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The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
proviae e.eellent lndlyIdual entertain.

provide excellent individual entertain-
ment.
The author has the gift Of naturally
humorous expression. Into Happy
Hawkins mouth he puts some OF the
most sagacious utterances on, life In the
most Illuminating form of native drol-
Iery, Here are several instances:
.The thing at sets most strangers
again each other is the fact that each
insists on Judgin' everything nom his
own standpoint. A cow-punchcr gets the
idee that because an Fastener can't sit
comfortable on broncho when it's sun'
fishin' or twistin' ends. he Jest nachely
amt fit to clutter up the surface o. the
earth: while the Fastener Is inclined TO
estimate the puncher an his pony as
bein' on the same intellectual level II
they'd Jest open up an examine eacn
other impartial. they'd mighty soon see
at the difference in them came from
what they did. instead o. the choice o
their lines o. business dependin' on their
natural makeup"
The way Happy Hawkins introduces
his tale and explains his methods Is Ike
this:
"Friar Tuck used to say at whenever
he could cut 1t. he aiius got on the lee
side o. human nature and let 1t blow
Gown on him natural; and my way o
, gettin' to the lee side o. human nature
in story tellin' is not to ask for story.
but to start tellin' one myself And it's
a good plan not to put over too good a
one either; cause IL 1t seems as though
Teller Is short run on stories. some
listener is likely to take pity on him and
fit him out with a new assortment so
as he won't be such bad company Tor
himself when he is alone again."
Here is another example, and II is a
veritable gem:
MY own memory is as stubborn as a
mule and as grippy as a bulldog. What
IL does remember II calls up in the shape
o. pictures and l see old things just as
plain as Twin, breathin' beings; but, try
as would. i never could Keep my MEM
ory from loadin' herself down with 20
many trifies that sometimes I've had to
spade It over as many as six times to
turn up some important item which
was actually in need Of. When my MEN,
ory is in a good humor. I like to start a
pipe and lean back and just watch old
scenes over again, the same as II was
| in a theater: and can see every twinkle
| in a pair o. well-known eyes. which have
been lookin' up through six feet OF earth
| for this many a long year, and can
| hear-actually hear-the half-tunes rip
Lplin' through voices which have no more
| mart in my to-day than the perfume o
| last years flowers: and then like as
not my memory II lay her ears back and
refuse to confide what ! did with my
Shawn soap"
All this makes good reading. indeed.
and the book is assured a large popu-
larity on the part of those who ike the
| "breezy'' Western style.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
Why Foam Is White.
-on the Milwaukee Free Press.

Prom the Milwatkee free freSs
No one can have failed to notice that
the foam along the shore of the sea or
of a lake Is white. No matter how deep
the blue OF the water may be there Is
the same whiteness of the froth at its
edge. II the blackest ink in the world
is beaten into foam the foam will be
as white as the freth OF milk
The reason for this is that We see all
objects by reflected light. II they re-
fleet all the rays, they appear white:
II they absorb all the rays. they seem
to be black When beaten into a froth.
says Harper's Weekly. the little bubbles
reflect all the light from teif surface. for
their extreme thinness makes them
practically nothing but surfaA and thus
they are white.
For the same reason any colored stone
shows white when II Is ground to a
powder. Take the blackest marble and
reduce II to small grains and these will
appear white. because their surfaces now
all reflect the same light II the polished
surface of the same marble be only
little scratched. as with a nail or drill
point. the effect will be light-colored
streak.
The same point is illustrated In tbs
appearance of the tiny particles OF dew
on the spiders web as compared with
the larger drops suspended from the tips
Of blades Of grass. All the more strik-
ing Is the difference when the cold has
converted dew and water into frost and
ice. The frost sparkles from the in
Vulnerable faces of the crystals. while
the Ice shows a uniformly shining sur
face. Frost and snow are white be-
cause of the smallness OF their particles
and the great number Of the rejecting
surfacea
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
Embargo on Gun Toters

From the st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Representative Sisson. Of Mississippi
has introduced in Congress a bill to pu,
a national embargo on gun toters and
gun toting. His suggestion Is designed
to accomplish something, but 1t does not
go far enough. He offers, as a revenue
measure. a bill to require revenue stamps
on all revolvers and pistols stored in any
warehouse, wholesale or retail establish
ment from July ], 1913. He would re.
quire a $3.50 stamp on every such weap-
on and in addition there must be stamps
to the amount Of IS per cent ad valorem
That would make It necessary to pay a
revenue of at least $3.50 on any kind OF
a pistol, and would drive out of the mar.
ket the cheap things with which boys
and young men do so much harm on the
Fourth of July.
further purpose Of diminishing the sale
of all kinds of firearms. which would be
an advantage. 1t would make the price
prohibitive to boys. but, OF course, would
not keep revolvers out of the hands OF
criminals and the reckless. A Federal bill
along the lines Of the law adopted IN
Ontario is what we need. The sale OF
possession Of firearms should be prohib-
tied, IL we would get rid Of the gun
toting evil-and we should be rid of It.
A negligible few are saved from robbery
assault or other danger by being armed
Many each year are accidentally killed
or commit crimes Of which they would
not have been guilty had they been
without weapons.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

London. Sept. 1.-THE exiled King
Manuel. thoroughly Democratic in spirit.
is enjoying himself so much in England
that he has expressed himself to his
friends as being loath TO return to Portu-
gal. He is very devoted to the fair sex
and is a great success with them hav-
ing a distinct preference for blonds The
beautiful Viscountess Of Curzon. one or
the most popular bellies at the recent
Ascot meeting. is uppermost in the at
tentions OF Manuel. and he is to be seen
in her company at practically every op-
portunity. To the wise ones Manuers
preference for England is quite conceiva-
bic. in view of the popularity with which
he has been received. He is popular be-
cause he is genial in manner, and easily
pleased. disliking all fuss and formality.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

With September the Macmillan Com
pany begins what pron nises to be one Of
announcement list which this publisher
has just issued, shows . wealth Of books
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15

Announcement is made by Doubleday.
Page & Co. that 1t has been necessary
to postpone the publication of ''The Leg
end of Saint Jerry" by Roy Rolfe ellison
until next spring The book had been
scheduled for fall
The Washington herald., 1912-09-15
Not Recently.

From Judge
asked the unhappy looking usher.
NO" the u. l. u: replied; "eh-well-
that Ii, not recently
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
Why Not a City
Bath House?

Why not have a
We have city light a
SO on-why not do something peoples good
Why not do something
Why a lessor automobile roods and
few dollars in making
and girls? -
The park board has opportunity
mouse at Pt Defiance, that
1t big chance
tion of what they elected
They didn't jump it. the mark
won't. - -
The park board the
13year
ings and improvements
has eight
The private making of
year he baths should pay more If run by the city The
broken the
Why not take the Peoples bath have
anyhow eight Every large building
baths.
What people
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
USE MILITIA
AGAINST
LABOR
BOB HODGE, PROGRESSIVE
CANDIDATE FOR COVER
NOR, SCORES NATIONAL
GUARD FOR LAWRENCE
OUTRAGE.

(By United Press Leased Wire
SEATTLE, Feb. PIT. Robert
Hodge, sheriff of King county,
and progressive candidate for gov
ernor, one plank of which is the
abolition of the state militia, gave
out a statement today, citing the
attack on the wives and children
of the striking textile work ers at
Lawrence, Mass, on Saturday as
an instance of the opportunities
afforded the special interests to
use militiamen to crush labor.
THE women of Lawrence were
trying to send their children out
of the strike area" said Hodge, IA
freedom of action guaranteed by
the constitution of the United
States and dictated by humanity
and mother love. In seizing and
beating them the militiamen,
egged on by a city official, Mar
shall Sullivan, committed crime.
Such an outrage could not oc-
cur in the state of Washington II
l am elected governor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
Pleads Guilty

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
Los ANGELES, Feb. 27.
Bert II. Franklin, charged
with bribery i'm connection
with Mcnamara jurors, plead
ed guilty today TO the second
count i'm an indictment re-
turned by the county grand
jury which charged him with
corruptly influencing one
drawn as a juror. The indi-
vidual referred to was Robert
Il. Balm.
"Will you be a witness against
Darrow?" Franklin was asked.
'If l am subpoenaed, | shall
tell the truth" he answered, re-
fusing to make further comment
Franklin's bail to insure his
answer to the Lockwood charges
was reduced to $4,000. Assistant
District Attorney Ford, who was
to direct prosecution, then went
into conference with Judge Ca.
banniss regarding Franklin SEN
tence.
The evident belief of Clarence
Darrow and his counsel that the
whole Franklin matter was a
"plant," it is believed here, will be
a strong feature of Darrow's de-
fense when his case is called.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
Don't Read This
Till Tomorrow

BERT HALL as he looks on the
field.
This news item isn't to be read
till after tomorrow night.
Members of the Tacoma base
ball team especially are requested
not to read this until then. You
see the blushing groom-to-be
wants to make his getaway with
out a crowd at the station. ~
He's not going to get his license
until the last thing tomorrow
afternoon, after the reporters
have gone back to their offices
and just before the janitor closes
up the court house.
Now here's the news-but don't
read it:
Bert Hall, Tacoma's premier
pitcher, is going to get married.
Miss Belinda Peterson is going
to make Bert, the happiest man
ever tomorrow night at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

Gotta quit kickin' my dawg
Iaroun'"
Missouri's "houn'" song has
become famous. Starting from
the Ozark mountains perhaps a
couple hundred years ago, it is
now sung at political rallies and is
fast breaking into vaudeville all
over.
The Times has secured the mu-
sic and the original words as far
as possible from its Kansas City
correspondent.
It's fool bit of a song, at that,
but here it is:
Wunst me n Lem Briggs n OIL
Bill Brown
Tux load of Gavin to town,
An oil Jim-dawg, the onry cuss,
He jes' nachelly follered us.
(Chorus.)
Every time I come to town
The boys keep kickin' my dawg
aroun'.
Makes no difference If he is a
houn'
They got to quit kickin' my dawg
aroun'.
AS we driv' past Sam Johnson's s
store
Pasel o. yapes KEN out tn door;
When Jim he stops to smell box
They SHE'D at him a bunch of
rocks.
(Chorus.)
They tied a tin can to his tail
An run him apast the county jail,
M Lem he cussed m Bill he
SwOre.
(Chorus.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

Brown
We lost no time in a-jumpin' down
An we wiped them ducks up on
the groun'
Fer kickin' my oil dawg aroun'.
(Chorus.)
Folks say a dawg kain't hold no
grudge,
But wunst when I got too much
bulge,
Them town ducks tried to do me
up,
But they didn't count on oil
Jim-pup.
(Chorus.)
Jim seed his duty thar an then,
An he lit into them gentlemen,
An he shore mussed up the cote
house square
With rags m meat m hide m
hair!
(Chorus.)
The song is copyright, 1912, by
Stark Music Printing C Pub
Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
MAY SETTLE STRIKE

LONDON, Feb. 27.-With Pre-
mier Asquith engaged in an earn
est conference with labor leaders
today marked the most critical
stage yet reached in the threaten
ed strike of the coal miners. The
belief was freely expressed that
as result of the conference the
strike would be averted.
Some 1000 more Derbyshire
miners quit today. The strike, If
1t comes, will involve nearly L.
900, 900 men and will paralyze the
trade OF the British Isles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

WILLIS BROWN, as photo
graphed by Potter at county Jail.
Sunday night came. The addi-
tion was completed. Alden was
TO move in within week. Brown
wanted his wife to himself for
few hours before Alden replaced
him, practically as master of his
own household. His wife laughed
In his face. Alden scorned him
with mocking laughter. Alden
and Mrs. Brown went to the show.
They spent the evening happily
while Brown sat at home by the
fire, brooding over his lost love.
And into his soul crept the
spark of revenge. It kind'ed into
a flame that carried everything
before it and the old man patient
ly whitfield his club and lay in
wait.
The bodies were found. Brown
was suspected. As Detective Fack-
ller scrutinized his clothes for
blood stains his only comment was
I"Oh, my, my, N.Y." In a pitifully
weak voice, tired from suffering.
He saw Coroner Shaver with the
hatchet found after the arrest, the
one he had used to split up the
bloody club, but he only lung his
head and kept a stolid silence.
He went to jail and later talked
with Deputy Burmeister. who
pierced the shell of seeming in
difference and innocence. Brown
broke down and cried. His sobs
were horrible, yet more horrible
the revolving details of the aveng-
iug hand that struck in the dark.
A clever lawyer might have saw
ed Brown with a plea of "unwrit-
Iten law" In less than 16 hours
from the murder Brown pleaded
guilty to second degree murder
Iand has now been sentence
ed. The county is saved the
expense, the culprit is pun
ished, the prosecuting attorneys
office has set new record.
Another Vampire Woman.
On a slab in the morgue next
the body of Alden, lies the body of
a woman who Kipling forever
classified with
"a lool there was and he made
His prayer
Even as you and ID
To rag, bone and hank of
bair-
I've called her the woman who
didn't care)
But the fool. he called Der his
lady fair
Given as you and -.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
Ten To Fifteen
Years for Aged
Wife Slayer
CHRONOLoGY OF LARCHMONT CRIME

CHRONOLOGY OF LAtCHMONT CRIME
Feb. 20, IL: p. m.-Wilis wayays his
phne John Wilson,
with twoby-four
two-by-four
m-Bodies
Neal Leonard Nelson.
645--Poice, sheriff notified
S:30-Poice sheriffs
10:00-Bodies removed
11:30-Brown denies guilt.
11:30-Brown arrested
215 mBown confesses to Sheriff Longmire and Deputy
Burmeser
405--Brown arraigned before Judge Chapman.
410-Pleads guilty first degree murder
420-Pleads guilty to second degree murder.
n, m-Br
than 10 in the peniten iary
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
Civil Service
Board Wanted

The council is again reconstruct
ing the civil service board. George
Scofield and ]. F. Fitch have re-
signed, evidently because num-
ber of citizens suggested that the
members opposed to civil service
should quit.
This leaves e. F. Messenger the
only member.
The council is considering sew
pra1 man
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
Today's News at
Court House

j. B. Welsh of Spanaway was
brought to jail today for wire
beating. Lacey Riedel, a neigh
Dor, swore to the complaint, say
ing that Mrs. Welsh had frequent
ly fled to his house for refuge.
When S. A. Gibbs auto was
smashed in the collapse of the
Canyon garage, that wasn't a col
lision, decided Judge Card today
in Gibbs suit for insurance.
Il stiff sentence greeted j. e.
1Smith, who shot Mike Rachevich
during drinking bout at Mikes
home at Spanaway. He'll go to
the pen for from five to fifteen
years.
Gus Goodsten, cook at the
Board of Trade saloon, who shot
at. the proprietor in quarrel over
payment of the cafe privileges.
got a two to fifteen year sentence
in the pen today.
"A $f2,OOO,OOO mortgage on all
the Stone-Webster properties in
the Northwest, in favor of the Old
Colony Trust company at Boston
was recorded today. The bonds
pay five cent interest-or rather
the consumers of light power and
car fare do.
A. j. Hayward wants $4,000
from the T. r. & p. because he
was squeezed between a car and
a fence.
The county and Milwaukee rail-
road will join in diverting the rip
snorting Nisqually river which
has been washing out bridges and
undermining the railroad near
Elho
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Feb. 27.

By United Press Leased Wire.>
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 81.
-"Three American cowboys were
killed." it is reported here in a
battle with Mexican troops at the
Nelson-Moris ranch opposite the
Sierra Blanca. The men are said
TO have been shot down in an at
temp, to relieve employees of the
ranch, which had been bcsieged
Mexicans when Pascal Br,wn,
manager of the ranch, and several
of his employees refused 10 supply
the Mexicans with horses, saddles
and arms.
The rebel force numbered 1000
men and comprised the combined
forces of General Campo and
Colonels Roias and Salazar.
With Juarez under control,
General. Campo this afternoon is
preparing to resist a force of fed
erals now advancing on the city
from the south.
All travel between Ell Paso and
Juarez has been suspended. Unit
ed States troops are still patroling
the American side of the border.
BL PASO, Texas, Feb. 27. -
Juarez surrendered to the rebel
forces today following a prief but
fierce clash between the insurrec-
tos commanded by Gen. Compa
and 400 citizens who offered re-
sistance. Shortly after 10 o'clock
this morning, the rebels advanced
to the outskirts of the city. The
citizens guard opened flre from
the house tops, the rebels reply
ing.
The battle ragged furiously for a
few minutes, hundreds of shots
being exchanged. The number of
the dead and injured, if any, has
not yet been learned.
Realizing that they were hope
lessly outnumbered and could not
cope with the superior force of
the attacking rebels the citizens.
guard retired, abandoning Juarez
to the revolutionists. The firing
ceased and General Campo is
seeking to restore order.
American troops who patrolled
the border line stood in readiness
to cross the border and drive
back the rebels had the battle en-
dangered American lives. No stray
bullets crossed the boundary.
The clash came suddenly. At
$3.50 o'clock all preparations by
the rebels for the attack ceased.
The revolutionists apparently were
awaiting reinforcements before be-
ginning the attack. The firing
began Unexpectedly, and almost
before the defenders of Juarez
realized it, the city was in the
hands of the rebels.
A party of Mexicans concealed
behind box cars last night fired
on a small body of Texas state mi
litia who were guarding the Ell
Paso electric light plant.
Twenty shots were exchanged,
one bullet passing through the
hat of a guardsman.
HUACHUCA, Ariz., Feb. 27.-
Two companies of troops from
Fort Huachuca were ordered to-
a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

Peterson, 1893 South Ainsworth
avenue. They will leave for a trip
through California Immediately
after the ceremony.
Rev. Andrew G.. Beck of the
Swedish Methodist church will tie
the knot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27
AMERICANS
KILLED BY
MEX|CANS

yUAREZ SURRENDERED BY
FEDERALS TO REBELS
AFTER BRIEF BUT FIERCE
BATTLE IN WHICH LOSS
WAS LIGHT - AMERICANS
PLAN TO AVENGE COWBOYS
DEATHS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

Wills Brown, who yester-
day confessed numbering his
wife and John Alden, alias
Wilson, at East Larchmont,
was this morning sentenced
by Judge Chapman in SUPER
Tor court to from 10 TO 15
years I'm the penitentiary.
He will probably start for the
prison tomorrow. The maxi
mum sentence is life, which
was optional with the Judge
and pardon board.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

The county commissioners vot-
ed $94 to pay A. Tunsett's way
back to Norway today. Tunsett has
tuberculosis and is county
charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

and pardon board.
Willis Brown is going to the
|penitentiary for life. The sem
ttence was only 10 to 8 years be-
cause of the "extenuating circum-
stances" as the prosecutors call
the facts leading to the murder
of Mrs. Josephine Brown, Willis
wife, and John Alden, or Wilson,
her alleged lover.
But 1t means life to Brown. He
is 81 years old as we count time,
but he is 100 years old as we
count a broken man.
With head hung low, eyes red
trimmed from crying, his first
tears shed as he recounted yes
terday to Deputy Burmeister his
fearful confession of how, on the
dark and lonely road mt Larch-
mont, he lay i'm wait Sunday night
with a club whitfield from a piece
of two-by-four, and sprang out
and feIIed Alden with blow over
the head, killing him instantly,
and then, turning on his wife,
dealing her death with n single
blow that cracked her skull; how
he calmly walked home, chopped
the bloody stick into kindling and
burned it i'm the kitchen stove OF
the little cabin amid the trees.
For Gods sake, man, bring the
rope now. Put the moose about
my neck and hang me. l want to
die right away. / want to wake
up with 1t all over" he cried In a
| frenzy of remorse over his horri-
BILE deed,
Older Than Wife.
Brown was "a. His wife was
his first love. Day by day at the
Keystone lumber mill he worked
as a planer man. At night he
walked home where the young
woman "a and her two boys, six
and nine, made pretty home pic
ture. They were slowly paying
for their little acre tract.
Then Alden appeared. At first,
blinded by love, Brown did not see
his wife's infatuation for the
butcher. When he awoke to full
realization, he had been replaced
by Alden, he argued and pleaded
with his wife. She laughted AT
him.
Two months ago he elected AL
den from the house ana warned
him away. Alden returned the
next day. Mrs. Brown declared
III he could not call she would
leave her husband.
Fought Silent Battle.
Brown fought his battle silent
lly. He says he learned of his
wife's visits to Alden's rooms. His
lstepsons told him how she had SAT
on Alden's lap in his own home,
lhugging and kissing him. In vain
he argued and pleaded with her.
bah, she cried, hes coming
to live with us. / want him. If
he can't come here, I'll go with
him.
Brown loved his wife. He want
ed to keep her. If he could not
have her to himself, he would at
least keep her in his home. He
used up his meager little savings,
built an addition to his home,
bought furniture and bedding. all
to house Alden in his own home,
to keep beneath his own roof the
man he alleges betrayed him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

HUACHUCA, Ariz., Feb. 27.-
Two companies of troops from
Fort Huachuca were ordered to-
day to proceed to the Mexican
border.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

A. j. Hayward wants $4,000
from the T. r. & P. because he
was squeezed between car and
a fence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-02-27

Me m Lem Briggs m oil Bi