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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-10

oily?
The governor and the Demo
cratic platform offer no answers.
They declare only in favor of
Strengthening the Sherman law
and more lawsuits under it. But
the Standard Oil and Tobacco
cases were won under the Sher-
man law, and the outcome of
these victorious lawsuits has be-
come the joke of the country. 1t
takes years to try these cases, as
the law now is, and when the
Sherman law is strengthened by
new amendments these provi-
sions must be passed upon by the
courts and further delays are
sure. 1t is plain that the Demo-
cratic plan to handle the trusts
is wretchedly inadequate and of
fers little hope.
Now consider the Roosevelt
progressive plan. We favor
keeping and Strengthening the
Sherman law for whatever it may
be worth, but Our main plan is to
establish a strong industrial COM
mission, with ample powers to SUI
pervise and control big business,
somewhat as the interstate com
mission~is doing with the rail
roads, viz: to enforce complete
publicity, to investigate the capt
tai, prices and property values of
big corporations, to prevent I'M
fair competition, stock watering,
rebates and all special privileges.
There is no hope in this pro-
gram We will at least get from
it the facts which we need for the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-10-10


Editors Note.-This is the
second article in the series
contributed to this news
paper by George L. Record of
New Jersey in support of the can
didacy of Theodore Roosevelt.
By George L. Record.
Consider the trust issue. Plain
ly nothing can be hoped from the
Republican stand-patters. Their
leaders are owned by and repre-
sent the trusts, as Archbold's let
tiers to Penrose says. The Dem
ocratic party has offered no spec
ific bill which can be taken as an
indication of their method of
treating the problem. Their plat
form seems to promise only more
lawsuits. Gov. Wilson's utter
ances are extremely vague. He
says that the Democracy pro-
poses to regulate competition;
that the trusts have destroyed
competition; that the directors of
the Steel Trust Corporation are
the directors of more than half
the railways of the United States;
that the independent business
man cannot remain independent,
and it is difficult for the new man
IN any business to get ahead, be-
cause the new or independent
man cannot get credit at the
bank.
But the governor suggests no
remedy. How is the little fellow,
or the independent, to be protect
ed? How is. the man who needs
credit to be enabled to get it?
How are the directors of trust to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
FLYER GANG PLANK
FALLS--KILLS TWO
MANY HURT
SIXTY PEOPLE THROWN WATER AND MANY ACTS OF
HEROISM DISPLAYED RESCUE

sensational the ad
with all on board between Tacoma Seattle reaching
erday afternoon and spreading like wild
DAY afternoon calm and sent hundreds
telephone or hurryng by auto interurban Seattle
The alarm only partially quieted by the official
dock throwing 60 people into the
Many feared that others
people
their safety. However, s as
Mrs. c. " Leonard, wife a lumberman Bruder,
one-yearold of Mr. and Mrs c. Bruder drowned
BABE SAVED, MOTHER DROWNED
Ms Leonard had threeyearod with The baby
saved by the air pumping the hospital
but the mother
The Flyer backed quickly the
accident happened giving people,
Those deck threw life and
lowered while number launches small boats
hurried the
themselves by cingng to the piing
About half the accident
happened Suddenly there pounding Steel cries OF
from the crowd and the slip down. Some few held to
the of the dock and saved themselves.
ACCIDENT HAPPENED
There explanations given the accident The
worm which adjust for the
heights the thus gained
ripped off and the plank dropped
president of Inland Navigation which
think the collision of the steamer
Alameda the Coleman had weakened the worm but 9TH
er officials believe this the
machinery tested 40 tons after the accident
said Green. An investigation is under today.
TWO TACOMANS IN WRECK
Seattle bound
thrown into the
Carlson 49, 499 Asotn
Mrs oin confined to her
but
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
LAWYER INDICTED:
PLEADS INNOCENCE,
]. MATTHEW MURRAY NAMED BY GRAND JURY FOR LAR
CENY - ISSUES STATEMENT THAT HE is SURE OF VIM
DICATION.

Atty. ]. Matthew Murray has
been indicted on charge of grand
larceny by the grand jury and
was at the courthouse this
morning making arrangements
for $500 bonds. The warrant
had not been served on Murray
up to noon.
According to the prosecutors
office, Murray was counsel for
e. e. Harding in a personal in
jury case against the Interna-
tional Contract Co. He was to
receive SO per cent if the case
went to trial and 40 per cent If
settled out of court.
Harding alleges that Murray
settled out of court for $500
and took $3.50. He complained
to Prosecutor McMurray, but a
civil case was instituted before
any proceedings were begun and
is still pending.
He Defended Newcomb.
Murray was associated with
Atty. Louis Lefebvre in defend
ing Charles Newcomb for the
murder of Martin Kvalshaug.
Later the attorneys severed their
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
Black Boy Is the Big
Hero of Flyer Wreck

! lceeded, though her struggles him
dered him. He gave the signal,
and the woman was drawn to
safety.
A third and fourth woman he
caught as they were sinking, and
helped them into lifeboats.
A girl, perhaps 13 years old,
was next. Though frightened,
she kept her wits and seemed to
know what Johns wanted her to
do. He began to tread water,
with. the girl sitting on his
knee. A lifebelt was thrown
from the steamer. Lift your
arms" said Johns. and the girl
obeyed.
The liftbelt was adjusted and
the girl was hoisted to the deck
of the steamer. Johns had
completed his fifth rescue.
A mass of hair floated on the
water. Near 1t a woman's hat.
Johns caught rope, raised the
woman's head out of the water
SO that II rested on his shoulder,
and passed the line under her
arms. She was unconscious.
II think she's the one that
died." said Johns later, but /
can't be sure"
The water now was full of res
cuers. Four women Johns help
ed into lifeboats. He began to
realize that he was chilled and
firing fast. But he kept on swim
ming and diving from time to
time to peer beneath the sur
face.
He staggered when he left the
water, and grinned cheerfully
when scores of people grasped his
hand. The floor seemed to wave
beneath his feet, and the circle
of people about him advanced
and receded and jumbled before
his eyes.
A big, strong hand gripped his
own. He was receiving the con-
gratulations of Mayor George F.
Cotteri1l a credit to
your race and all humanity"
'Ah always wuz good SWIM
mer," he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

from Georgia. He is both. lie
helped to organize the old Booster
club. Then he helped to organ
ize the Commercial club and is a
trustee now. He is on all the
committees to entertain strangers, s,
partly because he knows how and
partly because he has that genial
southern hospitality, and Taco
mans take advantage of 1t and
keep him busy.
A Mason, Shriner, Elk, and ac-
tive in all, with the Commeraial
club, a fine family and a big bust
ness all on his hands, Dege
thought he was too busy to have
any hobby and 1t might have gone
at that when the Times maa was
visiting him IL Dege had not been
called away.
Hobby Is Baseball.
"Just had to see that fellow
about baseball matters" said
Dege, apoligizing on his return,
and SO 1t was out-Dege's hobby
Is baseball.
"Yes, like baseball" he said.
II like all sports and arause-
ments."
8 The fact of the matter is Dege
likes Tacoma and Tacoma is
pretty near his hobby. and If there
Is anything that will keep him
awake nights 1t will be trying to
figure out how to make the city
grow a little faster and become a
little better.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

James H. Dege had been work.
ing in that Atlanta dry goods
store for some time. He had
started as a cash boy at IL and
worked UP but the faster he came
up the ladder of success the more
his ambition grew He had an in
tuitive feeling that he ought to
migrate.
One day a friend told him of
a trip he had taken west. He
described Tacoma, her magnifi-
cent harbor, and was really en-
thusiastic about the. little town In
the woods that already had about
5000 people. (
Dege's youthful mind was inn
pressed. He began building air
castles on the banks of Puget
Sound. He wrote out and got
some booster literature and one
day he took the train and landed
here-just "a years ago. &
He looked around for a job and
soon was busy. Bank clerk, dep
uty auditor, then into the real
estate business. Through bad
times and good times he stuck to
Tacoma.
Stuck to Tacoma
81 believe In sticking to a
town." says Dege. And Dege
stuck like a burr. Eleven years
ago he and his real estate partner
decided Tacoma was going to be-
gin going ahead fast and that it
needed a clothing store. They
gave it one and a good one and
then Dege began sticking to the
clothing business.
Now he is president of the
James HI. Dege Co., the largest
clothing and mems furnishings
house in Tacoma, with big bust
ness here and big mail order
trade all over the Pacific North
west.
Seven years ago he married a
Tacoma girl. There is a family OF
three now and James III. Dege Ia
down in the public mind as a sue
cess In life.
Having come to Tacoma be-
cause someone else boosted the
town to him IL is as natural that
Deee should be booster as that
he should be a democrat, coming
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

connection.
This is the first arrest as a re-
suit of the grand jury's investi-
cation. 1t was reported that the
other is for August Savy, who
killed Jules Brun in a quarrel at
Carbonado. Savy is in Jail.
Says He's Innocent.
Murray gave out the following
statement:
81 am at a loss to know why
l have been indicted. OF course,
the fact of mans being indicted
does not mean that he is guilty.
i am innocent of any wrongdoing
and have been assured by many
of my friends of their unshaken
faith in me.
Being a lawyer myself, of
course l readily understand how
innocent persons are often in
dicted, but l am not worried
about the outcome.
81 trust that / may have an
early and speedy trial, in which
there can be no other result than
my vnidication. The regretable
feature lies in the worry which
1t is causing my wife and family"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
Woman Wants Divorce; Says
Hubby Has a Younger ''Wife''

The filing of a complaint of
action for divorce by Atty. e. F..
Masterson this morning for EN-
ma L. Crosby against Frank H..
Crosby of Puyallup created a
mild excitement in the county
clerks office this morning.
Mrs. Crosby alleges in her COM
plant that her husband has taken
a younger woman into their home
and is lavishing his affection on
her. She says he asked her to
leave that he might live with the
younger woman and asked her to
get divorce. She quotes him as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
JEFFRIES IS
ARREST

#. e. Jeffries. who ran down
and seriously injured S. j. Max
well. Taft secretary for Pierce
county. was arrested this morn
ing on charge of exceeding the
speed limit and released under
$50 bail this morning by the po-
Iice..
II was reported this afternoon
that DR., Maxwell was greatly Inn
proved and would probably re-
cover rapidly. The case will not
be heard until he is able to tes-
tify.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
BY FRED L. BoALT.

A man was having his shoes
shined at Mortimer Lewis stand
on Colman dock yesterday. They
were natty tans, and the wearer
was fussy dresser. Newton
Johns, shine expert, had laid on
the polish and was preparing to
apply the process Necessary to a
perfect shine which is known as
"elbow grease" when a crash rent
the air and was followed by a
series of shrill screams.
"Hey!" yelled the wearer of
the natty tans. "Where're you
going? Come back and finish the
job"
But the chunky negro boy paid
no heed. He was flying in the
direction of the balcony, the edge
of which was crdowded with ex-
cited people.
LET me through" he shouted,
and catapulted against the hu-
man mass.
He went through like a shot. A
man was holding a coil of rope
and hopping up and down. Johns
grabbed one end of the rope.
Hold Tight" he said, and
went over the edge head first
splash! He almost landed on top
of a woman flounderIng in the
water. The shock of the sudden
immersion was like a shock of
electricity. 1t numbed him at
first; then set every nerve to ting
ling cruelty. He opened his eyes
under water, and the salt made
them smart. But he kept them
open.
For the woman was beneath
him, and sinking still. He could
see her clearly. Her long hair
had come undone and was spread
out and waving like a cloud of
milky seaweed.
Head down, Johns swan after
her. Now and then he stretched
out an arm experimentally, for
distances under water are deceit
full. He could not reach her. His
threshing legs drove him down
still farther. His lungs were
bursting. He released the air
from his lungs grudgingly. and
swan deeper and deeper down.
A strand of hair caught in his
fingers. He turned, and rescuer
and rescued rose to the surface
like shot. Johns shook the wat
er from his eyes and gulped in
the air greedily. The woman,
too, sucked the air into her lungs
and instantly revived.
Then a grim struggle .ensued,
for the woman was but half con-
scious and mad with fright. She
threw herlarms about Johns neck
and together they disappeared
again beneath the surface. Her
grip was vice-like; It shackled his
arm. With a tremendous effort
he broke her hold.
Slack" he shouted to the
man on the dock who was hold
ing the other end of the rope.
Fighting, he passed the rope
about the woman's waist.
"Hoistl"
Johns was the first Of the res
cuers in the water and the last to
leave 1t. The water was filled
with struggling people. Johns
swan to a woman who seemed to
be firing. Somebody from the
Flyer threw cork ring and the
bootblaek caught it.
He tried to pass 1t over fhs
woman's head. and finally suc-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
R|CHESON To
MEET MAKER
At MIDNIGHT
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.
BOSTON, May 20.-All the
gruesome preliminaries are ready
for the electrocution of the Rev.
G. V. T. Richeson but Warden
Bridges alone knows the exact
hour.
1t Is believed that he will be
electrocuted at midnight tonight.
Richeson retired at / o'clock
this morning and slept soundly
until 8 O'Clock. Emerging from
the death cell last night, Rev.
Stebbins said:
Richeson Is Resigned.
Richeson is resigned. He has
made his peace with his Maker
and deep down in my heart / feel
that he will face the final court
penitent and with full realization
of his crime. He is back in the
fold now without malice for any
one."
The body will probably be
claimed by Douglas Richeson, the
former pastors brother.
Richeson recovered his nerve
last night when Warden Bridges
decided to give him another day,
of life. Repeatedly he asked the
warden:
when will it be?"
When the warden hesitated
Richeson AIDED: Don't be afraid
to tell me. There will be no
scene. My ministers have taught
me how to stand it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

When an emergency arises in
business--YOU NEED EXTRA
HELP AT ONCE.
Your telephone Hill put you In
touch with the best help thar Ia
coma affords.
WANT ADS
Are taken by telephone. A
WANT ad in the Times is read
by practically all the desirable
workers Of Tacoma.
No other method is SO effective
In filling vacancies In the .offIco
force or in the shop or factory.
Housewives know Times Want.
ads do bring domestic help.
Call Main ~
as soon as vacancy occurs. Ads
taken before noon are printed in
he same days issue.
TACOMA TIMES
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

saying, when asked to turn out
the younger woman, mo, l will
not. will never throw her
down. IL l did something might
happen and 1 never could stand
that. She loves me and l love
her and you had better get your
divorce"
Atty. Masterson refused to
name the young woman" and
would not discuss the case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
Nat Denies That
He Is Married
(By United Press Leased Wire. }

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
OCEAN PARK, Cal, May 90
Ready to accord an ovation to
their matrimonial hero, friends of
Nat Goodwin are deeply disap-
pointed today as the result of
Goodwin's unqualified denial that
he had made Miss Marjorie More
land his bride.
Miss Moreland Is coming to
Ocean Park in June.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

A. B. Campbell, 5O3S Puget
Sound av.. went to meet the
o'clock Flyer to receive his mother
who was coming on the boat
When he heard of the wreck, re-
ports of which were magnified, he
was frantic until he got to a tele-
phone and found his mother had
postponed her trip over.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
BAN ADJUSTMENTS

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. May 20.
BY a close vote the Methodist
conference Saturday refused to
lift the ban on card playing, dane
ing, theaters and similar amuse-
ments. The vote followed three
hours of turmoil.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

George J. Burdick, 915 South
l. street, had just crossed the
plank with his wife and baby get
ting off the boat. He hurried
his family away when he heard
the crash so his wife would not
become nervous.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

her back as she started to fall.
Dick c. Rhynsberger, MiIwau-
kee civil engineer, had just reach
ed the boat. He turned as the
crash came and noticed a woman
go down, being the first to hit the
water. She did not reappear.
Rhynsberger looked on the other
side of the boat and saw her come
up on that side. She had passed
entirely under the boat. A life
belt and rope rescued her.
Park Carson, Is, Tacoma
school boy, living at 1919 South
Asotin, went to Seattle for an out
ing. He went down with the
rest. Coming up he treaded wat
er and then swan to a pile and
hung on until rescued. His COM
panion, Shannon, jumped and
caught the boat when the slip
fell.
Save the women first" was
the cry of the struggling men in
the dirty water of the slip as res
cuers began their work. Scores
of acts of chivalry were recorded
where men gave up their points
of vantage to the weaker sex and
faced danger again to seek other
means of safety.
Harry Trumbull, Flyer purser,
flung his shoes and coat in a cor
ner when the crash came and
leaped into the water. He saved
many and was the last man taken
from the water when 1t was all
over. Other Flyer attaches later
followed him.
A young man who went down
saved at least a dozen, most Of
them women, by jumping ami
grabbing the hawser and pulling
1t down. A score then got hold
and We're saved. Many of them
would have been lost otherwise.
Every Pile was the nucleus for
struggling bunch of humanity.
Those who got good hand hold
were then utilized by others and
sometimes half dozen would be
clinging around one post. John
Houston, South Tacoma, had
three clinging to his clothing
while he gripped pile. He saw
ed one woman who was sinking,
holding her up until help came.
Within a second after the pas
sengers hit the water life preserv-
ers were going down to them.
Those on deck threw them down
In armfuls. The heavy preserv-
ers gave those below some hard
knocks and put out the eye OF
one man who was hit In the face
as he was looking up.
G. ". Learned, wife and little
boy were all unconscious when
taken to the hospital. The father
wes first to revive. He was near
ly crazed over his wife and little
boy. The pulmotor was applied
to the child, who was uncon-
scious, and in q few moments he
gave a yell and began to recover.
All means OF resuscitation failed
on Mrs. Learned. however. IS
:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20
Heroic and Pitiful Scenes As Flyer Crash
Brought Three Score Face to Face With Death

~ Viola Olin, 510 North M
street, Tacoma, hurrying home to
the bedside of her sick daughter,
went down, came up and then
went down again and hit the bot
tom. When she came to the top
she was grabbed by young man
who had her towed to a rowboat.
In pulling her into the boat she
was badly hurt and is confined to
her bed with internal injuries.
DR.. A. H. Coleman says she swal-
lowed a great deal of water but
will recover. The youth who
saved her saved at least five
women by his ability to swim.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bruder and
little Carl, year old, were all
taken to the hospital. Rex De-
Vogt and others had worked over
the child for half an hour on the
Flyer and doctors worked for an
hour, but had to give up. The
pulmotor, too, failed to revive
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

Representative James j. Cam
eren by being gallant and step
ping back to allow a woman and
babe to precede him onto the
slip, saved himself from going
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

down as the crash came Just as
he put his foot on the slip. He
grabbed young lady and pulled
her back as she started to fall.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

the little one.
Although suffering themselves,
both parents were desperate over
the loss of the little one.
"My little son! My little SON!
He was such a nice little fellow!"
repeated the father over and over,
and the mother was frantic with
grief.
Rex DeVogt, catcher of the Spo-
kane ball team, was on the slip
when 1t fell. He jumped and
caught the boat and pulled him
self up. He assisted caring for
the rescued and worked for 20
minutes to save little Carl Bruder
but it was no use. DeVogt then
hurried to Tacoma and played a
star game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-20

The Contest Editor Is getting
fine reports from the girls making
their own graduation gowns In
Times contest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06

,enEaRement OF two months n ended
the company will visit the chief cities.
limiting its tonr to ten, OF which
Baltimore 10 one. with the whole i'm
msnss equipment Of scenery and ac-
cssooriss and the organisation OF
nearly 400 persons
Lewis Waller made . personal ano
artistic success in New York with his
revival OF Henry w." appearing In
the title role.
One Of the new playlsts In New
York 10 based upon present police con-
ditfons and 10 called The System"
The dictagraph IL introduced in 1t.
Helen Waxb viii appear under the
Harris management in q play by Ell
mer y. Harris, called Trial ASrri-
age" The play will be produced at
william Hawtrey, who starred last
year in Dear Old Billy" will appear
this season In Pinero's Dandy Dick.
In which he acted two Jears ago In
England and Australia
RIBS whytal made . big success In
his vaudeville playlet He" an cpl
sole OF Parsian life. The play u
gruesome. ~ he enacts IN escaped
murderer. but his acting is said to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06

Mrs.. Langty began her American
tour with . satiricai suffrage sketch
called "He1penG the Cause in which
she epscts . suRraseste who wants
% De Q mSctyr without the inconveni-
snce Of maStyrdom-
A new play o. newsaaper life was
produced IN PhtIaAelphia this week
called TIE SssrcAlsghG" The play.
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