The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 11, 1909, Page 5

AR PUBLISHING CO, 1907-1909 Seventh Ave, every AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. Wt the Postotrce at seattte. - RVOT-GORDON VERDICT x. manent eB a Waerbtingtan, ae second-class matter exer Tt seems rather remarkable that President Mill of the Great Northern railway should not have been able to tell the State Bak Association committee whether or not Former Justice M. J Gordon did or did not embezzle any of the funds of the railroad} ‘company Inasmuch as Judge Gordon severed his connection with failroad company over four months ago, and the report &@ shortage was then current, it docs seem that by this time the officials of the railroad company should be in a position to ‘speak definitely, Othe ing department of the “3 inefficient. As a matter of fact, the Great Northern railway does know ‘About this alleged shortage, and the failure of President Hill OF Other officials of that road to the thereon tends to corroborate the well-founded impression that ‘the Great Northern railway is just as guilty of impropricties Sis Judge Gordon or Judge Root That the vf that done in the Harris case, and lent his approval thereto, 539 proven by the report of the committee And this seems to us to be of greater moment than any thing else in the report, Rox isposed of. They can be of no more influence for either good OF bad. But the Great Northern railway we have still with us. ‘The legal department of that road still has at its head the man ‘Who was just as much a party to the Harris decision as Root of Gordon. If our supreme court has been corrupted, that man thas been a party to the corruption. There is nothing, perhaps, that we can do about it except 06 take great care in the selection of the men we place upon ‘8 supreme bench Tt is a source of satisfaction, wise, we must determine that the audit Great Northern railway is deplorably enlighten committee general counsel road knew what was Judge Gordon and Judge ot are They must be above suspicion. to be able here however, C. Gilman, of Seattle, general western counsel of the Great mn railway. highly honorabic, and i is safe to say that had he, instead ir. Begg. been at the head of the Great Northern legal de- it, there would have been no tampering with our supreme Mr. Gilman's part in this whole afiair has ‘The full report of the investigating committee is published here in ‘The Star today. It will be of interest to Star f& only in so far as its conclusions are concerned, The incidents referred to therein have already been printed 2 so nearly all of the letters accompanying’ © he The Star predicted two weeks ago, in the face of this t of qualifying for the six-year term upon the supreme een en eee NE xcteees WILLIAM DWYER. j my steps to the spot where I pick Fy ee eee aoe erator ot tn bowr eto { a Zz an are turned my erally ana }hour—an hour, | paced up and down ‘The®now oly there ike a sentinel. But the lady moist flakes and my feet did not put in an appearance tax in Persian carpet.| Disgusted, f ran all of encountered | my restavrant, which was still a/ Beart s} good distance ‘oft, im order that [! bent down | would not have to content myself ® pair-of keys fast / with the teavings of the eventng’s | by a chain. * bi of fare. Even during the din fost. these | ner I could not put the keys out of 1 asked myself rather ab | my mind-—1 mean, not so much the} ‘keys as the lovely and wealthy t distance ahead of me maiden that frequented the teble oie oe een) pa bag owner. During this agree gayly. al ream, 1 closed Nave then oat the keys. | a aye the folds of her skirt and Dronght to light a second the one nor the other of Then had lost these keys. A gazed up and down the snow Street. Not 4 soul was to re shen, tie, bees, ot She po) down the street,” 1 snid | girls. “Perhaps the owner and look for them there.” | sooner said than done. The om ditty took the keys reluctantly. “We have a! @ mMountate of keys whieh) been picked from time to in the streets,” he said. “The | of keys never think of call ” & here. , I left the keye with saying to myself that this pnt N . : = FS. ‘Jose ' FURARD A CLICKING s00ND tust have at last fallen asleep, for wuddenly a voice brought me baek end to my connection with the | with a siart to the reality of thimgs. 1 was a bit too previons.| “Mr. Johnson, ft ix 12 «elock ® bachelor without relatives | The last car it at the door, Hurry the isolation of this festive more keenly than at any | ‘time, Thin was the reason, why | started ruminating bey affair, and constructing ‘ground it # sort of romance, of th lo of course, was the hero t Wf you turned back to th or will mise it,” I rained my head, grasped the ‘altuation and at the same time my overcont, rushed to the door and soon found myself before my lod«- ing house, [ was shivering with the cold and had to wait a jong time before the janitor opened the entrance door whien had been closed at midnight. Hurrtedly 1 Climbed the four flights of stairs which stood between me and my “Perhaps woman would arrive breath seeking them. She had the as table laid out and wae room, for | was anxious to tumble | ‘awaiting her husband who was into bed at once. | groped In my ing & e number of friends back | pocket for my keys. My hand eti- th bing to fon in the joyous feast. countered a -) og out to fetch something Heavens,” flashed the horrible Baker's, lost her keys, and (suspicion through my brain, “you get into the house again. found your own keys. Bhe te in dewpair. You arrive on! It was only too true. Th had seene like a rescuing angel and sipped out of the crevice in my over the keys. no bounds, Her gratitude She invites you pocket and had fallen on the toe of my shoe with that click which had a dinner. There you meet a attracted my attention. handsome, refined, cultured 1 will never forget t alichous rich young lady, who straight twinkle in the eyes of the police ) off falls in love with you. You re- men who were assembled in the tation house when | called there for my keys af 2 in the morning after Christmas. turn her love, and #o 0% While = those through my mind. TOTAL COST ONLY 10c A Wholesome and Appetizing Lunch Sent to Your Place of Business, Ring up Sunset, Main 1830; Ind, L 4624 NEW YORK BOX LUNCH CO. a flew “The president of the raitroad company stated that he had} PHO personal knowledge of the matter,” says the report of the Committee, “although he did inform the committee that the Aditing department was itvestigating it.” to 4 i Say that throughout all of this investigation not once has there | oy the slightest suspicion of improper conduct upon the part} #e!ous that he lee little more am.‘ tiog towards the mysterious proph-| writing it is hardly probable that Judge Root will for a moment| — BY MERLE WANE | Philip Sheffield of the Lota stock | jcompany In doubtless the youngent | | playwright on the Coast | His fivet play, @ fouraet comedy “Where the Fe t Huda,” portray: | jing Hfe im the tron mines of the! Allegheny mountains of Virginia | will be presented within the com }iug month at the Lots theatre, It jis compliurentary to the ability of this young dranmatiat phat the com dy will be staged in prectionlly it _ THE SEATTLE STAR |SEATTLE PLAYWRIGHT TO HAVE PLAY PRODUCED AT LoIs STAR . DUST A Word From Josh Wise, "Ye oan" a oman sentenced chair, that tricity Is | . Not a Conservative SATINS FOR AFTERNOON GOWNS t toll | who's tor th’ | cleo fe.” original form, Daulet Frawley, who Khicker—tnterested in forest has guided many of Dame ‘Talent's leouservation? children towards success, has epok Bocke to, 1 ode’t evebcon fon In high praine the work of serve « new leaf.—New York Sun |}Mr, Sheffield. Sanger and Joran Be ee of New York hav tracted to wks bisects bandle the play aftor fts presenta ih Geeks tatiennte teat Gey ooh | Mr. Sheffield, born and ee ee ne ty New York City, is Oy eee | ot & prominent old family, his an ceators having established — the Oratory Not Needed. | Sheffield Sctentific School of Yale “Why do you think he's a good college, His father is W. R. Shet candidate? jfleld, a successful business man, “Well, he's a good talker who used every available method to Don't want him. We need a Jeonvinee his boy of the desirability good keepstilier.”-—-Cleveland Lead of a commercial life over that of! er the stage wey Good News for Father, Aquisitive, Perhaps Father Sheffield would} 1 understand that you never not t if hé realtzed that bis touched a doliar that didn't belong #on hae no asptrations to become | to you & laureted actor, bat concentrates | D| “1 won't Ko Ko far as that,” an his ambitions on the more serions jewered Mr, Dustin Stax; “although | calting of the architect of dramas. 1 wilt admit that if I touched a After my preparation for en- dolor it was mighty apt to belong | trance tnto Yale ” Mr, Shet to me Washington Star field told me. “nme Interested pa in dramatic work, Hy the time f An Illustration graduated from the Frotiman School | “Agtions sometimes speak louder of Dramatic Art in New York 1/ PHILIP SHEFFIELD. ‘iin amente. | [had written a number of plays SR TS! Oey Tye noticed, in taking practice, some of which were given | bitious or more successful than the ecies of the soothsayer. He! soyp.”—Louleville Courier-Journal. | fat amateur performances, 1 felt) average man of his age | confided to me that two well| Pn | fitted for it, and came west to gain} m4 known paimists had read his hand | Relive Steg cxpetinnts, wees F Work for Work’s Sake. idae alk ted taut ater? five yeaed toil, You know ut yo hed wal ea | hold every playwright should pow} “It may sound affected,” be said,| would bring « decided change in| Of i70, PEmneml Kecuaut puke pun! to succeed but richness, fame and public ap his life until he had won marked | “OWlds ¢ gg att Rs Tg me gy | He tw a fine looking chap of the! pinase do not seem the right/ success in London and Now York | fy ag Bi a todiinen | intelligent American type, and haa! thing to alm for, } wish to saeceed ax a playwright nes # | 4 lot of histrionle talent stored|to satisfy myself, Work for the After bis play has been produced path Maps away in hiv well shaped head. He work's sake, you know, t* the great here, Mr. Sheffield is planning to Hut when it comes to realtiy first stands jaarely and firmly uponlest of character butlders” put tie vaudeville sketeh The |Clase results ft takes just about hie feet, and speaks directly to| He ts muntecally gifted. He pos. | Night of the Cireus,” on the road,|#* much skill to be chauffeur to @ one, giving the Impression of de | sesses a good baritone voice, and He later hopes to tour the Orient, | furnace a» to an automobile termination and mental power.| plays by ear on the plano any returning by way of England to} | td The heavy satins make exquisite | atitehing and buttons, they are sult The nicest part about him, how./ opera he hears for the firet thine. |New York, wherc he will continue! We can't help feeling, though, | Costumes and really useful and en- able for any afternoon affair, Near- er, tx that he is boylably uncon-| He haw @ Julius Caeser attrac: | hin literary studies and dramatic | that Medicine Hat has just been | during ones. Combined with cloth | ly all skirts show some draping and |}ering an on. jin more delicate tones, heavy |the princess idea stil! holds sway. A FEATHERED IMPERSONATOR WHAT. Pre NOMSH IT MmAnT | it abeord anarthy of miagovern- . Bo The Mar hee brought forth | Ment-—by all means, capiiaiion for ite @remt what will « but ei to the efty tha: ~ pegpies wil! “What's the matter with you! », Tm a mocking bird. ‘What's that got to do with buf@ling up Ike that “Nothing, only I'm billed for an — of snow bind and dressed for the part. Under the weather tT ‘ 4 Love Koti lately it was itlewal for male and female actors In Japan to ap- | eee ere eee AKING FINNEGAN STEP ied WOMEN WAGE EARNERS \* INCREAGE FASTER THAN * THE wnt RATE. Murepean spectator j rows Industries are increas ing much more rapidly than A contonaton Travel Magesine ; the birth rate’ That is the re see ‘eaest claim of Rheta ©hilde Dorr, upon the . |#a wellknown sociological i vec'a Pipe e — | worker who hae made m study #) on" yo ue tae tr i" | | @ of the aubject. pain’ : } One women in five in the J fe oop ott t the sight. The] | United Sta has abandoned &)/ P00) ny nn to-Peeri, i domestic life and bas become # |; ove youn She disap a wageearner. The percent age of women ioedustriaiiate tf smaller im rural comaa uities. Im the larger cities two women out of seven, oF nearly one-third of the won an population, aro bread win ners. We are sacrifice of a thourand tha Wil You, sweet ane varing herweif that Cortainiy—E getting ax bed ae France in demoralizing the -” home, Time was in thiw hestew 09 ie. country when the toil of Jullet. coming forward women and children was not required im the shops and fac torte Hut that was the day before the advent of the mil lionaire and the tramp-—be fore the evolution of phutoe racy on the one hand and pauperiam on the other wow you hare Ht!” She rune away at Cull Romeo, Fee PETE YEE OY PEO TETSU TET Cree the theatre (2 smiling of weeping. ) A 1GHTHOUS Jt OGH. Sunday morning 4 minister's | — 7 * * * * * * * * *. * * * * * 7 * * * * 7 * * * * * 7 * * * * * * * + * * os * * you think Hat ath three reform be the renutt! ttle mere for couwett x shez, wtih ¢ of methods must we heave vo mn ial nave capita stem ¥ of wiet vtten hot ye to it! ve and ance, What| " mensare up| Mister Heaiter™! by th how © different ex that the Ce Dominion Fapre moore, and ia tambces cautd be 13 sie loremdnm™ to the ores public nothing from why thing abe these procedures | peu of reforms, | atavever with emeune for it another woman Observations in His Notebook. wo! M&LON PRET CANADA'S DREMEL HROORD. © the provincial @o anytht fisheries @epartment a ipried” | humber of deer sad me tor, cease thy wearying te cont find tt with or ye have | Kaxpreas | deer, 4 deer 6 mplete tne reaeb 2COTIONS OF A BACHELOM, coming and it ever body Dut getting time prone woman band does, ene van always fied alesse it was _ MR. SKYCACK. 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