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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
FIGHTS
UP TO
DEATH

SALT LAKE, Utah, Nov.
10.-Fighting In IN insane
frenzy, joe Hillstrom, INV.
w. member, went TO his
death before the Utah state
firing squad In tho yard of
the penitentiary at 7:42
o'clock this morning.
In some unknown way ho
had concealed u broom ham
die I'm his cell. When tho
door opened no lcapcd ut the
guards, swinging the club
over their heads ffcrcely, Sc
vercly cutting ono Of them
on tho scalp and face.
The guards quickly overpower.
ed him and then the death march
commenced.
Warden Pratt and a deputy led.
Two physicians followed. Then
came Hillstrom between the two
deputies.
Hillstrom's eyes were not
blindfolded until he reached the
prison yard. He wished to face
the squad with open eyes, but 4
thick band of cloth was placed
around his eyes and head.
Yells Fire Himself.
With a. swinging. stride. b.
walked to the death chair. Whap
he had been buckled In he faced
the door of the blacksmith shop
20 PAGES away from which the
glittering muzEzles Of the riflea
penetrated.
A white target was placed
above his heart.
AIM" shouted Sheriff Corless.
Five rifles were steadied at tho
portfolios.
"Fire-let 'er CO." shrieked
Hillstrom mockingly. He vas
plainly grining--a horrible death
grin.
No Disturbances.
"Fire!" commanded Corlcss.
Five rifles spoke.
Hillstrom's body sank down
into the chair. In one minute the
physicians pronounced him lead.
Despite threats of the Indus
trial Workers, they created no
disturbance.
Hillstrom was executed for the
murder OF J. @. Morrison, a gro
GER, and his son Airing.
An eleventh hour attempt to
save him failed. A Seattle man
named Bushby is reported TO have
signed an affidavit furnishing an
alibi. claiming he was In Hill
strom's company elsewhere than
the scene of the murders. Hill
strom himself swept even this
small hope Of life aside.
Regulates Him.
IT don't know Busby." he said.
Ed Rowan. secretary of tho
Salt Lake Industrial Workers,
applied for admission ~ . witness
because, he was a friend OF Hill
strom, but was not allowed With
in the prison walls.
Probably $50 prisoners, INCLUDE
ing score OF women and Z NUM-
Der of Industrial Workers, re-
NAMED outside the prison wallis
In the public street. They heard
the five rifles crack.
The marksmon's aim was
perfect. Four bullets enter
ed over Hillstrom'D hoa<t
within : spaoe witch could
have been covered ~ : sflve1
dollar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
JUST WHAT WAS DONE,
SAYS A TACOMA MOTHER

JUST WHAT WAS DONE,
SAYS A TACOMA MOTHER
Editor The Times:
After all, the vital question 10
not whether science has a right to
allsw nature to take her course
in Eases such as that of the Boil
lin| baby, but rather what
woy "a have been the desire Of the
tiny mite itself.
Wanone of us ask to come
hen I,ahd it is hardly fair to con-
denfn q human being to a life
ma uncomfortable by an in3dr-
modnfable handicap. We are
kinder to dumb beasts. 49,
Having taught defective and
subnormal children, ! have wit
Messed the dumb suffering and
pitiful, helpless anger that they
were not as their more fortunate
companions,
have seen a boy OF IL turn
upon alaunting playmate with a
hatred that was terrible to see.
Ann ne was only slightly defect
i've How much more keenly
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
POWER
DEAL A
GAMBLE

The four city commission
ers who are lined up 10
grant the II. X. Il p. Co. an
auxiliary power contract by
which the city will pay IN
exorbitant rate for current,
are gambling with the peo-
pies interests, according TO
Mayor Fawcett.
by that proposed deal, the
city would be betting at three to
one odds that the municipal pow
err plant would never break down
or be short of power in 10 yeas,
said the mayor.
I'VE would get the benefit of
protection from shortage, because
the power company would stand
ready to furnish us 10000 kilo-
watts of Juice. But II we ever
did need current, we would pay
more than three times the ordin-
airy retail rate for 1t.
'As a sporting proposition, 1t
might be good bet. But IS a
business deal, 1t is the rankest
piece of work / ever heard of.
Not Against Reasonable Deal.
Mayor Fawcett declared today
that he was not opposed to max
ing an agreement whereby the +.
r. & p. Co. could furnish the city
current during a breakdown or
shortage of power at our MIS-
qually plant.
And / would even expect to
pay little more than the usual
rate for the juice" said the
mayor. Because we could not
expect to have this emergency
service at our command all the
time without paying something
for it. But l think we should
pay for what we use. / think a
fixed rate should be named, and
let the city pay for just what cur
rent we consume.
IT will never agree to this
proposition, which makes the
rate Jump up to $3.50 kilowatt
from ga cent, the minute that
we use more than two hours and
one half of service"
Ready Wednesday.
Commissioner Atkins today 6e-
clared that the franchise and
auxiliary power propositions
would be laid before the council
Wednesday in the form of an or
dinance.
There will be four PROPOSE
lions in the single ordinance-tne
return of the T. II. & p. Co. s
power franchise, franchise for
street cars on Pacific avenue to
cath street, a franchise across the
Tacoma avenue fill, and a con-
tract by which the city will buy
auxiliary power from the 7. R. &
p. Co., and will sell to the T. r..
q p. Co. when that concern needs
1t.
II don't expect there will be
any trouble passing the ordi-
nance"
Could Force Good Deal.
Mayor Fawcett declared today
that the city council had the #.
r. & p. Co. in q position where
It could ges almost anything that
It demanded.
"The Times was absolutely
right last night when 1t said that
r. r. & p. officials were in dam
ger OF losing their Jobs" said
Fawcett today. III this council
had any backbone, 1t could force
the T. r. e P. Co. to come across
with any kind of an agreement
that 1t wanted. We don't have
to eat out Of the power trusts
hand. We have them where we
want them, and the council is so
weakened as to take pity aud
hand them a lot of fat franchises
and contracts on q silver platter"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
BY E. A. Peters

There has been 30 per
cent less intoxication I'm Ia
coma during the first eight
months of 1918 than there
was during the similar per-
iod of last year.
At this rate, the theorists
might arg.e, there would
be no intoxicatiOn i'm Tacoma
within three years and four
months, even II the saloons
were to remain in existence.
Statistics complied today
from records of the Tacoma
police records show that
there was ~ per cent less
arrests from Jan. to Oct.
81 of 1918 for drunkenness
than there were in 1914, and
that there were 80 per cent
less arrests on the charge of
"drunk and disOrderly" dur
ing the same comparative
periods.
The combined figures show an
actual decrease in drunkenness
Of 32 per cent. The charge of
drunk and disorderly" is mere
ly slightly more severe charge
than that of common drulk'
and is preferred in cases where
the prisoner was unruly either be-
fore or after his arrest.
Police officials have no ex-
PLANTATION to make for the re-
decrease except to say
that there is great difference
in the amount of liquor consum-
ed this year than last. The fact
Of impending prohibition IN.
has had it's effect. II
Is not considered likely that the
discontinuance of few Tacoma
saloons would have caused this
great decrease.
Mayors Ordinance Helped.
The only recent legislation Of
the city council which might have
had an effect is Mayor Fawcett'.
ordinance prohibiting the cash
ing of pay checks in saloons. This
has prevented many men from
starting on an unpremeditatst
carouse, Mayor Fawcett decla res
and has been a direct benefit te
the families of hundreds OF
working men.
A graphic chart detailing the
number of arrests for intoxicatior
would produce straight line
starting last year at the upper
left hand side of the sheet ani
tracing rapidly downward to tht
opposite corner. During last
October, there were only
115 arrests on this charge, the
smallest number for any month
excepting in May, when the
number was I'D in years.
The arrests for intoxication
according to police records, show
the following figures:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19

In the charity business, and
do the Job -up brown?
1t now appears that London
Globe was suppressed because II
said the government was, lying.
Carry out that policy In America
and there would't be much Of q
free press left save The War Cry.
In these vfnforsunaee mod
ern times, the college boy
who can't make the footba1l
squad has TO content himself
with merely getting an edu-
cation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19

Is Tacoma to be a dump
ing ground for cast-off mer-
cbandise of Seattle and
Portland.
Are slick statesmen to De
permitted to dispose OF vast
stocks of inferior goods UNI
der the guise of selling at n
reduction the stocks of this
Or that Tacoma merchant?
The query is prompted to-
day by what Is going on At
pege's.
Not that Mr.. Dege has ANY,
thing to do with 1t, for, apparent
~, she has no voice In the matter.
Carrot Fisher is acting as re-
SEWERS for the mems furnishing
house. His partner, George
Frances Rove, ia conducting one
of his typical sales
Many complaints have come TO
The Times of the class Of mer-
he is handling and OF
the prices he is getting. They are
prices which would be reasonable,
buyers say, for the class OF goods
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19

TO FINISH

VIENNA, Nov. 1s.-The shat-
tered and torn TANKS Of the
Serbs. surrounded by. mountains
bordering Novibaxar near the
Montenegrin border. are propar-
ing to make their last stand.
Tbs Central powers Ay0 H.
inoreelessly closins III Oh (le i't6I-|
f.arts ard are daily Snf6GI
aex tolls Of prlson<rs Io1Il +
nssro snd Atlantis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19

they had been accustomed to BIT,
at Dege's. but exorbitant for tn,
kind they actually are receiving
The reason Is the goods
are coming in from Portland
and possibly from other
points. Rowe himself is at
Portland conducting other
''sales," and is expected hero
tomorrow to boom along the
present Dege ''sale."
Tho picture shows one
sample Of the loads Of goods
which have been set down
at Dege & Co.'s clothing
store, nth and Broadway,
since Tuesday when Carrot
Fisher, partner Of. George
Frances Rowe, I'm the "ad-
vertising'' business, began
to pull off receivers
sale"
One of the boxes there bear
the label of Lipman Wolfe & Co.
Portland, Ore.
The goods began to arrive g.
the Dege receiver sale Monda!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
GIRLS
MORALS OK. D

CHICAGO, NOV. 19.-An inves-
tieation into morals IN the aikh
schools here, which followed pub
IIohod etat6rnenta Of 1axify amonG
the pupils. has Yindicated the pu-
pills, according 10 4 report today
By Mrg NIle BofE Young. oeper-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
Talk o. the Times :

Eminent astronomer says
The people Of Mars are dying
BIZ thirst. Certain Tacoma
friends Of ours soon will be
blc 10 appreciate the Mar
ans' plight.
They've got villa nearly sur
rounded" again In Sonora,
They've done that as they have
fund" Ethel Oliver.
Why not vote a bond issue
bf two or three millions for
the T. n. q r. while we are
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
GAVEL MADE OF
OLD STREET CAR

In the future the president of
the Tacoma Rotary club will
WELD a gavel with a wooden mead
made out of Tacoma's first street
car and a handle from the spoke
OF an old prairie schooner. The
gavel was presented yesterday by
John Hartman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
7. R. TO
ENLIST
I'm WAR?

OTTAWA, Nov. 19.-Asked
concerning the report that Col.
Roosevelt had offered to join the
Canadian regiments in Flanders,
Observation-Disclosures Hughes
said today:
He would make bonnie
fighter. I've heard rumors of
such an offer, but it has not been
made to me. I'd be delighted to
give him command of a division.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
Rumania Trying
10 Make Up AIill1

ROME, Nov. Runanl8s1
course In relation to the wv
hangs on = decision Of the CO
met now meeting 1t Bucharon<
The king unexpectedly called -
extraordinary session altar poI|5
ticians. diplomats and 6old
had agreed neutrality no lor q
was possible.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19

SEATTLE, Nov. 1e.--In q RAM
sh}ckle house on the side OF q
bldff overlooking the tideflats
ne9r 0eoretetown considerable
ImpetIs htP been 1ivep the ltal-
IAN population OF Seattle.
~ family of eiqht, preejqed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
TRAIN DERAILED;
IL CARS DITCHED

An N. p. train was derailed one
mile west of Kanasket at 3
O'Clock yesterday morning, ditch
ing ii freight cars. No one was
hurt. Z
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
mo COMMENT"

NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-"The
colonel has no comment" Roose-
velt's secretary announced today
concerning the Ottawa report
that he had offered to join the
Canadian forces in Flanders.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19
ROBERTS REPORTS
ON RIVER WORK

pUYALLup, Nov. 1e.--To sil-
: - 4 crl5{cism, Chief EnkIneor
n 81 Inter- County Hiver
6mey,k proj az, Yesterday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19

Mrs. Gather Drewry, age 80, has presented
her husband nine children I'm 10 months, five
Mt one time and four at another. Two were
girls, who died; the remaining seven are
lusty-lunged, healthy boys. And this at Lex
ington. Ky. May each one become colonel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-19

BERLIN-Central powers cap
tured 5000 Serbs Thursday.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-22
Mai. Will A. McTeer

One of the best known and most popular
men in East Tennessee is Maj. Will A.
McTeer, leading citizen of Maryville and
Blount county, and one OF the builders of
the county. Maj. McTeer has been a
resident Of this county since Sept 10, IS43,
the date of his birth. He is the son of
Andrew Boyle and Nancy Gamble McTeer,
honored citizens of Blount county. His
paternal grand father was William McTeer,
and his paternal grandmother was Mary
(Bogle) Meier. His maternal grandfather
was Alexander B. Gamble and his maternal
grandmother was Elizabeth tRansbargerl
Gamble. Maj. McTser is of Scotch descent,
coming from hat race of people who have
been among the pioneers in the building of
America, and from whose lineage thousands
of Blount countians aye proud they came
Mai, McTeer was educated in the common
schools of Bloant county and in Maryville
college.
He was first married to Miss Mary T.
Wilson, Oct. I6, 1876. His second marriage
was to Mrs. Lucy M, Wilson, Aug. IL,
1903.
Maj. McTeer's father was farmer and
blacksmith. At the age of IA years, he
was placed by his father in a country store,
where he remained until the outbreak of
the civil war. His people held to the union.
and on July az, 1862, young McTeer ran
away from home, making his way TO the
Union army at Cumberland Gap where he
enlisted Aug. 10, 1862, as a member Of
Company "A", Third Tennessee Cavalry;
United States Volunteers, and was made
Sc cond lieutenant, and later adjutant of the
company. He was in the retreat from
Cumberland Gap to the Ohio river in Sep
TENDER and October, 1869. He remained
Ia ervice until the close of the war, and
was given a commission as major and
mustered out Aug. 3, 1866.
Returning to Blount county, Maj. NC
Teer served sixteen years as circuit court
clerk and then began the study of law and
entered into the practice of his profession
in this town. From 1868 to 1873 he held
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-22
In MemOriam

Whereas. 1t has pleased our
Heavenly Father to remove from
this earthly home our beloved
neighbor, v m. R eagle: therefore
be it Resolved, that the members
of this Camp of M. w. of A. of
Little River Camp 1896 extend to
the family our heartfelt sympathv
and consolation in this their sad
hour, and be it further Resolved,
that copy of this resolution be
sent to the family, a copy spread
on the minutes of this meeting and
a copy sent to the Maryville Times
for publication.
This Jan Is. 1915.
(Signed) B. r. Harrison,
S. M. Hurst.
Committee,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-22
GOOD ROADS

There be much unanmy voters of the county
concerning the proposed issuance of 900 in bonds for building
pixies Of course there opposition but is believed that
the majority of favor the issue and that will in the
election of Feb. 10.
The value of good roads to the farmer and to the business in
town cannot estimated. The farmer realizes that he has
pike running from farm his falm the town. be
produce trouble and expense Distance has
practically eliminated in this modern day. with good roads.
fast horses automobiles The minimum expense in transferring
produce market maximum profits from the SALE The
trip market be made in shorter time pike roads than
graded roads. The farmers stock will last longer His
wagons and hacks will wear longer 1t joy him and to his
stock 10 drive oyer good pkf while burden and worry
himself and his horses drive roads covered with mud
appreciates the benefits that him hav
ing good roads in county Rainy and Indictment weather will
country from in such large hunters the high
ways are passabe Where mud several inches Deep the farmer
go The merchant loses sale attribute
to the fact that the roads in such condition customers cannot
their Men to invest their money in those
counties which Melted with splendid highways The counties
with good attractive than those which roads
not macadamised
County court officials tell that will be burden the
county TO bonds for road purposes The counys
debt now slightly OOO With the proposed pixies
could be county and oil directions aordng
long good roads reaching into the county,
and bringing closer Good roads will enhance
value of his property One does not have to live pike to
be benefited by it, Suppose farmer vsixteen miles from
and four the road which proposed shall be pk
the advantage Of twelve miles of pike roads, and certainly
that is worth quite good deal to him.
1t the purpose Of the court to build pixies where they will
the largest number would be fine have every
county macadmd but this cannot be done The next best thing
macadamize those roads which travelled by the largest
bers and which will be of benefit the largest numbers
courts purpose and s believed that the issue will
will help in the county, directly
y They will be helpful school children for good
dation They will be helpful to who drive
the pixies their machines and bugg They will be helpful
to merchants and professional men and farmers.
Better better schools better FARMS better churches
better homes, happier citizens.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-22
BLOunt CountionS: sss.' es III; ei G:;:
The Times uU publish weekly biographies of Builders of
BLount County and BLount COuntians Starring EseWhere
Charles M. Alexander

A Blount countian of whom all Of the
south is proud, is Chas. McCallon Alexan-
der, evangelist, who Is perhaps the greatest
choir leader in the world. Mr.. Alexander
was born near Maryville, on Oct. "a, 1867,
the son of John D. and Martha McCallon
Alexander. He was reared on the farm
and attended the public schools of the
county. He was graduated from Maryville
college and received the honorary degree
of master of arts rom that institution
Later he was a student in the Moody Bible
Institute at Chicago. Leaving that institu
ton, he entered evangelistic work singing,
organizing and conducting large chorus
choirs. He made an evangelistic tour Of
the world with Rev. r. A. Torrey, d. D.,
from 1902 to 1906, and made the "Glory
Song" famous on that trip. Mr.. Alexander
conducted the largest evangel tic choir
ever organized, consisting of a, 900 members.
conducting the same daily for two months
in Royal Albert Hall, London.
Mr.. Alexander was married to Miss Helen
Cadbury, of England, July H. 1904. He
is the author of "Alexander's Revival
Songs in Au tralia;' "Alexander's Re, ival
Hymns IN England" Revival Hymns
America" "Song in the Service of Christi"
and Soul Winning Around the Wo. Id"
Mr., Alexander's home is Tennessee
Moor Green Lane. Birmingham, England.
His American address is New York.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-22

one brother, Mr.. Mark Roberts, and
three sisters, Misses Alice and
Minda Roberts, and Mrs. Martha
Fulton.
AS the result of a tragic accident,
Mrs. Duncan died at hospital in
Knoxville, at 4:3O on Monday
morning, January II, 1915. # she
had lived until Monday, Jan. Is,
she would have reached her sixty.
second birthday.
Death may surpri. e a christian,
but it cannot injure him; it rather
is vanquished, for the Ii st enemy
that shall be destroyed is DEATH"
Mis-. Duncan, through the grace of
her Savior. is not yarquished, but
instead has not bt en- crowned victo.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-22
Chancery Sale of Land

In obedience to decree o. the Chancery
ourt at MaryvilIe, made in the case of
Kos, Lumber ompany, VS.. W. C. Norwood
ct al, will, o. Monday, February LIST,
1915, at IL o'clock A. NJ, in front of the
Court House door in MaryvilIe, sell to the
highest and best bidder, the tract of land
described in said decree and in the plead
lngs in said cause, being the undivided one
seventh interest Of Nancy !. Snider in and
to said tract of land, situate in the nth.
District of Blount County, Tenn, near TIE
river where the said Nancy J. Snider now
resides, containing approximately four acres
Said sale will be made on credit of SIX,
twelve, eighteen and twenty.tour months,
in bar of the equity of redemption, Notes,
drawing interest. from day of sale, with
good personal security, will be required of
the purchaser, and lein will be retained
on the pre- perty sold, as further security.
an. 7, 1875.
R. S. Walker, c. & M.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-01-22
Mrs. George A. Pate

Laura Jane Beatty was born in
jackson county, North Carolina.
Nov, 1, 1857. She was converted
when little girl of fourteen years
of age and soon after joined the
church. She moved with her family
tie Blount county, Tennessee, at the
age of twenty where she resided for
thirty-seven years or until her death
She was married to George Addison
Pate Dec. 81. 1878 She was the
mother of three Sous: Va ter Rufus
who was at home with her at the
time of her death, Joseph Benjamin
who is now Captain in the u S
Army and stationed il the Philip
pine Islands, and William White,
who is employed in the U S
government service and is also in
the Philippines. She is survived by
her husband and the three sons; by
two sisters, Mrs Amanda Irwin of
Marvville and Mrs Tennessee Farr,
of Knoxville, and by one brother,
Baxter Beatty. St. Petersburg,
Florida. Her sickness covered
period Of some twelve months, the
last two months Of which was acute
and attended with much suffering
Disease had fastened upon h'r from
which there was 40 release, yet she
patiently bore the affection that was
hers and was submissive to the
Divine Will At the last when life
was ebbing away. she asked that
thu lamp might be lighted but was
told by her sister that as the lights
faded out on earth they would grow
brighter in Heaven. She raid
that is sweet" and soon passed
into Eternal Day. She died Jan
IA, 1915 at 4:25 in the afternoon.
She was a member of the Friend's
Church. The funeral was conduct
ed at the home on Friday afternoon,
Jan. Is, and the body was laid
away for its final rest in Magnolia
Cemetery,