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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

deaths have been reported in one
, day, including number of Euro
,pean residents.
Some of the smaller towns are
I as deserted as a graveyard, for the
people fled from them as the
tscourge appeared. There are towns
in which the entire population
have died. One of these is on an
island in the Sungari river, near
iFuchiaten, where not one person
remains alive of the nearly 400
who lived there. The authorities
made one great fire of houses and
bodies.
Meanwhile experienced rat catch
ers are being engaged by the au-
lthorities of all the cities at salaries
which they can name themselves
AT Dairen 10 of these pied pipers
arrived in one day.
The eontagion is spread so the
| physicians agree, through fleas,
which, becoming infected, are car
lried by rats from house to house,
where fresh victims are bitten by
the little insects. The fleas can
only be killed by killing the rats
land immersing them in liquid
acids.
The Pussio-Asiatic bank at Har-
bin has temporarily suspended
business, while the Yokohama spe-
Gle bank at Dairen keeps a dead
line outside its doors, admitting
only those customers who can show
a clean bill of health. New bust
ness is refused and all the curren-
cy received in the bank is disin-
fected. Other banks are adopting
this course.
The Japanese are especially ac-
tive in the construction of hospi-
tails. One large enough to accom-
modate 1900 was hastily built near
Mukden. The barracks at Tafang-
Ishen station have been rented from
the military authorities as a place
|of detention. The barracks will
hold 1000. The Manchuria Railway
ICo has built at Changchun seven
large detention buildings, each
large enough to contain 400. Ply.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March @.
China officially reports 10000
deaths from pneumonia plague up
TO Feb. Fl, but the state depart
ment believes that the total is
nearer 125,O0O.
TOKYO, Japan, March AL
the vast far east from Siberia
frigid wilds to the equator is terri
fled by the pneumonia plauge, the
scourge that is killing thousands
"a day in Manchuria and China, and
which threatens to sweep not only
over Asia and the islands of the
Pacific, but, 1t is now feared,
Europe and America as well.
While many acts of heroism and
noble self-sacrifice are recorded in
the plague-ridden districts. the for
eign doctors and scientists who
have arrived from Europe, Ameri-
ca, Japan and India, and are work
ing night and day at the risk of
their lives to prevent the spread
OF the disease, are the great he
roes.
Doctors Heroes.
They are seen everywhere, an
gels Of mercy dressed in the gar
ments of ogres. The germ attacks
the lungs and destroys them with
amazing swiftness. The patients
breath is poison-almost sure
death poison-and the doctors
dress in armor-like suits with
medically-treated masks covering
the face and showing only the eyes.
Dreadful scenes have been re-
ported from Fuchiaten, where the
epidemic first showed itself. The
Chinese have thrown their dead in
to the street, and, panic-stricken,
they have been known to throw out
even living plague victims. The
deaths in that town at the begin
ming Of the plague averaged $50
a day, increasing daily until near
ly $4,000 succumlbed.
From Fuchiaten the plague
spread with the swiftness of light
ming to other cities in Manchuria
the first, where 100
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM MAKES THOUSANDS
OF FARMS FROM $50, 900 ACRE DESERT
One-third of the Big 10000 Acre
Rio Grande Irrigation Project
is Already Undep Cultivation.

Aho oFahut Irttktipn t-FOJeCt
is Already Under Cultivation.
ENGLE, New Mexico, March 6.
Converting a desert into an as
ricultural paradise ic what the
people of the southwest have done
and are doing with their country
Fifteen years ago this country
was fit only for Apaches.
Today it is, in part, blooming.
They are raising alfalfa, peaches,
apples. cantaloupes which grace
the tables of the Waldorf-Astoria
Irish ana sweet potatoes-and the
strongest feature of the PROPOSE
ton is that they raise three to five
crops each season.
And they have only begun.
The big dam--tho Elephant
Butte, called the Engle by the
government-will not be complet-
ed for three years.
The land improved so far has
been rejuvenated by only compar-
atively small bitches" branching
out of the Rio Grande. Elephant
Butte, when it is completed, will
irrigate $4,000 acres in southern
New Mexico, and northwestern
Texas, and $4,000 acres in old
Mexico.
All of the land which will be
irrigated is either already taken
by hom esteaders or open to set
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

ATLANTA, Ca, March 6.-The
boil weevil threatens to go
marching through Georgia" any
how, whether that plot material
ICES or not. Nothing more has been
learned regarding the alleged con-
spiracy to distribute the boil weevil
in Georgia cotton fields so that the
next years production may be cut
down, giving spectators, on the
inside, a chance to reap a rich har-
vest.
The plotters may "help" the
weevil on its way; nobody, 1t
seems, can stop the onward march
of the cotton devastators. State
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
The Plague! First Real Story From Scene
of Scourge That Threatens the Whole World

The quarantine office has order
ed by wire large quantity of pro-
phylaxis and serum fluid for hun
dreds of thousands of inoculations.
There is great scarcity of carbolic
acid and in two weeks the price
has risen from "a sen to yen a
pound az cents to 81
Five hundred new cases a day
in some cities is a fair estimate of
the plague victims at this time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
Concert Success

The first free Sunday afternoon
concert at the Tacoma theater yes
terday under the auspices of the
Y. M. @. A. was a big success.
The program by the Tacoma
military band and the Orpheus
club was fine one and the thea
ter building was packed to the
doors.
DR.. F. J. Van Horne of Seattle
spoke interestingly for 20 minutes
and the whole entertainment was
good. Other concerts will be CIV
en- on following Sundays.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
Feigns Insanity
Following Crime

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
ROME, March 6.-Radicals in
the national parliament today are
demanding an investigation of the
laxity of the war office as result
of disclosures following the kill
Ing of Countess Giulia di Trigona
by Lieut.. Palermo.
In the hospital today Palermo is
apparently insane, but physicians
assert his madness Is feigned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

GEORGIA PLANTATION.
Entomologist Worsham of Geor-
gia estimates that the little pest.
unaided, will enter the state late
next fall. And then the Georgia
grower will have the same battle
ON his hands that the Texas, Ar
kansas. Mississippi. Louisiana and
Oklahoma growers have contend
ed against for years.
The boil weevils original home
was in he plateau region of Mex
leo or Central America. By 1892 1t
had spread all over Mexico. In
that year 1t emigrated to the Unit
ed States, crossing the Rio Grande
at Brownsville, Tex.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
AT THE TACOMA.
Max Din in ..Lonesome Town"

That favorite German comedian
Max Dill, late of the team of Kolb
and Dill, is to make his appear
ance Friday for two nights at the
Tacoma theater. His vehicle,
Lonesome Town" is a delightful
musical comedy of California, and
the critics everywhere this season
have praised it highly. 1t allows
for particularly picturesque set
tings and the production is said
to be remarkable from a scenic
and costume standpoint.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

'most of which is now desert land,
but within three years all will
have irrigation bitches turning
them into fertile farms of great
productive powers.
= Improved farms already under
irrigation are valued at from 500
to $3.50 an acre, orchards from
$3.50 to $500, unimproved lands
(in private handsl from $35 to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
RAILROADS SUBMIT
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March 6.
1t has been announced that ev-
cry western railroad has submit
ted to the decision of the interstate
commerce commission denying the
rights of railroads to increase
freight rates. The roads have
agreed to cancel the proposed in
creases.
The Northwestern and Burling-
ton roads have filed new schedules
and others have promised to file
them before March 10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
NO ATTACK
Is MADE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN DIEGO, March G. - AL
though reported yesterday that a
force of so had gathered near Ell
Cajon to march on Tia Juana, no
attack materialized. Word was re-
ceived here today that troops had
been sent from Monterey, Califor-
MIA, to relieve the men from Fort
Rosecrans guarding the border
near Tia Juana.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
90 kIL.iED
(By United Press Leased Wire. )

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ST. PETERSBURG, March g.
Ninety persons, mostly children,
were burned and trampled to
death in fire here yesterday in a
moving picture theater at Beloge.
Forty were seriously injured.
Five hundred were in the thea
ter when 1t caught fire from an
explosion of the moving picture
machine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

We make a specially of waffles
and hot cakes with geod maple
syrup and coffee, 10c, on break
East and supper bill of fare.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
F RE. :.

free on purchases of $1.0O or
over. We can't afford to deliver
smaller purchases, at the prices
we are naming. The delivery
charge of sc on smaller purchases,
however, Is always more than Off
set by your saving in prices.
For instance
Rising Sun Stove Polish. Regular
price 10c. Our price $3.50. &c
Corn Starch. Regular price 10c.
Our price DC
Rex Extract of Beef, OF. Regu-
lar price 45c. Our price -. 40c
Finest Imported Macaroni and
Spaghetti. Regular price Zoe
Our price ............. 15c
Bakers Premium Chocolate. Reg
ular price Csc. Our price. 20c
Coal OIL. Regular price zoe gal.
Our price, gal. ......... 15c
Lee & PERKINS, Sauce. Regular
price SOc bottle. Our price,
bottle ....... .-... Zoe
Durkee's Salad Dressing. Regu-
lar price soc. Our price .25c
Pinmoney Pickles, pints. Regular
price 40c. Our price -. 35c
Blue Label Catsup. Regular price
Csc. Our price .......... zoe
Candles, Regular price 15c set.
Our price, set .......... 1Oc
Eagle Milk. Regular price zoe.
Our price loo
Steero Beef Cube Tablets. Regu-
lar price 35c. Our price =. soc
Finest Quality Vanilla. Regular
price csc. Our price ...... .25c
Lemon Extract. Regular price 25c.
Our price .2Oc
Tetley's Tea. Regular price 75c.
Our price 6Oc
Lipton's Tea. Regular price Use.
Our price .............. .65c
II lib. cans Pure Spices, our for>
mer price was 15c, now we>sell
them for lee. Compare this
price with 2 OF. cans (half our
size) sold everywhere for 10c.
Those are only examples of where
that &c delivery charge is saved.
We could continue indefinitely.
SPECIAL PRICES
z lbs. Rolled Oats .......... 25c
8 bars Diamond "C'' Soap :. csc
This soap, is very old and dry
and will go twice as far as
Lenox.
Red Kidney Beans in Glib. cans. A
Tor zoe
Delicious as a vegetable or sal
ad.
English Breakfast and Japan Tea,
Ceylon and Gunpowder. Regu-
lar soc values, all this week
lbs. for ............. $1.OO
hnr 10 Co
our tea values. At those prices
you cannot afford to buy tea
anywhere else.
Extra California Grass Butter, 8
lbs. for 1890. ......... 95c
Extra Fine Home Grown Potatoes.
per bag .............. $1.65
They are better than Yakimas.
Is lbs. Pure Cane Sugar for ~ 90
Gallon Cans Pears, per can 17c
Less than wholesale prices. This
is less than &c per pound for
the finest quality fruit. They
are very fine for pies or with
the addition of a little sugar,
will make an excellent table
fruit.
MONEY SAVERS
Columbia Tomatoes, 8 cans for Csc
Libby's Milk, cans for -. 25cI
Ask your friends about the
quality, it has all other milks
beat for richness, flavor and
color.
The Red Label .Karo, to introduce
loo can, 2 for ........... 25c
Sold regularly at zoe.
Choice Ham, per pound -. 1Sc
Choice Bacon, per pound. /. 23c
Our combination deal on Cot
tolene is still on. Ask about it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

SIS an acre; raw lands above the
ditch can be bought for as low as
$1.25 an acre.
Charles S. Kline, secretary of
the Ell Paso chamber of commerce
will supply information about
lands in the Rio Grande project to
all inquirers; so will the United
States reclamation department,
Washington, d, C..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

tiers. Practically speaking, the
cost of the government land to
the homesteader is nothing. But
each settler will have to pay the
cost of irrigating, in installments
a period of 10 years.
starting with the year AFTER
water is turned on.
There are IL, GIG acres still open
for the American >homesteader,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
T. r. Starts Wednesday


(By United Press Leased Wire.
NEW YORK. March Colonel
Roosevelt will start on his South
ern and Western trip Wednesday
At Grand canyon, Arizona, he will
be joined by Mrs. Roosevelt and
Miss Ethel, who will accompany
the former president to the Pa
cdfic coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

AN ARMORED DOCTOR WITH
IODOFORM-SOAKED HELMET
THE UNIFORM OF THE PLAGUE
sicians board all trains and pas
'sengers showing the slightest
symptoms are hauled off and
hustled to the detention house.
The Chinese police have closed
all theaters. Meetings are prohib-
tied. The import of old clothing
rags and the like is prohibited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

Spreads With, lightning swiftness : Whole
Towns Wiped Out BY Disease Extraordinary
Measures to Prevent Spread of Disease so Far
Failures Japs Fighting Hard Battle-Western
Doctors are Heroes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06
BOYS WANTED

Good live 8th grade and high
school boys to carry good paying
Times routes. Call at Times office
In person after school; ask for
ALLEN or Kinney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

Possessed of intelligence CT a high
degree, Flashlight is used to train
Airedales as police dogs, for NUM-
cipalities where they are used as
an adjunct to the police force.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-03-06

Flashlight has been stolen sew.
eral times, but has always returned
home Since he saved her life
Flashlight and Irene Miller hay,
been inseparable companions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-30
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CON.
sIpERs CRIMINAL PRosEcU.
TtoN OF TRUST.
LEGAL PROBLEMS INVOLVED
SAID TO BE DELICATE oNEe
Attorney General Wieksrsham Gives
No Hint Of Probable Course Of
Government But Would Not Deny
That Action 10 contsmplated-ssna-
tors Favor Amending Sherman Act.

Washington. May 30.-The possible
tiles of the criminal prosecutions of the
individual members Of the tobacco
trust, which was ordered dissolved by
the supreme court yesterday. are being
carefully considered at the department
Of Justice.
Neither Attorney General Wicker
sham nor ony Of his assistants on the
big case would make any statement to-
day as to the probable course Of the
government. In respect to criminal
prosecution the tobacco case is said to
differ somewhat from that Of the
Standard Oil case. In the latter At
torney-General Wickersham said that
no criminal prosecutions were under
way but declined to say positively that
none were contemplated. 1t is said
that the legal problems involved are
delicate ones.
Sentiment in favor Of amending the
Sherman anti trust law 80 as to make
every restraint Of trade violation
Of law instead of only unreasonable
restraints. was pronounced by several
senators today as perceptibly reduced
by the decision of the supreme court
in the tobacco case.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-30
PATENT MEDICINE MAN WINS.
Supreme Court Declares False Promise
Of euro Not ILLEGAL,

OF euro NOT IlIo9Ai.
Washington. May SO.--Drugs may be
labeled as cures for man and yet be
ineffective for that purpose without
violating the national pure foods and
drugs act. according to n decision by
n majority Of the supreme court OF
tho United States In the case of DR..
o. A. Johnson.
johnson was indicted in Missouri. in
1909. on n charge OF having violated the
pure food and drugs act of 1906. It
was alleged that he shipped from one
state to another certain articles desig-
mated as "Cancerne Tablets" repre-
senting that they were effective In
bringing about the cure OF cancer.
The Indictment. which charged that
the articles were worthless and In
effective for such purposes. was
quashed on the ground that the pure
food and drugs act was restricted to
prevention OF misstatem ents about the
ingredients OF drugs. and did not in
clude tho prevention Of misstatements
about tho curative properties OF mcdi-
cines.
Tho government appealed to the su-
'preme court. 1t was the first case t.
come to the court under the drug sec
ton OF the act.
On behalf Of DR.. Johnson. 1t was con-
tended that II the governments view
prevailed every physician would be-
como a criminal II he prescribed for a
patient In another state and made any
suggestion as to the efficacy OF his
prescription.
II was stated also that the biggest
trust in the United States, hetmedical
trust. dominated by the so-cailed reg
ular physicians. would be delighted II
the patent medicine concerns were put
out OF business by this case.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-30

In the arrest Of Daniel de villiers, Of
Mexico City. at Ell Paso. and Of w. r.
Dunn. an American, at Monterey, Is
said to include three insurrecto chiefs
operating in the state of Coahuila.
Dunn. ON Madero's orders, has been
placed in communicate for seventy
two hours. De Villiers n held in the
Ell Paso Jail on charges OF Conspiracy
to murder Francisco i. Madero, Jr."
According to General Benjamin Will
joen, the Boer veteran, who is Ma-
dero's chief military adviser. the
scheme was that villjoen and General
Orozco were to desert Madero and
start a new revolutionary movement
which would be Joined by certain in
surrecto leaders now In the field, to-
gether with 4 federal general known
to be friendly to the "Cientifico" party.
It was represented to him, General
Villjoen asserts that great quantities
Of arms and ammunition were stored in
the mines Of Coahuia in, anticipation
Of the new outbreak and that success
was assured, as 'Madero never would
reach Mexico City"
Behind the arrest Of the two alleged
conspirators is the story OF several
weeks Of conferences and the exchange
bottle Of Juarez. General villjoen re-
ceived telegram from Mexico City
saying "the government wants to make
a proposition" The telegram was sign
er "Villiers." adero was informed Of
the telegram and under his advice Will
joen sent a reply stating that he was
open to receive propositions"
This was followed by telegram from
De Villiers saying. Watch the rebel
chief. note by what route he comes and
when he leaves. Make friends with
Orozco. There is a fortune in sight for
u.s."
Shortly after this two men appeared
in Ell Paso and secretly met villjoen
and Orozco, who professed their will
ingness to enter the plot. vlljoen de-
clares he was to receive $25,OO0 and
Orozco a like amount. Money was
given them for current expenses.
According to General Villjoen. third
alleged conspirator was to have been
arrested at Mexico City, but sufficient
evidence could not be obtained.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-30
peciaI to Tines Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Sac City. May s0.--rhe whole rcoms
munity is saddened and excitement ID
at high pitch over the worst tragedy
that Sac City has over known. Two
OF Its highly respected citizens. JAmAs
White and his son Matthew. were mur-
dered at their homo early this morning
from bullets fired by Clifford Wilson,
of this place. and Il stranger who iias
been In the city but few days.
Shot Without Provocation.
The two men, along with VIII White,
son and brother OF the murdered men,
became intoxiated last night and wens
west on Main street about midnight.
On the way White was robbed OF SEA.
Getting 70 the White place, Will White
ran into the house and told his folks
that two men were outside to rob tho
house.
The father got up and stepped out
into the living room. where Wilson and
his companion were standing,
Get out OF here" he told them, bug
no sooner had ne spoken than the meA
fired and White fell to the floor fatalA
ly wounded. The other son, who slcpt
In an adjoining room. got UP and cnS
tered the room He was shot thre&
times and died shortly.
Young White and Wilson In jail.
VIII White remained in the bed room
with his mother until after the murder
ers had left. He and Wilson were sut
in Jail and the other member Of Chg
gang left for unknown parts. A possa
armed with revolvcrs and ahotgunA
started out this morning to get him.
The double murder IS the worst trags
edy that ever occurred in this city. Tue
elder OF the murdered men recSntly(
celebrated his fiety-ninth wedding ans
niversary and was past so years OF -
The son was 40 years OF age.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-30
oaAMATlsT GILBERT DEAD.
Noted Librettist Overcome When 1aehs
inc In Lake.

London. May SOW. 8. Gilbert. th4
noted dramatic author. and librettls<.
who. in collaboration with STR Arthur
Sullivan wrote 'Pinafore." ''PatiencAA
"Iolanthe." the "Mikdo." and other
operas. and was kuighted In 1907 hHh
King Edward. mot a tragic end yss-
terday. He spent the morning In 1Ion-
don and on returning to his residence.
at Harrow went to the lake dn hi1
grounds to enjoy a swim. He diysd In
and was n long time In coming to thS
surface. Women friends who had ac-)
companied him to the lake. obsesvSyk
that he was in difficulties and was
struggling. Servants came quickly To-
tho scene. but when the body was rc-
covered life was extlpct.
Death is believed to have been dua
to syncope. The lake was only a few
feet deep and the bottom was FREQ from!
stones a
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was
born In 1886. His first piece, Dull i
camara." was produced at tho ST.
James theater in 1866.