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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
TIPS PAY HOUSE SERVANTS
LATEST PHASE OF EVIL AP-
PEARS IN ENGLAND.
Some Country Houses Said to Have
Workers Paying for
Jobs.

Special cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, May 16.-The evil OF tipping,
according to correspondent Of the Times.
has now reached an extraordinary pitch
in English country house life. where the
abuse has been gross for many years.
The person who writes to the Times is
evidently smarting under some very re-
cent and exceptional extortion in this
connection.
Surely" he says. 'it is in the power of
those who have local habitation and
name in an English countryside to pre-
vent their houses from degenerating into
kind of expensive hotel"
Ugly stories are current regarding some
OF these privately owned hotels. 1t is said
that the servants are not paid at all, tips
constituting their entire wages. 1t has
even been whispered that in the worst
cases the servants pay for the privilege of
serving. SO that part of the guests Ups
goes into the hosts pockets. No doubt
these are idle. rumors But the fact that
they circulate Is yet another proof that all
right thinking persons should endeavor to
extirpate the existing system OF extrav-
agant tipping. The correspondent recog-
nizes that as servants are put to addi-
tional trouble by country house parties
they are entitled TO presents: but the sug-
Restion Is made that this should not be
done individually, bat rather that 1t
should be handed to some general fund,
which could be periodically distributed.
Hard to Get Servants.
So large a percentage of their earnings
depends on tips that servants will decline
situations In country houses where the
entertaining is limited. 1t not infrequent-
ly happens. too. that when host who
has been in the habit Of entertaining on
large scale dies, and his widow or his
successor has not the same taste, the
servants leave because their receipts in
the shape Of tips are thereby curtailed.
Tipping is often complained OF in the
United States. but 1t is in its infancy there
compared with the exact science to which
1t has been brought in England, or any
where on the continent. for that matter.
Next to tipping comes the practice of
demanding commissions for services. A
striking manifestation OF this spirit of
acquisitiveness Is worthy of note. A
young man, scion of noble house. re-
Gently approached a firm Of motor car
agents and inquired If they would pay
him a commission in the event of his in
Producing a customer for a 1t was
explained to him that. as agents them
Selves they would only reap a certain
commission from the sale of the car, but
eventually they agreed to allow him 2le
per cent on the amount of the transac-
ton. On the following day the lordling
arrived on the scene. accompanied by
lady OF title. whom he introduced as the
buyer. The lady was his own mother.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Same Name, But Not Related.

John Cole and George Cole. colored. the
former forty and the latter twenty EIGHT
years of age. became involved in a row
last night at 14th street and Wallach
place. and the younger of the men struck
the older one on the head. rendering him
unconscious. The injured man was taken
to Freedmen's Hospital. and at a late
hour last night the physicians said he
was out of danger. George Cole was
arrested and locked up to answer a
charge Of assault. The police say the
mel are not related and that they had
been drinking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Tenth Texas District for Fairbanks.

AUSTIN, Tex, May 16.-The republicans
Of the tenth congressional district, tho So
called regular faction. which met here
in convention, Endorsed the candidacy OF
Vice President Fairbanks for the presi-
Dental nomination. and the delegates Sc
lected to represent the district at the ma
tional convention we're INSTRUCTED to cast
their ballots for him.
The following are the delegates and
alternates elected: Delegates. William
White, Travis county; ]. D. Tolliver.
Hays county: alternates. w. B. MADISON
and l.. w. Franklin; presidential elector,
H. B. Thetroau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Alaska Instructed for Bryan.

JUNEAU. Alaska. May 18.-The RUSSELL
Davidson faction Of the democratic party
in Juneau won a sweeping victory last
night by defeating National Committee
man Williams and Territorial Chairman
Casey at the local primaries. The dele
CATION chosen to attend the territorial
democratic convention here Monday was
instructed for w. J. Bryan for President
A large vote was polled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Alleged Violation Of Gaming Laws.

Michael MATHS. who conducts pool
room at Pennsylvania avenue and AZ
street. was arrested last night and
charged with violation of the gaming law
Policemen Boswell and Lauten Of the
sixth precinct sent two men in the place
and when they reported having made bets
there the arrests were made MATHS
deposited $50 collateral at the police sta
ton for his appearance in the Police
Court tomorrow morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
CONSUL SMITES JOURNALIST
SEEKING VENGEANCE FOR
GRAVE ACCUSATIONS.
Persian Charged by Russian Writer
With Degraded Con-
duct.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
ODESSA. May 16.-An extraordinary af-
fair occurred in the theater here one
sian consul. narrowly escaping lynchine
at the hands of an Infatuated audience
after he had attacked az / seriously in
jured a well known journalist. DR.. TIE.
noffsky.
The affair was a sequel to series OF
articles contributed to an Odessa news
paper by Or. Tzenoffsky. in which allie
cations Of the gravest character were lev
led against a person who at first was no,
named. 1t was declared that this individ-
ual had betrayed numbers of schoolgirls
in the most systematic and heartless
fashion. tempting them with promises of
marriage. trips to Paris and the like and
then leaving them. The writer formulated
his charges in the most categorical fash
ion. Many of the unhappy girls. he al
legged. had committed suicide and disgrace
had been brought on several respected
families.
Hit From Behind.
A couple days ago In the Odessa News
DR.. Tzenoffsky openly stated that the
man against whom his denunciations had
been directed was no other than NJ.
Zaitchenko. and as a consequence the
latter challenged him to a duel. The
challenge was declined by DR. Tzenoffsky,
who declared that the only weapon he
would use was the law
Both men attended the theater on the
occasion of the premiere of Isadora Dun
can. and during the performance the con-
sui approached his adversary and struck
him a heavy blow on the back of the
head with a bludgeon. DIR. Tzenoffsky
fell back senseless and was removed for
firSt-aid treatment to an ambulance sta
ton amid a scene of almost indescriba-
BILE uproar. No man in Odessa is more
popular than the injured journalist. while
the newspaper attacks ID reused public
feeling against the consul to a dangerous
pitch. SO that the police and the theater
attendants had the utmost difficulty in
keeping the Infatuated people back. Had
they once obtained the upper hand NJ.
Zaitchenko would most certainly have
been killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
DEATH OF FOOT BALL STAR.
Injuries Received In Game Superin-
duce Disease

GEORGETOWN. Del. May 18.-Injuries
received in foot ball game. which su-
perinduced tuberculosis. caused the death
yesterday Of John Williams. a former
foot ball star aand later a coach of the
Dickinson College foot ball team of Car
Isle, Pa He died in Pueblo. Col. where
he had gone for his health. His funeral
viii take place In Georgetown.
Williams was considered the best halt
back that Dickinson ever had. He gradu-
ated in 1903 aand returned for a post
graduate course. He afterward accepted
the position as coach for three years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
May Represent Virginia.

On behalf of the state Of Virginia the
names Of j. j. Darlington of this city
and George Wharton Pepper of Phila-
delphia. were yesterday submitted to the
Supreme Court of the United States for
possible appointment as master to take
testimony in the debt case OF Virginia
VS.. West Virginia. pending in that court.
So far West Virginia has not offered ANY
names. The selection will be made to-
morrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
Spendthrift Golden Youth.

From the Queen
The golden youth Of our day denies him.
self nothing and his expenditure upon the
luxuries of existence far exceeds that OF
the most extravagant of the women OF
the fashionable world.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
"Fightin1 Before Ladies'"

The Hon. Thomas Sharkey, refereelng
lightweight bout at the Englewood
carnival, rebuked a too energetic pugi-
list. Remember" he said, severely,
you are fighting before ladies'"
The refining influence Of women upoL
all conflicts, from polo to politics, is a
pleasant theory. A greater man than
Sharkey once disputed it. Telling how
the wife Of an opponent had been ad-
mitted to a famous ring side, he said ::
"Refinin' influence of woman, huh! I'd
got him good an licked when she sings
out Give it to himv an in less'n min
ute he'd spiked me in the shin.'
Women watched the fiercest jousts OF
helmeted knights in the days OF chival-
ry, when broken necks were not uncOm-
mon. They witnessed the combats OF
gladiators, as they still do the bull
fights in Spain and Mexico. They JOY
in the hot fights of the football field,
more prolific source Of injury than the
prize ring Women are the cause OF
most private warfare, as land is the
cause of most national warfare.-NeW
York World.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
BUFFER..STRIP SET ASIDE
BY BOTH:GOVERNMENTS

Victoria, B. c., Oct. 3-The provin-
cial government will set aside a strip
of land sixty feet wide along the inter-
national boundary line, which will not
be available for pre- emption and upon
which a permanent reserve extending
to all mining rights will be placed.
This is done at the request of the i'm
perial authorities conveyed through
the Ottawa government and follows an
arrangement with the United States
government by the British ambassador
at Washington.
Frequent trouble in the past has
been occasioned by the lack of this
buffer strip in the arrest Of criminals
and in the application of mining and
other laws.
The United States government also
sets aside similar strip, and thus the
neutral strip will be 100 feet wide.
The order in council to the above
effect will not affect the present hold
ers of lands or rights within the pre-
scribed area.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
SHE WAS INsULTED.

The sting I'm the Letter That Came
For Her Husband.
Harry, love-" said Mrs. Knew to her
husband when he entered his home
few evenings ago, "I've been dreadfully
insulted.'
"Insulted?" repeated Mr.. Knew In
dignantly. by whom?'
by your mother"
MY mother, Flora? Nonsense, dear.
She's the kindest woman in the world.
And how could she insult you! She
isn't here; she's miles away"
"But, Harry, she did insult me, per-
sisted Flora, land it was done IN
letter."
"Show it to me-"
"I1l tell you about it. A letter came
for you this morning addressed In
vour mothers handwriting, and so, OF
course, opened it,
"Of course" said Mr.. Knewly, dryly.
eft was written to you all the way
through, you understand?
eyes. / understand that, but where
does the insult to you come in?'
an the postscript. When read
along to that it said, Dear Flora
Don't fail to give this letter to Harry;
want him to have It. Now, tell me.
wasn't that an insult Y-Pearson's
Weekly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10

Do you wash? 1t is a well-knOwn
medical fact that scrubbing the face
and hands with chemical detergents is
absolutely rlinous to the delicate outer
fabric of the skin. You would not pour
a can Of petrol ON the side of an aero
plane to make it go, would you? Why,
then, attempt to open the pores of the
cuticle and keep them working by the
external application of SapOnaceous
tablets and other inferior frauds Of
the kind? Beware Of these as you
would Of poison.
Water is equally dangerous. Why is
it that you meet so many people ev-
cry day in the street with gray smut
stained faces and toil-begrimed hands?
Simply because they abrade and de-
stroy the elegant envelope with which
nature has provided their bodies, in
stead of treating it nationally from
within. The only way to be clean is
to swallow soapoids, with their wonder
full internal operation on the fibers and
nerve tissues. However dusty or grit
ty you may be, one does of sOapoids
will set you right. The pores will
spring open and shed off the unna tural
accretion Of foreign substances as a
snake sloughs it's skin.
Think, too, of the time and money
you will save. No more tedious ablu-
tons and ruinous water rates. You
can swallow your soapoid as you walk
to the office and be as bright as a new
Din.
Our final word is If you have been
washing, stop it; If you have not, don't
begin. Spare your epirdermis, and
swallow soapoids. Try natures way
and be clean.-Punch
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10

NEAR END
JAPANESE THINK CHINESE
EMBARGO WILL SOON
BE RAISED.
Steamship Igo Maru Brings Chi
nese Cargo to Seattle, Being
the First for Nearly a Year.
Oriental Business Has Been
Seriously Affected.

Seattle, Oct. 3.-Reports brought to
Seattle by the Nippon Yusen line
steamship Iyo Maru indicate early dis
solution of the Chinese boycott that has
for nearly year been directed against
Japan and Japanese vessels. F. M.
Studley, local manager for the Japan
csc line of vessels operating between
Japan, China ports and Puget sound,
of which the Iyo Maru is part, stated
that within the past few days practi-
cally all the large exporters Of goods to
China had been directed by cable that
their business in future could be rOut-
ed by Japanese steamships without
danger Of creating hostile sentiment.
Mr.. Studley anticipates that within the
immediate future statement will be
issued announcing complete abandon
ment of the boycott.
The trade difficulty with the Chinese
and Japanese originated with trouble
arising from a settlement exacted by
Japan over the seizure by Chinese GUS
tom officials of the Japanese steamship
Tasu Maru, suspected of bringing con-
traband cargo into China, and with
which was seized large number of
army rifles.
The capture of the steamer was Wig
orously attacked by Japanese officials.
Their protest grew to the Importance
Of diplomatic sensations and from
which an apology and financial settle
ment was secured from the Chinese.
Commercial interests of China resent
ing the diplomatic ending Of the con-
trOversy resorted to q trade embargo
IN retaliation. For nearly year the
boycott has been effective, reaching an
extent that, heavy loss was occasioned
the larger handlers of Chinese trade
and in which practically no goods were
transported by Japanese steamers.
Trade with Japan in common COM
modities fell to but nominal import
ance.
AS an Indication of an improvement
in Oriental commerce with Puget
sound through the settlement of boy
colt dicffiulties, the Iyo Maru yester-
day brought to Seattle the only full
cargo Of Oriental goods delivered in
this port during the present year. APP
proximately 5000 tons Of general
cargo was beneath the matches, ap-
proximating in value nearly 81, 800,
600. The shipments included 1000
bales of raw silk and varied assort-
ment of expensive Chinese and Japan
csc goods
No statement outlining the causes
that are expeced to bring about an
abandonment of the boycott has been
made. Manager Studley states the
belief that the action is due to Wig
orous campaign of education that has
been waged by interested steamship
officials among the Chinese. The chief
argument used was that an injustice
was being done wholly innocent part
of the Japanese nation in the oppos-
ing of trade relations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
The Ivory Hunter.

First catch your ivory, then get it
home-if you can. A mans troubles
have barely begun when the tusks Of
the fallen monsters are chopped out,
wrapped in sacking and taken back to
camp. Each weighs so or even 100
pounds. l have seen specimens that
are on record as tipping the scales at
2oO pounds. Suppose / have got to-
gether 100000 worth of fine ivory. /
am perhaps thousand miles from any
where with this load Of $4,000 or 10000
pounds. There are no railroads, no
wheeled vehicles. even no draft animals.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
LUMBERMEN TO INTERVENE
10 Aid Commerce Commission in Local
Battle With Railroads

= 1'u commerce Commission in Legal
Battle With Railroads.
Seattle Oct. 3.-Washington lumber.
uen Yesterday prepared to intervene
~ tne suit fled in st. Paul bv the
oleat Northern railroad to restrain the
in.srstate commerce commission from
enforcing the rates on forest products
llun tnls state to the East. as are
oroered to go into effect October K
~ the commissions decision of last
June: The lumbermen are not made
oe1ednnats, but as they are the inter
esen parties, they will Join forces
with the Interstate commerce commits.
sion in the legal fight with the Hill
and Hartman railroads.
LumDermen and their ATTORNEYS are
conndent OF victory. They point to
the recent decision of the court Of an
peals, sitting at San Francisco. on the
case OF the Oregon lumbermen. which
was generally conceded to be far
weaker than the case of the lumbermen
OF Washington.
A victory in this case, they saw.
would settle the fight for all time. un-
less the railroads should again appeal
ana take it to the federal supreme
court. A defeat would put the lumber
industry OF the Northwest in exactly
the same or worse position than it was
IN last November.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10

The stun must Be carried acroes thu
wilds Of Africa on the backs Of native
porters, who think nothing Of dropping
their loads and deserving II the fancy
happens to seize them. The worst Of
the hunting is nothing to what such a
nomeward march may mean. I have
had my men shot down by hostile tribes
from ambush with poisoned arrows I
have seen them die in agony from the
bites OF noxious insects. I have been
attacked by bands Of Dinkas, who knew
the value of ivory as we'll as 1 did and
who tried to help themselves to NINE
EverybOdy's Magazine.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
VENOM OF THE MOSQUITO.

Agency In Spreading Disease Was
Discovered Many Years Ago.
At the time of the discovery Of the
mosquitoes agency in breeding disease
it was not dreamed that far more than
the germ of the truth had been reveal
ed many years before, says the New
York Sun. The truth was told in 1853
In the obscure columns Of the Faceta
Office, published at the port of Camana.
Venezuela, and little later in brief
note or two that the discoverer wrote
to the Academy of Sciences in Paris.
1t was buried in those pages and for
gotten, and has now been resurrected
by the Havana Cronica Medico and the
British Medical Journal.
In May, 1858, Louis Daniel Beauper-
thug, native of Guadalupe and
health officer at Camana, wrote to the
Gaceta Official that for fourteen years
he had made microscopic study of the
blood and secretiOns in every type of
fever and had discovered that yellow
fever resulted from the stings Of sew
eral species of mosquitoes. 1.-The mos
quito plunges it's proboscis into the skin
and introduces poison which has
properties akin to that of snake venom.
1t softens the red blood corpuscles,
causes their rupture, and facilitates the
mixing Of the coloring matter with the
serum"
Beauperthuy said good word for
the much-maligned swamp, whose repu-
tation as breeder of malaria and 9TH
er fevers was widespread. Marshes
do not communicate to the air any
thing more than humidity, and the
small amount of hydrogen they give
off does not cause in man the slight
est indisposition in equatorial and in
tertrOpical regions renowned for their
unhealthfulness. Nor is it the putres-
cence of the water that makes it un-
tOes.'
In one of his short communications
to the Paris Academy of Sciences, dat
ed from Camana, June IS, 1856, he
"1oIC tAdC as Sd11y as 4ooc LIS A1NSO
LEGATIONS in unhealthy locations in
South America had convinced him that
the so-called marsh fevers were due to
a vegetO-animal virus 'inoculated into
man by mosquitoes"
Beauperthuy's facts and deductions
were so remote from all the medical
teachings Of the day that they were
doubtless laughed at and promptly for
gotten. Probably the priority Of his
discovery will now be acknowledged,
but it might have been profound
blessing to the world if scientific re-
search had been able in the middle OF
the last century to proceed along the
lines suggested by Beauperthuys an
nOuncement.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
steel from the Ore.

Two Australian inventors have found
a new process for the continuous treat
ment of iron ore, which is to be exploit
ed throughout the world. 1t Is pro-
cess for directly converting the ore into
malleable iron Or steel, and is said to
effect a saving Of % per cent. After
the ore is concentrated it is passed
through revolving cylinder and
brought into contact with the de0x1dlz-
ing gas; thence it falls into a bottle
of molten iron and is converted into
steel or malleable iron, the whole pro-
cess being automatic.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
tn Raise Freight Rates January 1

Chicago, Oct. 5-By the flrst OF jan
uary the transcontinental railroads
hone TO be able to increase freight rates
on more than eighty commodities west
honnd and on about twenty commodl-
t;as eastbounnd between all points and
+ba pacific Coast. Conferences are be-
mo frequently held and traffic men
admit that all of the commodities are
being gone over with view to making
;,creases where possible and equitable.
The average increase proposed is be-
tween 5 and per cent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
Tacoma Scenic Drive

Tacoma, Oct 1 Al scenic driveway
from Tacoma to Point Defiance, cut
in the face of the bluff facing the wa
terfront, is being agitated. President
Bennett. of the Park board, says the
drive. if constructed, wuold eclipse any
scenic city drive Ito be found on the
continent.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
SLIT is FILED ON
BEHALF OF COON

Olympia, Oct S.-Suit was brought
today in the supreme court by the at
torneys for Lieut.. Gov. Charles u
Coon. who ask writ of mandate to
compel the state canvassing board OF
disregard second choice votes Whicn
would nominate M E. Hay lieutenant
governor and certify the nomination
for Coon for that Office, who received
the highest first choice vote. Argu-
ment on the writ is set for Friday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
Roosevelt Sees Labor Leaders

Washington, Oct. 5.-The president
has discussed the general political stu
alton with Patrick H. Morrissey, of
Cleveland, chief of the Order of Rail
way Trainmen, and Daniel Keefe, of
Detroit, sixth vice president of the
American Federation of Labor and
head of the Longshoremen's Union,
who had been invited to the White
House for that purpose. Upon leaving
neither would say anything regarding
the matter discussed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
Wants Cutter at Juneau

Juneau, Alaska, Oct. 3.-Gov. Hog
oatt has sent a recommendation to the
treasury department at Washington
that the revenue cutter Perry be sta
toned at juneau. He regards this as
the logical headquarters for the SER
vice in northern waters.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-10-10
All Fixed.

81 want to tell you, old man." said
Krotchett, "how thoroughly ashamed l
am of the temper l displayed last
night. Your wife and sister must have
thought me crazy"
no; they didn't" replied Brightly,
~ fixed that all right"
"Ah; so good Of you, old man.
YES; told them you were drunk. Z
Philadelphia Press.