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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-07

to do so at a 80 per cent reduc-
tion over the regular rates; or,
In other words, practically obtain
the same rates that now exist, and
in many cases they will be found
lower than the present tariffs.
The through rate of 81 for the
round trip which has been in force
heretofore between Seattle and
Tacoma will be changed to $1.25
and sold at Tacoma and Seattle
ticket offices and on trains as
heretofore.
"On all suburban lines of the
Tacoma Railway & Power COM
pany round trip tickets, which
have been in force, will be aban-
doned and the regular rate of Is
cents will be charged between Ia
coma, Spanaway, American lake
and Steilacoom. The rate between
Tacoma and Puyallup VIA the old
line will be cents within the
city limits of Tacoma; 5 cents
within the city limits of Puyallup,
and 10 cents between the city linz
its OF Tacoma and Puyallup divfd-
ed into two cent zones Of equal
distance, making the total fare
from Tacoma to Puyallup 20
cents. The rate from Tacoma to
Puyallup via the new line will be
20 cents. Transfers will be issued
to all Tacoma Railway & Power
company lines within the city linz
its as heretofore
Nv. S. DIMMOCK."
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Woman Walks z
Miles in Her
Nightgown
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
OAKLAND, CAL, Oct. T.
Wrapped only in her nightgown,
barefooted and bareheaded, Mrs.
Ella Murphy, while in a state of
somnam bulism, left her home at
l6S Park avenue, and reached
seventeenth street and San Pablo
avenue before she was awakened.
Whe nshe awoke after Policem am
Peasants had accosted her Mrs.
Murphy had walked two miles.
When she realized what she
had done the woman tainted.
Even after she had been awakened
by the policeman, it was some
time before she fully recovered
her senses.
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Beginning October II, the
round trip fare on the Interur-
ban between Tacoma and Seattle
will be $1.25 instead of 81, ac-
cording to an official announce
ment of the Puget Sound Electric
Railway company, issued today.
The rates have also been in
creased between intermediate
points.
Communication books, containing
SO tickets on the Interurban,
which must be used within one
month, allow a reduction of 80
per cent. This will make the
round trip between the terminals
$1.02, or two cents more than
heretofore on the purchase of a
single round trip ticket.
Tacoma Lines Hit Also.
The new schedule is worked out
on a 2-cent a mile flat rate. All
the suburban lines of the Tacoma
railway & Power company are
included in this new tariff on
rates. Round trip tickets will be
entirely abandoned on the T. R..
& P. lines. A straight fare of 15
cents will be charged between
Tacoma and Spanaway, Tacoma
and American lake, and Tacoma
and Steilacoom.
Raise on Puyallup Road.
On the Puyallup short line the
fare will be 20 cents straight
each way, instead of the old rate
of rs cents round trip. The
same fare will be charged on the
old Tacoma Railway &c Power
line. Communication tickets, so
In number, to be used in one
month, will be issued on the Short
Line, which will make the round
trip 2S cents, or an increase of 8
cents over the old rate.
Jacob Furth, president of the
Puget Sound Electric company
has issued statement regarding
the 2-cents flat rate, in which he
says that the increase had to come
by reasons of absolute necessity.
of maintaining the lines.
he says, have increased much more
In proportion to the increase of
rates.
Official Announcement.
Manager Dimmock's official an
regarding the in
creased rates follows:
ION October II, 1909, all regu-
lar rates on the Puget Sound
Electric railway will be increased
to practically 2 cents per mile.
Round trip tickets at reduced
rates which have been In force
heretofore will be abandoned, ex-
cept between Tacoma and Seat
tie, and In lieu thereof a commu-
tation book will be sold with a 80
per cent reduction off the new
regular rates. This book will
tickets covering 80 rides,
good for 80 days, to be used only
by the purchaser of the book; said
communication books will be sold
only at the company's ticket Of
fices In Seattle and Tacoma. While
the regular rates are increased
for passengers who ride infre-
quently, this Communication book
Will permit passengers riding daily
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43 LOST
AT SEA

(By United Press Leased Wire,
LISBON, Oct. THE Por-
tuguese steamer Bastos Reis
is wrecked off Averio. Sew
enteen bodies have been
washed ashore, and 1t is
feared that most of the crew
of 43 men have been
drowned.
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RATES ON STREET
CARS BOOSTED

FARES ON AL LTACOMA SUB
URBAN LINES AND ON TACO
MA-SEATTLE INTERURBAN
TO BE ADVANCED FROM 20
TO 35 PER CENT OCTOBER
II, OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE
MENT ISSUED TODAY.
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POLICEMAN is OUsTED.

Patrolman ]. @. Cornish was
from the police force
'oday by Chief Duley for being
ound in an intoxicated condition
esterday. Cornish has been on
he force about two months only.
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and its provisions reasonable or
not. If 1t holds. the cars must 60
on and stay on.
Ordinance for other lines will
then be drawn.
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Refuses 40 Kisses Day;
Husband Has Her Arrested
BY United Press.

BY United Press
BLuEFIEIAD w. Va. Oct 7--Declarng that 40 times
day kissing than stand police
judge of this city today recommended that
and wife seek separation Schenider
ed because she only aowew him 20 kisses day when
years. he he taking 40. Later Schender
her husband arrested charging that
when she refused to allow him the 40
missed the charges after advng the away
good
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Fair tonight with
light frost Friday
fair and warmer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-31
Great Hoaxes of History
Speaking of Explorer Giant Made i'm Chi-
cago, Fooled a Many Persons.

The Cardiff giant, that petrified
prehistoric man hoax, certainly
turned things upside down when
it was fed to a gullible public in
I186S. Il
w. c. Newell, an old farmer OF
Cardiff, N. Y, found this speci-
men of an historic age, while dig
ging well. The figure lay like a
giant at rest, with the trunk OF
a tree gracefully reposing upon
its huge breast. News of the won
derful Find spread throughout
the land.
The giant made an immediate
and enormous stir. Examined, dis
cussed and indorsed by many men
Of scholarly standing, it went with
the public as a true specimen of a
strange historic being, and proved
big drawing card as a museum
freak.
But the Cardiff giant suffered
the misfortune that follows in
the wake of popularity-he was
initiated. and the business of fax
ling the fake became exceedingly
profitable. P. T. Barnum bought
a Cardiff giant-the real one. he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-31
FOIL ROBBERY
KILL WRONG
MAN
OFFICERS THWART ATTEMPT t
TO ROB BANK BUT SHOOT
MAN WHO HAD INFORMED
THEM OF CONTEMPLATED
BURGLARY.

lBy United Press Leased Wire. }
| OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec
l31.-One robber was instantly
killed, a second fatally wounded
and a third escaped early today
when the Oklahoma police furs-
ltrated an attempt to rob the State
bank at Harran, small town
east of here.
The dead robber was identified
as Frank Quiggs of Kansas City
The wounded man is Frank Car
penter. Officers who discovered
the plot to rob the bank conceal
ed themselves near the bank and
waited.
Early today the three men ap-
peared, and the police ordered
them to surrender. The men fled
and the police fired, killing Quiggs
and fatally injuring Carpenter.
Frank Carpenter died late to-
day. Shortly before dying he
made the following statement:
81 lost my life trying to pro-
tect the interests of the commu-
nifty"
Carpenter is said to have tipped
of the police to the robbery plot
and was shot by mistake.
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Especial Correspondence.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 81.
"A lot of lightning calculators,
census experts and philosophers
have recently muckraked Cupid
and spread out columns of fig
ures showing that Little Dan has
been unusually active in some
parts of the country, while in
others he has been loafing on the
job.
The government love report
hides itself in the covers of CEN
sus bulletin. There are more
marriages to the square mile in
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and Florida than in any
other states. Also, more mar
riages per thousand of population
There are more than $50 mar.
riages every year in Oklahoma foI
each 10000 adult married popu.
lation, or, in other words, a bach,
elor or an old maid who moves tc
Oklahoma is taking one chance IL
twenty that they will remain un
married. For many this might be
a long chance, but it's better
opportunity, the figures show
than any other part of the country
offers.
Two extremes of the marriage
question, according to Prof. Hill
were left entirely out of the of.
ficial report. They were Hawaii
and Alaska. The Hawaiians are
known to get married on the
slightest provocation. Divorces
too, are more frequent than in
the United States proper, because
the japanese, who outnumber the
whites in Hawaii, are inconstant
husbands.
The reverse is true in Alaska
There are plenty of men there
and mighty few women.
"Outside the SOUTH" says Prof
Hill, "the highest marriage rates
prevail in the middle west"
While figures from most states
show increases in marriages fol
the last 20 years, Utah is an ex
ception. This may be due to the
fact that the Mormon church has
abolished polygamy.
Preachers, rural justices, judges
and others who tie the knot have
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life.. or of few cents less a day
for wages. Far more is at stake
the health or sickness of little
babies. the education or ignorance
of children, virtue or vice of young
daughters, honesty or criminality
in young sons, the working power
of breadwinners, the integrity OF
families, the provision for old age
in a word, the welfare and hap
piness or the misery and degreda-
tion of the plain people are involv-
ed in the cost of living.
believe in our form Of govern
ment and believe in the golden
rule, but we must face the truth
that monopoly of the sources of
production makes It impossible for
vast numbers OF men and women
to earn fair living. Right here
the conservation question touches
the daily life Of the great body Of
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micks nephew, that he had been
given money by Mccormick to
start a paper there for political
reasons and that Mccormick had
dictated what the nephew should
write about him.
This together with McCormick's
close alliance with the NorthA
Pacific railroad turned honest vot-
ers from him and he was ovec.
whelmingly defeated.
'MOney Barrel His Undoing.
For four years he has been try
ing by the lavish use of hts
money barrel" to build himself
up politically, but his money has
again proved his undoing and Nc
Cormick knows it.
1t has finally dawned upon him
that the people are no longer
sending thust magnates ia the
senate. His only consolation now
is erasOnable assurance the
other Especial interest" candi-
dates, such as Judge Burke and
John l.. Wilson, will also get the
hook early in the game.
The people of Washington are
in dead earnest about reforming
the senate.
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Gets Pussy
Out of the
Well

/. No more will ghostly walls
terrorize the home of w. d. Cum
minis, manager OF the Wright
Shoe company, at Gil South G
street. Early this morning the
half-starved cat which has been
mystifying the Cummins family
with news from the bottom Of an
abandoned 100-foot well be-
meath the house, was rescued
from the bowels of the earth at
a cost Of $3.50 to the Humane
society.
Humane Officer Van Voris
hired a man with block and
tackle to rescue the feline, but
this was not used, as a volunteer
dropped a moose to the bottom OF
the we'll and shared the famished
cat. She is now the pride and
Joy of the Cummins family, and,
barring accidents, should live the
rest of her eight lives in comfort.
The cat had been in the we'll since
Christmas.
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our people, who pay the cost of
special privilege. And the price
rs heavy. That price may be the
Chance to save the. boys from the
saloons and the corner gang, and
the girls from worse. and to make
good citizens of them instead of
bad; for an appalling proportion
|of. the tragedies of life spring d.
|reetly from the lack of little
money. @
The people of the United States
have been the complacent victims
of. a system of plunder often per-
petrated by men who would have
been surprised beyond measure to
be accused of wrongdoing, and
many Of whom in their private
lives were model citizens. But
they have suffered from curious
moral perversion by which It be-
Continued on Page Three.)
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HOT RESOLUTIONS
!. PASSED BY LEAGUE
WITH STREET OAR PRO AT LARGELY ATTEND.
ED MEETING OF DELEGATES FROM IMPROVEMENT


The demands of the improve
ment clubs of Tacoma were form
ulated last night into resolutions
which will be sent to Jacob FurtD,
coast representative, and to the
home office of the Stone-WebsteY eY
company at Boston.
yKlang's hall in the West Eni
was packed. Delegates came from
Is different improvement clubs IN
and out OF the city, many being
present from Midland, Fern Hill
asd other suburbs.
The sentiment was practically
unanimous in condemnation of the
attitude of the street railway COLI
pany toward the Tacoma public.
Just one voice was raised oo
behalf of the company. George
Snyder, purchasing agent of The
company, was present and a.
tempted to defend the street rail-
way management. He said thrae
years ago the company was rea Iy
to build to Bismarck. The ma
terial was on the ground for the
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made at least $25, 5,664,OSs in fees
in the last two decades. These
figures compare favorably with
the income of the sugar trust; and
isn't it dreadful, Mabel?
This sum is figured on the ba-
sis of so for each marriage.
In times of panic there are few
marriages, while in times of pros
perity there are more. Thus, in
1907-S the number of marriages
in the United States was less than
the preceding two years, when the
high tide of prosperity had been
reached.
Just how the states of the
Union show up in the little mat
ter of love and marriage is
shown in the accompanying rnapl
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FIGHT It TO A Finish, THIS GREAT AMERICAN
CONFLICT FOR THE MANY AGAINST THE1|
Rooseats Policies
CLIFFORD PlNcH0T, U. 9. FOR E

trust and the beef packers. they
injure the average man without
good reason, and they are guilty
of moral wrong. 1t does not
matter whether the undue profit
comes through stifling competi-
tion by rebates or other crooked
devices. through corruption of
public officials, or through selling
and monopolizing resources which
belong to the people. The result
is always the same-a toll levied
on the cost of living for the BEN
eft OF special privilege.
The income of the average fam
lily in the United States is less than
$500 year. To increase the cost
|of living to such a family beyond
the reasonable profits of legiti-
mate business is wrong. 1t is not
merely question Of few cents
more q day for the necessaries Of
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Business Men Quit Him.
The people generally who have
always opposed the political as.
pirations of the Weyerhaeuser
baron owing to his Especial inter
est" proclivities, are now dete :
mined to stand solidly against
him, while the business men AMI
merchants who for personal rea-
sons were for him at first have
lost all faith and confidence in
him since his methods of CAM
paigning and his record have been
exposed by the Times.
Remember His Cheap Trickery.
Voters remember the cheap ie-
ception he tried to practice four
years ago in his attempt to "a.
come mayor of this city. Then
he had a letter sent from his
home city In Wisconsin alleged 10
have been written by the editor
of a paper there In which Nc,
Cormick was praised and laude |
in such language as has recently
been printed here at so much pc,
line.
Times Exposed Deception.
The Times then exposed h.
triekery by proving that tbs
writer of the letter was McCor-
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line but the council refused q
franchise.
The statement was incorrect
for the council did grant a fran
chise but the company refused to
accept it owing to the provision
that school children should be
carried for half fare.
H. P. Burdick scored the stree,
railway company and literally
took the hide off with his severe
arraignment. There was oratory
all long the line with condemna.
tion heaped on the company an
the city officials.
Mayor Lipck was present aud
several times arose to defend
himself. He said he had done all
he could legally.
The crowd seemed to be of the
opinion that he should have done
something legally or otherwise tc
move those cars at Midway AMI
prevent the street railway com
pany from holding women and
Continued on Page Six.)
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TRENTON, Mo-, Dec. 31.-A
serious accident to the Rock ISL
and's California special occurred
near here today. Although de-
tails are lacking it is said that
the entire train was derailed.
Later reports say that five dead
bodies already have been recov-
cred from the wreck, and that at
least fifteen are buried under the
wreckage. The cars are said to be
burning and scores are reported
injured.
The train left the rails 2 1-2
miles north of here and toppled
over. A special was hurried to
the scene and the injured are be-
ing rushed to hospitals here.
= Members of wrecking crew,
armed with axes, have attacked
the sleeping cars and are attempt
ing to rescue imprisoned passen-
gers.
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REBELS AGAIN
ADVANCE ON
CAPITAL
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE
CALLED OFF IN NICARAGUA
AND ESTRADA'S ARMY
MOVES ON MANAGUA

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec.
S1.-A cablegram from Blue
fields says that an open rup-
ture in the peace negotis-
.tions has occurred, and that
; Provisional President Estra.
da has announced that he
will continue the revolution.
Revolutionary troops are now
being rushed toward Mana
qua.
81 have determined to hav,
nothing to do with the Madri
government, and we will continu,
fighting"
The above was the statemen
made today by Provisiona
President Estrada concerning tn
peace conference scheduled TO
tomorrow.
Immediately after making thi
statement Estrada ordered hi
general advance on Managua.
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FIRST step TO
| STOP ABUSES
IN CONGO
KING ALBERT ACCEPTS RES.
IGNATION OF ENTIRE CIVIL
AND MILITARY STATES OF
LEOPOLD.

(By United Press Leased Wire.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 31.-An
authoritative bat unofficial
announcement was made here
today to the effect that King
Albert had accepted the res
ignation of the entire civil
and military staffs of the late
King Leopold, including Bar
on Wahis, governor general
of the Belgian Congo.
This action is accepted as
preliminary step to stamping
out the old regime in the
Congo and the ending of re-
ported abuses there.
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ON TRAIL
OF KIDNAPPED CHILD

Immediately after Anna's par.
ents received letter yesterday
demanding a ransom of $4,000,
Fehr left Louisville for this city.
1t is believed the child is hidden
here.
Fehr stated that he would of
fer larger reward IL he thought
it would increase the activity of
the police in apprehending the
Ikidnapers.
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ROAD
CALLED ON CARPET

The board of county commits
sioners today addressed letter to
the Puget Sound Electric company
requesting that officials of the
company appear at a meeting of
the commissioners next Thursday
for the purpose of discussing
their franchise to build their Ort-
ing branch or Short Line across
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ANNA GOULD'S SON
CAN'T EVEN WRITE

PARIS, Dec. 31.-Jay De Cas-.
tellane, the son of Count Boni De
Gastellane and his former wife,
Princess De Sagan, can scarce y
read or write, according to a
story told by a bailiff in the court
of appeals today.
The bailiff stated that his sig
nature was the only thing that
Jay could write unassisted.
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BOGUS TICKET
WINS THE
AUTO
OF MERCHANT
SAYS HE PUT IN 1000 LEFT
OVER TICKETS AT LAST MO-
MENT AND WON AUTO On
ONE OF THEM - DRAWING
OTHERWISE WAS FAIR.

People who paid their good mon
ey for tickets in the automobile
drawing which took place at the
Grand theater last night competed
|against some persons who pou -el
several thousand bogus tickts into
the boxes at the last minute.
Arthur ]. Strong, 10, cashier at
the Bay City Market, won the Hud-
son 20 horse power car with tick
let which was one of a thousand,
divided between himself and book
keeper A. G. Kellenberger yester-
day afternoon. Each took 500 of
the tickets which were left over at
the market, with the agreement
that If either one received the
machine, each should have a half
interest.
Strong's claim to the auto u
disputed by William Evans. a ne
gro employe at the Mecca saloon.
Evans states that he and Strong
shook hands a month ago on an
agreement to share equally in the
sale of the automobile in case eth
er won it. He was at the Bay City
Market early this morning to an
nounce his claim. Young ignored
him and said that If any such
agr> ement was ever made, 1t was
surely as a joke.
Strong talked freely with .
Times reported this morning
about his good luck. He admit
ted freely that he won the auto
on one of the 1000 tickets which
were left over at the store and
which h and Kellenberger deposit
ed last night.
81 did not have any tickets EN-
tered until last night" said Strong,
"and had not thought of any
agreement until Kellenberger and
myself divided the thousand tick
etc which were left. l think we
will sell the machine and divide
the money, as 1t would be too ex-
lpensive for us to keep it in run
ming order"
Strong lives with his parents at
917 South Sheridan avenue.
1t is not believed that leftover
tickets were used in any of the
other stores and the merchants
who participated in the advertis-
ing plan strongly denounce the
method which permitted the use
of any "left-overs.
So far as the drawing was con-
cerned it was above board and en-
tirely fair, and had there not
been illegitimate tickets in the
pile no one but bona fide pur-
chaser could have secured the
machine. The people were enti-
tied to protection in this respect.
All tickets which were not CIV
en- out to customers who made
purchases should have been de-
stroyed, then all persons holding
tickets would have had an even
chance.
Late this afternoon when some
of the men interested in the auto
drawing learned that Strong had
made his statement to the Times
went to him and then. when he
realized his position, he changed
his statement completely and said
he didn't use any "left ovei'"
tickets.
To a Times reporter, however.
early this morning before he had
seen anybody else about the mat
ter, he, of his own accord, stated
that he and the bookkeeper took
900 left over tickets and de-
posted them in the box and that
he won the auto on one of them.
The Times was asked to sup
press the story, but this paper be-
lieves the people are entitled -
know the facts about the case. re-
gardless of whom IL hurts.
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the county roads.
The commissioners hold that
the company must obtain the fran
chise from them and that the
state board does not have jurisdic-
tion in this matter. A delegation
of Puyallup citizens some time ago
asked the board to deny the COM
pany a franchise unless a certain
fare be agree to.