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Member of the United * ab 4 daily by The Star Publish. ine Oo. we a tal of Insurance Com ner John H Schively marks the close of as bitter a judic as has ever been playe he st&te of Washington, To those who have Many owe THEIR EXISTENCE followe ‘ rsc ents at Olympia with any degree of) TO FACT THAT THI8 MAN tne a me he t been yexpected DOES HIS WORK WELL. iwenty x ! \ h tr | ely have " eal ay | t euilty, and law] How would gou like to be known emt ,.|as the greatens life saver in the t ‘ ‘ " atate of Washington | The title belongs to A. W, Per : ; - ley, Inspector of tracks and safety Tohn H. § ‘ not an innocent man who has eme appliances for the state of Wash triumphan from a mplicated persecytion lle not ington, His work has for tte ob oe . ’ ted | the |dect the safeguarding of railroad guilty,” and t innocent, Fe was acqt recatine S'S employes and also the thousands handicap 1 by the statut n the prosecution were too | of passengers who ride on railroad ‘ Ste Ae and with [aed Interurban electric railroads in no honor In the year 1908 one railroad ' ' | haan ‘ts the start |{luman was killed In this coun i . er < . b caake try every 2 hours and 14 minutes, ah \ } xa " cr examina-land one injured every ites ; has been a shallow pre- [during the year, Defective tracks A or defective apparatus used on en te The s of the te ut a S went | gines or cars was the answer in moat into | lay w lete ned for | #4 A. W, PERLEY, ora R aby He le . Big Man paid the United States government =" | Inspector Perley ts aix feet four | $40,900 in fines for using defective Twenty-six members believed him guilty and fourteen | (nches tall, and every inch of itn ~~ at. Repaira that weuld were determined that he should be declared not guilty, There = dew ‘ <r ll ~ devo ‘have avoided these fines would have . jon to the work of Improving COM | cost the ratlroade exactly $63,046 was no possibility of change. It was all determined from the} ditions for ratiroad employes and! ‘The successful inapector, like Mr ; , trouble and expense was! Passengers in this state, For 23 beginning, and all the ensuing talk, trouble k Lwmsingy yy Bienlgmnincgt tore aad has pretense and empty subservience to rules and formulas. 10. R. @ N. Co. in Kastern Wash r= iA ho voted to acquit Schively did not do so be-|!ngton, and practically every en The men wh : : 5 oie |gincer, brakeman, conductor and cause they were convinced tl d not do the deeds of which | rattroad trackman in the state ts] i he was a ed. They voted in his favor because they believed [actively asuiet him tn his present f. aaex! Bann! BarK! : : >| Work. These men have given hin) Agpow's peg 1 4 waren. the pros nm was animated by t tical a ns Of CCT | the name of “life saver | ( pormood nuisances! #1 tain persons, They st ly against John L. W n,| Inspector Perley has plenty Of! | gyee gar a Cwance fh oe 3 : Pi , authority under the laws of this} Atha Vf) YOR, wR! Gov. Hay and §, A. Per ta ey ¢ of the) state. He can order repairs made | se state of Washington. The le we r party to the pro-|in any section of roadbed in the aa | =A » ie ‘ state, and by a w of his hand ceedings except in name and the payment of EXPENSES. | can put out mieten aay de Politics and personal animus were at the bott f the prose-|fective engine or car, until it is} “TP properly repaired } | cution t tu and per nal an ' : aed His Work Tells So Schively’s guilt or innocence w a all atter, and the] pofore state Jnapection began, one | fact that he is a guilty man a 1 leaves no regret with the | rafiroad corporation was expending 5 A 1% | tment | $800 per mile y annum for track} ¢ prosecution other than a p al and personal disappointmen repaire this state, Under tel while those who labored for his acquittal rejoice in a political | ape ley’s regime that same | ; or has expending and personal triun ph tro 400 to $2,700 per annum | The people of the state have paid thousands of dollars for|per mils for tra pairs fn 7 2 = . Four years ago the p ntage of} the humiliation of having an insignificant politician's official) 510°). falioad equipment im this) Fox and personal career laid bare to the world, and their sole acqui-/ state was about 91 per cent. Last} .~ sition has been a contempt for all concerned and Schively is|fO") !) *" Oy te ont 7 still in office. That he will have the decency to resign and than three years ago, Inepector| “~~ retire from public view is beyond all hope. The whole matter, from beginning to end, has been dis-| at division potote gusting. The Seattle Day committee seems! to have forgotten to designate a/ world is much Mr man to stay and watch the city Harriman juat now, but it isn't en while the rest of us are at the fair.|tirely due to his personal popular | ity. interested in | ‘The popularity of the aeroplane | will grow faster when it has man sled a few innocent after the fashion of the auto. lhe aald in ae endertene. The transition from conservation) Doubtless to his intimate friends | to conversation is so slight that it) Mr. Schively is smiling through his may happen any time. {tears and saying, “Il told you ao.” "THE ARTLESS ANSWER YEP! BEEN RIGHT UP THERE FOR IN LITTLE OLD NEW YORK BY | ORMAN. NEW YORK, Aug. 27.—It was the few things the pawnbrokers had| & little past 4 a m. when Pollce-|refused. He went out into the} man Zabke met a thinly-clad, rain drenched man hurrying along One| shop, and stole Handred and Twenty-fifth st, with Court in Te & satchel which seemed too heavy| Magistrate Breen was in tears as, for him. The polleeman stopped! Bancker finished his story. Edward the man and made him open the satchel, It held 4 steak, a roast of beef and a string of sausages. “Yes, | stole them,” said the man “{ stole them to save my wife's life. She is dying of starvation. Let me take them home, and | will go to jail.” prosecute the case, Bre officer at once to investigate con ditions at the prisoner's home, giv to provide food for woman the si He's Locked Up But the policeman took him to prison and had him locked up. Be fore Magistrate Breen, in the morn ing, the prisoner told his story. He wa Villlam E&. Baneker, steamship stoker out of work. For two days he and bis wife had had no food pide, she ca out In her sloer “O, Wil, WIL; am dying! if 1 don't get something to eat, | shall have come too late found an empty home The policeman alive, death. at by her bed Masters and Not Servants die now.’ | Washington and Idaho property| In poverty 1 iliness, owners to the number of more than since th marriage © were 20,000 are ow ¢ erating tol the f te gether in the Northwestern Mutual plaint th man had « heard Fire Association of this city nd from | lin. And now sh thus obtaining over thirty mi would ken, ha lion dollars of insurance on thelr been cor of what she was| property at actual cost, These peo: 6a ple are no longer complaining of Pane { to a cupboard and | high ratés. They are masters, and {Gok out a battered scrowdriver and | not servants to any insurance com re among | bine one i There ta every evidence that the! The park board, as a compromise, - jmight clip off a portion of center) bystanders) eid, where the Lord's prayer may Bo el |much Interested in a man as if he | | One reason women have such a | good time talking so much is they jeonsclonce money, were THE STAR THE SEATTLE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE A. W. PERLEY THE GREATEST | LIFE SAVER IN THE STATE| Perley often found as many as 16 defective engines in # total af 30 On his recent dom found | two defective he or Inapection trips more than one out of 90. } One of the interstate commerce commission inspectors recently | stated that three years ago the rallroads in the state of Washington were In as bad physical condition as jany in the country, and that today they are the best of those In any Radiantly briMiant bathing suit, attired in a whe | of the 32 states he visite officially one sng yesterday with her mother Ralireade Lose Maney. Now, be careful, daughter, and across the But there is still room for im admon provement. Last year the railroads mt get hair wet,” ished mamma tng cap at he Yes, mother REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. jobedient daughter your Tl be careful saying, she unwound her switch, removed ber puffs, hung them on the knob of @ convenient door and tripped gally acroes the jhall and into the tank ‘The reason a girl can be sure her eyes are blue ts they aren't A widow knows how to be just as was interesting Two Leent stampa, representing have so Iittle to say by Postmaster Russell the other The more subscriptions you make | day He will have the letter ia to charities, the more the people | which the stampa were Inclosed, as who drag the money out of you act! wel} as the stamps, framed and as if they supported them. lhung on the wall of hie home as an A man’s idea of comfort Is when | exemplary evidence of honesty bis wife thinks it would be a die! The letter, which a written in « grace to her for any of her friends | childish hand, t# evidently from & who call in carriages to see bim | hittle girl. Comment on It would be dressed that way.—New York Pross.|aimost a sacrilege. Here te the POINTED PARAGRAPHS, = |" Mdmonda, Aug. 26, 1909 Dear Sir.—Some time ago I sent unloss It 48 |» Httle package by mall from there You asked me If there was any’ writing in it, I sald a name only,| when In fact there wae another) word beside the name. So will now) enclose the extra postage I've felt almoat like a liar and @ thief alnce. | A truck has wheels garden truck Vanity lea woman's face. Some people's breakfast isa sort of cereal story. | An officoholder never retires until | its footprints on a the voters pry him loose. Binceroly yours, BRC. A woman tan't necessarily gifted j because she has the gift of gab. Poople in the theatrical profes The nearer you approach many a kreat man, the amalier he looks Flour by any other name would smell as wheat—to the shorts — Chicago News. OPEN LETTER To An Afric Hunter sion are generally regarded ag @ superstitious lot of folks, but thore fs one prominent fellow tn this city who te pot afraid to put up an umbrella in the house or walk an der a indder This was demonstrated yesterday when Duncan Inverarity went into the new Majestic, The lobby of the storm, forced the door of a butcher Capobianco, the butcher, refused to! ence has shown 4 held Bancker in $1,500 bail, and sent an) jp yoy ing him money from his own pocket rved The kindly help of the judge may | The woman, missing her husband from her side, | had, in her delirium, wandered Into} the streets in search of him. She! finally arrived at the prison, barely | She hovers between life and} Retiring from Business $100,000 STOCK OF FINE SHOES SAC- RIFICED. EVERY PAIR MUST BE SOLD. SEE OUR WINDOWS FOR PRICES. Treen Shoe ompany 707 FIRST AVENUE BY EDMUND V. COOKE. What's the good to kill a rhi Noceros, of brace of Ii ns, of hippopotami? Don't you know that modern sci A greater tri for steady hand and eye? must make something die, Come on home and kill a fly! Umph PURCELL SArEe Co, HAIL'S SAFE & LOCK CO.'S SAFES Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co. MANUWACTURIORS OCCIDENTA 4 Hept FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1909, BAILLARGEON’S Children’s School Coats and Jackets “Piccadilly"—You well know what that mr office, ae necond-clane matter STAR DUST A Gray Mixed ngbone Cheviot must be a sort ‘of walking | dia on equipme arda required Red or Navy Cheviot, strictly tailored of Manges on engine A Handsome Little Covert Coat, tive coupling applt A Full Length N inspect draw alr brakes knd A Full Length Coat of Trousering engines and cars are fully equipped | in compliance | Earned Hie Increase garment full lined; carrying on his A Very Handsome Tweed, full ler 83 fullest extent, | I by the railroad road officials and is fairly ido! _& 4 Boys’ Suits and Trousers Dr. Denton’s Sleeping Garment Knickerbocker n the railroad employers and had earned It Knickerbocker Inspector of tracks | ommission of Washington *) DOe, O5¢ r These garments poritively will satisfactory che MR. JELLYFISH zea 6 months to terns In Boys BE. 83,5. BEES BG at, FE aD eLLOW — Fink POE Stocking with heels and toes ? Very Special Hair Goods § am 83.55 and $4. 28-inch Natural Bwitches Boys’ and girls’ best Stockings Onyx Black; @ regular il Pufts, $6.00 qualits | everywhere; bere Hair Rolle at {8e, le they lant, $8 values in Wavy Gray Switches 85.15 and 86.25 Suit Case and Trank Specials Leather Suit Case, 4 linen Mned, with shirt ineide straps end wm Good-bye to His Memory theatre was filled with the ladders walked inta the and scaffolding of decorators, and right at the entrance to the business guct office two big Indders were spread Brown Rattan Suit Case, er corners, short straps, Hnen ned, with shirt fold; » x His Argument We don't need that at needs two itors squeexed around the . You left your bath, the ladders until Inverarity, of the (ai Drucker’s Touring Trunk, 34(n., compartment tray and one lining, solld brass lock and heavy leather straps; special buy anything anewered the | squeezing around, down and crawled right in under the ladder inte the office is Mapleine day Garvey Buchanan Co. | Garvey Buchanan Co. Third avenue car patrons. find easy accena to the through the Seneca: street entrance, Oar Tea Room, "Oo GOES UP It behooves you to get busy since an advance of 600 per toa) after September Ist is almost certain. RENTON COAL I can supply your ne LD For Friday’s and Saturday’s Buying Asparagus Kidney Pills— Tt is positively the best coal in 8 J. W. BULLOCK 609 10th AVE. Yard Route wrist and Inland = White's Vichy and Kissingen Salts— Cascarets— 25¢ box for .... Riveris’ Taleum— Navy D. D. D. Eczema Cure— $1.00 bottle for Witch Hazel— Rxtra Boats ov Smuday. Subject te Change and Bunday only strength .. Merck’s Sugar of Milk— Full pound for Seattiomt iio | °% 1018 Ms m Children between aged 15c ~ EVERETT AND EDMONDS MEALS SERVED oodbury’s Facial Cream— Peroxide Facial Cream— Woodbury’s Dental Cream— Thymol Tooth Paste— Yukon Hot Water Bottle— 2-quart size; regular $1 Furnished Free. 3 Bartell Drug Stores No. 2—Main Store 610 Second Avenue CAFE & GRILL FIRST AND MADISON paunamnanaaasa ared. test. Goodbye # SEB) Main office, 219 Marion streak