The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 22, 1910, Page 4

So Pi } . i ' ; ; ; ; ; ' Rallard 4 Mutlom, 5400 ab | tard ave Keerett Perris, 2010 Summit ave. [FROM DIANA’S DIARY STAR DUST mw we se Why Did Dr. Ricketts Die? THE STAR The tae Publishing Co. d datly by ° . Miss Dilipickles Is Notified of a Legacy Which le Hers if She Gots It There { not long ago ir ¢ ty of M co an American eee ea oe oe Korie iad and After She Does She Wonders Why She Did. physician named Ricketts, The cause of his death was that dread disease typhus fever, but it was not caught in the usual by gues ecitnaien way. Dr. Ricketts went to Mexico because there was typhus there. Just what was the concrete reason for his going would be stated yoby different people are in this land a not numerous but a ver % active body of people, who would say that Dr. Ricketts went t very Mexico for the purpose of indulging a brutal taste for torturin monkeys. There are others who would say that he was a hero wh dared the most loathsome of deaths for the chance of benefit ing mankind There are hosts and hosts of us who listen to the pros an cons and care little about the matter. But the story is reall more dramatic and absorbing than that of the charge up Sai Juan hill or the capture of Port Arthur. Here it is, in t Dr. Ricketts made up his mind shat typhus fever is communicated through the bites of the body louse, just as malaria and yellow fever are carried by mosquitoes, the sleeping sickness by flies, bubonic plague by fleas, and other diseases by other insects and animals. He wanted to know. Not for any careless curiosity, but that the disease might be intelligently combated. There was typhus in Mexico, and he took some assistants and went there. ‘Typhus is called “jail fever,” “spotted fever,” and by othe names, and is a much more dreadful disease than typhoid. I attacks prisoners and the dwellers in the slums, very seldom in »od society.” truding into There were only two ways open to Dr. Ricketts study of the disease. He could experiment on human beings o on animals. Naturally he chose Inasmuch as monkey are the only animals known to be capable of taking typhus, h In doing thi in ar obtained a supply of monkeys and went to work he sacrificed monkeys to the cause mostly, but men One of his assistant with which they were exper flesh so that the lice might bite parasites really gave the disease his hand and bit. He took typhus and nearly died evidence that Ricketts’ theory was correct Monkeys were “tortured” daily work was finished, and the mystery of typhus laid bare dread disease is merely a matter of cleanliness. of saving men —poo the loathsome a bottle of and held it to a monkey menting Tt It was clea: as seemed necessary. Th thanks to Rickett—when typhus breaks out in a prison, we can go to the man in charge and point at him the accusing finger, | of thone freak wills, and did I mind | her as much joy to recetve it ma it} Clean | doing & stunt to get the legney? saying, “Thou art the man guilty of these men’s deaths. out the vermin and you clean out typhus.” where we can face the disease tranquilly, for we know how tc fight and defeat it world of physical evil. But just at the close of this brilliant work Dr. Ricketts took the disease and died. Some will say that he died for the love of his pet vice of torturing animals. But it seems rather difficult for a reasonable mind to take that view. Such minds, we think, wil! prefer to rate him as a hero and a martyr—in spite of the monkeys. —_— A MATTER OF PREFERENCE “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove!” exclaimed the poet “Hub, for me the legs of the turkey!" retorted the hungry ee King County Politics Joseph R. H. Jacoby has livened up political circles by the emphatic declaration that the middle of July would see him installed in the of- flee of the United States marshal, to succeed Charles B. Hopkins, the Present incumbent. Jacoby told the skeptical that he had a letter from Wesley L. Jones, informing him that he was the next United States marshal for the Western division of Washington. Jacoby also gave his story an air of plausibility by divulging the fact that during Taft's entire residence tn the Philippines he was personal body guard to him. It has been known for a long time that Senator Jones of the opinion that he could name the marshal for Seattle: ern Washington. Senator Piles, since Hopkins’ term expired in March, has beon endeavoring to secure him @ reappointment, but Jones, up to the present time, has blocked Piles’ efforts in this direction. Jacoby has a recommendation to Jones favoring his appointment signed by George W. Dilling and Ralph R. Nichols, two of the t executive committeemen who managed Jones’ senatorial campaign King county. R, W. Hill the supervisor of th of Jones’ most active political workers, dorsement. Hopkins, who was originally an appointee of John L. has been and West- ree In who was one Iso has signed Jacoby’s en- Wilson, ts fm bad favor with the senatorial candidate. Wilson has furnished considerable support to Samuel L. Lemmon, who has aspirations to succeed Hopkins. Lemmon, however, although a diligent Jones worker, has not received any endorsement from Jones Jacoby's activity has caused consternation in the Wilson organi- gation. Wilson wants to hold the place open until after the pri- maries in September. Wilson has a deal with the south end crowd that John Wooding should have the place. If an appointment should be made, Wilson will lose his hold on the south end politicians. Jacoby maintains that Jones has promised immed action. If Jones gets Jacoby the place, Wilson will find himself In an awkward position. Chairman Terhune’s statement that there would be no county con- vention because of lack of money to hold it ts the political joke of the season. County chairmen in the past ere telling of th as ith which money has always been obtained for similar purposes. There never has been any trouble before. Two years ago a county conven- tion was held to pick delegates to a state convention that did nothing but draw up 4 republican platform. There was no alfficuity in get ting money then. This state convention, besides the making of the Platform, will nominate candidates for the supreme court bench. Considering the grand jury revelations as to the way things are Gone in the county treasurer's office, It is full time that a stranger had charge of the office. McConnaughey had the job four years: then he turned the books and the county's cash over to his friend Matt Gormley, who has had control for six years; now Gormley picks Mc Connaughey as bis successor. It is @ rather tight corporation of in- terests, is it not? Municipal Judge John B. Gordon will have no trouble in securing & renomination for justice of the peace. It is generally conceded that Beattie needs Gordon as a police judge, and he will get a place an jus tice of the peace so the mayor can appoint him police Judge. The fight between John F. Murphy and Frank 8. Griffith for the” Fepublican nomination for prosecuting attorney bids fair to be the mont exciting of all the county contests. Today it would be next to imporsible to pick the one that has the better of the contest. None of the other candidates have din i any strength or apparently done any work, Yesterday was county treasurer day at the court house. Both Will H. Hanna and his opponent, J. W. McConnaughey, were hustling around the building lining up political support. Hanna had an easy time of ft, as practically all of the county employes who do any pc Utical work are with Hanna. A few of the old-time ring henchr who have not yet awakened to the fact that the direct prim in force, are talking of “putting a slate over.” McConnaug! slate. Nine out of ten men in the court house, however, Hanna, : on y law to y is the are with County Engineer Morrison will probably have no oppositién at the republican primaries for renomination. Morrison has done ¢ work, and as he does not know how to make enemles, no one will eet in his way. men is was to determine if the One of them crawled out on} The work went on.| 1, | The | skyscraper. After this—|seed store We now stand/a band box if It is a victory of human intellect over the} nd ——> | ing time y} g| 1 | e | Doing a Stunt to Get the Legacy? It 1 Then he read from the will } Well, I arrived here at Poa Vine | didn’t say what the legacy was, and looking as sorrowful as I could on|the lawyer said be didn't know Juhort notice over ndma Chut-|etther, But b * what grand |ney’s passing in her checks. The|ma wanted me to My dearly fact that she used to be a trick bi-| beloved granddaughter, Diana D mY der with Barnum’s circus| pickles, to show ber confidence in was something | didn't hold against | me and her appreciat! of what I fer w her, because that was before I was} am about t born. And if she hadn't pulled | go to my residence and th down good salary at it she) the bicycle about which cl . r | couldn't have left me a legacy fondest memories, she to mount said I located the lawyer's office, It and ride upon ~ tame wan on the top floor of the village | from my residence to the Pea Fine You get to it by one| Farmers and Drovers’ bankewith ¢| flight of wooden steps on the out-| key to my deposit box, herewith in wide of the red brick hardware and med, and upon presentatian of uaid key, after riding said bleycl I showed his letter ta Mr. Souff,|as prescribed, whe to recel¥e and he explained that this was one | tents of said box, and may it give bicycle | has given me to hoard it-for her.” I told him I'd go over Niagara 'n| “Hide a wheelT I always doted neceusary, but T)on it,” I gurgied hoped it was something easter. i (Continued.) >t le 2s mes ” Fables of Convention VI. THE MOULTING HEN “This is positively the last fable. |aane persons. | or Once there was a hen that moult. | #08,” or “all omine PP reapectal persons,” or “ali wire persons Jed a whole month after all the other | Perea neople” taee Job | jhens had moulted this word has come to exert Why she did this we hare no |means of knowing to a certainty | Perhaps she did so to be odd. Per | haps she honestly thought it would | be a good thing to change the!/ | moulting season to a time later in| | the fall than the conventional moult-| Perhaps she could not) |help herself—was afflicted with some dermal trouble that delayed | moulting, or was otherwise physi cally incapacitated from shedding her feathers on schedule Neither do we know precisely | what the other hens thonght of her | moulting thus untimely. We can lonly infer as to what they thought ot her from what they did to her They® harried her to death. It is not quite clear why they did | this, The hen that moulted untime In presented a Indicrous figure in mendous tapetits Ieatabs Zechariah « Thus sal oider and less sophis ations They” has come stand as the aymbol of some mys terious infallibility, standing behind all, and embodying all prop jards of morality and manners This word has a peculiarly terrt- fying ffect upon the mind of the In short the barnyard, it is true, with her bare blue skin, ali flecked with bluer pin feathers, but her appear ance in such a guise would hardly seem to justify such condign pun-} |ishment as the other hens meted jout to her One thing, however, is clear, though the reason behind It is dark It is obviously shockingly immor al to moult when nobody else is moulting j We must add that the rooster | to his eternal glory we say it—took | no part whatever in this dire} tragedy NOTE— 506 a — “They.” Primarily a mere per-| average conforming sort of persor sonal pronoun, third person, piural,| especially upon such as are content |this word has long been invested | to let hired teachers, preachers, edt to WHPNESDAY, THE SEATTLE STAR EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE «| He Explained That This Was One of Those Freak Willa, and Did | Mind | fon-| orthodox per-| r stand | with @ peculiarly sinister and ma-| tors, ete, do ali their thinking for }lign meaning in an impersonal thein. | |sense. In this sense it means, faun-| There are a few people, -however |damentally, something like “all per-| who don’t care a tinker's damn what ns,” or “all hens,” as the case| “They” say They” are wont to} |may be. This is not a very precise|frown upon these nonc@nforming | definition ter # Perhaps one would bet ‘all persons who have the or “ who are worth or “all hens who moult sea sonably.” Thus this word has come to as sume, to the ears of the average person, a significance strangely pro- | found and impressive, Carrying as | it does, the idea of “all persons who think as we do,” or “all safe and Grand ak Pacific Sesemnelied THR NEW STEEL sTRAMSHIP “PRINCE RUPERT” Length 820 feet, Twin Sorow, Bulkheads, Wireless Telegraph. Most Luxurious on Pacific Coast |SEATTLE to { ¥cter'". ‘hi mewn. Six Days Cruise es" Including Meals and Berths. 17, 245 creatures “They” known to do such persons bodjly in jury, to st them, or to giverthom admonitory baths in boilipg Qi), or to break them upon the wheel, or ‘to crucify them. aes Thus, from time immemorial They” have managed to maintain themselves as the court of last re sort in the matter of morals as well as touching the cut of a man haye _ been 14 knots per hour, Double Bottom, Water Tlaht Prince Rupert, and STEWART, Portia the New Leave June 19. July ) aye, at night Tickets and reservations at City Office, Firat Ay, and Yeslor Way (Pioneer Aquare). Phones—Ind. 2064; Main 6709 ¥. . POTTER, CP. &@ TA J. Hf. BURGIS, G. A. PLD. REMOVED new Fireproof Storage Warehouse at 12th and Madison BEKINS MOVING & STORAGE CO. Telephones: East 414. Cedar 414, To our coat | 1910. JUNE 22, | Young Man— Value Your Appearance f ' Lake Sup is 380 miles long al prestige il 2 Aa wide. i and 120 miles I Don't try | | | J | | ies po Byes to look freaky or le extreme in | lway.” sald his constituent } tyles, cithe an look distine. What's that? Pe = ‘ | I thought you wouldn't know ie’ | tive and be be | 1, too, if you | where are all the patients? will wear Bra tem Clothes, anke be vieltor to the automebi " } th ay ward of the insane asytue. You can b " Payments, ‘Oh, they are all under the bed , jtinkering the spring naid the t6o, at cash price I no use in . _ | your not looking st when we USEC | Tom Wateon, twice Populist oan : yep ve ein didate for the presidency, has an place everything to ir advantage, | nounced that he has returned to the Democratic party Th anid to be the tune the old ow died on He took up his fiddle, and played Eastern Outfitting Co., Inc, Jon ar « chin her = tune, 1332-34 Second Ao. Near Union §, Con good cow, consid | F . 3 - bom is wie 1y DUES | Tile Tene the time fer ar bed “Seattle's Reliable Credit House wrowi | Consider, good cow, consider.” Bcotiand w ver conquered in war. It be: part of Great Brit Tan't uw son in college, Mr ain on the of James |, 1603.) Corntannel® | “T can't say exactly, He's in the You dr ors are always telling | football team and the ball ni and funny storiom, aid the fr 6 glee club, and rowing crew «it help much to sell good jbut Tam no re about. the oot | all depend Bomet Piayer Pianos on the Club Pla Strictly Brand New, Latest Style, 88-Note $850 Piayer Piano for Only $586. Baby Grands at the Same Price More About New Eilers Piano-Buying Clubs ‘‘D”’”’ and “EE” Opened Monday Morning Commencing Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock. membership in two Eilers co-operative buying was made available. : These two clubs are being organized to meet the request and demand of a great number of diserime| nating buyers desiring the very finest of uprights, grands and player pianos. The requests were s01 ; merous that we immediately laid plans for the organization of these two new clubs—ordered a big sl 4 ment of costly uprights, grands and player pianos, which have arrived, and all is now in readiness, Be: This means that anyone joining the new Club" will secure a strictly brand-new, very latest Styk] 88-note Playet Piano—the famous Pian-Auto=aa instrument which retails regularly at $80 $586, on the ridiculously low terms of $21 and $2.50 weekly. i Not only do members joining Club “E” effects clean-cut saving in price of $264, but in add they secure 20 free music lessons, free tuning, @ stool to match piano, free year’s trial and insurance It’s an opportunity the equal of which has ne before been offered anywhere. 3 Club “E” members will also be able to secure® magnificent Grand Piano if they choose. 5 Such unusual inducements are only made pa on the Club or Co-operative Plan. You joit others in wholesale buying. Heretofore good Player Pianos have not Bee procurable for much Jess than $1,000. Club members now secure one of the most famous and de) sirable Player Pianos for only $586. It’s oppor nity spelled in capital letters. The Eilers Club in a Nutsh Buying pianos on club plan places 1 in The Famous Pian-Auto, Playable by Perforated Music Roll Five Big Piano exactly the same postam to receive I « i a b S prices and advantages o tained by the largest de Still another new Club was opened Monday morning, ers H e to be known as Club “D,” members joining which will se- It is based on cure the very finest of upright pianos, regularly retailing as ity of interest—one high as $650, for $467.50, upon payments of $15.50 down tive or co-operative and $2.00 weekly. ing. These two new clubs (“D” and “E”), together with the In reality it is neta th started a little over a week ago, make five Eilers pianos on 2 eee Clubs altogether. Join whichever one best suits your con- wholesale basis. venience The Famous Pian-Auto, You are not ‘Club “A” members secure a $350 piano for $237, upon Playable by Hand take one style of one PHS payments of $5 down and $1 weekly ticular make—to the ea Club “B” members secure $450 pianos for $297.50, pay trary, you choose between over two dozen of the m boot desirable and worthiest makes in the very latest of eas signs, in fanciest of San Domingo Mahogany, Eng Burled Walnut and Genuine Quarter-Sawed Oak. i 7.50 down and $1.25 weekly Club “C” members pay $11 down and $1.50 weekly and ) piano for 59. select a $5 “Dp ' es Club members secure Free Music Lessons, Free Club “D” members secure any $630 piano for $467.50, pay a Stool to h, Free Delivery, and a Free Insurante: 7% $15.50 on joining and $2 weekly His GOR ecltane: Nell cc idceved te ‘coh ai Club “ members secure an $850 latest style 88-note In other words, you secure an instrument at the Ww? Player P terms of § ano or a magnificent Grand Piano for $586, upon sale cost, without a single extra item of expense and 50 weekly jom at once, A Piano Player or a Baby Gra d $21 Down, $2.50 Weekly Remember, every instrument is strictly brand-new, fully warranted for five years. tween such illustrious makes as the famous Kimball, the celebrated Lester, the artistic Hobart M. the old reliable Marshall & Wendell, the new popular Eilers and renowned Smith & Barnes, the honored Hallet & Davis, Decker & Sons, and even the glorious Chickering, Pian-Auto Player Piano, Sear in mind, there are no dues, no red tape, no waiting—you don’t even know who the other G@| Members are. If youexpect to join Club ” “B” or “C,” you must act promptly now. Membe es n i y. If you figure on joining the new Club “DPD” or 16%) reg a ,” be on hand the first thing tomorrow morning, for both these clubs promise to be the most por | ular of any. | down in each club are limited, and they are going rapid! Eilers Music Building Third and University Successor to D. S. Johnston Co, Copyright, 1910, by Eilers Music House, in accordance with U. S Copyright Act of March 4, 1909. All rights res TODAY'S STYLES Topjy) An Opportunity Unprecedented to Secure |