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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
JOY RIDERS BURN TO DEATH
UNDER WRECKED AUTOMOBILE
Two Women and Man Meet Awful
Fate, When Big Auto Plunges
Off Trestle in SeattIe--Four
Companions Are Injured

SEATTLE, Sept. 23.-Two women are dead, one
man is dying in hospital, two others are slightly
injured and third woman is seriously hurt as the
result of an automobile "joy ride'' which ended
shortly after daylight this morning when the big
Pope-Toledo car plunged from bridge in the SOUTH
ern part of the city onto the tideflats
Burned to Death
The car Immediately caught fire when the gaso-
line tank exploded, and all of the occupants except
the chauffeur who thrown clear of the car were
pinned underneath and burned.
When removed from the wreckage nearly all the
clothing of the women burned from their bodies
and it for time impossible to determine which
one of them still alive.
The names of the three women in the car are
Winnie Fraser, Miss johnson and Miss Porter /,
Leg Burned Off.
Alex. Anderson had one of his legs burned off as
he lay pinned under the burning automobile, and he
is dying at the hospital ther victims of the acci-
dent who suffering from severe burns are: j. e.
Lindsay Thomas Finch and Christine Anderson.
The chauffeur Henry II eiser, from whom the
party rented the automobile is unhurt. He was ar
rested after the accident and is held in JAIL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO SAY
EYES" In JAPANESE? JUST TEN
MINUTES HERE'S EVIDENCE

1t happened in the police court
yesterday afternoon. when Tom
Pasco was on trial for the alleged
striking of a Japanese woman. The
little lady was on the witness
stand, but her knowledge of the
English language was about as
limited as Aldrich's love for the
"peepul. So Acting Judge Knight
called on another Japanese to act
as interpreter.
ASK the complaining witness If
the defendant struck her. the
judge instructed the interpreter.
Then ensued a prolonged jabber-
ing in Japanese that sounded like
the fall of Port Arthur, Judging
by the intensity of feeling dis
played and the duration OF the
combat.
Clerk Hackett found the sport
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

ling page of q newspaper SIX
months old, and began reading
what a fine chance Tacoma had OF
landing the pennant. Judge
Knight looked kindly on for few
monutes, then took off his eye
glasses and began to wipe them.
The spectators were growing
nervous, and the reporters began
whiting on their pencils. and still
the Japanese were busy.
Suddenly the roar of battle
ceased, and the interpreter. ali
smiles and Difference. turned to
the Judge, saying "she say yes =
For the next ten minutes Hack
lett was busily writing. bat Il evil
IDENTIFY was unimportant. spring
poem. perhaps, for he threw Il ia
the waste basket when he gok
Through.
Pasco was fined S. and costs (
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
SPENDS NIGHT AT HOME OF A
DEMOCRAT AND MOST OF
THOSE WHO HEAR HIM ARE
DENIOCRATS-R
ARE SORE.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WOLHURST, Colo, Sept. 3D.
President Taft's visit to this state
has caused more trouble between
the factions of the publican
party in Colorado on account of
the jealousies which have develop
ed regarding his entertainment.
Senator Guggenheim was given
the tip that Taft would not stop
at his house and remained sulking
in Europe, so 1t is alleged.
w. G. Evans, the leader of the
anti-Guggenheim wing of the re-
publicans, also wanted to enter
tain the president, but instead Of
visiting Evans it was decided that
Taft would go to the home OF
United States Senator Hughes, a
democrat, where he spent Tues
day night.
The democrats have seized upon
the facts as the source of rejoice
ing and they allege that the incl
dents betoken a more serious split
in the republican party here.
1t is asserted that the audience
was composed mostly of democrats
when Taft spoke last night and
that most of the members of the
reception committees are, dem0-
Gratis. Another cause for COM.
ment was the fact that former
Senator Patterson, a democrat.
who was personal friend of Taft
in the Philippines, was ignored in
the program at Denver.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
Stop
As Johnson
Is Buried
Industrial Activity il
Minnesota Ceases as
Former Governor Is
Laid at Rest
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. "a
While the body of Governor John
A. johnson Of Minnesota was be-
ing lowered into the grave this
afternoon, all industrial activity
of the state ceased for five min
utes as a tribute to the memory
of the famous executive.
The body, which had been ly-
ing in state in the rotunda of the
capitol since yesterday, was taken
to the railroad station at 9:15
this morning, escorted by ten
companies of militia, preceded by
a band of 100 pieces.
At the station the body was
placed aboard a special train,
which left for st. Peter, Mimi,
where interment took place this
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The final funeral services were
held in the st. Peter Presbyterian
church, where Johnson sang in
the choir when a boy. While the
services were in progress at st.
Peter, memorial services were
held in all the churches in Mime
apolis and st. Paul.
The public schools are closed
today, and the whole state is in
mourning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

GO TO JAIL

LONDON. Sept. Mary
Leigh and Charlotte Marsh, who
were each sentenced to serve one
month at hard labor in the Birm-
ingham prison because they were
the ringleaders in a suffrage riot,
which was started during meet
ing at Birmingham early in Sep
tember, when Premier Asquith
spoke, began their terms today.
When the. two suffragettes
came to the dock. to receive their
sentences the courtroom was
crowded with. other. feminine
members OF the. sufrfagette or
ganization. A number of them
broke the windows of the court
room with whatever they could
use for missiles when the judg-
ment was pronoancea against tn
two women.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

fThe controllers report on the
sale of electric lamps by the city
effectually put quietus on the
scheme of Councilman Bell and
certain especial interest" newspa-
pers to knock out the city busi-
ness and turn the people over
again to the tender mercies of the
private dealers.
The reports of the light de-
partment show that the city
bought lamps for $22,197.83. It
sold to ,she people $14,669.70
worth. city used $1,6S9.S4
In its business and has on
hand .mps worth $6,002.10.
There we're $S07.57 In defective
lamps which the company is to re-
Bl11ace. and s694.36 in breakage
and other defects. This leaves
the city net profit on the busi-
ness In the last year of $471.2S.
which just about covers the cost
of handling with little over for a
Surplus.
sAnd the city has saved to the
people over $4,000, which pri-
vate dealers would have taken in
extra profits and has given the
citizens first grade lamps. The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

If Joe Brooks, the man who
caused all the trouble in Eugene
Walters play paid in Full'' had
lived in Tacoma. his wife's mil
linery bills might have been much
smaller. and maybe he would not
have stolen from his employer.
Perhaps he would then have been
able to live comfortably on his
income of SIS per, and Eugene
Walter would never have written
the play, and we theater fiends
would be SOC to $3.50 to the good.
OF course. there is no gainsay-
ing that there are expensive hats
in Tacoma. The latest Partisan
styles have not hAap overlooked In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
ROBBERS
KILL SIX
POSSE NOW IN PURSUIT OF
THIEVES WHO BURNED EN-
TIRE FAMILY TO H.

BDUEFIELDS, w. Va, Sept.
|23.-Several posses with blood
hounds are pursuing the murder
ers of six members of the Mead
|ows family who were killed and
in their home, which
was burned at Hurley early today.
The men who eyiddtr- oJmmit-
ted the atrc-.s IS crime for the
purpose of robbery, probably will
be lynched If they fall into the
hands of their pursuers.
The owner of the house was an
aged woman known as "Aunt
Betty" Justice, who had the rep1-
tation of always keeping a large
sum of money on hand. She, with
her son-in-law, George Meadows,
his wife and three children were
murdered.
1t is. believed that the criminals
secured about $500 in cash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
LOST on DESERT

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal, Sept.
23.-Determined to find the body
of their comrade, James Upman,
which they believe is bleaching on
the sands near the foothills of the
San Bernardino range in the Impe-
rial valley, Jesse Temple and Har-
old Barham today are preparing
to start for the desert section.
Six weeks ago the three men
left San Diego on a search for the
legendary Peg Leg mine, which is
reputed to be located on a lost
vein, and fabulously rich. They
lost their way on the desert and
separated to look for water, agree
ing to return to certain spot at
nightfall. Barham and Temple re-
turned but Upham did not reap
pear.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
CONVICTION
GRAF I !
TRIAL
Chicago Police Inspector
Found Guilty of TAX
ing Protection Money /
From Saloon
keepers

(R ited Press Leased Wire. j
O AGO, Sept. 23.--Police
Inspt r McCann, who has been
on trA charged with accepting
protection money" from resort
keepers, was found guilty today.
Attorney j. Hamilton Lewis
gave notice that he will immedi-
ately ask for a new trial.
McCann's case is the first OF
series of graft" cases which State
Prosecutor Wayman has undertake
en- in an effort to wipe out an al
legged police ring which It is said
has been formed for the purpose
Of exacting protection money"
from saloon keepers and other re-
sorts under police supervision.
Rotten to the Core.
McCann's trial began three
weeks ago following the sensations
al declaration from State Prosecu-
tor Wayman, Chicago is rotten to
the core" Soon afterward a large
number OF indictments were re-
turned against several police Of
ficials.
McCann was accused Of "holi-
ing up" Louis Frank, saloon
man. for $40 a month. On ths
stand Frank testified that McCann
was paid the sum monthly and his
story was corroborated by his
brother.
The verdict carried with 1t q
sentence to Imprisonment in tho
for term of one TO
five years. When the foreman
of the jury read the decision the
court room for few minutes pre-
sented a dramatic scene. Every
one apparently was surprised ex-
cept Prosecutor Wayman, who
smiled broadly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

Crashes Through Guard Rail
The automobile was travelling at
a high rate of speed on the return
trip from Georgetown, where the
party had spent some time, when
at sharp turn on the wooden
trestle that spans the tideflats at
Fourth avenue and Lane street,
the steering gear refused to work
and the car crashed through the
frail guard rail and turned turtle
on the tideflats 15 feet below.
Hiser, the chauffeur, ran from
the scene of the accident and
went to his home, where he was
later arrested. Hiser is 10 years
old, and says he has been driv-
ing automobiles for the past three
years. During his experience as a
chauffeur in Seattle, Hiser has
been arrested three times for ex-
ceeding the speed limit. When
questioned by Sergeant w. l..
Peer, Hiser denied that he had
been arrested, but when shown
the police record he said nothing.
He was locked in a cell at the city
Jail without charge, and will be
held pending an investigation by
Coroner Snyder and the police.
Through the bars of his cell Hiser
talked freely of the affair.
II took this load out to
Georgetown last night. ] had a
few glasses of beer during the
evening, but ! was not drunk. In
my judgment 1t was not running
more than 15 miles an hour. when
we crashed through the bridge.
"I was pinned under the ma
chine, but managed to get out and
drag Winnie Fraser with me.
about minute after the cal
crashed through the railing, the
auxiliary tank of gasoline started
to leak, and suddenly the flames
burst forth and commenced to
burn those beneath the car. II
was awful"
Questioned further, Hiser ad-
mitted that he was running about
35 miles an hour just before he
reached the slight turn near Lane
street.
II was going at that rate OF
speed all right" admitted Hiser.
Woman Killed Outright
Mabel johnson was killed out
right, every bone in her body
being broken by the heavy machine
falling on top Of her. The flames
which sprang up the instant the
machine hit the ground, burned
one of her legs to a crisp before
Continued on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
Can a Couple Live on
$18 a Week in Tacoma?

And still they come, only faster.
The Times contest editor today
was almost deluged with letters
submitted in the 1913 per week
contest" And today also came
the first letters from those who
say a couple cannot live in Ia
coma on SIS per week, while more
came showing that some couples
not only live happily and comfort
ably but lay aside enough to buy
a home and to prepare for the
rainy day."
From every standpoint the con-
test is a big success and when it
closes tomorrow at noon 1t will
not be an easy task to select the
six best letters. Several writer's
who sent letters without their full
names and addresses cannot be
considered in the judging, as the
conditions of the contest plainly
state that full names and ad-
dresses must be given. The Times
prints only teh initials of the writ
ers, but as was stated when the
contest opened the full names and
addresses of the six winners will
be given Saturday when the
awards will be distributed.
Some of the most interesting
letters received today follows:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
FAIR OPENS
AS AUSPICIOUS EVENT

PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. %
The annual Jefferson county fair
opened yesterday at Quilcene un-
der conditions most favorable.
Exhibits in every department are
unusually large and creditable and
was greeted by a large attendance.
The fair will continue the re-
mainder of the week, special at
fractions having been arranged for
each day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
TAFT'S VISIT TO
COLORADO CAUSES
SCRAP in PARTY
SOUNDS BATTLE CRY.

! KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept.
s23.-Senator Joseph l.. Bris-
stow OF Kansas today made
public a statement in which
he sounds the battle cry of
the insurgents"
1.-THE people will find," he
says, "that every influence
that can be used will be
brought to bear by the finan-
cial interests that are profit
ing by a tariff to sustain the
men who made the bill. The
progressives have but one re-
course, that is public senti-
ment and consciousness that
they have contended for what
they knew to be right"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
NOW THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR NOT
LIVING ON THAT!$18 PER WITH
OSTRICH FEATHERS AT 15c

local shop windows. Then, too,
there is that Tacoma made 25-inch
$15 Study in Blue" creation.
But "a lid is a lid for all that"
as Bobby Burns would have said,
ana so too. are feather and plumes.
So that a sky-piece like those on
sale in a Pacific avenue store for
only, Is GEMS is none the less a
hat.
The hats are of various colors
and sizes, and are trimmed with
feathers and plumes Of many hues.
There are also on sale at the same
place ostrich feathers for 15 cents
each.
whatf They're only imitatioasf
Well, how did you guess2
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
HoBNoBBING WITH
BALLINGER TODAY

MoNTROSE, Colo, Sept. 23.3A
President Taft is spending, most
of today inspecting the Gunnison
tunnel and the great irrigation
project which ranks as the. third
in Importance in the United States.
The cost of the construction of
canals and tunnels is estimated be-
tween $3,500,000 and $4,000,000.
The president was accompanied
by Secretary Of the Interior lsat-
linger, who is acting as lecturer
and guide for the president dur
ing his visit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
DECLARE WAR ON
AMERICAN
UNIONS

HALIFAX, N. s., Sept. 23.-
The provincial workingmen's as
sociation today declared war on
the labor unions of the United
States by a series of scathing reso-
lutions calling on all the labor
unions in the Dominion to work
Canada and for Canadians only.
The resolutions announced that
the council viewed with alarm"
the efforts of the American
unions to usurp the rights and
privileges of the Canadian labor
organizations and the manage
ment Of Canadian industrial af-
fairs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

rent (lights and heat included) j,
our board amounts to $3.50,
clothes $3.50, amusements 81,
sundries soc and a little bank
placed in a convenient spot catches
the odd nickels and dimes which
generally amounts to $3.50 or 81.
In that way 1t is saved for a
rainy day or sickness. The Times
more than pays for the z cents 1t
costs, and as we live down town
we seldom have to pay car fare.
So we not only live nicely on SIS
a week, but also save little.
We live on SIS week,
My husband. and Z
And 80 can others,
If they only try.
MRS. r. G. H,
Rossmore Hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
And She Says "Yes..

Contest Editor: A couple GER
tainly can live in Tacoma on SIS
a week. and not own their home
either. OF course, IL you do own
your home It makes 1t much
easier, but my husband and my
self do not. and yet we manage to
live very comfortably on SIS.
We are paying $3.50 per week
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
NEWCOMB TRIAL OPENS
COURT ROOM PACKED
Pale and Visibly Agitated the Self.Con-
fessed Slayer of Martin Kvalshaug
Walks Into Court Before Big Crowd
To Face Murder Charge-Case Is
DELAYED to Summon More Jurors

Before a crowd that filled Judge
Chapman's court room to over
flowing, Charles F. Newcomb,
confessed slayer of Martin Kval-
shaug, was put ON trial for his life
this morning. The prisoner was
brought into court in charge of
Sheriff Morris and Deputies Hall
and Robinson. Four months of
imprisonment, with the trial for
his life pending, have had no small
effect upon the countenance of the
confessed murderer. His face IS
convulsed and pale, and during
the proceedings he was extremely
agitated.
New Panel Drawn
Only 10 jurymen were available
from the panel and Judge Chap
SO be drawn. No veniremen were
questioned and there will be little,
If any, proceedings unit, the new
panel is summoned.
W
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
Burmeister made a motion that he
be allowed to endorse the name of
Mrs. Kvalshaug upon his infor-
nation as a witness against New
comb, and he was allowed to do
SO over the objections of the at
torneys for the defendant. The
fact that Mrs Kvalshaug will tes-
tify adds considerable interest to
the Newcomb trial, as it is alleged
that she entered into a conspiracy
with Newcomb to get her husband
out of the way.
Move for Change.
An attempt was made by the
defendant't attorney to transfer the
case back to Judge Yesterdays
court on the grounds that his de-
partment was the criminal court,
and that Judge Chapman was not
acquainted with the proceedings in
the case up to the present time.
Their motion was denied. The
case was first set for trial in Judge
Easterday's department, but was
transferred by him on the ground
that he was opposed to capital pun
ishment.
The prisoner was brought into
court this afternoon, but no action
was taken, owing to lack of
veniremen.
Cold Blooded Crime
The murder of Kvalshaug was
committed in the early morning
of May ID, when Mr.. and Mrs.
kvalshaug were returning home
from a dance at Pallies' hall, on
South Thirty-eighth and Yakima
avenue. At the city jail the next
day, both Newcomb and Mrs.
Kvalshaug confessed to having
planned the murder together. New
comb had attended the same dance
where the Kvalshaugs were, and
Mrs. Kvalshaug told him that her
husband had refused to let her
dance with him.
Newcomb then left the hall, and
when Mr.. and Mrs. Kvalshaug
were passing clump of bushes at
South Twelfth street and Puget
Sound avenue, he walked up and
shot Kvalshaug four times, ac-
cording to his confession.
In their confession, which they
retracted later, both Newcomb and
Mrs. Kvalshaug admitted having
been intimate for some months and
that they had schemed to get the
woman's husband out of the way.
Court reassembled this after
noon and then adjourned until 10
O'Clock in the morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
LEE M'CLUNC.
GETS BERTH

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2s.-It
was announced from the White
House today that Lee McClung.
treasurer of Yale university. has
been selected by President Taft TO
succeed Charles H. Treat (resign-
ed as treasurer OF the United
States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23

NEW OHIlEAINo, L1t., sept
%. = (Via Hattiesburg, Z
Miss, Appalling informa- Z
tion today shows that the Z
loss of life in the tidal wave {
and storm along the gulf q
fcoast may reach 400 and that G
the property damage Is SO Z
} great that many planters are 9
ruined. Z
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
City Saves People Thousands
Of Dollars on Light Globes

saving to the people in current by
reason of the better grade of
lamps amounts probably to an
other $40, 900.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-23
Have Built a Home.

Contest Editor: In the six
years we have been married and
lived in Tacoma our income has
been from $12 to $16. sometimes
CONTINUED on Page Two.l
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-02-18
Forest Service and Good Roads.

Realizing that with thicker settle
ment and increasing use of the ma
tional forests good roads will become
more and more a crying necessity, 1t has
been arranged that the Office Of public
roads of the department OF agriculture
shall cooperate with the forest service
in dra wing up plans for comprehensive
systems of roads and trails In the ma
tional forests. Hitherto the funds al
lotted by congress to the forest service
for permanent improvements on ma
tional forests have largely been used
for road and trail building, but the
amount is too small compared with the
total area of the forests to make pos
sible more than small beginning
Building each year under the new ar
rangement can be done with reference
to carefully worked out plan, escap-
ing the danger of undirected effort.
The roads. trails, telephone lines and
fire lines already constructed in ma
tional forests are proving of great
value both I'm the work of fire protec-
ton and In serving the convenience of
the public. The further this work can
be carried the greater will be the use
fulness OF the forests to the surround
Ing regions. This Is only one OF the
many ways In which the forest service
IS promoting the interests of the peo-
Dle
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-02-18
OUT FOR THE BEST ROADS.
Why the West Believes In Building
Highways Fer Automobiles.


'The good roads movement in the
east does not compare with that Of the
west" said Horace o. Gordon of the
Oklahoma Good Roads association
while he was in New York on a visit.
Il think the work of the good roads
advocates in the east has stirred up
the public demand and desire for the
best roads in the world in the west.
but | do not believe the eastern states
are carrying out the work so thorough
ly as the western states.
I'VE in the west appreciate the fact
that the opening of the western coun-
try depends entirely upon its roads.
and we are not going to build high
ways which will last merely decade,
like your eastern state roads, to be
torn up by automobiles
"We are building roads which the
motor cars cannot tear up. We feel
that the automobile can do US more
good than the horse, because We have
to cover hundreds Of miles where you
in the east cover tens of miles.
ut seems ridiculous thing to build
road for the use of the horse, which
is on the decline, and then when the
automobile comes along and tears it
up to jump up and yell that the motor
car is destroying our roads. The thing
to do is to build roads for the automo.
bile, and then the horse can use them
as long as he lasts, which will not be d
great while"