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Named
Postmaster
Trinidad

President Wilson today sTnt to the
United States senate the name OF j.
u. vigil. OF Trinidad. his appoin'-e
as postmnster Of Trinidad.
All that Is now required l. con
nrma'ion by the senate. which fol-
lows automatically.
The announcement os the aptoiui.
ment OF J. 4. vikii., after u quite
spirited contest for The place among
local Democrats. ts received with y
good deal OF kratificaiion by the
fricnds OF tn" appo!ns"e. and Mr..
VixIl Is regarded ~ qualified In cv.
cry way for the office.
J. u. visil Is a pios."cr rcsidcn, of
Las AnImas county. for years tho
recognized leader Of n. Democratic
party. u steady warhorre Of tho par.
~ In victory and defeat. II. hss
lived here thirty-fivc Srars. has large
property Interests here and has
raised u family Of sevcn children.
=" ious'eu s~1Gr atN'f Nv llfbt
settled In Las Animsa county Mr..
visil taught country school. lie
became active In politics md served
four years. two tertns. ~ county com-
missioner: six years. three terms. M
county clerk. In the year 1905 10
Was one Of the natioHal delegates to
the Democratic convention md for
several years he has bccn chairman
Of tho Democratic county central
He owns InrKr ranch
on which he spends most Of his time.
Vigil has been named to succeed
u. u. Finch. the present incumbent
appointed some three ysars ago ~
President Taft to saec~ed Dan ".
Stone. F1nch's fern expires IN De-
esmber. ~.
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tom OF the lake. In the meantime
the overturned derelict lay in the
lake Il few miles northeast OF here as
mysterious AN ever. A diver was
ready to make another effort to learn
her name. but he had to wait until
the fog had lifted.
Although marine men In this To-
caIity were still firm In their belief
this forenoon that the overturned
steamer is the Regina. the latter !
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Greeks Would Fire
Upon State Militia

Louie, the Creek" leader of three
hundred OF his countrymcn-str's-
Ing miners at the Ludlow tent col
ony. is perhaps the most conspicuous
figure In the industrial war 10 south
ern Colorado. Louie, the Creek 's
shrewd and fearless-a veteran Of
the Balkan war, and he controls the
Creeks at the tent colony with
spoken word. lift of the eye brows
or n gesture of his hand.
Ever since the strike has been on
the Greeks have been carrying on d
guerilla warfare in the hills. In the
battles with mine guards before the
arrival of the militia the Greeks took
active parts. The Greeks, according
to common report, have been rcfus-
ing stcadfastly to be disarmed and
have cached away their firearms and
1t IL no secret in union circles that
the strike leaders have been unable
to control the Greeks.
Yesterday afternoon General Chase
in camp at San Rafael told n party OF
newspaper men that he had been nd
ylsed that Greek was recruiting
other Greeks from all parts OF the
state and from outside the state to
come here and join forces with the
strikers in this fight. The miners
union is greater than the United
States government" the Greek Ia
quoted to have said. and when tho
union gives the word to fire upon the
soldiers we will obey the order"
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TIE peace and quictudc prevailing
~ the strike district Al present IL
looked upon ny many N the csins
before u storm. There has bcen =
testl~ssness noticeable among tue
strikers lately and yesterday the SIT
ustion rouns and about s-kuudo be-
xan 10 assume y serious aspect. Tho
strikers have not b~en gtvink up
their arms. Ludlow IL quiet and or
ueriy. Acting upon Information re-
rcivrd last Hishl indicating tue MD
,nK place Of large number o( fire
arms. General chasc this morning or
csrca military detachment Ia
search . slaughter house about
four miles f'u OF Ludlow. where
thr weapon. ere said to have becn
hiaicn.
added to the crimes committed by
strikers In the past fcw days. NJ.
aalazar was arrested last night. after.
Il IL alleged. he had iurcd = man he
hsd met on Santa fe avenue 10 u
dark alley In the back Of the Grail
visno saloon and knocking him down
rohbed him of $35. Salaxar carried
u rcd card showing him TO he 4 men,
ber Of tho United Mine Workers aud
II n member Of tho Ludlow colony.
Tony Delitoni. who Also holds a
csrd. is In the county Jail charged
with burglary and larceny. Deli
toni In charged with having broken
open trunk and stolen sao. Tho
authorities Who are Investigating be
ltsye that tho prtsaser has bsen COM
pitsiss sambsr Of petty robbcries
tlat Nave bsea reported lately.
vsrseea.ARJsaps xselessay ~
ceIvrd . copy of resolutions adopts~a
by the Pueblo Buildsrs' associate lon
'is1ihg tho "dcportatisn. OF noa-resi-
dent strikc headers and the removal
from office of State Auditor Kcnehan
for alleged "non.fulfiiimcn, Of the
duties Of that Office
The scene OF military operations
was transferred yesterday to segun-
do where Captain Householder inx,i-
ttcd . search for weapons. Old town
was surrounded aud az result Of the
search few OLD and useless wca Dons
wcrn secured. General Chase last
night considered the situation at Sc
Rundo quite serious and went there
first thing this morning to look over
the situation.
Captain E!ckerson In charge of
military patrol OF guards Mt Forbes
last night discovered n quantity Of
dynamite IL a stone house near the
tent colony. The dynamite. 1t Ia
thought. had been brought In by
strikers for purposes Of destruction.
A trainload Of coal from the south
ern Colorado fields. the first Fhopped
since the strike troubles have been
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MAJOR TOWNSEND
NERO OF COLORADO
COAL STRIKE
0sss1sy xaa Secured osalsasisa frsa
~. Hvs Il yA eeihrs *
Dnu1tts. -ifsH

Major Charles e. Townsend Of the
state troopa. who obtained u confess
sion from the six strikers who shot
four mine deputies to death Mt la
veta last Saturday. is TO he given a
public reception upon his return
home after the strike troubles are
settled In southern Colorado. In pri-
vatc lifc he is one Of the host known
,ivii and criminal lawyers In the
state.
Major Townsend has lived in
Greeley for many years. and Is per
sonnlly known to about every man
there. In addition to being II lead
ing lawyer. he IL n skilled mining
engineer. a geologist. q marksman Of
national reputation. a collector OF old
arms. a writer. u former member of
the Legislature. a former editor and II
past exalted ruler of tho Elks. His
hobby Ia Angora eats.
That he was able TO got confess
sion from the six strikers who assas-
sinatcd the four mine employees at La
Veta last Saturday was not surpr:s-
ing news to Greeley citizens. In
fact, no firm is their confidence in
his abilities as criminal lawyer that
his townsmen took It for granted
that he would unravcl the mystery.
1T was a cinoh that Townsend
would get confession" one of these
said. He never goes after anything
he doesn't get Proud of him?
should say we are
1t was Major Townsend's early am
bition in life to follow n military ca
reer. He took the West Point exam
ination and headed his class. but was
turned down because Of an alleged
slightly defective eyesight. Since
then he has won more than 100 med
ais in national marksmanship con-
tests. and has an international repu-
tation as a rifle and revolver shot.
When the Alaska gold rush first
started he went to the country OF
cold and gold. After enduring many
hnrdsfips he stumbled upon a pocket
of gold In the Yukon district one
morning and took out $1,000 worth
of nuggets.
He was placed in the hero class In
the gold fields by reason of HIS work
In assisting in the rescue Of 500 min
ers caught in the historic Chilcot
pass slide. He directed and helped
In the labor of saving the entombed
miners. working without sleep for
|forty-eight hours.
The labor troubles now on in
southern Colorado mark the third big
strike in which he has served with
the state troops. He was one of the
most prominent figures In the Grip.
ple Creek strike, his legal and mill
fro~sgs ua~~
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.elsses 0 sssl>abb;es Ssst1f Fysu.,.

0ensn this pruhtne Of
firearms and aunien within The strike district Coorsao
preventing thereby the sale elsewhere with
in the district The official order ass shall
Be imported into the strike district and shipped shall be
delivered By companies else without special
This taken in view Of the difficulty the militia
ccuntered in bringing about . disarmament
Late this afternoon Chase
military 70 0 Morley.
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BUSINESS DlAas At
A. F. Of I. CONVECTION

seattle. WASH. Nov. i;.-Ths
American Federation al Labor was
IN session iess than m hour today.
No committee vas ready To report
and IN. convention adjourned until
tomorrow. the understanding beink
ihs' the commi,ts~s would spend III"
remainder OF tho day working.
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Huerta Has Fled
From, Mexico,
Report

MeNsc0 city. Nnr. iJ.--it"-
ports that General Hu-ria nan
lied from the federal capital
were revived THIS afternoon ow-
ing to the INABILITY OF those In
ter~~tcd In his actions In finn
any definite trac. al him.
Kunorx that GENERAL ilusrta
WAS planning 10 take y German
steamer Tor Europe have been
current for several days. These.
however. had not br~n credited.
Dwink To the fact thnt the
provisional prss,f-n, IL not s--
-istosncst TO observe ary regular
routine. u ix still REGARDED ss
probable that be- may rcappcar
In hts usual hannts In due time.
~ noon the American chArs.
u affairs. Nelson O'snauxna~s-y
reported that there had been no
nsw Developments In conn rciion
with the demands msdc 6y tho
United States sernmcnt In rc.
xsrd to the Mexican conErcss.
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8 Killed, 100
Hurt, Train
Goes Thru
Trestle

Clayton, Ala, Nov. 1:;.--Eight per-
sons were killed and more than
hundred injured today when three
coaches OF "A Central of Georgia pas
sengcr train left the rails near this
place. Several OF the injured are be-
iievcd to be fatally hurt.
The train carrying n capacity LOAD
of people bound for the county fair
at Eufaula was behind time and run
ming rapidly. The engine and two
coaches passed over the trestle in
safety, but the remaining three cars
went through the elevated framc-
work and were wrecked.
Relief trains have been dispatched
to the scene from nll directions. Ac-
cording to Information that mad
reached here at l o'cIock--five hours
after the wreclt-four bodies mad
been recovered and identified DO
tails were meager.
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EA1THouAN SHOCKS PANAMA

b'unamn. Nov. l3.--Anothcr earth
quake shock was felt IN this part OF
the isthmus Of Panama at ten min
utss to seven o'clock this morning.
Il lasted about fives cconds. Tndxy's
was the first PRONOUNCED Garth move.
nsnt for two vaeks.
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Mexico City. Nov. l".-Provision-
al President Huerta showed no signs
OF weakening this morning and the
American embassy was in n state of
suspense, not knowing what to ex-
pect next.
An early caller on Nelson
. Shanghnessy, the American charge
u affairs, was the German minister
to Mexico, Admiral Paul Won Hintze.
who arrived before Mr.. O'Shaugh-
messy mad breakrasted.
It developed today in the course
OF the preliminary exchange OF views
between John Lind. the personal rep
resentative OF President Wilson, and
the Mexican officials on the question
OF the new Mexican congress, Gen
eraI Huerta advanced the plea that
he could not dissolve it because it
mad been legally elected.
MIR. Lind's reply to this was the
presentation OF demands made by the
United States government. accom-
panied by the declaration that what
General Huerta had been able to do
with the former congress he must
do with this one OF his own creation.
The banks Of the federal capital
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owners were insistcnt to the con-
trary The bow OF the partially sub.
merged vessel was said to be smooth
and undamagcd. II was certain.
however, that the bottoms OF the two
steamers were much alike and those
who believed that the mysterious
wreck was that OF the Regina would
not change their opinion until a div
or had gone down and read her name.
The list OF recovered dead II as
follows:
Three from the steamer Regina.
One unidentified.
Seven from steamer Price.
Two from steamer Mclean.
Seven from steamer Cnrruthers.
Nine from steamer Wexford.
The bodies are now 1istri (uted at
shore towns on the Canadian shore.
Calumet. Mich. Nov. l3.--The tug
Hcbard left today in search of the
tug I.afayettet Of the Great Lakes
Towing company, OF Cleveland.
which is reported to have gone down
during the recent storm with a crew
OF twelve, men in the vicinity of the
Huron islands. In Lake Superior.
Cleveland. o.. Nov. 13.-Rain
which fell last night ceased for n
time at least this morning and thew
Is progressing that is materially aid
ing the city In resuming it's normal
condition.
The cessation OF the rain has al
layed fears of flood conditions.
While there is a marked rise in the
Cuyahoga river, 1t is not believed
that the danger mark will be ap-
preached.
Fort William, Ont. Nov. 13.--The
steamer Norton which left White
Fish Saturday afternoon. has not ar
rived here Fear ia expressed that
she has been lost.
The Norton. Captain RichardCall,
is a steel freighter. 400 feet long,
and carried five thousand tons Of
coal for this port.
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l67 DEATH TOLL OF GREAT LAKES BLIZZARD. 10
VESSELS LOST-PROPERTY LOSS 3 MILLIONS

Detroit. Mich. Nov. ia total
of at lenst ten vessels and 161 lives
We're lost In the great blizzard that
enveloped the Great Lakes from Sun
day until Tuesday. according to n
compilation today Of reports received
twen,y-one other vessels were par
TALLY Or wholly destroyed. their
crews escaping.
Vessel owners financial losses will
probably approximate 33,00O.0O0
Three large vessels are still unac-
counted for-the Hydrus. Argus and
Isaac NJ. Scott. of Cleveland.
Port Huron. Mich. Nov. l3.-Re-
ports OF more missing vessels came
in today. but zrea, fog banks had set
tied down over Lake Huron and the
secret of the number and identity of
lost ships and men In the recent gale
was far from being established. The
latest disaster reported was to the
effect that the steamer John A. Nc
Gean Of the Hutchinson Steamship
company, Of Cleveland, had gone
down. The report came in today.
Including the Mclean. six ships
may be on the bottom of Lake HUI
ron and hundred or more sailors
are almost certain to have been
drowned. The bodies of two men
who sailed on the Mclean are said
to have been picked up today below
Sarnia in the st. Clair river. The
steamer passed up her at 2:10 Sum
day morning and nothing had been
heard from her since then. until the
reports came in today. One of the
McGea bodies fs said to have been
identified rs that of John Cody
Up to this morning 81 bodies and
wreckage Of all descriptions had been
tossed up on the Canadian shore from
Point Edward, opposite here. north
to Goderich Life boats and water
soaked cargo bore evidence to indi-
cate that the steamers Regina,
Charles s. Price. Wexford and James
Carruthers were probably at the bot
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new YORK COLLECTOR NAMED.
Washington. Nov. l,!.-Dudlcy
-icld Malone was confirmed ns co;Icc-
tor OF customs at New York.
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London. Nov. .S.-rhc release oi
james i.srhin from prison iu Dublin
has apparently served TO internally
the bitter feeling In the labor world
OF tho British Isles. and n general
strike Of trsdes uniontats through
out the United kinsdosl r. again
sprsaseast. Re ysioa ma aea n
the trads 10 fl9nd4bs ttlbuclffn Dab
lin to finish.
An emergency meeting 0f the
trades union parliamentary commit
tee has been summoned for Novem-
her TX to consider proposals. for a
general stoppase of work in the isrit-
iah Isles.
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savannah, Ga, Nov. ia report
the general superintendent of the
Central OF Georgia railway received
here this afternoon reported that
eight persons had been killed in the
wrecked train on the Eufaula and
Ozark branch of the Central railway.
II e miles from Eufaula. caused by
a broken rail. Three others are dy-
ing. The report says that many
were injured.
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Attitude of Huerto May
Force Immediate Crisis
in Mexican Situation

announced today that silver wouii be
supplied to busin~-. men on Fridays
only. D.p"sl,"rs mus, apply IN writ
inx two days In advance. stating the
amounts required,
II is practically impossible at pres
.nt 10 s.i silver at The small banks
aud only limited amounts Hr- ob,a,n-
able nj the hanks OF issue.
The bankers have agreed to ask
the government TO punish 'hcs" dis
paper money
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Nogni'-. sonora. Nor. ii.-Nith
President Wilson IN ,o.s-,~ion to'iay
oi the answer 4" the proposition pre-
srntrd yesterday NJ the American
government through William hay
ard Hale. General Nchus,inno Car
Conssitutionai,His revolt against
uurrta. awaited today n reply from
Washington.
tn. proposition presented by Hale
u undcntooi To have been that tue
United States would open tn. border
Tor the Constitutionaiists To obtain
arms II csrranfa could guarantee tho
establishment OF order within u rea-
sonahIo time. Rhd IN. foundation OF
real representative form Of govern.
usent In the southern republic. Tnis
would carry with II the certainsy os
the ciiminatton ot Huerta without
the neccssfty or aetnra fatsrseAss0a
ny the Tinted sta'cs.
Conxiitutionaiisss generally ex-
pressed great pleasure today at tho
attcation bestowed upon them hy the
American government In sending Mr..
Hale ns an unofficial representative
OF tn. Washington mtnistration.
II was deemed nm auspicious ausury
"A definite sign OF success for the
and as they put
~ IA nredtct inu M Tho rrJ..ni nj Inn nf
Mexico. Yet the possibility OF in-
teIvcntion by assembled forces ny
the United States. tn. Developments
at Mexico city last night and the pos
sibility that Huerta might prccipi-
tate matters by some desperate act.
worried them.
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Mexico city. Nov. ia,--Nn Official
notification Mas published her. to-
aay under yesterday date CHEERING
those Mexican senators aad d-pi',-,
assr n,bi" during the afternoon ~ Sat
urday. November IL. In their re-
St~sti,- houses in order 20 effect
their organization.
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| Washington. Noy. l;.-Presid-nI I
Wilson told the Washiusion CORES.
pnnd-nis today that he did no, nov
rnnt"nipiat. issuins u sisi-mrn, ON
III" Mexican situation.
''Th.r. are elements In the case
he said. which ! cannot IA, pr-sen,
discuss. but which max. IL iook Ia
ms very much more favorable"
The status Of the Mexican si,na-
tion ap To noon today may b. sum
med up Substantially as follows;
III" dsmsnds which III. American
government, made yesterday ON til.
provisional suihorisss. n, Mexico
City had not up to iha, tim. brought
any r"~pOns" from Hucr,a or ,haso
representing him.
The American charge. Mr. o.
shaushnc.s4,. had no, been Instruct
ed I" cali for IL. passports. nor ha,.
ANY steps been taken thus far toward
ih" withdrawal o' his dipioma,I,
functions.
The latest American demands call
on Hacrtn for action which will pre-
vent IN. meeting of III. ronEr.~s vo,-
I'd npon nj the election held on Oeto.
b"r &c. aud no r-ioindcr has been
made tn that demand.
Th" unofficial negotiations which
William Baynrd Hale Ii carrying for
ward with General carranxa at No
gales. Mexico. have 10 do principally
with the au.siion of raising tn. en-
hnrxo of arms. although Il Is .x-
p-ctrd TO develop much other Infor-
nation concerning the constitution
ali.ts.
Reports that = Pacific blockade
may b. applied 10 tho ports OF Mex
leo srs eonjseturai. and NO serious
confederation 10 at present bsinG CIV
- to hat move. although Il II
amohx other ultimate Possibilities.
While Hnuth and Central Amcri-
can Countries are being consulted
and advised concerning the Mexican
problem. thcrc Is no concerted move
toward securing united Pan-Amcri-
esn action.
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Tonight ana Friday unsettled.
cloudy. Probably rain or snow.
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Washington. Nov. l:.-rhc prcsi-
dent was asked what he meant by
the word favorable and he re-.
piled that he used II In relation to
the demand for tho ciimintion OF
Huertn.
The president declined To reveal
whether Developments at Mexico city
or Nogales. the headquarters OF the
ConstitutionsIists. had occasioncd his
optimism. He made Il plain that 1t
was the aim OF this government not
only to eliminate Huerta. but ali
that he stood for In Mexico's official
circles.
the president lot II he known that
such communications as he had re-
ceived Justified him In feeling that
the country approved this govern
ment's policy 10 far Ok 1t had gone
Dispatches from Nogaies announc-
ing that General Carranza would not
accept mediation by this government
or any other. were met with comment
by White house officials that no me-
diatton ha: been offered nor was
likely to be. II is understood that
the parIeys no far with the Constitu-
tionalists have been confined to a
discussion OF liftingt he embargo on
arms, and assurances for the protcc-
tion OF fore Ssners.
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nE'xE1fHH
.iulososaicAi eaEiix SAYS

Erit!cIsin' yer
wif~'s housckcep-
In il like u
newspaper man
visItin III i.u,l-
low colony. V
have sr ikht to
bur don't.
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(ce.ti.sea - pses ~
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tCsssissea ss psGe T.,
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military patrol to 70 TO Morley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-20
vERONE'S FATE
IS UP TO JURY

After bitterly fought murder
trial, which lasted more than a
week and kept Jury of seven
women and five men confined at
the Pierce county court house all
of that time. the fate Of Seyerio
Verone, aged murderer of his
son-in-law, Augustine Trovanl,
was placed in the hands of the
twelve men and women at noon
today.
The final arguments developed
an unusual spirit of antagonism
between Deputy Prosecutor Ask
rem and Defense Attorney Kelley.
Askren attacked the insanity de-
Tense, trying to make II seem
ridiculous to the jury. Kelley
retaliated by acknowledging all
the compliments paid to his abil-
ity as criminal lawyer, showing
hcw he could have framed" the
case. as the prosecution had
charged, In a much more realie-
tic manner, and attacking the
prosecution personally.
The murder occurred last
spring. verone, an aged Italian
had hated Trovani since tho.
ter's marriage to tie young Nh
verone. When Verone's dauGh-
ter died and loft two children In
the care OF Trovani. yerone's an
ser intensified. One Sunday
morning he took careful aim With
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-20
THAT ETERNAL JOKER!

There was beautiful little joker in the Union Pa
cific offer to swap for East 22d street.
They want to grab some of the cty's waterfront
In their offer to the city of lots on ST. Paul ave-
nue. they incidentally suggested that the city should
turn to them the little triangle on the east side
Of the city water way at 18th street It was repre-
sented as having no frontage on the water.
Mayor Seymour, with his Yankee propensity for
dickering hestated this morning about the triangle
Woods, Freeland, Lawson and Mills insisted it was
good to the city and for giving it to the u p
The mayor was obdurate and the meeting adjourn
ed with the four still for handing it to the Har
riman system.
But Freeland began investigating He found that
instead Of being useless triangle surrounded by u
r land all Sides the triangle comes to the city
waterway and has frontage Of at least % feet.
The Union Pacific map itself shows it is 20 feet.
Assistant City Engineer Cushman figures it to con-
tain 6500 square feet than two full city lots.
And this is the piece Of waterfront land that
the shrewd u. p thought to grab from the city on
the ground that it is useless to the city in the 22d
street vacation deal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-20
WHO IS THE
REAL BOSS ?

Who the city commissioners?
The question council meeting this morning whom
Mayor referred Woods
women in the city hall by saying: II understand owen that tho
"Nothn doin' said Woods. II
I've i
think
"Yes, Owen the much
mayor.
a thirteen years you anything
IL, tell i boss time,"
81 he thought
probably the with 'em both, Mills.
~ just going that" chinied Frceland