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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

+. c. WILLIAMS, former Secretary
OF the Poultry Producers Union,
was sentenced last week to the peni-
Tertiary for term of from one to
ten years for embezzlement of the
funds of the institution to the extent
of 1921.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16
TAKE BACK Your GoLD.-The Ur

TAKE BACK Your GoLD.-The Uni
versity of Nebraska is notable eX-
ception to the usual rapacity of man.
A donation of $50, 900, was rendered
by Rockefeller, for improvement of
the athletic field, by erection of a
building on the campus, which was
declined, although the only condition
was that it be named Rockefeller
Hall. 1t is thought that the influ-
ence of William j. Bryan was instru-
mental in securing this action. 1t
certainly defeated practically the
same proposition two years ago.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

AN upheaval makes a new island in
the Bogoslof group. near Unalaska
during an earthquake on the land
surface. 1t has a hot. water lake.
This is repetition of the phenome-
non witnessed over century ago.
Castle, Fire and Perry islands are all
results Of volcanic origin.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

The latest thing is an imitation
egg" in Kansas. A jobber before
putting the "just-as- good" substi-
tute on sale, sent a case to the pure
food department for analysis, which
sat down upon it with an alacrity
that shattered every shell.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

SAN Francisco will be the next
meeting place of the National Edu-
catiOnal Association. James Rud-
kyn JOyner has been elected Presi-
dent OF the Association. He is
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton of North Carolina.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16
SENATOR MCGREGOR STRIKES

SENATOR MCGREGOR STRIKES A
PAY STREAK" - State Senator
Peter McGregor, of Hooper and two
of his relatives have leased $40
acres OF the State lands in Whitman
county, for which they pay an annual
rental of about 10l cents an acre; and
title being in the State with no taxes
to pay, becomes an excellent graft
for speculative purposes in grazing.
The land is said to be eminently fit
ted for that purpose.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

AT Moscow, Idaho, John p. Thomp.
son has 4SO acres OF Red Russian
wheat which measures from six to
seven feet in height, with heads
averaging four inches in length. A
careful estimate of yield is 40 bush
els to the acre, or 1880 bushels,
which at the present price will net
the owner $l3, 900, or $50 per acre.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

Mrs. Sarah A. Acton, woman OF
81. who married youth of 10, at Co
lumbia, Ohio, committed suicide July
4th, after four months of married
life. Whether it was life or mar
riage that she found to be a failure is
undetermined. She ordered dyna.
mite placed in her grave to keep
medical students from stealing her
body.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

A Boston girl. that has three
suitors for her hand, who had signitied
their desire to abandon this life
without her for a companion, has
announced her decision 10 become a
nun, for the reason that she loves
each profoundly enough as to not
be responsible for the death of the
other two. Time may afford a
panacea for such devotion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

THREE of the L. S. torpedo boats
the Whipple, the Hull and the Trux-
ton-are now on Oyster Bay, holding
target practice. They will be there
till Monday or Tuesday. The Paul
Jones, the Perry and the Hopkins
are at Elliot Bay. engaged in the
same drill.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

AN Iowa court has decided that #
is an assault to tickle Hawkeye
girl under the chin. The Judge is
right in this matter. A true man
should be punished for combining
himself to mere TICKLE" when the
lips are SO handy just above the pro-
scribed limits for q more sensible
proceeding.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

TIE casualties on the 18th in the
Northwest, foot up as follows: Robt.
Dillinger, Sandy Point. shot with
rifle; two daughters of VIM. Skenck,
drowned; wounded by giant crack.
ers, 10; injured by fire, 2; collapse
of grandstand, 2; burns from fire
crackers, 3; careless driving, II
toy pistol injuries. 4; buildings
burned Is; Northwest fire los.
frOm firewOrkS) $500, 73O.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

AT Copenhagen, the small mer-
chants have lined up with wealthy
men to war on cooperative business
plans. Speeches were made at meet
ings Of the trade unions on the Sd
inst, which indicate q war between
the wealthy classes of Denmark and
the socialists will be one of the
most desperate economic battles ever
fought in the world. The contest be-
tween the socialists and trades union
lists on the one hand and the rich
classes and the small merchants
on the other, was precipitated
by a decision of the unionists, who
are socialists almost to q man, to es-
tablish great cooperative retail
business in Copenhagen and sub
sequently to open branches all over
the provinces. The small retailers
fear the new departure will ruin their
business and they want the govern
ment to prohibit it by law
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

THE BLACK Hand is after Hill
man, promoter of Boston Harbor. A
" hold-up' letter was received by
him, last week. from somebody who
claimed to have been a victim, de.
handing that $500 be placed for
him according to directions or for
Hillman to stand dire consequences.
Hillman has siuce packed about a big
dragon revolver. and says he would
like to meet Mr.. Blackmailer. A
wish that will hardly be gratilicd by
action of party most interested, I'M
less he may carry Il Paddy s rifle,
which is said to shoot around Il cor
npr
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16
TRAVEL At WASHINGTON UNDER THE

TRAVEL AT WASHINGTON NDER TIE
GROUND. 1t is not generally known
that in this age Of progress our
strenuous government has adopted
some of the feudal methods of prOtec-
ton and defense. in vogue when people
lived in castles and kept off intruders
by meats and submarine tunnels
Uncle Sam is so rich that he can sub
NIT to the lcg-pullinG process for
anything which may conduce to the
comfort or convenience of our Amer
lean House of Lords. \ subter-
ranean passage, somewhat resemb-
ling the secret medieval castles, diff
fering only in the fact that they are
more commodiOus and are traversed
by modern cOnveyanceS, and are not
secret nor exclusive, except to the
general public. 1t leads from below
the Senate wing, in the I. 5. capitol
to the new Senate building a short
distance away, and is intended for
the exclusive use of the national law
makers, by electric automobiles
How we "corks do swim, when we
get a hand on the public purse.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

No RACE INTERMARRIAGE.-Judgt
HUMPHREYS has framed bill for sub.
mission to the Legislature which for
bids miscogenation, or intermarriage
of the white race with negroes, Hin
dus, Japs. Cinnamon. Mongolian or
other inferior races, under penalty
OF from two to fourteen years i'm
prSonment in the State Peniten-
tiary. Under this bill, when it be-
comes law, it will be impossible for
a white woman and a Jap to go to
another State, get married and re
turn to Washington to live, as they
would be subjected to the same pen
allies as if the contract were made
in this State.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

An EASY JoB.-The north bank
railroad people want workman for
the easiest job yet noted. A lazy
man is wanted, and laziness is at q
premium, for they want man who
will devote his whole time and attcn.
ton to his job. They don't want
him to read, nor white, nor dc
much thinking, if his thought leads
to abstraction from the duty in hand.
He is wanted to sit on drawbridgt
of the Oregon slough span and touch
a button closing an electric current
of a motor which will do the
rest" of swinging the draw when
steamers are to pass through. 1t is
claimed that this service will not be
called into play more than a couple OF
times year. rs there is very little
traffic on the slough now, never has
and probably never will he more
Here is a chance for some one who
can do nothing all day long and not
get tired.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

ONLY HALF MARRIED. There are
some very ignorant people at Ever
EFT, if the story that Seattle paper
publishes of a couples attempt to
get married is true. 1t seems they
called upon the King county Auditor
and obtained a license to wed, all
right, and then returned to apart
ments already provided, had the
document framed and hung above
their bed and set up house keeping
as they supposed in due form. The
law provides that the license proper
ly filled out by the officiating clergy
man, be returned to the Auditor
within certain time. To meet the
requirement it is supposed that it
was the bridegroom who had filled
in the blank space as follows: "Of-
ticiating clergyman, Claude +. Gage,
Deputy County Auditor. When
this was made patent to the Auditor
tae couple were notified that another
formality had to be complied with be-
fore the marital act could be fully
consummated. 1t may be that the
oath administered, when the couple
certified to the facts set forth in the
application, had been taken for the
marriage ceremony.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16

IT has been decided by the courts
that the gambling law does not apply
to a game of poker that is not played
for money or its value.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-07-16
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The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04
Whom Taft Has Not Satisfied

FONiucuCG JOutudl)
Under ordinary conditions Mr..
Taft might expect a renOmina-
ton in 1912. II has come to be
the usual thing for a President to
receive an endorsement Of this
character at the end
of his first term Of office. But the
present Executive is unquestion-
ably, at this period Of his career,
a disappointment to large num-
bers of the voters who put him
in the presidential chair. The rhe-
torical statement of the Massa-
chusetts Republican platform
that everybody is satisfied with
all his official acts is simple fol-
de-rol. Not only in the West has
he failed to impress himself upon
the public as the man for a great
emergency; in the East it is Sc
riously felt that at the first i'm
portant trial of strength he la
mentally yielded to the senior
senator from Rhode Island. "You
have the constitutional right to
bring in whatsoever sort of tar
iff bill you wish; but Of course
you understand that if it fails to
measure up to the party's cam
paign promises / shall vetOe it, "
the country would have applaud
ed him; for it would have recog-
nized in him the stuff of which
Mr.. Cleveland and Mr. Roosevelt
were made; and such a sturdy
resistance to injustice and greed
would have done more for tariff
reform in the end than all this
smiling and complaisant practice
Of compromise.
That he was sincere in his be-
lief that he was acting for the
best interests Of the country IS
beyond doubt; but the Middle
West, which is anxious for tariff
reform, feels that he did not
"make good" on this vital oc-
casion; and thousands of Repub-
Leans in this part of the United
States are regretfully Of the same
mind.
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04
Ever "Greenn

A travelling salesman died very
suddenly in Kalamazoo. His rela-
tives telegraphed the florist to
make a wreath; the ribbon should
be extra wide, with the inscrip-
ton, crest in Peace" on both
sides, and if there is room, eve
Shall Meet in Heaven.
The florist was out of town and
his new assistant handled the Job.
1t was a startling floral piece
which turned up at the funeral
The ribbon was extra wide, aIM
bore the inscription: Crest IN
Peace on Both Sides, and if IN re
is Room, We Shall Meet in gea-
ven. Exchange.
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04
BREVITY THE IDEAL IN
ADVERTISING, HE SAYS
Bert NJ Moses, Head Of National
Association, Addresses the Poor
Richard Club in Philadelphia,
the Other Night.

The survival Of the fittest
word that is what successful
modern advertising has come to
mean" declared Bert M. Moses,
president of the Advertisers As
ISOLATION Of America, in an infor-
NAL chat before the members Of
the Poor Richard Club at lunch
con yesterday.
"Brevity Should be ever the
ideal of all advertising, combined
with the faculty of making each
word mean as much as can pos
sibly be packed into it. Unless
the prolixity Of modern advertis,
ing can be halted, the value Of
prOclaiming wares through the
medium of the newspapers will
be lamentably diminished.
"The other day ] took up a
New York Sunday newspaper and
simply counted all the want ads.
The process occupied two hours.
And remember, / didn't read or
note the contents Of the ads at all.
Now what can be the real value
Of such methods The result is
only bewilderment.
With the brief and succint ad
cleverness in its arrangement and
the choice Of words or pictures
are, of course, an essential factor.
And yet there have been some
palpably stupid advertisements
that have caught the popular
fancy to an amazing degree. There
is a good deal of luck in winning
the public's attention by means
Of advertising.
ct feel, in a sense, abashed in
thus offering my ideas on this
subject to Philadelphians. In this
city there is probably more known
Of the art of advertising than
anywhere else in the United
States Here were the true pio-
neers-John Wanamaker and
John T. Powers. Statues for
their achievements in this, field
might well adorn the City Hall
tower"
Nearly all of the active mem
bers of the club were present.
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04

tell for herself whether the rice
she buys is doped or not be-
cause the package will always be
labeled Rice coated with glu-
cose; wash before using Some
times rice is soaked in vegetable
oil supposedly to prevent it from
rotting but really to give it a
higher gloss thereby raising its
price.
Many of the adulterated food
articles came from Italy even more
than from other European coun-
tries Besides cheese and pepper,
the macaroni was found to be doc
tored It's rich yellow color was
not from eggs, but from coal tar
dye and saffron.
1T was also found that many
expensive wines were impure. A
well-known brandy imported from
Greece, was found, on examina-
ton in the laboratory, to have
been made by soaking raisins in
water, distilling the product, col
oring it with a forbidden coal
tar dye and adding sugar and
alcohol.
CHOW these articles are not al
lowed in this country unless their
label states exactly how they are
adulterated, and as this hurts the
sale, they are practically driven
out of the country. Another in
stance Of adulteratior was an i'm
ported sarsaparilla, which was
found to be preserved with sail
cylic acid. This was Immediately
returned"
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04
HANDOUTS STAYED ON
lThe Superior Telegranh.l


Most men fail to appreciate
how much they owe to their sur
roundings This is Just as true
Of actual surroundings as it is of
the adjuncts of that mimic world,
the stage. A certain vaudeville
performer is in trouble i'm a Con
necticut town. As a public en-
tertainer he has played many
parts on the alluring boards, his
speciality being an act in which
he releases himself from hand
cuffs and straightiackets in a
manner that leaves the audience
In a maze Of admiring wonder.
No matter how securely the iron
cuffs are fastened upon his wrists
he cracks them apart, or springs
them open, or merely slips his
supple hands from their cOnfu-
ing pressure. People brought
Jhelr own handcutfS and tried
them on this gifted entertainer,
but no brand Of cuffs ancient or
improved could long restrain him.
The other day he was alleged
to be connected in an embarras-
sing way with the disappearance
of certaSn negotiable securities
from a safe, and when the police
took him in charge they slipped
a pair Of handouts on his wrists.
no doubt supposing he would
Immediately hand them back to
them with his best footlight bow.
Did he do so No, he didn t. Why
he couldn't get those handouts
off even after they were unlocked
for him. The thing which had
seemed so easy for the professor
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04
OUTGROWN

Again the News has outgrown
its old dress and we have been
compelled to purchase a new one.
1t is surprising to our many
friends the rapid growth which
our paper has undergone in such
a short while We have a circula-
ton Of more than three (3) times
the number issued a month ago.
Our advertisers are all men
and women Of sound business abb
lily who are quick to see a good
thing and patronize it. One Of
our small advertisers received di-
rectly from his ad. $75 worth Of
trade during the last month and
others have done nearly as we'll
1t is surprising that more do
not see the great value which a
weekly paper has for the adver-
tiser, and if it were not true that
habits early formed could not be
changed, we might not under
stand.
But let us look at the advan-
tages. In the first place, people
are not going to hunt for ads; if
they are not easily seen they will
not be read. Our pages are es-
pecially adapted to the adver-
tiser.
Again, our paper is Washing
toms home paper. 1t is placed
with care in the homes of Wash
ington's buyers, and not simply
read on the street car and cram
med into the waste basket upon
arrival at the office.
Our paper also charges 81 rea-
sonably for its advertis, ments,
and NO one in business yeed be
barred out.
We have mt the name yet, but
we have already given our custo-
mers the game.
We aim to work in conjunc-
ton with every citizen in Wash
ington for the betterment Of the
city.
Have other papers done that
We believe this sheet fills a
lOng-felt want in the hearts of
the people Of the District, as it
gives to them medium of ex-
preston without charge, and
gladly. The citizens Associations
are asked to cooperate with us in
bringing things to pass.
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04
WOMAN'S DRESS IlTDTORAL2
Juvenile Protector Says it Causes
Downfall of Many Girls
Chicago RecOrd-Herald)

(ChlcagO RecOrd-llerald)
Reform Of women's dress in the
interest Of morals was advocated
by Harry A. SmOot, general sup
erintendent of the Juvenile Pro
tective Association in his report
presented before three hundred
women at the annual meeting Of
the association yesterday. Declar-
ing that prevailing styles accent
mated sex, and were responsible
for the downfall of many young
girls and boys, Mr.. Smoot recon-
mended that the association use
its influence with the sources Of
fashions, as well as with the girls
themselves, to introduce more
modest styles.
cone walking up and down our
streets cannot help but be inn
pressed with belief that the ex-
IRENE styles in dress which the
young girls are prone to wear
must surely be contributing caus-
es to delinquency" said Mr..
Smoot Frequently every article
Of dress is so designed and SO ar
ranged as to accentuate the wear
er's sex.
"The fad Of dressing extremely
has become so prevalent that one
has only to observe to find the
eyes Of men and boys following
these girls down the street. This
is a cause of delinquency among
boys. Further, a more serious
cause is the fact that most girls
are conscious Of the attention of
the men and boys, and probably
have their own ideas as to the
thoughts and impulses of the NOR
bidly curious.
"The desire to dress extremely
is fundamental to this problem.
! would suggest that if in any
way the Juvenile Protective as
ISOLATION could approach the dress
and style organizations in an ef-
fort to secure styles eliminating
the elements Of dress which tend
only to accentuate sex, and which
perhaps are not necessary to the
artistic effect, great service
would be done to young girls in
our large cities Many tempta-
tious and dangers would be re-
moved thereby"
The weekly news. [volume] (Anacostia [i.e. Washington] D.C.) 1909-19??, 1909-12-04

on the gilded and gaily lighted
stage proved an impossibility in
the dreary and dingy station
house. If the surroundings did mt
bring about this fiasco, what did ?