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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
SIS 1873 TO OPEN
SIXTH AVENUE
JURY FIXES COMPENSATION
! TO BE RECEIVED BY PROP
ERTY OWNERS w ii e N
STREET Is IMPROVED.

1t will cost just $16,1SS to
open Sixth avenue to the Mar
rows.
The jury which has been hear
ing the case this week brought in
its verdict last evening in superior
court, awarding that amount in
compensation to property owners
for land taken for the new road.
Only one man got any damages
and he received but $11.
The amount will now be made
up in an assessment roll and the
property owners in the district
will pay the bill. AS soon as
this is done the street will be Of
ficially declared open.
An improvement district will
then be created and the street will
be paved from the end of the pres
ent pavement through to tn water
on the other side.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
EXPIATES
DOUBLE
CRIME
CALIFORNIA MAN DIES ON
GALLONS FOR THE MURDER
OF HIS GIRL WIFE AND
MOTHER-IN-LAW.

(By United Press Leased Wire
SAN QUENTIN, Cal, Jan. 20.
Charles Baldesar, weak but
game to the last, walked to his
death on the scanfold in the state
prison here this morning. He
made no statement and accepted
his fate with apparent resigna-
ton, as the price of the bloody
double murder he committed in
Stockton last fall.
AS the man weighed only 129
pounds, the drop was six feet, one
of the longest on record here.
Inc trap was sprung at 1904
o'clock and Is minutes and 30
seconds later he was pronounced
dead. Father Collopy of San Ra-
fael was with him during his last
hours. He was SO years of age.
The crime for which Baldesar
paid the extreme penalty was the
murder of his wife and mother-in-
law in Stockton, Cal, September
80, 1908.
During a fit of jealousy follow
ing a prolonged debauch, Balde-
sar shot and killed his mother-in-
law, Everdice Vordugi, and then
turned the weapon upon his 18-
year-old wife, Christina Baldesar,
firing three bullets into her body
and afterwards beating her over
the head with a revolver, infiicting
wounds from which she died in
the Emergency hospital a short
time later.
Bafdesar and his bride had been
married but six months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, Jan. 29.-
Poetry inspired by his romantic
surroundings as caretaker at Har
rison Gray Otis residence, The
Outpost, led w. D. Cowley to at
tempt to win decision in a one
round go with Herbert r. Clark
editor of the Hollywood Sentinel
last night, but the fans and press
today are unanimous In awardinf
the mill to the clever newspaper
man.
Cow1ey wooed the muses. and
inflicted the result of his efforts
upon Clark. The editor OF the
Sentinel -courteously returned
verse after verse, but the caretak.
|er was not to be discouraged
When one poem" came back un.
published, he wrote another and
submitted it.
Finally Clark offered to publish
one of the gems of verse IL it were
paid for at regular space adver-
tising rates.
Cowley was offended and or
dered that hts paper be discon-
tinued. Clark thereupon pub
lished an article casting reflections
upon the character Of Cowley's
poetry. Cowley called at the
Sentinel office to whip the editor
and lost the battle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
CO|NER IN
RACE FOR
BENCH
Three Candidates After
Extra Judgeship in Ia
coma Bill Passed
By Senate.
(Times Special Service }


OLYMPIA, Jan. 29.-For addi-
tional judge for King county, Ken
meth Macintosh; for Pierce coun-
ty, either Judge Clifford, B. A.
Crowl or B. w. Coiner of Tacoma /;
for Spokane county, l.. ]. Birdseye
of Spokane.
This appears to be the slate
just now. Mr.. Birdseye has been
in Olympia for several days and
had a conference with Governor
Cosgrove in his private car. On
this occasion Mr.. Birdseye, as
grandmaster of the state lodge of
Odd Fellows, presented the gov
ernor with a handsome jewel on
behalf of the lodge.
Kenneth, Mackintosh's appoint
ment appears to be foregone
conclusion here. His relationship
to the Cosgrove family, through
the Kinnear family, is said to have
turned the scale in his favor.
The Pierce county situation is
rather complicated. For a time
1t was a question, apparently, be-
tween Judge Clifford and Mr..
Crowl, but now that Mr.. Coiner
has come in there is a three-cor-
nered contest with various posi-
bilities.
That Pierce county will get an
other judge is now practically as
sured. The senate passed the
house bill yesterday by unanimous
vote and 1t will be effective as
soon as signed by the governor.
Howard Cosgrove said yesterday
that the matter Of appointments
would not be taken up until the
bill is signed and becomes a law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
HANSON'S
BILL IS
DEAD
MEASURE WILL PROBABLY
NOT SEE LIGHT AGAIN BUT
TRACK GAMBLING WILL BE
STOPPED.
(Times Special Seryice.)

(ImeS special ScrV1Ce.)
OLYMPIA, Jan. 29.-Ole Han
sons anti-race track bill is dead,
defunct, and Ole and the 10000
people who signed his petition
might just as well sing their re-
QUEENS, arrange for cemetery
lot, and the post-mortem remarks
they wish to have on the head
stone.
The untimely and sudden pass
ing away of this measure does not
necessarily mean that the ponies
will run or essay to run at the
Meadows as of yore, but a half
square bookmaker would lay lib
eral odds that the improvement of
the breed of horses will not be
irrepariably damaged until away
long into the summer.
The senate judiciary committee
will hold Hanson's bill until the
new criminal code is presented
and passed upon. This same Grim
inal code is going to have a rocky
and perilous road to travel in both
branches, and the chances that it
will be passed and become effect
i've are not dazzling with their
brightness.
The new code is to be liberal, "
far too liberal for the members
who come from the smaller COM
munities of the state, where an
open theater on Sunday is a scan
dal; where congregating about
pool and billiard rooms by legal
right is unheard of and where
dances on the Sabbath would be
considered an everlasting shame.
This new code has many met
ropolitan ideas of liberality which
the village and urban legislator
cannot, and will not, tolerate. The
code will not come before the leg
islature until late in the session
when both houses are rushed
jammed and running ahead under
full steam blindly. Under these
conditions voluminous code,
whose liberal views do not meet
with general approval, is likely to
go over for consideration OF the
next legislature and in this event
the race track law, which the code
will contain, will not go into ef-
feet.
The fight in the senate was fair
and open. The issue was clear.
and no man who voted, voted
under any misapprehersion as to
what would be the outcome. The
matter is by many considered
purely local, affecting only King
county, and some who voted fol
the virtual death of the bill took
their attitude from the members
of the King county delegation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29

NEW YORK. Jan. z8.-Why,
did you go to that wicked playf''
That's what you hear when
you've been to see the new rage
of New York, 'sThe Easiest Way =
|by Eugene Walter.
You know Walter. He's the
newly discovered playwright whom
everybody is iauding TO the stars
nowadays. Walter had years and
years when he wrote good plays
and nobody needed. Nobody cared.
So Walter has seen hunger and
sorrows and LIFE. He wouldn't Z
say that .sThe Easiest Way" is
wicked. Maybe you wouldt eith-
|er. So let's call it q high tragedy
OF modern human life.
The play is about q girl whose
husband dies a suicide when she
is 20. She goes on the stage and
to save her very life accepts the
diamonds, furs and apartments Of
q rich man. But she meets q
young newspaper reporter who
loves her and Is willing to marry
her after he makes his stake. She
leaves the millionaire and the nexf
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
$4,000 FOR LESS
THAN TWO ACRES

After the jury was secured the
other jdrymen we're dismissed and
paid Off. They drew about $4,000
from the marshal In fees and
mileage.
The Jury brought in a verdict
this morning in the Thomas Can
non case for $4,000. This Is
over $4,000 an acre. His property
lies about half a mile north of
the Titlnw Land on tina NarroWa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
FARMERS LOOKING
F0n A WAREHOUSE
/ SITE IN TACOMA

The Pacific Farmers union OF
Eastern Washington, is very desir-
GUS of finding a suitable tide
water location for an immense
warehouse, which shall handle all
the output of the 110 members of
the union. For the purpose of
looking over sites in Tacoma, for
mer State Senator l.. O. CT ow,
president Of the union, L. M. Reid,
chairman of the executive COM
mittee, and A. A. Elmore, organ
izer for Oregon and Washington,
were In the city yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29

lact shows her trying to *make
|good'' on "the square In New
York. Belasco's realism is shown
lin the setting which represents
1.-THE girls pitilessly bare room.
There Is even q pair OF. Stockings
hanging to dry over the edge of
the water pitcher.
Again, almost to get something
to eat, she surrenders to the mill
|lionaire, for her reporter-sweet-
heart has not yet made his stake.
But suddenly he strikes 1t rich
out west He comes to New York
to claim her hand and finds her
with the millionaire.
Both men surrender her, leav-
ing her without aid.
30 che chooses THE Easiest
Way and goes to the women of
her kind.
Belasco. on the program, says
the play merely holds the mirror
up to nature.
The mirror reflects true. Walter.
before royalties. saw human life
In all its frailties. He knows what
destitution. temptation and litter
ness bring forth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
SUFFR
BILL IS
PASSED
By Vote of 70 to 18, House
Decides to Submit Suf-
frage Question
to Voters.
(Times Special Service.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. ~. = After
spending 800 worth of time in
arguing on a proposition to save
Sc on a printing bill, tho house
this morning tackled the woman s
suffrage bill and passed 1t by a
vote of 70 to 18.
This vote was arrived at when
it was decided that the question
should be submitted to the people
in the next general election.
Representative Palmer of King
led the fight against the bill, as
serting that it is trivial matter
entailing needless expense to the
state. Representative Bradsberry
of Skagit county, trimmed Pal
mer's speech, declaring that the
corporations were afraid OF the
women's vote and that as Palmer
is a corporation lawyer it was to
be expected that he would oppose
the measure.
Several fervid "God bless you"
speeches for the ladies were made
and the bill went through.
Representative Lambert OF
Whatcom introduced a bill max
ing the accidental shooting of a
human being by hunter a crime
of manslaughter-
The house then adjourned until
Monday.
The proceedings in the senate
this morning were devoid of inter-
est. A bill providing for the es-
tablishment of a fish hatchery
near Auburn was passed, as was
also a bill providing for the ap-
pointment Of a committee to set
tie the Washington-Oregon boun-
dary dispute.
The senate then took adjourn
ment until Monday at 1880
o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
FIFTY -FOUR
. GIT THEIR
DIPLOMAS

Fifty-four graduates from the
Thigh school, constituting the class
[of 1908 II. carried away diplomas
Hast evening.
The commencement exercises
Included recitals by four of the
class, the presentation Of scene
from "As You Like It." by Grace
Barnes, making the hit of the
evening. Principal J. @. Coli
colt delivered an address and
President John T. Bibb of the
school board, presented the d.
ploinas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
IS ORDERED 70
SUPPORT
WIFE

Judge yesterday this morning
ordered Howard Wilkinson, who
is being sued for divorce by Carrie
Wilkinson, to pay her $50 for
preliminary attorneys fees and
$50 to prepare her defense. It
was also ordered that Wilkeson
pay $35 per month hereafter in
support of his wife. Wilkeson Il
the expert accountant OF the c., M.
e st. p. railroad, and is alleged
to have come from Minneapolis
without giving his wife warning
or leaving money for her support
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
AGED Man
STARvES

(By United Press Leased Wire.
BUENA VISTA, Col, Jan. 90
A tragedy of the mountains was
revealed today when the body of
w. B. Mcclure, an aged veteran
of the Civil war, was found near
his cabin on Mount Princeton, six
miles from here. Mcclure had
starved to deth. He had run out
of supplies owing to snowdrifts
and slides.
Mcclure was 65 years of age.
He was a pioneer prospector.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
WANTS U. S. TO
BUY MANEUVER
CAMP At LAKE

Lieutenant Colonel John G.
Gresham of the 14th cavalry, who
was chief umpire at the maneuver
camp at American Lake last Aug
ust, has sent to headquarters a
strong recommendation that the
American lake site be bought by
the United States government. !
Lieutenant Colonel Gresham
emphasizes the fact that the fa-
cilities at the lake are much bet
ter than could be found elsewhere
In Western Washington, and that
the proximity of the site to deer
water will make 1t a. strategic
position In case of war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-These
are lines from an old Sunday
school song which Mrs. Corinne
Rider-Kelsey. the great Wolfsohn
songstress. might appropriately
sing some morning in church.
She has just accepted a position
to sing, says a representative of
Henry Wolfsohn, in the First
Church of Christ (Scientist) this
city, at a salary of $4,000 a year.
This is the largest salary on rec
ord ever paid a church soloist.
Clementine De We're once received
$500 a year for singing in the
West Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Rider-Kelsey will sing two
songs every Sunday. She will be
allowed several Sundays of for
her concert tours. She will aver
age about 500 a Sunday. or $50
song.
This means she will get 5000
Of the pennies" which she hears
dropping during the offertory at
every service, two Of which are
held every Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
NOTED MINING
MAN DEAD

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 29.-Mi-
chael Hickey, discoverer of the
famous Anaconda mine, now own
ed by the Amalgamated Copper
company, died here today. Hickey
was a noted Montana pioneer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
DENSE Foe RENDERS
TRAFFIC HAZARDOUS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-
An unusually heavy fog on the
bay this morning rendered traffic
extremely hazardous. At one
time four boats were in imminent
danger of crashing together off
Goat Island, and only the mo-
mentary lifting of the fog pre-
vented a catastrophe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
PuYALLUP CIGAR
MEN FINED

Harlan Cowan and Denny Da-
Wis, cigar dealers Of Puyallup,
who were arrested soma time ago
on warrant charging them with
selling cigarettes. pleaded guilty.
before Justice Gard thfo morninx
and were hned sac on1 ooo16
apiece.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
Six Trains Stalled.

DENVER, Jan. 29.--Half .
dozen trains, including two pas
senger trains, are stalled today or
the South PFr'1 division OF thu.
colorado d ern railroad IN
the vicinity %, at the top or
the Continent, divide, as the re-
suit of the blizzard. The passen-
gers are suffering severely from
cold and hunger as supplies cam
not recah them this morning.
Slides are reported from several
sections and the storm damage 10
heavy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29

(By United Press Leased Wire. j
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 29.--
While on her way to her f1ance,
Joseph B. Warner, q wealthy Col
orado mining man, Miss Ramona
Rollins, daughter of a we'll known
artist, left the train at Kingman,
near here, became the wife of
Ralph Wylie. violirist. and today
Warner is mourning the iOklenses
OF WOMAN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
is FINED FOR
FENCING Ian D

(By United Press Leased Wire
BUTTE, Mont, Jan. 29.-J. l..
Wilson, a wealthy stockman of
Custer, was fined $400 by the fed
eral court today for illegally fenc-
ing land.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
WALLA WALLA, Jan. 29.--
After showing steady improvement
for over twenty-four hours Mrs.
Archie Nicholson, whose husband
allowed two quarts OF blood ia
flow into her veins, took sudden
turn for the worse and died yes
terday afternoon. Physicians nam
ed the disease causing her deatI
myo carditis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
JURY AWARDS HEAVY DAM
ssslsr IN N. p. C0NDEMNA-
TiGH CASE - LAST SUIT
ET1zs-ED.

10 ...st of the Northern Pacific
.ssasea.ssation suits to be tried at
|tssis term of federal court was
k.-ited this morning for the ac-
kssrdN OF the property of the
'ysa.v. estate at SteilaeooLi.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
LEGALLY SEPARATED.

Judge shackleford of the SUI
perior court today granted de-
cree of divorce to olga Swanson
In suit with Robert Swanson. The
charge ives neglect and nonsup-
mort
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
s2,25O JUDGMENT |
AGAINST CITY Of
PUyALLUP

A judgment of s2.250 was
granted this morning by Judge
Chapman to l.. B. Joslin, who has
been suing the City of Puyallup
for damages for personal injuries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.

Sophia Englund commenced suit
In the superior court this morning
for divorce from John Englund.
The charge named in the COM
plant is personal indignity."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29

The Pacific County ulevat6r 4
Machine company filed bic <o1l6
ing Officers with the couu<x aud +
tor today; ~. 81 <$lItrH1I
president, and j. Ham<o<6 1<1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Jan. 2s.-The-
windstorm that has been sweeping
Oklahoma and parts of Missouri
reached here today in the form OF
a Neutrality-suspicious. gale. Little
damage was done in this city, but
reports from the southwest indi-
cate a heavy loss of property.
Nearly all telegraph wires are out
of commission.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
Wo1xLd-Be Poet Is
Whipped By Editor

MAN WHO INFLICTED UPON NEWsp APEr
BECOMES ANGERED BECAUSE ARE NOT PrRJJSTJ
ED AND STARTS FIGHT-GE rs WORST OF IT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29

hSAtp Soi.f Jan. E0.--A IE8~U
mendous gale OF wind, snow and
sleet struck the great western|
plains, east of here, during theI
night and in a short time every|
telegraph wire between Denver.|
Ogden and the East was put out|
of commission.
The storms extent is FROM
North Dakota to the northernI
portion OF Texas and. from incorh-|
plete returns, was raging erly to-
day with unabated fury.
The effect of the storm on tele-
graphic service Is bad because OF
the sleet accompanying the gale.
The wires took on an ever-in-
creasing coat of ice until their
weight caused them to break.
crews OF linemen were sent out
during the night, but every wire
communication between east and
west is taken by the telegraphioI
companies, Subject to delay"
The storm did not perceptibly |
interfere with railroad traffic. ex-
cept on the eastern slope of the
Rocky mountains.
One of the freaks of the storm
was a combination of a blizzard
and sandstorm at Grand Island.
Neb., where a junction of railroads
and nucleus of telegraph lines ID
The blizzard and
wrought havoc to COM
by rail and wife In
that vicinity.
A second storm was reported
this morning between Kansas City
and Chicago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-29
MERCUR !
IS BELOW
ZERO
Wind and Snow Do Much
Damage - Trains are
Stalled - Wires
Go Down.

CHICAGO, Jan. 29.--One OF thel
worst blizzards OF recent years a
sweeping Nebraska and is EXTEND
Ing northward into Minnesota
where the mercury dropped below
zero. Telephone and telegraphid
communication with Nebraska and
Minnesota is almost entirely cuu
off.
A message from Lincoln, Neb.
reports that all wires are down
and that the blizzard Is the worst
known In twenty years.
A sleet storm here last night
caused much damage. There is
much suffering among the Door.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-31

] have made hundreds of suits this
season and not single misft. Here s.
my proposition-lf ! don't fit you-you
don 7. pay. nc. Daniels
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-31
WHAT WILL MEXICAN
CONGRESS- DO TO MINING?

The new mining code for Mexico is
up for discussion in the chamber of dep
uties and the proceedings Of the legis-
lative branches on this matter are
watched with much interest. The fail
ure OF congress to enact tho law at the
December session. after II had been re-
ferred by the president and the cabinet.
with the so-calcd anti-forelgn clauses
eliminated, created q feeling that some
strong influences were at work which
might be able To revive the obiectional
clauses for discussion and possibly enact
them into a law. This impression was
given color from the fact that the code.
or Law, was a measure. which. by special
act OF congress. In accord with other
similar cases, the president could. at his
option. decree. enforce or refer To con-
gress for approval. 1t is likely that the
cause of its great Importance and It's
broad scope.
The delay. however. lent color to the
belief that the advocates OF the anti
foreign clause would. at least, make an
attempt to overrule the expressed policy
of the executive.
The preliminary discussion on the law
was related 10 the fundamental question
of federal and states rights. The new
law Increases federal jurisdiction in mat
teTs relating to mining and 1T Is on this
that argument is made against the law.
The ordinances OF Philip II. in 1854, made
the central government supreme in mat
tcrs relating to mining. The famous COR
dinances Of Mining. promulgated in 1854
ship OF minerals and the right of control
by the crown. These remained in force.
with some notifications. after independ-
ence. In 1857 "a new constitution for the
republic was adopted which specifically
left the states free to enact their own
laws in regard to mining, and did not
recognize the power right OF the gem
cral government as was established from
the time Of the ordinances OF 1854. Only
two states, Durango and Hldalgc took
advantage of this and enacted suecIal
N hn fn1n lon,
was amended comforting on the general
government exclusive power to legislate
upon mining matters. and in 1851 ne6,
mining code WAS adopted which super
seded all other laws, state and federal
This remained in force until 1892 when
H. was superseded by the present code
Both the laws OF 1855 and of 1892 rec
csnized the full federal control ot min
ing, but they did not go so far as to
jurisdiction in regard to legal questions
as does the new code now under dis,
cussion. The question has other bearings
also and is likely 10 be fully discussed
ny the eputies,-Engincering and Mining
journal,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-31
EXCURSIONS EAST
Via Denver g. Rio Grande r. r.

June 4, 5, II, 10, 16, 20; July 2, ,.
Chicago and return .,........ $55. 90
ST Louis and return ..... 1900
St Paul. Minneapolis and return. SO 90
Omaha, Kansas City and return. 1000
Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo $3.50
Other points in proportion.
Tickets good returning October 81.
Ticket office, 30l Main street.