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MEANS HELD FOR MURDER
Every once In a while two airplanes are In col
lision. The sky, like tli c well-known earth and
the Blngle-track railroad, Beewti to be a small place
' after all.
COUNTY IS "BROKE"
SPIES
IN THE
«1 1.H.-.1 rMM Leased Wlre.l
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. IS.
— -—There will be no congressional
probe of the Bernstorff "slusli
fund" for peace, exposed by the
state department.
This was assured today follow
ing a conference bit ween Demo
cratic Leader Senator Martin and
Senator Overman, chairman of
"the lobby Investigation commit
tee. •
"Let tlie house Investigate If It
wants to. We will make no In
vestigation."
House leaders already have de
cided to let the general investlßa
tlon drop, concerning itself solely
With the advisability of inquiring
into remarks by Representatives
Heflln and Howard reflecting on
the character of some members.
That beautirul soclwy
women were German Aihlmis
sador yon Bei nstoi t i"s uncon
scious allies in gathering; "in
side information about Amer
ican affairs" would have been
developer! if any congression
al inquiry of his propaganda
operations and ills congres
sional slush fund bad Ih-cii
undertaken. Mor«"over, it
would be revealed tliat em
ployes of the German ein
luifcs.v in tlie day time were
waiter spies at night for tlie
count.
Was Social Dion.
Bernstorff, tall, handsome and
gracious, was a social Hon here
and in New York in the days be-
fore the war and before his ne
farious labors had come to light.
It was no uncommon occur
rence for social leaders to call him
on telephone afternoons and chat
at length with him. Bernstorff
never made a secret of these calls.
Aside from his opportunities for
gathering "diplomatic gossip"
here, he was an almost constant
Tlsltor to New York.
During his visits to New York
he held many mysterious confer
ences and it Is assumed that he
frequently met men who were
aiding In his anti-American pro-
paganda.
Incidentally his New York trips
tecalled the fact that reports at
the time of the so-called "leak"
Investigation linked Bernstorffs
name with stock deals. It is be
lieved quite generally here that
•'between information he coii'd
gather as to the moves of both his
ewn and the American govern
ment, Bernstorff was in a position
to make heavy cleanups In the
market.
Bernstorff had a retinue of
servants In the big embassy build
ing who were In reality spies. At
night they had employment at big
GUN TAKES PLACE OF THE BOW
But Belgian Violinist's Fingers Still Know How to Make Great Music
By Mabel Abbott
All kinds of music can be heard
,around Camp Lewis when the
day's work is over.
Literally every street! n the
great army-city is full of the gay
tunes of the phonographs.
The Y. M. C. A. piano, under
energetic fingers, sends old hymns,
the sextette from "Lucia" or the
latest rag, far out toward the
highway.
Over the shadowy parade
ground come scraps of "Where do
wo go from he-e-re, boys, where
do we go from he-e-re!" bawled In
divers keys by barracks choruses.
And once in a while, thru
the promiscuous medley
.mini's the voice of a violin,
speaking the language of
great music.
That is Private F. Destabelle,
Co. A, 862 nd Infantry, trying to
keep his fingers from stiffening
..and his bow arm from forgetting
its cunning.
Only a week or so ago, he was
F. Destabelle, soloist, composed,
author on musical subjects, and
leader of the Aanaconda, Mont.,
.gymphony orchestra.
Now he Is one more man to car
ry a gun.
ThpTflpnTrifl Times
IcACOPY. THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TAOOMA. lr A COPY.
TACOMA. NVASIIINO'hIN, irrsHW, si I>Tl \l HI l: :■•■ PUT \<>l. \l\ \«» ! ■■■
If you were a member of a
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Little clique that had
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It all framed up to make
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A very nice thing off of
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Concessions at an army cantonment
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And somebody came along and
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Kicked the scheme in the face
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And you had to reorganize your committee J
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And everything
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And its power was taken away
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'. You'd be sore, too, «'
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NOW WOULDN'T YOU?
social afafirs, where the count
himself was frequently a guest.
Then when the war made him
persona non grata, Bernstorff
could still get a considerable stock
of Information from these waiters.
The U. S. secret service was aware
of this phase of Bernßtorff's work
and kept close tab on It.
The state department was wor
ried for some time over one form
of Bernstorff's propaganda—his
talks to newspaper men. In as
broad a way as possible officials
warned newspaper men who "cov
ered" the embassy, that they were
being duped oftentimes by the
smooth-tongued Teuton.
The officials also did all they
could directly, to prevent Bern
storff from talking and at one
time a situation of extreme deli
cacy arose over his persistence in
talking "German press agent mat
ter." There were rumors for a
time that his recall would be ask
ed as a result.
Secretary of State Lansing In
dicated today that perhaps he
would have a new series of dis
closures of Germany's shameless
work soon.
TIDE POUNDS HIS
AUTO INTO JUNK
(Failed Press Leased Wire.)
ABERDEEN, Sept. 25.— G. E.
Chamberlain's new automobile is
scattered for half a mile up and
down the beach here today. The
car was stalled on the beach,
caught by the Incoming tide and
reduced to junk. Chamberlain
studied his Insurance policy to
day and discovered It does not
cover such an "accident."
"Where do we go from here,
boys; where do we go from
he-e-re?"
Collarless and perspiring from
drill, he shrugged his shoulders
politely and smiled, as he admit
ted, Tuesday, that It is quite a
change. '
85 CASES IN
23 MINUTES!
Police Judge Grham set a new
record In municipal court Monday
afternoon.
There were 85 cases on the
docket for trial. And Just 23 min
utes after court had been called,
Judge Graham adjourned the ses
sion.
Twenty-six of the cases were
men charged with intoxication,
and all were in court. Unlike pre
vious police magistrates, Judge
Graham doesn't take the time of
the court to hear the stories of
intoxicated men. He handed out
sentences of "$25 and 15 days" to
the drunks at a rate of five a
minute.
Many of the auto drivers ar
rested over Sunday for traffic vio
lation forfeited their ball. The
court took in more than $600 dur
ing the afternoon.
10 ARRESTED IN
'SLACKER' ROUNDUP
(United Press Leased Wire.)
, BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 25.—The
roundup of slackers continues to
day.
Ten alleged slackers were ar
rested within the last 24 hours.
They will be taken to Helena for
arraignment before Judge George
M. Bourquin.
I TODAY'S CLEARINGS
Clearings $ 637,232.02
Balances 116,725.01
Transactions ...... 2,176,170.69
"Thai Is war," lie ohserv
ed. "And I am an American."
Destabelle is a Belgian by birth.
He came to America seven yearn
ago, and his people also are in this
country.
"Many of the boys, when we go
across," said he, "will see a new
country. I have seen it all be
fore. I know all those places
where they are fighting now.
"The little village where I
lived Is only four miles from
Charleroi. It has not been harm
ed by the Germans, I hear—prob
ably because they had three large
factories there, which naturally
they would not' destroy. The
town was In many ways more Ger
man than other Belgian villages,
because of those German Indus
tries in it.
"How do I like being a soldier?
"It Is all right, but that I have
not finished my book on the theory
of music. In two months it would
have been done. I have sent for
my typewriter and perhaps I can
finish It here. Carl Fisher is to
publish It.
"The work will certainly hurt
my technlc; that Is Inevitable. It
'- not good for the hands.
MUST
FACE
JURY!
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i CONCORD, N. (J., Sept. 25.—
I OHNton B. Means today wns held
j to the grand Jury for the murder
' of Muude A. King, following pro
!lHmlnary hearing before Justice
'I'llt.i. He was remanded to jull
i without ball.
j He will have to answer the
1 charge of shooting the liiilloniiire
'wonmn who employed blin, at the
I! lonely Black welter Sprlns near
•there, the night of Auu. It.
I With his nerves not quite bo
j steady and bis smile not quite so
.bland, Means today faced the pro
i ceilings thru which he hus lost
1 his first battle against the charge
i of murdering the millionairess.
i Means' confession that he re
i reived large sums of money from
the German government for work
In this country at one time,
1 coupled with Department of Jus
i tice Agent C. B. Ambrose's close
following of local developments
against Means, presented new pos
sibilities today.
No one knows bow much Am
brose knows about Means, but he
I is said to have followed him for
J much more than a year.
PARK SITE IS
REFUSED FOR
COUNTY FERRY
Pierce county's new ferry for
the Island district and Gig Harbor
Harbor cannot land at Point De
fiance park.
At an adjourned session Mon
day afternoon, after listening two
hours to the pleas of city and
county officials and business men,
the Metropolitan park board vot
ed to refuse permission for a slip.
Park Commissioners Mottet
and Newbegln voted against the
ferry, Vaeth for it. Craig had
been excused previously. Chair
man Allen reserved the right to
withhold his vote.
The park board's decision ends I
a month's fight by Tacomans to
obtain a ferry landing in the
park. Pressure of the strongest
kind had been forced on the
board members.
Whether the ferry slip will now
be located at Old Tacoma or
closer to tbe center of the city,
Is to be determined by the county
commissioners.
There is no available site for
a ferry slip between the park and
Old Tacoma, It is declared, bey
cause the railroads have bottled
up the waterfront.
"But in another way it will
be good for me liecause I am,
as you see, fleshy, and I shall '
be denuded of that. So—!
" Itry to practice sometimes,
sitting on the edge of my cot, but
I cannot do much technical exer
cises, when the other boys are
doing all sorts of things around
me.
"Then I play; and when I have
played something beautiful, like
the Rondo of Vleuxtemps, they
say: 'Now play something good.'
"And I say, 'Turkey in the
Straw, eh?'
"But I do not play it.
"It is Interesting, this life, cer
tainly. Out there on the parade
ground we stand, students, tele
phone operators, artists, mecha
nics, men of every calling, all on
the same footing,
"IT WOULD BE INTEREST
ING TO ANALYZE THAT AND
PUT IT IN A SYMPHONY.
"But, yes, I would like to get a
position as band leader, or some
thing like that. Then I could
serve my country and my art, too."
Aad Private Destabelle crooked
his bow-arm in a salute, and hur
ried off to the next drill.
Mrs. Funston Writes
Of Call On Gen. Bell
No name, In recent American
military annals is more inspiring
than that of General Frederick
Funston, captor of Aguinaldo,
leader of the American expedition
that occupied Vera Cruz, anil
■ iiiimuiixliT of the department of
the south during the recent affair
in Mexico. The general's -widow,
who has the responsibility of Hir
ing for their Ibrci- fnthci I**.-. cbll
dren, has taken to the pen in or
der to support. them. The Times
believes its readers will lie great
ly interested in tlila, her first arti
cle as a pinicsf.ii.nut writer. The
more so because it deals in part
j with Geo. Hell, well known to
Tacomans. —Editor.
11Y MRS. FREDERICK FI'NSTON
(Copyright, 1917.)
Give our nation a reason, a
cause, and behold, we not only
rise to the situation, but we do
It heartily, wonderfully well.
Who said we were a country
without patriotism? I have ;ust
seen soldiers-'-army—navy—the
very atmosphere permeated with
the thrill of patriotism! 1 have
seen where 12,000 acres of virgin
forest had been razed In a twink
ling to make way foa one canton
ment —Camp Upton, on Long
Island.
From this one training ground,
set iij> as quickly as a scene on
the stage, an army of 40,000 sol
diers can be rushed, trained and
equipped,.. EVERY.. THREE
MONTHS to protect humanity's
interests.
The approach to the reservation
reminds me most vividly of an old
mining camp, or the outskirts of
a circus, with all Its men loafing
around the various shacks and
wagons, chewing and swapping
stoics, with, seemingly, nothing
else to do.
MEN—They Arc.
Immediately inside the gates of
the camp was quite another as
pect. Soldiers—not so many.
They are to come later. But
workmen! I would hate to guess !
how many! Carpenters, plumbers,
electricians — the place was
swarming with them! The only
busier community I have ever
seen was an ant-hill on moving
day.
Where'a few short weeks ago a
virgin forest stood, the camp is
laid out in avenues and streets.
They are numbered so, as soon •
as the little olty is completed, the
mothers and sweethearts will have .
no difficulty in locating and find- i
ing their "boys."
And here my I dlgreea tor
This interesting group shows
Mrs. Frederick Funston, widow «if
the fuiiious general, and her
fatherless children, for whoso sup
port she has taken up the pen.
The children are Frederick, Jr.,
aged M| liar-am. aged 8; Eliza
beth, aged :t.
a moment. Why call these
fine fellows, who give up
(Continue on Page Five.)
GEN. GREENE
MAKESCHANGE
IN COMMITTEE
Maj. Gen. Greene, as ex-officlo
chairman, attended Monday after
noon's meeting of the recently or
ganized war recreation committee
and virtually dissolved It,
Elliott Kelly and Dr. E. H.
Todd resigned, and W. W. SeSy
mour and Rev. R. H. MeGlnnls
were substituted.
The committee now will serve
In an advisory to Gen. Greene, in
stead of handling camp amuse
ment concessions in Its own way.
SLACKER HELD BY
TACOMA OFFICERS
Albert Mendes, a Mexican, 21
years old, was arrested by Detec
tive Fackler Tuesday charged with
having failed to register under
tbe selective draft act. Mendes
has been in Jail in Tacoma several
times for small robberies, the po
lice say. He is being held for
federal officers.
GIRL KILLED BT
BOY COMPANION
(Palled Press Vmmamt Wire.)
DILLON, Mont., Sept. 25. —
Gladys Bradley, 12-year-old Ban
nock girl, was accidentally shot
and instantly killed here today by
a oompanion, Joe Collins. The
girl's head was almost blown from
her shoulders.
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w.ii. you hoys at Camp * -^*si&A\Wf
Lewis might ax well act
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OFFICERS MAY
HAVE TO PAY
BIG DEFICIT
It looked Tuesday as if the county commissioner*
will have to whistle to find some way of keeping the
court house running until the first of the year.
Also, that one or more of the county's managers
may find themselves personally liable under their
bonds for expenses already incurred in the road and
bridge fund and Road Districts 3 and 4, the Puyallup
valley districts.
Also, that it is certain road work in the county will
have to stop.
In other words, the bottom is clear out of Pierce
county finances, and the county authorities today
find themselves in the closing hours of the year face
to face with a bottomless pit.
Nobody al the court bouse s«7
far has a ray of hope to shed. The
court house bus to slay open for
business. That's a -inch.
But bow It is g«..". rt to be done,
nobody Is able to say.
('lies lo §m Tanner.
lieputy Pros-eutlng Attorney
Phelps Is In Olympla Tuesday In
conference with Attorney General
Tanner, in an effort to find some
way out.
A big part of the trouble is do
clared to be due to two laws
passed by the last state legisla
ture, and the failure of the county
commissioners to heed these laws
Added to this Is emergency ex
pense, Including such Items as
111,001 for the 11th street fill
and the fact that the McKenn.i
bridge cost $K,OOO more than the
estimates.
One of the laws which has Rot
tho commissioners In bad pro
vides the county auditor cannot
Issue waranls on tlie curren ex
pens«' fund In excess of two per
cent over the estimated revenue
Of the year. Attorney General
Tanner has ruled that this law Is
made to apply to the 1917 budget.
Unless he now changes the rul
ing, the county won't have a cent
for expenses after Dec. 1.
Already the current ex
pense fund Is about $nO,OOO
behind the game, according
to (lie figures of lieputy
Aiiilltor raiupbell, and at the
Present rate would lie behind
the game alxiiil $180,04)0 by
the first of next year.
It Is predicted that by the first
of December the two per cent lim
it, and the county .auditor said
today he will have to abide by the
1917 law and refuse to Issue fur
ther warrants.
liui It is in the road dis
trict funds and the general
road Mini bridge fund that
certain county commissioners
may have to look lo their
pocketbooks.
The 1917 road law provides
that the county commissioners
can't spend more than KO per cent
of the year's estimate, plus the
cash on hand at the beginning of
the year, on road work.
' Up to Tuesday expenses In
curred In road district 3 have
gone $3,150.27 above the legal
limit. And in district 4 Is $292.44
over the limit. Both are Com
missioner O'Farrell's districts.
County Auditor Morris has re
fused to pay warrants on these ex
penses, having notifted the com
missioners by letter Aug. 24 that
all further work Incurring addi
tional expense would have to stop.
The law says the county Bhall
be absolved from any liability tor
such overdrafts. Hence it is for
the county commissioners to wor
ry.
$6,000 More.
The same law applies in the
general road and bridge fund, In
which expenses Incurred to date
amount to f 15,000, while the bal
ance on hand Is only $9,000, leav
ing $6,0 00 in bills that somebody
will have to whistle for.
Commissioners Belllngham and
O'Farrell asked County Auditor
Morris for a detailed statement of
al funds, and the rtgures today
were an answer. They also ask
ed Prosecutor Remann . for an
opinion as to what to do about it.
Tuesday Remann waa unable to
offer any relief except to send
Deputy Phelps to see the attorney
geaeral, Tha law Is clear, he
says.
Chairman Hellingham's expian
atton of the situation was that
"we didn't know of the c\ rect of
the new luws until June, and them
we had made all our plana foil
expense", and had made Contracts
for work. In addition there have
l.oen emergency expenses, such at
the 11th street fill."
m ALK OTHE
Greetings, «l«ica anybody
recall the names of those
persons wlio oppotKnd bring
ing the army post to Pierce
county ?
i
Mrs. King might have bees
without funds when she was murd
ered, but she was not without
Means.
c
What have become of the
old-fashioned I. W. W. that
were going to burn all our
crops?
Doggone W. H. Reed! W<*
don't mind his running for city
commissioner, If he feels divinely
called and simply oan't keep from
It, but why did he want to dlsturt
the peace of the community this
fall?
Now all the politicians and
near-politicians and almost-near*
politicians and all their "frlende"
that push them Into It will oa
gabbling e!ty hall stuff month*
earlier than there la any call
for it.
History may not be our
strong point, but we cannot
remember the names of one
conscientious objector In the
i ii il war who is now pointed
to with pride.
WALL FLOWBRB?
"There are 1,916 defendants It
the suit which opened today, each
marked in a different color on 2
great map that has been prepared
by Special Attorney J. T. 8. Lylt
for Pierce county, and covers one
wall of the court room." —TIM(
Matchless News.
' And now It la reported
tlmi Keremky haa not mar
ried an actress. Resale may
breathe freely again. So may
Kerensky.
WHY NOT USE A TURNBTIUBt
Our daughter Belle, now Mrs.
A. M. Frost, Increased the popula
tion pf Tacoma by one email baby
girl on July £7. Tola makes oof
sixth grandchild. We always
had trouble to count oar children,
and if the second generation keep*
coming so fast we will have to pit i
them in a corral and ran them
thru the chute to find than»
tier.—Condon (Ore) 114 mm. , /
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