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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-12-04

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grocers. s$s
The evening world., 1911-04-26
PREVENTION OF CORNERS
INVOLVED IN APPEAL.

WASHINGTON. Apri 1-Attornsy.
General wickersham will appeal to the
United States Supreme Court to sus-
tain the corner counts' in the Govern
msnt's indictment OF James A. Patten,
Eugene C. Scales. Frank B. Hayns. WILL
liam p. Brown and Robert NJ Thomp-
son. charged with leading the May cot.
ton corner Of 1910 on the New York
Exchange.
Judge Noyes in the United States
Circuit Court for the Southern District
of New York sustained all OF the
counts OF the Indictment except those
charging . corner to fix the price Of
raw cotton. He condemned the practice
unrcservedly, but held 1, aid no. come
within the Jurisdiction OF the law upon
which the Indictments were based.
Attorney-0enerai wickersham's appeal
10 from that part Of the decision.
Underlying the appeal 10 Attornsy-
General Wickersham's attempt to find Q
means 10 finally prevent the hx1ne ee
prices by speculation or exchanges Of
The evening world., 1911-04-26
PAID BACK $4,000
FOR THE LOAN OF
A DOLLAR BILL
Had Divine Command to Dis
pose of Wealth, Stranger
Told Bayonne Man.

Arthur J.. Mitchell. who IL connected
with the Leo Elastic Company OF Bay
onne. N. j.. has Just returned from Ch!-
ago. where he had a remarkable ex-
p%erience with a polite stranger who
seemed to be afflicted with a mania for
disposing OF his property. Mr.. Mitchell
brought with him = stock certificate for
$1,000 In . tobacco company which had
bean given him by the man and which
he proposes to return 10 the lAtter's
relatives when he gets In touch with
them
Last Monday morning at the La sale
Hotel he met a mild looking man Of
forty-hve In the lobby who asked him
fur the loan OF a dollar until the banks
opened. He said his name was Col. G..
l.. Watson and ne was 50 excessively
polite about II that Mitchell plssal over
q blu without argument.
Al I o'clock that afternoon Just as
M. Mitchell was about to CHECK out"
a The hotel and hop into q waiting
tax3sab fos the Union station, Col, Wat.
80 presented himself and with . pro.
foonA bov handed MI. Mitchell Q dollar
ban ~ - envelope.
q Asss~ s<." aid he c1aonsl 70
The evening world., 1911-04-26

return 10 YOU the money which you we've
kind enough to loan me. an utter
stranger. and In appreciation OF your
Aid per nit me to give you a slight token
Of my esteem"
Mitchell opened n envelope and
found II contained S17o IN cash. q bank
book showing deposits of several thou
sand dollars, besides a 10000 stock eerti-
ncate In the Long-Houston Florida Leaf
Tobacco Company OF Atlanta, Ca He
tried to give the envelope back. but the
Colonel pushed him away.
I'm commanded by the Lord" said
he ito dispose Of all my property. or
perish In everlasting hall ire."
Mitchell turned over the money end
bank book to the hotel detective and
rot . receipt for them. He brought the
stock certificate with him and Is now
trying to trace the relatives OF Col.
Watson
The evening world., 1911-04-26
Tilted ON EVE
Of WEDDING, GIRL
u DRINKS POISON
Annie Kushman Takes Chloro-
form When Sweetheart
Phones Good-by.

= ssvs0esa.vsar-oid Girf lies IN the
osssnas Hospital WILLIAMSBURG, to-day
msaaans h - Agony Of body and mind
80 ery,as ~ h~ sw~ssthsass. She y
Aoes kushman. who took o~hioroform
la aisht 81 b home Of her employer,
1ssyis orossman. Of No. ~ Knicksr-
eoskss avenue. WILLIAMSBURG. whom
seA NE the phone BY the man - whom
she ~ y have bssn Married on
SetureAy that everything was svsr b.
twssa them.
11s SirL according 70 her story. came
81 . vsii-to-do family N Poland and
~ appsaraAcs and refined mannss
sssosd - bsas out this statement Two
ysass 9 she fell In love with Q young
chap Who vas about to b drafted IN :
eesvtes In The army. To avoid this he
cane 70 this country and she ran away
fye0 hsms mo followed him. She en-
CaSsd m domestic service when abe
found she could set nothing else to do.
ohs has . a~Asiduously courtsd BY her
sweetheart Dor two years.
Late ASt night she was called 20 the
t~sIsphooA Her sweetheart was on the
oeAes snd q the pnone. He was very
NIX IN WHAT he had to say.
havs decided l oaat marry yo-."
b oaA 1t will bs impossible. l am
goAaS - tsAvs New YORK and gu will
- ne Again"
Tue Gvi began to PLEAD with him and
ash for IN explanation, but 10 nunx
up the phons. She ran to her room
and drank the contents of . bottle Of
chloroform which sac had on her bu.
reau. Mr.. Grossman found her in agony
on the hoor.
She vas taken In an ambulance 20
the German Hospital. where the doctors
"a b would pr ,bably recover.
The evening world., 1911-04-26

comnodstiss In daily uss ~ the people.
The At.orney.0snsrai made II plain to
day that should the Supreme Court
support the Department OF Justice In
its contentious. prosecutions would bs
Immediately undertaken against the In
~dividuals Of any combination. whether
modify.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
STRAW HAT SEASON.
PIttsburg chronicle Telegraph.

Among the unwritten laws recog-
nized in this section of our great and
glorious country there is one which
fixes the middle of May as the time for
the official opening of the straw-hat
season. Heretofore the wearer of a
straw roof has been regarded as
sooner, and has been made a target
for the ieers of hoodlums, young, old
and middle-aged Indeed. there have
been instances where the premature
straw hat seemed to affect spectators
much as a red flag affects a bull
arousing a sudden and strange fury as
a preliminary to acts of violence. But
now it Is different, for even the hood
lums acknowledge the right to hoff the
derby and don the straw, and there is
none TO molest or make afraid.
Aside from the comfort afforded by
the lighter headgear, the opening of
the straw-hat season is a matter of
much importance, for II is a necessary
predecessor to other seasons, such as
the lawn-fete season, the picnic sea-
son, the vacation season, the spoonins
season and others that are intimately
connected with the period Of outdoor
life ranging from early spring to early
autumn. Il will be seen, therefore, thai
the opening of the straw-hat season ii
an event not to be lightly considered
but one that should be hailed with ap'
propriate joyousness on the part OF thu
] populace.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24

The fact that Mr.. 7. Coleman DUPONT has made
a munihcent gift of S500,000 to his Alma Mater
the Massachusetts, Institute of Technology, should
dispel any lingering notions that may exist among
a few people in Delaware that Mr.. duPonts road
building scheme is proposition for his own
benefit Here is rich man who is making bene-
factions for the good of the people, a man who
has shown wonderful interest in the State of his
adoption and who has decided on a benefsetion
in Delaware that will be of more practical advan-
tage to the people of the State than anything else
he could undertake. We hope that the example
of Mr. dupont will be followed by others in Della
ware who are amply able to do on smaller scale
what he has done.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
:: Personal and Pertinent ::

Charlie Shukers, the member Of the State Board
OF Control addressed the students the deaf and dumb
school at Olathe the other day The interpreter didn't
treat shukers he did Henry j. Allen. former mem
ber OF the board. when he made a speech Henry ram
oled along In his usual entertaining fashion and fire.
quently received applause.
We'll, I seemed 10 please the students, all right"
said he 70 the interpreter afterward
Yes they enjoyed II very much" replied the inter-
prefer.
But wish you would explain why they frequently
applauded at inopportune times" said Henry
That's easy" replied the interpreter you made
one speech and delivered them another kansas
City Journal
:-.-.--s
year ago William Balston Of Pittsburg wander
ed into the rescue mission in Elzabeth, ~ j.. physi-
cal wreck and without cent in his pockets Sat
urday he pledged $4,000 10 the mission in recognition
OF the successful efforts Of the superintendent Howard
7. Scheckler, TO make a Of him He Is able to
make the gift through the death Of his aunt Mrs Jen-
ME Ralston, who leaves him more than 100000.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24

management make citizens wonder as TO the
way out They know that rocks lie ahead for the
city, il we have not more efficient government.
No matter who is chosen Mayor of the city OF
which party is put in control, the members of the
party will have to be alive to the general change
Partisan government will most surely be on trial.
The time for professions will have passed. The
men elected, whoever they may be, will have to
make good.
There is now more talk about good government
in Wilmington than ever before. 1t is talk not
for partisan effect but to get results. The foolish
ness of bad government is so plain that everyone
understands it. Wilmington is big business cor
poration in which the stockholders are all citi-
zens the renter indirectly and the property owner
directly. They know that money wasted or i'm
properly spent comes from their pockets. They
want to see permanent Improvements for their
money. They want good and efficient government
they want more than hot air campaign promises
They had enough of them during the last campaign.
The next administration, Mayor and Council
men, will have TO come up TO the expectations of
the people, and pleas of give another trial" will
not be availing.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
THE MAN IN THE PINK SHIRT.
kansas CIty Star.

The telegraphic story of the events
which threw the fat into the fire in
Mexico Monday and started the war
over again, mentions a man in a pink
shirt as the one who led the attack
on Juarez Having touched the spark
to the powder magazine just as the
belligerents were shaking hands for
peace and reformation. the man in the
pink shirt passes out of the tele-
graphic narrative and out of the his
tory Of Mexico.
Unless this man in the pink shirt
is an exception, those who live in a
country town know him well. The
pink shirt itself was bought at the
racket store FOR sixty-nine cents. The
man plays a stiff poker game. hunts
a good deal without reference to the
game laws, and is a familiar figure at
ball games, country fairs and foot
races where betting is tolerated.
Wagering money on the outcome Of
ball game is too slow for him He
bets on whether the next throw of the
pitcher will be a ball or a strike;
whether the batter misses or breaks
the bat; whether the catcher running
for a foul gets it or is cut on the
barbed wire fence.
It Is disturbing to know that a man
In a pink shirt could overrule the
general of an army and scatter death
and destruction as at Juarez; doubly
disturbing to believe that he could
change the destinies of nation.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
THE VETERANS

0F COURSE those interested in politics either
~ as participants or mere observers enjoyed
the fight at the Democratic primaries. 1t had the
old time ring about il, such combat as used to
be witnessed in Delaware In some respects il
was more exciting than a regular election, for at
primary the voters cannot be blocked" and their
sentiments are not known. Il is free-for-all
scramble. keen contest Of sharp wits. Leaders
one day may be defeated, but they will come up
on another day Because a leader is defeated in
one battle il does not mean that he is down and
out" by any means. The rout Of veterans always
causes more or less surprise, but veterans, some
OF them, have fashion Of coming back"
Some profess 10 see in the struggle on Satur-
day a new deal in Wilmington a changed stua-
lion which will influence the Democratic politics
in the State, but it is yet TOO early TO judge just
what the effect will be.
Certain it is that those who we're confident that
Mr.. DubeIl would be nominated are among the
most surprised men in the city.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
GOING THE LIMIT.

The novelty of having his hair trim
med by a lady barber appealed TO a
mildly intoxicated clubman who en-
tered an establishment where girls
we're employed as tonsorialists.
Loath to leave the chair after his
hair had been trimmed, the clubman
said TO the girl:
"Now gimme a shave"
The girl performed the task and
awaited further instructions.
Guess you can put on a couple of
hot towels" said the clubman.
After the hot towels had been ap-
piled, the clubman enjoyed face mas
sage and permitted his hair to be
anointed with perfume.
Anything else?" sweetly asked the
maid.
Hesitating moment as If to make
up his mind, the clubman replied:
"Yes, l guess you may pull a couple
of teeth. Judge.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
NAMING rHE CAsHIER COUGH.

But l don't know you, madam" the
bank cashier said to the woman who
had presented a check
The woman, however, instead Of
saying haughtily, Il do not wish your
acquaintance, sir" merely replied,
with an engaging smile:
"Oh, yes, you do, l think. I'm the
'red-headed old virago' next door to
you, whose scoundrelly little boys are
always reaching through the fence and
picking your flowers. When you start
ed for town this morning your wife
said Now, Henry, if you want a din
ner fit to eat this evening you'll have
to leave me a little money. 1 can't keep
this house on plain water and sixpence
a day"
Here's your money madam" said
the cashier, pushing it toward her and
coughing loudly.-Tit-Bits
Evening journal., 1911-05-24

What queer pranks destiny plays
u.s." said John Brougham one autumn
evening in 1877. We we're sitting in the
New York study of the Irish actor and
playwright whose name was widely
known in England and America in
connection with matters theatrical
from 1910 until his death in 1880.
Il was thinking" Mr.. Brougham con-
tinued, how queerly the fates have al
lotted their gifts so far as | am con-
cerned There is the case of London
Assurance for instance, which has
been a favorite with English and
American playgoers ever since its first
production in Covent Garden in 1S4l
by Dion Boucicault. In the writing OF
that comedy collaborated with Dion
Boucicault, yet almost all of the money
which came from it's production went
to Dion, and the play made his repu-
tation as a playwright, while John
Brougham remained Insignificant all
the time that it was being compared
favorably with Sheridan's The Rivals
"Ah, yes, there is such thing as
luck in the world of the drama as well
as in the world of business, and a later
experience, and an even more striking
one than this with London Assurance
will serve to illustrate the point.
Not long after my return to the
United States after the close of the
Civil War i was reading over for the
fourth or fifth time Charles Dickens
Old Curious shop great favorite
of mineAwhen the idea suddenly oc-
Cured to me that If just the right act
ress could be found IL would be pos
sible to write play based on the novel
in which the character of Little Nell
and the Marchioness could be taken by
the same person. A realized that 1t
would require a great deal of dramatic
ability, a wonderful versatility, for any
one TO play Little Nell in one act and
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
WEDNESDAY. MAY %. IeH
BETTER ADMINISTRATION.

II VEN under a partisan administration OF the
IL affairs of the city the chief point that con-
Germs the voters at the coming election is which
party is likely to give the city the better admin
istraton. That is all there is TO it.
The only question in this election that the vot-
ers should keep in mind is whether they want
continuance of the present rule or whether they
want a change in the hope of getting something
better whether they want to check the reign OF
the Democrats which has plunged the city treasury
into such condition that the Democratic City
Auditor admits that an increase in the tax rate
of 20 cents on the 500 of property valuation would
be needed to pull the city out of the financial
hole into which it has fallen.
There is huge deficit even larger than the de-
felt left by the last Democratic administration for
the new Council to handle The question involved
is simply one Of business management
Mayor Spruances idea is that he wants another
chance The voters will consider whether it is bet
ter to give the Mayor another chance and Demo-
cratic Council another chance or whether II would
be better 10 turn out the present administration
and substitute new one Even with several new
Democratic faces in Council there is no assurance
that the Democrats would improve their new
chance Ii looks as if Mr.. Kane would be re-eect-
ed 10 Council from the Fourth ward and Mr.,
Kane has shown himself TO be so shrewd leader
in Democratic politics that he would be most like
ly to succeed himself
Would not the same difficulties that confronted
the Mayor during his present term in Office con-
front him under the new change" theory?
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
TRAINING SCHOOL
CLASS GRADUATES

Class day exercises OF the Union
Industrial Training School we're held
last night in Union American M. e.
Church. The commencement exer-
cises will be held tonight in Turn
Hall. when the following program will
be given:
Selection by Wright's Orchestra;
invocation, the Rev. A. Smith, P. f.;
selection by wright's Orchestra; THE
Power Of Woman, Salutatorian, AL
verta Bradson: Refinement, Neces-
sary Qualification" B. NJ. Laws; The
Key to Success" J. Raymond Harris I;
Selection, orchestra; The Life of
Harriet Beecher Stowe." Marion l..
Williams; "The Influence of Good
Books" Valedictory, Flora l.. Shep-
pard: address to graduates, the Rev
Thomas NJ. Thomas, pastor Of Fifth
Presbyterian Church. Chester, Pa.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
CANNOT BE EvADED.

IN A SERMON delivered at Hanover Church
i some days ago the Rev. Mr.. Jackson said
We face a stu alton that is somewhat critical We
are growing apace materially. Hundreds OF thousands
Of dollars going into buildings. The city is bid
ding goodbye to the old days. when everybody knew
everybody else Strangers in increasing numbers, walk
our streets and crowd This new growth must
be gripped by the ideals and agencies that determine
q city's higher life.
This expresses a view worth thinking about
The city is facing a new situation, new conditions.
It is growing. The hotel project is but an evil
dence Of the march of progress. There are many
other evidences The city is. going ahead whether
we like it or not New people are coming here,
and we hope that more Of them will come.
A situation therefore that requires careful
thought is forced upon us 1t cannot be evaded
" we wished TO evade it. We are outgrowing old
notions. We are coming to demand good gov
srnment, better government, the abandoning of
star chamber rule by coteries. The city is COM
ing TO hold men in Office to personal responsibility
and accountability. The defeat of the Democratic
Councilmen in the three of the wards at the pri-
mares in the western part Of the city and the
overthrow of old time Democratic leaders who
cling to the old order evidences of an awaken
ing among the people.
As we said the situation is being forced upon
the people. Huge debts and deficits in the city
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
NE wv NE WIS
OF YES RDHY
FATE AND AN IRISH ACTOR PLAY WRIGHT.
BY
+" n 0 LII A N D "

the Marchioness in another; but I
kept the idea in mind, and later was
told that young girl who had not
been in New York many years from
California, where she had appeared on
the stage as a mere child, would just
fit the dual role both in physique and
dramatic ability. II was proposed that
/ write a play for this young girl in
which she would appear alternately as
Little Nell and the Marchioness, GER
tain terms we're mentioned to me, and
l accepted the proposition and went to
work
well in due time l fixed up the
play and when it was produced in 1867
it made one of the greatest successes
of the American stage 1t made the
fame of Charlotte Crabtree, better
knowns as Lotta. II was the basis of
the fortune she now possesses-and
she deserves every penny of it, dear
girl But again John Brougham was
obscure; nor had he more than a pal
try return of money for his work.
Would you have known, if l had not
told you just now, that it was 1 who
dramatized Little Nell and the Marchi-
oness?"
The Irish actor-playwright smiled
philosophically.
"Ah, me-" he said, II am not COM
planning. It is all fate. and l presume
this will be my fate until the end. "
Three years later at the age of 20,
Brougham died. leaving the manu-
script of a play upon which he had
based great hopes, but which, by rea-
son of his death, was never produced.
Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
rights reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell of
"A Chat With the Father of the In
ternatiOnaI Peace Movement"
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
:: With the ParaqrapheEs ::

There buncho fofrisky young colts in Houston
Who VIII not be so gay after they June-bridled.-
Houston Post
The plays the thing" as Sir Francis william Ba-
con Shakespeare remarked-especially when it's a
double OF triple play-Denver Republican
II some people owned Baltimore they would trade Il
for phonograph, while others would give IS TO boot
for that peaceful and parklke" suburban resort
Baltimore Evening sun.
Why flies scarce this spring? demands an
anxious inquirer. Probably have been by
tomobes, or else discouraged by the high food
prices--Baltimore Evening Sun
II Hon. John Hays Hammond should decide TO run
for Vice-President. probably a marked improvement
would be noted in the quality Of the campaign cigar
Columbus (O) State Journal
Ex-Postmaster General Thomas L. James, at the age
OF so, has taken blushing bride Who is that shame
faced individual beating it for the tall mbers ask
gentle reader? That-oh that's old Doc oser.-Allen-
town Democrat
President Taft's Future" is the caption of ed-
toral In Ohio paper. We cannot, Of course, map
out the whole of his future life but from the present
outlook il certainly settled for four years after
lsl2-Philadelphia Inquirer
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
Stories of The Day
A SURE SIGN.

That levity is a subject that is some
times worth while avoiding has been
learned to the sorrow of a would-be
undertaken.
At a recent examination of the State
Undertaking Board among the ques-
tions asked of the many applicants was
the following one:
What do you consider as an infal-
lible sign of death?"
Crepe on the door," answered one.
Chicago Journal.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
PREPARES TO
COLLECT TAX

Collector Of State Revenue Isaac w.
Bowers is sending out the following
letter to all manufacturers in the
county;
Dear Sir: Harry A. Brown, Clerk
of the Peace. New Castle county, de-
sires me 10 send you the enclosed
copy of the new manufacturers law.
passed by the recent Legislature, that
you may familiarize yourself before
applying for your license this year,
which is due June 1, 1911. but can be
paid on or before August 80, 1911,
without a penalty being added. After
August 30th penalty of 25 per cent.
on tho dollar is added.
Very truly.
Isaac W. Bowers,
Collector Of State Revenue.
Evening journal., 1911-05-24
TAX RATE IN KENT.

TOR some little while there has been more or
i less of a hubbub in the journalistic circles of
Dover over the Kent county tax rate. The Demo
cratic Levy Court ostensby reduced the rate
a few cents and they are making howl about it
as if that would win the vote of confidence. The
Republicans have been saying that the reduction
is merely fake" that it is a readjustment and
that the county will take as much in taxation as
it has DONE if not more
We don't suppose that few cents difference in
the tax rate will make any perceptble change.
Many people who do not own property don't care
what the tax rate is for they have deusion that
they don't pay taxes. They do however Simply
because man does not walk up to the tax Office
and pay taxes, it does not mean that he is re-
lieved of taxation.
AS we said we do not believe that there is
great concern about few cents difference in
taxes, but there is, ought TO be, a concern about
what is done with the money collected in taxes.
Is it frittered away or wasted? Are improvements
which progressive community should have,
ignored and is the money that should go to such
Improvements diverted into paying men for alleged
work? The proper disposal of the money is of
more importance than the mere tax rate.