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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
Ewcs
CATCH GOLD
Thief
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.-Special
Federal Agent j. F. Warren re-
turned to Nome on the steamer
Victoria today, having in custody
Marius Johensen, who is said tc
have confessed his share in the
robbing of the sluice boxes of the
Pioneer Gold Mining company al
Nome. Two others arrested in
Nome are said to have confessed
and John Tyberg, the man who
turned in the $4,000 in stoler
gold at the local assay office will.
be taken back to Nome within
few days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
NO SUICIDE
PACT WAS
MADE
cry United Press Leased Wire. }

Cry United Press Leased Wire
SEATTLE, Sept. 26.-Ruel A..
Custer, the soldier from Vancou-
yer barracks who eloped to Seattle
with Mrs. Edith Freehouse today,
admitted that there was no sui
eide pact between the two. Mrs.
Freehouse killed herself when she
learned that her husband and
mother had cast her off because of
her liason with Custer, it is al
legged. Custer was today given
his freedom. He told the police
that he wrote the farewell" note
to his mother, hoping that Mrs.
Freehouse would see 1t and that
she would consent to remain with
him rather than have him kill
himself. Custer is a private in
company B, First United States
infantry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
SPOKANE CHIEF
MAY BE OUSTED
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, Sept. 26.-Alleging
that John T. Sullivan, acting chief
of police of Spokane, had commit
ted acts unbecoming an officer,
and asking for his removal from
office and from the police force,
]. H. Elliott has filed charges
against Sullivan with the city
council. The case will be backed
by the Spokane Press, which has
been conducting a fight against
the methods of the police depart
ment.
The charges include state
ment alleging that an attempt
was made to cause the arrest of
the editor of the Press in order
that the paper might be forced to
give up it's campaign against po-
lice methods.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
HAMS FILES PLEA
FOR CLEMENCY

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 26.-Gen-
eral Hams, father of Capt. Peter
Hams, convicted of killing Will
lam e. Annis at the Bayside
Yacht club wharf, filed a petition
with Governor Hughes today fer
executive clemency. The plea is
based on sympathetic and legal
grounds.
Gov. Hughes notified District
Attorney Dewitt of Queens county
of the filing of the plea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26

the place with ". G. -Heinly "a
secretary. end Mr.. Meath was put
IN as treasurer, where there is lit
tile to do.
Stanton Warburtom, Jim Buck
ley and other spelbinders did the
oratory for the Meeting. War
burton said he had just come from
evils county and that it was Inning
up solid Tor him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
M A r X EFT
3 A s X < T

Bananas are cheap on the public
market today. They are selling
for 10 and 15 cents dozen
really half price.
Grapes are plentiful and cheap.
The fancies are 20 cents.
The new fall pears, Flemish
Beauties, has just arrived and
are selling for a dollar box.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
Tacoma Theater

"OUR HEROES"
Sept. 2Sth mt Tacoma Theater.
Tickets, soc, 75c, $1.00. On sale at
Malstrom's Drug Store, 9th and c;
Hopkins Drug Store, 18th and Taco
ma ave-; Delbert A. Young, Natl.
Bank of Commerce.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
BY EsteIle Lawton Lindsay

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Sept. "a.
This story is not an effort to
prove anything.
John Slater was to lecture, and
his lecture was to be followed by
1.-THE great fire test by Mrs. Suy-
dam Green, the only medium of
this phase of mediumship in Cali
fornia."
When she came upon the plat
form l saw she was a gentle-look-
ing old lady with snow-white hair.
Upon the table was a bowl, empty,
a pitcher of clear water, cake of
physicians and surgeons soap, a
lighted lamp, a bottle of alcohol,
an empty saucer, and some clean
towels. Nothing else.
The audience was requested to
remain absolutely still, as any
movement would disturb the con-
ditions of the test and make the
medium liable to receive severe
burns.
Chanted and Chortled
Mrs. Green stepped to the table
and at once began prayer or in
cantation in a strange language.
There was something about her
voice that gripped and held you
still. The tones were those of a
person going into some terrible
danger and praying to come safely
through it. Her eyes became set,
like those of a sleepwalker, and
she walked to the lamp and took
hold of the hot chimney with her
bare hands and lifted it off,
chanting all the while.
There was neither smoke nor
mell of burning flesh. She placed
he chimney against her face, her
leck, her lips; and touched it with
Ter tongue, chanting chanting,
hanting in that strange tongue.
Then she stepped suddenly for
ward and held the chimney out to
me. l held my hand close to it,
wet my finger and struck it. 1t
was sizzling, blazing hot. 1t would
have cooked my hand on the in
slant.
She Didn't Burn
Mrs. Green turned to the table
and. setting the chimney down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
Here Is the Plan

Contestants will be required to mako
lists of correct words, using for the pur-
pose only the letters to be found in the
two words,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-09-26
She Didn't Burn

Mrs. Green turned to the table
and, setting the chimney down,
ran her hand and arm slowly
very slowly-through the flame,
beginning at the little finger and
passing up the arm to the elbow,
turning the hand and arm over all
the time, so that the fire reached
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02

lacks in artillery and infantry when
regular forces are called upon for display
or parade. From a military point OF
view there may be some doubt as to the
necessity of bringing here regiment OF
infantry The city is in no danger OF IN
vasion at present, and 1t is noteworthy
as one of the most peaceful communities
in the United States. Its National Guard
is conspicuous for its high efficiency. II
is about as we'll protected from all posi-
BILE dangers of irruption or invasion as
there is any conceivable need for 1t to be
The chief object of bringing here repre-
sensations of all the military arms would
be to permit comprehensive display OF
the fighting forces on pacific occasions.
Inasmuch as this is not military natioh'
the necessity and even the wisdom Oh
causing the CAPITAL to bristle with bay
onets may be questioned, especially al
the expense of several hundred acres OF
park land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02

development of non-distinctive style of
government architecture in Washington.
1t would be in one sense absurd to put
beautiful monumental building on the
hall of records site. just as absurd as to
put plain office building" style of con-
struction on Pennsylvania avenue for
public service purposes. The 10th street
site should never have been chosen even
for the hall of records. The contem-
plated place of storage for non-current
government files should have been erected
years ago with an appropriate park set
ting such would be afforded by the
wholesale taking of the Mall-Avenue
lands. When Congress finally consented
to name site for that much-needed es-
Establishment it compromised upon a con-
templated plain construction the chief
merit of which would be its fre-resisting
quality. Such a building might properly
be showed out of sight, out of relation
ship with the general public building
scheme of the capital. But a building to
house Offices of such Importance as those
specifically named in the recently enacted
paragraph should never be thrown SO far
out of line and view.
1t is to be hoped that the Secretary of
the Treasury will proceed with such
painstaking care with the execution of
this commission that when Congress re-
cOnvenes it will be possible without waste
of labor to amend the act so as to insure
the construction of this needed building
as a contribution to the architectural at
fractions of Washington. with proper con-
sideration for the convenience of the pub
lie in the transaction of business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Nevada.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
a Chicago preacher pays his respects
to Nevada in this wise:
AT last prize fighting has been driver
into the nations back yard: into that por-
ton of our country that seems to have
nothing of value to promote or to pro-
tect the hobo state of our republic
Nevada
But there is one thing pleasant to note
in this connection, and that Is. prize
fighting is to be driven out Of the ma
TONS back yard. for this is the last prize
fight that will ever take place in Nevada
II is now the only state where prize
fight can legally take place. and law
has already been passed that will drive
these brutal exhibitions out of the state
after next September. A prize fight will
be illegal every place over which the flaa
flies after this summer, and Nevada will
cease being the hobo state. This fact Is
pleasant to note, for it shows that moral
progress keeps up, though its speed may
not be all one wishes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Time to Correct a Mistake.

Fortunately the provision in the general
public buildings bill enacted By Congress
during the recent session for the utiIiza-
ton of the hall of records site, bounded
by E and r. 18th and 10Th streets north
west. for a new general bureau building
does not authorize the actual work but
stops short with the preparation of plans
Under this paragraph the Secretary of
the Treasury is to have prepared designs
and estimates for fireproof building "of
modern office-building type of architec-
ture, to afford accommodations for the
entire organization in this city of the
geological survey. bureau of Indian af-
fairs, reclamation service. general land
office and the bureau of mines. In view
of the Objectionable site for a building
Of this character. IL is gratifying that op-
portunity remains for Congress to change
the designation of emplacement.
Just what is meant by design for a
freproof building of modern office-build-
ing type of architecture is a proper sub
ject of conjecture. The government
should not equip itself with buildings
that might pass for private structures
Its housings should be distinctive i'm
pressive. even monumental in character
There Is no capital making In the cree
ton of public Office structures that de.
pend for sculptured or painted labels tc
distinguish them from hives of attorneys
brokers. agents. financiers. stenographers
physicians. dentists. public accountants
bootblacks and BARRIERS. The paragraph
In the general public buildings bill Is cal
culated to lead to just such a creation II
the language is strictly interpreted by tn.
Secretary Of the Treasury and his asso
ciafes Of the board Of approval.
The chief object of designating a par
ticular area for all future public build
ing emplacements. such an area as tn,
Mall-Avenue triangle, is to prevent tn,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
The Infantry Post Suggestion

II is doubtful whether Washington so
greatly desires the establishment of an
infantry post here to be willing that
1t should be located on Potomac Park
The residents of the capital appreciate
the large amount of land reserved for
park purposes in the District. They re-
gard Rock Creek Park. the Zoo Park,
Soldiers Home. the Mall, Potomac Park
and all the little reservations about the
city as precious possessions, which keep
them in health. which afford them COM
fort and pleasure and which add richly
to the attractions of the city. They de-
plore all encroachments upon these areas,
such as the planting of public buildings
within the Mall and other preserved
spaces.
Potomac Park is in a state of evolu-
ton. The section below the railroad line
is of no present use to the city as a pleas
ure ground, for II has not yet been
brought up to grade. and practically
nothing has been done to, render IL Access
sible. 1t belongs. however. strictly to the
park area which on the northern side of
the railroad has been rendered excep-
tionally attractive and useful to the peo-
pie. In the course Of few seasons
doubtless the lower part of this park. nm
less utilized for the housing of a reei-
ment of infantry, will be transformed
into an even more beautiful area than its
northern neighbor
There is nothing attractive in itself in
the equipment of military post The
addition of barrack buildings and officers.
quarters TO the landscape south of the
| railroad would not add to the pleasures
of the people In any degree. II Is true
that the establishment OF a large infan-
try post here would add one more fea-
ture of possible interest to tourists. Bu,
| there is no lack OF available space around
Washington for such a post, and con.
sidering the sacrifice of park land which
| in the future will be Of the most bepef.
cent influence i'm maintaining the health
of Washington II is to be hoped that II
| the project of creating this post IL
| seriously entertained it will be i'm terms
OF another site than that now suggested
| Washington perhaps needs an infantry
post to complete its representative mill
| tary equipment 1t has a model cavalry
station at Fort Myer. q large marine es.
Establishment near the navy yard and ar
/ engineer pest at the old barracks. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Campaign Money in Indiana.

A dispatch from Indianapolis states
that the democratic state committee has
formed campaign plans involving the
expenditure of more money than was
ever used for such a purpose except in
national years.
The members of the committee are of
course men of experience, and know the
recipe for hare soup The hare must first
be caught. Arrangements for collecting
a large sum of money go before arrange
ments for spending it. We may assume
that these Hoosier politicians know where
to look for coin. and that the coin awaits
them. They would not make contracts
on their own responsibility. Campaign
managers do not subscribe to campaign
funds, but collect and disburse them
Where will this money come from?
That is anybody's guess. A reasonable
guess is that the brewers and saloon
keepers will chip in literally. They have
a good deal at stake, and in politics are
generous. spenders. They were very
active two years ago. and there is the
same ground for activity on their part
this year. They need another legislature
in their business.
But there are incentives for large con-
goes democratic this year Gov. Marshall
will become a recognized presidential
quantity. and the democrats of the state
are anxious to play again the part they
once did. For years they had to be taken
into account in all of their party's ma
tional calculations, and their leaders were
men deserving of national attention. Mr..
Hendricks and Mr.. Mcdonald and Judge
Turpie were all of high grade intellectu-
ally and either would at any time have
made a strong presidential candidate.
Then came a change. and the republic
cans took charge. The old democratic
favorites died or dropped out. Their
places were not filed. Indiana ceased to
be a pivotal state. and became as reliably
republican as Ohio or Illinois. Mr.
Kerns nomination at Denver two years
ago was not compliment to Indiana
but the result of a fruitiess search else
where for an attractive man. The ma
Mr.. Kern in a sort of desperation.
Aspiring democratic politicians. and
their friends in all business walks, will
therefore be willing to help their party
this year. The opportunity is excep-
tional. With the republicans wrangling
about the tariff. the temptation of di-
vided opposition presents itself: and
we'll spent should yield something in the
way of helping to repeat this year the
democratic triumph of two years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
A Rapid Transit Failure.

While Washington was suffering last
evening from the decentralization of a
large part of its rapid-transit system
there were doubtless many signs for the
good old days of horse cars, when
there were no cables to fuse, no gener-
ators to kink, no blow-outs to stop the
ears and quench the lights, nothing oc-
cult to happen to cause a stoppage affect
ing thousands of people. Whatever IS
dement's as a means of rapid transit the
horse had. at least one advantage over
the modern method. 1t got there eventu-
ally. Horses. it is true. were OCCASION
ally overcome by the heat, but substi-
tutes were always to be obtained on short
notice. Now and then a car was stalled
on a steep hill. but it was then possible
10 order the passengers out while the
hcrses pulled the empty vehicle TO the
top. Sometimes the horses baked and
there were short delays while the obstrep-
trous animals were reasoned into docil-
lily. The way was long and the way was
weary but the wheels turned.
However, even with the delay and the
distress of yesterdays collapse of the
electrical system on many of the local
lines there will be no general desire to
return to the former mode of propulsion.
Washington on a horse-car basis with
tie same number of people that it now
contains would be too densely congested
for comfort or health. The tens of thou
sands who have followed or preceded the
electric lines into the distant suburbs
would be housed within a short radius of
the Capitol No one would dream of
living in the now populous suburbs which
are reached by electric cars at present
when the current is on-in a half or
three-auarters of an hour, if they had
TO jog out by the horse route. Subdivi-
sions and towns that are within an easy
practical time of all the public Offices
and places of business would on the
horse-car basis be relatively no nearer
than Baltimore.
These occasional arrangements of the
electric system should serve rather to
heighten appreciation of the remarkable
advantages of modern rapid transit. 1t
is. of Course. unfortunate that machinery
should break and cause suffering and in
convenience to large numbers, but it is
to be remembered that such mishaps &C.
eur at long intervals. Yesterdays block
ade was the most serious ever expert
enced, and it is probable that no such de-
moralization will be repeated for many
years. Every accident of this kind
teaches its lesson TO those in charge.
who, it should never be forgotten, are
more acutely distressed by arrangements
of the system than the passengers who
are disconnected. There should be some
public sympathy for the employees of the
traction system. who worked throughout
the night to repair the damage in order
that Washington might travel smoothly
this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Beyond Human Understanding.
= Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Inscrutable is the colonel. Lodge pays
a protracted visit to Sycamore Hill and
goes away happy and smiling. La Fol
lette pays a protracted visit TO Sycamore
Hill and departs ebulliently gloating.
From Sycamore Hill come kind words
for Dear Will" Also for Cliff Pin
chot. James r. Garfield comes away
satisfied. So does George Won L. Meyer.
Meanwhile the former President is just
resting. And the public is just guessing
Can it be that the warlike colonel is once
more to essay the role of great paci-
fer? Can the man who ended the wal
between Russia and Japan hope to recon
cile the irreconcilables of the republican
marty? Can the man who at Christiania
preached peace among all nations by
establishing a central peace commission
hope to establish himself a peace COM
mission of one to end the great Ameri-
can existing conflict?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Customary Comment.

Down on the farm. Down on the farm
It's there life shows its quaintes'
charm,
Where curious insects haunt the leaves
And the mosquito walls and grieves.
'Tis there they till the stubborn land
And, Just the same, eat food that's
canned.
The rooster crows at break of day;
The cow goes dry. the hens won't lay.
A chilling rain keeps pouring down
Till everything is like to drown.
And next you hear the general cry,
The crops will fail, cause it's toe
dry
In vain do prices gayly mount
And swell ST Stubbles bank account.
The same old accents of alarm
You always hear, down on the farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
A Million Immigrants.

In studying big figures in connection
with the country We should not keep our
minds exclusively on the appropriation
bills. Our billion-dollar expenditures
are not frightening people abroad who
want TO improve their condition. Over a
million immigrants came to US during the
fiscal year just closed. We spend a good
deal, but have good deal to spend. A
big establishment calls for liberal out
lay, and. unless We are all mistaken, we
have one of the big establishments in the
government business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Ideals.

From the New York World
At Harvard Mr.. Roosevelt said he had
encountered in Europe "a certain dis
heartened sense that we had not come up
to our ideals" De Tocqueville once asked
of France Are your principles losing
their force by your example?' The ideals
of a nation are what count, after ALL
We shall fall short. no doubt, but while
they are upheld our endeavor and our
example will not be altogether disheart-
eninR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Annual Vacation.

How is that Cincinnati anti-kissing
club getting on?"
Il understand replied the Louisville
girl, that it has adjourned till after
the season for full moons at the sea-
side is over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02

In view of his known characteristics,
any further remarks to the effect that
Col Roosevelt is lin fighting trim will
be regarded as redundant, Pathological
and pleonastic, not to mention super.
fiuOus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Aromatic Effects.

What you ought to do" said the
physician, lis to take the air in an
automobile or a motor boat
Cant 1 stay home and open a can
of gasolins?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02

Illinois legislators who hear of $50, 600
as the price offered fer Oklahoma inf1u-
ence may be inclined TO wonder whether
some sort of rate agreement cannot be
arranged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Hostilities.

1.-The Marseillaise is a wonderful
said the musician. When
ever / hear it il suggests bitter strife. "
YES" replied Miss Cayenne, land
l feel the same way about
'Mendelssohn's Wedding March,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Literary Note.

marry?"
Il don't know about that. But they
should be very careful about compos-
Ing love letters unless they intend to-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Free Delivery by Mail.

Free delivery anywhere in the United States all
parts of the world of all charged and paid purchases $500
and which be sent in package by mail within
the international postal-weight limit OF four pounds
We deliver free by express freight opton) all
paid and charged purchases amounting $500 Tex
groceries and furnture to the freight
press station any point in Maryland Virginia West Viz
gina North Carolina South Carolina PENNSYLVANIA New
Jersey Delaware New York Massachusetts, Connecticut
Rhode Island
Liberal allowances all purchases of $500
any point in the United States within boundaries
of the above mentioned states.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02
Smoke.
From the Boston Heral'

From the Boston Herald
The driver of an automobile that al
lows smoke to escape in the streets of
New York will be subject to arrest. Some
men will continue to puff tobacco smoke
in the faces of ladies and others. Come
on. decent smokers, let's help cure the
evil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-02

1t would be rather interesting to call
DIR. Cook to the witness stand in FUR
and ivory case and submit him to ex-
animation as to truth and veracfty.