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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

DENVER, Col, Nov. 20
Judge Allen today ordered the
courtroom here closed, saying that
he would not return from the fun
eral of District Judge Bliss until 2
o'clock and ordered any verdict
reported by tho jury in the case
Of Mrs. Gertrude G.. Patterson,
charged with the murder of her
husband, Charles A. Patterson, be-
fore that time, to be held.
The jury returned at 9:4o
O'Clock last night. Mrs. Patter-
son is on the verge of collapse.
The first ballot was taken at 8
o'clock today. Many wild rumors
as to how the vote stood are
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

"The first dollar / ever earned
.-if l did earn it-and / have al
ways contended that it was earned
honestly as well as painfully-was
when I was 8 years old, back In
the Pennsylvania coal regions, ="
said A. b. Taylor, city claim
agent.
"one DAY my father sent me to
a neighbor on an errand and on
my way home I passed another
neighbor's place; this neighbor
was the proud possessor OF an
enomous turkey gobbler. / al
ways carried sling shot or two
the kind made of a forked stick
with a strong rubber band attach
ed--and much practice had made
me very expert in it's use.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
How Earned My First Dollar
Being Different Successful
Men Got Their Start in Life.

Passing the neighbor's home
his gobbler strutted out defiantly
into the middle of the road. A
big coal miner happened along
and as I was using one of my
sling shots on fence posts, he sail,
Why don't you try your luck on
the gobbler."
"If you can nit him in the neck
I'll give you a dollar" he said.
Having some good sized lead
bullets in my pockets, I slipped
one in, drew back the rubber and
at a distance of 80 feet let go.
1.-THE bullet went true, the gob-
bier went down with a broken
neck and I grabbed the dollar and
beat It for home. The owner OF
the gobbler beat II for home too.
but 1t was my home. got there
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

Peace hovers over Aberdeen; |;
the Industrial World Workers are
gone.
"They ran us out all right, but
wait" said Tracy Newell.
That "wait" is eloquent and full
of meaning for Aberdeen.
Tracy Newell is a typical In
dustrial World Worker. He was a
soldier in the Spanish-American
war. He is now a soldier in the
Industrial war-the war til So
cialism on one side, capitalism on
the other
The Industrial World Workers
is socialist labor union-eco-
nomic and industrial with polit,
lcal propaganda. Old-fashioned
labor unions generally prohibited
politics. The Industrial World
Workers embraces it-socialist
politics.
Weyerhaeusers Against Them.
''It isn't Aberdeen fighting us;
it's the Weyerhaeuser Timber
trust" says Newell.
Watch u.s. says Newell.
II his statement is true, they
will be watched all right.
II was one of the 13 club bri-
gade marched out two miles after
midnight and then fired US, telling
us: If you go and stay. God bless
you; IL you come back. God help
you 1t was pitch dark and pour
ing rain and we had 13 mites
splashing to Mcntesano. wore
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
Then an interview hap

first. Then an interview hap
pened.
"My pater offered to pay for the
turkey; this was refused. Father
gave me good spanking and de-
stroyed my weapons. He did not
know that 1 had gotten dollar for
being an expert shot. In few
days 1 was again armed, having
purchased lead with the dollar,
the whole of which nodded into
bullets.
What made me more sore than
the spanking was the fact that the
owner of the gobbler had roast
turkey and cranberry sauce in .
day or two and / was not invited
after my having gone to the trou-
bic of furnishing the turkey a
week before Christmas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
TRY SHOPMAN
FOR MURDER
Of PICKET
(United Press Leased wire.)

NOhieeu hTCsS lIcAscu wItsb
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 29.--
Reversing the Mcnamara case
union labor In Portland will hale
capital into court here February
IL when Bert Hicks. a machine
shop owner, goes on trial for the
murder of Bert Workman, a strid-
ing shopman who was picketing
Kicks shops.
Hicks pleaded not guilty today.
He will be defended by a corps of
prominent attorneys identified
with big business interests.
1t is asserted that the employ
ers, who are fighting organized la
Bor here, will back the defense to
the extent Of 100000 II neces-
sary.
The Central Labor Council has
employed William Davis, promiu-
ent criminal attorney. to aid the
district attorney.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

The assaulted woman's husband,
j. F!e Moore, sworc out q "John
Doe" warrant against the man to-
day.
With bloodhounds from Seattle,
an armed posse is securing the
woods around the Bay Island road
toward Steilacoom for traces OF an
unknown man who attempted last
night to assault the wife of con-
tractor who is building a mill out
there.
The woman had left the Stella
COON car at the city limits about
z o'clock, and struck Off across
country by lonely road to get tn
the mill. She was intending to
make little visit to her hus-
band.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
Operate On
Ad WoIgast

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20
Champion Ad Wolgast was operat-
ed on for appendicitis by DR.. J..
w. Pollard at the Clara Barton
hospital at 9:30 a. m. The cham
p,on was on the table one hour
and 20 minutes. The operation
was pronounced success and
Wolgast Is resting easily. !.
Wolgast came out from under
the opiate at 1880 and was de-
lirious.
81 didn't suppose he could
knock me out" he muttered again
aud again, evidently thinking of
Welsh. "How did 1t happen?"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

"Give me $40 or I'll kill YOU"
Only waiting for d. Lateral,
Of the Board Of Trade
saloon, 1928 Pacific av., to refuse
this demand, Gus Goodftin, cook,
in charge of the lunch counter
there, blazed away with a big
caliber revolver. I
The bullet ploughed a hole
across the front of Laterza's coat,
without touching his body. He
grabbed the gun the next minute
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
(By United Press Leased wire,)

(By United Press Leased Wire;)
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-Because2
they beat to death with clubs and
revolver butts Fred w. Gruelzow,;
a truck gardener, while he plead
ed with them on his knees for his
life, four men are now facing
death on the gallows, while two
16-year-old boys must serve life
Imprisonment.
They are Ewald and Frank
Shiblawski, Philip Sommerling
and Frank Kita and Leo SukoT'
mitz. !
The six thugs met Gruelzow
with load of produce on the outs
skirts of Chicago. The terrified
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

these" and Newell exhibited a
pair of summer oxfords.
Left Him Crippled.
"I have had rheumatism ever
since. l have had 1t ever since
the Spanish-Ameriean war. But a
man can afford to suffer for prin-
ciple." {@
Will Aberdeen be able to keep
out men of that disposition?
'I admit they got ahead of US
by refusing to put us in jail. But
Mayor Parks came to Montesano
next day and offered to compro
misc and have the ordinance
amended so we could speak with
in 80 feet of Heron street. / was
on the committee that went back
to Aberdeen Sunday to tell them
we would accept this. Then they
told us they would do nothing and
TO get out of town.
Dynamite Explosion.
when they marched us out ]
heard them discussing whether
they would beat us up or not.
Twenty-seven of our men coming
ba. k near Centralia came near be-
ing assassinated. Someone ex-
rloled dynamite above them,
whether 1t was to intimidate them
or an attempt to kill them I dc
not know" - ~e@
But Jail, dynamite, midnight
marches through rain, they are al
the same to Newell.
I'VE can afford to suffer FOL
principle" he says.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

ADMITS
CRIME

On q promise of the local au-
thorities to have sentence on his
crimes here suspended and to al-
low him to return to Folsom
prison, California. and serve the
remainder of another sentence on
which he Is now paroled, ii. M.
Grimm yesterday confessed to hav-
ing robbed Conductor Bissell last
Sunday morning at the end of the
X st. car line.
Grimm also told of having held
up Milkman Winthrop q week be-
fore and of robbing q Jap laundry
driver. The police believe that he
is responsible for other robberies,
too.
Under parole rules, Grimm will
have to serve 10 years. He had
been out for 3h years and must
now serve twice the number of
years at liberty plus the remainder
of his term. Grimm had previ-
ously declared his innocence and
said he had been at the Germania
hall dance until a late hour the
night of the car robbery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
Bow Murderers
Will Be Hanged

farmer, offered them all his pos
Sessions If they would spare him,
because he had a wife and child
at home,
:, Laughing, they dubbed him in
to iIisensibility, stabbed him sew
eral times, cut his throat, and,
dragging. the .lifeless body into q
near fg thicket, jammed a club
down Its throat and fired several
shots into the corpse.
i After the verdict heavy guard
was placed about the county Jail,
the Homes of the prosecutor and
the jhdge and each of the Twelve
Jurors. following threats by
friends Of the thugs to avenge
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
Man HUNT AT
STE|LAC0OM

At a lonely point In the road Q
man. who she says was dark and
roughly dressed and had foreign
appearance, jumped out and
caught her.
The woman fought desperately
and screamed for help. Finally
she managed to get away from her
assailant. and fled down the road.
The man, alarmed by her OUT
cries, did not follow.
When she reached the mill
where her husband was she was
nearly prostrated, but managed to
tell him the story. He at once
organized a posse and started In
search OF the assailant.
City police under Detective
Huckaby went to the assistance OF
the posse today
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

afloat.
Mrs. Patterson is much detected
and evidently fears a verdict of
guilty. She has aged ten years IN
the last week.
What hurt me most was Mr.
Benson calling me a vampire" de-
clared the woman to group OF
newspaper men.
Robert Hillyard, who is playing
"a Fool There Was" a play of the
vampire woman" here, was in
court yesterday when Benson de-
livered his denunciation. Rumors
that Mrs. Patterson would join his
company if acquitted are denied
by Hillyard, but he said that he
nitiad the woman
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
Find Mother Of
Deserted Baby?

The police think they have To-
Gated in a nearby town the real
"Mrs. Grey" who deserted the
two-months-old baby found in q
room in the Olympus hotel here.
The Portland theory that she
was a Mrs. Blk, who recently left
her husband with a two-year-old
child, is discredited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
COOK SHOOTS
SALOON man

and grappled with his assailant.
Other men rushed to his aid, and
Patrolman Morris arrested Goodf-
tin.
Laterza, the police learn, had
sold the lunch counter privileges
at the saloon to Goodftin for
$685. After having paid all but
$25, Hhe cook began drinking and
wanted his money back. Laterza
refused to give it to him.
This morning he made his final
ATTEMPT to get It,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
GotAn Idea?

Got any ideas as to what should
be put in the new municipal dock?
Mayor Seymour wants to hear
them next Monday at the commits
sion meeting. The thing that real
ly is necessary of course is cold
cash. 1t has 100000 and three
times that is needed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
MISS ALLSTRUM
NEW JOB

Larry Turnbull, appointed by
Mayor Seymour, was confirmed as
city sealer of weights and meas
ures today. The mayor also in
,roduced an ordinance to combine
the pure food inspector and mar
ket master.
He has put Miss Allstrum in
charge of the market as well as
pure food.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
Bandits |
Taken
(By United Press Leased Wire }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ROSEBURG, Ore, Nov. 29.-
Edward Jurgins and Fred Foster,
both in their early twenties, are
under arrest as the daring high;
waymen who held up the stage
at Drain last Saturday.
A marked SIS goldpiece which
was taken from a passenger was
found in their possession.ss. The
authorities expect them to con-
fess.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

(By United Press Leased Wfre.)
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 10.
Governor Henry Il.
Gage, afterward minister to Por-
tugal, and one of the leaders of
the republican party in California,
will help defend Franklin.
LOS ANGELES, CAL, Nov. o.
Completely overshadowing the
routine proceedings In the McNa-
mara case are the developments
in the alleged attempted Jury
bribery by Bert Franklin, chief
Investigator for the Mcnamara de-
tense.
District Attorney Fredericks an
nounced that a grand jury would
ne called to probe the Franklin
matter.
Earl Rogers, formerly attorney
for the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' association in this city, has
been engaged to defend Franklin.
Meanwhile the attorneys for the
defense bitterly declare that there
Is absolutely no connection be-
tween their office and the alleged
bribery.
"Mrs. Franklin asked me to go
to her husband and i went" said
Lecompte Davis, "and ! asked him
what there was In the charge
against him. He told me on his
word OF honor there was nothing.
Why, then, should not do what
| could for him?"
Mr.. Darrow broke into the con-
Versation: II personally would
look after any man who was un-
fortunate enough to get into diff
ficulty with the law" he said,
but any statement that / or any
man connected with me would
have anything to do with bribing
is a lie."
HAIL, OF ECORS los AN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
Medal For Peary

PARIS, Nov. 29.-The French
academy of sports will award Cap
tain Deary a gold medal for find
ing the north pole. William Bur-
CESS, who swan the English chan
mel, will also get one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
Franklin Arrest Is
Big Sensation

ly show Judge Willis that there u
a valid reason for calling of ,
grand jury to investigate the al
legged Franklin bribery, none will
be called.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
FREES MRS.
PATTERSON
fBv United Pre- IS Leased Wire.)

BY Unite Pre IS Leased Wire.) ,,
DENVER out from 0:45 last night h
which tried Mrs Gertrude GID
husband Charles o.
rcturn a verdict of guilty"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
LOSING
MONEY ON
WORK
. eeeseeseeeesso Q .

} Light and Power Receipts of Z
the City. =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

HALL OF RECoRS, LOS AN
GELES, Nov. 9.-Unless District
Attorney Fredericks can absolute
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29
We Will Go Back, Say I.W.W.
Workers of Aberdeen Fight

Eyes. we're out of Aberdeen, but
wait!"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-11-29

Tell Gov. Hay that you want to ca
vote for president. Sign the petitio
today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28
THIEVES PAINT DOC
AND SELL IT To ITS
ORIGINAL OWNER
(By Leased Wirel


Philadelphia, Jan. 27-Two dos
thieves are working Philadelphia on
a new scheme They first get the dog
paint spots on him and then have The
nerve 10 resell the animal to the orig
inal owner. To date only one man
has acknowledged being a victim
Policeman Tom Benz last week lost
his pet poodle. Friday night two
strangers went to the home of Benz
and sold him a dog for $40 Benz
thought he was a real dog charmer
~Rube" as the new" pet was named
went into the yard and got dirty
Benz decided the animal needed a
hath and gave him one Pretty black
marking disappeared Benz discover
ing his original dog,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28
Bills Pending Before
Oklahoma Legislature

ter ideas of four or five house bills.
and has the approval of the state auto
mobile association
Cities and towns are given full
power to regulate the speed of auto
mobiles therein. All machines must
be registered with the secretary Of
state, and pay license fee of $40;
all chauffeuns must register with the
secretary OF state and pay a fee OF
81
1t is made a felony to injure a per-
son and not stop, give them aid, take
them to their home etc.
Three violations OF speed ordinanc-
es. etc. fOrfeits the state license for
a year.
To Sell School Lands.
To sell all the remaining state lands
about 1.560.006 acres, is the purpose
OF a bin introduced in the house of
representatives by Logan. Anthony,
Maxey ana Crawford The bill pro-
poses no great innovations in the
methods followed in selling state
lands the past year.
The first land sale bill went
! through the 1909 legislature and pro-
vided for selling about a million and
half acres. To date, probably 700,-
600 acres have been sold
The bill lists as land proposed TO
be sold, all of sections 13, 16 and So.
and section &c, old Greer county Inns
includes the common school lands,
none of which is authorized to be sold
by the 1909 law
A height hour day for women EN-
ployed in telephone exchanges. laun-
dries, stores, etc. is the purpose of
a bill introduced by McDuffie and
Williams OF Comanche Employers
violating the law are made liable to
fines Of SO to $50 per day for each
offense, and each day to constitute a
separate Offense.
Interests in Judgments.
Barrett Of Pottawatomie intrOduc-
ed four bills by request; one relative
to judgments Of the supreme court;
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28

the second, allowing the supreme
court 10 add ten per cent to judg-
ments in certain cases; the third, 10
reform procedure in certain clvi cas-
es. etc: the fourth. providing for the
recoyery for the benefit of the estate
damages for the injury or death OF
person, even in cases of manslaughter
and murder.
After Medical Peddlers.
Madden OF Harmon introduced
bill providing heavy fines for any one
peddling medicines. stock feeds, etc
Jamison, Clarke OF Pawnee, Tester
man and Rose are the authors OF a
bill intended to prevent buyers of
grain, hay seeds. coal, etc, or any
other prciuct. from deducting any
other product. from deducting any
/ percentage from the actual weight
under claim that it is custom or
rule of trade. and requiring the pur-
/ chace price to be in full for the ac-
I tual weight--in other words, an anti
docking bill
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28
NINE. uPKQWsRA SING
WITHOUT HER CORsETs?
PERISH THE VERY IDEA!
tBy Leased Wire)

Chicago, Jan. 27-The stiH hunt for
Nine. Lipkowska's S trunks was con
tinued today with unabated zeal for
the great diva wants those ahem-
stays.
The great song bird was due to sing
yesterday at an ultra-fashionable re-
cital in the Blackstone hotel She
came all the way to Chicago to rem
der a few ditties.
But when her manager presented
her checks at the baggage Office it
was discovered her trunks had not
come through on the same train.
Now here was pretty howdy-dO.
For the diva's corsets were in the
ltrunks-or rather in one of them. And
although Nine Lipkowaska refuses to
bind her figure in barba,ic stays for
every day use, she insists on them
when she warbles
Their support is an aid to breath
ing" she declares. And without
them she declined to sing For two
hours the fashionables slipped theii
tea in the ball room at the Black
stone, while all the leading corset
ieres tried EN- on the prima donna
After a lengthy delay the proper size
was found and madame appeared
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28
FOLEY KIDNEY Pills

Are tonic IN action, quick In results,
A special medicine for all kidney and
bladder disorders. Mary C. Abbott,
Wolfeboro, N H., says: Il was af-
flcted with bad case of rheumatism
due to uric acid that my kidneys
failed to clear out Of Lny blood. | was
so lame In my feet, joints, and back
that 1t was agony for me to step.
used Foley Kidney Pills for three
days when was able to get up and
move about and the pains were all
gone This great change IN condi'
tion I owe to Foley Kidney Pills an
recommend them to anyone suffering
hs i aaYe, &C. II. CIamsT.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28
special to the DAILY Leader.

OBSN'0A w hhN IhAlJ A@OaACAs
Oklahoma City, Okla, Jan.27.-
Jackson and Champion are the au-
thos of bill for the sale of unclaim-
ed goods, wares and materials, by
warehouse men, storage men, rail
roads, express companies. etc Clark
Of Grant and FISHERMAN introduced a
measure, relative to procedure in APP
peals from justices OF the peace An
other bill by Jackson and Champion
provides for attorneys fees in civil
cases Clark of Pawnee and Glover
introduced another bin relative to
lens.
Educational Hea, ure.
Akin is the author of the fourth
house bill creating state board OF
education or educational commission.
His bill creates a state board COM
posed of nine members, the state
superintendent of instruction, and
eight members to be appointed by
the governor. who shall have had
three years educational experience.
and who shall receive SIS per day and
/ expenses for not more than 90 days
Of the year. To this board he would
give the duties of making annual re-
ports of all the educational insttu-
tions; TO furnish the legislature with
/ the budget of expense on when TO
base appropriations; 10 fix the cours-
es of study; to Sc ect the text bookc
and otherwise perform the functions
of the present text book commission;
to supervise in general way the pub
lie schools and educational instltu-
tions Of the state, and to otherwise
assist in harmonizing and knitting 1t
into a compact machine the educa-
tional work Of the state.
Maximum Speed Law.
A maximum speed on country roads
Of % miles an hour is the only auto
mobile speed limitation attempted in
house committee bill No. 81 which
came out Of the house committee and
Is now on the calendar for final pas
sage. The measure includes the bet
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-28
INVALUABLE To THE FARMER
Pure Seed and Live Stock Demonstration Train
Brings Farm Science to the Soil
Ti1lers Very Door

Dial. Oklahoma City. lecturer board
OF agriculture. Frank Fields, assist
ant secretary board OF agriculture.
o. Brown, press agent
Professor IeflOrds, In charge OF the
work, is an earnest and tireless work
or and is ubiquitous. Much Of the
success of the work of the train must
be attributed to his painstaking care.
Oil Belt interested
The stops at Cleveland. the first i'm
pOrtant town In the oil belt, found a
large gathering of enthusiastic citi-
zens. Although oil interests have Oc-
cupied the minds Of the people Of
this section great deal, they are
alive to the excellence OF the Arkan
sas river valley lands and are direct
ing their attentions 10 the produc-
tion or corn and cotton.
Hominy was reached in the middle
OF the afternoon where was assem-
bled the farmer crowd Of the day.
The train had been splendidly adyer-
tsed. Business men locked their
stores, the banks were closed and
the town went on a holiday. The
principal of the schol marshaled the
various rooms in military style ana
the red and white races marched side
by side presenting an interesting
| spectacle.
Ahalf hundred blanketed Osages
listened with stolid Indifference to
the lectures and curiously scrutinized
the display AS the train pulled
away they gave the usual grunt of ap-
proyal. Hominy has recently became
a white mans town. Cotton receipts
at this place 1000 bales.
Stops at Dewey was repetition Of
the previous places. A crowd of 50t
was on hand. From here the trair
lreturned to Baftlesville the hueen
city of this section, for the night