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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
INNOCENT PRISONER
CONTENT; PREFERS CELL

GRAND JUNCTION, Col, Sept.
1e.-Albert Blount prefers con-
finement in prison to beggary
outside penitentiary walls. Blount
confessed a crime he did not COM
NIT, and is now serving a three
years sentence aE Canon City,
while the real criminal Is at large.
Blount was arrested several
months ago on a charge of stealing
5sweis from a well-known society
woman. He admitted guilt and
turned the jewelry over to the po-
lice.
Now 1t develops that Blount
who formerly was a brakeman OF
the Rio Grande. was not the thief
but had been holding the stolen
property for q friend. He will not
tell, however, who gave him the
bot and frankly says he will have
4 much easier time in Canon City
under the care Of Warden lyman
BRh trying to make his living out
Biount "a consumptive and a
eodRfne ffshd and -has not long to
uve. He lost his position on the
railroad and because Of his condi-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
TAFT DIDN'T SAVE WILEY

lot of us refuse to get very enthusiastic because
President Taft didn't fire Dr. Wiley The credit for
Faft's decision goes to the people of the United
States who WOULDN'T LET HIM FIRE WILEY.
Taft, just starting on reelection campaign,
simply DIDN IT DARE to fire the man who had stood
between the impure food makers and the consumers
of the country.
Maybe Taft wouldn't have fired Wiley anyhow.
Maybe he feels the same way Wiley does about pure
food.
If HE DOES, LET HIM CLEAR OUT THE
FRIENDS OF THE FOOD PRISONERS WHO
ARE IN PUBLIC OFFICE, AND WHO TRIED
TO s'GET'' WILEY.
Taft has the power to do it, And the Wiley inves-
Ngation showed up the friends-an the enemies
Of the people pretty clearly
incidentally, Taft Explained" that Atty. Gen.
Wickersham had recommended Wiley dismissal be-
cause he had only heard part of the evidence.
Why didn't Wickersham get all the evidence be-
fore he acted? He's lawyer. He knows the rules
of evidence as well anybody in the cabinet. Why
was he so hasty7 Why was he SO satisfied that
Wiley wrong after hearing only half of the case?
You people of the United States saved Wiley s
dob. 1t wasn't Taft, nor Wilson, Wickelsham
|
carefully that Miss Force looked serious al
Col Perfectly natural Spending income
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
Observations

VIM. Brier, wealthy resident of
Englewood. Chicago suburb, was
fined $26 for stealing two chick
ems. This internal high cost of
living is driving even the rich to
desperation.
Vice commissions report of
Chicago so awful that 1t is barred
from the mails. But IL the report
told the whole truth, they'd bar it
from the garbage cans, too.
When last heard of, ex-Shah
Mira was in row boat rowing
like blazes for a foreign haven.
Try England. Mohammed, old
boy! =
Think of a river of hot stone
and mud, so feet high and $500
feet wide. moving down a noun
tain side. That's what Etna's
doing to the beautiful valley of
the Alcatara.
Man from Omaha was SO bow
legged that San Diego trick
goat thought she saw a hoop and
| persisted in jumping through all
the way from depot to hotel.
Frisco man faxed suicide with
bottle containing creme de
menthe and his wife divorced
him. Those California wives are
so particular about the sort of
poison their husbands drink
The barroom soak helps make
laws that govern your wife. He
can also nullify the vote you
would cast for laws rendering
Justice to your family. How dc
you like the condition, Mr.. Man?
Maine might try IL over again.
She doesn't seem to have gone
-bent" anywhere this elec-
ton.
Seems that Taft is going to
speak on most every subject save
How to foozle your putt when
weighing 300."
| cousin Bill Taft spent much OF
his 54th birthday quietly at
golf" Next to chess, fewer UNI
pires are killed at golf than at
any other game we've travelled
thousands of miles to see. We
once heard a victorious golfer
shout 20 orackeyl" but his de-
feated antagonist replied "What'll
We haVo2" and tho avcitap,ant x,oo
soon wet down. Bill Is wise in
taking large doses of quiet before
coming westward.
| Counts Esterhagg and Wolken-
stein exchanged two shots at each
other, In Budapest barracks, miss
ed every time, and declared their
honor satisfied. But what a ter
rible blow to the Workmanship of
counts!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
MOTHER UP TO DATE

Who scorns lazy limousine?
Who oils and cranks her own ma
chine?
Who knows the price of gasoline |?
My mother.
Who plays bridge till her fore
head aches2
Who gives me points on no-trump
makes?
Who shows me how to place my
stakes?
My mother.
Who stays out late on caucus
night?
Who tells me of the wards great
fight2
And how to mark my ballot right
My mother.
Who Yields a gavel without fear I
Who mounts the rostrum far and
near?
Who runs for senator next year ?
My mother!
Life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

death regarded
advisable all whore would not hasten
death.
that death sometimes incidentally fastened when
paliatives administered, but not purposely
Assuming that the drug In this case
religious beliefs,
could regarded paaon and not as an excuse
prematurely ending human life
administered
repeated request patient
national maintain institutions for
imbeces and other
economically speaking would be better out OF
with the that will
to take human life For the same reason officially and morally
Sadie Marchant This the shared
by practically all physicians.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

class lawyer
route is fair to
middlin" but the
first class news
paper man line
is also working
fine these days.
There's Vic MUIR
dock, f'rinstance
used to write
hefty editorials.
And then there's
Gilbert H. Hitch
cock, who pub
lished a peach of
a paper in Oma-
ha, and wrote his
way into the
halls o. fame.
1t was Gilbert
who introduced
the racOlutinp
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
A FIERCE NIGHT ALARM

A FIERCE NIGHT ALARM
is the hoarse, startling cough of a
child, suddenly attacked by Group.
Often 1t aroused Lewis Chamblin,
of Manchester, o. Or. r. No. %,
for their four children were great
ly subject to Group. Sometimes
in severe attacks, ''he wrote, 1--WE
were afraid they would die, but
since we proved what a certain
remedy DR.. Kings New Discovery
is, we have no fear. We rely on
1t for Group and for coughs. colds
or any throat or lung trouble"
So do thousands of others. So
may you. Asthma, Hay Fever, La
Grippe, Whooping Cough, Hemor-
rhages fly before 1t. soc and
$1.0o. Trial bottle free. Sold by
Ryner Malstrom Drug Co., 93S
Pacific ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
A BIT OF ENGLISH HUMOR

night approaching Blackheath
Americans anted with the locality
through
did precisely the
Blackheath?"
1.-THE only replied
small, apologize shrinking
spoke
conversation
knowledge with Almighty,
heath "-Lippincotts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

was rought. This
was not the Lex
in gton where the
shot was fired
that was heard
around t b g
world, but Lex
ing t n, Mo. ,
where the only
people who had
to be shown
were the garri-
son of the town
under Col. Multi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
HOl
ANYTHING
Husband sIurmurs:

HUSBAND sH1urmurs.
The hum of the sewing machine
With melody fills the air;
And the nimble-fingered modiste,
At three bucks a day, is there,
l hear the voice of my helpmeet
AS she calleth down the stair:
"Oh, put on flat, Belinda,
For / needs must press this
sacque."
/ care not how much the dress
costs me.
I'll cheerfully squander my
stack
AS long as they don't put a hun
dred
Small buttons down the back.
Syrian peasants have a super
stition that druggists and doctors
have the right to kill one man
and one woman each year in order
to make medicines out OF their
bodies.
The students of Mars Hill col
llege, North Carolina, burned all
the tobacco In town in campus
bonfire as the climax of an anti
cigaret crusade.
Ever Hear This One.
"I'd rather smoke a stogie than
ten-cent cigar"
Speaking of cigars, why Is It,
when someone wants to cement a
friendship with you he hands you
an atrocious nickel smoke?
If your wife objects to your
smoking in the house because II
makes the curtains smell, tell heI
it's good for the geraniums.
Tandem riding is the latest fac
among New York debutantes. The
rider uses a side saddle and drives
the leading horse. Now, doesn't
that sound real exhilerating7
Rome has a fine zoo. The ant
mails are confined in artificial
jungles and caves made to make
them feel at home. Mo bars are
used, the animals being confined
by wide bitches.
Double X Special Today:
Marquard against Plank for the
opening game of the worlds Sc
ries.
/ a.,
Will 1t be Bender agains'
Richie?
Anyway,
It won't be Mullin against any
body else.
A man was arrested in New
York for kneeling in the stree
land praying for the Fifth avenue
rich. Maybe he wasn't 30 era!
after all.
Mrs. e. w. Bender of Atlanta
LACED so, is grandmother of thret
children. She was married before
she was IS.
1 Rev. Gordon Blackwell hai
taken in $4,000 In wedding fee
during his 2T years as New Or
leans rector.
|. A soft answer turneth ava!
wrath, but it won't reaze a pool
agent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

that is, to administer drugs purposely
to hasten death.
am not in possession of all the
facts in the case under consideration,
but assume that the parties mentioned,
Egbert Gillette and Elizabeth Sears, are
not physicians, but are members Of the
same religious denomination. namely,
Shakers. am not familiar with the
practice of the Shaker religion, nor
would / say anything to interfere in
any way with a mans religious views or
opinions, but the care of human life
rises superior to any religious convic-
lions, and has been SO held by the courts
in all states.
Even in cases where the patient is
distinctly moribund, where there is no
possible hope of recovery, the hastep-
ing of death is not recognized as ethical
by any reputable physician, and do not
SO recognize 1t. On the other hand, the
palliation of the sufferings of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
OSCAR UND ADOLF

wen last in Hoboken, Adolf dit learn how
Kuehlspeicher doing NIT hiss hoe?"
"Ach Kuehspeicher ISIS out of business to
make blaze Somehow afeng public
static ofer him"
insancely, attitoot trafeing
pubic?"
well, Teller in and oud-
voult tell him to oud
park"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
Editorial Page Of Che Cacoma Cimes
NO EXCUSE TO HASTEN DEATH OF
SUFFERER WRITES DR. WILEY

Expert Writes Especially for the Daily
onF Iorfdas Remarkable "Murder" Case-Ihe Phy-
Standpoint
BY HARVEY w. WILEY
of u. of
possible physician and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

gan. MuII1gan, as you might
gather from his name, eft brave
ly," but the confederates under
Price, $1,000 to rs, 900 strong,
stormed him for 81 hours and
then he surrendered, rather be-
cause he was hungry than because
he disliked fighting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

making the Ballinger investigation
possible. He's on "our side" all
the way through. He's So years
old today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
TODAY IN HISTORY

Sept. 1s, 1861, just 30 years
ago today, the battle of Lexington
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
OUR DAILY BIRTH.
DAY PARTY.

There are several ways of bust
ing into congress. The tight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

UNCLE KITCHEL PIXIEY writes from Mogadore.
literary lights Jail hosspitte Bachelors Club
with mite
when marres himf
said she's git everything
sociological for
sprngin' his brand of fun, that's sartin."
SUGARS reached the highest
the IT winter
reasonable!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18
Nothing New In 1t, Mr.. Gompers

Uncle Sam backs the Hartman lines against labor,
Gompers
Certainly There's nothing new in this II the Hartman
brings
labor with armed protect such cheap
trouble results American
troops will back the Hartman
Police duty of Uncle Sans duties He of the
public should
public satisfied with
pleasure.
1t is true that whenever there industrial disturbance the
public
servants against labor Why doesn't labor stand sody for
change? Join the producing laborers the
by the Hartman system with the abores who kept at low
the Hartman would
could
ton
this
than led different parsanism.
Uncle Hartman Is
Ing unless labor the of
right onto the Hartman
II necessary the backing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

carefully informed that Miss Force looked serious as
Perfectly natural Spending income
of or mi q no q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

A soft answer turneth away
wrath, but it won't reaze a book
agent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

The students of Mars Hill col
lege, North Carolina, burned all
the tobacco In town in campus
bonfire as the climax Of an anti
cigaret crusade.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

npgnaICC business OffIcs Mafn ~ A1s1S
FUUVlS Cirsulatson Dept. Main IA Aa7ss
EdftorisI DepA Main ypA A17ss
oFFICE---7G8 C0MMERCH ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

Ever Hear This One.
"I'd rather smoke a stogie thar
q ten-cent cigar"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

ton was unable to find new EN-.
Hnlnrrrnnn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

Speaking of cigars. why is It,
when someone wants to cement a
friendship with you he hands you
an atrocious nickel smoke?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

If your wife objects to your
smoking in the house because 1t
makes the curtains smell, tell her
it's good for the geraniums.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

SPOKANES latest stunt is to make parks within ION
alks of home in the city, Pretty goodexam pie Ell?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

Rev. Gordon Blackwell has
taken in $50, 900 In wedding fees
during his 2T years as New Or
leans rector.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

Tandem riding is the latest fad
among New York debutantes. The
rider uses a side saddle and drives
the leading horse. Now, doesn't
that sound real exhilerating?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

Syrian peasants have a super
stition that druggists and doctors
have the right to kill one man
and one woman each year in order
to make medicines out OF their
bodies.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

Counts Esterhagg and Wolken-
stein exchanged two shots at each
other, In Budapest barracks, miss
ed every time, and declared their
honor satisfied. But what a ter
rible blow to the Workmanship of
counts!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

Rome has a fine zoo. The ant
mails are confined in artificial
jungles and caves made to make
them feel at home. No bars are
used, the animals being confined
by wide bitches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-18

Mrs. e. w. Bender of Atlanta.
aged so, is grandmother OF three
children. She was married before
she was IS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-25
THE LABOR men
CONVENED FRIDAY
1T IS NOT LIKELY TFlAT GoMPERS
WILL BE DEFEATED FOR
PRESIDENCY.

Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 25.-The conven-
ton Of the American Federation of
Labor met Friday with the expecta-
ton of passing on the reports of two
Of It's Important committees. The ad-
justment of industrial disputes and the
presidents report WIS heard.
All the recommendations of Presi-
dent Gompers have been considered by
the committee.
President Gompera and the other Of
flcers probably will he re- elected as the
socialists have not devnlope0ssufficien
strength. 1t is practically certain that
the 1912 convention will be held at
Rochester.
The following, resolutions were
adopted:
Favoring the construction OF all
government vessels In government
ship yards.
Endorsing the strike on the Harri-
man lines.
Changing memorial day from the
second to the fourth Sunday in May.
Advocating compulsory education,
free school books in public schools and
night schools.
Petitioning President Taft to recon-
mend to the governor of Porto Rico
larger school appropriations and an
eight hour day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-25

fraternal delegates from the British
Trade Union congress to the conven-
ton Of the American Federation OF
Labor, reached New oYrk on Nov. 8.
The Cotton Factory Times. in it's
last issue. remarked: "To be sent To
America as a fraternal delegate to the
annual convention OF the American
Federation OF Labor is regarded as the
blue ribbon of the trade union move
ment in England. This honor has fire.
quently been conferred upon textile
delegates before, but Mr.. C'rinion Is the
first 10 be elected without opposition"
1t is understood that Mr.. Roberts
will address number OF Typograph-
ical unions, and Mr.. Crinion will also
address number Of textile organiza-
tions in this country.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-25

the affiliation Of the Western Fedora
tion of Miners, forced the average paid
up and reported membership for the
fiscal year 1911 up to 1,756,7S5, which
is an increase of 1883 over the mem
bership of last year. and S0,5S5 mem
bers over the high-water mark of 1904.
That the membership Of the affiliat-
ed unions is steadily on the increase
is proven by the fact that the paid up
and reported membership for the
month OF September, 1911, is 1888, 614.
Notwithstanding the hostile forces that
are working against the labor unions,
this showing indicates that the COM
ing year will register an increase over
the membership reported upon this
year.
In order that 1t may be seen at a
glance how marvellous the growth in
membership of the American Fedora
tion of Labor u.s. the above chart has
been prepared showing the membership
for each year since 1881 up to and in
GLIDING 1911, thirty-one years. Tie
column for 1911, as STATED above, rep
resent 1,756,735 members.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-25

FOR INJURIES

Washington, Nov. 25.--While the
congressional employers liability and
workmen's compensation commission
Is agreed on many OF the main fea-
lures Of a plan Of compensation to be
presented to the coming session OF
congress, yet there are many import
ant details which are stiH to be work
ed out Sessions are now being held,
and the representatives OF the employ
ers and of labor are in attendance.
Prominent among those appearing be-
fore the commission was Samuel
Gompers. president of the A. F. OF L.;
John Garretson, president OF the Order
of Railway Conductors w. L. Lee,
president OF the Brotherhood Of Rail-
way Trainmen: Timothy Healy, presi-
dent OF the stationary firemen, and
others.
Selection Of Tribunal Difficult.
One Of the main questions is the
method and composition Of an award
ing tribunal. President Gompers, in
large measure, Endorsed the COM
missions plan of insuring railroad en-
ployes against accident. but was en-
phatic In his opinion relative TO the
question OF administration. He insist
ed that the tribunal should consist OF
one representing the employer another
representing the employees, while the
third should be a physician Of good
standing and acceptable to the other
two representatives.
Gcmpers for lnstaIlmsnt Psyments.
The commission suggested the idea
OF placing the power Of selection Of
awarding boards with the federal
courts. to which Mr.. Gompers replied:
ITO confer this authority on the courts
Ii equivalent to saying that the courts
are not governed by politics. and am
not sure that his Ii always the case"
He added he did not believe as q rude
that the courts were prompted by ina
proper motives. but said that the en-
vironment and education Of most
| judges are such as to render them
| incapable Of correctly determining
| questions pertaining to Industrial life.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-25

He also urged the abandonment Of the
idea OF remunerating injured employees
by the payment OF lump sums, arguing
that generally the workman, having
had no experience in commercial life,
with the ever decreasing opportunities
for the survival of small business en-
terprises. with failure almost certain
in large percentage OF cases, the
stated compensation plan was the most
humane to the injured employs and
beneficial to society.
Common Fund for Railroads.
1t was also urged that the plan or
scheme should be so formulated as to
cover all railroads, and contributions
go to common fund, combating II =
idea presented by the commission,
that each railroad or system be re-
sponsible only for the accidents &C.
curing on its lines. The idea involved
is, that the better equipped and safer
roads will become a force In conpell-
ing the poorly equipped roads to bring
their equipment and safety devices up
to that Of the better equipped roads.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-25
BRICKLAYERS HAVE
A GOOD time
BANQUET GWEN
SPEECHES ARE INTERESTING
FIFTY MEMBERS ATTEND
GEORGE EDGAR WAS THE
POSTMASTER.

The international Bricklayers Union
No. of North Dakota met last night
in Prizes hall and participated in their
biennial banquet. Fifty members were
present.
George Edgar was toastmaater of
the evening. He first called on Henry
Bowers. as the contractors were guests
a. the banquet given by the bricklay-
ers, and Mr. Bowers said that he has
worked In the gate city for thirty
one years and that he has always
found the bricklayers willing to assist
the contractors in any way they could.
The next speaker was Casper john
son and he told the union that 1t was
no cinch to be a contractor. for they
had to fight for contracts and every
thing they got. He said that the
bricklayers were always willing TO
concede and arbitrate whenever any
difference arose.
John Schlanser gave short speech
and told Of the trials and difficulties
of years ago regarding the work in
this section of the country.
al Thorpe and Emil Anderson anus
ed the gathering when they pulled a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-25
RELIEF PLANS SAFE.
National Liability Law Not to Disturb
Railroad Relief Associations.

employees relief associations, it Is
stated, will not be disturbed by the
proposed employers liability legislation
to be submitted to congress this winter
by the congressional committee on en-
ployers' liability and workmen's COM
pensation. Several roads that have
their own relief associations were anx-
ious to know what congress would ex-
pect of them, and several representa-
tives OF these roads met with Senator
Sutherland, chairman of the commit
tee. who told them that the proposed
legislation would not interfere with
the roads individual plans If. after in
vestigation, they were found to be sat
isfactory. 1t is claimed that the rail-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-11-25
A. F. OF |. REACHES
HIGH WATER MARK
MEMBERSHIP NOW NUMBERS L.
75e,7sB, A GAIN OF fs4,e2s OVER
THE ENROLMENT OF LAST
YEAR, AND or sO,ss5 OVER THE
HIGHEST PREVIOUS YEAR.

Washington, Nov. 25.--A resume Of
the growth Of the American Federation
Of Labor Numerically during the past
thirty-o years, shown In the accom-
panying half-tone, cannot but encour-
age the trade unionists to redouble
their efforts to educate. organize and
federate the wage workers Of the
world,
The increase in membership, with
the addition Of $1,000, which came with