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LET'S GIVE HENRY FORD A
POST-CARD'THANKSHOWER' |||
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT?
Ford has done a big thing—greater than the build
ing of libraries or the founding of universities.
He has blazed a path which, followed by employ
ers the world over, would solve the "labor trouble!"
His plan is to let his workingmen who make his
profits possible share in those profits—not just nib
ble at them, himself keeping the big end—he would
GET THE PINK
The Times Pink comes out at 4:80 every
afternoon. The Confessions of a Rounder"
are taking the town by storm. Every
body's reading them. Join the band wagon
and be a Pink reader. You'll have some
fun and enjoy It all.
I HAD ANOrHFR funny time on
the car this morning.
J. F. LIBBY, who used to be a
county commissioner, Baw me
on It, and he wanted to ride
with me.
BIT THE CAR didn't stop.
BECACSE THERE WAS another
one coming.
HOWEVFR, J. F. insisted on run
ning.
SO DID THE car I was on.
AND AROI'T TIIK time he was
puffing along in the middle of
the block along came the other
car.
AND IT PASSED HIM, too.
NOW I'M SORRY I didn't get off.
I KNOW I would have added to
my vocabulary some new and
awful words.
I AM SCRPRISEI) at Gaby.
OCR DRAMATIC critic Is peeved
at her.
AND ANOTHER critic says that If
Manuel ever fell ror ncr, Man
uel ought to have his brain ex
amined.
WITH A MICROSCOPE.
I AM THE ONLY fellow in the
oflce who Isn't kicking about
the show.
I DIDN'T see it.
IF 1 OARY WAS so punk, I feel
■ .y for Leo Teats.
HE PAID SIX dollars to see her.
MAYBE I OCOHT to feel sorrier
for his clients.
BIT ENOIGH ABOI'T Gaby "De
Sly."
I WILL NOT even tell a soul I
saw Jack Ledwldge there.
I HAVE Jl ST finished reading a
popular novel.
I DON'T KNOW why it Is called
popular.
IT WAS ALL about a man's wife
running away with her hus
band's friend, and the husband
running away with the friend's
wife.
OH, IT WAS a pretty little tiling!
THEY DON'T call them the "si*
best sellers" any more.
NOWADAYS IT IS the "sex best
sellers."
SOME DAY I'LL take the trouble
to write a whole column on
novels ot the hour.
I HAVE BEEN hearing tilings
about Major Bates.
AND WIffRD STORIES of poker
games.
CHIEF LOOMIS AND I have tak
en the matter up and are going
down to see him today.
WE ARE GOING to try and skin
him out of a few beans.
IF HE PLAYS us and we win
we'll be satisfied.
BUT IF WK lose, he'll be arrested
for gambling.
You Are
Earning
Money
How much of that money
could you save if you
H^edl Stopnndfigure.it
•vp —then go directly to
the Puget Sound State
Bank, open an account
and each pay day see to
it, faithfully, that you
ms\\e your deposit of tho
amount you have decided
to save.
For Tacomr and vicinity: Bain tonight and Friday.
The Tacoma Times
~~1 MILLIONAIRE
iFORD SAYS: |
"My priuciple of profit-sharing will end long war between
capital and labor." "Share your profits with the men who pro
iline the profits; don't give It to them as present, but put it in
the pay envelope."
Henry Ford, the employer who pays no less than $."> a day to
every one of 20.000 men.
EVERY WORKER
NOW A PARTNER
BY W. H. AMIIRN.
DETBOIT, Mich., Jan. 15.—
Henry Ford, the Detroit million
aire automobile muker who
amazed the world by fixing 95 a
day as the minimum wage for his
•jo.immi workingiiicii, adding $10,
--000,000 to their yeurly income,
has just explained to me Just
WHY he did it. And this mys
tery which has baffled astute cnp
tians of industry and learned stu
dents of economics is so simple
that a child can understand it.
He wanted to give a striking
object lesson of how Christianity
can be applied to modern indus
try.
He lielieves that all other em
ployers of Inliiii ran follow his ex
ample, anil that most of them
will, when they understand It.
He believes that his principle
of profit-sharing, rightly applied,
will end the long war between
capital and labor.
Rhythmically balancing his
slender body on toes and heels,
this gray-haired, gray-eyed man
of 50 explained to me his philos
ophy of life and work.
Smiles played like sunshine
over his thin, bronzed face. He
was neatly and simply dressed in
clothes that one of his own me
chanics could afford. He wore
not a single ornament of any
kind. He spoke with utter frank
ness and simplicity.
"I want you to tell me," I had
said, "the PRINCIPLE of what
you've done. It's all very well for
YOl* to make YOUR workmen
happy and contented for a few
years. But what about the thou
sands of other employers, and the
millions of other working men?
And whut PERMANENT good
will you do? What will the re
sult be after you're gone?"
Ford's face lighted up as if he
saw a vision.
"I think I know wftiat I'm do
ing," he said slowly. "I haven't
read much. I'm no scholar. I'm
Just a mechanic who has maide
money. But I've thought this all
out.
"Profits should be shared be
tween capital and labor, and labor
ought to get most of the profits,
becaise labor does moat of the
work that creates the wealth.
"The cause of labor troubles
has'been that the capitalists have
grabbed too much of the profits.
That makes the laborers poor, dis
contented and INEFFICIENT.
"The capitalist, the manager
and the workman ongfit to pull to
gether. They've got to co-operate
»o nnikc thc lr industry successful.
And tlie MFratfon of society de
pends on their getting along to
gether,
'"Now, what do we do In our
plant? We find that we men who
furnished the money to start with
are making bigger profits than W%
have any right to. So Aye simply
give them their fair share—the smallest pay for a
man in the Ford motor plant will hereafter be $5 a
day.
HENRY FORD HAS TAKEN A GREAT STEP
FORWARD! HE IS A PIONEER IN GIVING
EMPLOYES A SQUARE DEAL!
THEREFORE HE DESERVES PRAISE —
YOUR PRAISE—EVERY MAN'S CONQRATU
30c A
MONTH
VOL. XI. NO. 22 TACOMA, WASHINGTON. TIUK'SDAY, JANUARY 15, \m t.
Bhare up with the workmen, who
really make that money.
"And we don't do it by giving
them presentM. .That would lower
their self-respect. We give them
their share of what they've made,
week by week, In their pay en
velopes."
"The principle is to share your
profits with your workmen,
whether they're big or little. Be
content with moderate dividends.
And if you can't add more than
five cents a day to your men's
wages, on a profit-shuring basis,
do that. If you start, you'll soon
find you can afford to give them
more.
"Why? Because they'll earn
more. Every man In our shops
is a partner in the biißiness. No
wonder I make money when I've
got 20,000 partners helping me
Instead of 20,000 workmen watch
ing the clock.
"Do you want to know the
secret of business success? Well,
it isn't any secret. Christ gave it
away long ago. It's Just this—
GOOD WILL.
"How much money can a man
have without being immorally
rich?"
"It depends on the man some
what. I can live on $5 a day."
"But do you want to?"
"Does the man who sweeps out
my office want to?" he answered
quickly.
"Hut you can depend on this—
I'm not going to die rich. I'm not
going to found a big family
estate. My wife doesn't care for
money. My son's nble and will
ing to take care of himself, so I
won't leave hint a fortune."
"And I won't leave my money
to my relatives—l've got. a lot of
poor ones. They wouldn't know
how to use it.
"The wealth that comes into
my hands is going to flow back
to the men and women who
earned It."
He Won't Quit
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 15.
—Denial of the published reports
that he intended to resign before
his term expires March 3, 1916,
was voiced today by Senator Per
kins of California. "It Is my
ambition," Mtld Senator Per
kins, "to serve my term out with
credit to my state and honor to
myself."
NEW PENNANT COUPON
BILLIE BURKE POSES
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Art Series of Pennants can be had at the Times office by pre
senting this coupon and 80 ceatt. Twenty-five cenU by mall.
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA
THEY
MUST
PAY!
The T. It. & P. company is
striking back.
On the heels of the force., pay
ment of the $4,H82 Wednesday
by Manager Bean to the city at
torney for back charges for the
current sold to tlie Northern Pa
cific by Stone-We*>ster, which It
has no right to sell, and following
tlie exposure by Commissioner
Freeland of the fact thut the com
pany has been gouging the city
out of thousands by a peculiar'
method of figuring gross receipt
percentages. City Clerk Fdwartls
this morning rc|N>rted that the.
company hud withdrawn 11 hooks
of 11aiisp'u intlun for city cm-,
ployes.
Those who have had books of i
tickets from the company who!
have lost them now are Mrs. Bag-j
ley, nurse for the anti-tubercu-1
losls society; Albert Johnson, |
boiler inspector; J. J. Keed, aj
clerk; Charles Seamon, city ma-;
chlnigt; Dr. Soule, county boy!
scout commissioner; Chief City
Inspector Kasson, Miss Marjorloj
Johnson, pure food Inspector; A. ;
Cunderson, asslßtant light super-i
intendent: Dr. Calkins, milk and!
dairy Inspector; William Hall, i
dock superintendent; Light Trou-1
tdenian Hayes.
The mayor decided to turn his'
book over to Dr. Soule. Free- i
I land said he would give his to
Miss Johnson and Mills said he
would turn his in to the boiler
Inspector.
GABY AFTERMATH
D. C. Smith, 3105 North
Cheyenne street, reported to
the police today that while
his daughter and a young
iii.in friend were atteutling
the tJnby l>eslys performance
at the Tacoma theater last
night, thieves ransacked
their automobile, standing in
front of tlie theater, and
stole two overcoats and sev
eral robes.
Walks 75 Miles
FOKT SMITH, Ark., Jan. 15.^
Brodie Bates, 19, walked 75 miles
from Brawloy to tell Judge You
inans that Is was he and not John
Sharp, his friend, 18, who had
sold liquor at a picnic, but the
judge fined each $100 but gave
them three months to pay up.
QUAKES IN ITALY
LEGHORN, Italy, Jan. 15. —
Six violent earthquake shocks
were felt here in rapid succession
at 4:30 a. in. A panic followed.
Thousands rushed Into the snow
covered streets In their night
School Children Are
Taking Examinations
More than 50 school children
of Pierce county schools assem
bled at the courthouse today for
the two days' eighth grade exam
inations, held under direction of
Mrs. E. K. Wellington of the
county superintendent's office,
and Mrs. Margaret E. Ward. The
examination Is the usual mid-year
test for eighth grade pupils, and
will determine tihe children's eli
gibility to enter high school.
STRIKERS SURRENDER
JOHANNESBURG, South Afri
ca, Jan. 15.—The strikers' gar
rison in the trades federation ball
surrendered unconditionally to
day. Secretary Bain and lo la
bor leaders were arrested. It Is
believed here that the backbone
PARIS SUFFERING
PARIS, Jan. 16.—The coldest
weather for years Is causing suf
fering and death and big fire* art
being built tn Om streets for the
warming of the homeless.
LATIONS.
The Times believes that everyone who reads this
irill want to tell Henry Ford that he has done a won
derfully helpful thing, and this post-card shower
will convince Ford and more timid capitalists that
the people appreciate and applaud Ford's action.
For your convenience The Times has prepared the
accompanying greetings in such form that the whole
can be cut out, pasted on average-sized postal card
and mailed to Ford—
DO IT TODAY!
Put your name and address on dotted lines; cut
out and paste on post-card; on the other side address
to Mr. Henry Ford, Ford Motor Car Co., Detroit,
Mich., and mail it.
70,000 BELIEVED TO BE DEAD
AS RESULT OF VOLCANO'S FIRE
TOKIO, Japan, Jan. 15.—That 70,000 persons
who lived in the vicinity of the volcano Sakurajima
are unaccounted for was reported by wireless today
from the naval squadron at the scene of the disaster.
That many of these escaped is certain, but it is
feared that a large proportion were killed by the rain
DARING GIRL
LOOPS THE LOOP
.Miss Trehnwkc Davlcs, un Eng
lish •■nl. who made a |>ei'fect
"loop" in a monoplane with Avi
ator Hnbel nt nn aeronautic meet
near London.
TREES TO STOP
NEW SMELTER
, Police officers are down on the
<-it > laud leased to the new smel
ter on the .Middle Waterway to
(ln> to keep P. H. Johns from in
terfering with the efforts of the
new ciimpnny to establish one of
th« in -1 promising industries
that has ever been brought to Ta
coma.
Johns has been using a portion
clothes. The shock threw the
Mediterranean into tremendous
commotion. Huge waves leaped
into the air and pounded against
the shore. As far as is known,
there have been no casualties.
For the flrßt time In the his
tory of the county, pupils from
the Holy ' Rosary school, a looal
Catholic institution, took the ex
amination today. About II pu
pils of this school attended. There
lias been no restriction against
pupil* of private institutions tak
ing the examination, but today
un-- the first time that any sohool
iiail taken advantage of the coun
ty's tests.
of the strike Is broken, as 250
men have already applied here
for reinstatement at Blomfon
tein. It 1b believed that the
utrlkerrTiere, In Pretoria and
Capetown will make similar ap
plication soon.
COMMUTES TERMS
WASHINGTON. D. C, Jan. 15.
--President Wilson uimmiiM
tbe sentences u\ Turner Barnes
and Fred Robinson in l,»a\eu
worth for life because they took
part in a mutiny of prisoners in
1904 when a guard was killed.
Meet at School
Eighth grade pupils /nd their
parents met at the high school.
Wednesday to consider the rtourse
of Study to be takeA up by the
pupils who will soon enter tbe
high school.
INDICT
UNION
MEN
HOrtIHTON, Mich., .Inn. 15.—
| Thirty-nine officials of the West
ern Federation of Miners, includ-
I ing President Moyer, were today
'. indicted on charges of conspiracy
: iii connection with tbe copper
I strike. The charges contained
j three counts. Other indictments
uere returned, it is said, hut the
I names have not been made pub
lic.
The first count charged the
men with conspiring to restrain
the laborers from working; the
second charged conspiracy to re
si rain imported laborers from
working; anil the third charged
'them with conspiring to deprive
laborers of their property and
rights. All are named on one in
dictment.
BANK CI.FARIXGH.
Clearings $402,5^0.09
Balances 57,64 2.31
Transactions H1,t44.M
of the city land without paying
anything for It. having just gone
on and piled his lumber on the
city properly without even ask-
lug.
When the employes of Kusey &
Simpson, the owners of the new
Hnielter, went on to remove the
lumber this morning to get the
ground ready to erect their plant
Johns came on and told them he
would break their heads if they
touched things.
Police were sent down and if
Johns interferes with clearing the
land he will be landed iv jail.
Tlie now sineltor plant will cost
$40,000 to erect for machinery
and buildings. it will employ a
large number of men to start with
and will bring to the city from
$10,000 to $^0,000 a year for
electric current besides %'J'M ren
tal for the liniil.
i 4 ANOTHER SOB STORY * |
It was December a year ago. It
was very cold and very chilly, for
night had fallen. James I tunics
fel( Ihe cold and the chill. He
looked about him for a haven of
refuge.
A saloon at 1548 0 street prom
ised tin- said li/ivi ii It looked
warm and Inviting. Mr. Hurnes
entered, and with a sigh of con-,
tent, deposited lilmself on a
chair by the stove. As the grate-'
Rex Beach!
Familiar name, eh? You remember him as the fellow who wrote
"The Spoilers," "The Barrier," "The Ne'er Do Well," etc.
Now The Times is going to introduce Rex Beach to the newspaper Ii
readers —that is Rex Beach is going to give the readers of The Times Jj
an opportunity to read his story for just one penny. You pay 15 cents Iff
ordinarily to read Rex Beach's product in the magasines. [B
Rex Boach contributes "Arms and the Woman" to our Saturday |j|j
"Lamplight Story" for the winter series. It's a thrilling tale you will ll
want to read Saturday. The Little Eastern school teacher was so 11
afraid of guns—and Black Bart, the lone-handed highwayman — and I!
"Shorty" was so afraid of skirts! But Rex Beach makes of "Shorty" 11
a brave defender of woman—and gives him one glorious chance to defy II
Black Bart! A STORY OF THE WILD, WILD WEST OF YESTER
YEARS. THAT'S "ARMS AND THE WOMAN." IN THE TIMES
SATURDAY. WATCH FOR IT SATURDAY!
» x..,r —
MR. HENRY FORD, mmWW**\*****\
FORD MOTOR CAR CO., mWxmmW
DETROIT, MICH. J
Here's to yon! If tliere were more A^^M
Henry Fords in the ranks of capital
there would be fewer Calumets! w_Wr
P. S.—l read the story about
your dividing profits with your
employes In tha Tacoma Times
HOME
EDITION J
of volcanic matter or drowned in attempts to swim
the three-mile-wide strait between the ir'ands of
Siikura and Kiurishu. Though less violent in action
than at the initial eruption, Sakurijima is still
erupting fiercely. Another tidal wave swept the
Kisuhiu coast last night, according to wireless.
The volcano of Klrlshlma,|
northwest of Sakiirajlnin. continu
ed to hurl up hot Holies today an/1 I
craters In various other parts of
Japan showed signs of activity.
The vanguard of refugees from
Kagoshima began arriving here
today. Kaith tremors were al
niiiHt constaut all Saturday and
Sunday, they said. The outbreak
came with appalling suddenness.
FARMER DEFIES
ARMED POSSE
MAVVIMJ-:, N. V., Jan. 15. —
Heavily armed and barricaded in
his home with his wife and nine
children, Filwurd Heardslcy, a
Siiinei'dale farmer, was standing
off Shei'lff Anderson anil twenty
deputies today, swearing that he
would die rutlii'i- than HHUdll
nnd answer for the |M'rlui|»s fatal
shooting of County I'oorninstcr
■lohli <«. I'utiiain late yesterday.
Hearing that itn children wee*'
suffering for fond. I'm nam visited
May Change The
Handling of Charity
After an address by John T.
nihh, president of the charltii".
endorsement committee of the
city, the Presidents' ('<nincil all
Women's cliilns Ibis morning went
on teior.l for the consideration'
anil pi •ili.ilil,- endorsement of the
Cleveland plan of a central chart
ili - organization to handle all lo-
CUI plnl.iiillii '.fin H,
Mr. Mllih cited figures to show
that out of $500.0n<>,000 given
for benevolences and charities in.
this country annually less than,
CREW TAKEN FROM BOAT
YARMOI TH, Soot* Scotia, Jan.
15.—Capluin llowson and the 111
remaining members of the crew I
were taken from the t'obequidi
this morning, rescued by the gov-i
eminent steamer Lansdowne, j
which stood by the Coberpild dur-|
ing the night. A wireless from i
the Lansdowne said she was pro-1
ceeding to St. John. The t'obe-|
BIG DAM BREAKS LOOSE
XI.KINS, W. Va., Jan. IS, -•
The West Virginia Pulp Paper
company's dam across the Stony
river at Dobbins hurst out thin
fill warmth crept into his bones, |
lie began to nod.
And Mr. Burnes Blept.
An imp of malice suddenly
seemed to seize Charles Went
worth. the bartender. He swiftly
moved toward the sleeper, poured
■alcohol down his leg, saturutlng
his right foot and shoe.
And Mr. Burnes slept.
Then with a chuckle, Went
worth lighted a match and touch
ed off tbe shoe, which burst Into
OUB FEATURES
Did yon ever stop to think that the
Times prints more exclusive news stories
and pictures than any other newspapwln
Tacoma? Fact. Hubscrllie for the W****
and you'll miss nothing. We give j^3* j
woFld's news in brief.
With a report that seemed to split
the hP'ivens, SakuruJlma split In
halves from one-third of the way
to tbe ice base. The roar of
white hot fluinos shot 1,000 feet
high. Molten lavu boiled and
bubbled over the edges of tbe
vast crater and poured down th*
slope In waves from 10 to 15 feet
hlglK
Kcarilsley's home |o tuke Ihcm to
I the p(MMM(i Heardslcy shot
i him as soon us be lew in <1 his
| lllissillll.
Sheriff Anilcrsiin, with a hns
■ tlly .--'iiiiiiiioned pone, surrounded
i the 'muse. Anderson declared
lliai ilcspcrule measures would he
j necessary soon. "What little food
there was in the house must have
been consumed." he said, "and
nobody knows what tortures the
poor little mien are suffering.
B—rAlley is heavily armed.
half goes for relieving distress.
The rest is frltieKd away in ex
nenset.
He urged a central body to han
dle the whole problem lo ellmin
(it,- I lie little OBS horse Htteinpls
thai simply duplicate charities
and make It MS) tor Impootsrs lo
thrive at the expense of the real
■uffsrors in any community.
The council endorsed the idea
and a meeting will shortly lie
railed at the Y. M. C. A. at w hie?!
Stops will be taktD to organise
under the new Idet.
quid's bottom, the wireless said,
was pounded out and the skip
was fast breaking to pieces. Ilow-
Mm refused to desert the ship
until all hope oi saving her was
gone. The stoauiei li—i'y I/Hur
ler is standing by the wreck.
Sixteen passengers and SO mem
bers of the crew, roamed yester
day, are i|iiarlered in hotels here.
morning but did little damage.
Five hundred Dobbins Inhabitant*
rushed to high ground. The dam
was of concrete and 25 feet high.
flame Right merrily It burned.
Mr. Iliinies awoke!
After Mr. Burnes recovered
from his burns, he made 8. K.
Swanson, owner of the saloon
and absent at the time, pay over
$184.9.'i as a healing lotion.
At least this is the allegation
set forth by Swanaon in superior
court yesterday morning, In filing
suit against Wentworth for the
damages he paid for Burnes'
burns.