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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31

conscious. They sent for a doc
tor half mile away, and when he
came he pronounced me dead. 1
was then taken to my boarding.
place and another doctor was sent
for who lived a mile away. He,
too, pronounced me dead after an
examination.
"Then they laid me out, cover
ing me with a sheet. The next
day girl who was passing
through the room where lay no.
ticed a movement of the cloth
over my face and gave the alarm.
They came to me, chafed my
hands and body and l was soon
able to sit up among them.
1T was not the fact that 1 re-
gained consciousness after so long
time that is remarkable, but it
was the fact that, while l was ap-
parently dead, I never was SO
much alive in my life. But 1 was
apart distinctly from my body. 1
could tell the persons around me
everything that had happened
when 1 was helpless to return to
life.
During those hours I discov-
cred many things. Much was re-
vealed to me that would only
sound preposterous to relate. But
the one thing I do remember
clearly was the sensation of dy-
ing.
Being dead is delightful, of
that / am sure. After had
been enguifed in the waters 1
seemed to float away from my
body and 1 scared away above the
IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
Passes as Raha

ZINC. Ark, Dec. 31.-Because it
would cost 81 fare for her dog,
while babies could ride free, Mrs.
Welchel of near Lead Hill recently
put one over on the railroad COM
pany" by dressing her pet dog in
baby clothes.
When Mrs. Welchel, with the
baby" climbed aboard the hack to
Lead Hill, "Fido" let loose series
of barks. Her hand exposed" Mrs.
Welchel turned back a veil, and
from the bundle of supposed hui
manity there appeared the head of
a dog.
Conductor Clyde Miller, when
told of the success of the ruse,
merely remarked, 1T takes a wom-
an to beat the road"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
THEY TANGO ON MARS

SEATTLE, Dec. 31.-Inhabi-
tants of Mars were doing the tan
go when modern mans predeces-
sors were learning the most prim-
tive of square dances in front of
their caves; they knewthe Castle
Walk and the Hesitation long be-
fore the time of Noah. Were
they able to signal the earth,
probably they could give advance
information of more fashionable
steps now unknown to man.
Probably true" said Prof.
Samuel l.. Boothroyd, of the de-
partment of astronomy of the
University of Washington today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
RULES FOR LQIG LIFE

KALAMAZOO, Mich. Dec. 81
Walk six miles a day.
Live in the fresh air.
Get out in the open in the win
ter.
Eat proper food.
Keep your body clean.
Sleep well.
II a person follows these rules,
he will always be healthy. accord
ing to Gov. w. N. Ferris, who ad-
dressed the delegates attending the
annual convention of the Michigan
Association for the Prevention of
tuberculosis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31

and could see my body. 1 watch
ed the rescuers find It and place it
on the bank. Then 1 flOated back
to it and became a part of it.
In that fleeting moment be-
tween the conscious and the I'M
conscious state, the thought of re-
turning to life was repugnant and
l knew that 1 didn't want to live.
But l was forced to and 1 re-
turned.
up to the time of that expert
ence 1 had been an agnostic, dis
believing in hereafter or a spir-
itual state Of existence, but my
whole point of view of life was
change. l never since have had
a shade of doubt in regard to a
spiritual state of existence. A
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
LIVED APART FROM BODY! LOOO
AND SAW BODY. DEATH WAS ECSTAN(

1.-The thought of returning to
life was repslgnant," says fine old
John Wheeler in reciting the WON
derful thing that happened to
him-Vivid recOlloctiOns Of
most remarkable experience.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec.
81.-Is every man and woman
double?
WHEN HE OR SHE sEPAR-
ATES CAN ONE PART SEE THE
OTHER APART FROM AFFAIR?
John @. Wheeler is . fine old
man living at Ivanrest, a village
q few miles from here. As he
stands mp in meeting, with white
hair and patriarchal beard, and
tells of the most remarkable ex-
perience of his life, he makes an
impressive figure.
YES" he said to me when I
asked him about 1t for the Times.
II believe / had the most wonder
full experience of any human be-
ing in the world today.
II have lived apart from my
bodyl
~ have been dead! And now
1 am alive-very much alive!"
Wheeler is certainly very much
alive. Over 70 years of age. me
stands with a spine as straight
and unbendable as a hickory pole.
His eye is clear and his face the
picture of health.
II was swimming in lake
when suddenly 1 went down. It
was several minutes before my
companions missed me. When
they secured my body 1 was un-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31

The constantly itching, burus
ing sensation and other dtsAr
grsesble forms Of eczema, tetter,
salt rhepm and akin eyupdoni
promptly cured By Dr. Hobeonlo
1cs65ha Oinfnhens. 0eo. N. yito6
Of Mendoza, III. saysi r puf.
chased . box Of Dr.. 16bGpu'a
1dkefAA Ointment. Have had
essma ever since the eiv0 war,
have been treated by wa2y doc
tefs. none have eivSn &1 benefit
fhAt one box Of Dr. Hoteon's
1ozems Ointment has.1 vsry
sufferer should try II WSke %
poeiive q viii help tou W ehss'
AnteS Il ~ money REFUNDED. Al
al Drqggists o. by nail 800.
ffsf&e qhsmecea Or xhilads1'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
FIND BEANS $4,000
YEARS Old IN CAVE

CHAMPAIGN. I'LL, Dec. 19.-Beans
with a history have been sent to
Mrs. J. A. Tudor by G. A. Thaper, a
civil engineer employed in the con-
struction of a big dam at Prescott,
Ariz. In cave Thayer found sew
eral mummies, surrounded by pots
filled with beans. He turned the
mummfes over to the, Smithsonian
Institute where 1t was discovered
they were $4,000 years old. He
planted the beans and shipped the
first crop to Mrs. Tudor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
DID CHURCH
BELLS DEFEAT
WET ELEMENT?

MACON. Mo-, Dec. 81. -
Charges that the tolling of church
bells by the dry" forces in the
local option election here Decem-
Der 8 was an undue influence"
and therefore invalidated the
election, were made here tonight
In a petition filed in the circuit
court contesting the election.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31

Mars is cosmically older than
the earth. If conditions on the
planet are suitable for the de-
velopment of intelligent life,
theories concerning which have
Teen advanced by astronomers,
1t Is conceivably possible that the
civilization of the earth at the
present time Is in a stage through
which Mars passed bygone ages
ago."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
Mrs. AStOr is
Opposed To
ViviSeCtiOn

NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-Mrs.
John Jacob Astor today announce
ed that she has allied herself
with the anti-vivisection move
ment. This announcement was
made by Mrs. Clinton p. Farrell,
president of the Vivisection In
vestigation league.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
HUBBY FOR SALE

BOSTON. Dec. 31.-Mrs.
Agnes Bedell of Quincy wrote to
Miss Mary E. Chandler, who ad-
vertised Tor a husband, Offering
to sell her husband for 1000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31

European roads are much better
than American highways. and our
tourists. rolling over the smooth,
rock-ballasted thoroughfares In
their automobiles, frequently COM
menf on the superiority of the Ger
man pixies. The accompanying pho
tograph portrayg one reason why
German roads are better than those
In the United States.
The poor woman shown IL break
Ing etone. doing her share toward
mAinta}ning the great boulevarde
that cfiss-cross the empire. or
course, ehs doesn't have to break
stone. No; she could pay her road
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
STRIKE SETTLED

ST. LOUIS, Dec. s1.-San
Francisco & st. Louis railway
agreed with telegraph operators
and averted a threatened strike.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
FLIES UNDER ROOF

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 81
Lincoln Beachy flew successfully
in the new machinery palace of
the exposition, but he smashed
his machine when he lit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31

tax Of a few marks a year and the
township authorities would hire
chain gang from the nearest fail
to do her share.
Bra' she can't afford to pay the
rcssa lax. and so she must work II
oAt. taking her children with her
that she may watch them while she
50 young that IL must be transport
ed In a perambulator, while the
other Is playing by It's mother. The
woman is not widow, but her hus-
band cannot leave the work at
which he tolls for miserable pit
lance. or the family would starve.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
GIVES A MILLION

81 BERLIN, Dec. 31.-Local mil
lionaire has given $1,250,0OO for
forest school for boys.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
A Successful Man

The chances are yon never heard of Charles Edgar
Appleby. We never did until we saw in the New
York papers the other day mention of his death Yet
by the standards OF success which the passing gener
alton worshiped, Appleby of the greatest
geniuse in the country, for at his DEATH his nine
tieth year, he left fortune of $4OOOOOOO.
1t was IS years ago that Appleby young lawyer
from Jersey, entered New York city in search of a.
career he at once specialized in the laws of real
tate and formed connection with the American
agent of Louis Philippe, the deposed king of France
One two deals in city property successfully pulled
off in this connection gave him small sum of free
money as working capital; and that all the start
he needed.
In the years which followed, Appleby studied the
trend of population and watched for bargains city
lots. He always paid cash and sold or held as his
judgment decreed He made some misses but in thel
main he gambed on sure thing for every baby born
IA New York. every person attracted thither, added
10 Che pressure on land values and put money in hsl
pocket.
His speculation in land made nobody happier andl
added value to the general welfare It was wholly
sord1diy, selfish The gains he made were at the
pense OF the community. The community made this
wealth and he took it. Yet the money did him little
good. He was not known in public affairs He had
few intimates and fewer friends. And now he sleeps
IN little lot in Greenwood cemetery, the smallest
parcel OF real estate he owned, and in little
while not soul will remember that such man ever
lived.
And they used to call such career successful
rate OF 1907 square foot. At this value the 219
square miles of Manhattan Island would be worth
e167 534 In 1900 it was bought from the In
dams for beads and tobacco.
Bill posting concern in San Diego, Cal, is looking
for certain hungry goat He's eaten posters adver
Using breakfast food four times in one week
Movement is on in Cleveland to bring fathers and
sons into closer companionship. Looks If the faith
ers will have to hit up a lively pace.
= barber has been installed in basement of a New
York church to shave the chorsters before the Sun
day service so they III have uniform appear
nnce.V Of course it's male choir.
Average Of three per week Of suicides by school
boys in Germany and Austria Under certain con-
ditions, when school boy fails to "pass" he must
serve two years In the army instead Of one.
Detroit telephone officials say IT'S subscribers who
leave rising calls with central operators for s. and
4 M, help make the service bad. Why not let them
ovsrsleep couple Of tmess Then, they might buyl
alarm clocks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
RAW MEAT PLAGUE CURE

PARIS. Dec. 3l.-Raw meat is the
cure for tuberculosis, announced by
Prof. Charles Rsichet, to whom was
awarded this years medical Nobel
prize.
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ed one of the contestants a.
follows: IA
Hey, 20 big rum. can that
Gaby Glide stuff and wade In to
his lunch grabbers. Give i'm the
raspberry, stop his clock, smoke
his lamp, jam his radiator, smear
i'm in the lug! Quit your stallr
ing and start that cheese chSmp
on q long sleep walk while he's
all to the mustard. He wpl't
bite you. Smack him on the
lung!" = n
MY WORDi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-12-31
ANOTHER RESOLUTION.

''I've resolved not to pay any
more of my bills"
Flows that7"
I'm going to get married and
let my husband pay them
"Ohi I see; going into mo
hands Of q receiver7s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-01
CALIFORNIA LABOR
RETURNS TvE|TM0E
Convicted Man Unanimously Re-
elected Secretary of State
Building Trades Council.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Jan. 3O.-The
California State Building Trades
council in session here this week un-
animously reelected Olaf Tveitmoe
secretary-treasurer of the council.
Tveitmoe is now in the Leavenworth
prison.
The council passed strong resolu-
t1ons extolling the virtues of Clancy
and Tveitmoe and proclaimed their
Innocence. The. council raised
100000 bond for Mr.. Tveitmoe.
There has been raised through Cali:
fornfa $202,500 in Tveitmoe's behalf,
which is $S2,500 more than required.
The resolutions passed by the 'coun-
Gil charged that the steel trust was
back of the prosecution Of the struc-
.tural> iron workers, and that Judge
Anderson, who presided at the trial
and once referred to by ex-President
Theodore Roosevelt as being either
9 knave or, fool was guilty .of
conduct which by no means pre-
cluded q reasonable charge that he.
was biased and decide dedly unfair to-
the defense and their counsel. g
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-01
many LABOR BILLS
PASSED IN VERMONT
Stalwart State of 'Standpatt-
ism' Loosens Up and Treats
Labor Decently.

BARRE. VT, Jan. 30.-The Ver-
mont State Federation of Labor.
through its legislative committee, has
been successful in having the follow
ing measures adopted by the legis-
lature and signed by the governor:
A trustee process law, exempting
$40 Of workmens wages from at
tachment; a 5S-hour work week for
women and minors. This is a great
victory, as formerly women worked
from IS to "a hours per week. A
bill providing for the heating and
ventilatfng of workshops and fac
tories was also enacted.
factory inspection bill has passed
the house by large majority and is
now before the senate, with indica-
tions that it will be passed.
A Workmen's compensation bill is
also being urged with good pros
poets, for the reason that the whole
granite belt is unanimously in favor
Of such a law, even to the owners
of granite and other quarries.
"Organized labor in Vermont. -
says Secretary Alexander Ironsides.
lis fully alive to the present situa-
ton and is active in support Of tho
present legislative plan, as we'll as
in the routine work of the unions. "
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-01
EASTERN F|REMEN
TAKE STRIKE VOTE
Fully 10000 Enginemen Men Are
Determining Whether or Not
They Will Go Out.

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-The presi-
dent of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen, w. S. Carter, has
perfected arrangements whereby full
information is to be disseminated in
the present situation involving the
railroads of the east and the Loco
motive Firemen in the wage contro-
versy.
The firemen are voting on whether
or not a strike shall take place to
enforce the demands made by them
for an increased wage.
- 1t is estimated that from rs, to
10000 firemen are involved, and it
is planned that the strike vote will
be taken and compiled not later than
February II, when the railroad man.
ayers will be apprised of the result.
In all probability the firemen will
vote by a large majority to strike.
This statement is made in view Of
the fact the locomotive engineers
recently received an increase as re-
suit of an award by an arbitration
court. The firemen were willing to
arbitrate the question at issue, una~4.
the provisions of the Erdman act,
but the railroads declined.
It is believed that, owing to the
settlement reached with the en-
gineers, that an adjustment OF the
firemen's difficulties will be reached
without : strike being made neces-
Sary. ss S
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-01
ANOTHER CARMEN'S
. STRIKE HEADED OFF
Trolleymen Discharged for Mem
bership in Union Reinstated
and Trouble Is Averted.

WORCESTER. Mass, Jan. So,
On the street railway system which
crosses the state line from this city
into Rhode Island, controversy
arose which was somewhat unique
It seems that the management of
the Massachusetts, Street Railway line
employs union street carmen, and
under traffic agreement cars are
running over another line into Provi-
dence, r. I. The men employed upon
the Rhode Island line are not organ
lied. while the Massachusetts, end is.
The management of the street rail-
way line in Rhode Island, has suc-J
cessfully fought organization, and, In
the mixup, owing to this sort of in-;i
terlocking railway management, some
union men were discharged.
A settlement has. however, been
reached, and those who were discrim-
mated against have been reinstatodl
and number OF unfair working rulea1
have also been eli minated
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-01
MAY OPEN BRANCH : :
:PR|NTERY IN WEST
Congress Considers Plan of Es-
tablishing New Government
Printing Office.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-Congress
is considering the proposition of
establishing a branch of the governs
ment printing office in some west
ern city.
It is claimed that vast sum of
money can be saved to the govern
ment by having a proper distribu-
tion of the heavy amount of print
ing done, and that large saving
can be had in the transportation Of
public documents.
1t is pointed out that numerous
publications by the government, not
ably the agricultural year book. Of
which there are several hundred
thousand printed and distributed
from this city costs about. one-third
more to get in the hands Of the peo-
pie than it would if there were
branch government printing offices
in certain sections Of the country,
In line with the arguments put
forth it is stated that the reports of
agricultural experiment stations from
all over the nation are sent to Wash
ington to be printed and then re-
turned as a document to communities
that are located at great distances
from Washington.
Many other instances Ct like char
acter are cited. Whether the sugges-
tion will receive sufficient. support
is a matter which time alone can
demonstrate. -" .r"~"'
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-01
KIRBY CHOSEN TO
HEAD CARPENTERS
Former President of Building
Trades Department Elected.
e's' ~.*'"'> Walquist Defeated. '-'

Members of the local carpenters
union have taken exceptional inter-
est in the referendum election of ma
tional officers for the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners Of
America.
William D. Huber, for IA years
president of the united brotherhood,
declined to become a candidate for
reelection. James Kirby, former
president of the Building Trade De-
partment Of the A. F. of L., and Will
liam G. schardt of Chicago were the
candidates to succeed Mr.. Huber.
Mr.. Kirby is known as an admin
istration man and his election was
favored by Mr.. Huber. Mr.. Schardt,
While not a Socialist, was supported
largely by the Socialist press of the
country.
committee consisting of IS men,
bers has been busily canvassing the
vote, the result of which was an
nounced Monday. 1t shows that Kir-
by was elected over schardt by a
majority of $500.
With the possible exception of one
member Of the Executive Board.
every administration candidate was
elected. John Walquist of Minneapo-
lis, a former friend of the adminis-
tratlon, but who later joined with
the Schardt forces, is said to have
been defeated for reelection on the
Executive board
The new officers begin their work
on February 1st. William D. Huber.
the retiring president, leaves the Of
flee with the best wishes of the car
penters and joiners of the country,
While he was elected president Of
the brotherhood he had a membership
of $4,000 and about $4,000 in the
treasury. Today the membership ex-
ceeds 100000 members, and more
than 100000 is in the treasury.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-01
OHIO LABOR Wants
STATE. INSURANCE
State Federation of Labor and
Railroad Brotherhoods Unite
on Legislation.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 3O.-The
executive board of the Ohio State
Federation of Labor recently met in
this city and outlined a vigorous cam
paign for labor legislation.
The bord discussed the various
bills that will be presented, and it was
agreed that the eight-hour day and
compulsory insurance would be
among the hardest fights.
Employers of women will resist
the first proposal and the private in
surance companies will oppose anv
plan that will force them to turn their
business over to the state.
Representatives of the Brother.
hoods of Trainmen, Telegraphers.a nd
Locomotive Firemen joined with tho
executive board in a discussion rela-
tive to plans that will mean unftv
of action.
The railroad men are working IN
a scheme that will stop the practica
of corporations sending company men
to the state capital and WORKING
against bills that have been indorseil
by the brotherhoods.
The executive board of the state
federation shortly will issue a call to
all unions IN the state to- make the
proposed Hesitation special order
at the various meetings and also an
point committees to wait on leris-
lators. - Z, =" :,
The prospects for success were
never brighter, as the state orRaniza,
ton is more thoroughly united and
more ~ ore aggressive than ever before. #
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-02-01
STILL DIFFER over
IMMIGRATION BILL
House and Senate Attempt to Get
Together on: Provisions.
Conferences Held.

WASHINGTON,@ Jan. s0.-The i'm
migration bill passed both houses of
congress, but owing to differences in
the two measures conference COM
mittee was appointed. The confer
ence committee agreed upon an
amended bill, and the house accepted
the report. Of tha co1rfer but ti1e
senate sent the conferrees' report back
Ito conference again: - = -. ~ 49,
The objections presented in the
senate against the report were based
upon two provisions-one that the
powers of the secretary of commerce
and labor had been enlarged so that
the secretary would be the sole deter
mining factor in saying when skilled
employees should be imported into this
country under contract.
Under the present law it is provid-
ed that skilled labor, if otherwise
admissible, may be imported if labor
Of like kind unemployed cannot be
found in this country"
The Objectionable CLAUSE reads as
follows: And the question of the
necessity of importing such skilled
labor in any particular instance may
VIC uSLcIIHllcu ny lH0 secretary OF
commerce and labor. upon the ap-
plication of any person interested,
such application to be made before
such importation and such determin-
alton by the secretary of commerce
and labor to be reached after a full
hearing and an investigation into the
facts Of the case"
Another objection is the provision
requirins certificates of character
from the country from which the
alien is a native. 1t is asserted that
foreign governments might inaugurate
laws of this character in order to
prohibit natives who have been con-
victed of trivial offenses or at the dis
cretion of the police from securing
such certificates of character as
would admit them to the ports of the
United States.
AS stated, the bill was sent back to
conference and the conference COM
mittee instructed to insist on it's dis
agreement.