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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
HUSBAND DEAD
WIFE JAILED
GEORGETOWN WOMAN AR
RESTED FOLLOWING DIS
COVERY OF MANS BODY
WAS BURNED TO DEATH
LAST NIGHT.
(By United Press Leased Wire. /,

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SEATTLE, Oct. Airs. Frank
Alexander, aged 26, is held in Jail
here today pending an investiga-
tion into the cause of the death
of her husband, Frank Alexander
aged 60, whose body, terribly
burned, was found last night by
neighbors in the home or the "a /
man at Georgetown.
Flames were seen leaping from
the pantry of the house and fire.
men were summoned to put out
the blaze. 1t was then that the
old mans body was found. Near
by laid a broken kerosene oil lamp
and it was supposed that the lamp
had exploded, igniting the man g
clothing. Mrs. Alexander was
missing and 1t was not until this
morning that she was found and
placed under arrest.
According to neighbors, the cou-
pie frequently quarreled and 1t is
said that Alexander has been
drinking heavily of late. NJ
charge has yet been placed against
the woman.
Alexander was a pioneer and
wealthy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
MAKES SPECTACLE
LAR TRIP UP THE HUDSON
In VIEW OF MILi1IONS, AT
RATE OF 45 MILES AN HOUR.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.-Wilbur
Wright accomplished another
triumph of aviation today when
he made a spectacular fight In
his aeroplane from Governors
island up the Hudson river as far
as 125th street and returned, sail
ing over the warship fleet and
making remarkable maneuvers be-
fore the eyes of millions.
The official figures show that
Wilbur Wright's fight today was
eighteen and three-tenths miles as
a bird flies. The actual distance
travelled was about twenty-four
miles. The average speed WAS
IS X miles an hour.
The trip up the river to 125th
street was made along the New
York side OF the river, where
Wright said he encountered an un-
expectedly gusty wind. This fact
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
Friend
Killed in
Dream
RAVlNG IN DELIRIUM, OF
FICER WITNESSED SLAYING
OF GENERAL AT TIME
CRIME ACTUALLY OCCUR
RED IN DISTANT CITY.
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
STOCKHOLM, Oct. 4.-As soon
as his hysician will permit, Gen
eral Bjoerlin, who is critically Ill
In the west of Sweden, will be
shown a photograph of the an
archist who assassinated his friend
General Beckman, on the night of
June 26.
At the very hour that the crime
was committed, but many miles
from the scene of it, General
Bjoerlin, raving in delirium, saw in
"a fever-inspired vision his old
friend shot down in a street in
Stockholm.
Suddenly he shouted Drop that
you scoundrel." Then, Hear, the
shot are exploding" When the
nurse sought to calm him he be-
came angry, and tried to spring
out of bed. Cant you hear?" he
cried. Cant you see the snake !?
They have murdered General Beck
man. Don't you see the blood on
the street,"
He raved all night long, but at
daybreak grew calmer and slept an
hour. When he woke he said:
You will find that General
Beckman has been murdered. I
am sure of it."
He described the crime in detail.
At 3 o'clock the paper arrived
telling of the assassination of Gen
|eral Beckman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
May Declare
War on the
Sultan
SPANISH CABINET SERIOUSLY
CONSIDERS TAKING UP
ARMS AGAINST MULAI HAF-
I'D, NEW RULER OF NOR
OCCO.

LISBON, Oct. 4.-The Spanish
cabinet today is seriously consid-
ering the advisability of declaring
war against Mulai Hafid, the sui
tan of Morocco, according to news
smuggled across the border from
Madrid.
For the past "a hours the Ma
drid police have had great diff
Guilty in controlling the mobs bent
Of sacking the Moroccan embassy
The Spanish cabinet is sure
that the latest activity of the Riff
tribesmen is the result of rein
forcements furnished by Mulai.
The impression is general here
that the sultan is encouraging the
tribesmen to declare a holy war
and drive the Christians out of
Africa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
A SETTLERS NEW HOME ON
THE HUNTLEY PROJECT.
BY ellison Gardner.

HUNTLEY, Mont, Oct. A.
Back to the laud! Leave the city
and come back to the farm! Be
independent, healthy. happyI
We all have heard the talk. How
about it? Is it possible? Is 1t prac-
tical? Can 1t be done by the man
of small capital9 How does 1t ac-
tually work out?
| came here to answer those
questions. Hers at Huntley is a
government irrigation project. A
big sign in front of the directors
house says there are 10000 acres
waiting for settlers.
In former years had seen the
engineeringfe of government
reclamation projects. had been
over the land before 1t was opened.
But here was a pro]ect-they call
them all projects--two years old.
About two-thirds Of these acres
have settlers. Tho rest are open.
Some of the settlers have been on
the land two seasons; some one
season; and some have just come.
How were my questions answered
here7
"I want to drive over this pro-
ject," said TO the government su-
perintendent. M. e. Reed. II want
to talk to the settlers themselves.
but first / want you to tell me who
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
OVATION FOR
DR., COOK

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. A.
Real southern hospitality is be-
ing extended to DR.. Frederick A.
Cook, the Brooklyn explorer, who
arrived here today from Wash
ington. Thousands of persons
were gathered at the station when
the train pulled in.
DR.. Cook leaves for Pittsburg
tonight and will arrive there to-
morrow morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04

Sophia, and asked her to marry
him. He had been boarding at
the Kritchman home, and, 1t is
said, told her he had saved $500
for the wedding. The girl hasten
ed to young Mitchell with the
story of Kulvinskas' proposal.
r II is charged that Mitchell told
her to go walking with Kulvinskas
the next day, and to lure him into
the woods.
They sat down on a bank to
talk. Then, according to the cor
|oner's findings, "either Mitchell or
the girl fired at Kulvinskas from a
revolver which had been stolen
from trunk belonging to Kulvin-
skas' brother"
Kulvinskas did not die. The
girl and the man fed.
Two hours later Sophia Kritch-
man got little Victoria Dalton, a
|neighbor's child, to go walking
with her.
1--WE came to some bushes" Vic
toria told the police, "and Sophia
tionAd IN Daon Eiuht
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04

UNIONCITY, Conn, Oct. A.
is handsome, 20-year-old Sophia
Kritchman human being or a
fend?
When the girl, who is the belle
of the factory district, is tried for
the murder of a former sweet
heart, will it be shown that, with
all her fascinating, girlish ways,
she had no sense of pity?
There never has been a more
brutal murder in the history of
the United Stats than tn killing OF
Bronislow Kulvinskas.
Sophia and hr sweetheart. Jos.
Mitchell %, are under Indictment
forSthe murder.
Ku1vihskas was in love with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
NEWSPAPER
Man ENDS
Life
ALBER1 PULITZER SHOOTS
HIMSELF AND THEN TAKES
POISON.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
VIENNA, Oct. ALBERT Pulit-
ger, brother of Joseph Pulitzer,
the proprietor of the New York
World and the st. Louis Dispatch.
was found dead today In his apart
ments at the Grand hotel here.
He had shot himself with a re-
volver, after which. DR.. Jacob Pol
lack declares, he took poison to
make sure of death.
Although he killed himself yes
terday, the body OF Pulitzer was
not found until today. DIR. Pol
lack, who has been treating the
journalist, declared that Pulitzer's
nerves were shattered and that ne
had feared for some time that his
patient was. going mad.
Pulitzer was So years old. lie
established the New York Morning
journal in 1885, and after selling
the paper in 1895, went abroad
for his health. He was born In
Hungary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
DUKE STABBED

(By United Press Leased wire.)
ROME. Oct. 4.-Angered at the
relentless fight which ho had con-
Quoted against the order Of the
Malta. an unidentified man. sup
posed to be member OF the socf-
ETY., stabbed the Duke Bonainto.
siciiian member of the Italian par
lament, as he was leaving the cap
itol today. Although his condition
is serious. 1t Is said that he duke
will recover.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
Is ENGINEERS
HERE TODAY

About rs of the prominent min
ing engineers of the country who
were attending the American Min
ing institute at Spokane last week.
arrived in Tacoma at 10 o'clock
this morning and were taken in
charge by the A.-Y.-P. committee.
The morning was spent at the
st. Paul mill and looking over the
business section. Dinner was
served at the Commercial club at
o'clock, and this afternoon the
party is being conveyed through
the smelter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
EN- KILLED IN ZINE HORROR

Only one more day remains for registration
for the coming election on the city charter To
morrow night at o'clock the books will be clos
ed and all citizens whose names are not then
on the register will not be allowed to vote Oc-
Der 16, either for or against the commission
plan OF government for Tacoma
There are still about 5000 voters who are not
registered and the friends of the commission
plan are urging every one of these men to regis
ter now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
s 8BALLOONS in
GREAT RACE

visitors are in the city.
Following the ascension of the
big balloons, two balloons of 40,.
900 subic feet and 81 other small
er ones for advertising purposes,
also were set adrift.
The race of the big balloons was
started promptly at 4 O'Clock and
it is expected that a new worlds
record for distance and speed will
be recorded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
Says Tafts Proposed
Central Bank Is a
Wall St. Creature
FINANCIAL EXPERT DECLARE THAT PLAN WAS ORIGINAT-
ED BY WALL STREET AS BUNCO GAME MON
ETARY COMMISSION.

tire plans are sprung at once the
en- engineering the deal are
shrewd enough to spring the plans
by strategy.
IF this bank is organized with
the capital stock, privately owned,
in my opinion, there is no scheme
possible to prevent Wall street
from gaining control of the or
ganization.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04

these people are and what they
were. why they came and how they
are getting along
He did SO. and this is what I
find in my notes:
About three-dua-ters of the set
tiers on the Hunt)ey project are
from the big cities, and never
farmed before. That the majority
of them are at least moderately
may be judged from the
fact that there have been only 16
relinquishments. That is to say,
only 16 persons out of the s58
who have taken up farms have
quit. And they all quit even OF
ahaad- That maans that thA ia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04

prevented. him from circling
Grants tomb. Instead, he made
a circle of the warships.
He turned about at 125th street
and swung southwark on the Jer-
sey side. Wright thinks that he
made the fight down the river at
the rate Of about 40 miles an hour.
The height attained by the avia
tor varied from 40 to 400 feet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04

Fire Still Burning.
G. R. Claghorn, manager of
the company's office in Tacoma,
arrived here this morning to take
charge of the work OF extinguish-
ing the flames. A small force of
men is now forcing its way
through an old stope toward the
place where the mine fire is burn
ing.
Owing to the presence of gas
and smoke, there is no prospect of
checking the flames or reaching
the dead men for several days.
Given Up For Dead.
Officials of the company state
that only five men were entombei
and these are thought to have met
instant death. The FIVE others
who gave up their lives were
working near the surface, and
we're thrown great distances by
the force of the explosion, their
bodies being SO badly burned and
torn as to be almost unrecognls-
able.
Second Explosion.
A second explosion occurred
early this morning, while the res
cue party was in the stope, and 1t
was feared for a time that they
we're lost.
Later they returned and report
led that one of the explosions
caused cave-in of 150 feet Of
shaft and all hope of reaching the
men was gone.
Fourteen Fires Started.
Embers thrown from the mine
lstarted fire almost simultaneously
lin fourteen different places a
quarter of a mile away. The
bank. the Y. M. G. A. and twelve
other frame buildings were totally
destroyed. The power plant, the
boiler house and the engine house
are still intact.
No. mine is working today
1t is about two miles away from
| the burning shaft. The other
mines belonging to the Northwest
Improvement company will not be
worked until tomorrow. Com
pany officials expect to find them
lselves shorthanded, however, be-
lcause of the curiosity of the min
ers about the exploded mine, and
their tendency to linger around 1t,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
JOHN SON Is
FINED $40

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. A.
Jack Johnson's training for his
fight with Ketchel was delayed a
few hours today while the black
giant appeared before Police
Judge Weller on the charge of
speeding his automobile through
Golden Gate park. The ride cost
johnson $40.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
DR.. ROLLER
ARRESTED
tBy United Press Leased wire.,

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Oct. 4.-Dr. B. F.
Roller, the physician-wrestler,
who recently was accused by Bert
Warner of Minneapolis with hav-
ing ,bribed him to clay down"
was today arrested upon COM
plant OF G. Harrison Green, busi-
ness manager of the Seattle Star.
The arrest grows out Of the
in Sunday paper Of
a letter signed by Roller in which
he charges that Green some time
before the Warner match de-
manded 25 per cent. of the re-
ceipts of the matches held In the
arena.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
MONSTER GAS BAGS START
OUT IN LONG DISTANCE CON-
TEST TODAY FROM ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 4.-With a
capacity of $4,000 cubic feet each,
eight monster balloons this after
noon started out on long distance
and time race as the leading feat
ure of the opening day of Centen-
nial week here. Thousands of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
WRIGHT FLIES OVER
BATTLESHIP FLEET
NEW YORK. Oct.

NEW YORK, Oct. A.
While Wilbur Wright was
preparing for second aero
plane flight this afternoon,
the top fthe third cylinder
OF his engine blew off, caus-
ing backfire that came near
doing serious damage to the
machine. The flight was
abandoned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04

sold their ACCOMPLISHMENTS for as
much or more than they had paid
for their rights.
So much for statistics. Now for
the people.
"This place." said my guide, sis
our postmaster's He keeps the
general store and has the postof-
flee. He.gives pant of his time to
the farm. but has an income out
side. OF course. he gets along
anyway.
This place with the brown
painted house belongs to q man
who was pump man On the North
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04

THAT SHE PLOTTED
TO MURDER AN ADMIRER
AND THAT SHE RETURNED
AGAIN AND AGAIN TO
WHERE HE LAY, TO FINISH
HIM = THEN WENT TO
CHURCH. zf.-a,-a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
APPALLING LOSS in
ROSLYN EXPLOSION
MINE WRECKED AND URTEEN BUILD
INGS DESTROYED IN FIRE WHICH FOL-
LOWS TERRIFIC BLAST = TENTH vICTIK
OF DISASTER DIED THIS MORNING
THE DEAD

Arundel, William, trackman, 40, married.
Bartolero, Dominick, trackman, 38, married.
Berger, Carl gang boss 38, married
Gurrell, James, trackman, 65, married.
Hardy Dan, trackman, 60, married.
Isackson, Aaron, laborer, 35, married
Jones, John E., pumpman, 21, unmarried.
Marsaolyn, Tom, trackman, 40, married.
Pozarich, Phillip, trackman, 35, married.
Newhouse, Otis outside foreman, 40, married.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04

RoSINN Wash, Oct 4-Ten dead, fourteen
are In and the town of oslyn is wild
today following terrific explosion
pany's coal mines
disaster Of the appalling
mining died early this morning.
RESCUERS WORK ALL NIGHT.
In the glare of burning lumber piles buildings,
thousand toied throughout the
which belcted forth
explosion, and this morning of
workings below the blazing shaft of
he ento mi miners ..-...........
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-04
See These People Making Homes
on Montana's Irrigated Acres

$500 Enough
Butcher Motorman
and the Pckemaker Playing the Came
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Continued on Page Eight,)
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CONTINUED on Page Eight.)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-28
A MEAT sLICER.
A. A. Strauss q 90. Have Installed an
Up-to-Date Machine.

A. A. Strauss q 90. Have Installed an
Up-to-Date Machine.
A. A. Strauss q Co. have just in
stalled one OF the latest grocers' con-
veniences In the shape of meat
slicer. This machine Is found In all
the up-to-date grocery stores in large
cities aud Sumter has reached the
size where these machines can ope-
rate end please customers. This ma
chino handles and slices dried beef,
breakfast bacon. boneiess ham, sau-
sages and In fact any meats without
hard bowe.
It's work seems nigh perfect as the
feeding attachment can be regulated
TO cut slices ranging In thickness
from 4s slices to the inch to large.
thick slices.
Strauss grocery is to be congratu-
lated in being the first firm to recog-
nize what the housekeepers OF Sumter
require and they tell us that they are
always open to- purchase any fixture
that aids the housekeeper I'm work
and saving.
The arrival of this machine means
q lot to the grocery buying public OF
Sumter. You can see what you are
getting and furthermore see IL sliced
II Is worth the trip to Strauss store
TO see the machine work.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-28
Farmers Union News
Practical Thoughts for Practical Farmers
e. w.
noted by f. w. Dabbs President Farmers Union
County,

decided
semiweeky special
+
a
s. c.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-28

A letter received from Mr.. e. w.
Dabbs. editor of this department, in
forms us that he Is laid up with a Sc
we're attack Of neuralgia and unable
TO write anything for this issue. We
trast he will soon be we'll.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-28
NOTICE.

Members County Union will please
bear in mind the Sept. 3rd meeting al
Oswego. / have a card from DR.. s.
c. Mitchell from Lake George. N. Y.
promising to be with US that day to
deliver his lecture on Community
Life trust we will also have with
us President Perritt, Of the State
Union.
e. w. DABBS,
Pres. Sumter County Union.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-28
TILE DRAINAGE.
lin Four Chapters-Chapter II.)
Continued.

NOntlnuSQ.
At the risk Of repetition there Is
one more experiment that I would
like to make to further illustrate the
theory Of underdrainage.
Suppose we take cubic yard Of
clay as 1t rested unbroken in its mai
ural bed; part only Of this cubic
yard, as / have before shown, con-
tains clay. The remainder of the
cubic yard of space is made up of
voids existing among the particles of
clay, and these so-called voids are
filed either with air or water accord
drained. For example, fill a barrel
with dry earth. You still have room
In the barrel for a large quantity of
water. Let water run on to the earth
In the barrel no faster than the earth
can absorb 1t. For a long time the
water will not run off from the top
| Of the barrel. but eventually 1t will
begin TO flow over the surface of the
soil and of the top Of the barrel. and
now you have the condition Of a wa
ter-logged soil. Every farmer knows
that 1t would be useless to plant a
grain Of corn in that barrel of water
| soaked earth with the expectation of
Its producing a healthy plant. The
seed would rot. Again, suppose this
barrel, instead Of being two feet deep.
to be as deep as good soil. Bore a
hole In the barrel four feet from the
top; the water will now run out slow
ly. down to the level of this hole. But
the soil above the hole will be rel
ther wet nor dry. but In a condi-
say. each soil particle will be encased
In film of water and the soil will he
wet only in the sense that the pebbles
In our sieve were wet after the sur
plus water had drained from them.
Now let us see what takes place
when the water Is withdrawn through
the auger hole. When the water be-
gins to leave the interstices in the soil,
the atmosphere. of whose pressure
have already reminded you, begins to
force itself In to take the place of the
water; and now you have the condi-
tiOn required for healthy plant
growth. However, IL the water has
been allowed to stand in the soil for
long time. the soil will have so run
together as to need stirring If best re-
suits are expected, and this stirring of
the soil would be analogous to the
breaking OF the field before seeding.
To those objectors who claim that
the crop will now suffer for water un-
less 1t gets frequent rains / will say
| that our barrel was not limited as to
/ depth. and that the water will run
down only to the level of the auger
hole and no further. All the soil be-
low the hole Is still saturated with
water which is being continually
drawn upwards about the roots of the
crop by the capillary action of the
soil.
| Had the hole In the barrel beer
bored before the water was turned on
the soil would have filled with water
only up to the level of the hole, and
all additional water would have pass
ed out. This explains why. after wet
weather sets in, deep drains begin ia
discharge water sooner than shallow
drains.
Our object i'm stirring the surface
of your field i'm cultivation Is to pro-
vide a mulch to prevent the moisture
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-28

If Supervisor Owens. of Richlan1
county, insists that the highway shall
go by Garner's Ferry and declines to
adopt the Wedgefleld route, the plan
to connect Sumter and Columbia with
a good road bids fair to fail
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-28
SATURDAY. AUGUST 20, 1909.

The Sumter Watchman was found
"a In 1850 and the True southron in
1Sss. The watchman and southron
now has the combined circulation and
influence Of both OF the old papers.
and Ii manifestly the best advertising
medium In Sumter.