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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
BRUTAL
ATTACK
ON GIRL

A score of policemen and detec-
tives are searching the east end
for q young man who on Wednes-
day afternoon brutally assaulted
little 8-year-old Dorothy Booth, Of
1929 IL. Morton st.
In brutal viciousness the attack
is unparalleled in the records of
crime here.
Bleeding and severely injured
the child walked mile from the
scene of the crime to her home,
where she told neighbors the story
which Immediately set the police
department on the trail Of the man
The child's mother had come
down town and had started her on
her way to the home of her grand
mother. AS she reached store at
the corner of Portland ave. and
2Sth ST., young man dressed In
blue serge suit approached her. He
was a stranger.
Wouldn't you like to go on a
little picnic with me?" he asked,
as he took hold of her hand.
Promising good things to eat on
the "picnic," he led her on, until
they reached some woods nearby.
As the little girl watched ex-
pectantly for the "picnic" to APP
pear. he threw her down on the
ground.
After tying her hand behind
her back he attacked her brutally.
An hour later the child, nearly
exhausted, reached home and told
of the assault. The police were
Immediately notified and nearly
score OF officers started out on the
man-hunt.
The little girl is the daughter
of Columbus Booth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
June 2S, 1917.

ORDINANCE NO 6620.-An ordi-
nance to amend Section of Ordi-
nance No. 5243, passed March 5,
1913, and entitled:
IAN ORDINANCE regulating the
Keeping. storage and use of petrO-
leum. distillate, gasoline. or any
product of petroleum or hydro
carbon lpluids in the City of Ia
coma: providing penalty for the
violation hereof, and repeating Or
finances Nos. 1925 and 3104 of said
City"
BE 1T ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA:
Section / t That Section na i Z Of Of, Or
1918, and entitled:
IAN ORDINANCE regulating the
keeping, storage and use of petro-
leum, dstillate, gasoiire, or any
product OF petroleum, distillate,
gasoline, or any product of petro-
leum or hydro carbon liquids In the
City of Tacoma; providing a pen
atty for the violation hereof, and
repeating Ordinances Nos. 3026 and
3104 of said CITY,"
Is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
section Z. No plant, device, or
petroleum or distillate, or for gem
Grating gas therefrom for fuel
purposes. shall be constructed, To-
Gated or maintained without the
approval of the Fire Marshal, or
except in such manner and location
rs he shall deem safe to life and
property, and then only when in
stalled in accordance with the fol-
lowing specifications:
fa) The storage tank of not ex-
ceedlng ten thousand 100000 gall
Ions capacity shall be constructed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
LEGAL NOTICES

of boiler iron or steel not less
than thr1,-sixteenths of an inch in
thickness. the top of the same to
be buried not less than four feet
the foundation of any building. Fill
ing pipe of not exceeding eight
inches in diameter shall be closed
by screw cap.
The tank shall be ventilated by
a pipe of not less than one inch in
diameter extending at least ten feet
above the ground and provided with
return bend. The oil shall be
pumped from storage tanks to burn
ers; the suction pipe shall lead
through the top of the tank and be
provided with a shut-off valve near
valve that Is part of the burner.
The storage tanks shall be con-
nected with the boiler by steam pipe
and tls'c II desired. be connected
with the overflow pipe. The tank
should be blown out before being
entered for cleaning or other pur-
poses. The steam pipe shall not be
use for heating the oil in the tank.
If the oil is heated 1t must be done
by a device outside of the storage
tank
OBJ To properly clean the tank
manhole may be provided, which
il provided must be closed above q
hinged and locked or bolted cover,
and below Cat the top of the Tank
by boiler plate cover, Hanged and
screwed. The space thus formed
must be filled, when not in use,
with sacks of sand to prevent the
accumulation of gas.
All storage tanks shall be sur
rounded with brick or concrete
wall not less than twelve uO
inches thick
PROVIDED, that where low grade
oils suitable only for fuel are
stored, the wall may be made of
earth, four feet wide at the top,
with capacity inside of said wall
not less than 20 per cent in ex-
cess of the tank capacity.
(c) Where the sidewalk is exca-
waited for use as a part of the base
ment tanks may be placed under
the sidewalk, and IL so placed shall
be below the level of the floor. Such
tanks shall be surrounded by a
brick or concrete. wall not less than
twelve 12) inches thick, which
wall. II the top of the tank is less
than four ca feet below the level
of the floor, shall rise to a height
of four (4 feet above the top of
the tank: the space between the
top of the tank and basement floor
or top of wall shall be filled with
earth. All tanks i'm basement un-
der sidewalk must be located close
to the retaining wall of the street.
I'D The tops of all storage tanks
must be below the lowest point at
which oil is burned.
tel All tanks must be carefully
eaulked and riveted, and all piping
must be done In the best possible
manner, and first class materials
only must be used.
(D No storage tank shall be
covered with earth until an inspec-
tion has been made by the Fire
Marshal.
Passed June 81, 1917.
A. v. FAWCETT.
Mayor.
Attest: w. d. NTCKEUS.
City Clerk.
June IS. 1917.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
TIGHTEN
THE LID
ON VICE

Vigorous enforcement of laws
regarding the illegal sale of liq-
uor, and moral cleanliness of the
vicinity of the new American
lake army post, was promised
Wednesday afternoon at a meeting
of city and county officials in the
Commercial club. called by DR..
Ernest C. Wheeler. a member of
the state council of defense.
The entire city and county COM
missioners were present, with
Sheriff Longmire, Police Chief
Smith, Prosecuting Attorney Re-
mann and City Attorney Harmon.
A resolution promising untiring
efforts by all officials to prevent
vice from surrounding the camp
was adopted. 1t follows:
Resolved, that the city and
county officials will vigorously
enforce the laws of the city and
state, and especially with refer
ence to the illicit sale of liquor
and the carrying on of prostitu-
ton, and will see that adequate
punishment is melted out to vio-
lators of the law and the pro-
moters of vice and crime.
THAT it is the sense of the Of
ficials assembled that we should
seek to cooperate in every way
possible with the government and
with the officers in charge of
troops to make Tacoma and
Pierce county an ideal place for
the training and equipment of
men for army service"
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LEGAL NOTICES
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Notice is hereby given that the as
assessment roll for Local Improvement
District 965 was filed in my office on
juno Is. 1917, showing the amount
assessed against each lot and parcel
of land in payment of the cost and
expense of grading Birmingham
street and Warner Street from South
btth street to the southerly line of
South Park, and South 52nd Street
from Warner Street TO South Park,
with roadway and parking spaces
on each side thereof, and laying
dowp on said parking spaces cement
concrete sidewalks five feet in
width, together with the necessary
storm water drainage, in pursuance
OF Ordinance 659l, and said roll is
open for inspection by all persons
Interested therein.
Notice is further given that the
Council has fixed Wednesday, July
IL, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. M, as the
date for hearing upon said roll, and
that all persons who may desire to
object to said assessment are re-
Quired to make their objections in
writing and file the same in my Of
fee at or prior to $3.50 a. m. on the
date above mentioned, and that on
said date, or at such time as the
hearing may be continued to, the
Council will sit as board of equali-
zation for the purpose Of consider
ing said roll, and will consider all
objections made thereto, or any part
thereof and will correct, revise,
raise, lower, change or modify said
roll or any part thereof, or set aside
said roll and order said assessment
to be made de novo as to ii shall
appear just and equitable. and then
proceed to confirm the same by ordi-
nance.
w. d. NICKEUS,
City Clerk.
June %, 2s, 80, 80, July 2, 1917.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
FEAR RUSSIA NOW.
UNITED Press Leased Wire. \

ROME, June 2S.-The central
powers are beginning to fear that
Russia will soon be an active par
ticipent in the allied plans Of joint
offensive operations.
Word received from the front
today asserted there were evil
dences there that a considerable
number of Austrian divisions had
been hurriedly withdrawn from
tie italian front and transferred
back north. Many of these were
troops which were shifted from the
northern fighting line at the
height OF Gen. Cadorna's offensive
to stiffen the weakening enemy
front.
At that time the central powers
were confident of success OF their
separate peace plot against Rus
STA and had practically stopped all
fighting on the Russian front by
deliberately schemed fraterniza-
ton with the soldiers opposing
them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
Sure! High Heels
Cause COrnS But
Who Cares Now


Because style DEGREES that wom-
en- crowd and buckles up their ten
der toes In high heel footwear
they suffer from corns, then they
cut and trim at these painful pests
which merely makes the corn grow
hard. This suicidal habit may
cause lockjaw and women are
warned to stop 1t.
A few drops of drug called
freezons applied directly upon a
sore corn gives quick relief and
soon the entire corn, root and all,
lifts out without pain. Ask the
drug store man for quarter of an
ounce of freezone, which costs
very little but is sufficient to re-
move every hard or soft corn or
callus from ones feet.
This drug is an ether COM
pound and dries in a moment and
simply shrivels up the corn with
out inflaming or even irritating
the surrounding tissue or skin.
Clip this out and pin on your
wife's dresser.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
Roberts Murder Case Brings Out
| odd Monogamy-Polygamy Fued

CONTINUED From Page one.)
which connote the Mann aot--in
her faith In the doctrines of Ellen
Key.
In an effort to solve the love
triangle which was wraoking the
lives of the three. she had written
to the wife of the man she loved:
"Will you some time read Ellen
Keys book on Love and Mar
riage'?"
And in the hospital today she
thus explained her act:
Il killed Mrs. Roberts because
| felt she was not mated TO DR..
Roberts"
(Still faithful, even In disaster,
to her conception of the doctrines
of Ellen Key
But Miss Lusk quite misinter-
prets the philosophy of the great
Swedish feminist.
Ellen Key arraigns mar
riage Lawsuit NOWHERE
does she advise that they he
broken.
What happened In Miss Lusk s
case is exactly what happens In
the most vulgar murder ever
prompted by jealousy.
Mrs. Roberts, a woman and
therefore by nature n monogamlst.
upbraided Miss Lusk for "chas-
ing after" her husband.
Miss Lusk, an old maid and
therefore doubly monogamist at
heart. upbraided the woman who
could be a wife although unloved.
DR.. Roberts, with the males
theory of mans varied sex and
soul needs. flattered both women.
Just masculine against feminine
ideals of love--monogamy VS..
polygamy.
When Miss Lusk discovered this
she said; II got the impression
that he had been and was deceiv-
ing his wife. and possibly that he
wasn't altogether truthful with
me-"
Then SHE doesn't know what
happened; but the ensuing incl
dent-which ended with Mrs.
Roberts lying dead on the floor
OF Miss Lusk's nome and the lat
ter, pistol in hand, holding inter
ference at bay from the top OF
her stairs-was long way from
the cold, clear. clean, intellectual
philosophy of Ellen Key.
Ellen Key says thing which
explains this and every other sex
tragedy. Here 1t is:
THE life of the individual and
of the race suffers when people,
mature and in every way fit, are
not in position to produce and
rear offspring"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
Don't permit yourself
to become too serious,
too high tensioned;
laugh with the Duffs
and Everett True daily.
Omitted Press Leased wire.,

SAN FRANCISCO, June %. -
Indictment Of Alexander Berk-
man, anarchist and assistant of
Emma Goldman, for completely in
the San Francisco preparedness
parade dynamiting, appears posi-
BILE today.
At a special meeting of the
grand jury, Hugo Ernst and E. b.
Morton of the Workers Defense
league, were questioned regarding
Berkman's activities. Letters
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
PRIEST TAKES
Us PRISONERS

CONTINUED From Page One.)
only arms a sacred old cross, sim
gle handedly captured 125 Ger
man prisoners in the Dragons
Gave, was the astounding story
which came to light here today.
Dragons Cave was part of a Sc
ries of natural subterranean cham
bers more than 100 yards long by
$50 wide, and underlying the
Chemin des Danes, northwest of
Huertebise. 1t was in the exact
center of the field wherein the
French recently aohivd thir great
gain.
The priest accompanied his
troops on the charge aud then
stopped here and there behind
them to minister to the wounded
and dying.
While OH this mission of mercy,
he was astonished to see a Ger
man, his clothing aflame, rush
into small secret opening to the
Dragons Cave.
The priest beat out the flames
on the German, ordered him to
march to the rear and then him
self descended through tho small
opening. There he found VIII ole
company Of Germans.
Advancing in the dim light,
with his cross held high above his
head, the priest ordered them to
surrender.
With his cross still aloft, the
priest negotiated with the German
officer-and they, too, finally
agreed to lay down their arms.
but they stipulated that the sur
render must be to a French army
officer.
The priest turned and Chamber
ed out of the cave. Just outside
he found a medical officer rend-
ertng first aid. He called on him.
Together the surgeon and the
priest-both non-combatants, re-
turned to the Dragon Cave. Then
the German officers formally sur
rendered themselves and their
men.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
May INDICT BECKMAN, TOO

and cancelled checks seized by the
New York police in recent raid
on Berkman's rooms were sub
mitted in evidence.
The state announced today that
it hopes to complete it,, case in
the Rena Mooney bomb plot trial
by tonight. f. G. ONman, who
was accused of framing" evil
dence against Tom Mooney, the
present defendants husband, has
arrived In San Francisco from
burke, Ore.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
OLYMPIA IS
STILL FAST
united Press Leased wire.)

NEWPORT. r. l., June rs
Admiral Dewey's flagship, the
Olympia, is still aground today.
Her stores, munitions and fittings
have all been taken off in an eff
fort to ease the strain and make
it easier to float her, but up to
early today every attempt had met
with little success.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
FIRST AMERICAN ARMY
OFFICER SEES ACTION

reach France after the United
States war declaration.
He has the distinction of being
the first regular army officer to
get into action" on the western
front in the air. Presumably he
acted as observer with q French
army officer as pilot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
PORTUGAL GOES WILD,
Omitted Pres. I.ea.eS Wire.

LISBON. June 2S.-A wave of
tremendous enthusiasm swept over
Portugal today when formal an
nouncement was made that a bat
talon of Portuguese troops, some
where on the fighting line in
France" had destroyed a German
patrol and taken number of
prisoners.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28

ORDINANCE NO. 6621.-An ordi-
nance appropriating the sum of
$1,000 from the General Fund for
the use of the Tacoma Humane So
elety in the operation of the City
Pound.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY
OF TACOMA:
Section 1 That the sum of $1400
Is hereby appropriated from the
General Fund for the payment of
expenses incurred by the Tacoma
Humane Society in the operation of
to the enI Of the year.
the City Pound from June LIST, 1917,
Section 2. That said sum shall be
paid to the Humane Society in
monthly installments of 5000 each.
Passed June %, 1917
A. V. FAWCETT,
Mayor,
Attest: W. d. NICKEUS,
City Clerk.
June 2S, 1917,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
united Press Leased yvIre.l

PARIS, June 28-An American
aviator has been in active serv-
ice, flying over German lines at
verdun and elsewhere during the
last week. He Is Major Mitchell.
Major Mitchell was one Of the
first regular army officers to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28

Oscar F. Schwarz. a cigar store
proprietor, was ordered by Judge
Linck Wednesday afternoon to
pay the back wages Of Miss Edith
Berry, amounting to SIC. and the
costs OF the trial. Miss Barry
worked for SchwArx for 81 Z
week. Sho sued for the Amounk
stipulated IN the minimum wNGe
wv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
HANK URGES
ONE READER

Why not call the American SOL
der boy "Hank"? asks a Times
reader, and he wakes poetic about
1t, like this:
THE Chinaman calls him Nell
can Man;
The Irish call him 'Yank."
The Germans call him a sOn-of-a-
gun,
So why not call him 'Hank'?"
G. H. ID. is another Tacoman
who's strong for GLORY Boys" as
the name of our soldiers.
Il saw few lines from a man
who was on one of the steamers
that the kaiser murderers sank"
writes G. H. d. They had been
in one of the lifeboats for many
hours and had about given up all
hope of being picked up, when
they saw a steamer coming fly
ing the U. S. flag. And he said
Old Glory never looked so good
to him.
1T made me think-why not
call our boys THE Glory Boys"
It's as good as the "Tommies. I"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28
TWO GOATS ARE
LEFT OUT OF WILL

In the Filing OF the VIII Of
Alice v. Pomeroy, It was found
that no provision was made for,
the upkeep Of two goats, 40
pigeons and four rabbits. Judge
Card ordered the stock and fowls
sold.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-06-28

June 81. 2s. 80. 80. July 2. 1917.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-11-15
DOGS SCENT AIR RAIDS.

A curious feature of the recent
air raids over England has been the
rapid detection by dogs of the pres
ence of hostile aircraft. Bomb
dropping at a distance of three or
four miles always causes the dogs
to bark, and it is only on these oc-
casions that the large number of
dogs kept in the neighborhood is
realized, for the chorus of resentful
banks is remarkable. 1t has been
noticed that bomb-practice, gun
practice and the hum of British
planes much nearer home do not
disturb dogs to any extent, and it
appears certain that the animals I'M
derstand that there is danger about,
even when it is not in the immedi-
ate vicinity.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-11-15

A play entitled "EverygirP' will
be held in Rockers hall, Friday ev-
ening at 8 o'clock, for the benefit of
the Soldiers Testament Fund. J"
Admission, fifteen cents.
Edward Simon, of Pittsburgh, is
spending several days with his faith
err, John Simon, before he is called
to the front.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stearns, of
Frankford. were Sunday visitors
with friends here.
Miss Hazel Adams, of Pennington,
was a Sunday visitor with friends
here.
The Queen Esther Circle of the
M. E. church held their regular
meeting Monday evening in the
church parlors in charge of the
uLend Hand" committee, the
chairman, Miss Kathleen VanPelt.
acting as president pro tenn. After
d short devotional service it was de-
cided to send $50 to the Home Mis-
sionary Society for scholarship for
mountaineer girl to the Bennett
Home in Mississippi for one year.
New Hope M. E. Church, Herbert
A. Sawyer. pastor Sunday, Nov. Is,
is the third. Sunday of November
"Go-to-Church" month, and the fol-
lowing attractive services will be
held: Sunday school 10 a. M;
morning worship II a. M, subject,
"Mr. Blank states what the war is
doing to him. Mr.. Plummer, of
Chester, Pa, will sing; Epworth
League $50, subject, Taking men
alive" Mr.. D. B. Oblinger will
lead; evening service 7.30, subject,
Our young women, their virtues
and faults as pointed out by twenty
five young men," also an unusual
musical service. Win-my-chum"
week will be observed each night of
the week. A cordial welcome to all
services.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-11-15
NO HIGH COST OF LIVING
Practically Everything Necessary
Grows Wild and In Abundance IN
Amazon Basin.

One of the most interesting ex-
plorations of modern times is that
which the University of Pennsyl-
vania has conducted in the Amazon
basin. Many of the wild tribes in
that unknown jungle region were
visited by white men for the first
time when the expedition reached
their villages. Nearly all of them
treated the scientists Hospitality,
many of them erecting special huts
and offering all possible aid and in
formation.
These Indians of the South Amer
lean interior are now for the most
part in the same condition as the
North American Indians were dur
ing the early Spanish exploration of
this country-that is, they have not
yet been corrupted or diseased by
contact with civilization. Most of
them are remarkably healthy and
well developed. They live largely by
hunting, fishing and gathering the
fruits of the jungle. Most of them
cultivate nothing but cassava, which
is a staple food among them. The
development Of agriculture is
checked by the fact that almost all
materials grow wild in abundance.
There is even a species of wild cot
ton which the women gather and
spin. Houses are built of poles
matched with palm leaves. Many of
the Indians sleep in hammocks
woven of plant fiber. Their way of
life is surprisingly clearly and ssni-
tary. Indians of the Parikutu tribe,
for example, battle several times
day, using bamboo scrapers in lieu
of Turkish towels.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-11-15
Literary to be Revived.

The meetings of the Citizens Lite
rary Society of New Hope, which
were popular locally few years
ago, are to be- revived beginning
November 20, when the revenue de-
rived from ten-cent admission will
go to the Red Cross.
There will be an instrumental
duet by Miss Mary Schermerhorn
and Mrs. Rose Flood; recitation by
Miss Sara Buchanan, essay by Miss
Annie Kelly, piano solo by Mrs.
George Shock; debate, Resolved.
That the indications point to the
ending of the war by the Fall of
1918 affirmative, Rev. H. A. Saw
yer, John Simon; negative, Rev. M.
E. Bartholomew and DR.. R. G. Ma
Gill; vocal solo by Miss Eva Horn,
Citizens Bi-Weekly," Mrs. Edward
Blackfan; vocal solo, Mrs. Howard
R. Hooker. The meeting will be
opened by singing America" and
it is intended to make this part of
the program a grand chorus.
The executive committee of the
literary society met a few evenings
ago and elected the following Off
GERS: President, DR.. j. E. Scott;
secretary, Miss Mary Schermerhorn;
treasurer, John Simon.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-11-15
AID SPECIALS Groginsky's
Special Reduction
in Ladies' Dresses

A new lot of serge dresses in all
colors and styles, special for this
week only, $7.9S.
Silk poplin dresses, in the newest
designs and colors. SIS, now $10.49.
Ladies bathrobes, now $3.9S.
Misses bathrobes, "a, now $2.9S.
Ladies flannelette kimonas, all
colors, $1.25.
Just received a new shipment of
Ladies' and Misses Coats in all the
newest fabrics and colors. Come i'll
and look them over.
Children's blankets specially priced
for this week only soc.
Shoes, shoes, shoes. Reduction in
shoes.
Ladies black and gray button
boots with gray cloth tops, now
$3.50.
Black kid boots with white laced
tops, IS, regular Sc.