The Washington herald., 1914-05-24

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the drudgery that brought him his sal
ary, and. a student always, he took hall
a dozen degrees.
he was twenty seven years of age
when he first sprang into prominence
in the newspapers through the publ
cation of his book. "Sex and Progress"
1t was book for scientists, and not one
calculated to make a stir. But Giuck
IN the last chapter, using barely three
lines for it, mentioned the hypothetical
desirability of trial marriages. At once
the newspapers seized upon those three
, lines, played them up yellow" as the
slang was in those days, and set the
whole world laughing at Emil Gluck
the bespectacled young professor OF
twenty-seven. Photographers snapped
him; he was beseiged by reporters
women's clubs throughout the land
passed resolutions condemninr him and
his immoral theories; and on the floor
OF the California assembly, while dis
cussing. the State appropriation to the
university, motion demanding the ex-
pulsion OF Gluck was made under threat
OF Withholding the appropriation-of
course, none of his prosecutors had
read the book; the twisted newspaper
version of only three lines of il was
enough for them. Here began Emil
Gluck's hatred for newspaper men.
II was the newspapers that were re-
sponsible for the next disaster that be-
fell him. For the FIVE years following
the publication of his book he had re-
mained silent, and silence for a lonely
man is not good. His only recourse was
books, and he went on reading and
studying enormously. But in Ioz7 he
accepted an invitation to appear before
the Human Interest Society of Emery
vile. He did not trust himself to speak,
and as we write we have before US q
copy OF his learned paper. 1t is sober,
scholarly, and scientific, and, it must also
be added, conservative. But in one place
he dealt with, and / quote his words,
the industrial and social revolution that
is taking place in society" A reporter,
present, seized upon the word "revolu-
ton, divorced it from the text, and
wrote garbled account that made Emil
Gluck appear an anarchist. At once,
Prof. Gluck, anarchist" famed over
the wires and was appropriately Sea
tured" IN all the newspapers in the land.
He had attempted to reply to the pre-
vious newspaper attack, but now he re-
mained silent Bitterness had already
corroded his soul. The university faculty
appealed to him to defend himself. but
he sullenly declined, even refusing to
enter in defense a copy of his paper to
save himself from expulsion. He re-
fused to resign, and was discharged
from the university faculty. It must be
added, that political pressure had been
put upon the university regents and the
president.
Prosecuted, maligned. and misunder-
stood, the foriorn and lonely man made
no attempt at retaliation. Having lost
his position, and being without any in
come, he had to find work. His first
place was at the Union Iron Works, in
San Francisco, where he proved a most
able ,draughtsman. 1t was here that he
obtained his frst-hand knowledge of
battleships and their construction But
the reporters discovered him and fea-
tured him in his new vocation. He i'm
mediately resigned and found another
place; but after the reporters had driven
him away from half a dozen positions,
he steeled himself to brazen out the
newspaper persecution. This occurred
when he started his electroplating estab-
lishment in Oakland, on Telegraph ave-
nue.. 1t was a small shop, employing
three men and two boys. Gluck himself
worked long hours. 1t was during this
period he perfected the improved ig-
milton device for gas engines, the royal
ties from which ultimately made him
wealthy.
He started his electroplating estab-
lishment early in the spring of 1923, and
it was the same year that he formed
the disastrous love attachment for Irene
Tackley. Now, it is not to be imagined
that an extraordinary creature such as
Emil Gluck could be any other than an
extraordinary lover. In addition to his
genius. his loneliness, and his morbid
ness, it must be taken into considera-
tion that he knew nothing about women.
Irene Tackley was a rather pretty young
woman, but shallow and light-headed
At the time she worked in small candy
store across the street from Gluck's
shop. He used to come in and drink ice
cream sodas and lemon squashes. and
stare at her. 1t seems the girl did not
care for-him, and merely played with
him. He was queer" she said; and at
another time she called him a crank,
when describing how he sat at the coun-
ter and peered at her through his spec
tacles, blushing and stammering when
she took notice of him, and often leaving
the shop in precipitate confusion.
Gluck made her the most amazing
presents silver tea service, diamond
ring, set of furs, opera glasses, a pom
derous History of the World" in many
volumes, and a motorcycle all silver
plated in his own shop. Enters now the
girls lover, putting his foot down,
showing great anger, compelling her to
return Gluck's strange assortment of
presents. This man, William Sher-
bourne, was gross and stolid creature,
heavy-ja jawed man of the working class
who had become a successful building
contractor in a small way. Gluck did
not understand. He tried to get an ex-
PLANTATION. attempting to speak with the
girl when she went home from work in
the evening. She complained to Sher-
bourne, and one night he gave Gluck a
beating.
Still Gluck did not understand. He
continued to seek an explanation from
the girl. In feaI cf Sherbourne, he
applied to the chief of police for per-
mission to carry revolver, which per-
mission was refused, the newspapers as
usual playing il up sensationally. Then |
came the murder of Irene Tackley, six |
days before her contemplated marriage |
with Sherbourne . II was on a Saturday