HOME EDITION |, Tell Got.*Hay that you want to cast your own II. vote for president. Sign the petition on page 4 II

today. y VJIVOL. VIII., NO. 292.

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HOME EDITIONy ''„*They - are talking; one ' more' about' itaking,

some of the risks oat of football. They've doneit several times already, but It', no parlor gameyet.

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' YALE AND HARVARD PLAY TIERoberts, Metcalf and

Rydstrom OpposePeople's Plan

LEGISLATUREAGAINST APRIMARY

Dow—Yes.CameronYes.Laube—Yes.. Schutt—

'rf Jamleson —Rydstrom —No.Roberts No.MetcalfNo.That's the way YOUR legisla-

tors line up on the proposition ofa presidential primary.

Jamieson, a good progressive,believes that the people can beatTaft without a presidential prim-ary.

Metcalf, Roberts and Rydstrom,standpatters, give various rea-tons why they are against thePeople's Plan.

Hut the real reason Is that theyare against the progressive move-ment. They know the majority ofthe people would rather have La-Follette than Taft and they wantto name Taft in defiance of thewishes of the people.

And they are YOUR representa-tives. . .

Want Convention . System.The -gang —the Metcalf-

Roberts-Ryd.trom plan—ls to In-sist on tha old hand-picked, ma-chine-made, boss-ruled conventionsystem, where carefully selecteddelegates could be put throughprimary caucuses and county andstate conventions — men whowould follow orders.

That's the only way they know.They have kept in politics underthe old system. No wonder they

are against the People's Plan. .But regardless of Rydstrom,

Metcalf and Roberts, the fightagainst delivering the vote ofWashington, over to Taft will goon. ' .

Petitions for an extra session toenact a presidential primary laware pouring into the Times officeby the hundreds. The labor peo-ple over the state and the grangesalso have petitions out.

The progressives have gone backto the people.

Up to Gov. Hay.At the conference here on De-

cember 5 a* the Temple of Musictho petitions from all over the

What the Legislators SaySenator Arvid Rydstrom"l

certainly am opposed to any spe-cial session. It would cost $2,---000,000. If the legislature wouldget down there they would get intoapportionment and roagi legisla-tion and it would be very expen-sive to the state. On the pri-mary proposition I have not givenit any thought at all."

Senator John L. Roberts—"Oh,I'm opposed to a special session. Itwould be very unwise to call thelegislature together; you could nottell what they would do. I havea great deal of confidence ln theAmerican voter, and I think thepresent system of securing dele-gates for president willbe entirelysatisfactory." -' *«

Representative It. W. Janiicson—"I am a progressive and for La-Follette, hut I don't believe in aspecial session of the legislature.This state is overwhelmingly pro-gressive, and if we have not gotsand.enough to get in and whipthe stand-patters in the caucuseswe don't deserve to win. I hopethe agitation will keep up, how-ever, and force the state commit-tee to call primaries and let thepeople get busy.

"I am for the presidential prl-

Little Irritations of Life

state will be presented to Gov.Hay.

Any Improvement club or so-ciety or group of men, 100. lnnumber, can send a delegate tothe conference. The only condi-tion is that they carry credentialsfrom their organization, endorsingthe presidential primary.

Within the next few days theTimes will tell how other mem-bers of the legislature feel on thisimportant issue.

Petitions can be secured at theTimes office in shape for circula-tion. Or cut out the one on .pagolour today. Sign it and mail itto the Times.

Mary, but I don't believe it lanecessary to call a special sessionfor It now."

Representative It. 1). Schutt"lam always for rule by the people.If petitions sufficient to show anyconsiderable sentiment of the peo-ple in favor of calling a specialsession to pass a law for the presi-dential primary are presented Ithink the session should be calledand the aw passed. I wanted thepresident and everything else In-cluded In the primary law when itwas passed."

Representative James Cameron"I am in favor of the idea allright and I think the primary isthe way the delegates ought to bechosen. I don't know whether Iam enthusiastic over the specialsession idea. I am not opposedto it, though. It Is only a ques-tion whether if the people wouldturn out and take an interest theycould not accomplish the samething in caucuses." '.

Senator Ralph Metealf — mthink It would be very dangerousto call the legislature in specialsession for members would wantto be taking up other matters anda long drawn out . and expensivesession might result. *It seems tome some other way of getting thesentiment of the two parties onthe candidates for president. Ihave no plan to suggest, but 1 amgoing to think about It and see If 1can evolve one."

Representative Lorenzo Dow—"I am for a special session If nec-essary or anything else that willgive the people the opportunity ofnaming their officials. The peo-ple and not the politicians shouldselect the candidates to run forpresident. I think they are get-ting very tired of the conventionof handpicked delegates and theywant a voice in national as well ascity politics.

"if the legislators cannot go toOlympia and provide a way - forthe' people to put this-state- onrecord on candidates for the presi-dency and get home again withoutspending a lot of money, It is deadsure there were a lot of mistakesmade In electing a legislature." >

Representative Frank, J. Laube— am heartily in favor of thepresidential primary and for thespecial session if the people wantit. Of course a special session Initself is not desirable, but If thepeople want it, it is up to them,and they should have It.' Ibelievewithout doubt the people in thisstate are for LaFollette, but If ItIs left to the convention 'system toname delegates T- am 'afraid thestate is apt to be for Taft."

Drink GetsPat Crowe

(By United Press Leased Wire.)CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 25.—Pati

Crowe; who i attained • world-widenotoriety by kidnaping Eddie Cud-1ahy some years \u25a0 ago, • began serv-ing today a term in a Chicago san-itarium for drunkenness. . CroweWas arrested three weeks ago andpromised to leave the city if giv- ien another chance. He has hadmany chances, but always failed.When the police picked . him ' upagain he was railroaded.

WEATHER FORECAST.Rain tonight and Sunday.

Sues Autoist WhoRan Down Girl

LITTLE EMILI^OORTZ. ~ **> *' '-.

Mr*. Agnes Cortz, mother ofTony. Cortz, whom the NorthernPacific Is; trying to beat out ofa 84,000 Judgment for the loss ofhis -leg",' yesterday, started suit Insuperior court" against George J.Ketcham of Stanup for $10,00.0

for Killingher five-year-old daugh-ter jjf'mlly tills summer, runningthe fiiil.l, down ln ,an automobileen /ranter street. r\ '( \u25a0

*\u25a0 Abel BJork also sued the city ofT*Mp_ for $10,000 for the deathof. tohild who drowned In thecity water flume at South Tacoma.

JEKYLL-HYDEMURDERER ISFOUND GUILTY

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Nov. 25.After. deliberating for five-hoursthe Jury in the case" of BertramSpencer, the - Jekyll-Hyde charac-ter who killed Martha Blackstonewhile attempting robbery, return-^ed a verdict of guilty of murder in!the first degree at 3:10 o'clockthis'morning....';:'

Despite the early hour the courtroom was filled when the .verdictwas read. Spencer * apparentlydid not realize its import, but hi.wife, for whom he robbed andslew, collapsed.

' Was Strange Character.Spencer Is one of the most re-

markable criminals ever produced'n New England. A peaceful andlaw-abiding worker 'vfi'yyday, atnight' he became a ' robber <of thegreatest daring ''. and. plunderedscores of homes in Springfield,taking chances of 'capture whichhave never been surpassed. /7J7.;1;

After a carter which resulted Ina veritable reign 'oftl> terrorgj >n 1

Springfield, Spencer's finish cameone .night when he entered thehome of Miss Blackstone, held up'.he woman and two friends, and,on leaving, shot her down Inwhat was seemingly pure wanton-ness) '-...-"-Ai.peculiarly shaped watcnchami belonging to Spencer foundnear.the Blackstone home led totho arrest. ' Spencer's home wassearched and the loot from a scoreof

%robberies was found. .--,.-.

Bury BeattieBeside Wife

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 25—Thebody of Henry Clay Beattle, Jr.,will'be buried tomorow.".". besideH_t of'the woman he murdered.:

' Mrs. Seattle's family will move]Mr.. Seattle', grave away. ::>- *

NEITHER CANSCORE IN

BATTLEVole 0, Harvard 0.Navy 8, Army 0. " \u25a0

Minnesota 0, Illinois 0 (Ist half)

(Hy United Press Leased Wire.)SOLDIERS' FIELD. CAM-

BRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 25.—Har-vard brawn and bulldog grit bat-tled here today In one of thefiercest conflicts between thegreat rival universities since thefirst football was kicked over agridiron. And the finish was noscore— Harvard nothing; Yalenothing. * .~~in.

Strong In confidence, more thanhalf of New Haven crowded Intothe stadium, and 40,000 peoplehung breathless.

Never in the long series of con-flicts between the crimson and theblue has a* game been so stubborn-ly played. Wendell, for Harvard,and I'lillbin and Camp, for Yale,showed prodigies of prowess, andthe severity of the struggle wasseen in the fact that an almostrecord number of the footballgiants were forced to retire.

HeneyScores i

Fisher(By United' Press Leased Wire.)

SEATTLE, j Nov. 25. —In aspeech at the Y. M. C. A. herelast night, Francis J. Heney .cor-ed Secretary of the Interior. Fish-er for his stand on national re-sources. \u0084

"Fisher, alleged progressive,has come out for exploitation ofthe country,. under the \ name of'development,' "' said Heney. ...

"He favor, regulation. Regu-late these matters after they grabthe country, the land and the la-bor power represented in waterpower and coal? No, we can'tregulate them then. 'i They willregulate us. £>>*\u25a0;„',' ""' . "*.:?"

"Grab the country and call 'itdevelopment?. Where do we comeIn? Why we are developed back-wards Just as fast as our commonproperty goes Into a. few hands.Wo are going mad over this de-velopment business." s

CORNELL WINS RACE.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)BROOKLINE, Mass., -Nov. 25.

—^Cornell today won the cross-country Intercollegiate champion-ship here, scoring 48 .points. Haryard was second with 68 andPennsylvania third with' 125. :.:

®*(SHOPPINGmm . DaysBEFORE ChRISWAJ„ - . \C9HT%]\?*m\Never look a \h»Hj»

gift in the price -y-.'N* fc.*>^

How I Earned My First DollarBeing One of a Series of Little Histories of How Different Successful

/... 7A ?S$ Tacoma Men Got Their Start in Life. vZ?.^ jy-y ;.;

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To be a lawyer . was JudgeCard's earliest ambition. *>A. anatural consequence he earnedhis first dollar as office boy for_

Tacoma law firm in 1889. ;

Judge Card was then only 13

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--and began studying ln the nightschools. He worked and studiedfor four years until he was ableto |go* to High , school, where | hecompleted the-- course In twoyears.""* "He" was the hardest studentthe High school ever had. i;"«T;Tcr; earn funds .to 7 put htmthrong college, young Card got aposition ! packing , shingles In ashingle mill. In a year', time be

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was on his way to Leland Stanford university, s where .he . took *ifour years'; law , course. . Later hispent two years at Cornell. '.

As a full-fledged lawyer h«.came back to Tacoma to practice.He: became justice of , the .peace,and last November was ' ' elected. Judge of the \u25a0 superior court. |?.. On Monday Sheriff \u25a0'- Longmire i

> will tell of his first dollar. •

Tries to TrapMrs, Patterson

/" '••'':: MRS. GERTRUDE PATTERSON. ——————(By United. Press Leased Wire.)DENVER, Col., Nov. 25.—

With- head bung low, weary anddejected, Mrs. Gertrude Patterson,on i trial ,for the murder of herhusband, Charles Patterson, wasthe target for a deluge of merci-less questions from ProsecutorBenson today. ..-- - . : y»

.The prosecutor showed up sev-eral contradictions In her testi-mony. ..>.'.•.......;. . . '\u25a0..• .1,

She '.identified;, a letter which(.he wrote, to Patterson', motherover a * year »ago, declaring. thatshe would: not* pay her husband'sbills. Yesterday Mrs. Pattersontestified that she paid all her hus-band's bills. . „,..

The witness admitted that shehad ordered Patterson's motherout of the sanitarium, where hewas * confined. ,-.,..? A, —,~/7~~\u25a0—••- Denies Stormy Scene.

Mrs. Patterson denied that whenher husband found In her purse 'aietter signed "E. W. S., Strauss'initials,, .he cursed htm, declaringthat she cared more for ."thatman" than her husband, and thatif Patterson did hot like it he"could get to hell •' out." >:

The charge that while Pattersonwas in | the j sanitarium she' wentto Chicago - and \u25a0£ remained fourlay. was admitted. y.y".-, , " j,

The defendant had insisted thather relations with her husband 'were unpleasant last July. Ben-son produced a letter her husbandwrote her on jJuly. 9 ; wherein he 5said that .hi* whole thought wu \u25a0-'\u25a0for her. The letter was signed"Chick" with . the Latin phrase *"I-love you." ,; \u25a0„\u25a0-\u25a0',,, { r--\z7'7 7 '.:

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of letter, written by both the "•"murdered husband and ,bis wife.''-Both express love for each other. .One, written by ",-Mr*. Pattersonand signed "Gertie" dated Septem- >-ber ] 13, | twelve day. before thetragedy, reads: . *'--.-. 'j-nx^.r,.-

a% "Dear Chick: Your letter -to ?very sweet. Bat I em worriedabout money. One by one thing,must go—then my end. -I prefer '\u25a0

death to ' poverty." . "'\u25a0Another letter'lntroduced, writ. |

ten by Patterson July 5, la en- ,dearing. It .aid: ,\

"Iwas the tlredeat Chick when 'you left me last night. It was so 1sweet to be with yon, and jI will ,lie. happy, happy \u25a0 when - we gel -fixed. Just be my sweet Little Joe \u25a0

i.ml I'm ready to come home when-ever you say. I love yon always.1 have many compliment, »about ',.my pretty, wife. . She I. surely the .sweetest in the world.'';*".•*,.**,'-, •

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yABERDEEN/ Nov. 26.—Aber-deen Is' an armed camp today. ;

Five iihundred business men,iworn in jas volunteer policemen,ire' determined 'to '.stamp' the - In-lustrial Workers of the World oatjfthe clty.v'i"'-.«,',-,^yvViUv;^. - 7\\That the Worker, have no lnten-lon of quitting is seen ln the fol-owing telegram sent broadcast to

'.. W. fW. organizers in'the North-vest: yy'\ \u25a0 AA..;. -\u25a0 H-/."Wanted—One;, thousand ;.3 mena enforce the first amendment ofirtlcle one of tin* Constitution."*ij;' The ; article in . question 'ls the

one iguaranteeing free \ speech. "

'7'-ARed vs. the: Whites{'"y7+.' The. riots started «f» last fe nightwhen the police .and tho: specials,leach wearing a white ribbon, raov-JJed down on' a mass "meeting called.

iat the Empress theater. »..- ', tThe I. W. W. and sympathizers

wore red badges, and a hot. fightwas precipitated. between' the \ redand the .white.y^.y^-^Jf>>*/;7f.

The imeeting was J broken up.Another, meeting started at anoth-er hall -was stopped. *',?*r_^'f^fe&SjjQ

Driven Out of Town.Instead of arresting men the po-

lice escorted, them' to the 'city, lim-its and > posted" guards to preventtheir retura.>.^^^J^?">*i2S^

Guards were placed at the depotto v-prevent the ~ilanding of anymore of,''. the.' workers/rfj^^tSJ; The I. W. W.s are making theircamp iat Junction JCity, outsideAberdeen. ;~^y>:-'K^^fjf^^Sßs Hoqulum, Montesano ] and 1othertowns ' have ; volunteered ito help.;i"Mayor Park'threatens to call outthe 'militia.-

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