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THE RITCHIE WOLGAST FIGHT BY ROUNDS, TODAY'S BALL GAME RESULT AND GRIPSACK 81 WILL BE BIG FEATURES OF TODAY'S PINK GRIPSACK WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH. HOME EDITION Girls are you working on that graduation dress for the Times prize of Sjf-'r. in gold? VOL. IX. NO. 122. OH SEE! HERE IS PICTURE OF TACOMA'S NEW SKYLINE TAKEN FROM THE WATERFRONT This Picture Taken From Across the Waterfront for the Times Shows Tacoma's Ago Reveals the Remarkable Change That Has Taken Place Since Tacoma Entered JUDGE HANFORD TAKES CITIZENSHIP FROM SOCIALIST T^onard Olsson of Tacoma Deprived of Citizenship in First Ruling of Its Kind in History--Socialists Throughout Country Protest. No decision ever rendered by any local court lias aroused keener (.•^discussion here than the opinion of Federal Judge C. H. Hanford, handed down late yesterday after, * noon, annulling the citizenship of Leonard Olsson of Tacoma, be cause "he admitted he in a social ist, n frequenter of assemblages of socialists In which he participates • as a speaker, advocating a propa ganda for radical changes in the institutions of the country," and that he entertained those views ut ,the 'time ho applied for his natur alization papers more than two years ago. Far-Iteaching Effect. This is probably the first case in the history of the country where a man's citizenship was canceled by court procedure because of politi cal opinions, and if sustained by the higher courts, it may lead to the deprivation of citizenship rights of thousands of socialists, according to legal opinions here *^ today. Judge Hanford holds that the principle of socialism, which pro poses that all industrial inatitu CITIZENS PROTEST AGAINST JUDGE HANFORDS DECISION "(By United Press Leased Wire.) OREGON CITY, Ore., May 11. —"Every member of the social ist party is made an outlaw and may lose his rights as a citizen at the order of any federal judge by this decision," said W. S. U'Ren today, in commenting on the ruling of Federal Judge Han ford of Seattle by which he can celled the citizenship papers of Leonard Olsson, a socialist, be cause he was a member of a party which allocated acts which, according to Hanford, are a vio • .lation of the constitution. "This is the most outrageous decision I have ever heard of. It Is far worse and of greater im port than was the 'Fred Scott' decision made prior to the Civil war. "Why, if this decision is up held it means that every member of the socialist party may be dis franchised and declared an out law. Not only this but It means that every man who favors chang ing the constitution in any way Wanted To Buy Property on following streets: A street. Pacific avenue. C street. D street. E street, north of 18th. Tacoma aye. north of 16th. G street north of 11th. Taklma ay. tiorli of 11th. X street north of 13th. Bt. Helens avenue. Puyallup avenue. Jefferson avenue. Division avenue. And other close-in district*. During the past SO days we have purchased 12P.000 worth and have that much more to buy with. Will pay cash. Prices roust be low. what have you to offer? Calvin Philips & Co. 11l California Bldg. tions should become the common property of the people, is a dan gerous heresy, contrary to the con stitutional guarantee of life, liber ty and property. Court's Decision. "Olsson expressed himself as be ing willing for the people to retain cheir money," Judge Hanford's opinion read, "but insisted that all lands, buildings and industrial in stitutions should become the com mon property of all the people, which object is to be attained, ac cording to his belief, by the use of the power of tbe ballot." The decision says further that "those who believe in and propa gate crude theories hostile to the constitution are barred." The court concludes that because of these opinions "OlsKon had no reverence for the constitution nor intention to support and defend It against enemies, when he applied for citizenship, and that he inten tionally deceived the court In the representations he made at that time, ko that he secured his nat uralization certificate "by perpe trating a fraud on the court." Immediately becomes an outlaw. "This means that the constitu tion and the laws of the country must be eternal. "The very cornerstone of the nation is the right of the people to change their laws as they see fit. This is embodied into the declaration of independence." . Dangerous Doctrine. PORTLAND, Ore., Mayy 11.— "According to the terms of Judge Hanford's decision a man's citi zenship may be taken from him simply because his political views don't coincide with those of the judge in the case. It's mighty dangerous doctrine. If sustained it means that thousands of per sons throughout the country may be deprived of the rights of citi zenship simply because they ex ercised the right guaranteed them by the constitution—free speech." This was the comment made on the decision of Federal Judge Hanford in Seattle by Col. C. E. S. Wood, attorney of Porttland. Could Have Debarred Lincoln. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 11. —"Under the same ruling Abraham Lincoln could have been debarred from citizenship," was the comment today of William McDevitt, former socialist candlr date for mayor of San Francisco and now a member of the city election commission. "If the majority cannot change the law by ballot then republican government fails. Had the Judge discriminated between the man who would appeal to the majority ballot instead of to the violence of a minority, the socialists them selves might have supported his decision as they are against ap pealing to force until constitu tional methods are tried. "As a matter of fact, Olsson's rights were taken from him with out due process of law." Calls It Tyranny. Cameron H. King, jr., vie* president of the San Francisco Labor council, said: "The act of disfranchising a foreign born citlien for partici pating In a strike and being a so cialist is one of unmitigated ty ranny. The Tacoma Times THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA WOMAN RAVING INSANE AT FUNERAL Miss Pearl Wilcox, 25, of Hill hurst, attended the funeral of Robert Rlgney two days ago, col lapsed in a nervous breakdown and the next day became raving insane. She was committed to Steiia coom this morning. Physicians are hopeful for her recovery. Part of the time the girl im agined herself a divine being and commanded people to bow dowfe before her. At other times she recited poems by the hour. Again she fell into wild fits of raving and cursing. She asked repeat edly that Rlgney be brought be fore her. When Sheriff Longmire, Mat ron Nicholson and two deputies went to Hillhurst for her last night she had torn off most of her clothing. It took ten people to subdue her. RICHESON MAY LIVE IF HE'S INSANE BOSTON, May 11.—Four cele brated alienißta are today examin ing Rev. C. V. T. Richeson in jail here for the murder of his sweet heart, Avis Linnell, in an attempt to determine his mental condi tion. If a majority of the alienists declare the condemned man in sane, Governor Fobs may com mute his sentence. The fallen pastor is under sentence to die May 18. Its Dr. Taft Now (By United Press Leased Wire.) TKKNTON, N. J., May. 11. President Taf< and Chief Justice Kdwarri D, White of the United Sinif-s supreme court, \v.ere the guests of hon or today at the, Inauguration of John Grier Hlbbon as president of Princeton uni versity. They received hon orary degrees of L.L. . WELL KNOWN TACOMA MEN, THEIR BUSINESS AND THEIR HOBBIES ', It was one of those raw No vember days In Missouri. The young farmer was a little late getting'in his corn and snow had come, then : frozen. v He went out, tackled j the corn shocks and ■ got about half a load. * f ' - . The ends of his fingers poked through the ' gloves, and anyone who ■' has ; ever \ tried ' to ; handle snow-covered | cornfodder .with ° his fingers sticking out knows about the frame of mind the young Missourian .; was j in. :'.', /*;; f^»- '..':.: $ • • When he got to the barn with that load of corn, he had made up his mind. ••»••" V . '. ■;'■/. ','• .■■'.;: i;iV "I'm through r. with the ; farm," he said. -' ■•';'■-• J^J",2J**»*''*■■■-""■":-'" 1 *', Next day •he i went" to Triplet, the nearest town, and bought an interest in ; a store. -■" v*% ,:- -^|*J That '• is ; how T. J. p Fleetwood, president of . the . Menzies : &■ Ste vens Co., came to be a merchant. »M Liked Mercantile Work. i-J He ■ liked '& standing >ti behind fa counter' better than handling t ley cornfodder and ?he : made it go. Like : many ' another enterprising young | fellow >i he I, concluded tin a few years . that' the Northwest was the ■ place so -. he [came to Tacoma. 0 A couple of J year* In the |Ta coma hotel.; a while la the;real estate . business ! and. then back jto Ue store. FU*twood couldn't TACOMA, WASHINGTON. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912. Long String of Skyscrapers. The Picture When Compared With a Photograph Taken From the Same Point Several Years the "Skyscraper Period" of Her Development^ MiiijMpftii by a. m. rotter. i " -» ™ "■! '■ "■' — ■ ■»■■ ■—' —- ' —I-—. i n i Chance to Make m^B& Yourself Famous" \<££ Everybody in Tacoma I».\ vJ?\^*Mi« M -*■*. talking about the Times con- \WH^E^»ir test for the bent written artj- ■ \\ j^B^W cle telling about Taconia anil \^SSn n Feato. Somebody will wlh . (iV^—^H U the Times' $25 prize and will 2?#»^H Q win fame besides. The art - ftrV^ Bi H cle will be given nation wide -,V*r^^UJJ publicity through the various J^T^ T" IMT newspapers associated witi ■- ~^Jr-j) the Times. ■ ;-; { : • ■ t^X" • ? ■■ ■-^ ■ DAHL LOSESSUIT AGAINST [THE TIMES Newspaper Wins Sweeping "Victory in Damage Case and Dahl Must Pay Costs of Expensive Trial- Times Vindicated on Kvery Point. On an instructed verdict from the court, the jury in the damage suit of Hans Dahl against the a coma Times late yesterday vin dicated the Times and assessed the costs of the suit against Dahl. After a four day trial, the tak ing of testimony closed rather abruptly and Atty. Perry for the Times then asked that the jury be excused. When the jury left Perry in a short but comprehensive argu ment asked that the court in struct the jury to return a ver dict for the Times. Perry pointed out, that the plaintiff by his own evidence had proven the charges made by the Times and cited the ruling of the supreme court on a similar caae in which the higher court held that the case should have been thrown out by the trial judge. . Attorneys for Dahl followed with an argument after which Judge Card rendered his decision. Judge Card in his analysis of the case reviewed It point by point. He held with the defend' ant that malice even If shown did not constitute grounds for damages in a civil case. He dis posed of the quibble over, the name of the place and held, 3 that; when the Times said the Bqdega was closed the only reasonable Inference was that the saloon-was meant. The court step by step went through the testimony of the-de fense and the plaintiff and,'left the latter without semblance of ' JITDGK CARD. cause- iqr action. Tjiejiiry was recalled and after electing Mr. Savage as foreman rend^-ed the instructed verdict. Sevefcal of the Jurymen after the clos* WEirmly congratulated Atty. Perry for his conduct of the suit. The costs of the case, which was started by Dahl, must be paid by him. The total cost will probably amount to nearly $2000 as over a hundred witnesses were subpoenaed and the trial lasted for four full days. ■J\ <». 'KIjJKKI WUUIf. MURDER STILL MYSTERY TO POLICE (Hy United Vrvett I.«as<«l Wire.) LOS AXCELBS. Cal., May 11. —-Police stars have exhausted every clue and are no nearer to the solution to the identity of the woman who was murdered in an unoccupied house or the man who committed the crime. Slight leadß are furnished l>y badges of religious orders found upon the womin'a body and an Initial "X" embroidered on her handkerchief. The badges showed member ship in the church of the Holy Name, the Children of Mary and the League of the Sacred Heart. Labels on the woman's suit in dicated that it had been pur chased of Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago. The hat came from the same city. The Church of the Holy Name, Chicago, sup ports both societies whose badges were found on the murdered woman. The police are confident she came from Chicago. Detectives have secured names of five women living in Log An geles who belong to those orders. All but one hag been located. A suggestion that she was Misa Katherine Klynn of McKeesport, Pa., was given scant attention by the officers. Miss Flynn is about 21 years of age. The victim was between 30.and 35. Patrolman Ferguson believes the woman stopped him on his beat recently and asked for car fare. She remarked that he prob ably would see her name In the papers, but refused to give It to him. She returned and he be lieved she had been drinking, so look her to a station. She was booked as Mrs. S. A. Donohue. Laundry markg "C. D. X." and "X4X" are being followed today. Every laundry in Los Angeles hag been asked to search its books to identify the mark. Loot Jewelry Store WINNIPEG, Man., May 11. — Wheatley'g Jewelry store at Re glna, Sank., wag visited by burg lars last night and $10,000 in jewelry taken. The" steel safe con taining $30,000 in diamonds waß overlooked. keep cut of it. He Is in it In earnest now at the head of one of the biggest stores in town and admits that it has him go fast that he can't even get away for a fish—and talking about fishing the ripple of the creek la always sweet music to Tom. His Hobby Fishing. "Ah, that's what I like, get in the water up to here," and Tom dr«w his hand across about where he measures other people to see what else they take. "And then KO after them. . But you see I can't get out of here very well just cow. Why, I wanted to go to that democratic convention but I couldn't." .Just what relation there Is be tween fishing and politics isn't clear, but nearly all good politi cians are great on fishing. And Fleetwood Is interested lp both. At his horns on North I at. Mr. Fleetwood has a wife and five pretty daughters. EL PASO, Tex., May 11.—The rebel troops are meeting with sweeping reverses at Bermejillo. General Orozco has issued a call for all available reserves to Join him immediately. The fight around Herr.iejillo la still In prog [ resa today. V> I I ■■— 11 —■ —I I ——.II -—II — ■■■ ■■ HI! I m'"i^V HOME EDITION UrVilllli VOIIIOCAST. Fair tonight with light frost. Sunday fair and warmer. TAFT WORKERS BEATEN, BOLT CONVENTION AND HOLD RUMP SESSION Sullivan and Jones Lead Reactionary Minority From Hall and "Hand Pick" Contesting Delegates— Progressives Outnumber Taft Men Two to One. Angered by the fact that the progressives were in control of the county convention here this morning at Moose hall, 150 Taft men bolted in a body today, ap parently following a previously arranged plan and proceeded to K;ikl«'k' hall to hold a rump con vention. •■• When County Chairman* Kelly asked for nomination! (or tem porary chairman, J. A. Sorley named Lorenzo Dow, progressive, and Torger Peterson nominated Judge Shaclrleford, Taft leader. Shackleford wai not a delegate and Kelly ruled he could not be a candidate. George H. Stone then nomln nated Sen Roberts, but he de clined. Then Lorenzo Dow suggested that Shackleford be a candidate anyway. The motion was voted down. Win. Jones and P. C. Sullivan, Taft leaders, then Jnmped up and gave a signal and the Taft men withdrew. Dow was then made chairman. THE REAL CONVENTION "I am glad to preside over the last county convention that will ever be held in Pierce county," said Dow, taking the chair in the regular convention. "This fight shows who are with the people. The old politicians are all gone but the bone and sinew of the party, the common people representing the majority, are here. THE RUMP CONVENTION The Taft men organized their "rump convention" with ex-U. S. Dis. Atty. P. C. Sullivan as chair man as S. J. Maxwell, secretary of the Taft club, as secretary. Resolutions were drawn up as follows: I—Endorsed1 —Endorsed Taft. 2—Endorsed Gov. Hay and state officials. 3—Declared Roosevelt a dan ger and a menace. 4 —Hit the recall of judges. S —Declared for Asiatic exclu sion. ■ • Then the committee on dele gates consisting of M. A. Jones, Torger Peterson and Harry Rails back reported with a typewritten list. They were voted th-ough OLSSON SAYS HE HOPES TO CARRY HIS FIGHT UP Big blonde and pleasant look- Ing, his shirt open at the throat, hlg arms tanned by work In the gun, Leonard Olsson, disbarred from citizenship -In the United State? yesterday by Judge Han ford because of his views on the constitution, rested during the noon hour from loading lumber on the schooner Helen at the Old Town mill and gave out his first Interview on the case as he ate his frugal noon lunch. "I can't carry the fight up," he said, "I have no money. I make barely enough to live on. I hope to later. "I cannot understand the judge's decision. The constitution guarantees political freedom. The 30 CENTS A MONTH. Taft Dolt Planned. That Mm bolt of the Taft crowd wiifl planned was apparent at the outset. The Eagles' hall was hired yesterday. The attempt to name Bhackel ford wan obviously made to fore* the Issue. Kelly tried to get the Taft crowd to appeal from his deci sion or nominate someone else so there could be a test of strength, but they dodged the issue. With practically two to on* against them, the contesting dele gation Is the way the Taft ma chine could prevent the Pierce county delegation at Aberdeen from being the balance of power to swing the state into the pro gressive column. Shut People Out. With Pierce out, they will at tempt to control the convention, seat the rump delegates from Pierce and King counties and con tinue the old machine in power. It is generally conceded that It means two conventions at Aber deen and two seta of delegates to Chicago. The roll was called and it was announced the 151 1-6 had bolted and 279 6-6 remained. Delegates were then selected, 10 from each senatorial district and 11 at large. Just before adjournment J. A. Sorley introduced a resolution in structing the delegates to stand for Roosevelt and to Tote as a unit. en masse. Rush Thing* Through. All the proceedings were rush ed through by previously ar ranged plans,- drawn up at the Taft meeting last night. Once when Torger Peterson arose to speak when the conven tion was about to vote on allow ing Mrs. B. Johnson to be sub stituted as a" delegate for Atty. H. W. neuderg, who was objected to, a do.:en men called him down. "For heaven's sake, gat out of the way. We got to rush this through," they said. "Don't bring up anything till thlg Is all over," called Chairman Sullivan In a stage whisper. Torgy subsided. declaration of Independence guar antees the right of the people to change their government. "I do not see why If any man is not satisfied with the constitu tion he should not be allowed to ' agitate for changes in It. 1 "I am a member of the soclal i Ist labor party and have been for I years. My principles are its prin ciple*. If I am not entitled to citizenship, then no other mem < ber of the party is. Yet It is recognized and has been on the official ballot of the United State* for years." Olsaon came to the U'nltted State* from Sweden eight years ago with his sister Hilda, now living in New Haven, Conn. H* I 1 lives at 816 So. Tacoina ay.