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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
MILLER, ALLEGED BURGLAR
! WHO ACTED AS OWN LAWYER,
| NOW To Be TRIED IN TACOMA

> Charles Elliot, alias Peter
who was arrested In Sea tile
and held for trial upon four sep
arate burglary charges. has OBJ
tanned change of venue to the
Pierce county court, the papers
being sent over yesterday.
During his trial in Seattle, the
man, acting as his own lawyer,
a sensational defense.
He at first attempted to conduct
his own defense in this case and
was busy for some days studying
law in his cell, but later he de-
cided to hire an attorney. He
will be brought to the Pierce
county Jail within few days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08

out of the country"
where did you expect to go?"
"Bien loin!" There was a shrug
'of boyish shoulders. Even to At
RIGA. We read in book that we
could make a fortune selling gim-
cracks to the Indians. didn't we,
Vienny?"
Yes" replied Vienny. "Jacqui-
ard read 1t to me.
In Jail the boys are having a
good time. They eat like raven
GUS savages, their appetites I'M
spoiled by the shouts from the
streets which float up to their
cells. ITO the DEATH" ITO the
guillotine!"
"To the guillotineV" Jacquard
once said gaily. "Eh bien, / sup
pose one will go there all right.
Anyhow, we deserve it. I guess"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
JOHN D. WOULD BUY OFF
ANI|-SALOON LEAGUE
To HELP CANNON

ton.
'He was politely but emphati-
cally told that he did not have
enough money to buy us off. Our
fight is not a personal one. We
are not against these men, but
when they deliberately block the
way then the Anti-Saloon league
means to accomplish its end, even
II it has to go into the home dis
tricts of these big fellows and
show up their subserviency to the
liquor trust.
There is not enough money
available to buy us from this
fight for reasonable interstate
liquor shipment legislation. Our
commission is not from these
men,"
Superintendent Paulson's state
ment was made in answer to the
report that Rockefeller's money
was behind the Anti-Saloon league.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
CO. S
HEAD OFFICE
HERE

The Home Telephone company
has decided to move its general
headquarters to Tacoma and all
will be housed in the big building
on d street as soon as the office
in the building now occupied By
State Grain Inspector Armstrong
Is vacated by him.
Eben Wells, director of pur-
chases, will move from Portland
to this city and the business tor
all the lines, including Portland,
Tacoma, Bellingham, Albany, Cor
wallis and Port Townsend will be
conducted from here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
UNION LABOR MAYOR TAKES
CHARGE IN FRISCO

ors met and welcomed the newly
elected members.
William r. Haggerty, chairman
of the last union labor party con-
vention, was elected clerk of the
board.
The committee chairmanships
were announced, showing that in
each instance a union labor man
had been chosen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
STARVATION STALKS ON
YAKIMA RESERVATION

NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. s.
Charging that there is suffering
and want, and in some cases
actual starvation, among the In
dams on the Yakima reservation,
Jay Lynch, for many years agent
and superintendent, has written
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08

on this hemisphere. AS president
of the Pan-American railroad he
will push the construction of the
line from Mexico down into the
lsthmus Of Panama. When his
plans work out it will be possible
for a man to travel from New
York to the big ditch in the same
Pullman car.
Mr.. Thompson, acting for a big
syndicate, bought the road for
$40, 100000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
FAMOUS PRELATE SUCCUMBS
TO NEPHRITIS AFTER LIN
GERING ILLNESS.

ROME, Jan. S.-The four car
dinal bishops of the Catholic
church To-day prepared for the
last sad rites over the body of
Cardinal francesca Satolli, who
died this morning at 4 O'Clock.
Cardinal Satolli was stricken
with nephritis, three weeks ago.
He was II years of age.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
OIL KING TRIES TO STOP
FIGHT AGAINST SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. S.-That
John D. Rockefeller offered the
Anti-Saloon league his financial
support If 1t would cease it's efforts
to make life miserable for "Uncle
Joe" Cannon was the statement
made today by Superintendent NJ
s. Paulson, of Lincoln. the head
Of the league in Nebraska. Paul
son said:
John D. Rockefeller5s repre-
sentative offered to subscribe a
substantial sum to the Anti-Sa-
loon league II we would promise
to stop our fight against Speaker
Cannon and the men who, with
him, have been holding up tenn
perance Legislation at Washing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
CARDINAL SATOLLI
"AMERICAN POPE"
PASSES AWAY

Satolli represented the pope at
the Worlds Columbian expositi On
in Chicago. The recognition &C,
corded him gave him his great OPP
portunity-that of becoming apos-
tolic delegate to the governn. ont
at Washington. He was often re-
ferred to as the American pope, -
so great was his grasp of Ameri-
can affairs of the church.
During the Spanish-America n
war, it is said, his efforts did
much to bring about a settlement
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
POLICEMAN, STANDING BY
BAR, FIRES AT HIM AS HE
ENTERS.

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. s.
Patrolman George E. Croxford late
last night shot and killed an un-
Identified highwayman as he was
in the act of holding up two bar
tenders in the saloon of L. Miller
in the outskirts of the city.
The police officer, in plain
clothes, was standing just inside
the door as the highwayman en-.
tered. Walking up to the bar re
ordered the bartenders to throw
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
NOTICE.

The melting of the Norwegian
Repu blican League has been
changed from Wednesday evening
to Monday evening next week at
the Danish Brotherhood hall, So.
Tacoma Ave. and Sixteenth street
H. e. KNATvOLDT,
President.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
UNION MEN GET ALL THE
PLUMS OF NEW ADMINS.
TRATION.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. s.
Patrick II. Mccarthy, the union
leader, became mayor of San
Francisco at noon today, succeed
ing Edward Robson Taylor.
The retiring board of supervis-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
500 FAMILIES
GO WITHOUT
FUEL

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
BOISE, Ida, Jan. S.-Boise to-
lday faces the most serious coal
and wood famine in it's history.
Five hundred families are with
iout wood or coal. The weather
lis intensely cold and there is much
suffering.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08

The funeral of Takieta Hira-
ia, the japanese, who died at one
of the hospitals early Thursday
morning, will be held from Mel
fingers parlors tomorrow after
noon at 2 O'Clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08

letter to Senator Wesley L. Jones,
laying before him the results of
observations made on a recent trip
through the reservation.
He says the present system Is
wrong, and that conditions will be F.
come worse instead of better.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
NOTES

o. Donoyl, aged &c, died yes
terday at one of the city hospi-
tails of old age. AS far. as the
hospital authorities know, he had
no relatives in this district.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08

The funeral of Mrs. Margaret
McDonough, who died Thursday
evening at the family residence,
'3545 South Tacoma avenue, was
held from Holy Rosary church
this morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
THUG SHOT DEAD IN ATTEMPT
To ROB PORTLAND SALOON

up their hands.
Before the frightened men
could comply Patrolman Croxford
pulled his revolver and fired
point blank, the bullet entered
the thugs mouth, and penetrate
the brain.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-01-08
II. B. PERHAM.

II. d. I1EhT1AM.
Perham, as head of the railway
telegraphers, has made repeated
efforts lately in Washington, and
elsewhere, to end the great
switchmen's strike in the north
west. He has limited at a general
strike unless the mems wage de-
mands are met.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03

Inc New YORK ana ot. LOUIS
clubs of the American League were
playing at St. Louis, and the game
was close. St. Louis had three men
on bases, and the man on first was
John Anderson. The New York
club was fighting hard to prevent
either of those runners scoring, and
as there was only one out it looked
like a slim chance. Suddenly, with
out any rime or reason, Anderson
got a good lead off first and started
to steal second-mind you, with the
bases full!
Anderson made it, all right; but
he forced out the other two runners,
and St. Louis lost the game. That
night he was released by Manager
McAleer, and, strange as it may
seem, the New York manager signed
him to contract. Anderson was
good hitter, and it can readily be
understood that he was hired on ac-
count of his ability with the bat and
not as base runner.
For months and months we have
been writing about the science of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03

ing game at Birmingham Ashenback was manager
of Shreveport 1t the last week of the and
he very short of players. In fact he short
that he hired local semiprofessional player named
MCGOWAN take the position of right field for the one
game
"Can you play outfeld?" Ashenback asked of the
ambitious youngster.
Sure" he replied. Il can play anywhere and can
show lot of these leaguers up too
well, get that glove and go out to right field, y
was Ashenback's order.
During the practice MCGOWAN did very well, and
Ashenback seemed somewhat relieved. The youngster
made several nice catches
The game finally started, and the Birmingham club
had two runners on bases. The next up drove
high fly into right field. MCGOWAN started for the ball;
but somehow he lost his and unable to judge
its direction correctly. He made three four circles
and finally gave up entirely just the ball came down,
struck him the head and bounded to far of
the lot for three bases Both scored and Ashen
back wild.
Here you boneheaded mutt come here!" he yelled
at the top of his voice to MCGOWAN. Then, picking up
a catchers mask the rate manager out from the
bench toward the middle of the diamond to meet the
disgraced right fielder. Here you bonehead," he
yelled, take this mask and put it on they'll knock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03

IF William Shakespeare were alive to-day and had
been sent to "cover" game between the Giants and
the Cubs, do you suppose he would have used up
four pages of manuscript in trying to explain the stupid
ty of certain base runner Never in thousand years.
He would have simply called him "bonehead" and
let it go at that.
Can you imagine what soace it would have been to
this Shakespeare to have known OF that word
when he writing Othello? Instead of wasting reams
of paper to make us understand that Roderigo was
stupid ass he could have called him Bonehead Reddy
and the job would have been done dip of his quill
Yes many favors have been done the English lam
guage since the time of Shakespeare and perhaps the
greatest of these the word "bonehead. 1t covers
the entire field of misspent mental endeavor. While 1T
is thoroughly expressive bonehead is not without its
SMILES and of the versatility of Shakespeare and
other baseball writers resort occasionally to ivory
DOME "cocobolo roof solid granite or, to refer to
Observation-Disclosures a general condition. hardwood
stuff does very nicely.
The first bonehead of which we have any direct know
edge is the man who riding horseback and carrying
watermelons in sack. That man. if history serves
us right, put both watermeons in end of the sack
and filled the other with stones as to make the load
balance across the horses back Had he put water
melon in each end of the sack and thrown away the
stones his deeds would never have been handed down
posterty.
At school we learn of another bonehead who thought
his sack of ground meal too heavy the poor horses
back; he climbed down, put the sack his Shout
ders, and then crawed back in the saddle.
While forebears pulling that kind of hard
wood stuff they making history but they were
creating for word to express their peculiar mode
of thought 1t remained for the game of baseball give
us the word bonehead. The idea of the term in its
conception denote something solid something
that did not have works inside. Bone is solid. The
head the part of the baseball anatomy that should be
worked from the inside. When the inside refuses to
work it is solid Hence, "bonehead.
The bonehead player has been factor in baseball
from the games inception. But for him the game could
almost be worked out mathematical basis. That
does not necessarily that boneheaded work is linn
tied to the diamond. Not by ugful! 1t crops up in
business affairs every day and is quite in card
games. Suppose. for instance that you should trump
your partners trick in a whist game, what would you
expect him to say? Well, never mind what he would
say; but how would you be able to explain it,
Dear reader you might go through the entire language
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Drawings by J. Cummings Chase

your brains out with the first fly they put over!"
The spectators heard the entire dialogue, rather
monologue, and roared with laughter The story hap
pened fall my lot and it sent all over the
try. That the first time heard the of the word
"bonehead."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03

and you couldn't find a word or phrase that
could express your action SO clearly as g a plain
case of bonehead work. That completely
covers the field.
Speaking seriously for just minute, there
is a certain little black man in everybodys
mind that at sometime or other causes him to
make the most stupid and inexplicable breaks.
The man who makes the break knows better
at the time and often wonders why he did so.
Psychology may not know it yet; but it is
boneheadedness, pure and simple, and nothing
else.
This started out to be baseball story; but
investigation has disclosed that the genus
8onehead extends to so many other lines of en-
deavor that it is difficult to keep to the straight
and narrow path.
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mOnOlOgue and rOared with laughter ne story nap
pened to fall to my lot and was sent all over the coun
try That was the first time heard the of the word
"bonehead
Too Many One Base
A RLIE LATHAM, the veteran player who is now
travelling with the New York Giants tells of bone
head play that he pulled in game Cincinnati
but he is not to whether the term used then
not. Anyway, it will to illustrate how bone
head play can lose ball game fy after the players
have been fighting hard for two hours.
Arlie was on second at the time and Bugs Holiday
third. A run would have meant the game.
Il had big lead off second says Arlie, land
ticed that the pitcher not watching me. All of
sudden it occurred to that it would be easy steal
third with the big lead had. know that my head
had turned to solid ivory all of sudden; but did not
realize it then until had made long slide into third
and found Bugs Holiday kicking me in the ribs Hooked
up suddenly.
''Get out of here!' said Bugs as he gave me a kick
What you doing over here?'
1.-Two of standing on third basel!
The pitcher threw the ball to third, and Arie
touched out. The chance for run had gone.
Il couldn't explain to save my life what made me do
that" says Arlie, because certainly knew better
But, somehow was suddenly seized with an attack of
bonehead, and it lost the game"
Man or Umbrella
Nov. don't get it into your head that all the bone
heads are in baseball observed Arthur Irwin, the
OlQtlme manager ana present Gay SCOUT IOT tne NEW
York Americans, when he asked for instances
of boneheadedness that had under his observa-
ton. Il once knew newspaper man who was so abb
sent minded that he went home rainy night and put
his umbrella in bed and then stood up behind the door
all night and drpped."
Irwin explain that the fellow in question
not known as bonehead in those days; but he
observed with twinkle in his eye, that is exactly
what it was"
Somehow, have idea that Irwin meant some
thing by giving that story instead of one a ball
player but of he gave intmation that it
personal.
ooh, by the way, asked of Clark Griffith, manager
of the Cincinnati Reds, do you remember John Ander
SOM"
"Do Pr he answered Il love every bone in his
head"
Dome of Solid Ivory
THAT remark caused litter all around the circuit
when it appeared in print, and it paves the way for
of the remarkable instances of bonehead work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
Where the Word Came from

lust who coined the word in baseball is a
> matter of wide discussion among baseball
writer's; but the man who is frequently cred
tied with it is Eddie Ashenback, late manager
of the Scranton, Pennsylvania, baseball team.
Ashenback has been manager of many other
ball clubs and is considered one of the great
wits of the diamond. The first appearance of
the word "bonehead" in baseball literature
occurred some eleven years ago, and it so hap
pened that the writer saw the incident that
caused Ashenback to use it.
The baseball teams of Birmingham, Ala
bama, and Shreveport, Louisiana. were play
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-09-30
Pleased the Old widower.

Il never saw such n pleased old wild
over as that Grinon vulture was when
n pair OF young members of his tribe
were put into his cage the other day"
said keeper in the Central park me-
nagerie.
The old fellows mate died several
years ago and he had been leading n
lonesome life since his bereavement.
His daily routine was to eat and sit
on the porch blinking at visitors. The
new pair consisted OF male and female.
Their advent caused the old chap to
take on a new interest He sidied up
TO the female and seemed TO be telling
her not TO mind the other fellow. that
he was the boss OF that household.
When the younger beau resented this
the old chap gave him a trouncing that
sent him into a corner. Since then
when the three are on the perch you
will hnd the widower sitting between
the female and her former swethart
the picture OF contentment
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-09-30
FEMALE ROBINSON cRUsoE
French Woman Who Lived Alone for
Two Years on the Isle Of
Demons.

The Isle of Demons. OF the coast Of
Newfoundland, was the scene Of a 70
nance as thrilling and a tragedy as
real as any told in fiction. About the
year 1910 one Marguerite de Roberval,
niece of the French viceroy, fell in
love with a young cavalier and prom
sed him her heart and hand. Her
uncle. the viceroy. considered the
youth unworthy of his niece's proud
position. and. angered by her refusal
to give up her lover. passed SEN
tence of exile on both of them. A ves-
sci carried the couple to the isle of
Demons leaving them there with an
old nurse. who had attended the Lady
Marguerite from her childhood. and
who wished to share her exile.
At first the banishment did not
seem SO dreadful thing The young
mans strength stood between his wife
and suffering. and for two years all
went well. A child was born, and the
parents began TO plan for the estab-
lishment of colony which might
thrive in this island home.
Then came trouble. swift and ter
rible. Disease fell upon the little fam
lily. and the young wife and mother
saw her husband. child and faithful
nurse all sicken and die. With her
own hands she dug their graves and
buried all that was dear to her, and
then began a life alone. a life in which
the mere question of existence be-
came a problem hard indeed for
frail woman to solve. BY means of
the gun that had been her husbands
she kept herself provided with food
and with skins for her clothing
For two years she lived a Robinson
Crusoe life, this gently-bred girl Once
a boat filled with Indians came near
the shore. but the painted faces and
fierce aspect of the savages fright
ened her. so that she hid instead of
hailing them. She spent weeks OF la
Dor in making a crude canoe, but her
hands were unskilled and when she
launched her craft. it would only tip
over. At last she was rescued by
some fishermen who yentured on the
island. half frightened at first by what
they thought was an evil apparition-
Marguerite WAS sent 10 France but
her uncle discovered her whereabouts
and continued to perseCute her She
finally found a reiug- in small
French village. where she hid until
the yiceroys death. After that she
came into the world once more and
lived to a good age.-New York Press.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-09-30
Horse Had His Sympathy.

A chauffeur whose first love IS
horses even II he is now welded TO
an automobile. made his appearance
on Seventh avenue. New York, on a
scorching afternoon. string of au-
tomobiles stood in the shade of a big
hotel. Presently a delivery wagon was
added to the row of vehicles, but the
shadows were not wide enough TO shell
ter 1t. too. and the horse stood pant
ing and trembling in the broiling sun.
The driver of the machine that stood
just behind the delivery wagon alight-
ed and patted the horses sweaty
flank.
You poor old fellow" he said. Its
a darned shame. isn't it,"
Then in the absence OF the horses
driver he undertook to remedy the
shame himself. His own machine was
run away from its position at the curb,
the horse was backed into the shade.
and the automobile took its place in
the sunshine. II is not recorded that
thereafter anyone expressed sympathy
for the automobile.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-09-30
King Amona His Fellows.


A Kentucky capitalist who was ar
rested in Kansas City for having vio-
lated the law OF the arid belt. made
this plea to the judge for release:
Il own forty y-seven hundred acres OF
Kentucky land with blue grass foot
high all over 1t. ninety head of thor
oughbred Hereford cattle. eighteen
stands of bees. a barrel OF money and
two pairs of suspenders. I'm the only
fellow in the world hat ever owned
two pairs Of gallr-es at once"
The Judge was thoughtful. but the
plea didn't go with him.
Every man has ideals In his mind.
One OF them. held almost universally.
1s TO own two pairs of suspenders at
once SO that he viii not be obliged to
change these valuable supporters con
tinually from pants to trousers
Few achieve II. however II is not
. matter OF money. for many well-to-do
and even rich men are tied TO one pair
of suspenders through early habits OF
thought and training. inertia. absent
mindednes and the like errors
When we see a man who owns two
sets of suspenders we say to ocr-
selves: There goes a king
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-09-30

al nza ..ia weu. zee ...iUws smr
those pajamas up into slithersi [
bet they cost Jim more'n a dollar. 1t
was a shame,
Il felt awful sorry for Jim. knew
he'd got to sleep in something. SO I
sneaked up to dads room and got his
old blue flannelette nightshirt, and put
that in for Jim, guess dad won't
care. 1t was kinda old and torn and
worn out. an It had to go into the
wash tomorrow. anyway. | bet Jim1l
be surprised when he opens his grip
don't you? But Jim did me a mighty
good turn once. so | wanted to help
him out.
THE kids kept callin' to me out of
the kitchen window that the ice cream
was most all gone. Guess I'd got
none at all but for Dor'thy. Shed hid
me half of hers, | can always count
on Dor'thy TO look out for me. We
was most bust up with eaun' so much
stun. but We just had to get through
with It before they washed up the
dishes.
That taxicab? Why. it was the one
ordered by the crowd who were going
10 follow Jim's and Marjorie's carriage.
and get on the Pullman. If they could
manage to get past the gates. But
Jim and Marjorie just whizzed of in
It when they found out that some
smarties in the crowd had telephoned
their carriage not to come. Wanted
to make them miss their train. ]
guess"