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Newspaper
Centralia Weekly Chronicle
Location
Centralia, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1911
Page
2
On February 15, 1911 Centralia residents express strong opposition to Hay after witnessing the State Training School investigation. They vow to use voting as rebuke, noting women voters act decisively when they cast ballots and would back slower or harsher action against the governor.
In Centralia, hilly Eastman once a crime veteran and patriarch of crime presses begins anew after decades in prison and years evading reform. He has embraced Christianity, declines lucrative preaching gigs, works in a mill, and preaches in spare time, aiming to prove genuine rehabilitation. Roosevelt and Washington are referenced alongside his moral stand.
The Daily Chronicle argues charges against the Training School are strongly supported by evidence and officers attestations and claims none are disproven. It notes Gov. Hay denied a full transcript, offering only parts he approves, and questions impartiality if conditions are misrepresented.
A caustic critique alleges Senator Fishback longs for a paid political post with minimal work, proposing a new land commissioner position and a $3,000 annual salary. The piece mocks his past as a farmholder in Adna and his current public investigator role, arguing the state should create jobs for him.
More homes have been built in Centralia over several years, with hundreds completed while demand remains strong. Building houses as investments profits claim immediate income and rapid value growth, attracting many small-investor capitalists. The Chronicle notes rising investment interest even as demand outpaces supply, signaling healthy city expansion.
Editorial critics denounce the Chebalis State Training School inquiry as a sham masking brutalities against young female inmates. They fault Governor Hay Attorney General Hell and officials for steering a cover up and demand full accountability for Superintendent Aspinwall and others.
A fragmentary report notes calls for investigation into a legislator and a committee's paid trip to Chehalis. It hints at questions about funding and audience reception in a courthouse setting and among observers who have heard of the event.
The Salem community pushes for stronger enforcement of a law against wife beating. Writers argue lawmakers should create an additional law to ensure passage of the first and a third to guarantee the second. They caution about the gap between state law and court practice in Oregon.
Seattle faces a major graft scandal with protected vice alleged as a key element. Over 80 members of the claimed vice syndicate have confessed to seek immunity, while others who fled will be compelled to return. Judge Main approved prosecutors pursuing Attorney Murphy by the grand jury and Detective Hurng cites several prominent figures as involved.
At Astoria on February 14 the Point Adams life saving station crews patrolled the beach seeking the bodies of six crew members of the gasoline schooner Oshkosh, drowned when a wave overturned the craft three miles from the Columbia river jetty. Only survivor George May, engineer, was recovered near Hammond after spending three hours in the engine room.
Representative William H. Humphrey questions why the fleet is concentrated on the Atlantic coast. He argues Pacific defense is weak, cites no battleships there, and accuses Navy policy of leaving the western coast exposed while blaming protection gaps on past fleet arrangements and foreign bottoms.
Washington February 14 United Press report says Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith warned Congress of a lumber trust forming to rival Standard Oil. He claims four fifths of U.S. labor is privately owned and a trust would control 11 percent of it. The proposed trust would include Meyhaurer Timber, Southern Pacific, and Norus are Pacific holdings totaling about two hundred thirty eight billion feet of lumber.
Lewis county delegates introduced three bills in Olympia. H B 311 by Leonard Martin and Scales H B 311 would aid C A Ives in purchasing state lands, sent to funds. H B 312 by Minard covers graveyards and city powers, sent to commerce. H B 950 by Leonard would create new judges in Lewis, Pacific, Cowlitz, Clarke and Skamania counties. The passage includes unrelated anecdotal text about missionary work and boarding houses.
Mrs E R Manson and son Willie shopped in Centralia while practices and visits with relatives occur. A baby boy weighing ten pounds one ounce was born to Mr and Mrs George Robarts on February 22. Mrs P Romley visited Centralia on Friday. Olympia visitor Masterson Nas returns to attend trials. Frank T McNitt visited Mr and Mrs James Lene of this city. J A Van Waton of Olympia spent last week in Grand Mound on business. Ruth Brown visited friends in Little Rock over the weekend. Ben Leitner took a quick trip to Lincoln Creek. Henry Brown traveled to Beaver Creek last week. Mrs F L James left for Portland to visit relatives. John Lynn helped neighbor Ben Leitner plow. Lottie James and Marla Hutchins shopped in Centralia Saturday. Mrs H C Morris and Lizzie Kenney visited friends in Tamestown last week.
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