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VOLUME XXVI I
MARITAL TROUBLES
AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT
xxV
Mrs. Mary Laney Has Husband Ar
rested on Assault ChargeProse
cutor-Says Evidence Not
Sufficient Case
Dismissed
Another chapter In the marital
troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Laney has been given to the public
during the last few days, and this
time It was the enraged wife who
accused her husband of wrongdoing.
Mrs. Laney came to Pullman last Fri
day, and that evening went to the
home of her husband and sought* ad
mittance. This was refused her, and
on Saturday morning Mrs. Laney ap
peared before several lawyers and
police justices with a request for a
warrant charging her husband with
third degree assault, her story al
leging that she had been forcibly
ejected from her house, where she
' went to see her children, and that
her husband had beaten her about
the face and breast. Mrs. Laney was
unable to secure a warrant in Pull
man because of lack of specific In
formation, and Journeyer to Colfax
to take the matter up with Prose
cuting Attorney Burgunder.
On Monday morning the county
prosecutor issued the warrant and
gent Deputy Sheriff Baker to Pull
man to arrest Mr. Laney. Laney was
taken to Uolfax on the afternoon
train, armed with sufficient bonds to
obtain his release pending trial, but
Immediately upon arrival the case
was dismissed because of lack of evi
dence and Mr. Laney returned to
Pullman.
Each party to the case tells a dif
ferent story. Mrs. Laney alleged ln
her complaint that she had been bad
ly beaten and kicked by her spouse,
who, she asserted, knocked her down
when she attempted to enter the
house. On the other hand. Mr.
Laney asserted that he had simply
put out his hand to arrest the ad
vance of Mrs. Laney, whereupon she
had become hysterical and called for
help. Mr. Laney ls emphatic ln his
denial of the assault charge and as
serts that the attempt on the part of
his wife to take him Into court was
a ruse on the part of D. M. Haynes,
who Is being sued by Laney for
$25,000 In an alienation of affections
suit, and his attorneys, to give Mrs.
Laney an opportunity to testify
against her husband, which privilege
will be denied her in the alienation
suit.
The case is attracting wide atten
tion because of the prominence of
Mr. Haynes, who is a former council
man and retired farmer of Pullman,
and new developments are watched
with Interest. Judge McCroskey last
week overruled the motion of the de
tense In the alienation suit to make
the complaint more definite. It is
stated that Mr. Haynes is now in a
sanitarium at Portland suffering
from a nervous breakdown, the re
»ult of the notoriety Incident to the
suit. The answer of the defense to
«c Information must be made this
afternoon.
*'; 8. C. INSTRUCTOR
GETS FEDERAL APPOINTMENT
v« 0. McWhorter, '18, Leaves This
Week for New Work
v 0. McWhorter, '13, who this
year has been instructing in agricul
ture In the Elementary Science De
partment of the college, has recently
accepted a position with the Animal
Husbandry Bureau of the United
'ates Department of Agriculture.
Mr. McWhorter left Wednes
day or Beltsville. Md., near Wash
tiT° n' D-C" Where he wi» be Bta
°&ed .at the stock breeding farm of
ricult ed States Department of Ag
riculture.
58 is to be regretted that Mr. Mc
*horter la leaving W. S. C, but
ln ryone is glad to learn of his secur
es such a desirous position with tho
jwernment. His new work is with
■ • animal husbandry branch of the
nil[T at 0f ABr»culture, along
en line he is especially fitted.
KNIGHTS WILL DANCE
ue members of Evening Star
toJth No. 26, Knights of Pythiaa.
friend W,th a numb of invited
th. v 8" V U en3oy a dancing party in
"" *• of p. hall this evening.
The Pullman Herald
evoted to the best interests of Pullman and the best farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
PAPER SALESMAN IX
AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS
IL M. Heath, Representing Spokane
Paper House, Boosts Chevrolet
Cars
. R. M. Heath, for several years a I
representative of the Spokane Paper
and Stationery company, was in Pull
man on his regular rounds last Fri
day. Mr. Heath has recently become
associated with the Model garage in
Spokane, and is boosting a new auto
mobile, the Chevrolet. That the new
line of machines is attracting consid
erable attention is proved by the fol
lowing story which appeared in the
Spokane Chronicle:
"Much interest, particularly on the
part of fanciers of light, but power
ful and compact types of cars, is be
ing attracted by the Chevrolet line of
automobiles, which are being intro
duced this season for the first time
in Spokane by R. M. Heath, W4lO
-12-14 Second avenue. Mr. Heath re
ports the outlook to be most encour
aging, with chances good for the sale
of approximately 100 cars through
his agency this year.
"The Chevrolet line of cars is
named after Chevrolet, the 'French
racing driver, who is one of the prin
cipal mechanics in the factory of W.
C. Durant of Flint, Mich., where the
machine is manufactured.
"Aside from the five passenger
Baby Grand' Mr. Heath is handling
the Chevrolet runabout, called the
'Royal Fast Mail.' In all these cars,
all of the equipment is built in with
in 16 inches of the steering wheel."
THE BASEBALL BUG
IS BUZZING MERRILY
10. W. Thorpe Will Manage City
Team. With Fred Sheriuier
Assistant Manager and W. F.
Roderick Captain
A number of Pullman baseball
fens met last Friday evening in the
Pullman club rooms to organize a
team for the coming season. The
meeting was called to order by J. N.
Scott, who was elected chairman
Frank E. Sanger was elected man
ager, but declined to accept the posi
tion, and E. W. Thorpe was prevailed
upon to lead the team during the
summer. Fred Shermler was elect
ed assistant manager, and W. F.
Roderick, last year's star outfielder,
was elected captain. The manager,
assistant manager and captain were
selected as a committee to solicit
funds to start the season.
Captain Roderick called his squad
of players together for their first
practice last Sunday, and two full
teams were on the field, slugging
the ball and knocking down the hot
ones in mid-season form. Walker
ar.d Muir of last year's team are on
hand to pitch, although Peck, who
came here recently from South
Dakota, is showing great form on the
mound and will probably be called
upon to do the most of the twirling.
Walker is a first class catcher and
will fill In behind the bat when he
is not pitching, and Muir will be
played at second base and shortstop.
At first base Jack Glover, seems to
have a cinch, while Goeden, last year
in the Spokane City league, looks
mighty good at the third sack. Van
Doren is good at either second or
short.
In the outfield it will be hard to
pick the best material so early In the
season, although Fred Glover, Arthur
Henry and Roderick appear to have
a slight edge over Coon, Klossner
and Stone. A number of other men
are trying out and the prospects are
for one of the best teams in the
history of Pullman.
IMPORTANT MEETING
There will be an important meet
ing of Pullman local of the Farmers
Union next Wednesday, March 25, at
1 p. m.. in the K. of P. hall. Urgent
business, which must be acted upon
at once, is coming up and it is desired
that every member be present. The
question of handling grain at local
points will be up for decision and can
not be deferred. The officers do not
propose to act on their own responsi
bility unless the members take
enough Interest to attend the meet
ing and say what they wish to have
done.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 20. 1914
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
*
Summer School Faculty Will Contain
Eight Department Heads and
.Many of Regular Teaching
Staff
Plans for the 1914 summer session
havo been almost completed by Dr.
A. E. Evans, principal of the summer
session. Eight heads of departments
of the college will be among the
summer school faculty: Dr. A. A.
Cleveland, Dr. Bruce McCully, Pro
fessor Agnes H. Craig, Professor F.
IA. Chalfant, and Dr. A. E. Evans.
In addition, Dr. Ernest H. Lindley
of the University of Indiana has been
secured for the work in psychology.
Dr. Lindley ls one of the foremost
psychologists of America. He has
been working in the field of social
ethics with Professor Ross of Wis
consin and Professor Oiddlngs of
Columbia. A large number of inter
esting lectures have been promised
for the session. President Bryan
will speak on "Robert Owen and
the New Harmony Movement." Dr.
Lindley, who is a powerful lecturer,
will discuss "Dormant Powers of
Man," and "The Mystery of Dreams."
Dr. E. F. Potter will discuss "The
Source and Function of Laughter."
Dr. E. O. Slsson, Commissioner of
Education of Idaho, will speak on
educational matters of current in
terest. Dr. Cardiff will lecture on
"Sex Hygiene," and the Rev. John
Caughlan of the Pullman Methodist
Episcopal Church will discuss "The
Relationship of Books to Happiness
and Culture." The lecture of I. N.
McCash. president of Spokane Uni
versity, on "Civic Consciousness,"
r.nd Mrs. Josephine Preston's discus
sion of "Rural Surveys," will con
tain the latest word on these Inter
esting subjects of public concern.
Serial lectures by Professor S. F.
Sears on "American Writers"; by
Professor Leroy Jackson on "The
"Expansion of the American Peo
ple"; by J. L. Dumas on "Rural
Schools," and by Professor Rudolph
Weaver on "Architecture and Fa
mous Buildings," will be open to all
the summer students. Dr. Sheldon
of Pittsburg will be here to give
week-end lectures. Dr. Sheldon 13
a friend of Dr. F. H. Hay ward of
London, who was here last summer.
The week-end interpretive readings
and social hours, held last summer
at Van Doren Hall, will also be a
feature of this year's session.
The Second Annual Rural Life
Conference will be held during the
first week of the summer session. It
will follow the same general plan as
did the successful conference of last
summer. The farmers' organiza
tions of the state, the women's clubs,
and the bankers' associations, aro
co-operating to make the conference
even more helpful than It was last
year. The two weeks' short course
for ministers, with special reference
to rural problems, will be a feature
new to the Northwest. Mr. Ralph
Felton of New York, a careful stu
dent of the relation of the church to
the rural problem, will have charge
of this course.
AUSTIN AGAIN AT THE HELM
Pies Dickie owned the Club barber
shop one day, then turned it over
again to Harry Austin, who has
owned the establishment for the past
seven years, and hied himself to
parts unknown. Dickie came down
from Spokane last Wednesday and
at once made a deal with Mr. Austin
for the purchase of the tonsorial es
tablishment, turning over $300 to
bind the bargain, the remainder to
be paid in installments. Dickie took
charge of the place Thursday morn
ing and for one day Austin worked
as a hired man, be having promised
to stay a few weeks. Friday morn
ing, however, the new proprietor ex
perienced a change of mind ,and
turned the shop back to Austin, leav
ing minus $300.
Grain quotations have varied but
little during the past week with the
exception of oats, which are today
quoted at $1 per hundredweight as
against 95c last week. Barley is
quoted today at 90c per cwt., forty
fold wheat at 77 %c per bu., club at
76 %c, and red Russian at 75c. Very
few sales are reported.
J. W. HAINES,
President.
GRAIN PRICES STEADY
CITY COUNCIL IN
REGULAR SESSION
Only Routine Business Transacted
by City Fathers nt Tuesday
Evening's Meeting
Little business of consequence
Clime before the deliberations of the
city council in its regular bi-weekly
eeting last Tuesday evening. Ow
ing to the absence of !\ia>or A. h.
Shaw, Councilman J. N. Scott occu
pied the chair. A resolution provid
ing for the creating of a sewer . 1 i_
trict including Military bill and pares
of ollege hill not already served by
tne sewer system was passed, and is
published elsewhere In iLit paper.
City Engineer Edwards was In
structed to re-establish sidewalk
grades in different parts of the city
to conform to the new street grades,
and the Whitman street property
owners were ordered to proceed at
once with the construction of cement
sidewalks in front of their property.
In case the order is not compiled wiMi
at an early date the work will be
done by the city and assessed against
the property.
Action on the Maiden Lane and
West Main street paving propositions
was again deferred. An ordinance
definingthe kindsof treeswhich may
be planted in the parking strips and
near the sewer pipes by property
owners, and forbidding the planting
of other kinds than those enumerat
ed, failed of passage, the contention
of the councilmen who voted against
the measure being that the council
had no right to restrict a property
owner from doing as he pleased on
his own possessions so long as he
kept within the letter of the law.
Complaints had been made to the
council that several of the awnings
in front of business houses on Main
street are too low and the matter
was discussed by the councilmen. A
motion to place the matter in the
hands of the streets and highways
committee failed of passage, while a
subsequent motion to turn the ques
tion over to the eomimttee on public
affairs passed. The council ad
journed until next Tuesday evening,
after allowing the usual grist, of bills.
CHURCH EFFICIENCY.
Wednesday afternoon and eve
ning, March 11th, a series of meet
ings in the interest of church effic
iency were held at the Federated
church. The visiting company teams
consisted of Rev. Sainton of Colfax,
Rev. Trout of Rosalia, Rev. Hunt of
Deary, Idaho, and Mrs. Cowles, a
returned missionary from Africa.
Mrs. Cowles spoke to the United
Missionary societies in the after
noon and gave a very inspiring ad
dress. At 6p. m. supper was served.
Following the supper members of
the team and others spoke. The
visitors were very much interested
in the work of the Federated church
and appeared greatly pleased at the
spirit of the two churches working
in union.
"TOOTS" IS DEAD
All Pullman mours the death of
"Toots," the little black terrier
owned by J. N. Scott, who got in
front of an automobile Sunday morn
ing. "Toots" was 11 years old and
was a popular favorite about town.
The dog had taken a special liking to
Dr. Maguire during the past few
years and is said to have spent sev
eral days In a melancholy mood when
the doctor left fcr California several
weeks ago. A telegrapm from J. v.
Scott carried the sad tidings of the
death of "Toots" to Dr. Maguire at
San Diego Snndfcy afternoon.
WILL PREPARE BONDS
Mayor A. E. Shaw and City Clerk
Matilda F. Gannon have been
ordered by the city council to pre
pare and deliver municipal bonds cov
ering improvement district No. 13.
The total amount of the bond Issue In
this district will be $22,401.34. The
bonds will run for 10 years and will
bear Interest at the rate of six per
cent.
The Monday Evening club met
this week at the home of Dr. Mc-
Cully and listened to a very Inter
esting and carefully prepared dis
cussion of the Mexican situation by
Prof. F. A. Thomson.
TWO MORE NUMBERS
ON THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM
Byron's Troubadours and Thomas E.
Lucy Have Been Added to This
Year's Course
The Lecture Course of this year
was made shorter than was expected
by the cancelling of the Katherine
Rldgeway date. The management,
therefore, has secured two addi
tional numbers which will take place
in the near future. Byron's Trou
badours will be hero April 2, while
Thomas Elmore Lucey will come on
April 25.
Byron's Troubadours have played
In Pullman before, and have always
met with much favor. They merit
a great deal of praise for their work
wherever they appear and have the
reputation of being musicians of ex
ceptional ability.
Thomas Lucey is a poet, humorist,
and character delineator. Ho is well
known on the Lyceum stage as an
entertainer of high order. He is
editor of a paper called "The Mis
souri Mule," in which ho publishes
many of his humorous tales and
verses. He has several topics on
which he speaks, but the one which
has always taken best and upon
which he will speak here is "A Night
in a Poet's Workshop."
A. H. Olson, formerly manager of
tho Hub store, has gone to Moscow,
Idaho, where he will take charge of
the Hub. Mr. .lunge, who was with
the Hub of that place, has taken
charge of the Hub store iv Pullman.
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
IN JOINT SESSION
County Farmers' Union and Feder
ated Commercial Clubs Will Meet
in Pullman Next Tuesday.
A joint meeting of the Farmers'
Union and the Federated Commer
cial Clubs of Whitman county will
bo held in the Christian church next
Tuesday. March 24. At noon the
ladies of the church will scrvu a
first-class dinner for the convenience
of the delegates. At the open ses
sions in the afternoon and evening
several important matters will be
discussed. Among them will be tit*'
present high rate of taxation ami
'•.bat are the best steps to take to
check it. The problem of rand!:
the immigration to the Northwest,
which is expected to follow the open
ing of the Panama canal, will be
brought up.
An effort to settle the conflict
in dates between the Lewiston and
Portland live stock shows will be
made and the cost and benefit of
dragging the roads will be talked
over. It is possible that provision
will be made for the dragging of
some piece of road to demonstrate
the benefit of the work.
Wednesday the convention of the
Farmers,' Union will hold an execu
tive session for the transaction of
business and the discussion of mat
ters of interest to the organization.
STREETS WASHED WITH CREAM
South Alder street was given a
thorough washing with perfectly
good cream last Saturday afternoon
when a runaway team dashed into
the buggy driven by C. C. Fulton,
completely demolishing one of the
wheels and unloading a cargo of
cream and butter, and Incidentally
Mr. Fulton, In record time. Several
gallons of the cream, which Mr. Ful
ton was taking to the college cream
ery, were spilled on the street, and
the escape of the driver (torn injury
was near the miraculous. Mr. Ful
ton was thrown heavily from the
buggy, lighting on his head, but
picked himself up none the worse for
tho mlxup.
RETURNS WITH BRIDE.
J. F. Cochran returned a few days
ago from California, where he had
been taknig care of George Bloom
field of this city, and surprised his
friends by presenting to them Mrs.
J. F. Cochran, a California girl. Mr.
Cochran reports Mr. Bloom field ln
very poor health, but anxious to re
turn to Pullman.
"Colonel" J. B. Hicks Is contem
plating a trip to California in the
near future.
NUMBER 25
JOHN G. WOOLLEY 1
WILL SPEAK HERE
Noted Prohibition Leader Will Bo
Heard iv College Auditorium
Sunday Afternoon, March 20
John G. Woolley, the noted re
former and presidential candidate of
the prohibition party in 1904, will
speak In tho college auditorium at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, March
29, In tho interest of state-wido pro
hibition. For many years he has
been one of the most noted cham
pions of tho prohibition cause and
his reputation as a speaker is nation
wide. Few men are better posted on
tho arguments in favor of prohibition
or are able to present them with
equal clearness and eloquence.
Professor Wm. C. Wilkinson of
the University of Chicago says of Mr.
Woolley:
"Here Is a man who has chosoa
nobly, wisely, disinterestedly, nay, to
his own loss perhaps, in bringing hia
splendid intellectual powers and lay
ing them, laying them all, unreserv
edly upon the alta of the sacrifice.
Wendell Phillips did not more pure
ly dedicate himself to the cause of
anti-slavery than has John G. Wool
ley dedicated himself to the cause of
prohibition. Anti-slavery was a great
human need, but prohibition la a
human need greater, rather than less
great, and prohibition has found In
John G. Woolley a champion, not less
great, greater rather, than Wendell
Phillips. Woolley is quite as bril
liant us Phillips. 1 think more bril
liant, his conviction is as intense, he
is as convincing, and far more per
suasive, since for the most part free,
as Phillips never was, from acrid per
sonality, and he has an occasional
play of saving humor which Phillips
seemed to lack capacity of."
COUNTY MEDICOS
TALK AM) EAT
Regular Quarterly Meeting Held In
Pullman Monday .Evening—Big
Banquet at Miller's Cafe
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Whitman County Medical society
was held last Monday evening in tho
offices of Dr. E. T. Patee, with eight
physicians present. "Intercranlal
Hemorrhages" was the subject dis
cussed by Dr. D. R. Campbell of Pull
nan and Dr. Aspray of Moscow, and
Dr. W. A. Mitchell of Colfax talked
on "Epilepsy." Following the busi
ness meeting the physicians ad
journed to Miller's Cafe, where a
banquet was served. Those present
at tho meeting were Drs. Pala
mountain and Mitchell of Colfax, Drs.
A spray, Ray and Clark of Moscow,
and Drs, Patee, Campbell and Kimzey
of Pullman. The next meeting of
the society will be held In Palouse
June 15.
LADIES SEXTETTE TO
LEAVE MARCH 20
The Polyhymnia Sextet, which for
several years has been the leading
women's singing organization of the
college, will leave on its seventh an
nual tour of the Inland Empire
March 26. The first engagement
will be at Ritzville, March 26, and
the following evening the girls will
appear at Sprague. March 28 the
sextet will sing in Davenport. The
29th will be spent in Spokane, altho
no concert will be given there.
March 30 the sextet will sing in
oeur d'Alene, Idaho, and the next
night at Wardner, Idaho. Efforts
re being made by Manager Dee
Gaddla to arrange for concerts at
Harrison, Wallace, and Garfield, but
as yet no definite arrangements have
been made for engagements at these
places.
Dr. Galbralth, assistant state vet
terlnarian, arrived t in Pullman yes
terday In answer to a telegram from
Chris Wurgler, asking that his hogs
bo Inspected for hog cholera.
At the annual election of Moscow
lodge of Elks, held last Saturday
evening, Lee Allen was chosen as
Exalted Ruler for the ensuing year.
Thirty-seven Pullman members went
over and helped to win this high
honor for their fellow townsman.
Mrs. E. W. Thorpe went to Spo
kane Wednesday to spend a week
with relatives.