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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
JUST WHAT
|. HAPPENED
IN DAKOTA

North Dakota, first state i'm the
United States to use the prcsiden-
tial primaries, which Gov. Hay de-
MED to the people of Washington,
yesterday showed herself grimly
progressive.
1t was an unusual situation.
The result was a progressive
Victory.
1t was not a defeat for Roose-
velt progressivism.
1t was defeat for North Da-
kota reactionaries who tried to
tie themselves to the Roosevelt
kite, for their own benefit.
But the people of North Dakota
saw through the scheme.
North Dakota, following LaFol-
lette's Wisconsin program, had
driven the old railroad gang out
of control in the state.
When LaFollette's candidacy
Twas announced the people were
for him.
Then Roosevelt came out.
The discredfted railroad-speciaI
interest gang saw chance to
wedge themselves in.
Taft was hopeless. They might
win under cover of Roosevelt's IS
popularity. They put their own
men forward as Roosevelt dele
gates. 1t was anything to beat
the progressives. They used Roose-
welt.
Pinchot went through Dakota a
couple of weeks ago speaking for
Roosevelt. He saw the situation,
and his smile grew sickly.
Roosevelt is a national issue,
he told the real progressives.
"He is n local issue here" was
heir answer.
North Dakota acted with unusu-
al discrimination. The people
stood staunch for principles, as a
hing greater than men.
And progressivism progresses.
One danger the progressives
must face lies in the enemy who
tries to steal within their ranks
md betray them.
In Washington, in California, in
most states, the men who are
hammering hardest at Roosevelt
ire the members of the old stand
rat gangs-the Southern Pacific
'rowd in California, the Hay
Coiner trimmers here.
That wasn't the case in North
Dakota yesterday.
And the lessOn-that the people
must be ever on the alert. For
he old stand-pat crowd has many,
many wiles, many schemes, many
,isguises. And but one interest,"
heir own.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

TOLD TO PUT IN PHONY
NAMES, SAY CENSUS men

has taken a husband and as Mrs.
Kon gsbaek testified that Schaefer
had handed her lists of names and
told her to copy them.
A number of proprietors of
rooming houses testified that the
scores of people accredited to their
respective places never lived there,
establishing the fact that there
was wholesale padding.
Coiner Makes Plea.
The lawyers were wrangling at
noon over admitting certain slips
handed to Oder which Attorney
Coiner declared he should have
been furnished with.
They argued an hour this morn
ing on whether testimony should
go in from districts not mention
ed in the Indictment. The judge
has not yet decided that.
At the present rate the case will
take several days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

price she said she had paid for
them in India. Appraisers esti-
mated the value of the gems at
we'll into the thousands.
Mrs. Carson admitted that the
pearls were of greater value and
that she had smuggled two dia-
mond earrings. She was released
on $4,000 bail and went immedi-
ately to the Hotel Wolcott, where
she paid her bill and proceeded to
the Brostett. She had attended
the durbar at Delhi, India.
Letters indicated that her home
had been in Los Angeles. One let
ter was addressed to Paul r. May
berry, Los Angeles, and began
my dear brother"
SAN FRANCISCO, March 90
Mrs. Carson is the widow of Ed
win Carson of this city, left here
last August on a tour of the
world, visiting Japan and China
from whence she went to India
where she invested in the pearls.
Her sister is Miss Mayberry. She
was a prominent member of the
Century club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
ENUMERATORS' TESTIMONY
HITS KELLY, SCHAFEIs,
WATTS AND CORWIN In GEN.
SUS CASES.

Between long periods of
wrangling between the lawyers
over technicalities the government
is slipping in a little testimony to-
day in the census conspiracy cases.
H. Oder, an enumerator, declar-
ed that he had been handed
punches of names by Kelly, Watts,
Corwin and Schafer at different
times and told to copy them on his
sheets, and that Kelly had told
him they were going to change the
canvass the houses for those hand
ed him.
One Bride Testifies.
Miss Grace e. Reilly, an enum-
orator, since her census taking
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
Money

Contractor Fowler asked the
council to give him $4,000 held
back on the Green river head
works job this morning.
Gronen objected and wants to
hold up the money until this whole
headworks job is fixed up and an
agreement reached.
A conference will be held Mon
day as TO remedy defects in the
plant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
Salary Raise

City linemen want another sal
ary boost.
A petition we spresented to the
council this morning asking a
raise from 81 to $3.50 a day for
linemen. The foreman of lines
wants from 1920 to $3.50 month.
1t was referred to Gronen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

Marjorie Ward Humphreys.
niece of Sir William Prestley Of
the British house of lords, arrived
in San Francisco recently from a
world tour, leaving In her wake
an unbroken chain of love sticken
|swains.
An exact number Of conquests
lis not known, but from all ac-
counts the voyage between Homo
lulu and San Francisco played sad
havoc with the ardent affections
of goodly number of the sterner
sex.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
Today's News at
Court House

If Hiawatha and Minnehaha
bad survived the storm would they
have lived together to a happy old
age? 1t doesn't always work out
that way.
Mary st. Germaine, an Indian
lady, is suing Abel, her husband,
now absent, for divorce, alleging
drunkenness, cruelty and non-sup-
port. They have four children at
the Cushman school.
Deputy Sheriff Hopkins got
back from Frisco today with l.. H.
Merriam, accused of giving DR..
Lybrook Shanklin a bad $50
check.
The dignity of Chapman's court
was in danger today when Ray
Collins, who suffers, was on trial
fer breaking into a room at the
Ridpath hotel.
City workmen turned the by.
draulic hose on e. l.. Emory, so
when he was but four feet away
last June. It knocked the wind
out of him and left him unfit FOL
work, he says. He is suing the city
for $1,000.
Nat johnson, bartender, who
was fined $50 by Justice Day oi
Ruston for selling liquor TO Mike
Kelly, habitual drunkard, wants 9
writ of review. He says Day had
no jurisdiction.
Load Of Strawberries coming in
to town. Rock rolls down the
hill. Horses get scared. France.
Wagon rolls invo ditch. Strawber-
ries wrecked.
This tabloid drama started q
$212 suit against the county to-
day. The Valley Produce Co. Ia
suing.
Nick Reuter-, big tideIand own
er. wants the courts to stop Ed
Meath from selling his land for
taxes. Reuter- says his part Of the
tideflats was assessed at $123, ,460
when 1t should have been assessed
for only se4.0b6
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
Entire Family Is Blotted
Out By Gas Explosion
(By United Press Leased Wire. J

SCRANTON, Pa, March 2O.-Eight persons instantly
killed another seriously
gas which wrecked the home of John Cavaa
here. The dead
Mrs John Cavala, Rose Cavaa Cavala
Lizzie Cavaa H. Domn alIa IL, William Cayala
Vito Frank Sunni
Fatally injured: Mamie Summa. 2.
Cavala the expIo was absent.
The house entirely by following
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

SEATTLE-Sheriff Bob Hodge
is going right to the people with
his campaign for governor and
will conduct "soap box stump
ing tour on the street corners of
ever city in the state. He opened
at Aberdeen with four street
speeches this week and will visit
logging camps, mills and speak-to
the toilers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

SEATTLE-The will of John
Cannon, former hotel proprietor,
leaves 100000 to his widow pro-
viding she remains single 10
years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
FLAMES FOLLOW EXPLOSION
AND WORKERS. ARE OUT
OFF FROM NINE EXITS
RESCUERS ARE DRIVEN
BACK BY FIERCE FLAMES.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Mar.
2O.--Ninty men In mine No. 2
OF the San Bois Coal company at
McCurtain, Oklahoma, were en-
tombed today as the result of a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
N0U|.|LD.BE ASSASSIN
ATTEMPTS OWN LIFE

ROME, March 20. - Antonio
d Aba, the man accused of having
attempted to assassinate King Vic
tor Emmanuel last week, tried to
commit suicide here today follow
ing his examination by the police.
Details of the attempt, which was
prevented by guards, are with
held. l..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
TODAYS
ODD NEWS

WINNIPEG, Man--After long
discussion yesterday, the board Of
control decided to bar all moving
picture films ON which the STARS
and Stripes" were displayed from
Winnipeg moving picture theaters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
80 MEN PERISH WHEN
| MINE GAS IS FIRED

tgas explosion. IL Is believed all
are dead. Only one body was re-
covered.
Rescuers trying to enter tho
mine were driven back by the
flames. Government mine experts
are rushing to the scene.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

SEATTLE-"I'lI have my trunk
brought up today and prepare for
a long stay" said Mrs. Lottie
Khamer, who is in Jail for con-
tempt because she refuses to tes-
tify against her son, charged with
stealing her jewelry. 1t looks like
an endurance test between judge
and witness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

ELGIN, m.-An Elgin hen has
broken the egg record, laying one
Skx61a inches In circumference
weighing Is ounces.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
Shows Attitude Of PeonIe.

SACRAMENTO. Cal, March 20.
THE significant thing In the
North Dakota primary" saia Gov
ernor Johnson today, "is the vote
for Taft.
"The election demonstrated
that the people do not want Taft
and that whenever they have the
opportunity of expression they
will make this so plain that no
one can doubt 1t. 1t shows the
reason and the wisdom OF the TAFT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

mana gers in denying to the people
he. right to vote on their candid
tie for president.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20

Discussing the outcome, II. ",
Tucker. chairman of the executive
committee of the North Dakota
Republican league, said:
THE result of the election, in
my mind, was never In doubt. /
knew the farmers would do their
share toward having the state de-
clare in favor of a man of such
constructive ability as Senator La
Toilette. LaFollette's majority
will be upwards of $4,000"
John Bass, state leader of the
Roosevelt faction, attributes Sen
ator LaFollette's victory to the
fact that Champ Clark and Wood
row Wilson remained off the DEM
ocratic ticket, allowing the demo-
cratic vote to go uncontested as a
compliment to Governor Burke
Bass said:
IF the democrats had stayed
out of the republican primary the
result would have been different.
Hundreds of democrats voted for
Senator LaFollette.
The returns from the isloated
districts are coming in slowly, and
lit will be several days before the
count is completed. Most of the
returns received so far have been
from the cities, the vote in the
rural districts being practically
unknown as yet.
Returns received up to 1 o'clock
from COS out of 1900 precincts in
the state give the following fig
ures:
LaFollette, 21,675; Roosevelt,
1874.
Colonel Roosevelt has carried
IL counties, with Senator LaFol-
lette in the lead in the other 81
counties of the state. =
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FARGO, y. March 2e.-Retusns OF
today indicated that
Robert M LaFolee of Wisconsin in 1.-THE presidential
primaries will be 10000 an
Colonel Roosevelt bine LaFoletes
maed at from 1900 to 10000, S.. E
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(By United Press Leased Wire. }
FARGO, N. D., March 2O.-Re-
turns from 1,167 of the I, 800 pre-
cincts i'm the state show that Sena-
tor LaFollette's plurality for the
republican nomination In yester-
days presidential preference prim-
airy election will be at least 15,-
900. These precincts give LaFol-
lette 34,159, against 22,S77 for
Roosevelt. The vote for President
Taft is estimated at about 5000.
CHICAGO, March. 20.-The ten
delegates won yesterday to the
republican national convention by
Senator LaFollette, candidate in
the presidential primary, can safe
ly be put in Roosevelt's column,
says Senator Dixon of Montana,
in chief of Theodore
Roosevelt's campaign forces.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-03-20
WEATHER
FORECAST

Fair tonight
with heavy frost
Thursday; fair.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-27

H. y, Satefqy-tf1e uthef
day was the berthday Of
wilyem shakespeer, who
-rote a CRATE many plays and
coleckted durn few royel-
ties
there wasent a hole lot of
money in the play ritin
game when old bill was
grinding them out; but he
rote them becos he liked to
rite them, and i CESS they
will still be playin bill's
drammers when our best
little playrites, of today is
plum forgot
ackter by the name of
lam maclaren he thot it
would be kind Of nice to
shakespeer sherth-
day, and he couldent think
] of no nicer way to do it than
i've a performance of hamlet.
:. niaclaren also thot it would
ice for him to play hamlet
a matter of fact, / don't no
what it was almost as muteh
wanting to blaya
let as his. wanting to sele1i
. shakespeer's berthday thafI
ed him to git up the per-
Ience
ackters wants to play ham
never herd of but one that
at, and he had a wooden
and couldent, play nuthing
wooden-legged parts
Il, anyway, whether mr.. mac
was givin a blowout to HIM
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-27
A BaIlsd.

A Balled.
MY heart, dear girl, is all on fire
N for you,
With trembling voice the ard
! erit lover said !;
1She answered, Henry, l would
much prefer
A man who early hpstles out of
~ bed
y And lights the ftirnaee-4lames Of
heart and soul
N Don't warm the feet up like a
WA bunch Of coal.
~ -o--o----
8 Jones is a fine man, a good
1Hneighebor and a splendid citizen.
Why, only a year ago heard
Ihyou say he beat his wife and
= cheated his friends. "
"Oh, well, Jones was running
= for office then. !"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03
quite unconcerned

tension of facilities. rigid economy in
operation, rates that will warrant the
highest wages for the best service, and
such certainty of return on investment
as will induce investors not only to re-
tain their securities. but to supply at
all times all the capital needed to meet
the demands Of the public. Such con-
troll and regulation can and should stop
all abuse of capitalization. of extortion.
of overcharge. or Of unreasonable d.
vision Of profits"
Thus it seems that public service
the corporations and none from the
people.
Commissions Must Be Fair.
The ultimate success Of the public
service commissions will depend upon
the care and honesty with which they
make their decisions. As large and
perhaps a controlling item in their ruiz
ings will be the value they set on pub
lie utilities. as the value Of their prop
-erty will determine rates. capitalization
and taxation. I shall attempt to mem
ton briefly some items that are to be
considered in making appraisals.
1t will be in the appraisal making
that the services Of the engineer will
be demanded. 1t will be the engineer
who will make the inventory and set
the price on the various items. II II
the engineer who must decide on the
cost of reproduction Of the plant. orig
inal cost, deprecated physical value.
scrap value. rates Of depreciation,
proper maintenance, good will. and al
these various items that are concerned
CONTINUED on Page Ssvenl
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03

railway and invariably assesses pub
lie utility below its full cash value.
That there is no doubt Of this is shown
by a comparison of the value before
and after appraisals.
Regulation and Rates.
In California, in February Of each
year. the rates which a public service
corporation are to charge as well as
the quality OF the service are fixed
and these rates take effect July 1. fol-
lowing. Any public utility is likely to
have its rates questioned and a regula-
ton Of rates is becoming part Of the
present civilization. The courts have
held that intelligent evidence must be
presented as to the value Of property
before the question Of rates can be de-
cided. The states Of Minnesota. WASH
ington and Wisconsin have completed
extensive valuation Of their railways
in order to determine proper rates.
In the issuance Of bonds for better
ments, extensions and additions. the
actual physical value upon which to
base the amount of bonds to be issued
must be determined. In the past there
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03
Paper Read Before the Idaho
Society Of Civil Engineers
BY
]. B. Marcellus

has been little legal restriction on the
amount of securities a corporation
could issue and the result has been loss
to investors and discredit to property.
With the fixing Of rates there has
come q feeling that capitalization must
indicate the value OF the property in
order that q fair return can be given
the investor. Texas has made railway
valuations for the fixing Of capitaliza-
tion as main consideration. What Ia
called q blue sky law Is making it's
appearance and this has to do with the
issuance Of bonds or stock with no or
only small amount Of the value Of
the stock and bonds back Of them.
Municipal Plants included.
When . property such a. q water
works is being bought by city It Is
Necessary to have q valuation in order
to insure Q fair sale. Such procedure
is in line with ordinary business sense
and indicates how essential Is a knowl-
edge of the worth OF the physical prop
erty alone. Some may say that the
physical property does not give the
commercial value OF q utility. and while
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03

able returns. The evil of monopolles
In that uncontrolled they charge prices
which will give excessive and unreas-
enable returns"
In the long run, public service COM
mission control Is better for both the
corporation and the people. for II cut
throat competition is INDUCED in. one
competitor will go to the wall or be
bought out by the other. And while
the people may receive prices below
cost for a time they will eventually.
and rightfuNy. return these below cost
prices with interest when the corpo-
rations get together. The abandon
ment of these methods will give
greater stability to securities and in
crease confidence of the people In cor
porations SO that the ideal result will
be that the people will invest their
savings in corporation stocks and
bonds.
Corporations Forced From Politics.
Another result Of the public service
commission will be the retirement Of
the corporation from politics. They
will not deem 1t necessary to control
legislatures In order to avert freak laws
made for political capital. They will
be under the control Of commission
and as said before, as long as these
commissions are composed Of men OF
undoubted honesty, neither the corpo-
ration nor the people need have any
fear. Discrimination in rates and re-
bates to the favorite customer VIII
cease 80 that 1t will not be necessary
to overcharge in one place In order to
overcome deficit In another
The governor Of Wisconsin recently
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03

said: las an evidence of prosperity
under commission regulation. the last
annual report Of the commission shows
that during the year the operating rev.
enues Of electric utilities increased 20
per cent. their net income 81 per cent
and new construction 145 per cent. The
operating revenue of water utilities
meanwhile increased per cent. their
net income IS per cent, and new con-
struction "a per cent. Gas utilities in
creased their operating revenue per
cent, net income IL per cent new con-
struction - per cent Telephones in
creased their operating revenue IL per
cent, net income 8 per cent, new con-
struction II per cent. Railway and
traction companies increased their OPP
Grating revenue IS per cent, net income
8 per cent, new construction 8 per cent
= Notwithstanding the decrease
In transportation rates and improve
ment in service enforced by the railway
commission. the operating revenues OF
the Wisconsin railroads increased ap-
proximately 80 per cent for the five
years the commission has been In con-
troll"
Abuses Are stopped.
As an example of how the corpora
lions view public service commissions,
President Vail of the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph company reported
to the stockholders: Public control or
regulation of public service corporations
by permenent commissions has come.
and come to stay. State control or
regulation should be of such a charac-
ter as to encourage the highest pos
sible standard in plant. the utmost ex-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-03

it may not always be the controlling
factor, in most cases 1t Is an essential
one. Important values for the purpose
of sale have been passed on by the
courts and examples of such are the
Kansas City water works case, and the
Omaha water works.
A uniform system OF accounting is
also installed by some commissions so
as to furnish a uniform basis Of cal
culation and prevent juggling Of values.
Some may think that regulation by a
public service commission means In
justice to the corporation and the pro-
motion of the cause of the people. II
a public service commission degener-
ates into a mere tool to be used by
the politician to make a 'hurrah" and
the basis of a campaign tour. then such
q result might occur. But as long as
honorable, upright men whose integrity
cannot be questioned compose these
commissions square deal can be as
sured. Mistakes will happen and they
Ill be balanced between the corpora
tons and the people.
Commissions Control.
The desire Of corporations Is to oper-
ate as a monopoly and II properly reg
ulated by q commission what harm
can come either to the people or the
corporations? The public service CON-
mission Of the First district Of New
York said in a recent decision: "A
monopoly by the very fact, Of being q
monopoly gets all the business there is
with a monopoly II the business gives
cxtravagant profits, it Is the duty OF
the state to cut down the prices SO
that the monopoly obtains only reason