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VOL. 6. NO. 36
\THREE TACOMA MEN MEET VIOLENT DEATHS
4/ PERISH
IN WRECK
AT SEA
British Steamer Is Sunk
Off the Australian
Coast—Only 18
Are Saved.
(By United Press loused Wire.)
MELBOURNE, Feb. 1.
>—Carrying her captain
and 46 members of her
crew to the bottom of the
sea, the British steamer
Clan Ranald sank last
night before rescuers
could reach the spot. Only
18 of the crew were able
to escape in lifeboats.
The vessel was sighted
drifting ashore, but by the
time those on land realiz
ed she was in distress it
was too late to save all
aboard.
Desperate attempts
were made to snatch from
the sinking steamer the 47
who perished. The boat
went down of Edithburg.
SUNDAY AT
OLYMPIA
(Times Special Service.)
OLYMPIA, Feb. I.—Billy Sun
day arrived here this afternoon
from Spokane to rally the local
option forces for the struggle in
the legislature. He addressed a
mass meeting of women late to
day and his meeting tonight will
■be for men.
It w<ts expected that the legisla
ture might rush through a "rea
sonable" measure today before
Sunday arrived and it was openly
hinted yesterday that such was
the program but nothing along
that line developed. The solons
are apparently willing to let Sun
day have his say.
CRAWFORD GETS
NEW TRIAL
(By T'niti-il Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 1.
—The supreme court today re
versed the lower court by order-
Ing a new trial In the case of Will
iam Gordon Crawford, the Wash
ington attorney sentenced to serve
two years in the penitentiary for
conspiracy as the result of <-tie
Machen and Lornenz postotflce
fr-<"(1s.
PROBLEM: 2 GI tLS-f-2 HATS= ?
SOLUTION:3MATINEE TICKETS
> A brand new ' scheme! ,y It hap
pened lat the Grand theater one
day last week. Two charming la
dies called at the box office in the
morning and bought three tickets.
Promptly at . 2:15 o'clock % these
same two charming' ladles, dressed
.In \ the ) height ■ of fashion, \ tight
; ting gowns, fur i boas, muffs I and
HATS appeared at the door of the
: theater. The *, doorkeeper took
their three I ticket*, i but as 1. they
passed^ in he stopped them and
Baked where the third member o.T
tfc«lr party was, y j
1 P. SHUCK
IS SOON
TOGO
WORK OF MOVING OIJ> DEPOT
AND THE NEKJHBORING
SHACK MAY BE COMMENCED
' THIS WEEK.
TEMPORARY DEPOT TO
BE BUILT ON DOCK ST
By the end of thlß week .the
work of building a new Northern
■ Pacific and Great Northern depot
• In Tacoma will probably be start
ed.
1 President Elliott last nitfht de
' elded not to wait for the passage
of the ordinance by the council
1 but to take the council at Its word
, and go ahead now,
Today Mr. Elliott has teen In
conference with the various N. P,
I officials here with reference to
the organisation of the work in
hand.
WIJI Move Old Depot.
The first thing to tackle will he
the old depot. This will be re
• moved and the work will probably
be started the latter part of this
' week. The company will either
move the old depot down onto
Dock street for a baggage house
or tear It down. The office build
i Ing in this side of the depot proper
will be torn down as it is not fit
] to move.
Temporary Depot on Dock Street.
A new temporary depot will be
built oh Dock street to care for
the business of the company for
two years until the new one is
completed.
The company will probably
Wednesday night ask the council
for a temporary permit for a track
over Fifteenth street for a con
struction line to be used in the
work of taking out the earth to be
excavated.
The problem of disposing of the
ground is not yet settled. It will
either be taken over on the tide
flats or be put up along the Point
Defiance line.
President Elliott is trying to
get the plans completed and he
will be here over tomorrow to get
everything lined up so that men
may be put to work. It is stated
that there will be no hitch now
and the task of building the new
depot will go ahead.
The ordinance for the vacations
will come up and be finally passed
; probably February 17 and by that
; time it is expected to have every
' thing moving steadily along on
the excavations and clearing of
the ground for the new work.
LICENSED TO WED.
Marriage licenses have been is
sued to E. H. Watterson and
Catherine Trognltz. to Stanley
Hayward and Margaret Genevieve
Shook, to James N. Glascock and
May Brown, and to Charles T.
Richardson and Hattle C. Keeling
NEED NEW CHURCH.
Tacoma Christian Scientists
held their first services In thr
Masonic Temple yesterday, thf
congregation having outgrown Mv
church building. In the near fu
ture they expect to commence thr
■ "-rection of a new church struct-
"There 1b none," was the reply. '
I ''We have taken an extra seat bo
I that we can have a place to put
our hats!"
Ye shade of our grandmothers'
"pancake" chapeauxl What will
the damsels do next? And yet,
the only woner of It all Is that
the hats would go In an ordinary
seat.
After this, when a hostess gives
a theater party, will she have to
provide an extra seat tor each
hatT
It took* that way. I
The Tacoma Times.
BOTH CLIFFORD
AND GROWL
ENDORSED
At the meeting of the Pierce
County Bar association held this
morning in Judge Shackleford's
department of the superior court,
M. L, Clifford and B. A. Crowl
were endorsed as candidates for
the office of fourth judge for
Pierce county. Frank D. Nash,
the only other attorney named,
withdrew this morning and the
vote between Clifford and Crowl
was so close that the association
decided to endorse both men. Clif
ford received 63 votes and Crowl
51.
CUT OFF BY
STORM
(By United Press Ixsased Wire.)
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. I.—
A telegram from the town of
Aberdeen, Saskatchewan, says:
The worst storm of the season is
raging here, and the town is com
pletely out of coal. Traffic also Is
blocked. It is believed a num
ber of places are similarly affect
ed as the Grand Trunk Pacific
has not run a train over a portion
of its new line, owing to snow
blockade, for three weeks.
AMERICANS LOOK
FOR CHANGE IN
MANILA
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
MANILA, Feb. I.—Great de
light is being expressed today by
all the Americans here over Got.
Smith's strong message to the
second session of the Philippine
assembly. The message is looked
upon as an ultimatum from Wash
ington that the native statesmen
"must be good" or they will feel
the authority of the American gov
ernment.
The Americans here supported
Taft's candidacy with the Under
standing that there would be a
change of policy in the islands fol
lowing his election, and today
they are celebrating the accom
plishment of the change.
The failure of the native police
and the lucom potency of the local
government leads to the expecta
tion that both the city govern
ment and the government of the
province* soon will be In tbe
hands of Americana.
TACOMA, WASH., MONDAY EV EXIXU, FEBRUARY 1, 1009
HIGH TIDE
CHILD i
SCALDED
TOfftTH
LITTLE BOY FALLS INTO PAIL
OF BOILING ; WATER, RE
CEIVING FATAL BURNS." - i*
While playing about his home
at 3557 South A street. Saturday
morning little Edwin G. N.Gus
tafson,. the 1-year-and-10-niontlis
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Guttfred
Gustafson, fell into a large pail of
boiling ... water, receiving ' scalds
which caused . his death -at 12
o'clock last night. " ■ > ;.'«.'
j The accident occurred while the
mother of the child was absent
from the house. , >%. -;,/•?:
A delivery man, who was stand
ing in the doorway of the Gustaf
son home, . hearing , the boy's
screams, rushed to his assistance,
and pulled him from the , water.
Although a physician was hur
riedly ■ summoned and , everything
possible was done to save him the.
fight for his life was a useless one,
and he died in great agony..■*&?*■-"»
• At the time of the accident the
boy was running about the kltch-n
en floor, and. fell backwards * into
the pail, which'was i» being filled
with boiling water from a reser
voir in the '.%t6v??.V;i~%^"*^L?? I>>
3 s The ; funeral will jbe neld from
the: residence ; at " 2 , o'clock : tomor
row afternoon. :.tt"^:sMfi»&'SM)
--• ■- -•- - - ' • - ' - ■•• ! ■ -.;
BEHIND BARS FOR
FORGERY
•i Mat Olson, said to be a forger
of renown, was taken into custody
Saturday night by Detective. O.
Smith,* and will face the court this
week on a charge: of 'forgery of a
$45 check. The i man i drew the
check :on . the " Bank •' of ; Kent, out
was told to collect a draft for the
amount in Seattle. The dVaft was
refused in Seattle, and tin- tip was
given to Detective Smith, who im
mediately captured Olson. It.;is
believed ■ that. several;' other | for
geries can be traced to Olson.
.; - The ! funeral of i Peter A. Berg
land, who was killed at Port Es
sington, B. C, January, 7, will be
held rom: Hotka'a • chapel ' tomor
row afternoon at 1:30 o'clock.
IJiTmTiiil'^firrii-iirrviiiirinwn«fci'VrtH'iiiiii'hm 'iiniiiWiiiii . m
GAS. GO. LOSES
f $9,000,000
I CASE
WASHINGTON, D. C. Fob.
I.—The I petftion ". of the
/ Consolidated Gns company of
J New York, for a re-hearing of
. , flic 80 cent gas nisi- was de
%nied by the United .. States
.'Supreme court today. This
' ftioaiis' that the 80 cent rate
\ stands in Now York City and
tlir company must payback
', in the consumers money paid
tinder protest and estimated
>to aggregate 0,000,000.
OiIAKfIEILf IN
MONTREAL
( iy United.Press' Leased. Wire.)
f VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. I.—
A Special from Montreal | says:
1 hree ; distinct shocks fof S' earth
quake were feltTsitllighti the first
at 1.1: SO; the second at 11:45 and
tie moat severe 'at' 3:20. -*; People
were. a.w.\kened all I oyer the city.
J There are large cracks in many
buildings | through »the \ strain ; to
tfie structures. /;"*■; r '. ;, :
| Beyond the cracks 'In the houses
and sidewalks there Is little dam
age. -tyV'i'-. '»■',', —*?•■*'. ''■",'■
1 Professors Howard T, : Barnes,
Jjohn Cox i and ,C..' Mctteod \of | Mc-
G\ll; college gave scientific con
firmation 'of the' shocks, describing
tHem" r as'. a* 'reaction of a world
wide disturbance. ?-","*,• <Avt'<i
2NE LAW FOR MAN
ANOTHER FOR WOMEN
(Times Sjw.liU Hcrvico.) ..
OLYMPIA-, Fob, j.—The new
code to bh acted upon> by the leg
islature will perpetuate and make
legal the dual moral code, allow
ing man to do what woman may
not.
• The code for the first time will
establish the crime of violating
the seventh commandment and
fix a penalty for the offense. Be
tween married persons, both are
guilty and subject to the same
penalty. Between a. single man
and a married woman the offense
constitutes the same crime, but
between a married man and a
single woman the offense ceases
to be a felony.
The prosecuting attorneys de
clare they could not hope to get
a more stringent law through the
legislature, and that taasmuaa aa
KILLED BY
SLIDE OF
SNOW
Eric Lidstrom of This
City Buried Under
Avalanche Near
Aberdeen.
Eric Lidstrom of this city, 26
years of age, who with seven com
panions had a station contract
on the Grand Trunk Pacific,
above Aberdeen, wns caught in a
snow slide a few days ago and
killed.
The accident happened in the
railroad camp at the noon hour
Just after the men had fin
ished eating their dinner. While
standing nround thu stove in the
bunk house they heard the roar of
a snowslide away up the moun
tain side and rushed for the open
and barely escaped with their
lives.
l.yinn in Bunk. -
Lldstroin, who had not been
feeling well, was lying down in
his bunk until It waß time to re
sume work, was unable to reach
the door before the shack was
caught by the avalanche and
Bwept out of existence.
When he was dug out, life was
found to be extinct. A large tim
ber was lying across his chest,
which was badly crushed, and
evidently caused his death.
Itinly l»r€>u|«ht Here.
Two of Lidstrom'e brothers re
side in this city, and the re
mains were shipped to Tacoma for
Interment.
Tho body reached here last
evening and was taken to the un
dertaking parlors of Lynn &
Haugen. Gust and Andrew Lid
strom, the brothers of the unfor
tunate young man, live at 1702
North Pine street.
Lidstrom was a member of the
Order of Bea Hur and the Modern
Brotherhood of America, and was
once affiliated with the Good Tem
plars. The funeral will be held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock un
der the auspices of these three
orders.
A Narrow Escape.
Referring to the accident, An
drew Lidstrom said today that his
brother had an intimation of the
Impending danger, and notified
the others who were with him
In the building that the avalanche
was coming. They were warned
by him in time to escape, but his
life was crushed out before he
could arise from the bed. A young
man who stood near the bed was
thrown out the cabin door by the
force of the slide and escaped
with but slight injuries.
IS ARRESTED FO*
PEDDLING
LIQUOR
D. McConnell, alleged to be a
"boot-legger" of the old school,
was arrested yesterday by Mount
ed Patrolman A. P. Brown, and
locked up under the charge of
selling liquor without a license.
The man was peddling small flasks
of whiskey to his "personal
friends," it is said. He had can
vassed a good portion of the north
end of the city in search of
"friends" when the officer in plain
clothes came along.
McConnell is being tried In the
police court this afternoon.
this , will i protect ■ the • sanctity! of
the home and ' the property « right
through Inheritance, It cannot. be
bettered at f the same tlme.lg£££j£3
Another I feature of the . code |is
the permitting of human parasites
who , live oil | the earnings of wom
en ito ! pay a fine. The , new pen
alty I Is; a I mtximum. of". five i years
In; the penitentiary or the f maxi
mum of a fine of $2,00 i.. In of
fenses lof this character ;it I would
rest with the Judge If he so desir
ed to fine the guilty person $100,
Instead of sending 'him to the pen
itentiary .as Is now obligatory. -
'This j change, is also made In ! re
gar d&to | the f o en Be '* of H having
gambling devices. » The . fine, pen
alty Is Inserted and while the max
imum ; fine ,?; penalty r» is; high: the
judge: may» wake \it 'as ■ low j as' he
deems prop** ;
LAST EDITION
\\ I \ i HKlt KOKKCAST: Rain tonight and Tue»
day. Moderate sou herly winds.
TWO WORKMEN DIE
FROM ELECTRIC
SHOCK
A. W. Charlson and J. R. Ohrstrom
Are Killed By Electricity Owing
to Crossed Wires
Arthur W. Charlson, aged 24, 4019 So. 12th st., a
blacksmith employed by the West Coast Wagon
company, was almost instantly killed at 7 o'clock
this morning, anl John R. Ohrstrom, aged 45, head
shipping clerk for the Younglove Grocery company
received injuries from which he died three hours
later, when at 1,100 volt current of electricity pass
ed through their bodies.
The crossing a heavy power wire; with a city feed
wire in front of the Harmon building, now under
course of construction, was responsible for the trag-
edy.
The two unfortunate men, just
preparing to start work in the
buildings of their employers,
which are separated by the new
Harmon structure, had apparpnt
ly attempted to turn on the lights
when the shock passed through
them.
Tying Under Ijight Wire.
Young Charlaon was found ly
ing beneath a light Bocket in the
rear of the wagon company's plant
about 7 o'clock by B. Hanson, a
fellow worker. The bulb had
been wrenched from its fastenings,
;is though the man had gripped it
before becoming unconscious.
Drs. Reed and Love were no
tified immediately, but the man
was hovering between life and
death when they arrived, and at
tempts to save his life proved fu
tile, jhe thumb and forefinger
of his right hand were badly burn
ed, but no other markH showed on
his body.
Leaves Wife and Children.
Ohrstrom received the current
when he turned the button of an
electric globe in the shipping
room of the grocery house. With
out a sound he sank to the floor,
and lay there until other persons
In the department found his pros
trate body. The doctors, who
had just completed working over
Charlson's body, were summoned,
and worked for more than an
hour with no visible results, the
patient dying Bhortly after 10
o'clock. Ohrstrom was married
and leaves a wife and two chil
dren, a girl and a boy.
Arthur Charlson is survived by
hla parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther
D. Charlson, 4019 South Twelfth
street, and by five brothers and
four sisters. The brothers are:
Luther, 18 years; Anton, 14; Os
car, 10; Otto, 8, and Robert, aged
10 months. The surviving sis
ters are Minnie Charlson, 21, now
in San Francisco; Alma, 20; Lin
da, 12, and Florence, aged 4.
Miss Minnie Charlson, the
young man's eldest sister, has
been notified, and funeral arrange
ments will await her arrival from
the South.
»; t i T ': Narrow Escape. ..x'-ft ■■.
Persons In I several other build-
Ings near Twenty-first and Pacific
received minor shocks. Charles
Reid, jj another ■ blacksmith •. in t the
West '.'Coast;'. Wagon .'company's
shop, was knocked to the floor by
the force of a shock from an In
candescent socket. The shipping
room ■of : the . Armour company's
store I was' completely filled with
smoke ■'from ' burning ~. insulation ■
when,' {A. H. Frost, i one .T of »the
clerks, entered .'■■ the } smoke-filled
room to : locate the - trouble. He
gropingly reached for the ■ light
socket, and > received 'a '■ current ■of
electricity 35 through &j his &i thumb
which sent ! him staggering to the
door. The switches of the .build
ing were . Immediately. thrown off,
and I the j fire i, danger , averted.
***Y-yJ£ Firemen . Called j_Ont.*^j||
s?, The chemical l fire extinguisher
wagon was ' summoned I to ', the Ar
mour building at 9 o'clock, as the
hot wires had not ceased smolder
ing. •" ■ ■It t was S found * s that wood
work had become inflamed in sev
eral ; places i and £ fire J officials ex
pressed > their surprise \ that ! disas
trous g lire 3 had ,1 not | started. ;. The
damage I was;' Blight,- but ?a! great
deal of ! the';wiring iof < the various
buildings will 5 probably : have Ito
be } replaced, as ■ the ' high > current
has; rendered it weak; and \ unsafe.
Cause of Trouble.
..*. The '- excessive <'current iof elec
tricity In) the y light i wires,! which'
are i only supposed to carry 110
volts, was due to the crossing of a
high power wire with a feed . wire.
■Tj Several: piece* " of t, lumber fell
from *. the 1 sixth ; story ? of; the mew
Harmon "i building, > striking i the
wire*. Saturday afUraeon. -Th»
lumber 111 r«awr«4 at oa«« wad
:«<> OK NTS A MONTH.
the workmen didn't notice any
damage to the wires.;' According |
to City Electrician Lauson. , how-:
ever, the weight of the lumber i
caused the high tension wire t~;.
swing clear of 5 : the cross-arm.'.
Later it sagged down and came la
contact with the other wire. ,;•■?;
So long as the Insulation ted
there was no trouble but the
constant rubbing of the two wire*;
wore through the coatings and '
late yesterday afternoon the cup
rents crossed. . ■"- '■'-"■",-~."yi-^i
The " matter 'was noticed at th«
city power | station, ■ and ■ elect
lans were sent out Immediately.
They could not find the seat of
the t trouble, however, until af»«-fj
the accidents of this morning?: The
wires were then strung up at one*
and further accidents were avert- •
cd. ■-■.-' '. ;,-:-^:h?.^m4
Cornoner -Shaver,; who gls 1 «*•£
pected back tonight from Asbford,
will hold an inquest to fix the
responsibility for the * accident. <,< r
mm
ELECTROCUTED
: .:•..■ -,r, -. ~/'J-■.*?-*{
(By United Press Leased Wire.)'
SEATTLE, Feb. 1. —J. H. Gor
man, aged 28 years, employed* as
a lineman •■; for the Independent
Telephone company, f was ', electro
cuted today, while working on a ;
pole with the company's llne.,^^
Just how he got , the i shock !i* 1
not known. '{■.;• /'.}_' r :.-"^|^g
MACK TO
TESTIFY
'■„'■' '•'■ '■ "'■■:- ■"-•^\'-*''4*s-®C'^a
: :.-:■ ■■■■"•■ '■-.■■■'.■firr^i.^TS^tS^m
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
. BUFFALO,; N. T., Feb. I.—
Norman B. Mack, chairman ;of the
democratic ;' national; ; campaign
committee, was served with a sub-1
poena today j by' a * United .* States
marshal directing., him Sto * appear ;
before: the federal court tomor
row in connection I with | the 1 action
of the government against o th* J
New York World, outgrowing ths
publication of £ articles .* reflecting I
on the - purchase |of the I Panama *
canal.
QUAKE IN MEXICO
' , ■ :~^ ■ ■.■■.^.•"4
(Uy United ■ Press ' leased Wire.)
■W MEXICO »i CITY, Feb. I.—A
slight I earthquake was I felt l her» j;
today and ! caused : some damage to ■
walls andtbuildings < of ' light - s con- \
struction. ' The ; tremblor was the
second ;. within', 48 !;*f-'^'^^^^
PRINTING PRESSES
■■ T .^_ f|| .._ r^ r^r r- -if fji MI
f ABE SEIZED :
(By United Press Leased Wire.) j|
ws ST. , v PETERSBURG, Feb. 1.-—
The police today raided the head
quarters ?' of;<) the ij union of clerk
and * shop ■« employes I and aeire^
printing presses and a large qua)
tity of >. literature ;pt m revolution
ary nature.
PUKSIDENT • MAKES - DTOOAJU 3
(By United PreeTXeaenA WU
WASHINGTON, D. O, Mb. 1
—President < Roosevelt i to««f mm-/
thorixed ?a , denial |of % the eki
that while he was horesbes* r*
ing last Thanksgiving day MM
struck the taors* of Miss BUtte
Rhodes with a haadnc frfjfe.jfell

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