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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

slip through would be seized.
Explaining this scheme the author
says:
"The only logical alternative is to
dispatch an army of infantry with
the lightest type Of field guns in big
sea-going lighters, towed by power
full but shallow draught tugs, under
escort of a powerful composite
squadron of warships, and to fling
the fotilla, at high tide, if possible,
straight upon the shore.
"Such an. expedition could be pre-
pared in absolute secrecy by turning
to account the natural features Of the
German coast. No great port was to
be concerned in any way. ALI that
was required was sufficient depth Of
water to float the lighters and tugs;
and this is supplied by seven insig-
fieant streams issuing from the Fris-
ian littOral, and already furnished
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

clever idea, as steam was not then
understood and wind was the best
power known.
Another print shows Napoleon's
army marching to Dover through a
submarine tunnel, which they have
constructed unknown to the English.
Sixty years later progress in en-
cheering made a tunnel between
England and France quito possible.
The British military authorities then
vetoed the plan, on the ground that
it would destroy the security which
the sea gave the country.
To-day the tunnel is being built,
and the authorities know that If 1t
were completed # would be Of i'm
mense value to England in cooper
ating with France.
The truth seems to be that the
English authorities believe that the
Germans have planned out a cOmpre-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08
Emperor Williams Submarine InfantyFrom London Bysande

use of various heavy metals in the manufae-
ture Of nursing nipples and small rubber toys
affords an instance of a possible unsupported
danger to the health OF infants who tend to
extract soluble products from such articles in
the mouth or by the gastric juice when small
pieces of the rubber are accidentally sWal-
lowed Obviously they should be free from
soluble toxic substances.
The government chemists state that the
occurrence of antimony in black rubber can be
explained only on the hypothesis that rubber
scrap or recovered rubber has been used in
the compromising. We are told that the use Of
miscellaneous scrap. and especially OF reCOv-
cred rubber OF shoddy, is Objectionable be-
cause of its unknown chemical composition
The use Of lead compounds in rubber prepare
lions is common, and salts Of mercury are
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

It is said that the publication of
this book led to a complete change
in British naval policy. The Brit
ish 7eet was concentrated in home
waters instead of being scattered
over the world. and two naval bases
on the North Sea, one on the River
Humber and the other at Rosyth, in
Scotland, were constructed espe-
ally to watch Germany.
One oddly ingenious scheme OF
invading England has been an
nOunced during the present war.
A dispatch from Copenhagen de-
clared that the Germans we're build
ing a fleet of huge submarines, car
rying one thousand men apiece.
The idea Of & feet of submarines
Unexpectedly popping out on the
shore and landing an army is
striking one, but experts say that it
is impracticable.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08
HorU England, for More ]
Than 100 Years, Has Been
ThrolOn Into Occasional
Spasns of Terror by
Suggested Plans of Conquest

hensive method Of invading England
and they, the English, have made
their arrangements to deal with it.
The ordinary Englishman thinks
Of two possible methods Of invad
ing his country-Zeppelin raids not
being ranked as an invasion. These
methods are ID the seizure Of one
OF more English ports by a tremen-
dous German feet and the landing Of
troops at them, and ~, the landing
of troops from transports in small
boats at some open unprotected part
Of the coast.
Englishmen were cOnsOled by the
assurance that these methods were
practically hopeless, first, because
the attack on port would give the
English plenty Of time to concentrate
troops in that direction, and. second,
because the placing of troops in small
boats would expose them to destruc-
ton by comparatively small forces
ashore.
There is, however, a third method
which promises better success. It's
revelation came as a shock to some
Englishmen. This method is by
means of shallow lighters carrying
500 or 1000 soldiers each. The men
would step directly ashore from the
lighters.
The practicability of this method
was first revealed some years ago by
ETskine Childers in a remarkable
novel called "The Riddle Of the
Sands" He worked out down to the
last details the supposed German
plan of invasion.
The lighters would be assembled
secretly IN the rivers that flow from
Germany into the North Sea behind
a fringe of islands. They would be
piloted by German sailors thorough
ly familiar with the British coast.
The British feet would be crushed
or drawn in another direction by a
German feet, and an opportunity to
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

with small harbors and slUice gates.
All Of these streams would have to
be improved, deepened and general
ly canalized, ostensibly with a com
mercial end, for purposes of traffic
with the islands, which are growing
health resorts during a limited Sum-
mer season.
"SeaWard the whole OF the coast
is yelled by the fringe Of Islands and
the zone Of shoals. Landward the
loop Of railway round the Tristan
Peninsula would form the line Of
communication in the rear of the
seven streams. Esens was to be the
local centre of administration when
the scheme grew to maturity, but
not till then. Every detail for the
movement OF troops was to be ar
ranged for with secrecy and exacti-
tude many months in advance and
from headquarters at Berlin"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

used to some extent. Either Of these metals
would be highly Objectionable in a compound
to be used for nipples or children's toys.
A study of the solubiity of the anthony
found in rubber nipDle5-partcuiariy Of the
red variety-was made under conditions APP
prOximating what might exist with infants.
Thew showed an extraction Of quantities Of an
timOny Of 20 per cent Of an emetic dose in
normal saliva of an aCiiity commonly found
in an infants mouth It is apparent, tnere-
fore, without further discussion Of the posi-
bilities of cumulative action Of slight dos
ings resulting from the absorption Of small
amounts of antiE0ny oven 9 considerable Pc
Rod of time that the use of anumOny rubber
in nursing nipples, teeth rings and other rub
Der materials used by young infants is at
least undesirable.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

A T the present moment a large
"A part Of the population Of Eng
4 a land is in a state Of acute
alarm over the possibility Of Ger
man invasion Of the island.
The form in which the invasion
IS feared varies from the possible
Zeppelin raid to the most fantastic
schemes.
The English newspapers are filed
with cartoons intended to suggest
the fantastic character Of a whole
sale German invasion, but the prep
aratiOns made show that the English
take the danger very seriously.
One picture shows the German
army marching under the sea to
England in divers suits. This con
solingly suggests to Englishmen the
difficulty Of reaching their island and
at the same time acknowledges that
the Germans are a people who take
an enormous amount Of trouble.
Ever since the Napoleonic wars
the English have been in times Of
excitement accustomed TO discuss the
possibility of invading their country.
Many Britons have loudly declared
it impossible, but some excellent au-
thorities, including Lord Roberts,
have maintained the possibility.
Napoleon planned to invade the
country with the aid of a great feet
of barges loaded with soldiers, and
propelled by oars, and escorted by
warships. A storm interfered with
the first attempt and then events
elsewhere made a renewal impos-
sible.
Old prints Of that period show
that the English then discussed the
most fantastic projects of invasion,
just as they are doing to-day. An
ingenious print, published in 1873,
shows a huge French raft propelled
by windmiils conveying thousands Of
French soldiers. This was quite a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

Above Is a Curious Old Print
Published in London in 1901,
When Napoleon Was Prepar-
ing to Invade England. This
Shows the French Army Sc
cretly Approaching England's
Shores by a Tunnel Under the
Channel, While Balloons and
Warships Aid the Attack. The
Author OF This Old Print Had
a Clever Idea of the Possibil-
tiles of Future Warfare.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

On the Right Is a
Cartoon Of To-day
in the London By
stander Fantastic
ally Imagining the
German Army
Marching to Eng
land Under the Sea
in Divers Suits
and Protected by
Submarines. Some
Features of This
Scheme Are Not
Incredible.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08

On the Left Is
Anothe r Old
Print of NaPol-
cons Time, Pub
Iished in 1888,
S h o wing the
French Army Car
ried to England
on a Huge Raft
Ingeniously Prop
eIled by Wind
mills and Bearing
a Great Fort. Is
It Possible We
Shall See a Battle
ship or Floating
Fort as Large as
This?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01

TO GRAB
WATERS


s OLYMPIA, March 1.-Monop-
oily on the waters of Puget Sound
for the present steamship lines
was defeated only by a sharp
fight by Senator Landon of King
and lverson of Kitsap.
In senate bill SOL, 1t was pro-
posed that anyone who wished
to operate any vessel, of no mat
ter what tonnage, must prove to
the public service commission
previously. that mis- service was
a public necessity" In other
words, he had to get permission
from a state commission before
he could operate a boat on the
waters created by the Almighty.
Senator Jones of Tacoma
was principal prepayment of
this clause. II was stricken
before the bill passed.
Iverson told of the co-opera-
tive boat line which the citizens
of Poulsbo started themselves
after intolerable experiences with
the private-monopoly line. If
this law had been in effect, they
never could have done this, he
said, without showing it wouldn t
hurt the private line.
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FOUR KIDS LEAVE
HOME TO SEE FAIR
AND HELP VILLA

Four young Seattle lads whe
started last night for San Fran.
cisco to see the Panama-Paclfie
exposition, after which they In
tended going into Mexico to take
a hand in the revolution, were
picked up at Ruston this morning
and hurried back to their aux
ious parents.
II don't see how you can arr
rest us when we have money"
Indignantly spoke Bernard
Walsh, leader of the party, to
Marshal Boyd, lingering his
Ratchet which hung menacingly
from his belt.
His companions were Joseph
Ratigan, Ia years old; Howard
Green, Is years, and Albert +.
Fielding, 10.
They carried besides the hatch
ct, a package OF crackers and
one of chewing gum. They had
nearly SIT between them.
Last night the four slept In .
box car.
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GHOSTLY
CRIM ES.
ENACTED.
BY a star Correspondent.

AURORA. ILL.,, March IA
ghostly slayer who haunts this
midwest towns far-famed muir
der belt" has just struck down
his third girl victim-clubbed
her to death on a main street AZ
an early hour of the evening ana
disappeared into the black night
of mystery which still cloaks the
grim solution of two preceding
tragedies!
Standing out from that ghast-
ly history of murder are three
horrible pictures. p
The first scene flashed
upon the startled eyes OF
Aurora people little moro
than n year ago.
1t was of a young woman's
body, lying in blood-spattered
snow across a grave. The girls
aged mother, moved by a sinister
intuition, had leaped from her
bed at about II o'clock on the
night of Feb. 16, 1915, and, clad
only in her night clothes, had run
barefoot across the moonlit snow
to the neighboring cemetery.
There she found her daughters
dead body.
That was the Aurora grave
yard murder. Theresa Hollander
was the victim. The brute who
struck the blow was never found.
A few months later
people were still whispering
I'm hOrror-struclx tones of the
unsOlved graveyard murder
came the Aurora church,
yard murder. -.
On the evening of Nov. 10 last
another young woman was found
lying in pool of blood, half un-
der the hedge surrounding the
Aurora First Methodist church
yard. The victim was Miss Jen-
ME Miller, daughter OF a former
mayor. Her head had been
crushed in by a blow from a
plumbers wrench. The man who
welded 1t was never found. ys
Now comes the third MUIR {
der. 4.
Miss Emma Peterson was tile
victim. Two young women, ref
turning from the movies az
lbout 1920 in the evening
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Business Girl Saws High Cost Of
Counting Will Make Her Old Maid
BY CYNTHIA GREY.

Will kind young men tell
me Just what 1t costs TO
,ourt a girl?
And will some of the girls
please define their demands
upon the pocketbOOks OF
youths who come a-wooing?
This information is want
ed in answer to the follow
ing letter:
Dear Miss Grey:
"Am employed at fair sal
airy, but am rooming and have no
place to entertain young men ex-
cept the front porch. You see,
they cannot sit around the house
and spoon as they can when a
girl lives with her parents.
II have three especially nice
men friends.
"First-there's Bob. We were
engaged 10 months, but l broke
it up because, although he works
steadily, he makes no progress
and it would probably be years
before we could marry.
"Next-there's AL. He would
take me out every evening If !
would let him, and when ! have
no time for him, he sends me
flowers, fruit and candy.
"Last-there's Homer: l real
ly like him better than any man
/ ever met, but my girl friends
make fun of his clothes and call
him a 'tight-wad.
81 am 23 years old but I don't
look it. Still I'm old enough 10
see that my first steady couldn't
save because it was so expensive
to take me out.
'Al would go in debt to please
me but then he would for any
other girl he happened to fancy.
And Homer, whom ! surely
love, never spends a dollar for a
high class show, only calls once
a week, and seems to shy at ask
ing a good dresser like me to
marry him.
But don't you think Homer
would come across with more If
he really loved me? Or do l
expect too much? Or is 1t all
because have to board. If it
Is my fault, let me know.
"MARCELINE."
Now who can tell who is :,
to blame for this impending
tragedy?
DO girls demand too much
of ordinary suitOrs?
Is IL more expensive to
WOO a business girl than one
who lives with her parents?
Is the saving youth u
"tight-wad" who will make
a stingy husband?
IN rs~"t what does IL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01

stumbled upon her body, which
lay in the shadow across the sids-
walk of a main residence street,
not five blocks from the heart
of the business district.
Those are the three chastity
pictures that Cypress the minds
of Aurora people today. But
other than their CORY details, In
all this eliminating series Of
tragedies, nothing is clear--.ah
Is blaekness.----- .-e-~ :
In one of Poe's. tales brilliant
detective work showed that the
murdered women were the VIC
tins Of an escaped orangoutang.
Tire baffied police of Aurora
are wondering whether some hn-
man degenerate--a mysterious
maniac more animal than man
is not likewise guilty of the Au-
roR murder belt" crimes.
sResideBts of the city be-
lieve almost as a unit that
their town harbors "Dr.
Jekyll and MFR. Hyde''-a re-
spectacle gentleman by day,
a brutal mailman by night.
For It must be, they say, and
:. Chief of Detectives Wirz
agrees, that these murders
were committed by the same
Criminal.
Vet after each tragedy, every
Suspicious character, every ruff
fiat every person who could in
any way be implicated was
rounded up. cross-examined,
grilled by third degree, but all in
vain.
The time of the attack was the
same in each case, somewhere
between s and 10 o'clock at
night. The weapon was in each
case sort of bludgeon. The
first scantling, the second al
heavy wrench, the third lead
pipe.
In, the present case, the only
clew is furnished by Mrs. Eliza
beth Calkins, who lives near the
scene of the crime, and who
heard Miss Peterson's one shrek
as she was struck. Mrs. Calkins
ran to the window and saw a ]
man in long black cloak dodg- |
ing across the street in the shad-
ows. He turned down a side
since then has utter
Iyi vanished!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01
Indian Woman
Divorces Her
White Hubby

Elizabeth. Waldron, daughter
of one of the oldest Indian fam
lilies in the Northwest, who is ex-
ceptionally well educated and re.
fined, was granted a divorce to-
day from Noah FWaldron, a white
man. =. IS
Mrs. Waldron broke into tears
when she told Judge yesterday
that 1t would be impossible for
her to live with Waldron again.
sHe mistreated me-" she said.
He accused me of. things my
honor would not have permitted
me to do. When denied his
charges, he struck me twice."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01

camp, where ] am an inmate.
by parcel post 1 mailing you a box containing a
and souvenir buttonhook. The hook you will please
accept present from We get your paper and
find that handle the
pie in the world in a humane way than the other
papers get a chance read
The cane is made of solid steel rod with paper
pressed about it. II any money shall
IL to buy magazines and papers.
WHAT'S WOVEN IN
There are 20 Of us here and of we have no
chance to draw the splendid library prison
proper. We have learned through suffering help one
another
III you could only the thoughts woven i'm between
the papers they passed the thoughts
time Of hope and sometime despair would UNDER
stand that the has value than that figured
in dollars cents.
Anything $3.50 will pay the material and will
give a little spare for reading matter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01
COURT
TAKES
HAND

Mrs. Pearl J. Jensen, a pretty
waitress with child to support.
asserts she IL in the clutches ri
Tacoma collection agency sharks.
She has appealed to the courts
to obtain relief from their meth
DDS and at the same time to gain
help in retaining her position.
which she fears she will lose
through the operations OF the col
lection agents.
Calls IL Blackmail.
Justice Graham, with whom
she talked today. declared the
case in the nature OF black
mail" He was instrumental In
bringing II to the attention OF
Deputy Prosecutor Phelps, who
has promised to take II In hand.
Mrs. Jensen declared one
of the parties to u garnish-
ment proceeding has come
to her room late at night
and leeringly asked her to
let him in for the night,
promising to drop the suit.
She slammed the door In
his face, she says. The case
was pushed from that time
with renewed vigor.
Costs Piling Up.
Since Feb. g.. six writs OF
garnishment have been served on
the American cafe, q Pacific ave-
nue. lunch counter, where Mrs.
Jensen works, forcing the pro-
prietor to make answer In court
each time as to the amount OF
money due the young woman.
Additional costs are, piled I'm
against her with each service.
BILL IL Increased.
The original bill was for
$3.50. incurred for clothing.
She now owes $3.50, including
accrued costs.
The bill was assigned by the
original holder to A. 8. Lynch,
but who formerly managed the
who Is now in the insane asylum,
Commercial Law corporation.
Since his Commitment, Lynch's
business is being handled by o.
0. McLane, lawyer, who Is
housed in the Perkins building.
May Lose Position.
Mrs. Jensen told Judge Gra-
ham today that unless steps were
taken to force the collection
sharks from molesting her she
would lose her position. Her
employers, she said, we're tired
of being brought into court ev-
cry two or three days to answer
garnishments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01

Would You Buy a Cane to Tighten
the Despair OF rs Human Beings?

Would like to buy have sale here at The Times
office?
you little told you that
would bring bit of sunshine
the prison Meskl?
from of the In the He
letter. giving his but asking that be kept
left he said He suggested that
it, instead offer 1t for sale
Somebody.
$780, We decided that IS ought be
price should bring times
steel rod,
nifty stick,
will buy and magazines for the
the
Well go a days to the best bidder.
Here's man decide
self:
The Times
rtipot ,;s tte- from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01
Wonder If This Will Come
True In the TeninO Oil Field?

has been averaging $50 barrels
day. .-sr
True to her promise. Mrs.
Armsworth came to Los Angeles.
Entering a tailor shop she am
nounced she wished to buy "a 3
suits of clothes. zone moment.
madame. 4" said the clerk. wild
eyed, as he rushed to the tele-
phone. He called the proprietor
at another store and asked II he
should get the police. The pro-
prietor hustled right over and to
his joy found Mrs. Armsworth
really meant what she said.
She bought four entire bolts
OF silver sheen all the same
color. and has 4 promise the suits
will be finished long before
Easter.
Il guess III just cali that weIl
the Silver Sheen, F" she sai{ 10
the tailor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01
FIREMAN's WIDOW !
WANTS A PENSION

Mrs. William A. Crisweli.
whose husband, a member OF the
Tacoma fire department, died last
week from tuberculosis contract
ed while working in a city ilre
station, presented q claim for
$1,000 to the Firemen's pension
board today. The claim VIII be
acted on next Monday.
e. A. Sherman, a fireman who
has been on leave OF absence Tor
six months with tuberculosis, was
today placed on the pension roll
by the firemen's board.
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l The speaker was Mrs. Kate
Armsworth.. owner. of oil wells
in the Coalinga field. and the
boys" were the 2S men en-
ployed by her in sinking new
we'll.
Its cinch.'' said the FORE
man. and never did men work
harder. Next day when the well
came in. It was found to be a
gusher, sending up more than
1000 barrels day. but II soon
settled down and for three weeks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01
England to Clap
On Embargo, Too

LONDON, March An en-
barge against shipments of all
commodities to and from Ger
many has been decided on by the
British government, Premier AS
quith announced today in the
commons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01

LOS ANGE-
LES, March L.
Boys, IL this
we'll runs 900
barrels or better
a day. Ill buy
every man on
the lease a new
suit of clothes
for Easter"
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la Dor
LOS E S
FIG H I

OLYMPIA, March H.
bill No. 25t, providing for
the repeal Of the eight-hossr
day ON state and county road
and bridge work was passed
by the house today. Sixty
two votes were registered in
favor of IL and 10 against.
Eleven members were absent
from roll call.
The bill was introduced by
Representative Lum Of Yak
ina. No definite length 0f
day for such work was pre-
scribed, the contractors hAv-
ing the privilege of working
their men as long ~ they
please.
A flood OF letters from the
Anti-Saloon league was received
by legislators today, voiclng an
urgent protest against the liquor
bills which are to come up for
consideration. Frank Manogu0
OF King, chairman of the public
morals committee, announced that
a meeting will be held tonight to
discuss the matter.
The senate appropriation bill
TOR $4,000 for the state univer-
sity was up for debate at noon.
The bill providing for . $40 TUT
ton fee for each semester for
state university students was
amended by Sharpstein OF Walla
Walla. to include Pullman college
This measure was also
being discussed today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-01

FRUIT MEN CUT WAGES.
NORTH YAKIMA, March L.
The fruit growers of this district
are virtually agreed on a wage
cut of 25 per cent on the scale
of last year for all orchard la
borers.
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est hundreds.
Write IL down today.
Mail it to Cynthia Grey.

! WASHINGTON, March L.
President Wilson today is In
doubt whether to make the
planned-for trip to San Francis
co March 81. because of the
troublesome foreign situation.