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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-12

expenditure Of $500. 600 for wearing
apparel tolls me that she seen too
much beauty and grace Ia aymnloi.
rioal curves 20 adopt the nets fig
ure a. dealgned b. faahione dietas
ora She proposes 10 take liberties
With the pronounced styles ausi
strike oui or modify features not
meeting her approval
Miss Moroaiul has Just placed az
order for three gowns. any one OF
which viii exceed ia yalue her "a
nous sold gown Az three OF the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-12

PAI.O ALTO. Cal. Oct l2--Dan
Murphy. the famous rowing coach.
has signed a si2 months contract
with the Stanford boat club He
viii begin work December J.
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sY ELIZABETH \. GREGORY.

Seattle Star Exclusive servlee)
NEW YORK. 0cg i2 Mics Gulla
Moroalul the best dressed woman
In the United States. whose novel
and dazzling costumes have caused
al New YORK. Co ait 40 aad talks no,
uce. refuses 90 be- built upon tbs
straight lines as dccreed By fashion
This social leader with an annual
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-12

Goals surv' Dry wooa So per
load Empire Fuel Co.. A. 1855
Queen Anne 1853. go.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-10-12

Leave Pier : 10 see 0atreshirs
go
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
DeSpOtiSm, Brass, Shenanigan.

Light on the value of civil service
reform is thrown from four direc-
tions by the latest issue of Good
Government" the official journal of
the National Civil Service Reform
League. The sources speak for
themselves. Here they are:
IAN elevator operator in the
Philadelphia city hall was lately
fired because he had moved out of
one ward without consulting his
ward leader"
a request for the exemption of
the position of secretary to the
New York; State board of alienists
was pending. The district leader
who was slated for the Job was in
discreet, and in an interview re-
marked: There are a large num-
Der of foreigners in my district, so
L am well qualified to judge of
alience.' The exemption was not
granted"
I'm not in love with civil service, -
said Mayor Reyburn, of Phfladel-
phia. Il might as well be honest
about it. I'm going to obey the
law. but I'm also going to file rea-
sons with the civil service commits
sion that viii enable me to exempt
a number of positions, such as in
spectors, and all other positions
where it can be said the qualifca-
tions are o. a technical nature" No
wonder Good Government" OBJ
serves 1T might discredit civil serv-
ice reform to have Mayor Reyburn
in love with it,
Finally, this from Governor
Hughes:
"It has been said that. I regard
political activity as a disqualified
ton for public Office. Political ac-
tivity, by virtue of the experience
and knowledge of affairs gained in
it, so far from being a disqualified
ton, may be a most important
for Office. But want
that political activity to be of such
a character as to leave man free
and independent in the dignity of
his manhood to perform the duties
of Office, if appointed, unembar-
rassed by improper influences and
by accumulated obliga-
tons"
Here are three aspects of the
spoils system tersely put-its despo-
tism, its brass, its shenanigan. The
fourth sidelight discIoses in all its
littleness one of the easiest (and
weakest) adverse criticisms of the
merit system.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
Doctors as Witnesses.

Is the doctors word in court re-
liable, and, therefore, valuable &?
Would an expert appointed by the
court be more likely to serve the
ends of justice scrupulously and ef-
fectively than the expert called in
by the defense or by the prosecu-
ton?
These questions were answered
before the Boston Society = Physi-
clans and Surgeons on Wednesday
night by several lawyers of mature
experience and by a Judge. The
lawyers all agreed that the testi-
mony of the doctor is as trust
worthy as any other species of ex-
pert testimony, and one and all op-
posed the proposition to have court
experts appointed. The judge said
that the evidence given by doctors
was, in his mind, as valuable as any
other kind of opinion evidence. -
The idea of having medical ex-
perts controlled by the courts was
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
WOMAN IS CANDIDATE
FOR HONORS AT BAR

PARIS, Nov. 4-MiIe. MiropoIska
caused quite a sensation when she took
an oath which enabled her to practice
at the French bar. Now another fenin-
Inc lawyer, Mile. Marie Verone. has
been received as a bar1fster. This new
est woman is a candidate for legal dis
inctions. She was for some time a
teacher in commercial school OF Paris.
and even occupied an editorial position
on La FrOnde, a paper which was
Printed and edited entirely and pro-
duced by women After three wears.
precarious existence It went BANKRUPT.
Nile. Verone's reception at the bar,
despite her claims to distinction, did
not create the same sensation which
Mile. MiropOlska's did.
The secret must be that when the lat
ter made her first appearance in the
courts she wore one Of those dresses
called "a creation of wonderful red
under her somber robe.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
FNE-HORNED RAM
KEEPS TARS ALOFT

NEW YORK. Nov. 4.-The CorJfstan.
flying the British flag and laden with
dates from the Orient, arrived in port
yesterday with the weirdest Persian
am that ever butted his way into
public notice.
His history in connection with the
ship may have something to do with
his unhappy disposition, for there has
been such an absence Of welcome ex-
tended 10 him all along the line that
not even a goat could bear Up under
it.
He was five horns. ir the srst place,
two extending upward. two down. and
q Ilfth that is a little 10 the port side
Of the center line, and goes chiefly
outward
He joined the ship two years ago
at Bussarha. which is on the Persian
gulf. The agent OF the ship there gave
him TO the captain as q present to &
Mr.. Shark. who is manager OF the line
IN London.
When the latter saw the strange goat
and heard how he behaved on the
way TO England he declined the hon
or. Then he was offered to the London
Zoo, and again declined. There was
nothing TO do but TO take him back on
the snip. and there ne has been ever
since, the crew hoping that some day
Bussarha viii be reached again and the
agent there duly punished BIZ his return
In the meanwhile he is the dis
eipiinaTian of the ship. and ne can butt
an unruly crew into the forecastle in
record time The only fault is that he
does not conflne MS attention in unrrllv
crews-he takes any kind The onIs-
the rigging.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
PEARL FROM A CLAM
REUNITES A FAMILY

DUBUQUE. Iowa, Nov. A pearl
taken from a clam In the Mississippi
river is responsible for the reunion Of
Haman Smice and mis- family in Chi
cago, from whom ne had long been
separated because of misfortune and
poverty.
The husband was fairly delirioUs with
joy when his wife and little ones re-
turned 70 him. Rivermen. almost as
poor as Smice himself, who had known
OF his sorrow over his separation from
his family, shed tears when they saw
Smice. his wife, and children reunited.
When Smice found the pearl which
brought HIM happiness, he had little
realization OF its value. Friends ad-
vised him to take il to & ieweler in
Rock Island and inquire its value.
SmiCe could hardly wait to get the
money when the ieweler offered him
Il. 600 for the pearl.
With part OF the money Snlic1 pur-
chased a houseboat. Then he wired
money TO his wife to come and join
him. When she arrived ne made her
a present of the hOuseboat, and gave
her a check book on local bank for
the remainder of the 81 900
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
"Con1e You SeUen, -
He Madly Shouted;
-Four CopperS Came

NEW YORK, Nov twin or lose,
we're always glad to see you. Don't
forget the number of the house." said
the imam on the door OF a gambling
house In Somerville, y. J., yesterday.
So saying. he gave hospitable and
helping hand to visitors.
The number was &. SO, for the gamb-
ling "house" was a freight car in the
New Jersey Centrals railroad yard
Six Well-known white citizens Of SOmer-
vile and twelve men of darker COM
plexions were playing cards and shoot
ing craps in the car
Come seven; Come you sevenr' cried
the player with the dice, when four
came The man at the door boosted
four men into the car: they watched the
games awhile and then, drawing pistols,
announced that they were railroad de-
tectives and that ali hands were under
arrest.
The players wildly tried 70 grab their
money and escape. the detectives shot
in the air: then all eighteen gamblers
meekly submitted,
They were marched through the
streets 10 Jail The procession greatly
pleased the many good people who were
going 10 church. On the detectives evil
dence, Judge Suphen. under the special
railroad law, fined each prisoner s5 for
trespassing The six white men and
four others paid the fines; eight went
TO jail again.
The gamblers thought they had found
safety "a the 2.000-acre estate of James
B. DukS. president of the American To-
bacco Company, Just outside Of Somer-
vile. But Mr.. Dukes employees drove
them away recently so they sought the
railroad eas only 70 be foiled again.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
Kit Carson Was Once a Pilot;
Reincarndted SChOOner'S Pet;
Not the Hunter, the Yellow Cat

NEW YORK. Nov. 4.-There slipped
through Hell Gate yesterday, south
bound and nonchalantly cutting the
waters OF the treacherous channel. a
trim little tWo-master with her deck
topped high with lumber.
The name OF the little craft. painted
in bright letters on her bows, at one
time in the nations history stood for
daredevil recklesness on the Western
frontier. The letters spelled Kit Car
SON. and seemed TO testify IN a mute
way 20 the record Of the schooner. which
has made the run up and down the
coast in all kinds OF weather as rega-
son river at Fort Lee.
Captain Kendall commands the Kit
Carson. he sat on the deck load Of
lumber as his craft went down the
sound and thence into the East river
and compIacently looked on as the
health official at city Island made fran
tic efforts TO reach the ship. thinking
the Kit Carson might have come from
foreign port in Nova Scotia
On board the Kit Carson Is a great
yellow cat His name, also, is that OF
the great American backwoOds hunter
and trapper. and Kit Carson the cat
and Kit Carson. the schooner, are in
separable. The cat came aboard the
very first day that the schooner cut the
waters after leaving the ways and has
never left since. That was many years
ago, and the cats age has become un-
certain history Mates and quarterTnas-
ters, cooks and A. BIS have, been
changed time and again aboard the
schooner. but with Captain Kendall Kit
Carson, the yellow cat. has remained
steadfast to the trim two-sticker.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
Two INDICATED Statesmen.

Two gentlemen with handsome
vindications appearing on their per
sons viii be on hand for business
on the opening day of the Congress
sionaI session. One is the Hon.
Charles n. Fowler of New Jersey,
the other the Hon. Francis G. New
lands of Nevada.
In season ana out, Mr.. Fowler has
demanded currency legislation.
Somebody damned his program by
inventing the phrase rubber
money" But Mr.. Fowler is going
to have his way because he is right.
Likewise, with or without audi
ences - usually without - Senator
Newlands, session after session. has
made his speech favoring federaliza-
tion of the great corporations. He
became huge joke just because he
was so persistent.
But now statesmen who used to
desert the chamber the moment he
rose are falling over themselves to
get in line with his views. They are
reading up, in the Record, the
speeches that really were too tire
some to hear when delivered on the
floor
And doubtless some of the scoff-
ers of earlier sessions win succeed
in getting the honors when legisla-
1ion at last passes.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04

When the Kit Carson passed through
Hell Gate channel Kit Carson the cat,
was perched nigh atop the lumber deck
load. and surveyed the scene as the
schooner glided down stream toward the
Brooklyn bridge. he was, in fact, the
pilot and 'Bill' Johnson, the bo'sun,
unused about Kit Carson, the cat, and
how the latter was undoubtedly a rein
carnGted deep-sea pilot WnO had existed
during some other generation.
You see" said Johnson. I believe in
re1nc3TnauOn. / believe that ali Of US,
II we wernt too bad, came 20 earth in
our present form after having already
passed a session in some other shape
III low as how I was undoubtedly a
nSh before / came 70 earth as DO sun.
m not sure bout Cap'n Kendall, an
I'll take no liberties with guessing.
But as sure as I'm sitting here
aboard the Kit Carson, that yelier cat
was pilot oHst before. He doesn't say
much now but it's as plain as daylight
that that cat formerly was a pilot. He
sits up thar on the lumber in ali kinds
OF weather. Storm nor gale keep him
below. TIE moment that we sight land
or port he up on the lumber. if we have
a deckload, or up to the 70 castle head If
we haven't. an takes up his post an
watches. Every now an then he looks
around at the man at the wheel as
much as 10 say:
Where We goin'2'
That cat surely was a master pilot
once upon q time. an came back TO
earth as a measly yeIler cat If We
should take him down now he'd act
surly an get right back on top o. the
lumber agin in a jiffy."
Captain Kendall said he would not
take the schOOner's value for the rein
carnated yeller cat. So the two Kit
CarSOnS, schooner and mascot, will sail
tn eseas and probably so down together
or fail apart together, as the case may
be. from old age or decay. but never
because the pilot cat viii forsake the
schooner.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04

Judieiaily disapproved on the ground
that it would have undesirable re-
suits; but the speaker went a step
father and said he thought the
time might come when the Massa-
chusetts Medical Society, for ex-
ample, would hand to the judge the
names of twenty medical men, with
request that perhaps seven of
Shem might be selected to act as
experts in court for a specified
time.
The suggestion escapes the criti-
cism directed at both the present
method and the proposed employ
ment of regular court medical ex-
perts. 1t would avert the suspicion
that the physicians testifying had
been brought to think what it paid
them to think 1t would eliminate
the possibility of two judges-one
deciding the law and the general
evidence, the other deciding the
physiology. Not the least of its
benefits would be to save the pro-
fession the spectacle offered by the
lnaw trial of learned doctors in un-
questioned good standing noncha-
lantly constituting hypothesis TO dia-
metrically opposite conclusions. But
it would be well for all the com
munity also to have the science of
medicine secured from the loose
criticism to which such scenes sub
iect it.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
Meeting the Pressure.

President Roosevelt is to be, in
deed is being, subjected to a great
pressure which is designed to
swerve him from his program of
remedial and reformatory legisla-
tion. The opposition TO that pro-
gram has had a weighty weapon
placed in its hands by the financial
troubles. The argument viii be
iterated and reiterated that conf
dence must be restored, and that
the way to restore it is to do moth
ing progressive. 1t is a curious ar
gument, but it has been effective
too often.
The same reasoning that has ira
ditionally been opposed by the
stand-patters to tariff revision is to
be set against the Presidents ef-
forts to secure real control of cor
porations: the insistence that moth
ing must be done in good times for
fear of making them bad, and moth
ing must be done in bad times for
fear of making them worsel
The source whence these argu-
ments come viii need to be care
fully considered. their inspiration
fully understood. They viii come
through unexpected channels, and
in various disguises. But they will
not represent the real wish of the
American public, and no effort to
make them appear to do so can sue
ceeG.
The Presidents program is essen
TALLY and fundamentally a eonserv-
ative, confldence-breeding one. he
wants to restore confidence by
stopping practices that hav e in
jured it. He wants to make the in
vestor willing to buy securities by
giving assurance that those securi-
ties shall represent real value. That
must be done because both real and
public opinion and the honest needs
of the business community demand
it. Postponement is useless. There
viii never be a time when the oppo-
sition win be bankrupt of argu-
ments for procrastination
Here is Governor Cummins Of
Iowa-and no one of the progress
sive, able State executives has done
more to uphold the policies of prog
ress. His State, under his forceful
and insistent leadership, has passed
some of the most stringent corpora
tiOn statutes in the country. They
are effective, too. Yet what does
Governor Cummins say, after the
experience of his long fight for
such Iaws2
He is convinced that the great
corporations in interstate commerce
must be brought under Federal law
He is for the Presidents policy of
Federal incorporation, and the
most rigid Federal supervision of
issues of capitalization More than
this, he believes that nothing less
than this can give such confidence
in securities values as viii place
business permanently on solid
basis.
The President and Governor Cum
minis have served just about the
same time, one as a State. the other
as national executive. They have |
studied the same problms from diff
ferent angles. Each has tried to ac-
complish. in his own province, much 1
the same results. Now they agree on
the futility of anything less than /
Federal control. The nation agrees
with their conclusion.
The program Of putting that con-
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
Husbands Affinity Betrayed
By Innocent Button on Coat

NEW YORK, Nov 4.-''Its the little
things of life that count" To this
maxim Edward Neway, OF Brooklyn. II
asked, would undoubtedly agree. A lit
tie button, q few little stitches that held
It to his coat, and numerous little jour
neys TO Jersey City 70 see q pretty little
widow named Mrs NettIe Schultz. have
caused a big tempest In the Neway
home and have brought TO a sudden end
Mrs. Neway's marital happiness.
For seven years Mrs. Neway has been
sewing buttons on Mr.. Neway's coat. A
few days ago she picked II up to mend
II and she noticed that one Of the but
tons had been fastened on in a new way
that was not the Neway way at all
She had always used the square stitch,
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
FRIENDS FETCHED HATCHET
TO HELP ALONG ARGUMENT:
DISCREETLY LEFT HANDLE

she had q knife, and so 1 sent out TO q
friend TO bring me an axe"
The order was filled by the friend-in
way. She didn't bring an axe, but she
did produce the next. apparently, best
thing hatchet.
Tbs trouble was that the hatchet head
did not belong TO the handle As Lillian
Payne phrased It,
When the crisis came the axe fell of
the handle, and L was cut by this
woman. But there wasn't any fight
Friends said there was an argument and
they aiged us on"
Like Finger Nail Scratches.
EUla Green had a few marks on her
face that looked as though the ever
ready feminine finger nail had produced
them.
But she didn't mind them in the least
She told the magistrate that
why there WASH any row" she exc
planned. Some Of the girls thought there
The Washington times., 1907-11-04

while the button IN question was held IN
place by a number of deft little cross
stitches
Mrs. Neway had never suspected that
MI NewayS Tuesday. Thursday and
saturday evenings away from home had
been for ether purposes than for gath
erlng with the boys" as he always
told her The button, however. aroused
her suspicious, and as Neway 'sfc the
home one day last week she followed
him. The pursuit took her TO Jersey
city. He entered a house and ten min
utes after she followed in Besides RIi.
Neway, who was sitting I'm his shirt
sleeves, she found Mrs. Schultz
Mrs Neway promptly swore out war
rants for the arrest Of the pair. Mr.
Neway failed to appear in the second
criminal court of Jersey CITY YESTERDAY.
but Mrs Schultz came, and with her a.
seven-year-old boy.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04
LOCAL ISSUES PARAMOUNT
IN ELECTIONS TO BE HELD
In MANY STATES THIS WEEK
Kentucky, New Jersey, and Delaware in Prohibi-
ton Fight-Chaos in Bay State-Senatoral
Contest in Maryland

al kinds OF local matters VIII be in
Issue In the elections walsh Will take
place tomorrow in scattered parts OF the
country. Nowhere can it fairly be said
that a national situation Is directly in
VOWED
Results ia several States may indeed
have an important effect In relation to
national affairs; but it VIII be only
Indirect relating to the control OF po-
lltsCal organizations and machinery.
New Jersey and Kentucky have the
most significant State contests. because
in both there is serious uncertainty
about the result. and because both may
b placed seriously in the doubtful
column for next year. Ia both the
liquor question is a leading issue. and
in both it has gummed the political
cards in a fashion that has much dis
gusted the politicians.
Delaware has the liquor issue, also,
in an acute form, but nobody is ever
willing 10 take Delaware seriously. II
Delaware could get taken seriously
George Gray might be made President
OF the United States. Addicks, the early
crop story. and the joke
about the state having four counties
when the tide was out and three when
IL was IA. have put Delaware out OF
the political equation.
Prohibition Fight in Kentucky.
The Republicans have taken the anti
prohibition side IN Kentucky. The spec
tacIe Of Kentucky having q hght over
prohibition IS funny enough 10 inspire
a comic opera: but when TO that is
added the fact that the Kentucky Demo
Gratis are for prohibition. it becomes so
funny that IL hurts. Governor and
Senator-eIect Beckham is credited with
getting the Democrats tied TO the pro-
hibition issue, and the indications are
that with his usual astutencss he made
a good guess. He will CARY the State
handsomely outside the town of Louis
vile.
That town happens to ike its beer and
other things that cheer and likewise
inebriate; and Il isn't feeling kindly ID
the prohibition issue. It will go Re
publican, and the real question Is
whether the Republican majority IN the
city viii be big enough to overcome
the Democratic majority fl the country
Both sides make confident claims II
tie Democrats win, the power Of Sell
atoT-elect Beckham in Kentucky VIII be
firmly established after a most remark
able series or contests He has indeed
proved himself. in the seven years since
he became governor. a wonderful poll
tician.
The assassin's bullet that killed Goe-
bel made Beclxham, almost a boy, gov
ernor. He succeeded to a most difficult
situation. and he kept his head at all
times. The boy governor OF seven
years ago has raise himself against
all opposition 70 Sha Senate. and has
made himself the supreme power Of the
state.
Fusion in New York.
New York cOunty's election OF
county ticket is important because Of
the fusion between the Republicans and
the Hearst league. Tammany seems
pretty likely TO defeat this combina-
ton: and if It does the explanations
that all concerned viii have TO make
lfterward. as to the responsibility for
the fusion, will be edifyinz. II not up
lifting.
The resultant the explanations-may
The Washington times., 1907-11-04

NEW YORK, Nov. 4-If the hatchet
head hadn't come of the handle the
charge agtnst Eula Green would likely
have been different. and a much more
serious ore Tor her.
Eula Green lives at 147 West Thirty
second street. and follows an occupa-
ton that she was a tTiie delicate about
explaining to so staid a person as Mag
istrate Herman. Now, If Magistrate
but that is minor matter and doesn't
concern the story
The Washington times., 1907-11-04

clusion into the statute books of
the nation cannot now stop without
imposing a dangerous responsibility
on the party in power.
The Washington times., 1907-11-04

The Hon. Charles n. Fowler, Of New
Jersey. will be excused II he hires a.
line of warehouses to store the fine
wholesale stock of vindication that IS
coming his way. Mr.. Fowler is going to
be taken seriously this winter when he
talks about currency reform.