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rHB MOKKlKGr OJKJEGONXacTf, SATUKJDA, AUGUST 19, 1905.
HEAD6ATE BLOWN
f IT GLEALUM
Vligh-Handed Procedure That
Resulted in Arrest of
Perpetrators.
RELEASE CLEALUM -WATERS
Engineer and Employes of "Washing
ton Irrigation Company Charged
With Destroying Dam ' of
Union Gap Works.
tfORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Aug. IS.
(Special.) The attempt of men employed
by the "Washington Irrigation Company
to blow up the dam of the Union Gap
Irrigation Company across the outlet of
Lake Clealum yesterday morning is looked
upon as a high-handed piece of business
by the water users of Yakima Valley.
R. F. Tiffany, of Zlllah, engineer oT the
company, and five other men were caught
in the act of setting off dynamite under
the dam and were arrested and placed
In the Clealum jail. They were later re
leased under $2500 ball to await a hear
ing next week.
Information of the attempt to blow up
the dam was given out by Tiffany as
soon as he arrived at Clealum. This was
communicated to H. H. Lombard and
Frank Horsley of this place, and they
immediately set about to catch- the men.
Officers at Clealum wore notified. They
went to the lake and lay- in. ambush and
when the men set off , the first charge
of dynamite placed thorn under arrest.
The logs of the dam were raised up by
the force of the explosion and water lot
out. The dam was built last winter by
Lombard and Horsley and raised the
water two feet In the lake. The flood
water was stored and the natural flow
was not Interfered with. Mr. Lombard
said today that they did not Intend to
use the water this year, but would next
year. He said he would have gladly
turned the water into the river if any
body had asked it for use.
Tl'alter Granger, superintendent of the
Washington Irrigation Company, would
not confirm nor deny the story today.. The
dam across the Yakima River at the
Intake of the reservation was destroyed
Monday night and the next day an in
junction was applied for and served to
prevent the government from rebuilding
this dam. It is stated by the government
employes that employes of the Washing
ton Irrigation Company committed the
crime Monday night. It is said by Mr.
Lombard that some of the officers of the
company will be arrested. Including Mr.
Blaine, of Seattle.
AUTHORIZED TO INSTRUCT.
AH but Nine Applicants Receive
Certificates to Teach.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. IS. (Special.)
In a class of 57 applicants for teacher's
certificates taking the examination in
this .-county last week, there were but
nine failures, according to the gradlngs
of County Superintendent Zinser, . Profes
sor T. J. Gray -and Miss Mary S. Bar
low, who constituted the examlnlng board.
The successful candidates are: First
grade Edjth Kafr. Mullno: Stella M.
Summer, Clackamas i Jessie C. "Van Horn,
Oswego; Eliza 'Rums, Canby; Eva V.
Hunter. Oregon City; Kate A. Wilson,
Parkplace: Emllle C. Shaw, Oregon City;
Helena B. M. "Rlnearson, Portland: Mary
Calvin, Gresham; Elnore Glnther. Barlow;
Christina B. Hamilton, Oregon City R. F.
D. No. 2. Second grade Lillian Newton,
Woodburn; Selma Rodlun, Gresham; Ed
ward P. Anderson, MolaJla; Vlctorlne
Wilson, Gresham, R. F. D. No. 4; Mary
Strange, Clackamas: Laura A. Purcell,
Parkplace; Estella Crlswell, Hubbard; O.
E. Aimes. Canby; Victoria M. Alt, Fir
wood: John E. Stubbs, Gresham; Jessie
Blanck, Portland: Alta Shank, Salem;
Anna L. Hazen, Sodaville. Third grade
Effie Morris. Parkplace: Martha Koerner,
Oregon City; Mamy Andrus, Dayton: Fan
nie Repey, Dayton; Sadie Evans, Oregon
City, R. F. D. No. 3; Cora Ambler, MI1
Waukle; Sella M Surf us, Ellwood; Cora
Darr, Portland; O. G. Minlch, Oregon
City: Royal G. Trullinger, Mullno; Mae
Egge, Willamette: Edna Gard, Oregon
City; -Mae Strange, Oregon City; Ruby
Thompson, Stafford; Florence Buchanan,
Hood River; Emma Bluhm, Oregon City,
R. F. D. No. 3; Jessie Paddock, Clack
amas; Edith B.. Bonfigt,. Oregon City;
Emily Spulak, New Era: Imogen Myers,
Oregon City: Vernetta Batdorf, Oregon
City; Anna Pollard, TIgardvllle.
TOM BROWN CASE APPEALED
Supreme Court Will Decide "Whether
Patricide May J5e Detained.
OLYMPIA, Wash., Aug. 18. (Specials-
It has been decided by the Attorney-General
to appeal the Tom Brown case to
the United States Supreme Court. After
being acquitted on the ground of insan
ity of murdering his father, young
Brown was detained in jail by Juajge
Rice, the trial Judge, on the ground that
setting him at liberty would be a menace
to the peace and safety of the commun
ity.
The Supreme Court recently sustained
the constitutionality of the law under
which Brown was kept In Jail', but his
lawyers subsequently jecured a writ of
habeas corpus in the Federal Court and
Judge Hanford held that the State law
was obnoxious to the federal constitu
tion. It Is from Judge Hanford's decls
ion that the appeal is taken. Brown has
been liberated but it is said there is a
method by which he can" be -put under
bonds pending appeal.
STANDARD OIL IS BIDDING
Attempts to Absorb Tivo San Fran
cisco Lighting: Companies.
SAN FRANCISCO. Augr. 18. The
Evening Post eays that the Standard
Oil Company is about to absorb the
San Francisco Gas & Electric Company
and the San Francisco Coke & Gas
Company. Within the last 17 days San
Francisco gas and electric stock has
leaped from $2. to $?7 per share, though
It tapered oft to $5.o0 this afternoon.
The San Francisco Coke & Gas Com
pany stock was not listed with the
Stock and Bond Exchange, but the
rise has been sharp. Tne Post adds:
"Standard Oil will take charge of and
operate the two gas companies, accord
ing to unimpeachable authority, at an
early date. The work of listing the as
sets of both companies is now in
progress."
SELECTS REGATTA OFFICERS
Admiral Charles V. Brown Names
Aides for Event.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 18. (Special.)
'Charles V. Brown, who will be admiral
" the 11th annual regatta, has appolnt-
ed State Land Agent' Oswald West, of
Salem, as vice-admiral; Captains Rich
ardson. Gregory and Byrne, of the
Lighthouse Service, as rear-admirals, and
John C. McCue. of the local Customs De
partment, chief of staff. W. K. Smith, of
Portland, who was admiral during the
1903 regatta, will be Admiral Brown's
guest of honor, and the several Portland
and Salem men who were members of
Admiral Smith's staff, ha-ve been request
ed to accept similar appointments this
year. Dr. Earle, Federal quarantine of
ficer at this port, has been appointed
commander of the marine parade, and
his assistants will be Captain W. W.
Babbldge and Georgtj T. GoodelL A fea
ture of this parade will be two large
barges, which the Red Man will arrange
to represent typical Indian scenes. James
H. O'Connell has been selected as grand
marshal of the land parade, and he will
select his aids later.
Favors Coast Co-Opcratlon.
SEATTLE. Aug. 18. (Special.) Rufus
P. Jennings addressed a large meeting
of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to
night, urging co-operation of the Pacific
Coast States, through central organiza
tion of all state commercial bodies, to ad
vance the mutual progress of Pacific
States and fortify Pacific States Congres
sional Representatives at Washington so
there will be united action for needed pub
lic works. A committee on organization
composed of leading citizens, headed by
ex-Governor McGraw, was appointed, and
the commercial bodies of Washington ex
press an earnest desire to co-operate
JUDGE NAMES RECEIVER
ATTACHABLE BALL - BEARING
HUB COMPANY IN TROUBLE.
Charlcs D. AVood Is Appointed at
- Vancouver Stockholders
Charge Each Other.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug; 18. (Spe
claL) Superior Judge W. W. McCrodla
today appointed Charles D. Wood, e-f
the Vancouver Grocery Company, tem
porary receiver for the Attachable
Bail-Bearing Hub Company, which was
organized about two years ago in this
city. The appointment meets the gen
eral approval of the stockholders most
of whom are residents of this place and
of Portland, because of the well-known
business ability of Mr. Wood, who, it is
believed will be able to straighym up
the affairs with as little expense as
nosslhlft.
The petition for the appointing of a..
receiver holds that the company s
business is being mismanaged, that the
property is being taken from tho state
and the managers of the company are
trying1 to merge the business into an
other company and render the stock of
a small value in order to force out the
present owners, that the trustees have
the books of the concern out of this
state and in the State of Illinois. City
of Chicago, and that the plaintiffs have
no opportunity to examine them and
ascertain the financial condition of the
company. It Is also charged that their
actions are of a fraudulent and con
spiring nature.
The court has set September 6 as a
day for hearing when the managers will
oe required to be present and show
cause why the present named tempo
rary receivership shall not be made
permanent.
This company was formed about two
years ago by Ben Youmans and Harry
Rands, both well-known young men
of this plaoe, and for some time the en
terprise created considerable interest
and the stock was sold In large quanti
ties among the citizens of Vancouver.
Large amounts were also purchased in
Portland.
The capital stock of tho corporation
consists of 200,000 shares at the par
-value of 51 vpor share. The board of
trustees are: Myron Humu, Benjamin
Youmans, J. B. Morin, W. D. Palmer
and Harry W. Rands. Rands and
Palmer, together with a number of the
heaviest stockholders of the corpora
tion are instrumental in having: the
receivership appointed as they claim
that the other members of the board
of trustees are conspiring against their
interests.
Is Charged With Larceny.
ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 18. (Special.) The
preliminary examination of A. Seabory
on an Information charging him with
larceny in a warehouse was held la Jus
tice Goodman's court this afternoon, and
he was committed to the County Jail in
default of $500 bonds to await action of
the Circuit Court Seaborg is the man
arrested for stealing about 909 pounds of
salmon from the Lindenberger cold-stor
age plant J. Edwards, Seaborg's boat-
puller, was held as a witness, and Is con
fined in jail in default of $500 bonds. Ed
wards has confessed to the officers.
MIsmated Couples Seek Divorce.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 18. (Special.)
In a suit filed here today, Ida Clark
wants to be divorced from George W.
Clark, whom she alleges has treated her
cruelly and failed to provide for her
They were married at Portland In April,
1002. Amel A. Oldonburg, of Hood River,
is plaintiff in another drvorce proceeding
in which Maudle Oldenburg, the defend
ant, is charged with conduct not b scorn
ing a dutiful wife. Their wedded ex
pqrience dates from December last, when
they were married at Hood Hlver.
Christian Convention Opens.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug' 18. The
International Missionary Convention of
the Christian Churca held Its first ses
slon today In Native Sons Hall. Many
delegates were present, though a num
ber have been delayed, en route. This
afternoon the Christian Women's Board
of Missions met In the auditorium of
the First Congregational Church.
Equalizing Idaho's Taxes.
BOISE, Idaho. Aug. IS. (Special.) The
State Board oi bquauzatlon devoted Its
time today to going over the reports, no
definite action being taken on any subject.
Representatives of the telegraph and tele
phone companies were to be heard today.
but none appeared. Tomorrow the Asses
sors who reported less patented land than
a year ago are to be heanL-
Caught In P"rison Clothes.
NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C Aur. 1R.
(Special.) Walter Ryan, a prisoner who
escaped a week ago from the chaingang
oi tne provincial gaii, was captured by
rruarda at Mission Junction hridr tnrfsv
trying to get to the American side. He
naa on prison ciomes, out a Jong coat.
covering an.
Logger Dies of Injuries. '
CLATSKAND3, Or., Aug. IS. (Special.)
E. B. Elliot, a logger employed In Palmer's
camp near Qulncy. Or., was struck on the
head by a heavy piling at 3 o'clock this
afternoon and was so badly injured that
he died here at G o'clock while being
taKen to Portland for medical attention.
Marshal Dies of Injuries.
ELMA. Wash.. Aug. 18. (Special.) City
.Marshal c Clay, who was kicked in
the abdomen by Samuel Tremain while
being arrested for disorderly conduct laat
Monday, died in the Elma reneral hos
pital this morning at 4 o'clock, as a re
suit of th injuries sustained.
1 IN KUSKQKWIM
Frightened by Exhaust Steam,
Men Jump Overboard.
HALF-BREEDS AND NATIVES
River Steamer Carried Cargo of
Schooner Volante Which Went
to Pieces July 6 at the
River's Mouth.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. IS. (Special.)
Two half-breed ftons'of Henry Detrich.
Alaska Commercial Company agent at
Bethel on the Kuskokwlm River, and four
natives lost their lives by Jumping over
board from a small steamer on the Kusko
kwlm about July 10. The men whose
experience on board steam i-esaels was
limited, were frightened out of their wits
by steam escaping from the safety valve
of the little craft and fearing an explo
sion tho two Detrich boys and five na
tive passengers jumped overboard Into the
swift current of the river. One of the
natives was rescued with difficulty by
the crew of the boat, but six were swept
away and drowned.
At the time of the accident the little
river boat, whose name was not men
tioned in the advices received In Seattle
from the North yesterday, was going up
the Kuskokwlm with the cargo of the
schooner Volante. which struck and went
to pieces at the mouth of the river July
The Volante was under charter to the
Alaska Commercial Company, and her
cargo, from San Francisco, was consign
ed to the Moravian Mission at Bethel,
109 miles up the river.
Before the Volante broks up most or
her cargo with the help of natle. was
transferred to the river boat. Captain
Leutzen of the Volante was taken on
board the revenue cutter Perry to Un-
alaska to await passage on the regular
mall steamer to the Eastward and thence
to Seattle.
The Volante was owned by H. C. Las
sen, of San Francisco. She was a vessel
of 164 tons and was built in 1SS3.
MEETS ONLY 'VARSITY TEAMS
California Football Eleven An
nounces Its Schedule.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18. (Special.)
Only university, college or school teams
will compete with the University of Cali
fornia football team In the future, ana
the club elevens. Olympic and Reliance.
which once afforded most of the practice
that the Varsity received, will not be
needed. California's first great game
comes one week later than Stanford's as
the following schedule shows:
Scntember 30. St. Vincent's College of
lo? Angeles on California lield; October
7. Willamette College of Salem, Ore., on
California field; October 1L University of
Oregon on California's field; October 14,
Stanford Freshmen vs. California Fresh
men on Stanford field; October 2S, Po
mona College on California field; Novem
ber 4. University of Nevada on Callfor
nla field; Nevember 11. Stanford Varsity
vs. California Varsity on Stanford field.
IS CHARGED WITH FORGERY
Washington Man Accused of Misap
propriating School Funds.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Aug. 18.
(Special.) W. R. Laldler, accused of mis
appropriating school funds of the Top-
penish district, bad a hearing today, and
was held la $2500 bonds for trial at the
Superior Court He is accused by his
fellow-directors of forging their names to
a warrant for $230 and having it cashed
and using the money to his own bene
fit It is stated that some CO fraudulent
warrants, amounting to about $60M. have
been cashed by Laldler. and are held by
banks and Individuals of Yakima.
Astoria Cadets Coming.
ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 18. (Special.)
About &0 members of the Boys Brigade,
under the supervision of Rev. I. D. Ma-
hone, will leave here on Monday morn
ing for Portland to attend the Lewis and
Clark Fair. They will remain a week.
and will camp inside the Exposition
grounds. The boys will be in uniform,
will be equipped with cadet rifles and
will participate in the Exposition pro
gramme for the entertainment of the
visitors.
Irrigation Delegates.
SALE.ii Aug. IS. (Special.) Governor
Chamberlain ' has appointed John Dellar.
Louis Kraus and M. Barde. of Portland.
as delegates - to the National Irrigation
Congress, which meets .in Portland this
month.
FJEL05 SWEPT BT FLIES
FIRE DESTROYS "WHEAT THAT
WAS HARVESTED.
Pendleton Farmer. Sustains Loss
and Other Grain Endangered
In Path of the Fire.
PENDLETON. Or.. Aug. IS. (Special.)
One of the most disastrous grain fires
that has ever occurred in this county
started in the field owned by Mulr Bros..
12 miles from this city, this afternoon,
and at a late hour tonight was still burn
ing fiercely, and traveling toward the
southwest The loss, as far as could be
learned tonight had reached $2X0.
Should the fire continue its way in the
direction it has assumed, the loss will
amount to many thousands of dollars.
The origin of the fire is a myBtery. but
the flames were first noticed coming from
a bunkhouse, and before the place could
be reached had gained such headway
that .it was Impossible to stop its de
struction. Fifteen hundred sacks of grain
lying in the field were destroyed, and
hundreds of acres of pasture land were
made bare. The wheat was insured.
FACTORY IS BURNED.
Newburg Handle Manufacturing
Plant Destroyed.
NEWBERG. Or., Aug. IS. (Special.)
The plant of the Oregon Handle Manufac
turing Company burned down tonight
making one of the fiercest fires Newberg
lias experienced for many years. The Are
evidently started in the boiler room short
ly after eight o'clock arid had made good
headway before the alarm was given. The
wind made the flames hard to manage and
the fire companies with difficulty saved
the ware room of the Company. Buildings
In the vicinity of the burning plant were
carefully guarded, including the big new
public school building now in courts of
construction. The loss is- In the neighbor
hood of $12,000 including plant and stock.
The insurance amounted to $2000. The
factory is one of the Important indus
tries of New berg. The proprietors are
A. P. Oliver and John Brown.
NEW DEPOT FOR ALBANY
Southern Pacific to Build and Im
prove Yards.
ALBANY. Or.. Aug. IS. (Special.) At
last Albany Is to have a new depot It
is announced that before another Summer
season comes with Its Increase of travel
a new depot building will grace the yards
at Albany. The announcement is hailed
with delight by the traveling public The
new building will be placed on the. side
of the tracks nearest the city, thus elim
inating the necessity of crossing a net
work of railroad tracks to reach the
ticket office. The yards at Albany will
be greatly Improved and enlarged. Be
side a new track scale with a capacity of
200.000 pounds, which is now being put in
place, the yard is being surveyed for new
switches, and the improvements will be
of considerable magnitude.
Contract Iiet for Tunnel.
ALBANY. Or.. Aug. IS. (Special.) The
Oriental Mining Company, operating in
the Blue River mining district nas let
a contract for driving a tunnel 100 feet
on their claim. J. C Lee, of Salem, will
do the work and today left with a force
of men for the mines.
NEW SYSTEM COSTS LESS
STATE SAVES MUCH IN TRANS
PORTING INSANE.
Attendants Bring Patients to Salem
for About Onc-Hnlf That Was
Formerly Paid Sheriffs.
SALEM. Or., Aug. lS.-(SpeciaL)-Aiter
almost three months' operation under the
new law governing the transportation- of
Insane, it Is found that the new system
costs practically one-half as much as the
old. Under the former system the Sheriff
or a deputy brought insane persons- to the
asylum, receiving a per diem of $3 and
all traveling expenses. Under the new
system the insane asylum authorities send
an attendant from the asylum to the
county seat to bring the patient to Salem.
In some instances the cost of transpor
tation has been reduced to one-third of
what It was formerly, while In other
cases thft reduction Is less than one-half.
Thus, it cost under the former laws $18.73
to bring a patient from Portland, but now
It costs only $6.79. From Clatsop Counts,
which furnishes a large number of pa
tients, the former cost was about $4S, but
now It Is only $15. Marlon County, which
also supplies a large number of Insane,
formerly cost the state $5.69 for transport
ing patients, but this has been reduced to
$1. In the case of patients from distant
counties, like Baker, Coos. Tillamook and
others, where the railroad or stage ex
penses are heavy, the saving Is noC so
great
The figures given are not exact for no
exact account can be kept of the time
of attendants who are sent out after pa
tients. The attendants who arc employed
In that work render some service at the
institution, and spend some time bringing
back patients who have escaped. The
saving, however, when all allowances are
made, will be from 40 to 50 per cent
Capture Chemawa Boys.
ALBANY. Or., Aug. 18. (Special.) Fred
Blodgett. aged 14, of Sacramento. Cat.
and Leonard McDanlel, aged 13, of Red
ding. Cat. two escaped students from the
Indian school at Chemawa, Or., were cap
tured In Albany last evening by Night
Officer CantwelL The boys were trying
to board the overland train when they
were caught The boys stoutly denied
their Identity, but after being locked in
jail they admitted that they had run
away from the Chemawa school, gave
their names and places of residence, and
stated that they were on their way to
their homes when captured. They escaped
from the Indian school yesterday, took
the local train at Salem and laid over
in Albany.
FLOWERS AS FOODS.
Made Into Salads, Jellies, Curries,
Cloves and Capers.
South China Post
Though the fact is well known that
flowers are used extensively as a xneui
cine, it may come as a surprise to many
that tons of delicate flowers are regularly
used as food.
In many parts of India the flowers of a
sanonaceous tree, bassla latlfolia, or mah-
wah. form a really Important article of
diet These blossoms, wnicn are succu
lent and very nourishing and numerous.
fall at night in large quantities from the
trees and ara gathered in the morning
and eaten" raw. They have a sweet
but sickly taste and odor. They are like
wise dried in sun and sold jn ine oazaars.
The Bhcels dry them and store them as a
staDle article of food.
An ardent spirit like whisky is distilled
from these flowers and Is consumed in
large quantities by the natives of Gu
zerat etc: swetroeats are also made of
them. A single tree affords from 200 to
400 pounds of blossoms. In Malabar and
Mysore another species of the tree
abounds, the flowers of which are used in
a similar manner by the natives.
The flowers of the Judas tree have an
agreeable acrid taste and are sometimes
mixed with salads or made into fritters
with batter, and the flower buds aro
pickled with vinegar. The flowers of the
American species are used by tne trench
Canadians in salads and pickles. The
flowers of the abutllon esculentum are
vsed hr jBraxIl as boiled vegetables. The
flowers of the horseradish tree are eaten
by the natives of India in their curry.
The young callces of dlllenla scaratella
and D. speclosla, which are swollen and
fleshy, have a pleasantly acid taste and
are used by the inhabitants of Chlttagong
and Bengal In their curries and also for
making Jellies. The large, showy flowers
of the nasturtium are frequently used
along with the young leaves In salad.
They have a warm taste and not unlike
that of the common cress, ana it is from
this similarity that the plant has gained
the name of nasturtium.
The hill people of India aro fond of the
flowers of the rhododendron arooreum,
and even Angio-Europeans use them for
making Jelly. Yet poisonous properties
are ascribed to the species of this genus,
and it has been said that the R. pontlcum
was the plant from whose flowers the
bees of Pontus gathered the honey which
produced the extraordinary symptoms of
poisoning described as having attacked
the Greek soldiers in the famous retreat
of the Ten Thousand.
The flower clusters of the cauliflower.
which form themselves Into a firm cluster
or head, varying from four to eight or
more Inches across, become the edible
portion of one of the greatest vegetable
delicacies. In this it differs greatly from
all other members of the cabbage family.
whose leaves and stalks are used for cull
nary purposes.
The flower buds of the capparls splnosa,
a plant which grows onthe walls in
Southern Europe, are commonly known
as caper. These are chiefly Imported from
Sicily, though the plant Is largely culti
vated in some parts of France. The cloves
of commerce are the unexpanded buds ot
caryophyllus aromaticus. a small ever
green native of the Moluccas, but culti
vated In many oarts of th- East and West
Indies.
STOMACH ACHE
and DIARRHOEA
Brought on by eating green vegetables
and unripe fruit, or by sudden changes in
weather, excessive heat, gulping down
iced drinks, etc, are quicxiy cured and
prevented by
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
It kills the disease srerms. allavs irrita
tion, and keeps the system cool and
healthy. "Duffy's" contains no fusel oil.
and Is the only aboslutely pure medicinal
whiskey. Used and prescribed 50 years by
nearly 10.C0O doctors and In more than 2O0O
Hospitals.
-hi drucsdsts and CTOCcrs. or direct. $1
per bottle. Medical booklet free. Duffy
Malt Whiskey Co.. Rochester, N. Y.
MPT. Ml ACQUITTED
OFFICER OF SIGNAIi CORPS IS
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
Trial at Vancouver Barracks At
tracted Interest In Army and
Social Circles.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. The War De
partment has been Informed that Captain
Carl F. Hartman. of the Signal Corps,
U. S. A., who was court-martialed at
Vancouver Barracks. Washington, "ac
cused of "conduct unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman." has been found not
guilty an dacqultted.
ECHO OF CAMP ATASCADERO
Charged With Allowing Liquor Han
dled In Post Canteen.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug. IS. Captain
Carl F. Hartman was tried before a
general court-martial at Vancouver Bar
racks on charges of conduct unbecoming
an officer and gentleman, the specifica
tion being that he had knowingly made
false reports to a superior officer. While
in the Department of California. Captain
Hartman was In clarge of tho post ex
change at Benicla Barracks, and at the
temporary camp at Camp Atascadero. It
was charged that he had knowingly per
mitted the sale of beer In the camp, and
that when questioned In regard to the
matter by Major Wiser, the Inspecting of
ficer, he had stated that no liquors had
been sold. For a time there had been
considerable drunkenness among the en
listed men at the camp, and It was sus
pected that liquors had been purchased
at the post exchange.
The leading witnesses against Captain
Hartman were Lieutenants Goodale and
Kent The tostlmony at tho trial brought
out the fact that both these officers har
bored considerable resentment towards
Captln Hartman. because of reprimands
which he had given them. Under Cap
tain Hartman's charge was an automobile
intended for military use. He had Issued
an order forbidding the use of this ma
chine without his special permission. The
order was disregarded by Lieutenants
Goodale and Kent, for which both of them
were given a reprimand.
Among the firms from which post ex
change supplies were purchased was a
San Francisco concern who are agents
for the Rainier Brewery, and It was a
transaction with this firm upon which
the prosecution relied to a considerable
extent An invoice of goods had been
purchased from them for which the bill
was sent simply as merchandise. When
this bill was returned for correction, it
was returned itemized as beer. This was
not noticed for some time, but when it
was discovered, the invoice was again
returned, and when finally corrected
called for root beer, which It was after
wards shown was the article purchased.
The evidence also Indicated that at all
times Captain Hartman had used every
endeavor to prevent the Introduction of
liquor into the camp or its use by the en
listed men. At the time he made his re
port to Major Wiser, he had no knowledge
that liquor was being brought into camp.
Some time after making his report he
was Informed by Lieutenant Goodale that
such was the case.
freaks Another Cycle Record.
SALT LAKE. Utah. Aug. IS. C. L. Hol
Hster. of Springfield, Mass.. broke the
world's three-quarter mile bicycle rec
ord at the Salt Palace saucer track. His
time, 1:22 -1-5. beat the former record,
held by Walter A. Bardgett of Buffalo,
N. Y., by 3 3-5 seconds.
A GARDEN FOR THE POOR
Phlladclpha Woman Lets Children
Play in Her Lot.
New Tork Tribune.
A playground for the children of the
byways has been opened in Philadelphia.
It is a bit of hot-weather philanthropy ot
the most practical kind, encouraging evi
dence of what one woman can do If she
has both the money and the Inclination.
Hiss Rebecca Coxe. while she Is away
for the Summer, has thrown open to the
children of the poor the garden of her
home In Spruce street, near Fifteenth
street, in the heart of the aristocratic dis
trict of the city, yet right on the edse of
the slums.
Tom, Dick and Harry and their sisters
can romp and roll on the grass of this
playground till there is no grass to romp
and roll upon. Such Is the order of Miss
Coxe. The garden was opened after she
went to her Summer home in Drifton.
Pa., and on the second day the caretaker,
seeing the effect of many feet upon the
recently planted sod, wired to know If he
should keep the children off the grass.
Miss Coxe's decision was prompt: and
since then the grass has been gradually
disappearing.
There is a box hedge lining the walk
that encircles the playground, plenty of
green foliage, and many flowers, holly
hocks, foxgloves, marigolds; a half dozen
white benches, with arbor backs, rising
nearly to the top of the red brick wall,
and at one end a little pool and a drinking
fountain.
The caretaker's most strenuous duty is
to prevent hot and dusty urchins from
plunging Into the pool, and many a time
when the guardian's eyes have been
turned one of them, according- to his own
defence, has been "Just pushed in, sir so
please don't put me out for 't wasn't
my fault, sir!"
Dropping From an Airship.
Minneapolis Journal.
Somebody proposes that every experi
menter with an aeroplane be compelled
to carry a parachute. If you thlnlc It is
easy to grab a parachute and open it
under stress it might be well for you to
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