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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
GOVERNMENT
TELEGRAPH
FAVORED
(By United Press Leased Wire,

(By United Press Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. Is.
thorough study of the
operation of government controll-
ed telegraph systems of foreign
countries, Postmaster General
Frank H. Hitchcock announced
today that he favors the acquisi-
ton of certain telegraph lines in
this country by the government
and will make recommendation
to this effect to congress.
Hitchcock's plan is to operate
the telegraph lines as a part of
the postal service. 1t is not his
purpose to recommend the acqui-
sition of telephone lines except
where they are operated as tele-
graph lines and are an integral
part of definite telegraph systems.
Taft Favors Plan.
That government control of
telegraphs and government own
ership, perhaps, is a Taft policy
was made clear here today fol-
lowing "a conference between
Postmaster General Hitchcock and
the president, following Hitch
cocks announcement to that eff
feet
The statement that Hitchcock
and, the president were not at
odds came officially from the
White House following a report
that Hitchcock had been "called
upon the carpet" to explain his
advocacy of the plan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
FOUL PLAY
IS FEARED

Supposed to have been the VIC
tim of foul play, the body OF
Andrew Trondson was found on
the beach at Burton yesterday,
by Deputy Sheriff F. d.
Stone of King county. Trondsen
lived in Tacoma at the Union
hotel, 1854 South ID street, but
had not been seen for n few days.
He was remittance man and IL
is thought that he had just re-
ceived his remittance and that he
was murdered for the money.
Trondsen was last seen In the
company of a tall. dark man with
a black mustaehe on the 8 o'clock
Saturday boat to Burton. Both
men had been drinking. Just be-
fore the boat reached Docktown
Trondsen fell into a stupor. The
unknown man practically carried
Trondsen off the boat and left him
on the dock.
When the steamer returned to
Tacoma the unknown man got
aboard but nothing was seen OF
Trondsen. Men on the boat re-
marked that he was wearing the
hat Trondsen had worn on the
trip over. When the boat arriv-
ed in Tacoma the unknown man
hurried off and nothing has been
seen of him since.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
TRIED
To GET JOBS
FORFR|ENDS

Good campaign material for the
recallers may be found in Brow
der Browns answer in court to-
day to Mayor Seymour's reply to
Browns suit for slander.
81 was dismissed as commits
sioner of civil service" says
Brown, on oath, because l refus-
ed to appoint men to office whom
Seymour wanted. l refused to
put them on because they did not
come up to civil service require
ments."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
START WORK
ON RECALL
Of MAYOR

Recall petitions against Mayor
Seymour are being printed to-
day by the city clerk and they
will be out this evening.
Secretary j. r. Morse for the
mayor said today that Mr.. Sey-
mour was improved and that he
ia gradually getting we'll. He is
still ignorant, the secretary said,
that recall was out for him.
Morse was busy all morning
digging up political dope to be
used in a campaign for the mayor.
Digging Up Dope.
On the charge of creating
political machine and increasing
. expenses in the department he
showed that the mayor had in
creased the number of employees
from %. to 81 and had boosted
the payroll over $500 :. month
above Mayor Fawcett, taking the
figures for this month.
If the figures for any month
previous to this one were taken 1t
would be SIS more, for the city
chemist has been drawing $3.50 a
month up till this month.
The announcement of the recall
has stimulated activity around
the registration booth today.
The recall organizations who
will push the campaign today
opened headquarters in room 800
Chamber of Commerce building
with Herman Martin in charge.
May Recall Weeks.
Indefinite rumors were floating
around that a recall would also
start against Weeks, but it had
not, materialized this morning.
"I will be surprised ii they
don't get one out on me-" said
Weeks today.
All the commissioners today
refused to express any opinion on
the recall of the mayor excepting
Woods, who in his usual en-
phatic way declared he was op-
posed to it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

LAWRENCE, Mass, Jan. 15.-
Two companies of militia and the
local battery of artillery were
armed with rifles and sent on the
double-quick to the Pacific mills
here today when 5000 strikers
stormed the factory, smashing
windows and demolishing fences
to secure pickets for clubs.
An ammunition wagon with ten
ball cartridges for each soldier
was rushed to the scene of the
riot.
After the strikers had swept
the police aside the militia ar
rived and charged the rioters with
fixed bayonets. Fifty men, women
and children were injured in the
charge and the strikers fled, car
rying those worst injured with
them.
4 ne orders to charge was issued
only after police of Lawrence,
Lowell, Lynn and Haverhill, the
four big Massachusetts factory
towns, had to disperse the rioters,
who were jammed, thousands
strong, about the mills where the
strike is in progress. The police
were stoned and forced to retreat
to the yards of the mills, where
they were held prisoners until the
militia arrived.
No'serious violence has as yet
occurred in Lynn. Lowell or Hav-
erhill. 1t is believed that before
the week is over grave conditions
may prevail throughout the entire
region.
Captains Donovan and RaLlett
ordered. the .bayonet charge when
the strikers fired their 'revolvers
at the troops. AS the strikers
left the yards the police attacked
them and a fierce melee ensued.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
TACOMA GIRLS Of 4
TRAPPED TO VILE DEN.
PROPRIETOR OHIO HOTEL AND SHOOTING GALLERY
RESTED-GlFIS CAME OF GOOD FAMHY-WERE HELD
PRISONERS FOR TWO DAYS.

Lured to rooms in the Ohio
lodging house, 711h Pacific av.,
Iplied with wine and held prison
ers for Sc hours.
This is the tale told to Deputy
Prosecutor Thompson by two IA
lyear-old girls.
Sherman Tyrell, proprietor of
the hotel and shooting gallery
there, is held under $3.50 cash
bonds to appear in police court
Friday following his arrest this
morning by Constable Fred Shaw.
The police have long suspected
that the shooting gallery and ho-
Itel were the cause of the down
fall of many Tacoma girls. The
lplace has been kept under close
surveillance, but no evidence could
be obtained. The story told by
the girls, the police say, but con-
firms their suspicious.
Last Thursday afternoon the
lgirls met two young men, one
|aged 19 and the other 81. They
were taken to the hotel Thursday
might.
Admitted at Hotel.
Despite the youth of the girls
land the suspicious circumstances
surrounding their appearance, 1t
is alleged. Tyrell admitted them.
The girls allege they were held
until Friday night, and that their
parents were ignorant of their
Whereabouts. When they finally
escaped they fastened home.
Saturday morning they appeared
before Deputy Prosecutor Thomp-
son and told the whole shameful
story.
Were Good Girls.
Both girls are daughters of
well-to-do Tacoma families. They
were not considered bad" girls
and were loved and respected by
their parents and friends. Fully
realizing their position, the girls
cried piteously when they told
their story.
One of the girls will voluntar-
lily repeat the story in police court
Friday afternoon. The parents of
the other girl do not wish her to
appear in court. She will be sub.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
PROTEST
AGAINST
HUMPHREY

The Young Mems Republican
club of Tacoma will hold a meet
ing tonight to take up the matter
of the federal judgeship here. A
telegram has been sent to Senator
Poindexter asking him IL he has
anyone to recommend.
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, Jan. ia mass
meeting held under the auspices
of the Young Mems Republican
club of Seattle, attended by about
1900, yesterday afternoon adopt
ed a resolution protesting against
the contemplated appointment of
stand-pat Congressman William
e. Humphrey for federal Judge
to succeed Judge Donworth. The
resolution called upon Senator's
Jones and Poindexter to oppose
Humphreys confirmation if Presi-
dent Taft should make the APP
pointment.
Full Discussion.
President James e. Dougan
permitted full discussion Of, the
qualifications of Humphrey as a
lawyer and judge and ruled out
his record as congressman. Those
who spoke in favor of Humphrey
were l. e. Moses, his former law
partner; Howard Cosgrove, con-
gressional campaign manager,
and j. T. Lawler, a personal
friend. =
Ole Hanson Attacks.
Ole Hanson declared Humphrey
had sent kilograms at govern
ment expense to head off opposi-
ton to his appointment. He said
Humphrey was neither qualified
by honesty, ability, temperament
or larning.
Cosgrove Admits Faults.
Cosgrove, when questioned, had
to admit that personally he pre-
ferred some other lawyer. for a
federal judgeship.
Joe Smith attacked Humphreys
honesty by citing the fact that the
gressman voted himself mile
age which he never expended.
The meeting adjourned to gath
er again if President Taft should
disregard the resolutions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
Defaulter Pleads
Guilty; Sentenced

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
STOCKTON, CAL, Jan. Is
John c. Sterling, accused of en-
bezzling $4,000 from the Union
Safe Deposit bank, of which he
was cashier, pleaded guilty today
and was sentenced to five years
in San Quentin prison.
The court refused to take into
consideration the fact that Sterl-
ing's friends returned the money.
The ex-cashier appeared in court,
a broken man. He was accom-
panied by his wife and daughter.
the latter the wife of Ensign
Richmond X. Turner, U. S. N.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

BERKELEY, Cal, Jan. 15.-
Frank Cation must spend the next
two years in the lone reform
school because he wanted to see
his sweetheart.
Young Cation was paroled after
he had been convicted by breaking
into an apartment. For four
months the boy reported regularly
to the probation officer. Meantime
he continued to meet the daugh-
ter of Mayor j. Stitt Wilson.
I'm going to make new start
and make good honestly" he told
the girl.
Then he broke his parole and
went to Vancouver, B. c., where
he tried to forget his lonesomeness
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
TOO BUSY MAKING JUDGES TO
GIVE SERVICE TO PEOPLE
sHACKELFORD, HIGH-PRICED sTONEWEBsTER ATTORNEY,
EXCUSE WHY STRAP-HANGING so
COMMON ON CAR LINES.

81 have been so busy in poll
tics that l really have not had
time to look after these matters,
and find out whether the service
is good or not"
So said Judge Shackelford to
r. w. Wilkinson the other day
in conference.
Shackelford wanted Wilkinson
let up on the prosecution of the
street car company for crowding
cars. His excuse for the poor
service was that he had been look
ing after politics.
Shackelford was the prime
mover i'm getting the endorsement
of Elmer Hayden for the federal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
BROWNS
IN CREEK

While tossing stones in a creek
that runs through the yard of G,
H. B. Blades at Sales station on
the Spanaway line, Charles VIII.
mer, the 2-year-old son of Mr..
Blades, fell face downward in the
creek. He was stunned by the
fall and drowned, Sunday after
noon. He was discovered 15 min
utes later, but his parents were
unable to resuscitate him. The
funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon from the Hoska-Buclt-
ley-King parlors. 4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
Pasadena Hotel
Is Destroyed
(By United Press Leased Wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.1
PASADENA, Cal, Jan. 15.-
The Hotel Pasadena, Washington
street and Fairoaks avenue, was
totally destroyed by fire which
started late last night.
The loss to the building and
contents, exclusive of the proper
ty of the guests, amounted to
$1,251,000, with $65, 1000 insur-
ance.
1t is estimated that guests lost
in clothing, money and jewelry
$4,000 additional.
The guests escaped in light
clothing, some of them being COM
PEELED to throw cloaks over their
nightgowns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

judge.
1t is more important that the
street railway company have a
judge Oh the bench apparently
than that they pay attention to the
needs of the plain people.
In the meantime patrons say
the Point Defiance line is doing
better since Wilkinson went after
the company.
1.-The other morning ] rode down
and someone remarked to a con-
ductor that they must have more
cars on, and the conductor said,
Yes, we put on five more,'" said
Assistant City Attorney Baker
this morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
COLLINS ADMITS THAT CURRENT
IS BEING STOLEN FROM CITY

City Electrician B. w. Collins
admitted winking at
the stealing of city electric cur
rent this morning.
Substantiating the exposure in
the Times last week he made a
belated report ON the Old Town
case of theft reported in the
Times, asking the council to ap-
prove of sending the Old Town
man a bill for 500 and threat
ening him II he did not pay.
The commission referred the
matter back to Weeks after AS
sistant City Attorney Baker had
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

remarked that years ago the city
collected on all current theft
cases without bother the coun-
Gil.
Collins laxity in the past has
encouraged thieves to rob the city
plant.
At the billiard hall a steel drill
was used to drill a hole in the
meter and a wire was put In
stopping the instrument.
Collins simply sent down a new
meter and that was all. Such
cases have been occurring ever
since he took charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
SMITH REACHES JAIL
(By United Press Leased wire,

(By United Press Leased Wire. },
LOS ANGELES, Jan 15.-De-
claring that he is not a criminal.
Frank G. Smith, alias DR.. J.. c.
Day, is lodged in the county jail
here today, awaiting arraignment.
Smith was arrested In Portland
and rushed to this city while an
extradition contest was pending.
He is accused of embezzling $3.-
500 from Mrs. Nellie X. Bell, a
widow for whom he was confidea-
tial agent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
POST MUST GO
TO M'NEILS

Judge Rudkin Saturday knock
ed out the technicalities in the
Abe Post white slave case and
sentenced the defendant to 30
months in McNeil's island peni-
tentiary.
Dave Cohen and Sam Plastino.
two others convicted of white
slavery, will probably be sentenc-
ed this afternoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

by writing to Miss Wilson. The
girl in turn wrote him long letters
and refused to be shaken in her
faith in him.
The people were busy in the
meantime. They knew of the at
tachment between the young peo-
pie and they learned through let
ters that Cation intended to return
home.
Cation eventually arrived in
Berkeley, and it was while waiting
to keep an appointment with Miss
Wilson that he was arrested.
!. Now Frank must spend two
years in reformatory, but it Is re-
ported that the girl has refused to
turn against him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-Miss
Mabel Barrison is dying of tuber-
culosis at Saranac lake, to where
she was taken by her husband, Jo-
seph Howard, playwright and
actor, after a vain search for re-
stored health in the southwest.
Miss Barrison is best remembered
as the star of The Blue Mouse" F"
For many years Miss Barrison
was a clever portrayer of chill
dren's roles, notably in THE
Wizard of o." Babes in Toy
land" and The Land of Nod. I"
She was born In Chicago, Eva
Torrance, adopting the stage
name Of Mabel Barrison.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

LONDON, Jan. 15.-Another
british lord is going to marry an
Heiress---but for once he Is finding
her in his native country and not
" America.
Lord Howard de Walden
teishth Baron de Walden and
third Baron Seaford) is to marry
Margherita van Raalte of London.
His annual income is $1,25O,OOo.
She recently inherited $4,000
900.
Lord Howard has been a SOL
dier. He owns yachts and race
horses. He lives in magnificent
Seaford house in the city and has
any number of country places.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
GRANTED RESPITE.

Joe Powers, Fritz Miller and
William Long were before Judge
Arntson, charged with stealing
$3.50 worth of brass from the
Raze Lumber company. The
men stated that they had been
unable to get in touch with the
German consul and were there
fore not ready for trial. Their
case was set for tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
WANT COUNTY DEFECTIVE.

The prosecuting attorneys Of
flee wants a special detective and
R. "a. Carboni wants the job.
Carboni's petition, largely sign
ed by court house officials, was
presented to the commissioners
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
TROOPS
CHARGE
STRIKERS
(BULLETIN.)

BOSTON, Jan. 15.-Five more
companies of state militia were
ordered to Lawrence, the scene of
today's rioting, by Gov. Eugene N.
Foss this afternoon. They left
here on special train. Other
companies probably will be sent
later.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
NEW YORK-Four hundred

wreckers were today put to work
demolishing the fire-wrecked
Equitable Life Assurance society's
building on lower Broadway. One
of the largest skyscrapers In New
York will be erected on the prop
erty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
SEATTLE. wash. = Command

er-in-Chief Harvey M. Trimble ofl
the G. A. r. is making an offi-l
cial visit here today. , He is ac-l
companied by Mrs. Cora M. Davis.
national president of the Wom-l
ems Relief corps. He leaves to-!
night for Spokane.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
ODD BITS o. NEWS

across the country 75 miles with
out stop with the thermometer 3S
below zero. The engineer finally
saw him. Both hands were fro
zen to the pilot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

ALTON, Ill.-The Mississippi Is
frozen solid and hundreds walked
across on the ice, the first time
since 1905.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
Summer Weather
Hits Tacoma

Notice the weather yesterday?
Bully, wasn't It?
Just like summer.
The weather, man said the
warmest moment was registered
as 56.6 and the coldest part OF
the day was 1872. 1
Played outdoor in your shirt
sleeves and fused around the
garden and was sorry it wasn't
time to plant seeds.
Didn't you?
Los ANGELES, Jan. 15.-Jan-
uary Ia and the mercury standing
at 81. This happened In Los
Angeles and conditions were prac-
tically the same throughput
California. Summer
suits and peekaboo waists were
in evidence. while thousands
swarmed the beaches and spat-
tered in the surf.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LYNCHBURG, Va.-The Nor
folk G. Western express froze to
the rails when it stopped here yes
terday, water dripping on the
track. 1t took three engines to
loosen it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

LA CROSSE, Wis.-Carl Faul-
kenburg, II, got on the pilot of
a locomotive at Red Wing, after
escaping from the Minnesota in
dustrial school, and was whisked
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

SEATTLE-Five candidates are
in the race for mayor, George F.
Cotterill, Hi. Gill, Thomas F. Par
rish, DR.. Edwin Brown and Hulet
M. Wells, the last two being So
cialists.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
WEATHER FORECAST.

Rain tonight and Tuesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pa

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pa
cific engine No. 2347, left stand
ing unattended at Northtown
Junction, started up the track,
jumped onto the Great Northern at
the switch 10 miles ahead and
came to a stop at Cedar, 13 miles
away, without damage. A pursu-
ing engine missed it by keeping on
the N. p. :.
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poenaed.
No trace can be found OF the
other two or three men implicat-
ed by the girls. The police say
they have fled the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-01-15

pVioW HSto' liC Ch6ihCCi llhdiiy
saw him. Both hands were fro
zen to the pilot.
WASHINGTON ID. C.-'Hear-
ing from newspapers you are a
bachelor and have always been
too busy to get married, thought
probably you might find time to
take up short correspondence
with one who will be very much
interested, writes a Texas woman
to Postmaster General Hitchcock.
SALT LAKE-The lid was put
on SO tight that all saloons, cigar
stores, meat shops and business
houses of all kinds closed yester-
day. .s
SAN FRANCISCO - Clarence
Mackay is declared today to be
planning a $1,0OO,000 endowment
fund for the University of Nevada,
the money to be raised among the
children of the miners who made
their millions in Nevada.
SALT LAKE CTTY-The dis
pearance of Charles H. Reagan,
wealthy saloonkeepr. was solved
today by the finding of his body,
frozen stiff, on the outskirts Of
the city. L
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-05-31
Children Cry
FOR FlETChER'S
CASTORlA
The Handy Home Boy.

| John was usually kept busy for severa
hours on Saturday. and frequently thu
garnet or storeroom demanded part of hi
time. His time was occupied
| Carrying up and down stairs the screen
for all the windows and doors.
Carrying the wcll-filled rag bags dow
! for the half-yearly sale to the ragmen
on their semi-annual calls.
Moving the heavy trunks and furniture
so that the women could sweep or SCRUB
under them.
Carrying the summer furniture down
when hot weather approached or putting
it into the storeroom when the need for
it was over.
Scrubbing the floor, cleaning the paint
and washing the windows.
Brushing the walls and floors of the
attic.
Scrubbing down the shelves of the pre-
serve closets.
Mending such pieces of furniture as ha
found ahome in the garnet for want of
few tacks or a bit of glue.
Beating the rugs and breadths of carpets
that were not in use.
Sometimes his work would be in the
garden, in grubbing the paths, removing
weeds from the walks and keeping the
borders of the walks in order.
Repairing the fences when a few nails
We're required.
Moving the ash barrels Quit mite for
the weekly removal.
Removing the papers and other rubbish
from the yard.
Sprinkling with the garden hose the
garden beds and grass plats.
Keeping the hooks in the posts ready
for the clothes lines.
Driving the needed nail, screw, bolt or
bar.
Removing the ice and snow from the
garden paths.
Keeping the drain pipes open and in
good condition.
Seeing that the wood pile was kept in
order and removed to the cellar when il
should be kept there.
Seeing that all the garden tools were
keep in a dry place and not allowed 20
rust for want of little care.