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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
BIG SHOW
TROUPE IN

The special train carrying the
big production, the famous Eng
fish melodrama, THE Whip,
which will be seen at the Tacoma
theater Friday and Saturday, ar
rived in the city early this morn
ing. Tuesday the advance crew
arrived and since then 1t has been
a hustle and hustle of scenery,
wagons and several score of stage
hands. And this activity Will con-
tinue until close to the time for
the first performance as IL takes
a bout twenty-four hours to mount
the huge settings, which necessi-
tates the arrival of the company
and production a day in advance
of their first performance. The
Whip was first produced at the
Drury Lane theater in London.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
CITY MAY BE
UNDERTAKEN?

g Besides operating a mu- .
9 nicipal cemetery IN the near Q
g future, Tacoma may go into .
g the undertaking business. .
g At an informal confer e
= ence between Mayor Faw- .
= eett and Commissioner of 9
= Finance Atkins today IL was .
. suggested that the city .
. might as well conduct NUM- Q
= eipal funerals at a nominal =
. cost in connection with the .
g proposed cemetery. 9
. Several offers Of property .
g for a municipal cemetery .
g have been made to the city, .
. but in each case, according .
9 to Mayor Faweett, the price .
g has been practically doubled .
g over its regular figure. 9
9 IT am ehthused over May 9
g or Fawcett's scheme for a .
. municipal cemetery" said .
. Atkins We could have a .
= morgue at the cemetery, in .
. charge of a city undertaken, .
= and bodies could be taken 9
= there direct. Funerals could .
Q be held at the morgue. OBJ =
= Waiting the cost to the pub .
- lie of hearses or carriages" .
- Several lodges of Tacoma o
= have already intimated that .
9 they would purchase sections .
= Of the municipal cemetery as .
= soon as the grounds are .
= plated. The most favorable =
= site found by the council is .
near the Seven Mile .
= house." half mile from the .
= Tacoma Speedway. :
- a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
TIMES MAN
WRITES OF
WARHORROR
BY Harry Payne Burton

VARREDDES, France, Sept. 17.-By Mail
La gauche La gauche!'' called the old French
to from the upstairs window of her little
pink brick villa that stood in its prm little garden
the white ribbon road to Trlport and her long, bony
finger betokened passage over miles and miles OF
cabbage fields that lay flat grddle kissing in the
overpowering sun.
"La gaucheY'' Ito the leftO) questioned again,
for at the far end of these hot sticky cabbage e q
L saw only heavy forest swimming in the heat
"Ouii Quiz she cried, resorting to my monosylia-
bic French if to make me comprehend
'Ia gauche-Bois de meaux-Trilport-P
And so L started Ito the left-through the Woods
of Meaux-to Trilport-and then to PARISH
Cabbagesl Cabbages! Nothing but eabbagesi
For half an hour / dragged my way through that
palpitating sticky field until these
countless, blue-gree heads swan dizzily before my
eyes.
And then, suddenly, terrible stencil sprang from
the ground and gripped my nostrils until reeled,
AND SAW THAT THE DEAD WERE ALL
AROUND ME-
was face to face with the most terrible sight in all
the world-a BATTLEFIELD of yesterday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
us. WATCHES
TURKS MOVE

WASHINGTON. D. c., Oct. L.
Turksy's abrogation of all capitu-
lations granting extra-territorial
riehts to foreigners became effec-
tive Today despite the protest of
the Fnited States and European
powers. Close watch is expected
TO be kept over the manner in
With Turkey exercises her new
full Sovereignty over domfnions
Secretary Bryan expects to re-
sumo negotiations with Turkey
soon and 10 is believed a new
treaty defining the rights and
privileges of Americans. and es-
pecially missionaries, VIII be ar
ranged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
AUTO RUNSAWAY

Left standing on the steep hill
of eth street between ID and e
streets yesterday afternoon, a
Ford delivery wagon of the
Matthai bakery started to run
away down the hill. bowling over
b. MORRISON, q laborer, and
crashing against a fence at d
street. MORRISON was taken to
a physicians office, where his In
juries were found TO be superb
cfal. Police Capt. Cornish inves-
tigated and found that the auto
mobiles brakes were in poor con-
ditfon.
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ton suit from any of the other
fiimy, lacy articles. So he took
Miss Jones to the rooms of Miss
Wade and she identified the gar
ment.
After hearing lengthy evidence
regarding the alleged theft Of the
undergarment-which is valued
at 80 cents-Judge Magill con-
tinued the case until Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

rapidly at many points and are
forced to fight desperately to
save their extreme right from
complete rout. The center re-
mains unchanged and there the
tables might be turned on US, but
success at both ends of the line
means more to US every day."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
CARRANzA READY
To step DOWN

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. L.
According to a telegram made
public here by Rafael Zubaran
Capmany, General Carranza, first
chief of the constitutionalists, is
ready to hand his resignation TO
the convention of leaders in Mex
leo City.
The telegram announcing Car
ranzs's intentions reads:
IF the chiefs to whom ] will
resign accept my resignation, I
shall retire to private life with
the consciousness of having done
my duty as a citizen, as a COVER
nor of the state of Coahuila and
as first chief of the constitution
alist army in charge of the execu-
tive power"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
FRISCO
30 4 = II
KILL

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.
Following q fight with
sKnockOut" Carroll i'm a six
round preliminary event
"fOung HuddIe'' died here
today of eoneussiOn OF the
brain. The two youths fought
In the big arena just before
the main event, the Chip
Murray contest. went ON. ft
Is declared that the authori-
ties will hold the dead lads
opponent on q nsanslaugbter
charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

death agonies. crushed their rid
ers to death also.
Pieces OF shells. Jagged and
merciless, were strewn about
thickly and. as I approached the
woods, grew In number. IL was
evident that the she'll fire had
been directed against the forest.
| kicked my way through the
debris and pierced the cool, green
aisles of trees. and the birds were
singing.
But below
There. In the very trenches
from which they had fired.
were the Herman troops
they who had been just
cheerful, happy boys OF the
Valley of the Rhine. II was
easy to see-mowed DOWN by
sheets OF raining lead. So
thickiy were they packed On.
I'm some places. that THEY
STOOD IN DEATH. FOR
THEY GOULD NOT FALL.
Trees we're shattered on every
|
tered on every side-by the dfa=
bolical Instruments men have
made. Flowers and ferns were
torn up by hundreds; bushes and
saplings had been blown out of
their soil, and the nests of the
birds, and the birds themselves.
were scattered all about the
ground.
Arm In Arm.
But, after all, IL came to me,
as I turned to flee from the sight
and horror of more. Nature has
triumphed over the military spir-
il A FEW OvERI.ORDS foster
among the peoples Of the earth.
For. at my very feet. lay q
Frenchman and a German. the
arm of one about the other and
an empty canteen between them
And I like to think that. as they
died. they divided their water and
their rations and knew that, after
all. the people of the Rhine are
brothers TO the people Of the
Seine. and that they themselves
had no quarrel with each other.
Rudolph and Ivor.
l gained the road finally and
looked back over that field thai
tells only very tiny part Of the
awful cost of this war And as
| was thinking OF Rudolph ana
Ivor." brothers IN DEATH. from
the east a great flock Of carrion
birds swoored down among the
lcabbages aud the common dead
Nature, outraged. sfilI was pe=
tent She was sending her heal
ing to the married. bruised aerf1-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
French Confident of Victory

PARIS, Oct. General Gal
lieni of the French staff, lie iubi-
liant. He is already claiming a
sweeping victory for the allies.
81 am entirely confident" the
high officer said today. Il know
that the Germans are retiring
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
OES LIE DEAD, ARM IN ARM,
ON FIELDS OF GREAT WA
lA Just
| M Lookin0n
THE FABLE OF BILL THE
BOOZE HOUND.

D Bill the Booze Hound went e
, to College after the Hick- z
, town High School gradual .
, ing class prophet Swore he {
, would be a Great Actor. .
> (LaughterD Bill took the {
, Alcoholic Course, included Z
, In all Al Currfcu1ums, and z
, came out a good Two-Fisted Z
} Souse. He was the brain q
, lest boy in the Big Burg Z
, where he got a Swell Job q
, and married the Belle of the Z
D Bailiwick. For the next IA Z
> years Bill ran a race with the Z
. poor workmen of the Old =
, Sailor Distillery. The Dis Z
D tiIlery lads won and Bill be- =
, gan wearing his Arteries on {
D the Outside. One dark and
p Stormy Night Bill lost his 4
. wife and his job and One Z
, Shoe. The ship Rocked 4
D Something Awful. Bill went Z
on a three Weeks Ethyl Elk
, petition and then He Quit. 4
B At last writings he was sit
D ting on the Sprinkler wear 4
. ing a sad, sweet smile. 4
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

I could not count them.
could not, with the first
shock, even differentiate them
French or English or German.
For they were JUST PEOPLE
to me. Clean, BEAUTIFUL human
beings-men and boys-young as
| or younger-with most of life
still to unfold before them and
now marred and battered and
bruised and cut into one reeking
mass of earrion!
Fringe of Horror.
And this was only the very
fringe of horror--this cabbage
field!
knew that, for. farther on,
could now see that the dead were
lying-not singly among the tuf-
auois cabbage heads, but i'm ghast-
" little heaps where they had
fallen in groups of TWO and
THREE and FOUR, fallen. per-
haps, without time even to say
"good-bye" into each others
ears. And in the woods beyond
there ] knew I should see THE
FULL PRICE OF WAR;
Camphor Saves.
had a little bottle of cam
phor in my pocket. Living on
"grospain" and raw onions pro-
duces indigestion that only cam
phor can alleviate. and I poured
some of the balmy fluid on nv
handkerchief. With the cool,
pungent cloth pressed tight against
my nostrils, stumbled en-
through this PATH OF VIC
TORY
The horror grew.
II became more involved as I.
plunging through ring after ring
of the battlefield, on toward its
very heart.
There were more bodies
now. and the esbbsxes had
been pulverized BY trampfng
feet and blown apart by fall
ing shells. and the leaves.
elutched In dead mems
hands, were brown with
dried blood.
And the faces of the soldiers.
covered with dried blood, went
turning blue-green as the cab
bage leaves in the blaze OF the
suns rays And modification
was porducing on their skins the
very sheen that glistened on the
cabbage leaf
Wake of Battle.
But now It was not Just dead
soldiers that proclaimed the
wake of battle. About ME every
where we're broken bottles-wfne
bottles and whisky TASKS and
eanteens bent beneath artillery
wheels. And. here and there.
proud helmets-of Uhlan and
Dragon alfke-eovered with dust
were beaten into just tin
Musketes. too, cluttered the
land, and geFat guns, shot from
their carriages, bIazed in the sun
shine among the dead One OF
them had fallen full across two
German soldiers, crushing their
heads into the ground
Horses Dead
Nor had the caralrymen :
horses escaped Beautiful. sleek
colts were dead there b hundreds
and many Of them had. In tneI
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

expression OF regret voiced for
our king and your announced ad-
miration for the Belgian nation.
We firmly believe that the great
American republic, neutral in the
present conflict. will not fail
some day to make It's voice heard.
Next Sunday we shall join your
excellency in praying not only for
peace, but justice as we'll"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

One combination suit of la
dies lingerie formed Exhibit
A" in a police court trial today.
The lingerie belonged to Miss
Mary NJ. Jones. Miss Jones had
caused the arrest of Miss Blanche
Wade, her neighbor, on a charge
of stealing said combination suit.
And the odd feature of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
NICHOLAS HAS
FOUR MILLION
Men IN fight

VIENNA, Oct 1-Four battles
heaer of me
Nowhere decisive Its I'm
With 100000 the Russian first line General
derberg from breaking further the
Nemen The German 10000
in the o Augusowo.
Russian
sesan frontier In oslca 100000 Russians envelopns
Tarnow. The number
than 100000 There 100000 Russians in
he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

case was the fact that Constable
Fred Shaw made a search of the
home of Miss Wade last night.
armed with his pistol and a
search warrant, trying to find the
lingerie.
Shaw found a various accumu-
latiou of lingerie, but he declares
that Ne couldn't tell a combina-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Bel
CLAN ENJOYS, who came to the
United States to protest to Presi-
dent Wilson against the alleged
German atrocities, sailed home
today. Before sailing Commits
sioner Henri Di Wharf telegraph
ed the president: I'VE are es-
pecially deeply touched by the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

pd notice that
today7
only October Tom
Csrstens'
the ode
That smells 5oe.~ Fawcett Who
.
70
= done that fsrtnizeroF the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

ROME Oct lit reported that Austrian offer to ndem
Adratc development the
willing
acceded demand that mines be laid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
Peace Day Plans

The College of Puget Sound
viii hold special Peace Day
services In the chapel tomorrou
st 11:0. Rev. T ". Lane Of the
First Methodist church, who
leaves shortly for Portland, will
address the meeting II VIII Be
his last appearance At the col
lee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
BUDGET
AGAIN MONDAY

In order 20 be prepared TOT
the complaints that they will hear
from citizens at the public hear
ing Monday, the city council will
Saturday take up final pruning
of the 1915 budget. On Monday
there will be a hearing on the
budget at which any taxpayer
may give his opinions regarding
cuts already made or possible flu
ture cuts.
81 don't think we can get be-
low a Is mill levy" said Com
missioner Atkins today.
Mayor Fawcett intimated that
he would ask Saturday for the
consolidation of the offices of
many city employees and a further
rigid cut I'm municipal expenses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
Cholera Still Raging In War

PETRoGRAD Oct News from the front declares that the
the troops falling The Russians taking stringent
being DESTROYED being against
cholera
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

The arrow doesn't mean a
thing. dear child, except that ii
yon miss the brand new stuff In
che Pfnk's Talk o tie Town to-
night you'll be missing some pref
= nifty dope. We orter know
- wrote lilo. K CHESTNUT.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01

TOXIC, Oct. 1. - That the
United tSates consul at Kiao Chau
is awaiting an opportune moment
to use his influence with Cover
nor Meyer Waldeck to surrender
to the Japanese and prevent need
less bloodshed, is reported here
TODAY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
HUNTING LODGE
IS RANSACkED

Hunters who had gone to the
Eisaually flats a day in advance
70 be ready for the first days
duck shooting today. ransacked
the hunting lodge of r. Rigney.
Del Monte hotel. and stole guns,
fcod and garments yesterday.
RfGney reported the robbery 20
the police today. The hut was
practically stripped Of everything.
he reported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
JABBERwoCKY

o, the quail are quirking
quantity
On the spanaway praf-ree.
And the HOun' Dawg tanning
family
Where such animals do bet
And the patridges are parting
With their precious little lives,
And n friend OF ours Is smartinR
With an awful case o. hivesl
The shove Is kindly contributed
by Jim Dash, our one and only
sontrib.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
Everybody
Wants Money

YOU can have it when
you need it most, by hav-
ing an account in our Saw
ings Department where
you can deposit a part of
your earnings each week.
In this way you can save
a neat sum for the time
when the pay envelope is
uncertain.
PUGET SOUND
STATE BANK
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
TRAVEL NOTES.

Art Grafton, the real estater.
made q pleasure trip to the tide
flats recently.
HRRATA--It was business
trip. not pleasure.
Com. Drake made a trip to
Nisqually last Sunday.
Dick Hays. the ". k. scrivener,
paid our fare down town on the
18th ct. line recently. We are SC
ahead.
Several citizens of this city
went to Puyallup today.
o. Hanson of Seattle will visit
here soon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-10-01
THE MORALS:


THE MORAL:
The moral of it is, Annabelle.
that they Can Make IL Faster
than you can Drink It.
INSIDE STUFF.
Harry Cornell, featured at Pan
tages this week, once led a stock
co. in Butte. Being a friend o.
hisn. we refuse to state where
he led IL to.
O, YES, WE CAN STILL WRITE
THIS KINDER JUNK 4
hill,
1t lit on sweet saliny jill.
II
In the hairy fist of Sammy
Ripped.
Her head upon his shoulder
= sagged,
(Being rubes. they'd never
ragged.)
Saliny's lips upon his pressed,
See stanza five to read the rest.
v
The moon came peeping over the
hill,
And maybe it is peepins still
n.
QUESTION
You probably see no sense
In that above pome at all, do
ron? Well, You have nothing
IN us
Neither do we.
But we gotta fiji this column
up in q hurry this q. m. because
we are just back from a vacation
and ideas run slow on a chill
morning.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-12
j. :. READY To
PREVENT MURDER
Of AMERICANS
Fear Massacre as Result of
Jealousy in Rival Rebel Fac
tionS - Villa Sees Victory
and Huerta'S Fall Near.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Plans
Tor d March of American marines and
blue5ackets from Vera Cruz to Mexico
City 10 protect American and foreign
subjects from massacre are being
perfected at the war department
Monday awaiting the contingency of
a sudden seizure of the capital by
Zapata- Fears fo~ the safety Of
life from the scourg of Mexico have
replaced uneasiness - TO security Of
mere property in administration cir
cles.
The question now troubling official
Washington is whether Zapata will
not attempt TO offset Villas triumph
in the north by assaulting the capital
at once. villa can move on Mexico
City only by campaign against Tor
reon. San Luis PotOsi and other cities
on the way. Carranza is far to the
westward. No constitutionalist lead
er in the east can cape with Zapata's
bandit force. One terrible possibility.
as viewed here, is that Huerta him
self may sell out to Zapata before
fleeing the country.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-12
USE OF DICTAGRAPH
BODIES MORE TROUBLE
Striking Miners Are InCenSed
BY Methods of Operators to
Get Evidence Against Fed
GRAFTON for Grand Jury.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Sensa-
tional features Of the report Of the
department OF labor investigator. Wal
ter b. Palmer. on the Michigan cop
per mine war, which were not mem
toned II the statement issued Satur-
day by Secy. Wilson are expected to
form the basis for a renewed appeal
for a congressional inquiry
Among the findings made by Mr..
Palmer and suppressed were the fol-
lowing:
Many Michigan militiamen became
intoxicated and were allowed 70 wan
der about the streets armed.
Much violence, some OF which re-
suited in fatalities. was provoked by
the armed deputies imported by the
mining companies.
Many OF the mines are entirely lack
ing in proper provisions for safety,
sanitation and supply Of drinking wa
ter for the employees
Employees VINO have built houses
on land rented from the Calumet and
Hecla company may be dtspOsSessed q
of their property when they are dis
charged or otherwise leave the en-
ployment OF the concern.
Men employed in the mines as
tranmers perform the labor OF beasts
OF burden and soon wear out.
Officers of the American Fedora
tion OF Labor afe preparing 10 bring
the statements by investigator Palmer
TO the attention OF the house and sen
ate this week
They also viii lay stress on the
declaration Of the companies that they
viii not tolerate the presence of a
single union man on their pay rolls.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-01-12
THAW WON 7 GET
OUT Of JAIL SOON
Judge AIdriCh Sick and Can't
Act on Petition - Insanity
Commission Says Release
Not a Menace.

CONCORD. y. r., Jan. 12-Final
action on the appeal Of Harry k.
'Fhaw for release on bail Will be de-
layed for several days 1t may not
be taken until next week. Thaw was
disappointed Monday when he learn
ed this. but both the famous prisoner
and his lawyers declared that the re-
port of the sanity commission ap-
pointed by Federal Judge Aldrich
made his release certain.
Judge Aldrich is Ill with a severe
cold at the home Of his son in Brook
line, Mass, and viii be unable TO hold
court for a few days. Both sides
were given copies OF the report of the
commission holding that Thaw's re-
lease would not be q menace to the
public
This was done by order Of Judge
Aldrich who told his clerk over the
long distance telephone that ne wished
both sides 10 have time To study the
report.
Thaw and his lawyers are deeply
puzzled by the attitude Of William
Travers Jerome in failing 70 attend
the hearing here and would not be
surprised if he tried n new move when
Thaw is released on bail. Merritt
Shurtliffe Thaw's chief attorney de-
clared however. that Jerome will be
unable 20 trap his client.