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New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
The Unfair Customer

March %, 1915
To the Editor The Tribune,
New York City.
Dear Sir Seeing the enclosed adver-
tisement in your paper under amusements,
decided to go the Liberty Theatre, and
instead of seeing actors perform as the ad-
vertisement implies it only Motion
Picture Show and ! feel this advertisement
should say
You will see by the seat stubs that this
is d price big enough for good performance
and entirely too much for movies.
Hoping you will have this "ad changed
for the benefit OF the future readers OF The
Tribune amusement columns
Respectfully
(Unsigned)
As we see it, this claim is entirely beyond
the bounds of fairness. D. w. Griffith is
known through his picture plays in hundreds
of thousands of homes, not only in America
but in Europe as we'll. His name is synony-
nous with moving pictures. Yet The Tribune
would have refunded the full price of the seats
had the letter not been anonymous.
Perhaps our readers will from this in
stance, understand more fully The Tribune's
Moneyback Guarantee. 1t is simple and as
complete as the mind of man can make it. We
will refund in full any amount paid out by you
to any concern who advertises in The Tribune
save only on real estate and investments,
where your own judgment must be final.
The mere fact that you want your money
refunded is enough for us. We will give it to
you-even though the claim be farfetched,
with never a word to the advertiser concerned.
1t Pays to Advertise in
abe Trfb1111k
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
Peoples Institute Finds
City Problems Lacking
i'm Public Interest.
COMMUNITY CLUBS
SMALL REPUBLICS
Social Efficiency Work Here in
Need Of More Beauty and
Initiative.
BY HENRIETTA RODMAN.

Lester Scott is the associate Of Fred
eric Howe in the Peoples institute.
went yesterday to his office. at 20 Fifth
Avenue. 70 ask what the Peoples lnsti-
tute is doing for the public schools.
Helping to develop democracy in
them. hope" returned Mr. Scott, and
he handed me a report Of the institute
which contained quotation from
v Woodrow Wilson:
"The schoolhouses dotted here and
there and everywhere over the great
expanse Of this nation will some day
prove to be the roots of that great tree
OF liberty which will spread for the
sustenance and protection Of all man
kind"
Fine, isn't it? No bluff that we have
democracy now, full grown, in the
Democratic party; only sincere, sane
hope that it will grow in the schools
and come forth into the nation.
But Why haven't you developed more
peoples forums, where civic problems
are presented and discussed, as they
are in Cooper Union and the East Side
Forum ?" asked.
I'VE work with communities, replied
Mr.. Scott. 1--WE help the people to get
the best things they want. There's
music, for instance. We find that a
great many people enjoy classical
music, so we have helped them TO get 1T
hundred thousand of them this
year.
But VIC haven't found that very
many people are interested in civic
problems public markets, transporta-
ton, taxation, and the rest
why not?"
"Well, know that most everybody is
taking a shot az the public schools
Mr.. Scott spoke slowly and reluctantly.
a lot of this criticism may not be-
justified We may be demanding too
much OF the schools.
But. after all, haven't we got TO in
sist that the schools shall give Us what
ever we need?
where are We to 90 to get an in
tcrest in citizenship if not to the
schools"
"And you don't think that the schools
are adequately preparing the children
for citizenship" insisted.
NO, don't think they are" Mr..
Scott admitted.
But certainly the Peoples Institute
is doing great and vitally necessary
work in promoting the development of
community centres. The use of public
school buildings as community clubs is
bringing about the establishment Of
hundreds OF tiny republics. with thou
sands Of little citizens, getting the best
possible preparation for the larger
citizenship.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31

/ once gave a course in the Wadleigh
High school on social efficiency. We
studied the city as it is; we construct
ed in Imagination the city as we be-
lieved it out to be, and tried to dis
cover how changes may be wrought.
We used the Survey" as textbook.
We Joined such organizations as the
Consumers League. the American As
sociation for Labor Legislation, the
State Charities Aid Association and
others. and we took such part as we
we're able in their activities.
Was the work worth doing? | think
New-York tribune., 1915-03-31
Appointments for the New York Dis
New York District.

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
LID ON SWAGGER HOTEL
Unfit For Office

Mayer Fawcett ripped emphatic oath
a city council meeting there terrific hubbub
The for the mayors cuss words Commissioner Mills talked
bkness of the offense vowed soemny that
repeated he would bring impeachment proceedings
The three special interest the city played up the incident
international the
trio made itself laughing stock taking the impeachment plan
iousy
attempt defend profanity part
Mayor Fawe anybody else Profanity bad from standpoint
and cannot be defended.
yesterday Mayor Fawcs breach
performance of his critic Mr. Mills take rank
virtue
brought meeting dsgustngy
insisted reading them aloud his fellow
spectators He shamed into silence only when well
churchman entered the chamber.
For offens perfectly deliberate there be
Mayor Fawcet profanity did great deal
Mills gloating his dirty literature stamps him with
nasty mind.
citizen did violation
nothing decency good taste, morality
head city police department infinitely
stamped Mills unfit hold office especially the
he fills
Mayor Fawcet hot tempered oath deserved impeachment
mind would ter and fail conceive
litca punishment for Smutty Mills.
And the special interest papers which such
Mayor Fawcts
gresson of their filthy thoughted friend
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
WINSTON CASE
NEARING END

Ed Winston took the stand TO-
day to testify for himself against
the charge of numbering Irving
Wise, by stabbing him in the neck
July 8. The state completed its
side of the case today, having
only one witness.
Attorney Frank Carroll called
three witnesses. Their testimony
was short and favorable to the
defendant. Then Winston took
the stand and told in detail of the
events leading up to the cutting
in front of the saloon at 18th and
X streets.
He said he bent arms with Gil
BIO, who became insulting when
he (Winston) succeeded in bend
ing Gilbo's arm. He said that
Wise interrupted by challenging
him, and after calling him names
struck him in the face.
Somebody else hit him then. he
said, and he started towards 1 18th
street, looking for a policeman.
When he got there Gilbo and Wise
rushed him and he drew a knife
to protect himself, striking both
men, he said. After that he IAN.
The case probably will go to
the jury late today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18

Warden'S
Vouchers

Game Warden Ira M. Lights
bills to the county are creating
no small amount of interest
among county officials.
A number of his acquisitions
for the latter part of August and
the first of September were in
spected today and many peculiari-
ties were noted, 1t Is said.
He had bills for railroad fare
to different stations. calling for
two or three times the amount
of the fare. His acquisitions for
food are said to be far In excess
of what was really needed for
short inspection tours.
Another bill which was object
ed to by county officials was $3.50,
for a cement aquarium on his own
farm near Steilacoom. The ques-
ton brought to the minds Of
court house officials is, what will
become of this expensive aquar-
ium IL Light should ever be un-
fortunate enough to be busted
from office.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
FOUR
vO ! E
u NO =

Apparently voicing the senti-
ment of Commissioner Mills, who
asserted loudly today in the coun-
Gil chamber to Mayor Fawcett
that you can't cut my salary
while I'm on the job, If l know
it," the city commission flatly
turned down Fawcett's plan for
general city salary cut.
Although a majority of the city
employees had announced to the
mayor this week that they would
prefer a cut to having their
number greatly reduced, the four
commissioners made a general as
sault on the mayors plan, and left
1t PROSTATE under their feet.
Would Save $31 1854.
COMMISSIONS Mills again en-
gagged In a verbal battle with
Fawcett, in which personalities
of no delicate nature were ex-
changed.
Fawcett showed by his motion
that the sliding-scale cut of sal
aries would make a total saving
to the city of .$31,364.23 a year.
This would not include day la
borers.
IL want to say that IL you gen.
tlemen want to run the city on a
business basis, as you claim you
do, here is the big chance be-
gan Fawcett. Every business
house in the country is making
cuts. This is only a fair propo-
sition. The big salaried men are
cut cut proportionately more
than the smaller salaried ones. =
Mills Swings Drake.
On roll call. Atkins voted a
positive NO - VI
Drake started to say that he
was in favor of the ordinance, If
the pay of organized labor EN-
ployes were not cut. Mills,
jumping in, attempted to swing
Drake by a grandstand gush Of
words.
Mills shouted that he was I'M
alterably opposed to the salary
cuts. and ended With the state
ment, From business stand
point. Lam strictly opposed "a
this measure =
The roll call was remused. and
Drake. Mills and Woods voted
NO" Fawcett giving the ONLY
asserting vote.
N4f@ s. q.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
Budget
Nearly
Ready

With further cut Of $4,000
necessary before a 15-mill levy is
reached, the city council today
approved its budget for 1916. and
prepared to place the expense list
before the public. I
The budget will be published in
The Times, the Tacoma official
newspaper, next Monday. Every
taxpayer and citizen is urged to
read 1t.
The $1,000 cut yet to he made
was not acted on this morning
because the council wanted more
time to deliberate.
1t would not have been neces-
sary, had not Controller Meads
urged the commission to restore
the emergency fund of next year
to 100000.
This fund had been cut to S12,-
500, but Meads showed that be-
cause of possible loss through
unpaid taxes next year, a larger
emergency fund was imperative.
Undoubtedly, according to SEN
timent of the council today, the
$1,000 will be cut from the II
brary fund. leaving that fund at
$4,000, the amount allowed last
year. Librarian Kaiser asked
$4,000 this year, and the sum
was cut this week by $1,000.
The council can make all the
cuts 1t wants to after publication
of the budget Monday, but cannot
make any increases, according to
state law. The public is invited
to appear before the council Mon
day, Oct. 4, to make suggestions
regarding further changes in the
budget.
According to figures compiled
by Controller Meads today, city
expenses for 1916 will total ST.
100, 233.29. Receipts from taxa
ton, municipal utilities and other
sources will be s1,121,891.75, UNI
der the present appraised valua-
ton, but deducting the usual
per cent for loss of unpaid taxes.
will amount to $1,103,891.
This sum, subtracted from the
expenses. leaves $5.342.2s still to
be cut from expenses, before the
Is mills levy will be reached.
Only two cuts were made today
In the budget, and one Of them
was caused by a clerical error in
Atkins office. Judge Stiles had
been accredited on the budget
..xstf - .~Jo~.. - = ono 49,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
VISIT SEVERE
PENALTY ON
GAY RESORT

SEATTLE, Sept. 1S--Its blinds
drawn close as II to hide its guilty
shame from scurrying throngs
that pass its gilded door, the
Derby, once festive, fashionable
hostelry in a neighborhood Of
fashion, stands today silent and
disgraced at Second ave. and Pine
ST., branded by the law a brothel.
Its gay women are gone. Its
nights of revelry and wine are
past.
Even good woman's tears fail
ed to save 1t from the brand of
the red-light law. Mrs. Laura
Allen, the owner, pleaded in vain
that she had not been informed of
the character of the place.
Last Stain to BE Cleaased.
Three days of the hardest legal
battle her husband, Jay c. Allen,
the attorney, ever fought, did not
dislodge the law, nor cause SUI
perior Judge French to falter in
what he considered his duty.
He ordered the Derby closed
for six months. He demanded
that Its owner pay the state a spe-
cial tax OF $500. lie deereed that
the expensive furnishings be torn
out and sold by the state, that
the last stain should be wiped
out.
Never Heard of Before.
Society is gasping.
Never before in history had
such wrath been melted out upon
hotel so elegantly palatial, and
located right in the heart of the
busiest hotel district in Seattle.
Dumps" had been torn down
under the red-light abatement
law, 'lowbrow" rooming houses
had been closed, but no Judge had
heretofore invoked the law
against a place such as the Der
by-at Second ave. and Pine st.
1t was signal victory for Pros
ecutor Lundin. He had carried
out his campaign promise.
But he might have lost. Had it
not been for the unexpected re-
version of mind of Mrs. Mildred
Hill, who was landlady of the
Derby for many months, the Al
lens might have succeeded in
their defense.
Mrs, Iill is the same as Mrs.
Warner, who must face trial In
Tacoma for running down in her
auto and killing an aged man.
Landlady Tells.
But Mrs. Hill( who was consid-
cred the defense's staunchest wit
ness, suddenly turned to the state.
She told without reservation of
the immortality of the Derby, not
failing to mention that even while
abatement proceedings we're pend
ing the house had been run in a
disorderly manner.
Had Peep Hole.
She told of how the door panel
had been cut away and a pane of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
Hire and Fire Men
So RuStOn Can Soak
Them 81 Poll Tax!

Why does the smelter adver-
tise constantly that it wants new
men for its plant?
Why does 1t keep many of its
employees so short time? -
Several men who have been dis
charged lately, for no cause, and
then saw others hired Just be-
hind them think it is the villages
system of taxation, which includes
a poll tax. g
How long does man have to
live In Ruston before he is as
sessed the taxi" Mayor Pratt was
asked by a Times man.
20, any length of time" said
Pratt, lust so he lives there.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
TEUTONS WOULD
END WAR BY One
BALKAN SMASH

BERLIN, Sept. 1S.-One
mighty blow in the Balkans may
: end the war by spring.
BY blasting a road through
Serbia to Bulgaria, the Austro-
Germans may not only settle the
vexatious Balkan question, but
likewise force an early peace.
Both here and in Vienna the
idea of a sudden stroke in the
Balkans met with hearty popular
approval. In Vienna particularly
the press reports that the Austro-
Germans soon will invade Serbia
are widely commented on. Vienna
believes that no other move prom
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
Tacoma Clerk
Charged With
En1beZzlement

e. F. Kirchburg, clerk in the
crown Drug store for the last
two years. is held in the city jail
today awaiting the arrival of a
Detroit officer, charged with the
embezzlement of $5,O60.62.
Kirchburg is married and was
one o. the most highly trusted
employees at the store. He declares
that the arrest is caused by a
misunderstanding.
The clerk was administrator of
an estate in Detroit before COM
ing to Tacoma.
He has been arrested on a war
rant sworn out In Detroit by Jere-
miah brennan, bondsman for
Kirchburg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18

glass placed in the aperture that
callers might be scrutrnized be-
fore they entered In time to warn
the women inside II the visitors
appeared suspicious.
Policemen related OF their adj
ventures in the house when they
were sent there to secure evil
dence. Rich draperies hung be-
tween rooms, they said, soft lights
heightened the loveliness of tho
women, whose words were not
those spoken generally In fashion,
able hotel waiting rooms. Lewd
pictures adorned the walls.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18

Uses such an early end to the
struggle.
Military officials here agree
that it would be comparatively
easy task to defeat Serbia. Then
a short march would link up the
central empires with Bulgaria,
which already is friendly to them.
The allies apparently have lost
their chance of winning Bulgaria
to their cause, it is felt here, and
as she now is on friendly terms
with the Turks it is thought she
would take the field Immediately
IL Roumania declared war on
Turkey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
GERMAN SITUATION
GROWING CLEARER

Otficialdom expected the upsho,
of the situation to be a disavowal
of the Arabic torpedoing.
Fer the time being the admin
istration's attention is centeret
on the British prize courts de
cisioh confiscatipg millions o.
dollars' worth ofyAmerican goods
and pm the loan negotiations IN
NewtYork.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
BEACH
GOOD FOR 70
YEARS MORE

SfATTLE, Sept. 1S.-Seward
peninsula, and especially Nome
beach. where the discovery of
gold}in 1898 electrified the Unit
ed States and gave Puget Sound
great impetus, may be relied
upon to yield an average annual
output Of between $4,000, 900 and
81. 900, 900 for at least 20 years
longer. according to Jafet Linde-
berg. president Of the Pioneer
Mining Co., who returned yester-
day from : three months stay in
tho north.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
WILMA
BATTLE
RACES

PETROGRAD, Sept. ia
terrific battle for the possession
OF wilma has begun. s.
The Germans are making a
smashing attack to the east of
the city.
Several Teuton detachments
have pushed their way to the
Observation-Disclosures railway
and are now attempting to pierce
the Russian lines.
The, official statement today
emphasized that the struggle
around wilma is, the greatest on
the present front, stretching from
the. Baltic to Galicia.
German successes in the wilma
region have been offset by de-
feats to the southwest. At some
points there the Austr6- Germans
are fleeing in disorder before a
Russian offensive.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. Is.
Hopes for satisfactory settle-
ment of the Arabic controversy
were raised today by q Berlin
dispatch telling of the outcome of
conferences between Ambassador
Gerard and the foreign secretary,
and indicating an inclination on
Germany's part to meet America
half way. B
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
els a day long enough ?"
Eyes" answered Pratt.

& Is Udy IUHB tHUuBH.
Eyes" answered Pratt.
Under this system of taxation,
large proportion of the viii
lagos taxation falls on the en-
ployes of the plant, at a poll tax
of So year, instead of on the
immensely wealthy smelter. And
the city officials who fix on this
plan are all smeIter foremen,
except Pratt, who is the COM
pany physician.
''How much does the poll tax
total in a year." Pratt was asked
last by the Times man.
oh" he said, very variable.
We can't tell how many come and
go in a year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
PAPER GETS
FAKE. BOMB

NEW YORK, Sept. IA fake
bomb was sent to the offices of
the New York World today. II
appeared like the real article. but
contained no powder. The World
was active in recent German
exposures, and 1t is not known II
the bomb has any significance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
-WENA7CHEE TO
PRODUCE THREE
MILLION BOXES

WENATCHEE, Sept. 1s.-The
first actual estimate of the 1915
apple crop in the Wenatchee dis
trict has ben finished. The crop
will total almost 5000, 000 boxes.
With the yield OF Brewster, Pat
eros and Malott included 1t will
exceed that figure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
ROB LODGE
OF HUNTER

c. e. Hill, 522 North e ST.,
reported to the police today that
his hunting lodge on the Nisqually
flats had been entered during the
last two weeks and stripped of
furniture, valuables and its stock
of provisions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
FAIR TO KEEP OPEN

1t was announced this after
moon that the Prairie Grange fair
at American lake will be continu-
cd open tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
CAPTURE POSIToNa

BERLIN, Sept. 18 The cap
ture OF part of the Russian adj
vanced positions about Dvinsk
and Bridgehead was officially an
nounced today. The Slav front
between wilma and Nieinen vas
broken.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-18
A Collection
System

It is generally recognized
that promptness and the sys-
tenn which the Banker puts
Into use inspires promptness
from the makers of obliga-
lions which are left with the
Bank for collection.
We respectfully solicit
from anyone, whether or not
a Deposit customer. to leave
with US his notes which are
due or to become due, wheth-
err small or large, also any
partial payment contracts
and our Collection Depart
ment will give absolute per-
sonal attention to same at a
very minimum charge.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-10-09
THE SUNDAY cAN.-Th,

truth of a supposed-to-be good ad-
ministration has eventually appeared
clad in its true colors, as evidence to
the people of Chicago that the quail
ties they anticipate in a man for an
Office in the beginning too often
prove afarce in the end.
The already formed Sunday saloon
closing law is the most preposterous
act our city ruler ever was obliged
to execute. 1t was the enforcement
Of a law which our legislature wrong
ly brought to existence and one
against which the clear-thinking pub
lie will protest until the hypocritical,