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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
AWAIT STRIKE
Both Sides Are All
Ready For Order

The railroad managers prom
Used to keep sufficient trains run
ming to prevent a milk and food
famine. The employees admitted
that few men might continue
working.
They asserted that most of the
railroads will be absolutely help
less.
The trainmen blamed the rail-
road heads for the situation.
They declared that the big
executives will be responsible
for starvation and ruin as
the result of the strike.
Railroad managers are all
ready, preparing emergency
schedules.
They intend an embargo on
war munitions, dry goods and
-perishables.
They will carry only food.
One railroad executive de-
clared that all brotherhood men,
bers are not intending to walk
out.
One great railroad system
wrote 1000 letters to be mailed
to employees an hour after the
strike starts. 1t will give the
railroads side and ask for CO.
operation to prevent a national
calamity"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
DANGEROUS FIRES
SURROUND TACOMA

The Lemons beach fire was
still burning threateningly at
noon Saturday, but was reported
to be under fair control. Fire
fighters are still working,
The blaze approached within
10 feet of a 40-acre tract of
valuable timber owned by John
Ref, on the Steilacoom car line,
but was finally beaten back.
Armed With Sacks.
other threatening fires were
reported Saturday at Eatonville,
and near the Nisqually power
plant at LaGrande.
Sparks from a brush fire at
Fern Hill set fire to the home of
John Kiesling, Saith and South B
streets, Saturday morning, and
damaged the place to the extent
of 500. Volunteer fire fighters
extinguished the blaze.
Firemen in all the outlying dis
tricts are equipped with loads of
wet sacks for use in preventing
any of the dangerous fires from
entering the city limits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26

Timber fires on all sides of
Tacoma threw heavy pail of
smoke over the city Saturday.
Steamship navigation on Puget
Sound was handicapped by the
fog-like haze, and many passen-
ger boats travelled under slow
bell, to avoid accidents.
Reports indicated that the en-
tire city is surrounded by fires in
timber and brush. Up to noon
Saturday no serious damage had
been reported.
Although 1t gained threatening
proportions Friday afternoon, the
mile-square forest fire between
Lemons beach and Regents park
was prevented from spreading to
ranches and settlements. Only
heroic work by settlers and dep
uty fire wardens saved the homes.
Appeals to The Times.
Late Friday afternoon Mrs. T.
Drumm of Drumms station, on
the old Steilacoom line, made a
frantic appeal to The Times for
= help.
"The fire Is gaining on u.s." she
said. "All the available men are
fighting it, but they can't seem
to stop it from coming on. Our
ranch and the homes of others
are in danger of being wiped out
every minute. We have appealed
to the city and county authori-
ties and can't get any help"
The Times Immediately
notified Chairman Slayden
of the board of county COM
missioners. Within 20 min
utes a fire warden and crew
of fire-fighters was on its
way to the threatened Sec
ton. Their timely arrival
was all that saved the homes,
they declared.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
NATIONWIDE
TRAFFIC FOUND

NEW YORK, Aug. &c.
New York will require 1900
white slaves for he
year 1917, and thousands
more will he wanted for
other cities of the country,
according to estimates made
by officials conducting
white slave investigation
here!
Yushe Botwin, called the king
of the White Slavers,," has con-
fessed, the officials say, that he
has been a procurer of girls for
"a years and that 1000 girls are
sold each year In New York alone.
He did not estimate how many
thousand are sold in other cities.
How these thousands Of slaves
are procured and who procures
them has been brought out in
the investigation. The same me-
thods will be used to secure the
thousands wanted for 1917 II the
agents are able to operate as they
have in the past.
They will be procured by men
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26

environment has insulated him
from contact With the great COM
mon people.
In 1908 l voted for a Judge
whom Roosevelt recommended as
highly as he has this one, and !
"blush with shame at the
thought yet. While Utah and
Vermont alone we're willing to
take a second chance on a judge
for president, I am not. The
Judicial temperament" even
with the Colonel's recommend,
don't appeal to me this time.
In all of Judge Hughes
speeches so far; he tends to
the destructive and not the
constructive. A campaign of
vituperation and gIittering
generalities went out of style
20 years ago, just as the
judicial temperament is
always looking for q prece-
dent back. towards the dark
ages, perhaps we should al
low for that.
y
Judge Hughes speeches do not
have the true ring of a Progress
sive and after reading them
one wonders IL he ever read the
1912 platform.
IL he has not voted since 1910
we presume he is not familiar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
Small Girl Is
An Auto Victim

Mabel Thoren, 8, daughter of
Henry NJ. Thoren, 2409 South
45th street, was seriously injured
Friday evening when an automo-
bile driven by James G. Norris,
chief clerk in the master me-
chanic's office of the Milwaukee
railroad, ran her down.
The accident occurred at 54th
and Wapato streets. The child
suffered a broken leg, internal
injuries and severe bruises.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
BIG SUM
WASTED
TO CITY

Tacoma has been "stung"
to the extent OF $500 u
month by the contract sign
ed between former Commits
siOner OF Safety A. u. Mills
and the Foss Boat company
last year for a municipal
fire boat"
Commissioner Petit today de-
clared that the city was hooked
on a five-year contract, by which
1t must pay $4,000 year for
rental OF the fire boat" but
that the taxpayers were not get
ting a cent of value for their
money.
A serious omission In the con-
tract, which permits the boat to
be used for any other purposes,
so long as it is within the govern
ment boundaries of the harbor, Ia
the cause OF the city's loss.
The fire boat is nothing more
than a large launch with high
power turbine engine installed in
1t. There is no doubt that the
engine and pump are splendid
pieces of machinery, and that the
boat would be an effective means
of saving waterfront property
from damage, IL 1t were on hand
at all times to answer alarms.
Handle Private Business.
But the boat is used every day
to turn Seattle steamer about in
the city channel, and 1t is almost
constantly handling private busi-
ness Of the Foss company" said
Petit today.
Frequently Il tows logs
far up the Puyallup river. II
an alarm OF fire were turned
in during any of these Occa-
sions, IL would be from 10
minutes to an hour before
the boat could be even noti-
fled of the alarm.
Il have carefully investigated
the contract that Mills drew up
last year, and 1t is full of holes.
The owners OF the boat do not
have to keep the craft tied up,
ready to answer alarms at a mo-
ment's notice.
There is nothing in the contract
to demand it. We cannot pre-
vent them from using the boat for
any purpose that they want to.
IF | can find any legal excuse
for it, intend to cancel that con-
tract. The city is paying 5000 a
month rental and getting in re-
turn no assurance that the boat
will be on hand to extinguish
fires"
Petit and Fire Chief Carlson
made preparations Saturday to
install fire hydrants and water
mains along the east side of the
city channel, behind the Fransioli,
John b. Stevens and International
Fisheries warehouses and the new
ship-building plant.
At present there is no water in
this neighborhood. and in case of
fire the department would either
have to draw salt water from the
harbor, at a great Inconvenience,
or lay hose for more than 1000
feet.
81 have found several other
places in the city's manufacture
ing district where the city has
made no provisions to furnish ade-
ouate fire protection" said the
commissioner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
FLASHES

NEW YORK-Patrick CAL
houn, former millionaire and
street car magnate in San Fran
cisco, is practically penniless. it
was learned today when the
court was asked to appoint a re-
ceiver for his property.
DENvER-Hughes completed
his first campaign lap with three
speeches and will leave Sunday
for Estes park, where he will
rest.
DAWSON, Y. Thomas w.
O.Brien, known as the "Klondike
King" and one-time owner of
claim No. 1, on Eldorado, died
hero Wednesday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26

The genuine Progressive
is not a mere political
chattel to be bargained off.
He has high ideals and in
sists upon thinking and act
ing for himself. No national
committee of pie-cOunter
Progressives can sell him a
''pig in poke" He wants
to see ''the man that's be-
hind the man that's behind
the gum"
1t is a question whether a mai
like Judge Hughes, with hi
judicial temperament" is tn
kind Of timber for the executive
head of this nation. Training an,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
MRS. VANDERBILT
UNDER SHELL FIRE

PARIS, Aug. 26.--American
ambulance officers said today
that Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt,
wanting to see a battle, went to
Pont-a-Mousson.
The Germans shelled the
place during the night. Mrs.
Vanderbilt fled downstairs
In her night gown, with her
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26

hair down, wearing loose
slippers. Shells wrecked the
house near by. ~
Later Mrs. Vanderbilt entered
the French trenches, standing on
spot where q bullet had killed
a soldier five minutes before.
She was the first American
woman to enter Verdun since the
Germans started their attack.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26

enough with the Progressive
movement to chance reference
to it occasionally. His speeches
would have been just as appropri-
ate in the days or the torch light
sparades. The Progressive brand
is too faint.
Continued on Page Eighth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
CONS CUT BARS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug.
26.-Four dangerous convicts cut
the bars and tunneled through
several walls, including a 6-foot
brick wall, and escaped from the
penitentiary here during a violent
thunder storm today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26

Ways His Head.
Most of the time he sat quiet,
wagging his head and talking
softly to himself; but once in a
while, in a tense moment, he
Strengthened like a spring, with
whoop that brought sympa-
thetic laugh from the grandstand
even In the agonizing instant of
third strike.
He never knew they
laughed, however. His eyes
were fixed on the strong,
supple figures in the field;
and above the nervous, stac-
cato yelps of ISLAM the old
pill! Hit 'er on the pick!
AttabOy! AttabOy!" his voice
rose like the roar of an old
lion.
cit ready, now! Git ready!
He's got to put 1T over! Why
don't we do like we done before,
knock 'er clean over the right
field fence!"
And then he subsidized, smiling
happily and murmuring to him
self with shaking lips.
He is familiar figure in the
grandstand. Rain or shine, IL
there is a game, he is there.
Those around him soon recognize
that he knows the game as few
know it.
But they do not know why.
He is ]. T. Freeman, of 1901
South 18th street, and he used
to pitch for the Southern league,
in North Carolina, nearly half
a century ago.
An Old Ball Player.
He told me about 1t yesterday
"Yes'm," he said, I'm an
old ball player. / was in the
Confederate army the four years
of the war, but l begun playin'
ball the very year the war ended.
Later on, played professional
ball for seven years; used to
pitch for the league. That was
in Asheville. North Carolina.
81 amt played a game since I
been In this country, 2S years
except once. That was a game
down to Puyallup.
The Lime Kilns was winnin'
and the other side needed a pitch
er, an they made me go in, an
the first thing did l knocked
the catcher clean out. I'd told
him to wear a mask, too, because
! used to send an awful swift
ball; but he didn't do 1t.
~ sent the swiftest ball
of any many ever knew.
I've seen Christy Mathew
son send 'em like mine, but
there amt many can do it.
I'm T6 years old. Yes'm, an
| go to the races every year, an
I've had a standin' offer of 500
up for two years, that l can out
run any man of my age. l used
to be an awful good runner.
Never Misses a Game.
Nom, l never miss game.
The park men all know me an
they don't charge me anything
like to watch the playin'. They
pitch just the same as they used
to when / was pitchin'."
The old player looked down
at the field. The young players
were stalking off.
Their faces streamed with
sweat; and they walked as IL ar
rogantly conscious of their own
strength.
He smiled with trembling lips.
Eyes, like to watch 'em,"
he said. II can't play
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26

their right ages? Do herring
bark?
Politicians are very modest
when talking things about them
selves. They hire men to do it
for them.
When fellow gets the bunch
working for money is hard driv-
ing, he decides to go into poll
ties. He gets lot of cards print
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
THIS OLD BOY
KNEW HOW TO
FAN 'EM, TOO!
BY MABEL ABBOTT

Y
He sat in the grandsand at Athletic park Friday afternoon,
ank leg hooked the other his shoulders their gray
shirt little bent and his head little tremuos.
He watching the field where Tacoma beating Spo-
kane for change.
The players young men, in the full glory of their
strength The ball left the pitchers hand like bullet the
crack of it the waiting bat like pistol shot and the
runners leaped and strobe like race-horses.
The old mans stiff hands gripped each other and his eyes
blazed under the brm of his soft felt hat
His lips moved constantly, and those near him could hear
what he saying
"Oh N.Y. oh my, oh nv that beauty! Look ont there!
lis lece mite o7Fr the fo inei Noes your chance again
thai i,0S NICE That 7NQS aiOfnl nicer
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
PROGRESSIVE GIVES
REASONS WHY WILSON
MUST BE Reelected
By Fred J. Chamberlain.

EdnorsN is knowth throughout connga ia
Legislation ederaHon
md grange OF will WI o ready
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26

+ LONDON-It was announced
today that British naval auxil-
iary was sunk in the North sea
with loss of 23 lives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
Talk o. the Times

Greetings, do you hear all the
noise now that Congressman Will
IL. Humphrey comes back from
Washington, ID. c.?
Noise like frog pond.
Weather Man Cover, forecasts
"cloudy and chilly" for Mileage
Grabbing Will from now ON.
Chilberg's statement reminds
us of that saying:
DUST TO DUST AND ASHES
TO ASHES" (Poor WHY
"whipoorwill!"
Anyway the ruins ought to
make q good filler for the frog
pond.
1T is EASIER FOR A MAN
TO BE THE ARCHITECT OF
HIS OWN FORTUNE THAN TO
BE THE BUILDER.
A POLITICIAN.
A politician is a fellow who's
tired of working.
Politicians spend $4,000 for
political Jobs that pay $4,000 q
year. Do they work after they
get their Jobs? Do women tell
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
TODAY's CLEARJNGs

Clearings -. 80. STRAIGHT
Balances ..... $500. 60,3S9. so
Transactions Il. 49,. 729,5o3.41
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-26
E'ENEMY"
LANDING
I'm u. S.

WASHINGTON, ID. c..
Aug. 20.-A great naval
battle" has been raging off
New York harbor for eight
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-08
swANToN WATER TURNED ON.
Diver Completes Laying of New Pipe
Under Missisquoi River.

SWANTON, Feb. 8. - The Swanton
village which has been using river wa
ter since the break in the water main
Jan. 81, is again supplied with water
from Fairfield pond, the water having
been turned on Sunday noon.
diver, Charles Pabrino of BurIinc-
ton, was sent for at once, and found the
break under u feet of water where the
line crosses the river about one mile
above John s bridge. A new pipe was
ordered Immediately and arrived over
Il week ago, but the diver was unable
to place it then, On account of the high
water. He returned to Burlington to
wait until the water lowered, but was
sent for by the trustees last Thursday
as they had decided to construct raft
from which the pipe could be laid. The
work Of laying the new pipe was com
pleted by Mr.. Pabrino Sunday noon and
the Fairfield water turned ON.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-08
COL. w. P. HEPBURN DEAD.
Was Famous as the Author of the Hep
burn Rebate Law.

CLARINDA, Iowa, Feb. :. - Col.
William =. Hepburn. former member OF
congress from the Sth district, died here
yesterday, after a long illness. Besides
the widow, a son and daughter survive
him. Col. William p. Hepburn, al
though 20 years IN congress. became best
known throughout the country during
The Roosevelt administration. 1t was
he who framed what later was called
the Hepburn law, prohibiting rebates
and discrimination by railroads As
chairman OF the house committee on i'm
terstatc and foreign commerce III the
first session of the 59th congress he was
the author of three -cts ont Of FIVE.
which the then President Roosevelt af-
tcrward declared would cause that con
gress TO be memorable in history he
cause of its constructive legislation. OF
the five acts, four came from Col Hep
burn 5 committee and three of them
the Hepburn law, the pure food act and
the public health aet-were framed bv
Col. Hepburn himself.
Col. Hepburn was an efficient soldier
and a lawyer of high reputation. He
was a product OF the early pioneer DAYS
IN iowa and got what little schooling he
had in three winters at an academy near
Iowa City. lie was born in Columbiana
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-08
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. Luella Lake is i'll with grip.
Miss Eta Miner is keeping house
for s. B. Stone.
DR.. c. 5. Clark is i'll and confined TO
the bed at his home
Miss Marsh is i'll with grip in the
home of Miss Kate Wheeler.
Mrs. Idella Hescoek of Greenfield was
guest Saturday of Mrs. Rhoda
Sargent.
Mrs. F. G. Taylor went yesterday to
Newfane to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Knapp.
Miss Belle Greenwood spent the
weekend in Dummerston. a guest OF
Miss Nellie Davis
Henry knight, who had been i'll q
week with grip, was able to he out for
the first time yesterday.
Mrs. II. NJ. Martin of northampton,
Aass., visited over Sunday with her
mother, Mrs. T. NJ Allbee.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert J. Clark went
yesterday to Yonkers, Y. Y, to visit
before going to Florida to spend some
time with their daughter. Mrs Hayes
Bigelow.
Mrs. Park Holland and daughter,
Doris, of Townshend, who had been
visiting Mrs, Holland 5 mother, Mrs.
T. NJ. Allbee, a few days, returned to
their home today.
Miss Adeline Rochon, nurse, ana
Melvin Cooper, nurse, are caring for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-08
KITCHENER TOLEAVE
BRITISH WAR OFFICE
Report That Sir William Robertson Is
to Take over the Direction
of the War

LONDON, Feb. 8.-Changes of great
Importance in the direction of the war
are contemplated says the Daily
Sketch. 1t asserts that Earl Kitchener
probably will leave the war office
The Sketch also says Sir William
Robertson, now chief of staff, proba-
bly, will take over active direction of
the war without interference, except
from the cabinet as whole, and that
a civilian of real ability for organiza-
ton will become secretary of war
In the event that Earl Kitchener
leaves the war office, the Sketch adds,
he will undertake work of an important
character elsewhere.
Commenting on the new order that
the British chief of staff s'Shall be re-
sponsible for issuing the orders of the
government regarding military opera
tons, - the Daily Mail SAYS:
''Sinee the creation of the ministry
of munitions no more important change
in the functions Of the secretary for war
has taken place.
The order means that in future army
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-08
BUTTERFLY SURVIVES WINTER
Amazing Hardihood Displayed by a
Jersey Family Pet.

MONTCLAIR, n. j., Feb S.-Mrs.
Ruth Clark Bellah of 4 Garfield place
has butterfly as household pet. The
butterfly is probably the only one in
New Jersey that has lived through
the winter. On October % last it was
found in the Bellah house under lace
curtain. Mrs. Bellah placed the little
thing in 4 small box with a netting
over it rather than put it outdoors to
freeze.
To her surprise the butterfly lived.
so she then put it in large hat box
with netting over the top and sprin-
killed. the netting with sugar and water.
The butterfly is a dark reddish brown.
with pale yellow and blue splashes
near the end of its wings. When
asleep or when its wings are closed il
resembles a dried leaf Mrs. Bellah
finds that the butterfly sleeps most of
the time, but she never fails to put il
in the sunshine every bright day and
to give it sweetened water. AS soon
as the sun warns it up the butterfly
opens its wings and flies back and
forth in its cage, thus taking its daily
exercise. 1t is considered remarkable
that the butterfly has survived, even
with the tender care that has been
bestowed upon it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-08
GREENFIELD AUTO SHOW.
Industries of Town Displayed, Also
Electric Household Exhibit.

GREENFIELD, Feb. S.-Greenfeld s
first automobile show, industrial and
fashion exhibition opened last evening
in the state armory for a week s run
with about l 900 in attendance. Robert
E. Pray, chairman Of the board of Sc
lectmen, made the opening address and
concert. Special features Will occur
daily, including dancing every evening.
The huge drill shed of the armorv is
divided into three main aisles, filed
with displays of the local merchants,
manufacturers and automobile dealers.
Greenfield S chief product of manu-
facture, taps and dies, are shown, as
well as hundreds Of small tools, especial
~ those used in the automobile trade
The reception room holds a display of
acknowledgements household appli-
ances and a refreshment booth, conduct
ed by the high school students.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-08
LANDMARK BURNED.
House Nearly 100 Years Old. Former
Home of Capt. A. s. Fleury.

ISLE LA NIOTTE, Feb. Sire de
stroyed early sunday evening the
house owned by Hiram Pike of Harer-
hill, Mass, occupied by George Jar
Wis and family. The place was built
nearly 100 years ago and was one OF
the old landmarks of the island. The
cause of the fire is thought to have
been defective chimney Some OF
the contents were saved and both con
teats and house were partly insured
The family wars away at the time
Joseph EDDY built the house. which
was OF wood. with lining of brick
Lately at had been rebuilt inside II
was the home Of Ezra Fleury and from
the house Captain a. 5. Fleury, who
was well-known throughout the state
for his lectures on Libby prison. went
away to serve in the Civil war wher
, only 10.