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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
GASMENGO
ON STRIKE
ALL WORKMEN EMPLOYED COMPANY QUIT WORK
WHEN DEMAND FO $3.50 is REFUSED UN-
WILLING LABORERS ARE FORCED TO QUIT.

Work by the Tacoma Gas COM
pany, which is laying new mains
all over town, was tied up this
morning by a strike of the labor
ing gangs, who demanded an in
crease from $2.25. to $3.50 a
day.
The strike was organized by
the Italians, who went along the
lines where men were digging in
the bitches and compelled all to
quit work. All who protested
that they, wanted to. work were
lifted out of the ditch bodily and
their shovels taken from them.
When the strikers reached Sixth
and X streets they struck a bunch
of laborers who insisted on keep
ing on the job. The strikers pull
ed them out of the ditch and sent
them home.
Chief of Police Mallory in the
meantime had been called upon to
afford the men protection, and he
sent squad of officers up. When
they reached the place, how, er,
all trouble was over, the men had
all gone home and work was
stopped.
The strike started at the work
on South Forty-second and NJ
streets. The crew there started up
the line and called off all the men
on all the work all over the city
as they reached them.
Manager Hyde of the lias COM
pany says they will. not pay the
extra wages demanded, and they
will simply stop work and cease
extensions until the trouble is
over, but the men insist that they
can't live on 1925 a day. and
they mean. to fight for the demand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
FALLS FROM STEAMER IN PAJAMAS
GRABS ROPE AND DRACS 3 MILES

After he was hauled up ovel
the side of the steamboat Perdita
at 6 O'Clock yesterday morning
and had sufficiently recovered
from a half-drowned condition,
Martin Stocker, straightway made
for the Hotel Stevens and there
announced to the wide, wide
world that he had established
swimming records both for dis
tance and speed,
Taken Ill about daybreak on the
trip down from Anacortes, Stock
er, clad only in his pajamas, left
his berth and dropped himself
over the single rail OF the lower
deck. Swish! A big wave struck
the Perdita and took tSocker with
It. AS he went over the side he
felt a hairy object whisk his face.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
,'BO|LED SHIRT" FELLOWS
GET SALARY BOOST OVER
THE MAYORS PROTEST

The salary boost for the
boiled shirt brigade at the city
hall went through the council
with a whirl this morning.
But not with the vote of Mayor
Fawcett.
The thing was Matched behind
closed doors by the other commits
sioners who proceeded to tickle
each other by boosting the men
under each commissioner as de-
sired. Freeland wanted the boys
in the treasurer's office and con-
troller's office boosted, Lawson
wanted his chief clerk and some
others raised. Woods wanted his
chief clerk and some inspectors
raised, and Roys wanted his fell
lows taken care of. Each agreed
to vote for the other fellows pro-
gram If he got what he wanted. So
the thing was framed up and the
mayor was not consulted at all.
They even added insult to in
jury, from the mayors viewpoint,
by providing a secretary for the
mayor at $75 a month.
The mayor does not want a sec
retary at the public expense, he
says. The old plan suits him all
fright. He got some of the COM
Imissioners together last night and
he raked them fore and aft for
their salary grab game. Then the
ordinance came up this morning.
81 will not put the motion" +"
said Fawcett when a commission
er moved to pass it, to second
reading.
THE charter says the mayor
shall be the executive head of the
lefty and shall have general super
vision over affairs. You fellows,
two or three or half dozen of
you, got together behind closed
doors and framed this thing up,
and I will have nothing to do with
it. I have not been consulted, and
I will not put the motion"
THAT statement is hardly cor
rect" said Roys. THE ordinance
was before this body in admins
trative session."
"Yes, and I put down the fig
ures 1 thought right. Then in
stead of the rest of you putting
down your figures and letting us
all thresh it out together you
Isneaked off by yourselves and
framed this thing up without let
ting me know anything about it, :"
said the mayor.
He refused to put the motion,
and Roys took it upon himself to
do it. 'Roys, Freeland, Woods and
Lawson all stood by the thing,
and it was passed to second read
ing and made an emergency meas
ure and passed finally. Then it
was handed to Fawcett to sign
and he refused to sign 1t.
The ordinance raises the salar-
les of almost all of the clerks in
the city hall, and all the chief
clerks get substantial boosts, chief
clerks receiving $50 now. The
ordinance goes into effect at
Ionce.
The laborers, shovelers, street
men and other employees who do
manual labor were left at the old
figure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
.URLS POT OF
4 BEANS AT
= PRINCE

%BERIIIN, June I.-While
the the Crown Prince Fred
erick William of Germany
was leading the Grenadier
Guards in review today, Abb
raf,anl Eirweiss, a Polish
jew, hurled a heavy missile
at him. Believing that a
bomb had been thrown, Cui-
rassiers and guards ran down
the princes assailant.
The missile struck and SER
iousiy wounded a policeman.
It was found to be a zinc
pot containing boiled beans.
Although the crown prince
laughed when told of the ma
ture of the weapon his
guards and attendants are
still quaking in the knees.
The man lis supposed to be
insane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

CHICAGO, June IA beauti-
full girl has become a formidable
figure in the war against the
white slave" traffic IN Chicago,
where for four months she was
held in its blighting power;
threatened. coaxed and abused.
In Municipal Judge Walkers
court beautiful Adrienne Ging-
lreas, 10, of French-Canadian
birth, who speaks and under
stands English but imperfectly,
told the narrowing story of being
lured to Chicago's underworld.
Through the help OF friends,
made after her escape from a dis
orderly house, Adrienne brought
charges against Mrs. Sophronia
Lebeau, 20O2 Wabash avenue.
After nine years of innocent
life in the school of Notre, Dame
in Montreal, Adrienne went to
live with an uncle in the same
city. She was unschooled in
worldly ways, and hers was the
wholesome cheerfulness of heal
thy, beautiful and unstained
young womanhood.
Now the cheerfulne has fad
ed, and in her eyes there is terror
and fear. -
Mrs. Lebeau, 1t is charged, rep
resented herself as rich woman
who desired companion and ask
ed Adrienne to go with her to
Chicago. and live life of luxury
as her friend and companion. Her
uncle protested, but Adrienne de.
cided to accept the offer, and Sep
tember 23 followed Mrs. Lebeau
to the strange city, accompanied
by a cousin.
She was taken to a home on
Continued OH Page Seven.1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
BLOOM GETS
F|NE: Of
$50
cEVEN SOCRATES WAS POISONED FOR GIVING TOO MUCH ADVICE
DECLARES LONDON PAPER SHAPING "T R." ON THE WRIST

Morris Bloom, the pawnbroker,
was fined $50 and costs by Judge
Gard this morning for practicfng
extortion by charging illegal n
terest ON loans.
Bloom has been on the anxious
seat ever since the warrant was
issued for him. The law pro
vides a jail sentence of 80 days
may be given and Bloom tried 70
settle with Attorney B. M.
Wright, but the attorney said the
law must take it's course.
This morning Bloom appeared
in court ready to plead guilty and
throw himself on the mercy of
the court. He was much agitat-
ed. He wanted to plead gully
and then If the sentence did not
suit to appeal. He was tod he
could not do this.
He tried to hide his own mis-
demeanor behind the "raater
crime of one Cleghorn, who fig
ured in the case before the MIS-
Harrington account was turned
over to him. 1t appeared that
Cleghorn was the fellow who had
charged the SO month for the
loan of $12.
Anybody that will do that is
certainly am extortionist," declar-
ed Bloom with emphasis. "I'm
no extortionist. Why I always
get along we'll with my clients. I
never charge more than 10 per
cent a month"
This slip admitting he makes
a practice of charging over three
times as much as the law allows
was the result of his agitation
and he finally pleaded guilty.
Attorney Wright asked the
court for a substantial penalty
He said that when recently Bloom
had been assaulted by thug
in his place Bloom had rushed to
court to implore the protection
of the law and that he should
be given to understand that he
must obey the law as well as be
protected by 1t.
The court assessed a fine of $50
and costs and Bloom will return
the watch to Mrs. Harrington
when the account is paid with
lawful interest at 8 per cent a
month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

Ellis for five years has been
making Tacoma light. He is the
operator at the power station. II
he did not pull that switch every
street would be dark. and Tacoma
would look like a graveyard. But
he Is always on the Job, keeping
an eye on the machinery and
noting how the volts and amperes
and silowatts and other things or
|dinary mortals have heard about
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
Large Section
Votes Dry

(By United Press Leased Wirc.C
SPOKANE, June 1.-That part
of Spokane county outside the in
corporated cities is "dry" today
by an overwhelming majority.
The result will leave only a few
irrigated spots in the county.
Cheney having voted dry pre-
viously.
Local option elections were
hel din Adams county yesterday
with ther esult today that the
county, outside of the towns OF
Lind and Ritzville, is dry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
Doesn't Bother Teddy

LONDON June Apparently unaffected by his present
popularity shown and general comment Col
Theodore Roosevelt jova mood today He spent nearly
reading his speech relative to
British administration Egyptian affairs and apparently the
criticisms did
honor luncheon given
of parliament John Redmond
the Irish leader, presided.
English officadom comment publicly Roose-
the semioffca character
of this lack
men however 1t plain that officials fear the speech
result in upheaval of the AngoEgyptian relations
Roosevelt violated diplomatic
propre the incidents his speech to the
incident President Cleveland
British advising citizens of the United
States is dumbounded by
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

life insurance. Juice does not
honk-honk nor toot-toot when 1t
starts for you but just gets there
in a hurry.
But Charley Ellis goes on night
after night taking his life in his
hands so the rest OF the people
can see ana they pay him about
50 q night for the job.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
(speciaI Correspondence. J

PARIS, May 31.-The wonder
child" is now the wonderful wom-
an to Paris music lovers. For
years little Wanda Radford was
regarded as unquestionably the
most beautiful girl in Australasia.
When she arrived in Berlin two
years ago to go on the concert
stage, she created a furore in the
German capital, and was promptly
named the wonder child"
Later on she entered the Paris
Conservative to continue her mu-
sical studies. At her recent reap
pearance on the stage. the enthu-
siastic critics promptly rechristeu-
ed her as "the wonderful woman. 2
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
Know Charley Ellis?

Well, II it wasn't for Charley
you would have to walk home in
the dark and be the victim OF
footpads at every corner. Charley
Is the boy that makes light.
He says every evening. '1et
there be light" slips a switch and
zip the town bursts forth like a
night blooming ceres. into a food
OF beauty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
EXCURSION To
PORTLAND FOR
ROSE CARNIVAL

The Chamber of Commerce will
run an excursion to Portland for
the Rose carnival next week
probably on June s. III enough
will agree to go on that date q
special train will be chartered. !.
Some good advertising will be
done for the military toum ament
at the carnival.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
AUTO HITS MAN

Dan Gamer of the Olympus ho-
tel was run down by an automo-
bile driven by DR., Rinkenberg at
the corner of Ninth and Pacific
avenue today.
The machine knocked him
down and broke his collar bone.
He was taken to the Olympus ho-
tel and is receiving surgical at
tention.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
TACOMA TO Be
HEADQUARTERS
FOR BOOSTING

Tacoma is to become headquar-
ters for advertising the whole
Southwestern Washington section
Secretary Sommers was instructed
by the chamber of commerce yes-
terday to communicate with all
cities and communities and get
their boom literature TO spread
from this headquarters, thus ac-
quainting the world with the adj
vantages OF this section.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

but know nothing Of, are getting
along.
If things don't look just right
the switch is thrown again and
then there comes a howl. A
thousand people begin telephon-
ing to know why the lights went
QUE. Ellis sends for the trouble
men and they fix up the "ground"
|or whatever is wrong and then
that switch gets busy again, there
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
SCOTT FOR
PARK BOARD

H. G.. Scott of South Tacoma
today fled his name as candid
ate for park board member to be
voted upon next Tuesday. Scott
has the solid support of the South
Side. His petition had rbout 15O
names upon 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

is a spit as the current shoots into
the wires and once more every
body Is happy.
Every night Ellis takes his life
in his hands. It is no joke Jug
CLING with 1900 volts OF juice you
can't see. You can dodge an au-
tomobile sometimes and Jump the
track when the locomotive comes
but when 2.20o volts heads your
way Il Il time 70 hare plenty Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

he clutched it. 1t was
rope. 1t was about 6 feet long.
And Stocker chung to it.
This was eight miles out OF Sc
attic. Stocker naturally let out
a number OF lusty yeIps at first.
but shipped so much water he de-
cided to save his wind until the
steamboat docked, when he let
out the yell that he had been saw
ing and was rescued.
Sotcker has made formal de-
mand for rebate on the eight
miles he had to swim.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

Forty Of the pick OF the busi-
ness men Of Minnesota will be In
Tacoma tomorrow as guests OF
the city. They are making q
business and pleasure trip through
the Northwest 70 get acquainted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
W|CKERSHAM
THINKS He
WILL WIN
believes HE CAN PREVENT
WESTERN RAILROADS FROM
RAISING RATES.
(By United Press Leased wirc.) }

(By United Press Leased Wirc.C
WASHINGTON, d. c., June /.
he was sanguine of
winning his suit for a permanent
injunction restraining the 20
railroads In the Western Traffic
association from increasing
freight rates, Attorney General
Wickersham today issued a state
ment in which he said the pro-
posed increases are "subversive to
public interests"
Wickersham $ aid he began
Wickersham said he began
yesterday at st, Louis and consid-
cred by Judge Dyer at Hannibal,
Mo. He considered secrecy me-
cessary to the success of the plan,
he said. Sunday Wickersham sent
Assistant Attorney General Gros-
venor west to start the suits.
He said he had received num-
erous kilograms Thursday and
Friday protesting against the in
creases proposed and spent FRI
day, Saturday and Sunday prepar-
Ing bill of particulars and get
ting affidavits showing that the
railroads designated w. III. Hos
mer, chairman of the Western
trunk line committee, as agent of
all the roads in increasing the
rates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
La FOLLETTE'S
AMENDMENT
REJECTED

WASHINGTON, ID. c., June 1.
The senate todav rejected sena-
tor LaFollette's amendment to
the railroad regulation bill provid-
ng for the physical valuation Of
railroads.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

guns each, but after the buttle
the British comrlatnel that the
American boat fired star aud
chdin shot, whicn was1t nice of
1t. The British evidently thought
the American navy in 1913 would
come out of the harbor and play
bean-bag, or maybe that the Amer
ican captain, would sue his antag-
onist up town at the court house.
But since that British naval Of
ficers have been very careful to
smile whenever they called the
American navy names to its face
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
C0SQa-o
I6A-
$50, 600 CONTRACT
IN HER GTONKINC


D In HER STOCKING Q
. NEW YORK, June 1.-o
. When Gertrude Hoffman, .
. Salome dancer, sailed for .
. Europe on the Prinz Frede- o
. rich Wilhelm, she carried a o
. contract for $4,000 In her Q
. stocking. Asked by a repor- Q
. ter where her contract was o
. she replied: 'In the safest 0
. place a wman knows!" Q
oooe . 80 oe Q 800
The city council thinks Harry
Draper and his two bloodhounds
not worth $50 a month to the
city. Chief Malony says they are
no good and the council cut the
appropriation out yesterday.
The supply of silver dollars is
likely to rum short in Tacoma
now. The congressional appro.
priation for transporting cash
from the mint to the sub-treas-
uries is exhausted and banks have
to pay AZ cents to change S.
gold pieces into silver dollars to
the express company for doing the
hauling from San Francisco.
A Chink by the name of Ching
Ling
Fell off street car-ibing! bing!
The con turned HIS head
And to the passengers said.
"The cars lost washer. Ding!
Dingi
"Say, pop. what's a pessimist?"
"a pessimist, my SON, is one
who, of two evils, chooses both" !"
-Everybodys.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
TODAY IN HISTORY


June 1. 1913.
the Am e r G y n
frigate G h e S a.
peako and : h e.
British fri G a t o
Shannon fought
a battle off Bos-
ton harbor. The
ships had SO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-The gov,
eminent today filed an "expedit-
Ing certificate" in the federal
courts here asking that the is
sues in the suit to restrain the
25 western railroad from increas-
ing freight rates be given pre-
cedenee over other cases on the
court calendar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

ed Increase.
About 100 men are out OF work
as a result of the. strike. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
WEATHER FORECAST.

For Tacoma and vicinity: Fair
tonight and Thursday. Light
westerly winds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01
; sssesssssss.ss

Samuel Gompers: "All low
ers of the human family, all
who earnestly strive for po-
litical reform, economic JUS
tice and social enfran chise-
ment, must range themselves
on the side or organized la
, Dor in this demand for direct
legislation"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-01

"Say, pop. what's a pessimist?"
"a pessimist. my SON, is one
who, OF two evils. chooses both"
-Everybodys.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-23
Effective Organization
Butler, Ill, Sept. II, 1910.
E. A. Scrogin, Springfield, Ill.


E. A. Scrogm Springfield Ill.
Dear SIR am in receipt Of your letter Of the 18th, and
in reference to the work have done will say that proud
Of the showing the Republican party gave Mr. Simpson
Butler Grove Township Mr.. Simpson got 13S votes and
Rowden the endorsed by the Wets got six and
Mr. Davis of Lcheld got nine votes although he had
in township the day before election working for
him, and he also sent the Free Press his paper, all the
Local Option voters here stating that Simpson saloon
and if they wanted County Option; to vote for Dave
Davis the only Local Option man, so | said above
proud of the Republicans Of this Township who went ten to
for the endorsed The Local Option Democrats also
gave Mr.. Canaday good VOTE he got 1O8 while Nuber,
the saloon from tched got only thirty eight showing
little better than three in favor of the endorsed
candidate
This shows what be done there active worker
in township and if other districts have done well the
3Sth will have legislature which will give County
Option for sent two dry of three to the legis
ature from this district where had three two
years AS you get in all returns would be
pleased to hear how you think the legislature will stand
on County Option. Very truly yours,
Jesse w. Osborn.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-23
Whom have we here?

Whom have we here?
1t is a Voter con-grat-u-
la-ting a Jub-i-lant Jackpot
ter.
But the Jack-pot-ter is a
Bad Man, is he not?
Yes, he is Bad Man, but a
Good Fellow.
Can he be a Bad Man and
Still be a Good Fellow?
0, yes, indeed. That is his
Stock in Trade.
hanging on the Jack-pot-ter
Those are in Indictments.
Is the little Boy shocked to
Bad Man?
No. He thinks it is all
right because Papa likes the
Jackpot ter. When he grows
up he will be a Jack-pot-ter
himself.
Here we have Two Voters
marking their Ballots.
One is a Good Man and the
Other is a Bad Man. The Good
Man votes for the Good Can
didates, one vote for Each.
The Bad Man pumps three
votes for a Bad -di-date
and the Bad an-di-date gets
three times as many votes as
each one of the Good Can di-
dates.
Why does not the Good Vo-
ter vote three votes for one
Good Can -di-date and lick the
Bad Can di- date?
The Good Voter some times
does, but most of the Time he
stays at Home and does not
go out to Vote. The Bad Man
always goes out to Vote be-
cause it Pays.
The Good Man lets the Bad
Man elect the OFFICERS and
then wonders why the Cost
of Living is gong up.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-23
Easy Lessons About the
Primary Results

O, see the Good Citizen.
Why does he Storm and
Fume?
He is Disgust with the
Election.
He wonders why Can-di-
dates with Bad Records get
so Many votes. He says Ill-f-
nois ought to be ASHAMED of
herself. He says we must rise
in our Might and Clean the
Ras-cals out.
Did he vote?
No.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1910-09-23
Violate Election Law

Under the caption, Boys Do Your Duty the champion
out the vote for the liberal candidate
In this appeal of the liquor journals editor is statement
that reveals most orcby the saloon mems attitude toward
law Their doctrine evidently is if obedience to law works
to their benefit they will obey it, because is the law
but because it will bring them certain advantages In the
language of this editor:
1t is to be hoped that there will not be so
contemptably mean who for the sake of few patry
nickels deliberately violates the law by keeping his
back door open when his services demanded at
the polls in order to help protect his business.
We know of cases in the past where saoonkeepers
have been shortsighted to do this and the
suit has been that by their act the election has
been lost and they have been forced of business
That there saloonkeepers Econtempaby
mean to do this very thing demonstrated in unici
pal Judge Bruggemeyers court the 10TH where eight
them before the charged with violating this
ton law. We can't expect much respect for law from
who base that respect solely upon personal advantage