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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
.ould-Be Groon,
Deserted AT
the Altar
(By United Press Leased wire.,

(By United Press Leased Wire.l
MATTO0N, ILL.,, July 0. -
Change of mind and heart by FAM
ME Doty. who yesterday left her
betrothed, the Rev. Joseph Snod-
grass, standing before q minister
without a bride, furnished gossip
today for her friends. 1t is said
that the young woman Tilted her
reverend suitor for a former
sweetheart.
Announcement of Miss Dotyss
engagement to the clergyman was
made several months ago, and
preparations for the wedding went
along without hitch. The affair
was to have been social event OF
the year, in Coles county, and 200
guests were invited.
After the prospective BRIDE
groom had taken his place and the
guests were awaiting the bride.
1.-THE young woman expressed the
change of heart mentioned and her
father was compelled to announce
that there would be no wedding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09

tBy United Press Leased Wire.)
) CHICAGO, July 9.-Declaring
that he considered 1t his duty to
his family, his friends and him
self to clear his name, Tom Tag
gart appeared at the criminal
courts building today and went or
the. witness stand in the trial of
Ella Gingles, the pretty Irish lace
maker, accused of stealing lace
from Miss Agnes Barrett, her for
mer employer.
Taggart said that SO much had
been said and printed about him
in connection with the case he felt
1t necessary to show that he was
not implicated in the affair.
Taggart was represented In
court by John w. Kern and James
Hafnilton Lewis. The famous pol
ftioian said that he was SO years
|eld, and described the various po-
litisal positions he had occupied
in the course of his career. He
|said that he knew Miss Barrett,
the prosecuting witness, and ex-
planned that he became acquaint-
ed with her when she kept shop
at his hotel at French Lick
Springs.
Not Connected With Case.
He denied that he was In any
manner concerned in the Gingles
case, and declared that he con-
|ducted a hotel from which all
questionable characters were ex-
|cluded.
II know nothing of the charges
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
WON.
BY SMOKERS
JUDGE CLIFFORD DECIDES THAT NEW
STATUTE rs IN CONFLICT WITH THE
FEDERAL LAWS, AND THEREFORE, UN
CONSTITUTIONAL - RULING TO BE AP
PEALED.

The anti-cigaret law passed at the last regular
session OF the Legislature is unconstitutional
This is the decision rendered by Judge Miles l..
Clifford in the superior court this morning in the
case of the state against T. e. Shook and j. r.
Murphy
The demurrer to the information charging the
defendants with a msdemeanor in having cigarets
in their possession was sustained. Judge Clifford
says that the law is in restraint of interstate
commerce, and therefore contrary to the federal
constitution. An order for the release of Shook
and Murphy issued.
Will Be Appealed.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney A. 0. Burmes-
ter announces that the will be appealed to the
state supreme court and also to the United States
supreme court, if the state court upholds the deci-
SiOn
The First Test Case.
The case decided today taken up from the
police court to the higher tribunal for test, and is
the first test case to be decided in the state
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
TWO OF CUSHMAN'S SCHOOL
MATES TO ATTEND FUNERAL

William Deeds of Fern Hill and
Merit Griffith of Portland, who are
now in Tacoma visiting relatives,
both of whom weer school mates
of the. late Congressman Cushman
in the primary class at Brighton,
Ia, away back in 1873, will at
tend the. funeral here Tuesday.
Mr.. Deeds has in his possession
a little issue of the Brighton News
put out when Cushman passed
through there en- route to Wash
ington when he was first elected
to congress This paper contains
a complete list of the pupils who
were with Frank and Ed Cushman
I'm pshe first primary class. The
paper puts Frank Cushman's
name at the top. but struth COM
pels, = IT said, "the admission that
het did not always stand at the
head of his class. "
;Cushman at that time was but
six years of age and was. accord
ing to Mr.. Griffith and Mr.. Deeds.
"a little "numb-skull."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
ID GIL AIM
MAN As I
HUBBY
Bigamist Accused by Wild
ows in Various Parts
of Country-Say He
Welded and Then
Robbed Them
May Have so Wives.

SAN RANCISCO. July g.
Developments i~ the police
investigation today leads the
authorities to believe that G.
G. Johnson, self-confessed
bigamist, who is under ar
rest here, is really Ed Car
tier, and that he has no less
than so wives In various
parts OF the country. Car
tier Is said to have been
resident of Seattle at one
time and his brothers wife
made statements while living
In San Francisco recently
which led to the belief that
her brother-in-law was a big
amist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
Offer Baby
for Sale

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, July 9.-Harry
Beach, 23 years of age, and his
wife, who have nothing in the
house to eat, have offered their
2-weeks-old baby for sale for
$500.
Beach has been unable to find
work, and both he and his wife,
he says, have been hungry most
|of the time of late. They cannot
get anything to do to support
themselves, and so have decided
to give up their child.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
NOW THINK S|G[L|
GIRL J|LIED
CHINk

(By United Pre1e Leae@0 WlE<-)
NEW YORK. July 3. Ano<h6r
theory IN the Ehie sieel nuf66r
case was taken from i nhelf II the
police headquarters today. n>1f'
busted and set before The en11e-
browed sieuths Of the upper oIs
fees for them to work on
Elsie sigel was murdef@d b \
Chinese after she had annoQn1{ll
her intention TO abandon her c6I-
|neea friends aud marry = Willis
man. That IS the latest fkco
evolved. q
The basis Of theory h th1 Al
ported Appearance Of - I'll
sveethe2t Of the girl white nm.
in tho Chinatown resorts
said that the man zntan aS6 7
marry Mss sixel and non ia
|fraos of her nurdexer9. Xho
lice refuse - divuIne <h> 1&Ins
the man. But Admit That - Is s..
'sponel9le f9r their Izkezz z6a1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
Philippine
Tariff Bill
Is Passed
(By United Press Leased Wire. J
WASHINGTON, ID. o.. July

BY United Press Leased Wire. J
WASHINGTON, ID. O., July
0.--The senate today passed
the Philippines tariff bill.
The senate passed the Por-
to Rican bill and agreed that
when Adjournment was taken
IL would be until next Friday.
After the senate adjourned,
AIdrich went into conference
with President Taft at the
White House.
The house this afternoon
adopted a resolution ON
rule to send the general tar
iff bill to a conference by
vote of ITO to 158. Severn
teen republicans voted
against the question.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09

BUTTE. July 9.--~Five thousand
dollars for each lost toe on his left
foot. or $4,000 IN all. Was the
verdict OF q Jury In the &80, ,000
damage suit Of Frank H. Knuckev.
q miner. against the Butte nlec-
tric Railway company.
The verdict Is the largest ever
rendered in a personal Injury suit
- silver Bow county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09

Traffic Now Free?
AS the new criminal code, em-
bodying the anti-cigaret feature.
repeals the previous code. it is
thought that the ruling practically
renders the cigaret traffic free in
w ashington. The old 1907 law,
making 1t misdemeanor to sell
cfgarets, Is now no longer In
force, according to opinions OF at
torneys. The legislature may
amend the law, however, during
its special session next month.
Prosecuting Attorney McMur-
ray tsated today that the decision
Will practically put the law out
of operation as far as Pierce coun-
ty Is concerned. He does not think
the police will attempt to enforce
it.
The Decision.
The decision rendered today fol-
lows:
ut Is the duty of this court to
uphold, as far as possible, the
acts OF the legislature; and to that
end all reasonable presumptions
tending to uphold the constitu-
tionality of the law are indulged
in. But 1t is equally the duty of
the court to uphold the integrity
of the constitution, both state and
federal, and where an act of the
legislature violates the constitu-
tion, the courts have no choice but
to so declare.
In Violation of Constitution.
After giving due weight to all
the arguments In support OF the
law in question in these informa-
tions, mforced to the convic-
tion that the section of the statute,
which In the broadest terms,
makes 1t misdeameanor to have
In possession cigarets, is a vio-
lation of the interstate commerce
clause of the federal constitution.
1t is conceded that cigarets are
articles of interstate commerce.
Can't Prohibit Use.
THE sale or use OF an artf-
Gle of interstate commerce
may be regulated by state
In the exercise of police pow
ers, but no state may, under
the guise of regulation, pro-
hibit the use within its bor-
ders of any recognized article
of interstate commerce. II It
Is unlawful for any citizen of
the state to have a cigaret In
his possession, the practical
result Is inevitably the prohi-
bition of the use. or any COM
merce in cigarets within the
state.
Conflicts With Federal Law.
ANY act of the legislature that
accompiishes this result, whether
SO intended or not, Is Legislation
prohibited to the states by the
federal constitution: the power to
so legislate is reserved to the con-
gress of the United States. / know
of no doctrine or principle of law
upon which the section OF the sta
tute can be sustained; and my at
tention has not been called to any
case where any court OF last re-
sort. either state or federal, has
sustained statute OF like import.
But. on the contrary, the supreme
court of the United States mas uni
formly held all state statutes.
which by their effect or in terms,
amount to a prohibition against
the use Of any article OF inter-
state commerce. are in conflict
with the interstate commerce
clause of the federal constitution
and are consequently void.
"The demurrers to the informa-
tions are sustained.
Dated, Tacoma, Wash, July 9,
1909
IN. L. CLIFFORD.
Judge"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
BOARD Of TRADE
IN HANDSOME
QUARTERS

: The chamber Of commerce. this
morning moved hack into It's reru
lar quarters, the improvements Ia
the room being practically COM
The new exhibit room. fInisbed
In dull finish fir. is the finest pres-
entation Of the possibilities OF fir
wood for finishing material that
has ever been arranged. and II pre-
sents . great advertisement for
this native wood.
In the course OF q couple of
weeks II is expected the room will
be entirely equipped and the exhjb-
Its will then be arranged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
WATERS HAVE
KICK COMING

The five colored walters at the
Country club, who were employed
there before the fire, have all
been discharged and white walters
substituted. The. negroes declare
they have not been given square
deal. for they say when they lost
everything In the fire they were
promised to be taken care of by
the club management.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
Officers Have Good De-
scription of Wilke-
son Woman's Slayer
Bloodhounds Follow
Scent Three Miles
Miner Suspected.

-- n.~-no r,ho moe
ol Mrs. ueoiso - viii, ason
rouny muI eu. gu g. s,stano
Inursaay Ihorhins. .hno M na,,as this
oi moie Snan ,ne ~. soart and eli
roI io 80 aao;n ON tho
a'S .a9' ~ fr,stiess THE doys
siail ,ht 49, -. xM;,roson hut a
. o @ g.. stiiI ,nortin a
= u p CtL prair;a baIiave
s on Nv M us aa.ar ou has f,oa ,n
s . 'a a'soo.ion en
'n"' 1t.Is.., c,,.c.od
c.u ousda,"a no;nts to on
JtaIian ninar 40 the woman's
murderer and as the Officers
have eood description of him
thev believe 1t will be impossible
for him to get out of the county.
Seen by Two Men.
The slayer was seen by two
men, Charles Parks, blacksmith,
and another Italian miner,
from whom the murderer borrow,
ed the lantern wnlch ne caIrleo
when ne called at the promo
nome 10 iure ms ih'ehoeu 'i'.in
away u hel uea.n r.uu
s' oanas Ms pronvo and
a. a po paon af.ar tbay left for
the @ n,;dn;aht ;nurrav to RIack
niamnnd and he describes the
susnect as q short beayy-set Ital-
ian about % wars of age. This
description taliies with that given
by the man from whom the sus-
pect borrowed pit lantern such
as Mrs. Bronzo's slayer carried
when he called at her home.
Suspect Lived With Bronzos.
Deputy Sheriffs Hunt OF Wilke-
son and Stenso of Tacoma are
still. working upon clues which
lead in different directions, but
they admit that everything yet un-
earthed points to the Italian miner
as the murderer. The suspect
once lived with the Bronzos and
In this way the officers believe
he learned that Mrs. Bronco al
ways carried her money with her.
Undershirt Obtained.
The deputies obtained an under
shirt which had been worn by the
suspect and this was used in CIV
ing the dogs their scent. The
bloodhounds took up the trail
quickly this morning and the
posse had difficulty in keeping up
with them.
One Trail at burnett.
The trail was followed to Bur
nett, where the dogs came upon
a shop which they persistently
tried to enter. After circling the
building several times the dogs
were taken back seem distance In
an attempt to pick up the trail
again, but they failed after re-
peated efforts.
Post-Mortem Held.
Coroner Shaver today held q
post-mortem examination OF the
body OF Mrs. Bronco and discov-
cred that the woman was choked
to death before her assafiant had
made doubly sure by striking her
on the head with cobble stone.
Attacked Without Warming.
The woman had been attacked
suddenly and overpowered instant
ly, the Officers believe, for there
are no signs of a struggle where
the crime was committed. The
little muslin sack in which the
woman carried her money had
been torn from her under clothing
and was found living amptv near
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09
sIxTEEN CHINESE REGISTER
TO VOTE IN WALI4A W4I.LA

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WALL4tVALLA, Jaly 9.---Ree-
iRtre4ion books show that sixteen
Chin<,se viii vote at the city cleo
ton Monday. All except three
were norm IN Walla Walla. The
reBlatra ton Il 2.I00.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-07-09

Robert M. CIendarrine and
Alice Tate were granted mae
riage license by the coun<9 audi
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-08-27

off with housand-doar fine suspend sentence in the other
destroy my stock and accept your resignation chief
of police
''My resignation" Charlie looked almighty glum. Then
he broke into a broad smile
''Thats allowing nine thousand dollars for Job
ain it? My job amt worth nine cents; the board will
have to fire me- Take it and take it quick
'See here, Charlie " remarked Sam, when they had
tied themselves comfortably outgoing train ''prohi-
bon won't prohibit by itself, but if anybody tells you
that the behind the gun can make prohibit you es
refer 'em to me-
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-08-27
Saloons and Insanity

Dr. Menas S. Gregory chief Of the psychopahic ward
Bellevue insane hospital New York if the saloons
driven out of business the number Of insane would decrease
half crime would decrease almost much, and the
saving in asylum poorhouse and charity expense would
than repay the loss of derived from the
liquor trade.
Dr. Gregory bases his theory the experiences he has
had in eight years in Bellevue and the facts
learned in recent automobile trip through the prohbi
ton parts Of New England.
Dr. Gregory who treats $500 in the psychopathc
ward at Bellevue each year, authority unacy He
recognizes the whom rum has set insane Temporal
ry he restores his patients and turns him loose
if possible If not, the patient goes to Natteawan.
The fewer saloons, says DR. Gregory tthe fewer
the opportunities to drink for who nlucky seeks
drink and the number of saloons depends exactly the
number of as and hospitals If there saloons in
New York there would be only half many patients in the
psychopathic ward
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-08-27

perspiraton and sticking to your clothes, the visitors
at the Exposition have been seeking sunny spot sit
in and every evening listen to the band concert in
their overcoats There keep off the grass signs
these grounds The beautiful lawns and profse
flower beds made for the public and for the
committee. But not until you have The Shadow
of the Cross taken a ride through the pneumatic tube
talked into wireless telephone, and shaken
hands with Igorrote do you begin enjoy the mys-
teres of this place.
In strict keeping with the march Of progress this is
the first exposition that has prohibited the sale of beer
The queer thing is that nobody to miss it,
asks for it. Perhaps the sober truth is that men
who spend their money for beer have left with
which to take high class pleasure trip
81 happened to be at the Exhibition on Illinois Day
and | never realized before that there many
people in that state whom did not know
1t not often that anything is printed in this paper which
does not relate wholly to the drink question: but excep
ton made in this for the that shows what
fine exposition can be held without permitting the sale of
intoXicants on the grounds.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-08-27
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE

grated Sam Sam plucked his lawyer by the sleeve:
'Look here, Mr.. King, hadn't better COMPROMISED
''I1l try
Tt Prohibited
Mr. King spoke a few words with Judge Bowman who
whispered Wharton. The three stepped out into the
hall Presently Mr. King to the door and beckoned for
Charlie Kent.
Charlie and Sam held earnest consultation "NIy
lawyer says they II convict just fast they try
these cases-and that pretty dn fast I'm up against
thousand dollars in nesbesides ten in
ja-and destroy stock. Mr.. Wharton to let me
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1909-08-27
That ''Dry'' Exposition

S%A 80
It hardly necessary to tell anybody who Horton is
Lewis Ray Horton formerly District Superintendent Of tn
Anti-Saloon League Of Illinois, for the Peoria District.
Horton is Superintendent Of the Spokane district il
Washington. Writing of the Alaska Yukon Exposition
Seattle he says:
ut has been my good fortune to attend our four
leading expositions, and this is in my Judgment,
the most unique 1t has the finished effect of the Chi
cago Exposition; the rolling landscape of ST. Louis
and the charm Of the salt water of Jamestown True
it is not so large as some of the Others but it is all any
person to and what could you wish?
It is the biggest little show this country has pro
duced.
.sThe promoters of the enterprise have undertaken
to exploit the glores of the Northwest and that is just
what the Exposition has done. Although it is g
gantic advertising scheme, it is repete with interest,"
wonder, surprise and information. When you look at
the marvellous exhibits from Alaska, Hawaii, and the
Philippines you are reluctantly forced to the conclusion
that not all of Uncle Sam valuable property lies along
the Chicago and Alton Railroad. Not every state
allowed exhibit but California, Oregon, Idaho and
Washington have set forth their in fascinat
ing array.
S|The Agricultural Building is given over to Washing
ton alone and here each county has display Here you
will be shown samples of oats from a field that yielded
ITO bushels per acre. and wheat that hrashed out
81 bushels per The profuson Of peaches, apples
plrms potatoes cherries and pears makes you think
that if high wall built around Washington you
would rather be the inside lookn out than the
outside lookn in
'sBefore you wonder how single county send an
exhibit worthy Of notice, let me remind you that two
of counties each have OF 5000 square
miles.
mining forestry and fisheries leading industries
of our state At this show you will see the famous
Columbia River red salmon every stage of its
from the newly laid egg to the sealed with the label
it. The Forestry Building is made of trees so big
that the first thing did to rap on those great
pillars to see if they solid. saw gold brick
worth SALTS and wished somebody would hand it
to
''Al summer long, while you have been hopping
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-03-12
TAFT SWORN IN
AS PRESIDENT OF
UNITED STATES
Raging Blizzard Causes Adam
d0nment of Customary Out.
door Ceremonies.
TAKES OATH IN The SENATE
Great inaugural Parade Moves
Through Slush and Mud
Ball Is Brilliant.

Washington, March 6. - The first
chief executive to take the oath OF
office in the chamber of the senate In
seventy-six years, William Howard
Taft, yesterday became president of
the United States.
Accompanied to the capitol by
President Roosevelt and a guard OF
honor through a swirl Of binding
snow, Mr.. Taft returned to the White
House just as the sun began 70 force
its way through the thinning clouds
Of gray.
Weather Upsets Program.
A sudden blizzard sweeping in from
the Northwest Wednesday night, to
set awry the weather bureaus opti-
mistic promise of fair and somewhat
cooler caused ~ abandonment Of
the outdoor ceremonies on the ia
nous east front of the capitol, much
to Mr.. Taft's chagrin, and threatened
fer a time to stop the brilliant pa
geant of the afternoon.
BY almost superhuman efforts a
passageway was cleared along the
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-03-12
PERSONAL.

Princess Maria Theresa, wife of
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, is dead at
Cannes. France. She was born July
2, 1S49.
T. B. Moss, superintendent of the
Pennsylvania state normal school at
California, Pa, died of acute pneumo-
mia at the Auditorium hotel. in Chi
cago.
Tonfu HUI of WI Chengh Sien, Chi
ma, has been elected to the Phi Beta
Kappa fraternity at Cornell college,
ithaca, N. Y. II is the first time a
Chinaman was ever elected to the
highest honorary society at Cornell.
w. C. McKelvey, one of Western
Pennsylvania pioneer oil men and
one OF the first men in America to be-
come interested in the manufacture
of Portland cement, died at his home
in Pittsburg after an illness Of only a
few hours. He was sixty-nine years
old.
Albert Midlane, born In 1925, Is dead
In London. He was a noted authority
on hymnology and was awarded the
distinguished service gold medal of
the Sunday school union for services
rendered to the hymnology Of the
schools. He wa the author OF about
1000 hymns.