The Tacoma times. [volume], March 08, 1916, Image 1

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NEXT WEEK'S NOVEL
Louis Joseph Vance's "An Outsider."
Ignace Paderewski, the famous pianist,
lias given away his whole fortune (estimat
ed at a million dollars) to help his stricken
[fellow Poles, and has now started on a tour
fof the world to accumulate another one.
SLIDEHITS CITY TOWER PLANT
JUDGE GARY INDICTED FOE YOUNGSTOWN RIOTS
CONNECT
UP GANGS
Detectives Find
Evidence That
Gives a Clue to
Murder.*
WHEN
live gunmen attack a police
man; he escapes and notifies
headquarters; a patrol load of
officer* is dispatched to his
assistance, antl they reach the
hieno promptly—
WHY-
Hlionld all five gunmen he able
to get clear away (apparently
even away from the city)
though traffic is at a Stand
still—
?
AND WHEN
a bloody murder is discovered
iv the downtown district —-
WHY
iMi't the putrolinon whose
heat takes him within two
blocks of the scene of that
murder notified —
?
MWM proof that the
iCiiiinieii "ho attacked I'o
liceiiiuii M\ yesterday morn
ni-a were acquainted with the
alleged jcgginen living in a
shack nt 101 .6 illst street,
where Vernon Mndsey, ti
nipple, was murdered the
same night, was obtained by
tlic police lotluy.
Mrs. Max Miller, proprietor of
the Silver hotel, ttISH Tacoma
aye.. where the gunmen had
rooms and where Policeman Nix
was attacked hy five armed men,
was taken to police headtiuarters
at noon. She identified James
Morgan, companion of l.indsey,
as one who had made several
visits to the gunmen's quarters.
Chief Smith httnounced that bo
bad found witnesses who declar
ed that all five of the gunmen
bad visited l.indsey at tlie 21st
street home during the last few
days.
"None of the men ln jail will
talk," said Chief Smith. "They
mty- all yeggnien. Morgan, the
oldest of tbe gang, I urn certain,
knows more about this murder
than he has told."
Chief Smith has found no fur
ther inkling of the identity of
the well dressed young woman
who called on Ihe cripple three
days before the murder.
Motive a Mystery.
Police detectives who have In
vestigated the murder mystery
asserted today their belief that
l.indsey either held information
against the gunmen gang which
I hey were afraid he would di
vulge, or that he was "cashier"
for the y'eggmen living in the
21st street house antl that he was
murdered for purposes of rob
bery.
Other evidence proving the
connection between the two
gangs was found late yesterday,
in the form of a pocket map left
ln the Tacoma avenue rooms of
the missing gang, which bore the
penciled memorandum. "4041|
South 21st street," the address
at which the murder occurred.
Hear From Mother.
Mrs. ,1. B. 1-indsey of Grants
Pass, Oregon, believed to be the
mother of the murdered cripple,
telegraphed Mayor Fawcett today
asking for a description of the
gunmen's victim.
In one of I.indsey's pockets
was the adress of Mrs. J. B. l.ind
sey, Murphy, Ore.
Police Chief Smith announced
today that he had given out
■weeping orders yesterday after
noon for a cleaning out of all
hovels and shacks where hoboes
and possible gunmen or yeggs
were living.
"This class of crooks may cone
to Tacoma In tbe future —-we can
hardly keep them all out —but
they won't have any chance to
remain here," said Chief Smith.
"A great many of the cripples
who beg on the streets are mem
bers of such gangs."
Descriptions of the five gun
men who attacked Officer Nix
haev been sen! broadcast. The
police believe they escaped on a
night freight.
The Tacoma Times
How a "Bum Lawyer"
Became Farm Expert
ni.owvs ii.mkv hkud ami oxk-.ukk bahn.
BY JACK JUNGMEYER
The fact that A. L. Brown is a millionaire cuts little figure
In Ihe Inspiring story of how he developed his "parcel post
fm tv" near I'.noma.
He's a fanner, first of all, competing with bis neighbors
and performing more actual work on his 'Jiiiio -„, i c Nisqually
ranch than any of his hands.
Twelw years ago he ttas "a hum lawyer," as he puts 11,
in Seattle.
The country drew him like a magnet. He went out as a
greenhorn, employing a greenhorn manager.
"Because," ho explains. "I didn't want my manager to
know any more about farming than 1 did."
He borrowed the money for his ranch start, and bought.
1100 acres, mostly overflow salt swamps, with only 50 acres
under cultivation.
Today his place is a show farm of the west, antl a big
money maker.
Most of the 2GOO acres, to which it has grown, are under
intensive cultivation. There are HOO dairy cattle; SO work
horses; 1500 hogs, and 12,000 chickens.
A big creamery and a $20,000 packing bouse have been
built.
The farm activities are conducted by departments cattle,
bog, poultry, etc.—each with Its manager; and 00 men, in
spired by Farmer Brown's energy and initiative, carry on the
work.
Every Bird and Animal on Place Has to
Demonstrate Its Right to Remain There
This gigantic institution of men and machinery centers
finally on the parcel post through which now ,",0 per cent of the
products are sold, and which, Brown believes, will shortly be
the marketing medium for his entire output.
Every chicken, every cow, every pig and horse, as well as
e\ery square foot of ground, must pay its proportion of profit,
based on the amount of the total investment it represents.
And because of the system employed, Brown knows any
day in the year whether hen No. .10X1 Is making gootl and pay
ing her way, antl whether cow No- 100 7 is paying interest-on
her stable room and cost of feed.
There Is no guess work, nothing haphazard. Diversifica
tion has been brought to a science by A. 1,. Brown who 12 years
ago quit being a "bum lawyer" to become a crackerjack farmer.
Beginning with a few cattle, he found that bogs were need
ed to utilize waste products. Thousands of gallons of skim
milk today form a Mg staple in feeding 1.100 hogs.
Chickens had to come to help swell profits of the cattle
and hog departments by using up otherwise waste products.
The pennies saved thus began to mount into hundreds of
dollars.
Neighbors laughed at him, calling him the "bookkeeping
farmer.
Now "Bum Lawyer" Brown Has Come to Be
Farm Expert Whose Advice Is Sought After
But while they were sleeping or grumbling, Brown was
reading government bulletins, organizing, thinking, getting out
of the beaten ruts.
Today those neighbors sell their hogs to Brown's packing
house, and their chickens to his poultry department.
Some of them ar« little further along than they were 12
years ago when Brown's ranch was a marsh.
"System!" explained Brown. "Keeping close tab on every
animal, on every bit of feed.
By very simple bookkeeping any farmer can determine
whether or not his cows, chickens and hogs, his corn or oats
acreage, are profitable.
"Then by weeding out the poor stock, by experimenting
with cheaper feeds, by cultivating more closely, by cutting out
all the little wasteful drains that the ordinary farmer allows
to go unchecked, any energetic man can do on his own place
what we have done here."
Brown, 47, is no longer a greenhorn. Government ex
perts are watching his place carefully. His advice is eagerly
coveted. The things he is doing have a vital bearing on land
development around Tacoma and everywhere.
Further details on his system of management and their
bearing on the success of his "parcel post farm" will be cited
ln the next story.
I 'Dry Saloon"
Trade Booms
An apparent Improvement in
the "dry saloon" business in Ta
coma was noted today when 11
applications for licenses for such
places ware received by Mrs. H.
H. Johnson, pure food inspector.
All of tho applications are
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from saloons that closed their
doors Jan. 1 with the intention
of remaining closed.
SUBPOENA CHINESE
SAN FRANCISCO — Several
leaders of prominent Chinese
tonga have been subpoenaed today
In connection with the shooting
of three Chinamen last night byl
members of the Hop Sing tong. j
115 TRUE
BILLS IN
Lawlessness In
Steel Industry
Reported By
Grand Jury.
YOI'NGSTOVYN, 0., March S.
- The Mahoning county grand
jury today indicted Judge Elbert
Gary and other officers of six
; large steel companies on a charge
of violating the state anti-trust
I law.
Charges of conspiring to keep
j down the wages of common labor
ers also were made.
The indictments are the out
growth of the strike riots at East
Youngstown. They contain 02
counts.
Teutons Blameless.
No foreign government was re
sponsible for the trouble, 'he
Brand jury found.
The guards at the plant of the
Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. pre
cipitated the riots, it is charged.
The Indictment reports that the
'evidence from 502 witnesses taken
during the month showed "law
' less condition of affairs in the
Bteel industry, indicating a dis
i regard of either rights or justice
Ito the labor classes or to the pith
| lie generally l,y the indicted Indi
vidual! and corporations."
One hundred and fifteen per
sons antl corporations are indicted.
"THAYKKTV," SAYS GABY
NEW YORK, March I. -Judge
Gary today termed the indict
ment against liim an outrage.
"There are no acts to justify
the indictment against the I. S.
'Steel corporation, the Carnegie
Steel Co. or any of their officers,"
he said.
"As far as I know, there are no
grounds for the indictments
against any other steel corpora-
I tions. This is an outrage, a
travesty on justice."
'No More Grip,'
Says Fawcett
After this week. Mayor Faw
cett will he Immune from grip.
The mayor received a small
package from an eastern drug
manufacturing company tolay
containing grip anti-loxin. He
will ask a local physician to in
ject the serum into ills blood to
morrow.
"It is a new discovery," said
Mayor Fawcett today. "You
can't buy the anti-grip toxin in
Tacoma.''
EL PASO— V. S. patrols along
the Hio Grande river are keeping
a sharp watch for Gen. Villa, re
ported to be heading for this
i country.
I What's Doing |
Wednesday
Interclass wrestling tourna
ment; Stadium high gymnasium;
with entertainment: evening.
Lent begins; special service in
Lutheran, Episcopal and Catho
lic churches.
Muslcale at Oakland Presby
terian church; auspices Ladies'
Aid; evening.
Stone & Webster Become
Head and Shoulders of a
World-Wide Money Trust
NEW YORK, March B.—
"The most powerful pluto
cracy I lie world has ever seen,
branching out into a WORLD
WIDE money trust that Is
likely to Involve t'ncle Ham
In the greatest political prob
lems lie has ever faced!"
—that is how a keen Wall-st ob
server today characterized tbe
tremendous expansion of the
Rockefeller interests just launch
ed with Charles A. Stone, of Stone
A Webster, at Its head.
WHO ARE STONE ft WEB
STER?
A little quiet investigation into
the financial associations of this
Boston firm of engineers, who
hold a practical monopoly of
water power and electric re
source* and certain other puhlic
ut Hit ius in seme of the most popu
Women's Moods
Betrayed by Feet
Picture p-isetl by a young Tn coma woman, Illustrating Police
Judge I tans' theory iliiit women betray emotions through (heir
feet. At top: Pretending complacency; witness nhout to Plunder
when she hooks toe around chair leg. .At left in middle: .Wit
ness read) lo trap t|tiestloner. At left baton : Nervousness shown
by lapping of Hie fool. At right: Anger is shown hy digging heel
into Hour.
The application of psychology
has at list reached woman's foot.
Police .lodge DeWitt M. Evans,
who has acted as arbitrator in
more trial! involving women pris
oners and WOmOO witnesses than
any present judge on it Taconia
bench, today revealed his obser
vations baaed on years of close
Study nf women in criminal cases
Shows It by feet.
The judge became interested in
the psychology of Prof. Hans
Gross ol the I'niversity of Gralz,
who gate his opinion that what a
woman suspected Of crime does
not say in words or indicate by
her leatum or some movement
of her hand, always can be deter
minii! hy the position of her feet
tlnce hearing that opinion,
Magisirate Evans hegan his ob
servalions.
Ni,i only has he watched the
feet of women on the witness
lous districts of the country led
to the discovery of this menace
above noted.
Backed '•> John D.
Stone & Webster have the back
ing of the Rochefeller Interests;
Charles A. Stone has just been
made head of the Rockefeller
|Bf),tJOO,000 American Interna
tional corporation, whose purpose
is to "develop America's Invest
ments and commerce abroad."
The full significance of Stone &
Webster's associations has never
before been published.
Nearly 100 Important puhlic
service works, In the east, south
east, south and northwest are un
der the firm's control.
Ofcarlee A. Stone and Edwin S.
Webster, graduates of the Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology,
(Continued on Pate Three.)
stand of police and other Courts,
but be has studied ihi-m when
women came to his office lo oli
laln warrants for oilier peraoni,
In many cases private hearings
have heen held in the court of
fices, antl the judge has taken
the opportunity to further his
i study.
In several cases where he was
suspicious Of the truthfulness of
a woman witness, he has become
convinced in his belief bj watch
jing her feet.
And later development! have
always proved his theory, he says.
"Take (he woman on the wit
ness stand who becomes angry
under cross-examination.'' says
Judge Evans.
"She feels that she must con
trol every emotion and thus avoid
any betrayal. Perhaps her face
will he as sere Tie as springtime.*
Bt'T WATCH HER FEET:
Heady for Trickery.
"She will not stamp her feet
unless she loses her head com
pletely, but In restraining ihe de
sire (o do so she will turn the
soles of her feet slightly inward
and make small curves in her rest
lessness.
"Again, the woman who con
trols her anger and defies attor
neys will frequently he found with
a smile on her face hut at the
same time digging the heels of
heT shoes Into the floor, the soles
raised clear.
"Look out for the woman who
sits motionless in (he witness
•hair, her feet thrust out before
her at the end of luxuriously
stretched limbs. She is ready to
trick or trap the attorney.
"And watch out for the woman
with the impatient feet. She
shows her feelings by nervously
tapping with the toe.
"The continued shifting of the
feet Indicates that the testimony
Is damaging. And the girl who
strives to be at ease by hooking a
toe behind her chair leg Is pre
tending a complacency which she
does not feel; she will blunder ln
her testimony."
NIGHT EDITION
WEATHER
Tacoma: Rain tonight and Thursday.
Washington: Same.
Registration office open every night this
week.
U. S. NEAR
TO BREAK
European War
Brokers Feel
Crash Is Near
With Germany
LONDON, March H.—Al
most over night I iigliiiiil's
tlett of the l.ciniMii-Ameri
can situation has latliiallt
changed.
The lielief is growing Hint the
relations between the two nations I
is more tense and that the po.-t-|
slblllt) of war is bolß| serioii I)
considered
Danish and Dtttrh reports *t\
Gartnany'i bltterneee toward tha
I: S. is increasing.
ll |a unknown whether this is
due 10 the action of congress In
upholding Wilsons submarine
policy,
War insurance brokers
anil others hitherto disin
clined to regard the situa
tion ,-is serious now are all\e
to the poMlbllltJ of „ Oar*
limn-Ainei iiiin lirenk.
FLASHES
LONDON News dispatches
from Rome say thai terrible reso
lutions in Constantinople are in
progress.
LONDON war council today
spent ■ lively time disi ussitig an
anticipated dash between the
German and English fleets. About
2 1 German dreadnaughta have
disappeared,
INDIANAPOLIS .lames E.
IWataou was leading by h com*
forlahle margin today In the
republican nee for senator.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Hearing
of I.l,nis Brandeis 1 qualification!
loi a seal on the supreme bench
ended today.
new fOftK Frana Oahley,
known the country over as "Silv
ers." the circus i low n. committed
suicide today ii> Inhaling gas.
I'ETItOGRAIi — The Russian
Black Sea fleet has practlcallj
driven every Turk lioni the sea
coail towns.
CHICAGO Police are Inreatl
gating the mysterious death of
Mis. Nellie Shaw iv a restaurant
last night-
LONDON- Oreat Britain has
I let ordera for wheat rained at
$••,000,900, The crape of Aus
tralia. Argentine nnd Rnmanli
are being pun based.
f^tTalk <V the TimesT"}
(.reelings, liave ..on no
ticed how metropolitan Ta
coinu's liecoming, with gun
men gangs anil yegg mur
ders?
Why does Maj. Crabtree warn
Tacoma business men about the
necessity of personal hygiene In
(be trenches? Does the maj.
imagine the b. tn.'s mothers rais
ed them to be soldiers?
The Porcine l*ress has
been writing gra\e and pon
derous editorials on the inen
nce to our liberties contained
In n request by Gov. Lister
that Justice Bailsman resign
mi some |Hilitii inner can lie
ii|ipniiiiei| l Mi*|.i for the
fart that all parties agree
there was on word of truth
In the original story, It was
a very real and terrible
menace.
Now Brandeis will become
again the Paramount Peril.
And all this time, so an
Olympian claims, we've been
mistaken about ihe spawn
ing time of oysters. Baby
Week's a good time to find
It out.
ANOTHER MARY POME
Mary had a modest sktrt
NEARLY A
DISASTER!
$500 Damage Is
Done Nisqually
Plant; Almost
Wrecked It.
Ta, ulna's tw<>-niillioii-(l"l
--lar pottei plant al 1,.t
(Grande, on ihe Msi|iiall) lit
er, was almost |,nt out of
COllllllissloll lilsl lllghl l,\ it
-I i,li of set cial tons of earth
ami rock,
Hi a freak of fortune, 'ho
debris and boulders railed to do
an. damage to machinery of Ihe
plant, although one wall of the
power station was t racked by a
hilue «tone. .11-.tl 75 feet of ti.ini
tial leading down from res.nnlr
lo dynamne was torn out. the
damage trill exceed |S9O,
one boulder, described by
Power Supt. Collins as betas
"alioiii Hie si// of a large wash*
lab," tearing down the steep hill
for ii distance of ISO feet, crash
ed Into the edge of a 12 foot
doorway In the east side of the
plant, whcie the tramcar eaten
the station
Sated |iy lour Inches.
Hail it heen four inches to „ne
side, according to Collins, the
boulder would have lorn into iho
plant and struck squarely agaiaet
No. i dynamo and turbine. So
greal was ilia sine <>f the rock,
and so tremendous Its momen
tum, acrordlng to the superin
tendent, that ii would have ip
rooted the turblnea snd dynanjo,
breaking tbe great water pipe,
and allowing | three-foot Stream
of (rater i under pressure, to
shoot up into tha air.
Before tbe water could have
been r-11111 off from alni\e, ih*
powerful hydraulic gusher would
have flooded the plant, and i i„i -
ably hate blown the top off the
building,
Small I; it - i ii<- Ituriitl.
"It ii hardly possihle to con
celve the damage that would
hate resulted," said Supt. Collins
today It was simply a freak
of fortune. The entire plant
might have been wiped out. had
thai boulder it'll struck tbe door
casing."
The tramway, which carries
pasaengera and materials to tho
plain, will he out of commission
for weeks.
Aii appropriation of $.".ini for
repair work was made l,\ the
cii.t council today, and work win
be rushed.
One small compressor engine
near the door was buried, but not
seriously Injured,
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Thai hill her slender ankles.
Uatiie fashion wa\ed her niagio
wand
And now Mary looks like a
cross I,eiween a bathing
girl and a hurlc-ipte
queen.
TIIINiiS THEY MISHKII
Paul Revere never heard about
"lireparedness."
Noah never wore rubber over
shoes.
Benedict Arnold never met
coljoab.
Heau liriininji'i never read the
new collar ads.
Jonah never saw a U-boat.
Reported that Miss Helen
llihlii ih. after licking a man
In a \ew York prise ring,
hurst into tens, ixmdered
her nose .mil went home
smiling. Itet $10 Hint the
MM part «»f the report Is
correct, anyhow!
Pacific coast police are look
ing for one Qullhoit, wanted 'or
marrying nine Terre Haute wom
en. He mint he one of those
shrewd Terre Haute politicians
you hear about.
THING* TO BK PRCH'II OF
Tacoma never had a HI
GUI and kept on ra-elert tog
him. anyway.