F any further argument were needed ngainst the billboards, the fact that Tuft is advertising himself on them should furn ish it. VOL IX NO. 260. GIANTS FIGHT DESPERATELY AND WIN STRAW VOTE SHOWS WILSON AND T. R. RUNNING CLOSE I BY GILKON GARDNER. - WASHINGTON, D. 0., Oct. 14. That Roosevelt Is at present Baediiig both of the other can ididntes in Indiana and Pennsyl vania and that he is running he liiiiil both Wilson and Tuft in New York state, is the showing of 11 postal card straw vote mode by your correspondent. * The figures are: Indiana —Roosevelt, 106; Wil son, 74; Taft, 35; Debts, 25; Chafin, 4; Reiner (Socialist-La bor), 1. Pennsylvania— 72; Wilson, 54; Taft, 51; Debts, 21; Reiner, 1. NEW YORK— 91; Taft, 64; Roosevelt, 48; Debs, 12; Chafin, 8; undecided, 2. , It is not claimed that this poll is conclusive nor that it is at all complete as to the states. It Is simply a straw in the wind, ac curate so far as it affects the lacalitles where the poll was taken. These three states were chosen because they are regarded as piv otal. Whatever happens in the other parts of the country, the hi6tory-making vote will be that cast in the three states. It looks now as if Roosevelt would have a "Solid West," to match Woodrow Wilson's "Solid South," and that the battle will turn on what happens in the states of the Middle West and the East. These are sample states in these sections. It is significant that in both In diana and Pennsylvania Taft is running a rather poor third. This bears out other polls and corrob orates the statements made by Hiram Johnson and Senator Dixon that throughout the West at least Taft is a negligible quantity, and it would Indicate that in parts of the East he is equally negligible. CHILD VICTIM FAMILY I That little Joe T>lnsky, the B rear-oltl sun of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob llliisky, 1218 JCiist 24th Ms., who died in convulsions Saturday aft ernoon after eating from a box of chocolates which ho had picked up while playing In the yard, was the victim of enemies who have been hounding the father for a number of years, is the theory upon which the police detectives •re working today. Chemical examination of the itomachs of two geese which dropped dead in the yard at the tame time as the death of the child. will be complete late this afternoon, and City Chemist C. S. Wilson stated this morning that, although he was not positive at that time, every Indication pointed to strychnine poisoning as. the cause of death. In support of their theory, the police discovered today that three years ago the home in which the Dinsky family lived was fired by incendiaries. Captain John Fitzgerald of the detectives would give out no In formation today, the workings of his men being kept a secret. . V Owing to the fact that the frantic mother destroyed the box of candy when the child first be came ill, the city chemist's office has been somewhat hampered in determining (.he character of the poison. ! The two dead geese and a dog which died Saturday after noon afford the only means of solving the mystery as the parents of the dead babe have forbidden the coroner holding an autopsy, and a/c grieving over their child's body,. which they refuse to < allow being taken ;out of ■ the home. -. Ii .. The fatal box of sweets . was CHEAP MONEY Wo offer the lowest rates obtainable In Tacoma for money on real estate mort gages. No delay in closing. Low expenses. Calvin Philips &Co. Sll California Bid* Main 2i TheTacoflia Times THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA though in New York he still has some strength. He Is second man there, and Roosevelt third. Wilson leads in New York. . It is equally significant that Wilson has a long lead on Taft in New York state. It should be re membered, however, that no cam paign has as yet been made in New York state. The state tick ets have only just been nominat ed, and all the conditions of the poll were as unfavorable as pos sible for Roosevelt. After he has campaigned the East, and particu larly in New York, and after the democratic nominations have been looked over by the voters and the latter have had a chance to take stock, the results may he very much changed. This poll also leaves out of account Greater New York, which always is a large factor in national election-* but generally on the side of the democratic candidate. Must Carry New York Unless Rooaevelt can break the Solid South, it is necessary for him to carry New York in order to have enough votes to win. Even should he carry Pennsyl vania and Indiana, with the oth er states of similar political com plexion, should he lose New York, he would lack the votes necessary to win. Probably as never before, therefore, New York is the pivot al state on which this election turns. Another interesting feature of this poll is the strong showing of Debs, the socialist candidate. In Indiana, Debs polls 25 to Taft's 35. In Pennsylvania, he has 21 to Taft's 61; nnd in New York, 12 to Roosevelt's 48. This would seem to indicate that the socialist vote will not be materially af fected by Roosevelt's candidacy, but that Roosevelt will draw his strength from the two old parties in the main. OF FUED found by the child lying close up against the fence near the back gate. It was only partially filled. It Is believed the two dead birds and the dog ate from the box be fore the child found it, or that he divided with them as he played in the yard. Both parents of the dead child speak bu tbrokenly, and it was with difficulty that they explain ed the child's death to the police. Today th epolice found that when the Dinsky family moved to their present home • three years ago thei rold house was burned to the ground, the fire being set by someone unknown. The father believes he is be ing hounded by enemies, and* the police are straining every point to determine the identity of the person who placed the candy by the gate. They think this person will prove to be the one who fired the Dinsky home three yearß ago. MAY BE AN ESCAPED CONVICT John Murray, now at the coun ty hospital with gunshot wounds in both legs as the result of an encounter with Patrolman Strick land last week, Is believed to be a Montana convict who escaped from a road gang at Deer Lod^ge last winter. A letter from Deer Lodge re ceived here today state* that the wounded man is probably the es caped convict, and says that $100 reward Is offered for the return of the convict to the penitentiary. The city today received pay ment la full from the American Bonding company for the Bring olf shortage when a check reach ed the city hall for $15,669.46. PROGRESSIVE MEETING Progressives are coming from all over the county for the big rally here Friday night, when Bob Hodge, Senator Poindexter and W. H. Paulhamus will be at the armory. The meeting will be the one big political event of this campaign, and it is expected the armory will be filled. Paulhamus is taking off his coat and getting right into the campaign and Senator Poindexter is doing likewise. It has been a long time since three such good fighters have been on one platform in this city. TIMES SCORES AGAIN WITH ACTION PICTURES OF GAMES (1) HERZOG SLIDING INTO THIRD ON HIS THE SECOND INNING. SOCIETY LAD IS IN BAD (By United Press Leased Wire.) VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 14. — Harold A. McNaughton, promin ent in Vancouver society, is being held here today for the alleged slaying of Ernest Spinard, a young steel worker, in an alter cation over the 15-year-old wife of the latter. Spinard. is dead after being unconscious for sever al days as the result of a blow from a heavy umbrella handle, al leged to have been struck by Mc- Naughton after he had been found with Spinard's wife. The affray was the culmina tion of a number of excursions taken by Mrs. Spinard with other youths of the neighborhood, it is said. Finding his wife absent from home recently he sought her out and found her walking with Mc- Naughton. A fight followed, and it is alleged McNaughton brought it to a sudden stop with a smash ing blow from his umbrella. Spinard never regained conscious ness. SPEECH KILLED BY A BULLET (Uy ITnited Press Leased Wire.) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. — Lying in. the hospital with her tongue severed by one of four bul lets fired at her in the court yard of her home, Mrs. Omily Pietz is unable to tell the police here today the perpetrator of the shooting. PEACE AT LAST (By United'Premt Leased Wire.) LONDON, Oct. 14.—Dispatches received here today by the Berlin Exchange Telegraph declare that Turkey and Italy have signed terms of peace. Hunter Accidentally Slain by Seattle Man NORTH YAKIMA, Oct. 14.— Henry R. Cole, a rancher of Sun- nyside, died yeeterday morning of a wovind oaußed when he re ceived accidentally a charge of bird shot from a igun carried by George Kane, 5010 Orcaa street, Seattle. TACOMA, WASHINGTON,MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1912. FLITTY O'FLARA ALMOST NABBED THK WAY I'F.OI'LK AUK si AUCHIS., FOR FLIT, IT LOOKS AS IF SHK'LL HAVK AS MlH'tff OF A SHOW KLUDINO TACO.MA PEOPLE AS A TKNDKKFOOT WOl'Ll) HAVK IJIDIM. A IHCO.VCO CAYI'SK. Miss Flitty O'Flara still elude* rapture. The (Jig Harbor peach yet roams the streets with a carelessness that is nothing it' not exas|H-ratiiiK to tho ilumi'.iiikl- who arc strain ing every nerve and bruin imriirle to lay hunds upon her. And the $ 100,000,000,000,000.80 in gold Offered as a reward still occu pies the Times' sock. She has had some narrow escapes. Oh yes! She has been followed constantly by thousands of. eager, ravenous, would-be sleuths, each with 4,000 latest copies ofi the Times in his pockets, and laden with the required toi) of coal; SUO gallons of soda pop and cake of ice, all of whom are eager to cop the dough. Miss Flitty describes a scene at the coiner of Pacific avenue and South 9i)th street for the benefit of those who doubt her ex istence. "There was seven guys and a couple of skirts standing on the corner," says the elusive and dainty Flitty in her most elegant rhetoric. "One gink was talktngiabout mull. I felt so nervous. One of the girls was chewing gum. She had a bad eye. I thought she knew me, for she asked the direction to the nearest coal mine. I was afraid she was going after the ton of coal and I legged It down the alley. 'Nix on being ketched,' says I." This most fascinating young woouut will visit some well known hotel today. To aid her pursuers, the Times will at this time say that Flllty is a small woman, someS !'■ ■>■». 10 inches, in her stocking feet. She weighs in the neighborhood of --■> pounds and wears a most disconcerting smile. AH the boys in C>ig Harbor ure wild about Flitty's beauty and coy mannerima. LAWSON NIPPED IN THE BUD The scheme to hnnd Judge W. P. Reynolds a fee of from #5,000 to $0,500 for helping the city at torneys try the lawsuits with the Ohm river contractors slipped a cog in the council this morning. l.i-.-t week a l< li< r was sprung in the council from Judge Stiles asking tliat Ki-ynolils be secured. The council concurred. Then R*jr uolds asked »5,000 for the Me- Hugh can and wanted more for the others. The mayor and Freeland saw him, tried to Ret him down but I lie best he would do was $5,000 for McHugh and Fowler cases, win or lose, w4th extra pay up to $1,500 for the Wright case If he sues. Seymour, Mills, Preeland and Woods thought the price too high. Mills wanted to know whether Stiles really wanted help. Stiles was called In. He said the case waa Just like any other, the more lawyers the better, possibly, but he was not alarmed. "But you asked for help," said the mayor. "But you know how I came to do it," retorted Stiles. "I thought It would come out," said Mills. Then Niick Lawson got excited. He Insisted thai there should tbe outside help and that the council should hire Reynolds willy nilly. The rest of the council could not see it. They finally agreed to leave the whole thing to Judge Stiles and If he wants help he can get it not HIT IN THE FIRST HALF OF to exceed $5,000 in cost, for all the cases. . It developed that Lawson had started the scheme to get Rey noldt^in on the Green river money and Judge Stiles was asked to ask for help. Frank Baker told the council that ptiles did not need help on toe rase, that it was a law case, would not lie tried by a jury and thai no man in town knows the law as Stiles does. TEACH SOLDIERS MUSICAL CUSSING (lly Vnitrd I»rcB8 Leased Wire.) VANCOUVER, B. C, Oot. 14. — Prim' Vaneover does not like the racuqus manner In which the sol dier boys "cuss" their mules. The tcoopers therefore are to be given vocal Ichsomk iii order that in the event they have to cuss out loud itJiey may do so with cadence and imelody. STOOD IT 50 YRS. ► HUNTINGTON. W, Va., Oct. 14. —Asserting that for more than 50 years he has stood the fttgging and curtain lectures of his spouse, Isaac Jackson, aged 70, ig today seeking legal separa tion. Jackson declares that when he was younger the nagging did not affect him as It does now and he wants a divoroe. The Times Saturday print- i ed the first pictures of the < world series' games. To- 4 day more excellent pictures 4 are printed. Pictures today « are primed on pages one, < two The Times ( gets the news and the pie- < tureß first. WEBBER TELLS OF PLOTTING MURDER (By United Press Loused Wire.) NEW YOKK, Oct. —Full corrohorntion of the story told Saturday by "Bald Jack" lloso that Police Lieut. Charles Bock s cntlial "killed, dynamited or croaked' was given today In "Ui-idney" Webber when the trial of Becker oh a charge of having Instituted the murder of Ilosen thal was resumed. "If the man Kosenthal," Wel> ber swore Becker said to him, "ever sees Whitman it's all off. Why don't you L*ors have him croaked? I'll take care of you fellows after the jot) is done." Webber, who is alleged to have been in charge of the gangsters who killed Rosenthal, testified that he told Becker he would "pull off" the job in a few days. But Becker, he said, kept after him to hurry up. Webber then described the meeting of the gunmen on July IS, when arrangements were com pleted for slaying Rosenthal. Webber testified that he locat ed Rosenthal at the Hotel Metro pole on the night of the murder. He told the gunmen, who left Im mediately for the scene. The wit ness said he went to the Metro pole at 2:10 o'clock In the morn ing and saw Rosenthal's body ly ing on the sidewalk. At 5 o'clock Webber said he met Becker and Rose. Becker, he said, was smii ing and said to him after shak ing hands: "Well, Brldgle, you did a good job. Don't worry. I told you I would see you through. The only thing necessary now Is for you boys to lay low for a few days." Then Webber swore Rose gave him $1,000 to distribute among the gunmen. OH! YOU NAVY (Ity Vnlted Press Leaned Wire.) NEW YORK, Oct. 14. — With the saluting of guns at 9 o'clock this morning, the greatest Amer ican naval review opened hero, comprising 127 vessels of all types from drcainaught to col lier. President Taft, aboard the yacht- Mayflower, waited outside the harbor to participate in the review. ETTOR TRIAL ON (By United Press I/eased W»ro.) » SALEM, Mass., Oct. 14. —The irial of Joseph Ettor, Arturo Glo vannittl and Antonio Caru9o, charged with the murder of Anna Lopizza, a woman striker, Wiled In a street gathering of Lawrence textile workers last winter, was resumed here today. A second venire of 350, from which a jury l« to be selected, was on hand. The talesmen were questioned by Justice Quinn. THE utandpat crowd faring defeat are now resorting to slander to fool the people who are flock ing l<> Bol) Hodge. Bat the pc-oplo won't be fooled thla time. KNOCK OUT STAHL'S MACHINE IN 1 ROUND SCORE BY INNINGS 123456789 R. H. E Boston 020000000 2 72 Giants 50000000 x 5 10 1 By (Iruiidmul lUce. ' KKW YOKK, Oct. 14. — Driven to bay, the Gittnts led a last riiKli iiiK, cles|Mi iinmiull nonius! the Kcd Sox machine today and ton- it apart «itliin oik- round. >lnr<|uai■<} Wire.) SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. — Determined effort is being made by the police hpre today to locate the stylishly dressed woman who calmly cranked up a five passen ger machine belonging to H. W. Roland in front of the Savoy the ater and made off with It. • 0 • LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. • • 14. —When City Prosecutor • • ICddie Guy Eddie appeared • • In court today another war- • • rant charging him with the • • delinquency of Alma Jones, • • a minor, was served on him. • • Eddie fainted. " • C-. \ ■■!' »O>t»M •••••••• Who Has the Time I to walk from house to house looking for the houßes which bare the "rooms for rent" sign on them when he needs a roomT Everybody Has the Time to read The Tlraea "room for rent" Ads. It's tho modern way of rent ing rooms. You can fill your rooms by using Times Want Ads. Telephone Main 12.