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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
AMERICAN GOING ON
TRIP T0THE POLE

(By United Press Leased Wire
CHRISTIANA, April BE
cause no Norwegian physician has
offered to accompany Road
Amundsen on the projected Fran
expedition to the North Pole, the
distinguished arctic explorer has
accepted the services of DR.. Harry
Edmonds, manager of the Mag
netic observatory in Sitka, Alaska.
The two men became acquaint-
ed when Amundsen stopped at
Sitka on his return from the
Northwest passage in 1906.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
WISH TO BE taken
INTO CITY

Citizens of Bismarck will have
An opportunity May of voting OF
the question of annexing two sec
lions south Of Bismarck to the
plat of Tacoma. The electors sen,
a delegation to meet the county
commissioners yesterday, and the
commissioners finally decided te
let the residents OF the district "a,
for themselves whether they want
to be annexed or not.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
IS Arrested FOR
CRUELTY

Charged with having "ham-
strung" one of DR.. A. l.. COTS
valuable horses at the veterinary's
summer home on Vashon island,
Philip Heidemann, former sta
bleman, was arrested yesterday
afternoon and taken to Seattle,
where he will face the charge in
the King county cour&. DR.. Goff
claims that HeidemanA spitefully
used a sharp knife and cut the
mustles of the hind leg of one OF
his most priced horses because he
had been discharged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02

The Western Estates company also
transferred to A. v. and F. M.
Fawcett lots 24-26 below Thir-
teenth street for $4,000.
Bank clearings yesterday broke
all records with $1.S3S,763.23,
and the building activity goes
right along. The building per-
mits for March were $294,777,
against $187,935 in February.
They were over $4,000 more than
March last year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
HOUSE IS BuRGlARIzED

A burglar forced open the rear
door of the residence of H. ].
Jenkins, 2124 South G street, last
night, ransacked the house and
departed with two watches. He
overlooked two other watches
which were in the house. IL is
thought that the intruder is the
anne man who had done similar
work. about the city during the
asst few nights.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
BLAST CAUSES PANIC
IN FRISCO STREETS

SAN FRANCISCO, April a.
With q deafening roar, a large
section OF the west wing of the
old city hall, at the corner of
Larkin and McAllister streets, was
blown up at 5 O'Clock this morn
ing by the wrecking company
which is engaged in the task of
demolishing the huge building,
ruined by the earthquake of three
years ago.
The explosion created a panic
and for short time the people
in the neighborhood had visions
of another disastrous tremblor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
high SCHOOL BOYS
Make 4 BIG NOISE

Tacoma high school boys today
appeared at school with trousers
rolled up London style and the
"loudest" socks they could buy.
1t was loud" socks day and the
youngsters certainly made a noise.
The display Of color was remark
able
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02

The flying bricks and tumbling
Orders narrowly missed a Larkin
street car filed with people. The
debris filled the street. The pave
ment was punched full of holes
and the car rails were bent so that
traffic of all kinds was blocked
on the thoroughfare.
Responsibility for the explosion
is not yet fixed. Some say that
it was a premature blast, careless
ly fired, while others assert that
1t was carefully timed and set.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
7 gu No COS 0R 5
RESIGNS HlSl
POSITION

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OLYMPIA, April 2.-Howard
Cosgrove yesterday resigned as
private secretary to the governor,
effective May 1. Governor Hay
has not yet announced a success
sor. The governor yesterday
rendered the appointment as sec
rotary of the board of control to
j. II. Brown, now advertising
clerk with Land Commissioner
Ross.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
NORTHWEST
GROCERY co.
Saturday and Monday Specials

Saturday and Monday Specials
ORANGES
About the last call at present
prices. All sweet and juicy.
OdSo price RS.O)
Dozen price,. 15c, zoe and 25C
APPLES
A limited quantity of home
grown Northern Spy, fair quail
ity, per box -. ST. d
POTATOES
Fancy home grown Burbanks,
when purchased with other
goods, per hundred -. 81 90
BUTTER
Eastern Creamery, in tubs,
per pound SOC
Eastern Creamery, in cubes,
per pound ........... 80 II {
Fresh California, Q lb. bricks,
per pound ........ .S2 1s {
CHEESE
Finest Of Washington Full
Cream ........ $500. II II {
Swiss, Brick or Llumburger 200
FISH
Smoked Salmon ....... 71kt
Kippered Salmon $3.50. ~ u {
Canned Salmon ........ Tx
All kinds of salt fish by tn.
pail only.
SEEDS
All varieties of Garden Seeds ir
packages or bulk. Seed Pota-
toes, Grain and Grasses.
COFFEE
Take home a pound of our $50
Coffee on Saturday for -. 25t
Nothing finer for the money
always freshly roasted. Here
Is where you get the celebrated
Darlington Hall Steel Cut COT.
- fee, in one pound sealed cans.
NORTHWEST GROCERY co.
18O2-4 Commerce st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-04-02
TWO MILLION In
PROPERTY DEALS

Real estate transfers for this
year so far have passed the $2.-
100000 mark. Yesterday deals
amounting to 9105,000 were
made. the largest being the sale
by the Tacoma Hygeia Milk COM
pany to John Y. Miller Of lots IL
to. II, below Twenty-seyenth
street on Jefferson avenue, for
$4,000. Miller is the buying
agent for the Hartman lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
WIRELESS ON THE AEROplANE
SIGNAL CORPS PREPARING TO
TRY EXPERIMENT.
Both Telegraph and Telephone to
Be Tested on Dirigible and Heav-
ier-Than-Air Machines.

Gen Allen and Maj. George o. Sauires
went over to Fort Myer yesterday after
noon, where the Signal Corps is preparing
to work both with the wireless tele-
graph and wireless telephone, and in
spected the plant with a view to using 1t
for experiments both with the dirigble
and the aeroplane.
The War Department has made the
lightest wireless telegraph set that has
ever been designed. 1t weighs less than
seventy-five pounds, and has the sparks
cased in with mica, so as to be safe in
use on the dirigible. The set will send
and receive up to thirty miles.
1t is only recently that there has been
any thought of using the set on the aero
plane, but 1t probably can be lifted on the
machine now in use. and there would be
no question of its adaptability to use On
the machine that was at Fort Myer a
year ago.
This machine was larger than the one
now In use and had a margin of lifting
power of $50 pounds with one man up. 1t
is certain, of course, that the noise of the
engine would prevent receiving messages,
but this would have no effect on the send
ing power Of the plant.
1t has been suggested by some of the
officers that they want to try a muff1er on
the engine. and this probably would allow
messages to be received. but the installa-
ton of a muffier cuts down the power of
the engine considerably. and there Is a
question whether, with a muffler on, the
aerOplane could be made to lift the addi-
tional weight of an aviator and the wire
less set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
GUARDING AGAINST DISASTER
DISTRICT OFFICIALS WARNED
BY NEW YORK FIRE.
Inquiry to Disclose Whether or Not
Workshops Have Bars at
Windows.

Has Washington any factories or work.
shops with bars at the windows that
would interfere with the prompt escape
of employees in case of fire or a panic?
That is the question which Commits.
sioner mcfarland has asked Fire Mar
shall Nicholson to answer. The Commits
sioner read of the loss Of life in a fire In
a Brooklyn factory yesterday because the
employees were trapped in the blazing
building by bars placed at windows to
keep out thieves.
THE fire was attended with most ago.
nizing circumstances" the Commissioner
read. THE most narrowing scene was
witnessed on the second floor. Here the
windows were barred by steel to keep out
thieves. While the ground floor was
afame and the smoke rolled up through
the flooring a number of men. striving
with terror and strength given by a fight
for life, made for these windows and
pulled and howled and pleaded for rescue.
Back of them the flames were devour-
ing the combustible material of fiberloid
and the celluloid. The smoke envelOped
them. Their cries could be heard block
away. They were caught fast in a seeth-
ing furnace"
1t is not believed by the authorities here
that similar conditions exist in any fac
tory in the National Capital. But Com
missioner mcfarland wants to be sure
that there are no similar dangers in local
factories or workshops. So he has in
structed the fire marshal to investigate
and report. with a view to applying q
remedy IL any such conditions are found
to exist"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
TICKETS FOR COUNCIL.
Bishop Harding Will Distribute
Them to Applicants.

Tickets for the mass meeting Of the
third Episcopal missionary council to be
held in Continental Memorial Hall, 18th
and C streets, tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock may be obtained at the bishops
house, 14O7 Massachusetts, avenue, or
from any Of the Episcopal clergy Of this
city.
The meeting will be one of particular
value, it is stated, as the speakers are
men Of marked prominence in the church
world.
While admission will not be refused
any one because OF lack Of ticket, still
as ticket holders have prior rights TO
seats and can be seated Immediately
on their arrival at the hall. 1t is urged
that effort in all cases be made to
procure tickets
Bishop Harding will deliver the ad-
dress of greeting at the session, and
will also speak on The Evangelical
ton of the World in This Generation"
The Rt. Rev. Arthur Selden Lloyd. CO.
adjutor bishop of Virginia. will speak
on The Outlook" the Rt. Rev. John
Gardner Murray. coadjutor of Mary
land, on The Call to the Clergy" and
George Wharton Pepper OF Philadelphia
on The Call to the Laity.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
ORAL BETS NOT BOOkMAkINe
NEW YORK COURT OF APPEALS
AFFIRMs DECISION.
Discharge Of the Defendants Jones
and Lichenstein Ordered.
Five Justices Concur.

ALBANY. N. Y. November s.-That
oral betting does not constitute bookmak-
ing within the meaning Of the so-called
anti-race track gambling laws is In effect
the decision of the court OF appeals to-
day. affirming an order OF the lower
courts for the discharge from custody Of
Orlando Jones and Sol Ichtenstein, who
were indicted in Kings county on a
charge of bookmaking.
Jones and Lichtenstein were charged
with orally laying and publishing odds
on horse races and accepting q bet on
the basis Of such odds.
Assistant District Attorney Elder of
Kings county contended that bookmaking
was a gambling scheme within the mean
ing of the statute, and that, while mem
oranda might be an aid to the person
conducting the business, yet IL had no
essential part in the transaction. He held
that 1t is not necessary that a bet should
be made. nor accordingly recorded, for
bookmaking to be engaged In.
Counsel for Jones and Lichtenstein CON-
tended that the only effect of the new
laws was to provide a uniform penalty
for the recording and registry of bets
wherever made. and that the making of
an ordinary bet between individuals did
not constitute a crime
Five of the justices. including Chief
Justice Cullen. agreed in the opinion rem
dered today. and one dissented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
cHAUFFEUR's BODY FOUND.
One Victim Of Chicago's Automobile
Tragedy Identified.

CHICAGO. November 9.-The body of a
man identified as Ernest Camp, chauffeur
Of the taxicab which went over the bridge
approach Sunday night was recovered to-
day from the bed Of the Chicago river
two blocks below the Jackson street
bridge. The search for other bodies was
continued with redoubled energy.
Continued absence of Max Cohen, cigar
manufacturer, and Beatrice Shapiro
fiancee Of Cohen. today caused the MEM
bers Of both families to feel almost GER
tain that they were the two passengers of
the automobile that plunged into the
river.
Morris Shapiro, brother Of the young
woman, said today that his sister had
taken dinner at his home Sunday and had
been escorted down town. where she was
to meet Cohen. Young Shapiro left his
sister early in the evening and that is
the last time he saw her. Cohen. it is
said, was last seen in a poolroom on
West 18th street early Sunday evening.
He left the place about z 80 o'clock. say
ing. as he left, that he had an appoint
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
GEORGE WILMER BURIED.
Members Of Association Of Oldest In.
habitants Honorary Pallbearers.

Funeral services for George Wilmer,
who died Saturday morning at his home.
400 9th street northwest, were held at Q
o'clock this afternoon. The services were
conducted by Rev. III. Henoch Schroeder.
pastor Of Trinity German Lutheran
Church. 4th and e streets northwest
After the services at the house the re-
mains were taken to the church. where
services were again held.
The honorary pallbearers were William
w. Hall, % yeare 10 months old; A. C..
Winslow, 94 years 8 months old; ]. d.
Cathell. 90 yearv 1 month old. and ex-
Lieut.. James johnson, NJ. p, Oh years o
months old. all of the Association of Old
est Inhabitants. while Charles Gran.
Henry Zimmerman, Henry Scharf and
Mr.. Keller represented the oldest MEM
bers OF the church.
The active pallbearers were grand
nephews of the deceased. They were
Herman Wilmer. kusnst Wilmer, George
Sacks, George Kolb. Harry Posse and
Frank Amerine. Interment was made in
Oak Hill cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
MOUNDSV|LLE TOGET CONWC1S
ORDERS EXPECTED SOON FROM
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
District Of Columbia Female OFFEND
ers to Be clustered There.
Other Penitentiaries Crowded.

Attorney General Wickersham, 1t Is ex-
pected. will soon direct that female con-
victs from the District Of Columbia be
sent to the West Virginia state prison
at Moundsville instead Of to the far-off
prison at Lansing, Kan. 1t Is also prob
able that some male prisoners will again
be sent there.
Capt. Meyer, warden of the prison in
Georgia, and Maj McCloughry, warden
Of the Leavensworth prison, were in con-
ference with r.. v. La Dow at the De-
partment Of Justice today.
Capt. c. G. Dawson, deputy warden of
the West Virginia prison. was also at
the Department Of Justice yesterday and
today to submit to the officials an offer
to care for the District Of Columbia fe-
male prisoners.
Capt. Dawson is said to be one Of the
foremost criminologists connected with
prisons and his advice Is sought by prison
wardens. He had charge Of hundreds OF
prisoners who were sent to the West
Virginia institution from this city, and
had the reputation among them of being
an excellent officer.
in the work that is being done in connec-
ton with the reformatory that is to be
built in Virginia for Washington prison
ers, and Is watching the progress of the
work. 1t is believed that the officials Of
the Department Of Justice will soon ar
range with the warden of the West vir-
ginia prison to care for the female pris-
oners from this city.
Such change would mean economy to
the government of thousands Of dollars
annually for transportation. 1t would
also mean saving of much time to guards
at the District jail. the long trip between
this city and Kansas consuming much
longer than the twenty-four-hou trip be-
tween this city and Moundsville.
The prison at Atlanta is nearly filled,
there being about $50 prisoners there. At
Leavenworth there are about $50 prison.
ers. The Atlanta prison cannot accom-
moderate many more prisoners without an
addition being constructed. At Leaven-
worth the warden has already found il
necessary to put two men in many cells
When there is no longer any room in
the two federal prisons the government
may return to West Virginia for accom-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
BARON LANG KwA1 ON WAY.
Emperor Of China's Uncle on Secret
Mission to Washington.

CHICAGO. November 9.-Baron LANG
kwai. an uncle Of the Emperor of China
and q brother Of the empress, arrived in
Chicago today, en- route to Washington,
on a special mission for his government
He is accompanied by X. Owyang. Chi
nese vice consul at San Francisco; Chang
Hung Men. a representative OF the Chi
nese government. and Sung Shan, one of
the government secretaries.
The Chinese legation has not been off,
cially Informed as to Baron LANG Kwai's
mission to this country nor the time when
he will arrive in Washington. 1t is
thought that the delegation will stop at
q hotel instead OF at the Chinese lega-
ton.
The baron and his suite will probably
be presented at the State Department by
Ou Shou-tchun. first secretary and charge
d'afaires ad interim. AS the baron Is a
prince OF the royal household, he will
no doubt be presented 20 President Taft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
FINAL RITES FOR EMPRESS
BODY LEAVES PEKING ON
EIGHTY-MILE JOURNEY.
Escorted With Elaborate Ceremonies
to Last Resting Place-China
Honors Memory.

PEKING, November 9.-The cortege ac-
companying the body of the late Dowager
Empress Of China on it's eighty-mile jour-
ney to the Eastern Tombs left the For
hidden city early this morning and passed
outside of Picking. The route along
which the procession will travel is
thronged with people. A holiday in men,
DRY of the Dowager Empress is being OBJ
served.
The new imperial guards escorted the
foreign diplomats who participated in the
procession for a distance Of 500 yards.
Division Causes Confusion.
The members of the diplomatic corps
signalized the exit Of the late ruler by a
division in the vote taken with regard to
the time that the corps should attend the
final rites, some Of the diplomats declin-
ing to be present at 5 am, but agreeing
on z o'clock. Owing to the confusion in
the arrangements in the end the legation
guards, with the exception of the officers,
did not witness or participate In the cere-
monies.
The heads Of the imperial clan accom-
panied the coffin In state regalia. The for
eigners were greeted at the diplomatic
pavilion by Prince Chun, the Chinese re-
gent, and Prince Ching, formerly presi-
dent Of the board Of foreign affairs and
now adviser to the naval department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
APPROVED IN GERMANY.
Count Bernstorh's Address on For
eign Policy Inspired for a Purpose.

BERLIN. November 9.-Count Won Bern
storffs address on Germany's world policy
before the American Academy Of Political
and Social Science at Philadelphia last
Saturday has been read with intense in
terest throughout Germany, II being rec
ognixed that the announcement Of the i'm
perial aims OF first importance through
the German ambassador to the United
States was made after the full APPROVAL of
the German foreign office.
The portion of the declaration regarding
Germany's renunciation of her colonial ex-
pansion is considered a more positive and
clearer expression OF the imperial policy
than has ever previously been made an.
thoritatively and publicly.
The imperial government takes this step
in America, it Is declared i'm high quar-
tiers, to remove some of the suspicious
that are constantly encouraged by the ILL
Wishers of Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
SMASHESWORLD' MILERECORD
STRANG COVERS THE DISTANCE
IN S7.7o SECONDS.
Opening the Automobile Races on
the Speedway at Atlanta
This Morning.

AUTOMOBILE SPEEDWAY. Atlanta,
Ca. November 9.-Lewis Strang, in his
2O0-horsepower Fiat, shattered the
worlds one-mile record today in the al
most incredible time Of 37.7O seconds
in the initial event Of the opening day OF
the automobile races. A crowd of prob
ably 5000 people sprinkled through the
huge grandstands saw the smashing
race.
Following is the order in which they
finished. and time: First, Lewis Strang.
field, Benz. 40.13 seconds: third, Walter
Christie, Christie, 1882 seconds: fourth.
John NJ. Rutherford. Stearns. 0o.s5 sec
onds
The first event. the one-mile time trials.
free-for-all. had nine entries. but only
six started. Basic in a Renault Disbrow
in Rainier. and fitzpatrick in a Hotch-
kiss. did not line up. When they heard
of Strang's time they frankly admitted
that ii was useless for them to try.
strang got away first. It was a nying
start, one and a half times around the
track and then Off
The big Fiat moved out easily, gather
ing momentum I'm laundering jumps. Then
as 1t crossed the starting line a mile
from the grandstand 1t seemed to take
wings and fly.
The prizes are two cups with 500 offer
ed for a broken record.
Ten-Mile Record Broken.
John Aitkin. starting from scratch in a
sixty-horsepower National. lowered the
worlds track record for ten miles. going
In SO2.H, as compared with the pre-
vious record (Oidfeid's) of $3.50
Other Events.
The ten-mile stock Chassis was won by
John Aitkin. driving a National, in
S.2722. His teammate, Tom Kinsaid, was
second in S.27.71
The ten-mile stock chassis, l61 to go,
was won by Joe Matson in a Chalmers
Detroit. His teammate. Knipper, was a
close second. Time, 9.40.46
The mile free-for-all handicap was won
by Stillman in MarmOn.
Strang, from a standing start, won the
two-mile free-for-all in 1.31.63. Oldfield,
driving his big Benz, was second In
1.37.1S. Aitkin. in a National, was third
in 1.43.72. and Christie. who had repaired
his injured valve, fourth in 1.51.O4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
CHILLY WINDS COMING.
Mercury Will Fall to the Forties
Tonight.

More bad weather. of which condi-
lions today give fair sample. is on its
way to the District" said Prof. Harry
Frankenfeld, Official forecaster of the
weather bureau. today. I'VE will have
some more chilly northeast winds. gloomy
gray clouds. threatening, with enough
rain mixed in the meteorological mess to
make 1t disagreeable."
This condition is due to northeast winds
and high pressure over the ocean, it was
explained.
Forecaster Frankenfield said the tenn
perature will not get down to the freez-
ing point tonight, as had been expected,
because of the cloudiness. The Their
mometer registered SO degrees at o'clock
this afternoon. 1t will go down into the
forties tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
MODERN LORD MAYORS SHOW
SHIvERING GoDDESsES DIS
PLACED BY TERRIToRIALs.
Innovation Applauded by onlookers.
Wife of London's Executive
Again Rides In State.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, November cit was a re-
form show that the new lord mayor. Sir
F. Knill, presented to his cockney sub
jects today in brilliant weather.
Gone. probably forever, are the gilt ar
mored knights and the mathematical cars
crowned by shivering. befuddled goddess
es and red-nosed supers. In their place
was fine show of territorials, boy scouts
and boy sailors. greatly cheered by the
huge crowds that lined the route and
which voiced approval Of an innovation
highly to be commended.
Another novelty was the revival of a
picturesque custom, after thirty years of
allegiance, whereby the wife of the lord
mayor attended by seventeen maids of
honor, dressed in white satin, Joined the
procession after its departure from the
law courts.