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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-30
BUILDING
EARNEST NOW
TACOMA THEATER

TACOMA THEATER
Saturday and Sunday, Dee. 4-5.
Henry V. Harris Presents, Direct
From z Months in New York City
"THE THIRD DEGREE
BY Chas. Klein, Author of the Lion
and the Mouse"
Prices-5Oc to $3.50.
Seat sale Friday.
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With a full cargo of general
freight, the Blue Funnel liner
Oanfa will leave early tomorrow
for Liverpool via the Orient.
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Everybody has seen pictures of
the wig-wag signals long in use
n our navy. A man stands up
With flag in each hand, and wig
Eags them around to tell people
IN other ships what he means
But now the semaphore system,
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long used on railroads, has come
into use in the new navy.
At night electric lights show
sailors on other ships the signals
as plainly as though it was broad
daylight. This photograph was
taken on the bridge of the U. S. S.
Minnesota. one of the most power
full battleships on earth.
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MORTALITY NOTES

The remains of Mrs. Christina
Wilson, aged S6 years, who died
at Victoria, B. c., Nov. 26, were
brought to Tacoma Sunday and re-
moved to Hoska's parlors. The
funeral will be held from Park
land and the date announced later.
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tor. One day he climbed to the
admiral's bridge and he has never
left it. The bridge is the coolies;
part of the ship, and Doc Cook
likes to stay there.
He is the only Eskimo masco'
in the navy,
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Race. Dreamland rink, Wednes-
day night. see
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Royal Dairy Ice Cream. Phones
Main 90, A 2196 ESQ
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The revenue cutter Tahoma left
yesterday for Olympia, and from
there proceeded to Seattle.
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Mrs. Imogene Dwinell, wife of
G. b. Dwinell, died yesterday at
her home, 6032 South Warner
street. She leaves two children,
aged 6 and 2 years, her father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Knowl-
ton, and four sisters. The funeral
will be held from the First Metho-
dist church at South Tacoma at Q
O'Clock Wednesday. Rev. Lidwig
will officiate.
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Mrs. l.. A. Bagley aged 80 years.
died yesterday afternoon at the
home OF her daughter, Mrs. S.
Moyles, 2002 South l. street. The
deceased had been a resident of
Tacoma for eight years and leaves
a wide circle OF friends. Mrs.
Bagley is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Moyles of Tacoma, Mrs.
Jane Hall of Michigan, and Mrs.
Annie Shepard of California; five
sons, John, William and Robert
Bagley of Tacoma. Henry of Mich
igan, and Joseph of Butte, Mont.
The remains were removed to the
parlors OF the G. L. Hoska Co. to
await funeral arrangements.
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TIDES FOR TOMORROW

The Japanese steamship Seattle
Maru arrived in port yesterday
afternoon with $425,00O worth of
silk from the Orient.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18

George D. Beattys of Brooklyn, ap-
pointed by Governor Hughes as COM
missioner to take testimony and re-
port on ch Jrges of neglect of duty pre-
fe1red against Sheriff Joseph Besch of
Albany county in a report submitted
tc the governor finds that the charges
were not proved
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18
DoINes IN WASHINGTON.
Congressman Higgins Presents Bill
Regarding Civil Actions in Circuit
Court.
0snecial 10 The RI1lletin !

Washington, Jan. 16.-The following
bill was introduced by Congressman
Higgins in the hoOse this afternoon:
That in the circuit court Of the Unit
ed States for the district of Connecti-
cut civil actions at law may be made
returnable. in addition to the opening
days of the two statutory terms. on
the first day of every month in the
year, except May, July, August and
April. with the same force and effect
and to be proceeded with until issue is
Joined, and under the same rules as if
the same were made returnable on said
opening days of the statutory sessions" :"
The bill was referred to the com
mlttee on judiciary.
On Friday Congressman Higgins as
sumed charge Of the committee on ex-
penditures in tht department of agri-
culture as chairman. He has appoint
ed Miss Kathleen F. Lawlor as clerk
of the committee: She came from
Michigan. but had been acting as clerk
for the late Senator Platt of Connecti-
cut and spent much of her time at his
home at Washington, Conn.
When asked yesterday what course
the Liliey resolutions would take in the
committee on the judiciary. of which
he is member Mr.. Higgins said that
the next regular meeting of that COM
mittee would be on the goth. and he
thought the matter would come up at
that time. He said the chairman of
that committee had mailed to Governor
Lilley a copy of the resolutions, and
the governor could answer in either of
three ways-by letter, in person or by
attorney. He would not pretend to an
ticipate the action Of the committee.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18
PRESIDENT-ELEcT TAFT
SPEAKS TO NEGRO Y. M. C. A,
Talked for Unusually Long Time to
Enthusiastic Listeners.

Augusta, Ga, Jan. 17.-HaVing been
introduced to a big audience of men,
comprising the negro Y. NJ. c. A. of
this city, today as the most popular
and conspicuous citizen of the United
States; Americas great statesman:
our uncrowned king. for whom we wish
a successful administration and a sec
ond term" by Rev. DR.. Walker, known
as the 'Elack Spurgeon," Mr.. Taft be-
came greatly interested in discussing
the Christian uplift of Y NJ. c. a.
work and talked for an unusually long
time to his enthusiastic listeners.
Rev. DIR. Walker painted a bright
present and brighter future for the
negroes of Georgia, who owned, he
said, a million acres of land in the
state and paid taxes on twenty million
dollars worth of property.
This report Mr.. Taft regarded as
most encouraging. 1t gave him an II
lustration for his oft-eXpressed con-
viction that the race question must be
settled by the negroes themselves be-
coming Indispensable to the communi-
ty in which they live. This meant in
dustry, information and thrift, ac-
quired by constant individual effort
His feeling of satisfaction that Y
M. c. A. work had found a place
among the negroes of the south con-
stituted the concluding thought of the
address, which ended with the senti-
ment: IF the negro would be respected
he must make himself worthy of re-
spect."
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18
Wrecked Off
Long Island Shore
NO TRACE OF CREW OF HALF A
DOZEN MEN.
IN BITING DRIVING SNOW STORM
Schooner Swallow of ST. Johns, N. F.
Struck Near Bluepoint Life Saving
Station-VesseI Smashed to Bits.

New York, Jan. 17.-In the biting.
driving snowstorm early this morning,
off the Long Island shore, another YES
sci, the schooner Swallow, of st. Johns,
n F., and her crew paid the toll the
sea so often demands of those who ply
their trade there.
Beach Strewn With Wreckaee.
The story of the wreck, or as much
as is known of it, was told by the sea
itself, for it strewed the beach east of
Fire Island for several miles with
wreckage from the snip and from her
cargo. On some of this hotsam ap-
peared the name Swallow, st. Johns,
N F." and this told the beach patrols
who found the wreckage what vessel
it was that pounded herself to pieces
in a few short hours in the bowling
gale. OF the crew, probably five or six
men, judging from the schooner's size,
there was no trace. But from the Wild
ly tossing seas and the thick snow,
with its attending bitter cold, the beach
patrols knew the mems fate. No hu-
man power could have aided them.
Skipper Probably Lost His Bearings.
1t is supposed that the Swallow, pre-
sumably a fishing boat, was bound
from Newfoundland to New York with
a cargo of frozen herring and that she
carried a deckload of lumber to help
make the trip pay. In the storm the
skipper probably lost his bearings and
his vessel struck on one of the many
sandbars a mile or so off shore near
the Bluepeint station. There the wind
and the heavy sea soon smashed the
boat to bits and the men aboard were
speedily lost in the sea. The Swallow
according to the marine register, was 4
schooner of 73 tons She was built 80
years ago at Morris River and owned
by John Dawson of St. Johns.
Crew Belonged at PiIIey Island, NJ. F.
ST Johns. n. F., Jan. 17.-The Swal-
low. reported wrecked off the Long Is
land coast, left here a fortnight ago,
laden with herring, foE Gloucester,
Mass 1t is presumed here that she
was ordered from Gloucester to New
York to sell and discharge her cargo,
and that she was lost on the way. The
vessel belonged at Pilley Island, on the
northern coast of Newfoundland. and
the master and men all belonged tSere.
The names of the seamen are un~
known here, but the vessel carried
abouhtwelve men. When leaving here
she had aboard Captain Daggett, an
American herring packer operating in
White Bay. who loaded the vessel for
the market 1t is not known here
whether Captain Daggett was aboard
when the ship was lost, as he may have
left her at Gloucesaer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18
MASS SAID IN REcolo,
FIRST TIME SINCE EARTHQUAKE
Service Held in Orange and Lemon
6rove Near the Shore.

Reggie Jan. 17-IFor the first time
since the earthquake disaster Of De-
cember %, mass was said in Reggie
today, under conditions that recalled
the early days of the church. Process
sions passed through the streets OF the
city ringing bells and calling the people
to the service, wnlch-was held in an
orange and lemon grove near the shore.
The altar. set up under the pictur-
esque and pastoral surroundings, was
formed by a table covered>with a white
cloth. behind which was hung a cheap
chrome print of Christ. Around this
were arranged several candles, a cru
cifx and some sacred vessels, all pro-
tected from the wind by a cloth screen.
There were present many women and
children, many Of whom knelt before
the improvised altar, while the men
stood with uncovered heads behind
them. On the outskirts OF the crowd
were several shepherds in the midst OF
their hocks. standing erect in their
characteristic dress. with hands cross
ed over the top OF their crooks, upon
which they rested their chins. The
whole scene might have been taken
from one of the early Biblical pictures
Of a primitive religious service. The
crowd followed the ceremony with great
interest, and much fervor was shown
in carrying out the forms OF their re-
ligion.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18
MISSING MISS cHARLEsWoRTH
LOCATED IN SCOTLAND
Was Reported Killed in an Automobile
Accident in Wales.

London, Jan. 17.-Miss Violet Gordon
Charlesworth, whose mysterious dis
appearance q. short time ago caused a
great deal of excitement because of
her remarkable career and her intimate
association with extensive stock deals,
has been found and identified at Oban,
Scotland. 1t was reported that Miss
CharlesWOrth, who lived with her par
ents in Bogera, st. Asaph, Wales, was
killed while automobiling in the neigh
borhood of Penmaenrnawr, with her
sister and the chauffepr, about two
weeks ago. The young woman was
said to have been hurled over the sea-
wall, but her body was not recovered.
Her sister and the chauffeur escaped
injury.
Investigation failed to show any in
the cliff. and it was not considered pos
sible that a body falling into the sea
at this point could have been washed
away. This gave rise to suspicion, ana
search for the missing woman has been
continued zealously. A day or two
ago a torn telegram addressed to Violet
Charlesworth, was found in a a room
in a hotel at Tobermory, Scotland, and
it was ascertained that the occupant
of the room, who answered the de-
scription of Miss Charlesworth, had
gone to Oban. She was found there
today. Relatives are now on their way
to that place. Much has been publish
ed of Miss Charlesworth's alleged
speculation in stocks, and an endeavor
has been made to show that she was in
desperate financial straits.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18
5000 Houses for
Earthquake Zone
ALL THE MATERIALS TO BE SENT
FROM THIS COUNTRY.
STEAMER EVA SAILS TODAY
With Material Sufficient to Construct
500 Houses in Messina-other Ves-
sells to Follow in a Few Days.

washington, Jan. 17.-Secretary of
the Navy Newberry was at his desk
the larger part of today completing, as
far as possible, the general administra-
ton plan of sending to Italy building
material for the construction of a large
number of small houses to shelter the
earthquake sufferers.
All Red Tape Waived.
All red tape mas been waived so that
vessels may be sent off at the earliest
possible moment with their loads of
material.
Having approved the general outline
to be followed, Secretary Newberry
turned over to Paymaster John A.
Mudd. in charge of the New York
navy pay otnce. all the details of the
work
Material for Complete Construction.
The first vessel to be loaded will be
the Eva, which has been chartered for
the trip, and which win probably be at
the dock in New York tomorrow morn
ing. 1t is estimated that she will hold
enc ugh material for about five hundred
houses. Each of the vessels sent will
contain material, including proper
sizes of lumber. nails, putty and glass,
for the complete construction of a GER
tain number of houses.
Boss Carpenters to Go Along.
Besides building material. the Eva
will have on board four or five boss"
carpenters and an Italian carpenter in
terpreter, who will have charge of con-
struction gangs. Each of the subse-
quent vessels will take carpenters with
them.
Other Vessels to Be Chartered.
Besides the Eva, four or five other
vessels will be chartered, for the gov
ernment intends to send enough ma
terial for from $500 to 5000 houses.
First Ship Sails Today.
New York, Jan. 17.-Loaded with
lumber and materials sufficient 20 con.
struct five hundred houses TO shelter
the homeless in stricken Messina, the
steamer Eva will sail from the Brook
lyn navy yard dock tomorrow after
noon for Italy.
Within two hours of the receipt on
Saturday of the orders from Washing
ton, given at President Roosevelts in
stance, to purchase, the load and shin
building supplied to the devastated dis
tricts, Inspector J. A. Mudd, the navy
purchasing and disbursing officer here
had chartered the Eva and begun load
ing.
Each House to Be 1920 Feet
The houses to be constructed will be
IS feet by 20, and every second house
will be divided by a part ition into two
rooms. All tools necessary for erect
ing the houses go with the materials
so that the relief may begin as speed
lily as possible.
By the end of the week Inspector
Mudd expects to have two more vessels
carrying materials for the remaining
$500 houses provided for by the con-
gressional appropriation of $4,000 en-
route for Messina.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18
PANAMA LIBEL SUIT is ON.
An Individual and Not the U. S. Gov
ernment is the Real Plaintiff.

Washington, Jan. 17.-The latest and
most interesting suggestion regarding
the sensational developments Of yestsr-
day involving the service Of subpoenas
upon a number OF newspaper men in
this city and elsewhere is that an in
dfvidual and not the United States
government is the real plaintiff in the
case. 1t Is true that the subpoenas
served here read ''The United States
versus The Press Publishing Compa-
NY" but II the proposed action is
criminal IN character, as is generally
assumed to be the case, that would be
the form Of a subpoena, even whore
an Individual Is the complainant ac
cording to the practice in the District
OF Columbia.
The identity of this Individual or in
dividuals, for there may be more than
one Of them, is purely a matter of
speculation, for the public will have
no await the promised statement of AZ
torney General Bonaparte, In the
course Of o day or two, to have any
accurate understanding Of this remark
able case Possibly President Roose-
welt himself is the complainant; or it
fnay be that the action was begun by
William Nelson Cromwell, or by Doug
las Robinson, or any OF the persons
named I'm the original Newspaper pub
hicattons in an invtdious way.
The significant fact is that Mr..
Cromwell was in Washington when the
hubpoenas were served, though he left
during the night for New York. The
officials here remain mute and there
was nothing today to be learned. The
district attorney remains snowbound
In his country home, inaccessible to
reporters. and cut of from the tele-
Tshone; the attorney general Of the
United States is at home IN Baltimore.
and at the White House there was
fiat refusal to discuss the matter.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18

Boston, Jan. ia puff of fame shot
UP from the rear of the most extensive
automobile storage and repair plant in
the city, located near Park square,
shortly before dawn today, and half an
hour later 34S automobiles, valued at
$3.50, 900, were a mass of tangled steel
and iron. The fire also turned to the
old train shed of the Park Square rail-
road station, formerly used as the ter
minal of the Providence division of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad and destroyed the bicycle
track and a large pavilion used for ex-
hibition purposes. Six horses in one
of the buildings were also burned. 1t
is expected that the damage to the
buildings viii bring the total loss to
above 100000.
Six Garages in Storage Station.
There were six garages, including
several used chiefly for repairs. in the
big storage station, formerly the rail-
road freight shed. The principal occu-
pants were: The Park Square Auto
company. the Boston Motor company,
the Rambler company. the Boston Auto
Exchange, the Concord Motor Car COM
pany and the repair shop of the Mar
mon company.
Two Machines Out of $50 Saved
In the several garages there We're
many machines for summer use and a
large number of those burned were
owned by business firms. Two ma
chimes owned by the National Shaw
NUT bank, two owned by Bigelow &
Kennard. jewelers.. several belonging
to the United Shoe Machinery COM
pany and two trucks owned by the
Jacob Wirth company. brewers, were
among those destroyed.
All the large sightseeing automobiles
in the city, numbering upwards of a
dozen. were also burned, while there
were between thirty and forty expen-
sive cars of the Limousine type stored
in. the destroyed garages. OF the en-
tire $50 automobiles only two were
saved. so quickly did the flames sweep
through the building.
Majority of Owners Partially Insured.
The insurance rates on the destroy
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY
AT SEATTLE COMES TO LIGHT
Three Members of a Family Found
Dead in Bathroom of Their Home in
Fashionable Capital Hill Quarter.


Seattle, Wash, Jan. 17.--W. L. See
ley, an attorney and former national
bank examiner for Illinois under
Comptroller of the Currency Eckels;
his wife, Mrs. Kate NJ. Seeley. a mem
Der Of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution, and his daughter, Miss
Rene Seeley, student at the univer-
sity of Washington, were found dead
in the bathroom of their home in the
day.
The victims had been dead since
last Thursday. The women, clad in
night clohtes. were apparently mur-
dercd with a hammer.
There was no mark of violence on
Seeley. He is believed to have been
partly chloroformed and then drowned
in the bath tub. All three were l1neel-
ing at the side of the bath tub with
their heads submerged in the water.
A steamer trunk was on the bodies of
Seeley and his wife.
That Seeley killed his wife and
daughter while insane over financial
worries and then committed suicide, is
the theory of the police. He was
clothed in his underwear, shoes and
trousers His night gown, which was
bloodstained from the bodies Of the
two women, was found beneath clean
pillow in the room occupied by him
and his WIFE, The pillow on which
Mrs. Seeley had been sleeping was
saturated with blood.
Seeley came here less than two
years ago from "St. Joseph. Mo. He
had lived there two years and had
moved there from Ottawa, Ill, and had
engaged in the practice of law wher-
ever he had been for the last thirty
years. He was SO years of age and
wife was three years his Junior, while
his daughter was % years old.
The bodies of the three We're found
by Guy NJ. Smelzer affianced husband
of Miss 5eelev, and f. r. Seibbell a
friend of the family. The family
could not be communicated with after
nine o'clock Thursday night, when
Smelzer talked over the telephone with
Miss Seeley. Efforts to get into COM
munication with them after that time
were unsuccessful.
The only living thing on the prem
ises was a huge black cat, which was
locked up in the basement and which
since Friday had been fed by the
neighborS.
Although keeping up the appearance
of prosperity, Seeley had been forced
to borrow money for his last months
house rent from an attorney from
whom he rented desk room in the New
York building. Detectives searched the
house for weapons with which the
murders had been committed, but
were Unable to find any bloodstained
instruments.
Though hammer was found in the
place. no article of jewelry or anything
of value was taken from the house
The window and door were found to
have been securely locked.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-01-18

ed property were somewhat higher
than those in effect on other buildings
of like use in the city, and the major
ity of the owners were partially insur-
ed, while one g. two FIRMS had none.
Workmen Had Narrow Escapes.
There were about twenty .workmen in
the building when the fire broke out,
but all managed to get away, although
several of them had narrow escapes.
Fire Was Imposing Spectacle.
The fire is the largest which has oc-
CURED in this city since last summer.
Coming just before dawn, with build
inge and trees coated with u glistening
sleet from last nights storm, the spec
tacle when the firemen reached the
scene was an imposing one. That por-
tion of the city cOuth Of the Common
was brilliantly illuminated, for the
garage seemed to burst into fame like
one great torch.
Hard Work to Keep Fire from Business
Blocks.
The hardest fight which the firemen
had was to keep the flames from ex-
tending into the business blocks on
Columbus avenue, and fully one-haf
the entire available force was center
ed on that side of the fire area. The
rest of the firemen rushed bravely into
the great train shed, the roof of which
was burning fercely, and the flames
were fought until they were stopped by
the great brick wall at the upper end
of the shed.
Park Square Terminal Property Half
Destroyed.
The Park Square terminal property,
which was about half destroyed, has
been the source Of considerable discus
sion during the past eight years, and
the property owners in the vicinity Of
Park square have severely criticised
the authorities for allowing so valuable
a site to remain without active busi-
ness occupants. The garage building
itself was worth only few thousand
dollars, and the train shed had long
outlived its usefulness, save as a shell
ter for exhibition purposes and the BIZ
cycle track.