The Tacoma times. [volume], November 17, 1915, Page 5, Image 5

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Wednesday, Nov. 17,1915.
How Utah Firing Squad Deals Death
Diagram >k«-iHi of the Utftli state prison vmnl, slinuiffg how Jo« 11111-.ii.nn. |h..i mid souk «rl
ter of the Industrial Wo^en of the World will probably l>e put to death on v <liHi K e of murdering
9. G. Mortenson, a Halt Lake City grocer, ami his moii, J. Arling Morrison.
mm
Which is correct —the hen in
Bitting or tjie hen is setting? —
Joachim. (Detter to know
whether hen laying or lying when
she cackle.)
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Gen. yon Hindenburg la a hard
■working general. Once, In Ga
licia, a much-dressed-up prince
ling entered the field marshal's
headquarters. He was fresh from
Berlin —dressed to the minute.
"I have the honor " be
gan the visitor.
"I know—you have the honor
'— and 1 have the work!" snapped
the field marshal, "what do you
want?"
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Card of an lowa woman:
♦ ♦
♦ MRS. M. J. PHILPOT.
<>> Supt. Flower Mission Work. <»
♦ W. C. T. U. ♦
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The Servians are serving the
allies well.
GOODNIGHT!
JERBEYVILLE, 111., Nov. 17.
*—A divorce haa een granted here
to Berdie Goodnight from Harry
Goodnight.
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Col Percy Chicks of Natal,
South America, is a subscriber to
the American Poultry Journal,
says the Chicago Tribune.
(And maybe they are not
aware that Jonp6 Bloodhigh prac
tices medicine in Nome, Alaska.
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6> MR. GADDER. <$>
« ♦ « ■$> 4> <?> <fi <f> <(> <$. 4b •* * ► »
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov.
17.—This is how America's mo?t
novel engine of execution—THE
UTAH FIXING SQUAD—will kill
Joe llillstrom, I. W. W. poet Tat
the state prison on Nov. 19.
Masked from his sight and
from the witnesses, their Identity
known to none but the sheriff and
prison warden, five riflemen will
send four bullets into Hillstrom's
heart.
Four bullets—because one of
the five rifles will contain a blank
charge, so that each executioner
may believe that lie, perhaps, has
NOT killed a man.
Each of these riflemen will re
ceive $41) in gold. Utah use<l to
pay %27> for killing men, but the
price was raised.
For 24 hours before his extu
tion Hillstrom will live on the
fat of the land. He will choose
his own menu instead of partak
ing of the regular prison faro.
His last day on earth will be
spent under the constant vigil of
penitentiary guards. Night and
day his cell will be flooded with
light.
From a list of volunteers, the
( liOSK QI'AKTKRS
Captain — (to Murphy in
trench) —Why are you getting on
/M) slowly in digging this trench?
Private Murpny—Faith, cap
tain, the roof in there is so low I
hoy to come outside to swing me
pick, an thin walk in and hit the
ground!— Punch.
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Snow will be here again soon.
But we can understand snow. In
other words it is the only weath
er in which we can see the drift.
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EFFICIENCY
Mammy—Rastus, Ah gave yo'
money fo 'three melons! Whar Is
de odder one?
Rastus —Mammy, de only way
Ah could carry three was to put
one innlde o' rue!
DANDIUFF 81TRKI,Y
IH STi;o\ S THK HAIR
I Girls—lf you want plenty of
thick, beautiful, glossy, silky
hair, do by all means get rid of
dandruff, for It will starve your
hair and ruin it if you don't.
It doesn't do much good to try
to brutih or wash it out. The only
lure way to get rid of dandruff is
to dissolve it, then you destroy it
entirely. To do this, get about
four ounces of ordinary liquid
arvon; npply it at night when re
tiring; use enough to moisten the
scalp and rub it in gently with
the flneer tips.
By morning, most, if not all, of
your %andruff will be gone, and
three or four more applications
will completely dissolve and en
tirely destroy, every single sign
and trace of it.
You will find, too, that all
Itching and digging of the scalp
will stop, and your hair will look
and feel a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. It is inexpensive and
four ounces Is all you will need,
no matter how much dandruff
you have. This simple remedy
never fail*. h.lv.,
sheriff will select five men.
Five of Hillstroin's comrades
in the I. W. W. have started from
Toledo to ask they be permitted
to fire the fatal shots. But Cor
less won't promise them the Job.
Hillstrom will wear blask
trousers and probably a black
sateeu shirt. He will b« led to
the execution chair, specially con
structed of pine boards. At the
back of the chair is a box jot Hand.
The firing squad will be ad
mitted to the rifles, 10 feet from
the chair. Four of the five will
take positions in a row. The rifle
barrels will protrude through a
canvas covering in the door. The
other rifle will protrude from
the canvas at a point to the right
and slightly above the other rifles.
Tliis is for the captain of the
squad.
Hillstrom will be strapped to
the chair. At ii given nignal the
rifles will ipml in unison.
If the body is not claimed by
friend* or relatives, the firing of
the fatal shots will be the ilgual
for another gang of trusties to
begin digging a grave in the pris
on burial plot. No preparations
for burial are made in advance.
ROMANCE STARTS
ON DREADNAUGHT
In the St. Savior's chapel of the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine,
New York, Clairborne Foster, a
descendant of Lydla Boggß, a rev
olutionary heroine, because tho
wife of Lieut. Jhmos McDowell
Cresap, V. S. N. Lieut. Creaap
was one of the landing party at
Vera Cruz two years ago. Mrs.
Cresap was a young actress ap
pearing in "Abe and Mawrißß."
Lieut. Cresap met his wife two
years ago at a tea party aboard
the V. a. 8. "Florida." He la now
attached to the torpedo boat
"Balch."
KNIGHTS TO HONOR
HIGH CHANCELLOR
Commencement lodge. Knights
of Pythias, has arranged a public
reception tonight in honor of S>>
preme Chancellor Brigadier S.
Toung, who Is making a tour of
the west.
ET& RAIHEI
UNUHIAIr-
w.d.hoa.r.:d.
—for a dairyman to be chosen as
tlio most famous citizen o( a
state, especially when that state
ig Wisconsin, with a great senator
like La Follette. But that's what
happened.
The distinction wag given to ex-
Gov. William D. Hoard, who was
made governor In 1889, not be
cause of politics, but because he
had done more than any other
person for the advancement of
livestock interests in the state.
It was Gov. Hoard's work for
the dairy interests of Wisconsin
that did as much, if not more,
than the work of any other one
Influence to lay the basis of the
state's unequaled standing today
n the dairy world.
THE TAOOMA TIMES
CHANCE FOR
HSLLSTROM
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Nov. 17.
—The president today wired Gov.
Spry of Utah, requeuing Utm to
■tay the execution of Joe Hlll
(itrom, intiustfuil Worker, elated
to die before a firing squad Fri
day Ht Salt hake City for mur
ders committed a year ago.
"With unaffected hesitation.
hut with the moit earnest con
viction of the Importance of the:
case, I again venture to urge on!
your excellency the Justice and
advisabllitx. If possible, ol a thor
ough reconsideration of Hill-
I strom'g caßo,'' gald the presi
dent's message.
Tha president previously hnd
otitiiined a stay of execution, aft
er which the Utah hoard of par
dons reviewed the case and re
fused commutation.
The American Federation of
I.alien- nought a stay by sending
resolution* adopted at San Fran
cisco to tha president and to
I'tah officials.
SHE'LL BE SEEN
IN ALUMNI PLAY
Rutt , Timmons
Miss Timmons, dainty cora
medlenne In the coming musical
production of the Tacoma Higl)
School Alumni association, who
will make modists. gasp; chle
dressers yearn; mothers shudder
and young men wildly enthusiast
tic with her new creations, will
have something else to offer the
public besides her clothe*. She
is a singer with a pleasing voice.
BASHFORD GIVES
LIBRARY ONE OF
FOUR RARE BOOKS
Herbert Uashford, a former
librarian of the Tacoma public
library, has, at the request of
Librarian Kaiser, presented the
Taooma public library an auto
graph copy of his volume of
poems entitled "Wolves of the
Sea." On the fly-leaf Is the fol-
lowing note:
"My Dear Mr. Kaiser:
"All but four copies of this
little book were burned in the
San Francisco fire. This is one
of the four rescued from the ashes
and debris—a little damaged,
but still readable.
"Cordially yours,
"HERBERT BASHFORD."
GOSH! AIN'T IT TRUE?
"Many wise words are spoken
in jest."
"And a lulls foolish ones are
spoken in dead earnest!" •
Personal ]
and
Social 1
Julia Itant Grant Tent No. 3,'
Daughters of Veterans, will give
an entertainment at the Armory
Thursday evening,
Epworth I «ague of St. Paul's
M. 10. church will hold a combin
ed businesH meeting and social
this evening.
A <hiir.li tea will be given tlita
afternoon in the Sixth ny Bap
tint church under the auspices of
the Women's Auxuliary.
Women's Republican clnb will
meet at 2:lf> o'clock this after
noon at the Tacoma hotel.
Dinner will be served I Ills even-
Ing by the women of Calvary
Presbyterian church between 5
and 8 o'clock.
Pierce Count/ Women's Demo
cratlo league will meet In the Ta
coma hotel at 2 p. m. Saturday.
Mrs. Geo. Ijee, 8907 No. 21st
at., will entertain members of the
Women's club Thursday afternoon
to discuss plans for the new club
house.
Au\Hilary of Tacoma Tribe of
Ben Hur will be entertained this
afternoon by Mrs. Spellman, 2615
East C st.
Plans will be announced sooa
by Mrs. Carl Arnold and Mrs.
Joseph Fisher of a German bataar
for benefit of the Anstro-German
Red Cross. The date* will prob-
Bltly be Nov. 28 and 80 and the
fair will undoubtedly be held in
the Tacoma buildtng.
THE PHOTOPLAY THEATERS
LASKY ALL-STAR COMPANY
PRODUCES THE CHORUS LADY'
< Ic. Klrticely and Marjorle Dnw of tlio nll-si.-ir LiiNky coiii-
I«hii\ . |.iiklui ii«u "The Chorus l.ady," ut the Colonial t<xlny.
Telling the story of the Uni
fies of a keen-witted, clean-lived,
youiiK girl of the chorus, to knap
her younger ulster from falling In
to the clutches of a scheming man
oi the world, "The Chorus Lady,"
ft.ii iimmk an all-star cast, will l<e
presented at the Colonial 'ifti.<r
for four days, starting today.
Cloo Rldgely, the well known
Star ■ iii> limh apepared in a viru-
MME. PETROVA
IN NEW DRAMA
OlAi\ I'KTIIOVA.
Mme. Olga Petrova, one of the
most famous women acting for
the movies, returns to the Apoho
theater today in her latest drama
tic success, "My Madonna." The
film Is said by eastern critics to
be her crowning triumph. Mine.
Petrova's last film in Tacoma was
n"The Heart of a Painted Wor-
an." "My Madonna" will remain
until Sunday night.
4 DAYS STABTINQ TODAY AT THE m 111 rill a
come akd see Apollo 1 heater
~~~ ~T 1131-33 Broadway. Phone Main 2270
/ipl^HH^^k Early CW C^ A P¥TTUfl\/A
»«titfcß* * "J* v» V^^^^^^ See Mme> Petrova a* Her Best in This the ||
?\«3»JL- '";■'**.'■ "'- Crowning Triumph of Her Career ||
■pk 1-■<—• ■ -rvr^ <i -m> Ll'.w^ Ifci tfttM ilv HI
II * _sErf-ib . '' " ffl
ber of Lasky productions, has
been selected to play the part of
Patricia O'Hrien, the charming
chorus Rirl. Majorle Daw, the
clever 14-year-old protege of Oor
aldlne Furrar, will play the part
of the younger stage struck .lister,
and Wallace Keid appears is the
young detective in love with
"Pat."
TACOMA-MADE
FILMS USED
TO ADVERTISE
A novel motion picture adver
tising Htunt has been originated
in Taconia by the Northwest Mo
tion Picture company of this city,
operated by Arthur, and Burton)
Cook.
The company takes brief mo
tion picture views of stores, bar
gain displays, freak cartoon ads,
or anything else that the adver
tiser might fancy, and places the |
film strips in local movie houses
as "fillers'" between shows.
Already a number of concerns
have taken up the new adveitis
ing scheme, and Tacoma-made
advertising movies are being
shown in the Apollo, Bijou, Lib
erty and Palaoe theaters. It 1b
expected that all theaters in the
city will soon be displaying the
advertising. Karh film Is about
20 feet long and runs about one
minute.
Phone Main 0821 and XV% Will
Call for Your Suit Inin<<xliatelj>
J '/ Oo DYERS (2/
Thirty Years' Experience
1823 South X St.
MOVIE MEN MEET;
MAY RAISE PRICES
A meeting of moving picture
house managers waa held last
night in Manager Anderson's of
fice at the Apollo theater to con
■td«r the present movie builuess
In Tacoma.
Principal among the points of
diHi-iiHHioii waa the suggestion
that admission prices to all thea
tera showing feature films be ad
vanced slightly.
It wax a closed Hetmlon, and at
the concluoiou the movie men un
nonucetl that they had come to no
definite agt**tnrat, The movie
men have considered for Home
TODAY'S BILLS
AT THE MOVIES
AFOLt/O
"My Mailoiinii," uilh I >ln.«
IVtIOVIt.
COLON I AT
"TIN Clkh'iin 1.m1y," with
nn all-star c.m.
ÜBKHTV
"Hi.- KliiKliit-hs of D*W
lion," with 1 Cohort Miinit'll.
MIIIIIM liVI
"I'rolilliltlon," |i<it\i-i lul l\
net <li-;i■■■!«.
JESSE L. LASKY
Presents
An All-Star Cast of Photo Players
THE
CHORUS
LADY
THE CAST
Cleo Ridglej as Patrice O'Brien
Margery Daw as Nora O'Brien
I Dicky Crawford us Richard Gray
Wallace Reid as Danny Mallory
Showing for the first time on the screen
one of the most popular plays of a decade —H
story of stage life as it is, with its tempta
tions and triumphs.
Thousands have enjoyed its wholesome
fun and have laughed through tears at its
human qualities.
Paramount Travel Series No. 21
Also a Splendid Comedy.
Grattan Guerin, Organist ,
4 DAYS ONLY
COLONIAL
| 918 Broadway
PAcn taw*
time iulvuiipliir the pries of mor*
lt<s here, decUrlng that w« arc
gettltiK feature pictures in Trco
nia at far lower prices than »uy
other city la th« country.
CHAPLIN ADDED
TO MELBOURNE
BILLON SUNDAY
ciwuii" Chaplin, world-famed
funny mini, Muh liei'ii udded to
the in; feature program that l«
to open at the Melbourne to*
morrow. "Getting Acquainted"
Is the title of the new comedy
•cream In which Chaplin append
with fcltb*] Norniund.
"The Mytlery of Room IS" la
iiii' till.- or the dramatic foature.
It U ill four parts, and Ib said to
bo ono of the bent myntory stor
lei mi produced by Rdlson.
Marc MtcDermott plays the lea4
-itiK role, Mii|i|ioricil by Lillian
llvirbort.
Tontglit inarkn tlu> fnrewell ap
pearunce of "I'rolilliltlou."