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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
PHONE COMPANY
RAISESbICSUm
ON BONDS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, March 23.-It
was announced this afternoon that
the ]. p. Morgan company, the
First National bank and the Ma
tional City bank. who are acting
as agents for the Pacific Tele-
phone & Telegraph company, op-
Grating telephone systems on the
Pacific coast, have disposed Of
$16.500,000 worth of first mort
gage, collateral trust, five per cent
bonds, sent them for sale. The
money accruing will be used for
the extension of the system.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
MAN ARRIVES IN TIME to
STOP HIS FUNERAL

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
& OAKLAND. CAL, March "a
But for the fact that Cyrus s..
Foster, q Springfield, Mass, busi-
ness man, arrived at the home OF
his cousin, Mrs. George B. Fergu-
SON Of this city, yesterday. the
body OF an unknown man tdenti-
fed by Mrs Ferguson as Foster,
might today be on its way across
the continent to New England.
Foster wsa due to arrive several
days ago and when be did not put
ID an appearance st the Ferktaon
home. Mrs Ferguson became
alarmed srhen sh4 reed 81 tho
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23

los ANGELES, March a.
ClipEing to the forlorn hope that
CAPTAIN A. e. Mueller and his five
conrpanions, who have not been
heard from since they vanished in
the clouds above Pasadena Satur-
day when they made an ascent in
the balloon American, are held
prisoffers in some deep ravine
from which there is no means of
egress, hundreds of hardy noun
taineers are securing the Sierra
Madre range today in an effort to
locate the missing aeronauts.
Faint Ray of Hope.
Chances are all against the nat
uraE prison theory. 1t is consid-
cred much more probable that the
ballopHists were dashed to pieces
wh6h the basket In which they
rode came crashing down among
the huge boulders on the noun
tain side,. or that they landed in
the trackless forest and finally
succumbed to hunger. But faint
though II is, the flickering flame
of hope that the missing men will
be rescued remains alive in the
breasts OF searchers.
May BE Held Prisoners.
lsports received today indicate
thai the balloon landed some
WHARF between Mount Lowe and
Monnt Wilson, probably near Mill
aids canyon. the Widest ravine In
thu Sierra Madre range. While
II as probable that the members
" athe balloon party, II unin jured,
Would have made their way back
TOT civilization before this II the
landing was made there, the pos
sfEility remains that they are con-
fined IN one OF the deep pockets
from which there Is no outlet.
Search Is Thorough.
\ 1t is believed that some trace of
Nhs missing party will be found be-
foTe nightfall, as scarcely foot
ofsthe south side of the range will
then remain unexplored.
The snow storm In the noun
tafns which has ragged for the past
two days abated for time early
today, but threatening clouds how
er4d above the peaks and another
storm II expected to break soon. II
adverse weather Is encountered It
is Impossible that the rescuing
parties may be driven out of the
hills as they were last night. and
tho search again postponed.
Husineas Suspended.
Pagadena. where Lane Gillian.
richard Halafead. Harold Parker,
sidnex <3roy and r. G. p6drichutx,
xpel u . c61np1n live. Il city
~ M <1lI1E Today Business d
)<ze< 1eNDc1ded and the ma
14rl1 s. ~ ua6l9 popnI1kior 4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
THREE DIE
IN. HOTEL
FIRE
Perish in Blaze Which
Destroys she Windsor
House at Cornwall
Ontario
(By United Press Leased Wir,

(By United Press Leased Wire
VANCOUVER, B. c., March 23.
"A special from Cornwall, Ont,
says:
Three persons ar dead, two
more are seriously injured, while
thirty persons barely escaped with
their lives in a fire which consum-
ed the Windsor hotel early this
morning.
The loss of life would probably
have been much greater had not
an alarm been given by the bark
ing of a dog. The dead.
r. DUQUETTE. carpenter, VIM
chester, Ont.
GEO. HAGGLEY, Philadelphia,
cooper.
JOHN GALLON, cooper, Corn
wall.
The loss is estimated at $780,
900.
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Coroner Shaver is today inves-
tigating the demise of John Nell
son, aged SO years. who died un-
der somewhat mysterious oircum-
stances at 8 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon, at a residence, 1901 South
G street, where he was rooming.
Nelson was suddenly seized
with strange illness Sunday
night and taken to his room by a
companion. The next morning
the people IN the house where h
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
THE
SOU I /
POLE
News of the Success Of
British Antartic Ex-
pedition Is Wired
to London


D LONDON, March 23.-The I
D Pail Mall Gazette today says:
D 1t has been learned from
D information received in Lon
D don that the British Antarc-
D tic expedition on the ship
D Nimrod, has succeeded in [
D reaching the South Pole. The
D expedition is in charge of
. Lieut.. Shackleton. The news
D was received by cable from
D New Zealand toady following
. the arrival at New Zealand
D of the Nimrod.
, The announcement of the [
D report of the discovery of
D the Antartic pole created a
D sensation throughout the I
D city. I
D The expedition left Eng
D land in 1907. A motor
D sleigh and number of ST. {
D berian ponies we're carried 4
D by the Nimrod. {
\ n = = = q a 4 q = = = a u a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
ANOTHER BOY
KIDNAPPED

(By United Press Leased Wire,
FLINT, Mich, March 28.-
Mrs. HI. @. Moon, reading of the
return Of Billie Whitla to his
home by kidnapers. today express
ed fear for her own son Harold,
ten years of age. is either kidnap-
ed or drowned.
The boy has been missing since
February 81. The police are
working upon the theory that he
was abducted.
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TEDDY OFF
FOR THE:
JUNGLE
Remarkable Demon-
stration AS Express
ld-nt Leaves for
Trip i'm Africa

Nby United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, March ga.
They're off,"
With the odds against his sas.
return, Theo. Roosevelt. only Iiv-
ing ex-president of the IJnitad
states, today began the first stap.
or his journey which, before n is
ended, will carry him throuob tbs
1ungles of Africa, in search NJ the
ear.n @ largest and fiercest game.
with the sailing of the German
steamer Hamburg for Naples to-
uay ROOSEVELT, for 10 years CEN
trai figure in American poIitfcs.
started on what he calls hfs yaca-
tion. The trip wouldn't lie called
vacation by those who know tha
country where he Is going, But
the FORMER president is as buoyant
ana nappy as a boy today. Ger
tainly the experience will offer
opportunity for free exercise AZ.
MS strenuous nature.
Thousands Bid Farewell.
The Hamburg cleared har a<,~r
ana swung into the North river e
II O'Clock amid the Sounding q
sirens the cheers of Thousands
upon thousands of voicee. the
waving of myraid hats and hand
kerchiefs, and the former preubx
dent standing upon the bndsjss ~
the big ship, with. her nts.s q
waved his hat and CA "a hsdS r
cries Of
LUCK" ~
II was probably the most re-
markable departure that the mort &
has ever seen. As the big shfn
made her way slowly down tha
river, she was saluted by every
captain of the countless craft that
crowd the face of the water. Past
the Statue of Liberty ana out
through the narrows, the depart
ing hunter was given the sincere
expression of good will and af-
fection OF his countrymen.
Soldiers Cheer.
AS the ship slipped through the
marrow passage from the upper
bay into the lower bay, the sol-
diers from Fort Wadsworbh on
one side and from Fort Hamilton
on the other cheered their recently
retired ommander-in-chief. And
here again Roosevelt waved his
hat and again 1T was the exchange
of:
LUCK"
Then the ship made her wav
through the Ambrose channel.
passed Coney Island where the
fiags were flying gaily in 4 emrry
farewell. Il
Home Parting Is Gay.
The former president with hfn
son Kermit, who accompanfed
him on his voyage, left Oyster BaV
at 7:18 O'Clock this morning. The
farewells of the family were rai6
In the house at Sycamore HiIf
and Archie was the only memher
|of the family to accompany thes
tourists to the station. There
was nothing painful about the
parting. It was very happy ana
gay. As Roosevelt drove away.
Mrs. Roosevelt standing on the
porch. waved to her husband ana
son and called:
Good bye, little boy, eood
bye"
Bronze Piece Presented.
Just before the ship sailed
Roosevelt held little recept tfx,1|
in the suite. A big bronoo utocS
was presented to him BY the ItsI-
ians Of New York IN memory 81
his action In sending such odicE
relief to the earthQuake "a Rsrsr3.
He ordered that It be cent Is ~
wife at Oyster Bay. +.
Gold Pencil From Tan
Just before the weasel pu4h Z
away from the dock : 80 6{o N 81
messenger arrived fit ha gold pon{ &.
ell, which was presented to Rooas@
CONTINUED on Page Three.
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SUES FOR $4,000.

]. B. McNickens and wife last
night brought suit in federal
court against the T. r. & P. COM
pany for $1,000 damages for in
juries to Mrs. McNickens sustain
ed on the line at Fern Hill some
time ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
IS JAILED FOR
ASSAULTINC
GIRL

Frank Hedges, a barber. AZ
years old, was arrested last night
by Officer Angus, charged with an
assault made upon an 11-year-old
girl. He will be tried before
Judge Arntson this afternoon. The
charge, as will be brought out by
the police during the trial, is a
serious one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
KIDNAPPED BOY
ISHOME
Little Willie Whitla Restored to Arms
of His Mother--Pat Grove Thinks
Abductors Will Be Captured

CLEVELAND, O., March 23.-"oh. mother, have Willie
here in he is safe Glory to God, 1t Is the
happiest night of my life'
telephone from the Hollendon
night the ther Willie Whitla the
boys mother at Sharon,
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Rousing Farewell.

CLEVELAND, o., March "a
Clasping his boy tightly as though
to prevent another kidnapping, Jas.
Whitla left this city today for his
home at Sharon, Pa, to place the
boy in the eager arms of his
mother. Thousands gathered
around the Erie station to bid the
father and the boy farewell.
Little Willie looked none the
worse for his experience and smil-
ed delightedly at the crowd which
cheered him vociferously when he
left the hotel and boarded the
train. So great was the mob
that police reserves were called
out to keep order.
Police at Work.
Whitla refused to yield to de-
mands for speech and he declar-
ed that he would not discuss his
case until certain moves are made
by the authorities. Little Willie
was returned to him last night at
the Hollendon hotel after his faith
er had paid $4,000 to a woman
who acted as go-between for the
kidnapers.
Billie and his father dressed at
6 o'clock this morning. Scores of
persons loitered about the hotel
during the night, and when the
pair entered the dining room for
breakfast the place was filled with
the curious. A woman In the
dining room crossed the floor and
kissed the boy.
The police here are still inves-
tigating the case and it is report
e dthat Whitla gave them all the
information possible.
Grove Predicts Arrest.
Pat Grove, the famous kidnap-
er of Cudahy boy, today predicted
the arrest of the kidnapers with
In nine months. He declared that
IL description of the bills paid
to them was taken, as 1t Is report
led. the kidnapers have not one
chance In a million to escape.
Whitla came to Cleveland yes
terday afternoon, drawn by a let
ter from the kidnapers, who told
him to bring the $4,000 and
come to q certain candy store in
the suburbs and a woman would
tell him howe to get his boy.
Whitla went, unaccompanied.
He paid the $4,000 to the woman.
and then was directed to go to the
Hollenden hotel and walt until
after dark and the boy would
come.
Boy appears.
Shortly after 8 o'clock boy
wearing green goggles and led by
Edward Mahoney. lad of III.
came into the hotel and began
looking for the father. When Mr..
Whitla heard the piping voice of
the boy in goggles he knew 1t was
his lost son He rushed across
the lobby, grabbed the boy and
smothered him In kisses. Then
he rushed with him in his arms
to the telephone and sent the
message home.
Mahoney had discovered the
boy on the street car, where he
had been placed BY his kidnaper.
Willie had been given 9 note By
fContlnUo6 81 P5&6 X|i36f.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
ELEPHANT IN
STORE WINDOW

Little Hip" the tiny perform
ing elephant, was given q place of
distinction this afternoon in the
window Of Ryner Malstrom's drug
store on Pacific avenue, and form
ed an irresistible magnet for near
" all the snlaIN boys in town.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23
Big Fire in Victoria.

VICTORIA, B. c., March "a
The Pembertoi block, including s
business firms nthe ground floor
and the Pacific club on the upper
floor. was gutted by fire this morn
ing with an estimated loss of
100000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-23

AeS,>1SnS HAlAFS HUNTING TRIP.
HIS am-To for the museum, ana
specimen OF each sex Of large Africa ~
Division ~ expense--S Smithsonian
specimens Rooseve1t ~.
penses OF himself and Kermit. - -
How plan originatedRoosevelt suggested to Caxv n
1909. S --s' szsss>2
Date Of ssrt-March es, from Hohoken. New YORK
African startfng poiut---Aiombasa <zS Ss
Course Of trsvel--Nordl. through Africa No11c3<
Thence to Lake Vfctoria Nyanza Themes toward Mia
Eiai.h q hunt--About March 4, 1otQxa - KI.s<eoee
Chief denEerH-Attatks o1 rhinoc<Ep9ee< &>t1 ~
b Ge&cheroU1 OF anfru1a So
Nefurd = Illnesses fh~< or<x11k&
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lER()NAlJIS
REPORTED
/ SAFE
(BULLETIN.)

(H9 United Press Leased Wire.)
PASADENA, CAL, March 23.-
The entire balloon party is this
afternoon reported safe about half
way up Mount Wilson, an old
abandoned trail.
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WILL HOLD AUTOPSY TODAY
TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE
OF DENISE OF JOHN NEIL
SON, WHO DIED OF STRANGE
ILLNESS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10

history of the movement. plays conveying
spectacular lessons OF anarchism educa-
uonal works on anarchy. on Esperanto,
on the question Of population. and on a
dozen other questions, side issues OF an
archism. the consideration of which pre-
pares the mind for the reception of the
daring tenets which the members of the
Belgian anarchist brotherhood spread all
over the country by word OF mouth
Some members of Experience left 4,
discouraged. They were ready for in
slant rebellion and had expected an
immediate revolution. Others We're
obliged to go from 1t to earn wages
for their support Nevertheless, its sue
cess cannot be denied.
In addition to demonstrating the sact
that communal existence was possible
to anarchists. the colony was establish
ed to show anarchists to the working
classes of Belgium as men without
horns or cloven hoofs." to use Chape-
lier's phrase. who work honestly for
their living and pay their way
supreme virtue In the eyes of thrifty
Belgium The end worked for is at
tanned. Before the settlement was made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10

Speaking of this. Chapelier declares
the magistrates now pass minimum in
stead of maximum sentences on those
charged with melting people to break
the law by putting anarchist theories
into practice. The magistrates show
themselves mild. he says, because they
know the people. who now side with
the anarchists, will no longer permit
them 10 be brutal. Clemency has not
been won by any surrender on the an
archiSts' part.
I'VE have changed nothing in our at
titude." says Chapelier: withdrawn
none of our theories. We still believe
that sooner or later radical, forcibIe
appropriation will take place. We do
not think. and we do not pretend to
think. that by the multiplication of our
colonies we can peacefully transform
capitalist society into communist So
ciety.'
Chapelier says he does not advocate
the propaganda of deed" at the mo-
Eent, partly because of the difficulty
found. in practice. of preventing such
instruments as bombs from damaging
people for whom they are not intended.
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brotherhood are issued. This printing
press Is one of the great triumphs o. the
colony. Money is wanting to fit 1t per-
fectly, but it is whispered that the money
required will be forthcoming before many
months or weeks have passed A secret
congress of anarchists disguised as Rod
Fishermen" was held in Brussels the day
Prince Albert of Belgium returned from
the Congo. At it measures were con-
certed for the advancement of the anar-
chist cause with vigor greater than, has
yet been shown openly by Belgian anar-
chists.
anarchist colony does not make large
profits, but it turns out an immense
amount of anarchist literature. consisting
of controversial pamphlets, works on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10

no householder in Belgium would &C
cept known anarchist as lodger. no
publican would welcome one as a guest,
no magistrate would allow any prisoner
marked down as belonging to an an
archist society to pass from before him
without receiving the heaviest sentence
the law allowed for whatever crime
was laid to his charge. Now wherever
workmen go anarchists are welcome.
Prohibitive rents are no longer de-
manded for the attics they inhabit, and
cafes are no longer emptied when they
enter. Halls for their entertainments are
obtained with ease, and shops every
triumph of all. justice herself bends
before them, If the anarchists boast be
true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10

dence by the bare f1reside and issued an
open invitation to Belgian anarchists to
live with them and share their expert
ment.
In a fortnight recruits came, seven
men, two women and three children.
Capital to the amount of $40 was pro-
vided by sympathizers. and the settlers
started to live by chicken farming.
Liberty being the keynote of the COL
ony. the voice of authority ceased at its
gate. In it there were no fixed hours
for the commencement or the cessation
of work: no fixed days for rest or dis
traction; no difference drawn between
mems work or women's work
The most robust undertake the hard
est work.. Chapelier explained. There
is not one among us who would not
blush to lie like lizard. smoking his
pipe, while the women toiled in the
kitchen. For example, as far as possible
the men wash the house. draw water
from the we'll and carry heavy parcels to
and from the shops. On the other hand,
the women occupy themselves with the
chickens. the garden, etc Enjoying the
same advantages as the men, the wom-
en- have practically the same liberties.
The communism OF production and con-
sumption has the consequence that
money has no longer any value among
US. having no usage. 1t follows that love
is not soiled by specuiations on the uues-
tons of wages or fortune
4 X
The founder of the settlement insists
that none shirked work in 1t. although,
he admits. some were forgetful at times.
The greatest difficulty which arose
amongst the members was that of re-
m uhn of
that had to be done without using words
which sounded like orders. The anarchists
explain they solve the problem of COM
munal existence without conventional au-
thority by accepting the authority Of i'm
personal reason
The colony at Stokel prospered In a
year the value of its stock rose from
nothing to 500, and the colonists were
able to support themselves and carry on
an active propaganda. The number Of
the actual residents at Stokel did not in
crease. the emigration of some of the
first members to America. and the with
drawal Of others balancing the newcom-
ers, but the settlement speedily became
a headquarters of anarchy. to which
members and neophytes flocked from all
parts of Belgium Tor instruction. On
Sundays from a hundred to thousand
people gathered at the Stokel cottage
to listen to the anarchists teaching and
partake of the anarchists soup. At last
the number of visitors became so great
that the fears of the neighborhood were
aroused-by the police. say the anarchists
and the former, on whose land the set
Element stood, ordered his fire-breathing
tenants to leave.
From Stokel the settlement moved to
Boitsfort, another suburb OF Brussels situ-
ated on the outskirts of the wide forest
OF Soignes There the anarchist print
ing press was set up, from which the
numerous Pamphlets and leaflets of the
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l require for change-off.
These boys is members OF my Lit
tie StruggLers Club" he renounce. eve
meets here every Wednesday when J,
rains & slight chat-talks is enjoyed from
me- Today our topick is Success in
Life"
How you teach them such wise max
iesas,s psease y sreauesh.
= TT II shall shaw you collapse Hon
RockfellowS sWeetly2 turning to that row
of Children. Boys" he pronounce,
what nice qualities Of brain must we
cultivate to be Successful"
"Justus, honesty. fairness, obedience,
generosity &. a disposition to pull up
them what is tucked under u.s." report
these Boys phonografically.
What wicked faults must We brush
off our souls before we can be Success
ful?" he negotiate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-10

tons" l reproach.
Amt that the best kind of reply"
nudge that great Oiler II have used
it satisfactorily in the Higher Courts for
3 years. I don't sec why Literature is so
hard to please
tom / ask 1t.
1T will be a HISTORICAL novel layad
all over New Jersey 1t will be called
TO Have and To Keep"
But have not Miss Ida NJ. TarbelI
been there already?'' l rake out with
voice full of tacks.
KINDLY not say that name in Tar
iftown," sub Hon. Rockfellow with tears
spashing down his smile. Mention
anyone else. Mention Senator Aldrich.
mention Judge Mt. Lahdish: but if You
lady that wrote the Mystery Of the
Slandered Or. Why did she poke them
mean statisticks at me? Are 1t possible
that folks can be so wicked? When
they want to write books. why do they
go around collecting Inflammation from
persons what feel peeved at Standard
Oil? Why don't they go round to %
Broadway, where no breath of scandal
have ever been uttered against John d.
Rockfellow, poet. patriot & man? Ar
rive around there any winter afternoon
Standard OIL. Not any Of them dull &
sordy business details like Miss Idea
NJ. put into her book; but a lovely Prose
Pome like the flowers OF fancy tickled by
the hot air Of Spring. Such are the IN
SEPARATION what comes to them that be-
lieve in the Higher or Oily Life. The
sweet voice of song-birds everywheres
lift up & kick the dark Pessimous
Thought into the nimbo where 1t be-
longs
II observe you are a member of the
Optimism Club" I snagger.
"why should l not so?" he require.
"Since I am Majority Stakeholder n
the Earth, why should l not rejoice 80
see it improved? Science is butting for
ward every day. Airships going up
good! They are burning a bi-produce OF
Kerosene. North Poles seen every
where's by several travellers wandering
beyond Albany-fine! This makes an
other place to be warmed up by our
patent oil heaters Progress & Slandered
Oil; both beautiful maidens of similar
flavor. We raise the Standard. you pay
the price. Why do people worry so much
about Life when 1t is so simpler
Before leaving you alonesome." col
lapse, please to tell me one disgusting
inquiry I am nervus to know. In all
your uplifted history of Oil didn't you
never take advantage Of a gentler Il
feebler Trust what was already too weak
to stand on it's own derricks?"
Hon. Rockfellow lock up his lips like a
National Bank.