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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

Alleged.
That on July %, 1912, Lynn
Miller drove his automobile into
that of Herman B. Keith, damage
ing keith's machine to the extent
of $500.
That on August 4, 1912, a re-
petition of this accident damaged
the same machine and it's Occu-
pants $4,000 worth.
Presumed.
That Mr.. Miller hasn't tried it
again.
If the allegations made by Mr..
Keith are the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth,
he has suffered frightfully, to say
nothing at all of the heap of scrap
that now represents what once
was one Flanders runabout.
The case opened yesterday in
Judge yesterdays court.
On the event of the first catas-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

eral times, her mother took her
to the Rev. Cora C%oncannon
Smith, one of the most widely
known spiritualists in the North
west. Mrs. Smith pronounced her
one of the most wonderful med
iums she had ever seen.
Mrs. Smith and the child sat at
a table, their fingers touching. =,
rs Fair Face there YETI" ask
ed Mrs. Smith.
The child's eyes We're closed
and she did not answer.
Presently her lips moved and
a strange jargon mumbled in a
clucking, gutteral voice poured
forth. Mrs. Smith put a pencil
in her fingers and she began to
write, partly in Indian and partly
in English. The English words
were miserably misspelled; yet
the child when she is herself
spells perfectly.
Pearl and Mrs. Smith are
greatly attached to each other
and the child spends most of her
time with the older woman.
Mrs. Smith is attempting to de-
yelop her remarkable gift.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

SPOKANE, Dec. 3.-Pearl lone
Cook, aged II, is declared to be
one of the most wonderful me
diums in the world. Through an
Indian girl known as Fairy Face.
it is claimed, speaks to the world.
Three years ago, when she was
nine years of age, PEARLS parents
plain, everyday people-discov-
cred that the child was writing
and drawing with an ability far
above her years. Then one day
the mother found her seated at a
table apparently asleep, a pencil
held in her little fingers moving
rapidly across a sheet of paper.
The mother shook the child and
presently she awoke as from a
sleep. On the paper was a jun
BILE of strange words and char
acters. These were later proved
to be words and sign writing en-
ployed by the Sioux Indians. The
child knew not a word of the lam
guage nor, as far as can be learn
ed, had she ever seen any sign
writing.
Later, after she had been de-
tected doing the same thing sev-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

trophe, SO the complaint says,
Mr.. Miller a somewhat unfor-
tunate In not utterly annihilating
the Keith auto and its occupants,
but this misfirtune was entirely
made up for the week following
when Mr.. Miller boosted the
Keith outfit from the mountain
road into the ditch, overturning
the Flanders and setting it down
with much precision upon the
person of Mr.. Keith. When Mr..
Keith crawled from under and
looked himself over he found any
number of ribs broken and his
collar bone broken, besides count
less horrible Commissions which he
has wildly pictured in the legal
papers.
He now desires $4,000 ap-
basement and has brought a few
of the adhering parts into court
to show the Judge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
MlJ>1sNThe TM5& gt
~Du~D erton Draleu~

I'm a calm and placid person and my temper seldom rises
(You may take that with a modcum of salt).
l can bear my share of troubles and of worries and surnrises
And it's truly very seldom / find fault.
But there's one thing gets my nanny and it gets her good and
plenty,
ana my language grows cerulean in tone,
When l telephone-this happens fully nineteen times in TWENTY
And somebody snorts "WHOISTHIS?" on the phonei
Then l want to bust that party where a bust is greatly needed.
On the Jaw bone, on the blnker, on the nose;
But my satanic anger isn't very greatly needed
And it doubtless never will be, | suppose;
Yet I'd like to Sc a pistol or a cutless or a cleayer
On the vast unnumbered masses who are prone
To wait until my coral ear is glued to the receiver
And then below out "WHOISTHIS?" on the phone!
I'm q calm and placid person with a kindly disposition,
But I'm truly something ugly when I'm mad, &
And | wish l owned the tortures of the Spanish inouisition.
Every rack and grill and thumbserew chat they had. II
l would seize these surly parties, and with eyes that fairly glisten 5
l would rack EN- with a fury never known, 81
And for years I'd sit and watch 'em and for years I'd make 'em listen
While l beloved out "WHOISTHIS?" on the phone. Il
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
Editorial PAGE ofChe Cacoma Cimes
Recognizing Him

"We must recognize the farm IS the corner stone of national prosperity
say James j. Hill.
OF coursew w must. In fact we cannot help recognizing the farm and the
farmer, and that being the case let's do so cheerfuly. 1t is the farmer who
raises the stuff and has it in hand before the railway manager cn carry it,
or the dealers IAN corner it, IL the public can consume it. Of course we must
recognize the farmer.
Why, for instance, look at the prosperity we are having on potatoes this
year is compared with last For some reason OF other you farmers failed to
produce many potatoes last year The crop a short, and because of that
shortage n your part, Mr. Farmer, you are to be informed with much sever
t, that there was son lack of prosperity o our part.
Also, Mr.. Farmer, you are to be informed with still more severity, that
because of your short spud crop in 1911, the higher cost of living on spuds
deed.
But, as Mr. Hill shows by his words, we are recognizing you this year
because you have plowed and planted and swatted the potato bugs and raised
a big crop. Mr. Hills cars must be loaded with something, as his Northern
Pacific stock is now comfortably quoted a; 124 and his national prosperity is
all right.
So pillow and plant apenty, Mr. Farmer, pillow and plant lore than a
plenty. That helps to make national prosperity for us.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
More Luck For Carl

Carl War;, the fellow who terrorized Los Angeles police headquarters
with an internal machine, was always umlucky, says his mother. Here's
Carls luck: /
Ten years old, kicked by a horse; II, lost three fingers t a buzz saw; 10,
kicked in head by stepfather; IA, lost more fingers to a percussion cap:
later, shot through hand.
And, land sakes! Mrs. War; thinks he can be cured by an operatin!
Operated on by a horse, a buzz saw, a step-father and a shotgun, and she
wants the doctors set at him! Still, it may be the thing. No telling what
Car would be after the doctors had dug his appendix out of him. It seems to
be the fashion, nowadays, when q fellow goes wrong, to have the doctors saw
" cut the cussedness out of him. It's germs, you know, and it's only a ques-
ton of prospecting and mining them out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
Dumping States Rights

The Interstate Commerce Commission, in its attempt to regulate railway
rates and traffic, and thus dealing with a problem that is entirely and eNclu-s
svdy economic, has ome into a headon collision with that particular tenent
of the democratic party which holds states rights to be sacred.
"There should be III such thing as a state line in the commercial interests
of the United States" declares Judge PTOuty, speaking for the commission
and its work.
In this country cOmmercaism is being given more and more the right of
way as against any political tenents O contentious, amd II cOmmerclaHsm dC-
mands the abolition of state lines for commercial purposes, then state lines
will have to GO Notwithstanding past political adherence to the abstract the
DRY of state rights.
Sooner or later, also, the political theory of state rights will have to yield
to federal regulation in the matter Of shipping liquor from a wet state into a
dry state.
There re some theories political and otherwise, of yesterday, which are
not best for today. This good old country of ours is growing in its theories
as well as in it's practices.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
NOTHING SERIOUS

1t came out In the trial of a
man in Chicago that he did the
homework while his wife earned
the living. That'll make many a
man yell, Lucky guy!"
There is only one double track
railway bridge in Chile. 1t was
completed only a short time ago.
Uncle Sans factory turns out
100000 envelopes and newspa-
per wrappers a day.
The government chemists now
report that the holes in a cheese
make it valuable. That sounds
reasonable. What good would a
sieve be if there ere no holes in
it?
whats become of Blink
"He opened a store"
Doing well?"
mo. Policeman caught him."
Japan has n of the best or
ganized and largest Red Cross So
cieties in the world. 1t has a
membership of 100000, and
property valued at $4,000 00.
Isaiah Zug, Milton Grove, Pa,
bought a pair of Sunday" boots
80 years ago, and has worn them
auarx- Sunday cinon
P. L. Bailey, a Bryan county,
Georgia, farmer, produced 5000
barrels of potatoes on 60 acres
of ground this year. His crop is
worth $4,000.
Eyes, sir, he lost $4,000 in
less than a year.
"How did he lose it?"
Gle let some wise fellers know
he had it,
Allegheny observatory, Pitts
burg, has one telescope, use of
which is given free to the public
every night in the week. When
Halley's comet was in sight inter-
est was so great that use of three
telescopes was given.
Ernest Newman, an English
writer, calls attention to the fact
that the great Frenchman, Ma
poleon, was an Italian; the great
est English general, Wellington,
was an Irishman; the greatest
modern English novelist, George
Meredith, was a Welshman;
| Cesar Frank, a French composer,
was a Belgian; Offenbach, who
wrote the typical French opera,
was a German Jew. Among the
great composers of German music
are: Beethoven, half Dutch; List,
Hungarian; Joachim, Hungarian
Jew; Mailer, Bohemian Jew;
Richter, half Hungarian; Nikisch,
Hungarian.
More than $4,000 cases of mall
treatment were handled in 1911
by the British society for the pre-
vention of cruelty to children. In
1855 cases children died from Ill
treatment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

The court says Tacoma's civil service
is a farce for it does not protect a man
In his city job, all of which the Times
told before the charter was adopted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
George Milton Savage and his associ.

ates lost money on the Nisqually con
tract but they got a good send-off from
mayor and commissioners as being the
best contractors in town.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

All that is necessary to make a big
joke of the demands of certain polite
ians for a recount is for the prohibition
lists and socialists to come in and de-
mand a recount of all the ballots to see
whether or not they got full credit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
A Vigilant Lard Can

A lard can, partly filled with
debris in which a pan of ashes
had been emptied and set on a
rear porch at Frank Harmon's
residence, caused an alarm of fire
to be sounded Monday night
West Union CO.. Record. "a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

But What Happened to the Cow?
Mr.. Joe Workman had the mis-
fortune to lose a very valuable
cow Saturday by falling in a run
and being drowned.--Lisbon (O.)
Buckeye State.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
Cutting the Festo celebration to five

days is a nov in the right direction.
Bunch the attractions and make the big
show a hummer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

The public officials, engineers, auto
mobile owners, state legislators and ev-
erybody else who have held a conven-
ton this year have declared for good
roads, so if the taxpayers will just fur
nish the cash they ought to come.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

And then again, we're willing
to sign our name to these as
some of our ideas of the quint-
essence of nothing:
Blotting paper towels.
Lawn fetes.
Silk initials on a mans shirt.
Rumble seat on an auto.
Applause at a picture show.
Information in a railroad guide.
A stenographer's spelling.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
Title EN- ANDY

Carnegie would give ex-presidents a pension of $4,000 a year for life,
which is pretty good Is a starter, but it ought to be considered only a IS a
starter The job will be nowhere complete until someone is ready to also
give I'LL expresdents a title, say like Duke the Doneup, or Lord Who Got
Left o Sir Has Been, II something like that. 1t is really to be regretted that
that maj Carnegie is so donarGmited in his largess. He should try to alb
sorb some of the sentiment Of chivalry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
We know one man who will have to

work about eighteen hours a day from
now until next July. That's f. Garrett
Fisher, new Festo president. But he'll
get a lot of fun out of it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

Frisco has started it's first municipal
street cars. Seattle has completed the
first mile Of its city owned line, and
Tacoma-well Tacoma is doing some
tall thinking.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

One section of the Vladivostok
city directory is devoted to cal
endars for the benefit of the many
residents whose religious beliefs
call FOR different calendars.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
The argument that you can't get peo-

pie to take public office without paying
! big salary certainly is not borne out
by the appearance of nine campaigners
Cor one free school board place.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

Eat egg shells if you would live
long, advises a couple of profess
sors. Eat egg shells and no
doubt it will seem as though
you're living long.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

Manager Bean announces another i'm
provement in the car service. Promises
are better than nothing at all.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
A Clamorous Demand

There is still some agitation in certain parts f the country in favor of
the coinage of halfpennies, but it is observed with pleasure and approval
that it is not so insistenty clamOrous is is the demand for the coinage of
half eggs during a time when whole eggs are selling a nickel per egg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
Shame on You, Cyl!

Mr.. and Mrs. Denton T. Young
passed through Cadiz last Thurs
day, on their way to and return
ing from New Athens, in their big
touring car, Mrs. Young, as usual,
doing the driving.-Cadiz co.
Republican.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

One thing is certain about these pro-
posed recount of ballots. The taxpayer
will pay the bills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

Our idea of misdirected energy is
GUESSING the street car conductors be-
cause there aren't enough cars.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

There is a law In Montenegro
providing that every man go
armed. Even the Greek priests
carry arms and clergymen in
church attired with one or two
r%evolyers in a belt are seen fire.
quentiy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

MEMBER OF THE sCRIPPs
LEAGUE OF NEWSPAPERS. TeIesraphic News
Service of the United Press Associa1on by direct
Leased Wire.
Entered at the postoffice, Tacoma, wash, ns
second-cinss matter. Published by the Tacoma
Times Pub. Co. Every Evening Except Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

Pig iron production in this
country the first half of 1912 was
14,072,274 tons, against 1866
996 tons in the first half of 1911,
and 11,982,551 tons last half.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
IIoyd's Got the Button

Lloyd o. Cradle of Battle
Creek and Miss Pearl Button of
Kalamazoo, were married at the
court house on Saturday by Judge
Porter.-Marshall (Mich.) News.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03
Worth C~eleb

Worth Celebrating
Mr.. and Mrs. P. III. Kohn and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Kohn
were in Milwaukee to attend the
anniversary of the reformation of
Martin Luther.-Lake Geneva
(Wis.) News.
Sign at a moving picture the
ater-"A Drunkard's Life, in
Three Reels"
The United States, Great Brit
ain and Germany combined pro-
duce 80 per cent of the worlds
production of coal.
Her Uncle and Aunt?
Miss Oslo Niece was a guest of
H. G.. Masten and wife Monday
Coatesville (Ind.) Herald.
A tr~ack-laying machine can lay,
when conditions are favorable,
three miles of track a day.
"Mrs. lobe Smallacre has
warned her daughters never ter
waste any time on a man who
rattles a bunch Of keys in his
pocket"
Imports from Switzerland r
gradually decreasing due to the
fact that the principal article sent
from that country to this can now
be made as cheaply in the United
States:
M~isdirected energy
Giving a pension to ex-presi-
dents for what they know.
Telling a taxi chauffeur to take
his time.
Wearing a silk hat.
Giving advice to a hungry man.
The largest torpedo boat de-
stroyer in the world Is owned by
Chile. 1t was launched recently in
England.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

The largest torpedo boat de-
stroyer in the world Is owned by
Chile. 1t was launched recently in
England.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

A track-laying machine can lay,
when conditions are favorable,
three miles of track a day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

"Mrs. lobe Smallacre has
warned her daughters never ter
waste any time on a man who
rattles a bunch OF keys in his
pocket"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

Her Uncle and Aunt?
Miss Oslo Niece was a guest of
H. G.. Masten and wife Monday
Coatesville (Ind.) Herald.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-03

More than $4,000 cases of mall
treatment were handled in 1911
by the British society for the pre-
vention of cruelty to children. In
1855 cases children died from Ill
treatment.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-01-26
s15o,ooo FOR
 PHOENIX PROPERTY

PHOENIX, Jan. 18.-Harry Jones has refused an offer of $15O,00O for the business property on the northeast corner of Central avenue and Wash ington street. Thomas McGinnis, a contractor of Chicago, who has come to Phoenix to live permanently, made the offer. McGinnis said he consider ed Jones' property more valuable and a better investment than any property in Chicago.
 Jones purchased the property about ten years ago. The Boahmer drug store occupies the corner. On Central avenue there are a newsstand, saloon, barber shop and restaurant; on Wash ington street a jewelry shop. The pro perty is one of the best in the down town district. Jones says he doesn't want to sell at any price.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-01-26
Notice


 Sale of School Bonds, District No. g.. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of the Board of Supervisors of Greenlee County, in the Town of Clifton, Ari- zona, until 10 o'clock a. m., Thursday February 1st, 1912, for the sale of eighty bonds, five hundred dollars ($50O.0O) each, twenty year, six per cent bonds, amounting to the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars said bonds to be dated February 1st, 1912, shall be due and payable twenty years from date, or at any time, after 10 years from date thereof; both principal and interest payable in gold coin of the United States of America at the office of the County Treasurer of said Green lee County. Interest payable annually Said bonds to be delivered to the pur chaser thereof in the Town of Clifton, at the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of said Greenlee Coun- ty.
 A certified check of ten per cent of the amount of bid must accompany each bid. .'7.a- sa l ,F The Board reserves the right to re- ject any and all bids. Bids will be opened and considered by said Board at it's office in the Town of Clifton, Arizona, on Thursday, February 1st, 1912, after 10 o'clock a. m
 All bids must be sealed and address ed W. O. Whatley, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, Clifton, Arizona and School District No. B. Bonds''
 By order of the Board,
 w. O. WHEATLEY,
 Clerk
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-01-26
Probate Notice

PrCDatc NOtfCe In the Probate Court of the County of Greenlee, Territory of Arizona In the Matter of the Estate of Mar garet Carmichael, deceased.
 Notice to Creditors.
 Notice is Hereby Given, By the un- dersigned Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Carmichael deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons hay ing claims against the said deceased, to exhibit them with the necessary vouchers within four months after the first publication of this notice, to the administrator at his place of business Clifton, Arizona, the same being the place for the transaction of the busi- ness of said estate in the County of Greenlee.
 NORMAN CARMICHAEL. :. Administrator Dated this 5th day of January 1912.
 (First Pub. Jan. 5, 1912)
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-01-26
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
Town of Clifton

A primary election is hereby called in the Town of Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, under the provisions of Chapter 24, of the Session laws of Arizona of 1909, on the 27th day of February, 1912, for the purpose of voting for candidates for the several parties to be nominated for the fol- lowing offices:
 Mayor at Large
 Councilmen at Large.
 Dated this the 18th day of January, 1912.
 M A. DANENHAUER,
 Clerk of the Town of Clifton NOTE-All nomination papers must be filed in the Town Clerks office on or before the 27th day of January, 1912. A
 (F'irst Pub. January 12, 1912) 2-2-12
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-01-26
TWIN PEAKS LOOKS GOOD.

Daniel Fraser, of the Twin Peaks mining company, was in the city the first of the week, on business. MT. Fraser says the Twin Peaks mines are looking better every day, and the more ore they take out the more they expose. They have been shipping some to the Shannon company at Cliff ton, from which they get comfortable returns. but are anxious to get their concentrator at work, so they will not have to haul so much worthless rock to the railroad. If they work all the rock that is of value and ship only the concentrates their freighting charges will be much less-Lordsburg Liberal.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-01-26
sToNEMAN AND LING
Have Formed a Partnership in the
 Law Business.

Law Business.
 George J. Stoneman, formerly of Globe, now a resident in Phoenix, and Reese M. Ling of Prescott, have form ed what is considered by their friends one of the strongest law partnerships in the Southwest. They have engag- ed suite of offices in the Goodrich building, corner of Center and Wash ington. streets.
 Both Stoneman and Ling have enjoyed a large law practice in the cities in which they have lived. They are both well-known democrats. Ling was candidate in the recent demo- cratic primaries for United States sen ator Stoneman, who is son of the late General George A. Stoneman, the famous Union Cavalry leader in the Civil war and first democratic gover- nor of California, has been a member of the Arizona Railway Commission for the past three years.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-01-26
ARIZONA WINS DECISION
 BEFORE COMMERCE COURT

Interstate Commerce Commission to- day decided in the case of the Mari copa County Commercial Club against the Santa Fe', and Phoenix & Eastern that the advanced rates on barley, bran and corn from Phoenix to various points in Arizona are unreasonable. < Reductions of from 5 to cents a hundred pounds were ordered. Com plaint against the Southern Pacific so far as it involves the reasonable ness of the carload rate on condensed milk from Tempe creamery to Los Angeles was dismissed