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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
HALT
TEUTON HOST

LONDON, July .7-Claims from
Petrograd that the onward march
OF the Teutons against Warsaw
has been interrupted by a stiff
slav defense apparently were con-
flrmed by dispatches from Vienna
and Berlin. The official REPORTS
in both cases avoided specific
mention of operations against the
Russians, which was taken az an
admission that they had beel un-
able to accomplish anything.
In the west. the allies have
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

Speedway?
One dollar and sixty cents
= ($f.6O) per day, Mr.. Allyn,
II your memory should be
bad. will jog It for you.
Yet you expected those
! same men to pay you $3.50
for each day they sat in those
$1,6O per day built seats.
How did you expect Mr.
Carpenter, or the merchant
or shopkeeper, who also 2ets
,shis money from Mr.. Carps.1-
ter, to obtain enough money
to get a ticket to Your Great
Speedway?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

fled that the hat sold was not a
Panama, but a rice-straw hat
from Japan.
T. =, Fleetwood, merchant here
for so years, said the hat was
known to the trade as n Panama.
and commercially speaking
was \ Panama.
Hid said fair price for the
hat. ketail. was So. 1t was sold
for much less than this.
s Thb ads over wafch the Tribune
was morally indignant. were car
ried IN The Times and News, its
competitors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

the end of the week he woult
have to shift for himself.
1.-THE boy was a scrapper.
He was always looking for
trouble.
''After he got in that
trouble with the girls, l went
to him and said: Now, kid,
you're always looking for a
fight-l'm going to give YOU
One.'
Put up your dukes says
], 'and fight the old man.
Because you're going to get
the one real fight of your life
right now. And you're either
going to get good licking or
/ am
"That kid just backed off
and refused to fight. He new
err was any good anyway.
When he showed that he
wasn't game to fight me, 1t
was the last straw"
Russell will be tried next Thurs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
MERE CITIZEN ARISES TO CALL
MIR. F. ALLYN A CHEAP SKATE
Editor The TINES:

Editor The TINES:
i notice in yesterdays is
sue Of your paper, where
MIR. Allyn of the Speedway
association accuses the peo-
pie of Tacoma of being u
cheap bunch.
1 would like to ask Mr..
Allyn where 20 srnd n cheap
err skate than Mr.. Allyn, or a
cheaper bunch than the menu
bers of the Speedway assoc
citation. .ef =,
IL You please, Mr.. Allyn,
what did you pay your carr
penters for building said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
BY A. j. Eldred

Like the Wellington disas-
ter, which cost nearly 100
passengers their lives when
an avalanche rolled a Great
Northern train down a
mountainside, the wreck at
Rainier Saturday, which kill
ed three Seattle men and in
jured a score of Others, must
be proved to have been an
unavoidable accident" This
is the railway view point.
In this case, the railway at
torneys will scarcely claim
that the swinging crane of n
steam shovel was an TACT of
GOd'-as was their defense
when conductor ran his
train from q secure tunnel
out onto treacherOus
mOuntainside.
But they do claim that all
due precautions were taken
to prevent the wreck, AND
THAT THEREFORE, NO
VICTIM OF 1T Is LEGALLY
ENTITLED TO DAMAGES.
The whole inquest at Rainie
yesterday was transformed iron
In official inquiry as to the caus
If three deaths into an obviou
attempt by railway attorneys Il
prove that their lines were no
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
PHILADELPHIA SAFE

NEW YORK, July THE fol-
lowing wireless message was re-
ceived this morning from the
liner Philadelphia ut sea, on
which 1t was feared a bomb had
been placed by Frank Holt. J. r.
Morgan's would-be assassin:
Everything identified aboard.
All we'll"
No word has been received yet
from the finer Saxonia, which Is
thought to be out of wireless
range. The navy department has
sent q fast cruiser after her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
s1 El,s. not s2T1zp
s 80

ATHENS. July THE sultan.
Who fecently was operated on, is
now convalescing, according to re-
ports reaching the Turkish lega-
tion.i The rumors that he was
dead are proved unfounded.
The Turkish losses at the OAR
danelles now total $4,000.
Adyices from Constantinople
say the New York liner Adri-
attic. due to enter the zone today,
Il marked for submarine attack,
p-'ss- its course h changed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
MORE WAR ORDERS
I'm TACOMA LIKELY

Equipped so as to be able to
manufacture 100 shrapnel shells
day, the Puget Sound Iron &
Steel works expects to be called
on within a day or SO by agents
of the British government and be
offered contracts for the manu-
facture Of ammunition, to be
shipped from Victoria, B. c., to
vladivostok.
Agents Of the government al
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
ENDEAVORERS
ARE DEALING
in MILLIONS

CHICAGO, July 7--"Get -
900. 900 new members and ST.
100000 for missions" is the sio-
gan of the 9th International
Christian Endeavor s'onvention
which opened here today.
Delegates were urged to enroll
/, 100000 new members, 900. =
900 signers to peace petition
and 100000 pledges to make
the country . saloonleas nation ".
1920.
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MORGAN IMPROVES

NEW YORK, July III. RI
Morgan's condition continues to
be most excellent" was the am
nouncement from his office this
morning. 'He has passed all
danger. 1t is now merely a mat
ter of waiting until the wounds
heal" the bulletin said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

ready are reported to have closed
contracts with Seattle and Ever
EFT plants.
They have not, however, made
arrangements with Tacoma firms.
Secretary Marconnier of the Pu-
get Sound Iron G. Steel works
said today.
However, he thought 1t highly
probable that local visit would
be made soon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
WIFE GETS WORD. TOO

WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 4.
"A letter which is regarded as
warning by Frank Holt that he
had placed explosives on vessels
leaving New York with ammdni-
tion for Europe, was received by
his wife at Dallas, and started to-
day on its trip to Secretary of
State Lansing. 1t was sent by
Hollis fanny lawyer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

French Lost

LONDON, July THE French
casualties to June 1 were 1.400,-
600. according to an appeal is
sued here today In behalf OF the
French relief society.
or these, 100000 have been
killed. 100000 wounded, and
400, 600 made prisoners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
IDENTIFIED AS MUENTER

MINEOLA, July THE body
of Holt was positively identified
by two Cambridge men as Mner-
ter. The men were State Police
men 8. T. Smith and T. w. Miller,
who lived in the same house with
Muenter for nine months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
GOES TO STUDY
LASSEN ERUPTION

UNIVERSITY OF WASHING
TON, July Professor Charles
q. Weaver. Of the geology depar,-
ment, left recently for Mt. Lasaen,
Cal. to study the effects OF the
recent volcanic eruptions OF that
peak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

would also like to ask
President Hague IL lie ever
paid his labOrers ut his fac
tory more than x1.75 per
day.
Please. MFR. Allyn. II you
can show me a cheaper bunch
of would-be sports than these
i am willing to he shown,
for ! don't think they can be
found in Cheap Tacoma.
Il. p. OLIVER.
5O18 * st.
You're next, Mr.. Allyn. Tn
Times will be glad to print you
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
ALL THOUGHT SAFE

!. WASHINGTON, d. c.,
g July All the ships which
:. sailed from New York Sat-
Z. urday have acknowledged
&, the receipt of the warnings
I. sent them by wireless of
@ Hollis statement that he had
{. placed explosives aboard one
/" of them, 1t is understood
{. authoritatively. This is con-
% sidered to carry the assur-
{. ance that all vessels have
1: been searched thoroughly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
LOOK FOR ACCOMMODATIONS

NEW YORK, July 7.--Efforts
are being made by the authorities
to discover the accomplices Holt
is supposed to have had. They
believe the work accomplished by
Holt was too colossal to have been
done alone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
ROB lII lEHu

Riding to the end of the line
and ordering the driver to drive
two blocks away from the main
boulevard, to North 9Th and Proc
tor streets, two well-dressed
young men last night held up
Joseph Dembiczki, chauffeur of a
Sixth avenue jitney bus, and rob-
bed him of $3.50.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

NEW YORK, July THE
authorities fear today that
some steamship en- route to
England may have had Sc
creted i'm its hold u bomb
containing 80 pounds Of dy-
Mantle, placed there Ivy
Frank Holt, who ended his
life in a cell in the Mineola
Jail last night.
Ii was learned today that
before Holt shot Morgan he
had sent letters TO the at
thorities declaring vessel
which sailed from New York
July 3 would be blown up
today. The utmost secrecy
concerning the letter was
kept, but 1t was known by
the authorities here. WASH
ington had, also, been LIE
formed that dynamite was
supposed to have been placed
on one of the steamers.
Holt was questioned regarding
The disposition of the dynamit,
he was known to have in his pos
session, besides that found in hi
suit case. The efforts, 1t is be
lieved, were made in the hope o
learning on what vessel the dy
had been placed so |
might he warned.
Four steamers sailed from New
York Saturday for Europe. Thes,
were the American liner Philadel
phia, the French liner Chicago
the English liner Saxonia AMI tn,
liner Kristianiafjord
Leaped to Flagging.
Holt ended his life last nigh
by leaping 20 feet from the TOT
cell, landing on the stone flagginI
beneath the cell tier. His hea,
was crushed and mutilated an,
many bones in his body broken.
The navy department at Wash
ington sent wireless messages I,
the liners Philadelphia and Sax
onia warning them of Holt
threat to place a bomb on
steamer bound Tor Europe wnicl
would be blown up today.
The department expected othe
vessels, which sailed the SAM
day, to pick up the warning. TIL,
first warning was flashed Tues
day night. I The wireless stations
continued to flash the warning
throughout the night.
Because of the mutilation o
the prisoners face, it is unlikel,
the mystery whether Holt wa
will ever be cleared.
Death instantaneous.
Following the autopsy, CoroneI
Jones said Holt died from cerc
bral hemorrhages induced by ,
of the skull.
"The entire skull from abov,
the eyes back to the base wa,
crushed and broken" said Jones
Death was probably instaneous.
Jerry Ryan, the guard wa,
found the body, In telling villa
he knew of the suicide, said; z
was sitting near the cell door a
10:45. Holt was apparent,
asleep VIII 1 heard a noise dow
the cell ] went to invcsti
gate and when l reached the IA
end Of the tier ! heard a crash
l ran back and saw the bod
lying on the tagging below. H
was dead when DR.. Claghorl
reached him a rev minutes later.
Late this morning Hollis bod,
was held at the Nassau count
morgue. No requests for the hod,
from relatives had been received
1t viii be held for two days an,
II then unclaimed. 1t will be bur
led in the potter's field.
Leaves Note.
Holt left this note TO his wiz
and children:
ITO my dears: / must writ
once more. The more l tl1inl
about II. the more see the use
Iessness Of living under circum
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
EDISON INvENTs BIG LIGHT

Thomas A. Edison, profiting by
the experiences on Dec. 3. 1914,
when his factory burned and
yards were thrown In darkness,
has invented q 100000 candle-
power searchlight that runs by
storage batteries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07
ELIEVE ALL SHIPS SAFE FROM
BOMB PLACED ABOARD BY H0LT I
BIG ISSUE HANGS ON
INQUEST AT RAINIER
Were These Responsible?

Railway attorneys say that If reasonable used in
loading, is the companies fault that the steam shovel
the N r. freight wide Rainier Saturday and
tore out the supports of the Milwaukee trestle.
The law does make the railways responsible, they
Meanwhile, three who trusted the railways to furnish
solid dead after dying such deaths
being calded breathing live lying
scOus for hours pinned under n wrecked engine
Does the law make them responsible?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

made slight gains all along the
line.
There are persistent reports
that 10 German corps, refreshed
by a rest from the campaign
against Lemberg. are on their
way west. and will make a dash
against Galacia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-07

It has been estimated that the
earth can maintain population of
5000, 600, 600 Ia total which will be
seached about A. D. Zoo at the
present rate of increase.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
SERVES SUNDAY SCHOOL
FOR QUARTER CENTURY
W. H. Fnkel Recalls When Chapel
at Thomas Circle Was Used
by All Faiths.

William II. FInkel. a patent attorney.
has been as closely associated with the
church history of Washington as any one
now living In the city. He has held the
Office OF superintendent Of the Luther
Memorial Sunday school for more than
twenty-five years.
When very young. Mr.. Finkel attended
st. Paurs Church at Eleventh and II
streets and later he went to the chapel
in Thomas Circle. which was erected
through the efforts of Rev Samuel c.
Butler. pastor of St Paul's Church. This
chapel Is still used as the Sunday school
room of the Luther Place Memorial
Church.
Two Sunday schools were organized"
said Mr. Finkel ''One held its meet
ings for the Lutherans in the morning.
and the other in the afternoon was for
children OF every denomination. includ
ing Catholics. In March. 1873, the congre-
cation was formed.
THE men who helped TO form the
church were notable. and the first min
listers to preach there We're the late Rev.
DR.. Samuel D. Finkel. formerly the pas
tor of the Concordia Lutheran Church.
and the late Rev. ". L. Parson. who
also preached in the chapel in its early
years. Later he became pastor of the
Church of the Reformation and built the
edifice in which that congregation now
wOrships."
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
SUFFRAGE VAN SQUAD
PLANS MANY MEETINGS
Workers for Cause Will Address
Artisans and Clerks-Pretty
Girls to Assist.

Within the next week workers in the
great suffrage van that has been travers'
ing the streets Of Washington Will speai
to groups including practically every
class OF working men in the District.
Special meetings have been arranged
for evenings this week Of school tanitors
plumbers. painters, machinists at the
Washington Navy Yard, theatrical stage
employees, brewery workers. steam engf
neers, and molders. There will also
be special meetings for clerks anc
stenographers.
All week the big van Will be on the
streets from II o'clock in the morning
until II o'clock at night. The arrange
ments to speak to the working men were
made through representatives, of the Cen
trail Labor Union by Mrs. Grace Benefie
Cotterill.
With Mrs. Cotterill will be Mrs. Louis
A Dickinson, of Ohio.
In addition to the evening meeting:
for working men and the special groups
the van will be at the doors of govern
ment departments each afternoon during
the week. At the noon hour the van
will be at the points where crowds as
semble. including Fifteenth street and
New York avenue. Fourteenth and F
streets. Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue, and Ninth and F streets.
A feature of the van this week will be
a group of pretty girls. who will distrib-
ute literature regarding the coming ma
tional convention of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
TRUCK TURNS TURTLE;
CHAUFFEUR UNINJURED
Several Hundred Bottles of Wines and
Liquor Smashed, Following
Blowout.

While trying to round Thomas Circle
last night about $50 o'clock in an auto
mobile delivery car belonging to Taylor
Grimes, wholesale wine and liquor dealer.
OF 11T Fourteenth street northwest.
Agnew Smith. of ITO Fifteenth street
northwest, had a miraculous escape from
injury. the left front tire blowing out and
the machine turning over on its top.
Smith was proceeding south in Four
teenth street. When he reached Thomas
Circle he statred to turn The left front
tire blew out with a loud noise, and the
machine turned completely over, young
Smith being hurled several yards in
front Of the car. Except for q few
bruises he was uninjured.
Several hundred bottles OF wine and
liquor. which were in the wagon, were
smashed, as well as were the glass wind
shield and the lamps. The car was right
ed with the help of pedestrians. who ran
to the scene of the accident. After being
cranked the truck appeared little worse
for its experience.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
LOCAL TRADE BODIES
MAY NDORSE DEFENSE
Subcommittee of Two Commercial
Organizations Urge Adoption
of Preparedness Stand.

The ADMINISTRATORS defense program
probably will receive the Endorsement
of the Washington Chamber of Com
merce and Board OF Trade before Con-
gress meets.
This was indicated yesterday when
special subcommittee OF both organi-
cations met Jointly in the rooms of
the Chamber of Commerce and adopted
a resolution calling upon the President
and Congress TO support the recon-
mendations of the general stan OF the
army and the general board of the
navy for adequate preparedness.
The resolution will be put before the
full committees designated to handle
the question. and IL favorably acted
upon. will be presented to President
Wilson. the Speaker OF the House. and
the presiding officer of the Senate. The
resolution also urges the speedy pas
sage OF the militia pay bill.
Chairman Winfield Jones. of the
committee on the National Guard of the
Chamber of Commerce. presided The
Chamber OF Commerce subcommittee
includes Marion Butler. Allen Davis,
Louis Hopfenmaier. Col. John McElroy.
Odell Smith. Capt. James +. Oyster.
DR.. Clarence J. Owens. and Winfield
Jones. The subcommittee of the public
order committee OF the Board OF Trade.
includes OdelI Smith. Gen. William f.
Harvey. Capt Louis c. Wilson. w.
Hamilton Smith, c. J. Gockeler. and
Charles +. Crane.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
MORE RAILWAY CARS TO
BE PLACED In SERVICE
New Schedule Will Be Operated on
Brookland and Fourth Street
ines

More cars will be put in operation on
the Brookland and Fourth street lines
of the Washington Railway and Electric
Company beginning tomorrow. The COM
pany notified the Public Utilities Com
mission Of this fact yesterday. when 1t
filed the following improved schedule:
"A ten-minute Roadway between Brook
land and Fifteenth and G. streets north
west. instead OF the twelve-minute head
way.
"A fye-minutc Roadway between North
Capitol and w and Fifteenth and @
streets northwest. instead of the six
minute Roadway.
"A ten-minute Roadway between
Georgia avenue and w streets northwest
and Fourteenth and i streets southwest,
instead of the twelve-minute Roadway.
"a five-minute Roadway between Fifth
and G streets northwest and Fourteenth
and B streets southwest, instead OF the
six-minUte Roadway"
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
BUILDERS EXCHANGE TO
RESUME SPANISH CLASS
American Business Men Will Be Fit
ted for Commercial Dealings
with Southern Republics.

The Builders and Manufacturers Ex-
change announced yesterday that its
class In Spanish. adjourned for the sum-
mer. would be resumed Thursday night.
The class will be taught by s. J. Mac
farren. who taught the students last
year.
The class is conducted by the exchange
in cooperation with a countrywide en-
deavor on the part of similar organize
tions to fit American clerks for service
in South America. 1t is said the field
in South America for men and women
of this country with a knowledge OF
Spanish is remarkably attractive. but
that even larger opportunities will be
presented when the United States ex-
tends its trade in the Southern Americas.
About fifteen students were In the or
ganization's class last year. The cost of
its operation Is maintained by the ex-
change. Both members OF the exchange
and their clerks were among the stu
dents.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
HAITI MAKES FORMAL
APOLOGY TO FRANCE
Executive Sorry that Mob Broke Into
Legation and Salute to French
FLAG Is Fired.

Formal apology has been made by the
republic of Haiti to France for the at
tack by a mob, on July Is, on the French
Legation at Port au Prince. The Navy
Department was so informed yesterday
in a dispatch from Admiral Caperton.
commanding the American squadron in
Haitian waters.
The report stated that on Thanksgiv-
ing Day the President of Haiti personally
called on the French Minister and for
mally apologized. after which the Haitian
shore battery fired a salute of twenty
one guns to the French flag, and the
French cruiser Des Cartes. m the harbor
of Port Au Prince, returned the salute,
gun for gun. with the Haitian flag at
the mainmast.
The violation of the French Legation
occurred during the course of a popular
uprising, following the action of the
former Haitian President in executing
large number of political prisoners.
The Haitian President himself took re-
fuge in the French Legation. but the
mob, breaking into the building. dragged
him forth and shot him on the lawn.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
MORTON TO SPEAK HERE.
Hampton Executive VIII Address
Booker Washington Memorial.

Maj. r. r. Morton. president OF
Hampton Institute, at Hampton, Va.
and j. c. Napier. former Register of
the Treasury. will be among the promi-
nent colored men who will attend the
memorial service for the late Booker
T. Washington at the Metropolitan A.
NJ Z. Church in January.
At a meeting of the committee in
charge of the memorial service at the
home of Henry Lassiter. 1915 Seven
teenth street northwest, last night, let
tiers were read from both men promis-
ing their cooperation. DR.. Washing
ton received his early education at
Hampton Institute.
The members of the committee
present last night were DIR. George w.
Cabaniss. f. l. Scott, Walter w. Single
ton, Z. r. w. Thompson, Frank A. Bar
ron, and Henry Lassiter.
A mass meeting will be held at the
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church the night
of December 20. to raise funds for the
erection of a memorial to the noted
colored educator. The meeting is be-
ing arranged by a committee of colored
churchmen OF the city. of which Rev.
Simon +. w. Drew is chairman. Dona-
lions will be received by Wade Z.
Cooper, president of the Union Savings
Bank. who is treasurer for the COM
mittee.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-28
TRADE MEN TO DISCUSS
LINCOLN HIGHWAY Cad"
Committeeman Will Consider Idea of
Having Motion Films of Capital
Gettysburg Branch.

A meeting OF the joint committee repre-
senting the three trade bodies of Wash
ington on the plan to develop and exploit
the Observation-Disclosures detour of the
Lincoln Highway has been called for to-
morrow at o'clock by Chairman R y.
Harper. The committee will discuss a
proposition favored by the Lincoln High
way Association for the advertising of the
detOUr by motion pictures. to be shown
a. a supplement to films of the National
Highway.
On the committee. repTesentins the
Board of Trade. Retail Merchants AssO-
citation and Chamber of Commerce are:
Robert y. Harper. Charles J. Columbus.
Joseph NJ. Stoddard. Charles w. Fairfax.
Lewis Holmes. A. Leftwich Sinclair,
Oliver MetzeTott. NJ. A. Leese. William
John Eynon and Washington Topham.