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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
SPENDS NIGHT AT HOME OF A
DEMOCRAT AND MOST OF
THOSE WHO HEAR HIM ARE
DEMOCRATS-R
ARE SORE.

(By United Press Leased Wire
WOLHURST, Colo, Sept. 3D.
President Taft's visit to this state
has caused more trouble between
the factions of the republican
party in Colorado on account of
the jealousies which have develop
ed regarding his entertainment.
Senator Guggenheim was given
the tip that Taft would not stop
at his house and remained sulking
in Europe, so 1t is alleged.
w. G. Evans, the leader of the
'anti-Guggenheim wing of the re-
publicans, also wanted to enter
tain the president, but instead Of
visiting Evans it was decided that
Taft would go to the home Of
United States Senator Hughes, a
democrat, where he spent Tues
day night.
The democrats have seized upon
the facts as the source of rejoice
ing and they allege that the incl
dents betoken a more serious split
in the republican party here.
1t is asserted that the audience
was composed mostly of democrats
when Taft spoke last night and
that most of the members of the
reception committees are demor
Gratis. Another cause for COM
ment was the fact that former
Senator Patterson, democrat,
who was a. personal friend of Taft
in the Philippines, was ignored in
the program at Denver.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

The controllers report on the
Gale of electric lamps by the city
put quietus on the
scheme of Councilman Bell and
certain especial interest newspa-
pers to knock out the city BUSH
ness and turn the people over
again to the tender mercies of the
private dealers.
The reports of the light de-
partment show that the city
bought lamps for $22,197.83. Tt
sold to hhe people $14,669.70
worth. city used $1,6S9.S4
Ia its business and has on
HAND .mps worth $6,002.10.
There we're $307.57 in defective
lamps which the company is to re-
fllace. and $694.36 in breakage
land other defects. This leaves
1.-THE city net profit on the bust
ness in the last year of $471.2S.
which Just about covers the cost
|of handling with little over for a
Isurplus.
and the city has saved to the
people over $4,000, which pri-
yate dealers would have taken in
extra profits and has given the
lcisizens first grade lamps. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

II Joe Brooks, the man who
caused all the trouble in Eugene
Walters play paid in Fulp' had
lived in Tacoma. his wife's mix
linery bills might have been much
smaller. and maybe he would not
have stolen from his employer.
Perhaps he would then have been
able to live comfortably on his
income of SIS per. and Eugene
Walter would never have written
the play, and we theater fiends
would be SOC to $3.50 to the good.
or course, there Is no gainsay-
ing that there are expensive hats
in Tacoma. The latest Partisan
styles have not hAan overlooked in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
LOST ON DESERT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Sept.
Predetermined to find the body
of their comrade, James Upman,
which they believe is bleaching on
the sands near the foothills Of the
San Bernardino range In the Impe-
rial valley, Jesse Temple and Har-
old Barham today are preparing
to start for the desert section.
Six weeks ago the three men
left San Diego on search for the
legendary Peg Leg mine, which is
reputed to be located on lost
vein, and fabulously rich. They
lost their way on the desert and
separated to look for water. agree
ing to return to a certain spot at
nightfall. Barham and Temple re-
turned but Upham did not reap
pear.
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Crashes Through Guard Rail
The automobile was travelling at
a high rate of speed on the return
trip from Georgetown, where the
party had spent some time, when
at a sharp turn on the wooden
trestle that spans the tideflats at
Fourth avenue and Lane street,
the steering gear refused to work
and the car crashed through the
frail guard rail and turned turtle
on the tideflats ID feet below.
Hiser, the chauffeur, ran from
the scene of the accident and
went to his home, where he was
later arrested. Hiser is 10 years
old, and says he has been driv-
ing automobiles for the past three
years. During his experience as a
chauffeur in Seattle, Hiser has
been arrested three times for ex-
ceeding the speed limit. When
questioned by Sergeant w. l..
Peer, Hiser denied that he had
been arrested, but when shown
the police record he said nothing.
He was locked in cell at the city
Jail without charge, and will be
held pending an Investigation by
Coroner Snyder and the police.
Through the bars of his cell Hiser
talked freely of the affair.
81 took this load out to
Georgetown last night. ! had a
few glasses of beer during the
evening, but ] was not drunk. In
my judgment 1t was not running
more than 15 miles an hour when
we crashed through the bridge.
81 was pinned under the ma
chine, but managed to get out and
drag Winnie Fraser with me.
About minute after the car
crashed through the railing, the
AUXILIARY tank of gasoline started
to leak, and suddenly the flames
burst forth and commenced to
burn those beneath the car. II
was awful"
Questioned further, Hiser ad-
mitted that he was running about
35 miles an hour just before he
reached the slight turn near Lane
street.
81 was going at that rate OF
speed all right" admitted Hiser.
Woman Killed Outright
Mabel Johnson was killed out
right, every bone in her body
being broken by the heavy machine
falling on top of her. The flames
which sprang up the instant the
machine hit the ground, burned
one of her legs to a crisp before
(Continued on Page Five.)
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ing page of newspaper six
months old, and began reading
what fine chance Tacoma had OF
landing the pennant. Judge
Knight looked kindly on for few
Imonutes, then took off HIS eye
glasses and began to wipe them.
The spectators were growing
nervous, and the reporters began
whiting on their pencils, and still
the Japanese were busy.
Suddenly the roar of battis
ceased, and the interpreter. all
smiles and Difference, turned to
the judge. saying "She say yes. =
For the next ten minutes Hack
EFT was busily writing. but Il evil
IDENTIFY was unimportant. . spring
poem. perhaps. for he threw Il Ia
the waste basket when he got
through.
Pasco was fined IS and costs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
ROBBERS
KILL SIX
POSSE NOW IN PURSUIT OF
THIEVES WHO BURNED EN-.
TIRE FAMILY TO DEATH.

BLUEFIELDS, w. Va, Sept.
23.-Several posses with blood
hounds are pursuing the murder
ers of six members of the Mead
ows family who were killed and
incinerated in their home, which
was burned at Hurley early today.
The men who evidently commit
ted the atrocious crime for the
purpose of robbery, probably will
be lynched IL they fall into the
hands of their pursuers.
The owner of the house was an
aged woman known as "Aunt
Betty" Justice, who had the repl-
tation of always keeping a large
sum of money on hand. She, with
her son-in-law, George Meadows,
his wife and three children were
murdered.
1t is believed that the criminals
secured about $500 in cash.
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NOW THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR NOT
LIVING ON THAT$1S PER WITH
OSTRICH FEATHERS AT 15c

local shop windows. Then, too,
there is that Tacoma made 25-inch
$45 Study in Blue" creation.
But "a lid is a lid for all that
AS Bobby Burns would have said,
and so too, are feather and plumes.
So that a sky-piece like those on
sale in Pacific avenue store for
only, Is GEMS is none the less a
hat.
The hats are OF various colors
and sizes, and are trimmed with
feathers and plumes Of many hues.
There are also on sale at the same
place ostrich feathers for 10 cents
each.
whstf They're only irnitationsi
Wen, how did you guess2
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
DECLARE WAR ON
AMERICAN
UNIONS

HALIFAX, N. S., Sept. a.
The provincial workingmen's as
ISOLATION today declared war on
the labor unions of the United
States by series of scathing reso-
lutions calling on all the labor
unions in the Dominion to work
Canada and for Canadians only.
The resolutions announced that
the council viewed with alarm"
the efforts of the American
unions to usurp the rights and
privileges of the Canadian labor
organizations and the manage
ment of Canadian Industrial af-
fairs.
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TAFT'S VISIT TO
COLORADO CAUSES
SCRAP in PARTY
SOUNDS BATTLE CRY.

! KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept.
Y23.-Senator Joseph L. Bris-
,tow OF Kansas today made
public a statement in which
he sounds the battle cry of
the insurgents"
1.-THE people will find," he
says, that every influence
that can be used will be
brought to bear by the finan-
cial interests that are profit
ing by a tariff to sustain the
men who made the bill. The
progressives have but one re-
course, that is public senti-
ment and consciousness that
they have contended for what
they knew to be right"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
And She Saws "Yes.,,

Contest Editor: A couple cer-
tainly can live in Tacoma on SIS
a week, and not own their home
either. or course. IL you do own
your home It makes It much
easier, but my husband and my
self do not. and yet we manage to
live very comfortably on SIS.
We are paying $3.50 per week
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
FAIR OPENS
AS AUSPICIOUS EVENT

PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. %
The annual Jefferson county fair
opened yesterday at Quilcene un-
der conditions most favorable.
Exhibits in every department are
unusually large and creditable and
was greeted by a large attendance.
The fair will continue the re-
mainder of the week, special at
fractions having been arranged for
leach day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

rent lights and heat included) !,
our board amounts to $3.50,
clothes $3.50, amusements 81,
sundries soc and little bank
placed in a convenient spot catches
the odd nickels and dimes which
generally amounts to $3.50 or 81.
In that way 1t is saved for a
rainy day or sickness. The Times
more than pays for the z cents 1t
costs, and as we live down town
we seldom have to pay car fare.
So we not only live nicely on SIS
a week. but also save little.
We live on SIS week,
My husband and u
And so can others,
If they only try.
MRS. r. @. H,
Rossmore Hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
HOBNOBBING WITH
BALLINGER TO-DAY

MONTROSE, Colo, Sept. 23.=-
President Taft is spending most
of today inspecting the Gunnison
tunnel and the great irrigation
project which ranks as the. third
in Importance in the United States.
The cost of the construction OF
canals and tunnels is estimated be-
tween $3,500,000 and $4,000,000.
The president was accompanied
by Secretary of the Interior Bal
linger, who is acting as lecturer
and guide for the president dur
ing his visit. III
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
NEWCOMB TRIAL OPENS
COURT ROOM PACKED
Pale and Visibly Agitated the Self.Con-
fessed Slayer of Martin Kvalshaug
Walks Into Court Before Big Crowd
To Face Murder Charge-Case Is
Delayed to Summon More Jurors

Before a crowd that filled Judge
Chapman's court room to over
flowing, Charles F. Newcomb,
confessed slayer of Martin Kval-
shaug, was put on trial for his life
this morning. The prisoner was
brought into court in charge of
Sheriff Morris and Deputies Hall
and Robinson. Four months of
imprisonment, with the trial for
his life pending, have had no small
effect upon the countenance Of the
confessed murderer. His face IS
convulsed and pale, and during
the proceedings he was extremely
agitated.
New Panel Drawn
Only 10 jurymen were available
from the panel and Judge Chap
man ordered that a new panel of
80 be drawn. No veniremen were
questioned and there will be little,
If any, proceedings unit! the new
panel Is summoned.
Mrs. Kvalshaug to Testify
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Burmeister made a motion that he
be allowed to endorse the name of
Mrs. Kvalshaug upon his infor-
nation as a witness against New
comb. and he was allowed to do
80 over the objections of the at
torneys for the defendant. The
fact that Mrs. Kvalshaug will tes-
tify adds considerable interest to
the Newcomb trial, as 1t is alleged
that she entered into a conspiracy
with Newcomb to get her husband
out of the way.
Move for Change.
An attempt was made by the
defendant't attorney to transfer the
case back to Judge Yesterdays
court on the grounds that his de-
partment was the criminal court,
and that Judge Chapman was not
acquainted with the proceedings in
the case up to the present time.
Their motion was denied. The
case was first set for trial in Judge
yesterdays department, but was
transferred by him on the ground
that he was opposed to capital pun
ishment.
The prisoner was brought into
court this afternoon, but no action
was taken, owing to lack of
veniremen.
Cold Blooded Crime
The murder of Kvalshaug was
committed in the early morning
of May Is, when Mr.. and Mrs.
kvalshaug were returning home
from a dance at Pallies' hall, on
South Thirty-eighth and Yakima
avenue. At the city jail the next
day, both Newcomb and Mrs.
Kvalshaug confessed to having
planned the murder together. New
comb had attended the same dance
where the Kvalshaugs were, and
Mrs. Kvalshaug told him that her
husband had refused to let her
dance with him.
Newcomb then left the hall, and
when Mr.. and Mrs. Kvalshaug
were passing clump of bushes at
South Twelfth street and Puget
Sound avenue, he walked up and
shot Kvalshaug four times, ac-
cording to his confession.
In their confession, which they
retracted later, both Newcomb and
Mrs. Kvalshaug admitted having
been intimate for some months and
that they had schemed to get the
woman's husband out of the way.
Court reassembled this after
noon and then adjourned until 10
O'Clock in the morning.
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I'VE w O1NlzL hANSJI LfksF k'NPt
23. - (Via Hattiesburg, {
Miss. Appalling informa- I
ton today shows that the Z
loss of life in the tidal wave
and stern along the gulf q
ccoast may reach 400 and that I
the property damage Is so
great that many planters are
ruined.
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Lee M'CLUNC
Gets BERTH

WASHINGTON, Sept. sat
was announced from the White
House today that Lee McClung.
treasurer Of Yale university. has
been selected by President Taft to
succeed Charles II. Treat (resign-
ed) as treasurer OF the United
States.
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City Saves People Thousands
of Dollars on Light Globes

saving to the people in current by
reason of the better grade of
lamps amounts probably to an
other $4,000.
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Have Rnilt a Home.

Contest Editor: In the six
years we have been married and
lived in Tacoma our income has
been from $12 to sis. sometimes
CONTINUED on Page Two.l
Cañon City record., 1909-10-07
TWO MORE CARS OF LUMBER
FOR THE PIPE LINE AR
RIVED THIS MORNING

Four carloads of lumber for the wa
terworks pipe line have arrived here
from the mills in the northwest dur
ing the last twenty-four hours; two
of them yesterday and two of them to-
day. Much of this lumber has been on
the road for a month and its delay
in getting here has greatly interfered
with the work of the contractors.
The pipe line is now practically fin
ished down to within a couple of hun
dred feet of the reservoir and some of
the material just received will be used
by the contractors in completing it to
that point; the remainder being util-
lied in building the line from the res
ervoir down the hillside, under Sand
creek and into the tunnel through the
Hogback. 1t is reported that all of
the lumber needed by the contractors
for the completion of the waterworks
system is now on the road between
Ogden and Canon City. 1t is expected
that water will be running directly
from the pipe line into the new reser-
voir by next Saturday night.
Cañon City record., 1909-10-07

There is being introduced into the
Canon City schools a plan which is
calculated to train children in self
control and fit them for the duties
of citizenship. The essential features of
it are to put the majority of pupils on
their pledge to do right, and also en-
list their help in influencing others
to do right.
The old plan of school government
is that of a monarchy. The teacher
is the monarch who makes the laws
and executes them. Under such sys-
tenn, the subjects are contented and
happy, usually, but they feel no re-
sponsibility. The teacher generally
maintains good order; the pupil obeys
because he must. If he is sly enough
to do wrong and escape detection, he
becomes a hero in the eyes of his
school mates. They applaud him. and
conceal or withhold all evidence in
their possession. Thus some pupils
become by habit continual law break
ers, and their mates encourage them.
Is 1t any woder that this habit,
learned in school. cllngs to the
grown up citizen? He obeys the law
in a prefunctionary way because he
must, but does not hesitate to take ad-
vantage If he can escape detection.
He never concerns himself about
bringing offenders to justice; he
leaves that for the officers.
Much of the present day indiffer-
ence to the enforcement of law. and
much of the apathy of good citizens
toward primaries and elections is due
to the training they received under
the absolute monarchy of the public
school system. The public spirited cit
iznnc uh tayn fnfaraGt in Cnnd
government and public Improvements,
who belong to civic improvement
leagues and library boards are those
who have overcome the Influence of
indifference, and have become gener-
Gus toward the public good.
If the pupil can be made to feel a
responsibility not only about his own
conduct but also about the conduct OF
his fellows, If he can be induced to
take an interest in the care of his
school room, school building and
school grounds. viii he not make a
better citizen when he enters on the
sterner duties of life?
The new plan is democratic in its
nature. 1t throws responsibility on
the pupils both individually and col
lectively. The teacher does not sur
render any authority. she simply stops
exercising II In as far as the pupils
will undertake to carry on the gov
ernment.
The rules governing the new organ
ization are as follows:
The Citizen Tribune Plan.
The object of this organization Is to
interest the pupils in good govern
ment. and to prepare them for the ac-
tive duties of citizenship.
Before the end of the third week of
the first month of the school year.
the boys and girls of each room above
the primary department lin the pri-
mary department the teacher ap-
points, may elect one-thlrd OF their
number to be citizens The teacher
Cañon City record., 1909-10-07

the Platte at Beauyais' ranch. Slade
worked that line of travel and be-
came more fiendish as time went on.
He carried Jules ears in his vest
pocket and in payment for the drinks
he always threw the ears on the
counter They passed current all
right as the bar-keeper did not usual
ly want any other kind of money after
seeing them: then Slade smiled and
put the ears back In his pocket. He
kept this up until the ears dried and
shriveled until they could not be told
from a pair OF old fashioned dried
apples, the kind our mothers and
aunis. way down east. used TO string
and on which the flies roasted.
Jack Slade was bad man. a typical
bad man Of early days who killed. rob-
bed and plundered without fear or
compunction. He followed up his pro-
fession and out west Joined Plummer
and his gang where like Plummer and
many of his kind he was finally made
a tassel at the end OF rope by a Wig
liant committee In Montana Four or
five years after the killing OF Jules.
probably during the month of January.
1863. ]. S. Hoy with a party OF TWEEN
ty-six others following on the trail of
Indians crossed the Platte from the
north side OF the river and camped at
the old stage station. In the stage
barn was the carcass of an enormous
buffalo bull that had found its way
inside to die of old age. The railroad
had taken over the business and the
old stage line and its buildings were
deserted. The region was more desc
late. weird and forbidden than be-
fore white man had passed that way
and left their land marks OF q new
era In the midst of what was once the
great American desert
Cañon City record., 1909-10-07
The Citizen Tribune Plan

shall appoint additional citizens un-
til the number exceeds one-half of all
the pupils in the room, and may ap-
point additional citizens at any time
for general good conduct or special
praiseworthy acts.
Citizens shall be chosen or appoint
ed from those who excel in personal
good conduct and who show an in
terest in assisting in the general
good government of the school.
The citizens are expected to take
the same active interest at all times
as the teachers do in securing good
school. At the discretion of the
teacher they may be granted special
privileges.
Citizens shall have the right to vote
an all matters pertaining to the well
fare of the school and from their
number all officers and committees
shall be chosen.
During the last week of each school
month, a boy and girl tribune shall
be elected by ballot in each room
above the primary department Gn the
primary department the teacher may
appoint. They shall take their Of
Ace on the first Monday of each school
month.
the room He shall advise and warn
pupils as to their conduct, receive
and investigate complaints, settle dis
putes, and actively assist in enforcing
the rules of school. He shall report
misconduct to the teacher only after
the offender has been warned.
The tribune of the school shall con-
stitute a school council to meet with
the pricipal and teachers when called
upon. to consider regulations for the
school.
Citizens and tribunes may be re-
moved by the teacher or principal at
any time for failure to perform their
duties.
The installation ceremony shall be
held on the first Monday of the
school month. The details of the plan
or program may be worked out by the
teacher. but 1t should contain the fol-
lowing essential points.
Flag Pledge: / pledge allegiance
to my flag and to the republic for
which II stands; one nation. indivis-
ible, with liberty and justice for all.
Citizens Pledge: AS citizens OF
this school we pledge that we will at
all times try to do right ourselves and
to influence others to do right. We
will faithfully assist the teachers and
tribunes in securing good order and
right conduct in the school.
Tribunes Pledge: AS tribune
promise TO do my duties to the best OF
my ability.
Remarks by the teacher. visitor. or
pupils.
Rooms may combine for these cere-
monies.
The first installation OF citizens and
tribunes will take place at the Diff
ferent buildings on Monday. Oct. 4.
$3.50 p. m. except in the primary
rooms where the exercises will begin
at 300. All patrons and friends OF the
schools are cordially invited to be
present
Cañon City record., 1909-10-07
SHOULD SAVE OUT SOME OF THE
BEST FRUIT FOR SHOW PURPOSES

Now that orchardists have begun
picking their fruit crop for market,
they ought to select few of the larg-
est and best specimens for exhibition
purposes at the Mid-Winter Institute
of the Fremont County Horticultural
society. to be held here in January.
and at the Colorado National Apple
Exposition. to be held in Denver dur
ing the same month. 1t would be an
easy matter to lay aside box or two
of the largest and most perfectly de-
yeloped apples in sorting over the
crop for show purposes and It would
be about the best Investment of his
time that a rancher could make. There
is not fruit grower in the Canon
City district that cannot afford to
make such n sacrifice. indeed. it
would be largely to his interest to do
so. Every horticulturist here is con-
cerned in advertising the wonderful
possibilities Of this territory as a
fruit growing section and he can do
that more effectively than by an
exhibition Of its orchard products. It
makes no difference whether the
rancher has one acre. or ten acres. oil