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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
RUNAWAY wife
BROUGHT H0mE
TO Her FAMILY
)ne to care for them.
Find Her i'm Hotel.


Find Her i'm Hotel.
Finally he sought the aid of
Constable Mitchell and together
they went to Seattle. They To-
Gated Trait, who at first stalled
and denied he knew anything of
the woman's whereabouts. He
was taken to the police station
and told that IL he didn't come
through" In Is minutes he would
land behind the bars. He came
through" They found the moth
er in Seattle hotel.
And what was her punishment
Thursday?
Nothing, except a severe repri-
mand from the Judge; for the
husband wanted mother for his
children. lie agreed to take her
back home with him.
Don't you know that you cant
run away and desert your chill
dren?" Judge Linck said. mo
matter where you should go the
law would always get you and
bring you back"
Trait Not Arrested.
Deputy Prosecutor George
Thompson, who issued the war
rant In the case, declared today
that 1t needed no stretch Of the
Imagination to apply the lazy
husband" law to a mother as well
as a father.
THE care of the children de-
wolves upon her just as much as
to her husband. She is duty bound
to care for them" said Thomp-
son. u
Charlie Trait, who IL said TO
have enticed the woman from
home, could not be arrested in
Seattle, as no offense had been
committed there,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
Charges For Everything

If telephone home, another
address, have $3.50 installation The only
the fee where the telephone of the
previous has been disconnected.
telephone moved another Of the
1t costs ST.
it is moved another room-$2.
Change from wall to desk phone vice costs ST.
fail bill by the 18th Of the month"; the e
phone will be disconnected and will cost 81 fine before
1t again.
subscribers getting
flat being charged 81
every their home exchange
costing subscribers high 81 and IS month for
phones
public apparently helpless for the public
in all matters of differ
corporations has sanctioned all
these things
Although the commission Topped off ten million dollars valua
ngton the figures Of this commission show that for 1914
the exchange lost $163 68 the invest
that the entire system in the state only made 23S
profit a investment of $193S2,209.
And will take the public long tme and lots of
paent either them that the charges
RI a mistake.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
"HOOLA BOOJIA" CRY
RINGS OVER TRENCHES
(By United Press. }

LONDON, Sept. 21.-In-
yestigation today of the Ger
man charge that BLACK saw
ages" were aiding the Eng
fish in fighting on the west
ern front disclosed that one
very large, black, fierce look
ing savage" a British citi-
zen hailing from London,
was instructed to put his
woolly head over teh parapet
20 times a day in 20 differ
ent places for 20 days yell
ing on each occasion "Hoola
Boola." or something like
that.
Naturally the Germans
thought they were opposing
q horde OF savages.
And all the time the horde
was scared stiff that he was
going to get his head shot
off.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
so Armed Men
Lynch White
Man In Kansas

OLATHE, Kan, Sept. 81. -
Storming the Jail, SO armed men
early today lynched Bert Dudley,
avenging the brutal murder OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Muller, for
which he was convicted Tuesday.
Selling Dudley, the mob hur-
ried him to waiting motor cars,
threw a rope around his neck.
sped quarter of q mile to the
Frisco depot and hanged him to
a telephone pole.
Dudley. an ex-convict and
white. was convicted Of first de-
gree murder, which carries with
1t sentence of life imprisonment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
BY Edgar G.. Wheeler

10y 1uSd OIL ". w AOClOA
Mrs. Lydia Munce, Taco
ma mother, the first mother
In the state to be arrested as
''lazy husband!"
Young, pretty and innocent
looking, she sat In Justice
Linck's court Thursday
morning, charged with de-
sorting her three little chill
dren three days ago.
Her husband, Alex Munce, and
Constable Mitchell brought her
back home to Tacoma at midnight
Wednesday night after long
search of the streets and hotels of
Seattle, where she had fled.
why did you do IT." her hus-
band asked her In the court room.
Every morning when they would
wake up the babies would cry for
their mother; and when ] came
home from work at night they
would ask:
Neighbor blamed.
Daddy, have you found man,
ma YETI"
II don't know why | did it,"
the woman replied. 81 don't
know"
A Observation-Disclosures by the
name of Charlie Trait brought all
the trouble to the little family,
according to the statements made
to the Judge. He lived next door.
While the husband was away he
would pay visits to the home,
bringing candy for the children
with him.
Then suddenly Monday the
young mother vanished. The hus-
band made a vain search for her
in Tacoma. His children we're
crying for her. There were no
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
JUDGES ALL MUST RUN AGAIN
COUNT
UPSET IS
dope

All four Pierce county SUI
periOr court judges are on
edge Thursday.
Official count of the bal
lots cast In the judicial pri-
maries, while it will not be
completed before night, indi-
Gates that the names of
Judges Card, Chapman, Eas-
terday and Clifford probably
will not go on the November
ballot unOppOsed, as had
been estimated.
III the final count shows this Il
be correct, j. ID. Fletcher, Harry
II. Johnson, r. d. Nash and De
Witt M. Evans will be put bach
into the running.
The prediction that all of the
present judges would be unop.
posed was based on the estimate
that not more than 10000 bal.
lots were cast in the judicial pri
maries. Each of the incumbents
received more than so per cent
of this number.
The official check, however, in
dicates that at least 5000 votes
were cast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
The most fragile thing ON
earth is a promise.

As touching a case Of hero wor-
ship as we have observed since
Col. Joab defended Washington's
memory is that displayed by a
sports writer for a Tacoma after
noon paper this week.
He visited the circus, 1t seems.
ami was permitted to look upon
yes, and even to speak with
the object of his devotions.
His. Impressions he recorded
thus:
Jess willard Is a real man.
Any man who knows the cham
pion will say 80. The sporting
editor had o talk with him last
might just before the main per-
Torrance at the Sells-Floto circus
began last night.
"Jess was in his tent with his
wife Just after the show started.
He sat on an, old box and was
talking quietly with his wife. His
dress was very simple and when
the editor was introduced by Tom
Jones, HIS manager, the big fell
low got up and put out his mighty
hand and gave warm welcome.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21

WITH GEN. Won LINSIN-
GEMS ARMIES ON THE RUS
SIAN FRONT, Aug. 20.-- tBy
mail. Germany has added fly
Ing whales to her other war wond-
ers of the air.
IA hundred yards away these
new aeroplanes look like giant
fish with double fins which had
Topped out OF water and lie
strangled on their bellies on the
sand
They have four bic eyes on each
side.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
Flying Whales" Are
Latest War Wonder

High in the air, they are the
most startling creatures seen on
any front. y
These flying whales have great
err speed, more bomb carrying ca
pacity and quicker action than
any other biplanes in Europe, Of
ficers at the German aviation
camp say.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
He'd Have Don e
1t, Says Bill
Taft In Book

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. q. -
Ex-President Taft would have
recognized Huerta had he con-
tinued in office, he declares in a
copyrighted article in the October
issue of Yale Review.
He only abstained, he says, be-
cause President Wilson's inaugur-
alton followed Huerta's accession
to the presidency of Mexico by but
IL days and he did not want to
embarrass his successor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
Talk o the Times

Mrs. willard, too, seemed very
democratic and was pleased to
meet newspaper man."
So democratic they even
evinced pleasure ON meeting
sporting editor Could
more than that be said!
FEW WOMEN SHOW DIG
CKETI0N IN THE SELECTION
OF THINGS TO E LEFT UN-
SAID.
Resourcef,ilness n . great
asset when your backs
against the wall.
NO GIRL CAN sUCCEESFUT.-
LY MASTICATE FUDGE AND
NURSE A CASE OF D1sAp-
POINTED LOVE AT THm
SAME TIME.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
Informative
Entertainment


That's what you will
get if you read BE
yond the Frontier" in
The Times, starting
Monday.
It's a novel by Randall
Parrish, dealing with
early days along the
upper Mississippi, writ
ten from historical
sources. Il
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
DROP SMUGGLING CASE
UNITED Press Icnsed yVfrel

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. I'll.
The smuggling conspiracy cases
growing out OF the discovery of
Chinese coolies aboard the liner
were definitely settled
today before Federal Judge Dool-
ing, when the government asked
for a dismissal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
NEW RUMANIAN ATTACK

UNITED Press Leased Wlre)
BERLIN. Sept. 21.-Austro-
German forces are now advancing
to new invasion of Rumania on
the northwestern frontier, this
afternoons official statement In
dictated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
ooLLEGERs FORM
HUGHES LEAGUE

w. @. Heinly, l.. M. Perkins,
w. l.. Mccormick, R. P. Mason
and Rex Roudebush have been SO.
lected by New York headquarters
Of the Hughes National College
league to form a Tacoma branch
OF the Organization.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
ROB HOTEL ROOM

F. G. Swener, travelling man,
reported to the police that his
room at the Donnelly hotel was
burglarized Wednesday afternoon
and $50 and a gold safety razor
stolen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
FRENCH ADVANCE
NEARLY 8 MILES

united Press Leased Wire)
PARIS, Sept. 81. - French
forces operating on the allied left
wing in the Balkans have ad-
vanced nearly three miles toward
Hill 1850, taking so prisoners, it
was officially announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21

That Tacoma n one Of the
healthiest cities in the heal
thiest state 10 the United
States. according 20 the lat
est government figures avail
able.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
ABERDEEN POLICE
CAPTAIN Is FIRED

ABERDEEN, Sept. 21.-Capt.
of Police Hook was dismissed
yesterday by Chief Schmidt for
alleged negligence In enforcing
the dry law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
FLASHES

UNITED Press Leased WIre.)
LONDON-German propagan-
dists are attempting to stir up
bad feeling between the United
States and Great Britain by the
circulation of false charges re-
garding the British censorship,
the British foreign office de-
clared in a statement to the Unit
ed Press today.
LAFAYETTE, Ind. = Several
thousand persons packed the
streets in front of the Lincoln
club here today to hear Repub-
lican Nominee Hughes expound
the doctrine of protection in tariff
and labor.
Hughes was in fine fettle, pat
ting babies on the cheek and
otherwise making himself solid"
MISSOULA, Mont.-William J..
Bryan is to speak in Missoula
next Sunday, it was announced
today, but he is not campaigning
for President Wilson, at least
during his stay here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
PHONE COMPANY HAS
| GREAT BIG KICK. TOO,
MANAGER TELLS TINES
BY e. A. PETERS

1.-THE publice think that 1t has a kick coming
there's thing that the public doesn't know
1.-THE telephone company has a bigger kick coming DO
know that this is operating in Tacoma at
loss day? Does the public realize that this immense
corporation with investment nearly and
half millions of dollars, is not making money here?
investigation public service
commission, hired to look for the publcs interests
has found this 1t ought to know"
John Schlarb for the telephone little
Behind his big mahogany desk the Market street office of
the Bell syndicate he looks almost dminutive.
But when Schlab begins fighting him shoots
like those with the aid
blow the desk, looks big Willard.
Schlarb his fingers punch
accompany them, when he excited.
Ever since Sept when the public service commissions
telephone Wash
ngton took effect Schlarb has been the busiest town.
minutes he heated complaint of
rae subscriber
And phone managers burden Fawcett
appointed committee wait the public commits
that the public hands
Of the phone people.
While Schlarb attempting to explain of the
the subscribers
Evidently the subscriber
demanding $3.50 service connection charge for
salaon of phone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
roDAY's CIEAR1NGs

Claerings ....$ 424,465.05|
Balances ......... 78.624.53l
Transactions ....-- 1.17e.15836
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
DON'T MISS
THIS NOVEL

1t win cost you $3.50 in
a book store but only
six cents if you read it
in The Times.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
Greetings, have you read
the various budgets?

With Poet Tagore and Jim
Ham Lewis both headed this way,
Tacoma is In for some thrills.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-21
RATS! G GeT 'E te
BY MABEL ABBOTT

"In catching rat by the TAIL il let him keep his
feet the ground, he won't bite II swing him
the floor he will climb his tail and bite
but long his feet touching something he will just
Ia alax 4euiu 10 h1Id Ian
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-22
HAVE YOU SAILS TODAYP
Uncle Sam Says That Much Should Be
in Your Pockets, if Figures
Don't Lie

You should have Sails in your pockets
today. Uncle Sam says that you should
have that much This makes YOU S3G7
richer than you were a year ago, and by
way Of passing, you are hfty-siX cents
better off now than you were on October /.
II all comes about In this way; The total
money In circulation In the United States
on November l, according 10 a statement
issued by the Treasury Department at
washington. was S4,24l,I82 ,Iss compared
with s3,799 531,052 on November l. 1915
The per capita circulation on the first of the
month this year was S41.1s, This compares
with ss7.51 on November l Of last year and
5000 on Oetobes l of this year
As compared with November OF last
year there was s76162T50 more Federal
Reserve notes in circulation on the first Of
November this year, the total being S2s6,-
25l,605. At the same time there was a re-
duetion In national bank notes of $685.
I24, bringing the circulation Of that form
Of money down 10 s707,S63,15s one OF
the provisions OF the Federal Reserve act
IS for the gradual retirement Of the national
bank notes. and this is now proceeding.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-22
'PRODIGAL PULCHRTTUDE'
MAKES ABUNDANT JOY
So Says a New York Advertise
ment, Which Suggests Reflec-
tions on Copy" Writing
By the Photoplay Editor

When we politely wonder viii makers
Of amusements discover that their com
modites can be sold to tho public by the
same methods that have put over Wrig-
ley's gum and Arrow colars2 Which Is
nothing on earth but filling newspaper
space with good advertising copy" Instead
Of printing an inch or two Of proper nouns
and telephone numbers and expecting the
dramatic editor to do the rest.
The idea is seeping in. The movies have
done lot for It. Because film enter
tainment costs less than a theatrical pro-
duction and because II had to make its
way as a pioneer form of amusement
against another already established. the
purveyors Of the photoplay began using
large advertising space and writing real
ads instead of n mere directory.
But the movies have still got a good deal
to learn about copy" There is still ten-
1ency toward the circus sort Of alliterative
adjectives and monstrous mutations of
sparkling speech There is also an absurd
extravagance of phrase and idea which no
sane copy" writer of an advertising
agency would ever tolerate. The best copy
ever written about the movies was the
campaign of a Philadelphia firm for the
Triangle pictures when they were shown at
So prices. II didn't go in for such mean
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-22
FINANCE COMMITTEE
FIXES TAX RATE TODAY
Decision for Old Figure or Boost
Must Be Made So Coun-
ellis May Act

Its hunt for additional municipal reve-
nues ended. Councils Committee Of Finance
this afternoon will reach final decision as
to tax rate for 1917. The question OF the
necessity of an increase will first be dis
cussed, then an effort will be made TO reach
an agreement on the amount
The figures that tell the story follow
Amount to be appropriated tor 1914
s359i3,tl5, exclusive of 81 100000 needed
to meet now estimates for street cleaning
and garbage removal Amount available
for expenses. $34,1G3.357 The apparent
shortage is s1,779,75s pending action on
street-cleaning work.
Controller Walton's estimate on a surplus
Is S1,4l0000, and this has been included
in the total revenues for use In the next
twelve months, Members of Councils ia
miliar with the Controllers conservative
system of estimating say that his surplus
from unexpected revenues will be nearer
S2000,O00 than the figures contained In his
report.
Many Councmen favor letting the tax
rate stand Mt its present figure of 81 on
realty, but others anxious to put the city
on n paying basis, favor rate ranging
from ten to fifteen cents higher Politics
play. big part in the tax rate discussion,
as members of the Nare-Smith combination
fear the effect of such action on the fight
for county offices. which will take place
next year Individual members of Councils
of both factions have been importuned by
the foes of a tax rate increase and have
been warned that their support of an in
crease may cost them dearly In the future
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-22
Theatrical Baedeker

LTFFhhE A5. weaEasR nE GnErer TFSGGb
Players; Pleasant but not extraordinary en-
Rsycs Rs5y r Peggsy gsS Wed Lois Nerd MerGGdh hqTstSn
BIy msoPoT sSdnfE Harry Smith ri Smd
BRoAlD-"The Harp of Life" with Taurctts
s5snd aes maSheTs h aSSq 9y RsE
O. My Heart, IN which actress and author
oPM scd 6g prSma SSEs in their arts In
GAERICCK-"Potash and Perlmutter in So
SBssss, SBss, ana pa Eo S%SRgr MeEr%ss Ss%usf
more mclodramatic than It's predecessor '0'
FoRREsT-"ZIcEfeld Tollies." with Ina claire,
srnSrd snny rgs pa 5y M9ns PG@gnlnstSn @ Bert Waps
6 Famous ra s ana frS5 p9fgetgn OF
ADELPHI- -.".Experlence. with Ernest Glendn-
hnmanness tban 1ra @raesd p!aS Win more
There's a large cast, GlendinRinG G''G% acts
AT POPULAR PRICES
wALNQT-"Broedway After Dark" with yir-
out how dffcuf IL is Tor Woman py 10 P9thns %eform
Striking melodrama.
STOCK
KNICRERBoCKER-'' tInry Ann" with
Aaw pese eoG en % RsyE %
season OF stock Wei done,
FEATURE FILMS
sTAMEETIss nss George p Wash,GEtoR" 8, With With
yellow Pawn" with Cleo Ridgeiy, and wal.
lures, news films. comedies and edueationais
3 Hart H. list eEf Salf SGuo1s % Week "rhe Hon HON
Sgi,6be SSgEni,6le Algy," with Charles Ray, Martoriiee
Of S Week any others5 ifs"'S' '"0"'p7o" 's''''' ""''
:, American Arlstoeracy,,,' With
Wager" with Emily Stevens. latter, half q
week week keystone comedies and o'heF' all
PAsLAGE7%Ths saA.SE Soul Of KqFa-sans" wit, With
sied%SanHi siS H4IfE@SS All Week. 15dS otRsrs A0' ana N'
REIGENTI-,"An Man" with Robert Warwick;
Nso k9f aPa asa@ WtS hm s sisvan Rst e.
latter half OF week Others
aes SFady al %e. and othoal Haa For" with
AL,HIAMRRA-.'Less a.. IRA Than the Dust" With
Thomas Meighan. later half it' Of week others. I
VAUDEVILLE
KETTHs.oNet c, ,ooedwi9i Beatrice Herford
Charlie, A6earns cycling qsPpheSy so%psay
Harris "a Goang WIZ SctGapi Msre wn sRa
dow: Rygal and BENDER Esdls and Ramsden
SSR99P,.; Daniels and WSltersi The MystsfIods
SSaSsrs eSsTify Fiisy: ksya,9es FTioi F'S6s I6s
teRg Ss vina a0es54s ddSd S ana AlsR
9Ttlensi Cot Diamond and granddaughteri
CROSS KEYs-'The Miracle: orientals
operatie Company; Ford and Gordon Chief
Eagle Horse Elyla Bates and company;
Icons ponies. hTst half Of week, Empire
Comedy Four Ruslni, vlonsti Cora Simp-
son and company. June Dixon and models;
Dayton family and Olsen and Mort. latter
half OF week.
Hons Hons Kong MYSTERIES, Walter and Henryi
where IN France, photoplay, arst half OF
week. kubeylle"i Jim and Marian Har-
and Girls, and "A Corner In Colleens"
photoplay. latter half OF week
BuRLEsQUE
TROCADERO-"Th Mischief Makers" with
Amber Ali and Dolly Webb. The feature of
the show a Hqwaiian speeialty, "Yaaka Hula
Hleky Dula Girls.
MINSTRELs
puMOSF s. Paying Election Bets 'sFhe
Chimes OF Normandy tburlesquel, and other
travesties bs the local blaekface artists
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-22
BARNEY. QUINNS 13-CENT HAIRCUT
CAUSES HIS 4OTH TRIP TO CORRECTION |
Barber Who Sheared Abundant Locks of Well-Known
Resident of Institution on the Pennypack Dis
satisfied With Meager Pay

Thirteen may be a lucky number for some
persons, but 20 Barney Quinn It is simply a
number that should be remembered as the
Correction
When cops Of the Belgrade and Clcarfold
streets station tote Barney in from the
dusty streets the house sergeant scrlbbles
down House OF Correction" as his address
without further delay
Barney felt badly In need OF haircut
Into the peaceful shop of Angelo Latronica
ut Tulip and Westnoreland streets. wan-
dered the homeless nomad tio sat down
comfortably IN the chair and calmly or
dered haircut, meanwhile nicking ashes
from his stump with an air worthy Of the
Duke Of Buckingham
When. Angelo looked regretfuly at the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-22
PHOENLXVELkE GREETS
BATTERY FROM BORDER
Six Thousand Cheer Homecom-
ing, While Banquet Mingles
Food and Compliments

P1IOENfXVGLLE Pa. Nov 22.--Back in
their home town. after four monthn on the
Mexican border. the 22O members of Bat
tery G, of the First Pennsylvania Field Ar
tillery were given an enthusiastic welcome
last night at banquet held In their honor.
IL was the greatest homecoming demonstra-
ton that this town has ever witnessed
Battery G distinguished itself while on
the border for It's lorscmanship and marks
manshp In these particulars Il is the pre-
'nier artillery command from Pennsylvania
and Us the oldest artillery organization in
the state
Fire alarms. school bells and church bells
added to the din Of factory whistles and
5000 persons cheered as the train pulled
into town. At the banquet Chief Burgess
Thomas A. Evans was toastmaster. The
address Of welcome was delivered by John
Havilnnd Jr., and the response for the
battery was by Captain C. p. Futcher,
chaplain Of the First Regiment, and Cap
tain Samuel A. Whitaker, of Battery c.
Other addresses were by Judge ]. Whitaker
Thompson, Colonel Allen. of the First Regi-
ment, and Colonel Williams