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VOL. IX. NO, 92.
CONTRACTORS COMBINE BEHIND MILLS, WOODS AND LAWSON
STRIKERS TO
TURN DOWN
SETTLEMENT
(By Initctl Press Leased Wire.)
HOQI7IAM, April 6—This town
\m as calm as a May morning, said
Chief of Police Quinn today.
"There hattn't been so much a« n
heated discussion in 24 hours."
The strikers have not ho far
accepted the offer of the lumber
companies.
HOQUIAM, April 6.—Strikers
at the Hoquiam mills are today
considering the following settle
ment proposition made to them
by the mill owners:
First —No recognition of tne I.
W. W.
Second —The mills will not dis
criminate against union men.
Third —The mill men endorse
the organization of a "citizens'
labor bureau" as recommended
by the "citizens' committee."
Fourth—A minimum wage of
$2.25. "White" labor to be giv
en preference. Labor to be furn
ished through a "citizens' labor
bureau."
The agreement is signed for
the citizens' committee by P. J.
Mourant. H. C. Watklns and Ar
thur Bridges; for tho employers
by the Northwestern Lumber
company, the E. K. Wood Lum
ber company, the Eureka Cedar
Lumber & Shingle company, the
Hoquiam Lumber & Shingle com
pany and the Grays Harbor Lum
ber company.
That Mayor Ferguson will not
be recalled, the citizens' commit
tee havlnig abandoned Its plans,
was announced last night.
The strikers, however, are cir
culating petitions for the recall of
Commissioner W. B. Ogden, who
refused to vote to dismiss Police
Sergeant Hardwiek, who was ac
cused of brutality to arrested
strikers.
Means tho Black. List.
Local I. W. W. leaders don't
ibelleve that the Hoquiam strikers
will accept the terms of the mill
owners.
"The I. W. W. is not fighting
for recognition," said 1 one of
them. "But lam certain that the
Strikers will not agree to have all
employes hired through a 'citi
aens' labor ibureau.' We are
firmly convinced that this is only
& scheme for blacklisting our
men.
"The "bureau* simply means
that this citizens' committee can
dictate who Bhall be employed.
You can readily see the result."
SOCIALISTS PROTEST
SEATTLE, Aprlv 6. —One of
the iblgigest meetings ever held by
the socialists In Seattle is planned
tomorrow night at Dreamland hall
to protest against the authorities
in the strikes at Aberdeen and
Hoqulam. llulot M. Wells, can
didate, for mayor In the recent
election, will be one of the speak
ers. A monster parade preced
ing the mass meeting Is being ar
ranged.
Decision is Appealed
Deputy Prosecutor Burmelster
will appeal from Judge Chap
man's decision assessing the costa
in the Marjorie Rlemann case to
the state. Chapman ruled that
Mrs. Liazie Magnussen's flight for
possession of her daughter was a
quasi-criminal case and that she
need not pay the costs.
South N St.
$60.00 each for three lots
in Hoemer's Add. Street
grade, sidewalks and all
taxes paid. Abstract and
warranty deed. Ono block
from car line.
Calvin Philips & Co.
California Bldg. Main 23
READ THE THRILLING STORY OF JOHN TORNOW THE BEAST-MAN IN MONDAY'S TIMES
TANNER TELLS GRIM TALE
OF STARVATION TORTURE
Dr. Hazzard, Port Orchard starvation doctor, now on 11th day
of her -to day fast, going for a horseback ride with an attendant.
Dr. Hazzard shown to right. She hast lost 10 pounds and shows it
"Appetite is passing. She lias suffered—yes. But wait till hun
ger conies!"
Dr. Tanner, the 82-year-old originator of the fasting cure, was
speaking. Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard was entertaining her friends
informally in her rooms at the Lincoln hotel Sunday. She was chat
ting with eßrnarr Macfadden of the wavy locks and the bulging
biceps—the Chicago Masfadden, the vegetarian physical ciilturist,
who keeps fit by fasting when he isn't dining on lettuce and nuts,
and who has the physique of a Hercules and the appetite of a wren.
Dr. Tanner and Macfadden are old friends.
They were discussing old times. Very slim, and almost girl
ish, Dr. Hazzard looked in her tailor-made suit. Her cheeks were
pink, her eyes shining, and her lips were parted in a smile.
"The first week Is tho hardest," said I>r. Tanner. "It is then
that one suffers the pang!! of api>etite. You must not confound ap
petite with hunger. Appetite is abnormal. Even dyspeptics have
appetite. Did you ever have ilj>p«-i'>in'.' If mi, you know what it
is to suddenly crave ttie most outlandish dishes at the im-si un
earthly hours. That is apetlte. The drunkard's craving for drink
and the smoker's craving for tobacco are appetite.
"Dr. Hazzard!"
The woman, hearing her name spoken, looked across the room,
smiling inquiringly.
"What would you like to eat now?"
"Nothing now, thank you, doctor. Tills morning I wanted snlt
pork. And that Is strmige, because oi'dinnrlly I can't bear the
thought of salt pork."
"WHEN APPETITE IS CONQUERED"
"Appetite!" said Dr. Tanner. "When I was making my 40-day
fast," he went on, "I suffered the torments of the damned the first
week. Then there was a period when the thought of food was dis
tasteful. When should a fast be broken? When nppetlte is con
quered, when the distaste for food passes, and hunger comes. Then
the breath will be sweet, the pulse normal. You will know when
the time is at hand. You will be hungry. You don't know what
real hunger is. It only comes after fasting, when the stomach is
empty and clean and clamoring for food. You would eat leather or
ten-penny nails if you were really hungry.
"When I forgjse my 40-day fast I was laboring under the old
mistaken notion that to fill my stomach with food would be most
dangerous. My doctor had told me so. So I railed for a glaws of
milk. 1 sipped it. Did you ever pour a cupful of water on the des
ert? It was like that. I called for another and bigger glass of milk.
I sipped that. Frenzied, I called for a third glass and took it at a
gulp.
"I was certain I was killing myself. The doctor had told me I
would surely die if I did not break the fast gradually. I called for
three large peaches and devoured them. I called for three large
California pears and devoured them. And, still hungry, I went to
Bee my doctor.
"In the street I found a watermelon which someone had dropped
on the sidewalk. It was a big melon —a whopper—and the fall had
split it so that the luscious heart showed. It danced up and down
and dared me to eat it. I forgot dignity. I fell on that melon nnd
burled my face in it until my ears were wet. There was only the
thinnest rind left when I got through.
"I told the doctor what I had done. 'I knew yon would make a
fool of yonrself,' he said. 'You will be dead in 24 hours."
"The great Dr. Hammond, who set himself up as a medical pope,
and who had set the limit of human endurance at 10 days without
food, admitted that my faßt was bona fide, but added: 'He has
ruined his stomach. The first food he puts into it will set up in
flammation, and he will die.'
"I went to bed, thoroughly frightened. And slept like a child!
In the morning I had ham and eggs and griddle cakes. And the
stomach I had 'ruined' is still doing business at the old stand. I
wouldn't swap it for any stomach on earth."
The Story of the Year
In The Times Monday
Fred Dealt has been down In
the land of John Turno this
—that - strange figure who
has been terrorising Southwest
Washington from the Columbia
to Willapa and who nas six igrirn
notches on his crazed rifle. ■,
, E Bealt Is back today with the
—the first real story of John
Turnow and one of .the most re
markable | newspaper S articles j of
the year. It "will* be »rinted ]in
the Times Monday. ■
This man dealt, by the way, is
one of the best feature writers in
the country today.- Trained la
the big Cleveland Press office, fie
was sent to London three years
ago for the ..United Press. Two
month* ago be left for the coast.
He'll write for the Times at In
tervals. y, -\ .--■' r -.-V;'-.v- '. .■
The Turno* article i* a irapert)
bit of : news writing.V Watch ■ for
, it ■ Monday.. C^g; KiiiM'MX-^
TACOMA, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, APRIL 6,1912.
NAVAL MAN'S
WIFE FIGHTS
ACCUSATIONS
BREMERTON,' April o.—Cross
examination of Hotel Clerk G.
Gray was the chief feature this
morning of the court martial of
Lieutenant .loin-.
Regarding Gray'n advice SO
Jones and Mrs. Mcßeynolds to
register as man and wife, the
court asked him:
"Do you frequently advise Min
gle people to register as man and
wife?"
"On several occasions I have,"
replied Gray. "Under certain cir
cumstances I have done so.'*
"What idea," asked the court,
"did you hear of the relations r\
ititing between Lieutenant .Imici
and Mrs. Mc.ltrynolds?"
"That il.. i were upright and
honorable," replied Gray.
BREMERTON, April G.—Mrs.
Margaret Mcßeynolds, divorced
wife of the complaining officer
and finance of the accuse*!, again
took the witness stand this morn
ing after being excused yesterday
afternoon on account or illness.
She was visibly weakened by the
nervous strain of a grilling cross
examination. The attorney for
Lieutenant C. K. Junes, who Is on
court martial on the change of
"scandalous conduct," asked that
she be excused, saying that she
was suffering from chills and a
headache.
The prosecution took Mrs. Mc-
Reynolda to task for returning to
Bremerton last fall and living
with her husband when, accord-
Ing to her testimony, she had al
ready become engaged to Lieu
tenant Jones.
"It was on account of my
boys," she said. "1 couldn't help
It. I came back. I couldn't bear
to stay away from them any
longer."
Cross examination showed that
Mrs. Reynolds had dined and
played golf and bridge with Lieu
tenant Jones before her separa
tion. She emphatically denied
that she paid any more attention
to him than to any other brother
officers of Lieutenant Mcßey
nolds. Q. B. Gray, clerk at the
Rainier Grand hotel of Seattle,
was allowed to Rive expert testi
mony to the effect that Lieuten
ant Jones acted properly when he
registered as "C. B. Davis and
wife" in securing a room for Mrs.
Mcßeynolils at the Stewart hotel.
Want To Help Tacoma?
Things are humming at Pettlt headquarters today.
The committee invites every man and woman in the city
who wants Tacoma to be run for \he people instead of the cor
porations and vice syndicate to come to room 624 National
Realty building or 621 to the woman's' headquarters. The tele
phones are Main 9277 and 9273.
Hundreds of new workers have enlisted In the Pettit cam
paign since the primaries.
KIDNAP EDITOR
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 6.—
Declaring that the kidnapers of
Editor Abraham R. Bauer of the
San Diego Herald has been rec
ognized by witnesses, and that ar
rests would follow today, Sheriff
Jennincgs is takimg an active part
in the latest development in the
fight between the police, vigil
antes and I. W. W.s here.
Saner, whose weekly paper hag:
bitterly attacked the police In the
free speech fight, was seized last
night by six men in front of his
home near the business district
and directly across the street
from the fashionable University
club. Members of the club heard
the cry of "Murder," followed by
a revolver shot. Screaming for
help, the editor was forced into
an automobile, and as his wife
and two daughters rushed onto
the porch, was whisked away.
Mrs. Saver was prostrated toy
the shock and may not live.
Recover Gems
(.By United Press li©ased Wire.)
NEW YORK, April 6.—That
within the next few days detec
tives will recover in this city part,
if not all, of the $50,000 collec
tion of jewels stolen from Mrs.
Eugene de Sabla in San Francisco
is the opinion here today of Pta
kerton operatives. The Jewel*
were stolen from a room In the
Palace hotel In Ban Francisco dar
ing a Mardl Qras ball there last
montlx.
Three Queens Light and Dark One
Will Be Ruler of Montamara Land
Miss HAZEL liiiuwN. Miss AMY liMIMI. Miss ANITA OONNKLLY.
Three queens looks like a Rood hand for Tacoma to hold.
Here they are—the candidates so far announced for queen of Tacoma's Montamara Festo this
summer.
Queen Anita Is fair, petite and vivacious. Queen Amy is dark and sober eyed. Queen Hazel
has blue eyes and dark hair. Everyone who buys a Tiger button can vote for the queen of the car
alvsl. t
Abe Ruef, In Prison Cell, Tells
How He Sold Out San Francisco
(By .United Press Leased Wire.)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.—
Stung by a recent editorial in
which lie waa described a« "hu
man hyena" nnd a "surly, cun
ning, cynical rogue," whose parole
would lose for the city the respect
of reputable men the world over,
Ahe Ruef, once political liobs of
San Francißco, today made a dra
matic statement of hie misdeeds.
"Wlth others," says Ruef, "I
co-operated in selling out the city
of San Francisco and so I am In
a prison cell. It has taken these
stone walls, this KM, six by ten,
to bring me to the full realization
of the Iniquity of this betrayal.
"How and why my life flow so
wide of its igoal 1 am now deter
mined to trace in the hope that it
may prove of benefit to society.
*When I first entered politics I
was a'sanguine young lnan of 21.
I had graduated from the Califor
nia university law department.
With Franklin K. Lane, Ferdi
nand Vaesatilt and John H. Wig-
IRE WATER
DETROIT, April 6.—With the
Pere Marquette railway worth
$118,000,000 and watered so it has
to pay interest on $70,000,000 of
bonds and the service run down
bo that wagons are active com
petitors in hauling freight, the
road went Into the hands of re
ceivers yesterday.
, The company has watered the
stpek so often and played so high
In the Wall street game the road
is simply swamped, and when it
asked the state commission of
Michigan to allow $4,000,000
more bonds with the same old cry
of "putting the road on its feet,"
the commission said no.
1500 SOLDIERS
AT CARNIVAL
I Present plans contemplate at
least 1,500 soldiers In uniform »n
the big Montamara parade here
July 4. With such war talent on
hand representing the army and
navy of Uncle Sam and the Sea
forth Highlanders of Canada the
committee: intends to have a mil
itary program that will be a win
ner, i .
Drills by the Highlanders,
broadsword contests in the | sta
dium, wall scaling, tug of war and
other excitements will be provid
ed to '.:■ intereta' both spectators
and participant*. ;
. WEATHER FOM3OAST. *
S'■' Shower* tonight and Sunday. >'
more, I hoped to organize a dub
for civic reform. Through Lane,
we corresponded with similar lit
erary bodies endeavoring to awatc
en American public conscience,
one of which was represented by
Theodore Rooesveit, tlien moving
along the same lines In New York.
"Today Lane Is Interstate com
rneroe commissioner. John H.
Wigmore Is dean of the North-
LIVING ON (1.85 PER DAY
To ilUi'iiss the fight for liigtirr
wages a Hums meeting of mill
workers will be held tomorrow
nfternoon at the I. W. W. hall,
If the li.ill in-.ofiic,, too crowded
i ln> crowtl will go to 12th and I'a
cillc avenue.
There is said to be a general
undercurrent of unroot existing
in all t'u' ".ills of the city.
John—is a striker at the St.
Paul & Tacoma mills. He is a
"straw boas". His wages were
$1.85 a day.
He has a family of four chil
dren, the oldest six years of age.
John worked at the mills about
eight months. When he started
he had a little money saved up
and was out of debt. Now after
working steady for eight months!
ho has only 65 cents between
family and starvation, and owes
a number of bills.
Here's Expense Account
Here is an average monthly
statement, showing receipts and
expenditures of John's house
hold:
Receipts—
Wages $48.00 —$52.00
Expenses—■
Groceries, Meat $40.00
Rent $ 7.00
Light, water . .$ 2.10
Balance-minus $ 1.10 —$ 2.90
He figured nothing for clothing,
nothing for pleasures and luxur
ies of any kind! And still there
was in some months a deficit in
the monthly statement!
"That's the reason I struck,"
said John. To keep on working
OFFER ELK TO
TACOM A PARK
Congressman Wanburton - In a
letter to the county commission
ers Bays Uncle Sam will send to
Mt. Tacoma • reserve as many
young elk as the people out here
want to pay for. . ■ ■■■•
The coat will be about $10 a
head to capture the elk and the
freight from Yellowstone . park
will be In addition to this. The
park Is now overstocked and the
government wants to get rid of, a
lot. . . i. ,
The county has no money and
the matter may t>e referred to the
Commercial club. . V
CARRY " nkIXEF'pRESE.
3To aid flood sufferers "In the
Mississippi Valley the Wells-Fargo
Express company today ! announc
ed that it will carry free of charge
any amount oX money or provis
ipM.'V--- •■'-"■•^i-V. -,>y•.'■■s^ iv^y.-'.t- :-,>*.*'"•
western university. I am In a pris
on cell.
"They live in honor —I in dis
grace. Their words are listened
to with r.-»|i«-<i — 1 speak only with
the consent of the guards and un
der their censorship. They are
high in the councils of men—l In
the lowest degradation. They live
the lives of men —I tha life or a
felon."
tiimply meant hunger and starva
tion to my wife and children. So
I decided that when the others be
gan to quit I had better quit also.
Anyhow, I might as well sturve
idle hs starve working."
Many of the men at the St.
Paul mill are working for $1.70
for a 10-hour day and $1.80 for
II hours at night. They get 10
cents extra for that extra hour
of night work.
Wear Baby Ribbon
It was a live, but perfectly or
derly picket line that was thrown
along the Eleventh si. bridge this
morning. To Insure against vio
lence in their own ranks, the
pickets selected a committee to
search them for knives or guns.
All the pickets were also distin
guished this morning by a light
red baby ribbon around the
sleeve.
"Get your $2.60 a day and
watch Tacoma grow," was the
slogan to the men as they were
going to the mills. Once in a
while a workman would stop and
talk to the pickets. If, after a
few minutes he turned and walked
home Instead of going to work,
cheers and shouts of approval
greeted him from the long line
of pickets.
A total of 422 entered the
mills this morning, according tk>
the pickets, indicating that not.
more than half the usual force
is at work.
Satemrnt From Mill
Supt. Palmer could not be seen
this morning. "There Is no
strike. A few men have quit,
that's all," was the statement
given out at the mill.
PISTOL DUEL
BEAUMONT, Texas, April 6. —
M. A. Knight and W. C. Whitney,
building contractors and leading
citizens of Beaumont, are both
dead today as a result of a pistol
duel. They had quarreled over
work. Both men. leave widows
and families.
VANCOUVER, Wash.—Declar
ing that his eyesight is so poor
that he could not guarantee his
curves the mayor Is to be excused
from pitching the first ball of the
season.
• IMMIGKANTB MI'HT OO BACK. •
• A carload of Immigrants who faded to meet the require- 9
• nienta of Inspection, coming over from Seattle, wtll be aont •
• from here to New York next Wednesday to ibe deported. •
• There are men, women and children and that carload will •
9) represent a carload of blasted hopes and ruined anticipations. •
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a
30 CENTS A MONTH.
BIG SCHEME
TO CONTROL
COMMISSION
"There la • combination of half
a dosen of the big contractors to
get in on the city. They are oo
operating with the open town «d
--vocates and are going down th«
line for Mills, Lawson and Wood*
—all contractors, yon notice—
get control of the city eommlMloa.
Then watch the city begin paying
royalties on street paring and sec
the taxpayers get bumped In th*
good old way." ■ . ' ,V|
: Such was the sentiment of m
prominent contractor today. %■' '
With big paving projects ahead,
the Oreen river and Nlsqually
jobs still uncompleted and plenty;
of new work In prospect the fel
lows who want to grab something
are on the Jab. They see a chance
for the corporations and special
interests to gain complete control
of the commission by electing
three men. • ■ ;: •
With Mills, Uwnn and Wood*
to tie to It would not matter what
Kreeland and Seymour did. ; Turn
three could carry any proposition,
they desired. •• v.;.;' >„
A scrutiny of the election fig
tires shows that these three studs'
close together and carried the
same precincts generally In the
primaries despite the fact that th*
vote was split up by the personal*
•ties of many candidates. ',/'.;.
In the open town precincts th*
big votes came for Lawiori,
Woods and Mills and It Is op to
the people to get busy, against this
combination If they want to re
tain control of Taooma. ;,■£*.^ -^
POISONED GUM
COST $10,000
(It) United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE. April t.—Tw«
sticks of "poisoned gum" and *
draft for $10,000 figured promi
nently In a remarkable story told
here to Justice Stocker by H. A.
Bralnard, a wealthy farmer of
Qarwod, Idaho.
Bralnard told the court that
while under the influence of "pol*
soned gum" he had been Induced
to sign a draft for $10,000 which
was to be bet on a horse, the faliu*
lout winnings of which were to b«
turned over to him. The horsel
did not win anything and the next
thing Bralnard knew after sign'
Ing tho draft was that he had been
gathered up by tho police. The
two men found, R. B. Dean and
William King, were bound over
to the superior court on a charge
of gambling.
Killed Child;
Fined 1 Cent
• United Press Leased Wire.) •
• VANCOUVER. B. C. April •
• 6. —Eva Bertalon, found 9
9 guilty of manslaughter In fl
• connection with the death of •
• her infant child, will escape 0
• with a fine of one cent If the 9
• recommendation of the Jury •
• here is carried out. It was 9
• said that the child died of •
• neglect. It was found dead •
• in an Irrigating ditch. 9
J
Wilson Attacks
"Boss Rule"
(i;.v United Press leased Wire.)
GALESBURG, 111., April 6.—
Addressing a crowd at the depot
here today Governor Wood row
Wilson attacked the methods of
selecting candidates in vogue In
most states as "boss rule."
Dudley Malone, assistant cor
poration counsel of New York
City, denounced the flight which.
William Randolph Hearst Is mak
ing against Wilson.