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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-28
Ierdct Of Drowning Returned By y John Flynn Fully Fxoneated
SPAIN FACES
REVOLUTION.

King Alfonso Hurries to Capital to Call Special
Meeting of Cabinet Barcelona in Hands of
, !. Wild Mob, Protesting Against War in Morocco
e, Trains Wrecked and Rioters Killed Heavy
= Loss Sustained in Battle Between Moors and
Spaniards.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-28
CHARTER MAKERS
WINDING UP WORK

action taken was to. abolish the
city treasurer as a separate office
and require the councilman on
finance to hold this place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
A Tammany Building.

There may be no particular significance
In the fact that the New York papers of
today printed on the morning of election
stories OF the dangerous cracking of the
great criminal court building of that city.
completed sixteen years ago at a cost of
$2O0O.oO0. IL may have been only a coin
cidenee that this disturbing announcement
came just as the people OF Manhattan
were turning out to obey the injunction of
their ward leaders to vote early. Proba-
bly, those who turned out early enough to
satisfy the commands of their precinct
monitors rarely read the newspapers, and
even II they had done so today they would
scarcely have been impressed with the
proclamation OF danger i'm the criminal
court building. Many of New York's ear
Hest birds would be overjoyed IL the
structure should fall bodily into the SUBJ
way. the construction Of which. Il is al
legged. In in part responsible for this con-
difion.
Those who are not identified with the
dominant political organization in New
York are today taking pleasure In pointing
out that the crumbling building was de-
signed by three Tammany architects I'M
der a Tammany mayor and was built by
seven Tammany contracting firms. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
Springs Of Rock Creek Park.

The plan for the preservation of the
springs of Rock Creek Park. outlined in
The Star last evening. is an idea that
combines poetry and utility. These nat
ural fountains should be cared for, and it
is a pleasing suggestion advanced by the
Brightwood Citizens Association that
leach of these springs shall be named
for some person Of national character in
our country, and thus cause them to be-
come a monumental feature of interest
to our people and facilitate the &C
auaintance of the general public with the
attractive features Of Rock Creek Park
The springs of Rock Creek Park are
pretty incidents of that sylvan retreat.
This park will become dearer to the peo-
pie OF Washington as the city expands
and as the suburban fields and woods are
blotted out by builders. The very thought
OF a pure spring inspires thirst for clear
water. and drinking at such a place
makes a man fancy that he is smuggling
close to nature.
Springs in the District Of Columbia are
disappearing. Springs lose their sparkle
and do not bubble freely and purely when
population crowds around them. So, let
the Rock Creek springs be saved!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02

that il Is In such bad condition that the
Tammany justices who occupy it are now
calling out in terms of real alarm for the
adoption Of immediate measures to pre-
vent a catastrophe. Judging from well
established facts connected with the man.
agement of New York under the auspices
of Tammany Hall. the suggestion that the
work done by it's representatives and un-
der the direction OF it's chosen agents of
municipal administration is untrustworthy
does not involve strain on the public
credulity. In this very building. for ex-
ample. certain beautiful statues proudly
proclaimed as bronze and. 1t may incl
dentally be noted. paid for by the city at
a bronze rate. have proved to be plaster
covered with bronzed sheet iron. an eco
nomical expedient strongly suggestive of
the devices adopted i'm Harrisburg by the
state capital contractors favored by the
political machine of that commonwealth.
1t Is estimated that the repairs to this
court building i'm New York will cost from
500. 600 to 100000. Even then there will
always be doubt of the permanence OF
the structure. Some of the official occu-
pants are bewailing the imminent prospect
that the building may have TO be entirely
demolished, to be replaced by announcer
building planned and erected according 10
more reliable principles. But the obvious
lesson of this discovery of political job
berry is hardly likely to be learned by the
people of New York i'm time to affect their
exercise of the suffrage today I'm an eiec-
ton which may bear directly upon the
question of the replacement of the shoddy
building
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
One More PLAYGROUND.

One more playground has been added
to the children's recreation places of
the District. The story. published in n
recent issue of The Star. of the IN
formal opening of the new Georgetown
playground and of the happy appreci.
alton of II by the children would con-
vince the sourest skeptic OF the health
promoting utility of such a spot.
Fairgrounds have come to be a fea-
ture Of city life. The cost to taxpayers
is trifling when weighed against the
good they do. The children playing
there today. laying in a store OF good
health and building up their muscles
will In the course OF a few years he
citizens and taxpayers. and without
doubt will be valiant advocates Of the
playground as an institution. The play
ground represents an idea that is max
ing converts by the legion.
The street is not a proper playground
for youth. II has its moral dangers rs
well as it's physical risks. The public
playground gives to the city-bred child
one Of the advantages which bless the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
Maryland Suffrage Amendment

From the Baltimore American.
II one were to philosophize upon the
defeat of the amendment proposition,
which is generally conceded to be poten-
TALLY accomplished. he would find ample
reason in the fact that it is utterly UNI
called for. This is reflected in the out
side view The people of the north see
no merit in 1t, for. although many OF
these states have property or educational
tests, or both. these tests are applied i'm
partially to all persons. They regard the
proposed use of such tests in this state
with amazement and disgust. because the
purpose would not be to raise the level
of citizenship, but to demoralize 1t by de-
stroying its power to punish an admins
tration for misdeeds by turning II out
of office The south does not want 1t. for
the states having Acknowledgement OF the
colored voters see very clearly should
the amendment be carried to the Supreme
Court, as il would be II adopted, the entire
class of similar legislation in avoidance
of the federal Constitution would De
passed upon, with the proba bility that all
such practices would receive death
blow Thus the Maryland amendment
finds no degree of liberation in the senti'
ments of the people either to the north
or to the south of the state. A thing that
fulfills no purpose that can elicit the
commentator of any section OF the coun-
try or class Of the population Is Ger.
tainly something that is neither political
fish, flesh nor fowl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
1be Colleges and the Game.

The public opposition to the game OF
foot ball aroused by the numerous deaths
which occur on the gridiron field Is not
directed against the sport itself so much
as against the manner in which IL Is
PLAYED in this country. The American
people recognize and appreciate the game
as a test of skill and strength. but they
deplore the brutal and brutalizing prac-
tices which have come into vogue in the
western adaptation.
In the comments evoked by the death OF
Cadet Byrne the sentiment prevails that
the rules should be radically amended
to lessen the danger to players. AT fire.
uuent intervals during the past twenty
wears the same sentiments have been ex-
pressed. notably by the heads OF educa-
tional institutions. who have with few ex-
ceptions agreed that foot ball as played
by American teams is menace to the
youth of this country. Yet no practlcai
advances have been made toward a re-
form. Year after year teams have been
nut into the field representing schools.
colleges and universities with the result
of numerous deaths and disablements.
There is no more reason now for chang
ing the rules than there was a dozen
wears ago. The delay in this matter Is
a reproach to either the intelligence or
the courage of those who have virtual
control 1t is within the power OF the
faculties of our educational establish
ments to force reform. The dimculty
has been that each institution has seemed
to fear loss of prestige in case OF the
abandonment of foot ball. failing rad!-
cal revision of the rules. 1t is as though
the life of our colleges depends upon the
maintenance Of this thanksgiving game.
Ii the American educational system
cannot be maintained without the accom-
paniment of murderous foot ball playing
II is high time that steps be taken to find
a saner foundation for our institutions
of learning. The college that cannot do
it's appointed work in the education of
youth without the meretricious advertise
ment of a foot ball team playing under
the existing rules deserves to fall. IL the
fathers and mothers of this country, act
ing upon a common impulse OF parental
precaution, sent their sons only to those
institutions where foot ball under It's
present rules is forbidden. the necessary
reform would come quickly enough from
the administrative end of the line.
This reform need not wait upon the
agreement of all the leading institutions.
Each college can and should act for itself
in Judging this matter in the light Of its
own information and intelligence. To
postpone until there is complete harmony
of action is to surrender the case to the
dangerous conditions of today. Each year
will in such event bring its death. record.
it's sacrifice of young lives. its toll of dis
fgurements and permanent injuries. Let
one of the larger universities take the
necessary action regardless of what. the
others will do and public sentiment will
so strongly support it in this departure
that the others will quickly follow suit in
obedience to what will become an ire
sistible national demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
The Stars Election Returns.

In pursuance of its annual custom The
Star will tonight display on a screen in
front of its building bulletins of the cleo
tion returns from all partss of the coun-
try in which votes are being cast today
This is an ''off year in politics. People
are voting chiefly for municipal officers
and on local issues. With the exception
OF the filling of a few congressional va
cancies the balloting has no direct ma.
tional significance. But in this country
every election has its bearing upon the
larger questions of politics. so that even
in year of strictly local campaigning
the voting is interesting to the student Of
national affairs
Attention is chiefly concentrated upon
the result of the triangular mayoralty
fight in New York city, which is always
spectacular and politically entertaining.
Immediate local interest centers i'm Mary
land. where an important constitutional
amendment has been laid before the peo-
pie. In Virginia state campaign has
just closed with both parties active i'm an
effort to carry the governorship. In Ohio
municipal elections will be held in all the
large cities, with the chief interest CEN
tering in Cleveland, where Mayor john
son is again candidate for the highest
local Office. Throughout Indiana, Ken
lucky, Connecticut, New Jersey and New
Hampshire municipal elections are today
in progress. In Massachusetts. Rhode
Island and Pennsylvania state officers are
being voted for. and in Nebraska the
election will determine the composition
OF the state supreme court. In California
municipal elections of particular local i'm
portance are in progress. the San Fran
cisco contest having a direct bearing
upon the fight for local reform.
From all these points will come The
Stars bulletins, by Associated Press, by
special wire. by both of the telegraph
companies with their full service of brief
announcements and by long distance tele-
phone, from staff and special correspond
ents. Immediately upon receipt these
bulletins will be shown upon the screen
on Pennsylvania avenue. beginning as
soon as ii is dark enough to permit their
reading. The bulletins will be inter-
spersed with appropriate illustrations and
occasional cartoons expressive of the
trend of events.
The Stars election night display will
this year. as in the past be as complete
and satisfactory as it is possible to make
II, and every Washingtonian is invited to
view It,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
What ThenP

After the aeroplane-what them"
IT'S the question uttered by many men.
Shall We fly still onward with genius
proud?
AS we spurned the earth, shall we spurr
the cloud?
And finally through some mystic change
Wrought by the chemists art SO strange
Shall we mount the ether and leave be-
hind
Even the haunts of the buoyant wind?
Shall we range through space where the
comets race
And visit the Martians face to face?
After the aeroplane-what's that!
Oh skeptic profitless, stale and nat.
You think We have reached the limit nov
And we'll have to get back to earth some
how?
After the aeroplane YOU foresee
Liniment, lint and dependency?
You think cen genius must have slump
After the aeroplane comes the bump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
The Farmers Market.

A change has just been effected near
the Center market whereby the farmers
line" which formerly occupied Little B
street along the Mall, has been removed
from the thoroushfare to two small
squares west of the market building. THIS
10 an Improvement which might well
have been undertaken long ago and which
became imperative upon the completion
Of the New National Museum building
Immediately alongside Of the unsightly
malodorous and street littering stretch Of
wagons. While this open-air market was
In one respect picturesque feature of
the city, it had become a nuisance. The
removal TO the two small squares will in
no wise lessen the public convenience
This change, however. should be con-
sidered as only temporary. 1t is the
hope OF all who are interested in the de-
velopment of Washington that Congress
will soon take the long-delayed step of
condemning all the land lying between
Pennsylvania avenue and the Mall and
utilize it for public building purposes
with appropriate park settings. 1t Is
highly undesirable that Immediately ad-
jacent 10 an attractive building such as
the new National Museum conditions
should exist such as those that prevail
even under the new arrangement. The
main approach to this building is from
the north. and until the Mall-Avenue
space is taken by the government every
visitor to the National Museum must pa s
through a huddle of decrepit structures
devoted to retail marketing and the COL
lection OF old junk.
Washington will never develop to its
full possibilities as an attractive capital
city until this problem of the Mall
Avenue land is practically attacked by
Congress and solved. The piecemeal
method heretofore adopted will postpone
the rescue OF the city from its disfigure-
ments for many years. A slice has been
taken OF the western end by law. but not
in fact. as a site for one or two build
ings. but il will be two oAthree years be-
fore even that work is actually started
At this rate the year 1850 may come and
go with the city's great park and its
internationally famous chief thoroughfare
still separated by a wedge Of shabby
buildings. the owners OF which cannot
safely venture TO spend money on i'm
provements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
The Foot Ball Crisis.
m the Philadelphia Ledger

FROM Inc fnlidueipnid iNuBVi'
The fate of the game Of foot ball as an
intercollegiate sport is probably tremb.
ling i'm the balance, unless the rules OF
the game can be SO modified as to pre-
vent the violent collision OF the players
I'm mass formation or as individuals
When Lorin +. Deland at Harvard about
twenty years ago devised the fyinG
wedge, there was a great cutlery against
this particular formation, and since then
from time to time various intercollegiate
committees have persistently tussied with
the problems OF how many men should
be allowed back of the line. how far
apart the opposing elevens should stand
when the ball is put in play, what shall
be considered fair and what Is to be
reckoned unfair tackling-and all the
other questions incident to the character
istic feature of the game-the element OF
violent personal contact, which Is what
draws great crowds to see the game
played.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02

Metal Beds and Bedding.

advantages of Metal Bedsteads all others
rapidly being recognized by progressive American
w. housewives the important factor aside from their
artistic beauty, being the with which they kept
clean
Our fall and winter stock, which displaying
entirety products of the best
oe being of the highest character Some
ornamental severely plain rich and handsome
Bedsteads continuous and square post effects and
bright and satin fnish-SIo75 to $4,000 each.
White Enameled Bedseads plain and brass trmmed$4
$27so each.
Aimetal Springs the famous national
fabric with good strong supposSo $4oo $500 and
$3.50 each.
Hair Felt Mattresses made in workrooms
parts. Hair Mattresses $4,000 each Felt Mat
tresses. $500 O $3.50 each.
We all times full line of Feather Pillows
with best quality ticking ranging price from $500
each.
seconds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
Linen Department.
<C>.3-d Euoo. n C%.ao<'N


MIN Damask. soft finish: made from fine
HAL pure flax and free from bleaching chemicals u inches
lIJVV wide.
SIoo Sill and SI.25 the yard
inch Napkins match ST. and $3o the Dozen
New Scotch Damask Pattern Cloths in designs nclud
ing pretty stripes.
yards long $2oo each
y, yards long $25o each.
3 yards long. $500 each
2oinch Napkins, ST. dozen
New Hemstched Cloths with round excellent quail
ity.
yards square, $500. s375 and $3.50 each.
2H yards long. 1915 So and 5000 each.
yards long, $3.50. S.. so and 800 each.
Scalloped and Embroidered Linen Round Teaclohs,
Centerpieces and Doiles o match.
7-nch Doiles, S.. 50 the Dozen
I2-inch Dolies. 5000 the dozen.
24-inch Centerpieces. ST so each.
,o-inch Centerpieces $225 each.
45-inch Tea Cloths, $3.50 each
54-inch Tea Cloths 5000 each.
72-inch Tea Cloths Sly so each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
Commission Government.
From the Boston Herald.

Twenty Illinois cities are reported as
ready to adopt smplified government as
soon as the legislature gives permission.
and they are acting together in seeing to
IL that the republican state machine at
Springfield e'does not defeat the permits
sive legislation desired" Testimony from
sections of the country where this new
form of government is being tested more
generally and thoroughly than it has
been in the east Is substantially unani-
nous as to its efficiency In stopping waste
and in securing for taxpayers a larger
per cent of what they appropriate than
has been. the custom under the conven-
tiOnal forms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
New
New
Willow Furniture.

We have just received a new shipment
OF Willow Furniture. which Is SO popu-
lar nowadays for bedrooms and living
rooms. Made of the best imported Will
low and constructed by hand, which adds
to it's strength and beauty. Shown in
the natural color and in a rich shade OF
green. We finish these pieces in any
shade desired and provide cushions for
same at slight cost.
Special:
Included in this shipment is an
other lot of those bar Harbor
Armchairs. of which we have sold
so many this year. They are con-
structed of the best French Will
low: are very comfortable, and
fitted with upholstered seat cush-
ion.
$500 each. Value, $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
New Lace Curtains.

OIL making selections for the season one obec
III kept constantly viewgreatest skill and care to sc
III the best manufacturers and importers such thing
only in Judgment the best the most practice
and at the economical AS resu
stock which believe will only give general sat
isfacon but highly attractive to all who inspect It, In
cluded
Point Lace-S5.O0 to $3.50 pair.
Swiss Point-S1O.OO to $500 pair.
Duchess Point-S15.O0 to $3.50 pair.
Two=toned Venice-$9.O0 to $500 pair.
Penaissance-S5.OO to S4S.OO pair.
Cluny Lace-S5.00 to $3.50 pair.
Brussels Net-S15.OO to $500 pair.
Filet Lace-S3O.00 to $4,000 pair.
Arabian Lace-S12.5O to 10000 pair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
New
POrtieres.

We are now showing a large and vel
selected line of Portieres in designs and
shades that are very rich and harmoni-
GUS And all of them represent excep-
tional values. Included are Plain Ve,ours
Duplex Silk Velours. Silk Frou F'rou and
Duplex Velours Some are richly plain
others have plain centers with beautiful
floral and oriental borders.
Plain Velours-$I3.5o pair.
Duplex Silk Nelours-S2o to SIS
pair.
Silk Frou Frou-SI5 to SIS pair.
Duplex Flax Nelour-S37.5o pair.
Also a large assortment OF
Reps. Armures and Satin Derbys,
$500 to $1,000 pair.
E,,s,rth d1sar q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
Ito.
From the New York Tribune

From the New York Tfibune
What Cavour was TO Italy. Theirs to
France, Bismarck to Germany. Hamilton
to America-in some respects a little
more, in others somewhat less-that was
Hirobumi Ito to Japan. He was her
greatest civil organizer and her great
est constructive statesman. and TO
be that. in view of the development and
progress Of Japan In the last fifty y7ars.
was to be one of the worlds greatest
men in the latter half of the nineteenth
century. OF such rank In the intelligent
estimation of mankind he was abundantly
assured many years before the end OF his
long life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02

country boy and the country girl a
roomy, healthful place for play.
There ought to he no backward step
in the playground movement. Wash
ington needs more of these places. and
those already established and to be
established should have generous sup
port.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
Interested.

You say your impressions of Philade
phia were lively?'
yep" answered the Broadway Kid.
How did that happen?"
81 went to sleep early and dreamed
was in New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
ODen Stock Dinner Ware.

MIN EVER shown such attractive decorations
THAI Open Dinner Patterns the time
tNl Austrian English and American factories have
~ contributed generously and selection has been dis
to the smallest detail.
patterns of Haviand Limoges: several from All
renedt Greek Key Border Rdgways Imported English
all splendidy effective and moderate prices
of the other regular stock patterns
enabling replace breaage make complete service
for the coming
Ioo-pece American Porcelain Dinner Sets. S675
Ioo-piece English Porcelain Dinner Sets. $II75 up.
oo-piece Austrian China Dinner Sets. $2I.25 up.
oo-piece French China Dinner Sets. $2375 up.
1oo-piece Haviand China Dinner Sets SEQ. so up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
THE STAB has . regular and perHna-
asnt Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation Of the
other Washington dailies. A News
and Advertising Medium II has NO
competitor.

e8In order to avoid delays on account
% personal absence letters to TIE
gTAR should not be addressed to any
Individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply to TIE STAR, or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-02
Festal Perils.

Sad is the man of lofty state
Whose life in banqueting is led.
Regretting sometimes what he ate
Or else repenting what he said.