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*aj iust
igf LOOKIN'
*m on
■aa.
s
TBkS day Is near it* cloaa,
hty head H ache*;
■ drop Into a Bus*,
My brain. It bahee.
la h»/y dreams. I sea,
A parting brook,
A vis*ran corns* to ass,
X hate to look.
IT.
, The green field* *cad a call.
Toward tie* town,
Here midst the building* tall.
Then* whispers down
A vagrant voire, sweat, low.
Asm! undented
That sets tha town aglow
(Aa specified!)
ITI.
Ah, who 1b heck would esr*
If I should go——
Would yoa. Friend, Srsr your
hair.
If 1 sliould blow*
\\ hy toll, wlsen Hummer's sun
HwingH up aloft.
(A YOH'K: "Hay, look here, -on.
"Als't thla t4Mi »oft?")
...
Well, we survived the first 000
of the Festo. Let us take a nice
cool bath now. put on an nan*****
necktie, and plunge into the
swirl again.
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Got thst, tint, lien—swirl!
* . .
Friend Wife has got tbe effi
ciency Bug just now and woe la
me.
a • •
It seems that some poor de
luded woman has deduced, h»av
ings only knows how, that we
Husband* icrool critters I are
■ pending more than our rightful
share of the community ka'c.
Friend Wife pumped it Into me
this morning, o'er the steaming
mush, that hereafter I turn ove>
the salary check In toto—-cut
that, toto and she will give me
45 cents every morning before
I leave to delve into literchoor
In The Time* office.
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"Why, fort..-five." I blandly
inquired.
as*
t "Well," says r, W. plausib'e-
Uke, 'there* 10 for carfare"
. • •
"Yesaum!"
• * •
"And 20 for lunch."
. * *
"And 10 for cigarette*."
• • •
"Ugh-ugh! What* the other
nickel for?"
• * •
"O. I don't tuns," said F. W.
with a Isur-'l 111 "Is yauwn. "Yoa
iniiy 00000] tliul >i> hi y pom
want."
as*
< CAN YOC R-KAT IT?
• * *
Keep It cafe and nana!
. * a
Don't / / to *es how much you
can cry d Into the day. Of
course 'ou hsve Sunday to rest
up V But of all ths moat val
ue* .« and least valued human
possessions la that vague but ter
ribly important element—
0 0 0
Stamina!
a • •
Mary had a little lamb.
It's fleece was white as snow,
She took the lamb to Pittsburg —
And now look at the doah
durned thing!
• * .
Old stuff, of course, but withal
rat Iter amusing'
• • •
It I* too hot these days to get
mad about anything. It I* best
to go around In sweet, clean
clothing, s straw hat. a soft
collar and a pleasant smile.
Li/nt eat s mountain of food
Junk, don't dally with the dlziy
drop* which the booze parlor*
keep on ire, and again, MM 11,1..
• a •
This doesn't mean tbat you
muat giggle and grin without
due provacatlon.
• a •
Still, when there is anything
to giggle about, giggle or guffaw
»or grin or gurgle, just a* youi
temperament dictates.
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And speaking of smiling—
...
Are yon reading the Talk
a' the Town foollahnesn that
appear* in The Pink every
night ? Squander a penny
tonight and see If yon still
know how to laugh right
oat load.
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it IS rawthrr warr-r-rm. hntt
O. K. CHKHTM T.
11l- tN AJTSOA ItCßat *
XKU TKAMMFER PIJK\
Manage'- Louts Bean of tb* T.
RAP. company announced to
day that the sew transfer sys
tem, permitting transfers Be
tween C street and Pacific avenue
car* at any point between, tth
aad 17th streets, bat naea pit
■to effect.
TP WW W\i* r■! A W ■ji W^va ■.n TP .FT Mj^ l%T~^ ■* rB I ■* Wi* *aw
Tou who live here in tho garden of the
Great White Mountain, amid the fragrant
blossoms, the green grass and beside the
sparkling waters of the Pacific—you fortun
ate Tacomans, how little you realise that of
the one hundred millions of American people,
more than one-half exist in wretchedness in
THE WEATHER
Don't fret about Glortoa*
Foarth weather. Forecaster
Cover says It will be fair aasd s
bit oooler, which Is good new.
Anything bat a drisaly Foarth,
•ay wa.
GIRL
NEAR
DEATH
HF.ATTI.K VOl NU WOMAN i
VISITOR HKIIK HIT HV Al TO
NOT KXPKCTKI) TO hi H
\i \ a
The condition of Miss Lillian
Prewett. Seattle girl, aged 2<>.
who was removed to the Tacoma
(ieneral hospital following an
other Tacoma auto accident on
Bay street near the Cushman In
(liun school last night, when the
heavy touring car crashed into
the ditch Injurying five parsons,
is still serious, according to hos
pital official* today. Mis* Prew
ett haa not regained conscious
ness but th* phyaiciana in charge
are hopeful for her recovery. A
broken steering wheel I* said to
have been the cause of the acci
dent.
Member* or the party were
Miss Prewett, who live* at 620
Center street, Seattle; Mrs. An-1
na Becker, 22, of the Ethelton
hotel, Seattle: W. A. Raymond,
00, of Wenatchee; C. M. Ryan,
manager of the American Mes
senger service, Seattle; I.ute
Thompson and Theresa Perv,
Seal tie.
When the steering gear broke
the car swerved to the side of
the road, careened sharply, and
threw the party out. It then
rolled over on Its side, crushing
Miss Prewett and Mr*. Becker
underneath It. The party was
on Its way to the Montamara
Festo.
Miss Prewett suffered a con
cussion of the brain. The others
received bruises aud abrasions
but will live.
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♦ RENO, Nev., July 3.— 0
0 Miners working In an aban- 0>
0 doned drift In ths Nations! «■
♦ mine today found sacked I
» ore estimated In value at •
♦ (148,000. *>
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Police Guard
Piute From Mob
PITTSBURG July §.—Presi
dent a M. Herr of the Westing
house Electrical A Manufactur
ing company, was under guard
today of police, state constahu
lary and detectives fololwlng an
attempt reported to have been
made to dynamite his residence
in the suburb of Hdgewood Wed
nesday morning.
The affair was veiled in a
great deal of mystery, Herr ex
plaining that the police told him
he "must remain silent or the
ends of Justice might be de
feated." , » «)
A report was current, however.
that Robert Miller of Wllkins
burg, passing the Herr residence
early Wednesday, saw a man
planttng a four-pound bomb be
neath It, Interrupted Mm and j
was immediately shot and so
badly wounded that he cannot re
cover, after which the alleged
dynamiter fled, abandoning the
explosive.
Two Accidents
In Air Today
RHEIMS, France, July 3.-*-
Two accidents In the air resulted
In four death* today. Corporal
Oodefroy and hla mechanician
»ere Instantly killed when a
monoplane encountered a storm
at an altitude of a 1 000 feet and
fell. Corporal .VCiiial aad his
mechanician in aeroplane were
strurk by ths same storm a few
minutes later, and fatally in
jured in a similar accident.
Liner Aground
MONTREAL, Jnly 3—Tha Ca
nadian Pacific Lake liner Asslna
hola is still reported aground off
Maaitoulln island. All passen
gers. It is said, have been trans
ferred to the Albertan. Canadian
SPik iflc offlclsl* declared the As
sli iahoia was refloated shortly
after It grounded, but It devel
oped Istsr thst th* report wss
untrue.
Dies Suddenly
TOKIO, July 3—Henry Wll
llsrd Dennlson, American legal
I adviser slnos 1880 to the Jap
anese office, died of apoplexy to
day at th* aaa of (B.
those great centers of population—the eastern
metropolis
Many of you who have lived in Taeema for'
years, even though you once knew of the con
ditions in the crowded east, may have forgot
ten. The knowledge of the crowded streets,
and the dingy slums, has passed out of your
memory, perhaps.
The Tacoma Times
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_ MONTH I VOL. XI. NO. 167. TAOOMA. WAtjaiHOlXiM. FHIDAY, JULY 3, 3914. I rompM
HERE'S A COMPLETE PROGRAM OF
FESTO EVENTS TODAY-TOMORROW
TODAY
Friday, July 3.
IO SO a. in.—At Ihe Kiseedway: Automobile race*. Tha Inter
city < 'cuthiy and tier Oolite n Potlati h Usees will last all day.
ON THK STHICKTH
I Xl o'clock—Band concert at IIHH street and Pacific avenue.
4 iMI o'clock—Band concert at llth aad C streets.
4: HO o'clock—Band concert at Utli aad t* street*.
(l:00 o'clock—Band concert at llth street aad Pacific avrnae.
o:SO o'clock—<»rand free street atrtactlone, llth street and Pa
cific avenue. Ascent of IO bomb*, each containing; certlflcatss :
worth da,
FKIIIAY EVENING
7:80 o'clock—A*ceat of IO bomb* at entrance of Stadium, each
containing certificate* worth 00. Grand concert by massed
band* in Stadium.
Saturday, July 4,
2:00 p m.—Automobile rare for * Is*- Montamarathon trophy 254*
mile*.
7 no o'clock—Grand concert by massed bands in Stadium.
7:SO o'clock—Ascent of 3M> bombs ai entrant's of stjuiiiim contain
ing certlflrntes worth 0H each.
S:00 o'clock—(Stupendous firework* production In the Stadium.
GOOD-BYE MARTIN
Something real sad is going to happen to T. H.
Martin, the dignified and complacent fiieockalorum
of the Tacoma Commercial club at the next meeting
of the board of trustees of the club, in all probability.
To be brutally short about it, Martin is going to
get a neat tin can tied to him. He is going to have
the skills put under him. This is the prophesy of <i
score of the younger members of the club who called
at The Times offices late yesterday afternoon to con
gratulate this newspaper on its utterances regard
ing the idiotic farce of the "tremendous publicity
movement" that Martin has headed since he blew in,
handpicked by a couple of real estaters, three years
ago.
On Wednesday, The Times gave Martin some
credit for helping to publish the beautiful book,
"Tacoma," which was issued by the club, in co-op
eration with the 0.-W. railroad two years ago.
This was | sad error on the part of The Times.
The book had been contracted for some time before
the doughty Martin dropped in on us. The work was
done by a Mr. Mills, agent of the railroad, from
Portland. We apologize to Mr. Mills.
The appearance of the stories in The Times was
tho signal for the storm that has been brewing about
Martin's head to break. The majority of the mem
bership of the club is insistent that Martin go and
GO RIGHT NOW.
There is said to be one member of the board of
trustees, a rather prominent real estate broker, who
isn't sure that he wants to vote lor Martin's re
moval, lie will probably yield today, however, for
the futility of trying to save the ponderous pet of
the Amen Corner boys of the club is obvjous. The
membership will not stand for Martin; not because
Martin is arrogant and a disagreeable person to meet,
not that but BECAUSE MARTIN HAS DONE
NOTHING!
The Tacoma Commercial club members, on the
whole, are strongly opposed to bill-board advertis
ing. In a beautiful city like Tacoma, bill-board ad
vertising is not to be desired. Martin knew this
when he came to "work" here.
Yet, during his first year here, he had the nerve or
the stupidity to bring the president of the national
association of bill-posters to the city as his guest—«
or maybe it waa as the guest of the club. A short
time afterward, bill boards advertising the virtues
of this city appeared IN THIS CITYI
CAN YOU BEAT IT?
Many members, public-spirited business men,
whom the club could ill afford to lose, have resigned
during the past 18 months because they couldn't
stomach Martin.
Officers of the club, alarmed at the deflection
from the ranks (as well they might be) have tried
to persuade these men from quitting the organiza
tion.
"If it's a question of your dues, fifty dollars a
year, if you can't afford it. why never mind," said
one officer to a business man who quit. "Don't leave
the club on that account."
"It isn't that, it's Martin. So long as Martin
stays. I stay out. When you fire him, I '11 come
back."
This isn't one instance—it i« nnW one tl f a score or
Just so that you may refresh your memory \
and realise what a mighty splendid place Ta
coma is to live in, you had best read THE
TALE OF THE CITIES which will begin in
The Times on Monday.
It is a vital word picture of the great cities;
i where greed and avarice and selfishness and
CALL HER KIDNAPER
more.
About a year ago, a corset manufacturer come licro
from New York state. He had a factory back there
employing 360 persons. He visited a local businosa
man for a few days and at the invitation of the latter
went to see Martin. The corset man wanted to build
a small capacity corset factory, one to employ about
HO persons at the start, and involving an expenditure,
for building and machinery, of 065,000.
The corset man was introduced to Martin, who had
just returned to his office from a nice, satisfying
luncheon, and explained that he was seeking a loca
tion. He asked no favors whatsoever other than to
be given a line on location, comparative prices of land
ami wage averages.
"Why, this is no place for a corset factory," Mar
tin is (pioted as saving.
CAN YOU BEAT IT?
However, there is no necessity for Tbe Times to
devote space to Martin and the handful of the boys
of the Anien Corner who are trying to save him.
HE CAN'T BE SAVED.
The thing now to consider, is what will the club do
when Martin shakes the dust of Tacoma from his
Number Nines?
Let us hope that the club will engage a young man
who .pan take off his coat and go to work; a young
man who doesn't know what dignity means and if he
saw any coming down A street he'd laugh right out
loud; a young man who doesn't need to have a pri-j
vate secretary and a lot of stenographers; a young
man who can wiggle a typewriter himself, and who
needs his $200 a month sufficiently to come to work
when the whistle blows at 8 a. m. and stay right with
it till today's work is finished today.
That's the kind of a man the club needs to spread
the gospel of Tacoma.
To limbo with dignified elderly parties who are
chair warmers, self-esteemers and presidents of
Mutual Congratulation Parties.
•TREMENDOUS PUBLICITY!" WOW!
ACCUSE MEDICAL
INSPECTOR CROOK
SEATTLE, July 3. —A dicta
graph, accurately placed, a file
of letters and an enthusiastic re
sort on the desirability of grant
lag * medical license to Dr. Alxa-
Bton Ira Lucas, purporting to be
signed by J. L. Engler, Inspector
for the atste board of medicsl ex
aminers, yesterday resulted In the
arrest of Engler and one W. B.
Nlcsern. who are held in the
snnsts Jail ob the charge of at
tenuated extortion.
h'iskern, st the time of his ar
rant had called at the office of
Dr Lucas In the Wilhard hotel
for the 12 00 It Is alleged he was
to divide with cerain officials in
ex. ange for a "good report.'' He
had tbe good report In his hand
st ths time, signed by J. A. Rng
ler Deputy Prosecuting Attor
ney Louis T. Silvain and Stenog
rapher Penstermacher had been
listening to Nlckern's converse
tion with Dr. Lucas through the
dictagraph.
When tbe conversation resched
MARIK KM.A ALLKN, sul.l hy
police, also in lie railed "I lai ice
the lllon le. ' known in !<••« An-1
geiea, I a 1., aa "the girl of mys
tery," la held In Jail la Is**
Angele* on suspicion of m
connected with the ray.l'rioiis
rilaapiieerance of F. I ewls t'lHit,
Spokane, Wash., millionaire,
who Is thought by the police to
lie held a prisoner for raiiaom on
one of the Santa Barbara liuin
nel Inland* off the i oast of t ali
tor*! la. According to tho dis
trict attorney, Mia* Allen ha*
been connected with Use notori
oo* ring of clairvoyant-, hum- ■•
men aad blackmailers that is
xuppoeed to be responsible lor
the disappearance of • lark
through death-threat letter*.
B.OOa POUNDS ON AIRSHIP
HAMMONDSPORT, N. V , July
S (Hen Curtis, with 5,000
IKiunds, today mads s successful
trip on ths America, the flying
boat financed by Rodman Wana
maker for the trip acroaa the At
lantic. Seven passengers were
carried in the boat.
what they thought to be the
right stage Deputy Sheriff John
W. Roberta was Introduced and
Nickern was crresed. A short
time later Engler waa taken Into
custody, and his commissions as
a deputy sheriff nnd an inspector
for the state board of medical ex
aminers were revoked.
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0 MADRID, Jnly 3.—Food 0
♦ riots caused by high prices ♦
* continued today. Bands of *
# housewives demanded that I
4> the price of potatoes should *
# be lowered and their de- *
A raands not being compiled »
•> with they seised many sacks *
# st the market and threw 0
<*■ th* potatoes Into the street *>
•*> Th* same procedure was ♦
> carried oat at the bakeries, ♦
* tbe bakers having deter- ♦
* mined to maintain the ss- *>
••> isttnr. high price of bread, t
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poverty rub shoulders with culture sad tntV
tocrscy snd arrogant prosperity.
The series is written by s member of Tho
Times staff who has been traveling la the
East for the past two years. It is written
from the viewpoint of a Tacoman. Tou will
find it a gripping argument for Tacoma.
, Don't miss it. It starts Monday.
PARSONS IS
WINNER OF
INTER-CITY!
BY TIMtCH STAFF (IIIIKK.
SItIMIKNT.
TACOMA BPKKIIWAY. Inly ft,
— I'arsons In a Franz, winner of
laat year's race, again repeated
Ills victory Hits morning when he
won the third auuu*! Inter-clty
auto race in Ihe new Tacoma
Speedway association track, de
feating all rivals In the time of
l:2»:z2 2-6 seconds.
Brock was second with
1 t-':3» 1-5; Helena third
In 111:21 2-5; Stale* waa fourth
• ■ii.l Creaton fifth.
From the start Parson* took
the lead, hi* opponent* trailing
th* dust for 20 lsps, when limes
who was running neck and neck
with the winner for several laps,
overtook him In the LOth and
continued to hold flrat position
luitll the 27th, when Parson* re
sumed the lead. He kept it until
the finish.
An accident to Brock in the
33rd lap probably lost him ihe
race. The rear axle went wrong
In the back ■tretch but Brock,
undaunted. Immediately stopped
hi* racer, picked up a stone and
put It inside Ihe hub cap and
finished the rest of Ihe 17 lsp*
with a crtfde stone acting aa a
hearing on his rear wheel. This
iinepdlineiil probably lo*t Brock
the chances of coming In with
first money.
The Potlatch race was begun
at 2 o'clock today.
One of the remarkable features
of the inter-clty race this morn
ing was Croston'a splendid slum
ing. Tbe Tacoma man In his
huge Chevrolet made forty-seven
lapa without a stop, establishing
a record for lndursnce on the
Tacoma speedway that will stand
for a long time.
Kleven car* started. At the
end of Id lapa Parsons In a
Franz led. covering the 10 lsps
In :17 1-6, Brock was second
and the others followed in the
following order: I alia snd
THK V. STIIAV IH
In starting, the auto racers lined up and shot out from ths
starting line in twos, to hasten the time of gel ting into the race.
Positions at the start were drawn Wednesday nigbt. The car*
start today In the following order:
POTLATCH
Maxwell Tetzlaff Alco Taylor
Frantz Parsons Fiat Ye
Mercer Pullen Wright t)i<.<k
Maxwell Ctirleon King Klein
Maxwell Hughes Hud bob Spl Schneider
Klutz Cooper Marnion DeAlene
Regal Terrien Italia Welch
Ono Dlngley Chalmers Keanedy
Mercer Ruckstall Mercer Thomas
Romano Barnes
D VORCE
FOLLOWS
ROMANCE
SAN FRANCISCO. July S.—
The romantic marriage of Mr*.
Adah - Long - Vincent - Klttredge,
daughter of .lames Long, million
aire syrup manufacturer and *uc
cssslvely s belle of San Francisco.
St. I.ouis. Denver and Paris, had
an unromantir aequel today with
Ihe entry by Judge Dunne, sit
ting for Judge Uraham, of a
final decree of divorce against
Albert X Klttredge.
Her marriage In 1907 to Klt
tredge, who at the tlm* was a la
boring man, caused s sensation
In society circles of San Francis
co and Paris. In her divorce suit
later she charged him with hay
Ing deserted her in 1908. Klt
tredge is now living in Contra
Costa county In straitened <ir
cumatances and Mr*. Klttredge
doe* not aak alimony.
Adah Long, famed for her
beauty and wit, was married to
Joseph Vincent, general manager
of the Colorado Syrup company,
■ t St. Louis. In 1 »»0. They were
divorced after several years af
troublous married life.
Mrs Vincent fell from s nolo
pony in June, 190*. and after
that became erratic and was final
ly seat to a sanatorium She waa
discharged from tbe Napa asylum
la I*l3 as cared.
BEWARE
The •ap nt*toi; th* fire
cracker: the t*rands; aha each
tail: tha Harass ek*n; tha
speed man tar: lis* tipsy raaoe
let he undertaker* **arwe.
Thomas. Mrtloldrlnk went out
lv the seventh lsp witb a broken,
clutch. Ilarr Beta, Tacoma'g
only driver In the cosiest. 114
not go In because of as argu*
uient with the apeed official*.
\l K'iiilmik c Heavy
Tudiiy '■ crowd* at ta* Speed
way indicated that motor rscsg
In Tacoma thl* year would H0
mine enthusiastically patronUed
than In I*l2 or I*l3. Even js
foie the gates of th* Mg motor
drome hsd opened thl* momma:
a long lln* of spectator* had)
gal I, red at the gates, snd tb*
county boulsvsrd nsar ths grand*
■tsnd was crowded with puffing.
Impatient automobllas, eager to
climb the bridge over the course)
aud get to their posltloas ot vaa
tage on the Inside of th* track.
By the time tha Intercity
race began the grandstand wa*
three-fourths fill** It was
plainly lo be ssaa that tbe great
stand would be fairly psrksd
with humanity by tb* time tha
Potlatch grind began thl* after
noon
Kxcltement today was Intense^
despite the fact that the first
race waa considered aa sliming*
lion contest for the more rigor
ous rare of tb* afternoon I'rao
tically all or th* cars entered i ills
morning were scheduled to go
Into the Potlatch race.
SISOO Prlaes.
The Inter-clty race wss limited
to esr* sntered from Washing*
ton, Idsho, Oregon. Montana,
British Columbia and Alberta.
Prizes totalling 11500 cash had
been posted, together with ha
perpetual trophy cup ef the Ta
coma Automobile club. The cub
waa to go to the winner, with
I; . ii In cash. Second piaea]
drew I' .n and third 6260 snd
fourth 615".
A totsl of 63500 la caah was
oflered for the Potlatch race ot
the afternoon, with the Potlatch
perpetual trophy cup of the Sa*
attle Potlatch for tbe winner.
WILSON SAYS
ENVOYS ARE
ALL RIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 8.
Just a moment. Just a sm
nient," shouted President Wilson,
rushing into the corridor outaida
of the executive office* tod.. 1
want to see you." Sa Justice
Lamar and Frederick Lehmana,
American envoy* ta the media
tion negotiations, just sack from
Niagara Falls, turned, and tha
president shook them warmly by
the hands. "I'm proud, intensely
proud of the way la which yu*
represented your eoastry. And
back west tbe party Into tha
president* private room, nher*)
a abort conference easaed.
Lamar aad Lefamaaa called to
pay their respects, sat they had
not In tended to distsrfe the presi
dent. However, he ssw their
lsry sod detectives following aa
voy* said they eapectsd the nego
tiations would be reams* *t as
soon am tha Mericas fac lions
agreed oa the personnel of thai
provisional government to show
ceed Huerta aad plan for in
stalling it.
•ANK^JtAantGS.
Clearing* . . H>*.
Balances t8.g35.1t