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Eastern powder company is in
creasing its capital to quarter bil
lion dollars. Possibly powder stock
is more safe when it is watered.
CLAMP UD ON SWAGGER HOTEL
Unfit For Office
When Mayor Fawcett a few days ago ripped out an emphatic oath
during a city council meeting there was a terrific hubbub.
The target for the mayor's "cuss words," Commissioner Mills, talked
piteously about the blackness of the offense, and vowed solemnly that if
it ever was repeated he would bring impeachment proceedings.
The three special interest papers of the city "played up" the incident
as if it were of international importance, and the morning member of that
trio made itself a laughing stock by taking the impeachment plan ser
iously.
The Times would not attempt to defend profanity on the part of
Mayor Fawcett or anybody else. Profanity is bad from every standpoint
and cannot be defended.
But yesterday Mayor Fawcett's breach was so overshadowed by a
performance of his recent critic, Mr. Mills, as to lake rank almost as a
virtue.
Mills brought into the council meeting two disgustingly obscene
"poems" and insisted on reading them aloud to his fellow members and
to a few spectators. He was shamed into silence only when a well
known churchman entered the chamber.
For such an offense, perfectly deliberate, there can be no excuse.
Mayor Fawcett's profanity did have a great deal of provocation.
Mills' gloating over his dirty literature stamps him as a man with a
nasty mind.
For any citizen to do what he did is a violation of city ordinance, to
say nothing of common decency, good taste, and morality.
For the head of a city police department to do it was infinitely worse.
It stamped Mills as unfit to hold any office, and especially the office
he now fills.
If Mayor Fawcett's hot tempered oath deserved impeachment, the
mind of man would falter and fail trying to conceive of an adequate po
litical punishment for Smutty Mills.
And the special interest papers which saw such tremendous news
value in Mayor Fawcett's slip have had not a word to say about the trans
gression of their filthy-thoughted friend.
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TEUTONS WOULD
END WAR DV ONE
BALKAN SMASH
BERLIN, Sept. 18.—One
mighty blow In the Balkans may
-end the war by spring.
By blasting a road through
Serbia to Bulgaria, the Austro-
Germans may not only settle the
vexatious Balkan question, but
likewise force an early peace.
Both here and in Vienna the
Idea of a sudden stroke in the
' Balkans met with hearty popular
approval, in Vienna particularly
the press reports that the Austro-
Germans soon will Invade Serbia
are widely commented on. Vienna
believes that no other move prom
ROB LODGE
OF HUNTER
«, C. E. Hill, 522 North E st„
< '» reported to the police today that
his hunting lodge on the Nisqually
flats had been entered during the
'last two weeks and stripped of
furniture, valuables and its stock
of provisions.
A Collection
System
Tt is generally recognized
that promptness and the sys
tem which the Banker puts
Into use inspires promptness
from the makers of obliga
tion which are left with the
Bank for collection.
We respectfully solicit
from anyone, whether or not
a Deposit customer, to leave
with us his notes which are
due or to become due, wheth
er small or large, also any
partial payment contracts
and our Collection Depart
ment will give absolute per
sonal attention to same at a
very mtn'.mum charge.
PUGET SOUND
STATE BANK
H. N. TINKER,
President.
The Tacoma Times
ises such an early end to the
struggle.
Military officials here agree
that it would be a comparatively
easy task to defeat Serbia. Then
a short march would link up the
central empires with Bulgaria,
which already is friendly to them.
The allies apparently have lost
their chance of winning Bulgaria
to their cause, it is felt here, and
as she now is on friendly terms
with the Turks it is thought she
would take the field immediately
If Roumania declared war on
Turkey.
Criticise
Warden's
Vouchers
Game Warden Ira M. Light's
bills to the county are creating
no small amount of Interest
among county officials.
▲ number of his requisitions
for the latter part of August and
the first of September were In
spected today and many peculiari
ties were noted, it is said.
He had bills for railroad fare
to different stations, calling for
two or three times the amo'int
of the fare. His requisitions for
food are said to be far ln excess
of what was really needed for
short inspection tours.
Another bill which was object
ed to by county officials was $160
for a cement aquarium on his own
farm near Steilacoom. The ques
tion brought to the minds of
.court house officials is, what will
become of this expensive aquar
ium if Light should ever be un
fortunate enough to be ousted
from office.
FAIR TO KEEP OPEN
I It was announced this after
noon that the Prairie Grange fair
at American lake will be continu
ed open tomorrow.
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MONTH
VOL. XII. NO. 231. T \rOMA. WASH. SATI HP AY, HKITKMBKK 18. 1915.
WINSTON USE
NEARING END
Ed Winston took the stand *o
day to testify for himself against
the charge of murdering Irving
Wise, by stabbing him in the neck
July 8. The Btate completed its
side of the case today, having
only one witness.
Attorney Frank Carroll called
three witnesses. Their testimony
was short and favorable to the
defendant. Then Winston took
the stand and told In detail of the
events leading up to the cutting
in front of the saloon at llth and
X streets.
He said he bent arms with Gil
bo, who became Insulting when
he (Winston) succeeded in bend
ing Gllbo's arm. He said that
Wise interrupted by challenging
him, and after calUng him names
struck him in the face.
Somebody else hit him then, he
said, and he started towards llth
street, looking for a policeman.
When he got there Gtlbo and Wise
rushed him and he drew a knife
to protect himself, striking both
men, he said. After that he .-an.
The case probably will go to
the jury late today.
Tacoma Clerk
Charged With
Embezzlement
E. F. Klrchburg, clerk l n the
Crown Drug store for the last
two years, is held in the city jail
today awaiting the arrival of a
Detroit officer, charged with the
embezzlement of $5,060.62.
Klrchburg ls married and was
one o' the most highly trusted
employes at the store. He declares
that the arrest is caused by a
misunderstanding.
The clerk was administrator of
an estate in Detroit before com
ing to Tacoma.
He has been arrested on a war
rant sworn out In Detroit by Jere
miah Drennan, bondsman for
Klrchburg.
PAPER GETS
FAKE BOMB
——■-■—■-lis
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—A fake
bomb was sent to the offices of
the New York World today, it
appeared like the real article, hut
contained no powder. The World
waa active in recent anti-German
exposures, and it is not known if
the bomb has any significance.
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.
AT THE COUNTY FAIR
Hire and Fire Men
So Ruston Can Soak
Them $2 Poll Tax!
i
Why does the smelter adver-;
tlse constantly that it wants new
men for its plant?
Why does it keep many of its
employes so short a time?
Several men who have been dis
charged lately, for no cause, and
then saw others hired just be
hind them think it is the village's
system of taxation, which Includes
a poll tax.
"How long does a man have to
live In Huston before he is as
sessed the tax?" Mayor Pratt was
asked by a Times man.
"O, any length of time," said
Pratt, "Just so he lives there.
GERMAN SITUATION
GROWING I CLEARER
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 18.
—Hopes for a satisfactory settle
ment of the Arabic controversy
were raised today by a Berlin
dispatch telling of the outcome of
conferences between Ambassador
Gerard and the foreign secretary,
and indicating an Inclination on,
Germany's part to meet America
half way.
WENATCHEE TO
PRODUCE THREE
MILLION BOXES
WENATCHEE, Sept. 18—The
first actual estimate of the IS 13
apple crop in the Wenatchee dis
trict has ben finished. The crop
will total almost 3,000,000 boxes.
With the yield of Brewster, Pat
eros and Malott Included It will
exceed that figure.
TODAY'S CI.KARINtIS
Clearings $269,108.36
Balances 48,018.08
Transactions ....... 881,4(7.87
"Is a day long enough?"
">es," answered Pratt.
Under this system of taxation,
a large proportion of the vil
lage's taxution falls on tbe em
ployes of the plant, at a poll tax
of $2 a year, instead of on the
immensely wealthy smelter. And
the city officials who fix on this
pluu are all smelter foremen,
except Pratt, who is the com
pany physician.
"How much does the poll tax
total In a year," Pratt was asked
last by the Times man.
"Oh." he said, "very variable.
We can't tell how many come and
go tti a year."
Olf i«-ia)(loiu expected the upshot
ot the situation to be a disavowal
of tse Arabic torpedoing.
Far the Uroe being the admin
istration's attention is centered
on flhe British prize court's de
cision confiscating millions ot
doll Jrs' worth' or American goods
and i>n the loan negotiations in
New! York.
N#ME BEACH
•MOD FOR 20
YEARS MORE
SJATTLE, Sept. 18.—Seward
peninsula, and especially Nome
beac i, where the discovery of
gold In 1898 electrified the Unit
ed Slates and gave Puget Sound
a great impetus, may be relied
upon to yield an average annual
output of between $3,000,000 and
$4,000,000 for at least 20 years
longer, according to Jafet Llnde
berg, president of the Pioneer
M|nlng Co., who returned yester
day front a throe months' stay in
tht nortfc.
HOME
EDITION
FOUR
VOTE
" NO"
Apparently voicing the senti
ment of Commissioner Mills, who
asserted loudly today in the coun
cil chamber to Mayor Fawcett
that "you can't cut my salary
while I'm on the Job, if I know
It," the city commission flatly
turned down Fawcett's plan for
a general city salary cut.
Although a majority of the city
employes had announced to the
mayor this week that they would
prefer a cut to having their
number greatly reduced, the four
commissioners made a general as
sault on tbe mayor's plan, and left
It prostrate undej their feet.
Would Save f» 1,304.
Commissioner Mills again en
gaged in a verbal battle with
Fawcett, in which personalities
of no delicate nature were ex
changed.
Fawcett showed by his motion
that the sliding-scale cut of sal
aries would make a total saving
to the city of $31,364.23 a year.
This would not Include day la
borers.
"I want to say that if you gen
tlemen want to run the city on a
business basis, as you claim you
do, here is th«- big chance," be
gan Fawcett. "Every business
house in the country is making
cuts. This is only a fair propo
sition. The big salaried men are
cut cut proportionately more,
than the smaller salaried ones."
Mills Swings Drake.
On roll call, Atkins voted a
positive "No."
Drake started to say that he
was in favor of tbe ordinance, If
the pay of organised labor em
ployes were not cut. Mills,
jumping in, attempted to swing
Drake by a grandstand gush of
words.
Mills shouted that he was un
alterably opposed to the salary
cuts, and ended with the state
ment, From a business stand
point, I am strictly opposed to
this measure.."
The roll call was remused, and
Drake, Mills and Woods voted
"No," Fawcett giving tbe only
assenting vote,
WEATHER
Tacoma and vicinity: Fair to
night and Sunday.
Washington: Same.
VISIT SEVERE
PENALTY ON
GAY RESORT
SEATTLE, Sept. 18 —Its blinds
drawn clone us If to hide its guilty
Hbanie from scurrying thrones
thnt pass its glided door, the
Derby, once festive, fashionable
hostelry In a neighborhood of
Cushion, stands today silent anil
disgraced at Second live, and Pine
Bt., branded by the law a broth*'l.
Its gay women arc gone. Its
nights of revelry and wino are
past.
Even a good woman's tears fail
ed to save it from the brand of
the red-light law. Mrs. Lama
Allen, the owner, pleaded In vain
that she had not been informed of
the character of tbe place.
l-.iM Stain to lie Cm**n***A.
Three Hays of the hardest legal
biitllp her husbnnd. Jay C. AllM,
the attorney, ever fought, did not
dislodge the law, nor cause Su
perior Judge French to falter tn
what ho considered his duty.
He ordered the Derby closed
for six months. He deman«l«<d
that its owner pay the state a spe
cial tax of |300. He decreed that
the expensive furnishings be torn
out and sold by the slate, Hint,
the Inst stain should be wiped
out.
Newer 11.-phil of Before.
Society Is gasping.
Never before In history had
such wrath been meted out .ipon
a hotel so elegantly palatial, and
located right in the heart of the
busiest hotel district in Seattle.
"Dumps" had been torn down
under the red-light abatement
law, "lowbrow" rooming houses
had been closed, but no judge hnd
heretofore Invoked the law
against a place such as the Der
by —at Second aye. and Pine st.
It was a signal victory for Pros
ecutor Dundin. He had carried
out bis campaign promise.
But he might have lost. Had it I
not been for the unexpected re
version of mind of Mrs. Mildred
Hill, who was landlady of the
Derby for many months, the Al
iens might have succeeded In
their defense.
Mrs ' 1111 ls the same as Mr*.
Warner, who must face trial In
Tacoma for running down In her
auto and killing an aged man.
landlady Tells.
Hut Mrs. HUH who was consid
ered tlie defense's staunchest wit
ness, suddenly turned to the state.
She told without reservation of
the Immorality of the Derby, not
failing to mention that even while
abatement proceedings were pend
ing the house had been run In a
disorderly manner.
Had Peep Hole.
She told of how the door panel
had been cut away and a pane of
VILNA
BATTLE
RAGES
PETROGRAD, Sept. 18. —A
terrific battle for the possession
of Vilna has begun.
The Germana are making a
smashing attack to the east of
the city.
Several Teuton detachments
have pushed their way to the
Novovilesk-Molodechno railway
and are now attempting to pierce
the Russian lines.
The official statement today
emphasized that the struggle
around vilna is the greatest on
the present front, stretching from
the Baltic to Gallcia.
German succeases in the Vilna
region have been offset by de
feats to the southwest. At some
points tbere the AufitrO-Germftns
are fleeing In disorder before a
Russian offensive.
CAPTURE POSITIONS
BERLfN, Sept. 18.—TNe cap
ture of a part of the Rnvalan ad
vanced positions about Dvlnsk
and Bridgehead was officially an
nounced today. The Slav front
between Vilna and Niemen wtta
(broken.
glass placed In the aperture that
(alters might be scrutinised be
fore they entered in time to warn
the women inside if the visitors
appeared "suspicious."
Policemen related of their ad
ventures in the house when they
were sent there to secure svl
di'iii-c. Rich draperlea hung be
tween rooms, they said, soft lights
heightened the loveliness of tit*
women, whoso words were not
those spoken generally In fashion
able hotel wuitiug rooms. Lewd
pictures adorned the walls.
Budget
Nearly
Ready
With a further cut of |«,ot>©
neccßsary before a ir. mill le»ry is
reatphed, tlie city council today
approved Its budget for 181 C, aad
prepared to place the expense list
before the public.
The budget will be published In
The Times, the Tacoma official
newspaper, next Monday. Every
taxpayer aud citizen la urged to
read it.
The $5,000 cut yet to he mode
was not acted on this morning
because the council wanted more
time to deliberate.
It would not have been neces
sary, had not Controller Meads
urged the commission to restore
the emergency fund of next year
to $20,000.
This fund had been cut to $12,
--500, but Meads showed that be
cuuse of a possible loss through
unpaid taxes next year, a larger
emergency fund wns Imperative.
Cndoubtedly, according to sen
timent of the council today, the
$5,000 will bo cut from the li
brary fund, leaving that fund at
$32,000, the amount allowed last
year. Librarian Kaiser asked
$42,000 this year, and the sum
was cut this week by $6,000.
Tho council can make all 'he
cuts It wants to after publication
of tho budget Monday, but cannot
make any increases, according to
state law. The public Is invited
to appear before the council Mon
day, Oct. 4, to make suggestions
regarding further changes in the
budget.
According to figures compiled
by Controller Meads today, city
expenses for 1916 will total $1,
--109,233.29. Receipts from taxa
tion, municipal utilities and other
sources will be $1,121,891.75, un
der the present appraised valua
tion, but deducting the usual 2
per cent for loss of unpaid taxes,
will amount to $1,108,891.
This sum, subtracted from tbe
expenses, leaves $5,342.29 still to
be cut from expenses, before tha
15 mills levy will be reached.
Only two cuts were made today
in the budget, and one of them
was caused by a clerical error In
Atkins' office. Judge Stiles had
been accredited on the budget
with a salary of $4,800 for next
year, when he really only gets
$4,200. Had not the error been
detected today, the city attorney
could have received $50 addition
al a month next year. The othar
cut was an item of $250 worth
of hose for the fire department.
Atkins' announcement Thurs
day that the council still bad *.o
cut $16,200 was found today to
have been another error on tba
finance commissioner's part. Ho
had lost track of $10,000 some
where in his calculations.
CARRANZA ASKS
U. S. TO ASSIST
WASHINGTON, D. C. Be»*t. tl.
— Government investigation of
the charge by CarranzisU officers
that American troops made an Mr
provoked attack against the
Mexican force*, was formally ask.
i *d today by Cferrau* agents.