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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-15
Sane Fourth Gen. Duncan Dies

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May IS.
-Brigadier General Joseph Dun
can. commanding the department
of Texas, died here yesterday OF
heart failure.
General Duncan participated
in the Indian campaigns In Cuba
and the Philippines. He was
breveted on three occasions foE
gallantrx
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I'VE have an excellent chance
of carrying Oklahoma or Nevada
or possibly both this year." said
John M. Work, secretary Of the
party.
The socialist platform this year
will probably be substantially. the
same as that of 1908, when the
chief demands we're:
Government public schools.
Conservation of natural re-
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Travel Is Improving

Thomas Cooper, assistant to
President Howard Elliott of the
Northern Pacific, addressed the
Commercial club members this
afternoon on the subject Of
''Logged-off Lands" He says
traffic conditions are better.
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(By United Press Leased wire.)

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, May 15.--An ordi-
nance providing for sane Fourth
of July in its strictest sense, not
only prohibiting pyrotechnic dis
plays and fireworks Of all kinds,
and making 1t a crime TO sell
them except at wholesale for out
OF town use today u before the
city council
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Many Visit Farm

(By United Press Leased Wire.
PUYALLUP, May 15.-Hun-
dreds are visiting the Western
Washington experiment station
to take lessons in farming. Many
of the visitors are foreigners.
The Parent-Teacher association
is winding up affairs for the year
preparatory to the summer vaca-
ton. Officers will be elected
Thursday.
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Tagged Train with Shirt

Tearing his shirt from his back
an Ohio man tagged a. train and
saved it from a wreck, but H. T.
Aston. Raleigh, N. c., once pre-
vented a wreck with Electric Bit
tiers. II was In a terrible plight
when began to use Them" he
writes, my stomach, head, back
AMI kidneys were all badly af-
fected and my liver was In bad
condition, but four bottles of
Electric Bitters made me feel like
a new man. A trial will con-
vince you of their matchless mer-
II for any stomach, liver or kid
ney trouble. Price SO cents al
Ryner Malstrom Drug Co., 93s
Pacific av.
f1nt.. n a a \. a.
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HOLD SPECIAL SERVICE

Thursday being Ascension
day." service will be held at st.
Johns Episcopal church, South
Tacoma, at p. M, with special
sermon and festal music.
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Foresightcd.

NAPERvILLE. Ill.-Clar Hill
Logan of Seattle. crazed with
grief, disinterred his dead wife's
body and put 1t in wagon shed
and then mysteriously disap-
peared.
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Are you reading the Times
Pink Edition? It's first ON the
street, first with news and feat
ures
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Paying his fair"

Pa Is Surprised.
''Pa, what is pillOry?"
"a what?"
"a piIlory. Teacher asked me
yesterday and 1 didn't know"
sWhy, that's a facetious term
sometimes applied to a drug store.
What won't these schools put into
your head next?"-Washington
Herald.
SAN FRANCISCO-The police
department is considering pre-
senting Maude Adams, starring
here in "Chanticler," with a wild
eagle, captured by two policemen
in Sutro forest. The bird refuses
to eat prison fare, and is slowly
starving.
John w. Roberts, rs, pio-
neer who lived in Pierce county
SO years, died at the home of his
nephew, Norman Roberts, 1904
South Alder St, Sunday night.
The funeral was held yesterday.
------
Gilbert Costigan, a laborer, is
being held at the Police station
as the imam who ,stares" because
he has been frightening women
and children in Old Town. He
suffers from peculiar ailment
which he cannot control, and is
an innocent victim.
Fathers Joy.
"Wha. did you buy your little
son that expensive mechanical toy
for? He isn't old enough to APP
preciate Ii yet"
~ know; but i get lot of fun
showing him how It works."-
Detroit Free Press.
PORTLAND, Ore.-En route
from San Francisco to Portland,
the steamer Carlos went out of
its course to investigate what
looked like q ships hulk. It was
the carcass of an immense whale.
Foresightcd.
Bobby-Mabel, want you to
marry me.
MabeI-But we're only 10.
Bobby-I know that, but I'm
leaving my order In advance
Boston Evening Transcript.
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SEA1TIE--The estate of
Hugh r. Rood. Seattle merchant
who slost his life in the wreck of
the Titanic, is valued at $780,
coo.
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as official float builder. He will
give advice to all desiring floats
free of charge.
observation-disclosures Is
keen over whether prisoners on
Kelly Butte rockpile should have
two or three meals. The prison
ers say they cannot shatter stone
with ease and grace unless they
eat three times every "a hours.
Had Occasion to Know.
The Griffin shocked at the
way father treated you. Pyesal-
most worshiped papa, but 1t
seems my idol has feet of clay.
The Suitor - Clay? Concrete,
more likely! - Boston Evening
Orders have been received at
the local Hartman ticket offices
not to sell any tickets into the
war zone In Mexico. Travellers
into Mexico can buy tickets only
to the boundary.
PORTLAND-Cap of Po-
lice Keller four years ago loaned
sailor 10 cents, the price of a
bed. He has received 10 cents
in payment, the sailor sending it
from Liverpool.
We Ask Again, Where?
"When 1 marry" said the girl,
~ am not going to marry a man
who drinks, smokes, plays cards,
or who belongs to a club. Still, l
want him to have good time"
"Where?" he asked. - Ladies'
Home journal.
OROVILLE, Cal.-Attacked by
rattlesnake, Kennth G. Adams,
Sacramento editor, kicked at
the reptile, missed and fell rs
feet over cliff. He escaped with
his life, but will have to write
the story by dictation.
H. Carlson would not have OBJ
jected to having been thrown off
the train il he had been caught
riding on the break beams, but
since he had paid for ticket and
was entitled to ride on the cush-
ions,' he wants $4,000 from the
G. NJ. & p. s. for his unceremon-
ious quitting of the train at Bis
marck last January.
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OLYMPIA-The Citizens Pro-
gressive league of Cosmopolis
has complained to the public SER
vice commission that the rates of
the Grays Harbor Railway &
Liltht Co. are exhorbitant.
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OLYMPIA - Gilbert Stuart's
painting of George Washington
has been hung in the office of
Gov. Hay.
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CENTRALIA--Arraignment of
DIR. F. ID. Johnson and Adelbert
B. Clark, charged with killing
Banker Lawrence Barr, has
been postponed until Saturday.
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SEATTLE - Clarke Butler,
aged 81, prominent state politi-
clan, committed suicide yester-
day.
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You'll Find
1t Here

The Tacoma Carnival associa-
ton has appointed w. e. Clayton
as official FLOAT builder. He will
give advice to all desiring floats
free of charge.
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BOAT HOUSES BURN

(By United Press Leased Wire }
SEATTLE, May 15.-Three
boat houses valued at $4,000
were destroyed by fire last night
on Lake Washington.
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Are you reading the Times
Pink? It's out with the crack of
the last bat every day.
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SPOKANE-G. A. II. vets pc.
tition council to stop l. w. w
parades on Memorial day.
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Hardwood Floors

When building your new
home, or your carpets get worn
out, don't go anywhere else, but
to the Tacoma Parduct Floor
Co. and have them give you sn
estimate on a first class hard
wood floor. TIA St. Helens av
Main 6756. Eve. Main 1922
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The Times Want AID phone Is
Main ~
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CHEHALIS-Saloons limitet
to one for each 1000 inhabitants
only IL now in town.
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State News

ELI.ENSBURG-WooI clip i'm
Kittitas valley this year may ex-
coed 100000 pounds.
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ELLENSBURG-Wool clip i'm
Kittitas valley this year may ex-
coed 100000 pounds.
SEATTIE-Howard Hanlon,
aged IT, lost his 16-year-old
wife, born Clara James, when de-
tectives raided their sQuatter's
tent home and took the girl back
to her mother.
EVERETT-State prohibition
convention opens to elect 80
delegates to national convention.
OLYMPIA-State starts suit
against Kittitas and Asotin coun-
ties to collect salaries for horti-
cultural inspectors.
CHEHALIS-SalOo limited
to one for each 1000 inhabitants,
only IL now in town.
SPOKANE-G. A.. II. vets Pc
tition council to stop 1. w. w.
parades on Memorial day.
SEATTLE - Clarke Butler,
aged 81, prominent state politi-
clan, committed suicide yester-
day.
SEA1TLE-The estate of
Hugh r. Rood, Seattle merchant
who alost his life in the wreck of
the Titanic, is valued at $780,
coo.
CENTRAIIA--Arraignment of
DIR. F. ID. Johnson and Adelbert
B. Clark, charged with killing
Banker Lawrence Barr, has
been postponed until Saturday.
OLYMPIA--Thc Citizens Pro-
gressive league of Cosmopolis
has complained to the public SER
vice commission that the rates of
the Grays Harbor Railway &
Lig,ht Co. are exhorbitant.
OLYMPIA - Gilbert Stuart's
painting of George Washington
has been hung in the office of
Gov. Hay.
Tagged Train With Shirt
Tearing his shirt from his back
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Orders have been received at
the local Hartman ticket offices
not to sell any tickets into the
war zone in Mexico. Travellers
into Mexico can buy tickets only
to the boundary.
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CONVENTION WILL
BE REGULAR
No Steam, Roller Methods Are Con-
templated for Chicago
Meeting.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, May "a Colonel Harry
S. New emphatically declares that he
had no intention Of calling the repub-
lican national convention to order
here on June is. He said the pro-
gram as announced would not be
changed and the flrst tap Of the gavei
would be by Victor Rosewater, OF
Omaha As to the Taft men In the
national committee and In charge Of
the convention having to give way to
Roosevelt men, Mr. New said:
THE men who are in the various
offices OF the national Organization
will remain in their places until the
convention is over, no matter who has
the largest following on the floor. The
men were elected to serve until the
end of the convention and they Will
do that very thing. TO ask them to
give up to some one else would be
like asking state officer to step out
before his term had expired
! News statements were made be
cause Of stories that were circulated
| that he would take the chair first in
the convention hall and exercise
steam roller methods In the face of a
possible Roosevelt majority on the
floor.
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ST. FRANclsviLLE, MO
= : 49, . ~~>>>> - :

y = = y = D y = = = = . . = .
Rev. Huchen filed his appointment
Sunday night.
A large crowd attended the bazaar
and supper Saturday night.
J. e. Harsch, wife and little daugh-
ter Dorothy Louise of Keokuk were
visiting few days with relatives.
The Misses Campbell entertained
over Sunday their friend Miss Bessie
Bulware of Canton.
II. Kleine and sons Jammie and
Ralph of Antioch were Sunday visi-
tors at his sisters, Mrs. George Brown.
Russell Harsch and sister Marie, OF
Wayland attended the supper satur-
day night.
Miss Luverne Bailey Is the posses
sor Of a fine piano presented to her
by her papa.
Miss Mildred Boulware OF Canton
is spending the week with her grand.
mother, Mrs George Wayland.
Mrs. Refers, of New York, is still
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IN MEMORIAM
Mrs. Louise P. Weess.

With the passing OF Mrs. Louise P.
Weess comes a flood Of recollections
OF kindly and noble woman who in
countless ways endeared herself to all
who knew her. 1t is impossible to es-
innate the power and influence of
such life. No one who knew her
failed to realize the strength and
goodness of her personality.
She was essentially deeply re-
ligious woman, and her piety was Of
the fibre of her being. it was the light
of her daily life, and the basis of her
every act. And withal she was wo
man of broad and beautiful charity,
the mantle of her tolerance was very
wide and its borders were all embrac-
ing. No harsh word ever fell from
her lips, no austere judgment OF
others, and her generous bounty was
uns.inted toward the poor and needy.
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Stopped those Pains

Copper Hill Va Mrs. Ida Conner,
Ct this place. says: For years ! had
. pain In my right side, and was
very sick with wcmAnly troubles. I
tried different doctors but could ge.
no relief. had given up all hope Of
ever getting well. took Cardui, and
1t relieved the pain In my side. and
now feel like a new person. It Is
q wonderful medicine" Many women
are completely worn out and discour.
aged On account OF some womanly
trouble? Are you? Take Cardui, the
woman's tonic. Its record shows that
1t will help you. Why wait Try Il
today. Ask your druggist about 1t.
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She had unfailing faith in the good

She had unfailing faith in the good
ness of God that silently rebuked
those OF lesser caiibre There fell to
her lot Affections, and deep ones.
trials, and grevious ones, anxieties be-
yond expression, but she never muir
INJURED. No bitterness Of spirit ever
touched the sweet waters OF her life.
Her home was the sphere of her ac-
tivity though not of her thought or
kindness She lived for her family
and the wealth of affection she lavish
ed upon those who belonged to her
was unfailing in its tenderness and
inspiration. 1t was the great privilege
Of the writer for many years to be an
inmate of her home, to know her inti-
mately and to be her debtor for a
thousand gracious and kindly minis
trations. In the serene and abiding
Joys that sprang from an ideal family
life. as well as in sorrow and trouble
che was ever poised and sustained by
spiritual power of wonderful depth
and sweetness.
Her modest and unassuming nature
shrank from any sort OF publicity, but
those within the circle OF her intim-
acv knew the sterling qualities Of her
life, It's gentleness, It's nobility, and
its beauty. and the poor and dis
tressed also knew her generosity and
sympathy. Her memory is benedic.
ton and heritage, and although
stricken at her loss her children rise
! lip and call her blessed.
Laid among the flowers she SO
we'll loved she has entered upon her
long, long rest--the ever busy hands
are forever folded, the quiet voice is
forever mute, but the strong, triumph
ant soul has winged it's flight to its
abidins home-not made with hands
eternal in the heavens.
G. E. M.
| Davenport. Iowa, May %, 1912.
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ANOTHER TALK
ABOUT FIRES
Commissioner Gray TELLS the High
School staudents That United
States Suffers Intensely
From Fires.
LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS
$4,000 100000 In Round Numbers,
Have Been Lost In This coun-
try In ThIrty-slx
Years.

Commissioner Gray, to whom Keo-
kuk looks for its fire and police pro-
lection, made another fire talk this
morning to the pupils of the high
school. The talk was instructive as
well as interesting and is herewith
given the readers of The Gate City.
One question that may occur to you
young people as appear before you
for the second time to talk on the I'M
interesting subject of fire is why
should SO much of our time be taken
up in listening to subject like this?''
The answer is the importance of the
subject, and the fact that our people
do not recognize its Importance. If
sentiment is to be built up along
lines that will make our people as a
nation more careful and render the fire
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"a oW to be Certain of
Curing Constipation

Prejudice is a hard thing to overcome.
but where health is at stake and the
differs from yours, prejudice then be-
romes your menace and you ought to
lay it aside. This is said in the inter-
constipation, and it is worthy of their
attention.
In the opinion of legions of reliable
American people the most stubborn
constipation imaginable can be cured
by brief use of DR. Caldwells Syrup
Pepsin. You may not have heard of IT
that account, or because it has not been
blatantly advertised. 1t has sold very
successfully on word of mouth recon-
their children today who were given 1t
by their parents, and 1t has been truth
fully said that more druggists use it
other laxative.
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at the Brown home with her sick
mother. Mrs. Kleine who remaina
about the same
The Boulware family were over
Sunday visitors at the Wayland home.
Mr.. Mckinney OF Sugar Creek spent
Sunday with friends.
Miss Mabel Murray WAS dele
gate to the Rebecca State Assembly
at st. Louis this week, She was ac-
companied by Miss Emily Campbell.
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Letters recently received from Mr..
Harry Hackenburg, Elliott, Iowa, and
MRS. p. Cooling. Dix, Nebr. are but
TEEN In which DR.. Caldweil's syrup
Pepsin is held, 1t is mild. gentle.
non gripping not violent, ike salts
or cathartics. It cures gradually and
Pleasantly so that in time nature
again does its own work without out
SIDE aid constipated people owe ii to
themselves to use this grand bowel
specific.
Anyone wishing to make trial of tfts
rerneag before buying ii in the regular
% Wy OF druggist at fifty cents or one
a coma, large bottle Family size) can
free OF charge by simply addressing DR..
". - Caldweli, 4o5 Washington St,
monticello, Ill Your name and address
on postal card will do. 80
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one GOOD Arm.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
ST. LOUIS, May 24.--James Jardelli
got into an argument with james
Glynn, who has only one arm. Glyni
let go with his one good fist autI
broke Jardella's jaw.
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The Old Teacher.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. j
CHICAGO. May ga fight is on
In the board of education to retire
school teachers and principals of adj
vanced years, They block the educa-
ton of thousands Of children, is one
contention.
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Law oil LImlfatIon.

ST. LOUIS, May 24.-Carrie Trem
mel escaped prosecution In local
court because some one left off ths|
figure 20" on the indictment. It placed
the date of her offense April II, 1911
or 1921 years ago
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-24
!. Make a dOllarin 5 minutes !
. COME IN AND SEE HOW.
!. STAR BRAND Shoe Store
1918 MAIN STREET
Midinettes Strike.
f1s MAIN SIRE

6 PARIS. May 24.-Five hundred
"Midinettes," as the milliner apprent
ices are called, have formed a union
for extra pay. shorter hours and more
regular work.
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loss and the loss Of life by fire, less
than it now is, we must begin with
the young, those who are forming
their life habits.
In comparing our nation with the
ether nations of the world, we are
shown to be the greatest losers by
fire, both of life and property. Roger
w. Wabson, of Boston, Mass, has
given much thought and time to the
collection of figures on this subject
and those will quote you in this
short talk are due to his research.
Fire Loss nEormous.
The loss by fire In the United States
for thirty-six years, beginning with
1875 and ending with 1910, he shows
to have been five billions, one hundred
and twenty millions. This is the
direct loss only. Competent authority
estimates that an indirect loss to tax
payers for the maintenance of fire de-
partments equals the direct damage,
making the estimated total loss for
the period, in round numbers, ten bill
lion dollars.
To illustrate this loss In a way
which you will perhaps more readily
understand, I might state that il the
buildings consumed by fire during the
period of thirty-six years, were placed
on lots with sixty-five foot frontage,
they would line both sides of a street
extending from New York City to
Chicago And, if we reckon the killed
and injured by fire, person in jour
neying along this street of desolation
would pass in every one thousand feet
ruin from which an injured person
had been taken, while at every three
quarters of mile he would encounter
the charred remains of person who
has been burned to death. Words are
unequal to the task of picturing the
awful sorrow which follows in the
pathway OF fire Or of properly char
acterizing the act of those who are
even innocently or ignorantly re
sponsible for the waste Of life ant
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property SO frequently chronicled in
our papers. The sin Of ignorance may
or may not be winked at by higher
power. but there should be no excuse
for the negligence OF an enlightened
community which fails to do all in its
power to reduce the waste of life and
property to the minimum.
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The Causes Of Fires.

Inc NduScS OF flFe8.
Two seasons of the year can be said
to be the most dangerous. One the
extreme cold of winter and the other
the extreme heat of summer In very
cold weather, stoves, furnaces and all
heating apparatus are pushed to the
extreme and becoming oyer-heated
cause fiues to burn out, which. if in
any way defective, may cause fires to
start in the floors surrounding them.
Small stoves are often placed in bed
rooms to overcome the extreme cold
chimneys are used that have not been
in use fer some time, and a blaze start
ed in that way; oil stoves are placed
in bed rooms for the same purpose,
allowed to get too high or too low, or
a leak springs in them, or being upset
from any cause; fire places that have
not been IN use for months are again
pressed into service to keep out the
extreme cold, and accumulations Of
materials in their 1les result in FIRE.
In the extreme heated season, the
gasoline stove Is used much more than
In the cooler seasons and many fires
result from them
Each time stove is taken from its
winter quarters, It should be carefully
examined by a. competent person to
know that it is in good condition Then,
with extreme heat, as rule, we have
extreme drouth, the roofs become very
dry and any spark alighting on them
Is liable to start fire.
Dry grass and brush and litter at
this period Of the year are also the
cause of many fires.
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uroes Caution.

This short talk. believe. con-
cludes the four talks on this subject
made necessary by our state legisla-
ture during the present school year.
Another week, or SO, and your school
work for the year will have ended. for
which you no doubt will be very thank
full trust. as you go from your
school duties, some Of you for a vaca
ton of play and others possibly to take
up the responsibilities OF life, you will
give some thought to the words OF
caution that have endeayored tc
bring to you here and in your life'f
experience, try and put them Into
practice.