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I _' • ' 4 TACiMA

DR. WAITE DENIES HE IS CRAZY

MAM ARRESTED M BREACH OF PROMISE CASE

It is rumored that the cause of the death '

of \Y. J. Kvans, who died here last full, will

he Investigated. Mr. Evans was thought to ;

have killed himself ut the time, but was later ;

undecided.—Mklnda <'<>■'. or the Little River

(Ark.) News. '.

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CAM QRL OF 14 I

LOVE AS WIFE?

KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May 10.—Can a girl "I remained with him because of Eitßeiie,

of ll reully love with the love that v wife our boy. Finally I decided to leave Kan- [!]

should have for her husband. bus City, and I went to Davenport, la., to jjj

Or are the tlutteiiiigs of a 11-year-old lieiirt live with my sister. I have a good post- jjj

a mere infatuation for the first beau? Hon (here und lam earning a living for jjj

These are questions a Kansas City .jury of my little hoy." [1

12 mere men must decide in a $25,000 "heart The hoy is now seven years old; Mrs. Shank I

halm" suit brought by Howard 11. Shank is 22. ...

against S. Kdwin Wilmore, wealthy property .Mrs. Phank recently was divorced from jjj

owner, whom he claims alienated the aft'ec- Shank and his suit charging Wilmore with ft!

Hon of his young wife. alienation followed. ~jj

Shank has answered the first question Wilmore owned tho house In which the

in the nfliiinative. Shanks first lived in Kansas City, and met J)

He says that, In spite of the fact pretty H»e Pretty child-wife when he went there to II

Mrs. Shank whs only II when they we: c collect the lent. 11l

married, she did love him mid that lie has Shank stated Wilmore made many other l

a right to expect that her uffeetlon would visits to the house, and became unduly I

mil cool. friendly With Mrs. Shank; that Mrs. Shank jlj

Mrs. Shank ■!s■■■ there could be no •*•< to I picni.' with Wilmore, sat with him ll

alienation of love as love did not ovist, during the ride out into the country, ami that -it

and she answers the argument ol' her ollt »•*• ""'J' s;,t '•» * long lime on a hill HI

hiisbaml with this imm/.iiig revelation of »l""'t lrom ,lu> o\hr\a looking at the scenery.

the iViiiiiiiiir lien i Ut*. Wilmore has tcstil'ieil she s.vmpalhizes II

"LOVK AT M YEARS OF AC.X IS NOT W»M Shank and that she did not think her

LOVE. IT II SCHOOL OIRL INFATUA- husband had treated Shank fairly. |

TION. BVKRT OIRL AT THAT YOUTH- • ♦ j

POL PERIOD THINKS SHE IS OBLTOED I J

TO MARHY 11 EH FIuST HEAD. SUES Is a ajmi 1« years of Ml capable of |

AFRAID NO ONE WILL EVER ASK loving a niau as ii wife should love her |

HER Af.AIN." ' husband? . !

This is only part of the testimony made by | Wlmt Is your oniiiion of early mar- | 11l

the young wife to support her claim that than ; llmces'.' Are they successful o" not.

was no affection. She is quoted M saying: The Times would like to hear from \ |j

"Mr. Shank took me from n well-to-do | readers on these quest lons, brought up by ll

home and made me live in a hovel. He was the case at Mrs. Shanks. ;j

Ii and I was just a school girl of I 1 when we | tiive your opinion in 10$ or ■$$ words, it

were limrriod. , Write on only one side of a sheet of paper j ||

"It was an unfair advantage of me. 1 never ] and send ,your opinion to the editor. Ij

loved him. I just thought because he was my j Ij

first beau I must niarrj him. f- — — $ ij

WE FIND

CLASS A

BOOSTER

W. G. Rowland Is a real Taco

man.

He Is willing to work for the

city in order to help the munici

pality gets Its book straightened

up, whether he receives a penny

of pay for the work or' not.

Rowland was appointed chief

clerk to Harbormaster Parks.

Then the council found that the

appointment wasn't legal, and

that, although Rowland had

worked two weeks, he couldn't

receive any pay.

Rowland Is still working. He

Is checking up the shipping rec

ords, and getting out a compre

hensive report of the port's busi

ness.

"Ifoiin d things ln an awful

mess," he said today.

"The harbormaster hasn't

enough time to do justice to the

Job. As a result Tacoma Isn't

getting fair representation among

the ports of the world.

"1 want to see Tacoma on the

map of commerce. I'm going io

finish this job, and get out a re

port on Tacoma's trade, whether

or not the city pays me. 1 don't

think I will get a cent, but I'm

glad to donate my time to such

a cause."

Mayor Faweett said today that

he would he glad to appoint Row

land harbormaster, and leave

Parks remain In the position of

dock superlntendency.

The harbormaster's job only

pays ITS a month, and Rowland

says that he cannot take the posi

tion for that money.

LINCOLN HIGH

PLAY TONIGHT

Seventy-five Lincoln Park high

school thespians are Impatiently

pawing the ground until tonight,

when the curtain raises on the

first act of "Sherwood," the sen

ior class play.

Miss Docia Dodd, who has

coached the students throughout,

believes the production will he

the greatest ever attempted by a

high Bchool cast. O. 11. Sperlin,

of the high school faculty, will be

stage director and Is said to have

completed some novel stage ef

fects.

• "Sherwood" will be full of

music, songs and dancing. Pie

high school orchestra will play

between acta.

ASKS $50,000 AS

HEART BALM

Glenn Orr. wealthy Sleila

coom resident, who was

made defendant in v *•">«>,

tioo breach of promise suit

filed yesterday in the su-

IM'lior court hy Libel Wild

ron, is under a 91.000 cash

i. nil md.iv to answer a crim

inal information filed against

him for aliened seduction.

The seduction cliurgo was

made hy the same woman

who brought the breach of

promise unit. Orr was ar

rested April 28.

The prosecuting attorney's of

fice today said the nature of the

case, according to the story told

by Miss Wildron, was such that

they did not wish to proceed un

less It was absolutely necessary.

According to Miss Wlldron's

story, Orr lias lived for several

years with a sister at Stellacoom,

where he has acquired consider

able property.

It Is said that the majority of

the property has been deeded

over to his sister during the last

year.

' Miss Wildron claims that Orr

has had friendly relations with

her for a period extending over

six years. She claims that he

said he was madly in love with

her all the time and Insisted he

wanted to marry her.

She says he used his wiles,

blandishment.-, and physical force

to place her In such a condition

that she was unable to withstand

his attentions and was about to

become a mother.

Later, she claims, he promised

he would take her to Denver, Col.,

where he promised again he

would marry her. He placed her

In the Cottage Home, a woman's

hospital, where she was given

medical attention which left her

In such a condition that she

doubts If she ever will recover.

While in such a condition, she

alleges, he left her. She was

forced to work at hard manual

labor to £am enough to come t«

Tacoma. Since then Orr has

steadfastly refused to have any

thing to do with her, she charges,

and she claims that her relations

with him have made all possibil

ity of a marriage with any other

LOOKING POUR YEARS BACKWARD

TWELVE DAYS before the 1912 G. O. P. convention the

national committee met in Chicago to hear contests over dele

gates. And William Jennings Brynn, In a remarkable article

published In The Times predicted that Roosevelt would bolt

the republican party and make an IndepenCent race for tho

presidency.

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man impossible.

Hessie Kaniarad has filed suit

for broach of promise against

Owen O'Furrel, of Orting. She

alleges O'Farrel lived on an .id

joining ranch and entered into

an agro. ment with her to marry

at a certain time. She claims he

failed to live up to his agreement.

To Quiz

District

Attorney

Clay Allen, United States at

torney for this district, and Win

ter S. Martin, one of the assist

ants, will he asked to explain to

a federal court jury this week

why they went for cruises about

the Sound as guests of members

of the Yellow Owls gang of al

leged smugglers, and what oc

curred on such occasions.

They will be called, it became

known today, as witnesses for the

defense of Louis IJing, Louis

Lung Gin and seven other Chinese

alleged members, of the gan on

trial in Seattle.

Attorney Martin is prosecuting

the Chinese for the government

before Judge Neterer.

It was also stated by tho do

fense shortly after the trial open

ed that Inspector Thomas M.

Fisher, of the Immigration serv

ice, who was responsible for the

arrest of the gang, will he a wit

ness for tlie defense, and will be

questioned closely concerning his

visits to the haunts of the Chi

nese.

The Yellow Owls are said to

have operated between Tacoma,

Seattle and Vancouver, B. C,

bringing Chinese and contraband

opium here.

The estimated profit of their

business, covering a period of

more than two years, is well over

$1,000,000.

Allen denies he had anything

to do with the Yellow Owls.

Munitions shipments lease

TELLS I

WASTED

CAREER

\K\V YORK, May 2«. —

Still calm and placid, Hi*.

Arthur Warren Waite left

the stand al noon today a iter

Kiting the mo-t remarkable

testimony ever heard in the

criminal court here.

lie doiiied he attempted to kill

his wife, but admitted consider

ing it.

When asked flatly, "Are yon

crazy?" he replied that lie

thought not.

Tells Sordid Story.

He admitted saying ll(> waß

ready to pay the death penalty,

and denied conspiring to get up

an insanity del'ensp.

Before that he had told a wler

edly sordid story of how he tried

poisonous gas, arsenic, ground

j glass and other methods In ills

'attempt to kill his wealthy ratlier

in-law, John B. I'eck, in order to

get his money.

He related how he had fed (he

peck family millions of deadly

ili-ease germs.

"What was your purpose In ad

ministering germs to all those

people," he was asked.

"1 wanted them to die."

"Why?"

Simply Wanted Money.

"I wauled their money," was

his calm statement.

Hy Waite's own testimony, tha

defense intends to prove that tlie

confessed poisoner of his wife's

parents was insutie at the time of

the crime.

Relating his life history, the

prisoner admitted a long scries of

thefts from the time he was a

hoy, through the university, and

up to the time he pilfered $10

from Hie purse of the mother of

the girl he married.

Throughout the story, nis

young wife sat near him with

head bowed. Waite seemed calm

on the witness stand. He smiled

a resigned sort of smile almost

constantly.

One Theft Afler Another.

When a child, he said, he was

cruel to animals, shirked his

home work, stole from every one

for whom he worked, stole exam

ination papers at school and rob

bed his fraternity brothers at Hie

University of Michigan.

"My total thefts during fresh

man year at college amounted to

about |MO," ho said.

After graduation, while travel

ing for a dental supply house, he

said he stole $I,iioo Iryin hla em

ployers.

Recounting his wooing of Miss

Peck, he hung his head as he

admitted the theft of a $10 hill

from the purse of the girl's moth

er.

"Were you ln love with Miss

Peck?" he was asked.

"1 don't know," he replied.

I .-il Aunt (jround i.lhs-..

Waite said he put ground glass

ln a can of marmalade and gave

it to Miss Katherine Peck, a weal

thy aunt of his bride, just before

his marriage. He also put dis

ease germs In a can of fish and

gave that to her.

Afterward he frequently gave

her various germs, includldng ty

phoid, while he was studying bac

teriology. He said he was able

to buy germs of diphtheria, pneu

monia. Influenza aud spinal men

ingitis, lie said He had . given

Mrs. Peck, his hrlde's mother,

millions of germs also.

Asked how many kin<jU< of

germs he had administered to \lr

Peck, he said: v

1.1 iiesoine Recital.

"Typhoid, diphtheria, pneu

monia and others.

"I put water In the sheets on

his bed so that he would catch

cold, hut he didn't. 1 also put a

chemical compound in his room

which would create a poisonous

gas, hut It failed to produce re

sults. One night I turned on the

gas, hut the superintendent of the

CROWDING THE FAVORITE SONS!

building came up and turned it

Off.

"I gave him arsenic a few days

before iie was planning to go

■Way. I think it was three or

four days before Mr. Peck died

that 1 began to give him arsenic.

Once or twice it was ill egg-nog

and once in rice pudding and then

Once In hot milk."

Waite told of sleeping on tlie

couch on the night before his

father-in-law's death, so us not

to disturb his wife. He got up an

hour after retiring, he said, and

administered chloroform to Mr.

Peck.

Road Used

By Troops

Wired Up

COLI-.MBCS, May 2G- Sol

diers arriving from the front to

day reported growing hostility of

the Carranza soldiers toward

Americans.

Barbed wire obstacles, they

said, were placed in the roadway

at Casas Grandes, and motor

trucks were stoned when they it

tempied to remove the hartcades.

Several soldiers were struck.

Carranza soldlerqgpere noticed

In the mob. The commander of

tlie Americans prevented the

troops from using their guns.

KILL ol TI.IU CHI KIT AIN

NAMIQUIPA, May 26.—Ameri

can troops today killed Cande

lai io Cervantes, outlaw chieftain,

South of Las Crucee.

AHVIKKB OtWRT-MAKTIAL

WASHINGTON, D. C, May 2«.

--Gen. Funston today recom

mended court-martial for the 116

Texas militiamen who refused to

report for border duty. The m;n

are held at Ban Antonio.

| Talk o' the Times |

(•reelings, why not give up

the horses and <h,i <■ \ ilia in

taxis?

WK HOPE) CARRIE BOND WILL

rORQIVI IS FOR THIS:

When you come to the end of a

perfect day,

When the round of toil is done?

And the hour comes to hit the

bay,

Till the rising of the sun!

How swell this dull old world

would be,

If the nights were three days

long;

My ostermoor has charms for

me,

And my snore Is my best song!

Yes, Indeed,

Guess Aga n!

Out of the convent into

a fashionable gambling

house, is quite a .jninn.

When Diana discovered

it, it nearly made her

tlizzv.

Hilt that wasn't all.

Diana also learned who

she is.

And that's what

brought her to "Pidgin

Island."

The first ins talhnent

of "Pidgin Island," the

novel-a-week beginning

next Monday in The

Times, finds Diana deep*

ly engrossed in the art of

catching bass.

Hardly exciting? tiiicss

again!

ll**** NIGHT EDITION,****^

I WEATHER I

t Tacoma: Partly cloudy tonight •

F and Saturday. i

I Wasnington: Same. E

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Just suppose ji had been all the

d"ess patterns, instead of engine

latierns that had burned up yes

terday!!

RATHER OOOD AHVK'K

Avoid being hit with a ball

or any other hard Mib-lance.

—The Optical Journal.

IN Till: UNPREPAREDKBM

PARADE

The man who always has to

borrow matches.

Tacoma Central Labor Council.

The womnn who keeps her car

fare burled in her handbag under

a perk of dress goods samples,

two extra veils, three letters, l r>:J

spare hairpins and four old thea

ter programs.

The pinhead who never visits

the dentist until he has a tooth

ache.

' 'Twas during Klizabeth's reign.

She wore an elaborate trelgn,

Which required enough

Of trimmings and -tough

To drive any modiste iuseign."

Mrury The Tailor's idea of

• SOFT SNAP.

■ in

STUFF

HERE

War munitions for I'u

tamt, uhicli have been pa-s

--ing through Tacoimi lo llio

Orient to the extent of mil

lions of dollars since Iho

great mir started, have ceas

ed as suddenly as they be

gan, ft was learned today.

Whether it is an Indica

tion that the great, powers

nic evpciing peace in Hie

near future, or whether tliey

hu\e become aide to supply

themselves with the tiece—l

ties of warfare, is v matter

of conjecture.

Ever since ilie war started, mu

nitions have been coming from

the east to Tacoma by traluload

after traiiiload They included

everything from rifles, heavy ar

tillery and ammunition, to trac

tor engine*, army automobiles,

ami airships.

The railroad yards have been

cluttered with the great bulk of

war freight. Ships could not bo

obtained lo handle the stuff as

spocdilv as il accumulated here.

These shipments suddonlv ceis

ed two *ra ks ago. The Ameri

can-Hawaiian liner Honolulu,

which cleared Wednesday for

Vladivostok, took the last cargo

of munitions,

None Here or fin Route.

There is not another crate ol

war goods in Tacoma, and there

Is no more en route to this port.

The Honoliiluan's cargo was

valued at $T,n 000.

Freight shipments to the Orient

continue to arrive In Tacoma

dally, lv immense Quantities. Tho

shipping has Increased month ojf

month during the past year, until

this port is handling morn exports

than ever before. Rut the mu

nitions, which formed a great

part of the cargoes a year ago,

are missing.

Harbormaster L. 0. Parks de

clared today that he was making

an Invrstigtaioii of tlie unusual

condition. He confessed that the

cessation of war shipments had

puzzled him for two weeks, and

that he could find no reason for,

it.

"It would look, on the face ot

things, as if the European pow

ers were contemplating a speedy,

end to the war." said the harbor

master. "1 believe that this la

of momentous Importance."

At Other Port*, Too.

The cessation of war shipments

Is said to have occurred simul

taneously at Seattle and Port

land.

It Is not believed possible that

the allies could have placed them

selves in a position where they

could provide themselves with

munitions, as the demand for

American-made war materials

has increased steadily with tho

continuance of the war, rather

than decreased.

It Is also out of consideration

that these shipments should havo

been routed by any other manner,

as Puget Bound has been consid

ered the "hack door" for ship

ping to Europe.

MRS. MATTERS TO

FACE NEW CHARGE

CHICAGO, May 26.—Mra.

Dolly Matters and two co-defend

ants were acquitted on a charge

of conspiring to foist a spurious

heir on the proliate court of Cook

county. She will now face a pen

jury charge in connection with tho

last case.

NEW YORK RECRUIT

DOWNS AEROPLANE

PARIS, May St.— Lieut. Thaw,

of New York, downed a German

aeroplane in the Verdun sector

last night, it was officially staled.