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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
SCHOOL STARTS
this MORNING
"And now the hoy, with shining
morning face,
Creeping like snail unwillingly to
school,"

Young America, thousands
strong, this morning is back In
the throes of the process known
as getting an education"
Nearly 400 teachers are provid-
ed for the Tacoma schools, and
the public is putting lot of
money into this business. Most
important in the changes of teach
ers this year is in the High school.
where William #. Geiger, formerly
of Seattle, takes charge as prin-
cipal.
In most of the schools today
was spent in registration and get
ting lessons assigned for the real
work to start tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
Labor Leaders
Will Stand Pat

Grafton or not at ALL"
This is the final word of the
shop employees of the Hartman
lines.
The union officials will await
the outcome of another conference
with General Manager Krutt-
schnitt, which will determine
whether a strike shall be called
The shopmen know Just what will
be demanded and know exactly
what to do in case they are again
refused.
A strike seems inevitable in the
event Kruttschnitt stands by his
former action in refusing to deal
with the federation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DEATH

While riding the bumpers of a
Northern Pacific freight train
at 18th and Commerce streets
yesterday afternoon, Harry Jen-
sen, laboring man, Chicago, had
his foot badly crushed.
Jensen's trousers got caught In
the coupling and while trying to
loosen 1t his foot was caught.
If 1t had not been for a COM
panion, Jensen would have fallen
under the wheels.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
GOMPERS SEES
N NAMARAS :

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Sept. IL
Samuel Gompers today visited the
Mcnamara brothers in the county
Jail, accompanied by Attorney
Clarence Darrow and local labor
leaders.
Gompers declared that he is
extremely anxious to see the ini-
tiative and recall and woman
suffrage carry and may take
the stump in behalf of them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
MOVEMENT IS
BIGGER THAN ANY MAN NOW

Here are two big things about
the progressive movement:
That IL has gone beyond the
personality of any one man, and
that 1t has reached the cities.3
This was the statement yester-
day of w. II. kaufman, of Belling-
ham, single tax candidate for gov
ernor, who had made a flying visit
to Tacoma to speak the single tax
league here.
Kaufman was progressive way
back In the days when they hunted
them with dogs" He has seen the
movement grow to dominate
American politics. He thinks that
the fight is practically won-that
the people have grasped the power
for keeps.
Bigger than Roosevelt.
Roosevelt tried walk forward
and backward at the same time
and lost the confidence of the
people," said Kaufman, but II
didn't check the progressive move
ment. 1t had grown bigger than
men.
IF LaFollette should be any
conceivable chance be shown up as
an absolute scoundrei, it wouldn't
hurt the movement one bit. The
movement is part of the spirit Of
the whole people now.
1t used to be pretty hard sail
ing, though" said the Belling-
ham man. Almost hopeless. But
when the people got the direct pri-
maries they had the wedge that
split machine control of politics
wide open.
Another thing, previous pro-
gressive movements were strong
only In the country districts. Now
they are equally strong in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11


Los ANGELES, Sept. IL
With the date of the Mcnamara
trial but a month away, the pro-
secution and the defense are hard
at work preparing the lists of
persons who will testify.
Clarence Dafrow stated today
that the defense alone would sub
poena. $50 witnesses.
District Attorney Fredericks
estimates. that the prosecution
will summon a similar number.
The expense probably will make
the trial the costliest the country
has ever known. Attorney OAR
row estimated the probable ex-
pense of the defense at 100000,
while 1t is believed that it will
cost the prosecution In the neigh
borhood of 100000.
1t was predicted that in order
to secure jury, it will be nee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
bEULAHF|LMS
ARE READY

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-"Beu-
lah Binford's Own Story is the
title of moving picture film por-
traying the Beattie tragedy. The
beginning of the "story" shows
Beulah frequenting skating Kinks;
her life in the streets of Rich
mond; her intimacy with Beattie
and the Beattie tragedy.
The last scene shows the bars
of a cell dissolving and Beulah
stepping forth with a sanity ex-
preston, saying: 81 wish I could
carry my story to every homo in
America"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
-
t
STRICKEN
BLIND

PHILADELPHIA. Sept IL
Thomas J. Towle. Boston aviator,
was stricken with permanent
blindness in Broad street station
today.
The young air man declares
that his eyes were injured while
watching blacksmiths at work on
his machine. The mechanics used
electric appliances which emitted
a light many times stronger thar
the most brilliant arc lamp and
Towle watched the work more
than an hour without glasses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
KILLS A MURDERER

A merciless murderer Is Appen-
dicitis with many victims. but DR..
Kings New Life Pills kill IL by
prevention. They gently stimu-
late stomach. liver and bowels.
preventing that clogging that in
vites appendicitis, curing Constipa-
ton, Headache, Biliousness. Chflls.
25c, at Ryner Malstrom Drug Co.,
93S Pacific ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
Steamer
Sinking

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Cabie
advices received here today from
Port Limon tell of the schooner
Whisper sinking and drowning Ia
men off the coast of Nicaragua.
A cargo of mahogany caught
fire and an explosion of gasoline
finished 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11.---"No
strike order will be issued from
Los Angeles. Labor will not re-
cede and no new proposition will
be made to the company"
This was the statement this af-
ternoon of j. w. Kline, interna-
tional president of the black
smiths and helpers.
''Kruttschnitt is a great rail-
road man." he said, land great
men have been known to change
their minds"
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IL
1--WE meet the company as a fed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
"DECENT CITIES. DO.

LONDON, Sept. 11.-tAll de-
cent European cities burn their
refuse" says Miss Mary Mcdowell,
a Chicago settlement worker who
has come here after tour of con-
tinental cities. THE dumping
system is obsolete both in Ger
many and England"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
Sweet Pea Girl
Gets Fortune
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. H.
Rosalind Tiffany, the Sweet pes
girl of the Durrant murder trial
will come into fortune In Alaska
gold.
Miss Tiffany grubstaked G. E
Craig, miner, which was ex-
tremely successful. Craig was not
willing to divide, so Miss Tiffany
brought suit and won. Judge
Overfteld of Iditarod deciding in
favor of the sweet pea girl"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
FUNSTON'S FATHER DIES.

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
lola. Kan, Sept. lid
ward H. Funston, former con-
gresham and father of General
Frederick Funston, Is dead here
today. He was 75 years old and
for IL years was member of the
lower house of congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11

Observation-Disclosures cost
of caskets, cemetery lots and hire
for hearses and funeral livery,
according to experts here, proves
that the high cost of dying is
greater than that of living.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
HUNG UP BY THE HAIR
TO ROOF OF HOUSE

ATKINSON, ILL.,, Sept. 11.-A
lock of her hair catching in the
belt of motor which she used to
Operate a washing machine, Mrs.
Alfonso Balert was lifted to the
ceiling and held suspended for
several minutes. She will re-
cover.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
Find Body
of Girl

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
HENDERSONV1ILE, N. O.,
Sept. 1.-The mutiIated body OF
Myrtle Hawkins, II, was found to-
day In Lake Osceola. An autopsy
showed that the girl had been
killed before the body was thrown
into the lake.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
Hill1nan Makes
Appeal Today

eral penitentiary for using the
mails for fraudulent purposes.
Hillman was convicted on 13
counts and sentenced to two years
and six months on each, but to be
served concurrently, that is, for
every year served one year will
be taken off each count.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11

SEATTLE, Sept. 1.-THE most
important case to come before
the United States court of appeals,
which convened here today, is that
against G. d. Hillman, convicted
millionaire real estate dealer, who
last spring was sentenced two
years and six months In the fed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
Court Hesitates Between Home
and Convent for Girl

Valdez. The girl disappeared
from Seattle last February.
She voluntarily left her mother
at Seattle, going to a convent.
A writ of habeas corpus, obtain
ed at Tacoma by Mrs. Magnuson,
brought the information that she
was in San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
FRISCO POSTAL BANK OPENS

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IL
City Treasurer John e. McDougal
was the irst person to open an &C.
count with Uncle Sam at the new
postal savings bank here today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11

Police Judge Arntson is back on
the police bench. He has returned
from his vacation. Attorney
Ralph Woods occupied the bench
in his absence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
MRS. JACkCOOkS FOR
HER CHAUFFEUR
HUSBAND
SIS Leased Wire.) keepre.

(By United Press Leased Wire. J
NEWPORT, r. l., Sept. IL
Chauffeur and Mrs. Jack Gerargh-
ty are enjoying a pretty cottage
here. where the heiress does the
cooking. Her riends say Mrs.
Jack" is making good as a house
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11

NEW YoRK--A policeman ran
for a doctor to attend Charles
Cobb, who broke his leg by fall
ing from street car. When the
doctor arrived the leg was mend
ed with nails and glue. IT was
wood.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11

The South End Fair, to run Sep
TENDER 10 to 23, expects big time
this year. Entries will be re-
ceived at the hall Monday.
Over 80 special premiums are
offered this year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11

cities.
Kaufman. who has been editor,
college professor and farmer, is as
SCISSOR of Whatcom county, where
the people can see what Vaneou-
yer is doing with a modified sin
gle tax. He reports that most of
the merchants and mill men there,
outside the land spectators, are
enthusiasts for the single tax re-
form.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
(By United Pre-

(By United Press Leased Wire
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IL
TIE Juvenile Court today is en-
de,voring to decide whether 1t is
Chest for Marjory Reiman, 16-
year-old Valdez girl, to remain In
the convent here or return to her
mother, Mrs. Lizzie Magnuson OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
LEFT SHORTAGE
(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. II.
Official announcement was
made by the war department that
the man known as Captain Pond,
who recently committed suicide at
San Pablo, Fla, was Capt. A. J.
Matthews, who disappeared from
Mare Island navy yard February,
leaving a shortage of some thous-
ands of dollars in his accounts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
To
FIGHT SPAIN

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LISBON, Sept. 11.-As soon as
a loan of $2,500,000 arrives
from Brazil and England this
week, the royalists, who are to-
day gathering at Orense, will
march on the capital.
The republic has $4,000 sold
ierS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11

Personal friends have been
seeking to induce the girl to go to
her mother for reconciliation,
but Mrs. Geraghty says that when
she goes home her husband must
go, too.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
I FRANcIsCo-Ivan

SAN FRANCIsCO-Ivan II.
Gates. manager OF a taxicab COM
pany. tried to dance In taxi.
Tho room was small. He kicked
his foot through the glass door.
The tendon Achilles IL healing
from a bad cut.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-09-11
Mcnamara Trial Most
Costly in History

essary to draw venire of q
least 1,400 men.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

centuries ago The American manager IS usually salts
fed he can muster enough friends first night to
insure a respectable number Of extra curtains and
call for the author at the end of the play.
The Greek playwright did better than this he supplied
wine gratis. for the audience. Can you imagine an
audience condemning play after having been regaed
with wine by the author? Wouldn't most plays look
good to us, after few Smiles from the cup that
cheers? | am tempted to guess yes.
An old custom Of Euripides might be used to advan-
tagc by some prcsent-day dramatsts. EunpidcS when
his plot became hopeessy unintcligibe, caused god
to appear in the clouds and explain to the audience
what the author meant to convey. Wouldn't 1t be a
blessing if some supcrmortal would appear at times in
our theaters and tell what the play meant! Certain
is that many plays have been produced in New York
during the last decade that one not endowed with
occult Supcrhuman perception could possibly under
stand Why not then 60 back to EuripldeS,
An American actor after abandoning the stage, be-
came Speaker Of Congress and some European actors
Continued on page is
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

lied themselves into guilds which correSponded to our
modern Actors Fund and Actors Society. But the
Greek did what the prcSenday actor has talked OF do
ing for vearS,-formcd a union of all the people con-
ncctcd with the thcatcr and forced legislation giving
them special rights and privileges. copy of this
decree was engraved on a stone in the Thcater Of
Dionv ils a portion Of which is still in existence. This
decree among other things granted the actor freedom
TO move from part Of the country 10 another IN
time OF peace or war exemption from military service,
and immunity from arrest for all except debt.
Why the authorities should have been particular
about the trng exception mentioned is not explained
We have been made to believe that the combination
system" (travcling theatrical companies Is thing
OF recent origin DR.. Karl Nlantus in his History OF
Theatrical Art says that the ancient Greek actors
travelled from Athens to Onc-nght stands, and some
times were stranded in the most approved preScn-day
fashion cvcn stranding is not a new custom with the
dramaD The Greek Actors Fund assisted these
orunatcs to return TO the Athens ralto, as it were.
They we're then permitted TO live in the Actors Home
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

Root, the Secretary whose eyes gls,cncd as he read
who told President Mckinley about discovering a
remarkable man who was the most valuable officer in
Cuba
Meanwhile officers OF high rank were trying to settle
affairs a Havana. Results were not satisfactory and
Secretary Root who had talent not only for discover
ing capable but also for turning their abilities to
account, sent General Wood to Havana. He was made
Major General OF volunteers; but still surgeon with
the rank OF Captain IN the regular or permanent
establishment.
President Mckinley and Secretary Root wanted to
reward Wood for the important work he had accom-
pI4hrd and his name was sent TO the Senate as Brga-
der General IN the regular army. The names of
Frederick d. Grant and ]. Franklin Bell, both Brpa-
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
En- ter Another Doctor

THERE is another army doctor who ,.i, an c.r,r .,
equally high military position. MAJOR ,,,,i,la "sa
that number of officers by their unusual ei,C nv
have made the most important place m me ne. bs,
General Answorth is one OF them, and ever % %'lS bos
has been a Chief of Staff he has been siaAoD"S
in the way OF that dignitary. ,,.i5r.
When General Wood received hls Ir, PIoi't ~ ta
1t was probable that he would soon De jIay
four wears, and it was surmscd that there TGG9 Is
difficulties between the Chief OF Staff and me ,a
General General Weston, one Of the brightest bng
the service WI, heard TO remark, Il Soo' rnon
Let the two doctors fight it out They VIII ~
strategy and have more war than in the hed' what
The whole army @ is watching with interest to SEE S Va" so
will happen when there comes clash between Rp,
Major Generals who were formerly surgeons
is the unexpected that Away, happens.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

and sustained until
they secured another
engagement. Probably
in \. y. 2OOO the Amer
lean Actors Fund will
have reached the stand
ard Of the Greek of
400 B. {.
There were some
practices in vogucin the
early days Of thethcater
that are still popular
with us. Claques are
still used in Europe, |
believe, to clap up or
howl down a play, just
as they were in Athens
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

on the Athens stage. Can
we boast Of such profci-
cncy in correct speaking
on our American stage;
Not while we have a
conglomerate mixture Of
western bur, Yankee
twang, and imported
mouthful-oi-mush Eng
liSh.
The Greek actor also
proved himself a more
practical and far seeing
man than his modern
successor. .As early as
the fourth century B. {.
the Greek players organ
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

and sixty American seaman were buried IN the murIv
waters amid the wreck Of American battlcship. The
demand for war could not be stayed.
Roosevelt organized the Rough Riders. He per
-adcd President Mckinley to make DR. Wood Colonel
OF the regiment
The rapid advancement Of both men from. the time
they became intimate friends marvellous that
it would not take a great stretch Of Imagination 10
believe that they really asked themselves how 1t had
come pass. They could have dreamed Of such
high stations they aftcrwrd occupied or that their
attainment possible within few brief years
How Wood Did Ii
THERE is no need OF following Roosevelt his career
Is too well known. But since Leonard Wood is now
at the head OF the United States army II Is interesting
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22
THE HEAD OF THE ARMY
By ARTHUR WALLACE DUNN

to consider how the combina-
ton of opportunity and brains
gave him such rapid advance
mcnt.
After Santiago was cap
turcd, all Generals of Skaters
army fled from the fever
stricken region save Wood.
From Colonel of the Rough
Riders he had been promoted
to be Brigadlcr General Of
volunteers, at the same time
holding his regular army rank
Of Captain in the medical
corps. He was left in COM
mand Of Santiago province
with immune" soldiers, as
men were called who were sup
posed to be fever proof. Cen
cral Wood cleaned up San
tiago. His knowledge as a
doctor fitted him specially
for the work. Then, too, he
had the energy that makes
a Job of that kind successful.
And all the while he was
iamiliarizing himself with con-
ditlons. He learned all that he
possibly could about Cuba and
the Cubans. His reports to
the War Department con-
tanned not only exhaustive
military information, but also
all he could say concerning
the people, their conditions
and occupations, the soil and
what 1t produced, and how
IT could be improved, to-
gcthcr with a report upon the
mineral lands and their pro-
spcctivc producing value when
developed.
These were reports that
were not filed away in War
New-York tribune., 1911-01-22

TT is related as a fanciful
]. incident that Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the
United States, and Leonard
Wood, recently appointed
Major General in the United
States army, paused in a Sc
cluded spot on one of their
long rambles through the
woods of Rock Creek Park
near Washington, gazed at
each other, and, with a grin
breaking over their faces,
asked in the same breath:
How did we ever do it,"
This might have occurred;
for only a few years previous
to the time when our story
opens, as the novelists say,
one had been Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Navy and the other
a surgeon in the army, with
the rank Of Captain.
How did they ever do it?
Luck and Opportunity!
Push and Personality!
knowledge and sense to
make use OF it,
The Assistant Secretary and
the surgeon were forming what
ultimately proved a close and
pronucnt friendship at the
time when there was wide pub
lcity about the Spanish out
RACES in Cuba. Stories Of
horror from the concentration
camps and suffering humanity
e, our doors appealed TO the
liberty loving people Of the
United States. There was a
strong demand for intcrven-
ton. One dircful night the
Maine was blown up in Ha-
y4na UlrbOr and two hundred
The Princeton union., 1911-03-30

It is claimed that reciprocity with
Canada :. would drive American
farmers across the border But ac-
cording to the latest government sta
tistics from Ottawa there we're 1O2, 900
American farmers made that move in
the last ten months. And yet there
was no reciprocity. Duluth Herald.
To the liberal inducements offered
settlers by the Canadian government
can be largely attributed the exodus
of American farmers across the
border. The Canadian government
advertises extensively and continu.
ously in the newspapers of the United
States and distributes hundreds o1
thousands of pamphlets setting forth
the price of land and the terms upon
which it may be obtained. Hence
homeseekers are attracted to thai
country. But it can be truthfully said
that many of them would gladly re.
turn did they but have the money with
which to do so.
The Princeton union., 1911-03-30
Big Grasshopper Crop Predicted.


The grasshopper outlook for the
coming summer is serious in the opin-
ion of the state entomologist. Farms
in the central and west central part OF
the state, and from thence northward
may suffer..in localities where large
tracts of uncultivated lands exist.
Farmers in these districts have asked
for help from the state entomologist
in connection with these pests, and it
is planned to have an expert in the
field all summer experimenting with
methods by which each individual
farmer can protect his own crops
effectively and economically. This is
special work quite outside of, and in
addition to, the..reg:lar experimental
work of the coming season, and for
that reason an appropriation has been
asked of the legislature. Nearly two
thirds of the fax crop of the state ii
1910 was destroyed by grasshopperss%.
The Princeton union., 1911-03-30

Joseph Chapman, jr., of the North.
western National bank, Minneapolis,
gave a very interesting talk before the
Chicago Association of Commerce
F-fast~~week. on" ~",Agricultural, ,-=:Educa.
tion and Vocational Training, The
speaker contended that the city girl
who goes into rural communities to
teach isa menace to the AGRICULTURAL
future of the nation-that she strikes
at the backbone of the country's pros
perity. "From her position on the
rostrum of the little red school
house," says he, "the teacher from
the city turns the thoughts of her boy
pupils into other channels than those
leading to the raising of cattle and
corn" There is no doubt truth in
this, for the city teacher is raised in
an altogether different environment
from the country teacher and is
naturally in favor of city avocations
and methods. Her sympathies lean
thatsway.. :,'.z ~