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appointee will the republicans least the
governorship.
Roosevelt even dipped into local affairs in
California added Mr.. Ralston contributing
pecaly to defeat Representative Duncan E Nc
Knlay for denomination. He sent Pinchot out
there, and the latter about making speeches
for Kent Kent has expended many thousands OF
dollars in his campaign. The fact that McKinlay
will not be returned will be great loss to Cali
fornia"
Billy Ralston resents his relegation with vari-
ously assorted company the shelf club and so is
travelling the country up and down nursing crouch
and exhibiting head.
AS Mr.. Ralston put in office by Roosevelt it
may be that he defines gratitude as lively sense of
favors to come.
Mr. Ralston recalls the unhappy case of the Ar
kansaw school master who fell out with his trustees
They for the superintendent investigate
the teacher and after that official had examined the
evidence he met the president of the board
Il don't find, said the superintendent to the trus-
tee, 'that Mr.. Teachers methods were faulty but he
appears to have been too loquacious
NO replied the trustee scratching his head, eve
don't know nought about that but we all allowed he
talked too much with his mouth.
ON THE SHELF
I had occasion last week to say something of the
membership of the shelf club of California. 1t is
quite remarkable how many of the oldsters who
were accustomed to things have been sent to
the 1t almost amounts to revolution in poll
tics and it is the result of the direct primary. An
altogether new set of men directing the affairs
of California.
In Governor Gilletts announcement that he will
call Pacific coast congress to consider the matter
of battleship fleet to be stationed in Pacific waters,
it is declared:
1t is intended to invite the governors lieutenant
governors, congressman, speakers OF state legis
laures and presidents pro of state senates
of the various states invited.
If we reckon up the results of the recent primaries
in the Pacific states this should be congress of
shiverng ghosts. 1t will be like the Tacoma
sus. Call the roll of the nravestones.
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town, and full third of the inhabitants under
ground. In Tacoma the cold storage citizen
becomes a permanent investment, to be capitalized
every ten years. In the membership OF the
Ananias club Tacoma so far holds the record with
a score of $1,000 lies in two weeks.
THE GOSPEL OF BOOST
In Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Tacoma
the gospel Of boost assumes the dignity and earnest
of religion. It's rites celebrated with the
same solemnity and it has this advantage over
other religions that it works every day in the week
and lets no sinner escape incidentally the towns
quarrel with their neghbors and hated rivals.
There is not week in the year that Seattle is not
making faces at Portland or fnging aspersons at
Tacoma
During the Seattle fair the Tacomans had erected
a huge sign on the exposition grounds with the
legend "You Will Like Tacoma" The curious
ultramontane visitor might inquire, what is this
Tacoma?" and the Scatter with shrug of his
shoulders would explain, "Oh, that?-That's
breakfast food. We don't use It.
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INSPIRED BY SHINGLES

Seattle talks that way in her sleep and never
loses sight of the main chance Witness the
mpassioned Grafton of Senator Piles of Washing
ton delivered on the floor of the senate apropos of
the duty on shingles, and reported in the Con-
gressiona Record, to wit:
Washington, Mr.. President, is yet young She
will not reach her twentieth birthday until the 11h
day of next November. 1t was my pleasure to see
her grow from territory to state. | have
watched her progress with afectionate and,
trust pardonable pride, since the days Of early
manhood. have her in the throes OF
terrible panic, and in the midst of universal pros
perty. Her people have at all times and under all
condtions-wlether favorable adverse--man-
tanned their faith in her future You may obstruct
her onward march for time by striking her @ pnr
army of idle or underpaid men; you may infiict
upon her people unreasonable and unjust loss
but you not prevent the frultlon OF their hopes
Her future is Nature has blessed her
beyond compare, given her forests that not be
approximated elsewhere the globe save in the
mot picturesque of landocked seas, which reaches
back from the into the heart of the
state. She gave her the greatest rivers of the
west Her soil is underlaid with coal and in her
mountains stored iron, copper lead and tin
and all the precious metals The water power OF
her rivers is .rivaled only by the falls of Niagara
Her fields burdened with grain and her
orchards bending with fruit Her shores are
washed by the waves of the greatest of oceans
The astonishing climax and peroration which the
senator was preparing for his unsuspecting audience
was this:
Will any fair minded say, in view of the
facts which I have submitted, that the duty
shingles should not be increased?
And begad Master Shallow I owe YOU a thou
sand pound. This is the half pennyworth of bread
to the intolerable deal of sack 1t is gross indig
nifty that the American protective tariff league
would hotly resent that the god of so per cent
ad valorem should be harnessed to the gospel Of
boost like sordid beast Of burden.
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STOLE THE SCENERY

It was a mean trick that Seattle played on Port
land during the exposition. They had photograph
of Oregon scenery on distribution pictures {
their own neighborhood. This is the way Port
land newspaper spoke of the imposition:
There is that publication by Chicago
house, given to the issue of exploit literature at
contract prices by the bale That house, having
contract with Seattle promotion, and looking over
the field for what attractive in the line of
municipal views and suburban scenery, made the
best selection it possible to make in the Pacific
northwest. That house knew where the city of
beauty is located this coast and as con-
sequence Portland views and pictures of Port
land environment are passed off in the east as
the real Seattle product. Some folk might think
that Portland people would be mad about 1t. Not
bit of it.
Portland people willing to contribute in any
manner the of the Seattle enterprise. If
Seattle is willing buy literature by the ton which
exploits the beauty of Portland surroundings for
the real Seattle dope, Portlanders should be salts
fed because it fools nobody but Seattle folk. The
average stranger who will visit Seattle is bound
to come to Portland before going home, and the
average perception of that average stranger does
the trick The outside citizen of this section,
whether he lives in Oregon Washington, can,
a a glance tell Portland picture from Seattle
picture So, Portland does suffer from that
source The only people who really deceived
are the thoroughbred Seatteites who believe that
the great white way on Second avenue between
Yesler way and Pike street is the very center OF
the universe
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A DEPRAVED RIVER

But the Colorado river is a sore aflicton to the
Imperial valley folk owing to its eccentric habits,
and accordingly they hired poet to scold it in
this wise:
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THIS BEAR WENT TO MARKET

Concerning the pretensions of Bellingham
rank as city, one reads in the Tacoma Ledger:
Intense excitement created in Bellingham
this afternoon when huge black bear, weighing
200 pounds, amuck in the heart of the city and
finally made raid a stand Of the public
market The animal was first ambling along
the beach ten blocks from Main street early this
afternoon. and of people rushed from stores
to get glimpse of if. After hiding in clunp of
bushes on an embankment for half hour the
bear made its way barn and underneath
the building when collect
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ERJURY as a form of patriotism
and a demonstration of local
pride according to the gos-
pei of boost has been playing
hob with the census in certain
ambitious towns. In Los Ange-
les and Portland they would
rather lie than die for their
country, and in Tacoma they
have been counting the grave
stones. No man is suffered to
stay dead in that self-rising
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af1iction and an obstruction to all rational public
progress. How fortunate how blessed, therefore,
is Imperial valley in that it harbors OF these,
but is infested solely by the pink and flower OF
American citizenship. This region is all cluttered
up with brains intelligence, wisdom and enlght-
ened public spirit This is because strangers
all tell us that we are the most intelligent body of
people they w, and we tell them the same
thing-about ourselves. Imperial Valley IS
notorious for the high character of its population
There isn't pestiferous damphool in the bunch
All wise broad minded modest and tolerant,
and the way they pull together for the common
good without pickering dssension, is caution
to snakes and the eighth wonder of the world
DEPRAVED RIVER
But the Colorado river is a sore affection to the
Imperial valley folk owing to its eccentric habits
and accordingly they hired poet to scold it in
this wise
Not content flow along tss
With a ripple and song
AS normal river should
Spreading verdure through the land
Sowing blessings each hand
Toing for the common good :
Thou art rather best content
When wanton mischief bent
Demon river! In thy pride,
Thrustng rocks and hills aside,
Tearing up a continent
In thy ruthless discomfort,
So, thy hour has struck, for
Comes a mightier than thou!
IT'S wicked river faith, as Daniel S. Richard
son remarks:
Law1ess river! In thy run
From the mesas of the sun
Downward to the Yuman sea,
Thou hast blazoned wide trail
Of innate depravity.
Mr. Hartman gave orders that this depraved
river should be disciplined and it was done
OUR JAMES HENRY
Boost poetry is rather article of commerce
than an object of art and | am ready to back our
James Henry MacLafferty to produce good mer-
chantable stuff any of the mystic crew.
Here is something which he tells Gust leaked
off his PEN
CALIFORNIA, BRIDE OF THE SUN
Tawny the breasts of thy bilowing hill sides;
Russet the reach of thy bouneous plains;
Purple the fringe of the sky that enwraps thee,
Waiting the miracle wrought by the rains.
Then shall the potency borne in thy bosom,
Under the fold of thy somber hued dress
Burst into beauty gloriously gown thee
Bride of the sun, for the brdegrooms
AN ENDURANCE CONTEST
/ modestly suggest that endurance contest
between our James Henry and John S. McGroarty,
the Los Angeles champion of board Of trade verse,
would draw like blister. It is not alone the
tunefu liar that lack, good sirs, but who
thinks with his front feet in continuous perform
ance The poetry of commerce grows not like
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THE oBscURATIoN OF SAN BERDooN

When Mr.. Taft was here last year there was
dstressful crouch all the southern citrus belt
because Los Angeles virtually monopolized all the
spare time of the august visitor and when he
permitted to get passing glimpse of San Bernar
dino the thing done at top speed OF a snorting
auto 1t was like funeral conducted at gallop.
Further the woe of San Bernardino took form in
loud exasperated wailing when the eastern CORE
spondents in the presidents train, like the frivolous
things they were, had their attention distracted
from the real estate values of the region by the
pursuit of Willie Boy, the Indian desperate who at
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PHYSICIAN ACCUSED
BY A PRETTY NURSE
Miss Chapman Alleges
DR.. DuCker Has 81, 800
Belonging TO Her.

The sequel Of a romance in Cuba five
years 30 with a pretty nurse and a
physician as the principals came today
in the dIinE of suit by Miss Bessie
Chapman. Of Baltimore, against Dr. Or
Iando DuCker. OF Washington, for 81. $50.
which she alleges she gave 10 the doc
tor in 1905 to invest for her. IN addition
to 500 more which he has since repaid
Meeting in Cuba. Miss Chapman as
serts that she and the young American
physician became intimate friends
After learning that she possessed
s., 500 in cash, the physician, she al
Ieees. urged her 10 place the money in
his keeping, telling her that he knew
of an investment that would ''net a
handsome profit She says she turned
over the money TO him, but now has
every reason TO believe that he did not
invest the sum. but rather converted It
to his own use
On the return Of the couple 10 the
United States, Miss Chapman SAYS she
made demands for the money, and that
in small amounts the physician has re-
turned $3.50, the last payment having
been made IN May, 1905, the amount
being 50
Until recently Dr. Ducker was vice
president and manager Of the NatFo-7a I
Benevolent SauatoTium. but he could
not be found today.
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BROKEN IN SPIRITS
FIANCEE TO REST
Miss Simpson Still Suffering
From Shock AT Death of
Dr.. George Stuart.

LAWS, Va. Aug z-1uzs Alice
Pauline Simpson. who broke down at
The burial services OF Dr. Ee1--- ET---
rly stuart. whom she IVES % have mar
r-ed on August 1a. returned 90 her pay
elIs' home here this morning suffering
so badly from the shock Of Iearrius
that her Earce had been s-c- 20 death
by Edna Wallace. q notorious character
OF Firrs5urr. that. l- IS expected she
VIII Be confined 10 her room fol. some
time
lilss Simpson had been engaged 90 Dr.
stuart for years and although C0uT-eI
by many admirers. who resided in War
ren county had remained true 10 the
promise she had given the young p1-Sl-
CE-zD while the TWO were school chill
dren together at the Front Royal Eieh
Trree years ago DR.. stuart graduated
from a medical school and went 20
E-fi+nTTE 70 make home for Miss
simpson Last April -Ee date was SET
day before be was TO come here from
F-ttS0urg 90 claim his h--f5. DR. Stuart
was shot down by The Wallace woman
y no left a note saving 81 had hee7
planned that she and -re rrv=fci7r
were a. have been married IN Septem-
Eer-
Dr- StuarJs body and that Of the
woman who committee suicide ar+a-
shootiuE the doctor. were not found
until MONDAY Dr. Stua-t's --suS had
been packed and everything was avI-
IDENTITY IN readiness for his departure
from P1--ShuTE-
The details Of the mans death rad
been kept from Miss simpson until the
tIDer.l yesterday when her father told
her D. " bile her condition IS not Critf-
cal, s2e is suffering a complete break
down. and VIII probably leave here
shortly for a mountain resort with her
sister Mrs A. = Bowen
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WATSON POISONING
REMAINS MYSTERY
ParkerSbuTg Coroner's Jury
and Officials BaRied-Girls
Are Released.

FAithEES8LEE. " Va. Aug A.
Nitn the return of q blanket verdict bv
me cgr1EerS jury which admits its IN
ability SO Ear 20 discover the identity OF
murderer OF Judge James A watson.
Who was druEEeE and robbed after q
revel Friday night last. Parkersburg
1nfs itself today -he center OF one Of
the greatest crime mysteries In rH.. his
tory of west virginia
More than a score Of witnesses. fnC7u1-
ms every druggist In Parkers5u-r. nave
been heard N the effort to 6Iscover. .v-r7o
administered st-ychuine te the rrors-
nert 5urist before he was found dead
upon the porch Of his handsome home in
North parEerSburg-
Today much was made Of the abse7ra
Of one n O. Clark. a resident Of the
city who has not been seen since the
night az the tragedy, but 20 evidence
WAS found that could in any ,vav f-7pTs-
cate Clark IN the lasr movements of
JCdEe Watson
The county and city officials are plain
Is baffed. working first upon mis-
theory and upon that If IL were NOT
known that Judge watson carried
more than $4,000 IN cash uDo7 r1a
night OF his death, Parlzersb1lrz- vvor71,5
be willing 10 accept the original
theory OF suicide
The disappearance Of this large SIM,
Of money, however. has strengthened
tie belief that Watson met with four
play
Enough poison was found IN the
stomach of Watson TO XII several
men
Tne verdict Of the coroner's iurv.
returned late last night, finds that
ne came TO his death at the hands Of
persons unknown This verdict has
been expected here since the Misses
M etz, mem berS OF judge yVsfsoT7'-
la-4nlSl az party were reEeaS aSed because
Of insufficient evidence
tnaSmuch as the attOrue-- had bee1
D ind 10 the Metz family .or several
y ears, no one can be found 10 advance
wish TO take Wa1Son'S life
Prosecuting Attorney Harry HfteSh0v-
said today that the Investigation bv his
ONCE would proceed Irrespective of the
verdict q the coroner's jury The Wat
son family engaged counSe eI TODAY 10
aid IN the detection and pr secution Of
the murderer.
Although the COroner's INQUEST was
held In secret. IL is learned that no
clue whatever has been found as 10
y EoEe watson movements after Il
o clock on the night Of the murder
The Metz sisters say that he left thef-
home at this hour and that no o0s.
accompanied him. Prosecutor Hfte-
show has now no suspicion that the
Metz girls were in any way connected
an the crime itself
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Fall Of Mercury Following
Showers Brings Relief
10 DiSTiCt.
Temperatures Registered IN
Washington Today
10y be unto the community

The District Of Columbia Is promised
a speu Of cool weather The Weather
Bureau announced it today IN the fol
lowing forecast showers. fair and
cooler tonight and Friday"
It's pretty safe 60 say that no news
could De more welcome 70 the commu-
nitv than that contained in those few
words And furthermore the cool
weather is 10 continue iudeduiTelT-
u began 20 rain slightly about >
o'clock this morning That was the be
ginning But even then IL was warm
But this afternoon tre weather became
cooler and the Weather Bureau issued
a bulletin predicting rain IN all the
Atlantic States together with cooler
weather
Five neat VICTIMS. 0T0SrTdfe1 EeSfe--
day, are all wei improved this morning
Catherine Mann. sixty years old Of
- sixth street northwest. was over
come shortly before clock yesterday
while at the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing She was taken TO Emergency
Hospital
The hea- is thought responsible for
the sudden illness Of Policeman J. s.
Johnson If the Ninth Precinct. who had
TO be taken 20 his home. 1912 Il street
northwest from the station house last
night He was treated by Police Sur
Eeou Richards
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LANDSLIDE IN WEST.
FORECAST BY LLOYD
Democratic Chairman Saws
Insurgent Movement viii
Help His Party.

The Democrats wiz cantUre from the
Republicans three CouErrssIuuaI dis
triCts IN California IN the next elections
California VIII elect a Democratic
governor owing to tho raEid Efssensi0us
In the Republican party, Is there are
IN every CouaressiouaI district TWO Re
puclirau candidates. a staudDaIter and
an iusurEeur-
The Kansas convention which u-fL
be held the latter part Of tins uonth
VII follow the lead Of Iowa. which so
stiuEiugIv rebUked President Taft
Insurgency ln the Republican party IS
growing every dav--
The foreSoinE are some OF the pithy
sentences in which ReBrasantarive
James LIOyd Of Missouri. chairman Oh
the Democratic Congressional commit
tee summed no what he had learned OF
political conditions II the West on his
recent tour thrUuEL Kansas Colorado.
Utah California. and New Mexico
Ar LLOYD. who returned to Washing
ton last night also made this state
ment-
1t has been said there is no insur-
gent strength IN Missouri. my own State
As a matter OF fact according to the
primary returns Of last Tuesday. -He
Republicans of the Kansas CITY No
district. the Fifth have nominated The
insuTEent Howard r Lea. for Con-
ETCssr defeating I D. kimbzIL, the regu-
lar candidate In the Fourteenth dis
trict the race between the regular and
the insurEenJ is 50 close that it has
not yet been decided"
Mr- Lloyd is confident that the Re
publican party IS shot all 10 pieces. and
he hands out this information with
SMILE, indicating his conviction that his
party Wll nave a biz majority in the
next House or Representative
lnSuIE Ee1Cr- he said. lis TaTruaur
throughout the Middle West Il is i'm
possible to see how things C0u9d be
growing worse any faster for the Re
puollcznS- The sta1dQat element knew
as long ago as two weeks that the in
surgeurS would dominate the Iowa con-
Eeutlou. which ran away from the Re
publican reservation yesterday
one of the most eucouraEfue things
TO Democrats Is that the feeling H.s-
tween the two wings Of the Republicans
IS SO bitter that the Tez-rIa~s -s-o-rrT
rather see Democrats elected than fo
suffer defeat at the hands Of the in
surSents-
with this attitude in mind. I don't
say what VIII happen. but YOU can
easily figure out that the final reSrIr
may be the swelling OF the Democrats
vote
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.CR.PPEN MAINTAINS
SILENCE IN CELL
Police Unable to Obtain
Slightest discriminating
Statement.

QUEBEC Aug. z-CeneraI denial
from all officials connected with the
case. today met the report that DR.. H
H Crippen had confessed TO killing his
wife. Belle EIm0re- Of whose murder
in London he is accused
In spite of the persistent reports that
CripDen had neither confessed Tor made
statements indicating that he had un-
Intentionally killed Belle EImore,
through performing an Illegal operation,
ali officers connected with the case gave
it the lie, com the 5aiIer 10 the highest
legal authority in Quebec Sir Lomer
Gouin. provincial premier and attorney
general
There IS not an iota Of truth in IT."
said Inspector Dew, Of Scotland Yard,
at his rooms in the St George House,
while preparing for trip 70 Montreal
to confer with Captain Kendall, of the
steamer AzOntrose. The ship leaves for
London Saturday. While away from
Quebec Inspector Dew may also take &
pleasure jsunt to Niagara Falls.
Dew's denial of a confession was no
more emphatic than that of Gov. Joserh
Norm OF he prison. and Of Sir Lou1sr
GOuin-
Neither confession nor an in
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By JOHN SNURE.

From the Washington Viewpoint and
IN the opinion Of politicians here, the
action OF the Iowa state Republican
convention al Des lIoiues- in adopting a
strong insureent platform and giving a
'1kewarm Endorsement TO the Admins
-ration Of President Taft, is certain 10
have far-rsaching political effects
Following on the heels Of the victory
Of the insurgents in the Kansas 0rimar-
les, II IS certain 10 give great encourage
ment 10 Insurgents all over the country.
This 7-iTT be especially the case in tIIe
Middle ZVest-
One OF the localities where IL IS ex-
peCted TO give great encouraeemeut TO
the insurEent movement is IN Wisconsin
E5ere. Senator la Toilette is having the
fight of his life for return TO the Sen
ate The reports that Iowa is dCuIn-
aJsd by the Insurgents and that its pO-
Htical organization Is controlled by
the lnsurEeut or progressive Repub-
liCags VIII inevitably encourage the Ia
FaIIetJe supporters
On the tariff, the Iowa convention
spoke in plain terms It refused to
recognize the revision Of the tariff Of
last summer as in accordance with the
platform pledges Of the party and cali
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tariff commission. Thus, IN Iowa. In
diana. South Dakota. and Minnesota
the tariff law has been shown 10 have
powerful Republican opposition.
That Kansas Republicans VIII take as
open a stand against il as have the
Republicans Of Iowa s probable.
Revolt As Stimulus.
\ revolt Of such proportions against
the tariff law IS Of particular moment
Just AZ this time when President Taft
fs setting the tariff board 10 work 10
look into the cost OF production IN
view OF the feeling manifested on the
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