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W. C. T. U. DEFENDS MATERNITY
HOME AGAINST NURSES ATTACK
A dealer of Kiev, Russia, has
been sent to Siberia for selling a
bottle of champagne. Old Demon
Rum is one enemy the czar can lick,
anyhow.
SNYDER
ON THE
CARPET
Criticising tbe report of Build
ing Inspector Snyder this week
to the effect that several
public schools and a number of
private ones, including the Annie
v'rlgnt reiuinary, are in a danger
ous condition in case of fire, the
city council today ri.-i-ei-.ecl a heat
ed letter from .lames M. Kean,
secretary of the seminary.
The seminary official declared
that Snyder's report was unjusti
fied, and that be had shown either
an uufamiliarity with his work or
v desira to Injure the school.
Two years ago the school
bought new fire escapes and hud
them installed under Inspector
Snyder's direct supervision. After
the installation, Snyder is said to
have approved the fire escape
system. Recently changes and
improvements were made in thei
escapes, nnd Snyder again ap
proved, offering no i:riticism at
the time of the school's lire pro
tection system, says Keen.
Hot Criticism.
The building bus existed for
.10 years without v fire, accord
ing to Keen, and is equipped with
all modern fire-fighting and fire
escape apparatus. Fire drills are
held regularly. Keen says that
automatic sprinklers, such a-i Sny
der insists upon, are not used in
any school building in the world.
Snyder came in for further
criticism today when it was shown
that plans for the Central school.!
anproved by him nnd on file in bisl
office, specified clearly that a
section of the basement was to be,
used aa a garage, in direct vio
lation of city ordinance.
.Mothers Protest.
Sixteen mothers of Kern Hill,
members of the Fern Hill Study
club, wrote to the council today,
saying that the Fern Hill school
was unsafe, and demanding fire
protection for the building.
Doors in the rooms occupied by
primary departments are so tight
that the children cannot open
them, and they all open inwardly,
the mothers say.
On the larger building of the
Bchool, fire escapes are of wood,
and would prove ineffectual in
case of fire, the mothers say. The
complaint was written by Mrs.
Luella B. Peterson, secretary.
ETHEL OLIVER
'FOUND' AGAIN
Ethel Oliver passed through
Cottage Grove, Ore., Oct. 11, ac
cording to a letter received today
by Prosecutor Remann from G. B.
Pitcher, marshall of the Oregon
city.
He claims the young woman
was accompanied by a man who
gave his name as R. W. Good
year of Seattle, who aroused his
suspicions, and when arrested
said they bad started from Ta
coma.
They left Portland on a motor
cycle, they said. It broke down
with them a short distance out of
Portland and they intended mak
ing the rest of the way to Cali
fornia on foot, they told him.
What's Doing 1
Today
Norm a una hall association;
four days'.' bazaar opens at Val
halla temple; 13th and X sts.
Lecture, ,'Education in India."
Mrs. Mariel I E. Davis, professor
of modern languages, University
Of Paget Sound; 8 p. in.
Joint meeting Commercial
club trustees and real estate men
of Tacoma; club rooms, 1215
p in
Lecture, Marie Mayer of Ober
ammergau; Annie Wright .sem
inary; evening.
Young Ladles' Institute dam-.;
St. Leo's hall: evening.
Tomorrow
Lecture, A. H. Ileum ii.
"Mountain Photography," Taco
ma Camera cl,ub, room 200,
Bankers Trust building.
Neighborhood mass meeting
for discussion of the Sunday
school; Pilgrim church; 7:30
p. m.
THE .AMAZING MYSTERY
OF PATIENCE WORTH!
Woman Lived and Died 200
Years Ago, Yet Seems to
Be In World Today
ST. LOIIS, Nov. I.— Tills ii to
introduce Patience Worth- poet,
philosopher, woman of Wisdom
— who lived Ml years ago and
TALKS TODAY!
Her habitat is the hereafti';-,
but she speaks to the world at
large from the pretty home of
Mr. and Mrs. John 11. Currun at
lltl Unlon-blvd., St. Louis.
She speaks by means of the
ouija-boiird, a 111 He heart shaped
contrivance, mounted on two
wheels, with a pointer at Hie Up,
'I In pointer spells out words on
a lettered board—words, in this
case, which the operator cannot
always understand.
From the pointer at the lip
of this heart have come poetry,
humor, gripping drama—ait.l a
running fire of comment on tr-e
foibles of this century that has
kept her hearers laughing gad
bewildered!
Also a novel, "Telka," of t! ),
--000 words.
Convinces Literary
Men of St. Louis
Mrs. Curran usually has l.er
fingers on the tip end of 0131
heart .and it is through Mrs. Cur
1.-in as a medium that the 1- 1
results are obtained. Mrs. Cur
ran is not a spiritualist she
started using the ouija-boar 1
largely as a joke—finite as you
would start it
She is a woman 01 education,
but not of a higher ssJßOtUo'
-—she does not understand the
origins of the English language.
or the forms of words In use
200 years ago.
Yet the messages from
Patience, Worth are couched
entirely In ancient Knglish
—not a word of modern or
igin has been found in them.
Sirs, t'urran couldn't "fako"
these messages. Neltiur
could you, or anybody else.
Among the persons who OstM
to sioff and who have been con
verted, are Wm. Marion Reedy,
editor of the St. Louis Mirror,
and "discoverer" of Elbert Hub
bard; Casper S. Yost, editor of
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a
widely-known literary critic; C.
Hutchlngs, secretary of a city
park commission, and .Vlr<j.
Hutchings, who most frequently
holds her hands on the board
with Mrs. Curran. Curran him
self Is a former state immigra
tion commissioner who is now in
business in St. Louis.
Messages AH Coin-lied
in Quaint Language
Picture, then, this scene:
A brilliantly lighted par
lor in the Curran home. Mrs.
Curran mid Mrs. Hutx-lilnics
with their hands on the
on ijH-l Mi.i ni Mrs. Currnn'*
mother, Mrs. Pollard, at
their side with |ieiicll anil
note book. <lrou|ied about
are several others.
One, a physician, skeptically
remarks:
"I hope Patience will come:
I'd like to find out what her
game is!"
Almost instantly the board,
under the fingers of Mrs. Cur
ran and Mrs. Hutchings, begins
to move. Mrs. Hutchings cill.i
out the letters as the pointer
jumps to them, and Mrs. Pollard
takes down the message. This
is it:
"IHxM, then, desire the plucking
of another goose?"
The physician smiled. "Rignt
there with the grease, isn't she! '
he remarked.
The pointer spelled this reply.
"Knough to baste the laftt upon
the spit!"
The doctor wanted the board
turned over no he could ses
what was under it. This w. -s
done. Then Patience spelled:
"Thee'lt bump thy nose to
look within the hopper!"
That's Patience Worth's man
ner of speech.
The other day she called Wil
liam Marion Brady "thou fat
swlde!"
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When she has "kidded" those
present, a little while she gener
ally indicates that they have hail
enough amusement, and will now
have to do a little work for her.
Refutes to Tell
When She Died
"Think ye 1 be a doler o'
wares without a price?" the
pointer said. "Yea, and do ye
work for tlie tale of me, 1 do
for to fetch out sweets!"
Then i-ame a few chapters of
a story which the Currans h.-.va
named 'Panda,' anr. which they
have been taking tor a lev
weeks. Patience scorns all titles,
either for her dramas, novels or
poems.
When poetry is coming from
the oulja-hoard the. house Is In ab
solute silence, save for occasion
al expressions of wonder from
the listeners. Much of the uon
try Is fragmentary, but all of it
has a primeval beauty, which ha.i
led the enthusiastic Yost to ray
that it rivals Shakespeare! Yost
Is even collecting some of tlie
verses into a book, which h? Is
to publish sin ii under the tit *3,
"The Mystery ol Fallence
Worth!"
(NOTK BY TIMKS KBT
TOK—Our i hi-lespontlent
has promised a lew samples
of the verse, which will he
published tomorrow or as soon
as it arrive*.)
Patience Worth's, answers to
questions make It appear tint
she was "alive" in i lie year ItilD
although whether that is the
date of her ')irth she does r.ot
state. At one time the out Li
board followed the date It4l
with 94, which some among the
company took to be the yeir of
her death; but questioned on this
point, she refused to say.
"Across the sea" is the only
answer she has given as to bur
home on earth. From soms of
her nature references the Cur
rans believe she was born In Kng
land and came to the \m- r, ,:n
colonies.
Will She Answer
Mysteries of the Ages?
Patience expressed disapprov
al one evening when Currau ard
Hutchings had gone together to
a musical comedy in a St. Louis
theater.
"Mayhap thou sendest thy men
for barleycorn," the point, r
spelled. " 'Twould then surprise
thee should the asses eat it!'
"What is she driving at?" Mru
Hutchings wondered.
"The- men at the ' theater,"
suggested Mrs. Pollsrd.
"Patience, what are they see
Ing there?" Mrs, Hutchiigß
asked.
The answer came:
"Ne'er a timid wench, I yum.
My pettlesklrt ye may borrow for
the brazens!"
Keedy has started asking auc
tions along religioui- and hlstorl
cal lines. One was:
"Did Bacon write Shakes
peare's plays?"
"What hath earth but stonea
for him to walketli shoon o skins
sewn o' thong and crusts?" mka-1
the oulja hoard.
CELESTIAL POET'S MEDIUM
.Mrs. .Mm 11. Cumin of St. Louis, Through Whoso
Finger-Tips on tho Ouija-Boartl Have Come
Some of the .Most tteuiarksble [Wins,
Novels mid Dramas in the
English language.
Reedy interpreted the "shooti
o' skim." to refer to Shakes
peare's being an actor of rtoek
and buskin, and believes the an
swer of Patience to mean that
Shakespeare wrote his own pi iyp,
but the world withheld credit,
as actors in his days bore ill re
pute.
Reedy hopes, by persistent
questioning, to obtain a clue a.-.
to the state of the hereafter,
Whether YOl' have faith
in (bene revelations or not,
don't you 'igree that, it is v
most remarkable narrative?
I flashes)
DOUGLAS, Ariz.—Gen. Freder
ick Funston aslts war department
for permission to invade Mexico,;
if necessary, to protect American
life and property.
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ROME—German military At
tache Fulkenhetm has returned to
Athens, after delivering a sealed
letter to the king of Bulgaria, ac
companied by a staff of German
officers. Reports of a secret mis
sion are rife.
WASHINGTON, D. C.,—French
Ambassador -Jusseran was granted
Interview with President Wilson,
causing revival of peace specula
tion.
OLYMPIA —State Superintend
ent of Instruction Mrs. Josephine
Preston reports 70 per cent of the
grammar school graduates enter
high school.
ILLINOIS—Two of 11 wet
towns which held local op'l-in
elections voted to stay 4*4*.
STEAMER
WRECKED
15 DEAD
MAHKHFIKLD, Ore., Nov. 3.—
Nine are known to be dead and
several still are missing as a re
sult of the Santa Clara,, passen
ger steamer, grounding on tbe
south spit of Coos bay, 170 miles
south of the Columbia river, yes
terday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
At least 15 persons arc believed
to have lost their lives.
The known dead are Mrs. M. J.
Duim, Butte, Mont.; D. H Thorn,
Hood River, Ore.; Eugene Glllln
water; Delmar Bogue, Gold Hill,
tjre.; child of ... C, Crowley, Mill
City, Ore.; an oiler named Hand
les*, two unidentified women and
a member of the crew. Possibly
Gale. Graham of Portland is dead.
J The Santa Clara is reported
still on her keel this morning.
Several sailors are still aboard.
Capt. Lofstedt. who was at
first reported dead, succeeded In
readying the Santa Clara again
after Ms lifeboat had been cap
sizejl. and was rescued with six
or ulgat members of the crew lat
er, by the Coos bay life-saving
cref.
TJbe Santa Clara carried forty
eight passengers snd a crew of
twenty-four when she left Port
land Monday morning.
She Is believed to have struck
a shoal entering Coos bay.
WOMAN'STOOLLEGE
OFFERED $25,000
The committee in charge of
plans';for establishing a woman's
college on the Whitworth site lias
been assured of $25,,000 whon
the college is establishel, says
Rev. C. K. Staunt. The commit
tee met In the Y. W. C. A. at
4 this afternoon.
HELPS GIRL-MOTHERS
TO LIVE DOWN SHAME
AND GET NEW START
When nurse* In Tuconii
announced yesterday their
iiiii-iiii"ii to wage wm- on
private iiuiteriiity IWsssW
handling secretly ' the casi-s
of unwed girls, I bey broiighr
down on I heir heads the
wrath of the enl're stat.4
Women's ('hi-lslliin Teni|iei-
ani-e I'nloii.
l-'oi- that organ! i/tiiin fos
ters lhe White shield home,
largest of such Institutions
in Tmiiina. and against
whom the nurses' crusade is
dtre«My aimed
And the XV. V. T. V. mem
boi-s dure no Intention ol
submitting tv Hie desires «'f
the llerce County <,i-adi,aO
Nurses- association.
They are read} to fight
aggre»kivel) Mini eurut-s||,\
for Iheii maternity home,
snd they defy the trained
nurses of I'm '•mi.i to attempt
to close the Institution.
The defi wits issued by Dr.
Eva St. Clair Msliiim, 810 South
12th street, president of the
board of managers, immediately
after she had beard yesterday t,t
the nurses' announcement.
"I'd just like to see the nurses
of Tacoma or any body else try to
put the White Shield home on- at
business," declared Dr. Osburn.
What Nurses \\ anted.
The nurses, following a moot
ing Monday afternoon, Issued an
announcement to the effect Mint
they wanted all private or secrC.
maternity homes abolished, and
wanted the county to establish a
maternity ward at the county
hospital.
They declared that young girls,
innocently wronged, would have
a better opportunity to reform,
and a better environment for
pure thought, In a municipal
maternity home, supervised by
trained nurses, than they would
In private institutions.
This argument had the effect
of a red flag on Dr. Osburn and
other women who are backing
the White Shield home. Ibis
Suffrage, Prohibition,
Muny Ownership Lose
I NEW YORK, Nov. ii.—
The men of New York,
Mas sue I hi, set is and Pennsyl
vania at the polls yesterday
voted their wives and daugh
ters' out of the right to
vote.
Returns today Indicated these
big majorities against the prop
osition of granting suffrage ta
women:
New York, 200,660; Massac.iu
setts, 124,000; Pennsylvania,
125,000.
Pennsylvania appears to hava
registered the strongest anti
suffrage vote. A 3 to 1 s^ore
is indicated.
Women Begin Again.
But the defeat did not dantpen
the spirits of the determined
women, and they at once set to
work to start a new campaign.
This movement will open with
a big suffrage rally in Carnegie
hall -tomorrow night.
New York city alone gave a
98,000 majority against suffrage
Ohio Htays Wet.
The voters of Ohio, for the
second time In two years, rt-
J4scted the statewide prohibition
amendment to the constitut'on.
Estimates showed the plurality
may reach 60,000!
Other returns from elections
held throughout the country yes
terday are:
Massachusetts—Samuel Mc-
C-all, republican, elected govern
or, defeating Gov. David I.
Walsh, democrat. Balance of re
WEATHER
Tacoma: Cloudy tonight and
Thursday, probably rain.
Washington: Same.
homo, which Is located at 4214
North Huson street, receive.-!
|ISM c.idowuieiii from the ,itnte
legislature each year, besides de
nations of nosey, vegetables,
flour, fruit anil preserves from
all W. C. T.unions in the slate
of Washington.
Kail i.hi-. Xot Accepted.
"First of all," declared Dr. Os
burn with considerable h>4it,
"the 'good' girls and the 'bud
girls are not herded together, for
the simple reason that we don't
handle had' girl cases. The Ta
coma Vocational home, out In the
west end, hau lies the cases that
need correction.
"OH'lii who come to us nre
young Innocents who have been
wronged for the first time XVe
have girls from l| to 20 yo.rs
of age. I'sually they are be
tween Li and IS. We rarel/
have them even as old asHO.
"And they are girls of
every «-lnss. XVe have had
TiH'omit High school gii-l-i,
nnd girls from the I'uiversl'.y
of I'ugci Siiiini;.
"XX'e've bud gli-ls from line
home* in the north end of
thii illy.
"A majority of them, how
ever, come roni outside of
Hie lit.v, just as n large num
ber of our in fortunate girls
in lai imiiii go to simitar ill
si it in ions in s.ati te and other
• ii iev to bear lheir liable* in
silence anil sei-rel.
"We are trying to do away With
the very thing that the nurses
demand. Instead of putting tho
girls in a regulation hospital
ward, we make them feel a-i if
they were in a private hoaie.
Kach girl has her own room
They are alone at night.
"But in the cay time they all
stay in the large living room,
where there is a piano, an organ,
a sewing machine, and other
things to muke the place home
like.
Never Discus* Condition.
"They are never, positively
never, permitted lo talk about
publican state ticket elected.
BOSTON—Recall of Mayor
James M. Curley probably de
feated.
«.. O. P. Onins in Jersey.
PHILADELPHIA—Thomss R
Smith, republican, elected mayor,
defeating George D. Porter by
75,000 plurality.
NEW JERSEY—Republicans
gain two state senators.
MARYLAND — Emerson C.
Harrison elected governor over
O. E. Weller, republican. Ma
jority 6000.
KENTUCKY — Former Con
gressman A. C. Stanley, demo
crat, defeated. Edwin B. Mor
row, republican, governor.
Worthy Merchandise
Pays the Best
It i» not good policy for a merchant to advertise poor merchandise,
snd it is NEVER TRIE ECONOMY TO BUY IT.
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Ignorance of values constitutes a protection rather tlian a danger ba
all good establishment* tiKlay—
4> P *p ♦ 4 A/,
And the merchants whose ads appear regularly la The Tlsssi are ail
of them committed to a policy of selling goods THAT wnX BKIJU
MORE GOODS.
4> A ♦ ♦ «> * At.
Malincke « Co.'s ad in today's isue is good reading.
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The Department Stores are offering novel bargains.
<l «> «J> •> p A
Spend a few momenta reading the ad-.
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It pays. ,
their condition, or about the cir
cumstances Him sent them there
Kit her the matron or the nurse is
In attendance all tbe time."
At tbe nurses' meeting It wns
declared (hut <;trl patients at toe
White Shield home did not have
sufficient expert nursing.
"We have a nutrm In attend
ance all the time, and a nurse,"
said Dr. Osburn. "They are both
experienced. There Is no need
for any other assistance. When
ever a physician is needed Dr.
Kiln B. Kifield or another won an
physician always respond to the
call.
"Tho matron, Mrs. Stewart, Is
a good, Christian woman. The
home 1b conducted on all the
principles of a Christian home.
Had Pathetic Caae.
"Uirla come to us for aid. We
don't have to solicit patients.
And there never has been any
criticism from them, so far at, 1
know. We have had some terri
bly pathetic cases.
"Some of the girls take their
nameless huhles away with them,
and raise them. Others turn the
babies over to the Children's
Home Finding society. But n.ijno
of the girls ever experienced any
thing hut a he net n ent effect from
her environment while a patient
at the home."
Members of the nurses' asso
ciation pointed out today that
their attack on private maternity
homes was based as much on the
financial aspect as any other.
"What Is the use of the pub
lic's being asked to donate to
several private homes, besides
paying in tax money for upkeep
oi the county hospital?" s'iked
one. "Why couldn't all this ma
ternity work for children be cen
tralized at one institution?"
In her defense of the White
Shield home, Dr. Osburn said:
"I'm also in favor of a
maternity w ml at tlie coun
ty hospital, but why attack
our home in order to get tt?
(Continued on Page 6.)
DETROIT, Mich. — Proposi
tion for city purchase and con
trol of street car lines defeated;
for, 158,570; against. 170,910.
VIRGINIA—Heavy majority of
senate snd house pledged to
prohibition legislation effective
when state goes dry.
SPOKANE—John C. ArgiH,
former purchasing agent, leila
field of 36 candidates for three
city commisstonershlpe. Leonard
Funk, second. Third places lies
between Mayor Fassett and D.
A. Chase. Amendment to reduce
commissioner's salary from 10,
--000 to $3,600 probably success
ful.
(Continued on Pare 0.)