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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16

"I absolutely have made no
promise of such nature. I see
no reason why I should make
such a promise. The first thing
is to get elected and after that !
will find out what Is best to be
DONE"
Mr.. Petit appeared very con-
fident of victory this morning.
He has made thousands of friends
since the campaign opening. He
has absolutely refused to enter in
to any combinations. He stands
for law enforcement and posses
ses a sound judgement which
should make him acceptable to
all law-abiding citizens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
OVATION FOR
Mr.. FAWCET1

. The appearance of A. ".
. Fawcett in public at the
. opening last night was pret-
. ty near a repetition of the
. return of Napoleon.
. When the present mayor,
. the controller, Demosthen-
. ese Dow, and the rest of the
. spellbinders got UP to speak
. there was a ripple of hand
. clapping but when A. v. Faw-
. cett, private citizen and re-
. called mayor, arose Bis
. marck went wild and 1t was
. Just 7 minutes by the watch
. before he could speak and
. be heard.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
JUDGE FOR
INSERTING THE WORD Z
UNREASONABLE

tice Harlan declared that his fell
lows of the court had legislated,
not interpreted the law.
1t Is well known that President
Tafts action in elevating Justice
White to the chief justiceship.
was a severe blow to Harlan's
pride, but until his Standard OIL
opinion was delivered II was not
known how deeply the slight had
struck. With his wife silently
applauding the jurist in his ad-
dress, there was a little play OF
tense heart interest in the highest
court of the land, such as probab-
ly its walls had never seen be-
fore.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16


to determine the personnel of the
officials and the trend of the mu-
nicipality for the next year, and
possibly three years.
Many who will go to the polls
today and put the leadpencil cross
opposite the names of four fellow
citizens will do 1t with no ade-
quate appreciation of the long
struggle it has taken in the past
to develop the present voting ma
chinery to its present efficiency.
Just in proportion as the indi-
vidual citizen has grown in i'm
portance in the estimation of gov
ernment has the ballot increased
in efficiency and in the facility for
its employment.
The height of development has
been reached in this country today
where they use voting machines
This is a modern invention first
brought out by Jacob Myers in
1892 and adopted by Buffalo, the
first large city, in 1899. In this
city they can count and tabulate
and have complete the total vote
in half an hour and newspapers
are on the street there In less than
an hour with the complete precinct
vote in the city. This has been
done when there were $50 candi-
dates on the ballot.
Days of Greece.
Quite a change from the primi-
tive days of classic Greece when
the popular "dicasts" settled pub
lie questions by balls of stone or
metal, the white for acquittal and
the dark for condemnation, or by
dropping piece of shell in the box
for approval or an olive leaf for
disapproval.
Imagine Tacomans going to the
polls today dropping an olive leaf
in the box for Petit, a Puget
Sound clam shell for Roys, a basalt
rock for Lawson and quartz
gravel stone for Freeland.
In the original voting the public
did 1t by a show of hands or viva
voce. This brought condemnation
and plotting against those who
voted against the wishes of those
who had power, and at a very
early date steps were taken to
avoid this element which has not
disappeared even today.
The first ballot law was passed
in Rome 139 B. c., which is quite
a while ago. 1t was really quite
modern, with tickets and the
names of candidates thereon, and
Eyes" and mo" for changes in the
laws.
Generally citizens today have
been led to believe that the pres
ent ballot is something new, that
it cropped up in Australia a few
years ago. But as a matter of fact
much of the present plan was
tried out away back there in what
many people now think was the
bleak and barren past when there
was no civilization or anything
else.
But much of advancement per-
ished in the decline of Rome and
Greece, and the world had to take
new start. And the ballot has
had a hard road to travel in mod
ern civilization.
The privileged class in Great
Britain made a terrific attempt to
head off voting by the people. Just
as the privileged class in Tacoma
today is making strenuous at
tempts to bribe the voter and get
him to vote power to this class.
The Secret Ballot
The privileged Briton held out
the idea that voting by the COM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
| Snapshots at the News

Mrs. Drnscilla Gregg OF Au-
rora, ILL.,. won divorce and $1,000
BY producing a photograph OF the
black eye her husband gave her.
Mathematics teacher M New
ton, Mass. high school gets re-
suits from backward boys BY
having them figure out the bat
ting averages.
Dining car tips are divided
with the car conductor. says Mrs.
Mabel White. wife Of one Of
them. who asks divorce Iii Chis
caeo and says his share o. fhe
tjpe more than double biz $50 i
mont6 SALARY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
(By United Press Leased Wire. J

IBy united Press Leased Wire,)
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 16.
all Is not peace and Joy
IN the supreme court of the Unit
ed States is clearly seen here to-
day, following the dramatic del
livery of Justice Harlan's separate
opinion In the Standard Oil case,
Speaking before his wife, whose
eyes encouraged him from the
front seat of the courtroom dur
ing the delivery of his opinion
Harlan bitterly denounced his as
sociates' action in declaring that
restraint OF trade must be "un-
reasonable" to come within the
meaning of the Sherman law. JUS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
OFFICES FOR
CITY DOCK

The proposition taken up by
ex-Mayor Fawcett while he was in
office of putting in some offices
in the Municipal Dock building,
will be carried through. Five Of
fices about 1920 feet will be built
in the second story OF the dock
building. 1t is expected they will
rent for from $25 to $50 a month
each.
Commissioner Woods Is ready
to receive bids on the lumber for
the work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
EFFECT OF DECISION WILL
BE SLIGHT SAYS R. r. MAN

ion, will not seriously affect the
financial world.
s'Such a decision has been ex-
pected for the past four months .
states Mr.. Kruttschnitt, "and has
been discounted. Its effect,
believe. will be slight in COM
parison."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16

ed, there Is still no way to COM
pei actual competition.
M. #. Elliott, chief counsel for
the Standard Oil company. in q
statement issued here today. de-
clared that the Standard would
obey the decree of the United
States supreme court and would
at once take steps to dissolve.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
BUYS COSTLY BEEF

PHILADELPHIA, May 16.-
Record prices were paid for
blooded Guernsey cattle at the
Frederick Philips farm sale.
Mortimer F. Plant of London,
Conn, paid $4,000 for a three
year-old bull and $4,000 for a
choice COW. Seventy-eight ami
mails brought $37,275.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
TWODOcTORs
on THE JOB

DR.. c. 8. Wilson today took up
the duties of city bacteriologist.
DR.. Anderson is still on the JOB
as city chemist, however. Mayor
Seymour expects to take up the
matter of the chemist today with
DR.. James, however.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
TRUST
PROBE IS
SURE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May 10.
The house today unanimously
passed the Stanley resolution, or
dering a sweeping investigation of
the steel trust.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
Love Letters Kill Her

SCRANTON, Pa, May 16.-
Miss May Watson, aged 81,
daughter of Attorney George M.
Watson, was burned to death
while destroying love letters af-
ter a broken engagement. She
read each letter before tossing II
into the flames. A spark touched
her skirt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16

NO. 2.
Mrs. Smithson remarks: "I'm not
meaner
Than the people next door; I'm
just keener;
/ save a large share
OF my hubby's hot air,
And that runs my pneumatic
cleaner"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
PREDICTS VICTORY
FOR Mr.. PETIT

. B. A. Crowl. manager for q
. F. H. Pettit's campaign for q
. commissioner of public SAT- q
. ETY. today says: q
. "If the vote is 10000 to- q
Q day Petit will win by 1000 Z
. II the vote runs up to co. Z
. 600 Petit will win by at {
o least 5000. {
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
Champion Mean Man Found.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., May 16.
Miss Margaret Walsh was
scalped by machinery in the fac
tory where she worked. She was
carried to the hospital. An un-
known man offered to take the
scalp and hair to the hospital that
1t might be grated on the girls
head. but instead disappeared
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16

(By United Press Leased wire.)
MEDFORD, Ore, May 16.---
Judius Kruttschnitt, vice presi-
dent of the Hartman system was
acquainted with the decision of
the supreme court dissolving the
Standard Oil by a reporter here
today. The decision, In his opin-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
Use Grave Stones for Bases.

BROOCKTON, Mass, May 16.
Boys who wanted baseball
grounds have transformed the
Mulberry street cemetery into a
diamond. They have destroyed 81
of the so gravestones, used some
for bases and have made their dia-
mond over the graves. Mayor
Howard is after the vandals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
Picked Up From the Days News
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

rseen, but with whom he corre-
sponded after he found her name
and address on an egg four years
ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16

DETROIT, May 16.--"Too much
baseball" was the verdict of Judge
Murfin here in the divorce suit OF
Mrs. Hazel M. Buck, which got
that lady a decree against her hus-
band, William M.
After issuing the decree Judge
Murfin said:
Sheriff, this court will now ad-
journ. | want to see the game"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
Great Shipping Strike

NEW YORK, May 16-Offcial communication
mems international committees received BY Secretary Matthew Tale
lof the branch OF the National Sailors and Freen
lion Of Grat Britain stated that the mammoth nteraton
)al shipping strike WIN start next week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
wILKEs.HARRE. Pa. Nav 1a,

Charles dig OF Plymouth has
been left a share Of the estate Of
4 Texas girl whom he has never
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16

CHICAGO, May 16.-A damage
suit has revealed that Police
Lieut.. Ben H. Reed Is patent
medicine magnate ION the side
He testified that he sold his rheu-
|matism cure to the plaintiff. When
Reed wasn't on duty he was busy
in the basement at home putting
his cure in fancy bottles.
Pure Food Law 1000 Years Ago
JERUSALEM, May 16.-"A jar
of pure oil" is an inscription in
Hebrew on jar of olive oil re-
Gently discovered by Prof. Reisner
during his excavation in Samaria.
This doubtless implies that other
Jars contain oil that is adulterated,
which leads scholars to believe
that there existed pure food law
in the kingdom of Israel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16

EVERETT, May 16.-Gladys
johnson, an orphan living with
her grandparents, has disappeared,
Principal Hendricks of the Lin
coin school, kept her in terror over
punishment he said he would In
flict because she changed her re-
port card. The girl disappeared
and it Is feared she drowned her
self in the bay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
Ws@at .
lOrQCas1

Showers tonight and Wednee-
day. light westerly winds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-16
Decision May
Mean Nothing
LA Toilette Thinks It Dangerous-Word "Unreason-
able" Is Victory for the Trusts Other Opinions.
(By United Press Leased Wire.

WASHINGTON, ID. G., May 16-Dsgruned with the decision
OF the the in
formal conference in
to
reading: ~ '' ~
sonable under the of act" - - -
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
honolulu IRON works CO.. LrD.

Steam Engines, Sugar Mills, Boilers,
Coolers, Iron, Brass and Lead Cast
ings, Machinery of every Description
n lie to Order. Particular Attention
Paid to Ships Blacksmithing. Job
Work Executed on Short Notice
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
TALES FROM OVER SEAS.

Prof. Dixon related at the dinner Of
the Chemical society story of a
young woman, being examined for the
matriculation examination of the soci-
ETY.. who, having a faint recollection
of the term "halogens" as applied to
chlorine, bromine and iodine, explain
ed that these elements ''are so active
that they classed under the name Of
'hooligans.
Of his Cambridge DAYS a dignitary
of the church of England tells this
story. He always wore a white tie,
and when he got his fellowship, full
of pride, he went TO call upon the
master of his college. He rang the
bell, the door was opened. and he was
about to present his card, when the
footman, who had run his eye over
him, said: You're 700 late, young
man. got the place yesterday"
Announcement that the house OF
lords may refuse consent to a curtail-
ment of its powers reminds the Phil
adelphia Telegraph of an old story ct
Gladstone and his august mistress
a." declared Victoria, lam the queen
and shall do as I please" "And I
madame" quoth the Grand Old Man
'am the people; sign here" She sign
ed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
CHILD CHEERS MAN
HER FATHER SHOT

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Jan. 3.-John
Pennimore,. self-confessed burglar. is
believed to be dying in a hospital
from bullet wounds received when
shot few night ago by Patrolman
Carson in running pistol fight
New Years night the officer was
told Pennimore was not expected to
live. He went home with heavy
heart and for a long time there was
silence in the house. 1t was broken
by the query of his young daughter
What the matter, papa?"
Give shot a man, who cannot live"
the patrolman explained.
"a few minutes later the little girl
disappeared. She had some money
saved from Christmas presents.
Downturn through snow she plodded,
until she reached a florists shop
where she was known. She asked
for roses. Clasping the flowers in her
arms, she went to the hospital and
to the bedside of the dying man.
I've come to bring you these" she
lisped. Papa said he has hurt you"
Tears stood in the eyes of the suf-
ferer.
Thanks, kid" he said. Give got
one to home like you. But no one
knows where the home is-and
hain't telling nothing. Thanks, kid"
Pennimore little while later lap
sed into unconsciousness.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
TAFT GETS Off A PUN At
EXPENSE OF THE NEWSPAPERMEN

WASHINGTON, ID. c., January l.
Il sincerely hope that the next year
will be full of prosperity and as much
happiness as can come to all of us in
this country" is the New Year greet
ing sent to the people of the United
States by President Taft, through the
members of the National Press Club,
who welcomed him at an informal New
Year reception in their clubhouse yes
terday afternoon.
The big sitting room of the club was
crowded with members when the Pre-
sident arrived, with his brother. Char
les p. Taft, and Captain Archibald
Butt, military aid to the President.
Many of the members are personal
friends of the President, and to each
of them he had word to say when
the speechmaking was over and the
handshaking and expressions of good
wishes began.
1t was happy speech the President
made. Just before he began it he es-
pied DR.. Harvey w. Wiley standing
with a group of writers. The Presi-
dent remarked, jovially, that he won
dered how the doctor got in with the
newspaper men. But the big hit
which the presidential happy New
Year speech contained was a pun, a
regular unheralded, unprecedented
pun. He was talking about clubs, and
how good clubs are, and how natural
ly men flock to their clubs.
"And," he said, "there are no men
more clubable than members of the
press"
There was a chuckle in the front
rank of listeners which spread back
into the room until it reached the
ISLANDERS around the fireplace. The
President caught on; and smiled Then
he chuckled. Then he roared with
laughter. That newspaper men might
be dubbed had not occurred to him
just at the moment he made that pun
which will be flashed over the con.
tinent but it made big hit.
The President was introduced by Ar
thur Dodge, president of the club. Aft.
err applause the President said:
"The pleasure of coming here to
meet the representatives of the ma,
tional press is very great. I was here
about year ago and did wander on
in an aimless and irresponsible way
about life in the White House.
heard so much about that afterward
that l am not going to take you be
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19

hind the scenes today. 1t is charac-
teristic of the Press Club that in your
habitual desire to get scoops" you
should begin your New Year the day
before I am going to have New
Year reception myself, but | have to
wait until Monday, so that you have
to prepare yourselves two days in adj
vance.
81 congratulate you on your organi-
cation. congratulate you that you
have lasted a year congratulate
you that you had the good sense to
re-elect your president l sincerely
hope that your prosperity will be such
that you can have a separate club
house built for yourselves to meet
your uses. l presume the craft of
newspaper men is not rich, to speak
moderately, but certainly the benefit
to be derived by the members of the
press from such a club as that can
hardly be overstated. There are no
men more clubable than members of
the press
81 am in favor of clubs, but I al
ways think that clubs are better if
they have an addition to them which
permits the wives of members to come
in and run up bills. 1t brings home to
one the necessity for little modera,
ton in the use of that part of the club
that is expensive, and it introduces
into the family a belief that life is a
partnership after all. And, therefore
l commend to you as members of this
club the making of plans for bringing
into it the ladies who ought to govern
your lives, and. have no doubt in
most cases, if your experience is mine
do.
But came here for very infor.
NAL meeting, gentlemen. / did not
come charged even with the feeling
that comes to a man who is to be sub.
iected to roast at the Gridiron Club
I did not even make that preparation
that one who has attended such din.
ners is in the habit of making; that is,
confessing himself with respect to all
his sins and being prepared to admit
them to a very kindly company
Those who come before press men for
the first time are in the habit OF
either praising the press and it's In
fluence and bowling before it, or Of
taking that opportunity to indicate
how it might be improved. I have
had so much experience in this matter
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19

that am going to take neither course,
for have failed In both.
~ believe press men are like all
other men Of intelligence and educa.
ton In the community There are
leaders; there are men Of conscience
and men who are not greatly burden.
ed with II in the profession. The
profession IL like all other professions
like the profession Of the law and
the ministry and medicine. You are
proud Of a great many of them. Some
of them you are not proud of. But
what wish to emphasize is that there
IS no Characterization that you can
make of press men different from that
which you make of all professions in
which a great majority are gentlemen,
and there are some that you would be
glad to have left out of this profess
sion, as of others.
"Now, gentlemen, thank you sim
cerely for your welcome. I hope the
next year will be full of happiness for
Won all. I do not know that that wish
can come TIE, because happiness for
some of you will be sorrow for others,
for you are engaged in competition,
as we all are, but I sincerely hope
that the next year will be full of pros
perity and as much happiness as can
come to all of us in this country"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
Nm scnlIle rImcs M.

The Seattle Times says
Crying as n their youthful hearts
would break, two Filipino lads aged ~
and i6 years. respectively, we're taken
from the United States army trans
port Dix this morning to the post at
Fort lawton, where they are to be
kept in the guardhouse until they can
be shipped back to Honolulu on the
transport. With Tears streaming down
their dusky faces and dark eyes APP
pealing to the guards, the prisoners
begged in broken English to be allow
ed their freedom in this country But
they begged in vain, for they are being
used as horrible examples by the gov
eminent and as a perpetual warning to
all possible stowaways of The future on
Uncle Sans steamships. The order
recently was issued by the quarter.
masters department that hereafter all
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
FrateruAl Meetings
HARMONY LODGE,
NO. 3, |. o. o. F,

Meets ever yMonday evening at
1880 in Odd Fellows Hall, Fort St.
Visiting brothers cordially invited to
attend.
J. G. B. CAMERON, N. G.
PAUL SMITH, Sec.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

At the annual meeting held Jan. 2,
1911 at its Hall on King st. the fol-
lowing named gentlemen were elected
to serve as officers or the United
Chinese Society for the ensuing year.
President. ....... Mr.. Chu Gem
Vice-President. .. Mr.. G. Kim Fook
English Secretary. ...........
Mr.. VIM. zap Kwai Fong (Reelected)
Chinese Secretary ..................
$50. Mr.. K'ou Kan Sun (Reelected)
Treasurer. .. Ho Fon (Reelected)
Assistant Treasurer. ........
Yong Kwong Tat (Reelected)
VIM. zap KWAI FONG,
Secretary.
Honolulu, Jan. 5, 1911.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
STOWAWAYS FROM HERE HELD IN
SEATTLE TO Be RETURNED ON DIX

stowaways must be taken to the port
at which they slipped aboard. As It
happened, the full force Of this order
falls upon the innocent heads of the
two lads brought here on the Dix last
week
They are the first to be captured
since the order became effective and
although in past years transports have
provided free passage for many a
husky male who could or should have
paid his way, these two boys are not to
be allowed to land here. They are to
be returned to the islands. They will
be thrown on the beach at Honolulu
the next time the Dix touches there
and left either to starve or make their
living as best they can. 1t is not the
concern of the government and the
order of the department.must be obey
ed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-01-19
(Seal)
(Endorsed)

No. 6S. DISTRICT COURT OF
THE U. S. for the Territory of Ha-
wall. THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA VS.. KOHALA SUGAR
COMPANY, ct al SUMMONS. ROB-
ERT w, BRECKONS and WILLIAM
T. RAWLINS, Attorneys for Plaintiff.