end Of the year
1 1856. l37 sos pounds-were below like figures
reported under the same dates in each oi
the last five years.
The bureau also calls attention 10 The
| fact that the 1909 receipts Of live stock
at the four principal Atlantic seaboart
ports were less than for 1908 and 1907. The
decline IS particularly noticeable in hogs
Like meat grain receipts at the fifteer
principal interior markets during 1909 were
lower than for any year since 19O4-744
624.O6S bushels. There was also a heav,
decline in grain and -four receipts at thu
principal Atlantic seahoard cities, a'
compared with 1905 and 1917.
All these facts will be presented 10 IN
special committee Of the Senate when
begins its inquiry into the causes for tn
present high prices for necessities o
life.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
DRIVEN FROM
HOUSE TO DEATH
POIander Hurt at EddyStOne
Gives New Version Of
Sunday Fatality

CHESTER, Pa, Feb i0-The police.
accompanied by an interpreter went to
Chester Hospital yesterday afternoon and
had an interview with Kamer Kcivockdz.
Of 1909 South Sixth street. Camden. n. j..
ono Of tho foreigners who figured IN the
fatality at Eddystone bridge over Rid
ley creek Sunday night The man has
partly returned TO consciousness and told
tale Of a fight while at "a Polish we'd
ding and being chased from the house
KievoclSdz stated he and his companion
had reached Ridley creek bridge on the
line OF the p b. & W railroad when he
was struck in tho mouth and then again
Ia the back Further than that he re-
members nothing until he recovered con-
sciousness IN Chester Hospital.
Despite the assertions whica have been
made It is believed there win be further
Investigation into the fatality. as it re-
suited IN the death Of not only Johr
/ smilex. tho companion. OF the man IL
the hospital, but also the death Of th'
Rev. Benjamin Mcdowell a student a
crozier Theological Seminary. The Tor
eigners. leaving chester were walking
the tracks and fell through the bridg
from the eastern end. while the studen
aud his friend Rev. John j. Cook, ha'
arrived at Eddystone after having beer
preaching in New Jersey during Sunday
on the train due In this city at l0.e
o'clock owing 10 the train in advance
baing stopped, the two ministers had
alghted IN the neighborhood Of Eddy
stone station and decided 10 come C
4 Chester afoot I'm preference TO waiting
Mr.. Mcdowell was on the lead and fel
/ from the bridge from the end. near Ed
dystone and for that reason there IS mol
the slightest connection between the for
elgners and the two divinity students. al.
though there are some people who have
gotten them somewhat confused.
The funeral Of Mr.. Mcdowell took place
yesterday.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
PINCHOT In A
new RUMPUS
Solicitor MCCabe Declares
His Statements Are
Untrue
By UnIted Press - speeIaI w.


WASHINGTON. Feb. 10-Ginord
Pinchot has another row on his hands
This one will be known as the Pinchot-
McCabe controversy.
Absolutely untrue g. the way Solicitor
George r. McCabe OF tho Agricultural
Department to-day characterized the
statements made by Pinchot in a speech
last night before the National Arts Club
in New York, IN which he reflected
against the solicitors conduct OF the
Forest Service while acting temporarily
as chief forester after Pinchots dis
missal.
Plnchot accused the solicitor OF cutting
off the salary and expenses Of 900 for
est rangers whom the Service had sent
to the State Universities, without con-
sulting the division chiefs Of the service
and of sending a letter 10 tic cor-1troller
OF the treasury purposely framed so as
to secure a decision against the schools.
Pinchot holds that as there was no
charges for tuition. there was Practically
no difference between sending them g
the Universities and to the instruction
camps which the service had always
had.
IllN DlaGAlict ne IlaAiAA-Af " a. aAAANA
ized by Secretary Wilson and acknowl-
edged as essential because IL was i'm.
possible TO obtain men trainea in forestry
through civil service examinations.
The comptroller takes a premise IN is
decision the fact that Il IS possible tC
obtain men nc as forest rangers through
the usual civn service channels For
this stand Pinchot nolds McCabe respon.
sible. He says the solicitors letter Il
the comptroller is "a Misrepresentation
because II omits to state the central, as
sential and incontrovertible facts"
McCabe said to-day: ''I do not doubt tn
advisability OF sending the rangers L
school from an educational standpoint.
was concerned only with the legal as
pect Of the case and II was as plain a
the nose on your face that there was NJ
provision for this expenditure IN the
law. I reported this to the secretar!
and he asked for the comptrollers deci
sion. That is all there is TO IT,"
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
HEALTH CONFERENCE
MAY BE HELD SATURDAY

The much talked Of conference be-
tween the members Of the Board Of
Health and the physician members
of the Board Of Education, relative 10 n
proposed physical examination Of the
public school children of tho city. may
be held on Saturday night While
this date has not been definitely fixed
il is thought that those interested IN
the question will come together TO dis
cuss the subject on that evening.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
NEW BOARD OF
HEALTH In MAY
Democrats Already Planning
to Get the BerthS
There

The terms Of the present members
Of the Board Of Health will expire in
May and already there is talk of the
new board. which will be Democratic.
Among the men mentioned as members
Of the new board are Drs. c. Anthony
Beck. owen c. Spear and NJ. Ostro and
Morris Levy, the latter a well-known
Market street shoe merchant.
In connection with the office Of socre-
tary of the board there are several men
mentioned. prominent among them be-
ing William c. Malcolm, of the Eighth
ward; Benjamin b. Allen, who was the
Democratic candidate for Council in
the Second ward at the last city cleo
tion, and George l.. Stidham, who as
sisted in working up the evidence sub
mitted in the election contest cases
following the last city election.
Evening journal., 1910-02-10
DOVER MOTHERS FORM A cLUe.

DOVER. Feb. 10.-The mothers
meeting resumed its work yesterday
afternoon and decided to call the or
ganization the Parent Teacher Circle.
This is the organization formed by
Mrs. Schoff. the president of the Moth
ers' Congress a few weeks ago. A
committee was appointed consisting of
Mrs. Clayton Fisher Mrs. James L,
Wolcott and Mrs. Robert p. Lewis, 10
wait upon Superintendent Crawford,
Of the Dover public schools, TO ask for
their cooperation and the use of the
assembly room at the High School
for a meeting with all the mothers OF
public school children at an early date
II is proposed TO have Mrs Schoff ad-
dress such a meeting If possible.