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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
Cannon at One End and
Aldrich at the Other
Have Stuffed Commit
tee All Framed UP to
Kill Off Chief Advocate
of Roosevelt's Conserv-
alton Policies-Plunder
and Politics Back of the
Conspiracy.
BY ellison Gardner.
(Staff Special.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s. = A
purpose to force Clifford Pinchot
out of the government service is
back of the plan for an alleged
investigation of the land office
and forest service.
President Taft has yielded to
the persuasions Of Frank Hitch
cock and Atty.-Gen. Wickersham
They have convinced him that the
head of the forest service must
go.
Behind Hitchcock, Ballinger
his friends is the power of the
Guggenheims, Standard Oil, the
electric power trust and the other
tremendous influences which have
taken open isue with Pinchot's
efforts to save the country's re-
sources for the people.
Congress is also hostile. Speak
er Cannon at one end of the cap
itol and Senator Aldrich at the
other are fighting the battfe OF
the big special interests. They
have their lieutenants like Mon
dell in the house and Vice Presi.
dent Sherman in the senate. On
Continued on Page Six.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
Crippled Girl Steals From
Father to Buy a Husband
Child Tells Court How She
Robbed Bank of $0z, 900, Act
ing as Tool of Relatives.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-With the
recital of a romance that brought
tears to the eyes of spectators and
attorneys alike, the case of Grip
Piled 17-year-old Angela Schiav-
one, an Italian girl, accused of
stealing from her fathers bank,
was resumed in the criminal court
today.
The girl took the stand follow
ing her statement yesterday that
she had stolen $97,820 from the
bank during the last two years
Eight of the girls relatives are
accused of inspiring the thefts by
promising to get Angela a hus.
band when she had secured mon.
ey enough to buy him.
Under a merc!less cross-exami
nation by the counsel for the rel
auves, during which the witness
repeatedly broke down, the girl
testified that her uncle, Frances
60 Schiavone, and his wife. first
suggested the thefts. She said t:
"They told me l was a cripple
and would never be like other
girls. Nobody loves a cripple,
Uncle francesca said. want I'D
to marry and he told me the only
way to get husband was to buy
one. I had no money, I told him,
and Uncle said l could take Il
from my father"
The girl showed a memoran-
dunn book containing a record OF
the date of each theft and the
amount she took.
The whole robbery was discoy-
cred by means of marked bills
that were traced to Miss Schiay-
one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
AID Of
TAFT To END
STRIKE
PERHAM OF AMERNCAN FED
GRAFTON GOES TO WASH.
INGTON TO GET PRESIDENT
TO TAKE HAND IN SWITCH
MEMS TROUBLE.

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 2S.-
President Perham of the railway
depa rtment Cf the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor is en- route to
Washington today to make an eff
fort to secure federal aid in the
settlement of the switchmen' q
strike that has demoralized
freight traffic In the northwest
foN several weeks.
1t was stated today that Per-
ham would make a personal az.
peal to President Taft and en-
deaSor to interest the chief ex-
ecufive in the matter.
He Will also lay the claims of
the strikers before the interstate
commerce commission.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28

ant Fireman George Osborne from
1915 to s195; five straw bosses
ARE jumped from $4.15 a day to
$110 a month straight; o. T..
IConrad, assistant superintendent
of fire alarm from 500 to $110;
chief lamp repairer, from 500 to
1885,; assistants, from SO to $3.25
a day; six Nernst lamp men from
$2.70 to So day; regular series
ltrimmers, from $2.70 day 20
1880 a month; three extra meter
men, from So to 1915 a day;
Ieight lamp repairers, from SO %
1925 day; Deputy Treasurer
Ed White, from $125 to s135;
Cashiers Harry Brngolf aud
John Hoste tier, from 500 to
I$100; r. M. Myham, chief water
clerk. from ss5 to 800; Boox-
Keeper A. T. Patrick, $50 to $50;
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
IS FINED FOR
FIGHTING ON
Street CAR

Charles Fose of spanaway was
fined $5 and costs by Police Judge
Arntson yesterday after HIS hear
ing on a charge of assault and bat
terry preferred by N. Lowcnthal.
The arrest followed fight on the
Spanaway car Wednesday night
in which Fose struck Lowenthal
and the latter drew n knife.
John Peterson, also arrested
and charged with assault, was
shown by the evidence to have
been would-bo peace-maker and
was released.
I Fose and. Lowcnthal have been
enemies since the latter wrote
letter. to The Times some time
ago. alleging that he saw Fose,
while: employed on county road.
work, imbibing from q beer ksg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28

|boiler inspector, from 800 to
'$125; examining board, from $40
to $40 a month; three bridg,
tenders, from s65 to SIS; bridge
foremen $50 a month, and car
|penters, $2.75 a day; Jack Cros-
Ter, fumigator, $75 to 500 a
month.
At the present status of en1-
|ployes the increases will amount
TO nearly. $25O0a month or about
$4,000 year. With the increase
of the number of employees the
increase win be more. What the
council will do with 1t remains to
be seen, but the indications ara
that they will not be nearly SO
anxious to rush these raises
through as they were when the
boosts for the politicians were be-
ling considered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28

1--WE find in this country the
idea that British workmen are not
so well paid or housed. The con-
trary is the fact. British toilers
get better wages, better food and
superior housing conditions.
1.-THE novels i'm which any work.
ers of this country live would not
be tolerated by the authorities in
England.
Meat in this country costs the
consumer from 16 to "a cents a
pound. In London the same meat,
sold by the English branches of
your packing houses. can be had
for from IL to 16 cents. Range
cattle from Argentina furnish
good meat for workmen in our
markets at and 10 cents a pound
and sometimes as low as 6 cents.
"After shipping mutton from
Australia, eggs and butter from
Holland, and other foodstuffs
from distant countries, our dealers
sell them to the British public for
40 per cent less than American
consumers pay. Our people never
would submit to your tariff rob-
berry. Your tariff put tax of
$12 on a carcass of beef, 81 cents
a ton on bituminous coal, 20 cents
a bushel on wheat and prohibitive
prices on the entry of other COM
|modities.
1.-THE British people would abOl-
ish legislative assembly that
would tolerate such iniquity.
English workmen send their
representatives to parliament.
American workingmen are de-
ceived by political trimmers.
Americans say: If European
methods are superior to those in
this country. why does not Europe
prosper more?' They forget that
few countries across the Atlantic
have one-fiftieth a part of the
United States. If we had your
rich land our people would enjoy
great comfort. They would even
live luxuriously. II you had our
Limitations in land and product
iveness your people would starve
or become cannibalistic. Germany
and England have established
Saturday half holidays, model ten
ements and old age pensions, be-
sides reducing the cost of food
Istuffs for the workingman.
Commissioner Street furnished
several American senators with the
data he has collected, and it will
be used in the congressional in
quiry. ,-.
Food prices are higher this
month than ever before for De-
cember. The trend is still up
ward.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
GOES To
THE FEDERAL
COURT

Judge Clifford in the superior
court this afternoon granted the
petition of the 7. X. & p. COM
pany asking for the transfer of
the 5-cent fare case to the sed-
eral court.
This gives the street car COM
Fany decided advantage and
one which lit has been seeking
since the fight opene ed.
The city attorneys, however,
will attempt to have the case
transferred back to the superior
court and a petition to this effect
will likely be fed this afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28

WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.-The
Ballinger Pinchot investigation
will be conducted Jointly by the
house and senate, according to an
announcement made by the admin
istration officials today. Senator
Nelson of Minnesota has been men
toned as a probable member CT
the joint committee that will look
into the charges and counter.
charges brought against the de.
Ipartment of the interior and the
forestry department by Washing.
ton officials and various publica-
tions,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
After Giving ALI tn Politicians Boosts in Sal
aries Solons come round to Men Who Should
Have Been Cared for First.

three teamsters are to get a raise
from $2.25 to $2.75 a day.
All the $50 clerks in the office
of the water and light, treasurer's
and controllers departments are
raised to $S5; there are about 20
of these.
Linemen are advanced from
1886 to 81 a day and there are
40 of them.
City Electrician Lauzon Is
raised from $3.50 to s175 a
month; Foreman of Lines J. r.
Riley from s121 to $125; Assist
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
s FATE
STILL REMAINS
MYSTERY

SEATTLE Dec. 2s.-Shipping
men here are today specuIating on
the fate of the schooner Susie NJ.
Plummer and the 15 men who de-
serted her 100 miles off Cape
Flattery. The Plummer and the
Is men have disappeared from the
sen. leaving no trace. The life
saving tug Snohomish returned to
Seattle today, vacant of hope and
filled with mystery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
COHgRESS !!;R!gE;S!ESL t. SSWNA!!
P|NCHOT FOR TAFT
To LOCATE NEW
n. P, CUTOFF

ELLENSBURG, Dec. 28.-Two
crews of Northern Pacific engi-
neers, 33 men in all, equipped for
locating, are in Ellensburg. The
engineers say they do not know
what they are to do in the vicinity,
but railroad men in a position to
know state that without a doubt
the crews have been sent here TO
locate the Lind cutoff.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
-FOUR MINERS ARE
BLOWN To
PIECES

CENTRALIA, ILL.,, Dec. Is
Four miners were instantly kill
ed in coal mine near here t..
day in an explosion that partially
wrecked the interior of the mine.
The limbs of one of the men
were found some distance from
the trunk, having been blown off
by the force of the explosion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
lIN JAIL FOR AssAuLT.

& LOS ANGELES, Dec. go.
r. Babcock, head of the Bebcock
Advertising Agency, and mem
ber of wealthy family, who Is
charged with mistreatng Mecca
8yler, a 15-year-oad girl. waE
surrendered by Dana Burke, one
of his bondEmen today. Babcock
was Immediately placd in the
county Jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28

OF QUAKE
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD
IN ITALY TODAY-AMER-
ICANS HONORED.

ROME, Dec. 28.-Throughout
Italy today the anniversary of the
Messina earthquake disaster is
being observed with memorial
services.
Many foreign diplomats, IN
cluding the American representa-
tives were presented with en-
gravel bronze tablets by the
Naval League of Italy, in appre-
clation of the prompt assistance
they rendered at the time of the
disaster.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
DOCTOR ORDERED HIM
To KEEP AWAY FROM
MRS. bROkAW

MINNEOLA, n. Y, Dec. 2S.-
my physician ordered me to keep
away from Mrs. Brokaw because
she made me nervous"
Thus w. Gould Brokaw today
answered the charge of neglect
brought by his wife. Mary Blair
Brokaw, in her suit for divorce
and alimony.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
INVITE 300
AMERICANS To
VISIT JAPAN

TOXIC, Dec. 2S.-Invitations
to 800 American business men 10
visit Japan will be issued shortly
by the Toxic Chamber of Com
merce.
lit is planned to quarter the
Americans at the private homes
in this city. This, the japanese
believe. will better acquaint the
with Japanese dom es-
tic life and customs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
puncIl tomorrow night

If tk puncil tomorrow night
adopts report of the salary
committ another $4,000 a year
will be Aided to the payroll.
Having heretofore taken care
of nearly all the politicians Dy
creating new jobs and boosting
salaries, the committee last night
got down to the clerks and city
employees who really do the work
and deserved raise long ago.
Two hundred and forty-seven
laborers were voted a raise from
s2.25 to $3.50 a day. Twenty
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
COUNCIL FINALLY REMEMBERS MEN WHO DO THE WORK

The councilmen were careful
to take care of the politicians first
and have already doubled the citJ
payroll by doing so. Had they
given these men who really do
thei work the advance first they
knew the opposition against
boosting their friends would have
beeh too great.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
IS SMOTHERED TO
DEATH BY TONS
Of SAWOUST

ABERDEEN, Dec. 2S.-George
Jacobson, fireman for the Grays
Harbor Railway & Light COM
pany, way overwhelmed by tons
of sawdust Sunday night at the
electric light plant and smothered
to death. The accident happened
in the fuel bin near the engine
and dynamo house.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28

Mrs. Camptown: Tell your
captain I'd like the pleasure of
his company 70 dance next Fri
day evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28

President Taft has offered an
olive branch to Joe Foraker. But
perhaps Joe doesn't like olives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28
ABOUT THOSE 40 Ct $$$
YOU FIND in YOUR PAY ENVELOPE
SOME FACTS HOW THE OLD TYRANT cost OF LIv
NG" FRIENDS THE T ARIFF ROBBERS,
WHIPSAWED YOU.

Do you know if you
earned 800 a month 10
years ago and now earn
800 that your wages have
practically been reduced
$50.
Do you know that if
you 60 into the market to
buy 100 articles which two
years ago Ould have cost
1912 that you will have to
pay $11.62 FOR them?
If you have gained in
creases in wages amount
ing to 80 per cent within
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-28


These of the R. and J.
British labor
increased of living
They constitute the problems that
dened
81 can't understand why buy bread in England
price Chicago when Fen the wheat Commissioner Street
quoted Chicago YOu of
bread while get loaf weighing GA
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19

FOR SALE-Good 6-roOm modern house, two
lots, well improved with lawn and bearing frHif
frees. Easy terms r. II. Elder. Sanders Blk. u
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19
ARTHUR SMITH VISITS
SCENE OF KILLING



self-defense and expect to get clear
Of this
Smith has cash in his cheek and
his forehead and nose are scratched.
He told Prosecuting Attorney Fred
G. Pugh that the wounds were made
with the club in Hoffman's hands
Shown the absurdity of his story in
that particular, he admitted that he
received the scratches going through
the brush. He further admitted to
the prosecutor that he had taken the
stolen razor after shooting Hoffman
and placed 1t in his victims pocket.
I'VE can make case of at least
manslaughter against Smith, said
Prosecuting Attorney Pugh. The
outcome OF it may be more serious
than that for him. There is every
indication that the crime was delib-
crate. Smith had two revolvers, just
alike. He threw one of them into
the river at d street when he arrived
in the city and the other he sent to
the bottom of the Occur d'Alene
river from the steamer Milwaukee.
He is known to have tried to pose as
a bad man, exhibiting his guns and
telling Of exploits which never were
enacted except in his own mind.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19
SALEM DAN AT EXPOSITION.

SEATTLE, Wash, July ls.-To-
day is Salem day at the Alaska-Hu
kon-Paelfic exposition. In honor oil
the event four of the nine justices oil
the state supreme court. Justices
Mount. Dunbar, Fullerton and Chad
wick. all OF them former Salemites'
have been invited to meet old neigh
bors as guests of honor when the re-
union takes place In the oregon
building today.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19

any right to--I need Won &C.. -
mens. OF course. YOU don't car ~ /.
nans foF me. but II you would or,,
encourage me a little / would ~ !,
q worthy Of you. I'm always irwin,
% get back into business aeain
you've made me feel / want q Il /,
man and, oh, girl, | do care for Won
why George Tracy, you are !
perfect idiot-love me-whx 80,
uont even the least bit. Perhans !
nave helped you a little, but on,
friendship is purely platonic ana Won
know T. Listen. man. let me tell Won
'he truth-you love Elsie Ham.
mand and not Elsie Christy-you
nave never stopped loving her ana
you never VIII. Go back to her. for.
give her-she has proven her love 10,
you, she has never married-she secs
no men and that little mistake has
been the sorrow Of her life"
NO, Elsie, you are mistaken.
never want 70 see her again. My love
for her Is absolutely dead and.
Now, see here, you get in bust.
ness-d0nt see me for six months
and then we win talk it over again
The weeks wore on and only an oc.
- - !
casiontl letter came to tell Of his fair
success In his new position. Finally
came this little note:
Dear Little Friend: / have seen
while in Buffalo a few DAYS ago.
| could not resist the temptation to
call on her married brother and ask
about her. She opened the door and.
oh, lam ashamed to tell you, took
her IN my arms and kissed her and
then rushed like a fool out of the
house without a word. / shall never
see her again, but you are right, | do
love her, and you are the dearest,
wisest little friend a man ever had.
GEORGE.
Then two months later telegram:
Resolution all gone. We are en-
gagged.
Barely six months later came the
announcement of their marriage and
he was offered a fine position on a
large railroad In the west.
His advancement was rapid from
that time and in few years he was
made general manager of the road,
travelling In his private car with his
wife and two little sons-the former
pledging her life to make up for the
sorrow she had caused him.
AS for the other Elsie. well-she
married and lived happy forever
after.-Louis Weslyn.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19

LOST GOld-headed umbrella on lake front
tlnder return 70 National Restaurant, lib SheF-
man ST. Reward. s-ls
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19
CARD OF THANKS.

To all those who assisted and sym
oathiaed. and especially sisters ana
brothers Of the S. H. and E. r. IN
our recent bereavement ia the loss oil
our wife. daughter and sister We de-
sire 10 express our most heartfelt
thanks.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19

Make 1t a task for want ads-and
voun have all the boarders you eaa
accommodate.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19

Read what Judge Witten Says:

NedO what Judge WlILen says:
1T will be well for all persons who
register to subscribe to some newspa-
per which will publish the list Of the
numbers assigned. in order that they
may be more certain to ascertain the
numbers assigned to them. as the no.
tees mailed may not reach them"
Registration commences July ID and
ends August 5.
The drawing will commence August
8 and continue until finished.
The Evening Press will publish q
complete list of names and numbers
assigned at the drawing for the Occur
d'Alene, Spokane and Flathead reser-
vations, in addition to which valuable
information pertaining to these lands
will be published from time to time.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

BICYCLE FOR SALR-Iaay's htgh grade
RAMBLER, gOad as new alsd win II soid foF elA
IBIS y the best bargain ever alieRed IN 4 wheel
and IS money saver Tor any person who has
Use for L. can a. SIS C0eir a Alene street. ~
inteFesteas and inspect the wheel Il
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-19

wANTED-Experieneed lady cashier. Nation
Al Restaurant, if3 sherman. Il
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-06-04
NEW ROAD FOR PARISH,

Under date of May %, a dispatch
from New Iberia to the Picayune says
that official announcement is made of
the extension of the Franklin and Alb
beville railroad to Youngsville, which
is owned by the Godchaux. The build
ing Of the road will prove of great ben
eft to the people along it's line and
to the town of Youngsville. 1t may be
possible to secure an extension of the
road to Lafayette, which would be Of
large advantage to this city, as the
distance is short and the matter should
be taken up by our business men and
an energetic effort made to have the
road brought here.
The prosperity of a town depends
upon the size of its trade territory,
for which reason the people of this
city must be watchful and on the alert
to prevent if possible, any diversion of
the trade from this city. The building
of railroads near Lafayette that lead
to other owns and do not come here,
means a diminution of our trade, and
We haven't so much that We can afford
to lose any. Not alone should the eff.
fort be made and a successful issue
achieved if in our power, to secure the
extension of this Godchaux road, but
we should also take up the project OF
the Eunice, Lafayette and Abbeville
railroad and push it to a completion.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1909-06-04
High Prices to go Higher.
New Orleans States.

New orleans states.
On the eve of his departure for
Europe Mr.. E. Fl. Hartman pre-
dicted that there will soon be "a
big burst of speculation and a rise
in the price of everything" but
American housekeepers are aware
of the fact that prices are already
rising with distressing rapidity and
they are much disturbed by the an
nouncement that meat will soar to
the highest figures known in years,
and that the cost of all commodi-
ties will be increased to the consumer.
This means, of course. that there
is a hard struggle ahead of the
w~age-earners Of the land.
During the last ten years the rise
In the prices of staple commodities
has been astonishing and at the
present time the average price of
OF all kinds is SO per cent higher
than it was in 1897, and % per cent
higher than for the average of 1890
1900. 1t appears that some persons
assert that the rise is due to the
increased supply OF gold, and they
attempt to prove that as gold in
oreases it is cheapened and its buy
ing power diminished. With this
explanation is the assurance that
wages have increased as rapidly as
prices have risen. But this con-