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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-04

ed him.
John Bentley had sold out his hold
ings in his native town and had come
to the city with $4,000 in cash. His
plan was to buy into some business
with part of these funds. He had
been spotted by crooks, it seemed, for
he was visited in his fiat by two men.
At the point Of a revolver he was held
helpless, his money distracted from
the little safe where it reposed, and
tied hand and foot. In anguish over
his great loss Edena had discovered
him when she reached home from a
visit to friend.
By mere chance a local bank
directed Mr.. Bentley to the young
detective whose functions were of a
high commercial rather than of a
routine police class. Watson under
took the case. Within few days he
knew that the men who had robbed
his client belonged to the Clancy
gang. Roger Clancy was an ex-
convict, now ostensibly conducting a
loan office, which was really a fence
for thieves. The police had nearly
cornered him several times, but
Clancy was shrewd and slippery. He
rarely took hand in his depreda-
lions personally, but was the central
figure of the gang who planned and
financed them.
Watson felt certain that he had
traced the crime to it's source. He
was surer of it than ever when,
showing Clancy to Mr.. Bentley Sc
cretly one day, the latter at once
identified him as one of the two men
who had robbed him at his fiat Wat |
son went to Clancey's lawyer.
Clancy is rich man." the young
detective set forth simply. "You will |
pay back the $4,000 to Mr.. Bentley
with in five days or we will have him |
arrested and prove our case"
"And we have our aHbi," an
nounced the legal knave cooIy. 60 !
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-04

his political influence to safely evade
conviction. -
What want you to do" Watson
informed Wrayburn, els to have me
place you in a position where, upper
ceiVed and unsupported by this Clan
cey, you can watch his speech"
'I understand" replied the rapid
finger telegraph.
The trial will be resumed in a
week. I happen to know that next
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock Clan
cey is to have a private consultation
with hfs lawyer. There is doubt that
during that confab they will not only
block out their own case; but the real
facts may be stated by Clancy. 1
will pay you literally to assist me-
ct is a bargain" the pantomimic
response came.
And upon the Saturday evening in
question the mute was posted in a
dark room ten feet opposite the light
ed Office of the lawyer. 1t was the
next morning when he handed a
written report to Watson which read:
There is a mass of inconsequen-
tial detail I have memorized. Amid
this general mass one statement of
Clancy is clear and guiding. The
man who assisted him in the robbery
is one Dan Cherry, a professional
thief. He got $4,000 for his share,
married and has settled down as a
respectable storekeeper at a town
named Dryden"
"The rest is easy" declared the
satisfied Watson.
He felt he was fully paid and re-
warded one evening a month later
when he made a final report to his
anxious client. It was in the pres
ence Of the peerless Edena.
"I located this Dan Cherry" an
nounced Watson. ct was not diff
cult to make him comprehend that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

people look for progress. believe this is a step
towards progress Surely it is wonderful deed. 1
am truly impressed"
And what is more the whole university is impress
ed. Instead of spending their money fooshly, the
members Of the big boys family now take something
home to the boy They are impressed, and the boy is
impressed.
Other fraternities have followed. Beta Theta Pi
and Sigma Alpha Epsilon have adopted boys. Two
sOrOrities have taken sisters to make ladies' OF
them.
One student, J. B. Alexander, captain of the uni
versity company of the national guard assumed the
responsibility Of bringing up boy all by himself
The university authorities are enthusiastic over the
development and encouraging it to their greatest
extent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

worse than some people, and has
a right to live, if they have.
1t is not to blame for a certain
moroseness of disposition, and on
this occasion it had given fair
warning. indicating that, while
not seeking a fight, it was ready
to hold up It's end. Indeed, it was
seen to be holding up the end.
Then suppose that, a blow at
the snake having missed, the re-
turn were a bite. The thought
was not alluring.
There was no doctor present,
none of the usual remedies, and
swelling up and expiring on a
trail is no joke.
While thus meditating, the pro-
cess of lomotion had been attend
ing to itself automatically, and,
before a conclusion could be
reached, a considerable distance
had been covered.
Anyhow, II wasn't my snake.
and it was lesson in prepared
ness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

Well, we notice that now he's
writing one of his quaint columns
of humor and philosophy in the
San Francisco Call.
Here's a specimen of how 1t
reads:
Recently as the writer was
coming down a lonely mountain
trail he was summary addressed
by q rattlesnake.
About five feet at one side, the
creature was observed coiling and
otherwise agitating it's sinuous
length.
Never having met a rattlesnake
under such circumstances, a ques-
ton as to proper conductsssme
Instantly to mind.
Perhaps to kill n rattlesnake
is . duty but to certain natures
II does not appeal.
After all, a iattlesnake is no
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
BRANDEIS
WINS OUT
Committee Ten
To Eight For
Con f irmatiOn.
AS Justice.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May :
24.-The senate judiciary
committee today recommend.
ed the confirmation of Louis
Brandeis as justice of the
supreme court.
The vote stood 10 to 3.
the division being on straight :
party lines.
Senator Shields of Tennessee
voted with the other democrats,
in favor of confirmation.
Friends of Brandeis are jubi-
liant. They forecasted that the
floor division of the senate would
be similar to the committee vote
and would make Brandeis a win
ner by an easy margin.
Senator Cummins was absent
from the committee when the
vote was polled, but his ballot
was counted for Brandeis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

A baby sucked it's thumb.
1t threatened to cry, but chang
ed it's mind, and laughed instead.
IL laughed and c0quetted.
The theater rocked with laugh.
ter. But 1t wasn't the thin, cack.
ling laughter that follows a joke
or greets a humorous situation
It was the deeper, fuller, finer
laughter that has tears In II.
You know know what is hap.
pening when the baby threatens
to cry, but laughs instead. The
camera man is hopping up and
down and grimacing to attract
baby's attention.
He is inviting baby to "see the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
FREDDIE Film DEMANDS MORE PICTURES OF BABIES

ed. 1t wasn't planned. Yet all
the ingenuity and enterprise OF
the moving picture people, all the
skill and artistry of the high-sai-
aried actors, could not produce
anything half so fine. =
And this is strange. l wonder
IL the film-makers have taken the
trouble to study the psychology
of the moving-picture patrons.
I'll bet the people who laughed
hardest at a baby sucking Its
thumb last night were childless
people. I'll bet the big, grizzled
man who sat beside me. who
looked like an Alaskan and
whose big body rumbled with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
IS II STEP
7 OVARD
PEACE?

LONDON, May 24.--Princc
Won Buelow, former German
chancellor. will become am
bassador at Washington, the
Exchange Telegraph stated
this afternoon on good au-
thOrity.
1t was reported the German
diplomatic corps will be rear
ranged.
Other sources failed to corrob-
crate the report, although it has
been repeatedly rumored that
Ambassador Bernstorff would be
recalled from the United States.
Anyhow there is good ground
for believing that Prince Won
Buelow already is actually on
his way to America.
If the report Is true, II is taken
to mean that Germany expects a
move for early peace.
Won Buelow Is connected with
the peace movement, especially in
Switzerland recently. A year ago
he tried to prevent Italy from
joining the allies.
He has been considered tho
foremost European diplomat.
Swiss reports have said that
Won Buelow, at the kaiser's re-
quest, held aloof from govern
mental affairs In order that he
might be free of entanglements
in the peace negotiations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
BY Freddie Film

A certain Tacoma movie house
was well filled last night. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that the
bulk Of the folks who patronize
the vaudeville and moving pic
ture shows to kill time of an
evening are either childless or
else their children have grown up.
Now, what do you suppose
made the big hit with the pat
rOns?
Ii wasn't the travel films,
though they were good. 1t wasn't
any of the high-salaried actors,
though their work was excellent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

laughter, either never had a child
or had lost one.
Why is It that folks love babies
so? Because they're scarce. No
need to study statistics. Look
about among your married
Friends. How about the married
men In your office?
There are three children in the
largest family in my immediate
neighborhood.
1t is not for us to know why
families are smaller than they
were. Perhaps an infinite Wis
dom, ever on the alert against
over-production, prefers small
families to more radical RENE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

dies.
Ii would pay the film-makers
to cater 20 this child-hunger, as
many writer's have done. l am
one Of any army of readers who
consider Bret Harte the greatest
story-teller the world has ever
known.
And the finest story Bret
Harte wrote IL THE Luck OF
Roaring Camp" Why? Because
there's baby I'm IL.
The best touch-do you re-
member it? ? THE Luck's" moth
er-about whom the less said the
better-is dead. No one knows
the identity of the father of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

little birdie" in the camera, just
as the old-fashioned photogra-
piers used to do when we were
young, in the days when they put
iron clamps behind your ears to
hold you still.
Baby's face is all Fuckers. 1t
its going to cry! Goodness
gracious! See-see the little
birdie! No, IL isn't! The eyes
open. The Fuckers smooth them
selves out.
POp-goes the thumb into
baby's mouth. Baby laughs and
coquettes.
That's the big hit. That's the
laugh-getter. IL wasn't rehears-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

the rest, dares TO poke The
Luck" with "A horny finger. The
Luck" grabs II and, for a moment
will not let II go.
For several days thereafter II
Is observed that "Kaintuck" keeps
that favored digit apart from its
common fellows, as though IL
were in some way hallowed by
the touch of baby's hand.
And he is seen to smile to him.
self, as he mutters again and
again:
"WRASTLED WITH MY FIN
GER, THE DAMNED LITTLE
| CUSSi"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

baby.
The camp appoints "Stumpy"
official nurse and midwife be-
cause Of his supposed expert
ence," he having left several
wives in the east. And "Stumpy"
invites the camp TO a reception
which he and The Luck" hold in
their cabin.
Embarrassed, these rough,
hard-bitten men OF Roaring
Camp pass solemnly round the
soapbox cradle, and passing out,
drop dust and money for the
maintenance of THE Luck" into
the hat of "Stumpy" at the door.
But "Kaintuck, Drawer than
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
STORK INTERPRETERS
WITH POLICE TRIAL

The birth of child last night
interfered with the hearing of a
Tacoma policeman charged with
improper conduct with women,
and the trial was postponed un-
til tonight.
DIR. w. p. Golf, member of the
board hearing evidence against
Patrolman ]. M. Cochran, was
summoned at $3.50 to assist Mr..
Stork In bringing youngster in
to the world. The session will
be resumed at 1880 tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
CHARGE
FAILURE
PARIS, May 24.-The most
savage battle in the worlds
history Is raging today.

Eighty thousand Germans last
night were sent crashing into
the French positions at Dead
mans Hill, while two brigades re-
peatedly rushed Douaumont.
Every assault was failure.
All the French trenches were
subjected to steady artillery fire.
Rehind columns of dust the
gray German lines swept toward
the French, while machine guns
sprayed the ranks.
Still waves of spiked helmets
swarmed on the western edge OF
Douaumont. No sooner had one
assault been defeated than anoth-
er was started.
The losses at Douaumont in the
two days fighting is estimated at
10000 killed.
The Germans have penetrated
into the village of Cumieres, nine
miles northwest of Verdun, after
series of terrific onslaughts, Il
was officially admitted today.
The Teutons also took trench
" est of Cumieres and gained foot
holds in few sections of trenches
east of Douaumont. At other
points the most violent attacks
were defeated. Several assaults
at Champagne were repuIsed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
MYSTERY IN DEATH
OF WOMAN RANCHER

WENATCHEE, May 24.-Mys-
terry surrounds the murder of
Mrs. Emma Smith, an aged home
steader on the branch of Badger
mountain, who was found dead
with a bullet hole through her
head and her skull cracked from
a heavy blow with ablunt instru-
ment, in a tent on her claim, by
her brother, Ezra Hunt.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

He used to edit a Tacoma
paper years ago when that
paper amounted to sOme-
thing and when Sam Wall,
John Barrett, Franklin X.
Lane and other present day
luminaries scribed I'm these
parts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
Try to Break
Deadlock In
School Board

At it's meeting this afternoon
the school board expects to break
the deadlock in the election Of a
board member to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Rev. Hend-
ley.
Ralph Stacy and Anthony j.
Swindle are the candidates who
have caused the deadlock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
URGES BAKERY
PREPARE On ESS

President Jay Burns, of the ma
tional association, addressed the
Northwest Master Bakers asso-
citation convention today. urging
the bakers to prepare, cooperate
and advertise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

Speaking of names, did You no.
tice that the national head of the
bakers, now in town, is Jay
Burns? 1t also is a fact that the
secretary of the National Whole
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
BRING DOWN FIIIER

ROME, May 2l.--Itaiian war.
ships shot down an Austrian aero-
plane in the Adriatic. II was ans
nouneed todav.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
LOOKING FOUR YEARS backward

FOURTEEN DAYS before the 1872 G. o. p. convention
Barnes it, attacked Roosevelt declaring he aimed at
dictatorship; Victor Rosewater announced by the old
choice chairman the national committee
delegates and Taft
the Ohio big six" delegates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

Personally, we prefer to
have our auto laid up for re-
pa :. It's cheaper than buy
in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
fGreetings, has it occurred
to you that cantalOupes, con-
ventiOns and corn OH the cob
are coming by and bye?

Do you remember Henry
James? No, no, not the dead
philosopher-writer, but the live
one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
OUR POLITICAL DIRECTORY
Henry Ford--Machine cam
didate for president.

r. Observation-Disclosures
at-any-price man.
George w. Perkins-Pock-
etbO0k Of the progressive
party.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
Talk O the Times

sale Liquor Dealers association
is Joseph Debar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24

Lessee, who did Geraldine
Farrar marry?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-24
TODAY,s CI.EARINGs

Clearings .s......s 3ss.266.ss
Balances ........ s3.085.3s
Transactions ..... 1,057,234.50
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-12
TO Ia0ITliTE STRIKE.
RAILROAD MANAGERS ASK THAT
DIFFERENCES BE LAID BE-
4 FORE FEDERAL
BOARD.
Labor .Lcatlcrs Decline to Accept
Proposition Now and Suggest Fur
tl'cr Conferences, Saying Agreement
Should be Rcaci,cd Without Media
ton.

New York, Aug. 9.-The big rail-
roads are willing to arbitrate their
differences with their employees. Elisha
Lee. chairman OF the railroad commit
tee read Letter from the railroad
mahagerS to the leaders of the four
brotherh0ods, asking that their diff
ferences be laid before the federal
board OF mediation and Cancellation for
settlement. The leaders of the men
decline to- accept the proposition now,
saying they prefer to hold further
conferences first The letter was read
as the labor leaders and railroad rep
resentatives went into conference. A.
fB. Garretson. the spok esman for the
labor mon say the men and their en-
plOycrs should get together without
mediation. The conference adjourns
until they can hear from the federal
board ofymediation.
The infantiie paralysis epidemic
breaks all records again today. There
were 81 deaths today and 1873 new
cases. sal IA
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-12

The negro man arrested here yes
terday for cattle stealing in Clarendon
county. and later seriously wounded
when attempting to escape on the way
to Manning. answers the description in
some respects of the negro who is
wanted In Columbia for killing negro
woman and concealing her mutilated
body In trunk. He is of the same
general description as the Columbia
fugitive and has the gold front tooth
that was given as the distinguishing
mark OF the man wanted. The CO.
'umoia authorities were notified and IL
they think 1t is worth while they will
send man to identify the negro
who Is being held i'm the Manning jail
on the charge of COW stealing.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-08-12
rRIaoN BREAkERs CAPTURED.
e EsCapcs at Pcnitcntiary
arc Checked.

Columbia, Aug. 9.--Having made q
rope OF blankets and sheets. four pris-
oners climbed down 90 feet from the
top OF the main building at the State
penitentiary at 2:15 o'clock yesterday
morning and attempted to evade the
sentry. The guard on duty fired at
the men just as they reached the
ground and broke up what the off,
GERS at the State prison believe was q
general movement among the prison
ers to escape. Eight other prisoners
who had gone to the roof were taken
and returned to their cells.
Howard Clark. white. serving a life
term for murder. who is believed to
be the leader of the movement, was
the first prisoner to be captured after
reaching the ground. Ten minutes
later Tom Ammons. serving ten
year term for manslaughter. was
seized. The hunt for the other two
prisoners,\ Clarence Davis, serving a
ten year sentence for attempted crimi-
nal assault, and Luther Smith, serv-
Ing two year sentence for larceny of
live stock, was kept up until O'Clock
yesterday morning, when the two
men were found hiding in one of the
buildings in the yard.
The men on the top tier of the
main building were not locked in
their cells Monday night. "A door
leading to the roof was broken open.
Practically all Of the blankets on the
tier were used In making the rope.
The four convicts. 1t is thought. ex-
pected to OverpOwer the guard when
they reached the ground and then
the getaway would have been easy.