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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
GAS RANGE CAUSES FIRE

The close proximity of a gas range to the walls iii the kitchen at the home of John Fox at 425 Warren street, caused the baseboard to be- come ignited at 11:32 this morning. A still alarm was sent to Hose com pany No. g, and the blaze was extin- guished by the use of chemicals Dam ages to the amount of $1o was done the woodwork.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
ss,ooO FIRE IN THoN1psoNv1LLE

Thompsonville, Conn, Feb 21=A frame building occupied by the Su- perior Mineral Water co. was burned early today with it's contents The cause of the fire has not been deter mined. The loss is estimated at about $6,o0O, partially covered by in- surance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
42O, OOO,OOO POUND WAR CREDITS ASKED BY PREMIER ASQUITH

London, Feb. 21-After the open ing of the session today Premier As ouith introduced in the House of Commons the expected votes of credit aggregating APO. 100000 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
MRS. SARAH K. BOLTON DEAD.

Cleveland, Feb. 21-Mrs. Sarah Knowles Bolton, aged "A, prominent as an author and charities worker died here today. She was born in Pennington. Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
THE WEATHER.

Fair tonight and Tuesday; not quite so cold tonight, warmer Tuesday. Moderate northwest winds becoming variable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
MORE RECRUITS CALLED.

London, Feb. l21-A royal proclama- ton has been posted calling to the colorsi the members of class one under the military service act. They are to report before March 21. The class mentioned comprise the youngest of the recruits available. They are the bachelors who had attained the age Of 8 on August 15 last.
 It is believed that the majority of them have now attained 1 g years old and have thus become eligible for mill itary service. The present summons completes the calling up of the single men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
BRITISH DRIVE REPU-IsED.

Berlin, Feb. 21, via .London-Re- pulse of a British hand grenade attack against the new German position on the Yser canal north Of Ypres, was announced today by the German war office.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
RUGSIANs TUsH ADVANCF. .

T5ondas Feb 21 The Russfa1ls have occupied the entire Lake Van district the Turks retiring solIthward and even nSevacuating Bitlis. according to a Petrograd despatch received in Rome and given out here by the wire less press.
 On the other wing, according to the despatch. the Russian advance guards have arrived within a short distance of Arebozpnd on the Black Sea coast
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
NSONIA STRIKES
 SPREAD

Girls in Textile Shop Walk Out When Demands of 200 Employees For Increase in Wages Are Refused Un- rest Among Workers is Growing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-21
GERMAN AERIAL FLEET ATTACKS
 FRENCH HANGAR
Bombs Dropped on Aero dronne and Camp in West
 Flanders, Berlin Reports.

Berlin, Feb. 21-An official state ment issued here today says that the German naval aeroplanes on Sunday dropped a large number of bombs on the aerodome and camp at Furnes, in West Flanders. near the North Sea, and returned safely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
of
Sam Bridges
Wednesday

In accordance with the wishes
of Mrs. Bridges, funeral services
for Samuel d. Bridges, former
clerk of the federal court in Taco
ma, who ended his life Sunday
were held privately Wednesday
afternoon.
A simple ritual was held at the
Buckley-King Co.'S chapel, with
a few intimate friends and rela-
tives attending.
The widow arrived in Tacoma
late Tuesday afternoon from
Portland, and knew nothing of
her husbands death until friends
who met her at the Union station,
broke the news to her.
Mrs. Bridges suffered a COM
plete collapse, and was not per-
mitted to see anyone during the
evening. 1t was reported that
Bridges had never suggested sui
eide, and that his seemingly
cheerful appearance when she left
for Portland last week had inten-
sified the shock of his sudden
death.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
FISH BURN { OUT
FOR CONGRESS-

George P. Fishburne filed at
Olympia Wednesday as demo-
cratic candidate to represent the
second district of Washington in
congress.
Fishburne received an academic
degree from the Washington q
Lee university at Lexington, vir-
ginia. and graduated in law at, the
University of Virginia.
He came to Tacoma in January,
1905, and entered the practice Of
law.
In December, 1913, he was APP
pointed to his present position of
assistant U. s. attorney here.
He ran for prosecuting attor-
ney on the democratic ticket I'm
1912, and has always been an
active democrat.
Unlike most men born in the
south, he says, Il am not a hide
bound partisan, and II Wilson
had not made the democratic par
ty the party of advancement and
reform and thereby destroyed the
reason for the existence of the
progressive party, I would have
jointed the latter"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
NEVER GIVE
UP, VERDICT
OF WORKERS

At the largest meeting held
since the Tacoma strike began,
members of the local longshore-
mems union Tuesday night agreed
to stand with other Puget Sound
locals on a firm determination to
remain on strike regardless of
the conference decision in San
Francisco, unless the conference
results in an agreement by en-
ployers to grant the new union
wage scale.
More than 700 Tacoma long
shoremen attended the meeting.
Since it is not expected that the
San Francisco conference. which
began Tuesday and adjourned I'M
TIL Thursday, will result in vic
tory for the union men. the vote
means a continuance of the Puget
Sound tie-up.
The Seattle union sent $1,000
in cash to the Tacoma longshore-
men, and pledge of 5000 to be
sent in few days. This money
is being loaned by the Tacoma
local to longshoremen with fami-
lies.
A labor mass meeting will be
held at Lucille hall, South Ia
coma, Friday evening, in the in
terests of the general labor move
ment and the longshoremen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
Water May Run Through
That Faucet 0. K, But
Reporter Has No Money

invention. He says ii is the great
est faucet In the world.
The reporter knows that it does
automatically shut off the flow
of water when released, because
Mr.. Ross has one attached to a
pipe In his office, and he showed
1t to her.
He'll Talk About Faucets.
In fact. it was extremely diff
cult to get him to talk about any
thing but the merits of the faucet,
and the necessity of buying stock
promptly.
intermediate points, such as
the incorporation of the COM
pany, etc, were harder to get in
formation about.
The subscription blanks bear
under the name ~. 8. Perfection
Faucet Co." the words "incorpor-
ated under the laws of the state
of Washington"
The reporter was just mean
enough to write TO the Sec
rotary of state, Friday, and
has his answer dated Tues
day, that he is unable to lo-
cate "A corporation of that
name of the records Of this
office"
Mr.. Ross was little impatient
when asked for bank references.
"I have no hank references
dear lady" he said. Il know
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02

A woman reporter for The
Times is today wondering IL she
missed an opportunity to become
Hetty Green, when she walked
out of the officers of the U. S.
Perfection Faucet Co.. on the Bird
floor of the Bankers Trust build
ing last Friday without investing
in stock which J. c. Ross. who
says he is president of the COM
pany, told her was sure TO go TO
IS a share within few days, and
soar to prices like those of Beth
lehem Steel before winter.
She could have bought stock at
40 cents Friday. Mr.. Ross told
her IL she waited until Monday,
she would almost certainly haye
to pay more. IL she waited long
err. there was no telling whether
she could get any or not.
"COming Back"
She called at the office at ii
O'Clock this morning, Wednesday.
The accent stock was not all
gone, exactly. Someone had an
option on it-but the option
would expire at IL.
You're coming back, aren't
your" asked Mr.. Ross solicitous-
ly, as she escaped.
Mr.. Ross is a short. stout man,
with apersuasive smile, and
boundless enthusiasm about his
faucet, which he says is his own
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02

PASADENA. Cal. Aug. -
After bluffing their way into So
ciety on three cents, Priscilla
Kimmis and Mildred Clare, two
attractive 17-year-old girls, have
decided that bluffing does not
pay. 1t landed them in jail when
Miss Clare's father asked the po-
lice to find her
The girls recently ran away
from their homes in Phoenix,
Ariz., came to this city, registered
at the Hotel Maryland, one OF
Americas most exclusive hostel
ries, and chose one of the most
expensive suites. ALL ON A
CAPITAL OF THREE PENNIES.
For three days they did not
eat.
Heirs to fortunes ogled them.
Matrons and debutantes alike
envied the stylish creations they
wore.
with me-" Miss Clare con-
tinued, this affair was merely a
lark. | knew, however, that it
couldn't continue forever and
was surprised that it lasted as
long as it did. We at least had
the satisfaction of being Some
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02

body for a little while, even
though we do have to go back
home and face the music"
THE glamor of our adventure
began to wane when we saw
hunger staring us in the face,
admitted Miss Kimmis. "When
the police took us into custody,
things had begun to look real
serious. We had paid our last
fifty cents to the chauffeur that
took us to the hotel and when we
registered we had only three
pennies in cash.
I'VE we're afraid to eat at the
Maryland for fear we would have
to pay for our meals as we or
dered them. We frequently
passed the dining room and
looked in, but the sight of a gold
braided lackey toting a silver
salver and ever lowering near the
diners frightened us away. You
see, we thought he collected for
the meals
Acting the part of real society
people was the least of their trou-
BILE, according to the girls.
I'VE simply assumed an air of
aloofness,' Miss Kimmis ex-
planned, land carried ourselves
with great dignity, didn't attempt
to flirt-and we were dressed for
the part. Why, my stockings
alone seemed to be the sensation
of the hotel. People couldn't
keep their eyes off them.
I'VE copied our garments from
the very latest fashion magazines,
made most of them ourselves and
were surprised to find that they
were in advance of anything dis
played at the Maryland
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02

Because of the necessity of cut
ting 500, 900 off the operating
expense of the city government,
one or more fire stations will be
put out of business during the
coming fall and winter.
The council today concurred in
a motion by Atkins that at least
one of the major stations be aban-
doned.
Il realize as we'll as anyone
the necessity of cutting down city
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02

country's history. The resultant
commercial prostration might
send the nations loss into the
billions of dollars. II the strike
comes, railroads will present con-
gress with many reasons for en-
forced arbitration.
Senator LaFollette plans to
lead the strikers fight against
mediation. The brotherhoods
have threatened to vote against
any congressman favoring en-
forced arbitration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
FLASHES

SEATTLE - Harry G. Ham
mond, 81 years old, who has serv-
ed time in seven penitentiaries.
Is in Jail charged with grand lar
eeny. If found guilty, he may bs
sent up for life as an "habitual
criminal. He is preparing to test
the constitutlonality of the habit
ual criminal law.
LONDON-A Copenhagen dis
patch says the German govern,
ment has promised Holland not
to modest Dutch ships carrying
foodstuffs to England.
LONDON-No word of any
change in plans for the execution
of Sir Roger Easement Thursday
morning had been received by his
solicitor wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02

In the brain of Herr Lohmann
was born the daring idea of build
ing submarine merchantmen of
the Deutschland type. He per-
sonally organized and founded
the German Ocean Shipping COM
pany, owner of the pioneer sub
sea liner, and is directing the or
ganization of a submarine fleet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
GREAT RAILROAD
STRIKE IMPENDS

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Tim-
othy ID. Shea announced today
that the counting of the strike
vote of 100000 railway train
men would be completed Aug. 7,
and that IL the workers authorize
walkout by their vote he will
Immediately authorize the heads
of the four great railway brother
hoods to call general strike, de-
manding an eight-hour day and
more overtime.
Shea said: "This Is his
tory's greatest labor move
ment. The largest number
of men is involved and IL
covers a wider territory than
any other strike"
Railroad and grain men of Chi
cago today said that the pro-
posed strike would certainly
paralyze the central and western
states and would work great
hardship.
Grain and cattle movements
will practically cease.
The grain now stored in east
ern milling centers is totally in
adequate to Withstand a pro-
longed blockade. Exceedingly
high prices and a food shortage
would probably result.
The bureau of railway eco
Monies at Washington, d. c., to-
day reported that the proposed
strike affected 100000 men,
earning four hundred millions
annually, and employed 100000
miles of railroads.
The strike means the greatest
transportation blockade in the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02

what I'm doing. / am the presi-
dent of this company, and there
are no other officers.
Not Worrying.
I'm not worrying about sell
ing stock. It's the people who
wait and don't buy before 1t goes
up who'll have toyworry later"
He produced a paper.
Look at this!" he cried. "An
investment of 500 in the Ford
Automobile Co. has paid $4,000!
In the Bell Telephone Co. s201.-
600! In the Westinghouse Air
Brake, SAT, $3.50! In the Western
Union Telegraph 100000! The
people who were afraid to invest
in those things know better
now but it's too late. or course,
a smaller investment would pay
in the same ratio as 500 in
vestment.
But don't ask anybody to in
vest! They can use their own
judgment. But let me tell You
one thing" and he wiggled an
impressive finger at the reporter,
people have asked me to tell
them just how soon they might
look for returns on their stock in
some of these mpanies-com-
panies-companies / am not per-
sonally interested in, but they
knew | knew-see? / told them
the exact length OF time!"
Nor Soliciting Anybody.
How long do you think 1t
would be before | could make
something on this faucet stock
If | put in little money!" ven
tured the reporter.
Mr.. Ross half-closed his eyes,
and moved his lips rapidly as if
in calculation.
Let me see-August, Septem-
ber-I should say this fall, with
out doubt" he said.
But I'm not asking anybody
to invest. In fact, wouldn't
sell more than $1,000 worth of
stock to any one person. Bring
somebody in here with $4,000 to
AA'No's anu WdtNu HOW QulCh L IL
turn him down. I've done it be-
fore-turned several of them
down already"
Get That Stock"
"l-I-I'il have to think it
over murmured the reporter,
moving to leave.
Wait a moment" cried Mr..
Ross. smiling archly. You for
got something. GET THAT
STOCK"
The reporter did not get it.,
however. Reporters never have
any money-and they're a suspi-
cious lot anyway.
]. c. Ross of the U. S. Perfec-
ton Faucet Co. was arrested
Tuesday afternoon on a warrant
issued to Mrs. o. w. Calhoun,
charging that he struck and beat
her"
Ross claims that Mrs. Calhoun
had annoyed him In his office,
and that he asked her to leave,
but did not strike her.
He is out on $3.50 bond.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
City May Close
Up Fire Station

expenses" said he after the meet
ing, but | think the council is
foolish in trying to abolish any of
the large fire stations.
atkins was referring particu-
larly to the st. Helehs avenue sta
ton. Although the building is in
deplorable shape. it is in a stra-
tegic position.
The fire department Is paying
$4,000 every year for rental of
fire hydrants, and this sum should
be cut out" said Petit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
Where Woodrow
Wilson Stands

am willing, no matter what my per
sonal fortunes may be, to play for the
verdict of mankind.
Personally, it will be matter of in
difference to me what the verdict on
the 7th of November is, provided feel
any degree of confidence that when a
later jury sits, I shall get their judg
ment in my favor.
Not in my favor personally-what
difference does that make?-but in my
favor as an honest and conscientious
spokesman of great nation.
WOODROW WILSON.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
TIN BOX TRICK
sts TO Rob BARBER

.ps SALEM, Ore, Aug. Swim
dlers today stole $3.50, the saw
ings of lifetime, from Gus De-
mas. barber. They used the
old tin box trick, making Demas
surrender his money as guar
antee of good faith"
They handed him the box sup
posedly containing a $4,000 in.
heritance. He found 1t contained
a comic supplement to Portland
paper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-08-02
ARMY AIRMEN IN
80 AERIAL BATTLES

PARIS, Aug. at is announc-
ed today that the French have adj
vanced on both sides of the
Somme. Thirty-three aeroplane
duels were fought today over the
trenches.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-01-14

In this Twentieth Century of ours the chief commodity OF
commerce is steel.
Not only ire it's uses varied and universal and its services to man
kind inca1culab1e, but its manufacture is conducted on such a gigantic
scale and exhibits SC many disassociated economic phenomena that it
has Justly been called the barometer of trade. The industrial pulse
of the nation can be read in the heart-throbs of steel production.
Prosperity is heraded in its well-flled order books-adversity may be
foretold in their blank pages.
The measure of a nations progress is gagged, to-day, in the
tonnage tables of its steel output.
The work O. the world is performed by machines of steel-t is
the universal medium for the generation and transmission of power.
Steel enters into every department of agriculture-the worlds
greatest industry-from the steam plough to the combination reaper
and thresher.
In the second largest of the worlds businesses, railroad operation,
steel rails bear trains of steel passenger and freight cars across steel
bridges and through steel tubes.
Architects have called upon the steel makers to shape for them
Babylonian structures with frames of steel sheathed in cement "a by
Product of steel fabrication), reinforced with steel rods, their steel
Ceilings fastened to steel girders, their lofty steel towers, reached by
elevators and stairways of steel.
Builders have cunningly fashioned their doors, window frames
nd wainscoting Of steel stained to match the grain Of forest growth;
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-01-14

cabinet and furniture makers have moulded, bent and pressed the
solid sheet of steel. into the form of cabinet. desk. couch and table
The commerce Of the world is borne in bulls of steel from land
to land, while the far flung floating forresses which constitute the
first line of defence of every Nation worthy of the name arr wrought of
steel from keel to fighting top, from torpedo tube to gun turret.
Steel missiles, steel weapons and steel armor form the panoply of
war OF the worlds DICTIONARIES which are transported to the point of
attack or defence in motor driven vehicles of steel.
And so it is, from cradle to coffin, the product of furnace and
forge serves and Stays, defends and destroys, shelters and sacrifices
Mankind Steel, the Handmade of Civilization!
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-01-14
CAPE MAY coUNTY's SOIL AND CLIMATE

Like the land of the Pharaohs, Cape May County lies in the Delta
of a great navigable river, whose tawny food throughout countless
ages has brought down from a thousand tributary streams its wealth
of plant food to deposit it on the loose, golden gravel and ancient sea
bottom which forms its subsoL. Hence, the soil OF Cape May County
is so rich that, as Douglass Jerrold has said Of Australia, eff one
tickles her with a hoe, she will laugh with a harvest.
An aluvial loan, loose and easily worked, with freedom from
clay and hardpan, yet with enough consistency to prevent leeching,
combine to make Cape May County a delight to the trucker, the fruit
grower and the poultryman. Every product known to the temperate
zone, every vegetable, small fruit and berry, every grain and grape,
will thrive in the rich, sandy loan of Cape May County.
Water-control is perhaps the only important problem which the
Cape May County agricuturst must solve.
Rapid evaporation under the influence of almost constant breezes
render an otherwise ample rainfall insufficient for short periods during
normal years. The presence of an ample watersupply, both in the
form of flowing streams and underground springs, assures the success
of irrigation which is now being introduced.
But a small part of the tilable lands of the County are under
cultivation, yet the yield per acre is large.
Drainage and the reclamation of fertile swamp lands, rich in muck
and decomposed vegetable matter, by dykes would add enormously to
the agricultural area of the County.
Intensive farming, the cultivation of the smallest acreage so as to
produce the largest results, could nowhere be practced more adj
vantageousy.
The County of Cape May could support an immense industrial
population, whose presence would. in turn. react upon the develon-