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WILSON ACCEPTS ASSURANCES
BUREAU OF CLUB
WILL UNDERTAKE
BUILDING SURVEY
The Tacoma Commercial club is ready today to
undertake The Times' program to "Build This City
Up Right."
The Times' editorial yesterday, suggesting that a
building and housing survey of the city be made by
a committee of the re-organized club, to stimulate
the sort oi buildings that will be of most value to the
city as a whole, met with hearty response from the
club officers and trustees.
"Will the club take it up?" was the question The
Times asked.
Dr. L. L. Love, chairman of the civic bureau, an
swered immediately with the announcement that his
bureau WILL take the suggestion up at once and
get busy.
"Your plan is all right," he said. "It is just what
the city needs.
"It means a big job, but no proposition is too big
for the re-organized Commercial club to handle."
Tlie civic bureau already lias a
building I'oninilttee In the Held,
Dr. l.ove said, and this commit
tee may he tlie one delegated to
handle the survey work.
•'The civil* bureau appreciated
The Times' suggestion," he ad
ded. "'We propose to work along
the line suggested. And if ,ou
have any further ones to offer we
will react In any way we can.''
Or. Ernest ('. Wheeler, presi
dent of the club, was equally en
thusiastic over the plan.
"It Is a fine thing," he said,
"and will mean a great deal to
the cily. 1 am glad you have
taken it up, and the club will do
all it can to co-operate."
Suggests Special < oiniiiiltee,
"Probably the greatest signs
of promise for Tacoma are the
building permits, which show a
300 per cent Increase over a year
»_o," whs the statement of Ste
phen 11, Collins, one of the dun's
trustees.
"As reorganized, the Commer
cial club is democratic in char
acter antl ■■linulil be a great force
In stimulating building of the
right kind in the city.
"The suggestion for n building
and housing survey of the city
should be referred to the mem
bers' council of the Commercial
club, which should place It In the
hands of a special committee for
action. The plan Is a good one,
and that is the place for it. There
is no doubt of its being a third
which the city needs for its pro
per upbuilding."
Mayor Likes It.
"The plan is all right; you
have Just the idea," was Mayor
Fawcett's comment. "What we
need Is to gel some regularity
• bout the buildings here that
would make them look better."
"1 think the suggestion is a
good one, especially if we can
get the right kind of men behind
such a survey," was the opinion
of Everett G. Griggs.
Watch Tacoma Orow.
A number of the club trustees
have sent letters to The Times,
Waste
The waste in every
household is consider
able. Part is unavoid
able waste, and part is
necessary.
Waste becomes profit
able as you get It to
gether. For instance, a
school teacher requested
her pupils to bring to
school all the old cast
off rubbers, and then
were sold as junk, and
with the proceeds
bought pictures for the
walls.
Puget Sound
State Bank
hopes that some waste
money may be saved snd
deposited.
VOL. XIII. NO. 119.
giving their opinions and making
further suggp-lions for "building
the city up right." These will
be printed Monday.
Then watch Tacoma grow.
HUGHES
CAMP IS
ACTIVE!
(By Slaff Correspondent.)
XOKTH YAKIMA. May 8.
A luri.Mis attempt to obtain
the endorsement of Hughes
for president by the republi
can stule convention prom
ised this afternoon to start
n lively light in the other,
.vise peaceful gathering.
Printed circulars denouncing
Roosevelt wer in evidence.
The majority of delegates were
ready to favor Roosevelt in a
showdown, but preferred to have
the delegates go lo the national
convention tin instructed.
Agin Noiipaitisiinslilp.
Charles liebberd of Spokane
was elected permanent chairman.
The delegates were enthusias
tic. The one fly in their oint
ment was non-partisanship.
Printed arguments against it
were circulated widely today.
Nonpartisaushlp in state and
county promises to be the biggest
issue In the drawing up of the
state platform. The platform
committee is dead against it.
Preparedness, national woman
Btiffrage and the calling of a
state constitutional convention
are the points recommended by
the committee.
tilll for Mcllrlile.
The big four in the selection
of delegates to the national con
vention are Sam Perkins of Ta
coma. Kd Sims of Port Town
send, Scott 0. Bone of Seattle,
and Charles P. Lund of Spokane.
If a fight ensues It will be on
Bone.
\V. V. Tanner today announced
his candidacy for re-election as
attorney general.
Mayor Gill of Seattle came out
in favor of Henry Mcßride for
governor.
SCHOOL CHILDREN
AWARDED PRIZES
FOR PATRIOTISM
Beryle Shaw, Bryant school,
waa awarded first prlte in tbe
patriotic declamation contest In
Stadium high school last night
under the auspices of Virginia
Dare chapter, D. A. R. Doris Gil
bert was second, and Ralph
Reeves was third.
TODAY'S CMC.. RINGS
Clearings 1340,158.88
Balances 58,695..0
Transactions 845,476.06
The Tacoma Times
26c A MONTH.
Lambert Murder Trial
Is Set for Next Week
Marion Lambert, whose bod > was found in the woods near
her home in I_tke Forest, HI., und William orpet, college student,
whose trial is to begin Wcdnesila y on murder charge*.
WAI'KKUAN, 111., May 6. —
Court officials today begun prep
arations to handle the enormous
crowds expected next week, when
the trial of William Orpet, alleged
murderer of Miss Marian Lam
bert, Is to begin in the local crim
inal court.
No crime in the history of
Waukegan has aroused such in
terest as the Lambert murder
case, and il is expected that hun
dreds of persons will attempt to
crowd into the little court room
where the sensational evidence
concerning Orpet's love affair
with the girl, and her subsequent
death, will be aired.
Miss Lambert's body was found
In the woods of Forest lake Feb.
10. TheretJrVere poison burns on
her lips.
Would You Send a
Sick Man to Jail?
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That's what society is doing now, according
to "The Crime Doctor." He tliinks all crimin
als are invalids —mentally or physically.
So he puts ii}) a hospital and makes a specialty
of treating criminals.
One day, (.en. Dysone approaches the "crime
doctor" and tells him about his wife, who has a
bulldog and a revolver.
Another day, young Edenborougli, secretary
to the First Lord of the Admiralty, and suspect
ed of treason, asks him for a Bleeping potion and
disappears on his wedding day.
But you had better read this most unusual
story for yourself. It begins next .Monday and
ends Saturday in The Times. It's the next
novel-a-week, entitled, "The Crime Doctor."
Doctor Asks Volunteers
to Give Up Skin for Girl
Who wants to donate a small
bit of skin to save the life of lit
tle Leta Sartorla, who lies near
death at St. Joseph's hospital?
Leta was burned severely more
than three months sgo while
lighting tbe kitchen fire one
morning. She has been in the
THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.
TACOMA. WASH., SATURDAY. MAY 6, l.Hli
The state will attempt to show
that Orpet purchased the poison.
met Ihe girl by appointment, and
induced her to lake the deadly
potion.
He had been her sweetheart
until he met and became engaged
to Miss Celestia Vouker, a school
teacher.
NEW RECORD MADE
IN ALASKAN TRADE
SKATTLE, May 6- Breaking
all previous records, the exports
to Alaska for April, 1916,
amounted to 11,1(1,111, or $1,
--219,4.'!" more than for the previ
ous record month of June laat.
The exports for April, 19 lo?
amounted to It, 451,1 61.
hospital for 3 months. Many
Tacomans have given skin to her,
hut Dr. A. G. Nace says that more
Is needed.
He aaks that 30 kind Tacomans
come to St. Joseph, tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock. They may
save the girl's life, he says.
WANTED: A^t
GOOD PARK
BOARD MAN
BY THE EDITOR.
II Tacoma should not be content with the
house-cleaning it has made in the city hall.
This is a year of elections, and the people
I ought to go right down the line, injecting
the forward-looking spirit into all our other
j governmental subdivisions.
il 1| Next on the list is the park board. A call
is out for an election on June 6 to choose a
commissioner for a five-year term to suc
|| ceed E. A. Kean.
|| <I Tacoma deserves to have a broad-guagc
|| man in that position. Tacoma can have Mi
ll If citizens will just bestir themselves NOW
|| before the time for closing of nominations
|| draws too near, hook about and encourage
| some man of the right type to become a cftH
j ditlate.
j U <J The present park board of five member*
H lias two high class inciiinbeiils. One more
if <» live-v, ire member would convert it 'from a
H sleepy, 19th century board into a move*
j ahead. 20th century hoard.
% Where the old hoard has fallen slmrt prin
cipally is in failing to understand the need
for more recreation facilities. It has vismi-
I t'd landscape pictures and boulevards hut it
has not visoned playfiehls, modern, well-Hii-
J pel-vised tennis courts, municipal Rolf links
and municipal bathing facilities. When we
I had an unparalleled cold snap it was not on
Ii the alert to convert nature's joke into first -
{{ class skating and coasting facilities for the
|| young people,
1 1 One man who understands and sympa
thizes with the new ideas in park develop
ment and knows enough to fight for what he
wants, put in the place of the retiring com-
I • missioner, would be able soon to get the
whole park board swinging down the road of
progress.
I WHO IS THE MAN?
FLASHES
CIiniSTIANIA —The Norweg
ian government informed Great
Britain and France that it could
not admit their interpretation of
The Hague 1907 convention re
garding the seizure of neutral
malls at sea.
PARIS — French newspapers
are divided in their opinion as
to tho interpretation of the Ger
man note. Some believe she has
yielded, while others believe she
has pot.
OTTAWA — Canadian troops
have! beeu commended by Ihe al
lied military authorities for their
wonderful work recently on the
French front.
_.0XI)ON —Mystery surrounds
the disappearance of Mark Sulli
van, .American minister lo Santo
Donitugo, who, It la claimed, waa
arrested In connection with the
Dublin riot. Authorities declare
be Ma- not arrested.
BALD KNOB, Ark.-—Six ban
dits simultaneously blew four
safes here and escaped with loot
valued at $10,000.
SBATTLR, May 6. —Jail sen
tencw will hereafter be meted
out to violatora of tbe dry law
by Police Judge John B. Gordon.
Instead of the 'customary fine of
How Much Is Tour Rent?
Bsy you are paying f:n a month. Could you pay $30?
,es? Why not buy a home then*
A payment of $.0 a month will buy a home worth $.1,000!
In 1 I years you'll have It paid for—if you rent for 11 more
years you'll have nothing but rent receipts.
. Read the real estate offer* on the classified page.
25c A MONTH. J
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VILLISTAS
SCATTERED;
42 KILLED
SAN ANTONIO. Mex., May 6.—
A detachment or the 1 Ith I. S.
cavalry under Maj. Ilowse killed
42 Villistas in a fight yesterday
at Ojoa/ules, Ilowse reported to
(Sen. Pershing today.
There were no casualties among
the Americans. Tlie Mexicans
were scattered.
Ilowse described the Villistas
as a large force tinder Gens. Do
minguez and Acosta.
No estimate was mad% of tlie
number of Mexicans wounded.
Tho battle followed after a
night's march. The attack **as
made early. The fighting stopped
after the Mexicans had fled to UM
mountains.
The Mexicans had been trailed
since Wednesday. The remaind
er of ihe force was routed by Col.
liodds at Toniachic. it is believ
ed the bandits will not be able to
reassemble for weeks.
CATCH MX.X. MCHOONKK
WASHINGTON, I). C. May 6.
-British cruisers have captured
the schooner Leanore. flying the
Mexican flag, reported to he own
ed by the German consul at Guay
inas, according to the report made
to the navy department today by-
Admiral Wlnslow, at San Olego.
I«*«**e*NlGHT EDITION****^
WEATHER 1
Tacoma. Showers tonight and 1
Sunday. 1
Washington: Same. 1
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■0. S. NOT LIKELY
TO MAKE REPLY
TO GERMAN NOTE
\\ tSHINf.TON, l». C. May
ll.—Tlie submarine Issue it
i loseil, I'resiileut Wilson's
adt isors liclicvcil today.
No coiiiinent was made fro'it
the White House.
Officials in touch with the ■ it
uiitlon considered tlie issue so
completely rloseil that the pn-1
--[ dent will nut r»pl>.
Secret ar> Lansing may issue a
'statement (lilting attention to the
[essential poini, tlmt Coriimiy !wis
ordered submarine, activities .011
--j filled tO Warships.
It is believed the Issue will re
j main closed and that Qerman)
jwlll not reopen it by resuming
lundereea warfare asHinst __.r- j
, cliHiitmon.
Official! saw da agar only in ;ne
fact that submarine rommoaderi
inav perbapa be difficult to con
trol,
Following ihe racolpl of the of
, filial text ot the null- President
I Wilson is fm'Ululating a <le<■isi.m.
The conference between the
! kaiser nnd ambaewdor Qerard
BttAdanl) loomed large.
It is believed the details of liie
submarine Issue never had boaa
I seriously discussed. Since tha
I arrival of the replj it if strongi]
believed Unit peace talk h_ 1 a
proinlnent purl in the conference.
Several persons Mar the presl
', dent believed lie should tenta
! tively approach tbe helllsereati
I on the question of possible peace.
British Gloomy
LONDON. May '!.- Washington
dispatches reporting the probable
acceptance of the German sub
marine reply brought disappoint
ment to Fnglaiid today.
The morning newspapers edi
torially agreed that the reply
failed to meet the Aniericnn de
mands.
They expressed coin em over
what they called an attempt to
embroil ICngland and America, by
making the COOCQ—Ioni condi
tional upon a change In British
methods of warfare.
The only paragraph satisfne-
C— ' " ■■'■ -mtsmmmmmmmj
Talk o' the Times [
(■reeling*. .11 r you one of
those who •.»)» Germany
backed iPumi or one of tliiifte
who said she made Wilson
back ill)'.'
UK ADMITS IT
Actor named Hen Harney
spends $H»0 for page advt. In a
theatrical weekly lo admit that
he originated ragtime in Louis
ville in IS9B. Is burning alive nr
just Ip.iih.-iii too sympathetic-like.
WAR MAP
This shows |
the public
square in
Mexico City.
< ross marks
where _m-o-
I line station
will he c-inii
-1 11-hod by the
Standard Oil
< 'o. as soon
as American
troops occupy X
tbe Mexican
capital. ! 1
-____—.
Is it any wonder that peo
ple are skeptical about the
veracity of tho political
"news" printed In pa|»en
whime editors are out scrap
ping over ho»w-ahip»)?
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I Ol'R OWN TRAVELOG CEB |
1 • !
* 4
NEW YORK—One of the pc
cnlarltles of this city Is that cv
erybody who lives there cann
from somewhere else and every
body you meet somewhere else
came from New York,
The chief produce ot New Yorl
Tory in London iv.i> 1 in. declartv
lion thai the Gerniaa concession
would prevent ■ prolongation >f
tha war.
critics lielieved thai by n.is
sdmlasloa Germany is hit:iiiy
alarmed over the poaalble effi te
of America s enliailce into thfl
war.
The Cost and chronicle agrei I
that Qermany is prolonging ne;..
tlalions again,
Surest Peace
IIKUI.IN, \lhv I. —tha import
ance of the peace feature contain*
led In the tlerman reply «v
I pointed 0111 toda-. 111 Amei . „;i
I circles here.
All eapreaaed the belief Hurt
Presldcnl Wilson Ims a great op
portunity to bring liie war to .n
e.-irh end.
Some suggested thai the time is
ripe for 1 ol House. Wilson's per
sonal representative, to moka sn-
I other 1 isit to European capitals,
Lusifania Day
i.ondon'. May I A tfemoa
atratlon commemorating ihe sink
ing oi ihe Loaltaaio will take
place in Hyde park tomorrow, ihe
first anniversary of Ihe disasiir.
A model of Ihe l.usitaata bm
Other relics of the horror will he
carried In the procession.
! FANS WON'T GET
PROMISED TREAT
There trill be nu double-header
at Athletic pork Sunday.
President Blewetl of tha North*
western league lias refused to
unction oik .
This afternoon's game was
scheduled to start at :i o'clock.
Kin Wllkowski, a clever Ta-u
--ina amateur placer, was plai ,1
ou first base by Manager Hall,
to relieve the strain of a half
dozen injured players ou the Tig
er lineup.
is Ilroadwgy which folks fro.,i
Marshalltown, la., I'iivallitp, Wn ,
and Norton, Kas , delight In call
ing The Ureal White Way,"
"The Little Old Alley" and such
like.
The adjuncts of Bdwy. are cab
arets, where they dance till 7 a.
m. and finish off the soiree wl'h
bacon and eggs; laxis; Georgn-
Kni-Cohan: subway cave ins;
I'nited Cigar stores; drlnas;
more drinks.
The population of N. Y. Is made
up of actors, gunmen, million
aires, head waiters, chorus girls
and policemen
Xinety-flve per cent of Ihe
Seattle lt«»iai i.ms favor
i banging tha name of the
mountain. Page T. H. Mar
tin.
, j onions at an mi2£g*y*
. i A SOFT SNAH as Imagined by
Miss Agnes Allen, of Rhodes tog
: room.