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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27
Stops Collisions
Regardless of
the Engineer

off the power, applied the air
brakes automatically on both To-
comotives and they came to a
standstill inside of 400 feet.
The next test was made with
heavy freight trains of 80 or 40
cars each, and finally test was
made with a passenger coach, car
rying the engineers committee.
attached to one of the trains. In
each instance the system worked
admirably.
The automatic closing of the
throttle and application of the
"air" is accomplished by the CLOS
ing of an electrical circuit. When
a locomotive enters block already
occupied by another. the circuit n
closed, the current passes through
the magnetic mechanism installed
in the cab of each of the engines,
and both are throttled down.
1t is claimed that the cost of in-
stallation of the system is small.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27
HEAVIEST FRUIT CROP IN HISTORY
IN NORTHWEST THIS YEAR

PORTLAND. Ore, May RI
According to special advices re
ceived in Portland from various
sections of the Pacific Northwest
the total crop of fruit on the
North Coast will be much heavier
than ever before. ? -
In Idaho the prospects are ex.
ceedingly bright and reports com
ing from there are the most opti-
mistic in years. Southern Idaho
Payette and Boise will turn out
between 1900 and 1000 cars OF
fruit this year, according to to-
days report.
The Lewiston and Snake river
country is expected to ship zoo
cars of fruit this year compared
with nominal shipments a year
ago, due to the cold weather.
Southern Oregon is credited
with shipments Of 100 cars of fruit
last year when the crop was heavy,
but this year the shipments to the
outside are expected to reach 200
cars. Prospects for heavy pear
crop are exceedingly bright in the
Medford section.
Present indications are that The
Dalles will ship SO cars of prunes
this year and a goodly amount OF
cherries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
DETROIT, May ga device
calculated to make railway COLI
lsions impossible was successfully
tried out here before a committee
of 20 members of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers and the
Michigan state railway commits
Isioner. The system, which is act
fuated by electricity, makes it i'm
possible for train to enter a
block occupied by another. The
test was SO conclusive in its results
that the state commissioner will
probably make it the basis of new
legislation relative to railway
safety euuipent in Michigan.
The test was made on the Pere
Marquette tracks. First two loco
motives equipped with the new de-
vice were started toward each 9TH
er on the same track. AS soon as
they were both in the block eauip-
ped for the test, the device shut
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27
DAINTY JAPANESE BRIDES JUST
VICTIMS of SLAVERS?

SEATTLE, May 26.-Officers
of the United States immigration
service are beginning to look on
Seattle as the Gretna Green for al
mond eyed maids from the land of
cherry blossoms. They believe
this city is the biggest slave mart
on the Pacific coast and that Jap
girls are bartered daily.
In the past five years more than
1900 Japanese marriages have DC
CURED in Seattle. Twenty-Five to
80 brides elect arrive monthly. It
looks like a system, and the in
spectors are trying to trace the
connections.
One link seems to exist in the
fact that the record of many mar
riages is later found in the d.
vorce courts, while other couples
are suspected of separating i'm
mediately after the ceremony,
without the formality of law.
The majority of the divorce pc
titions allege desertion a month or
so after marriage and the author
tiles suspect a concerted plan TO
defeat the intent of the law, which
requires the marriage of a Japan
csc female before she may law
fully land in this country.
The Japanese bridgegrooms reg
lister from California, Montana,
Idaho and other wester states. The
same crowd may be repeating back
month after month. Identification
Ia impossible.
The Buddhist wedding rite
Swear that you win live together
forever, sharing pleasure and hard
ship"-doesn't scare the bride any
more than the till death do you
part" frights American cousin.
The fact that Japanese slave
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27
Ericsson Must Go
Before Grand Jurv

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
PORTLAND, Ore, May 2e.-A
number of witnesses today will be
called before the grand jury in
vestigating the strange disappear
ance of Mrs. Hannah Smith, a
Swedish widow, who dropped
from sight May s.
Eric Ericsson, an undertaken.
the custodian of the aged woman's
small fortune, who admitted that
he caused to be sent a fake tele-
gram from Los Angeles purport-
ing to be signed by Mrs. Smith.
and who is involved in the baf-
fling case, probably will be among
those to testify before the inquisi-
torial body today.
Ericsson was to have gone be-
fore the grand jury late yesterday,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27
SUPREME PRESIDENT
VISITS LODGEMEN

Supreme President T. B. Han
ley of the Modern Brotherhood OF
America is being entertained by
local lodge men today. He was
banqueted yesterday, and today is
being shown the sights in Tacoma
and up the Puyallup valley.
President Hanley is inspecting
the lodges on the coast. A ban
'quet was served at Eagles hall
yesterday after his arrival. Fol
lowing the banquet, degree work
was put on by the Puyallup team,
and 70 candidates were initiated
into the order.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27

but at the last moment he refused
to do so. The authorities today
received dispatches from the Los
Angeles police to the effect that
F. w. Lehbrick, travelling sales
man, who sent the fake telegram
from Los Angeles at Ericson's re-
quest, late last night turned over
another letter to them, from Eric
son. In the letter Ericsson appeal
ed to Lehbrick to get possession of
the original of the telegram,
which is responsible for the in
|vestigation now under way in
Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27

girls are found in Seattle and Ia
coma, adds color to the sombre
picture of deserted brides and If
the suspicion of the inspectors can
be supported, it will be found that
a gang has been importing girls
and going through the marriage
ceremony for the express purpose
of selling them into a life of slav-
cry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27

NEW YORK, May 27.-The tide
of immigration is at full flow these
days, and every day, between sun
rise and sun set, 5000 strangers
have been added to the population
of the United States. Every week
sees $4,000 visitors, for Sunday is
as busy as. any other day at Ellis
island.
cts the surest sign of prosper
ity," says Matt Conveys, a customs
expert, who has not only watched
immigration from this side, but has
Travelled to all the countries that
send immigrants here.
Back in the panic days of 1907
the tide started to flow the other
way. Over. 5000 emigrants left
the United States every day, panic
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27

stricken. They used to camp in
the streets on the night before
sailing, to be sure to be at the
dock early in the morning. 1t
was a stampede and it began a
long time before the rest of the
country saw any danger.
How do they know that times
are going to grow hard? Because
they can't get jobs easily. They
take their savings, in panic times,
and go to their homes, where they
can get more to eat for their
money.
81 saw one foreman of an Ital-
ian crew who was travelling with
his whole gang of 500 men back
to Italy. Times are going to be
hard here" he explained.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27
Will Sell for Less

Come and convince yourself that
In price, as We wish to close out our
trimmed stock Hats dyed, cleaned
and reblocked. Plumes dyed, clean
ed, curled. remade and widowed, at
the Model Millinery Parlors, 522
Provident Bldg, Pacific ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27

"But today this Ellis island ba-
rometer says that the prospects in
the United States are excellent.
For many months the mails have
been carrying this message from
toiling folks in this country to
their friends in other lands. The
result today Is that this great rush
is made up of people who want TO
share in the present and coming
prosperity.
"The only trouble with these
folks is that none of them plan to
go onto farms. They all want TO
work in the cities. They are near
ly all young folks, fine, healthy,
happy and full of hope"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-05-27

Tacoma Ice Cream Co., only ex-
elusive ice cream company in Ta-
coma. Phones Assoc; Ma. 1890.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-12-23
Suffolk. Va. Remains eprx.r

In the local option election held at
Suffolk, Va. the drys won by ma
FORTY Of IS. The city remains dry for
two years more.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-12-23

WE HAVE SOME GOOD VALUES
IN OVERCOATS FOR BOYS AND
MEN. ASK TO SEE THEM.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-12-23
8 8 5OEAD,2OO HURT
IN EXPLOSION
Dynamite and Gas Wreck New
York Power House,
MANY BUILDINGS DAMAGED

Street Car Was Hurled Upon Auton'o-
bile, Crushing Out the Lives OF
Four-1OOo Shaken Up by Oetons'
ton.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
APPROPRIATE GIFTS
FOR YOUNG BRIDES

1t il not good form for any but mem
bers OF the brides family to give her
personal wedding gifts. The sole eS-
ception to this is when jewels are pre-
scented And, nf course, any friend may
send jewels, but the brides who nave
friends sufficiently wealthy To do this
are few and do not come within the
SCOPE of this article.
According to etiquette. the bride or
her immediate family provide every
thing required for the new home she
Is to possess. That any other indi-
viaual should send any such article
would imply either ignorance on inc
part of the sender or that The siser
believed the brides family unable r.
provide for her properly.
Yet here. as In everything else there
are exceptions. Any old friend of tue
family a man or woman who has al
,Says known the bride and been a
friend of her parents. may take such
privilege at the time of her marriage
Thus II Woman who has always known
the brides mother and has regarded
the young girl almost as relative
may send her small table silver or
house linen. But when such a per-
sonal gift Is provided it IL with tbs
permission of the parents and OF the
/ girl herself. And a woman wishing
to give such presents asks frankly u
she may. Did She not do thus the re-
suit might he two complete sets ol
house linen, one from the family ant
the other from the friend.
a man friend of the fathers. Who Il
as an uncle TO the bride. may give hel
n set OF furniture or small silver, etc,
/ but he, too, must obtain permission.
| 1t IL not an uncommon act for IL wo'
| man who has always known the bride
J and who may have no children or hel
own to ask If she may give the trous.
] sesiu Such II request from one VIII,
4 has been like q second mother TO thu
/ girl is correct when from "A stranger
/ 1t would not be permitted.
ROSANNA SCHUYLER.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
1T was a man in q long

coat.
Z What woman was a mani" / dis
couraged her without looking up. and
she went back to the couch.
II was eleven o'clock when finally
prepared for bed. In spite Of my
assumption OF indifference. ! locked
the door into the hall, and finding the
transom did not catch. put q chair
cautiously before the door-it was
not necessary to rouse Liddy--and
climbing W put on the ledge OF the
transom a small dressing mirror. 30
that any movement of the frame
would send 1t crashing down. Then.
secure in my precautions. went to
Es..
did not go to sleep at once. LIddy
disturbed me just as l Was growing
drowsy, By coming in and peering
under the bed. She was afraid to
speak, however. because OF her prev
ious snubbing, and went back, stop
ping in the doorway to sigh dis
maliy.
Somewhere down stairs clock
with a chime sang away the hours
eleven-thirty, forty-iive, twelve. And
then the lights went out to stay. The
/, Casanova Electric Company shuts up
shop and goes home 70 bed ut mid
night. when one has party. believe
| it is customary to fee the company.
which win drink hot coffee and keep
awake a couple of hours longer. But
the lights were gone for good that
night. Liddy had gone to sleep. as ]
knew she would. She was a very
| unreliable person. always awake and
! ready 10 talk when she wasn't wanted
/ and doing off to sleep when she was.
/ I called her once or twice. the only
| result being an explosive snore that
/ threatened her very windpipe---then
T. got up and lighted bedroom
candle.
ITO BE continued.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
CHAPTER III.
a Link Cufr- Button.

Liddy,s knees seemed to give
away under her. Without sound
she sank down, leaving me staring al
tAe-mi;iae.w- fse4tFiiaed- sffasszeFss+-Ftt-
Liddy began to moan under her
breath, and In my excitement | reach
ed down and shook her.
stop it," l whispered, Its only
Armstrongs'. Get up and help me
find the doo<.' She groaned again.
Very we'll" said, then I'll have
to leave you here. I'm going
She moved at that. and, holding
to- my sleeve, We felt our way. with
numerous collisions, to the billiard
room, and from there to the draw
ing-room. The lights came on them
and. with the long French windows
ianshuttered. had creepy feeling
that each one sheltered a beering
face. In fact. In the light OF what
/ happened afterward. / am pretty
certain we were under surveillance
during the entire ghostiy evening. We
hurried over the rest Of the locking
/ up and got upstairs as quickly as we
could. i left the lights all on. and
| our footsteps echoed generously.
/ Liddy had stiff neck the next
morning. from looking back over
| her shoulder, and she refused to go
| to bed.
| Let me stay in your dressing
! room, Miss Rachel" she begged. III
you don't, I'll sit in tho hall outside
the door. I'm not going to be muir
dered with my eyes shut
| IF you're going to be murdered,
! | retorted, 1T won't make any DIFF
/ ference whether they are shut or
| open. But you may stay in the
dressing room. il you will lie on the
couch. when you sleep in chair you
snore"
She WAS too far gone to be indig-
nant, but after a while she came To
~he door and looked In to where
was composed myself for sleep with
| Drummond's Spiritual Life.
/ That wasn't woman, Miss
Rachel abe said, with her shoes in
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
THE AMERICAN FAMILY

.'Dr Parkhurst went abroad last
summer, as usual. to inspect the peo-
pie Of other nations" says Edward
Sanford Martin in Woman's Home
Companion for December. when he
came home he said 1t was easy to tell
them all at sight. Italians. Irlshmen.
Frenchmen. Germans--an eye. he
thought, did not need to be very care
fully trained to identify any OF them.
And as for the native-born. full blood
man creature anywhere on earth that
il like him, or. as ! should say. that 10
the equal OF him. 1t Is certainly true
that the American OF the United
States has come to have a distinct mas
tionaI identity. / hope DIR. Parkhurst's
opinion OF his superior quality ID also
true, There are reasons why 1t ought
to be--reasons connected with breadth
of opportunity and relief from various
Inherited handicaps that affect all OF
Europe.
"But the greatest Of all agencies to
make it true and keep it true Is the
American family. Out of the family
comes government; out OF the family
comes education. and all the inagnin-
cent apparatus for spreading and bet
ffring it. The indispensable product
Of country that would be great Is
neither gold nor iron, copper cotton.
nor corn. but effectual men and women.
who know what is worth trying for and
are tit to attain 1t. And this indis-
pensable product IL a family product.
Only as families exist and are worthy
can 1t be Forthcoming. We zee, and
are impressed by enormous mills, as
tonishing city structures. tremendous
examples OF the power OF the minds
and hands OF men, but these things are
no more than the passing fruit OF the
trees whose roots are in the family.
These things do not make men. Edu-
cation itself does not make men. The
family makes men: and given men Of
the right quality in the right place and
time all these other things will be
added unto them" b.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29

ence should stretch over becem bhf
instead of being congested in the
two or three days before Christmas.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
KINGS and consorss.

| do the carving at our board
because | think I'm king:
But ii may be I'm forced to do IL
To get my tavorite wing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
Famous Sayings of Famous Men

70 he IN cold obstruction, and 10
rot,
This sensible warm motion to become
A knealed ciod; and the delighted
spirit
To battle In fiery floods. or to reside
In thrilling region OF thick ribbed
Ice;
To be imprisoned in the viewless
winds.
And blown with restless violence
round about
The pendent world"
Voltaire when seized with a hemor-
rhage which. though not Immediately
fatal proved IN fact the beginning
of the end, said:
Like my Henry ", to-day / take the
perilous leap"
This liz an allusion to the world
which the King addressed to Gabri-
ellie distress on the eve Of his re-
ception into the Catholic church.
The Earl Of Derby said. in the
House Of Lords. August 6. 1867. on
the third reading Of Disraelfs reform
bill: mo doubt we are making a
great experiment and taking leap
In the dark
Thomas Hobbies was noted Eng
Iish philosopher, who lived 15sS-1679
and was one of the most learned men
of his time. AS philosopher he IL
generally regarded as the father OF
English materialism. He spent eleven
years Of his life in Paris, where he
was the head OF one Of the most
distinguished bodies OF literary and
scientific men ever gathered at the
French capital. He lived to ripe
old age, and at 81 he wrote his auto
biograph In Latin verse. and at 90
completed his translation OF Homer't
Odyssey" and "Iliad."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
The
Circular Staircase.
COPYRIGHT 1908 BY THE BoBBs-MERRILL COMPANY
tcont,n,;sd from YestefdaS,ss
By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART

tcontinned from Yestefdaysr
Wherever possible, on the nrst moor
the architect had done away with par
titione, using arches and columns in
stead The effect was cool and spa
cious. but scarcely coy. Az Liddy
and / went from one window to an
other, our voices echoed back at us
light--the electric plant down in the
village supplied us---but there were
long yistas of polished floor. and mir
rors which reflected us from unex-
pected corners until l felt some OF
Liddy's foblishness communicate IT.
self to me.
The house was very long, a rect
angle in general forrns with the main
entrance in the center of the long
side. The brick paved entry opened
into short hall. TO the right OF
which, separated only by a row of
pillars, was a huge living room. Be-
yCnd that was the drawing room, and
in the end, the billiard room. On
the billiard room. in the extreme right
wing. was a don. or card room, with
/ a small hall opening on, the east We
randa, and from there went up a
narrow circular staircase. Halsey
| had pointed 1t out with delight
Just look, Aunt Rachel" he said
with a flourish The architect that
put up this joint was wise to few
| things. Arnold Armstrong and his
/ friends could sit here and play cards
all night and stumble up to bed In
the early morning without having the
family send In police cali"
Liddy and got as far as the card
| room and turned on all the lights
| tried the small entry door there,
| which opened on the verauda. and
/ examined the windows. Everything
was secure, and Liddy, a little less
nervous now, had Just pointed out te
| me the disgracefully dusty condition
| of the hardwood floor. when suddenly
| the lights went out. We waited q
moment; / think Liddy was stunned
| with fright, or she would have
| screamed. And then I clutched hel
by the arm and pointed to one oi
the windows opening on the porch
The sudden change threw the win
dow into relief. an oblong of grayisf
light. and showed us figure stand
ing close. peerinY in. AS ! looked !
dartea across the veranda and out o
sight in the darkness
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29

Irap In TIC DARK.
Hobbies.
Hobbies. ON his deathhed t167s) Is
reported to have said Il am going
10 take a frightfui leap into the dark. :
This phrase has sometimes been at
trihuted to Radicals, but II seems TO
be a misapprehenston or mtstraHsla-
ton Of the last words attributed 10
him: Il am going In search of a
great perhaps"
Dryden may have had Rabelais
phrase in his mind when he wrote;
Death in itself is nothing but We
fear
To be. we know not what. We know
not where
Shakespeare writes q similar idea
in his Measure Tor Measure, Act III.
Scene ]
cay, bat to die. and go we know not
where.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
VIRGINIANS' DAILY PATTERN
A STYLISH WAIST

Ihis charming waist has the uniyee.
sai peasant cut at the shoulder, whore
tnere is a small group OF tucks. There
E also pretty yoke. below which the
material fig slightly gathered in both
'front.' and back. The outline or vo,.a
and front vest are marked by hand
trimming.
There Ii long closely fitting slesp>
or the yoke material extending below
the short cap sleeve of the waist ma.
terial. Aa
The pattern $3.50 is cut In sizes 4. -
- inches bust measure Medium size
REQUIRES Is yards OF 44-inch mate
rial. with 7-s Yards. OF 1s-inch iii over
ana Is Yards Of band trimming. also
i-2 Yards OF 36-inch lawn for slim
The Simple Life.
] crave. dear Lord.
No boundless hoard
or gold and gear.
Or jewels.
Nor lands. nor kline.
nor treasure heaps OF anything.
LEI but little hue be mine.
Where at the hcarthstone NAV haas
The cricket sing:
Ard have the shine
VI one glad wOman's eyes to make
For my poor sake
Our simple horne place divine:
JUST the wee cot--tfe cricket's chirr--
Love, and the smiling face Of her.
James Whtteomb Riley.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
A Thouaht.

If you've something TO forgive. never
mind. that Ia always a wofnan's lot
From "A Man OF Genius
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-20

To my friends Of The Elloree sec
tion: beg to announce my canoi-
dacy for the position Of Cotton
weigher, at Elloree. S. c. Having
assisted in weighing cotton at El-
!oree during the last season, feel
cha: all are acquainted with my quail
ffcations. and if elected will pledge
YOU my best efforts to give each man
a square deal and entire satisfaction.
d. WYMAN McEACHERN.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-20

hereby announce myself as a
Candidate for Cotton Weigher at
North, S. c., and pledge myself 70
abide by the rules and regulations
Of the Democratic. Primary.
G.. WOLFE LIVINGSTON.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-20

I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the Democratic NOM
ination for Congress from the Sew
enth Congressional District OF South
Carolina and pledge Uyself to abide
the rules and regulations Of the
Democratic primary.
A. +. LEVER.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-20
For House Of Representatives.

James F. Hutto, from the Fork
Section of Orangeburg County, is
hereby annouced as a cadidate for
the State legislature, subject to the
rules of the Dem ocratic primary. II
electd Mr.. Hutto will civ his best:
efforts to further the interest and
welfare Of Old Orangeburg County
and her citizens. FRIENDS.