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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
SENSATION
SPRUNG|N
RUSSIA
Men of Noble Blood are
Jailed for Completely
in Plot to Assassin
ate the Gear.
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

ISSS 1tNpo.N
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 1S.-
Reports are current Of the arrest
of several men of noble blood ana
high official position in connec-
tion with the revelations which
followed exposure of the noted
terrorist leader, Eugene Azef, as
a police spy.
The prisoners are understood
to be accused of using Azef as
a tool for the removal of their
personal and political enemies
and some of them of completely
in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. plot
to kill the czar at the time of his
meeting with President Fallieres
of France.
Secrecy Maintained.
The reported arrests-there rs
practically no doubt that some
have been made-were effected SO
quietly that 1t is not yet possible
to say exactly who has been tax
en- into custody.
1t will probably be impossible
to guess who the captives are un-
til enough time passes for their
absence from their homes official
posts and usual haunts to become
noticeable.
Slated for Exile.
Several other persons, so high
ly placed that their elimination
cannot be engineered without ter
rifle scandals, which the govern
ment is evidently anxious to
avoid, are understood to be slat-
ed for exile to Siberia under pre-
tense of appointment to nominal
ly important but really non-exist-
ent positions.
A curious feature of the situa-
tion is that the government has
received practically all its essen
tial information concerning Azef's
relations with aristocratic and
bureaucratic circles from terror
ist sources.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
Women Wear
High Heels
AT Own Risk


(By United Press Leased Wire. y
NEW YORK, Feb. H. HfI6
heels adorn women's shoes 81 tho.
wearer's risk, according TO = pre-
cedent established In the court a.
Newark, N. j., today.
Two women appealed to fhG
court for damages, charging that
they had been thrown to th0
ground by the sudden startling "a
q street car which ambled orI ~
way before their tiny feet Wor1
firmly planted upon the Sidewalk.
Employees Of the street car fso<
tilted that the plaintiffs VtE&
wearing high-heeled shoes ct <h(
time of the accident, and the covIr,
dismissed the suits, holding that
such shoes constituted contrtnU
tory negligence. q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
COUNCIL COMMITTEE MAKES STARTLING CHAE


The Times prints only of the council commit
tees made last night its findings in the Sandberg
that the full report it's
wording it's unfit columns of
this newspaper.
The reply to the councils also with
the dsagreeable subject in all too plain for pub
cation the Times and for that his communication
sent to this office today, is not printed.
In substance the said;
That women not being imported to the Sandberg
district by the hundreds
That he is only following the policy adopted
majority of cities in dealing with the problem.
That to drive the city by hound
ing them of restricted district catters them
: all sections of the city.
That by personal nvesti cation made during his
Eastern trip he found that cities driven the
women out had failed to do
That Buffalo, N " after trying abolish the evil had
failed and has two districts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
PHONE Line
UP MOUNT
TACOMA

John M. Bells petition for a
telephone line franchise along the
right-of-way of the new Mount
Tacoma-Canyon road was brought
before the county commissioners
this morning and the franchise
granted.
The new telephone line will
open up communication with all
the young towns on this side of
the mountain, and will connect
with the new hotels being erected
near the mountain-top.
Sub-stations will be placed
every few hundred yards along the
way, enabling travellers and others
to talk over the line from many
points on the mountains ascent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
TRAGEOy|N
SEAT TIE
HOME
r1an Shoots Wife Four
Times, killing Her
lnstantIy--BlOws
Out Own Brains
fBy United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, WASH, Feb. 1S.-
Murder and suicide as a result Of
what appears to be the unfaith-
fulness of a wife, occurred at 131
Second av. at 6 o'clock this morn
ing, when Dick Bennett shot and
killed his wife and then fired a
bullet through his own brain.
Bennett came to Seattle five
days ago from his home in Los
Angeles. He told story OF his
wife, Mrs. Minnie Bennett, hav-
ing deserted him months ago, and
of his having traced her to Seat
tie. Four days ago he put in an
appearance at the house on Sec
ond avenue and there found his
wife in company with another
man.
The man disappeared on that
day, and Bennett returned to his
lodgings. Whether or not he had
any other meetings with Mrs. Ben
nett between that time and this
morning is not known, but early
this morning he arrived at the
house and entered the kitchen
where Mrs. Bennett was prepar-
ing breakfast.
Drawing a revolver from his
pocket, he shot his wife four
times and then placed the muz-
zle of the gun to his own fore
head and fired the remaining bull
let in the revolver into his own
brain. The woman was killed in
stantly and Bennett died shortly
after being taken to the Wayside
Mission hospital.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
VOTE
AGAINST
PEOPLE
COUNCILMEN WHO WANT POL
ITICIANS IN CITY JOBS VOTE
TO KILL CIVIL SERVICE.

Hawthorne, Lynn, Turnbull,
Jameson, Rankin, Armstrong,
Wilkeson, Chapman and Doud-
these are the councilmen who are
trying to kill the civil service pro-
vision of the present charter.
They voted through a reso1u-
ton last night to take the pro-
lection from the men who are
doing the city's work and open the
way for turning their jobs over to
the ward heelers at the peoples
expense.
Lynn got through an amend
ment which he expected would be
Ia compromise sufficient to get the
support of the councilmen who
want to keep hands off the civil
service. 1t provides that the
heads of all departments shall be
taken out from the civil service,
but that the men under them shall
be dismissed on recommendation
of the head of the department, ap-
proved by the committee on Of
ficials and salaries in the engin-
eering, fire, water and light de-
partments.
This makes It possible to elm
mate the head of the department
and put In a politician who will
quickly weed out the old men. He
will bring the matter to the at
tention of the committee on Of
ficials and salaries. This commit
tee is appointed by the council
president, and can be packed for
the purpose of bouncing all the
men not wanted.
The whole scheme is well con-
ceived to put the city's service In
the hands of tn ewire pullers In
the council who have been trying
for year to get efficient men out
of the city service and put polit-
ical henchmen in their places.
Seven counciImen - Giblett,
Brand, Creager, Hawley, Hogberg,
Reed and Stambaugh opposed the
resolution. They were outvoted
however, and the resolution will
now be published 80 days. This
will cost over 500 and will be
money thrown away, as it will
take II votes at the end of 80
days to carry the thing through
finally. 1t is likely 1t will fail
then and the city will simply have
Ito foot the advertising bill as tht
price of the effort of the schemer,
Ito kill off the civil service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
ENGINEER WENT TO
SLEEP; 20 PERSONS
PERISHED IN WRECK

charge Of manslaughter against
them, acquitted Smith and Hick-
ey. Head Brakeman Policy tes-
titled that he ran up the track
several hundred feet, waving q
fuse and placing torpedoes on the
track In front of the approaching
passenger train, which was on the
Northern Pacific road.
Policy says that when the cars
failed to stop he threw the fuse
at the engineers cab and ran into
the woods so he would not Wit
ness the collision.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
MEASURE DEFEATED BY SEN
ATE, WHICH MAKES EACH
CITY A UNIT, ADOPTED AND
SENT TO THE HOUSE.
(Times Special Service }

OLYMPIA, Feb. 18.-The SEN
ate by a vote of "a to IS, passed
its own local option bill this
morning and under a suspension
of the rules, Immediately sent 1t
to the house. Then by vote of
10 for to 23 against, 1t turned
down q motion by Ruth to call
back from the public morals COM
mittee the McMasters local option
bill which had passed the house,
and to indefinitely postpone 1t.
The bill passed by the senate
this morning is senate judiciary
bill and is a substitute. for Sena-
tor Nichols local option bill. It
was literally amended today by q
practically unanimous vote. the
sections affecting physicians and
druggists being copied almost YER
batim from the Anti-Saloon league
bill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BILLINGS, Mont, Feb. 18.-
Testimony tending to indicate that
a nap taken by Engineer Besin-
ger was responsible for the wreck
that occurred last September at
Young's Point, where twenty per-
sons were killed, was given late
yesterday afternoon by James
Hickey and willard r. Smith, two
of the crew of the freight that col
lided with the passenger train.
After giving their testimony the
jury which has been hearing the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
EARLING
4 AR RlvES

President A. ]. Earling Of the
Milwaukee railway passed through
the city this morning and is at
Seattle today conferring with the
officials of the road there on the
work now being done In this
state.
Vice President A. M. Ingersoll
of this city went over this morn
ing to meet him and they will go
over the entire local situation.
Mr.. Earling will be In Tacoma
probably Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
TACOMA BOOSTERS
SPEND DAY IN
SEATTLE

The Tacoma citizens who are
going on the California excursion
and a lot of Boosters, numbering
over 100, took special train this
morning for Seattle to be the
guests of the exposition manage
ment today. Cars were waiting
for the arrival of the Tacomans
and they were taken 70 the exposi-
tion grounds and shown all over
the place. A banquet was afso
provided. The party broke up
after the banquet and the visitors
came home on the regular trains
and boats.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
9 foregoing sensational

The foregoing sensational
charges, some of which were
couched in language unfit for pub
lication, were made by the police
and license committee of the coun-
ell last night In a long report
showing conditions In this city.
Following the exclusive an
in the Times three
weeks ago declaring that the
place of shame was
again in full blast, the police and
license committee started a quiet
investigation.
Chairman Jameson headed a
party that went through the place,
interviewed the women and sized
up conditions. They found the
most revolving situation. Their
first call was two weeks ago last
night. Thirty women had Just
come in, all of them imported
French women, scarcely able TO
speak English. They said they
came from all over the Northwest.
They declared others were COM
ing.
And they told the truth, ac-
cording to the councilmen.
In another week a second trip
found the forces doubled and
trebled. The women interviewed
declared 400 women had come.
Negroes, Japanese, French and
other immoral slaves of vice mon
gers were herded in the under
ground cribs. They said still
others were coming and there
would be two shifts running "a
hours a day.
And through it all, the council
men allege, that police officers
and detectives from the city hall
stalked and guarded the purvey-
ers of disease and crime and i'm
morality. The women had to pay
$75 a month to the vice syndicate
for room rent for the holes they
occupied. Then they had to pay
most of the rest of their earnings
to their male owners to whom
they are practically slaves.
They live In conditions unsanY-
tary, revolving, immoral and
criminal.
The committee reported to the
council last night that hundreds
of boys In their teens throng the
place nightly.
The jail IL filing up. and Ta-
coma is becoming the mecca for
criminals attracted by the protec-
tion Afforded by the administra-
tion, according to the report of
the committee.
The council took prompt action.
Chief Duley was cited to appear
before the council next week ana
explain why he is thus protecting
crime.
The city attorney was ordered
to ut once proceed to close up the
place, and II possible to have 1t
razed to the ground that 1t may
never again debauch the city.
The president of the council
was ordered to name committee
of three to visit Prosecutor Nc
Murray and Judge Easterday and
demand q special grand Jury to
take action to bring to Justice and
send to Walla Wall the proprfe-
tors of this place OF shame ana
the officials who are conniving at
the violation of law.
"Who are the owners OF this
placer" asked Councilman RAN
kim.
"A thousand dollars have been
apent trying to nnd out. xh6
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
MEN AND WOMEN
FACE CHARGE OF
cnUNTERFE

Two men and two women, CIV
ing their names as G. A. Crook,
Earl Jeffries, Lottie Jeffries, and
Pauline Crook, believed by city
and federal officers to be counter
feiters were arrested at 1880 this
morning by Detectives Wiley and
Geory, and will be turned over to
government secret service officers
late this afternoon.
The accused had a number of
spurious SIS and SO pieces in
their possession, and had sue
ceeded In circulating several 9TH
ers, 1t is said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
P,TTSBURC
b00DLER is
CONVICTED

NY United Press Leased Wire.)
PTTTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 19.-W.
w. Ramsey, former bank presi-
dent, was convicted last night by
q jury of bribing city councilmen
to place city funds in the German
National bank for the purpose tf
speculation. The verdict was
read In court today.
The trial is the first OF the al
legged councilmanic graft cases IN
which q score of councilmen are
accused.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
ALLEGED RUSSIAN
8PY JAILED

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18.-
Suspected of being Russian spy,
Paul Ulitkin, a young man of
education and refinement, is a
prisoner today in the United
States military prison at Alcatraz
island, in this harbor.
Ulitkin arrived on the transport
Buford, which he boarded In Nag
asaki harbor in the uniform of a
United States marine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
SEATTLE GIRL IN
JAIL FOR Theft

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OAKLAND, CAL, Feb. 18.--
Marie Brown, who gives her name
as "Clare Curtiss," and who was
arrested for robbing men On the
streets OF Oakland, was given q
preliminary trial this morning and
was held for the superior court.
The young woman refused to d.
vulge her real name, but q num-
ber Of detectives who were work
ing on the case found the name
under which she lived at . re-
spectacle family In San Francisco.
The young woman is scion of q
Mell-to-do family in Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
KICKED BY HORSE

Kicked in the head by the
horse he was shoeing and knocked
violently against the sharp corner
of an anvil, Daniel O'Donald, a
blacksmith employed by ]. H. An
drews at 1880 Commerce, sustain
ed injuries this morning which
will keep him In the hospital for
several days.
His head and neck were badly
cut and bruised. He was taken
to st. Joseph's hospital for treat
ment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
DIVORCE GRANTED.

Judge Shaclleford today issued
a decree of absolute divorce to
Robert q. Stevenson, in the suit
against Susan III. Stevenson. The
husband was allowed the custody
of the minor children and will
have to pay $12 per month for
his former wife's support.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
new RECORD FOR
ARRESTS

Thirty-two arrests In nineteen
hours Is the record made by the
Tacoma police department be-
tween 6 o'clock last night and 1
o'clock this afternoon. The rec
ord is believed to be the largest
ever made In Tacoma. Out Of the
thirty-two arrests, not less than
twelve were on criminal charges.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18

According to German scien-
tist, the brown spots that appear
In old books are due to bacteria,
which thrive In the starch u the
paper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
WANTS DIVORCE FROM
MISSING HUSBAND

On a charge of non-support and
desertion, Sarah M. Lonier today
commenced divorce action against
George A. Lomer. The case will
be tried In the superior court as
soon as the missing husbsnd y To-
Gated /
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
MAYORS POLICY IS|
DENOUNCED

SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS MADE IN SENSATIONAL REPORT or
COUNCHIMEN AFTER INVESTIGATION OF SANDBERG SEQ
TIoN-IANGUAGE USED IN DOCUMENT UNFIT FOR PUBI1-
CATION.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-18
Rank CnEARINGs.

cIearinss. s7s1.o2s; balances,
3ee.sbe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-07

AS it is but few weeks before the
fall term begins at the FIT. Hays State
Normal many of our citizens are hoping
that the Regents will order the Model
District School to be removed back IL
to its own separate building until their
new building is completed. The report
of the State Superintendent shows the
great Importance of this department of
the Normal, and the teachers who come
here to learn should be given every
opportunity to see this school just as it
is and can be made out on the prairie
near their home. It is the greatest
educator for practical work they can
have. The people would also like to
see that concrete dam put in so when
these teachers and new scholars come
they will not be disappointed in the
advertised pleasures and advantages
of the school
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-07
ARock PILE

The County Commissioners
this week made arrangements to
establish a ROCK PILE for the
pleasure of the prisoners in the
County Jail, and instead of let
ting them sit there, eat 8 meals
a day, play cards and smoke and
have good time telling stories,
they will be required to work on
the rock pile, breaking up rock
to be used in macademizing the
roads, and will be allowed dol
lar day on their fine. Justices
of the Peace will be notified to
hereafter make their penalties a
job on the rock pile instead of
fines, which most fellows pay
and then go eff and laugh and
are back to their old tricks. One
gentleman tells us that as soon
as the rock pile is established he
will make complaint of some
of these boys who are doing the
cat-calling and let them enjoy a
few days breaking stone in pub
lie gaze and maybe then they
will decide it pays to always be a
gentleman. In K. C. Judge Kile
makes it a rule to sentence the
offenders to a fine Of 500 to $500
and let them work it out on the
rock pile. He lets them try it a
few days and then paroles them,
but if caught at it again they go
back to the old job and have NO
parole, and it is doing lots of
good in that city. Other cities
are trying it and it is keeping
the undesirable and tough ele-
ment away from their town, for
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-07

Up in Wallace county at the county
institute the teachers are spending one
hour an afternoon studying manual
training. Each teacher will carry this
work into her school the coming year.
This and agriculture will be THE im-
portant studies in the country districts
of the state. And the first thing to do
should be to show the children how to
plant out and care for some locust
trees around the school house for shade
and beauty. 1t is shame that more
pride is not taken in identifying the
outside of school houses to make them
attractive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-07

When the experts came to examine
the Glidden aates at K. c. after the
trip, they discovered many little, in
significant slips so that only two Of the
eight having good scores had perfect
scores. Some only lostRone or two
points in their $500 mile''run. It shows
how near perfect in running, wear and
tear they are getting the automobiles.
The long trip to Seattle and back of
one make and the long $500 mile trip
of the other shows that even the little
runabouts can be made strong enough
to stand long trip.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-07

The Wilson paper of last week
speaks very highly of the Street
Fair that exhibited there the
week previous and comes here
next week. There was not a
moments disturbance on the
grounds during their whole stay,
and every minute while the show
was going on there was one
round Of amusement and it was
far superior to last year. Young
folks, and even the old folks had
the time of their lives. Those
who had seen the Chicago or st.
Louis side shows at the fairs
were loud in their praise of this,
the same only smaller show and
yet it is just as much fun. They
put their tents on the outskirts
of the city, thus not disturbing
the neighbors if up ia town.
A gentleman who saw it at
Russell this week says it is lots
of fun, the shows are good and
the grounds, their ball park on
the edge of the city, is crowded
with the merry makers. AS
they have their own power plant
they located away from the city
Those who want to go viii 90
few blocks further Co have g
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-07

The Kansas City Star may figure all
right, if they get the full information,
but the best 'fpreof is in the pudden. F."
In another column we give the exact
notices of Wards, Election and Regis
ter as given in the official paper. In
that paper it figures 70 lines at cents
a line for nine weeks to election day
q nd the city pays $2S. a. In the FREE
PRESS it is "a lines at % cents, which
would come to but S18 80, showing
that the cussedness OF the Mayor and
Council, to please a friend, costs the
city in THIS ONE transaction nearly
So 90, or over thirty-three percent.
And yet these business men try ard
ma Ike you believe that they were act
ing in the interest of the taxpayers,
but this plainly shows that they were
more anxious to please friend or pun
ish a newspaper and the people be d..
If you doubt this fact get both papers
and count up the lines. The bid was
plain q cents and the highest to whom
given read cents. We didn't want it
at the price, these notices show US we
didn't, but the old FREE PRESS was
again willing to help the city keep down
its expenses. But the Business Council
don't care for the expense account.
Have you seen them so far publish
their expense account each month?
Are they ashamed?
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-07

Schlyer Petit of Topeka, son-in-law
of Mrs. Brosius, came up to attend the
funeral of Carl Cramer He is now
the Treasurer of the great Continental
Creamery.
Talk about your Manual Training
School! Did you see the new sign
painters, Ben Westbrook and John
Miller, who are re-Painting many of
the signs around town and doing a
a good job, Many are patronizing the
boys to encourage them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1909-08-07

There is desperately dangerous
ditch crossing in the road leading from
the old YOst place to the Bellman
schoolhouse near Wassinger's. Dis
trict Clerk Stanton in his auto, accom-
panied by his wife and baby, ran into
it the other evening and threw all o.
them down into the ditch. Fortunately
none of them were injured, yet it
might have boon damage suit for our
township. These bad breaks in the
roads cannot be fixed any too quickly
after they occur to prevent damage
suits. The road overseers are elected
for that purpose and should do tn, il
work or resign.