The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-02

VANCOUVER B. CAS- a re-
suit of the connection between a
bob-sleigh and a dray wagon on
st. Georges avenue, Donald
Smith, young boy about IL years
of age, received injuries which re-
suited in his death.
CHICAGO.-"To install dane
ing is to wreck the school system.
The social promiscuous dance is
evil and only evil. Its history is
soaked in shame and it's course
marked by blackened souls and
lost spirits" said Rev. Nj. p. Boyn-
ton, denouncing the proposed in
production of dancing i'll public
schools.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Nathan
Hurst escaped from Huntsville
penitiary % years ago, took the
name of Hammond, raised two
families and became a prominent
citizen. Yesterday his father se-
Cured a pardon from GOVERNOR
Colquitt and he will go back to
Texas.
WINNIPEG, Man.-Albert g..
Boyce and Mrs. ]. C. Snead, who
eloped from Fort Worth, Tex.
were taken to the border and de-
ported today. Snead came here
but did not get to see his wife.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.-O. j. Slough,
"a years old, took the annual,
plunge with the San Diego Swim
ming club yesterday, swimming
with ease.
LONDON.-RcpOrt from Odes-
sa say the efforts to get up a boy
colt against American goods isl
falling flat. American goods are
too popular.
WASHINGTON.-At President
Tafts reception yesterday 8,092I
diplomats and citizens shook hands
with the president
PORTLAND, Me.-Rev. T.. W.
Sanford, ten days in federal pris-
on at Atlanta, wrote to friends
here wishing representatives of
the press Righteousness, useful
ness and prosperity" and showing
great cheerfulness.
MONROVIA, Liberia-Daniel
Howard was inaugurated as presi-
dent of the republic of Liberia.
ALAMEDA, Cal. - Knocked
down by he propeller of Aviaor
Frank Bryan's aeroplane as hel
bird man was preparing to leave
the ground, little John Mcdonald
picked himself up, felt of the SMALL
bump on his head, and grinned.
But the propeller was splinteredI
and the flight had to be aban-l
doned.
SACRAMENTO, Cal. Early
rising Sacramentoans stared with
amazement today at the ice cov-l
cred puddles dotting the streets.
AT 5 o'clock the temperature was
80 degrees above zero. Through
out the entire valley the weather.
mas been uncommonly cold.
observation-disclosures of fire andl
panic in moving picture theaters.
which has claimed hundreds oil
lives, Is expected to be eliminated
by the success of a new inventionl
experimental with by the Berlinl
Chemical society. 1t is non-com-l
bustible.
LYNN, Mass.-Leon NJ. Smith'sl
father here is keeping the wiresl
hot asking the Berkeley, CAL, au-l
thorities to prevent the marriagel
Of his son, Leo, jr., newspaper
man there, to Miss Gertrude Gard-I
ner, 2, who is speeding toward
California today to marry thel
young man. Smith and the grill
were schoolmates. Young Smith'sl
christmas present to Miss GsrdnerI
was a diamond ring and a railroad
ticket west. With her parents
consent she is on her way.
SEATTLE, WasI.-A. C. Harri-
SOL, who mysteriously left his wife
and baby here three weeks ago.
has been located by his father-in-
law, M. V. kellogg, in a hospital
in San Francisco. He had been
found unconscious on a street a
few days ago.
RICHMOND, Ind.-Four men,
bers of one family all suing for
divorce at one time is the unique
condition of domestic affairs in
Cyrus Hicks household here. Mrs.
Anna Hicks asks a divorce from
Cyrus. She is his third wife.
Cyrus himself has filed a cross
bill. Iva, his daughter, Is suing
William Todd. her husband. Will
liam Hicks, his son, has instituted
proceedings for a divorce from his
wife.