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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
DIETz'S DEADLY Rifle DEFIED
LUMBER TRUST I'M 7-YEAR WAR

ever. that the rights in the dam
We're never reserved IN the deeds
Dietz holds).
The legal toll on logs driven
over a dam is 10 cents per thou
sand feet.
Dietz had it figured out that
something like eighty million feet
of timber had gone over his dam
in the time he had been in posses
sion of the property. Naturally
he wouldn't settle for $600.
The lumber company secured a
temporary injunction erjoining
Dietz from interfering with the
driving of logs over the mooted
point. The Iliad of Cameron dam
was in earnest.
That was nearly seven yeas ago.
From that date to the eight of
October of this year. John Dietz
held the dam against all comers
From the start Dietz deliberate
ly chose to trust in his Winchester
rather than in the north Wiscon-
sin courts. He knew that the
corporation with which he was
fighting was affiliated with the
Weyerhauser interests. He knew
what that meant.
He knew that his opponent
could command money without
limit; could carry any litigation
to lengths that would make it i'm
possible for him to win, even If
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
D|PHTHER|A IS
RIFE IN CITY

Tuesday, Elsie Gillis, aged 4,
of b18 South Fiftieth street,
daughter of Ronald B. Gillis, gave
up her little life, victim of
diphtheria. Yesterday another of
the little ones In the household,
and the undertaken is there again
today, taking charge of the white
body of another child sacrificed to
this dread disease.
Five deaths have been recorded
from diphtheria in the last month
in the city. There are "a cases
under quarantine now.
At the Horace Mann and Whit
man schools there is a serious
situation.
The school physician and the
health department are attempt
ing to cope with the trouble, and
special scrutiny is being given to
the children. but the last week has
shown a great spread, and several
cases have been reported daily.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
POLICE CRAFT
ON GAMBLERS
HACCUSATION
Testimony Offered That
Mayor Gill Was In On
$4,000 Graft Deal With
Chief of Police.
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire
SEATTLE, Dec. Q. What
promises to show the rottenn ess
of Seattle's administration is be-
ing made apparent In the testi-
mony collected by the graft inves-
tigating committee.
The first installment of the
data was made public yesterday
and tended to show that the Sc
attic police were engaged in graft
ing off the Chinese and Japanese
gambling houses.
w. r. Lindsay, formerly a
Pinkerton detective testified ito
working lin the Northern club, a
gambling house I'm the restricted
district. His testimony stated
THAT he had seen Police Sergeant
Bryant accept money from a Chi
nese gambler and that Bryant
was In the habit of visiting many
of the Chinese gambling dens.
Lindsay also declares that May
or Gill and Chief of Police Wap-
penstein were in on Gift on
$4,000 given by the gamblers
for protection.
Policeman Webb also testified
that he had been laid off by Chiei
Waippenstein because of his in.
reference with carousing mer
and women I'm Chinese chop suey
houses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
MAY ATTACK
AMERICAN
COLONY
BY United Press Leased Wire. }

BY United Press Leased Wire.
Ell PASO, Dec. 2.-That the
Mexican revoIutionists have been
ordered to attack the town of Ma
dera, a colony of Americans citi-
zens in the state of chihuahua. is
the report that is causing consid-
cradle uneasiness here.
Although the rebels, who are
drilling in the neighborhood of
MADEIRA, have promised that they
will not modest the American col
ony, refugees who arrived here
today say that the people of Ma
dera fear that an attack is secret
ly planned. Mallory Turner, a
lineman working for the Pearson
company, asserts that he inter-
cepted message being sent over
the wire urging the insurgents to
attack MADEIRA.
Dread of an attack is also felt
in the city of Chihuahua. The
merchants and bankers there, ap-
prehensive that the rebels would
sack the town should an attack be
made, have shipped large sums of
money to the United States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
BY RAYMOND EVANS.

HAYWARD, Wis, Dec. "A
certain Mrs. Cameron, a widow,
owned five "forties" on Thorn
apple creek. On this tract was
located a dam built for driving
purposes. Mrs. Cameron having
neglected to pay taxes ON this tract
one year, the Chippewa Lumber
& Boom Go. secured one of the
forties by taking up the tax cer-
tificates. 1t was then believed
that the dam was located on this
forty. Thereby hangs the story of
Cameron dam.
Mrs. Cameron sought 70 redeem
the forty, as she had a right to do
under the law, but the company,
it seems, threatened her with a
long legal battle, and she chose
to let the land go rather than go
to the expense of fighting the case
through the courts. She paid the
back taxes on the other four for
ties of the tract, secured a clear
title and sold the land to Mrs.
Dietz. It's an interesting side
light that as the property stands
in his wife's name all processes
served on Dietz were legally with
out effect.
When the Dietz property was
surveyed 1T was found that part of
the dam was on his land. The
company then had the lines run
and the resurvey gave Dietz even
more of the dam than had his own
survey. The true line runs about
the middle of the creek.
The company acknowledged the
corn and offered John Dietz $500
to waive all title to the use of the
dam. (The company claims, how.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
CHARGES OF
GRATING In
TENDERLOIN
Man Who Passed
AS Officer On
Trial
H. L. Hackett-charged with

H. L. Hackett-charged with
impersonating an officer.
The prisoner sat in federal
court today while the district at
torney read the indictment, the
most remarkable prisoner the Sc
cret service boys ever bagged
1t is nothing very new to i'm
personate an officer but the testi-
mony throwing side lights onto
Mr.. Hackett stamp the case as
one of the really sensational
things of the year.
Hackett lis from Seattle. Last
summer, according to witnesses,
he appeared down i'm the lower
end of town waging a vigorous
campaign for the nomination off
one Weistling, an attorney, for
the county prosecutorship.
And Hackett's methods were
original If not successful.
Witnesses say he appeared to
them and declared he was a gov
ernment secret service officer,
that he had been sent to Seattle
Ivy President Taft to work for the
election of John l.. Wilson for
senator and that now he insisted
on the nomination of Weistlig for
prosecutor.
He is said to have threatened
various citizens with arrest on
trumped up charges tf they did
not get out and work for Weist-
ling and actually, 1T is said, did
get quite AN inetpient campaign
started in this manner.
Some of the victims were even
putting up money for the cam
paign under protest.
Hackett is said to have been
making great strides until an old
German finally con clmded to go
up to secret service headquarters
himself just to see about it.
Then some read secret service
men got busy and not bolstering
up Weistling either. I'm short
time they had evidence before the
grand jury and now Hack EFT will
have to explain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
WENDL|NG MAKES
GENERAL DENIAL
(By United Press Leased Wire ,

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. "A
general denial of the murder of
Alma Kellner, eight years old.
whose body was found In the cell
Lar of st. john s school, was made
today by Joseph Vending, on
trial charged with having slain
the child. Vending detailed alas
life's HISTORY, particularly his so-
jounn In Louisville, and denied
any knowledge of the crime.
Vending was unable to ac-
count for the presence of blood
stains which were found ON mis-
bicycle after he had fed. Similar
stains which he also was unable
to explain. We're found ON his
trunk.
When arrested in San Francis
CO Vending had shaved off hds
mustache. 81 did it to please a
girl friend" he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
SOBB|NG WIFE
TELLS STORY
To JURY

VINCENNEs, Ind, Dec. -
Revelations as startling as those
made by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
were expected when Mrs. Menlo
Moore was called as witness
here this afternoon to testify In
defense of her husband, who Is
on trial for the murder of Chas.
Gibson. Gibson, who was a mile
lionaire, was shot down by Moore
in railroad depot here on Oo-
tober 3. Moore's plea was justi-
fication of the killing.
A packed courtroom, breath.
lessly waiting for sensations, was
not disappointed when Mrs.
Moore sobbingly told OF her rela-
tions with Gibson. She had con-
fessed them to her husband, she
said, before the shooting.
One of the sensational charges
made by Mrs. Moore was that
Gibson had induced her to go
with him to a barn on the pre-
tense that there she would find
her husband and another woman,
and that there he had assaulted
her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
CALIFORNIA
2,377,549

WASHINGTON D. c., Dec. 2.
population of the state of
California is 2,377 SAC, according
to a bulletin out by the census
bureau today.
The census in 1900 was l.
485, 5,053. The 1910 figures there
fore show an increase of 892,-
496, or 60.1 per cent during the
past decade. The census gather
ed by the state and made public
on january 1, 1908, placed Cali
fornia's population at 1900, 900,
which. If correct, shows a gain In
22 months of 577,549.
The state will receive four new
congressman.
The first census of California
was taken in 1850, when the pop
uaation was 92.597; 1860, 317,-
994; 1870, 560,247; 1880, s64,-
694; 1890, 1,20S,130.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
CRIES "EPIP'
Then STOPS

NEW YORK Dec. "A pretty
young woman who has spoken
just one word since she was
placed In Bellevue hospital S
psyohopathic ward has aroused
the curiosity of the doctors, to
whom she Is unknown. She is
we'll dressed and apparently from
a home of some refinement.
The young woman lis suffering
from a form of dementia whose
manifestation Is the doing the op-
posite of all things requested of
her.
There are no marks on Ithe
clothing of the young woman and
she had no papers or money. The
nurses thought that she WAS about
to speak, when, after hours of
story telling to arouse her inter-
est, they asked her name. In
stead she made a face at them
and spoke the one word she h.s
used there, a word mot at all in
keeping with her refined appear
ance.
pip" she shouted to their
questions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
COUNT SWEARS TO WARRANT
FOR HIS FATHER-IN-LAW

CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-Couat de
Beaufort, whose troubles with his
millionaire father-in-law, Michael
Kilgallen, have been filling the
papers for the past month, swore
to warrant today for Kilgallen s
arrest.
De Beaufort charged that Kill
gallen inveigded him into his of
flee on October "a, offered him
money as an inducement to leave
Chicago and when he refused
because he did NOT wish to leave
his sick wife, KilgalIen smashed
his face"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02

reached the cliff on the mountain
side he bound the eagle wings to
his shoulders. Unfolding the UNI
brelea. he stood upon THE edge of
the rock. prepared for the flight
When James felt sure that
everything was all right he gave
one flop and deaped into the air.
AS he jumped the umbrella turn
ed wrong side out, the eagle
wings failed to bear him UP, and
his descent was as rapid as you
please. When his friends reached
him James, was unconscious and
badly bruised.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
ENGINEERS Of
WEST MAY
STRIKE
(By Cnited Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.
PORTLAND, Dec. Mem bers
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers in Oregon have voted
to strike, it was learned today.
Labor leaders here stated that it
was proba BILE that a majority of
engineers on lines west of Chicago
have voted in favor of a strike
also if the increase in wages
which they ask is not granted.
Both railroads and members of
the brotherhood declared that
there probably wdll not be a
strike however. The voting,
which was supposedly secret, will
be canvassed in Chicago Deeei-
ber 10, at the headquarters of the
brotherhood. according to leaders
here, while the balloting will end
December 4.
The Portland men balloted on
the question three weeks ago.
Those In Eastern Oregon and
Washington cast their ballots two
weeks ago. The votes were sent
scaled to Chicago.
If the vote is favorable to
pressing further the demand for
a Is per cent increase in wages,
1T is believed here that the terms
will be submitted to the general
managers of the western lines in
Chicago probably December IL,
when Grand Chief Warren Stone
of the engineers organization is
scheduled for a conference with
the officials.
1t is believed that this meeting
will decide whether a strike will
be declared or negotiations car
ried further.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
Disease Takes Deadly Hold
On This Little Family

Some months ago Lineman Nc
Millen of the city force was car
ried by his comrades to the ceme-
tery-a victim to tuberculosis. 1t
was a large funeral. Citizens stop
ped and gave the passing cortege a
second glance and then dug into
the business problems of every
day life again with renewed en-
ergy. To the average citizen 1t
meant just another funeral.
But to the wife left with four
little children 1t meant a broken
heart and struggle.
There is a red card tackled on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
HE TRIES TO FLY
WITHEAGLE WINGS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ASHEVILLE, N. c., Dec. a.
Declaring that he would teach
the world how to fly G. w.
James, a Madison county moiln-
taineer. 23, taking an old pair of
eagle wings and a dilapidated mm-
brella, made his way to 50-foot
rock cliff. He was accompanied
by friends and relatives.
James had heard a Dot about
airships, and he told those with
whom he was discussing the sub
Ject, that he would show them
the only way to fly. When The
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
A Story Of the Town

Last night buy looking whose voice
around of the down asking
booth was finally found what he was looking for and
heard and people in the vicinity glanced In thinking
the booth
tance Everybody q Finally
the
the booth finally
blankety pitch
lightning etc. IL he
trouble telephone. In his
In
I'll rescued by the the outside
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
b. c. Capital Fruit Prize.

VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. g.
The most significant triumphs
ever achieved by any portion of
the British empire with fruit ex-
hibits at the great show of the
Royal horticultural society. held
annually in London, have this
year been scored by British CO.
lumbie, according to cable advices
reaching Victoria today.
The Hogg Memorial gold medal
for the finest display was awarded
the British Columbia government
for its display, and some eight or
ten other medals go to the vari-
Gus parts Of the island.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
SHOP IS ROBBED

Twice this week the o. X. bar
ber shop, 1017 Pacific avenue,
was broken into and robbed. The
first robbery occurred Tuesday
night, and last night the shop was
again made subject to the depre-
dations of the robbers. About
800 worth of razors, strops. clip
pers and various other tools were
stolen. 1t is thought that some
one acquainted with the shop did
the work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
Congressman Wondering.
M eat Reduced
1 to 3 Cents

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-Whole-
sale dealers to-day reduced prices
of meat one to three cents a
pound and 1t was predicted THAT
the reductions would continue.
Comparisons show that some
meats have declined six cents per
pound in six weeks. Retailers
also have been enabled to reduce
their prices in accordance with
the decline in wholesale rates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02

this little home at Twelfth and
Proctor streets today. One of
those four little ones is down with
scarlet fever.
And the mother is following
the path that led her husband to
the cemetery with tuberculosis.
The mother has been trying to
care for the little sick one and
look after the other children to
keep them well. and her own af-
Fiction is getting serious.
Now the neighbors have been
shut out by quarantine and the
problem of existence which was
serious before is doubly so now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
JUDGE JAMES c. DILL, THE
FATHER OF TRUSTS, DEAD
CBy United Press Leased Wire. J

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ORANGE. N. j., Dec. 2-Judge
James C. Dill, called the father
of the trusts died here today.
Judge Dill helped to incorporate
some of the biggest trusts i'm the
history of the country, and he
derived an income estimated at
100000 year.
The capital OF the corporations
that Dill organized totalled $793,-
600, 900. e received a fee of
$1,000,000 for organizing the
United States Steel trust. "Dila
On Corporations" is the standard
authority ON corporation law.
The Japanese do not use beds,
but sleep on mats covering the
floor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
MAN SINGS AT
OWN FUNERAL
(By United Press Leased Wire }


WASHINGTON, d. c.. Dec. 2.
Ficco, a shoemaker and
amateur musician, and very fond
of a phonograph which was his
first purchase with his savings,
sang at his own funeral. Ficco
died at the home of compatriots
with whom he boarded. Unable
to afford a funeral with song, as
he could have obtained in his ma
tive village in the Abruzzi, he re-
quested that his phonograph be
utilized i'm the service.
Ficco owned several records.
with The Angels serenade" and
Gounod's ave MARTA" sung by
and these, the only two
in repertoire considered desirable
for so solemn am occasion as a
funeral service were used. The
phonograph and 72 records wifi
be sent to his aged mother in
Italy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
Bloodshed
Predicted

Try United Press Leased Wire.)
BELFAST, Ireland, Dec. o.
The Orangemen of Ulster this
afternoon predicted that blood
shed would follow the granting
of home rule to Ireland. Promi-
nent Orangemen publicly invited
tenders for the immediate deIiy-
cry of arms and ammunition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
Steamer Northwestern
Aground On Island
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.
VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 2.-The
steamer Northwestern went
aground on San Juan island early
this morning and at last reports
was still fast. The passengers
and mail were transferred to the
steamer Tees, which is due to
reach here about noon. A heavy
gale has been blowing on the
sound for the past AS hours and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02

other mishaps are expected to be
reported.
The Northwestern is owned by
the Alaska Steamship company.
The steamer left Seattle yesterday
bound for Valdez, Alaska. She
carried &c passengers and a crew
of about 70 men. The freight
cargo was small as much of tho
freight was to have been picked
up at British Columbia ports.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
Taft May Name
Judge Pollock

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
WASHINGTON d. c., Dec. q.
lit is reported here today that
President Taft contemplates ap-
pointing Judge John Pollock of
Kansas to the supreme court of
the Unated States. President
Roosevelt appointed Pollock to
the federal bench in 1909.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
COSTS TO 'P0LISH" GIRLS

NEW YORK. Dec according figures recently
made available
the rich than feed cohe
individual course when
the girl quite finished the results
Mrs. Emily Leadenburg colony
appealed 10 the courts for permission
OF her Daughters estate for educational
that $4,000 year the least
ns properly finished and polished the European Miss
Leadenburg
the daughter of Adoph
lost at sea in hurricane off the Florida
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
Local Men Deny.

Locomotive engineers In Taco
ma say that they know nothing
of an immediate strike in this vi
cinity. They admit, however, that
a secret ballot has been taken by
the engineers of sixtyo-ne rail-
ways west of Chicago and that
the strike will depend upon the
outcome when the ballots are
counted in Chicago ON December
IL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
Girl of IL Gives Birth
To 81a Pound Baby

. Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
D CHICAGO, Dec. ALI {
D medical records were broken {
D when a 12-year-old girl
D weighing 80 pounds gave
D birth today to a 8 la pound Z
D boy at the Beualah Home
. here. Physicians say that
. the man responsible for her Z
D condition has disappeared. (
, No names have been given. {
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02


that the president s mess
age has actually been completed
and its circulation by the press
associations has begun, there is
much speculation among the poll
tfcians here as to what it may
contain. That the communication
is long and that 1t has received
the official approved of the Taft
cabinet, is the only authentic in-
formation that has been given
out concerning it, but there is
considerable conjecture. The
message was finally completed
and given out today.
The president completed the
message several days ago but has
revised the document three times.
His final labor on 1T was finished
yesterday Just before the recep-
tion which marked the official
coming out" of his daughter,
Helen.
Congressman Wondering.
The greatest speculation among
the politicians here is as to the
probable reference to the tariff
that the message may make. The
members of the cabinet, of course,
know what the presidents s course
was and some of the house and
senate leaders also have been con-
suited. but all those who have In
any way handled the document,
Continued on Page Three.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
WANT To CHANGE NAME
OF TOWN OF ROOSEVELT

ROOSEVELT N. j., Dec. q
The name of this town might look
good to Oyster Bay, but the ma
Jority of the residents here de-
clare that it should be changed, /,
according to leading democrats
today who, after carrying "Roose-
Welt" at the last election ON an
anti-Rooseevdt issue are solemnly
campaigning to change the name
of the town.
AS a coincidence, the name
cannot legally be changed until
1912 and the democratic major
fly, pledged to abolish the town IS
strenuous cognomen, fear that is
sues might become mixed at that
time, and the man mistaken for
tlIe town.
WEATHER FORECAST,
Rain tonight and Gaturdav
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
Stone Will Not Talk.

CLEVELAND, o., Dec. q
Whether or not there will be a
strike of railroad engineers would
not be prophesied by President
Stone of the Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Engineers here today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02

BLOODY CAMPAIGN WAGED OVER THE DAM ON
CANIGRON'S TY.' IN THE NAME OF LAW. is
EVANS SECOND
MELoDRANiA OF WILD WIS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-02
D . . &c Q Q Oooe . q
NOT THUGS
MERELY TWINS

MERELY TWINS ,
BOSTON, Dec. 2.-Joseph
Seaver, a patrolman was
} startled yesterday by the
} outcry of a man who waved
both hands. The policeman
believed the excited citizen
was being pursued by thugs.
As he approached he recog-
J nized the man as William
} Armitage.
Whats the NATTER"
asked the policeman.
Nothing shouted Armi-
tage, ALL out of breath. "It's
J good news. l am 63 years
old, and as fine twins as you
ever saw arrived at my house
this morning"
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