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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14

ON WARSH|P
SEVEN MEN INJURED ON U. 8.
TORPEDO BOAT HOPKINS IN
SAN DIEGO HARBOR.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. 14.-As
the result of a boiler explosion ON
board the torpedo boat destroyer
Hopkins at S:15 this morning,
seven men were seriously scalded
and taken to the Agnews sanitar-
ium today.
The Hopkins was getting up
steam preparatory to leaving the
port with the remaining vessels
of the fleet for the regular prac-
tice cruise in northern waters.
In the fireroom of the Hopkins
were the regular crew. The steam
gauge of the boiler registered 200
pounds pressure shortly before
the accident, and this is so pounds
under the capacity.
Without warning a water tube
suddenly gave way, letting out
quantities of the deadly steam.
Seven of the men were caught in
the room and did not escape until
they were badly burned.
The doctors were hastily sum-
moned and the ambulance called
to bring the injured sailors to
this city.
After the accident on the Hop
kfns the boiler was repaired, and
the little boat went out in the
channel to wait for orders with
the rest of the fleet. At 1880
the boats slowly steamed out Of
the harbor, with the repairs made
on the disabled boat, and with a
new crew in the fire room of the
Hopkins.
The Hopkins is commanded by
Lieutenant E. Friedrich. Her en-
sign is r. Bowen. Both officers
said that they had the situation
well in hand after the accident.
and that the men were cared for
in the shortest possible time.
The accident today is the most
serious of the kind since the ex-
plosion here on July 81, 1905, on
the gunboat Bennington.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14

For a good many centuries hom-
age has been paid to st. Valentine
lon this date. He was supposed
to be the special patron saint of
|ioyesick 'swains and maidens, and
|so today every damsel whose heart
lis warming up to some youth is
watching the mails for indication
of interest on the part of the
young man, and every gallant who
lis afraid to say. what he thinks
Ito iher face takes this means of
breaking the fee.
Valentine day also is observed
|by those who wish to bring to the
|attention of some erring mortal
1.-THE foibles of the Individual. Here
lis where the comic" finds en-
|ploynnent. Every schoolboy has
use for them, and there are plenty
lof other people who do not miss
1.-The chance to "get even' with
some friend for some good-natued
| jollying in the past.
Tacoma dealers report big sale
sof all sorts of high-colored val
Ientines This year. and hundreds OF
dollars have been spent in cele-
brating the day in Tacoma.
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SIX THROWN
into BAY;
| BROWNS
COLLISION BETWEEN STEAM.
Err AND LAUNCH AT MID
NIGHT RESULTS IN DEATH
TO ONE OF PLEASURE
PARTY.

The body of Arthur N. Furh,
local contractor, is probably at the
bottom of Commencement bay as
the result of collision between
the pleasure launch Arrow and
the. fishing steamer Celtic about
midnight last night Five COM
panions of Furh's after having
been thrown into the icy waters
were rescued by the crew of the
steamer.
The collision occurred near the
middle of the bay, and according
to reports, both vessels carried
lights. The larger boat practical
ly cut the launch In two but ow-
ing to alright compartments, the
latter did not sink.
The occupants of the launch
consisted of the missing man;
Clayton Harris, the operator of
the launch: Miss Loretta Brown,
daughter of s. +. Brown, the cigar
dealer; Miss Ollie Kellar, and Miss
Gertrude Walker. The launch
was owned by Captain Kirby of
the Kirby boathouse, and its loss
will amount to about $4,000.
Parties having charge OF the
search for Furh's body have been
unsuccessful and waterfront men
believe 1t sank and became en-
tangled In snags at the bottom
where 1t may stay forever.
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IS
SAVED BY
|. JUROR
CONGRESSMAN ACCUSED OF
LAND FRAUDS MUST STAND
TRIAL AGAIN@URY DIS
CHARGED AFTER FAILING
TO REACH VERDICT-STOO
II TO 1 FOR CONVICTION.
(By United Press Leased Wirc.)
PORTLAND. Ore. Feb. H.

(By United Press Leased Wirc.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. A.
The guilt or innocence of ex-Con-
gressman Binger Hermann, charg-
ed with conspiracy to defraud the
government of public lands i'm the
creation of the Blue mountain for
est reserve, while Hermann was
commissioner of the general land
Office, is still undecided. The jury.
which stood II for conviction and
1 for acquittal, was discharged
by Judge Wolverton at 0:dO
o'clock this morning after wrest-
ling with the evidence i'm the case
for nearly 4S hours.
George Selkirk. who stood out
for acquittal, held that he could
convict the defendant under the
law, but not under the evidence,
and that his conscience would
not permit of his disregarding the
one phase of the case for the sup
port OF. teh other.
After the discharge of the jury,
Prosecutor Heney Immediately
moved that a new trial be COM
menced on Monday NEXT, and
meeting with the objection of the
court that the jury panel had
been excused until a week from
Monday substituted that date.
Here he met with the objection
of John NJ. Gearin, who stated
that Colonel Worthington had
been compelled to return to Wash
ington and could not return for
some time, whereupon the date of
the next trial was allowed to stand
open. subject to the agreement of
the counsel on both sides.
Continued on Page Eight.)
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This Man Never Sleeps-No Wink in Fourteen Years;
Tells Writer All About 1t During Night Spent With Him

and / worked on a farm until l
was middle-aged. 1 used to weigh
|2S0 pounds, and in my time was
the strongest and biggest man in
all the country hereabouts. I've
never been sick day in my life.
when mother and l moved to
town with our children who had
partly grown up, was appointed
chief of police of Hackettstown.
Before then 1 began to notice that
lit was hard to get to sleep at
might, but l didn't think anything
of it; l felt just as well the next
day, whether l slept two hours or
ten.
But by and by there used to be
nights when I'd be awake all
night. If I sat up I'd feel tired
the next day, but If I'd lay down
I'd feel fresh for work in the
morning. seemed to get my rest,
whether I slept or not.
But at last I go So I didn't
ISleSp dC Ill. Anu dItcF tnht SOt
used to sitting in my rocking chair
Jail night. That was about four
teen years ago, as near as mother
and / can make 1t out.
II haven't had wink of sleep
In fourteen years.
"There hasn't been minute
during all that time, that I didn't
know what was going on around
me. At night every time one of
1.-THE boys turned over in bed or
mother moved in her bed, I knew
lit. was always laying there,
thinking. Whenever moved I
knew it and did it deliberately; it
wasn't the unconscious movements
Iof sleeping man.
"It's true / don't suffer. I don't
seem to need sleep. But it's pretty
hard to keep thinking and think
ling, all the time. I've lived over
lmy life. every minute of it, hun
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It's Great Day
For Love-Sick
Boys and Girls

+. Now is the time
When youths in rhyme
Portray their sweetest feeling
For maidens fair
Whose ears they dare
Not greet with their appealing.
And tits the day
When pupils gay
Quit wrestling with atomics
And try to jog
The pedagogue
With gaudy colored "comics!'
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Behold / show you mystery;
we shall not all sleep.-I Corin-
thians, XIV, 81.
HACKETTSTOWN, N. j., Feb.
11.--Alonzo Wire, famous becanse
he cannot sleep, an object of
curiosity and wonder 10 scientists
everywhere, invited to spend a
night with him after i had ex-
pressed deep interest in his case.
I'VE can play checkers until
you get sleepy" he said, with a
laugh, But I'll be glad to have
you sit up with me all night. I'll
give you $40 If you see me sleepy
tonight. I'd be glad to pay it"
Mother Wire. wrinkled, bent
and old, was sitting with her hus-
band by the stove when arrived
at 10 in the evening.
"I'm not sleepy" she said. "I
get so used to sitting up with Lon
until late that I don't miss my
sleep like I used to. / often wish
could give Lon some of my share
of Sleep
Missing sleep doesn't seem to
hurt me any, mother; so there's
no need of your worrying"
After we had played a few
games of checkers and Mother
Wire had put away her sewing and
said Good night" Alonzo Wire,
the man who cannot sleep, told me
all about it.
"I'm 65 years old now," he said.
''I was born on q farm near here,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14
AND THIS WOMAN
SLEPT 81 FEARS

Leonora Romaldo, a pretty
young married woman of VII
lancienso, Spain, returned
from a long walk one sum.
mer day in 1874, and fell
asleep, utterly exhausted.
She slept all that evening
and all that night, all the
next day and the next night,
and on and on, until one
bright morning in 1905 when
she awoke from her 81 years
of slumber.
Anxiously she inquired for
her husband, exclaiming, "I
must have slept long time
since yesterday afternoon.
She would not believe that
the old gray-haired man be-
side her was the husband of
her yesterday" and not un-
til she saw in a mirror her
own haggard, faded, aged fea-
lures was she convinced that
her sleep had indeed been a
long one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 14..-The Tri-
bune today announces the result
of a canvass, which it states has
been made, of the republican edi-
tors of newspapers west of the Al
legheny mountains, regarding
their present choice for president,
with the following total results:
Roosevelt, 1860.
Taft, 1903.
La Toilette, 1877.
Hughes, 1872.
Cummins, 65.
Pinchot, 80.
Cannon, IA.
Bryan, 40.
Scattering, ia.
The following question was sub
mitted, the Tribune states, to
every republican editor west of
The Alleghenies:
''If you could vote for president
Today, for whom would you cast
rour ballot?"
T. r. Leads Taft Here.
The paper prints the following
rs the results from the Pacific
coast:
Washington: Roosevelt, 81;
Taft, 81; la Toilette, 4; Hughes,
8; Cunmins, 4; Pinchot, 1; Dolli-
yer, 2; Cannon, 1; Bryan, 1.
Oregon: Roosevelt, 80; Taft,
IA; La Toilette, 3; Hughes, s.;
Pinchot, 1; Cannon, 1; Bryan. q.
California: Roosevelt, 81; Taft,
As; La Toilette, 4 Hughes, 4
Pinchot, 2; Dolliver, 1; Bryan, L.
In summing up the result of the
canvass, the paper says:
Roosevelt has not only ma
jority of the votes, but ais
strength runs so uniformly that
he is endorsed by a majority of
the states. He is strongly in the
lead in the lake group, where he
has 4S6 votes to Taft 427. He
leads in the prairie states by GIT
to AIS, and on the Pacific coast by
164 to 80.
I'm the only group where Taft
leads the presidents margin is
narrow, it being &c to GA in the
mountain states. The South is
evenly divided, 35 to SO.
'RoOsevelt leads I'm 10 of the %
states: Michigan, Indiana, Him
tContiHued on Page Eight.)
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DEDICATE Y.M.C.A. BUILDING

ira and closing with a dedicatory
address by Governor Hay.
Among the orators will be A. V.
Love, Henry Hewitt, H. w. Stone,
Portland, and Mayor John w.
Linck.
Mary Louise Dunn will enter
tain with a vocal solo.
The lobby of the building is the
finest in the city by long ways.
and the entire building is con-
structed with view to meeting
the needs of young men in Tacoma
as a place to study, to exercise and
to meet in such social surround
ings as will develop true manhood
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14

With a great gospel meeting
and concert in the lobby, both
of which were attended by over
1000 men, the new Y. NJ. G. A. in
Tacoma opened a weeks dedica-
tory services yesterday.
At the meeting A. V. Love, Rev.
S. A. Abbott, Rev. Murdock Nc
Leod and Arm S. Allen, secretary
of the Seattle Y. M. C. A. were the
speakers, the principal speech be-
ing delivered by Mr.. Allen.
Tonight beginning at 5 o'clock
a program will be given opening
with a concert by Nason's orches-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14
BANK oLEARINGs

by DIR. Cook, the settlement took
on the name of Cook. but when
his evidence failed to prove his
claim the residents of the place
decided to change the name OF the
hamlet in keeping with, the recog-
nized discoyerer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14
''Pearysville" Is Name of Town
Formerly Named Cook

DUBLIN, Ind. Feb. 14.-The
little village of Cook, near Owens
vile, located in the pocket OF
southern Indiana, has decided to
change its name from Cook to
Pearysville. Following the al.
legged discovery of the north pole
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14

Alonzo Wire, the Wonder of Scien-
lists, Is Not Sick, but He Longs
for Sleep, and Has Tried Every
thing Sits Up AN Night and
Is Conscious of Everything
Whisky Gags Him and Laud-
anum Fails.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-14

|how I keep alive and happy. But /
do"
Ibid you ever try counting
(Continued on Page Eight.)
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dreds of times,
"I'v tried all kinds of doctors
but they can't make nae sleep. and
they all finish MP By wondering
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EDITORS WOULD TURN TAFT OUT NOW
REPUBLICAN SCRIBES
ARE FOR ROOSEVELT

Straw Vote Shows That Teddy Is
Big FavOrite Over Fat Presi-
dent-Washington In the Pro-
gressive Column Gives Roose-
welt a Majority.
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BY w. G. Shepherd

by w. u. onepncru
Behold / show you a mystery
we shall not all sleep.-I Corin
thians, XIV, 81.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08

their fathers Christmas gift to their
mother. AT the sound OF the crash
Betty turned to find a heap of broken
glass before her. oh" she cried in
horrifed tone. "Oh what shall l do?"
Bob, who had been a silent witness,
sprang up, exclaiming, Now look what
you went and done; I'm going to tell
mama" SO off the little fellow went,
returning in few minutes with his
mother, who was surprised to see
Betty sitting on the floor trying to
paste the broken pieces together Be
fore the children knew ii they were
upstairs and in their room.
Now, my dear readers, / guess you
can imagine what happened after that,
but in conclusion l will say that Bob
and Betty had no dinner and when
tucked snugly in bed they both re-
solved never to play Injun again.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08
HAZEL D'VERAIGNE
4041 seventeenth street. san Francisco,
Age II Years

"All right, children. I'll tell you
about my hsppiest Christmas"
"Goody. goody. l knew you would"
exclaimed several childish voices in
unison
Drama. me wanth sith in yo' lap"
hsped Dot. the youngest.
Very well, Dot. Now. children, get
settled. Are we all comfy?"
Yes, grandma; were all ready to
hear It,"
They made pretty picture. all seated
in front of the fireplace, grandma in
the rocker with Dot in her lap and
three other children around her in at
tentive attitudes, waiting FOR her TO
begin
well, long. time ago, when ] was
little girl, my father and mother, your
great grandparents, lived in a. big
house in New York. ] had everything
little girl could want, except sisters
and brothers, and l think i wanted
them most of all. Being an only child
/ was petted a good deal and had my
own way more than children usually.
do, where there is more than one, any
Your great grandma was very
charitable woman and was always do
ing little acts of kindness for the poor.
often she would take me with her on
her visit to some family in need. Thus
learned the happiness OF giving 10
others.
on and ] was helping my mother to
prepare useful presents for those we
knew and wondering what would get
Il always got great numper Oh
beautiful presents-an Idea entered my
head that made me dance for JOY at
the thought of being able to execute IL.
i put my arms around my mothers
neck and asked:
Mamma. will you let me do some
thing | want TO do more than anything
else? Please say yes
"'Wen, what is it, my darling? she
asked.
First, please promise you'll let me
do it. mamma; oh, please do.
not anticipating what It was to be.
And when said: We'll, mamma, want
to hold fair" right after Christmas
and rattle my presents and give the
money to Mrs. Peyson so Jimmy can
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08
Grown Up Town

How can you get to Grown Up Town?
You ask me with wistful eyes,
AS YOU steal to my side in the window
seat,
While the summer daylight dies.
Dear child, it is far and far away
Adown the river OF years,
And your bark may glide through the
sunbeanns fair
Or struggle through stormy tears.
You may sail perchance with flowing
tide
On the waves of JOY and love,
Or the gales of sorrow may check your
course
And the clouds be dark above.
It is far--so far--to Grown Up Town,
That port on the tide of life;
And some will reach it on sunlit waves,
And others through toll and strife.
Is it fair. you ask me, in Grown Up
Town?
Dear heart, it is hard to tell,
For our fortune there will depend, be
sure,
On guiding our journey well;
If we steer our bark past the quick
sands deep,
BY narrow way and straight
While we shun the rocks, we shall
reach with joy
The City's mighty gate
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08

get his eyes treated mamma hugged
and hugged me and said: Yes, indeed,
Mamma told her friends about IL.
They in turn told their children. and
many came and asked If they couldn't
help at my fair
II was only too glad to have them
help, and with our parents help we
made quite lot of money
Little Jimmy Peyson wasn't the only
one that was helped, and / think II was
the happiest Christmas of my life
Dot was asleep, but the older chill
dren kissed their grandmother and
smiled at each other knowingly. They
had learned the lesson that "it is more
blessed to give than to receive"
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08
GLADYS ROMAN
Hotel Dorchester, San Francisco

HEIR mother was in the kitchen
preparing the turkey for their sun
day dinner on the morrow. IT was
rainy afternoon, and Bob and Betty
sat playing in the nursery
'Oh, I'm tired of playing with these
toys Let's play something new," ex-
claimed Betty. letting the book she
had been looking at fall to the floor.
Il know exclaimed Bob; Tets play
In1un! That will be lots of fun"
NO, that's boys game, and I'm not
boy, besides boys games are too
rough answered his sister.
Wei, I'll be Injun and you can cap
ture me and bind me with rope. Now,
VIII you play?' asked the little fellow.
flhally Betty consented to play and
poth children ran off to prepare for the
game. They were half way downstairs
when Betty stopped, exclaiming, I'VE
nave no feathers, and it won't be any
fun to play without them"
But Bob's wit came to their aid. TAX
ing Betty by the hand he led her up
stairs to their mothers bedroom, where
he opened a closet door and took down
one of his mothers hats. This, as it
happened, was his mothers new Christ
mas bonnet, but Bob didn't know this.
one by one the feathers were pulled
Off, and the hat thrown into the closet
Now, what are we going to do for
the rope to bind you with?" asked
Betty.
i know exclaimed Bob, whose wits
again came to their aid. There is lot
OF rope on the barn door to keep it
closed. III go and loosen it so that we
can use it,"
So off crept Bob down the back
stairs and out into the yard. He re-
turned in few minutes with the rope,
and the game began.
At the most exciting point an unex-
pected accident occurred. In binding
Bob with the rope Betty accidentally
knocked over a beautiful new lamp.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08
How 1t Looked to Willie

Willie had been a good boy lately so
papa promised TO take him down to the
wharves to see boats for the first time.
The first thing the little fellow saw was
a whistling, putting little tug pulling a
large cruiser. Finally, after a few
minutes. Willie exclaimed 'Oh, look,
pop! The big boats got the little one
by the tail and he's squealing." g."--The
Delineator
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08

HIS week the artist has given the
younger juniors the picture of the
little boy and his drum which you will
all enjoy coloring.
This picture painting contest is
growing more popular each week and
the Junior Call is glad to see a great
many new names on the list of younger
junior artists. Today the prizes are
awarded to:
Philip AIcorn, care Buffers Plant.
Virginia City, New.
Prank Dayey, r g. box 76, San Jose
Willie Domenici, 429 East Anderson
street, Stockton.
Charlie Gantianbert, 2S2 South First
street, San Jose.
Claire G. Clifford, All East Proctor
street, Carson City, New.
Albert Hyman, 1125 Crestnut street,
Oakland.
Robert Roswell HawIey. 1896 Euclid
avenue Berkeley.
Agnes Lenore Terry. 126 Grattan
street, San Francisco.
Frieda Hirsch, sos Placer street Red
ding.
Leland Insham, $50 Lincoln avenue,
San Jose.
Gladys Andrena Lawson, box 21s.
Fred Peters, 1913 Castro street san
Francisco.
Louise Pendieton, s07 Oak street, Red
Bluff
Haster Ring, lie Grand.
Agnes Ring, Halfmoon Bay.
Elizabeth Rhymer, 1906 Kentucky
street. near Twenty second, San Fran
cisco.
Charles Edward Thomas, 6f4 Fifty
sixth street, Oakland.
Mildred Taylor, 24O Athol avenue,
Oakland.
Harold won ARK, 369 Twenty-ninth
street. San Francisco.
Naomi Walton, care Mr. Nitto, $40
Walnut street, Woodland.
This picture painting contest is for
are 10 years of age and younger
Twenty paint boxes win be awarded
10 the 20 younger juniors who send i'm
the most artistically and neatly paint
ed pictures. See II you can not be one
OF them!
When your picture is finished mail il
TO the editor of The Junior Call so
that ii win reach the Office not later
than Wednesday afternoon. as pic
lures received after that time are too
late for use.
Please be quite sure that you write
your name, age and address In fun be-
low the picture on the lines provided
for that purpose. Remember that no
picture can be awarded a prize that is
not so marked, no matter how well
it is colored. Remember that the judges
can not know that you live In San
Francisco or Oakland or Berkeley, or
somewhere else unless you tell them.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08
Not So Bad

II asked my class of small boys IL
any could tell me the meaning of the
word apprentice said a teacher re-
Gently, and all looked at me blankly
until one lad arose.
"'Can you tell me what apprentice
means" / repeated.
Yes. 1t means practicing work"
Exchange.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08

The eruptions OF Vesuvius greatly
increase the fertility of the ground in
the vicinity.
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08

Hold your tongue and you will pass
for ilosopher-Italian proyerb
The San Francisco call., 1910-01-08
This. is the picture to be colored.

Paint colors Immediately the
Editor of Junior Call
The Meeker herald., 1910-08-27
18th Anniversary---Surprised

Thursday evening, August 18th, an
agreeable surprise was sprung on
Mr.. and Mrs. Devlin, it being the
twenty-fifth anniversary of their
marriage.
A goodly number of old time friends
drove to the ranch, making their
presence known by the gingle Of
sleigh bells.
The dining room was soon cleared
and dancing was the order of the
evening.
The browning surprise came just
before lunch, when Mr.. and Mrs.
Devlin were led into the parlor, where
they found awaiting them beautiful
carving set, and silver tea service,
along with other gifts. Mr.. w. d.
Simms, in his happy style, delivered
the presentation speech, causing the
recipients to hope they might always
merit the good wishes expressed on
that occasion.
The Meeker herald., 1910-08-27

The Denver Republican uncon-
sciously or otherwise started popu-
lar movement when 1t suggested Hon.
Charles b. Ward as a possible Demo-
cratic candidate for the United States
senate to succeed Senator Guggen-
helm. Barring our own Ed Taylor,
we do not know of Democrat In the
state THE HERALD would rather
support for the position.
The Meeker herald., 1910-08-27

On Tuesday the House passed the
Initiative Referendum bill rs intro
duced by Representative Skinner. by
the decisive vote OF 80 to IL. The
bill has been passed on for consider
alton to the Senate. The next bill up
for consideration in the House Is that
Of direct primary.