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EDITION VOL. VIII. NO. 2MH. PRETTY GIRL CHOKES TO DEATH Grand Jury Busy On Conspiracy Charges With the arrival here today of witnesses subpoenaed in the "con spiracy cases" against ex-Mayor Fawcett and eight Seattle men as a result of the mass meeting there demanding Judge Hanford's Im peachment, it is expected that the federal grand jury will liegln its investigation into the facts at once. Mike Fisher, former manager of Tacoma's baseball team, and now owner of Dreamland rink where the maßs meeting was held, Wagner, leader of the band which played at the meeting, policemen on duty at the hall that night, and the business manager, circulator, proofreader and several of the edi torial staff of the Seattle Star, Woman Confesses Killing of Daughter's Fiance RECIPROCITY BEATEN TO FRAZZLE (Ity United Press liensed Wlre.t OTTAWA, Sept. 2 2.—With a majority of from 4 5 to 50, tli< greatest within the recent histor> of the country, Canada's coming premier,-Robert It. Borden, toda> stands committed to a policy o! "trade under the flag," as the re sult of the sweeping defeat of Sii Wilfrid Laurier's government which for 15 years has guided tin destinies of "Our Lady of the Snows." Trade concessions only to Groat Britain and her colonies will be the policy of Canada.. All more in timate relations with the United Stateß will be tabooed and the whole efforts of the Dominion will V>o bent toward building up trade ■within its own borders. The victory of Borden is a tii umpli for the imperialistic policy of trade preferences, which almr to consolidate the British colonies by commercial connection and to establish a practical "all red" of commercial communities around the world. Returns of the landfillde today are still incomplete. So far they Indicate that the next parliament will be competed of 130 conserva tives and 80 liberals. - The conservatives In Ontario tarried 71 of the 85 seats of the province. The big feature of the elation was the gain by the con- Fcrviitlves of two seats. In Sas katchewan, which was supposed to be unanimous for reciprocity. Annexation Bogey Worked. . There Is little doubt expressed today that one of the principal causes of the defeat of the Laur ler government was the annexa tion cry raised -when Speaker Champ Clark, in the American house of representatives declared that he hoped one day to see one flag flying from the Gulf of Mex ico to the North Pole. The defeat of the liberals, the most sweeping since confederation Of the Dominion of Canada, means the final retirement from public life of Sir Wilfrid Laurler, for nearly a score of years one of the promiient colonial figures in the British empire. The defeated lib er&l leader, who is 70 years old, was greatly disappointed at the re gult of the election. A Sacrifice Four beautiful level corner lots ready to build on, with sewer, water, gas on streets, streets graded, cement side walk all paid, for only $275 a lot, half casti. The above prop erty is near 38th and Yaklma, 12 minutes' ride to business center. Another Sacrifice 6-room cottage, large attic, good woodshed ami 4 fine lots, 3 feet above grade, In lawn, garden, 14 bearing fruit trees and small berries; street grad ed and cement sidewalk all paid. Price $2000; $100 cash, balance $16 a month. Prop erty te 2 blocks to car and only 20 minutes' ride to business center. Surety Bonds. Fire Insurance. B F. GREGORY CO., Inc. 8,. R. Webb E. P. Gregory jd Fi«" r N»tl. Realty Bldg. 1117 Pacific kw. The Tacoma Times Th« Hull laa«a*a«eat Xtn>MH' la Tidal. arrived here today. Will Henr Kpeeolies. The grand Jury will probably hear some good speeches this afternoon judging by the roll of manuscript District Attorney Todd took into the room. " Todd has cqpies of all the ora tory of the Seattle mass meeting. Bur Accused Men. The same men who were arrest ed will not appear before the grand jury to give their side of the case as the district attorney refus ed to allow them to do so. They asked for the privilege, however, showing a willingness to have the whole matter shifted. The proceedings will probably last over tomorrow. (Is> Vnifed Tress Leased Wire.) MARIGOLD, Miss., Sept. 22. — The mystery surrounding the kill ing of J. Y. McKnight, a rich youth of this city, in a buggy on a lonely road a week ago while re turning from his financee's home w;is cleared up flcre today, when Mrs. .1. L. Foley, mother of Mc- Knlght'l fiancee, admitted having shot the youiiß man. She offered BO defense of her action. On the night of the killing Mo- Knight took .Miss Foley home from church at 10 o'clock. .He drove away and returning at 2 O'clock in the morning invited the girl to drive, away with him. She accepted the invitation. Mrs. Fo ley followe;! and the shooting fol lowed. The fact that McKnight carried i revolver led the court to believe hut the woman fired in seli-de ense. She was released on jowls. 100 DIE (lljr I'nited Press leased Wire.) NAPLES, Sept. —More . than 100 persons are (loud, scores are missing and unac counted for and hundreds are homeless as the result of one of the most terrible storms ever seen in Italy, which swept over the Vesiivian dis trict today. THEY ALL FALL FOR IT. Here Is Gahby Dah-Leese the Throne loppler Cg>cW£«K>ooo 6>,.cwMfljuaoOP Hero Is the latest picture of Gaby Deslys, the French dancer, who is in tin- United States to appear in vaudeville. It 'Was taken on lie steamer ,|yst before reaching New York. -; i !'.. tile kay, '»' says her limit is pronounced (>u!ihy Hlili-ljfes^, which menus <in l>iii-|l«- of the lily , ,;■. Former Lover of Woman Held as Her Murderer COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Sept. 22. —Suspected of connec tion with the murder of the six persons who were brutally slain TACOMA, WASHINGTON*'FUIIMY. SKI'TKMBKK 22, 1911. with an axe at the Bmnham homiwtcnd, Antone Donatel in be ing held here today for investiga tion, fiurnham, who Is also bning held pending an investigation, says tnnt Donatel waa engaged to Mrs. Hurnham eight years ago. A milkman stated today that at 3 o'clock last Monday morning he saw a btcycMit riding toward the Modern Woodmen's tianitar ium. The police are following up this clue as this rider may have been the slayer. W. C. Marshall, who lives near the Burnham home, says that] when riding his bicycle on his way home last Sunday at midnight he saw a prowler outside the Burn ham house. Reciprocity Will Win Yet, Says Foss (By United Press fjoascd Wire.) BOSTON", Sept. 22.—"One de feat for reciprocity does not mean its death," said Gov. Eugene N. Fobs of Massachusetts today on learning ths result of the Cana dian election. "It Is hard to be lieve that the Canadians allowed themselves to be frightened with the annexation bugaboo. Reci procity is bound ultimately to suc ceed." ANGRY HUBBY GUT HER DRESSES UP George Chambers is cruel to her and he drinks, says his wife, Cle mentina, In court today. George has been going out on these sprees, she said, since they were married in Vancouver in 190 4. Three months ago he came home at 1 a. m., she says, and threatened to brain her. SJie locked herself up- in a room*, pack ed her clothes and slipped orrt. ■' When she came back for her trunk tlie next day, she says, she found that he had cut up four silk <dlenses, one waist and a tv of hers. EDITOR AND PREACHER ** CHANGE JOBS F6lt WEEK 9 (United Press Leased Wire.) i » BREMERTON, Wn., Sept. i 22.—Articles of agreement • „ „ ■'-• '" ' here today by 9 Rev. R. I>. Wolfe, ipastor of i the . MoKinley . Memorial 9 church, aad W. B. Jeisup, t editor of the Bremerton 9 Searchlight, whereby they 9 will exchange their vocations I for one week. May Arrest White For Killing Boy WARRANT IS SOUGHT BY CHEF Prosecutor Mi Mui'i and Dep uty Hiiriiifistcr In 111 a conference today and derided that an ln«]ui«t ■liould bo held over the body of Charles Van Horn. The arrtuiK'- mentH for the fiinernl \m li«- delay ed and <"oroner Shaver will hold • In- inquest tomorrow. Tho prosecutors say they have mmtrm& lots of evidence hearing on the ense, mid a new warrant may he sworn to in mlilitloii to the one ill police court. Pniser declfled not to Issue the warrant niter talking to the prose cutors and (he coroner and will wait till nf(cr the inquest tomor row. He had planned to arrest White today till lie lfitrucd that Dr. Sinner would act. A warrant for the arrest of 11. N. While, president of the Stand aid Paper Co., charging him with tbe killing of little Karl Van Horn Wednesday evening as he wiin nllKliliiiK from a car at 1 lili and Pacific avenue, was planned this morning by Chief Fraser. "StateineuTß as to tho Bpeotl at which White's automobile wns goliiK, and a careful examination <if the facts, leads nio to this action," Bit id Frnser tlii.s morning- "I know of a man who was standing <»n the pint form of a car directly behind that on which the unlucky little chap and h!« mother were riding who rental Iced us the automobile and its occupants went by that "If tho«o follows don't slow up somebody is going to be killed.' "This and other statements lead mt to believe that the car was pi.iiiK considerably faster than the jelKht miles an hour allowed on down town streets. "The boy was struck from be hind as he was helping his mother alight from the car. Witnesses cay that the car, with the brakes set. skidded from 20 to 30 feet, Un nrnmnt. of the rate at which the car had been going. •Many witnesses have already signified their willingness to ap pear on the stand to testify to these facts." POLICE STOP SANDBERG'S ELEVATOR Pete Sandberg Is bucking the law again. Last night his elevator buy was arrested on a charge of running an elevator In the Ken ttcky hotel, a violation of the or dtiuance that says no elevator shall be operated from a saloon to hotel rooms. Pete dug up $50 bail for his operator. "We'll nab them every time we catch the elevator running", said Chief Kraser this morning. Bank Flourishes . It takes Uncle Sam to make a io of the banking business. ' He Just started the postal sav ings bank Wednesday and by rioim today he had 88 depositors h>r<\ and $5,000 in deposits, an average of about $57 for each de positor. BANK CLEARINGS Clearings •« ...$714,808.53 Balaneeß 34,205.81 \OVQCQi<h „ Fair tonight £ r and Saturday. Light frost " tonight, followed ?by warmer Saturday. Light west, uhlfting to • northerly winds Sat- ■ urday. : f-".? /■■ ■'■»-;.: >*;--; ? *.;l?.^*^ Murderous Speeding of Autos Must Stop H. N. White, president of the Standard Paper Co., is said to be nek in bed from the shock of see ing the auto he was driving run down a boy and kill him. It must be a terrible thing to witness. The Times, however, reserves the big bulk of its sympathy for the mother of the dead boy who saw him dragged down to terrible death just as he turned to help her off the street car. White's four children are safe and well. Nothing he can do nor that the law can do will restore that bright, promising boy, Charles Van Horn, to his mother's arms. White must have a fair trial, of course. If, as his friends assert, he Avas running slowly and care fully, if he did all that a man'could to avert the acci dent, then lie must be Acquitted. But if White, as other witnesses say, was driv ing at a speed of from 20 to 35 miles an hour through a crowded downtown street; if, as these other men say, his auto skidded for from 20 to 30 feet after striking the boy, so great was its momentum, THEN WHITE SHOULD BE JAILED FOR MAN SLAUGHTER. Jt may be, indeed, that White and his friends took a little longer to get around the Country Club golf course than they expected, and that they were late for dinner, and had to hurry. But we can't remove from our mind the picture of this other mother and her lonely arms —of that little home out in South Tacoma with Charley's dis carded clothes and playthings about everywhere— a terrible reminder every hour that the boy will never come back. Those screams of agony uttered byihe l>oy rang for blocks, so terrible waa the pain. It will be a long time before Mrs. Van Horn can forget that—her boy suffering so fearfully. It won't help Mrs. Van Horn to have White sentenced to jail for manslaughter. It won't give her her boy again. But it may hammer a little sense into the heads of some other Tacoma autoists. This is the second fatal accident within a month. Mrs. Mary Curt*, a widow, saw her little girl killed before her eyes just a short time ago by an auto. One damage ease is bow in the courts from fast driving on the Country Club road. Almost every night on the Country Club road, autoists, many of them excited by liquor, are driv ing from 40 to 70 miles an hour. Some day we'll have a great big auto calamity. "Wantonly careless driving of autos has got to stop. Human life is held too cheap. Weds Man to Collect $200 Debt BOISR, Sept. 22. —Because she testified that her mar riage to John Montgomery was purely a "business transac tion" performed ho she could collect a debt of $200 which he owed her, Alice Montgomery today lost possession of a valua ble 160-acre homestead which she had filed on. Montgomery eecurefl* a divorce from the woman on the grounds of desertion. Soon afterward Bert Cluen contested her right to possession of a homestead she filed on, and the registrar of the Boise land office in a decision just handed down upheld Cluen'a contest on the ground that M«. Mont gomery had no rights as head of the family, "because she de ee/ted her husband, and testified that who married him to col lect an alleged debt." Kills Man Who Insulted Her (By United Press Leased Wire.) OPELOUSAS. La., Sept. 22. — Mrs. J. P. McCrea, wife of a di vision superintendent of the 'Fris co railroad, who killed Allan Gar "land, a prominent resident, at her home, was placed in jail here to day to await the action of the cor oner's Jury. Mrs. McCrea decarea that the $250 TOO LITTLE FOR MAN'S LIFE, JUDGE REFUSES TO SIGN ORDER • -— -i « — -■ i • PORTLAND, Sept. TL. —"I cannot value a man's life at $250. That is too cheap," said Judge McGinn today in discuss ing his refusal to sign an order releasing the Oregon electric company from all responsibility for the death of Frank West hoff, who was killed by one of the _corporation's train* at HlUsboro July 6, providing $250 damages were paid the estate. "When the Judge was asked to sign the order by the ad ministrator o! .Weefhoff's estate, McGinn declined, saying that the company was guilty of negligence and should pay more, or was not responsible and should i>ay nothing. Ta« Oaly laaUgwaa'aat *•»» ■••••* la Tamma. shooting of Garland was justifi able. The couple were alone at the McCrea home at the time of the shooting and Mrs. MoCrea claims that Garland insulted her. McCrea declared today that he would retain counsel to defend his wife. He will remain by her side in the- Jail until the courts take action. EDITION 30 CENTS A MONTR STENOGRAPHER DIES IN OFFICE Mlsb Elizabeth M. Stark, a Btcn ographer of the Sunaet Telephone company,.while Bitting In the of flee of Dr. C. W. Boatwlek. 414 Provident building, was Biidilonly taken with a ' fit of choking; I and died in five in In v tea at noon today. Miss Stark went to the doctor* office for treatment for a larg* goiter which crew directly over her throat. It was thla •welling which caused h«r death. Dr. Bostwlck at the first Rlgflf called for Drs. Orr and Qullck, whose offices were near by, hut the combined efforts of the three could not save the «IH. Miss Stark, who lives with her stater, Clara, also an employe of the telephone company at 1014 1-1 South Tacotna avenue, has had trouble with the disease for the laßt two years and at frequent In tervals has been troubled with choking b|m>llh. Coroner Shaver was called. The body was removed to Melllnger'a, WIFE INSISTED ON WORKING KEPTMONEY "She insisted on working and on keepftiK all the money:; nil* earned.' This is one of th« com* plaints which Gustar Wuerch mnkes against bis wife In her di vorce suit against him which, opened today in . Judge Card's court. , n'V. •'• ':: >' ':**'Ts Tho wife hail had to work In a laundry to buy clothes for her two children. Mario 8 and Laura 10, uho t.xi.H <l Wuorch also say« that on 1.-.tst N'fiw Year's day, after he had teen working hard all day in the rain, he came home at night to find hit* wlfo giving a New Yrar's party to 15 young people. He k:ivs they w^ro all drinking beer. When he com plained, his wife told him, he says, that if he didn't like it, he could go elsewhere. Mi- Wu«rch, a pleasant, neat little woman, asks freedom on grounds of cruelty and non-sup port, custody of the children and the household effects at their home, 13OK South Yakima avenue. Wuerch is a plumber making $2.50 a day. The couple were married in Wisconsin in 1899. Worked in l..iun.lry. Mrs. Wuerch testified that she had been working four days a week In a laundry for three years, mak ing $1.85 a day. On one occasion she was sick for three months, she said, and her husband didn't con tribute one cent to help her. Three months ago, she said, he attacked her and she had to jump out of a window to get away. She had him arrested for this, she said, and he was fined $75 by Jus tice Graham. RAILWAY!) LOSE {30,000 A DAY The federal court jury Is this week handing out some good ver dtcte for personal injuries against the railway corporation*. Up to this rnornt»g the total amounted to about $30,000. Damages awarded are as fol lows: John Cherrenak vs. Northern Pacific, for loss of 4eg 15 years ago, $2,800,, Daisy Morgan vs. Northern Pa cific, death of husband, $7,000. Widow of Mlk« Radonovlch vs. Northwestern Improvement Co., death of husband, $10,000. T. C. Thompson vs. Great NortH« em, loss of leg, $7,500. 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