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FRANCHISE GRABBERS WIN

The Tacoma Times

SOcA

HONTH

VOL. XII. NO. 68. IA« u>, \, \\ AMI.. TUESDAY. MAW 1!! ?), 1915.

Our Busy Mr. Mills

OIMMIssIONKK MILLS APrIAM TO UK

ONK OF (UK MOKT AS8U)lOl HI,Y A<?TIA'E

OFKKMAIiH.

IN FA(T, HK SUMS QUItl WORTHY OF

THK TIMi: ll«»\oitll» CHAnACTKRIZATION

"INOKFATIGrAULK." '

HK I \I(\H THIS IUHTINCTION THKOI'CJH

HIS KXTKItrKISK IN FRAMING AN ANTI

JITNKV BIN ORIUNAXt'K.

While the leginlature was debatlnx a hill

giving cities tin- right to regulate nuto huses,

and now while the governor In conxiderlng the

propriety of signing the ineaMtire, Mills works,

even though it be weeks before the hill, If *i»>

proved, can he effective.

According to his faithful chronicler in one of

the corporation dominated pa|ter«. Mill In going

to make a g<md job of lilh ordinance.

He Is quoted thus:

"Whether or not I shall require that all jit

ney I'iis drivers take an examination I hnve not.

DID U. W.

REGENTS

PROMISE

SHAKEUP?

OLYMPIA, March O.—lty

what mean* did the unlver

filty come hy the approprla

ti«»n It received yesterday aft

ernoon through the p«ssmti«

of S. 11. 310 by the house?

Did members of the board

of regents make a straight

promise that the men respou

ftlble for "s.M-lali-in" in the

university would be fired?

If this In not true, iln-u

why did JameN 11. l»a\ls of

Tacoma, chairman of the

house appropriations com

mittee, announce from the

floor that, lie mis sure uueh

would be the case?

Davis referred with great par

ticularity to a regent who had

promised the committee that

when the htrlng was done this

spring, those responsible for radi

calism would not be retained.

Mark K. Heed, another member

of the appropriation committee,

backed Davis' statement.

All this followed a motion,

which Speaker Conner hlmse'f

left the chair to make, that no

part of the university appropria

tion should go to the support of

the department of political anJ

social science at the university e't

which Dean J. Allen Smith Is the

head, and which includes Prof. W.

G. Beach and Prof. Theresa Me-

Mahon, who are modern and an' i

tory in their teachings.

Prevents llollcall.

Conner's motion was lost, on a

vlve voce vote, nfter a passionate

debate. Davis almost cried in his

Intense and successful efforts to

prevent a rollcall.

"I asked the president of Hie

university about this amend

ment," said Conner, "and he told

me it would make the university

the laughing stot.it of the coun

try. But 1 tell you I shall not

vote for the bill If this does not

prevail."

At this point, L. I). McArdle of

Jefferson expressed the opinion

that "the young men of the uni

versity should learn their poll'l

cal and social science by hf»r<l

knocks and experience, like the

rent of us."

Reeves Ki.lv o. (). P.

Guie of King here arose to re

mark that McArdle- himself on a

previous occasion had testified to

receiving an education from the

S.av.i.n.g

That's a how way to

spell success. I Jut it's

a true way. Every

penny laid by now

will help you later

when you're lairl up.

Your savings arc safe

with us and we will

pay you 4% rfhiheni.

One dollar will start

you.

PUGET SOUND

STATE BANK

THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

derided. The ordinance will require tlmt tl><>

jitiu-jx adhere (<> »••! roatea mim operate on

regular schedule and give good service. There

will be no crowding allowed."

Fine, Mr. Mill*, very fine!

Yon are certainly an alert official.

Now, of rimrse. a* noon as thi* Im out of the

waj you will draft a similar ordinance to <<>ver

the street earn. It hlno Is needed, for aw jet

the electric railway carries quite as many pit-.

scnucrs aft ttie Jitneys.

IN THIS MKCOM) MKANI'RK I'ltOVlhK

THAT THK T. K. * l». AIJ4O OI'KRATK OX

iti(;t i. \.t s( iiini i.i s \\i> atvu <;<><>!>

BKRVICK AM) I I IMIV \I I OROWDINO. IT

IS NOT BRIMG I»ONK NOW. AXI> IK YOIT

WANT TO UCKXSK THK tX)NI»r<TOI{S AND

MOTOItMKN, WILL AMI OOQD.

You i•< ruiinly have the rinlii Idea, Mr. Mills.

KverylMMly will in- with you.

You lire a faithful, indiihtrious, up-to-the*

iilimitr i'ii'>l'' NPrvant.

state while on the state't payroll.

IJi-p. Frank Keeven, demo

cratic leader, proponed mi

amendment tlmt "all *tu

ih-iiis simiilil he taught i'iiii I

fully mill per«(<.triitl) the in

iquity of all political prinrj

|>l< - except those cm in|.hl .i- I

hy (In- majority of thin house

of the legislature."

President Landes declared to

day in discussing the matter, "if

any promise was made by any

university regent to legislators

that socialistic members of the

faculty would be dismissed it was

done without my knowledge. It

might have been done secretly.

The university does not care to

accept money, if it must take it

with such a string as this tied to

It."

Warships

AreOffTo

Mexico

WASHINGTON, D. C. March

9.—Two more American battle

ships were ordered to go to Vera

Cruz today by Secretary of Navy

Daniels.

The situation iv the Mexican

capital is considered critical.

Kears that Gen. Carranzas atti

tude towards the Inhabitants of

Mexico City might result in riot

ing caused Secretary Daniels to

instruct Admiral Fletcher to send

ships.

The suggestion has reached

Gen. Villa, chief opponent of the

Carranza regime, that the occupa

tion of Mexico City by troops, un

der Gen. Zapata, would be pleas

ing to the United States, should

the Carran/.istas abandon the

capital.

The Zapatistas are nearby and

could reach the city in a few

hours in a nemergency.

High government officials de

clared that the dispatch of war

ships did not necessarily mean

armed intervention and that such

a move is not yet considered.

Alaskan Blizzard

Hides Lone Woman

"

NOME. Alaska, March !-. — A

party of men with Eskimos and

dog teams are searching for Mrs.

Emma Dahlquist, proprietor of the

roadhouse at Safety, who was lost

in a blizzard Sunday night. Scot

ty Allan, the race dog driver, Joe

Slu-ldpoii. Mr. Dahlquist are in

the searching party.

Twelve

D iff ley

Jurors

Chosen

Do you believe in corporal pun

ishment for children?

This question |g being put to

fiu-ii person being examined for

the jury in the Hertha Difflov

murder trial by Mr*. Dlff ley's

counsel, Homer Bone.

Peremptory challenges began

this afternoon, attorneys for the

state and defense having eloHerl

their preliminary examination of

jurors at the morning session.

li«-llc\fs In \Vlii|i|>i»K--

Jay Smith, the tenth Juror, 321

Hast L'sih street, said he favored

bodily punishment in correcting;

children. He has three. He salfl

he was married at 20 years of

age.

R. T. Johnson, grocery clerk,

.1617 South I street, was uncer

tain as to whether he should pun

ish corporally his one child or

not when it becomes older. It 13

now Ift months old.

Robert T. Cams, the 12th jur

or, Is a grocery clerk, living at

4.M :: South M street. He has one

child, 7 years old, and believes Ir>

spanking.

Crowd Ik Smaller.

The crowd was thinner today

than that which gathered yester

day. Testimony taking will like

ly begin tomorrow morning.

Mrs. Diffley sat composed

throughout the morning, watcu

ing the prospective Jury closely.

I'll to last night nine jurors had

been passed for cause by both

state and defense. They are: K.

A. Watters, Puyallup; B. F. Me-

Gee, 7427 Fife street; John A.

BJeoge, 4020 East E street; H. 11.

Craven, 3906 North Oove street;

Willis B. Spence. 4910 Asotin it;

Mrs. Uenevieve Taylor, 1418

South I street; Mrs. William R?s

hig, Puyallup, and J>Jonuan Hay

dock, 2014 South! street.

Old Steamer Is

Alaskan Wreck

SKATTLK, M*»i;eJ» 9.—The Po

lotofskl, first steam vessel ever

built in Alaska, which was con

structed hy (lie Russian govern

ment in 18fH> as a gunboat and

turned over to the United States

government when Alaska was

sold, is reported to have been

crushed yesterday afternoon in

the ice floes near St. Michael.

Wouldn't Tell to Save Kid Brother, Who Shot Him, a Spanking

BTKPH&N STKO. hi-\i;\i:-oi, DIIOY WITH A BVIXKT IN HIS IIUAI.N MHO WQULMTI

I'KA< H ON HIH VW'KOKIi HIjOTMKH.

BOY OF 10 LIVES WITH BULLET

IN BRAIN; REFUSES TO "PEACH"

IIV .1. i:i:\i»l \.\ KMOLI.KX.

KIiNOSHA, WiH., March 9. -

"Y'tee he's just a kid. 1 couldii't

tell on a kid and see him get a

spanking."

And that in why Hltle Stephen

Stec, age 10 years, carried a re

volver bullet in his brain for'4B

hourti it la Mill there—without

Haying a word about it.

Ah the lad, propped up on pil

lows in the Kenosha hospital, ut

tered these words he amiled aid

looked slyly at his mother.

liv all right* of precedent

(Stephen ttter, the i»>> who

wouldn't tell on hla kid

brother, should be dead and

inn led. (mother victim of the

i cnliiij-<dd iiiij-r"d\ of a

. hilil and firenriux.

Dr. Joseph X. Palt Ih confident

now that the boy will recover. Hut

he will carry the bullet in hU

brain the rent of lilh life.

"The case Is the Rtrungest I

have ever seen," said the physi

cian. ' I'minlly a mini Hhot in Ml*

brain is killed Instantly. But hero

Forts at

Smyrna

Falling

LONDON, March 9.—Smyrna" <•

about to fall.

This in the word brought hero

today by dispatches from Athenh.

They declared that only three bat

teries of the principal Asiatic port

of Turkey are replying to the fire

of the British warships, which

have been bombarding the city

since Saturday.

A veritable rain of nIiHIk in

pouring into ' tne' forts* oft botii

Hides of the Dardanelles' At the

rate of one a minute the pcoje<v

tiles are falling from the guns of

the Anglo-British fleet. Aaro

planes are dropping bombs on IKS

smaller batteries.

As soon aa the Smyrna forts are

levelled, marines will be Innded

and the city will be seized, furn

ishing the allies a valuable base

of operations.

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

HOME

EDITION

Is v little boy who 1b not only

alive after several days, hut be

yond the Flight drowsiness shows

no ill effects.

IHm (or l'u//lcd.

It m when Stephen wanted to

sleep .iii wouldn't get up on ilk

inorniiiK of tlie third day that the

l>h>Hii Km wa.i i ,-Upil. He couldn't

Mud the MliKhtest thing the mat

ter with tlie boy.

'Ifeen the doctor happened to

ru«j|ils hand over the lad's head

and found it covered with blood.

His < xcluniKiioii brought flubs

friii; Albert, mid Stephen xtari'd

to cry, too. Than he told hl<t

itory:

The imj - were alone In the

hot me. Allrctt got lilh fnth

er'M revolver, held it itgaitiKt

head and pulled

the iiiiiu«T. Stephen vtittl

kn<>4'kei| over, hut nooii c«t

to lilh feet and Mtayeri the

lilotMl niili towelis. Then llii-y

lii ' the towelit and nwore to

si\\ ikiililiik about it.

Slephfii wnlked out to the doc

tor's automobile and wan whiHk

POLICEMAN SAVES

DEMENTEDWOMAN

ruptured >>y a policeman

«t •( o'clock I.liln morning its

she wan about to leap from

»ln' window of her tliird>

Mim.i room, an open paraxol

in her lutnri us a iihiiu-liiilc,

Mi»« M.i/i-l William*, i.X«- :tH,

of Seattle, In hold at.police

In iii!i;ii.u Hr- to'.iy. Tile of

lliors believe hli« Is dement-

PatrolniHii iiiui'N wag startled

while walking his beat on Taco

m.i avenue by a Reries of mreams

and shrill cries coming from a

rooming house. In the semi-

Opium Coming

SAN' FKAIQCISCO, March 9.—

Eight thousand tins of opium,

valued at $fi(>0,000, has been

Hhii'|)i il from China to an un

named Mexican port for eventual

transportation across the border

Into this country, according to

•drirce received today. Great

Mcroty surroundn the reports on

Which liicul officers are work'n*.

WKATHKR FORM AST

For Taroina: 1 imeitlcd.

I'rwhably nhuwfn tonight und

WedneMiay.

For Washington: I'imettleii.

I'robable nhoweni west, gener

ally fair east portion t.uu^ni

and Wedneaday.

ill lo the hospital, lie walked in

to (he Insliiiilioii. hut wlien jiiht

m.-iii- hi* strength i:uifii iiim and

lie Nail tv l.r carried. X-ray pho

tographs revealed the location or

the bullet Hllghtly to I in- right of

tin' center of the brain.

"I know lie didn't mean

to hurt me," waid die lx>)r.

"I wouldn't t\cr lni\i' luld

on AI If tlie doctor didn't

rind (he lilimml."

I'li> siriuiiH all over the country

ar« Interested and have t«luKru pli

ed for the latefel development* All

Kenosha Ih interested, too, and

Stephen luin more visitors than he

can entertain.

I'l.mls For AIIhtI.

The little hrothor who did It

came to the hospital. The two

laughed and talked together.

When Albert wept the elder

looked around in challenge.

"lip didn't mean to hurt

me. He'H my liewt |tal. And,

hesldi--, lic'n jiiNt ii little kill.

l»on't do nothing to him," lie

(lie.l, fearing nuire for Al-

Inii than himself.

(laikni'hs, he saw a woman In he:

night i loilii's hanging out of n

third-floor window, a fancy para

sol opened in her hands. Tni

womau was xcreamiug.

Hfuily To Pump.

The officer ran upstairs in tin

rooming bouse and broke through

the door of her room. Ab he en

tered, the womau slid forward

and was about to jump- with her

paraHol-parachute. Hlneti grabbed

her and dragged her back.

Worry over Inability to flu-1

work is believed to have caused

her to become temporarily un-

I balanced.

Maccabees Gather

Organization of the WpVfMjion

of Maccabees In s.'^innTie4^B^B

completed today in Mooho 'ilil],

State Commander J. A. Bußhing of

Klma, presiding. .Supreme Mns

tpr-at-Arms J. A. Sherwood of

Portland InHtrurted delegates and

conferred degreeß. At. 1:30 this

afternoon election of officers be

gan.

Make Every Foot

Bow are you going to do itt

By planting i( to vegetables—every inch of it!

If the war keeps ou food in going to bo scarce and

high priced.

Make the l>a<k yard produce your sharo at the

cost of n little labor and common sense.

The (lernian women are doing it. An article from

Berlin yesterday told how they are planning to iiho

every foot of available space for potatoes.

Taeoma school children arc about to begin a bi^

school garden season.

Get the fever, everybody. It will do a lot of

good. It will make you money. It will make

Taeoma a more beautiful, as well as a more

thrifty, city.

You don't know how?

Well, read The Times and learn.

WATCH FOR THE TVVO-MINUTES-A-DAY

COURSE IN IU<'KYAKI> HARDENING STAKT

IX(I TOMORROW IN TIIISPAPKR.

to the Table.

Smother Debate;

Jam Bills 300

and 301 Throooh

OM MIMA, March ft—Sen

ate MM* iIOO anil :MH. whl.li

ffit'f unpin «len|o<l |iHi Iti'uen

to Hie inn tlon and public

lltilltW* ill! I'rrtts Of ON Dttttf,

•M imswd i.-i<l"lh> after

noon through the house ivitli

110 <•!>[><•■< iinil > for (Irl)Hle.

Tho full ••! (iunl/iiiioii wan

In-hi ml tin- iii.ju.iii>"-, and ilf

■.pili- tin- ulhlics of a iiiiiiilmt

of liulix liluitl irpiililli an

IIII'IIiIkis tO lIUIIISH f lIIMII.

they were ruNlied through

iiniU-r "|irevi<niK i|ii«-(si<,n"

lll'Minlis l.j M«Al(llt> <lf Jef

fermm.

S. I!. »00, one <>f lli« mo«t

MWrO|>|U|( |ili< i-v of It-KlnlHlliiii

■•»■•!• put Into <tti-. t In tlie

Mta.t«, \mis rend itnd paHNcd

in Ichk than !£U iiilnut«H.

In its final furin, It in bo vn>r.l

--d tbat the franchlHe which the

!tone-Web«ter lntercetH bold in

he large rltie^ of the titate are

'indeterminate," whirh mea.is

>er|>ctual us far as practical re

mits are concerned.

If, for Instance, Taroma doefl

tot wish to renew ltn franchlxe

with the T. It. & P. Co. it'n only

ilternatlve is to condemn and buy

he line "as a going concern."

Phis nii'ini 1; that not only Is it to

l>« valued an iihyslcat property,

but that Its indeterminate fran

chise must have its value count

ed.

PPrivlleice Worth Millions.

This alone would run up into

tho millions, for it meaiiß the ex

clusive privilege to operate in tlie

streets of Tucoma for an iudefiu

ite number of yesrx.

The right of the people of the

city to have all frum-lilne muttoi-4

referred to them—a right grant

ed In the churter —Is taken away

by the new law. So is the refer

endum clause on the bill, which

woulfl hate given the people of

the state tlie right to vote wheth

er It should go Into effect,

The only thing between the ac

tion of the house and tbe making

of the bill Into final law Is actloa

I by the senate, which Is expected

today, and the signature or the

governor.

Kulrly Jammed Throujjli.

Senate bill 301, vaswed In th«

Name method; provl '«■ that if a

city or private Individual shall de

sire to enter the atreet car, light-

Ing or other public utility bn«l

nem, he muat flrat show the pub

lic service commission of the stata

that the service he proposes to

give la "necessary." If s«-rvt<e

already given by the company la

the Meld Is considered satisfac

tory by the commission, he or

the city—cannot enter the fleM.

"Together," said Wiley of Spo

kane, "these two measures hand

over the cities to the traction

Interests."

Senate bill 300 was put In Its

final form by Representative John

R. Wilson of Seattle. When tha

time for the special order of buci

uess of this measure came, he

arose and proposed an riiiuiiu

ment which struck everything aft

er the enacting clause. The bill

was on second reading.

No Cliunre For Perusal.

Ilia amendment had not beon

passed among the members. As

it was read, none of the members

had It to read, so as to check on

the reading clerk or to understand

It beter. Practically, it was a

new bill which the members had

not the opportunity to read.

Roth of Whatcom moved as an

amendment that the people be

reserved the right to vote on fran

chises, as under the Wilson

amendment this power Is reserved

solely to the legislative body of

the city—which, under a supreme

court decision, Is the council. Tie

bate was cut off, and it was lost.

!!<>»• TacomaDs Voted.

McArdle then moved that tlin

rules be suspended, and the bill

be placed on final passage. This

was carried. A brief speech for

the measure by James 11. Davis of

Taconia followed. Ha said he had

been manager of a street ear com

pany himself, and had bad no

much trouble in renewing fran

chises that he certainly favored

those which did not neew renew

ing.

A doten men rose to their feet

to reply. Speaker Conner Instead

recognized McArdle of Jefferson

who moved the previous question.

This was declared carried.

The vote of the Pierce county

delegation was:

Aye—i>hvln, Gilkey, Haw

thorne, Si-hull, Young.

No—Croft, Helnly, Guy K.

Kelly.

Barlow and MrQnesten ab

sent.

f

Carranza Seixes

British Steamer

NEW ORLEANS, March 9— Ac

cording to letters reaching her*

from Progresuo last nlghr. Car

ranza authorities at Cahpoche

have seized the British «t«amur

Wyvlß Brook and have thrown

her commander, Capt. Mulr, in