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tie. The friends of Nobili were armed
with knives; those of Fabiani with
cudgels. Soon the cudgels were whiri-
arms and legs. while the men with the
knives sought i'm vain to get 10 close
quarters with their opponents. Nobili
cienched with Fabiani and bit her Sc
Nerely in tie right wrist. Then her
cavaliers, finding that they could not
overcome their adversaries cudgels gave
up the contest and rushed along the Via
Nineto. Fabianis supporters gave chase.
While all this happening not a
policeman had appeared. While No.
bill was washing her face at. neigh
boring fountain two agents came up and
arrested her, as Well her support
ers, who had returned. Fabiani was
taken in a desperate condition to the
hospital where at first she refused 10
say how she had come by her terrible
wounds. But finally the whole OF the
drama came 10 light and Fabiani's SUD-
porters We're also arrested
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attention Of the court. An unsavory re-
lationship exists in Alaska between GER
tain white men and the native women.
Hence, preach of promise" cases are by
no means few and far between. Stringent
effort is being made 10 stamp out this
evil. On conviction the man is generally
made to marry the girl Even should he
leave her afterward the fact that he Will
have to answer the law is real deter
rent to many.
None Of the centuries-old native Gus
toms are queerer to our reckoning than
those concerning marriage. To the aver
age American marriage among the ma
tives seems simply a matter of buying
the bride: but to them it is as thoroughly
moral as our own system. However, this,
too, is undergoing a change. or at least
an effort to bring about reform is
being made. 1t is extremely difficult to
secure witnesses or even complaints in
one of these breach of promise cases:
the girl herself is usually afraid to testify
and her mother maintains a stony s-
lence.
The natives are but rarely accused of
theft. Assembled in store. they will
help themselves to pocket knives and
other trinkets that appeal to them. These
will be passed from one to the other with
enthusiasm: but the storekeeper never
knows that every article will be returned
to the identical place from which IL was
taken. Theft. IL any, exists among the
lower class of white men.
Murder, however, Is less infrequent 1t
is custom among the natives. IL a white
man Kills one of them, to kill, not the
murderer but the first white man en-
countered. This state of affairs often
brings peculiar cases before the court.
Judge James Wickersham, delegate to
Congress from Alaska, has often sat in
judgment upon the natives.
Although they are beginning to realize
the significance of our laws" he says,
they find that they conflict at every
turn with their own customs. What to
them has always been right is suddenly
changed to wrong. Their marriage Gus
tom is by means a barter. The prospec-
tive husband does not bid for her in a
business fashion, but comes with presents
and pays her real court. She takes pride
in the size of the price offered for her;
she is the center of interest in her village
and is proud Of being wooed in that man.
ner.'
THE floating court" is considered by
many the direct outcome of Judge Wick
ershams efforts. since IL is a replica of
trip that he made some ten years ago.
He held court then at Unalaska and re-
calls one decidedly unusual incident of
the work.
TT was a murder case" he said.
"and one Of the most dastardly l ever
ran across The man who committed
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A Poor Cure.

MAYOR SPEER of Denver at a recent
AvA temperance banquet. was discussing
a drink cure of little efficacy.
When l think of this cure" he said.
Il recall a poor old woman with red
nose, wfo entered a magistrates Office
and said:
I'd like to take the pledge, If ye
please
Very good said the polite clerk.
And how long did you wish to take IL
for?'
. In the past said the old woman, I've
always took ii for life
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Too Free.

DOLCE COMMISSIONER WALDO of
I New York. apropos OF somewhat
excessive number of intoxication cases.
said the other day:
"A great many men have been given tho
freedom of the city lately"
Freedom OF the city? When were they
given the freedom OF the city?" reporter
asked.
When their wives" said Mr.. Waldo,
went away to the seashore-"
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ing the era of the British lords proprie-
tary. They went farther and farther
south to escape the harsh rule during
these days. and the mountains Of the
southern and middle southern states
formed their citadel.
While it is unfortunately true that
these mountain people were too long neg
lected and left to work out their own sal
vation," said Mrs. Bartlett. I'VE must al
low for the romancer and the lover Of
the novel from whom the American pub
lie derives nearly all it's information con-
cerning the mountain whites. They have
been bold, adventurous people. brave
and proud. and somewhat defiant of the
restrictions OF law and order. But the
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When the little revenue cutter starts
upon her cruise she must be prepared to
meet almost any exigency, for, aside from
carrying the court. assisting in court pro-
ceedings and several lesser details, she
will have to bring back to Valdez for trial
all Japanese seal poachers and other Of
tenders condemned to spend terms in
either federal prison in the states or in
the one at Valdez.
For an accurate conception of the de-
tails of the trip one should read the re-
port of Capt. d. F. DeOtte of the L. S.
r. c. Onondaga. who last year command
ed the Rush, the pioneer floating court.
This description is contained in small
black book that has accompanied its
owner on many Journeys in the service.
We left Juneau at 4 o'clock on the
morning of June 90, 1910. for Sitka, carry
ing only Judge Cushman. then judge OF
the court" Terse and business like,
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LAS Resided Eighteen
! ! Years at the Capital and
is a Type of the Cultured
Southern Woman = Home
Loving. Yet Public Spirited
intellectual, Yet Not Con-
spcuously Before the Public
Eye-She Was Before Her
Marriage to Judge Bartlett
Miss Emma Leila Carleton,
Daughter of DR.. Joseph B.
Carleton of Athens, Ga.
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money with which to purchase the in
gradients.
From Unalaska the vessel proceeded to
Bristol bay, first touching at Nacknek
and then at Michagak, anchoring off
Dillingham;. According to Capt. De Otte
Dillingham; comprises nothing more pre-
tentious than a school, Jail and a can
merry. But it does boast a United States
deputy marshal. Upon arrival a suitable
place In which to hold court was sought.
AS several rooms We're required by the
grand and petit juries and the court an
abandoned cannery was finally converted
into a passable courthouse. And then
came the task of securing the jurors.
1T is sometimes very difficult to secure
jurors" says Capt. De Otte. Citizens
are scarce. In many instances men have
applied for citizenship, but have not yet
attained it. In small place the entire
neighborhood must be secured to secure
the requisite number from the men and
officers on board our ship. The grand
jury held sessions here, but in several
instances where true bills were found the
reached Unalaska or even Valdez.
On leaving Michagak. homeward
bound. we had on board several pris-
oners for Valdez. Among them was
man who had gone insane from the
loneliness Of the north. At first he
was so violent that handouts were
necessary.
One day. sitting quietly in the rig
ging, he was asked what was preying
SO upon his mind. He replied that he
would jump overheard but for the
fact that the water looked so cold.
After that a guard was sent around
with him. as we feared he might carry
out his treat. Finally a warm day
came. but every one seemed to have
forgotten both the threat and the
warning. He had been allowed to go
around for some time without hand
cuffs, and the guard upon him had be-
come lax. Suddenly the man jumped
over the rail. The cry man over
board! brought us to with a shock.
A boat was quickly lowered and we
had him safely on board again in n
few minutes. Similar experiences
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Then, for the first time, Capt. Otte pre-
sents more personal narrative of the
cases. and the Japanese seal poachers and
the ''hootch' makers come to light
The law prohibits seal hunting within
the three-mile limit" he explains, mean
ing, of course, within three miles of our
coast. But, despite this fact, every
year at least three or four Japanese seal
poaching vessels are captured by the rev.
enue cutters. whose duty 1t is to patrol
the coast. The crews OF the poachers
sometimes number as high as thirty or
forty men, and in several instances the
mate has been found to be an American.
A captured poacher is always confscated,
together with the seals and equipment
found on board her. The men are arrest
ed and tried, and their punishment is
usually from two to three years in prison,
with a comparatively large fine in ex-
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cordial and entertaining, and, like all
southerners, hospitable and fond of enter
tanning her friends.
She is an artist of more than usual skill
and has done some creditable work on
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BY MARGARET b. DOWNING

+ L RESENTATIN
Charles La Fayette
Bartlett, Judge
Bartlett to his col
leagues, is one of
the d / s tinguished
men on the demo
cratic side of the
House. revered for
his c o n spicuously
good qualities OF
craftsmanship and
especially for his
-@l>tN . t1~ns11h
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CAPT Cor1MAnANT'.,
E.P .BERTHoLF e
RANKING CFFIcERX
REVENUE CUTTER SERvlcEE
CRUISE NAPE UNDER\
HIS DIRECTION.

Capt. De Otte begins his narrative much
as though it We're the ships log book.
I'VE arrived at Sitka early the following
morning. and Judge Cushman made an
inspection of things in general. On the
24th We left for Yakutat, and, arriving
there the next day. the judge again made
a thorough inspection"
After a similar stop at Cordova the
vessel continued to Valdez. where the re-
manning members of the court were taken
on board. July 2 the actual cruise of the
floating court began.
I'VE arrived at Seward the morning of
the 3D. Capt. De Otte continues. There
we picked up the assistant United States
district attorney and then left for Tn
alaska. Arriving July Z, we held the
first session Of the court in the larger
room of the school house, the preliminary
hearings being held before Commissioner
Brown"
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china and some clever black and white
work both in portraits and in landscapes
She was educated at the Lucy Cobb In
stitute at Nashville, Tenn, and studied
music and art at the Wesleyan Seminary.
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which is the admiration of those who
know them. His comfort and happiness
are the only ambition of her life.
Mrs. Bartlett was one of the charter
members OF the Congressional Club.
and has always acted with distinction
and success on the house committee.
She has unbounded confidence in the
future of the organization and it's mis-
sion to bring the women forced to
dwell away from their homes the
greater part into closer communion.
I'VE are only in our fourth year.
said Mrs. Bartlett. and l think that
the Congressional Club to break down
any prejudices which remain against
it. 1 still hope that as the club grows
older the utility OF the members taking
advantage of its days at home will be-
come more apparent. 1t furnishes
means to get familiar with each other
and to become really interested in our
mutual welfare, something which cas-
ual calling never does, even If one
keeps at this task for eighteen years.
Take new members OF the congress
sional set. Scarcely have they arrived
in. Washington than some one tells
them of the absurd etiquette OF calling
lower house who preceded them in offi-
cial life Generally they follow this
advice and rush around promiscuously,
wearying themselves without profit and.
what Is lust as DaQ. eNIalllue OIl lhO
older women the obligation of return
ing all those visits promptly.
Now. as we hope to have things IN the
near future, we will get the newcomers
to attend Friday afternoon at the club
and we will make it a point to have all
the older women present to greet them.
They will get to know each other easily
and they can then pick out those whom
they really wish to visit and to know IN
timately. For the others, they can send
cards. i am entirely in favor of being
permitted to return visits by cards as at
every other capital in the world.
This idea does not interfere with the
hospitable intentions of any woman who
wishes to hold receptions at home Near
ly all of us have that pleasant duty at
times. 1t merely means to get over much
ground with the least expenditure of time
and endurance"
Judge and Mrs. Bartlett are members
of the Episcopal Church, but are not
affiliated with any congregation in Wash
ington. During a long residence at
hotel here they attended the Church OF
the Epiphany. Now they reside at DIFF
ferent hotel and find the Church of the
Ascension convenient though they 60 fire.
auentiy to st. Johns. Mrs. Bartlett Is
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Meanwhile the seconds or the support
ers of the two infuriated women were be-
coming anxious to take part in the bat
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WOMEN FIGHT ADUEL;; SECONDS J0|N N FRAY.
Special Cablegram TO The Star.

Special Cablegrsm to The Star
ROME. August II.
% ARELY has such an exciting duel
II been fought as that which took place
recently between two young women of
the criminal classes at the entrance IN
the Villa Borghese a short distance from
the palace Of Queen Margherita.
The principals in this extraordinary
combat were Angelina Fabiam and pas
Qualina Nobili, respectively twenty and
twentyfour years of age. both natives
OF the Abruzzi. and they We're assisted
in the duel by nine men, three on one
side and six on the other
The quarrel began as far back as Nav
1910. when Fabiani, having stolen No
bili's lover. the latter revenged herself by
stabbing her rival. Nobili went to prison.
and as soon as she was released she
swore to get even with Fabiani, chiefly
because contrary to the custom among
criminals, she had revealed the name of
her aSSailant.
She came out of prison July II. and
Immediately began her search for Fa-
biani. Her industry was rewarded a few
evenings ago. when she met Fabiani and
her lover in the Piazza Colonna Compli-
ments were exchanged. and in the end
Fabiani's lover struck Nobili. who there
upon challenged her rival to a rustic
duel The challenge was accepted.
At the appointed hour the combatants
and their respective suites were on
the spot. They faced each other for a
moment, holding long knives in their
hands. particularly gross insult from
Fob 40 nj cytr Nnht To fttr nd hnl a.
ing forward like a tigress she plunged
her knife up to the handle into Fabianis
abdomen. In spite OF the terrible wound
thus inflicted, Fabiani continued the bat
tie. and the two women slashed blindiy
at each other.
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seniority is prominent in official society.
and her personal qualities lend popularity
to her high rating among the hostesses
of the lower house. She is among the
many devoted wives who are braving the
torrid heat to make things comfortable
for their husbands during the prolonged
sessions in Congress. She will remain
here until the curtain goes down. and
then she hopes to have a good two
months at home before she comes north
again.
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u. S. REVENUE CUTTER THET1s"
Now CONVEYING THE FLOAT ING COUkT
~ ON It's MISSION OF JUSTICE

to find anything against the man be-
yond the fact that he had given her the
money with which to purchase the in
gradients.
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Il am beginning TO long almost
tragically for my home in Macon"
said Mrs Bartlett and this is an
attack OF nostalgia which ] experience
every year when Congress dallies pas,
the time when we expect to rest our
selves under our own vine and fig tree.
Washington in summer certainly gives
abundunt leisure.
ct am enjoying the opportunity to
read and / am just beginning to make
perceptible inroads into a list prepared
last winter when life moved at such a
prodigioGs stride that all / could ac-
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public school system is being introduced
into the mountain fastnesses and the So
called lawless element Is succumbing to
the wave of progress and prosperity
which is sweeping the entire south Still
1t Is fruitful field for individual effort
and for the prevailing propensity Of the
American woman to accomplish good.
Those who see the mountain whites
expecting to find them as Mrs. Fran
ces Hodgson Burnett and the hosts Of
writer's who have come after hei
have described them Will be disap.
pointed. Personally, l am not ia
miliar with the actual conditions
either in Georgia or other states. l
have heard some stirring accounts
from those who claim to know. and
really / feel that if one-fifth of these
accounts are true we must be up be-
times to make amends to these people
OF our blood who have languished in
our state. When it is considered how
much has been done for the negroes
to educate and uplift them this duty
must appeal with imperative force to
all who believe in the supremacy OF
the Caucasian race"
Mrs. Bartlett is, according to her
friends. emnently successful in the
role Of helpmate. She is pointed out
as model to the younger women
of the congressional set.
Every woman loves romance" she
said. and l am often asked to tell the
story of my early days and how ] fell
in love with my husband. Now.
strange as it may seem. l cannot tell
exactly You see. Judge Bartlett s
father and mine were friends tried
and true and served together in the
lower house of the Georgia legislature,
and both were elected to step into the
higher place in the senate
LAS children, we visited each others
home on occasions, for the BartIetts
are from Jasper county and my father
lived In Athens. / cannot recall just
when / first met Charlie Bartlett as
he is still to his old friends in Georgia.
1t seems as though l always knew him
and always cared for him. 1t was one
of those quiet boy and girl romances
where you get to care without realizing
il.
Their friends say that Judge and Mrs
Bartlett furnish one of the most hope
full examples OF conjugal love and hap
piness. They are devoted companions
and may be seen chatting comfortably
during their long tramps and at the
theater and opera during the season.
Mrs. Bartlett has that womanly sort OF
tenderness and care for her husband
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enue cutter Thetis and her mission Is
hers alone for nowhere else on any of
the seven seas" can her counterpart be
found. In her Uncle Sam possesses the
only floating court" in the world.
Less than a quarter of cen
tury ago il was the wild boast of
the bold spirits who tempted fortune
in the Alaskan ice fields that There's
never a Law OF God or man runs north of
f1fty-three." But today the law reaches
that far-and beyond--and spares no vii
lagos nor waste places in so doing. And
this is due in general to the strong arm
OF the government. and in particular Just
now to this floating court" that set out
on her unique cruise the sth of the past
month.
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The presiding officer of the court this
year is Judge Thomas r. Lyons, and the
Thetis is commanded by Capt. S. c. Coch-
ran. prosecuting attorney for the gov
ernment and counsel for the defense are
also carried. Four of the junior officers
Of the vessel are sworn in as commits
sioners and four special United States
deputy marshals. The former. on the
current cruise. are Lieut.. Michael Ryan,
Lieut. Thaddeus G. Crapester. Lieut.
Archibald H. Seally and Lieut. Edward
ID. Jones. and the latter Lieut.. William
Roy p. Munie and First Lieut. John :
Baylis. Trial is by jury chosen at the
places where court is held
Alaska, rich in the unusual, the roman
tic and the tragic. also lends an air of
uniqueness to her court trials, despite the
fact that the actual work of the court it
self Is as technical and commonplace as
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Once every year-though this is only the
second trip made-a ship of the revenue
cutter service visits the principal ports of
Alaska, carrying on board the court Off
cials from Valdez. who enforce the laws
and administer justice over a territory
so scattered that, but for them, law
lessness might reign as supreme as in
the old days. At the various points
touched rude buildings or schoolhouses
are turned into impromptu courthouses
and justice meted out Not infrequently
the deck of the vessel becomes the scene
of the trials of the offenders. In many
instances those to be tried have been
brought more than a hundred miles to
answer their accusers.
The territory covered by this Locating
court" Is known as the third district of
Alaska, and embraces the southwestern
portion of the country and the Aleutian
Islands. Courts in the other sections are
maintained much as they are in the
states. All cases OF a grave nature are
tried at Valdez. the headquarters of the
district. and there, too, is the best
equipped jail and the waiting court off,
cials- And so 1t was that from Valdez
July the Thetis set sail on her cruise
of justice, which will last nearly two
months. According to orders, Unalaska
was the first port touched, then followed
Nushagak, July 81. and now come
Tnga, August u, and Kodiak, the 18th,
completing the cruise at the starting
point September z
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O VI Z W HERE off
the Alaskan Goa ST
at this very moment
a vessel flying the
Stars and Stripes is
working her way
from port to port
dealing out justice
10 those accused of
breaking the laws
Of the United States.
This ship Is the
United States rev
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This bill is now before the legisla-
rure, and IL II fails we will ask the
nations government to take it and
transform it into a government reser-
walton like Yellowstone and so many
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any the country over. The dates of the
court sessions are of necessity published
beforehand When the boat arrives an
entire day may be spent in arranging
building wherein the sessions may be
held, and sometim two or three more
in securing jurors. Finally court con-
venes and the treadmill of the law runs
its slow but certain course. The law it
self naturally is the law of all other
places over which the Stars and Stripes
wave
In Unalaska where the longer sessions
are held. there is a young girl who acts
as court interpreter, speaking three Ian
guages fuently. She is a "half-b breed"
in our reckoning. Though separated by
several thousands Of miles, a strange sim
farity of taste in breaking the law seems
to exist between Alaska and Kentucky,
for the making of what in the latter IS
called "moonshine" and in the former
"hootchnahee" (more commonly called
"bootch') is one of the offenses that con-
sumo goodly share of the courts time.
And this year, perhaps for the last time.
Japanese seal poachers will have to be
taught the meaning Of Uncle Sans word
"obey" SO there is variety of the un-
usual to be dealt with by the court.
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VESSEL of Revenue Cut
V ter Service Bears u.
S. Officials From Port to
Port to Hold Court and Try
Transgressors of the Law
Trip Made Annually, and
This Is But Second Year Sys-
tenn Has Been in Operation
The Thetis and Her Crew
Cases That Come Before the
Itinerant Judge-As in Ken
lucky, Many Are Arrested
for Making "Moonshine"-
Japanese Seal Poachers-Per-
sonal Experience of Men
Who Have Made the Trip.