The Tacoma times. [volume], February 02, 1915, Image 1

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THE little weather guy hopped
in and hopped right out agin,
and the note he left on his mis
sion deft says rain tonight and
Wen. (Meaning Wednesday.)
TAXES MUST BE CUT
TALKOTHE
TIMES
♦ WHO SAID THAT? *
*v "There is nothynge that #
♦ more dyßpleaseth Ood, '•
S Than from theyr children to •
4> spare the rod." <£
♦ There is probably not a |
«>> boy on earth who will not ■•■
♦ be interested to know that •
«> John Skelton, born 14«0, •
<•> died 1529, wrote this fa- ♦
♦" miliar passage—that is, to +
•»• know that he is dead. <$
♦ <$ <$> <$ ' $> ■$ $ ♦ <J> ♦ ♦ 4J> <$> <$ •* <S
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KAVORITK FICTION
"I'm so happy to meet you.
I've heard so many beautiful
things about you, dear."
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PIiKASANT BITS OK NKWS.
£&} "T >' ' w odd In'
_JP_?S& presents of terday
are th' antli|uos of
tomorrow. Don't
r iM&Wfi "'row "way yer
_______,^_3 I'lckle dishes."
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abuts]
In sicknowledgeinent of 1 0 tele
phone culls this A, M., also a buu
ille'of personal letters and several
postcards, Selah wishes to thank
you sincerely, lovely dears. But.
Rlas, he promised his wife he'd go
with her to prayer meeting to
night.
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DO you KNOW?
What has become of the oid
fashioned preacher who opened
his old fashioned Bible and
preached about an old fashlone 1
hell'nhlghwnter that swallowe 1
up all the old fashioned backslid
ers?
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CON 7 m BY "TACKB"
"Here's otic for your compen
dium of perfectly useless Informa
tion," jiostcards Tacks, our w. k
contrlber: '" O.N.T. on a spool
of thread means 'Our New
Thread.' " (And we always
thought It stood for 'Onesty is' N't
the besT policy.")
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SKl,All's PRIMER
See the poor man. The man is
a Tacoma copper. What is he do
ing? He is suffering. From what
is he suffering? Sunday stomach
trouble. Poor man! What Is lip
riding? A eoppojitneyplane. Is
coppojitneyplaning good for Sun
day stomach trouble? Tush, tush,
my dear, it's bedtime.
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RIIiL COCKROACH
Bill Cockroach, court house
pest, flippered softly Into the
sheriff's office.
"He Is dead!" exclaimed Dep
uty Mohrbacher, exulting.
"Who?" asked Deputy Stenso.
"The Cockroach."
"Not Bill?"
"Surest thing," and Mohrbacher
went on: "I was eating at a
lunch counter on Tacoma avenue.
I ordered coffee. As I sat stirring
lt something dove In with a
■plash. I threw him a line, but
It was too late. After dragging
tho bottom for two minutes I
brought up the body. It was Bill."
"Mistaken Identity," said the
real Bill, flipping Into sight from
a crack in the floor.
"Foiled again," said Mohrbach
er, falling unconscious to the
floor.
"Ditto," shrieked Stenso, press
ing his .15 Cal. to his temple,
si; lai i r
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All of the straight f
news handled brief
ly; all of the high
1 class newspaper feat
ures; thi? first and
best news photo
graphs; comic pic
tures with a real
laugh in 'em. All of j
these things together |
| with its square deal, |
| un-afraid policy
makes The Times the
' favorite paper in the
homes of the people.
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The Tacotoa Times
r 1 THE ONLY INDIPINDPIT »EWBPAPEB IN TACOMA. f~Hol_i I '
MONTH I VOL. XII. NO. 38. TACOMA. WASH. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1915. I IDITION
IG. HOG LOOPS LOOP
1 Will He Land In Hole Again?
Mr. 0. Hog must hurry if he sees his shadow today and crawls
hark in his hole again for Mix weeks of had weather, old Sol and tho
Weutlier Man are against Mm. He had no chance to catch sight of
his shadow during the morning and early afternoon. Anyway, Puget
Sound folks scorn tho story of Mr. (i. Hog and bis shadow. Six
weeks of had weather here js a condition yet to bo experienced.
TOYEOTCITY ELEVEN
YEARS, LET OUT OF JOB
William f'rehan, bookkeeper In
the city light department, and for
11 years an employe in the office,
was summarily discharged yester
day by Commissioner Drake, to
gether with C. P. Fenton, a clerk
In the same office. Both em
ployes were told that their places
had been abolished because of the
installation of au nutoinatic ad-
STARTLING CHARGES
ARE MADE BY NURSE
Sensational charges made by
Miss Dolphino Hirkey, former
nurse In St. Joseph's and other Ta
coma hospitals, that she was rail
roaded to the Oregon state insane
asylum because she possessed In
formation dangerous to prominent
Portland people, are to be investi
gated by Attorney ThomaN .1.
Wayne of Tacoma.
Attorney Wayne will leave for
Portland this week to begin his in*
vestigatlon. He has been retained
by tho legal protection committee
of the Women's Kducatlonal and
Industrial I'nlon of Koohester,
Do You Work?
Do you work as hard to
save money as you do to
make it?
Saving money and mak
ing go hand-ln-hand. If you
think about the matter a lit
tle you must come to the
conclusion that saving money
la really the first step to
ward making it.
Our Savings Department
offers you every conveni
ence for saving; please make
use of it.
PUGKET SOUND
STATE BANK
1115 Pacific Are.
i
dressing machine. Two men have
been hired, however, to operate
the machine.
A general shake-up in the light
and water clerical forces has been
going on for several weeks. It
was rumored today that some of
the higher men of the light and
water departments were about to
be replaced. No explanation Is
given for the changes.
N. Y. Miss llii-kej. who is now
employed as a nurse in New York,
will come to this city to aid Wayne
in Ills work.
In a letter to Wayne from At
torney Frank J. Dinse of the
Rochester union, Miss Hlckey's
startling allegations are contained
In full detail.
VIOIiATKO PAROIiK
Joe Curran, 17, who violated
parole from Monroe reformatory
recently by stealing a boat at Old
Town and setting fire to the
wood pile at the Longfellow sehpol,
was today taken back to the re
formatory to serve the remainder
of a sentence of one to seven
years. ■ I
I 1 WHEN A IIAN'S MARRIED I 1 1
MURDER
MAYBE
CHARGE
I a .'ii Pangla, a Greek vegetable
vendor at the public market, la
near death today In the Tacoma
General hospital. The police are
searching the city for Waltor
Riviere, a longshoreman, who Is
accused of attacking him.
The two men fought a san
guinary battle In Riviere's room
In a lodging house at TfiO X street
last night, with Mrs. Pangls aa
the i annus belli, according to de
tails gleaned at police headquar
ters.
Returning to his rooms In the
lodging bouse with thoughts of a
warm supper after a hard day's
work, Pangls missed his wife and.
the police say, discovered her in
Riviere's room, enjoying a tete
a-tete as they sipped glasses of
beer.
Pangls objected. He reproach
ed his wife and rebuked the long
shoreman. Riviere answered
with a smashing blow over Pan
gis' head, using a heavy earthen
dish lor a weaflbn, according to
police reports. The husband and
the longshoreman clinched and,
as the wife looked ou, they fougrH
viciously. Pangis was worsted.
He was unconscious when taken
to the hospital and is still in a
critical condition.
Riviere escaped and has thus
far eluded the police poHse hunt
ing lor him.
traTtroops
in tunnel;
KILL ALL
PRTROGRAD, Feb. _. — Bat
tling at Bzura, west of Warsaw,
has cost the Germans heavy
losses, It is stated today. General
Yon Mackeuzen has hurled six
regiments against the Russian po
sition in Southwest Hochaczew in
repeated charges for four days.
His object was to cut a path to
ward Warsaw that would cause
the abandonment of the Russian
campaigns lv that portion and
Konlgsberg.
Heavy artillery tore great gaps
in the German Hues. While the
Infantry engaged the forces, Ger
man sappers tunnelled their way
nearly 100 yards to the first line
of Russian trenches. By chance
a Russian officer discovered the
mouth of the tunnel and a little
group of Germans was made pris
oners. Two machine guns were
rushed to the mouth of the tunnel
and the company of Germans waa
slaughtered underground.
JOHN BULL
WARNS U.S.
WASHINGTON, I>. C, Feb. 2.
—The state department lias been
unofficially Informed,' It 4s an
nounced, that (treat Britain will
seize the cargo of the steamer
WUhebni-a, destined for Bremen.
and all other American shipments
to Germany, mm a result of flio
German government's assumption
of control over food distribution.
INCREASE THIS YEAR
IS PUBLIC DISGRACE
Now comes tax paying season.
Yon have no doubt raetivtd your little* notice from
the county tmisurer. Ours came in yesterday's
mail. And om- taxes are increased over last year.
Ho arc your*. Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer. Evidently
the county officials who levied the taxes and who
spent the money didn't worry much about business
conditions.
For ten continuous years Pierce county taxes have
been regularly boosted. The recent progressive ad
ministration proved no exception to the rule. It
pkyed the tax boosting game just as successfully as
any of the previous regimes.
And new, taxpayers of Pierce county, unless you
speak up emphatically on this point, you'll probably
be due for another boost next year.
An increase in taxes under present conditions is
nothing short of a publk• _djsgrace. Any busilless
Germans Throw
Bombs on Towns
PARIS. Feb. a.—(ioiinan avis
lot). Inn led bomb*, with deadly of.
tf(A In the regions xoulli«A*l ot
t°£__ni, according to word re
ceived here today. One lion-coin
baiuut mis killed near Pont-A-
Mmu'oh A tin) waa frightfully
mjnr.lcd at Nancy, where a lioiiih
tvtjs dropped in a sch'Hil yard. \
in-lemit .> hospital at tteiiilremeiit
wis slightly damaged.
.News of the raids peached Parhi
on tho lieeh. of an announcement
tluii n German taube had rained
Ihiiiilks on Dunkirk. Bitter indig
nation is being liberally expressed
inni tho newspapers generally de
mand retaliation.
Tho raids wore executed from
Met/.. At least six German avlii
tor* with observers rained bombs
upon Nancy. I.unei llle, Itemlre
meiit mill other towns in a radius
[if 75 miles.
Aged Man Killed.
ll.ow hung clouds protected the
bfrilmen as they crossed the;
French lines above the woods at
I'M NOT DEAD"
REPORTS VILLA
BL PASO, Feb. 2.—-Ooneral
VIH;i not only denied today the
reports transmitted by General
Ctrranza that he had (Mcd of
wpunds received at Aguss Callen
t«t but declared that he had not
even been shot.
TODAY'S r_K._I.INUH.
(Searings $356.112 24
BKl.'iuces 32,854 1 9
Transactions 994,886.99
|Today's Best foke |
"Why do you spen duo much
rare on the crease of your panM,
hey?"
"It is Important, dad, not to
wear baggy trousers."
•Important, lt Is? Wlit», you
young cub, look here. Did you
ever see a statue ot a man who
didn't wear baggy trousers?"
Pont-A-Monsson. No serious dam
age was done to the town itself
but one man, fi(S year* old, wits
torn to pieces by a bomb. The
sky raiders next appeared übovo
Nancy.
The fire of the rifle garrison
caused tliem to fly In wide circles
over the outskirts of the city.
One bomb exploded lv v narrow
courtyard of a school. A few
minutes before _00 children had
rilei indoors. A 9-year-old boy,
lingering behind, was struck by a
Fragment of a shell, which tore a
taping hole In his leg. The win
dows of the school were smashed,
one Raider Captured.
When the first monoplane was
sighted at l.uneville, the resi
dent stook to cellars. The Ger
mans threw bombs on a large fac
tory but did little damage. \
crippled engine forced one of the
hostile aviators to descend into
sin open square In l.unevllle,
where he was taken prisoner by
French soldiers.
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CANADA TROOPS
BRILLIANT IN
ACTION
PARIS, Feb. 2.—Princess Pa
tricia's crack Canada regiment
bore the brunt of another furious
German charge today In West
l.abasse, according to .dispatches.
The Cunadtans brilliantly hurled
back the enemy with severe
losses. They then counter at
tacked and captured a position
along the canal to Bethune, which
had been occupied by the Germans
week.
HOKNK WOULD LOOBY
Jonr. li. Home, manlier of the
city free employment burejn;, to
day appeared befjre tit.) council
and ii-Kiii permission ( > po to
Olympla and ' lobby" for tli • stato
labor bureau bill now beforo tho
legislature. Permission was de
ferred until Mayor Fawcett had
read the bill.
I hog! He toileth not, neither
I doth he spin, but we bet he
II swore this morning when he
U couldn't find his rubbers and
iii umbrella.
institution that attempted to pursue the course taken
by the county officials in these times would end
quickly in the bankruptcy court.
This paper has for years been fighting against ex
travagance and waste in public offices. At times
the people have become thoroughly amused and have
forced a fair degree of economy. Now it is tine for
them to act and to act in no uncertain manner. The
Times believes that a drastic cut should be made in
taxes for the coming year. What is your opinion,
Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer? If you believe the same;
if you arc against the present system of "boost 'em
every year," let us hear from you. The Times wants
to print enough expressions from the people of Ta
coma and Pierce county to convince the present
county administration that it is high time to begin
lopping off expense.
WHAT DO YOU BAY 7
CITY EMPLOYES GET
SOUSED IS CHARGE;
MAYOR ASKS PROBE
Charge* of neglect of duty and
periodical intoxication among em
ployee of the city light and water
department and the department
of public safety will bo made to
the council in h few Mfl,
Tins was the declaration of
Mayor Fawcett today, following
tin- receipt by the mayor of re
ports that city employe!, wore
-ccii intoxicated In public places
while I hey were supposed to he on
duty.
"Something Rotten."
"I am not making the charges
myself." said the mayor today.
"But 1 have heard enough to know
that there is something rotten In
the city administration. I get
dally reports of city employes, and
even nten in higher positions, be
ing seen Intoxicated, lying asleep
in saloons and engaging in com
mon street brawls.
"These reports will be brought
before the council. I think an In
vestigation ahould be made. It
OHIO VALLEY
IS THREATENED
CLF.VKI.AND, Feb. 2—Practi
cally all of Ohio faced flood dun
gers today. There Is the mo*t
apprehension since the disastrous
floods of 19IS. Heavy thaws and
rains of 6(1 hours duration are re
sponsible. The Ohio river is
reaching the flood stage at a rate
of over a foot an hour. The
greatest apprehension is felt be
tween Pittsburg and Cincinnati.
Water Is nearing the 45-foiit
stage, inundating a large area and
driving 40,000 families from their
homes.
BRinOKPORT. 0., Feb. 2.—
The Ohio river Is rising at the rate
of nine inches each hour. Bridge
port, Bellatre, Marina Ferry and
other Oho valley points are facing
a most serious flood situntion.
Tributaries to the Ohio are swol
len. Residents of the lowlands are
II eel n g.
would aeem that the heads of the
departments are favoring such ac
tion among their subordinates.
Some of the men most complained
of have been promoted to better
positions.
<'l illclHOs Mills.
"A fireman recently tore up all
the furniture In his home, and a
physician announced that be waa
crazy drunk.' But the word
drunk' wus omitted from all re
ports. Now 1 hear that Commis
sioner Mills bus given him a six
months' leave of absence with pay.
"Most of the complaints come
about employes of the light and
water departments."
Mayor Kawcett declared today
that he was not bringing the
charges himself, because the com
missioners had Ignored him In the
past whenever he tried to "clean
house." He said that be believed
charges made by cltirens of Taco
ma might have more weight with
the commissioners."
WEDDING DELLS
WILL NOT RING
SAY OFFICIALS
Maybe there will be no wedding
bells for Phillip Kirk and Nollie
Washington, who announced their
betrothal In the county jail yes
terday.
Mrs. Washington's eligibility to
brideshlu Is being investigated to*
day by the prosecuting attorney'^
office, who have heard that the
would-be Mrs. Klrk has already
had a couple or three husbands.
Unless Kin can clear up the
cloud on her matrimonial title, Ii
la announced, Phillip will be
forced to endure single bless id
ness for a time.
WOMAN I I.A VEB $4,8:13
The estate of Annie E. Corbett,
recently deceased Tacoma woman,
is valued at $4,335, according to
an appraisement recorded today
In superior court.