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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18
BANDITS TURN
ENG|NE.EOOSE
ON WILD: RUN
PASSENGER TRAIN SAWED BY
QUICK ACTION OF OPERA
TOR.
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wirc.)
BEIsKELEY, CAL, April 1s.--
"Look for two youthful men driv-
ing lame bay attached to an
open buggy with red painted run-
ming gear and steel tires. Tue
horse has three new shoes. These
men undoubtedly are the South.
ern Pacific train robbers"
: Deputy Sheriff Jere Birming-
ham arrived here In an automo-
bile at 10 o'clock this morning
with this information.
Birmingham said that eyery-
thing was stolen from the HadIey
farm three miles from Port Costa.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18
QUITS
WHEN TERM
ENDS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PROVIDENCE, II. l., April 10.
Nelson w. Aldrich will
retire at the end of his present
term. The announcement was
made today by General G. II. Bray
ton, republican boss Of the state.
Ill health is the cause of the sem
atOr's determination to retire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18
BLACKSMITHST TO
MEET HERE

Washington blacksmiths are
coming to Tacoma this week.
Their state convention will be
held here Friday and Saturday,
up with big banquet at
which Governor Hay, Mayor
Linck, o. F. Cosper, Frank b.
Cole and other orators will speak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18
SAFE MEN TO VOTE FOR TOMORROW
SERVICE CORPORATIONS" s.
FAWCETT THE OTHER DAY.

SERVICE CORPORATIONS" SAID MAYOR
FAWCETT THE OTHER DAY.
And that is the idea of the people of Tacoma.
They want an administration now unhamper-
ed by the Vaccinations of agents of these influ-
ences, who have secured office through their
support, The people have taken hold of gov
eminent in Tacoma and they want men who will
stand for the people first and take their orders
from the public rather than from any private
clique, party or corporation
The three men, Freeland, Parker and Lawson,
with either Bonney Woods or Roys for the
fourth, this paper believes will form the best
possible combination to work for the citvs in
terest in the coming years.
1t is up to the people who vote tomorrow to
elect them -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

The obseQuies of Miss Mar
garet Brennan, who was killed in
the auto accident at Muck creek
were held yesterday at st. Leo's
church, Rev. Father Hylebos Off
ciating.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18
Rare Operation On Dead
Mother Gives Baby Life

SAVE MY BABY" CRIED MRS. HARBART AND DIED. AND
YOUNG DOCTOR IN LESS THAN MINUTE PERFORMS Gaze
SARIAN OPERATION
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

Mrs. Easyone: I'm sure fish
have some effect on the brain, for
when my husband comes home
from fishing, he's too dizzy to
stand up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

BEuLINGaIAM. April is. -
while chopping wood, j. Fl.
Miller. a hotelkeeper, met with an
accident that caused the loss Of
one eye. A piece Of kindling new
from the block and struck him il
the face.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18
ROOSEVELT MEMBER
OF FRENCH ACADEMY

PARIS, April 1S.-Theo- 9
} dore Roosevelt has tele- Z
graphed his acceptance of q
} proffer of membership in the Z
French academy. He wired: q
''The honor was uneapect- q
ed and I gladly accept" Z
. o o D . . . . o &c . . Z
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

MELBOURNE, April 1S. -
Prime Minister Murray of the VIE
torian state government will ask
for parliamentary sanction shoSt-
ly for the state to engage in the
coal business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

Next to France, the United
States is the largest exporter Of
automobiles in the world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

LONDON, April 1s'-The Con-
stantinopIe correspondent for sne
Westminster Gazette today reports
that another bold attempt mas
been made to abduct Abdul
Hamid, the deposed sultan Of Tur
key, who is virtually a prisoner
In his palace at Nalonika.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

''She made lot of money on
her book, Hints to Beautiful
Women"
'sAll the beautiful women in the
country bought it?"
ssNo, but the plain ones did"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18
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Customer: Have condiments
gone up?
Restauranteur: Even the cat
sup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

"No doubt" said the cynical
bachelor to the young bride, 'your
husbands love still burns for
you?"
"WelI," admitted the bride, "it
won't kindie the morning fire."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-18

Tar and feathers for affinity
chasers; whipping post for wife
heaters. What for suffragettes?
enquiries a Gentle Reader.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

rH1CAGO.-Much interest has been
~ shown in Chicago's ''policewomen."
but when they gather on a Friday
noon for luncheon at Hull House be-
fore entering upon their regular week
ly conclave there Is nothing to distin-
guish them from any other earnest
working women.
Later on, too, when the hour ar
rives for afternoon tea, in a large. at
tractively furnished assembly room.
they sit and sip their tea and chat in
the manner most highly approved for
afternoon teas. Even the presence Of
two or three brother cops" does not
suffice to create any degree Of police
like atmosphere; but then the brother
officers, too, are attired in citizens
garb and handle their teacups as
though this was their regular occupa-
ton.
Each Of these women officers has
her own precinct which she patrols
though the quiet manner in which she
makes her daily rounds of inspection
and investigation hardly warrants the
use of the technical term. Each has
her Office and office hours where she
may be found and her assistance OBJ
tained
Why policewomen instead Of police
men, the visitor starts to ask, but in
the very beginning of the reports the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09
Blind Man Tells of Baseball Game

Ing his entire attention to study. and.
accordingly, he has found it to his
liking to take in the ball games. Not
only Is he familiar with every char
acter1stic Of the members of the To-
cal team. but he knows as we'll the
records and playing abilities of the
visiting aggregations.
Il have often been asked how. as a
blind man, can enjoy a game. Why,
there is nothing going on I don't get.
know the finer points of the game,
and can map out plays which I think
Jim McAleer in his palmiest days
could not duplicate. Don't you think
1t is a peasure to see chaps of the
Milan type skip around the diamond
| cannot help from yelling every time
I see him completing the circuit
Then there is Speaker Of the Bos-
ton team, and Cobb of the Tigers.
How love to watch them in &C.
ton!
1T is my firm belief that all blind
people have sort of intuition, and
everything that is going on around
them makes picture in their mind.
That is the way it appears to me,
anyhow. l can sit in the grand stand
In the ball park and picture what
Walter johnson and the rest of the
players look like.
when the game is over, | don't
have tho least trouble getting to the
street cars. l can feel my way along
the grand stand and reach the street 1"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09
Boston Babies Are Born the I;uck;est

may we'll be proud Of" says the
American BABY. although its start
ing point in 1900 was at 2O3. Com
pare with that the record for 1908,
IA. and bear to the babies the mes
sage of hope. Philadelphia began in
1900 with 173. diminishing this by
1907 to 159. And western cities. too;
st. Louis is very low, and Chicago.
admitting herself to be high, is prom
Using important reductions.
In England. as a whole, with Wales
included, the infaLtile mortality rate
was 156 per 1000 births in 1900; that
of London, 1854; in Scotland the rate
ran about $50, and in Ireland a little
higher. In the same year in Boston
1t was 147. In all there are sensible
and important gains for the baby.
In Germany Berlin is down from
220 deaths per 1000 births In 1899 to
liz in 1907. Vienna from 1876 to
IA. Budapest from 167 to 1855, Co.
logne from PSI to 1876. while in Russia,
Moscow has declined in the same
years from s19 to 266. In French
speaking countries the news for the
baby is most excellent. for Paris in
1899 was really leading the world at
only 40. and by 1907 had decreased
to 104, with Nice close second at
i13 to 105
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09
Attempt to Stop Infantile PARALYSIS

the disease is often fatal, its appal-
ling feature is that many children af-
fected are permanently crippled or
deformed. robbed of speech or hear.
Ing. In word, infantile paralysis is
not slaughter but mutilation of
the innocents. The disease common
ly attacks children under five years
OF age, but occasionally an adult is its
victim.
Its shining mark at this minute in
the east is William Hinrich, a pitch.
er Of the Washington American league
In Washington. and his entire right
baseball team. He Is in a hospital
arm is paralyzed. At the present time
there are over 500 cases of the dis.
ease in Washington alone, while Phil.
adelp-ia and New York city reports
even greater numbers. Nothing in
known Of the cause of the disease 9th.
er than that 1t Is believed to como
from germ, but even these have
not yet 3een found. The disease usu.
ally appears during June. reaches it,
greatest prevalence during July and
August and subsidies in SEPTEMBER.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09
City to Have a Municipal Laundrv

municipal laundries in Europe IL
says 1t would cost about $50. 1000 tn
build a bathhouse and laundry A.
cording to general plans discussed Nv
the park board.
Almost all the larger cities ~ aar-
many and France have the n1unicina,
laundrles. In Berlin they are kent
busy every day and are comforts to
thousands Of housewives. The laun-
dries open early In the morning and
often the women are standing in line
with their bundles OF clothes. Either
they furnish their own SOAP. bluin9.
and other incidentals. or they are sold
to them almost at cost by the city.
The customers are required to pay
for heat, water and light
The municipal laundry is not a char
ity scheme and the poor women real
lie 1t. In addition to removing a bur-
den from their shoulders a munich
pal laundry does much toward the
prevention Of disease. Where nov
the women often do their washing In
dark cellars, a municipal laundry. run
with all scientific principles, would
prevent disease from spreading BY
means of clothes.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

TH1CAGO.-A Joke cigar the other
~ day cost La Sale street broker
100000. Here is the reason: Two
prominent young brokers and men
about town have the habit of helping
themselves to cigars in each others
vest on every possible occasion. On
this particular day No. 1 decided to
play trick on his friend and got a
loaded cigar, one of those nice ones
that goes OF like roman candle and
releases a spring. which breaks the
cigar to pieces without injury to the
smoker, but much to his surprise and
discomfort. He decorated this NINA
ture bomb with a band from a 50-cent
cigar of well-known brand and
placed 1t conspicuously in his vest
pocket.
He met his friend in the lobby of
the La Sale hotel and, after greeting
him, drew back his coat so as to dis
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

p CSTON.-The baby that is born in
- Buenos Ayres has a better chance
of living than If 1t had been born in
any other of the worlds large cities.
In Amsterdam it would find figures
more in its favor; but Amsterdam is
not so big a town.
In the United States Boston has
been the best place to be born II you
want to stand good chance of liv-
Ing to be at least year old. In 30
years Boston has not averaged one
death out Of five babies born during
the year.
Back in 1882 it came close to that
average when 1874 infants less than a
year old died in every 1000. But In
1887 there were less than 100. in 1891
the number went below $50. in 1893 it
passed the ITO mark. in 1896 the 100
mark, In 1898 the $50 mark. and in
1909 1t sank abruptly to 115 per 1000.
New York is making a record It
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

IMAGINE. II you can, one who has
/ never seen the light Of day, sitting
in his accustomed place in the grand
stand roofing with all his eenrgy for
the success of the home team, and you
can easily figure out just why Wash
1ngton always supports a ball team,
although her ball tossers have not flu-
ished In the first division during the
last decade.
Eugene Beaverton. Familiarity known
to his friends as Jack" has perhaps
as wide acquaintance among the pa.
irons OF the national game at the cap
ital as "Gabby" Street or Walter John
son. and is unquestionably the most
unique rooter who ever patronized the
sport. Jack" was born in Columbus,
S. c.. "a years ago. and after receiv.
ing public school education matricu-
lated at the University of South Caro-
lima. He came to Washington a few
years ago to study law at the George
town University, and it is his ambi.
ton to become as famous a lawyer as
the blind senator from Oklahoma.
Thomas Pryor Gore.
But Jack" does not believe in CIV
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09
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% A644 80 Y 49,
Solve the Ciphers Used by Yeggmen

whether there has been an actual re-
duction in their numbers; for expe-
rience goes to show that waves of
crime seem to sweep the country after
intervals Of varying length.
The "yeggmen" are especially feared
because OF their recklessness regard.
ing the sacrifice of human life. OF it.
sell, handling the Soup is danger
Gus business. The explosion is a men,
ace to anyone in the building and off,
en- the robbers must make a running
fight of it to make a getaway with
the swag."
This specially of highwaymanry has
been discussed at several meetings of
the International Association of Po-
lice Chiefs. Everything new in the
form Of ciphers or other methods ap-
piled by the "yeggs" learned by one
police authority is Immediately passed
on to his fellows elsewhere. If one
such crime is committed at one place.
no one can foretell where the next
will occur.
The name is Of gypsy origin, and
among gypsies indicates a clever thief
so the "yegg" is a wandering thief,
generally hobo" AS late as twenty
years ago one tramp meeting another
and desiring to be sure of his identity
as a professional tramp, saluted him.
"Ho, Beau" It was the password es-
tablishing at once a confidential part
nership on a basis approaching out
lawry. The "yeggs' generally are
tramps, though not all tramps are
"yeggs."
They work in bands of from four to
six men. The disappearing member
of the group is sent ahead to the
town where robbery is planned He
is called gay cat" in the lingo Of
this choice fraternity Masquerading
either as salesman or beggar, he
reconnoiters the bank or post Office,
ascertains about the police protection,
learns how the place is lighted and
gathers information about freight train
schedules, the location of hand cars,
or of places where horses can be
stolen to assist in escaping A dark
night, usually in the season when the
nights are longest, Is selected.
After the robbery, horses, stolen
teams, hand cars or the trucks of
freight trains are used for the escape.
Usually the gang breaks up, one going
one way and the other another, rem
devious for later date having been
agreed upon.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09
Prisoners Go in Stvle

distinction. Deeds count 1t doesn't
matter whether he was man high-
er up" or not. He travels like one.
He travels to the golden west in a
Pullman. he has porters to wait on
him and extremely attentive detec-
tives to see that he is comfortable. He
lolls in plush swivel chairs and he
dimes in those neat little La carte Pull.
man Bullets on chicken, porterhouse
steak, and all the side dishes. He
eats what he pleases and he does not
tip the waiter, neither does he pay the
bill. Uncle Sam attends to that Il
is Z delightful trip that is furnished
him in his concluding days Of freedom
days he Is not likely to forget
From Washington to Leavenworth
is trip Of more than $500 miles. On
every mile Of the journey the wants
of Uncle Sans prisoners and guards
are well catered to, as evidenced by
the hampers Of chicken. beet, ham.
eggs. sardines and 80 on, down to the
more esthetic delights Of the tourist
library.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

Y ANSAS CITY.-If the plans of
n the park board are carried out,
Kansas City will have a municipal
laundry. which probably will be the
first institution Of its kind in the
United States. The board plans to
build laundry to be run by the
city, where the women of the longest
ed districts can do their washing and
ironing under sanitary conditions,
and with improved machinery. The
park board has been discussing this
idea for about three years along with
tie public bath proposition.
The idea has been suggested to the
board and recommended that systems
similar to those used in the munich
I'll laundries of Europe be used.
George E. Kessler. landscape archi-
tect for the park board, studied the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09
Work of the Policewomen of CHICAGO

question Is answered. for the cases
reported and discussed are nearly all
considered in the light not of how
criminals may be punished but how
budding criminals may be reached and
saved and how those contributing to
their delinquency may be punished
and prevented from continuing their
destructive ways.
This regular salaried, badge provid.
ed group of officers, now a year old. ia
an outgrowth of the juvenile court
committee and the Illinois Industrial
association before that, when the Ilu
nois juvenile court law went into eff.
feet in July, 1899. On June 4, 1909.
the committee adopted the name OF
Juvenile Protective association, which
through series Of local protective
leagues directed by these salaried Of
hcers puts forth its whole efforts to
secure the utmost protection for the
youth of the city.
Each Of the thirteen districts into
which the city is divided has its
league of citizens, who watch neigh
borhood conditions and assist in in.
vest1gating and friendly visiting. but
1t Is the salaried officer in each dis
trict who Is potent in bringing re-
suits. She spends her time trying to
prevent "can rushing and cocaine
selling, to keep the children out Of dis
reputable dance halls and photograph
galleries and to try in every way to
protect and safeguard the child. She
may be found at her district office re.
cefvfng complaints, out on patrol in
vestigattng, or visiting or in court
seeing whether provisions made there
are tending to drag down or lift up the
little culprits.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09
loaded Cigar Costs Broker 100000

play the cigar to advantage. No.
Immediately spied the cigar and with
lightning pass, made perfect by long
practice. was soon possessor Of this
tempting bit of tobacco.
"Ah!" he said. Il see you are smok-
Ing better cigars now. I'll smoke this
for you later
Just at this point a man from New
York with whom No. had a business
deal on involving more than 5000. 900
joined the group. Shortly the New
Yorker and No. 2 excused themselves
to No. 1, and strolled away to trans
act their business.
They seated themselves at one Of
the tables In the lobby and No. 2 Of
fered the New Yorker his recently &C.
CURED cigar. A match was applied
IN the usual way and the fireworks
started. The cigar blew up az per
schedule and. incidentally. the $780,
600 deal blew up with it.
Now No. 2 is looking for No. / with
fire in his eye, because No. / allowed
him not only to "swipe" a cigar. but
because he allowed him to present II
to his New York associate. wherebv
he Is minus the profits on a big tran-
sactiOn
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

<(THE Leavenworth Overland Spe-
] cial" is a palatial Pullman car
which runs every now and then from
washington to q certain rest cure
out west with a stone wall around it.
The tours are personally conducted
and are rapidly becoming famous.
Every once in awhile your Uncle
Sam runs across certain persons who,
he believes, are leading a too active
existence. A rest cure ia what they
need. Uncle Sam takes charge of them
and sends them. after certain legal
formalities, such as a trial and YER
dict are complied with, out to Leaven-
worth to recuperate.
With Uncle Samuel there Is no class
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

WAsH1NGTON-Here is a unique
W receipt for soup"
First. take about ten or a dozen
lmspwri hz xug, crumble it up fine
and put it in pan or wash bowl, then
pour over it enough uswhohs (either
chhx or aky) to cover it well. Stir it
up we'll with your hands, being careful
to break all the Jumps; leave it set
for few minutes; then get a few
yards of cheesecloth and tear it in
pieces and strain the mixture through
the cloth into another vessel, wiring
the sawdust dry and throw it away.
The remains will be Lhai ugx uswhohs
mixed; next take the same amount of
water as you used of uswhohs and
pour 1t in; leave the whole set for
few minutes"
1t Is the soup" of yeggmen, whose
particular business is robbing safes. A
crude cipher runs through the riga.
marole-merely a subdivision of the
alphabet and the substitution of one
letter for another The first six let.
tiers beginning with A are substituted
for the last six beginning with U, and
so on, with the single exception that
Is taken out Of its turn and made
the equivalent of G. an irregularity in
tended to protect the cipher from de-
lection. But no cipher is proof against
expert analysis: certainly not this
one, which, though still used by
yeggs," nevertheless is known to the
police. to post office inspectors and the
treasury secret service people.
Translating, you find that to make
the soup you take ten or dozen
sticks Of dynamite and use either
wood or pure alcohol in the manner
directed.
Fewer depredat1ons by yeggmen are
reported this year than usual. Last
fall series of such crimes occurred
and since that time apparently there
has been period of inactivity among
these most dangerous of plunderers.
The post Office inspectors, whose con-
tact with yeggmen is frequent, since
the attacks are often directed against
country post offices. hesitate to say
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

TROUBLED by the inroads the dis
l ease is making in some of the
eastern states at the present time.
the government has ordered an inves-
tigation into tho epidemic of infan-
tile paralysis. New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Massachusetts, New jersey,
and the city Of Washington, D. c.,
have felt the disease the heaviest
this year, and the scores OF deaths
that have occurred among the little
ones Of that district has caused Uncle
Sam to take some action.
Dr.. Wyman of the Public Health
and Marine hospital service. is the
leader in the Investigation. and he
made the announcement this week
that he believes the disease to be both
infectious and contagious. Although
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-09-09

philosophy While
the late Pope Leo XIII and several missions
He
the coronation of the late King Edward
pointed Camer segreto Participants which
his residence within the Vatican ITSELF Previous to this he
Queen Regent
he prepared
His important in
successfully accomplished
SHORTY the death
state and he has had
Spanish
He created cardinal in