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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
H. A. WILLARD DIES
At WALPOLE HOME
Wife'S Death HastenS End
of Extensive Property
Owner ard Hotel Man.

Word was received here today nom
Walpole, n. g., Of the death Of Henry
Augustus willard, former proprietor Of
the Willard Hotel. and one OF the plon-
GERS I'm the washington hotel business.
Mr.. willard died last night, Just one
day more than a month after he went
with his son to Walpole to attend the
funeral OF his wife
He was in his eight-eighth year and
had been in feeble health for months.
The death OF his wife early in Novem-
Der was a heavy blow TO him, and it Is
thought hastened his death. With him
at the bedside was his son. Henry KeI-
log Willard.
Mr.. Willard Is survived by one son:
two grandsons. Henry Augustus and
william Bradley Willard. and one
granddaughter, Sarah KelIog Willard.
The funeral will be held at Walpole.
"Wednesday afternoon AT . O'Clock.
Property Owner.
As owner of the Occidental Hotel. the
building I'm which the Department of
Commerce and Labor is haused. and the
Kellog building on r street, Mr.. Willard
was one of the largest downtown prop
erty holders.
He was born at Westminster VT. May
IA. 1882, son OF Joseph and Susan Dorr
(Clapp) Willard and a great-granison
CONTINUED on Eleventh PaEe)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
Killing of Cannon and Groce
DiScloSeS Despotism, Bar
bariSm, and Contempt.
YOUNG AMERICANS
IN QUEST FOR GOLD
Their Exploits Are Similar in
Tragedy to Other Caribbean
Adventures.
By ALLEN D. ALBERT, Jr.

o the adventurer which is in
us all the call of the Carib-
bean sea is not yet still.
Five hundred years ago ii allured
Pizarro, Cortez and Drake. Now it
has enticed two American boys to
the same slender isthmus with the
same brightly colored legend of
adventure and wealth and fame.
They gave ear to it, these lads Of
the New World, as Attila and Ti-
mur- Leng gave ear to another such
legend in the Old. and now like
Pizarro, Cortez, and Drake, like
Attila and Timur the Lame, they
have passed over the last ridge of
hill, and gone down empty of hand
on the other side.
All of that older and greater five
gave their lives to the raising of
the worlds curtain; and though our
two compatriot boys sailed no swift
barks and captained no overrun-
ming hordes they, too, have lifted
that curtain a little Three weeks
ago Robert Lee Roy Cannon and
Leonard Groce were shot-in the
court yard of a prison, in Nicar-
aqua, at 10 O'Clock in the morning
OF November -. In the flash of
those rifles it has been given the
world to see:
American ships of war patrol
ling the two coasts of Nicaragua.
A rebellion age,ast the govern
ment which condemned these Am
orleans 10 death given an interna-
uonal character not less than that
against which fighting seemed,
three weeks ago. apparent hope
lessness.
A clear prospect Of American
suzerainty from Mexico to Colombia,
as now there is American suzerain-
ty over all the more important
islands northward in the Caribbean
sea, save Jamaica alone
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
TWO WIVES FIGHT
FOR RICH ESTATE
Case of Benjamin V. An
dreWS Reaches Court
Tomorrow.

While the body Of Benjamin V. An
drews, late Republican political leader
OF Baltimore, lies in a vault at Glen
wood Cemetery. by virtue Of A still ef-
fective injunction forbidding its remov-
al, two women. each claiming to be the
widow OF the Baltimore politician. and
numerous heirs-at-law, viii begin in
Justice Stafford's court tomorrow
three-cornered fight over Andrews
property, valued at about $4,000.
Died In 1908.
The contest over Andrews will, which
bequeatns valuable real estate IN Wash
ington and Baltimore, Is the natural
sequence Of the spectacular proceedings
begun at the tin OF the politician $
death in this city in 1908, when two
alleged wives appeared and demanded
the right 10 assume charge of his body
The court, without passing upon the
merits Of the respective claims, ordered
the body placed In a vault at GlenwOod
and there held pending a final decision
as 20 whether Bertha V. Andrews or
Laura G. Andrews had d Widows right
TO it.
Validity of Will
The proceedings before Justice stat
ford. however, viii have 10 do more
with tie validity Of the viii, which
leaves the entire estate 70 Bertha V.
Continued on sixth PageJ
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05

CONDTICS CT THE WATER.
HARPERS FERRY. ". Va, Dec. s.
Both rivers clear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
GOVERNOR Conner
SAID TO BE SHOT

VICKSBURG. Miss. Dec. 5.-A report
received here this afternoon from Isa-
auenl county. where Governor Conner
has ben hunting for the past week, said
the .NScUtive has been shot No word
can be obtained as to the extent Of his
INJURIES, and CONSERVATION reigns here.
Physicians and nurses were rushed 20
the scene. Swan Lake, where the gov
ernor's camp IS located. iS difficult Of
access. and If he is seriously injured the
executive may die before medical aid
can reach him.
The governor had just rounded out
one week OF a hunting trip that was TO
last another fortnight With him were
a number of prominent citizens OF the
State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
MAKE HAY IN DECEMBER.

FRANKLIN, Pa, Dec. 5.-All records
for late harvesting in Venango county
were broken when a second hay crop
was cut and put IN barns I'm December
on q farm near Franklin. The stalks
were three and a half feet tall and had
not been damaged BY The frostS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
WEATHER REPORT.

There win be rain OF snow tonight and
Monday I'm the lower Lake region and
Ohio valley and snow In the upper Lake
region.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
JOHN K. SOUTHER
COMMITS SUICIDE

John x. souther. thirty-nine years
old. committed suicide shortly after
noon today by shooting himself In
the mouth at the Grafton Hotel. Con-
necticut avenue and De Sales street
Death was instantaneous.
Mr.. Souther was an artist OF note and
for several years spent the winters I'm
washington with his wife and three
children. He formerly lived I'm Mint
wood place northwest, but this winter
decided 70 live at the Grafton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
SUN TABLE.


s sun rises .-...-.-.................. l:E
sun bets .-.-.-.--....-......-.... 4;S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
THIRST FOR ADVENTURE.

THE soldier OF fortune has a rare
field Of conquest in the Central
America OF today. It has not altered
greatly since the Inca Atahualps heap
ed high in a single room $l5.Ooo.OOO in
pesos OF gold and marks Of silver for
the treacherous Pizarro.
Many rimes such a sum can vet be
mined from the rumbling mountains OF
Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Costa
Rics, and Nicaragua. And many times
this large sum awaits the miner in ma
hoganY. coffee. cacao, rubber, sugar, to-
bacco, and monopOlies Of import. No
les5 70 US than to the Spanish OF the
sixteenth century these shores OF the
carribean are FL Dorado.
Latin Country
Appeals To Both.
The mirage Of this land seems 10
have hung over the office Of a certain
cotton buyer in Galveston and certain
schools In Harrisburg, perhaps fifteen
years ago In the one was young
Groce. a clerk 20 his cousin the buv-
er. In the other wss Roy Cannon
Shsy did not come together until they
had come to their Fl Dorado. but there
they struck palms and adventured side
by side until they left the land for
ever.
a man now In Washington met them
IN Panama several years ago, and ne
describes Cannon as the taller and the
younger OF the two, the darker and
the less cosmopolitan IN manner. Groce
bore himself Ike a Travelled English
man OF perhaps forty years, aniuent.
and a little indulgent Of the whole 18TH
CONTINUED on Fourth PaEe.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05

Today-High tide. 2:i1 a. m. and 2:4l
?. m: low tide, s;f9 a. NJ. and 9:2j p. m.
IOmoToW-Hish tide. 3:uS a. M. and
S-Jl =. m low tide, s:5g a. m. and 1913
p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-05
TEMPLRATTRES
FoRECAsT FoR THE DIsTRI.

Increasing cloudiness tonight; Monday
rain, colder at night. increasing south
west to west winds.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-21
MARIA DEL Pillar SarGES

-iY que, senior Maroto.-exelam6 dona Bengna al yer
gruesas agrmas por las mellas del honrado la
brador-s pensa used que la suerte Rosario me es
mi indfereue ~ sera mejor procurar una reconcl-
lac6n hos que facitarles ell Sc Sc
paren2
Jay de NIL listed lleva razon como siempre, sonora
-ebjet6 don Damaso;-5pero que avenenca cabe ya 81
Il ha desentenddo hace dos de nosotros ST. Sc
gun he oido anda malos pasos9
- MaIos pasos.-repiti6 dona Bengna ofendida en- su
amor mat~rual-;A que llama usted maos pasos caba-
1crhF
-S,.sra. ii que EIDE lamar? A 10 que hace Pepe: a
no trabaar pasar los das las noches las de
juego ands rtntre toreros la genie del bronce es
ta:se "a hasta de da. La verdad, mahss,
una cogdas sueltan facdad, sc 81 lie
le M, i mi ha quedarse sin marido tener ese,
que daria en- teer auy pronto con su caudal.
--vss la gran difcultad-exelamo la pobre madre,
eyasrelada los eargos que drgian su hi jo.-
FL caaLa. An ssor Maroto 81 fuerV1 ustedes pobres
Rosar kubiera sio mas ndulgente usted hubera
pensado amas separation; pero tranquicese us
-Yrc~ienia doorosa dignidad-Si cierto que
ri &" hat, La vida del desorden, que gas
ta-& Ia de- xsL: demasado, 10 puedo asegu
Y 1e ere he de gastar, pnes sonora No lie he he
c antera d. "a saves de mis- gavetas de mis- anplios
poe.ss ~ Fe mi pensaba podermv far de el co
nj 2jj@: l.: traba;a; e cobra sueldo sin
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-21
OUERER ES PoDERj

embargo juega trunfa incesantemente de broma
brOma.
Dona Benigna qued6 aterrada muda. La respuesta
del ancano encerraba nvencbe logca que halo
que pesar de deseo de defender hio.
-Esta bien,-djo al cabo de agunos instantes-si yo
das de avenenca creera ell nteres de
las rquezas de usted de que las poseyese mi hjo 10
movia. Asi, nada mas dire; sujetare 10 que
ted Rosario decdan, por mas opuesta que " las
medidas extremss
-Hija, di tn parecer,-nsist6 don Damaso
-Yo necesto pensarlo-respOndi6 Ia joven--no quie
nj puedo negar que costara mucho trabajo
ciar mi marido LIE guerra tanto! LIE quero tanto to-
dayia!
Do6a Benigna conmovida por la sinceridad de aquel
acento, iba abrazar Rosario la que poda
de agradecer que hijo; pero la dgnidad, 6
meo rdcho orgullo la contuvo porque tema que has,
aque arranque de coraz6n creyese interesado
iQue desgracia es veces el rico! La rqueza
la enemiga mas cruel de la felicidad de Rosario.
ST ella hubiera sdo pobre, habria cchado en- cara
mardo que habia casado ella por fortuna pr
mer golpe inferio aquel coraz6n honrado pundono
rose.
81 no hubera sido rca Pepe hubicra manfestado mas
tolerancia con los defectos del carscter uer
hubera temdo que tolerancia hubiera credo hja
de mezquinas interesadas miras.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-21
Mas nOticias

La senorita Teresa Caballero, que ha-
bla sido nombrada por la Junta escoIar
de Rio Piedras, para desempeilar la es-
cuela rural de Sabana LLAMA, de aquella
jurisdiction, ha renunciado dicha escue-
Ia para cursar estudios superiores en- la
Normal
I'll doctor don Santiago We've, sigue-
meJorando de dia en- dia Sc espera que
muy pronto recobrara la salud ell distin.
guido homhre publico.
Ayer 80 vi@ en IA Corte de Distrita.
secclon segunda, el juicio contra Celex-
tina Ayala, acusada de hurto mayor.
Llevaba la defensa ell senior Soto Gras
Ell juez Mr.. Gill declare no culpable s.
la acusada.
Ha experlmentado una notable meiora
en- la enfermedad que lie tiene postrado,
ell notable abogado don Manuel Rossy.
Ell senior Rosy es constantemente visi-
tado por sus amigos. Hacemos votos por-
su pronto restablecimiento.
Por la Corte Municipal de Gurabo.
Sc ha ordenado sc archive la denuncia
contra los senores Antonio Vazquez. Ar.
turo Fr1as. Isidoro Hernandez. Felix
Villamil, Luis Frias. Ramon Gonzalez
y Manuel Martinez. por falta de pruebas.
Dichos senores fueron acusados por jn-
gar a 10 prohibido
Es probable que en- la semana pr0xi-
ma Sc reuna la Comisi6n de la polcia in
su1ar antes de ausentarse Ell senior def
Valle Atiles. n1iembro de la expresatl;s
junta. M
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-21
L. g 1.6O

~ do musla utiiidad, ~ s6se 1sss
les Abeg.dls, CeFtss juAsaaass, 1y.s'
tannientos, corperasisnss = snplsedD
do todos les ramos, sin0 Sanbsta pan
los conereiantes, i1dustziales y psEss
nas do negoeios, 81 eo1esimis1ta 10 las
Leyes do Puerto Rico sprsosdss p"'
ias Camaras y d ronsese N3ss.s'v" ~
e1 pnaado ako de 1907.
q. rendnn n ~ ~ y vdk~~vF~ ~
EeyeVu NeRoannA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-21

lnSAD
Catedra1-Dias laborables: q. 20 T.
S3O-Festivos: S, T., s,9y IL.
San Francisco.-Dfas lsborables: 4
-Festvos: $50, y 7-N.
San Jose.-Dias labocabes: Z , 7-8O..
-Festivos: $50, 7 y 7-3O.
Santa Ana.-Dias laborables: Z y
7-30.-Festivos: 6 y 10.
Puerta de TierN.-Iartees 7-Do-sr
mingos: g. a
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-21
Gran estab|echmIenb tutpgId6co de R, Colorado

Ell meor establecmento fotografco de las Antas Toda
de trabajos fotogracos los materiaes
Grandes taeres la fabrication de pe1culas Cine
matografcas.
de maeraes accessories para Cnematografos Vstas has
Povo anuncos de toda clase de industras con los
retratos de los anunciantes.
Grandes exisencas de fnos dorados coores
Por uo han recbdo verdaderas precosidades
este
Esa la primera nca one dedica la fabrication
de peculas Cipematografca dara uy prono las
prmeras peiculas fabricadas en- Puerto Rico.
Escriba pdendo nformes e contestara dandole
tos detales puedan nteresare
DIRECTION: Apartado 1S4.-Telefono "a.
TELEGRAPH cable:-GOloradO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-21
NAONESlA AEREADA ANFiBlLa aCSl
DEL. M. BLANCO

Con Gu uso desaparece el ex-
troiimiento, indigestion, dolo-
fes de cabeza, jaqueca, bills,
Aeldo del est6mago, en- general
oo4os los desarreglos producidos
Oog d est6mage { intestinos.
yARUAeIA DE BAANo0
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-09-21
CASA IN 4IRAhAk

Sc vende una casa excepci0nalmeHss
c6moda con 2,40O metros Do teBrcno,s ~
veda de mamposteria, euadra y eeeAeSa.
Facilidsdes para el pago. Diri5axss
& Bek~ Brothers.
Rsquins Tetukn = San Jnsto. -,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27

With the signatures Of POI Of the
most prominent attorneys Of the
local bar attached to it, a petition
was filed this afternoon with the
county clerk that James Hopkins,
disbarred in December, 9oS, be re-
instated to practice.
Hopkins was disbarred by the
local Judges on three counts, the
supreme court holding only one OF
them, that relating to the compul'
sorry personal appearance before a
notary public, as grounds upon
which the disbarment could be up
held.
There has been a strong feeling
among the members of the Spokane
County Bar association that Hop
kins was dealt with too harshly and
that he has suffered sufficiently for
his alleged misdeeds. For the past
few months the disbarred attorney
has ben working assiduously secur'
ing signatures to the petition which
he hopes will result in his restora.
ton to the position he held here for
20 years, and found no one but
who was more than willing to sign
the petition.
At the time Hopkins was on trial
in the federal court on the charge
of certifying to an affidavit with
out requiring the appearance of the
pensioner who was making 1t, At
torney F. H. Graves and As others
filed a petition with Judge Whitson
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
CONTINUED
FROM PAGE ONE.
"PLEASE SIGN THIS
ORDER"

prices that would make their
manufacturers dizzy. The spiel
represents to the prospective GUS
toners that by dealing with the
Coast Buyers association they can
save from SO to 200 per cent on
their purchases, but Murray de-
clares that it is in the sale of
spices, tea and coffee that the al
legged fraudulent concern beats
their customers. Statesmen, he de.
clares. are furnished with samples
that are altogether different from
the goods actually delivered.
Customers are shown good cot
fee at moderate prices, but are
given inferior grades, making the
price paid very high. The same
holds true, 1t is declared. in the
tea it sells. and one of its lini
ments, represented t ODE exceed
ingIy valuable for aches and pains
cramps and catarrah, is scarcely
anything more than mustard oil
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
INITIATIVE
PETITION =.
CIRCULATED

The petitions for the initiation
of the Seattle street speaking or
dinance were placed in circulation
yesterday.
Five men from the A. F. of L..
unions have been sent out with the
petitions, which also will be placed
at various points for the public to
sign.
The petitions ask that the city
council pass the ordinance OFT else
submit to it the people for their
approval or rejection. ..
The ordinance is simple and is
designed to settle the controversy
over street speaking in manner
that will be fair to the people at
large and yet recognize the fight
of free speech on the street,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27

Recognizing the popular protest
against brutality on the part Of
members of the police force, Police
Commissioner Tuerke has dismiss
ed Special Officer Meyer from the
force because Of the manner. in
which he handled an inoffensive
but intoxicated prisoner yesterday.
Commissioner Teurke removed
Meyer without waiting for action
by the entire police board. He
maed an investigation Of the case
and found sufficient evidence to
warrant him in taking immediate
action, and tho officers official
head went off on the spot.
while we believe that an officer
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
CONTINU ED
FROM PAGE ONE.
BASED ON WATER
CONSUMERS

from one to dozen families, as
the larger apartment houses and
hotels, a, number of which have
been built within the year, have
but the one water service.
A comparison with the water SER
vices installed In GOT and 1908 will
show the immense growth of the
city this year. In 1907 Spokane
had one of her biggest years in in
crease of population, in which year
1865 new water consumers were
taken on. In 1908 the water depart
ment took on 723 new patrons, and
thought surely the limit had been
reached. But in 1909, with about
5000 taps to date, every record will
be knocked into a cooked hat.
This increase of population is
timely, as the national census TAX
ers go to work next April.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
2OI LAWYERS WANT
HOPKINS RE-INSTATEO

stating that Hopkins did no more
than the other attorneys of the
city and that it was common prac-
tice.
Among those who have signed
the petition to restore Mr.. Hopkins
to the bar are Miles Poindexter,
George w. Belt. James 2. Moore,
w. Z. Richardson and l.. H. Pra-
Their, judges who were on the bench
while Mr.. Hopkins was practicing,
and F. H. Graves. G. s. voorhees,,
Horace Kimball, George Turner,
Writ. w. Saunders, r. J. Danson,
Warren w. Tollman and James A.
Williams.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
MEYER DISMISSED
FOR BRUTALITY

must be brave and arrest man
when he goes after him, yet we do
not propose to condone absolute
brutality on the part of officers in
dealing with prisoners" said Mr..
Tuerke this morning. st was a
plain case against Meyer, and I
lost no time in taking action.
"A great deal has been charged
against the officers as to brutal
conduct since the street speaking
controversy began which is not
true. We will stand by any officer
that must exert force in arresting
a prisoner who resists, but this
does not necessarily mean that he
is given a license to wilfully mis-
treat a man."
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
PLENTY OF SPECIAL
OFFICERS

Five men have visited the
city clerks office in the past
week to be sworn In as special
policemen to the one that has
gone there for registration for
the school election.
This contrast may mean
nothing except that when 1t
comes to drawing the per diem
that attaches to the position OF
special officer In the effort to
suppress the right of free
speech men keep the stairways
hot, while but little interest
seems to be manifested in the
choice Of the men or women
who are to help run the
schools.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
n,765 /.
POUNDS OF. !.
POULTRY

Will H. Adams, deputy dairy and
food commissioner, has seized
11,765 pounds of decomposed poul-
try, some of which has been in
storage In the International Cold
Storage Co.'S plant. on the Interna-
tional right of way. since November
/, 1908. The poultry was allowed
to thaw and was then refrozen,
which caused decomposition.
Following the instructions OF
State Dairy and Food Commits
sioner. l.. Davies Of Seattle, Deputy
Adams states that a rigid investi-
cation of all cold storage plants
will be made and all bad meats de-
stroyed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
SPIRIT OF l776

The spirit orr 1909, as depicted
in the accompanying cartoon, pre-
dominated in the brutal treatment
of a prisoner named Pippen, ar
rested on First avenue by Officer
Meyer, yesterday afternoon. Pippen
was helplessly drunk. according to
the information volunteered by a
large number of reputable business
men of that district, who witnessed
the outrage.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
OLD FASHIONED AND FINE.

Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. Todd. both
elderly ladies. gave an old fash
toned Thanksgiving dinner at their
home, Woo Nora avenue, to- a
party of their younger friends. The
young folks were shown how good
things to eat were prepared SO
years ago. Old time cutlery and
silverware were brought down from
the attic and put into use. Roast
goose. served with boiled cidar ap.
pie sauce and many an antiquated
dish, was enjoyed by old and
young. The unique dinner, MUSIC
and story telling made the Thanks.
giving a happy one for all present.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-11-27
DOPE F|ENDS
ARE SORE At
sen. ALDR|CH
DUTY ON DRUG MAKES TRIPS
TO THE MOON TOO ExPEN.
SIvE FOR ULTIMATE CON-
eUMERS.
The Cost Of Dope.

Wild-eyed and white-faced, with
Wild-eyed and white NM s..
unkempt hair and blue veins stand
ing out like whipcords, dope Nfiend
approached Judge Gordon this
morning with the above written
down on much-thumbed piece of
paper.
That's what Aldrich has done
with his tariff revision"
what is it, JIM" asked the
Judge.
Hit Rich Ones Hard.
Tariff revision" sneered jim
THE tax on champagne, motor cars
diamonds and dope has gone up"
What are you going to do about
it?"
Send lobby to Washington. We
ARE going to hold a meeting, char
ter special car and send 100 of
our most representative members
to the capitol and ask that this adj
vance be stricken from the records
of the congressional proceedings. >
Jim explained that the users of
drugs got it going and coming
He declares that opium is advanc.
ing so rapidly that the "hop-heads'
were turning to the use of cocaine
and kindred drugs. Now the dope
fiends are in the same boat.
A local druggist was shown the
price list and data gathered by Jim.
at is absolutely correct" he said
"Aldrich has hit the local drug col
Ony a solar plexus blow. They weep
and tear their hair at the new
prices"
Good Old Times.
''In those days l can remember
that with only nickel l bought a
race track. consolidated all the
large mining interests, erected sew.
en- smelters and endowed every uni
yersity in the United States with a
million dollars. 1t is true l woke
up in the ash barrel. but had my
fling while it lasted"