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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
ZELAYA, THE MAN WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE

from Managua, Zelaya used to
smear his face with rice powder
to make him look a real SbIanco'
of unmixed blood.
When election day would come
around, the event was farce.
The standing army of Nicaragua
was marched up and voted for Ze-
laya. Then the government got
the army drunk.
Consequently, by Zelaya's or
ders, there were more opportuni-
ties to join the army before the
election. And afterward, if the
army" ventured to beat up a
few Americans, or burn an Ameri-
can warehouse or two, nobody
cared, least. of all Zelaya.
s. The United States government
was once awed by Zelaya-7he
thought and he dreamed great
dreams of becoming. a Napoleon
of the tropics. bereft of conscience
as he was.
Then the elections became more
corrupt, the army was strengthen
ed for voting purposes and made
more intoxicated, also for voting
purposes. And meanwhile the
people of Nicaragua stood for all
those things. zelaya, man with
out conscience. still held aioof
from tampering with the Catho-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
Ncaraguan President Stopped at No Outrage, But When
He Broke Into Converts the Revolution Started

Whether the United States or
enemies of his own blood be first
to overthrow him, certain 1t is
that Jose Santos Zelaya will be
known to the world as the man
without conscience. .
A fraticide, wading through
blood to accomplish the ends of
his perverted ambition, Zelaya
long has been a synonym for ter
ror in revolt-ridden Nicaragua,
where now the reyolutionist army
seems at last to have accomplish
ed the tyrant's overthrow.
Zelaya is an opportunist, sem
sualist, an autocrat, thug.
And at the same time he pos
seses the faculty for leading men
that has made him supreme for
years in the feyer-plagued, tropi-
cal, peppery little republic.
zelaya is dark, swarthy, though
of unmixed blood. A man whose
blood is unmixed is marked in
Nicaragua, because most of the
people there who are not wholly
Indians and these include the
Common classes-are half-breeds,
octproons, negritos and European
adyenturars. zelaya's father was
"a rich cofamee planter. Ha him
sell MAS educated in Spain and
gre} up Is a youth to hate
'merIeans When he returned to
lr,>e lan7 he was to rule he brought
4 IN hste with him and also ma
;s.esA free from control and cou-
s,ssz with vanity.
|ronbIA state occasions, before his
'hss ermentp were spattered
"a a,Swamp mud In his flight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
HAS WILSON AN
| EXTRA Wife IN
| TACOMA?

Dispatches from New York to-
day assent that Charles Wilson,
arrested for bigamy, has an etra
wife in Tacoma. If Mrs. Wilson
No. is in this city she has not
been located and has made no
charges against her husband at
the office of the prosecuting at
torney. None of the Wilson's OF
Tacoma know anything of Chaxi ss
Wilson.
He was formerly a Y. M. G. A.
physical director in Knoxville,
Tennessee. He is said to have
another wife in Lynchburg, Vir-
ginia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
GETS $4,000
FOR FIVE
ACRES
BIG VERDICT AGAINST THE
NORTHERN PACIFIC WAS
AWARDED TODAY IN FED
ERAL COURT FOR LAND ON
THE NARROWS.

The Northern Pacific railway
got a surprise in the verdict of
the jury in federal court this
morning in the company's con-
demnation suit to take the water
front of the Littlejohn property,
south of the Titlow holdings on
the Narrows.
About five acres of waterfront
was taken by the railway and the
jury awarded Littlejohn $4,000.
The railway had ,rIed to settle
the cost out of court by offering
5000 for the land.
The case of the railway against
John s. Baker and others was i'm
mediately taken up, following the
verdict in the Littlejohn case.
The Baker tract runs for some
miles along the Narrows.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
IAIAfIn A InOI

(By United Press Leased Wire.1
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 3.
Plans to secure an immediate
settlement of the switchmen's
strike by the appointment of an
interstate arbitration board, to
include the governors of Minne-
sofa, North Dakota, Montana,
Idaho and Washington, are being
advocated this afternoon.
The plan to arbitrate the dis
pute is said to have emanated
from the commercial interests of
the Twin Cities.
President f. T. Hawley of the
Swltchmen's Union of North
America looks with favor on the
idea.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. a
More than 400 strike-breakers
imported from Chicago are at
work today in the local railroad
yards, according to declarations
of transportation officials. They
AhtAb lOiuOl lOm lflt
places of practically all the strik-
'ers will be filled. and the NOV
ing of freight will be resumed.
eaders of the striking switch
men, however. laugh at the state
ment that the strike is practically
broken, and apparently are con-
fident of victory. They declared
that comparatively few of their
number have returned to work,
and are making every effort to
combat the efforts of the railroad
officials to import more men to
fill the places vacated by the
strikers.
AS result of the importation
of substitute switchmen, it is
deemed probable that the dispute
may be carried to the courts.
Mayor Lawler has been retain
ed as counsel for the strikers,
and will assume direct charge of
"a legal campaign should 1t be in-
|stituted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
Taft and Aldrich in 1912!
How's That Asks Bryan
LINCOLN Neb Dec 8-wlliam j. Bryan in The Counnoner

LINCOLN, Neb, Dec. s.wilam Bryan in The Commoner
today
"Has that Taft Adrch likely to
head the republican campaign? Tafts endorse
of Adichs craftsmanship his of the Adrch bill
the best ever and Adrchs tour through the West making auda
the corporation all point to the pan
New England the national republican
ticket she supported the ticket with
to recognize her?
dch that he won't be candidate for the
that should aspire
he has for been act
'tWhy Adrch 1872 and 1T is possible to
hen Addch and Cannon in 1915?
hat do progressives that?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03

conference over the matter yes
terday and steps may be taken to
draw up an ordinance to prohibit
the exploiting of city employees
at least by next week.
Banks May Furnish Loans.
Judge Stiles, however, pur-
poses not only prohibitive legisla.
ton, but he has in mind such
action in the future as win free
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
Barbarious Work is
Laid at Door of
Zelaya

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BLUBFIELDS, Nicaragua,
Dec. 3.-lt is reported here
today that the bodies of Can
non and Groce, the Ameri-
cans executed at Managua,
were cut into small pieces
and burned. 1t is alleged
that this barbarous work was
done at the direction of Pres
ident Zelaya.
Indications are that fighting has
been in progress at Rama now
for two days and taht the troops
of the revolutionists have fared
we'll.
News of the defeat of the Ze-
layan forces is expected here at
any time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
Mexico to Join u. s.

MEXICO CITY, Mex, Dec. g.
Mexico will side with the United
States in the Nicaraguan contro-
versy and the probable outcome
will be friendly inference by both
Mexico and the United States.
The statement is made in Of
fetal circles today that the gov
ernment is now considering the
advisibility of sending Enrique
Creel, former ambassador to the
United States, to Managua as the
special representative of Mexico.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
FINISH FIRST 100
MILES OF new ROAD

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CORDOVA, Dec. 3.-Comple.-
ing. the work a month ahead of
his schedule, Contractor M. J.
Heney last night finished the first
hundred miles of the Copper Riv-
er railway. Track is now laid to
Tiekel, half way to the Bonanza
copper mines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
HEAVY. SNOW
AT SPOKANE

SPOKANE, Dec. 3.-Spokane
is experiencing it's first real snow
storm of the season. The pre-
cipitation is unusually heavy for
this period of the year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
Troop Ship Aground.

Troop snip Aground.
WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. a.
The troop ship Prairie, with her
700 marines and Rear Admiral
Kimball on board, en- route to
Central America, is still aground
in the Delaware river. Efforts 10
float her at high tide this morn
ing proved futile.
The Prairie went aground last
night as she was starting on the
voyage from Philadelphia to the
seat of trouble in the isthmus
country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
ARBITRATION
BOARD NOW
PROPOSED
GOVERNORS TO BE ASKED TO
SETTLE DIFFERENCES BE-
TWEEN SWITCHNfEN AND
RAiLROADS-5OO MEN GO
BACK TO WORK.

MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. a.
1t was reported this after
noon ON reliable authority
that the strike of the
Switchmen's Union of North
America would be ended
within three hours. The re-
port was verified by men
who are in close touch with
the situation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
ONE EASY GRAFT OF LOAN
SHARKS WILL BE CUT OFF

CITY ATTORNEY STILES TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT
CITY EMPLOYEES FROM HOLDUP CONCERNs-LOCAL COM
PANY THREATENS TO TAKE HOUSEHOLD GOODS OF
POOR FAMILY FOR LOAN OF $50, ON WHICH INTEREST
AT RATE OF 140 PER CENT is BEING CHARGED.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03

LONDON, Dec. St is esti-
mated in shipping circles that at
least one hundred persons are
missing and many have been lost
i'm the terrible hurricane which
has been sweeping the coast OF
Great Britain for several days.
The intensity of the storm in
creased last night and many small
boats were wrecked along the
coast.
Fourteen vessels are reported
lost, including the Congress,
which was in collision off Stices
Head, with an unknown craft.
Only one member of the crew OF
the Congress escaped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03
a SHIPS ARE
REPORTED
LOST
MANY LIVES SACRIFICED IN
TERRIFIC STORM OFF
COAST OF GREAT BRITAIN
STEAMER CONGRESS is
SUNK.
(BULLETIN.)

(BULLET1N.)
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, Dec. 8.-The steamer
Thistlemere foundered in the
channel today after struggle
with the storm that has been pre-
vailing. 1t is reported that all
the members of her crew were
drowned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-03

Fair tonight and
00Sb Saturday. Light
- northeast winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Big Hats at Picture Shows.

In one of the motion picture theaters
in this city a sign IL occasionally flashed
on the screen to the following effect: La
dies under forty-five will please remove
their hats The appearance of this in
vitation always provokes laughter. but
rarely has the desired effect. Not even
the intimation that those who keep their
hats on have passed the age of forty-f1ve
persuades the feminine spectators to show
their considerat for those who are sit.
ting behind them. If this device fails 1t
is difficult to see any other way to solve
the problem short of peremptory rule
requiring all present to remove their hats.
The motion picture places are SO nu-
merous and well patronized that this
question of hats affects a large number
of people. In no other form Of enter
tainment is 1t SO desirable that the view
should be unobstructed. 1t is exclusively
a seeing show. If the view is blocked
In any degree the value of the entertain
ment to the patron Is more or less de-
stroyed. Owing to the fact that in many
of these places the floor is fiat the ne
cessity of keeping the hat nuisance at a
minimum Is imperative. Even with the
grading of the floor that is being carried
into effect in some Of the local establish
ments. a single large hat in the middle
of the house will lessen the pleasure of
the entertainment to a large number.
II all the women who wear big hats
could be made to sit behind such obstruc-
tons themselves they might quickly real
ize the selishness Of this practice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

from the same direction, crashed into
the rear of the second.
1t should have been imperatively the
duty Of the conductor of the second car
to run back along the track and notify
the next approaching car OF the condition
ahead of it, Nobody seemed to think OF
this precaution II is striking fact'
however, that q passenger on the third
car. realizing the danger. voluntarily went
back along the track and prevented
fourth car from piling into the wreckage
ahead Thus, as far as the work OF the
car crews was concerned. the process
might have been repeated indefinitely. I'M
iii all the cars on the line had colided.
1t Is true that the conditions that ieo
to Yesterdays mishap do not often recur'
hut the fact of the combination actually
i'm evidence should lead to an immediate
PRONUNCIATION Of rules by the railroad
companies themselves or by the rapid
transit commission to safeguard the lives
of passengers 1t is now required that
cars on the suburban lines shall carry
rear lights burning Independently of the
electric current. to give warning OF DANGER
when the car is temporarily disabled on
disconnected from the power. But these
lights are of no value in fog, and in the
daytime there is nothing whatever In
the way OF a precautionary device or pro-
vision against rear-end collisions save
the ability of motermen to bring their
cars to a halt at short notice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Cars In the Fog.

II is the imperative rule on all steam
railways that whenever a train is stopped
for some unusual reason. break OF
the showing OF a prohibitory signal at
other than a regular stopping point, a
fagman shall 60 hack along the track
for a specified distance to show a flag
by day and a red lantern by night to
warn an oncoming train and prevent a
rear-end collision. This rule Is occasion
ally violated or ignored. with result of
wrecks more or less disastrous. such as
that which caused the death Of the late
Samuel Spencer. president of the South
ern railroad.
The same rule should in principle pre-
vail on suburban electric lines. but judg-
ing from yesterday mornings accident on
the City and Suburban il is evidently not
in vogue here. Fortunately this accident
did not cost human life. but the warning
which IL gives is no less impressive. 4
heavy fog was prevailing. rendering the
operation OF cars at ordinary Roadway
hazardous. Apparently no precautions
were taken to prevent collision. A car
had stopped to take on passengers at a
regular station" Before il was started
q following car ran into il, the motorman
being unable to stop after seeing the OBJ
struction through the fog. a fact which
indicates. that he was running at q high
rate Of speed While the car crews were
trying to strsighten out the tangie caused
b. this collision a third car. approaching
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13

Commissioner Macfarlands services in
the administration Of the affairs Of the
District, which he relinquishes by resig-
nation, taking effect on the LIST of jan
uary. have been exceptionally valuable
He has been engaged in this responsible
duty for nearly ten years. devoting him.
self to his task with untiring industry
and zeal for the welfare Of the capital
community, with broad, sound views as
TO the relations Of the District and the
general government, with far vision Of
the Districts possibilities for developme mt
and keen Judgment as TO its immediate
needs. He has been an official Of rigid
principle and keenly sensitive conscience.
rs we'll as a constructive Commissioner
with a remarkable record of great public
works initiated by him or completed
through his vigorous impulse during his
administration. He liz a clear-minded be-
lieve. in Washington as the model capital
and the ideal municipality and has done
much that is recorded In municipal history
to convert this belief and hope into prac-
teal reality. He will retire to engage in
the practice OF law and he will take with
him into private life the hearty good will
and the sincere respect and the warm
thanks OF the people of Washington, who
recognize that in all his years Of devoted
solely by a desire for their welfare and a
wish TO give them the best local govern
mcnt permitted by the laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
A Four-Foot Rainfall.

Washingtonians who are occasionally
drenched with torrential rains and led 20
believe that this is a wet climate, shouio
paste In their scrapbooks the dispatches
now being printed from Jamaica de-
scriptive Of a bit Of weather that mas
Just been experienced in that island.
These scraps will remind them hereafter
that however wet 1t may be here WASH
ington never gets as thoroughly moisteneo
as 1t might in other climatic clrcum-
stances For four days the rain Tell In
Jamaica without intermission. Sometimes
Ii rained and then for a while 1t rained
harder and then harder yet. but the light
est of the rain seems to have been haro
enough to have given this community
had 1t experienced II, subject or con-
versation for a week. In the four days
for which this deluge continued forty-
eight inches of water fell.
A storm that brings down an inch OF
rain is here considered heavy. A two-inch
fall Is sensational, a four-inch fall disas-
trous In Jamaica every day of the storm
brought a foot of water to the earth. IL
does not need the detailed dispatches that
are now coming with difficulty from
Kingston to indicate the effects Of such a
fall of water. In a mountainous island
such as that the "cloudburst' could not
be otherwise than disastrous I'm the ex-
IRENE. Thousands of acres of trees have
been leveled, bridges carried away. rail-
road lines totally wiped out of existence
by landslides. even water supply systems
have been wrecked. The damage done by
the storm will probably amount into the
millions Lives have been lost by the
score Vessels have been wrecked in
harbors.
Jamaica is an unfortunate island. II
suffers from severe storms and has only
lust recovered from an earthquake that
did immense damage and killed many
people. This latest disaster will unaues-
tionably cause widespread suffering. the
extent of which cannot be known for
DAYS owing to the demon alization of the
lines of communica ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Unsexed Women.
From the Baltimore Sun.

The accounts of the lynching of negro
in Illinois are shocking in all their de-
tails. But the most appalling and humili-
ating incident of this tragedy is the part
taken in II by women. Great numbers Of
them were present in the mob which
hung the wretched creature, and. dis
patches say. were the first to pull the
rope" When women unseX themselves
and step down from the high position
where our civilization has placed them il
IS deplorabie, and the bad effects are far
reaching. The civilization of a people can
best be measured by the condition and
position of their women-by their purity
and eentleness and the estimation in
which they are held. 1t is their part 10
restrain men when savage or brutal in
stinct man!fests itself and not to aid or
encourage them. When the gentle sex
takes to lynching and savagery and
pulling ropes" then the degradation is
complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Cranberry Sauce a "Barbarism.


With this years cranberry crop esti-
mated at 1.7CO.0D bushels, exclusive OF
The large production OF Cape Cod. making
a crop nearly twice as large as that OF
last year, the state Department has
sought to find out the possibilities Of Eu-
rope as a market for the surplus. I'm
favorable reports have been received from
consuls in England, France and Germany.
In London the demand for cranberries is
confined almost exclusively to the Ameri-
can colony. Many years ago Sir Joseph
Banks cultivated the berry in England.
and at one time Lincolnshire and Norfolk
supplied all that England needed for
tarts, pies and an acid summer beverage
that had some popularity there. Nova
days, outside of the American berries.
confessedly the best. England imports
berries from Sweden and Russia. The
French are reported to regard the eat
ing Of cranberry sauce with fowl or game
as "a mild form Of barbarism." And Yet
the cranberry was sacred plant" with
the Druids. who gave both government
and religion to Gaul 1000 years ago.
However, France was not then the leader
In creating fashions for the inner or the
outer sman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Gaynor.

Judge Gaynor's statement that as a
candidate for mayor he incurred no cleo
ton expenses is creditable to him, but
We must consider the circumstances
There was no need of an assessment.
rammany took him reluctantly, and with
knowledge that IL would have to foot the
bills. 1t did not lack for funds. The
stake was large. and not only the or
ganization leaders. but the big money
interests operating through them. could
afford a heavy outlay. How much was
spent in Judge Gaynors behalf. neither
he nor the public will ever know. But
the sum was large. and it entered into
Judge Gaynors majority. We may all
hope that he considers himself free Of
obligations on that account, and will
carry himself in office without regard to
claims. But the enormous use of money
in elections? The question remains un-
solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
Old-Age Pensions.
From the Chicago Record Herald.

AS regards private or quasl-public in
dustry, the old-age pension movement IS
steadily and by no means slowly gaining
ground without the spur of legislation.
The New York Central lines. 1t is an
nounced are about to put into effect an
old-age pension system for all OF their
employees that reach the age OF seventy.
Manufacturing companies, banks and
other concerns have adopted the pension
feature as guaranty OF greater efficiency
and zeal. Security for old age after life
of honest industry is as necessary as il is
Just and where legislation is out of the
question self-interest and breadth OF mind
should lead to practical measures for
such security on "A voluntary basis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-13
A Hale Memorial.
From the Hartford Courant,

The beloved Edward Everett Hale had
friends wherever there are Americans
he belonged to us all, We are all his
debtors II there be a general desire TO
mark our grateful and affectionate re-
membranes of him i'm a way after his
own heart. hasn't that way now been
suggested? One of his intimates told his
Lend Hand Society the other day that
often in his later years DIR. Hale said
he would like to see "a kind of Unitarian
cathedral in BOston-a cathedral not for
show but for work. That was one of his
favorite day dreams. Why not make the
dream a reality?-was Mr.. Meade's sug-
gestion. Why not erect and equip a
central building OF that sort in Boston,
and consecrate il to the doctors mem
ory?