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WHIRLWIND FINISH

That ought to be the keynote now in the

tet i rendu ni caiupul^ii. If your name isn't on

the petitions, get It there right away. If you

are not ieg.Kte.red, register, so Uiat you will

be eligible. The books will close next Wed

no* day.

RUMANIAN ARMY MOBILIZED

City's to

Cut Cost

to Louie

"South-side street cars are ga-

Ing to run across the Taoma aye.

fill and come down town by the

new route. Negotiations haven't

been completed yet, but they will

be. We're going to have the ne v

route, and that's all there is to

it."

Commissioner Atkins, a resi

dent of South Tacoma, and orig

inal proponent of the Tacoma aye.

route for South Tacoma, Spun.t

way and Puyallup cars, today de

clared that the city would con

clude negotiations at once for tho

new route.

"An ordinance will be intro

duced in a few days giving the

Tacoma Railway &. Power Co. the

right to use Tacoma aye. acrous

the new fill, in order to shorten

Its line by routing cars down Jef

ferson avenue instead of Delin

street," said Atkins.

"We must arrange some com

promise on the rental of the

street. The T. It. _ P. will not

pay $2,000 a year, as we suggest

ed, but the new route Is so urg

ently needed that the council will

be glad to come down on the

price a little."

Atkins declared that In a few

years he believed South Tacoma

and Point Defiance cars would all

be routed directly across town via

Tacoma avenue.

Club Favors Plan.

Meeting last night, the Twelfth

Street Improvement club endors

ed the proposed new route 'or

South-side street cars, across the

Tacoma avenue fill, and urged

that the city make no attempt *o

force a $2,000 assessment from

the traction company before

granting the franchise.

New officers of the club, named

last night, are: Dr. R. V. Hor't,

president; F. F. Hopkins, vice

president; O. O. Snyder, secre

tary; J. F. Kllsworth, treasurer.

Kitchener

Attacked

LONDON, May 22.—With the

part of the press owned by I.ord

Northcllffe- attacking him, and

his friends rising to defend him,

Lord Kitchener today was the

center of a heated controversy in

Great Britain.

The Times, perhaps the most

powerful paper in the" country,

declares that Kitchener has

blundered in his European cam

paign, and that his mistakes have

lieen responsible for the loss of

thousands of British lives. This

is seconded by the Mail, which

says that if Kitchener were to

take active charge of the Euro

pean forces disaster doubtless

would result.

Papers friendly to Kitchener

are astounded at these attacks,

and declare that they have made

him even stronger with the coun

try than before.

PACIFICISTS

PRAISE VV. W.

MOHONK LAKE, May 22.—

President Wilson's "steadfast

maintenance" of peace with Eu

rope, while insisting also on the

full rights of America as a neu

tral, was praised by formal reso

lution of the peace conference.

TEUTONS MASS

ARMY IN PASSES

BRESCIA, Italy, May 22. —

With Austria recognizing that

war with Italy is only » '«>w hours

off, large bodies of t.a>ops, both

Austrian and German, have been

brought to the frontier. Most of

them have been concentrated In

the passes of the Alps which Ital

ians must cross before an Inva

sion of Austria can be made.

BISHOP TO CONFIRM

200 AT ST. LEO'S

Blßhop E. L. ODea will con

firm a class of 200 adults at St.

Leo's church at 10:30 o'clock to

morrow.

FIND MRS. DIFFLEY

GUILTY OF ASSAULT

THAT KILLED CHILD

miss, in i:ni \ nunrunr.

A jury of 1 2 men today brought

in a verdict of guilty in the sec

ond decree assault case ijgainxt

Mrs. Bertha Diffley.

Not until Judge Curd made the

formal announcement that lie

would not Impose sentence at

once, did the defendant or mem

bers of her family break down.

On hearing that statement, her

parents, daughter, grandchild ana

herself broke into violent weep

ing.

One woman In the throng

threw a bouquet of flowers at the

Jury.

The possible penalty Is impris

onment up tp 1(1 years. The jury

recommended clemency.

PUGILIST BEATS TAXI

MANAGER NEARLY TO

DEATH; UNDER ARREST

frank Piatt, manager for the

Tacoma Taxicab & Delivery Co.,

lies with a fractured Bkull in the

Tacoma General hospital as the

result of an encounter at an early

hour this morning with Jack

Mace, South Tacoma prizefighter.

The two men were .waiting!

about 12:30 a. m. for a South.

Tacoma caiv A quarrel arose.'

and Mace is said to have beaten

down the business man.

He then attempted to run away,

BURGLAR IN STOVE

John Glliigan, a laborer out of

work, saw a splendid chance to

burglarize a 14th street saloon

last night- and took it.

When ths bartender wasn't

looking, John crawled Into tho

big sheet-iron stove of tha saloon,

which fortunately contained no

fire. He remained crouched ln

the Booty stove until after tbe

saloon had been closed for the

night.

Then Gilligan fared forth. He

collected cash, some suitcases

and several flasks of liquor, and

was about to make his escape

with the loot when his craving

for a drink overcame his caution.

One drink led to another, and

ROSE SHOW PRIZE

LIST ANNOUNCED

Lists .if cups and prises for

rose exhibits at the annual show

of ihe Tacoma Rose society, to

be held early in June, were an

nounced today.

Rose* exhibits are classed in

nlno divisions. The smallest

number of roses permitted ln any

exhibit is three. Tacoma mer

chants, lodges, business men and

rose enthusiasts have offered

cups.

Thirty-nine cups are offered

for tfie best groups of roses and

Individual roses entered at the

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The assault charges was a pun

ishment visited on little Clarence

Hall which resulted in his death.

Mrs. Diffley worked in the Hall

home at the time as housekeeper.

A. B. Comfort, attorney for

Mrs. Diffley, could not say nt

noon whether nn appeal would lis

taken. He said he thought the

judge should give Mrs. Diffley the

minimum of six months, in view

of the jury's recommendation and

that she already has been impris

oned four months.

The woman who threw flowers

at the jury bofore she could be

restrained by a bailiff was Mrs.

Cynthia Bates, South Tacoma.

She has recently been rejected for

jury service.

with Officer Oochran in pursuit,

in his efforts to escape he broke

in the door of the Olympic drill,

Commerce st. near 9th, and there

was captured.

He is held on an open charge.

His real name is J. A. Johnson,

and he has gained considerable

local renown as a heavyweight

fighter. He is 24 years old.

Piatt has a family and re

sides at 4310 Park ay.

Those attending him say he

may not survive.

soon Oilllgan felt so good that

he lay down for a nap. He was

found asleep this morning, and

Patrolmen Fllklns and Morris ar

rested him.

"I had a good scheme. Judge,

but it simply didn't work," said

Gilligan in police court today.

"Thirty days," was the court s

reply.

County

Men In

a Break

The"first symptoms of a politi

cal fight in the board of county

commissioners came today when,

at the pavn>g contest between the

Washington Paving Co. and Jo

seph Warter, sr., before Judge

Clifford, Chairs aa Slayden and

Commissioner Williams took one

side of tbe room, and ex-Chair

nian Heed the other.

Reed y>'as as strongly for War

ter as were Slaydeu and Williams

for the big pa-lug concern.

Arguing for Warters, Attorney

John D, tivans declared that the

letting of the contract wiis unfair

because specifications were fixed

so that there was no real compe

tition.

lie alleged also thai the time

element had been omitted from

the contract altogether, no that

the commissioners might by indi

vidual and arbitrary rulings

throw out one bidder and choose

another. This, he asserted, they

actually did when they rejected

Wurter's bid and accepted that of

the Washington Paving Co., on

the pretense that the latter could

do the work more promptly than

Warter.

He asked an Injunction against

the execution of the proposed

contract.

For Ihe Washington Paving

Co., Attorney Danghorne argued

that the commissioners had acted

within their legal discretion, and

that thus it was not within the

powers of the court to question

their judgment.

Fight On

For Boy

With little Gilbert Hamilton

clinging to Ills mother's arm as if

he feared that he would be

snatched away from her again,

the fight between Mrs. Pearl

I.inn', the mother, and Mrs. Eba

Hamilton, the grandmother, was

begun today before Superior

Judge Chaupmau.

On an order which originated

from an appneatfon of the grand

mother, Mrs. I,.im' brought the

little fellow to court.

When she left the court, the

mother was no longer the custo

dian of the child. But neither

was the grandmother.

Judge Chapman, witli attorneys

for both siili's agreeing, placed,

the child under the custody of-

Juvenile Officer Healy until" the

case can lie heard further.

It was set for May 31.

Attorney Harvey for the gra'i I

mother said he was afrai.l td

leave the child with the mother,

for fear she would flee with it.

♦ * ♦

«> FINDS NRW UHE FOB h

m HOT WATER. HOTTLK 8>

<$

«> MINNEAPOLIS, May 22 \

. —By placing eggs on a hot *

-.♦■ water bottle and covering *

<S> them with a feather duster, <*>

4> Jerome Jackman claims to *

♦ have raised three broods of *>

-%■ chickens in his room at the '•$■

-* Y. M. C. A. .»

■» He says he will continue ♦

* the business, the profit be- ♦

* ing fine. *

♦ ♦.

THE HERO OF SYRACUSE HILL

He Still Is T. R.

The Ntalulpat bund which

• ■vi.. < i.-il lo capitalize the

trade depression duo to the

European war by using It as

a means of electing a reac

tionary .president next year

today sustained a second

body blow.

I In- first was tbe Immense

accession In popular approv

al which followed the presi

dent's masterful handling of

tin laivltjinm crisis.

Now comes the Syracuse

jury with a verdict against

BARNES NOW A BOSS

IN EYES OF THE LAW

SYRACPSE, May 22.—William

Barnes Is a boss, the jury in Su

preme Justice Andrews' court de

cided in awarding a verdict for

Roosevelt In the $50,000 llb-'l

suit brought against him became

the former president linked the

name of the Albany leader with

crooked business and corruption.

The Jury had been deliberating

ever since sent back yesterday by

the judge. Its verdict for the de

fendant was unanimous.

Roosevelt could not restrain his

Joy. >

T?be announcement of the ver

dict was greeted by a storm of

applause. Scores of spectators

grasped Roosevelt's hand, but be

swept them aside and hurried to

grasp the hand of Juror Burns,

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

William ItnriieM.

ibis lerdict amounts to

an official confirmation of

Hie truth of T. It.'-, charges.

Tbe Albany boss ls branded

as un undesirable . ill/in and

■ corrupt overlord of New

York politics.

His in mm nii M was conceiv

ed solely with the Intent to

break down the influence of

America* first private > ili

/<-'i. and thus further the

conspiracy of tlie special

privilege plotters.

who had been responsible for the

long deadlock, but finally vot-id

In the colonel's favor.

Expreses Appreciation.

After the judge dismissed the

jury Roosevelt led the members

into an adjoining room.

Foreman Somers explained that

the jury had taken 41 ballots.

Apparently moved, Roosevelt

expressed his appreciation.

"There is only one return 1 can

make and 1 assure you," said lie,

"that all my life I will act in

public and in private affairs In .-,

,way which will give none of you

a reason to regret your verdict.

I will behave, as an American citi

zen should, feeling it my treble

duty under the ootigation which

you have imposed."

—ffe-— r ___ , '

WEATHER

Tacoma and vicinity: Showers

tonight and Sunday.

Washington: Showers, wes; fair,

east portion.

He failed, as he was cer

tain to fail before an uiipre

iuili.-i-il Judge and jury. His

failure makes all the more

ni 1.1 in that no man of the

1t... t. Merrick, Weeks or

Fairbanks tgf. will succeed

Woodrow Wilson.

And iin for Roosevelt, who

can say? The Times does not

like, and it believes the peo

ple generally do not like, his

recent, attitude toward our

foreign relations and Ids

(oiiiih-iiin embarrassing to

the ailiiiiiiiNiriiiii.il.

lII'T.UK HTIM. IS TEDDY

noOSEVKLT!

100 Die

In Wreck

CARLISLE. England, May 22.

—More than a hundred persons

are reported killed ln a collision

of three passenger trains on the

Caledonia railway near Qretna.

Those who perished were

crushed or burned when the

trains came together and the

wreckage caught fire.

Forty bodies have been recov

ered. Three hundred are in

jured.

A troop train seems to have

collided with a-passenger and an

other passenger then crashed Into

the wreck. The boiler of the

third engine exploded.

Balkan

Nation

Ready

NOME, Mny 22—With a gen

eral understanding that Rumania

and Italy will act in concert In

their expected war against Ann.

tria, Rumania has mobilized Its

entire Hrmy at Bucharest.

It Is likely that war notes will

be sent from both Italy and Ru

mania to Austria tonight. King

Victor Kniinunuel this afternoon

put his seal giving Ihe cabluet

plenary powers In dealing with

Austria.

The armies of both Italy and

Austria are at the border, await

ing the word which will send

them into a collision.

Rumaula up to the present h.is

been unablo to decide whether to

participate In the war because of

the fact that outside Influen.-us

almost completely dominate the

government.

Russia probably Is the strong

est factor, but If concessions of

land and added Independence

were guaranteed by the allies,

this influence probably would be

ignored.

Tbe country has an army of

2.-.0.000 ftien, nnd a small navy.

Force Germans Rack.

PKTROCRAD. May 22-By dn

tennined counter attacks, the

Russians In (lalida have for.-cd

Uen. yon Mackenzen's left wing

to retire to the east bank of the

Ban, 30 miles north of Przemy il.

Allies I'm Gas.

HKRI.IN, May 22.- The char.?n

uns made today that the allies nee

using mines which give off pois

onous gases, west of Lille and la

Argonne.

French I'se Itayonet.

PARIS. May 22. -By daring

bayonet charges, tlie Krench ha.;e

advanced their lines near Notrn

Dame.

Vote Next Week.

HKRI.IN. May 22.—Cermanv'«

reply to President Wilson's imte

will be completed Monday ,r

Tuesday, so Foreign Minister yon

Jagow today informed Ambassa

dor Gerard.

Buy-at-Home

Day Succeeds

Are you a man?

Then do your duty.

Make a purchase today. lt'»

Men's Buy-at-Home day, and yon

will be branded as a traitor to

the cause of upbuilding Tacoma,

If you don't assist in the cam

paign to build up Tacoma's n

ternal trade.

During the early portion of the

day, stores dealing in men's goods

reported a phenomenal sale.

When to Buy

When to buy ia always tlie

big question.

Buying at the right time

is responsible for the big.

gest fortunes ln thla city.

Now is certainly the right

time to buy real estate.

No arguments are needed

on tills point.

Every Saturday The Time*

carries the very best offer.

lugs from the real estate

dealers of Taroma. Page 7.