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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
FIND
HERO HIDING
IN LONDON
Eugene Azef, Fugitive From Russian
Vengeance, In Remarkable Interview
In London, Admits Responsibility for
Bomb Throwing Plots

LONDON, Feb. 27.-Eugene
Azef, the foremost figure In the
eyes of Russia today, the hero Of
a hundred terrorist plots, respon-
sible for the assassination of a
dozen of the foremost Russian Of
ficials since 1907 and i'm all that
time the secret agent of the Rus
sian third circle of police, is In
hiding today i'm this city. He was
found, after an indefatigable
search, by a newspaper reporter of
the Evening News, which prints
probably one of the most sensa-
tional interviews of modern times.
Wearing a Disguise.
The News claimed to have
found Azef in hiding in st. Pan
creas lodging house, a fugitive
alike from the vengeance Of the
Russian government and the ter
rorist wing of the revolutionary
committee. 1t is claimed that
Azef adopted elaborate means for
Disgusting himself. changing his
countenance by shaving his beard
and injecting tallow beneath the
skin to alter his facial contour.
In the interview Azef is alleged
to have said:
"I originally Joined the revolu-
tlonists for sport. Finally I fell
into the hands of the police and
found that could escape only by
betraying the terrorists.
Responsible for Plots.
II was responsible for nearly
all OF the Russian bomb throwing
plots since 1897, including those
which resulted In the deaths of
Sypiagium, Won Plehve, Bobrikoff,
Grand Duke Sergius, Ignatief,
Father Gapon and others.
glory in my record as a terrorist
and my ccomplishments for the
secret police have been equally
brilliant. BY betraying one or
the other alternately l could es-
cape the wrath of both. l found
it was necessary to bring death to-
several high officials In furthering
my work as spy upon the ter
rorists. Suspicion often fell upon
me only to be removed by the
death of some hated public man.
Worked for Good.
"But on the other hand / have
worked for good. / have saved
the lives of three hundred and
more officials who were doomed
by the terrorists. Among them
the czar himself was saved by my
hand three separate times.
81 organized all the terrorists'
plots. My friends headed those
which were successful. My en-
emies in the revolutionary COM
mittee headed those which were
predestined to fail. In those
plots I organized and picked as
tools the men with whom / did
not sympathize. Then at the
right time I informed Chief
Ratchovsky, a merciless official.
the plot would be nipped, the
leaders, excepting myself. would
be arrested and executed"
Azef, whose blood is sought by
indignant terrorists and officials
alike, professed to feel safe from
revenge and appeared plentifully
supplied with money.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
To RUSH THE
BROWNSVILLE
Investigation

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 81.
Representative Dalzell of Penn
sylvania today in the house re-
ported rule from the rules COM
mittee providing for the immedi-
ate consideration of a senate bill
authorizing the appointment of a
committee of Ave army officers to
take testimony from members of
the Twenty-fifth infantry Color
sd) and recommending enlistment
of any of the soldiers who could
prove their innocence of partici-
patton in the Brownsville, Texas,
riot.
The bill to appoint the COM
mission passed the house this aft
ernoon by vote or zI0 to 101.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
HUMANE SOCIETY
WILL MEET
MONDAY
rs ~ 0ttu

The monthly meeting of the Ia
coma Humane society will be held
next Monday afternoon at s
o'clock in the council chamber of
the city hall. Following is the
program for the meeting:
Humane Laws" Herbert s.
Griggs; "The Horse Humanely
Treated" DR.. r. M. Schotzka;
THE Dog Humanely Treated" !"
DR.. G. Baynes; ''The Juvenile
Court and It's Needs" 8. Wade
Hampton; birds and Their Hab-
It's" j. H. Bowles; Public Play
grounds" Mrs. e. A. Younglove;
Humane Sentiment and How to
Study It." Rev. Herbert J. White.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27

NEW YORK, Feb. 27.-What
kind of a book will Evelyn Thaw
write?
About once in so often the
newspaper men start search for
Evelyn Thaw and find her living
in seclusion.
This time they found her writ
ing book.
,The newspaper reporters don't
talk directly to Evelyn Thaw. She
doesn't like reporters.
But Dan O'Reilly is still her at
torney, and represents her.
Evelyn is leading a quiet life
on the third floor of fat in West
Thirty-third street." said Mr..
O'Reilly, land writing a book.
"With her is her brother, How
ard Nesbit. He doesn't work. but
spends most of his time with Eve
lvn, in their little library.
"For the past few months she
has studied, and her favorite read
ing is the German philosopher
Schonpehauer. The public will
remember, from Evelyn's diary,
written at boarding school and in
troduced at the time of Harry
Thaw's trial, that Evelyn can
think and write we'll and enter
tainingly.
"She doesn't know exactly what
she will call her book, and l am
not at liberty to tell what it will
be about.
t'She does little housework
every day, too, though she has a
maid.
Where does she get her
money? She gets just enough to
keep them running from Harry
TDaw. Harry isn't treating Evelyn
rightly. He has loads of money,
but he is Just making believe that
he's poor and hard pressed.
Evelyn is sorry for him. l
have heard her say so repeatedly
lately, but she doesn't think he is
treating her rightly, financially"
ssDoes she get as much as $50
a week?" asked the reporter.
"No, she doesn't. Why, IL they
were divorced she would be en-
titled to alimony of at least
81, 900 month. She would real
ly profit by being divorced from
him, suppose.
s'She knows Harry is incurably
insane. She knows that the pris-
on report for January from Mat
teawan lists Harry as H. X. T.
paranoiac.'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
GOVERNOR ON
WITNESS
STAND
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 81
Governor Patterson today appear
ed as a witness In the trial of
Colonel Duncan Cooper, Robin
Cooper and John d. Sharpe,
charged with the murder of Sena-
tor e. w. Carmack.
The governor testified that he
had advised Colonel Cooper
against sending message to Car
mack in which it was declared
that II the attacks on Cooper did
not cease the town would not be
large enough to hold both men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
TO CLEAR
UP CRIME

BAKERSFIELD, CAL, Feb. 27.
-Clews to the identity of the as
sassin who murdered Mrs. w. M.
Beekmar and her four children
and set ire to their home in an
effort to conceal the crime early
yesterday, are expected to be re-
vcaled today when Ed Lieb, broth
er OF the dead woman, arrives
from his mine in the Interior of
the county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
WILL BOOST
RIVER BILL

The Joint Pierce and King coun-
ty committee on the Puyallup-
Duwamish proposition will hold a
meeting early next week, and ar
rangements will be made to Or
ganize lobby of business men
from each city to go to Olympia
and boost the bill.
The bill will come up next week
and 1t is the intention of the joint
committee to see it through If
possible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
S. p. WINS
BIG SUIT

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 27.--
Judge Miller toda9 held that
stocks. bonds and water craft of
the Southern Pacific railway are
untaxable in Kentucky and that
the franchise OF the company Is
the only assessable property.
The decision was rendered il 1
tax suit BY . revenue agent seek
ing to collect taxes on omitted
property Of $4,000. 900.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27

(By United Press Leased Wfre.)
SEATTLE, Feb. 27.--Rescued
from death or injury under the
wheels of a street car and mar
ried to her rescuer within two
hours afterward, is the new record
for speedy matrimonial expert
ence,.. established In Seattle by
Miss Ellen Shellito. OF Crossville.
Tenn.
Miss Shellito had been In the
city but q few hours when In
crossing a downtown street she
became confused and stepped d.
rectiy In front of an approaching
car.
At this juncture. Alexander
Afackel. stx fest six inches 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
KILLED IN
PITCHED
BATTLE

NEW ORLEANS. La, Feb. 81.
rs the result Of q fierce pitched
,attle on the streets OF this city
Today between detectives and four
men wanted on burglary charges.
one of the suspects is dead, one
Is mortalIy and two seriously
wounded.
There were no casualties In the
'anka Of the police.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27

(By United Press Leased Wire.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb.
~. - The rOyalist army,
which has been besieging the
rebel stronghold, Tabriz, is in
danger of annihilation by the
rebels, according to messages
received today.
After heavy fighting, a
rebel relief army routed the
rOyalists. One message from
Teheran says that 1000 roy
alists were killed, wounded
or captured.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27

CHARGED

Charging assault and battery
Nick Geafis last night swore to
warrant for the arrest of Gust
Gentekos. Both men are Greeks,
and have been partners in a res
taurant business until recently.
Gust Gentekos paid IS bail, in
lieu of going to jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
REED USES Biting
SARCASM IN REPLY
TO BELLS letter
Postal Co.'s r1anager Who Is Again Seeking
Place in Council Is MerciIessIy FIayed On His
Record of Six Years Ago BY w. II. Reid
The political pot is warming up
in the Second ward.

The political pot is warming up
in the Second ward.
Four candidates originally
thought they would like to occupy
the seat of Alex Reed, but Mr..
Chambers pulled out several days
ago in letter boosting John M.
Bell. Now Bell has followed this
with a circular to the voters and
as a result he has drawn the hre
of the opposition in good shape
and they are investigating his rec
ord when he was councilman dur
ing Campbells term.
Bell is said to have the support
of the corporate interests and as
result of these alliances the op-
position is opening up on Bell Wig
orously. w. H. Reed today op-
ened his batteries on Bell in the
following letter:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
1000 FALL
IN RUSSIAN
BATTLE

ROYALIST ARMY WHICH HAS
BEEN BESIEGING REBELS
IS IN DANGER OF ANNIHILA-
= TION.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-27
All Matrimonial
Records Smashed

BUTTE LAWYER REsCUEs
YOUNG SOUTHERN WOMAN
FROM DEATH UNDER
STREET CAR AND WEEDS
TWO HOURS AFTERWARDS.
The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1909-01-29

.E.rt ..tIu.... Ur. f.Nt.s
cl "a section ol so..tt ro.f uli
south 1f Pa.rvcFHuI down lto
the Es,s.s.o country Tru-ia,
Information b. tha' t covered m
extensive TERRITORY arl tHaf u.
large barn belonging to perr, arH
D1vicu ua, .c.toieH-.. ID. Er.
anl lsf"e mD..IoI Jed" .Ts
ans probably a H.n.Y los. p
loug t0 t.r Huc nsrUa.
The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1909-01-29
Posi- Oni,s APpli,lo.

EE Dbl. .C.ta r' q 81. Jo.
o. vacancy .l the p1.t nG.c nas
dec'aui a..r.lg % tl. postal
laws and .on lsu re
applications uth, G.ld ior ap.
paltmelt - date ss vs have
LEARNED ta1 application ha,e been
md. o.. fr,l U1a. Nr uar-
y 0maam aI the second p D.
~uob. Of course ue d5 rot
kroa eho $3.50 eur. tle ap
p amm bat either $500 uo
l1aHi make arl3l p,F mssrr
The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1909-01-29
Frank Dorsey Dead

Geas ros,hcd h,re lasf sunday
o. tle death ,f Furk Dorsey. n
prominent 1Uurr hus.ue,, mau ol
PnnFIer. uIs accidentally boot
% m elial tlr Ou.ni lllieI ai pr
Dus that dat uni iItl frr
loan lis remiu. atw H.I3
apaiung the arrival uf is uIios
and father whl pss.rI thIoag
ihis ,lis sufoafe iu hH ,p.U.
bore ihey tn1a She traiu ior
lol0
The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1909-01-29
A. K. & +. p.
R'Y ASSURED
Contracts Signed with Con
Germs 90 Furnish Mate.
rialr for Construction Of
The ROAD

Altus, Oaa Jar Is Is .r-
sentative, Iu tU ciy .t tH Al
tu., Rusve.I s. 10 Ts-a Rain
company returned today from "a
meeting with 81 Louis uI y r
York capitalist. where contra 81.
fur thc construction of .-f u.,s
OF tae proposed road nor signed
Toe contract calls for tle placing
OF ties, bridges, ,,e,.on houses.
depojs and everything in wa.I
ness for trains to ron Majrra.
will bee placed immediately and l
ls understood tUat WORK Wi Uc
commenced within thc next twenty
days
Already considerable grading
has been done on thc iiue 40 Lub-
book. Texas, and Roswell New
NCXic0. Tie ruaIDei il almost
completed between THIS c.ty auI
Hollis W1a ,le sRHr. 0f
the contracts Just made t.s or
Engagements hsfe . .omU' fe'
iJl the ba.iiiuE o. t.. entire Hl.
and IL b. boleyel here Chat Within
ihe year trains vIll be- running
over the entire route
Those Sho have been knocking
on Mr. Kcnnedy's road will have
20 stand Up and take notice that
tle road Is going 90 be built ani
10 they DO bot want 90 lye lr H
railroad town Do is time 10 make "a
uaisc Ike moving
The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1909-01-29

Senate. fra.e ha. .IueI o.
io cna,etaa ~seti.,nih D..
aI ustuc, io l- composed of
navsor lmk1m terry Lyin
aa.n. ,m0g laa1rs Cah.
raas.- hossleg s..4l.s.
The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1909-01-29
LEAGUE PROGRAM

lr l,rl b. iIIhfEAN
sunday january $50 utt
lea |cI FuuIa D. Carter
-Ola
IoI Fr Loves sake -Johu
lt.Is
PRAYER
haug 1y JsU,. rnAer auI
l.eUl lamUay
song Macy B.aIara sai Eurr,
br.
la.E oU lesson Mo, Hardy
~HE
Bible Questions o1 l.afatH
song
HHI.ii0r
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

All painters do not see a subject alike.
There are widely different pictures OF
George Washington. for instance. that
never would possibly be picked for the
same man.
No matter how honest the aim of the
artist. It is the natural tendency to ideal
ize. and as a result many OF the repre-
sensations Of the heroes of colonial times
present powerful, handsome faces, but
these are so much glorified that 1t is hard
to think OF them accurate.
Had Lincoln been left to the painters or
engravers they probably would have over
refined their presentations Of his appear
ance till he was made to look like heroic
figure, a powerful and impressive hero.
And had this been so posterity would
He was homely, but it was homeliness OF
the face that was its humanity. This
was no classic figure of the past. This
man was vital, living American, one
whose simplicity appealed to the whole
nation. Had he been the heroic, grandiose
figure that the artist loves to paint, he
would have been carried a little way from
that people which loved him SO passion
ately and would have seemed less human
than he now comes down through history.
When Lincoln was born in that humble
log cabin in Hardin county, Ky, of ''un-
distinguished families the art Of photog-
raphy had not been dreamed of. Jefferson.
who was then President. all the heroes of
the second war with Britain. which was
to start in three years, including Andrew
Jackson, who was destined to be Presi-
dent; Webster, Clay, Calhoun and all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10
The Indignant lady.

CLYDE FITCH was describing his large
~ scrapbook collection of typographical
errors. Suddenly he smiled.
Such errors he said. are continual
ly cropping up. l called for a magazine
editor the other day to take him out to
luncheon. AS he was getting into his
coat man entered.
- Do you read your ma gazine" the
man asked
Il do replied the editor.
Have you read the new number, the
one that came out yesterday?
- i have
Have you read my poem, ito Gabri-
ellie on page HIP
Mo
No Well, in that poem L wrote the
line. Il love you better than l love my
life
"A neat line. Neat and well-turned.'
said the editor. soothinSly.
And one of the professional humor-
lists of your composing room set it up to
read, Il love you better than L love my
wife.
THAN my wife-precisely that. And
my wife knows nothing Of composing
room comedy. and she thinks the line was
printed exactly as l wrote 1t.
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WHO'S WHO IN THE
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
Continued from Fifth Page

the Job ever since 1t is his particular
duty TO look after the compilation Of
the Record at the Capitol and to see that
1t gets to the printing office and then
to see that the printed copies reach the
hands of the members of Congress. AS
each member is allowed sixty copies of
the Record, this last is no small job The
new members usually have a great de-
sire to place the Record in the hands of
their constituents and send almost all
their copies back home. The longer a
man Is in Congress, however the more
he realizes that his constituents rarely
have time to read the Record, but rely
more upon the newspapers for lnforma-
ton about the doingS of Congress. If
the members do not use up their quota
of copies of the Record daily, they may
call for them bound at the end of the
session. Mr.. Smith has to see that all
such requests are filled also.
Mr. Smith has made at least one I'M
portant innovation in the Record during
his service as Record clerk at the Capitol.
Formerly the records We're dated the day
upon which they were published and not
according to the day whose proceedings
they recounted This led to much con-
fusion as to dates of debates and speeches
and Mr.. Smith persuaded those i'll author
ity to change the method or dating SO
as TO make the date show the day upon
which the proceedings actually took place.
During his long service at the Capitol
Mr.. Smith has made many friends among
the members and seen many changes. He
has seen Senators Hale and Frye trans
formed from youthful looking members of
the House to gray-headed senator's. He
remembers Garfield, Blaine and Cannon
when they were first in the House. He
had the distinction of having the first
telephone that was installed in the Capt.
toll 1t connected with the government
printing office. Such a marvel was 1t
that the employees of the printing office
used to amuse themselves sometimes by
singing into the receiver Just to prove To
themselves that q song could be heard a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-10

heroes of the period before the war when
the thunderS of slavery debates were
shaking the whole country. all came a
little bit too early to be subjects for the
camera
Lincoln, in fact had come to full man
hood. He was thirty years old, had been
through the Black Hawk war with dis
tinction, had tried once for the legislature
and been beaten. and then in three more
county in the state body-three times
before the Photographic process had pass
ed out Of the experimental stage and
came into general adoption.
~
Then Lincoln went to Congress- THIS
him to go before the camera for the first
time. He was not a candidate for re-
election, and, returning home. he prac-
ticed law more assiduously than ever
from. 1S49 to 1854. Always a whig in pol
itics. he figured as an elector In nearly
every campaign, and made an active can
vass. But Lincoln as subject for the
camera or Lincoln as one of the figures
of history might have been lost but for
the repeal of the Missouri compromise
This started him fighting once more and
led him into such a prominent place in
the abolftionist ranks that he was nomi-
mated and elected to the presidency and
then reelected.
During his four years and che month
In the White House, a stay cut short by
the bullet from the pistol of John Wilkes
Booth. Lincoln was photographed more
than any man had ever been I'D to that
time
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mile or so away by means Of the new in
Strument.
One of the cost picturesque characters
about the big building on Capitol Hill is
John II. Chauncey, special employe OF
the House Mr. Chauncey has the record
for length of service there having served
for fifty-three years. When he celebrated
his fiftieth anniversary in the House serV-
ice he was presented with 5000 by the
House in token of esteem for faithful
service He was first employed in the
folding room of the House. Mr.. Chauncey
was an athlete in his youth and is hale
and hearty and straight as an arrow now
He gives you history of civil war days at
first hand. remembering very we'll the ex-
citing times in Washington and about the
Capitol during the early sixties.
There were no elevators in the Capitol
building when Mr.. Chauncey. went to
work there. Because of his strength he
was selected to be the human elevator to
carry the two invalids of the House up
and down stairs These invalids We're
ThaddeIIs Stevens of Pennsylvania and
Alexander Stephens of Georgia, afterward
the vice president OF the Confederacy.
Thaddeus was an armful, and as rule
Mr. Chauncey had another man help him
carry the Pennsylvania. But Alexander
Stephens was long and thin and not much
of a burden Both these men when they
left the House made requests that Chaun-
cey be always given employment in the
House and these requests have been
needed no matter which party happened
10 be in power. ThaddeuS Stevens, in
valid though he was. had an idea that
his term of life was to be long, for one
day while being carried he asked his Wig
orous bearer, WHO is going to carry me
when YOU are dead?
Chauncey had enc trick in his youth
that gave the members of the House keen
delight. He could stand i'll Il barrel and
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as for girls combining themselves to fluffy
things like that at lunch time, they may
have done it years ago before ii was the
fashion to be vigorous and athletic, but
they certainly don't now. Did you ever
happen to hear bunch of girls from one
of the nearby seminarieS order Il luncheon
on one of their Saturdays in town."
Il have" said the Department Clerk
with feeling, land my one regret was that
! did not happen to be one Of the party
Lovely. thick beefsteaks. splendid chops,
all the vegetables, everything. straight
down the card.
The Bookkeeper eroaned. please give
me the fudge again she said
The Newspaper Girl extracted the box
from under a. sofa pillow and dropped
down on the rug beside the Bookkecper
We'll finish it ourselves she said
I'm hungry. too. Not that 1 didn't have
any dinner, but I had it at a little crank
restaurant where they give you near
meats instead Of the real thing. | dined
with vegetarian friend of mine tonight
and while l approve OF the principle and
occasionally enjoy the practice. I find the
effects are not as lasting might be