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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
WILSON SEEKS
SECLUSION
In Order to Avoid Visitors
While Writing Letter
Of Acceptance
CLARK TO TAKE STUMP
Speaker Is Missouri Demo-
crat, and Will Work
for the Ticket
CLARK TO TAKE STUMP

SEAGIRT, n. j., July 23-Gover-
nor Wilson discarded his old gray
working coat today for natty one
OF serge. drew the shutters of his
office. pulled down the shades, locked
the door and walked leisurely down
the steps of the Little White House
porch with bundle of paper under
his arm. A moment later he entered
an automobile and was off for secil.
sion and the writing of his speech OF
acceptance of the democratic presi-
dental nomination. There are per-
haps score of persons who know
where he went but how long he will
be away is problem as yet unsolv-
ed by the governor. The speech OF
acceptance is to reflect his attitude
on the leading questions of the hour
and ON the Baltimore platform. Sea
girt will not see him again until his
acceptance speech is finished.
The governor left the Little White
House" because he found it imposs-
die TO greet personally the scores
the same time find opportunity to
write his speech Before he left he
conferred with Senators iteed and
Stone of Missouri and Representa-
tive Henry of Texas.
Champ Clark to Take Stump.
"Of course Champ Clark will take
the stump for Wilson," Senator Reed
said afterward "a Missouri demo-
crat is one of those fellows who takes
off his coat and starts to work 10.
the ticket as soon as the conventions
is over. Clark is Missouri demo
.crat"
Senator Stone said he had talked
with Governor Wilson about plans for
the campaign. They also discussed
debatable states, he added. He was
reasonably sure that Wilson would
have 230 votes in the electoral col
lege before they reached the list of
debatable states.
Among these, he thought, We're New
York. Connecticut, Massachusetts
Wisconsin and Ohio.
Representative Henry talked with
the governor, he said about legisla-
tion pending in congress- IIe said
Texas would give Wilson 100000 ma
jOrity
To G. kenada. editor of Magyar
NOsihsava, Hungarian newspaper
of New York, Governor Wilson made
today a statement in signed form set
ting forth his views on the immigra-
tiOn question. The statement which
was made to Mr.. kenada follows:
Il believe in the reasonable re-
striction of immigration, but not in
any restriction which will exclude
from the country honest, Industrious
on the project. They have been on
men who are seeking what America
has offered, an asylum for those who
seek a free field. The whole ques-
tion is difficult one, but it can be
solved with justice and generously"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
OPERATION OF
FERRY COSTLY
County Ferry Across South
Bay Said to Be More Ex-
pensive Than Necessary

WESTPORT. July 24.-Making the
trip from Aberdeen to WestpOrt by
auto. over the new road. one is i'm
pressed with the Importance of this
road, not, only as a means of COM
munication with the beaches, or its
scenic beauty, but for the fact that
it opens up a section Of rich land ca
pable of sustaining the large popula-
ton that will some day line the south
side of Grays Harbor.
The ferry across South Bay seems
to layman to be a needless waste of
public money. 1t is being operated at
cost of $500 month, when it is said
here the ferry might have been made
self sustaining if the plans of the
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce COM
mlttee had been followed The COM
mlttee selected site for the ferry at
the whaling station at a point where
the bay is not more than 400 feei
vide, and calculated the scow to run
straight across. This would have per
mitted cable ferry, whereas. it's pres.
ent location necessitates the use OF
steamboat to propel it.
The change was made by the conn.
ty engineer, for reasons not known, to
the surprise of all who are familiar
with the route, as well as the Cham
Der Of Commerce committee. The
only reason one hears assigned here
is that the engineer favored the road
around the head of the bay, and dis
approved of the ferry scheme from
the start. AS this route would be
four or five miles farther, and would
have made the operating of the road
Continued on page ~
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
DAVIS FOR Mild
INVESTIGATION
County Commissioners Adopt
Investigation Resolution
Without Teeth
EXAMINATION OF ROLLS
Ex-Assessor to Examine Tax
Rolls for Past Six Years
---Seek Timber Frauds
EXAMINATION or ROLLS

Montesano. July 23.-4t the meet.
!hs of the board of county commits,
sloliers Yesterday, Commissioner Da-
Wis introduced resolution calling
TOR the investigation of the tax rolls,
somewhat along the line of the re-
Jected Wilson resolution, with an add
ed precautiOn against the possible
conviction of any official collusion
with the tax dodgers. 1t will be re-
inembered that the Wilson resolu-
ton had teeth in it, as it placed the
investigation in the hands of the pros
ecuting attorney (where it properly
belongs) while that of Davis places
the matter in the hands of the as
SCISSORS office. The resolution fol.
lows:
WHEREAS, The cruise of the tim
ber of Chehalis county shows many
inequalities compared with assess
ment of former years. and as former
years assessment was based largely
on the representation of the timber
owners,
BE 1t Resolved, That the County
Assessor be and is hereby instructed
to examine the Field Books, Tax
Rolls and Minutes of the Board of
Equalization for the years 1906 to
1911 inclusive, and should he find the
valuations of timber lands or other
property to have been reduced to a
less value than that of adjoining land
or property of like character through
Misrepresentation to the Field Depu
ty Assessor. to the Assessor himself
or to the Board of Equalization, for
the purpose of avoiding payment of
just proportion of taxes, that he
proceed to re-assess or to take such
legal steps as may be necessary to
collect from the owners of said prop
erty the taxes that may rightfully be-
long to Chehalis County for the years
above specified The Assessor is here
by authorized to procure expert or
any other ass stance that he may re-
qure to carry out the provisions of
this resolution"
Peter Schaffer asked that 40 acres
III Sec. 20-19-1 be re-cruised, as he
thought the timber report too strong,
and the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
made a similar request on several
parcels of land belonging to the COM
pany. both of which We're filed.
AS number of these requests are
coming in, it is probable the board
will adopt rule to protect the coun-
ty from needless expense, by requir-
ing parties asking for a re-cruse to
deposit the cost of the same, this to
be refunded if the contention of the
applicant be found correct, other
wise to be retained.
Kids Wprp OOanod for tho huil1ipu u
of the county hospital at Aberdeen,
and all were rejected as too high,
and the auditor was directed to read
vertise for bids.
0. G. Schneider was appointed JUS
tice of the peace for Westport pre-
cinct
The next meeting of the board will
be on Saturday, August 3.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
WILL STUDY
STAKE DEVICE
Puyallup Invention Said to
Eliminate All Danger to
Car Unloaders

PUYALLUP, July pam automatic
"chock block" a device invented by
S. p. George of Puyallup to eliminate
the wooden stakes now used by log
ging concerns to hold logs upon fiat
cars while shipping, will be studied
by the delegates in attendance at the
Pacific logging convention, which
opens Thursday for a two days ses-
sion at Tacoma. The "chock block" or
car stake has been recommended by
come of the best known logging and
mill men in this vicinity, who say the
invention is not only practical one
but will save 60 cents on each car Of
logs and eliminate practically all dam
ger to unloaders.
Invention Already Tested
The device has been placed upon a
large number of Chicago, Milwaukee
Puget Sound Railway company's
cars and given thorough trial. On
each occasion it has proven success
full, according to Frank Dwight, sec
retary and treasurer of the Evergreen
Lumber company of Puyallup The
invention is simple. A quarter circle
of steel with fiat base sets in a
channel on the top sides of the fiat
car. A steel pin runs up through the
bottom of the car and holds the quar-
ter circle, or stake, in place. The
pin is released from the opposite side
of the car with long light steel rod.
When the pin is released the stake
drops and the logs roll from the car.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
TELLS HOW TO
GOVERN TRUSTS
Representative Littleton Pre-
sents His Views to House
Investigation Committee
WOULD CREATE BOARD
Requires Every Corporate
Concern to Submit Status
and Receive Certificate

WASHINGTON y G.. July 3D.
Representative Martin Y. Littleton of
New York, member of the democratic
majority OF the house steel trust in
vestigating committee. formally pre-
sented today his views TO the commit
tee, dissenting from the legislative
recommendations of Chairman Stan
ley. He agreed to sign the Stanley
report with many reservations. Mr..
Littleton's views, to which much pub
licity has been given. favor principal
ly joint body of the senate and
house to study the trust question and
the exclusion from interstate COM
merce of corporations in restraint of
trade. He declines to support a pro-
posed bill to put upon corporation
the burden of proving it is not engag
ed in restraint of trade.
After long discussion of indus
trial conditions and the history of the
development of corporations, Mr.. Lit
tletOn said:
''It is my belief that the federal gov
ernment should challenge every cor
pOrate concern seeking entrance into
the field of interstate commerce and
compel it to conform to a standard
which will insure that the concern
has behind every issued share of stock
the real value which the share repre-
sents, not only for the protection of
those who buy the stock, but to insure
that it will not lower the standard of
it's product to force a dividend on ex-
cessive capitalization, and thus tend
to demoraize the industry in which
it is engaged.
Must Report True Condition
ITO do this effectively the federal
government should require corporate
concerns entering the field of inter
state commerce to submit their sta
tus, their true condition. to a board
created for that purpose. A report Of
each company examined with full and
authentic data should be kept and
the rules governing the conduct Of
the board should be enacted into law
by congress, and no concern snoulG
be allowed to enter the field Of inter-
state commerce until the board had
issued certificate to the effect that
the concern had complied with the
law governing it's admission.
"The board should not have the
slightest discretion as to what class.
es or kinds of concerns should be ad-
nitted, but only the right to say that
It has complied with the laws enacted
by congress. This certificate issued
by the board should contain a state
ment of the laws governing their ad-
mission. and should stand for and in
the place OF a charter emitting the
concern to engage in interstate COM
merce. 1t ought to be provided that
this certificate should be forfeited for
violation of the conditions of entry,
as well as for violation of any law
governing the transaction of interstate
commerce or business-this forfeiture
to be upon notice and after a hear
ing.
Take in Old Corporations
"The acts of congress governing the
lC1xa 4ixaaaod
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25

Prodded by the He,.ald's exposure
Of the magnitude of the operations
of the tax dodgers, Commissioners
Hopkins and Davis have finally peer
forced to make a show Of All investl
cation, and at the meeting Of the
board Monday ordered the assessor tc
make the very investigation asked
for in the resolution introduced py
Wilson two weeks before and oppos
ed by the two members who consti
tute a majority of the board. The
resolution that was adopted Monday
and was presented by Davis, is print
ed in another column. and we be-
speak for it careful reading and
comparison with that of Wilson. 1t
will make an interesting study.
Resolutions Compared.
The minutes of the meeting July
Is. reads: Commissioners Hopkins
and Davis opposed the adoption of
the resolution on the grounds that
there has been no fraud or collusion
shown in connection with the lower.
ing of any valuations on the tax rolls,
but that the same has been done
through information furnished the as
SCISSOR and which was believed to be
reliable"
At the very same meeting. those
two commissioners admitted they
We're aware that fraud had been CON-
mitted by ordering the taxes escaped
by the fraudulent representation of
the Weyerhdueser tax agent, to be
placed upon the rolls against the
property Of this company, and direct
ing it's collection That there is rea'
sonable ground TO suspect much m0fe
fraud has been c6mmitted--as shown
by the Herald's comparison of the
valuations in Township 21-7-is also
admitted in the resolution of Mr.. Da-
Wis last Monday, that is, II it is really
meant to probe the matter, and it is
extremely likely that the Taxpayers
League will see to it that bona fide
investigation is made.
Compare the two resolutions: That
of Wilson, after citing the admitted
fact, that valuations had been alter
ed without lawful sanction, empow-
cred the county attorney to inves-
tigate the rolls, to institute suit to
recover all lodged taxes and to pros
ecute all whom the investigation
might show to be guilty of a penal
offense in the transactions. That or
der to the attorney had teeth. Da-
Wis and Hopkins appeared to fear
somebody might be bitten.
A Toothless Probe.
The Davis resolution has the legal
branch of the county government &C.
curely muZZled, and unless Assessor
Jones is upheld in his investigation,
nobody will be bitten no matter what
the rolls reveal The Herald, and
hundreds of taxpayers throughout the
county, would like to know why the
labor and responsibility of this inves-
tigation is shunted off onto the as
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
GLENN BURROWS
DIED TUESDAY
Prominent Young Business
man Succumbs to Peri
tonitis After Operation
DIED AT LAKE QUINIAULT
Funeral to Be Held Tomor-
row Afternoon, Under
Auspices Of Masons

This community was shocked Tues
day to learn that Glenn S. Burrows
had died early that morning, at the
Locke ranch on Lake Quiniault where
he and his wife had gone a week be
fore for vacation from his duties
as bookkeeper at the United States
National bank. Death followed on
operation for appendicitis performe ed
Sunday morning, and from which he
at first appeared to rally.
Mr.. Burrows had been troubled with
appendicitis at times for more than
year, and had been advised by ply
sicians to have the appendix remov
ed before it was too late, and was in
poor health when he and Mrs Bur
rows went to the lake. He became
worse. and last Thursday physician
was called. DR.. o. r. Austin making
hurried trip to Quinault, pronounc-
ed him too i'll to stand an operation
peritonitis having set in.
On Saturday. Dr. Paul Smits. ac-
companied by Mrs. Smits and r. A
Wiley, went from Aberdeen, and the
doctor decided the only chance for
the patients life was an operation
and it was by no means certain tC
save him, and the operation was per
formed Sunday morning in the Locke
home, where everything was as well
arranged as if it was performed in
modern hospital Mrs SMits and
Mrs. Burrows, both trained nurses, as.
sited the doctor. and the young man
rallied so nicely afterwards that the
physician was encouraged. But, de,
q off, oT hr Sv,rtt .h<
never left the bedside for a moment,
a change came for the worse Monday
evening, and the end came at an early
hour Tuesday morning. Mr.. Burrows
retained his full mentality to the last
and faced death without tremor.
When he realized that hope was aban-
doned. he calmly asked that his will
be written and signed it firmly. He
bade his mother, wife and brother,
Frank Burrows. good bye as simply as
if just going to sleep, thanked DR..
and Mrs. Smits for their efforts in his
behalf and arranged the details Of
his funeral He desired to be buried
under the auspices of the Masonic
lodge, of which he was a member, and
requested that Rev r. f. Cooper Of
ficiate at the funeral services.
The funeral services will be held
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon al
the Presbyterian church, under the
auspices of Aberdeen Lodge No. o2.
F.. & A. NJ Rev. r. f. Cooper Will
preach the sermon and Miss Minnie
Cogger will be in charge of the choir.
The pail bearers will be young men
who grew up with Mr. Burrows in Alb
erdeen. They are: Will Eaton. Chas.
Reid, Ollie Remmelmeyer, Fred HUI
bert, Fred Redinger and Ed Middle
ton.
The body arrived in the city late
Tuesday night in charge of Under
taker Whiteside, and was taken to his
undertaking parlors on Wishkah
street, where it will lie in state to-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
THE WAR GAME
IS BEING PLAYED
Opposing Armies Approach
Each Other --- Engage
ment Is Imminent
SKIRMISH NEAR PORTER
Officer and Two Mounted
Scouts Captured and
Made Prisoners

GATE, July 24.-The second skir.
mish for possession of Puget Sound
occurred this afternoon when a
squadron of Blue cavalry charged
through Oakville toward Porter and
surprised the outposts of the invad-
ing Reds. The Red cavalry retreated
but Capt. Gaujot and one private
were the only ones to reach their
support, the other eight falling into
the hands of the Blues.
The Blue lost the advantage later.
While pursuing the Reds they ran
into a death trap, machine gun
moving them down and a battalion
of Red infantry pouring a withering
fire into them. The umpires gave the
Reds the Blue cavalrymen of one
company as prisoners. One troop of
cavalry escaped capture by retreating.
The object of the Blues was to un-
mask the camp of Red infantry, and
they came within 200 yards of accom-
plishing this purpose. The main Red
camp was moved early today to a
point near Porter. where it probably
will remain until tomorrow. The main
body of Blues has advanced to with
in five miles of Rochester
Militia Officer Captured
Lieut.. Walter B. Beals of Company
A. I'd infantry, National Guard of
Washington, and two mounted scouts
of the same company, We're captured
in an exciting skirmish with the Reds
at 3 o'clock this morning within 200
yards of Gen. Marion p. Maus' head
quarters on the main road leading to
Porter. where the Reds camped at
noon. The encounter took place after
Beals had been captured by ruse
just after he had posted an outguard.
Beals was on duty with his outposts
and after leaving one man on post
started back. He saw the form of a
man in the center of the road whom
he ordered to halt, throwing up his
revolver The man halted and just
as he did so two cavalry men whom
the guard officer had not observed in
the darkness, closed in and pinioned
his arms to his sides and captured d
prisoner of war. He was placed on
horse and brought this way to the
next Blue outpost. which fired into
the four cavalrymen and Beals
The party rushed past, however in
an unfair manner and dashed fool
ishly into an ambush of 21 I'd Wash
ington infantrymen under command
of Capt. John Z. Carroll. The infan-
try, protected by a gravel bank, pour
ed volley after volley into the faces
of the cavalrymen who succeeded in
breaking the line.
After passing the outposts in this
manner the cavalrymen, later found
to be from Troop X, 1st cavalry, un-
der Lieut.. Claude X. Rhinehart,
were joined by 10 more Of their num-
ber, who were already inside of the
Blues lines. With this force of IA,
the cavalrymen charged through the
infantry lines here and were fired on
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
TO LOG WITH
ELECTRICITY
Logging Congress Will Dis
cuss Use Of Electricity
in the Woods

One of the most important factors
in the logging industry is the utili
Zation of electricity in the woods and
the principal reason why logging com
panies wish to utilize electricity to
as great an extent as possible is to
lower the fire hazard, according to
David Davis, assistant to the secre-
tary and treasurer of the Pacific Log
ging congress which meets in Tacoma
Thursday and Friday at the Glide rink
South 18th and l. streets. Perhaps
there is no more important subject
before the Pacific Coast logging NAH
today, than the adoption of logging
methods that will aid in the conserva.
ton of timber through checking of
fire loss. he said
an two years it is hoped to have
electricity in general use in this con-
nection,' said Mr. Davis. The cleo
trio donkey engine is now being u.s.
ed in several places along the Coast
and is proving a great benefit.
One of the great objects Of the
Pacific Logging congress is the Gre
alton of the logging engineer, that
is. to advocate the all around sci
ence in logging among the men"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25
WARRANTS ARE CALLED

MONTESANO, July 24.-The last of
the Montesano general Indebtedness
fund warrants have been called in and
interest upon them stopped This
fund is an old one and has been drag
ging along for quite while. The pres
ent call will bring in all of the war.
rants and wipe out the fund entirely.
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-07-25

The entertainment of the chapters
of the Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
byterian church, by Mrs. B. F.. John
son tomorrow afternoon. has been
postponed on account of the death of
Glenn S. Burrows.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
GOV. DIX NAMES DELEGATES
MANY New York City Men to Go tC
National Civic Federation.

Albany, Feb. Ex-Governor Dix has desig-
mated the following New York City men as
delegates to represent the state at the an
nual meeting of the National Civic Fedora
ton, which will be held In Washington on
March to 4:
Alton b. Parker. James A. oGorman.
Elihu Root Seth Low. Lawrence +. Abbott,
John G.. Agar, William ID. Baldwin, August
Belmont, John n. Bogart William C.
Carnegie, James ]. 'Coogan. George b. Cor
teIyou. j. Sergeant Cram, John ID. Grim
minis, John X. Dunlap, Otto M. Eidiitz.
John Nj. Finley, Joseph Frey, James II.
Carney. John +. Calvin. John Temple
Graves. 3. j. Greenhut, Daniel Harris,
Timothy Healy, A. Barton Hepburn, Col
gate Hoyt. Solomon Lowenstein, the Rev.
Thomas j. McCluskey, Patrick II. McCor-
mick. Emerson McMillin, V. Everit Macy.
Marcus NJ Marks, w. III. Marshall, John
Mitchell the Right Rev. Monsignor Joseph
f. Mooney, Charles A. Moore, Thomas NJ.
Mulry. William C. Muschenheim, Lewis
Nixon. the Rev. Frank Mason North,
George w. Perkins, Franklin Pierce, James
b. Rogan, Herman Ridder, Charles T. Root.
Herman Robinson. Jacob Rupert. William
j. Schieffelin. Louis r. Sehram, Edwin r.
A. SeIigman, Isaac. N. Seligman, Albert
shaw p. Tecumseh Sherman, John A.
Sieicher, Alfred eE Smith, James Speyer.
Olin j. Stephens Francis Lynde Stetson,
Jesse I. Straus, Oscar $. Straus. William
II Taylor, Jacob Tazelaar, Frank Trum-
bull, Samuel Untermyer, Theodore N Vail
Frank A. Vanderlip. Robert r.. Wagner
James l.. Wells Everett T., Wheeler and
William r. WILCOX.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-22

Of the small transactions Of life, "hiie
ON the Continent Of Europe the Jump Is
only half so great.
n there were more gradations In our
minor currency there would be a sahei
adjustment of values in the neid Vi
small purchases. The true American
was long supposed to scorn petty econ.
omy. and until recently 1t was the Doas'
of many Western communities that iney
had no use for any coin smalier Juan "
dime. But that era is passing away
As population grows denser ana .ne
struggle for existence becomes haruer'
Americans. too, may begin to think
elsewhere than at the bargain counters
in smaller margins than cents ana
values may gradually adjust themselves
to the better exchange facilities offered
through the coinage of convenient deci-
mails of the 25-cent piece.