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TheTacoma Times VOL. IX. NO. 202. WOOL BILL IS PASSED OVER TAFT VETO RULING OF SPEAKER CLARK MAKBB IT l"<>NSllt],E TO DE FEAT TAFT'S PURPOSE TO BEAT MEASURE. (BUIIL.ETIN.) (By United Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 18. —By grace of a rnllng made by Speaker Clark, the lionse today passed the wool tariff revision bill over President Taft's veto by a vote of 174 to 80. Nineteen republican Insurgents voted with the democrats. On the vote as at first announc ed by the speaker the democratic- Insurgent alliance apparently Had failed to pass the bill by two vote*. Ten members who had paired with absentees roted as present. Clark ruled that it took only Iwo-tWfda of the members voting "aye" or "no" to paas the bill ana ruled that two-thirds had so vot ed "aye" and that the bill wa ß passed. A violent dispute followed, tne republican* bitterly attacking Clark. On this Underwood made a point or order, thus finally en abling the speaker to declare the Mil pawed. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. i 3. — the i grocery store -or John Knebel, a thief caught sight of a shelf of whisky bottles. Re sult—three bottles ■ missing ■ and cash .: register untouched. ■..., , .; . NO DELAY WHKN YOU BORROW MONEY FROM UB We pass on application* our lelves and pay over the money v soon ag abstract is examined md papers signed. Our Inter ct and commission rates are ex tremely low. Calvin Philips & Co. California Illdg. Main 08. The entire Times newsboy force will walk Into Pantages theater for the second show Friday night. It has every promise of being "some" night. The theater management is responsible. Yesterday Manager Timmons visited the Times office, looked over the lively swarm of bareheaded, brown ■Binned youngsters, and then and there wrote a Meomp f' for the whole bunch. He assured the rest that they would not be overlooked at some later date. And so it is tonight the Times newsies are yelling louder and more vociferously than any other newsies, and as usual, are selling more papers. THE TACOMA TIMES PICTURES OF THE LAT EST NEWS HAPPENINGS THROUGHOUT* THE WORLD ARE THE BEST PRINTED IN TACOMA THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA TACOMA, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1912. A New Political Sunrise Oh! Shudders! Hair Dresser Says Blond Strands Simply Cannot Exist On Puget Sound ; Breathed there a man with soul so dead that lie should love a bald '-"■- ?/ headed woman? Then hliouM the /^^HB^ young man who is V^k^BjTN searching for a wife °" tlle shores Oi <£T^^K^^k I'liK'-t Sound take . v -\ -g^^ *" heed of the words ol mMX °ne who knows— liaii'drccwer, in fact. jjß^ She Is one of the jf^^k maids at Thorsen's sF IB huii shop, 1)17 So. i/nll""-' Puget Sound, she- ' says, Is no place to '..'*&* grow long, beautiful tresses. The sea breeze does it— makes the scalp too oily and dark ens the color of the hair, all of which is bad for the young woman and extremely disappointing to thi young man. - • • . r .. - Beware -'- particularly -•• of the maiden with - tin- blond strands. The gold conies not from natural causes for -blond hair cannot exist In the I'nget Sound climate. • ASTOR HEIR DUE TO ARRIVE ANY MINUTE. 9 • (By United Press Leased Wire.) • • ,JNEW YORK, Aug. 13.—When it was reported here to- • • day that the expected heir to the Astor millions was due to • • arrive any minute considerable excitement was created among • • the curious crowds that have besieged the Aator mansion • • where Mrs. Astor, widow of the Titanic disaster viotlm, Col. • • John Jacob Astor, is confined. 9 • Dr. Craglu, the physician attending Mrs. Astor, refused • • to make any statement. «> • Mrs. Aator requested the reporters to refer to her as • • Mrs. John Jacob Astor, and not as Mrs. Madeline Astor. C Auburn is the desirable tint this season, and "anything they want they can have," says the hair dresser. To be in tlie fashionable set the woman mvi* have her hair done into a I'sj 1 Ik- knot with an abund ance of fluffy curls in front. A Psyche, so flu hair dresser asserts, demands fully half an hour of even the most expert maid's time. And here is where the lack of hair is found to be not only ad vantageous, but desirable. That is, real hair, of course. For real hair is troublesome, while the wo man with a few switches can do her Psyche knot on her knee in half the time. There Is one argument in favor of tin- girl with the scant hair. When a young man chooses her, he knows she will probably make up in speed and promptness what she lacks in beauty. WEATHEB FORECAST. Fair tonight and "Wednesday. Do tou Want to Be a Political Cartoonists? Here's Cory's Kit LURE OF DEPTHS, CAUSE OF YOUNG TEACHER'S DEATH FROM A niZZY HEIGHT BHB lA)()KFD HTM>HKI>H OF KKKT HKLOW AMI FEIX—CXIMPAM<»\S BKB BOD* 111 ItLKI) DOWN DKKP ( II \HM—HK I.TIIss IN KKM>KKING All) It had been but a week sine* a party of 18 healthy, joyous, eager youiiK >»cii ami women left their home* in Tacoma for v 10-dayH* outing at the mouiitlin. Today they are huddled to gether in Paradise valley, their liap|iine«H gone. They are com ing homo tomorrow with the I'lfii.-nn- of their vacation blight < 'I by the memory of a (llnhhUt— the death of one of their num ber. It was the lure of the depths that called Mlse Charlotte Hunt to her grave. It was the Irre-slata ble call of space that cried to her as she stood on the topmost point of Pinnacle Peak looking down the precipice iaito the val ley. "Come!" It called to her. It was compelling and gTie stepped far out from the cliff ami clown—down—down — 800 feet into the chaum. They saw her topple from tne ledge, but could not reach her Jn time, it all oanie so suddenly. Fifteen feet below she hung for a moment on another point that jutted out into the air. She lifted her fia*e to tnem but did not speak. Onty a silent ap peal came up to them from her eyes. Then the girl plunged out and down. It was all over. Somewhere down below In the valley was tne form of the pretty, joyous school teacher, its bones broken, Itg life crugthed out. The men of the party were tne first to act. The women had fainted. Carefully leading the way, Dick Carter, physical director of the Y. M. C. A., tolled down tne BULL MOOSE DELEGATES WANT A THIRD PARTY SEATTLE, Aug. 13. —Return- ing delegates from the bull moose convention headed by E. C. Snyder of Seattle, this morning declared for a third party ticket from gov ernor down to coroner in this state. This matter has been the Bub ject »of all-absorbing interest "SHAME" SAYS [FARROW'S ATTORNEY DARROWB ATTORNEY AKKS f , GOOD j I AII>IIKSBION ON ■""-'JURORS. .■■■'•; <■;.-. HALIi OF RECORDS, LOS AN <;i:i,l.s, Cal., Aug. IS.—Pacing up and down f before the jury, peering Intrntty Into the *' face of each juror, Horace Appel deliver ed today the I opening Address to the Jury in behalf of Clarence S.* Darrow in ' the ■: labor , «ttonicj "h trial on a charge of . having j brib ed . jurors ■in the McNainara dy namiting cases. ■•„ ■■^■:...: > J^y ■■■■■', ' Earl Rogers, narrow's '„ chlet counsel, is scheduled to start his argument late this afternoon. '■■-'•' v Appel ; swayed ] his hearers wita the earoeetness of hie appeal. He 30 CENTS A MONTH. niountiuimldo, aepintlng tne otn er wen In carrying tne womeu aafely into the valley. It Ml a wearisome descent. The women were hymterlcal and Clip nay was steep, but at last xlwy reached the imUom. ■ Then began the seiircli for tTie body. They found It lying In a clump of hu-.1i.-s cl •to the face of the cliff. ."••;, * As the little party gathered around, the men, bnred their liomls. Xo one spoke. White haired Tiuoiiui looked solemnly down upon ili.ru una snw Carter cover the body with a blanket us the others turned tiwny. Gathering hlmeelf into hand, Carter made a pallet of alpen stocks and blankets and he and the other men laid the poor broK en body carefully upon this and began the long trip to tne rail roacl. Tiny arrived in Taconin last iilklh. went the lust word to the mother in the old home in Tnmn, lomh, and returned to the valley for the rest of the party. M!»s Charlotte Hunt hail been a teacher in the West Seattle Bchool for two years. Ambitious to improve herself for the diitlea of her profession, ske had spent the summer at the aivmmer school of the University of Washington, working for the bachelor of arts degree. Mlsa Hunt was an active relig ions worker and was connected with the West Seattle Congrega tional church, where she was a teacher In the Sunday school. She hid also been a member of the V; W. C. A. In lowa. She lived at 2334 California avenue. West Seattle. among local progressives, who were divided as to whether to put up a full state third party ticket or not. A compromise had finally been effected to delay action un til the return of the Chicago dele gates. The question is now fully settled, and Washington will have a lomplete third party ticket. appeared to make an excellent impression on the jurors. "What a shame H Is," began Appel, "that Clarence Darrow, whose name is Inscribed In the heart of every laboring man m the country, should, when he nag reached the highlands of life and ie now on his pathway to the low lands, be pointed at as a perjurer and a criminal. "What a shame it Is that he, because the prosecution can point at him and say, 'That looks sus picious,' should risk going down the road to the dark penitentiary, to a grave with a headstone In scribed, 'He died in disgrace.' " GETTING READY FOR BIG RACE <l'..\ United Press Leased Wire.) BERLIN, Aug. 13. —The Ber lin to Paris aeroplane race haa been definitely put down for May, 1913. Several plane construc tors already have entered ma chines, Including Bleriot, Mo rtne, Nleuport, Borel, Bregulet ac Perdussin, Hanriot and outers. Why Not Have a Real Man For Governor? (KSnapshot picture showing Bob Hodge in action.) We have had stool pigeons for governors, and cripples—mental, moral physical. We have had "me-too" governors, political apologists, nifty play ers of the game, BUT we haven't had a straight, honest, masculine person on the job for some periods. WOULD PAY THIEF (By United Vv> m Leased Wire.) LOS ANGELES ,Cal., Aug. 13. —Although J. C. Smith had been unable for six months to persuade his balky family horse, "John," to leave the stable, someone stole the animal. "No questions ask ed and a steady Job for the man who did it," Smith told the po lice. THE PRIZE For the best (wo kodak or camera pictures of vacation pleasures submitted each week the Taconia Times will give a box at either the Em press or Pantages theater. For the best series of pic tures submitted up to Sep tember IS, an "Kaatman Hawk-eye four-by-five fold- Ing camera will be awarded by the Shaw Supply Co., Inc., 010 Pacific ay«. This has a rapid rectilinear lenne and automatic shutter and Is as good or better than any camera on the market. It uses Eastman's noncurllng films and can be "loaded" In daylight. > EARTHQUAKE KILLS 3,000; 50,000 PEOPLE HOMELESS t IH 1.1.1 I I \. BKRLIN, Aug. lit.—Three thousand persons are known to have been kilted in an earthquake which rocked Southeastern Turkey, accord ing to a message juttt receiv ed here by the Tageblatt, • SET FIRE TO So DWELLINGS. I • SPRINGFIELD, Mo., WVug . 13.—Crying bitterly, but r«- « • fusing to .give any reason for her action, Edna James, a 11- I • year-old nurse girl, Is being n eld today In prison by the po- 4 • lice here for setting (Ire to a 5 dwellings. | • On Saturday 35 fires oocu rred here'ln various honses. A 4 • guard was placed at the house where Edna worked and the 4 • conflagrations stopped. The girt's arrest then fo!lowed. She 4 • admits firing three places, but the police believe sh« U re- 4 • sponsible for them all. 4 John Dough on the Watch John Dough was exceedingly spry; He learned a great deal on the sly. He meant to advance And watched for hia chance * fV«/i fTjA TSt«<i« W« nf AAn wit! ■'> from its correspondent at Constantinople. More than 50,000 persona are homeless and starving. An acttve crater is also re ported to have appeared on the Asiatic side of the sea of Marmora. ■•