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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

What the police believe is the
sixth white slave attempt to bt
uncovered within a few months
came when a 14-year-old convent
Igirl from North Yakima was dis
covered at the Berkshire hotel al
3 o'clock this morning.
Howard Coppeck, cigar clerk
and Charles Parkhurst, theateI
cashier, roommates, are held al
the police station on a kidnapping
charge under $4,000 bail.
Three more warrants are said
to be in the hands of the police.
The girl, nearly prostrated by
her experience, is at the home OF
her aunt. Mrs. ]. f. Kenworthy
at South Tacoma.
The girl, who is described as
pretty as picture, has been at
tending the Visitation academy.
She returned yesterday from a
visit to her parents, and went al
once to the home of friends on ]
ST, leaving her suitcase there.
Started for Theater.
She started for theater, where
she met Parkhurst. Later they
started on a trip around town.
About O'Clock the girl tele-
phoned to her friends that she was
going direct to the academy. A
little later, a young man, believed
to be Parkhurst, called for her
suitcase.
The I st. people grew suspicious,
and telephoned w. II. Kenworthy
at South Tacoma, and the girls
father, G. Riley, at Yakima. Ken
worthy hurried downtown, met
Detectives Royal and Albertson
and started hunting for the girl.
Find Girls. Trail.
From theater, to a drug store,
and then to Helms the trail of
the couple. They spent some time
at the cafe, the police learned.
Then they traced her and the man
to C st. and Che Berkshire hotel.
Obstacles arose at the hotel.
The clerk declared that he had
not seen the girl. Parkhurst told
the police he had seen the girl
with a man going into the Wheel
er hotel. The police went there.
No trace of the girl could be
found at the Wheeler. The police
had never had reason to suspect
that it was catering to this kind
of trade. They returned to the
Berkshire.
Give Up the Girl.
Needham and Capt. Wiley ther
joined the detectives. AS the no.
tel people insisted the girl was
not there, the officers decided to
stay there till they found her.
About O'Clock this morning
the police say, Manager Timmons
produced the girl.
Timnons Makes Statement.
Manager Timmons and j. e.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
NO RECALL
PETITIONS
|NSAL00NS

Recall petitions against Mayor
Seymour are now out, being sign
ed.
Thirty blanks with room for
1900 names were sent out by
Chairman Herman Martin of the
recall committee this morning.
They went into the North, East
and West Ends of the city.
Martin said today that no petit
tions would be placed on the
counter at any stores.
None i'm Saloons.
There will be no petitions
placed in cigar stores, hotels or
axy place and the men who go
out after signatures will not let
go of the papers. There will be
no soliciting names in the sa-
looms. I would not have this If
we never got any names. We are
going to the people in the resi-
dence section and to the indus
trial plants.
I'VE have raised a small sum
and will compensate those who
take the petitions out but we can
not pay much. We are turning
down some who want to handle
the petitions and no one will De
sent out unless he is strictly re-
liable and in favor of good gov
ernment."
Martin this morning took out
SO petitions from the city clerk s
office. There are 200 in all with
room for 10000 names.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
Protest Against
Change In Time

The Sunset Improvement club
held rousing meeting last night
to protest against a proposed
change of service on the Traction
line, which the street railway
company has been contemplating
from 20 to 80 minute service,
G. ]. Langford and R.. D. Lyt-
tie upheld the corporation. The
discussion was very heated al
times. Another meeting will be
held next Friday night. =
g. w. Rounds, superintendent
of teh T. R. & P, made a promise
for better service in the summer,
stating that the Traction line waf
not paying proposition at pres
ent. Members of the club con-
tradicted this.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

OFFEOERAL.
WIRE PLAN
(ISy United Press Leased Wire.O
WASHI HINGTON d c. Ian 1R<

(By united PreSS Leased WIRE
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan 49,
That President Taft is in abY
Lutte accord with Postmaster/
Ieral Frank H. Hitchcock
for government ownership
graph lines was learned o.
from an authoritative source he. 2
The president is confident that
the plan is feasible and probably
will recommend some action 'on
the matter before his term ex-
Ipires.
1t was also learned that the
publication of Hitchcock views
was part of a plan to feel out the
public pulse concerning the plan
without committing President
Taft. If the public approves the
scheme, the president will urge
action as the project has been un-
der investigation for year or
more.
The cabinet met with President
Taft and the public ownership
plan was gone over at great
length. &
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
Printers Combine Is Not
a Trust, Says Anderson

printing business in the past" said
Anderson, sis foolish price-cut
ting. Estimates have been given
that one could make money on
The association expects to estab
lish system of scientifically cor,
rect prices to be charged on al
work"
Twenty of the 80 job offices in
town have joined the organization
Stanley Bell is president and Dave
Allstrum secretary. Similar asso.
Citations are being formed in 9TH
er cities.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

Miss Sanderson is grand
daughter of George Sanderson
who was once mayor of San Fran
cisco and one of former President
Cleveland's s bosom friends.
Gen. !. ]. Sanderson is her un-
Gle. Many of the other men OF
her family are in the army.
With Mrs. Edward Martin ALI.
son, wife Of a San Francisco
stockbroker, who has written the
sketch in which they will appear
Miss Sanderson will begin shortly
an engagement in New York.
The play is called LA Ques-
tion." 1t was written by Mrs. ALI
son after she had read Robert
Chambers THE Common Law
and the plot is based upon that
work.
Her stage name is to be Estelle
Valerie, also inspired by Chambers
novel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
Babe Murderer
Starts For Pen

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Jan.
16.-Sentenced to life imprison-
ment for the murder of his four
hours-old babe, John Rech began
his journey to San Quentin today.
When he bade farewell to his wife
she clung to his neck and sobbed
bitterly.
Mrs. Rech, charged with COM
plicity in the murder, will be tried
January 29. Rech urged the high
cost of living in defense of his
deed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU SOON

Commissioner Petit took the
rest of the commission down Com
merce st. this morning to look at
rooms for a free employment bu-
reau. 1t is expected to get ade-
quate quarters before the week is
over. Plenty of room will be
secured so there can be reading
rooms and a place for unemployed
men to stay while hunting for
jobs.
Two men will be put in charge
of the department.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
Mrs. Morrow Held In
$4,000 Bonds, Murder

had let me take the stand and
tell my story" said Mrs. Morrow
between sobs. "But he made me
sit quiet, and here / am, charged
with murder, and they are trying
to hang me. / know nothing OF
the crime-nothing. Because ]
quarreled with my husband, a bit
ter old man, disappointed with
his failure in life, who had moth
ing to live for and decided to die,
1 am held and they want to send
me to the gallows.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

MAN LOST

They're going old Doc" Lewis the
standing ability,
clear the bottom. did The a
Time and again he has been a--for drunkenness, for
hitting
They're kind of tired bohering with Lewis nowsending him
through
ment again. trial sentencing jail He CELL
and the jail is already well crowded.
So the prosecuting
him the road-for life.
Under habtual criminal convic-
tons for petty arceny--theyl him o Wala Wala
He's just the way-Pierce county
of
the who sell cocaine
tms?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
PREFER HAYDEN
To HUMPHREY

AS 1t was apparently Hob
sons choice" between a Seattle
reactionary and Tacoma corpor-
alton lawyer for the federal
bench the Tacoma Young Men s
Republican club last night adopt
ed resolutions endorsing Elmer
Hayden for the seat of Judge
Donworth. ss
Copies of the endorsement will
be sent to Congressman Warbur-
tonand Senators Jones and Poin-
dexter.
AS opposed to Humphrey Con-
gressman Warburton has also
recommended Hayden to- Presi-
dent Taft.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
CAN FIGHT
IN TACOMA

81 see the fight promoters now
are trying to organize a club to
hold the Martin-Leon prizefight,
but it will not CO." said Commits
sioner Petit this morning, after a
conference with the city attor-
neys.
Il want everybody to have
plenty of notice so there will be
no misunderstanding about it, that
there will be no fighting permit
ted in Tacoma. The organization
of the club is simply scheme for
evasion of the law, and it will not
be permitted"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
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(By United Press Leased Wire. }
NEW YORK-As a result of
testimony given by Madame Tet-
razzini, the witness in the suit
of Meyer Rosnick against Oscar
Hammerstein, it is said today
that Hammerstein probably will
settle the suit, which is for $780,
600 for alleged breach of contract
because Nine. Tetrazzini did not
sing at the Theatre Francaise
Montreal, February z, 1910.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
Wilde Jury Is
Being Drawn
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fBy United Press Leased Wire. }
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 16.-
When the trial of. Louis ]. Wilde,
the San Diego banker, charged
with wrecking the Oregon Saw
ings C Trust bank. was resumed
today three jurors, subject only
to peremptory challenge, occupied
the box.
w. Cooper Morris, formerly
cashier of the defunct bank, is
Jointly charged with Wilde. He
is now serving a term in the pen
itentiary for other peculations
from the bank.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
N MAN|GAL
TELLS Of
DYNAMITE
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 1G.
|-Ortie e. McManigal, confessed
|dynamiter. today occupied the at
ltention of the United States grand
/ jury here investigating the alleg-
ed countrywide dynamite conspir-
acies.
1t is predicted that it will re-
Iquire two days for McManigal to
ltell his story, as he is considered
the principal witness to appear
before the probers.
McManigal's wife and children
have returned to Chicago without
seeing the prisoner. 1t is believ-
led that efforts to reconcile the
couple failed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

Not a trust, but an educational
association to teach printers to
charge right prices-this is the
scope of the new so-called print
ers combine" organized here late
ly, as explained today by G. w.
Anderson.
If the plans of the Printers
Board of Trade, as it is called,
work out, all prices asked in the
future in printing jobs Will be the
same.
"The thing that has hurt the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

CLEVELAND, Jan. 16.-.-Miss
Harriet Keeler, aged 65, is the
second woman to be made SUPER
intendent of schools of large
city. To settle factional rows.
Cleveland has elected her to that
position, following the example OF
Chicago, where Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young is head of the schools.
Miss Keeler gets $4,000 a year.
Miss KeeIer is a woman of high
literary attachments. She has
written several valuable textbooks.
She is younger than her years in
dicate and Is vigorous and active.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
Mystery Surrounds Death of
Aged Nan and Woman

salesman. Receiving no response,
he looked through the half-open
door and saw the body of the
woman lying in the hallway. Push
ing into the house he found Con-
ners' body lying on couch in the
front room.
There was nothing superficial
to indicate the cause of death. No
marks of violence were found.
Conners and Mrs. Soberg were
seen talking together last Satur-
day, the last seen of them alive
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
INV United Press LEASED Wi

(By United Press Leased Wire.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Weeplng
and threatening her attorney for
not securing the necessary $40,-
600 bail for her release, Mrs.
Rene Morrow, charged, following
her preliminary hearing today,
with the murder of her aged hus-
band, declared she is an innocent
victim of circumstances.
II could have proved by inno-
cence, convinced the judge and
been at home now If my lawyer
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
LuCKY RALDwIN MILL

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.-
Argument on the appeal of Mrs.
Lillian Turnbull in behalf of her
daughter, Beatrice Anita Turnbull.
whose suit to break the will of the
late e. J. (Lucky) Baldwin, mill
lionaire turfman, who she claims is
the father of the girl. was decided
adversely in the Los Angeles SUI
perior court, is. on here this after
noon before the state supreme
court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 16.
Evidently dead since last Satur-
day, whether by murder or sui
eide, the bodies of Edward Con-
ners, aged so, and Mrs. Jennie
Soberg, As, were found today In a
house on Diamond st. Mystery
was added by the discovery that
fire had been set in the base
ment of the dwelling and had
burned through the dining room
floor and gone out.
The bodies were found by a coal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
Starving Russ. Peasants
Sell Children for Slaves

LONDON, Jan. 16.-Starving
peasantry in Southeastern Russia
in the government. of Orenburg,
on the Ural river, are selling their
children to the Khirgez nomads
in the government of Saratov, ac-
cording to telegram from ply
sician in Orenburg, which is pub
lished here Thousands of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

PORTLAND, Ore.-A state ir-
rigation congress will be held in
Portland February 10 to 21, un-
der the auspices of the oregon De-
velopment league.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

The foregoing promises looking
to better street car service were
made by the street railway Off
cials in conference with city COM
missioners yesterday afternoon.
Petit, Freeland and Woods
were present with Shackelford
Bean, Rounds, Longino of the
street car company and H. B.
Hendley and S. A. Beadle repre-
senting kicking citizens.
Manager Bean said one reason
there is not better service is that
women shoppers stay own. town
until the workingmen are going
home and then crowd on the cars,
adding to the jam.
Two or three extra cars will go
on the Point line tonight. Sixth
avenue and South Tacoma lines
will be checked up for a week
and If found necessary more cars
will be added in the rush hours.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

people in the vicinity are said to
have died from hunger, while
fully 70 per cent of the children
in some of the villages have been
stricken with a fearful epidemic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
Fierce Fire Sweeps
Over City Of Osaka
(By United Press Leased Wire.)


TOXIC JAN l0nfive thou sand homes have been destroyed
After fighting desperately with the flames O'Clock
until the firemen
battalion of
better the destroying
ho
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
T.R.&P.W WILL
G|vEBETTER
SERVICE

Extra cars on Point De-
fiance line.
Will check up 9th avenue
line.
VIII check up South Taco
ma line.
American lake passenger
transfers at South Tacoma.
Puyallup and Spanaway
transfers at Fern Hill.
Twenty minute service on
South Yakima soon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
ARCHITECT BOUND OVER

Wilford ID. Ploutfe, architect,
and father of facoma's recent
boy bandit" sent to the reform
school, was bound over to the su-
perior court yesterday by Justice
Evans for wife desertion.
Bail was set at $500.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
IMPROVEMENT MEETING.

The West End Improvement
club will hold meeting in Gill
bert's hall tonight at s O'Clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
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SAN FRANCISCO-Sev

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
thousand engineers will partici-
pate in the annual engineering
congress to be held here
during the 1915 exposition to
mark the completion of the
world greatest engineering
achievement. Nine engineering
societies are now in preliminary
conference here to prepare for
their coming.
COLUMBUS, O.-The constitu-
tionality of the Ohio Working
mems compensation was upheld
today by the state supreme court
and the long pending case brought
to a conclusion.
PARIS-In recognition of his
gifts to the Louvre, the French
government, according to a Paris
ian newspaper today, has decided
to decorate ]. Pierpont Morgan
with the commandership of the
Legion of Honor.
ASTORIA, Ore.-Members of
the crew of the wrecked schooner
Admiral are safe in Astoria today,
where they will remain until they
can be paid. Mrs. Bender, wife
of Captain Bender, is seriously i'll
as a result of the experiences she
underwent when the schooner
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

SPOKANE-Henry M. TrimbIe
commander-in-chief of the G. A.
R., arrived here from Seattle this
morning. He will leave tonight
for his home at Princeton, Ill.
LONDON-On the ground of
his wife's misconduct with Lord
Hamilton of Dalzell, Lieut.. Col
William Arnold Webster Lawson,
second son of Baron Burnham,
principal owner of the Daily Tele-
graph, today has been granted a
divorce. Mrs. Lawson is the
daughter of Lieut.. Gen. Sir Fred
erick Marshall.
LOS ANGELES-JOhn Quincy
Adams, jr., who claims to be a
descendant of two presidents, is a
prisoner in the county Jail here
today, charged with contributing
to the delinquency of children.
Until recently Adams was super
intendent of the parental school
of Los Angeles.
LOS GATOS, Cal. - Baptists
here have adopted a progressive
resolution, making baptism option
al and virtually opening the doors
of the church to all classes and
oraado
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16

WEATHER FORECAST.
Probably rain tonight and
Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-16
ODD BITS O. news

crashed through the Columbia riv-
Ier jetty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-22
FOR MARINES
Sailors Expected to Be Con-
sumed With Envy at De-
partment'S Order.

The old feud between the marines and
the sailors will probably burst out in
terrific fury again when the sailors real
ize that the marines have been elevated
in the eyes of society. For some reason
or other. the order has gone forth from
the Navy Department that after August
1 every marine i'm the United States serv-
ice shall be equipped with two pairs OF
pajamas They will be part of his uni
form. He will have to wear them when
asleep in his bunk or his hammock. and
must present as neat an appearance
while sleeping as he does while parad-
ing.
The order is the result of recommen-
dation from the medical department. IL
has not been divulged why marines need
medical attention I'm the shape OF paJamas
any more than sailors or soldiers. but
the order stands, and Uncle Sans float
ing soldiers will receive a total of $1,000
suits Of night clothes next month.
At any rate. the Marine Corps viii,
after August l. be in splendid position
to repel a night attack without embar-
rassment 10 its members or TO any or
the enemy who may be of squeamish dis
position. The sight of a company Of
pa jama-clad marines. armed with rifles
and ready to eNterminate the enemy
seeking TO vanquish the sleeping forces.
will make a fine wartime picture some
day. perhaps.
Meantime the soldiers and sailors have
TO provide their own night attire. if any.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-22
LOSS WAS S12O,0OO,0OO
Amount Swind|ers Got From
American People Dur
ing Fiscal Year.

Swindlers feeced the American people
out of $4,000 600 during the fiscal year
ending June 80 last, according to a re-
port just made to Postmaster General
Hitchcock. This is an increase of prac-
tically S5OOOo,OOO over last years fieec-
ing.
Post office inspectors arrested ,O3 per-
sons, who are alleged to have operated
fraudulent schemes; 49, were convicted
and sentenced. and. according to the re-
disposition 1t is claimed that these per-
sons are from every walk of life and in
clude merchants we'll as mechanics.
professional men as well politicians,
and millionaires as well as paupers.
Among the wealthy offenders who were
apprehended are men who have posed Is
respectable citizens. leaders in their COM
munities and personages in the highest
social and business circles. Some of
them are now serving prison sentences.
Formerly 1t was the practice when men
We're caught engaged in fraudulent enter
prises to simply issue a fraud order
against them denying them the use of
the mails. These were very often evad-
ed. Postmaster General Hitchcock. how
ever directed the post Office inspectors
to go further. and when they found per-
sons engaged in swindling operations to
endeavor to obtain evidence to convict
them in a criminal prosecution. This
years report on the subject will give an
idea of the extent of these fraudulent
schemes and of what has been done to
protect the public from them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-22
HEAVY STORM SWEEPS
OVER WIDE TERRITORY
Crops Damaged, Trees Up
rooted, Persons Injured.
Gale at Atlantic City.

IAGERSTOWN, Md. July ga
heavy rain and wind storm swept over
Hagerstown and Washington county
yesterday afternoon, a large amount
of water falling in comparatively
short time. The wind that accompa-
MED the rain blew down number of
trees in Hagerstown, while in the
county many fields of corn were pros
trated. The drains were not sufficient
to carry half the water in the lower
section of Hagerstown. and az re-
suit a number of streets and many
gardens and cellars were flooded. The
windstorm is said to have been severe
between Hagerstown and Baltimore,
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany being shut off last night from di
rect communication with Baltimore
and Washington and having only one
wire working to Philadelphia.
At Ellicott City.
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. July 22.-The
third severe wind and rain storm with
in a week struck this county yesterday
afternoon. The wind blew down trees
and fences. scattering shocked wheat
over the fields and damaging standing
corn crops to great extent.
The wheat and hay crops which are
still in the fields will suffer greatly
from the continued wet weather.
Damage to Crops.
FREDERICK. Nd. July 22.-With rain
here yesterday there have been nine days
in succession upon which rain has fallen.
and in that time the ground has been
kept so wet that it has been impossible
to work it, So far this month over six
inches of waterfall has been recorded in
this county. which is considered remark
able. On account of the long-continued
spell of rain there is still much hay to be
made and persons who have ventured to
NOW during clear afternoons have had
the mown hay spoiled by rain at night
or the next morning
The frequent rains have made the corn
crop, which was backward. come for