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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
RADICAL PROGRAM OF
BRITISH LABOR PARTY

Portsmouth, England, Feb. 9.-The
British Labor party, political organi-
aztion of admitted socialistic aims, be-
gan it's ninth annual conference here
with the largest attendance in it's his
tory Philip Snowden, called by many
Europe's ablest Socialist, called the
meeting to order and presided through
tout the conference.
Included in the laws which the party
has decla1 ed for are the following:
Compelling the government to find
work or maintenance for the unem-
ployed.
Imposing super tax, in addition to
the existing income tax, upon all ex-
cessively large incomes
A special tax upon government con-
ferred monpoolies.
Increasing estate and leagcy duties.
Taking land values to the point of
confscation of unproductive estates
Particularly taxing the unearned in
crease of wealth SO as to prevent the
growth, if not the retention of large
fortunes in private lands.
The Labor party leaders say that
these proposed taxes could easily pro-
vide for old age pensions and the relief
of the unemployed.
Both Liberas and Conservatives con
slider the labor program too radical,
So strong has the Labor party become,
however, that, against the wishes of a
large element in his own ranks, Chan
cellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George,
will include part of the labor pro-
posals in the budget next March.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
yesterday to Head Juvenile Court

Tacoma, Feb. 6.-Two hundred pei
sons met in Judge yesterdays cou
room and made definite arrangemen.'
for the establishment of juvenl,
court. Judge yesterday will be maO
judge of the court, though his elecnu
will be deferred until the appointmseD
Of the new superior court judge. De
tween so and Is persons, some OF tn lsp
the most prominent citizens in the CIV,
gave their names to Judge EASTERN
as willing to undertake guardian TO :
possibility for offenders dealt with y
the cOnrt
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
Nevada Has Race Track Bill

Carson, Nev.., Feb. 9.-An anti race
track gambling bill was introduced in
the assembly today. A hard fight is
being made for and against the meas
ure. The bill was referred to the COM
mlttee on public morals. This bill
promises to be the big fight Of the
present session of the legislature. In
dlcations are that it will pass the house.
The contest will come in the senate.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
Mohundro Gets Commissions

Olympia, Feb. Acting Governor
hay has signed the commission of J.
I. Mohundro as state bank examiner.
to succeed Abraham W. Engle. Both
are Seattleites It is stated at the gov
ernor' IS Office that this appointment was
made by Gov.s Cosgrove before he left
the state, and that Hays sole connec-
ton with it is to sign the commission
at Cosgrove's request.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
Milwaukee'Tunnel Bore Completed

Seattle, Feb. 9.-This morning at
10 O'Clock, amid the blowing of whis-
tells and other noises at the command
of the men working on the job, the
$500 foot tunnel of the Chicago, Mil
aukee & Puget Sound railway at St.
Paul Pass, in. the Bitter Root noun
tains, met in the center of the bore
The day was celebrated in all the
camps and towns along the Milwaukee
extension
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
COON LOSES
HIS CASE
SUPREME COURT DECIDES
NOTED ELECTION
CONTEST.
Two of Judges Dissent and Four
Different Opinions are Given.
Majority Holds to View That
Candidate May Publish Picture
in Papers.

Olympia, Feb. Sit took four differ
ent opinions by members of the state
supreme corut to confirm M. E. Hay
in the office of lieutenant governor,
from which Charles E. Coon sought to
GUST him by means of quo warranto.
The FIVE judges who denied the writ
had three different reasons to give for
their decision, while Chief Justice
Rudkin and Justice Fullerton, in an
opinion as long as the other five, gave
their reasons for believing the writ
should be issued.
Incidentally. it appears that the
statement sent out from Olympia sew
eral weeks ago that the court was split
three to two and that it would take the
votes of Dunbar and Gose to determine
the case, is borne out by the opinion
filed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
Money for a Nebraska Exhibit

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 9.-The lower
house OF the Nebraska legislature has
voted 81 5000 for Nebraska exhibit
at the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition
Of this amount $4,000 is reserved to
pay premiums on Nebraska exhibits.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
German Venezuelan Treaty

Caracas, Feb. 6.-Baron Won oeea
endorff, the German minister to 'ep
ezuela, and Foreign Minister Guinaa.
signed, January Is, a treaty OF 1rlsp -.
ship, commerce and navigation -, = !.
tween the two governments. lu -,
agreement contains most favored -
ton clause for Germany, and its GU
clusion is an outcome of ten years I
fort.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
TempIeman Elected From Comox

Victoria, B. c., Feb. 9.-Hon. Will
lam Templeman, minister of inland
revenue and Of mines, who was de-
feated in Victoria by G. H. Barnard
in the general election, was yesterday
elected by acclamationin the Comox-
Atlin district. Michael Manson was
to have been nominated to oppose him.
but he left the field.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12

The Mexican government has con-
tributed $50, 600 for monument to j.
Garcia, connective engineer, who
hooked his engine to burning car of
dynamite and pulled it out of the CEN
tie of a Mexican town.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
Work for Many Idle Men

Pittsburg, Feb. 6.-Employmen' -
5000 idle men will be provided VIZ WV
IN the next week by the Pressed o ~,
Car company at its works near l, y.
burg and by the Standard Steel :.
company at its works at Butler, ~
here. Both plants have been lols
year.
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1909-02-12
Statute Not Definite

IheSe TWO Judges gave as their rea-
son for denying the writ ''the statute
is so cloudy and it's meaning SO uncer-
tain it would not be just to impose so
severe penalty as loss of Office upon
one who might chance to misinterpret
it's provisions. -
Judges Mount and Grow recite the
bringing of the action and say no doubt
the direct primary law is susceptible
of the construction Coon places upon
it, that the publication Of the photo
graphs of Hay in newspapers, with a
statement telling whose photograh it is,
disqualify Hay from holding Office, but
these judges say further the law may
be construed as Hay contends for: that
the publication Of the photograph was
not illegal unless it was published in
connection with statement urging
voters to support such candidate.
Two Opposed to Hay
These two judges find also that the
attorney general, in an opinion to can
didates before the primaries, ruled that
photographs might be published; that
Hay followed this advice in good faith,
and that a statute could not be con-
strued against this opinion of the state
legal adviser unless the statute is clear
and unambiguous. For which reason
they refuse the writ.
In the minority opinion, Rudkin and
Fullerton say the law distinctly dis
qualities candidate who publishes his
photograph, irrespective of whether it
is with a statement urging support or
not; that the legend under the picture
that it is of a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination is of itself a bid for
votes, and, finally, that by law the at
torney general is required to give opin-
ions only to state officers respecting
their duties and cannot be accepted by
the court as constituting statute.
Unlawful, Chadwick Says
Judge Chadwick says that if section
% of the primary law, which prhibits
such publication is legal, he agrees
with Rudkin and Fullerton, and that
he cannot agree with the reasoning of
Judges Mount, Grow, Dunbar nor
Gose. He holds the section unconsti-
tuttional because it attempts to fix an
unreasonable qualification upon a cam
didate beyond those fixed by the con-
stitution. Under this theory he holds
that if the legislature is prohibited by
the constitution from adding any quail
icfiation Hay is entitled to his office.
If the legislature may add reasonable
qualifications Hay cannot be ousted,
for this section is unreasonable. And
therefore Chadwick holds the writ
should not issue.
This finally determines the case, as
the only other way Coon could have
attacked Hay was by contest when the
legislature canvassed the vote In view
of the findings of the court with res
pect to the uncertainty of the publ
cation provision of the law, amend
ments to clarity and render less am
biguous the sections will probably be
offered for enactment by the legisla-
ture. Coon has thirty days to petition
for a rehearing, but probably will go
no further
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
STRIKE OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER
CHICAGO RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
GET AN ADVANCE.
But .One Snag Remains to Be Re-
moved to Bring Trouble
to an End.

CHICAGO, August 13.-Hopes for a
peaceful settlement of the street car con-
troversy were brighter today as the re-
suit of the offer made yesterday by John
NJ. Roach of the Chicago Railways Com
pany to the employees of that organiza-
ton. and it was expected that before
night further progress would be made
toward a final solution of the difficulty.
The offer of Mr.. Roach, which gives all
present trainmen immediate advance of
cent an hour in wages and graduates
upward to a maximum scale Of 30 cents
per hour at the expiration Of two years.
and which was practically accepted by
President Quinlan of the North and West
Side Street Garments Union, is expected
to be duplicated by President Mittern
of the South Side lines at a conference
held today with the leaders of the South
Side unions.
One Snag Remains.
With this question practically settled
one obstacle still remains to delay a final
settlement of the dispute. and that is
the status of the men running cars over
the old Consolidated company's lines.
which are being operated by the Chicago
Railways Company. 1t is generally be-
lieyed, however. that before negotiations
are completed the employees of the Con-
solidated company will be included in the
new wage schedule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
PLANS AGAINST CONTENTION
JOHN F. WAGGAMAN AVOIDS
TROUBLE OVER ESTATE.
Provides in Deed of Trust for Care
of Property After His
Death.

To avoid any contention over his estate
after his demise, John F. Waggaman,
real estate operator of this city and of
Anna Arundel county Md. today placed
on record a deed in trust. by which he
conveyed all his property to Henry +.
Waggaman and John w. Brawner. trus-
tees. with specific directions for its man
agement and disposition. Mr.. Wagsaman
is joined in the conveyance by his wife,
Mrs. Alice V. Waggaman: his three sons.
Floyd F., Henry E. and Thomas T..
Waggaman. and the wives of the two
last-named sons.
The conveyance covers not only the real
estate owned by Mr.. Waggaman. but all
personal property. including the proceeds
of insurance on his life.
Trustees to Manage Estate.
The trustees are to manage the estate
from date until the expiration of ten
years after the death of Mr.. Wasgaman:
to pay his debts and obligations; to al
low him .ent free any house or houses
he may desire to use as residence or
residences; to pay him $1,000 month
during his life for his own use and $50
month to each of his sons, a like sum
to the wife and $50 a month to Matte W.
Brawner. After his death the wife
monthly payment is to be increased to
$500 a month and the allowance to the
sons to 5000 each.
The surplus income of the estate is to
be added to the trust fund and kept in
vested.
AT the expiration of the trust term suffi-
cient property to insure an income of
$500 per month is to be assigned to Mrs.
Waggaman, and such property as will net
monthly incomes as specified to the other
beneficiaries is to be segregated and the
remainder distributed among the three
sons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
PLAN FOR SETTLING STRIKE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN JERSEY
HAT MAKERS AND EMPLOYERS.
In Hands of the Governor and to
Be Signed Within Ten
Days.

NEWARK n. j., August 13.--1t was
learned today that a plan for the set
tlement of the strike of hat makers.
which has been in progress in Newark
and the Oranges since January, was
agreed upon in conference between
the manufacturers and John A. Moffatt,
president of the United Hatters. held at
Sea Grit, last night. The conference
was held at the request of Gov. Fort
and took place in his cottage.
The terms of the settlement are not yet
made known, but one of it's original pro-
visions is said to have been clause
providing that the employees should not
strike again during the next ten years.
This clause was objected to by Mr..
Moffatt, it is understood. and was COM
promised. After the Sea Girt confer
ence the result was reported to the other
manufacturers. and TO the men in New
ark last night
The agreement is in the hands of the
governor and is to be signed by both
parties to 1T within five days 1T will
affect only the hat makers in this vicin-
ity and does not include the New York
men. The Newark and Orange manu-
facturers are now preparing to place
the strikers at work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
ANDEOG0 TO ATLANTIC CITY BEGINS DAY ON LINKS TARIFF MOI FAC
to Price Of Hides
APPEAL FROM HIS MOTHER WEARS MEET CABINET MEN eR
CH National Is
to
G Same Fumr of
institution
Census Conference No Bar to
Daily Taft Game.
MEET CABINET MEN LATER
Hitchcock and Nagel to Call on
President This Afternoon.
ARIZONA MARSHAL APPOINTED
Charles A. Overlook Named to Sue
coed Rough Rider Daniel-No
Mystery in Woman Visitor.

BEVERLY. Mass. August 13-Presi-
dent Taft did not allow the prospect of
business this afternoon to interfere with
his usual morning game of golf While
Secretary Nagel of the Department of
Commerce and Labor, Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock and f. Dana Durand, di-
rector of the census. were hurrying to-
ward Beverly today to take up with the
chief magistrate the details of the APP
pointment of more than 200 census
of the Union. the President motored away
to the links OF the Essex County Club
to take up the cudgels again against
Gen. Adelbert Ames and w. ]. Boardman
of Washington. With the President went
John Hays Hammond, his partner in the
foursome.
At the beginning of todays match the
score of games stood to in favor of
Ames and Boardman. The brilliant blue
skies and sunshine of the first four days
of the week had given way today to
leaden clouds and murky atmosphere,
and with the change of weather the
President hoped for change of luck.
Census Conference This Afternoon.
The conference on the census appoint
ments-the greatest division of plums the
President will have to dispose of during
his term of offfce-was expected to begin
at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Taft
cottage. Announcement of the selections
may be made within the next day or two.
President Taft today appointed Charles
A. Overlook of Arizona as United States
marshal for that territory. The retire
ment OF B. r. Daniels. who has served
as marshal during the past few years.
marks the passing from office of another
of President ROosevelt's Rough Riders.
Daniels was a member of the Rough
Rider Regiment, and had led an active
life in the west. His resignation as mar
shall was sent to the Department OF JUS
tice at Washington.
Because Of the attempt in Beverly to
make mystery of the visits OF ''mys-
terfous woman in white" to the executive
offices, it was announced today that the
visitor was Mrs. Harry Schmick OF Ohio.
whose husband. a former bank teller, is
serving a term in Leavenworth Mrs.
Schmick is seeking a pardon for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
SAYS THE PlOW PIT MUST GO
COMMISSIONER WEST HANDS
OUT EMPHATIC VIEW.
Believes That the North Capitol
Street Trolley Station Should
Be Moved.

IF the pillow pit is allowed to remain,
1t will be without my sanction and
vote" Commissioner West declared to-
day. as part OF his official action on
the motion of Acting Commissioners
Kelly that the pillow pit at. North Capt.
toll and T streets be allowed to remain
in it's present location, ninety feet south
Of T street
Both Commissioners West and Mac
farland have approved the suggestion
of Corporation Counsel Thomas that
Congress be asked at the next session
to make provision for the paving of
North Capitol street throughout its en-
tire length. When that paving is fin
ished. the charter of the railroad says,
the overhead trolley wires must be re-
moved from the street.
The law of Congress, however. gives
the railroad the right to operate with the
overhead wires north of T street. until
North Capitol street is paved. The pillow
pit is admittedly now about ninety feet
south Of street, and Commissioner West
believes that 1t ought not to be allowed
to remain in it's illegal position.
Pit Illegally Placed.
1.-The inclosed opinion of the corpora
ton counsel" Commissioner West
states to the Commissioners distinctly
says that the question is one for the
sole consideration Of the Commissioners. =
1t being admitted even by the company
that this pillow pit is illegally placed in
its present position, I cannot see why the
corporation ought not to be compelled 10
obey the law
'In view of the action of the ma jority
of the board, however, it would seem to
be useless to renew my motion of July o,
notifying the company that it must COM
ply with the law. even though that mo-
ton was at that time approved by a
majority of the board.
IF the pillow pit is allowed to remain
it will be without my sanction and vote.
When the estimates are under considera-
ton, l shall propose an item for the
paving of North Capitol street to Michi-
gan avenue"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
NEARLY 100 MILES OFF cAPEs.
Wireless Ticks Indicate Position Of
Warships in Sea Drilling.

NORFOLK, Va, August 13.-The faint.
ness of the ticks of the wireless tele-
graph instruments at the Norfolk nav
yard as an attempt was made to com.
municate with the battleship fleet today
indicated that the vessels were nearly
100 miles from the Virginia capes. The
night and early day was spent in sea
drilling.
A heavy rain off the coast last night
was followed today with light sea,
semi-cloudness and wind twelve miles
from the east. The dispatch boat Yank-
ton is likewise with the fleet, which was
joined today by the auxiliary gunboat
Hornet in the capacity of mail boat and
which Is to be used as an observation
boat by naval officials when the main
target practices begin Monday.
The auxiliary Leonidas will today de-
liver to the fleet ammunition stores sent
OUT to replace ammunition used in the
preliminary practice. The target boats
Nicholson and OBrien are expected TO
leave the Norfolk navy yard either late
today or early tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
DEATH OF MRS. STERRETT.
Was Widow of Robert Sterrett and
Resided Here Since 1898.

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Sterrett. mother
of Rev. J. MacBride Sterrett and Mary
j. Sterrett and widow of Robert Ster-
rett, died at O'Clock this morning at
her home. No. 1920 Corcoran street north
west, after a brief illness.
The funeral services will be held at s
O'Clock tonight at her late residence. The
services will be conducted by Rev. G. F.
Peters, rector Of the Epiphany P. E.
Church. The remains will be taken to
Jacksonville, Center county, Pa, tomor-
row morning for nte:ment there.
Mrs Sterrett was born August %, 1918.
i'm Bellefonte. Center county, Pa. Her
father, Robert Douglas MacBride was a
graduate of Belfast College. Ireland. and
was at one time principal of the Belle
fonte Academy She was married to Rob-
ert Sterrett in 1913. Mrs. Sterrett spent
her cary married life in Center county,
Pa. She had been resident of this city
since 1893
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
ALLEGED TO Be SW|NDLERS
MAN AND WOMAN IN CUSTODY
IN BALTIMORE.
Are Charged With Securing Money
by False Pretenses-Woman
a Washingtonian.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. August 13.-The de-
termination of husband to find his wife
resulted in the arrest of Mrs. Blanche
Hurley, twenty years old, of Washing
ton d. c., and John F. Smith, who says
he halls from New York. The couple
will be given q hearing before Justice
Hebb, at the central police station on the
charge of securing money by false pre-
lenses from various Catholic organiza-
tons.
Some time last night a great commo-
ton was heard on Davis street. PATROL
man Leland rushed to the scene and was
told that man named Dennis j. Hurley
had broken open the door and created a
disturbance by trying to induce a woman
to 80 with him. Leland placed the
man and woman under arrest and charg-
ed them with creating a disturbance.
AS they We're being taken before the
magistrate Matron Fay noticed that the
womans eye was slightly discolored. She
reported to Lieut.. Cole that her charge
resembled woman who had been secur-
ing money from Catholic institutions.
Statement Admitted to Be True.
Before the magistrate Hurley said his
wife had left Washington several days
and that he came TO this city to find her
The woman admitted the truth of the
statement and said that John Smith had
induced her to beg.
Capt Henry detailed Round Sergt
Klinefelter to go in search of Smith and
he is now locked up.
According to the police, Smith and the
Hurley woman have received various
sums of money in amounts ranging from
SIS and up. 4 few days ago Miss Rose
Monaghan of the Ladies' Aid Society of
st. Johns Church, purchased a ticket for
the woman to Washington and gave her
some money. Including the purchase of
the ticket Miss Monaghan expended S11
on the woman. The woman persists, the
police say, that Smith forced her to act as
she did. Smith has nothing TO say ex-
cept that he comes from New York
Capt Henry notified the marshal's Office
and all of the Catholic institutions in the
city will be apprised of the arrest OF the
woman and man, as it is the belief they
have many victims in this city.