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PBIJ LLLCriON FOR MUNICIPAL CARLINE TOMORROW; POLLS ARE OPEN FROM 9 TO 8
v-.*•»-. -. ; . ;. IN CINCINNATI „. ■ ... .
The hnuwiviiTH In - Cincinnati have
banded thenisel veo together in a . league
for purposes of reducing the high cost of
living, and they buy vegetables, egga, but
ter and nearly everything for the table in
carload lota. 1; They've reduced the cost of
living, too, because they cau now buy a
| peck of ' potatoes at the price of a former
- half-peck. • Read all about it on page 5
today.
■ JLDIULa3
FUNNY MOHNINO, tills.
» LIKE THE RECEPTION a fellow
gets from his best girl when he
is lute in calling upon her.
FROSTY, as It were.
AHA, CAUGHT YOU napping, eh?
DOC ASIITOX is in bad.
HE HAD BETTER look out for
squallß.
• DOC HAS A number of things to
answer for.
HE MADE Charley Woodworth
Bwear through a telephone.
AND CENTRAL listening, too!
* AND WILLY GRATTAN'S lan
guage even shocked Bailiff
King.
PROVING THAT it was 1800
--volt stuff.
WHENEVER DOC tolls you he'll
come around at 10 a. m., why—
YOU JUST WAIT until 5 p. m.
and then he'll arrive an hour
later.
TIIE POULTRY show begins to
morrow.
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!
THAT'S THE NOISE King Chan
ticleer, alias Rooster, la sup
posed to make when he brushes
his comb before the morning
grapefruit.
WE KNOW A LOT of guys who
are going to the poultry show.
JIMMY BURGESS, Charlie Gib
bons, Norman Roetedt, and
about two dozen others.
THEY AM- LIKE chickens.
Jf. A. M'AIKKIiI'V has a mad
■*" baker on his trail.
•'1 SEE THEY have captured
Lopez," Mac told the FellaU
That Makes Mother's Bread,
the other day.
"ALIVE?" INQUIRES the baker
with much astonishment.
♦'YEP; HE I4VKD all the time on
milk," declared Mac.
"WHERE DID HE get the milk?"
inquired the baker, so ingenu
ous and innocent-like.
•'FROM THE SHERIFF'S goat,"
chuckled Mac, as he turned to .
flee.
'Jill FELLAH THAT iiuk.c
Mother's Bread swore thati
some day he will give Mac a
• poisoned doughnut, all covered
with nice powdery sugar.
BKHOIiD, the comet cometh.
HOWEVER, THIS shall be no
"tale" of a comet.
WE ARE GLAD duelists are not
allowed in this'country.
» ______
IT'S TIME SOMEBODY tried to
stick those fellows.
THAT ISN'T hard to grasp, if you
study it.
POULTRY SHOW
OPENS TUESDAY
.. ... More than 1,900. birds will ibe
on .. exhibition s when " the! annual
• show 'of ' the Tacoma" Poultry ' as
sociation opens in the armory to
morrow. There are already 160
': entries, representing Tacoma and
■ the entire Northwest, and . the In
■'' terior *of - the '<■ big : armory - dance
floor has been ■ converted ' into » a
V great chicken house. '^, Some of
.- the finest birds ever seen in Ta
'; coma will be on exhibition. There
'. -. will i alsoS be ' exhibits 3of incuba
-1 ' tors, . brooding -.pens, and all the
V f' modern j app:;ances i ror j scientific
:..-" batching of I,chickens.; ';'
WARRANT OUT
FOR PETERSON
§: s^ City * Building "'■.' Inspector W.
/.j.'. Bcott * Bnyder today swore out > a
•-wnrrant in police 1 court f against
4* .T. A. ■y" Poterson, a>" contractor,
- charging him with violation ot
i'^. the building il* ws.'x*;Poterson;vjß
jjg said;, to i have ;t ailed Ito 1 live up ;to
/v.t the % chimney-construction £T ordl
; nance; in that he built a chimney
> that was f not J thick ?*> enough or
7j! lined i with fireproof I material. ;- ft
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TALKATBISMARK
THIS EVENING
|j&^ Prosecutor 5 Loretwo I Dow, City
S-f Commissioner Freeland and : B. El.
% v- Rogers will on the munici
v. i pal I. bond i Istu*! »t |a £ meeting of
i; -:*' the j Bismarck E Improvement \ club
ii,to be held tonight. Ttie meeting
:: M has been well | advertised 1 and m
70 audience is «tp«ctod.
For Tacoma and vicinity: Rai ■ tonight and Tuesday.
TheTacoma Times
gOc I THE ONLY INDEPENDENT! NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA I HOME I
MONTH VOL. X], NO. 7 TACQMA. WASHINGTON, MONDAY, DKCKMKKR 2<>. I<m. | EDITION I
PARENTS ARE
STILL AFTER
AUTO DRIVER
NOT SATISFIED WITH CORO
NKR'B JURY VERDICT, PAR
- ENTB OK LITTLE AIiBKKT
FEDDERHON, WHO WAS RUN
DOWN UV VNKNOWN AUTO
-IST CHRISTMAS EVE, STILL
BKKKINU UNKNOWN AUTO
l>i;i\ I I!—1»OL1CE STILL IN
VESTIGATE. .
Not satisfied with the verdict of
a coroner's jury Saturday night,
which declared that AH>ert Fed
(lii-i ii. age \", had met liis deuth
under the wheels of an automo
bile, tiie driver of liii-li was un
known, relatives of the boy pur-
Miert their Inqiury again today.
Coroner Ashton left Taroinn yes
terday to be gone until Wednes
day, lifter going to the police sta
tion at 1:30, o'clock.' yesterday
morning to investigate the death
of a prisoner three days before.
Relatives of the child assert
that Df. Edwin Janes, most im
portant of all. witnesses, was ig
nored and not called at the in
quest. According to the police,
who are also still aroused over
the killing of the youth, Dr. Janes
was the first physician to take
charge of the lad after he was
taken to the St. Joseph's hospital
by Ted Eggers, jr. Dr. Janes as
serted. it is said, that the accident
had occurred ten mlnuteß before
the child reached the hospital.
The police informant, according
to Capt*. Fitzgerald today, . also
showed. that young Eggers told
Dr. Janes that the accident was
unavoidable, and asked the physi
cian to smell his breath, in order
to prove that he had not been
drinking. The next day Eggers
denied that he had run down the
boy. Dr. Janes was ignored, it is
said, and was not asked officially
to give his version of the affair.
Brilliant Girl
Product of the
"MeltindPot"
MISS SONYA LEVIN.
' Miss' Sonya . Levin, the product
of what Zangwill calls the "melt
ing pot" of | New 's York, came Ito
this country from Russia 1 at the
age of five. < She has managed by
the hardest kind of work to climb
tl'e ladder. She is a lawyer con
nected with a well-known legal
firm who Yon - several" occasions
have >. Intrusted » her with> import
ant" missions ', to I Europe,!: because
as C they say, she "always I comes
back with the goods. Miss Levin,
as a ; delegate to the woman's suf
frage ,' convention -at Washington,
hotly ( denounced j the anti-suffrage
statement -;'• that the ;? "working
women \ do" not ; want :to vote."
ANNUAL PARTY
COMES TUESDAY
fei.The* Scandinavian branch of
the ; Salvation Army will * have ) Its
annual ■■ children's V s program and
i Christmas tree tomorrow night at
1 ,7:30, o'clock. Presents, including
shoes, < will sbe f\ given out ■ to; all
children t wljo attend. Fruit, nuts,'
candy and toys will be handed out
with tiki liberal), spirit. It is / ex
pected that 200 children will take
'ad van tag'e of the T occasion. .c|
EXPECT BATTLE
2#"BL"i PASO, Dec * 29.—A decisive
battle Jat . Ojlnoga is exp«ct«d { to
day or I tomorrow at s the | latet t.
Itobelß' are iconcentrating •on ; tht:
town ; rosa ev^ry; sld« of the bor-
WOMAN WHO LIVED AS
WILLING PRISONER 15
YEARS HAS NO REGRETS
Adelaide Hrance, tlio woman
who for IS years lived secretly
in a cell in Ijivryor t-Jucii's office
in Monticello, N. V., as "love
slave." The Uhkoii was discover
ed the other «lay when Couch died
in the office. Kelow is a picture
of Couch hiniHelf. He is survived
<■} a wife and daughter. '
MONTICKMA), N. V., Dec. 30.
—Melvln H. Couch is dead and
buried, but tlie love tragedy of his
life and that of Adelaide M.
Itrance lives to prove tlie fidelity
of the woman who for IB years
shut off herself from all the
world for the man to whom lur
heart led her.
- Details of the dual Me of this
lawyer of prominence, jus>t come
to : light, also bare the heart
fitrings of his lawful wife and 23
--year-old daughter, with ■whom
each Sunday shared his affection.
Miss Brance, who loved and
cared for Couch, crippled, today
told of the strange life she chose
because of the love she bore for
this man of mystery. '■ * . ■
A Willinjs Prisoner. ~
'"I met him while I was a stu
dent at normal school, studying
to become a teacher," she said.
"I was then about twenty-turee.
My health befan to tun &nd phy
sicians told me I must undertake
pome outdoor occupation. So 1
became a canvasser for law
i books.- It was In this manner—
; coming to his of rice to sell him
! law books —-that I first became
acquainted with him.
"I don't know- how the ar
; rangements first came about 'by
; which I decided t<> live in his of
j inrs. I do not know who first
! proposed it, but I know I was so
I much in love with Mm that It did
j not affect me at all to know that
if I took up living in that little
hack room I would have to live
as a prisoner. 7. : ;,. "
■ Back After Two Days.
- - "Only two •or three ■ times in-
I all those years have I gone out of
the building, even at night. But
last July I did. have an acute
longing—lt was for the sight of
a woman—to speak to a woman.
I confided , this to Mr.' Couch and
he said it was only natural, so 1
! arranged jto go to Bllenville.." j ■'■■'
1 "I did not go there to visit any
I person that I j knew, although j I
had several, acquaintances.. But
after. two days T could stand sep
aration from this man who was
my real , life no longer and ; I re
turned \ to i my • little % back -"room
and 1 was,'nerfectly-happy."*• ;l -
The village of Monticello still
woiiuei-H ut the scene in the office
Siindny morning when Mrs. Conch
colled.;" into > the > presence •of "; her
husband's body, insisted npon Dr.
Curlette or. the . undertaker ©pen*
ing the door of the' private cham
ber, and nil were startled by a
woman's voice: '^£:'.lj'i~ l-'r -\ ■ >
; "Don't hurt me and I will open
the - door." iVu'/J.— j'-V^ ■%■? i:~
]':'- The two , women looked .at each
other. • \*f .?• "V s, .Us'yjr :■':'■'. 'C; -:^ ■' -~->.
*®„VT; loved '.him," said the strang
er, .as she sank . into a chair and
wept. *■'*':''■' '■r-;X. ' ,-vw^'-^v;-r»'-;"-;v
iT "Lov9d > him!" . exclaimed the
widow. Ss?Jfi,V^ '•^--■'•^■•i^^S
";. '; S-■» liovfi Superseded. -:.;w
"' '. "Yes," replied , the : other ] wom
an. "He wa« dear to me. You
may have been his wife by mar
riage, but I was his ■ wife *in ' love.
He was so good to me, and he was
old and needed V" some '. one Ito
lcok after him. ; I made him com
t ortablo i and i happy." *•:■<»
■*S» Dr. J. P. < Curlette, whom ■ Mis«
1 Iran ■. called Lwhen "0 she ■ found
Couch sinking; gave | the , woman
an I opportunity to | leave the office
and 1 save her reputation sas % well
as i that fof i hla; brot h»r-ln-la w, i the
lawyer. 5 But she did not go. She
could 1 not i thus I leave the man I for
whom she > had given ' everything.
gS.vuS£eTstiufiiso«n^^
H Montlc«llo Is Just realizing : the
pjroek \ it 'received | In f the] revela
tions k which i followed ] the ■ sudden
death js«tt Couch, Blxty-flve, the
crotchety I lawyer,-^, who t lived | en
tirely la his office *, with * the ? ex
ceptlon of Sundays,' whan he hob
bled on ' hla : rheumatfo foot up hill
to J spend * the 5 day ta". his>wlf«
. . .- «.-*«, *•••:*'■"•*■ «**£LSV
and daughter. ■ The village .used
to laugh kindly at the. veteran
when he took groceries to his law
office. They laid that to his
"rheumatics," ' Jusi as they 'did his
resentment of " any - inquiry as to
what he kept behind the parti-'
tion in his Ice. ,VW v. „
"That's where ; I do my cook
ing," ' Couch' would say, and no
one,! not even Mrs. \ Couch or ' the
daughter, ever pressed i curiosity
further. '.. .--:>.';. ..•:\^<tl
Miss Hr.iii. after being a vol
untary prisoner in the Moii»fi*-ll<>
jail:since the 'luystery of the at
• oriH'y's sudden death last Sun
<iny waR cleared up, left last nigst
for Fallsburgh near here (<> re
cupefatP. . It is . said friends qf
the | woman " huve ■ taken - Her* in
charge nnd Just as soon as »Ik? 1a
able to travel she will go I west
to visit an aunt. '..;•.:'; ,»r»I»t-J
WALKER OUITS
REGENT BOARD
j? SEATTLE, it Dec. « 29. —George
Walker, I member -of the | board of
regents 'f. of the University /^»j
Washington, > resigned •. today, » al
tbough he had received no notice
from • Governor '■.:• Lister to do : so.
Walker declared ' ; tnat j the ■, gover
nor : was attempting ; to " make ■
dummy board ' for the university.
'.'No I self ' respecting I man would
remain.under . such- conditions,"
be ■■ said. } Walker'A < i«C resignation
will take effect at the end of.the
present 1 year.. Walker had | been
appointed by Governor Lister for
a ; six-year term. +i >;-;i::. f-'t:-' J^llfis
•M John Rea of I Tacoma, % one: of
the | regents "of 2 the ; state' univer
elty at s Seattle, again today.; re
iterated t( his i statement that " T hr
ACTRESS TAKES
FATAL PIUNGE
CHICAGO, Deo. 29.—Mrs.'Oeo.
Secor, an ' actress, aged 80, known
on the stage as Mattel Culling,
committed suicide i today leap-
Ing from the fifth floor of Revere
hotel. Scores 7of I, persons; in the
criminal court building across the
street J witnessed the | act.^sP¥g
-.'A. note--a<l<Tre9edttoV*er'Eu»
BEAN STANDS
PAT OH IST
AGREEMENT
T. nf& 1\ MANAUEIt Wlhlj NOT
i a<;hki: »TO • MODIFICATION
,' IN FKANOHISK AUKKKMKNT
CKHTAIN THAT NO IUCK
II! CAN 111 MAIIK WITH
, TRACTION COMI'ANY, Hl'X
inti i>s OF i"i <>ii i will.
VOTE FOR MUNICIPAL CAIN
. MNE BONDS TOMORROW.
>l»tmu«i Bean h<iiii<ls pat on
ti* i>r»|HMilti(>n to forever cut out
| the 2 per o-iii on the Htone-Web
ster ; gross receipts to be i'.ii«l to
Hm? city or else the company will
not) build the tideflat street rail
" ">• lino. . lie siKiiiflo* the cony
|MU>y will not Agree to any modifi
cation of the ntar chamber agree
ment made with Mills, Woimlh and
I-uwMm, nhirh they have since
nil repudiated.
This has cleared the atmos
phere Immensely for the bond
vote tomorrow. '
"That settles it with me," Bald
Dlx Rowland. "I was against the
bonds if the company would ac
cept the modified ordinance sug
gested by limiting the rebate of
the franchise tax to five . years,
but now that they refuse to agree
to this I am for the bonds."
■•Hundreds of other citizens who
believed In making some conces
sions to get Stone-Webster to
build and operate on the flats oc
cupy the same position with Row-
I land, and now that the company
has refused to do anything except
stand pat on the outrageous star
ahamb«r deal made with Mills,
Woods and Lawson, the people
are lining up for the bond*.
: As* the case stands now, it is
either vote the bonds tomorrow
or there will be no tideflat rail
way, for the company says it will
stand pat on the star chamber
uKi-*«iiir>nt, and the council says
It will never go through with It.
ifSK CONTROLLER
I TO FIX UP BOOKS
The city council authorized the
c/ty controller to straighten up
/his books this morning for the
/<>bf of. the year by "putting the
deficit lSwttere it belongs in the
water j department. "-••• "* *..'" SjjJjJ 9
The city will pay its light and
water bills, then the light and
water funds will pay its bonfl lm
UJresffback to the city and the
v/at*r fund will borirow $64,000
from the light fund to enable the
shifting. It will pay It back next
year/when the water fund getn
flush.
WHERE IS FRIEND
I John Peterson, 1613' South M
otreat, was drinking with a com
panfoni Saturday night and, when
his friend became badly intoxi
cated, removed ' his i- watch - and
valuables' and put them in liii
own pocket. Now he cannot re
member 'who his friend was. . He
iturned over the watch and other
(articles .to the police today and
aßked them to look for the friend,
IDENTIFY BODY
* The remains .of . the man who
died in his sleep while occupying
a cell at the city Jail Christmas
night, were identified yesterday
brV * John i Ryan-, of : the S Henry
George hotel as those of Thomaa
Connelly, a laborer. ./ Nothing ii
known of the man's relatives. Re
: mains are at the Hoska-Buckley
■ King company's. :,'-.. ""•'-•-■'
lad not been | called upon by the
governor to resign.: '^ F. A. Hazel
tjne of South i Bend, one of i the
I gents,: sent iin his resignation
j «terday," following the receipt
c Ijft* letter ! from " Governor Lister
■ king lin II '' * iWHlliiiMm^il
Oovernor.Xlster issued: a state-
II ent Saturday night In which jhe
c >id that three or four of the re
| rats would; be asked to resign
• id that a reorganization of. the
beard , would * be j accomplished " in
order to insure harmony in - the
t »w» administration. .'••:v.>.'t -s'ir-.-";
' TODAY'S I CLEARINGS.; ;J*
(le*rlnf«i"fntT?rr. $284,11i;44
InlancM 62,196.56
, IftM«ißaction»l«T?.';TT:f'B72.ss2.»4
-i '■
band, an actor at Appieton, Wls
!con»in, Mid: "I ■am writing i this
at 6:3o_p. m. '*'.Ii have teen on' my
ffi(»t since 10 this morning. « I hart
a , change} in| costume i three , times
and } bad M to 0 nuOcs ffi aumerouß'
changes In my line*."
«Nervous hysteria* a» a'reßuUoi
hard i r«ho»r»aU,- b«r ; fronds ■ Mid.
we» the cauiw.
IT'S UP TO YOU!
MB. VOTER, the Tacoma street railway problem is up to YOU. . ,
Manager Bean for Stone Webster says the company will not accept any
modification of the agreement made with the "tricky trio" and the "tricky
■ trio" having heard from the people says it will not stand for the agreement it
! made under the influence of the Stone Webster attorneys.
So there is nothing left but municipal ownership.
| If the city gets a street railway Una on the tideflats, you, Mr. Voter, must
i vote for it at the election tomorrow.
1 There has been much confusion on this subject.
Stone-Webster influence has been working night and day to prevent Ilia
1 city starting municipal ownership. They have industriously circulated stories
that the line would not pay. On the other hand the crowd that is always for the
i special interests and against municipal ownership and the workingman's in
terest in general has said the workingmen would have to pay $36,000 a year in
I fares, with a city line.
If the latter statement is true then the line would be a big money maker,
1 from the start. The whole argument, of the enemies of the movement to gevL —
I street car traffic on the flats is one of inconsistencies, muddled figures, and |
: false suppositions to deceive the voter.
It is up to YOU Mr. Voter, not to be deceived.
, PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE TALK OF THE MEN WHO FOUOHTU
! THE MUNICIPAL DOCK, WHO OPPOSED THE MUNICIPAL POWER
I PLANT, WHO NOW OPPOSE MUNICIPAL STREET CARS.
If there is any deficit in operating the line at all it will not cost you more [
than a cent or two a year in increased taxes and it may force lower fares and
better service from Stone-Webster on the other lines. You would get it all
! back.
I Remember San Francisco made $60,000 the first year on her single line of y
street railway. Tacoma is making $I^3-000 a year on her municipal power \£
i plant She is making nearly $1,000 a month on the municipal dock. The rea- fit
< son Stone Wbester doesn't want the people to go into municipal ' street rail-
! ways is that they want to make money out of the people by operating them
themselves.
YOU, MR. VOTER, AND MISS VOTER TOMORROW HAVE THE
GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF GIVING TACOMA A START THAT WILI.
GET HER AWAY FROM THE OLD STONE WEBSTER REGIME OF
"NO PIONEERING."
A City of Destiny must have pioneering. It is up to the voter to put ft mu
nicipal street railway on the flats and make them the industrial center of the
Northwest.
REMEMBER IT TAKES A THREE FIFTHS VOTE TO CARRY THE
' BONDS. YOUR VOTE MAY BE THE LAST ONE NEEDED. SACRIFICE
[ A LITTLE AND GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE.
» IT IS YOUR DUTY TO TACOMA AND TO YOURSELF.
M'HUeH WANTS
iHEiiH
liiiii
1^ Pete McHugh wants his money
for building the Green river
gravity water ? te^^^
His attorneys appearedj at the
council chamber this morning
with | the jsdgtSent| for 942,000
and ' Interests and costs amount
ing to about $45,000.
v Then Lawson raised the ques
tion that he I had fas against
McHugh for about $18,000. The
council * will I consider ij the '% whole
thing Tuesday.-
As a matter of fact the fund
for the Green river work % has
-been! practically , exhansted's by a the
Juggling » Of •; the : commission ,' and
It jwill hare to provide -jSS other
funds for the : payment of < the He-
Hugh bill as well |as that of
George P. Wright.
A WIFE'S DIARY ,t ■.^ - '« f ,
All the happlocKs, pain, uiiftgirlnic. Joy
and uncertainty that floods a bride's bralu
■ luring the few wer<ks after her wedding
are written by a HK\l. bride la J"The Con-1
feasiom of a Wife." which 1» rnontng
aerially in the Times. This bride kept a
complete diary of ber sensations and emo
tions. •■■ It ia : one of the most '- poignant,
throbbing memoir* ever published. Don't
niiMN it.
START PROBE
OF DISASTER
CALUMET, Mich., Dec. 29. —
Coroner Fisher today started an
inquest to fix the responsibility
for the calamity last week that
cost the lives of 7£> persons.
More than 100 witnesses will be
examined. The bodies of nl«.c
of the victims were buried priv
ately today. Striking miners and
members of the Citizens' Alliance
jammed the room where the in-
SHIP IS DECLARED SAFE
X BRISBANE. ■ Australia/ D«c * 29. j
—If the weather remains |
the I Dutch« steamship Tasnvan, n
the rocks at Bramble bay. Gulf of
Paupua, with several & prorala
Amarlcant | aboard.lS.wHi jS be p! r#
f loated r l aoeoraing I to' •£ wireless
received '« today. It 1* i *4«altteU j
th* ahlp'g attiuttOß is that
1 quest was In $ progress. Tk* > 'it-$
; nosphera %% was |fi dense. Sheriff
(Jruse, pronared : for ' em«rg«hc*igßf|
held a strong force of depute la
' 1 cadluess nearby ;to respond i«6|
nj onient'a I notice !in the ev*»t of
a clash. The Jury consisted ot
eight men. Six»were: striker*
*«v d two -of i them > local ( bu»lue«»'j
men, one of whom wu a strlk*
symp«tW*er.^^*»*^te^fe^
a storm will probably m4H^^^^|
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