davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

Those who are not residents Of Cali
fornia and who are unfamiliar with
this state as an oil producer will GER
tainly sit up and take notice when
they learn that English capital, the
most conservative capital in the
world, has doyAns ~ representatives
here and the Investments they make
Htarrle the public We will attempt
10 give you herewith a few news
itorns, showing what Is being done.
Remember this: What is good for
foreign capital is good for us.
From the Los Angeles Examiner:
Evidence Is increasing that the
oil fields Of California, which now
are the most productive Of any in the
world. are attracting the attention Of
not only Eastern but foreign capital
as well. London and Paris in particu-
lar.
while the California Oilhelds
Company, with a capital Of $1,000
600. and with the greatest oil camp
In the world, was the pioneer British
concern to seek investment in the
California fields. the transaction
fortnight ago by which the Roths-
childs invested s2,5OO,OOO in oil
lands In the San Joaquin Valley, is
regarded as a forerunner Of similar
investments by other British fnan-
ciers.
Announcement is made that a
leading oil land broker now Is In New
York. completing a deal amounting
to approximately $1,0Oo,OOO while an
offer Of $4,000 per acre Of half a
quarter section and which was the
top-notche price for Midway land,
was made during the past week by
agents Of British syndicate. The
ofrer, however, was refused.
1T. A. O'Donnell, the well-known
Los Angeles oil producer, stated
yesterday that he knew positively of
two orders coming from London and
one from Paris for the purchase of
proven or producing oil land, and
that he had heard reports of several
other orders.
one OF the best known brokers of
Los Angeles has received instructions
by cable to secure options, II possible,
on large amount Of proven or pro-
ducing land, with the assurance that
practically unlimited capital will be
forthcoming.
AN English woman wealth. who
has been travelling through the Uni
ted States, called upon the same brok-
er during the past week and gave
orders for liberal investment in oil
stocks"
From the California Oil Digest:
Three members of powerful
British syndicate with $4,000, 900 to
invest In the oil fields of the San
Joaquin Valley. are said 10 be travel
ing incognito and to have arrived at
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

Bakersfield, and though they have not
been Spotted, nor as yet, named
there seems to be some truth in the
report in connection with the sale Of
the holdings Of The Imperial and
Thirty-Three Companies and that of
j. M. Keith and ]. ]. Mack In the
Kern river field, for which $2,500,000
was paid, and subscriptions made in
San Francisco to the stock Of this
syndicate on April 20, up to the hour
of closing Of foreign exchanges,
amounting to $4,000. 900. according
to San Francisco dispatches which Is
to be followed at once by the organ
ization Of the Kern River Oilfelds,
Limited, a deal consummated by j.
j. Mack when he went abroad recent
ly to London, where he was approach
ed and wired the offer OF London
bankers"
Just notice the enormous prices
being paid for some lands in Goa
linga.
From The Oil News:
British capital interested in the
British Consolidated at Coalinga
bought 200 acres belonging to the
Gypsy Oil Company in % and 2S, 32-
2S. Midway. which has four wells
producing about 500 barrels a day,
paying $500 an acre or 100000,
first payment having been made"
Even Great Britain expects to use
oil as fuel. AS indicating the intent
ion Of Great Britain in respect to the
use of fuel oil in her navy, the fol-
lowing Is noted from the London Pc
troleum Review:
I'm the House of Commons last
week, Mr.. Hugh Law, M. p, asked
the First Lord Of the Admiralty
whether 1t is in the intention Of the
Admiralty to make a greater use in
future OF oil fuel; has a large quan-
tity Of such fuel been ordered; has
storage accommodation been provid-
ed at various depots, and has the
Admiralty taken steps to secure an
adequate supply Of oil fuel in the
future from independent sources?
"Mr. McKenna. in a written ans
wer, says: The reply to the four
questions asked is in the affirmative,
but it is not in the public interest to
furnish details of the arrangements
made or contemplated "
The Coalinga Times tells abut one
man who made his fortune in Goa
linga oil as follows:
'Zed Phelps, the king Of Section
Six, is arranging TO dispose Of his be-
longings in COalinga and depart
In a talk with the Times reporter
this afternoon the genial gentleman
stated that he is perfecting arrange
ments whereby he will, as soon as
possible, dispose OF his residence,
furniture and other movable pos
sessions and leave the country.
1T was four years last September
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

Disposing Of the last Of the imme-
date Territories at least makes the
United States geography lesson that
much simpler.-New York World.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02

Yes, the State campaign has start
ed, but 1t won't be interesting until
the candidates reach the Piedmont.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-02
RIGHTS CT THE ROAD.

\ Strong Plea for Protection For
Pedestrians and Others Who Must
share the Highways With Automo-
biles.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
Bears Hammer Down
Prices to Finish

CHICAGO, Mar 3.-Bears had all
the best of it in the grain pits today,
flooding the market with offerings and
hammering prices down to finish 3-Sc
to lac for wheat; / 3-Sc to l Sac
down for corn and Lee to 1 1-Sc low
er for oats. Prices were lower in all
provisions, lard and ribs closing from
15c to II 1-2c off and pork declining
to q close from 40c to AZ 1-2c down.
Large offerings of wheat gave the
bears early control. The weak start
was rapidly changed to decided de-
cline which bore May down from $1.14
3-8 to $113. The close was weak with
May 1 1901 lie off at $1.13 Is.
! Corn fell off throughout the session,
MAY fell off from SIS lac to 63 lac;
the old futures declining in less de-
gree The cash corn market suffered
severe setback, dropping from to
&C.
Trade in oats developed into a
steady falling off as the day progressed.
September resisted the decline more
than the nearby months.
In provisions, pork touched low
mark at $24.42 '12, 81 LIE below yes
terday. Closing figures for the May
products were pork $24.67 IL, AZ 1-2c
off; lard 1882 1-2@13.35, 1901 IL
down and ribs $12.7 1-2@12.SO. $50
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04

HONOLULU, Mar. 3.-Anotner ex-
pertinent by the Hawaiian board of
migration in it's efforts to find solu
ton for the labor problem in the is
lands appears to be a failure. After
importing Spaniards, Portuguese,
Porto Ricans and South Sea islanders,
all of whom proved unsatisfactory or
left the plantations dissatisfied with
conditions. the planters turned to the
Philippineeislands and Siberia for i'm
! migrants.
Four hundred Russians, men, Wo-
men anu children, who were brought
here on the last steamer from the
Orient by the territorial board of i'm
migration, remain camped at the
wharf and refuse to go to work on the
sugar plantations, for which purpose
they were imported. They assert that
as inducement for them to come to the
islands the agents of the immigration
board at Hardin said that they would
receive $45 a month, double the sum
that is being offered them here. Also
that they have been told by former
Russian immigrants here that the
plantation work is hard, cost of living
high and that they were compelled to
buy their provisions and supplies at
the plantation stores at high prices
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
ALLDs HAS HIS DAY AT
BRIBERY iNvEsTicAr,ou

ALBANY. n. Y. Mar. 3.-Tbis
distinctly Senator Aids day AZ ,bs
bribery investigation. The Defends.
occupied the witness stand from ms
opening of the session and his drao.
examination was unfinished when "a
journment was taken until tomorro,.
Senator Conger and his ATTORNEYS 90
fered no interruption while the d.
PENDANT told a story that contra d;cssa
at every point -Cnnger's assertion tha.
Aids solicited anu received 81 600 %.
blocking legislation hostile to n.
bridge companies.
THAT is absolutely false" declared
the accused senator, when Conger,s
testimony was repeated to him.
He asserted that he had not met his
accusers brother Frank, the agent q,
the American Bridge company. and
that the first time he saw Hiram q
Moe was when he appeared on the
stand at this trial.
Aids tried to show that there was
no necessity for the bridge interests
to give him money in 1901 because
they are alleged to have wanted al
ready had been accomplished by Or
ders frcm Thomas Plat, then Unit.
ed States Senator.
Aids cough to show that the bridge
companies had reasons to know this.
Such proof was in the form of cor
respcnGence between Aids and Plat.
who in 1901 was the republican leader
in this state, and between Plat and
w. A. Smyth of Oswego. Smyth ap-
pealed to Platt to suppress the bridge
bill on which Conger says Aids based
his demand for corruption money
and Plat asked Aids to see that the
bill was killed
Aids wrote to Plat declaring that
the bill was safely stuck in the COM
mittee on rules, of which he was q
member. and would never come out
1t developed today that Senator Plat
had sent orders to Speaker Nixon in
this connection.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
EXPERIMENT IN
LABOR FAILURE

leaving them in debt to the planters at
the end of the month. Another source
of dissatisfaction with the Russians is
the complaint that the houses assigned
to them are unfit.
The children were fed today by
charitably disposed people of Honu-
lulu. There is some indication OF
riotousness among the disappointed
immigrants and the authorities are
very much puzzled to know just what
action to take. United States Attor-
ney r. w. Breckons stated that if the
Russians become vagrant they will be
deported.
. The immigrants employed an attor-
ney today and may appeal to the Rus
sian consuls at San Francisco and
Yokonoma. Another party of Russians
are expected to arrive on the steamer
Korea next Monday and it is feared
that they will refuse to go to work on
the plantations at the terms offered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
BELIEVE MEN HAVE Persisted
Six Men Who Started in Open Boat
From Steamer Faraion Unreported

SEATTLE, Mar 3.-All hope for the
safety of the six men who started out
in an open boat to seek help for the
wrecked steamer Farallon has been
abandoned by officers of the revenue
cutter service on Puget sound. The
boat crew, consisting of Mate Swanson
and five men, three of whom were
passengers on the wrecked steamer,
left Hanna bay Alaska, February Z.
two days after the wreck of the steam
er. No word has been received from
them since, and unless they took re-
fuge among the Indians they are lost
February 20 the revenue cutter Ia
homa sailed from Seward, Alaska, on a
cruise of the neighboring islands to
search for the missing men. Local
officers of the revenue cutter service
believe that if the Tahoma had been
successful in her search wireless
message would have been sent. The
fact that no word has been received
from the Tahoma leads them to believe
that the men have not been found.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
WESTERN WASHINGTON RIVERS
OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS NOW
Inland Sea Extends For MiIes-Rain-
fall is He avy


| SEATTLE, Mar. 3.-Most Of the
rivers Of Western Washington over
flowed their banks today, and the wat
er continues to rise, high temperature
melting the snow in the mountains.
The weather forecast is for warm
weather throughout the state of Wash
lngton and light rain on Puget sound.
All the lowlands between Seattle
and Tacoma are submerged, making
an inland sea miles in extent. The
lines of the White, Black and Duwam-
ish rivers are lost in the smooth sea
that covers the land. The flood came
so gradually that no loss of life or
cattle occurred. The ground has been
like a soaked sponge for more than
week and depressions were already
filled with surface water when the
swollen streams slowly Tapped over
their banks. Currents formed through
the already inundated country when
the rivers broke from their channels
and the water craWled up inch by inch
until valleys were vast seas linked to-
gether. Many farmers have moved into
the upper floors of their houses and go
about their business in boats
In Lewis county and along the Che
halls river all the way to GrayS Harbor
similar conditions prevail.
The Northern Pacific is having great
trouble In keeping Its line open on the
west slope of the Cascades, Green river
being a raging torrent. The Northern
Pacific does not speak hopefully of
the prospect of maintaining the SER
vice to Portland
The rainfall has been very heavy in
Cedar river valley, threatening to cut
off Seattle's water supply. The Mil
waukee railroad. which by turning the
course of the Cedar river endangered
the city aqueduct, is making a hard
fight to control the river
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
Statues to Be Cleansed.

NEW YORK, Mar. 3.-With lnd1ca-
tions of approaching spring stirring in
the air, Mayor Gaynor's new park
commissioner announced today that he
is about to undertake the unusual task
of cleansing all the bronze statues
about the city. In many cases &c
years accumulation of SCOT and dirt
must be removed. The work is to be
done under the general supervision OF
Gulson Dormlum, the sculptor, so that
no damage from the artistic point OF
view will be done to the statues.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
Will Develop China is Said.

CHICAGO. Mar. 3.-That the incor-
porating of the Rockefeller foundation
provided for by bill introduced In
the United States senate yesterday Dy
Senator Gallinger will be followed by
widespread activity N China by John
D. Rockefeller and his co-workers was
the belief expressed at the University
of Chicago when the news reached
here. Harry Pratt Judson, president.
limited as much when asked for a
statement. He declared that while the
general education beard of which he
is a member has power to direct edu-
cational efforts only in this country
the Rockefeller foundation VIII have
no limit to it's activity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
COWLITZ BOOMS GO OUT.
Swift Current Carries Away Timber
Products,

FroCuCtS.
KELSO, Wash, Mar. 3.-With a
warm chinook and a heavy rain at the
headwaters of the Cowlitz river, the
stream has risen from 1 feet inches
to 10 feet l inches in "a hours. The
current is swift and destructive.
The loss in logs, single bolts, pill
Ing, ties, poles and other timber pro-
ducts is estimated from $4,000 to $4,-
900. The destruction caused to farm
lands, owing to the current cutting
new channels and washing away
banks, canot now be estimated. Some
fthe most valuable farm lands along
the Cowlitz have been reduced to
gravel bars.
All the sheer, pocket and stiff booms
from Castle Rock down to the mouth
Of the Cowlitz, excepting those be-
longing to the eMtcalf Single Com
pany at Kelso, have been carried out,
The sawmill belonging to J. S. Beck,
at Lexington, is completely surround
ed by water and is in great danger.
The big county bridge spanning the
Cowlitz at Kelso is in danger. The
Columbia river boom at the mouth of
the Cowltz suffered heavy damage,
the sheer boom giving out early last
night, causing the loss of all timber
products coming out of the Cowlitz.
The sheer boom at the mouth of the
CoWlitz was the only hope of saving
the timber coming out of this river,
and when this was incapacitated the
swift current carried everything out
into the Columbia river, and when
once into the Columbia it means
through to the sea.
The river tonight is at standstill at
10 feet II inches, and unless the rains
start in again it will begin falling to-
morrow morning. The wind is now
changing to the north, which forecasts
colder weather lat the source of the
river
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
BOSTON VICINITY FLOODED
Heavy Rains Create Flood Conditions
but Little DAMAGE.

BOSTON, Mar. 3.-Four days OF
heavy rains have created flood condi-
tions along many of the rivers in New
England. Though so far no great
damage has been reported, much in
convenience has been caused, trans
portation schedules have been derang-
ed by the washing out of tracks and in
several districts considerable appre-
hension is being felt for nomesteads
and factories along the banks of men
acing streams.
Throughout Massachusetts, the riv-
ers are rising steadily On Cape Cod
railroad tracks have been washed
away and several highway bridges car
ried out. In the western part of the
state the Hausatanic river has over
flowed it's banks Foctories which line
the banks of many streams have been
forced to suspend operations.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04

NEW YORK, Mar. 3.-Operators in
stocks still found their advantage to-
day in working for higher prices. The
supply Of stocks for sale was increas-
ed as the level Of the market rose and
the profits On speculs tive holdings be-
come more attractive.
Un!1ed States Sreel was the spine
of the market The stock was taken
in large amounts TO the accompani-
mrns Of various rumors.
Conditions in steel were declared to
be improving and large orders from
the railroads for new equipment were
adduced as specific evidence Of this.
The news of the withdrawal Of John
D. Rockefeller Jr., from the Standard
Oil board was cited to prove that his
withdrawal from the United States
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
, MAGISTRATE Robert G. Cornell.

to Magistrate Robert c. Cornell.
How much do you earn month
asked the Magistrate of Earl Pesonl,
waiter in a fashionable uptown res
taurant. who is seeking to arrange
terms of separation from his wife.
"Well. get $3.50 in salary and per-
haps SIS or $40 a month more in tips,
was the walters reply
you can't expect me to believe
that" said the court in some heat, for
dine at your restaurant often and l
know that if person gives a waiter
a tip of less than 81 he is classed with
the undesirables. Why my salary OF
$1,000 a year is scarcely big enough to
cover the expense of tips"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
DO NOT DESIRE TOURISTS
Residents of Island Petition That Boat
Be Kept From Landing There.

PAPEETE, Tahiti, February IT,, via
San Francisco, Mar $40 judge from
a petition lately addressed to the gov
el nor of the island by many merchants
this is the one place on the globe that
is not DESTROYS of tourist travel. The
petition asks that steps be taken to
prevent the regular trip of the steam
ship Mariposa from San Francisco
from coinciding with the fourteenth
Of July festivities. 1t is set forth that
the presence of the ship and her pas
sengers necessitates a certain amount
of attention to other affairs that dis
tracts from proper devotion to Hula
Hulas and other local forms of pat
riotism incidental to the anniversary
of the fall of the Bastile. The petition
also explains that the tourists do not
spend sufficient money ashore, prefer
ring to eat and sleep on board ship
rather than in the local hotels.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
Rhinoceros Dies in Zoo.

NEW YORK, Mar. 3.-There was
crepe on the main entrance of the
Bronx zoo today Sheke, the only two
horned male rhinocerOs in captivity,
is dead after a long illness. He was
valued at $4,000. Three years ago
Sheke was reposing peacefully in the
mud Of a little gulch in German East
Africa Some men found him, tied
him to a pole and took him across
country to Uganda and Mombasa from
which famous place he was transported
to this country
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04

IL lower.
Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; No. 2 rye 1903; feed
and mixing barley 60@64; fair to
choice mating 65@67; flax seed, No. l
Southwestern 5000 IL; No. North
western $219 1-2; timothy seed 1910;
mess pork, per bbl $24.75@25.O0; lard,
per 100 lbs $13.25; short ribs. Sides
Ooose) $1237 1-2@12.S7 IL; short
clear sides, (boxed) 1887 1-2@13.5O;
grain statistics-total clearances OF
wheat and flour were equal to $4,000
blu. Primary receipts were $4,000 bu.,
compared with $4,000 blu. the cores
ponding day year ago. Estimated
receipts for tomorrow: Wheat II cars;
corn 295 cars; oats 166 cars; hogs TO-
900 head.
Omen High Low. Close.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
White Woman WEEDS Japanese

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Mar. 3-Mrs
H. Y. Inuyto, who married H. Y. In
uyto, Japanese in Goldfield yesterday
was Miss Vivian Blackwell, daughter
of an expressman of this city. She
was employed in a japanese store for
some time. Inuyto also was employed
there and the two were thrown to-
gether a great DEAL The parents OF
Mrs. Inuyto, Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Black
we'll, did not approve of their daught-
er's marriage to a Japanese, but were
unable to persuade her to give up the
alliance. Mr.. and Mrs. Inuyto will
return here to live
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
GIRLS ARRESTED WITH Fun
SHOPlfFTING OiITS,L
Had Bib Muffs and DoubI. CT.
STUFF Stolen Goods in-Msn to
Nabbed -

NEW YORK, Mar. S.-Wber =,
Pokorney. 13 years old and No. Mary
dauer, IL, were arrested toniph, Sna-
carried big muffs with split linn, both
double skirts with false pocke,S and
when We're found jewelry, laces. silsa
Mary Pokorney tod the noi soV'
meeting woman who invited ha. VI
her fiat in Harlem. There. save M 70
the woman set out goods on a t3in afy
intimation of a counter OF a departra e ~
atore, and gave regular instrucrionae
d numerous class in the art Of staaS,I 70
without attracting the attention 80
SalesWoman. VI
a \. man n, she met at the Nat induced
and for three weeks thew had Sa o
living in furnished rooms, she stsaI,sn
to support him. He was arrested ~
night. w
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
CHEW STRAW, GET LUMPY JAW
Person in Chicago Mattress Factory
Chewed Mouldy Straw and Is III.


CHICAGO, Mar. 3.-Persons should
be cautious about chewing straw be-
cause of the danger of "lumpy jaw
A case was discovered yesterday at
the Presbyterian hospital.
The patient is under the care of DR.
Arthur d. Bevan, who refused to re-
veal his patients name.
my patient he said, became af
fected with the disease through plac-
ing in his mouth piece of straw up
on which a rust had collected. He is
employed in a mattress factory which
had a quantity of moldy straw.
I'VE should never put straw or hay
in our mouths. The germs which
Turk upon moldy straw lodge in the
gums and that is the start of the dis
ease. The germ is a vegetable para
site of the fungus. This fungus
thrives in plants and usually infects
cattle. Men usually contract the dis
ease by coming in contact with af-
fected cattle"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
Campaign Against Gambling.

ALBANY, N. Y, Mar. 3.-The Civic
league of Albany has begun a cam
paign against gambling here. AS the
opening gun in their warfare they sent
a letter to Governor Hughes asking
his assistance Today the sheriff, the
district attorney and the state excise
commissioner received letters from the
governor directing them to take such
steps as are necessary to enforce the
law"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-04
Give Schools Names Not Numbers

NEW YORK, Mar. 3.-The board Of
education has under consideration a
proposition to designate the various
public schools of this city by names
instead of by numbers as at present.
The plan is said to have the backing
of majority of the members. By this
means it is urged interest in the ach-
ievements of prominent New Workers
could be fostered among the pupils,
and the memory of men who have
achieved distinction could be honor
n1