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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-12
BY PETER POWER.

Daniel J. Keefe, who was APP
pointed commissioner general of
immigration to succeed the late
Frank p. Sargent by President
Roosevelt last week, Is on interest
ing personality in many respects.
Back 20 years ago he was dock
walloper" on the river front in
Cleveland and Chicago. In those
days, before disciplinary and educa-
tional methods were introduced by
the union, the lockers were a
rough and ready lot of men, who
would as soon fight as eat. 1t was
before the advent of machinery,
when the loading and unloading of
iron ore, grain, lumber and other
freight was p'.-ely matter of mus
cular ability, and when the man
who could carry the heaviest loads
and work the longest hours was re-
garded as the king of the docks. y
Keefe was a pretty husky fellow
himself and could hold his own
with the strong men and he was
also credited with having "a good
head" withal. He was one of the
most active spirits In organizing
the longshoremen, and when he as
sumed the presidency of the asso-
citation, dozen years ago. he
mapped out campaign that re-
suited in the amalgamation of
many separate national and local
bodies. So aggressive did Keefe
become about 1900 in claiming jur-
isdiction over nearly all classes of
work afloat and along shore that
he aroused the ire of seamen, rail-
road freight handlers and team
sters, who disputed his "trustifica-
ton" schemes.
A great advantage was gained by
Keefe when the late Senator M. A.
Hanna extended his sympathetic
support to establish annual agree
ments between the employers asso-
Citations in the marine industry and
the ongshoremen's union, which
adopted the more dignified title of
Transport Wokers' association"
to the great disgust of the seamen,
who were not, only fighting the
longshoremen. but were unable to
obtain pleasant look from the
vessel owners. The joint agree
ment plan promoted by Senator
Hanna was source of pride to
him, and the relations between the
organized employers and workers
was continued up to this year,
when they switched about and de-
clared for the "open shop"
One of Keefe's prominent charac-
teristics is his pronounced tacitur-
nifty. A. the recent Denver conven-
ton of the American Federation of
Labor the followers of President
Gompers resorted to every method
to make Keefe's position unpleas-
ant and goad him into fight, and
one committee officially condemned
him for his support of Taft. But
Keefe remained exasperatingly i'm
perturable and refused to be drawn
into debate.
It was doubtless due to his re-
served and sscretive nature that
Keefe was selected to perform q
delicate task by Senator Hanna in
the early part OF the campaign OF
1900. The anthracite miners were
on strike. and Hanna, recalling that
the Homestead strike of 1892 was
of sufficient Importance to turn the
balance In favor of Grover Cleve.
land and defeat Harrison. was par
ticularly anxious that McKiniey's
chance OF reelection should not be
endangered by any industrial dis
turbance. TIE newspapers con
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-12
D.
EISauu

Sometimes people who do not know
better think they are doing a good
thing to stick the railroads.&c.
company Is rich-but who pays the
bills?
"The sticking is part of the ex-
pense, and the law says you must
pay us for the use of our property,
and enough to poy our expenses
and taxes--so II Is all charged In
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-12

your bill
Bottle your interstate commerce
commission SO we can make rates
which will permit us to hold the
business that is going to the other
fellow.
unless you do, your Pacific com
merce will soon become a memory
You people on the coast will get nc
more transcOntinental railways"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-12
SIGNED RIGHTS AWAY

The CONTRACT printed in fine type
on the back of every Western
Union messag,, blank is set out
as defense by the company In
the suit brought against it for
$S23.30 damages by VIII Hayward
The company says Hayward, to put
in a few words, signed his rights
away" when lie used the message
blank. A regular message blank OF
the company is Incorporated in the
answer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-12

Ia IGilAan said he married Mrs.
Helen Newcomb In Boise, Idaho,
In 1904 and left her two years
later when \ he married Mrs.
Helen Fleemer in Sacramento,
Cai.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-12-12

A married mans conscience
doesn't worry him much until his
wife begins to sit up and take
notice.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-10-01
HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT

To our subscribers: Owing to the ad-
vanicng age of Mr.. T. Walden and also
to his Increasing correspondence, it will
be impossible for him to continye the
answering of personal letters addressed
to him on matters pertaining to fruit
growing. 1t is with difficulty that the
management of The Ranch has been able
to retain the services of Mr.. Walden and
this notice is printed here in this place
so that the subscribers desiring his eX-
pert advice, Judgment and criticism on
matters horticultural will understand
that they must look for replies to their
letters in this department Mr.. Walden
cannot undertake to answer such inqu1r-
les by mail. Further than this, persons
who are subscribers to The Ranch living
in the Pacific Northwest, can do their
Eastern friends a favor by having them
become subscribers to The Ranch and
readers of this department.
EDITOR OF THE RANCH
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-10-01
Orchardists
and
Planters

Who give the matter of future
returns any thought, are salts
fed with nothing but the best in
nursery stock.
We are always glad to meet
the particular purchaser, the
man who wants nothing but the
best, and who is willing to be
Shown" We were never in as
good position to supply large
commercial orchards in unlimit-
ed number as we are this season.
Our plant is perfection itself,
and never before looked as we'll
at this season. of the year.
We invite correspondence from
prospective purchasers and will
gladly welcome visitors to our
nursery, which is located in the
heart of the Yakima Indian res
ervation, isolated from old or
chardS or forests.
Statesmen everywhere; more
wanted
Washington
Nursery Co.
Toppenish, Wash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
The Way to knowledge.

Fran the Herald Of Health.
Oh. that people would develop their IN
>..is isAsAA. aud rely upon them. Intuition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
FISH WITH A SAIL.
HOSTS or Lowers It at Will ans
Navigates Shallow Waters.


From the London Standard.
Few marine animals seem at first glance
TO betray less intelligence than the jelly
fish. Up with the tide and down with the
tide, carried along by this or that current
moving with the eddy of backwater
hither and thither, the jellyfsh has be-
come almost a synonym for helplessness.
Scientifically. of course, the popular idea
of the jellytish is wholly mistaken: but it
is perhaps only in tropical waters that
he Is found in the perfection Of intelli-
gence. In the south Pacific, around the
islands Of Polynesia and as far south as
the upper portion Of the North Island of
New Zealand there Is jellyfish which
not only knows where it wants to go, but
is even provided with a sail, which it can
and does hoist or lower at will The sail,
like the rest of this curious animal, Is al
most transparent but unlike the body of
the fish, which is of the usual gelatinous
construction. the sail is a membrane al
most as hard as shell
Roundabout the Ellice group the navi-
eating fish is often found with a sail
measuring five inches across. and he navi-
gates the shallow island waters with the
skill OF Hooghly pilot. steering in and
out OF shaggy places and avoiding OBJ
StructionS both above and below the sur
face with unerring skill. Like his cousins
In home waters, this navigating jeIyfish
has the power of singing it's natural en-
emies. and its sting is fatal to fish and
dangerous to man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Some oldtime Pledges.
From the Chicago News.

FROM the Chicago News
Signing the pledge Is no new thing
as is proved by researches In Italy. In
teresting particulars OF what would ap-
pear to be the earliest examples Of writ
ten pledges to abstain from gambling
and excessive drinking are given in the
Turin Studi Mediaevvali by Signor Girola-
mo Biscaro, who has discovered three
such documents in the archives Of Milan
The first of these records is an oath
sworn on the Gospels by Giacomo Pas
quail and Armanino Duca. to the effect
that for two years they will abstain from
gambling in Pavia or within three miles
thereof and will likewise refrain from
inducing others to gamble on their be-
half. The penalty for any breach Of this
oath is fixed at soldi, payable to Papio
Bovatorio
In the second document Perano de Bono
promises Uberto de Proto to abstain from
gambling for certain period. exception
being made on behalf OF the game of
"bismentiro.' at which. however he was
not TO lose more than denari on any
one day. Further, he undertakes not to
visit any inn for drinking purposes before
the hour of vespers on Monday. A breach
Of either clause of the pledge involves a
payment of soldi to de Proto. BY
the third document Sileto Ferrario ex-
presses his Willingness to pay IL denari
to his brother Lamperio should he be per-
suaded to play for money in any place
OF public resort or to spend more than
2 denari on intoxicants in any one day.
The motive for these contracts is not
stated. but il is presumed that they were
entered into by employees whose masters
wished to keep their proclivities in check
There is nothing in the documents to
suggest the existence Of any organization
for the promotion of temperance. The
| honor of being first in the field in this re-
spect therefore still rests with Germany,
where two temperance societies were
founded in the sixteenth century.
OF these the Order OF St. Christopher
was formed by Sigismund de Dietrich
stein January Is, 1917. and the Order of
Temperance by the Landgrave of Hesse
December 25 1900. The members of the
one order were pledged to abstain from
toast drinking, and the members Of the
other undertook not to drink more than
seven glasses of liquor at a time. and
that not oftener than twice q day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Former secretarv's Statement.

OImeT 0cCISIdIy SIuIo"eAs'
Attorney Stanton G. Peelle. representing
Mr.. Van Dyck. exhibited to the court a
signed statement of Lyman ]. Gage. for
mer Secretary of the Treasury. The state
ment is dated New York January 20, 1908,
and reads:
During the time was Secretary of the
Treasury my attention was called TO the
large quantity of black being used In the
bureau Of engraving and printing and the
high price being paid for the same. APP
pointed d committee. on which, as l now
recall it. were Mr.. Morris and Mr.. van
derlip. to inquire into the whole matter,
report was made by the comnlttee' po'
| do not recall its purport.
"Incidental to this Mr.. Fanderlip at one
time came into my room IN the ireas-
ury Department. / am not sure now
whether he was alone or IN company WIZ
Mr.. Van Dyck, but at all events. ] was
informed that Mr.. Van Dyck. who was
employed in the bureau of engraving ana
printing had a formula for the manu-
facture Of black such as was USED IN tne
bureau which he thought could be man
ufactured at price which would result
in large saving TO the government. put
that he was unwilling to turn over the
formula or process to the government
without compensation therefor, and It
was desired to have my opinion as 10 Ms
rights and equities in the matter.
The Inventors Property.
After some reflection l held that if he
was possessed of copyright patent or
'porcess it was his property and he had
the right to dispose of it for his own profit
if he could find buyer.
That declared is one question not re-
lated to the main one which interested
the department. viz, how to secure the
best blacks for the lowest economic
price without regard to other circum-
stances.
This is all can recall regarding the
matter. Whether Van Dyck did sell his
process to anybody. or whether blacks
afterward bought were made in conform
ity to his formula. l do not know. and
never did know.
The modus operandi of testing and
purcha sing black was so established as
to preclude. in theory at least, personal
influence in determining both the ques-
ton of quality and price In the award OF
contract for purchase
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
THANKS TO A DONKEY
He Kicked at a Fly and Uncovered
Gold Mine.

From the Technical World.
The famous Cour d'Alene mining dis
trict of northern Idaho has proved to be a
pretty successful factory for the produc-
ton of millionaires. Rich men are in the
making there.
The records of this millionaire's factory
are crammed full of picturesque. even ro-
mantle. pages. Fact is stranger than fic-
ton throughout the entire story. The
largest single producer shows a net profit
for the year Of S2.264,213.
And for all this vast treasure the mill
lionaire owners have donkey to thank
1t was a plebeian burro. Bill by name,
who in kicking at tormenting fly uncov-
cred the ledge of rich ore a couple dec
AIDES ago which has been developed into
the great mines of today. The donkey de-
serves the credit. for the courts of Idaho
decided in his favor; the records still
show il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Too Smart q Bow.
From the Judges Library.

From the Judges Library.
Traveler-Say. boy, your corn looks kind
of yellow.
Boy--Yes, sir. That's the kind we
planted.
TravcIer-Looks as though you will
have only half a crop
Boy-Don't expect any moro. The land
lord gets the other half.
Traveller tafter minutes thought)--
Say, there is not much difference between
you and a fool.
Boy-No, sir. Only the fence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Dining Room Chairs
RUG SPECIALS.

$500 value 9 ft.X12 IT..
Woven-corner Smith Amin
ster Rugs. Spe- $40 Is
cial for Friday. :.
$1,000 Seamless Wilton Vel
vet Rug; size 9
ft.xI2 #. Special ehO zE
for Friday. .....%A ~'Dc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Old Customs in Modern Times.

From Town and Country
If any one imagines that London has
been completely modernized in the past
five or six years he makes a mistake of
the first magnitude. | was in a lawyer +
Office this morning and the head Of the
firm wrote 70: me draft agreement and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
A Good Client.
FROM illustrated Bits.

First LaMyer--I wish I had been living
in King So,omou's time.
Second Lawyer--Why"
First Lawyer--Ue had 100 wives. Tank
of the divorce business he could have
thrown in MY way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Agents for Gum Sectional Bookcases and Office Desks.


used huge quill pen whica seraeed and
squeaked necessarily across the earer an-
ri ] thought my nerves would tear asso,
der. When he had ccncladrt the deea-
ment he sanded IL and haaded u TO we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05

1t pays to read the want colutsus o.
The star. Hundreds OF situations afe
filled through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
Lace Curtains.

Extra special bargains in Lace Curtains.
Ralny nre a few nriceS i'm illustration:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
ASK FOR INSPECTORS
Street Railway Commissioners
Request Detail.
TO ACT DURING RUSH HOURS
Officials Will Observe Woes of the
Strap Hangers.
SITUATION IN OTHER CITIES
Secretary Eddy Reports Regarding
a New Fender and Pay-as-
You-Enter Cars.

COMPLAINTS sufficient to fill large
sized letter book have been received by
the street railway commission, which is
investigating the condition of the trac-
ton service of the District. A session OF
the commission was held yesterday con-
tinuing about two hours. but no action
was taken. The commission has data
on which to base an order directed at
overcrowding and it is believed that one
will be issued in a few days.
The Interstate commerce commission
has been asked for four inspectors to
assist Secretary Clifford Eddy in making
observations on the woes of the strap
hangers. Mr.. Eddy and his assistants will
observe all the lines during the rush
hours to gain from personal observation
knowledge of the real conditions and
base a report to the commission on such
inspections.
Situation in Other Cities.
The commission has written to London
and other foreign cities to learn what has
been done to prevent overcrowding and
has received several replies. Some of the
London lines have adopted the simple
expedient Of running sufficient cars TO &C
commodate the traffic. but conditions on
other lines. notably in the factory dis
tricts of South London. are still as un-
satisfactory as anything that Washington
can produce on inauguration day.
Secretary Eddy made verbal report
IS to the operation of new render tha'
he inspected in Pittsburg. A letter from
Joseph E Goodkey of the Northeast
Washington Citizens Association was
read. He compared the conditions OF
street railway traffic here with Loulsviiie
and Cincinnati, and suggested that the
methods in use in those cities be applied
to Washington.
Discuss Two-Step Cars.
Two-step cars were discussed. and Mr..
Eddy, reading letters from street railway
companies using such cars. remarked that
the streets of this city are wide enough
to admit of the two-step type being used
without difficulty.
Gen. Wilson Is interested in a shorter
interval between the cars from kenil-
worth. He says that the traff1c condi-
tions warrant a change.
COMPLAINT was received from s. T. Ora
ham of 18th and Franklin streets north
east. who says the platform between the
tracks at 18th street and Rhode Island
residents to considerable danger from
the raised tracks.
The commission Is considering the speed
of the Washington. Baltimore and An
napolis lire cars within the limits Of the
district. There Is a regulation prohibit
ing a greater speed than twenty miles
per hour.
Pay-as-You-Enter Type.
Considerable interest Is manifested in
the pay-as-you-enter cars that the Capt.
tai Traction Company says IL will place
in service on the Chevy Chase line soon.
Mr. Eddy says that he noted the opera
ton of such cars i'm Pittsburs and Phila-
dclphia. and was considerably Impressed
by them In addition to the fare system
they have folding steps that are operated
by compressed air by either the conductor
or motoruian. When the steps are folded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05
PAYS FINE OF $4,000
Van Dyck Admits Technical
Violation of Statute.
COURT ACCEPTS HIS PLEA
Two Other Counts Against Ink Ex-
pert Are Dismissed.
STATEMENT OF MR.. BAKER
District Attorney Tells How Van
Dyck Honestly Believed He
Had Rights in Invention.

/ Edwin NJ. Van Dyck. former ink expert
| of the bureau of engraving and printing.
| who. with Victor G. Bloede president of
the Victor G. Bloede Company of Bal
timore. was indicted January s last.
charged with conspiracy to defraud the
! United States in connection with GER
tain contracts to supply that bureau
with ink, today withdrew plea of not
guilty and entered a plea of guilty to
two counts of the indictment.
| Upon the recommendation of United
States Attorney Baker Justice Gould
imposed fine of $4,000 on Van Dyck.
The fine was paid in cash. Mr.. Baker
thereupon dismissed the two remaining
counts of the indictment. since Bloede
some weeks ago had pleaded guilty to
the other counts and had paid a fine of
$4,000 imposed on him. The fine on Van
| Dyck was doubled. 1t is understood. be-
! the time.
The Indictment charged the two de-
PENDANTS with conspiracy to defraud the
United States by having the bureau ac-
cept the dry black" ink offered by the
! Baltimore manufacturer. 1t was also
charged that Bloede paid to Van Dyck.
a member of a board that passed on
the samples of dry black submitted TO
the bureau for examination, 10 cents on
each pound of ink sold to the depart
ment until he had paid $4,000. Sub
! Sequently payment, 1t Is charged, was
reduced to about cents per pound.
! United States Attorney Baker stated to
the court that upon Il thorough investtga'
ton of the case he found that Van Dyck,
after inventing process for making q
dry black. had gone to the Secretary OF
the Treasury his official superior. and had
obtained his consent to disposins OF this
process or invention. and. in an honest
| belief that he had right to make such
an arrangement Van Dyck has sold his
process to Bloede upon a part cash and
part royalty basis. Nevertheless. Mr..
Baker said. the statute had been techni-
caIly violated: but for the reasons stated
the government was willing to accept "a
pIea OF guilty and to recommend the pay
| ment of a fine merely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-05

and Imagination arc capable of giving us
all needed knowledge and great prophetic
powers. if we only developed them on
common-sense lincs
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20
DID HIS DUTY As HE SAW IT.
But Still Some of the Automobile
Tourists Might Have Got Lost.

The Glidden trail up Main street in
Saco was lost the other day because
of the agility displayed by Charles
Schof1eld, head pusher of the refuse
department He is employed in pick
ing up paper, sticks and rubbish that
collect on Main street. He looks after
this branch of work with such faithful
ness that piece of paper larger than
q postage stamp cannot be found along
the principal thoroughsare.
Recently when the advance guard of
the Glidden auto tourists passed
through Saco they left trail of con-
fetti. This was for tho benefit of
those who followed. The city man
saw the streak of paper bits on the
pavement and Immediately got busy.
"Confound the scamps who dumped
this rubbishi" he nlttered as he
worked. IF / knew whe the culprit
was / would notify City Marshal Wig
gin." He had destroyed a good part
Of the white trail on the pavement
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20

A. Mr.. Cortelyou took a secretary
ship at Al five years ago. Most of the
members are decidedly beyond middle
age. Secretary Wilson, the oldest, is
nearly IS. In view of the fact that
brilliant achievements in other fields
than politics are often credited to men
in their thirties or even younger, it is
fair inference that the nation is I'M
reasonably depriving itself of services
that ought to be at its disposal.
In at least one great department of
politics, the house of representatives,
that barrier is evident The rules of
the house, coupled with the procedure
that makes desirable committee as
signments go by seniority, must hold
down young men. The house is no
longer a debating body. 1t does its
work almost exclusively through COM
mittees, which are in turn subject to
the domination of the speaker and his
party colleagues on the committee on
rules. If capable young man is sent
to Washington he is assigned to some
unimportant committees and he is
bound and gagged so effectively that it
is almost miracle if he manages to
break away and let anybody know of
his existence. kansas City Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-08-20
In Your Youth.

And then there was the time you
took Her to the county fair. You wore
that new 1898 suit; had Dewey Mum
gers best roadster and rubber-tired
rig and a new whip with a red ribbon
tied around it. She wore a white
dress with a blue sash, and a string
of blue glass beads about her neck.
Mind those entries in your daily ex-
pense" book-candy, 10 cents; pea
nuts, 5 cents; merry-go-round tickets,
% 5nts; side show, 20 cents; weiner-
wurst sandwiches, 20 cents; lemonade,
10 cents; ice cream, 20 cents; shoot
ing gallery, 10 cents; tintypes-you've
got 'em yet, you sitting and she stand
ing with her hand on your shoulder
80 cents. Gee, but you thought you
"blew yourself" that day, didn't you?
Los Angeles Express.