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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

assumed risk" "contrIbutory
negligence" and fellow servant"
by means of which employers
have for over a hundred years
shifted the burden of industrial
accidents on the laboring classes.
Employers in Arizona, especially
mine owners and the railroads,
must provide safe working condi-
tions or pay well for the lives and
limbs of men sacrificed in produc-
ton.
Black listing of workingmen,
which reached it's height in the
territory under the federal judges
and office holders - including
Roosevelt-is penalized and abo1-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
IN
REBEL RANKS

Ell PASO, Texas, April g.
With General Orozco in Chihua-
hua, accompanied by 800 rebels
from Jiminez, and General Cam
pa en- route to Juarez, color is lent
today to reports of dissension in
the rebel ranks. 1t is reported
that Campo is going to Juarez to
confer with DR.. Vasquer Gomez,
who expects to lead the rebel
forces hereafter.
General Salazar today left 200
rebels to garrison Parral, and re-
turned to Jiminez with the re-
mainder of his troops.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

AS we attempted to pass along
the road the glitter of bayonets
in the dead hour of the night
faced us. The colonel yelled
halt" and be obeyed orders, of
course, but little snob of a two
by-four { / heard he was clerk in
a bank) came out with a bayonet
and said: go back" and the
women said: I'VE will not go
back, for we have been going for
ward all night"
Then the colonel yelled: 1--WE
will charge bayonets them"
You will not charge bayo-
nets" said l, mot on this crowd.
We are not fighting the govern
ment. We are simply going to get
5000 of our brothers, who are
scabbing, to join tour forces"
Met the Militia.
The regiment was the crack
18th of Pennsylvania, and was
made up of lawyers. bank clerks
and men who hold little 2x4 Of
fees in corporation. The militia
saw that we did not have single
weapon In our hands, but were
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

The court is awaiting the filing
of stipulation in the interesting
contest between A. G. Bassett and
the law firm of Short, Selden &
Phelps.
Bassett and his wife had trou-
BILE. The wife hired one of the
firm for divorce proceedings and
the husband another and then
they agreed to quit fighting and
dwell together in peace and har+
mony. The lawyers demanded
$500. Bassett went in to settle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
$1,000 BEDSPREAD

T. c. King "a clerk in the wafer
and light office, has just received
from mis- sister-in-law, Mrs. ]. A.
King. of Calera, Okla, fine linen
breadspread which he has placed
on exhibition at Stone-Fisher' g..
The article took % months 10
make and Mrs. King used over
seven miles of linen thread in 1t.
1t is valued at $1,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

rnUENIX, Ariz., April "A
six hour day for the smelter men,
an eight hour day for all occupa-
tions public or private, abolition
of the blacklist" no child labor,
the ballot for women, effective en-
ployers' liability and working
mems compensation laws, and the
end of election abuses which have
Disseminated against the working
classes, are the chief demands
which the recently formed Ari-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
|.W.W.' S APPEAL
TO GOVERNOR

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
SAN DIEGO, Cal, April g.
The free speech reached a climax
here tonight when it became
known that the local council of
the Federated Trades at special
meeting Saturday night put the
situation up to Governor Johnson
and told him that If he did not
take hand, local labor men
would take steps to protect them
selves.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
Says Lawyers Brought Him and
Wife Together, Then Took
Their Home AS Pay for Job

and being unable to read, signed
what they gave him, supposing it
to be an agreement to pay $40 a
month.
Later 1t turned out he had
signed away his contract on which
he was buying his home on which
there was only 500 yet due and
5000 paid.
{ Short attempted to perfect title
in his own name to the property
and it all came out and Judge
Chapman ordered the property re-
stored to Bassett. a-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
Easter Hats Out
Yesterday

Tacoma celebrated Easter
Sunday with the usual millinery
display yesterday. a.
In all churches special serv-
ices were held with music FORM
ing a prominent feature.
Sunday schools generally held
musical services instead of the
regular lessons and the pastors
of all churches preached sermons
appropriate to the day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
T.R. In Illinois
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SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April s.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in
vaded the enemy's stronghold in
his tour of Illinois today, making
six speeches in the home district
of Congressman Mckinley, COM
mander in chief of the Taft cam
paign forces, and one at Danvilie,
the home town of former Speaker
Cannon.
The Roosevelt adherents are
jubilant over the situation that
the majority of the state dele
gates will go to the Chicago con-
vention pledged to the former
president.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
HOME PRODUCTS LEAGUE.

The Home Trade league has
completed its organization and
adopted its pledge which all Ia
comans will be asked to sign. The
pledge binds the signer to buy
home made good as far as possible
and patronize home merchants.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
PIONEER WOMAN DIES.

Mrs. Kate Stotler Mottau, 10,
a pioneer in this section, died
yesterday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. T. N. Morris, 622
South Ainsworth av. She has
lived here 80 years. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
GREEKS CELEBRATE.

Tacoma Greeks largely wc->& 70
Seattle yesterday to celebrate
Easter and the anniversary of
Grecian independence. A few who
remained at home had special
festivities in local restaurants.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
PORT OF VANCOUVER.

VANCOUVER, Wash, April g.
By almost unanimous vote the
port of ancouver was established
and three commissioners elected
Saturday to dredge a channel to
the Willamette river.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
HOLD JOINT PRIMARIES.

SEATTLE, April 8.-A repub-
lincan county committee will offer
to Join the democratic committee
in King county to hold joint pri-
maries for selection of delegates
to the state conventions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

of perhaps
history.
they organized and went night
pathetic old white
with and with beating
with brighter joined
instance marched 10 miles night During the
march stopped where but
there 5000 mines which wanted to call out
and get them to join forces.
One night 5000 from different gathered together
a
band played patriotic marched
Lansford said:
IL 1t is that old her They going
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

Employers of Labor Won't Have
the Law on Their Side When
They Kill and Injure Employees
They Must Pay for the Men
Killed in Interests of Cheap
Prr'I.. ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

]. c. PROVOST,
President of the Arizona Fedora
ton of Labor. Chairman of the
Labor Conference of 1910,
Which Started the Fight for a
Peoples Constitution.
and Ga per cent of wages during
the period of disability up to three
years. Both the liability law and
the compulsory compensation act
follow the new constitution and
abolish the old legal doctrines OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
WASHED OUT
by United Press Leased Wire. }

LANGTRY, Tex, April 8. =
Two hundred yards of embank-
ment and quantity of railroad
rolling stock are carried out to-
day on the Harrisburg, Galveston
and Western railroad as result
of the worst washout in many
years. 1t was caused by a cloud
burst. All trains bound for the
West are tied up at Del Rio.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
SUMMER SEASON ON.

The summer season opened at
the Tacoma hotel last evening
with over 200 guests at the OPEN
ing evening banquet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

Secretary Arizona Federat1on OF
Labor, Who Wrote Seven of the
20 Labor Bills Now Being Con-
sidered.
IONA State Federation of Labor is
making of the first legislature now
In session. Twenty distinct bills
covering their immediate needs
have been introduced and the
most of them are likely to be
passed teeth and all, for the gov
ernor is with the men and the
legislature is progressive.
The compensation law provides
automatic payment of from $1,000
TO $4,000 for death by accident,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

Time to think of gardening.
Large variety of Garden Seeds
and Sweet Peas to select from. Ia
coma Impt. G. Seed Co. 15th& Com.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

WILL MAMIE PRINCIPAL.
Superintendent w. F. Geiger of
the public schools will make a rec
ommendation Wednesday for the
principalship at the Tacoma high
school. There are about 100 APP
nlicants.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
TELEGRAPH
TABLOIDS

While working on a steam
shovel at Centralia Friday alter
non, Charles Glazer was serious
ly burned by boiling water when
steam cock on the shovel blew
out. He was brought to Tacoma
and taken to the Northern Pacific
hospital. 1t is thought that he
will recover.
After having visited Judge
Arntson last week nearly every
day, alleging that the cook at his
house was running things, T. r.
Dunkerly was Saturday advised
by police court officials to try and
get along with her until his vie
returned from North Yakima
where she is visiting. Mr.. DpnK-
erly intimated that he would like
to have a jury trial.
SALT LAKE - Up several
nights attending his sick wife
while en- route to their home at
Seattle, William H. Hansen took
a patent sleeping powder to allay
his nervousness and give him
some rest and his dife found him
dead in the morning.
NEW Y0RK-DemOcrati lead
ers say the Big Four from New
York will go to the democratic
national conventino uninstructed.
SAN FRANCISCO-Sergt. J.
Walsh, U. S. A. walked into the
Preside yesterday, finishing
round trip walk to New York in
176 days, beating the record of
Weston IS days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
Some Rug Values That are
Extraordinary

Wilton 9x12 Rugs, in floral patterns of neat
and attractive designs $31 80
Body Brussels, 9x12 Rugs, in popular de-
Signs $@t.OV
Several patterns of beautiful Administer
Rugs in Oriental floral patterns; designs
especially attractive .............. $18.75
Velvet 9x12 Rugs, beautiful patterns to
choose from ........s..... $500
Tapestry 9x12 Rugs in attractive and popu-
lar designs ........... .......... 5000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08

$3.50 Savonerrie Administer Carpets -. $3.50
$3.50 Saxony Administer Carpets 800
80 Velvet CARPETS, now ........ .$11O
1920 Velvet Carpets, Oriental patterns .0Oc
81 25 Tapestry Carpets, 10-wire, now 500
$1.1O Tapestry Carpets, 7-wire, now Soc
Remnants, to Is yards, Administer per
Remnants S to Is yards Velvets, per yard SOC
Remnants, 5-to Is Yards Tapestry, per yard 65c
A Tapestry Hall and Stair Carpet, in two
toned red; regular price, per yard 90c.
Special ........ .65c
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-08
Take Advantage of the Big Savings
Offer BY Our Spring Carpet Sale

demonstrated that Tacoma
appreciate Price Sale We have few
choice entire line of and floor
coverings.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
This Small World.

This is getting TO be mighty small
world compared 10 what il used Ia
be. said telegraph operator. I'm
handling cable wire now. The other
niSht the cable editor Of one of our
daily papers called me up over the tele
phone and asked me whether his cor
respondent down ut Cape Haitien had
hied anything. The wire from Cane
Haitien had just called. aud told him
TO wait moment. Then went Ia my
Key and in an instant learned that the
correspondent had just filed Il thousand
words ! went back to the telephone
and reported the fact TO the editor II
didn't take nearly rs long for him To
get that information all the way from
Cape Haifien. more than thousand
miles distant as il has for me 10 tell
you about it."-New York Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
Repenting at Leisure.

Agnes was little tot of five. with
curly, taxen hair, china-like complex
ion-and will of her own She had
been i'll advised. not to say deliberately
naughty, ut the dinner table. and
mamma had dismissed her TO her bed
room, to remain I'm DURANGO vile till she
should express due contrition for her
behavior Agnes cheerfully obeyed
the parental order and showed no spirit
Of repentance at the end of the first
quarter Of an hour. When thirty min
utes had elapsed mamma called from
an adjoining room:
Agnes. dearie. aren't you sorry?"
There was no reply from the dark
ness beyond.
Ten minutes later the question was
repeated. Back came the reply in the
patient dignity and childish treble of
five summers:
Mamma. please don't ask me anv
more. I'll come and let you know when
I'm sorry"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
FREEZING WATER.
How the Growth of Ice Crystals May
Be Made Plainly Visible.

How the Growth of Ice CRYSTALS Nav
Be Made Plainly Visible.
1t is not commonly known that fresh
water may sometimes he colder than
ice" and that the growth of ice crys.
tails may be made plainly visible An
interesting experiment to show this
may easily be made.
Fiji a clean pint bottle with distilled
water Make IA hole in the stopper
large enough to let a Thermometer
pass through It. The Kind of Their
mometer used in physical laboratories
Is most convenient Insert the stopper
In the bottle and let the Thermometer
reach nearly to the bottom. Pack
snow or ice and salt round the bottle
as you would pack an ice cream
freezer. If the bottle Is not Jared
the temperature may be seen TO drop
several degrees below the freezing
point without freezing the water.
III the stopper and thermometer are
now removed and n small piece of ice
free from any trace of salt is inserted
In the bottle and pushed down into
the water. crystals of ice may be seen
to shoot out I'm all directions from II.
After this experiment has been made
It Will be interesting to observe the
much slower growth OF ice crystals In
the quiet pools OF clear water that you
sometimes see in spring and fall. and
you will have some understanding of
the network OF ice Orders which is
beneath the ice coating OF small ponds.
Youths Companion
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
A Preference.

Il shall leave my reputation to be
judged b. pcsteri.y"
IhatS good idea" replied Senator
Sorghum THE way things are going
I'd much rather take my chances with
posterity than with an investigating
committee Washington Star.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
An Exceptia1

WHO was it wrote Distance lends
enohantment TO the view?'"
Il don't know. but I'll bet he never
sat on the gable end Of house and
watched a ball game that was going
on two blocks ."-Chlcago Reg
ord Herald
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1912-01-03
After the Secrets.

Mas Just crazy to serve on a Jury"
THAT SOP
YES: she SAYS she wants TO he ono
or the first to tell the secrets of the
Jury room Detroit Free Press
Evening star., 1912-08-30
DIRECTED TO PAY ALIMONY.
Henry w. Stewart Denies Charges
Made Against Him by Wife.

Henry w Stewart, a plumber, whose
wife, Anna r. Stewart, charged that he
struck her with a horsewhip when she
demonstrated with him for his alleged at
tentions to his young woman typist. was
.ordered today by Justice Gould to pay
temporary alimony of $40 per month for
the support of his wife and two children
untff the court hears the testimony In the
case The husband denied all the charges
made by the wife and alleged tha. she is
Influenced by her parents and relatives
who, he claims, now miss the compensa-
tion which he had been accustomed to
pay during nearly eight years while he
resided with them.
During all their married life. Mr.
Stewart says, the wife would not consent
to leave her parents home until last
March, when he fitted up a fiat over his
shop. Explaining the horsewhipping in
cident, he says the wife bought small
whip, and. standing at the top of the
stairs of their home, attracted his atten-
ton When he mounted the steps, he al
legged, she belabored him with the whip.
and after he had disarmed her he struck
at her. he admits, but did not know he hit
her.
His clerk has been in his employ for five
years, he states, and never had any trOu-
BILE with his wife. He declares the
charges Of the wife are 'trumped up as
an excuse for returning to live with her
parents.
Attorney Tracy L. Jeffords represented
the husband. Attorneys /. r. Hit and
tCharles II. Turner appear for the wife.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
SCHOONER WILL BE RAISED
Capt. Jordan Is Removing Cargo on
River Craft Leroy.

Efforts are being made to float the old
river schooner Leroy, which lies sunken
in Nanjemoy creek and it is probable that
she will again join the fleet of wood and
lumber carriers on the river.
Capt. Jordan. colored. the master and
owner of the Leroy. is now removing the
cord wood with which the craft was
laden when she sank and after she IS
ioated she will be put on shoal shore,
where she can be examined and tie re
pairs needed to put her in good order de-
termined. The Leroy is one of the old
traders on the Potomac and for many
years she has been bringing wood and
other cargoes to this city. About a year
ago her owner and master. Capt. Jordan,
was taken Ill and was forced to go to
Baltimore to a hospital leaving the yes
sci in Nanjemoy creek half loaded. With
no one to look after her she began to
leak, and filled and sank. 1t was thought
that she was too badly damaged to be
raised and repaired. but Capt. Jordan.
who but recently left the hospital, is of
a different opinion and he is having her
raised preparatory to taking her to a
boat repair yard. The Leroy is a vessel
of twenty-seven tons register and was
built at st. Michaels, Md, in 1881.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
ANACOSILA.

Salem Lodge, No. % Independen,
Order Of Odd Fellows. of Anacosti,
admitted new members to its BODY a,
meeting held last evening in Ma
sonic Hall. Reports were presentel
covering the condition of the order
Adolphus GUIDE of Anacostia. who
was In attendance at the florists con-
ventton in Chicago recently as one nj
the judges, has returned to his nome
put expects to leave again shortly FOR
indianapolis to represent the Royai
Arch Masons of the District at the
tri-annual convention to be held there
sentatives from the District.
Rev. George nj. Cummings, paste. of
the Garden Memorial Presbyterian
Church, has returned to the city and
will resume his duties in his chut Gil
Sunday morning next. Rev Mr. Cum
mings spent his vacation in Baltimore
county. Md, and al Colonial Beach. and
his two sons. Albert and Harold ac-
companied him.
ST. Barnabas Hall at Oxon Hill was
the scene Of a large gathering last
evening when the young people of
that community gave a dance The
hall had been decorated for the event
and music was furnished by a large
orchestra.
The women of St Teresas parish
brought their supper and dance to 4
close last evening at Fairlawn, and a
large crowd was present to partake of
the supper and to enjoy the dancing
afterward Those in charge expect
that a large sum was realized with
which to carry on their work.
Unusual responses are being made
to the petitions being circulated
throughout East Washington Heights
and Good Hope for funds to relieve the
family of Charles fudge, who recently
lost their home and its contents by
fire.
The treasury of the Catholic Sunday
School at Congress Heights has been
increased by about $500 as result of
the lawn fete held the past week a.
Randle Park. according to the state
ment of those interested in the matter
Desk Clerk d. j. Garvey Of the
eleventh police precinct has been
granted his annual vacation.
Because James Dixon, negro of T
street hill, Hillsdale. it is alleged. re-
fused to get. ON the inside of the
street car upon which he was re-
turning home last evening about 8
o'clock at the request Of the con-
ductor in charge Of the car, he was
arrested for disorderly conduct by Po-
liceman Eskridge of the eleventh pre-
cinct. Capt Anderson, commanding
this precinct. has expressed the de-
termina ton to put stop to disorder
ly conduct on street cars operating
through Anacostia.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
LIGHT TENDER rs REPAIRED.
Maple Resumes Service After Having
Been Overhauied.

Having completed repairs. which she
has been undergoing at a Baltimore ship
yard for the past week or ten days, the
lighthouse tender Maple has been return
ed to service. She loaded supplies for
light stations and has sailed on a visit
TO the lighthouses in the upper part Of
Chesapeake bay. Comp. eting the trip
this week she will return to Baltimore.
Capt. Henry Davis, master Of the tug
Camilla, reports that on his way down
the river Tuesday night with a loaded
barge in tow the light in the Maryland
point station was burning, hut was not
flashing as 1t should have done. We'd
ncsday night, however, when he came up
the river towing 4 light barge the sta
ton was showing its proper character
istics. repairs to the mechanism having
been made by the keepers.
Laden with stores and other supplies
for the light vessels on stations at Fen
wick Island, Winter Quarter and ASA
league, Va. the tender Orchid has sail
ed from the Portsmouth. Va, station.
After supplying the stations the Orchid
will go into Chincoteague Inlet to re-
place the buoy marking that bar. This
buoy was recently reported adrift. AS
sistant Inspector Crisp Of this district
is aboard the Orchid and will inspect the
light stations along the coast north Of
Cape Charles.
Evening star., 1912-08-30
CANAOA TO GO ON CRUISE.
Power Launch to Be Ready for Serv.
ice When Machinery Is Installed.

As soon as necessary portions of her
machinery can be obtained and installed,
the power launch Canaoa. belonging to
Capt. Oliver Eetcham. will be ready to
go into service. and with her owner and
q party of friends aboard will leave here
on an extended cruise on the river and
Chesapeake bay.
The Canaoa has been put overheard
from a marine railway, where she receiv-
ed an overhauling and her hull was re-
painted and redecorated in preparation
for the coming trip.
large power equipped canoe, belong
ing to d. Clagett and Charles Smith. is
out on the marine railway at Regain S
boatyard to have a portion of her keel
renewed. and for other work that Will
put her in good trim for hunting and
fishing trips on the river this fall. The
launch will he ready for service by the
end of the week, and will take her own
ers and a party on a short trip down the
river.
The new engine which is to be installed
in the dory boat which is being changed
for power at Regan's for Frank Hahn
has arrived at the boathouse and this
week will be placed in position and the
new craft made ready for service. 1t is
probable that II will have a trial the
coming week.