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HOMEEDITION '
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VOL. IX. NO. 120.
DAHL WITNESSES
GIVE BODEGA A
BAD REPUTATION
Atty. Perry just before noon asked for a non-s\iit of the
Dahl case, arguing that even Da Ill's witnesses had admitted that
the Bodega was a disorderly resort, lie cited a similar Spokane
case in support of his argument.
Judge Card decided he wou Id hear the Times side of th«
case first. The defense will be gin this afternoon.
That Hang Dahl's net profit at
the Bodega saloon had dropped
from $24 a day in 1911 to $15
a day up to Jan. 13, when the
Times printed a statement that
Commissioner Pettit would refuse
to renew his license and dropped
only $1.05 a day from theto on
till his license expired on Feb.
15, was brought out yesterday
by Atty John H. Perry for the
Times in Dahl's suit for damages
against the Times Publishing Co.
Dahl claimed in his suit that
he had sustained great financial
loss by the Times article.
Dahl broke down once when he
said he was trying to defend the
reputation of his two children.
"Would you allow you* chil
dren to go into that dive over
your saloon?" Perry came back.
"No."
"Or any of your family?"
"No."
"But you didnt care what other
father's children went in there?"
"No," said Dahl.
Attorneys for Dahl apparently
UGLY CHARGES
MADE AGAINST
JUDGE
(By United Press Lensed Wire.)
WASHINGTON, May 9.—Be
fore the house judiciary commit
tee yesterday testimony was
shown to the effect that Judge R.
W. Archbald of the commerce
, court while deliberating on the
lighterage case of the Erie rail
way went into a deal with B. J.
Williams by which they, as part
ners, took an option from the
railway on 42,000 tons of culm
property which was to be turned
over at a profit of $12,000.
It was also shown that W. P.
Boland, who refused to discount
a $50 0 note of Archbald, lost a
case in litigation before the
Judge, Williams telling him after
ward thnt the case might have
_^one different if he had discount
ed the note.
It is expected that Judge Arch
bald will take the stand in his
own defense. If the committee
recommends impeachment Arch
lmiil will be suspended from the
commerce court and it is freely
predicted that that court will now
be abolished.
Four Children
Burned Alive
APPLETON, Wis., May 9.—
Digging Into the sandbanks
near Mack river, the bodies of
Catherine Rosenburg, aged 10
years, and Mary, Bertha and
Louis Barth, aged 8, 10 and 12
years respectively, were uncov
t ered today by their parents.
Efforts to resuscitate the chil
dren, who were killed by a cave-
In of Band, were unsuccessful.
Woman Tells
Pitiful Tale
Alleging that her husband,
Earl, beat her severely and black
ened her "eyes two weeks .before
her youngest child was born,
J<M tin Keeney filed suit for di
vorce this morning.
She alleged that he had treated
her cruelly and brutally at other
times and that later deserted her.
She asks for the custody of their
two small children and $?0 ali
mony.
Wanted to Buy
$50,000 of
Real Estate
Within the district bounded by
A street, X street, Division ave
nue and South Twenty-first
street. Will pay cash for Im
proved or unimproved property.
Price must be low.
Calvin Philips & Co.
11l California Bldg.
abandoned their attempt to show
that the upstairs over the saloon
was anything but a resort after
several of their own witnesses
practically admitted the fact on
cross-examination, and tried to
show that Dahl had nothing to
do with it.
Made «100 l'roflt.
Perry then brought out from
Dahl's books the fact that while
Da hi was paying but $150 a
month rent for the building, he
subletted the upstairs part alone
to women for $250 a month.
"Could you or anyone else af
ford to pay $250 a mon*.h rent
for the upstairs part of your
building if it were run as a de
cent lodging house?" Perry de
manded.
"No," Dahl admitted.
Andrew Helson, bartender, was
one of the witnesses who made
damaging admissions on cross ex
amination against the place.
Dentist Defends lMnce.
However, Dr. C. Van Winter,
dentist, said he had been in the
Bodega 50 times in 15 years and
saw nothing wrong. He shook
Dahl's hands warmly as he left.
D. W. Mulhollnnd, real estate
man, said he did not go to the
Bodega as frequently as before
when he read the Times article.
Previously he had seen nothing
wrong. • .
A former piano player at the
resort upstairs testified that he
played from 9 to 2 and S in the
morning. There were men and
women there, he said, but he paid
no attention to them.
Dahl admitted that he had a
dumb waiter and speaking tube
connecting with the upstairs.
. i Dahl Makes Admission.
Admission that the hotel above
the Bodega was conducted as a
disorderly house, rented from
him and part of the time con
ducted for him, was drawn from
Dahl this morning during cross
examination.
Dahl, under pressure, admit
ted that Clara Roche, Edna Ford
and a Mrs. Shaw had conducted
the place as a disorderly house
and that Fannie Gibson worked
there. Later he admitted that
Fannie Gibson operated the place
for him and that he visited her
frequently at the Wheeler hotel.
He refused to state that Fred
Goodnough, acting as his agent,
had given Clara Roach a written
lease for $250 a month which
contained a clause that she must
buy all her liquor from him. He
said that there was an under
standing only,to that effect.
Used Speaking Tube.
Perry forced Dahl to admit
that . the women ordered liquor
from the saloon through a speak
ing tube directly , communicating
with the bar, and that the liquor
was sent up by a dummy waiter.
. He also forced Dahl to admit
that during the 1910 - holidays
women from upstairs and possi
bly from outside congregated in
the back of the saloon and
drank wine from early in the
evening until late at night.
Dahl also admitted that when
the hotel was not operated as a
disorderly house that his reve
nue slumped. ' • ..'"..■
Mills Goes Out After
Local Printer's Combine
The democratic blood of Com
missioner A. U. Mills Is up
against the local printers' com
bine.
Mills wanted a little job of
printing done. He called for
bids. Eight bids came in and
Mills could not tell which from
t'other, every one was for just
$36. Ed Ray, however, had bid
♦ 23" and got the job.
Mills told the council about it
this morning.
Man Who Grows Will Give
i Party For Times Children
lard, "I can keep' stretched out
all day without trouble. And I'm
normal both ways. I've been ex
amined by BertUlon men over the
country, by doctors, under the
X-ray and every other way. I
can pass the most rigid army ex
amination either when I'm tall
and when I'm short."
Did you ever look at yourself
and see yourself growing up.
That's whit Clarence Williard
does.
He really swells and shrinks.
He grows seven and a half Inches
and then up-grows tt again. Wil
lard has evolved some system
of stretching his joints and mus
cles to cover the extra helfht.
And the point Is, that WlHard
will be the big feature at the kids
Times party at the Empress Sat
urday afternoon. Also for Times
carriers and newsboys.
"It Isn't any «Kort." says Wll-
The Tacoma Times
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA
Fiancee Refuses To Give Up ,
Her Lover, Accused of Murder
In Lynn, Mass., the police are
rapidly weaving the net of evi
dence which they claim will prove
that William A. Dorr of Stock
ton, Cal., shot and killed Geo. E.
Marsh, for years Lynn's wealth
iest citizen.
Miss Caroline Berlinger. Dorr's
financee here, refuses to believe
him guilty and declares that she
will stick by him to the end.
"I must beg to be excused,"
Simplicity In Graduation
Dress Given Endorsement
In harmony with the Times "It has been our intention to
home-made dress contest for make these commencements just
„,... . .. . , as simple as possible," he told
High school graduates, the school th<? and ' he feared go)ng tQ
board yesterday turned a deaf tne theater would cause the stu
ear to a committee from the dents to attempt more show in
graduating class which asked that dress.
the commencement be held at the The class committee, headed by
Tacoma theater Instead of the Homer Hill, even offered to pay
High school auditorium. th.c expense fqr. the theater, but
Principal Goiger objected. the board refused to consider it.
HAVE YOU
WRITTEN
YOURS?
Already the letters are begin
ning to come in on the Times
contest for the best article on
"Why you should come to Taco
iiiu for the Montamara Festo."
Mrs. C. 8. Watters of l»uyal
lup, was the first. Others are
coming on every mail.
The Times' offer of 923 in gold
has stimulated a lot of people to
get busy. Have you written yours
yet?
In Commissioner oWod's office
this week a coin was flipped by
two printers to see who would get
a city job of printing.
"I won't stand it," said Mills.
"You can Just set it down, if
there Is going to be a combina
tion to do away with competition
and we cannot get a square deal
I will not let the jobs at all," he
said. "I will find a printer some
where in Pierce county who will
not go Into the combine, now you
mark It."
ASK STREET VACATION.
A petition from the directors
of tbe parental school at Milton
to vacate certain street* that the
groundi may be enlarged, wag re
calved by the county commission
era this morning.
TACOMA, WASHINGTON. THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1912.
CAAROLINB BERLINER.
she said, "from having anything
to say. Whatever there was be
tween Mr. Dorr and myself con
cerns us alone and not the pub
lic." . . .
"Has the engagement between
you been broken off?" was asked.
"Not to my knowledge," replied
the young lady. "I have had no
word from him. I can give no
information whatever. I have
told all there is to tell to the po
lice."
Will Retire
Five Bishops
MINNEAPOLIS, May 9.—From
unofficial sources It was learned
today that the Methodist confer
ence here will retired Bishops
Cranston, Warren, Moore, Smith
and Neely and create either 10 or
1$ new bishops.
Episcopal residences will be.
established at Helena, Los An
geles, Pittsburg, Kansas City and
Cleveland.
RIGNEY FUNERAL BIG
The largest funeral held In Ta
coma for years was that ot.'Rob
ert Rigney at tils prairie home yes
terday morning. The corte,^ that
followed the hearse to thie^ ceme
tery waß over a mile In •length.
Rev. Father Marks and Rev, Far
ther Hylebos assisted in the ser
vices.
GROCERRS <>i;i;y LAW.
Esther Allstrum, pure food in
spector, says all but. about four
grocers are obeying the law and
keeping their wares in off the
sidewalk.
ANOTHER NEW JOB
Nick Lawson this morning in
troduced an ordinance for a $126
a month superintendent of
pumps. He also wants a superin
tendent of mains, at $125.
WILL BURN BRUSH
Nick Lawson was given author*
ity this morning to burn the
brush along the transmission lln«
for the Nisqually power plant.
There is about $7,000 worth of
work.
STILL ANOTHER HKIR
Another heir of Frank Ailing
bobs up. This morning Mayor
Seymour got a telegram from F?
W. Danky of San Francisco,
whose father was a brother-in
law of Frank Ailing.
ST. PAUL TO APPKAIi.
■ The I St. Paul &" Taeoma ; Lum
ber Co. this morning filed an ap
peal bond \ in: the damage case .of
Louie Thorson f who 'I was t recently
given a verdict for 5,000 dam
ages tas a ! result Jof I being ' struck
by lumber hoisted by a cr&n*.
MURDERER OF
KETCHEL TO
PRISON
(By United Press 1.. ;<--.t Wire.)
JEEFFEUSOM CITY, Mo., May
9.—Walter Dlpley must spend hlB
life in the penitentiary for the
murder of Stanley Ketchell, mid
dleweight champion, while his
companion, (ioldle Smith, will go
free, according to the decision of
the Missouri supreme court to-
day.
The court today In affirming of
life Imprisonment, Imposed on
Dipley and reversing the convic
tion of the woman with an order
for her release.
Dipley shot Ketchell, follow
ing a quarrel, on a farm near
Springfield.
FLOOD DANGER
GROWSWORSE
(Iff I uit.-.l I'ress Leased Wire.)
NEW KOADS, La., May 9.—
With 1,400 feet of the levee
above here swept away and the
crevasse soon expected to be a
mile wide. New Koadß today is
threatened by destruction by the
Mississippi.
Motor boats are being used to
rescue refugees from upper sto
ries and trees.
At Torras HOO feet of embank
ment crumbled today, making the
crevasse H.OOO feet wide.. Loss
of life is feared, as the residents
ignored warnings.
Decisive Battle
Of Mcx Revoit
Is On Today
iky United Press I«eased Wire.)
KAULE PASS. Texas, May 9.—
Strongly entrenched near Tor
reon Mexican federal troops to
day awaited the advance of the
rebel force under Orozco. Both
sides realize that the battle may
prove the deciding contest of the
rebellion.
Should the rebels win the fed
erals will retire to Torreon to
make another stand. Orozco will
then move on Torreon, and re
new the attack.
The rebel general has difficulty
securing provisions for hU men.
He. charges that the federals are
poisoning wells.
SEVEN DIE
IN STORM
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WAUKEGAJJ, 111., May 9.—
Finding of the body of Mi-.
l.onKr Hansen floating in l'o\
lake todny confirmed the fear Hint
v boating party of seven perished
in * storm on the lake last night.
Tin- other bodies have not been
found.
Titanic Babies
Find Mother
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, May 9.—The two
little French boys, Louis and Lolo
Navratrel, whose father went
down with the Titanic, today have
been turned over to the Chil
dren's society by Miss Margaret
Hays, who has cared for the boys
slice finding them on the rescue
sh|p Carpathia.
The boys' mother has been lo
cated in France and is coming to
claim them.
Case Urges Living
Wage for Fathers
(Bj United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, May 9.—Otto Case
spoke to the Central Labor coun
cil here last night declaring for
a Jiving wage for fathers to chil
dren will not be forced Into the
Industrial grind before their
itUve.
lie declared the reports on
state Institutions show the pres
ent labor commissioners aimply
a politician .out of harmony with
progressive ideas, and he urged
state aid in clearing logged-off
land and making It available for
the people to use.
MHH. BUTTON FOB CLARK
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
SPOKANE, May 9.—Mrs. Mary
Arkwrtght Hutton of Spokane,
elected national democratic dele
gate, will try to get the privilege
of seconding the nomination of
Champ Clark la the Baltimor« con
vention.
Children Shouldn't Sing Ragtime
But "Everybody's Doin It"
MRS. DA NIELS.
What kind of songs do your
children sing? Do they gently
hum the strains of "Sl'.vsr
Threads" or the latest popular
slug?
Mrs. Clark E. Daniels of Fort
Collins, Colo., thinks that children
should not sing ragtime.
A trip to a C street music
store disclosed the fact that
songs of the good old kind are not
in demand. Ragtime, ragtime is
still the cry.
Out of over 100 new songs dis
played there was scarce half a
dozen sentimental ballads. There
I.W.W.'s Leave
San Diego
SAN* DIEGO, Cal., May 9. —
With crowds of I. W. W.b re
ported to be .mm' north along
the Santa Fe tracks local police
declared today that the city had
been "cleared of disturbers."
Joe Mikolaah, said to be an In
dustrial Worker who was shot by
Policemen Stevens and Heddon
alter the two officers had been
attacked Tuesday night, died
late yesterday. He made n° state
ment.
Heddon, who was struck with
an axe identified Mikoslash as his
assailant. Both Stevens and Hed
don are recovering.
Commerce Court
Abolished By
Lower House
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, I). C, May 9.
—The house today voted to
abolish the commerce '.court.
Forty ■ republicans, / including
most of the progressives, . sup
ported the democrats.; -, ,'. i
The vote, which was taken in
committee of j the whole, Is vir
tually final as fur as I the house
is concerned. ,• • • ■■. - "
• RESTS IN PEACE. •
• Casey Jones died some- •
• time ago. The memorial •
• services held at the Taco- •
• ma theater last night were •
• dry that glasses of water •
• had to be passed but to the •
• audience. The small and •
• select audience went away #
• from the obsequies convlnc- •
• ed that the brave engineer •
• deserved to die —and to re- •
• main dead. 9
•••••••••••••••
•50.000 TO HKLP PEACE
(By United Press Leaded Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D, C, May 9.^—
At the International Red Cross
congress here, the Japanese dele
gate annonuced the empress of
Japan had just given $50,000 for
encouragement of relief work in
time of peace.
Houses and Apartments in Line With What You Want
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.. ." ; ;•• 4 'i? ffl » .kffl { t|i tll^ l! j'slfe w Jfi* ifi iflw-^ ■ :-;i"',
Your next .year's apartment or house—this is the subject 'that \ is: now, or soon! will be, upper- f
; most in , your^mindA^^p^l^^ir^^^pigS^
.-"'•">-,?-"j*Vou j can s get: a i line on > the apartment or house t that ' you rwant by reading , the % rental Sf advertise- 5
ments of the TlmM.M»^a^i^^^^i^^t!^3^^^^^^^|^Wifep^^|ol
SBS£^.Thesej little ] advertisements ; are all grouped together ;on , the "want" | pages under tho a heading«
"Housekeeping" and "For Rent—Houses."
'•''-'":, Owners lof j property consider' an ad ?In the Times \ a good • way Co get a good | tenanv^^Mv^^^a^
They place their want ads here and this, of course, makes the Times ', a good place tor finding S
places.
>^.^^_S*<L) Page 6 today's issue of . the Times. '
was no lark of songs like "O,
You Tease," "Myßterlous Rag,"
"All Alone" and like musical
masterpieces.
The most popular song In the
bunch was the highly delectable
"Everybody's Doln' It Now,"
which runs sweetly along like
this: •
"Everybody* doiu 1 It, dolii' 11,
•loin' it,
Kvt'rytHtdy'B doin' it, doln' it,
dote 1 it,
Sec that riiKtlmo couple over there
Watch them throw their shoul
der* In the air,
I declare it's a bear, It's a bear,
it's .1 hear,
Kvcrybody's doln' it", and so on
ad liiiiiiiin. •
Hundreds of copies of that are
Bold to one of "Down, by the Old
Mill Stream."
Other best sellers are: "My
Little Loving Honey Man," "O,
You Beautiful Doll," the latter
running as follows:
Oh, you beautiful doll, you great
big beautiful doll.
Let me put my arms about you,
I could never live without you,
Oh, you beautiful doll, you great
big beautiful doll,
If you'd ever leave me my heart
would ache, ■ - •;;
I want to hug you, only I'm
afraid you'll break.
Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh, you be-yu
tlful doll.
Strikers Swear
Vengeance for
Death of Men
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
POTTSVILLE, Pa., May 9.—
Following yesterday's riots here
in which the police fired into a
mob attempting to prevent strike
breakers from entering tile coal
mines at Pine Hill, wholesale pur
chases of firearms are being made
by strikers, and fresh outbreaks
are feared.
The men are swearing ven
geance for the death of Michael
Mulange, shot down by the po
lice, who died this morning. Da
vid" Davis, a bystander, who was
watching the riot, la reported
dying. Two others were hurt.
HUNT MURDERER
(By United I'nss Leased Wire.)
NEEDLES, Cal., May 9.—An
armed posse is searching today
for George C. Luteweiller, a wife
murderer. Who escaped from the
Patton asylum. Luteweiller is
well supplied with money.
HIT JOB SHARKS
PHOBNIX, Ariz., May 9.—Gov
ernor Hnnt hag signed a bill hit
ting employment office sharks.
The law carefully deflnies the
ratob that may be legally charged
and provides punishment for vio
lation.
HOME EDITION
W r \ I li i it FORBOABT.
Fair tonight and warmer;
northeast winds
30 CENTS A MONTH.
36 KILLED IN
EARTHQUAKE
IN MEXICO
(Ily United PreHH leaned \Vi...>
NKW YORK, May ».—Th«
New York News bureau today
prints a dispatch from Mexico
City, saying that 34 persons wt-ro
killed and half the city of Za
potlan whh destroyed In an earth
quake hist night.
Sixteen are reported killed at
Ciudad Cuzman, and thirteen
injured. The dispatch says that
twelve shocks were felt follow
ing an eruption of Collma volca
no, which threw out floods of
lava and sand.
Mexico City is In terror, fear*
ing another quake.
TAFT MACHINE
IS DESPERATE
Defeated In the primaries, the
Taft machine is putting up a
desperate fight mill to land dele
gates to the county convention
hero Saturday.
It is stated on good authority
that in addition to a good fat
sack already emptied, $3,000
more was brought in yesterday
afternoon to win over the unln
structed delegations.
Yesterday afternoon Tom Mor
ris and Dob LaVall left in a
launcmh for the Lake Bay coun
try to try to land delegates
there. Morris has also been out
In the south and eastern part of
the county trying to line up dele
gates.
They Want Proxies.
Delegates are being impor
tuned for proxies by the Taft
men. If they will not give or
sell their proxies they are asked
to stay at home.
It is not merely county dele
gates that the machine wants.
The machine wants to continue
in power in the state. If the
progressives control the Aber
deen convention, the standpat
ters are out of it. Pierce county,
controls the situation.
Says His Lawyer
Held Up Money
Charging that he had en
trusted practically $7,000 to Atty.
James O'Brien as his counsel
And had demanded the return of
the money and had still $2,739.69
due him, Edward Campbell,
through Atty. Frank Carroll this
morning began lult vguinst
O'Brien.
Before leaving Tacoma for a
trip, Campbell says, a note for
13000 and a mortgage, together
with 14.239.G9, was turned over
to O'Brien.
BRYAN HURLS
BRIBE CHARGE
DBLPHOS, 0., May 9. —Reit-
erating his charges that Govern
or Jndson Harmon's friends tried
to bribe his (Bryan's) delegates
In 1908. William J. Bryan «pok»
here today In behalf of Woodrow
Wilson. At Van Wert he deliv
ered hia 49th speech since com
ing to Ohio.
MURDERED FAMILY
VANCOUVER, B. 0., May ».—•
Serving ; a *} light '■£ sentence i t tor
fraud, Charles Mason 1 will ;be I re
leased • and j taken ;to Ulnisworth,
Kirns., where he Is alleged to have
murdered ■ * i family /of j flTe.;^S§Js
, N« He waived extradition.
BANK CLEARINGS
Clearings $65>2, 937.61
Balances 81,282.80