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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09

SEATTLE. May Especially Fol
lowing closely on the heels of the
news of Adjutant General Ortis Ham
iton's downfall and his alleged en-
bezzlements of National Guard funds
comes startling statement of losses
through municipal and county officials
in Washington during the past two
years. made by Cassius M. Williams,
cert fed public accountant for the leg
is!at., lvestigation commission, to
State Senator P. L. Allen chairman Of
the body.
The statistics prepared by Mr.. Will
liams show that in cities of 1000 pop
ulation or over, in Washington, but
Is per cent have ever been audited by
, experts. 80 per cent of the cities aud
tied have been found short in their
accounts. Eighty-tWo per cent Of the
cities of 1000 or over have never been
exported at all, yet the total embezzle-
ments for the past two years aggregate
$12S,724.
Among counties the percentage is
almost as great. But "a per cent OF
the counties have been investigated
and of these, rs per cent have been
found short in their accounts. The
fetal losses in the small proportion of
counties, the books of which have
been examined amounts, in two years,
to s39,644
In his statement Mr. Williams points
out that, owing to the tangled con-
dition of the books in most instances
and the consequent difficulty in audit
ing them, the expense of such audits
have been unusually heavy. Added to
the losses in cities therefore, he adds
$63,9SS for audit and $4,000 for loss
of interest, making total cost of $780,
712 to the citizens of municipalities as
a direct result of defalCationS, in "a
months.
To the embezzlements in counties
is added $22.S70 as the cost of audit,
bringing up the loss to the people to
$62,514 or a total loss, in cities and
counties, but very small proportion
of which have had their books exam
ined by experts to more than a quar-
ter of a million dollars.
Seattle holds the doubtful honor of
leading the state in the amount of its
municipal shortage, owing to the sud-
den departure two years ago of John
Riplinger, city comptroller. The en-
bezzlements credited to Seattle aggre-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09
FIREMEN ARE MODEST LOT
Chicago Heroes Risk Lives and
Think Nothing of Danger.

CHICAGO. May 7.-Chicago firemen
commended by Chief Koran for heroic
acts performed in the past month
blushingly disclaimed credit for BRAY
cry when guests at a dinner given by
their comrades. The following dis
Chalmers We're entered by four of the
embarrassed guests:
"Oh, that was nothing. / was lust
lucky. 1t is not every day that a
motorcycle happens along just when
you need it to stop a runaway horse"
Driver Henry A. Joyce.
Nothing to it. If we had been tot
Ing that woman up the ladder there
would have been something to the
job."-Captain Albert j. Mccarthy.
"Oh, l got pretty dusty. that's all.
The screaming of kids makes any man
want to be on the job if he thinks they
are in danger. Driver Albert Wolfe
"A fireman has different ideas about
heroism. If you ask him about the
efficiency of his department he will
brag like a sailor. but it's no use try
ing to spring the hero dope" Captain
c. c. Persons
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09

the books in such shape that the peo-
pie can discover how their affairs are
being conducted. Cowlitz county has
lost $1,000 in two years through en-
bezzlements and B enton County
shows an enlightenment of $500 with
5000 as the cost of audit. Walla Walla
and Lewis counties have been audited
and found correct in their accounts
the only immunes in the above list
Spokane Has Big Shortage.
In view of the recent developments
in Olympia-the resignation of Secre-
tary of State Sam H. Nichols, the
charges pending against Insurance
Commissioner John Shiveley and the
alleged entertainments of 100000 or
more of militia funds by Adjutant Gen.
Orits Hamilton, the statements of Mr..
Williams relative uniform accounting
in public offices and more attention by
taxpayers relative to the workings OF
state offices. are of peculiar interest at
this time. Mr.. Williams says:
Total Nearly Quarter Million.
1.-THE people of the state face this
one, plain, commen-sens proposition:
That embezzlements in cities, and
money lost through such embeZzle-
ments, during a short period of two
years. represent nearly quarter of
million dollars when less than one
fifth of the cities have been investi-
gated by trained accountants. Among
counties the loss represents more than
$4,000 with less than oue-quarter Of
the counties investigated.
ut is scarcely possible that the same
proportion of defalcations would be
shown if all the cities of more than
1000 population were audited and all
of the counties, but supposing they
were and the same proportion held
good the figures would show that, in
the past two years alone, the loss
among cities would have been $1,159,-
461.6O and the loss to counties 1852, 104
or grand total of s1,511,565,60.
ut is impossible to ascertain the
amount of defalcations in banks and
business houses throughout the state.
Declarations that never come to Ight
and all the facts on which are sup
pressed are the rule rather than the
exception 1t is safe to say that so
per cent of all private defalcations
are suppressed. so far as the public is
concerned. and the embezzler is al
lowed to make good his shortage.
Perhaps no expert accountant in
the state but who has asked himself
the Question time and again: Are we
not. by our lack of interest in public
matters. creating rapidly a veritable
training school for criminals?
Uniform System Needed.
cit would seem to me the logical
thing to do is to institute a thorough
audit of all city, county and state
offices prior to the going into effect of
the uniform accountancy law passed
by the last legislature. We should
clean up the books, discover all the
shortages existing, unearth all the
possible errors in bookkeeping and in
systems of bookkeeping and then we
will be able, with an absolutely clean
slate. to put the uniform system into
effect in such a manner that Wash
ington need never be pointed out
again as a state where any laXity ex
lists in it's methods of public book
keeping 1t would be costly of course,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09

to go right through the state in this
one-tenth as costly as to allow mat
ters to go as they have been going and
confront annually thousands on thous-
ands of dollars in shortages that would
have been an absolute impossibility
under a uniform accountancy system.
Should Washington secure a sys-
tenn of uniform accounting in public
offices such as she should have and
such that the legislature has opened
the way for securing through the pas
sage of the recent act, not only can
the expenses of operating public offices
be cut from thirty to forty per cent
but thousands on thousands of dollars
can be saved annually in the elmin-
alton of major portion of the pee
ulations apparently so plentiful at
the present time.
Auditor Green, of Spokane county.
himself an expert accountant and
mighty good one, has saved 100000
to the taxpayers of the state through
the installation of a modern system of
accountancy. Ohio is saving one mil
lion dollars year since it put in eff
feet the accountacy system of the
National Municipal League. Every
city and county in the state of Wash
ingtCn, and the state itself. for that
matter can effect a saving of from
thirty per cent or upwards by the adj
option of some up-to-date, accepted
accounting system, the danger of
leaks can be reduced to a minimum
and if the people go at it right, Sc
cure efficient board of examiners un-
der the new law Washington can
stand right in the front rank of states
Boosting that the bookkeeping of its
state officials and that of it's county
and city officials is as nearly perfect
as it is possible to conceive
Money Has Been Returned
The figures given above are COM
prised in report given to State Sen
ator P. L. Allen, chairman of the leg
islative investigation committee. Mr..
Williams states that those figures re-
lating to municipalities include. in a
few cases, money that has since been
returned to the various cities by the
men responsible for the shortages.
The money credited to Walla Walla
as a loss. for instance, has been re-
turned into the city treasury.
1t is explained also by Mr.. Will
liams that many other cities outside
of those enumerated above have had
their books audited by various coun-
cilmanic committees which, in most
instances, have been composed of men
who knew little or nothing regarding
accountancy Those in the list how
ever, are the only ones during the
past two years, according to the pub
lie records, audited by experts or men
not interested in embarrassing" in
vestigatings for political or other
reasons.
Many cities and counties, it is stat
ed, have called for bids for public ac-
counting as "grandstand" plays and.
after the public was satisfied that
officials intended to carry through
thorough Investigations the offers
have been quietly rejected. In many
cases, for reasons best known to the
officials making Investigations incom-
petent accountants have been en-
DlOYed
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09
Occupy New BuiIdinc,

AS soon as the ground can be clean
ed. a modern concrete building ade-
quate for their growing needs, will be
erected on West Main street, Oppo-
site the court house, by the Roberts
Monument company. The firm will
after the completion of the building.
maintain their manufacturing plant,
which will be installed some time in
June
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09
VISIONS OF DEAD HAUNT HIM
Driver of Street Car Surrenders Self
to Police,

NEW YORK, May S.-Thomas Law
renee driver of Delaney street
horse car which killed an 11-year-old
boy a month ago and who disappeared
Immediately after his car killed a s.
year-old girl Wednesday. surrendered
to the police last night, saying the
faces of the dead children had haunt
ed MIN so he had no peace of mind
He declared that he could hear the
voices of the two children calling 10
him to surrender, and that he could
not resist.
Delaney street is one of the con-
gested East Side thoroughfares.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09

According to the legislative act
passed six weeks ago a bureau of in
spection and supervision of nuhl;o
offices is to be established, authorized
to establish uniform system of pub-
lie accounting. auditing and REPORTING
under the administration of the STAT
auditor
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-09
Just as Good as Cheering.

Women don't understand the re.
sponsibilities of politics.
"They don't, Ell? AT a recent wo-
mans congress the delegates threw
kisses at a popular candidate for an
hour and thirty minutes by the
oil oil
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
'S....MARkFT

SQUADS. live. doz.. s2.5O@s: do
dressed, $3.50.
FRESH FISH-Salmon, &c;
haIibut. &c; perch. 4Mc: floun-
ders, 2hc; black cod, &c; soles,
l6c;, rockcod, &c; salmon trout,
lie; shad roe, zoe; Sound smelt.
6ca red snapper, &c; herring, &c;
Hing cod, &c.
| LARD-White Label, tierces,
lie; Cottolene, tierces, 1ONc;
lard compound. INC; Silyer Leaf,
Heroes. IL Nc; 60-lb. pals, II " G;
20-lb. pals, 11%c; 10-lb. pals,
lie; 5-lb. pals. 12Hc; Wash.
ington, tierces, 10Ac; 50-lb.
pals. 10hc: 20-lb. pals, 10Kc;
lob. pals. lie; 50-lb. pals,
ING; Bib. pals. 11Ac; Snow
Capped Compound, tierces, INC;
open kettle-rendered T. c., tierces,
lie; Autumn Leaf, tier es, SIC.
lb lbs, per cwt.. $3.50; cracked
ROLLED OATS - Crescent,
90-lb. sacks, 50 rs; Crescent, 10
los, 1925; Cascade Cereal Co. s
90-lb. sacks, 50 SO.
RYE FLOUR AND MEAL-W.
o. & O.'s Sos flour, $5.25; do
meal, So; do bales. los. flour
$2.90.
SALT FISH-Pink salmon, 200
IL. bbls., So; sockeye, $18; salmon
bellies, SIS; Holland herring, To-
lb. keg, 85c; Alaska herring
bbls., 50; smoked bloaters, 100
per box. $3.50: spiced herring,
kegs, 75c; cod rolls, SIC; Puget
Sound herring, 100-lb. bills.
$4.46; scaled herring, zoe; mack
lerel, No. I, 15-lb. kegs, $3.50;
25-lb. kits, $4.15; Goldfish, 2-lb.
bricks, TIC; whole cod, 4hc.
sUGAR-Cubs. bbls., $3.50;
powered. bbls., $s.25; granulated.
bbls., Sc; do acks, $5.95; berry,
sacks, $5.95; fruit, sacks, $6.15;
Extra &C." sacks. $5.45; Golden
&C." sacks. $685.. Domino, $9.4O.
COFFEE-Costa RIGA, 13kc;
|Arbuckle's 100 lb4., 1868; Lion,
100 lbs, 1852. Green coffee
Java, tic; Guatemala, Tx @14c;
Salvador, 10hc.
HONEY-Cal.. a-gal. tins. Sc;
1-gal. tins. doz., $3.50; H-gal
tins. doz., $3.50; quarts, glass.
doz.. 81; pints, glass, doz., $2.25;
in combs, h., 14xc.
HAY-Wheat hay, $14@15;
clover. $16017; timothy. $3.50
%; mixed, SIG OBS; wild, $13 a
10; alfalfa, $50 l6; straw, $11.
FEED-Corn, $34 036; wheat,
$s2 @s3; barley. whole grain, sat
OBS; do rolled. $29 @30; shorts,
$4,000 $3.50: bran, S27.E00
1850; middlings. $33034; oil
meal. 5000; oats. 5000;
rolled oats, $S4035.
/ POULTRY - Springs, dressed,
p18c; hens, dressed, 16017c;
hens. alive. lac; turkeys, zoe;
do dressed. 22c; springs, live,
LAO 15c; ducklings live, 12@13c;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
CURES ECZEMA QUICKLY
New Drug, Poslam, Now Obtaina.
BILE in Small Quantities.

Since its discovery one year ago
the new drug, poslam, has success
fully cured thousands of chronic
cases of eczema and other dis
tressing skin affections. Hereto
fore poslam has been dispensed
solely for the benefit of eczema
patients in large Jars sufficient for
q months treatment. This was
found to be an Inconvenience to
many thousands who use Il for
minor skin troubles, such as PIN
pies, blackheads, herpes, acne
scaly scalp, complexion, biemishes,
itching feet, piles. ETC.. which re-
quire but q small quantity to cure.
To overcome this, and in response
to urgent appeals. the dispensers
OF poslam have been obliged to
adopt, In addition to the regular
two-dollar package, O special fifty
cent size, which In future NAV be
found on sale at Victor H. Nal.
strom and Ryner r. Malstrom
and other leading drug stores in
Tacoma. or may he ordered direct
from the Emergency Laboratories
mo. 81. West 25th street, New
York city. In all eczema cases
Iposlam stops itching with first an.
lplication. and proceeds to heal i'm.
Imediately; chronic cases beina
Icured In two weeks. In less seri.
Ioue skin troubiea,s resultsare seer
after an overnight application.
Samples for EXPERIMENTAL MIR.
|1x<.r -"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
SUICIDES BODY
IS UNCLAIMED

. The body of Oscar Larson, the
logger who made two desperate
attempts at suicide in Kapowsin
Monday night and who died yes
terday afternoon at the county
hospital, rest uncalled for at Mel
linger5s vault. As yet no rela-
tlves of the suicide have been To-
Gated.
Al the very moment that Lar
son passed away yesterday after
noon City Detectives Milone and
Ashby were arresting a colored
woman named Title Strecklin in a
Jefferson avenue resort on the
suspicion that she might be the
woman who robbed the logger OF
$500 a week ago.
When arrested the Strecklin
woman was smoking an opium
pipe. She is being tried on the
charge of smoking opium this aft
ernoon before Judge Arntson but
the robbery charge will be drop
ped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
BIC GO. IN
G|lL|ES
DEAL

Tacoma De to get that steel
plant promoted by A. p. GiIlies
according to the action taken at a
meeting of the Pioneer Steel cor
poration last night. As a begin
ner fabricatdng plant will be
erected here this summer and II
Will LATER be merged into the main
proposition.
A. e. Eberhard. Western man
ager for the Columbia Steel &
Bridge company, met with the
projectors. of the enterprise last
night. Engineer Young of the
Balfour-Guthrie company, was
also present, guaranteeing the
mine holdings of the company for
the project and steps were taken
to finally launch the venture.
Mr.. Eberhard declared he was
ready to go right ahead. His
company has now taken steps to
build a big fabricating plant in
the west to handle structural steel
work and machinery has been
shipped to Walla Walla now.
Over $4,000 worth of machinery
Is there. but with the opportunity
OF getting in on the Pioneer plant
Mr.. Eberhard declared this would
be shipped to Tacoma and the fab
ricating mill will be built here.
This mill will then be in shape
to turn out the product for erect
ing the main plant and the affil-
lated projects of Gillies IL he gets
them all through.
The fabricating plant will cost
probably $4,000 to start with.
With this settled Gillies will go
back to New York and lay the
matter before the financiers there
and finance the rest of the propo-
sition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
THE TACOMA TINES
MASKED men ROB
SALOON OF $500
LINE THE OCCUPANTS UP
AGAINST WALL AND TAKE
ALL CASH IN SIGHT.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CARSON, New, March TO-
Two masked men entered the
famous old Toupin saloon here
early today and, after robbdng the
occupants, including barkeeper
and house gamblers, escaped with
more than 500 booty.
The men entered the saloon
shortly after 8 o'clock this MORN
ing. They Lined up the bartender,
faro and roulette dealers and sew
eral patrons along the wall under
the muzzles of their revolyers.
One man then kept the victims
covered with his pistol while the
other rified the cash drawer and
the gaming tables.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
OREGON MYSTERIOUS
TRAGEDY DEEPENS
(By United Press Leased Wire,)

PORTLAND. Ore. March TO-
That John Dale and Oscar Hiett,
whose bodies were found lying side
by side on lonely fishing preserve
near st. John, were murdered by a
third party and did not fight a duel
is the theory the police are today
working on and the search for the
supposed murderer is on.
When the bodies were found Mon
day with an axe and rifle between
them on the ground. the first i'm
preston was that the men had sue
cumbed to wounds sustained in a
duel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10

Wheat.
Export-Bluestem, $1.14; club
$1.04; Red, 99c. f
Milling prices range &c sbovt
prices paid by exporters.
Livestock.
Steers - Choice, 5A @6 G;
common, Az @4%c.
Cows, &c; heifers, so 5hc.
Hogs, 7Q7kc. !
Sheep - Ewes, &c; wethers,
5 Nc; lambs, 6 Nc.
COMMISSION HOUSE WHOLE
SALE PRICES.
BUTTER-Washington cream
cry, 35c; do dairy, 270 2Sc; East
ern creamery, 33035c; do stor-
age, 3O@31c.
EGGS-Washington, 26@ 27c;
Oregon, Csc.
CHEESE-Tillamook, 16c; Dia-
mond Brick, 16c; Wisconsin full
cream, tic; Oregon. brick, tic;
Swiss (domestic), tic; Limburger
18c; Block Swiss, 18c; Rogue
fort, lib. doz., $4.75; Edam,
1926.
FRESH FRUIT-Apples. local
CSC a SLIPS; Yakima, $1.86 @ q;
pears, $1.1U@1.75; bananas, h.,
&C; cranberries, $14Q15; dates,
Hallowii, bulk, 6Nc; Fard, per
lb., Sc; figs. CAL, 10-lb. boxes,
75c; 25-lb. boxes, S1.15; Malaga
grapes, $3.50; Tangerines (box)
s1.60; grapefruit, box, 44.06;
lines, doz., 15c; ounces, box.
$1.10; lemons, seedless. $3.75;
do choice, 1925; oranges, fancy.
s2.75; navals, $2.10@2.50; jap
anese, $3.50 @1.6O; Camelia.
$3.50; pineapples, Hawaii, $50
$50; do Jumbo, $3.50; persim-
mons, box. $1.25; $3.z5; pome-
granates, box, $3.50.
FRESH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
beans. h., 10000; articLokes.
doz.. 85c; new beets, doz., zoe;
cabbage, h., Sc; new carrots,
doz, zoe; celery. soc; egg plant,
s o. &c; garlic, 12c; onions, local,
$3.50; potatoes. Wash. new, ton.
$25; Yakima, $40; sweets, $3.50;
parsnips, sack, y1.25: pep
pers. green, lb.. zoe; spinach. 4c:
California tomatoes, 81; Mexican
tomatoes, 50; turnips, doz.. zoe:
pumpkins. 1@1Ac; lima beans,
i0c; caulifiower, $2.2b; squash.
lb.. 2kc; lettuce. crate, $3.50;
rutabagas, sack, $1.25.
FRESH MEATS-Cow beef.
SC: steer beef, &c; wethers.
lilo; spring lambs, INC: ewes,
1Ohc; pork. 8@8Mc; trimmed
pork. 13c; shoats. $2.75 03; veal.
dressed, To 10c.
HAMS AND BACoN--Hams.
14c; picnic hams, SIC; cottage
hams, IL nc; skinned hams, tic;
breakfast bacon. TIC; English ba-
con, 15c; T. G. bacon, Ito.
OYSTERS AND SHELL FIsH-,
Olympia oysters, sacked. IS; do
gal, $20225; CLAIMS, sacked.
$3.50; crabs. doz.. s1.50; shrimps
1Oc.
FLOUR = American beauty
1925; Amocat. $7.05; Athenian
1910; Drifted Snow, $5.35; Five
TX. $3.50; Gold Medal (Dakota)
47.40: Helmet EASTERN, 1856;
High Flight. s5.S6; Lyons Best,
s7.35; lfistietoe. $3.50; Olympic
e5.35; Poppy. $3.50: Purity
$685.; Pyramid, $5.3b; White
Down, $685.; White Rose. t5.O5;
Big Bend, $5.35; Peerless, $5.46;
Our Best, $5.45.
RICE-Domestic Japan, An q
&c; imported japan, &c.
FARINACEOUS - Buckwheal
flour, 10c, $500; cornmeal. Apex
yellow los, $3.50; do SOS, $2.30;
white. los. $3.50: Beatrice, los
$3.50: Wells q Nieman, yellow
I1os, $3.50: do white, Eos. 1850.
|B. 4 NJ. white. 24Hs, $2.30; gra
ham flour. $40; white. 10Th
boxes, $3.50; rye neal, Sos
t5-2b; do los. $3.50; rye flour
Sos. s5.25; los, 1890; G. G
oatmeal. SOS. per bbl.. $3.50;
steel cut, b0s. Dbl, $3.50: Rock
ton mills. 1o-1os, PER ewt-, t4.eo;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
LIVES IN DANCER

Marshall X. Smell was before the
noon pleading for the enforcement
of the speed ordinance against au-
tomobile drivers. Last night he
said an old lady was knocked down
in Wright park, and this week a
being killed.
They are going to kill somebody
as sure as fate" said Smell.
The matter will be referred to the
chief of police.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
hat LEcISL AZURE
HAS ACC0MPL ISHED

OLYMPIA. March 10.-The
eleventh legislature. In so far al
neesures Of statewide interest are
ecncerned, IL q thing of the past
but two measures. the road bill
md the Insurance code remain foI
E oonslderation.
X for nothing else the eleventh
|1oxInlative assembly will be noted
for the codification of laws on
various topics, gigantic work
/ tor which the legislature receives
official credit, whereas In reality
The labor was performed by vari-
Gus toilsome commissions the
Identity OF which was never gen.
orally known.
These codes are the criminal
code, military, educational, hor-
|ticultural. Combined, they make
! deal Of law, the full importance
/ q which will not be realized for
some time. Candor compels the
Fofotement that whatever good OF
hid there may be in these codes
1nnot be laid to the credit OF
1locredit Of the legislators. The
Skimlna1 code was the only one
&1&t received anything like ade-
Qate consideration, the merits OF
~ others being taken for grant
~ The task was too big.
Probably one of the big things
uone by the legislature that has
Already dropped from the minds
- men was the election of a
United States senator. It was a
purely formal matter, and inter-
e1ted no one except possibly Mr..
Jones himself.
The earlier period of the ses-
o1on was in continual excitement
~ reason OF the anti-equine activ-
lties of Ole Hanson. His race
track bill, which made so much
FAcket. was passed with ease, al
though the emergency clause was
stricken. 1t Is yet too soon to
purpose In this. or whether 1t was
determine whether there was any
Just . piece Of senatorial spite
york against Hanson.
The bitterest and longest fight,
q course, was over the local OPP
elon question, fight ended so re-
Gently that Its details are still
prominent In public eye.
For the first time since their
organization as territories, Wash
lngton and Oregon have come to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-03-10
POLICEMAN SUES.

The $4,000 personal injury suit of
Policeman Frank Roberts against
the Tacoma Railway & Power COM
pany is on trial in Judge Clifford's
court today. Roberts claims that
when he was turning in his report
on the police automatic system the
evening of November 10. he received
him to the sidewalk and rendered
him unconscious He alleges in the
complain that the excessive current
was due to a crossing of T. II. &
p. wire with the police cal1-box
wire. Z