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HOME EDITION ■Z .,-Are yon reading Average Jones . j ; ■lories? They are great. See a page 8 today. VOL. IX. NO. 94. '•* -t -v .--->/: - *••„-' - . •** ■ * >. . * ■ - . -*' * » -,^ .-•-■. "i" ■" '-• v*^., "*-"*.- -'.*• --.-.-* *" ■ r' " -'■' ■- ■ . .''■* 'v' : . .j".""»*~:^j ■ *!'..-■ : .'V '- ... -*'.■■■-..-. .' ; *'! • . * »>.*" I ... > *..,„. fc . , : .~ - ''! . ■ ■" -. d ...»^• ,-* .-,.*- -- . - : , *'<* ■' •' *' - ■ ' ■ '* . ... .^j.-. .-,*'* TRY TO SHOW UP WIFE OF NAVAL MAN By United I'ress l^axrd Wire.) BREMERTON. April 9. —In the court martial of Lieut. C. K. Jones the prosecution is trying to Impeach Mrs. Margaret McHey nolda testimony. A letter from her to her husband, a naval offi cer, written after Lieutenant Jones had escorted her east, was Introduced yesterday. It read iv part: "I am only human and I admit I have done wrong. My love for you as the father of two of the dearest little boys a mother ever worshiped, draws me to you, and the hoys, if only in one room. I am willing to deny myself any thing to be with yon and the boyn." The prosecution also Introduc ed a letter to show that Mrs. Mc- Reynolds knew about the pay meat of the hospital bill of a woman In New York by her hus band. "I met her only twice," Mc- Reynolds wrote to his wife. "My regard for her, call it affection If you will, was the same as that of two men fond of each other. We were just like two pals, and I thought I was justified In making her a small loan. I expected she would return the money. I guess I was an easy mark.' ARREST TUFTS MANAGER (By United Press l.tns.d Wire.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 9.— Reports reached here today that Charles Mifflin Hammond, step brother-in-law of Colonel Roope velt and manager of the Taft campaign in California, has been arrested in Lakeport, Pa., on a charge of selling wine illegally. Hammond asked that the hear ing be continued until after the California presidential primaries May 14. Strike Breaker Hangs Jury (By United Press l.a-.-.l Wire.) HOQUIAM, April 9.—With a Btrike-breaker hanging the jury that tried Dr. H. F. THub, veteran free speech fighter, a disagree ment was reached last night. Titus was charged with intim idating strike-breakers. He made a speech Sunday advising the strikers and their wives to be at the gates of the mills when they opened and see who went in. The strikers claim that public sympathy is turning in their fav or, and expect to win. The mill owners claim that all their plants are operating. Shut Your Eyes; Shot Friend (By United Press leased Wire.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 9. — Howard Eagan, a shooting gallery employe, who was shot by 17 --year-old Georgia Meagher recent ly, died here today. Eagan had invited the girl to shoot and when she asked him how to fire the rifle which he pressed Into her hands, he laugh ingly replied: "Oh, just shut your eyes and shoot." She did, and the bullet pierced Eagan's head. 5%&6% Money To loan on best business and residence proper ties. No delay. Calvin Philips & Co. California Bldg. Main 22 Now Comes Harriman Men toJJeat^ Pettit RAILROAD, TRACTION CO. AND CORPORATIONS JOIN WITH s \l ( ion KLKMKNT TO HOOKT OFKN TOWN, OFKN HHOF CANDIDATE. The old gang is trying to come back. After 10 years of bitter struggle against corporation, saloon and boss rule, Taronia finally threw off the yoke. Will they keep It off? Or la this city to be turned bark to street railway company, the N. P., the vice syndicate and a new ele inout more s<h"< 1. <! titan any of them in the political game—the Harriman railway? Citizens who have watched the struggle of California to get out of the grip of the Harriman-Southern Pacific ring know what It means. And right there Is the gravest danger today for Tacoma. There are important problems coming up in which the corpor ations are interested. The city is considering the magnificent project of ocean docks along the middle waterway and acquiring land for industrial development. With a corporation council in the city hall wliat a magnificent chance for grab Hml to bunco the city. No uiinili-i- the corporate interest-, have entered a cabal with Pete NhiuUm it to down <••iiniii-.sii.iiir Fettit and cle<t A. I. Mills. For Pettit tins stood like a stone wall against any grab by the corporations. The Harriman line came in and wanted East 22nd street, worth $100,000. Pettit refused to give up a foot of it until the city got equal value. So the Harriman railway is waiting until after election now and working for A. U. Mills. This railway combination knows no other game. Even after a hard and fast promise in writing to turn over the land for the opening of Jefferson ay. the company refused to keep its promise until the present city commission, Pettit leading the movement, started suit to condemn, and gave notice that the Harriman company might expect a fight to a finish. Is there anyone who believes the Harriman politicians are work ing for A. U. Mills to benefit the city of Tacoma? Whenever there Is a fight between the people and the special interests the latter will always be found united. They are together now to beat Pettit. Look at the list: The Harriman politicians, the N. P. politi cians, the street railway politicians, the Royal Arch of saloonkeepers, Pete Sandberg, the vice syndicate, and the subsidized newspaper or gans of vice and corporate corruption. All year the vice syndicate has howled that Pettit was killing the town by his rigid enforcement of law. But their wails fell flat. The people knew better. Now within a few weeks they have reversed their story and are trying to tell the |H*ople that Fettit has not enforced the law at all and that vice is unbridled. WKIIK THKY LYING THKEE MONTHS AGO, OR ARE THEY LYING NOW, OR HOTH? Pettit has made good, in one year. He will do much better in the next four. And the people are going to put him back there to do it. 200-COUNT THEM-200 FAMILIES MOVE THIS WEEK Movers say it Is a conservative estimate that 200 Tacoma families are moving this week, and that another 20 0 will have moved by the time the month is out. The average size of these moving fam ilies is comparatively small, for the obvlouß reason that a childless couple can move from downtown flat to suburban bungalow with little trouble. Paterfamilias with a numerous bunch of children thinks twice about moving. There Is a kink In..the feminine mind which finds pleasure in tnoving In the spring. The male human isn't strong for it. The poet strikes his lute and sings a song of spring—oh, gentle spring! A bas the spring! W« like it not. Let poets ray changeth our opinion not one jot. Winter, though it be chill and wet, is bearable; the summer fine; and autumn, with its changing leaf and yellowing vine, is finer still. Then why—why—why tell spring time lies? Why prate of flowers and blids and smiling skies? The meter of this poem's punk, the rytlnn rotteb; but is it any punker junk than spring dope from the poets gotten. At any rate it is no worse than spring, of which now hear the Truthful Poet sing. The spring time Is the moving season; and could you ask for bet ter reason for hating It? Ah, no! we cave up liking spring long, long ago. "Tis then we flit from house and flat, and cart the fur niture, and dog and cat, to suburb garden or rural acre because the wife says we must take her from cut the city's din and racket. So get the crockery—quickly pack It! Heave that piano—frying pan— i sawing niachiue—in the moving | The Taconia Times THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA van! Up with the carpets! Down with the pictures! Grab ; those curtains! Snag those fixtures! Hustle and pack! Scramble and worry!. Fret and stew in a hel uva hurry! - • . Now we're off! The job's half done. And moving IN is really fun —WE DON'T THINK!!! - '-" ■••- '-"' "" *. • ■ *-- * , Enough! Why thus elaborate the woes that every hubby In springtime knows? Bob Hits Taf And Roosevelt (By United Press leased Wire.) ! HOLDREGE, Neb.. April — LaFollette is here after a trip through Roosevelt territory. . f. In his speeches he flayed"- 'the colonel and Taft, accusing RoostV velt of being derelict in his anti trust activities and charging both with responsibility for the multi plying trusts 'and I for the high prices of the last four years. ' LaFollette To Carry Nebraska (By United Press I/eased Wire.) LOS ANGELES; Cal., April 9. —The California LaFollette cam paign, committee received the fol lowing 'telegram' from " John .: J. Hannon, secretary of LaFollette: "LaFollette is setting the Ne braska prairies afire. Politicians I here • anticipate ' a victory (or { him | at the primaries." TACOMA, WASHINGTON TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1912. SHI HURLS DEFI AT NICK LAWSON Commissioner Gronen liatteA a hot challenge to his rival, Nick Lawson, today to meet him In a joint debate. Qronen's d«fl reads as follows: Mr. Nicholas Lawson, City. Isasmuch as I believe that the coming election of comuilsisoner of light and water should be de cided upon the records and quali fications of the candidates there for, and although I have so far based my claims strictly upon my own record and qualifications, your campaign spenkers and your self have not by persistent attacks been able to impeach my ability and the management of the af fairs of my department, nor of my saving $201,000 on the Nls liually power plant. Nor have you shown that the exi>endlture of $300,000 additional on the Green river gravity system caused while you were commissioner was not due to your own mismanagement and incompetency. It will be conceded, I believe, that you and I are the two most Interested parties and in the best position to he acquainted with the facts of the various subjects under discussion and of which the l>eople of thin city will be without doubt glad to learn. I would therefore suggest that a joint meeting between us be held in some large hall on Saturday even ing of this week, where the voters of this city, that Jury to whom you and I niUßt submit, could be present and Judge for themselves who should be selected for the po sition to which we both aspire. It Is assumed that the expense of renting a hall would be equally shared by each of us and in order to arrange therefor a reply during the day will be appreciated. HAMILTON F. GRONEN, Commissioner Light and Water. "I dont know; I haven't con sidered it. What's the use any way? We couldn't gain anything by It." So Bald Nick Lawson this after noon when asked if he would ac cept Oronen's challenge. H. A. Hodecker, tailender In the recent race, advised against the debate and Lawson indicated- he would not accept the offer. FREE LOT MAN STILL ON JOB A. N. Lucas, manager, and B. Abelson, agent of the Exposition Development company, whose free lot schemes have aroused a lot of criticism, denied today that their offices in the Perkins block were closed. "We are not giving away any more free lots," said Lucas, "but we are going through with all the deals we have on." "What kind of land is this?" the men were asked. "I've never seen it," said Abel son. "It's a mile and a half from town and railroad. We don't gay that it's good land, yon- know. We don't even say it's cl«ai-«d, or tilled. We tell the people, the land is In the rough." "You were closed out by the police in Portland?" inquired the Times man. "Ye», they held it was a lot tery," said Lucas. "But we Aon\t take any money when the drawl-, ings are made. We get the money' afterwards. The people don't have' to buy if they don't want to. It'a a business transaction, that's all." Gas Explosion i (It) United Press.Leased Wire*) -VANCOUVER, B. C, April 9. —-Gasoline fumes ignited by ,4 lantern aboard the fishing schoon er Untie, owned by Captain A. R. Moser of Kasor island, resulted 'in an explosion which practically wrecked the vessel and the cap tain had a narrow escape from be- N ing burned to death. ■-.-.' . • ■.\"v.r>~ - . i ——^———->.".„■". K^i (By United Press Leased Wire.) 1 MULINO, Ore., April,"*.— That her boy, H. R. j Roberts,* ; alleged slayer of George Hastings and Donald Stewart, members of an automobile party, kill when ; J the machine was not halted at com mand near Portland a few nights ago, used the shells missing, from his belt when arrested in shooting Chinese peasants, is the claim put forth by Mrs. J. G. Pfeifer. : , ■>? ■ | She S says , she . can prove ■-r her son's innocence of ' the H charge* made against him and will go on the witness stand as 'a 1 witness .in his behalf whet* hia trial Is begun. .:i—v,;~t-i-;:-\-: "■ .-■■*->»f■---«".1"-".- .■•-;*.'i.--T, :;■:*. HAS TORNOW KILLED HIS SEVENTH VICTIM? .-• Hat another man fallen a victim to the deadly aim of John Tot-now? -. ' John P. Itcxhier-H of Ilium has dlHappeaivd,' and it Is Kup|H>i«cd he Una gone to the wood* seeking ': Tiirnmv lured by the $5,0(10 reward. Ills brother, T. L. Rodger*, wan here yistenlHy seeking some .< Information concerning tlie inisalng man, > V - ' He formerly knew Tornow at S«tw>|i. ■\ ■..:. Two prospectors. "Bcotty" and "The Swede"— these were the; only names they were known — • outfitted in Montesano and started In the direction of the Olympic mountains to hunt for gold. They ' never came back. ; .It is known that they found a little gold, enough to give them hope. 'So they pressed deeper and \ ; deeper Into the mountains. They were like two boys, were "Scotty" and "The Swede," and they sang •and laughed and Jested as they journeyed in the wilderness. ' - ' : ;. ■ Though Hi. did not know It, they \vi-"e not alone. The benst-nmn wan with them always, nlfrht • 'and day, wntclilna; and hating them. If they had been trn|>r» <-. Instead of prospectors, they might have . acniird Ills pn-scnw with tin- sixth sense which Is the birthright of woodsmen. . . ,* When they blundered aloiv the trails, the beast-man glided through the brush, paralleling their ■ course. The beast-man never uses a trail, nor even crosses one, unless he must, and then he leaps it ■ lightly, leaving no telltale tracks. i When night fell the prospectors lit their eanipflre, cooked their bacon, smoked their pipes. The • fitful light of the fire illumined their rugged faces. Just without the zone of light the beast-man circled. , \ - * ■ ■ - • By and by "Scotty" and "The Swede," wearied after a long, hard day, rolled up in their blan kets and slept., Hut the beast-man did not sleep. He crept' close. •• • . Why did John Tornow hate ••Bcotty" and "The Swede"? Be cause John Tornow is a beast man, a genuine case of reversion to the savage type. Because ••Bcotty" and "The Swede" were members of that society on which be had turned his back. Because they had brought into the soli tude, the roaring chorus and ri bald jeet of camp and town. ■ Be cause they desecrated the. silence with their shouts and. laughter. Because they had come into the wild, not loving it to loot It of its treasures. They were such men as | John Tornow'a brother, ', Ed, who had killed the hound because It had no market value. Because their talk was of {gold ) and ■ •■ the fjfcinga that gold would I , buy—ln town. They were!trespassers. ... <|7V' Shot Them Asleep. f So . Tornow shot "them as they slejit. While ■ the corpses were yet warm he coolly stripped them of their clothes and weapons. - He dug a shallow grave in the forest loam, and buried them there. ■ '< Cowardly? Cowardly to at tack from anihuHh, to stab in the Mirk, to batcher sleeping " men? Do YOU demand moral turpitude of. the tiger? " Would you ques tion a cougar concerning ii- code of ethics? Can you uslt a beast man to "play I lit; game"? - -. !We ' who live in houses, sleep between sheets, and eat our meat with knife and fork, are bound by certain rules. There are laws, written and unwritten. If we violate these rules, we are "un gontlemanly," "unsportsmanlike," "or "law-breakers." Whether it be business, grouse or billiards, we "play the game"—for points. Who gets the most points wins. The beast-man plays no games. LUce the tiger, he kills to live. So he Blew "Scotty' 'and "The Swede" because he needed their clothes and guns and ammuni tion. • - • Mj ' How Is It Known? •' j How is It known that Tornow killed "Sci'tty" and "The Swede"? 'IV, isn't known. i -Hut this much is known: That Tornow has been in the woods since early in 1910, and that "Scotty" and "The Swede" start ed from Montesano in July of the same year. The prospectors have not been seen or heard of since. Tornow called on his sister, Mrs. '.Bauer, - who lived a mile . and a half from the old Tornow, home stead on the Satsop,, in ."Septem ber, 1910. :/ > t, _ v i She ' was peeling • potatoes ' for dinner in the kitchen when he appeared. One moment she was alone. The next,: Tornow stood like an apparition before her. "Kor the- land's sake," John, Why don't you let a body know you're coming? | It ain't right to startle folks that way.". ' I His black locks hung long over his shoulders. Mrs. Bauer brought sfisaors, and as she ".clipped, and sapped she chattered on with sis terly volubility. ' ■ ■ ■ '?"My, -you're a sight! Where you been, John?"•. ■ .' •," "£"In". the woods." , „ t - Sister Improves Him. • "You didn't need to tell me that. You're always in the woods. What fun a man like, you can get t aipsin' 'about' in the woods is ujore'n I can see. I should think ypu'd want to sleep in a bed once In awhile, John, and get a respect able meal now and then." J ', She shot Question after ques tion at him,' and he answered in ■crut monosyllables. He had been "Su the woods.'' As far north as Hort * Angeles—almost. As fa» wist as the Pacific ocean. ' - i "Why, John, where in the world <li<l you get that shirt, if you've been in the woods all the time?" 'Tornow was wearing, a blue flannel shirt of excellent material and not mnch worn. , "IN THE WOODS." .. " The words were quietly spoken, but "Mrs. Bauer confessed later to Sheriff Ed. Payette to an unde fined feeling. of . chill ; fear which forbade ; her * pressing.: for ; i fuller answer to ; her question. - J- y-,A :"--■ Money in : Pockets. 7-'% fe Still, John if as h«r brother and BY I Ul t> IIAAI.T. John and Win. Bauer, twin nephews of John Tornow, and victims of his Mind hatred. she loved him. She was a mother, too, and the man's delapidated condition touched her motherly heart. She made him take off his trousers that she might mend them. In one of the pockets sbe found— Thirty dollars In gold. A bottle containing a small bottle of gold ore. "Why, John, where did you get thte money?" Tl.e trousers wure mended. Tor now put them on. He took the Imii tli' and the coins from his sis ter iitit.l returned them to his pocket. He regarded her stead fastly for a minute. "You're like all (he rest. You talk too much," he said. The kettle was boiling over. INVESTIGATORS ARE STOCKHOLDERS (Ily United Prewt T.<-n*.«<l Wire.) NEW YORK, April 9. —Declar- ing that the "money 'trust" invest liKHtion in the house of represen tatives is being conducted by the powers of Wall street, Congress man Charles 'A. I/ingbergh of Minnesota introduced today a res olution demanding that every member of the house be required to publicly disclose within tue next ten days how much stock He owns and in which business he Is Interested and that the names of members failing to list their hold- Ings within fifteen daya be puo liahed daily in a "black list" of the congressional record. Chairman Pujohn (La.) of tne trust investigating committee an nounced that the oral hearings in HOME EDITION WKATHKR FORBCABT. Pair tonight; Wednesday ■bow ers. Mrs. Bauer turned to move It to the back of the stove. When she turned back, Tornow was gone. I asked Sheriff Payette why he thought Tornow killed "Scotty" and "The Swede." Cuke A uuiiisi Tornow. "Scotty" aud "The Swede" wore blue flannel shirts when they left Montesano," 'said Payette. "They had $50 In gojd b^ween them, and they spent $20 of It for pro visions. They had $3(1 left which they couldn't epend in the woods. They .found a little gold." W'lfen Bauer .retiirned from the fields later the same day bis wife told him of her brother's visit. "He's killed BOinebor'.y," said liaucr. "Some day he will kill some of us." He spoke truer than he knew. the I investigation, scheduled for tomorrow, have been ' indefinitely >p»>sti)oned. No subpdenaes have men issued..., [''■■-j\c:^l ; 3 : ;.'. "Most of the . members :of - the money trust committee are in terested in bank*, or attorneys ror banks," declared Lindbeng in sup port of his resolution. MOKAL. IX THIS TALK. (My United Press l*wwd Wire.) CHICAGO, April 9.—Because he sneeringly refused to vote for "votes for women," Charles Kite hey, a photographer, was shot five times through the arms and legs by his irate wife here today. The wounds are not fatal.' 30 CUNTS A MONTH. ,* * ■ -■.-*.:■- •>-*—■' --■iPf-v-- .i*qrj*r s i*»v* r **»■•«■ •.««if^:<3tf COIN TO BE FEDERAL JUDGE •■« . Turning down both Elmer Hay den of Tacoma and Congressman Humphrey of Seattle, I against, whom there were considerable protest, | President Taft went >to Alaska and got Judge Edward E. Tush man for district Judge here to succeed George Don worth." ■"**„s.' Cushtnan la a brother of ' the late Congressman Francis t W. Ciißhman. He has been aligned,' with the standpat element In poll tics.--- . !-. : ■■-> =■■'?:•'■ Cußhruan, the new judge, prac ticed law for 20 years, coming to* Tacoma from Nebraska. ' .'|i(»**,«t» r| • M> ' llrotlipr's Influence. He was appointed to the Alaska. position, after ; his brother' tried to land the same position here for him. The Tacoma Mar asso elation protested, urging It. O.; Hudson for the place. As a com promise, measure, Cushman went.' to Alaska and Oonworth, a Seattle' man, came here. . Now Cushman takes the Job his brother tried to get for him three- years ago. : l •-it -.9 Taft sent his name to the sen ate today. > ~ , " . ." Why Humphrey Lost. «"»yk.";* Humph was not; chosen. ' Is. the White House statement, be cause the administration did not. want to have two Judges from Se attle and ■ because the president: did not want to ■ take > from [ con gress "so valuable a member." Mir*! COMMITTEE The political bosses were butt in force |at the meeting of the county republican central com mittee this morning and by the liberal use of proxies had no trou ble In endorsing Taft and linn.* things up for the county conven tion. - . . , \ ; Caucuses, will be held In the precincts May 2 at 8 o'clock. May C from 4 to 8 precinct primaries' will be held to elect>. delegates toy the ; county ; convention.:; May ■ 11' the county convention will be held*. * to elect Cl delegates to the stater convention at Aberdeen. ■ Jf ■ ..{•;, ■ All, this was ' done In ; hurry.." Then Charley Sullivan, old time boss, and now Harrlman ■ railway attorney, offered a resolution en dorsing Tart. - ; John W. Llnck seconded. .' i*'%.-,.< l.'-'l^ ■. '■■'. ,;',:;^ Fred Chamberlain of Puyallup and Lorenzo Dow objected but Bill Jones, Joe. Mitchell, Sammy Perkins," Torgy ! Peterson, T. J-. Bell, Walter Harvey and tha rout-; of the stand-patters lined up audit with 27 proxies they carried *tne day G3 to 28. : .w >, Of the committeemen 61 were- absent. ■'; ■ - ' ■ ■' ■ '' ■ *:' ■': •' -' ■ -".-■: • .-'■. -. ' s \ : ' .'■.'.*■:'':'.', ■ Dr. Hazzard Has Fasted 114 Days —■ ',:-'■ \\ i ■;, .;, -:;■" .'.--:■ -*. '«■-.. (By Unite*! Pr<J« Leased Wire.)' .-•eBATTLBJ, April 9.—Dr. Linda. .Burfleld'Hatzard today completed', the first 14- days of her 30-day ( \ fast. This marks the end of the. rind, beyond which, according: to certain theories a person cannot safely abstain from food and re main alive. Dr. Hazzard has lost 19 ;pounds. t:-f: ■ -r-:-..^ «ri >,{&&:??■ . ~ f .< - - •■■■ -;- - ■ ■ '-: ...» Uf. ;v 'SOCIETf BLACKHAND (Hy United Pram Leased Wire.> 9 WASHINGTON; D. | C.;\ April a. — - her cell at the j government hospital for the Insane, Mrs. Mary- Gage, a wealthy widow, ' charged with threatening to kill Charles. K." Bell, •;' millionaire banker, la. planning her final fight for liberty, in court next ; Thursday. *$, Today a •he • and , her . young daughter, Margaret ' Gage, < { reiterated , their. ■ declarations i that - they} were r vic tims iof i a "society ;• black \ hand." s Prominent society women are, rallying ,to ' Mrs. Gage's support.gg niI.I.MAN'S doom MONDAY. (By., United rress 1 Leased Wire.) C : SEATTLJB, April '. 9.—Clarences ,L. Hill man, ■ the millionaire real estate man, who must serve a two , year term ;in ] the ! federal t peniten tiary for fraudulent use of the mails, will retain his liberty un< til Monday.