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UNLAWFUL detention
! claims alex. payne
„,_ Arrested Last Summer in Con
ection With Snyder Separator
Explosion Sues Sheriff Cole
for $4900
Alex Payne, who, in company with
"'Jen Thorp was arrested here on
August 7 last in connection with the
explosion in the E. E. Snyder separ
ator,^ which was operating on the
Easto place Wednesday started suit
in the federal court at Spokane for
(4900 damages for unlawful deten
tion/against William Cole, as sheriff
0 Whitman county, and his sureties,
the Fidelity and Deposit company of
Maryland. ; ;
In his complaint Payne alleges
that he was arrested August 7, 1914,
at Pullman on a warrant sworn out
by Justice of the Peace George N.
Henry., He alleges that a deputy
sheriff who made the arrest refused
to bring him before the justice, but
forced him to go to Colfax, and he
was there held in jail unlawfully and
against his will from August 7 until
September 21, at which time he was
released. The plaintiff is represent
ed by Hibschman and Dill.
The filing of the suit for dam
ages recalls the strange conditions
which led up to the arrest of the two
laborers. Within one hour after
Thorp and Payne were discharged
from the crew by Mr. Snyder for
making alleged threats to destroy
the separator and for their alleged
attemps to create dissension in the
crew, the machine exploded and was
partially destroyed by fire. At that
time feeling was high, as a number
of the numerous "smut" explosions
were charged to incendiarism, and
Snyder came to Pullman and caused
the arrest of the two men on a charge
of coercion, alleging that "they did
then and there, with intent to com
pel E. E. Snyder to abstain from dis
charging them from his employ,
threaten that in case they were dis
charged they would destroy his ma
chine." • '
.The two men were taken to Colfax
by Deputy Sheriff Baker and lodged
In the county jail to await trial, but
were released in September without
trial.
CIVIC LEAGUE MEETS MONDAY
There will be a meeting of the
Civic League Monday afternoon at
2-30 in the basement of the Metho
dist church. The meeting will be in
charge of the public health depart
ment of the league, and addressee
will be delivered by Dr. D. R. Camp-
Jell and Professor A. L. Melancier
The meetings have been growing
steadily In interest, 50 ladies having
attended the last meeting and all
women are urged to attend Monday
afternoon.
PULLMAN MAN SAVES
LIFE OF LITTLE GIRL
George Olson, State College Chemist,
Rescues Girl Prom Flames at
North Yakima and Receives
Painful Burns
George Olson, chemist at the state
experiment station, Friday afternoon
at w the life of a five-year-old girl
« North Yakima, when he rescued
:,, chlld rom flames which had en
sloped her clothing. In company
"h Dr' P' D Hea,d' State CoUege
tanist, Professor A. L. Melander,
entomologist at the college. State
horticultural . Commissioner Morri
•on and District Fruit Inspector F. E.
"eSellem, Professor Olson- was re-
V r nlng from orchards near North
dv t, a * Where they had been con
»«c«ng spraying experiments. Olson
as walking ahead of his compan
with and ' observing the little girl
JSS her clothing aflame, rushed to
«er rescue. He was successful in ex
ngui 8 hi ng the flames, but was badly
fUfaTtV himself. The little girl whose
th c the college professor saved was
B« daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Lewis
jrjWn ° North Yakima. The child
fro Playing around a bonfire,
111 which her clothing caught fire.
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the beat intere.U of Pullman and the best farming community in ihe Northweat surrounding it.
HEAVY RAINFALL A
BOON TO FARMERS
Precipitation Gives Decided Impetus
to Growing Crops Excellent
Spring Growth Assured
If thero was the least doubt in the
minds of any of the farmers that the
precipitation, which up to the first
of the week was about six inches
under normal for the past six months,
would be sufficient to produce an
other of those bumper crops of cer
eals for which Pullman and the Pa
louse country are famous, that doubt
was dispelled the early part of this
week, when the weather man turned
loose, his sprinkling cart and scat
tered about an inch of rainfall over
the Palouse hills. The rain came at
just the time when the soil was in
the best condition to receive it. loose
and mellow, and every drop was ab
sorbed and conserved, to be returned
this fall in dollars and cents. The
heaviest rainfall was Sunday night
and Monday morning, when over half
an inch of precipitation was record
ed at the college weather station.
Tuesday noon this total had been in
creased to .7 of an inch, and inter
mittent showers Wednesday and
Thursday have brought the total
rain fall nearly to the one-inch mark.
This week's rainfall assures
enough moisture for an excellent
spring growth of wheat, oats and
puts the ground in good condition
for the planting of gardens. Fall
wheat never looked better at this
time of the year, and with anything
like an average rainfall during April,
May and June a magnificent crop
will be garnered next harvest.
KNIGHTS HOLD
An enjoyable social session was
held Monday evening by Evening
Star Lodge, No. 26, Knights of Pyth
ias. The program consisted of sev
eral selections by the Whangdoodle
Quartette, a piano solo by Miss La-
Velle Dutton, bell solo by Campbell
Wilson, accompanied by Miss Dutton,
vocal solor by Isaac Buckley and C.
L. Hlx and an oration by C. S. Nye.
Cards and a basket dinner added to
the enjoyment of the occasion.
BOOSTERS COMMEND
WORK OF H. A. ELLIS
Chamber of Commerce Passes Reso
lution Commending School Super
intendent for Seven Years'
Excellent Service
That the tireless and efficient ef
forts of Superintendent H. A. Ellis,
who for seven years has been at the
head of the Pullman public school
system, should be commended, was
the unanimous opinion of the mem
bers of the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday evening. At the close of the
present school term Superintendent
Ellis will retire in favor of Robert
M. Tirey of Mitchell, Indiana, who
comes to Pullman very highly recom
mended, and the Chamber of Com
merce at its last meeting unanimous
ly adopted the following resolution
commending the work of the retiring
superintendent:
"Believing that every public ser
vant is worthy of high commendation
for services rendered, especially if
those survices are in connection with
the public schol system, and realiz
ing that Superintendent H. A. Ellis,
who has been at the head of the local
schools for the past seven years, has
systematized and organized the en
tire curriculum, finding 10 grades
when he came and in two years giv
ing us an accredited high school, at
the same time working in practical
harmony with pupils,^parents, and
the teachers of the various grades,
and with the Chamber of Commerce
iv larger community interests, es
pecially the garden contests, there
fore be it
"Resolved. That we, the Pullman
Chamber of Commerce, in regular
session this 30th day of March, 1915,
thus publicly express our apprecia
tion of the work of Superintendent
H. A. Ellis in our public schools, and
Instruct our secretary to give him
any recommendations he may desire
in seeking another location."
} Mrs. Whitford of Spokane, parish
visitor of the Episcopal church, spent
several days in Pullman this week.
"Scenic" Route Includes Pullman
I>. F. Stale} Attend* Meeting of In
land Empire Boosters at Which
Plans for New Automobile
Route Are Made
Fifty enthusiastic boosters, repre
senting Lewiston, North Yakima,
Pullman, Pasco, Kennewick, Walla
Walla, Dayton and Connell, last
Thursday met at Walla Walla and
outlined plans for exploiting a tour
ist automobile route, other than the
Sunset route, from Spokane west to
Seattle and the Pacific coast via
Ellensburg. Pullman was repre
sented at the meeting by D. F.
Staley, who brings back reports of a
harmonious and successful conven
tion. The object of exploiting the
new route is to give automobile tour
ists a truer insight into the condi
tions of the Inland Empire, at the
same time giving them access to
greater advantages and luxuries
while en route across the state. As
outlined at the convention the route,
which will be called the 'Scenic
Route," will be from Spokane to
Spangle and Rosalia, thence through
Oakesdale, Garfield, Palouse, Col
fax and Pullman to Lewiston, thence
to Pomeroy aud Dayton, Waitsburg,
Walla Walla, Pasco, Kennewick,
North Yakima and Ellensburg to Se
attle and other coast points.
While approximately 100 miles
longer than the old Sunset route,
this route traverses a vastly richer
territory and will present to ,the
tourist the best farming land and
fruit land in the state, as well as
taking him through more towns and
cities and showing him a much
wider range of territory. The theory
SOCIAL SESSION
Helen Keller Here Monday, Apr. 12
Will Appear at College Auditorium
Under Auspices of Methodist
Church— a Wonderful
Woman
Unusual interest is being mani
fested in the visit to Pullman of
Miss Helen Keller, and her teacher,
Mrs. Macey, who will appear at the
college auditorium Monday evening,
April 12, under the auspices of the
Methodist church.
The charm of Helen Keller lies not
so much in what she does as in the
manner of doing it. When speaßing
in public she seems to really look at
her audience with her sightless eyes
and seems to hear their sighs of
wonder and admiration as she tells
them her Joyous story of re-birth
and uplift into a world of form and
color, of sight and sound. Her
Words come slowly as if weighed
carefully, but _ot haltingly as lif
with a great effort. She is so thor
oughly en rapport with all that is
going on in the world —she keeps so
well posted on the latest newsit is
no mere recital of a hackneyed
speech that is given to the listeners,
but a stirring account, furbished and
enlivened with the happenings of the
day. She is always so very much
Martin Can't Keep Ford Autos
Car of Eight Received Saturday, All
Sold Before Night and Some
Orders Not' Filled
After being completely sold out of
Ford automobiles for several days,
T. C. Martin experienced a feeling of
relief when he received word that a
full carload of the machines would
arrive Saturday morning, enough, he
thought, to fill his orders until an
other carload could be received. The
car, containing eight machines, was
spotted at 5:30 Saturday morning,
and at 7 o'clock all the machines had
been removed from the car. Before
they were fairly unloaded the ma
chines began to go like hot cakes,
and before nightfall not an automo
bile remained in the possession of
Mr. Martin, and several prospective
purchasers were greeted with the
"sold out" sign. The purchasers of
the eight machines were Bert Pickle,
L. W. Kingsbury, Henry Neel, Jr., W.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 2. 1915
upon which the boosters bused their
plans is that the casual tourist, the
man who is surveying the territory
through which he passes, and is de
sirous of seeing as much of the state
as possible in passing over it. cares
little for 100 miles more or less add
ed to his journey, and will welcome
an opportunity to observe a greater
range of territory.
In the cost of advertising the new
"Scenic Route," each town repre
sented will bear its share of the bur
den. Upwards of 35,000 folders,
containing a complete map of the
route, together with a digest of in
formation concerning each town
touched, will be printed at once and
made available to all tourists. The
route will be extensively advertised
also by numerous sign-boards, com
mencing at a point 100 miles east of
Spokane and continuing at frequent
Intervals to Ellensburg. Each town
on the route is expected to see that
,the road in that vicinity is kept in
i good repair, and to provide adequate
sign-boards marking all crossings, so
that the tourist will have no diffi
culty in finding his way. An auto
mobile will at once be sent out over
the route to measure the distances
from point to point and plant the
sign boards. The new route is ap
proximately 400 miles long.
Mr. Staley gave a detailed report
of the plans for the scenic highway
before the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday evening, after which the
chamber appointed a committee of
three, consisting of D. F. Staley, C.
R. Sanders and F. C. Forrest, to
work with the head committee to
ward bringing to a realization the
plans promulgated at Walla Walla.
alive—always so eager for news of
all that Is doing in the busy world
about her—she is never satisfied
with yesterday's recital but adds to
it and makes today's as new and as
fresh as if an entirely different mat
ter from that of yesterday.
In conversation she shows the
same ability to entertain. She is as
much at home with the news from
Europe and talks as intelligently
about the causes that led up to Ger
many's war declaration last summer
as she does about the squirrels In the
yard about her home in Massa
chusetts or the different kinds of
mushrooms that she is able to distin
guish by the senses of touch and
smell. She is as keenly alive to the
affairs of moment in Washington as
she is to the building of new nests
by her favorite birds on her front
porch. Her sense of humor is as
much in evidence as that of propor
tion—her visitors are not so amazed
as they are amused and entertained;
They seem for the moment to be
conversing with a young lady as well
blessed with faculties of speech and
hearing and sight as they, and equal
ly able to carry on the burden of the
conversation of the moment.
Admission will be 50c. Reserve
your seats at Watt's . Pharmacy
Thursday, April 8.
D. Henry. Coolldge & McLain, C. N.
Mathews, Rev. C. It. Harrison and W.
A. Lybecker.
Another carload of the machines
is expected to arrive a week from
Saturday, and orders for more of
these have already been booked. It
has been impossible for Mr. Martin
to secure enough Fords to fill his
orders, all of which bespeaks the
prosperity of the Palouse country.
WHEAT PRICES DOWN
The local grain market has been
decidedly dead for several weeks
past, and no sales have been made.
While most of the buyers are en
tirely out of the market, the follow
ing nominal prices were given yes
terday
Red Russian wheat. ....... .'.51.00
Club and fortyfold ..,*..,.... 1.05
Oats, per cwt , 1.35
Barley, per «wt ...'...., 1.00
MOOSE WILL HOLD
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
Barbecue of Palouse Hog; Will
Feature Festivities of Progress
Lodge No. 043 Next Thursday
Evening
Progress Lodge No. 94 3, L. O. O.
M., will hold a public installation of
officers next Thursday evening. April
8, when the officers-elect will be
ushered into office by District Dep
uty Robinson of Colfax. An excellent
program of seven numbers has been
prepared for the occasion, and the
installation will be followed by a big
banquet, when one of the Palouse
country's famous porkers will be dis
pensed in substantial chunks to the
guests of the evening. Many visit
ors from nearby lodges will be pres
ent. The following officers will be
installed:
Past Dictator Dr. T. A. Ball.
Dictator —Herman .lunge.
Vice Dictator—George M. Henry.
Prelate-L. S. Ferguson.
Secretary —H. .M. Styles.
Treasurer —W. 8. Davis.
Lodge Physician -Dr. C. H. Rus
sell.
Inner Guard —Dick Hill.
Outer Guard—E. Gamble.
Trustees—Frank Zalesky, A.
Laney and R. C. Hamilton.
The program will consist of the
following numbers:
Address —Rev. Harley Jackson.
Selection, piano and violin —Pro-
fessors Kimbrough and Herbst.
Duet—Misses Jinnett and Mailey.
Reading—Babe Shaw.
Solo — Mrs. H. M. Styles.
Selection— Professors Kimbrougm
and Herbst.
Solo— Miss Jinnett.
OFF FOR HOMESTEADS
J. A. Ford and Eleck Adams left
Wednesday for Oregon points in
quest of desirable homesteads. Their
first stop will be at Enterprise, where
they will cast their critical eye over
the lands offered to settlers. If
nothing in Oregon suits them they
will probably go into Montana In
search of acreage.
BAND BENEFIT NEXT
TUESDAY EVENING
Elizabeth deltarrie (.ill Will Appear
in Concert at Christian Church
Under Auspices Chamber of
Commerce
Elizabeth de Barrie Gill, harpist,
reader and contralto soloist, will an*
pear in a concert at the Christian
church Tuesday evening, April 6, for
the benefit of the Pullman Citizens
band.
Mrs. Gill is an entertainer of na
tional reputation and is conceded to
be one of the best artists on the
platform today.
The attraction is under the aus
pices of the Pullman Chamber of
Commerce and the entire proceeds
above the $35 guarantee will go into
the band fund. At the Tuesday even
ing meeting of the chamber it was
decided to make Monday and Tues
day "tag days" and a committee was
appointed to sell tickets for tho con
cert and to tag each purchaser. This
committee consists of L. E. Wenham,
J. N. Emerson, F. C. Forrest, A. E.
Olson and W. L. Greenawalt. The
prices of admission have been placed
at 50c and 35c, with a special price
of 25c for school children, provided
the tickets are purchased before they
are taken to the church.
John Wanamaker, postmaster
general during President Harrison's
administration, says: "Elizabeth de
Barrie Gill has been repeatedly re
called to Bethany church to give her
recitals in songs and interpretative
readings, and she has always greatly
delighted the large audience present.
It gives me added pleasure to say
that she is very highly esteemed in
Philadelphia to my personal knowl
edge."
"After hearing hundreds of read
ers and actresses give selections from
Ben Hur, I had the pleasure of hear
ing Elizabeth de Barrie Gill's rendi
tion of the chariot race at Crawford*
ville. It was done to my entire sat
isfaction, and the best I have ever
heard."— Lew Wallace.
Weather permitting, the band will
give ■an outdoor concert at the
church at 7:30.
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NUMBER 26'
OPEN MEETING OF :
HISTORICAL CLUB
Very Interesting Address on the
•'Early Civilization of Ireland" by
F. A. ..hii,.< of Spokane
The Historical club held Its tenth
annual open meeting last Friday
evening at the Pi Beta Phi house,
which was very prettily decorated
for tho occasion.
After a few words of greeting by
the president, Mrs. Wm. Goodyear,
Miss Zora Wlffln rendered two vocal
solos. She was in fine voice and was
accorded generous applause.
F. A. Garrocht of Spokane, U. S.
district attorney, was introduced as
the speaker of the evening. He be
gan his address by referring to the
fact that the club has been studying
Ireland and humorously remarking
that while not an Irishman by birth
he was an Irishman by marriage, and
an ardent admirer of the land of the
shamrock. He asserted that Ire
land had suffered as much at the
hands of the historians as at the
hands of the politicians and main
tained that the native inhabitants of
the island were not semi-barbarians
when they were conquered, but had
developed a high state of civiliza
tion. He quoted from ancient rec
ords, showing that early Ireland in'
education, literature, music and the
arts was well abreast of other na
tions at that time. In discussing the
Irish folk lore, he recounted the in
tending legend of how the harp
came to be placed on the flag of Ire
land. The whole address held the
close attention of the audience, who
evidently appreciated that careful
study and patient research had given
the speaker a mastery of his subject.
The program was closed by two
vocal solos by Mrs. 11. M. Styles,
which were finely rendered and
heartily applauded.
The hostesses and their guests
them spent, an hour in social enjoy
ment while lee cream, cake and cof
fee were served by the members of
the PI Beta Phi sorority. The pro
—
gram was an excellent one and the
evening was thoroughly enjoyed
by all.
SURPRISE THEIR FRIENDS
Fred Starr, Bon of W. O. Starr, one
of Pullman's most progressive farm
ers, and Miss Gladys Hayes, daughter
of Henry Hayes, sprung a surprise
on their many friends Tuesday when
they hied themselves to Moscow and
were made man and wife by the
judge of the superior court of Latah
county. The happy young couple re
turned to Pullman the same evening,
and will make their home on the
farm of the groom's parents, in the
Seats neighborhood, which they have
rented. The Herald joins the
friends of the young people in ex
tending congratulations.
ANNUAL MEETING OF
REGENTS WEDNESDAY
Important Matters Will Come Before
State College Regents *for Con
sideration— Question
The annual meeting of the board
of regents of Washington State Col
lege will be held here next Wednes
day. Following the transaction of
business the regents will adjourn to
Puyallup, where the Western Wash
ington experiment station is located,
to conclude the deliberations. Gov
ernor Ernest Lister will be Invited to
attend the Puyallup session. Several
matters of importance will some be
fore the board for consideration, in
cluding the selection of a football
coach for next year and the defini
tion of the policy in regard to the seg
regation of the duties of coach and
graduate manager, both of which
positions are now held by John R.
Bender. The annual report of
President E. A. Bryan will be pre
sented to the regents at this meeting,
and considered by them, section by
section. The board will be reorgan
ized for the year's work by the elec
tion of a president and vice president
and the naming of standing com
mittees.