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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-25

bright five-dollar gold piece
was the Christmas gift of the
Contest editor to Mrs. r. r. Muir
gatroyd of PAIL Sixth avenue to-
day, not exactly a gift, for it was
the reward won by Mrs. Murga-
troyd for having submitted the
best title for the powerful car
toon drawn by Cory, the Times
cartoonist.
HE Who Dances, Must Pay the
Fiddler" was the title submitted
by Mrs. Murgatroyd, and was
judged to be the most cleverly
conceived and fitted to the pic
ture.
Twenty-seven men and women
decided upon the winning title.
1t happened in this way: The
"Contest Editor" of the Times
was overwhelmed by nearly six
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-25

there should be art in the pictures
as much as on the speaking
stage.
Some of the other characters
which seem to be made just for
me are 'Leonie,' the French art
lists model; coster girl in
Fog, the fisherman daughter,
in. the What Happened to Mary
series; Eliza in Uncle Tom S
Cabin and Aida in the picture
made from the opera.
my goal is success on the
speaking stage in wonderful year
parts which will sink way down
deep into the hearts of the pub
lie"
Miss Fuller will be featured in
the new photo play, ITS Never
Too Late to Mend"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-25
Man Coughs and Breaks Ribs


After frightful coughing spell
y man in Neenah, Wis, felt terri
BILE pains in his side and his doc
Tor found two ribs had been brok-
IN. What agony DR.. Kings New
Discovery would have saved him.
A few teaspoonsful ends a late
cough while persistent use routs
obstinate coughs, expels stubborn
Folds or heals weak, sore lungs.
81 feel sure its a Godsend to hu-
maiity," writes Mrs. Effie Morton,
Columbia, Mo-, "for I believe l
would have consumption today II
] had not used this great remedy"
Its guaranteed to satisfy, and you
can get a free trial bottle or So
cent or $1.00 size at Ryner NAL
strom Drug Co., 938 Pacific av.
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Lettot:s Ts &c Ga 4af G Grey

evening" That was Satur-
day, and sis and l always
go to the show on Saturday.
The young lady said she was
lonesome and wished she
could buy a ticket and go
with us, SO l had my sister
invite her, and now we some
times go twice a week, all
three of us.
Now, Miss Grey, she does
not know 1 have been mar
ried, and she is a true, pure
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We girls don't marry because
we have some pride and respect,
and don't wish to submit to the
humiliation of asking for every
nickel we would need. We would
rather get out and earn our
money. Oh for real men! and
we would gladly become wives
and mothers, instead Of remain
ing lonely bachelor girls.
BESS.
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hundred letters, each containing
from one to twenty titles.
After this immense morning
mail" had been examined, thirty
one titles were taken, these being
the best of all the lot, and made
up into list.
Then, every employe in the edi-
torial, business and composing de-
partments of the Times were in
vited to vote for the best title.
Out of the thirty-one titles, "He
Who Dances, Must Pay the Fid-
dler" received a strong majority
of % votes.
That's why Mrs. Murgatroyd
has the S. today as reward for
cleverneSs.
May &c, 1894, fell on Satur-
day.
A rifle ball travels faster than
the sound of the rifle when dis
charged.
How can I prevent a coffee pot
leaking at the bottom?-C. p. 8.
Turn it upside down.
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TELL ME, FOR MY HEART
is BREAKING

Is BREAKING
Dear Miss Grey: / am an
usher i'm a theater and cannot
get off very often to see my
lady friend. Generally see her
Monday.
love her dearly and have
been going with her about
three months, but the ques-
ton is: Do you think she
cares for me? She goes with
another usher, usually OH Fri
day night. Ought she to do
this when 1 object? Please
tell me what you think, Miss
Grey, for my heart is break
ing and l have talked to her,
but it seems to do no good.
BEN.
Aft you are engaged to tn
girl and intend marrying her, an,
she has consented, knowing vol
are narrow on this question,
think she should regard you
wishes.
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MISS HOOKTENDER.
A BOYS CHRISTMAS PRES
ENT TO A MAN

Dear Miss Grey: 1 am a
boy and would like you to
tell me what kind of a pres
ent 1 could give my princi-
pal for Christmas.
SCHOOL BOY.
A paper weight, desk cal
endar, or address book will be
suitable.
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ENGAGEMENT OF CRADLE
TOT TO MESSENGER

Dear Miss Grey: L am
IL years old and 1 have a
girl who Is II. I am en-
gagged to her, and all the
messenger boys are talking
with her everytime 1 60 ON
an errand. As I am not
big enough to lick them, and
1 can get nobody to stick up
for me. 1 like the girl,
but 1 do not know whether
the girl likes me or not.
Would you please advise me
what to do, as she is the
only girl 1 can find. My
heart is broken. III. @.
Any boy, / wish you cou1
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The remedies we use are obso-
lutely non-poisonous and positively
do not contain mercury.
II unable TO call personally, send
&c stamp for diagnosis blank.
N. VOW CHINESE MEDICINE co.
1146M Pacific nv. Phone
1143h Commerce 1T. Main S2SS
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see yourself as you will look to
the man you will some day be.
You will see a foolish boy, with
the disease called falling in
love-" wasting his time over a
foolish girl, who should be re-
ported to the juvenile court for
not being at home out of school
hours.
The feeling you have is not
love, but counterfeit of it, COM
bined with hateful jealousy of the
other boys. Attend strictly to
business and make man of
yourself, and let the girl abso-
lutely alone. Before long she
will like you better than those
who are silly-if she doesn't she
isn't the girl for you.
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SOWING THE WIND WE
REAP THE WHIRLWIND

Dear Miss Grey: 1 am a
respectable girl of 10 and I
am dearly in love with q log
ger of II. He works out in
camp and only comes to town
once a week. We got to
dances and the girls are maxi
ip~' remarks to me that log
g dress just like men. Are
Ioggers considered men, or
what are they? L would like
to know, for he is nice
young man.
What can I do to stop the
girls saying such cruel
things?
MISS HOOKTENDER.
A man makes his position
not the position the man.
Some loggers are the best type
Of men--in fact, the majority
have met are.
Every unkind remark one
makes about another reacts or
and sooner or later
these girls will reap what they
are so thoughtlessly sowing.
I should think you and the
young man might have a better
time in more refined company
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SHALL 1 HURT HER TO
HELP MYSELF?

Dear Miss Grey: L have
been going with boy for
quite a while, but lately he
has quit me and had been
going with girl of ques-
tionable character. am
sure he does not know this,
and l want to know if 1
should tell him to regain his
love.
A.-No good will ever come
from giving one of your own sex
a knock. You are not RESPONSE
BILE for the young man, but fol
your own character, which you
will mar by trying to hurt an
other that you may gain. You
will never regain his love in that
way. Just let the matter rest
awhile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-25

BY the use of medic
inal herbs and roots
known for their re-
markable cures in
China, We are able
to absolutely cure
such ailments as
Catarrh. Deafness,
Asthma, Skin Dis
eases, Rheumatism,
Appendicitis, Heart
Trouble, Kidney
HAr,@tat@k a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-25

How can I prevent a coffee pot
leaking at the bottom?-C. p. 8.
Turn it upside down.
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Mary Fuller? She Was Right In Tacoma
Just This Week? Did You See Her?

ridden some of the widest bron-
chos without being thrown.
Once l played an old, old lady
of 80 and loved the part dearly.
1t gave me a chance to hide my
self entirely. That's what pleases
me most. It's what l call art, and
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
PROGS. MAJ PUT A
COUNTY TICKET
IN THE FIELD
II COStigan Wins Fight in Den-
yer Today, MoOseS Will Be
Running Here This Fall.

II the conference in Denver today
between Governor Hiram Johnson,
Senator Joseph Il. Dixon, f. p Cos
tigan and Judge Bep b. Iinsey. ali
representing the Bull Moose party,
and the friends of Phil Stewart. Ben
Griffith and their faction, ends in u
compromise favorable TO the Bull
Moose organization. Mesa county will
have a complete Progressive party
ticket in the field this fall.
This information was ascertalned
today from local leaders of the new
party The Mesa county situation,
however. hinges entirely on the re-
suit of the conference in Denver. IL
Roosevelt succeeds in ling up Grit,
fifth. Vincent and Stewart with tha
Bull Moose party. 1t will so strength
en- the third party that Mesa county
will be in a position 20 put up a
complete ticket. IT, on the other
hand. the present alignment contin-
ues, and the efforts at agreement are
fruitless IL may be that the county
ballot will not bear the names of
the Moosevelt candidates.
A. S. Barnes. w. c. Knight and
Robert b. Cassells are recognized as
the leaders of the Bull Moose party
in the county. Mr. Knight appears
on the state ticket as a candidate for
state auditor. He was placed there
at the request of A. 5. Barnes, 1t is
said, that gentleman being the local
member of the committee on nomi-
nations at the time the selections
were made.
II is understood that Mr.. Cassells
win be the Moose candidate FOR rep
resentative. while Mr. Barnes will
take one of the county ministerial
Offices candidates..
The other candidates have not
been selected.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
BIKE RACES
FOR LABOR
DAY AFFAIR
Midland Road Racers to Have 2-Mile
Handicap Race.-Laboring Men
to Have Quiet Rest.-Cham-
pionship Ball Games.

Bicycle races between the speedi-
est bike men in western Colorado will
be an added attraction for the big
championship ball games at the fair
grounds Labor day. The speedy
wheelmen who pedalled between
Glenwood Springs and Basalt on
August for the Colorado Midland
prizes will be the entrants for the
2-mile handicap race. The entrants
will be Halbouer, Chapman, Rhone.
Allison. Sheets, Cannon. all fast BIZ
cycle speeders. The purse will be
q large one. but has not 4defHEoly
been decided as yet.
Labor in Grand Junction will take
quiet holiday Monday. Labor day
the one day of the year set aside
when the man of toll can officially
rest. There will be no celebration
in this city, but all the laboring men
will be given holiday and expect to
use 1t.
The closing of the baseball season
at the fair grounds will be the event
of the day. If the Remingtons win
both games from the Interstates to-
morrow the game Monday will decide
the pennant winners of the city
league.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
MRS. SPENCER
MAY NOT LIVE
One Dead as Result Of Accident
in Which Local Woman Was
Dangerously Injured.

That Mrs. e. N. Spencer, who re-
Gently was seriously hurt IN a run
away accident at her old home in
Sweden, is in a very dangerous CON
dition Is the news contained in a
letter received today by Mr.. Spencer.
The letter was written shortly after
the accident and at about the same
time as the cablegram which bore
to this city the first news of the aC-
cident.
Not only did Mrs. Spencer sustain
three broken ribs and fractured
collar bone, but a limb was broken
and the consequent shock has in
duced a severe case OF pneumonia.
This disease, when caused by a phys
iCal shock, is very dangerous, partic-
ularly to one OF Mrs. SpenceT's ad-
yanced age. The broken limb will
have to be broken and reset, accord
ing to the attending physician.
Details of the accident came today
with the letter. Mrs. Spencer was
with another lady named Hansen.
They were driving in buggy to the
home of Mrs. Hansen's brother, VINO
was dying. In turning a corner the
horse became frightened, overturned
the buggy and threw Mrs Hansen
on top of the local lady.
Mrs. Hansen herself received in
juries from which she has since died.
as did the brother to whose home
they We're going
Mrs. Spencer's life is despaired of
because of the severity of all of her
hurts. The fact that she is az sea
level is believed to be a point in ia
vor of her recovery, but her improve
ment is bound to be slow.
The hundreds of friends of the
Spencer family will hear of her crit
ical condition with the keenest sor-
row.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
TERESA 0AkLIES, MYSTICAL BACHELORMAID
OF G. J. GETS SCORES OF MARRIAGE OFFERS

A score or more of mushy, slushy.
heart-throbbing letters, written by
swains from every corner of the
United States and addressed to a
mythical, mysterious person, Miss
Teresa Oaklies, who does not exist
and whose origin is due to the fertile
brains of newspaper correspondents,
have been received by the local post
office, held here for several weeks
and advertised, but with no result.
Miss Teresa Oaklies, who is the
target of the mail-order cupid ar
rows, is supposed to have organized
a club in Grand Junction called the
Spinster Protective Association, the
object being to burn the late Rev.
Elmer Huffer in effigy and protect
nl oil 1o In L La
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"ROOTLEGGERS REVENGE'
........ "DITCIiING THE CITY SLEUTH"..

A story. reading like moving
picture scenario. and authenticated
by the mother-in-law of the victim,
leaked out of official circles today
when it was learned that several of
the men who were recently released
on bootlegging charges, took revenge
in a novel manner on city detect
i've, Perrin Dewey, who was working
for the city during the last raid on
Illicit liquor sellers.
Thursday night. it is claimed,
Dewey was enticed into a room, given
enough evidence" liquor to get him
badly intoxicated; his money, earned
from the city as bootlegging de-
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
LOCAL
BOY |SDEAD IN
G0LDF!ELO, NEY.
Wallace P. Rogers Passes to
Great Beyond on August "a.
Burial Occurs in Denver.

News was received in this city to-
day of the sudden death in Goldfield
New. of Wallace p Rogers. son of
A. &. Rogers, and at one time n resi-
dent of this city.
The cause of death was not learned
here, but 1t was unexpected by even
his immediate family
The Rogers family were well
known here several years ago and the
young man, who was 24 years old at
his death, was employed with the
old firm of Bancroft & Pitzer In the
grocery business.
The deceased leaves a wife and ba-
by girl. The funeral will be held in
Denver tomorrow, the body leaving
Goldfield on August 27 The funeral
services will be under the auspices of
the Rowland loge. No. 81. !. o. o. F.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
WILL PROBE
REVOLUTION
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Ell Paso, Tex, Aug. 31.-Albert B.
Fall, United States senator from New
Mexico. began today an investigation
Of the relation of American capital
to the Mexican uprisings on behalf
of a subcommittee of the senatorial
committee on foreign affairs.
1--WE will investigate not only the
effect of American capital on the
present revolution as conducted by
Orozco," said Fall, but the effect of
American capital in Maderos revo-
luton against Diaz."
Senator Fall will be Joined at Los
Angeles by Senator William Alden
Smith. and they will visit various
points on the border IN Arizona and
New Mexico.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31

Huffer's sermon.
Speaking of automobiles and wives,
c. w. Ford of Chicago writes: "lf
my wife wanted one, | guess could
learn TO run one; but. if there is no
love, the machine would not appeal
to me. You live in u country satur-
ated with love, and the sun when IL
rises is continually kissing the snow
capped peaks" He also mentions an
aching void
One Columbus tTex.) bachelor
boy, as he styles himself. gets real
huffy at Rev Huffer There is lots
of bachelor boys here who would
soon end such talk that Huffer
makes. Well show him il he comes
here -
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
krohn Will Build Modern Mortuary
Establishment Here During Autumn

E. A. Krohn, the well known un-
deriaker, announced today that plans
are being drawn for new mortu-
airy establishment TO be erected by
his lots on Main street, Just west of
the La Harpe hotel.
Mr.. kron has planned an ornate
front to his proposed building which
viii be the most attractive between
Denver and Salt Lake City. The
building will be in many ways su-
perior TO any similar establishment
in a town OF Grand functions size
in the west.
The front will be- of dark red
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
CRAzED SOLDIER STARTS CARNAGE IN SWISS VILLAGE.

himself in his home. When night
fell the house was surrounded by po-
lice and citizens.
An hour later u shot was heard
and the besiegers, under the i'm
preston that Schwartz had come
among them, began firing and shot
one another down until n dozen of
them lay badly wounded on the
ground. During the scare they made,
the soldier escaped from the house
with arms and fled to forest, where
he is still ut large.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
Deal Involves Thousands.

Deal Involves Thousands.
The deal has been pending several
weeks, and last Saturday Mr.. Mullin
came over to investigate the holdings
oflthe company. Miss Lila NJ. O'Boyle,
as secretary and treasurer of the
company, nominally the head of the
concern. the only woman mill mana
lger in the west. has had phenomenal
success with the business. Her pro-
gressive business ideas led on to big
results, and it was largely through
her efforts that the deal was COM
pleted. The business of the mill has
amounted into thousands of dollars
year and has been increasing each
month.
Although the consideration for the
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31

to keep. Some attack Huffer bitter
ly: but the majority spend their time
telling of their virtues as husbands.
The queer fact about the correspond
ence is the fact that all the letters
are from men, commencing the acts
of Miss Oaklies regarding spinster-
hood. Many ask to correspond with
her; some ask if the club will not
admit bachelors.
For get me not. fair queen of the
Rockies" writes one Clarence w.
Hopkins of Boswell. Okla, who il
illustrates his letter with sample of
his landscape painting. He also
asks Miss Oaklies for her hand in
marriage. Il can please you. l
think. l know how to be NICE" he
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
GOOD TEMPLARS
WAR; GUST TWO

Associated Press.
Butte, Mont, Aug. 3l.-At a very
stormy meeting of the Montana
Lodge of Good Templars. which last
ed until an early hour this morning,
J. B. knight, former grand secretary,
who obtained restraining order yes
terday preventing the new officers
from proceeding with their duties,
was read out of the order.
knight has refused to turn over
the records.
w. j. Gray, former grand chief of
the Templars, was also expelled.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31

tective, taken from him to buy a
railroad ticket to Kansas. Dew
ey was chaperoned to the depot and
placed on No. yesterday morning
In maudlin state, and the conduct
or given orders to put him off at the
Kansas station, which has not been
learned.
The police know nothing of the
affair. but the best of sources is re-
sponsible for the story Whether
Dewey will return and prosecute his
enemies is not known.
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
Deal Closed Yesterday Will Put Grand
Junction On Milling Map. New
Firm I las Iwenty-Six Stations.
K Muln, Colorado Milling Company Head Says There Is
Great Future Here.-Staed Work Today On improvements
Mill Is Oldest On the SIope-Sarted in 1887 by David
Roberts.

deal involving the sale of the holdings in this city of the
Mesa Flour Mill Company the Colorado Milling Company
of the largest corporation its kind in the middle west was
completed yesterday afternoon the purchasers taking possession
Immediately Following the purchase X Nlulin of Denver
head of the Colorado Milling Company announced
provements the local mill
The sale of the Mesa flour mill probably largest single
real estate transaction completed Grand Junction number
of years The Importance of the deal marked in the nan
the of Improvements the company deteru
nation foster the gangrowng industry the Grand valley
and its strength business hroug ghout the west
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31

Associated Press.
Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 31.-A
frenzied Swiss soldier named Johann
Shwartz, ran amuck last evening and
transferred the little town of Roman
shorn on Lake Constance into min
iature battlefield, strewn with dead
and dying. The soldier is native of
the town. In fit of madness he
seized n rifle and shot everyone with
in range of the windows of his house,
killing four and wounding six men in
u few moments. He then bafricaded
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31
HAVE NARROW
ESCAPE FROM
FATAL FALL
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Piatt. in Sho-
shone Canon Auto Drive at Night,
Slip and Barely Miss Fall of
500 Feet.-Mrs. Piatt Ill.

Driving through Shoshone canon,
east of Glenwood Springs, on the mar
row road well known to autosits.
with sheer precipice of 400 feet
to their left, the road slippery from
recent rains, MIR. and Mrs. Howard
Piatt, well known Grand Junction
people, who were returning from a
Denver trip, made in Hupmobile,
had a very narrow escape from being
hurled over the embankment Thurs
day night, when the car wheels slip
ped and the machine started to slide
IL wn the sheer face of the -wall.-Mr.
Piatt threw off the power and by
strenuous efforts succeeded in get
ting Mrs. Piatt out of the machine
and saving 1t from going over Mr.
and Mrs. +. Frank Winfield were re-
turning on their motorcycle trip and
helped readjust the machine.
Mrs Piatt is suffering with a ner-
vous breakdown as the result of the
terrific experience in the dark canon
They are at Glenwood Springs for
several days. They VIII return next
week.
Weston De Long left this afternoon
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31

pressed brick. trimmed In ivory terra
Gotta. The interior will be simply
but richly furnished, the rest rooms,
iireplaces, etc, being planned with o
view of making il as comfortable as
possible for the patrons Of the estab-
lishment
MIR. Krohn deserves particular
credit for his proposal to erect a
modern building of this nature at
this time and shows his unfaltering
faith In the future of Grand Junction
and the Grand valley.
The old building on the lots has
been sold to 5. J. Scoyill. who will
use 1t In his ice business. 1t will be
torn down at once
The daily sentinel., 1912-08-31

sale is held private by Miss O'Boyle
and the purchasers, 1t is understood
that 1t is a very large one. The ma
chinery al the plant, the elevator, the
grain and flour on everything
was taken over by the company.
Start improvements Today.
Construction work on grain ele-
vator with 10000 bushel capacity,
was started this morning. The old
grain elevator had a capacity of
5000 bushels of wheat. and is be-
ing torn down today to make way
for the new improvements. A large
warehouse is to be constructed near
the railroad tracks for storing -four
and mill products. Another roller
CONTINUED on Page ~
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IS INDICTED
MAN ANOTHER
FINANCE KING?
Associated Press.

Boston, Mass, Aug. 51-Interest
in the investigation of the alleged
planting of dynamite at Lawrence
during the big textile trike was re-
newed today by the report that the
indicting OF w NJ. Wood, president
of the American Woolen COMPANY.
Dennis J. Collins and a thirG man
who has not yet been arrested would
not complete the work of the e,Gnd
jury.
of the third man indicted found him
i'll; but it was agreed. if he was able,
that he would give himself up tn the
police Tuesday morning. This man
is said TO be nearly as prominent as
Wood in the social and financial
world.