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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

Irene Rinkenberger, divorced
wife of DIR. +. w. Rinkenberger
is before u. S. Commissioner Nc.
Millen this afternoon on a charge
of intercepting mail matter.
Mrs. Rinkenberger sued her
husband for divorce and secured
a decree, getting alimOny also
The alimOny was not paid and
she went to court to collect it.
In the meantime DR.. Rinken-
berger married again.
The first Mrs. Rinkenberger
however, still went by that name
The postman delivered to her a
letter addressed to Mrs. F. w
Rinkenberger and she opened it.
1t happened that this particu-
lar letter was intended for Mrs
Rinkenberger No. 2. The latter
was expecting the letter, and not
receiving it an investigation was
started, and it was discovered her
predecessor. in matrimony had
opened the missive.
Then Uncle Sam was called in
to prosecute Mrs. Rinkenbergel
on a charge of opening mail not
belonging to her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
BRIDGES
REFUSED TO
SETTLE Up
SPECIAL AGENT MASTERSoN
IN FEDERAL COURT SAYS
EX-FEDERAL CLERK WAS
SHORT OVER $1,000, BUT
REFUSED TO MAKE GOOD
THE AMOUNT.

Special Government Agent e.
c. Masterson testified today in
federal court in the trial of ex-
Clerk Sam D. Bridges that his.
check of the books OF Bridges
showed he was short $1,763.67.
He said Bridges was asked to.
make good the amount, but re-
fused.
Masterson produced the books
and testified from them that on
May 6, 1909, Bridges should have
had in the district court fund
$1,907.06, but that all he had was.
$6S7.06. In the circuit court
fund he should have had $2,537,
but had only $445.
or the discrepancies he said
s616 represented money paid into
court for deceased seamen's
Judge Bean this morning ruled
out of evidence check for
$1,000 introduced by the govern
ment to show that it had been
paid into court as a fine for
white slave case, but that Bridges,
instead of crediting 1t on the
court funds, deposited 1t in the
bank to his own account.
The case is dragging along
slowly with mass of technical
testimony and Identification of
vouchers by bank clerks today to
try to show Bridges used court
money for his private purposes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

May Bowling looks after the
advance publicity work for va
rious theatrical productions, and
Its just simply charming and
don't see why more women don't
go into this line of work." is her
verdict after eight years in the
publicity game.
Eight years ago l engaged in
the political campaign as a press
agent for Theodore Roosevelt, and
four years ago l used my talents
in a like capacity for Taft" ex-
planned Miss Bowling. That s
going some, don't you think? In
teresting work, too, but strenu-
Gus. But | believe l like theatri-
cal business better.
You are an actress?" the re-
porter hinted.
No, | was secretary to Oscar
Hammerstein in New York for
more than three years'-which is
quite a notable fact. "Of course
that gave me the necessary in
sight into the business.
AT the beginning of the tour ]
study the play about which | am
to write attractive notices, and
the personalities of the individual
players also inspire me. l pre-
pared much of the copy ahead,
then; grasping also each local OBJ
portunity of appeal. l have even
overseen the billposting (I do not
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

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WASHINGTON, Jan. .
Washington is smiling a bit to-
day over the widely circulated
stories to the effect that Admiral
George Dewey is prevented"
from attending many dinners and
social functions because hostesses
forget that by virtue of his title
he is supposed to be accorded
equal honors with the president.
The gallant admiral arrives at
this conclusion because only the
president and the admiral receive
a salute of 81 guns.
Mere foreign diplomats have
often been escorted to "eats"
ahead of Admiral Dewey, which
has caused him much annoyance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
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o 9 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 6 8 g o g o .
The foregoing are the persons
selected by Sheriff-elect r. W.
Jameson to fill the jobs connect
ed with the sheriff's office In
Pierce county for the next two
years. With these men the new
sheriff says he will keep the cost
of maintenance in his office to a;
least $4,000 year. The new Of
ficials will assume their duties
Monday.
These men, Jameson says, did
not ask to be appointed to these
positions, and did not come rec
commended. They are all ex-
perienced, active and careful men,
he declares, the responsibility OF
whose appointment he is willing
to shoulder alone.
Sheriff-elect Jameson intends
to keep his part of the progress
sive campaign agreement to
clean out the courthouse" ac-
cording to his written statement,
and believes that this principle
alone, IL lived up to, will mean a
reduction in county government
expenses Of at least one-third
County Commissioner elect
Reed, says the newly elected sher-
iff. intends to advertise for bids
on feeding county Jail prisoners,
and has informed him that the
Longmires have offered to. feed
the prisoners at 35 cents day
per man.
None of the Longmires will
be allowed to enter the jail for
any purpose during the next two
years." says Jameson. "I don't
propose to have them in my own
office"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

Spanaway, said that many subsi-
dies were given the company in
land and cash and the company
contracted to give a 10-cent fare
with round trip for Is cents and
books of 60 tickets for 81 or 6 N
cents a ride.
Mary Fowler testified she had
paid the old company $4,000 in
cash to build the road and give
the low fare. She exhibited her
old contract, almost worn to
pieces, which guaranteed the low
fare.
The courtroom was we'll filled
with Spanaway people determined
to get their old low fare back
again.
The present company is charg-
ing Is cents each way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHENA SHIP GOES DOWN BY SURVIVOR

came. First We could hear
the man at the wheel shout
that he mistook the North
Head light for the lightship
and had probably ran the
boat on the rocks.
AS soon as the Rosecrans
struck she listed heavily to
seaward, exposing her decks
to the full force of the storm
and making it easy for the
breakers to comb her over
from end to end. l CROPPED
my way through the dark
ness in an effort to gain the
deck, but had no sooner
gotten to the top of the COM
panionway than a breaker
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

Fred Peters, quartermas-
ter on the ill-fated oil tank
steamer which was dashed to
pieces in the fierce storm
Monday off Astoria, was res
cued after he was beaten up
on the shores clinging to the
plank which he grasped when
a great wave swept him over
board. Here is his vivid
story Of just what happens
when a ship goes down at
sea.
BY FRED PETERS.
Most of the men were in
their berths when the crash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

picked me up like a feather
and. carried me clear to the
opposite side of the vessel,
which, because of her list,
was high in the air.
l remember being struck
by a plank a moment after
being washed off the boat
and | grabbed this tightly.
Then / lost consciousness
and did not come to again
until felt my feet on the
sands after being washed
ashore.
1t was awful the way the
boys fought and scrambled
to get free of that inky-blaek
bunk cabin. l could see a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

few of them trying to drag
themselves up the compan-
ionway with a dozen others
pulling them back before the
big wave that bore me away
choked the vessel with water
from stem to stern.
/ am sure the majority of
the men never lived to reach
the deck, and the three who
were taken from the rigging
must have been on the hur-
ricane deck when the crash
came. The boys did not
shout or scream much. There
was too much water choking
them and they were fighting
too hard to get on deck.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
r. w. JENNINGS
UNDER ARREST

Russell W. Jennings, paying teller of the Pacific
National Bank, is in a steel cage in the Federal
building in Seattle today, a confessed embezzler.
jennings who lived at 1917 South 9Th street with
his bride of year until few days ago, was ar
rested yesterday he stood watching a billiard
game in the Elks' club in Seattle
'I'm glad the suspense is over," he said quietly,
as the United States marshal whispered that he
was under arrest
Jennings admits that he has stolen $3 1860 from
+lo ho,,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
SEND BODY TO
SAN FRANCISCO
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ASTORIA, Ore, Jan. 8. = Ir
embalming can be accomplished
the body of Captain L. F. john
son, master of the ill-fated Rose
Grams, Will be sent to San Fran
cisco by the steamer Roanoke to-
day, in compliance with a re-
quest received here from the wild
owed mother of the deceased.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
SPANAWAY PEOPLE MAKE
DEMAND FOR CHEAP FARE

Jesse Jones of the public SER
vice commission is today holding
a hearing i'm federal courtroom un-
der the complaint brought by An
drew Smons, ID. Lunkley and F..
III. Mcclellan, residents along the
Spanaway electric line, against
the street railway company to
compel the latter to put the fare
back to the original figures it
was when the line was built.
/. w. McAllister, who was
president of the Lake Park Land,
Railway & Improvement company,
which built the first road to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

night.
They have been reading their
cowboy books ever since Christ
mas" said Mrs. Peters this morn
ing, "and have talked great deal
about running away, but we did
not think they would carry out
their plans"
The police department and a
private detective are searching
for the boys today, Miss Houston
having engaged detective this
morning.
Both lads are pupils of the
sixth grade of the Whitman
school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

ohtt I'hohNNo'
He is a pleasant and competent
young man of 80. He had arisen
in the bank to the position of re-
ceiviug teller with a salary of
$1G0 a month. His first wife Sc
cured a divorce two years ago.
Shortly after he married a Seattle
woman who had oeen divorced.
This was about a year ago.
Things ran smoothly for a time.
Jennings was prominent Elk
and enjoyed the clubhouse. He
felt his position apparently and
tried to be a good fellow"
Since his peculations have be-
come known in the bank, numer-
Gus stories have come out of his
convivial career. His salary was
not enough to maintain his ex-
travagant life. So he stole from
the bank, he says.
Transferred.
The first :f December the bank
examiners went over the books.
About this time, too, Jennings
was transferred from receiving to
paying teller.
81 knew the jig was up" said
Jennings today in commenting on
his case.
The bank examiners discovered
a shortage of $500 in his cash.
Jennings insisted that was all,
but the bank sent him home. The
peculations grew with the check
ing up. When the amount reach
ed $3,79G.S0 yesterday, Cashier
Stephen Appleby decided the case
was such that it could not be
overlooked, and he swore out a
warrant for Jennings arrest.
Found at Club.
Marshal Jacoby found him at
the Elks' club at Seattle and
placed him under arrest. He
! made a clean breast of the whole
thing at once, debating a state
ment to the district attorneys
stenographer.
He declared he desired to go
before the court at once and be
sentenced. The minimum he can
receive is five years, it is said.
The thing that troubled him
most apparently was that he
would lose his wife.
"She will never stick to me
now," he cried.
Jennings was bonded to the
bank for $25,00O, so the bank
loses no money by his peculations.
His method was to wait until
the end of the month after the
ledger had been checked up then
change the statements and ex-
tract the cash. AS long as the
local bank officials were taking
the balances and doing the check
|, ing he kept track of things ana
covered up,
81 made a mess of it all right
and now I want to take my medi-
cine so when l come out / can
make a better start" he said to-
day.
Jennings will probably be
brought to this city and lodged
in jail here tonight. He will be
kept until the grand jury meets
in February. when he will be in
dicted. Then he will be allowed
TO plead guilty and receive his
sentence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

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O BREAKS NOSE; @
O JAP SUES WOMAN1
@ Memo Matsuda, a Jap @
o anese vegeta BILE gardener, Is @
o suing Mrs Jennie Hammond @
o of the city market today in o
o Judge yesterdays court for @
o $3.50 for a broken nose. @
9 Matsuda claims that he @
o was showing John Bell, who @
9 was employed by Mrs. Ham o
o mond, a box of strawberries .
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
TACOMA BANK TELLER CONFESSES THIEF
ISHOULDWORRY

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
BERLIN, Jan. 0.-The un-
certain political situation in
Europe has affected the dia-
mond market. The demand
for diamonds has SO dropped
off in the last two months
that many Of the largest Ger
man diamond cutting estab-
lishments have shut down
while others are working
with but half force.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
SHER|FF-ELEC1
ANNOUNCES
DEPUTIES

II. w. JAMESON DECLARES
THESE MEN WERE GIVEN
JOBS WITH RESPECT TO
TIL T. IR QUALIFICATIONS
AND THAT WITH THE
FORCE HE CAN KEEP En-
PENSES DOWN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
TO WED JAN. tx

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-The
wedding of Miss Helen Gould and
Finley g. Shepard of st. Louis,
it was learned, will be quietly
aolemnized - =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
OPENS WRONG
LETTER.; U.S..
SUES HER

MRS. IRENE RINKENBERGER.
CHARGED WITH OPENING
MAIL BELONGING TO MRS.
R1NkENBERGER NUMBER 2,
TO EXPLAIN IN COURT To-
DAY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

do that now, thought. have
new angles of the play and the
performers to present at each
place. You've no idea how ap-
sorbing it becomes. Always on
the alert for novel and catchy
ideas to let the dear public know
what an extra fine and interesting
company l represent"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
For Tacoma and vi
cinity: Rain or snow
tonight and Friday.
For Washington:
Rain or snow tonight
and Friday, colder
east portion.
EDWINA ENGAGED
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LONDON, Jan. Announce
ment is made today of Lady Ed
wilma Roberts, daughter of Field
Marshal Lord Roberts, and Major
Levin of the British army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09
PURITY SQUAD WARS ON COCKROACHEs

War on the myriad of cockroaches that swarming
through police headquarters the city
day purity squad of Jail TRUSTEES have been assigned
, the task of exterminating the
Each bearing formadehyde gun" and half gallon
of the poison number are
sailing the sronghods of the bugs
o 90 o o o 90 9 o 9 o o o o o o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

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o MONTREAL, Que, Jan. 8. o
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9 peritonitis, is fatally i'll is @
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

Deputy Sheriffs.
]. H. Doten. {
Walter Coates. {
Ole Olson. {
Jailers. {
Thomas Desmond.
William Nelson. {
Carl Carlson.
MatrOn.
Mrs. n. Nicholson.
Deputy at Wilkeson. G
Emrick Kubicek.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-09

no you go to moving picture shows?
Then read the intimate stories Of
the players in the movies which
appear only in the Times-they're in
teresting.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-06-26
Autos May Capture Richfield
Better Roads and Cheaper Machines Promise To Put th
Horse Off the Highways and Make the GasWagon
the Exclusive Method of Travel.

Gle costs close to $100, one can
we'll afford to think of substituting
buzz wagon that COSTS hardly a
cent more. The repairs On these
light machines are very light; the
cost Of tires is very low, and the
lost of fuel is SO much less per
mile than the cost OF horse feed,
that the machine will in many cases
prove to be far the better invest
ment. When cars cost from $1,000
upwards for anything that could be
trusted, it was harder PROPOSE ton
but now that the cost has been cut
in half, while the machines are far
safer and stronger than they were
alt the old price, a gasoline buggy
is real money maker for those who
have much travelling to do.
An interesting development of the
travellers trade is the
use of motor cars to cover their ter
rHory. There are number Of drum
mers now covering Idaho IN automo-
biles, which they find faster, cheap
er, and more satisfactory than tram
and stage service. Two such cars
were in Richfie,d this week
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-06-26
Blue-Blood Pigs Are Coming
Carload of Even BetterBred Berkshres Than The Asso
citation Had Expected to Buy, Will Be Received
In Richield In July or August.

The Berkshire Breeders Associa-
ton of Richfield will wait a lit
,ie longer for their car of finely
ored Berkshire pigs than they had
expected to have to do when they
placed the order-but they will
nave SO much larger and better a
derd OF hogs that they are more
than willing TO put it off that long
fhey had counted on getting their
shipment in some time in June,
out now find that it will be the
dery last of July or early in August
before the car comes.
They had expected tc buy from a
breeder in Alabama, but finally can
eelled that order and contracted
with the firm of A. ]. Lovejoy &
Son, of Roscoe, Illinois, at a higher
price Mr.. Lovejoy is president of
The International Live Stock Show,
1 member of the Illinois legislature
a banker and farmer, and one of
the big stock men Of the nation.
He has been breeding Berkshires for
81 years, and has a herd that can
net be surpassed anywhere in the
world. The Richfield association
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-06-26
Road-Makers Now At Work
125 Miles of Road To Be Built and Cared For On The
Richfeld Tract---Only Straight Roads Will Be AL
lowed, and Fence Lines Must Be Corrected.

Commissioner Phelps has been
driving out over the tract this week
Win hnsineer Horniman, to point
our what the Board had intended to
have done, and TO get acquainted
with conditions. Mr.. Horniman is
pretty wei sarisTied by this time
wnat he will need in the way OF
equipment.
II IS expected that the big fillcn
Ine roaa nor,h OF town will be one
OF the rirst sections to be cover
ed The old ill, which occupied
cae-half of the road, and left gull
ly, the Old borrow pit, for theOther
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-06-26

He knew twas leap year, and that she
was aware of it,
This, and lot more he certainly knew;
He knew her smile and the innocent
snare of it,
But when she smiled on him, then, o,
what could he do?
I leave it to you
He rose to take leave, said he must be
departing;
She urged him to stay in tones none
could deny
He thought that tear was just trem-
bling and starting
From over the lashes that hid each
blue eye.
He sat down again, and lie saw that she
was prettier
Than all the girls, that indeed there
were few
Who might claim to be any farer or wit
tier
And when he noticed this, then, o,
what could he do?
I leave it to you!
Il think I'll get married." she said in a
II thought it was best if I'd ask your
advice;
The worlds full of men"-her accents
grew frmer-
But none of them all is as nice as
you're nicel
I'm sure you'll be glad of this truth I
disclose to you
That I am thinking the day long of
you
And surely you don't expect me to pro-
pose to your
And when she said that to him, I. what
could he do?
I leave it to youl
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-06-26

Big dance afternoon and evening, Ju-
ly 4th, at The Cottonwoods.
Go early and stay late and you will
see all the prominent people, at the
Big Cottonwoods, July 4th
VIM. Strunk, who with his family is
now living in Gooding, made business
visit to Richfield the first of the week.
B. w. Reeves, w. o. Christensen
and Frank Pope went out to the Big
Wood river on a fishing excursion, one
day this week. They do not profess to
have established a new worlds record
for number of fish caught, but they Go
report good time.
A 9-pound daughter was born Thurs
day to Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Williams,
living miles northwest of town. The
mother and child are doing finely under
Dr. Harris care. Mrs. E. Williams of
Boise, grandmother of the little one,
is visitor and nurse in the family.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-06-26
CLUB WOMEN.
Two Local Clubs Enjoy Inter
esting Gatherings.

Mrs. Kays entertained the members
of the Sew and-So Club, Wednesday
evening, with what is pronounced to
haye been a delightful Little Girl
party The occasion was the close of
the club year, when the six ladies who
held the low card score for the year er-
tertained the six with the highest. 1t
is reported as one of the most attract
i've social events of the year.
A very interesting and well pre-
pared program On Scotch Literature
WIS given. Mrs. Davis gave. a pa
per and a reading from Bell,
Scottish writer of today Mrs. Fred
Crane read a paper on Barrie and
Mrs. Mcmahon one On Robert Barns.
Scotch quotations were given by
the different members present and
a lively discussion Of Scotch litera
ture and customs. was enjoyed by
all
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-06-26

figured that they could we'll afford
10 start with foundation stock from
such a herd as his, even if it did
cost more money.
There will be at least 1876 pigs
in the shipment, all of them four
months cd, or little older. All
will be inoculated with the anti
holera serum, and proof against
ihis plague of the swine grower. Ar
rangements have already been made
with the state veterinarian to look
after the quality of the shipment
and the immunity from disease, and
there will be no plague shipped in
from this source at least. 1t is
possible that some Of the local as
sociation will go back to the Roscoe
farms, to study up on their methods
cf breeding and culture.
This will be the biggest shipment
of this kind OF breeding stock in
the history of the West, so far as
known. The deal runs up into thou
sands of dollars, and viii make
Richfield famous If the pigs grow
and thrive as they are expected to
do.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-06-26

She asked him to call, in a note that was
pleasant,
She wrote that she wanted to case on
his face,
She wrote that she knew of no others
at present
Who had half his wit or his ease or his
grace;
He knew twas leap year. and that she
had her eye on him
This and a lot more of logic he knew
He feared that her smiles and her wiles
she would try on him;
But when he got her note, then o. what
could he do?
leave it to youl
He called. as you gues, and her home
was lit dimly,
She bubbled wit JOY as she clung to
his hand
Although all his features set firmly and
grimly
with stubborn intent all her charms to
withstandD.
They sat in nook-and no nook could
All, but her voice had languishing
cool
Yes, and her blushl Sure, no blush could
be roster,
And when he gazed on that then, o,
what could he do?
I leave it to you!
She talked about. art, for a swift-1ying
second,
And they changed the subject to music
and books.
They shyly. as one by tho sly Cupid
beckoned,
She babbled OF love and housekeeping
and cooks.