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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

Within 10 years a blind fate
drew the boy of ten and the So
eiety belle of twenty-four from
their homes in different corners
Of the continent and placed them,
as chief figures, in one of the
most remarkable murder cases
that have ever stirred the capitals
of America and Europe.
She is dead now; he murdered
her, after they had been sweet
hearts-husband and wife-for
only three months. =
In 1897 Mary Scott, in San
Francisco, became the wife of Ne
vile Castle. a lawyer. Castle lost
his fortune in litigation, and his
wife, luxury-loving. ran up bills
which would have thrown him in
II bankruptcy but for friends. In
1b00 she went on the stage, in a
play called THE Princess and the
butterfly" This was at Stock
.tpn, Call, and the nerves of her
Efkllow players and the stage force
W her demands and dictation are
III the annals of the Pacific coast
stage world.
Mary Scott continued her stage
career. Her eccentricities grew.
She wouldn't. sleep under the COW
ers of her bd; at all hours Of the
Right. in the sleeping cars, she
Mould awaken members of the
cpmpany by calling to them hys-
t@rically. One of her penchants
was to faint on the train Just as 1t
was pulling into town. She fell
In love with Lawrence Friffith. an
actor in the company, and loved
him with a wild. desperate aban-
don. Her husband secured a d.
yorce from her, and went to Alas
lxa. where he is now United States
district attorney.
Mrs. Castle and Griffith quar-
relied necessarily and violently
Together they went to New York
to appear in vaudeville. but Grif-
fifth at last broke the spell. and
left her; she chased him twice
aContinned on Page Three.3
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

Conrad Hoska dropped dead
this morning about II o'clock
while i'm the Office of DIR. Warren
Brown, corner of Eleventh and
Pacific avenue.
He was in the parade of the
knights Templars but stepped out
and went to DIR. Browns office,
staggered into the room, painting,
started to take of his clothes and
In a few moments was dead.
Mr.. Hoska was grand senior
warden of the state Knights Tenn
plars. ......
Drops Out of Parade.
When the parade reached Elev-
enth and c strets he dropped out,
saying he was not well. He walked
to DR.. Browns office and was
gasping for breath when he reach
ed 1t. DR.. Brown has treated him
for similar attacks before. He be-
gan at once on him and had DR..
McNerthney called to assist. Be
fore DR.. McNerthney arrived Mr.
Hoska was dead.
He was dying in fact when he
reached the office and was almost
gone when the doctor began work.
Hoska had been In usual good
health. He was full of life in the
Masonic meetings here. Tomor-
row he was to entertain the whole
knights Templar delegation at his
waterfront home at Tanglewood
on Fox island. He had invited
them all as his guests and had
chartered a boat for the trip.
Car Crowded Into Him.
Going down Pacific avenue the
lSpanaway car bumped into the
parade at Twelfth street. Hoska
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

Fully half of all cases of lock-
jaw reported after q Fourth OF
July celebration are caused by
blank cartridges, by large full
caps in toy pistols.
The wound from a toy pistol
usually appears trivial because
there is only a small hole through
the skin, produced by the entering
wad, surrounded by an area that
is ,peppered with unexploded pow
dek grains owing to the injured
part, usually the hand, being near
to the muzzle of the pistol.
yThe lockjaw bacillus may be
carried in the powder, in DUST
which gets into the pistol barrel,
in the wad which is forced into
the flesh, or in the dirt which
every hustling lad gets on his
hands while celebrating.
ITO prevent lockjaw following
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

had to dodge to escape being hit.
The incident seemed to nettle him.
The exertion of walking in the
parade also seemingly affected
him.
When he reached Eleventh
street on the trip back up to the
temple he was in distress and he
moved out of the ranks and to the
Doctors Office.
1t was too late, however.
His breath was almost gone and
his heart stopped in a few min
utes.
He has had attacks of a similar
nature before and prompt action
has brought him through, but
nothing could save him this morn
ing.
The news of his death cas-,
gloom over uhe whole knights
Templar assembly, An escort was
sent down and the body was re-
moved to his home on ID street.
Wife Is Away.
Mrs. Hoska Is In Philadelphia
now visiting their daughter.
Mr.. Hoska just recently formed
a business change by which Buck
ley & King took charge of his un-
|dertaking business, relieving him
of the active work. He had
amassed an Independent fortune
in Tacoma and was preparing to
enjoy life when death cut him off.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
BY w. G. Shepherd.

HOBOKEN, N. j., June 29.-
Ten years ago, when she was
twenty-four. Mary Scott, daugh-
ter of H. H. Scott of San Francisco
was one of the bellies of the Gold
en- Gate city and the life of its
gay society.
At that time in the city of Oma-
ha a little boy Of ten years, son Of
Paul Charlton, leading attorney,
was romping with the "kids" Of
his neighborhood. AMI leading
them into innumerable pranks OF
the boyish kind, His name was
Porter; his mother was dead.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
There1l Be Some High Jinks by the
Colored Folks Monday Night-MAYBE.

Ablaze with light will be Ia
coma's Darktown next Monday
night--MAYBE. If LII Aw'tha
manages to bring home the bacon,
pork chops and gin will be scat
tered in the streets and red fire
will garnish the heavens.
OF course. nearly every colored
spoht in the city admits that the
pride of their race stands chance
of losing his laurels to Jeff, but
aside from acknowledging that
such a chance exists, they are 10 I'd
in their confidence in the man who
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
CUT

(By United Press Leased Wre)
WASHINGTON, D. o.. 20. - Commerce
Commission today ordered reductions
transconnenta railroad
cisions based complaints from Spokane Portland
Railroad and the Salt
The reductions
cific to the Missouri
Following decision OF
ested filed petition for rehearing
the United petition acts as
the action
ton for rehearing VIII be considered by the
Reductions made In
shippers made complaint
Spokane that
mission held that Spokane shippers
the rate for shipping freight
the rate from, Spokane Pacific
I'm tho of Portland
ducion Of 20 ordned
Seattle Washington.
gon, Idaho. Montana and the interior.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
WILL BUILD
ANOTHER
A|RSH|P

BERLIN, June 20. = Heart
broken but undaunted by the
wreck of the aerial liner Deutsch-
land, Count Zeppelin. its investor,
announced today that he will at
once construct another ship half
the size of the Deutschland but
with a carrying capacity of forty
passengers.
Manager Coleman of the Ger
man Airship company which con-
Quoted the trips of the Deutsch-
land, said the fate of the big lin
er would not alter the company's
plans for passenger air lines.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

humbled the championship Joy
for Tommy Burns and shattered
poor Ketchels ambition before
the latter even slipped the wine of
victory among heavyweights.
That johnson will have his
hands full winning from JEFF, all
admit. The means they will take
ia the days just prior to the fight
to keep the "jinks" away from
their hope are many and diversi-
fed.
If Johnson wins that fight Ta-
coma's colored colony will pro-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

ceed to enjoy the time of its exist
ence. 1t is the big thing in the
lives Of many and IL Johnson
drops the championship many a
spoht will eat no pork chops for
many nights to come. The crap
games will see little of shining
shekels and all will be dismally
peaceful along the line. But IL
Johnson wins-well. IL he does,
Just keep your eye on the colored
folks of Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
LIFE TERM
FOR DR..
HYDE

KANSAS CITY, June 29.-Dr.
D.. G. Hyde on Tuesday next will
be sentenced to serve the remand
er of his life in states prison by
Judge RatSh Latshaw for the
murder of Col. Thomas H. Swope,
the Kansas City millionaire phil
anthropist.
Attorneys for DR.. Hyde used
every means available to avert the
imposing of the sentence. Judge
Latshaw overruled a motion for a
new trial.
DR.. Hyde will remain In the
county Jail instead of beginning
his prison term, SO as to be near
Mrs. Hyde, who soon is to become
another.
This phase of the Hyde case
was one strongly emphasized by
attorneys for Hyde when they
pleaded with the jury for the ac-
quittal of the defendant.
The defense has filed an appeal
to the state supreme court and
II is believed that the appeal will
be granted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

ROME, june 29.-The minister
of foreign affairs today decided to
demand of the United States the
extradition of Porter Charlton to
face trial for killing his wife,
Mary Scott Castle-Charlton, Mt
Moltraisio, ON Lake Como.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

Decade of the Lives of Porter
Charlton and His Murdered
Wife Tells a Thrilling Story of
an Adventureress' Life and
Teens With Love, Intrigue,
Revelry and May End in Italian
Dungeon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

an accident with toy pistol, the
boy must be hurried to a surgeon
for the proper cleansing of the
wound.
"An ounce of prevention (no,
giving him the pistoD is worth a
pound of cure" at the surgeons
office.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
Ten Years in Dark Cell
May Be Punishment

Ten Years in Dark Cell
May Be Punishment
Porter Charlton may be
tried in Italy for the murder
of Mary Scott, his wife. Capt.
tai punishment is unknown
in Italy, murder being pun
ished by life imprisonment.
In the life term the first
10 years is spent in solitary
confinement, in dark cell,
with only bread and water. 1t
is a medieval punishment,
and prisoners rarely survive
the 10-year ordeal, many Of
them considering death by
suicide far preferable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

a IA d-
BuNd@

There's q woman living on
North X street who has resolved
never again to chase neighborhOod
children from the shade of a large
tree in her yard.
Here is the reason:
She was making friendly call
at the home of a neighbor one
evening, after chasing this same
neighbor's boy out Of her yard.
Conversation Jagged, and the
lads goodnight prayer was heard
in the parlor. This is the way
IL went:
ssDear God, I love mamma, papa
and little sister, but, dear God, I
don't like Mrs. w. She calls me
a kid and will not let me play in
her yard"
Now every child in thai part of
town is welcome to the shade of
Mrs. WIS big tree.
II hear you Americans are an
extravagant lot"
"Yes. we eat three times day."
The Illinois branch of the Con-
sumers' league is urging a Sat-
urday half holiday for all Chicago
stores.
The Pacific ocean is about twice
as large as the Atlantic.
II certainly got soaked when I
abought copper stock"
Il see, 1t was all water, eh?"
AIRS. Mary Ledwith. the aged
nurse of all the Roosevelt chill
dren, has Joined the ex-president's
family again at Oyster Bay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
TAFT IN
BEVERLY

By United Press Leased Wire.l
BEVERLY, Mass, June 29-pres-
ldent Taft arrived here at $3.50 to-
DAY and was greeted at the depot BY
the members OF his family
Tho president was lewlcomed by
the residents OF Beverly who raised
American flags in his honor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
BAKER is FINED $50 FOR CONTEMPT
COURT MULCTS
CITY ATTORNEY

Assistant for
which
yesterday into changing his mind a point Of
Easterday and
fined him $50 fifteen in JAIL
of probably would affair
n about 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
GUS SAYS TODAY:

"If you amt
rich, mebby it's
cause you've
got a lot Of
things that you
won't cash in
yer human kind
ness for in
stance. TIL e
weather'll be
fair tonight and
Thursday. "
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

tBy United Press Leased Wire.D
SAYLERSVILLE. June 29.-Thir-
ty houses, many barns and several
railroad bridges were wrecked by
the flood waters along Middle creek.
Many persons are believed to be
killed. The bodies already recov-
cred were taken from wreck Ted.
dwellings,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
Improvement League
Endorses The Times
Stadium Campaign

MEMBERS REPRESENTING Ell GHTEEN CLUBS
GO ON RECORD FAvORING FREE ADMISSION
FOR ALL SCHOOL EXERCISES NAME COMMITTEE
SCHOOL BOARD
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

The people are not going to give
up that idea of an open gate to the
stadium for all school exercises.
The masses believe they have an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
ARE
SLAUGHTERED

TANGIER
n to have
slight.
No details of the fighting are
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

talked about and lS.s voted for In
Boston than anything that has
been there since. except possibly
William jennings Bryan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

interest in that big horseshoe and
they know they have in the chill
dren that perform there and they
do not intend to be quiet while the
schools are turned into a CONNER
cial enterprise to make money off
the public for extravagant schemes
of athletic training to make rec
ord breaking stars out of a few
boys in the high school.
League Endorses 1t
The Central Improvement
league last night went on record
positively against the plan of
charging an admission to the sta
dium for school exercises. Reso-
lutions were adopted condemning
the school board for its policy and
a committee composed of DR.. Le-
Crone, r. v. Leonard and w. w.
Wingard was appointed to visit
the board at it's meeting this after
noon and make a formal protest
and urge the adoption of the open
gate system.
Represent 10 Clubs
The Central league is made up
of delegates from all the 1S i'm
provement clubs in the city and
it's endorsement of the Times
campaign for free admission to
the stadium means that every club
in the city is lined up for the prop
osition. Already several of them
individually have taken the mat
ter up and adopted resolutions for
the idea and the action of the
CONTINUED on Page Seven.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
Prominent Citizen
Expires Suddenly
After Parade

STRICKEN WHILE IN KNIGHT TENfPIARs' PARADE CONRAD
L. HosKA DIES ON REACHI ING DOCTORS OFFICE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

BANK CLEARINGS
Clearings ............ ..$S36,14
Balances ...... ........ S4,222.s9
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

AIRS. Mary Ledwith. the aged
nurse of all the Roosevelt chill
dren. has Joined the ex-president's
family again at Oyster Bay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

II II certainly got soaked when 1
bought copper stock"
II see, 1t was all water, eh?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29
TODAY IN HISTORY

June 20 1867.
England impos-
ed the STAMP
tax ON tea ship
ped into Massa-
chusetts. The
stamp act prob
ably was more
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

The Illinois branch of the Con-
sumers' league is urging Sat-
urday half holiday for all Chicago
stores.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

s'I hear you Americans are an
extravagant lot"
"Yes. we eat three times day."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-29

The Pacific ocean is about twice
as large as the Atlantic.
The daily Alaskan., 1910-06-16

Ehe S4llz Ana -1Skzt 4- :. W AS
evening sa .54 ls41 oE Lse sloeS
Cor ss-1aazs aud 500 czses o. lyaa-
z.-= 1gr -h- Tlzgl Gosl COMPANY q
l1zEsul
&C Pase aal s1s And l--lle s'2
Eosara 1eu-alel ga aeE 5o1-ley %
EaEollzs ms GlElls W11e t2
Szlga-g -s=g ae-e 5-=s-s q -1e E'-r
The daily Alaskan., 1910-06-16
u NIl1E. Na-a 8-r1laI

WARRINGTON. l e. June To-
Harsea Introduced 1.I .a
Senate lglag ssE.aE le7 aH aPEzg
f Hersg Thousand lul.ars
The daily Alaskan., 1910-06-16

coEDoyA Iu l5-ras Re2-e--
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-23
CHILD'S BODY found
Conductor FINDS GRIP ON TRAIN
HOLDS MURDERED BABE.
Murdered Infant Soaked In Acid and
Tied in Oil Cloth Is Found on GrayS
HarbOr Train BetWeen Gate ard
Centralia. Believed to Be from
Aberdeen.

Dressed in white and reposing in a
cloth telescope grip carefully wrap
ped in a large piece of oil cloth, the
body of a small child was found Sat
urday evening under the seat in a
coach attached to the afternoon stub
train that runs from the Gate to Cen
tralia. That murder is the cause of
death is undOubted. This is further
proved by the grewsome note inclosed
in an envelope and pinned to the
bundle reading: "Please look inside
and handle with care" The child
was literally soaked in carbolic acid.
The grip was first noticed by Con-
ductor Fred Stevens, who upon ar
irving at Centralia notified local
agent A. c. Greene. Greene told Stev-
ems to bring the grip in.
But" said Stevens in explaining
his action. something told me to open
it at once"
He did so and made the gruesome
find. The child was literally soaked
in carbolic acid and the stencil was
nauseating.
Agent Greene Immediately notified
Coroner c. l.. Sticklin of Lewis cOun-
ty, who resides at Chehalis and the
coroner in turn informed Sheriff Ur-
quhart of that county.
Deputy Foster answered, and real
izing that the body must have been
put aboard the train before it had
passed beyond Grays HarbOr. on the
way to make connections at Gate, he
forwarded the news to Sheriff Ed.
Payette of Chehalis county. By
o'clock Sheriff Payette had his dep
uties at work in every town and city
in the county and also notified Sher-
if George CASTOR of Thurston coun-
ty, who also put his deputies on the
trail.
The authorities believe the grue.
some grip was taken aboard the train
at Aberdeen by a man about feet
8 inches in height, weighing about
$50 pounds, and dressed in a light
suit, and Sheriff Payette and the Alb
erdeen police are doing their best to
ferret out the mystery.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-23
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Corsets Cost Hoquiam Merchant $500
-Creech Wins Two Feet OF
Ground in Aberdeen.

OLYMPIA, May 21.-Julia Howell
will get $500 because HOquiam
storekeeper talked rudely to her when
she tried to return corset her hus-
band had bought, according to a de-
cision of the state supreme court to-
day.
She says she tried to return it and
secure the purchase price when John
Winters claimed it had not been
sold at his store. When she disputed
this statement Mr. Winters used Ian
guage which is alleged to have been
vile and approbious and to have as
saulted her.
She brought suit and the jury said
her damages were worth $1,000. but
the lower court cut $500 off and the
supreme court today affirmed the
$500 judgment.
In a suit from Chehalis county OF
r. C. Turner and wife against John
S. Creech and wife, involving strip
of land not quite two feet wide, dis
puted boundary between lots, the
state supreme court has set aside the
decision of the lower court and or
dered judgment entered in favor OF
the defendants.
The state supreme court has affirm
ed the judgment recovered by j. S
Evans against W. NJ. Dibble and J
B. Hawthorne. Both are subcon
tractors on construction of the Har
riman road in Chehalis county.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-23
ShINGLE CUTTING
TO BE RESUMED
Mill Shutdown Helps Market anc
Plants Will Open Again
Monday

SEATTLE. May 22.-Shingle mills
throughout Western Washington that
have been kept idle since April %,
to prevent decline in prices, will re-
sumo operations Monday. A few OF
the mills at various points have al
ready recommended manufacturing.
AS result of the thirty-day sus-
pension, shingle men estimate, be-
tween $500 and 5000 carloads of
shingles have been kept off the mar
ket. Thus, they assert, the market
has been saved from decentralization,
Notwithstanding that prices are gen.
orally about 5 cents per thousand low
er than the scale for which the manu-
facturers stood. Shingles were quot
ed yesterday at S1.75 for stars and
$2.15 for clears. At the time the cur
tailment commenced the manufactur.
ers insisted on obtaining $3.50 and
1920 respectively.
Prices have been forced up cents
above those quoted by the brokers
who endeavored to break the market.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-05-23
LUMbERMEN
MEET in SECRET
Meeting IN San FRANCISCO that
MAY MEAN Big COMBINE.
Saw Hills Of GravS HarbOr and Wijlipa
HarbOr, Twenty-FOur Mills, with .
Daily Capacity OF 100000 Feet.
Represented at Gatherings Held in
ST. Francis Hotel.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21.-Ostens-
IDLY making San Francisco the ter
mnal point of trip down the Coast
for the purpose of inspecting timber
lands and available locations for
sugar beet culture. half a score of
prominent lumbermen from the Grays
HarbOr district, Washington, have
come quietly into the city during the
last four days and have been holding
secret meetings at the St Francis
Hotel. When it became apparent that
their trip was not one of land inspeC-
tion in California they allowed the
story to 60 forth that they were simp-
ly looking over the shingle manufac-
turing situation. From reliable sources
however, it was learned today that
their secret conferences have to do
with a combine of interests-a COM
bine that they hope will not come
within the reach of the Sherman anti
trust law.
TO further that end, lawyers have
been called into the meetings at the
st. Francis to advise their clients just
how far they may proceed in what
the rest of the Coast lumber trade re-
CARDS as a most daring undertaking.
All the lumbermen assembled at the
| ST. FRANCIS Hotel are the managing
directors of mills operating on Grays
Harbor, or, more properly speaking.
on Grays and Willapa bays, Familiarity
knOuw in the lumber world as the
twin harbors. In all there are repres-
ented at the secret meetings twenty
four mills that have a daily capacity
of 100000 feet, representing large
portion of the daily milling product of
the entire Coast.
Prominent among the managers at
the meetings are r. f. Lytle, of the
Hoquiam Lumber and Shingle COM
pany; A. l.. Paine, National Lumber
and Box company; A. F. Coates, Amer
lean Milling company: V. S. Cram.
Siler company; S. f. Slade, Slade
Lumber company; F. G. Shoemaker,
| Wiliapa Lumber company; E. A.
Christensen. Aberdeen Lumber and
Shingle company; William II. Wood.
HARDWOOD Lumber company.