The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-04

optimism q tl.y true socialist AMI
dreamer. when questioned as TO
his feeling about the verdict.
liaffer faces year in he
county Jail for writing an article
in which he said the first presi-
dent was a drinking man, a bias
phemer and a STAKEHOLDER. Yet,
he did not worry. lie slept late.
Expects to Win Finally.
Haffer was found high up IN
one of those tall frame rooming
houses on Tacoma ave. Ills
quarters were reached after a
long arduous climb up winding
stairways. They faced a dark
court.
His door was unlocked, for he
had nothing to lose.
A hearty hail led the visitor in.
A pile of books and the newt
able makings-Haffer smokes
fncessantly-were the only decor
aaions.
A well developed pair OF arms
and broad shoulders topped by a
mass of yellow, unruiy, bristling
hair and a smile marked the re-
suits of the long arduous trial.
II suppose Col. Joab is more
Of wreck than | am. but | think
this case will go to higher court
and | will eventually win,' he
said confidently.
OF Fighting Strain.
"You see, the old strain of
long line of fighting ancestors is
cropping out. | am finding my
self.
- was sincere in my state
ments that there was no malice in
my heart when | wrote that arti-
Gle. | wished to correct the al
lacy of hero worshipping. AS
sassination and hero worship are
twin progeny of the philosophy of
individualism. That is the type
of philosophy employed by Col.
Joab.
He raved and ranted for five
hours about me and his ideals. 1t
is such talks as his that incite
flighty and lightly balanced men
to kill, such as John Wilkes
Booth and the others he likened
me to.
OF Huegenot Ancestry.
"My ancertors on my mothers
side were the old French house
of Lamareaux, a prosecuted, clear
thinking and fighting house.
They were HeugenOts.
They came to this country
during the inquisition which
broke so many families In France.
They landed here even before
Washington began.
LAS far as patriotism is con-
cerned, there has been plenty Of
1t in my family. Two uncles of
mine fought bitterly through the
Civil war for the principle they
believed to be as true as the
one for which I am fighting"
Haffer closed his eyes and with
a. characteristic twitch of mis-
forehead seemed to be retracing
those bloody steps of the years
that followed 1850.
1 Ambrose Lamareaux was in
the battle of Lavern," he contin-
ued, where the troops threaten
ed to kill their officers If they
surrendered them to the enemy.
He was hot headed. He cussei.
Is Do Years Old.
I Joseph Lamereaux, another
uncle, was with the First Michi-
dan Engineers. He was a me-
hanic. They loved the flag.
So do I. And just because |
Ave an opinion that is different
fom some, ] am thought to be
ltnloyal and ! am to suffer-"
< Haffer's father was of German
descent, but died when Paul was
q small boy. He does not know
ituch of him. Haffer was born in
dfand Rapids, Mich, Nov. 81.
1921, and moved to Tacoma in
fa00.
4 He attended the Edison school
in South Tacoma for three years,
later the Oakland. He went 70
the Sumner high school.
He says he has always been a
deep reader and has passion
for writing. He hopes to do much
for socialism, the educational
kind...Aas he described 1t, by his
writing later on.
He ID financial secretary OF
socialist 1enal, No. 4, In Tacoma.
He has = n3uf<fef stster living
neal Morton and bec<her. A. L.
HIsfter. M mother livst q ort-