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Graduation clay is coining for the girls in high school grade school and colleges. It brings to her and to mother and dad the problem of graduation dresses. What shall she wear on that great dayt
- Every girl—and her mother —wants to make as good a showing as possible. But behind this there has been sometimes a lot of heart-burning, a lot of unhappiness. The girl whose parents simply can't
afford to give her a nice dress, sometimes dreads the approach of graduation day. So the Times is starting a big contest Monday. What Tacoma girl can make herself--with the help of her mother and rela
tives —the best, prettiest and most inexpensive dress for graduation 1? The Times will appoint well known club women as'judges, and will offer nice prizes to the winners. Watch for the big announce
ment in Monday's Times. • )
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r Time* hug largest daily circu
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' VOL. IX. NO. 110.
LITTLE ROY, YOUR PROBLEM,
SMILES DESPITE HARDSHIP
TIMKA MAN GINDB TRAGRDY
AND ROMANCE AT DAY NUR
SKKV.
"My Day Nurßery"!
And four-year-old Roy rushed
to greet Mrs Pierce, matron of the
Day Nursery at South E and 22nd
street, yesterday as she returned
from down town.
With outstretched chubby
hands he encircled as much of
her garments as he could gather
in his arms.
"Day Nursery" is the name all
the tots give to Mrs. Pierce.
Following little Roy came
Willie and Orlo and Agnes and
the rest. Two of the littlest fel
lows were sound asleep.
Every child Is a tragedy.
Uttle Koy, bright, hundsome
little fellow, is the center of a ro-
iiuiin «• that outfit to cause the
venerable Uncle Sun: to git down
for a nioiuent and let tlic tariff
and reciprocity and interstate
commerce run themselves while
he does a little hard tlunkiug
about that boy.
A soldier pledged himself to
Uncle Sara. He knew nothing of
soldier life but he had no job and
and Uncle Sam urged htm to join
the army, so he joined. Then he
met a girl. They looked Into
each other's eyes. They saw
something that Uncle Sam does
not provide for In his army ritual.
Deserted the Army.
One day the soldier failed to
answer roll call, and after his
name was written the word "de-
Berter."
He married that girl. Then
came little Roy.
But Uncle Sum pays $•"><» for a
returned deserter and in time the
soldier was caught, courtniar
tialed and sent to the penitentiary
.for seven years.
The wife and mother, whether
In desperation, grief, or because
she was not strong enough to
meet the battler of life, left the
child with another woman and
disappeared. The other woman
could not keep him.
Is Heroic Story.
A friend looked into bis manly
little face and said she would try
and now she Is working day by
' day, leaving the little tad at the
Day Nursery while she labors In
a sweltering factory to earn
money to "bring him up."
Little Roy Is too young to
know his loss and with a hug of
the skirts of "Day Nursery" he
was off on the run to the wood-
Ehed where he soon had a swing
rope around his neck and called
for help to get out.
Is Overall Boy.
"I'm the overall boy," said lit
tle Willie, his black eyes dancing
as he contemplated his blue jeans.
"Ye«, they are all overall boys,"
Bald Mrs. Pierce, "but they do not
wear them all the time. We
have some little books telling
about the overall boys and they
are all proud to be overall boys."
"I'Be good boy," chirped anoth
er little tad.
"We have only good boys here.
We tell them that and they try
to live up to the reputation,"
smiled the matron.
Comparatively few Tacomans
know of the great work being
done In this humble cottage on
South E street. Through tthe
Innocent little children, families
are kept together, husbands have
been reunited to their wives
whom they had deserted, and
Flood Loss Is Over
$15,000,000
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
TALLUI.AH, La., April 27.—
Conservative estimates of flood
losses in Northwest Louisiana
today place the total at $15,000,
--000. Thousands of acres are In
undated and will be unfit for
crop planting this year.
TWO LOTS ON
North
Verde St.
ADJOINING NO 4228.
Must be sold to close an estate.
Will submit an offer of $800.
CALVIN rUIUI'S CO.
ail California Bldg.
Uttle Roy in center, hand in ntoutli. Jimmy to left and YV illie
to right. Photographed by Times man at Day Nursery.
every worker In the cause has Times man was at the Nursery,
been repaid a thousand fold in Yet this woman must go and
real happiness. work. What Khali she do with
They Need Help. those three little ones?
But the quarters are insuffi- A demonstration of the work
cient. Is being made today in the win
"l have three children but I dows of the Rhodes Brothers'
cannot get there, It is not central store. The public is to be inter
enough," said a woman over the osted. A permanent home is
telephone yesterday when the needed.
DEMS REFUSE TO
ENDORSE CLARK
After a stormy session in Tem
ple of Music today the county
democrats voted down endorse
ment of Champ Clark and agreed
to send an uninstructed delega
tion to Walla Walla and demand
ed that Maurice Langhorne be
elected national delegate and en
dorsed J. D. Fletcher and Hugh
Wallace as extra delegates at
large to Baltimore if the county
can push them through.
The first fight came on tem
porary chairman. Frank Spin
ning, progressive, was beaten by
John M. Boyle, 155 to 148.
Then Wallace men urged a hand
picked delegation.
"If we are to have a hand pick
ed delegation why didn't the state
committee pick them?" shouted
Bob Evans.
"We want a full delegation,
the unit rule, and we want to go
down there to get something," re
torted A. R. Titlow.
On roll call the hand picked
delegation plan lost 213 to 94.
The platform denounced the
"third term," the Payne-Aldrich
Wappy Must
Serve Term
(By United Press Loaed Wire.)
OLYMPIA, April 27.—The su
premo court yesterday refused to
grant a rehearing in the case of
sx-Chlef of Police Wappensteln of
Seattle, who was sentenced to the
penitentiary to from 3 to 10 years
for grafting In office.
Wappensteln will also have to
pay costs amounting to $1,349 or
serve It out.
At Seattle today WappensteTn
said his conviction was due to
politics. "I never received as
much as a 5 cent cigar from Old
Tupper or anybody else," he said.
« "YOU SOME CHICKEN, KID," CHINESE HUH'MKNT. •
• (By United Press leased Wire.) •
• SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.—How Chang Hong Poon, a •
• Chinese merchant of Los Angeles, came to San Francisco and 0
• eloped with his nance, Minnie Quln, was told to the police •
• today by Hoy Lee, a San Francisco laundry man. Lee said: •
• "Poon, he velly good looker, met my Minnie. He chuck-. •
• ed Minnie under chin and said: #
• " 'You some chicken, kid; Lob Angeles girls blum." •
• "That make velly big hit with Minnie and ghe nay: 'You •
• marry me quick?' He say, 'Yap' and he did. That velly fine •
• business, I nc think; me want American police lalse hellee." •
The Tacoma Times
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA
tariff and declared for "revision
downward" and wound up by en
dorsing Clark.
W. B. Coffee was up inatanter
thundering a substitute to en
dorse Woodrow Wilson.
Wilson seemed to have a little
the better of it in the cheers and
it was finally agreed to send dele
gates uninstructed.
The 53 Walla Walla delegates
are being picked this atfernoon
and the progressives apparently
have the whip hand.
Unusual Scheme.
When the delegates got through
nominating delegates instead of
53 they had about 100, so it was
decided all should go and a ma
jority of those at Walla Walla
will decide how the solid vote of
53 will be cast.
This means that the fellows
with the fattest pocketbooks will
get the most delegates.
CHOIR SINGER
IS BURGLAR
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN JOSE, Cal., April 27. —
Captured after a desperate strug
gle with Charles Titcomb, a
-coachman, following an unsuc
cessful attempt to commit suicide,
when caught red-handed robbing
the home of Mrs. S. F. Morrison
here, Charles B. Rey, gentleman
burglar and church choir singer,
is in jail today.
Rey attacked Tltcomb with an
Iron bar and when the noise
aroused the neighborhood slashed
his own throtyt with a penknife.
Rey served a term in San Quen
tin and wag on a five years' par
ole.
TACOMA, WASHINGTON, BATU HI)AY, APRIL 27, 1912.
T.R. FIGHTING
ID, NITS
BACK
(Iljr United Prmg Leased Wire.)
BOSTON, April 27.—Answer-,
ing President Tuffs assault on
him here the night before, Theo
dore Rooievelt last night deliv
ered a terrific counter attack.
Roosevelt flayed Taft at no
president of the United State*
has been attacked in recent yean.
The last remnant of the old-time
friendship is now gone, and the
war will be to the finish, it is
predicted.
Here are some of Roosevelt's
charges:
"Taft knowingly told an un
truth in charging me with "back
ing up" on Columbus speech."
"I never quoted from Taft's
letters or conversations."
"When he calls me a dema
gogue, he'd better save his self
respect by not pretending that it
gives him pain to do so."
"It Is trifling with the intelli
gence of the people for him to ex
plain that by 'representative gov
ernment" he meant to exclude
only women and children."
"And for him to attark my
c nicni -on thin as not a Hquarc
deal Is the crookedest kind of a
deal."
"Taft's weeping over 'Boss'
Flynn beating 'Boss' Penroße 1b
grim comedy."
"I accepted the help of bosses
when they worked with me for
the people. Taft accepted their
aid against the people."
"Taft's statement that he had
never been disloyal to me is the
rankest hypocrisy."
"Half an hour before he made
that statement he sent out a re
port that I had refused to -prose
cute the Harvester trust."
"The attacks on me by Taft's
campaign managers under Taft's
very eyes was foul to the verge
of indecency."
"Taft says I changed front oi
reciprocity. Thiß is untrue."
"He published a letter of mine
In answer to one of his marked
'confidential.' This Is an un
pardonable sin for a man calling
himself a gentleman."
"Taft denies that he is making
use of patronage. But patronage
has never been used in 30 years
with such scandalous abuse as this
year."
"Have the people forgotten the
letter his secretary sent out re
storing to the insurgents the pat
ronage Taft had taken from
them."
"No other man In the country
was as eager as 1 to see Taft suc
ceed."
"Untll at least a year ago, 1
kept desperately hopng that Taft
would show himself reasonably fit
for his task.
"Taft means well, but is feeble
and under the influence of men
who are neither feeble nor well
meaning."
(By United Press I>oasr«l Wire.)
BOSTON, April 27.—ThouB
ands of Boston are eagerly await
ing the speech of Col. Roosevelt
here tonight, in which he is ex
pected to repeat his Worcester at
tack on President Taft.
The sharp personal note which
the controversy has assumed
since President Taft flung down
the gauntlet on Thursday haa
aroused interest to the highest
pitch.
Taft Will Reply.
(By IHii«<l I'n-ss l/.aw«l Wire.)
SOUTH ORANGE, N. J., April
27. —President Taft refused to
day to comment on Roosevelt's
speech In Worcester. He Is ex
pected to reply at Philadelphia
tonight.
President Taft slept late today.
Accompanied by Secretary Hilles
and Major Rhoades, his new
military aide, the president pro
ceeded to the Country club, and
played golf.
The president expects to reach
Washington Sunday morning and
return to Massachusetts in the
afternoon.
ONLY THREE FINGERS?
RAYMOND, April 27.—The
11-year-old son of J. H. Crosby
is today suffering the loss of
three fingers and a badly lacer
ated hand aa a result of light
ing a dynamite cap with a match.
Mrs. Ismay Defends Husband
SEW I'ICTUHK OF MRS. J. IIRUCE IBMAV.
(By United Press 1.<•;.-,,! Wire.)
U3NDON, April 27. —"If Amer
icans knew my husband as 1 know
hljn^tney would not question Ms
lira\«ry or his honor. He lg al
ways urging everything that can
be done to make his ships safer.
SMITH SAYS HE WILL
SPRING SENSATION
(By Tnked Press Leased Wire.)
POItTIiANI), Me., April 27.—
In -a locked private car and re
fiiHtiiK to see anyone Vincent Aa
tor, son of Col. John Jacob Astor,
passed through this city today en
route to Halifax, >'. s.. to take
charge of his father's body.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April
27.—A sensation regarding the
testimony of Vice President ]
Franklin of the White Star line
was promised today by Senator
William Alden Smith, chairman
of the probe committee.
Chairman Smith declined to
state what the developments
would be> Documentary evidence ,
is belng: prepared Intended to re
fute KranklinV testimony that
the Whit.. Star line did not cen
sor wlreleaß messages, and that
the company had no authentic in
formation of the disaster until
Moncfay evening, April 15. The
Titanic went down at 2:20 a. m.
Monday, April 15.
The Investigation has shown i
the necessity of laws requiring
wireless operators being on duty
on all passenger steamers both '
day ami night. The system of
their employment and supervi
sion must be changed. The Ti-
Fafrher In Court Paying Up,
She Was On Her Honeymoon
BERKELEY, Cal., April 27.—
While Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Al
exander, Jr., are on their honey
moon, Edlngton Ditrlck, Insur
ance broker, father of the bride,
is digging up $62 for unpaid
piano lessons for his daughter.
When Miss Albertlna Detrlck,
Convict-Inventor Is Released
PHOENIX, Ariz., April 27.—
Because of the faith placed in him
by Miss Kate Barnard, prison re
former, Joy J. Myers, serving a
term In the Florenct prison for
forgery, ill be permitted to go to
Washington to patent an inven
tion which Miss Barnard asserts
will revolutionise mechanics
Myers' device, it is claimed,
takes free electricity direct from
the air.
The legislature gave Myers
Poured Oil On Floors, Students On Strike
(lly United Press Leased Wire.)
PALOUBE, April 27. —Five boy
students of the Paluse college are
expelled, three under suspension,
others are on strike and Superin
tendent Jones la protected by an
After all this hag passed it will
be HiM-ii that he was in no way to
blame."
Thig statement was issued by
Mrs. J. Bruce Ismay today. Lon
don newspapers are featuring
every scrap of testimony which
favors Ismay.
tanic's officers and crew will be
released either tonight or Mon
day.
180 Corpses Arrive,
HALIFAX, N. S., April 27.—
One hundred and eighty-nine
corpses of victims of the Titanic
disaster will arrive here aboard
the coffin ship Mackay Bennett
Monday.
The body of Col. John Jacob
Astor, as well as those of ißador
Straus and other prominent New
Yorkers and Phlladfilphians, will
be hurried to New York.
' The curling rink here has been
transformed Into a temporary
morgue. The body of Frank D.
Millett, the artist, has been iden
tified.
Monthly $1000 Scanty
(Ry United Press Leased Wire.)
OAKLAND, Cal., April 27.—*
Explaining tbat she cannot keep
out of debt on i 1,000 a month,
Mrs. Krininla Dargle, widow of
the late publisher of the Oakland
Tribune, has asked the court to
Increase her allowance to $2,000
monthly, pending final distribu
tion of the estate.
of most exclusive family, wedded
Alexander, she neglected to pay
for the lessons, and even while
the wedding bells were ringing
the father was in court defend
ing the suit. He claimed his
daughter Bhould have paid the
bill out of her allowance.
freedom temporarily on his hon
or. His expenses will be paid
from a fund contributed by the
legislature.
The story of Myers follows
closely on a fiction story in a re
cent Issue of Colliers' where a
convict smuggled out drawings of
a machine to prevent checks being
forged. It was Put together by
a woman accompice outside and
brought the man's pardon.
armed guard today.
A number of boys poured a vile
smelling liquid over the school
floors and were suspended or ex
pelled. Others said they were
equally guilty and went on strike.
HOME EDITION
NOBODY'S DOG
FINDS OWNER
Homeless Dog at Pound Doomed to Die Turns Out
to Be Valuable Pet of Rich Woman—Restored
to Owner Through Times.
"Nobody's dog" is somebody's dog today.
The Times saved his )ifn
And the "two-dollar
dog" of yesterday's story
is nearly ns valuable a
dog as the $1,000 dog at
Armory show.
Maybe a lot more
valuable to his fair owner
who swept up in a big au
tomobile this morning
and fell on his neck, cry
ing with joy. While
"Bob," which is the real
name of "Nobody's Dog,"
just jumped and frisked
and pounded his tail foi
sheer happiness.
Here's the story. "BOB"
Phone Lines Buzzed.
Within 20 minutes after the Times told the
story yesterday of how a handsome English setter,
as fine looking dog as Quiloeda Queen, the $1,000
pride of the dog show, was waiting for ignominious
death at the dog pound, the telephone wires began
to buzz. All evening the Times force and Pound
master Henry B. Fuller were kept busy answering
inquiries.
Everybody wanted to save the dog, it seemed.
Dozens of people tramped to the pound personally
to get him.
"I'm going to hold him a little longer," Fuller
told them all, "in the hope that the owner may show
up."
Owner Sees Story.
Last night over at the Donnelly hotel, Mrs.
John Kosentlml was reading the Times. She saw
the story, looked twice, then jumped up.
"Why, it's Bob," she exclaimed.
She hurried to the pound the first thing today.
Poor Bob was feeling pretty dejected and forlorn
when she arrived. He didn't stay that way long.
Mrs. Roscnthal wanted to reward Fuller with
a $20 bill in addition to the $2 pound fee, in her
relief, but Fuller refused.
"I didn't want to shoot the dog anyway," he
said. "I think I'd have held him a month, even
though it was time to shoot him now."
Raised Him From Pup.
"I've had him ever since he was a tiny little
puppy, even before he had his eyes open," said the
owner. "He is four years old. He got lost some
how three days ago and I've been just disconsolate.
I am mighty grateful to you and to the Times."
While "Bob" and his mistress left in the auto
mobile, 16 other doomed dogs looked on, wondering.
No one had come to reclaim them from death.
There were two fine looking collies, a handsome
bulldog, a kind-faced shepherd, one little spitz, four
"feists" and seven who were "just dog."
"What will you do with those?" asked the Times
man.
"I'll have to shoot them Monday," said Fuller.
HAS GILLIES
MADE GOOD?
With the filing of the articles
of incorporation for the Lewlg &
Clark Steel company, capitalized
at $5,300,000, this morning close
ly following the return of A. P.
Gillies, speculation Is rife today.
That a $10,000,000 steel plant
may be located on Chambers
creek, Stellacoom, Is one of many
rumors.
The company Is a re-organlza
tton, apparently, of tho company
first organized by Gillies. It names
as directors Malcolm E. Gunsten,
W. R. Flaskett, Lucian W. Heath,
A. P. Gillies and Penwlck W.
Taylor.
None of those mentioned would
comment on the matter, beyond
the statement by Heath:
"We may build a steel plant on
Chambers creek."
With contributions coming
from Missouri and New Hamp
shire, the Early fund has reached
a total today of $872.06.
WRATH RR roil I* AST.
Showers tonight and Sunday.
30 CENTS A MONTH.
SAYS GAS CO.
IS LOSING
, The salt of the . Tiu-oma Gas
Consumers' league Ito compel the *
Taconia Gas . company' to ' reduco j'i
rates to $1 gas for general' con- >g.
sumers with. less, .for. the . largo .■
users, will be withdrawn-. ■' V '"•'.
v~The if report of Kxpert •' H. ; Sir.
Gray *of the public : service I com**
mission ' lias:. been -completed | and
his tiKiircs indicate that the torn*:
pany Is not making any money at ,
the present rates. ; ' '..', t ,'*■"'-■
;■■•' One of the .' greatest ; cases: of )£;
watering -.. stock,. however, ? ever • - ■'.'
known !in the Northwest' is f Indi- •' ,
rated: by the history... of the stock fe
Jobbing jby ' the former owners of i
the gas company in Gray's report.
\: kTO IiAY CORNKItHTONB «flil
V i SEATTLE, April i 27.—The { Se
attle chamber of commerce leaves Vi
this afternoon' ;at S 2 o'clock SI for '^
Bremerton, where I the laying | of^tj
the cornerstone] of t the, new navy'S
drydock occurs today.
