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VOL. IV. NO. 204.
BRIDGE BILL PASSES HOUSE; GOV. HAY WILL SIGN IT
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Delegates of North Central Washington
Commercial Clubs to Meet Here On
18 and 19—53700 Raised for a
New Building—Many New Members
—Permanent Committees Appointed.
The first regular meeting of the
Wenatchee Commercial club under
the new officers was held at the club
quarters last night and was a "rou
ser" from first to last. The commit
tee on the organization of a North
Central Washington Development
league made its report. The com
mittee is composed of H. O. Stech
han, Arthur Gunn, H. L. Wiester, W.
S. Trimble and George R. Fisher.
This is the first work in the club
which has been taken up by the chair
man of the committee, H. O. Stech
han. Mr. Stechhan is a new mem
ber and the way in which he has
handled the matter thus far which
has been delegated to him is worthy
of note. The convention called to
meet in this city March 18 and 19
promises to be one of real benefit to
allldistricts represented.
fyhe A.-V.-P. building committee,
composed of Sam R. Sumner, J. F.
Webber and Arthur Bousquet, made
its report. No definite action has
been decided upon and the committee
was continued and will make a later
report.
The committee on A.-V.-P. inter
ests, composed of George Farwell,
M. Horan and Harry Taylor, reported
that space had been secured at the
exposition and that arrangements had
been made for the transportation of
exhibits.
The building committee, composed
of W. R. Prowell, Arthur Gunn and
Harry Taylor, reported that the com
mittee had an option on the Gilhcrist
property, 'across from the Presbyter
ian church, and if the money is rais
ed promptly the building will be
started within 30 days. Although
only one-fourth of the members and
business men have been seen. $3,700
of the. $7,000 needed has been raised
and $1,000 more is in sight. There
seems to be no question but that the
building will be started within a rea
sonably short time.
L. M. Hull read a paper on the
"porsibllities of the Wenatchee and
Okanogan." which made a hit. In
his remarks he foretold the building
of a mighty empire in this section of
the state.
LEGISLATURE TO
CLOSE THURSDAY
Olympia, March 9. —The last week
of the eleventh session of the Wash
ington legislature is on. The ses
sion *ill adjourn Thursday night
sine die, but as in prior years, it is
probable the clock will be stopped
one minute before midnight and the
legislature will continue in session
until the small hours of the next day.
The last week saw a great cleaning
up of important business. The num
ber of biHs passed was not so large,
but the issues settled were important
and some of the individual bills were
voluminous and far reaching.
With the local option issue out
of the the question now con
fronting the legislature is which of
the numerous bills bending are the
'most deserving of passage.
Dr. Stevenson called attention to
the need of a higher educational in
stitution in this section of the state.
M. Horan, king of the apple world,
spoke on the feasibility of forming
an apple district which is to include
all the country between Wenatchee
and British Columbia.
Other talks were made by E. A.
Wyman. W. W. Woods, M. Daly, H.
C. Littlefield, Sam R. Sumner and a
number of the new arrivals from
Ohio.
Of the latter, W. F. Usher stated
that all of the 50 new arrivals were
satisfied and nearly all will purchase
land and locate here permanently.
Taken all around, the Commercial
club is getting down to mighty fine
"team work," and the several com
mittees appointed thus far have car
ried out the parts assigned to them.
Secretary Gellatly brought up the
matter of securing a soil survey of
this section of the state. He was
authorized to prepare petitions ask
ing the government to do this work.
The following new members were
voted into the club: W. E. Tomlin
son, L. H. Bowman, E. H. Preece, J.
J. Griggs, H. W. Russell, Fred Voder,
W. T. Graham, Emil Frank. B. J.
Williams. The following have also
made application for membership:
Alex Murray. Robt. Murray, O. G.
Fish, Louis Muellerleile.
President King appointed the fol
lowing committees:
Finance Committee—J. H. Blake
A. Z. Wells, J. F. Webber.
Press and Printing—A. A. Bous
quet, Sam R. Sumner, Harry Taylor.
House Committee—Dr. Gulp, Geo.
R. Fisher, W. G. Stacy.
Entertainment —A. A. Piper, H. R.
Parshall, Terry L. Ross.
City Interests —John A. Gellatly,
H. C. Littlefield, W. H. Thompson.
Statistics —L. M. Hull, P. S. Dar
lington, Rufus Woods.
Membership—W. H. Hailing, L. G.
Olds, Wm. Hayden.
Civic Improvements—Dr. W. A.
Stevenson. B. C. Collier. F. W. Ar
nold. George H. Merriam, B. J. Will
iams.
Education —Arthur Gunn, G. W
Cobum, Gunther Carlberg.
BRYAN'S DAUGHTER
GRANTED DIVORCE
I Lincoln. Neb., March 9.— Ruth
| Bryan Leavitt, eldest daughter of
j William Jennings Bryan, was granted
: a divorce from her husband, W. H.
, Leavitt, this afternoon, on the
grounds of failure to support his wife
and family. Leavitt put up no de
fense. Mrs. Leavitt was granted cus
! tody of the two children.
This closes the last chapter of
j Ruth's romance. Her marriage to
W. H. Leavitt was the keenest kind
iof a disappointment, not only to her
! own family but to Lincoln people
generally. The newspapers of the
.state even discussed the matter free
ly at the time.
The wheat market remains un
changed from yesterday's quotations.
THE WENATCHEE DAILY WORLD, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1909.
(By Associated Press.)
The Wheat Market.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
State to Buy Bridge Across the Colum
bia at Wenatchee at Cost of $190,000
—Representative Holm Forestalls all
Efforts Made to Smother It in the
Committee.
With a cool head, a thorough
knowledge of parliamentary law, and
the seizing of the psychological mo
ment, R. F. Holm, Chelan county's
representative in the state legisla
ture, forced through the bill for the
purchase of the Columbia river
bridge last night, after an attempt
has been made to smother it in the
committee.
With the bill went also the bill for
the improvement of the upper Col
umbia, the fight for which has been
led by Captain McDermott, formerly
of this city but now of Kettle Falls.
The following wire tells the story
of its passage:
(Special to the World.)
Olympia. March 9.—Amid great
enthusiasm for progressive state
measures the Columbia river im
"in ii"
SAYS PAULHAMUS
INSI'RANK rOM>fIKSIOVK|?'SL °F~
FICE ALLEGED TO BE ROTTEN
FROM A TO Z—GOV. HAY TO
..ORDER INVESTIGATION
(By Associated Press.)
Qlympia, March 9. —In the face of
detailed charges and specifications
made by Senator Paulhamus of
Pierce county, alleging that Secretary
of State Sam H. Nichols and Insur
ance Commissioner John H. Schively
have collected in arbitrary fees from
insurance companies more than $25.-
--000 in the last four years, the senate
this morning defeated for the third
time a resolution authorizing a legis
lative investigation of those and
other state officers. The vote was a
tie, 21 to 21. the line-up beingfi with
but four exceptions, the same as that
on the Falconer-McMaster stringent
local option bill three weeks ago.
The local option members voted for
the resolution and the saloon forces
against it.
When the resolution was offered
President Ruth ruled that it was out
of order, a similar resolution having
already been defeated during the
session, but Paulhamus appealed
from the decision and the ruling of
the chair was overthrown. 15 to 24.
Ruht later called Senator Presby to
the chair and took the floor in oppo
sition to the resolution, denouncing
the charges as "meddlesome and un
warranted, inspired by the malice of
the owners of the Seattle Post-Intel
ligencer and Tacoma Ledger, who
had taken this means of gratifying
their spite against the officers to be
investigated."
Their Votes on Record.
The vote by which the resolution
was defeated was:
For—Anderson, Arrasmith, Bas
sett, Blair, Brown. Bryan, Cameron,
Cotterill, Cox, Falconer, Fatland,
Fishback, Hutchinson, McGregor,
Metcalf, Myers, Paulhamus, Poison,
Presby. Rosenhaupt. Stevenson—2l.
Against — Allen, Booth, Davis.
Eastham. Graves. Huxtable. Kline.
Knickerbocker. McGowan, Minkler,
Nichols, Piper. Potts, Roberts, Ruth,
Rydstrom, Smith. Smlthson, Stewart,
Whitney. Williams—2l.
Of those votoing for the resolution
only Cameron and Presby voted
against the Falconer-McMaster local
option bill, and of those voting
against it only Davis and Stewart
voted for that bill, showing how di
rectly the saloon forces were respon
sible for the defeat of the resolution.
The debate which preceded the vote
provement appropriation bill, the Du
wamish improvement bill and the
irrigation congress and Wenatchee
bridge bills received final passage by
the legislature last night. Through
an oversight the Columbia bill had.
been omitted from the evening cal
endar, wjten Captain McDermott
passed wd C to his delegation to call
it up toi immediate action. This
precipitated a situation seized by
Edge of Spokane and Holm of We
natchee to call their bills from the
appropriation committee, where they
had been indefinitely held up to get
them before the house. The next
thirty minutes were the liveliest of
this session. Every member with a
special measure insisted on throwing
it into the maelstrom with the result
that this morning the appropriation
bills are nearly all cleared away.
lasted two hours and was full of
personal references, dramatic situa
tions, charges and counter-charges
of bad faith. Booth, Ruth, Nichols
and others declared the proposed
blanket investigation was unrepubli
can. as intended to besmirch the in
tegrity of republican officials. Paul
hamus defended it by declaring that
he_tgy that there was rot
tenness in other offices.
When Booth moved to strike the
provision for a blanket investigation
Falconer offerd a substitute to amend
that provision by making it a condi
tion that the investigation of other
officers should be had only upon fil
ing of charges against them, but at
the request of Paulhamus he with
drew the substitute.
Cotterill offered another substitute
to make the investigation of other
officials conditional upon the develop
ment of acts in the insurance in
vestigation warranting it. This sub
stitute was defeated, 11 to 30.
Booth's amendment was then put
and defeated.
Discussing the general resolution
Falconer declared that Schively and
other state officials had pulled all the
strings known to professional politics
to prevent an investigation, specify
ing among other things that E. C.
McDonald of Spokane, now here, had
wired insurance officials in Spokane
to stand by Schively. He added that
certain members of the senate were
"voting here to protect somebody."
Cox declared that when a man ob
jects to investigation into the con
duct of his office it is an indication
that there is crookedness about it
somewhere, adding: "Let us investi
gate all of them and give all who
are honest a clean bill of health."
Paulhamus said: "You men who
are opposing this resolution have
shown bad faith. T offerd to accept
both amendments limiting its scope,
but you defeat it in order to get the
votes of Booth and Nichols against
the resolution. Schively has used the
power of his office to blackmail in
surance companies. Having power to
deny them the right to do business
in the state, he has charged arbitrary
fees for pretended examinations, and
they have ben compelled to submit to
such charges through fear of incur
ring his displeasure. He has gone to
them and said: 'I want so much
money.' and they have given him
what he wanted. He has in many
cases collected fees for examinations
which have never been made. He
admits that he has done so. He has
gone to them like a highwayman and
told them to stand and deliver, and
they have had to do so. He has
manufactured fraudulent certificates
of good financial character for rotten
companies like the Pacific Live Stock
association, from which he drew a
salary as president while acting as
deputy insurance commissioner. This
is the lowest kind of blackmail."
MEAT BUZZARDS COVER
I MITE VEST
Heaviest Snow Storm in Years in lowa,
Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma —
Brinkley, Arkansas Destroyed by A
Tornado—Many Persons Reported as
Dead or Injured.
(By Associated Press.)
Dcs Moines, March 9. —All lowa
awoke this morning to experience
one of the severest snow storms
which has occurred for several years
past in this section. A strong north
west wind is blowing, accompanied
by much snow.
The weather here for the past two
weeks has been exceptionally fine. A
change occurred during the night,
however, the wind turned to the
north and then began one of the
fiercest storms that has swept the
country for years. Traffic is practic
ally blocked. Trains are moving but
slowly and street cars are practically
blocked.
Topeka, March 9. —The heaviest
snow storm in years has prevailed
here and it appears to be general.
Over 18 inches of snow fell at Junc
tion City, the heaviest in years. Snow
is falling at Oklahoma City, and
Texas Panhandle points report freez
ing temperatures. Drenching rains
are reported in Arkansas.
Wichita, Kan., March 9. —Central
and southern Kansas is covered with
12 inches of snow today. Drifted
snow has badly interrupted traffic.
TAFT MAY
COME WEST
Washington, D. C, March 9.—
President Taft today told Senators
Smoot and Sutherland of Utah that
probably he would accept an invita
tion to attend the 43rd annual en
campment of the Grand Army of the
Republic at Salt Lake City August
9 to 14.
The president said he was plan
ning an extensive western tour for
the summer.
KILL TWO GENT
LEGISLATION
(By Associated Press.)
Topeka, Kan., March 9. —The sen
ate this morning adopted the report
of the railroad committee on the 2-
cent fare bill, which recommended
that it be not passed. This ends the
2-cent fare legislation in the Kansas
legislature this year.
Jo. Shotwell returned yesterday
\ from a several months' sojourn in
■ the east. He spent most of the time
iin New York and Chicago.
F. T. Lewis, brother of R. M.
Lewis, arrived yesterday from Evans
ton. Wyoming. He is now looking
over the valley and may decide to
locate here permanently.
Little Ethel Streeter entertained
eight of her friends at a party in
honor of her 9th birthday yesterday.
E. F. Brown is here from Cody,
Wyoming.
5c PER COPY.
Tornado Razes Brinkley, Arkansas.
Wheatly, Ark., March 9. —Resi-
dents of Brinkley, Arkansas, arriving
here this morning tell of the destruc
t\pn of Brinkley by tornado last
night. Six white persons are known
to have been killed and 15 injured.
Brinkley is a town of 3.000 in
habitants. The entire business sec
tion is demolished and probably 80
per cent of the residence section is
razed or rendered uninhabitable. Re
lief trains arrived on the scene early
and are caring for the injured. Fire
added to the terror of the situation
but the citizens finally suppressed it.
Memphis, Term., March 9—Advices
from Brinkley say that ten whites
and four negroes were killed in last
night's tornado. Fifteen or twenty
people were injured.
St. Louis, March 9. —A special to
the Post-Dispatch from Brinkley says
that there were 30 killed and 15 to
40 Injured. More than $1,000,000
damage was done to property by the
tornado which swept Brinkley last
night. The business section is in
ruins and nine out of ten of the resi
dences are destroyed.
NEW CENSUS
BILL PREDICTED
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 9.—The pass
age of a new census bill during the
special session, to take the place of
the measure vetoed by ex-President
Roosevelt, is confidently predicted by
friends of the measure in congress.
The new bill provides for "special
test examinations" prescribed by a
civil service commission. The selec
tion would differ from ordinary selec
tion under civil service in that the
director of census might, when exi
gencies of the service required, give
positions to eligibles immediately
available instead of selecting ap
pointees according to rating as is
otherwise provided.
DREAM UNFULFILL
ED HE SUB
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 9.—Heart bro
ken because bis dream of having an
international railroad open to com
merce to traverse the fertile valleys
of Central and South America had
never been realized, Hinton Rowan,
helper to former United States consul
agent at Buenos Ayres, committed
suicide here today. The widow and
children live in Chicago.
The Weather.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington—Showers tonight or
Wednesday in the west portion; fair
tonight and Wednesday in the east
portion; winds mostly easterly.
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