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Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-31

It is to be hoped that the Connecticut
Company in the kindness of its cor
porate heart will place a few Of these
of New Britain. Trolley riding in the
winter then would not be so burden
some. and. when the people are edu-
Gated to having their exact fare ready
before the approaching car comes to
a standstill. there win be no delay
in loading. One car placed here would
serve as a proper teacher OF the ways
and methods OF the pay-as-you-
enter-New Britain Herald
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-31

The observers of automobile mat
tiers are OF the opinion that the closed
In automobile is gaining In vogue and
they account for 1t on the ground that
II affords q comfortable carriage for
all the year round and can be made
equally useful In one season as another
without change in the body. And again
these experts declare that the lonE
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-31

THERE II advertising med1am IN
Eastern CopnectIcut equal 10 Tne BuI-
Ietin FOR business results-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-08-31

The most gratifying news that has
come out Of Chicago in many O day
In that announcing the panic among
the wheat gamblers. There win be
no pity for any members Of that I'M
holy crew of piratical sharpers who
are trading on the necessities Of suf-
fering Europe and literally picking
the, pockets OF American people at the
same time. II would be poetic justice
were every one Of them so reduced
in circumstances that they had to go
to the wheat fields as harvest hands.
Real work at something useful would
mitigate them.-Bristol Press.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
ROSEDALIANS TO
OBSERVE PEACE
DAY ON TUESDAY

There will be a basket picnic
at Rosedale next Tuesday, which
will consist of a combination of
the regular exercises at the clos
ing of the school term and a
celebration of international peace
Gay.
There will be pageant of so
young people aud children in CO.'S
tune, performed in the open II
the weather permits; special mu-
sic by Maczens orchestra, vocal
solo by Mrs. Anna Lay, short
speeches by Rev. H. V. Morgan,
LII. Benbow, James Sutton, Mrs.
Alice Yarnell, and w. l.. Siston.
Visitors from Tacoma may take
the steamer Atalanta at 8 a. m.
for Gig Harbor, landing at the
leople's wharf, where the auto
stage will meet the boat. A pic
mic dinner will be served at noon.
Program will begin at 1:3o p. m.
Children from three schools Rose
dale, Booster and Arletta will
take part in the pageant of ma
tons. Mrs. b. s. Lay is manag-
ing the affair. assisted by Mrs.
John Evans and w. II. Best.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
MAN WHO
SHOT PAL
GOES FREE

When Samuel Blaskovich,
young Austrian inventor of Rus
ton sent two bullets crashing into
the back and brain of his pal and
room-made, George Kapovik, lie
was not guilty of the crime Of
manslaughter.
So found jury in Superior
Judge Cards court last night
after five hours elaboration.
With his attorney, II. b. La
Monte, and his brother, Blasko-
yich left the county Jail this
morning, free man. He was
overjoyed q! the verdict.
So confident was Prosecutor Re-
mann of victory in the case that
he waved his opening argument
and spoke only half hour or so
in closing. Today he expressed
himself as much surprised.
Blaskovich admitted the shoot
ing, but claimed self-defense. His
victims pistol was found undar-
meath his dead body. No shots
had been fired, but Blaskovich
said Kapovik had threatened
him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
OPEN M RS.
DIFFLEY'S
N lew TRIAL

Mrs. Bertha Diffley, pale and
thin from her long imprisonment
In the county Jail. today faced
trial before Superior Judge Card
on charge of assault in the sec
ond degree, a felony.
Should she be found guilty, she
Will face long term in the pen
itentiary, In addition to the
more than four months she has
done already in the county jail.
Her attorneys, A. B. Comfort
and Homer r. Bone, indicated
that they would make the hardest
fight for her possible. They re-
jected three Of the FIRST five We
niremen.
Should they make as deter
mined fight on each Juror, the
venire will be exhausted before
the jury is complete.
While picking the jury, Bone
and Comfort emphasized to the
members the difference between
direct and circumstantial evil
dence, and called attention to the
fact that Mrs. Diffley might be
convicted of third-degree as well
as second-degree assault. The
latter crime is of a very mild ma
ture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
ALMOST FORGOT
TO SEND FIRE TUG

Taeema's new fire tug--a pow
erful launch equipped with a
large gasoline rotary pump--an-
swered its first fire alarm yester-
day.
Fire was detected in sawdust
heap at the Wheeler-Osgood plant
late in the afternoon and a gen
eral alarm of fire was turned in.
Most of the apparatus had re-
sponded when fire headquarters
remembered. about the new fire.
boat. which went into service last
week.
The fireboat was summoned.
1t started for The fire. But It
reached the middle waterway
some time after the recall" had
been sounded and all land APP
paratus had returned to the re-
spective stations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14

81 only took what was my own.
Gilbert is my boy. The courts
have given him to me-"
With these words Mrs. Eva
Hamilton of Portland the grand
mother of little seven-year-old
Gilbert Hamilton, who "kidnap-
ed" the little fellow as he was on
his way to school yesterday, and
was caught later at Centralla,
summarized her side of the story.
She had just spent the first and
only night of her life in jail. A
slight, gray-haired, gentle-voiced
woman of 20 years or so, she
told newspaper men why she
thought she had a legal and NOR
al right to the little fellow.
He is mine," she repeated
over and over. THE courts gave
him to me-"
She referred to a petition
which she and her son, the frs,
husband of Mrs. Pearl Lane, the
boys mother, had filed in an Ore
gon court. and which resulted in
the court awarding the custody
of the child to it's father and
grandmother, and taking it away
from the mother.
The very day. however, after
the courts decision, the boys
mother, then Mrs. Jensen-she
has been married thrice-kid--
naped the boy from the home Of
its grandmother in Portland. Lo-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
Reveals Negro
Ring Of Traders
In White Girls

SEATTLE, May 14.-Through
information contained in letter
from Claude James, a Chicago ne
gro to Harry Jacobs, black con-
fined in the county stockade here
as a vagrant federal authorities
hope to run to earth a gigantic
white slave system operated by
negroes and extending the entire
length and breadth of the United
States.
1t names several negroes well
known here and in Chicago and
in itself gives evidence of whole,
sale transportation of white girls
from one state to another for the
purpose of white slavery.
The letter is reply to one
written by Jacobs and refers to
clippings from newspapers telling
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
SO LIVES
M ENACED
BY FIRE

Fifty persons sleeping in .he
Great Northern hotel, 1922
Broadway, narrowly escaped
death by fire at . o'clock this
morning when the big wooden
firetrap started burning.
AS 1t was, all of the so we're
forced to leap from high windows
to the pavement below, many of
them sustaining serious injuries.
The property loss amounts to
$4,000.
Among those who were injured
were e. l.. Thurmen, leg broken
by jumping from window; John
Mcclure face and hands badly
burned; l.. J. Benedict, ankle
sprained and cut by glass; Roy
Harvey, face and neck severely
cut by glass when he leaped
through a window; Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Groves, severely bruised
and cut.
The fire started in a lower bad
room, apparently from the butt
Of cigaret, and Immediately
started up the areway of the main
stairs, cutting off the only exit.
Automatic fire , alarms UNI
doubtedly saved the lives of the
inmates and all occupants were
able to grope their way to win
dows of the upper floors.
Mr.. and Mrs. Groves were the
only persons in the hotel who
had baby. Pinned in a front
room. and with fire burning in
the halls outside, Groves lowered
his wife through the window un-
til she was able to drop in fair
safety to the sidewalk. Then ne
wrapped his infant In a blanket
and dropped it into the arms Of
fireman. He next leaped from
the window himself just as fire
was eating into the room.
The hotel was managed by X.
Huromoto. 1t catered to white
patrons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
''ONLY TOOK MY
OWN" SHE SAYS

cal officers were appealed to by
the old lady for aid in getting
back the child to her by legal
means, but i'm vain.
But they would not help me. =
she said today; they were all
against me.
$50 / had to take the law in
my own hands. Can you call it
kidnapping for me to take the
child who belonged to me?'
Mrs. Hamilton fully admits
taking the child: of hiring Heinie
Anderson and e. f. Christensen,
Tacoma chuffeurs, to carry he
child to Portland. Her defense Is
that she is legally and morally
right.
She asserted the mother was
an unfit person to have the child,
and that this had been the rea-
son for the courts awarding the
child to her after a full hearing.
Even IL / go to the peniten-
tiary," said Mrs. Hamilton, Il
cannot tell on the witness stand
what / know about the boys
mother. But | do know the truth
about her, and she shall not bring
up Gilbert"
Mrs. Hamilton, Drivers Ander-
son and Christensen, and Will
lam Jensen, second husband of
Mrs. Lane, all are held on $4,000
cash bond each, under a charge
of kidnaping.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
Reparation and APOLOGY.

Preparation and Apology. Z
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May ~.
Carefully worded as Il Is, the
note dispatched to Germany last
night by Secretary Bryan. on be-
half of the president, contained q
number OF phrases which fully
upheld the prediction that it
would state most firmly the att
titude of the United States.
Briefly, the note declares that
the United States expects the Ger
man government to disavow any
intention Of such Incidents AZ
those of the Outright, Cushing
and Lusitania; reaffirms the prin-
ciple that the United States does
not countenance the right of tho
Germans to engage In submarine
warfare on commerce.; reminds
Germany sharply that a warning
of an unjnstifiable deed does not
abate it's seriousness; and con-
cludes that mere expression Of
regret without full reparation and
an assurance against any repeti-
ton of the acts, will be considered
insufficient.
For the full text of the note
see page 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
ROTARY CLUB
TO BACK BAND

A permanent musical organiza-
tion for Tacoma was assured yes.
terday afternoon by action taken
at a meeting of the Tacoma Ro-
tary club. )
1t was voted to back Hugo
Schmidt in the formation of a
large orchestra and band, and to
guarantee 500 a month for main
tenance Of the musical organiza-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
INDIANANs TO HAVE
SPECIAL CHURCH NIGHT

Sunday night is to be Indiana
night at the First Christian
church. Hoosiers are especially
invited to attend. Herbert Hunt
and Pastor w. A. Moore will
speak. Mrs. 7. w. Little and
Omer A. Berry will sing. A re-
ception to promote acquaintance
among Indiana people will be
held at the close of the service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14

grave traditions of the gentle-
man.
You remember that Archibald
Butts was the bold but of the ma
ton, the tin soldier, the gay Of
fetal gallant in epaulets. You re-
member when the Titanic went
down that Archibald Butts did a
mans part and died smiling that
a woman might be saved.
You remember Aston, who had
none too savory a reputation, on
the same heroic deck chose hon
orable death and went down with
out a sigh.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
WAR OR PEACE? UP TO KAISER
HE DIED LIKE A MAN

their last hour; then they would
not profit from tenement rents,
where weary women toll in squal-
or and disease and dirt, and they
would not exact unearned tribute
from their working fellows mere
ly because they had the upper
hand.
But they die like men and their
women face the grim visage of
things eternal with true regal
spirit. That much must be said
for them.
So hats off to the band of gem
tlemen who die well.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
AUTOIST MURDERED
NON ROAD TO TACOMA

Murdered by passenger was
the fate last night of Henry Ait
man, a Seattle jitney bus driver,
on the road to Tacoma. His body
was discovered today lying beside
his machine on the Seattle Taco
ma road a mile this side of The
Meadows.
Altman's head was crushed,
presumably by blow from the
butt OF revolver. One OF his
fingers was bitten off, indicating
that a terrific struggle preceded
his death.
The Altman machine, tipped
over on one side, was 20 feet off
the road. The authorities believe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
SINKS GERMAN SUB

that his passenger in the back
seat struck Altman a blow on the
head which probably stunned him.
The machine then careened off
the road, dumping passenger and
driver out. Then IL is believed
the fight ensued which ended IN
Altman's death.
Pierce county officers are OF
the lookout for the party and
car.
King county officials believe
robbery was the motive, but Se-
attic detectives believe 1t was re-
venge. The scene Of the crime n
not far from the Clancy road
house.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
Advise Wilson
to Be Ready TO
Go the Limit

WASHINGTON. D. c., May
14.-War or peace?-tho
verdict stands today with
one man. That man is Kaiser
william of Germany.
The last word of the Unit
Ell States has been said. IL
condemns German submarine
warfare, and forbids its re-
currence.
Officials well realize that
German officials will not ac-
cept that ultimatum. If the
militarist party has It's way
and at present IL Is I'm COM
plete control of the German
government--the demands of
the United States will be
summarily and contemptu-
ously rejected.
There IL one man back of
all these officials, however,
one man with the final word.
He Is the kaiser.
And so, with the center of
activity transferred from
Washington to Berlin, the
administrations policy today
WAS one of anxious waiting
and absolute silence.
Officials were silent by the
presidents order.
It was felt that this coun-
try could best aid Germany
reach a favorable decision IL
IL were silent while the kali
ser and his advisers thought
over the many years OF
friendship between the two
countries.
May Call Congress.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May II
The president and his cabine
net in regular session today, on
aid in advance that only a gel
,ral reference would be made q
o the relations between the Uni
ID States and Germany. Ther
will be no war preparations.
What will be done If German
'efuses to concur in the u. s.
emands has not been decided.
However the president has beef
dvised that such an action b.
'ermany must be considered as
relude to hostilities, and that h
night as well be prepared to "g
he limit"
A special session of congress {
uthorize the use of the arm
md navy may be necessary.
DR.. Grayson the president
MUSICIAN forced the president I
AXE a rest today.
Secretary Bryan has aged /
ears In The last week. Wit
drawn and eyes blood
hot he looks a man who has bee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14

of the trial and conviction of
Felix Crane, until recently boss of
the Seattle underworld.
White girls are referred to as
big white stones" and other
such cryptic phrases make it al
most unintelligible to any one not
acquainted with the language of
the underworld.
All the characters named In
the letter, 1t is said, are well
known to immigration officials.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14

We have blistered the genteel
sons Of their fathers; we have
scored the wanton excesses of the
idle rich; we have paraded the
sins of the3do-nothings, and we
have remarked with bitterness on
the cussedness in general of those
second and third generation
drOnes that merely inhabit the
hive to steal the honey.
But every now and then we
have to take off our hats and
give homage to these gentle folk,
especially their men folk, who
In a crisis stand rock fast to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14

And word comes now of VAN
derbilt, who on the Lusitania
gave up his pleasant hold on the
present and stepped off into eter-
nifty that woman might he
saved.
The man who meets death
gracefully, with a smile, who
stands aside that the weaker and
afraid may be saved, that man by
his death OF a considerable extent
justifies his being here: we wish
that these good people could some
how catch a glimpse of this spirit
of eternal brotherhood before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
RESIGNATION
OF CABINET
STARTS RIOT

ROME. May 14.-Extensive an
ti-German rioting occurred in a
number of cities because of the
report that the cabinet had re-
signed, due to the peace party
opposition to entering the war OH
the side of the allies.
German shops were wrecked
and the police and military forces
could not restrain the mobs.
There was pitched battle at
Milan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
TIMEc ssnMEDTIcINC DnINTc
THE WAY TO ECONOMY

Mrs. H0usewfe The hest your buying dollars
count these carefully
Times before making purchases.
gains through this paper.
Today take pencil and go through
rgqns when 5our purchases take the ads with
Times advertisers relinnle
Mhnt they SAY IN their y1ness ads = straight talk.
To-day don't overlook tie
for youto products savings
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
STAYS IN PORT

NEW YORK, May Ia. - The.
Cunard line announced that the
Adriatic had not sailed from Liv-
erpool as scheduled, because the
crew had demanded extra pay to
sail through the war zone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
Band Concert

The Tacoma Public Market has
arranged for band concert to
entertain its patrons tomorrow
night from 6 to p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
MOBs In DURHAM

DURHAM, Natal. May IA. -
mob of at least 10000 today
wrecked all German shops here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14

Papers Praise Note. \
NEW YORK May 14.-Without
exception all newspapers give the
presidents message to Germany
the highest praise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14
DEAL HARsHLY
WITH RIOTER RS

LONDON, May 14.--Iaioter6
who looted German shops, burned
German dwellings and stores and
misbehaved generally following
the Lusitania disaster. were
Earshly dealt with yesterday aft-
crnoon.
Some 500 OF the rioters were
tried In police court. The .nagls-
trate read severe lectures to the
prisoners, and gave stiff fines and
Jail sentences to every defendant
SINKS GERMAN SUB ~
BLYTHE. England, May rs
Steamer Collairnie reported that
1t had rammed and sunk q Ger<
man submarine in the North seaS
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14

through the most serious ordeal
of q life time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-05-14

Today's editorial columns carry
comments on the T. r. & P.'s Taco.
ma avenue fill offer and on the
Diffley case which you'll want to
read.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
consider peace at this time. Germany.

consider peace at this time. Germany.
they say. must either file an uncondi-
t1onal suit for peace. or must take her
chances of being crushed.
There Is still no disposition at the
White House or State Department to
make public the text Of the message
which the cardinal left with the Presi-
dent The impression here. however
Is that the cardinal himself might make
1t public in Baltimore after obtaining
the necessary authority from Rome.
At the outset Of the war President
Wilson submitted an offer to all the
belliRerents to act as mediator in an
effort to restore peace. This offer was
rejected. Since then inc President has
let 1t be known that the United States
stands ready at any time to act in re-
sponse to request from the warning
powers.
or more immediate concern to the
United states Is the fact that having
practically obtained from Germany a
guarantee for the protection Of Amor
lean lives on the high seas. 1t will
shortly become necessary for this
country to demand proper consideration
from Great Britain. While there Is
hope that the protest in this direction
Will pave the way for peace in Eu-
rope. 1t will be undertaken only with the
avowed purpose of protecting American
interests.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

August according to the report OF
Mrs. F. f. Smith. secretary, submitted
to the board of directors at the month.
ly meeting held Wednesday at the
home o fthe league. 1895 Ohio avenue.
While some Of the animals were Grip.
pied or suffering from diseases, which
made IL necessary to chloroform them
many OF them were healthy, havine
been lost or abandoned by their own.
ers, and these were fed and cared for
and homes fond for many Of them
Since the league was organized q little
more than a year ago, more than 5000
animals have been rescued. Including
several horses which were old, broken
down. and unable to work.
The home is in charge of a matron
Miss Mary E. Coursey, who receives
the homeless creatures and cares foi
them. and two assistants are kept con.
stantly employed calling for the ami.
mails. While most of the animals are
guests at the institution and find homes
after a. brief stay, some there are which
are regular inmates. having won over
the good matron, who will not pArt
from them.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
DECIDE ON NAUTICAL
TESTS FOR SEAMEN
Department Of Commerce Off.
ciaIs Ready to Enforce New
Law.

Regulations for the examination OF
seamen in their knowledge OF the duties
Of seamanship. as required by the new
seamen's law, were decided on today
at a conference between Acting Secre-
tary of Commerce Sweet and Capt. An
drew J. Henderson. Of the CoastGuard.
The regulations will be promulgated
by the Department OF Commerce. but
the Coast Guard officers will be charged
with the responsibility OF conducting
the examinations.
The other test Of seamen. as to their
sight. hearing. and general physical
condition. Will be conducted by the
Public Health Service. Regulations
governing these examinations were
recently issued.
Although 1t is said that a determin-
ed effort will be made by steamship
interests either to bring about the
repeal or amendment OF the seamen's
law. the Department Of Commerce Is
proceeding with the work Of placing
the law in operation November 4.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
ENVOY SENDS REPORT
ON ARCHIBALD CASE
Pages Statement Shows American
Writer Has Been Released
BY British.

Ambassador Page has cabled from
London a report on the case Of James
+. J. Archibald. American war cor
respondent. from whom the British
authorities seized papers alleged to
have been communications to the Ger
man and Austrian governments from
their embassies In Washington.
Archibald has been released. Officials
indicated they expect no further de-
velopments, but 1t was said the value
OF American passports In allied coun-
tries would be impaired II such incl
dents continued to occur.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Won't Consider Peace.

Whether or not this suspicion is justi-
Ned. persons claiming to represent the
views Of the British embassy declared
hatly that under no circumstances,
short Of a complete capitulation by
Germany. would the entente powers