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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-01
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MEET UNIONS
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR A
CONFERENCE AT SAN FRAN.
CISCO, SEPT. 2.
Union Leaders Hopeful of Settle
ment of Difficulties Without Re-
In Favor of Strike Said to Be
Practically Unanimous.

Chicago, Aug. 26.-J. w. Kline
international president of the black
smiths union, received a telegram
from Vice President Kruttschnitt to-
day, stating that he would be In San
Francisco on September and that
he would meet the international
presidents there.
Mr.. Kline, after communicating
with the international presidents, ar
ranged for the conference in San
Francisco.
The meeting of the labor leaders,
scheduled for Kansas City on Mon
day, was called of.
Conference Vital.
President Kline will meet a COM
mittee from the Illinois Central road
tomorrow before leaving for San
Francisco. Mr.. Kline said today.
'The calling of a strike of the
shopmen on the Hartman lines de-
ponds on what is done at the confer
ence to be held at San Francisco
with Mr.. Kruttschnitt. We insist
that the federated body of workers
be recognized by the railroads"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-01
Minor Happenings
of the Week

A woman has for the first time ap-
peared in a Swiss pulpit. She is
Fraulein Won Petzold of Berlin.
The wireless station at Astoria
last week received wireless from
the steamship Victoria while the YES
sci was 1000 miles away in the
north.
Mrs. Dowie, widow Of the late
John Dowie, founder of Zion City,
will found a new colony of the Dowie
faith at her summer place near White
Hall, Mich.
The Brooks comet, discovered by
DR.. w. R. Brooks of Hobart college,
is now visible through small tele-
scopes, and will soon become visible
to the naked eye.
More than 100000 boys are now
receiving military instruction from
the Russian government as the best
means of preventing treason and rev.
olution when they grow up.
All baseball attendance records
for Boston were broken on the &C.
casion of the last visit of the Detroit
Tigers. More than 10000 paid ad-
missions were registered during the
four days.
In a speech to the G. A. r. veter-
ans at Rochester, President Taft de-
nounced "nostrums'' of reform which
he declared had been advanced for
the solution of the problem of con-
centrated wealth.
October has finally been selected
as the month for holding the Gid
den national automibile tour, and
the route has been changed to ex-
tend from New York to Jacksonville,
Fla, by way of Atlanta.
In the presence of the parents OF
the contracting parties and select
party of friends, Dorothy Chapman
of San Francisco, and Benjamin S.
Foss, of Massachusetts, we're mar
ried Friday in Grace Pro-Cathedral,
San Francisco.
The application of Brigadier-Gen-
eral Marion P. Maus. commanding
the department of the Columbia, to
change the headquarters of that de-
partment from Vancouver, Wash. to
Portland, Ore. or Seattle, Wash, has
been disapproved by the war depart
ment.
Society is now very much inter
ested in the report that Miss Esther
Cleveland, eldest daughter of the
late president, is soon to marry Ran
dolph D. West, son of President
West of Princeton university. Mrs
Cleveland so far has refused to con-
firm or deny the report, but it's cor.
rectness is not doubted.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-01
ATWOOD FINISHES LONGEST
AERIAL VOYAGE YET MADE

New York, Aua Sailing Sc
renely over New York's myriad wa
ter craft, its ferryboats and ocean
liners, Harry N. Atwood, the Boston
aviator, arrived in New York in his
aeroplane Friday, the first man In
history to travel as far as from st.
Louis to New York in heavier-than-
air machine.
Atwood's safe landing in Cover
nor's island. after flying down from
Nyack, N. Y, above the Hudson
river, through a fog which made him
only dimly visible to the million eyes
that watched him, was notable in
cident in the annals of air.
Breaks the Record.
He not only broke the worlds rec
ord, covering 1895 miles in an air
line, or perhaps 100 more miles with
his detours, but he flew all the way
in the same biplane and suffered no
important mishaps.
Atwood's fight is comparable only
to that made by fast trains, for he
covered the distance in an actual
flying time of % hours and 81 min
utes.
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ADMIRAL TOGO REACHES
SEATTLE ON WAY HOME

Seattle, Aug. 28.-Admiral Togo
arrived in the city this morning and
is Seattle's guest. He will sail from
here for home on the Tamba Maru
now in port.
Gov. Hay Cannot Come.
Gov. Hay, who expected to be able
to attend tonight's banquet, tele-
graphed the committee of arrange
ments yesterday that he was detain-
er out of the state by business. anil
would not therefore be able, greatly
to his regret, to reach Seattle in
time to pay his respects to the states
distinguished visitor.
In preparation for Admiral Togo's
coming the cruisers West Virginia
and Colorado arrived in Elliott bav
last evening, and when the Tamba
Maru, upon which Admiral Togo will
make his journey home, sails, she
will be escorted out of Puget sound
by the two cruisers.
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Washington State
News Items

Hoquiam's new Carnegie library
has been dedicated.
Grant County will hold its first
annual fair at Wilson Greek Septem-
Der q and %. Grains, grasses,
fruits and livestock and poltry will
be exhibited.
The Sumas State bank is calling
for bids for the construction Of q
new bank block. The specifications
call for a two-story brick structure,
40x16O feet.
The Public Service Commission
has announced that it has fixed the
valuation of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& Puget Sound Railways operating
property in this state at $45,0OO,O0O
for the purposes of taxation.
Reports of gold discoveries on the
forks of the Tolt river have started
a stampede at Tolt and set the whole
valley into a state of excitement.
Forty claims have been staked. The
claims will be tried as placers.
Both the G.. N. and the N. p. will
put on 6-hour trains between Seattle
and Portland. When both lines in
augurate the new schedule, it will
make total of three such trains,
the Shasta limited being the third.
The establishment of salmon
cannery at Everett this winter is
promised by the Everett Fish Com
pany, which, up to this time, has en-
gagged exclusively in packing and
shipping. The plant proposed will be
a two-line installation and will en-
ploy about sixty white workmen.
On account of the fall rush of
business in certain departments
about the state house at Olympia,
there is strong probability that the
Saturday half holidays which have
been effective since June will de dis
continued soon and the clerks and
stenographers be forced to work the
full week.
At Tacoma the City laundry was
fined $40 and costs yesterday for vio-
lating the eight-hour law for women.
D. C. Barnes, formerly manager
of the Stone & Webster interests in
Pawtucket, R. L., has assumed man
agement of the Everett Railway,
Light and Power Co. and the Seattle
Everett Traction Co.
The Great Northern will build a
new line from Republic down the
San Poll river to He'll Gate, thence
to Peach, on the Columbia. and a
connection with the main line at
Bluestem, as announced in papers
filed with the secretary of state at
Olympia by Judge F. v. Brown, gen.
eral Western counsel for the COM
pany.
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Conference Arranged.

Kansas City, Aug. 26.-J. A.
Franklin, international president OF
the boilermakers, in charge of the
Federated Union headquarters here
said last night, after long-distance
telephone with J. w. Kline, interna-
tional president of the blacksmiths,
who is in Chicago, that Kline was ar
ranging to hold conference between
Julius Kruttschnitt, vice president OF
the Hartman lines, and the five in
ternational presidents.
Earlier in the day press reports
from Chicago said Kline had declar-
ed he would not meet Mr.. Krutt-
schnitt and had wired President
Lovett, Of the Hartman lines, ask
ing him to meet the five union presi-
dents personally.
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exhibits and It was put IN t. ~,
ganixation. 'a'' Or.
I'VE t0id.a delegation Of nro,.,
citizens that 4 Spokane won,a lueat
antee asfnnd Of Ss5. 900 the NJ. guar.
Apple Show, Inc, would s.a
larger and better competit,vs .ase
than has ever been seen in the snow
ern country and in addition west
week Of carnival festivals in ths give
town business district. A com, uosn
was organized and the first dav,. '''es
vass resulted in suhscr,s.,.a a'
amounting to $4,000, with ny p'loa'
OF the money needed in sipht resi-
have every reason to think ,h.. We
show the last week in Novemha"' 'ae
be the most important and ,nt. WIZ
ing in the history Of Spokane 's'''
that it will be credit to tho 80. sua
country" euufe
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Montreal, Aug. 26.-Now that Sir
Wilfrid Laurier has addressed a half
dozen meetings in his native prov
ince of Quebec, which has given him
his working majority in every par
lament since that of 1896, there is
distinct revival of confidence in the
Liberal ranks over the outcome of
reciprocity.
Everywhere the premier was Civ
en- an enthusiastic greeting. That
the danger to Laurier's prestige was
great is admitted by his followers.
In 1909 Henry Bourassa, another
victorious French-Canadian, while
not distinctly friendly to Sir Wilfrid,
was not openly antagonistic. In the
present campaign Bourassa has at
tackled Laurier and the Liberal
party vigorously.
If Laurier can hold the French
Canadians of Quebec province against
Bourassa he will go back to Ottawa.
But If he fails in this, reciprocity
probably will fall with him.
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Strike Vote Sweeuinr.

Paducah. KY, Aug. 26.The re-
suit OF the strike vote taken by the
Federation of Illinois Central Rail
way Employees shows 81 per cent in
favor Of backing up the officers OF
the federation in their demands upon
the Illinois Central for recognition.
But lbs of 5000 members failed to
vote.
Demands of the organization
backed by this vote will be laid be-
fore the Illinois Central officials IN
Chicago Monday and should they re-
fuse to negotiate, federation oflicerz
here declare the strike Will be or
dered Tuesday.
Plans are now for gradual tieur
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State Wins Decision.

Olympia, Aug. 28.-The state of
Washington has won decision in
the federal land Office at Seattle,
permitting its entry as lieu school
lands of southeast of southeast of
section %, and east half of north
east and southwest, northwest of sec
ton 33, township SO north, range
east, valuable timber lands in What
com county. Twice before the state
applications were rejected because of
conflict with railroad selection, home
stead and timber entries.
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TAXES REMAIN EVER DUE
UNTIL PAID, SAYS FROST.

Olympia, Aug. 26.-The sheriff OF
Ferry county has been directed to
locate all residents of that county
for the past twelve years who failed
to pay their personal tax assessments,
and to seize any real or other prop
erty belonging to such persons and
sell the same to make the amount OF
the taxes. These orders were issued
by Mr. Frost of the state tax COM
mission.
''The law writes Frost, makes
the treasurer responsible for loss OF
personal property taxes occasioned
through his neglect or failure to en-
force the collection of the tax, and II
occurs to us that if the conditions
are as you outline. your tax roll &C.
counts should be carefully checked
over, and If it is found that through
the negligence of your county treas
urers taxes have been lost to the
country, suits should be PROMPTLY
brought against the delinquent off,
cerrs and their bondsmen.
Many Moved Away.
Sheriff Mike Moran wrote from Re-
public to the commission to say that
since Ferry county was organized
twelve years ago little or no effort
was made to collect delinquent per-
sonal taxes, that list of the delin-
Quents and amounts Of the taxes has
been turned over to him, and that
in many instances the people have
left the county and the personal prop
erty has been removed.
Frost points out that the statute of
limitations does not run against the
collection of such taxes. He says
that if the original personal property
can be located the tax can be made
against that property, although 1t
may be in the hands Of an innocent
purchaser.
He adds that in any event the
sheriff has full authority under the
law to levy upon any real estate be-
longing to any of these delinquent
taxpayers and cause the same to be
sold to make the amount of the tax.
"The constitution and laws" says
Frost's reply, .'of the state of Wash
ington, require every person, firm or
corporation to pay taxes in proper
ton to the value of his, her, or its
property. Courts do not countenance
tax-dodging, and our statutes have
been formed to prevent it If possible.
The state or county does not lose its
right to enforce the payment Of taxes
Justly imposed through the negli-
gence or delay of public officers or the
lapse of time. -
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STRANGE RACE IS DISCOVERED N FAR NORTH

New York, Aug. 28.-A race OF
people who had never before beheld
white man or an Indian has been
discovered in the Arctic regions OF
British Columbia by Whitman Stef-
ansson, leader of the American mu-
seum's scientific expedition which lat
here in April, 1908, according to a
letter just received from him in
Brooklyn.
Explorer Harvard Man.
The explorer is graduate of Har-
ward university. He is more than
six feet tall. of robust physique and
has devoted many years to anthro-
biological research, particularly
among the Eskimos of the Northwest.
Several letters have been received
from him describing his experiences
and hardships. The letter received
today was addressed to Herbert
Bridgman, an authority on Arctic ex-
ploration.
Hardships Are Many.
Stefanson was accompanied by DR..
r. M. Anderson, of Harvard. During
the long dreary journey to the land
of the midnight sun the party met
with many hardships. the explorer
writes. Once. when the food supply
ran out and no relief was in sight, he
says, they ate the skins from their
fur clothing. In midwinter, in 1909,
DR.. Anderson fell Ill with pneumonia
and remained 90. for . month.
Had it not been that we had 4
small cache Of -four, etc, ct Camp
Perry we should not have been able
to pull him through, !" the explorer
writes.
In his letter. which IL dated
Mouth Of the Dease river, October
rs. 1910" and Is the nrst intelli-
gence received from the party within
= year, Stefansson ssys:
We have discovered people IN =
region supposed to Be- uninhabitable
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and have lived q few months among
people who had never seen wnl'e
man or an Indian Though they nau
heard of both), did not even know
l was not an Eskimo-so little wefo
they informed on what white men
are like. We have discovered 20
kimo In speech and habits) who aie
Scandinavians in appearance.
Problem Solved.
"This is the beginning OF the ~
luton of one of two problems: "n''
became of some of Franklin's men
what became of the 5000 sean
dinavians who disappeared fro~
Greenland in. the fifteenth century
COR If either of these questions :
to be answered then we have ln',O
duced new problem of scientlnc ~
terest: !,
s.Why do some of the people =.
victorialand differ markedly i'O -.
the rest Of their race? why 90
they SO European in type? we na
discovered the non-existence .so
stream which the maps MAKE 40
size Of the Hudson river. Wnen m
river La Roncierce disappears ~ ~.
the map shall feel have done So''
house cleaning.
Cape Is Island.
1--WE have found a certain CAPE ~ =
be an island and q certain islam =,
be q cape; we know the sour0e ,th
the Rae river, Of which the lo NJ.
to west Ten Miles were seen oy 70 -
Rae. And further odd things Of
have done that are in the na'u,' ve
discoveries. But, of course ,ore
deserve any credit It will DC s any
for our routine work than 10
discoveries properly 80 caiieu. his
Stefansson left New YORK ~ rim
expedition ii April. 1908. no .ribes
cipal purpose was to study inc and
Of Eskimo "a the Nortnwes' tribe
more especially IN unknown
living IN victorialand.
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STATES SEPTEMBER
INTEREST $50, 900

Olympia. Aug. 26.-State Treas
urer John G. Lewis has clipped cou-
pons aggregating $29.665 on county.
school and city bonds held by the
state as an investment of permanent
FUNDS. These coupons represent the
interest due during September.
The State board of finance now
mas under consideration purchases of
ABOUT 100000 Of additional bonds.
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TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
PREMIUMS. BESIDES
TROPHIES.
Total of Fifty Thousand Dollars VIII
Be Expended in Staging the Great
show-Apple show Was to Have
Been at st. Paul This Year, In Con-
nection With Land Show, But Ex-
pense Was Too Great.

Spokane. Wash, Aug. 28.-Twenty
thousand dollars In cash premiums.
in addition to gold and silver tro-
phies, will be awarded in competi-
tions, free and open to all. at the
fourth National apple show and har-
vest festival in Spokane, November
% to 80, inclusive. Plans have been
completed to exhibit more than g.
100000 of the highest grade COM
mercial apples grown IN the United
States and Canada in a temporary
structure covering four and half
acres of ground, the features being Is
or more full carload displays.
Arrangements are under way for q
series of growers conventions and
country life meetings, at which some
of the foremost experts in the coun-
try will discuss the educational
phases of apple culture, dealing also
with the problems of marketing the
orchard products at home and abroad.
Practical orchardists will give dem
onstrations of modern orcharding.
from the breaking of the raw land to
harvesting the crop, and introducing
features designed to assist producers
in securing adequate returns from the
land.
Five experts of international repu-
tation will be engaged to pass judg-
ment on the various exhibits, rang
ing from carloads to single plates of
five apples. The sweepstake contest
has been eliminated this year and In
its stead there will be contests with
added prizes and premiums on stand
ard commercial varieties.
The management of the National
Apple Show, Inc, headed by e. F.
Cartier Van Dissel. has received a
fund of $4,000, subscribed by citi-
zens of Spokane to carry on the ex-
position, which is not moneyWaking
enterprise in any sense of the term,
and it is estimated by r. H. Rice, sec
rotary and manager, that fully $751;
600 more will be expended in stag
ing the pageants in connection with
the harvest festival in the business
district during the week of the show.
"The 1911 festival was literally
forced upon us this year by business
men and residents generally Of Spo-
kane" said Harry ]. Nicely. first vice
president of the National Apple Show,
Inc, cas- we were given to under
stand early last spring that ST. Paul
wanted the show in connection with
the land exposition there the coming
fall. However, about a week ago it
was learned that the land show peo-
pie could not see their way clear to
undertake such large enterprise,
chiefly because of the expense and
lack of room to properly display the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-01
Poindexter to Visit Alaska

Washington, Aug. 26.-G Clifford
Pinchot, former chief forester, and
Senator Miles Poindexter Of Wash
ington together will make an inspec-
ton Of the resources of Alaska. Pin
chot. before leaving Washington.
said that Poindexter would join him
In Seattle for their Alaskan trip. The
senator is said to be particularly
anxious to have. view of Controller
bay and other disputed territory.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-01
HILL LINE TO BUILD
NEW BRANCH LINE.

Spokane, Aug. 25.-The Great
Northern will soon build a line from
Bluestem, on the main line, to Peach
on the Columbia river by way OF
Davenport.
Assurance was given by a commit
tee of Davenport citizens that the
right-of-way would be provided
through this place, and Maj. Ander-
son, right-of-way agent for the Great
Northern, stated today that the line
would be started.
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First Entry for Apple Show.

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 2S.-Latah
county, Idaho. has the distinction OF
formally entering the first display in
the competitions on carload lots at
the fourth National Apple Show IN
Spokane, November % to 80. The
entry was made by p. L. circuit, Sec
rotary of the Moscow Chamber OF
Commrce and the Latah County Far
Association.
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New Mexico sets Election Dav.

Santa Fe-, N. NJ, Aug. 26. It was
announced yesterday after q confer
ence of Governor Mills and other
ofhcials that the state election viii
be called for November z.
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San Francisco, Aug. BE. L.
Requin, president of the San Fran
cisco Federation of the Shop EN-
ployes of the Hartman lines, said
last night that he believed secret
vote now being taken here by the
federation would be unanimous for a
strike.
The result of the vote will not be
made public.
cit now rests entirely with the
company" said Requin. '"The men
all over the country have declared
almost unanimously for strike. un-
less our conditions are met. We are
determined that we shall be recog-
nized as federation.
II have not been advised of Vice
President Kruttschnitt's reported in
tention to visit San Francisco. If he
arrives here Wednesday our board
of arbitration will be glad to meet
him.
"Our men will not do business as
a craft organization; they will stand
together as federation or not at all.
We will accept no compromise.
Twenty per cent. of the employees
of the Mission Bay shops were
dropped from the payrolls today. The
men remaining will work full time
or nine hours day, six days week.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-09-01

Lisbon, Aug. 26.-The constituent
assembly has elected Senior Arriaga
president of the republic by III.
votes.
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San Francisco. Aug. 26.-Presi-
dent E. I. Reguin, of the federation
of shop employees of the Hartman
system, was optimistic today in re-
gard to the possibility Of confer
ence with Vice President Krutt-
shnitt on the latter's arrival in this
CITY,
"Mr. Krutschnitt," said Reguin,
"has at least said that he is willing
to meet representatives of the indi-
vidual unions. The officers of these
unions will be instructed to refuse
to act as individuals and to state that
no business can be done, except
through the federation. However, I
take it that Mr.. Kruttschnitt, by say
ing that he is willing to receive these
men, is willing to meet us half way.
There is no i'll feeling between the
men and the railroad officers, but the
workers are determined to enforce
their demands"
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lAuR|ER ANNOUNCES he
WILL RETIRE IF DEFEATED

St. Jerome, Quebec, Aug. 26.-In
the course of speech here Sir Will
frid Laurier startled his audience
by announcing that if defeated in the
coming elections, he would retire at
once and forever from public life
and would not lead the opposition
in the next parliament.
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If the system. with renewal OF Ell
forts at negotiations after each
union is called out.