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Wednesday, July 10,1912.
i TO DiSCUSS PRO
AND CON OF
. SCHEME
** CITY llAlili MEETING TO-
M(,lll Will, BIS GIVEN
OVER TO - DISCUSSION "OK
POUT COMMISSION. FLAN.
" It is expected those -who go to
g the city! hall •,. meeting •■ . tonight
•will at least know when they get
"T"'through what the port commis
;,,'Bion scheme is. •'■'.•„.• ■
■ Both friends and opponents of
' the Idea will be there. And they
will be loaded. , , j
Briefly, the port plan proposed
is to created a | port j district of
_„ the whole county and elect three
, port commissioners.
~ They will be practically a dv
; plication of the . county commis
sioners, coming from the same
i ■ districts. They will have - prac
• tically the . powers of . the - city
E commissioners. They can.' levy
taxes of 2 mills, can hire clerks,
engineers and | all the office help
i they want, condemn land, create
assessment districts, levy assess
ments on the people, -. and, in
i fact, be another city . council to
- handle port matters. „ _
: But while the commission can
Condemn and secure land for
. docks and build them, it cannot
operate them. . It -is opposed •to
._ municipal ownership and *. opera
tion.
. - The commission, before selling
. bonds for docks, must make a
lease with private - enterprise to
operate them. 1 -
. After organizing the port
commission must adopt a general
plan. It must be submitted to
the people for a vote, and if vot
ed down another must be adopt
ed and submitted. The idea opens
.. the way for innumerable elec
* tions.
■ -The commission ; will ,! have
power to issue bonds on vote of
the people for 2% per cent of
~" the total assessed valuation of
the county. j
TACOMA ELKS
MIGRATE TO
■ PORTLAND
■ '.;;' With silk hats on their heads
;£ and Prince Alberts on their backs
800 Taconia Elks will ! leave to
" % night for Portland to Impress the
* big Elk reunion there. Before
'.they set through it is expected
they will have Portland stirred up
to such I a pitch that the whole
" convention will move up here en
masse before the week is over.
Already the publicity campaign
is telling and yesterday a commit
tee already on the ground sent
two telegrams to the Commercial
club calling for help, j They want
— ed more men and more literature
. to tell ■? about Tacoma: for every
visiting Elk there was at the Ta
coma booth i trying to . find out
i about this city. '; •: *£
. BUREAU GETS
MANY JOBS
J V-'v- The free • employment bureau
* established by exJCommissloner
Pettlt on Pacific avenue is going
right ahead ~ and Commissioner
; '- Mills :. believes It, is going to get
•- -7/ the business and make it unneces
sary : for men who want work to
< buy a job from ; private agencies.'
t In June there were.. 1,721 ap
plicants for work and 1,42 8 were
i - furnished V• positions, taking j In
everything' from housemaids to
■•.' electricians. .-- .- ■ ?-■■■'* : f '•
•* ■ ——
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Thousand Islands |
Hotel Destroyed
;' WATBRTOWN, N. V., July 10.
- * ~ ?', i—Fire this : afternoon ■ i destroyed
•* ::£ the fashionable Thousand Islands
-': if-i Park hot el on the ,; St. Lawrence
,' •' p-;river ~ ; and ■a' number of cottages
b: adjoining. 1*
The '. buildings were filled j with
»^ summer boarders, | most iof . whom
n £ik~ lost their belongings. There ,was
a : slight panic, but ;it is believed
K r fthat all of the guests escaped. The
-''■■%$* loss Is estimated at $200,000.'•r-W
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- Commercial Club
To Dance Tonight
The first dance »in i the i' new
' *:tm club ; bouse': will sbe held by >, the
'JA',*•.*} Commercial ; : club *t this evening
. i following I the . usual membership
v.v;£jdinner. Each member, will be al-
V "lowed to invite one couple.. ■*":■'£
m
Former. Tacoman
Dead In Calif.
; U; ' MaJ. Henry Oliver, i formerly i
'„ I (prominent Tacoman and one time
; 1 >;?. I member of; the school ' board, died
b *» lat .! the: soldiers 1 home at J Sawtelle,
■i ?• I Cal. He ji was ? ; the * first juvenile
* » § probation officer iin 1 Lo«; Angeles
'•' ■'■*' 1-: 1 *ftCTi fa*^*^ .Taooma:'gl¥i^ps*^'
I probation v officer In garbage 1
after leaving Tacoma.
Garden tools and garbage canT,
■w* Swing's Hardware, 1111 O st. *•
Ho Is' Again Muk Rig Kuropo Look Like Thirty' Cents at the Stockholm Olympic Games.
REAL ESTATE MEN
GO TO SEATTLE
Prominent real estate men of
Tacoma will go to Seattle tomor
row to attend the national asso
ciation of building managers
which will be held there Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday.
NEW RATE
The N. P. has filed its new
rate for shippers from Tacoma to
Eastern Washington. It cuts the
rate from $1.35 to 99 cents to
Spokane. This reduction will
help local jobbers immensely.
Women Are Trying To Teach Americans
That It Pays To Abolish Child Labor
■rV Portion^ of the child labor.'' exhibit at the General < Federation of. Women's, Clubs convention. ,
Mrs. H. H. ( Fleisher explaining.. ; to visitors • meaning of ,th« different 'plctiires.^.v-.;;^:.,*^;-.:.;^^';;?;:*;.^
11 SAN g FRANCISCO, July 10.—
The: opponents of child > labor; are
', :'-'■'■[,_:,-"j i v. ,!■;;,< working toward
j the 4f« formation
.of j public f opin
jlon■ opposed * to
the exploitation
of child labor by
I organized i greed.
"Show the
"taxpayer where
this touches his
pocketbook and
Be " will become
humane," de
clarea Mrs. H.
H. Fleisher, who
was to charge of
.he child labor
'•'-,■ • exhibit at the
I convention I of J the ; Ut;n«sral ' Feder
ation of Worms"! Clubs.
The Terrible Yank!
Mrs. Johnson Pardoned;
Released. Quickly Wed
SEATTLE, July 10. —Gladys
Johnson, sentenced to two years'
imprisonment for second degree
perjury was yesterday pardoned
by Governor Hay, and on being
released from the county jail was
married in the sheriff's oftice to
Henry Johnson. The Johnsons
brought suit against the city for
personal damages to Mrs. John
son resulting from a fall on a de
fective sidewalk. They got a ver
dict for $2,500.
■ TUla exhibit, which i consists 5 of
pictures: showing" the / fearful re
aulta '; on the physical ■>•• develop
ment fof I the growing © child, -'• la
flanked and buttressed with. liter
ature ". and ■ statistics J showing ) the
results i to } society .tS&aS'i'fSSSis»iS3g ■
f i Who pays ; the • blllsT F.I Mr. Tax- I
payer.
When : you "> permit *. parents |to I
exploit the t helpless, :;. when v you •
permit organised greed to rob the
youth of the land.of a chance to I
get an education, of an opportun
litylity 'to . develop ja 1 sound • body and <
healthy | mind,'-; when % you ■' permit ' '
young human things to be robbed i
of j the :■ play I that £ is I right J of A all
their kind, fate • evens things lup i
by-making }ou pay the blU,"ft*s«\f
' Mm. > Fleisher, declare that \ th« i
messenger \ service ;of -, boys 1 a;, far
THE TACOMA TIMES.
In the course of the trial Mrs.
Johnson staled that she had nev
er been married before.
This was the "lie' for which
she was sentenced to prison. It
developed that she had been mar
ried In lowa, that her husband
had divorced her and that she had
"lied" to hide her past which she
was anxious to forget. Though
the "lie" did not effect the suit,
it was held to be a violation of
the "second degree perjury law."
more demoralising . than ' any other
branch of; child labor because Of
the places int6 which , those young
boys I are j sent and ; the > Influences
to s which I they; are t subjected. \ '■_ >
£Q"A^ messenger z. boy's 3 future 1 Is
dark. says' Mrs. Fleisher, "but 1 if
he were in school he would grow
into a-, better and' more' useful elt
isen while »his work M would fe bet
done by a {m»n/^^^««sffl^psS
S, What is proposed sby the Na
tional Child Labor j Committee !is
to' enact laws ; and ' create . a public
opinion that will j enforce 3S| them.
The : measures ] for which \ the ; com
mittee ! are working I are: &iffljJs£iSt&
The I abolition of toU < byi chil
dren.
;■■' - Laws :j regulating p the . employ
ment of minors b*tw«m;th«6jswa
of 14 and Si; forbidding night,
TACOMA MAN FATALLY
WOUNDS PORTLAND
STAGE MANAGER
Ottto Ward Pence, 24, son of
Mrs. A. J. Lit Hi-lull ii. 3704 fill.
live, released {wo days ago from
tin? slate Insane asylum «l Fort
Steilacoom, last night' In Port
land fatally shot Merman P. I ■ m-
Pry, stage manager of I'.-mtuu.-s
theater, because he was refused
permission to vi.it ' Miss Carle
liowe, of tlie Seven Aviator Girls,
whom he had followed from T.i
coina. . .
Barely a month ago Pence was
declared insane by a competent
board of examining physicians in
Judge Chapman's court, and sent
to the Steilacoom asylum. Ha
suffered from the delusion that
he was being followed by detec
tives for some reason he refused
to state. He was taken into cus
tody near Electron where he was
found acting queerty, bathing
himself in a cold brook, talking
to the trees and otherwise con-
Berger Urges Establishment Of
Money Fund For Willing Workers
(By I nit.•<l Pre*s Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 10.
—A money fund for "willing
workers" to be loaned to states,
couuties and cities for public im
provements, is the solution of
the idle labor problem suggested
In a bill Introduced In the house
today by Representative Berger,
the Wisconsin socialist. The bill
urges that the government loan
JUDGE SIMPLY
SCARES 'EM
WITH FINES
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
; LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 10.
—Superior Judge Hutton, sitting
In the Darrow trial, will confer
today with District - Atttorney
Fredericks regarding a new cus
todian for the Jury. •'.. ■'N.i
*,". Deputy Sheriff Aguirre declar
ed that attorneys- for the prose
cution have directed suspicion
against him by intimating that he
is unusually friendly with the de
fense counsel. . ..■:-■.;,,
Opposing counsel entered court
today under warning of trouble If
they persist in infractions upon
the serenity of the court; These
warnings were directed particu
larly at Chief Counsel Earl Rog
ers for the defense, and Assistant
District Attorney Joseph Ford, in
view of a clash between the pair
shortly before adjournment late
yesterday morning. .
I The court fined Ford $25 and
Rogers $10 for contempt of
court. : :.
In turn then Ford and Rogers
apologized humbly for their con
duct. Whereupon, the fines were
remitted. Harriman's 'testimony
was In direct . contradiction to
that of Bert H. Franklin, who, a 3
a witness for the' state, testified
that on the morning of November
28, 1911, while he was with Dar
row in the latter's office,' Harrl
man entered and gave Darrow a
roll of bills aggregating $4,000.
Harriman denied that he ever
had found Franklin j and Darrow
together in Darrow's office or that
he had given Darrow the money
In question. • ■-■"■/■."■',:. :_'■•
Woman Leaps To
I Death From Window
(By United Pre«« Leased Win-.)
SAN FRANCISCO, July * 10. —
Evading the > grasping: hands of a
doctor and nurse who sought to
drag her from a fourth-story win
dow in the business district here,
Mrs. B. L. Briggs, 65 years of age,
leaped to ' her death :,today; before
the eyes of hundreds of shoppers.
/ Mrs. Brlggs was from Southern
California and was stopping with
a s daughter, ;, Mrs. J. r■' Raymond
Smith. ,-. She 1 committed *■' suicide
during a fit of temporary ' mental
aberration; ; • ".- \.'-," ;.'.■■■.«•• -\c \":;i
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work for ; all children ■ t rom £" dan
gerous > and C* unhealthy. occupa
tions; •? securing „: or 4 every child
an ■ elementary education ;§» and
lust, •a X public sentiment ■', that
will > enforce ■ laws rf> against .' child
labor. l j*'-?Xjj3i?J.:^f? *•:-:'; '■& ':<-'■■
• V ■- . " ' ' 7>
Garden
HOSE
GO ft. of I best 14-Lf no G-uaran
tean Cottoa Hdee Special *4.0»
Regular pttee $6.o*.>v
A. Gehri & Co.
Mala 408. • „ 1118 Titroma »T.
| : Hardware. Heating, Tinning
and Plumbers.
ducting himself as though men
tally unsound. A. J. Littlejohn,
Ills step-father, told the examin
ing physicians Pence had been
struck on the head l>y a heavy
Iron in an Everett mill several
years ago and had been acting
queerly for several weeks before
he was captured.
"That man butted Into my af
fairs," aaid Pence when he had
harked from the theater, holding
the stage hands at bay, and es
caping several blocks with the
pistol In his hand before he was
taken by a patrolman.
"It is a thing I do not like at
all. So I bought a gun and I
shot him. Sure, I only shot once.
It was a good shot and I think
it did what I wanted to do. Lock
me up. She was the girl I wiis
going to marry.
Emery was shot through the
intestines. Pence used a .38
caliber Colts revplver.
money for extenstve improve
ments and thereby give work to
the unemployed.
"We all know the government
helped the rich man's panic In
1907 by loaning $42,000,000 to
J. P. Morgan, which he loaned at
6 per cent, utilizing the people's
money and the needs of the hour
to increase his own wealth," said
Herger.
TAFT CAMPAIGN
FOR 2ND TERM
STARTS
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 10.
—President Taft's campaign for
re-election was formally launch
ed I today when James B. Rey
nolds, newly elected secretary of
the republican national commit
tee, left for New York, to estab
lish' temporary headquarters. He
will be followed Monday by Chair
man Hillefl, who will resign Sat
urday as the president's secre
tary. Today Hilles began wind-
Ing up his secretarial duties and
President Taft „ began ; searching
for his successor. * .
The executive will not attempt
to eke through the balance of his
term without a secretary, but will
Oil the vacancy caused by Jlllles'
loss next week. Prominently men
tioned to succeed . Hilles are As
sistant Secretary Rudolph -. Fors
ter, "Gus" Karger, the Taft pub
licity agent, and Robert Bailey,
assistant secretary of the treas
ury. : %s*<■ ■■■..-.. ■:■--'■;;. . ' ■:. :.-
The president desires to have
his nomination here Instead of at
the summer home at Beverly and
the date has been set for . early
In August. ■ , . „ J
j President Taf speech of . ac
ceptance will sound the republi
can battle cry and : define the
party's attitude toward the [ pro
gressive party. ' ■ '•" ....;'
Start Auditing g ;
Montamara Bills
kl The carnival • directors started
to audit bills for'the Montamara
Festo yesterday I but | did not | fin
ish. The whole matter of finances
will Igo over.,; until ■ next ':- week as
\hg show. Saturday, night Is , being
given jby the ' association >: and llt
will add to the | receipts j and dis
bursements. f—i>.».,..: ■:.;.;-.".;,/ .c,..::^
-.:/■ Enough» was 1 gone ; into yester
day to show that the; Montamara
show will hardly more than break
even '; If :it * does that. }'T ; ~:.r« : *
„ Everybody ,:overSj. 10 will be
charged 25 cents for the Saturday
night stadium show excepting vis
iting < Elks who are . being 1 given
tickets i at \ Portland ? this » week.
»?| Children 1'! under }■ 10 ;> will sgoJ In
free.
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GORDON WANTED
f*i James •K. Gordon, manager for
Capt. James V. Martin, , the, avia
tor, is wanted | here \by ; the Y. 11.
C. A., !; for passing! a bogus check.
for $25 on.the association in pay
ment for a room to sleep in while
in the city.
POLICE FORCE DID
FINE WORK
Mayor Seymour sent ' a letter to
Commissioner Mills and 1 Superin
tendent I Hall as of j the f; municipal
dock commending , the police force
and the !dock department for the
successful handling of the crowds
during .the; Montamara \ week.;;';
--m CONISBROUGH. England. - July
10. There 1 was a slight explosion
today lln I the Cadeby I cuiltery *in
which at least 75 and perhaps a
larger 3 number \ of i men ". were ; kill
ed Zi yesterday. Though |?| several
members \of the rescue fft parties
were overcome aby fumes, none
succumbed today. The ?$ succes
sion of blasts in the mine is mak
ing i the - search,' for the * bodies 3of
the victims almost 4 suicidal.
Times Want Ads bring results.
Try '#m and prove it.
Ground Down By Taxes
Japanese Talking Revolt
Women conllng a vtwsnl In Juimiume port. ' Hundred* carry
the coal to the ship In little twin In.
TOKYO, Japan, July 10.—Eco
nomic pr«ssure has become so se
vere in Japan that, according to
the latest official figures, 191,
--000 out of Tokyo's 752,000 little
and big girls and grown women
are compelled to work for their
living outside their own homes.
For the rest of Japan the fig
ures are less complete than those
for the capital, but it is estimated
that throughout the country 30
per cent of the workers are girls
or women.
In Japan women's work is not
limited to domestic service, dress
maklng, clerical work and teach
ing. Women do also the heavi
est manual labor, like roal-heav-
Ing, freight-handling end farm
work.
Japanese labor leaders say the
burden of direct and indirect taxa
tion is so dreadful that the
average Japanese worktngraan
rannot support a family—the
family must support itself.
The Japanese government's
policy is to make the world be
lieve the Japanese masses are ex
uberantly patriotic and entbusias-
Rep. Lafferty to
Support Teddy
(By rnltod Press leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 10.
—Declaring that he doea not see
"how a genuine progressive can
support either Taft or Wilson,"
Representative Lafferty, regular
nomine* for congress from Ore
gon, announces today he would
support Colonel Roosevelt for
president.
"If nothing short of a complete
political revolution," said Laf
fert.y, "will put the public in
charge of the machinery of the
government, Roosevelt is the only
man willing to lead that revolu
tion, ana I firmly believe he will
be elected."
EWING LOSES
HIS JOB
Commissioner Mills let the ax
fall in the free employment office
yesterday and it lopped off the
official head of J. E. Swing, as
sistant superintendent. Oeogre
Home gets the place.
Kwlng has been in charge of
the free employment bureau ever
since the last George Wright ad
ministration.
Professor Plehn
Lectures Today
(By United Pre«s leased Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, July 10.—
Professor Carl C. Plehn, dean of
the college of commerce of the
University of California, lectured
on "Municipal Finances" today
before the National Municipal
league, which is holding its an
nual convention here. A. C.
Floydlel of the New York Reform
association followed Prof. Plehn,
speaking on the same subject.
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f ( t&Sipj**!?"* f*■»»«* I'ntnblPH ;|
#- __———_ 'll'i'.'Ll' 0
-»v« Science; has ' proven? that s nearly
all foot 1 trouble* originate from a.
S common: cau»e: that mat j lnJurPd
# tlMßuen. Tha 1 followinir ■ Informa-
tton will be ; welcomed by thoua-
3 and* of victims of daily foot >r-
| tur*. No i matter how many • pat
a»n 11 madf ctnea I you ; have * tried i In'
■'; vain, this »tr«»tm«nt which •* waa!
r formerly J known only to' doctor*
.■.willi do»thestwork.** Don't wasto
S|iiiße,'»iiG?ttitiJit'9nce.l»""l)!*9olir«
Stwo; taUle«poot>fulii r .-of> C»locl(Te
SliyooitWUndiinfawbattnKofAiwftrfflk
iwßtwia-poaltjtha.feet for a fall
PAGE SEVEN
tically loyal to the mikado. It la
adrnitte'd that they are very poor,
hut the theory is advanced that
they are a simple people who do
not mind poverty.
The truth Is that the niaßnes
are are bitterly discontented. So
cialism is spreading among them.
Labor troubles are becoming
more serious. Agitators are point
ing to the revolutionary example
of the Chinese as a good example
for the Japanese to follow.
The Japanese government
seems determined to combat these
developments by refusing reso
lutely to acknowledge them.
i i
Clearance Sale of All
Suits
Two'specials ? for i Saturday's
: soiling at Hull' ' Price | and t Lobs.
':''. -^-i. SUITS t AT $7.50 *&§*%
65 - odd suits in * mauniah wor-
J steds, n tweeds,' diagonals :•"■ and
light' ■ serges; •' "', values F' f 15.00,
$17.50, |19.50. *7 CA
Thursday' special.... «pf lUU
..--. .V-;/"' SUITS f AT; 910.00 §&|gj|
: 50 suits In light colored serges,
diagonals, tweeds is* and )S home
spuns; valuesr $21.50, $23.50,
. $24.75. Thursday V§ IMA Aft
special $ llliUu
«;p§; J»* GOATS !l AT 93.05 WSS&Xi
20, odd i coats : in • gray , mixtures,
black; serges and white :serges;
values $10.00, $12.50; and $15.
v Thursday.s:««;-t,«rJ*a-«^^»OyllC
special •v:7.:V*y™S3sßD
v Women's & Misses'
Sample Coat & Suit
Shop
■ - ■■ --i ■r.R.^J.lQuick. I.Prop?SSS
f; 509-10-11-12 Fidelity Bid*.
Take Elevator sth Floor.
fifteen minutes, gently rubblnff ,
S I th» tore '* part«." The i i«*ct#T ;i^-
S marvelous. AH pain <ll*app' .m '■
Instantly and the ifeet foe!. ilra»
-■ :ly delightful Corn* and callcs
can be peeled right off. Bunion*,J
' F aching •> feet s and sweaty #me I
: feet ' tret '• lttimediate« relief Ua»j
; thl»( treatment a ■we6ktai\ij>}onr ;
! foot trouble will be a 11 '
1 J the J past. CalCftde work*• tbr*»uiHt|
; the s poreg j and < removes t the ca uMti
■ Any * firusvlat thtiam CaJ.icl<l* m in I
I !Sto«k;ot>,wllli:aretriltwfri»msl«*!i|
1 I jwhoWaatalßouse's l>t>B't be ;iin-s
i ;llu«»ced?;>««taK*»iawetnl!>-f *ci*«-*
I|«wtesd.^tA';twei»ty*five | c-ut^h*i|
' iißiaald toberenouKhUo cvr^tifS
v .r»-, f. >t , ,