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VOLUME XXIX
BOLDER WRITES OF
CHAOS IN RUSSIA
Im •
Vivid Picture of the Suspense and
„ Panic Existing in Petrograd and
' the Uncertainty as to the
Future
Prof. F. A. Thomson has received '
a letter from Dr. F. A. Golder, who
is now in Russia, from which the fol
lowing Interesting extracts are taken:
American Consulate,
Petrograd, May l.>.
Dear Friends: —There seems to be
a bit of a chance to get word to you
and therefore I am writing. A friend
of mine told mo that a friend of nts
is going to America and I am going
to find him and ask him to take this
letter. If he will and he is not
searched on the way, it may reach
you.
Does not the immediate past seem
far away? Yesterday seems an age
ago. 1 do not know 'what kind of
excitement you are having over there
but over here it. is unbelievable.
Revolutions are beautiful to read
about, but quite painful to watch be
cause, after all, they are abnormal.
Nature Intends a slow and steady
growth. Yet it is interesting and 1
would not have missed it for a world
and, for all I know, it may cost as
much. We do not know (this is not
a figure of speech) what tomorrow
may bring forth. We have no law,
we have no means of enforcing order,
we do not know whether Russia has
an army or just a lot of men at the
front who may quit at the first
shock. It is a dreadful suspense. We
live from day to day, so far as the
food is concerned.
There are two governments—
neither, of course, legal-and then
there are dozens of organizations
that recognize neither. We Have a
lot of half-baked socialists, anar
chists and fools in general who are
preaching all kinds of lawless doc
trines and I do hot know what the
end will he. When this reaches you
some of the remits may be already
apparent. Just now we fear the Ger
mans will come and no one is will
ing to bet that they will not come,
for no one knows, as I said, what the
army will do. The city is already
overcrowded. From the war zone
refugees will be piling in and from
here others will be rushing out and
we will have a glorious panic, while
all the criminals are enjoying the
•blessings of liberty.
It is still cold here and the river
's icy, but warmer weather is com
ing- I am very busy and intensely
interested. My Investigations have
given mo excellent material and 1
am looking forward to the time when
1 may put it in shape for publi
cation. I am working hard' because
there is so much to do. Nearly all
my evenings I spend in visits among
•he people who know what Is going
°n and I learn of the situation. My
circle of friends is increasing and I
aw gathering information which will
he valuable to me as a historian.
Lincoln Steffens reached this city
» few days ago with Charles Crane.
You will be seeing some of steffens .
Papeis somewhere and they will give
you hi^ point of view. Yesterday I
yas invited to a luncheon at which
he was present. The host, who was
Very close to the old regime, told us
some very interesting things of the
r°yal family and Rasputin.
1 wish to God the war would
come to an end. It is worse than
imagined and, If it continues, I do
not know what will happen.
Your friend,
F. A. GOLDER.
WHITMAN'S FIRST SLACKER
; _ On June 30 Erastua Hawkins was
"rested near Rosa' ' charged with
, ailing to register under the "selective
. "aft law. He at first claimed to be
Oder 21 years of age, but later ad
"ted this to be untrue and then
"aimed that a Canadian who was
' * ,J,ni advised him not to register
>t was unnecessary. A United
»nd marsbal came from Spokane
• a took him before United States
h °mmisKioner W. A. Inman. by whom
, was bound over to the federal
, 0 "d Jury. On Monday he was taken
n c , i° ane by the United States of
*■«• He has the unenviable dls
rest aR of being th* first slacker ar
• *** In this county.—The Palouser.
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the best interest* of Pullman and the best farming community im the Northwest surrounding h.
PULLMAN LAD DISAPPEARS
.lames Peek Leaves Pullman and
Father Asks Officers to Find
Him
James Peek, aged 17 years, dis
appeared from his home at Pullman
and Ins father has asked the Officers
of the state to help locate the hoy.
The father of the boy says that, his
son has expressed a desire many
times to join the army. He believes
that the boy left home on the Fourth
of July to go and enlist. The father,
W. T. Peek, says that his son is too
young to enlist and ho has asked the
officers to arrest the young man
where ever found and hold the hoy
and notify him at Pullman.
Young Peek was seen on the
streets of Pullman Wednesday morn
ing by some of his companions. He
disappeared after the train left for
Lewiston and whether he went to
that city or to Spokane or Portland
is as yet unknown. The recruitrhg
officers have been notified to report
the appearance of the youthful sol
dier —Colfax Commoner.
iv
GRANGE GIVES $."<>
TO LOCAL RED CROSS
Ewartsvllle Grange, at its last
meeting, voted $50 to the Pullman
auxiliary of the Spokane Red Cross
society, the money to be used by the
Pullman ladies in the furtherance of
their most excellent work. The do
nation cam.' as a result of a visit to
the Grange by two of the local mem
bers.
BIDS REJECTED FOR
PAVIN6JND WATER
Oiler of Spokane Asphalt Co. to
Pave Certain Portions of College
Park for 915,701.60 Refused
Only one contracting concern was
attracted by the city's call for bids
for the paving of certain streets ill
College Park addition, and its pro
posal was refused by the city coun
cil, being nearly 10 per cent above
the engineer's estimate of cost. The
Spokane Asphalt Co. offered to do
the work, which comprises approxi
mately 8000 square yards of paving,
for $15,701.60, while the engineer's
estimate was I 4,89 1,63.
Two contractors offered proposals
on the extension of the water system
in College.Park, but both these bids
also were refused, being considered
abnormally high by the city fathers.
J. C. Broad and Hughes & Co. of
Spokane were the bidding contract
ors, the bid of the former being
$.1841.75 for the pipe installed, cast
iron pipe being specified, or $2886.43
for Universal cast Iron pipe alone.
The council ratified the sale of the
old boiler to the Pullman laundry
for $200.
The resignation of Mrs. Ira D. Car
diff, councilman from the Third
ward, was read and accepted. Mrs.
Cardiff will remove from Pullman
and the vacancy will be temporarily
filled by the council.
Councilmen Roth, Kruegel and
Duthie were appointed as a special
committee to go over the bulky
building ordinance and make such
Changes in context as they deem
necessary prior to the final reading
of the measure before the council.
The council adopteVj a resolution
creating an Improvement district
which includes all that portion of the
State street paving districts in which
the owners have not compiled with
the orders of the city to Install ce
ment sidewalks. The work will be
done by the city and the costs as
sessed against the abutting property. (
FAREWELL LUNCHEON
A luncheon was given In honor of
Miss Gertrude Bryan on Monday,
July 2, by the Misses Lucille Pinkley,
Thelma Bell, Theo Edgecombe, Hazel
Baird, and Etta Kampen. The lunch
eon was served by the Misses Louise
Pinkley and Charlotte Mathews. The
table decorations were red and white
roses. A, beautiful bracelet was pre
sented to the guest of honor as a
farewell gift.
W. W. l-'oMe. librarian at Hie State
College, started this morning for
Portland, Ore., to attend a confer
eice of librarians held in connection
with the treeting of the National
Educational association.
PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 6. 1917
ENCAMPMENT OF VETERANS
WAS THOROUGHLY ENJOYED
PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATION OX
JULY FOURTH DREW AX IM
MENSE CROWD TO REAXEV
PARK TO HEAR FIXE PRO
GRAM OF SPEECHES AND
MUSIC
The three days gathering of (he
veterans of Whitman and Latah
counties opened Tuesday with a
rather slim attendance, but the old
soldiers made up In enthusiasm what
they lacked in numbers. The fife
and drum corps of Reno post came
down from Spokane and. reinforced
by W. ii. Lacey of Oakesdale and a.
J. Rounds of Pullman, kept things
lively with their inspiring music.
The personnel of the corps was as
follows: W. 11. Pattison of Spokane,
filer, son of a veteran, 63 years of
age; 1,. G. Skinner of Spokane, snare
drummer, aged 7 1 years; R. G. Am
monds of Spokane, base drummer,
aged 72 years; Paul Harmon of Spo-
Kane, snare drummer, aged 72
years; W. H. Lacey of oakesdale,
snare drummer, aged 7 1 years; A. J.
Rounds of Pullman, snare drummer,
aged 85 years.
The fife and drum music was a
feature of the gathering of which the
crowd never seemed to lire and (lie
veterans seemed to enjoy playing as
much as the crowd enjoyed hearing
them. They entered into the spirit
of the occasion with all the fire and
vigor of their youth and were never
too tired to render just one more of
the popular tunes of the civil war.
In the afternoon the visitors were
taken on an automobile ride over the
College campus. There was a large
attendance at the opening program,
which was given during the evening
in Reaney park as follows:
Music—Selections ...Pullman Hand
Address of welcome to the vet
erans of the Civil and Span
ish-American wars
Lou K. W'enham
Trombone solo E. R. Alvord
Address.. W. H. Lacey of Oakesdale
Patriotic selections. .Double Quartet
Reading—Lincoln's Second In
augural Address. . .Karl P. Allen
Solo Miss Irene Jinnelt
Address. ....... .Rev. Father Sheil
Music Pullman Hand
There was a tremendous crowd
Wednesday from the country and
neighboring towns, but little amuse
ment was provided for the visitors
during the morning, except the fife
and drum music on the street, a band
concert in the park and a few foot
races and sports just before noon. A
Ty Cobb Discovered in Pullman
"Ruck" Finney Earns Sobriquet "The
Ty Cobb of the Brush" by lem
ming Out Four Home Runs
in Fraternal Ball Game
"Buck' Finney, known at home as
M. R. Finney, who hammered his
way into the athletic hall of fame by
battering down the famous Brown
line in the historical football game at
Pasadena not so long ago, attained
to still higher plnacles of athletic re
-1 nown yesterday afternoon when, in
the baseball game between the
Knights of Pythias and the Moose,
played as a Red Cross benefit, he
rammed font four healthy home runs
in five trips to the plate. Not con
tent with grabbing all the honors In
the offensive side of the game,
"Buck" shone like the North star in
defensive play, Bending 16 Moose
players to the bench, chagrined and
humiliated, by the strikeout route,
and the game only went seven inn
ings, too. Sorry we haven't his pic
ture.
Principally through the stellar
work of the reformed school teacher,
erstwhile rostauranteur, shoe sales
man. soda pop dispenser, journalist
(or anything else to get a college
education the Knights of Pythias
(there were three of them in the;
lineup) walloped the Mooso to the
tune of 27 to 16. The game started
with Walker and Parr doing the bat
| tery work for the losers, but before
I the followers of Damon and Pythias
groat many picnic parties enjoyed
dinner In the grove in Reaney park.
The parade was mado up of the city
band, the fife and drum corps, vet
trans of the Civil and Spanish
American wars and the Moose lodge.
The program at the park was well
rendered and received many favor
able comments. It was us follows;
Community singing, America,
Battle Hymn of the Republic,
The Star Spangled Banner
Band and audience
Address. The Spirit of American
ism Thos. Nelll
Selections. Hail Columbia, Old
Glory Double Quartet
Address, The Growth of Repub
lics i). c. Dow
Reading, Declaration of Inde
pendence B. F. Campbell
Solo .Miss Edna Gurnsey
Address A. D. O'Kelly
Music Pullman Band
Benediction ,Rev. J. G. Robinson
In the evening ah impromptu pro
gram was given in the park and was
attended by several hundred people.
It was as follows:
.Music Drum Corps
Recitation, The old Grand Army
Boys Carol Knowles
Patriotic solo Velma Laney
Trombone solo, I Fear No Foe. .
.E. R. Alvord
Address w'ni. Goodyear
Solo, America, I Love You
.Mrs. Wm. Porter
Address Rev. J. G. Robinson
Selections Drum Corps
Benediction.... J. G. Robinson
The encampment was brought to
a successful close last evening by a
ell attended meeting In Reaney
park. The program included music
by the band; a solo by Ruth Dodd;
an address by J. E. Lindsay; "Tent
ing on the Old Camp Ground" by
("has. Walton and a double quartet;
leading of Lincoln's Gettysburg ad
dress by N. W. Cairns; solo, "The
Little Bronze Button," by .Mrs. Wm.
Porter; address by J. 11. T. Smith;
a solo by Velma Laney; a recitation,
"The Call of the Fife and Drum," by
W. 11. Lacey; selections by the fife
and drum corps.
The veterans held a business meet
ing yesterday afternoon at which they
decided to keep alive their organiza
tion and to continue to hold the an
nual encampments at Pullman. They
also passed resolutions which will be
published next week. About 35 old
soldiers registered and all expressed
themselves as thoroughly pleased
with the reception given them and
the programs arranged In their
honor. .
had put away their bats they had
lambasted three Mooso pitchers to
all corners of Rogers field and the
Moose had sent out an S. O. S. call
for another. Finney and Barnard
worked throughout the game for the
K. of P. and had their opponents at
their mercy at all stages of the con
flict. Errors were thicker than scores,
but it is a matter of record that two
fly balls were caught by Arthur
Thompson, In left field for the
Moose.-
Art Henry and Mitchell were cred
ited with a homer apiece, while F. E.
Sanger went three bases on a hit that
.lack Nelson could have run a mile
on. F. C. Forrest got around the
bases four times in five attempts and
grabbed them from all sides on first
base for the winners. Arthur Thomp
son proved the big scoring machine
for the Moose, with three tallies to
his credit. Walker, Morse, Mitchell,
and Johnson circled the bases twice
each, but the score book don't tall
us how they got around. Barnard
'aught in big league form for the
K. of P. contingent and may *be
called to the big leagues along with
Finney, "the Ty Cobb of the Bushes."
Anyway it was a good game to
watch, and the local Red Cross in
$12. better off for the contest, al
| though the players may have to go
on crutches for a week. They are
truly heroes. The lineups and score
were something like this:
—Thompson, left field;
George Henry, short; Parr, catcher;
John Henry, second base; Walker.
pitcher; Morse, center field. Mitchell,
third; Johnson, right field; Slmp
kins, first; Duffey, second; Rlma,
second.
K. of P.—Forrest, first; Sanger,
left field; Barnard, catcher; Art
Henry, second; Wilson, short; Valk
and VanOorn, third; Finney, pitch
er; Boyd, center field; Carter, right
field.
K. of 1* 5 I 5 0 5 0 1 —27
Moose 15 12 7 0 0— 16
RIG PYTHIAN MEETING
A busy session of Evening Star
lodge. No. 26, Knights of Pythias,
will lie held next Monday evening,
July 9. Officers for the ensuing six
months term will be installed, the
work of the rank of Rage will be ex
emplified and the evening will con
clude with a big strawberry teed. Ar
rangements for the annual K. of P.
picnic will be made at the Monday
evening session and other important
business will lie attended to. All
members are urged to attend.
FISHERMEN DEPART
A party of Izaak Waltons Includ
ing C. W. Bean; .1. L. Metsker, J, S.
Klemgard, and George Swing left
ibis morning in Mr. Metsker's car for
Lakevlew, Idaho, from where they
will pack through the mountains to
Independence, Tepee, and North
Fork creeks, about 20 miles. The
party will remain in the haunts of the
gamey "cut throats" for 10 days.
CITIZENS OBJECT TO
GRAZING IN PARK
Law Forbidding Use of Rig City
Park as Pasture and New En
trance From Hie North Asked
of Council
— — ■■
Sixteen head of horses, one cow
and two calves were grazing in the
big city park last Sunday, according
to a report made before the chamber
if commerce Tuesday. And all this
despite the fact that the deed of the
supposed beauty ground to the city
of.Pullman carries the provision that
the property shall revert to its or
iginal owners at any time that it is
used for other than general park pur
poses. The continuous pasturing of
the park has made its use for pleas
ure purposes almost, out of the ques
tion, according to members of the
chamber of commerce who are striv
ing to effect a remedy for the mis
use of the acreage, and unless the
practice is stopped and stopped soon
Pullman will one of these days find
that she has lost possession of a nat
ural park that could be made into a
beauty spot second to none in Whit
man county.
The members of the chamber of
commerce were unanimous in their
contentions that steps to abate the
nuisance should be taken immedi
ately and, also went on record as
favorable to the plan of providing a
more available entrance to the park
from the north, across the 0.-W. R.
6 N. tracks. A committee was
named to appear before the city coun
cil Tuesday evening in the interests
of the park and the city fathers
turned the matter over to their
street and highway committee with
full power to act.
REALS IN DIRT
The following real estate deals are
reported by Hasan & Hately:
i Dr. E. A. Bryan has sold 160 acres
of land, part of his Pussy Willow
farm, to L. W. Dawson. This 160
acres give Mr, Haw 240 acres of
fine land near Pullman. The con
sideration was $14,400, or $90 per
acre.
Mr. Walter Hatel) of the firm of;
Hazei, & (lately and Mr. W. H. Stoutj
of Florence, Colo., have bought
through the .Meyers Investment Co.
of Baker, Ore., 160 acres of land In
Eagle valley, Oregon. This Is a fine
alfalfa and slock country. The con
sideration was $8000, or f.'.u per
acre.
Mr. F. Burgess, a well known resi
dent of Pullman, has purchased
through the Mayan Investment com
pany of Baker, Ore., a fine farm of
720 acres nine miles from Baker.
This farm is well adapted to alfalfa,
grain and stock raising. Mr. Bur
gess will take possession at once.
The consideration was $28,800, or
$40 per acre.
NUMBER 37
PULLMAN RESIDENTS
TAKE FINAL PAPERS
■- * r
Prof. William liislop, Elmer C. Col
pills and Rev. U. ll.Harrison Be
come nil-Hedged Citizens ..';.-
Six residents of Whitman county
relinquished all allegiance to foreign
kings and potentates last Saturday
and ware granted full citizenship in
the United States, the final examina
tion and oath being given in the
superior court Saturday.
Two collego professors were In
cluded in the number anil there was
one former citizen of the United
States who hud relinquished his cit
izenship in this country to take a
homestead in Canada and had later
returned to the United States.
William Illslop, a native of Scot
land and now head of the animal hus
bandry department at the state Col
lege passed an excellent examination,
answering more questions about the
constitution and the workings of the
government than nine-tenths of the
native-born Americans could answer.
Naturalization Examiner Thomas
protested against admitting Prof.
Illslop on the grounds that the one
witness, 1). F. Staley of Pullman, had
not known Mr. Illslop during Mr.
Hislop's entire residence in the state
and Mr. Staley testified that he did
not meet Mr. Illslop for a month or
six weeks after the hitter's arrival in
the state. The examiner thought
that the witness should have become
acquainted with the applicant not
later than two weeks after his arrival
In the state. Judge 15.' 0. Mills, of
Walla Walla, who was presiding In
the absence of Judge McCroskey,
ruled that a month or six weeks was
a reasonable length of time for the
witness to become acquainted with
the applicant after his arrival. C. E.
Howell, an instructor in the animal
husbandry department of tho tSate
College, was the other witness for
Prof. Illslop.
Elmer Clifford Colpitis, a pro
lessor of mathematics in the State
College and a native of Canada,
passed a good examination and was
admitted. Ills witnesses were H. A.
Ellis, deputy county superintendent,
and W. C. Kruegel. auditor and chief
accountant at the State College.
Charles Harvey Harrison, pastor
of the Pullman federated churches
and a native of Canada, was admit
ted after a good examination. His
witnesses were Judge Thomas Neill
and Rev. .1. Herbert Balnton. —Col-
fax Gazette.
LIXDLEV ACCEPTS
PRESIDENCY OF V, OF I.
Moscow, Idaho, July .I.—By the
unanimous vote of the state board of
education, in session here today, Dr.
Ernest H. Lindley of Indiana was
elected president of the University of
Idaho to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Dr. M. A. Bran
non. Dr. Lindley was Indorsed for
the place by Commissioner of Educa
tion E. A. Bryan from a list of 2&
applicants and the indorsement of
the commissioner was accepted by
the board.
Dr. Lindley was born in Paoll,
Ind., October 2, 1t69. He received
his A. B. degree at the Indiana Uni
versity in 1893, A. M. In 1894, and
Ph. D. at Clark University in 1897.
He was instructoi in the summer
school of Clark University in 1896,
1899, and 1901, and instructor In
the summer school at Columbia Uni
versity In 1907.
Dr. Lindley has been professor of
philosophy at Indiana University
since. 1902. He has degrees from that
institution and Clark University. He
has attended Jena, Lelpslg, Heidel
berg, and Harvard, and has lectured
extensively. He delivered a series of
lectures at Reed College in Portland
and Washington State College during
the last year. He visited Moscow In
May, addressed the University stu
dents and the chamber of commerce
und made a fine Impression. lie was
strongly indorsed for president at
Idaho by Dr. G. Stanley Hall of
Clark, Dr. David Starr Jordan, Dr.
William L. Bryan, president of Indi
ana University, and a large number
of other prominent educators..
The new president is expected to
take up his new duties at the earli
est possible moment....•-