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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
SOUTH END CLUB DECLARES FOR FREE STADIUM ADMISSION
Boy is Killed
BY Car

Playfully running down the
bank from his home to the Pacific
Traction company street railway
lines Bert Hand, 12-year-old son
of Mrs. e. Hand, widow living
at 5000 South Prospect street,
slipped ON the bank and went
plunging onto the track just as
car swept around the curve. The
rear trucks struck him and when
the motorman stopped the car and
went back the little fellow was
dead, mangled into a shapeless
mass.
The motorman saw him just as
the front of the car passed him
and put on the air but jar ard
kind of crunching of the wheels
told him it was too late.
Had the Tacoma Railway &
over company or the city remov-
ed the dirt from Railroad street
at State where little Bert Hand
gave up his life las evening that
accident could have been prevent
ed. There has been a fight be-
tween the city and the T. r. & p.
over the question of which was
responsible for leaving strip OF
earth in the street. This street
was graded towards the close OF
the Wright administration and as
a new set of officers came in at
that time nothing has ever been
done to remedy one Of the most
dangerous streets in the city.
At the time that the street was
graded a sidewalk was put on the
south side of the street which
will average about seven feet be-
low a bank of dirt. At the Diff
ferent street crossings small cuts
have been made across the bank
so that people may board the
cars. A motorman could hardly
see a person crossing a street at
these points until it was too late.
This was brought to the attention
of the members of the South End
Improvement club over year ago
and they sent communication to
the council asking them to either
clear away the dirt or make the
Il. r. & P. do the job.
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SACRAMENTO, June 15.-Ask-
ed whether he had written Attor-
ney General Webb to stop the JEFF
fries-Johnson fight Gov. Gillett
said at noon today:
Eyes, have written to Attor-
ney General Webb to that ef-
feet"
The governor assures the attor-
ney general of the cooperation of
the governors office.
The information concerning the
governors action Is conveyed IN
five page closely typewriter
letter to parties here interested
in preventing the big fight.
The governor expresses srong
opinions against the fight and
calls upon Attorney General Webb
to secure restrainin orders from
the courts to prevent the contest.
In case the courts refuse to grant
the injuncions the governor al
rects the attorney general to pro-
ceed against the promoters, fight
ers and others interested, under
secion Az of the penal code,
which make prizefighting a felony.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
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TEDDY STOKES
COAL ON THE
STEAMER

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ABOARD STEAMSHIP
KAISERIN AUGUSTE VIC
TORIA, June .15.-Colonel
Roosevelt spent part Of his
day In visiting the stokehold
of the steamer, where he
chatted with the stokers.
The colonel replaced one of
the stokers for a time ana
sent several shoveIs of coal
into one of the furnaces. At
the conclusion of his visit he
shook hands with the grimy
men and ascended to his
quarters.
Later Mr.. Roosevelt forIn-
ally received the first and
second class passengers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
MYSTERY BECOMES
MORE BATTLING
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(By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, d. c., June Is.
Friends of Porter Charlton to-
day expressed the belief that
Charlton was present at the time
of the murder of his wife. They
explain the presence of quantities
of blood on the bed clothing at
the Charlton villa by saying that
Charlton suffered from tuberculo-
sis and probably had hemorrh-
age in the exciting scenes attend
ing the murder.
Discussing the report from Mil
an, that Estelle Reid, who was
killed at Naples, was a sister of
Charlton's, Judge Charlton, father
of the missing man, said today
that his son never had sister.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

Big business in Tacoma is lining concerted ATTEMPT
to crush organized labor in this city
Chamber of adopting resou-
ons took the unprecedented
shop and pedgng the influence of the
campaign OF the manufacturers
uon for unions in their business
The Commercial club is esame action.
Already both the chamber Commercial club
In Seattle have adopted the
shop and the entire coast being big
nght to utterly annha the
all mills to all
may dictate and the necessities of the
The reason for this business interests
is that organized labor in the
eght-hour all along
fighting and enlsng the other
not only this contention, but to kill
unions completely.
COMMERCIAL CLUB FOLLOWS
On the heels of this at unionm at
hands the Commercial
consisting OF j. McNeeey George
and O. H. Hyde recommended, and the L
Stevens Frank j. Shields, E. Hayden, Alexander VIII
Ferguson, Ralph B. Smith, A. u. L.
Denman Robert c. Walker George Scofield, Lamborn L. f.
Gult e. A. Younglove signing of the con-
tract with the HurleyMason
building by non-union labor day plan
Union labor asked in polite
.ne club that this hour They
building be erected the eghted
might show the advantages
day. ana the disadvantages of grinding
hours and low but the give
contract to the tn
tracors who employ non-union
Labor despite request not even given
chance
The influence of the club of
the long day and low of
TO shorten the days and lengthen they of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
Is CREMATED
AT NIAGARA
FALLS

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NIAGARA FALLS, N. ",
June f5.--Twelye employees
of the Caledonia Power De-
velopment company were
burned to death today in a
fire which destroyed their
boarding house at Falls View,
Ont, near here.
The men were trapped in
their rooms and cremated.
Besides the twelve foreign
ers who perished in the house
anna n, woman and two chill.
dren were burned to death i'm
nearby shack.
The flames had free play
because of lack of water and
burned themselves out.
One report says that the
men We're drunk and fell into
the flames while attempting
to escape down the stairs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

In thief oregoing resolution the
South End Improvement club last
night emphatically seconded the
suggestion made by the Times
yesterday that hereafter all ath-
letic and other exhibitions by the
schools I'm the stadium should be
free to the public with no gate
fee whatever.
The subject was thoroughly
discussed and the club was prac-
tically unanimous in taking a
stand against the old policy oil
charging the people to get up en-
tertainments and then making
them pay to see them afterward.
Mr.. Ball, the plumber, declared
the present method of conducting
affairs is a burden on the poor
man.
There is always something for
which the children are being ask-
ed to bring money to school.
Sometimes the working man has
1t and sometimes he has not and
he must send his little folks back
without the nickel or dime that
is wanted. Then those children
can sit there and look at the floor
while the others of more fortu u
ate parents march proudly up AMI
lay their money OH the DESK
said Ball.
H. H. Collier declared the peo-
pie pay for the schools, they pay
for the instructors, they furnish
the plant, and they should be
privileged to see what the results
of their paying are without befL &
compelled to pay an admission
price. He thought the schools
were developing an exaggerated
idea of life on the part of the
pupils and were training the
youngsters to think that no mat
ter what is desired it must be
had and hat dad will pay"
o. l.. Fowler, Charles P.
Greene. Harry Knowles, Charles
e. Shaeffer and ohers all dis
cussed the matter. The senti-
ment was general that the cele-
bration of last week should be
made an annual affair nd should
be free nd that all stadium events
by the schools should be free to
everybody.
''If they re all free everybody
will take an interest, the public
will cooperate more in the school
work and results will be better
all around" one speaker insisted.
If the interest got so great the
stadium will not hold the people
there is room for more seats, it
was pointed out.
The general tenor of the re-
marks was that things are run
on too reckless a scale as regards
money matters in the schools.
Thep arents at the meeting want
ed little more OF general paren-
tai cooperation and public en-
thusiasm and less of the profess
sional element in school athletics
and public exhibitions.
One citizen suggested that the
whether athletic or
otherwglse should be diversions
rather than to be made business
in the schools and the idea of an
open gate at the stadium was car
ried with a whirl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
To Open Center street.

The chamber of commerce, city
commission and Pierce county
commissioners win hold confer
ence the latter part of this week
to consider plans for opening up
Center street extension to South
Tacoma to give a good outlet from
the city to the prairie.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
HELD FOR MURDER

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ALBANY, Ore, June 15.-Ern-
est Porter, aged 23, is held for
numbering John Shannon, aged 21.
Shannon got to quarreling with
Porter over wages. He says he
threw him against stump and his
skull was fractured. Shannon's
brother says Porter hit him with
a eluh =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

work only to come back. Perhaps
"a job they waited for several
hours came just after they left
and was taken by another. Tney
there is disappointment again. an
other wait. perhaps more disap-
|pointments.
There are tragedies in the
thoughts Of men every hour ii
the free employment bureau.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
GUS SAYS. TODAY.

II saw two
men on a car.
Each NV 'em had
a kid wild him.
The kid wild the
man in old close
8 n uggled u p
clost to its dad.
The kid wild the
man in fine close
kinda nudged
away from its
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
STAND PAT DOPE

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EVERETT, June 16.-Con-
gressman Humphries has issued a
long statement trying to bolster
up the cause of the stand-patters
and defending the tariff law. He
echoes Taft's statement that it is
the best tariff law ever made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
WANT TO SEE THE ssOTHER SIDE OF LIFE?"

at all. there isn't much disap-
pointment. Somehow and some
way they manage to exist and
that's all there is to their lives.
Just existing.
Eyes, we see lots OF the other
side OF life here" said Captain
Owing, the free employment
agent. as he watched q fairly we'll
dressed man leave the offIce ID
take JOB Of carrying banner
|up and down the business streets.
"a good many men who have
Ibeen up In the world come here
flor a Job" said Superintendent
IEwing. "I'ye got d lawyer out
working now in q logging camp
I've have q lot OF college gradu-
lntea and men who have made
good salaries. Several newspa.
permen. telegraph operators. law
Iyers. business men; we get them
all here and plenty OF them.
what kind Of work do thes
want generally. when this class
oomee2 ihe repotteE asked
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
ARRANGE BANQUET

To boost the military tourna-
ment and get things started on a
publicity campaign, the chamber
of commerce will banquet at the
Tacoma hotel June %. Captain
Bradley will be up and wiil be
the principal speaker.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

DENVER, June 15.-The
national mothers congress
here wants another cabinet
officer at Washington with a
woman in the job. They
would call 1t the department
of Home and Child"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

The regular meeting of the
American Woman's league Will de
postponed until Thursday, June
28, when it will be held at D,sh
Point in the form of basket
picnic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
"THE MOUNTAIN THAT WAS GOD"

. "The Mountain That God" pen Of John .
Q H. Williams of Tacoma, is o
valuable historical
thing that has the
The book entirely devoid of
would
country and will be taken and
nature the of
America. =
tourist win be worth 800 to Tacoma
could it without reading 1t
1t afford would
. first hand The Mountain That God"
. The color Illustrations has been
eed in the art of modern printing and
. vivid entertaining
The book is written in chapters eight
Hfu colored pictures
The paper and printing the highest art that possible
printing
:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
BOY NOT INSANE

Iver Owens, after spending three
days at the Steilacoom asylum,
was yesterday sent home, DR.. Cal
hound declaring the boy is sane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

dad. An the man wild de old
close looked happiest. The wealth
erll be fari tonight and Thurs
day with light westerly winds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
WILL TRY TO
PREVENT
FIGHT
0'

SAN FRANCISCO, June
15.-It was reported here au-
thoritatively today that Gov
ernor Gillett has notified At
torney General Webb o take
steps to prevent the Jeffries-
johnson fight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
TACOMAS BIG BUSINESS INTERESTS TO OPEN WAR ON UNIONS
Startling Action Taken By
Commercial Organizations
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TRUSTEES

r. L. Mccormick T. Il. Ripley, Burke w r. Bradley
Geo. H. Stone c. H. Herald WI liam virges Aibertson A.
A Hilton, r. Manning II. D. Cowles. H. Hebb Everett a.
Griggs, president.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

KANSAS CITY, June ia
climax was reached in the trial OF
the "bleached -four" case here
yesterday when bottle OF bleach-
cd flour exploded. The chemist
said 1t was due to the formation
Of pyroxide gas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
Citizens In Hearty Accord With
Times Suggestion---Demand That
School Exercises In Stadium Be
Free To the Parents.


Resolved, That the school board
all eercises conducted by the public schools the stadium
The people have been taxed for the bpdng the
stadium and they taxed for the schools" .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
BELIEVE CHARLTON SAW WIFE MURDERED
VILLAGE CEM4EBRATEs WITH PARADE AFTER LYNCH
OF NEGRO.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark June 15.Star City, village
holding biggest celebration in it's history
because of the lynching OF William Hunters last
night Everybody out fora glorious time paradng the
playing making all
. sorts of noise
School did this morning and all the
D the time Of their lives
Hunter dramatically strung last night because
entering Rosa Johnson and
attacking her. The entire countywa invited participate
Q in todays jollfcation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

Thirteen new citizens were
naturalized in Judge Chapman's
court yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 15.
Uncle Sam has started an In
yestigation of the so-called
plumbing trust" through the de-
partment of justice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

Mrs. Martina KvaIshaug, who Is
awaiting q third trial for killing
her husband, was taken from the
Jail yesterday to dentists office
to have tooth fixed. Il Is the
first time she has been out of jail
for months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

The hottest temperature ever
recorded in the United States was
at Phoenix, Ariz., when the ther-
mometer stood 119 degrees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

my dad is an awful strong
man"
What does he do?',,
"He kills time"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15

LINCOLN, Neb., June 15.---
Petitions have been started to be
circulated in every county OF the
state asking William J. Bryan to
enter the race for United States
senator. They will be presented
to him on his return trip from
Europe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-06-15
.NSoa-~
y 6-A-

''Why should the spirit OF
moral be proud?" quoted the inn
passioned orator. Then he paused
for a moment to let it take effect.
'Well," spoke up half inebri-
ated man in the audience, "I'll be
the goat. Why should it?"
CHICAGO, June 15.-It is said
that theatrical managers here are
seriously considering whether
they will follow the plan of Man
ager Herbert Duce of the Lyric
theater, who has engaged four
girls to take tickets because they
don't graft"
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the senders rather than to any inetti-
cheney on the part OF the postal au'
thorities. Nevertheless, when one
pauses to consider the characteristics
of the extra mail that floods the postal
routes in mid-February it does not
seem so strange that a larger share
of it misses it's destination than would
be the case with an equal volume Of
holiday mail at other seasons Of the
year.
The most common cause of failure
on the part Of the postofice officials
to deliver mail is found in the pres
ence on the puzzling pieces Of mail
matter Of illegible, incorrect or INSULT
cient addresses. Such faulty mail
matter Is numerous enough at all
seasons Of the year and it is easy to
understand that It reaches food tide
along about Valentine day. In the
first place many of the persons who
send valentines wish to use every pre-
caution to conceal from the recipient
the origin of the remembrance To
that end they attempt to disguise
their handwriting and resort to other
expedients. all of which make for
1llegible addresses. At valentine time,
too. many little folks patronize the
mails on their own initiative and
some Of these youngsters are far from
skilled in penmanship.
To this same influence-the contri.
buttons of the juvenile portion of the
community-is to be attributed the un.
usual proportion Of incorrectly and
1nadequately addressed pieces of mail
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11

reach the proper destination, but ap.
parently the senders of valentines
either do not know that their tokens
have failed to fulfill their mission or
else accept the loss ph1losophlcally.
For the imaginative person there Is
opportunity for speculation as to how
many romances have been nipped in
the early stages because of the valen.
tines that never came. Finally, one
more cause of the straying Of valen-
tines In the mail is found in the nu-
merous attempts to send such souve-
Mrs through the mails with insuffl.
Client postage. Many little folks, for
instance, seem to be under the i'm.
preston that valentine In a sealed
envelope will be carried for one cent
Instead of two cents. If the envelope
bears the address of the sender it can
be returned for more postage, but, as
above explained, such clew is seldom
given In the case of valentines and
when the valentine is forwarded to
its destination postage due" the FER
son to whom It. Is addressed-perhaps
suspecting its contents-often refuses
to receive it and then, of necessity, It
is turned over to the dead letter office.
The dead letter office, the final rest
Ing place of the unidentified valen-
tines, is very busy institution. Some
thing like seven million pieces Of lost
mail are every year sent to this insti-
tuition to be examined and it's experts
or blind readers" are wonderfully
skillful in deciphering the true mean.
ing of incorrect and misspelled in.
scriptions that would prove absolutely
battling to any ordinary individual. At
the dead letter Office Uncle Sam main.
tains perhaps the oldest museum in
the world-a collection of the queer
things that have been found in the
mails. Much money is found in the
letters that 60 astray It totals as
much as $4,000 a year in coin and
currency, to say nothing of an aggre.
gate of about a million dollars a year
in checks. drafts and currency.
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Nil Desperandum.

Percy Parkington rose and brushed
the dust from his knees. Then, draw
ing himself up to his full height, he
gazed resentfully upon the form of
Miss Muriel Muggins, who nonchalant-
ly famed herself the while.
Very we'll, Miss Muggins," came In
bitter tones from Percy. "Oh, very
we'll! You have spurned me, it is
true! Indeed, you have spurned me
twice! But, though despair eats my
heart, I shall not die! l mean to go
into the busy world. l will fight!
will win! My name shall become
known, and my riches shall become
envied-"
Pardon me for interrupting you
Mr.. Parkington," interjected Miss
Muggins, but when you shall have
accomplished all that, you may try me
again. "-Lippincott's.
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ed, however, in the Valentine day mall
Either the identity of the sender 10
kept profound secret or Is indicated
only by tiny initials, which are OF no
possible benefit in tracing the origin
Of the missive. Consequently there Is
nothing for the dead letter officials to
do but to either destroy these dere-
licts of the Valentine day mails. or.
II they be deemed Of sufficient value,
to set them aside to be disposed of at
the annual auction sale at which
Uncle Sam sells to the highest bid
ders all the unclaimed articles found
in the mails.
Incidentally it may be noted that 1t
is very seldom that any person ever
writes to the postoffice department to
inquire regarding valentines that have
gone astray. Many people make IN
quiries from time to time with refer
ence to packages which have failed to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-02-11
One on the JUDGE.

A newly qualified judge in one of
the small towns of Tennessee was
trying one of his first criminal cases.
The accused was an old darky who
was accused of robbing a hen-coop.
He had been in court before on a sim
liar charge and was then acquitted.
well, Tom," began the Judge, II
see you're in trouble again."
Eyes, sah," replied the darby; "the
last time, jedge, you was ma lawyer"
Where is your lawyer this timer"
asked the Judge.
Il amt got no lawyer this time,"
answered Tom. Pm going to tell the
truth"