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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
NEW BO'SNS AND GUNNERS.
Navy Department Announces Ap-
pointments and Assignments.

1t. is announced at the Navy Depart
ment that the following appointments
and assignments have been made as a
result OF recent examinations:
Boatswains-E F. Hosmer. +. Crouch
F.. E. Chester, J. D. Pennington, to the
Hancock; D. Downing, to the Indepen-
dence: ]. E. Quirk, to the Franklin; w. G.
A. Schwerin, to the independence; A.
Smith, to the Wabash: w. DeFries, to
the Independence: W. p. Simmons, to the
Franklin: ]. B. Hupp. to the Hancock;
]. ]. O'Brien, +. G. Mehling. p. Fl. Rierce,
to the Wabash; e. r. Petrcey. to the Frank
lin: w. r. Buechner. to the Hancock
and W. B. Meter, to the Independence.
Gunners-A. Ossenger. to the May
flower; ]. Chamberlain. L. Rodd. \. D..
FRESHMAN L. NJ. Wegat, to the Wabash;
d. p. Henderson, c. w. A. Campbell. II.
r.. stevens. H. McEvoy. p: G. Wurster,
TO the Hancock: +. G. Wisker, A. F..
skinner and J. X. Thompson, to the In
diana: 4. B. Dorsey. II. A. Pinkerton.
III. Kossler, o. A. Anderson, to the Frank
lin. ]. C. O'Meara, to the Wabash; G. c.
Tanske and N. Wenk. to the Indiana.
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PACIFIC FLEET ITINERARY.
First Squadron to Sail for Honolulu
February /,

The itinerary of the first squadron OF
the Pacific feet, now in the orient, has
been revised by the Navy Department.
The Tennessee and Wash ngton. now at
Woosung. will go to Yokohama January
2, to remain there until January 20
The california and the South Dakota,
now at Yokohama, and the Colorado and
the Maryland. now at Nagasaki, will 20
to woosung Immediately after New Year
for two-week stay. The West Virginia
and the Pennsylvania. now at Hongkong,
will go to Nagasaki for the same period.
The entire squadron will assemble at
Yokohama January II or 10 and will sail
from that port January 20 for Honolulu,
arr wing February 1. The schedule Of the
departure from Honolulu for San Fran
cisco is February 8. Seven days is given
for the sail from the Hawaiian Islands to
California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
Cannot Ask for Teetotalers.

AS to the drinking charges, Judge
Hough says: Legislation must advance a
good deal before n prisoner may claim
to be entitled to jury of teetotaiers, in
New York. at all events
Judge Hough points out that it was by
direction of the court that the Jurors
he permitted to lead their usual lives.
and that the affidavits submitted by
Morse's counsel showed merely that dur
ties of liquor and some individual drinks
had been consumed by the jury. And
it is not pretended that any one was al
all intoxicated. adds the court. All
parties agreed, the memorandum con-
times. that no liquor was served to the
jury after the case had been given IT,
them.
THE same juror who has deposed for
the defendant as to the drinking habits
of the jury says the court, is by the
defendant alleged TO have been himself
SD soddel with drink as to be incapable
of clear, cool and undisturbed judg-
ment.' y
AS to the charges that the jurors were
permitted to read newspapers with
hostile accounts of the trial. Judge
Hough said:
This case was very dull: it took a
long time to exhibit necessary preliminary
facts. the news paper accounts were IN
complete and incorrect, but there is no
evidence that they were hostile or biased.
as even probably to affect the minds OF
men quite able to perceive their incom.
pleteneSs and incoTrectness. Unless all
reading of daily journals by jurors is un-
lawful. this point requires no further con-
s.deration."
Mrs Morse. who has remained con-
stantly loyal to- her husband throughout
his fight for freedom, is greatly upset by
the turn of affairs. IL he must serve
his sentence, 1t is said that she probably
will accompany him south. Mr.. Little
tons motion for writ of error on Judge
Houehs decision. however. acts as d
temporary stay of execution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
PROTECTING THE DREDGES.
Preparing to Put Them Into Winter
Quarters.

TIE sand and gravel dredging companies
Of this city. which operate dredging ma
chimes at river points and bring the ma
terial taken from the bottom OF the river
to this city in barges, are placing their
plants in winter quarters out OF danger
from drifting Ice and the stormy weather
of the winter months. The Columbia
Sand Company. which operates several
dredges on Greenway flats and other
points along the river Is having its
dredges and scows brought to this city
and berthed in the upper end of the har-
Dor, where they are out Of danger from
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Wreck Of the Maud Seward.

The three-masted schooner Maud Sc
ward. one OF the victims OF the Christmas
night storm on the New England coast,
was formerly frequent visitor to this
city with lumber and other cargoes from
southern points, but in recent years her
trips here have been few and far between.
In the gale the vessels was carried ashore
near Vineyard Haven. and will. it is
said, prove a total wreck. The Seward
was the product Of a boatyard on the
Little Chpptank river. Md. and was
launched In 1875. In her day she was
a fine type of coasting schooner. but in
the march of progress and the coming OF
big vessels she was showed to the rear.
The Seward was a vessel of 135 net tons
and was as.1 feet long. She was owned
at Deer Island, Me-. from which point
she hailed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
Tinne?'

Last intoxicating big dinner Is often
the maker of BAD TODAY. Why not?
over-eatiug means extra work for the
stomach and bowels. You've got to
suffer if you don't help nature unload
with cASCARErS. "71ey u'0yk wAil<
yox sleet"-you're o. K. in the A. n.
ronight's the night to take care Of to-
morrow. COS
CASCARETS-Ioc box-weeks treat-
ment. All druggists. Biggest seller
in the woTld klljoa boxes . meuth.
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Two Babies Die Suddenly.

Two sudden deaths were reported to
Coroner hewitt this morning. The three
month-old boy of Charles Williams OF
2121 M street and the four-month- old
child of John jackson. colored. Of ga
Gordon avenue died without having had
medical attention. The coroner gave q
certificate of death from natural Causes
in each case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30

drifting ice. The Smoot company's
dredges, ii is stated. will berth for the
winter at Alexandria, and the Potoma~
Dredging Company's dredge and scow
will lay up in Piscataway creek. One of
the Smoot dredges has been operating
this week on the Maryland side OF the
river near Goose Ege Island opposite
Alexandria. where it is sheltered from
the drifting ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30

a police sequel to the first Christmas
under the dry regime came in Suffolk.
Va, when one policeman was suspended
ten days for drinking and another was
dismissed from the force because he al
lowed a civilian to take away his pistol
and fire it off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30

Mrs Harvey W. Proctor. sxty-two
years old died at her home in Fred
ericksburs. Va. Tuesday after an ill
ness of only two weeks of pneumonia.
Her husband survives her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30

William Woodford Talbot, one of the
best known residents of Barbour coun-
~, w. Va. died at his home at Philippi
Saturday night after a brief illness. He
was a descendant of one of the oldest
families i'm America, his forefathers be-
ing soldiers i'll the continental army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-30
DENIED ANOTHER TRIAL
JUDGE HOUGH'S DECISION
AGAINST C. w. MORSE.
If Writ of Error Is Refused in Cir.
cult Court Former Banker Must
Go to Atlanta Prison.

NEW YORK. December :n-Only a
technical legal shadow nov stands be-
tween Charles w Morse. banker and one
time ice king. and the fifteen-year sen
tence i'll the federal prison at Atlanta.
Judge Hough, i'll the United States cir
cult court, yesterday denied his motion
for new trial: but close upon the heels
of the. decision Martin W. Littleton, his
counsel announced that one more stand
would be taken-that he would move in
the circuit court for writ of error on
Judge Hough's decision. If this is denied
Morse will begin the new year serving
his sentence for violation of the national
banking laws, the Supreme Court of the
United States having previously refused
to interfere in the case.
Drinking by Jurors.
Mr.. Litteton's recent application for d
new trial for Morse was made on the
ground that the jury was Improperly
guarded and that some of the jurors
drank to excess during the trial. With
respect to this charge the court holds
that the fact that the jurymen were in
the custody OF secret service men in
stead of regular deputy marshals was
we'll known to both counsel and jurors
when the trial began. The court also
notes that more than a year had elapsed
since Morse was convicted and sentenced,
and that the Judgment had been affirm ed
nv the United States circuit court of ap-
peals, and writ of certIorari had been
denied by the United States Supreme
Court.
so far as the record these affidavits
show" says Judge Housh's memorandum,
.there was nothing concealed or furtive
about the appo ntment of these men, and
1t has not been urged that merely be-
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cause they were not regularly on the
marshal's staff they We're ineligible for
selection
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
Biggest Ruler in the World.

When William Howard Taft takes
the oath of office in March he will be
the heaviest chief magistrate in the
world Weight, 296 pounds; height, G
feet 2. President Fallieres of France
is a poor second at 229 pounds OF
the other living rulers of Europe King
Leopold of the Belgians is the heav-
lest. weighing 224 pounds. King Ed
ward VII. weighs 1873; the German
kaiser III; Francis Joseph of Austria,
166: Alfonso of Spain, 161. Queen Will
helmina of Holland weighs 145 pounds;
King Haakon VII. of Norway, 201; Os-
car II. of Sweden tips the beam at
Victor Emanuel II. of Italy at 155.
OF our own presidents Washington,
Jefferson, Monroe, Garfield and Cleve-
land were conspicuous among the
physical heavyweights of their times.
While in some cases the bodily weight
was due rather to unusual height than
to stOutness. yet in the final analysis
the heavy men of whatever build have
been the prime favorites of the peo-
pie.
1t is safe to say that of our % pres
idents we may class II as of high ad-
ministrative ability. Assuming though
opinions may differ-that these are
Washington, John Adams, jefferson,
Monroe, Jackson, William Henry Har.
rison, Taylor, Lincoln, Cleveland, Nc
kinley and ROOSEVELT is found that
the average weight of these men is a
fraction over 210 pounds. During Mr.,
.Cleyeland's second administration he
weighed 295 pounds. exactly the weight
of Mr.. Taft today. Mr.. Roosevelt
present weight is 203 pounds.
On the other hand, the average
weight of the present heads of II lead
ing European governments is but a
triie over 100 pounds each, which
strengthens the theory that, other
things being equal, republics have a
peculiar weakness for physical heavy
/ weights.
! The New York World tabulates the
height and weight of American presi
| dents as follows:
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
Copyrighted, 1908,

Ma. we ain't got much to he thank
ful for. reckon, but the Lord knows
he knows" remarked Josiah Wayne
to his wife the morning set apart for
gratitude fer the years blessings.
We've got each other, Siah. and
that's Il heap" she replied softly.
That's right, Martha. We're spared
by Gods grace. but will Banker Hall
spare us when the mortgage comes
due next month";" And he shook his
head obviously.
Deacon Hall is mighty close fisted,
pa. ana he likes to get coed farms
cheap. II he don't get ours. il will be
divine answer to prayers. lt'll be a
miracle" declar2,t his wife.
THE book says the Lord takes care
of his children, Martha. Wen put our
trust in him And the careworn. toll
iired farmer rose and left The house.
IF Mary was only here" sighed
Mrs. Wayne, and, seeing as she amt,
it would be powerful comforting to
talk about her, hut Siah is set in his
ways. Seemed as if | knew she was
| happy I'd he thankful in spite of the
mortgage" she said to herself as SHE
hastily wiped away the starting tears.
Ten months before Mary Wayne had
eloncd with man who passed three
weeks vacation at the farm the sum
mer previous.
John Mott had been delighted with
the weather beaten old farmhouse and
| its surroundings when he first glimpsed
them. not that they stirred an ar
| tistic soul, but because they recalled
gone boyhood days and the home he
| had left. an orphaned youth, TO make i
| fortune in the metropolis of the west.
Almost like a dream come true
| he thought, and he lived again the
years when he was blood brother tC
| the woods and its people. His tiran
cial success and business standing il
the city were nothing to him in the
! country
| He was just an eager hoy, who was
restless to 80 fishing and swimming
| and club tree limbs for chestnutS
| though 1t was August, all at once
and his only discomfort was because
| all his desires could not have stimuli
taneous qualification.
Then came Mary. She was away
'<len he first arrived. and he had be
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
Ethics of the Bar.

Francis Lynde Stetson's remarks m
the ethics Of the legal profession at
the meeting of the New York State
Bar association, recently held at Buf-
falo, are to be commended not so
much for any particular novelty as
Tor their earnest restatement of facts
which are too often overlooked. but
which are of real Importance to the
legal profession. to the cause of legal
ity and justice and to the general well
fare of the community. The evils Of
the over-crowding of any profession
should be obvious. The evils of a
perversion of the lawyers functions
have been notorious for 1000 years,
and are frequently and forcibly i'm.
pressed uron the public mind at the
present time,
1t is quite true, as Mr.. Stetson sug-
gested, that the man who enters the
legal, procession primarily or chiefly
in order TO make money selects a de
cidedly inferior medium for the attain
ment of his end There is no doubt
that some lawyers do make much
money and that some even amass large
fortunes. But they are few indeed
compared with the whole number. II
seems quite safe to say that the ave.
age lawyer, especially in large cities
makes less pecuniary profit than he
would if he devoted the same ability
ard effort to trade or industry. That
Is partly because of the overcrowd
ing of the profession. 1t is also partly
and. indeed, largely, because of the
intrinsic lack of money making oppor
tunities in pure legal practice. Th'
vast bulk of law work is essential!
remunerative to only moderate de
gree.
All this is to be said on the suppo
sition that the lawyer is entirely hon
est and honorable. The profession
of course, affords considerable oppol
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
The Argus Daily Short Story
MARYS HOME COMING---BY DOROTHY CARLTON
CoPyrighted 1908; by Assoeated Literary Press

gun to hunger Tor compahloHSnIp or
young people when she returned. IN
candor the girl could not be called
beautiful, but there was that in her
face TO make her gaCd to look upon.
Her features were not regular. but
the ensemble showed strength of pur-
pose. a,.
Painters would not have raved over
her eyes, but discerning poets could
have found in their depths that tender
sympathy which makes sCme women
akin 10 angels.
She had tau~ht school the term be-
fore to aid in lifting the blanket of
obligation that haunted the old people
in the evening Of their lives.
She was the only child. and her one
aim was to make their last days COM
Portable but Tic hope seemed far from
fulii|lmcnt. for her savings were small.
The mortgage loomed inrge. and the
banker WIS a Srasping, ineXorable
Shylock
Still. the year and more that inter
vencd before the blow would fall
might bring many things. SO Mary
worked and prayed.
70 Mott the girl WAS revelation.
he had known girls in the city. but
they lived in Il world apart from
I Mary Wayne. Here he found SINGER
ity and frankness that came from the
heart. not the mind.
The difference in types appealed To
/ him, charmed first and then held his
affections. When he said goodby at
the end of his stay he knew he had
found the enc woman he needed. and
he hoped to win her.
! In the autumn she resumed her
| school duties in a town several miles
p! distant from home, and it became q
fixed engagement that Mot should
/ spend Sundays with her. She rarely
| went To the farm at week ends, as the
! "trip Involved expenditures she did not
| feel justified in making
| Motifs visits were comforting from
the beginning. Gradually she realized
| that they were dear to her in antici
| patton and memory, and one Decem
| ber night she found herself and knew
they were necessary to her happiness
Motifs next call was eventful. II,
| was sure of his love for her. Becaus,
of his uncertainty as to her reciproca
ton he experienced unrest and sough
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
Humor aua Philosophy
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH
FRIENDSHIP.

oh, friendship is a fragile plant
That should with care be tended.
For oftcntimes the closest one
Is easily offended,
And by q very careless turn
It's tender buds are blighted
When 1t is farthest from your thoughts
To have an Old pal slightedi
'Tis not enough to say "TIello."
And hurry TO your labor
Without inCuiring as 10 health
On meeting some old neighbor.
You have to stand around and chat,
Though minutes may be priceless.
'Twould never do 20 pass him.up
And go away adviceless.
A friend who really is a friend
Is worth your best endeavor
And your most earnest ways and means
80 freeze TO him forever.
And, though you may find need for
him
Not ore time out OF twenty.
It's when you do. the provcrb says,
You need him good and plenty.
And, after all. the only thing
To give life Zest and meaning
Is friendship and remembrance bright,
Though seas are intervening.
To smooth the little jars that come
And make time sweet and sunny
So do not slight the friends you have
Or slip to them bad money
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

tunities for Illicit gains, and the temp
tation to seek these is always presenr,
and is peculiarly strong for those who
enter the profession solely or chiefly
for the sake of making money. That
is the serious feature of the case If
a man becomes a lawyer and cannot
make good living at the bar, he alone
is the sufferer But if, because of
that failure to secure satisfactory
income by legitimate means or because
of greed for greater gains, he resor,s
TO dishonorable or dishonest practices,
the whole community is concerned
The administration of law and justice
is vitiated.
The latter consideration makes well
come every such admonition as that of
Mr. Stetson 1t also makes it incum-
bent upon every law school to insist
upon such standards of scholarship
and character as will discourage over
crowding of the profession, and will
so far as possible, exclude from it un-
worthy candidates. Every graduate
OF a law school should be made ~
feel. so far as faithful instruction cau
do it, that as a lawyer he is, in fact
an officer of the court. sworn to seek
the enforcement of impartial justice
and that for him to seek pecuniary
gains beyond legitimate compensation
for honest services would be as repre-
hensible as for the judge on the bencc
to accept special remuneration above
his lawful salary.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

Quincy Herald: 1t need hardly be
observed that the people of the United
States, and not the temporary occu-
pant of the White house, contribute
the millions of money for completing
the Panama canal. The right of the
people, therefore, to full. information
as to this expenditure and the methods
of canal construction depends neither
upon congress nor upon the admins.
tration. The pirate of the. disloyalty of
those who differ from the authorities
on this subject is rather bad begin
ming on the part of Mr.. Taft. There
is nothing more welcome to a free
man than free speech.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

"The necessity of advertising is ad-
mitted" said R. d. Baldwin, in an ad-
dress to the Pennsylvania Retail Hard
ware association the other day. "Con-
fronting the merchant is the problem
of choosing the most effective medium.
and, having selected his medium, to
present to the prospective buyer, or
even the casual reader the virtues of
his commodity-to present them brief
ly, succinctly and attractiyely. The
local newspapers, extending their in
fluence throughout the entire intelli-
gent community, should be used ex-
tensively"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
The Good Housekeeper


Nothing is more discouraging to the careful
housekeeper than to have rats. cockroaches or
other vermin in her home, especially when she
has visitors.
Any annoyance of this kind is entirely need
less II she will get box OF Stearns' Electric Rat
and Roach Paste. which will drive rats and mice
out of the house to die and rid the home of the
cockroach pest in single night
Stearns' Electric Paste is sold everywhere, or
sent cypress prepaid on receipt of price. 2 OF.
box 26c. 16 OF. box $1.00.
Stearns' Electric Paste Co.. Chicago. Ill
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

A Kentuckian has died from drink
ing imitation booze. The news value
of this item lies mainly in the impli-
cation that there was one Kentuckian
who couldn't distinguish the genuine
from the spurious.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
Tax Notice.

Your taxes. real and personal, are
now due. You can pay the same ut
my Office, with Schriver & Schriver
attorneys, 1712k Second avenue. Of
fee hours, 8 to IL a. M, and to p.
m. Open Wednesday and Saturday ev-
enings from to 8 O'Clock.
j. B. JOHNSON,.Co Collector.
Please bring last years tax receipt
with you.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

The New York Sun says ''the world
is growing better" 1t probably draws
it's conclusion from an event slated for
March 4.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

One of the candidates for the senate
in Wisconsin is poor man and yet he
spent S11, 900 to be nominated What
corporation put up the dough?
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

The bank at Monte Carlo has just
declared its semi-annual dividend of 30
per cent. This shows that suckers are
not decreasing.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
Referring to Her.

''This is Il century plant"
"'Does it blossom only every hundred
years.
"IIow should l know"
"Nliss Ophelia. you ought to be au.
thorjty on that
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

Will Hopkins not realize he is in the
down and out club until he is jammed
into the box with the lid fastened
down?
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

Some deliver into the past claims that
the Chinese had taxicabs 1000 years
ago. AS proof of this, see how poor
they are.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1894
vecond sTsnus. Rock Isiana. Ill IEn-
sered at the postof1ce as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

1t is a wise voter who knows his
own choice for mayor.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

Idaho has irrigation and local option.
Cause and effect
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

Music Study Class Meets.-Miss
Dorothy Peasants was the hostess 10
meeting of the Music Study club
yesterday afternoon at her home, 1920
Second avenue. The opera Carmen
was studied. Miss Marion McCandless
reading Il paper telling the story OF
the opera and giving an analysis.
Vocal numbers from the opera were
given by Misses Nina Van Buren. Ruin
West, Cora Gaetjer and Elizabeth
Craig. The next meeting of the cll3
will be with Miss Craig two weeks
hence.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-20

The Stockholders of the Booth & Co.
fish house seem to be entangled in a
net.