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Evening star., 1911-06-01
Scotland's Small Census Gain.

LONDON, June 1.-Scotland has pop
ulation of 4.759. AS. according to the pro-
visional figures of the census. made pub
lie today. This Is an increase over the
1901 census OF 287. .342. and is the smallest
increase in any census since 1881.
Evening star., 1911-06-01
France Receives Draft Of Treaty.

PARIS. Juns 1.-The French foreign
once today received from J. ]. Jusseraud.
ambassador at Washington, the text OF
the tentative draft Of President Taffa
proposal for q broad treaty OF arbitra-
ton between the United States and thia
country.
Evening star., 1911-06-01
A Flagg
Drawing IN
Co1ors

will be the cover Of
our next Sunday
agazine. VIC
TORY" 1t Is called.
and it shows q beau
tiful Summer Girl en-
gagged In the typically
summer girlish task
of closing a trunk
preparatory to a Jour-
ney. You know how
charmingly
MONTGOMERY
FLAGG
can depict the typical
American girl. This
is one Of his best.
See the next
| Sunday Magazine
| Of The
| Sunday Star
Evening star., 1911-06-01
raft Considering Invitations.

President Taft yesterday took under
advisement Invitations TO visit Peoria,
M. and Appleton, Wis. In September.
Evening star., 1911-06-01
German Is Still Stalled.

Frey, the German aviator. whose ma
chine was smashed at. Pisa yesterday,
when he mistook the race course for the
aerodrome, is still stalled at that city.
He hopes to have the machine In shape
to resume his fight before noon.
Evening star., 1911-06-01
IS SECOND AT ROME
Aviator Garros Gets Ovation
at italian Capital.
vIDART NEARING PISA
Frey, the German Contestant, Still
Held at Pisa With a
Smashed Machine.

ROME, June /. : Roland Garros, the
French aviator, was the second contestant
in the great thirteen-thousand- Paris
Rome-Tufin aviation race to reach the
Italian capital.
He arrived at $40 O clock this afternoon
from. Pisa, which city he left at 1880
o'clock this morning.
The airman was given tremendous
ovation by the thousands of spectators
who had gathered at the aerodrome here
to witness his arrival.
In q determined effort to overtake his
keenest rival. Andre Beaumont, who was
the hrst aviator to complete the second
stage Of the flight. GarrOs started from
Pisa at 1O:3O o'clock this morning bound
for Rome.
Leaves Warship Behind.
Garros, who was delayed at Pisa yester-
day by an accident which badly damaged
his machine. received new aeroplane
this morning. After working for two
hours on the motor, the Frenchman
ascended, and hugging the Mediterranean
coast headed for this city. The Italian
torpedo boat Fulmine followed in the
wake Of the airman for a distance OF
ten miles, when the warship was out
distanced. Garros passed over Grosseto,
about eighty miles south Of Pisa, at
II 80 am.
vidart resumed his fight from Nice to-
day at 4:51 o'clock am, and reached
Genoa three hours and Ave minutes later.
After taking on supply of fuel he again
ascended and headed for Pisa He reach
ed Pisa at 1925 o'clock this afternoon
and is making preparations to continue
his fight toward the Italian capital.
German Is Still Stalled.
Evening star., 1911-06-01
Thinks He Can Get Proof.

"Do you know that to be factr' In
quired Mr. Dies
Mr.. McElroy responded that he did not
make the, statement as a charge. and
could not state II as an absolute fact.
but thought he could get the proof and
Law II before the committee. The com-
rnittee. after the chairman suggested that
COL McE1roy should not have made such
: statement until he could prove Il. sug-
rested that he get the proof.
Mr.. Gordon laid before the committee
his plans for having courts Of appeal IN
the classified service. to pass upon The
Evening star., 1911-06-01

Fair tonight and Friday, with
moderate temperature; light
northerly winds.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01
new INLAND DEPOT
ON MAIN STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY ASKS CITY
FOR ABANDONED STREET As
BUILDING site.

II plans are carried out as out
lined at the present time the new
Inland depot will be erected close to
the sidewalk on Main street a few
feet north of the Reid building. The
proposed site is directly in the line
of the old street which the railroad
people has asked the city to vacate
Hearing on the proposed vacation
has been set for the last Monday in
September.
W. G. Davidson, secretary and
treasurer of the Inland company,
was in the city last Friday looking
up the matter. He declared that
work would be commenced on the
new building within a very few
weeks.
The new depot will be of brick
with two waiting rooms and an Of
flee between with the baggage
and freight room in one end
of the building. Agent A H.
Eldredge is very anxious to
have the new building as
near Main street and the center of
town as possible. In case the pro-
posed site is determined on as the
location for the depot, the tracks
will be extended over the river on
concrete piers and the present river
walls.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01
WANT NON-GRAZING DISTRICT.
Farmers Union Wants Grazing Re-
stricted in Whole County.

Two petitions of considerable
length have been presented to the
board of county commissioners ask
ing to have the whole of Whitman
county made a nOn-graZing district.
By an act of the last legislature the
old grazing district law was repealed
and since it became effective last
June there has been no restriction on
grazing.
Several petitions have been pre-
sented to the board this summer ask
ing for small portions of the county
to be formed into nOn-graZing dis
tricts, but this did not look good to
the commissioners and all these
petitions were turned down. When
sufficient number of the property
holders demand it the board will
probably form the county into one
district according to the request in
the two petitions recently presented.
The Farmers Union is back of the
move in petitioning the commission
ers to take action.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01
MANY DO NOT WRITE HOME.
Scores Answer Description of Man
Killed by Train.

Coroner Bruning has been deluged
with letters and kilograms during
the past week asking for pictures and
more accurate descriptions of the
man who was killed by a train on the
Crest grade a few days ago. Many
OF the inquirers state that the de-
scriptions published in the papers
lead them to believe the dead man
TO be one of their relatives or
friends.
One man telephoned from Sprague
asking for information. The descrip-
ton as given over the wire tailed eX-
actly with his brother until the coro-
set of teeth. The Sprague man
answered, That is enough. My
brother had bum teeth"
A man from Vancouver, Wash,
wired that his brother was harvest
hand and was dressed exactly as the
man who was killed. A picture was
sent to him.
Several letters were received from
Portland asking that descriptions be
sent. Only initials and addresses
were signed to these letters.
From the number of inquiries re-
ceived it is evident that many people
have relatives and friends who are
travelling through the country and
not writing very often.
A travelling companion gave the
name of the dead man as James
Mathews and stated that his home
was at Newark, New Jersey.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01

Sheriff G. B. Carter has commenc-
against Whitman county to recover
alleged travelling expenses of the
sheriff and his deputies while on Of
fetal duties. The law makes it nee
essary that the sheriff shall turn into
the county treasury all fees collected
by him and that the county shall pay
his actual travelling eXepnses while
on official duty" The law further
gives the county commissioners pow
er to control the number of deputies
the sheriff shall have and what salary
they shall receive. At present the
sheriff has three deputies, one of
whom acts as Office man.
Under the 1903 law the matter of
collecting the delinquent taxes has
been made a duty of the sheriff. This
has greatly enlarged the work of the
sheriff's Office, the law compelling
him to distrain personal property and
sell the same to collect taxes. The
total amount of taxes placed in the
sheriff's hands for collection this year
under the new law amounts to total
of about 900 and is against sew
eral hundred people. In addition to
this the work of the sheriff's office in
both civil and criminal business has
increased greatly over what it was
few years ago and has increased very
materially over what it was last year.
In collecting taxes and serving pa
pers where the parties do not live on
the railroad the sheriff formerly went
by railroad to the nearest point and
there hired a livery rig to drive to
the home of the party wanted. Trains
on the different railroads of the cOun-
ty do not make good connections and
often an official trip of this sort re-
quired that a man be away from the
Office for two days and sometimes
longer. On such official trips the
county paid the salary of the officer,
his carfare, livery hire and hotel
bills. Because of the time consumed
the sheriff found he could not dis
pose of the business of his Office with
the dispatch required by law and
that the work of the Office in the col
lection of taxes was falling behind.
Some remedy for the situation had to
be found. The county is large and
much Of it does not lie near the rail-
roads. The sheriff looked into the
matter and found that many counties
furnish an automobile for the use of
the sheriff in his official work.
Sheriff Carter explained the matter
to the county commissioners and
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01
SHERIFF sues COUNTY FOR Use OF AUTOMOBILE

stated that he believed the use Of the
automobile would enable him to per-
form the increased duties of his Of
flee without additional men. The
sheriff says the commissioners were
not willing TO buy an automobile for
his official use but told him to hire a
machine when he believed it would
be saving in expense to the county.
During June, 1911, he did hire and
use an automobile and in his expense
claims presented at the end of the
month, included 1855 for automobile
hire. In allowing the expense claims
this item was cut out. In July the
expense claim for automobile hire
amounted to $199.50 and the COM
missioners allowed one-half of it.
The action brought by the sheriff
is TO recover from the county the
amount of these claims which were
not allowed and which amount to
1855.
Sheriff Carter says:
Il consider ! have made a net saw
ing 10 Whitman county by the use OF
the auto above mentioned. AS a
comparison of the amount of work
done, l submit the following with
reference 10 fees earned for the
months of May, June and July, 1910,
and 1911. Fees earned May, 1910,
S125.85; June, 1910, $149.95; July,
1910, s40.70: May, 1911, S203.25;
June, 1911, $277.75; July, 1911,
$27O.70. Excess of fees earned for
the three months, 1911 over 1910,
S435.20. In collecting the taxes, /
have made the civil and criminal
work in the Office dovetail in with the
tax business, so that in some in
stances ] have made as high as As
separate services in a single day and
covered distances of over 100 miles
on several occasions. | consider, in
the use of the auto, have done the
work of the Office in an efficient man.
ner with the use of at least two less
deputies than would have been re-
quired without it's use, besides in
several instances being able to appre-
hend criminals promptly, who might
be at large today except for it's USE
l make this statement that the tax
payers may be informed and l would
be pleased if any one interested
would look into the mater for them
selves and ascertain whether / have
needlessly squandered the peoples
money and whether / should stand
the expense already incurred which
the commissioners are endeavoring
to cut me out of by cutting my ex-
pense account In two.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01
DEPUTY COLE GETS LETTER
FROM MOTHER OF CARL WEEMS
EVIDENTLY SHE DOES NOT
KNOW CANTRIL WAS KILLED.

Without the least sign of feeling
Carl Weems learned that his mother
in Georgia had heard of his trouble
and was worried about him. Deputy
Sheriff Cole, who was shot in the arm
by Weems, received a letter yester-
day from Mrs. Weems Carl was
asked concerning his relatives and
the information which he gave
checked up exactly with the letter.
When first arrested Weems said that
his father and mother were both
dead.
Following is the letter written by
Mrs. Weems:
Triton, Ga, Aug. 25th, 1911.
Deputy Sheriff William Cole,
Dear Sir
l was reading in the Macon News
and learned that a boy named Carl
Weems shot you in the arm in a sa-
loon. Will you please give me the
particulars about it. ANY infOrma-
tiOn concerning the shooting will be
appreciated by me, as | am a widow
and had a son named Carl Dulin
Weems. Ask Carl, was his mother
named Matte Weems Did he have
any sisters named Clara and Stella
Weems? Please ask him if he ever
worked in Kathleen, Fla, for a man
named Mr.. Robinson, about II years
ago. Please write or get some one
else to write for you to relieve a
mothers anxiety. From a mother in
trouble.
l will pray that you may get well
and may the good Lord cure you.
Please write me at once as soon as
you get this letter and let me hear
from you, for / am in trouble, as
had son named Carl Weems.
MRS. MATTE WEEMS.
P. S.-My son Carl went off from
Athens, Ca, before he was quite
fourteen, so young to leave his moth
er; have pity on him, please. l hope
you will get well, if it is the Lord s
will. Please give me all the informa-
tion you can, just as soon as you can.
Your friend,
MRS. WEEMS.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01
Engine Men Flee.

The first accident to be recorded
among the many gasoline engines in
use in the vicinity of Colfax was re-
ported Tuesday. The machine was
being operated by Barber & Baird on
the Milton McCroskey ranch south of
this city. A flash of burning gaso-
line and oil frightened the men
around the engine and all fed. II is
said that one man did not stop run
ming until he had placed a mile be-
tween himself and the engine. The
fire did not spread and the extent of
damage to the engine was not learn
ed.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01
PAVE south end
WITH BITULITHIC
WISH OF PROPERTY OWNERS IS
CONSIDERED INLAND WANTS
STREET VACATED.

Bitulithic paving has been adopt
ed for the improvement of the
streets in the south end of Colfax.
The matter was decided Monday
night at meeting of the city coun-
ell. A hearing had been advertised
on the proposed improvements and
several property owners were pres
ent to express their wishes. long
petition was presented urging the
use of bitulithic pavement on a BIZ
luminous base. A much shorter pc
tition asked for the improvement to
be made by macadamizing the
streets. Supporters for both kinds
of improvement were present ana
ayailed themselves of the opportun-
ity TO express their views. No i'll
feeling was expressed but the advo-
Gates for each kind of improvement
were earnest in their pleas for the
adoption of their choice The amount
of property represented by each pc
titiOn was given consideration and
when it was found that the bitulith-
ic petitioners were in the lead by a
large majority, that kind of paving
was adopted without a dissenting
vote.
City Engineer j. H. Miller pre-
Sented his estimate of the cost OF
the proposed improvement which is
$64, ,439.67. In connection with the
proposed improvement the question
of the parking strip on the west
side of Main street between Wawa-
wal and Fairview streets was
brought up by interested property
owners and the council agreed to
have the new sidewalks laid next to
the curb with the parking strip in
side next to the property line
A petition by the Spokane and In
land Empire railway company for
the vacation of the unused portion
of Main street near the Island street
bridge caused a stir as it means that
active steps are being taken in the
plans for new Inland depot Mon
day, Septemb Der 25, was the date set
for the hearing of the petition.
Alton Tredick was granted a IL
cense for a motion picture show in
the Orpheum theater
r. g. ClendeDin was granted per-
mission to erect a sheet iron covered
building not over 20 by 80 feet in
size for stage and dressing room in
the rear of the Pastime theater.
o. H. Horton was appointed in
spector on public work at a salary
of 81 per day.
The matter of drain to take care
of surplus water in the gulch be-
tween South Main and Mill streets
was left in the hands of the fire and
water committee. The matter of ex-
tending the wings to the abutments
of the COdd bridge was left in the
hands of the street committee with
power to act.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01

Mrs. Floyd Angel, aged 21 years,
died Saturday morning after an i'll
ness with congestion of the lungs.
The Angels were renters on the Hub
bard farm three or four miles east of
Colfax. Mr.. Angel left Sunday morn
ing for Ellery, H., with the remains
of his wife.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01

their own regular companies do not
care to handle for some reason. All
agents who write business for these
companies are liable to a fine of one
hundred dOllors.
Wisconsin Leads
The state superintendent of public
instruction, H. B. Dewey, has pre-
pared statistics showing that in the
public schools of Washington are
graduates from various institutions
of higher learning from Sc states in
the Union and from provinces in
Canada. Washington, exclusive of
its normal school graduates, is third
IN the list, Wisconsin being first with
1876, Michigan second with 344 and
Washington third with 328. From
the normal school at Ypsilanti, Mich
igan, there are 15S graduates teach
ing in Washington and this school
easily heads the list of 25O schools
represented.
Capitol Site Best in L. =.
w. r. Wilder, one of the archi-
tects who were successful in winning
the honor of designing the temple of
justice and the group plan for Wash
ington's new capitol, expresses great
9dmiration for the site chosen for
the building of the capitol, saying
that its possibilities are too great to
be grasped in short time and that
when the capitol is completed that
Washington will have one of the
finest and most artistic capitols in
the whole United States. He says
that the site is an ideal one, over
looking as it does the head waters of
rhe bay and affording a fine view of
Mt. Rainier on the east and of the
Olympic range on the north and that
WashingtOn's capitol should excel
anything to be found for natural
beauty or surroundings.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1911-09-01
Adams Makes Good Record.

With a steam thresher James
Adams threshed 32,678 sacks of
grain in the last 19 days. He has
about two weeks more to run.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-23
DR.. CAN'T INFECTED.
County Physician Cut Himself While
Operating.

Much concern has been felt by the
friends of DR.. Harry B. CAN'T, of Mil
lersville, this county. in the last few
days because of his serious illness
due to an infection he receive last
summer while operating upon a pa,
tient, his instrument slipping and
lightly cutting his own hand.
DR.. CAN'T is at the University
Hospital, Baltimore, having arrived
there last week. His physicians say
he will be able to return home next
week, although he still suffers in.
tense pain.
This is the second time the Doctor
has had to enter the hospital since
receiving the infection and several
operations have been necessary in
order to alleviate the trouble and stor
the spread of the disease. His prac-
tice is being cared for by his son, DIR.
Harry B. CAN'T Jr.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-23
ELECTION EXPENSES.
Anne, Arundel Democrats Spend More
Than Republicans.

Candidates in the recent election in
Anne Arundel county are fast comply.
ing with the law, which requires them
to file with the Clerk of the Circuit
Court statements of their expenditures
in the campaign.
Seventeen Democratic candidates
have filed statements. and the
amounts total $1,292. Only one or
two of the statements are in itemized
form, as most of them contributed
directly to John r. Sullivan, treasurer
of the campaign funds.
John X. GLADDEN.. who was treasur-
er of the Republican funds, reports
receipts totaIing $3.50 and expendi-
lures of 1854. OF the total amount.
according to Mr.. Gladden's report.
S400 was contributed by John B.
Hanna, the Republican State chair
man.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-23
CRUISERS TO SANTO DOMINGO.
Washington And North Carolina Sent
Because OF Caceres Murder.

The armored cruisers Washington
and North Carolina have been or
dered to Santo Domingo to prevent
an uprising, resulting from the as
sassination of President Ramon Ca
ceres.
The cruisers arrived at Hampto on
Roads yesterday. w. w. Russell,
Minister to Santo Domingo, who is
now in this country on leave of alb
sence, will return to his post on
board the Washington. This decision
was reached at the Cabinet meeting
yesterday.
President Taft and his advisers
feel that immediate steps should be
taken to prevent the possibility of
a political uprising which might in
terfere with the customs receiver
ship of the island, which for the last
six years has been conducted under
the supervision of the United States.
While no reports have been received
of any political disorder, the officers
of the State and Navy Departments
are sending the vessels as a precau-
tionary measure.
The two armored cruisers were sent
because they carry large crews and
could furnish landing parties if neces-
sary. While the Cabinet meeting was
in progress wireless was sent from
Washington to the flagship Connecti-
cut, which is at sea en- route for New
port, asking whether the armored
cruisers were available for this spec
ial duty. In exactly ten minutes an
affirmative reply had been received at
the Navy Department.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-11-23
Midshipman Brown Navy Star
MADAME NAZIMOVA.
AT The New Academy OF Music Bal
timore November 9th.

At the New Academy of Music next
Monday, Charles Frohman will present
NJ adame Nazimova in Piearre VOLTS
brilliant new comedy "The Marion
cites" This will be the distinguish
ed artists first appearance in Balti-
more under her new management, but
she will be agreeably remembered
for her intelligent portrayals a few
years ago of the heroines in Ibsen S
"a Dolls House, " "Hedda Gabler"
"The Master Builder" as well as
"The Comtesse Coquette" and 1.-THE
Comet"
In Pierre VOLTS comedy Madame
Nazimova has one of the best roles
she has ever essayed, that of a young
wife who discovers that her husband
married her merely to please his par
ents and that her modest, unobtrusive,
country-mouse demeanor does not ap-
peal to him, moreover that he has re-
turned to some of the amours of his
earlier career. Eventually she hits
upon a plan to captivate her husband
by proving to him that other men
are not Indifferent to her. She dons
tue gorgeous TdlmenL common TO
Paris young women of fashion and
does not discourage the attentions of
young men whom she meets in society,
the husband meanwhile absent on a
lark with one of his former flames.
He returns to find his erstwhile
neglected Young wife surrounded by a
court of admirers and learns that she
has become the toast of the town.
Of course he proceeds to fall desper-
ately in love with her, and there
ensues between the young couple a
courtship replete with delightful COM
edy situations, in which the fasci-
mating witcheries of the actress find
full scope and keep the audience aglow
with a sense of delicious humor and
tingling with expectant appreciation.
There is a humorous climax contain
ing the proper degree of sentiment.
There will be matinees Wednesday,
Thanksgiving Day and Saturday