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Un-preparedness
"Woof! Woof!" said the poodle to the bulldog;
"Woof! Woof! and he harked in doggish glee.
"Poof! Poof! said the bulldog to the poodle,
"You're an ee-cen-tri-ci-teel"
"Gurrrr-oof!" said the poodle to the bulldog;
"UurriT-oof! Now beat it—see?"
Did he beat it? He did not! Nay, he slew him
on the spot—
For the poodle had no noodle where his noodle
ought to be!
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FEAR FROST DAMAGE
FEAK
WHITE
RIBBON
IN BAD
While Joseph McCaskey
«ji- testlfyliiK h> his own de
fense today in his trial on a
charge of keeping liquor In
Ills \\ Ilt.l-K.ln drug store for
Illegal sale, his chief wlt-
IW, A. A. Dapliste. «.<■*
quietly removed to the jail
or's office where he was ar
rested on a perjury charge.
Ills bond was placed at *.">.
-000.
Baptiste whs employed as Mc-
Caskey's prescription clerk. He
denied emphatically on tho stand
yesterday thnt he had made sale?
of which the slate had evidear'e
Deputy Prosecutor Bet SCO said
today that the state "hud the
goods on him" and that the in
formation was written last night.
"This man deliberately lied
when he said he did not Mil tin
liquor. I cannot say whether any
more arrests on perjury charges
will be made. We haven't quite
enough proof yet."
Baptlste's arrest was withheld
until nearly noon so that the jury
mid the court would not know of
It. He was walking near the
court when arrested, and was sur
prised. Even the attorneys for
the defense were not aware of
the state's action until the noon
recess.
In the midst of the session,
Judge Easterday declared a re
cess and after dismissing the jury
railed Mrs. A. B. Holm into the
judge's chambers and requested
that she remove the white ribbon
emblem of the prohibition so
ciety.
Judge Easterday said the attor
neys for the defense objected to
her wearing the emblem, claim
ing that it would influence the
Jury.
Attorney Burnielster said that
the W. C. T. U. members had
been frequenting the court room
end had been openly showing
their approval or disapproval of
the testimony. He insisted that
they be compelled to stop it.
Enters Strong Protest.
Mrs. Holm protested she was
merely an interested attendant
In the company of Mr. E. Osburn,
husband of Dr. E. St. Clair Os
burn, prominent W. C. T. U.
member in the city.
McCaskey occupied the stand
most of the morning. He claimed
that Detective H. E. Norwood ap
proached him recently and said
that he "was off the state because
he had not been paid $16 coming
to him for work on the Wilkeson
case"
"He further Intimated to
me that the evidence against
me could l»e destroyed for
9100," com in iied McCuxkejr.
"I 1 old him that the MM MM
costing me enough money
Our
Directors
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erned by State Bank
Law and supervised by
eleven representative
business men all suc
cessful in their own
business.
Every care is given to
preserve the right rela
tionship between Bank
and customer, and we
hope that every Individ
ual In Tneoina will real
ize that this Bank Is
your friend.
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State Bank
H. N. TINKER, Pras.
FIROS
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Coldest
May On
Record
That fruits, flowers and
Vegetables in '|':n iiiiiii, llii
bay-Island district, tho Puy-
Hllup valley and other sec
tions of the --i.it** niii.v have
suffered heavily from killing
f■'«>—« »:i- indicated today by
the report of the U. S. weath
er bureau.
The coldest May morning
on record In i'acomu MM re
ported by tlie weather man.
At ."<:_() this morning lite ther
mometer registered *.>,'..<) degrees.
j Tho lowest previous record for
May m IS.I degrees on Mh .
27, 1900.
A heavy frost which eovere.l
the entire city in the early morn
ing lionh. with apparent killing
frost in many sections, led offi
cials here to fear that heavy dam
age had hen done to plant life.
How great this damage may be
has not yet been definitely de
termined.
Cauliiainus Optimistic.
From various outl.viug points
catne reports of frozen milk In
bottles and of frozen water.
W. H. I'milhaiinis. president of
the Puyallup and Sumner Fruit
Growers' association, declarer, 'lis
belief that no great tsttt§» had
been done In the valley by last
night's frost, but warned all
growers to cover their plants
carefully before otnight.
The weather bureau predict*
another heavy frost for tnight
and early tomorrow.
For Helped Home.
"There is no definite evidence
of any heavy damage to the fruit
crop yet, although we might find
serious damage developing later
on," was the statement of W. A.
Linkrater, superintendent of the
Western Washington experiment
station in Puyallup.
The thermometer at tho ex-1
perlinetit station registered 30
degrees at one time during the
night and in several places in
Puyallup ice was discovered.
"However, a heavy fog this
morning relieved the condition
and we do not look for any great:
damage," he said.
91,000,000 DAMAGE
BOISE, Ida., May 11. — The.
freeze last night caused more
than $1,000,000 loss to southern
Idaho fruit growers. The prune
crop was entirely destroyed and
apples were badly damaged.
Small fruits were wiped out.
as it was and I did not 1. i-li
to spend any more.
"At another time he spoke to
me about getting the La Vail
woman to go to Aberdeen and
lose herself for $10. There was
some mention also during the
conversation of keeping one of
the state's witnesses in Mon
tana."
Denies He Hold Rooze.
McCaßkey said that the greater
part of the bottled goods used
as evidence againßt him were
presents from friends and prizes
won by him at dances.
He Bald that he had seen the
three women employed by the
county come into his store and
that he heard them say that "they
had brought a chicken" (refer
ring to the 17-year-old girl in
their company) and they wanted
to doll her up with some powder,
so she could make some money."
McCaskey said that there had
been no liquor in his Btore for 11
years previous to the dry law and
that he had had do liquor pre
scriptions.
The state suggested that the
dry law had "pepped" up the
rescrlption business considerably.
Dr. Osburn Protests.
Dr. Osburn was greatly
wrought up over the court's ac
tion concerning the removal of
white ribbons.
"1 wish to utter a vehement
protest In behalf of the members
of the federation of W. C. T. U.
What sort of a country is this?"
■he :.i..l
PER lIIDV PUIDPCII
EHJ Ulf f bHAnuEV
BOOZE TIIAL IS FULL OF THEELLS
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VOL. XII I. NO. 123.
STUPIDITY!
IF NOT THAT
IT'S WORSE
Editor's Note: Yesterday The Times printed au exclu
sive story from Washington telling how tJie U. S. aimy ord
nance hoard some time ago rejected the Lewis machine gun
when it was offered free to the government by its Inventor.
This gun is the one which In the European war lik» been proved
the greatest small-arm Invention in the world. The following
article sets forth some further iimu-ing tacts in re..;urd to this
gigantic blunder ami suggests one possible reiisou why it was
romtuited.
WASHINGTON, I). C, May 11.
— Col. Lewis learned his lesson
when Oh, Crozier and his asso
ciates took the attitude his great
invention had failed.
He had learned that an army
officer's Invention would not re
ceive far-sighted, constructive at
tention from the hoard of ord
nance, unless perchanre he stood
In with the members of the board.
LEWIS DID NOT STAND IN.
He had repeatedly criticised
the disappearing gun carriage
which Gen. Crozier has foisted
upon our coast defenses.
He had written a report to
Secretary of War Boot scathingly
condemning the ordnance equip
ment with which our boys were
sent to the Philippines ■-■and the
rebound from this report HIT
THE BOARD HARD.
Lewis moreover had made the
board eat crow in the matter of
his depression range finder.
In 1889 Lewis got the basic pat
ents on range finders, and of
fered his remarkable invention
free to the United States.
Our ordnance authorities look
ed the other way.
THEY weren't interested in
new-fangled inventions by THIS
ENTHUSIAST LEWIS. When the
Spanish-American war broke out
we had no satisfactory range
finders, and we hud to purchase at
great cost from the private con
cern to which Col. Lewis had
turned over his rights in the in
vention THE VERY RANGE
FINDER which we had refused
when it was offered io us FOR
NOTHING!
Again. in 11)00, Col.
I-evvis succeeded in bringing
hack from Europe the secret
plans of the new French 75,
now so famous, of which the
distinctive feature was that
the gun recoiled separately
from the currtuge.
It was a vastly significant
advance in ordnance con
struction. Lewis was SNUB
BED for his pulns, though
again authorities had to
COME ROUND ULTIMATE
LY to this 1 \ pc of gun!
With this experience of unfair
treatment behind him, Lewis
finally gave up pressing his ma
chine gun on the United States
which preferred the kind that
jam.
THE LEWIS GUN CANNOT
JAM.
Belgian financiers realized Its
merits and raised 1700,000 to be
gin making it. Then the Birming
ham Arms Co. of England took it
over, and Just before the present
war broke out sold the first con
signment to Russia.
Those guns wore on the last
train that raced through Germany
before the war dosed the fron
tiers!
Great Britain at once con
tracted for the ENTIRE output of
the Birmingham Arms Co.
Canada bought the entire out
put of the Savage Arms Co.,
which had acquired the American
rights.
Twenty-five hundred Lewie
guns were bought by popular sub
scription In Canada.
At least '.v..00n Lewis
guns are In use in Europe
today.
Their exploits have proved
them the master machine
guns of the war.
They are the only type
even considered by «-Treat
Britain for her aerial fight
ers.
France has watched their
success, and Is now equip
ping two factories, on* at
Paris and oue at Bt. I* lienor,
to manufacture them.
IN THE BRITISH ARMT
THE 1.1 \\ is GIN 18 RB. 1
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TACOMA, WASH., TNI WSPAV. MAY 11. I!U.i.
PLACING THE VICKKRH—
TIIK FOKMKIt TV PI.—AT
Till. RATI-: OF AHOI'T
WOU H TO ONI..
So late as Jan. 4 of this year
the Cnited States contracted for
the purchase of a number of
Vie Vers guns—THE VERY GINS
THAT (IHEAT BRITAIN IS RE
PLACING WITH THE LEWIS!
Interrogated Jim. 20 last
by tho senate committee on
inilltaiy affairs, Gen. Cm
y.ler dodged the <|tiestion as
to whether the Lewis vveap
on was au approved gun by
making the startlingl*, new
declaration that he under
stood it was in use In cer
tain European armies;
And he ndded:
"I am not certain what
Hie e\|>erlence lips been with
it!"
This from the head of our
ordnance department, after
the prowess of the Lewis gnu
had become AS WORM).
FAMOII AH THAT OF THE
42-CENTIMETER HOWIT
ZER!
Two Lewis machine guns, one
of British, one of American make,
are now being tested again at the
Springfield arsenal by a board of
officers.
It took weeks of correspondence
and the official consent of the
British government before the
Cnited States could get these two
mere TEST I) pcs of a gun Invent
ed by an officer of our own army!
Secrecy beclouds the present
test.
Whother it results In the adop
tion or second rejection of the
Lewis gun is not now important.
The important question is, will
the ordnance bureau continue to
treat American inventors as it
has treated Co). Lewis?
Vessel Is Libeled
The ship Kumi Maru. in Com
mencement bay, was lihe'ed today
by George Ereyman, who alleged
be was injured while unloading
oil from the vessel in Seattle.
Freyman asks $_„.oo damages.
Her Husband
Turned to Her
Then and Said
''1 hope you will for
give me for compelling
you to marry me. You
arc now at liberty to go.
You are no longer my
prisoner."
Did Delight Warren
then leave the count, for
her husband was, indeed,
the Count Stefan Balsie
of Montenegro?
Did she call upon the
man she was going to
marry, the count's broth
er, for vengeance 'i
Read "The Unafraid,"
a delightful, romantic
story by Eleanor Ing
ram. It will appear in
The Times next week, be
ginning Monday, ending
Saturday.
He's Doing Some Deep Thinking
BORDER
TOWN IS
LOOTED
MARATHON, Te\., May
11. — American authoritieN
are convinced today that an
organized system of Mexican
raids against the United
States Is being put into ex
ecution.
Fift\ MexlcsM swooped down
on the town of Blocker, near
Eagle Pan, and looted stores
and two ranches, escaping with a
number of horses, according tt
advices today. No fatalities were
reported.
Civilians along the border or
ganized when they learned that
two armed bands had appearei
between Bouquiolas and Ojlnag..
Small settlements are preparing
to fight.
Authorities believed that the
bandits are participating In al
ternative raids, maintaining cen
tral headquarters within a short
distance of tho border. Every
Mexican on the American side Is
under suspicion. Even those who
heretofore have been friendly are
distrusted now.
It Is believed the raiders ob
tain information from their coun
trymen on the American side, and
divide the loot.
Maf. Langhorne's eighth caval
ry s-qii.i.l.'iiii encamped In Mexico
last 1 night after crossing the
beundrii \ near Bouqulllas yester
dM~. I They hiked from Ma ra
tion to the border, a distance of
SO miles. They expect to go lni
| mediately to Alaqitilla, where th>
raiders are reported to have their
fveoriexvous.
| What's Doing |
I Thursday
Afifl Patrol and band give open
air drill; 'Oh and Union, South
Tacoma; 7:4") p. in.
Benefit concert for Women's
Cltilihoii!" association, at club
house, this evening: Hiram Tut
tle. Miss Maude Handle, Miss
Mary XII Patrick, Miss Helen
Itergli Mid orchestra of 22 pieces
f program.
lc A COPY
Propose to
Restrict Use
of Alcohol
Tacoma druggists are plan
ning to co-operate with the po
lice department In restricting the
use of raw alcohol as a popular
drink.
At a meeting of the Druggists'
association to be held in the Com
mercial club tomorrow afternoon.
Comlssioner Pcttlt, Capt. Fackler,
City Attorney Harmon and Police
Judge Kvans have been invited to
make addresses.
Police records show that nearly
all of the intoxication In Tacoma
is caused by the consumption of
alcohol, according to Commission
er Pettlt.
Any person may buy it in I
drug store, under the present law,
by signing a statement that it is
to be used for 'mechanical pur
poses,"
1 FLASHES I
WAWSIII.NOTON, D. C. — A
large hydro-aeroplnne which has
been In operation between New
port News at.d this city fell Into
tho Potomac today, Injuring two
passengers.
CHICAGO—The strike sit
uation Involving thousands
of workers appeared more
serious 101 lay. A general
walkout of garment work
ers seemril imminent.
CHICAGO—Two sheet metal
workers who have been fighting
to remove high officers of the lo
cal were shot last night at the
close of a meeting.
BAN RANCISCO-—The U. 8.
schooner captured by the British
will be sent to Victoria to be
passed upon by a prize court.
BOISE—The .i..p- and
many farm houses have lieen
wilted out In tlie Teuton
county valley by the flood
from the bursted Pack Sad
dle dam.
BAN BERNARDINO—Cracks
men escaped with fl 0,000 In
-*w»*NIGHT EDlTlON******
WEATHER
Tacoma: Fair tonight with
heavy frost, Friday fair and
warmer.
Washington: Same.
"*,",'-"r"i'l'li',i"iHVil>HHirrnriiir;jmimi, l -
gold and several thousand in cur
rency today troni the lllingsworth
store.
WASHINGTON, It. C. Special
agents of the postal department
are attempting to trace the origin
of a letter received hue bj the
authorities, reading: "The main
building of the department of ag
riculture will he blow 11 mi Fri
day morning, May 12."
I Talk o' the Times j
1
Greetings, have )ou ever
been In Kenton? It's the
kind of a town where a
young fellow brag* about
kissing his girl.
Speaking of towns: Hid.ja ever
hear of Myrtle Creek. Or.? It
has a paper, the Mail. The Mail
tells of I Mr. Weeks who was in
jured bj being clawed by a cow.
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How nun conipiis mentis!
A world famous geologi-*t
comes to TaeoniM to testify
that one of our big coal min
ing; companies ouglil to use a
little sense In developing Its
property, thus saving its
money, rather than fighting
for a lav reduction.
What we want to know is what
O'Hregon Is doing In Mexico when
times are so brisk on Dublin bay.
CYXH' STUFF (Very Kasy to
Write.)
Most women marry because
there Isn't much money In work
ing for wages; most men marry
because they are In love with
love. In either case, it's tough
■on the Other Party.
No man was ever bored by a
rod haired wife; her leastest vice
is the Placid Pace, tWe know!)
The quince is an unpopular
fruit because it is so little
known.
MORAL: Don't try to he a
success without a press agent.
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I OCR OWN TRAVKLOGCES |
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LOS ANGELES The nßtlve-t
call It Loose On-gahl-eeie and It
is some loose, believe us, A mar v.-
He.
There are HOO.OOO people In
L. A., and how they live lordonlv
PROBE
COAST
WRECK
NAN FRANCISCO, May 11.
—The go. eminent Inspector
of hulls said today an Inves
tigation of .lie Roanoke hor
ror would he begun as soon
as the tluee survivors are
able to lestllj. It In thought
fault) louding may have lieeu
the cause.
\o TRACK OK VICTIMS
POUT SAX I.CIS, Cal., May 11
While patrols watched tin
breakers for bodies of 4 7 believe!
to have perished In the Koanoki
disaster, a wireless today fron
the steamer Lansing said she hat
none over the scene of the horroi
and had loiin.l 110 trace of sur
vivors,
I!iimors that another llfebos
containing a single corpse ha
been found. weic not substantial
cd. As far as is known, the onlj
ones who escaped death were Jo
seph Krbe, quartermaster, am
two MexUans who drifted ashon
last night.
TFI.I. ol DISINTER
SAN l.l'IS OBISPO, Cal., Ma)
11.- Three shipwreck survivor*
who, with the dead bodies o." fiv»
of their shipmates, drifted ashon
here In a lifeboat, told today ol
the foundering of the steamei
Koanoke, which left San Fran
cisco May S for Valparaiso.
Tho vessel wen', down 100 mile.
south of San Ft an. Iscq.
Exhausted and partly delirious,
the survivors were unable to glvf
details Btore than to say that four
boats had been launched when tht
steamer sank.
When the lone lifeboat was dis
covered last night almost within
the line of the breakers, a rescm
party was formed, which hauled
the boat safely ashore.
It was thought at rirst that al
hands were dead, hut three show
ed sii;ns of Hie under the treat
nient of the rescuers.
One of the meg revived snfti
ciently to say that the steaniet
was overloaded and sank during I
heavy gale.
knows.
Of course, there are 23,000
people who work making movie*-',
and v.c hazard the gue-rs that
there is about all equal imiiili ;
working in cafeterias.
Many of the inhabitants of this
village have gu....-d so much skill
that they ran balance a bowl >>.
soup, a dlllpickle, three sand
wishes, a barque load of salad n
tapioca cream pudding and a
glass of milk on one tray with
out doing anything more au fait
than spilling jusi a t. eny-weoi'
drop of the soup na/bc, down .1
neighbor's neck.
LM Angeles la the biggest «11 >
on the Pacific .cast, but Sin
Francisco, Scat lie Tacoma. Port
land and Santa Monica deny It.
The climate Is — oh, well,
what's the use.'
A SOFT sv\|" that we
were lipped olf to by W. C.
Albee, the N. IV* dirialota
supe.