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Here They Are! The Eight Most Novel News Stunts Staged Today by Father Time's Vaudeville Acrobats
V. JOHN'S: A WISE ' 'UN. ! *■ t. Tt t ,' i.
-X X BUTLER, Pa., i Oct. 1 4.When
Julia Loptka of Sharon, Pa., re
fused to "love, honor and 'obey,"
7 John Novkow exchanged his mar
riage license and wed Mary.Rake,
, who had no scruples about mak
llngllng rash 'promises.■:■:'*■■' '-.- ■
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SURE a penny's worth of newspaper doesn't
I % sound' big to 1 you but if you get j the
Times every day, It won't take you very
long to realize that you are getting the
I most interesting and entertaining newspa
per in Tacoma. . * ..','.■.,-■'■--u -
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„ THIS DAY IN TACOMA . 25
<■ » YEARS AGO: , ,1 >^ . - " '-.'"'"
Abe Tuttle's health has been
v somewhat run down of late. He
fell asleep; on Pacific avenue
g and j the horse ", car : ran over
»'■,.'. him.**.'-•' '__X v Ayiy A'-.:•:■:. -<>■'•
The mayor's actions yester
day have aroused much disap
probation. With all kinds of
work, to look after, he J threw
f up everything and took "a trip
to Seattle. ' And the city Is
badly In need of scrubbing.
The amateur "Uncle Tom
, mere" are still fussing. The
yi nearest thing they! can get to
' ' the bloodhounds are Hank Eb
bers' near-visible dachshuunds,
„ which never because Hank
* doesn't feed them anything.
V Tom Boodle went out and
■ got' drunk last ? night. •/• He -Is
-. still drunk. Developments later.
A COURT DECREE has It that
woman's beauty ■Is -worth' 1 $7,
--000. Yes, at times It costs as
much as that, If not more. L
AMONG OTHER THINGS ,we
-r ■' don't believe : is the statement
. that Teddy Roosevelt said fare
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' THE INTOXICATED GENT who
~ told the Jailer yesterday that he
! was King Edward pulled a bad
\ . one. * He should, have claimed
-a . to he Woodrow Wilson.-* This
" ■-'..- country Is a republic, you know.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY: — r
"'•: ,' A. ■*_ "':*'. 63—JulluB „-; Caesar
" : picked I the . Gladiators to win
over; the : Centurions ln the big
series. "X X-~"'x-,AA '-'■■':'-'■■,
:■ X 290Caius " Langford, - the
"A.'X Nubian; and Aurellus Flynn, the
- Gaul, battled ten rounds to - a
draw in the Coliseum last night.
'."' Neither; party I was '. much ;' bat
- •'. tered, as - they- us«v* light five
pound Iron gloves. - ' .'-. V-T,7
- 14 00—Venetian galley slaves
':yy were executed by the hundreds
* - •'■ because • they "-. messed -- up the
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y.A'X 1564 The eggs we had for
" :■' breakfast were laid. X. '•■XXX
1890 —A man '> was i- hanged
> :in Tacoma for saying "budget."
h TAOOMA DOCTORS A have, i: been
X -: busy- the last ;* few J * cold : days
treating a new ailment Induced
„.»jby—" transparent;;, : ; skirts „.-.- and
: '; slashed ditto. 'Xyy-'x: ■ y-XXX'
I 'X ilt Is - neuralgia of r the knee.
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AFTER READING what Commis
• --.-. ;■ sioner ,' Mills says - about * kids
- '"; we are Inclined to think he has
.-• been kidding. x -= ;""•'•'• .•^r-'-..
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V; THAT f_ DECLARATION y of j - the
: CV ; commissioner's 2 that dogs were
*' ''A just i like - children f- is *i sure t to
"XX* make him solid with the moth
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X HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES: .; "
X* "•;' >. To i remove '; ink; stains: from
•XAx the fingers write with a pencil.
,',■' '.XX.A cheap dinner can be easily
; X'..X. secured by investing In a meal
), ■ ... at; a I swell • place' with a ; high
.-*»;.-,_- t : brow name. xx Ay-.xy .'■■>>'
:?%*:X"X Never cure ham. If It Is sick,
yt■)(_ throw -it i away. . XX - \X~--y '-.", X^'jz
i;^:'iX-*Db"not remove the pita from
iy. , the; cherries ;In making cherry
•>«.;; pie. If you i do": people > are '■ apt
*#a' think ' you are slipping : plum
i^HPtuitrr! over onUhem.'^'',W,f-f?i^
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MAKES DREAMS
L COME TRUE
' A.: A Nearly, every • boy or girl at 7-
XXX. some: time s lias thought* of *7
A -, } college or training school or r f|
»»! start _la I business, but \ the -:::
chances y\ aw s slim X without ■
money.
In the common schools -> of
|*|I this If country .'are \ 16,000,009 «|
i77s& children—-a Young American %■
' Nation—the great mass of
whom t will ; never ; enter * high m
$&£% school, and ! less \ than one ■■ per M
. /Ay;, cent ? ever reach * the t univer- A
__M*tr.T* The earlier In life ; you * f
f«W »tart * a | bank *£ account $_ the H
|**f earlier you will he able to
8,11 realise a life ambition. -.'.
'egg*: Air account in the y. ■
Puget Sound State
Bank
is Erotection.
TRY; "SQUIRREL SUNDAY."
' NEW; YORK. Oct. 4. —When a
tame squirrel skipped into'Hoppe
& Carr's ice cream parlor Sunday
night a crowd of girls mistook it
for a rat and became hysterical.
Tacoma Butcher Commits Suicide by Drinking Carbolic Acid in Bed
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FAILING TO AWAKEN HUSBAND, WIFE FINDS HE IS DEAD
World's series stars haven't anything on the bunch
that they had back in the 90's, says Billy Sunday
famous evangelist, who was fastest player baseball
ever knew. Predicting Giants to land champion
ship, compares 1913 line-up with old timers and
adds some | flashing comments . in a pithy story.
Now the World's Most Successful Evangelist, But in the '80's a Star
- of Anson's Famous White Stockings and the Fleetest Ball
Player That Ever Wore Spiked Shoes.
BY BILLY. SUNDAY, .
- (Copyright, 1018, by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.) -
„- :. .BILLY. SUNDAY.
' Brouthers, Thompson, Roger Connor, ,: Richardson,. Kelley, Ewlng,
Comlskey, Anson, Ryan, Dalrymple, . O'Neill, Stovey, Welch • and
Browning? ;■',;•..-■ .>":-',.:. XX. -'-y yy-y- -v^;---: "'-'■'•. ■„.-.-- '-X ■. •■ :%&
, You read about the speed of Collins, Snodgrass, Merkle, Mclnnes
and Herzog. Could they outsprlnt Latham, i Pfeffer, Stovey, Hamil
ton, and, may I add, Billy Sunday? .v.. - ';.-" yXii'XS*
, ."- %. I have read much of the scoring from second on an infield
out by speed-merchants like Ty Copp and Joe Jackson'and of the hit
and-run play as proving baseball is faster today. -" x-y_A •" &
WE DID these things, too, but we had no names for them. ', I
scored twice from second on Infield outs in one series. The first time
King Kelley signaled that he'd hit the next ball and I started with
the pitcher's motion, sliding around the -catcher (as the ball was re
layed from first, where "Kel" had been retired. ;..- '„-.'- X.x Xy--y;;■;:_
; Jake Daubert, Chase and Konetchv are the best first basemen
' today,' but I never saw the man who had a thing on Captain Anson!
I have seen him take throws from Ed Williamson, bare-handed— and,
' man, how .Williamson could hop that ball across from the short field!
1 As for fielding, how much better are these chaps than Charlie Comis-'
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■■■'%Xi What pitcher today is better than John \ Clarkson, the only ■ man
who ever threw an, overhand raise ball; than McCormack, than Jim
Keefe,* with his marvelous change of pace;! than Mickey Welch, than
Had bourne, or Amos Rusle, the greatest of them all? When Amos
' was right his fhst ball looked like a streak of .dust. '-iiAXXSS!^M'XX^
1 f> Compare Chief Meyers, Lapp, Wilson knd Scbang to the greatest
' backstop that ever "Silver" Flint or to "Buck" Ewlng jjg or
Charlie Bennett, and TELL ME THE ANSWER!
■ -." Eddie Collins is a great. second ;baseman, but when I: think of
Fred Pfeffer, who forced, the rulemakers to write Section 8! of Rule
61, which declares the • batter out if he bat an infield fly, with . first
and second I occupied, because of his deadly trapping, „I f enjoy;, a
chuckle. xy :X■•>■>:■,:?ry--'~■''.'■■'■■ 7:-"~: ■A--7ZA'-li-^-xx.y;x:xxiAAX'!ti3£i
>. There have been Baker, Bradley, Collins, Herzog — all great
' third, basemen —but not one ,of . them > compared . with Billy Nash or
. Denny.■."■"-*; - ■- « —. - - '-• ..„ X J "- - XAyy^^'A^l^.
■ ;Ed Williamson, despite his size and weight, was X the p fastest
' shortstop I ever saw. V His fielding and ability to throw with : terrific
speed from' any. position was simply marvelousand -he played with
' bare hands/REMEMBER!'.-;. „-;::vax X-X''AXf_".~ 'XXy.x~XXiX tAri^
X; ';. And are Barry and Fletcher better than Jack Glasscock or Her-*
man Long? XX"A7xi-yAt-'-'"-" -X.XXX X'-X-xL:y.X?~'~Vy?xxx:'yA.
A -\ The great batters —Cobb, Jackson, Wagner,'^- Daubert, Lajole
McDonald, Speaker— 'have they on Ed Delehanty, Sam Thomp
| son, Ed Williamson, Tip ft O'Neill, X. Mike^Tlernan,':; Captain Anson,
Browning, Ewlng, Brouthers, Richardson or, the greatest of them all,
Mike Kelley, whose ability to foul off the ball forced the foul strike
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The only advance I see Is the Improvement In team work. ,,:^ .z
' There are MORE; stars today, but NOT GREATER ones than In
I the day of the series between the National league and American asso
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READY TO PAY i
INCOME TAX
, f 7 Get ' ready ;to ■ pay your ; income
tax:xX:-_ST~&?A'XxJiiS,.<
'- <:< Internal ~Xi Revenue J,< Collector
Millart T. Hartson . today Issued
his - first p announcement m to j the
' public under ; the) new . tariff ', bill
, which Includes the i income tax
- feature, citing the features 'of the
i law which will become applicable
; November l^^tSjflejfe^gS?^
! r-x After „ that ! date T all '.. persons ;in
'. Tacoma who t have j others lln 1 their
| employ who draw over $3,000 a
' year salary or compensation,'will
■ be required to keep out of : the
salary the income 1 tax ;to be turn
i ed over to the government. This
tax will Ibe one . per l cent lon sal
' aries ror Inoomes of . $2,000 and
unless the i employer does retain
the amount from his employes he
will be personally liable for It to
the government. X x^ 1
■■ m^AAA":: ,77 iwm
! vr-'ln order that deposit lens might
be ; secured %. from 1 parties I in ■;■■ the
East,; the conflict tor possession
of the " John W. Roberta estate,' to
which * Mrs. Margaret Snyder- as
serts she Is direct hair,'was'post
poned this morning ,
PENNANT COUPON NO. 56
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FALL HARVEST IS ON. V X'7-A:
', CHICAGO, Oct. ;■ 4.A news
stand was wrecked, several heads
shattered and two . names - added
to the police blcXer when Martin
Zellnski and Andrew Naperk de
bated the relative merits of the
Giants and Athletics. -;
The Tacoma Times
30c A
MONTH
VOL. X. NO. 246. TACOMA, WASHINGTON. v SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1913
The world's series will be a
great exhibition of baseball, but it
won't be any more interesting or
exciting than. the series .of the
'80's between the National league
and American j association. win
ners! -■■ -.-■:'" " -■ * XXX' 'X- :
They say the game is faster
than when I played, but you'll
have to show me. They say It Is
more scientific. Maybe, but It
wasn't quite so rough-and-ready
as some fans think. :Y. ;.
": '-.-; X In . the series this year will
be Baker, Collins, Oldrlng, Mc
lnnes, Murphy, Herzog, Burns,
McCormlck, Merkle, Meyers— all
great batters, -- but how about,
NEWCOMB TAKES
LAUNCH RIDE
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.^f Charles fi Newcomb, convicted
murderer, ; was' given . a chance to
breathe the free air and look upon
a world not encompassed by stone
walls yesterday , when g Sheriff
Jamleson I took : him along £on * a
launch trip to j McNeil's island and
let J him i Joy the f outdoors 1 all
day.
t*| "Newcomb has ,1 worked hard
during the years he has been con
fined In Jail here," Sheriff Jamie
son said today, "and i I think It no
more | than i right to 1 give I a little
pleasure once in awhile.'L^laspi
S^^'SiW-Viff'ft^.ftT^^.^iS^^lwaSft^S
SPOKANE ON WAY
TO SEATTLE SAFE
; SEATTLE, Oct. 4.—Following
Is a dispatch i receive^ today from
the J captain .of the , steamer i Spo
kane, which went j ashore on Van
couver island ; last night; "Trans
ferred | passengers g back 1£ to the
Spokane.>' • Everybodyi and every
thing 0.9 X. Spokane proceeding
to : Seattle ' under, own steam."
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JAKE'S SO HAsmnyxy-,-. -i-
X. NORTHFIELD, N. ■ J.. Oct. 4.—•"
After . turning • a deer loose that'
had trapped rtself 'In > his ; barn,
Jacob Hlldebrandt ■ vfras offered
$100 by a wealthy neighbor who
wanted It for his game reserve. A
For Tacoma and Vicinity: Fair tonight and Sunday; light frost tonight.
INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA
THE ONLY
MINE GIVES
UP AT LAST
ITS PRISONER
THOMAS TOSHEBKY ENTOMB^
ED FOR MORE THAN A
WEEK .- IN CONTINENTAL
, MINE, IS SAVED FROM A
LIVING DEATH BY HEROIC
-WORK OF , HIS FELLOW
WORKMEN.
CENTRALIA, Pa., Oct. 4. —
Thomas Toshesky, the miner im
prisoned for more than a week in
the Continental mine, was. re
leased at 7:25 this morning, ' Res
cuers dug through Hit feet of solid
rock and coal to reach htm, | the
miner digging » from the , Inside.
He had. dug : through three ; and
one-half feet of.coal towards his I
rescuers.. As the rescuers broke
through, Toshesky gave a shout,
staggered and fell. 11 Doctors ap
piled restoratives . and , he recov
ered quickly. He was' soon in
the arms of his wife and.reached
the,' surface ■ a ■ few minutes later
unassisted.- - XXXX'-rXXy- -,
:"-'Bine; glasses proved a - shield
for the eyes against the glare of
the sun. ; It is ■ believed ■he will
soon '.regain „-. bis - health .-. com
pletely. s]< y_,■ * ;;;- v'li . .';V'.". V-- ■;"-.' a-.' --
LONG DEBAUCH
ENDS IN DEATH
TA Following a drunken debauch,
which ' had extended - since l Sep
tember 25, when Ihe was paid I off
from I the barkentine 'M. Turner,
in ■: Aberdeen, a | sailor ! was found
dead jj in Z the * Sailors' I Home,: Old
Town, this morning. He had died
In - bed r during * the * night. '? * The
sailor / was known .' to his com
panions only as "George," and no
one has been found. who knew bis
last name. During . his . spree. he
had lost his discharge papers and
all other, papers that might have
proclaimed * his . Identity. ..; ""V<".r
..The; remains were removed \to
the I'C.*4 C* Melllnger^ company's
residence and police • officials are
making efforts :to identify ; them.
THAW'S BABY IS
COMING TO U. S.
W LIVERPOOL, Oct. 4.—Russell
Thaw, Evelyn f. Nesbltt' Thaw's:
baby, and nurse \ are ' among | the/
Lusitanla I passengers I en j route [ to
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Do You Know
1 This Player
Here Is a cartoon of a famous
athlete on the Giant staff, whom
McGraw - expects . to become -r a
world's champion player.
iTo the first fifteen persons
mailing the correct name of this
player to the World's Series Ed*.
tor, Tacoma Times office be
: fore Monday noon, will he
given each an i orchestra seat i for
I the opening •game of j. the big so
- ries, as performed at the Tacoma
theater on the Star BaU § Player,
which-shows each play as It is
made daring ;the'game."p§-.':?;"?4iKft.c
Theater I tickets f are I mailed * to
winners \ each evening. MM
p| The v player .whose; cartoon . was
published Thursday was/ Jack
Coombs, famons Athletic pitcher.
A* TICKLISH MATTER. V "/A
CINCINNATI, Oct. ; 4.—A male
passenger on ' a,- street * car nar-
Nwly escaped a'mobbing by fal
low ' passengers because he cut a
feather off a woman's hat when
it tickled him. '
SIDELIGHTS ON TACOHA HOME LIFE
* «_» " ———— " ' ' ' ——^ —^—m
GREAT LEPINE "HIMSELF iym O. Shepherd
European Correspondent
TO RELATE THE FAMOUS'" *• ScjJpp s, North
west papers has just con-
PARIS MYSTERIES TO YOU eluded a week's personal
cr^^v^^^^:j^r-*;:^;...'.?.:,;.i ; -r conference in Prance with
the great Louis Lepine, , who for over :20 years has been the famous chief of
the Paris police. Of all the crimes that have happened in that time, Lepine
has related to Shepherd, especially.for our readers, those he considers the
most momentous, mystifying! $ These astonishing stories set down for the
first time from the viewpoint of this flesh and blood Sherlock Holmes who
ferreted them out, are far more thrilling than any fiction, for they tell of
the tragedies of real human beings caught in the maelstrom of Paris, the
city of weird crimes and mysteries. There are five great, baffling cases
selected by Chief Lepine. Watch for the first one in The Times Monday.
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BOAT SERVIGE
TO BREMERTON
. TO BE DAILY
.-■% "^acoma * is ,to : have . a A regular
Bremerton boat ;. that . will ; bring
the.Bremerton business j here. .>■■ •"
;tj Commencing . Monday . the,' Ariel
will .make the West! Passage \ and
Bremerton ' dally leaving | Bremer
tons at • 6:80 : in \ the 1 morning , and
touching '.West 1 Pass i| points I and
reaching 'Tacoma S at \ 10 J o'clock.
The return , trip \ will * start 1 from
Municipal dock at 2 o'clock.
■^hls * will S permit % Bremerton
people Jto J come here, do \ their
trading, and go J lack. ' A ; round
trip fare of 75 cents will be main
l Slops will be made at Sllverton,
Trfßyton and Chico whenever
nere Is business to warrant. •
Down in Your Basement
Or up In your attic, there is something that you don't need, some
-thing: that someone else does need. TO» bet that <S ten i thousand
?Tlm?s readers have some articles or sot her which they 3 don't need
that another ten thousand Times readers do need."o Get together |
by using a want ad. Bring them, phone them; or mall them « j
fThe Want Ad Comer"
BABE BORN IN, BARROOM.'?>-71
CHICAGO* Oct. 4.—With Bar- ]
tender' Kllroy" and Police Sergt.
McMahon. acting as nurses, Mrs.
Lena Poutaky gave ' birth to a
child ln a : hotel barroom,* after
fainting Just outside the door. •■■'■
HOME
1 EDITION
GUNMAN SLAYS
LITTLE BABE
B NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—An un
identified I golden , haired baby | lies
dead, ln j the 1 morgue 1 today with ' a
large bruise on > the side jof j Its
head. A The police _ assert that .It
was ; killed Iby Joseph 3 Depuma, a
notorious gunman and white slav
er. X- It '' is 1 believed that the] baby
had probably : been ; kidnaped < and
held; for ransom. Ralph Pasqua,
an undertaker,, held .on •' a I charge
of I removing the * body ,; from I one
county J, to : another without !a \ per
mit, says, that Depuma called ' him
to a flat In. the Bronx and com
pelled him to take charge of the
body ;at . the point :of - a revolver.
Depuma, Pasqna alleges^' told him
that :■ the baby ; bothered him Jat
night and that he beat It to death;
Depuma, a woman, and the child,
have occupied the flat for weeks.
« When W. O, C&ffe, .Wrt«th-Bt.;
Cleveland, , a 'telegraph ; dpi rator
out touring SiAtdax <l Into
his I boyhood churrhi ttear^Twlna
burg, the congregation gave him
a Chautauqua salute. He ; finally
convinced' them he was not' their
new pastor. •;. ArK- iXX, 'x
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/B^E URK you can't miss reading O. . Henry's
wonderful short story on page 3 today. "A j
SURE you can't miss reading O. Henry's
wonderful short story on page S today. "A
Service of Love" Is one of the beat little
stories lie has ever written. If yon are
■^B looking for good fiction read it. / -,
1
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NARROW ESCAPE
FOR FIREMAN
AND FAMILY
M Lieutenant Adolpb M. Wenner
lund Jof the i Tacoma , fire \ depart
ment, i his i. wife, Henrietta, 3 and
son, Albert, age i 7, * miraculously
escaped «3 death . this ';< morning at
the s 23rd c and % Hood * street I rail
road | crossing, when: their motor
cycle, on g which sj all S three S wei
riding, was run down by a switch
engine/*.Wennerlund' was driving
up the 23rd street hill at a high
rate of speed. ■ When '_ the \ switch
engine i burst J upon them at« the
street £ intersection, ', Wennerfnnd
exerted all of his : power and man
aged ,to hurl \ his' family and him
self off ; the machine. Si The motor
cycle ; crashed l into the engine/ to
its utter demolition, and the. fa- j
ther, ; mother, end child lay daaed
and % partially conscious i within i a
foot of the driving .wheels of the
toocjwayew^^fe^sW^W
-The family was, rushed j to. the
Tacoma I Private g|Sanitarium' Inl
the police auto patrol, where it
j was i found that all- bad sustained
tm*kfr\bnlnM.W&&£&_sot^3&
MWeanerland told the police that
kf ffagtann^ attiha _ crossing ti had
s stood? In j the I middle of the strost
8 but fatlsd; to give, warning; ot the •
5 approaching «gtn«.lJ l Ss§s£JSg&a.
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, CHICAGO, Oct. 4.—
■ scramble test enough," grinned'
i Henn ■ Man Egg, Chinese laundry
' man,': when < policemen * lifted * him '•;
• from I under -an " automobile | and;
j took him to a hosp!tal.''g,'f'--""?ft'a^j
REASON FOR
DEED STILL
A MYSTERY
RETURNED FROM PARTY LAST
,"-.. NIGHT IN | HIGH SPIRITS —
SWALLOWED _ ACID >$ WHILE
WIFE l'- SLEPT— WAS WELL ■
KNOWN IN TAOOMA AND
FRIENDS CAN GIVE NO REA
SON FOR HIS SELF-CAUSED V
:• DEATH../,';"/:.'"- .-//v/i/m
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/ Returning from *a" social gatl»
ering In the South End last night/
which: be I had | attended with . his |
wife and had apparently enjoyed I
enormously, Conrad Zeiss, age 6S,
a ' prosperous I butcher, retired la I
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n in the middle of the night Mrs.
Zeiss was. disturbed jby : her bus.
band ! moving: about, but ' did I not {
rouse; sufficiently, from I heri sleep I
to learn what he was afthMJ^BM
f" At " 6:30 o'clock j this morning t
Mrs. Zeiss ; awoke . and 'A: put * her \
hand on ' her husband's shoulder,
shaking him and telling him ' that
it was time to get . up. Zeiss did
not awaken. His \ shoulder $ felt \
cold and chilled -' under the' wife's I
touch. -, , y'a&Sfr&R
■ Then ■'. Mrs. Zeiss ': spied a tiny
phial, * with $a 5 sinister .. red i label,
standing. Wonm a j dressing j table.
Screaming _in ' anguish,"? she" Jump- Z
ed from her. bed. The ominous
label read, "Carbolic Acid." The
terrified wife hurried to her hus
band's - side i;again : and saw that
his lips were j burned ■' and [flecked f
with j; foam. 4 He" had % swallowed
the contents lof the bottle while;
he ' lay.-- beside ,'„ her during <&-_ the 1
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vv Mrs. - Zeiss; could | give sno rea
sons today for her husband's self-?
caused. death. ■ She ! said - that ibe •
was X prospering g In i* bis I butcher
business, and that he had no rea
son, so i far as j she | knew,'-. to: end:
his i life. The ? unfortunate I wom
an was hysterical during the -en-?
tire morning over the tragedy; in
her/home.*, and ■ could j hardly talk s
coherently to Interviewers. "Pfl^SS*
m Zeiss was : well known In Taco
ma, having lived ; here .18 years.
He ; belonged to the W. O. W. end
the Royal * Arcanum. The S 0n1y,5
child of the couple died ten years •
ago. 'The } remains of the ! suicide *
were ! removed :to j the IC. O. Mall*
Inger f company's J today jto await
funeral J arrangements.
WiSfjM"~~"' "i r J'^§mMm
BACK TO THE
OLD COUNTRY
la NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—Bernard
Dillon, the f Jockey, and S Marie !
Lloyd, actress 1 who f arrived - re
cently traveling as.man and wife"
and -; detained ;by Immigration T oft
ficlals on the 1 ground ! that t their'
relations ) made * t*em»undesirable,
Immigrants, \ sailed - back ito j Bag- >
land t on 1 the > liner i Olympla.l^s^
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