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The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13

If YOU want to feel well, look well and be we'll, take Foleys Kidney Renedy. It tpnes up the kidneys and bladder, purifies the blood and re- stores health ard strength. Pleasant fo take and contains no harmful drugs. Why not commence today2 Sold by all druggists.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13

If YOU desire clear complexion take Foiey.s Oripo Laxative for con situation and liver trouble as it will stimulate these organs and thorough Ilv cleanse your system, which is what everyone needs in the spring in or Ter tn feel well Sold by all druggists.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-05-13
Storm at StilweIl.

Fireman Seth Smith reports se- were wind, rain and hail storm at Stilwell. Ok, Sunday. in which considerable damage wss done, in- cluding unroofing several box cars in the Kansas City Southern yards.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
Makes Good Fellow
of Himself Then
Lands Behind Bars

After spending $125 in three
days at the Cedar saloon, sos
Pacific avenue, William Smith, a
ship steward, Is now confined in
the city jail, charged with hav-
ing obtained $35 on false repre-
sensations from A. A. Mathews,
the proprietor of the place where
all his money went in drink. When
Smith left the ship he had 5000
in cash. He sent SIS to his home
in Scotland, and for three days
was hailed as good fellow" on
the remaining SIPS.
When that was all gone, Smith,
intoxicated and stupid, limited
that he had money deposited with
the Seaman's Mission at Tacoma.
On the strength of this represen-
tation, Mathews loaned him $35,
which he Immediately spent over
the bar.
It then turned out that Smith
was flat broke, and that his talk
of having money deposited was
only a drunken boast. A war;
rant was thereupon sworn out for
his arrest, and he will now have
to face charge of having obtain
ed money under false pretenses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
EXPOSE SHOWS THAT SLAv-
cry IN WORST FORM EN-
lists IN GOVERNMENT OF
DIAZ.

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-That
peonage to the extent of abso-
lutte slavery in its worst form ex-
lists in Mexico, fostered by gov
eminent officials, is the sensa-
tional charge contained in the
first of a series of articles entitled
THE Slavery of Yueatan and
Barbarous Mexico" by John Ken
meth Turner, in the current num-
Der of the American Magazine.
In the EDITORS "foreword" 1t
is charged that the Mexican gov
eminent is more autocratic than
that of Russia. 1t has its Siberia
in the hot lands of the south, its
spy system, its political prisoners
and its terrible prisons. The
note states that the news of con-
ditions in Mexico never before
has reached this country because
President Diaz controls the news
centers and suppresses the truth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
NOT DRUNK, ONLY
TAKING EARLY
Am. STROLL

When Joe Moore refused to
plead guilty to charge of drunk
enness in the police court this
morning, Clerk Hackett raised his
eyebrows and looked in astonish-
ment. Hackett has been on the
job of recording fines of "drunks"
for many months, and 1t is rarely
ever that those brought in on this
charge 90 not admit their guilt.
Hence the cause of Hackett's eye
brows moving up a trifle.
Moore insists that he was mere
ly taking a Sunday morning stroll
at a. m. yesterday when ar
rested by Officer Anderson. He
had just arisen from bed, he says,
and was thoroughly sober,
"deucedly so. if you please" and
while he might have taken a.
drink at any other time, he
couldn't then, because it was Sum-
day. And now Joe is sore, "deuc-
eddy so," for getting the name
having bagged the game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
MEXICO IS HOLDING
MANY THOUSANDS
IN SLAVERY
Hundreds of Thousands.

nuhufeuS Oh lnOuSa0uSs
Public school systems in the
vast country districts have been
abolished, according to Turner.
because the government needs the
money, and he declares that hun
dreds of thousands are held in
actual slavery, only 1t is not call
ed slavery" but enforced service
for debt"
Turner says he found evidence
of slavery in the Yucatan sisal
and hemp plantations. He says
that eight. thousand Yaquf Indians
were imported from Sonora. three
hundred Chinese and a hundred
thousand native Mayas, who for
merly owned the land, are work
ing in this condition.
The operation of the law de-
scribed by Turner is that man
is seized for debt, whereupon his
entire family becomes slaves. He
is paid living expenses. but the
original debt never decreases.
The debt is transferred from ia
ther to son, and countless hun
dreds are horribly tortured to
make them work at the never
ending debt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
Is Mccormick
After Plum?
POLITICIANS THINK LUMBER MAGNATE WILL, RE TROTTED
OUT AS OZARK HORSE" IN CONGRESSIONAL CONVEN-


els Robert L. Mccormick of
Tacoma a dark-horse candidate
for congress?
Politicians on the inside say
that is the way they size up the
situation that is developing in the
present congressional canvass.
Mccormick does not want to
go to congress, but he does want
to be United States senator. He
spent a good sum of money sew
eral years ago trying to be mayor,
hoping that that office would
serve as a stepping stone to the
senate. Congress is a much high
err step and nearer the coveted
place, and as the present term is
but one year at best it makes an
ideal block from which to leap
into the more exalted station.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Coon
was here last week, and local
politicians tried to get him to
declare himself on the congress
sional race, but they failed. A
suspicious uncertainty has devel-
oped in the last week concerning
a number of well known politi-
clans all over the district.
A local politician says he has
sized up the whole thing TO
be simply holding back with
the hope of deadlocking the con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20

In the lower picture, posed for
Photographer Doncourt, Explorer
Fiala, wearing his arctic clothing,
shows the use of the "artificial
horizon" A, the level be enables
him to tell the latitude by the SEX
tant c. In the diagrams which
Fiala drew, b Is the pole of the
globe and d point farther away.
A mirror at b will reflect the can
hours. giving the apparent motion
to the sun. The method of taking
latitude is very simple one.
1t consists In measuring the
height of the sun above the OBJ
servers horizon. In lower lati-
tudes the captain of a ship waits
until the sun has reached its
HIGHEST point. proving to him
that 1t is on his meridian or due
south: then he measures its dis
lance or altitude above his hori-
zon. which, by a simple calcula-
ton, gives him the latitude or po-
sition on the earth north of the
equator and south of the pole.
Below the north pole and with
in the polar circle there is always
a time when the sun is highest in
Its circle around the earth-at
noon time.
But when the explorer has
a place where it will be
for him to tell when
1t is noon, or when he finds that
the sun has ceased to rise and
fall, then he has reached the
north pole.
He has attained 90 degrees
north latitude. At his position 1t
Is noon constantly until the dark
ness of winter brings the mid
night hour.
The sun circles around his hori-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20

,vention, and then trotting out
Mccormick to be a winner.
II think the whole candidacy
of Link Davis was for this pur-
pose," said the local man. "Ey-
Ierybody knows Link is an impos-
sibilfty as congressman, but II
he could have secured this county,
then the thing would have been
In fine shape to spring McCor-
mick as a dark horse after the
counties got in a deadlock. It is
well known that Links support
came largely from Mccormick. F"
The Ashton politicians, who
have been working the last two
weeks to shape things up in the
district, run across suspicious cir
cumstances every day. They de-
clare that locally there are strong
indications of quiet movement
that seems to point to dead
locked convention, and then a
dark horse, and that Mccormick
looks like the one being groomed.
With his pull as national COM
mitteeman and with the lumber
men in the district, the story is
that Mccormick expects to be
able to land il the convention to
nominate can just be prolonged
and worked into a bitter fight
ending in a deadlock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
HITCHCOCK TALKS
To POSTMASTERS
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
SEATTLE, Sept. 20.-Postmas-
ter General Frank II. Hitchcock
was the guest today of the Wash
ington Postmasters' convention
and the Seattle chamber of COM
merce. He will spend the next
attending meetings of post
masters in the west, and will join
President Taft's party In the mid
die of October in Arizona.
Mr.. Hitchcock addressed the
postmasters' convention at the
of the afternoon session
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
AGED COUPLE OPENS
Fight FOR IT'S HOME

Aided by two other men, De-
vine built a fence around the
property and began building a
cabin. A gang of men sent out
by the Northern Pacific Railway
company drove them off the land,
and tore down both the fence and
the building.
Devine stated that he will
again bring suit against the rail-
way company. He says that he
has discovered evidence to show
that he is the owner of all but
about one-fifth of the property.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20

Led by band of twenty pieces
and two automobiles carrying the
women, and announcing In big
large signs, carried by two stand
ard-bearers that you'll Like Ia
coma" two hundred local Italians
paraded along Pacific avenue this
morning to the wharf, where they
took an early boat to the EXPOSE
tion. About fifty were dressed IN
the uniforms of the Garibaldi SOL
diere of their native country.
Today is the anniversary of the
great Italian patriot, Garibaldi.
Six thousand American Italians
from all parts of the state par
ticipated in the parade In Seattle
in honor of Garibaldi. The
pageant was elaborate and artisti-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20

die flame at all times, just as TIL,
sun is seen at the north pole. Blu,
a mirror at d will not reflect the
flame irregularly, just as the sur
is not seen day and night unless
the observer is ABSOLUTELY al
the north pole.
ION in great parallel circles. illum-
mating noontime which is about
six months long. 1t makes its
first appearance above the horizon
in the month of March-just the
fiery little tip of its upper edge.
Each day it shows more of its
face, gradually making it's way in
great spirals above the horizon,
until on June 81 it reaches its
highest point Though still only
a few degrees above the horizon. J
This maximum altitude attain
ed, 1t begins it's descent once
more, slowly circling it's way
down until in the latter part of
September its face disappears.
There is a short period of twi-
light and then comes the black
ness of the polar night, relieved
only by the fires of aurora and
by the faint twinkle of the stars
when-when storms are absent
for a few days monthly,
when the moon brightens the fro
zen area by the beams of her bor-
rowed light.
The explorer reaching 90 de-
grees north in the summer could
make sure of his position by TAX
ing number of observations sew
eral hours apart, all around the
horizon. A resulting latitude OF
90 degrees from each and all OBJ
servations would prove that he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20

The lightest instrument that
can be carried for measuring the
altitude of the heavenly bodies is
a sextant-the instrument usually
used at sea-for it can be held in
the hand for taking snapshot"
while the ship is tossed about in
rough water. On the ice fields the
visible horizon cannot be depend
ed upon on account of the rough
ice. So If the sextant is used an
ARTIFICIAL HORIZON is car
ried.
In warm ATTITUDES a bowl of
mercury serves, but in the cold
of the north mercury freezes, SO
the explorer is obliged to use a
glass horizon, the rejecting sur
face of which has to be carefully
leveled before he makes an obser-
walton. A careless leveling of
this glass would result in faulty
observation and latitude, though
in perfect round of observa-
tions for "a hours or more the
error would rectify itself.
So the explorer who would de-
sire accurate record of his posi-
ton at the north pole should stay
at that point long enough to Sc
cure 24-hour record of observa-
tions at least. If, instead of a
sextant and artificial horizon, a
small theodolite or Surveyor
transit were used, the same prin-
ciples would apply, because the
theodolite has to be leveled before
an observation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
TAFT DUE IN
OMAHA

OMAHA, Sept. 20.-President
Taft Is scheduled to arrive here
this afternoon at 4:3O O'Clock.
The president will be taken on an
automobile tour of the city, and
Will be entertained at dinner at
the Commercial club. There will
be a special entertainment pro-
yided for the president tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
DEvINE AND WIFE
BRING ACTION TO RECOVER
PLACE FROM WHICH THEY
WE'RE EvICTED.

Coleman Devine, who. with his
aged wife. was elected from his
little cabin home near the North
ern Pacific roundhouse yesterday,
resumed his battle for possession
of the land where he has lived
with hts wife for the past 20
years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20

2 Don't forget the dance given by
the w. o. w. band at Campbell's
hall. Mckinley Park addition, next
Saturday evening. Admission
26c. **s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
Something Better.

Steamer Flyer to Seattle, max
ing FIVE round trips daily. Leaves
Tacoma 8:35 a. m, 1915, 1855
7:30 and IL p. m. **s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
ZOO TACOMA ITALIANS
SHINE IN PARADE

ALTERED IN SOLDIERS UNI Miss Maria Mar
FORMS AND HEADED BY tint of the
THEY MAZE BIG Fhe program consists of literary
o"io oN WAh IL FAif ceremonies at the Auditorium
: Ing the sights the fair and
ea py Dand OF twenty p1eeeosng with the
and two automobiles carrying the Dremand in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
TELLS HOW PEARY And COOK
KNEW THEY WERE AT THE POLE

was at the north pole.
DIR. COOKS STAY OF TWO
DAYS AT THE POLE WAS UN-
FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF SECURING THIS
ROUND OF OBSERVATIONS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20
CONTINUED From Page one.)

The observer standing on the
great shaft of the earth's motion
slowly turns with It once in "a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-20

Dear Sir: No matter how nice
ly cook, my husband never COM
pliments my meals. How can |
induce him to show some appre-
ciation?-A Wife,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-16
UPED GIRL LAYS BIGAMY CHARGE AGAINST MISSING TACOMA ENGINEER
Court Rules Out Much Of Experts
Testimony in the Kvalshaug Trial
RI. Mccormick, An Appreciation

l.. Mccormick Z.
I have been offered inducements the
leanngs that way" Mr. Mccormick
nouncement is expected
Robert l.. Mccormick, he
Aldrich republican
mens offered him 1t
what his inducements"
Mccormick secretary of the Weyerhaeuser Timber
his
him people with Aldrhs in
politics.
a ghost show win he will the
companies, high
combine the big interests
people.
would be their plant would another shin
ing in the NesOn-Adrich gallery of undesirables
Mccormick had his boom launched a umbermens BAN
Everett He confirms that he is
line the place, but ntmates that undecided
for
reputation by the of his city for
indicates that he will candidate
into the sufficient split the
from This the next
bestt interests"
lately that alarms
the politicians They a from Washington
will tool of the
If there
change, they Mccormick and
community begins showing independence indicating
might the
politicians to local to
let Piles back in.
Mccormick for show of election by
presidential with
auctioned highest
bidder then Mccormick will have plenty of at his call
buy the place.
reactionares who will be out this
probably enemies
Of the people than Robert l.. Mccormick
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-16
WHY METTLER IS KNOCKING GREATER TACOMA MOVEMENT

through
follow
andta the territory
TRADE annexation the citizens
wild
other the stunned by the ferocy
inclined
onmiss
thinking
why S anxious and they have found the
goes office.
his district
of Metter viii lose his job That
onsunad
office and how the
mucd by bis administration goods have been
public work has with
intervention contractors and how the money
little
,canse seew Mettler is opposed to annexation
Meter nanB
ont that office
Why opposes he wants to keep his
His opposition him. will help the
viii welcome the movement It offers
the public money in the court house.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-16
COUNC|LMEN
WILL STAND
PAT
BABY TALK OF N. p. ORGANS
WON'T DECEIVE SOLONS
THIS TIME, AND COMPANY
MUST PUT IN DRAW BRIDGE

The N. p. company has not yet
announced Its intention concern
ing the Wilton waterway on the
west side. The Titlow case, how
ever, will come up this week and
when 1t is called the company will
either have to try it or dismiss
1t. If 1t dismisses then 1t will
have to come to the city counci,
and ask for a franchise to cross
the city property given by Mr..
Titlow.
81 think when the test comes
II the railway wants to go over
this land the city will stand pat
and insist ON a lift bridge over
the city's land the same as the
government demanded on the wat.
erway further out said President
Hawthorne this morning.
The bluff of the railway men
and the Jim Hill organs is not
having much effect on the council.
"The talk about the city hold
ing up the railway is all slush, I"
said Councilman Stewart. "All
the railway has to do is agree u
put in a lift bridge over the city
property as 1t was ordered by the
government to do when it want
ed to go out further. To say a
bridge to cost a few thousands of
dollars is going to stop the COM
pany from building the line is
absolutely silly"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-16
Tacoma Dealers To
Be Arrested for
Doctoring Meat

Butchers guilty of using free
zum will be prosecuted to the lin
it," declared Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Ralph Woods this morn
ing.
"This office will stand back of
tn state food commissioner to the
full extent of its power to eradi-
cate this dangerous menace TO
health. Fines of several thou
san dollars were devied on the
butchers convicted in Seattle and
it shall be the aim of this office
in undertaking an ysuch prosecu-
tions to secure like punishments
here"
Deputy State Dairy and Food
Will H. Adams
spent today in consultation with
the prosecuting attorneys office.
and 1t was stated that this after
noon warrants for IA Tacoma
butchers would be secured
through the justice courts AN dthe
arrest of the offenders made. The
fine for a single offensa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-16

Whereas, 1t Is the duty of all
nations to acknowledge the provi-
dence of Almighty God, to obey
His will, to be grateful for His
benefits, and humbly to implore
His protection and favor, and,
Whereas, both houses of con-
gress have, by their joint commit
tee, requested me Ito recommend
to the people of the United States
a day of public Thanksgiving and
prayer, to be observed by ac-
knowledging with grateful hearts
the many and signal favors of
Almighty God, especially by af-
fording them an opportunity
peaceably to establish form of
government for their safety and
happiness:
Now, therefore, do recon-
mend and assign Thursday, the
twenty-sixth day of November
next, to be devoted by the people
OF these states to the service of
that great and glorious Being who
is the beneficient author of all
the good that was, that is, or that
will be; that we may then all unite
in rendering unto Him our sim
cere and humble thanks for His
kind care and protection of the
people of this country previous to
their becoming a nation; for the
signal and manifold mercies and
the favorable interpretations of
His providence In the course and
conclusion of the late war; for
the great degree of tranquility,
union, and plenty which we have
since enjoyed; for the peaceable
and rational manner in which we
have been enabled to establish
constitutions OF government for
our safety and happiness. and par
ticularly the national one now
lately instituted; for the civil and
religious liberty with which we
are blessed, and the means we
have of acquiring and diffusing
useful knowledge; and, in gener-
al, for all the great and various
fayors which He has been pleased
to confer upon us.
And also that we may. then
unite in most humbly offering
our prayers and supplications to
the great Lord and Ruler of Ma
tions, and beseech Him to pardon
our national and other transgres-
sions; to enable us all, whether
in public or private stations, to
perform our several and relative
duties properly and punctually;
TO render our national govern
ment blessing to all the people
by constantly being a government
OF wise, Sjust and constitutional
laws. discreetly and faithfully ex-
ecuted and obeyed: to protect and
guide ell soyereiens and nations
Lespecially such as have shown
dness to us), and te bless them
good government. peace ana
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-16
OVER
PROFESSORS
OPINIONS
LEGAL WRANGLING MARKS
WOMAN'S TRIAL TODAY
DEFENSE LOSES. ON SEVER
AL RULINGS MADE BY THE
COURT AND MAY CLOSE IT'S
CASE TONIGHT.

Attempts of the attorneys for
Mrs. Martin Kvalshaug to inject
into her trial for the murder OF
her husband exhaustive psycholo-
gical questions by which they
hoped to discredit the alleged con-
fession in which she admitted q
conspiracy to kill her husband, led
to continual legal squabbles be-
tween the attorneys today AMI
most of the time was taken up In
arguments.
Evidence Barred.
DR.. H. G. Stevens, head of the
psychological department of the
University of Washington, was
placed on the stand yesterday af.
ternoon by the defense. A legal
point arising caused the case to
be continued until this morning
when the question wa ssettled in
chambers between the attorneys
and Judge Easterday. 1t was evi.
dent that the decision was unfav-
orable to the defense and tina:
much of the testimony which they
had wished to bring before the
jury was barred by the court.
In State of Hypnosis?
The point which the defense
is attempting to prove by the tes-
timony of the expert is that when
Mrs. Kvalshaug made her conres-
son to the police May 10, her
mind was in state of exhaustion
and that under the repeated ques-
tioning and assertions of the de-
tectives, she went into a hypnotic
state when she was unable to dis
tinguish whether she was tellInS
the exact facts. 1t is the con-
tentio nthat the questions put ~
her by her examiners were Of a
leading naure and that in her
state of hypnosis she follow ed
their suggestions and answered
the questions mechanically.
Newcomb's confession to the
murder of Kvalshaug having been
made previous to her examination,
it is the assertion of the defense
that the police officers outlined
the events as stated by Newcomo
and that the woman, being In her
hypnotic state, answered all their
questions favorably.
Continued on Page Eighty
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-11-16
IS bOWES HERE
WITH HIS
BRIDE

Did Edward ]. Bowes. the Tacoma
millionaire, bring his actress wife,
Margaret Ellington, to Tacoma to-
day?
Nobody knows the answer, but
just the same there is a pretty well
defined rumor that somewhere in
the city may be found tina real es-
tate operator and the pretty woman
who gave up a career to darn socks
in one of the strangest and most
romantic love affairs on record.
Perhaps Miss Illington-beg pardon
Mrs. Bowes-is even now darning
socks in the Grosscup mansion on
North street The domestic will
tell you IL you phone or rap at the
door that she isnat, but there are
those who thing they know better.
II is said that a hurrying automo-
bile occupied by a man who looked
like Mr.. Bowes and woman with
classic features much after the
style of certain magazine portraits.
was seen to draw up at the Bowes
home.