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Mow of the Untied ' shed dally by The Star Pubtten tne Co. Frederick M. Kerby } nd riends ental this does not 1 defense stan rby, like Ballinger of intelli~ent serutin was an employe f the United States the goverr Kerby salar as it paid Ballinger’s, and it wa the United States, ar I hat Kerby owed loyalty. As lor as Ba res f the United State wa Kerby nger, but when the secretary of the interior n and be ery to the Gi by's obli n mak 1own to Sta the public--the full scope and i r’s ¢ t. And that is what he did alc use. There are a cashier and an \t cashier in a bank, both paid by the president of the bank. The assistant cashier, through his intimate re lations with the cashier, discovers that the cashier is stealing the bank’s money. What is the moral and legal duty of the assistant cashier? Morally and legally he is obligated to in form his employer, and if he does not do so h party to the crime, before the law as guilty as the did the actual thieving This is exactly the position in which Kerby found himself He could not help but know that Taft and Ballinger were not treating the public fairly He told what he knew, and the result is now well known. Under no theory of ethics can he be condemned. Quite to the contrary, he is entitled to the thanks of the nation for a service rendered at a personal sac rifice. Those who suffered by Kerby’s honesty and cour may heap opprobrious epithets on him to the full ext of their outraged vocabulary, but it will do them little good They cannot by an excess of excoriation alter facts, and facts, not indignant diction, are of interest to the public at this moment. Whatever the effects of this exposure may be, and can but be momentous and far reaching, Frederick M. Kerby has proven himself a loyal servant of the government, and his who they second to that of Glavis as a man name will stand only dared to do United States, the Guggenheim trusts and the organized forces right, even in the face of the president of the of disloyal public officials AS a question of personal privi-, Considering his reputation as a lege, no one will deny that his | Practit rr, it is not aprategert Hyde should continue bis study of t right to be eeenen nen # portent. Hane te medicine, even in jail. frightened to death over the comet Ir T controversy has jestablished the fact that the func Evidently Denver is not desirous tion of the public is to pay and of killing the “beast” by thirst. ———— Madison st p still ane ! |“the angels heard you say your prayers last night.” | | “That's queer,” replied Minnie. “I | didn’t say them A judge gave a bridegroom this advice: “When you are married go straight home as soon as your work is done, and you will cure all the trouble of life.” “Well, my little man,” queried the parson, “do you always do as your mother tells you?” You bet I do,” anawered the 5- year-old, “and so does dad. Mrs. Baxter receives a salary of $4.50 a week for teaching t schoo! at Mormon Hollow, Del. The the school is held in her house. “Thar’s a good argument ag’ only pupil is her own daughter, and ence,” n that | United States paid} | | everything. Ag’in punct’ality, the Mother (to new nurse)—Do you th’ early worm who always gets| know how to give the baby {ts caught.” | food? a Nurse (cautiously)—Yes'm — if | “Yes, love,” said Mrs. Kiwock,' it's a bottle baby WILL THE COMET KNOW US? How this country of ours has changed since 18 when the comet was here last! The new country was just being opened up, the civilization was pushing westward What changes the rail nm came the telograph, the telephone; then wire and we are now learning to fly! What will the roads made! T leas, automobile earth be like when Halley's comet comes back for its next visit in 19857 dott Vorried Mit der Comet As OSGAR Makes Id Quid to Fred Schaefer. oe .. “come oun” + SAIC, DER COomeT. 68S. Oren? May 18 (BULLETIN)-—-Nod . . . (AGAIN A BULLETIN)—~Id hass nod habbened. {ADDITIONAL BULLETIN)~-Adolf iss becaming indignant. He vonders why dot comet don'd do Id . . . (SOME MORE BULLETIN)—Id hass penetrationed drough Adolf's doddering densene id vill nod take blace. He hase decidet dot der comet wass trafeling mit such a velockity dot der velockity bustet a tire und skidded into some odder planet besites himseluf. { found him hiting in der cellar unter a soap box. “Come oud,” I sald, “der comet iss ofer.’ Now he vants hiss olt cuckoo clock back! | hs flame.-—Thoreau. A FATAL THE STAR—WEDNESDAY, M THE SEATTLE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE ERNATIVE AY 18, 1910, | BY FRED 6BCHAEFER | He Buys 40 Acres in “ | ee WHEN A MAN MARRIES HIS TROUBLES BEGIN a ] a 8 TRACTS | TOONEMAN your, #1) 6 Vatered Lake Ballinger Garden Tracts Interest ; Well Known Capitalist akes Notes | a Body and Vi Subdivide It. SIRE RRR 2 ATE SAARC T TR epee rereere- se ware toes ee ee | | | , , f nteallly inveg, . T Class for som x bullding doy wn ee ger Gar He } 1 fg al They were accustomed to take Sunday walk Gootleman and | 1 cod t bound on Mrs, Goosleman and the little Googles. On such walks there was | northward. He hat the always a little friction—nothing to amount to much, but enough to | i neonate hat the soit take the edge off the 4 easure. When 4 man and his wife | : A 1d was bound and children are out 1 or on ¢ one day of the week, their | anu *n¢ Lake Balif eamwork isn't always perfect. 8 mes Mr. Goozloman was die | Garden Tracts struck } t . nee ed to be too critical } chance fi prof After ir ¥ « experiment. She would keep her mouth and let Mr ule iia des ths . man do all the talking. On the next Sunday they went out as usual hae Pls aoenasie but she carried a smail pad of paper and « pencil In the course The buyers in this subdivision have of the ramble she made brief notes of various incidents, and after people who know. They are the class home was reached she handed her methoranda to Mr. G » that property i e could see elf € a" him Th is hat he ‘ead Z b id himself as others saw bir wha rea Take the new Everett interurban on F between Pike ang 5 We start. Pa leads Baby Gladys.{track. Asks ma if she is carrying] Pine, on the even hour. Our meet every car leg L I go on ahead with Tommy so Pa| notebook and penetl to figure up] ing from 8 a. m. to > * an «ive us directions how to walk.|how much she can run him tnto| ies es 4 rhe wllasdion Lake. Tracts ay z pe is tutte Che . Sgt a ia a 1/ Pa in good humor tr the|debt next month. Ma ignores re rom one to five acres, at $ act—one-fourth cag . show o knife thrower whose acts as hin target) aig & permitted to go with| mark as beneath notice of a lady and the balance in 36 monthly o y payments understand your wife ain't feelin’ well toda Can you do without “ ' | :. } her, and not mias her? ue | ie 9 | Pa's selfish disposition shown in at a “ ee as ber TG HAVE to do with We approach park. Some fine wsing to let Willie roll down residences facing {t. Pa shows his|grasay bill. Also complains be-| champagne appetite on a beer in-| cause baby wants to be carried. Pa * COMMENT LACKED DIPLOMACY leome by wishing for a bull « lot| doesn't realize that babies are not | Capital Sorptns q ‘ol away beyond his means. “Tricks”|Edward Payson Westons. I carry - S tiveosw Ee | ‘nctitianinttidiiaernaie lis chased off a rich man’s lawn, Pa| baby a spell, but Pa makes me put WOW’ 5 She called up the office |makes anarchistic remarks about! her down because {t looks e we Aah i 4 My husband is sick today. He ts going to stay home with me.” | It aren't used to gotng anywhere 203 New York Bullding be) Woll, teil him he has my profoundest sympathy,” replied the p hied Mas ' Ried = a et a boss briskly Pa tries to cross in front of au-| Pa gives three bossy orders and] ———— BB! She would have asked him to explain that, but he had already | tomobile, dragging Gladys. Nearly| makes four dumb breaks himself) a hung up the ver run over. Roasts me for screaming. while pretending to be perfect. | ine 7 fences ‘ | Biames Willie, Why? Pa acts like Willie asks for bag of peanuts and RI MOVE D an old crank disguised as @ sensi-|Pa enjoys the chance to give him|f 4, sis? Sineamaiall or elie . CIGARICALLY SPEAKING |B ‘citinen another call down To. cur sew Fireprost Stocngp. Warehouse ot’ 18th ahd see | eee Dh Bekins Moving & Storage Co. , m~ we : | Pass place where there used to) Rain. Pa had refused to bring] Telephones: East 414. Cedar 414 ~aty wife tant’ as strong as she looks, . [be s race track. Pa feels sore| umbrel We arrive home wet.| a . Indeed. I suppose that dark wrapper she bas on ts deceptive. j thinking of the dough he lost at the| Pa had to carry baby after all ‘ When he read this concise account of his behavior, Mr. Goosle | >> >> —_- —e AN UNCOMFORTABLE STATUS man said nothing at all. But he did a lot of thinking Business Bringers, Star classified ads. Buy @ AE _—— ee sy —————~ | sell real estate, etc. Kind Old Gentleman (who has been quizaing a youngster jon A WOMAN’S WAY HER PROTEST " a rae the street): But if you are neither a stepehiid nor an orplfin, | Str. City of lverett or Telexraph what are you? This was an-| Frugal wife: How much does|] Arnold’s Remedies Lonely Little Roy: I'm unclaimed freight other of those| your lunch down town cost you? Never Fail For Kind Old Gentioman: Eh, anclaimed freight? married men.| Extravagant Husband Fifty |] Asthma, Bronchitis, Hay Fever Lonely Little Boy: Yes, sir; pa and ma are divorced After @ good deai| cents. ll and Coughe. en aac remeron ueEEa ences eae TT of bickering over Frugal Wife 1 think I'll eat Call or write AN UNFEELING RETORT | vee Coowe, New| Saye Cee tee M. 8336, 336 Arcade Block. tle the family| funds, he bed DOUBLY SUCCESSFUL ss Three round Laas fe Mrs. & when I repeat Mr. Soure on the boat. » I embarked upon the sea of matri mony with you I made a mistake. Well, horeafter examine your ticket before ge all the san ing END OF THE SPAT They met Cogewelker down town look ing sort of happy. As they knew he had been having trouble with bis whe, they stop ped him and ask o@: “Didn't your wife remain at her mother's long ? smiled Coggwelker, “only at her mother.” till she got sore MORE CAREFUL NOW “Yes, that's nker's wife it was love at first sight No wonder he hasn't looked the same since Reflections of a Bachelor Friends won't disappoint you un y get the chance ms to be much girl against her easior to will than kiss with it Destiny turns a man into @ foot ball, but the devil picks those who| shall kick it | A man can get to a place so much| quicker in a street car for a nickel that he wants to take a cab for a doliar—New York Press. Covering His Tracks. Garbage Collector oodness gracious that he was cooking his meals at| home. He had to make the grocery | and meat bills look right, that’s all | Love must be as much a light as A FINANCIAL TIP There had been more or less per-| siflage tn the smoking room, | and one fellow had gotten off the wheere about y hildren betng the | ‘coupons clipped ff the bonds of metrimony. By the way,’ ‘why do they ‘the bonds of or chipped man refer to marriage as matrimony” ” Because,” answered one cynical chap, “the interest ceases after! about 20 years.” New qualit ms Have the Smiths gone | judge jcrazy? Their can Is packed to the} One woman can stir up more top with fresh moat and vego-| trouble than a dozen mere men tables What a man says about his ene Apartment Janitor—Here's a dol-| mies should be taken with a pound lar that Mr. Smith told me to give|of salt | you. Now, forget it Take a good watch to a pawn} G. C.—That'll help some. But| broker and see how quickly the what's the game? time passes—Chicago News A. 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