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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
.GAZZAN AND CHILD
ARE FRIENDS AGAIN
Reconciliation Is Expected to
OvershadoW Suit for
Alienation.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8-A recon-
Citation between Miss Antoinette Eliza
beth Kazzan, defendant IN the sensa-
tional alienation suit brought by Mrs.
Marshall Clark, wife of ''Niblo," the
mystic, and Miss Gazzam's aged father
is about accomplished. Father and
daughter have been estranged since the
former was divorced by Miss Gazzam's
mother.
When the heiress OF Storm King
mountain returned to her home, in
Cornwall, a few days ago, after a fort
nights mysterious absence, friends ac-
cepted the report that she had been So
journing in Philadelphia, where her
father, former State Senator Joseph NJ.
Gazzam, was in daily communication
with her.
To friends and relatives the impor-
lance of the reconciliation overshadows
the alienation suit for the moment. If
accomplished it will defeat the dying
wish of Miss Gazzam's mother. This
was expressed in Mrs. Gazzam's will as
follows:
II most solemnly charge and direct
MY executor and TIE guardian OF my
beloved daughter, Antoinette Elizabeth.
that they guard and protect my daugh-
ter from coming at any time or in any
manner under the care or or within
the influence Of OF into personal or So
Cial contact with her father, Joseph NJ
GaZZam."
This mandate was implicitly obeyed,
although Miss Gazzam IS known TO
have felt keenIy the determination of
love. Senator GaZZam was ever ready
to welcome his child. Relatives sought
TO bring them together a year ago, but
nothing came Of it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
DEATH OF JUSTICE RUFUS w,
PECKHAM.

The death at Albany of Associate
Justice Rufus W. Peckham, of the Su-
preme Court, removes from that court
one of its ablest members. Justice
Peckham was the last of President
Cleveland's appointees to the Supreme
Bench. He was a highly educated and
capable lawyer and came Of family
of lawyers. He was a courteous and
affable gentleman and had many per
sonal traits of an agreeable nature
which endeared him to his associates
of the highest judicial tribunal. His
death is loss to the court and 10 the
American bar.
Such, however, is the vast Importance
Of the composition Of the Supreme
Court that the mere mention Of, q
vacancy there causes the mind at once
to turn TO the question Of who is to
fiji it, and how the person who does fill
it viii view the great questions which
are today before the public. President
Taft has no more important duty than
this one Of appointing an associate JUS
tice to succeed Justice Peckham. VIII
he appoint a judge OF lawyer Of the
ultra conservative school, one to whom
strict construction of the Constitution
is the thing uppermost and paramount,
OF will he appoint one of a more liberal
school, one who believes the Constitu-
ton must be construed in the light of
present-day developments It is a
grave question for President Taft and
for the public. The effects of Presi-
dent Taft's decision viii be far-reach-
ing The whole American bar realizes
this and Will watch with breathlesz
anxiety what the decision shall be. To
day there are pending before the Su-
preme Court, or on the way to the
Supreme Court, questions that 90 to
the very roots of the Government. On
their solution viii depend whether the
American people is supreme under the
Constitution as it stands, or whether
other agencies have the people subor-
dinated. For instance, there is the
great question Of whether the Inter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
"PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF POL
rTICAL PARTIES"

Speaker Cannon having read out OF
the Republican party those Republican
Congressman who voted with the Dem
oerats to change the House rules, Ne
braska Republicans are announcing that
they cannot accept the dictum. Repre-
sentative Norris, the leader Of Nebras-
ka insurgency, and one Of the leaders
of the movement in the House, replies'
IF I. for accepting help from the
best of the Democrats, am not a Re-
publican. then what is Cannon, who
sought the help Of the worst OF the
Democrats? ?"
And the Lincoln Journal, the most IN
fuential Republican paper IN Nebraska,
and one of the most vigorous opponents
of Cannonism in the Middle West, OBJ
serves:
There may be States where some
omnipotent soul can issue and with
draw party credentials but
Nebraska has adopted the public own
ership Of parties. Under the system
of direct nominations the people in the
marty. not those on it, determine what
the party shall be and who is fit to lead.
To them q dictum from Speaker Can
non. or any other boss, is merely so
much futile wind"
Public ownership of parties" Is a
statement of the case that deserves to
be perpetuated. That is exactly what
it is; exactly what. the public means
it to be; exactly what the direct nomi-
nation program is bringing to pass IN
this country. No political party IS
taking ready-made programs, handed
down from above The public, rather,
is developing the instrumentalities
through which to crystalline its thought
into programs which it hands up to the
gentlemen in the seats of power. The
divinity that doth hedge about the
holder of an office has been dissipated.
The public is come seriously and IN
telligentlv to regard these men as its
servants. not its masters; as its agents,
not its directors.
The direct primary has become es-
tablished throughout the greater part
of the country. 1t is not yet perfect
and viii not be- It is better than that
which 1t has succeeded, and 1t viii be
still better as the people learn h3w to
use it. It still has before it the con
quest of the cis-Alleghanian States
and the men who rise to a conception
Of its significance as an issue, are going
10 be Senators, governors, and real
leaders in those States IN the not dis
tant future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
Mr.. Roosevelt in Africa

It was a prejudiced correspondent who
cabled the story that Mr.. Roosevelt
jumped behind a tree to escape a charg-
ing elephant. Everybody knows Mr..
Roosevelt would have made the elephant
climb the tree.-ChicaEO Post
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In this march were procured l0l musk
oxen, seven bears, and 335 hares.-Dr.
Cook.
And Theodore took the trouble 20 go 70
Africa to shoot. when he could have had
Just as much sport in the arctic, besides
discovering the pole into the barggin.-
Puck.
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Sixty-four cases Of Roosevelt trophies
arrived in New York the other day. He
must surely be working by the piece
and not by the day IN collecting faunaI
specimens an Africa--Au gusta Herald.
Il
Mr. Roosevelt shot four elephants the
other day. And President Taft has not
killed a thing yeL-POrtland Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
THE WORLDS MOST POWER
Full BATTLESHIP.

Reports from Rockland, Ne, telling
of the splendid showing made by the
battIeship Delaware on her Standard
cation run over the measured mile
course in Penobscot Bay, call attention
to the fact, which Is not generally ap-
preciated in this country, that America
has in the Delaware the most formid-
able warship ahoat.
So much has been heard of the Eng
lish Dreadnaughts one is apt to fall
into the habit Of thinking that nation
leads in respect TO powerful men-of-
war. The fact is, however, that Eng
land today can produce nothing that in
actual test of strength in battle would
be able to hold its own with the Della
ware. Nor can any other foreign ma
ton.
The contract Of the Delaware called
for twenty-one knots speed. She ex-
ceeded this by nearly one knot, attain
ing maximum Of 2l.9S knots. The
battleships of Great Britain which ap-
proach nearest the Delaware are those
of the Bellerophon type. The Belle
rophon in her official trial achieved a
speed of 2l0 knots. Later on she made
speed Of 22.l knots. This is but
slightly more than the Delaware made
in the Standardization run, and it is
extremely probable that when the
American vessel has had a thorough
shaking down she viii eclipse the Belle
rophon's best speed.
But it is in displacement and arma-
ment that the superiority Of the Amer
lean vessel looms up most clearly. Tie
Delaware's normal displacement Is
q 500 tons. The Bellerophon and other
vessels Of that type have a dispIace-
ment of but $4,000 tons. In main bat
teries the Delaware and the Bellerophon
are equal, but in subsidiary batteries
and IN armor the Delaware excels
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
News Printed First Sunday Afternoon
Do You Read The Times On Sunday?

EnteEDrising citizens of the Capital and the
District received another demonstration yesterday
afternoon that The Times could give them i'm
portant and readable chronicng of the worlds
news on Sunday afternoon, many hours in advance
Of the time they could have been served before the
advent of the Sunday afternoon paper.
The account Of the suicide of William Short and
his attempted murder Of his wife. Evelyn Howard,
she is known to the stage, formed one of the
most graphic and stirring word pictures that the
local news Of the Capital has developed in many
months. The story was fully told in The Times
yesterday afternoon, and The Times readers had
the benefit Of it nearly fifteen hours before they
would have otherwise obtained 1t.
Theodore II. TiUer's account of the remarkable
life story of Mrs Rae KraUss, convicted of the
poisoning of her stepdaughter, the beautiful eight
eenyear-old Crystal Krauss. and sentenced for life
in the penitentary; of the suit OF her husband,
William P. Krauss, for divorce of her sensational
charge that her husband was equally guilty with
her. and that she confessed and went to prison
in order TO save him; of his suit for divorce five
The Times Is a Seve0-Dav Afternoon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

easily. The British ship has the better
of 1t in submerged torpedo tubes, hav-
ing five of them, to two possessed by
the Delaware
The only other warships that APP
proXimate the Delaware are certain
ones projected by Japan and by Russia.
1t is declared the Delaware can hurl
% per cent more metal than any bat
tleship yet constructed. Three other
vessels of the Delaware type are being
constructed by this country, and then
will como two 26,OOO-ton monsters
which viii far outrank even the fight
ers of the Delaware type.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
Capital Tales
. OIL WILLIAM PETERS HEP.
BURN, long member Of tia
House from the Eighth Iowa

- OIL WILLIAM PETERS HEP
BURN, long member Of the
~ House from the Eighth Iowa
district, now retired to private
life. has just left Washington for
Iowa, where he will remain fer a short
time and then return to the Capital to
spend the winter.
Colonel Hepburn, despite his seventy
six years. is one OF the youngest old
men In these parts. He has ridden sew
eral thousand miles in an auto IN the
past year and Il has done him good
He Is looking as Ct as a fiddle and. as
OF old, he has views on most things OF
public interest.
colonel Hepburn, who was long chair
man Of the House Committee on Inter
state Commerce, is not inclined to &C
cept without question the recommenda-
tons Of President Taft as to railroad
regulation He favors some OF the
Presidents recommendations but he is
OF the opinion that the special inter-
state commerce court which the White
House proposes is good thing to let
alone. He doubts whether II would be
satisfactory either TO the railroads or
the shippers.
Il doubt whether any specialized
court Is the most competent 10 pass on
the question brought before it. said
Colonel Hepburn. 1t IS apt TO get IN
a rut 1 have always noticed that the
best lawyers OF - country are the
men who have been all around country
practitioners and who have been forced
10 familiariZe themselves with every
phase Of the Law. They are likely 20
take a broader view OF things than the
specialist Take John @. Carlisle. John
9. SpOoner, Judge Dillon, or a num-
Der Of other great lawyers I might
name. They have been country lawyers
And 80 I seriously question whether the
special court VIII be the most competent
court TO pass on railroad questions.
Colonel Hepburn would not prediG4
whether there would be railroad iegisias
ton the coming winter, but he doubts
II there viii be any II Speaker Cannon
can prevent 1t. He Is strong advo-
cate Of control OF railroad capitalize
ton
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
Senator Hale
Has Good Chances.

Senator Hale OF Maine, who holds ths
title of leader OF the Senate, being chair
man OF the Republican caucus and head
of the steering committee, Is assured OF
reelection to the Senate, according "a
his secretary. Pitmau Pulstfer. who mas
arrived in Washington for the season.
Mr.. Puisifer does not consider there 3
any opposition to Senator Hale in Maine
which is entitled to serious considera-
ton.
At one time there was much talk in
Washington and in Maine of a fight on
Senator Hale. It became so prevalent as
to give Senator Hale's friends concern
Judge Fred Powers. a prominent Maine
politician. had ambitions for the Seua-
torship, and seriously contemplated get
ting into the race against Senator Hale.
1t appears that Judge Powers has
been prevailed on TO Iorego his ambi-
| tons Tor the present, and 70 3ide his
time. This means undoubtedly that
senator Hale win be reelected for an
other term, and that SO far as he is con-
Cerned there is no likelihood Of Sha
breaking up of what is often referred 10
as the Hale-Aldrich regime in the Sem
ate. Whether Senator Aldrich is going
TO carry out the plan Of retirement at
the end OF this term, with which he has
been quite freely credlted, Is 9ncert tain
Fellow Senators OF the Rhode Island
leader are not much inclined 10 expect
him TO leave the Senate They viii be-
! iieve il when they see him depart.
The struggle between Asher Kinds, the
parIiamentarian of the House, and Fred
Hale son of the Senator. over the seat
in Congress now filled by Representatives
Allen, has grown TO be decidedly ami
mated. other candidates for the olacs
have come out, but the real night is
between Kinds and Hale Mr.. Hale's
friends are predicting he viii win. but
the Kinds supporters viii not admit
tl,is. They are urging that one member
OF the Hale family in Congress from
Maine is enough. and that two would
be a. superabundanCe-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS
AWAKE AT LAST.

Our neighbors of Montgomery county
have Observation-Disclosures a cam
paign to care properly for their sick
and imprisoned. The fight is to be car
ried by business mef and homemaking
women before the grand jury, the State
conference on charity, and the Legisla-
ture. There is no hysteria about the
program. There is, therefore, ground
for hope that it may succeed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

years after the crime committed, Of
the most interesting and mysterious life stories
upon which public sentiment has been forced to
pass judgment
AS usual, The Times obtained and gave to its
readers news from other prominent cities in this
country and from the European capitals The COM
plicated Spanish-BIorocan situation was enlivened
by happenings which were told in cabegrams.
An interesting interview with T. P. O'Connor,
NJ. P, in Boston, gave his views the Irish po-
ltical situation and his hopeful outlook for Ireland
Finance was fully covered in the adequate re-
port on the financial page of The Times Variations
and quotations for the week previous were con-
trasted and deductions drawn to the probable
trend of the market for the coming week
For those who are interested in the news of the
sporting world, The Times had article by
Thomas S Rice covering various items of interest
besides news of the football teams of Washington
and the nearby cities.
Those who read The Times yesterday afternoon
appreciated its value Those who missed reading
it should read it next Sunday afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
Tavettng With TAFT

Taft IS resting on a 30.000-acre
farm. Just his size.-Baltimore Sun.
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We trust the next sermon the Presi-
dent sees fit to preach viii be from
the text "A Certain Rich Man.
Tampa Tribune.
BY going to bed while his one suit
of clothes was getting dry President
Taft Struggled close to the publfc's
great throbbing bosom. - Chicago
Daily News.
The Officeseekers never drop but
tons in the box when Parson Taft
takes up a Observation-Disclosures Con-
stitutiOn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
WHY SHOULD HE?

steve Long is noted for attending
TO his own business and saying verV
little aout It. One morning an In
quisitive neighbor met him returning
from the woods with his gun over his
shoulder.
Hello. Steve. Where ye been1
A-shoOtinf'
"Yep."
What ye been a-shootin'T'
"DOg"
yer dog? N.Y. Was he mad7-
Wall. he didn't look so DANCED
well pleased. Every bodys.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

The Bank of England has raised the
discount rate to per cent in order to
give American borrowers a gentle hint
that they are using too much British
money. Now, If we had some authority
that could raise our discount rate high
enough to- prevent American money
flowing into Canada in - ratio of about
two dollars for every one that London is
sending here. the circle would be com
plete and our British friends would I'M
deTstand that this is the place to get
of.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
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This Afternoon From $3.50 TO O'Clock
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
BETTER DELIVERY.

PEARSON Fitzroy tat the ball eame)-T'
must have my salary increased.
Farmer SuOdgrass always bent on
keeping the salary down)-Why?
Pars0n FitzrOy-Wel, that pitcher
wonder gets double the salary / do"
Farmer SuodgTass-But, elder, his de-
livery is a great deal better than yours
Judge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
HansbrOugh's Prospects.

The death OF Senator Martin John
son OF North Dakota may mean the
political rehabilitation OF former Sena-
tor Hausbrough He will be a candJ-
date for the succession Hansbrough
has been living in washington lately.
He is not a rich man. and his political
fortunes have been at a low ebb since
his defeat for the Senate.
HansbrOughs friends declare he was
beaten for reelection by methods OF the
most unfair sort, and they are hoping
to see him returned. They say that
while his enemies in North Dakota per-
sistently represent him as railroad and
corporation man. the facts are that ex-
animation OF the Senate roll calls win
show the charge entirely unjustided-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

one Of Miss EIvin's attendants at her
marriage on Wednesday, to George
LambertOn, Of Franklin. Pa. Miss Elvin
IS entertaining a house party for the
wedding.
British Ambassador Is Expected.
Miss Julia Heyl. daughter Of Col
Charles II. Heyl, has returned 10 her
home. on Wyoming avenue, from a
weeks visit TO relatives in Philadelphia
The British Ambassador and Mrs.
James Bryce are expected 70 arrive at
the embassy on Connecticut avenue this
week. After S., ndng the summer at
Northeast Harbor, Ne. they made d
series Of visits in the North during the
autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Poor ard
their daughter, Mrs. Roscoe c. Bulmer,
will arrive in Washington this evening
from New York. MI and Mrs. Poor
spent the summer at their place at Lake
Skaneateles n. Y. and Mrs Bulmcr
had a cottage at York Harbor with the
Misses Switzerland They have all been
in New York since the early autumn.
Mrs. Marion P. Maus. another daugh-
ter, who was with them during the
spring and early summer, has Joined
her husband, Colonel Mans, at Van
couver Barracks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

While Ohio and Indiana are quarrel
ing over who shall be the next Demo-
cratic nominee for President, Nebraska
is saying little and is reported to be
saving and cOrding a great deal OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

A California woman was drawn and
accepted on a jury, the judge declsring
she was a citizen. and entirely qualified
TO serve Thus do they insidiOusIy knock
the suffragette movement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

The new battleship Delaware. the
largest yet produced Of the American
DTeadnaught class, has 80. 900 horsepower
and makes p knots an hour. If it should
accidentally cruise up against the STATE
whose name it uses, It would pretty
nearly knock a star out Of the constel-
lation Of the States.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

Tt continues perfectly plain that New
York is going to have three mayors for
the next four years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
.eMae's" FrOck Coat Gone.

When D. Hastings MacAdam, the
Washington correspondent OF the 81.
Louis Republic. was about to start for
the Capital some years ago, TO do his
first work here, he perused with much
care q magazine article on Washington
newspaper men by Alfred Henry Lewis.
This article alleged that no real up-to-
date member OF the press gallery per
mitted himself to be seen in public By
day except in a long coat and a high
hat Mac thereupOn went cut to his
tailor and bought a dream Of a Prince
Albert and paid an altitudinous prics
therefor; also, he bought the latest
thing in stovepiDes.
IT haven't worn the outfit since came
here" said he, the other day. AT least,
not more than twice. 7 guess the moths
got the coat. Some lay. I'm going TO
get even with Al Lewis"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
Return From Baltimore.

Return From Baltimore.
Mrs. L GoIdenberg and Mrs. c. Der
wanger have returned, after being the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Gresnebaum.
Of Baltimore.
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Mr.. and Mrs Simon Kann of Bel
mont road, have retT-ned home in their
touring car from New York and At
lantic City.
s.
Mrs. Aaron West announces the mar
riage of her daughter Sarah, 10 Abra-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

No more ominous sign of the times
has been observed recently than the fact
that the newspapers indulge in levity
concerning the appearance of the gov
ernor Of Texas in a tile, while the Presi-
dent of the United States wore a soft
felt. This IS no time for mirth and
laughter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25
Twenty-frst Birthday.

A stag party was given by Lester
Newman at the Arlington Hotel last
evening in honor Of his twenty-hrst
birthday anniversary. A dinner was
served. after which toast-maI1ing was in
order, David Baer acting as POSTMASTER.
The table was prettily decorated with
candleIabras. surrounded with autumn
foliage, ferns, and palms The guests
were Z. c. Auerhech, D. A Baer. NJ
Eiseman, II. J&coby, A. Luchs, Edward
Hahn. Melvin and Levi King. Stanley
and Melvin Fisher, Milton Goldsmith.
J. Marx. David Stern, H Rich, 4. Abb
bOttO, II. ZOok r. West, 4 Kahn, d.
Mullick, F. and C. Oppenheirn, A. Koe-
nigsburg, $ Senker. and n. BerIiper, of
Baltimore: n. Ceendersheimer, and S.
man. A. Newman, l. Newman and Stan
ley Lansburgh.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

We feel compelled to frown down this
disposition to question the title Of our
War Secretary TO a hero medal OF
course he's a hero.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-25

A Russian prima donna has been
awarded $4,000 each for FIVE teeth lost
in a train accident. That's almost good
enough pay for getting them pulled by
the dentist