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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
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ARMY CONTRACTS BUREAU I'm
RUSSIA .Is IA SIN OF u saw.
DRY TRANS AcTioRs. Z. ;5st;3 81

81. fPETFRsBURG. FEB. IN ~ rhe
I Rnsftan Police gre Ette thu Grand
Dukes for graft
m 1s'tes iexctS other I,ussianl Depart.
/ ment, the Army Contracts bureau has
foriyearsi been a yeritable sink oficor.
ruption. Recently an attempt has
! been made to purge 1t. but little could
Z be done because It was discovered that
most Of the graft was from the out
side. =. s'.s NJ
Finally the police discovered tnaty d
certain famous ballerinc ofithe lmpe-
rial Thcater, one Of the finest dancers
in Russia and at the same time the
close friend Of most Of the Grand
Dukes, was receiving brides from the
agents OF foreign ordinance firms.
Tho method was simple. The Grand
Dukes responsible for handing out
army contracts happened to be her
closest FRIENDS. She saw the agents.
one after another, and received ten.
ders from them. The one ready, to
nay out money in jewels for herself
and money for the Dukes got the cor.
4 tract. 4 *! 81 (!
AT last the police, anxious 10 optain
some tangible evidence, determined to
raid the splendid house Of the dancer.
! They did so at two o'clock In the
morning. The dancer was at home
when the police arrived. With her
was one Of the Grand Dukes. She re.
lceived them with the utmost sang
$froid. They informed her that they
had orders to search the place and for
some hours looked into every hole and
Granny Of the place. Wardrobes and
!cupboards and escritoires were ran.
/ sacked and .the-rooms strewn with
piles Of Paris dresses, lingerie and pa.
lpers. y
Finally at five a. M, when they had
ttlnished-she having been kept a pris.
oner in her bouloIr all this ,lme--she
sent for champagne aud royalty play.
ed the part Of hostess TO them.
| The search had not been unsucccss.
iful. Quantities Of papers and docu.
lncnts were discovered and great
quantity Of jewel boxes, inscribed with
. the names of the most famous Euro.
pean jewellers: tis intended ito trace,
the purchasers of these magnificent
gifts by means OF the trade signs
marked upon them by the jewellers.
When the. police first arrived, the
Grand Duke present was in white
heat of indignation at their intrusion
end threatened them with all Kinds OF
penalties II they did not 70 away i'm
smediately. But the police took, not
tie least notice OF him and all he
could do was to go himself With the
best grace possible.
No one knows quite what is going
to happen now. 1t isS not likely that
the Car will allow the Grand Dukes;
to be implicated in common graft
scandal, and on the other hand, II any
thing is done to the dancer. she is
able to raise q scandal equally big.
Consequently it seems that only the
firms involved will suffer-
| In any case ills significant OF the,
growth or power OF the new regime
in Russia that 1t was possible to car
ny out the raid at all. A few years
ago the Grand iSDukes were far to,
powerful for anything OF the kind to
have been attempted. &,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07
NOTICE,

- H - 49,
Spring and summer samples arc
here; now ready. Come and select
your spring suit. 4 have the largest
line OF samples in FairmontS Come out
and see. 1T will pay; you: Prices
W.. 80 and up. positiy g,iafaatee
every suit to at perfectly ors no sale. 1
Y 4 also do cleaning and resting by,
the month orspicce. Barber shop In !
connection. Two gfirstclass BARRIERS.
Shoes shined; ali combined.
No. sos Locust avenue. IS
1. oval Bennett
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07

i Property owners to whom the spec
ter of;"yacant apartments is disturb.
ing should qualify aulcklySas persiss
tent want advertisers. I
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-07

" Call at the " est Xirginian ofIlees
YOU; want d nice ca endar.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-04
~ INDEFENDENT NEWSPAPER.

Published Daily and semi Weekly at Pen
d!cton, oregon, by the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-04
THE NEWER PATRIOTISM.

In closing his address at the arm
ory in Portland Governor Woodrow
Wilson made a pretty allusion to the
flag 1t is a strip of white parch-
ment upon which is written the
rights of men and the red is the blood
that was shed in securing and main
tanning the liberties Of the people.
In the present day and age how
ever. the work of patriotic men is not
along such simple lines as in the
days of TIE revolution. There is no
particular call for spectacular hero
ism. The problems are more complex
and often higher order of courage
is required in their solution.
A patriot of the present day is one
who can calmly and fearlessly meet
the duties of citizenship even though
such behavior means personal sacri-
flee. In a public man it often means
the loss Of influential support and
perhaps the sacrifice of his political
future. Often it is that one has to
choose between a particular pressing
interest on one side and what seems
like an abstraction-the public well
fare-on the other. Sometimes it
takes a high order patriotism to meet
such a situation
It is true though that conditions
develop the men. In the days Of the
revolution men We're needel 10 fight
upon the battle fields and they came
forth and won. In the present time
of political and economic change d
type of patriotism just as genuine and
vigorous is needed and fortunately it
is forthcoming. IN the ranks Of all
| political parties there are certain
men who place the country above
considerations Of party or personal
advantage and in such as they rest
the hopes Of the republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-04
CONFLICTS on ROADS.

In view of the fact that oregon
conyicts are to be used for road max
ing the experience of the states in
such work is of particular interests
at this time. In Georgia the CON
victs are being used for the construc-
tion of roads ANA the Atlanta Consti-
tuition is pleased with the results OBJ
tanned thus far
The report Of the Georgia prison
commission gives some interesting fls-
ures for the past year.
1t is shown that there are III
counties now working convicts on the
public roads. Twenty-four counties,
it is to be regretted, have farmed
out their quota to other counties,
while eleven counties, lacking enter
prise, assuming themselves too poor,
or for other reasons. have taken no
convicts at all.
one of the significant features OF
the report is a note to the effect that
since the abolition of the lease sys-
tenn in 1909, the death rate among
the convicts has decreased appreci-
ably. This Improvement may be trac-
ed to the better conditions under
which the convicts live and to the
fact that the large part of their wax
ing hours Is spent in the open air.
II any American state is hesitatins
over the advisability of using her
criminals in the creation of highways
Georgias experience ought to prove
the deciding factor, says the Consti-
tution Every county that has taken
convicts. kept them properly, under
gone the slight first expense, laid out
IA definite construction plan and stuck
to it-hls profited in a ratio that
may be only guessed.
The counties that have been most
active and used most gray matter
have gained the larger dividends in
enhanced land values, increase of de-
sirable population, enhancement ,of
educational, religious and social ac-
tivities and general development
It has paid Georgia to use her con-
victs as road builders-paid hand
somely, other states may we'll fol-
low in hev footsteps.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-04
ON THE RIGHT LINE.

In working to induce his country
men to stop the practice of carrying
guns and knives Mario G. Montre-
zza, Italian editor and lawyer, is pro-
ceeding upon the proper line.
America is a free country and it
welcomes people from all the world
1t is only necessary that they come
here upon our terms and live in ac-
cord with our laws and customs
Glass distinctions do not prevail here
and no man is under 'he ban be-
cause he may be poor or Of lowly
birth. Italians and other foreigners
who do right are usually well treated
and they prosper.
1t is d fact, however that the old
country conditions have often been
such as to make necessary just such
educational work as Montrezza is
carrying on. The Italians are really
Of new nation despite the fact that
their land was the seat Of the anci-
ent civilization. United Italy dates
back to time within the memory
% men still living and only during
recent years has popular education
been fostered in that kingdom by
the Mediterranean. Often the peo-
pie have been at outs with their gov
ernments and it is only natural that
some Of those who come across the
sea are imDerfectly prepared for life
T. a republic
What the migrants need is educa-
tion as 70 our standards Of living.
They need be shown that the law
protects the residents oe this country
and that men need not carry guns
and knives with which to fight. Brave
men in this country do not use gun.
and knives except in defence Of their
homes or at other times Of dire need
It is not manly thing for a man
TO carry gun or a dirk. It is cow.
ardly and the practice is prohibitet
by law.
1t is right and proper for men like
Montrezza to teach their countrymer
the path TO success ana favor in thei,
new homes. Wherever possible Am
ericans should do the same. z
should be a kindness to an Italian o,
to any other foreigner to tell him thai
concealed weapons are barred and
that rioting is penltentiary offence
Officers should be firm in enforc
ing the law against concealed weap
ons and against violence, for IN tina
way the newcomers may be effective
Iy instructed as to what is expecte,
o. them. Laxity by the officers woul,
be mistaken kindness ana would onl
breed further troubles for all con
cerned.
II Is also a fact that many Ameri
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-04

Poor Chicago, how the people must
have sweltered back there yesterday.
Too bad more people cannot come
west and live in a land where there is
fresh air and room to breathe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-07-04

About 25 years in the penitentiary
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
CONDENSERy PLANT
LOST TO THE VALLEY
K. J. Haasze Tells How Near Yak
ina Came to Having Such an
Industry in Its Midst

Yakima recently missed having a
milk condenscry and the plant has
been erected in Wisconsin, r, j..
Haase. who was in the city Monday
was telling of some efforts he made
to interest people m this valley in the
project and the results. A Seattle
man who is interested in IA condcns-
cry at Mt. Vernon told Mr.. Haaszc
that he would erect a plant here to
cost 100000. if farmers would sigi
up 400 cows upon which the company
could depend for a daily supply of
milk. Mr.. HaasZc took up the mat
ter with Alex McCrcdy of Wapato anu
that gentleman thought he could get
the required number Later he re-
ported that the farmers were not ready
to sign up and he could not get the
cows pledged,
Then Mr.. Haasze took up The prop
osition with Messrs. Wiley of Wiley
City and they thought that such 4
plant would be a great addition to
their new and thriving town Mr.
Haasze was himself OF the opinion
that such an industry would be a
ley. But the same diff Guilty was en-
countcred as was met at Wapato.
The promise Of the daily milk sup
ply was not forthcoming The pro
moter then went to Wisconsin and
easily established himself there.
While he does not get the advantage
of the western alfalfa as feed he is
nearer 10 the Chicago market with
his product.
Speaking Of the suggestion Of Mr.
FELTON, that the condenseries pay out
$780, per month at Mt. Vernon for
milk. Mr.. Haasze says the figures are
actually double that amount so far
as the Mt Vernon section is con-
cerned. There are two condenserics
operating in that country, one of
which pays out a total Of s125.000
per month and tho other $4,000 on
an average each year. Many Of the
darymen on the west side buy Yak
ina alfalfa, feed It and still make
good profit though the grower has
also made an excellent profit on the
hay.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
Pile Stones and Ties on North
Yakima and Valley Track
to Derail Cars
OFFENDERS ARE ONLY
TEN YEARS OF ACE
Road Officials Know Who the
Lads Are and Decided That
They Should Be Sent to the
Reform School

Train wreckers have made their APP
pearance in the Yakima valley. The
North Yakima and Valley Railway
company is having trouble with them.
Three times now the trains and pas
sengers of the company have been
endangered. The offenders have been
traced and are to be arrested. They
are small boys. The trouble began
when the boys started throwing stones
at the trains as they pass through
the city. The lads were taken to the
police station in the hope of fright
ening them. Their second attack on
the company was when they piled up
stones on the track, some of the stones
weighing over hundred pounds.
They hid by the track to see the
wreck, but the engineer saw the OBJ
struction and the boys, and the train
hands started in pursuit but failed to
make a capture.
Make Third Attempt
Success came mighty close to the
third attempt of the lads They piled
ties and other timber across the tracks
at the east end Of the bridge across
$500 oNii'ih iiNNi' lIlt TRAIN
been derailed, it would have gone over
a thirty-foot embankment. The en-
CINE did run over one tie which had
been fastened a short distance from
the others and which was unnoticed
This alarmed the train crew and the
train was stopped at once. A pursuit
was inaugurated and the boys were
captured. Their parents admitted in
ability to control the lads, who are
only about ten years of age and who
according to the statement Of the
mothers, are engaged in many sorts
of unlawfulness, including theft. The
railway people have decided that len
1ency is no longer desirable and will
attempt to have the boys sent to a
reform school,
1t is reported by the railway men
that one of the lads, after his release
from his first arrest stood in the pres-
ence of his mother and, DESPITE his
youth, reviled the company and its
employees in language which made the
older men shudder.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
GRAND HOTEL LICENSE GRANTED
Council Rcconsidcrs Former Action in
Absence of Ncnner

TWO of the councilmen were absent
Monday evening, Councimen Wenncr
and Shaw being out of the city on
business This gave Councilman Lynch
an opportunity to have reconsidered
the vote on which a liquor license was
denied Herman Hatfield, proprietor of
the Grand Hotel. 1t was reconsidered
and the license granted by a vote Of
three for to two against. Carver,
Lynch and Pease voted for the license
and Brown and Null against.
A license was also granted to Mad
den and Pike on the alley in the rear
of the Alfalfa.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
COUNTY CLERK NOT
COLLECTION AGENT
A, w. Barr Balks at Collecting
Overdue Alimony for Ex-
Wives at Distance

County Clerk A. W. Barr is re-
puted to be the friend of all the la
dies who come into the Superior court
to be released from their marital
woes. but somehow the honor and
tleman. at times 1t is his privilege
to receive, on behalf of the court,
the moneys paid over by eX-husbands
as alimony for their erstwhile wives.
At times, considerable portions of
the county clerks days are spent re-
ceiving. receipting for, depositing and
securing drafts to be sent on to the
waiting aforesaid eX-wiVes, who mark
time by the ''alimony' or month. IF
any one "alimony' should be missed
by the county clerk. not through his
own fault, but because Of the non-ap-
pearance of the eX-husband. he, the
county clerk, is sure to get several
reminders from the ones to whom the
money should be sent.
One lady in particular. whose ex-
husband has not lived up to the in
junction of the judge TO "pay up"
has written Mr.. Barr several urgent
post cards the second one containing
the question, Has he sent in the
money!" The reverse of the post
card contained a picture, in black and
white. of a well-dressed gentleman
carrying a basket of fruit with card
on it reading For wifey' with a box
of roses evidently for the same per-
son.
The words below the picture are
couched to form this query. Does he
love his wife or is he afraid Of her >"
Mr.. Barr thinks so, but he is not sure.
He is. however, sure of one hing,
and that is that the county clerks Of
cfie is not a collection agency and tn-
der his. administration will not be-
come so. Mr.. Barr says that perhaps
Roy King may institute such on his
vacation. he could not be seen to elu-
cidate
In the meantime Mr.. Barr VIII con-
tinue to forward alimony when re-
received, but his duties are so null
titudinous that it is absolutely inn
possible for him to go out and look
up the man who does not follow the
courts injunction to pay up, and he
would like to have the ladies refrain
from writing postcards
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
WATER
ORDINANCE
City Council Adopts an Ordinance
Fixing the Standard of
Purity for Water
HEALTH OFFICER
MAY CLOSE WELLS
Fine or Imprisonment Provided as
Punishment for Those Who Of
fend in Providing Impure
Water

An ordinance was passed by the
city council Monday evening provd-
ing for the preservation of the pub
Yakima, to prevent disease. to guard
against epidemic of disease, to fix a
standard of purity and quality of wa
ter delivered, sold or distributed to
the residents of the city to be used for
drinking, household or domestic pur-
poses.
This ordinance provides that all
water furnished in the city shall not
contain more than one hundred bac-
terra per cubic centimeter, and shall
exhibit fermentation in not more than
thirty per cent examined when ten
cubic centimeters or less of water Is
used in such examinations.
Standard of Purity
The ordinance provides that after
three months from the approval or this
ordinance all water shall be of the
standard of purity as follows: Free
from all pathogenic bacteria. Not
more than one in every twenty sam
Piles of water of ten centimeters each
shall show colon baclli: the mum Der
Of bacteria must not exceed 100 per
cubic centimeter.
Health Officers Authority
The city health. officer is given au-
thority to examine and inspect all
sources and receptacles of water sold
within the city; he may close up any
public or private well or spring found
TO be polluted, unsafe or unhealthful
declaring it a nuisance.
A fine of 500. 81 imprisonment IN
the city Jail for not to exceed thirty
days. may be imposed on any person
or corporation convicted of distribute
ing water below the standard fixed
by this ordinance.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
KNOW ABOUT WEN ATCHEE

Wcnatchee Is Il splcndidly adVer-
tlsed country. according to r. A.
O'Brien, who has but recently return
ed to the city from Il trip into Can
ada. into the Calgary section. 'Whou
people asked me where | make NY
home" said Mr.. O'Brien. II usually
answered I'm the fruit belt in Wash.
ington.' The reply received IN It
great many Instances was oh, yes, in
the Wenatchee country; | know aaout
that Once In n while I mot people
who had some Information concern
ing Yakima and | encountered GOV
eral men who had sold Yakima fruh.
For the most part. however when |
spoke of tho Washing .on fruit belt
the people with whom I talked as
sumcd that | meant Wcnatchee"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23

Judge Grady had vetoed their senti-
ment and that they would oppose in
like manner any attempt to pave
North First street this fall. Attorney
Taylor spoke for the State Floral as
ISOLATION in opposition to paving
Hall avenue, declaring it was an in
Justice. Norman Compton, a resi-
dent of Brown avenue, appealed 10
the common sense of the council
speaking in favor of the paving. All
the speakers in opposition to the paw
ing of Hall avenue stated they were
not opposing the improvement OF
Brown avenue. On the motion OF
Councilman Lynch the petition was
laid on the table DR.. Carver express
ing the opinion that it would be well
to leave the matter over to the city
government.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
TO BUILD BY DAY LABOR
Council Votes TO So Erect CITY Hall
and Finish Jail

The city council voted Monday
night to proceed with the building of
the city hall by day labor, this action
pelng taken on motion Of Councilman
Brown. In order to provide better
and warmer quarters for the prison
ers. an appropriation of s475 was
made add to the present quarters at
Walnut and South First streetc
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
Veterans at Encompmept

ROCHESTER,. n. Y. Aug. 21.--
Eight thousand veterans are here to-
night for the Firtyhfth Encampm ent
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic
The largest throngs are expected We'd
nesday. the day of the great parade
Perhaps the last that will ever he
held at a national encampment
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
Remembered by Many
Auto Wrecked: One Killed

ELGIN. H.. Aug. 2f--While run
ming at IS miles per hour in an auto
mobile official practice today Ralph
Il Ireland was killed. and Frank OBJ
rien mechanician injured when the
tire burst. They were preparing for
the races of Friday and saturday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
Drop Men From PayiOlls

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug, 2l--It Is
announced at the offices of the South
ern Pacific today that six thousand
men viii be dropped from the pay
rolls Of the Pacific system OF the road
before the end Of september Slack
freight conditions are given as the
cause Employees viii be taken on
again I'm October IN order NJ their
eniority IL conditions improve.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-08-23
Grady Cieered

These remarks We're received with
applause by those in the audience.
one First street resident stating that
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-23
PERSONS IN THE NEWS

JUDGE ANDRADE has been down
town once or twice and is slowly
recovering from his accident.
JOE COHEN is considering a bust
ness proposition which may take
him to San Francisco for a year.
E. H. CANT, of the firm of Cant &
Bolte, manufacturers of Hawaiian
mahogany lumber in Puma district,
Hawaii, is on visit to the city.
JOHN TAFT, landscape gardner of
Honolulu, has been appointed board
of health inspector for Papaalol
and Laupahoehoe, taking the place
of Inspector Mcleod, resigned
Hilo Tribune.
PROFESSOR CoRWIN, one of the
members of the Iowa State Uniyer-
sity expedition to Laysan Island
last month to get data for a scene,
graph of the island and its bird life
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-23

probably now sufficiently settled in
many minds.
Great Political Questions.
About political matters, the power
is clear About business in interstate
commerce, we are rapidly reaching
point where it is also becoming clear.
The great political questions now be.
fore the people are: first, the direct
primary with population selection of
the United States senator's; secondly,
stringent, practical acts to eliminate
the purchase OF the voter; thirdly,
careful but specific employers liabil-
ity acts; fourthly, modification of mu-
nicipal government.
New Jersey is conservative state,
and yet for the past four years we
have been in constant controversy on
these questions. The last legislature
]
lions of which 1 have just spoken,
About the power, there could be no
doubt 1t is just as much the duty
Of the state to protect the lives and
limbs Of employees in factories under
its police power as it is their health
and the sanitation of the community.
The Des Moines and Galveston sys,
TENS of government have been dem.
onsTated by success, and the ten
dency is to get FROM under common
council through various boards OF
commissions, and my state, perceive
has adopted a statute permitting any
city by vote of the people to abolish
any council and adopt the commission
form of government.
Too Much Government.
"The tendency in modern times has