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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-07

sues are among the novelties. Print
ed panne velvets are very handsome.
Brocaded figures in variety Of
forms may be in the eccentric futurist
combination Of colors. The pressed
pushes are meeting with great favor
BrOcade velvets are especially adapted
for evening wear. Plain velvets are
used for all kinds of garments.
Illustrated here Is a charming velvet
dinner dress. suitable for the family
gathering on THANKSGIVING day. 1t
was carried ont in mahogany velvet
the lace ruff at the neck giving it a
touch Of softness.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-07

The shifting of Troops.
The fact that the secretary of war
has arranged for the transfer of cav.
airy and infantry from the Mexican
border to Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont ;
Fort Meyer, Virginia. Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas Fort Sheridan, Illinois,
and other headquarters for troops,
does not indicate that there is a press
ing inclination to intervene in Next
co. The troops that are being sent
home to their barracks are being re-
placed by other forces. More than a
year ago there was plenty of excite
ment in official circles over the hold
ing of troops on the Mexican border,
but gradually it has come to be under
stood that they, like our ships off the
Mexican coast, are doing what amounts
TO police duty.
The Growth Of the PostOfice.
The United States postofTice was es-
tdblished in 1889 and there were orig
lnally IS post offices. In the first full
year of its existence, 1890, these rs
postofiices produced gross revenue of
1885, and the expenditures of the
department amounted to $32,14O. 1t is
found that by the year 1900 the num-
Der of offices had increased to 1,205,
and a hundred years ago, in 1913,
there were 2,70S post offices with a
gross revenue of $703,154, and gross
expenditure of 1851 oil.
The first postage stamps issued in
their present form were on July 1,
1S47, and there were sold during the
following year $S6O,3SO worth. By
1858 the postoffice department had be-
come a considerable institution and
we find that this was the first year in
which stamped envelopes were issued
and the sales amounted to $5,OOO,OOO.
Letters were first registered on July /,
1855, and the first newspaper wrappers
were issued in 1861. Special request
envelopes were first put into use in
1865 and postal cards had their birth
in June, 1873.
In 1856 we find that the gross ex-
renditures Of the postoffice for the
first time exceeded $1O,O00,OOO a year,
while in 1899 the expenditures reach
ed SOL ,632, 16O. In 1912 this had in
creased to $24S,624,940. In 1899 there
were issued 1882 1855 in postage
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
Events of Interest from the Seat
of Government.
by j. T.. JONES.
Secretary Lime RattIing the "Boncs.' -


! Secretary Lane of the interior de-
partment has been driving it home to
! Washington that the cause of the COM
plants that have been coming from
The people of the West in tremendous
Volume during the past years must be
alleviated. He takes issue against the
lolicy based on the theory that the
government of today must fight battles
to extend over future generations, and
also exact toll for the treasury before
the interests of the living generation
come in for even scant consideration.
The secretary is not patient with the
idea entertained by a branch of the
national government which has been
apparent to disagreeable extent in
the land office, where homesteaders are
nearly always treated as though they
we're spectators in disguise and are
frequently held up for years before
coming into the long restricted posses
sion of the little ground which they
have struggled to possess. The secre-
tary is practical man of the West
who knows the problems before him,
and there is growing confidence that
lie is getting away" with his job.
The Smiths of Congress.
Did you ever hear of the Smiths in
Congress? In the senate there is
Smith of South Carolina, Smith of
Maryland, Smith of Georgia, Smith of
Arizona and Smith of Michigan. The
man from South Carolina has cotton
balls sticking out all over him-he is
such an authority upon the question.
Smith of Maryland is a lumber man,
while Smith of Georgia is the same
old 'Hoke" Smith who was secretary
Of the interior under Cleveland Smith
from Arizona is Uncle Mark" a typ
Smith from Michigan has two large
front handles to his name: William
Alden. He has been important in in
vestigating the Titanic disaster, the
Mexican situation, and looking after
the Affections of the Republican party
in the senate. In the house there are
seven Smiths, of whom two are from
Michigan.
The Bich1orlde Route.
Representative James R. Mann of
Chicago, author of the white slave leg
islation and the. pure food and drugs
act, has let it be known that he will
again arise to the occasion to stem the
increasing number of self-inflicted ia
talities that come by way of the use
of bichloride of mercury. Paris green,
carbolic acid, and other drugs have
had their day, and now the rage seems
to be little pinch of bichloride as a
means of escaping the troublesome az
fairs of the times. Mr. Mann has been
in consultation with Secretary Hous-
ton and other officials of the agricul-
tural department with view to more
thoroughly restrain the sale of bi
chloride in the hope that there may
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-07
A BOYS THANKSGIVING.

Once there was a turkey
Most as big as !,
Went a-struttin' round the yard,
Scarf me terribly!
Had a ruffle on his neck
Fed as red could be.
There was murder in his eye.
Had that eye on me!
go way. old Red Top!
! don't want to play!"
"Gobble. gobble, goblet"
Was all that turk would say.
Once there was a hungry
Boy about my size
Waitin' for his dinner,
Soup and things and pies.
Hung about the kitchen,
Snf!in' shifts so good.
One sniff in particular
Small boy understood.
Drumstick. neck and stuffin',
Back and wing and breast
Gobble. gobble, gobble-
forget the rest.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-07

In filling Il cake pan it is well to re-
member that the center of the cake is
the part which will usually be the
highest so spread the batter as much
to the sides as possible leaving a de-
preston in the center: then the cake
when baked will lie lev.l.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-11-07
USE OF PILE FABRICS.

Popular Winter Materials.
Fabrics with pile are undoubtedly
to the fore for winter wear Velvet.
plush and corduroy lead in fine ma
terIals. Plain silk pushes are used
for both dress and millinery purposes
These fabrics are soft and pliable, so
that they are adapted to the present
requirements for supple clinging dra-
peries.
Plain and printed velveteens are to
be had, and plush figures on silk It's
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24
IT'S - ~, BOSS" ANSWERED RvFOs Bur How Isl
I33ANl THANKS vov For The COMPLIMENT IT BY AsA
H&v-&a \ SAME" - x SOV.} WJIN
Knew Him Well

1t was a contested will case, and
one of the witnesses, in the course
of giving his evidence, described the
testator minutely.
Now, SIR said counsel for the
defense. Il suppose we may take it.
from the fiattering description you
have given of the testator, his good
points, and his personal appearance
generally. that you were intimately
acquainted with him?'
Him exclaimed the witness.
He was no acquaintance of mine."
Indeed. Well, then, you must have
observed him very carefully when
ever you saw him?" pursued counsel.
Il never saw him in my life," was
the reply.
This prevarication, as counsel
thought it, was too much. and he
said:
Now, now. don't trifle with the
court, please How, I ask you. could
you. in the name of goodness. de-
scribe him so minutely If you never
saw him or never knew him."
Well replied the witness. and
the smile which overspread his fea-
lures extended to the faces of those
in court. you see, / married his
widow.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24
Us Boys

FOUND him sitting on the top of a
crag amid the ruins of an old
= Geonese castle. Sheer below him
the sea Tapped in a lazy motion at the
cliffs, while out to sea a little fiotilla
of fishing boats seemed to be making
for the jetty at the base of the rock.
Good day." ] said, sitting down be-
side him. What are those boats, do
you know?"
The professor sighed: More refu-
gees from the world, 1 suppose"
"Refugees?' l asked.
YES" he answered, were all ref
ugees here. All men fly to dead cities
for refuge. / don't know why. but
we do"
And is Soudak a dead city?"
asked. looking down on to the little
group of mud built cottages lying at
the mouth Of the valley which runs
up through the eastern Crimean
mountains.
"Soudak," he cried, why Soudak
was once one of the great cities of
the east A few cottages now. but
once there were palaces there below
us, and all the trade of the Black sea
passed through Soudak. The king Of
Constantinople was a suitor for the
hand of princess of Soudak. and she
refused him. So he gave the Genoese
help in conquering this place, and
they built this castle here. Over there
Is a Greek temple"
And who are the refugees?"
"All Of US. Some are Russian, tired
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24
The Refugees

of the great cities, prosecuted per-
man colony there, why did they leave
their country, which they have now
forgotten? And those Tartars in their
little towns on the mountainside are
but relics of their great empire that
held Russia for centuries-now they
are driven to the mountains and are
disappearing here. The Greek, who
cuts my hair so badly, will never say
why he left Athens to come here. No,
we are all refugees-and you, too.
probably" he said suddenly. turning
to me and pulling at his beard.
THE TURKS
We sat for some time in silence,
looking at the great bleak mountains
as they changed color and glowed
with the warmer tints of approaching
evening. 1t was autumn, and it began
to grow chilly. The little boats were
soon near the shore. and we could see
that they were blue and had cres-
cents and circles painted on boards
that were fixed up all around the
sides. At distance they looked like
shields Of Vikings slung over the bull
warks.
Turks said my friend. the profess
sor. Let US go down and meet them.
Perhaps they come from the war.
Although we were scarcely two days
voyage from Constantinople, our news
of the war was poor. The Russian
papers that escaped being suppressed
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24
A Short Story
-~-->-~

by the police made an almost weekly
feature of the taking of Adrianople
and Constantinople. ST. Sophia was
sacked and burned with regularity.
and great sea battles took place in
the Dardanelles with terrible Turkish
Burgas had just reached us, and we
were waiting for the Novo Vremya to
confirm the fact, shorn of the local
exaggerations.
path to hear what news these should
bring.
The professor, however, scrambled
slowly, and by the time we had got
down the refugees had arrived and
were walking toward some little cab
ins where some 20 fellow countrymen
lived by the seashore.
We stood aside while they passed,
the newcomers haggard and miser-
able. their hosts anxious and plying
them with questions.
They sat down in a circle before the
huts and prepared food. the newcom-
ers being assailed with inquiries, to
which they made no answer. Then one
Of them seemed to say, II Will tell
you ALL" for every one became silent
and waited for him to begin.
l could not understand a word. and
yet ceuld not tear myself away from
that recital Of tragedy.
HIS STORY
He drew lines with his hands in the
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24

dust before him as he squatted on
the ground. Then he brought his arm
up slowly, relentlessly, wiping the
lines away, obliterating them. He
seemed to show himself there on the
field, helpless. uncomprehending with
out ammunition, and finally just swept
away. Then / saw him hungry, beg
ging for bread and starving because
none could be given him. He stopped,
and there came a low murmur of as
sent from those who had come with
him. And then I seemed to see him
resigned to hopelessness. and finally
taking the one chance to safety in a
little boat on the open sea.
Another took up the tale. He was
a proud, defiant looking man. l had
noticed him walking along; he had an
air of majesty, almost. as he swag-
gered by in his rags, and with pinched,
unshaven cheeks. He told of over
whelming misery, and spoke of what
he had seen. more than of his own
suffering, for he seemed to change his
voice and his gestures and strength.
Then he finished. and they all bowed
their heads and said: 1T is Allahs
WILL
Then it was that the professor and
/ glanced at each other and skunk
away. 1T is not good to see brave
man in tears" said he.
When we turned our heads again
the sun had dropped behind the noun
tains, and there, by the seashore, with
the great cliffs high behind them. stood
thin, gaunt figures dotted here and
there on the sands. They were look
ing out over the silent reaches OF the
sea, calm and mysterious in the even
Ing light, and they were bowling them
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24
THE TRAGEDY
QUITE A SLIP

Mrs. Jackson never opened her
mouth without putting her foot in it.
The other day she told her daughter
that she intended to go and comforl
Mrs. Brown, whose husband had COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself in
the attic of his house.
"Oh, mother said her daughter,
don't go; you know you always say
the wrong thing"
Yes. / must co. answered the ma
ter. Il will take great care and talk
only about the weather; that will be
a safe subject"
And this is how her scheme worked
out:
I'VE have had very rainy weather
lately. haven't we, Mrs. Brown?"
YES" replied the widow; II haven't
been able to get the weeks washing
dried
oh put in Mrs. Jackson. Il
shouldn't think you'd have had any
trouble. you have such fine attic to
hang things In"
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24
Just Apply This Paste
And the Hairs Vanish
(Beauty Notes.

1t is not longer necessary for a
woman to go through life with face
dishgured by fuzzy growth, for if
she will apply a plain delatone paste
to the Objectionable hairs for 2 min
utes, then rub it off, every trace of
hair will vanish. To make the paste,
mix some water with powdered
delatone After the paste is re-
moved the. skin should be washed to
free it from the remaining delatone.
Better results are obtained if the
delatone is purchased in an original
package.
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24

Sir Frank Lockwood was on one
occasion conducting the defense of a
person charged with cattle stealing
and was pressing a witness in cross
examination to ascertain how far he
was away from the animals at cer-
tain time.
How could you tell they were
beasts?'' he asked.
Because 1 could see 'em,"
And how far off can you tell a
beast?"
witness looked calmly at Sir Frank.
and said, Just about as for as / am
from your
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24

selves up and down toward Mecca.
small specks before the Infinite" :"
said my friend IF there is a God,
surely he will hear these; oh, surely
he must"
THE TRAGEDY
Two days later. in sudden squall.
the IL men who had escaped from Lule
Burgas were drowned in their blue
boat just outside the bay.
1T was Allah's will that they should
die said Abdul, who speaks Russian.
Perhaps, If they had had faith at
Lule Burgas. all would have been we'll.
Allah alone knows"
The San Francisco call., 1913-10-24

The average length of dogs life
is 15 years.
United labor bulletin., 1913-10-25
News and Times Sold
To Chicago Publisher
BOTH PAPERS TO BE ISSUED
FROM NEWS PLANT.
Sunday Edition of Times Is Suspend
ed; No Changes in Editorial or
Mechanical Forces

Senator Thomas N. Patterson has
hold the Rocky Mountain News TO
John C Shaffer of Chicago. At the
same time Mr.. Shaffer purchased the
Denver Times. The transfer of own
ership of both papers was made
Thursday and it is announced unof-
ficially that the price paid was $780,
600 The Times had been owned and
controlled by the Tramway Company
for the past three years.
The Sunday morning edition of The
Times will be suspended, and both
papers published from The News
plant on Welton street. Henry D.
Carbary will be general business man
ager of the two papers. Kent Shaffer.
son of the purchaser, who has been in
Colorado two years for his health, will
be in control.
1t is stated no material changes will
be made in either the editorial or me-
chanical forces of the News or Times.
John C. Shaffer is reputed to be a
very wealthy man. He owns five other
daily papers-The Chicago Evening
Post, indianapolis Star. Louisville
Herald. Terre Haute Star and Muncie.
Ind, Star. These publications are all
said to be very successful. The News
and Times will be independent in
politics.
Senator Patterson states he will
open q downtown office, but is out of
public life for all time. He has owned
The News for 2S years.
Some of the machinery OF The
Times was transferred to The News
plant this wek. but portion of it will
probably be disposed of. During the
last presidential campaign Mr.. Shat
fers papers supported the Bull Moose
ticket.
United labor bulletin., 1913-10-25
"WHO'S WHO" IN THE DENVER
UNION | .ABOR MOVEMENT
CLARENCE J. MOORHOUSE

One of the most genial and cour-
teous gentlemen with whom the pub
lie comes in contact at the City Hall
is Clarence ]. Moorhouse. deputy city
clerk and member of Local Cigar Max
ers' Union No. 129. When Otto f.
Thum, union printer, was elected city
clerk. he appointed Clarence as his
deputy. and so ably did he fill the bill
that the favor was repeated when
Thum became commissioner of prop
erty under the commission form of
municipal government
Moorhouse has been prominent in
the Denver trade union movement for
a long time and no one connected
herewith is better or more favorably
known. For ten consecutive years he
was delegate to the Trades and La
bor Assembly from the Cigar Makers
Union. and was president one or two
terms. He has held every official
position in his own union except that
OF business agent. and was elected
delegate to the international. Seven
times he was chosen delegate to the
Colorado State Federation of Labor,
and filled the office of vice president
In that body. Clarence was n candi-
date for the State Legislature and
again for alderman from his ward. but
happened to be on the losing ticket
each time.
Moorhouse has never held or as
pired to a salaried position In the
trade union movement, always being
content to give his time and services
for the uplift Of his fellow-man. He
has been active in reform politics and
ably assisted in redeeming the state
United labor bulletin., 1913-10-25

Silhouetted in blue against a molten
copper colored sky, stood sentinels
with spiral channeled weapons OF
great precision that would kill a mile.
They fingered at guard tower, or
stood, or walked automatically on
stone walls forty feet in height The
intercepted rays of light from spire
and turret were lengthening across the
great outdoor world as We stood in the
shadow of Auburn state prison.
Closing time for visitors was near at
hand. We had but very short time
in which to pay visit to these of
our ostracized 1000 American citi-
zens. AS / passed through the pom
derous gate into "a garden of wonder
full lawns and beautiful flowers. and
glanced up at the huge vine covered
castle. l could have easily imagined l
was entering the imperial abode of
the owner of lordly manor on the
Thames or the Hudson. The center
tower of this heartless creation is
crowned with threads of electric
lights and a symbol of liberty in the
form of a soldier in revolutionary
dress. While sitting in the beginning
of the gilded misery of this institu-
ton. If / could not have looked beyond
1t all to the spirit of the system of
American prisons. l. too. could have
smiled and made pleasing comments
on our Introduction with the gullible
curious visitor who pressed that way.
But knew too well that in 1t things
are done that son of God. nor son of
man ever should look upon
Prisons and prison reports are
made pleasing to the eye and mind by
hirelings, who are paid big salaries by
the master class of our system who
demands II of them.
United labor bulletin., 1913-10-25
Calling Out State Troops
Is Still Held in Allegiance

sational stories printed in the daily
papers of his having kidnapped the
wives OF two strikebreakers and a
boy.
McLennan brought with him evil
dence of the deadly work that can be
executed by the machine guns which
the operators have mounted upon a
steel armored automobiles. It is a
tent from the Forbes mine COLONY in
which 12S bullet holes are shown.
Only one man. John Ure. a canny
Scotch miner. was in the tent at the
time. He lay flat under a bed and es-
capped injury. though two legs of the
bed were shot off.
The striking miners are being paid
their benefits regularly each week in
money forwarded from the United
Mine Workers headquarters at Indian
apolis.
Most OF the coal train crews on the
Colorado & Southern, d. & r. G. and
Santa Fe railroads have been laid off.
as the reserve supply OF coal at the
mines has been exhausted. The steel
works at Pueblo and smelters are op-
CONTINUED on Page 2.)
United labor bulletin., 1913-10-25
Bricklayers Indorse
Coal Miners Strike
ANNUAL STATE CONFERENCE
HELD IN PUEBLO.
Leonard Of Colorado Springs Elected
President and Mecord of Den
yer, Seoretary-Treasurer.

The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Colorado State Conference OF Brick
layers. Masons and Plnsterers was
held in Pueblo last week. Delegates
from Denver were J. NJ. Gibson. Ne'l
Connors. W. II. McCord. Disk
Matthews and r. l.. Owens. Fred Ma
honey. former building Inspector o.
Pueblo and member OF the local unio 4
there. delivered the address OF vel
come.
Matters OF Interest 70 the craft n
this state were discussed and acted
upon. Officers we're elected as iol-
lows: President. NJ. T. Leonard. Gel
orado Springs: vice president. Frank
Powers. Pueblo; secretary-treasures
W. II. McCord. Denver.
Delegates Len Snyder and Robert
l.. Owens introduced the following
resolutions in support of the striking
coal miners. which were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas. There is n controversy on
between the United Mine Workers CT
America. and what is generally con-
sidered the coal trust OF the state of
Colorado. brought about by the eff
forts of the miners OF Colorado to bet
ter their conditions, and
Whereas, The conditions in the
min. of this state. after a full and
careful investigation by men Of
known integrity and honesty. have
been amply sustained in showing hat
the owners have done nothing to bet
ter the conditions of the miners. hut
on the contrary have used Their best
efforts and positions to keep the min
ers under a burden and have bean
found to be such that they are detri-
mental TO health and prosperity, and
the upblilding of the home. therefore
be IL
Resolved. BY the Bricklayers Ma
sons and Plasterers of Colorado, in
convention assembled, that we extend
to them our moral and firancil sup
port in their struggle to bring about
satisfactory results. and be 1t fu.ner
Resolved, That we openly condemn
the position taken by that protiJn q;
the Press of the state which has gisou
publicity to matters relative to COLI
ditions which are not true, and we
call upon the membership of the psick
layers. Masons and Plasterers to sup
port those publications which Civ, the
truth to the public.
United labor bulletin., 1913-10-25

A conference of organized labor rep
resentatives will be held tonight at
Carpenters hall. 1947 Stout street, for
tho purpose of initiating a bill to be
submitted to n referendum vote. pro-
viding that the state take over Its
coal lands and operate It's own mines
for benefit of all the people.
There are over 10000 acres OF coal
lands in Colorado belonging to tho
state, the profits of which 20 to the
public school fund. It is believed that
IL the people are given an opportunity
IN vote upon n measure of this char