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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
new IDEA IN
ADVERTISING
IS THIS One
II an ordinance introduced by


six prominent Tacoma physicians
to the city council today is passed
by that board, meat, milk and
cream that has come from tuber-
cular cattle, will in the future
bear the word "TUBERCULAR
in letters two inches high. when
ever 1t Is displayed for sale.
The ordinance was mailed to
Mayor Fawcett by Drs. II. A..
Lembke, o. F. Morris, B. w.
Shaw, j. r. Yocum, G.. Queyli,
and Charles r. McCreery.
According to this ordinance,
all milk, cream or meat from cat
tie that have been given the tu-
berculin test and proved tubercu-
lar, must have the labels attached
to them.
1t is admitted By physicians
that portions of meat from slight
ly tubercular cattle can be eaten
without danger IL properly
cooked.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
GEORGE HAZARD; TACOMA
POLITICIAN, UNDER ARREST

Friends of George Hazard, !
prominent democrat and CIVIL
war veteran, were startled today
at the news that Hazard had
been arrested in Juneau Sunday
on charges of having obtained
money under false pretenses. The
information sent to Tacoma is to
the effect that Hazard had bor-
howed sums of money totaliing
$500 from acquaintance in Alas
ka. on the strength of promise
that he would pay the money as
soon as his next pension money
arrived.
: Hazard is cripple. He hob
bles about on crutches in lively
fashion, and is one of the famil-
lar figures on Tacoma's streets.
He has taken a prominent part
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
WORDS
vOLLEYED IN
near BATTLE

Short and bitter words are said
today to have bendied about In n
"sub-rosa" affair In which ex-
Chairman OF County Commission
ers Reed and Superior Court RE-
porter Ledwidge took the promi.
nent roles last evening In front OF
the Pantages theater ON Pacific
avenue.
Without any show Of bragadi-
clio this morning Ludwidge admit
ted AS follows:
II met Reed ON the street In
front Of the theater about y
O'Clock. He's been handing me
tho worst OF IL ever since he
came into office. particularly
when l was slated for Job under
former Assessor Cook. Reed
went personally To Cook and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

1ncendiaries, believed to be dis
charged employees, attempted at
1850 o'clock this morning TO burn
down the big Carman Manufact-
uring company's plant, East Puy-
lup avenue and Mckinley avenue.
The plant is valued at more than
$4,000.
The blaze developed under the
lower floor of the main portion
of the factory. II had been burn
ing for some time when night
Waterman, making his rounds,
smelled smoke and turned I'm nh
alarm.
There was nothing under the
floor that could have caused the
fire." said Fire Chief McAlevy
today. The space between the
floor and ground was filled with
sawdust. There was no electric
wires there. / am positive that
there could have been no spon>
taneous combustion. 1t looks I'M
doubtedly as though incendiaries
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

INCENDIARIES'
START FIRE IN
TACOMA PLANT

tried to burn down the plant
~ Men Out
j. l.. Carman, president of the
big plant, which makes mattress
es, beds, and touches, discharged
Is men yesterday, and 1t Is be-
liaved that this action caused
someone to attempt to wreak re-
venge on the factory owner.
When firemen arrived at the
plant. answering the watchman's
alarm, they found the foundations
and supporting pillars ablaze.
Floors were torn up, and hoses
lowered under the floor. Fire
began to break through into the
plant at dozens OF different plac-
es, and a second alarm was sent
in. More firemen arrived. and
after three hours hard fighting,
managed to stop the flames.
Police officers are today inves-
tigating the incendiary feature of
the fire. No arrests have been
made.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
40 Escape
Hotel Fire

CHICAGO, Jan. 12-Forty per-
sons either leaped from windows
or were carried from fire escapes
i'm an early morning fire which
swept away four-story double
apartment house on LaSalle street
in the North Side. One man who
jumped from the fourth st.fy
will die. The others recovered.
although il was necessary to use
pulmoters to revive many over
come by smoke. An unidentified
man, poorly dressed, was the hero
Of the blaze. He saved a score
Of lives, going into the burning
building repeatedly to rescue en-
dangered persons. The fire re-
suited from an Overheated fur
mace.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

knocked my chances In the head.
"When we met last night
grinncd at Reed. lie asked me,
Well, what do you want very
brislkly. I could see he was an
CRY nj my attitude. I told him
I didn't wNnt anything, then
leaned over and whispered. Let's
go over into Commerce street and
have II out, You little shrimp
AT that he threw down his
umbrella and shouted: NO, we'l
have IL out right here Then I
laughed at him again and Ilo
doubled mp his fists. waited
for him to strike, hut he evideut-
~ thought otherwise and hurried
away"
Reed could not be FOUND today
10 give his version Of the affair.
lie IL In seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

through an examination by an In
sanity commission.
Stone kept telling my uncle all
the way into town." the witness
said, that he ought to file an In
sanity charge against me. "
The charge was made and Phil
lips was acquitted after = trial In
Seattle. Philips testimony to-
day was lucid In every detail.
Attorney Harry Johnston, who
has ben instrumental In the re-
lease OF number Of asylum pa
tients and who il looked upon as
an expert alienist, is counsel for
Philips.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
Today's Best Joke

The dentist had Just moved
into place previously occupied
by a baker, when a friend called.
Pardon me a moment" said
the dentist. while ] dig off those
enamel letters of 'Bakeshop'
from the front window"
why not merely dig off the
b and let 1t go at that?" sug-
gested the friend.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
MHALEN IS DEAD

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 12.--Jim-
my Whalen, former Coast and
Northwestern league pitcher, died
In a hospital here today follow
ing an operation. Whalen had
played ball up and down the Pa
cific coast for years and was Ia
miliarly known as Jimmy the
Whale" to every baseball fan
from Vancouver to San Diego.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
GERMANS MAY OvERWHFLM
FRENCH ARMY IN ALSACE

PARIS. Jan. 12.-Considerable
anxiety regarding the situation
In Alsace is felt here. : Since FRI
day no official word has been an
nouneed about French operations.
Unofficial advices assert that the
Germans are heavily reinforced
and are hurting great masses OF
troops against French positions
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
80 PLEAD GUILT

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 10.
Eighty of the ia residents of
Terre Haute indicted in connec-
ton with alleged election frauds,
pleaded guilty when arraigned be-
fore United States Judge Ander-
son today. Mayor Roberts of
Terre Haute and few of his
closest associates, prepared to
fight the. charges.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
of 100000 for

preparation of 100000 for a
state powder factory.
Governor Listers message was
read this afternoon. The senate
and house members met in joint
session In the house chambers to
hear the message.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
Mayor rawcett's List
of Comparative Rates
Charged In Big Cities !
) o Q . . . . . Q . 80

Giving practical proof Of the
need for lower telephone rates la
Tacoma, which he demands In his
new franchise ordinance for the
Sunset Telephone company, May
or Fawcett today gave out a list
of comparative rates in other cit
les.
Tacoma is now paving Just
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

The Atlas boundary & Ma
chine company, in session last
night, elected the following o.
ficers: George c. Dupea. presi-
dents William Gillespie, vice
president; John Hartman, secre-
tary4treasurer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

LONDON, Jan. 12.--That the
German cruiser Bremen put into
Wilhelmsllaven badly damaged.
after having struck mine in the
North sea, is reported today in
a Petrograd dispatch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
CONGRESS STARTS
SUFFRAGE DEBATE

WASHINGTON, ID. G. Jan. IL
by q vote of 200 to 81 the
house today voted to allow six
hours debate on the Mondell
resolution proposing a constitu-
tional amendment granting ma
tionaI woman suffrage.
The debate began Immediately
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

at Steinbach and Gernay. Minister
OF War Millerand insists that the
French lines In both places are
being maintained In the face u
most desperate assaults but does
not claim any additional gains.
There IL q fear In certain quar-
ters that the French offensive IN
the "lost province" is again pro-
mature and cannot be maintained.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.--
President Wilson indicated today
that he will veto the Dillingham;
immigration bill as passed by the
house and now in the senate be-
cause II contains literacy test.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

with the galleries crowded. Near
" 200 representatives expressed
their intention N discussing the
issue. MoDdell led the debate in
favor Of the resolution Represen-
tatige Taylor Of Colorado and Rep
resentative W0lstead of Minne-
sofa are the principal supporters
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
TRIESTE IN PANIC

VENICE, Jan. 1.-THE inhab-
itants of Triests are in panic.
fearing bombardment Of the city
by the French-British fleet in the
Adriatic. Refugees arriving here
say that indications are that tho
allies intend to shell the city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
FAWCETT SHOWS TACOMA'S
PHONE RATE IS EXCESSIVE

the same rate as Cleveland, said
the mayor, which is six times
as large and gives practically six
times as much service for the
money. IL the Bell Telephone
company can afford to furnish
telephone service for $3.50 In In
dianapolis it can afford to do II
In Tacoma"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
PASS THE LEXICON

PASS THE LEXICON
The nut who always wrote the
acknowledgements >
!. paetry was bull moose. Please
accept today the following gem.
Said Uncle Sam to Uncle Jawn,
'You stopped my ships at seal"
Said Uncle Jawn with a stifletl
yawn.
Dear me! Dear me- Dear
met"
(sLook II up in the diction-
airy. We had to-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
WHO SAID THAT?

WHO SAID THAT?
Ever say chicken" Old 4
} stuff! Awful, awful old 4
stuff! Jonathan Swift, who 4
lived in 1867, used to say
1t. He said: she's no chick
} en-; she's on the wrong side 4
Of 80 II she be a day."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

The veterans home has. been
at the Donelly hotel. His friends
here knew that he had left the
city, on brief trip, but had ITO
knowledge that he was In Alaska.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
CONTRIB. BY 4. f. G.
Yet He Looked CarewOrn!

(From the La Grande, Ind,
Democrat CALI
Jack Norris, ST., was In this
office Wednesday, looking some
what older and more careworn
than usual, and on inquiry we
found that he had been delivere l
of grandson on the day before,
Tuesday, Dec. %.
Health officer of Manhattan,
Kan, is to have unsanitary back
yards photographed and placed in
sort of rogue's gallery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
MOVIE ADVERTISEMENT

"Coming-JuIius Caesaf-In O
Parts"
History tells us that Caesar
was all cut up by his friends
Brutus, Cassius, Casca, ct al, but
we never knew it was so bad as
that.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

nUDGMG from recent press re-
ports from the war zone, the
kaiser has been teaching his SUBJ
marines the grand little American
ditty, "Get Out and Get Under"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
CORRESPONDENTS

Dear editor: have designed a
new hat band, which is positive
ly the last word in style for men.
/ intend putting it on the market
as soon as / can select an appro-
pirate name. Can you suggest
one? ID. B. v.
Answer: Call it Sousa.
Dear editor: / see by the pas
per the mayor of Salem, Mass,
has been recalled. Did you know
why? X. ID. G..
Answer: Well, his picture
shows he wears sidewhiskers and
a silk hat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
4 WORD FROM JOSH WISE

2 plus 2 is 4
2 minus 2 is 0.
Few men are
able T. git these
facts through
their heads.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12

In democratic politics. for years,
and has been a candidate at
many elections He sought the
nomination for congressman in
this district at the last primaries.
but was defeated by James II.
Dege. ss--. Ase-------- 49,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
DoSomething
Worth While

1.-THE man who can
not and does not save
money cannot and will
not do anything else
worth while. Andrew
Carnegie.
A savings account in
our bank is worth while
huff" said.
PUGET SOUND
STATE BANK
HIS Pacific Ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
OVER THE FENCE

DR.. C. c. Mellinger or the Mel
linger Undertaking parlors, ism t
really a doctor, although he pro-
REASONABLY follows the medical
profession--as an undertaken.
Mrs. John Jacob Aston never
lets the supper dishes wait over
ill morning." She employs
women to wash them at night
Samuel Mather is said to have
a mechanical mind, but cannot fill
his own teeth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-01-12
BILL COCKROACH

Bill COckroach, autocrat bug
and courthouse advisor, peered
out under the wastebasket I'm the
commissioners sanctum. Silent
Iy and gravely he stroked his
whiskers and cooked one eye at
SIayden, who had just erased the
last Moose from the payroll
"J'rusalem!" piped the bug.
"YOu haven't left anything but
the Bull, have your"
Just then one of VIM. Reeds
heels came down where Bill had
been, but the bug politician mere
ly grinned from the confines of
a crack in the floor.
Agriculturists in Egypt have
succeeded I'm raising new cotton,
brown i'm color and stronger.
Wheat growers here are raising
IL =.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-29

to pause and peer out into the moon
light that flooded the back OF his
house, he might have seen the figures
OF two stealthy crooks crouching In
the half shadows of one Of the cellar
windows, one crook, at least. masked.
The masked crook held in his hands
carefully the ends Of two wires at
tached to an electric feed, and, sending
his pal to keep watch outside, he en-
tered the cellar Of the Dodge house
through window, whose pane they
had carefully removed AS he came
through the window he dragged the
wires with him, and, after o moments
accommodating, attached them to the
furnace pipe of the old.fashioned hot
air heater, where the pipe ran up
through the floor to the library above.
The other wire was quickly attached
to the telephone where its wires en-
tered.
Upstairs Dodge, evidently uneasy In
his mind about the precious Limpy
Red letter, took 1t from the safe along
with most of the other correspondence
and, pressing hidden spring in the
wall, opened secret panel and placed
most of the important documents in
this hiding place.
Downstairs the masked master Grim
inal had already attached voltmeter
to the wires he had installed. waiting.
Just then could be heard the tinkle
of Dodge's telephone, and the old man
rose to answer it. AS he did so he
placed his foot on the iron register,
his hand taking the telephone and the
receiver At that instant came a pow
erful electric flash. Dodge sank on the
floor, clutching the instrument, cleo
trocuted.
/ A moment later the criminal slid
silently into Dodges room. Carefully
putting on rubber gloves and avoiding
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Limpy had long since reached una
point Of saturation and Iurching forth
from his new found cronies he sought
other fields OF excitement. Likewise
did the newcomer, who bore q strange
resemblance the lookout who had
been stationed outside at the Dodge
house a scant half hour before
What happened later was only
matter OF SECONDHAND waiting until
the hated snitch--for gangdom hates
the informer worse than anything else
dead or alive-had turned sufficient
ly dark and deserted corner.
A muffed thud, stified groan fol-
lowed as a heavy section Of lead pipe
wrapped in newspaper descended on
the Grass skull of Limpy.
1t was the vengeance Of the Clutch
ing Hand-swift, sure, remorseless.
And yet 1t had not been night OF
complete success for the master Grim
inal as anyone might have seen who
could have followed his sinuous route
to place OF greater safety. Unable
to wait longer, he pulled the papers
he had taken from the safe from his
pocket. His chagrin at finding most
of them to be blank found only one
expression of foiled fury--that men
acing clutching hand--the real one!
Kennedy had turned from his futile
examination for marks on the teie-
phone, There stood the safe, moder-
ate sized strong box, but Of a modern
type. He tried the door. 1t was locked.
There was not mark on it. The com.
bination had not been tempered with.
Nor had there been any attempt to
soup" the safe.
With quick motion he felt in his
pocket as IL looking for gloves. Find
ing none, he glanced about and seized
two pieces of paper from the desk.
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Copyright 1914 by the star Company All Foreign Rights

Just then Dodge caught sight OF me-
For the moment thought perhaps he
was going to fulfill his threat.
who the devil--why didn't you tell
me reporter was here, Jennings?" he
rputtered Indignantly, pointing toward
the door.
Argument, entreaty, were of no
avail. There was nothing to do but go
At least, reflected. had the great
er part of the story-all except the one
big thing, however--the name Of the
criminal. But Dodge would know him
tomorrow
/ hurried back to the Star to write
my story in time TO catch the last
morning edition.
Meanwhile, if / may anticipate my
story, / must tell of what we later
learned had happened to Dodge SC
completely to upset him.
Ever since the Consolidated Mutual
had been hit by the murders he had had
many lines out in the hope of enmesh
ing the perpetrator. That night, as
found out the next day, he had at las
heard of clue. One Of the company'E
detectives had brought in a red-head
ed, lame, partly paralyzed crook, who
enjoyed the expressive monniker O
"Limpy Red" Limpy Red was ;
gunman of some renown, evilfacet
and, having nothing much to lose, des
perate. Whoever the master crimina
of the clutching hand might have beef
he had seen &; to employ Limpy, bu
had not taken the precaution of getting
rid of him soon enough when he wa
through.
| Therefore Limpy had grievance
and now descended under pressure t
the low level of Switching to Dodge il
his Office.
"No, governor" the trembling
wretch had said as he handed over
grimy envelope, Il amt never seel
his face-but here is directions how t.
find his hangout."
AS Limpy ambled out, he turned t
Dodge, quivering at the anormity of hi
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-29

touching the register, he wrenched the
telephone from the grasp of the dead
man, replacing it in its normal posi-
ton. Only for a second did he pause
to look at his victim as he destroyed
the evidence of his work
Minutes were precious First Dodge's
pockets, then his desk engaged his at
tention. There was left the safe.
AS he approached the strong box,
the master criminal took two walls
from his pocket. Removing bust of
Webster that stood on the safe, he
poured the contents of the walls in two
mixed masses of powder, forming a
heap on the safe, into which he insert
ed two magnesium wires.
He lighted them, sprang back, hid
ing his eyes from the light, and a
binding gush of flame, lasting per-
haps ten seconds, poured out from the
top of the safe.
1t was not an explosion, but just a
dazzling, intense fame that sizzled and
cracked. 1t seemed impossible, but
the glowing mass was literally sink
ing, sinking down into the cold steel.
At last it burned through--as If the
safe had been of tinderl
Without waiting q moment longer
than necessary, the masked criminal
advanced again and actually put his
hands down through the top Of the
safe, pulling out a bunch of papers.
| Quickly he thrust them all, with just
glance, into his pocket.
Still working quickly, he took the
bust Of the great orator, which he had
removed, and placed it under the light.
Next, from his pocket he drew two
curious stencils, as it were, which he
had apparently carefully prepared
With his hands, still carefully gloved
he rubbed the stencils on his hair, as
il to cover them with film of natural
oils. Then he deliberately pressed
/ them over the statue in several
places. 1t was a peculiar action, and
he seemed to fairly gloat over 1t when
it was done and the bust returned to
its place, covering the hole.
AS noiselessly as he had come, he
made his exit after one last malignant
| look at Dodge. 1t was now but the
work Of moment to remove the wires
ne had placed and climb out of the
window, taking them and destroying
the evidence down in the cellar.
| A low whistle from the masked
crook, now again in the shadow
brought his pal stealthily to his side
"It's all right" he whispered hoarse
ly to the man. Now you attend t.
Limpy Red"
| The villainous looking pal nodded
and. without another word, the two
made their getaway, safely, in opposite
directions.
When Limpy Red, still trembling
] left the office OF Dodge earlier in thu
evening, he had repaired as fast as hi
shambling feet would take him to hi
favorite dive up on Park Row.
; Had the Bowery "slnkers' not go
!, into his eyes he might have notices
among the late jewellers a man VIII
spoke to no one, but took his plac
near by at the bar.