davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The day book., 1915-01-16

Anthony AIigretti, 1910 w. Ohio,
shot and seriously wounded John
Hochjac when latter broke window
this morning. Arrested,
The day book., 1915-01-16

Coroner investigating death. of
Henry Mueller, So, bartender 2811
Magnolia av. Died this morning,
Suspect poisoning. ..- -..... ..-.----.-. -
The day book., 1915-01-16

girl" bride Miss Marie
beauty bestowed her by Grand Duke
Mcheaowtch charming compliments Amer
hesed the United States Miss TaeT fance
S. Bryce Wing, successful New business
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-22
CHAS. ID. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
Nov. 22-29, Dec. 8, 1916.

LOCAL improvement District No.
s77.--Notfce is hereby given that
In pursuance of Ordinance No. $500
OF the City of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed In my hands for the
collection of the End annual INSTALL
ment Of the assessment levied for
grading to the established grade,
South 43rd Street from Mckinley
Avenue TO a point 400 feet west OF
the west line OF East "Ev Street.
with a roadway forty (40) feet In
width, and sidewalk and parking
space on each side thereof, twenty
t20) feet In width; constructing
curbs. cutters and crosswalks OF
plank. cement concrete sidewalks
five CD feet In width. except where
on account of fills, wood walks are
necessary, together with the neccs-
sary storm water drainage.
Said instailment may be paid on
or before December 22nd, 1918. but
II not paid on or before said date.
added interest. penalty and costs
will attach.
CHAS. d. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

~~~-~~>~~~~>~~S>~>~> >~~s>~~>N~~~>~~~>~~~-~->
bull for service. 1895
Pacific av. Phone Mad. 1907.
LADY pianist Will furnish dance
music for house parties or for
dancing after large card parties,
very reasonable. Mrs. Grace Peter
son, 2S05 South NJ, or call Main
1890 and leave your phone number.
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CHAS. d. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.

LOCAL Improvement District No.
753.--Notice Is hereby given that
IN pursuance OF Ordinance No. 5125
of the City of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection of the 3rd annual in-
stallment of the assessment levied
for grading to the established
grade. South 5sth Street from South
Park Avenue to co, Street with =
roadway thirty-ffve (35D feet ii
width and q parking space on each
side thereof seventeen and five-
tenths t11.0 feet In width. con-
structing curbs, cutters and cross
walks OF plank. together with the
necessary storm water dr1fnafe.
Sail installment may be paid on
or before December 22nd, 1913. but
II not paid on or before said defs
added interest, penalty and coats
viii attach cr.xs = ..r.rv,,.
City Treasures,
Nov. 1920, Dec. {. 1918. s. rs
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LOCAL improvement District No.
1115.---Notice Ia hereby given that
In pursuance Of Ordinance No. $3.50
of the City of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed In my hands for the
collection Of the End annual INSTALL
ment of the assessment levied for
constructing a sanitary sewer OF
eight ts) inch pipe. together with
all necessary tees. yves. risers and
manholes, In the alley between
Co and ~ Streets from South
18th to South lard Street; and on
South 43rd Street from IF" Street
to connection with the present
sewer on the alley between Park
Avenue and c. Street
Said installment may be paid on
or before December 2znd. 1915, but
II not paid on or before said date,
added interest. penalty aNd costs
CHAs. ID. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

~~r~~~>~~>>~>~>>~~-~~s~~ r>~~s~>>~~>~~~~~->~>>-
LOCAL Improvement District No.
T95.-Notice is hereby given that
in pursuance OF Ordinance No. 1919
of the. City of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed in my hands for the
collection of the LIST annual INSTALL
ment of the assessment levied
for grading to the established
grade, East IL" Street from Divis-
ion Lane to South seth Street; East
South 36th Street; Lennox Place
from East M Street to the east
line of Mckinley Park Heights; Di-
vision Lane from Howe Street to
East IL" Street; and Fairbanks
Street from East IL" Street to
said portion of East IL" Street thir-
ty (30) feet in width and a side
walk and parking space on each
side thereof fifteen C5) feet In
width; roadway on East m"
Street thirty (30) feet In width and
a sidewalk and parking space on
each side thereof twenty-five (25)
to Fairbanks Street ard a roadway
twenty 600 feet in width and a
sidewalk and parking space on each
side thereof ten Q0) feet In width
from Fairbanks street to South
seth Street with a roadway In Len
nox Piace twenty t20D Feet In
width and a sidewalk and parking
space on each side thereof ten (1o)
feet in width; roadway twenty
five (25) feet in width on the north
side of Division Lane and a side
walk and parking space on the
north side thereof twenty (20) feet
In width; and a roadway on the
south side of Division Lane TWEEN
ty (20J feet in width and side
walk and parking space on the
south side thereof fifteen (15) feet
in width, and a center parking
of varying widths; and a roadway
on Fairbanks Street thirty (30)
feet in width and a sidewalk and
parking space on each side thereof
twenty-five t25) feet In width, con-
structing curbs, cutters and cross
walks of plank and laying down on
said sidewalk spaces, cement con-
crete sidewalks five (5) feet In
width. together with the necessary
storm water drainage.
Said installment may be paid on
or before December 21st, 1915, but
II not paid on or before said date,
added interest, penalty and costs
will attach.
CIAs. ID. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
No. r..
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LOCAL Improvement District No.
9z1.--Noffce Ia hereby given that
In pursuance Of Ordinances No. 1851
Of the City Of Tacoma, Roll has
been placed In my hands for the
collection Of the LIST annual I'm
stalhnent Of the assessment levied
for laying cement conorate side
walks rive tel fecl n width on the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-22
BUSINESS CHANCES

~>D-~->~>~~.-~~~~>>~>>~--- ~>~-~~~~>~~---~~-~~~-~
IF YOU want a neat, clean little
grocery and confection BUSH
ness, now Is your chance TO tuy
it from owner and save agents
commission. Rent $12, with lis
ing rooms. Phone Main 5000.
FOR SALE CHEAP--Restauran
good location, good business and
In the heart of the business GEN.
ter. PA, Times.
RETAIL bakery ana bakers lunch
doing cash counter business.
Reason for selling Ill health. liza
Commerce.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-22
FURNISHED ROOMS

FOR RENT--Large furnished front
room, bay window bath. tele-
phone, homo conveniences, 81 per
week. oil No. X. Tel. after p. M,
or Sundays. Main 1894.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
Bv Altman

>s>>~~~~~>~ ~~~>~~~~~~~~s~--
South 9th Street to South 9th
Street and extending the neces-
sary aprons at South 6ith Street.
Said tnstallment may be paid on
or before December 22nd, 1915 but II
not paid on or before said date.
added interest. penalty and costs
Will attach.
CHAS. ID. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
Nov. 22-2o. Dec. 6. 1916.
LOCAL Improvement District No.
92e. - Notice Is hereby given
that In pursuance of Ordinance No.
e59Ss of the city OF Tacoma, a roll
has been placed I'm my hands for
the collection of the LIST annual In
stallment of the assessment levied
for laying cement concrete side
walks five co feet In width on
r. Street from south 9ih street
to South nth Street.
Said installment may be paid on
or before December 2tst, 1915. but IL
not paid on or before said date
added interest. penalty and costs
Will attach.
CHAs. ID. Atkins,
City Treasurer.
Nov. 22-29. Dec. 6, 1915.
LOCAL Improvement District No.
4S1.--Notice is hereby given that
In pursuance OF Ordinance No. $3.50
of the City of Tacoma, a roll has
been placed In my hands for the
collection of the End annual In
stallment of the. assessment levied
for grading to the established grade
a roadway forty-six t46) feet In
width on Yakima Avenue from a
point fifty t50) feet south OF South
3Sth Street to "A point thirty four
t3D feet South Of South 4Sth
Street, and laying down on said
roadway a pavement of asphalt
asphaltie concrete, granitoid or ere
osoted blocks on concrete base,
with concrete and reinforced con-
crete curbs, and the necessary
storm water drainage.
Said Improvement shall also con-
sist in constructing the necessary
storm water drainage on South
18th, South 10th and South 4sth
Streets from Yakima Avenue to
Park Avenue.
Provided that the work to be
done by the Tacoma Railway and
Power Company, shall not be In
cluded in this improvement.
Said fustallment may be paid on
or before December 22nd. 1915, but
IL not paid on or before said date
added interest. penalty and costs
Will attach.
CHAs. d. ATKINS,
City Treasurer.
Nov. 22-29, Dec. 8, 1915.
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SNAP. For the fellow that can
use II. acres on car line in West
End, level, close to Day Island.
Price $3.50; s25 cash. U-1. Times.
5 acres, n mile from car line.
$500; any terms. Box 265, So.
Tacoma.
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CITY TreA1uf01I
Nov 1920. Dec. .. 1915. s.
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VETERINARY SURGEON

REMEMBER, when In need of
doctor for your horse or COW or
animals, or medicine Tor them, call
at 604 So. I st. or Phone Main 7243fi
DIR. ]. ID. Pearsaii. v. 8.
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HELP-FEMALE

rs~~~s--s--
LARGE knitting mill invites corre-
spondence with women DESTROYS
of earning money. full time or spare
hours. Experience unnecessary.
Good pay. Address International
Mills, Inc, Dept. 20, Norristown. Pa.
WANTED--Persons to color art pic
lures at home. easy work; no eX-
perience; good pay; sample free.
Wheeler Co., 337 Madison, Chicago.
FREE book to ladies THE Way the
Life," at 419 Fidelity bldg
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|f'tift and Dcp0t TDusi1L Hotel.
lpf3s1' 1eIfie IS. Tel Main SIS.
tazt< feroraR lvsso q. M. 4:3o p.
~ Z <nfn1fpp. LOO a. m, SOC >.
fas o. M; Wilkeson 7:45 a. IN.
.. m. Burnett 1855 a. m, 2:10 D.
m, 80. Prairie sos q. m. ego B.
N. -
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TRADE

Our 640-a. ranch, all level. val
ley land, with free range near in
Southeastern Oregon; also 2 800
a. ranches, valley farms, to sell
or exchange for Western Wash
ington property. For particulars
see owner, 500 North 50th st.,
Tacoma, Wash.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-23

Nearly quarter of a century ago
says the New York World, Lord Sails
bury drove a very sharp bargain (as
he thought for England He gave
Helgoland to Germany in exchange fol-
Zanzibar. Queen Victoria gained a
great tract of jungle and swamp on
the eastern coast of Africa and the
Kaiser just a tiny little "L"-shaped
island IN the North Sea, rs miles from
the mouths of his Elder, Elbe and
Weser rivers.
Lord Salisbury's diplomacy was
praised to the skies for this clever
coup, and the Kaiser, just then com.
ing forth into world politics. was
laughed at for big "dummkopf." AS
one authority naively wrote at the
time:
THE new owners were not then par
ticularly rejoiced over their bargain,
and now they have additional cause
for discomfort in the fact that the is
land-which is simply a triangular
slab of red mari and sandstone, scarce.
ly three miles in circumference, rising
abruptly 200. feet out of the seals
yisibly crumbling away and effacing
itself in the waves more rapidly than
any other place of equal size known
to scientific observation. A
few generations. or at most a few
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-23
COMING OF THE
ATLANTIC ships
Absorbing TOPIC
Much Local Speculation as to
Duration of Stay and SeIec-
ton of BattIeShipS

The StarEuIIetin printed story
from its Washington correspondent a
few days aga, u the effect that five
battIeships Of the Allan lie fleet would
escort Secret ~ OF the Navy Daniels
10 Hawaii net April Since this an.
nouncement there has been a lot of
speculation as TO the ships that would
make the ranspaci1c voyage, the
probable duration OF stay here. and the
number of men that would get a
chance to see the island.
AS TO what ships will make the
trip. there has been no announcement
10 date. All that is defini ely known
is that one division, Of five ships. would
make the trip However. the division
al organization OF the Atlantic fleet
Is such that about 5000 men and 259
10 300 officers make up the combined
complement. and this f. about the
number thzt may be expected here.
IL is not likely that the battleship7
will lie in port more than five days,
as the secretary sets this as the limit
OF his stay. However, here is good
chance. according TO local naval off.
GERS, Of the diSfslon making side
trip to Hilo, 10 give the men a chance
10 visit the volcsno. This trip was
made by all The ships of the Pacific
fleet three years ago. and the scheme
worked out so we'll that Il is likely to
be repeated with the Atlantic ships.
According u the San Francisco pa
pers $4,000 officers and men OF the
United States navy. the, combined per-
sonnet OF the Atlantic and Pacific
fleets, will receive sns ensnce from
Mare Island navy yard during the
opening week OF the Panama.Pacific
international Exposition, according to
announcement made ct Vallejo recent
~. The information that thewarshlps
OF the Atlantic fleet. which will make
the journey Q San Francisco waters
via the Panama canal. will be manned
BY force Of % 500, came from Wash.
ington in response 70 . query from
the general stcrekeeper at Mare Isl.
and. II is not known Just how long
the fleet will remain in the vicinity
Of San Francisco, but acquisitions for
three months supplies viii be- put in
In the near future
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with eemented belt of armor, forti
fled with s7,500,OOO worth of modern
ordnance And right here in the open
sea is the Kaiser's advanced naval
base and aero station today, with its
east coast 4S-fathom roadsted which
can. hold the entire German fleet in
safety and 100 miles nearer England
than when they are at home.
Highlands magazines contain mil
lions of rounds of every class of am
munition. Mines, torpedoes, aerial
bombs and submarines are there in
abundance. Its huge garrison is heav'
lily provisioned for siege of years,
From the arrnored easements peer
Bertha Krupp's heaviest guns, which
can sweep the seas for ten miles and
more. 1t would take all the navies In
the world to hammer them down. T.
All this vast plant for war is kept
behind walls of the strictest secrecy
Even in the days of peace no one may
inspect the extensive hangers or &c
behind the parapets where the great
guns are Visitors must keep to I'm
terland, the little village down by the
shore, or stay strictly within the con-
fines Of the settlement on the Ober.
land, as the cliff top is called. -
And such is Englsnd's sorest spot
today /.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-23

tifie achievements used In the army
signal corps work
Another popularity OF the omnipres.
ent buzzer is It's ability to steal from
overland telegraph and telephone
wires. A wire from buzzer set laid
on the ground directly under a tele-
graph or telephone line and parallel
to 1t will pick up" or steal every
thing that goes on over the overhead
wires. Messages, bits of conversation,
private information of all kinds-noth-
ing is sacred from the avaricious "ear.
sight" of the little leather-bound con-
trivance, as long as the wire to which
1t is connected lies in the horizontal
neighborhood of some other wire.
The signal corps men in this country
call it the vampire"
1t is to the scientific trinity the
wireless, the field telephone and the
buzzerAthat war owes most Of its
debt Of wholesale slaughter in equal
responsibility with the artillery. At
Ypres, Przemysl. Arras, Brangy =
along 200 miles of reeking battle front
swept By an awful annihilating bliz-
zard of shrapnel-it was the sensitive
ganglia of the signal corps quivering
across the smoke-palled firing line
that marked the obiiteration Of whole
squadrons of living men-fnarked and
registered, and then flashed orders
that hurled countless thousands more
into the steel-sprayed spaces. Before
Liege, Charieroi, along the fork OF the
Meuse at Diran1--it was the electri-
cal nerves of the signal corps feeding
their minutiae of information into the
Unsuitable NAV Of headquarters that
brought the first tales Of the awful
slaughter along the frontier. It viii
be the same quiyering nerves that will
first register the end of the great
struggle when the warning nations,
out of the titanic chaos, shall pause
to count their dead and figure upon
the debit side Of the political ledger.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-23
navy OFFICERS
NOV, KNITTING
FOR BELGIANS

WASHINGTON grape juice
virtually the only means of relaxation
and poker regarded rather obviously
in high circles, Uncle Sans navy OIL
GERS afioat have taken up knitting to
break the monotony of the long hours
of the watch AS consequence many
otherwise scantily clad Belgians are
enjoying the warm comfort of wooden
scarfs and mufflers made by Ameri-
can ensigns, lieutenants, captains and
perhaps by some of even higher rank.
The Belgian relief committee today
received from an officer of the battle
ship Florida wooden scarf, accom-
panied by a card which said:
my kindest regards to the fellow
who is to wear this scarf. l know
of no better way of showing my feel
ing for him than to make a piece of
wearing apparel for him myself"
The note also promised more gifts
of the kind from the same donor and
some of his associates on the Florida
who have turned to knitting away the
idle hours. ..~.. .-.....
The officers name had been scratch.
ed of the card, though his naval rank
was still legible Mrs. John A. Logan,
chairman of the committee, said it
was not the first piece of naval knit
ting received for the Belgians.
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regular army. who won their commits
sions by yalor displayed in the Phil
ippine instruction. have recently been
detailed to the quartermaster's corps
of the army. One of these, Capt. E. A.
Sturges, late of the Fifth Cavalry, has
been detailed as quartermaster at Fort
Myer, Va, across the river from Wash
ington. and regarded as one Of the
most desirable posts in the country.
Capt. Sturges went into the Span
ish-American war as captain of Com
pany c of Tacoma, in the First Wash.
ington volunteer infantry. When the
regiment started home from the Phil
ippines, after its long fighting career
there. Capt. Sturges remained behind
as captain of a troop in the Eleventh
United States volunteer cavalry
There he won distinction, and on the
muster out of the volunteers he was
given commission as first lieutenant
q cavalry in the regular army. Since
shen considerable part OF his serv-
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centuries more and Helgoland will be
only a flat and desolate sand dune,
like those of the surrounding sea.
Crumbling away? Desolate sand
dune? So?
This particular knew-it-all, at least.
didn't know the Kaiser. Helgoland
will never crumble away. 1t will
never be a desolute dune. Today it
is the Gibraltar of the north, the one
great German menace to England's
control OF the North Sea. 1t is the
Teuto1ic spearhead which pushes for
ward the farthest toward the Anglo
Saxon domain. 1t is the key and
guard of Germany's main artery of
commerce way to Hamburg. This
great seaport, almost world-dominat-
ing in times of peace, is impregnable
with the great dirigible station on
IIelgoland to guard her!
In 1899 the island had been practi-
cally reconstructed. Helgoland has
had $30.000,000 spent On her by the
astute war lord She is fortified
against sea and cannon alike, with
great gran&ie buttresses Is feet thick
and $40 feet high on all sides. Even
the assures in her cliff have been
filled up and bound together forever
with ferro-concrete- thousands of tons
of it. Today the little, one-time
crumbling island is wholly incased
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ice has been in Hawaii.

Preliminary reports from leading
sugar factories in Louisiana, announc.
ed by the Department Of Agriculture
show average yields per ton of cane
TO be considerably higher in 1914 than
in any recent year. hi. ..:...
For the first two weeks this season
the reports indicated increases over
the same period in 1913 ranging from
6 to Is per cent, the average being
approximately per cent.
I. The department explains that while
these figures are not accepted as
forecasting an average for the entire
state. they point to general increase
in 1914 over the two previous years
An average yield of about Is tons an
acre is expected this year. II. =
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-23

Many arrests have been made at
Picking, China, in connection with the
alleged plot to depose President Yuan
Shih-Kai.
Enver Pasha. Turkeys former war
minister, arrived in Armenia to take
command of Turkish troops in the
Caucasus.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-23
CAPT. STURGES OF
THE CAVALRY GETS
@. M. CORPS DETAIL

The Seattle PostInteIligencer prints
the following item concerning Capt
e. A. Sturges. who served here with
the 5th Cavalry, and is well known
locally:
Two OF Washlneton's officers of the
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-23
eve THAT FIGHT THE NATIONS FIGHT
dedicated to the Extreme Pacifists.)
BY Sgt. John n. Allen. f..

dedicated Extreme Pacifss)
John n. Allen
And you sing your sirens song Of peace, yin
say you're @anti-thisv "antithat"
nj 8 you pray your prayers may cease,
And pass around your missionary Hat" .-#5:
fight fight
the He'll of wars alarms"
We III for Truth and Right
thousand times for peacee that fight the Nations fight
And when, swift meteor fro m the sky, ~. .".-.
The Of 'War" falls far and wide;
Why then, you pacifsts your psace plans all awry,
VIII call stem the mighty tide. =. il.
Then will fight the Nations fight bear the Nations
Through all the He'll of well forget the harms
OF preachments you with all might
And trained fight Nations fight!
Schofeld Barracks, II. T., Dec 3, 1914.