The Tacoma times. [volume], February 05, 1916, Page 3, Image 5

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Saturday, Feb. 5,1916.
fIffiPeMWHERE
NKW YORK, Feb. |, —"One
wild ride on elephant's back,
120,000" —that's the bill that
.Mrs. Willie Gee has presented to
the Xew York Zoological society
via a damage suit in court.
She alleges the Zoological so
ciety used the elephant as a
"common carrier" for carrying
passengers for pay ln Bronx
Soft Snaps
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jI^ULLINC. CORKS OUT OF
■champagne Bo"rrL.e.^»
! IN A bARRCL HOUS&-
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Mrs. J. It. Hinkle, ltd, is 111111
--• dered by robber at Salem, Ore.
( iinlnnil Merrier, primate of
Belgium, has the grip at Rome.
i.ci ih.iiin grunts permission
for carrying relief work to Po
land.
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McLean the contract mover.
Main 1850. adv.
Anion ('. Maun, 01, wtwAwmt
from Old Soldiers' homo sinco
Saturday, is found.
.leery Desmond, nlias Willinui
Walton, head of coast drug ring,
makes confession, after partner is
shot and killed by V. S. officer in
San Francisco.
See Dr. C. Bruiin, 812 Natl
Realty lib!;;., for all kinds of stum
s' h und nervous disorders. adv.
Loudon newspapers indirectly
lilnme U. S. for Canadian parlia
ment house tire, sa\ing plots aro
hatched here.
Cut flowers and floral work.
Bin/, florist, So. 7th and K. adv
Reports show British ship own
ers are Banking unusually large
profits as result of wur.
I Han-mill Rings. .." to $li»0.
I'l'aff, Jeweler, 1147 llrdwy. adv
Itulgai i.m troops are checked
in southern Albania.
If she survives. I.etu Snrtoris,
the 7-year-old girl who was badly
burned yesterday when her night
clothes caught fire, will be dis
figured for life, doctors say.
Dr. Robinson, Dentist, Nulional
Realty building. adv
Police Judge Kvuiis fines Phil
lip Zurl'luh and Rona Spahn |I 3
each for being drunk and disor
derly Jan. It,
Gen. Obregon will be member
Of t'arranza's cabinet.
..inerlcun Bed Cross is asked
to feed destitute Montenegrins.
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Steamer Yokohama Minn sails
from Sound with only half of her
cabins filled as result of tyiug up
of transcontinental traffic.
Flat roof will take place of
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She says she was riding on
what she thought was a docile
beast when the elephant sudden
ly started rushing around tlie en
closure and tlion made a dash
for the door, ir she hadn't
Jumped she would have been
crushed against tlie door casing,
she claims.
St. Jnmes cathedral dome in Se
attle which relapsed under weigl.t
of snow.
Hnvirl L. Livingston, rancher
of Happy Valley, near Sequiin, is
killed by collapse of snow-lad'-n
roof of his liarn.
Supreme court denies (vetition
for rehearing of (lottstein liquor
case, blasting last hope of 'wets' "
attack on dry law.
KirtliN.
Horn to- Mr. and Mrs. James
Edward Heeler, 1217 East ;i..th
St., girl, Jan. 2"; Mr. and Mrs.
i .Nels lleyerdal, 111 South Oakes
St., girl, Jan. II; Mr. and Mrs.
I Daniel CttU, HIT South Sheri
j dan aye., boy. Jan. :|0; Mr. and
Mrs. Fred W. Hoover. Eatonville,
girl. Jan. 11l ; Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Hottiger, 81:!''_. South 1 St., girl,
Feb. 2; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur N
Looney, i4o;i North Oakes si..
girl, Jan. 14; Mr. and Mrs. Foi
chl Oliasi, I'uyallup valley, girl.
Jan. II; Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Ta
kagaki, 41 1 l.'th St., girl, Jan.
II; Mr. and Mrs. Matsutaro Ka
nieda, till Broadway, boy, Jan
14; Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Minch,
1364 Alaska st., boy, Jan. 19.
FIRE EURNS UP
TOGS FOR ARMY
OTTAWA, Feb. I.—-Fire of a
mysterious origin destroyed the
manufacturing plant of Grant,
Hidden X- Graham Co., manufac
turers of military clothing, en
tailing ■ loss of 110,000,
KNOW YOUR FACTORIES
The Rogers Co.'s Plant Is An
The Rogers Co.. 21156 Pacific
ay., Tacoma manufacturer and
importer of tea, coffees, spices,
extracts, etc., has grown since its
Incorporation in l.o:i, when a
small building on 25th and C st.
housed the establishment, to a
corporation doing a business of
1169,001 a year.
The present plant occupies a
nree and a half story building
anil employes 4 0 persons. The
raw materials such as coffees,
spices, peanuts, tea and extract
products are imported from all
over the world.
Coffee Yields Curing
An Interesting collection of
refuse removed from coffee ber
ries shows coins from China,
Guatamala. Mexico, Brazil, Dutch
East lidies, Salvador and Equa
dor.
There were beads from the
South seas, nails from the Ar
gentine and. innumerable other
articles from tropicnl countries.
This gives some idea as to the
Importing scope of this Tacoma
Industry.
Tho entire top floor of the
building is devoted to a manu
facturing plant. This floor con
tains a coffee and two peanut
roasters. The coffee roaster has
a maximum output of 4,000
pounds a day.
Making Peanut Butter
It takes 20 minutes to roast
NOMINATE DIRECTORS
Nominations for directors of the new Commercial club were
made last night by the Tour bureaus which had not previously acted.
The men they selected to go on the club ballot to be voted on Tues
day were as follows:
Legislation and taxation James J. Cameron, J. H. Davis,
Franklin Fogg, Guy E. Kelly, J. T. S. Lyle, Frank D. Nash.
Rnral development—W. H. Dickson, \V H. Paulhanius, Marshall
K. Snell, James R. Thompson, C. A. Tonneson, David H. White.
Publicity—E, M. Card, C. A. Collins, W. W. Cooley, A B. Howe,
Elliott Kelly, Dr. Edward A. Rich.
Traffic and transportation —F. K. Hrown, H. P. Clark, S. M.
Collins, A. 11. Landram, I). 11. Rowan, W. E. Russell.
The members' council, which also is to be represented by three
directors, is meeting this afternoon to nominate six representatives.
The election Tuesday will he followed in tlie evening by a
get-acquainted and jollification meeting.
ORGANIZE DAIRYMEN
PU YAU.I'P, Feb. I.—The organization of the dairymen of Puy
ullup valley into a cow-testing a.Miiiution was begun today under
the direction of O. E. Gibson of the U. S. department of agriculture,
ussisted hy C. VY. Orton, W. J. Laiigdon and others. It is tlie pur
pose of the organization to keep a record of the amount of milk each
cow gives annually anil of butter fat in the milk, in order that each
farmer may know whether his cow is consumer or a producer.
LOADCANNED SALMON
The Harrison direct freighter Crown of Seville arrived in port
yesterday afternoon from Europe by way of Synth America and
British Columbia to load 40,100 cases of canned salmon and ship
ments of flour and wheat. She will proceed soutji. The Russian
steamer Yarosla\l of the Russian volunteer fleet cleared last night
for Vladivostok with a cargo of explosives from Tacoma.
BOOTBLACK BOOTLEGS
Ten days in jail and a $."i0 fine was tlie sentence imposed yes
terday on M. Scott, a colored bootblack, convicted of bootlegging by a
jury in Justice Linck's court. A strenuous effort on the part of At
torney A. O. Burnieister to unseat Mrs. Lucie 11. Dodge, W. C. T. O.
member, from the Jury proved unsuccessful. This was the fourth
conviction in Pierce county justice courts under the dry law. There
lias not been an acquittal.
DEMAND PRIZE SH.P
WASHINGTON, D C, Feb. I, —Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, represent
ing the owners of the British steamer Appam, yesterday lodged with
the state department a formal request that the ship be turned over
to the Britisli consul under the terms ol The Hague convention. He
ulso served notice thai it would lie in violation of international law
to permit the German prize crew to increase ilie efficiency of the ship
or add to her offensive power.
NEW ONE ON ALLIES
LONDON. Feb. s.—That the Krupp ractory is preparing a new
Bin-prise for the allies in tlie form of a trench revolver gun firing
ti.'iO shots per minute, is the statement of the correspondent who ob
tained employnieiit as a Kteel driller in the Krupp shops. The Daily-
Express described the correspondent as a citizen of a neutral state
with a fluent command of the German language.
KAISER PLANS RAID
LONDON, Feb. I, —The kaiser was on the western front near the
Belgian frontier and with Admiral you Tirpitz and Prince Honry was
present at a headquarters council, wlrere the details of the Zeppelin
raid on England were planned, according lo a report from Berlin,
2."i0 pounds. Tho coffee alter
leaving the roaster is cooled and
passed through the chaffing and
grinding machines, from whence
it pusses through shafts to the
next floor for packing. All pro
ducts are packed and prepared
for the market on the second
floor.
The peanut roasters have a
maximum capacity of 1(1 pounds
every roast. Alter this process
Is completed, they pass through
machines which remove the skins
and break the kernels. After the
bad nuts are removed, salt is
added and the peanuts pass
through the grinding machine
which turns out SLT> pounds of
peanut butter an hour.
I'uck On Second Floor
Another portion of the top
floor is devoted to a spice grind
er, a pepper mill and a baking
powder machine. A small print
ing plant occupies a corner Of this
floor where all of the stock la
bels are printed.
Tlio second floor is used en
tirely for packing. A large num
ber of girls prepare the packages,
which are passed to a girl oper
ating an electrically regulated
weighing machine, with an oper
ating capacity of II pound pack
ages of coffee a minute.
Canned coffee is sealed by a
patent tin machine which her-
THE TACOMA TIMES
Aromatic Place
nietically seals the cans almost
Instantly.
Covers Five Stales
One of the features of which
Vlco President Lawrence is espe
cially proud is the fact that none
of tlie products manufactured by
his company ever is touched by
the hands. Conveyors and other
machinery replace the physical
operations which are used by
many of tho similar plants not
equipped with modern apparatus.
The company is Incorporated
for $11!."), Odd and does business
in the five northwestern states.
Tha officials are:
E. R. Rogers, president: K. F.
Lawrence, vice president; A. O.
Oliver, secretary, and C. I).
Beach, treasurer.
TODAY'S
MARKET
I PRICES 1
<. *' <**■ •*> <$ <*< ■$ '$■ <§> •-$> '§> <$ <?• <?> ■$ <^
♦ WHAT I'BOD.CER.. GKT «>
ROILTRV
Hens lie
Ducks 14c
Springs 1 r. tt i.,;
Etuabs S_'o l!--5
LIVESTOCK
cows $..©«
Heifers J., j « „o
Dretiied hogs 84? 9a
I ni..nil veal 8© 12c
Steers $6.26t07.25
Hog" M#*-tl
Lambs MV!-M
■area $4@5.60
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♦ WHAT RETAILERS PAY _>
<&s><s> <$>.- <S> ♦<$> 3> 3> <J> $>$,<><) .$
BITTER, EGOS, CHEESE
Fresh ranch eggs 35c
Washington cliec»e 190
Tlllnmook 19 0
Best butter 3.c
Swlsn duin 23<r
Cream, hrlckft 21 c
WHOLESALE MEATS
Cows 9@loo
Heifers 10c
Mutton, wethers 11V40
Hogs, aides l«o
Dressed hog 100
Steer beef 10© lie
Kwes 10V4O
1-ambs 12HW14c
Whole hor lie
VEGETABLES
rutntoes, ton $30ij_-..2
(alilmtfe, lb lH©l\e
BrusKeia sprouts, lb .So
Onions, lb 2^4c
i in rot?, turnips, beats, mirk. . $1
Sweets, cwt $2.28©»50
Ijettuce. bead, crate 12.25
Celery, dos 31c
ltadlslies, doa. hum-lies 21c
Rutabagas, cwt $1.50
Rhubarb, retail IJo
l.'-iif lettuce, bunch tc
FRUIT
Navel niHnues 12.00
Winter peara $1.10
WILKES COMPANY TO STAGE
RUGGED PLAY OF NORTHLAND
In the role of Ned Trenl, a vigorous young m.in of the North
land, Norman Huckctt, leading m an ut Hie Empress will have un
usual opportunity In display bis talent next week, »lien the Wilkes
players present "The ('nil of the North."
Tha wiikes stock company.
will lie seen next week in ,i tense)
drama depicting Ufa In tha great, j
rugged out-of-doors the Canad
ian forests, Tha play for the aew
•reek Is The Call of the North,"
Qeorge Rruadhurat'a dramatisa
tion of Stewart Edward White's
famous story, "Conjuror's House." I
"The Call Of the North" afford
brilliant opportunity for Norman
Hrnkett in the role of Ned Trent, i
It Is saiil to be one of Mr. Hack-!
ett's most \l\ld characterisations.l
The plas is staged in loin Beta
and three inn-, and lias to do I
with life in the Hudson baj j
country. The lather of Ned!
Trent Ihhl several .ears before
Hie story begins, offended the fac
tor uf the trading post. Tlie fac
tor was all powerful and Stpwnrt >
(ras sent to an Ignominious death.
Young Ned Trent la determined :
to avenge the death Of his father |
Unique Hawaiian Play
at the Tacoma Friday
A big play that grips the
heart, and brings I lie sub to the
Voice, will be icon at the Taconia
theater next Friday night, "The
Bird nf Paradlaa", v is by
Richard Walton Tally, who baa
spent several veins mi the peaks
thai start out of the wurni waters
ni Hie South Pacific The claim
is made that tho tropical atmos
pltara Of our distant insular ;ios
si islon is faithfully reproduced In
'Tho Bird of ParadlM." OUvar
Monism's stage setting have re
ceived unstinted praise from
critics and public for their triith
falness. A native Hawaiian liand
tt singers will sing the plain!ive
Ikahnla and other songs of the
South seas, during the action of
the play.
COHAN FARCE
COMING TOO
"It Pays to Advertlsp," the suc
cessful farcical fact which Cohan
und Harris announce for produc
tion at the Tacoma theater, Feb.
25-_i»;, Is described as being just
one hearty laugh after another
for two and a half hours. Cohan
and Harris declare that It is the
funniest farce they have ever pro
duced, an asertion that seems to
be borne out by the tremendous
throngs which nightly gather
throughout the country to watch
the evolution uf an idle rich
young man, who, through the in
spiration of love and the soap in
dustry, is transformed into a live
wire in the commercial world.
Lemons 1404.50
Crai .berries, bbl 112
.laps $1.60
Bananas, lb 5c
Apples 50c and up
©rape fruit, box 15.00
FLOUR
Amocat. $"<. T.lO
Eler. Light $7.35
Pyramid $585
Vaslieii | r'75
YThnii- wheat, bbls $5.50
Prlft'il Snow $5.85
Olympic »» $5.85
Hight Flight $7 15
Occident $8.20
Qrn'iain. bbls $5.25
HAY AND GRAIN
t-rit. ton $39*1 10
, $38' ii 39
I itt
•at hay »2i
■Mixed timothy 11l OH
Oats, nil $32
Barley I**9*'
Middlings $33034
Shorts $23
Timothy $24 ..5
Alfalfa $22^23
Rolled OHts $33.00
Hops. 1915 crop, lb 9H _>12'.jc
PANTAGES
ARTIU'R LAVINE A CO. IN
"FROM CONKY ISLAND TO THE
NORTH POLE"
"The Girl and the Game," No. 3.
SIX <H HI II BIG ACT*.
and conies to the Hudson Bay
liosl I'm Hint purpose. He is cap
tured by the factor for trei pass
lag, is offered a piirdon provided
be will leave tlie country, but re
fuses.
when the order of his banish
ment comes and lie realizes thai
be is about lo be forced to take
tlie jounn-v Hint brought death lo
his father, he determines to es
cape. He determines to obtain a
rifle which will ni least enabl*
him to provide, food. In order '."
do this, he makes love to ihe fin
tor's daughter who believes in
Mm Implicit!} and who lulls in
love witli him. Trent then learns
that the love is mutual und he
refuses lo take the gun she
brings to him. The stur> then
deals witli his escape, his capture
and bis final pardon through a
,-eiies of intensely drimiatii
scenes.
Carlottii Monterey, who bus the
role of "I,nana," Hie Hawaiian
Kill, in Hie pretty piny "Ilie I'.inl
of I'nindlse."
LEAVES SOCIETY
TO FIGHT PLAGUE
LUCY' T SULLIVAN
She will milt society to become
a crusader against tuberculosis.
As secretary of tlie Kalamazoo,
Mich., Anti-Tuberculosis society
she will make tlie fight against
tbe "white plague" her life work.
NEW SONG SUCCESSES ABOUND
AT PANTAGES COMING WEEK
"Hobble" Harris and .Harriet Ivimwlin, who bring smue of the
latest eastern sin;; successes to Tanion, next week.
Ni.l week the Pantages wil'
offtr a triple-headline feature
bill w lib al leasi four Of the six
acta of a strung corned) charac
ter. Of the leal lire ails "The
Office Girls" a pretentious musi
cal comedy with a i as' uf nine
has the honor of closing th* bill,
it is ■ breesy, jinglj inusleal af
fali with some screamingly fun
ny comedy. The company is
headed bj Di: la Hai rls, William
Crilip anil Belle Mini use. Miss
Montroae is ■ fanner favorite of
musical comedy
Another strong roiued] feature
will lie Gallagher and t'arllli anil
a company of sk in "Before tho
Mast," a nautical travesty. This
is a screaming fane with its |
scone laid on the dei k of I Ship.
Tha third foal me. that would
bo a topltaa attrai Hon on any idii
is .Miss liesi.ii. I lane., the sing
equestrienne. MIBS Halve/ Is a
clever ami talented vocalist arho
developed her hobbt in the train
ing oi a beautiful while hprse to
assume a number of pretty posea
as she sings.
"BobMe" Harris and Harriet
Knowiin are two gifted girls who
have a comedy singing and talk
ing -kit in which (hay make use
Of the iiiann with pleasing effect,
Their repertoire of songs j s F! ,ij
lii i i) new und clever.
Keegau and Kllaworth art
dancers a man anil a maid
whii call themselves -The Week
enders." sun another unique
EMPRESS
____3&5 SUNDAY MATINEE
WILKKI SUM X COMPANY PRFSFV rs
"The Call t ° h f e North"
A Vivid, \ irlle Hiiiinuti/jidiin of Stewart Filwai.l White's Great
Story of the I niiiidhin Woods by <ico. Ilniiidliurst
—with—
NORMAN HACKKTT, PHOKRR HI NT AND SIPFRH WILKFS
CAST AMU I»ROIH (TION
HAHt'AIN MATINFI.K —SI'NIIAY, M'FONFSHAY AND
SATI HDAY
PRICES—Mgbts, i.v. liAi. anc ami Me i Matteaaa, isc and 2-v.
Phone Main Mil—Order Keats Farly.
PANTAGES Iggj I
MHHTHI MONDAY MATINKF.
TltlPl.l hkaih.im: ffatirk rill
"The Office Girls"
\\ iib Dixie Hail Is, AVm. Criiig .mil Helle Montrose, and
Six Siiniiiiiig llamiiig fiii-U
(iAI.I AfiHFlt & CAKLIN RI'CKI.R « WINIFRED I
in In
"Before the Must.*' Riotous Comedjr J
Bessie Harvey—Tlie Hinging Equestrienne
HAItRIS a KNOW LIN KRROAK & ELLSWORTH
Harmony BMb. "Tho Wcek-Fiiders."
"The Olrl and Tlie iJinne," Chapter (I, with Helen Holmes
AGENCY HUDSON,
PACKARD TOURING CARS AND TRUCKS
PACIFIC CAR CO.
No. 2nd and O. Main 1320.
PAOE THREE.
land effective comedy act will b«
that of Ruckor and Winnlfred,
two rolorod comedians who klvo
an Afrlcan-Chineea skit.
■ 'The Girl and the Game will
complete the show.
Whiteside In
"The Typhoon"
Waller Whiteside and lilb px«
eollent company will come to tha
Tacoma lheater for two nights
commencing Tuesday. Feb. 14.
As the medium of his drama! 10
expression Mr. Whiteside win
present The Typhoon," the i>ig
ami vital pla. in which he wag
la: i .-e>i ii here about three years
ago, and which has served him so)
v.'ll ever since. Its timeliness 14
inure apMH al just now than x*ne*t
it Mas first disclosed here, deal
ing as ii due- with the activities
Of tha Japanese in the capitals of,
tho a mid.
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