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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-01
CAUSE HUSBANDS TO CRAWL
OUT OF BED AND SEARCH
FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES.
(By United Press Leased Wire. ]

&By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore, April L.
moral squad" methods, the kind
that made Portland's police de-
partment famous. have been given
q severe Jolt by the indictment Of
Police Sergeant Joseph Kienlen
and two other policemen, who are
accused of misconduct In making
= few recent night raids on hotels
and ever homes.
Police records show the moral
squad" have invaded private prem
ases without cause and caused
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-01
KET ChEL.JONNSON
MATCH FOR JULY 4

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April L.
Fight Promoter James Coffroth is
now hot on the trail of Stanley
Ketchel and Jack johnson, deter
mined to match the colored
champion and the defeater of Jack
O'Brien In a battle ON the Fourth
of July.
He will leave for the East in
a few days and probably have no
trouble signing the two men, par
ticularly as he intends TO give
them. both good percentage
guaranteed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-01
5uD0E FRANK ALLYN sue
Cu1GBs TO ATTACK OF PNEU-

Judge Frank Allyn, So years
I'D. died at $50 o'clock last night
~ his home, 4O1 North X street.
olter suffering three weeks from
= severe attack Of pneumonia.
fudge Allyn has been q resident
of Tacoma since 1887, at which
dime he was appointed to the posi-
Hon Of supreme judge of Wash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-01

Want come trout? Call up
passenger department T. e. r. R.
Phone 1898 for the real dope.
Very low weekend and Sunday
rates. SO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-01
7|G0v. HUGHES DEvISES POLITICAL MACHINE
that WILL COMMIT SUICIDE IF
III GOES WRONG
By w. G. Shepherd.

by w. u. bnepner0s
NEW YORK, April 1T
looks as II Gov. Hughes of New
York has solved the question Of
the American political machine.
1t is not to kill the machine
that he aims.
Rather. he hopes to keep party
machines alive.
But, in his new direct primary
law he has made this arrange
ment:
The minute q party machine
becomes evil 1t will automatically
kill itself.
1t can boss all 1t wants to; 1t
can name its own candidates; IL
can prepare, to a greater or less
extent, its own platform.
But the minute a bad candi-
date is chosen, or an evil platform
is set forth, the destruction of the
committee begins.
AND, AT THE VERY ELEC-
TION WHERE THE BAD CAN
DIDATE OR THE BAD PLAT
FORM ARE PRESENTED TO
THE PEOPLE, THE BAD MA
CHINE is WIPED OUT-OH1IT-
ERATED-AND ANOTHER ONE
PUT IN IT'S PLACE.
Twenty-six primary election
laws analysed and their best
points rolled into one direct pri-
mary election law-this is Gov.
Hughes latest achievement of in
terest to America at large.
Long live the machine. Long
live party leaders,"
This is the astounding motto
which Gov. Hughes has followed
in making the new bill, now before
the state legislature.
The machine men in New York
are against the bill. which is . a
good sign.
Rotten, rotten" says John F.
Raines of the new bill. That's
all l can say Of it."
Raines is one of the oldest re-
publican machine men in the
state.
The kind of a machine the gov
ernor wants isn't the Raines sort.
It's a peoples machine. It has
bosses. But the people, under the
new law would boss the bosses.
There isn't a state in the union
that cannot we'll afford to be in
terested in Gov. Hughes new law.
There are very few states that
don't have conventions as they do
in New York.
First, a few voters, in little
snapshot caucuses called by pre-
cinct bosses, elect delegates to a
This convention elects
delegates to a state convention.
This convention is thus two steps
removed from the people.
"These delegates go to Sarato-
ga" says Geo. A. Green of Brook
lyn, republican assemblyman, who
helped Gov. Hughes make his
bill. "They drink a lot the first
night, take few drives, drink the
waters to counteract the effect of
the booze and then go to the con-
vention hall.
1.-THE names of candidates are
mentioned.
"Are they the ones the big fell
lows want?'" ask the delegates.
That's the slate comes from
headquarters.
$50 everybody votes for the can
iidates. Tim Woodruff and Billy
Barnes, behind the scenes, are not
wen glad that their slate went
through. It's all too ancient and
uatter-of-fact."
That's the old convention that
every state knows.
But here's the new convention,
under the Hughes plan:
Men who desire to be members
of their party's committees. either
ward cifv Or state are mt IN tho
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
OUR NAVAL WASTE.

An article from the February Nc
Clure's on Our Navy on the Land
is loaded VITA facts. Here are couple
of paragraphs:
1--WE have twenty navy yards-not
counting other naval stations-appor-
toned between ten states, quite equal
ly divided along 5000 miles of sea-
coast, from Portsmouth. N. H.. to
Puget Sound, Wash. Five of them
including tho best plant OF all
haven't the principal thing navy yard
is built for-that is, drydock big
enough to hold the battleships we arc
now contemplating. Two Of them have
one f1ne dock apiece. which no battle
ship can reach at any tide. and three
of them one costly dock apiece, cut
from the sea by shoal water. which
battleships can only Cross at certain
times in the tide, and which, II they
were waterlogged in time of war, they
could not CROSS at all.
If war should break out tomorrow
there would not be one place in the
United States where feet of modern
ships could be repaired after a naval
battle. The fortunes of q great war
might depend on this fact"
This is a severe Indictment, but
only a part Of the case. Yards are
built at a cost of millions of dollars,
which do not do a thousand dollars
worth OF work per year. Yards are To-
Gated In outof-the-way places. Ma.
chine shops In those yards are SO man
| aged as to cost from two to FIVE times
! what they would under private con.
troll. All told. Mr. Turner. the writer
of the article In question, estimates
that at least s4OOOO,0 900 is annually
wasted In the upkeep Of our navy
which Is one-third Of the total appro-
priation.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
PHYSICAL ENCOUNTER
WITH HAMMERSTIEN

New York, Jan. 24.-Physical en-
counters between newspaper reporters
and Oscar Hammerstein, manager of
the Manhattan Opera House. begun
lsst night in the lobby OF the Knick
erbocker hotel, were continued today
or the pavement in front of the JEFF
ferson market police court and In the
court room itself, whittier the two re.
porterB had been summoned for a
hearing on Mr.. Hammerstein's com.
plant
The hearing was postponed for a
week and the representatives of both
factions were arraigned for the fight
ing In and about the court room. All
were discharged on this complaint as
the magistrate said no damage had
been done
Events subsequent to Mr.. Hammer
STEMS sharp reference to the re-
porters In a letter to the manager Of
the paper following criticism of the
Mary Garden episode, attracted Il con-
siderable crowd to the arraignment OF
Frederick w Hill and James w,
Boyle, the reporters charged with as
ssult. Following spirited remarks
back and forth, general handto-hand
encounters ensued Policemen inter
fered and the party adjourned to the
court room There an even more
strenuous scuffle took place and Ham
merstein was bowled over the back
OF bench which broke under his
weight His sons picked him up ap-
parently uninjured.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
WIFE's PENcHANT
FOR YOUNG MEN

Salt Lake, Jan. 24.-Herald: Nam
ing no less than half dozen core
spondents and accusing his wife of all
rer is now suing for divorce from
her. Mrs. Phoebe Farrer filed an ac-
tion for divorce from him some time
ago. but 1t was dismissed on Saturday
at her own request.
There are few things in the con-
duct of his wife to which Farrer has,
he says, objected strenuously. These
Include the entertaining of young men
Of questionable character in the house
until midnight. and sometimes later.
and every night In the week. He
particularly objected to this because
he lost his sleep keeping an eye on
them.
One afternoon in February he says
he found Mrs Farrer alone with a
strange man in one Of their rooms.
He asked few questions, at which.
he says, she flew into a passion and
cursed him roundly for half an hour,
following up the cursing with an as
sault, and administering q beating to
him. He names Shelley Curtis, James
Woods, Bish Pitts and Reuben Brooks
as few OF the young men whom his
wife entertained.
Farrer alleges that she kicked him
out Of the house ON May 1, last, and
gave him a beating on May 10. On
May 90 he says, she told him in the
presence of one Hans Hanson that she
would rather live with the lowest crea-
ture In Salt Lake City than with him.
self
He asserts that she is unfit to have
the custody of the children. The chill
dren, whom he asks TO keep, are both
girls, aged II and II years. He also
asks that his wife be decreed to have
no title in his house and grounds,
which, he says, are mortgaged for
$4,000.
The Farrers are both .middle-aged
people. They were married in Salt
Lake, November IS, 1896.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
ONE PROOF OF VICTORY.

Take ND a bound volume of a news.
paper worth while, In year from II
decade to two decades gone and scan
1t through. Then, II the uplift Of the
human race interests you, says the
Butte Inter-ountain. go and celebrate.
There is scarcely branch of Amerl-
can affairs in which we have not pro-
crossed rapidly Strange to relate.
only our literature and art appears
to have refrigerated. Our stage is in
ferior to the old stage and the stuff we
read Is not so good, judging from the
moral standpoint
But in religion, In economics. In
politics, In business-what an ad-
vance, Twenty years ago men were
enduring persecution for advocacy OF
doctrines now upon the statute books
of state and nation Twenty years
ago, q dormant church had not con-
ceived reforms upon which Catholic
and protestant, II unofflcially. today
cooperate. Twenty years ago the
standard of national honesty was so
low that to write the truth about 1t
before the generation concerned has
passed away would cause storm OF
oppoAition. AS in everything else,
the Americans have leaped forward,
along moral and humanitarian lines.
1t is good to remember this. There
are times when. overwhelmed by the
daily chronology of crime and vice,
excusable despair seizes the boldest,
But the facts are plain and indubitable.
Never had a patriot, In any land,
more cause for rejoicing, 1t is not
too much to hope that those problems
which have overturned other republics
may be solved by this without blood
shed and that we may leave to pos
terlty an inspiring example OF the
power Of high inspirations.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
GOVERNMENT RECLAMATION.

AS was expected by all who knew
anything about intensive farming un-
der irrigation In districts remote from
large markets. the settlers on the irri.
gated lands In the government irriga-
tion projects are unable to make pay
meDts according to contract, and many
OF them will lose their homes. unless
granted extension OF time, which con-
gress Will doubtless do. says the San
Francisco Chronicle. 1t will have to.
1t was, of course. to be expected that
some would fail. The inexperienced
men, who were lured by the prospect
of free land" with nothing to nav
but the cost Of irrigating It." and ten
years time without interest" and
thinking 1t a snap" tumbled over
each other to pick 1t up, were met by
practical difficulties which had not oc-
CURED to them. II they had tho
means to build some kind Of a house.
and obtain the necessary tools and
stock they thought themselves per-
fectly safe In taking up the land. and
undertaking to meet all the payments
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
RAILROAD BUSINESS.

The interstate commerce commits
sion, in their annual report to con-
gress. note that the temporary finan-
cial depression from which the coun-
try is now emerging resulted in the
dmiuntion Of railway revenues con-
siderably below the high point reached
in 1907, the banner year In American
railroad history in respect of gross and
net earnings, as we'll as volume OF
traffic
1t can not be questioned, says the
commissioners. that, in several In
stances, the necessity for placing rail-
road properties in the hands of re-
ceivers was wholly or partially due to
the serious and unexpected decrease
In earnings. The volume Of railroad
traffic quickly reflects the business
condition of the country, and 1t Is
natural, therefore. that lines serving,
for the most part. the great manufac.
turing regions should have suffered
more severely than those serving agri-
cultural communities. In view, how
ever, Of widely circulated reports that
the loss inflicted upon the railroads
was so severe as to warrant universal
advances In the rates OF reduction In
wages, or both, II Is interesting to
compare the revenues for the fiscal
year ending June, 1908, with those
for several previous years. which, al
though below the level of 1907, were
at the time considered highly salts.
factory in respect of revenues and
volume OF traffic. The recent change
In accounting methods may affect to
some extent the accuracy of these
comparisons, the expense account fol-
1908. having been kept In accordance
with our rules, include as Il matte:
OF accounting charge for deprecia
ton, although the amount so charged
has not In all cases been actually ex
pended, but 1t is believed that the va
riations due TO that cause would not
materially alter the general result.
From a summary OF the monthly re
ports of the commission for 1908, 1,
appears that tho gross earnings OF al
railroads for that year, S2,424, SAC. .637
arc sl64.464,941 less than the gros.
earnings for 1907. yet the 1908 earn
inss are s9S,S75.47O In excess of tn,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25

earnings for 1906. and s3a2. 2.15S.231 in
excess OF those for 1905, while the gross
earnings per mile for 1908, although
s73A less than for 1907, are $189 and
81 -051 greater than the gross earnings
for 1906 and 1905. respectively. BY
subtracting operating expenses from
gross earnings, 1t appears that the net
earnings for 1903 were $111.051. .006
less than for 1907. and SIS. .349. 1873 less
than for 1906, but were $37,65S,504 In
excess of those for 1906. and that the
net earnings per mile for 1908 were
1892 less than in 1907. 1914 less than
In 1906. but $15 more than in 1905.
Taxes are not included In operating
expenses. and therefore. in each OF
the yenrs named, the actual net reve-
nuo would be less than the figures
given by the amount of taxes.
These figures indicate that, what
ever may have been the fact In In
dividual cases, the railroads of the
country as whole did not suffer so
severely. in comparison with years OF
normal traffic and business conditions.
as may have generally been supposed.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
DESIRE.

Than just enough to buy tho enrth.
I do not yoarn for creator things
l would not care to own tho sun
'Twould be moro bother than twas
worth
/ do not pine for all tho gold
A dozen million toms would do
Nor would 1 wish tho autocars
OF ali tho onward rushing crew.
/ think one hundred choo-choo rigs
Would be onough-for. don't you SEQ,
i am not solnsh-no. nor mean
And 1 am made OF modosty,
l merely want tho simple things,
Like wealth and bonds and railroad
stocks.
country place and q stud
Worth something Ike four oity blocks
] do not crave tho greater joys
Like tickots to convention halls
Such graspins socms unsoemly, quito;
DisSusts my sentiment. appalsl
l think Some people have their ncrve
To wish for such mammoth graft
As those who tried to hog It oil
And see them nominating Tafti
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25

does 1t effect the work of the church
and the home? Much In every way.
First-The Sunday theater hinderS
the opportunity OF the home and the
church There Is more OF less foolish
ness on the amusement question any
way. Whenever chance Is given peo-
pie to have good time they usually
are eager to accept It. So when the
theater opens on Sunday night.
there arc a great many people who
attend that would either stay at home
or go visiting in n neighbours home or
attend church. They do not realize
the situation or many would not give
their support to these places on Sun
day. 1t hardly seems possible that
there Is any considerable number OF
workers that are not free on week
days at least an hour between two and
eleven p. IN. The night worker has
worker his evening chance. Those
who could not possibly go during the
week are those VINO toll from noon TO
midnight. A comparative few. The
appeal that any considerable number
cannot go during the week is mis-
taken one. II there is any one who
prefers TO go TO the theaters and
shows on Sunday rather than to stay
at home, visit friends home or ut
tend church 1t might be we'll for him
to consider that the majority has to
do with that and the majority has said
by state statute that there shall not
be any Sunday theatcrs. Inasmuch as
the influences that truly make for the
strength of character are hindered In
their influences by the Sunday thea
ter. the same should be closed.
Second-As there isV law against
the Sunday theater, the management
of the same are law-breakers as are
their patrons. That may seem to be
a severe statement, but in what other
way could 1t be expressed? This law
breaking gradually develops a disre-
spect for law, SO that even one sworn
to enforce the law. will stand up and
publicly declare that he will take his
family and go TO the Sunday night
show whenever he pleases. II seems
very strange that there Is any law
upon the statute book, which is now
eagerly obeycd. Such disrespect for
law is being created by the authori
ties of our city who permit and aid in
the open breaking Of the law. Let the
law be fully enforced II 1t Is wise
law that fact Will be easily revealed
II the opposite is true let us repeal the
same.
Thlrd-The Sunday theater is a
knocker to Ogden for certain people
They are the class of people who are
looking for a good place In which to
raise family. Such seek a commun-
| ity in which their efforts to have their
children choose the best ideals, en-
couraged by social conditions. To
such, fifty saloons, open gambling. a
cribbed alley, and disregarded Sab
| bath are not arguments In favor of a
city. Ogden's opportunity Is in Great
ing here home town, the best place
in which to raise family In all the
west Establish this reputation and
there will be a steady stream OF the
most desirable people In the world
coming to 1t, to settle and invest
Don't knock with low ideal Lift
high the standard. Righteousness ex-
ats nation. Give it an opportunity
and 1t Will build up to even greater
attractiveness our beautiful city.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
UNDEFENDED PACIFIC.

The ordering OF the battleship fleet
to proceed from Manila to Hampton
Roads was a mistake. The battleships
should have been retained In the Pa
cihc. When the big ships reached
Australia the papers Of that colony
said the yellow peril had faded from
view and they rejoiced that America
had displaced Great Britain In throw
ing a protecting arm over the white
race In that part of the world But
they rejoiced too soon. The warships
which stood between them and ar
Asiatic dominance were soon tnere-
after on long journey across tha
Indian ocean and through tho Sue-
canal-homeward bound.
There was no talk of Japanese SUI
Iremacy on the Pacific while Admiral
Sperry remained In Pacific waters, but
with the departure of the fleet, the agl.
tation was renewed and even our ma,
val board has since INDUCED in 3
pessimistic statement OF the defense
less condition of the Pacific coast
particularly that part Of the coast IL
the neighborhood of San Pedro har
Dor.
The eastern coast of the United
States Is we'll fortified and some portl
arc impregnable. Tho coast cities az
amply defended without a naval force
The return OF the bettleship flee
seemingly is dictated not as strateg
10 move, but is to satisfy the demanc
OF eastern business interests whicl
supply tho navy.
II a second f3eet equally as power
ful cannot be built for the Pacific, tn,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
WILLARD NEWS.

Willard, Jan. PA party was Civ
en- last night in the basement OF the
tabernacle by the elders. a large
crowd was present and all present had
fine time. The proceeds will go
toward buying new books.
The pipe for the power plant has oil
been laid and the men are now at
work filling in the trenches.
Mr.. Joseph Ford OF Iowa. who has
been visiting In Plain City for a few
days, Is now spending few days here.
Jachab Weber of Logan is visiting
In this city, ON business.
Harry l.. Edwards who has been in
Nevada for the past three years. has
been visiting with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. John l. Edwards
Mrs. Fred Karth, who has been Ill.
ie now recovering.
Mrs. Clair Barber. who has also
been sick, Is improving nicely.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
JAMES e. MECHAM LOSES
AN ARM UNDER ENGINE

Salt Lake, Jan, 25,-James E. Mech
am, switchman In the local yards Of
the Oregon Short Line railroads, Is at
the L. D. S, hospital with his left arm
cut off just above the elbow, as the
result Of being run over by freight
engine early Sunday morning. Mech
am. who is rather deaf. Is unable to
tell just how the accident happened.
He did not hear the engine coming and
walked in front of 1t, He was knock
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
A WIRELESS MESSAGE.

Tho plaything Of four years ago Is
the life-sayer OF today. Out on the
bosom OF old ocean. where man and
his mightiest works seem SO frail, and
where in storm and In fog, the ship
sails beyond the range of watchful
eyes on shore. there click Of an IN
strument. which cannot be heard
above the roar Of the tempest, ascends
to heaven and Is carried on the wings
Of cherubins to distant shores.
When we read of the wireless"
message from the sinking ship Repub-
lie, We are no longer skeptical about
the prophets OF old hearing voices from
ON high. The happenings of today,
which have become commonplace, ex-
plain some OF the mysteries of the
centuries gone by, and cause us to
speculate on what the future Will
bring forth. What to us is now looked
upon as being beyond the natural and
attaIneble may be the commonplace Of
tomorrow.
Old Geronimo, when he was captur-
ed near the border line of Old Mexico,
was so over-awed by the ability of the
government troops TO receive and
convey photographic messages that he
exclaimed, NO more fight The bad
SDIrits arc with the whitpmani" That
which Geronimo failed to understand
we clearly comprehend. but there are
mysteries as fnthomless to us which
may yet be explained, when man. In
the full fruition of his intellect. grasps
the extent and power Of the subtle
forces of nature.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-25
HELPFUL HINTS

Build steam yacht. paint it white
(black yachts attract the heat), and go
to some northern place where the
weather is cool. Put on light suit OF
clothes. and, If it Is too heavy. cnange
1t for lighter suit. and so on. until
you have it Hight enough to be com
Portable Then place a wicker chair
In a shady spot where the rays OF the
sun can't reach you, drape yoursel
gracefully on the chair, and order
cooling drink A Green swizzle is con-
sidered one OF the best summer drinks,
but it can be got only in not countries.
Therefore, 1t Will be necessary to get
some other brand Of drink. After haY-
ing assuaSed your thirst, read two
volumes of cooling literature. and al
low yourself to stand two hours IN
cool place without stirring. The enect
will be all to the good.