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V-^3 THK WEA 111 llt
9 It will bo fair tonight aad
warmer tomorrow a* . ..cling u>
the Info, slipped over to as today.
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IJUST LOOKIN' ON
I was riding downtown
tills morning on thai famous
lllh a\e. car line at tlie
somewhat son sat lon si hour
of « I.V Outside of the
conductor being unable to
rhsagr a dollsr nothing hap
pened till we got to Mayor
I'ssi • it » house. Tlie mayor
was on hand, (also on the
ptasza i and he nodded
pleasantly to we toilers aa
we sued on. If we were
mayor we couldn't think of
rising before 14 a. in.
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Said, tbe A. F. of L. to thi
i. w. W.i
"You inconsequential and silly
young bubble, you!"
"Ha; Ha! We should worry,
and O, very well!"
Ssid the I. W. W. to the A.
F. of L.
BBS
Kickers Are Plentiful Workers
Few.
Only one good reason can ex
ist for not making further Im
provements In this town. and
that Is perfection. We haven't
reached perfection, far from it
But we do not so much need
somebody to tell us so, as we
need citizens who wil join forces
In making the needed improve
ments. Kickers are already tor.
' plentiful, workers too few. Which
are you?
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The Maa With a Smile.
Oh. for a man with a smile—-
When matters are breaking
wrong,
v\ hen things have gone bad for
a while.
Oh, for a man with a son,;!
For a smile or a song in that
kind of a case
la a greater help than a somber
face.
Oh, for a man with a laugh' —
When matters are looking bluo
When you're getting the daily
gaff.
Oh, for a grin or two!
- At a time like that then a la ijtli
or grin
Is the thing that will let ths
sunshine Inl
Oh, for a man with a boost —
When matters are on a rock.
Oh. for a word unloosed
To take the sting from a
knock!
For a boost. or clasp, or a
friendly pat.
Is a certain curs in a time like
that.
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4> RAD NEWS THIS. «
A Thomas H. Martin de- ♦
A ellned, last evenig, to run «
♦ for election as president of ♦
4* the Boy Scouts council. ♦
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A The DIARY OF A MOIIKRN *•*
♦ MR. PKPYB. ♦
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July 15.—1 learn that anothet
street hold-up has been made
and It looks like our Head Con
stable should do something oi
other snd that without delay. 1
also learn with sorrow thst v
pslnter (house) unhappily left
some costumes In a church and
. that somebody (the sexton not
suspected, you understand) did
ateal them. It Is hard times
when you cannot leave anything
In church without danger ol
theft, say we.
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Af_A THANK YOU FOR
kfTm% YOI'R KIND ATTEN
§m-=v tion.
#R*-7r O. K. CHESTNUT.
Today's Best Joke
The wife of a wealthy manu
facturer has occasion to call in
the help of a new floor-polisher.
"Do yon understand your busi
ness thoroughly?""
"All I ssk. madam. Is thst you
shall Inquire for yourself at my
last situation. On the floor of
the large drawing-room alone
five persons broke their limbs
during last winter, and a lady
pi I Plied down the grand stair
case It was I who polished the
floor snd tbe stairs."
Off On a Picnic
Members of the Pierce County
* Pioneers' association left for
Olympla thla morning to Join
with the Thurston county pio
seers tn a picnic at Priest Point.
Pioneers from all parts of South
eastern Washington had keen tn-
DAHLSTROM
IS SOUGHT
BY COURT
Rev. Albert Dahlstrom, th«
"Heliga" minister who abducted
Miss Kdua Euglund of Tacoma a,e\
one of hia 'wives" and took hat i
on a tour of the countr-', after
wards facing trial as a white
slaver and receiving a five-year
sentence at McNeils island, has
suddenly disappeared.
Officials of the federal court
together with Attorney . X Kid
tell, who represented Dahlstroni
have made an energetic scan h
for the cult pastor, it was learned
today, with the result that Ui.'.v
believe Dahlstrom haa gone to
Europe.
Following his conviction in
Seattle, Dahlstrom obtained his
release on 46,000 bonds, fur
nished by a security company
pending his appeal. He went to
Everett to see one of his "wives''
who lives there, and then drop
ped out of sight. When the time
came for filing the appeal Dahl
strom was not to be found.
Time for appealing the case
has now expired and the govern
ment Is desirous of landing tha
fake pastor behind the bars. II
he Is not apprehended, however,
the $6,000 bond will be forfeited
to the government,
P ALLIES
BUILDING
IS BURNED
Fire Originating in
Street's Academy Outs
Big Building Entailing
a Loss of $10,000.
Pallte* building M t .«...
N. J. Hating. groceries 2.1 Mill I
Postal Sub-station "A". . MS j
Hex Theater I .HIMII
liewls A Olson, real estate 7.10 i
Street's Itan.ing academy. 1,04>0
Walter Brow., jewelers... .44M1;
W. W. I'ns< .s. physician. _no
William C. Allen, dentist. lon
Hague AI ml wig. druggists not!
Total approximate loss.s9,HAO
Fire that originated in a large
pile of straw used In a "barn
dance" at Street's Dancing acad
emy, in Pallies hall, 38th and
Yakima avenue, at 2 o'clock this
morning, gutted the upper part
of the big Pallies building and
caused a total loss to building
and tenants of approximately
$10,000.
W. C. Marglnson, a wood cut
ter, who had apartments In the
Yakima avenue side of the build
ing, was the only person In the
place when the fire broke out.
He would probably have been
suffocated and burned to death
had not the motorman of a late
street car, discovering the blaze,
tooted his car whistle vigorous
ly to awaken any possible sleep
ers In the building. Margin
(Continued on Page Three)
SILK DRESS
IS SPOILED
BY THE CITY
Mrs. Margaret Davidson, pro
prietress of a confectionery store
st 510 Sixth avenue, waa walk
ing along the Tacoma High
bridge July 6 when some melted
tar from the bridge structure fell
on her new silk dress. She sent
a communication to the city coun
cil today saying that the dress
cost $25 and that it was the first
time she had worn It. She said
that It had been completely ruin
ed hy the tar, and asked for re
imbursement. —
Mrs. Davidson also asserted
that her underclothing was ruin
ing by the deluge of tar. She
advised the council In her letter
that they could see the garments
In question by calling at her
home. The communication was
referred to the city attorney.
DRFBxnAXTS WIN SIIT
Judge Cushman yesterday sft
ernoon decided tn favor of tbe
defendants in the long-drawn-out
paving contract suit of tbe Colum
bia Digger company against Rec
tor * Daly over a paving job at
Vancouver, Wash., involving
$•,000.
TODAY'S OI_ARINGH.
Clearings $ 3 21.J-.T .2
Balances ••,12».»t
Transections 1.1*1,1*5.24,
For Tacoma and vicinity: Fa ir tonight and Wednesday.
The Tacoma Times
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OUST MARTIN
FROM BOY SCOUTS ORGANIZATION
T. 11. Martin, the g.VMI per
month secretary of the Commer
cial club, was last night ousted as
president of tlie boy scout coun
cil of Tacoma.
He was thrown out of office aa
the result of a factional fight that
has dismembered tlie boy scout
body recently because of Martin's
antipathy for Scout IVinimlssion
er Dr. V. J. Koule.
MURDER CHARGE
AGAINST NURSE
RENO. July 15. Warrants
are out today for the arrest of
Miss E. J. Rlnehart of San .lose,
Cal., for the murder of Mrs.
Katherine Bluett, who died in
Auburn January 14 and who was
buried in this city two days iHter.
The warrant was issued follow
ing an Investigation by experts
on the death of the woman who
was supposed to have died as the
result of burns from an over
turned oil stove. Traces of poi
son are said to have been disoov-j
ered. Mrs. Bluett was heavily;
STORY OF CARMAN MAID IS
DAMAGING TO MRS. CARMAN
MINEOLA, N. V., July 1 ii.-—
Cecllla Coleman, a colored girl,
employed as a maid in the home
of Dr. Carman, yesterday told
the grand jury, In session here
that Mrs. Florence Carman en
tered her home a few minute*
after a shot through the window
had killed Mrs. Louise Bailey,
visiting the doctor.
According to reliable author
ity, the maid declared that aftt™.
she heard the tinkle of breaking
glass and the report of a pistol,
her mistress hurried Into tin
kitchen through the back door
and went upstairs.
Dr. Carman's story, tt is under
stood, was much the same as
the one he told at the inquest.
He waa not asked to sign a
waiver of Immunity. The mur
dered woman's family and rela
tives were called to tell of her
actions the day of the murder
and of how they were informed
of her death.
DRAKE PREDICTS A
STRIKE AT PLANT
A strike Is threatened among
the employes st Tacoma's mag
nificent |*>wer plant at N'isqually!
livery employe at the big plant
Is threatening to walk out. leav
ing Tscoma completely without
light or electric power.
Commissioner Drake advised
the city commission today that
his men would strike if ili.lr
salaries were cnt. as pro|NM«c<| by
Mayor Fawcett. Hut the com
missioners went ahead with their
ordinance, all of them but Drake
voting to cut the power plant em
ployee' pay.
Drake's statement came out to
day when he realized the opposi
tion of Mayor Fawcett and the
other commisisoners to the sal
aries paid at the plant. Drake
had introduced an ordinance for
the salaries at the plant. Incor
porating two employes who had
been receiving pay illegally be
fore. He had not added any
money to the payroll.
Commissioner Atkins Intro
duced an amendment prepared by
Mayor Fawcett, however, cutting
salaries to the total of ISM per
month on the plant. The amend
ment pnssed, and then the
amended ordinance passed.
"These salaries are no higher
than before," declared Drake.
"aad I consider them necessary.
We need efficient men to run the
plant and we've got to pay money
for efficient men."
Do yoa mesa to say that If w«
The soul council Is not < one
|x»>cil of tlie boy scouts, but of a
group of business men, fathers
and friends of the scouts, who
have charge of the various ntuntn
that are handled for the boys.
Two faction*, developed In the
council recently because Martin
was attempting to oust lh*. Soule
as commissioner. Martin called
a private meeting, for purposes |
of planning a mesas of eliminat
ing smile from the council, and *
insured by two companies, one
for $3,000 snd the other for
$10,000, and Miss Rlnehart made
beneficiary of the two. Refusal
of one of the companies to turn
over the insurance money to Miss
Rhlnehart resulted In an investi
gation.
The two women were nurses in
an Auburn hospital and were
close friends. Miss Rlnehart it
said to be living in San Jose, Cal.,
and to be living a high life. Offi
cers in that city have been re
quested to make the arrest.
Detectives are today running
down a clew, which It was be
lieved would reveal the identity
of two strange women seen hur
rying from the doctor's office a
few minutes after the tragecl>
These women, it is belie*, ed
may be able to corroborate 'hi
testimony of El wood T. Hardee
at the inquest and the story told
by Celia Coleman, a negro maid
In the Carman home.
It was Bardes' statement that
he saw a woman dressed as Mrs,
Carman was dressed walk away
from outside a window In Dr.
Carman's office immediately aft
er Bardes heard a crash of glass
and the report of a revolver, that
was responsible for the arrest of
Mrs. Carman.
At the Inquest Celia Coleman
flatly denied that she had sees
Mrs. Carman the night of the
murder from the time her mis
tress left the dinner table until
15 minutes after the shot was
fired
make these cuts the plant will go
out of business?'' demanded At
kins.
"I mean to say that the men
will undoubtedly strike if you cut
their salaries any lower,'' replied
Drake.
By the new ordinance gate
tenders are cut from 11 10 to IN;
two other gate tenders from |H>o
to 185; patrolmen from $90 to
185; machinists from $110 to
$100; relief operator from $100
to $8.-i: and two h»l|>ers getting
$85 are dispensed with, making a
general cut of $250 per month.
7 LIQUOR
LICENSES
APPROVED
Seven liquor licenses that
came up for renewal this morn
ing in the city council came near
being defeated when Commis
sioners Atkins and Woods voted
against them. Atkins did not ex
plain his vote, but Woods said
that one of the saloons ia ques
tion was too close to the North
ern Pacific tracks and he did
not approve of it. The rotes of
the other three commissioners
carried tbe renewals.
the ■ oniniixsioaer, taking like ac
tion, gathered Ms friends togeth
er In a se-mrate faction
l*a»i sight the two faction* got
together with the intention of
"hue.ling the hatchet." Hut h*
hap-M ned thst Mania aad his
crowd were sadly In die minority
ii".l Martin was dropped as |tre»l
--\ dent af tlie newly consolidated
| council, I'ed.-r Jnisr/ of Keen
Hill taking Mm place. Martia was
not e\en nominated for the p..si
$200,000 PRICE OF WIFE'S AFFECTIONS
f'AA ♦♦♦ A «• ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ *4A
SCION OF WEALTH SUED FOR ALIENATION
Mrs. I.ertruile fierllnger and her son F,dward J. and daugh
ter I lora Itelle, snd below, Kilw aril t.crltiiger.
PORTLAND, Ore, July IS.—
ie who like to watch the
spi< y doings in "society" elthei
from within or without are eag
erly awaiting the beginning of
the Gerlinger-Frank »2««,iit~<>
alien;iiion suit here.
Edward Gerlinger, a local au
tomobile dealer, is suing Ueyd
Frank, son of Portland's wealth
ie«t ■locarttiient store owner, for
l-'ii" niio, alleging alienation o,
Mrs Oerlinger's affections by
yonnt! Frank.
flTn, Gerlinger only recently
stifil Crank for breach-of -prom
iset winning a verdict of $1 and
coslx
<nk, according to Gerlinger
riSH MEN
1 ARE INDICTED
•BATTLE. July 15—The fe.l
«JH grand jury this afternoon
lagmted seven prominent fish
I'dggi'snles of the Northwest
!>rti ipal of which were the In
tern itlonal Fisheries compaay ol
TaaVwna and the Booth Fisheries
llisniiaii of Seattle. The indiv
idual cetni>anies, together with
t—M officers, who were also In
Dog Saves Vaster
From Burning
#ATHLAMET. July It.—Th*
home of County Auditor John
Hushes was destroyed last night,
Mrs Hughes and three children i
were away. Mr. Hughes eecai>**ji
by f'lmptug from a window. He;
wn. awakonad by his little dec
lion .
Other officers elected were F.
('. Downs, vice president. Fred
erick Shaw, secretary, and Leon I
ard Brown, treasurer. Dr.
Boule was re-elected scout com
missioner by a large majority
The defeat for Martin, members
say. Is as emphatic a denuncia
tion of his attempts to make;
the council a "one-man conn
ell" ss wss possible for tbe
members to demonstrate.
associated with his wife at fre
quent Intervals. He declares
that at one time the two became
so bold that they went into a
department store. purchased
pajamas of the most expensive
makd for each and ordered the
bill sent to (Jerlinger
Both men have engaged the
shrewdest attorneys in Portland
and are marshaling small armies
of witnesses The trial promises
to be one of the most sensation
al the Pacific Northwest has
witnessed for many a day.
Mrs. Oerlinger la well known.
She once horsewhipped a Port
land attorney who made remarks
in court that did not suit her.
dieted on separate counts, sre]
charged with restraint of trade
in holding up prices on fish.
Investigation of the "ftsbl
trust" on Puget Sound hss been
conducted secretly by the grand
jury for several days. The seven
companies are said to form a fish
monopoly, fixing sn arbitrary I
rate on fish for sll Northwest
! markets.
Better Buy Today
Hotter bay your groceries
today.
The grocers of Tacoma.
with their wives aad fsmSlew,
are going oa their snans!
natlssr to Kant Hosted tensor
row, leaving tt 7:M a ».
*mt\ stores will he cieand
tJKT THIM: LWmmT
T.tere aaed to ho s knocker on mTI/
every door, hat now they posh a f-TT.
button. A path 4s hetter than
a knock anytime. ~Hh
BJ
ENGINEER IS
MADE TO GIVE
UP VALUABLES
A daring hold-up maa. who
stalked hla prey with rublM-r
► lows for «-\ i'r«l blocks, snd
I ben kept Hie victim's back to
lilm while he prei.se<| * revolver
against lit- body aad went
through lils clothing, David II
While, a prominent engineer aad
candidate for county engineer,
laat night, obtaining 49 and h
gold watch. Although White
was held up and rot.lxid in th.
early dusk ol tlie evening, lie
did not gel s single glimpse o|
the bandit
The engineer vu walking to
ward hla home. 1417 South »th
street, at » o'clock last evening
and Instinctively felt the pres
ence of someone walking behliii|
him
Jnet as White was turning Into
his yard, a body brushed up
close behind him, a round piece
of metal was jabbed in his back,
nud he heard the command
"Hold up yer hands, ' whispered
hoarsely In his ear.
The engineer held his hand:'
aloft, at the same moment at
LOTS OF SMOKE
IN SMALL BLAZE
An explosion In the retorts ol
the creosotlng |*lant of the _t
Paul _ Tacoma Lumber company
caused a spectacular fire at nooi<
today that causer] f.Mio damn *4
and threw the downtown portion
of the city into a high tension of
excitement.
The Maze spread from th«
creosotlng department to the
wooden paving blocks depart
ment, and monstrous billows of
ACCIDENT OR A
SUICIDE, WHICH?
mechanic of Hreu ec-lon. commit
ted suicide tn tbe swirling waters
of the Narrow - Monday afternoon
or lost his lire by the accidental
overturning of his row Lost. Is a
question being debated by poller
officers today.
Park's rowboat was found up
side down yesterday, the young
man s coat caught under one of
the sests. Thst he died in the
Narrows, either by his own wish
or because of tbe treacherous sc
tlon of the boiling tide wgters is
a mystery
Psrk's home was at Bremer
ton, but he had li' ed in Tacoma
at the Associated Charities hotel.
HUERTA STILL AT CAPITAL
MEXICO, July 15.-— Boarding
the train at Guadalupe, a rail
road station a few miles from
Mexico Ctiy last night at 10
o'clock, the family of President
Huerta and other relatives and
close friends are on their way to
day to Vera Crus on a special
train composed of three sleep
ers snd a baggsge car The train
is guarded by two military trains
one running ahead of the special
LOOKING FOR
AN HEIR HERE
Benjamin R. Hughes, a yonag
clerk believed to be residing in
Tacoma, haa waiting for htm a
large estate left by his father. A
letter was received by the police
todsy from S. B. Rogers, a pub
lisher at Milwaukee, brother-in
law of Hughes, asking the offi
cials to locate the heir. City De
tective McKay, in charge of the
missing persons ' department,
has found ao trace of Hughes.
tempting to turn and sea bis an*
sailant. <
"Stand still, there, and don't
look around, or I'll blow the top
of yer bead off," came the com
mand.
As the two men stoad In front
of White's home, the bandit fac
ing White's back, and a revolver
under the engineer's coat. White
could feel the fingers of his as
sailant dipping Into hla pockets.
The lisntltt removed everything
from White's pockets, pocketing
only the cash and watch.
"Now slsnd right where yon
are," ordered the Imndlt, with an
oath, "and don't you look around*
for a minute, or It's all off wld
yci."
Wlille stood still for a mo.
men I. anil Hie bandit aped noise*
Ifssly away. When the engineer
turned, a moment later, the
street was empty.
While r«-|H>i-ie.i tlie unuaaal
liold-up to I h|ii ii in of Detectives
D. O. Si.illl. today. He said that
he il'd not even see the color of
• lie lianilli'N clothing, bo carefully
was the holil-up planned.
coal-black smoke rolled up from
•he fire. Humors were circu
lated that the entire mill, and
other ttdeflats factories were on
fire, causing intense Interest for
an hour.
Firemen had the blaze under
control from the first, and ex
tinguished the fire In a short
time. The creosotlng plant will
he put out of business for a few
days.
723 Commerce street. His half
brother. Jeffery Bradhurst. la
employed as a machinist at tha
St. Paul mill Hradhurst wo»t »«
police headquarters last night to
report the disappearance of Park,
shortly after the police had re
ceived a report from Point Defi
ance of the finding of the over
turned rowboat.
Although Park waa out of
work, he had money, aa Brad
burst gave him $16 Monday
shortly before he went to Point
Defiance.* The half brother In
tended to meet Park at the Point
later In the afternoon, but was
unable to get away from hia
work..
and the other following, each
containing 800 federal soldiers.
The family of Oeneral Blanquet
Is also aboard.
VERA CRI'Z, July 18.--Oe»»
eral Funston Is momentarily das
peeling the news of Huerta s de
parture for Vera Crux. The lat
est message from the capital waa
to the effect that tbe dictator's
train was waiting for him at the
railroad station tn Mexico City.
TACOMA TALKS
Don't be satisfied with hoping
that the goods will be all right;
buy at home and know they ara
all right.
A man's best noaseaatons are
hla family, hla neighbors and hla
town. Awsy-from-hoase haying
never helps them aad often hurt*
them.
If yon buy mail order clothe*
for your daughter, don't ho
astonished if she sieges with n
stranger.
The merchant ia aot tbe •
rasa who profits or suffers when
money ta spent here or sway.
from home.