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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
SCENT FARE
CASE Up
TODAY

Judge Hanford in federal court
is this afternoon hearing the ap-
plication of the Old Colony Trust
company for an injunction again st
the city and the T. r. & p. by
which the street car company
hopes to get the five-cent fare
controversy into federal court and
thereby hamper the city in the
state courts in its attempts to
force five-cent fare in the city
limits.
Attorney Howe opened before
the court for the plaintiff at 2
O'Clock and he is backed UP by
b. F. Groescup and Manager Dim-
mock. City. Attorney Stiles,
Frank r. Baker for the city,
Fitch and Jacobs and Lorenz0
Dow for the Fern Hill people are
in court for the five-cent fare side
of THE controversy.
The argument will probably
take good part of the afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
NO, BROKAW
DOESN'T WISH
TO make UP
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MINEOLA, N. Y. Dec. 27.-W.
Gould Brokaw, the millionaire,
who is defending suit for di-
vorce and alimony brought by his
wife. Mary Blair Brokaw, today
changed his mind again. He an
nounced to the court from the
stand today that he doesn't want
a reconciliation with his wife.
When pressed for a reason for
his change of mind. Brokaw
shrugged his shoulders and said;
"oh, something heard the
other night"
He refused to say what It was.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
PERISH
IN FLOOD
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(By United Press Leased Wire.
MADRID, Dec. 27.-Incom-
plete returns today from the food
swept provinces of Spain indica .e
that the minimum death list is
from five to six hundred.
There is a possibility that the
complete story will greatly swell
this number.
The distress and suffering is In
tensified by the cold weather
Many towns cannot be reached on
account of the damage to the rail-
roads.
Reports received today say tn at
the banks of the Guadal river
are strewn with corpses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
LAST FITCH PLAY DRIVES
WOMEN AWAY HYSTERICAL
LEAVE SEATS SHRIEKING WHEN DEGENERATE OPIUM
FIEND, FINDING HE'S MARRIED TO HALF-SISTER
MURDERS HER

demented degenerate opium fient
he proved to be an actor of great
power.
The climax was terrifying. A
half-witted opium fiend, married
to his own half sister, slays hei
when he hears the truth from his
half brothers lips, and Is then
|dlsarmed and left to the electric
chair. The house was in pan.
demonium. Women shrieked
Many of them had to leave. un.
able to control their feelings.
Mary Nash plays the role of the
half sister.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
.BREWER|ES CAN'T
OWN SALOONS

After next Friday breweries
will not be allowed by Law to own
saloons and as an indication of
the desire of the manufacturers
of the amber juice to get on.
from under the law, the license
committee of the council this
morning had two applications for
transfer of licenses from local
brewing concerns.
The Columbia Brewing com
pany wanted to turn over a saloon
to Otto and Miller and the Olym-
pia %rewing company was desir-
Gus of getting out of business and
giving William Stuehr the license.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
NEAR RIOT
IN THE NEW
YORK MARKET
Rock Island Stock Rises Thirty
Points i'm Five Minutes and Falls
Again-1OO,OOO Shares Change
Hands in Excitement.
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(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-A sky
rocket rise in Rock Island stock
from so SIS to 81, and an imme-
diate recession to so, furnished
the stock exchange and financial
centers throughout the country to-
day with one of the biggest sensa-
tions of the closing year.
Everywhere reports of a corner
were heard, and there was intense
excitement on the floor, resulting
in the falling off of the general
list of securities by several points,
some sustaining a loss of three.
est mark of the day, 81 points. Th :
out the brief period of exciting &C
tivity, and one sale of 1900
shares was recorded at the high
est ark of the day, 81 points. The
first sale of the day was 600
shares at SO SIS. Immediately
thereafter heavy orders came in
apparently from all sides.
The sensational rise of 80 3-8
points was accomplished in be-
tween five and six minutes of
trading.
Many possible explanations are
offered for the remarkable DEM
onstration of stock exchange aero
nautics, including the theory that
a clerk had made a mistake in
reading an order so that 1t pro-
vided for the purchase of 10000
shares, when it originally read A.
600. 1t is estimated that more
than 100000 shares changed
hands during the excitement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
Two Dead In New Haven.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 81.
Two men are dead and half a
million dollars worth of prop
erty has been destroyed as a re-
suit of the blizzard that has been
raging here for 4wo days past.
Conductor Donovan and a pas
senger named Michael Morton
were killed when a street car in
charge of Donovan plunged over
an embankment into the Nagau-
tuck river.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
ACCUSED or WIFE
BEATING

Armed with a warrant charging
wife beating. Constable Fred Shaw
arrested Wikan Mivey at the
Smelter today on complaint of
Margaret Mivey. Mivey will be
given hearing before Police
Judge Arntson tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-It was
estimated today that fourteen per-
sons lost their lives as the result
of the blizzard that has swept
New York since Christmas day.
At times the gale registered
velocity of 60 miles an hour
Practically all the deaths are ~
ported from the poor tenement
districts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
. eoseseeeseooeo
DISCOVERY OF COOK
BIDS FAIR TO RIVAL
FINDING OF POLE

. PARIS, Dec. 27.-By the
. number of expeditions" un-
. dertaken today by scientist
. and journalists in search of
Q DIR. Frederick A. Cook, who
. has mysteriously disappear
Q ed, his discovery bids fair
Q to be as great as the finding
Q of the north pole.
Q 1t, is believed that DR..
Q Cook is either at Nice or
Q Monte Carlo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-27
Suffering n Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Street car
traffic was partially resumed to-
day after the complete tie-up due
to the blizzard that swept the
city for two days.
All Of the overland mails from
the West are from five to 25
hours late.
Suffering among the poor is
said to be great.
The Washington times., 1909-04-09

1 learned that the waiter had found th'
photograph. He traced the photograph
to the library book and thus 10 Wilbur
! Leslie We were anxious TO get it Sccb
because Sc2ls's assistant at Rome had
accidentally smashed the negative after
making that print. Leslie would ifot
give 1t up. but we finally got it from
him anyway"
"And your brother Frank" broke in
Detective Peabody, what did he have
to do with the conspiracy? Tell us
about him. Mr.. harrington"
Yes" said Arthur Darlington, speak
ing now with great effort, Il must tell
you about my brother. Frank. Some
how he found out about that girl.
don't know how he did it. for we did
not take him into our confidence: but he
found out the truth about her.
lie made up his mind to win heI
himself. That is why he employed her
as a stenographer in his office. He.
too. was after that big fortune. OF
course. He never said a word to me
about IL: but / knew that his game
was the same as mine.
Il don't know who murdered poor
Frank. ! swear that ] did not have
any hand in It. I tried to throw the
blame on that fellow Leslie because I
did not like him; but / want TO say
now that I think he is innocent
4 also want to confess that / trie-i
to persuade this young lady's foster
parents that she was guilty of the muir
der of my brother. I am sorry for that
because I feel sure that she did not
have anything TO do with his death.
My reason for trying to make the
Hamilton's believe her guilty was be-
cause I wanted to have her IN my
power in case she refused 10 let me
have fun control of that fortune after
our marriage. I wanted to hold the
accusation over her as a club, so to
speak. I am not sparing myself at all.
you see. 1 am telling the whole brutal
truth
And the man with the beard-Moroso
or whatever his real name is?' said
the detective. Tell US about him.
His real name is Antonio Gintanti, ."
replied Arthur harrington. He is a
desperate villain. Ii was he who shot
me. you know
He is the friend and partner Of the
man in Italy who expects to inherit the
Palmetti fortune because of the lack
OF any near kin.
Somehow they got wind OF the ex-
istence of this girl. and, realizing that
they would lose the big fortune IL she
came forward to claim IL, they deter
mined to put her out OF the way. This
fellow Giffanti came to the United
States expressly to carry out this cold.
blooded, murderous plot.
Scala and / found out today that he
had succeeded in kidnapping the girl
We managed TO discover where he had
hidden her. and when we saw him TAX
ing her away in the red automobile
we gave chase. That is why 1 am
dying here now"
Arthur harrington stopped. too weak
to talk any more.
The Washington times., 1909-04-09

i<<V ? ILBUR, old man sal
~%NNI Steve Clayton, who wa z
v visiting his friend irt The
Tombs prison, before
this day is finished you viii be out ot
here free man. There is no longer any
suspicion that you had anything to 10
with the murder Of Frank harrington.
The real murderer has confessed"
Laura Hamilton gssped Wilbur in
horror
NO. not she She is as innocent as
you are. She had nothing to do with
that murder"
Then why did she run away?" de-
manded Wilbur. Can you explain that,
Steve? Now that you assure me OF her
innocence, don't mind admitting what
sou have already guessed. that 1 IL
lieved her to be guilty of the murder Of
harrington, and that is why / have got
myself into this mess. If she didn't do
it. why did she run away. I say?"
Il will explain answered Steve.
First of all. let me tell you who was
the real murderer. 1t is queer that you
don't appear very curious about that
Il am more interested in learning
who did not commit the murder than
in learning who did. guess" said Les
lie with laugh. But tell me-who was
it,
Your old friend-the tall dark man
with beard. He has made full
confession
The deuce you say!' exclaimed vii
bur. excitedly Have they got him
locked up?"
He is past locking up" said Clayton,
grsvely. He is dead
He died in the hospital as the result
OF an automobile accident and before he
passed away he told us all about that
murder"
But I don't understand" gasped Will
bur. Why did he commit that murder?
What reason could he have had for kill
ing Frank Darlington
That's the most interesting part of
1t. He didn't mean to KIN Frank Bar
7ington. He shot at the girl. Laura
Hamiiton-as you know her, although
that is not really her name. He shot
at her with a noiseless revolver from
the window of an adjoining office build
ing across the air shaft. He fred twice.
One bullet penetrated the wall of Frank
Barrington's private office, the other.
though intended for the Girl. pierced
Frank Barrington's heart"
Why did he want to kill herr" de-
manded Wilbur. hoarseiy.
Because she is heirtsS to a tremen-
dous fortune, as you shall hear. and ne
The Washington times., 1909-04-09

wanted 70 get her out of the wav in or
der that a friend of his shouId get the
| estate. inc
He fired twice. as ! have told Won
anu When he found he aad missed the
sI Doth times he would have fired
asdih; but just then a messenger boy
s,uo ms Office and handed hira a ca
DiesIdm' informing him that bis friend.
"ould-5e heir over in Italy, had
uied suddenly that day.
As soon as he got this news he real
Ecu tilat there was nothing further to
S"iieu oy numbering the girl, and he
rushed ouS of his office.
Curlosity, or rather anxiety. impelled
~ nun TO go TO the ofdce Of harrington &.
Sohs 10 see what effect His stray buI-
nao had upon Frarn harrington.
~ Just as he was about TO enter the
Duiiulhg he ran into the girl, who was
uSiiihg out n terror. and suddenly he
'saiized that this girl probably had
80" MN IRE the shots. and that if
rank harrington were dead # world
- wise precaution to get her out cf
AhoIher reason which caused him to
ueclde to kidnap the girl was the hone
mat MS previous plans regarding that
D4s fortune in Italy having failed By
me death of his partner, he might be
@Dle TO turn defea. into victory bv pro-
uucing the real heiress and biIking her
later out of her fortune.
therefore he seized the terrified girl
applied to her nostrils an overpowerinr
orug that he always carried with him,
nailed passing hanson, explaining IN
the cabman that his daughter had been
taken suddenly ILL Then he lifted her
INTO the vehicle and carried her M
town. up
he and the woman with whom he
llyed kept her a prisoner in their house
harrington and the vilIainous-faceeo,
Italian had discovered their hidinr
place, they tried to move her in tbs
red automobile.
Arthur Darlington and our friend
OF the -villainous countenance gave
chase in another AUTOMOBILES. rTbera
was smash-up and a shooting which
caused caused. the death of both Arthur Bar
as we'll as that of the woman with
whom the latter lived
arthur harrington oeadr' gasped
WMour, in great establishment
res ne died an hour ago as a re-
suit Of the bullet wound he recei,ie,5
az the hands of the man with the
Deard.
The girl-your girl. / should say
mad a most miraculous escaDe. She
must bear an enchanted life She wa =
pltcned from that automobile when IN
went, over the embankmeI.t and esN
capped with scarcely a scratch Fafe
must l., be saving her especially for you.
Not for me. I'm afraid" re1lied
" liour Leslie with a sigh. You saw
th2t she is an heiress to big fortune
now. That places her further beyond
my reach than ever O"N
NOT az all. laughed Steve CIavton
-, ~ on o., VIII not be the first poor 5ut |
worthy young man who has bageed a |
men and beautiful heiress. Sh. al |
Eeady thinks well Of you. I have told
ner how you have had yourself cast
INTO prison and risked going to the
electric chair for her sake. and She
was much impressed. "'
80 In and win, my boy. Remember
mat faint hestrt ne'er won fair JadI-
ms lady is certainly fair She. is as
Hrettler than any picture - sais
Wilbur, enthIsiasticalIy. Even ~
picture in the library book didn,+ ~
her justice, aud that was the n,os+
beautiful picture 7 have ever seen. :"
The Washington times., 1909-04-09

There are only two things that re-
main for Us to find out" Peabody
whispered to Clayton why did that
fellow with the beard murder Frank
harrington. and why didn't he kill the
girl instead If kidnapping her.
The rest or the mystery is solved,
but we've got to find the answers to
those questions"
The Washington times., 1909-04-09

CTHE ENID.
The Washington times., 1909-04-09
CHAPTER XXXII.
GO IN ND N.Y."

(fV TILBUR, old man. said
NM Steve Clayton, who fws .
v Y visiting his friend int The
sTor,,bc r,rlgo,t ssbnfo--a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-06
NOW SOLD IN AMERICA Leverty & Bro. Are the Agents for a Famous Hair Grower and Dand-
 ruff Cure

It is mighty certain that the Amer ican people appreciate a good thing when they see it, for the sales of Partisan Sage since it's introduction into America have been simply mar ve1ous.
 There's a reason, of course. Pari- sian Sage is guaranteed to do just as advertised, or money back. Leverty and Bros. stands back, of this guaran- tee.
 Partisan Sage~is safe and harmless.
 It cures dandruff in two weeks, by killing the dandruff germ.
 It stops falling hair
 It promptly stops Itching of the scalp.
 It makes the hair soft. fascinating and luxuriant.
 It gives life and beauty to the hair.
 It is not sticky or greasy.
 It is daintily perfumed.
 It is the best, the most pleasant and invigorating hair dressing made, and only 50 cents for a large, generous bottle.
 Made only in America by Giroux Mfg. Co.,, Buffalo, N- Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-06
MANY VICTIMS OF
 BLANK CARTRIDGE
Children Numerous Among These Who May Have Tetanus Following Wad
 Wounds.
BULLET HITS MRS. BIRDSALL
Father Fires Missile into Daughters Arm Fire Department Alert, But Has Little Work to dO-R0cket Crashes Through Store Window.

| With the usual number of fires, per 1 sonal injuries and minor sacr1hces to the noise mania Independence Day
 was celebrated yesterday in way
 that showed a decided tendency to- ward the quieter Fourth. The man who fires a gun in the faces of oth- CTS, and the man who shoots bullets
 were both plentiful. A number Of es- capes from bullet injuries were re- ported. Mrs. Frederick w. Birdsall. of 159 Iranistan avenue, actually was struck by spent missile fired from somebody's revolver. The bullet wounded her in the back The ambu- was called pr. McGovern found the wound not serious
 Joseph Cairottf, of High Street, while cleaning his .3S calibre revolver the right arm of his eight years old daughter Mamie. She is not serious ly injured.
 Among those who were injured were: Frank P. Marsh, 422 French St., wounded in legs by fragments Of car fridge shell while boarding a trolley car; Thomas Sullivan, 23 Booth street, finger cut by trigger of rifle; John Golden, 30 Eli street, wounded in right hand by fragment of exploded can non; Frank Splaine, IA years old, 59s Harral avenue, cartridge wad in left hand: Abraham Nelick, aged g, 129 Sterling street, cartridge wad in mid dle finger of left hand; Hugh Clark, aged IA, 1O6 Highland avenue, burned about face and eyes, by powder; Al fred Castellio, aged ', Lexington ave nue, wad in right hand; Michael Mur- tash, aged 10, 953 Beardsley street, wounded by cartridge wad; Virgil Pull lon, aged IS, SIT Stratford avenue, burned with power in face; Robert Williams, IA years old, Housatonic Avenue, shot in back of hand; Harry T T,D Moi, Str wounded by cartridge wad; Mrs. Fan nie Jones, 9O1 Broad street, burned in face and chest by powder from pistol in hands of another; Winslow Blan- chard, aged If, SPA State street, wound ed by wad; John Fanly, aged six, 1144 Main street, wounded by wad; Hector Hackett. aged g, 63S Seaview avenue, wounded by wad; John Carroll, aged Edward Stephenson, aged g, 60 Har- raI avenue, wounded by wad; Eddie Weldon, 12 years old, 774 Main street, wounded by wad; Alice Bash, aged 16. 7S Seymour street, shot wound in left hand; Walter Green, aged 15, 46 Johnson street, wounded by wad; Louis, Angeli, aged g, 46 Johnson St., wounded by wad; Joseph Howard, palm of left hand. Nearly all of these were treated at the Emergency Hos pItal.
 The fire department was on the qui vive during the day and responded to the usual number of alarms calling them to incipient conf1agrations.
 A rocket passed through the win dow of Lee Bros furniture store, Main. street, last night, setting a cur tain on fire. No further damage was done. There were four alarms Sun day and four Monday. One of the latter was a false alarm which some body pulled in from box 56. John Kerika rihonaS lost all his stock of fireworks, Saturday afternoon. He is a fruit dealer at Maple and Hallett streets. The loss was about $75.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-06
TAFT'S SPECIAL STRUCK BY BIG
 CHUNK OF COAL
Especial from United Press.)


 New York, July GA chunk of an- pounds was hurled at President Taft's special train just after it left New London, Conn.,, last. night, for New York. The missile crashed through a window in the coach next to the Pres ident's private car. the Mayf1ower, and smashed the glass to splinters with sufficient force to have seriously in jured or killed any person it might have struck. Although no one was struck, the secret service men with the President are Investigating and word has been sent to New London for the arrest of anyone whose actions last night might have aroused sus- picion. The Presidents coach was closed at the time and none of the members of the party knew of the accident. Their nerves were consid- erably shattered this morning when they learned of what was possibly an attempt to injure the President.
 It is thought the unknown asSail ant was waiting for the train to which the Mayflower. twas attached and eith- CT did not know which was the May flower or misjudged the speed of the train in the darkness.
 All the windows in the Mayf1ower were closed at the time and the win dows of the next coach made a good target against the b1acknesS of the nightnight. The President and his party left the Grand Central Station here for Fort TicOnderoga at 7:45 this morning, the Mayf1ower being attach ed to the rear of the regular train.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-06
WALL STREET TO-DAY,
Especial from United Press.)


 New York, July 6.-Gains ranging made in a number of the active issues at the opening of the stock exchange and all through the first fifteen min utes trading was brisk and a strong tone generally prevailed Union Pacific gained %. Southern Pacific gained 7a but receded little and Reading, after making a fractional gain, reacted to Fridays close. D. & H. advanced a point and United States Steel Common after a fractional advance showed a fractional loss after fifteen minutes. Smelling advanced A and the minor industrialS were firm to strong.
 Il a. m.-Price movements during the first hour were mildly disappointing to the speculative element that was confident that this week would start in with a general upward movement. A large number of stocks showed open ing gains and some further advances were made in the first few minutes, but stocks were freely supported from the start and during the balance of the hour recessionS were in order. Steel common was down nearly a point. The strength but quickly lost most of their Government bonds unchanged; other bonds firm.
 Noon.-After the first hour the mar keI became firm with a generally har- dening tone and some stocks display ed aggressive buying. American Smelling rose over a point and a mod crate recovery occurred in Union Pa cific and several other important rail- road stocks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-06
German Steamship May Have Leon
 Ling Aboard
(Special from United Press)

New York, July 6.-It became known here to-day that the New York police havel sent out an alarm to several cit ieS on the Mediterranean coast and to points throughout the Suez Canal and Indian Ocean to hold up the German steamship Helene Richmors and search it for Leon Ling who is accuS- ed of the murder of Elsie Sigel here June g. The vessel sailed from Phil adelphia and the police believe that they have information that Leon is aboard.
 The police say the vessel is bound for the Orient and that Leon is a pas Senger for Itosaki Japan. Informa- tion from Philadelphia is to the effect that the Chinese who spoke good Eng fish and professed to be a cook se- cured employment on the vessel just before she sailed. She was last heard from at Tarifa. a seaport town of Spain, fifteen miles southwest of Gib- raltar on June 26.