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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
LIMITATIONS.

John" asked Mrs. Durkina.
what Is a political con game7"
Why. it's--lt's a frame.up. you
know"
Yes. but what ID a frame-up7"
"A--cr-piece Of bunk. OF course.
can't you"
What II a piece Of bunk7"
"oh. shucksl" exclaimed Mr.. Dor.
kina. whats the use Of trying to
tell a woman anything about poll.
tics g''--Chlcago Tribune.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
a moRALIsr ON MAN.

Ebert Hubbard Haid AZ recep.
ton at the Portland Press Club
Man IL too commercial an ant.
NAL What Il mans most valuable
posseasiong Time. And what does
the man say OF timer
Time. be says. Is money
What a betrayal Of commercial.
ism Time IL not money. Time Is
something infinitely better than
money. Time IL thought Time Is
power Time IL knowledge
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16

ThE RrAhoM.

Judge to dcfcndant) You say
you called the plaintiff a "eow ?
"Yen"
Judge Go PLAINTIFF Aud you
want 500 for roparation2 Don't
you think that a big sunni
Plaintiff Ga droverl- But. your
honor. take into consideration the
high price Of cattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
WAERe IoNes WEnr.

a series % revival services vas
being held IN n Western city. and
pihtards giving notice Of the serY.
icpa were posted In conspicuous
places One day tho following no.
ten was posted "lleiil It's 10.
easfon and Absolute Certainty
ftomaN Jones. baritone aoioiat. wiil
slts Tell Mother III BE There "--
Lippincotts.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
Tie WORLDS BuST
LIMERICK REVISED.

There WAS n young man who said
There.
will speak out during this
prayeri"
HUT the squeak OF HIS shoes
SO enliyened the pewa.
That be sat down again IN despair
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
MisUNpuRsToop.

Mrs Bacon-And why did your
cook leave your
Mrs Egbert She wanted as "a
raise her wages.
And what were you paying
herr"
Why. ti5 n month"
And couldn't you raise that
much 2"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
rLtE rnIIE rrar

7 understand yon speak French
IKE n native"
No" replied the student 1--WE
GOT tho grammar and the accent
down pretty fine. but it's hard TO
learn the gestures Washington
Star.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
srALwARr EnnEAvoR.

Frank rs only few gcner.
ationa from shirt sleeves 10 shirt
sleeves
handc--fes Young men whose
grnndfathrre toiicd for wealth are
nov seen every day with their
coats off. on the golf course.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16

see here. landlord said an an.
CRY tenant after he had signed the
contract for a year. this house II
fun af sewer gas"
Yes. that's what I told you"
Told me
Yes. You asked me n there vas
gas In every room. and said there
vas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
WANTED 10 smoke.

Architect tshowlng plnnEl This
room will be your library
STR Nuwyrich My nb'ryf on.
yes. Of course. must have a place
TO smoke. lloatou Transcript
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16

WIKI zee by this paper that
more than onehaif OF the worlds
population r. feminine.
aix--I don't believe e. n Il were
no how do you account for the fact
that onc.half OF tho world doesn't
know how the other half liyeaf
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
pun Preacher Rsrpon.lbIe.

wife-John. dear. your trousers
badly need pressing. They look as
II you'd been sleeping IN them.
Hubby have. These are the
ones | wore 10 church. Boston
Transcript.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16

SAMUEL a. WOODS.
business. aud has dabbled IN politics
Tor 20 years lie looks like william
Jennings Bryan. but lee Is forever
more a gtaunch republican.
Woods has never run for office.
But six years NJ the court house
Oft brings political bees. lie wont
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16

lie has Invented trouacr skirt
that II bound 10 be the rage
What IL there peculiar about ltT"
The wcarer can put Il on over
her head
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
DULY AccReolTEp.

Grocer--i've never heard any
complaint from those eggs.
Violent Cuatomsr-Dont. ehf
Well. the chicken that | found In
one os them yesterday set Mp an
awful Observation-Disclosures But
letin.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
A MN ENnINo.

Have you lived here all your
llfeg the early bird asked
"Not yet" Erinnod the earlier
worm.
Already" quoth the early bird
as he gobhlcd mp the earlier worm.
Puck.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
AN OVERSIGHT.

well. that surely was an over.
sight"
what wnsG
Il forgot 10 tell mother 20 call
me early because wanted TO be
queen OF the May 49, Detroit Ffeo
Press
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
rAg REAsoN she MARRlEp.

They say she was disappointed
In love
But she's married woman"
Il know. That's the reason.
Detroit Free Press.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16
SNOHOMISH-EvERETT
INTERURBAN

TRAINS LEAVE EVERETT 81. T.:e.
500. instt. 1890 =. fu.. is1s. 80. eos.
stf see. llsEe D. n
TRAINS LEAVE ESoHnMfEH - fstf.
900. ste. ~ % a. M. 1sss. z.zs. ssgs.
Tsag. fsff. ii-ta IA.
Same station " Everett Seattle Er-
sreft intsFufban
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16

Doctor Well Mrs. Jones. did you
test your husbands temperature AZ
| told your
Mira. Jones Yes. doctor I put
the barometer on HIS chest. and Il
went round 20 very dry 10 gave
him a pint Of beer. and hos been 70
Nork this morning
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-05-16

Virginia What made you think
he would propose 20 met
Dorothy Why. when refused
him he said he dldu't care what BE-.
came Of him; bu, perhaps he wasn't
serious.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
CORBETT TO TELL
ABOUT RENO FIGHT
Pugilist In Quest of White
Man to Meet World
Champion.

with George Evans Honey Boy
Minstrels at the Columbia Theater,
this week. James J. Corbett will ap-
pear in his graphic story of the
Jeffries-J j ohnson contest at Reno last
July.
Corbett has been engaged to act as
the interlocutor of the first part and
to give his now famous monologue
on the quarrel at Reno.
Almost as much interest is attach
ed to the appearance of the pugilist
as to the story he will tell. AS a
bank clerk before he adopted pugil-
ism, as an athletic instructor for the
San Francisco Athletic Club. as an
actor after his retirement from the
ring, as monologist in vaudeville,
in everything Corbett has ever done
he has been a success. He is a man
OF resources, and his notoriety as q
worlds champion has only served to
provide opportunity for the develop
ment of these resources.
On the day when Jack Johnson
stood over the PROSTATE form Of
Jenries, undisputed heavyweight
champion of the world, Corbett
vowed he would find the man that
some day would return the title to
the white race. Corbett, "Gentleman
jim. as rightly he has been termed.
is travelling about with a minstrel
show. the feature Of which is his de-
scription of the Jeffries-Johnson
fight, and Jim is being we'll paid for
his services.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
FLOODS THREATEN
Loss OF MILLIONS
Much Damage Done Along
the Ohio and Tribu-
tarieS.

PITTSBURG, Jan. 30.-With the low
lands of the Ohio valley flooded and
the Ohio river rising a foot an hour at
some points and eighteen inches an
hour at others, the States bordering the
river between Pittsburg and Cairo, ILL.,,
today are threatened with a devastating
food, entailing a loss that may go into
millions.
From Wheeling it was reported that
West Virginia is facing the most dam
aging food in years The tributaries of
the Ohio in West Virginia are swollen,
and already the town of Warrington,
w. Va, has suffered a loss of $1JG.0OO,
and many buildings have been washed
away.
The Monongahela river is out of it's
banks at places, and the stream is rap
idly rising, due to recent rains and the
melting of Gnows. The Allegheny river
is also on a rampage. Fairmont, w.
Va, is in the grip of the flood, and
heavy damage Is predicted.
The danger mark at Wheeling is thir-
ty-six feet, but from forty to forty-four
feet are expected at Wheeling tomor-
row.
From Sistersville, w. Va, Parkers-
burg, w. Va, Catlettsburg, KY, Gin
cinnati, and other points along the
Ohio valley reports were received today
of preparations for a serious situation.
Traffic on the river is facing grave peril
from the sudden rise.
Flood warnings were sent along the
valley from the United States weather
bureau here today.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Cumberland Pair
Cyanide Victims

CUMBERLAND, Nd, Jan. S0.-That
cyanide poisoning. and not gas, caused
the deaths of Miss Grace ElosSer and
Charles Z. Twigg, was the unanimous
opinion today of Drs. Koen, Harrington,
FOard and Broadup, who are making an
autopsy over the bodies of the young
couple. They all denied that death
could have been caused by carbon
monoXide from a natural gas stove in
the parlor OF the Elosser residence,
where the tragedy occurred.
The test with cats was unfair" said
Dr. Koen, referring to an experiment
made Saturday. The room in the EIos-
ser home was closed tight during the
test, and the gas was turned on full
force, making flames four inches high
above the stove. That, of course, would
be sufficient to asphyXiate an animal.
But the day of the tragedy, the gas was
burning very low, and 1t would have
been impossible for such fumes to kill
grown persons. The autopsy last night
on the cats failed to show conditions as
found in the bodies of Grace Elosser
and Charles Twigg."
May Elosser, sister of the dead girl,
said today:
THE gas theory, ! hope, will turn
this horrible suspicion from me"
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Asks for Priced Letter
Long After Graduation

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 3o.-That a COL
lege athletic emblem Is priced by the
graduate as well as by the undergrad
uate was evidenced by letter received
by Graduate Mnager Johnson, of the
University Of Wisconsin, from George
F. Sherman. a welI-known lawyer of
Topeka, Kan, in which Sherman asked
to be awarded in the usual way for
athletic services performed almost twen-
ty years ago.
Sherman was a student at the Uni
versity OF Wisconsin, graduating with
the class of 1894. During his under
graduate days he was a member of the
football and track teams, but in some
way he was overlooked when the official
emblems were handed out, and now af-
ter seventeen years he has asked that
the official W. be given to him.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
THEATRICAL CAREER
IS RUDELY CHECKED
Law Nips Stage Plans of
Fourteen-Year-Old
Marie Biggs.

The stage has been robbed of an
other future star.
Ambitious to become a great actress
like Bernhardt or Leslie Carter or
Maud Adams fourteen-year- old Marie
Biggs was about to board a train with
a theatrical troupe which was leaving
for ltchmond. Va. this morning,
when the long. Unconditional. and de-
: termined arm of the law reached out
and spoiled all her plans.
Life behind the scenes looked very
rosy to Marie as she sat in the front
row and watched the girls who sang
and danced and seemed to be always
happy. The bright lights and the
scenery were in striking contrast to
the modest little home at g05 Column
bia road northwest The girls on the
stage had no mothers who were al
ways telling them to be home by 8
o'clock at night and who insisted on
their going to school every day when
there are SO many other things that a
girl can do to enjoy herself.
60 Marie decided to become an actress.
Look a "Grown-Up."
The girls looks to be at least sixteen.
She is we'll developed and pretty, with
ar olive complexion. dark blue eyes, and
black hair. The green suit, with a skirt
male long and hobble, and a big, black
picture hat. trimmed with red roses,
made her look like a sure-enough grown
I'D.
After the performance Marie waited
At the stage door, and when some of the
Sll1s came out she told them that she
wanted to Join the company. She no.
nced that thev didn't seem as gay as
they did on the stage a few minutes
before. and that their eyes were not so
oriSht She wondered why they ever
left the stage.
Believe me, kid one Of the girls
told her, 'yOu don't want to Join
troupe But Marie insisted that she
dld. so the girls took her behind the
scenes and introduced her to the man
ager He explained that the company
would leave Washington for Richmond
at II o'clock this morning, and II she
wanted to go along he would give her a
trial in Richmond.
Il can sing and I can dance some.
too, the girl told him. Il have been
In just lots of church and school enter
tainments."
Left a Note.
Marie didn't say anything about her
plans to her mother, however. Yester-
day she left home in the afternoon,
leaving note in which she said she
was going to Richmond today. Mrs.
BisGs notified the police, and as Marie
started to walk through the gate at the
Union Station today with a ticket for
Richmond in hE hand, Pop" Horne,
the veteran member of the detective
force, took her by the arm, and said:
Marie, you've just been selected lead
ing lady in a little drama out on Colum-
bia road. Come with me-"
At first she protested, denied her iden-
ttty. said it was an outrage to stop a
girl after she had bought her ticket.
Then she agreed to go with the detec-
tive to the house of detention, where
she remained until her mother arrived
TO take her home.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
New York Police
Battle With Reds

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-After telling a
score Of men and women with clubs and
the butts of revolvers. police here sue
cecded in pulling down the red flag of
auurhcy, which was being borne toward
the Japanese consulate by 1,OC0 pa
raiders.
During a roundup which followed the
capture of the flag Yesterday the police
men placed four men under arrest. The
mob of anarchists had been melted by
speeches against the hanging in Japan
Of DR. Denjairo Kotuko, his wife and
ten children.
The battle between the police and the
anarchists started when Patrolman Will
lam Reilly, Of the Leonard street sta
ti"n, ordered the lowering Of the flag.
He was borne off his feet by the mob
ard pinned against the side of building
until rescued by a squad of police, who
formed dying wedge and charged the
lawbreakers.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Loss of Voice Threatens
Eloquent Lloyd George

LONDON, Jan. 3n.-The Liberal party
today is in danger Of losing one of its
greatest assets, the oratorical gifts of
Chancellor Of the FXchequer David
Lloyd George. The chancellor Is suffer
ing from a severe throat ailment. which
it is feared will end his public speaking
career, in which he has shown greater
ability than any other Liberal politi-
cian
That the chanccllor's condition is more
serious than the public has realized is
shown by today's announcement that he
would not return from the Riviera until
week after parliament opens. His
presence In London at the opening of
parliament tomorrow is deemed most
necessary, but his physicians have
warned him that to return at this time
would permanently impair his throat.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
TALL MAN SOUGHT
AS WOAAN'S SLAYER
Strangulation Victim Found
In Hotel Fourteen Hours
After Crime.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3O.-The police OF
various cities were today asked to in
stigate search for a tall, slender man
with a cast in one eye, who wears a
light overcoat and a sIouch hat, who Is
wanted to clear up the murder of a
handsome woman found dead from
strangulation last night in the Hotel
Bryant, at Forty-fourth street and
Sixth avenue.
Today, twelve hours after the diss
covery of the crime, the body of the
woman was still unidentified in the
morgue.
The man and woman had registered
early yesterday as Mr.. and Mrs. John
Smith, of Montclair. n. j." but the po-
lice declared today that these were ficti-
tious names.
Fourteen Hours Start.
The murderer had fourteen hours
start upon the police. which led the
authorities to believe that he had left
New York. He carried suit case when
he left the hotel. but the hotel attaches
were unable to furnish the police with
the initials upon 1t.
An autopsy showed that the girl had
struggled against death. The muscles
of her throat were contracted. and
there were dark bruises upon the out
side of the neck and upon her arms and
shoulders. Her tongue was lacerated
by the murderer. who had showed a
towel down her neck.
A telephone call may lead to the cap
ture Of the assassin Hotel attaches re-
membered today that about one hour
before the man left the hotel he called
up number on the telephone. The po-
lice refused to divulge the number, al
though they declared that they had Sc
cured valuable clue from II.
Bellboy Questioned.
Edwin Craig, the bell boy who dis
covered the crime, was taken to police
headquarters this morning and ques-
toned
when the woman in the room failed
to leave it an investigation was started" 4"
said he. Il knocked. but got no an
swer. 1 opened the door with a skeleton
key. and there was the woman lying on
the bed with something white sticking
from her mouth. An outer black skirt
and an imitation pony coat were hang
ing on the hack Of a chair"
There was neither card nor trinlzet in
the woman's handbag to help identify
her. Her clothing led the police to think
that she was not a resident of New
York She was about thrty-five years
old, with reddish brown hair and blue
eyes. Attaches of the hotel said they
had never seen her before.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
E. M. Newman to Give
Travel Talk Series

Z. NJ. Newman, whose travel talks
made many friends for him last season
among lecture goers, will return to the
Columbia for five successive Friday
evening, beginning February II.
In his first lecture, the Austrian
Tyrol," he begins his trip at Oberam-
mergau, showing the tourists on their
way to the Passion Play; goes through
the entire Tyrol by automobile. stop
ping for motion pictures and unusual
views of natives at the tops OF the
lofty Dolomites, and concluding with a
tour of magnificent Lake Garda.
The second lecture takes the audience
into the Balkan states and Roumania,
whose quaint natives are fast losing
their charm by the civilizing influence
of tourists
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Aero Club Declines
Membership to Woman

NEW YORK. Jan. 3O.-"No women
members" is the gist of the letter in
which C. F. Campbell Wood. secretary
OF the Aero Club of America, notified
Charlotte Granville, the English sports
woman, that her application for MEM
bership in the Aero Club had been re-
fused.
Miss Granville is an aviator of con-
siderable experience, and she stated in
her application that she wanted to con-
tinue her flights in this country through
affiliation with the Aero Club.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Anti-American Riots
Continue in Ecuador

GCAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Jan. 30.-The
promise of President Alfaro. when his
palace Was surrounded by the mob of
10000 citizens yesteray. that this
country would drop its negotiations
for a lease OF the Galapagos Islands
to the United States did not pacify.
Thousands paraded the streets to-
day. some of them heavily armed.
Soldiers are guarding the approaches
70 the palace. a conference of lead
Mg men has been called to get their
opinion on the American lease qu,
ton. and the people are suspicious of
the outcome
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
New York Orchestra
Wins Warm Welcome

Walter Damrosch and his New York
symphony Orchestra were warmly well
coined at their first concert OF this sea-
son at the National Theater last night.
Three soloists added interest to the
program Miss Hulda Lashanslka sang
The Lorely'' Of Liszt, and the concIud-
Ing number. Wagner's Procession Of
the Gods into ValhaH," was partlci-
pated in by Miss Lashanska. Miss Ed
ma Showalter, and Mrs Bowman-Flint.
The orchestra played Goldmark's SYM
phony, "A Rustic Wedding" The Sc
verest test to which the orchestra was
put was in the overture and dances OF
lphigenfa In Aulis.'' THE BachanaIe,"
from ''Tannheuser," was also given.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Stradivarius Seeker
Proves She Is Not Crazy

NEW YORK, Jan. 30-Miss Marie F.
y. HanIon. daughter Of the late Marcus
Hanlon. who was a special Treasury
agent in Washington, has proved to the
police that she was not insane when she
kept asking for the recovery Of her lost
Stradivarius violin.
quarters for the fourth time Saturday
she was sent to Bellevue Hospital, where
she convinced the physicians in charge
that she was altogether rational, but
had lost fiddle and wanted II back
Miss Hanlon's father, at his death,
about two years ago, left an estate val
ued at about $4,000, but after litigation
over the will most Of the estate was
awarded to Hanlon's second wife, Miss
Hanlon's stepmother.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
La Toilette Lays Plans
For Campaign of 1912

That Senator La Toilette has set out
on a determined effort to capture the
Presidential nomination in 1912 Is in
dicated by dispatches from ST. Paul.
telling of the opening in that city of
headquarters in charge Of c. NJ. Chris
tensen.
1t is said that Christensen will have
charge of a corps of men in Minnesota
and the Rakotas whose purpose will
be to advance La Follette's stock in
the Northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Urged by Queen.

LONDON, Jan. 3O.-That Queen Mary
is responsible for the prosecution of Ed
ward F. Myllus. of the Paris Liberator.
on the charge of seditious libel in reviv-
ing the story that King George was
married morganatically while he was
still the Prince OF Wales, was apparent
today when the Queen declared that the
persistence OF this oft-repeated rumor
reflects on herself and her children.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
New Book Completed
By Major J. o. Kerbey

Major ]. o. Kerbey, of Washington.
an official of the Pan-American Union.
and a former United States consul at
Para, Brazil, has just completed a new
book, AN American Consul in ANA
zonia." Major Kerbey is the author OF
THE Land of Tomorrow" and Is an
expert on South American commerce.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Girl-Wife Returns Home
While Police Seek Her

Mrs Emily Rest, the seventeen-year-
old wife of Harry Rest, painter, of
729 Seventh street southeast. who disap-
peared Saturday evening with her
three-months-old baby, has returned
home.
While the police were searching the
city for her, the girl-wife put in an ap-
pearance at the house yesterday after
noon, explaining that she had spent the
night with friends in Anacostia. She
declined to say why she had left home
without notifying her husband.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
NATIoNAL-Enen Terry Lecture.

An interesting event of the dramatic
season, promised by announcement that
the great English actress, Ellen Terry,
will be heard at the New National
Theater on Thursday afternoon, Feb
ruary 16, at 4:SO o'clock, in lecture on
"Shakespeare's Heroines." will be ac-
companied by illustrative acting that
will renew the fire and magnetism OF
the days when Miss Terry triumphantly
toured this country with Sir Henry
Irving.
The local engagement will be under
the auspices of the Bristol School for
Girls, which institution has assumed the
financial burden of the engagement
while donating the entire proceeds of
the occasion to the benefit Of the
Southern Industrial Educational Asso-
clan Among the Mountaineers.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Chamber of Commerce
Will Hear Milk Report

A special meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce has been called for tonight,
to hear the report of the special COM
mittee appointed to investigate the milk
situation in the District.
]. Louis Willige. chairman of the
committee, will present the report.
The Washington times., 1911-01-30
Camp Perry Will Miss
Naval Cadet Riflemen

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 3C.-The Ma
val Academy rifle team will be badly
missed at the National matches at
Camp Perry, Ohio. this summer.
1t has been decided that the mid
shipmen must take part in the sum-
mer cruise and no exception will be
made. The academy team stood fourth
among sixty competitors last year and
the previous wear Midshipman Her
bert o. Roesch, took first individual
honor against the best riflemen of the
United States.