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Ihe limes Is Kead By Most Everybody In v , Tacoma \O\i. VII. NO. 4t MAYOR AND SHERIFF WINK AT RANK EXHIBITION FIENDS USE POISON ON VICTIM THUGS ROB MAN, THEN MITR- I»t i: HIM BY POUMXG ACID DOWN HIS THROAT. (lly United Press Leased Wire.) SEATTLE, Feb. 5. —Seized from behind by two or more men, garroted, dragged to an alley way, robbed aud then deliberate ly killed by having carbolic acid poured down his throat as he lay on the ground unconscious, was the fate that befell Charles A. Gunstead early today. Body 1 -'■■iiml Tin- Morning. His dead body was found at 2 o'clock this morning on Post street near Ycsler Way by a Greek named Martin Mcvsick and now lies at the morgue awaiting advices from the man's relatives, who live in St. Paul. Crime Wait Fiendish. The murder of Gunstead is one of the most unusual and fiendish crimes that has ever been com mitted in Seattle. There is not a nark on the man's body save the acid burns around his mouth, and he is a man of such powerful build that it is curtain that he would put up a hand fight before being overpowered. Yet the coroner is positive that he did not commit suicide, but died at the hands of others. Had Been Dragged. When the body was picked up by Deputy Coroner Hill the man's coat and vest had been pulled up around his neck, while the under side of his clothes showed beyond any possible doubt that he had been dragged along the muddy •treet for at leatt a block. Gunstead's pocketbook had been cleaned of all of the money it contained and had then been stuck back in his trousers pocket. Several letters were found which showed that he had made application for employment to various firms in Seattle. One let ter was from the Prye-Bruhn com pany, where he had been working for the past week, tl was a no tice of discharge and had been accompanied by a check for |18. Watchman Heard Scuffle. The Greek who found the body notified. R. C. Becker, night fire man at the plant of the Seattle Electric company. A few mo ments before Becker had heard a scuffle just outside his door, but bad been unable to investigate at the time. Gunstead was about 25 years old, and is believed to be unmar ried. He was a fine specimen of physical manhood. 5T FF SEITEIGF FOR EMBEZZLING STATEJFUIOS (By United Press Leased Wire.) MASON, Mich., Feb. s.—Foi the embezzlement of nearly $700, --000 of state funds, former State Treasurer Frank Glazier was sen tenced today to serve an inde terminate sentence of from five to ten years in the penitentiary. The court in passing sentence recommended that the convicted man serve tha maximum term pro vided by law and at hard labor. FALSE ALARM Considerable excitement was caused about 8 o'clock last night by a fire alarm from the St. Paul boarding house. Three fire engines and several hose carts were sent across the bridge to extinguish the supposed blase. The interest died quickly when It waa learned that It was only a falsa alarm. SOME JVEtOS EVEJSfTS TICTWREtD *By THE TIMES CAHTOO/fIST Fourth Mine Horror BETWEEN THIRTY AND.SEVEVTY MINERS ENTOMBED IN - PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINE TODAY, MAKING FOURTH - SIMILAR DISASTER WITHIN THE WEEK. SUMMARY OF MINE HORRORS FOR THIS WEEK In Primero mine, Colorado, Tuesday, 75 killed. • In Mexican coal mine, Wednesday, 63 killed. In m-akesmoro, Kentucky, mine, Tuesday, 33 killed. In Ernest, Pa., mine today, between 30 and 70 killed. ERNEST, Pa., Feb. s.—lt is feared that between 30 and 7O men were killed In an explosion in mine No. 3 of the Jefferson and Oleartleld Coal and Iron company here today, Only one of the men who entered the, workings this morning has appeared from the shaft t overcome, but managed to tHlglnce the accident. He was almos limes until he reached the muitthow he fought his way through * tunnel. He said tat he stumbled over heaps of objects which lie I*— lleves were fellow miners either dead or dying. The explosion was- caused liy mini- dust. . The rescuers were hampered in their work this afternoon by the frantic members of the- families of the entombed men, who gathered about the entrance and actually fought and *uunul:'(l -with the officials. ___a_ SPELLING MATCH IN WHICH CONTESTANTS TAKE POSITIONS AS IN BASEBALL GAME NORTH YAKIMA, Feb. 4.— When the spellers from the Com mercial club met the spellers from the Women's club soon. The contestants will taka the posi tions of base ball players, a reg ular diamond to be marked out on tae floor of the Commercial club hall. SIR. KENTUCKY WAS IN BAD SHAPE GOVERNMENT TO INVESTI GATE SINKING OF VESSEL ON RUMORS OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. (By United Press Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Feb. 5. —Investi- gation, into the causes leading to the sinking of the Alaska Coast company's vessel Kentucky In V.\e high seas after wireless messages had saved the lives of her crew, ,waa begun today by the govern ment. The government probe will be directed toward ascertaining vmether there might have been criminal negligence in granting the Kentucky her clearance pa pers. It is said In shipping circles that the Kentucky, which was first commissioned thirteen years ago, was not In shape for her intend •t voyage around Cape Horn. She left this port bound for lacoma but on the way sprang a eak and was competed to put In it Newport News for repairs. She was overhauled, given clearance papers and started southward. According to wireless accounts the seams of the Kentucky began to let the water seep through ■ hnrtly after the steamer ha I passed the Virginia capes. As she went southward the leakage In creased, the seams bagan to open and the water to rise in her hold. Th» crew of the Kentucky, 4B in number, are aboard the Mallnry ltaier Alamo, now speeding south ward along the Florida coast on her regular run. SPITS TOBACCO JUICE IN WIFE'S EYES; DIVORCE (By United. Press, Leased ■ Wire.) (U PORTLAND, £ Ore., Feb. V; 6.— The J testimony ' of * his * little ; 14 --year-old daughter, Zola, whe tes tified • that • her father, Charles fA. Johnson, waa addicted to the habit of * spitting t tobacco - Juice .' In ■■ his wife's eyes, was 5 the [^ ground? on which JuAea Morrow mated Mrs). The Tacoma Times; The pitcher will give out the words, and the batter will have the opportunity to spell them. When the batter spells a word correctly he passes to first base, where he must spell another word correctly, and «o on around the bases, being given a score if he makes the circuit successfully. ANNEXATION DECISION TO BE APPEALED 1 "GREATER TACOMA" MOVE ' MKNT WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL SUPREME COURT ■ Kills ON CLIFFORDS DE CISION KNOCKING OUT RE ' CENT ELECTION. ; • [ I Three - annexation petitions , were laid on the shelf when the county commissioners this morn . ing decided to appeal to the su preme court to have the restrain ing order of Judge Clifford ; against the'recent election ' Bet i aside. The hearing will probably i come up next- June, and the ■ "Greater Tacoma" project is tied up until that time. - ■■■'.■"..'■• 1 Upon the assurance of the com - missioners that the appeal would | be made, a second document em ' bracing practicaly the same terri , tory, which was prepared under . the direction of attorneys Fitch i and Harris this - weke, > was not , filed. ~. .-,-.•. "''.:,:--,'^::';-:-.^' ! • The . three petitions; •of * Park land, ' Regents Park and Lemon's > Beach, already on file, would > have taken precedence and held up the larger ' proposition ; indefi nitely, It was feared, had the de -1 mand been 'filed.' : ■ ■it. ' Judge; Clifford's order which held , up the ' annexation ■,project was , Issued ' just; after the ;, recent . favorable.election, upon represen . tations i that' proper | legal " notice of'the election had . not been • givW^'.P'-,.*.; S-': -■*~\v~-..L..-.-5-'. Johnson a divorce yesterday. In addition to this the child declar ed .that she had frequently hea-1 her father threaten to kill both her mother and himeelf. * Mrs. Johnson was given a de cree with $20 a month for the support of the child and $100 at torney's fee*. . TA<X>MA V WASH., SATURDAY, FKBKTAKV 5, 1010 FANATIC SHOOTS FAMILY MID HIMSELF (By United Press Leased Wire.) FERGUS FALLS, Minn., Fof).l s. —William Buckhetm, a farmer of Perkers Prairie, his wife nad their four children are dead- to day, the victims of the man's mur derous mania, which resulted from a religious frenzy. In the midst of his five vic tims, Buckheim, who was 35 years of age, was found dying by an old er son. He declared that his ter rible deed was the result of his inability to execute a divine com mand and that it had' been done to escape the vengeance of God. j ' The fanatic, before he became unconscious, Bald that he had beta commanded to take his wife and four children to a certain grave yard, where they were to dig up certain bodies. This grewsome work had to be done with their bare hands, and be finished before next Easter.. . '• • ._, After viewing the frozen ground he said he decided the task'wns Impossible. He returned to h l* home, shot his wife and children and then committed suicide. * SKELETON STILL UNIDENTIFIED BY OFFICER (By United Press Leased Wire,) SAN FRANCISCO-, Feb. 6.— The list of descriptions of miss ing persons, on file at police head quarters, is being searched today for a clew that may lead to the identification of the young woman whose skeleton - with its skull crushed in was found on i the slope of Mount Tamalpais two days ago. - . ■' t Sheriff. Taylor of Marin county visited police headquarters here today following the discovery of two slight blows which may lead to the identity of the murdered girl and of her slayer. . f «•; The watch which was found on the skeleton, and also 'an empty whisky bottle found near by, are the only clues upon which the offi cers are working. Description of the * dead girl was compiled today from remnants of hair, teeth, size of the bones of the skeleton, and from weather worn clothing. . •.,';■ :'" , : Possible Identity. ~<, ;•• A list of 108 missing women was examined at police, headquar ters and a dozen of the missing fitted the meager description ob tained^ " ■' Prize Winning Rhymers In Times' Third Contest Come on and get yo«r theater ( ticket*. . , • •"" . j Here are the four prize winners in the Times L third i rhyme contest which closed yesterday at noon :7 When 7 Hiram sat down to enjoy :* ' 'his big chair, '■ - ... His wife had to stand, which ■' I -- think was unfair. •"-■"-.•• •'"■%; .■■-/».* ;Vj;:-. .■:.'. v;.- r.5-?/.- Chas. " Lee. .; 6432 South Oakes. :• t *.-•,■ | ( 1 When ; Hiram sat down to enjoy j -> his big chair, -..■j^.j,;!:"-',^'- | He laughted at his daughters pat- ] ; ting rats -in their hair- j ■*. " ■.. '■'■;.,- Kzra Di Toucey. ] :fi 1935 South ■ E .Street;..' *;? rS '> j Wh«n Hiram sat down to enjoy j *. his big chair, ■"?*,?• —;„ j He \ was T sure : to lbe cross -If ; the : ■v ' Times' wasn't there. "-*>*?* *r;T { •*•>*.< y lTs>':«ir«.Col*af"?Frl»st. is.' i "i 919%" South Yakima 1; Avenue v . When Hiram sat ■ down to enjoy ] his big chair, ■;^-; i.V;. livi*; { He knew that the Times had ran ! ■ "Mack" to bis lß,lp.^V<v=--Ui7i 1 »;j..-..' - ,»-.A~i.i",* :-,v.v'4 M. Flynn. r• ; Villtard House, ;¥A Street. -f,J- f -Among •• scores' of ■" other Cz good lines submitted were the follow- ' ing: SUES GIRL FOR BREACH OF PROMISE POUGHKKEPSIE, N. V.. Feb. 's.—Miss Elizabeth Kelly, a prom inent society girl of this city, Is defendant today in a broach of promise suit instituted by Ivelceo ter M. Pond, an architect of Spo kane, Wash. Pond asks $25,000 tem*g«i. In his complaint Pond alleges that \li:i- Kelly was engaged to many him. He says her promise Was given in June, 1908, and that the wedding was set for June 22, 1909. He recites several postpone ments of the ceremony, and thi 1 ftnul breaking off of the match. A portion of the money he asks w is spent, he declared, in gifts to the defendant, and in traveling be twt-en Spokane and Poughkeepsl-e! Miss Kelly is the daughter of William J. Kelly, a wealthy resl djput of this city. SHIPON REEF (By United Press I/eased Wir».) SEATTLE. Feb. 5.—A Uni fvd Wireless message from the stoani er Victoria, which reached Seward tbis afternoon, says: "The miss ing Bteamer Karallon Is on Blac* reef, five miles from Lluna. the tame spot where the Saratoga was lost several years ago. There are 22 persons aboard. "Six who left in an open boat twenty days ago have neve. 1 been heard from and it is believed t.icy have been lost in the blizzard that lias been raging on the coasc for many days." 9OXH OF NORWAY. TO OROAXIZE IX BALLARD The local lodge, Sons of Nor way, will go to Seattle tomorrow morning at 11 o'clck on the In dianapolis to be present and par ticipate in the organizing of a new lodge in Ballard, which is to take place at 3 o'clock. The Seattle, Everett and Beliinghara lodges will also send delegations. Near ly 100 members have signified their intention of going from here. RENO, Nev., Feb. 5. —Charges of desertion are contained in a snit pending today in the local court in which Charles H. Gayley, vice president of the United States Stseel corporation, seeks divorce from his wife, Julia Gardner Gay- Jgy. The complaint in the suit Is. the briefest ever filed In a Nevada court. The four prizes will - be | | awarded in the order In t | which the names of the win- j nci-s appear. They may se- | I aure their tickets by calling | [ ill the Times office tonight | | op to 7 o'clock or any day j | before Wednesday of next I [ week. Ie said, "Be-gosh, we've got flve ' cent fare. Earl Williams. la said: "Hand me -the Time?, | the paper that's square. Mrs. Robt. Robertson. Mmmook said, "Please stand up, i and pay double fare. Miss Edith Heeter. Ie knew the Tacoma Times would soon be there. George Crandall. ■ I« lit on a tack little Willie placed there. Harry M. Prince, Jr. I« lighted his pipe and blew emoke in the air. Mre. P. A. Kalenborn. Ie pulled ont his Times with a satisfied air. Roy A. Raymond, laid vegetable diet makes me tear my hair. Mm. A. McDonald. . (Continued on Page Eight.) LINCK AND MORRIS STAND BY "PUGS" EXJOYIXG FREE RIXGSIDE SKATS OFFICIALS ALLOW CITI ZENS TO IIX VICTIMIZED WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE COMPELLED RETURN OK MOXEY — THEY LISTEN TO VIIXJAR SOXtJ AS PART OK PROGRAM WITHOUT A PRO TEST, RUT DISGUSTED CITIZENS HAVE THE SINGER AR RESTED. WEAVING A WEB ABOUT GOHL ABERDEEN. Wash., Feb. 5. — Aberdeen is today throbbing wilh interest over the most sensational murder case it has ever had, and citizens who kept silent ns long as William Gohl was free, through fear of the man, came forward to day with statements to the police. Accus*>d of Anton. Charles Jakobson, formerly a friend of Gohl's, but who i« low embittered a-gainst the prisoner because of alleged "doublo crosses," tolff the police today lhat Gohl started the big flrr- here about 18 months ago, by touching off an infernal machine In the Alaska saloon. Jakobson said ho did this in a spirit of revenge against the saloon proprietor and others in the block. Man and Wife Missing. The disappearance of Jacob Miller, formerly a deputy sheriff, and his wife, who left here to livo in a cabin belonging to Gohl on Laidlaw's island and have not been seen since, is thought to be another matter upon which Gohl might shed some light. Thr<M years ago, when the seamen's (Continued on Page Six.) FIND BODY OF MURDERED BABY Coroner Shaver Is investigating the mystery surrounding the murder of an Infant, whose body was found near the Puyallup riv er yesterday afternoon with a thick twine string tightly knotted about its neck. Axel Christofferson discov ered the body near the point where the county road crosses the river on the reservation and noti fied the coroner. The body Is that of a girl baby weighing about 9 pounds, and had probably lain in the underbrush two weeks. It was wrapped in gunnysacks and a man's shirt. WRECK JACKSONIL.L,E, Fla.. Feb. 6.— A report reeclved here this after noon says that a racetrack train from St. Augustine, heavily loud ed with passengers, collided with a regular passenger express on the Seaboard Air Line late tol*y. causing heavy loss of llf«?. First reports Indicated that 50 persons were dead In the wr;?ok, but teh railroad officials doclared that thFRO figures were grossly exaggerated. Relief train* have been sent from here to the scone Another scoop by the police was effected about 1:30 o'clock this morning when a half-dozen "vags," representing Scotland, Ireland and America, were taken in from the corner at Fourteenth street and Pacific avenue. .One man In the collection had the price of one drink, but the others were penniless. ' DIANA TO THK KKHITK Diana Dillpickles has investigated the cost of living prob lem for the Times humor department, and her findings on this all important subject will appear in six chapters, begin ning in the issue of Monday. Diana's writings arc worth waiting for. In free ringside scats. Mayor Lint-It and Sheriff Morris sat Hide by side last night in Germaniii hull mill witnessed without pro test a disgraceful exhibition of dissipated pugilism and moral de pravity, which was Ixith an insult to tlwem-y anil a violation of the law. • The "show" was touted as a "boxing match." It proved to be more of an exhibition such as formerly was wont to thrive in vho tenderloin section of the city in the early days when there was at res»aint on the immoral elements. But the mayor and sheriff but and enjoyed the so-called smoker and never raised an official hand to put a stop to it. - Disgusted Citizens Leave. Decent citizens who ©njoy scien tific boxing have been led to pat ronize the former 'matches," hut suspicion was aroused at a recent fight by circumstances that Indi cated a frame-up between the con testants and the managers of tli<? enterprise and the disclosures last night so disgusted the crowd of decent people present that some of the performers were hootd an hissed out of the ring and .scores left the hall. * ' "Principal".' Was Drunk. One Winsor was booked lan* night as a "principal" in the main boxing go with Lee Croft. He ap peared in the ring drunk. While a substitute was being secured Bert Vincent got up and sang a song that reeked with filth and indecency so gross that he was howled out of the ring by the disgusted men and boys. The preliminary events w,«jre also such as to disgust the crowd and make the audience feel it hal been bunkoed. And through it all the mayor and the sheriff sat by and without a word of protest. Should Have Returned Money. "An official with any brains or backbone would have put a stop to the disgrace when one of the fighters appeared • in a drunken condition," said a disgusted citi zen today. "Either the mayor or the sheriff should have protected the crowd from the fakers by com pelling the promoters to return every cent of the money." When the series of prize fights which culminated in last night's affair was started there was some semblance of decency and square ness about them. The easy money and the easy officials, however, soon make the pugs reckless and several of the so-called fights have been rank frame-ups In which the fourth rate pugs got fat purees from unsuspecting fight fans. Mayor Linck admitted when these pug programs first started In Tacoma that they were In viola tion of law but he took no steps to stop the game. " Sheriff Morris officially too* note of the events recently when he . ordered the managers to I cut their fights down from 10 to 6 rounds. Th law does not recog nize any difference between a 10 and -a 60-round prize fight. Other city and county, officials were also present but :no on 3 thought of stopping the affair or of protecting the men present by compelling the "managers" to re turn the money when the adver tlsd bout was not put on. - Vincent Arrested. j Today some of the men' victim ized ■by the affair called, at the city attorney office > and secured a warrant for ,the arrest of „Bert Vincent, "who sang r' an j Indecent song as a part of .the program last night. ;. The warrant charges Vin cent with -using' vulgar language In a public place. He was arrest ed late ; this ■ afternoon. • "-.-i -—»" — The other persons mixed Id th? affair, have thus . far escaped. " ' * 5 :■:;.:.'" ';■' '"' . y-M'.'•-• ■ s {■;. • BANK CLEARINGS v _\ Clearings'.;. .V..'.•".".. $790,451.01 Balances ...'... .... .*: 139,731.88 One Cent on the street 30c Per Mcnlh Delivered 80 CE.VTS A MONTH. BIG VERDICT AGAINST UNION OOMPRItS MAKES I>OINTFD OOMMKNT OX DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST H.IT MAKKKH— IU.XMI s V. S. BUI»RKME COURT. WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 5. —"The verdict awarding $74,000 damages to the hat manufacturers of Danbury, Norwalk and Bethel Is repugnant to the very purposes of the Sherman anti-trust law," declared Samuel Oompers, presi dent of the American Federation of Labor, today. ('rompers said that the very thing for which the members of the hatters' unions have bn-M fined Is legal in the United States. The labor president blamed the United States supreme court, In part, for holding that an organiza tion like that of a labor union, which Is not organized for proit, comes under the provisions of the Sherman law. The damages referred to by (.lumpers were awarded yesterday by I jury to D. B. Lowe ft Co., of Danbury, which asked $240,. 000 damages from Martin L*wl>r and $240,000 from other members of the Danhury, Norwalk and Be thel unions. The manufacturing company alleged a conspiracy In restraint of trade, . following the so-called "boycott" of its goods by the unions. The trouble grew out of the hatters' strike of last spring, which affected the hat la dustry of the Bast. BENNIE FARRELI WINS GROSS COUNTRY Tne cross country run held th a morning in Wright park called out a large number of interested spectators. About 30 names wer.j entered for the run and of tuis number 20 finished. The first to complete the three-mile run was Bennie Farrel, time: 14:32. Orlo Hoy followed closely, having com pleted the circuit in 14:35. The others of the first ten came in in the following order: Maulsby, Barret, Hanawalt, Anderson, Mc- Lean, Heritage, Robinson and Hartman. REICHSTAG PASSES TARIFF AGREEMENT BERLIN, Feb. —Tho bill en- , dorsing the government's tariff arrangement with the. United States passed the ; relchstag today without alteration, its' accept ance upon each of the three re quired readings was almost unan imous. The only protests were from the extreme conservative*. ■ . - ,; . KILLED BY ~:ti EXPLOSION ' •'-■ ■■ •■ ' ■■' ' " -:-•-': 'J--';:<"-.*: Smith was employed as a "pow- ' der h man" in the camp :of l-i; the Grays Harbor hogging <• company, and was killed by a premature ex plosion of dynamite while blast-; ing stumps. In a notebook found in the remnant of his ~* clothing was the address, ""John McCarthy, San , Francisco.". . : f*%..i ■:- Pending ' the complete recovery of f. John ; Menar ' from * the ; sever* £ bruises^ received when ■', knock hi)' down on the morning; of January 18 ■; by an g automobile driven by Clayton J Frago, the hearing < •/' of Frago on .a j charge of ■' attempted I murder and ' that jof Guy Martin," a piano player,'* as his accomplice, was postponed for 1 one week by Police Judge Arntoon this after- : noon.