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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29
Need of Street Railway.

For years Tacoma has needed
a street railway line over the tide
flats
The street railway company
made an investigation three years
ago and decided it did not want
to go over. Manager Bean even
few weeks ago told the council
it would be a losing proposition
for the companS and they did not
view it with favor.
But all this is changed.
The city launched municipal
ownership.
Now, while no definite informa-
ton will be given out enough Is
leaking around over town to in
dicate that Stone-Webster will go
over the tideflats on most any
terms if they can only prevent
the city from going into munich
pal ownership.
Mayor Seymour frankly has
stated he is for Stone-Webster op-
Grating the line.
But Mills, Lawson and Freeland
have all insisted they were for
municipal ownership.
Lawson and Freeland still are
but Mills is flirting with Stone
Webster.
Mills on the Fence.
In one breath this morning he
declared he was up and down for
municipal ownership and that ne
favored letting Stone-Webster
build temporary line across the
flats to operate for the next few
years.
Anyone who has ever watched
street railway fight knows that
once Stone-Webster goes over that
bridge they will never be put off
| it.
And municipal ownership will
go glimmering.
This morning Henry L. Gray,
railway expert of Seattle, was
closeted in another locked door
conference in the mayor office.
Gray came out refusing to talk.
Within five minutes he was in Sc
cret conference with Manager l..
H. Bean, who evidently had been
sent for by the mayor.
Mayor Seymour refused to tell
anything about the manipulation
going on.
Mills and Woods talk in riddles
but have let enough out to indi-
cate they are willing to let Stone
Webster go across the flats and
give up municipal street railways
If the company will pay the city
a cent a passenger.
The mayor is willing for any
deal he thinks looks good for the
city that will keep the city out of
the street railway business. He
thinks 1t is a risky business be-
cause he got his own fingers burn
ed once financially in a street
railway deal.
In all of this WORK between
Manager Bean and the city dads
the S;tone-Webster representative
has played on the mayors fears
and held up the tideflat line as a
money Josef.
Traction Co. Wants Bridge.
YETI Stone-Webster seem very
eager to get across that bridge.
Wise ones know that 1t is a
municipaT street railway they are
seeking to avoid. If Tacoma
builds and operates one line Ta-
coma will do just az San Francis
co Is doing now-extend 1t and in
five years at most, when the Point
Defiance and South Tacoma fran
chises expire the city would be
in shape to take them over and
the traction trust would be bust
ed.
Commissioners Mills said this
morning he expected something to
break into the open on the prop
osition Wednesday.
Apparently Engineer Gray has
been brought here to fix up deal
with Manager Bean,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29
TAR CHAMBER fasS%S fasS%Hs nIcPsk TS nd%Sk CAR line
Three MEN OPPOSE CITY Line
MAYOR AGAINST CITY OPERATION
TWO FAVOR COMPLETE CONTROL

gged out municipal ownership by star chamber
of council?
been comforting behind closed doors
would anybody out concerning the manipuatons
from the people for representing them have
Webster interests with the doors barred the
ecouldn not what doing.
= And the result S tell
willing
the tdeat railway
thereby municipal ownership
s mott this cabal
willing
lit.
the chamber they have been playing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29
TWO DAMAGE
SUITS FILED

Elling Remmer and William H.
Grove each brought suit against
the I. r.. &. p. company. in fed
eral court today for $4,000
damages for personal injuries.
Crowde was hit by a car on the
South Tacoma line and Rem
ming by a Point Defiance car.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29
BY Fred l.. BOalt

BY Fred l.. Boalt.
Captain Fitzgerald has been for
23 wears a member of the Tacoma
police department., and he has not
lost faith in human nature.
Every day and all day, for 23
years, he has seen all the bad, and
mighty little of the good, and the
experience has not left him hard.
Drunken men and drunken
women, -bestiaI men and fallen
women, thieving men and shame
less women have come within his
official ken, but very few who did
not bear the marks of sin and
folly.
He has made thousands of ar
rests, from absconding bank
cashiers to moochers, from beauti-
full adventuresses to tattered wan
tons of the gutter.
He has convicted men and
women of every known crime. He
has conducted the third degree"
many times. He has heard men
lie so many thousands of times
that the wonder is he has not con-
CIuuGu tHdt oil lnCu diC ilui D.
He has helped enact the
scenes of crimes-the smOk-
ing revolver, the falling
body, the hurried flight
watched for the hunted,
shuddering look which is the
sign that the Suspect" is
weakening and will soon con-
fess.
That has been his life.
And it has not made him cal
loused or bitter.
Why?
Though you may not know it,
you are on the track of big dis
covery. Captain Fitzgerald him.
self doesn't know why he does
not regard his fellow men with
loathing.
/ asked him today to tell me
about his police career. He told
me of the years-nine in all
that he pounded the sidewalks. >
my beat included Opera al.
ley," he said. ''It was some
tough, believe me. Four dance
halls all going full blast. All the
crooks in Christendom turned uI
there sooner or later. Fights ev
cry night. And, lord, how they
hated a uniform! Every time
you made an arrest it meant yol
had to fight a crowd"
Promotion came. A captain
finally, he was put in charge o
the detective department, anC
still holds that position. His day.
are spent in listening to reports
examining prisoners, working VI
cases, keeping track of the com
ings and goings of criminals.
Has robbery been COM
mitted? Who did IL? Often
the captain can guess. Diff
ferent criminals have differ
ent methods. Where can the
suspect be- found? His light
o'-loye might know. Find
her! De some Sinking STOOL
pigeon saight betray the se-
cret.
Has there been a murder?
Who did it? Who had mo-
tive? What motive? Rob-
berry, revenge, .'the eternal
triangle?
That has been his life ever,
day, all day, for 23 years.
Don't you get tired o
crooks?" / asked.
Captain Fitzgerald hunched hi
thick shoulders and smiled. II
Is my work." he said. But
well, yes, do get tired o
crooks, But try to forget ther,
are any crooks when j get ava,
from headquarters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29

LONDON, April 29.-The Sec
ond abdominal operation was per-
formed on the Duchess of Con-
naught, the wife of the governor
general of Canada, today. Her
condition Is serious.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29
ARRANGES MEET

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 20.
The president arranged for a
conference Thursday with West
ern and Southern senator's who
opposed his free wool sugar plans
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29

For Tacoma and Vi
cinity: Showers to-
night or Wednesday,,
light frost tonight.
For Washington:
Showers tonight or
Wednesday, light frost
west portion, heavy
frost east portion to-
night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29
GOV. STANDS PAT
WILSON'S REPLY TO MESSAGE
KEPT A SECRET-ANOTHER
EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE
Expected.

SACRAMENTO, April 20. -
Governor johnson and the legis-
lators are standing pat on the
bill excluding aliens from citizen
ship and ownership of land. The
mission of Bryan will result in
failure. This in a word is the
situation on the Japanese en-
broglio as far as anyone can tell
from the out,ide today. q
At present the situation Is halt.
ed pending the receipts of mess
ages from Washington in answer
Ito kilograms sent by Bryan. y II
is expected that Bryan will hear
from the president soon and i'm:
mediately another conference, will
be held with the legislature.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 20
President Wilson and John
Bassett Moore, counsellor in the
state department, conferred from
z until 10 o'clock this morning
over the anti-alien bill Two tele-
grams received by the president
last night from w. ]. Bryan wers
considered The contents of VIII
sons reply to Bryan's telegram
are withheld but it is understood
that the president and Moore have
attempted to answer every objec-
tion raised by the California leg
islators.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29
BRYAN GETS
ANOTHER WIRE
FROM WILSON

SECRETARY MAY RETURN TO
WASHINGTON THIS WEEK.
Els MISSION SAID TO BE A
FAILURE. -sa-..~.--- :
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29
THE MOST PERFECT FEET
800 800 90 900
BUT SHE LOST HER HUBBY
go 900 800
TOO MUCH "PU--BLI--CITY''

A BRIDE of year now finds herself alone and
~ all because the papers printed pictures OF her
pedal extremeties.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29

"I know the rose
is red he
said,
THAT pinks are
very sweet,
But In my old
back yard
this year
i will grow
things to eat.
I love the flow
ers - ev'ry,
one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-04-29

Inc mems are ihy-
ing right
along,
You know that
by their cack-
ling tones,
And A. Carnegie's
busy. too.
A-laying library
corner stones.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Miss Merit Hancock, Of Ponce De
Leon Avenue, Nominated to
Grace Booster Emblem,

Miss Mert Hancock. the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W A. Hancock. of
Ponce DeLeon avenue. is the first to
be nominated the prettiest girl in At
lanta in the 100000 Club beauty but
ton" contest
Miss Hancock, one Of the most
popular members Of the younger set
in society, is noted for her beauty
She is tall, with wonderful auburn
hair and finely tinted skin. Though
she drives an automobile and is much
in the open air, in her beauty is pre-
served the more delicate points of the
indoor girl.
Many nominations have come in
since the publication of the beauty
contest" coupon blanks. 1t is quite
evident that the girl button" idea is
making a wide appeal. All of these
nominations will be published. Also
it is requested that nominations be
accompanied with photographs of the
candidates. Others then can see the
face and know whether it is their
choice for the prettiest girl in At
lanta.
Coupons for the nomination and
election of the 'prettiest girl" appear
on Page , of The Georgian. The pic
ture of the girl getting the most votes
will be selected for the buttons and
she will become the sponsor to the
organization that is working to get
500, 600 population for Atlanta by 1920.
To enter a candidate clip the cou-
pons. fill them out and mail them to
the Contest Editor, Georgian.
Watch Atlanta Shell Get You
Yet 0O,000 by 1920
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
i, WIFE IMPRISONS
GIRL AND HUSBAND
Stenographer Arrested With Mer-
chant Says She Will "Show
Him Up" in Court,

From an affinity" at II o'clock to
a woman of vengeance" at 1 was the
emotional gap across which Miss
Beatrice Renfro, stenograp her,
leaped Wednesday morning, when she
was arrested, together with A. NJ.
Trip. Of No. "A Doane street, after
the mans wife had complained to
Probation officer Coogler.
When they were arrested. Miss
Renfro declared positively that she
was Trips affinity" Two hours
later she declared that Trip had
talked too much to the police, and
she hoped he would be sent to the
penitentiary.
I'm going to show Trip up when
we are tried in Police Court Thurs
day" the girl, who is 20, said. He
talks TOO much"
Triup. who has wife and three
children, ranging in age from years
to months. is connected with the
Stewart d. Jones store on whitehall
street Miss Ranfro has been en-
plored by the Fulton Bag and Cot
ton Mills. Bradstreet's and other
hrmg for the past four years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
EUGENICS? BAH!
SAYS DR.. JORDAN
Cupid Better Guide in Choosing
Mate Than Science, Declares
Leland Stanford Head.
Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.


LONDON. July 16.--Romantic love
is defended and eugenics are attacked
by DR. David Starr Jordan, of Leland
Stanford. Jr.. University, in an inter
view to-day.
Il believe" said DR. Jordan, tho
free choice on the part of men and
women in selecting mates is better
than any system of official machinery
by which science and formal regula-
tions are involved.
marrying according TO certain rules
and not according to the dictates OF
an impelling love would not bring
into the union a lasting affection.
"A nation in which il is customary
for the parents to select a mans bride
becomes a nation deficient in individ-
ual force"
1t was intimated that this is one O.:
the ailments which is affecting
France
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Sleuth Called Off
Judge Speer's Trail

MACON. July 16.-R. Cotton Lewis,
special investigator for the Depart
ment Of Justice. has been recalled to
Washington by the Attorney General.
He left this morning, taking with
him voluminous report on his probe
into the judicial and personal record
Of Judge Emory Speer.
Mr.. Lewis has been engaged in this
investigation for seven weeks, and
has visited all parts of the South
ern District Of Georgia taking scores
of statements and affidavits.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Of
5 LAID To
BURGLAR
Footprints Found Under Window
Of Duncan Home, Where
Family Was Attacked.

The theory that robbery was the
motive for the chloroforming of Ave
members Of the family of Mrs. Archi-
bald c. Duncan, No SIS South Boule-
ward, one OF them a 3-year- old child,
and the clubbing of Miss Pearl Hide
brand. a daughter, was strengthened
Wednesday morning after Mrs. Dun
can had recovered sufficiently to make
an investigation.
At noon, however no clew had been
found by the police by which to trace
the intruder Chief Beavers has taken
charge Of the investigation personally.
Together with detectives, the Chief
visited the Duncan mouse and went
over the ground.
Though nothing was missing, there
was evidence that portions OF the
house. especially the room where Miss
Hndebrand slept, had been thoroughly
ransacked by the burglar The draw
ers OF the dresser where she Kept her
ieWelry, were wide open this morning
and the contents disarranged
The TACT that none OF the iewelry Of
her daughter was taken Is regarded
as significant by the police and Mrs
Duncan The latter firmly believes
that the chloroforming was done by
someone familiar with the house and
who thought there was large sum Of
money hidden in H.
Money Hidden Under Pillow
"Mr. Duncan is in business in Spar
tanburg. s. c." Mrs. Duncan SAID,
and I divide my time between here
and South Carolina think the bur
glar knew that I had but recently
come home from South Carolina, and
that he thought | had large amount
Of money hidden in the house. had
brought a fairly large sum home with
me Sunday end It was hidden under
my pillow, but 1t was not taken.
can not understand why the burglar
searched my daughters room instead
Of my own"
Besides Mrs Duncan and Miss Hill
debrand. the others chloroformed were
Mrs Ruby Deal, a daughter; Earl =
and Ernest Hildebrand. Mrs, Dun.
cans sons. ard 3-year-old Marguerite
Deal. who slept in the same room with
her mother and her aunt, Miss Hide
brand
Mrs Duncan occupied a room in
the front Of the house, and the two
sons slept in 4 rear 70 pm. just beyond
that Of their sisters. All the family
had recovered nom the effects. Of the
chloroform by ~ O'clock. though they
still complained bf Slight dizziness.
Physicians who dressed the wound on
Miss Hildebrand's forehead. where
she was struck by the burglar, say it
IS not serious. though It will likely
leave a scar
Mss Hndebran nd declared that all
she remembered was being hit by
Continued on Page 2, Column I.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
KaiSer's SOn-in-laW
Near Death by Train

Special Cable TO The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN. July 16.-Prince August
Ernst, son-in-law Of Kaiser Wilhelm,
had narrow escape from death to-
day near Rathnow.
While leading a troop OF cavalry
across the railroad track an cx-
press train nearly ran down the Prince
and several Of his troopers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Maj Eugene Gordon
Drops Dead on Train

McALESTER, OKLA, July 10
Major Eugene c. Gordon. only sur
viving brother OF the late Confederate
General John y. Gordon. dropped
dead on a train o-day, en- route from
this city to Austin, Tex. The cause
Of his death was heart failure.
Major Gordon was a native Geor-
gian and grew - manhood in that
State, but of late years have lived in
Oklahoma.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Boss Cox Is Freed
By Order of Court

CINCINNATI July l6.-Judge Cald-
well to-day sustained the order dis
missing the indictment against George
B. Cox, former officer Of a trust com
pany. and ordered Cox's discharge.
This ends the case against the polit-
icaI leadeT.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
GERMANY ORDERS u. S. TO QUIET MEXIC
LICE BAFFLED BY CHLOROFORM MYSTERY
Rep, Lee Makes Plea
For Fort 0glethorpe

WASHINGTON, July 1s.-Repre-
sentatives Lee, of Georgia, and Moon,
of Tennessee, called on Secretary OF
War Garrison yesterday and discussed
the Secretarys trip of inspection OF
the forts Of the country Lee en-
phasized the Importance Of Fort
Oglethorpe as a cavalry brigade post
and urged the Secretary's favorable
consideration OF the enlargement OF
the post.
Congress has authorized the estab-
ishment Of a cavalry brigade post at
Fort Oglethorpe, but has not provided
the money necessary.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Wisconsin Professor
To Be Envoy to China

WASHINGTON. July 1G.-Dr. Paul
Reinsch, professor Of political econo-
my at the University Of Wisconsin,
soon will be named by President Will
son as Ambassador to China.
This was learned at the White
House to-day
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
Is Named
As Poet Laureate
Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. July 16.-Dr. Robert
Bridges, physician poet. day was
appointed poet laureate OF England
succeeding the late Alfred Austin
Dr. Bridges is the author Of several
plays and epics, but is little known
outside Of England. Some years ago
he gave up an extensive practice to
devote his time TO literature.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16

Continued on Page 2, Column I.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-16
SOFT END TO LONG FALL

NEW YORK. July l6.-Mrs- Ella
Koblach slipped through hole in the
fire escape balcony Of her home here
ana fell three stories into an arm
char. Her injuries were slight
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-05
PIuCky Daughter of Policeman
Declares She Was Too Busy
to ''Get Scared"

Girls would make better detectives
than men owing to their intuition" re-
marked pretty Miss Tola Lee Hood to-
day as she related to a reporter the Sher-
lock Holmes methods she employed to
discover the thief who nahbed her purse
Saturday afternoon and the maneuvers
she executed to allay his suspicious while
she pluckily trailed him for two blocks,
seeking some one to assist her.
Il was on my way home and while
walking on Whitehall street, felt some
thing tug at my purse" said Miss Hood.
1T was a chain purse. hanging on my
arm and felt as though it had caught on
my suit
when | looked down | saw the purse
was open and eight dollars, in bills, was
missing. | turned round and saw several
women and three negroes on the street.
Something in the way one of the negroes
acted aroused my suspicious. Every now
and then he would glance back and al
ways kept his right hand in his pocket
as IL he were holding something.
II followed him up the street waiting
until | could find some one to assist me.
lie looked back at me two or three times.
but l would always be looking into the
shop windows and tried to act as if |
were paying no attention to him.
He saw white man as soon as | did
and turning round. started back up the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-05
Beach Did Not
Reproach His Wife.

The second witness, Dr.. Hastings
Wyman, ST. who. with his son. Or. NJ.
II. Wyman, We're summoned by Beach
to the aid Of his wife. testified on
cross examination by Colonel Hender-
son that during the time they were rem
dering medical aid to Mrs Beach Mr..
Beach's attitude toward his wife was
one of anxiety and solicitude: that he
did not reproach her, nor she him.
The examination of Or. Wyman ere
ated several tits between opposing
counsel In two instances Presiding
Judge J. NJ. Spain Of Darlington. ruled
with the defense
Dr. Wyman's courtly bow to Mrs.
Beach and his observations that she
was looking decidedly pretter today
than on that fatal night last Febrl-
ary' created 4 burst of laughter. while
Il deep blush mounted to the pretty
checks of Mrs. Beach and caused her to
cover her face in confusion. Counsel
for the defense seemed prone to pro-
long to the greatest possible extent the
examination of Dr. Wyman.
The third witness was Dr. NJ H
Wyman, a son of DR. II. II. Wyman. Sr.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-05

They We're the first persons to render
medical assistance to the wounded
woman. He corroborated essentially
the main point in the testimony of the
two preceding witnesses. and added sew
eral points himself. Tie fact that Dr.
Wyman was in bed playing solitaire
during the series Of screams seemed
food for merriment, and on the cross
examination Colonel Henderson turned
the matter into a buresque, harping
upon it at great length
DR.. Wyman testified to having heard
the first screams, supposedly in the
Lyon yard; two minutes later, addition
al screams farther removed, and five
minutes later from the Beach home,
another scream followed by series Of
screams, in which several feminine
oices were mingled. the screams CON
tinuing in the house and after the
screen door had been slammed. The
witness said he dressed hurriedly, join
ed his father, and started toward the
Beach home, when they encountered
Mr.. Beach, who informed them that his
wife's throat had been cut, urging their
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-05
Mrs. Beach Calm
And Collected.

But prior to that, the witness said,
he hard Beach rap three times on the
front door and declare This is Beach:
let me in" The witness stated that
he later discussed this point with his
wife. The witness said he found Mrs,
Beach very calm and collected, though
bleeding profusely externally and inter
nally. He gave it as his professional
opinion that Mrs. Beach was cut from
the back and that the wound could have
been made with any ordinary sharp in
strument or penknife. Solicitor Gum
ter took occasion to stress the point
that penknife was a possible and prob
able instrument. in view of the fact
that diamond studded penknife, al
legged to be the property of Beach and to
contain blood corpuscles. is an impor-
tant link in the prosecutions chain Of
CirCumStantial evidence.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-05

street passing by me. I called to the
man to catch him and he did The ne
gro had eight dollars in his hand when it
was pulled out of his pocket.
Was | frightened. Well, not until af-
forwards. You see I am a policeman's
daughter and, besides ! was too busy
thinking how ! was going to catch' him
TO get scared. believe girls would make
good policemen, don't YOU? Anyhow, girls
would make better detectives than men
owing to their intuition"
When arrested the negro gave his
name as Tom Whitaker and admitted
that he was guilty. He was captured
by \. u. Stallings. of 800 Windsor street.
the man to whom Miss Hood appealed
Recorder Broyles bound him over in $500
bail
Miss Hood is a daughter of Policeman
Charles w. Hood, ll5 Gordon street.