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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26
Big Lumber Plant Awaits Decision

ROANOKE, Va, July 26-The two-mil-
observation-disclosures dollar lumber
plant under construction at Honaker and
which is building thirty miles of railroad
into Buchannon county to a 2O,0OO-acre
tract of lumber land recently acquired by
1t. suspended operation Saturday pending
the settlement Of some rights of way up
Lewis creek for the railroad. This is one
of the largest concerns in the east and
had already spent over 100000 on its
lumber plant. 1t will require millions TO
construct the railroad. 1t is estimated
that the company will cut 500, OOO, OCO fee
of high-grade lumber and the road will
tap immense coal deposits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26
Base Ball Injuries Prove Fatal.

CUMBERLAND Md. July 26.-Benja-
min Law. son of Rev. and Mrs. William
A. Law. formerly of Clarksburg. W. Va,
is dead at his home in Roane county.
W. Va. from internal injuries received
while playing base bail. He was a
strong. vigorous young man. Internal
hemorrhages caused his death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26

are occupyine rooms in the residence, but
return home only at night. The thieves
evidently believed the house to be unoc-
cupied They Grated up their loot, In
tending to move it away in wagons. The
bold attempt was discovered when the
Gibson bows returned home that night
Nothing had been removed. The robbers
evidently intended to get away with the
goods. worth several thousand dollars, on
the following night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26
Driving Accident Injuries Two.

HAGERSTOWN. Md, July o6.-Miss
Margaret Neill and Miss Louise Cushwa,
both of Hagerstown, were injured In
driving accident at Blue Ridge Summit.
The young ladies were riding In Miss
Nell's buggy. A trace broke. the horse
swerved suddenly to one side, the vehicle
was overturned and the occupants hurled
to the ground. Both were severely
bruised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26
Thieves Try to Rob Bishop Gibson.

RICHMOND. Va, July 26.-Thieves en-
tered the residence of the Rt. Rev. Rob.
ert A. Gibson. Episcopal Bishop Of vir-
ginia. at Park avenue. several days ago
and. after packing up valuables OF every
description. failed to get away with their
plumber. Bishop Gibson Is at Orkney
Springs with his family. His two sons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-26

Principal-Johnnie, I'm surprised that
your French is SO weak.
Now think. Chapeau. What is that
What does your father throw UP when
he's merry?
Johnnie-His job, sir.-Tit-Bits
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
MINOR PARTIES
To PARTICIPATE

Prohibitionists are preparing to
enter the field in the coming
spring election. City Clerk Roys
says that independents. socialists
and prohibitionists may nominate
candidates by petition by simply
securing 20 signers to their petit
lions and that they will be put on
the official ballot under the old
election law without paying fling
fee.
Some OF the prohibitionists held
a conference yesterday and decid-
ed to nominate candidates in all
the wards. In some wards at
present there is only one candidate
for the primaries and they believe
a "dry" candidate might win out.
Local temperance enthusiasm
will be stimulated In Tacoma Feb
ruary % with a meeting In the
First Christian church at which
time N. B. Eldredge of Minnesota
will be here to speak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
IN COURT BECAUSE NE
DIDN'T SEND HIS
BOY TO SCHOOL

Because it was alleged that j.
o. Jensen you'd not send his Ia
year-old son Ernest to school, he
was arrested this morning by Tru-
ant Officer John Hill and tried
before Judge Arntson. The case
was continued until this afternoon
SO that Ernest could be brought
into court.
Jensen told the judge that he
had repeatedly ordered his son to
go to school in their district. the
Horace Mann, and that, failing, he
had sent him to a night school.
The boy, however, obtained after
Noon work on a local messenger
force, and worked until IL o'clock
each night, giving his father the
impression that he was at school,
Mr.. Jensen said.
The Judge told Jensen this
morning that there were only two
alternatives: that Ernest must be
sent to school until he is 10 years
old, or that the father must go to
Jail for so days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
MAN IN ACT OF ROBBING
PLUMBING SHOP ESCAPES
BY A HAIRS BREADTH

"A professional lock-picker. who
has been at work in Tacoma for
less than a week, barely escaped
arrest late last night while work.
ing on the lock of the Ed DUDE
plumbing shop, 1852 South d
street. The man, who is believed
to have burglarized three other
business establishments this week,
stationed a pal" at the corner Of
Seventeenth and ID streets, and
commenced operations on the
lock.
Just as he had opened the door
Patrolman Harvey Miller ap-
preached and the man on the cor
ner fastened to the shop.
Both of the cdlprits ran from
the place, and sped down the
street. leaving the door open. The
OFFICER was fully block behind
them, and they disappeared in the
darkness before he could get more
than a partial description.
Nothing was taken from the
shop. Three similar jobs have
been done in the vicinity of Sew
enteenth and D streets this week
Police officers have run several
clues in an effort to locate the
criminal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
WONDERS DONE BYlG OVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP IN NEW ZEALAND

auctions in rates and increase in
business of the railways under
government ownership.
In 1896 the government adopt
ed what is known as the 3 per
cent policy in connection with the
railways-that is, it decided that
whenever the net earnings of the
railways exceeded 3 per cent on
the capital invested, concessions
should be made In fares and
freights.
In 1900 first-class passage for
80 miles cost 10 shillings 5 pence
today, 6 shillings 4 pence. Second
class passage for the same dis
lance has been reduced from Z
shillings to shillings pence.
There is a workers weekly 2
shilling ticket available for dis
tances from to 10 miles, and is
sued between suburban stations
and cities. This ticket confers on
the worker the privilege of trav-
cling second-class between his
home and his work up to 10 miles
for 2 pence.
Comparing the rates ruling to-
day with those in operation in
1900, a passenger travelling q
distance of ESQ miles can make
the return journey for z shillings
5 pence less than he paid in 1900
to make single journey, and he
can today obtain a ticket for 9
journey of 756 miles for the same
fare that was paid in 1900 fol-
ticket for $50 miles, and II he
pays the single fare ruling In 1900
for 426 miles (the distance sep
arating Auckland from yelling
tom he would today be able tc
Journey 1856 miles. If he paid
the return fare ruling in 1900 fol-
a 426-mile journey he would be
able today to obtain two return
tickets from Auckland to yelling
ton.
Freight rates have been re-
duced to about a third of whai
they were In 1890.
With all these reductions In
rates have come extension and i'm.
lprovement of service, and increase
OF revenue in every department
In the railway department the
surplus now amounts to more
than the 3 per cent required, and
further reduction in rates will
soon result.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
BILLY SUNDAY DENOUNCES
"MOLLYCODDLING" CHURCH
MEMBERS AND CARD PLAYERS

evil and then another as fast as
his tongue could work.
when the consensus of schol-
arship DEGREES one thing" he
shouted during his lecture, land
the word of God DEGREES another,
the consensus of scholarship can
go plumb to hell for all I care.
"Most church members live a
cider, milk and vinegar life. l
despise a fellow who will carry
water for both gangs, with every
tissue, vein and artery in my body.
"Some people will go to dirty,
good-for-nothing, sinking card
party to carry home a glass dish.
All these card playing, theater-
going, gambling, smoking, chew
ing, splitting, flip-fopping, molly
coddling church members aren't
worth three whoops outside of
hell. You will never keep America
from rotting into hell without a
touch of old-time religion"
The Sunday party expects to
leave for California soon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
HEAD MASON
VISITS CITY

Members of the Mystic Shrine
are today honoring the imperial
potentates of the order, Edwin L.
Alderman of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
who arrived In this city this morn
ing and is being entertained by
Afifi temple.
This is the first official visit of
the imperial potentate to Tacoma
lodge and the occasion is being
made one for unusual celebration,
members being here from all the
surrounding cities to participate
In the festivities.
A big banquet will be given al
Masonic temple tonight in honor
of Mr.. Alderman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
THE TACOMA BAZAAR'S CLOS
ING OUT SALE COMMENCES
SATURDAY.

Saturday morning every child
that has been fortunate to save a
few pennies will be found outside
the Tacoma Bazaar on G ST., anx-
iously awaiting the open doors to
get first chance on the countless
wonderful bargains that will be ON
display.
From the display of bargains
now to be seen In the windowa
and the crowds that stand around.
the ladies are preparing for a gen.
eral stampede. Hundreds of use
full household articles will be-
found at this closing sale and just
as an idea of the countless bar
gains.
Mankind in general Is as cur.
ious as the opposite sex, but in
this case, this creation of nature"
shows an unusual amount of i'm
terest, possibly for the reason thae,
seldom does one hear (let alone
see) a sale of this kind, and the
man who has been accustomed to
drop into the Tacoma Bazaar for
a paper, magazine, or possibly q
trinket of some kind, would stand
in amazement at the display be-
fore him.
Saturday sees the beginning OF
the end, and the goods are all
marked for a mighty quick clear
ance. Arthur Shirpser, who has
charge of the sale, is making
for a large crowd
and will have a staff OF
assistants capable of handling all
who can come. see
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
WANT AVENUE
OPENED

The Puget Park Improvement
club, which met last evening in
its hall, North Thirty-fourth and
Proctor streets, decided to ask the
council to open Union avenue from
Commencement bay to South Ia
coma. A committee was appoint
ed to confer with the streets and
alleys committee of the council in
the furtherance of the project.
Another committee was appoint
ed to work with the Central I'm
provement club to get better SER
vice on the Point Defiance aud
South Tacoma lines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
mot WORTH THREE WHOOPS
OUTSIDE OF HE'LL" DE-
CLARES RAVING BASEBALL
EVANGELIST.

(By United Press Leased Wire }
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. TO-
Those who last night experienced
a sort of hair-raising sensation at
times while listening to BILLY"
Sunday, former baseball player
and now evangelist, grill cards,
liquor and theaters with a slang
word thrown in here and there to
emphasize his remarks, were of
the same opinion today that Port
land had never before seen any
body like him.
The White Temple, where he
spoke, was crowded to the doors.
1t seemed as if the whole city tried
to crowd in to hear the fiery
speaker. Rushing from one end
of the platform to the other, mop
ping the perspiration from his
brow, Sunday first denounced one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
Man WHO WAS
SHANGHA|ED
LEAVES CITY

+. A. Cox, the Arizona mining
man who appeared in Tacoma
Sunday with a tale of having been
shanghaied and confined for As
days in the hold of a ship, receiv-
ed money from his wife yesterday
Afternoon and departed imme-
diately for San Francisco. Cox
said before leaving that he would
take action to have his alleged abb
ductors arrested.
He told the officials of the st.
Joseph's hospital yesterday that
as soon as he reached San Fran
cisco and had made sure of the
capture of the men who shanghai
cd him, he would make full
statement to the press of his ex
periences.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
TACOMA NOW
WELL LIGHTED

The new street lights were turn
ed on in the Indian addition and
in other sections where they have
been recently installed last night
and the city was lighted beyond
all past records. Today City Elec-
trician Lauzon received another
carload of wire and a number of
arms for lamps and still other
street lights will now be put up
where they have been ordered.
Over 100 tungsten lamps alone
have been ordered by the council
In the last few months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
SIR JOS. WARD,
Premier of New Zealand.

IICHllOI VI lNCW ACdldAu.
AUCKLAND, Feb. 10.-New
Zealand has practically the lowest
telegraph rates in the world.
Letter postage to English-speak-
ing countries is one-siXth of what
it was in 1890.
In the same period railway rates
have been cut in two.
These are some of the good re-
suits of New Zealand's government
ownership of these public utili-
ties.
Other good results are In the
great extension and improvement
of all these departments.
Eloquent figures are given in a
public speech by Sir Jos. Ward,
prime minister, summarizing the
progress made in public service
under government ownership In
the last II years.
1t is to the efficiency and cheap
mess of the government telephone
and telegraph service that he at
tributes very largely the reduction
in postage and railway rates-not
through competition, but through
increased communication and bust
ness.
Telephone rents in 1891 were
on a sliding scale. The first year
a rental of $4S had to be charged,
as against $24 now.
In telegraph business New Zea-
land, with total white popula-
ton of less than 100000, holds
the twelfth position among the
countries of the world. More tele-
graph business is done than in
such populous countries as Hol-
land, Switzerland, Denmark,
Spain, Egypt, Sweden, Turkey,
Portugal, and Norway. The pro-
portion of kilograms to population
in New Zealand is by far the high
est in the world. In 1891 under
two million kilograms were han
died. Last year the number was
over seven millions.
To enable this enormously in
creased business to be undertaken,
the mileage of telegraph wires,
which was in 1891 12,812, has
been increased to 29,343. There
have been opened 1921 telegraph
and telephone offices and 81 tele-
lphone exchanges. In the period
under notice the number of tele-
lphone exchange subscribers has
increased from 1892 to 23,S61.
The development of the post and
telegraph reads like q romance
The postoffice speaks glibly In fig
ures that are hard to grasp. In
1891 seventy-five million articles
were dealt with; last year the
number was one hundred and for
ty-two million.
Besides the enormous reduction
in postage to foreign countries, the
domestic rates have been reduced
from Q pence on a half-ounce let
ter to / pence on four-ounce let
ter. A post card was pence; now
It is halfpence. The lowest rate
then for telegram was shilling,
rs cents In United States money.
The charge for the same now Is
pence, IL cents.
All this has been done not only
without cost to the general tax
payer in New Zealand. but the
funds of the treasury have actu-
lally been augmented by large
sums which the postoffice has
turned over as profits.
at seems o paradox" says the
prime minister, but one is almost
forced TO the conclusion that II in
future any branch of the post and
telegraph department Is not pay
ing, the remedy win be to again
reduce the rates by one-half.
Fully ~ remarkable are the re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
FARMERS FORM
BIC COMBINE

(By United Press Leased Wire }
SPOKANE, Feb. 10-Plans that
will eventually mean that 10000
farmers, who control an annual
output of 20,000,000 bushels of
grain in the Inland Empire, will
handle their own products and do
away with the middle man, are to-
day taking definite form.
This gigantic combine was or
ganized through the executive
committee of the Farmers Euca-
tional and Cooperative union at
Ia meeting held yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
OF
MANsLAUGHT[R

(By United Press Leased wire.)
SEATTLE, Feb. 10.-Frank
Poquette, barber, lie free man
today, having been acquitted last
night by a Jury Of the charge of
manslaughter. Poquette was
charged with having caused the
death of William A. King at South
Seattle on November 20, 1908, by
q blow of his fist following Q dis
pute over q card game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
ELEVATOR NOT UP
TO STANDARD

The old elevator at the city hall
is not quite up to standard, &C
cording to Commissioner McGre
gor and he will ask the council
tonight to buy new valve. The
machine was out Of commission
one day this week because of a
broken cable but this is fixed now.
The valve, however, does not seem
to work very well, although the
examiners say 1t is perfectly SAFE.
A new valve will cost about
$3.50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
, oeoaoaseeseoo
BOOST THE STADIUM
AT B CENTS A LICK

. Those fellows who have
. been doing SO much talking
. and no paying to boost Taco
. ma can now wag their
. tongues to some financial
. purpose by licking stamps.
. G. N. Greig noticed lot of
. people like to boost with
. their tongues so he suggested
. that the stadium committee
. get stamps for them to lick
. at 5 cents a lick.
. And the committee yester-
. day voted the scheme win
. ner. Everybody says that
. the amount of tongue wag-
. ging done in Tacoma boost
. ing here should be good for
. a million people in twelve
. months IL that energy could
. be directed into something
. tangible and the stadium
. committee is now printing
. 100000 stamps to be licked
. by the people and stuck on
= their letters.
. There will be picture of
. the stadium with the bay In
. the background and the new
. park boulevard between, and
. on each stamp will be this in
D scription:
D 100000 of These Five
. Cent Publicity Stamps
D Have Been Used to In
q vite Clever People to
. Come to Tacoma Where
. Life Is Worth Living.
. Each stamp is 1%x2%
. inches in dimensions which
. gives good lick for every
. stamp. They will be sold In
. sheets of 20, 40 or 80.
. The 100000 will bring in
. $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
President TO Lay
Cornerstone Of
Lincoln Memorial

The party will arrive at Hold
genville at noon on Friday and
will be conveyed in carriages to
the Lincoln farm. President
Roosevelt will deliver a memorial
address at 3 o'clock in the after
noon of Feb. IL and will lay the
corner stone of a marble memorial
hall which is being erected on the
sight of the home where Lincoln
was horn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased W1re.)
SEATTLE, Feb. 10.-Richard
A. Ballinger, who is to be appoint
ed secretary of the interior in the
Taft cabinet, has just returned to
this city from the East.
When seen today Judge Balm
ger declined to discuss his cabinet
appointment but stated that he
had returned to Seattle to close
up his business affairs here.
|. II have not yet been officially
notified of my appointment" said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1O.-Pres-
ident Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt
and Miss Ethel Roosevelt, accom-
panied by Secretary of War Luke
r. Wright and Secretary Loeb,
will leave tomorrow forenoon for
Hodgenville, KY, the birthplace of
Abraham Lincoln, where the pres
ident will speak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
TO CONDEMN
ACTION OF
CALIFORNIA

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 10.-A
resolution condemning the attitude
of California on the Japanese
question is pending today before
the general assembly and possibly
will be considered by that body
next week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
NEGLECT CHARGED.

Charging neglect and non-sup-
port, Lena r. Rankin commenced
divorce proceedings against John
Rankin in the superior court this
morning. The case will be tried
Immediately In Judge Shackle-
ford's court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
FUNERAL NOTICE.

Attention Eagles!-You are re-
quested to attend the funeral OF
Bro. Daniel Mckenzie from Hos
ka's chapel, Thursday, 1880 p. M.
Feb. IL, 1909.
JOHN w. LINCK,
s*s w. President.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
PREPARING
TO TAKE UP THE DUTIES
OF CABINET POSITION

Judge Ballinger, land I have moth
ing further to say than that / have
returned to close up my business
SO that 1 can be in Washington
by the first of March,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
REV. MIR. BANNER HERE.

Rev. j. L. Danner, engaged to
|organize the bible training depart-
ment at Whitworth college, arriv.
ed in Tacoma last night, accom-
panied by Mrs. banner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-10
SHOES

for all the family.
The best shoes for
the least money, In
all feathers, for
work or dress.
Come; get salts
faction.
WILLIE q HAUsER
The Shoe Men
1b12 Jefferson ~.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-24

him to make the trip. leaving him
sixty five cents to buy a few meals
and make his existence in Kansas
City or wend his way to Atchison.
Saturday morning the matron of
the home sent him with one of the
younger boys to nearby grocery
to get the meat for dinner. Perry
left the other boy to get the meat
and went on his way. The younger
boy carried the news back to the
home but all efforts to find him were
futile, and nothing was heard from
him until he had been taken up in
Kansas City.
Perry is an ambitious youngster
and his mind has been kindled to
the great. possibilities that were his
on the outside of the home. Visit
ing ladies and those who are in
terested in the home, had taken an
interest in the boy and had given
him books of adventure and exploits
of other boys. SO that he yearned to
get out in the world for himself
The lad probably had no idea of
how little two dollars would buy for
him.
Perry is expected back on the
Santa Fe train tonight. His father
left for Kansas City this morning.
The boy was detained by the police
matron while in Kansas City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-24
Special Announcement

For the information Topeka and Shawnee County
sire that with this shape
E.
of the
Texas Tennessee other States the
chain of States The Topeka the
will their
will identify the
until May
decided
the
That
then with That will
purchase Money refunded if
notsa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-24
GREAT NORTHERN WRECK
High Water Had Softened Track Bed
Engineer Is Dead.

Helena, Mont, May ga Great
Northern Ore train was wrecked
Sunday between Helena and Great
Falls and eighteen cars of ore fell in
to the Missouri river. Brakeman
Rogers was killed and Engineer
Scieben seriously injured. Three 9TH
er members of the train crew were
more or less seriously hurt. At the
place of the accident the Missouri
river runs beside the track. The river
has been rising for the past few days
and softened the roadbed. While
there were no visible signs of weak
enfng when the train struck the soft
place in the roadbed this afternoon
the engine plunged into the river TAX
ing Is cars after it. The engine now
lies at the bottom of the river bed
completely submerged and the cars
are partly covered. Following closely
behind the freight was the regular
passenger train from this city but 1t
was stopped in time to prevent an ac-
cideflt