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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
OIL
LOSES ITS
MOVE

JEFFERSON CITY, NO., March
9.-The supreme court of Mis-
souri, today refused to accept the
partnership suggestion proposed
by the Standard Oil company with
reference to custer proceedings
against the Waters-Pierce Oil CON-
pany, which, to the satisfaction of
the state court, was shown to be
subsidiary concern of the Stand
ard.
The court overruled a motion
for a modification Of Judgment
filed by the Standard through At
torney Hagerman. A. motion for
a specific time to show the sew
erance between the companies
was overruled.
Whether the court will proceed
Immediately to GUST the companies
or will give an indefinite period
to complete the severance is q
matter for speculation.
The supreme court then denied
q motion of Attorney General Ma
jor to oust the Waters-Pierce
company. It accepted the money
rendered by the Waters-Pi Pierce
company in payment of its fine.
The judgment of the lower court
ousting the company from the
state, however, was suspended but
the court reserved power to en-
force the decision at any time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
Death kneH
ofOl Case
RULING MADE WHICH MAKES
CONVICTION ALMOST I'M
POSSIBLE.

(By United Press Leased Wire }
CHICAGO, March 9.-What is
believe dby those who have fol-
lowed the trials of the Standard
Oil company, charged with ac-
cepting rebates from the Chicago
& Alton and other railroads, to
be the death knell of the govern
ment's prosecution of the Stand
ard, was contained today in a rul-
ing by Judge Anderson.
The court said:
"The government is bound by
the bill of particulars In which 1t
alleges that there was an intent
to violate the law and knowledge
by the defendants that it was vio-
ated.. The circuit court of ap-
peals was unable to find proof be-
yond a reasonable doubt and SO
the trial of this case must be
governed by the law as laid down
by that court"
The effect of this decision ID
apparently to make the govern
ment's case an impossible one in
which to obtain a conviction.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
I TRUCE IN
SENATE
TODAY
INVESTIGATION RESOLUTION
POSTPONED UNTIL TOMOR-
ROW - SCHIVELY'S EASY
MONEY CUT OFF.
(Times Special Service.)

OLYMPIA, March 8. The
promised fight over the resolution
to investigate officers did not ma
terialize in the senate this morn
ing, the date being advanced un-
til tomorrow when Senator Paul
namus of Pierce will renew his
charges against Secretary of State
Nichols and Insurance Commits
sioner Schively.
Booth of King this morning in
troduced a resolution providing
for the investigation of the insur-
ance department alone. Ruth
held this resolution to be out of
order and Booth appealed from
the decision of the chair. The
chair was upheld by vote of 27
to 13.
The senate then passed the
house bill which will compel the
insurance commissioner to turn
over all moneys collected for ex-
animation of insurance companies
to the state treasurer. Paulham-
us will tomorrow call up his orig
inal investigation resolution.
Governor Hay is likely to send
a specia message to the senate
calling on them to investigate the
insurance commissioners office.
If the senate refuses it is the pres
ent intention of the governor to
call a special session imm ediately
on the adjournment of the pres
ent one, to force the legislature
to make the desired investigation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
EVER SEE A HORRID HEAD
ON A CLOVEN HOOP?
STRANGE THINGS THAT s0LONS SAY AND SEE
THEIR ORAToRIAL FLIGHTS AT OLYMPIA.

Of the local. option debate per-
petrated a hlunder with such
painstaking care that 1t deserves
q permanent record.
Il Discussing some amendment
Of the vets Morris with his hands
formed to illustrate a hole, said:
sThese men are trying to leave
loopholes in the law for some
body to crawl around" and to this
day he Is unable to appreciate the
humor of his remark.
In the same discussion Palmer
of king later was guilty of one OF
the most complicated mixtures
that was ever heard. Said he with
dno score:
~Ehe cIoven hoof which has
nestled In the breasts Of the local
option people has now reared It's
horrid head 1t was nearly ten
minutes before the other house
members recovered sufficiently to
laugh.
Hutchinson Of Spokane assault
ID one Of the fundamental laws OF
physics In this manner. while dis
eussInE the merits Of 3 resolution:
Some Of xou gentlemen who
are opposing this resolution are
nkoly 10 IND yourselves occupy
ine x4c11t 5lo91o - tho Aex& ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
TOWN
IS DESTROYED.
Town of Brinkley Is Razed to Ground by Blake
Which Follows in Wake of Terrific Tornado
Heavy Damage Wrought Throughout the State
Suffering Is Intense.

HELENA, Ark, March 9-Eighteen white per-
sons and 20 negroes were killed by the tornado
afternoon and by the fire that ragged following the
tornado, last night. Forty persons seriously
injured and 5000 are left homeless in the wake Of
sudden death and destruction. The tornado struck
without warning and it's victims unable to seek
shelter
Six residences alone escaped the blast and the de-
vouring flames. Smoke backened ruins all that
remain of the town. The loss was conservatively
estimated at more than $1O00,OO0.
Relief trains have arrived on the scene and the
work of feeding the hungry and giving surgical and
medical attention to the victims has begun.
The identified dead includes: Porter Foote, J. T..
Sterritt, Henry Stovall jr. Charles Frenz.
Heavy damage wrought by the tornado
throughout the state.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09

(lHncS opccfuA ocrvACcsJ
OLYMPIA, March 9.--In the
floods of oratory that have been
pouring out. from various sources
here for the past two months
there have been some gems that
will go down In legislative history.
There have been some wild flights
of rhetorical fancy during the ses-
sion and the occasions when the
speakers vocabularies got entire
ly away from them and ran
amuck are quite too numerous to
mention.
There are some members Of the
house whose diction was such that
they appeared to be talking under
sealed orders which were not To
he opened until they got wen
along toward the middle Of their
address. At least few ever found
out what they were talking about
until they sat down. and then fire.
Quently 1t was intuition or guess
work.
but the rsal double sommar-
saults, kathleen wheels and other
ground and lofty stunts with
words were done when the emo
tions Of spne slipped coGy w1<h
their worda- Mofriq Of 1Axfo'
teo ~ Inef&nee 0o9loG ~ -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
LIGHT VOTING
FOR COUNCIL
ASPIRANTS

At II o'clock this morning the
polls opened in the various pre-
cincts for the selection OF candid
ates under the direct primary for
the councilmanic election next
month.
UP to o'clock this afternoon
the vote had been SO light that it
is doubtful IL more than half OF
the S,396 who are registered will
in the contest.
There was the usual rush for
during the last three
days and when the books were
closed last night, S.396 names
were down. This is just about
half of the voters In the city.
The books will be back at the city
hall tomorrow and registration
will continue for two weeks more.
The Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and Eighth wards are the only
ones where there is any serious
contests. There are several de-
termined patriots who want to
serve the people In each of these
wards.
The registration by wards is a.
follows: First, 822; Second.
1889; Third, 1883; Fourth,
.,505; Fifth, 1868; Sixth. 752:
Seventh, 654; Eighth. SIS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
JUVENILE WORK ENDORSED

At a meeting of the Ministerial
Alliance held yesterday q petition
was adopted endorsing the work
of the Juvenile Aid society and
asking the board of county COM
missioners to prepare suitable
place for the detention of crimin-
ally inclined youth other than the
city or county jails. The petition
will be presented to the commits
sioners by a committee of minis
ters Thursday.
A number of the ministers pres
ent at the meeting volunteered to
give the cooperation of their
churches in the probation work
connected with the juvenile de
partment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
kR|STENSEN CASE
CONTINUED

The case of the state of Wash
ington against John Kristensen,
the young man who was arrested
in the Lansing hotel In January,
an dwho is accused Of having
stolen several articles of jewelry
from the rooms of the hotel, came
up for trial in Judge yesterdays
court and was continued until fur
ther notice, by the consent of the
prosecuting attorneys Office. Mrs.
lKristensen, mother of the young
man, sent a letter from Chicago
recently asking that certain attor-
neys be appointed to defend her
SON. The attorneys were not ap-
pointed until today, and conse-
Quently, did not have their evil
dence In hand.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
THROAT: THEN
JUMPS IN FRONT
OF A TRAIN
MAN ROBBED OF HIS EARNINGS BY WOMAN EMPLOYS


-Despondent over the loss of
5000, his entire savings, which
were stolen from him by color
ed woman in a Tacoma resort last
Monday night, Oscar Larson, a
logger, made two savage attempts
to end his life at Kapowsin last
night, and died as a result at l
o'clock this afternoon after being
brought to the Pierce county hos
pital in this city. Larson made
the first attempt to kill himself
in a lodging house at Kapowsin
last night. Using a razor, he
slashed his throat several times,
cutting deeply into the esophagus.
Throws Himself in Front of Train
Inmates of the lodging house
discovered him in the nick of time
and summoned physician. While
the physician was working over
the man Larson struggled violent
ly and succeeded in getting away.
Running from the house with
blood streaming from the gaping
hole in his throat, he flung him
self in front of a logging train,
which was approaching. The train
passed over his left arm near the
elbow, crushing it terribly.
The intense pain rendered the
logger unconscious, and spectators
carried him back to the lodging
house, where the physician COM
menced working over him again.
With pulse very low, and small
chances for his recovery, Larson
was brought to Tacoma on the
Tacoma Eastern train this morn
ing in charge of County Jailer
James w. Muir. The train ar
rived in the city at IL O'Clock,
and the police ambulance hurried
the unfortunate man to the coun-
ty hospital, but the waiting physi-
clans Immediately pronounced
his case as hopeless. He died
within an hour afetr reaching the
hospital.
Robbed Last Week.
Larson came to Tacoma a week
ago Monday and drew his entire
savings, amounting to 5000, from
q local bank, declaring that he In
tended going to Alaska. That
night he was enticed into resort
and robbed OF his money. Next
day he appeared at the police sta
tion in hopelessly detected state
of mind, declaring that he would
commit suicide rather than go
back to work. The police induced
him to go into the woods again
and forget his troubles, and he
left for Kapowsin, where he last
night gave up 1 ndespair.
No relatives of the man lave
been found.
The colored woman who robbed
Larson has not been apprehended
by the police. Larson led city
detectives to the place where the
theft had occurred, but the wom-
an had disappeared.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
ERisTERs JOHNSON
Is SOUGHT AFTER

Where Is Erastus Johnson.
sometimes known as -Elbert John
ston, who left his home In lIo-
bart, Oklahoma, last year and
since has located in this city?
The Tacoma police have receiv-
ed an. earnest letter from ID. s.
wolfinger. of Hobart. asking for
information concerning the young
man. johnson, according to the
letter, left home with $1,000 in
currency. and wrote back that he
had settled down In Tacoma. His
mother ana father are very snx-
ious to see the young man. No
kraoe of him can be found jn Te
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
NEW JURY DRAWN
IN G0RO0h
CASE

SPOKANE, March 3. The
grand jury called to probe the
Root Gordon scandal ad journed
yesterday until Wednesday and Il
new venire has been orderedA
The original venfre showed that
only IA men were available tor
jury service. The court presiding
over the case decided that the
matter is insufficient to Warrant
an Investigation affecting the Hill
railroad interests.
Attorneys representing Gordon,
former attorney for the Great
Northern railroad, who, with
former Supreme Court Judg4
Root, is accused OF irregular prac<
tice In court matters affecting tho|
Hail railroads, watched today'e
brief proceedings closely. Pre9t
dent Hill OF the Great Northerl<
railroad has declined to give apy
assistance to the prosecution.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
FISTIC ENCOUNTER in
COMMITTEE MEETING Is
NARROWLY AVERTED

The startling denunciation by
Webb, together with other vehe.
ment remarks made by the attor-
ney general In defense of the
Thompson bill, resulted in the
measure today being favorably re-
ported on by the committee.
The meeting of the committee
on public lands and forestry last
night was by far the most exciting
and dramatiG feature of the pres
emit session OF the legislature.
Both Surveyor General Kings
bury and Attorney Glenn took !
hand In the flEht In committee. So
heated did the discussions become
that &C 0ne time Q ilstic encountel
betWoon webb and AckeFnnn ap'
noa<ot tnminoat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
WASHINGTON, d. c., March 8.
"A TAX on kilograms, checks and
similar articles are among the
propositions which will be decid-
ed upon at the approaching ses-
sion of congress for the considera-
tion of the tariff in order to meet
the $10O,O00,000 deficit In the
treasury which the Taft admins
tration faces.
Daily Conferences.
Daily conferences are being
held between President Taft, Sec
retary Franklin Mcveagh. Speak
er Cannon. Senator Aldrich and
others of the presidents aides.
One Of the most important
problems that faces the presiden,
is the necessity for q short and
active special session. Taft real
ICES that the tarif revision must
be accomplished soon and prompt
ly in order to settle the disturb
ed business conditions throughout
the country.
President Laying Lines.
The president realizes, however
that the insurgents" In congress
will make a fight for delay from
the opening to the closing of the
special session and he is laying
his lines accordingly to prevent
obstructive tactics.
The new tariff bill, which IL
now in the hands of the printer
includes a great part of the stamp
tax law in force during the wal
with Spain. In addition to this
the bill provides for 90 per cent
cut in the duty on lumber and
hides are placed on the free list
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SACRAMENTO, CAL, March 8.
"I want to say to you, Acker-
man, that / am neither q knave
nor fool. / honestly believe,
however, that within thirty days
/ can prove by the records In the
Office Of the surveyor general that
you are both"
Shaking his fist In the face Of
the man he was addressing, At
torney General U. s. Webb last
night. before the assembly COM
mittee on public lands ana fores-
Try, flung the foregoing words at
John D. Ackerman. lieutenant Of
n. 4. Hyde. convicted land grab
her. who Il here opponinD tho
E>1npeon an<i-land Gf1ober ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
ELEVEN NEW CITIZENS.

Eleven applicants for citizen
ship papers were given their final
papers by Judge Clifford in the
superior court yesterday. There
were thirteen applications, but
one was denied and another was
postponed for future hearing.
The new citizens are: Nicolay
William Young,
Frederick Bohren, H. NJ. Peter
son, Wilhelm H. @. Reese, Casper
M. d. Iverson, Joseph Fisher,
Peter @. Zwilgmeyer, Fritz Hoosie,
Andrew B. Locke and Sofus
Eilertson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
GIRL SLAPS
H|GHWAYMAN;
IS THEN SHOT

BALTIMORE, Md, March o.
The police today are searching
the city for the murderer of Miss
Jennie Reed, who was shot to
death by footpad after she had
slapped the mans face when he
attempted to take necklace from
her.
Miss Reed was walking with
Joseph Muller, to whom she was
engaged, when the couple was
confronted by the footpad.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
PUBLICITY FUND
IS CLIMBING
{ RAPIDLY

The A.-Y.-P. publicity fund is
slowly but steadily climbing up
ward. When the books were
closed last night they totaled
$10,500 worth Of subscriptions.
The committee in charge of rails
ing the fund says that 1t is sure
the sum of $50, 900 can be secured
before the subscriptions are clos
ed. Several of the larger sub
scriptions have not been heard
from as yet, it is reported, and
when they commence to come in,
the fund will go up in leaps and
bounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
PROPOSES
A STAMP
TAX
Taft Administration Has
Scheme to Meet Big
Deficit in the
Treasury.

WASHINGTON, March 8.
Rough drafts of the nem
tariff bill to be presented to
congress at the special ses-
sion show among other fea-
lures the following:S
Free hides, coffee, wood
pulp and paper-making ma
terials.
General reduction on WOOL
en- goods. Wool is unchang-
ed.
Heavy reduction on shoes
and manufactured leather.
Lumber Is cut from So, the
present rate, to 81 or $3.50,
the matter still being unset
tied.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
SPOKANE NOW
WANTS REBATES
{By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, March 9.--As one
result of the recent ruling of the
interstate commerce commission
holding that freight rates to this
city were unreasonable and order
ing reductions, several jobbers are
said to be contemplating a suit to
recover rebates aggregating $780,
900,
1t is said that rebates may be
asked for on rates charged since
the complaint was first brought to
the attention of the interstate
commerce commission two years
ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
HALF
MILLION
SPENT
L Legislature Blowing the
Peoples Money With
Reckless
Hand.

OLYMPIA, March 9.-Over a
half a million dollars has been
spent by the legislature already
and there are appropriation bills
still pending for million and a
half, all Of which have either
passed one house or the other.
This does not include any OF
the appropriations to maintain
state institutions, but hereby rep
resents the general expenditures
for various purposes, which will
run up to over five million dol
lars.
The following bills have passed
both houses and have been en-
ontnd
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09
HEAVILY FINED.

Asa Porter and a. ]. Philip, the
lcolored men arrested Sunday
night while smoking opium In q
room of the Swope hotel, were
fined 500 and costs each by
Judge Arntsop Of the police court
yesterday afternoon. The men
entered pleas OF guilty. They
claimed to have Just come from
New York and that they were i&-
norant OF the local laws. The
two costly pipes and "Ia,Toutas'
have been con1sceted by The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09

OLYMPIA, March Iho eel
ate refused to concur A
amendment to the stat9 baTtz6
tural bill, sent back t1c1
house, changing the bill - q !
leave the headquarter1 ~
ma. The senate insisted On 6E1
ing and giving KepueW16k ~ 8 s.
. coniotenco cQu1zn1tt1QL
agreement q r4oc6ot 1p4 ~ 4
s:: sss' Sc a''ss g
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09

LITTLE ROCK. Ark; March 3.
departing for the scene
of the tornado and fre, Governor
Donoghey ordered the state mill
tia TO proteed 70 Hrinkloy upon
reports Of looting. A company o.
so1diof1 Will reach BrinkIex lfon
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-09

Suffering Intense.
The high winds caused prostra-
tion of all wires and delayed re-
ports of the disaster. The delay,
1t is feared, will result In the loss
of more lives as the condition Of
the sufferers is fearful.
Many persons were pinioned un-
der heavy beams while the fire
swept toward them and they were
only saved by heroic efforts of
their. .rescuers.-
Station Blown to Pieces.
The first news was received
from T. N. Kinnell. a telegraph
operator on the Rock Island road,
who, with Lineman Richards, was
In the railway station when the
storm broke. During the tornado
they managed to protect them
selves from flying wreckage al
though the station was blown to
pieces over their heads.
Sends Calls for Aid.
After the gale had passed, the
men scrambled from their hiding
places and walked to Wheatley
where they managed to find a
wire intact. The lineman rigged
up an outfit and Kinnell began
sending his calls for aid. Both
men were slightly injured.
After word was received here a
relief train was hastily organized
and food, surgical and medical
supplies, doctors and nurses were
sent to Brinkley.
Great damage was reported In
the vicinity of Guerdon and the
windows of a trai nbetween Guer-
don ard Reader were D-own in,
according to a report.
River Water Lifted.
Some buildings were unroofed
at Fourche dam, where the storm
crossed the Arkansas river and
turned into tornado. The water
of the river was lifted in a water
spout two hundred feet high.
The storm swept on to Kerr
and through Bauchum 1t plowed
path sixty feet wide, leveling
buildings and uprooting trees. e.
B. Adams, a farmer near Kerr,
was found fatally hurt.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March Q.
A train loaded with injured per-
sons from Brinkley arrived here
early today. The trainmen de-
clared that Brinkley caught fire
in twenty places and that the
streets, filled with debris, spread
the flames with such rapidity that
they feel certain there were many
victims in the ruins who were in
cinerated.
Relief is being rushed from
Memphis, Helena, Jonesboro and
this city. The storm had a gem
eral northeasterly direction and
sweeping the state east of this
city, eliminated at Bauchum and
Brinkley in q tornado. Commune
cation with the stricken section is
difficult and reports are coming In
slowly.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-01-30

both the hongo and the forest hog from
their assaults.
Mr.. Chapman saw a peer and peeress
churning butter in this region. The
sight seems to have inspired him to
counsel others to emigrate. Better a
strenuous life there, he says, thar
dancing attendance on poverty and
unemployment at home, where our
rulers are content "to truckle to sor-
did trade unions.' He is of the
wake up England way of thinking.
Yet he would like, if such were posi-
ble-4hat when British fockmasters
have settled upon the African veldt,
the displaced elephants and rhinos, the
lions and antelopes and the rest, should
be ~transplanted to wander on the de-
populated hills of old England. Per-
haps that condition would fetch Mr..
Roosevelt over here, also hotfoot and
eager for the chase.
The silver state news. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1907-1909, 1909-01-30
Do You Open Your Mouth

Like a vouno bird and guip anvyn whsk.
AVER food or madscina msv ha a.fa.a.nns
m 40 49, no1ae naas NC onerSu you :
$3.50 you want 70 hho" something OF the
composition n character OF tnat which
you take into your stomach whether rs
food or medicine?
Most intelligent and sensible peopla
nowadays insist on know;no wh.t a.
employ wbethor ~ to :. 10y
n- p;ou"a hnu q 700 Or as meu'c.he.
oeineves cney nave D perfect
I'sn. 70 ttsast upon such knowledge. SO be
publishes sEoadcast and on each bottle
wrapper. what6Tyr medicines ara made ~
and vexfes irr,60pream This he faaIs
he can VAL tford ~ DO hoc.,,sa ,IS5sS.s
The T1cred;on,e - ,sS,sS IsLu5:uaQs
MS meoIclnes
I Ina1e are studied and UNDERSTOOD the
more VIII tnelr superior CURATIVE Virtues
9e aQbreclated
For the cure OF woman's peculiar weak.
nesses, Irregularities and derancements
giving rise To freouent headaches hacL.
ache dragainr1dorrn noin - ais..o w -