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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
WIDOW
SEEKS
ESTATE

That she may become legally
possessed of the property and
money left by her husband, Frank
S. Blattner, the Tacoma attorney
who was drowned in Commence
inent bay week ago. Mrs. Dora
ID. Blattner today filed a petition
for letters of administration of
his estate. Judge Clifford has Or
dered a hearing for Saturday.
The petition includes only his
real and personal property,
among which is the steam launch
which figured in his death.
1t is stated in the petition that
his personal property will amount
to $500. Their home, a hand
some residence on Orchard road,
Prospect Hill, his office furniture,
bank balances and personal eff
fects are the other articles named.
Tile boat, in which were found
Attorney Blattner's coat, hat and
cuffs, has been locked and
guarded from inspection by the
curious since his disappearance.
The name of Miss Dorothy
Blattner, the attorneys 17-year-
old daughter, appears on the pc
titien with that of her mother.
She is named as the only other
known heir.
Blattner left the boathouse,
foot of 18th ST., Saturday after
noon, Jan. 10 in his launch. When
but a short distance from the
shore the boat was seen to be
afire by those who were on the
bay at the time. Another launch
rushed to the side of the burning
craft and flames were easily ex-
tinguished. Blattner's body has
not been recovered.
Mrs. Blattner will collect the
100000 insurance money, if it
is paid, besides being the sole
assignee of her husbands prop
erty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
ABOLISH SCHOOLS IN NEXT
TEN YEARS IS NEW THEORY

by United Press Leased Wire.)
DENVER, Jan. 27.-High and
grammar schools will be done
away with as useless institutions
of learning within the next ten
years.
Colleges and universities will
be largely superfluous within the
same period.
Boys and girls will secure a
complete education at the age of
ii or 15 without the deep study
now required to pass even a
grammar school course.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
PRINTERS MAKE
BIG PROTEST

Tacoma printers do not intend
to allow the city commission to
grant a franchise to the Sunset
Telephone company without a
protest.
A delegation of nearly a dozen
printers representing both typo
graphical union men and the
master printers appeared at the
city council chamber this morn
ing to protest against the fran
chise.
They asked some time ago that
the company be compelled 10
have its printing done here. The
council is inclined to cut this out.
There are other things the print
ers want also.
Eve don't believe in granting
a 25-year franchise at all," said
j. T. Neal. Long before that
time the city or Uncle Sam will
probably be ready to take the
telephone business"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
MILLION
REV
OFFERED

(By United Press Leased Wire.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-
Accepting the offer of ST.
100000 from Charlie +. Fin
lay, banker, to successfully
demonstrate his tuberculosis
cure i'm America, DR.. +. f.
Friedman, the Berlin sci
enlist, is scheduled to come
to this country at once, ac-
cOrding to an announcement
by Finley.
"Dr. Friedmann's brother,
who is here, has received a
cable from him that he is
ready to start for New York
and will sail within "a week
OF twO," declared ITinlay.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27

School books for the most part
will be cast aside i'm favor of mem
tai impressions received by pupils.
These are some of the predic-
tions voiced by Judge Lindsay of
the juvenile court today. His
opinion is based on his knowledge
of the educational system per-
fected by Thomas A. Edison. So
impressed is the jurist with Edi-
sons method that 1t is not I'M
probable he may soon devote most
of his time to work in connection
with it.
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of her captor was always reach
ing out to her
Hurry up; steal what you can;
get away"
Then the naster-inind would
answer advertisements i'm the pa
per for servants, and the girl
would be sent into another home
to steal.
1t is the queerest yarn that has
been spun in Tacoma police head
quarters for many day.
Maybe the girls story is true.
Her toughness is only thin
1y spread on the surface; she
is proud of 1t. Real bad
women are not proud of
their badness; they hide il
away and cry over il, some-
times.
But Ida Tomley. seventeen, has
all the strange jargon of the un-
derworld at the tip of her
tongue.
She affects to be unconcerned
about her arrest and she tells of
her score of burglaries with rare
nonchalance.
Yet, she is another "Tri1-
by" she says; her mind is
owned and swayed beyond
her own strength; she is
slave to stronger intelIi-
gence. And that intelligence
is the man Barbaraz.
If Ida Tomley is found guilty
of the crimes to which she has
confessed, she will go to prison,
no doubt.
She has Gone the Route-and
that will be the usual wind-up.
There is much to wonder at in
this hard-faced child. of seven
teen; there is much to marvel at
in her almost-unbelievable story
of the Master-mind.
But there is nothing to moral
iZe about. She is a bad girl, she
says, and doesn't care.
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TO
VISIT HERE

William D. Haywood former
secretary of the Western Fedora
. tion of Miners, and now an or
ganizer for the Industrial Work
ers of the World, is in Portland
today on speechmaking tour OF
the northwest. He addressed an
audience of 5000 during which
he explained the principles of the
Industrial organization.
Haywood was one of the lead
ers in the Lawrence, Mass, tex
tile strike. He is due In Tacoma
today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
BRAVE FIGHT
FOR LIFE

Ten minutes after her husband,
lie Roy f.. Keller, had left their
home at 1908 South i street at
1:3O this afternoon, Mrs. Flor
ence Keller was attacked in the
kitchen of her home by an un-
known man, supposed to be a
tramp.
The fellow knocked at the
kitchen door and Mrs. Keller,
noting his suspicious actions,
tried to slam the door in his face
a moment after she had opened
1t in answer to the knock.
The man pushed open the door
and attacked Mrs. Keller. He
forced her to the floor and grasp
ing a butcher knife from the
kitchen table attempted to cut her
throat.
The PROSTATE woman fought a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
WOMAN ATTACKED in HOME BY TRAM
PETER MILLER GUILTY:
MUST ANSWER TWELVE
MORE CHARGES SOON

Again Peter Miller has
been found guilty of burg
larry, and again he has filed
notice of an appeal continu-
ing his fOur-year fight in the
courts of Pierce county and
King county, which il he
loses means penitentiary
cell for the rest of his years.
1t was only after an all-night
session that a verdict was reached
by the jury. Only one held out
till the last for acQuittal until
after long contest, when he was
finally won over, and at 10:30
yesterday morning the foreman
communicated with Judge Clifford
announcing that a verdict had
been reached. Miller and coun-
ell for both sides were then
summoned to the courtroom.
Throughout the trial Miller had
maintained an expression of ap-
parent indifference, and, except
for his close observation of the
testimony of certain witnesses,
might have been taken for the
friend of the attorney making
the fight, who had just dropped
into the courtroom to hear the
proceedings. The reading of the
verdict dissolved Miller's indiffer-
ence. His face expressed a hurt
so penetrating that it appeared to
affect his physical strength. He
sank into his chair with an inaudi-
BILE exclamation that amounted
only to movement of the lips.
Attorney Glasgow had hoped at
least for a disagreement. He said
that the fight for Miller's liberty
was a matter of principle and
would be kept up.
Attorney ]. M. Glasgow, for
Miller, Immediately gave notice
that he would appeal the decision.
Sentence will be deferred until
the papers have been filed.
On next Wednesday in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27

terrible and bloody battle with
her assailant and was badly cut.
Her screams frightened the
man and his victim managed to
tear loose and run to her next
door neighbor, Mrs. c. E. Well
ants home.
Mrs. Weilant attended to Mrs.
Kellers terrible cuts and then
sent in a telephone call for the
police.
Detectives hurried to the scene
of the outrage, and are now
searching for the man, who is de-
soribed as being about 80 years
old, and fairly we'll dressed.
In making his escape from the
house, the desperate grabbed his
victims purse and jewels. The
purse contained about $4 in
money. The jewels he dropped as
he fled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
WIFE KILLS
HUSBAND I'm
SWORD DUEL

MOSCOW, Jan. 27.-In a duel
with rapiers, to which she had
formally challenged him, Madame
Nadia Putokin stabbed her hus-
band to the heart. and he 10 dead
here today. The Putokins were
both fencing teachers, and the
husband resented attentions paid
by young officer to his wife.
from whom the officer was taking
fencing lessons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
TO
START SUIT

Suit for the recovery of 81, 600
from the Carnival association will
be begun Thursday by G. w.
Stromer, who has been assigned
the claim of Aviator James Mar
tin, who declares he was willing
to attempt to fly out and into
the stadium last July 4, but that
the association would not ret him.
They would not allow him his
per cent of the gate receipts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
FIREMAN GETS
LIFE PENSION

F. A. Morgan, of the South Ia
coma fire house, was this morn
ing placed on the pension list at
half pay by the firemen's pension
board. Morgan was awarded $40
a month and similar amount FOR
brace.
The fireman fell down a chute
last July and injured his back.
He continued on the job until he
collapsed in his home while car
rying in a load of wood.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
MUST SERVE
FIVE YEARS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.-The
sentence of ]. Thornburn Ross,
Portland, Ore, banker, to FIVE
years In the penitentiary for the
alleged larceny of $2SS.OOO or
state funds, was affirmed today
by the supreme court of the
United States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
SNOWSLIDE KILLS MAN

LEAVENWORTH, Wash, Jan.
27.-One man is dead and one
seriously injured today as the re-
suit of an accident Saturday
when Great Northern special
train and snowplow was buried
by an avalanche of snow two
miles west of here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
GIRLS MOTHER
STAYS ELOPER
(By United Press Leased Wire /,

TULSA, OKLA, Jan. 27.-Be-
cause he eloped with Esther BIZ
zell, 20, John Goodspeed, who had
a wife and severar children, was
killed by Mrs. Ola Bizzell, the
girls mother, upon the return of
the couple here. Mrs. Bizzelr is
prepared today to plead the un-
written law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 81
Stricken with ptomaine poi
sOning, Miss Julia Marlowe is
today unable to appear with
Il. III. Sothern here. An un-
derstudy is taking her parts
until she rec0vers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
FIRES AT ARCHDUKE
lu IrnsfAd DuA.- Nxye~~

PARIS, Jan. 27. Firing at
the Archduke Louis Salvador of
Tuscany several times while he
was at his estate in Miramix, a
workman attempted to slay the
nobleman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
WIFE A
BIT CAY
HE SAYS

Mrs. Ethel NJ. Hirst and her
husband, Charles of CarbOnado,
are agreed that divorce is the
only way of amicably settling
their differences of temperament,
but are fighting in court today
for their five children.
The drama was staged in Judge
Cards court today.
Charles Hirst, according to let
: S'~s of recommendation sent the
by his employers and others
- .onado, is a model husband
h knowledge, and good
He filed the complaint
kdivorce and the custody OF
I've little Hirsts.
Es. Hirst, it was testified to-
day, is not allowed the pastime
of intoxication in her home, but
has found that sort of thing pos
sible at sIme of the neighbors.
Justice of the Peace Pritchard
of Carbonate, the testimony
shows, is one armed. He found
Mrs. Hirst fast asleep In the
baseball park one evening, it was
said, ar 1 as Mrs. Hirst weighs
close to 200 and he has but the
single arm, was unable to get her
home without assistance.
On another occasion, it is
charged, Mrs. Hirst danced down
one of Carbonado's residence
avenues holding a cake high over
head while she sang lifting
song.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
HE,LL KEEP HIS DOGS

NOME, Jan. 27.-John john
son turned down all offers today
for his team of Siberian wolves
with which he won the Solomon
Derby.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-01-27
: RAINIER DYING

VIENNA. Jan. 27.-Archduke
Rainier, 81, relative of Emper-
sor Franz Josef, is reported dying
here today.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-10

The debt soonest paid Is the one
that Is never contracted.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-10

gray haired man came forward and
asked; il he would be needed that
evening. No." said the young man,
s"sanly don't. forget to. mail those. let
ters." There: an -.authat1tatiya
ring, to the young voice that told Of
ownership. And the old man answer
ed in a manner that told that he was
the employee, not employer. ::
F.. .kathrine repeated, why did you?"
as a~ccusingly as. she might have asked
previously. when she thought that It
was taken.
He evaded her eyes. Redeemed
again. finally murmured, in embar-
raised tone, I'll wanted to get to
know you-and I though maybe that
would be a good way. 1'm-1 beg
your pardon" He acted as guilty as
a man might if he had stolen it. =.
Kathrine laughed :nervously. cit
was rather an expensive way, I
think"
mot too expensive" he said bold
ly. :.
Myrtle a week later watched Kath-
rine in surprise. Why. I thought
you were going to get "a dark. dress.
You can't wear that light silk to
work."
IT don't want to-" said kathrine.
There was a decided glad note to her
voice. II guess there's other places
to go besides work"
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Why is ones favorite barber al
busy when one Is in a hurry:
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WHY D1U 1Vu.
kathrjne laughed scornfulIy at her
foolish i%masinings and beraaed her
self for not telling that young SWIM
dler what she thought nf him. And
II turned to &C back. But she didn't.
Instead she. decided sorrowfully that
II he cared enough for $40 to steal il
he might have it. Only she wished
hat he hadn't been quite so nice look
ing.
And the next evening the landlady
called her down to the gloomily fur
nlshed parlor. and he had brought it
back. 'A1l our fault" he said easily.
One of the boys whv attends to de-
tail work. had -fou1a, it and given II
to the bookkeeper. The boy has been
home sick ever since. hnd / supposed
that he had gone honle a day sooner.
I never Thought 'pf questioning,
him. although I asked all the others.
.And l am. very sorry-" ;
"Oh, it's all right" said Kathrinesf5
taking the money and looking specu-s
latively at it. She was glad to get
it back. but she wished with a queer
aching Of iher heart that he had never
found it necessary to take it in the.
first place. And when he had gone
h sat in a chair and thought much
more of the temptations that must
assail a young man tnan OF the dress
that she could now begin to plan for
At o'clock she yaxned and began
to undress. Life was very stale. Just
working and eating and undressing,
and then dressing and eating ana.
working again. And it didn't promise
to ever hold anything else. Kathrine
sighed disconsolateiy. What was the
use Of having blue eyes and a decent
nose. even If our hair was rather
short and none too thick? No one
ever noticed you unless you Wore a
slit skirt and had flaming cheeks.
h wound her watch and laid it on
her skirt, then her shoes. And then
she remembered. She put her hand
inside the lining Of one small patent
leather. The night before she took
the coat g she had been afraid to
carry 1t longer in that easily accessi-
BILE pocket and had transferred it to
her shoe; and then had forgotten. .
II am an absolute st1npleton," she
gasped at her horror stricken image
in the mirror; And silently she stared
at two ten dollar hiiis. He had not
told the truth. Why had he come
with that string of falsehood? Kath-
rine's cheeks burned. And it had
been on the tip Of her tongue to ac-
cuse him! Her eyes had accused him
IL her tongue had not.
kathrine wen to bed with red
cheeks. She got up in the morning
with red cheeks. And that night she
went, crimson faced, into the cleaning
shop and handed back the SO bill.
IL found 1t, after ALL she said
miserably. you knew that it wasn't
mine! Why did you?"
She was surprised to see his face
redden. Before he could speak the
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!. THE N STORY !. !.
TEN DO LIARS.
1913. By ". WernerI.

that it must have hWn lost before it
came into u possession"
kathrine looked ut him search
iingly. "Edwards.'' called the old man
l'arshly.."l wish you'd como here a
minute"
Presently imn.ticntly. I'm
sure" he began again hesitatingly,
but he did not look at her, and he
seeme>t embarrassed. Eathrine's lips
pressed tightly together. If he didn't
appear guilty. then she never saw a
guilty person. She;opcncd her mouth
TO speak and then closed ii, for. there
was something appealing in his
Eiaifce she couldn't just analyxe it.
hut he looked either as though he
wanted to ask her something. To her
surprise she felt moro hurt and sad
than angry. OF course he had stolen
n: Her Indignation swelled! He
ought to be arrested. She took a step
toward the desk where the gray hair
eed maj sat. then stepped back. He
dldntl look like a bad fellow! Perhaps
he needed the money.
But if you'll give ME your adj
dress he said abruptly. as though
the words came out against his viii.
I'll let You know If it should turn
up"
kathrine told him in a low, tired
voice. and he wrote Ii down. Then
h took the cardboard box ana went
out. Maybe he would repen and send
1t to her-maybe-- At this point
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".oh; daer,s dear. Harry" she
groaned; ct thought that might. help
me a .Nttle;' but It doesn't-not a:bit!''

The history teacher in q certain
I:WashingtonA public, school had. re-
fpeatedlW ad%nhonislied her pupils THAT
the time to ask questions was when.
ever anything was said in class that
was not understood: -. -.
One day she had again. expressed
herself to the above effect. Then. pre-
pairing to go on with the lesson, said:
I'VE will begin with James l., wns.
came after Elizabeth. =.
At ono q. scholar raised his hand.
What is it?" asked the teacher
What made him come. after herr,
asked the pupil eagerly.-Lippincott.:s.
There was an. old scottish. pagan in
IA small village: who could be by no
means persuaded to attend church.
One day the minister met him and
How is~4t, John, you are 80 per-
ststent in your absence from churchf:"
:.Weel." replied John,,!t''it's Just IKE
this-the sermons are over lang for
me-" - $50. ST. = =
John! joint" wratfully cried the.
minister, you'll dee and you'll 60 to
z: place where you'll hear no sermon
"Ah. weel. maybe that will be-"
replied the phlesmatic John: "but.
I'm sure it'll no be for want Of meen-
listers" =.
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. + = . .
POINTED

y 8ss-t ~ VI . . : . .
Sympathy is more often misplaced
than lost.
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t%ccpyrisht. 1918. by ": wcrner.>

Ny I've NSASASAsJ
kathrines had put the $40 bill in the
small inside pocket of her blue serge
coat. She was sure of that. There
was.a walk OF four lonely blocks be-
tween tho IL" station and her roonl-
ing house. and she was afraid Of hold
ups: so she carried just tho loose
change in her purse and with Il stout
pin fastened the inner flap of the
pocket over the bill. And then two
days later she deliberately left the
coat. i'll the cleaners shop. and left the
bill in it. 1t made her heartsick. She
a been two long months saving the
$40. Eight dollars Il week left small
margin for saving after room rent, car
fare and meals haI been accounted
Tor. II 1t had veNed her to break in
tn it to pay for cleaning the coat. She
would never again sit beside Myrtle in
a cafeteria. Myrtle was at the no.
tlons counter. which adjoined the
hosiery. where kathrine was station
thing at lunch. Once it was her cof-
fee: but that time she only damaged
her own clothes. Mostly it Vas bread
or cookies, which are o injurious.
This time it had been tomato soup.
M had turned suddenly to look at
Clara's new style of couture. and
swept the bowl Of red. greasy COM
pound straight AT kathrine., 1t splat-
tered the entire front OF her coat.
Myrtle cried and offered to pay for
the cleaning. but Kathrine knew
MNrtle's finances too well-to dream Of
SHOWING her.
1T kathrine hadn't been so upset
over II she would have remembered
about the bill. But she didn't remem
Der until she was taking off her shoes
THAT night for bed. and then it was too
late. And when she Went to work in
the morning the cleaning shop was
not open. Kathrine couldn't risk he
ing late by waiting. She reflected
"~'rathtully that a cleaning shop
wasn't much of a place to keep its
doors closed till $3.50. and she waited
OH customers that day in an absent
minded fashion that was twice report
cd to a f1oorWalker.
That night h hurried from the car
to the shop and almost b%reathlessly
demanded of the tall. thin, dark eyed
young fellow to whom she remember
ed giving the coat, did you find that
$40 in the pocket"
II eve looked in the pocket" he
said co%urteously, but I will now"
And vent swiftly to the back room.
ton OF glazed glass. He came out a
moment later with the coat. She saw
by his face that he had not found it.
Mechanically she ran her fingers into
the deep but narrow pocket. Empty:
Are you sure:" he asked, a bit
doubtfully.
Absolutely she cried. go loudly
that a SMALL gray haired man sitting
at a desk at the side of the store look
ed up c%uriously.
The young fellow cast a queer
glance over his shoulder at him, and
lowered his voice iii make III
quiries." he said. hastily. Only two
or three people have touched the Goa
since it was brought in. If you lett
it there, I am sire it will be found"
And then Kathrine. rather to her
surprise, found herself bowed out the
door into the street. There she had a
notion to go back. He had been too
cur about ending the affair. She
went to the rooming house that had
Seen Her Only home since the. death
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of an aunt. Her parents had died
long before. The $40 was to have
been devoted to a new suit. Now she
would have to save again.. She shud-
dered with dismay at the many weeks
that she had already been saving. She
was tired saving. scrimping. planning.
Presently she forgot her personal at
fairs in another angle of the affair.
She remembered the quick. suspicious
glance from the old man, who was
evidently the proprietor. And the
young fellow had acted queerly. Why,
he didn't seem to want the old man
to hear her or himself. Why hadn't
she complained to the old man? What
a simpleton she had been! Kathrine
could hardly wait till the next even
ing.
Her a was cleaned when she got
there and boxed for her. But no $40
bill had been found. "And [ am
sure said. the young man a%nxiously,