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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
HOUSE CLEANING
at NAVAL SCHOOL
COMPANY
is FORMED BY THE
COMMERCIAL CLUB

The Commercial club is going
right ahead with Its building pro-
ject. Yesterday Afternoon the
Commercial Club Building COM
pany was Incorporated to push the
project for a ten-story building
at the corner OF Eleventh and a
streets. The incorporators are
members ef the club as follows:
John T. Bibb. d. J, McNeeley. 4.
B. Howe, Stephen Appleby, Z. l.
Doud, y. L. Denman. G. N. Rid
den, A.. u. Mills, s. A. Nourse.
George s. Long. Frank J. Shields.
g. 8. Barlow. James IA. Dege. r.
s. walker, Howard Miller, Charles
II. Hyde, D. I. Cornell. Chester
Thorne and John baKlel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
TACOMA DELIGHTS
NEBRASKA GOVERNOR

after which automobiles provided
by prominent citizens took them
to the High school and other
points of interest in the North
End, including Point Defiance
park.
Ladies Are Enthusiastic.
The married members Of the
Nebraska party were accompanied
by their wives and the ladies' were
enthusiastic over the beautiful
streets and fiower-bedecked Iaw1s
of Tacoma.
II am more than delighted with
Tacoma" said Governor Shellen-
berger. "You really have won-
derful city here. I'VE are calling
the mountain Tacoma. In fact
every member Of the party has
been rehearsing on that name all
the way over from Seattle on teh
boat"
The Nebraskans will leave for
Portland at 5 o'clock, returning
home over the Southern Pacific.
In the party are: Adiutant
General John G. Hartigan, Colonel
e. M. Westernelt. Colonel Fl. r.
Hill, Colonel d. J. Gates. Colonel
e. w. Getten, Colonel II. ]. Kelly.
Colonel F. ]. McShane, Colonel NJ.
j. Marshall. Colonel A. p. Fitz~
simmons, Colonel Robert Ober-
fielder and Rev. M. l.. Day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
500 SPANIARDS
KILLED IN
BATTLE

(By United Press Leased wire.)
LISBON. Aug. 2O.-Six hundred
Spaniards have been killed, ac-
|cording to dispatches received to-
day In the campaign started We'd
|nesday BY Heneral Marina against
the Rim trtbesmen.
The messages. which are uncon-
|firmed, are from Melil]a and stat
led that several Of General Mar
Inats battalions have mutinied.
either Joining the Moors or dee
|ins towards French possessions In
Morocco.
After being decisively defeated
IN his latest campaign, General
Marina was compelled to retire
to Meiilla te await reinforco-
|mont1.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE. Aug. 20.-Five per-
sons are dead in Seattle today as
the result of an automobile acci-
dent which occurred late last
night when a big Winton touring
car crashed through the railing
of a bridge at Dead Mans curve
near Fourth avenue south and
Andover street, and plunged into
the bay, carrying it's occupants to
death in the water.
The dead:
Mrs. H. M. Grothe, aged 36, OF
Vancouver, B. c.
Mrs. ]. Colvin, aged 26, Van
couver, B. G.
Miss Agnes Cowan, aged %,
sister of Mrs. Colvin, Vancouver,
B. c.
Miss Maggie Paul, aged 81,
Vancouver, b. G.
Ira Parry, Seattle.
Bodies Recovered.
The bodies of Parry and Mrs.
Grothe and Mrs. Cowan were re-
covered about 1 o'clock this morn
inging some distance from the
scene of the wreck floating in the
water. Efforts are now in prog
ress to recover the bodies of Miss
Paul and Mrs. Colvin.
The automobile was being driy-
en- by Ira Parry, former proprie-
tor of a cafe in Seattle, from
whom the machine had been rent
ed early in the evening to take the
party, which, in addition to those
who met their death, consisted OF
Miss Mary Paul and Miss Katie
Hiscock, for a trip into the coun-
try.
Attending the Fair.
The women were all members
of a delegation from Vancouver
who were here attending the fair
They were being chaperoned by
Mrs. T. Cox of Vancouver, who Is
staying at the Arlington hotel
She was not with the other mem
bers of the party last night.
The accident occurred at dan
gerous curve in a trestle which
passes over a portion of the bay.
Forty Miles an Hour.
According to the two young
women who escaped death In the
terrible plunge, the machine was
running at about 40 miles an houl
when the curve was reached
Parry, for some unknown reason
lost control of the car, and i
crashed through the railing ant
tumbled into the water, which a
that point is eight or ten fee
deep. The accident occurred will
such suddenness that no opper
tupity was afforded the occupant
I'd make any effort at escape, ant
they were carried down into the
water.
Boatman Saves Two Women.
Roy Van Wander, a boat
man who lives near the scene
of the tragedy, heard the
CONTINUED on Page Three.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
Just Think Of 1t;
Taft's Waist Line
Reduced 7 Inches

BEVERLY, Mass, Aug. 20.-It
was learned today that DR.. Charles
Baker, the masseur, has suceel-
ed In reducing President Taft's
waist line by seven inches since
the president arrived here. Just
how many pounds the president
has lost is not known officially,
but he is not believed to weigh
more than 80 pounds. When he
arrived in Beverly he weighed
326.
Despite this loss of flesh the
President is In excellent health,
and seems able to lose weight
without weakening.
1t was stated today that he Is
stronger by 25 per cent than when
he arrived here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
HILL MEETS HARRIMANs CUT
IN RUNNING TIME IN FIGHT
FOR THE TRAFFIC. TO
N0RTHWEsT-

A vigorous contest FOR the con-
troll OF the passenger traffic be-
tween the East and the Pacific
Is on between the Hili
ana Hartman interests.
Following close on the an.
that the Hartman
line would put on a 69-hour train
between Chicago and Portland
comes the ANNOUNCEMENT that the
time on the North hank road be-
tween Spokane and Portland
will be cut to nina hours.
This will bring the running time
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
Street Care
Can't M axe
Concessions
TRACTION OFFICIALS REFUSE
TO GRANT ANY DEMANDS OF
PEOPLE BECAUSE BOND Is
SUES AND MORTGAGES PRO-
HIBIT THEM.

There will be no transfers from
the T. r. & P. company cars 20
the Traction line.
Neither will the Stone-Webster
interests bive up Cliff avenue.
In fact the Stone-Webster peo-
pie will hang to everything II has
and grant nothing to the people It
can get out of granting.
For 1t is so nominated In the
bond.
Public service corporations
these days have a way of fixing
things so that afterward when the
people get dissatisfied the Of
ficials can sit back and say they
can do nothing.
Now the Stone-Webster COM
pany has bought the Traction
lines the people naturally want
transfers from one line to the
other. '..-f
I'VE can't do IL for It would
decrease the earnings of the road
and the corporation is mortgagai
and there is a stipulation in the
bonds that nothing shall ever be
done by the company to decrease
the earnings of the company or
lessen the value of the property
say the street railway people.
The citizens ask for the aban-
donment of Cliff avenue on the
ground that it would make a fine
boulevard and that the company
does not need It. And the COM
pany replies: 1--WE can't do It,
for the bonds and the mortgage on
the line stipulate that nothing can
be done to give up any franchise
or lessen the value of the prop
erty."
The citizens ask for a reduc-
tion of fare and the company sits
back and says: I'VE would like
to but we can't do 1t, you know,
for the bonds and the mortgages
have a stipulation, ETC., etc."
And so the people are up
against 1T.
The traction trust has tied its
own hands through the process IF
stock jobbing of bond issues SO it
cannot give any concessions worth
mentioning to- the people.
A good part OF the big profits
In railway these days. is in man
lipulating bonds and mortgages
and in order to make the most at
the game the corporations tie the
thing up so the last dollar is al
ways to be squeezed out of the
people and the least possible con-
cessions granted to them. This
always looks good to the bond
buyer and the mortgage.
And the game has been worked
on Tacoma to finish.
| These facts were brought out In
little heart-to-heart talk between
two members of the franchise
committee and Manager Dimmock
and Attorney Groscup In the Of
fice OF the latter this morning.
The committee wanted to get
something for the city.
But whenever anything really
worth while was suggested up bob
bed those bonds and mortgages
with their stipulation that the
company cannot relinquish any
thing to decrease the value of the
property or the earnings.
| SO there you are.
And the Stone Webster fran
chiess run for "a to "a years yet. .
Will the citizens be awake then,
to prtect themselves?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
WOMAN WHO ELOPED WITH
EX-CONVICT DISAPPEARS

cashing a bogus draft, explained
that his friendship for Mrs. Tomp-
kins was entirely platonic in char
acter.
81 was in Seattle" he said,
when heard of Mrs. TomI kins'
trouble. She asked me to come
to San Francisco. This was two
weeks after her separation from
Tompkins. I rented apartments
with two separate bedrooms. Mrs.
Tompkins was in such mental and
physical distress that. feared a
breakdown and ] wanted to be
near. / was the only one she had
to depend upon. intended to re-
lieve her distress by guarding her
from relatives and newspaper
men"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

STRIKE
|NCH|CAC0
CERT AIN
Motormen and Conductors
Reject New Wage Scale
and City Prepares
for a Serious
Conflict

(By United Press Leased Wire.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2O.-The
mOtormen and conductors of
the Chicago Railway company
today rejected the new wage
scale offered by the company
and a strike seems almost a
certainty.
The situation is extremely
critical, and for the third
time this month the police
have been ordered to prepare
themselves for strike duty.
International Pr d en-
Mahon is expected to arrive in
the city this afternoon and
take command of the situa-
tiOn.
IL the strike is called, 1O,-
900 men will be involved and
every line in the city will be
tied up, causing serious con-
ditions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
NEW MAN HERE IN
IMMIGRATION SERVICE

C. e. Keagy, who has been con-
nected with the United States im-
migration service in Seattle for
several years, will soon come TO
Tacoma as assistant to A. s. Full
ton.
For some time past Mr.. Fulton
has been looking after the work in
Tacoma without assistance. but
now that new steamship line has
been established running into this
port 1t is believed that the force
in the office here will be gradual-
ly increased.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
He Starves for
Three Months
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
REDDING, Cal, Aug. 2O.-For
three months Henry E. Everdell,
an employment agent, residing
here, has not eaten food. The
only nourishment he has taken
during his 93-day fast has been
an occasional glass of buttermilk.
When Everdell ate his last meal
he weighed 325 pounds. Today
the scales balances at 100 pounds
less than when he first stepped
upon them.
The man has been a sufferer
from stomach trouble, and he Is
taking the starvation treatment
on the advice of his physician.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
DRINKS ACID
BY MISTAKE

(By United Press Leased Wire.
4 VANCOUVER, Wash, Aug. 20.
DE Witt G. Cooley, a farmer,
is in a dying condition here to-
day following a fatal mistake last
night when he swallowed pure
acid which he thought
was water. Cooley was passing a
and saw Jug apparent
ly filled with water. He took sew
eral swallows of the fiery acid and
fell to the ground screaming in
agony.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
MRS. JOHN TOMPKINS DROPS
OUT OF SIGHT--FRIEND-
SHIP ENTIRELY PLATONlC,
SAYS GORDON.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20
Mrs. John Tompkins. wife OF
former warden at San Quentin,
who was found Wednesday living
in apartments on Mission street
with w. F. Gordon, an ex-convict,
has disappeared, and all trace OF
her is lost. All day yesterday
search was made for her, without
success. !. She did not return TO
her Mission street apartments
nor was she seen in Oakland or
Fruitvale where her home is.
Gordon, in prison, accused OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
0YmENT MEN
EX0NERATED

On the request of Deputy Prose
cutting Attorney Lyle, the charges
against H. M. Burchard and X. l..
Crosswait, manager of the EN-
ployes' COOPERATIVE Association,
arrested on accusation of having
obtained money under false pre-
lenses, were dismissed in police
court yesterday, and the men
were given their liberty.
It is said that the charges
against the men grew out of a
misunderstanding, and the men
say that they are doing a legiti-
mate business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
Girl Helps Rich
Man in His Fight
to Gain Liberty
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN RAFAEL, Cal, Aug. 20
Miss Lenore Van Sickle, a niece
of Millionaire William Bradbury,
who is sentenced to term of one
year in San Quentin prison for
perjury, will plead with Governor
Gillett to pardon the aged man
from serving a term In the peni-
tentiary. She will leave Sunday
with Bradbury's attorney, Charles
Fairall. for Eureka, where Gillett
is sending his vacation.
The young woman, who lives
in the East, came to Marin coun-
ty to assist Bradbury in his hight
for liberty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
ONE MAN RELEASED AS RE-
SUIT OF SUTTON INQUIRY
OTHERS TO GO.

fRv United Press Leased Wire.l
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20.-t
vas announced today that Charles
a. Doyen, cominandant OF the
~serine barracks at Annapolis, at
time that Lieutenant Sutton OF
.ou met HIS death. will be re-
d from duty at that post.
Is reported that THIS is but
first etep OF a general house
hing that is to occur In this
rtment and is dinect result
be Sutton inquiry.
here IL NO objection to Doyen
Dt the fact that he was IN
be Of the marine barracks 81
lnc OF the tragedy. -.....
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. Aus. 1o.--<
Four hundred and sixteen huek
Jet shops" extending from Jersey
City to Denver. are Wiehout auo-
tattons today Following the dls=
copery OF the Headquarters of ihe
concern which furnished tlle teie=
graphic market information. oQ=
Grating over d harness shop herz
this morning
Immediately following The as
couery Of The place the aafhofliIez
stopped al the inHtFumanla ana
closed the rooms occupied bf t0z
officials Of fha concern.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
CIRCUS MAN DIES

SEATTLE, Aug. 20.--Lpuis
Falcon. known to the saw dust
ring as "Pacheco." is dead at the
city hospital of acute pulmonary
|oedma. Until Monday night PacA
eco was tumbler and acroba
with Ringing brothers circusI
now here. He bacem Ill at vanA
|couver, B. c., on Monday. and
lapsed into Inconsistencies from
which he never emerged
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
Hartman a Chain Man.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-Avertll
Hartman is only Is years old, but
when his father went abroad for
his health, he was given the
choice of how he was to spend the
summer. Instead of taking a va
cation abroad, he decided that he
wanted to know something about
how railroads were built, and was
give ma position carrying the chain
in a surveying gang on the Oregon
Short Line in Idaho, at SOS a
month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
Seattle Auto ,
Carries = to
Awful Death

Two Women Miraculously Escape When Big Tour
ing Car Plunges Off the Trestle at dead Mans
Curve Into Bay-Cling to Wreck Until Pulled
Out of Water-Other Members of Party Drowned
in Ten Feet of Water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
RED HOT RAILWAY
WAR Is NOW ON

from the East over the Great
Northern down to the Hartman
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
JOHN SCHOCK, 10 YEARS A
TACOMA POLICEMAN, HAS
WALKED $500 MILES

KNOWN AS .MAN WITHOUT sERy-
UNDER ADMINISTRATIONS SINCE 1s9O-HE HAS
CHIEFS AND
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20
He MAY HAVE
PERISHED IN
FOREST FIRE
MONSTER BLAZE THREE
MILES IN WIDTH SWEEPS
C0EUR D'ALENE RES
ERVATION.
Rescue Party to BE Sent Out In
Search for Young Hartman
and Others, Who Are
Menaced by Flames.
(BUILETIN.l

SPOKANE, Aug. 2O.-The town
of Plumber, on the st. Joe river,
In Idaho, was totally destroyed to-
day by a great forest fire whici,
has been sweeping the Occur
dAlene Indian reservation since
last night. Hundreds of men have
been fighting the flames all night
long and throughout the day but
there appears little chance of
checking the conflagration.
Appeals for help have been res
ceived from Occur d'Alene and a
rescue party is being made up
here and will leave i'm special
train.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

SOKANE, Aug. 20.-The fear
that young Averill Hartman, 49,
year-old son og e. H. Hartman
the railroad nagnate, may be
caught with party of surveyors
by great timber fire in the Occur
d 'Alene Indian reservation is prev
alent here this Afternoon.
Young Hartman is with a party
sent out by the Oregon Railway &
Navigation company and officials
of that road here are anxiously
awaiting word of young Harrl-
mans safety.
To Send Out Party.
AS soon as the whereabouts OF
the party can be definitely estab-
lished, a relief party will be dis.
patched from Coeur d'Alene. In
the meantime search Is being
made by Hartman and others oi
the surveying parties who are II
teh danger zone.
Three Miles Wide.
A line of fire three miles ir
width Is sweeping the valuable
timber lands OF the reservation
causing thousands of dollars dam
Iage and seriously impairing the
value of the claims recentl.
awarded by the government t.
lhomeseekers.
100000 Damage.
| The fire, according to advice
lreceived here from Rockford, hal
already caused damage estimate,
at 100000 and there is apparent
ly omeans of holding 1t in checl
because of a heavy wind.
| Survey Camps Threatened.
The fire started yesterday In
the camp of the Oregon Railw a,
& Navigation company and 1t II
feared that parties of surveyors
may be caught in the swirl o.
flames.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-08-20

Fair tonight and
8NNs Saturday. Cooler
tonight West wind
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09
CREATING INTEREST.

Little Rock, August 9-Whl.e none of the present generation
 vii. live to see the Star of Beth iehem on it's reappearance $50 years hence, thousands of de- scendents will be abe to tell of their ancestors looking upon the star which piloted the shepherds to the manager in which Christ was born. Little Rock people are much worked up over the reap- pearance ofthe star and for fear that it will disappear without their children getting q peep at it, alarm clocks are set all over the city for am, when the star is supposed to make it's ap- pc0rance in the east. Hundreds of hGGses have bee nISeen to become Ghted at this time of the m0rEi-
 , during the past few days ar caused by the desire of the peu'- pc to witness the historic star.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09
TRAVELLERS RETURN HOME.

Tonight the Travellers return from the most disastrous trip about tine circuit a team repre- senting Little Rock ever took. Un- til the team was within four games of home it won put two games out Of 19 played, .osing II in succession. Thursday they will open 25 game stay at home with a series with Mobile. To- morrow night the Little Rock directors will hold a meeting and hear report from Manager Finn on how the team happened to lcse game after E anne. The movement on the part of the fans in petitioning for the re- mOyal Of Manager Finn was check cd through the announcement by the directors no change could be made this year. as Finn had a
 contract to that effect The dir, ectors vii. tomorrow night com slider number of changes in the team. Something must be done to get the team back near the top and cause renewal of interest Ii Little Rock is to be retained as member of the Southern Asr octation. When the team began losing so persistent,,y the fans lost interest, but a few games won by the home team will cause the fans to turn to West End park again ln large numbers.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09
BLUE AND GRAY REUNION.

Mammoth Springs, Aug. 9-The nineteenth annual reuliOh of the Blue and Gray Reunion Associa- ton opened here today and will continue unt Aug. IA The most elaborate program ever attempt
 d at the reunion has been aIt-
 4:gH1. The big day will be Govt t, ,rs Day, at which time Gov'- ~"r0r George w. Donaghey of
 -'- nsas. Gov Malcolm R, Pat tnrson Of Tennessee and Gov. Her. bot s. Had,ey Of Missouri are ex,- g5esNi to 'ba on hand and deliver
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09
10th ANNiYERSVRY.

Grayettel Aug. o. The six teen,a anniversary of the found ing C. Grayette K being observed here today. One Of the biggest celebrations ever he'd in north- west Arkansas is in full b.ast in honor of the event. Varied amused, ments for everybody have been provided and old and young are having a perfectly lovely time A numoer of prominent speakers are on hand to spiel at the prop- CT time. A number of contests have been arranged for.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09
WILL MAKE BOND.

Before the end of another day WY. Ellis, Ge.d in the county jail rOrthe murder of NJ. Parker Wi1
 lis in the court room of Judge Fulk severa! weeks ago, wiM prob- ably be out on bond as an effort Is to be made tomorrow to have him released by habeas corpus proce edings. The effort is to be made at Pine Bluff on account Of the absence of Pulaski county's three judges, R. J, Lea and Guy Fulb of Circuit Court and Cham
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09
FINE CROPS.

Reports from aE over the state show a very beneficial rain feH during the past week and that crops have been materially benef fitted by them. In many sections a drought of weeks was broken and the crops saved from ah. sOiute failure. mmisSioner of Agriculture Tucker states he px,- poets ito see the cotton crop now about 90 per cent. of the full crop as the farmers had a chance to cultivate the cotton between rains.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09

cel,or John k. Martineau from the county. Should ne oof these judges be here however the writ will be asked for before him An H.;Crt will be made to show the ...inG was not murder in first r:,.- gree anG thas get the charge re- CGted so the defendant may b. admitted to bail, No matter what amount tine court should decide upon. it will be given within an hour after decision has been made by wealthy relatives of the defendant.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09
NEW BRIDGE AT CAMDEN.

Camden, Aug. 9-With several thousand dollars in the treasury already for the construction of a bridge across the Ouachita river nere it expected that it vii. be buLt H -u5 near future. Conn. Judge M~rtln has worked hard on this project and is very much gratified to know that his hopes vii. be req ized weithin year
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09

addresses A number of other prominent speakers will attend the reunion during the week. Hun dreds Of veterans arrived in the city today to participate in eht
 NarciSeS.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-09
The Buyers Guide

The firms xhosa names a,s repre- scnted in our advertisi1,, columns are worthy Of the confidence of every person in the community '-! has money to spend. The fact thAl they advertise str rps them as entorprit- ing, progressive men of business, a credit to our town, and deserving of support. Our advertising columns comprise a Buyers Guide to fair dealing, good goods, honest pricss.