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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
Freshies Off
On Big Debate

The freshman debating team of
Whitman college, left this morning
for Caldwell, Idaho, where they meet
team from the local institution will
defend the negative side of the ques-
ton, Resolved, that the president Of
the United States should be empOW
cred to- appoint when appealed to in
disputes of public Importance between
wage Garner and employer, arbitrator
with compulsory power for settling
such disputes. Levi Robinson will
lead the Whitman freshman team, be-
ing assisted by Ernest Wiley and Ar
hur Blomquist.
The local institution seems to have
registered this year, number of
strong men in the freshman class, for
debating. The manager of debate and
oratory has taken advantage of the
situation, and has arranged the con-
test with the Idaho school for the
first year men only. The record of
the college of Idaho for this year
shows. that the Whitman boys will
have to put up strong argument to
win out, for their opponents have not
lost debate this season in defend
ing the affirmative side of this same
question. Prof. Morse Of the English
department has been coaching the
local team. His ability to handle de-
bates was shown when the team he
had coached met the State college
team and defeated them on their own
question. Robinson, leader of the
Whitman team, is a Spokane high
school graduate, who is well known
in that place as a DICTATOR of wide ex-
perience Wiley halls from North
Yakima, where he led the high school
team for two years on the interstate
high school questions. Bloomquist is
a graduate from the Idaho Industrial
Institute school,. he was a very sue
cessful orator and DICTATOR during his
high school career From this trio
of invincibles the local institution is
expecting to keep the Idaho school
guessing some as TO the outcome. This
is the first time that Freshman de-
batting team has been matched against
an outside school from Whitman, so
| the contest Friday night will be over
| interesting to the college.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
NAB LOVERS AFTER
LONG HARD CHASE

father. and to Mrs. Chambers, matron
Of the police station. Joseph Fore
man. who was also there, took charge
of his son.
In PitiabIe Plight.
The fugitives were in a pitiable
plight as a result of their rough trip
after their automobile broke down.
Young Foreman's face was~ badly
scratched by the bushes and his cloth
ing was in tatters The girl had not
Jared quite so badly, her companion
having gone first through the under
brush Foreman when taken had
small arsenal of firearms on his per-
son. He declared that he would yet
marry Miss Seifert. He declared that
their relations had been entirely
proper He said that they had talked
matters over in camp and decided that
she should turn home for two years
and obey her parents on condition
that she be not compelled to go to
Europe with them and that she be
permitted to correspond with young
Foreman The latter, according to the
plan, was to go back to school and
prepare to support his bride of the
future.
Miss Seifert in talk with one or
the officers said that she was willing
to go back to her parents. She ad-
mitted that she had not treated her
mother right, but she insisted that She
would yet marry her youthful lover.
She said that their original plan was
to stay secreted in camp until the pur-
suit ended, when they would go some
where and be married. The appear
ance of the deputies thwarted that de-
sign.
Mr.. Foreman ST., during confer
ence at the hotel after the capture,
suggested that probably the best plan
would be to let his son and Miss Sci
fert have their wish and be married.
He thought they had Shown courage
and determination and that they de-
served to win their fight for matri-
mony. But Mr.. Seifert was obdur-
ate. He declared that his daughter
should come home and obey her par
ents. He rejected with some heat and
with very emphatic language the sug-
gestion that there had been a mar
riage
The entire party are expected to re-
turn to the city tomorrow morning.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
DANDY" ALLEGED THUG
Son of Wealth Accused of Robbing
Blind Man.

CHICAGO, March 2o.-Orby Hunter.
25 years old, fire ins rance agent, bon
vivant, society leadsr and scion oil
one of the most prominent families IN
Hyde Park, is under bonds on
charge of robbery. He will be ar
raigned before Judge Fry in the Hyde
Park branch of the municipal court
Thursday.
Young Hunter was arrested in MS
apartments in the Holland hotel. be
had been living in the Holland hotel
since the family home, at 5125 Jeffer-
son avenue, was closed last fall, when
his mother and his two sisters, Bon
ME and Olive, went to Paris and TO
southern France for the winter.
The crime with which Hunter Is
charged was committed the night oil
February II, about 10 o'clock. A. L
Gardner a blind and paralytic grover
and his wife were knocked down IN
a hallway over their store, at 1918
East Fifty third street, and robbed OIL
$3.50, which they were taking from the
store to the fiat for safekeeping.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
STORM BEGINS TO ABATE
Conditions Throughout Rock Mountain
Region Reported Better.

Region Reported Better.
DENVER, Mar. 29.-Tonight storm
conditions throughout the Rocky
mountain region showed signs of i'm
provement. The high winds that have
prevailed for the last two days have
subsidized and except in the higher al
t'tudes, snow has quit falling, while
many sections of Colorado, notably the
fruit growing regions, reported station
airy or rising temperature.
The local weather bureau tonight is
sued forecast predicting tomorrow
would witness the passing of the
storm. Latest reports from the fruit
districts of Colorado indicate no dam
age has been done by today's storm,
while from many sections come reports
of :ncalculable benefit to ranchers on
account of the moisture precipitated.
The most serious damage from to-
days storm came from the prostration
OF the telephone and telegraph wires.
Early this morning Denver was prac-
tically cut off from Geographic COM
municat:On with the east, and this
condition showed little improvement at
midnight. Practically the only means
of communication was a single wire
over a circuitous route from Chicago
through ST Paul, Bismarck, Helena
and Salt Lake to Denver. put in OPP
Grafton about 9 o'clock tonight. IN
some portions of the mountains train
service was seriously delayed, though
no serious accidents were reported.
From Gunn'son comes the report
that a snow storm is raging around
Marshall pass. delaying railroad traffic.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30

SAN DIEGO, Cal, March 29.-After
a night eiopement in an automobile.
the second within a week, and fight
Of Is miles through the chapparal
and sagebrush, 17-year-old John Fore
man and 15-year-old Gertrude Seifert,
both of San Diego,s were found in
canyon, six miles from Des Canso
early tonight and forced to surrender
at pistols point The capture was
made only when deputy sheriffs stalk
ed the camp of the clippers, guided by
the light of their camp fire.
Foreman, who was heavily armed,
had withstood a previous attempt at
capture with drawn revolvers, taking
Deputy Sheriff Charles Ellis captive,
and later releasing him.
The couple eloped from San Diego
Monday night in a hired automobile,
the girl escaping from her room in
the second story of her fathers house
by knotting the sheets of her bed into
a rope The girls absence was dis
covered soon after her escape, and
posse sent in pursuit, Foreman having
told friends he would head for Death
Valley, where he hoped to elude cap
ture in the desert.
Flee Through Chapparal.
At Dies Canso the road was blocked
by snow, and, finding it necessary to
abandon the machine, the boy and the
girl began their desperate flight
through the chapparal after securing
provisions at. Des Canso.
Deputy Sheriff Ellis caught sight of
the couple a few miles from Des
Canso at o'clock tonight. He trail
ed them around boulder, but when
he confronted the pair, the boy COW
cred him with a gun. Ellis tried to
argue and coax but young Foreman
was obdurate He forced the deputy
to walk on ahead and then disap-
peared in the brush with the girl.
Reinforced by Jake Swycaffer, an ex-
pert trailer, Ellis took up the pursuit
anew. After going some distance he
saw a fire in a canyon, where the
fugitives were in camp under an over
hanging rock. The deputies covered
them with guns and ordered, Hands
up" At first young Foreman refused
to surrender, but after some parley
he and his companion gave themselves
UP. They were taken to the hotel at
Des Canso. where the girl was given
into the custody Of John Seifert, her
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
RUSH OF ORDERS FOR SPRING
MILLINERY is ON INCREASE
Local Millinery Shops Unable to Sc
cure Sufficient Help-Other
Lines Busy.

With an unprecedented demand for
spring millinery the shops of Walla
Walla are far behind in their orders,
while almost every milliner in the city
has been making frantic efforts to Sc
cure trimmers and makers from 9TH
err cities. There is hardly shop i'll
Walla Walla. so it is understood, that
is not overwhelmed with orders while
the majority are in need of assistance.
Some of the milliners have wired to
Portland, Seattle, Spokane and in
some instances even to San Francisco
for help. but it seems that similar
conditions are to be found every
where.
The demand for new hats this
spring has been good even though
Easter came exceptionally early.
Since Easter however, the trade has
been wonderfully stimulated by the
last few spring days. Some of the
milliners are running advertisements
in local papers in an effort to secure
help but as each is engaged. there is
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
Strike Will Come
Unless Wages Raise

groups of districts. This may have
beneficial effect in Ohio and Indiana.
Only a few operators in these states, 1t
is thought, will hold out against the
advance The provision may also
work benefcially in the southwestern
fields
Most of the operators have left the
city except the Pennsylvania men and
those that remained tonight expressed
satisfaction with the outlook
The Ohio and Indiana operators be-
lieve each district will reach an agree
ment.
The international executive board of
the Mine Workers will take up its work
in Indianapolis tomorrow.
Lewis Predicts Peace.
Late tonight President Lewis issued
a signed statement reviewing the out
look and predicting peace except in
few instances.
He said in part:
The failure to reach an agreement
In the tri-state JOINT convention whit h
has been in session for three weeks,
will have no serious effect on the min
ing industry of the country. There may
may be temporary suspensions in some
of the. districts until We are able to
reach the operators and explain the
outcome.
1.-The larger part of the tonnage rep
resented by the Ohio operators will be
| signed I'D within a week. The s,tua-
/ ton in Illinois and western Pennsyl-
vania may be somewhat complicated
! for a couple OF weeks or longer, but
I am satisfied that everything will be
stra 'ghtened out without any further
serious trouble.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
Club Trustees.
Want Interest

Very little business was up for son-
sideration of the Commercial club
trustees yesterday at their regular
meeting Realizing that the luncheons
are not as attractive as formerly ana
that something will have to be done
to stimulate interest. the trustees ap-
pointed Messrs. Hennessey. Cation
and Herring a committee to look after
the details of future luncheons. The
secretary was instructed to write let
tiers of thanks to the Burbank Land
Company, the president of the Com
mercial club at Pasco as we'll as Ken
newick for favors shown the local
club on the first community excursion
to KenneWicll and intermediate points.
The number of "junkets" to be ia
ken this summer was not decided on
yesterday as had been expected. This
was due to the fact that the number
depends entirely upon the railroads -
if they can give a reasonable fare and
schedule 1t is possible that one will
be made to Wallula and other towns
in that section, though the next one
will doubtless be to Pendleton.
Much interest is being shown as tc
the agreement of the committee APP
pointed at the last membership meet
, ing to decide on candidates for the
vacancies to occur on the board OF
trustees.
Three are to be chosen from the six
nominated. According to the bylaws
of the club these names are to bt
posted on the bulletin board at leas
| ten days prior to the election. AS thu
meeting is to be held on April IA thi:
will mean that the decision will have
to be made known by the fourth o.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
Storm Does Damage
In the Middle West

CHICAGO, Mar. ga terrific rain,
snow and sleet storm, accompanied by
high winds, which is raging through
eastern Colorado and western Neb-
raska, has cut off Denver from wire
communication with the east and has
caused much delay to rail transporta-
ton. According to reports received by
the telegraph companies here, trains on
the Union Pacific and other western
railroads traversang that territory are
stalled in huge snow drifts and rotary
snow plows have been called into ser
vice to relieve the blockade.
The storm appears to have diminish
ed in the eastern slope of the Rockies
and moved rapidly estward, the heavy
snow being followed in it's wake by
sleet storm and a wind which has as
srmed almost the proportions OF a
gale.
The telegraph companies report that
there is not a wire into Denver from
the east, the last one, which was routed
by the way of ST. Paul, Helena and
Salt Lake City, failing shortly after s
o'clock tonight
In many places miles of poles have
been carried down and the wires lie
| tangled in a mass of wreckage, WhiC h
! it is understood will require several
| days to clear away.
| Wires Are Interrupted.
| Wire communication with the Pa
cific coast suffered materially from the
storm and what Geographic commune
cations are possible are going by cir
cuitouS and unusual routes.
At Limon, Colo, the snow is five feet
! deep, blocking all traffic on the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad.
! The high wind is blowing the snow into
| immense drifts. The railway station
at Genoa Colo, was blown away, but
as far as know no one was hurt. Forty
miles of telegraph poles were blown
down between Fort Morgan and Wray.
Colo.
! The Kansas division of the Union
Pacific railroad is reported blocked
east and west OF Limon. Not train
was moving west of Julesburg on the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30

CINCLNN ATT, Mar. 9.-Only i'm
mediately increases in wages will pre-
vent numerous and widespread strikes
in the bituminous coal mines, accord
,ordinS to action taken by special
committee of the United Mine Workers
here late today following the final
disagreement and dissolution of the
joint conference of the central COM
petitive field. The terms proposed by
the miners for the continuation OF
work after the expiration of the pres
ent agreements at midnight Thursday
win admit of no compromise so far as
wages are concerned On other ques-
ti0ns, there is room for agreement and
the general trend of opinion tonight is
that no lengthy suspension VIII be the
result except in a few fields.
The most threatening aspect over
shadows Pennsylvania and Illinois
sections.
Briefly, the miners demands are that
all operators agree to pay increased
wages of 6 cents a ton on pick mined
screen coal, with proportionate al
Vances for other methods of mining
and outside labor, as a prerequisite to
negotiations on the other questions.
With the advance in pay assured
work may be continued in the mines
affected pending solution of the minor
points. provided the national executive
board of the union approves action tc
this effect by district officers.
Cannot Modify Wage Demands.
The national board is made the fina
power so far as the union is concerned
but it is expressly forbidden to modify
the wage demands.
A provision is made that agreement:
may be signed by states. districts o.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30

the new buildings to be erected were
opened. The contract for the work, not
including the plumbing and heating,
was awarded to Earl A. Williams, of
Milton, his bid of $22.5S1.47 being the
lowest Bids for the plumbing and
heating will be opened on April 1.
Work of moving the old buildings
back viii be started Immediately as
the contract calls for the completion
of the new structure within the next
five months. Other bidders were:
George Shrine, Walla Walla, $23,500;
HI. A. Glaze, Alfalfa, $4,000; C. j.
Wallingford, Milton. s22,S00; Nick
Wierk, Walla Walla s25,250; and r.
F. Vansill, of Milton, $22.625.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
WOULD MAKE NEW YORK "DRY"
Gaynor Plans to Put City in "Dry"
Column on Sundays He Says.

NEW YORK, Mar. 29.-Mayor Gay
nor gave out his plan for making New
York dry" on Sundays. In a letter
to the commissioner of police his honor
called attention to notice to liquor
dealers TO discontinue paying collec-
ton money. He says the state excise
law is enforced in other cities and says,
"It is now time we enforce the law
as Well" Policemen are instructed to
report violations of the screen laws.
Excise officers he recommends, should
obtain other evidence and report it to
the district attorney. The eating
canker of extor.ion,'' the mayor in
sists, must be eradicated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
Sends Bullet to Actors.

NEW YORK, Mar. 29-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt has presented a
bullet with which he killed bull ele-
phant to the Actors Fund fair which
will be held in New York on May 9-14.
He sent it in response to request
from Charles Burnham, general mana
ger of the fair, with the following let
ter dated "On Safari, February 81:
II haven't any trophies, the skins are
FOR the National museum. but I enclose
a bullet | used in killing bull ele-
plant. It may be Of no use, if so throw
L. aWay"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30

little expectation for relief from this
city Many of the hats this year re-
quire an extra amount of work while
some are so large, so it is said, 1t
necessitates two or more trimmers TO
work on them as it takes so much
time for one to walk around them in
trimming
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
Preparing for Shut Down.

FITTSBURG, Mar 9.-Industrial IN
terests here expect the coal strike and
are boarding up enough coal to with
stand at least months shut down OF
the mines
John H. Johns of the Pittsburg-
Buffalo Coal company admitted that
he feared a strike. Fifty thousand
men are at work in the soft coal mines
Of this district.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
Men Saved From Death.

HILLSBORO, Ills, Mar. 29.-Two
hundred men employed by the Korth
amp Mining company's mine. mile
from this city, escaped death or in
jury today, when w. w. Davenport,
mine examiner, discovered three
kegs of powder connected in an in
genious way with the electrical. equip
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
,II;,o;s Mines Close Saturday.

ST. LOUIS, Mar 29.-Mines which
produce $4,000, 900 tons of coal au-
nually in Illinois, will close down Sat
urday night Negotiations toward new
contracts will begin in Chicago next
Monday. No shortage of coal is expec-
ted if the mines do not reopen in two
months
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
TRAINS ARE BLockADED
Extreme Western Portion of Nebras-
ka in Grasp of Blizzard.

ALLIANCE, Neb., March ga
severe blizzard, driven by a strong
northwest wind today blocked trains
in the extreme western part of the
state and seriously impaired telegraph
and telephone facilities. The therm-
ometer is ranging about ten above.
West and north of here, on the
Wyoming division of the Burlington,
conditions are reported worse. There
is heavy blockade due to snow and
trains are three to ten hours ate.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30

central division of the Union Pacific.
Several overland trains were report
ed stalled in snow banks at Snyder,
Colo. Traffic was said to be impeded
on the Denver and Rio Grande be-
tween Denver and Pueblo.
North Dakota experienced an old
fashioned BLIZZARD the wind piling up
the snow in drifts
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
NOTHING Left But to Strike

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 20
Phillip r. Penna, secretary and treas
urer of the Indiana Bituminous Coal
Operators association, said tonight:
There is nothing left now but a
strike The strike will take effect
April l."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
No Agreement in Sight.

KANSAS CITY, No. Mar. 29.-No
agreement is in sight between the
southwestern Coal Mine Operators as
ISOLATION, including Missouri, Kansas,
Arkansas and Oklahoma, and the coal
miners organization and a general
strike is expected April l.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
Iowa Mines Affected.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Mar. 29.-Iowa
mines will suspend operations at
o'clock Thursday afternoon. This was
announced today by the mine workers
on receipt of word that the Cincinnati
conference had been adjourned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30

"Stock gamblers in coal will be most
disappointed of all the man who tried
to bring about a strike affecting the
entire country. l hope they Will pay
the penalty of their own folly.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
CONTRACTS FOR NEW COLLEGE
BUILDINGS ARE AWARDED

MILTON, Ore, March 29-(Special)
AT a meeting of the trustees of CO.
lumbia college this afternoon bids for
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-30
ment of the mine.

ment of the mine
The wires were so arranged that
when the power was turned on, the
powder would have exploded
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-11
MEMORIAL DAY F.
FOR WOODMEN

Officers and prominent members OF
tho local camp OF Woodmen of tho
World arc making elaborate prcpara-
tlons for the observance of memorl-
al day on Sunday. June d. and pro-
gram of especial interest is being az
ranged for the occasion.
II wish the Standard would an
nouncc," said Secretary Edward Auth.
this morning. that a special commit
tee Will take charge Of memorial SER
vices and that tho members OF the
order in this city will turn ont On
massc this year TO dedicate the thirty
eight graves in the two Ogden come
terics. The program will include a
procession that will march through
tho principal thoroughfares oi tho
city, with TWO splendid bands of music
in attendance. and the solemniy beau
timl exercises ut tho cemetery will
include eloquent addresses. ritual ser.
vices and vocal and instrumental mu-
sic OF sacred character.
Every member Of the order Is TAX
ing deep interest in the program being
prepared for the occasion and we ex-
pect six hundred men OF moro In
line that dny II the weather is pro-
pltious and present arrangements arc
carried out
"All good Woodmen read the Stand
ard and this matter will be oi moro
than ordinary interest to them at this
time"