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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The tug William II. Yerkes. jr., of the
Taylor fieet. which came here a day or
two as to be fitted with her ice-break-
ing pillow, has gone to the lower part of
Chesapeake bay seeking vessels bound to
Baltimore. 1t is thought that when the
tug left here she would take away tow
Of eight or ten light oyster boats who's
shippers were anxious to return to the
oyster beds in the lower river. to load
back to this market where oysters i'm the
shell are becoming scarce. Capt. Crowd
er, master of the Yerkes. thought it I'M
wise to attempt to tow the small boats
through the ice for fear of damaging
them. and they were left behind TO go
down the river when the ice conditions
improve
The tug Walter Davis of the Taylor
fleet which is also employed in general
towing on Chesapeake bay, has gone to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
HANDICAP OF POLICE
LARGE PART OF FORCE ON DE-
TAIL-REPoRTS OF RoBBERIEs.

According to Major Sylvester, supe rim
tendent OF police, all the reports of rob
bcriec. are not true. This statement does
not apply To the fifteen or twenty women
held I'D and robbed in this city since the
latter part of last September. In several
instances. the police say, persons who
made complaint later admitted they had
no. been robbed or the detectives found
witnesses to prove the complaints We're
without foundation.
In every walk of life we meet queer
and at times. surprising experiences.
Major sylvester says. but the police see
and hear more that tends to question
humanity than employees i'll any other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

eHpre ssed as to the connection of.Marlow
with the cases.
Tho robbery yesterday of Andrew
Herold. jr.. by supposed professional
pickpockets served to increase the work of
the police. 1t has been the custom to
ha We detectives about the banks Saturday
morning TO be on the lookout for profess
sional pickpockets. but the force was SO
short yesterday that the usual protection
could not Zoe afforded.
|. Major Sylvester says he IS handicapped
because he has not sufficient men to prop
erly patrol the city. About forty men are
detailed at the White House and six
policemen are on duty at the worktIouSa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

ger from drift ice when the sheet now
covering the Potomac begins TO break
up and drift down with the tide. The
owners of the vessel have requested Tay-
Tor & Bro. to send a tug after the scow
and this will be done soon as tug
can be of any service to the vessel
The harbor police tug Nigiant. armed
with her ice-breaking pillow. makes "A
round of the harbor every afternoon and
breaks up the ice about the docks to ia
ciltate the removal of the vessels in
them should d fire occur and make this
necessary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

waiting hunchbacks ready to bring luck
TO any one who will pay them. Each has
his own list of patrons. and very COM
Portable income some of them earn Not
few Of them are normal I'm every re-
spect. their humps being simply padding
and framework strapped upon their Shout
ders. O:e such was recently exposed aud
punished summary. \ rumor had spread
among the gaming fraternity that he WAS
a fraud. one of his patrons, inst Fad Of
patting him gently on the back, as usual,
gave him a resounding thwack, which ef-
fectually dislodged the bogus hump. Hav-
ing thus effected a record quick cure. the
gameSters Diet ermined that their patient
must also take the waters In the lake OF
the Casino gardens in case he should have
relapse After a lengthy dip he was so
thoroughly cured that he left Monte
Carlo never to return. But there are still
bogus mascots at the doors OF the gam
ing hall. and there always will be till the
foolish superstition dies out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Perfection by Statute.
From the British Australasiar

If the Australasian of the next genera
ton proves addicted to gambling it will
not be the fault of those who make and
administer the law in the antipodes at
the recent time. Never were authorities
stern and unanimous as the punditS of
Australasia i~ heir efforts to discoun
tenance betting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09
Make-Believe Mascots.
m the Montreal Standard.

rom Inc Montreal StaDIard.
Gamblers are notoriously superstitious.
as all who haye visited Monte Carlo
know There you will find a parasitic
class who live on the superstition of the
frequenters of the tables. They are
hunchbacks, and the gamblers imagine
that they certain to have "a run of
luck after touching the humps of these
unhappy wretches. Accordingly. one finds
at each entrance to the Casino a row of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-09

Spain is spending $40 UO. 600 on new bat
tic ships and dockyard construction.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
WALK THE FLOOR DECISION.

lanes Mcdonald twelve years old was taken
before Judge TuthilI on a charge Of stealing a
blanket from the back of a horse owned by the
Salvation Army. His father, who lives at No.
90 Alaska street, appeared to intercede for him.
He said that the name of the street did not in
dicate the temperature of the interior Of his
home and that there was need for the boy
to take the blanket, but since the death of his
wife the care Of his family had devolved on
him. His mother-in-law had helped some, but
no one could take the mothers place.
I'VE had three sons" added Mcdonald but
YOU see. your honor / never had to take care
Of the babies Ny wife always did that
- Judge Tuthill looked sternly at the parent
trafghtened up in his chair, and said:
1T is Just as much the duty Of the father to
walk the floor with the baby and warm its milk
bottle as it is the mothers, and the man VINO
shiri1s this part of his duty is not good citi
zen"
The father pleaded that there would be no
more possible complaint of lack Of care in his
household, and the boy went home with him
All these and similar decisions, while they
have given Western women JOY, have caused
CONSERVATION among the men. In one COM
munity thev have caused the husbands TO form
an organization which they have called the
Suffering Papas' Club. Warsaw, Ind, is the
birthplace ana home VI iIllS StNit'N- -Aiili'oh
everything that is revolutionary. as opposed to
these court decisions, is included in its bylaws.
I'VE will not walk the floor with the baby day
or night" is one Of its pronouncements. An
other is: I'VE will not wash the dishes or help
In the kitchen when our daughters are giving
parties" Defiance of the mother-in-law 1s
voiced In this way: I'VE will be the czars Of
our empires in our own sweet way, and close
the ports of the Baltic whenever we wish
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
THE MOTHER-IN-LAW WINS.

The attorney cited his authorities. after lie
had pointed out the strong points in the peti-
ton He argued that irreparable injury would
he done his client If the desired restraining or-
der not issued.
Again Judge Carpenter decided that the court
lacked Jurisdiction and dismissed the petition.
surely" said the contractor, he passed
out Of the magistrates presence with his law
yer surely there must he a case somewhere or
other that proves a son-in-isW can restrain his
mother-in-law from bothering him.
Wen see answered the lawyer.
For an entire week client and attorney raled
the law libraries. Finally they went to Judge
Walkers court and got a hearing.
4 do not think it is given 10 courts Of chan
cery to exercise such power said Judge Walker
Surely | cannot grant the writ
The mother in-law's triumph was now COM
pete.
1T all began" she declared, when seen at her
son-in-law's home afterward, because we call
his wife Tina, when her name is Berenthine
I'm going 70 come and soc my daughter when
ever she needs me l don't care for all the
crazy husbands and courts and injunctions
whatever they 1t mighty different be
fore they were married. He thought 1 was
pretty nice then and treated me pretty de-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
6be Sn1ifb-Jo1es 4ffafr.

ACCORDING TO JONES.

ACCORDING TO JONES.
amused al him the other day. ! had called him Il
liar, and must have told him about it.
OF course, / only said it in the heat OF argu-
ment with another man. L didn't really It..
told. lie up to and started TO say
something. but he nervous l suspected at
once that he had heard what / said. Finally he
smiled quite sheepish smile, and said 4 heard
believe He kind of gulped the words. and
embarrassed that actually L felt sorry for him. +
felt If I'd like to help him out. Well said l.
in my most encouraging way. hope 1t some
thing good AS l said this 1 looked him fairly and
squarely in the eye. You ought to have him
weaken. He shifted from foot to the other, and
murmured, with a faint smile, suppose it de-
pends upon the point of view. l hope I'm good
friends, Jones' said he, and hope our intimate
and personal relations Will continue said he. He
going to call me down. but he just didn't have
the nerve. Sure ] said and with that he walked
of that? l Just hoping he would come right
out and say. Jones you called liar But he
wasn't up to It. OF course. | would have apologzed
for as j said meant him no harm. But that's
the way some folks built. They drop their
RsrYe At the critical u0msuts
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
ACCORDING TO SMITH.

a I
"Oh, say! ] met Jones. You know Jones. of
course. Well, ! heard that he had called me liar
the other day in conversation with another man,
and so | was just laying for him. | have an idea
he suspected something was up, as he began to act
sheepishly right away But, of course, didn't let
on at first: l just looked him calmly and coolly in
the eye. Then / said. Jones, old man, l heard
something about you the other day that l couldn't
believe said this in q calm, even voice. but Jones
must have known something UP, as l could see
him begin trembe. i hope it something
good said Jones, with a quaver in his voice As
for me- l iust beginning TO enjoy myself. on,
we'll | replied. with n pleasant Offhand smile,
that depends entirely on the point of view. Now.
may not be good or 1 may be good l smiled
genially this time, while Jones turned pale; could
distinctly him growing pale. That of course.
is a matter of opinion, but / wish. Jones'-here
looked him fairly and squarely in the eye-if you
have anything of intimate and personal nat
ure'-- BY this time Jones shaking all
! just fingered on those words while / faced him
down. Oh it was TOO rich,-'Why, Jones old man.
just say it TO my face. will you? and with this. in
my easiest and most careless manner, l left him.
You ii wasn't necessary to do anything TO
Jones. 1t the whitening of what |
said that fetched him. / tell you it great
fun-ginlpiy great! And he won't forget 1t, either.
He'll know better next ums.4
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
MOTHER-IN-LAW'S
LEGAL TRIUMPH
HUBBY C4N'T BAR HER
FROM HIS HOME.
TictOry for Uircs, Too - Uan
Must UGH Floor 5cith
Babe.

Americans who have reared mansions IN the
air, having Tor support the time honored pillars
Of belief that every mans house is his castle
and that woman alone Is heir to the Godgiven
privilege OF walking the floor night with the
baby. may learn with dismay that they have
builded merely on qUicksand 4 faithess sub
stratum which has now slipped away. Any
Householder may still shut the door in the face
OF the book agent or the persistent creditor hut
there is one person whose entrance he dare not
and cannot forbid. He may neither erect
physical barrier nor fiaunt a writ Of injunction
10 bar ont his ncther-in-law, for the courts
have so decided. They have ruled too. that It
is every husbands bounden duty TO lead the
stocking foot procession and sing the midnight
lullaby if one Is necessary.
1t was a man who initiated the litigation tlat
thus established the triumphant status of the
nother-in-Iaw II was likewise a man that
caused the bench to transfer from the maternal
TO the paternal side Of the household the burden
Of ouieting the sleepless infant in the stiN,
small hours. Therein lies an object lesson For
tie militant suffragette of New York and Aer
still more militant sister of London: also fer
those women who are clamoring for the right
to smoke in public places. If only they are pa
1ienf and wait until blunders into start
ing some sort OF legal procedure having thAlr
contention as an issue without his knowing il,
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

clergyman Of No. $50 Wilson avenue, Chicago,
tool, other means to settle the mother-in-law
question.
THE dinner plates on one OCCASION testfhed
Mrs. A. D. Morris, the mother-n-law. in her
daughters suit for legal separation from the
preacher. ''were allowed to become overheated
John put the bab by on his knee and showed the
plate in front of the baby. The little thing
patted the red hot plate and blstcred its right
hand Then he showed another red hot plate
and wanted the baby to burn the other hand I
begged him stop. He threw me over the
porch"
Joseph Dempsey, of No. 3146 Rhodes avenue,
Chicago, Courtcd his sweetheart four years, and
in the last year proposed TO her 800 tfmes-once
every evening. Yet within three months after
she became his bride his mother-in-la law came
between them. and as he could not obtain an in
junction his sole hope in future happiness lay
in suing for divorce He sued. His wife filed
a cross bill, charging cruelty, and
contested decree
Complaints against the mother-in-Iaw were
not ali made by the men. One was voiced
by Mrs. Arthur <ohr, wife of a young violinist
of Chicago. The musician ran away from her
twenty-one days after marriage, and went to
the home of his mother. Shortly afterWard he
sUel for separation.
she loved me too much,' declared Kohr in
the petition he presented to Judge Ball, the
strangest ground the court had ever heard urged
for decree.
'She is just crazy about love" said Kohr
when asked for explanation. She would sit
on my knee by the hour. She wanted to be
kissed in the morning anG kissed at noon and
kissed at night. l a prisoner in my wifes
house. | never could get away from her de-
spairing cry. Arthur, kiss me" The last week
was there I earned only 81 20 because she
wouldn't let me go out to play 1 had to be
with her all the time getting loved. There was
only one thing for me to do if L wished TO earn
a living and that was to run away and did it.
l wouldn't go back to her for anything
The wives who are happy over being freed
from the monopoly of walking the floor with the
baby at night thanking Judge Richard 8.
TuthI of Chicago's Juvenile Court, for the
ruling.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
MANY HUSBANDS COMPLAIN.

AS if IN protest against the decision in favor
OF the mother-in-law in the Christensen case, an
epidemic of complaints against mothers -in-law
appeared Immediately afterward in Chicago.
MY wife was worth $4,000 to me- Martin
Wederholdt told jury in Judge Clinords court,
but her mother. after giving her to me out
right, won her affections away from me- 1t is
just, therefore. that her mother should be COM
PEELED to pay me that amount of damages"
Here again the mother-in-law Won In the
verdict Wederholdt got not even minus Y.
The Rev. John C. Reinhardt, an ordained
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01
NOT IN COURTS JURISDICTION.

1t was Carl Emil Christensen, a contractor,
who took the mcther-in-law question 10 the
courts He IS fifty-five years old and ought 10
have known better hat having paid no atten-
lion TO domestic affairs until he was married q
couple Of years ago he had no experience 10
serve as a guide or warning. His wife, being
only twenty-five years old, was likewise without
experience and could not advise him. So he
went 10 lawyer, who told him he had ground
for action and that the law could give him
relief.
Christensen therefore went before George a.
Carpenter, Judge Of the Circuit Court Of Chi
cago with prayer for an injunction 10 restrain
his mother-in-law from entering his dcmicilc.
at Nc. 51o Thomas street, IL the Windy City.
II want ruling that Will officially fix the status
Of the Inother-in-law forever he told the
judge.
Judge Carpenter sat silent and meditatlye
moment, staring at the ceiling. There fitted
through his mind an entertainment in country
schoolhouse long ago, at which one Of the enter
tainers asked the question, who is it keeps my
trousers patched?' A vision of a sweet faced
woman. with crimped gray hair and high
uecked gown that bulged out under the in
fuence Of set of immense hoops, succeeded the
question. Then there were blazoned on the cell
ing the words. MY mother-in-law.'
IT do not believe court Of chanCery has
jurisdiction 10 grant what the complainant
asks" said Judge Carpenter when the vision
passed.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-01

The contractors lawyer interrupted with a re-
quest that the court weigh the issue we'll before
deciding it, saying that it was urgent, that the
happiness not only Of his client but of every
other husband with a mother-in-law was at
stake. Judge Carpenter insisted, however, that
the petition without precedent in all his
tory, and that far as he knew there no
statute which gave the court jurisdiction.
Therefore he denied the motion for temporary
restraining order. But the attorney had prom
ised Christensen relief and was determined 10
get il.
Il produce authorities. if the court please,
showing that your honor has jurisdiction said
the lawyer. II ask permission TO show them
and argue in favor of this plaintiffs cause"
This request Judge Carpenter granted. Chris
tensen went home. finding his mother-in-law
scrubbing the kitchen table and advising his
wife how to keep his year-old baby from crying
its head off when it wasn't hungry.
The next day lawyer and contractor were
again before the judge. The attorney presented
a long document setting forth Christensen's
woes. This recited that the plaintiff had been
happily married for two years, except on occa-
sions when Henrik and Bertha Larsen, OF No.
40; North Fairfield avenue, Mrs Christensen's
parents had interfered with the regulations pre-
scrbed by the rightful lord and master
Life would be pleasant and happy" read the
petition, IF Il not for the annoyance,
Interference and intermeddling Of the defend
ants particularly Bertha Larsen. who comes TO
your orators home and is always giving advice.
which is unsolicited, your orators wife, tell
ing her that she ought to do this or that. con-
trary to your orators wishes. In fact. the de-
fendant, Bertha Larsen. tries TO your
household
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-01-08
NEW REFORMA-
TORY AT
MONROE
Fred Reeves Returns from Meeting
of Board.-Teils of Plan of
the Refcrmatory.

The new reformatory which is to
be built at Monroe by the State. viii
soon be under construction, accord
ing to statement of Hon. Fred
Reeves of this city, who is one of the
five members of the executive board
of this institution. Mr.. Reeves spent
several days on the Sound last week
in the interests of the institution and
in attendance at the meeting of the
board
A New Plan.
The reformatory is a new idea in
this state. Under the provisions of
institution is built for the purpose
of separating the youthful transgres-
sors of the law from the old and
hardened criminals. The old crimi-
nails will still be kept at Walla Walla
and the boys will remain at the re-
form school at Centralia.
But in order to give a chance to
the young men under the age of 81,
and, at the discretion of the Judge,
under the age of 80, these young
men will be taken to Monroe when
tHe lHSIlLutlOH IS OlupleLSu anu CIV
en- an opportunity to learn a trade.
1hey will also be paid for their time
if they have relatives depending upon
them for support.
superintendent appointed.
"A superintendent has been APP
pointed who will assume the duties
OF his Office on April /. He will
make trip to many of the institu-
lions OF this kind in the United
States and learn their methods of
Seattle is the man selected. His sal
airy is fixed at $500 per year.
$4,000 Appropriated.
The sum of 100000 was appropri-
ated by the last legislature for this
and more will be needed
later on.
The five members of the board are
selected, not on account of their po-
litical Affiliations, the law providing
that it shall be non-partisan.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-01-08
to Say in Reference to this I'M
DOrtant Measure.

Following is letter from Oscar
Redfield of Cashmere on the parcels
post question. The article was writ
len at the time of the first announce
ment in regard to the stand taken
b. Congress Jones, when he fell
in line with the resolution passed by
the Spokane Chamber of Commerce
opposing the measure:
Editor World:
During the past year many able ar
ticles have been published in favor
OF the parcels post" and the Post
master General has recommended it.
The main arguments advanced are
that it will be a great convenience
and benefit to the rural districts, and
a source of revenue to the govern
ment.
In the last few days the country
papers have commenced knocking it.
and our hired man, Jones, has given
it a black eye.
From the arguments put forth by
the local press and Mr.. Jones 1t
would seem to be a scrap between
the big city department stores and
the country merchants.
The department stores are run
for the purpose of making money
with the parcels post they could
make still more money.
The country merchants run their
stores to build up the town-they
are its chief support Ii it were not
for these merchants perhaps there
would be no Wenatchee for the Big
Red Apples to make famous.
1t is wonderful what a country
merchant can do if there is no par
GELS post to keep him down.
At first l thought Wesley was TAX
ing an undue interest in him, but
can see now that l have been misled.
The people around Wenatchee and
up towards Cashmere, who are rails
ing the apples above mentioned, are
not in this pot of mush.''
Should Mr.. Jones and the country
merchants need any assistance in
fighting this effort for a parcels post
they will find every express company
in the United States valuable ally.
If there seems to be any danger
of this measure passing they would
ICdully give Ten MIllIOu dollars To-
wards defeating it,
| am sure that this Country mer-
chant racket is highly pleasing to
! the express companies, and if Mr..
Jones and the aforesaid merchants
will get in touch with them they can
knock the parcels post higher than
a kite.
OSCAR REDFIELD.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-01-08


your eyes never witnessed in your
wanderings through the Old World
| am glad that you are here and that
we will see this glory together As
it happened the mists were first
| swept aside on a Sunday morning.
and looking from my window / saw
Mount Rainier for the first time, and
the thought came to my mind, What
a sermon my friend will preach this
morning. The mists have cleared
away, and the mountains show forth
their glory this day
Nor was I disappointed, for never
was my friend more eloquent, using,
as he did, the magnificence of the
mountains in illustration of his beau-
tiful thoughts. When summer
comes, he said to me afterward,
you and yours and l and mine will
go out to those mountains and we
will be children again.
"And so we planned that it should
be, but a greater than we had plan
hearted, lovable John Rust's feet
should rest upon the paths of the
| Delectable Mountains in the Region
of the Blest, and that those of us
who had known and so well loved
| him should be desOlate because of
his going from among us.
/ There is legend that one who
! has drank from the Rio Grande al
ways goes back 10 it again. and so
! it is with the man whose gaze has
I rested upon the Cascades or seen
them reflected in the blue waters Of
! the sea-he must go back to them
some day. and so my eyes, turn en-
viously towards 1909 and the Alas
! kan ukon-Pacific Exposition, for
then l. too, am going back if"