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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
BOY Is HIT
BY ENGINE

Claude Case, youth aged o.,
living at 2721 South Hosmer
street, had narrow escape from
death at Nineteenth and Hood
street yesteray afternoon when he
was hit by light helper engine
and sustained a fracture of the
skull and severed finger. He
ran directly at the engine, not
scanning to realize his danger. He
was taken to the county hospital.
The injuries will probably not
prove fatal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
BY United Press leased wire.)

(Iby Onteu ITess bodstu WIFe.)
LONDON, Aug. 10.-With more
than 10000 lockers, carriers,
freight handlers and railway team
sters on strike here today and
the trouble hourly spreading. Lon
doners are sure to go hungry and
may all have to walk within AS
hours unless peace comes quickly.
Food famine for the strike-con-
vulsed city is inevitable, and as
the supply of petroleum is run
ming low, the motor buses, on
which London depends for trans
portation, soon will have to stop
unless a lull In the labor war
comes. This would mean paraly-
sis for the business of the city.
With thousands of tons of food
rotting at the wharves and the
Thames blocked with ships unable
to discharge their cargoes, the
pinch came home to the average
man today when many of the
large food markets failed to open
their doors. their supplies having
become exhausted, with no pros
pect that they can be replen-
ished.
Fear Bloodshed.
Should some action not be tax
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Falling, Tirnbers
Hurt Three Men

While placing huge 25-foot
bents In position on the temporary
Eleventh street bridge on the west
side of the waterway, three men
were pinioned beneath a number Of
the falling timbers which had CIV
en- way above the workers, sus-
tanning severe injuries and mar
rowly escaping death last evening.
David A. Mack, 1927 East F
street, sustained a broken right
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
SPOKANE'S RATE
KICK UPHELD
(By United Press leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON. d. c., Aug. 10
TO facilitate the new railroad
rates, the new interstate com.
merce commission today divided
the country into five zones. Zone
No. ] lies west of line extending
from Michigan to the Gulf OF Mex
leo. The other four zones are In
the east.
The commission held today that
the freight rates complained of by
Spokane were unlawful and or
dered them suspended for period
of two years from November Is.
The commission denied an APP
plication to establish rates from
the east to points in the middle
western states and Canada higher
than those to the Pacific coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
BREAKS
ANOTHER RECORD
INV United Press Leased Wire.l

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ETAMPES, France. Aug. 10
Jules Vedrines, winner OF the
Paris-Madrid flight. broke all rec
ords here yesterday for the num-
Der of miles covered in continuous
flight. He made 500 miles In
seven hours and 20 minutes, and
was still flying. Vedrines al
ready had broken the $40 mile
record made at Renaux this week
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10

leg; H. Banning, living at the
Tourist hotel, dislecated his hip,
and Andrew Morton, sos West
Fifty-fourth street, Seattle, had
his left foot badly crushed.
The men were working over
time for the International Con-
tract company of Tacoma and Sc
attic in order to have all the
bents in place by dark They were
rushed to the st. Joseph's hospi-
tai.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
s81 WOULD WED WIDOW.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, Aug. To-
Mysterious Mrs. Blanche Hoyt,
the st. Louis widow who adver-
tised for a husband, has received
.831 proposals. Her identity is
still kept secret. while mail ar
rives in pound lots at the local
drug store. where a close-mouthed
messenger boy calls for 1t every
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Burns After Grafters in
Portland Now

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. lot
was learned today that w. J.
Burns, head of the Burns detec-
tive agency, will arrive in Port
land from California next week to
take personal charge of an inves-
tigation of Portland's municipal
affairs.
The police department will be
given the major portion of Burns
time and a thorough inquiry con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10

(By United Press Ieased Wire.)
ROME, Aug. 10.-Leading Ital-
ian cardinals are urging the pope
to call a censistory in November
to I'LL 81 vacancies In the Sacred
College.
Should the pope die before the
new red hats have been created
the unusual number of vacancies
might make IL possible for a for
eigner to succeed Plus. The dan
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Boys Adrift on
Ocean In Boat

AVALON, Catalina Island, CAL,
Aug. 10.-Adrift In an open boat,
two boys attempted to escape
from the state reformatory camp
on Catalina, are believed to be
out on the ocean today fighting
against cross-currents to bring
the craft to the mainland, about
80 miles distant, and make a
landing. The lads fled from the
camp yesterday morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10

corning the reports that officials
connected with it,have been graft
ing in the tenderloin will be
made. e.,
1t is known that Burns men
have been quietly probing into
police affairs for some time. Ru-
NOR has 1t that the agency is
going after" the department on
its own account, because friction
between the police and Burns de-
tectives recently developed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Govt Will Dredge
Harbor at Hoquiam

ceiyed here today.
II has been found that the
channel work can be done for
$4,000 less than conractor's
charge II a government dredge Is
used.
An appropriation by congress
will be necessary before the work
can be undertaken.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Fail To Rescue
Mex Prisoner

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
JUAREZ, Aug. 10.-Rifle shots
from guards watching ]. M. Ran
gel, a Liberal leader, in hospi-
tai here, foiled today plot by his
friends for his rescue. The Lib
erals attempted to rush the hos
pital but were fired upon and one
of their number, wounded, was
captured while the others fled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
SLIGHTLY
BETTER TODAY

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ROME, Aug. 10.-Little change
was apparent today in the condi-
tion of Pope Plus, but what there
was indicated Improvement. His
temperature has slightly subsidized,
the pain from his govt was less
severe, and he passed a fairly
good night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10

DENVER-Dominick, big bull
dog, is deaf, and his owner, U. s.
District Attorney Ward of Dem
yer, has arranged to have him
equipped with an ear trumpet so
he can hear the breakfast call.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Troops Help
=.
the Police

LIVERPOOL. Aug. 10.-Troops
arrived here today to assist the
police to battle with strikers who
have practically paralyzed the
street trade of the city. The po-
lice had been powerless to dis
perse huge mob which gathered
in the railroad yards and ARRAYS
had been constant until the SOL
diers came.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
WILL CLIMB IT

In charge OF Assistant Physical
Director H. r. Carter of the Y.
M. C. A. and Mrs. Carter, a party
of So men and women left yester-
day for a ten days trip up Mt.
Tacoma. It is one of the largest
parties that ever made the ascent.
The members will make camp in
Paradise Valley, and make ex-
plorations from there.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
MAY BLOCK
TREATIES
. &c - . sssessss
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

Opposition in the senate to the
arbitration treaties recently sign
ed up by the United States, France
and England, may prevent their
consideration at the present ses-
sion of congress, and, in the opin-
ion of several senator's, even final
ratification.
Several members of the foreign
relations copmittee resent the
fact that President Taft did not
consult them in his preparation
of the agreements. They may
block final action.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Astor and His
BrIde-1O-Be
Entertain

NEWPORT, r. Aug. 10
More than a score of lNewport's
social lights went a9bard the AS
tor yacht Naoma today, where
Col. Aston and his bride-to-be,
Miss Madeline Force, and her sis
ter, Miss Catherine Force, held an
reception.
The yacht went out later to the
Astor cup races.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Raise the Price
For Hanging
MurdererS
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
RENO, New, Aug. 10.-Ray
Baker, erstwhile society favorite
and clubman, now warden OF the
Nevada state penitentiary, will be
called upon to officiate as hang.
man at the execution of Patsey
Casey next week unless he backs
down on his contract. Chris
Yaeger, the regular hangman,
having raised his price from $50
to 800, Baker declared he would
do the Job himself rather than pay
the figure demanded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Want Taft to Come

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. To-
AS a part of general movement
to get Taft to visit Portland, Sc
attic, Tacoma. San Francisco and
other coast cities in the itinerary
commercial bodies throughout
California were asked today to
pass suitable resolutions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
ODD BITS o. NEWS

NEW YORK-Miss Mary Nor
ris, arraigned for having poured
a kettle of boiling water over her
husband, took $4,000 in bills
with her. In court she peeled $5,-
900 from the roll and put 1t up
as bail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10

BAYSIDE, L. I.-Old TIM
ers here say the summer will
be short. They have heard
the gatydids chirping and the
prophets say the frost comes
six weeks after the first chirp.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10

NEW YORK-Three women,
together weighing $50 pounds,
We're rescued from, drowning, all
at the same time, by James j.
Rudge, former prizefighter. Ridge
hitched them up together and
towed the bunch into shallow
water.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
FINE IDEA
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UNITED Press Leased Wire.) q
, GREENSBURG, N. Y, 3
Aug. 10.-Geo. p. Fox. city 3
assessor here, has found a 3
new method of getting rid of z
mosquitoes. Before he re- q
tires Fox blows up toy Z
balloon and places 1t on the .
pillow. The mosquitoes, Z
D taking II for a human head, d
J bore In. The balloon ex- 3
, plodes and such of the in 3
, sects as are not killed In the Z
D explosion, hasten to find less =,
, dangerous prey. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
! how the opium snug

Ever hear how liner is searched how
gers try to trick the officers?
Ever opium which valuable
If haven't the of
four articles by r. W. Madison. the Times
spondent.
Recently Correspondent Madi
Watching them search for opium listening
they told of midnight chases
the cunning the Chinese smugger the methods
they use to slip the drug into United States.
What he heard will
the first of which Will be published
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. =
J. B. Lindahl, when arraigned
here for slapping his wife, admit
ted the charge but said that the
Good Lord told him to do it, as
Shaping was a sure cure for ner-
vousness. The justice disagreed
and gave Lindahl 80 days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
MEN
!. !: !: 60 To PEN

By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 10. - The
United States circuit court of ap-
peals upheld today the conviction
of Christopher Wilson, William
Tompkins and Francis Butler. Of
ficers of the United Wireless com
pany. on charges of fraudulent
stock selling. Wilson and Temp
kins were sentenced to two years
Imprisonment each in the federal.
prison at Atlanta, Ca, fine and
costs.
Butler was given one years i'm
prisonment.
RANK CT1EARINca
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10

EXETER, Cal.-Hope that Roy
Brown, Is, will be found alive
was abandoned today. He has
been lost for four days in the
mountains.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
Narrow Escape
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wfre.)
OAKLAND, Cal, Aug. 10
Struck by Southern Pacific train
the heavy touring car of D. P.
Simons was demolished today. q.
w. Meyers, the chauffeur, escap-
ed death by a quick leap.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
(By United Press leased Wire. }

(By United Press leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Aug. 10.-A rec
ommendation that a government
dredge shall be utilized In deep
ening the channel at Hoquiam.
Wash, has been made to the sec
rotary of war by the army river
and harbor committee. according
to Washington dispatches re-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
AGREEMENT
IS REACHED
(By United Press leased wire.)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 10.
Senator LaFollette and Repre-
sentative Underwood, who formed
a subcommittee of the joint con-
ference committee on the farmers
free list bill, today reached an
agreement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-08-10
BANK CLEARINGs

Clearings. ........,... .$631,575
Balances 42.so7
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22
PASSENGERS SEEK
BIG SUM FOR LOSSES

SEATTLE. July Assistant Man
ager T.. G. Ward Of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company today refused Ia
favorably consider the demands oi
the $50 passengers on the wrecked
steamship Spokane. hut referred the
committee TO George II. Highbee, vice
president OF the company at San
Francisco. Hiehbee viii wire his de-
cision tomorrow. The passengers de-
mands for their lost baggage, jewelry
currency In trunks aud clothing aboard
the hulk In the North Pacific will att
grcsate $4,000.
The officers of the steamship com
pany frankly admit they fear some Of
the passengers have grossly exagger-
ated the value Of their lost clothing.
One man. Attorney Wise Of san
francisco. president of the Bnai
Firth, stands alone jstrongly com
mending the action of the officers OF
the Spokane In their treatment OF
passengers
II Is feared the wreck~of the Spo-
kane will seriously iniure the sum
mer's excursion business to Alaska.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22
SAILS AWAY, LEAVING
FAMILY ON THE PIER
Texan Takes Wrong Boat for
Europe and Misses Wife
and Children.

NEW YORK, July 9. - with more
than sijo0O In his pocket, John j,
OReilly of Dallas, Tex. vanished on
the white star Line pier today while
his wife and two children watched the
liner Baltic, ON which they were Ia
have sailed, steam away
OReiIly, an hour before the vessel
was tn sail Saturday. told his wife and
children To wait for him on the pier
while he had s75 converted into Eng
fish money. They have not seen him
since.
Oncisls of the company believe he
reached the pier at the last minute and
wcni aboard expecting to lind his fam
lily there. A wireless message was sent
Ia the Baltic, but reply was not re-
ceivcd.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22
PRESIDENT TAFT WOULD CLEAR name OF BROTHER
Charles P. Taft Alleged to Be
in With Gugyenheims on
Alaska Deal.

WASHINGTON, july tt.-Althougb
many denials have been made that
government officials intend to permit
the Guggenheim interests 10 control
Alaskan transportation through "A mo
nopoly on the water front of Con-
trollcr bay in that territory, the adj
ministraiion has decided 10 let con-
gress reach its own conclusions and
all information relating To the matter
will be sent TO the senate as soon as
possible.
While President Tat and the mem
bers of his cabinet have voiced the
opinion that an Investigation Will
show nothing even remotely resembl.
ing such an attempt to favor the Gug-
gcnhcim interests an attempt in
which the names of c. r. TAFT. the
presidents brother, aud former Sec
rotary Ballinger have been coupled
they determined that every effort
should he made to clear the situa-
ton.
AZ the regular session Of the cab
met today the contro lier bay affair
was discussed II was decided that
all the departments interested-iutc-
rior, war. agriculture aud commerce
and labor -shonld be urged 10 make
their reports on the case as quickly
as possible II was sald that all the
documentary evidence in the case
probably will be In the residents
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22

ont II thc Gugscnhcim interests. when
defeat IN the 80 called Cunningham
claims To the great coal fields Of
Alaska seemed inevitable. undertook
to assert control of the cod deposits
by monupoiainr the entrances to the
interior of the country. aud If rccor.
nition of the Ryan entries would effect
this
II Is Tor this purpose that the com
mittoe has invited experts on Alas
kan minerals and coast line TO tes-
fifty as TO conditions in The neighbor-
hood of Controller bay.
This feature " the inquiry may re-
quire many days. other than recog-
nizing the absolute freedom of ,thc
president from congressional inquiry,
IL was said tonight no limitation would
he placed on the inquiry
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22
COOKING BY CL0CKW0RK

LONDON. July Am invention has
just been patented to do away with the
difficulty which now confronts house
wives who Use the gas oven They
have to omen II every now and then ia
change The position Of the various ar
ticles within.
Bat now "A rotary gear with sprockei
wheels aud nm endless chain, will be
fixed inside the up-to-dote oven. II
win be driven by system of weights
and so arranged that 1t viii perform
one complete revolution minute FOL
'nNcty -iiven minutes,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22
JURORS UNDER FIRE

SEATTLE, Wash, July s,-The u
members of the first Wappenstein
Jury, which disagreed concerning the
guilt Of former Chief OF Police
Charles W. wappenstein. on trial for
accepting IA bride for permitting d'S-
orderly houses to operate. were call
ed before the special grand jury to-
day and questioned separately
George u. Gray, a member OF tho
first Jury, who is leading merchant
and who voted for conviction, testi-
fed yesterday, and after he had re-
tired all the other Jurors were sub
poenaed. The jury stood seven to
five for acquittal, and II rs asserted
that the Grand Jury Is investigating
rumors that some of the jurors were
improperly influenced
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22
ONE THOUSAND YEARS Hence

the services shall have totally disap-
peared.
The republican form of government
will come to prevail universally. Not.
however. In the sense of government
BY democracy. II will bc recognized
that there can he no such things as
intellectual or moral equality between
men. and that the most efficient and
benciicent government Is that which Is
, conducted by lofty spirits who win he
chosen independently for their lung
power.
a single money currency will prevail
throughout the globe. There viii he
one universal mcridian---that of Green
wich--and the hours win be calculated
from I to "a. Meteorology will become
as exact n science t,s astronomy, and
the experts of 2O11 A. ID. viii he able
to forctcll the weather to almost u
raindrop. "A snowflake or ray of sun
shine.
Forests win have entirely disap-
pcared from the earth, owing to the
spread of cultivation and the increase
In the circulation of the newspapers.
Legal interest will never exceed one
half per cent,
Electricity will, of course, have taken
the place of steam, hut the most popu
lar mode Of transportation from ono
point to another will be by dirigible
balloon. The sea will he brought Ia
electric ships viii arrive at the French
capital from the Atlantic and from the
Pacific by way OF Panama.
| London will he connected with Paris
by rapid transit underground rail
road. The Mediterranean win be Joined
to the Atlantic by canIi issuing al
Bordeaux. and compressed air tubular
trains will connect Spain and Portugal
with Northern Africa.
Paris and Chicago will each have q
population OF nine millions, London ten
millions, New York twelve millions.
4 There will be telephone communica-
ton between all the inhabitants of tho
earth. and telephonoscopy win enabl,
the tired citizen Of Chicago to listen Il
the Caruso or Tetrazzini Of the day II
Paris or London, or see the grca
operas or dramas enacted. "A CONNER
} cial traveller to Asia will take his telc
lphonoscopic apparatus with him on his
travels. AS he reclincs on the sofa IL
his hotel bedroom at Kandahar o
, Kabul, he win connect his machine
wires with trunk system and b'
enabled To throw upon Il screen facini
! him representation of any particular
} play he may wish to see In New York
, Paris Berlin, or where you viii
Human slavery. or domestic service
: will he unknown, and trained orang
, outangs or Chlmpanzees will do al
, mans houscwork for him. Chemica
, synthesls win have done away with al
: the trouble Of cooking elaborate dishes
=, Gluttony win be unknown, and me
, and women viii entertain each othe
+ In Conservatives, the banquet consist
| ing of compressed viands or dcllcaci
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22

Of San Francisco society bellies who
were wont to dance the hula hula In
true Hawaiian fashion. and whose
revolry extended long after midnight
II Is reported that the incident did
not close with the discriminating of the
passengers AT the San Francisco pier.
but was taken M with the officials Of
the company by the husbands of two
of the women who were IN the hula
hula party ON board the steamer,
II Is said that the husbands serb
ously questioned the right and pro-
priety of Captain Johnson In applying
the water treatment on the party of
women, who in a spirit of lark and
frlvolity, were 80 hugely enjoying
themselves In their stateroom.
The interview between Captain Mat
son and the captain of the Whilhel-
nina was a bit rufaed, II IL reported,
Captain Johnson explained that In or
derins The hose turned IN on ths hula
party hc did 80 IN spirit of semi
jest, after numerous complaints had
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-07-22
Camille FIammarion Predicts
Great World Changes
For Future.

Within the next thousand years the
creased from 375 millions to 700 mil
lions. that of Asia from SIS millions To
one billion, that of North and South
America from 100 millions to one and
half billions, that of Africa from 75
millions to 200 millions, that of Aus
tralia from five millions to sixty--the
whole population thus rising from 1860
millions to 3 billions 800 millions.
Languages will be almost unknown.
The ccaseless progress of science and
industry will have almost altered the
face of the English language, which
In It's new form. win he spoken as a
quaGi-universal tongue throughout the
globe. War will disappear soon after
we have reached the year l080, and
why so intelligent and reasonable a
race as ours could ever have tolerated
It's brutality. Vainly the few remnants
of sovereignty will appeal to their sub
jects, recalling to them the exploits OF
their forcrunncrs; the peaple will reply
that none of the respectable animal
races had ever INDUCED IN internecin6
war. and that the struggle for life con
sisted not In kining one another, bu,
in cffecting the conquest of nature
In the case of unreasonable king con
querors, their people will rise up II