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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS NOTES
Items ON the General Idua and Educational
and Progress Of Rural Communities FuDlc ins'''1-.,
RIGS EAT jim HILL MUSTARD
Millions Of Them and They May
Eradicate Dangerous Weed.

Walla Walla-A. A. Kraft, Spo-
kane harnessman, owner Of wheat
farm near Lowden, has made discov-
erv that may mean thousands OF dol
lars to farmers of this valley and hum
dreds Of thousands to those of the ma
tion. Black beetle-like insects, half
an inch long and half as wide, have
taken possession on his farm by mil
lions. and are killing all the Jim Hill
mustard on the place. A month ago
Mr.. Kraft made trip over the ranch,
and it was so covered with the mustard
that he was disguised, and decided to
cut the grain for hay. Recently he
made another trip and found the mus
tard dead and dying and the wheat
flourishing. The bugs eat the seed
and leaves of the plant, leaving only
the stalk, and it is not able to propa-
gate itself. No one here seems to
know the name of the insect, or any
thing about it. Even those around
Lowden had never heard of it before.
Mr.. Kraft has ordered his foreman to
collect some of the bugs, and an effort
will be made to determine the species,
and whether they can be propagated
here. Green bugs, year ago, saved
some of Mr.. Kraft's wheat in Frank
lin county in similar fashion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
Opposes Good Roads Plan.

Pullman-M. w. Whitlow, county
commissioner and president of the
First National bank of Pullman, op-
poses the plan of the Federated Com
mercial clubs of Whitman county to
bond the county to construct 800 miles
of good roads, saying that road build
ing in this county is still in the exper-
mental stage, and that it would be
unwise to construct such large mile
age of good roads until the best type
of roads and the best method of con-
struction has been determined by ex-
perience. Mr.. Whitlow offers as an
example stretch of road near Colfax
which was constructed last year at a
great expense and which already needs
extensive repairs, having proved en-
tirely unsatisfactory.
Mr.. Whitlow says that there will be
500, 900 a year available in this coun-
ty for the next two years, and that in
his estimation this will be ample to
experiment with.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
CITY AND RURAL TOTS TO VIE
Babies at Washington State Fair
Will Be Scored by Points.

North Yakima Five hundred dol
lars in cash, two silver cups. gold,
silver and bronze medals and certif-
Gates will be offered in the baby show
of the Washington State Fair this
fall. The prizes are offered in classes,
for "city babies, !" rural babies, -
babies four, three and two years old,
and less than year and more than six
months old. Babies less than six
months old cannot be entered. The
competition will also be limited to
children of bona fide residents of
Washington.
One hundred dollars of the prize
money is given by the State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, $500 by the
Woman's Home Companion, and $500
by the State Fair.
Mrs. Ernest Lister, Of Tacoma, is
honorary chairman of the executive
committee, and Miss Sue Lombard, of
North Yakima, is chairman. Judging
will be strictly on points and pat
termed after the methods of scoring
stock.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
CALIFORNIA HAS HEAT WAvv
Desert ssSlops Over" and 0ees,
Breezes Fail.

San Francisco-At / 80 O'Clock Sat-
urday afternoon the temperature II
San Francisco, taken on top Of ts|
Merchants Exchange building, reach
ed 80 degrees. The Temperature ID
the streets was more than IS.
The day was by far the hottest Of
the year, and much discomfort was e.
perienced.
In spite of the high degree of heat
with even the generally dependable
San Francisco breezes turning traitor
and blowing torridly, no prostratious
were reported.
No hope of early relief is held out
by the local weather bureau, and the
only sorry comfort that San Francis
cans can derive from the general stu
alton is the fact that other cities Of
California are in harder lines.
One heat prostration was reported
from Oakland, making the second for
the week. Charles Harris, SO years
old, was overcome while at work at
Fifteenth street and San Pablo az,
enue. He was hurried to the recelV.
ing hospital.
The unwelcome weather is escaping
from the direction of the Mojave de-
sert and spreading out.
The hottest previous day this year
in San Francisco was April "a, Wnen
the mercury stopped at noon on the "
mark.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
President Wilson Gains Weight.

Cornish, N. Fl. - President Wilson
has SO improved in health in the last
three days and likes his summer home
here so well that he virtually decided
to prolong his visit. Should affairs in
Washington, however, become press
ing, he will start back Immediately.
The satisfactory progress of the tar
if bill, especially the adoption of the
caucus resolution by the senate Demo-
Gratis insuring safe majority for the
measure, removed the last bit Of anx-
iety the President had about spending
the week away from Washington.
The President has not only taken on
weight, but his face bears rudy tan
and glow of health, the result of
brisk motor rides in the cool mountain
air and plenty of golf. The President
found an ideal links, at Hanover, N.
H., and probably will play golf there
frequently hereafter. Professor Cox,
of Dartmouth college, invited him over
and assured him that he could play in
conspicuously there.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
Research Fund Is Started.

Kansas City-A resolution provid-
ing a commission of Is members to
take charge Of raising by subscription
a 81, 900, 900 endowment for national
research and scientific foundation fund
for dentists was adopted at Saturdays
session here of the annual convention
of the National Dental association.
The object of the fund is to enable
dentists to leave their practice and en-
gage in research work. More than
SIS, 1000 has been subscribed toward
the fund at the convention here.
Rochester, N. Y, was chosen as the
meeting place of next years conven-
ton,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
Oleo Tax Is INVESTIGATED.

Washington, D. C.-CommisslonIf
Osburn, of the Internal Revenue Oa'
reau, has begun an investigation
determine whether there is due to 1ns
Federal treasury 5000, 900 in oleoma.
garine taxes from the manufacturer
in Chicago and elsewhere, as recenu'
reported by the Chicago grand jury,
The grand jury report, which Is ". y.
fore the commissioner, criticised 1l'
treasury officials of the previous A.
ministration for compromising ~,
800, 600 q 81, 900, 600 oleomargal 1us
tax claim by the government ans
found Indication that 5000, OoO N :.
still due the government for taxes w. "
the products at periods other than W.
dates covered by the compromlsn s,
The question involves whether cOs .Sss
seed oil used in making the oleo "'s
colored or uncolored.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
X-Ray Tube Inventor. Dies.

Hartford, Conn.-Burton F. Baker,
inventor of an X-ray tube, died at his
home here Friday. He was taken i'll
last September, since which time no
fewer than nine operations were made
by scientists in Philadelphia, New
York and Hartford in vain effort to
save his life. He virtually was a
victim of constant exposure to the K
rays.
Baker received only common school
education and became interested in
science in his early youth.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
Veteran Dies on Train.

Tacoma = The Washington special
train bringing home the states quota
of veterans from the Gettysburg re-
union reached Tacoma with the BODY
of Colonel G. S. Rugg, who said he
fired the first shot on the historic field.
Colonel Rugg, who was % years old.
had premonition Of his death when
he left Gettysburg, saying that he ex
pected the celebation to finish him. y
The end came when the train was
crossing the Idaho Washington line.
Colonel Rugg passed 20 months in An
Jacksonville prison.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
sUFFRAGETTE ADMITS ARSON
Also Claims She Blew Up Cotton
Exchange in London.

Liverpool-Mrs. Edith Rigby, mill
tant suffragette who has already been
arrested and released on various &C.
casions after undergoing hunger
strikes, voluntarily gave herself up to
the police and confessed dramatically
in court to incendiarism.
Mrs. Rigby told of having burned
Sir William H. Levers 100000 coun-
try residence at Rivington, near Hor-
witch, Lancashire, as "beacon lighted
for the king and the country to see
women suffering an insupportable
grievance. She also confessed to
being the perpetrator of the dynamite
outrage at the Liverpool Cotton Elk
change July 5.
81 placed the explosive in the stock
exchange to show how easy it is to
procure them and to place them in
public buildings" she said. II might
just as easily have blown up the Nell
son monument. 81 chose the Liver
pool Cotton Exchange because the cot
ton industry has been built largely by
women's labor. The merchants are
willing to get power and wealth out of
labor of women while the women
themselves are denied the vote and
citizenship. This is the first knock at
the door. Under the cat and mouse
act one of the greatest women in the
land is going to be done to death. If
the government is going to. kill that
woman, this is warning"
Mrs. Rigby has been a member of
the Women's Social and Political
Union, the militant suffragette organ
ization, for many years, and has taken
a great part in public movements to
promote the welfare of women. She
is the wife of physician at Preston.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
DECLARES WAR ON BULGARIA
Roumania Starts to Collect Prom
ised PAYMENT for Neutrality.

London-The king of Roumania has
declared war on Bulgaria. The Kou-
manian minister. at Sofia has been re.
called. The Sofia correspondent OF
the Times sends this announcement
early Saturday morning.
It is expected that Roumania's flrst
step will be the occupation of the 250O
square miles of territory which she
claims from Bulgaria as compensation
for her neutrality in the late war.
This strip extends from Turtukai to
Baltchik, on the Black Sea, and in
cludes the city of Silistra.
The Bulgarians' plan to drive a
wedge between the Greek and Servian
armies in the neighborhood of Guevg-
hell has failed completely. The last
reports of the fighting received from
Athens show that the Servians and
Greeks at this point ere combining
their forces, while the Rodmanian
army is beginning an invasion of Bull
garia.
The latter fact doubtless was the
deciding factor in the. Bulgarian ap-
peal to the powers for peace. How far
Bulgaria's defeat is due to dissensions
in high military quarters, which re-
suited in the resignation of General
Savoff, and how far to the fact that
the Bulgarian troops, which bore the
brunt of the hard fighting in the last
campaign, were more exhausted than
the Greeks and Servian forces, will
probably never be known.
Nothing can be predicted at the mo-
ment as to how events will shape
themselves, the Roumanian invasion
of Bulgaria having brought an entirely
new factor into the problem. Russia
and France are devoting their efforts
to persuading the allies to adopt a
moderate attitude in order to facili-
tate peaceful settlement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
Bulgarian Rout Reported.

Athens = Official dispatches report
that continued pursuit of the Bulgar-
ians and a desperate battle in the
passes of Mount Belissi and on the
road from Deiran to Stramitza, result
ed in completesvictory for the Greeks.
The capture of these passes was dis
aster for the Bulgarians, as it enabled
the Greeks to attack the rear of the
Bulgarian Fourth Army corps, which
had its front fortified against the Serv-
ians. The Bulgarians fled headlong
from the furious assault Of the Greek
infantry, who captured nine guns.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
Suffragists In Parade.

Erie, Pa. Through streets thronged
by cheering thousands, school children
and advocates of woman suffrage
marched in procession as the principal
event of the third day of Erie's cen
tennial celebration Of Perry's victory
at Putin bay. Following the yellow
and white banner of the Pennsylvania
Equal Suffrage Association several
hundred women from dozen or more
states marched through the streets
after the children's parade. Hand
somely-gowned women represented
the states where women can vote.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
THREATEN STRIKE
$4,000 Employees Of Eastern Roads
Declare for Raise.

New York-Peace overtures have
ceased between As Eastern railroads
and 10O. 600 members Of the Order Of
Railway Conductors and the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, after the
employees representatives in confer
ence with the railroad managers an
nounced that 81 per cent of the men
had voted to strike for increased
wages. Final action on the proposed
tieup remains with the general COM
mittee of 100 of the conductors and
trainmen's organizations.
It is the unanimous opinion in oper-
ating circles that the strike vote will
be ratified unless the companies mean
while offer to pay higher wages OF
agree to submit the dispute to arbitra-
ton.
During the negotiations the Erie
railroad and its two subsidiaries, the
New Jersey & New York and the New
York, Susquehanna & Western, with
drew, leaving AZ roads in the confer
ence. The Erie system contends that
the increase demanded represents ar
annual cost to the three roads of ST.
200, 900, and that the system in pay
ing this sum would suffer IN safety ap-
pliances and equipment.
The conference committee of mana
gers will meet soon to consider the de.
cision of the employees general com.
mittee. The railroads are then ex.
pected to make their ultimatum.
It was said that at no time during
the session was the Erdman arbitra.
ton act mentioned, but comment
among railroad officials and union rep
resentatives showed general expec-
tation that the men would appeal fol
arbitration before definitely deciding
to walk out.
T. II. O'Brien, representing the
trainmen, said:
"The Erie men will insist on a com
pliance with their demands for wage
increase, and unless the Erie meets
their demands, the men will strike.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
ARMY ORDERP1
TO TAKE all
Demand Release Of An,..1
Prisoners by Mexieaa'
Compliance Fully Expected !.
cans Join Americans II
ing Vigilance Commits

Washington, D. C.-Secret.,. .
rison has ordered Colonel nay
Brewer. Of the Fourteenth Csn LAWN
Fort Mcintosh, Tex, to de vassi'g
release of five Americans :.
with $50 cattle and 80 horse,s | S.ss
Mexican revolutionists At u rs'a
Mexico. Secretary Bryan ,sa ,uas
the action. 'ques
Secretary Bryan, who mado :.
the order to Colonel Brewer d. %aa
to discuss what would be dor sss y
event the revolutionists decl;,aa,
give up the Americans and tbs;a aeu
erty. It was regarded as cer + pap
the State department that c s,a
Brewers demand would be co vsSae
with promptly. 4p's
Hidalgo is on the Texas !,
about so miles northwest of Fo,. 0I ~
Intosh and it is expected that II, - =
onel will execute his mission NV W. "
alacrity. wy
The attention of the State do,.I
ment was called to the imprisonmp ss1
Of the Americans and the seizu,s ' Y
their property by Consul Garrett Y
Neuvo Laredo, Mexico. When co,.s
Garrett demanded the release NJ I.
countrymen the revolutionists told II.
they must await orders from pied-..
Negras.
So great is the lawlessness arou,,
Tampico that the better class of Ms,
leans have joined Americans in orc,,
izing vigilantes under commissio S !
the Federal military governor Of "a
Luis Potosi. Already IA bandits ba1
been hanged. It is expected that
military governor will take charge
the state Temaulip, as has been don
in Vera Cruz and San Luis Potosi
The consul at Mazatlan has repors
to the State department that man
destitute Americans are arriving
that port and that he has already sen
"a refugees to San Francisco.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
President Seeks Byways.

Cornish, N. III. - President "il'''
went exploriong in his automobile 0'
urday. He took an unfrequented r0a ,,s
and his big car picked its way Slow o;ds
and cautiously over mountain ', 9TH
The machine negotiated the hllls wi" tss
little difficulty, but frequently III m !.
descents the brakes were thrown ~, #
tight. The trip was made Wl'n ,ud.
mishap and the view of the surro :aont
ing hills amply repaid the Pres .S he
for the humping he got, as Do son,.
and Mrs. Wilson saw the Green wv
tains from unusual vantage points
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
Drag Lincoln County Roads.

Davenport The greater portion Of
the distance between Davenport and
Miles, on the Spokane river, 25 miles
north of Davenport, has been dragged
since the rains and presents the ap-
pearance of boulevard. Cost Of
dragging the dirt roads averages less
than S. Il mile, and it is estimated
that the present season more than 800
miles Of graded road have been
dragged, due largely to efforts of the
Lincoln County Good Roads associa-
ton, which is working in cooperation
with the county commissioners.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
FINANCIAL PANIC AvERTED
DepOsitors Receive Limited Sums
and Run Is Checked.

Pittsburg the decisive state
ment of Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo, is attributed the restoration of
almost normal conditions in financial
Pittsburg despite the closing Of the
First-Second National bank, an insti-
tuition that has been accredited one of
the strongest in the country.
The closing of the First-Second was
followed naturally by suspension of its
affiliated bank, the First National of
McKeesport, and the appointment of
receiverships for the banking house of
]. s. & w. S. Kuhn, incorporated, and
like action with the American Wa
terworks & Guarantee company.
Another Kuhn interest affected, the
Pittsburg Bank for Savings, suffered a
run Wednesday, chiefly by small de-
positors. This was continued in some
what greater magnitude Thursday, but
appeared to abate as the day wore on.
Small groups of depositors who en-
tered the bank promptly received $50
on demand, as previously, and were
required to give the legal notice of 80,
so and 80 days to withdraw other
amounts above the stated figure.
About $50, 900 was withdrawn from
the bank, while deposits were sec, 900.
Announcement was made that j. S.
Kuhn, the president, and w. S. Kuhn,
vice-president, had resigned and that
w. J. Jones, the former secretary and
treasurer Of the bank, had been made
president, with A. N. Voegtly, former
assistant to Mr.. Jones, as secretary
and treasurer, while L. NJ. Plummer,
auditor, was made president.
From the time of this announcement
the run perceptilbly abated and the
crowd disappeared, until at closing time
the vicinity of the bank differed from
no other business day.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
SEATTLE MARKETS

Wheat-Bluestem, 92c per bushel
forty-told, 90c; club. sOc; Fife, eoc:
red Russian, 8sc.
Rye-$24 per ton.
oats-s2s.sn ~ -
Barley-$23.50 per ton.
Corn-Y Yellow, sacked, $33 per ton ;
mixed, sacked, $33 per ton.
Shorts-$27 per ton.
Timothy-$23 per ton.
Bags-9sc.
Eggs-Select ranch, 27c per dozen.
Poultry Live hens, 10@13c per
pound; old ROSTERS, 1Oc; spring broil-
ers, 15@17c; ducks, 10c; spring duck
lings, lie; squads, $3.50 per dozen;
guinea fowl, live, SO per dozen; geese,
10c.
Ranch butter-25c per pound.
Apricots-$1.25@1.3 5 per crate.
Apples-Old, 75c@$2 per box; new,
s1.75@3 per box.
Blackberries-$1.25 per crate.
Cherries-Royal Annes, 60@75c pc,
box; Lamberts, 81; Bings, 85c@s1
pie, $3.50.
Currants-$1. 25@1. so per box.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES per crate.
Strawberries = Lake Washington
and Vashon island, $1@1.5O per crate
Clark Seedlings, s1.25@1.5O.
Dressed beef - Prime beef steers,
14ac per pound; cows, lac; heifers,
12c.
Dressed veal-15@16c per pound.
Dressed hogs-Whole, 14c pound.
Dressed mutton-Spring lamb, 16s
per pound.
Beets-New, $2@2.25 per sack.
Cabbage-2c per pound.
Carrots-Local, So per sack.
Caulifower-Local, $1.25@1.50 pei
dozen.
Celery-Local, 75c@$1 per dozen.
Observation-Disclosures, 35@50c De,
dozen.
Eggplant-15c per pound.
Garlic-10@12c per pound.
Green peas-14@15c per pound.
Horseradish-123@15c per pound.
Lettuce-Local, head, soc per dozen
Onions-Green, 20@25c per dozen
crystal wax, $1.75 per crate.
Potatoes - On track, $10@12 be
ton; new, &c per pound.
Tomatoes Local dollhouse, $1@1. s
per box.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of Worlds Important
Events Told in Brief.

Average crop conditions are said t.
be slightly lower than last year.
Roumania has declared war on Bull
paria. and recalled her minister.
The Milwaukee road projects
nortb-and-south line through Washing
ton.
It has been discovered that the new
tariff bill conflicts with Canadian rec
iprocity.
Women will be asked to take par
in the creation of a suffrage commit
tee in the house.
President Wilson got lost IN the
New Hampshire woods and came in al
hour late for dinner.
Eastern railroad employees who have
voted to strike are standing pal" anc
say the question is up to the railroads.
After drawing pension fraudulent.
ly for Is years, Montana man was
exposed when he tried to get an IN.
crease.
A Toxic report says that Theodore
Roosevelt has offered to help solve the
question of alien land ownership in the
United States.
At the annual encampment of Mex.
lean War veterans at London, Ohio,
only IA of the remaining veterans
were able to attend.
The Duchess Carl Theodore, of Bar
varia, is said to have fitted out naval
expedition to attempt to restore the
monarchy of Portugal, but the ship
was stranded and the move is fail
ure.
The senate lobby investigating COM
mittee has decided to investigate the
big labor wars of the past ten years,
and will try to discover what the op-
posing sides have done towards in
fuencing legislation.
The postmaster at Ripon, CAL, re-
fuses to spend all his time in the
office, or to resign, saying he has Civ
en- good service to the people for 16
years and they are satisfied. Inspec-
tors will probably recommend his dis
charge.
A women's jury in San Francisco
acquitted woman charged with ex-
tortion.
Erie, Pa, celebrated the victory of
Commodore Perry on Lake Erie 100
years ago.
The Bulgarian army is believed to
have cut off the line of retreat of Ser
Was forces.
A noted Tacoma politician has re-
turned from the East, lauding Presi-
dent Wilson and his policies.
1t is reported that a revolutionary
party is forming in South Africa, as a
result of the big miners strike.
Chicago authorities declare that the
producer gets only So per cent of the
money paid by consumers for berries
in that city.
The government won its first legal
test case involving the constitutional
ity of the law regulating wireless tel
egraphy and telephony.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
$1,000 Elks in Parade.

Rochester, N. Y Ten thousand
Elks. it is estimated, participated in q
parade here in connection with the
49th reunion of the grand lodge. They
came from every city of size in this
country, from Juneau, Alaska, and
Honolulu. Even Manila had lone
representative.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-07-18
Grain Bag Prices HIGHER.

Walla Walla-Grain bags have gone
to lO4 cents and the farmers fear
higher prices. Prison grain bags are
quoted at 81 cents. The jute mill is
being run at capacity and 10, 900 sacks
are being turned out daily.