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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-10-09
WHAT HAPPENED IN OLYMPIA AND
STATE TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
From The Washington Standard For
October II, 1880. Vol.
XVIII. No. 40.

The Tacoma and Seattle hook and
ladder teams are to contest each 9TH
er's ability for $1,000 a side.
The first carload Of hops ever sent
to San Francisco from Puget Sound
was shipped last Thursday from King
county.
The general merchandise store of
Mcdonald & O'Neil at Shelton was
entered recently and goods to the
value Of $1,000 packed of.
Although the vote just cast does
not locate the capitol permanently
at Olympia, the vote indicates that
the struggle Is practically over. In
November, 1890, our majority will
be 80 large there will be no neces-
sity of counting 1t.
It is said that the Olympia & Che
halls Valley railroad has been sold
to an Eastern syndicate. who pro-
pose at once to widen the gauge and
extend it to a connection with the
coal fields at Grays Harbor.
Edison's photograph is one Of the
objects Of interest at the Portland
exposition. In it's improved form it
is more than a scientific toy and it
will not be long until the wonderful
invention will be made to serve an
purpose in the transactions
of busy life.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-10-09

Now that the Olympia and Thurston county
library is open for business and arrangements are
being made as fast as possible to establish branch
stations throughout the county, every farmer in
the county as well as every Olympian should make
the most OF the great opportunity offered them.
Let the women of the county, particularly, make
the library their headquarters while in the city
some Of it's features were designed especially for
them. 1t is new now-you will use it more and
more as you become better acquainted with it and
the best time to begin that acquaintance is the
present.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-10-09

He who visits the Shelton of month or two
hence, remembering the city as it was before the
recent fire, will be surprised at the great change
in its business district change that will put it
many steps forward in the line of outward an
pearance. Then add to that the fact that this pro-
gress is being made when conditions are none too
favorable and one will gain some conception of
the spirit that underlies and enervates the neigh
boring city
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-10-09

Somewhere in Thurston county this week there
was an enterprise that purported to be a county
fair, promoted by the same individual who was
so badly discredited by the fiasco of year ago.
Everybody with the best interests Of the county
at heart must sorely regret that such person is
running at large within it and bringing such dis
repute upon it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-10-09
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
STAGGERED" BY JOHNSON!

Nowadays we hear great deal of the word
Staggered so much that it can take its place
at the head of the class as an overworked exple-
tive. The allies losses are ''staggering"; the
Tedtons losses are Staggering, and humanity
will be staggered" when the result is known
Fact is everything is staggered almost every
thing, that is.
The other day ship touched at an island the
size of Washington bayfield, in the South Seas
and notified its dusky nabob of the great war
Immediately this dusky panjandrum admit
ted he properly staggered and promptly
announced the strict neutrality of his baiwick.
Every housewife in the land has been staggered
by the prices sugar and other necessities.
Every-but that's the way it goes-everybody is
staggered
Everybody, that is, but the editor-and we are
now. Hitherto, in all this Staggering furore,
we have enjoyed supreme exemption, unique
Immunity and have been duly gratiied by this
grand, gloomy and peculiar isolation. We have
but now our time has come, and Congressman
: johnson who at present ms)represents this dis
1rict at Washington has turned the trick.
How did he do it? For whole week he failed
10 make any of his venomous Staggering at
1anks President Wilson. That staggered"
Eas, for when it is considered that these attacks
Aave been made at the rate of about one or SO
<1ay, every day, their staggering" paucity now
= uperlativey conspicuous. It's mighty strange
1Oo, for usually johnson has been expressing him.
1ef on Wilson frequently, fuently and 1outing-
~, never wasting an opportunity to knock and
making opportunities when he could not find any
The trouble for johnson is that election is only
= few weeks ahead--a little more than four, to be
exact and knowing that the people of this dis
1ct resent the exploitation of his personal grudge
against the president Johnson is simply laying
It aside until after the election. He is thrifty
soul, is johnson, in his own interest. He sees the
trend Of the times-he is trying to ecover up
Such an eleventh-hour transformation, confess
-ai0n or Observation-Disclosures you want to call it
= not going to do johnson much good, however.
The issue in the congressional campaign in this dis
frict this fall is very plain If the voters approve
Of Wilson's constructive craftsmanship if they
propose to uphold him in guiding this nation
through the present world crisis if they believe
IN peace and not in war; they will vote for Charles
Drury on November B. But if they believe in
johnson and his jingoism, if they favor his de-
structive knocking, his constant though feeble,
attempts to obstruct the progress of this govern
ment and his inability to aid his district on account
of the hostility he thus engenders they will vote
Tor johnson. Warburton cuts no figure; person
ally he is obnoxious
The fight is between johnson and Drury, and
Drury is going to win, whereupon johnson him.
self will be staggered too
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-10-09

Here we are-just out Of one primary and
plunged into a senatorial, legislative and county
campaign, with lot of initiative and referendum
measures thrown in to keep the round of pleas
ure from getting monotonous-and along comes
campaign for the city primaries. Oh, well-we
can't blame anybody else but ourselves.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-10-09
HIGH PRICES DRIVING AWAY SETTLERS

TO return to a topic so familiar to all but to
approach it from a new angle, we want
to call your attention to the following state
ment by Judge Lovett chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Union Pacific rail
road system, made at Seattle the other day:
'Washngton is losing many settlers because
of the high prices at which it's agricultural lands
are held. | know for fact that many persons
who would settle here are going further east The
trouble seems to lie in the fact that the owners of
the lands want to get out of them, without any
labor expenditure for betterments on their part
the full value of the lands if they were improved
That is not policy that will help the state 1t
will never build up Washington agriculturally as
it must be built up to achieve the proper develop
ment In the case Of logged-off lands especially
1t seems as if the purchaser should have every OPP
portunity to buy this land cheaply and every en-
couragement to remain it and develop it at
profit
Most of us familiar with conditions that
will not be disposed to deny the statements
there made by Judge Lovett, man who is in an
excellent position to know where settlers are 60
ing and why. In these few words he very aptly
epitomizes situation that he says is already cost
of new wealth and new development Until that
situation is reversed, until we as state offer our
unsettled lands at prices somewhere within rea-
son, we cannot rightly expect new settlers, and
will not get them.
In speech over at Spokane the other day Gov
ernor Lister strongly condemned exorbitant
prices for farm lands. In his Forthcoming annual
report, E. w. Olson, the state labor commissioner
discussing the immigration question, emphatically
declares that such high prices will keep the new
corners off our lands and will force them to remain
IN our cities, putting this state face to face with
most serious problem. Leading residents and
newspapers throughout the state are voicing SINH
lar sentiments perhaps some day those who are
holding these lands will realize the obstruction
they are placing in the way of the state s onward
development, will lose some of their greed and
give this state chance to do what it ought to do
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-10-09

The Yelm Times injects little comedy in the
local political situation when it remarks that cit
is safe bet the candidates who were re-nominated
for commissioners will not circulate the report of
the committee of the Taxpayers league as cam
paign literature
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05
PETRAS CASE NOT
TO BE ABANDONED
Police Seeking Woman Who Is
Said to Have Seen Murder
er Leave the Cemetery.

Aurora, Ill, Oct. although Tony
Petras has been cleared of the charge
of murder of his former sweetheart,
Theresa Hollander, the police are not
to give up in their efforts to solve the
mystery. They believe they will es-
tablish the identity of the cemetery
slayer when they locate a Chicago
woman who, accompanied by a married
man, a merchant of standing in Au-
rora, saw the murderer leave the ceme
terry the night he dubbed Theresa Hol
lander to death. She has not broken
silence because her companion feared
it would ruin him.
The woman, whose name the police
have learned is Anna Pheney, and her
companion stood near the graveyard
the night of the murder, and they saw
a man emerge, examine his clothing
under the electric light nearby, and
then hurry away.
John Wright, who died at the Alex
ian brothers hospital on Aug. II, gave
the police this information the day
after the first trial of Antony Petras.
He gave the police the name of the
Pheney woman and detectives are now
on her trail in California. Wright
overheard the Pheney woman telling
friend her secret in a north side cafe
in Chicago the day after the murder.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05
PERSON SET FREE
BY LINCOLN JURY
Verdict of Not Guilty Returned
After Deliberation of %
Hours in Case.

Lincoln, Ill, Oct. 5.-Carl E. Person,
editor of the Strike Bulletin, was
found not guilty yesterday afternoon
of the murder of Antoine Musser, for
mer chief of police of Clinton, ILL.,,
whom he shot in the streets of Clinton
Dec. 80, 1918. The verdict was re-
turned at. O'Clock in the afternoon af-
ter the jury had been out more than
% hours. Twenty-iwo ballots were
taken. the first one being to 3 for
acquittal.
After personally thanking the jury
Person said to friends who pressed
forward 10 congratulate him:
MY acquittal pleases me most be-
cause it vindicates me in the eyes of
those 1 love and justifies my humble
efforts to serve my fellow. workers.
The indictments for libel in the federal
and state courts will be met The
fight to crush organized labor is DOOM
ed. Men, not dollars, will be the or
der of the new day"
Crowd Approves Verdict.
The quiet Sabbath afternoon was
broken at 2:12 o'clock by cheers COM
ing from the jury ROOM Citizens in the
streets saw juror raise a window on
the third floor of the court house and
shout: ''We win
When Circuit Judge T. NJ Harris ar
rived to receive the verdict for Cir
cult Judge w X. Whitfield of Decatur,
several hundred persons in the court
room. That the verdict was a popu-
lar one was indicated by the congratu-
Iations heaped on Person. Several
young women rushed up and impul-
sively kissed the acquitted defendant.
Attorney Frank Comerford thanked
the jurors in behalf of both defendant
and counsel for their patience and
justice loving verdict
The case consumed IL days. The
defense was based upon selfdefense,
supported by the plea that Person was
in a daze when he shot his larger as
sailant.
History of the Case.
The strike of the Bhopmen of the
Illinois Central railroad in Clinton was
indirectly the cause of the trouble.
The strike took place on Sept. 80,
1911, and after the .walkout Person
started a weekly paper called the
Strike Bulletin. In an editorial Per-
son charged Antoine Musser with hav-
ing killed John Struble. former chief |
of police of Clinton. Much i'll feeling |
resulted.
On the afternoon of Dec. so, 1913. |
Person received phone call TO go to
the interurban station. When Person |
reached the station. il was stated. Mus
ser stepped out and following a few |
words knocked Person down. Bystand-
ers parted the two. and when 40 feet 1
apart Person drew an automatic pistol |
and fired seven shots into Musser, who |
fell TO the ground dying. Person walk
ed away and later gave himself up.
Labor unions interested themselves
in his defense and a fund was raised |
by contribution. Hundreds of affida-
wits of prejudice were presented and a !
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05
THOUSAND SLAIN
SEEN BY OFFICER
United States Army Lieutenant,
Back From Europe, Tells
of Observations.

New York. Oct. 5.-Lieutenant A.
Elliott Brown, u. s. A, who visited
the battlefield of Maux just after the
fighting. reached New York today. So
great has been the carnage he said,
that within a radius of 600 yards he
saw 1000 dead Germans.
Il saw Captain Parker of the Uni
ted tSates army while was in France"
Brown said, and he told me the
German army's retreat from it's near
approach to Paris had been a perfect
military movement and he had seen
but one dead German left behind. Ger
man soldiers were friendly to French
peasants and he found no trace of
atrocities he had heard so much
about"
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05

gan their determined movement to
turn the German right.
II seems certain that the forts in
the outer rim of Antwerp defences are
still occupied by the defenders. Along
this line one of the great German siege
guns is said to have been lost in the
swamps. If true II is a serious dis
aster to the Germans for these huge
weapons are not easily replaced.
In the Balkans mutual jealousies Of
small states which used to threaten
the peace of Europe are now conspir-
ing to preserve what is left of it, for
each is afraid to cast its lot with either
side for fear of attack from its neigh
Dor.
Petrograd, Oct. 5.-Emperor Nicho-
las has arrived at the headquarters of
the active army, says an official an
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05
JOY RIDER IS HELD
IN A DEATH CASE
Girl Accuses Kankakee Married
Man With Hurting Her
From Car.

Kankakee, H., Oct. SIS. L. Bib
Sawyer, known in Kankakee as a reck.
less auto driver, is being held here
pending an investigation into the death
of Miss Nettie Wallace, 10 years old,
who went for JOY ride with Sawyer
Friday night.
On that evening Sawyer volunteered
to take Miss Wallace and her sister,
Mrs. Murray, to their home near Brad
ley, Ill. He deposited the elder of the
two women az her home, and then, ac-
cording to the girls relatives, he in
sisted that Miss Wallace stay in in the
car and take little spin"
He returned in an hour. He was car
rying the girls limp and unconscious
form in his arms. Her head was
gashed. There were bruises on her
body.
I'VE were going pretty fast" Sawyer
said, land were going fine until we
came to the curve in the road neaT
Nettie's home. The car swerved. We
struck the side of the bridge. Nettie
was thrown from the auto. Her head
struck on stone. l picked her up
But Saturday. relatives say, the girl
became conscious for minute.
Her sister, bending over her, saw her
open her eyes.
How did it happen?" the sister
whispered.
''He-'Bib'I didn't want to ride
with him. He forced me to. He threw
me out"
Then the eyes closed, and the in
jured girl went back to unconscious
ness, according to the version told by
the police.
John Stafford, chief of police, was
the Wallace family, after the girls con
scious interval, and he Immediately or
dered men to watch Sawyer.
When Miss Wallace died he arrested
the man and ordered him held unit?
Coroner Fenouillie is able to make an
investigation.
Rumors, unverified, say that persons
in one of the interurban cars that ply
between Kankakee and Chicago saw
an auto on the road near the Bradley
home Friday night and that several of
them say the lights in the automobile
were turned out as soon as the ma.
chine was picked up by The cars head
however, before they had
made out the figures of a man and
woman.
a bit of evidence favorable to Saw.
yer, however, is a rock by the side of
the road near the bridge. 1t is blood
stained and matted with a woman's
hair The coroner believes 1t is the
stone upon which the young woman's
mead struck when she was pushed. or
Wien sAe fell from the car.
Sawyer has repeatedly denied that
he attacked the girl, or that he had
any intentions other than to give her
an innocent outing Sawyer is mar
ried and machinist.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05
Oct. 10 is Date Agreed
Upon for Congress
Adjournment.
WORK ABOUT FINISHED
Presidential Primary Bill Will
Not Be Completed at the
Present Session.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 5.-Presi-
dent Wilson told callers today that no
extra session of congress in Novem-
Der was contemplated Only some
extraordinary emergency would ne
cessitate an extra session following ad-
journment of the short session in
March. The president said the war
tax bill, the Clayton antitrust bill and
the Alaska coal leasing measure would
complete the important work of the
present session, and when these were
disposed of he saw no reason why ad-
journment should not be taken. Oct.
Is is the date tentatively agreed upon.
Regarding the presidential primary
bill, which he favors, the president
said it would be difficult to complete
the legislation in this congress, but he
was still at work on the subject.
That President Wilson is about to
1n1ake-peace with Henry Watterson,
nal, as we'll as with George Harvey,
editor of the North American Review,
whom he saw at the White house yes
terday, was suggested today when the
president told callers he hoped to see
Watterson at the executive mansion
He added no arrangements for meet
ing had been made.
Colonel Harvey had an hours con-
Versation with the president yesterday
afternoon as the result of an invita-
tion extended by the latter. There
have been letters exchanged by the
president and Colonel Watterson.
When the latter comes to Washington
he will be cordially received at the
White house.
This statement was given out by
Secretary Tumulty in reference to Col
onel Harvey's call:
Colonel Harvey, on the presidents
invitation, spent an hour with him at
the White house yesterday discussing
the general situation
Praise for Administration.
In the last number of the North
American Review, which Colonel Har-
vey edits, there appeared an article
which highly praised the democratic
administration. This article was read
by the president and it pleased him
greatly. He determined to extend the
olive branch to the man who first pro-
posed him for president. What he said
and what the colonel said neither will
tell, but the upshot was an invitation
from the president to the latter to call
today at the White house. At the
designated hour the colonel appeared
and was received by Mr.. Wilson, who
extended his hand. 1t was promptly
seized, both smiled and with a mutual
explanation the trouble of two years
ago was buried.
With reference to Colonel Waiter
son, it appears that on the occasion
of Mrs. Wilson's death the Kentucky
editor wrote letter of coincidence ts
the president which affected the lat.
ter deeply Mr. Wilson responded, ex,
pressing his appreciation and his de-
sire for the coloneFs friendship. The
two men now are said to be in frequent
AT the time of the rupture between
the president and Colonels Harvey and
It was believed a reconcilia-
ton would not be possible. The presi-
dent requested Harvey to desist from
supporting him because of the Wall
street aspect of such support. Colonel
then came to the support of
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05
DENIES STORY OF
SLAYING PRIESTS
Cardinal Bettinger, Roman High
Catholic Authority, Is
sues Statement.

Berlin, Oct. 5.-According TO the
statement of Cardinal Bettinger. high
est Roman Catholic authority in Ba-
varia. statements appearing in Eng
lish and American newspapers that
priests have been SHOT by German sol
diers while attending the wounded
in Belgium are considered absolutely
untrue.
English correspondents overlook the
fact that large proportion of the Ger
man army is Roman Catholic. a man.
ifesto signed by prominent savants
and artists Indignantly protests
against unceasing lies about pretended
barbarous warfare of the Germans.
Russia is issuing 1876, 100000 unse-
cured notes.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05
BROWN, NOTED IN
COTTON PIT, DIES
Spectacular Operator in New
Orleans and New York
Passes in South.

New Orleans, La, Oct. 5.-William
II. Brown, connected with some of the
most spectacular operations in the his
tory of the New York and New Orleans
cotton exchanges, is dead. At times,
he was associated with Eugene Scales,
James Patten and Frank Hayne. whose
activities in the 1900 crop were taken
up by the government. Patten pleaded
guilty to conspiring to monopolize and
paid a fine of $4,000. Pleas of nolle
contendre in the others were accepted
later.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-10-05

s unchanged.
Iondou. Oct 5.-A correspondent OF
,ss Daily Telegraph says the Germans
,or,inue desperate efforts TO capture
Antwerp. Their losses are enormous
and the killed are estimated at eight
,bousand. German shells practically
.fped out most of the little villages
n the outer circle of Antwerp de-
tsnses.
London. Oct. 5.-The battle of the
rizht wing is proceeding successfully.
Operations of Antwerp have been car
ned out according to plan and without
sghting.
London, Oct. 5.-The fact that fight
nz is in progress in and around Douai
ts taken in London to show how surely
ne allies in northern France have
vushed forward the movement they
hope will envelope General Won
Nack's right wing in a net of steel
In the eastern theatre the Germans
Eould appear. according to English
ssssrTers, to be contemplating a-Per-
id OF defense before undertaking the
c1snsive. Russians continue to push
ssstward on Cracow, evidently with
ne hope Of getting TO Breslau and go
O stretching out toward Budapest BY
Estting across the railroad at SZi-
Esth they secured a second line lead
ag to the Hungarian capital.
Paris, Oct 5.-On our left wing to
the north OF the Oise the battle con-
tnnss with great violence. The result
remains fndecisive. Along the remain
Ger Of the front there is no change.
In Russia, after a 1O-days' battle the
German army operating between the
EASTERN Prussian front and the Nieman
rTsr. has been driven back along the
sattre line and made a retreat This
amy has evacuated completely the
territory Of Suwalh and Lonja-
Breach in Outer Circle
Berlin, Oct 5.-In the siege of Ant
Esrp the forts Of Lierre Waelhem and
1isrnediate redOuts, with 80 guns,
,zTe been taken Thus a breach has
sesn made in the outer circle of forts.
fs1dering an attack on the inner cir
ds Of forts and the town itself posi-
Hs
The force Of native troops from In
a recently landed at Marseilles has
sil that port for the north. British
i1ps have arrived at Lisbon, probably
transport Portuguese troops. Port
saese cooperation in the war is i'm
-aent Mobilization OF Portuguese
Hfees has been ordered on demand of
-e British government.
london. Oct 5.-Russian reports in
-e@te the German offensive towards
= Nienan river from the East Prus- !
'an frontier ended in a German rout |
s''e' The battle OF Augustowo. II
-s'e reports are true it means that I
- only has General Rennenkamf |
- given opportunity TO resume the I
-ensse' but that the important fort /
OF Ossowetz has been relieved /
-On investment AS expected. sub !
sg1ent reports have discredited the |
.--of That the Russians were invest
Ag Craeow.
"l4e the allies in the west are CON /
.-s ssilisting themselves upon the ex-
ee OF the railway service which /
so them 10 bring up necessary /
e--'ioreements, Russians in East I
-ssl2 -, are suffering lack of such IA 1
n Fighting IS reported around /
-, 10 miles northeast Of Arras, /
- mat II this be true General Won /
= % Is IN a dangerous predicament,
mas been since the allies be-