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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-14
PERHAPS THIS WILL INTER-
ESyV THE SMAUI pnVC

l'Eh1AfS THIS WILL INIEh-
EST THE SMALL BOYS
(From the Sturgeon Bay, Wis
Advocate.)
After a delay of a month or
more the piping for the water
pump finally arrived and the con-
nections are to be made on Sum
day. The reason that this day is
utilized for doing the work is be-
cause it will be necessary to shut
off the water supply for half a
day. People in the habit of TAX
ing their baths on Sunday morn
ing are advised to perform this
duty on Saturday evening 10
avoid being disappointed.
Also, speaking of suitable we'd
dings, Mr.. ID. N. Board of New
York and Miss Mile Wood of
Liberty, N. j., were married the
other day.
P. S.-Eddie Plank was among
the guests.
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Mrs. Daisy Nettleton will give
the first of series of recltais
at the Y. w. c. A. Friday oven
ing. Mrs. ]. A. Wolbert will as.
sist.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-14
Sept. 30. Oct. TIA, 1915.

LOCAL Improvement District No.
757.--Notice Is hereby given that
in pursuance Of Ordinances No. 1910
of the City Of Tacoma, q roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection of the 5th annual In
stallment of the assessment levied
for the Improvement Of Adams
street from South 18th Street to
South 18th Street.
Said improvement consists In
laying down on said portion of said
street cement concrete sidewalks
five (5) feet in width, with the
necessary tile drain.
Provided that where permanent
walks were already constructed by
permission of the Commissioner of
Public Works, they are not includ-
ed in this Improvement.
Said installment may be paid on
or before October Goth. 1915. but II
not paid on or before said date
added interest. penalty and costs
CHAS. ID. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
Sept. 80, Oct. TIA, 1915.
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Tacoma Homestead No. 233,
Brotherhood of American Yeo-
men, will hold a card party and
dance in Eagles hall Friday even
ing for Yeomen and friends.
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LEGAL NOTICES.


LOCAL Improvement District No.
663.-Notice Is hereby given that
in pursuance Of Ordinance No. 430s
of the City of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed In my hands for the
collection of the 9Th annual in
stallment of the assessment levied
for the improvement of Fairbanks
Street from Portland Avenue to
East ~" Street.
Said Improvement consists In
grading said portion of said 'street
to the established grade with a
roadway thirty (30) feet In width,
and the necessary approaches and
drainage.
Said installment may be paid on
or before October 30th, 1916, but
II not paid on or before said date
added interest. penalty and costs
will attach.
CHAS. ID. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
Sent. 40 Oct. TIA 1919
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-14

Plans are on foot for q charity
card party, to be given Oct. &c,
at Rhodes Bros. tea room for the
Woman's Vocational home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-14
'RAUS NIT EN-!


according to a Sumartra pa
per, the Germans have resolved
to eliminate every sporting term
OF English origin In use In Ger
many. The following terms are
suggested to supplant them):
Golf-Locherballspiel.
Observation-Disclosures.
Leg Observation-Disclosures.
Not Observation-Disclosures.
Wicket-Dreistab eneinrichtung.
Half time - Halbspielwarte-
pause.
Observation-Disclosures.
Start-Abgangsstelle.
Starter-Haupta bgangsstelleau-
fischtsvorsteher.
We can now understand the
position of the German who says
lie has no time for sport.-Punch.
Tailor Man When customer
say Giant play for suit till next
year-tellee suit no finish till
next year.
Harry-A detective is a mlaa
who poke nose in other pleople
business while mlinding his own.
Sign in Alpena, Mich, theater:
@ @ I: o O o 9 @ y o o @ 8 9 3 q
% .
. Pass away one quiet even @
O ing here. q
@ @
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Personal
q nd


The Ladies' Aid society Of I'm.
manuel Lutheran church, North
14th and Stevens streets, will
hold its annual sale of handiworK
Saturday afternoon and evening
at the church. There will be nc
lotteries. Refreshments will be
served.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-14

Agates and moOnstones cut
Pfafe, 147 Broadway. Adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-14

The Tacoma Business Womeii's
club will meet at 8 O'Clock Id
night at the Tacoma hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-14

Mrs. William j. Fisher turned
$3.50 over to the nursery fund
as a result of her charity card
party recently.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-14

Members of Trinity parish guild
will hold luncheon Tuesday aft
ernoon. The afternoon will he
Informally spent at sewing.
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Q-Pease help me. I been going with very nice
Sunday and said he work.
He left house early In the evening as to
took address, said would hear from
that he would be out the next Sunday
The next day / was and him. He coming
towards not; but he crossed
street. Miss Grey has been two weeks and he
written. Please tell what to DO?
- VIOLET.
Al until he offer q reasonable ex
letter take that
young. begin
nk them otherwise don't apologies for avoid
clear them break
yourself heartace
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Harry-A detective is mlaa
who poke nose in other pleople
business while mlinding his own.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
BAPTISTS WIN 800
CONVERTS IN WEEK
City-wide Campaign Includes Service.
in Corby's Factory. Car Barns.
and NAVY Yard. d.

Three hundred converts have been
made since the beginning of the week
In the big evangelistic campaign now
being conducted in all Baptist churches
of the city, according to announcement
last night. OF this number 100 are white
and 200 colored. Fifteen colored churches
are participating In the campaign.
Noontide evangeiistic services were
held yesterday at Corbys Yeast factory,
Twenty-fourth and Claiming streets
northeast; the East Capito, street car
barns Of the Washington Railway and
Electric Company; the railroad round
house, and the Navy Yard. Noontide
services viii be held today at the Cow
eminent Printing ONCE, the. Seventh
street car barns of the Capital Traction
Company. and the Washington Female
College.
Rev. DR.. w. F. Fisher, wcll-knovn
evangelist, arrived in the city last night
and viii assist Rev DR.. Richardson at
Congress Heights Baptist Church. A
prominent evangelist Is stationed at each
Of the churches. Rev. DR.. A. J. Copass
will preach tonight at Calvary Baptist
Church, Eighth and II streets north
west.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
CITIZENS START
Fight ON RATES
Rhode Island Avenue Body
Wants Telegraph and Ex-
press Charges Probed.
EX0RBITANcE CHARGED
Suburban Association Votes to Ask
Public Utilities Commission to
Begin Investigation.

Complaining that the telegraph and ex-
press companies charge exorbitant rates
for the delivery OF baggage and tele-
grams to the suburbs of the District, Ihe
Rhode Island Avenue Suburban Citizens
Association last night voted to request
the Public Utilities Commission to In
vestigats the matter. The matter was
brought before the association some time
ago by william s. Torbet, but was not
acted upon until last night.
A resolution introduced by Daniel c.
Vaughn was adopted protesting against
the request OF the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac Telephone Company to have Its
unlimited service restricted to the sub
scriber. his agents and representatives
The public utilities committee OF the as
sociation was instructed to attend the
hearing to be held on the request by the
Public Utilities Commission Monday
morning.
Newman's Advice Followed.
Several members declared that the
police protection In that section is in
adequate. The committee on police and
fire was instructed to take up the mat
ter with the police heads. 1t was point
ed out that from 1850 o'clock at night
until o'clock In the morning there are
no policemen in that neIghoorhood.
Acting on the suggestion recently made
to the association by Commissioner New
man, a special meeting will be held early
next month to discuss plans for the pro-
posed new sixteen-room school in that
section The Commissioner suggested
that they talk over what they want and
present their ideas to District Architect
Ashford. Congress has not yet appro-
priated for the school. William s. Tor
bet was elected chairman of the COM
mittee on schools to succeed c. r. Smith.
whose resignation was accepted.
Two factions in the association debat-
ed the question OF grading an alley that
runs behind Jackson and Kearney streets
from Eighteenth TO Twentieth streets
northeast
A resolution was introduced by the
Jackson street faction. asking that the
association request the Commissioners
not to grade the alley so as to Injure
property on Jackson street Persons in
terested in property on Kearney street
on which no houses have yet been built,
opposed the resolution. The resolution
finally was carried.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28

These are organized through a central
federation There also is a bar asSocia-
ton, and II is from that body that
come. All these associations are banded
together in the effort to present these
facts about the Districts relation to the
Federal government
II have no doubt there are many in
dividual citizens like my friend Browne
here referring to Herbert ]. Browne,
who was to follow HIM. who are OPP
posed to the hali-and-half plan. but the
vast majority OF citizens. represented
through all these channels believed in
1t, and believe it should be maintained"
Herbert ]. Browne commenced his
opening shortly after o'clock. and
suspended at ) o'clock, after barely get
ting a start. He disposed of the con-
troyersy over the payment OF interest
and sinking fund on the ass bonds by
quoting from a syllabus of the opin-
ion of the Comptroller Of the Treasury
to the effect that the District owed the
Federal government S5S6, % on this
account instead of S1.OO3,OO0 as claimed
by the johnson committee accountants.
The decision OF the comptroller
should be regarded as final by both
Sides" declared Mr.. Browne.
1t would seem that the half-and-half
plan Is dead and has been dead for a
number of years" declared Mr.. Browne
at another point, for the simple reason
that II all the revenues of the District
are taken into consideration it will be
discovered that the District has been re-
ceiving in one form or another an annual
sum in the neighborhood of SIC, 0O0. COO. of
which District taxpayers have contrib
uted a little over 100000
Then. doesn't it follow suggested
Senator Chiffon. that. as the govern
ment agreed to pay one-half of the ex-
penses of the District. 1t owes the Dis
trict the balance for these years "
That might be discussed from many
angles" returned Mr. Browne
Mr., Browne did not have time to lay
the groundwork for his argument before
the hour for adjournment came The
committee will meet againt at 10 o'clock
this morning.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
BIG BALANCE OF TRADE
Is BEING BUILT BY US.
Foreign Markets Took Billion More of
Our Products During First Eight
Months Of 1914.

Further impressive evidence of the
rate at which favorable trade balance
is being piled up by the United States
is found in figures made public yester-
day by the Department Of Commerce.
For the eight-month period ending
with August last, the United States sold
and delivered in foreign markets $1,000
10000 more of products than in the cor
responding eight-month period of the
previous year.
A statement issued yesterday by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce shows that in the eight-month Pc
riod ending with August, 1915. Ameri-
can exports were valued at s., 81, sos, 0sS
as compared with Sl.3ll, SIS for the
same period Of the preceding fiscal year.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
WORTHINGTON RIDDLES
SINGLE TAX FIGURES
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Louisiana avenue to prove that business
property is underassessed. Mr.. Brownies
figures state that:
The annual rentals asked for stores
in this property aggregate $1,000; THE
FACT, as proven by records Of the Wash
ington Loan and Trust Company, agents
for the property, is that rentals asked
aggregate $1,000. and that rentals actual
" received QSl4-l5 aggregated 81. 800
The taxes collected on the property
amounted TO $500; THE FACT is that
the taxes amounted to S2,ll2.3G.
The net income amounted to S5G3S;
THE FACT is the net income. deducting
s662 for repairs, amounted TO s0,l25.
The assessors valuation was sls6. 81
tfun valued: THE FACT is the valuation
was sri. 27.
The net income on assessors valuation
was rs per cent; THE FACT is the net
income on assessors valuation was $50
per cent
Not Entitled to Hearing.
In Mr.. Brownies iIluI-ration OF the over
assessment of small houses, headlined in
the brief as THE Widows Mite" Mr..
Brownies brief declared that the net in
come on property at 1877 Emerson street
northwest amounted to only per cent on
the assessors valuation. From figures
taken from the books of the agent Of
the property named Col. Worthington
proved that the net income on the as
SCISSORS valuation for the past five years
was e.ls per cent. Mr.. Brownies conten-
ton is that small homes are greatly
overassessed.
Tsking these two instances. from Mr..
RrouDe's own brief Col worthingtou
showed that this business property Is as
sessed SO high that the net income
amounts to IS per cent, while on the
small home the assessment permits net
income of 916 per cent
$50 YOU see," remarked Col Worthing-
ton, that on Mr.. Brownies own exam
pies the small owner has the advantage
over the big owner in the proportion OF
to L.
"E>rorn this showing on his own fig
ures, il would appear that Mr.. Browne
IA not entitled to be heard for fifteen
minutes by this dignified body"
"Tbat might be so IL your statement
couId he accepted replied Mr.. Browne
with some asperity-
.sFriendship" Vilues.
Col. worthington also turned his at
tention to the figures named in the
George report as to the value of the
business area in Washington. In the
George report. property in the business
area ia valued at SIS. 0.Oo0 for the land
and SIS, $4,000 for improvements, a total
OF ssls. $40 600. In the triennial assess
ment. this property. land and improve
ments. was valued at $50. o.ooo based
largely on records Of sales.
Col. worthington pointed out tbat the
placed by the George report
Apon land in this area (sl6i. LOO. 0oo) almost
EQUALS the value of the entire business
area of the busting industrial city of
Baltimore l65,ooo,oo0.
Using figures compiled by Mr.. Brad
ley from actual sales. Col Worthington
met the statement in the George re-
port that suburban property In the Dis
trict II assessed on the ratio Of % per
cent Of its true value instead of at
ss 2-s as required by law.
The George report figures declare that
suburban areas are assessed At aI,sss,-
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
HORTON SIMPSON BACK
UNDER SLEUTH GUARD
Former District School Principal Is
Brought from Albany-Won't
Talk of Case.

Horton Simpson, former District pub
lie school principal. has returned to
Washington. When he stepped from Q
train last night, a prisoner of Detective
Charles Evans, police search Of six
years, extended over the entire world,
had ended. He was locked up in the
First police station under charge OF
violating Section sos, of the District of
Columbia Code, for which he was indict-
ed upon the death of a school mistress
in a physicians office six years ago.
Simpson at one time was principal Of
the Takoma Park School. His sweet
heart, Miss Abbie NJ. Coultry, was Q
young teacher in the Hubbard School,
where Simpson was a teacher prior to
his transfer to Takoma Park. Miss Coul-
try died January 26. 1903, In the Office of
Dr. Albert L. Lawrence, then at IIOe
l. street northwest DR.. Lawrence was
arrested by order OF a coroner's Jury.
Simpson disappeared. He was seen FIR
day in Albany, N. Y, by one whom knew
him. Washington police were notified
and Detective Evans was sent to have
him arrested.
Il have suffered for another" Simpson
Is said to have told Evans. This was
practically his only statement, made
when questioned for twelve hours by
Evans in Albany.
Following the girls death a coroner's
inquest was held and ordered the arrest
Of DR.. Lawrence. Simpson had vanished
Both were indicted a year later, Lawrence
being released under bonds of SOOu
Lawrence's trial was postponed pending
the arrest of Simpson.
Simpson was arrested Monday IN
Albany. He was given a hearing be-
fore a United States Commissioner and
returned to Washington with the receipt
in Albany of a bench warrant and a
copy of his Indictment It is not known
when the two men will be called for
trial. 1t is said one other physician,
perhaps three others. will be called to
the trial to testify as to circumstances
of the woman's death.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
ANGRY OVER MAIL SERVICE.
Motor Routes in Southeast Unsnt
fsfactory, Say Cttisens.

Citizens OF the southeast and residents
Of Maryland in the vicinity of Anacostia
are up In arms at the mail service being
furnished In that section. The Congress
Heights Improvement Association and a
number 6f prominent residents of that
neighborhood are planning to take up
the matter with postal authorities.
The dissatisfaction is said to have
been caused by the abolition of the rural
delivery service from the Congress
Heights Postoffice. and the substitution
of two motor Vehicle routes for the
three horse-drawn routes.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Blakslee. who has charge Of all rural
service. stated yesterday that the service
in the vicinity is experimental and said
he believed II would be successful II
given a fair trail. Jesse l. Heiskell
realty operator. who lives at Oxon Hill
Nd. said the service at present Is very
irregular.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
SEEK MILLIONAIRE RELEASE.
Petitioners Say Herreshoff Il I'm
lawfully Restrained,

Philadelphia, Oct ia petition for a
writ OF habeas corpus to show cause why
Frederick Herreshoff, millionaire golf
player and scion of a prominent New
York family is '' being held unlaefuIly
and Illegally and restrained and deprived
Of his liberty In a sanitarium at Gladwyn.
Montgomery county" has been allowed
by Judge Patterson and VIII be argued
as soon as Mr.. Herresheff's Impaired
nerves will permit his appearance in
court.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
BRIT0Ns HOLD AMERICAN.
Edward weiBacht Accused of Trad
ing with Germans

London. Oct. 27.-Charged with trad
ing with enemies of England, Edward
Wsinacht, who claims to be a citizen
Of the United States, was arraigned
In the Bow Street Court today and
held for further examination.
weinacht arrived from America last
Saturday. On account of the Teutonic
character Of his name he was closely
Swallowed
The prisoner Is said to be general
manager of an Anglo-American trading
company.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
Colorado's Crew at Baltimore

Baltimore, Oct H.-Capt, L, E. Cong
don and the thirty-five officers and men,
bers of the crew of the Mallory liner
Colorado. abandoned or Cape Roman
s. c.. in q burning condition on Mon
day morning, arrived here today on
board the steamer Suwanee.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
Gordon's 90c
Dry KINDER,
Gin sos 7th St.
italian Banker in Fraud Case.

Berlin wireless via Sayville). Oct. IL
According to private adviees from Flor
enee. the Italian banker. Damato. has
been imprisoned for frauds In army pro-
visions and for hberating men bound to
military service.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
Want Street Named for Nurse.

Paris. Oct IA movement was start
ed here today to name one of the streets
OF Paris after Miss Edith Cavell, the
English nurse who was executed by the
Germans in Belgium last week.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
VOTERS Reject Nonpartisan Plan.

Los Angeles, Oct T.-California electors
rejected the proposition to make all State
Offices non-partisan, according to incom-
plete returns received today from all over
the State. The vote was light, not over
8 per cent Of the normal vote being
east.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
Allied suhmarines BUSY.

STOCKHOLM, Oct. N-British and Rus
sian submarine activity In the Baltic Is
with the evident object of
stopping expectations at ore from
Sweden to Germapy
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
Sub browns Nineteen Norwegians.

London, Oct H.-The Norwegian steam
er Selma has been sunk by a submarine.
Two Of the crew were saved Ninatssa
were drowned.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-28
Greek Prince Reaches saloniki.

Athens, Oct. H.-Crown Prince Georee
Of Greece arrived at Saloniki today and
Joined the second division Of the Greek
army.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-04-17
A Shining NJ ark.

A lady grievously torrnented with a
corn on her toe was advised by one
Of her friends to anoint 1t with phos-
phor,is. which in weak moment she
did. but forgot to tell her husband be
fore retiring at night. II had just turn
ed u when the husband awoke and
was startled to see something spar
killing mt the foot Of the bed He had
never heard of freely In the locality
nor did he ever remember seeing such
a terrible looking object us the toe
presented. Reaching carefully out OF
bed till he found one of his slippers.
he raised It high In the nir and brought
1t down with great force upon the mys'
terioux light.
A shrek and an avalanche of bed
clothes, and all was over. When al
Inst be released himself from the bed.
clothes he discovered his wife grip
ping her toe and grooming in cor.
ncr Of the bedroom. but she had got
rid Of that pho~phorated corn. : London
Graphic.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-04-17


Although the fxn,0sss seUttish refos0-
O.. John ksox. had fervent thirst"
for Hebrew. II vas not he. hut one q
BIZ associates. John Row. rallied Row
pitmus," who 6nt brought the Hebrew
lettess to Scotland. sud nmone bis most
eager pupils was bis own sou. Row -
ruudus, aftsrward the historian OF the
Church OF Scotland The tirxt He
brew book printed and published In
scOtlapd. I6l4. was q short grammar
snd vocabulary Of Hebrew BY Row ter
dus. the grandson Of Row priinus. In
1912. two ysars before the appearance
Of this tiny but epoch making book. .
professorship dsvoted exclusively to
The teaching Of Hebrew was founded
In Scotland-the Hebrew chair In
Toms college Of Edinburgh. But the
fact remains that In the matter Of &C.
mit1c scholarship. Scotland was At this
period far behind England, for the mid
seventeenth century produced In Eng
land q gaiaxy Of Semitic scholars. 1t
WHOSE feet the foremost students OF
the continent were proud to sit. and
the works Of Selden. Lightfoot. Po-
cocke. Usher and the Poiygiot Bible Of
Brian Walton remain to this day IN
surpassed ~ monuments Of Semitic
learning.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1915-04-17


1.-THE awfulest and the funniest stnge
wait l ever lived through" said a
sprightly English actress. WAS when a
certain well known London actor man.
ager. whose name dare not divuige.
was doing tremendous curse scene ON
u dnrkened stage. He had the audi
ence speIIbound with bis sonOrous dec
lamation. which. Of course. they didn't
know depended largely upon bis ample
mouthfui of false teeth. At the very
climax Of bis blood curdling maledic.
tons the entire dental collection drop
ped out suddenly in the excitement of
the moment and bounded into some OBJ
scure hiding place. The tragedian's
mighty voice died down to an unintei-
ligibie humble as he groped about
frantically in search Of the missing
masticators. We were all too helpless
from laughter to be Of much help in
this critical situation. AT last. after
what seemed like half an hour Of the
most hysterical suspense. the stage
manager located the teeth with the mid
Of II dark lantern and restored them to
the frantic star. who clappeti them into
bis mouth and begun c,,rsinR again
With redoubled enrnestness. ! never
knew whit the audience thought. and
no one ever dared to ask the actor.
manager"