davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
MARTINS doom
TO FALL upon ]
PENSION LIST
Police Chief to Leave for VacaA
ton After Filing Resigna-.
tion With Commission =
Sergeant O'Meara Selected to
Clean Up Department and
Shift Incompetents

After three days of a potpourri of
rumors, counter rumors, alleged inside
information, plenty of alleged outside
information and hundred or more
guesses from the wiseacres of San
Francisco politics, all following the
rumored removal of Chief of Police
John Martin, the actual status of the
police situation is finally emerging
from the fog and taking a definite and
tangible shape.
Chief Martins fate is already settled
and the elaborate program arranging
for soft spot for him to fall upon
has been signed. sealed and delivered .
as the lawyers say.
Here it is.
Early in the week Chief Martin will
start on the regular two weeks vaca
tion accorded to every member of the
police department. Before he leaves
he will pleace his resignation in the
hands of the board of police commits
sioners, coupled with request that he
be placed on the pension list on account
of disability.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

appearance of the handwriting. on
closer inspection the letter was recog-
nized as an autograph letter of Honore
de Balzac, the writer of the Human
Comedy
The cobbler said he had bought lot
of the letters with heap of waste
paper to wrap shoes in, and the count
acquired the whole of the precious lot.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

Sergeant j. j. o Meara Will be elevated
from his job in the central station to
the position of chief and decorated with
the golden insignia of office.
Big Doings in Department
Then. If the program now framed is
carried out, there will be "big doings"
in the police department. Rumor has
it that the cleaning of the Augean sta
bles wilINpale to- insignificance beside
what O'Meara will do in the police de-
partment There will be an almost
complete shifting of captains and lieu
tenants in the various districts of the
city and at least brace of sergeants
and one or more patrolmen who have
had the details in the-tenderioin and
Barbary coast districts will be chased
to the fog belt.
The lesser police officers who are
supposed to be slated for a change are
Sergeants Philip FRAZIER and Michael
Griffin. who have had the night detail
in the tenderloin and Barbary coast,
as well as Patrolman Percy Smith and
possibly one or two others.
Serqeant's Work Praised
Sergeant Herlihy, whose name was
enormously mentioned as one likely to
fall under the ban, is in no way con-
nected with the present shakeup in the
department. Herlihy, has been on duty
in the southern district for some time
and his activity in assisting in the
cleaning up OF his beat in the district
has brought especially favorable COM
ment from his superiors and citizens
who have observed his splendid work
But the big shakeup will come in the
detective department which is over
Continued on Page 80. Column
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
Record of Plant

Here is the list:
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

'ORECAST FOR TODAY-Fdn: son1e-
what warn1er IN morning; light south mind.
changing to brisk nest
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

Continued on Page 80. Column 2
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
THE WEATHER

YESTERDAY-Mdximun temperature, 20;
r,;;n;o,,rr, fenroernfrre Sd
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
Fruit Growers
And Gardeners
Meet Saturday

Important business will come before
meeting of the fruit and vegetable
growers of Walla Walla and vicinity,
to be held in the Y. NJ. G.. A auditor
ium Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock,
notice for mass meeting having been
issued yesterday. The discussion of
the constitution and bylaws, and ar
ticles of incorporation of the newly
organized Fruit and Vegetable Union
will be one of the more important fea-
lures of the meeting, and other i'm
pOrtant questions are to be consid-
cred. .-
Invitations have been sent to prac-
tically every fruit and vegetable grow
er in the valley, and it is expected a
large number of interested horticul-
turists and truck gardeners will be in
attendance.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
SCORES DRAPER
AND ROOSEVELT

LYNN, Mass, Jan. 7.-"Theodore
Roosevelt would shoot a Spaniard in
the back and then write book about
it,
This and many more declarations are
included in a speech made here today
by William d. Haywood. former sec
rotary of the Western Federation of
Miners. Haywood characterized Gov
ernOr Draper as pink and white
politician and said:
Draper is pink and white like some
of our former executives in Idaho. He
is also like them in that he lacks
nerve. He didn't dare to remain in
Massachusetts during the crisis of the
strike at Ludlow but quickly beat il
for Chicago
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
HUMAN MOLE
MAY BE DEAD

NEW YORK, Jan. Men are busily
engaged at work today digging up
Ludlow street in the heart of the down
town section in an effort to find Isaac
Finkelstein, the human MOLE" who
is believed to be entOmbed in a pas
sage he bored in an effort to gain an
underground entrance to a jeWelry
store. If Finkelstein is dead, he has
been smOthered in grave of his own
making and is a victim of his own
greed.
After the excavatoTs had worked
several hours, Finkelsteins wife con-
fessed he had told her of plan to
burroW under the street to rob the
Zirinsky jeWelry store.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
Weather Conditions.

The barometer has continued falling
over the north Pacific states causing
a slight rise in temperature on the
Pacific slope, and has resulted in rain
west of the Cascades and northern
California and snow in the inter-
mountain country. An area of high
pressure over the lower Mississippi
valley has caused unusually low tenn
perature in the Gulf states. Rain and
states The indications are for snow
turning to rain in this vicinity tonight
JNO. GROVER, Observer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
ATTACKS PILGRIM FATHERS.

All Boston is frozen with horror
and Back Bay is stunned speeches.,
because of a terrible and unaccount-
able happening. Albert Bushnell Hart,
professor, with more whishers than
any other member of the Harvard fac
ulty-or if not more Whiskers at least
finer and more lustrous Whiskers-
has made a deliberate and formal de-
laration that the sainted Pilgrim
enough to bring Bunker Hill monu-
ment crumbling about the graves of
colonial heroes and turn the staid and
sturdy Transcript yellow with indig-
nation.
Professor Hart went to New York
the other day and made a speech on
Imagination in History in which
he pointed out the dangers of inaccu-
racy in the compilation of historical
data What he said would cause the
average New Highlander to tremble
and boil with anger. Professor Hart
said that American history. on its
controversial side, has been enriched
| by several distinct attempts to manu-
facture myths to order. The first of
these, he solemnly declared, might be
| called the worship of the Pilgrim
! Fathers, adding: 1.-The ascription to a
| band of men and women who repre-
scented q splendid cause and were pio-
| leers in magnificent, historical pagf-
| cant, OF virtues which are, in fact,
| possessed only by their descendants -
| If almost anybody else had uttered
these words, Boston would merely have
tilted its aristocratic nose and re-
any other locality than New England
would have been complacently dis
/ or ignorant and not to be taken seri-
odsly by the cult of the classicists
! But Mr. Hart actually belongs to
| Boston, with seat in the sanctuary
| of fair Harvard. Not for a moment can
anyone say that he does not talk with
| full authority. for he knows all there
is to know about American history
| and probably more He is the one man
n the world. possibly. who could reel
off the names OF the men who manned
the Mayffower quite as giibly as John.
ny Smith could call off the Red Socks
When Boston RECEIVERS herself, what
viii she do about this sudden treason
in a wholly unexpected quarter Car
| a member of the Plymouth society
cross the commons without being ac-
| costed by the pale phantom of a signel
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
WAS REID
WILLING

LONDON, Jan. Efforts are be-
ing made today TO learn whether Am
bassador Whiteaw Reid, authorized
the publication of the letter he wrote
to Sir Charles Walpole, the Protec-
ZIONIST candidate for parliment The
liberals are said to be behind the in
vestigation. 1t is reported if they
succeed in proving the contents of the
letter were made public under the Am
bassador's AUTHORIZATION. they will
chard Reid with interfering in Eng
fish politics and may take steps look
ing towards his recall.
The letter concerned itself with the
condition Of the American unemploy-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
Why You Can Be Cured
Yee G. York, Eminent Chinese Doctors
Are Curing Hundreds of
People.

Walla Walla is indeed fortunate in
having these famous doctors here.
They are men who spent long years
of study and research in China. their
native country, and upon satisfactory
evidence of their knowledge were
granted diplomas by the emperor.
China has for years been recognized
as the leader in the practice of medi-
cine and many remarkable cures have
been perfected.
zee & York, in the pursuit of their
vocation, use roots, herbs and banks
of demonstrated medicinal value.
These are strong of action on disease.
but mild on the stomach and other
delicate organs of the system.
Many local people testify to the
efficiency of the treatment as given
by zee & York.
They can be consulted in Walla
Walla at the corner of Fourth and
Main streets, over Pauleys cigar
store, or at IA IL First street, Port
land. Oregon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

believe the thaw viii be a gradual one.
Predictions for rain or snow tonight,
made this morning by Mr.. Grover, and
1t is safe to assume he VIII guess
right" some time or other if he stays
with 1t. One of the heaviest SHOWS
which the valley has experienced in
years set in shortly after o'clock this
morning, and for half an hour the air
was filled with the feathery fakes,
resembling a Dakota blizzard Flur-
ries of snow have been the rule all
day, and as result the ground is
covered with about two inches.
Reports from the headworks of the
water system at o'clock this after
noon were that the mercury had
reached the % degree mark the warm
est of the day, and that a gradual rise
was noticeable. Snow is falling light
ly, and prospects of chinook tonight
are not promising. A peculiar feature
of the temperature in the mountains
this week is that the heat is travelling
in waves. the thermometer recording
high figure at one time. and being
several degrees lower a short time
later. This variation has been notice.
able for the past two days.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
TEXAS BLESSING.

The unprecedentedly early and Sc
we're cold wave which has prevailed
generally during the past week in
Texas is likely to prove an incalcu-
liable blessing to the people of that
state 1t is believed by the experts
upon the subject that the deep snow
which has covered the state like a
blanket will complete the extermina-
ton of the boil weeviI which has cost
the cotton planters untold millions in
the last few years. During the sum-
mer and early fall the state expert
enced the longest drouth in it's his
tory, which had the effect not only
of ripening the cotton much earlier
than usual but of breaking up the
nests of the boil weevil by means of
the early fall blowing and the lack of
moisture necessary to their propaga-
ton. The United States agricultural
department, through its state observ-
ers and otherwise, gave early notice of
the great opportunity which nature
ly pests, and as a result it was esti-
mated that more than 90 per cent of
the boil weevil webs were DESTROYED
In a large part of the state the ex-
termination was estimated at 80 per
cent, or practically complete. Now
that the remaining broods have been
buried under the snow, it is confidently
asserted that next year Texas will be
entirely free from the ravages of the
little pests. 1t would be difficult to
imagine how a greater benefit could
be conferred upon the state, for the
boil Weevil was threatening the entire
destruction of the cotton crop. Texas
yield of cotton has been reduced more
than so per cent in a large part of the
cotton raising area for several years
past, on account of the ravages of the
insect. and in many places the cultiva.
ton of cotton had been abandoned al.
together. If the boil weevl can bt
kept out next year, we may look for.
ward with confidence to the states re.
Stunning its former immense production
of cotton with the probabilities in
favor of a larger yield each year in the
future. The state has a practically
unlimited area fit for cotton raising
and with immunity from the pes
which has paralyzed the energies o
the planters for years all the availabl,
land will be devoted to the production
Cotton is a very profitable crop un
der normal conditions. and the suppl,
has never kept up with the demanC
although it is estimated that Texa!
alone could supply the markets o.
the world if her land was properl,
cultivated.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

ed, the letter deprecating the reported
deplorable effects of protection on the
American unemployed 1t is said to
have furnished WalpOle and other Eng
lish protectionists much valuable ma
terial for the English protection
fight" Ambassador Reid is enrOute
to the United States to attend the flu
neral Of his fatherinlaw, the late d.
O. Mills, who died in California.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
STORM RACES
AND NO RELIEF
abroad officials.
Local Weather.
Continued from Page On0

railroad officials.
Local Weather.
With a temperature at the lowest
point of 13 above zero, last night
served in large measure to break the
cold spell that has been in effect in
this valley, though Weather Observer
Grover did not make good on his pre-
diction for warm weather and rain, as
had been hoped The mercury all day
has risen steadily and this afternoon
at o'clock recorded % degrees above
zero, the warmest in many days. The
must do prior to the arrival of a Chi
nook, and there is every reason the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

having i'm his search for good men TOT
office under him. He has been trying
tn get the best-has felt himself IN
structed to try. The New York YER
Dict. while in his favor. was in It's es-
sence anti-Tammany, and that calie
or a thoroughly honest and competent
administration of the city's ana1rs.
Only with the assistance of the best
men. or as good as are available, can
he hope to discharge his duty salts"
factorily.
number of desirable men have de-
olinad Judge Gaynors overtures. They
could not accept office. One complained
that the salary of the place offered
him was small. Another could not
snare the time from his business al
any salary. A third had no stomach
for the criticism to which a public
official is subjected. A fourth appre-
ciated the compliment, but doubted
his capacity for the work. And so on.
An excuse of some kind met the
mayor ELECT at nearly every turn.
Salaries of public officials are as
rule made suate. Men well employed
make money sacrifice in going to the
call of the public Criticism of offi :
Gals is often severe, and sometimes
unjust Men of a sensitive tempera-
ment must expect and prepare them
selves for hard knocks. And no wand
then men of the best character ana
intentions are enticed by one means
or another into public life, and find to
their dismay and chagrin that they
lack both the temperament and the
capacity for the work
Still, the fact remains that only by
men of a high grade in office can the
public hope to be properly served
Dishonest and slipshod government is
the fruit of the difficulty Judge Gay
nor has been encountering. Unless re-
reform promises are redeemed why
the reform victory? And every reform
movement which proves fiasco In
office is so much to the advantage OF
those who convert politics into a sell
fish game for pelf. They are always
ready to return to their jobs, and, Sc
curing their jobs again, go right on
from where they were forced to leave
off.
The present New York situation is
too often the national situation. While
there are scrambles for this place and
that in the national patronage, ex-
cellent places are declined by men
who would fill them more satisfactory
ly to the public than the men who get
them. Some declare they cannot af-
ford office others that they have no
stomach for office and still others
that that they prefer private life on
every account There are two sides to
the question, but the side the public
is most concerned about is that which,
for any reason, makes office unattrac-
tive to many men of high quality.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

Mission club boy couldn't be found in
a flock of large cities and Sid has
good cause to be in pleasant frame
of mind. Late yesterday Tom Jones,
manager of WOlgast, wired that he
would agree to the terms offered by
Hester for the fight with Nelson, the
given up hope of signing the pair.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
NELSON
TO FIGHT
WOLGAST

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.-Promot-
er Sid Hester today received the fol-
lowing telegram:
''Baraboo, Wis, Jan. Z.
sid Hester, San Francisco. Con-
CALCULATIONS. Knew we could get VOL
Monday.
Battling Nelson"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

must be attached to this case for ac-
cording to law, the fee of an attorney
for undertaking such a suit shall be
SIS. In this instance, the regulation
charges would be $50. Nothing else
is contained in the complaint except
that the defendant owes the plaintiff
the sum of 50 and this he wants.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
Brennan
Brings A
So Il Suit

Having secured the services of three
attorneys, w. L. Bremen filed suit IN
the justice court this morning against
E. c. Burlinghame for the collection
of 81 said to be due for labor per-
formed. The complaint bears the sig
natures of both RAIDER and Barker and
M. G. Royal, attorneys.
1t is believed that some significance
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
On TELEPHONE QOk
~ EITHER PHONE OZO
WEATHER FORECAST.

Local forecast for Walla Walla and
vicinity: Rain or snow tonight and
Saturday; warmer.
Washington: Rain west portion,
rain or snow tonight and Saturday
east portion: warmer east portion.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

AS a rule the eX-president of one of
those small republics quits with
enough of a bank account to soothe
his remorSe.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
DR.. AnqelIs Anniversary.

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Jan. 1.-THE
of DR.. James B. Angel, the man who
made the University of Michigan
famous" was informally observed to-
day by both students and faculty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

New York is in doubt about Gay
nor's plans. Politicians as well as
journalists find him an unsatisfactory
subject for interviews.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

of the Compact to haunt and accuse
and demand justice? Where is there
consolation in the Stygian gloom that
ShrOudS the Hub?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

England, in the midst of it's turmoil
may find time to lament President
Tafts willingness to have the bankers
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

Those Danish scientists would make
first-rate baseball umpires if they
could be induced to come over and
study the game.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

1t might be worth While to dig
around and see whether DR.. Cook is
not tied up in a snowdrift somewhere
near his own home.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

Peary will never indOrse the taXicab
as a possible means of reaching the
north pole.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
OFFICE NOT A UNIVERSAL LURE.

Mayor-elect Gaynor frankly con-
fesses to the difficulty he has been
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07

Classified adds for results.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-01-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

Address all communications to:
EVENING STATESMAN,
Walla Walla Washington
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-19
BIG GUN EXPLODES
Breech Block Blows Backward
at the Third Fire.
Lieutenant Caffee and Three
Other Men Killed.

Washington, Nov. 19.-Four men were
killed today by the premature explo-
sion of five inch gun at the Indian
Head proving grounds of the navy.
The breech block of the gun which was
being tested blew backward into the
gun crew. Lieutenant Arthur G. Caf-
fee was one of the men killed.
The dead in addition to Lieutenant
Caffee, are:
]. L. Brown, battery foreman, in
stantly killed.
Nelson Jackson, a negro battery at
tendant, died shortly afterward.
J. J. Leary, ordnance man, died at
11:35 a. n.
Sidney Dyson, negro, a member of
the gun crew. was seriously injured.
The ordnance bureau has ordered a
board of inquiry to develop details of
the accident, the only witnesses to
which so far as can be learned, were
John c. Coleman and Sidney Dyson,
both co1ored.
The gun, which was a new one from
the navy yard gun factory had been
fired twice. The accident occurred dur
ing the third round, just as the breech
was being closed. The accident was sim
liar to the explosion that caused the
death of ten soldiers in the pit of one
of the disappearing guns at Fort Mon
roe last summer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-19
REMOVES TIME LIMIT.
Commerce Commission Decides Scrip
Book Case Against Santa F'e.

Washington, Nov. 19.-Because of de-
fects of the tariff under which so-called
exchange scrip books were issued by the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa F'e railroad,
the interstate commerce commission to-
day held that the provision in the tariff
limiting the right of a purchaser to de-
mand redemption of unusued coupons to
a period of Is months was not vailed
The commission awarded PREPARATION to a
complainant for the unused coupons, al
though presented for redemption after the
period had expired
The commission passed over the ques-
ton of legality of the use of such scrip
books by interstate carriers. These books
instead of emitting the holder to trans
portation contain coupons valued at five
cents each in the purchase of any pas
senger ticket over the Santa Fe and
numerous other lines in the New Mexico
Arizona-Texas territory. In exchange for
these tickets the roads detach enough
coupons to make at their face value the
amount of the regularly published tariff.
When all the coupons are exhausted the
railroad Joint scrip bureau allows the
traveller cash refund mounting to the
difference between the books price and
actual TRANSFORMATION.