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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
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BOYS On.
WAR JOB
BY MARY BOYLE O'REnLLY.

BY MARY BOYLE O'REILLY.
LONDON, Jan. 6.-"Englani
must expect to be attacked at
home. She must not Fest under
the comfortable conclusion thar
she will not be assailed," said tue
"Chief Scout" Lieutenant Gener-
al Sir Robert Baden-PoweIl.
I'VE must he ready for the
worst. A hostile raid on the
Yorkshire coast, rapid march
straight across the country, the
enforced flight of inhabitants, the
demolition Of their cities and
towns by dynamite--and there are
at once fourteen million people
starving and on the hands of the
little army of the south.
ut Is the duty Of every patriot
to take up arms NOW with no
feeling OF aggression or blood
thirstiness, but solely for the
protection of our country In the
hour of danger.
''There are 100000 Boy Scouts
I'm England. Before war was de-
clared $4,000 were modified.
They have been at their duties
ever since. Two thousand were
drafted to assist the metropolitan
police, 1000 as Orderlies In gov
eminent departments, thousands
to guard railway tunnels, tele-
graph lines, bridges, culverts
against damage by agents of the
enemy.
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
CITY GETS FIRE BOAT

Tacoma is to have a fire boat.
1t won't be much of a fire-boat,
as compared to those of Seattle
and Portland and other North
west cities, but it is the first step
towards providing adequate fire
protection for the waterfront.
The council today entered into
an agreement with the Foss
Launch company whereby Il will
pay the company 1920 day, or
S2,993 a year, for rental of fire
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
300 TRAPPED IN SUBWAY FIRE
YOUTH TRIES NOVEL
SUICIDE BUT TAKES
TOO MUCH MEDICINE

unconscious. Passers-by picked
him up and took him to a physi-
clan, who pumped out his stom-
ach.
In a daze, the would-be suicide
boarded a street car and came
down town. He walked into the
Langlow hotel, 18th and Pacific,
and stepped into the first room
that he came to. He locked the
door. An hour later the rightful
owner of the room arrived. could
not open the door, and called the
police. Detectives Ellison and
Kineaid broke the door down and
found Fair sleeping off the Of
fects of the drug. He was ar
rested.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

Hedderley Fair, age 21, a West
End youth with a unique police
record, decided to end his career
last night.
He walked into the office OF
the Defiance Lumber company,
north of Old Town, and at the
point of revolver forced Richard
Rowland, the bookkeeper. to
write a letter home advising his
mother that he was about to COM
NIT suicide.
With the letter in his pocket,
Fair walked outside and swallow
ed six morphine tablets. Had the
dose been smaller, the youth
might have died, but 1t was so
large that he became sick and fell
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
MEADS ANGRY; Then PLEADS
CITY HALL FRICTION END

Meads had finished. Atkins was
apparently trying to restore quie-
tude to the councilmanic body.
There's no friction here. We're
getting along all right. But
there's one reporter in Tacoma
who is trying to start trouble all
the time. ] have threatened to
fire any employee who talks with
him." 81
II agree with YOU" said Mayor
Fawcett. He's a trouble-maker.'
The council settled itself to its
usual calm, with Meads again on
friendly footing with the COM
missioners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
WATER FUND
RUNS BEHIND

Tacoma's water fund for 1914
ran $4,000 In debt. The deficit
must be balanced by q transfer Of
funds from the light departments
receipts. Commissioner Atkins
was instructed today by the city
council to make the transfer, In
order that the city's books for last
year may show a balance.
In 1918 the water fund ran
$4,000 short, and that amount
was borrowed" from the light de-
partment. The water funds short
age Is caused by heavy interest
on bonded indebtedness, indiscre-
lions of previous councils In han
ding the water department.
money, and the forced redemptjon
of water fund serial bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

Peace and harmony reigns at
the city hall again today.
Controller Meads read the
riot act" to the council today,
after he had been attacked yester-
day for alleged negligence in COM
piling the December pay-rolls.
The controller started after the
council in anger. He berated the
councilmen for jumping on him
without giving him a chance to
explain. Then he pleaded for
justice.
II want to say that the 'fric-
tion' at the city hall is all news
paper talk" said Atkins, after
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

hurried Into France. hoping to get
immediate passage to- America.
She was held for weeks In Paris
and saw the first train loads OF
wounded men arrive In the French
capital.
Remembering the dangers
which beset her father and broth
err. Lydia showed her pluck and
patriotism when she aided other
women In caring for the battle
sick French soldiers.
Many wounded soldier was
cheered by her sunny presence I'm
the big hospitals and many OF the
slightly injured were delighted on
different occasions when she
danced for them In impromptu
war concerts.
Lydia is very young and very
pretty and has real career ahead
of her, the theatrical wise ones
declare. --s-s-s--r-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
WAS PARTIAL

In the will of George Bohme,
recently deceased, which was filed
in superior court today, the widow,
Therese Bohme and two children,
Catherine and George, are cut off
with but 81 each, while the bal
ance of his estate, which is said
to amount to a considerable sum,
Is divided among the following
children: Frank, Therese. Jose
phine. Loretta, August and
Louise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

NEW YORK, Jan. CAS- a re-
suit of blowout ON the Fifty
ninth street New York subway,
the worst tienp Of traffic In his
tory occurred here today during
The early morning rush hour. At
lerst one woman Is dead and
sbrst 800 passengers were ovcrs
conc by smoke, heat and panic.
They were taken out OF the tube
in = serious condition and rushed
to hospitals for medical assist
ance.
One unidentified woman was
overcome by smoke and died In Il
hospital. Fire Chief kenlon said
scS1 80 o'clock that all passen-
gers had been rescued. One hun
dred and fifty victims were taken
to the Polytechnic hospital alone.
Heat Unbearable.
Wild scenes were enacted when
the blowout occurred and the
tube filled with densely packed
trtins. For miles I'm each direc-
tion from Fifty-ninth street trains
we're stalled and plunged into
complete darkness. Fittings of the
power house where the blowout
took place caught on fire and fill
ed the subway with smoke. The
heat became unbearable.
Finally guards succeeded in
running the trains between Ninty-
fifth and 10th streets together
and opened the doors connecting
them, sending the passenger,
through the Ninty-sixth street sta
ton. Elsewhere great difficulty
was experienced.
Trainl0ad Unconscious.
tFiremen entering the subway
at Fifty-ninth street by jamming
tile grating loose, reported finding
an entire trainload of passengers
unconscious from smoke. More
than $50 were brought to the sur
face and carried to the Circle the
alter, where they were stretched
on fhe stage until taken to the
hospital.
sFiremen at this point we're able
to- work only five minute relays.
Many were overcome by smoke
and had to be revived. as were
the passengers, by the quick use
of pulmoters. Between 53rd and
seth streets conditions we're the
worst. Special calls we're sent for
fire sappers to render aid to this
section OF the subway. Uncon-
scbus forms were carried from
the tube and laid on the sidewalk,
where first aid with pulmotors
WAS administered.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
PAVE STREET
WITHOUT COST

To demonstrate the advantages
of wSsd-block pavements made of
native or Douglas fir, the st. Paul
& Tacoma Lumber company will
lay stretch of wooden paving on
Puyallup avenue between A and
Pacific avenue. The council today
accepted the mill company's offer,
and will pay As cents per yard
for the work. This money pays
only the cost of creosoting the
blocks, and the timber will be pro-
vided free Work of laying the
pavement will be done by the mill
company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
OF SICK MEN

PARIS, Jan. 6. = Torren tial I
rains are preventing the Germans
from resuming the offensive in
the extreme north of the fighting
line in the western war zone. Con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

ditions in the trenches are fright
full. Pneumonia victims are ar
irving in Dunkirk by the train
loads. Most of the sufferers are
British.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

boat made out of reconstructed
launch. 90 go
The launch will have a Gorham
pump capable of pumping 1000
gallons of water per minute. the
same capacity as the big Mogul
fire pump bought two years ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
MAYBE IT WILL RAISE STANDARD
OF OUR C0PPERS and FIRE LADS

Hereafter applicants for jobs as
policemen or firemen in Tacoma
must pass examinations as rigid
as those of any life insurance
company.
The council today adopted
new examination system for the
civil service department, by which
would-be coppers or fire laddies
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

One New York woman lost
her life, thirteen are In a seri-
GUS condition, 200 are suffer-
Ing from shock and inhala-
ton Of smoke, and thousands
are unnerycd today as a re-
suit OF the New York subway
fire and tieup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
TEUTONS THREATEN SLAVS

BERLIN, Jan. 6. - That the
capture by the Germans in Po-
land OF Borjimow offers them an
opportunity to drive wedge
through the Russian center, COM
polling the Slavs to retire to the
secondary line of defense or meet
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

a flank attack. was the opinion of
military experts today. First
line German troops are reinforc-
ing Austrians at Cracow. On the
whole the situation In Poland is
considered favorable to the
kaiser.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

must be subjected to an extremely
rigid test by physician.
When we place men on the
police or fire departments and
give them the privileges of ths
pension system, it's the same as
offering them a life insurance pol
Icy for $4,000, and | think we
should have a strict examination,
said Mills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
CITY MUST INSTALL ELECTRIC
DANGER SIGNALS ON new LINE

Tacoma's municipal tideflats
car line, which is scheduled to
start operation some time this
week, will be equipped with au-
tomato block signals to prevent
collisions on the stretches of sim
gle track.
The council today authorized
Commissioner Woods to spend
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

500 for signal system. BY the
new system five street cars can
operate on the track at the same
time, without danger of collision.
Until the work can be done
Manager Bean has agreed to OPP
crate cars temporarily without
the block system, and will start
the new system before Saturday,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
COURT HOUSE NEWS

VIM. Reed, county commission
er, is wearing the tie his ma gave
him for Xmas around his neck.
Rem Dow was at work yester-
day.
w. Askren has the same Inger-
soil automobile.
Somebody left a Ford watch in
the ash barrel back of the court
house last week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
CONDEMN ALLEY

After Controller Meads had
found 1t impossible to get title "a
property for construction Of ~
alley between SIND and seth
streets, and X and l. streets. the
council today decided to condemn
a strip of land and build the alley
regardless Of property owners
opinions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
ACCUSE
ChILD 'S
MOT Her

Charges that q prominent Ia
coma cateress, who boasts = Wide
clientele among the most exclu.
sivc society set here, has bcaten
her 13-year-old daughter into In
sensibility with steel umbrella
rib, are being preferred against
the woman today by Probation
Officer Healey. The girl, In .
weakened and nervous condition,
has been taken 90 the Tacoma
girls juvenile home, where she n
being cared for by Mrs. Isabel
Matthews.
In connection with the case IL
Is possible the mother may 10
prosecuted ON charge Of forgery,
Il IL said. A forged check, which
the mother asserts the girl made
out In full, Is In the hands Of Of
ficor Healey, who expressed doubt
this morning as to the origin oe
the alleged forgery.
Story of Cruelty.
Healey says the girl came to
him In q pitiful condition. She
complained that her mother had
ordered her to remove all her
clothing and then had attacked
her savagely with . strip OF wood
broken from an apple box, but
finding this fail insufficiently
cruel. tore from her umbrella 3
steel rib with which she dealt
blow after blow until the child
fell faiutsng to the floor.
= su1oog - DoGv.
II AsnIbd ~ little g1t1 - 49,
me her wounds" SID Uoa1ey ~
InorninGt s'snd she baEoG hGr horlk
In my office. ! was sfekenea -
the sight. 0reat ~ alFfp>s,
numbers Of them, covered ke
body.
II told the girl that her mother
would never whip her again, and
ordered her taken 20 the girls
parental school, where she now II.
She was attending the seventh
grade In the Central school,
Healey is Withholding the
names OF both mother and girl in
accordance with juvenile court
rules.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

ToDAY's CLEARINGs.
Clearings ........$ 430,536.40
Balances ........ 37.S35.4s
transactions ...... 1921, 1884
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8 CORRESPONDENCE q

. % = o o o o @ o o @ o o o o 9
Dear Editor: In this climate l
suffer severe pains in my head.
Where can | find relief?--Hattle.
Answer: We found 1t on page
6,367, Websters' dict'ry.
Dear Editor: Ants are both
ering around my pantry. What IL
good for ants?---Mrs. T. G..
Answer: Hills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
FOR DINERsOUT

An eastern hotel man has de-
signed sugar pitcher into which
fingers and spoons cannot b.
jammed and the sugar has to be
poured from a spout. Some day
some genius will design a waiter
that can't stick his thumb into
the butter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

q o 9 o @ o O 9 o o o o @ o o o
= WHO SAID THAT? o
g My life is one demd, hor- q
O rid grind.-Chrales Dickens. 9
Charlie, old top, we weep
!" with you-but try to bear up o
q You never had to write a @
@ daily colyum, Charley o
o o o o q > o o g . . D . o o
PASS THE LEXICON
Pity, friends, the idle rich.
Because they've naught to do,
They sleep all day; then dance
and eat
And drink the long night
through.
Be glad, my friends, that you are
poor,
Because these folks are rich,
They seek their beds ere gray o.
dawn,
So tired they scarce can quitch ,
tLook it up in the dictionary.
We WhWadW to-
xr~-r~ .,-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06
DO YOU KNOW WHY?

Why is it partizan will cuss a
candidate for nomination and call
him bonehead and CRATER and
then cheer and work for him the
day after the nomination?
Why Is 1t when anyone men,
lions telephone" we always
think of pretty girl who shutters
every time she says three?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

Nbooh IL up III the ulctlOnary.
We WhWadW to-
A WORD FROM JOSH WISE
)~ Il "Old Man Moss,
Me- our oldest inhabit-
CZA ant, has memory
4 ~ as keen and bright
- as ever. He recalls
4 ~ when tn head D
WI tn family used ter
preside at TIL
Christmas dinner
III with a carvin' knife
instead of can
4 NY opener"
COURT HOUSE NEWS
VIM. Reed, county commission
er, is wearing the tie his ma gave
him for Xmas around his neck.
Rem Dow was at work yester-
day.
w. Askren has the same Inger-
soil automobile.
Somebody left Ford watch in
the ash barrel back Of the court
house last week.
. q @ o q % . o q o o q q Q Q
8 CORRESPONDENCE .
. % q o @ o o 9 o o @ o o o o Q
Dear Editor: In this climate l
suffer severe pains in my head.
Where can | find relief?---Hattle.
Answer: We found 1t on page
6,367, Websters' dict'ry.
Dear Editor: Ants are both
ering around my pantry. What IL
good for ants Mrs. T. G..
Answer: Hills.
FOR DINERSOUT
An eastern hotel man has de-
signed sugar pitcher into which
fingers and spoons cannot b.
jammed and the sugar has to be
poured from a spout. Some day
some genius will design a waiter
that can't stick his thumb into
the butter.
DO YOU KNOW WHY?
Why is it a partizan will cuss q
candidate for nomination and call
him bonehead and a CRATER and
then cheer and work for him the
day after the nomination?
Why is 1t when anyone men,
lions telephone" we always
think of pretty girl who shutters
every time she says three?
The Bzura river runneth down,
Stained red with warriors
blood
Our own Mzura's- stained quite
brown
With ordinary mud.
CROOL, CROOL STAB
A protest. Is there any reason
why the war should be made an
excuse for the abandonment or
the niceties of life? Dining at
West End restaurant nowadays
one might well imagine oneself in
America, from the variety and in.
congruity of the dress of the male
patrons. (Eng) Times.
. =
WINTER SPORTS
Playing violin.
Learning to play violin.
Listening to party learning to
play violin.
WANT AID
WANTED--To renew your oil
wells. Water taken out and
repaired. Edward Wiloughby De-
lashmutt. Main -.
BY TIL WAY
What's become Of the shawl
John ID. Rockefeller knit for the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-06

cold Man Moss,
our oldest inhabit-
ant. has a memory
as keen and bright
as ever. He recalls
when tn head D
tn family used ter
preside at TIL
Christmas dinner
with a carvin' knife
instead of a can
opener"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18

Of getting any on credit at the store,
there remains but one way to get it.
Simply to pick it or raise" it on the
street. And while roaming the thor
OUghfaTes the dOwn-and-OUt never
overlOoks an opportunity to pick. all
the Juicy butts and snipes that hap
pen to come within the range of his
vision. After returning to his hang
out" he generally gets out of his coat
pocket a complete selection of rem
nants Of cigarettes and cigars and
proceeds to sort them with all the
care possible. The wOrst-lOoking
butts will fill a pipe or two. The half
consumed cigars will be smoked as
they are or else chewed. The ''snipes'
may be dirty or full of dust and may
be infested with germs of disease
no matter, the secondhand smoke
will be relished with all the enjoy
ment experienced by the man Who
but one or two hours previous bought
at the store by the corner a fine-Iook-
ing cigar.
Very likely the man who had the
cigar first never gave a thought of
what would become of it after it hit
the gutter, and no doubt would be
astonished to learn that the very
thing that delighted his taste made
another less fortunate than himself
happy for a few moments. But such
is life in our free country.
The unemployed have had to learn
through bitter experience not to.
waste anything, even snipes and
butts; and yet some of our men of
affairs have the temerity to tell us
that the American wOrkingmen are
too extravagant. What's the use?
Bread Line and Rufus
Dawes Bed Line.")
-O-O-
SOS OURS
A dispatch from Vienna says that
The Austrian emDerOr's diet is "sDara
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18
ARMY Of DESPAIR


Teamster and Sec'y Hoboes' Union.
PICKING BUTTS.-'Have you got
the maktngs, paI?"
mo, just bummed this pill from
guy who was next to me at the flop"
replied the man to the question, tax
ing a couple of whiffs at a cigarette
almost consumed.
Let me have the butt. I'm dying
for a smoke and snipes are getting
kind of scarce nowadays" urged the
first man with look Of envy directed
at the others cigarette.
Here, have it if you want it so
bad"
Say, pard, things are pretty rot
ten when a man can't even get a
lousy nickel to get pack of Bull
Durham" answered the man while
placing the remnant of the cigarette
to his mouth and with the skill born
of long practice taking a few whiffs
at the short butt without burning his
lips.
you bet your life, old man., and
since I have nothing else to do be-
fore it's time to bum my next feed
I'll take a NOPE around and Shoot a
snipe' or two. You know tobacco is
the hardest thing to bum"
A man who has acquired the habit |
of smoking will often go hungry and
spend his last nickel for a smoke and
deprive himself of coffee and rolls.
Many men will not complain and will |
even forget the pangs of hunger if |
they can get a chew OF tobacco.
Like other men in more fortunate |
circumstances, members of the Army
of Despair seem to find consolation
and rest while watching the smoke
pouring. from their old corncob or
clay pipe. To be deprived of the JOYS
of smoking makes them feel their
misery more keenly and generally
pIunges them into deep melancholy.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18
SOS OURS

A dispatch from Vienna says that
the Austrian emperOT's diet is spare
and very simple" Thus we see that
the sole difference between Francis
Josef and an increasing number of
his subjects is that the emperOr's diet
is spare and simple from choice
Puck.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18

Fischer CT think a movie actress
gowns should be so far in advance of
the styles that they act as a fashion
forecast"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-23
SPECULATION RIFE
ON MARKET LARGE
SALES REGISTERED
War Shares Help to Swell Large
Total of Sales; Steel and
eStinghouSe Contribute Third
of the Total.

NEW YORK. Sept. 22--Further eX-
travagant speculation in specialties,
chiefly in those issues known as war
shares, helped to swell the trading to
the very large total of 1125,000 shares.
OF this amount United States Steel
and Westinghouse Electric alone total
led one third, Steel incidentally, adj
vancing to rs "a, it's highest price
since 1912. other very prominent
features were American Car and
Foundry, American Locomotive. Bald
win Locomotive American Smelling,
Mexican Petroleum and Automobile
issues
New high prices we're recorded by
Bethlehem Steel which rose Az TO
$50. General Motors, whose meteoric
rise Of recent days made st the most
conspicuous of specialties, opened at
345, an overnight gain of p points
but fell off 10 and closed at 34O. 9th
er special stocks, of no particular de
signation, rose from . to 4 points.
In the railway division, Reading
Erie. first preferred Canadian Pact
hc. preferred, Southern railway, pre-
ferred, Atlantic Coastline were i'm
proved The Inquiries for investment
issues were relatively narrow. More
foreign selling of American railway
issues was reported from Londor
where the international list was low
from one to almost tire points
United States Steel's greater strength
probably had it's origin i'm reports o
state journals which state in elec
the export business now constitutes
deminent factor of the trade in The
industry. Bonds were firm despite
renewal OF foreign selling. Total sale
were S3,SSO,OOO.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-09-23
How's This !?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FL CHENEY & co, Toledo o.
We the undersigned. have known y. ].
Cheney for the last l5 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able 20 carry
out any obligations made by his firm
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Testimonialg
sent free Price rs cents per bottle. Sold
By all Druggists.
Take Haifs Family Pills for constipation.