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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

Eleven months ago George Be
ban came to the Pantages theater
in Tacoma with company Of
four persons, in little character
drama, The Sign OF rhe Rose.
1t is the story of crazed Itai-
ian whose motherless baby has
just been run down by an auto
mobile. The scene l.; laid in q
florists shop, where the Italian
rushes to buy a white rose. for
the funeral.
The story becomes tense wheel
the Italian father meets the wont
an whose car had been responsible
for the accident.
Great Appeal in Acting.
1t is a clever story. But toe
appeal didn't lie there. George
Beban, as the Italian, caused an
impression on his audience that
they will never forget. Never on
any western vaudeville circu
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
Now Called "TIle .llien."

Now Called "The .liien."
The play was given new
name, "1he Alien"
1t was first triel out in the
Astor theater, New York, bef ore
$3.50 audiences, aud it scorei an
even greater success than it did
when 1t was travelling over the
Pantages vaudeville circuit.
Baban's audiences in the siiei.t
theater wept just as openly as
they had in the slitte,ing iigh 8
of the noisy vaudeville houses.
THE Alien" has gradually
worked its way across the com.
try, heralded everywhere as one
of the greatest dramas ever pre-
duced on a flicker fin1.
Today it comes to the Colonial
in this city for the first time, and
it's a safe prediction that George
Beban will draw even greater
audiences than he did ON his first
appearance here ii months ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
FORGED
CLAIMS
MISSING

OLYMPIA, Nov. 24.-The chief
reason for the suspension of Claim
Agent John +. Gillies by the in
dustrial insurance commission
Monday was the mysterious disap-
pearance of two of the state in
dustrial claims known to be for
geries, it was learned today. Ev-
cry effort to locate them has
failed.
One of the claims was consid-
cred important evidence In the in
vestigation of the crime ring
which is believed to be operating
in the state.
Gillies is said to have bean UNI
able to find the claims shortly ait
err the investigation was started
in Olympia, though he was be-
lieved to be the last man who
had seen them.
Secret Probe.
The state industrial insurance
commission declared today it Will
make no further statements con-
corning the investigation. Here
after all the facts in connection
with the case will be kept secret
while an attempt is being made
to collect evidence against those
believed to be responsible for the
forgeries.
The handwriting experts who
have been working on the fraudu-
lent claims in Seattle have COM
pleted tn cir investigation and are
expected to make report 10
Olympia some time this AFTER
noon.
Gillies Comes Back.
They have determined that all
the 10 suspicious industrial claims
are forgeries.
Gillies is prepared today to
make disclosures which, he says,
will rock the state
"You can say that the Joco Sc
Jack Gillies is prepared to drop
bombshell when the time
comes" he told a reporter. In
tired of being the goat in the In
dustrial insurance scandal.
Officials Involved?
He said his disclosures, when
he makes them, will involve Off
Gals in the state service. He also
declared that he and Commits
sioner A. b. Ernst were partners
i'm British Columbia u lining ven
ture and that he was in the habit,
on occasions, of loaning money to
members of the commission. How
much, he would not say.
Stood for Great Deal.
I've stood for lot of things
since this investigation started,
and / don't propose to stand For
any more. have not been dis
missed from the industrial insil-
ance department, and some day
| shall go back TO my desk, IL
only to work for one hour anil
then resign. l am une BILE as yet
to understand where some of
these innuendos are coming FROM
and that is what I am endeavoc-
ing to learn right How. When
| get ready to talk, you may be-
lieve me, there are persons who
will sit up and take notice"
Says He's Ready.
Although no charges have yet
been placed against him, Gillies
says he is prepared for court p.o;
ceedings, and knows of at least
35 persons who will act as his
bondsmen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

Injured to coal dust, could ot'en-
dure four-hour shift 80
:, A naked light can ignite COIL
dust, or windy shot, When
the dust in mine like that ut
Ravensdale ignites, every particle
of the millions floating in the
air explode--and all gas explodss
too. And the Ravensdale mine
Is gaseous mine.
The mine has been "sprinkled. =
That is not enough. 1t did not
lay the dust.
The mine is owned by the
Northwest Improvement Co.,
which also owns mines at Roslyn
and Gle Elum. The humidity
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

eystefn Is in use at Roslyn and
&lsewhere in the state. Why not
- Rstensdale?
u gould be installed at a cost
ef about $4,000.
Briefly. the humidity system is
one Which pipes water into the
mine and impregnates the air
with moisture, operating like an
atomizer.
The ventilating system carries
the moisture into every Granny
and creyice of the mine. In
dry and dusty" mines where II
10 used no dust floats in the air.
You can scoop out the moist,
powdered coal and press It into
a hard lump. 49,.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

coal mines were investigat-
ed as they ought to be inves-
tigated. - =
For example, why was not
the Ravensdale mine equip
ped with a humidity system?
Coal miners who. dare to
speak their minds say that,
with q humidity system. the
explosion could not have oc-
Cured.
The Ravensdale mine is
known to be n dangerous
mine. 1t is not only q CASE
GUS mine, IL Is also q dry
and dusty" mine.
Coal dust taken from
mines I'm the state Of WASH
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

Improvement Co.'s mine No.
z before he received his ap-
pointment by Gov. Lister.
To be perfectly frank
about an unsatisfactory con-
dition, Bagley, who is a prac-
ticsI coal miner and an ex-
cellent man, probably will
lose his political job when
Lister loses his.
AND WHERE WILL BAG
LEY FIND EMPLOYMENT
If NOT BACK THERE IN
THE MINES?
In England and elsewhere
In Europe the mine inspect
ors, 80 long as they 40 THUR
work satisfactorily, hold life
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

jobs. They are independent
Of operators and miners
alike. They have almost
autocratic powers.
1t is not fair to BagIey to ash
him to perform official acts Do
signed to Offend the company
which can possibly bar him from
employment when his term Of Of
flee has ended.
The inspector should be Inir-
ing man, and man of tho miI1ef1
own choosing. because they aIou6
know the hasards or mining
That b one Of the leeeono
Washington should learn from
Its 81 dead miners >'1f
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

he was Sorry for the delay" but
that City Attorney Stiles had NIT
yet had time to complete the fran
chise.
The matter has been in Stiles
hands for two weeks, and Elec,
trio Supt. Collins has gone over
the details with him three differ
emit, times.
Qbponents to the auxiliary pow
err feature Of the ordinance were
1ubilaM today in their belief
that tley had already won their
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
Ford Hires
Liner For
disparity

NEW YORK, Nov. 24-Henry Ford an
nounced today he had chartered the liner Oskar
II to carry American peace delegates to a con-
ference in Europe. The steamer will sail Dec. 4.
The conference will be held in some neutral
country not yet decided on Ford admitted the
plans for the conference were somewhat indef
mate. He believes the other neutral nations will
send delegates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

ington was recently sent to
the u. s. experimental sta .
ton near Pittsburg, and IT
was found to be, pound for
pound, more dangerous than
nitro-glycerin. 9s
Toss u handful of II into
the air, and you can light IL
with q match, and 1t will ex-
plode like q pinch of loose
gunpowder. Confinc 1t, and
its destructive power Is de-
vastsating.
SO dry and dusty is the Ravens
dale mine that the men wor,
handkerchiefs over their mouth
and noses. Some Of the men
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

The Northwestern Improve
ment Co. is a tremendous power
In the state. 1t is a subsidiary OF
the Northern Pacific railroad.
The president of the coal COM
pany, w. P. Clough of New York
Is chairman of the board Of di-
rectors Of the Northern Pacific.
Coroners' inquests and official
Investigations of coal mine dis
asters generally get nowhere. The
coroner's juries are made up of
miners who are dependent on the
company for employment.
James Baglcy, state i'm
spector Of coal mines, was
foreman Of the Northwestern
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
What's Doing
Today

New electric light system on
Vashon island inaugurated; Gov.
Lister presses button; reception;
1880 p. m.
Masquerade ball, Arletta hall;
Tacoma P. o. orchestra; launch
Thurow to leave Municipal dock,
1880 p. m.
Rotary club special dinner il
honor of Allen d. Albert, inter
national president; Tacoma no.
tel; $3.50 p. m.
Thanksgiving eve dinner anil
entertainment; University club:
$50 p. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
PEACE CONFERENCE IS CALLED

England similar service is per
formed by the neo -malthusion
leagues, for all those who apply
stating that they are married or
about to be married.
''ln this country such 4
distribution is impossible ow-
ing to a censorship as real
and terrifying as any that
ever existed In darkest Rus
sia."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
TO ASK
REPEAL
OF LAW

NEW YORK, Nov. "a. = DR..
Frederick II. Robinson, editor of
the Medical Review .f Reviews,
and leader of the fight for birch
control in the United States. ar
nouneed today that as a result of
the death of the Bollinger baOy
in Chicago, a national battle to
secure the repeal of laws prevent
ing birth control IN America is
to be started the minute congress
convenes in Washington, Dec. b..
"Three years ago." said
Robinson today, 1--WE were
treated like criminals when
we attempted TO get the mat
ter before congress. But,
the wide discussion of the
Bollinger case has made Il
impossible for the law max.
ers to ignore the subject any
longer.
The Bollinger case has no
direct bearing on birth control,
for the mother already had had
two healthy children. But the
publicity which the ;ase has re-
ceived has swept away these
barriers of silence which hithc =
to have kept the subject of child
birth from consideration by our
great American public.
1.-THE federal law now provides
a penalty of five years in prison
and fine of $4,000 for any ply
stefan who advises patient no "
to avoid childbirth.
There is no single measure
that would so positively, so i'm
mediately contribute towards tho
happiness and the progress of
the human race as teaching the
people the proper means of birth
control.
II have been Drawn into this
propaganda by my observations
as a physician of the terrible sur
fering and misery resulting from
too many children.
while the first child and per-
haps the second are received with
genuine Joy, the third and fourth
are met with indifference. The
succeeding ones are considered
catastrophes.
''In my opinion u working
man should not have more
than two children under
present conditions. Every
child after the second, and
particularly after the third,
Is individually and racially a
calamity. Besides destroying
the health of the mother, too
many children among wage
earners simply yluts the
market with wage slaves.
"One of the most beneficial e:-
fects of the repeal of the laws
preventing the giving of inter
nation on birth control would he
the diminution of criminal opera
lions. The present vicious laws
are responsible for thousands of
these among unmarried women
and tens of thousands among
married women in this country
"The law places family
limitation and such opera
tions on precisely the same
plane; yet one is the terrible
consequences Of the lack of
legitimate Information about
the other.
MANY times rs, childbirth
means the death of n woman suf-
'fering from some chronic disease
or some pelvic maleormation- -a
woman who would have remained
perfectly well il she might have
practiced birth control.
"Of all civilized Countries tn,
United States Is the most reac-
tionary in dealing with this mat
ter. In Holland, information ro-
lating to family limitation Is civ
en- to all married persons who
seek 1t by doctors and nurses. In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
u. s. TO ADOPT
NEW SUB TYPES

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Nov. "a.
because of lessons learned
from the European war, the navy
department, 1t was learned today,
may recommend the abandon
ment of the present coast defense
type of submarine in favor Of
larger sea-going subs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
. o w )!

The following letter was read
by City Clerk Niekeus at today's
session of the city council:
1892 so. 7th st.
The Tacoma City Council:
sGentlemen: AS q citizen and
taxpayer l protest against your
meking any agreements with tie
+. r.. & p.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
Tomorrow

st. Leo's parish dance for bene-
fit of those who helped with ba-
zaar; st. Leo's hall; evening.
Thanksgiving day football; Ia
homa VS.. Bremerton; Stadium; l
ID. m.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24

CENTRALIA - Charges made
against four persons for frandu-
lent voting in Mondays primaries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-24
FLASHES

LONDON-With the capt ire Of
Mitrovitza and Pristina, the Gen.
trail allies are now face to face
with the Serbs, entrenched in their
strongest positions.
LONDON-Lord Derby, chief
recruiting officer of England, in
timated that CONSUMPTION would
take place and that Lord David
and Lord Ribblesdale, both of
Lords, had lied about the ineffi-
cheney of the British staff Off
GERS. He said the house of lords
should be censored.
PETROGRAD - Germans re-
ported defeated in their offensive
of the Divinsk region, with the
loss of several miles of first line
trenches.
WASHINGTON, ID. c. - The
navy department ordered Admiral
Winslow to proceed with the flag
ship San Diego with all possible
speed to Topolobampo, on the
west coast of Mexico, to protect
Americans and other foreigners
by Yaquis.
AMSTERDAM - Russians are
great advances towards
Teheran, and the American minis
ter in charge of the affairs of the
powers has abandoned his
post. !
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-10
THE AMERICANS
 MUST FIGHT ON
VOLUNTEERS HAVE ENOUGH OF WAR BUT THERE Is NO
 HOPE FOR THEM.

LONDON, Nov. 9.-Adult AmerI- cans whose adventurous spirits tempted them to enlist in European belligerent armies must remain soI- diers until they are killed or the war is ended.
 This is the situation confronting scores of Uncle Sans citizens who have had their fill of war and want to get out. Uncle Sam cant help them, though many have requested his mediation. The British war office will not release the Americans it has enlisted.
 The American embassy in London, which has been successful in having between fifty and sixty American minors released from British military service, could not extend this service to the adults.
 In answer to many appeals from men who joined the Canadians and who have survived hard fighting the embassy passed the question to the State department at Washington. The departments answer quoted the fol- lowing order of 1901, which is still in force.
 "The Department of State, in an instruction to the United States Con- sul at Lourenco Marques, during the Boer war, held that an American citizen who wilfully takes up arms in the service of a foreign state must bear the consequences of his act, and cannot expect, while he serves under a foreign banner, to be protected by this government"
 Previous to receipt of this instruc- ton, inquiry by the embassy at the British war office elicited the state ment that the British government was unwilling to release American adults who have taken the Kings oath.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-10
COUNTING MONEY MAKES
 AN AWFUL DIFFERENCE

LONDON, Nov. 9.-The Bank of England's system of valuing gold coins by weight as against the U. S.. treasury's face value computation has saved the former $3O,OOO on only two shipments to America.
 The first shipment on reaching New York was counted coin for coin and found to contain $1O,OOO too much. The last consignment of $19,- OOO,OOO was $2O,OOO heavy These amounts were turned over to the fin- ancial agents of Great Britain in New York and will be properly ap- piled on future shipments.
 The American system of computing gold coins is for face value, it was pointed out here, unless more than one half of one per cent has worn away.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-10

No reader can afford to omit the Seward Gateway.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-10
PREPARED AGAINST
 THE ZEPPELIN RAIDS

LONDON, Nov. 9.-Elaborate pre- cautions against damage by Zeppel- ins to priceless treasures in the British museum have been taken.
 The Elgin room, containing the great Elgin marbles, is closed to the public and the pedimental sculpturse of the Parthenon have been removed to a strong room, specially elaborate Iy protected with sandbags.
 The noted Portland vase, the Rosetta stone and many other relics which cannot be replaced now repose in safety in the vaults of the great building.
 The great lights that once shone brightly in the interior and exterior of the museum have been dimmed to a point where the building more properly resembles a gigantic tomb.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska September 23, 1915.

Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska September 23, 1915.
 NOTICE is hereby given that Ole Martin, of Seward, Alaska, who, on May 21, 1915, made homestead appli- cation, No. O1724, for E1aNWA EkS WA, Section 26, Township 1 N, Range w, Seward Meridian and the E. 4 rods of the WIZ NWK, WIZ S. WA said section 26 has filed notice of intention to make final five year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the U. s. Commissioner M. J. Conroy, at his office at Seward, Alaska, on the 17th day of November, 1915. Claimant names as witnesses:
 c. T. Daggett,
 George Sexton,
 Peter Anderson,
 w. A. McNeiley all of Seward, Alaska.
 c. B. WALKER,
 Register First publication Oct. 4, 1915. Last publication Nov. 10, 1915.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-10

A great many people outside and inside Alaska are now anxious to get any news they can of the place where the government railroad will be. To save writing letters you could send the Gateway, either your own read copy or get another.
The Seward gateway., 1915-11-10
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Sunday: Masses at 8:8O and 1O:3O a. m. Sunday school after Mass. Rosary, Instruction and Benediction, 7:3O D. m. Weekdays: Mass at 8 a. m.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-12-13
EXTRA SPECIAL

EXTRA SPECIAL
 The Daily Progrcssive-M' 'ner foi eight months for S5.00 cash. This offer subject to withdrawal at any tmt without notice. Cheaper than going out in the rain and Borrowing II.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-12-13
A THREAT NEVER HURTS

Ever since We invaded the bachelors privilege last Friday with a little comment their selfish ness We have been compimented by the girls-that is not compmented in words but with smiles, which amounts to the same thing-and we have been hunt ed menaced, called and thratened Yes, threatened Isn't that the limit? One bachelor in particular said to a in the office that he would get This editor" Just like that. Now, as a matter of fact we have paid any attention to threats because threats hurt, but if that ever shoot us dead, we'll have him pinched, that's all. Pinched would mean a conviction because we have all the girls on our side.
 We believe that girls tickled almost to death that we assailed the bachelors. Girls hate bachel- ors Of girls naturally too nice to how their hatred, but they hate them just the same, or should, especially bachelors with high positions We can't blame them either because hate them also, although we are not1narrageable
 We are told that there is a movement foot started by the girls all Alaska to organize a club with the declaration of against the bachel ors as the object in view. If the girls stick to- gether, they'll have fun. They'll meek old bachelors go down their knees and beg for another chance while the stubborn will take to the tall timber where they ought to be, the mean things
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-12-13

!son had nothing to do with either the offering of the reward nor the printing of the notice of the offer, how he to know that it was for officials only?
 If Marshal Bishop had in mind when he sent the notices of the offer of reward that only the who made the would get the reward, he used the mail frauduently he failed mention that if woman knew Krause's whereabouts, she would not be entitled to anything unless she made the arrest herself Conclusively that reward must have been intended for officials only.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-12-13
WHAT THE DEAD MEAN
From the Knickerbocker Press)

From the knickerbocker Press)
 We read in the cable dispatches of the thousands and thousands who slain upon the European bat tlefields. We read without tear, without quiver of an eyelash We have become hardened to death in that scarcely realize what it means.
 Every one of the hundreds of thousands of dead men upon Europe's battlefields hope for somebody, hold the future cut off. Every one of these dead the cripplng of numbers of the living, the reduction of the potentialty of living members of society When the is killed the par ent is cut both at the blossom and the root once. They, too, die, those others, in reality. Thus the loss is multiplied many fold, the economic loss, the spiritual loss. Like the rppes of unseen air waves the destruction of death is carried far afeld. crip bling untold numbers, reducing the potentality of all life Under the gray sky those battlefelds there must hover many ghosts above the silent dead. For no matter how loud the guns and all the din of modern battles, ghasty pitifu silence rests the faces of the dead. Then lie there like humps Of earth, crumpled up, stretched out at length, life snuffed wantony in the game that is played fan away at the headquarters or in the chanceleries of state
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-12-13
WHAT ABOUT THAT REWARD?

What about that reward Marshal Bishop isn't t about time that it should be paid? If Mir. Carlson does not get that reward it be truthfuly said that the reward intended for deputies only In that the notice should have specified and in the absence of such specification. the first person who gave the information that lead to Krause's ar rest is clearly entitled to that reward. Without authority, would have attempted to arrest Krause. From that can reasonably infer that the reward intended for officials only But as Car
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-12-13

For a Short Time Only THE DAILY PROGRESSIVE MIN FER, EIGHT MONTHS FOR $500 CASH.
 THANK .YOUi
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-12-13
Saint John's Church

9:45 Native Sunday School Il am. Morning Prayer and Sermon (Holy Communion first Sunday ST. JOHNS EPISCOUAL CHURCH in the month, 11:00 a.m.) 12:15 am Sunday School 7:30 pm. Evening Prayer Thursday 500 pm Choir practics Thursda. 2:30 pm Wonlan's GuiId REV. HAROLD H. KELLEY,
 Pastor.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-12-13
CHOICE HOLIDAY LIQUORS

Mir. NJ. E. Martin. of the Side board, has just received large stock of fine liquors, purchased especially for particular family trade. He announces that tele- phone orders will be delivered free of charge in any part of town from 2 to p.m., from now on till after the holidays.
 Call up phone 42. Adv. If.