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. "Is it fair when a man bas made a mistake and paid the pen
alty and re-enters the world to try to retrieve his good name and
become a useful member of society. that his past should be brought
against him and the doors closed against him? ;y: -r :'*;&..
0--'.o'la there no one among the good Christian people of Tacoma
who will give me employment and m chance?" ■ -
- y...y'7'yy:-:- .y'yyyyi' ■ :■".'-' —A. J. HUART. yy-.
"-' Rev. A. A. Sutton had closed his speech at a meeting at the
First Christian church last night.
70 As he took his seat a neatly dressed, intelligent appearing young
. . man who had sat through the speech with eyes riveted on the speak
a er, arose and came forward. He stood for a moment with eyes down
,.; cast. Then he lifted his face and In a firm but modest tone' began:
SP* - • "Drink was the cause of my downfall. . ■ '--• *__ .-.:- *,
THE BEST FEATURES,
THE BEST PICTURES,
THAT'S THE TIMES.
.*-Mka_____aM«Haa________-___ a ___- B _
"THE LURE" will lure quite a
V, few tonight. 'y V. '"*•';. •
REN DOW DOESN'T like the
play. ./ Reverend ', McGinnis
... doesn't like it, either. **•'
THEREFORE, we are going to it,
believe us! . ;
MORNING PAPER announces in
big headlines that there were
' three pitched battles in Colo
rado yesterday.! That should
' go on the sporting page.
AND YET HERE we go putting
■ out in front ourselves. J ";y
"DRIED LEMONS, Old Clothes,
■_■■ Faded >. Flowers, Divorce,"
- states our morning contempo
rary. ' y .;. „_.:.. -* ~-y .0.
THAT'S a nice. meal for break
. fast, ain't. it? " • ' ; ;
CECE KIMRROCGH, the eminent
* local btcylist, (has equipped his
-jf - trusty steed - with a fire gong,
: and says he . has as much fun
.." now as if he owned an automo
t. bile. y'-yi:-- Vs. ::0000y,
! .THE GONG makes pedestrians
jump just as fast as when they
hear the honk of an auto horn.
HEADLINE SATS: * "Vera * Cms
-;■-■ Chuckles." The young lady
*': must have a sense of humor.
VERA CRUZ is really a city yon
y know. j That;' is what makes
'-.- the above remark 'so delirious
ly funny. ::',7; :iy: -i: 7 :
GUARD; M'COY at ; the. city jail
told a prisoner to go and fetch
"•'.- him j a pailr of water, lt took
Vi? •aid prisoner .'• so long . to '-. find
'£$$* well f that ho . lost i his n way
ifig and couldn't find the jail. -
oio.r,:s-y**y,, \ ■ -.. yy yyy
ROSALIND made - a great hit !at
*■; the Ad club last -night, y She
, proved a charming girl, and she
y." wore . a - diaphanous skirt, . with
y a silt; in It.-*. .*
"''.*-'' ...■"•"' '-'00 " .',, a mmmm^mmmmmam 1 —' *" "f '
THE ONLY ' TROUBLE '• is j .that
Rosalind works in a store dur
:'k-Ing,.the; daytime! .as a r _ window
. dummy. ; 0a707070i7y'-7 -
W. W. is losing all, his gallantry,
y y~lt seems. The other he met
■:\0 a man he didn't like and they
fv£jf bad *an awful argument. " . 00.
AS THE FRAY kept on fraying,
1 '" •.'' W. W. waxed £; sarcastic y and
threw hot shots Into his oppo
■j 7 nent. y0000t:0i, •yyyyyy y
. "YOUR MOTHER mast have been
0y fond ?of ■» children, to '• let you
* live," he got off hts chest once.
WE DON'T know what is wrong
[xpf with i- W. W. unless '. it lis ] that
?&§ somebody has t been **' trying ito
■yf: sell him a Ford automobile.
y•*:,y-o_\!.y;.'s*i• * * - ■- yyx: 3.' '.;"•:■'■ <.*■ i
BILLY ASKREN is going to see
'••yy-- . The Lure" this evening. >';.; 70
s\%'Siii:sJ.J.-Ik —— ' "'■ 707:7.00.0
I OTHER PEOPLE ARE going,' too,
■ a but | Billy -asked us Ito put > his
'.',•;; name in the paper. yyo'^
. i A COLLEGE PRESIDENT has de.
claret, that I a "% million g»t would
&% Christianize the Turks.
mi^.^Pii^'-^i^r^p.'i^mmm^mmm^i^y^y-yy^^s.-.
HE MEANS a million Bulgarians,
Mg of 'course^r^y' " "0. X.*'s
S^'PK^W**. i. . —.|j|;;'j-B^>it^|
• IN CASE i Huerta wins the Mexi
mt can election, they are t going ;to
BS appoint another,'' president.
&S^*tsuems^r^'Jii^^>\m.-, "
? GOSH! Poor .$ Huerta will not
know Huerta to go soon. (With
70 apologies to' Jack Ledwidge.) '
y ~,;—.r.*-T- , - :.'-mmf.m- - - ..---. ~~. , . j. ,^
probTbharges
CHARLBSTOWN, W. Va.. Oct.
I f9.—An . investigationßwa * _ com
menced by the state pri aoa board
| today Jof g the charges Sg of ? John
§ B|>ihi«,,f an 1 1 ex-convict, that pris
• oners ; in-the state penitentiary
%**i a tortured < (or trivial ' o-tense* i
a 2*e^.'^p*»H^.»s»a*«rty_?, v,_;:'r__2t:f»<_.i_i::
DISARM ALL
MINERS AND
MINEGUARDS
TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct. 29.—
The strike district is occupied by
more than 1,000 state troops to
day. Martial law prevails. ■ Sol
diers began disarming both strike
sympathizers and mine guards as
rapidly as possible. Many miners
disarmed themselves before the
militia arrived. They turned the
weapons into union officials wlho
later handed them to the troops.
Quiet reigned at daylight.
Troop trains . have been very
slow ■in getting into * the coal
STRANGLE GIRL;
BODY IS FOUND
ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 29.—The body of Harriet Vorndon,
age 21,.was found in a room in the Mission apartments here today*
Marks on her throat indicated that she had been strangled and had
been dead about six hours. Laura Reynolds, a chum of Miss Vorn
don, found the body'and notified the police. She is held as a wit
ness. According to Miss' Reynolds, the body . was found in a room
that had been occupied'by a man known as W. Wilson.' * :_■:■. ;"' : -■■7. ;
MAN REPENTS FOR CRIME;
POLICE TURN HIM LOOSE
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. i 29.
George E. Dawson, - a baker, at
tended a street religious gather
ing last night and became filled
with seal, and hastened to the po
lice station to give himself up as
a "forger" who had passed a "no
i funds" : Check. . ■■,■*■';■ ■'_:<,,-.yyy;
0- Dr. Blair, assistant city physi
USE MESSENGERS
- WASHINGTON, D. Or, Oct. 29.
About three-fourths !of the ; in
vitations for the wedding : next
I month of Jessie Wilson: to Fran
cis f Bowes . Say re k_ at \ the j White
House will |be delivered by mes
senger, according to an announce
ment, today. /..:, r -'".''
A SWELL REQUEST
" South Yakima citizens appear
ed j before | the , council this [ morn
ing - asking ' that ' artistic lighting
be J installed fonf their thorough
fare after it is paved. 4? Nick* Law
son will figure what * : it • will \ cost.
CAN'T DO IT
-1; Judge Stiles said the? council
could i not ;'■ limit ■ the % number of
picture shows in town jso i the po
sition of the show men this morn
ing was referred to Mills without
any indication of future action.
DRYS OPEN BATTLE FOR
DRYING UP WASHINGTON
..,.-■. --. ,-.,-_: a. f&mm.jwim.'--:,*,- wn^,x. jj...^j«,— _*£"..
■y. The first gun; in the campaign
to make Washington dry in 1914
was fired '. at 1 the ; Firat • Christian
church last night in a mass meet
ing addressed . by; Rev. J. ; A. Sut
ton, ''{ pastor of - the . First ; Baptist
church. -o:ffio^^S:^.^> '-rliSU^iU
fs He said the ; only > reason ■.; tlhe
liquor traffic was ,of . such long
life." was -that 0 the - peopl _ ' who
wanted ; It f eliminated '■?& had * been
too f co wardly " at j the - bailor, * box,
and' he called ' for an ' uprising next
year for the people to vote the
state dry . and i not leave _ the . ques
tion ;to ' crooked T4e«lslatures to
■tAmvieri&ttb:'goilß^^oZoo
T At the close of: the meeting a
large number ', of« new i< members
were [ sighed 9up t for the t various
ward I clubs that is have | been lor
PENNANT COUPON NO. 73
Aay tAtaa ra.oomm dlml ttaa* Tke Ttu_«» coaaaeatlvsly ■•■•
b«rcd, nhaa maeaemtaA ■at iThe Thaea afftee, .Thm ■ "Waat , At" - Cataat,
( Ninth mm* Cammataa, • with IB •*■!■, will.eatlll* ra. ta a beautiful
K>-«>l v»>ut' UmrMlln M"M« kr ■■■) mill <••! Be aMltloaal
lie xtatmtgym trngrmm ■» las" at;, stall ;«o,xa«, Tinm maa.' Niath aa*
I tCtaaiM-«r«e.-g^gaai£_ai«li-a^-,ay_--i*»-^-yai*^_^^
"I made a mistake. Under the'apell of the drink I betrayed th«
trust of my employers and embessled money from the* bank for which
I worked ln Eastern Washington. -y *"• . ■-7:yo:^y*'-y7-^:ooi^^t
"I had a wife and child; as fine a home as any man ever had. .. I
had a good position. I I. had every opportunity, but drink caused me
to lose them all, and I was sent to prison at alia Walla for two
years. .: "'. ■- '~:y ■■: "■** .-" m-: -„-:y-m.' ■'- 7* •- --.■.y7-'---.y_,j^yy'-y*^3Ufxiij
::**'! was released a short time ago. I did not want to go back to
the town from which I had come, so 1 came to Tacoma. I have tried
to get work, but no one wants an ex-convict. -.. Is it fair when m man
has made a mistake and paid the penalty that his • past should jbe
raised against him. Will no one give me a chance?. "■ •• --y00\
"I at last got a position. j 1 worked for three days, then my em
ployer discovered I was an ex-convict and he discharged me. My
money was gone. ; I was in despair. ' Wherever 1 turned they refused
me a chance. And I decided to commit suicide. y - ■'-.■-*:.■%■•-..
"I was trying to get my nerve up to the point, to kill myself
when I saw the sign of the rescue mission. I entered. I - became'
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VOL. X. NO. 267. TACOMa, WASHINGTON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29,1913.
fields, and not many soldiers were
on the ground before earjy today.
Brigadier General. Chase imme
diately began distributing j them
about the various mining camps.
Details were sent to^Verdickburg,
Walsenberg, Delagua, - Hastings,
Ludlow, Tobasco and - Berwind
districts. Reserves are held ln
readiness to be rushed to ot.her
points if trouble breaks out. Sol
diers brought tents, two weeks',
provisions and plenty of ammuni
tion. /:,• : " "- .....
clan, was' called to examine | the
man's mental condition. , ■_
"Mentally normal, but -' relig
iously seriously converted," re
marked the doctor.' " T
"Go! • Square yourself with the
man ': you -■-*. wronged and j sin no
more," said the police captain in
Biblical fashion. g *':■.*"-;" ■
MERRIAM LOSES
i SAN 0 FRANCISCO," Cal., a Oct.
29. —Capt. Henry C. Merriam lost
his suit i for divorce from | Bessie
C. . Merriam today by Va | decision
of ' Superior Judge Graham. • -0.
-... New Year's day Uncle Sam will
open a' sale of government, bonds
to I postal. savings *'-.: bank ,: deposi
tors.' Any who have deposits may
take government, bonds . for the
deposits in sums of $20, $100 and
$500. The bonds will : draw 2 %
per cent interest. . The bonds' are
exempt from all taxes.
.y Ben' Cultus,- A. <R. Bloomfield
and; George H. Stone spoke at the
Ad ' club 1 meeting ; last night. The
club decided •to ' take ja t block ■of
seats *.*s for *V; the V. Giant-Cub ;'jj ball
game ; November 19. It v was : an
nounced, that plans are on foot to
bring the Northwest" Ad club con
vention I here j Instead fof- to Van
couver, \B. 03X Many j new ,if mem
bers ? have been ._ taken ', into £$ the '
club ; lately. .'/, 0): oiy-yO-'tt-00 iy-yO-'tt-0-K"_*
ganinedtopush the movement.
I f^ Another . meeting 1 will |be j held
next I month at the . Fir at | Baptist
church. 000y0i0_ \ £00f&#&£ ;
>.---"-; ;. 0. : -_)4- I, I,| '' -t • ■ -■■■ ■.- j-. :f i^: j
PATROLMAN RELEASED. I
Patrolman Peter Moras, who!
was on the; carpet fa ; short time ;
ago 7on f; charges of " having \ been
Intoxicated j at ? the J Puyallup j fair,
was '__ discharged ' from '■ the Tacoma
police : force \ this ] morning. "^ He is
said to ; have engaged in an' argu
ment ; with a 3 fish dealer ;■ at s the
public market, over the purchase
of a- crab . yesterday, and to" have
used } threatening; language.
pria TODAYS CLEARINGS.
Clearings 342,321.34
.Balances g??rff?yyg_!_f23,39i:«B
For Tacoma and vicinity: Bain tonight and Thursday
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TAOOMA
CENSORS TO
SEE PUY
TONIGHT
MI.US OF SOCIAL SERV
. ICE BOARD AND PROSECUT
OR ASKREN TAKE IN "THE
LURE" THIS EVENING—
TION MAT FOLLOW.
At least two and perhaps more
members of 'he .Social Service
board will attend the first ' per
formance of "The Lure," a sen*
National white slave play which
comes to Tacoma tonight, and
Deputy Prosecutor W. B. Ask
ren will be present to act as cen
sor on the play. " '■ ,, ,
: The prosecutor's office and the
Social jService ' board: are pre
pared to stop the performance if
they find it obscene or immoral.
Manager. Charles McKee, in an
ticipation jof such j an event, has
secured a j number '■ of ' blank ball
bonds and . filled them out. He
declared today that If the actors
are arrested or the show stopped
in anyway he would obtain ball
bonds immediately and the per
formance would go on. „_.i
Members of "The Lure" , com
pany arrived ln Tacoma this aft
ernoon. y They asserted that,, al
though the play had been wit
nessed .by many morals officer
during the tour, it has never been
stopped. y-, ..*.* y ■■- .. .*-.. *• ■ — ...--
STANDS PAT ON !
CITY OWNERSHIP
; The ; V Central . (. Improvement
league stands pat for municipal
ownership of the tideflat car line.
The league refused to take up
the recent i municipal • ownership
resolutions adopted by the Hill
aide and West End clubs, stating
that it had : already gone on rec
ord for ' the same thing. and ' had
taken no step ' backward from its
original ..position/agfV '•-■: .-/.""', '_}
y Up to date not an improvement
club in the city - has stood for.' a
Stone-Webster y line * .'across | the
EPOCH MAKING
>'_ ATLANTA, Ga*;~: Oct. $9. —That
President Wilson's "speech"' at Mo
bile, .: In ! which § he' declared \ the
United States.would not seek fur
ther i: territory !by 7 conquest,-, will
be j placed .In .history leg, the /'Mo
bile i declaration," ,"was. the • state
ment I today'r of , Secretary _of the
Navy - Josephus ' Daniels. o7 ii *0i
KILLED SEVENTH
WILLIAMSON, W. Vs.; o. Oct.
29. —Mrs. . Sarah % Sloan was cap
turned ?. here. today after .; fleeing
from 4j Blackberry 0. Creek, y Ky;,'
where she shot and killed her di
vorced husband.;- She was-the
seventh wife *of X Jud ', Sloan, ' and
his . eighth s* wife y- witnessed 'the
B(hootIng."-.r-1*:t*S-_i' J s*^ r-;;V."*r^is«#:f
EMBEZZLED COIN
IS CHICAGO, Oct.l^ 29.—Said *to
have been I married | a week : ago in
San : Francisco, James: F. Thomas
was arrested : last night ! charged
with ; having;,embezsled y $ 1,600
from MoCauley brothers 'of Van
°°™™tm<hmi€oimm3m.
ONE IS KILLED
•S: HAMPTON ROADS, Va., Oct.
29.—The explosion of Ia ' gasoline
tank j in* the t foundry room, of 1 the
battleship \ New Jersey last ; night
fatally injured .one,seaman*. and
burned others |b^lyig;^s??.|f^
AVIATOR IS KILLED
RHEIMS, France, Oct. —
Quartermaster % Sergt.-TtVanalA3 a
French aviator, was, killed yester
day-afternoon When his machine
collaDCW*
faaatVMied, and when ttiey railed * for volunteers to come forward ! I
Went. I prayed, oh, I prayed as no man ever prayed with more desire,
that I should be freed from drink. And God finally heard my prayer
and 1 am free,* bat 1 have no money, I am an ex-convict and have no
work. Is there no one In this Christian audience who can give me
employment?" -: is :.-., ,* v „.,-. ..-, --y?! <£?££! "•"-'•' ".'",*
.A. 4. Huart stood there modestly looking into, the faces of 800
persons. .■■»■'.-•••; .**- ',-■''' j .■-:.....,'* yyy. -0y -,- '■■ -y ,-■• .---.'..
f y- i Dr. Sutton broke the'spell by arising and suggesting that he un
derstood Mr. Huart could get work in Portland If he could get there,
and Be asked ttie crowd to come up and raise a fund to send him
there. '■' ■-,-.'■ -y- - yyy
. 1 And a rush wae made for the pulpit .and m rain of silver went Into
the basket. There was over 97 when the crowd stopped.
; J Rut is A. J. Huart to be hounded out of this state because he
was once a convict? —. ■,'■.■■:.:.■■
' I "I would like to stay here," said Huart to the Times this
merning... •■-:..0-— .-- . ""-, •-,..:, y -y. ■-—-■:■ .■.-.'-..■-■-•-•*■'-■
"BABY BLUE-EYED" GIRL
CONFESSES TO NUMEROUS
ROBBERIES IN THIS CITY
■y Mrs. Stella Hanson, the "baby blue-eyed" girl thief caught in
police (oils yesterday. y...*-V;r> ..'.■;..; - "■';•■-,.,'-,- ',•'*-'': .•-**■•_"..■-- *$
'■ ..** i ■-:*:■ ---.t, ■ .'y.,.o* ■■ - *•- '■- '• - . ','" ' ' tt' :. -£"-'*. . „.-T. v *"' --■
Confessing every crime that the police had Information on and
arc used her of, Mrs. Stella Hanson, the girl thief caught Tuesday,
declared I today that she had a peculiar dual personality, and j that
at times she;could not prevent herself from stealing. ■•. ...
*f "I don't want to steal," sobbed the girl, as she sat in the de
tective-captain's office. "It's not my fault. But at times I seem
to be possessed. of another • spirit' and * I : cannot stop myself from
taking things that do not belong to me." '00. ■'•'. '"' .' -0 .:'. ; ',": .
■Xy7>Xlio girl has recovered several stolen articles, and directed the
police to places where others ; were hidden." :•''■':■"'■"_ ;"? J ' . ;v,;y y
SAID TO HAVE
■-£.■.-- %7t* ■, .^,;. -U*. £-*-y. -.'*i^tl?*-'7> *f'-T * 0y?i,%.-^:.*7^, f^....m**^;f^f^i t rxro.<*:f*
SWINDLED MANY
"*•- . . '.'•::' fy-yy'y .?• ' ..s?-. -. : •■'»", .-■''*•»• -""-;.. -. * rr, --j_ — , f «' -t „,»
i.'"■:'-: High financiering Is alleged against H. J. Reynolds, real estate
agent of I Tacoma, in a complaint filed lin I superior I court I today \by
Deputy Prosecutor Askren. Reynolds .• Is f ace- ail .of,» having .-. sold
beautiful acre tracts in the fertile Horse . Heaven country of Yakima
county i under j representations that would have ! put' the l Wallingford
and "Blacky" ; Daw; combination to dire . shame. r*.>£. - .-•_,<•,: *"<;>«■ 'fry
i-'--0 Reynolds. is employed as agent for W. P. Colp, who manages a
local company .* known. as the - "Horse j Heaven . Orchard Tracts com
pany." X The agent - is: said ; to, have sold to 4 George :,■ Salxiurin 7: of
Eatonville and several other customers '. arid land in • Horse Heaven
on : which he said there would be | irrigation water within j two j years.
'7 :■■:. Sabourin . and - others | became suspicious * after I purchasing I land
and made an investigation, learning, it is said, that an irrigation
plant had not even been constructed and that It was a doubtful prop
osition. **.'.' A"i warrant for Reynolds was ; issued _ today .' and I officers
are scouring the city for him. o7:o \ 7~._ o:ry .*> "• ** :-:y;, ■•■_;.. y- -.•:...•....
SAYS HIS WIFE'S FOOD
DROVE HIM TO DRINK
ai- NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—Henry
Is. Hughes, an electrical engineer,
was sued for separation by Mrs.
Hughes lon i the ground "■ he drank
too much and abused her. : In his
reply, filed :in '_ the,supreme court
today, Hughes' Said*, his \ wife 1 pre-,
pared j and - seasoned j his if odd j bo
MILLS TO SEE THAT MEN
WILL FREEZE NO MORE
0%, i:- u . «,».^yv*. .:--v -*oy* ■yyr^-w-- r . : .^i--->'-^:.«, s iM^_<^^
if Perhaps 1 prisoners i In | the I city
jail i will | not I freese after I this.
; | The conditions -at night were
called •' to "_. the : attention' of | Com
missioner lof Public Safety A. U.
•Mills yesterday and !he » promised
to. make _ some provision '•- tor if In
mates : of Lth*:tx\la.?itf#yitt&*'Js
|? He **** l considering % installing
._m-^-am, i ■——i ■ ■ —„ — —. ,
Breaks Sweetheart's Jaw
__$MSBW^^ Lover's Quarrel
.1: jf Because' he jls ? said £| to « have
broken his sweetheart's : jar with
'his list during a "lover's' quar
rel," Ted employed at
ftie, Sparry mills, was arrested last
evening by Constable Fred Ward.
The j Wow struck August 25,
H;to*s«^^s_»4pdseb^Thaß[bei.n
in Portland since that time H<*
was placed on t trial: today. '"A It ?Is
Alleged that Esther Love." the glfl
in , Utolease, 1 accused Ted of , km*
HOME
EDITION
highly that he had to; drink to be
able Ito eat »ItSg Hughes said the
only 1 reason be 1 got I real intoxi
cated was | because I his I wife § in
sisted jon i smearing i her face j with
brilliant I rouge and' penciling I her
eyebrows and blackening her eye
, lashui^s#^^S^SaSi*mffi3_a.
electric heaters, similar to ths
ones ln the chief's and sergeant's
offices, 1*; In the cells, j but this j plan
did S not prove I feasible, so It lis
likely! he will see that I there is
somebody «to 5 keep *up i. steam lat
nights f and J warm « the , Jail. He is
figuring putting a man on No
vember 1.
» t_Zi_t-li._ZrZ.iij, im_ -'-" ." sT*a'ft*'iS';*'*it«x,»
Ing £*«' t girl friends and sapped
him. He responded with a smack
on* the _ Jaw, it is said, tha: laid
her out and sent (her j to 1, the *s hos
pital J for I four;d-_ys."^K>KlJ?^KCrf
M_W_WP_VS9SSM^^Sf_K
The chap who has beea rock*
Ing I the. boat. all ; summer ,Is .; now
getting ready to clean bis shot
sun tvhile tt Is loaded.—Boston
Transcript.
"I like Tacoma, and have met some good friends here, and if |
I couM only get employment!" i -i'^i:,<^}7i-::-y
tr^Re-tes a letter from Warden Drum of the penitentiary - «••,*,
pressing I every ' confidence in | him. gj The ■ mission ... workers \ want } him
to stay here where he can be kept among good associations he tea <
now made so there will be no danger of his going back to tte past.|
"I am from Holland. In that country drinking is general. .ll
was given drink when four years old. I learned to like It. When
I came to this country I went down under It. I got up, made good
and then fell again. Again I made good, and then came the bank,
trouble and my • last fall. It was all the ' drink. ■- And now who**
ever I go and ask for work they look at me and say.they. are sorry ;*'.-;
and I must peaa-oa,;y"yy, ,y: l':-'0-.70.\ .yy y:- yyy-7yos^M7
--' Mr. Heart is an expert in clerical work. *yi,-■ iy7oi:o7^^^^.
Will no one ln Tacoma give him a chance to make A man of*
himself?.*.;,;.,-;-.:-.-.' ..yo*'o'oo7 " ■ V-, :-:'*; ..-«gM
He ran be reached through the Times or the Rescue mission.
THE WORLD'S NEWS
IN CONDENSED FORM,
THAT'S THE TIMES.
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' * I,'. Over , the ' vigorous protests of Deputy, Prosecutor W. 11. Askren, * 4 '
Justice Westcott, lief ore whom will be tried j the case of, DeWlUj X.', , [
Wood, who'ran down little Minnie Bates on Jefferson avenue Octo- .
ber 18, submitted a Jury venire list last week for the case consisting'jv
almost entirely of automobile enthusiasts and owners. *„. ','^j^liSfc
* V Despite fa very | effort of j the ■ prosecutor, who , was *? allowed to.
strike the I names of I six [ prospective jurymen r from the list >of , 180
railed by the. court, four 1 members of the Jury who. will * try :,Wood '}..[
Friday, are automobile .owners. ~y V~T«£ 1 00Z: o*. 0? r^*?*;^*.
. 77', Reports f are current ■at the courthouse > today '< that the list Ts<Qi
18 veniremen was furnished the court by. Attorney 'A., O. Bnrmels- -> .
t er, former deputy prosecutor, who Is g defending f Wood. At ff least,
It is reported, the list contained ninny names that were on a similar '*
list that was handed to Constable Ward, with the' request that the/ '*'■■;
be used for tlie selection of a Jury. -.- -. • '•' ;, •'.-'i3?^**WM%i'JKS
." Attorney. Hurmetster . last - week -• visited * tlie _ courthouse, . while "'<
the case wax then pending in Justice De Witt M. Evans' court, "andJH
showed his , list of prospective Jurymen :to t Constable j Ward,*':• It '. is fl
reported. y. yyy: yiy ':,. - ... >■ 'iy ■•--- -. -■'-. [•:' oy7yyy 000^i
He is said to have asked the constable to use his Influence to* :*'
wards having the Jury drawn from his prepared list. The constable
refused, and 011 the same day. it is declared, < Burmeister obtained :.h
a change of venue to Justice West colt's court. . - »T.• ' .•X Jyf&
'- ':' Shortly.'- afterwards 7 Judge Westcott ' and .Attorney . Burmeister S
entered the office of Deputy Prosecutor Askren, the Judge holding ;;
a i Jury - venire list 'in • his ' hand. Askren . protested ; vigorously ,' after 0
examining the list, : declaring I that the selection Jof , such . a jury was mi
unfair |to the state. Judge .Westcott f Insisted , that \ the * jury of j*SfccSd
men. be selected i from his - list, ', with the result '. that, t tn! spite 'of • AS- 0
kren's; careful' pruning, ■ there ; remained' four * men.. on ■ the Jury '„ who'' 7
were ' owners ; of - automobiles. yyitooyoo7i i.y . "?^",?*4'c^Jaiß^S^|
- Judge Westcott yesterday afternoon refused to talk about the?.
case other: than :to ] snap ! out a * few gruff : answers t to-questions i put if.
to him. He refused to make public the jury list, on the"< pretext y
that the jurymen had not yet been summoned. .The list was drawn*-
early last week. 7 The' court denied' that the list of veniremen that $0
lie used ; was one tended him by Attorney Burmeister. When "'asked '$.
the same question <by - Deputy Prosecutor Askren 1 today»he I refused m
to answer. _»>--. yi; .:- ■ - ■ ■yyy-.yy.7yy 00-7'7os^mm^^m
}yy}. Of • the. six Jurymen who will determine whether . or not Wood f.
drove | recklessly . when jhe ' struck' and | ran . over I Minnie Bates two Si
weeks ago, A. B. Howe, Henry. Rhodes, James }F. Lyon' and •R. W.*'l?i§
Clark are owners of automobiles and drive their own machines.
According to the usual method of selecting Jurymen for Justice 0
court cases, names of veniremen * are } selected j indiscriminately from 77
the i city . directory. . A justice of . the _ peace ' has, according ,to the 0
laws of. the state, . complete power to ■ select ; any person whom f he. de
sires 'to "J act as a Jury. Prominent . attorneys 1 say that \it < has * never M
been' the , practice for an : attorney for ; the I defense. to. submit | pros
pective names to: the court for selection ' and that the idea bits •' never
been f attempted yln _ Tacoma. 70:,.. M yyyyyfiytj.: ■^^^^SSa*Jl&_^Sa
MAY ACCUSE MOORE
• *' ■ *nrl nr n 111 nil $00'>:
OF PERJURY
- * Remaining in deliberation from
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. un
til 1 noon ■; today, " the j jury J of I five
women and seven men who tried
Charles 1. Moore for alleged ; grand
larceny, reported that it could not
agree y ..■ and was Ep discharged.
Charges [of' perjury { will \ probably
be filed > against I Moore because of
testimony that |he gave !* on ':. tbe
stand. i. He ~- was f accused \ of i steal
ing a suitcase and mo.icy from
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ATTACKS JUDGE
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—An
gered over a trivial decision made
against '■ him:' by ; Magistrate. Corrl
gan, Joseph i Patuzel, a . distin
guished litigant, lay _in Wait j for
the Judge and-, struck *5 htm t over
the head with a club. He was
'Overpowered Iby reporters I land.
locked up.
SHE GOT LEMONS
->*: BOSTON, Oct. 29.—When ; Mrs.
Ashken l^^iMirnwiNii'
asked i her husband to .amd $ bar!
money, he sent a bundle contain
ing dried lemons," old clothe* and I
faded flowers, so she secured a\
divorce . yesterday.; on f grounds of J
desertion,
m- m 'ys.*^ t^^i ' --'~*7*--*- --mm.w,i-^m_smf*=i.jgr.-fa-n*
IS MADE KING
BERLIN, Oct. 29.—The
rian „ cabinet % today | received % ..!
consent of Prince* Regent Lud
to a bill making him s king of I**-*
varla in place of the insane Kin
Otto, who has held the throt
since 1886 but has been bo insat
as .; to Ibe - totally ignorant 'of 5 h
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