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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30

A. c. Edmunds has been appointed clerk
at Danville. Va. for the United States
district and circuit courts, He succeeds
W. NJ. Mausey. who died several weeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30
Steel Plant Benefits.

The largest assessment as benefits is
against the Firth-Sterling Steel Com
panys property for $1.3j0 and the as
sessments are graduated down to s..
The jury comprised James F. Oyster. c.
l. Corby H. X Simpson Samuel H.
Walker and William p. Lipscomb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30
Laid Trap for Dealers.

These arrests were effected after a trap
had been arranged by District Attorney
Whitman and Special Assistant District
Attorney James b. Reynolds, with the
knowledge of the grand jury.
Mr. Reynolds planned a scheme some
months ago which had in view the actual
purchase of young girls from dealers and
the payment of the market price for
them. He obtained as aids two women,
one a graduate OF Radcliffe and the other
Of Smith College, who are interested in
sociological reforms, and man who had
been a federal agent in a similar inves-
tigation. Their names are withheld, as
their work is not completed
AS preliminary. the two went TO Seat
tie became familiar with conditions in
the Tenderloin i'm that city and estab-
lished friendly relations with the keepers
of illegal resorts.
When they left Seattle they had let
tiers of introduction from the ruler of the
Tenderloin there to dealers here. which
were presented on their arrival and
friendly relations established.
Full details of the method Of doing
business the prices paid for girls and
the corrupt part played by certain police
officials in protecting the traffic were OBJ
tanned here: 1t was learned that trading
last winter had been light, owing to the
grand jury investigation. One large
dealer. owing to fear. refused an offer
OF 81 900 for girl. although he admitted
he had sold girls two years ago at low
as S. and $40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30
GIRLS Go FOR CASH
Evidence Against white Slave
Dealers in New York.
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
Two Women College Graduates
Aided Authorities in Spring
ing Trap.
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY

NEW YORK, April 30.-More warrants
were issued today for suspected traffick-
ers in white slaves. following the arrest
asst night of one woman and Two men
and the declaration of District Attorney
Whitman that he had proved that white
slavery in New York was a reality.
While detectives are searching for the
other men and women who have been
implicated by Mr.. Whitman's investiga-
,ors. four girls who. the district attorney
says were purchased ostensibly for inn
moral purposes by the seekers after
evidence. are being held In some secret
place by the prosecutor Each of the girls
is sad to have told TO Mr.. Whitman her
own story of abduction. Imprisonment
and mistreatment. One of them was so
young that she cried when her Teddy
bear was taken away from her.
John D. Rockefeller. jr., is foreman of
the grand jury which has been investigat-
ing The white slave business.
Detectives Thomas, Letght and Russo
of District Attorney Whitmans staff
yesterday arrested Harry LevinSon of 10
Sd street who is accused of being the
principal dealer in women on the East
Side; Belle More, a muatto. Of 343 West
41st street, who is said to be the head of
the traffic in white girls on the West Side,
and Alexander Anderson, cOlored, an
agent of the More woman, who works in
cafe on Broadway.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28
Those Rubber" Plantations

Gutierrez de Lara, the Mexican So
cial agitator who narrowly escaped de-
portation recently, lectured in Spokane
Sunday. In addition to his talk on
socialism from Mexican viewpoint he
took hit or two at gullible American
investors:
THE alluring promise of good land
and valuable mines in Mexico to be
had for almost a song, is hoax and a
decoy," says De Lara. "All the good
land and the mines worth working are
owned already by syndicates and by
private individuals. II there was any
good land left, the wealthy plantation
owners, who in reality are in control Of
the government, would have it in
their hands. OF all the millions Of
dollars supposed to be invested in
Mexican enterprises, as shown by the
United States government report, only
a few thousand dollars in actual money
ever has crossed the border.
Practically all are widest schemes.
Hundreds of those rubber and banana
plantations and mines into which
Americans have sunk millions of dol
lars, are little more than mere waste
and worthless truck. l know, for ]
personally have seen them"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28
Predicts Bum Spring Weather

During my peregrinations around
the country" says a travelling man
for a Seattle book concern, I have
made profound study of meterology,
and particularly of electrical storms and
their causes, and I now have arrived
at period in my investigations where
I feel competent to forecast electrical
disturbances with more or less Ger
tainty.
From data that I have been able
to collect and from present atmo-
sperical conditions, as compared with
conditions prevailing in this part Of the
country for the last ten years, during
the ante-vernal period, I am led to be-
lieve that the coming spring will be
one of unusual and very severe electri-
cal disturbances in eastern Washing
ton. l may be mistaken, but as base
my deductions on scientific facts-the
same as the Rev. III Hicks-I cannot
help but feel that my forecast in this
particular will come true"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28
Rumors of War Renewed

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 25.-News was
brought by the passengers Of the En-
press of Japan, which arrived from the
Orient Saturday that there is much
talk current concerning a probable
second war between Russia and Japan.
Lovat Fraser of the London Times,
who is returning from Peking, said
that there is great activity on the Rus
sian border, garTisons being augmented
and Notifications strengthened. Re-
ports Of espionage by Japanese have
also been received.
From Korea news had been received
that Japan was strengthening works
near the border with both field and
siege guns. Last month an attempt
was made to blow up a fort at Vladivo-
stok and Russian newspapers accredit
this to Japanese.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28
Washington Land Most Productive

That the state of Washington can
produce more wheat, oats, barley, hay
and potatoes to the acre than can Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, South Dakota or North Dakota
is shown by a table Of statistics re-
Gently compiled by the West Coast
Trade from the United States census
records.
The table does not take into consid-
Grafton differences in market prices
which may have prevailed in the vari-
GUS states or other conditions in addi-
ton to productiveness Of the soil
which may have obtained. The figures
do show, however, the comparative
values of the farm products grown,
Washington excelling in each instance:
Washington's potatoes, according to
the report, are of more value per acre
than those of any of the other states
mentioned, as well as being more valu-
able than the hay, barley, oats or wheat
of Washington herself. Potatoes in
Washington, for the ten years covered
by the report, were worth $500 an
acre, the state second in the list being
Illinois, in which they were worth
5000 an acre.
The following were the values Of the
potatoes per acre produced in the thir-
teen states compared: Washington,
1920; Ohio, s47.06; Michigan,
$500; Indiana, $41.85; Illinois,
5000; Wisconsin, $35.28; Mime
sofa, s29.58; Iowa, $38.OS; Missouri,
$4,000; Kansas, S44.S0; Nebraska,
$500; South Dakota, $3.50; North
Dakota, s25.52.
Washington's hay crops were worth
S24.72 per acre, almost four times as
much as the hay crops of North and
South Dakota or Nebraska. Barley
crops in Washington were worth S17.05
Der acre,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28
Forest Fire Protection a Good Thing

There were 1912 forest fires in the
state of Washington during the year
ending 1909, according to a report
just issued by the Washington Con-
servation association. There was no
loss of life.
The report does not estimate the
amount of damage done by the fires,
but says that the cost of fighting forest
fires amounted to $50,013. This in
cludes money expended by private
companies and the cost of three
months patrol by the Washington
Forest Fire association.
Besides pointing out the direct loss
from forest fires the report calls atten-
ton to the loss of tourist travel on &C
count OF smoke obsuring the magnif-
cent scenery of the state.
THE scenery of Washington, from
the Cascades west, is" says the re-
port, when visible, Of great value to
the state. 1t is a source of pride and
pleasure to all citizens. It is also a
great source OF revenue for all who
gain by the presence of tourist visitors
attracted to the state by a description
of its wonderful scenery.
The summer and early autumn
days belong to the tourist-those days
being unusually clear-but in Wash
ington, after the first two or three early
summer weeks, the scenery is hidden
by the smoke from forest fires"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28

By postponing the convention Of the
Washington State Good Roads associa-
ton until February 1924, the attend
ance Of several prominent men at the
Aberdeen meeting has been assured.
One of the important questions for
consideration is the granting of blanket
franchises to transportation companies
for use Of state and county highways.
Such permission was recently disal-
lowed by the superior court of Chehalis
county, as the result of which the issue
has been squuely raised. From the
standpoint of attendance the coming
meeting promises to be the best ever
held by the association, all parts of the
state having pledged themselves to
send delegates.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28
Low Tourist Rates to be Granted

Announcement has been received
by A. D. Charlton, associate general
passenger agent of the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad company, that colonist
fares to the Pacific coast will be put in
effect again next spring for a period Of
forty-fve days. The rates will be in
force from March l to April IS. SINH
lar notice was received by the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle railroad OF similar
action and it is believed that the low
rates will be identical on all transconti-
mental railroads.
The one-way colonist rates to be put
into effect March ! will be SIS from
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Omaha,
Kansas City and common points to
Portland and points in Oregon and
Washington. Rates from other eastern
points will be as follows: Chicago,
s33; Boston, s4o.45; Portland, Me-,
$53.75; New York, $50; Buffalo,
S42.50; Cincinnati, $3.50; Pittsburg,
S42; Baltimore. S48.25.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28
Wouldn't Live Up to Fruit Contract

Walla Walla, Jan. 23.-The Rchey
& Gilbert Co. Of Toppenish has begun
action in the superior court here
against w. N. White & Co. OF New
York for $4,000 and costs. The Top
penish firm claim they had a contract
to furnish the defendants seventeen
carloads of apples and two carloads of
pears, and that when the time came,
about November Is, 1907, the defend
ants refused to take the fruit. The
plaintiffs claim the fruit was then worth
$4,000 less than the contract price in
the open market, and that the plaintiff
lost that amount through the failure Of
defendants to pay.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28

A hundred Washington cities and
towns will vote on the liquor question
under the local option law, between
now and the fall election in November,
according to B. P. Doty, state superin-
dent of the Anti-Saloon League. He
reports that a hundred and fifty bars
were put out Of business during the
past year. The league held its ground
in fourteen cities, already dry, and
added nineteen more to its list.
Twenty-Five communities voted wet.
Rev. w. J. Herweg, for some time
past assistant superintendent of the
league in Washington, has been ap-
pointed superintendent for Idaho.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28

The annual report of Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General P. V. Nc
Graw, which has just been made pub
lie, shows a steady increase in the
number and extent OF rural free deliv-
cry routes, an enormous increase in
the amount of mail handled during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1909,
amounting to 2,723,262,000 pieces.
During the four years succeeding
June 80, 1905, the number of routes
advanced % per cent, but the in
crease in the amount of mail delivered
was 81 per cent, and mail collected
Isl per cent, or an increase in the
whole amount handled of 90 per cent.
The average number Of pieces now
handled per route per month is 5000,
the largest in the history of the
service.
Other figures are given to show that
the institution of rural delivery has en-
larged the amount of the mails handled
and therefore increased revenues.
The report makes a strong plea for
the establishment of a parcels post.
One significant result of the extension
of free rural delivery has been, accord
ing to the report, an unprecedented
Improvement Of conditions of roads.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28

At the primary election to be held
in Seattle next month, candidates will
be selected for all local Offices by both
parties. The republican aspirants for
the mayoralty are H. c. Gill, president
of the city council; Austin E. Griffith,
father of the Fairgrounds system; A.
v. Bouillon, formerly commissioner Of
public utilities. Democrats seeking
the nomination are William H. Moore,
former mayor of Seattle; o. T. Erick-
son, manufacturer; Charles T. Miller,
labor organizer. A deluge of speech
making is making the preliminary con-
test interesting. A heavy registration
is in progress.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28

Northwestern railroads will soon be-
gin campaign Of publicity to turn the
tide of travel this way for the next few
years. 1t will serve as follow-up
movement for the beginning made by
the Observation-Disclosures exposition.
Assistant General Passenger Agent A.
D. Charlton of the Northern Pacific,
does not intend to overlook single
chance to bring the tourist travel of
the year to the northwest. A special
effort is to be made to attract investors
to take advantage Of the many oppor-
tunities.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28

The people Of Okanogan county
have addressed a memorial to Congress
man Miles Poindexter, asking him to
answer specifically if he is in sym
pathy with the placing of almost two
million acres of land in their county in
national forest reserves. They resent
the Withdrawals by the forestry depart
ment as depriving them of developing
large and valuable agricultural area.
The federal government has ac-
CURED $50 acres Of land on Puget
Sound, near Port Townsend, paying
$50, 900 for it. On this site torpedo
factory and experimental station will be
built. AS it will be fortified it will
serve as a protection to Hoods canal
and a reinforcement Of the triangle Of
Puget Sound forts.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28
NEWS OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Seattle, Wash, Jan. Is. Special
correspondence. Resolutions adopted
by the Washington State Horticultural
Association strongly denounce the La
fean apple box bill, now before con-
gress, as derogatory to the fruit inter
ests Of the northwest. The measure
proposes to fix a standard for packing
boxes that will not conform to the pro-
ducts Of this section. 1t is designed
to meet the requirements Of the smaller
fruit Of the eastern states. Their
growers have been making a losing
fight against the apples of the north
west and in a frantic effort to place
them at a disadvantage an effort is
being made to secure congressional
aid. Representatives will be sent to
Washington to appear before the pro-
per committee and oppose the bill.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28

Blue fumee, or smoke blue, is one of
the newest tones created by the dyers
who are ever experimenting with color.
1t is very dark, is distinct from navy,
and defes description.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-28

The republican party" says Joe
Cannon. has done great things for the
consumer" Yes, there is nitropicric
acid on the free list. and also raw
acorns, annatto ashes, asafoetida, dra-
CONS blood, dividivi, stuffed birds not
suitable for millinery ornaments, ipe-
Gao, joss sticks, junk, spunk and works
Of art. What more could the poor con-
sumer want?-.Louisville Courier-Journal.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01
PI YMOuTH CORDAGE co.
Entirely Independent.
No. Plymouth, Mass.

as a mere scare is simply foolishneSs.
The question will naturally be asked,
"Will this great loss in the Missis-
sippi valley. as far south as south
west Missouri, eff ect the sale of our
fruits? Most assuredly it Will for it
will give us the inter % ountain states
and give us much of the middle west
as good market for our peaches and
apples. The Pacific Northwest has
escaped and now the thing to do is
for us to properly thin our apples and
peaches ard put them up in the best
shape possible.
l have just returned from my fruit
ranch in the Yakima valley. Our APP
pie crop will not be excessively heavy
but our peach trees are loaded as we
never saw them before. My sons and
| estimate our peach crop at 40 car
loads. 1t will cost us hundreds Of
dollars TO thin them and thousands
of dollars to handle and market them
but but we will do all we can to pull
through. The help problem will be
serious one but we are planning now
to meet it.
Next month the report will be more
complete as to crop prospects.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01

month estimate can be made definite
ly as to the loss. At this writing the
outlook does not seem encouraging.
Fruit trees and plants blOOmed heav-
lily. but unusually early, and the two
storms caused great damage from Ohio
west to the Colorado line and from
Minnesota and Wisconsin south to
the northern line of Missouri.
1t is now evident that 10 parts OF
Missouri the loss was very heavy and
the crop in Kentucky was almost wip'
ed out. Louis Erb, very prominent
fruit grower at Cedar Gap, Mo-, un-
der date of April 26, wrote to the
Fruit Trade Journal of New York as
follows: 81 expected to harvest over
go 600 barrels of apples, and from
40, 900 peach tree. all loaded from top
to bottom, about 60, 600 crates of
peaches. There may possibly be some
apples left, but of peaches there will
not be enough to make pie or
cobbler. The Koshkonong district,
on the border of Arkansas, | believe,
escaped serious injury. On the Alden
farm, down in Howell county, where
| am also largely interested, the
thermometer registered II during Sun
day night, the oath, and our manager
writes me that in spite of all smudge
pots that were in operation during
the freeze, everything was killed,
The Alden fruit farm is the largest
in southwest Missouri, consisting of
9, 28O acres, of which l, 200 are in bear
ing apple and peach trees. Our pros
poets for apples and peaches were
the best we ever had since l became
interested in it, some twelve years
ago, and we were in hopes of clear
ing 500, 600 this year, but l look for
nothing now"
This is fearful and discouraging
picture and as Louis Erb is perfectly
reliable, we expect further reports to
bear out this statement at least in the
main. Any effort to belittle the loss
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01

Try Plymouth Extra Note its
strength, evenness, freedom from knots
and that the ball never collapses. Insist on
getting Plymouth extra. :" No dealer
will sell you STANDARD" or "Sisar' when
Plymouth extra is the cheaper, if he
considers your interest. Remember the
Wheat Sheaf tag here pictured. 1t is at
tached to every ball of Plymouth Irvine.
Let us tell you how we make Irvine,
and how Sisal and Manila fbers are grown.
Plymouth Manila rope is great for hay
carriers. Try it! Write for free booklets.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1910-06-01
Horticulture

In some cases the sucking insects can
not be reached by the emulsion and
other things here recommended so we
must use something that will eat its
way to them. The San Jose scale has
such "A covering over it except for the
first day or two after the insects are
born, that it cannot be killed with
emulsion, hence, we must use the
lime-sulphur or some other caustic
compound.
The large scale spoken of in thu
above letter is undoubtedly the San
Jose scale. What you see is not the
insect itself but its covering which is
formed by substance oozing from
it's body. The insects are under these
scales and remain there until they
die. They produce their young alive
and as you will see by Prof. Meland
ers letter in this issue, they are pro-
duced in great numbers. One thing
that may be encouraging to friend
Bets is the fact that where he lives is
not congenial place for the San Jose
scale. dry warm air IS what is
needed in order to the rapid multipli-
caticn of this insect. One good spray
ing with the lime-sulphur wash once
a year or once in two years, Will
completely control this pernicious in
sect. Even in the warm, dry atmos-
phere of the Yakima valley we do not
dread the San Jose scale as we do the
codling moth.
The Stark Bros. Nursery company,
Louisiana, Mo-, wrote to the editor
of this department, April Ii as fol-
lows: "To increase the consumption
of tie apple there should be more
on the market all the year round.
We have been watching the Arkansas
Black and have just opened up several
boxes which are very fine, firm, juicy
and for the season, high IN quality.
What do you think of this variety?
Would be glad to have your opinion
of this apple as late keeping sort,
adapted to certain localities They
have the firm, flesh and attractive APP
pearance, and are good shippers.