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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
M'GREGOR ALONE
RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE UNPAID BILLS

A representative from the Per-
kins' block called at the city hall
today to protest to Electrician
Lauzon over the latter's charge
that Perkins had not paid all his
city light accounts.
THAT is just it," says Lauzon.
"McGregor refused to let me send
the bills for repairing the lamps
which were being broken up by
the private plant of. the Perki1s
block. All bills rendered were
paid all right, but McGregor re-
fused to let me send the repair
bills and said he would attend to
1t, but he never did, and so the
city never got the money!, e,sa
LauZon first took the matter I'D
with McGregor away back in No
vember, but McGregor never at
tended to 1t and he went out or
office without ever compelling
Perkins to pay for the extra
breakage of city lamps, after he
had called Lauzon off and refused
to let him handle the case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
IS
ENGULFED
BY LAVA
ERUPTION OF ETNA BREAKS
ALL MODERN RECORDS-IN-
HABITANTS FLEE FOR
( LIVES.

CATAlNIA, April 2.-The roar-
ing furnace of Mount Etna in
creased its violent activity today
and the people of Catania, after
many sleepless nights, have be-
come hysterical and fear-ridden.
Earthquakes Shake Island.
Fear of confiagration from
chance live cinders from the dis
tant craters has added to the gen.
eral alarm felt over the eruption.
Occasional earthquakes rock the
island and the explosions of gases
in the depths of the mountain arc
becoming louder.
Lava Covers Town.
Inhabitants of the little village
of Cavalieri fed for their lives
during the night when the "a "a
flow engulfed the town. Beldasso
and Borello are in the path of
the floow and cannot escape de-
struction.
The eruption of Atna has brok-
en- all modern records Of volcan
ic activity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
MEETS DEATH
IN WATER
WHEEL

(By United Press Leased Wire
SPOKANE, Wash, April a.
Charles Neal, who has been the
victim of an endless chain of trou-
bles for months, is now wedged
in the big waterwheel at the saw
mill at Phoenix and all hopes Of
recovering him alive has been
abandoned by those who have
been working in the cold waters
for hours trying to check the rush
of waters that bars them from
his rescue.
This morning Neal went below
to make some repairs. No sooner
had he descended than the water
gate gave awy and the trem en-
dous rush of water from the river
came on him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
NOW He MAY
L0SE: HIS
JOB
YORK LEGS ARE so WE'LL
MADE NOW THAT 90, 500 is
TOO MUCH no CHARGE
STREET OAR COMPANY FOR
QUITTING OFF LITTLE
GIRLS LIMB, SAYS WISE
JUDGE - PEOPLE. HOW
EVER, TAKE A HAND AND
MAY COMPEL HIS RETIRE-
MENT.
Especial Correspondence.)

topcCiH COrreStOuuenCc.D
NEWARK, N. j., April 2.--Dor-
othy McDermo:t is only 5 years
old, but the tiny cork leg she
wears in place of the one that was
cut off by a Newark street car
may, figuratively, be used to kick
a judge off the supreme bench of
the state.
All the union men of the state,
and a good many other people,
too. are signing petitions demand
ing that Justice Chas. Garrison be
removed by Gov. Fort from the
supreme court bench because he
said, after jury had given a ver-
dict in Dorothy's favor:
'This verdict of $500 is too
high. The jury did not take into
consideration the great improve
ment in cork legs"
Mrs. McDermott, Dorothy's
mother, sat on the back porch and
watched the children playing in
the back yard, as she told the
story. Little Dorothy stood off
to one side, watching them, too"
"It happened a year ago." said
Mrs. McDermott. Some of the
children came running in and
shouted out that Dorothy had been
killed under street car. Then a
man came around the corner, car
rying Dorothy. Her left leg was
gone and the doctors hardly saved
her life."
Just here little Dorothy came
up limping and interrupted her
mother.
Mamma, take it off, won't
you? 1t hurts me sol"
LET me see," said the mother.
She bent down over her baby girl
and in moment she gave little
cry of pity.
why, it's all red and raw" she
said. "I'll take it off,"
And she unstrapped the wonder
full cork limb which the justice,
who wouldn't take $4,000 apiece
for his honorable legs, had praised
so highly.
Dorothy hoped away on one
leg to clothes pole in the middle
of the yard and leaned against
that to watch the children jump
rope.
"She's worn that for months
now, but it hurts her yet," said
Mrs. McDermott. Then she con-
tinued her story:
I'VE found out that 1t was all
the motorman's fault. He didn't
|even slacken the speed of the car,
and when we took the case to trial
there was no doubt of the COM
|pany's guilt.
"It was only a question of how
much a little girls leg was worth.
Dorothy is as bright and smart
that she was able tc tell a great
deal about the accident and she
helped her own case.
"The jury said that she ought to
have $500, because some day
when she had grown to be a wom-
an the loss of her leg would be a
greater affliction tc her.
1.-THE street car company took
the case up TO the supreme court,
and Judge Garrison granted the
company another trial.
'He said that cork legs Were SO
well made these days that $500
was too much to pay for any hu-
man leg.
1--WE had another trial, and the
Jury found the company guilty
again, but this jury, because of
what the Judge had said, had to
|cut the verdict down almost one
half" -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
MRS. SAYLER'S
STATEMENTS
DOUBTED

(By United Press Leased Wire
WlATSEKA, ILL.,, April 2.-Tha
prosecution in the Sayler murder
case today sought to prove the
possession of an automatic re-
volver with which Banker Say
Ter was killed, to connect Mrs.
Sayler, co-defendant with her
father, John Grunden and DR..
William Miller, with the murder.
The state also asked permission
to introduce two bloodstained
skirts which the prosecutors be-
lieve will show that Mrs. Sayler
was present when her husband
was shot. instead OF runasng
away as she said she did. The
court reserved its decision
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
He is Mmrm ON Politics;
Ignores Black Hand
(By a STAFF Correspondent of the United Press.)

NAPLES April 2-Coonel Roosevelt landed
Cairo given reception prominent Americans
hands all around speech
lice guard given him protection from
denounced political
termination not to talk politics. all within the short
docking of the Heinrich
Half the population of Naples the quay
that half appeared to be Americans
Ambassador Leishman who had from
president police dignaes
of the Neapoitan community also
Roosevelt had ship he
surrounded by special guard of police citizens
the police used prevent
% Roosevelt.
of the first things he to ds-
false interview printed
politics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
GIRL AND HER
ABDUCT0R
FOUND
FATHER OF GIRL WHO EdOP.
ED AT 10 ENDS THREE-Y7EAIs
SEARCH.
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MONTREAL, Can, April g.
John Copehart, alias Shaw, alias
Cox, has been arrested here
charged with eloping three years
ago with Anna Bonner, the 16-
year-old daughter of Louis Boh-
ner of Hartford Conn.
The finding of Copehart and
the girl together here ended the
fathers three years search for his
daughter, that carried him pretty
well over the United States.
ut is probable that a charge OF
Kidnapping will be made against
Copehart, who has posed as a
lieutenant in the United States
navy.
Says They Were Married.
Bonner left today for his home
accompanied by his daughter.
The girl says that she and Cope
hart were married but she had ro
certificate to show in substantial
tion of her statement.
Copehart, it is said, worked as
a waiter in Hartford cafe. At
night, however, he laid aside his
apron, donned navy lieutenant's
uniform and became quite lten
in Hartford circles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
FALLS ON WHISTLE WIRE AND BRINGS
RESCUERS WHEN ATTACKED BY WILDCAT

SEASIDE, Ore, April AT
tackled by a Wild cat while IN
charge of a whistle wire at one
OF the log chutes of the Seaside
Lumber g Manufacturing COM
pany lille Sellers, boy, tainted,
fell across the wire and sounded
blast that brought rescue. The
prolonged whistle attracted the
attention Of the foreman. who
Immediately started for the chute
to investigate the trouble. hen
500 yards away he saw the-big
cat on the back of the prostrase
boy endeavoriug TO claw through
bis clothing to the flesh. He hap
pened to be armed and killed the
eat with single bullet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
THE UNWR|TTEN
LAW FREES
SLAYER

BAKERSFIEIID, Cal, April p
The "unwritten law" has freed
another murderer. John Cross.
who Wednesday shot and killei
j. w. Rhoades when he found
Rhoades at a theater with his
wife. was released today without
formal action. 1t was necessary
to force his friends to swear to a
complaint that he might be for
mally discharged by the court.
Rhoades. according to Cross and
others. had been paying much at
tention TO Mrs. Cross. He took
ADVANTAGE OF Cross absence from
the city and escorted the woman
to theater. Cross returned m
ezpectedly and killed Rhoadea.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
ATKINS STRIKES
BACK At L|NCK

Charles Atkins issued a state
ment today accompanied by an
affidavit in which he declares that
he submitted that much talked of
letter to Mnck asking for posH-
tions for forty of his friends at
the request of Linck himself.
In the affidavit which is sworn
to by c. F. Erickson. the letter
says he was present at a meeting
between Linck and Atkins and he
heard Linck tell Atkins to send
in his list Of appointments. Linck
said "put plenty of names on It,
according to Erickson.
Atkins declares that he is not
ashamed of the letter and that he
gave 1t out for publication. He
insists that the break between
and Linck came when he
told the mayor that he, Atkins,
would be candidate for mayor,
and that the list of appointments
had nothing to do with It.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
IS HELD
TO SUPERIOR
COURT

After hearing the evidence
against Arthur Root. who is
charged with having enticed little
Maud Lester, 15, from her home
at Sumner last week. Judge Arnt-
son of the police court yesterday
bound him over to the superior
court to answer to q serious
charge. Root admitted having
served term for burglary. Hts
bond was flxed at $1,000. The
girl was returned to her parents
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
Burglars ReIent
Leave Wedding
Presents

SAN FrRANCIso, April 2.-Dr.
Thomas +. Gleason and his bride
of day put up such a patheuc
plea to keep their wedding pres-
ents given them the day before
that burglars who had bound them
both and were lootiug the house,
relented and left the sack full
OF silverware IN the hall. taking
|s11o in cash for their trouble.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
GLASS TRUST
NOW UNDER
PROBE
(By United Press Leased Wire. J

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PITTSBURG. Pa, April e.
Although 1t has not been official
ly given out, 1t was larned today
on good authority that the gov
ernment is preparing to proceed
against the Imperial Windown
Glass company for alleged viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust
law. A federal grand jury will
be called and an attempt will he
made to prove that the corpora
tion is a trust.
1t is alleged that the company
controls 33 large window glass
factories in IL different states.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
CHILD'S LEG NOT WORTH $500 RULES JUDGE
Maryland
Puts BAN
ON Negro

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, April q
After an all night session the
Maryland legislature today passed
bin prohibiting negroes fran
voting in town. city and sta.o
elections In Maryland. The bill
was supported and opposed strict
ly on party lines.
The measure was introduced
last night in the course of q
sleepy session." ith its intro
duction things began to more
quickly and in spite of all that
opponents OF the bill could do, the
measure was referred to a COM
mittee, which reported 1t back 10
the house favorably after a brief
recess.
Three hours after the bill was
reported out of committee the
measure was passed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
Tiger Game May
Be Called OFF

AT 2 o'clock this afternoon II
was reported that the grounds at
Athletic park were in bad con1i-
tion. and that the game between
the Tigers and the high school
teams might not be played. The
heavy rains OF yesterday aad this
morning left the grounds muddy
and slow. Considerable water
was standing ON the field this
morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
FEAR CHILD IS
KIDNAPPED

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BAKERSFIELD Cal, April 2.
-,All the bakersfield relatives oil
Mrs. T. w. Helm. jr.. assisted by
a score of police. detectives, and
deputies, are searching today for
her s-year-old son, who disap-
peared mysteriously yesterday.
The children who had been
playing in the street near the
Helm residence said they had seen
two men speeding up the street
in an automobile and that baby
sat between them on the front
seat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
BIG CYLONE
IN AFRICA

(By. United Press Leased Wire.)
LISBON, April 22.-Heayy loss
Of life and great property dam
age in cyclone is reported today
along the East African coast in
cable received here from the gov
ernor OF Mozambique.
Mozambique is a Portuguese
possession in East Africa. The
dispatch says that the level of tne
sea rose 22 feet under q terrific
wind and rushed Inland for many
miles, inundating the country.
Scores OF bodies already nave
been recovered from devastated
plantations and from wreckage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
Wallace Leaves
For the Pen

Fred Wallace, alias Cotton, who
held up a grocery and drug store
and who desperately attacked
Deputy Sheriff Harry Draper in.
an attempted jail delivery, start
ed for the Walla Walla penitea-
tiary this afternoon with one OF
the travelling guards.
He was heavily handcuffed aud
shackled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
IN
THIS STATE

Pear is felt lest thes andy soil
in the Freewater district is iu-
fected and lest the parasite known
as uncinariasis may be commu-
nicated to other families. This
cannot be determined for some
time.
The family formerly lived in
Tennessee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WAILA WiAILA, Wash, April
2.-Dr. G. Edwin Montgomery CT
this city has discovered a family
of six living near Freewater, Ore,
each member of which is suffer-
ing from a pronounced case of
hookworm, the first reported this
far north.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
H|CCOUGHS KILL MAN

LOUISVILLE, ILL.,, April g.
Robert Lewis, a farmer and stock
man, died at his home near
Bible Grove, ten miles east O..
here, after suffering week with
|hiccoughs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
THIS MAN FATHER OF
81 CHILDREN! next!

BOSTON, April 2.-Joseph
Sears. a Dedham carpenter has
just welcomed a bouncing bany
son. Ordinarily a visit from the
stork wouldn't occasion much
comment in Dedham, but In this
case it is the thirty-fourth child
of Mr.. Sears. and his neighbors
feel almost as interested and as
pround as he does.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
wBAnHER FORECAST.

For Tacoma and vicinity:
Showers tonight and Sunday.
Moderate 70 brisk southerly
winds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02
| q u ID s
i@ "A ~ ID -;
|.E ~ u s

Political Lesson No. Z: When
you go to the polls, forget that
you have any brains. Let The
ward heeler mark your ballot. He
knows how you ought to vote.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02

That bunch OF Shriner boosters
who are going south this sfter-
noon do not need to mention the
fact that it showed in Tacoma to-
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02

Candidate Fairchild, who is out
Tor councilman, is not so slow.
Going up in streetc ar last night
he gave small boy nickel and
had the boy pass out his cards,
one to every person in the car.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02

When "Me and Mettler" fall
out the public may get their dues.
The pair split ON the proposition
Of helping the city build that road
to South Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-04-02

George Lester called at the
park board yesterday for rose
clippings. Miss Mayer was un-
able to find his name on the list
and asked him If he had regis
tered. He said: Certainly, and
I'm going to vote" He got no
clippings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-31
MAY SUTTON DEFEATS
MISS HOTCHKISS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, May 31.-One
of the greatest tennis battles ever
seen in the state was witnessed
yesterday when Miss May Sutton
defeated Miss Hazel Hotchkiss
after a hard contest. Miss Hotch-
kiss was wonderful at vollying at
the net, one of Miss Sutton's
strong accomplishments, and rath-
er beat the champion at her own
game. Miss Sutton finally resort
ed to her long field deep drives
and by this style of play won out
in the final game. Each had won
a game before and this was the
rubber. which Miss Sutton took
e-3.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-31

When it comes to being right
on the job with the new stuff and
letting the dear public in on it,
you have to give the premiums to
Hughey Jennings, the auburn
haired one who bosses the Detroit
Tigers so successfully in the sum-
lmer time and practice law some
where in the wild of Pennsylva-
mia in the off months. Jennings
lis one great manager, and he has
the best little brain pan for think
ing up publicity getters which are
of a real benefit to his own men
and other ball players of any 9th
er manager.
Jennings latest stunt is in
structing weak hitters by the aid
of photographs. Probably can't
see it, can you? Or else you sniff
and say it's remarkable he re-
leased Beckendorf for failing to
hit when he might have cured his
catcher's weakness by buying a
few photographs. Still the plan
is a good one, all right.
The auburn-topped manager
has it doped out that If man can
be taught how to stand when at
the bat his batting will pick up
Half of the weak hitters, or rs
per cent of them, are men who
take a wrong position when bat
ting and who pull away from the
ball. Jennings wore his voice
out shouting instructions to weak
|hitters. and telling them how to
stand, and he gave it UP in dis
gust.
Then he called in a photograph
err and had pictures made OF
Cobb, Crawford and some of his
other good, healthy swat artists
Then he had pictures made of the
weak hitters.
These pictures were presented
to the poor batters by the mana.
ger, with his compliments, and in.
|structions to study and copy. The
weaker hitting members of the
Tigers did so, and-have you no.
ticed how the bunch from Detroit
iare clouting the pill this season
The bunch isn't a poor one by
any means, 1t has the merit of be
ling within the reach of any base
ball manager, and 1t looks good
Ienough to try.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-31
AT THE GRAND.

Don and Bealmo, the two
trained Arabian horses, at the
Grand this week are certainly
Their manifestation OF
intelligence Is remarkable and the
feature Is one of the best seen
here for some time.
Calvert Dean and Leta Price in
ga Varsity Duo" also made a hit.
Tom Haverly and Evalu Wells,
the Strength Brothers, the Holds
worths, are all good in their re-
spective stunts. The Grand bill
as a whole Is better than usual.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-31
500 Reward. s1oO

The readers Of this paper win be pleased "a
learn that there ia at least ons dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure IL IN
It's stages. and that 10 oatarrh. Halls Cafarrh
Cure Is the only positive cure now knosn t.
the medical fraternity. catarrh. being a con-
stitutionai disease. Requires q constitutional
treatment. HaiPs Catarrh curs d taken in
sernAlis. acting directly upen the blood ana
mucous surfaces Of the system. thereby de-
stroytng the foundasiea Of tho disease sn6
siyina The paIisnt strength b. building ID tka
constitution ana assisting nature In doing u.
uorA ms pEgpsiscsrz havs % mazh faith h
~ curative Powers that thsy ofcr One Hun-
ersd DoIiars far any ease that Il fails 10 ossra.
Send Toe list e teatimonlaiss
Addrcns y. ,, CHENEY CO, Toledo. q
std ~ all DraeShsls. 7se.
1Akf Halls Family Piils for eonntipation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-31
Blind Man Manages Ball Team
and With 1t Wins z Pennants
Especial Correspondence


JACKSON, Mich, May 31.-
Probably the only base ball man.
ager in the world who is literally
blind. not as those who having
eyes see not. but absolutely sight
less. is Bert Taylor, manager OF
the Jackson Stars of this city
This blind manager handles
his team from the bench, and his
men swear by him and do better
work before his signifies eyes
than when working under super
vision of a man who can watch
the plays
But Taylor does watch the
plays. He sits on the bench with
bis man, and knows Just what
plays are made. He knows at ali
times the record of balls and
strikes on the batter and never
fails to recognize a foul. with al
most uncanny intuition he can
toll, possibly from the sound of
the ball against the bat, the field
10 which the ball has been batted.
He directs his team better than
many managers with perfect eye
1irht and his players work their
heads Off for him. He argues a
point with the umpire just as
earnestly as though he had seen
me entire play. and his howl OF
trotest against decision Is Just
ss vigorous as any fan could de-
aife.
Taylor was blinded in an acci-
tent eight years ago. and twol
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-31
F JIM JEFFRIES Gets LICKED,
WHAT ABOUT jim C0RbETT

en- a direct intimation that he will
go after Johnson in the event
that his bosom friend Jeff falls
before the black demon, his re-
cent talk and actions leads to a
jastifiable belief that the bee is
buzzing in his bonnet. Gentle
man Jim does not hold Johnson
in very high regard either as a
man or a fighter and he has moi
been bit backward IN expressing
his opinion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-31

back to Tacoma last night the two
handsome silver cups offered al
prizes for the winner. He was ID
minutes ahead of DR.. Wurdema1
of Seattle in the Lady May. There
was a lively race between Nara
owned by DR.. Coe of Tacoma, and
Nightingale of Seattle for third
place, the Seattle boat beating Df
Coe out by five inches at the fin
ish.