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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

Tacoma will sell electric juice
to Seattle and pocket $4,000 in
the next two years.
1t is practically assured for the
determination of Mills and Free
land to do business and make
money with the municipal power
plant won Woods over this morn
ing when the three chanced to
meet in his office. They also
went after Nick Lawson hard, and
the council will now get a written
proposition from Seattle on which
to act.
1t developed today as outlined
in the Times Thursday, that de-
spite Lawson's positive denials,
superintendent Ross of the Seat
tie department did make him
propositions that would mean a
chance for Tacoma to get rid of
her surplus current at good
price and yet leave Tacoma free
to withdraw from the contract
whenever she might choose.
1t is expected something defi-
mite will develop in the matter
next week, and Lawson will prob
ably be overridden by the rest of
the commission and the business
practically forced through over
him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
Little Girl sobs for Ma but Judge Awards 1t to Father

said 40, the original decree of the
court must stand, the handsome
young mother stared blankly at
the wall for a momNlt then lapsed
into one great paroxysm of sobs.
1t was half an hour before
Charley johnson was able to fin-
ally pick up little Hazel and carry
her away from the grief-stricken
mother.
Haven't / always treated
you well !" he asked the little
girl consol'ngiy.
Eyes, but, oh, 1 want
mamma"
And mamma stood there melt
ed in tears and papa pulled away
the child of them both and she
must 60 to his home ON McNeil's 9
island and never more know
mother love.
And Birdie Rossborough went
to her home with a broken heart.
1t was one of the many ira
gedies of the divorce court enact
ed daily ON the hill. 1t was only
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
81 want mammal oh, I want my

~ want mamma; oh, I want my
mammal"
Mrs. Birdie johnson Rossbor-
ough had to stand in Judge Cards
court room Friday afternoon and
see her little daughter Hazel torn
from her forever and given to her
father while the little eight-year-
old sobbed out the heartbrealking
cry.
Birdie and Charlie johnson are
separated and divorced. When
the divorce was granted she was
as eager as he and made no de-
Tense to his charges so he got the
decree and the child. Both are
married again and johnson has
another child.
The mother, now Mrs. Birdie
Rossborough, t12 Ia South 9TH,
longs for her little one. And the
child longs for the inotner.
1t mattered not to sarrtle Hazel
Yesterday what the differences
bad been between her parents,
she wanted her mamma. And 1t
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

Tuesday will be for the schools
the jails and public institutions
and the Tacoma appearance will
close at the high school with a
public lecture in the evening.
Magnificent! / never had any
idea of the greatness of it," is the
way Mrs. o. G. Ellis describes the
work of Mrs. Crane.
"It has been a series of eli
maxes," is what Mrs. Crane her
self told the Times.
Her greatest success yet was
last night at Olympia. She took
the state capital, dissected it, tore
ii to pieces, jumbled it up and
then with Kaleidoscope intellec-
tual twist - presto - Olympia
emerged systematic and clean and
efficient. 1t was a revelation and
Olympia caught the spirit.
She hopes to do the same thing
for Tacoma In the next three days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
PROGRAM FOR CONCERT
AT POINT DEFIANCE

The Coast Artillery band will
play at Point efiance park Sun
day afternoon at O'Clock. The
program as prepared by Director
Harry Mickelthwait will be as
follows:
Part I.
March, "The New Arcade" -.
... .Olar Bull
Selection, Little Boy Blue"..
>. b. Iampe
Waltz, wedding Of the Winds"
ID. Il. Hall
Brass quartet, "Cebella".
Overture, Morning, Noon and
Night" ........ IF. Suppe
Part III.
Medley, American Patrol" =.
..... IF. w. Meachan
Overture, KAISER" Ed Keisler
Selection, woodland" .,.....
:. Gustav Luders
Porto Rican dance, "Lari-
mosa" =. .E. Brooks
March, Spirit of Independ-
ence' HOFFMAN
"Star Spanked Banner"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
WANTS TO DIE;
SENDS BULLETS
THROUGH ls0UTH

Thought to have been over
come by q At Of mental despond-
ency, Reginald Townsend. stop
ping at the Vancouver hotel,
114O IL @ street, attempted to
commit suicide In his room to-
day, shooting himself twice
through the mouth. The police
patrol rushed Townsend to the
county hospital. There e slight
chance for him to recover. Towns
end had evidently planned the at
tempt coolIy. as q stub Of cigar
remained in his hand when he
was found.
LittIe is known Of Townsend at
the hotel, although he is thought
to be from one Of the ships IN the
harbQr. He is between % and SO
years Of agcs and has no relatives
that are known In this city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
DIGGS FAITHFUL WIFE
WILL STAY BY SIDE OF
HER ERRING HUSBAND

In Reno.
Witnesses yesterday practically
identified the two couples on the
train and q hotel clerk in Reno
told of remembering the four
when they registered in Reno
hotel.
On theory that counter-testimony
loses a shattering force against
evidence in the fresh minds of
jurymen. the prosecution will
withhold Msrsha Warrington and
Lola Norris from the witness
stand in the Diggs white slave
trial until the close of the prose-
ctition's case. The trial will be
resumed Monday. According to
Prosecutor Roachem, the two
girls will be probably called to the
stand on Tuesday afternoon and
tell their story of the fffgnt- from
Sacramento to Reno, and their
life in the cabin, where they lived
as husbands and wives before they
were located and arrested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

Poor old Louis Stuhr!
At last his battle for his home
has ended and the city will tear
down or cart away his old shack
he calls home on East Il and 23rd
Streets,
Louis is 20 years of age, a Ger.
man, and a squatter. Some real
estate sharp indiscreetly sold him
the piece of street he has been liv.
ing ON for the past eight months,
and Stuhr thought he owned II
and filled IL up, planted a few po-
tatOes which he ate and sold, and
raised some hens whose eggs he
bartered at market.
Six months ago the wheels of
justice at the city hall began to
turn, and the city told Louis that
the street was no place for a
dwelling and that he must get off.
The old man said he wouldn t
move; he bought the place
through due process of law. And
he had. But it was street just
the same, according to the Off
cial maps Of the city of Tacoma.
The city took Louis to court to
show him that 1t was right. Louis
was ordered to move off.
Eviction notices had no mean
ing to the old man. A dozen times
city employees have gone there
with pick and ak to tear down the
old shack. Every time Louis had
a good excuse. Once he had q
Matching hen, and he told the off
cials that 1t would ruin his crop
IL they tried to move him then
When the hen finished there was
some other reason. The little
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
ONE KILLED In
BIG AUTO RACES

SANTA MONICA, Aug. 8. =
Annual Santa Monica automobile
road race started promptly at 8
O'CLOCK. Cars departed at ten
second intervals. There are fif-
teen entries to run fifty-three
laps, total OF 445 miles. The
first accident occurred while the
cars were getting under way when
a boy aged about ID was struck
and killed by an automobile driv-
en- by Leslie Thomas, of Los An
geles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane,
Americas "BesC Municipal House,
keeper" is here to show Tacoma
how.
She arrived from Olympia at
noon in charge of Mrs. o. G. Ellis
and accompanied by Superintend-
ent COnnor, head of the state drug
department. At 4 she took lunch
con with the Y. w. c. A., and is
in conference this afternoon with
Mrs. G. w. Bowie, chairman of
the protective committee of the
association and presidents coun-
Gil, and Mrs. Covell, public NOR
ais officer of the city and others.
How is it Mrs. Crane is called
the BEST Municipal Housekeep-
err"
A good look into her face re-
veals much Of the reason. She
knows. She is Intelligent in mat
ters of municipal affairs. she is
alert, she is quick, she is enthu-
siastic. She possesses in addition
what make her in the language of
the politician good mixer" And
she is game, yes; for when Garret
Fisher, her old pupil back east,
saw her getting off the train at
noon today and. rushed up to greet
her-but that is a secret. We
promised not to tell, and if Gar
rett doesn't we won't.
The romance of an old friend
ship. between Mrs. Crane and a
lady now believed to be in Seat
tie is responsible for taking Mrs.
Crane from Tacoma and canceling
her engagement here for tomor-
row.
Ten years ago her friend left
Bellingham for Alaska, and she
lost all trace of her. She just
learned that she had come back
and was in Seattle and she can
celed the Sunday meetings here
and will go to Seattle this even
ing to try to meet and renew the
friendship Of the old days.
Monday she will return to Ia
coma for two days. At 9 o'clock
she will meet DIR. James at the city
health office. Then a trip to the
contagious hospital, through the
markets and stores. At 1870
luncheon at the Commercial Club
and a talk to business men. At
8 o'clock an address to the presi-
dents council.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
HAS WARNING OF
DEATH; 1T COMES

CAMBRIDGE, Ohio, Aug. O.
The story of strange premoni-
ton that warned Frederick Rain
ey of his impending death just a
few hours before he was killed
here when a B. G. o. train crashed
into a suburban car, is being told.
Rainey was engaged to marry
Florence Smith during the sum-
mer. On his last visit to her
home week ago, Rainey asked
the girl to wear his diamond ring,
saying he believed he was soon
to be killed. He was on his way
to visit his fiancee when death
came.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
DOCTOR WHIPS
SUFFRACETTES

.LONDUN, Aug, g.-FOur un-
identified suffragettes were Sc
verely horsewhipped by DR.. Pear
son of the Holloway. prison medi-
cal staff today. DR.. Pearson re-
Gently threatened that he would
hold suffragettes who attempted
a hunger strike in prison, until
they became medical wrecks. His
whipping of the four women came
today when they refused utterly
to eat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

chicks were too young to be
carted away. City employees are
human just like the rest of us
folks, and they hated to take hold
of the old man and wipe him off
the map.
Louis visited the city hall al
most daily pleading to be allowed
to enjoy the, peace of his little
home. He finally discovered that
Chief Clerk Metzger for Commits
siOner Woods was German. So he
poured out his German soul to
the chief clerk. Metzger was like
adamant and told Louis that he
must move from his home or suf-
fer bodily election. Stuhr lost
faith in his own cOuntrylnan right
there. He thought he would cer-
tainly find a friend in the Deutch-
er Metzger.
Then he tried Frank Carnahan,
the mfld-mannered assistant city
attorney. Carnahan was mild but
.firm-he must get off, he told
Louis.
Overture failed at every point
entreaty, plea and argument
moved not city official.
So Stuhr just sQuatted and set
there.
But yesterday the climax came.
Unable to get him off the place
SO the shack could be removed,
the city arrested the aged man for
obstructing the street, lodged him
In the city Jail, and while he was
behind the bars today his ''home''
was removed. Then Louis was al
lowed to 60.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 0. #.

SAN fhhNSISIO, aug. U. -
Despite recent declarations Of
reconciliation with her husband
was impossible under any cir
cumstances Mrs. ,faury Diggs, ac-
cOrding to Attorney Marshall
Woodwork for the defense, has
agreed to bury the memory Of her
husbands fOllies and be at his
side in court when Marsha War
rington and Lola Norris tell their
stories in the white slave trial
which will be resumed next Tues
day morning in the federal court
here.
Woodworth declared that the
parents of Caminetti brought
peace to the couple. This means
that Mrs. Caminetti and her two
children, one two years old, and
the other five months old. sit in
court with Mrs. Diggs and daugh-
ter when Marsha Warrington and
Lola Norris tell of their escapades
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

TOMORROW is THE
BIG DAY FOR ALL
TACOMA NEWSBOYS
Wuxtra! Wuxtra!

Wuxtra! Wuxtra!
Tacoma newsies are going to
call tomorrow their own, for one
of the biggest high links ever
pulled off in this neck of the
woods will be held at Spanaway
park. 1t will be their first an
nual picnic.
At 1880 the athletic carnival
will begin featuring all sorts of
races and other sports. The
boys have been training for the
events all week and are in fine
shape for the contests.
One of the features of the con-
test will be a swim across the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

lake. A big silver cup donated by
Mark Davis. Tacoma's enterpris-
ing jeweler, has been put up for
this event and the lusty SWIM
mers will be given a chance to
show what they can do. 1t Is a
pretty tough swim across the lake
as the water is cool.
There will be free eats for all
the kids at 3:30 and the boys will
be taken to the grounds on Spana-
way cars free, loading at 9th and
Pacific.
Splendid prizes have been hung
up for the events by Tacoma mer-
chants.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

Awakening at an early hour this
morning to find burglar in heR
room, Miss Bella Pelletier, sister
of Harry l.. Pelletier, district
agent for the Travellers Insurance
company of Hartford, residing al
32 Terrace court, Prospect Hill,
lay perfectly still and watched him
ransack the room, giving utteS.
ance to no sound for fear that the
marauder might shoot.
While the burglar carried an
electric light, which he flashed
about the room in his work. MISC
Pelletier was unable to get 4
good idea of his appearance, hia
figure being merely q vague out1
line. She says he was a shorl
man, as far as she could make OUT
After a slight noise had frights
ened the intruder away, Miss Pel-
letter notified her brother, wh0
was in another part of the house
but he could find no trace OF the
man. A small sum of money was
taken, and a valuable gold watch,
set with diamonds, belonging to
Miss Peilitier, was also found
missing.
Miss Pelletier says the burglar
was evidently very nervous, and II
is thought that he was probably an
amateur.
A couple of hours later the
home of S. A. Sake, 3415 North
26th street, was burglarized and
about $40 In cash taken. The
burglar entered by the pantry win-
dow, ransacked the parlor and
lower floors, and awoke Mrs.
SAKE, who was alone in her room.
AS he entered, she screamed. and
the intruder fled. Mrs. SAKE de-
scribes the man as short in stat
ure, and 1t is believed that the
same man may have possibly com-
mitted both crimes.
The police department Is ins
vestigating the burglaries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
SULzER IS TO
| MAKE A REPLY

NEW YORK. Aug. 9.-Gover-
nor Sulzer will reply early next
week to charges of malfeasance
in ofrice, according to his closest
advisers. The governor admits
he expects the Frawley investigat-
ing committee to institute i'm
peachment proceedings when they
finish their probe. Frawley says
sufficient evidence has been in
troduced upon which to base the
proceedings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

The court gave the mother lit
tie Hazel for two short weeks but
today she sits in her home lonely
and uncontrolled. And over ON
McNeil's island little Hazel roams
the fields and her child heart Is
still crying, II want mamma!''
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

one of the crimes against child
hood which the divorce court
daily perpetrates wherein the lit
tie one must be robbed of either
the sustaining strength of a faith
er or the tender sympathy Of
mother.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
BY John A. Nevin.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. 8.
-(By United Press. while the
speed of the New Hampshire was
slowed so that Special Emissary
Lind will not reach Vera Cruz
until tonight, Charge de Affairs
Shaughnessy is preparing for
Lind's arrival today. He notified
Huerta of his attack on Lind and
that Huerta will be held response
BILE for his personal insult on the
presidents representative, Lind
will be kept continuously advised
of developments by wireless. The
president and Bryan expect that
his mission will succeed, but SEN
ators who are familiar with the
presidents plans are skeptical.
Officialdom generally believes that
war is imminent. The army and
navy is ready. Lind will go to
Mexico City tomorrow or Monday,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

Seattle jewelers. identified Earl
Taylor, the mulatto youth who
has been making a cleaning of
jewelry houses of diamonds late
ly, and is held In Jail here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
JAPS GET BUSY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9.--Los
Angeles county Japanese are hast
ening to record deeds, agreement
sales and other real estate instru-
ments before the anti-alien land
law becomes effective Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
CAPTURE CITY

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 9.-Dis-
patches say the constitutinalists
forces captured Aguas Calientes
after two days of fighting. Losses
on both sides were heavy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
HUERTA SAYS LIND
WILL BE SAFEGUARDED
BULLETIN.

WASHINGTON ID. c., Aug 0-Senator Smith of Michigan,
the today openly charged that Maera
Wilson. alleged
moulding public fluencing in
attiu ude toward
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
BURGLAR RObS
ROOM WHILE
GIRL IS IN
BED

RANSACKS ROOM WHILE
YOUNG WOMAN WATCHES
HINI--STEALS JEWELS AND
is FRIGHTENED AWAY by
SMALL NOISE - BELIEVED
TO BE AMATEUR-CRIME
ON PROSPECT HILL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

The Times printed yesterday two
exclusive pictures that no other
newspapers In Tacoma wa. able fo
get. III you didn't get yesterdsSk,n
Times yeu didn't see the only pie
ture of Rev. Robert ~. Reed,
charged with sending obscene matt
ter through the malls. IL you didn't
get yesterday's Times y0u dtsint see
the only picture OF the hoy diamond
thief who stole from the merchants
OF Tacoma and Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

The Times repeats It's boast OF yes
terday that 1t prints more exclusive
features than any other newspaper
in Tacoma. Today you have an ex-
elusive picture of Louis Stuhr. the
aged squatter who In fighting the
city of Tucoma. There In n picture
of Mrs. Rossborough. whose baby
daughter was yesterday taken from
her by the Tacoma divorce court.
There are other exclusive pictures
and news features from all the
world.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 9.-No
apprehension is felt here for the
safety of Lind. The populace has
made no threats against Lind.
Huerta says he will do everything
to safeguard him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
CITY TO SELL
ELECTRICITY
To SEAT TIE

TACOMA'S DEAL WILL MEAN
$32O,OOO IN THE POCKETS
OF TAXPAYERS FOR THE
NEXT TWO YEARS-MILLS
AND FREELAND STRONG
LY IN FAVOR OF PLAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
LOUIS STUHR, SQUATTER
CAN'T USE CITY STREET
FOR HIS HOME ANY MORE
CITY FINALLY
EVICTS GERMAN

AFTER LONG BATTLE STUHR
MOVES FROM HIS PROP.
ERTY TODAY STRUGGLE
TO KEEP HIS HOME MARK
ED WITH SERIES OF CON-
FLICTS WITH CITY OFF,
GALS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
IT WON'T COME

The British dreadnought New
Zealand will not come to Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-08-09
Prayers Expensive

MADISON, Wis, Aug. 9.-It
cost $S43 for prayers in the Wis
consin legislature. s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-01
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
From the Chicago News


Hash is the stuff some queer dreams are
made of.
No man likes to hear a woman praise
some other man.
There isn't anything more pitiful than
a hero out of job.
First thing a baby learns to do is cry
for what it wants
When man begins to abuse his own
town it's time for him to move.
Sometimes courtship is the slip between
the cup of love and matrimony.
One boy can do errand in just half
the time it will take two boys to do 1t.
1t is easier for a man to acquire repu-
tation for being clever than it is for him
to keep it up.
When a mans enemies make display
of friendship he always wonders what ne
has that they want.
No. Cordelia, a young man isn't neces-
Sarily slow because it takes him a long
time to fasten a pretty girls glove.
There are several rapid calculating ma
chimes on the market, but SO far as rapid
ity is concerned none of them has any.
thing on the old fashioned gas meter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-01
EVENING CHAT
What Some Women Never Learn
BY RUTH CAMERON.

A great many married women learn
very early IN the game the gentle art of
Quite as many women never learn the
arr at al. Indeed it is astonishing how
have good brain capacity and who would
never question their own ability to run a
do not manage in a lifetime of opportunitv
70 learn the ms and outs of one man
character.
among my acquaintance is a we'll edu-
Gated charming woman who has been
married about ten years. Her husband is
Although he loves his wife dearly he
spends a great deal of time and effort In
her goat" I said "a great deal of effort, :"
l take that back; 1t requires scarcely any
eItorf at all. So little indeed that 1 rather
wonder it still remains a sport to him
His methods are so obvious that everyone
else In the company knows that he is only
literally and as seriously as if she had
h heF, had any experience with his ways
the teasing troubles her greatly TO stop
IT, all she has to do is to learn when ne
And she has not been able to do that in
ten years. Everyone in the company I'M
aerstands that man.-except the one per-
son who has had the most opportunity to
study him.
:, Women who never learn that certain lit
tie tricks and habits of theirs irritate and
antagonize their husbands are another
class which it is difficult to understand I
grieving her heart out because she thinks
her husband does not care as much for
her. as he used to. And yet she keeps on
SAYING and doing certain little things
which child could see irritates him. She
interrupts him when he is trying to tell
a story; she contradicts him about little
details; she asks him questions about his
private affairs in public, etc.
other women make the fatal mistake of
weakening their powers of protest by
nagging about matters which they cannot
ever change. and in their hearts know
that they cannot ever change. When they
want to protest about some important
matter in which their husbands might
really have been Influenced by them the
force of their protest is gone.
To study the time of day, the condition
and the mood in which a man is most ap-
proachable is the A B. C of wifely
diplomacy. And yet there actually are
women Eho never learn these details, and
who breach difficult subjects to their hus-
bands before breakfast or at some other
uncongenial moment, and then wonder
that the interview goes badly.
Wifely diplomacy is an interesting study
for any married woman. No woman who
has not mastered this course deserves a
diploma finished student in the great
art of home making.