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Evening journal., 1909-09-03
THE lNQUlSITIVE FAN

sporting Editor THE EVENING
JOURNAL: Man on first and third
pitcher makes halk. is man on
third entitled to scorce
Respectfully. Burke.
Yes. Base runner always advances
on balk
Evening journal., 1909-09-03

Neloped for practical purposes. and as
the wide-awake ordnance officers OF the
navy want TO keep in the van of the
procession. they have started the con-
slruction Of the large new 14-inch gun.
anticipating the need of even more
powerful armament for The battleships
of the future.
Inc contract for the l4-inch gun was
awarded to the Midvale company in
January Of this year and tho award
requires its delivery within A. weeks.
or by November 3, 1903. Rapid head
way has been made with the gun. which
Is now very nearly completed. The gun
itselt viii weigh 63.3 tons or 10 tons
more than the 12-inch guns OF As CALI
her length that have been built for the
Dattleships North Dakota and Delaware.
The new gun viii be about six tons
heavier than the latest type Of 5O-cal
Der l2-inch guns intended for the Ar
kansas and Wyoming. Its total length
viii be 90 - feet rthree feet longer
than the latest l2-lnch gun. The ca
pacity OF the chamber of the ne,v r-nn
will be 15.S43 cubic inches. this hejnr
the compartment in which there will he
placed the charge Of 365 mounds of
smokeless powder. which il is estimated
VIII be required to discharge the pow
erful new projectile Weighing 400
pounds, which the big gun win fire.
Shells Speed Half Mile a Second.
This new l4-inch gun viii have an
extreme range Of over % miles al
though therange at which il would fire
in actual battle would be about 1000
yards. or five miles.
SO great is the penetrative power OF
this new shell when fired with the full
load Of S65 pounds Of powder from the
new l4-inch gun that the proiectile
VIII be able TO penetrate 22.7 inches
loi the latest krupp steel armor az the
muzzle. This would be equivalent TO
a penetration Of not less than 25 inches
lof Harvey nickel steel at the muzzle.
Evening journal., 1909-09-03

October are also fairly dry months, a
three-d day storm. which usually arrives
about the middle of the former keeping
up the average, whie the latter also
is likely to be visited by two or
three day mortheaster) Tho record
low mark for rainfall in the history of
the Weather Bureau was in September.
1906, when the total was only "a OF
an inch for the month.
Evening journal., 1909-09-03
Tot Falls Down stairs

william Buckley aged two years. yes.
'eroay atttrnoon fell down the stairs in
the nome OF his parents, at No 236 Wood.
lawn avenue and cut sh in his chin
me youngster was carried to the OF,
hce Of Dr. c. Anthony Beck, who dressed
the injury
Evening journal., 1909-09-03
LABOR DAY.
Monday, September 6.

g Morning
South Side vs.. New Castle, at New
= casle.
dupont vs.. Riverview, at River
view.
Parkside open.
Afternoon
DUPONT vs.. New Castle, at New
d = Az
; South Side vs.. Riverview, at River
sN.~.s.
+" Parksde open.
Evening journal., 1909-09-03

An exceptional bargain of
this 3e in. double fold Per
Gale and Duck, made by the
Merimack Co. in fast colors,
plaids, stripes, checks and
plain colors. Regular value
of these goods is Ioc yd.
King St.
Evening journal., 1909-09-03
CHURCH LEAGUE.
Saturday, September ..

Y. N. c. A. vs.. sdsemoor, at Y. M.
{. A.
Delaware Avenue vs.. EIsmere, at
Elsmere.
Old Swedcs vs.. Trinity, at Trinity.
Grace vs.. Bethany, at Shellpot.
Evening journal., 1909-09-03

sporting Editor THE EVENING
JOURNAL: VIII YOU kindly answer
the following TO settle q dispute? A
ground rule is made providing for
base on an overthrow over first base.
man occupies first base when the
batter makes a hit into right field. The
runner from FIRST gains second on the
hit and when the right fielder tries
TO put the man out at first he starts
Tor third. The fielder makes an over
throw and the runner scores Does
The score count, or must he go back
70 third?
Respectfully, II. A. r.
Rule would entitle runner TO one
base in addition to base he was noinp
70. Hence If he was going TO third
on the hit. the score should count.
Evening journal., 1909-09-03
BALTIMORE 8 oHIo 3. 8.

One Dollar 70 Baltimore and Return.
Sunday, September 5.
Special train will leave Wilmington
Delaware Avenue Station, at 9.lO A
NJ; Newark at $50 A. NJ Returning
leave Baltimore. Camden Station, a,
$50 p. m; Mt. Royal. at 6.35 p. m
Similar excursion September 1es
Evening journal., 1909-09-03
Holy NAME LEAGUE.
SaturdaN.

saturday.
ST. Pauls vs.. ST. Elizabeth's at
Browntown.
Other scheduled games cancelled.
Monday. Labor Day.
St. Paufs vs.. St. AIMS, Front and
Union streets.
Evening journal., 1909-09-03
squIrreIs Are PIentIful.

Squirrels are plentiful this year and
farmres are getting many OF them
without much trouble
Evening journal., 1909-09-03

Sportins Editor THE EVENING
JOURNAL: What is the longest bali
game on record and where was IL
played? Yours. etc, ].
Twcnty-six innings, between Bloom
ington and Decatur. at Bloomington
ILL.,, May 81. 1909
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
BY II. j. Dillon.
(Times Special Service.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 29.-The net
and visible result of three weeks
of legislation in actual laws, is a
seal for the insurance commission
er, an appropriation of $1,69S to
buy furniture for the insurance
department and an appropriation
of $4,000 for legislative ex-
penses. Governor Mead signed
the latter, bill and Governor Co.'S
grove the former.
Despite this apparent paucity OF
concrete results, the legislature
was fairly busy last week, and has
apparently gotten into its stride.
The senate and house both have
acted on q number of measures,
but few of them are of any gen
eral import.
The house passed Ole Hanson's
racetrack bill, the bill creating
an additional Judge for Pierce
county, the woman suffrage bill
and i've bills Of no wide effect.
Out of total OF I'll bills intro
duced in the house eight have becn
fav0rably acted upon.
IN .ae senate 166 bills have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
WHAT THEY HAVE
DONE AT OLYMPIA

been introduced. but none of any
import except the A.-Y.-P. appro-
priation bill and the Pierce county
judgship. In negative way the
senate accomplished one stroke
when 1t put Hanson's racetrack
bill into the yawning graveyard,
the Judiciary committee.
Both houses have set back the
local option measure, 1t having
been referred to the Judiciary
committee in both branches, where
it will be amended. The house
committee will give a public hear
ing on the bill Monday night, but
there will be no concession to
public opinion on the part of the
senate.
The woman suffrage bill which
had an esy time in the house, is
facing a hard fate in. the senate.
Even the most optimistic suffrage
enthusiasts shiver little when
asked concerning the probable ac-
ton of the upper branch Of the
legislature. The bill was sent to
the senate Immediately after its
passage by the house and 1t will
receive some consideration In the
higher branch next weak
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
BURGLAR
TRAPPED
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 30.-Attempt-
ing to escape from the Avalon
apartments on First avenue and
John street late last night, bur-
glar and hold-up man, who later
gave his name as Arthur Allen,
rushed into the basement of the
house and found himself caught in
q trap. He was arrested soon
afterwards by Officer Bannick,
and, although he held a revolver
in his hand, he offered no resist
ance.
The burglar had entered the
rooms of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bay, during their absence, and,
when they returned home, he was
casually smoking a cigar in their
easy chair. He ordered man and
wife to hold up their hands, and
Mrs. Bay complied, Bay running
from the house in search of an
officer. 1t was while seeking
refuge that Allen locked himself
in the basement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
ELL|OT 7 IN
TACOMA
TODAY
OF NORTHERN PA
CIFIC HERE ON IMPORTANT
VISIT.

Howard Elliott, president of
the Northern Pacific railway, is In
the city and it is expected that
before he leaves plans will have
been matured for the starting of
improvements here that will cost
millions of dollars.
Mr.. Elliott will be here several
days. He arrived this morning
with Thomas Cooper and General
Manager H. G. Mutt from Spokane.
The trip is probably the most i'm
portant one to Tacoma of any that
Mr.. Elliott has ever paid to this
city.
Mr.. Elliott, with Mr.. Cooper,
Manager Mutt, General Superin-
tendent Palmer, Land Commits
sioner Plummer, Division Super
intendent Albee and General West.
ern Counsel Judge Reid took din
ner at the Commercial club ant
met number of the business
men of the city.
While here Mr.. Elliott will de
eide the high school stadium mat
ter, go over the new depot prop
osition and probably consider tn,
Point Defiance line around thu
Narrows.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
CAR LEAPS.
OFF HIGH .
CLIFF
Plunges Down 1OO-Foot
Bank and Is Smashed
to Splinters-One
Killed, IL Hurt.

CINCINNATI, o., Jan. 3d.
Twelve passengers and the motor
man of street car were serious
ly hurt today when the car broke
loose on an incline, ran down the
hill at terrific speed and plunged
over a hundred-foot embankment.
The car was smashed to splin-
ters, and many of its occupants
were horribly mangled.
Motorman Mulligan, who was
pinioned under his car after 1t
had taken its wild leap over the
cliff, died from his injuries later
in the day.
The car jumped from slippery
track. hurtled down grade and
jumped an iron railing placed to
guard pedestrians from falling
from the precipice.
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Barcelona Escapes.

MADRID, Jan. 30.-Barcelon-
ia escaped the earthquake and
tidal wave which is reported to
have devastated the coasts in the
vicinity of the southern city, ac-
cording to advices reaching here
today. Telephone and telegraph
communication was re-established
between tefe and Barcelona this
morning.
Reports from eastern and
southern Spain tell of slight
earthquake in a number of towns
in the province of Murcia. The
towns of Murcia and Tetant were
rocked several times, a number OF
walls were cracked and few un-
substantial houses were destroyed
but no lives were lost. No deaths
were reported from the district.
The only serious damage re-
ported here was at Ceuta and the
neighboring town of Romara on
the Moroccan coast, where many
lives were lost.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
WOMAN DESERTS
HER BABE

Gertrude Speakers, of this city,
was arrested late last night by
Seattle officers. and brought to
Tacoma by Detective Ashby on a
warrant charging her with child
desertion. The warrant was sworn
to by her sister, frankie Cramer.
The accused woman is said to
have left her five months old
daughter with her sister and gone
to Seattle to live, paying no furth-
er attention to the infant.
When asked this morning IL she
were married at present Mrs.
Spearers replied that she was mar
ried but that a short time after
the wedding she had discovered
that her husband had another wife
and two children and that she left
him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
MOHUNDRO
IN STATE
BERTH
Selected by Cosgrove to
Succeed A. w. Engle of
Seattle as Bank
Examiner.
(Times Special service.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 30.-Howard
Cosgrove announced last night
that Gov. Cosgrove has determin-
ed upon the appointment of ]. l..
Mohundro as state bank exam
liner to succeed A. w. Engle, of
Seattle. The formal appointment
has not yet been made. The an
Enouncement was made just before
the governor left for Tacoma.
No appointments were made
yesterday by the governor, but
Howard Cosgrove said his father
had determined upon a selection
for grain inspector, but was not
yet ready to announce the name
and that no other selections had
been determined upon.
He referred further inquiries to
Lieut.. Gov. Hay. Mr.. Hay said
that when Howard Cosgrove first
came back from Paso Robes, at
a time 1t was not expected the
governor would come here to be
inaugurated, he promised Howard
Cosgrove that he, Hay, would bt
willing to make appointments oi
men at the special request of Gov
Cosgrove. provided of course sucl
|appointees were not personally
- f<x-.- xl.-..~1 .- r1~.-.- 7 q ..-~...- Il Z.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
OLD
SLOGAN
MUCH OPPOSITION TO DROP
PING 'WATCH Il AGO M A
GROW"

Keep the present slogan,
Watch Tacoma Crow" but offer
prize for a Tacoma trademark
embodying the slogan which all
Tacomans can put on their sta
tionery, is the advice of Secretary
Sinclair of the Chamber of Com
merce to the special boosting COM
mittee. 0s
Secretary Sinclair got another
bundle of protests from citizens
today against. changing the old
slogan. Many. persons have
thought the Chamber of Com
merce back of the movement and
protests are being made to it.
81 am personally opposed to
changing the slogan" said Secre-
tary Sinclair. "I believe IL the
committee would offer a prize of
500 for a neat and artistic trade
mark embodying the present slo-
gan for everybody here to use on
their stationery it would be bet
ter than to change the slogan,
which has now been thoroughly
spread over the world"
The need for something of this
kind was illustrated today when
a citizen came to the Chamber of
Commerce asking for 5000 en-
velopes with the slogan Watch
Tacoma Grow" embossed on them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30

The foregoing is the plan of the
politicians In the city council.
The charter revision committee
got busy again yesterday after
noon and rushed through a
scheme to boost councilmanic sal
aries, head off the commission
plan and abolish civil service.
All the city departments are
now running smoothly under the
present regime and efficient men
are in most of the responsible
places, but the politicians want
the jobs and so the city service
is to be sacrificed to make room
for the ward heelers.
The scheme to abolish civil SER
vice Is to be made effective at
once SO the present councilmen
can bolster up their machines by
putting in their friends in office.
The plan to reduce the number
of councilmen from 16 to 8, how
ever, Is not to go into effect for
a year, thus none of the present
councilmen will be shut out.
And they all want their salar'
les boosted. Hawley suggested Il
salaries were to be raised the.
should be put at $50 a montl
land then councilmen required tC
give all their time to the city.
| The other solons would not
stand for this. They want the
money all right, but don't want
to have to work. The idea of
devoting their entire time to the
city was squelched In short Or
der. But they stood for boosting
salaries all right.
They intend to go on attending
to their private business the same
as now and yet want 500 a
month.
The whole scheme will be franz
ed up in a resolution, and an at
tempt will be made to pass it at
the council meeting next Wednes-
day night.
The plan to reduce the council
men to nine is made to head off
the commission plan of govern
ment. The councilmen will say
this is pretty near the commits
sion plan and will try to use it as
a club to kill the commission idea
as they all realize that their pub
lie services would be at an end II
the commission plan ever comes
in.
AS Councilman Wilkeson said
In the committee, with nine
councilmen it will be nearer the
commission plan"
The important feature of the
commission plan, however, will all
be omitted and the only thing the
change will do will be to give
the councilmen salary four times
as large as they now get.
There promises to be a mighty
howl from the business men and
improvement clubs who have been
working for months to perfect
plans for the commission plan,
lagainst this suddenly hatched
scheme of the city council to save
its own bacon and the fellows who
have been responsible for foist-
ing this plan may find some trou-
BILE ahead when they come up for
re-election this spring.
Hawthorne, Doud, Rankin, Will
keson, Hawley and Reed attended
the meeting of the committee.
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TWO ARRESTED.

H. M. Garretson was arrested at
4 o'clock this morning together
with Lillian Hurd at the Ross
more on G street and locked up
until police officers could investi-
gate the circumstances surround
the possession of the clothing
found in their rooms. The cloth
ing is said to have been stolen.
The clothing, together with suit
case full of personal effects, was
found in the rooms of both Miss
Murd and Garretson by Detectives
Wiley and Geary.
They are being tried in Judge
Arntson's court this afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
100 DIE IN
QUAKE At
ROV|ARA
Moroccan Town Severely
Shaken - Spain and
Italy Also Feel
the Shock.
(Bs United Press Leased Wire.

ms United Press Leased Wire.
GIBRALTAR, Jan. 30.-One
hundred persons lost their lives at
I.omara in an earthquake tnat
shook the Moroccan coast yester-
terday, according to reports re-
cejved here today. 1t is feared
that the death rolls in towns vi
1acent to Romara and along the
coasts of Morocco will be heavy.
The greater number of the kill
ed at Romara are believed to have
lost their lives in landslide that
was precipitated by the earth
quake.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
T|DELANO BILL
IS OPPOSED
BY CHAMBER

Is the present bill In congress
on the Tacoma tideland situation
simply another trick OF Grosscup.
and Bedford to further embarrasS
local improvements by getting q q
grip on other tideland holders?
The chamber of commerce =
not entirely sure that this Is not
the possible outcome of the pae-
sage of the present bill at WASH
ington and last night, after thor
ough discussion of the whole case,
Secretary. Sinclair was instructed
to wire Congressman Cushman to-
kill off the bill now up and insist
on the passage of the bill intro
duced last April which was simp-
ly to quiet the title In the Tacomn
tidelands In the state of Washing
ton and its grantees and close the
whole business.
The circumstances surrounding
the beginning of this litigation
has been surrounded with much
suspicion, and Bedford and Cross
cupsappear to have had some myD-I
terious pull at Washington to
such an extent that local tide-
land interests are suspicious of
anything that comes out Of the
capital with the approval of this
brace of attorneys and the secre-
tary of the interior. Y
The bill of last April. however,
is plain and to the point. The
tideland holders know Just what
1t would do and they are there.
fore for it and against the present
rpaaeuro s Il ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 30.-In
a Pullman car, whirling across the
continent toward the land of per-
petual sunshine, a soldier clad in
his khaki uniform, was hurrying
to the call of duty, that would
lead him to the Philippines.
Among the crowd of sweltering
tourists, business men and pleas
ure seekers was another warrior,
a tiny person with a bow and ar
rows, and-a GIRL.
For four days, among the CRIME
and dust and dirt of the stuffy car
Sergeant Thomas H. Rowland of
the United States army, fought the
greatest battle of his life-and
won. The spoils of victory was a
promise and it filled the soldiers
heart with gladness and the
GIRLS heart with sadness. But,
to the tiny warrior who had been
his ally, it was simply the old,
old story.
1t was five years ago that Miss
Willie Raper, one of the mountain
beuties of Virginia, and an heiress
in her own right, met her soldier,
who soon became her sweetheart
on the Pullman car. And it was
five days later that the transport
was waiting at the dock at San
Francisco to take him to the Phil
|ippines.
At last. the intrepid sergeant
tanned to a swarthy brown by his
yeras of service in the far east
came back and took the first train
south, seeking his pretty heiress
and there he made her pay the
forfeit of her promise.
The marriage occurred at the
home of the brides brother-in-
law at Christiansburg, veritable
little village of romance, built at
the very summit of the Ale
ghenies. Miss Raper is the daugh-
ter Of Major William Raper, a
wealthy planter of Wythe county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30

When Mrs. Pettridge of 1904
North Fourteenth street had nm
.ished her weeks ironing this
morning, she carelessly placed the
ironing board behind the kitchen
range in such q way that 1t leaned
against the stove. She then left
home, and took q car to do some
downtown shopping. BY IL o'clock
the board with its covering Of In
fiammable cloth had become 10
hot that It burst into famos end
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
TAKEN TO
''PEN''

Edward Levaul, state penitenr
tiary guard, departed for Walte
Walla this morning with seven
prisoners, Three OF the prisons.
ers who will serve terms In the
penitentiary are from Tacoma, the
others from Southwestern Wash
ington. Those from this city are
Otto Brown, sentenced to 1 to -
years for burglary; Frank Poyes
1 to 4 years for forgery, and Gus
to IA years for bur-
glary. Two young men whom
Levaul brought from the south
ern part Of the state, will be left
at Monroe, where the reformatory
is located.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30

Abolish civil service and
turn the jobs in the depart
ments requiring experienced
men over to the politicians.
Raise the pay of council
men from $25. to 500 a
month.
Decrease the number OF
councilmen from 16 to 8.
Head off the commission
plan of government with its
recall and initiative and ref
erendum which promises to
give the people control of
their public officials.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
MARRIAGE rs SLAVERY
DECLARES SINCLAIR
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 80.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 80.
Commenting on a recent
announcement that marriage
had been found a failure by
w. A. Robbins, a local res.
taurant man, who with his
wife, has agreed that the
five-year temporary marriage
contract shall not be renew
ed, Upton Sinclair, the novel
list, today declared that he
was sorry he had married.
Sinclair said that his wife
held the same opinion and
that after FIVE years of mar
ried life wished that they
had been brave enough to ac-
cept the provisions OF a trial
marriage and defy public
opinion.
Mr.. Sinclair characterized
! marriage as q slavery and
the marriage ceremony as
farce.
oooooaoaoooeo .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
Co7x,fcf WaIks AtOaY
From Pen And Tber1
Walks Back Axair3

(Ry United Press Leased Wrc J
SALEM, Ore, Jan. 30.--Benja-
min Stanton, a convict at the state
penitentiary, escaped last night,
enjoyed a good time with the
"boys" around town and returned
to the prison, accompanied by his
brother. in time for breakfast this
morning.
stanton, whose home y y -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
PUTS IRONING BOARD
BEHIND STOVE; FINDS
HER HOME in ASHES

before neighbors could fight the
blaze the house was afire.
Fire house No. 8 responded to
The call but was powerless to aid.
In less than a half-hour the little
cottage had been completely de-
stroyed.
The woman said she had lived
alone in the cottage for some time
and has no means with which to
provide herself with another
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
DIVORCE GRANTED.

On the allegation of cruelty,
drunkenness and unkind words,
Sophia Englund was granted a di-
vorce from John Englund this
morning by Judge Shackleford of
the superior court. The Englunds
have been living at Ruston. BY
an order of the court Englund
will pay his divorced wife SIS
monthly until other provision is
made for her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-30
Felt at Rome.

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Jan.
so. - Southeastern Spain was
shaken by earthquake yesterday.
The disturbance was accompan-
led by loud roaring in the earth.
A slight earthquake shock was
felt at Rome, Italy, also, and ref
ugees from the Sicilian disaster
were thrown into panic.