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VOL. IX. NO. 243.
FIERCE RIOTS ON LAWRENCE STREETS^
POLICE HID
STRIKERS
CLASH
MANY BROKEN HEAI>B AS RE
SULT OF FIGHTS — OXK
BTKIKKIt MAY I)IK—MOHK
TKOUULK IS EXI'KCTKD.
(By United Press leased Wire.)
LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 30.
—Serious rioting between police
and the textile strikers as a pro
test against treatment accorded
Joseph Kttor and Arturo Glovan
nlttl, labor leaders, broke out
again at 6 o'clock this morning
when the workers approached the
mills. Dozens of persons, includ
ing the strikers and members of
the police force, are in hospitals
suffering with broken heads The
police stations are Jammed with
prisoners, both men and women.
The worst rioting occurred at
Essex and Union streets. Here
the state and city police charged
a thousand strikers and their
sympathizers. Despite the chilly
weather, long before daylight,
more than 2,000 pickets had sur
rounded the Wood, Ayer and
Washington mills. Automobiles,
loaded with police, were rushed
to the scene and desperate fight
ing followed. Many police and
strikers were beaten Into insensi
bility. The crowds converged in
to Essex and Union streets from
all points.
Here the battle was waged for
ten minutes, the police finally
forcing the strikers back. A
squad of newspaper reporters and
photographers came in behind the
strikers and the latter turned
suddenly on the newspaper men.
One photographer was badly beat
en up and his camera smashed.
One of the strikers is dying
from his Injuries and several
others are in a serious condition.
More trouble Is expected before
night, although the police are
trying to keep the streets clear
of pedestrians.
Women are taking a prominent
part In the demonstration. Hun
dreds of them participated in the
Clash with the police. Of the two
score oi more prisoners, five are
women.
DEFENDANTS ARE
GRANTED APPEAL
Defendants In the sensational
$40,000 damage suit. Just closed,
In which Mrs. Lizzie Magnuaon was
awarded a $23 000 verdict for the
alleced klnaplng of her daughter,
Marjorle Hleman, against Bishop
Kdward J. ODea and other promi
nent Catholics, were today granted
a hearing for a new trial by Su
perior Judge B. M. Card.
The case was continued until
Saturday, October 12, to give the
defendants time to show cause.
CLERK LEAVES
J. C. Sweat, who for more than
■Ix years has been clerk of Su
perior Judge W. O. Chapman's
court, is today performing hta last
official duties, being on the verge
of a departure for Redlands, Cali
fornia, where Mrs. Sweatt and a
daughter are awaiting him.
Owing to his wife's poor health,
Mr. Sweatt was forced to aend
her south some months ago.
J. P. Piper of the county clerk's
office will replace him.
CAN'T GET GRUB
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 80.—
The Harvard student body Is find
ing It Is pretty hard to get some
thing to eat, not because there la
a lack of foodstuffs about the
college quarters, but on account
of the small area given over this
year to the boarding of men.
Special Sum
of $3,000
To Loan
on good close-in Improved real
estate. Rate, 6 to 6hi per
cent, according to nature of
security. Can divide for two
loans or place In one sum. No
delay.
Calvin Philips & Co.
California Bldg. Mala S3
The Times Will Flash Bulletins of Every Game In ti|~ World's Championship Series Starting Next Week
TheTacoma Times
MURDERER ESCAPES FROM CELL
Dn YOU WANT THIS CITY
TO SPEND MORE MONEY
_J1 IN 1913?
Next Monday the city council will fix the
budget for 1913.
Will the people get consideration or will the
city be run solely for the benefit of those already
on the municipal payroll?
The Times has been receiving a lot of letters
from taxpayers anent this budget.
Up to date just one of them has advocated the
increase in the salaries of policemen and firemen
demanded.
And that one was written by a city employee
who has asked for a raise himself and who is
getting a salary of $90 a month or $1,000 a year.
All policemen and firemen in Tacoma get over
$1,000 a year, with a 10 day vacation thrown in.
But the firemen say they are going into
politics to get what they want—in fact have
gone in. They declare they have a pledge wrung
from Commissioner Mills before his election
that he would vote to increase their salaries.
Apparently they exacted a similar one from
Woods and Lawson.
But where do the people come in.
Are the thousands of taxpayers going to sit
by and see organized bands of city employees
use their political power to pledge candidates
secretly for salary boosts, and take it meekly or
will they have something to say themselves?
It is up to the people. If they say boost the
salaries, that goes, for they pay the bills. The
city commissioners do not pay the bills. There
are working men in Tacoma getting less than
$4 a day who pay as much taxes as the whole
bunch of commissioners outside of the mayor.
The Times wants to hear from the people
Write your ideas at once in less than 150 words.
If you want taxes reduced you must act at
once. Next week will be too late.
There are thousands of laboring men paving
taxes who cannot be at the city hall next Mon
day to speak in person. The Times asks all to
write at once on this tax question.
Editor Times: As to
running expenses of our city
I think they should be kept
at the lowest possible point
consistent with substantial
improvement.
While in eastern states
this summer I bad many op
portunities to show clippings
of the Montamara Festo,
and found everywhere a
great desire on the part of
homeseekers to come to the '
Puget Sound country.
In every case I was met
with the old plea that taxes
must be so high. If we can
with candor state our taxes
are low It will do more to
bring desirable residents here
than all over kinds of adver
tising put together
JAS. O. POST, M. D.
7th and St Helens aye.
Editor Times: In regard
to the raising salaries and
taxes, as a home ownpr, I
wish to enter a protest. High
salaries are a fine thing. If
other corporations would
pay as much for as little
work as is at present paid
by the city. If the present
employes are dissatisfied and
walk out, them will bo
plenty of competent men
willing to take their places
at the present salaries.
In regard to Mr. Wlldt's
contention that they are
mostly home owners and pay
a good share of their sal
aries back into the coffers
of the city, would suggest
that there are a great many
people who have the same
thing to contend with, and
some of those do not even
have steady work and at leas
wages than the city em
ployes. This matter should
be given careful considera
tion and a vote taken to as
certain the opinion of the
people at large.
TAXPAYER.
Editor Times: The work
ing taxpayers certainly do
not want higher taxes. We
want the men hired to do
the work to do it and to do
away with >om« of the depu
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA
ties. If the men on the Jobs
don't like the wages let them
quit as all other employes
do. If they don't like the
city jobs let them go to work
and leave the job to their
deputies, the real wage earn
ers. MRS. H. DAKBY.
TACOMA, WASHINGTON,MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1912.
PICKS LOCK AND
MAKES GETAWAY
■HKTKNGBD TO DIE, AND
PABBKS THROUGH GALLOWB
KOOM TO GAIN HIS 1.11.l it I \
CAIIBOX, Nev., Sept. 30.—Pick
ing the lock of his cell In the
death chamber of the Htate peni
tentiary here, Fred Skinner, s«n>
tenced to die for the murder of v
woman at Khyolite, passed
through the gallows room which
hud been prepared for his execu
tion and scaled the Jail yard to
safety. Hkinner escaped yester
day but the fact was kept secret
until today.
The escape wag one of the moist
daring in the history of the peni
tentiary. Skinner; an expert elec
trician, had been feigning insan
ity. He left a dummy in his bed
In the death chamber, fooling the
guards who made hourly rounds.
Making his way to the prison yard
through the gallows room. Skin
ner went to the electric fence
guarding south outlet. He short
circuited the current and climbed
over. Then he restored the pur
rent and fled to the mountains.
State police and prison guards
are searching the mountains for
the fugitive today, but have He
cured no clue as to his where
abouts.
Just as the l!<-\. 8. G. Joiii-s. pastor of the Methodist
church, located at lO2R Kant 30th street, lunl announced last
evening that the congregation would stand and sing "Peace
on Kurth," mirthful persons./ u>»i;'it In some sort of (unction
at the lingers school broke\ i.\ Sunday quietude with sounds
that were entirely out of ki -<-.ti« with the solemnity of the
time and place.; , t ; . >i' J" ■'.'■..•■■..•,. ~-
Particularly- were these',vociferation* discordant to the
ministerial ear, and today the Rev. Jones informed the police
department to that- effect. t
Whatever, this organization is, when it holds its next weekly
meeting at the. school, it will have first to pledge itself to
remain. dose-mouthed ■ until services at the church have
ended. ■..'. - ■ '. c.-\--'■'■'Vi*- r!i'':-' 1 ■ -";•."■-■
SENT TO SCENE
OF HOLD-UP
Deputy Sheriffs Tote Stenso and
Flunk Lnnarmlre wore this morn-
Ing dispatched to Bluff, a new
hamlet a short distance from I'a
clflc City, with a bloodhound, to
run down a thus who last night
successfully performed a holdup at
that place. Only meager report*
have been received by Sheriff
LonKmlr -as to the extent cf the
robbery.
GARY, Ind., Sept. 3O.—"The operation was a success;
both patients will recover." This whs the bulletin issued at »
hospital here toda where Mlsa Kiln I Smith and William Hugh,
a crippled mwMx.y, were the principals in a unique skin graft*
ing operation.
Miss Smith was seriously burned when a spark from a
motor cycle ignited her clothing- Physicians announced she
would die unless someone would sarrlce his nkln to be used in
a grafting operation. Hugh volunteered.
Miss Smith accepted Hugh's offer. Yesterday the couple
were placed side by side on the operating tahli>, the skin re
moved from Idi-h's leg and placed on the girl's back and legs.
Then Rugh's leg was amputated.
WILL HE MAKE GOOD?
PROGRESSIVES
HOLD RALLY
TONIGHT
OPENING «UNB OF CAMPAIGN
TO UK I li;i l> AT I'UYAI.IAU*
THIS EVENING — HKVKUAL.
CANDIDATES TO pi'EAK.
rni(iii-^ivcs tonight inaugur
ate an aggreugive ''amp >'iii' which
will cover every precinct In the
county iifore election dtiy.
The first big campaign opener
will be at Pujrallup this evening
with Senator J. \V. Bryan, candi
date for congressman at large, as
the principal orator, and J. I*. Sor
ley, li. li. lienbow, l.nr.n/o Dow
and others of the local candidates
tO HKfilftt.
Puyallup Is making arrange
ments for a big time and it is ex
pected a great meeting will be
bald.
The rest of the week the county
candidates will be busy at meet
ings as follows:
Tuesday night—Regents park.
Wednesday night—American
Lnke and Manito Grove-.
Thursday night—Pallies hall,
38th and Yaklma and Socialists
ball. Center and L streets.
Friday night—University of
I'n.-oi Sound auditorium and old
Mason church.
"TALK OF THE TOWN" AGAIN
Their former success has In
spired the Women's club to have
"The Talk of the Town" repeated
at the Tacoma theater tonight.
Nearly 100 members of Taco
itia's younger society set are
named in the cast, among them
being some of the best vocalists in
the oity. Prices tonight will be
reduced.
AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN
MEXICO QUESTION OF TIME
.eaves Fame and Large Salar
For Mother From Whom She
Had Been Separated for Years
CARRIE WATTS.
After having lived 16 years un
der the impression that her moth
er was dead, Carrie Watts, an
actress, Is going to leave the
stage, fame and a good big salary
for a home on a humble Ken-
tucky farm.
Miss Watts was taken from the
arms of her mother when a child
of three years and wan subse
quently reported dead. - Like In
formation about the death of her
mother was conveyed to the girl
and for 10 years each had been
SUES TRUSTEES
FOR {60,000
ATTORNEY MASTERSON AL
II at s COMPANY WANTED
TO FREEZE HIM OUT OF
CORPORATION.
.:'" Alleging : that !he -.was": the vic
tim of I a "freeze-out" | conspiracy
to force him out of, the First Na
tional | Life 'Assurance,* society ;of
Tacoina . and . Walla Walla, Attor
ney •■• Edwin F. s Masterson f^' today
started * suit ; against the j board iof
trustees .of that company 7in Su
perior Judge . I 1". .M. Card's ' court
for the recovery/of >' $60,000 > and
attorney's fees. .X :; J±~% \..
Those namedi personally as de
fendants' are: H. Morton Greg
ory ', and ' Dr. Alfred %K. Braden of
Tacoma, .and 1 Marvin j' Evans ana
Richard J. Tompklns ot Walla
Walla.s^^.t;<^'^?-^:V^A^^«
Masterson alleges £ that % the
whole assets of the company, with
the exertion ,of ,: o,ooof. cash,
was in! the form of 'personal notes
of the defendants placed as col
lateral for $20,000 :; more. :V He
claims; he owned 400 shares^ of
stock; whose par value was $50 a
share, but whose actual value he
has" placed at about 70 a share/
He further declares he submit
ted $7,000 under duress to the
defendants sln December, 1907;
for which he was given promis
sory notes on which ;he was to co!
--lect but $4,500 owing to dis
counts. He claims the defend
an,;: falsified | the :; books >of .1 the
corporation to ! make ■ them appear
that he owned ', but 100 hares of
Stock instead of 400.
Through 1 the alleged : conspiracy
he claims he was damaged Jto ! the
extent of $30,000. He also
■wishes $30,000 j for the other 300
Osarea fof stock. teg tm ;ItMA
HOME EDITION
Hob llihlko liikl a ijrinid old ral
ly in Ni.iiHo Sniunliij iilnlH.
Hoilk<' NlrciiKlli is (crowing In leupa
and Imhiiulh. Wlhtc will the Hay
crowd Im< on N'ovrnihi-r stli?
mourning for the other.
The mother later married, and
U now the wife of Zel Amgter, a
storekeeper of Winchester, Ky.
Shortly after she wag deprived of
the baby the mother received
word that It had died. Ultimately
Mißs Watts went on the stage.
It was not until she came to
San Francisco recently, where she
has been resld%£ and earning
her living, that she received any
inkling that her mother waa
alive. One day a letter wag re
ceived by an old friend of her
father with the Information that
her mother had married a second
time and was the wife of a well
to-do Kentucklan.
The information contained in
the letter was so unexpected that
the girl at first refused to believe
U. Agitated by doubt she sat
down and communication with
the woman mentioned by her In
formant, telling her everything
about herself that she could re
member since she was a little girl
and a letter came back from the
mother claiming her as her
daughter.
,^Bllllll, The City
(KSPfS ata
Tonight's Times of-
fers t° house and
:■••'-■:. --'^^m^^^^^^'^-'^omc seekers an op
."• v v*. r.'-nftinTT^ - , 7 • portunity of seeing
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There are marry houses,
f | flats and terraces offered for
'•|| I- • . rent; also many houses for
The seeker of a good busi- I
r'^ ,v_; | | , ness location can choose from j
a list of many offers. j
■x^-Wt'^ v- Every night the Times Want J
Ad page contains messages I
and offers of vital importance J
c
i to Tacoma readers. ' : J
Turn to page 6 now and find j
the one intended for you. j
30 CENTS A MONTH.
MADERO CANT
QUELL THE
REVOLT
MKXICAN CITIZEN WOITTjD
win «>mi: ivi i i;\ i \ i k»v
I; \ I 111 X THAN LIVE < UIU
KXISTINQ CXiNDII'IONS.
. MEXICO CITY, Sept. 30.—
"government gis not sufficiently
Mtrong to crush the rebellion: and ~i
Hie rebel* are not strong enough
to overthrow • the Madcro admin
ration, so that the only outlet -
Is an endless continuation of ri'vo-
Itition, anarchy and rain from anal
end of Mexico to the other. •> This
will continue i until | Undo Sam lis :,
forced to- intervene ' and ' end th«"
-trouble. .:.'■•: ■'•.""*• '-:,."':■s V
■ '.-Intelligent I and ' unbiased opin- <
ion thus Hummed up the MoxicaA ;
situation here today following re-,
ports circulated •- In Washington Z.
that ; President j Taft may call an,
extra . session of -' congress to '■ au-'
thorize the sending of American'
troops across the border. :y'' H «sQHS
■"■^Aa ■ a • matter of cold } fact, con
ditions I are j said to <be far worse
In Mexico today | than " they | have '■
ever been, and are getting worse
all the time. Peace-loving citizens
here . today t privately admit % they J
would i, welcome „,: American t% inva
sion. i ;■; Mexico ; has mo ■; money to §
prosecute a foreign, war and ; she if
could not mobilize an army suffi
ciently to adequately . oppose : the
large and well equipped force the '
United. States could : throw:. into|
this country m sort order. , ,-\<
WEST EIO CLUB
TO TALK TAXES
TAXPAYERS TO ATI! Kit TO
' MORROW NIGHT TO DISCUSS,:
1 PROPOSES) |jB BUDGET M FOB I
1013. ■ ■'■:-: <-"■*::, .■;;■';■ ■ -v^jaMA
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■■j The h. West End ; Improvement
club will tackle • the city J budget 1
at ia j meeting J over j Royoe's drug
store, corner -* of Anderson ' andy
Sixth avenue tomorrow night.
The West ;' Enderg ' are :; mainly]!
small • homo owners and clerks
and small business men and it will v
be interesting to see whether they If
will ,go j for the salary - boosts " and S
other) means of \ enlarging; the city;' ■
expense of , next i year . or not.^^^ffi
?.'.";:.<"*>.Y>i;4A;»iK«.:,;...• .. v.\--.assiiiill||
WEDNESDAY FREE;
Members of the O. A. R. and af.
rl Ila ted organizations will be ad
mitted free ito t th« Puyalliin Val
ley fair Wednesday, which has
been ww et . aside «f . Veteran t day. .It I
will ibe necessary -to ■: display ** th« U
l.nd*e of membership to secure Xre«