Are You Reading "Elusive babel"? If Not Start Today or You'll Miss a Rare Treat One Cent on the Street 30c Per Month Delivered V 01... VII. NO. 128 MABDAED) YES THE POLICEMAN EARNED , HIS PAY AND THE COST IS KATE MURPHY'S SELF RESPECT j Kate Murphy, mother of a boy of six, wife of J. K. Murphy, a citizen of East E street, was cut down in the city jail just in time to save her life last night by Jailer McCoy, after she had hanged her ■elf with an electric light wire. * The law was being vindicated on Mrs. Murphy. - She had drunk some, quarreled on the street, and a vigilant po liceman had taken her in. | Mrs. Murphy is not a criminal. Sin- had never seen the inside of a jail before. To her mind arrest was lifelong disgrace, and she tried to end it all with a copper wire. THE OFFICER FELT HE HAD DONE HIS DUTY. ills ORDERS AHE TO It It l SI VIOLATORS OF THE LAW. AND HE DID IT. HE HAD EARNED HIS PAY, AND THE COST WAS KATE MURPHY'S SELF-RESPECT, A FAMILY DISGRACED. That's the way our police sys tem works. Is the system good, or would it not be better to follow the plan of Chief Kohler of Cleveland, as . detailed In the Times last week, and try to teach the weak to be better rather than crush what self-respect they have. Most first offenders are weak, says Chief Kohler; not really vi cious. ". .' . Mrs. Murphy was . weak. She drank because she was not able to withstand the temptation. The drink made her noisy, and the cop clapped the law upon her. Ballinger Hobnobbed With "Pierp."! Morgan; More Secrets Laid Bare EPIDENIIG OF BABIES IN IDAHO OOWC AMD DOGS ATTACKED : BY STRAtNGE MALADY '.. : ILBWISTON, Idaho, May 18. — Despite the efforts of vererinarles scores of range cattle are going mad in the Salmon river district. It is suspected that the rabies are epidemic in the district. The valuable span of horses was gor ed to death yesterday by a mad dened cow near White Bird, and when corralled she battered her brains out against the pen rails. A number of dogs, presumably mad, have been killed and sev eral rabid coyotes have been shot down by ranchmen. _ . The. Japanese code of mourn ing is very elaborate. It involves the wearing' of Eipecial garments and abstinence from animal food. .1- It is all off wits Dr. Hards and Chemist A. Heimrlch. -, { The council I this" morning con-1 fldined the appointment ' of '-Dr. athleen Anderson /as j-; toot* 4 city bacteriologist. ' She' will do the work of both for the salary of the bacteriologist and save the city $ I.sort- a year. She ; begins work June 1. ' ' *'.'.- , ./ "You are crazy to want to kls3 me!" stormed the outraged maid en. :. '..-*" • "/VV.-v", ' ' :':■'. '■■ ■ " ; "Huh, I'd be crazy .-not to want to,"» was j the reply of - the : fresh young man. r '_/•;.-./ ./ ■_ '.'. hMy husband * says I am his] first thought," remarked * Mrs.' Gribb.;/:';,....;■-■'! £";v.„■•;:;";./ . $" "Ke's a little hasty sometimes, en't he?" commented Mrs. Graibb Got ! any loos chance? h Here a chance for you. The Jlty council this morning ordered! ■ the sinking fund commission t, to i ' tell $100,000 of ;V storm };"_ sewer \ l bonds recently voted for by * the ! people. If • you '< want \ them >" just hand in a bid to Commissioner Freeland, or the controller. „ : Last year 70,000 persons s vis- j ited Carlsbad, . the Austrian health! , resort, and remained as long as eight"! days; 200,000 were there * for."atleast"ol »o-;d*]j^j|^^'^^ Then she realized her weak ess, and her, realization brought emofse. | She saw disgrace for erself and her family. She saw he tear-stained face of her little oy when be should hear the lothe'r was In jail. She saw the eproachful and sorrowful face of er husband, and she could not tand it, so she tried to end it all. -And who is benefited? Is the city better? Will Mrs. Murphy with her self-respect shattered be likely to im prove, or will she be apt to further excesses. Her rash ness in trying to end her life indicates the natural tenden cy when self-respect is gone. Will her husband be better or ler little boy? After all, what ;ood will come of the arrest of Irs. Murphy. The police department of Ta oma like that of most cities will ay it must suppress lawlessness ,nd preserve order. But doe it lo it? The policeman is not to blame or arresting Mrs. Murphy. . He fas obeying orders. But in the ight of experience wouldn't it be veil to change the system? Chief Kohler tried a change In Cleveland. .On Christmas day, 907, he oi( 'red the cops 'to top arresting first offenders . for ietty misdemeanors. If a man /as drunk he was to be taken tome, and encouraged to do bet er. If women quarreled the po ice were to investigate - and ex SOME OF BALLINGER'S TELEGRAMS PROM STENOGRAPHER.)f KERBY'S ; SHORTHAND 7 NOTEBOOK *"■- - J """*'- -* _" * ■'.'■--■■' l-*-"' '.' *'' J*'-*. ", - *'" V. ■-' '* ' \ !". J" "■. "" ' ■ '* ' .'"" i-k' — r-'" - !•!&' tv .„ The above •is jt. photographic 'i reproduction -of two v telegrams dictated by Ballinger to his stenographer about the 'time of p'.Ml catioo of, the j famous t Taf t whitewashing letter. Both telegrams are significant, the j first addressed ; being to the attorney general of the United States, s who took such 'a lively ,part i in the whitewash, and the * second to the managing ' head of Ia \ great news ,d 1 sip en sing or ganization. The above page of notes, translated, follows:- - (Telegram),'/ v/" George W. Wlckersham, t - : '; -; t "•' "" ' .. New York iW^ssss^mm^^^s^SS^^^^m^ l%£. Can jI 1 make Tan i appointment to | meet you 'at, Manhattan Hotel Friday morning. Temporary, physical disability : ■prompts*^; request for appointment at hotel. '..;,!',, (Telegram) MeliriUe E. Etone, Associated Press, New York: Will be pleased ;to see' you at Manhattan Hotel I Friday morn ing. "Temporary! physical ■ disalbilltyT promptsj request 1 for appoint •vent at hotel. The Tacoma Times. For the Great Trip; We Start at 5. P. M. \ Tonight and We Travel, at the Rate of 3,000 Miles Per How Through the plain the law and teach instead of club the people into being . law abiding. The politicians howled, - the people laughed, and police de partments said Kohler had gone crazy. But he reduced the: ar rests from over 30,000 a year-'to less than 6,000 in three years, and public morals in Cleveland are better than In most cities of half a million. ..^7&:£.v. .. , Thai Thomson also *< will*- toe called to the stand is considered probable. " jA? h '•'; '.'':''~-l''\ ''• ■ ■:' . : The correspcmdenice, which was 1 brought out by Frederick ;M.*K6r- former stenographer for 1 the Intel or department, shows that BAltl wrote • a personal letter to Thomson May -9, 1909, tettiijjjjfr of a visit of the secretary to Per kins^-v'-v:'•'.:,--::p;-i ■■', -'V.^H&V ; o - " Guest of' Morgan Man „v>>£ .iJ.?I was a guest of Perkins at Yonkers, last Sunday," Ballinger wrote. "Perkins Is the' head of the Morgan company. 't- "■' ""• '■' ■■•* :- --' "'Perkins told me he had ar ranged for a special boat to take himself : and j his party, including his" family, to Alaska, to investi gate -" the ■ etsi WHty of exploiting Alaska "mi railroad '- construction and other lines; in * which -he Ir deeply Interested. r i;,'". He will sail from; Seattle about ' the" middle' ol juiy.^g^w ; ?>tftf :^sss3ga -\ »"Perkins is insistent . that I red! ommend t an ; engineer to aocoiu pany him who is , connected In no way \ with any Alaskan | Interests, railroad' or r other , private concern which | might ' influence his judg ment. •",■' I could Z think of »no J one so i well equipped as you and si the trip Is one of importance, great pleasure , and ■ profit, \it ' oc curred £to j mo.- you J might enjoy this form of vacation. i | hop* you will I not understand *by this suggestion £I ; have in j, any sense abandoned hope about securing your ' services In the matter about which we conferred at Seattle.; ] intlolpateTthat * not |> later than September I will bo able formally to present that matter to you." |i (Continued on Page Bight.) Births-, „ | . > / Frank ■? A. Bu rgeso n;»787 Ta coma avenue, boy; Vincent ||I* L. Arnet, 807 J South >3 . M street, boy; fc Louis ■, Larson, i 1-631 ?| East 83 rd street, boy; Charles 8. Shoemake, Man Ito park, girl; H. E. Warren,: 628 South ; Anderson, Jpiri. NEVER TOUCHED MEI FKHDKItH'K ;• M. KERRY, HA LUNGER'S STENOGRAPHER. LSD GORED BY COW HAY DIE >r ■. . ;/.-c ■■'.-■<:***•;■■•';. -^■.-,--;^ ■ (try United Press Leased Wire.) : BORING, .Ore., ■ May; 18.—Only slight,; hopes for the recovery of nine-year-old ?J Louis 5; Hoffman, wee '■'._ wee f; gored by an ;' enraged cow. last night, t are held out by physicians today. r/,i/''; i^-'i fi The' led was standing■ near 1 the door jof a * slaughter house when a l cow, infuriated by the smell of blood, lunged at him. ~': One -of* the ?4 animal's horns »truck him \ Inj the* mouth ,*j knock ing him down. The cow gored him in the side and was prepar ing to made a second onslaught when ] the I boy was rescued. - f f.-'ti-r > '- : '-'\l '% Proprietors S, of £ all J§f kinds g.-|of stores .' on ■: Sixth avenue | have" de cided to T give their f employ :/ a half-holiday every week during the summer, this - afternoon be teg the. first one.] T.R. AGAIN ■■■■■• ?'* *■ •■ £— , ■■#.*.'^..'* v4i > '■,**-■/ r,*-.** £ i^.#-^!(*'* CALLS ON . KING Vsai . 1' •LONDON, ,- May,! IS. —For '.the second time In "three" days Colonel Rooeeveit called upon J King George. •; Today the former Amer ican •' president was accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt,|l who was pre sented tol the new * monarch J for the |fl ret :* time. The f Robsefe Its later called*, upon King Frederick of I Denmark*, at! Buckingham ' pal ace.^^V";-^ ''J'-;'y -" " ' \ f In 3 the- course 7of J the |" day a number of % persons', visited Dor chester . house 1 to ; see "■ the ; Roose »a I^'i'ff^*S7s*-* i ' ■-:"' *■.":'-'' ■ •' ; Today Is "Peace t day." v| fc§^&s »■ Every school la the country has been * asked. by the American Peace, society ,to have a; program today devoted lto "developing the Ideal of universal peace "in ■'„ the hear ]of ; pupils.?'. Several/ of i the Tacoma - schools r will | respond Jp and \ hold suitable exercises. Mirers TIL Earth Will Pass Right Through Comet Tonight But We Might Not See It \ . BERKELEY, Cal., May Halley's comet will begin its tran sit across the face of the sun at 7:89:10 p. m., tonight. Pacific standard time. This Is the latest and most authentic computation, and was made by Prof. A. O. l.in-.< liner, astronomer at the Univer sity of California, at the request of the Astronomical and Astrophy- I i steal Society of Washington, I). V. - • - • '*>■.": „; . (Ily Prof. A. O. Luesrhner.) « The comet will be in- transit tcrosß the face of the sun tonight. Che time ° of ' Ingress will be ':39:10 p.' m. The middle of ransit will be 8:08:46 p. in., and lie time of egress 8:37:46 p. m. rhese figures 'ate' Pacific standard hue. "The transit, theoretically, may ie observable from point only in he Pacific^ ocean, although 11 is toubtful If astronomers of the >rlent will be able to discern the ransit.' ;, Six IYmrs of It. The earth will enter the tail of he comet tonight at ft p. m., and ill emerge at 11 p. in., passing hro'iigb at the rate of SO miles a lecond. "It therefore may be seen that he ' earth will take about five lours longer in ' passing 'through he tail of the' comet than the .on. i will take In passing across (Continued on Page Eight.) - DAILY COMET BULLETIN May 18,, comet.crosses disk of sun. On this day the com et will be Invisible to us because it Is broad daylight with us during the hours the comet is above our horizon. It may be visible In the western sky shortly after sunset tomorrow evening. ' Did This Come From the Comet? . ? (BULLETIN.) > , - TOPEKA, Kas., May 18.—A small meteorite fell through the roof of the Shawnee. building at 10 o'clock this morning. The aerial '; projectile struck within a few feet of the desk of J. W. Going, man- '."j \; ager of the Shawnee Fire Insurance company. „",.'" : ~ "; .... •. The fall of the. meteorite caused a panic among the four or' §£ five clerks in the office. The stone was so hot it could hot- be:/ handled. • ;.»...,.,'.,.x-. .... ■-.^.. . ■; ■.-. %j^r^-^ Fear End of World Is ".'•-■■"'■ '" - '£*'<$£ '"■■■ Here LEXINGTON, K/., May 18.— Certain that the" approach of Hal ley's comet '. tonight . spells , their doom, many farmers In Kentucky and hundreds of Ignorant negroes are preparing for the end of the world tonight, when the celestial tramp's 1 tall. enwraps the world. In Lexington large bands of ne groes : attended aH night 5 prayer services. ■_? ■ '-•' '^■"■T'' 4 'f\i"'r^S> The fmajority; of the negroes are in J abject fear of the coming of the comet. For; the last week they have - been j holding "union services," -. /which'•" have been crowded.'.•'*.-J;.';,"''-" "'/.;*i'r*M||f Dig Cellars |r A i number |of j. persons, white end black, have dug cellars which they intend to go into while the earth Is passing through the com et's ■ uii.>%w?f ■;,. i'f'H v "-; .„ i," ■ iV*;: .-.'.•r-.:.-,; >.-;&■*«?■•' - ft *; OALVESTON4Tex.; s May 18 — Throughout TexasiV*{today •£ thou sands Jof *^ negroes knocked off work and | gathered J" in churches and ' camp ' meetings to prepare for the end of the world, so fearful are they; t that* the comet will ■ bring death ?and?j devastation tof? the earth* when? it \ passes tonight""* / *-'• -»■ ._l^-- t • • 22 DAYS WITHOUT FOOD • • BUTTE, Mont., May 3 18. • • —Twenty-two days without • • food - with '• the ' exception :of - • • water and lemon and or- • • ange Juice is [the. record fee-" • • bablished )> by Henry J Roberts *• •of this city. Roberts is en- • 9 deavoriog \to correct atom- • •Tich;t~ubte:^gl^te;d» •o • • ©;•:• •; •-;• •; c'• > WKATHfifiIR FORECAST Fair tonight and Thursday; light westerly wind. The Times Is Read By Most Everybody In Tacoma / 80 CENTS A MONTH. WASHINGTON, D. C, : May 18. —Official data is sued here today sets forth the following facts concern ing Halley's comet: The earth enters the com [ et's tall at 11:20 o'clock to night, eastern time. The estimated thickness of the tall at the point of In terception by the earth is 1, --000,000 miles. The length of the tall is estimated at 20,000,000 miles. The distance between the earth and the head of the comet is computed to be 14,-* 000,000 miles. An illumination of the western sky Is predicted .with a possible meteoric dis play. — i i A COMET . i. -,■-*..♦• -^ »,*..,.,- .''-7: STARTS PANIC ' ■''■> -• ,;' ."■ . >,* .. , . - i- r i '-■ i_i" .* ATLANTA, Ga., ; May* 18.—*i'l Panic' over the approach of f Hal ley's comet .today threatened £fj[ a.^3 serious outbreak | among the con victs in the federal i prison I here. While many of the prisoners ac tually believed that the earth will be destroyed, Jit Is thought J that §-| the • panic was increased purposely by prisoners j inclined to : use jjj? the agitation •as a cloak ) for ; prison .~ disorder and &«', rebellion ;; against' discipline. Extra precautions^ are being j taken ■by I the prison offi- fS cials : and ;' every guard will -be foaf^' dutyTat';sundown^^9?r^p^,f For the first time in the his- ; tory of the prison, a clas sof con- • v'cts . was confirmed today; by the xfj Catholic bishop, assisted " by"/'at« number of priests. *-' «»•« - >i . i~ / GIRL HELD A CAPTIVE 3 /'. I'*.-*-^^'^!^^^^^^^ MONTHS mi ■ ■ ■ - (By I United I Press Leased Wire.)] || NEW YORK, May 18.—Eliza beth Kelly, lAs than a year in this * country, was rescued | mm | the third: story of fii£ house In Bay once, N. J., yesterday by the po lice, where for j three months shef had 5 been J held | captive gby mm Italian. She was without cloth ing and nearly crazy with fear when found. She says the"; Ital ian met her at a moving picture show and f beted| her emspfoyinent | to get her tog the house. Her f clothing wse taken front her f for I