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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
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CHARGE
MADE
F. d. Snodgrass Seeks Ar
rest of Man Accused of
Running Away With
His Wife-Says Woman
Deserted Five Children.

w. d. Snodgrass, who resides
at Raymond in this county, ap-
peared before Justice Graham this
morning and swore to a warrant
for the arrest of Glen Means,
charging him with improper reln-
tions with Mrs. Snodgrass. The
pair will probably be taken into
custody at Elbe today by deputy
sheriff.
Snodgrass stated his wife had
deserted him and five children an I
that Means had treated his wife
and children In an equally cruel
manner in order that they might
elope together.
They are said to have lived in
Tacoma together for some time.
Snodgrass showed two affidavlts
which stated that the pair had
lived together as husband and wife
at the Bay View hotel in Olym-
pia.
1t is probable that Mrs. Snoi-
grass will not be prosecuted, but
Snodgrass insists that Means oe
arrested and dealt with according
to the law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
900
FOR
7 AF I
Vast Chorus of Little
Children Renders Song
Columbia" for the
President - Ovation in
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-The first
lap of President Taft's western
trip was reached when he arrived
at Chicago shortly after IL O'Clock
this morning. When the preside l.
tial train pulled into La Sale
street station, thousands of people
had gathered to greet the chief
executive of the nation and as he
stepped from the train he received
an ovation.
A spectacular feature of the re-
ception was an automobile parade.
The route of the parade lay
through Washington park and
here 100000 school children had
gathered. AS the president and
his escort were slowly driven
through the park 100000 little
throats Joined in the strain OF
Columbia the Gem of the ocean. =
Following the parade the presi-
dent was taken to the Congress
hotel where he had luncheon.
After luncheon the art institute
was visited and the members II
the Hamilton club escorted Presi-
dent Taft, who is an enthusiastic
baseball fan, to the West Side
park where two professional
teams will struggle for his edifica-
tion.
This evening the president will
be the guest of the members of
the Hamilton club at dinner IN
the Congress hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
BY JOHN N. sTOCKWELL A. M, PHI. D.

When man announces to the world that he has
done some great thing it is the province and duty of
men OF science to apply to his account of his deed
all the tests provided by the learning of mankind
In the matter of the north pole, science in many
OF her departments provides such tests Astronomy
is branch OF science that oe right must be permit
ted to apply its tests to the data furnished by Dr.
COOK, Lieut.. Peary or any other man who may
claim to have discovered the geographical pole
have taken the best information l could Sc
cure as to DIR. Cooks data, and L have undertaken
an analysis OF what his observations really show
Annatoak is situated in 78 degrees 81 minutes
OF north latitude, and is there fore II degrees 23
minutes, or 79O miles, from the north pole The sun
rose at this place on Feb 49, 1908 after having been
below its horizon during 116 days. or since the oath
of the preceding October. 1t was from this place
that DIR. Cook started on his polar expedition at
sunrise Feb. 19, 1908. He reports that on March 80
ne was in latitude 81 degrees AZ minutes which is
ninsAt the h se was Paie Degrees
't hs @ OF s as @
degrees 50 minutes north and its distance
pole or degrees 13 minutes
be would therefore be ss
ne Of su ss @ and be In
tine rate 80 minutes daily and consequently must have reached
Dr. Cook tells us that the night of April
e ng s ns M moSs of the %ms m S @ as
% in T ihs 1 % sns M EARLY As been
But we have no reason to doubt Cooks that
seeing the require instruments nor skill
using them and could as we'll be made by unutored Eskimo
by the most intelligent white
April the date of COOKS FIRST
what conclusions may be legitimately deduced rom
On April T. at midnight, the
north degrees minutes and
diameter 16 minutes and efraction making
dechnaon degrees F5 minutes In the
appear above the horizon IT, hen the
some place at midnight the place
must be equal to degrees 55
degeees minutes Cook
SO degrees SS minutes There discrepancy
amounting to degrees 33 minutes
for in and THIS DISCREPANCY EQUIVALENT TO
LINEAR DISTANCE OF s6 MILES in the
Dr. Cooks latitude on April only 50 degrees min
us he then 500 miles from the
on April 81 hit must have travelled 39 miles daily.
his towards
of special interest the
his latitude determined by his
minutes 46 seconds which would
equal 140O feet only 80 mile
is perhaps superfuous to add that NO PORTABLE
STRUMENT sextant would be
OF PRECISION, even by long series of observations.
In conclusion it that
that he really $50 miles from he
only 234 miles from that
show a discrepancy of 3t6 miles.
The conclusions arrived at
assumption that the giving
midnight sunrise
sAuN MestzAy~4N
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
HARTMAN
GIVES ALL
To WIFE

(By United Press Leased Wire. ]
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-The
will of Edward ii. Hartman was
probated today. reading as fol-
lows:
~, Edward ii. Hartman, of
Arden, New York, do give, devise
and bequeath all my property,
real, personal and of every kind
and nature to my wife. Mary w.
Hartman, and do hereby appoint
said Mary w. Hartman executrlx
of this WILL"
Harriman's will is probably the
most remarkable last testament
ever made by a multi-millionaire
Though the full text of the docu-
ment ontains but 81 words it de.
vises an estate estimated at ap-
proximately $fOO,OOO,OOO.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
WOMAN COMES
TO DEFENSE
OF COOK

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PASADENA, CAL, Sept. 16.--
Mrs. Sarah Pike Conger, widow of
former Minister to Brazil and
China Edwin H. Conger, has come
to the defense of DR.. Frederick a..
Cook. In statement. today she
asserted her unqualified belief IN
the explorers claim and scored
Commander Peary. for questioning
Cooks integrity. Mrs. Conger
met Cook when the explorer spent
a fortnight at the American lega-
ton in Rio de Janeiro while on
the way to the Antarctic polar rs-
gions. She said today:
''This folish controversy Is a
slur on Americanism. I admire
he quiet fortitude with which DR..
Cook has met Mr.. Peary's attacks
and l think 1t is to be regretted
that Peary has seen at to cast a
doubt on his honesty. These great
explorers should stand together
for the glory OF the country and
forget their personal ambition. +"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
Quick
to Aid the
Steal
Signs Ordinance Granting
Franchise to the
N. P.-Refuses to
Give People a
Chance

Mayor John w. Linck this
morning refused ostop the N. p.
Point Defiance franchise to give
the people chance to vote on ~.
He signed it imm mediately when 1t
was presented to him.
"I would not veto a franchise
like this unless l was sure it was
illegal or had been passed by
fraud or was rushed through
hastily and ill-advisedly without
consideration" said the may or
when asked why he did not veto
it and give the people a chance 20
get something for it.
81 don't think it is the propar
thing for the executive to exercise
the veto power to hold up matters
of this kind unless these reasons
exist" said the mayor.
"Then you would not have TAX
en- the stand Mayor Wright took
on the old depot franchise by
which it was held up until the
city got it's CONCESSIONS" he was
asked. ..
"No, I believe 1t would have
been better If it had been passed
as proposed originally, 80 the de-
pot could have been started two
years ago. I said this the other
night up at the chamber of COM
merce. I think it would have
been better to have had this work
going on in the last two years
than for the city to have finally
forced the company to give it a
few lots and concessions. Why
they are of little value, hardly
worth 5000, and the city would
have been better off with the work
than what it got"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
BASES HIS ARGUMENT UPON THE STATE
MENT BY THE EXPLORER THAT april
WAS MARKED BY THE SWINGING
.s, OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN OVER
THE NORTHERN ICE"
Noted Astronomer and Author.

NOTE: John A. M, .. has at
and Of other works which
Nasons Of the Planetary orbits
from
"e' NN -
Besides many lectures and
Stookwe PREPARING the published below
ter TO DR. data " - ~ ~ ~ "S - p" ''
lie has disregarded argument
Physlea fsst-,WHicN COOK SEE MIDNIGHT
oft
at mid until
as
10 ms must be in than 400 miles
controversy sette
"''' ~ "NN w Wv s"' A-ui'0' ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
TACOMA LEADS
IN FOREIGN
COMMERCE

According to the report of Col
lector of Customs O. F. Harper.
issued yesterdaq, the foreign inn
ports of Tacoma for August of this
year, aggregating $1,149,929,
show a gain of s896,242 over the
same period last year. Seattle's
foreign imports for August were
only s1,130,720, showing loss Of
s412,S17 as compared with Aug
ust. 1908. Tacoma's total foreign
commerce OF $1.5s1,636 for the
past fiscal month Is s10.671 more
than the total foreign commerce
OF Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
Astronomer Says Cooks Dates Show
He Fell BIG Miles Short of Pole

DIR. Cook, approaching the pole
(marked "8"), was going toward
q place where the sun would be
visible at midnight. He says he
saw the midnight sun (marked
81" and ..2'') on April z, and was
at the point marked 3D." e34 miles
from the pole.
Prof. Stockwen says that the
midnight sun was visible at that
point on April 1. and that II Cook
didn't see IL until April 2 he must
have been on that date at the
point marked "5," $50 miles from
the pole. In other words, that his
reckoning Is $40 miles in error.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
NANAINIO, b. O., WOMAN HELD
RESPONSIBLE FOR BRUTAL
MURDER.

NANAIMO. B. c., Sept. 16.--As
b result of the inquest into the
death of Gus Carlson, who was
brutally murdered In his own
home last Monday night, suppos-
edly by burglars, his wife is-today
In jail charged with perpetrating
the crime. The police found
three pfllowslips. two of which
were badly splashed with blood.
The medical evidence revealed
that 0arlson's skull was fractured.
and the theory is that the man
was struck in bed. the rope
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
RAISE $4,000 FOR
NEW BUILDING

The free dinner of the Com
mercial club brought out a large
crowd of business men today at
noon and added over $4,000 ro
the subscriptions for the bonds for
the new building.
The club now has over $110,-
600 of the $250,000 needed in
subscriptions for the big ten-story
building to be erected at Eleventh
and A streets. 1t must raise
$4,000 in the next two weeks to
guarantee the taking up of the
option ON the lots for the site.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
SUSPECT JAILED
IN KIDNAPPING
CASE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
UTICA, N. Y, Sept. 16.-Sus-
pected of being the murderer of
Teresa Percopia and little Freddie
Infusino, Michael Rizzo, an Ital-
ian, is today being given the third
degree by the police. Rizzo form
erly lodged with the Percopia fam
lily and he will be taken before
Fannie Infusino, the only one of
the three children kidnapped last
Sunday who was not murdred by
the kidnaper, for identification.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16

(By United Perss Leased Wire.)
ROCHESTER,, Mimi, Sept, 16.
John A. Johnson. who
was operated on yesterday for in
testinal trouble following an OPP
GRAFTON for appendicitis, is some
what improved this afternoon. al
though HIS condition is still re-
garded as critical. Late this aft
ernoon DR.. McNevin, the house
physician at st. Mary's hospital,
issued the following statement:
Governor Johnson is resting
fairly well this afternoon. AL
though he still Is suffering from
some gaseous palms."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
PUT UNDER BONDS

Thomas JEFFERSON Cubbey, who
got considerably the worst of 1t
in a fight with his neighbor, Fred
Shifferley, was today placed under
5000 peace bonds by Justice Gra-
ham. Shifferley was bound over
to the superior court to stand trial
for hitting Cubbey on the head
with a hatchet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
GETS S6,5OO FOR
LOSS OF ARM

@. s. Robinson was yesterday
awarded $4,000 damages by the
jury which tried his suit against
70. =. Hill and the Milton Shing.e
company. He asked for $4,000
for injuries to his left arm, sus-
tained when he was operating a
"knee bolter." It became neces-
sary to amputate the ARA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
Wild RiOtinO
Resumed in
Pittsburg
Violent Scenes Are Re
enacted in Car Co.'s
Strike-5,000 Angry
Workmen Surround
Big Plant
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By UnfteU Fftss Leaseu WIft'J
PITTSBURG. Pa, Sept. 16.-
With the Pressed Steel Car plant
surrounded by 5000 dissatisfied
workmen, the scenes of violence
which characterized the two
months strike, settled only last
week. are being renewed today.
When the o'clock whistle
blew this morning the strikers
surrounded every foot of the big
mill, and when the workingmen
not in sympathy with the strikers
attempted to enter the plant they
were forcibly restrained.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
DIVORCE SUIT SETTLED.

The divorce suit Of Martha g.
Farrell against John @. Farrell,
which was to have come up for
trial in Judge Chapman's depaft>
ment OF the superior court to1ar.
was settled out Of court. The
suit was hroght May IA on the
grounds OF non-support.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 16.
in accordance with authority
give nhim last night in letter
from President Taft, Secretary Of
the Interior Ballinger today di-
rected the dismissal of l.. r.
CLAWS, chief of the field division
of the general land office, with
headquarters in Seattle.
The reason for the dismissal
of CLAWS is stated in Taft's letter
to Ballinger as follows:
1.-The filing of a disingenious
statement unjustly impeaching
the official integrity of his super
ior officers"
Ballinger Exonerated.
In this letter President Taft ex-
onerated Balhnger of charges
made by CLAWS against him in
connection with the Cunningham
coal land cases in Alaska.
CLAWS presented the charges en-
August 18 and. after answers ha /
been made by Ballinger Assistant
Secretary Pierce, Commissioner of
the General Land Office bennett
and Chief of Field Service
Schwartz, the president prepared
his decision at Beverly.
Power Grab Charge Fails.
Taft also sustains the action of
Ballinger in regard to the restora-
tion and withdrawal of public
lands, in connection with allega-
tions regarding power sites and
the so-called water power trust at
the national irrigation congress at
Spokane recently.
Friend of Conservation.
In Taft's decision he finds IN
favor of Ballinger in the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy, concluding
as follows: t,''r#'' -.
"In my judgment, he is the best
friend of the policy of conserva-
tion who insists that every step
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
kk.M MssM~s4A
WIFE ARRESTED FOR
Staying HUSBAND

wound around his neck, and that
he was drapped into the room
where he was found.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
CLAWS FIRED
BYBAlL|NGER

Taft Stands by Secretary in Coal Land Cases, and
L.. Men Who Brought Charges Against Him Gets
& Walking Papers President Sustains Cabinet
M Officer in Scrap With Pinchot and in Other
M Public Acts Says He Is in Sympathy With
Administration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16

CONTINUED on Page Eight.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16

For the people --- StewarN
Jameson, Russell. Lynn.
For the Northern Pacific-Turn.
bull, Rankin, Giblett. Wilkeson,
Hawiey, Chapman. Hberly, Brand
and Bell.
Absent - Hawthorne, Kreger
Armstrong.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-16
Power Grab Charge Fails.
Friend of Conservation.

In Taft's decision he finds in
favor of Ballinger in the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy, concluding
Mohave County miner., 1909-02-06
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the Most
 Popular Because it is the Best.

''I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the past eight years and find it to be one of the best selling medicines on the market. For babies and young children there is nothing better in the line of cough syrup" !" says Paul Allen, Plain Dealing, La. This remedy not only cures the coughs, colds and croup so common among young children, but is pleasant and safe for them to take. It contains no opium or other narcotic, and may be given to baby as confdentally as to an adult. For sale by H. H. Watkins.
Mohave County miner., 1909-02-06

Judge w. G. Blakely is in Los An geles, where he is having his eyes treated by a specialist.
 James Jackman is in town from his mines at the head of Round Valley. He has been opening up one of the best silver-lead properties in that part of the county and is said to have a great showing of ore.
 A message received yesterday from O. F. Kuencer carries the information that the Golden Star Mining company is c, meeting the 200 and 300 levels and blocking ore for sloping purposes in the Golden Gem mine. On the 800 stoping was being c-rried on and splendid milling ore being eXtr. cted. On the 600 the vein is being crosscut from wall to wall. It Is probable that this crosscut will be carried to the other veins in the location and the whole ground fully exploited. There are i've UT SlA NllSllLCI NtlnS W lllllll the boundaries of the Golden Gem property, at Cerbat, and each one of these veins carries ore of milling values. The company now has the opporl unity of crossing these veins at del tn of six hundred feet and it is probable that this work will open up sou e. great ore bodies. The mill is now being run on ore from the 5O0 level and good results are being ob- tained on plates and ore. the concen- trator tables. The new work has opened up considerable water. The Gem is one of the best of the gold properties of Wallapai district.
 Wednesday last William Baily and a representative of one of the large iron works of Los Angeles came in from Gold Road and departed to Los An geles. It is understood that the visit of these gentlemen to Goldroad was for the purpose of looking over the ground and coming to some conc u, ion regarding the subject of big milling plant for the Gold Road mines. Grad ing for this mill is now in progress and wuhin sixty days machinery I, r the mill will be assem bled. The mill will be one of the most complete on the Pacific coast, being entirely auto matic in its actions from the ore bins 10 the bullion furnace. When con- pleted the mill will have daily ca pacity of from 300 to 800 tons of ore. No one at present knows what style of mill is to be used, but it is probable that It will be stamps and some other variety of crushers for fine work, in which the greater part of the ores will be sllmed and treated through the latest improved filter presses. In the old mill filter pressing gave the best of results, the loss being from twenty to forty cents per ton, while the tanks gave a loss of over two dollars per ton. The whole plant of machinery is to be electrically equipped.
Mohave County miner., 1909-02-06
Lame Shoulder.

This is a common form of muscular rheumatism. No internal treatment is needed. Apply Chambertain's Lin iment freely three times day and a quick cure is certain. This liniment has proven especially valuable for muscular and chronic rheumatism. Sold by H. H. Watkins.
Mohave County miner., 1909-02-06

You need clothing and we are over stocked with it. Come in and examine the large lots now on sale at
 LOVIN SS WITHERS.
Mohave County miner., 1909-02-06
Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars for
 Maguire Mines.

"dSuuC NihiCS.
 Last week, at Prescott, the Direc- tors of the Arizona Gold Mines com pany made the final payment on the purchase price of the Mcguire mines to Major A. J. Pickrell. Only small payment was due at the time, but by discounting the final payment the whole purchase price of 75,0O0S was made. Arthur Mcguire, who was the original owner of the property in con- junction with his mother and sisters, passed through Kingman Sunday even ing last, having received bis part of the money received from the sale while in Prescott.
 The Arizona Gold Mines company has been trying out the ore bodies at the mines the past two months and have satisfied themselves of their great value. The company Is now at work sinking a shaft in the fiat near the mine, where a large flow of water Is expected to be obtained. So far lack of water has impeded the work of the mill and it was concluded to shut the mill down last Sunday until a large supply could be obtained. The con- pany contemplates the addition of thirty stamps to the mill and many betterments within the next few months. A shaft is being sunk on the mine in which considerable water is expected to be developed, while at the same time the ore bodies will be ex- plotted to a depth of several hundred feet. In this shaft good ore has been found and although showing some sul- phides readily gives up it's gold values on the plates. The officers of the company are the most energetic men that have ever come to the county and they know the business of mining and milling and are sure to make of this great property one of the best suc- cesses in the mining world.
 Charles Gracey, who has charge of the Joseph Wharton estate interests in Nevada and Arizona, passed through Kingman last Tuesday on his way to Philadelphia, having been called there by the heirs of the estate for con- ference. Mir. Gracey has been in charge of these interests for many years and it is probable that he will be given a wider range by the heirs in the handling of all mining affairs. The estate owns large mining interests at Eldorado Canyon, Nevada, and in Weaver district, this county. Mr. Wharton was one of the wealthies men in Philadelphia when he died. One of his hobbies was mining, but although owning some of the richest properties in both states, did not carry on operations on a large scale. It is probable that the successors of Mir. Wharton will work the mines to ob- tain results.
 Emerson Gee, of Los Angeles has taken a bc nd on the Gold Grown group of mines in the Union Pass section, owned by O. D. M. Gaddis and Dr. w. E. Sauls. Mr. Gee recently made an examination of the mines and was so well pleased with them that he con- cluded to take an option and will soon have force of men at work exploiting the mines. The veins in this group are very large and carry nice values in gold.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-04
GET READY
Farmers Should Begin Now to
Prepare Exhibits for the Dry
Farm Congress.

The Second International Expo
sit,on OF Dry Farm products will
be held at Billings. from Monday
until Friday. Octobee as to a9. in
elusive. This will be the largest
and most important convention in
the West this year and will bring
to Montana several thousand dele
gates representing every western
state and many foreign nations
and will be attended by a large
number Of prat,cal farmers from
all parts OF the country. The de-
liberation OF the Congress will be
marked by dicussions OF the pro
hlem which the farmers in the arid
and semi-arid districts are facing
and which the Dry Farming Con
gress IS helping to solve.
At the international Exposition
Of Dry Farm Product there will b