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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
EMPLOYERS LIABILITY
IS CONSTITUTIONAL
Doctrine of Fellow Servant Abol-
ished by Decision Which Sus-
tains Law of 1908

WASHINGTON, Jan. Is. - After
nearly years consideration. the SUI
preme court today gave its unanimous
approval to the employers liability
law enacted by congress in 1908 to
take the place of a similar act de-
clared unconstitutional.
The decision marks an epoch in la
Dor legislation. Notable in today
decision is the abolition of the COM
mon law fellow servants doctrine
which absolved the employer when the
injury was caused by fellow serv-
ant, and the substitution of a doctrine
making the employers liable for the
negligence of the employe resulting
in an injury to the employe.
Furthermore it frees from the en-
ployes "contributary negligence In
many cases and limits the doctrine In
others, "also in many cases it alb
solves the employe from assuming the
risk in knowingly entering dangerous
employment.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
SMALL TRACTOR LAND
RESTORED TO ENTRY
No Rumors of Any Kind Will
Stampede the Land Seekers at
the Land Office Door

Forty acres of land near Gle Elum
have been restored to entry. The land
is about three miles south of the lake
and Is on Big Creek. 1t is the north
west quarter of the northwest quarter
of section % of township 20 north,
range IA east. This land was with
drawn for irrigation purposes for use
IN connection with the Kittitas pro-
ject 1t will be subject to settlement
on and after February "a, 1912, but
shall not be open to entry, filing or
selection until March 20, 1912 at the
North Yakima land office
No rumors that the public land in
the Wide Hollow and under the Tie
ton canal will be restored to entry by
the drawing system will have have
any effect upon those who are now in
the line at the land office awaiting
the restoration of the land. Those in
the lineup say that no rumors of any
kind will have any effect upon them.
Any proper notice to the land office
here and communicated by 1t 70 the
walters will receive due consideration
but short of such notice the men and
women in the lineup say ii will be
impossible to stampede them and that
they will hold their positions until
they know definitely what win event
uats,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
PREACHER WANTED
FOR MALPRACTICE
Death of Young Woman Charged
to Him and His Accomplish
and Police Seek Him

PITTSBURG, Jan. 15.-Rev. w. D.
Mcfarland, former head of the AGA
demic department of the Pittsburs
high school, is being sought by the
Pittsburg police tonight in connection
with the death in a local hospital OF
Elsie Dodd Coe, aged 2S.
Miss Coe had been Netherlands Sec
rotary and before her death she made
a statement in which she implicated
DR.. Mcfarland and A. Rollins McCon-
nell, now employed in the Westing-
house offices in Chicago. At the in
quest today evidence was presented to
show Mcfarland left her in 1910 to
take up missionary work in Tennessee
According to the young woman's
statement Mcfarland was known to
her mother and sister as a physician
and twice since he left the city he had
returned at her request. The coro-
ner's jury found that the young wo-
man died Of peritonitis superinduceed
by malpractice. Mcfarland, who Is
about so years old, was at one time
engaged in educational work and later
was president of small western col
lege.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
CIPHER !ElEeR!|aaMS
TELL OF HIGHER UPS
McManigal Says That "Ping" Was
Another Who Was Implicated
With Him on Jobs

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 15.-Tele-
grams and letters signed by Ping
and purporting to contain a code sys-
tenn for giving instructions about via
ducts and buildings to be blown up,
were read before the federal grand
jury today in connection with Ortie
McManigals confession as to who was
implicated with him in the dynamite
conspiracy.
This signature, according to Nc
Manigal, was not that of the McNa-
maras, but was used by another per-
son whom he names. 1t was because
of his belief that Ping was receive
ing $500 for each job and giving him
only $125 that McManigal says he re-
fused to work with him and later ar
ranged through John j. Mcnamara
to do the "jobs" with the aid of J. B.
Mcnamara.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
FRANKLIN SUBPOENAED
BEFORE GRAND JURY
McNamara Detective Will Not
Confess and Must Testify in
the Conspiracy Probe

Los ANG ELES, Jan. 15.--The coun-
ty grand Jury investigation today CEN
tered closely about Bert Franklin. the
Mcnamara defense detective, charged
with jury bribing. Because 1t is
known the negotiations between him
and the district attorneys office for
Franklin to admit his guilt and had
fallen through subpoena for him to
appear before the grand jury will fol-
low but he later was notified not to
appear this morning.
After brief session the grand jur-
ors went into Deputy District Attorney
Fords office where it is said he show
ed them something in connection with
the case which he did not want them
to see officially. 1t was said they
viewed the dictaphOne.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
MANY INVESTIGATIONS
ARE NOW IN PROGRESS
! Many Cases the Required Test.
Z mony Is Not Forthcoming
Nor Is It Available

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-Secretary
of Commerce and Labor Nagel wrote
to Chairman Henry of the House rules
committee that he had no facts that
would aid the inquiry into the So
called shipping combination. He re-
ferred to the reported combinations of
foreign steamship lines with certain
railroads.
Attorney General Wickersham, be-
cause Of other official business, was
unable to attend the meeting of the
committee which began hearings in
the proposed sweeping investigation
of the so-called money, shipping and
harvester trusts today. Most of the
days hearing was devoted to the ar
gumept Of Humphrey Of Washington.
Tomorrow the committee will hear
the motion of Representative Levy,
OF New York. referring to the bank
ing and currency committees question
Of investigation of the alleged money
trust, but 1t was said the committee
was adverse to any such reference.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
HOW PACKERS CONNIVED
TO FORCE UP PRICES BY
FALSE BOOKKEEPING
Stopped Crediting Hides to Beef Ac-
count and Pocketcd the
Difference

CHICAGO. Jan. 15.-Explanation of
the rise in price Of fresh meat, fol-
lowing the period of financial depres-
sion in 1907 was given in the trial OF
the ten Chicago packers today. By
the books of Morris & Co. and the
testimony of Henry A. Timmons., chief
accountant of that company, 1t was
was shown that the practice of cred
iting the beef account with the value
Of the hides amounting to about So.
an animal was discounted from Nov.
1907 until April 1909.
The result of this movement it is
declared. was to increase the test cost
of beef and make it possible for the
packers to increase the price of fresh
meat without showing excessive
profits. The government expects to
show that 1908 was the most profit
able year in the history of the fresh
meat business up to that time.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
|B|TUL|TH|C PAVING
| ORDINANCE PASSED
Action Was Taken by City Com
mission Monday, and 1t Is
Now a Law

The assessment roll for local i'm
provement district No. 224 is part Of
an ordinance passed by the city conf
mission Monday. This improvement
is for the paving with bitulithic of
portions of West Yakima avenue, Tur-
ner street, Miles avenue, Linden Lane,
Park street, West Chestnut street.
Seventh avenue south. and Tacoma
avenue, and for constructing curbs,
cutters and catch basins along the
sides thereof.
The city clerk is instructed to fur
nish the city treasurer with certified
copy Of said assessment roll, who shall
immediately publish it in the city Of
fetal paper, and assessments thereon
may be paid at any time within 80
days from the date of the first publ
cation Of the treasurer's notice.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
HAS BEEN MISJUDGED
SAYS GOV. HARMON
Panic of the Ninctics Was Not Due to
Democratic Incompetence

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 15.--The wrong
impression that the tariff bill caused
the hard times in the nineties, and the
fact that the democratic party had
been so long in political exile. that
the country was made to believe thai
it was not competent to manage the
government, were the reasons for the
four consecutive defeats Of the party
according to Governor Harmon OF
Ohio, who made an address tonight
under the auspices of the Jefferson
club He said these handicaps had
been thrown aside and that the united
democracy of the nation looks with
confidence on the coming election.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
CHICKEN FANC|ERS
GO TO WAlLA WALLA
Many Prominent Local People Are
Preparing to Raise Pure Bred
Stock on Fruit Ranches

Several Yakima poultry fanciers are
at Walla Walla this week with their
birds. They went direct from tho
poultry show here taking their birds
out Sunday morning in order to reach
Walla Walla in order to be In at the
opening Of the show there under the
conditions. ID. A. Gillette, has taken
Leghorns and Rhode Island Reds.
Harry Sprague took black and buff
Orpingtons. J. Fl. Henry of Selah
took brown Leghorns while r. Il,
Piland of Parker took Andalusians.
A. F. Linse with with Wyandottes was
strongly urged to make the trip but
was unable to do so. Mr.. Linse has
shown at Walla Walla two years IN
succession, had sold a great deal OF
stock there and had promised his pat
rons there that he would allow tho
game fanciers to have the competition
between themselves so far as he was
concerned this year.
Much Stock Sold
One of the results of the show
which just closed here was the trans
fer of a great deal Of breeding stock
to new hands Extensive sales were
made and some pretty high prices
were paid. One fancier whose white
Orpington made a winning placed a
value of $3.50 on the bird but had
found no purchaser up to the latest
reports. Thirty-five dollars was paid
In one Instance and $40 in one or two
others and the price ranged from that
down to $500. One of the surprises
was the number OF people who are
interested in procuring pure bred
stock. Many residents of the city who
are preparing to remove to Mob Hill
ranches, under the Tieton. were seen
studying the birds and it is anticipated
that several professional men and
business men will make chickens n
hobby.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
Gives Graphic Details Of His Rise
From Backing Boots to
Place in u. S. Senate
SPRINGS SENSATION
IN DEFEAT OF YATES
h Declared That Senator Hop
kins and Mayor Busse Were
Faithless Friends of Former
Gov. Yates and Helped Defeat

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator
Hoximer told the senate investigating
committee today the story of his life
with many honely details. dramatic
in the extreme.
supporting his aged mother and five
brothers and sisters, but the fire OF
aS74 wiped out his customers and de-
stroyed the little hoard of savings OF
his mother. Next he was cash boy
and then worked for sign painter
In turn he was laborer, street car con-
ductor. house painter las long as my
money lasted, then back to the street
car conductor"
Started q Collection Agency
Then his fortune took turn FOR
hotter. He was elected constable and
started a collection agency Fort
innate investments in real estate fol-
lowed and he went into the real estate
business. He got a job in the water
department and later entered the con-
tracing business and then became
superintendent Of the water depart
nent, He ran for congress seven
times, beginning in 1894.
Ilorimer Springs Sensation
Iorfmer was the coolest man in the
tsom while the story was told, except
vAen ne spoke of his mother. two
VARS dead. The political sensation
e the days testimony came when ne
Aeolared that the fatthlessness OF
Mayor Busse and Former Senator
hopkins defeated former Governor
Yates in the primary contest with
Deneen, the present governor Re-
Earding Charles A. White. former
members Of legislature, whose alleged
confession Of bribery formed the
Foundation Of the inquiry into
1.orimsrs Lection Lorimer said White
came to him and volunteered his
vote.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
BOSTON HOSTELRY BURNS
Revcre House for Many Years Fa-
nous Burned-Many Lives Lost

BOSTON, Tuesday, June Is, (2.So
b. m.)-The Revere House took fire
shortly before 2 o'clock this morn
ing Many guests were carried down
ladders, others rushed from the build
ing through the smoke scantily clao
Several adjoining buildings We're
scorched and at this hour the Revere
hotel appeared doomed. Confirmation
Of the report that a number of dead
were in the hotel is lacking.
A fireman, who fell from the fourth
Moor and landed on picket fence,
died on the way to the hospital. More
than three hundred were sleeping in
the hotel when the Are was discovered
The police declare many did not es-
cape.
The Revere House was named after
Paul Revere and was opened in May
1s47 and was the most sumptuous no.
tel in Boston for many years.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
OFFICER CAPTURES
INDIAN MIKE RENEGADE
WANTED FOR MURDER
Arrest Made in Nevada After Follow
ing Trail for Several Months

REDDING, Jan. 15.-Indian Mike.
who with his son. killed Deputy Con-
stable William Blake and wounded
Constable Lansing at Fall City No
vember "a. was captured tonight near
Lovelock, Nevada. Sheriff Hunsnger,
who ran the renegade down, tele-
graphed tonight he expected to have
Mikes son within few hours. Hun
singer has been on the trail continual
" since the time OF the tragedy.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
DEMIJOHN OF WHISKEY
is ORIGINAL PACKAGE

OLYMPIA, Jan. 15.-Reversing the
superior court OF Snohomish county
the supreme court today decided that
a demijohn of whisky Is the original
package. even though the whisky
which fills 1t be drawn from barrels.
The courts decision Is expected to ia
cilitate the shipment of alcoholic liq-
uors to Everett Bellingham and other
prohibition communities.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
OPEN SESSION IN THE SENATE
Will Discuss Arbitration Before the
Public and Make Record

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.--Because
Taft set the example of discussing
openly and unreservedly the pending
arbitration treaties with Great Brit
ain and France the senate today voted
to admit the public to its debates and
to preserve them In the Congressional
Record. The vote was decisive, only
eight senators of the Sc who voted
against it being in favor of closed
doors.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
Safe But Waterlogged

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. t5.--Badly
waterlogged but In no apparent dan
ger of sinking, the schooner c. A.
Thayer in tow of the steamer j. r.
Stetson, Is approaching San Francisco
and will arrive here probably tomor-
row afternoon. according TO q report
received by the stetsons owners.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
ALL FOR LOVE OF "JACK"
Chicago Heiress Confesses That She
Sought to BE Near Him

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Violet Bueh-
Ter, the fifteen year old Chicago girl,
reputed to be the heiress of $780,
900, arrested here early today as a
runaway, admitted tonight that she
came to this city because of her love
for Jack" Cune. not simply because
she sought adventure in the metrop-
oils Jack" was a waiter In her
sunt's hotel IN Chicago. 1t IL report
ed an arrest will be made
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
MANY JURORS CHOSEN
"Starvati ton Doctor" Will Soon Be on
Trial

SEATTLE, Jan. 15.-Rapid pro-
gress Ias made today at Port Or
chard in obtaining jurors for the trial
of Mrs. Linda Burfield Hazard, the
starvation doctor" charged with the
murder of Miss Claire Williamson, a
wealthy English woman. Twelve jur-
ors were passed for cause, but two of
them were excused by the court. Ex-
ercising peremptory challenges VIII
be begun tomorrow and II is believed
the jury will be completed by Wed
nesday.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
TWO ORDINANCES ON
ELECTRIC MATTERS
Theatres, Public Buildings Must Be
Wire According to National
Electric Code

Two ordinances were passed by the
with electric installation in this city,
the appointment of an electrical in
spector and the licensing OF electrical
workers.
Briefly, ordinance No. A 36 provides
for regulating the electric installation
wires, apparatus and appliances In all
public buildings within the city of North
Yakima, provides for the inspection of
the same, fixes the fees therefor, pro-
vides for the licensing Of qualified
persons, firms or corporations to per-
form such work and fixes an annual
license fee.
All theatres, moving picture thea
tres, schools, churches, hospitals and
public buildings, regardless of loca-
ton, must be wired entirely according
to the National Electric Code speci-
fications for conduit work.
Electrical Inspector
Ordinance No. A 81 defines the
duties and authority of electrical in
spector, fixes his bond and compensa-
ton. He shall enforce the provisions
of all ordinances of North Yakima re-
lating to the electrical wiring of
buildings, installation and use of cleo
trical wires, machinery. etc, and shall
have supervision of the same. His
salary is fixed at $1,000 per year. pay
able monthly. In order to qualify az
such electrical inspector he must take
the oath Of Office and furnish a bond
In the sum of $1,000
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-01-17
Electrical Inspector
Would BE Administrators

Ernest Hamilton has filed his APP
plication in the superior court to be
appointed administrator OF the estate
OF the late James Hamilton.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-04
SEEDLESs APPLE AGAIN.

A newspaper dispatch under a Reno
(NevD headline states that an apple
tree on a fruit ranch in Modoc county,
in northeastern California, bears seed
less and coreless apples, the placenta
being forced out of the apple during
the process of growth, the withered
stamens and pistils being visible on
the exterior of the mature apple. This
particular find" has been hailed as
something brand new, the owner TAX
ing samples of the fruit to Burbank
for the purpose of having him propa-
gate it. Some seven or eight years
ago considerable interest was aroused
in connection with a seedless apple,
but In this case there was a solid
string at the center of the apple.
While freaks of the above kind are in
teresting in way, they have little to
commend them for one who would
produce apples In commercial way.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-04
Shrinking SMUT

The plant disease known as sinking
smut is responsible for an annual loss
to the wheat crop of about S11 ,000,-
600. The disease ruins the wheat for
fiourmaking. The germs of the smut
are on the grain at the time of sow
ing, and it develops as the grain
grows and ripens. A simple proven
tive of the trouble is a treatment OF
the seed with a formalin solution
using one pint of the chemical to
about forty gallons Of water The
seed wheat should be spread out to a
depth Of four or five inches ON the
barn or granary floor. sprinkled with
the solution. then shoyeled into a pile
and covered with gunny sacking and
allowed to remain for five or six
hours. at the end of which time the
fumes will have penetrated the pile
and killed all germs. The same solu-
ton is also used in preventing the de-
yelopment of other grain smuts and
scab in potatoes.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-04
THE FOOL WITH THE GUN.

Many farmer gets the reputation OF
being stingy and accommodating for
posting NO Hunting" signs on his place
when the truth of the matter is quite
likely that he has been compelled to
do this to protect his animals in pas
lures and feed lots. If there is any
fool that needs tying up In his own
back yard it is the chap in city or
country who shoulders a gun, takes q
hike to the nearest wood lot and who
seems incapable Of distinguishing a
cottontail from 1000 pound cow or
a gray squirrel from a nanny goat. At
any rate. these larger quadrupeds are
killed frequently by these hunters. and
it matters little whether 1t is due to
ignorance, carelessness or intent so far
as the loss which the owner has to
stand is concerned. If men and boys
will not exercise good horse sense
when out on such hunting jaunts the
only other thing to do is to warn them
of and if they persist in trespassing
to prosecute them.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-04
THE REAL THING.

We of America talk Of crop failures,
but it is fguratiye-a mere shadow OF
the real thing However. they have
crop failures in China that are terribly
real. A friends sister who is located
in the city of Marking, China, not far
from the seacoast on the Yangtze riy-
er. writes that in some provinces of
the empire there have been complete
crop failures for two seasons owing to
excessive rain and terrible floods. So
awful have the resulting conditions
been that the starving thousands have
not only eaten leaves and bark from
the trees, but men have sold their
wives and children for food. while on
the market human flesh has retailed at
so much per pound
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-04
pIHYDRoxYsTEARIc ACID.

Investigations conducted for some
time past by expert soil chemists il
the department of agriculture at Wash
ington have brought to light the inter
estng fact that a large influence tend
ing to make soils unproductive is that
they contain dihydroxystearic acid. In
samples OF soils taken from unpro
ductive fields in eighteen states this
acid was found. This new theory
seems to make clear why some soils
apparently fat and rich, do not pro
duce the crops one would expect The
presence OF this acid in the soil Is
supposed TO come from mold, to be
connected with soil fungi and to be
the result OF improper oxidation. The
difficulty Is overcome by drainage,
which dries the soil and increases the
amount of air it contains. and by the
application of lime. which neutraizes
its acid tendency.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-01-04
! safe, Reliable remedy Tor Worms
In Children.

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at night, look for worms, and if present,
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Bitters
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Medicine or Bitters I find them a
sure and excellent remedy for worms
with which so many children are tor
mented." Mrs. c. A. Treadwell, Ma
pies, Maine.
my little girl used to have worms
and would be sick three or four days at
a time. I began the use of the true
L. F. Medicine and she has not had a
spell since Mrs. Ida M. Mason, Gin
ION, Me.
Get a bottle from your dealer for
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