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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
MOTHER
FIGHTS
FOR TOT

With both the mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Darst, and the adopted
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Fletcher, present in the court
room, the second fight for pretty
little Frances Elizabeth Barr be-
gan this afternoon before Judge
Card.
Mrs. Darst, who says she sign
ed away the rights to her child
while under the influence Of
drugs, demanded another chanc.
to prove she was entitled to her
little daughter.
Her attorney, William Arnold,
asserted that when Judge Card
ruled against her in her suit, he
erred in permitting her former
husband, from whom she is di-
vorced, to testify. His testimon,
was to the effect that she once
was drug user, had been broken
of the habit, and then went back
to it again.
Affidavits were presented also
to show that William Fletcher
and Mrs. Fletcher, to whom the
child was given by the Washing
ton Children's Home, after Mrs.
Darst had signed her over to it,
were unfit persons to have the
child.
These charges were combatted
by the Fletchers, with a dozen af-
fidavits that their character was
above reproach and that the child
was fortunate to have such a
home as they gave it. An affi-
davit by John Georger that he
saw VIM. Fletcher on the street
drunk on June 80, was denied un-
der oath by both Fletcher and his
attorney, w. e. Elliott. Elliott
said he spent almost the entire
day with Fletcher, and could
swear as to his sobriety.
The issue before Judge Card
was whether a new trial should
be granted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
TO
Require
Reports

An ordinance requiring physI-
clans and hospitals to make po-
lice reports on all accident cases
occurring in Tacoma or brought
to the city from outside places,
will be introduced in the Taco
ma council shortly.
Commissioner Mills, aroused
over the recent failure of several
Tacoma hospitals to report acct
dent and crime cases to. the po-
lice department, today declared
that he would draw up such an
ordinance and would demand err
plicitly that 1t be enforced. The
Times Wednesday night editorials
ly suggested that such Law
would be beneficial both to tho
public and to the police.
In many other cities the Law
demands that official reports on
accident cases be made to the
police.
In Tacoma there il NO such
system. and It Is frequently the
case that a hospital or physicisn
will refuse to make public any de-
tails regarding accidents that Are
of interest to the public.
Yesterday morning Z Tacoma
man accidentally shot himself,
but nothing WAS learned OF the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
T'HAW
s ILL
CALM

NEW YORK, July 9.-Calmly,
without blinking an eye-lash,
Harry Thaw told today how he
deliberately walked up to the
table occupied by Stanford White,
nine years ago, at the Madison
Square Garden, and shot him
dead.
1t was the climax of his attempt
to prove to jury that he is not
insane, and he passed it without a
tremor, even when States Attor-
ney Cook made obvious attempts
In cross-questioning him to arouse
his anger.
Were you insane" asked
Cook, when you shot White?"
Harry answered, as he had
been coached by his attorneys,
that such a question of opinion
could not be answered properly
by layman.
Ibid you consider yourself In
sane, and allow a plea of not
guilty on grounds of insanity to
be entered for your" he was ask
ed.
His attorneys objected success
fully to this question.
In his description Of shooting
White, Thaw said he had been
drinking when he received note
that White was at the Madison
Square Garden. He went there
directly with Evelyn, walked
about a bit, and saw White.
He was sitting up an aisle, 25
feet ahead of me-" said Thaw.
He was staring at me-"
He paused and then added
calmly:
Then I walked UP and shot
him."
He said he had been carrying
the pistol all day, and had been
intensely angered at Whites
treatment of Evelyn.
But through his recital, he kept
calm, evidently realizing the inn
portance OF his demeanor on the
stand.
After having been led by Cook
over every period of his life, dur
ling his sanity trial yesterday, a
climax came when with questions
in questioning to points Of the
actual killing Of White. Thaw
spoke evenly, with well modulat.
ed tones, not even raising his
voice. as the tense scene Of the
roof garden was again drawn In
clear outline.
And as he proceeded with the
story Thaw often gazed upward
as II trying to visualize this tragic
moment In his life. A deathliks
silence fell over the court room
las Thaw pronounced the fina'
words Of his brief act.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
TO SHOOT
CAT; KILLS HIMSELF

Jerking his rifle down from It's
hook in the basement yesterday
morning, intending to shoot a
vagrant cat that had been molest-
ing his chickens. George L. A.
Forck, 2709 East l street. was
fatally wounded when the weapon
discharged. shooting him through
the head.
Forck died at the Tacoma Gen.
eral hospital at 1890 last night,
after Drs, p. Bruce Rhea and
George A. Mace had done every
thing possible to prolong life.
Forck had been feeding hiA
chickens yesterday morning when
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
BUTTON
: LIKELY
TO QUIT

4 Dissension in the city health
department, aroused yesterday
when State Commissioner Graves
visited the city hall, may result
before the end of the week in the
resignation of Milk Inspector f..
A. Button.
IL Button resigns, new breach
will be opened, because the state
health department is said to want
DR.. w. d. CARAT of Puyallup
appointed milk inspector for Ia
coma, and Mayor Fawcett will
not acquiesce.
Button Angered.
DR.. Graves yesterday declared
that under the new milk inspec-
tion laws, the Tacoma milk in
spector is shorn of his power,
but offered, IL a new inspector
were appointed, to pay half the
salary and make the inspector a
state deputy.
DR.. Button, it is reported, has
become angered over the attempt
TO Gust him, and is ready to re-
sign.
Button can resign any time
that he sees fit, said Mayor Faw-
cett today. II don't want him in
my department If he is not salts
fled"
In Rebellious Mood.
Fawcett today notified Health
Officer Wall and Milk Inspector
Button that they were expected
to devote all their time to city
work.
Heretofore 1t has been custom
airy for the officers to only de-
vote half time to the city. Both
officers left the city hall inn
mediately after receiving the
mayors orders, and 1t was un-
derstood that both were in a re-
bellious mood.
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and took three lines of trenches
at the point of the bayonet. Fin
ally overwhelmed by numbers
they were forced to retire"
The minister told how his own
scoutmaster, Sergeant Shrosbee,
lay, wounded in ditch after the
charge until darkness fell and
then got lost between the British
and German lines. After wander
ing about for two hours. he found
himself between barbed wire en-
tanElements and trench and
called out for sentry only to be
answered by a star" shell and a
voiley Of rifle fire. He had vans
dereds back to the German lines,
lay dewn flat and finally crawled
to safety.
Il believe" he concluded,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
Powder Ship
Limps Safe
Into Harbor

HALIFAX, July with
matches battened down and vast
quantities Of steam forced into her
hold to quench the fire which
was caused in mid-ocean by a
mysterious explosion, the ammu-
.pition ship Minnehaha limped in
to this port early today.
AS soon as 1t is considered safe
to open the battened matches, an
investigation will be legun into
the blaze which threatened to
reach the $4,000 tons of ammuni-
.tion which she carried out from
New York.
The Canadian admiralty be.
lieves bomb was purposely set
in her hold, possibly by Frank
Holt, but before decision is CIV
en- out as to the cause of the ac-
cident, a rigorous probe will be
conducted.
For a time, however, the pro-
cess of suffocating any possible
fire by steam will be continued.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
FOR
MURDER DONE
48 YEARS AGO

BEDFORD, Iowa, July 8. -
Charged with being involved in a
murder which occurred as years
ago, Bates Hunstman, 10 years
old. is under arrest today.
Re refuses to discuss at all the
charge that in 1868 he assisted
in the murder of cattle-buyer,
who disappeared mysteriously
over night, together With $4,000
in gold which he had brought to
the then frontier stiste with him.
After the murder, It is alleged.
Hunstman and his accomplfoes
buried both victim and loot near
the scene Of the crime.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
(BULLETIN.)

Swinton WAS brought to
the police station this after
noon by Officer Swan Nell
son.
lie had been on his way TO
give himself up when he met
the patrolman and surTend-
cred.
His story is that he killed
Wise I'm self defense.
He declares that Wise and
GilbO We're among IA party of
young men who handled him
roughly just outside the rink
after the smoker, and that
later they jumped on him
when he was standing in
front of the bakery.
His face bears bruises to
back up this story.
lie had spent the night In
a vacant house ON Il street.
Ed Winston, a negro formerly
employed as doortender at the
theater, and recently re
tanned as porter and rubber in Thu
Tacoma Tigers club house, 4,
sought today by the police for the
of Irving Wise at 11tf
and X street last midnight.
No doubt that Winston Is the
man who stabbed Wise to deaf.
and seriously wounded Oscar Gil.
DO, his companion, is felt by De.
tective Captain Smith. More than
dozen persons saw the attack.
The negro is described as very
dark, smooth shaven with a
small, stubby mustache; of 1856
pounds weight; five feet, IL
inches tall, and is considered
good looking.
Single Stab Is Fatal.
The murder occurred in front
Of a bakery at 1105 X street,
after Wise and Gilbo, with sever
al other young men, had walked
TO the X street junction, follow.
ing their attendance at free
smoker given in the Glide rink.
Free beer served at the smok-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
THINKS HOLT
DID JOBS ALL
WITHOUT HELP

MINEOLA. July 9.-After a
brief session Of the inquest today
Coroner Jones intimated that he
viii find that Holt, both as the
-planter who wrecked the
capitol and as the assailant of
Morgan, worked without accom-
plices.
Adjournment was taken for a
week.
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every boy here would go to fill
their places If he had the chance,
and before this war ends many OF
you will get the chance to show
what you are made Of"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09

PARIS, July 9.-Arras is being
Systematically battered to utter
ruins by the shells Of the Ger
mans. 1t is stated the town has
been bombarded for two days at
long range. Many sections of the
city are in flames.
The officers announced, despite
the constant bombardment, that
no extensive damages had been
done the French Notifications.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-07-09
ARRAS
BURNS

BERLIN, July 9.-Official an
nouncements were received here
today that Arras is burning.
The cathedral has been Destroy
ed. Practically all of the French
supply stations have been de-
stroyed by the German artillery
fire.
The destruction of the cathed-
raj robbed the enemy of valuable
observation points, the statement
declared.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-07-08
GAUGE Tor Measuring soo,,a,r

The Ptttsburgher who resents the
tlmeworn variations OF the soft coal
smoke Eibes now has his chance to
prove that they are unIustihed. or re.
main forever silent by new inven.
ton Il Is AT present possible to measure
the soottall OF any city as accurately
as its ratn or snowfall may be meas
ured Already this SCOT gauge. tried
out In England, has proved what the
tourist long suspected. that London.
With all its yellow fog. has far nurer
air than the North OF England factory
cities OF Birmingham. Manchester and
IA, like, Not only have Pittsburgh and
other slandered American cities the
opportunity to Whiten their sooted
regulations, but the manufacturer. too
may nov establish accurately the ex.
act proportion OF hts contribution To
tho civic SCOT, for the new device,
judges the quality as We'll as the
amount Of sco,tall and is quite capsb,-
OF distinguishing between the factory
furnace and Kitchen range Literary
Digest
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1915-07-08

eager to participate in any distribution
OF coin, was gathering around him. lie
found two gold pieces which he put
into the hand OF the sailor
Thank you for taking care OF him
am at the Royal Hotel" He nodded.
and with Pitchoune under his arm
pushed his way through the crowd and
out OF the bazaar.
lie could not interview the dog him
self. although he listened. amused, to
Pttchounes own manner OF speech, He
spent the latter part Of the evening
composing letter to the minister OF
war. and although II was short, II must
have possessed certain evident and
telling qualities, for before he left Al.
glers proper for the desert. Sabron
received a telegram much to the point:
You may keep your dog | congratulate
you on such a faithful companion
CTO RE CONTINUED
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and It Was.

where he Immediately insisted upor
being the life OF the party.
Uncle Heck moved and seconded
That he sing the swan song from 10
hengrin," but his idea OF a swan was
so much like a turkey gobbler that
loving friends slipped him the mecca.
sins and elbowed him out of the room
Then he went out in the buffers
pantry hoping TO do an Omar Khayvam
with the grape, but not finding any no
began to recite, Down in the Lebisb
valley me and my people grew; was
a blacksmith. Capn; yes. and a good
one too! Let me sit down a minute
a stones got into my shoe"
tut II wasn't stone. and II didn,,
get into his shoe, 1t was potato
salad aud it got into his face when tho
irish cook threw it at him for interior.
ing with her work.
I'm discouraged. murmured I-,o,.
heeN' and presently ne was sleepipr
Win magnificent noises on the SOTO
in the library. q
there we're present At the battle IN
the drawing room Uncle Peter Crane
and Aunt Martha; Hep Hardy and HE
diamond shirt studs: Bunch jefferson
and his wife. Alice; Bud Havler and
AIS second wife; Phil Merton ara RI
thtrd wife: Dave Mason and his st,,
uonary wife, Stub Wilson ana hi.
vile Jennie. who is Peaches sister
and a few others who asked IN h,ya
their names omitted.
The mad revels were inaurur,,s4
oy the Pipptn brothers. who attsD,rt.
ed to drag some grouchy music ont -,
guitars that didn't want to riyaun
Tue Flppin brothers part their hair :,
the middle and always do the r,s-oh
nom The Babes In ToyIand" on ,bs,,
H'Ahaouns as an encore.
II Victor Herbert ever catches ,bsu
tnereH De a couple OF shine ch,,5.
ehokers away to the bad
When the Pippin brothers took .
0eS and backed OF into a vass .,
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we could, in the hope that she would
talnt with surprise and stop playing,
but no such luck.
9he tied a couple of chords together
and swung that piano like a pair of
Indian clubs.
First she did my Old Kentuctv
home" with variations, until every.
oooy who had a home began to ween
Tor fear it might get to be like ber
Kentucky home.
The variations were where she rro5o
a mistake and struck the right no,o
Then Gladiola moved up to the
squeaky end of the piano and gave on
mutation Of Swiss music box.
IL sounded to me like a Swiss
cheese. ""lsS
Presently Gladiola ran out of raw
material and subsidized, while wa all
app'"uded her with our fingers crossed
a"u TWO very thoughtful ladies' bapan
20 talk fast to Gladiola so as to taI,a
her mind off the piano
ms excitement was followed nv
catastrophe named Minnehaba
Jones' who picked up a couple of 90,
praho songs and screeched them ~
Minnehaha is one of those fa.r,oss
S'users who vocalize without a sofotT.
Na''e. She always keeps her aves
closed SO she can't tell just when bo o.
Suutehce gets up and leaves the roor,
The next treat was a mixed dnet -
tue mute and trombone between C1or
euee smith and Lancelot Diffenbersar
WIN a violin obligato on the sida ~
Hector Tompkius. .!
Ne'er before have l seen rnus,o -
roughly handled. "S'' SO
II looked like a walk-over for Clar.
enee, but in the fifth round he hrer .
couple Of green notes and L.ancaIot 90.
the decision. -N' eiot got
tuen' Tor a consolation prize Ha.-
1Cr led out in the middle Of the roono
. Mns'e he assassinated Mascagn;.s
NS'aiieria Rusticana" so thoronsbIS
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CHAPTER vIl--continssd.

My dear Julia. my Eodson. ths
Due dc fremont" And aabron bowed
70 both the Iedies. 20 the duke. and
went away,
Thia was tbs picture he might add
20 his collection the older woman IN
her vivid dress. Julia IN her simpler
Eown. and the titled Frenehman bow
inE over her hand
When be went out to the front ter,
race nrlnet waM there with his horse
and Pltchoune was there as well, atilf,
" waliinE at attention
Brunei" said the oflceF 10 hts
man. win you take Pltchoune around
% the servants quarters and give him
% Miss Redmond'a maidg am going
20 leave him here"
Good mon Capitaina." said the
ordonnance. and whistled 70 the dog.
Pitchoune sprang toward his master
with a short sharp bark What he un.
derstood would he hard 10 say. but all
that ha wanted 10 do was To remain
with SabFon. SAFFRON bent down and
atroked him.
90, my friend with nrunet. Go.
mon yieuN, go he commanded stern,
". aud tho little dog, trained 20
obedience a. q soldiers dog should be-.
trotted reluctantly 1t tho heels Of the
ordounanee. and the soldier threw his
feg over the saddle and rode away
lie rode regardless Of anything but
che fact that be was going.
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/ Whsre VelVets and scarfs were saiEs
sold ~ double their worth under the
light Of flaming yellow lamp. As he
| stood 80. his back 10 the cafe where q
number OF the ships crew we're drink,
| ing. hs heard a short sharp sound that
had a sweet familiarity about II and
whose individuality made him start
with surprise He could not believe
his ears He heard the bark again
and then he was sprung upon by lit
tie body that ran out from between the
legs Of a sailor who sat drinking bis
coffee and liquor
Gracious heavens" exclaimed Sab
ron. thinking that he must be the vic
tim OF hashish dream. "PitchOuneH
The dog fawned on him and whtned
erouched al his feet whining-like a
child sabron bent and fondled him
The sailor from the table called the
dog imperatiyely. but Pitehoune would
have died at his masters feet rather
than return. II his throat could have
uttered words he would have spoken,
but his eyes spoke They looked as
though they we're fearful
"Pitchoune. mon veux! No. 1t can't
be Pitchoune But II Is Pitchoune!"
And sabroD took him up in his arms.
The dog tried TO lick his face.
"Voyons." said the officer to the ma.
rine. who came rolling o"er 70 them.
where did you get tails s0s
The young mans voice was i'm
perative and he fixed stern eyes on the
sailor. who pulled his forelock and ex
planned
HE was following me" said Sabron.
not without slight catch In his voice
The body Of Pitchoune quivered under
his arm "IIe Is my dog. | think his
manner proves It. II you have grown
fond OF him ! am sorry for you. but
think you will have TO give him up"
sabron put his hand in his pocket
and turned little away to be free OF
the native crowd that, chattering and
grinning. amused and curious and
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SEEING LIFE Wih
f25m7s JOHN HENRY
SH 81 GeorqeVHobart
ESH.lNfqN9 John Henry Has Musical
John Henry Has a Musical

I flowers we were all invited to listen TO
a soprano solo by Miss Imogene Glass
| face
When Imogene sings she makes
faces at herself. When she needs a
high note she goes after it like hen
after ladybug. IAnogene sang sleep
Sweetly Sleep, and then kept US
awake with her voice.
Then we had Rufus Kellar Smith,
the parlor prestidigitator. Rufus was
bad boy.
He cooked an omelet in a silk hat
and when he handed the nat back to
Hep Hardy two poached eggs fell out
and cuddled up in Helps hair.
Rufus apologized and said he'd do
the trick over again if someone would
lend him hat, but nothing doing. We
all preferred our eggs boiled.
Then we had Claribel Montrose in
select Rotations. She was all the
money.
Claribel grabbed THE Wreck Of the
Hesperus" between her pearly teeth
and shook it to death. Then she got
a halfNelson on Poes Raven" and
put it out of business.
Next she tried an imitation Of the
balcony scene from Romeo and
Juliet" If Juliet talked like that dame
did no wonder she took poison.
Then Claribel let down her back hair
and started in to give us a mad scene
and it was. Everybody in the room
got mad.
When peace was finally restored,
Mrs. rockingham informed US that
the rest of the paid" talent had disap-
pointed her and she'd have to depend
on the volunteers. Then she whispered
to Miss Gladiola Hungerschnitz, where
upon that young lady giggled her way
over to the piano and began to knock
its teeth out
The way Gladiola went after one of
Beethoven's sonatas and slapped its
ears was pitiful.
Gladiola learned to injure a piano at
a conservatory of music. She can take
a Hungarian rhapsody and turn it into
goulash in about 32 bars.
At the finish of the sonata we all
applauded Gladiola just as loudly as
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marks, which in their Original
form the basis of a Scotch
called, Loeb Lomond."
Buds system of speaking I'D
fish language is to say with hlsl
as much of a word as he can i
Der and then finish the rest 81 4
his hands.
Imagine what Bud would da|
song with an oatmeal foundatio
Loeb Lomond."
When Bud barked out the fl
bars, which say "By yon bonalsl
and by yon bonnie brae," ever
within hearing would have cried
joy if the piano had fallen OIL
him and f1attened his equator,
And when he reached the plot
piece, where it says, "YOu TAX
high road and I'll take the low
Uncle Peter took a drink, Phil !
took the same, Stub took an oat
l took a walk.
And ell the while Buds VII
there, with the glad and winning
Of a swordfish on her face, Ast
with a heart full of pride Ehll
crime-laden husband chased shal
less song all over the parlorI ana
ly left it unconscious under tae
At that point Hep Hardy got =
volunteered to tell some funny >
and this gave us all a good elel
put on our overshoes and w
night" to our hostess Withhold 2
ing anybody.
Hep Hardy and his funny scFA
always used to close the shOH
john" said Peaches after '
home; Il want to give muslHl
II"
Certainly, old girl" ] So
We'll give one in the nearest .
picture theater. If we don't y
show all we have to do is to e.
eyes and thank our lucky stans
nothing to listen to"
"Oh! aren't you hateiu'
pouted.
Maybe / am, at that.