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CITY TAX LEVY TO BE 12 MILLS IN 1913 "ITS THE CHILDREN THAT CAUSE MOST TROUBLE 111 DECIDING DIVORCES" jl l>«. I CLIFFORD DECI^AHKS DIVORCE IAW IN THIS STATE IS TOO IjOOSE—"MAUIUA(iK A JOKE. The time: One year after their wedding day. The place: Superior court. Enter John and Mary. Mary—Your honor, I cannot live with this man any longer. John—Your honor, I cannot live with this woman any longer. Htzzoner —Divorce granted. Exit John and Mary. As Superior Judge M. L. Clif ford aptly put it today, "this state needs an amendment to its divorce statute that will place the requirements necessary for un hitohing strontg enough to make John and Mary cautious in hltcli- Ing up." Judge Clifford would not grant a divorce on the incompatibility argument. Where such conditions exist he would suggest that the husband desert, after which di- Toroe nrtight be secured in a year. The incompatibility farce is a dan gerous thing to the community, he says. "It is the community that suf fers from divorce," declares the Judge. Children make the most trouble. Where there are no «/!hil(lren it makes little difference to the community whether John end Mary are sympathetic souls or not —but the kids —the public is Interested deeply in their welfare. "The law In this state is too loose and Indefinite. It needs a change setting down the exact causes for. granting a divorce. Just because a man and woman declare they can no longer live together is altogether too thin an excuse. Too many take advant age of it, and marriage is made a joke." DECLARES HE IS GUILTY INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 7. —Edward Clark of Cincinnati, former business agent in that city for the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, and one of the 48 mem bers of that organization on trial here for illegally, transporting dynamite, today changed his plea of not guilty to one of guilty at this morning's session When United States District At- torney Miller. reached the court room he quietly announced to Judge Anderson that Clark had . decided to change his plea to one of guilty. Clark tWen took the witness stand, admitted that he was guilty .'is charged, and was ready for sentence. "Killer asked that sentence be deferred, and Clark joined Ortle McManlgal in Marshal Schmidt's office. Al though the other defendants were greatly surprised at Clark's ac tion they expressed the belief that It resulted from Miller's denuncia tion of Clark Saturday. Miller charged that Clark had supervised twelve ilynamitings in and near Cleveland. The body of the man who com mitted suicide by shooting him self in South Tacoma park Satur day still lies unidentified at the Piper undertaking parlors. Al though Undertaker George Piper says there have been as many as BO or 60 people in to view the remains not the slightest, trace as to his Identity has been found. CHEAP MONEY We offer the lowest rates obtainable. in Tucoma for money on real estate mort gages. No delay in closing. Low expenses. Calvin Philips & Co. n California Bids. Main 23 NATIONS MAY STOP WAR (Ily United Press Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 7. —With Eng land falling in line today with the other European powers in a joint note to Turkey and the Bal kan states, urging immediate set tlement of difficulties, the outlook for an amicable adjustment of the main points at issue without war is greatly Improved. The outstanding features of the note: Turkey is advised to give Macedonia and Albania more lati tude in the way of self-govern ment. The Balkan states are warned Hint the powers will not permit them to seize any territory even if war with Turkey comes. Government officials today re sent the report that Great Brit ain's procrastination nearly block ed the plan of the other powers to prevent warfare. PROGRESSIVE MEETINGS « _ —• • Senator J. A. Falconer of • • Everett and E. G. Mills of • • ' Seattle, candidate. for attor- • • ney general on the proems- • • sive ticket, will speak here • • tonight. • • " ' Mills will speak at Jeffer- • • son Square Improvement • • club. North 19th and Mason. • • ' Falconer will speak at the • • Norwegian-American pro- • • gresslve league meeting in • • Valhalla hall. , • • Both will speak tomorrow • • night at South Tacoma hall. • ••••••••••••••a BIG CROPS Records are being smashed right and left in the crop returns for the Northwest for 1912. The wheat output for Washington, Oregon and Idaho this year Is 78,530,000 bushels, while oats for the same three states total 31, --360,000 bushels and 14,800,000 bushels of barley. It was esti mated two weeks ago that the wheat output would total 74, --000,000 bushels. REAL ESTATE MEN TO ORGANIZE For the purpose of getting measures before the state legisla ture as to licensing of realty brokers and a law regulating alien ownership, real estate men of the state, have been summoned to gather In Seattle Thursday to form an organization called the Washington State Real Estate Dealers' association. RUNS AMUCK WITH'REVOLVER (By United Press Leased Wire.) CAIXJARY, Alberta, Oct. 7.— Driven suddenly Insane, John C. Davis, a wealthy real estate deal er formerly of Spokane, Wash., entered the apartments of Ml«s Mildred Dixpn. a friend of his wife here today, shot Mrs. Davis dead and fired three bullets into Miss Dlxon'a body. After the shooting Davis killed himself. Miss Dixon i« confined in the hospital In a critical condition. Mrs. Davis had refused to re tun, to aim. LONELY CELL FOR MAN WHO OVERWORKED It was a withered hand that gripped the edge of Superior Judge Chapman's bench today, and it steadied a thin, worn body, the body of a man pre maturely aged. His face had lost the gleam of hope fulness, for he was going back to the "pen," with its cold steel cells and its gloom. "I'm guilty," he said. There were only a few in the court room who knew the man's stoiy. Years, ago, back in Ohio, this same man, E. J. Hofford, graduated from a medical school at the head of his class. He loved the work, and he suc ceeded. People trusted his ability and his practice pushed him to the utmost of his capabilities. One all-night case Avould be scarcely finished when he would be called to another as serious. He noticed a trembling of his hand, at last, a slight nervousness, that might mean death to a patient in a delicate operation. Morphine steadies the nerves, temporarily, and so it was that in ministering to the sick and the maimed, Hofford became a drug fiend, Today no one wants him for a physician. He knows this, and why, but he still craves to touch the delicate instruments with which he was once so adept. Last May he was released from the penitentiary, where he had gone because he could not resist the fascination of a microscope. He stole the instru r meat. And the love of the old life, the impulse to be back again at his chosen life work, a momentary weak ness, drove him to the office of Dr. C. H. DeWitt in the Fidelity building, when his release came, and there he committed a second theft, the one which he pleaded guilty today. They cali it "kleptomania," and they sentenced him to from one to 15 years back in the cell he left last May. Attorney O. A. Burmeister knows the story of Hof ford and has sent word to the prison board that if Hofford's people back in Ohio will consent to take care of their relative, the prosecutors' office and the court here will recommend his release at the end of the first year. "»vor prison sentences are not a cure for a man like Hofford," says Burmeister. "He can't help it. Yet, if someone cares for him and watches him closely, he will not do these things." WILL BODIES (By United Press Leucd Wire.) NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—With the pvlmary Idea of making people understand that autopsies are In the interest of medical science, 200 physicians of Brooklyn and Long Island are pledged today to will their bodies to the dissecting table. Love's a Great Thing But There Are Times When- TACOMA, WASHINGTON.MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1912. THREE IN ONE BLOCK (fly United Premi l.iu-,.,1 wire.) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 7.— Three robberies in one block Is the record of two holdup men as reported b the police today. The men operated unmasked and held up three citizens In a single city square during the night, securing a total of $4 5. No arrests have been made. Wonderful Airship Photos of. Great Auto Races-Daring Feat Performed for Tacoma Times FISH (ON RIGHT) AND WAGN KR, ALL READY FOR A PHOTO- GRAPHIC FLIGHT. .MILWAUKEE, Wie., Oct. 7. — The greatest combined feat of aviation, auto racing and photo graphy in all history was per formed here Saturday afternoon wli^n Farnum Fish, aviator, and Fred Wagner, photographer, snap ped from the air the speed de mons of the world's most spec tacular auto races. This daring and successful at tempt at aerial photography was made expressly for the Times. The photographs secured were Immediately dispatched to the Time*. They are now rushing to Taconia as fast as the speediest mail trains and special delivery may carry them. Tills Is the first time that the famous auto classics, the Grand Prix and the Vanderbilt cup ran War- • • burton «has received a tele- • • gram from the commissioner 9 • of light houses at Washing- • • ton, D.'C, that a fog signal • • will be established .in " the • • Tacoma harbor Dec. ; 1. The • • signal will be located at the • • entrance to the city chan- • • nel. '&&%£. \ «fes;3&acs*ssfej • -i'-i ■-■:-...■- ' \ "-;-. :--■. Commissioner Mills today ap pointed xW. P. Payne,*»' a ' railway man, ' as * license j inspector ' to take the ' place ■ of •'. Oscar • McCall:•.-';«>;. .'. McCall was also a railway man and 'he ' got -a'; chance 'to 'go j back on the : lino -as conductor on "■ the run between Tacoma and Port land. " The salary as conductor was 165 a month and the license Inspector only 9100, he quit. Payne went ito work * today. DECISION REACHED AT A BIG COUNCIL MEETING TODAY The city tax levy for next year will be 12 mills. ' This means an increased tax on the homes of the people of $48,00 C. The levy -will be the "same as last year, but the assessed valuation has been raised on the homes of the people about $4,000,000, so 12 mills will bring in, according to the figures of Controller Meads, $879, --000 instead of $831,000, raised this year by the same levy. It took a room full of citizens all forenoon to beat Commission ers Mills, Woods aii'i Lawson out of a 12 1-2 mill lev.v, Mills was determined to carry out his pledge to raise the salaries of police and firemen. Woods and l,a\vs his pledge to raise salaries. He said the firemen worked 24 hours a day. Mayor Seymour wanted to know whether McAlevy had said they were going Into politics. McAlevy admitted he said it, partly joking. When the people finally won their contention for a 12 mill levy it wag too late to end the matter before noon and adjournment wag taken until 1 o'clock. Then will come the clash. Mills is determined to booßt salaries and said he was willing to cut out everything else neces sary to get it. TAKES LIFE WITH FIRE (By Tnil^d Press L«ns<>il Wire.) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7. — Choosing death by fire as the sur est means of ending her troubled life, Mrs. R. M. Hluin, an aged wife of a local mariner, sprayed her clothing with gasoline In her apartments here today and ap plied a match. In a flash the old woman was converted into a living torch and soon lay a charred mass In her blazing home .Members of the fire department found the corpse after they had extinguished the fire with a single line from the chemical. Tell The Telephone! .i§f I Lost? Found? " Help? Work? For ', Rent?- ~.Voi'us'- || • Sale? House Wanted? Business Opportunity? An V* II Auto? A Horse? ■.-.**,■" "T- ".^ :,".-rS jl Tell The Telephone! I Every phone in Tacoma connects in an Instant with II The Times WANT AD PHONE. «v; -- t 1 ' "" II I'HONK vi \i\ ia JI 11; Tell The Telephone! f1 || Ml C } lit _ \-_jwlbk- _ • t 30 CENTS A MONTH. BECKER BEGINS FIGHT FOR LIFE TRIAL OK POUCH UKI'TM. AXT ON IN NEW VOltli TO- DAT. (My I nit«