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POKES COWS IN RIBS 5 FUNNY STORIES allied the winning un It = (Conctuded.) 334 fei Taft pas he heard and tnstant tn Boi y | |Y srasped their good-natured mean: ed ws | Ee er he ask gutton chops Police Lead Procession White H in the Tmmediatel St have | mmediately preceding the pres Jae ident’s car was an automobile con taining Chief of Police Irving Ward of Seattle, and ‘Chiet of Police Chamberlain, of Vancouver, B. © and Detectives Barbee and Keefe who are the president's personal body guard while the latter ts & the city. Following the oar in which the first he has told ae prostieen rode wae the secret , the e bh : ce ca perative in Charge a he bas been In a Thomas B. Foster rode on the Mis told it to the little crowd | step and Operatives Murphy, wine machine | Glover and Thayer inside the car pas Setes Pye 7 very front rode the mount = he sai ed police, in charge . Fr we of Sergeant tation, which had sheep. He inquir & darkey whether Tells a Funny Story plained that ne Ng ng and st Britain, in better | the president told a Jackson And He Smited. Since enthusiastic cheering has ht cop Would make |, reat 3 rd in Seattle aince the W advent Of the fleet Inst year, The “¢ mi the “gut am de/ eons nt, thronged the sidewalk ° ire distance of t) seh diab ab mah evah sat | raved anakerchtat hats, umbrel + } 'A8 And canes, and shouted at the ttt "yn ors See, he top of their volces to attract the —y stalin ee He attention of the nation’s chief exec aan dak Cae uttve, And all through it all the fair go | President sat in his handsome car and doffed his silk tile and amiled He Goes Golfing. j Tt was the original, genuine, cele qeeult of his request, the brated smile for which the presi away from the “mad-| dent is noted all over the country f ne! And the crowds smiled and | 7 for once, when he and laughed ¢ Country club this| With him. It made them laugh t at the Country | see ‘him smile oe Serb of the club knew it was/ Nothing marred the occasion. Al! Seeing and they were there en | ‘ams and other vehicles were kept they did not accompany off the streets. executive on the rounds | Prominent Men Followed. " but had to be content Besides the ‘ president's party f distance ves Z al there followed 15 automobiles con ‘strenuous nn ag mere taining prominent men of the city fence on the sidential and nation. Among those tn cars watched the een ip | following the president were: ek the i mee }} Senators Piles and Jones, Gov- skelter Sr ericial entity }ernor M. E. Hay, exGovernor John is, 8 OO Seuret H. mre ey Henry, Judge | rke, F. W. Baker, Jostah Murphy was rather | Conins and Jacob Furth. Capt. bagel yg The route of the parade was from when ee not bored. exercise and the quiet relief to a man who feted and feasted clear ja continent and must be re- tefeasted back again. fy after 3 o'clock the presi Mi party with the local men mtry club in automo-/ Colman dock, where the | embarks on Chester! } Taft Hands Out Bitterest Kind of a Pill for the Northerners to Swallow Sr and Hopes Blasted. at 10 o'clock, amid a — hands which grew into! The tong waited for utterance of roar of cheers as the/ a from the revoly.| President Taft on “home rule for William Howard Taft) Alaska” came yesterday, a bitter Mekly to his waiting auto: | disappointment to the hundreds of Mi after a second’s yy }men of the north who had gath ors to Ol ered in the amphitheatre to bear ly driven away | First av. and/'t. Last night the cables carried following the the news to Alaska that President . Taft is opposed to home rule and ode Mayor | will try to provide a system of com in Archt-| mission government. F Serv President Taft frankly explained Jamas Sloan stood beside his opinion on the question, even jafter he had been made a member { “Ob, you Bill” and “Hel-| of the Arctic Brotherhood. He de |B,” greeted the president from | livered the address which blighted vate yacht for Tacoma ’ tho Washington } 1, to Mrst av to Cherry st. up Cherry at, to Seo md av,, then to Union at, then to Third av. where the parade di banded | An Prosident Taft passed tho| Broadway high school this morning on his way to the fair after the} down town parade about 1,600 puptis were Ined up in front of the build hime The students had practiced the | Yalo yell and as thé president drove pant they launched It at him, Mr. | Taft stood up in bis automobile and bowed to the right and left. The} jpresident then turned to Mayor | Miller, who was in tho sont beside jhim, exclaiming, “The enthustasm |manifested bids well for the of the republican party,” future | ALSO OPPOSED TO BALLINGER (Dy United Press) MADISON, Wis, Oct. 1.—Ral linger must go" ft the burden of an editorial tn Senator Lafollette’s | | magazine this week, in which, re-| |garding the secretary of the in | tertor, he says “The reclamation of the arid lands of the wost le one of the greatest Roosevelt policies. Not! reclamation by ‘big business, but | “by the people.’ In seven years the reclamation service bas reclaimed and opened to homesteaders over & wifilion acres, her fore arid lands, and there was no graft an jno rake-off for ‘big business.’ It in} Just the people redeeming the! | deserts for themselves with their! }own capital “The president proclaims his THE STAR—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1909, PEARY {SIN | NEWYORK AND BOARD SHIP Joins the Roosevelt and Takes Part in the Big Naval Parade Today on the Hudson River. (Ry United Pros.) NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—Acecompan led by his wife, Commander Robert E. Peary arrived here at 7 o'clock this morning. They were met by Herbert Bridgman, secretary of the Peary Arctic club. and had break fast with him at the Belmont hotel. At 9:10 this morning the Roose velt, with Commander Peary and his party aboard, steamed up the river between two excursion boats }and took its place In the Hudson Fulton parade, The explorer re- fused to say anything further re garding his controversy with Dr.| Frederick A. Cook. Pearly only missed meeting Dr Cook by half an hour at the rath road station this morning, Just 30 minutes after Peary had left the station, Dr, Cook arrived to take a| rain for Boston, where he lecturos jontght | |loyalty to the Roosevelt polictes. | We do not question the president's | sincerity in his repeated pledges: “But we condemn heartily those | whose official conduct places the president under the constant neces aity of reassuring thi ple of his loyalty to these policies. The chief of these official malefactors ts Bal |inger. While the president ia! pledging loyalty to the Roosevelt | policies, Ballinger is overturning jthem whenever {t t* in his power, | | “If Ballinger will serve the ‘in. | | teresta,’ let him do ft In private | lemployment.” ALASKA HOME RULE 1S OPPOSED BY PRESIDENT the hopes of Alaskans, garbed in jthe regalia of the brotherhood | “I have told you frankly as a man how I stand on this question lof Alaskan government. You have made me a member of your broth erhood and I have spoken as a brother. If im your hearts there | should now be a wish to take back {the honor you have bestowed on me, do #o, but you cannot take back jthe fact that I spoke falrly as a brother should.” Silence Follows Remarks. The big crowd which heard the address was silent. A few cried! out “No, no,” but for the most part all were | still The president In his address clearly set forth his objections to &@ territorial form of government. He contended: that for the mec part the population of Alaska was & constantly shifting one, subject to unexpected migrations from one section to another, and that while this condition existed there could Ask Your Dealer for Soaplake Soaps ROB JEWELRY STORE Eleven watches, valued at $150, | were stolen from the jewelry atore conducted by W. H. Symons at 1437 The | was discovered this morn. the store was opened for fhe burglar smashed a hole in the side window, which en abled him to unlock the catch, | Symons reported to the police that the watches stolen were hang ing on the work rack. He forgot to lock the timepteces in the safe last night. The stolen property be Third av, Wednesday night robbery longed to customers. be no local responsibility. Further, | he was of the opinion that the vast area of Alaska precluded ita being governed ax one itory owing to the natural clashing of intereets | that were certain to arise. f In view of the circumstances he |} belfeved that the commission forn of government would be the best method until such time as the popu-! Tmt) acquired a reasonable sta bility. Thon It would be proper to, divide the territory #0 that the sec: tions having kindred taterests could work together Perhaps the bitterest pill the Alaskans had to swallow during the course of the addreas was the com- ison with the Philippine islands. 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