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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
FEEL LIKE YOU own
A BLOCK DECLARES
MORPHINE F|END
DOC" LEWIS, ONCE COLLEGE
GRADUATE, THE VICTIM
Seemingly No Cure for the dope Fiend Who Once
Finds Himself in the Clutches of the Drug Habit.

will be in better condition.
Education and good breeding of
the man are evidence in speech
and action.
So nervous that he could scarce
ly control his voice he told me of
how he first came to take the
drug, how the habit grew upon
him, his awful struggles against
the drug, and final subsection
to it's influence.
"I came of good family, was
well brought up and given the
best education possible. Shortly
after graduating from Stanford,
while out driving, my horse ran
away. I was thrown from the
carriage and so badly injured that
for almost an entire year I was
kept under the influence of NOR
phine, did not realize the ter
rible habit that was getting so
strong a hold on me. And when
I finally left the hospital and went
to my home sleeping and eating
were an impossibility.
"I was subject to craving for
something, what, did not realize
at first. That Is how / began the
use Of the drug.
Owns the Block.
'I cannot explain the effect that
the drug has upon one. You
simp1y feel that Won own the whole
block and no harm ever did hap
pen or ever will happen to you or
any one else.
"a thought of anything unhap-
py or discouraging is simply i'm
possible when under its influence.
AS the effect Of the drug wears of
feeling of dependency comes
over you until the craving would
lead to any crime to get it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Jim Hill Offers a Cup
For the Wheat Exhibit

James ]. Hill, the railroad mag
nate, in order to encourage wheat
production will offer q 81, ,00O en-
graved cup, five feet high, for the
best 100 pounds of wheat raised in
the United States. This cup will
be awarded at the New York land
show to be held In Madison Square
Garden, Nov. 8 to Nov. IL, of this
year.
1t IL nointed out by Hill that L.
00o,0 Immigrants, most Of
whom ersed In soil tillage,
reach M ork each year. These
people ara Nrally anxious to find
where theN soil lies and they
will largeiV Nrise attendance at
the land shN.
As an inceA for localities
which are anxioN TO populate
their vacant land, Hill decided that
a cup for the best wheat exhibition
would have a tendency to start
Hill Is especially anxious that
the Northwest enter into this COM
petition as the advertisement will
result in some section securing
thousands of people who will
either locate on farms or work for
farmers until they possess the
wherewith to buy places of their
own.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
BY Ruby Russell.

"None but God Himself and
those who are subject to 1t can
understand how helpless a man
becomes once the drug habit gets
O hold on him. This is what
DOC" Lewis, a former Stanford
university man, and now in the
county jail, said yesterday.
mo one despises me half as
much as do myself, but the drug
is stronger than I am. 1t is al
most useless to fight 1t and there
is no cure. Cures for the drug
habit are advertised but they all
are fakes. I know for l have
spent hundreds Of dollars on
them.
"In one place bribed the guard
to bring me the drug and in an
other half killed my keeper and
got away. If there is a cure II
is the lock and key. When first
came here l could have committed
murder to get the dope. The ter
rible craving is gone now, but ]
know IL the drug were placed be-
fore me / could not Withstand the
temptation"
ePracticed Medicine.
doc" Lewis is q we'll known
character about town. He prac-
ticed medicine here for a while,
but the drug habit gradually "got
him" and now thirty-two years
use of 1t has made of what was
once a promising man, wreck
physically and mentally.
He has been in the jail now for
over two weeks, and during that
time has been allowed no drop OF
the drug. The worst of the crav-
Ing is over, and Jailer Longmire
says that by the time he has serv-
ed out his sentence in June he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
SECOND DAY OF
RATE HEARING

The state railway commission
has now been at 1t two days hear
ing evidence on the matter of dis
elimination against Tacoma and
Seattle on freight rates and IL
will take two days more.
Joe Teal is attorney for the
shippers who want a revision ot
rates SO manufacturing and job.
bing can be developed on the
coast. He says he expects to fin.
ish his case this evening.
Judge Reid for the Northern
Pacific stated this afternoon he
believed the railways could finisf
their side in two days SO that by
Thursday night the commission
will probably have the evidence II
hand ready to consider and de
eide.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
CRAFTERS ARE
bOLOEST YET,
SAYS BURNS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
COLUMBUS, o., May 2.-"The
legislators involved In our investi-
CATION here are the biggest and
boldest grafters l ever encounter
ed. We have the men absolutely
cinched."
This was the expression here
today of Detective William J.
Burns when he arrived in the city
to take personal charge of the
probe into alleged crookedness in
the state legislature.
This present legislature, +"
Burns continued. "is one of the
most corrupt ever investigated.
Corruption in both houses is wide
spread. But there is no doubt
that we have the grafters hard
and fast"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
SAM SEES DEPOT
OPENED AND CAFES !
IN AVE AT TRAINS
HEARS The "GuY" WHAT
''SKINNED" FAWCETT
Fine Demonstration of Public as Result Of Beautiful
Structures Completion.

many voices were discussing tho
big building to ever let that vast
throng know what the speakers
were saying.
One important thing that Dan
Cornell stated, however, was that
this Is the largest and most CONS
plete exclusive passenger depot
west of New York. city and ne
quoted the figures on floor space
to prove It.
The dedication will continue In
conferences and meetings of the
railway men In this city today
and this evening a banquet will
close the two days festivities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Seattle Will
Give $4,000
(By United Press Leased Wirc.)

(By United Press Leased Wirc.)
Los ANGELES, May 2.-J. III.
Timmons, local organizer of the
iron workers union, received q
telegram today from. Seattle adj
vising him that the Seattle Labor
Council at a meeting last night
voted $4,000 for the defense OF
John j. and James b. McNamara,
accused of the Times dynawiting
and pledged their mnrna support
to the men behind the McNamara
brothers defense.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
SEYMOUR APPOINTS
WOMAN CLERK

A woman clerk win take the
place of Clerk Anderson in the
health office tomorrow. Mayor
Seymour is rapidly eliminating
every employe of Mayor Fawoett
and completely overturning the
whole administration OF affairs.
Wfssinger and Grant of the
sanitary inspectors were eliminat-
ed yesterday.
1t Is intimated that Anderson
may be sent out on the street as a
sanitary inspector until May IL
when an examination win be held
to select new inspectors by the
civil service board.
The woman clerk to go in Is
Elizabeth Gartley, who has been
in the office Of Grosscup & Nor
row.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Machine Guns to Quell
Chinese Rioters

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
HONGKONG, May 2.-British
bluejackets and marines with rap
i'd fire guns landed today in Can
ton from four warships to que1l
the Chinese rioters there df any
attempts are made against for
eign residents or property.
The guns are posted along the
canal bank which bounds the for
eign concession ready to open fire
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
NEWS ITEMS FROM
THE HICKrOWN BEE.

The Hicktown Chamber of Com
merce Will not hold the great 4tn
There are some fe1lers In Seattle
who have started a rival affair,
only they call 1t the Potiatch. This
shows just how jealous some towns
ARE of Hicktown enterprise
McCarthy's Trained Goat Show
will play in Hicktown next Tuesday.
1t Is very strong show, the adj
vance agent says.
Seventeen years ago today the edi-
tor of The Zee started to be q jour-
|nalist and win fame and fortune.
He is still a journalist. and hopes
to be able to pay the rent when fe
lbecomes due.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

at the >frst sign of trouble. Be
sides the four British warships,
two American and one German
gunboat and two French warsihips
are ready to open on the Chinese
rebels in case of need.
No foreigners have yet suffered
through the revolt, SO far as is
known, although the gravest fears
are felt for the safety of the mis-
sionaries and traders scattered
through the interior.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Seattle JaiIer
Loses Fight

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, May 2.-The wom-
en- defeated Mayor Dilling In their
demand for the removal Of Jailer
John Corbett last night and the
council ordered Corbett changed
to some other place or dropped
entirely. He has been jailer for
20 years. The women said he
was cruel to prisoners. Mayor.
Dilling fought for the jai1er.
Patrolman G. ]. Byers was sus-
pended by the chief for sl4pping
a prisoner while he was being
searched.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
SHOTS FIRED
in STRIKE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
CLEVELAND, O., May 2.-The
police today took a hand in the
trouble between non7union work
ers employed on bridge on the
outskirts of the city, and union
men and their sympathizers, which
resulted yesterday in the shooting
of one man and the injuring of
several.
The authorities were unable to
learn who fired the shots beyond
that most of them came from a
shanty where the non-unionists
had their headquarters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Fears Stealing
of Documents

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, May 2.-Fear-
ing that an attempt might be
made to reach the records in the
safes and cabinets of the Burns
Detective agency in the Story
building, e. ii. Mills, local mana
ger of the agency, said today
that his office was taking extraor-
dinary precautions. Mills de-
clared that during the time the
grand jury was in session here
following the Times disaster the
office was entered and desks and
filing cabinets apparently ran
sacked.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
THIS IS AWFUL, joint
(By United Press Leased wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May Q. -
With wells in every known oil
bearing section of the world, and
with a capitalization of 100000. :
900, the Royal Petroleum Co., a
Dutch corporation, It was learned
today, is about to enter the local
field in competition with the
Standard Oil Co. After success
fully fighting the Rockefeller in
terests in Europe and India, the
Dutch concern proposes to carry
the fight straight home, and for
this purpose will open offices In
New York and San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Woodrow Wilson Is
Asked to Sneak Here

,Supplementing the invitation oil
Calvin w. Stewart, Mayor Sey-l
mour yesterday telegraphed tol
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey asking him to speak in the|
stadium here Sunday, May 21, or|
Monday, May 22.
He Will be In this. section at
that time
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Trial Will Not Begin
Until Next Week

try the case solely on the evidence,
but that any venireman's express
sion OF opposition to labor oil to
General, Otis, owner of the Times,
would pc used by the prosecution
as basis for a challenge.
- 1T ID a safe prediction that the
prelimiiary examination of the
accused men will not be held for
some Nttle time, probably not be-
fore the middle of next week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
GADSKT GOES AWAY
TO REGAIN HEALTH

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
NEW YORK, May 2.--Suffer-
ing acutely. from sciatica, Nine
Johanna Gadski today sailed on
the ,Kronz Princess Cecilia Tor Eu-
rope. The singer goes to take a
cure at German health resort.
Madame Gadski was carried on a
litter from the st. Regis hotel to
the steamship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Picked Up From the Days News

HOQUIAM, May 2. - Lake
Quinault, Humptulips, Aberdeen
and Hoquiam are joining In a
movement to sell buttons and raise
SIS, 900 to which the county COM
missions agree to add $4,000, to
build the Lake Quinault road this
summer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Mrs. McManigal
In Collapse

(By United Press Leased Wirc.) .
CHICAGO, May 2.---Mrs. Ortie
McManigal, wife of one of the al
legged dynamiters, held in Los An
geles, Is today in a state OF nerv-
Gus collapse at her home here
through worry over her husbands
arrest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

ST. LOUIS, May 2.--When Mrs.
John H. Kohring wife of a wealthy
retired broker was dying, she
called her husband and his house
keeper, Miss Bertha Henkel, to
her bedside.
when I'm gone" she feebly
whispered, 81 want you two to
2 marry. ] want Miss Henkel, who
has nursed me 30 well for two
years. to succeed me In your af-
fections."
Carrying out the deathbed Vish.
Kohring, who is rs, and Miss Hen
kel, 46, were married today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
SCHOONER SINKS:
FIVE MEN DROWN
(By United Press Leased Wire

(By United Press Leased Wire0
MILWAUKEE, May "A two-masted schooner believed to
be trader capsed off Whitefh half mile out I'm Lake
Michigan perish.
reach
sea- is running and succeeded
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
I,AKEWOoD, n. j.. Nav 2. :

a family horse, petted for years,
ridden through the woods by Ar
mold Turneb was given his head
and went straight to the body of
Mrs. Charles N. Turner, an aunt,
who had been missing several
days. She was murdered with a
club. but the crime is still deep
mystery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

SEATTLE, May 2.-W. j. Nc
Laughlin, proprietor of a saloon In
Ballard, was excused from jury
service because he Is too fat. He
said that he usually fell asleep
when serving on jury, and that
once a new trial had to be order
ed on that account. Judge Gill
lam said he wouldn't take a
chance on a new trial ON that ac-
count and excused him. Nc
Laughlin weighs ESQ pounds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
WEATHER FORECAST.

Showers tonight and Wednes-
day. Light southerly windb
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

Katherine Keared has had to strong fight for Amer
in London, where
the Vampire in "a Fool There Vampire
about unpleasant lady
the English crhcs-several of themcared that the
fine type of American woman That pretty
But Kealred kept head;
ing that kpng Englishman had written the THE YAM
pire which the play based
had had most to do with the making Of the English
artists had made several paintings of he
and had always used English
time what American look ed like,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02
Late Bulletins
(By United Press Leased Wire. !,

PASO Tex, May 2Judge Carbaja. peace
President Daz delayed arriving
activity Laredo PaIacio.
El Paso for several days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

NEW YORK, May John Mitchell former president Of
United Mine Workers of American compelled
Ito give his position with the National Civic Federation will
ION the lecture platform
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

PORTLAND May 2-Six union painters
declined against
painters advertising for donaI painters
work today. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 2-Cap-
tain Goddard Ezekial Dodge Dia-
tnond, born three years before the
death of George Washington, is
today celebrating his 116th birth
day at the Crocker Old Peoples
Home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, May 2.--Malory's
LIE Morte d'Arthur, purchased at
auction for $42,800, took its place
on the shelf today beside other
costly volumes in ]. P. Morgan's
innermost library. The book,
which In 1893 sold for 68 cents,
was secured by Miss Belle De Co.'S
ta Greene, Morgan's librarian,
after a spirited contest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-05-02

The Royal. Arch and the corporations ar
working hard today with automobiles trying 4
save Roys, but there are enough honest voter
to beat him If they y-all get out.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09

The prisoner had confidently expect
ed hung jury" not acqu!ttal nor
conviction. The court requested the
audience not TO manifest It's approva!
or disapproval. whatever the verdict
And what is your verdict?" asked
Judge Watson. turning again 10 Fore
man Burgess.
Guilty" answered Burgess. but his
voice was swe,led by the shout OF
eleven others
IMMERSED in law or the forms OF a
murder trial. the juryInen had not spe-
cihed wha. degree OF murder. Asked
what degr.e, Mr. burgess answered.
Guilty a. indicted" Under Virginia
practice murder Is presumed to be
second degree unless otherwise speci-
fed. II was incumbent Upon tho jury
! To fla the degree. So Judge Watson
advised the jurymen. to- confer again
on the point. ana seven minutes later
they conformed--this time with the
verdict OF murder in the FIRST de-
gree"
The prisoner stood erect and notion
less. His face. in color yellowlsh
green throughout the day, was i'm
mobile
The light OF a lamp cast a dreary
shadow on his upturned chin as ne
idceO tlc jury. his eycl!GS SasEcG,
but did not blink. In steady gaze he
fastened his EYES on the faces OF the
twelve men who hah pronounced his
punishment as II TO penetrate their
minds and determine the reason why.
1t was not resentful expression, how
ever. and when the court asked II the
prisoner had anything to say he an
swered:
II have nothing to say" and sat
down
The perfunctory motions for new
trial were made by counsel for the
defense. The usual granting of per
mission even TO argue the point was
denied, as Judge Watson, in a stern
voice. declared that all rulings OF tho
court were on comparatively unim-
portant detail and in no way could
have influenced the verdict 4 stay OF
execution was granted. however in
order TO give counsel opportunity
20 apply for writ of error when the
Court of Appeals meets in November,
An Impressive Speech.
Judge Watson delivered an impress
sive speech TO the prisoner. lie told
how the young man had stained his
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09

Continued From First Pagc)
half-hour the defense had toppled
again. In an hour the sands of Beat
ties hope were running fast: by sun
set there could be no, question of the
result. No more terrible eXcoriation
of prisoner has been heard in any
court; no more terrific and destructive
onslaught upon sentiment and alleged
fact. The States attorney was mer-
ciless. When he had battered the care
fully built structure into an unrecog
nizable mass, he turned his attention
to the felon himself In language bit
ter and stern he painted the bloody
scene upon the lonely pike and hurled
the charge upon the boy before him.
SO fierce was his attack that courael
springing to their feet. demanded that
the court intervene. But the court
could not. Nothing could halt the de-
termined prosecutor and he spoke to
the end as he had begun-and sweep.
all before him. Had IT. needed any
word but It's own. the jury found it
here. When Wendenburg finally
dropped into his seat there was no
longer doubt of the Issue.
Jury RetIres With Cnse.
1t was done. The trial was at an
end at last and the crucial moment
had come. after days and weeks OF
waiting. great hush fell over the
room. All eyes We're on Beattie now.
The prisoner leaned forward, nervously
picked UP two letters and laid them
down again. Then he yawned and
smiled Beside him sat with scanned
and anxious face the gray-haired
father. clinging desperately to last
hope. The old man suddenly bent and
nI,A hi -l,a,
ders. Whispering word of encourage
ment Into his car.
BY direction of the court. the sheriff
escorted the jury to the lawn for
brief rest in the fresh air before they
went into the stuffy Upstairs conference
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09

generally predicted was true-their
minds We're well made UP before they
ieft the courtroom. W. L. Burgess,
a square jawed man. with an earnest
face. was elected foreman. They bal.
ioted. and it was no surprise. they
afterwards declared. that all voted
alike They prayed that they might
not take life in vain. and they open
ed their consciences to one another
for nearly an hour so that they Nigh,
20 pack 10 the courtroom firmly con-
WINGED OF their duty and of one mind.
And in the court room sat Henry
Clay Beattie. Jr.. the sporting page OF
n newspaper spread before him. But
ne did not read long. lie folded the
paper and CONCEALED his face in it
Those who sat near the boy OF iron
nerve observed move in twitching
of his lips as though moving in pray
err as he sat with closed eyes awaiting
the return OF the jury. HI raised his
head for moment, dropped the pa
per again and began reading Then
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-09

own life. and that OF the community
in which he lived, By his sord!d acts
When the trial nrst began. said Judge
Watson. he had hoped that Virginia
might he cleared or the crime for
which not only the State fel, sham.
but which the entire country dcprc.
Gated He hoped tina, counsel would
prove the defendant innocent. but the
evidence, he regretted To note was all
convincing and overwhelming
The court" said Judge Walton. 'has
endeavored IN all rs decisions 70 lean
toward the side ot the prisoner. and
in it's charge TO the jury as well at.
doubt and every opportunity to estnb-
fish his Innocence The rulings mostly.
nave been not on matters or law. but
on small questions OF fact
You have had fair and impartial
trial Mr. Bea;tie, and the jury has
done what IL considers its duty. There.
fore. you have been convicted of muir
der in the first degree aud on Noven,-
Der - between the hours of sunrise
and sunset you must forfeit your life
TO the community. May God have
mercy on your soul
a moment later b. the side OF his
father, and his brother, Douglas.
their heads bowed in grief walked
young Beatue in the darkness toward
'''S WI a hhiNItu away
But the drama OF the day was no,
over a sharp report and a flash rent
the thick blackness outside
My Cod he exclaimed as through
his mind fitted the same thought tina,
startled hundreds around him. Bur
1t was not another tragedy. The pr's-
oner was seen walking calmly on Tho
detonation was an unusually heavy
charge OF Photographers fIashlight.
Wecps I'm His Cell.
The crowd fingered at the Jail. and
peered into the cell. illuminated by u
single lamp On the bed with his head
in his hands sat Beattie his fathar
and brother beside him. Taller Cog
bill sent the curious away. Only a
few saw the prisoner break down and
Weep in the solitude of the cell. An
hour later the hamlet was deserted.
y few hundred yards away from
the stone jail. in small hotel. twelve
men gathered their belongings in Sill
cnce, and one by one they drove away
into the darkness to the simple homes
from which for a fortnight they had
been absent