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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
CRATE |DEER
AND THE DEED
WAS DUN
aUTHOR EXPLAINS HOW Sc
,ATTTEITES WANTED 10
NAME THE MOUNTAIN.

w. w. Woodbridge in "Se
First" this month clear
up the mystery of how Seattleite
got their notion to call the noun
tain Rainier instead of Tacoma
and details in dialect his trip u
the big snowpeak:
"There WIZ sevrul peepel
I'm one korner arguing about
the maine of the Mountain"
says Woodbridge. "The Sc
attic folks sed Ii wuz Raneer
and the Tacoma folks sed it
was Tacoma. From what L
kud get from there tawk, it
seams after the Mountain
was naimed "Tacoma" by the
injuns, a felle rnaimed Van
kuver made a trip down Pu-
git Sound and viseted at Ia
coma. He wuz CRATE buk
ritter, and he rote bulk
about his trip. When he got
to telling about the Noun
tin he fergot the naim of it,
and he turned to friend of
his who was eating supper
with him and sez, Pete,
what's the maine of the
mountin in Pierce county,
Washington?
"You can search me-" an
sers Pete.
"Shucks," kOntinues VAN
kuver, show prOvOlSin! Well,
If i cant remember the reel
naime, He have to give it an
other.'
"That's good" ansers Pete
RANGER, "why not name it
Mt. Raneer, after me?"
"Grate ideer," sed Vanku-
yer, and deed was dun"
Seattle never has been able t.
get away from this Crate ideer.'
See America First" in this is
sue starts its third year, with ar
ssue of 5000 going to A states
300 cities and 15 foreign coun
.ries. 1t. is now displayed IL
Gather covers in $50 observation
,ars in this country.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
CHANCE FOR
CITY OWNED
PHONES NOW
O. =. PLATT, HEAD OF INDE-
PENDENT PHONE COMPANY,
WILLING TO GO IN WITH
CITY FOR. A MUNICIPAL
PHONE SYSTEM.
A municipal telephone sys.

A municipal telephone sys.
tenn for Tacoma. With the
Automatic Telephone com.
pany assuming three-fourths
of the financial risk.
1t took on an aspect of meas
reality suddenly today when @. IN
Platt, head of the great Indet
pendent Automatic Telephone
company Of Chicago, came to the
city and held conference with
the city commission.
The progress of Tacoma In mu-
nicipal ownership has focused the
eyes of the world on this city and
the Northwest, according to Mr..
Platt. He believes that here in
the Northwest Is the place where
municipal ownership and opera
tion of a telephone plant Is to be-
first demonstrated as a practical
possibility and he likes Tacoma.
And with this view of the case
his company is ready to PRACTICAL
ly grub stake this city In the tele-
phone business and let her go to
It.
The Independent Telephone
company is being showed off the
map in many places in this coun-
try by the Bell monopoly as was
done in Tacoma and Seattle and
the Independent company has ap-
parently come to the point where
1t intends to whip the Bell with
municipal ownership.
A rough estimate by Mr.. Platt
was that complete system in Ta-
coma would cost approximately
81, 100000. He intimated that
his company would be ready to
build the plant, take one-fourth OF
the amount in city bonds and the
rest In simply bonds on the plant
itself. The company thereby as-
sumes three-fourths of the risk
on the proposition.
The commission took the mat
ter under advisement and further
negotiations will be conducted in
the future.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
Tears Follow
Plea For
Divorce

Bursting into tears as she re-
lated the sordid story of hus-
bands cruelty and extreme jeal-
ousy, of how he had stifled every
attempt at giving herself a little
pleasure, pretty Mrs. Lucy Osborn
broke down before Judge Easter
day this morning and was hardly
able to continue,
Harry Osborn, her husband,
sat through the hearing unmoved.
His lawyer made no attempt to
contest the case, and the divorce
was granted.
The couple were married April
3D. 1907, and have one child,
sadie, a little girl A years of age
which will remain in the custody
of the mother.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
ARMY LOOKING
FOR SITE HERE

The fact that. Tacoma has a
municipal. wharf may be the
means of bringing army trans
ports here and the establishing of
the brigade pos, for the army at
American lake.
The government has asked
what facilities can be given for
docking a transport here for long
periods and Superintendent Hall
of the municipal dock has replied
that the city has 4S5 feet avail
able.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
Information For Election

Q O o o o @ o 9 90 Q O o 9 o 9 o o @ o
Everything ready for the bond election Saturday.
o Polls will the places, at close at
@
Bonds for $4,000 for improvements Takes 35
The municipal street railway whether build it
whether $87 in bonds
for maze it effective. Takes
@ construction and 3-5 bonds
The municipal authorize $4,000
o it and supply $500 bondc. Takes 3-5
Bonds for 100000 for the building Takes
o 3-5 vote.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09

given the socialists for the girls
at Eagles hall tomorrow night.
The garment workers have do
mated s25 to the strikers. and
other sources of revenue are
coming in also. Half a hundred
girls went onto the street this
morning to sell papers giving a
statement of their fight.
w. G. Miller of the Tacoma
steam laundry this morning made
q speech in front OF his place to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09

the girls offering them 30 per
cent increase to go back to work,
but they refused.
The proprietors say four girls
have DESERT - strikers. but
the strikers this. They say
they got onea---union girl away
from the Cascade this morning.
Manager Buren of the Olympic
attempted to get white girls from
the Jap union laundry yesterday,
but they refus,sd to go.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
Laundry Girls Hopeful of Victory

The striking laundry girls are
more enthusiastic than ever to-
day and declare they are sure to
win their fight for better working
conditions and more pay in Ta-
coma.
Nearly 400 of them met again
in Union han today. Reports were
made by the pickets at the laun-
dries and over 5000 tickets have
been sold for the dance to be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
MYSTERY STILL
CLINGS TO THE
STRANGE SUICIDE

Mystery still attaches itself to
the suicide of John Kemp in PIT.
Defiance park, even more since
the proprietor of the Lawrnce ho-
tt identified the body.
From the story told by the no.
tel employees, Kemp was an Eng
lish mechanical engineer who had
been in this country but a short
time. The man is said to have
been wonderful student and con-
tinually studying books. He was
said to have been temperate
man
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
THE MAN WITHOUT
HOPE!DOOMED TO
A LIVING DEATH
This third article of series written by Fred L. BE
during visit at the Wala Walla pententiary)


wALI4A wAII.A May e-You not know thoughts
He a 1t is better that should
his for others bear it, He quit the world he
has lived living DEATH He
longer a man, a numbered ing-No 1924.
He day. though brief For little while he
among space stood in the imeight
And then
do not why he thing True, whisky
partly drink whisky and
laughter, maudlin and to tire
garrulity.
But him it moved a rage in sew-hs
Though planned cunnngly and delb
erately And dead,
struck struck again,
who had been his brother a pulp
years ago. he like other
you met him in the streets of Tacoma,
you would picked him out
merely the usual complement Of
fingers and toes, arms, legs, head and torso.
oo "a DO S ne. n IN the a e @ M Of yo If e%
was saint or sinner.
a had a family. worked
% day s T oe he e. left 5 eop Re T @ o
the subtle kind He enjoyed ppful of tobacco
ing as & Of nen % ne
must doke life You shuddred WIN read in the news
He sentenced to be hanged The deta warrant duly
signed record at the penentiary "Withn 80 dayshat
He had Hope hen and it was justified He waiting
hoping the death cell when him and said
Your sentence has been eommued to life Imprisonment.
himself hanging swinging the Of He to Iive
signed to cell. He given loom in the iute mill.
@ men @ s0% d oPeae @ & loom; aft You % e b certain % @ %
those without thinking There
alton between BARN and ~.
You make those perhaps
always make them the way. II
No. 1924 has been at his loom day for
When his work done, marches dining
with the others. He the place. is
permitted to talk. He doesn't want to talk.
Then to his CELL and he locked Others
letters in other occupy their minds in their cells.
1924 reading He writes letters
is no one to write to- His wife died long The children
scattered ashamed of the Man Without
No. 1924 his
ground during
the wall looking straight game
shouts
the full their paytme
with guard the wall. !.
HE always like that said the guard. r'3xtfv
Doesn't he talk III
black CELL get
anything. No chancel"
Years before hope quite dead he before
pleaded refused
Day followed endless day The crashing looms always the
dscordant refrain.
automatically, a
years. living eternity of
And there is nothing
him DEATH
He passed close his They
pressiones They told 1t
soul of him dead, though his body lives
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
RAIN PREVENTS
FIRST FLIGHT

Drizzling rains and a heavy
mist prevented Aviator Harvey
Crawford from making his first
flight in his new biplane. The
new machine has been completed
and a flight may be made late
this afternoon, providing the
weather conditions are favorable.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09

S useless o questions
a
o
development tdes created
of
owne
TUNI TIL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09

Here is Pauline Fredericks,
whom Harrison Fisher, the world
famous painter of fair women, de-
clares is the most beautiful girl
in all America. He says she is
absolutely perfect.
Miss Fredericxs is the star Of
Joseph and His Brethren" the
great biblical pageant which is be-
ing shown at the Century theater,
New York. In 1t she portrays the
character of the lovely temptress,
zuleika.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09

Fl is mighty important decision that the citizens
L of Tacoma must make tomorrow, when they vote
- for against the municipal ownership of street
railways Years of hard fought battles waged by
the people and by the Times to advance the General
welfare eliminating in this election tomorrow.
the that special interests have all along sought
to avoid. 1t is plain. 1t is clean cut.
kind of seductive juggling the kind ry that used vain
in
PRIVATE POWER COMPANIES
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09
SNOW COVERS
NATIONAL PARK

Snow is still deep in many
places on Mount Tacoma in the
National park, according to visi-
tors and late season is predict
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09

For Tacoma and
vicinity: Occasional
rain west tonight and
and Saturday.
For Washington:
Showers east portion
tonight or Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09

) Want to know who is the
y busiest man in Tacoma? You I
> can find out by reading to- :
, morrow's Times. It's a great I
D story. I
3 o o @ o 8 O @ 8 o @ @ @ o
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-09

What difrrence do
the s e a s o n 3
make
To man, poor pa
tient soul?
In s.nmer, he is
soaked for ice,
In winter. done
for coal.
There's always
someone out to
get
His little hard
earned roll.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
Hoo Hoo Hold Forth.

Special to Independent.
 Little Rock, June 1.-The Hoo Hoo of Arkansas held forth in Little Rock, on Tuesday after noon and eighteen kittens were dragged over the onion bed and made into first class cats. T. J.. Gay, the Vicegerent Shark for Arkansas, presided over the meeting.
 After the concatenation the Hoo Hoo and the delegates to the annual meeting of the Arkansas Lumber Dealers Association boarded the Steamer Grand for a ride up the Arkansas river' re- turning at midnight. Dancing and other amusements were ln- dulged in, and luncheon was served on the boat.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11

complish much by cutting out the blghted part5 in apple trees as in the apple it has already run it's course for this season. 1t continues to live in the pear. however, throughout the year. Continue to cut out this blighted part from the pear trees through the remainder of the season.
 The best time to cut out blight Is in late winter or early spring just before the blossoming sea son. It winters over mostly in pears though occasionally in a few apples like Jonathan and
 Yellow Transparent. While the blight now shows in millions of blighted places on the trunks it Will winter over only in few places here and there in the trunk, main limbs or occasional ly in the twigs. In early spring these pockets of blight may be seen in blistered areas on the bark which gives off honey-like exudations. Insects feed on these hony-like masses oozing from winter blight pockets. This honey-like mass is full of germs of the disease which are carried by the insects to the blossoms and growing points in spring. If these winter pockets can be cut out, and the wounds painted no blight germs will be left and the disease will not spread during the spring and early summer. If a blight pock- ct here and there is overlooked near the blossoming time, the disease will spread from it to the flower clusters and growing twigs. These first blighted exu. dations will stand in little beans on young twigs, leaf stems or young fruit stems. Coulc these have been cut out just af. ter the blooming period this
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
Fire Blight of the Apple :.

Recently disease has been spreading through the apple or chards of Missouri killing much of the newly set fruit and many of the young growing shoots of the trees. This disease is Fire Blight. It attacks the pear as we'll as the apple and quince. It develops to a serious degree al- most every year in pears. It rarely causes as much injury in apples as it is doing this season.
 It is caused by bacterial par asite which develops in the growing layer of the tree caus. ing the tissues to die as seen ir the blighting orchards at the present time. There is no other known preventative than cutting out and burning the blighted parts. It is now too late to ac-
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
MAGISTRATE ORDERS
 LIQUOR DESTROYED
Wet Goods Were Seized At Tu- pelO In Store And House of
 Henry Collins.

Prosecuting Attorney C. M. Erwin, Attorney S. M. Stuckey and Deputy Sheriff J. I. Tasting return home from Tupelo We'd nesday noon, after attending the seizure hearing at Tupelo be- fore Esquire Collier.
 Though many witnesses had been summoned, only one was used, MT. Tasting to show the seizure of the whiskey, that had been brought into court. The contraband wet goods was found in the store and home of Henry Collins at Tupelc by the officers making the raid last Saturday.
 The magistrate ordered the whiskey destroyed and Consta- ble Harris will carry out the or der of the court, as no one claim ed the ownership of the goods.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
T. R. Pleads For Primary.

1. h. fleduS TOT TTll1dIy.
 Buffalo, June 10.-Theodore Roosevelt will speak here tonight in favor of direct primary legis- lation, supporting the campaign of Gov. Sulzer. His speech fol- lows in part:
 Governor Hughes failed in getting this bill through be- cause the machines of both the old parties, under the bosses of both of the old parties, were a. gainst him. We see the repre- sentatives of two parties, who in their platforms promised this legislation, after deliberate eau GUS and conference, solemnly re- pudiating the very promise on which they sought and obtained office.
 Tt is said that we propose to do away with party organization. The statement is not correct. We believe in party organization. But we believe that it should be really party organizations and 'not boss organization, and we propose to make the organiza- tion responsible to the rank and file of the men who nominally belong to it. The only way to beat these bipartisan bosses is for the decent people, Progress sives, Progressive Republicans and Progressive Democrats alike, to stand shoulder to shoul- der for the freedom of the state against the men who stand shoulder to shoulder for the po- litical disfranchisement of the people.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
Gives College a Gymnasium.

BateSVllle, June lO.-One Of the most generous donations ev- CT made to the Arkansas Col lege was made Monday, when Major w. J. Erwin sent his check for S3,5OO to that institu- tion. The amount is for the pur- pose of erecting a gymnasium on the college grounds, to be known as the w. J. Erwin gymnasium.
 Now that efforts are being made to enlarge and improve the college buildings, and with ev- erybody taking renewed interest in helping to build up a greater educational institution in our city, and help to maintain the reputation of the college, it is very pleasing to the new officers to receive such a magnificent gift.
 At the outset it was expected that $8,OOO or $9,OO0 would be raised here for the purpose of making improvements at the college before the opening of the next term, and several have al- ready donated to this fund. It will not take many such do- nations as the one by Major Err win to give the college sufficient funds to make the contemplated Improvements.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
[Ll NAMED PRESIDENT
University to Succeed ..s H. Reynolds Who 1 Declined Place.

Neville, June 1o.-Prof' :
 Futrall was today nam
 , president of the .nas onl,
 If Arkansas to succeed a ! H. Reynolds, who on (y tendered his reslsna-
 be Board of Trustees
 ! that he would accept fheposition of acting nor ent president ',
 Election of Prof. Futrall'
 surprise, is approved oy
 terested in the wel1are niversity.
 Martin Nelson, acting
 the College of Agrlcul- Is named acting dean for It is said that sev- il known educators ap- the position, among A. Cole, head of ke Agriculture School of tille, and V. c. Rays of esboro School.
 ] the selection of Profes- kon has met with general |, the university is still l permanent heads. Both bsidered valued mem |the faculty.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11

l, they would again have the Moisant monoplane, two flights daily, with lady aviators. The monoplane at the 1912 fair was a great attraction.
 Mrs. H. l.. Ponder was chosen president of the lady managers of the fair, the same position which she held last last year. The following additional names were added to the directorate: Andrew McCarroll, F. N. Ben scott, J. w. White, Henry Rain water, Imboden; Ray Pickett, Henry Guthries, Annieville Joe Simpson, Smithville; Lon Frisbee, Frisbee; l.. H. Walker, Ravendon; w. w. Allison, Ali cia; John Inman, Egypt, B. S. Weir, Black Rock; J. H. Moore. Bob Poindexter, J. F. Snow, Wal nut Ridge: w. A. Dowell, T. J. Sharum and Ed Rankin were made the local finance commit tee.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
EASILY DECIDED.
This Question Should Be Ans wered Easily by Newport
 People.

Mrs. Laura Mink, R. F. D. No. 2, Box 92, Newport, Arkansas, says: My back was weak which was particularly noticeable just after l had been doing my house. work. There was a pain in my Joins which came on suddenly. My back ached terribly and l was driven almost frantic. l had heard so many people praise Doan's Kidney Pills that final ly got box at Dutton's Drug store (Now Walkers Pharmacy) True to their reputation, this one box cured me. l have not had to use a kidney remedy since then. It gives me pleasure to re- commend Doan's Kidney Pills to other kidney sufferers
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's' and take no other.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
Entertains Dancing Party.

MT. and Mrs. w. B. Crossland entertained with a delightful dancing party at their home on Laurel street Tuesday evening Tn honor of their son and daughter w. J. Crossland, IT,, and Miss Bertha Crossland, who are home from school and are quite popu- lar with their young friends m this city.
 The evening was 9 very de- ightful one to the large number present who participated in the dance until twelve o'clock when refreshments were served.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
Willing to Advance Wages.

Special to lnQepenQent.
 Little Rock, June 11.-Repre- sentatives of s. H. Kress & Go. stores in Arkansas, held a con- sultation with the officials of the Department of Labor Statistics Tuesday afternoon and readily agreed to the proposed minimum scale. The Kress stores will pay the girls working there S5 per week for the first two months, and a minimum of $6 per week thereafter. The girls will be re- quired to work but nine hours per day. The Kress stores, in Little Rock, Fort Smith, and Pine Bluff, were the first to con- ply with the state law requiring seats for the working girls. s. F. Woolworth stores of Little Rock and Argenta have already accepted the minimum scale for wages.
 Deputy McMahon has return ed from Pine Bluff where he found the manufacturing estab- lishments well equipped with safety appliances, but the de- partment stores have not placed seats for the female employees. The managers promised to do this, and Commissioner Clary will go to Pine Bluff later in the week to see if they have con- piled with the law.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
Will Have MOnOplanes.

Walnut Ridge, June 1O.-lhe directors Of the Lawrence Coun- tv Fair Association today met and decided that as one attrac- t;on at their five days fair, be- oinning Oct. 28 and ending Nov.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
ld's May Head Hendrix.

Ito Independent.
 Rock, June 1.-The po-
 Ii president of Hendrix
 has been rendered to
 H. Reynolds, who on
 resigned as acting pres
 the University of Ark announcing that he would lent tohave his name con- flor either acting or per : ] president. He has yet Do reply to the Hendrix tion. He was connected |endrix before he went to eville. The teachers com- |of the Hendrix Board I've the selection of a pres ? hand consists of Rev. F. Johnson, Rev. M. L. Wal |d former Governor G. w. hey.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
POO Justices to Be Elected.
Special to Independent.

Special to Independent.
 Little Rock, June l.-Pro- clamations are being issued Dy the governors office for filling vacancies in the office of Justice of the peace in about 200 of the 2OOO townships in the state, on July 23. Pope county has the largest number of vacancies, Is, while there are 12 in Garland county.
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11

year, the present enormous spread of blight could have been prevented. Ii would be we'll to keep this point in mind next spring wherever blight is seli-. ous this year.
 J. C. Whitten-
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11
CT A BUG KNIFE"

manufacturers of Ross Quick" spray will mail Pe4-bladed pocket knife to furnishing the name of |ct that it will not kill. It |osquitos too. Nothing
 Sold in Newport by all sts. (Adv.)
Newport daily independent., 1913-06-11

Room and board in private family. Apply to 318 Elm street. 61d12.
 Jan B. Young and Fred Smith are attending the annual conven- tion of Oil Mill Superintendents at Little Rock this week.