The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-22
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(By United Press Leased Wire.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.EIf Isidor
Wulfson, city inspector OF weights
and measures, can have his way,
short count in matches is going to
cease In indianapolis. All over
the country from San Diego, Cal,
to Portland, Me-, says Wulfson,
consumers are paying five cents
for boxes supposed to contain 500
matches when in reality they hold
only anywhere from 800 to 384.
REDMOND, Ore.-Redmond Is
practically depopufated today, ow-
ing to the discovery of gold-bear-
ing sands along the Deschutes riv-
err, near Lower Bridge. Over 100
claims have been staked out al
ready. The discovery was made by
John Robinson. Sand assayed an
average of SIS per ton.
SHERIDAN, Ore. - Following
the example set by Judge Shortall
of San Francisco, Justice of Peace
Johnson says he will marry any
leap-year couple free provided the
bride did the proposing.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wn.
Six hundred children and par
ents connected with the army post
here have just enjoyed their
Christmas tree. Santa Claus was
compelled to postpone his visit
nearly month owing to scarlet
fever epidemic.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.-The. Los
Angeles police are looking for a
candidate for the meanest thief in
a man who pulled from it's fasten-
ings the Christmas box in st. Vim
cents Catholic church and pock-
eted the pennies and nickels it
contained.
BOSTON-George p. Bowler, a
prominent Harvard student, lost
$4,000 in night at the rou-
lette game in New York, accord
ing to Testimony in a law suit
! here.
SAN FRANCiSCO-Leap year
and woman suffrage got an awful
wallop here today when the girls
of San Rafael plotted against the
time honored custom of inviting
cadets to the military academy
dance. Invite u.s." they said.
! SAN FRANCISCO-Chief of
Police White is to lay before the
supervisors a proposition that, if
carried, will make White more
famous than Coxey. The chief
proposes a municipal lodging
house-free-for hoboes.
! INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-No ses-
sion of the federal grand jury
which is Investigating an alleged
nationwide dynamite conspiracy,
in which the McNamaras are said
to have been active, was held here
today. The probers adjourned I'M
til Monday.
EUGENE, Ore.-No lives were
! lost in a fire which destroyed the
dormitory at the county poor farm
late last night, according to tele-
phone messages this forenoon.
There were II inmates and several
of them had to be carried from the
burning structure.
PORTLAND, Ore.-A "Ieasue
of the unemployed similar to that
formed in VaS~ouver, B. c.. re-
Gently, will be organized by the To-
cal branch of the socialist party to
make an appeal to the city author
Iities for relief for the idle. One
thousand men have signified in
tentions of joining the league.
BAKERSFIELD, Ca1.-The Pa
cific Coast Field Trials club OPEN
ed its 9th annual meet here to-
day. Sportsmen from Tacoma, Sc
attic, Portland, San Francisco, Los
Angeles and other coast cities are
/ in attendance. Fifty pointers are
entered. Weather conditions were
ideal. Judge Charles Post of Sac
ramento, was the presiding field
officer.
SAN FRANCISC.-D. B. Town.
send, one of Attorney General
Wickersham's aides, now in Port
land, is expected to arrive in San
Francisco this week in connection
with the litigation over the gov
ernment's billion dollar land grants
to the Southern Pacific railway,
the Coos Bay Wagon road and the
IOropOn and California railroad