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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
B|GANY HIS HABIT,
AGE SEVENTY-TWO

SIOUX CITY. Iowa, June 10 When
he goes to the marriage ALTA this
month for the sixth time, Thomas J.
StrUpper, OF Blencoe, near here. viii be
accompanied by Mrs. Julia Comstock. OF
Warren, Ohio. who, before the war, was
engaged 10 him. but married another.
Strupper is seventy-two and the bride
elect seventy-three years OF age. This
wedding is contingent on the activity
Of officers and the aged brides learning
some facts about Strupper
In 1867 Strupper married Mandy Wymer
in Circleville, Ohio; before her death in
1887 he had wed, under the name OF
John A. Kelley. Mary Dewitt, at Free
port, III. In 1898 he married Alzora Car
ter at Nebraska City, Neb, which so in
censed his real wife that sFc bad him
sent to the pen;teatiary for two years.
When he was released she sock him
back July ?. 1896. at Sidney, Iowa,
Strupper married Eva Scott. aged nine
teen. who had been Mrs Kelley nurse
in recent sickness, and Mrs r6eLey's
name appears as a witness on the mar
riage certificate. They both returned to
Sioux City with him. when Kelleys son
had him arrested for bigamy.
The elder woman got a divorce, and,
Kelley, or StrGPper. being -e e1sed on
his own recognizlnce, was married over
again 10 the Scott girl Size recently
left him. STupper announced his forth
coming nuptiaIs with all tie price ard
franlness Of callow bridegroom.
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OklahOma'S Primary.

The effort of certain Republican
politicians to trump up an excuse
for keeping Oklahoma out of the
Union till after the Presidential
election, has received another blow.
The Democratic primary election in
Oklahoma, held Saturday, has plain
~ nominated for governor the man
who led in making the constitution
which has been so bitterly attacked
as undemocratic and unduly radical.
c. n. Haskell, of Muskogee, was
the leader of the constitutional con-
vention from beginning to end and
the primary returns from more
than half the counties leave little
doubt that ne has been nominated
for governor. This means nothing
less than that the State is firmly de-
termined TO stand by the work of
the convention which he dominated.
end TO put into Office, at the launch
ing of the new State, men who will
be pledged to give the new regime a
fair and friendly trial.
Haskell is man of force and
brains. Whatever may be said of
the constitution which came into be-
ing under mis- hand, there is little
room to question that it represents
the present-day tendencies of politi-
cal thought in this country. It is
radical, indeed; but is it more radi-
cal than Nev York or Illinois. or
California would make eonstitu-
ton if those communities were
started on the task anew? We
doubt it.
Haskell's overwhelming nomina-
ton for governor means that the
people have lost no confidence in
the draft of fundamental law
which the convention produced. It
means in all probability that the
constitution will be approved by the
people whenever they are given the
chance to vote upon it, Then, if
the President wants to give his
countenance TO the conspiracy to
keep the million and half of Okla
Romans out of their rights, he will
have to reject it after it has been
adopted by the people We do not
believe the President viii do Rany-
fhinp of the sort
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
KAISER HAS LOST
FOURTH LAW SUIT

BERLIN, June 10-The Kaiser has
lost a lawsuit in which he attempted
TO dispOssess an innkeeper tenant on
his estate at ROminton, the Emperor =
favorite shooting box in East Prussia.
This is the fourth case which the Kaiser
has taken 10 court in recent years. in
all Of which decisions have been rem
dered against him.
The FIRST resulted in his being COM
PEELED to permit a state railway TO cut
a way through his Majolica factory es-
tate at Cadinen and establish q public
station there. In the second case the
court rejected his claim for $500 for
repairs made Ga Il tenants premises at
Rehborg and awarded him only $500
compelling him 20 pay the costs OF the
suit. The third failure was an attempt
to convict a ROmintoa innkeeper Of
breach of contract, and now he has
failed to withdraw the liquor license
of the same innkeeper.
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has an interest in properties which
bring his income up to more than
$l,000OO0 II is upon this basis that Mrs
Gould has decided 70 ask the court 20
allow her S25O.oOo a year alimony. Cases
VIII be cited by Mrs. GOuld's attorney IN
which courts have allowed a wife one
fourth OF her husbands income.
Fortune SIo,ooo, 900.
Mr. GOuld's attorney will state in
court that the nature of certain of Mr..
G0uld's securities is such that a definite
income cannot be agreed upon, owing TO
the fiuctuating OF the stock market and
the changing values OF his holdings in
various enterprises. II was said today
by a close friend OF Mr.. Gould that he
received only about SO 900. 900 in be1uests
after the death OF his father He Is said
20 have received s6,000.o coo outright from
his father, and an additional 81 600 O0C
since. II was this 5000 900 which How
ard Gould is said to have declared he
would renoutce. II necessary, to marry
Katherine Clemmons
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A National Matter Now.

At last the Jim Crow" car ques-
ton has reached the Interstate Com
merce Commission, as it was newt
ably bound TO do. 1t has come in
a very interesting way.
One Georgia Edwards, it seems, a
colored woman of Nashville, Tenn,
determined TO go upon a visit to
some relatives at Dalton, in Georgia,
last year. She chose for her means
of transit the Western and Atlantic
railroad, operated by the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis Company.
Purchasing a first-class ticket, she
entered a car sacred to the. use of
white persons only. Naturally, she
was ordered by the astonished con-
ductor to betake herself from those
precincts, but she promptly asserted
that she was an interstate passen-
ger" and would do nothing of the
sort, whereuPon she was hauled out
bodily and deposited in the Jim
Grow" car, where she complains the
surroundings were dirty, the atmos-
phere impregnated both with the
smoke and the profanity of men
who were in it indulging in alcoholic
potations and swear words.
So the stand of a negress has
raised this whole Jim Crow" bust
mes to the rank of a very serious
problem. The. woman contends be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission that negroes are treated
with inequality by railroads of the
South, and are thus subjected to I'M
just discrimination and undue and
unreasonable prejudice and disad-
vantage as compared with the treat
ment afforded white passengers.
Upon this decision Of the commits
sioners in this highly important case
will depend the status of the whole
Jim Crow car operations ashley are
put inforce by the Southern States and
the Southern railroads. If the COM
missioners find that this woman was
treated with unjust discrimination
and prejudice, it would seem the
segregation of black passengers
from white must cease all over the
South.
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ONE DEAD, I HURT,
AUTO HIT BUGGY

NEW YORK, June 10-One man is
dead, another dying. and ten persons
injured rs the result OF an automobile
running down a carriage on Ocean
Parkway, Brooklyn. Both vehicles were
wrecked. Thomas Heffner, a resident OF
Sheepshead Bay. and connected with a
well-known family of horsemen there,
was killed. He was in the automobile.
James Sweeney. a hOtelkeeper OF Sara
toga, y. Y, also an occupant Of the
machine, is reported dying AT the Kings
County Hospital. and william lie May.
chauffeur; William Beatty, William J.
Doyle, Frank Short. jackson Morris.
and William Anderson, a horseman OF
Sheepshead Bay. all occupants Of the
automobile. were seriously injured
The occupants Of the carriage, all OF
whom were slightly injured. were Her
bert +. Drinkwater. Of London. Eng
land: Roy Reed, OF Manhattan. and two
young women who declined TO give their
names
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he can get for his injured feelings.
He very naturally regards the 25
cents as insufficient, and is to carry
the matter to the supreme court of
the State on the question of dam
ages. There he may expect TO meet
with the same disappointment.
For, however indignant good
Americans may feel about it, all the
law thus far pronounced on the sub
iect is to the effect that the owner
of a house of amusement can keep
anyone he chooses out of his place
of entertainment. The manager of
a Boston theater could draw the line
at the uniform of a general. if he
saw fit, with as much legal safety
as at the weird accouterments of a
Harvard initiate into the "Dickey.''
He might discriminate" against the
garb of clergyman, if it so pleased
him, and the man of God would
have no redress.
The juggling with the words
"place of public amusement" has
misled many. 1t gives the phrase
a sort of utilities" flavor or seems
to place theaters and dance halls in
the category of public houses, other
wise known as hotels. There is no
doubt that if State or city owned
and conducted a theater, nobody
could be excluded who was even de-
Gently clad. The private pavilion,
or what not. is a wholly different
affair, as fully under its owners
whims as his garden or bayfield,. 1t
is pity that well-behaved naval
men cannot attend dances in the
garb the Government gives them to
wear, but the way is not yet open
for them to help themselves.
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ence is needed. His yacht the Niagara,
viii be in commission all summer and
Mr.. Gould's friends say that he may
make a few short cruises. possibly as
far north as Maine, but these trips will
be only weekend ones. when no new
legal problems can demand his imme-
date presence in New York.
Wife Wants S25O,OOO.
The phase Of the legal battle between
the Howard Goulds just now which is
interesting the husband most. is the
amount OF alimony he viii be obliged to
pay. He and his attorney are prepar-
ing a statement Of his wealth, knowing
that it viii be demanded by the court
or a referee. should one be appointed
after the motion OF Mrs. GOulds attor-
ney for alimony and attorneys fees.
Mr.. Gould has announced that his an
nual income IS about 5000 coo. of a for
tune of S12,00O,OO0. Mrs Gould saws she
can prove that her husband owns and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

does not depend on any such dis
tinction as Representative Luce has
proposed. Probably it is largely in
dependent of all written law. Reg
ulations favorable TO out-of-dOors
play and unfavorable TO such in
doors entertainment as sacred con-
certs" in vaudeville houses would
help, But the institution to which
we have become accustomed as the
New England Sabbath had its origin
in devoutness of heart; and, in the
end, nothing else can sustain it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
WOMAN GETS O'REILLY
TO PROSECUTE WALSH

NEW YORK. June 10-Dan O'RenIy,
formerly assistant district attorney. who
was one of the counsel for the defense
Of Harry Thaw, has been engaged 10
prosecute the suits which ViOlette Wat
son announces she Will bring against
Thomas F. Walsh. OF Washington. min
ing partner OF King Leopold. OF Bel
GUM, when he arrives in New York this
week from Paris. The selection OF
O'Reilly was made after consultation
with several lawyers.
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Husband Remains
To Fight Battle
Against Alimony

NEW YORK. June 10.-Howard Gould
has decided not to go abroad this year.
Instead, he win remain in New York for
the legal battle with his wife. formerly
Miss Katherine Clemmons, the actress,
who is suing him for separation and ali
mony. which she wants fixed at $3.50, 600
He will retain his apartments in the
Waldorf-Astoria. Part of the summer
he will spend at Castle Gould. where
he can be within telephone distance Of
his attorney, Delaney Nicoll, and can
hasten into New York when his pres
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
MORMON ROBERTS
PUTS MINISTER'S
IN A THIRD SEX

SALT LAKE. Utah. June 1o--Eider
Brigham H Roberts. Of the Mormon
Church. once excluded from Congress
because OF his poIygamous practices.
has added sensational chapter in the
controversy with the ministers OF the
Evangelical churches. He characterized
the Christian ministers as belonging TO
a third sex, neither male nor female,
and said they were better qualified for
pink teas than craftsmanship. All OF
the high officials OF the church, includ-
ing President Smith. were present, and
tacitly Endorsed the address of Mr.. Rob
erUs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
Slim Satisfaction.

As might have been expected,
Chief Yeoman Buenzle, of the
United States naval training ship
station at Newport, gets slim salts
faction from the Rhode Island
courts in his case against the pro-
prietor of dancing pavilion from
which he was excluded last summer
because of his uniform. A judge of
the common court decides that the
price of his ticket is all the balm
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
CABRERA KILLING
STILL A RUNOR

MEXICO CITY, June 10.-Defnite in
formation as to the reported asssssina-
ton OF President Cabrera, Of Guate-
mala City is eagerly awaited here.
Owing to the dispute with Cabrera in
which Mexico has been involved. follow
ing the assassination here Of former
President Barilla, the feeling is more in
tensified.
News OF the reported assassination
came in private dispatch. and there
Is no confirmation. knowing the dis
turbed condition Of affairs in Guatemala
City. and considering the fact that an
attack was made recently on Cabrera 3
life. II is thought the report may be
true.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
KISSES ARE STOLEN.
GIRL PROSECUTES

GRANITE CITY. Ill. June 10-Miss
Stella Mccain, of Alton, appeared on
Saturday in Justice KindeTs court in
Granite City to prosecute z. A. Seek,
an Alton druggist. She said he visited
a physicians Office in Alton, where she
was employed, and stole three kisses.
Seek denies the episode without quail
fication.
Miss McClain is so undeniably pretty
that when Justice Kinder saw her he
remarked:
Zone can hardly blame a man for
wanting to kiss a girl who looks like
that"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
LONDON REPLIES
TO ROOSEVELT

HONOLULU. June f0-Jack London,
who is now sojourning at Pearl Har-
Dor on board his yacht. the Shark. had
President ROOsevelt's structures on him
as a nature faker shown to him.
so I am a nature faker?' said Lon
don well. thank God. 1 am not an
authority on anything I have knocked
around the world enough 70 know that
one man cannot see It all, and because
never saw any particular thing is no
reason why It may not have happened
Il must admit that have not hunt
ed wolves the way the President has.
but I would like 20 match a bulldog
against a wolf and bet him on the fight.
think the President would lose. I have
seen some mighty big dogs, too"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
RARE ART COLLECTION
SOUGHT BY MORGAN

NEW YORK, June IO.-The art world
is exPectantly awaiting the news from
Paris that ]. Pierpont Morgan has Sc
cured the great Rodolph Kann art col
lection, which win be brought to this
country. Advices received from Europe
indicate that between 5000. 600 and
81. 000.e90 will be caid for the Kann col
lection. Sir Casper P,Irdon Clarke. d.
rector of the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art. is now in Europe. and il Is re-
ported that he will meet Mr.. Morgan In
Paris, where the negotiations will be
made.
the world over to connoisseurx. It Is
made up not only Of the rarest paint-
ings. but Of treasures In ivory and sculp-
ture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
COPIES OF FIRST CENSUS
MADE IN UNITED STATES
ISSUED BY DEPARTMENT

Persons taking pride in their ances-
try, and especially if II dates back TO
the stirring times when the United states
was in its infancy, will learn with in
terest of the publication by the Census
Bureau Of the names Of the heads Of
families living in the United States in
1870. Owing TO the small appropria-
ton, the publication Of the full census
is not permissible. The returns for
New Hampshire, Vermont. and Mary
land, are now in press and will be is
sued in pamphlet form.
Each part will contain as a frontis-
piece. a map of the State represented
as reproduced from an atlas published
in 1876.
When the first census Of the citizens
was ordered, In $780, the inhabitants OF
the fifteen States-Connecticut. Massa-
chusetts Delaware Georgia, Kentucky,
Maine. Maryland. New Hampshire, New
Jersey. New York, North and South
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island.
Vermont Virginia, and Tennessee-Were
enumerated.
Records Destroyed by Fire.
A complete set of the schedules for the
States, with summary Of the counties,
and in some instances of the towns,
were on file in the State Department,
but when the Capitol was destroyed, in
1872, the records of Delaware, Georgia,
Kentucky, New Jersey. Virginia, and
Tennessee We're burned.
Last year. in response to the requests
of interested parties. Congress appro-
priated money for the transcript OF the
names. but owning to the small re-
sources available, only the schedules of
New Hampshire. Vermont, and Mary
land have been selected. Several of the
States where the schedules are missing,
lists containing the names of the heads
of families In 1870, are probably obtain
able, Virginia having an enumeration Of
1885
At the second session OF the First
Congress. the task of making the first
enumeration was placed on President
Washington. Under his direction the
marshals of the several districts as
certained the number of inhabitants in
their districts emitting Indians not
taxed. and distinguishing free persons;
the sex and color OF free persons. and
the number of males sixteen years OF
age ana over
~ this last question the military and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

There is one thing about DR.. Day. of
Syracuse University, that is altogether
to his credit. He thinks about the
President a good deal as a large proper
ton of the politicians do. and in addi-
ton he has the courage to say what he
thinks instead OF the diametrical oppo-
site
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

The new Mrs. Corey at least succeeds
in getting her gowns more talked and
written about than did her predecessor.
but that may be a result OF her great
access OF notoriety, rather than because
She really wears them better
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10
WANT MEMBERS AT HEARING.

The officers of the North Washington
Citizens Association have sent out no
tees TO all members urging them TO
be present at the public hearing before
the District Commissioners on the cree
ton OF a stable at Second and Bryant
streets northwest. The hearing viii be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

The Hon. James Bryce. ambassador
emeritus, is running a mighty close sec
ond TO the Hon. William I. Stead in the
matter OF continuous performance
speechmalung
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CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE.

IAN old subscriber writes us to know
what a married couple can live COM
fartabIy on" said the stenograqher.
Tell her a thousand a year more than
they have, answered the correspond
ence editor, wisely.-Life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

1t was altogether beyond reason to
hope that Jack LONDON would permit
himself to be denied OF this good free
nature-faking advertising.
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HAVE THE TIMES MAILED TO You.

Persons leaving Washington for the summer
can have The Times mailed 10 them at the
same rate paid for delivery in the city,
~ cents for the daily and Sunday editions.
All mall subscriptions are invariably payable
IN advance Addresses changed as often as
desired.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

The Knox boom has developed TO
point where it is plainly serving as an
incentive to the Taft, boom to sit up
and take notice
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

An auto race from Picking 10 Paris.
$500 miles is planned for this summer.
IL they don't stir up a Levantine Collins
somewhere on the route It will be a
wonder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

The crop-and-harvest-ha liar has
started his activities in Kansas. with
promise that his output for this season
is going TO lay all his previous literary
efforts entirely In the shade
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-06-10

The detection Of the SHAW faction"
in Iowa may be regarded by Senator
Allison as a great loss. and then again
it may not
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Demands S25O,O0O a Yea,

Mrs. Howard Gould's demands
for S25o,oOo a year, a quarter of
her husbands estimated income,
are holly opposed by him.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-17

is amply sufficient, and which are to
ditch today is a little over three hun
dred thousand acres; length of main
canals about three thousand miles,
and cost of construction, exclusive of
what the government mas spent, about
six million dollars. The modern art
of irrigation mas just begun.
The northern and eastern portion
of the Territory, a practically level
floor built by the silts of the ages, is
t~raversed, drained and a small por-
ton irrigated, by the Cimarron, Can
adian, and Pecos rivers, and their nu-
merous tributaries. There are about
fifty thousand acres under ditch in
the north section, scattered like en-
eralds over a territory of extent
and marvellous richness, served by
five hundred miles of canals, the con-
s%truction cost of which is about one
half a million dollars.
Perhaps the pest and most modern
examples of practical irrigation with
in New Mexico are to be seer in the
valley of the Pecos. Like most other
irrigated districts, this was once a
desert, then a cattle country where
the legitimate live stock industry
was varied by the more exciting di-
version of chasing, and being chased
by outlaws; it is now a garden. About
1888, the cattle business having be-
come temporarily Improbable, atten-
ton was turned to agriculture, and
it was then irrigation begun. From
the arrival of farmers, or what the
COW men were pleased to term pun
KIN rollers" the progress of h Sec
Ion dates. From a few isolated patch
es the irrigated area has extended
Until today there are about eighty
thousand acres served from five hun
dred miles of canals heading into the
j.. ecos river and its tributaries, and
thousand acres from six hundred
wells. Exclusive of the i'm
provements made by the government,
about four million dollars have been
expended on it's irrigation systems.
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IRRIGATION IN NEW MEXICO
AND THE PECOS VALLEY,

From The Earth (Chicago.)
To the physical ge~ographer, New
Mexico divides by the crests of the
Rocky and Sierre Madre mountains
into three distinct sections-the east
ern, an extension of the Staked Plains
of Texas, the basin of the Rio Grande
River, and the Western Plateau. A
large portion is treeless and with the
exception of small areas it is four
thousand or more feet above the lev
ell of the sea. The average rainfall is
about fifteen inches. Its rivers are not
large and are of torrential character.
1t 81 well within the arid region, and
its IRE is 122,46O square miles.
While irrigation in the New Mexi-
co is the oldest in the United States,
it is not extensively developed for a
number of reasons, any one of which