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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
BRIDGE QUESTION UP
BEFORE COMMISSION
council Listens to Arguments For and Against vari-
GUS Types, But Takes No Definite Action.

What kind of bridge shall Ia
coma put over the city waterway ?
The commission wrestled with
the problem two hours today and
1t is still unsettled.
Mayor Fawcett is in favor of
calling for bids on bridges COM
plete. He does not want to nav
$3l 900 to bring engineers who
mold patents on the best types and
hopes to evade this fee in this
manner.
There are three general types,
vertical lift, swing and bascule.
The bascule is the more popular
kind, but it will cost more. The
swing is the cheapest but it will
put piers in the middle of the
stream and this the city wants to
get away from.
The vertical lift is believed to
be cheaper than the baseule but
1t Is not considered as good a tyne
of construction.
Mr.. Harrington of Wadden e.
Harrington, appeared this MORN
Ing. He painted a rosy picture
of the vertical lift. Mr.. Kauff-
man of the Strauss bascule made
it look as black as Harrington did
rosy.
Thomas Jenkins said they were
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
CHINK TO FLY
in AIR MEET

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13.
Fong Ye, a native born Chi
nese, who has aspirations to
become a bird-man, will fly
in the aviation meet to be
held in San Francisco the
first week in January. Fong
Ye today was entered in the
novice class by the commit
tee in charge of the meet.
In an aeroplane embodying
parts of the Curtiss and
Wright machines, Fong Ye
already has made several
practice flights. ell has a
hangar of his own in Berke-
ley, and is said to be very
adept in handling his ma
chine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

Doth wrong and that a swing was
the thing and he estimated the
saving in cost about 100000.
Mr.. Braly of the ShirZer Bridge
company told the commission that
II II would just throw the thing
open and let all kinds of bridges
be bid upon it he would show
them a few tricks in low cost on
the showdown.
The council when 1t got through
seemed higher In the air than any
of the bridges will be.
One thing that looked good
about the vertical lift was that
watermains and gas pipes can be
run right over 1t and the water
Is never shut off But to lift
that whole bridge away up In the
air l50 feet appears rather a poor
mechanical scheme to the aver
age person.
The council adjourned and the
matter of what sort of bridge will
be run over the present site of
the Eleventh street bridge remains
for decision.
Citizens of Tacoma wild take q
deep interest in watching develop
ments as the convenience and
safety of people using the bridge
will depend upon the councils
action.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
Bait of One Tacoma Shark.


MONEY
Where to Get 1t When Wanted.
d. H. TOLMAN
Remember the name, and that
/ have offices in all principal
American cities.
Whenever YOU need money,
as every one does at times, who
Is awake and alive, / wish you
to remember where TO come and
get it. Il will accommodate you
confidentially, advancing you
whatever amount you can con-
veniently repay from your sal
ary or income in weekly, semi
monthly or monthly payments
within the next three, four or
five. months time.
Women keeping house who
have an established home and
income, advanced money in
amounts they can repay within
from three to five months from
their incomes.
People only temporarily or
partially employed or unem-
ployed,-I will accommodate upon
the name or endorsement of
some relative, friend or ac-
quaintance who is permanently
employed.
Remember, I do not require or
take any chattei mortgage or
security of any kind. L only
expect my customers to be hon
est~and do as they agree, so
that II will be a pleasure for
me to accommodate them again
whenever they may want money
d. II. ToI.MAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

"It is not my purpose to pre-
cipitate a tariff debate" said
Cummins. II have no desire to
discuss the merits of the tariff
Law In 1909. I believe, however,
that some of it's provisions are in
defensible. I gave close atten-
ton to the recent political contest
and found the sentiment prevail
ing throughout the country that
some of the schedules are too
high. Under present business
conditions and with the existing
rules 1t is impossible to amend the
tariff law. Unless the rules are
modified the present tariff will
continue until those believing in
high protection think a new act
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
First Wife Says Segel
Never Got a Divorce

Dispositions from Mary Segel,
the first wife of Robert Segel, were
filed In the superior court yester-
day. The depositions were made
in Hattiesburg, Miss, at the re-
quest of the attorney at present
engaged by two other wives in try
ing to settle Segel's estate. Segel
left his first wife in New Orleans
nine years ago, and though she
says he had never been granted a
divorce from her, he married in
this city another girl, who is the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

What is doing on this bridge
question
Since Commissioners Lawson,
Freeland and Woods returned
from Portland, where they tn
spected bridges, an undercurremt
of opinion has passed about that
the vertical bridge people would
get the contract.
Commissioner Woods is quoted
in Portland paper as saying: 81
think the vertical lift bridge Is
what we want. We have elm
tnated the old draw or swing
bridge and are to decide between
q bascule and vertical lift"
The fact that approaches to the
Eleventh are down grade brings
up the question of safety. Taco
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

A.toiney Oakley for the county
repudiated this theory. He said
the tenders were not made in good
faith but all had a string to them
and were conditional.
But the company gets it's in
junction. 1t holds until the case
is finally heard and settled. 1t
must put UP bond for $4,000
in the meantime.
When Judge Hanford gets ready
he will hear the case. If the
company does not like it 1t can
then appeal to the supreme court
and the case may drag along then
for four or five years more. 1t
hooks as if this injunction of yes
terday will pretty nearly put off
the payment of taxes by the COM
panies for the next few years at
least.
In the meantime the county is
out the money.
But the poor little home owner
in Tacoma has to pay his taxes all
right.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

is necessary, or those opposing the
high protectionists wage a sue
cessful war"
Oummins explained the effect
of the proposed change, saying
the amendments would be limited
to items of schedules the bill car
ried. He admitted 1T would bar
the house from presenting any
bill revising the entire tariff.
II am heartily In favor of any
plan of satisfying the demands of
the people," said Gum minis. He
referred to the charge by Senator
Hale that the rule he proposed
was drastic and revolutionary as
entirely groundless.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

Here's what a band OF Sunday
school children are going 10 do to
help out:
ITO the Editor of the Tacoma
Times:
Dear Sir: There's a small
Sunday school out in the north
end of Tacoma where the scholars
have a birthday Offering box. The
children want to give to give the
contents of the box (about $2.50)
TO some child or children that
need 1t for Christmas. We are
wondering IL you could help us to
find some needy one. or could you
suggest some place to use It that
way. If you can would you please
do so. and for the children address
their superintendent.
The names of several children
were sent to the address given.
Here's a letter from Puyallup
that came this morning:
Dear Santa Claus: don't
think we will have any Christmas
at our house this year, SO II you
can come to Puyallup. Santa
Claus, brother and l would be SO
pleased to see you. My brother
is six years old and / am eight.
Brother is sick but maybe he will
be well when you come. He
wants a drum and a cap. / want
train of cars and a cap. My
head measure is 81 and my broth
er's Is 20 and 1-2. l go to Gen.
tral school and / am In Miss Gle
sons room. My papa is dead.
Respectfully,
"FRANK -"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
AcquittaI
Expected

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. 13.
AN acquittal was freely predict
ed when Attorneys for Hattie lie
: Blanc, ho is charged with having
murdered Clarence Glover, con-
cluded their closing arguments at
the girls trial here today. The
,fguments of the prosecution will
be finished today, it was an
nounced, and the case will go to
the jury either tonight or tomor-
row, depending on whether Judge
Bond charges the jury before he
adjourns court, or waits until to-
morrow.
Throughout the pleading Of her
case, Miss La Blanc sat unper-
turbed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
GOLDMAN MEETING
PROTESTS ACTION

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.--At a
mass meeting here today, Emma
Goldman, after addressing the
throng upon the action of Japan
in sentencing DIR. Kotoku and his
Is companions to death for alIeg-
ed plotting against the life of the
sent d cablegram TO Pre-
mier Katsura of Japan embodying
the protest of the meetins-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
WIFE GIVEN DIVORCE

A decree of divorce was granted
Tennie V. Cook from Clarence c.
Cook today by Judge Clifford.
They were married in Olivet,
Mich., in 1901. Since 1907 the
husband treated his wife so cruel
ly, she said, she was finally
obliged to seek relief in the di-
vorce court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

present petitioner.
Mary Segel stated that they
were married in Chicago, when
she was only 15 years OF age. in
the year OF 1891 or 1892. At that
time she said she could not even
speak English.
The first evidence OF Segel's
complicated marriage relations
were brought out in November.
when Emma, the second wife. ask
ed to be appointed administrative
of the estate, and the third wife
appeared TO protest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

(By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-That
the earnings of the average city
worker have remained stationary
in the last decade while the pur-
chasing power OF the farmer has
increased over so per cent as
against a IL per cent increase in
the cost of necessaries, is one of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
ARIzONANS VOTE ON
CONSTITUTION FEB. 3

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
PHOENIX. Ariz., Dec. 13.-
Citizens of Arizona will on Febru-
ary voice their approval or dis
approval of the constitution re-
Gently framed for the new state
by the constitutional convention.
A proclamation by Acting Gov
ernor Young calling the election
was promulgated today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
CITY WORKER STANDS STILL
WHILE FARMER GOES AHEAD

the statements contained in the
annual report of Victor Olmstead,
chief Of the bureau of statistics.
today. The statistics presented
by Olmstead to support the asser-
'tion furnish interesting comments
on the fluctuations OF commodity
values and the relative changes
In the cost Of living.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
"FRANK

Now when just a few of these
letters can be printed Tacoma
folks may realize the hopes and
fears that are rising and falling
in a lot of little breasts these
days.
If you haven't time to ring up
or call to find out about special
cases send what you will and the
Times will see that some one is
made happy.
Not much time left now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
HITS THE SCRUB
WOMEN OF WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 13.
President Taft's much-heralded
and press-agented economy"
thing has arrived in Washington,
fresh from taking fall out of the
railway mail service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
PENSION BILLS BEFORE
THE LOWER HOUSE

WASHINGTON. Dec. l1--The pen4
sion bill, carrying an appropriation
OF $153, 1858, 900, is being coI,Jidered
by the lower house of congress to-
day. A report accompanying fha
bin asserts that congress has al
ready paid out more than $4,000.
600, 600 for pensions. The bin. ii IA
caid. will he attacked In some quar-
enr1 the .aInntion Of fha fs.taI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

Economy" didn't stand right
in on private elevators or on gov
ernment-owned but private auto
mobiles, or on any of the other
cracking big extravagances, but
went to the, mat Immediately with
the scrubwomen who have wasted
Uncle Sans money for a long
time by scrubbing only four oroms
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
DOYOU KNOW

That the U. S. has nine of the
fifty Largest cities of the world?
They are New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, st. Louis, Boston,
Cleveland, Baltimore, Pittsburg
and Detroit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight and Wednesday,
light southerly winds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

That the Flyer company has out
a new poster depicting the steam
er as sea gull instead of a
housefy?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
Would Revise Tariff
Schedule By Schedule
Senator Cummins Defends His Plan in Senate
Wants to Satisfy the People.
(By United Pre- IS Leased wire.)

Wire.)
ID. O, s. he
a
in favor of the nla tOda
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

"a day in the big government
buildings.
So the order has gone out that
these women, who are paid $40 a
month, or 10 cents day, must
clean seven rooms instead of four,
and be tickled to death with their
i75 cents a day,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

That there are now 90 prisoners
in the county Jail?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

- That the first marriage at the
present court house was perform-
ed by the present Prosecuting At
torney McMurray in 1893? He was
then justice of the peace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

That James Clark of the New
York Celtic club holds the record
for running 20 miles; time
1:5S:27 3-5?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

That If you take trip in the
rain to Seattle on one of the cleo
trio cars it is advisable to carry
an umbrella? Thursday it actual
ly poured wet into one of the
trains. Broken windows at the
top, of course.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

That to stow away the contents
of the Pacific it would be neces-
sary to fill tank a mile long, a
mile wide and a mile deep every
day for A years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
SANTA CLAUS ASKS
YOU TO HELP OUT

Do you want to help the Times
Santa?
If so there's not much time to
lose. It's scarcely two weeks un-
TIL Xmas and there are a whole lot
of little children who are asking
that Santa may not overlook
them. Some kind folks have done
their party already but much re-
mains for those who wish to send
their donations or toys or clothes
to the Times office. 1t is impossl-
BILE to print all the letters that
have been received, but they are
here at the Times office for those
who would like to see them.
Here are two letters of an en-
couraging nature received this
morning:
Dear Sir: If you will send
me the address of this boy will see
that he gets his shoes and not be
missed Christmas.
Kindly yours,
The address was that of Ar
thur --, whose letter appear
ed in the Times. The address
was sent and Arthur will doubt
less receive his shoes.
But there are many letters
which cannot receive publication
and they are as worthy as that of
Arthur.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13
ConfesseS To
Shooting of
Husband

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10
Mrs. Maria Oapp, wife of Her
bert Clapp, millionaire club
man, mysteriously wounded at his
home last night, today confessed
that she shot her husband to pro-
tect her own life.
But / didn't want to kill him -
she moaned. -"I shot him before
| thought Il didn't want to kill
him"
When she became a little more
quiet she told the circumstances
leading up to the shooting.
WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Dec. 13.-President Taft is
being urged today to appoint
o. G. Moore of Spokane as
United States judge to sue
ceed the late Judge Whitson.
Congressman Miles, Poin-
dexter of Washington state
brought up the matter in the
course of a general confer
ence with the president on
the subject of patronage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-12-13

Tell it to the Times. The Times stands for
the peoples rights, and isn't afraid to fight
for them.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-23
we ALSO OFFER FOR LEASE.

3 bedroom furnished bungalow on
the Kaimuki car line. One of the
most comfortable homes in Honolulu.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-23
TELEPHONE GUSTS
THE TELEGRAPH

NEW YORK, Sept 3.-The Della
ware. LackaWanna aud Western Rail.
road has entirely dispensed with the
telegraph for train dispatchlng pur.
poses. The telephone has taken rs
place on the CD miles of line be.
tween Scranton. Pa. and Bingham.
ton, n. v, In 1905. the first trial Of
the new system was made Now the
company has 27l stations equipped
with the telephone outfit and $500
miles OF wire.
Though experiments with tele-
phone dispatching were started I'm
the West, the Lackawanna is the
first road to use the system exclu.
81 ely over all its lines.
A great saving of time has result
ed from the innovation. It is easier
10 summon stations along the line.
and calls are answered more prompt
ly than under the former system. The
whereabouts of trains and the condi-
ton of the motive power and cars I'm
transit are known To headquarters to
an extent not possible when the tele-
graph was used.
In addition to the phones at sta
tions and towers. there are siding
phone booths from which train
crews may communicate with the
dispatcher. Under former conditions
a freight train might be held on a
siding for hours while waiting for
a passenger train to pass it. Now
the conductor calls upon the dis
patcher and obtains directions, pos.
sibly, to move on 20 or 80 miles fur
Their before being overtaken by the
passenger train.
In case a freight train was derailed
or met with some other mishap, the
wrecking crew always used to in
clude a telegrapher. The trainmaster
had To write out messages to head
quarters, give them to the operation
and wait upon the slow working of
the Morse alphabet. The telegrapher
is no longer needed. The trainmas-
ter gives all his information by word
of mouth and receives information in
return in less than half the time re
quired by the old process
"The telephone for train dispatch
ing is not an experiment as far as
we are concerned" said L. B. Foley,
the Lackawanna's superintendent Of
telegraph and telephones, yesterday q.
ut is an established fact. Conditions
are less favorable to telephone dis
patching On some lines than on others.
but the indications are that 1t will
be rapidly extended, and in the end
supplant the telegraphic system
throughout the country"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-23
WAREHOUSE TRUST.
Special Opportunity

During this month only we offer the
following choice Kaimukl residences
for purchase, upon terms within the
reach OF anybody DESTROYS Of acquiring
a home. Small cash payment and bal.
ance IN monthly installments Call
and get particulars Of these two spe.
cial bargains before they are with.
drawn.
NO l:-Three bedroom house on
car line.Spacious lanals Newly pa.
pered and painted throughout. Lot
100 225 covered with shade and
fruit trees. Stables and servants
quarters.
NO. 2:-New two bed room bunga-
low. Magnificent view of two oceans,
adjoining Kaimuki Crater preserved
as park. Ether one or two lots as
desired.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-23
STRICKEN PROVINCES NEED Help

An appeal bas boon made by the
Flood Relief Association of Japan to
the Japanese of Hawaii. that funds
bo forwarded 20 TOXIC TO assist in
relieving immense suffering through.
out four provinces as result OF the
floods, which yet continue. s. She.
ba. editor of the Hawaii shinpo. asks
the American people Of Honolulu 90
assist Mr. shebas open letter to
the public Is as follows:
The Flood Relief Association re-
Gently formed at Toxic with Mar
Quis Matsukata az president and
Baron Shibusawa as vice president
has addressed the local Japanese,
urging them to contribute toward
the relief fund The letter says in
part:
"The damage wrought by the re-
cent food is so appalling and enor'
nous that II defes description; null
titudes of people in those provinces
visited with the flood are homeless
and starving; many have lost their
wives. husbands, mothers, fathers;
parents half starved are searching
for their lost sons and daughters in
despair; and those whose lives were
spared are scourged with the cpl
denies.
I'VE appeal to every man and wo-
man who has a heart, in order that
the suffering Japanese may be saw
ed and comforted in their dire suf-
ferings."
Authentic statistics issued from
the interior department of the ia
panese government shows the da-
images to be as follows
Total loss of life. .1O6l
The number of wounded and dis
aDled. ..........'''.' ''..''''' SoS
The number of lost. ........... 3SO
The number of houses totally de-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-23

ttDyod ....................4sk
The number of houses partially
desiroycd................. $500
The number of houses washed
away ....,....................52g 7
Pathetic and heartbreakng stor.
les Of individual suffering need not
De told. The above figures tell the
story
ihese provinces stricken with ca.
iamity include Chiba, Fukushima MI.
YAK aud Nigata from where oomo
not a small number OF Japanese I'm
hawaii while the latest adyices
from Japan state that the food is
still spreading and that the central
and southern provinces are now be-
ing affected.
AT different plantations associa-
lions are being formed among us to
raise funds, and there is a prospe I
that we local Japanese can send
several thousand dollars.
Japanese as a people are not too
forward, ] think, in retailing stories
of their own woe, but feel, as un-
derstand American people i'm gener-
al, that they would not consider It
a kind act for us to do to hide from
their notice these facts and the cause
i'm which ] am sure many American
friends would want to extend their
helping hand and express their good
will toward suffering Japanese at
home as well as to us in Hawaii,
who commingle in comfy and in mu-
tual helpfulness with them.
Donations above fifty cents will
be acceptable and the books will be
opened on Fort street and at the
Yokohama Specie Bank until the end
of this month
S. SHEBA.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-23
Territory of Hawaii,
City and County of Honolulu. J

l, Henry Smith, Clerk Of the Circuit
Court of the First judicial Circuit, Ter
ritory of Hawaii, do hereby certify the
foregoing to be full, true and cor
rect copy of the original summons in
the case Of Marston Campbell, Super
intendent of Public Works of the T sr
rltory of Hawaii VS.. James Steiner O.
ais, as the same remains of RECORD
and on file in the Office of the Clerk OF
said Court.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of said Circuit Court, this End day
Of September, 1910.
(SEAL) HENRY SMITH,
Clerk of the Circuit Court of the First
Circuit, Territory OF Hawaii.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-09-23
GET IT TODAY.

Every family should be provided
with bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrnoea Remedy at
this season of the year. Attacks of
oowel complaint nearly always come
on suddenly and when this remedy
is at hand, all danger may be avoid
ed. For sale by all druggists. Ben
son, Smith e Co., agents for Hawaii.