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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
THREE HOMES
( GO ON ROCKS

Judge yesterday spoiled three
heretofore unhappy hopes today
when he ground out as many d.
vorces In less than half an hour.
Hazel Nj. Grimm was granted
a decree when she convinced the
court that G. ID. Grimm had failed
to provide for his wife and had
spent most of his money, when
he worked. playing pool. Mrs.
Grimm said she had to go to her
mothers home at least once a
day to get square meal.
Laura Toporke was granted a
divorce from Martin Toporke be-
cause hubby insisted on calling
her vile names and whipping her
ever so often, she said.
Sena E. Wright, the third party
to get divorce, said her husband
William ]. Wright, had all the
faults to make a home unhappy.
Besides being cruel, Wright
drank considerable liquor, she al
legged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
KILLS WIFE
AND BABY

SALEM, Ore, May ga
triple murder was disclosed here
today with the finding of the bod
les of William Patterson, his
wife and baby in their home.
A neighbor heard two shots
which killed Mrs. Patterson. They
then saw Patterson on a sleeping
porch fondling his daughter,
Helen, years old, and heard an
other shot.
Patterson then dressed and
went outside, where he fed the
chickens. He returned to the
house, where he undressed and
shot himself in the temple, just
before the police arrived.
1t is believed he was temper
arily insane. The family was APP
parently happy last night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
Firm Opens
lew IN arket

William Larkins and Oscar p.
Fredericton, for six years pro-
prietors of stall In the d st..
public market, will open the Lin
coin Market Co. at 18th and
Commerce street.
This firm will carry q complete
line OF groceries, vegetables and
meat. A refrigerator of the lat
est type will be installed to in
sure patrons of the freshest CON-
modities.
Larkfns believes the market in
an ideal location as It does away
with the climb necessary to reach
the old location.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26

IA and 16, Commissioner Reed
said Dean Fuller and DR.. Ben
son of the state university will
give talks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
SPANISH STEAMER
OF 5000 TONS SUNK

LONDON, May 26.-Shippers
were informed today that the
Spanish steamer Aurrera, 1900
tons. has been sunk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
Company to
Rebuild Plant

Yesterdays disastrous fire at
the Puget Sound Irion e Steel
Works cost the fEe department
5000.
The wheel of an auto hose wag-
on was torn off during the run to
the fire. Two tires on No. 6 auto
fire engine were ruined. Fire
Chief Carlson's automobile had a
serious break in its mechanism.
Commissioner Petit notified the
council of the damage today.
The company announced II
would rebuild the damaged plant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
RATE HEARING
is POSTPONED

SEATTLE, May 26.-The pub
JIG service commission hearing on
the proposed increase in boat
fares between Tacoma and Seattle
by the Puget Sound Navigation
Co., was put over again today I'M
til June IL, to allow the Central
Labor Council, which has been
protesting the increase, time to
collect additional evidence.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
JUDGE GRANTS
TWO DIVORCES

Judge Clifford gave Ethel A.
Rice divorce from Charles Rice
on the grounds OF non support.
while Judge yesterday gave Alon-
20 p. Dillon a decree from Della
F. Dillon for incomptability of
temperament.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
MRS. LONGMIRE'S
ARM FRACTURED

Mrs. Robert Longmire, wife of
Sheriff Longmire, suffered dol
Bile fracture of her arm yesterday
while cranking her Ford. The
crank on the back-fire broke the
bone once, then spun around,
fracturing the arm in a second
place. She is reported resting
easily at the Tacoma General hos
initial
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
ROAD CONVENTION
TO BE HELD HERE

For the first time in the his
tory of the state, models of road
machinery and paving construc-
tion will be exhibited at the an
nual convention Of county engi-
neers.
The convention will be held in
Tacoma probably between Sept.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
TEN SCHOONERS
ARE CHARTERED

SAN FRANCISCO, May 26.-
Practically cleaaing up all of the
available vessels, theOmyn Mac
kali & Co. have chartered 10
schooners for North Pacific-Aus-
tralia trade.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
TACOMA CONCERN
GETS BIG JOBS

The Hurley-Mason Co. of Ia
coma announces a contract for
the construction of a $3.50, 900
building in Spokane for the Car
stems Packing Co. and the con-
struction of 100000 paper
plant in Oregon City, Ore.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-05-26
Saturday Grocery
Specials
Best fine Sugar, 10 lbs. $f.OO
Nina n,,ttAr

Best fine Sugar, 10 lbs. $f.OO
Fine Creamery Butter,
3 lbs. Soc
Strictly Fresh Ranch Eggs.
4 doz .............. .95c
California Bacon, lb. 49,. .18c
Cottage Hams, homeless 181sc|
New Potatoes, 6 lbs. .25c
Fine Prunes, 5 lbs. $3.50. 25c
Standard Tomatoes, doz. 85c
Standard Corn, 6 cans .45c
Standard Peas. 8 cans :. .45c
Corn Flakes, 4 large pkgs. CSC
LenOx Soap, s bars 49,. csc
Electric Spark Soap, Z
bars ............. 20c|
Extra fine Walnuts, 3 lbs. 4Oc
Primost Cheese, Glib. brick zoe
Bulk Macaroni, elbow cut,
D IDS. ......... 2oc
DR.. Prices or Royal Baking
Powder, $1.10 cans for 95c
Bulk Ord. Chocolate, 2 lbs. 45c
Shaker Salt, cans ..... .25c
14-oz. glass jars Jelly, 2
LOT ...'.'' ....'.... 45c
Campbell's Beans, 3 for ..25c
Large cans Herring in Toma-
to Sauce or Bouillon, 3
Krone Flour, the One & Only
Extra Special, Saturday Only
Per sack ..........,. $1.45
Per barrel ........... $50
COFFEE SPECIAL
40c grade Coffee So. SIC
3 lbs. for ........... CSC
DRY GOODS SPECIALS
Ladies' Union Suits - Swiss
ribbed, high neck, long
sleeves, ankle length; sizes
4, s and 6 only; worth 75c,
special Saturday ...... 49c
Mems Work Shirts - Blue or
gray; sizes 14K to IT;
worth soc, special -. 4Oc
Crochet Cotton - Job lot of
white. ecru, and colors, not
all numbers, but special for
Saturday, 8 for ....... csc
Poplin-One yard wide in
white and colors, worth zee,
special Saturday, yd. zoo
Remember We are just round
the corner from high prices.
M. @. TEBBETTS, Inc.
1908 A Sc. Opp. Postoffice.
Tel. Main $50.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
OPPOSING CHILD
LABOR LEGISLATION

y; The reason for opposition to child
labor legislation by large employers
is shown in a report made public by
the Pennsylvania bureau Of statistics
and information.
During the period covered by the
statistics boys working in 20,571 es-
Establishments were paid $2,723,000
Girls under 16 were paid $2,719,500,
making a, total of $5,442,7OO. Women
employed in the 2O,571 industries re-
porting drew $72,669,100. They make
an impressive industrial army num-
bering 216,29 in the comparatively
few establishments that served as the
basis Of the figures given.
The children and the women were
cheap labor. The investigations of
the department show that in the vast
majority of instances the earnings
Of the women and children were
needed to maintain the family. The
combined family income just about
kept things going. In other words
parents and children earned a sum
equal to the amount the father would
have been forced to demand if the
youngsters had been in school, the
mother at home and the father IL
the mill. !
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
WOULD CONTROL.
UNIONS BY LAW

The Wall Street. Journal is wor-
ried over the eieht-hour demands of
railroad employees. The editor wants
these brotherhoods controlled" by
law. He accords a workman the right
to quit his job for any reason or no
reason-but, If a number Of these
workmen exercise this right collec-
lively, that's different proposition.
Therefore the Wall Street Journals
remedy is; to weaken: the Clayton
law.
s'Some day the country will realize
that a certain section of the Clayton
law will have to be repealed" says
the editor, "and that labor combina-
tons. will have to be subject to legal
control. The right Of the individual
to cease working when the conditions
displease him, or without any rea-
son at all, cannot be abandoned. But
that does not mean that the state
may not control the actions Of a COL
lection of individuals acting as a
body, through appointed common
agents, to achieve purposes having
nothing to do with the freedom of
the individual but everything to do
with the lives and property Of mil
lions of persons outside the organiza-
ton in question"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
MILITARISM IN
NEW YORK STATE

If the Military bills recently adopted
by the New YorkrlegislatureF are cor
>rectly reported, (which are to take
effect August first Of this year, there
will be something doing in the En-
pire state. It requires every man Of
military age to become enrolled on
or. before the date above mentioned,
as a member Of militia reserve. The
law has q, penalty that is severe:
those failing to enroll are to be
treated as deserters. If this is the
proper Interpretation of the law, New
York state will be bristling with mill
tary protection for the Wall Street
money bags.
It will >be interesting to note how
some Of the empire state citizens will
swallow a militaristic government. In
order to tncu1cate the military senti-
ment into the future generations,
provision is made for military train
ing of the boys and girls in the
schools.
he 1nilitaristic section Of the gov
eminent of New York certainly put
one over on the other fellow at this
session of the legislature.
The workers in New York will have
cause to remember the predicament
the French workers found themselves
in some years ago during an indus
trial struggle. Every man being a
member of the military reserve will
be subject to the orders of the gov
ernor, and when a. strike takes place,
an executive order may force them
back on the job. A nice kettle of fish
to fry and some one is going to get
hurt
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
MAIL BY AEROPLANE.

Aeroplane mail service in Alaska will be an accom-
pl1shed fact If satisfactory bond be furnished by
Earl L. Byers of Iditarod who submitted hid for
such service to the postoff1ce department.
Byers proposes to furnish aeroplane service twice
week all the year round for 900 pounds of mail per
TRIP between Seward and 1ditarod at rate of
year: This would affect important economies both
OF money and time in the Alaskan mail service The
mails from the United States to the Nome Alaska dist
riot would be advanced from 20 to Fl days.
the Byers aeroplane service is started this routa
would become the main trunk line for mails to points
IN Alaska north of 1ditarod In winter this would be
especially economical and efficient. At present an ex-
pensiVe difficult and roundabout service must be MAIN
tanned. The winter mail for Nome starts at cordova on
the coast goes to Fairbanks and Tanana by
or seo and from Tanana to Nome by dog sled total
distance OF $500 miles, This takes about 80 DAYS. With
the aeropane route in operation the
COST OF operation would be much reduced: and the
present dog sled routes would be discontinued
1t is estimated that the winter Flying" time from
Seward to 1ditarod by aeroplane and from 1iarod
kaltag and Nome would be about 10 days.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
COMPENSATION FOR
:. CHILD YET UN BORN

:WILL1vAN1sPORT, Pa, June 15.-
Referee Champion Of the state COM
pensation board has ruled that a.
child, yet unborn, is entitled to COM
pensation benefits. The award will
begin at the birth Of the hid and
continue until it is 16 years Of axe.
The father of the unborn child was
killed January 10, on the dock on
the 'Williamsport Coal company. At
the time of his death he was re-
ceiving a weekly wage of $3.50. Re-
fierce Champion rules that from the
birth Of the child and until 800 weeks
afterward, the widow and child are
to receive $S.41, or As per cent of
the dead fathers wages. At the end
Of the 3ooth week, the child itself
Is to receive $3.50 a week, or Is per
cent of its fathers wages, until it
becomes is years old.
The referee took the position that
the child is legally in being and en-
titled to consideration the same as a
born child.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17

Judge S. w. Gilpin of the Probate
Court, who is a candidate for re-
nomination and reelection has re-
sided continuously in St.. Louis
county for the past fifteen years.
For some time before his election to
his present. office he was county SUI
perintendent of schools, a position he
filled with great credit and which
gave him an unusual opportunity to
become intimately acquainted with
the people and conditions in all parts
Of the county,.
He has given his personal and
courteous attention to the affairs of
the office at all times and under his
administration the office has been put
on a highly organized and efficient
basis and the probate court of this
county has taken a front rank among
the probate courts of the state both
as to efficiency and the expeditions
handling of the work falling within
it's jurisdiction. His decisions on ques-
tons of law have uniformly stood the
test on appeals to higher court and
he has yet to be reversed on any ap-
peal which as been taken to the SUI
preme. court. Judge Gilpin's candi-
dacy has been Endorsed almost unani-
mously by the practicing attorneys Of
Duluth and the range.
His training, temperament and ex-
perience make him an ideal man for
an office which is fast growing in
Importance and he should be renomi-
mated and reelected by a substantial
majority.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
CHARGE JUSTICES
WITH EXT0RTI0N

Authorities Of Toledo, Ohio, are in
vestigating alleged methods of extor-
ton practiced by collection agencies,
and a grand jury will probably be i'm
panelled to consider the matter. It is
stated that IS collection agencies and
four justices of the peace are in
volved. The probers declare that an
average of 500 wage garnishment
cases are started against, workingmen
in Toledo every month, and that IS
per cent of these claims have been
found to be illegitimate. Imposing
fictitious court costs, doubling the
amount Of claims, and starting suits
where there is no legal or just basis
are some of the many methods used
in taking advantage Of the careless
ness and ignorance of the victims, the
examiners say. One, case is cited
where a woman was sued for %.
cents. She settled with the collec-
ton agency and was forced to pay
more than IS in costs.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
THE OPTIMuST.

message OF inspiration to soldier of the COM
mon good was that delivered recently by Dr. William +
Foster president of Reed college, before the Oregon
state conference of social agencies. He said:
III the devoted men and women who are laborins for
the public veal will leave the narrow confines of
daily lie with all its petty difficulties and seek the his
torcal perspective if they will look back but few gen
eratlons they will find that many human ills which were
regarded as necessary evils longer toler
ated In FACT they need carefully examine only the
ord OF single generation to that there is in rea1itv
no such thing as necessary evil The history Of social
progress demonstrates that whatever necessary for
mankind is not evil and whatever is evil is not
cessary.'
his Is message which we need to hear often Every
nard pressed fighter to whom the struggle against
erty vice. disease and all the other ansocal forces
times seems vain is heartened by It, It makes him re-
MEMBER that In twenty years have passed from the
stage In which the relief poor was the chief
OF social workers. to place where dream of the
abolition OF poverty. decade ago we cared for the
sick and punished the delinquent. TODAY we 1vor,
toward the prevention Of disease and the abolition
conditions which breed vice. The causes of social waste
not the results occupy review of what has been
accomplished compels optimism.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
MORE~LABOR MEN
NEEDED IN CONGRESS

(From Committee on Industrial Re-
lations, Washington, D. c.
A great writer says: "Those who
are not virile enough to take public
action are inevitably condemned to be
it's pawns.''
Whether labor is to continue to be
the pawn Of politicians and the spe-
cial interests that now control them
Is up to labor itself.
The eighteen union men forming the
labor group" in congress have shown
what can be done. .2eactionary en-
ployers and exploiting interests have
always recognized the Importance of
electing congressman who will vote
and fight for their. interests. i
There are not enough labor men in
congress. Today many bills to
strengthen the power of the few over
the many are before congress, and in
danger Of being passed.
Those eighteen union men on the
firing line in congress need your help.
Organized labor in every district in
the United States surely possesses one
tried and true representative who is
qualified to stand for nomination and
election to congress- as e real spokes-
man of the people, ~: $ En- ", III
X \ viii labor find such men, Bet them
into the race, and stand behind them
:" or will 1t continue to play Into the
hands Of any: plausible politician who
comes aiong2s ~ . s T..
2 II labor makes the most of IT'S OPP
}portunities, there will be fifty men
Instead Of eighteen in the labor group
al the next session. es-5
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
= A RIGHTFUL PROTEST
Thomas III. West.

Thomas III. West.
Here am a union card,
This pocket is my home:
I wish that could get away
From here. quickly roam.
Made in sweatshop what a shame!
That I am compelled to stay,
No union label for a chun1-
Why can't get away.
wonder are there other
Union cards in such fix?
Can there be other union men
Who do such awful tricks?
I'll just go off and kill myself;
At least that's how I feel;
These sweatshop goods impair NV
health,
I cannot stand this deal.
If I could only talk to him
I'd say word or two =
That he'd remember all his life:
He'd know my words were true.
What right has any man like him
TO own a union card?
If was only able I
Would kick him good and hard.
He takes me out and pays his dues
And thinks that ends it all;
Upon my word never heard w.
Him for u label call.
They'll fix him yet and when they do
With joyfulness I'll sing ~. :..,,
If, he is: not q hypocrite
There is, no such thing.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
THE BURDEN. :.
BY Robert Whitaker,

BY Robert Whitaker.
Not the weak, but the strong are the
burden we bear,
We would carry the feeble today,
And no one be broken with heart
ache and care,
If the strong would stand out Of
the way.
We could satisfy all who have less
than they need,
# those who have more would re-
frain.
Want is not the worlds problem, the
problem is greed,
For the slums are the back-yards
of gain.
We prate Of .'aefective." and scold
1.-The unfit"
But the people who trouble us most
Are the Wanted efficient" who
think they are it, :
And know not the things that they
boast.
The handsome folks live on the. plain
folks, of course.
kA11U LILO CleVeT IOlkS 1--WE on the
fools;
And the people who work are for
ever the source
OF the waste and the riot that
rules.
You may double the tax on the COM
mon mans bread,
But the rich man must still have
his cake.
And the follish must fill up the
trenches with dead
That the wise folks may double
their stake.
And when you have beggared the
man who is down
The man is a patriot still.
But alas for the flag, and slack Tor
the crown
When the rich have to settle the
bill.
No, it isn't the weakness Of those who
| are weak
That makes the world wretched and
| wrong,
We shall some day discover the sin
ner we seek
In the self-centered greed OF the
strong:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
THE WIFE KNOWS 1T.

'Why all this cry for socks for the
soldiers?"
II think it must be to make the
men ~combative," opined young Mrs.
Wombat. II know the ones knit for
my husband keep him keyed up to 9
fighting pitch"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
'~HAVH-H-HEART.

HAVE HEART.
Gregory threatens to begin another
prosecution of the Standard on company; He should
have heart Someone should intercede with him.
He busted Standard Oil once. It completely
busted that Of theshares divided into ten
thousandths 1t busted under the super
vision Of the attorney and the supreme court
This year is the first year in which the thoroughly
busted and reorganzed and reformed and properly
ished company has had chance to show the effect of
tho prosecution. During the last six months the price
Of its products has risen higher faster than ever
before BY the end of this year it will dstri-
buted 800 in dividends than any previ
year in its history.
Gregory carries out his threat and busts this trust
again it will foreclose its mortgage the universe.
MARKING ANOTHER EPOCH IN LABOR HISTORY
The Fourth of July is going to be great day for
organized labor in the national capital On this patri
otto natal day of the nation new seven-story office
building of the American Federation of Labor will be
dedicated with ceremony in keeping with both the day
and the occasion.
President Wilson has accepted the committees invi-
taton to be present and deliver address, Secretary
OF Labor w. B. Wilson, labor's member of the Presi-
dents Cabinet will likewise make a speech.
Then there will be Samuel Gompers, head of the or
gained labor who has ploted the Federation
since it's institution in 1882 to the day. He has
seen 1t grow from few struggling thousands to great
compact, militant organization of nearly 5000 000 It
movement.
The new building will be the hub center of the or
movement of this country and inspiration to
other labor bodies to acquire homes of their own
1t has been the ambition Of President Gompers for
number of to the Federation established in it's
own home Therefore it is fitting this ambition
should be realized the glorious Fourth of Ju1v the
day OF American independence. The American Fedora
tion OF Labor stands for Independence Of the wage
Garner and the fulflment Of equal justice to- all en
vouchsafed by the Declaration Of Independence.
It was Benjamin Franklin the printer who, when
signing this famous document declared: 1--WE mnst INV
all hang together, otherwise shall all hang separ
ately.'
So 1t is with the workers of today Unless thew
unite and assert their rights they exploited separ
ately by the captains OF industry. -
All LABOR will rejoice at the dedication of the new
Federation home in Washington. It marks another
milestone in the onward march and solidarity of the
nations producers.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17
CLOTHES MAKE A DIFFERENCE

CLOTHES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
A man wished to introduce a friend
to. his wife, who was at the seashore:
When the pair got to the resort they
found the wife in the SURF, Entering
the bath house the men 7donned their
suits and went into The water. The
husband introduced his friend.
a week later the friend observed
this woman, no had met in the water
sitting opposite him, in = street. car!
He bowed. She looked puzzled for a
moment and then exclaimed: y.
'Oh,. how: odyou do? didn't know
you with your. clothes. on.
81 They had to leave n the ear ut the
next corner
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17

Vote "Yes'' on Ordinance CAP mex
Monday-Help the firemen.