The Tacoma times. [volume], October 28, 1915, Image 1

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FIFTY DE IN FKETRAP
The practice of planting fruit
and nut trees by the roadside has
long prevailed in parts of Europe.
It should be adopted in the United
States.
SEEKS TO CLOSE DOWN CLOAK HOUSE
FIRM
FACES
suns
Steps to obtain a perma
nent Injunction to rent—in
the Home Cloak <& S.dt
lions.- from doing further
business in Tacoma are being
taken toilaj* by Heputy I'i-os
• I lIIOC -Sf'llll-11.
Ho announced lilh Inten
tion of closing down the
place following the reported
statement of .Ih««>Ii VngeS-
Imiiui, tin* manager, that his
arrest and prosecution was
"all a bluff" and that he in
tended to keep on with his
business in the usual way.
Aiter spending a big part Of
)Mt night with Special Deputy
Sheriff Darnell looking lof somo
t ne to go on his bond Yogell-atim
a;i| eared before Judge Card th's
morniug and entered a idea of
not guilty to the charge of vlo
lating the state lottery lav.
He was released on $1,000
surety bond furnished oy I. M.
Heilig, theatrical man. Helllg'B
brother George of I'orllund, Is
said to be a part owner of the
cloak concern.
Patrons Combine.
Vogelbaum appears to be sur
rounded on all sides today. Not
only is he threatened with an in
junction, but the hundred or more
women who claim to have been
duped by his alleged loiter;'
scheme Into paying a lot of money
In for suits they never got, are
reported to be combining to hand
him one combined civil suit to
get back their money.
As Prosecutor Selden estimates
that at least 2,000 Tacoma wom
en have been roped into the "cir
cle of 39," the amount of this
suit may be large.
Still Doing Business.
Meanwhile, the Home Cloak &
Suit House is doing business at
the old stand, 938% Pacific aye.
When a visit was made to the
place this morning the door was
locked. A loud knock brought
the face of a salesman to a one
inch crack.
"Too busy to talk," he said.
"No, Mr. Yogelbaum is not in.
We're still doing business, yes."
The salesman blocked the way
but gave way after a little per
suasion. Inside were about d>
ot the patrons trying to get the
best merchandise they could find
for the money which their "tick
ets" showed they had paid in.
No Money Hack.
Vogelbaum, true to his word,
is still refusing to refund any of
the money paid in on the alleg
ed suit lottery. He offers his
suits for the sum which appears
on the ticket, plus whatever cash
he wants for the suit beside.
The patrons will have a good
civil cause of action, lays the
prosecutor, Inasmuch as the con
tract by which they agreed to pay
in BO cents a week with the
chance of getting a free _ult will
not hold water. It is not :-lgned
Vogelbaum is expected to use
the same argument in his own
defense.
Savings
It is not so much the
amount of money we
make, as it is the man
ner in which we expend
it. It is not the purpose
of this Bank to make
any suggestion-, to any
one, how they should
conduct their affairs,
but to anyone who is
Inclined to preserve
some of their earnings
for use in the future
years, we most respect
fully offer the services
of a Bank conducted
for the benefit of the
people.
rfJOKT SOUND STATE
BANK
1115 Pacific Aye.
SHUTTLED
By E. A. Peters
"The human shuttle!"
When the Tacoma pollie.
yesterday afternoon took an
old, gray-bearded man to Ihe
Miiim fpnl tlock, purchased a
one-day ticket to Seattle, and
walked him across the gang
plank to the deck of a Malt
ing steamer, there was dis
closed n "human shuttle"
that is working continuously
liclween the two Sound cities.
The shuttles are men and
women — beggars, cripples,
women of the street, men
palsied with age, old women
without homes or friends.
—Lke the silent, ceaseless
work of a weaver's bobbin
these creatures—derelicts on
the face of the earth—are
being shuttled backwards
and forwards, always mov
ing, always watched.
Yesterday's victim was M Hus
sell, aged, infirm. Kusjell has
been In jail several times. He
deserves assistance from those or
ganizations that claim to be
working for the needy.
This old man was shipped he-
CYNTHIA GREY
DRAWS MORAL
By Cynthia Grey
I have just extricated myself
from the mob of indignant women
gathered In the corridor in front
of the Home Cloak &. Suit Co.
Almost every emotion was dis
played upon the faces of those
about me — anger, disappoint-
ment, contempt and disgust.
The lesson I gleaned from the
broken bits of conversation com
ing from UMM duped customers
is well worth serious contempla
tion on the part of every woman
shopper.
met
1 was especially impressed by
one poor little woman, scarcely
out of her 'teens, scantily clad,
holding a tiny babe in her arms,
who walked slowly away with
tears in her eyes on discov
ering that the few dollars she
could so ill afrord to lose appar
ently had been gobbled up.
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Next to me was a middle-aged
woman. The lines in her race ex
posed years of toil and struggle.
"It was this way with me," she
WOMAN FIGHTING
FOR THREE CENT
ELECTRIC LIGHT
Mrs. Charlotte C. Rhodes, pies
ldent of the Woman's party of
Chicago, supported by the cl'ib
women of Chicago, has com
menced a national campaign for
three-cent electricity, five-cent
gas and "penny telephones."
The Tacoma Times
30cA \
MONTH VOL. XII. NO. 286. tacoma, WA«a THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28.1915.
fore. The police put niiii on a
steamer to Seattle. H* stayed
in thai. city a few days, uiilil the
police there became acquainted
with hlni — and soon tired of kin.
Hack he came to Tacoma. His
ticket had been purchased by |
Seattle officer. The nt«\iini-r of
ficers had been told to make sure
(hat he leaves the boat at Taco
ma. itussell was helpless. He
wandered about Tacoma Tor a day
or so, hungry, too old to mil him
self, then was locked up.
Yesterday he was slippel into
a bobbin-carrier of the police. A
ticket was bought. A whispered
message was given to the steam
ship captain. A nod of the
head. Hussell was half .jerked,
half shoved over (he gangplank,
and he was off again on another
of those journeys the police furn
ish those who are old, or ne
glected, or helpless, or outcast.
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llussell was not consulted,
of course not. He was not
given a chunce to ask fov the
charity that our iiiiinii ipali
lii-s are supposed to supply.
He was jerked by (he col
lar, given a purling word of
said. "I have worn this coat
three winters already and you can
easily see that it will barely hold
together another.
"Still I could not afford to buy
a suit or coat and pay cash for it,
so when a solicitor from the
Home concern called at my house
and explained their system, it
sounded reasonable, I thought,
and I saw my chance to get a
much needed suit by paying a
small sum each week.
"Of course 1 was happy, but It
didn't last, in all, 1 have paid
$15. Not until 1 called at the
store to see about getting my suit
did 1 realize how badly 1 had
been taken in.
"Suits they were offering for
$15 and $25 could be purchased
at established suit houses for $8
to $10.
"Now If I had only known
enough to have saved that money
myself and waited a couple more
months, with all of it together I
might have gone to one of the
stores and gotten a decent suit
or coat. Yes, I have gray hairs,
but 1 guess it's true that we nev
er get too old to learn. Well, no
more extra specral bargains like
this for me."
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Moral: Steer clear of any and
all Bonielhing-for-nothing con
cerns; they are in the game
strictly for the purpose of bleed
ing a too confident public.
Remember first, last and all of
the time that in this day of the
world, you can't get something
for nothing.
! Patronize your permanently
J established local merchants who
spend a good share of their prof
its in your city. Their principal
interests are here, and for this
reason, ir for no other, they can
at least be relied upon.
SERBIA UNDER
GRINDING MILL
VIENNA, Oct. 28.—Serbia's
defenders are being ground be
neath an irreslstable offensive,
driving from three sides. The
Teutons are still plowing south
ward with steady progress along
a 100-mile front.
Austrian forces are In com
mand of the western frontier,
while the Bulgars co-it.-nl the
eastern frontier. Germany must
| gain a stronger - control of the
j railroad to Salonlkl before troops,
can reach Constantinople.
FURNACE MEN'S
WAGES UP 69 PCT.
CUMBERLAND. Oct. 28. —
Blast furnace workers' wages
have Increased 69 per cent since
the beginning of the war.
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.
"II«»al it—and don't come
back," ami left lo the fates
thai look after such as he.
Kvery day the Seattle police
send outcasts and delinquents -
moral, mental and phyidca!—to
Tacoma.
Our sister city has no more
idea of assisting these .-real lire*,
apparently, than has Tacoma.
Each day they come stu muling
up the passage-way of the Muni
cipal dock and louch into th i
maw of the city. Almost every
day the Tacoma police pay from
their emergency fund for a
steamboat ticket; and put some
helpless person on tlie boat north
ward bound.
• • •
They're shipped about like
so much cattle. Only cattle
would be fed and given pro
per care! These persons
whom the polite cull unde
sirables are shipped off v ith
empty bellies, cold, cheerless,
vindictive.
Is it any wonder tint
crime continues—that l»eg
gnrs snarl—that street wom
en say there Is no hope.
FRENCH
CABINET
RESIGNS
PARIS, Oct. 28.—The resigna
tion of the entire French c.iblnet,
| headed by Rene Vivian!, was an
nounced officially today.
Following the res'gnntions
President Poincare asked Aristide
Brland, vice president of council
and m'nlster of justice, 11 form
a new ministry.
Who They Are.
The members of the retiring
cabinet are Rene Vlviaul, pre
mier; Aristide Brinnd, vi-n-pres I
dent of council and minlstor of
justice; M. Delcasse, minister of
foreign affairs; L. Malvy, minis
ter of the Interior; A. Miller.md,
minister of war; M. Augngneur,
minister of marine; A. Ribot,
finance; Albert Sarrant, public
instruction; M. Thomson, com
merce; Marcel Sembat, public
works; (laston Dumers-ue, col
onies; Fernand David, agricul
ture; Blenvenu-Martin, • labor,
Jules Cuesde, without portTolio.
Nation Dissatisfied.
France's dissatisfaction with
recent war developments looms
up back or the resignation or the
cabinet. The people are not' sat
isried with the progress made-by
the French armies in the west
not the tailure of the diplomats
to win Bulgaria to the allies'!
cause.
The crisis has been orewing
for some days and broke with the
resignation of Foreign Minister
Delcasse. Premier Vivinni at that
time assumed Delcasse's post in
addition to his own. The resig
nation or the entire cabinet, how
ever, came as a surprise to
Paris.
It Is thought the resignation
may lead to the dlßSblutlo'i of the
British cabinet.
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For Poor Folks'
Thanksgiving
Manager Moore of the Com
lonlal theater announced today
that he will give his first charing
movie show, for the benefit of
the poof people's Thatil:sglvii_J*f
dinner, next Saturday.
All proceeds from the fuH
day's exhibition will go to the
Thanksgiving fund, handled hy
tlm social service board. ""Moor*
has offered to hold similar show*
on three Saturdays before Thanks
giving
The first show will especiallf
appeal to children, the feature
film will he "The Fairy and the
Waif," a fairy play, and with it
will he a clean comedy and •
travel picture. . _ <
EDISON TELLS HOW
U. S. MUST PREPARE
U)S ANUKLEH, Oct. 28.—Holding that Ihe war of the future
wil lie a war of machinery, Thomas A. Edison, head of the new
clv4Ji_n naval invention hoard, today outlined some of the Ideas for
preparedness be will p___ if congress grants his committee a big ex
perjnienltil laboratory. They include:
k Development of an invisible submarine i>eriscope—the "eye of
tuelsiihmai'iuc."
J Improvement of submarine engines.
C Development and improvement of aeroplanes and engines.
J Creation of s|>eeial machinery for making shells.
' ('realion of a new brain supply, through organi/.ation of the
."if MM in engineers of the lulled Slates.
| Among the ideas already completed by 11. S. experts, Edison said,
is bne for I trench-digging machine, which could rip out a tunnel
six, feef deep, three feet wide, and 26."i feet long In an hour.
J "Until we have made every harbor Impregnable," he said, "and
are) in n position to supply enough machinery, artillery and ammuni
tion to accommodate a trench running from Maine to Florida, we are
unprepared.''
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iTihis Town of 69,000 Has j
14 Public Tennis Courts;
Plans City Golf Links
■VANBV-LLB, Ind., Oct. 28.—
(Special.) —Evansvllle, with a
poguilatlon or (19,000 by the last
census, has 14 public tennis
courts.
They are being steadily in
creased In number. Tennis Is
coming to be recognized as the
coming amateur sport in Evans
vllfe and as the number of play
ers increases the number of
courts increases.
While the courts were first es
tablished In parks in the section
where the well-to-do reside the
workingmen's section now have
their tennis courts also.
Tine courts have all oeen laid
out in public ground. Thoy are
under the management of the
sch»o! board but two of them may
be '.managed by the park board
next year.
the work is done by men em
ployed by the chief engineer of
the} school board and the cost H
not? separated from the general
cost of keeping up school prop
erty. No one ever talks about
■the*-cost.
I The city has just spent $60,000
on ia municipal baseball park
T- Talk o 9 the Times -
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[: We note that the name of the
□nan sent to Tacoma to aapu-o In
-terest in a larger navy is—
Bullitt.
A kick to the rlghl place
may make a ffwtliall hero—
* or bring a tool to bis sense;.
They might just as well now
HOME
EDITION
where amateur us well as pro
fessional games are played.
A park is being improved with
drives, lakes and municipal con
cert and dance hall.
This has somewhat depleted
the city's revenues, but a muni
cipal golf course probably will
be built wlthlng a year or two.
I What's Doing 1
Today
Smoker, Tacoma School of Box
ing; Oltde rluk; 8 p. m.
Ancient Order of Hibernians,
assisted by Ladles' Auxiliary;
Hallowe'en party; St. Leo's hall,
8 p. m.
Tomorrow
Lecture, Wesley L. Jones,
"Washington, the CaplUl City;"
First Swedish Lutheran church;
So. Bth and I; evening.
Hallowe'en party, youn.'i* peo
ple's unions of all churches and
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A,,
evening.
turn The Hague into an am
munition factory and be done
with it.
Sticking to a special diet
is easy enough. If yon don't
let it Interfere with jour
regular meals.
Those Germans must have some
Irish blood in 'em.
WEATHER *' »
Tacoma: Occasional rain.
Washington: Same, west; fair
east portion, cooler east portion
tonight.
CHILDREN
ARE THE
VICTIMS
PMABODV, .Mass.. Oct. 2H.
—At least M children per
ished here today In a terrlfl ■
tin- caused by an explosion
in the basement of St. John's
parochial school. The ages
of the deud range from (4 to
12.
T»velve more children will
probably die.
The explosion occurred
just as ii7_ or i In- chlldre-i
had gathered for the morn
ing session.
The bodies or the II victims
have been found and it seems cer
tain that there ure many mom
In the ruins.
Mothers insane with grief, half
naked children rushing vildly In
the midst of crowds which guth
ered about a sco re of broken,
charred bodies stretched in a row
on the ground—this was the
scene this afternoon us the fire
men delved among (he charred
timbers for more bodies.
Doors Opened Inward.
Many of the children were
jammed In the doorway aid
crushed to death as they sougiit
to escape in the panic whi'u l'il
lowed the explosion.
Doors opening inward wcr. re
sponsible for many deaths.
Fire department official* de
clared today the building waß a
veritable Hre-trap.
Before the first horrific 1 chil
dren could swing them back they
were swept ulong Into the fatal
crush of little bodies.
Jump I nnii \\ liiilu'is.
Many ran to windows and
jumped in bewilderment. Neigh
bors caught the tiny forms In
outspread blankets and in tholr
arms.
When the firemen arrived they
found the main doors jammed
with bodies. The fire was be
yond control. The flames spread
so rapidly the children attempt
ing to escape down the Stairway.
were confronted by billows of
smoke. Most of the children on
the lower floors escaped, but
many were trampled. Twenty
children were seriously '.njured.
The building had no fire
escapes.
The fire was discovered by a
sister who smelled smoke in the,
basement. Investigating, she
round the lower hall en/eloped
In names. At once an alarm was
sounded, and as calmly «_ sin
could, so as not to frighte i tne
children, the black-robed nun told
them to leave by the side doors.
Orderly at First.
For a few minutes while they
were in their class rooms the
children maintained perfect or
der. Then as they marched into
the halls the thick, hot smok?
poured toward them and id'
flames crackled near them.
Terror seized the sisters
ami children simultaneously.
Seeing their charges helpless
the teachers ordered them to
break ranks and a rush for
doom and windows follow,st.
Ladies! This Surely
Is "Your" Day
The educational effect of advertising Is very important. For instant*
•day we pick up our newspaper and note a Ladies' Coat advertiso
meut.
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Feist & l!a< linn h announce the extraordinary news that for $2 yon
have your choice of IS4I Ladies* (J oats.
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The Times' advertising is always "good," bnt this is "better diss
ever."
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Dollar Day Is always interesting to the economical housewife—
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Stone-Fisher has » host of rich bargains for Times readers—turn to
page 8.
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Paulson's, Inc., tells the value of a dime in a fine list of useful arti
cles that should be carefully gone over.
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Half Price Sale of mighty good remnants—so says Peoples Stum aft
on page :».
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All through the ads yon will find daily: hints of a valuable nature oa
bow to live—how to tires*■■how to buy—economically.
Read the ads. ml
By this time the townsfolk had
guthered below, beseeching the
white-raced children In the wiu
dows not to leap until they
brought blankets to use as life
nets.
Some ol them obeyed. Crylnf
and protesting they crowdel the
windows while the flames drew
nearer. Others jumped -while
men below tried to catch them
In outspreud overcoats.
Then the blankets were
brought. Forming a ring the moa
firmly held tho edges of the im
provised nets, saving aseore. of
children when they plunged from
the windows. Many were Injur
ed leaping.
Held in a Trap.
Because there were no fire es
capes the children were hell in a
trap without a chance. PuFhinf
through Uie flames many reached
the main door to find it Jammed
with bodies. It opened inward,
and they were compelled either
to jump from the windows or
perish.
The firemen found a pitiful
sight when they finally forced the
main entrance. Piled behind ft
were tiny bodies, charre I and
crashed. Homo of the children
had been suffocated. Other* had
been trampled. Many were un
recognizable.
Sister Aldcgon proved her
self a heroine when, witli the
riuiues muring behind her,
she Hi in-.I 25 i liililn ,i by
dropping them from .. win
dow into the outstretched
arms of men below.
The other 15 nuns worked
with rare courage.
[ flashes.
LONDON—British cruiser Ar
gyle wrecked off coast of Scot
laud.
lire 11A REST—Russian fleet,
bombarding Varna, Bulgarian
port on Black sea.
WASHINGTON, D. C—Gover
nor Ferguson or Texas asked pres
ident for more troops to quell
bandit raids.
NEW YORK—Government of
ficials declare arrets of five sus
pects In alleged German dyna
mite conspiracy only sera tehee
surrace of plot.
WASHINGTON, I). C—Guard
ed Inquiries of foreign belliger
ents concerning opening of
peacD proposals lead American of
ficials to believe Germany ig on
verge of asking for settlement.
SEATTLE— Dorothy Gerber, in
court recently with Ralph Debit,
Yoga cult leader, on statutory
churge, files papers for divorce
from Gerber.
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