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11 rejected for war purpose*.
II The greatest believer in taxation* ia
II the >iiiiini«-r hotel proprietor.
|| The Kuropeui dove of peace aeeniH to
|| be good en ting.
II Uerald Frederick MelH, Uie beautiful
1 1 Mm blood clerk at BUUt'n Pharmacy, Is «r»r
t^SS^M '"X > "fj Ix^'ominx s|«>rt fchlrt of «liil«»
with 1 lack atrlpen, which espotteci hla
awanllke neck most charmincly.
TACOMA WOMAN FIGURES IN
ESCAPADE OF POLICE CHIEF
RUEF
TOGO
FREE
SAN QI'ENTIN, Ca., Aug. 21. —
Abe Ruef, notorious politician, to
day was paroled from the stuff's
I'i-Ihoii by the prison board on the
condition thai he wouldn't return
to San Francisco for three
months.
This to the finish of A long
fight for liberty by Ruef.
Find Cashier
Gang Guilty
POHTLAND, Aug. 21.— A ju:y
In the federal court today return
ed a verdict of guilty in the case
of six of the former officers and
salesmen of the United States
('ashler Co., who have been on
trial for several weeks, charged
with fraudulent use of the mails.
Those convicted were:
Frank Monefee, C. A. Campbell,
F. M. Lemonn, O. E. Gernert, fl.
F. Bonnewell and H. M. l'odd.
They face a two-years' pontten
tiary sentence and i 10,000 fines
Motions for a new trial will be
heard In 10 days.
WOULD HELP
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21 —
"Should the United States become
Involved In war, a Cuban army
300,000 strong will be found
fighting for the Stars and Stripes
' vith the same devotion with
which it would defend its own
flag," declared General Enrique
Lioyoaz del Castillo, commission
er general of Cuba, speaking to
day at the Pan-American cere
monies of the International Stu
dents' federation here.
"Cuba," said the general, "has
ddincil it her duty to make her
• -■Kw.J' Ji£C|ig enough to be able to
defend herself against any power
in the world.,"
MORE WAR ?
LONDON, Aug. 21.—Another
inter-Balkan war is possible un
less Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia
accept the triple entente's pro
posals, according to a dlspntch re
ceived here today from Bucharest.
Rumania, fearing It will become
embroiled, is persuading the oth
er Balkan nations to come to
terms and, apparently, Serbia is
yielding.
STIFFNECKED
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 21.
■—General Alvarado Obregon has
backed up General Carranca's re
fusal to participate in a pence con
ference of the several Mexican
/factions suggested by tha Ameri
can government, according to au
thentic advices received here to
day.
FIGHT IN AIR
PARIS, Aug. 81.—Italian aero
planes defeated an Austrian n'.r
squadron off the Adriatic coast,
according to a dispatch to the Fi
garo from Turin. Three of the
Austrian machines were brought
down and their crews were either
killed or made prisoner.
ULTIMATUM
LONDON, Aug. 21.—The cor
' respondent at Rome of the Ex
change Telegraph Co. says an
Italian note to Turkey is In the
nature of an ultimatum and that
tbe reply of the porte is expected
today.
*
, WINGZEP
i LONDON, Aug. 21— Russian
J gunners have brought down a
I Mypelln that was approaching
I VUn*, according to a dispatch to
1 tbe Renter Telegram company
■ ftrfMifc-'PefrssM nl today
The Tacoina Times
UNCLE SAM'S MOST
PICTURESQUE SOLDIER
GEN. HUGH L. SCOTT.
He's a professional peaee-inaker, but can fight
just a little bit harder than the next man when
necessary.
Report Will Tell
How Rock Island
Was Given Away
By Gilson Gardner
WASHINGTON, Aug. It. —The
story of the Rook Island railway's
ruin is nearly ready (or the public.
It is a story whose sequel will
be the beginning of criminal pros
ecutions by the department of
Justice.
A report by the interstate com
merce commlsHion soon to be
made public, will tell:
How the road has been made
the football of Wall street specu
lators;
How in one instance the mar
ket was rigged to trim the public
by throwing the road inlu the
hands of a receivership;
How a collusive receivership
was secured without the knowl
edge of even a majority of the
directors nor the consent of the
road's officials;
How the funds of. the road
were literally given away as pres
ent* to favored individuals, in
sums as large as $100,000 at a
clip and aggregating a million
dollars;
How the stock of a road can be
watered to the tune of $270 for
each $100 of actual stock out
standing, by a double holding
company with names that sound
alike but are slightly different.
• • •
Biggest Factory la IT. g.
The largest factory in the Unit
ed Status under one roof has Just
been completed at Eddystone,
Pa., for the manufacture of rifles
by the Remington Co. It la 1200
feet long, 900 feet wide and 60
feet high, and when the war is
over it is to be taken over by
the Baldwin Locomotive works
for the manufacture of engines.
• • •
Progressives to Stick.
By a vote of 68 to 17, tbe
members of the progressive party
committee of Brie county. New
York, turned down the proposi
tion of F. M. Davenport aad
Douglas Robimou to turn over
the party machinery of the pro
gressive party to the Root-Barnes
republican organisation.
30cA
MONTH
VOL. XH NO. 207.
ELECT DR. KELLAR
DIRECTOR IN BANK
Dr. W. N. Kellar, superintend
ent of the Western Washington
hospital for the insane, has been
elected a director of the Puget
Sound SUte bank to take the
place of Talmadge Hamilton, re
signed.
MOOSETOPICNIC
Tomorrow's the day the Moose
will picnic at Spanaway. Special
events will start at noon and con
tinue for several hours. A baso-
I>nll game is a feature of the pro
gram.
How Long
in Tacotna?
This question Indi
cates to some extent—
have you stood the test
of time for a quarter of
a century?
This Bank haa paid
gold upon call to depos
itors for 25 years, and
is putting from 25 to 60
new depositors on its
books every week. Will
you Join the class of sat
isfied customers T
PUGET SOUND
STATE BANK
H. N. TINKER, F*m.
HIS Pacific Am
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.
TACOMA, WASH. SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915.
AWAIT
BERLIN
STORY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 21.
—Threatening as the Oerman-
American situation was today,
siHir department officials were
si ill hopeful that the sinking/ol
the Arabic with the loss of two
\iniTii-MiiH wouldn't lead to a dip
lomatic break with the kaiser.
Although unofficial reports in
diratt) that the Arabic was tor
pedoed without warning, and
while she was without convoy, ex
planations from Berlin are ex
pected.
The attitude of the administra
tion in, that while It will not
tolerate a slap in the face, It
bears no intention of dluregard
ing the German foreign office If
It has anything to say.
From London conies news thaK
Ambassador Page has obtained
affidavit* from numerous Ameri
cans as to tin- disaster. \
Tbr admiralty censor also lei
past an item that the Arabic was\
without convoy.
LONDON. Aug. 21. -While the
canualtieg surrounding the sink
ing of the Arabic are Mill shroud
ed with mystery, the details of the
sinking of the ship with the loba
of the American lives have been
promised as soon as Captain Kiu-'h
makes his official report.
Consul Frost, of Queonstown,
finally confirmed the report that
Mrs. Josephine Bruguiere and Dr.
Edmund Woods were the only
American passengers missing.
The White Star officials Usued a
statement to the same effect, in
cluding the fact that 12 other
passengers are still missing. Forty
members of the crew are missing.
Five In Hub Zone.
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—Five
passenger-carrying liners on tlu>
way to European ports from the
United States are believed to ha
approaching or passing' through
the submarine zone about Kujt
land today.
These vessels include the RM
Star liner Lapland, with more
than 300 aboard.
In addition it I* considered
pretty certain that many liners on
the way to American ports are in
the region of the war aone and,
in view of the great activity-dis
played by submarines-in tho 'last
48 hours, great uneasiness is"felt
by shipping men. >
The Lapland Is expected ' to
dock at Liverpool today, no foun
dation thought to exist for rumors
yeHt.erday that she had beon nunSc,
The White Star liner Baltic
Bailed from New York Wednesday
and is still some distance from
the war zone.
The Scandinavian-American lin
er Frederick VIII, en route' foe
Copenhagen; the American liner
St. Paul And the Norw«nlan-
Anjftrican' liner Kriatianfjord arc
believed to be' in the submarine
■one.
NAVAL BATTLE
RAGING AT RIG A
LONDON, AUg. 81—Admiralty
officials were prepared today to
hear of a great naval battle in
the Oulf of Riga yesterday be
tween the Russian and German
fleets.
It Is said the Germans made,
determined efforts to enter the:
gulf so as to aid their land forces..
Neither Petrogr\d nor Berlin
has made formal reports.
ARMY FUSS BREWING
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. — ;
"Such an act, If committed, was
In direct violation of the regula
tions of the U. 8. army."
Such was the declaration today
Of Senator Chamberlain following
the receipt of a communication
from George Shepherd a Portland
attorney, charging that two U a
army officers drank to toMtfJ
DeuUnaland nber alles" [Qm?\
'' - •
Listen to Birdie
SOCIETY'S LATEST FAD IS TO
TAKE IT OUT FOR WALK
Miiinly AdepU Heal Live Ulrd for Walking Companion.
Tweet! Tweet!
Oh, no, you're not out in the
forem wilds listening to the
birdies chirp; you're right here in
the h.eart of the city.
Hut the tweet, tweet and the
chirp, chirp are real. There sure
is a live birdie on the job tweet
tweeting to beat the band.
LiUle birdie Is in a cage, where
| all well trained birdies are when
they are not flitting from branch
to branch in the woods.
But. this birdie In his cage la
dangling from the dainty band of
A pretty girl strolling down the
Jelly? Plenty of It
Even For Kids' Picnic
w f icnew v an me iinie.
It dirt look for a day or to as
if Taeoma housewives were afraid
their jelly and canned fruits and
preserves weren't good e§ough
for tHe free kiddies' picnic which
In to pome off next Wednesday.
FYsnk Magill, whoa taking
care of the contributions, sent us
word today that the women-folks
were coning through in fine
style with their jell.
'•Bit.' said Frank, wit* a re
»«macrtng look, "it surf will
many over alt) a*d "Qwmiiiy
Forever," with termer subjects of
the kaiser in a grill at Astoria last
•ifbl.
The an weM said to be tn
uniform Tl» tetter gave their
HOME
EDITION
tvenu*.
'Tig the very latest thing to do!
i Society's up-to-the-s«cond fad.
Toy bow-wows and fierce look-
Ing barkers may Btay in their ken*
> nets; milady will have no more to
i do with you. Dogs and cats and
monkeys and other pets have fol
lowed Mary'a little lamb into the
discard.
It's a bird!
Swell Newport society started
this fad—carrying a live bird in
a dainty little "walking cage,"
and It Is already spreading over
ith* country.
take a lot of jell to care for all
those kids."
And so it will. At 9 o'clock
Wednesday boats will leave the
municipal dock and run down
sound to some one of the fine
little islands. On 'em will be all
the kiddies which the social ser
vice board has been able to find
who otherwise wouldn't have any
outing or picnic this summer.
The generous people of Tacoma
are putting up everything.
But It isn't all put up yet.
There are 400 kiddies at least,
maybe twice that many to go.
And that means money. At least
150 more.
Do we commltteemen have to
go on the street and bee thin
money?" asks the Rev. Bloom
qnlst, committee chairman.
The answer's up to Taeoma.
M<H NTAINGKR* TO RKTI RN |
•—.— --EATHEE: : A
II If If Tacoina and Vichxjy Fair
yJjMI tonight and Sunday; cooler to-
W W Washington: Fair tonight and
If Ir Sunday; cooler west portion to
night.
CAFE SINGER
HOLDS LANG'S
FATE IN HAND
Miss Honore Hamilton, pretty and vivacious caba
ret singer in the Olympus cafe, has in her hands to
day information which may lead to the summary
dismissal of Louis M. Lang as chief of police in
Seattle.
On her version of the events which happened in
her room at a Ist ay. hotel in Seattle, when Lang
visited her and her room mate by appointment after
a merry wine party at Tate's cafe the evening or
July 22, depends whether the chief's story of his
adventurous night-out will hold water.
The chief claimed today, after he had publicly
been charged with an indiscretion, that he had gone
to the room merely to get evidence as to whether
certain members of his force were shadowing and at
tempting to "get something on him."
It was for this reason, he said, that he made an
appointment with Miss Effie Burton, Miss Hamil
ton's roommate, at the cafe, later he met her on the
street by appdintment, after the cafe had closed at
1 a. m., separated from her, and then proceeded to
her room by a different route than she took.
All this, explains the chief, was simply to see if his
officers would follow and shadow him.
To which the Seattle Star,
which made the charges, today
retortu with an amused and rauc
ous hoot.
The charges of this Indiscre
tion on the part of the chief and
additional chargeß of wide-open
gambling in Seattle were made
yesterday by The Star.
Paum Kvcnlng in la. .huh.
On the heels of the publication
Miss Burton, whose cabarnt en
gagement in Seattle had expired,
showed up In Tacoma. She spent
last evening with Miss Hamilton,
her former roommate, at tb.c
Olympus cafe here, and the night
with her in her room at the Strat
ford hotel.
Today both women caught an
early morning boat for Seattle.
It is said they will talk with May
or Gill and others interested in
the case.
Miss Burton already had made
public In Beattle her account of
the gay evening. Mlrs Hamilton
is expected to corroborate it.
Revise Rule to Order.
Her version of what happened
at the wine-party and nt her
room subsequently will play an
important part in deciding Lang a
fate.
He says they merely chatted In
the room, until 2:50 a. m . when
he rang the police department for
an auto which took him home.
There Is no question but that
Lang took a lively part in th■>
wine party at T&te's—whic.i ho
himself describes as "merry, but
not disorderly."
Nor Is there doubt but that
MUs Burton was called to his ta
ble, regardless of Seattle police
rules that cabaret singers mv tl
not sit or drink with customers.
Gambling Charged.
Twice the demand was made
for a singer to sit with the party,
and twice It was refused becauvn
It was against police rules. But
finally the manager agreed, whe-i
informed It was tbe chief of po
lice's party which had made the
request.
"If It's all right with the chief
I guess its all right." Manager
Johnson of tbe cafe at last told
his head waiter.
Along with this specific charge
of a personal indiscretion, charges
were brought today that numer
ous gambling-house* were run
ning wide-open in Seattle.
"Somebody Is getting graft," to
added.
This is la line with recent
charges by Prosecutor Lundln anil
Irving w. Ziegaua, secretary to]
the governor. i
, Many Seattle reeUenu believe j
that a second jwrflpa wegyttf jjjj&g
STORM
STRIKES
NORTH!
CHICAQO, Auk. 21.—Cracking
its way northward like n giant
whip unfolding,. the hurricane
which swept Texas, and Hooded
St. Louis struck Illinois, Michigan
and Wisconsin todoy.
In St. Louis, tea perished and
six are missing.
IRISH LEADERS
WILL TALK ON
LABOR UNIONS
Cornelius Lehane, famous Irish
labor leader and pioneer organii
er of onions in his native country
will arrive in Tacoma Tuesday^
where he will make a public labor
address at 8 p. m. in the Km press
theater.
Lehane Is as orator of great
note, according . to- ■ press state
ment*, and was Instrumental in
forcing a strike which shut oft
gie entire gas supply of Cork, hhi
native city, for several weeks. He
has been in Ameriw bat a short
time, making labor talk a before
unions at Chicago, Newark aad
Doston.
Hea Last, secretary of the Cen
tral Labor council of Tacoma, la
making considerable effort M
have the meeting In the Kmprat*
well attended.
The rivers and harbors «ott*
inlttee. iaalodlag atom* 8 Ik tft*
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