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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
All Harmony in
Democratic Camp

WASHINGTON, Feb. Especial to
the esman)-Minority Leader
Champ Clark of Missouri declared IN an
interview today that there were no
grounds whatever for statements to
the effect that the democrats of the
house were not acting in harmony.
Things political in Washington
tend constantly toward increased uni
ty of action among democrats and in
creased factionalism among republic
cans" said Mr. Clark. For instance,
on Friday night, Jan. 81. the demo-
Gratis held by long odds the most har-
monized caucus in the Is years that l
have been in congress. There were
three or four resolutions offered and
elaborate debate was had on them, the
debate lasting more than two and a
half hours but there was not a harsh
word uttered or an unpleasant personal
remark made. Every man had his say
without let or hindrance and at last,
when the resolutions were voted on,
they were carried in some instances
and defeated in others by an almost
unanimous vote.
"The climax of harmony came when
Graham Of Illinois, was elected by ac-
clamation on motion of Henry d.
Clayton of Alabama, chairman of the
caucus, to succeed Mr.. Lloyd of Missou-
ri, who declined to serve on the COM
mittee to investigate the interior de-
partment and the bureau of forestry.
Lloyd is so busy with his congression-
al duties and with his duties as chair
man of the democratic congressional
campaign committee that he could not
assume the duties of an investigation
which may take months of time and
which may require journey to Wash
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
VERSIONS OF
LITERARY SALAD"

As these two stunts did not fill
up the evening sufficiently. the hostess
had prepared for just this emergency
sentimental version of the old game
OF literary salad" She had cut out Il
number of red paper hearts. and writ
ten upon them various sentimental
quotations, such as, Love me little.
love me long," 1T is better to have
loved and lost than never to have low
ed at all" Il could not love thee. dear
so much, loved I not honor more
What care 1 how fair she be. if she
De not fair to me-" THE course of true
love never did run smooth" and so
forth. These she tore in half, placing
half in one basket and the other half
in second basket.
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ington and Oregon or even to Alaska.
Everybody left that democratic caucus
in high good humor.
while we were holding that harmo-
NOUS caucus, 1 am informed that the
newly elected members of the republic
can congressional committee luxuriated
at a banquet at one of the principal
hotels for the purpose of electing Off
GERS and that they had regular monk
ey and parrot time of it, as usual in
these latter days
$50 that it may be safely stated that
within the last two weeks we have in
creased our chances of carrying the
next house
80 loud is the public protest against
the enormities of the Payne Aldrich-
Smoot tariff bill that today the re-
publicans put forth one of their crack
orators, Mr. Boutelle of Chicago, to
deliver a campaign speech in defense
of that odoriferous measure 1t is sup
posed that his is only the initial per-
Torrance in that line, but the sequel
will probably show that all the oratory
republican spellbinders can pour out
this side of the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November will not
save their bacon. All the perfumes of
Araby the Blest will not sweeten that
monstrous measure enough to render
it agreeable to the nostrils of the peo-
pie.
| But as Mr. Boutelle has begun the
business of arguing the Payne-Aldrich-
SmOot bill after the fact instead of
arguing it befohe, we may be in for a
long tariff debate. The more debate
the better for the democrats and the
country. SO, on with the dance!"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
HEAVY FAILURE DOES
NOT EFFECT MARKET
WALL STREET HAD TIME TO
SLEEP OVER CRASH-STOCkS
WERE NOT SENSITIVE
investors Prefer Higher Interest and
Take Greater Chances on Bonds
Cause Sluggishness.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The stock
market today had to digest the failure
of F'iske and Robinson, announced af-
ter the market closed yesterday. Man
ifestly there was no great relish in
doing so. The primary declines, which
were within one point limits, brought
prompt support and recoveries follow
ed. The failure had features about
it that placed it out of the usual lines
of it's particular business, notably III
the extent to which it's commitments
were in bonds of properties of the
conservative stages. The liabilities,
while large did not in themselves give
occasion for fears of direct conse
quences to the general market. The
incident directed new attention how
ever, to the general market for bonds
in general, which has not been eff
fectually relieved at any stage of the
extensive speculative movement in
stocks. One reason advanced by bond
dealers for the sluggish demand for
high grade, well secured bond issues
is the preference of investors for in
ferior grades offering a highed re-
turn. The high cost of living IS blam
Thus far the decline in the interest
rate on money has failed to correct
this defect in the bond market A
diversion of investment from fixed in
terest securities into stock shares with
claims to divert the increment Of pro-
fit is an actual tendency in times of
expanding earnings or even Of price
imitation by redundant currency or in
creased gold production. The stock
market today was almost inert in pres
ence of doubts in the minds of specu
lators sustaining effect was caused
for time by the buying of Reading.
The news of that stock did not go be-
yond reports of the source of buying.
The variety of these reports left an
impression of unreliability. There was
some further pressure on the special
ties which suffered most in yesterdays
liquidation. The copper group was
hurt by sharp decline in the price
of copper in London and unsatisfactory
reports of trade position of that metal.
Foreign stock markets as well as New
York were affected by this factor. The
monthly financial statement of the
United States treasury shows a total
redemption of bank notes for the month
of $60,S64,545, which establishes a new
record. The force of the return flow
of currency from the countrys circu-
lation receives a striking illustration
in this figure. The final break came
with great suddenness and in some
cases with sensational violence Unit
ed States Steel, Southern Pacific,
American Smelling and others sold
lower than in the period of greatest
weakness last week. The closing tone
was feverish and weak.
Bonds We're irregular Total sales,
par value, S2,SSS,000
United States bonds We're unchanged
on call. a
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
Free Competition is Requisite

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. AT the
annual meeting of Associated Ohio
Dailies, comprising 124 daily newspap-
ers in Ohio, held today in this city,
statement upon THE price which
publishers should pay for print paper"
was made by John Norris, chairman
of the committee on paper Of the
American Newspaper Publishers $50
citation. Mr.. Noddis said if free com
petition and normal conditions prevail
ed in the paper trade, news print should
be delivered in press rooms 1t $50
a ton, or $1.75 per hundred pounds.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
: : s.:
Exchange
A Valentine PartV

A Saint Valentines Day party is al
ways a source of great joy among the
young people, for the girls can then
revel openly in their leaning toward
the sentimental, and the boys can in
dulse themselves Just for once" in
the "rDolshness" that they generally
pretend to look upon with great con-
tempt. ~
Besides. soft lights shed by rose
pink candle shades and decorations Of
pink roses and sweet scented carna-
tions never fail to appeal to those that
have any of the artistic tendency in
them. and where the hostess is her
self Of this makeup the result is sure
to IL Beautiful.
II you cannot afford the real bloom
at this time of the year, paper flowers
willo do just as WELL especially for
festoons of flowers, combined with
heart shaped valentines, draped grace
fully from picture to picture, and
twined around chandeliers. If your
rooms are all suffused in a dim, rosy
light. the paper flowers will also an
swer for decorating small stands and
tables placed here and there through
out the rooms
\ few real roses, however, will lend
sufficient fragrance to carry out the
effect. but if you feel they are really
beyond your pocketbook, then a few
dozen carnations can be made to ans
wer the purpose.
Rose paper shades for gas and elect
ricoHght bulbs will give just the right
light, while a lamp or two with a
shade of this color. or even of old rose,
will add to the effect most delightful
%
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03

IS EFFECTED
PUBLIC LANDS COMMITTEE RE-
PORT SUBSTITUTE FOR AD
MINISTRATlON BILLS
DECISION THE OUTGROWTH OF
THREE CORNERED FIGHT
OVER LEGALITY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-The senate
committee on public lands today re-
ported a substitute for two admlnistra-
ton bills, authorizing the president, for
conservation purposes, to withdraw
public lands from entry.
The decision to report such a meas
ure was reached after several hearings
had ben held, in which the necessity
for the legislation was attacked and
defended in spirited controversy.
United action was impossible today
when the question of reporting a bill
was taken up. A three cOrnered fight
had been carried on in the committee
for some time. The factions were
made up of Senators who believed
that the president, under the exist
ing law, has authority to withdraw
lands from public entry; senators who
have been in favor of giving him such
power, but who have contended that
numerous acts of former President
Roosevelt were illegal, and senators
who have taken a decided stand
against any such authority being con-
ferred upon the the executive.
Acts of Mr. Roosevelt should be
validated beyond question declared
those senators who were in favor of
advanced conservation legislation, but
who have questioned the legality of
many of the Withdrawals already made,
but they Joined with the supporters of
the administration bill sent to the
by Secretary Ballinger and
agreed to report a substitute. This
action still left a minority composed
Of Senators Hepburn and Clark of wy
oming, who insist that the right to
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ed them to burst into tears.
Sanitary experts, doctors and nine
officers are trying to determine what
shall be done with the dead bodies
and the seepage water in which the
corpses have been floating for more
than two months.
1t was suggested that the water be
pumped into sewer that runs to
creek south of town. This plan was
objected to by residents, who feared
a pestilence, as the drinking water in
Cherry is pumped from shallow wells.
The men of Cherry are begging for
employment in the mine. AS Chief
Mine Boss Frew left the mine today
after working all night in the burned
out passages, Bonfillio GazZato, 16
years old, asked for work.
You were one of the 20 fellows
who sat cooped in the mine for eight
days after the fire, Bonifillio, and now
you want to go down there again.
said Frew Your two brothers are
dead down there, and your sister lost
her mind as result. I'll give you
top work"
Yes, but / want to get down there
and save my brothers." said Bonifillio
They had a big canvass and they
could have put that around them
crawled in a pocket of the mine aE@
stayed there alive, all right"
w. w. Taylor, general manager of
the ST. Paul Coal Mining company
owners of the ST. Paul mine in Cher
ry, went to Granville tonight to try
to settle strike of $50 miners who
left the Granville mine today. The
men struck because Of dissatisfaction
with the top bosses. 1t is said the
closing the Granville mine would ser
iously affect the Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul railway, as it depends
much on that mine for coal since the
fire closed the Cherry mine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
MRS.FORDB LED
& {: J DEFAU[TERS
WARRINER TAKES STAND AND
TELLS TALE OF HIGH
F1NANCIERING.
WOMAN CHARGED WITH BLACK.
MAIL WEEPS AS TRANSACT
TONS ARE REVEALED.

CINCINNATI. Feb. about one
fourth of the s643,00e that Charles l..
Warmer, defaulting local treasurer Of
the Big Four railroad confessed to
have embezzled. was paid by him to
Mrs. jeanette Stewart-Ford and Ed
gar s. Cooke of Chicago, according to
WARMERS testimony today in the
trial of Mrs. Ford for blackmail.
The witness said that in the seven
years he was embezzling funds of the
railroad he had been paying approx
mately $1,000 month to both Cooke
and Mrs Ford, and declared that, 50
far as he knew, Mrs. Ford had been
unaware that he was short in his &C
counts
According to Warmer he paid
blackmail to Mrs. Ford because she
knew that Cooke had been short in
his accounts when he left the Big
Four service and that when Warriner
had succeeded him he had concealed
his shortage.
1t became apparent that Warriner
had no intention of accusing Cooke
of blackmail. The witness repeatedly
declared that Cooke never had extort-
ed money from him, but that he had
supplied him with funds for the sole
purpose of keeping Mrs. Ford quiet, as
| he asserted she was equally danger
Gus to both of them.
Warmer admitted that ne had
given large sums to Mrs. Cooke, but
he maintained that she had never ask
ed him for money and said that the
only reason he helped her and her
children was because they were the
| only ones | felt any moral obligation
| to assist
! Fair Defendant Weeps.
! Warmer appears to enjoy his cross
! examination. Seated easily on the
| witness stand he answers questions
with smiling nonchalance. His
| smiling composure is in strange con-
! trast to the demeanor of the woman
| against whom he is testifying. Mrs.
| Ford weeps almost continuously.
! ATTORNEY Thorndyke further de-
veloped his apparent line of defense
when he read to the jury half dozen
letters written to Cooke by Warriner
! in which there were strong and fire.
quent references to Mrs. Ford's in
! fatuation for the Chicago man.
! rs it true that this woman was
willing to give up friends, money, po-
sition and everything in the world
! for Cooke? Is it not true that he
was all in the world that she de-
| sired?' Mr.. ThOrndyke asked.
! Il believe so,' replied Warmer.
! The point that the defense persist
emily strove to establish was that
Mrs Ford was not deliberate black
mailer, but that she accepted the
money from Warmer as Cookies
friend, to be free to indulge in her
| infatuation.
Warmer was still on the stand
| when court adjourned. His cross eX-
animation will continue tomorrow.
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ped.
AS soon as all the guests had ar
rived, the hostess presented to each of
the men a red cardboard heart, and to
each of the girls a red cardboard key,
also paper and pencils, with the in
structiOnS that the men were to writ
out their requirements in wife, and
the girls what they considered to be
definite time was set for writing, and
then the guests were told to find taeir
affinities according to what had just
been written. The happy couple that
were first to present themselves re-
ceived each a souvenir, the girl a
match box filled with tiny candy
hearts, and the man a match box fill
ed with peppermint safety matches.
The couples thus matched were II
be partners for the evening.
But their future bliss was not yet
certain. however, for the hostess then
compelled her guests to write out their
fitness for matrimony, according t. q
set of questions that she had prepared
in advance. There was a separate set
for each sex, of course, but the couples
were, nevertheless, permitted to work
together. After a certain time the
answers were read a1olld and - tho
man and girl whose replies were judg-
ed to be the best were given heart
shaped valentines containing aDpro-
pirate Fluctuations
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
BERLIN GETS OLD BONES
German Expedition Sends Back The
Results of Their Search.

BERLIN, Feb. 2.-The first shipment
Of prehistoric bones collected by the
erman expedition in German East Afri-
ca, comprising 46 large boxes, reach
ed the Berlin archaeological museum
today.
Reports from the explorers indicate
that they have been highly success
full in finding important specimens. One
of the most treasured is a thigh bone
that measures six feet II "a inches as
compared with the four feet II inches
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
FALLEN ROCK
RETARDS WORK
WORK AT ST. PAUL MINE WILL
HEREAFTER BE DAILY La
Dor OF MANY
UNDECIDED AS TO HOW DEAD
BODIES WILL BE DISPOSED
OF

CHERRY, ILL.,, Feb. because of
the extensive fall of rock that blocked
the gallery connecting the main
shaft and the air shaft, the work of
clearing the ST. Paul mine and recov-
ering bodies of men killed by last
NOvember's fire went on slowly to-
day. The corpse seen near the air
shaft early today was not taken from
the mine. Anxious women, a few at
time, stood about the triple to-
day in a cold rain and watched the
pile of debris brought out, until the
sight of blackened dinner pail caus-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
INVITATIONS ON A
PAPER HEART

You may write your invitations upon
ordinary note-paper, if you do not care
to go to extra trouble, but last year a
hostess with an eye to the original
painted one side a bright red and on
the other wrote her name and ad-
dress, the date and hour of the party,
and the words, Prepare your hearts
for Cupids dart" A friend. handy
at drawing, had sketched in the upper
left-hand corner a cupid fully equip
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03

measurement of the corresponding bone
of the American diplodocus. 1t is said
that the African specimen is the larg-
est femur in existence.
The explorers have reached the con-
clusion that the African saurians were
direct progeny of those whose remains
were found in Wyoming
The expedition was sent by the gov
eminent to investigate the remains Of
antedeluvian animals discovered by
Professor Fraas of Stuttgart in 1907
in the southern part of German East
Africa.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
Extra Duty Removed.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The Ger
man government has issued a decree
which, in effect, permits American ap-
Piles packed in barrels in the head of
which excelsior or paper is placed
to prevent damage in shipment, to
enter that country without the pay
ment of the tariff rate provided.
Hitherto apples so packed have paid
the increased duty applicable to
Fruit doubly wrapped" The remov-
al of the extra duty will relieve q
burdensome duty on American apples.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03

Why is it that some men never seem
cow is the most loving of the beasts
of the field, unless it is the bed bug,
as relentless as a boil on the seat of
the spine. We remember a man who
had old Brigham Young backed into
the coal bin as a winner of women,
but he didn't have a heifer on the place
that he could milk without putting on
a false face. He had a neighbor who
was so homely that his face broke out
and who had been refused three times
by a hair Tipped grass widow with a
shape like a hair mattress and four
front teeth missing, yet he could walk
up to any mich cow on the farm and
tickle her under the chin. The man
who treats the cow right can rub a
four days growth of beard against
her cold nose without having the milk
stool kicked through his bronchia,
tubes, but after he has Jared her
stomach out of Plumb once or twice in
a fit of anger he couldn't side up to
the stanchion in a kimona without
having his meal licked punched. Be
kind to the cow and she will pay
bigger dividents than a hail insur-
ance company.
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and the army bills were passed, carry
ing a combined appropriation of s102,-
100000.
A bill exempting certificates Of in
debtedness and requiring the pay
ment of the principal of Panama canal
bonds. previously passed by the house.
was acted upon favorably.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
Merchant Fleet Enlarged.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The Am
erican merchant fleet was increased
in January by "a vessels, sc of wood
and s of steel construction. Eight
were for the Pacific coast.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
HOUSE PASSES CENSUS BILL
Senate Acts FavorabIy on Measure Re-
curing Payment of Canal Bonds


WASHINGTON, Feb. Am Animal
ed debate enlivened the session of the
house today. Charges of partisanship
in the taking of the census were num-
erous. After a long debate the CEN
sus bill was passed
In the senate the urgent deficiency
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
WIN the =, ?! Ei5!: zE=:::
:.:;SmQU Farmer
Odds and Ends

If 6you have a hired man on the
place who thinks it is cute to tear
of a chunk of bar-roOm profanity or
a smutty story before the children,
lead him out to the barn yard and
kick him into a close imitation of a
set Of Japanese bric-a- brac. A sew
er pipe wearing a $449 suit of clothes
and carrying three-quarters of a
pound of Battleax plug in his face
can fresco the mind of a fifteen year
old boy with more pollution than he
can rub out if he attends Sunday
school until his teeth work loose.
Don't stand for it. If you can't lick
the hired man, steal up behind him
and run a four-t tined pitch fork into
his kidneys three or four times before
Cpaying him off. Many a farmers
boy has been given a handsome start
toward hell by being allowed co as
sOciate with a beer guZzling dirty
mouthed pig swiller with the mind of
a waste pipe and the morals of a
tomcat Keep this up, and you will
come to some morning With jolt
that will drive you to the mGurner's
bench quicker than Billy Sunday at
his best.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-03
By Uncle .Hyum.. :.
his advice.

The offspring of a Clydesdale mare
is usually noted for having about the
same grade of intelligence at a head
lettuce. The Clydesdale iS tossed in
to it's mothers lap with a gift of
mentality fully equal to that of a
senile OK, yet many farmers prefer
him to the Percheron. which carries
about more brains in his fetlocks than
the Clydesdale has in his head. The
Clydesdale can grow more hair in pass
ing given point than a herd of buff
faloes, but you can feed him through
a disc harrow nine times a day with
out quickening his intellect. Put the
Clydesdale on a fish diet and cross
him with Greek lexicon. This will
gradually raise him to the brain
power level of the Shropshire eve.
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The girls were permitted to help
themse've from one basket and the
men from another. The couple match
ing their cards first received prizes,
the girl a copy of some famous love
songs and the man a heartshaped sill
yer charm for his watch fob.
THE SUPPER TABLE
Supper was then announced and the
guests repaired to the dining room
where they found that the table was
spread with a valentine crepe paper
cloth, which the hostess had purchased
for sixteen cents roll, roll being
twenty inches wide and ten feel long.
This cloth was profusely decorated
with cupids, hearts, arrows and roses.
Besides the rose paper shades tor
the chandelier, the table was lit by
candles with shades to match those
above The centerpiece was glass
bowl filled with water resting in bed
of moss and roses, while on the sur
| face of the water floated the leaves of
| real roses.
BOATS AS FORTUNE TELLERS
| The place cards were tiny boats OF
silver foil containing the name of the
guest These were to be later set
afloat upon the water, the hostess ex-
owners of opposite sex came together
| these two might look for wedding
soon, while if two belonging to own