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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
THE LESSINGS? YES, THEY ARE DOING
VERY NICELY NOW-AND SEND THANKS
The Leasing family?

The Leasing family?
Doing very, very nicely,
THANK YOU!
John Leasing, now that he is
eating three square meals a day
and wearing stout shoes, and
with a warm overcoat on his
back, is fast coming back to
health and strength; he is al
ready looking for a job.
Mamma Leasing and the three
little Lessings are happy and are
looking forward to a bright flu
ture now; in powerful contrast
to the hopeless outlook which
confronted them ten days ago
when the Times first told it's
readers of the plight of the little
family.
The big yanload of food and
clothing will insure the comfort
of the Lessings for weeks to
come, and the money turned over
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14

to the family will supply whar
needs they may have till the
husband and father gets a job
Here is the message which
John Leasing sent to Time!
readers today:
81 want to say so much
to thank you-but I some
how cannot find the right
words. We had about begun
to give up hope-everything
seemed so black. The kind
ness and the generosity of
the Times readers is so great
that l don't know how to
tell you all how thankful
we are to you. Like the
man who had the article in
the Times the other night
1T is pretty good little old
world, after ALL l thank
you all.
JOHN LESSING AND FAM
lily
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
PAPE'S D|APEPS|N
REGULATES STOMACH
TIME 1T! IN FIVE MINUTES
GAS, SOCRNESS AND INDIr
GESTION Is GONE.

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly:
ferment into stubborn lumps and
cause sick, sour, gassy stomach?
Now, Mr.. or Mrs. Dyspeptic jot
this down: Pape's Diapepsin d.
gests everything, leaving nothing
to sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely
quick, so certainly effective. No
difference how badly your stom-
ach is disordered you will get
happy relief in five minutes. but
what pleases you most is that IL
strengthens and regulates your
stomach so you can eat your ia
vorite foods without fear.
Most remedies give you relief
sometimes-theya are slow, but not
sure. Diapepsin is uuick, positive
and puts your stomach in
healthy condition so the misery
won't come back.
You feel different as soon as
Diapepsin comes in contact with
the stomach-distress just van
ishes-your stomach gets sweet,
no gases, no belching, no eructa-
lions of undigested food, your
head clears and you feel fine.
Go now, make the best invest
ment you ever made by getting a
large fifty-cent case of Pape's Di-
apepsin from any drug store. You
realize in five minutes how need
less IT Is to suffer from indiges-
ton, dyspepsia or any stomach
disorder
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
WANTS TO ANNUL
RIGHT OF WAY

John Anthem, who owns a 90
acre farm worth $4,000 between
Puyallup and Orting, has asked
the court to annul the sale he
made to the Puget Sound Electric
company of a right-of-way
through his place for the line
from Puyallup to Orting. He sold
the whole thing for $3.50 on the
understanding the line was to be
built at once, but this was in
1903, and no signs of a line yet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
INFANT DISASTER
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(By United Press Leased Wire
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. IL
Children up to the age of five
years, to the number of 1884,
92S, die every year in Russia, &C.
cording to statistics just issued.
In st. Petersburg infant mortality
is terrible, the death rate recent
ly averaging between 70 and so
day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
MAKE BIG BUY
OF ALASKA MINES

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Col,
Dec. 14.-American capitalists,
including C. NJ. Mcneil, Spencer
Penrose of this city and D. C.
Jackling of Salt Lake, backed by
Haydn, Stone & Co. of Boston,
have purchased for $15,OO0,OOO
the holdings of the Alaska Gasti-
neau Mining company near Ju-
neau, Alaska, according to an
nouncement here today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
AT THE TACOMA

Polly of the Circus" is true,
clean American play, and per-
haps the best description that
can be given to the play which
will be the attraction at the Ia
coma theater tonight, with Miss
Elsie st. Leon in the title role.
The piece comes here with the
endorsement of a seasons run in
the east, just human study of
a tender child, born and reared
in a circus tent, thrown by acct
dent into the home of a young
clergyman and awakening to love,
to knowledge, to hope, and God.
Maeterlinck's "The Blue Bird"
''The Blue Bird" success of
the New theater, New York, will
be seen with the original produc-
ton at the Tacoma theater Fri
day and Saturday, Dec. 20 and
21. Almost everybody knows
something about 1.-The Blue Bird
story and the hunt for happiness
of its childish hero and heroine.
The author of 1.-The Blue Bird"
has been nicknamed the Belgian
Shakespeare. The fame of his
play has travelled wherever the
white race has penetrated.
Edward S. Curtis production
Tuesday evening, Dec. II, at the
Tacoma theater, has been aptly
named picture-opera, for it is a
perfect fitting of large number
of unique and startling films and
Colored slides with the marvellous
harmonies of Henry F. Gilbert's
Indian music, specially written to
interpret the pictures.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
RUN OVER BY
N. P. TRAIN

Thomas Healey, aged 65, is
dead today from being run over
by Northern Pacific train at
18th avenue and Dock street carry
this morning.
Both legs and his left arm
were amputated by the train. He
died in the county hospital where
he was taken after the accident.
A brother, H. P. Healey, lives at
371S North 33rd street.
Healey was well known here,
having been one of the pioneers
of this section.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
GIRL FLEES To
ESCAPE HER
WOOER
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(By united Press Leased Wire,)
Los ANGELES, CAL, Dec. ii.
After fleeing 1900 miles to
escape too-ardent wooer, Miss
Lucille McKittrick, a pretty school
teacher of Hood River, Oregon,
is in Los Angeles today, and has
requested police protection from
Richard Mosely of Oakland, who
she believes is following her
here.
The girl told the police upon
her arrival on the steamer Bear
that Mosely, intent upon securing
her promise to marry him, fol-
lowed her from Hood River to
the steamship pier at Portland
and leaped aboard the Bear as 1t
swung from its berth. He was
taken off at San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
OVERCOME BY
MOTHER LOVE
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=
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. IL
Although penniless and the victim
of an erring husband, who Iert
her before the birth of her third
child and will contribute nothing
to her support, Mrs. S. Newman
today declines to part with the
child, born at the Good Samari-
tan hospital in order that her bur-
den may be lightened.
I'VE have found a good home
for your baby the hospital au-
thoritieS tola her. Wont you
let us help your"
THANK you" Mrs. Newman
responded, but l am going to
keep baby
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
R0ASTS GOFF

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Bitter
denunciation of Justice Golf and
District Attorney Whitman is
voiced today in a letter written
by former Police Lieut.. Charles
Becker, convicted of the murder
of Herman Rosenthal, from the
death house at Sing Sing prison
to William Loeb, a boyhood
friend.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
EMPLOYEE AND
CHECKS MISSING

A. Peterson, a butcher, 1902
Mckinley avenue, sent Pete Law
son, an employee, to the bank yes
terday afternoon with two checks
amounting to $165, which he was
to deposit.
Today Lawson is missing, as
are also the checks, which, Peter
son has discovered, were cashed
by Lawson. The police are en-
deavoring to locate the missing
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
MRS. ARCHIBALD
GOES ON STAND
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(by United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec, IA
- The prosecution will complete
its evidence in the senate i'm
parchment trial of Judge Robert
w. Archibald of the commerce
court this afternoon and defense
will open on Monday.
Archbald's attorneys will intro
due a number of character WIZ
nesses from Scranton and else
where, Mrs Archibald and other
members of the defendants fam
lily also taking the stand in his
behalf.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
REAL ESTATE MAN
UNDER ARREST

w. ]. A. Simpson, photogra-
pher and real estate dealer, is
held in $500 bonds today on a
charge of Incorporating $3.50
belonging to Mrs. Theodore Bus
bridge, police matron. He has
pleaded not guilty and the case
set for Wednesday at p. m.
The purchase of a piece of realty
is involved in the case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14

that the stress of life is over, this
hard working actress looks for
ward to giving two performances
a day for the next 20 weeks be-
sides making long railroad jour
ney every week between Saturday
and Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
TAFT GIVES UP
u. S. OIL LANDS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. Il.
the United States may De
assured of having control over q
body of fuel oil sufficient for the
future needs of the navy, Presi-
dent Taft has extended today the
withdrawal order of July FL,
1910, to include 29,541 acres In
Kern county, Cal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14

A beautiful woman of nearly 20
arrived in this country the other
day. 1t was the ever youthful
Sara Bernhard, who has come to
America for a vaudeville tour.
At an age when most men as
we'll as women are content to say
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
TWO JOBS DONE

Two paving Jobs have been
completed now. The Sheridan
avenue contract for $13,344 and
the Union avenue job at South
Tacoma done by the Washington
Paving company for 100000. The
4 street paving will be finished in
n few days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
THE WRONG SUIT

Because her attorney, Miss
Media Jaeger, brought suit for
her against the T. R. & P. COM
pany instead of the Puget. Sound
Electric company for the loss of
a suit case and contents valued
at S96.35, Mrs. E. l. Trimbell had
her suit thrown out of court by
Justice Graham yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
SHOT BY WOMAN

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
PARIS, Dec. IA. = Walter
Mumm, member of a prominent
faily connected with the Wine
+ trade, lies seriously wounded to-
day in a hospital here. He says
he was shot by an American wom-
an known as Mrs. Barnes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
R. R. FOUNDER
is DYING
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(By United Press Leased Wire
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. IA
Jacob Kamm, veteran steamship
founder of the business
of which the o. w. r. &c N. is the
direct outcome and Portland and
San Francisco millionaire, Is
slowly dying today of a compIica-
ton Of maladies brought on by
old age. He Is SO.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
{ by United Press Leased Wire,

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. IA.
That poker as high art has
many devotees in Los Angeles, is
the opinion today of the manager
of theater who advertised for
dozen poker players to "spe" a
gambling scene in play. Eighty
three pasteboard manipulators
were lin line at his office at the
appointed hour.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
HELP TO BREATHE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
LONDON, Dec. 14.-Oxygen
was administered today to facili-
tate the breathing of American
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, who
is seriously i'll here with asthma.
Early bulletins say the crisis has
not been reached.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
COMMITTED TO ASYLUM.

Joseph Allie, aged sc, was COM
planned against by his son, Will
lam Allie, 40 street and Yakima
avenue, and committed today 70
the insane asylum at Fort Stella
COON,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
SUES Il. II. & p

Jacob Decker, lineman's help
er, is today suing the T. r. &
p. in federal court for $40, 900
damages for injuries alleged to
have been sustained when a COM
pany wagon was upset Singing
Decker and another lineman to
the street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
OH! THOSE BELLS
Hear the moaning of the bells,
Fog Bells.
What a world peacefulness
Thpir h0IlnN Snunl diSnnlS.

Tacomans do not appreciate the
new fog bell. In fact, they have
registered a vigorous kick against
the new precaution against dis
aster.
They say it is all right when
necessary, but claim that the
bell is in operation when the day
is clear. The regulation is to
ring the bell when the bridge
tender cannot see five miles out
to sea, which people say is use
less on the Sound.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
ITALY In FEAR

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NAPLES, Dec. 14.-It was
learned from semi-official source
here today that Italy has secretly
ordered the nations merchant
marine to assemble forty of It's
largest vessels here Immediately
for possible use as transports.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
SMUGGLING RING
TO BE PROBED

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. IA. -
An investigation into the alleged
smuggling of 100000 worth
of dress goods, silks and satins,
into the country by fashionable
dressmakers throughout the Unit
ed States will commence here
Monday by federal grand jury.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
TO CENSOR PLAY

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-To
make the cleaning up of the
American stage a nationwide
crusade, members of the National
Catholic theater movement are
today scheduled to hold a meet
ing here at the residence of Car
dinal Farley, who will preside.
The national Catholic influence
is to be concentrated first in
New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
COUNTY GIVES
SOCIETY $50

The county commissioners have
voted $50 q month to the county
anti-tuberculosis society for the
upkeep of a tuberculosis farm.
The society now has "a cases I'M
der treatment, but it cannot be
done properly, as the patients are
at their homes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
STORM HITS
SIS. BEAVER
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PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. IA
The flagship Beaver of the Port
land and San Francisco Steam
ship company is here today some
what the worse of a 65 miles an
hour gale encountered at the CO.
lumbia river but the damage rs
SO nominal as to be hardly no
ticeable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
A FAKE POLICEMAN

o Some unknown young mans star with the number
9 23 neatly engraved thereon is having fun with
sters who live in the vicinity of 9th and
The particular form of followed
is to threaten boys and girls with
home before six o'clock The law
stringent this, apd eephonng the police
{. wanting know what's
Q . Q Q o Q Q . Q % Q o Q Q o 6, Q Q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-12-14
Don't Wear
a Truss!
After Thirty Years Experience
Have Produced An Appliance for
Men, Women or Children That
Cures Rupture.
L Send 1t On Trial

If you have tried most every
thing else, come to me. Where
others fall is where / have my
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24

He looked about him anxiously to
see il We cOmprehended his words.
And what did YOU say" from a
dozen eager voices
The Swede saLed at them il mani
fest establishment
i say kncwed noting about der
woman. but il he say dat an officer Of
der til Virginia cavalry would not
fight nit him he yos damned liar
would have hit him, but | vos under
der flag of truce.
reached out my hand 70 him across
the table
Il thank you. Captain Carlson
said, for both your message and your
answer What did this man look
like"
He vos a pig yellow. nit black
moustache and gray eyes
DO you know him" questioned
Maitland
His name is Brennan, | answered
slowly, "a major In the Federal serv-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
Carried Too Far,

Jerome S. McWade, the millionaire
collector Of Duluth, discussed. on the
Narragansett beach. the trend Of mod
ern fiction
Modern fiction Is charitable to
women" he said slowly Perhaps 1t
is too charitable ~ women Wells
and Galsworthy and Bernard Shaw
are moi content with letting the wom-
en- 90 as far as the men--they let
them go farther than the men.
They are as unduly charitable as a
Duluth chap who got himself engaged
to a notorious f1irt.
Why. Horace said friend, you
amt engaged to Minnie Manners are
YOU
Yes. am said Horace stoutIy.
why. Horace. that girls been
engaged. Off and on. to nearly every
man in Duluth
Well said Horace, charitably,
Duluth amt such big place."
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
CHAPTER xxiV.-Continued

Then hand thrust aside the can
/ vas, and face peered in. | caught
faint glimmer of stars, but could
distinguish little else.
Boys" said the leader. kindly, Il
wish | might give you better transpor-
tation. but this is the only form of We
hicle We can find. l reckon you'll get
pretty badly bumped over the road
you are going. but I'm furnishing you
all the chance to get away in my pow
er. We shall guard you as long as
necessary. and then must leave you
to the kindly ministrations of the
driver.
He reached in leaning down from
MS saddle to do so. drew the blanket
somewhat closer about me, and was
gone caught the words of a sharp.
short order. and the heavy wagon
lurched forward, its wheels humping
over the irregularities In the road.
each jolt sending a fresh spasm of
pain through my tortured body.
May the merciful God ever protect
me from such ride again! 1t seemed
fnterminable. while each long mile
we travelled brought with 1t new and
greater agony Of mind and body
The hours that followed were all
-but endless knew we had reached
the lower valley, for the road became
more level. yet the slightest Jolting
now was sufficient to render me
crazed with pain, and | had lost all
power nj restraint. My tortured
\ Nerves throbbed; the fever gripped
\ me- ami MY mind began to wander
Visions Of delirium came, and
sdreamed dreams too terrible for rec
ord demons danced on the drifting
clouds before me, while whirling saw
ages chanting in horrid discord stuck
my frcnzied body full of blazing
brands At times | was awake, call
ing In vain for water to quench a
thirst which grew naddening, then |
iapsed into a semi-consclOusness that
drove me wild with It's dellrious fan
c'es ! knew vaguely that the Major
mao crept back through the darkness
AND passed his strong arm gently be-
heath my head heard him shouting
IN his deep voice 10 the driver for
something 10 drink. but was unaware
oi any response All became blurred,
confused. bewildering thought it
vas my mother comforting me The
iaint gray daylight stole in at last
tnrough the cracks of the wagon
cover, could dimly distinguish a
DARK face bending over me. framed by
= heavy gray beard, and then. n,erciful
came, and rested
- one dead
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
Copyright. by A. c. McClurg 4 Co.
Entered II Stationcr's Hail London.
SYNOPSIS.

The story opens in a Confederate tent
at critical stage of the Civil War. Gen
Lee imparts to Capt Wayne an important
message to LOngstreet. Accompanied by
Sergt. Craig. an old army scout. Wayne
starts on his mission. They get within
the lines of the enemy and in the dark
ness wayne is taken for a Federal Of
ncer and a young lady on horseback is
given IN his charge. She Is a northern
girl and attempts to escape One Of the
horses succumbs and Craig goes through
with the dispatches. while Wayne and NV
Lady of the North are left alone They
seek shelter In hut and entering 1t in
The girl shoots the brute just in time
The owner Of the hut. Jed Bungay, and
his wife appear and soon a party of
horsemen approach. They are led BY a
man claiming to be Red Lowrie but who
proves to be Maj. Brennan, Federal
ofncer whom the Union girl recognizes
He orders the arrest of Wayne AS a spy
and he is brought before Sheridan, who
threatens him with death unless he re-
pealS the secret message. WAYNE believes
EDITH Brennan to be the wife Of Mai
brennan. He Is rescued by Jed Bungay
VINO starts to reach Gen. Lee while
wayne in disguise penetrates to the ball
room. beneath which he had been I'M
Prisoned. He is introduced to Miss
Miner and barely escapes being unmask-
ed Edith Brennan, recognizing Wayne
says she VIII save him. Securing a pass
through the lines, they are confronted by
brennan who is knocked senseless Then.
piddin% Edith adieu Wayne makes a dash
Tor minority. He encounters Bungay: they
reach the Lee camp and are sent with re-
to join Early. In the battle
OF SNtnlndoah the regiment is over
whelmed. and Wayne while in the hos
pital. ID visited by Edith Brennan
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24
Old Connecticut Elm DESTROYED,

The ancient elm tree. an old land
mark that has stood on the banks OF
Middle Cove Bay for over two hun
dred years. was blown down during
the storm of Monday and fell into the
cove All that is left of 1t are Tho
large roots, sticking up to show
where the old tree was once located
After heavy gale several years ago
one large limb fell to the ground and
from 1t we're taken Indian arrow heads
OF perfect shape They were proba-
bly, shot or deposited there by Indians
years ago, who used this localit, for
camping ground The height OF tho
tree was about one hundred feet and
Its branches spread out about tho
same distance. The body Of the tree
measured some fifteen feet around.
Red squirrels had made heir homo 70
II for years Essex Correspondence
Hartford Gouiant
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-24

ice. We have already met twice in
rough and tumble contests, but the
next time it will be with steel"
Gentlemen, said Maitland at last.
gravely, this is evidently personal
matter with which we have no direct
concern. Captain Wayne's reputation
is not one To be questioned. either as
regards his chivalry toward women or
his bravery in arms. | pledge you
his early meeting with this major"
They drank the toast standing, and
read in each face before me a frank
soldierly confidence and comradeship
which caused my heart to glow