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_ W Have you ever read our Joke I column on the editorial' page? I Get the habit, and forget about I the warm weather. Smile, "dura 1^ you." VOL. IX. NO. 179. Through the courtesy of the Shaw Supply Co., Inc., 919 Pacific ay., The Times is today able to offer the kodak fiends a real prize for vacation pictures besides the box at the Emnresa or Panta^ theater each week, in the shape of an Eastman "Hawk-eye" 4 k 6 folding kodak. P^ures Desmes tne dox at tne impress or Fantages This js larger and better than the ordinary folding kodak. It has a rapid rectilinear lense and automatic shutter and uses Eastman's non-curling films. The kodak is of the'latest evolution of the maker's art, and one that would delight the heart of any person. & v J ' " U1 hUV To win this kodak it will be necessary to send to The Times the best series of vacation pictures taken during the summer. Pictures taken in the weekly contest for the box at the Empress or Pan tages will be counted also in the contest for the grand prize. J £llUi' 1888 O1 rau The kodak is on exhibition at the Shaw Supply Co.'s store and every contestant will be given an opportunity to make a careful examination if he or she desires The pictures for this week's contest are coming in nicely. What pranks the kodak fiend will play on some of his friends will be seen when the pictures are reproduced in The Times. Send in your pic tures early and watch the contest. It promises to be the most successful and amusing contest ever started by The Times. y po HANFORD SO DRUNK CONDUCTOR HADTO STEER HIM HOME PROMINENT ATTORNEY TELLS HOW CO-.^UOTOR HELPED JI'RIST FKOM CAR TO HIS HOME AM) MANY OTHER IN CREDIBLE TALES OF HAN FORD'S ' ALLEGED MISCON DUCT —GOVERNMENT SCORES HEAVILY—HANFORD LOS ING GROUND. (By Vnited Press leased Wire.) SEATTLE, July 17.—The gov c-i'iiini'iii in the Hanford impeach ment him- scored strongly and the defense suffered one of its severest days in the examination of witnesses who yesterday testi fied to the habits of Judge Han- Ion!. Three prominent Tawyem, each of whom has practiced in the state for more than twenty years, gave serious evidence against the accused judge. S»u Him Intoxicated. Fred H. Peterson, who hi been practicing In Seattle since 1884, and who has known Judge Hanford for 28 years, having had adjoining offices before the Seat tle fire in 1889, testified posi tively to seeing the Judge under the Influence of liquor on several occasions. Conductor Had to Help Him. Peterson lived on the same car line with Judge Hanford for four or five months in 1910 and 1911, he testified, that during that time he saw the Judge intoxicated at least a half dozen times. One night about 11 o'clock, said Pe terson, the judge fell sound asleep, and when Galer st. was reached, where the judge should get off, the conductor had to wake him. The conductor, ac cording to Peterson, helped the judge to the door, and off the steps, and then for 40 or 50 feet to his residence. Peterson was asked In cross-ex amination if the judge needed that assistance. Had Seen Him Drink. "I think so," Peterson replied. "He was under the influence of liquor—he was undoubtedly con siderably under the influence." Peterson said he had seen the Judge take drinks at public bars and that he was always alone, that he never saw the judge drink with anyone. He spoke of seeing Judge Han ford at the State Bar association meeting when he facetiously re marked lawyers thought they had a constitutional right to get drunk. "I do not want to be under stood as saying that Judge Han -ford la a chronic drunkard," Pe terson said, following his explana tion that there, are various degrees of intoxication and that "some people would not admit being drunk as long as they can hang on to the floor to keep from falling." Peterson's testimony was a se- CHEAP MONEY We have plenty of It to loan on Tacoma real estate. Any amount. No delay. Low com mission. Calvin Philips & Co. .' California BMf '&?£s Main 83. Some "DONTS" For Hot Weather As Suggested By The Times' Funny Man TheTacoma Times vere jolt to the Hanford defense, coming as it did right after the damaging testlmonly given by ■Attorneys John C. Whitlock of Se attle, who said he saw Hanford drunk on the street, and Govnor Teats of Taconia, who swore that he saw Judge Hanford positively asleep for about five minutes dur ing the progress of a trial. TEATS A FAIK WITNESS In cross-examining Teats, the defense made a serious blunder "«Bterday. Teats was bo eminent xatr in stating that in all his experience with Judge Hanford, he had noticed him only that once when he did not seem able to fol low the proceedings In his court, although he had seen the judge apparently asleep on other occa sions when he did follow the tes timony. He spoke feelingly of having wondered what caused this peculiarity in the Judge, and how he had gone to the clerk of the court, who gave him some general answer, and how he attributed the judge's habit of seeming to get drowsy to overeating during the noon hour. Hughes' Bad Move. Knowing that Govnor Teats Is one of the leaders in the-progres sive movement In the state, author of the compensation bill in the legislature, and an attorney who has had considerable experience in personal injury suits, K. C. Hughes, attorney for Hanford, struck favorably by Teats' ap parent fairness to the Judge, de cided to bring out In cross-exam ination of Teats the latter's opin ion of Judge Hanford as a Judge. But that proved a serious mis take for the defense. For Teats positively asserted that a poor nun had to have an extraordinar ily good case to get by Judge Hanford. Two things Indicated yesterday that the defense on the drunken charge is breaking up. One was the assault made upon Attorney John C. Whitlock by E. M. Han ford, Judge Hanford's son, be cause he had testified against his father. The other was the intro duction for the first time of a question in cross-examination of Qovnor Teats for the purpose of showing that Judge Hanford's drowsiness on the bench was caused by hemorrhoids. Common Sense Talk, Good David Van Schaack spoke to business men last night urging steps to prevent accidents as well as to pay for them when a work man Is Injured. Any accident that decreases the labor power of a man is ex pensive to the community as It robs it of just that much wealth production, he said, and proved it. Chinese Army Reduced (By J Catted Press Leased Wire.) PBKIN, July 17.— govern ment la engaged at present In re ducing i the Chinese 1 army :to two flfths ; the number of J men In arms at the height of the revolu tionary struggle. -A- The - size of ; the military estab lishment is totalled about 1.000, --00 0 1 •oM*nffSg>igßgßgmEß&M THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA THE PRIZE TIMES PICTURE PRIZES. For the best two kodak or camera pictures of vacation pleasures submitted each week the Tatoma Times will give a box at either the Em press or Pantages theater. For the bent series of pic tures submitted up to Sep tember 15, an "EuHtman Hawk-eye four-by-five fold iug camera will be awarded by the Shaw Supply Co., Inc., 910 Pacific live. This has a rapid rectilinear lenae and automatic shutter and is as good or better than any camera on the market. It uses Knutnwm's noncurling films and can be "loaded" in daylight. CONVICT IS AT LARGE.GUARDS SCOURWOODS Somewhere in the dense un dergrowth of McNeil's island, Walter Layman, an escaped con vict, is believed to be hiding while practically the entire prison guard is "searcning carefully every foot of the Island and fully 50 boats are strung about tne Island In an effort to prevent his escape. Layman was sent to the peni tentiary from Seattle last Decem ber for passing worthless money. He had been regarded as a "good" prisoner and took advant age of the confidence while he was working in the excavations yesterday afternoon. It was fully an hour before hia escape was discovered but it is not believed that he escaped from the island. He is a Tacoma boy and It Is considered possible that he might have had outside aid In making his escape. Layman Is the first convict to attempt to escape in over a- year. The last man to make a breax from the prison was Charles Wendt, who managed to elude tne searching guards for nearly 48 hours before he was finally cap tured, hiding in the brush. If Layan Is still on tne Island his capture is only a question or time. bay gives up ii dead body BODY OF ROY HAJfCHKTT DIS COVERED THIN MORNING NUAR COMMERCIAL, DOCK. The body of Roy Hanchett, a member of the crew of the Olympia steamer Ntsquajly, was discovered this morning in the water near the Commercial dock by the crew of the tug Echo. There was nothing to indicate foul lay and It is believed be drowned. Hanohett, who lived under the name of Roy Tallis, was last seen on board the Nisqually June 29. He disappeared mysteriously and .It was feared at the time he had fallen overboard, The body was removed to the Hoska-Buck ley-King establish ment to await burial orders from the parent*. TACOMA, WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912. Cupid Takes Chances On a Marathon and Wins Out Cupid has a hard Job keeping pace with a musical comedy troupe Just back from a tour or the Orient. The troupe had only reached Honolulu on the outward trip, which began eight months ago, when the leading lady, Miss Jos ephine Edwards, became the bride of Homer Smith, a prominent stockman of the islands. "Everybody's' doin' it" captur ed three other members of the company. Miss Rose Roberta was married to Charles Reynolds, an automobile dealer, and OIKe Sher look was won by Robert McGeer, manager of the Liberty theater or Honolulu. In the company were Miss Stella Gray and Bert Leblanc, the comedian, and they decided that they could get along together In life better if they were wed, ana' again the marriage bell« tinkler.. The Leblancs are still with tne Progressives Make Wise Decision The-©elision °f the Washington progressives at their Se&itle meeting not t<> put a full ticket in the field is t thg "correct one. The people of this state have shown th£ir"ability to pick progressives from the list of candidates offering themselves on the old party tickets.' It is a certainty tluit the voters will make no niista kc this fail and uk> one but true progressives will. b£_jQained, whether they be labeled republicans or democrats. The progressive republicans and the admirers generally of Col. Roosevelt will have an opportunity to. vote for him for present, if they prefer him td Wilson the progressives democrat. Apparently it will be a pretty race in this state and throughout the nation—-T. 8., the rough riding spectacular fighter "on one side; Governor Wilson, the staunch statesman on the other, and Taft following up somewhere in the rear. In this state, from governor down to coroner, the people will have before them candidates good, bad and indifferent, but jtidging by the recent past per formances of the voters there will be mighty few of the bad and indifferent among those present after the ballots are counted. MARGARITE PEABLB. company. Proposals and ardent protesta tion g of love there were galore, according to the girls. "Why It was too funny for any thing," said one. "Every place we went half a dozen chaps want ed to marry us. The English boys were the most persistent. Miss Margartte Pearle had the greatest number of hearts to her credit. According to the others, there was one young man, called '•Willie," who was particularly Interested. He was traveling with his mother and managed to follow the company everywhere It wont, the object of hU attentions being Miss Pearle. In all "Willie traveled 15,000 miles following Mls« Pearle. But "Willie" wasn't at the docjc in Sera Francisco when tne troupe's steamer arrived. "Maybe hia mother wouldn't let him, Margarite," giggled one of the girls. HAS THE STORK GIVEN OUR FAIR CITY A WIDE BERTH? HEALTH OP THE CITY GOOD, BUT BIRTH RATE HAS DE CREASED. , - • Deaths. Births. 1 . 1011 1012 1011 1012 January 121 02 , 132 110 . February * 88 58 08 104 March 91 B <l 139 ion A P r" 93 80 . 132 104 iay 71 .75 127. 117 *«""» v ..».^........,...., 03 .70 .....IJI iv 119 Totals .527 477 . ... .790.. 725 Tacoma must be getting more healthy all the time. In the first six months of 1911 there were 527 deaths to 477 In the first six months of 1912. Thl« Is a difference of Just 50. Dr. Janes, city health officer, points out that there have been Tery few contagious diseases in the city in the last six months, in fact some of the common diseases have been entirely banished for an entire month. This may have CHICAGO, SIZZLING A FEW DAYS AGO, NOW FREEZING (By I'nltcd Press Leased Wire.) . CHICAGO, July 17.—With the thermometer around the 58 mark and the street* fill ed with -.hit eiing people, Chicago is today In the gAp CHARLEY TAFT GAVE $50,000 HITCHCOCK TESTIFIES THAT PRESIDENTS BKOT HER WAS LARGEST CONTRIBU TOR. . • WASHINGTON, D. C, July 17. —Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the re publican national committee In 1908, testified today before a sen ate investigating committee that $1,655,518 was contributed to President Taft's campaign. Six hundred and twenty dollars or this total, he said, was distribut ed to the states, and the rest wan used nationally. The largest con tributors, Hitchcock said, were: Charles Taft, $50,000; Will iam Nelson Cromwell, $25,000; Lars Anderson, $25,000; Andrew Carnegie, $20,000, and William Smith Cochran $16,000. ' ': V '»{■■»<".• i• - - ■■-,,;»•: '-.'•j-I'.bv ;.i .' •'■'■• ■■-..*•'; WlkKlNlOd' ' J-"'-"**■-'■*,:■'.•■■"s'■'-•»* »**■ ■,:'*'■'^■■••-"i'':.'t*-f-w!»*': <*'' ■ft' Mr. Ill—l | can't I sleep I nights, doctor. What f shall I doTfltis v> Doctor —Sleep dayi ; and t wort : nights. Two dollar*, pleas*. Fire completely destroyed th« realdence of C. C. Miller, 6820 East B »t., yesterday afternoon. The loss in estimated at about ♦ MOO. f -^ "How to keep your b»by cool" /^ la » rrm-k<TJu<-k story on page 8. ' 1 Hundreds ' ill" i'ai'iiiiiu mothers | know how Uio little ones suffer fiHini tin- heat. I In- Tinira lollh you how to keep them cool, |h»h- Mlltly NHvinic their liven. jd I •" - ■-.:.■:-■■- , .-^ a bearing on It. The births, however, are keep ing up nearly to last year. In the six months of 1911 there were 739 babies came to town, while In the six months of this year there were 725, a difference or only 14. March Is the banner month for babies and January is the month that swells the death rolls. The record for the two .war* is as fol lows: of a cold wave which threat, ens to last throughout the week. It Is said that the cold wave comes from the North Pacific coast striking inland at a point between Vancouver and Hitka. NOT RELATED SAX FRANCISCO, July 17.—- That C. 11. Laurier, the young man who dropped out of sight on the eve of his marriage to a San Francisco girl after, it Is allege*!, passing a wothless check for $535, is not the nephew of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the former Can adian premier, which wag con firmed here today when letters were received from Sir Wilfld bvnding the young man as an !m --poster. A warrant was Issued ror Laurier's arrest, sworn to by a local hotel man whom he Is alleg ed to have defauded, uut his whereabouts is unknown. Portland to Kick Out Free Lunches PORTLAND, Ore., July 17. An ordinance prohibiting free lunches in saloons nere Is being drafted for Councilman Magulre, who will attempt to force Its passage by the city council. " ■_.--. in a newspaper whose "circulation is premium bought; why don't you ask to have your advertis ing put on the premium and not tn the newspaper; for the housewife purchases the premium and not the newspaper. Gtven-away papers have as much pulling power as gift-horses. So make 'em put your ad on the premium! Most Everybody Buys and Reads the Times 30 CKNTS A MONTH. UNKNOWN BOY FATALLIf HURT BY AUTO I \H-oi.i> BOY ; THROWN TO STREET DIES IN HOSPI TAL — AUTHORITIES' FAIIj TO lIIKNTIFV BODY. ■'■' ' "" '. ' Description of Dead Hoy. . ■ About 18 years old, brown , J lialr mill i')<-K, * about 5 feet 1 '. tall; H.i.riiiK a salt an<l pep per coat, checked tiiMiNi>r«, ■[ j■ a blue 'and*, whit.- stripe*] * shirt and checked tn>ui»ers of " a brownish green mixture,' '>< and a cloth cap.-* . -,.,. An unknown boy aged about 13 \ was fatally hurt •at..Tacora» aye. and Bth street,' this morning; about 9:30 o'clock when he fell while riding on the Shilling ice cream auto wagon' ' driven uy George Arnold. " /-•■».".: The lad had climbed on the rear of the auto trying to get a ride down town to witness tne circus parade and aat on one or the ice cream tanks. Tt became overbalanced and he was thrown to the street under tne rear wheel. The police ambulance wished him to the Tacoma General ho» --l'ltal, but the lad died before ne could be brought back to con sciousness. All efforts of the po lice, the hospital attaches and Melltnger's undertaking estab lishment and the press to identi fy the lad proved futile. It is believed that he left home to ace the parade and attend the circus and that he will not be known until his parents miss him this evening. BERT FRANKLIN VVILA. GO ON THB STAND LOS ANGELES, July 17, Bert H. Franklin, confessed jury briber and star state witness, and John R. Harrington of Chicago, also a state witness, will be called to the witness stand t»y the de fense in the Darrow trial tomor row. This was admitted today by the defendant himself when he requested that the court order the men to report tomorrow to testify. The nature of' their probable testimony was not di vulged, but it is generally believed they will be asked to corroborate statements by defense witnesses who were called with the object of impeaching testimony given by Franklin when he. appeared for the state.