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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
DIVIDENDS FOR RED CROSS,
Corporations to Make Special Distri.
buttons to Aid War Fund

To further the Red Cross war fund
campaign certain large corporations
are going to declare special dividends,
and. in notifying stockholders, will ask
their permission to turn it in to the ma
tons gigantic humanitarian fund to
alleviate suffering among our allies and
to prepare to meet the medical needs
Of the United States fighting force.
II. p. Dawson, chairman of the Red
Cross war council, in letter to Cleve-
land H. Dodge. chairman OF the coun-
ellis finance committee, points out that
this action by corpora atoms is consid-
cred by the war council as of the great
est Importance. At the same time Mr..
Dawson urges that there be not the
slightest suggestion of coercion in pre-
senttng this matter to shareholders.
While nothing is more important to
the work Of the Red Cross than the
financial support which might come to
1T through such MEANS" says Mr. Dayi-
son, nothing could be more unfortu-
nate than that the Red Cross should
are grudgingly given. or worse still,
given under any suggestion of coercion.
We feel that we should emphasize this,
as we fear that very Ill effects might
attend even 2 successful financial cam
paign were 1t not made clear that all
stockholders who are to receive a spe-
cial dividend should thoroughly under,
stand this position of the Red Cross
with regard to contributions of this ma
ture."
copy of Mr.. Davison's letter will be
sent to all shareholders by corporations
position of the Red Cross clear will, 1t
is thought. remove from the action of
the corporations even the remotest sug-
gestion of pressure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
TO RAISE $1Oo,OoO,000 FUND.
Appeal for Red Cross Made to Amer
leans in London.

coincident with the Red Cross cam
psign throughout the United States
for 100000 600 war relief fund. a
campaign among the Americans in
London Will be carried on under the
leadership of Ambassador Page hon
orarv president of the receotly or
gan:zed chapter of the American Red
Cross N that city.
Assisting Ambassador Page as hon
"rary vice chairman of the London
chapter are Mrs Page and Robert p
Skinner, American consul general: hon
cary secretary, y A Beal; chairman
Mrs. "hitelaw Reid: vice chairman,
Mrs Irwin i.aughlin: administrative
director, W. H L. Buckler. The chap
ter has more than 200 members
Arthur Stanley. chairman of the Brit
ish Red Cross. cabled best wishes to the
american Red Cross yesterday for a
successful campaign.
ON behalf OF the British Red Cross
Society" wired Mr. Stanley. land CRATE
fully remembering American generos-
ity TO our wounded in earlier days.
offer you heartiest good wishes for
triumphant success of your Red Cross
week for the benefit of your own brave
soldiers and sailors"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
INDICTED FOR MURDER.
Fisher Brooks and Albert Sanders
Charged With Killing Mrs. Hess.

MOBILE, Ala. June 16.-Fisher
Brooks and Albert Sanders were in
dicted by the Mobile county grand jury
which adjourned today on the charge
of numbering Mrs. Julia May Hess. May
81, and throwing the body in the Chickass :
hogue She was the wife of Roy G.
Hess. a locomotive engineer residing
at Fulton. Ala. The indicted men are
now in the Montgomery county jail for
safe keeping. They will be brought here
for trial.
| Mrs. Hess was travelling from Fulton
! to Starke. Fla, and stopped over here
| to change trains She entered a taxicah
at o'clock in the morning of May 81
and the next time she as-heard from
her body was taken out of the creek
Her thrnaf had heen cut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
FILMS OF FOREST SERVICE.
Its Work Depicted in Pictures
Shown at University Club.

Educational films from the Depart
ment of Agriculture. depicting various
scenes connected with the work of the
forest service were shown AT the Int
yersity Club last night for the enter
tainment Of members OF that institr-
ton. laundering and grazing in the
national forests, as well as The work
being done on the WATERWAYS within
these great preserves were shown upou
the screen. the pictures being explained
by Don Carlos Ellis. in charge 81 cdu
cational corporation OF the l-nifea
States forest service.
1t was explained by Mr. Ellis that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
DEWEY TOMB DESIGN.
Admiral's Widow Accepts Plans for
Arlington Mausoleum.

Mrs. Dewey. widow of Admiral George
Dewey, has accepted the design Of the
n. E. Tayntor Company of New York
for a mausoleum to be erected in the
Arlington national cemetery for the re-
ception of the body of the hero of Ma
Mia bay. now temporarily reposing in
the mausoleum built for Lieut.. Gen.
Nelson E. Miles The design calls for
marble mausoleum Of classic and digni-
fed lines. 1t will be made Of Barre
marble. the doors and the capitals of
the columns being of bronze. 1t will
be located on a wooded knoll in a new
part Of the cemetery southeast of the
memorial amphitheater and the Lee
mansion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
WILL PLAY FOR RED CROSS.
Base Ball Game, With House Mem.
bers ct Bat. June 30.

June 80. the last day of the present
fiscal year. will be celebrated by the
House of Representatives by a base
ball game to be played by teams repre-
senting the democrats and republicans.
The game will be one of a series,
played at the rate Of one contest year,
which has become a feature of con-
gressional life at the National Capital.
Proceeds of the game will be turned
over to the Red Cross.
Prospective members of the teams be-
gan to warm up yesterday. Represen-
tative Edwin Y. Webb of North Caro-
lima. pitcher for the democrats. is also
the captain of that aggregation and is
keeping his lineup a dark secret. So
also is Representative Clarence Miller
of Minnesota. pitcher and captain of
the republicans. Observers in the gal
lery OF the House yesterday were of
the opinion that the gestures used in
debate showed evidences of morning
base ball practice.
SUDAN grass yields from one to eight
tons Of cured hav to m acre
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
Separate Battalion Enlistments.

Enlistments in the LIST Separate Bat
talon. \. q. y. G.. We're announced
last night as follows: Julius Smith, COS
Gracaland street northwest; Edward
Chase. 1912 LIST street northwest: Will
liam T.. Mishaw, 81. New Jersey avenue
northwest: Walter Johnson. 1915 9TH
street northwest. and John r. Stewart
:31 Oakdaie street northwest. Fifty en-
listments in the battalion have been re-
corded since June l. bringing the total
strergth Of the command up to 401
men. An effort is being made to in
crease the number to 600.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17

which Mrs. J. Borden Hartman Is chair
man, has some 125 members and has
given valuable service in transporting
the members of the refreshment corps
and it always provides certain mem
begs for daily duty at the District Red
cross headquarters for the purpose OF
doing important errands. At the time
of the confederate reunion it gave its
services to number of the veterans
and it's motors also took to the hos
pitfalls number of cases of persons who
were overcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17

! ss 900 600 acres Of timber land are cor
tanned within the parks. of which there
are l52 scattered throughout the coun-
try. The speaker stated that within the
, next few years the forests will become
self-supporting, and showed. with the
aid of the pictures. the value of the Ia
Dor and money which has been cxpend-
ed by the government in conserving and
, developing the resources contained
within them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17

The comic operR "Prfscilla" IL to be
presented at Gonzaga Hall at O'Clock
Thursday evening. The proceeds arc
to he used for the benefit Of the sol
diers of the District. and IL is 20 hs
presented under the auspices OF The
woman's Relief Association. y. g. ID. e.
and under the direction OF Miss Helma
VI. Cheesruan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
WOMEN VALUED AS AID
IN WORK OF RED CROSS
Their Numerous Activities in Sys-
tematic Relief Movements Are
Formally Recognized.

In recognition of the zeal in Red
Cross activities shown by the women OF
the United States, and for the purpose
of organizing non-professional women
for systematic aid in relief work. the
war council of the American Red Cross
has created woman's bureau and has
appointed national advisory commit
tee of women.
Miss Florence NJ Marshall of the
Manhattan Trade School is to be in
charge of the new bureau and will open
headquarters in Washington on July l.
Mrs. w. X. Draper. prominent in Red
Cross work in New York city. will head
the advisory committee.
The women's organization will en-
deavor 70 enlist every available woman
in the nationwide campaign for funds
and supplies. undertaking especially to
coordinate the women in small towns
and country districts where the Red
Cross now has no chapters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
Recognizes Deep Obligation.

"The Red Cross war council" said
Chairman Dawson in announcing the
step. lis moved by a sense of very deep
obligation to the women of America
for their generous response to the call
of the Red Cross. That response, as
measured in the daily increase in the
ranks of volunteer workers, has been
unsurpassed.
ITO recognize this warm response.
as well as to supply the leadership for
the days of trial before US. is the pur-
pose of this new organization. Its work
will be to stimulate women everywhere
in thhe great tasks ahead. Especially
the bureau will seek to guide and en-
courage the women in smaller towns
and in the country. These women.
working in their homes or in local
groups. frequently are not in touch
with chapter workrooms and organ
lied branches of Red Cross activity.
Yet their work is vital at this time.
when every bandage. every hospital
garment and every kind of supplies is
needed for the relief of worldwide suf-
fering. Organiza ton of these women
will be undertaken by this woman's bu-
reau,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
Advisory Committee Personnel.

The members of the advisory COM
mittee have been chosen because of
their leadership in Red Gross activities
in many cities.
Miss Mary Goodwillie of Baltimore
will be vice chairman. The other mem
bers are Miss Mabel T. Boardman.
Washington; Mrs. Joseph Cudahy, Chi
cago; Mrs. F. Y. Hammar, ST Louis;
Mrs. E H. Hartman, New York; Miss
Lavinia H. Newell, Boston; Mrs. George
Wharton Pepper. Philadelphia. and
Mrs. Leonard Wood. Charleston. S. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
Practical Results.

The practical results accomplished I'M
der the expenditures itemiZed above are
outlined as follows:
The ambulance corps was organized by
Capt. Ryan DevereuX, $50 men having
been entered and taken in the federal
service, and this unit is now in. camp at
Allentown, Pa. In addition to the regular
appropriation of 1000, designated dona-
lions have been received as follows: Miss
Alice J. Clapp, $1,000; Mrs. NJ. NJ An
drews, $3.50, and Rotary Club, an ambu-
lance.
Out of this fund there have been pur-
chased or purchase arranged for twenty
ambulances. one staff car, four sidecars
for motor service and one truck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
Work of Refreshment Committee.

The refreshment committee, of which
Mrs Larz Anderson is chairman, fed,
with coffee. sandwiches and pie, nearly
1000 men the day they arrived at the
Fort Myer training camp. 1t provided
400 men with the same light luncheon
at st. Asaph's. The day OF the regis
tration it was out all day. giving cof-
fee and Sandwiches to the registrars
during their long hours of duty. 1t has
a field kitchen that can provide coffee
or soup for 1900 persons at one time. 1t
has also motor truck to draw the
kitchen and to carry the cups, sand
witches and other necessary supplies.
The very efficient management has
worked out the commissary department
in detail, so that these luncheons cost
only about 10 cents a man. 1t has also
provided luncheons for Red Cross dele
gates and meetings. such luncheons be-
ing paid for out of other funds and not
out of the war relief funds. Three days
of the Confederate reunion it was out
all day and provided hundreds of
luncheons for the veterans, and it also
provided ninety luncheons for the mem
bers of the Washington Ambulance
Corps, which left by train for Allen
town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
S46,73O.J1

The overdrafts against administration
expenses, s324.o5, and civilian relief com
mittee. S140, have been made good
by appropriations deposited June II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
Supply Department.

The supply department., of which
Mrs. 4. W. Richards is chairman, has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
W omen S 50 and $3.50
White Lou Shoes
At $2.45

WHITE Duck. Turn-sole Vera
Pumps. ngue Pumps,
Strap Pumps and Oxfords with
covered wood or low leather
heels, also Rubber Sole Low Heel
Sports OXfords. Another 1000
pairs have just come in to be
added to this great $2.45 sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17

SUDAN grass yields from one to eight
tons of cured hay to an acre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
List of Appropriations.

Expenditures up to and including June Q.
Account. Appropria ted. Expended.
Administration .......... 81, G00.oO 81, 324. n5
Ambulance corps ...... II, 10000 S.O27. IS
EefreshmeEt committee. 10000 1883. 90
Materials for base hos
pitals .. o65O4ss % $50 Sc
Civilian relief committee. 2.o0O.G0 ..140.0O
Training Camp Club 100000 Co.. Oh
Motor cycles for Red
Cross Ambulance Corps,
No. observation-disclosures. $500
Orphans of French Sol
ders ............... 100000 10000 90
Gauzc fund ............ 2,010.30 2.010.20
Totals II
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Women $ IS and Sc
S0agger PUMPS
At $685.

CONTINUING this great offer
ing Of more than 60 brilliant
styles of Black. White. Patent
Buckle Pumps and Oxfords.
Every woman should supply her
self with SEVERAL PAIRS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-17
Women's Summer
Boudoir Slippers.

In many attractive de-
signs of Powered Gre
tonne, also satine-and
pink, blue or tan kid
skin, with kid or buck
skin sOles-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-15
After the War?
EDITOR THE :

EDITOR THE TINES:
After the war what? Most
likely a defensive alliance for all
the European states will be the
outcome of this last great war
among them. A certain section of
these warning nations, who trusted
in the power of might to conquer
and rule all the world, as we'll as
the remaining ones who believed
only less in the power of arms and
ornaments, will thus be led to see
that the brotherhood of man is the
basis principle of all permanent
peace.
Awful as the present experience
of Europe is, it has probably hast
ened by hundreds of years the uni
versal acknowledgment and
adoption of the principle that right
not might, is the best law for the
welfare of nations. Then why
prolong 1.-TWO and one-third years
carnage has been decisive of moth
ing) an unnecessary and useless
conflict, that can only result in
the exhaustion of these self-same
powers and the century-long mis-
cry of the great masses of all these
peoples?
If new Hague conference were
to sit continuously until the peo-
pies of these countries compelled
their rulers to submit their differ
ences to its decisions, peace might
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-15
Building Beauty
EDITOR THE TIMES.

EDITOR THE TIMES:
Architects with ideals of beauty
should preach beauty to builders
with more vim than they do, for
the reason that our street fronts
are being made "showy" at the ex-
pense of beauty in general effect.
Backs of buildings of all kinds
are allowed to run haphazard into
all sorts of combinations of inhar-
monious lines and inexcusable
ugliness.
Beauty does not consist in a
spread of expensive building mate
rials, but in the harmonious and
graceful putting together of any
sort of material. In ordering a
suit of clothes no man is content
to have the front cut from an ex-
pensive cloth and the back made
from a cheap weave, different in
color, design and wearing quality.
Why not adopt the same princi-
pie in buildings? They can be
made to look right from any view
point, and it costs no more.
]. A. HOPPER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-15
Overs Devil
THE TIMES.

EDITOR THE TIMES:
Well, thank goodness it is all
over. The army post is assured
the devil is dead. The people have
voted and Rev. Mr.. Dyer has
spoken. Tacoma's on the map
the devil Is off for keeps.
All the efforts of the Old De-
ceiver to prevent the coming of the
Golden Age were of no avail. The
ballots of the people were his
'downfall-New Theology his fin
fish.
Before the adversary of progress
had time to recover from the solar
plexus wallops given him by pre-
cinct after precinct on Saturday
before last, Rev. Mr.. Dyer stepped
in on Sunday morning and put him
hors de combat. Those who did
not witness the thrilling and me j.
terful manner in which this schol-
arly gentleman put the finishing
touches on the Devil of Christen-
dom missed spectacle that made
the achievements of Robert Inger-
soil and Thomas Paine in this di-
rection look like Mayor Fawcett's
attack on the Bread Trust-or
Henry Ford's attempt to get them
"out of the trenches by Christ
mas"
From the celestial heights to
which they had been transported
by the vocal efforts of the choir,
the worshippers of the First Con-
.gregational church were rudely
Iprecipitated by their pastor to the
regions of the lost, and for the
space of an hour experienced all
the thrills and sensations of one
in the throes of delirium tremens.
All the loathsome, horrible, and
hideous creatures of the magma
ton of man, from ancient myth
ology to Paradise Lost" crowded
around them in fiendish glee.
Snakes and COLLINS, imps and
ghosts, bogies and bugaboos made
their blood run cold. Green eyed
monsters, Shiny reptiles and roar
ing lions sent the cold chills racing
up and down their spines. Fumes
of sulphur, pitch and birthstone
made them to tremble at the knees.
thodox saints were about to col
lapse with terror and fright at the
awful things they beheld, their
valiant leader sprang upon the
scene and with his trusty sword
of New Theology annihilated the
whole caboodle of the denizens OF
the Internal regions before their
eyes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-15
Gas Is Used In
Murder Attempt

Omitted Press Leased wire.)
SEATTLE, Jan. 15.-Police
detectives today were still prob
ing what they believe was an at
tempt to murder William Colbert,
3S, longshoreman, and the girl
he intended to marry this week,
Mamie aWtson, 20, who were
found unconscious in a room here
Sunday noon with a gas jet open.
They were revived with pull
motors, and hospital attendants
today say they will recover.
Mamie Watson told the police
another woman, who was their
enemy, had entered the room with
some milk to drink. That was the
last thing she remembered before
losing consciousness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-15
BATTERY OF ATTORNEYS
BEGINS FIGHT FOR THAW

Harry X. Thaw's family will not
permit him to stage another sem
sational fight for freedom, the
Pittsburgh millionaire battalion
of lawyers and detectives were
busy again today. gathering evil
dence for the defense.
Johnson is head of the large
force of legal lights that drifted
into Philadelphia following
Thaw's attempt to kill himself. He
declared the Thaw family perfectly
willing that Harry "be put under
restraint If the New York district
attorney desires IL. !"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-15
Defends Conner
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
l am occupying the position of
minute clerk in the House of rep
lresentatives at Olympia, reporting
the proceedings of the house for
the house journal.
When Mr.. w. w. Conner, speak
er of the 1916 session, addressed
the house the other day, l report
ed, verbatim, in shorthand, his
remarks. / was much surprised at
the misleading report of the same
address sent out from Olympia by
your correspondent, Mr.. Wheeler,
and which was published in the
Tacoma Times of date Jan. II,
1917, under the heading Con
ner's Rottenness Talk Makes No
Hit With the Solons of 1917"
Following is Mr.. Wheeler's quota
tion from Mr.. Corners talk:
When / went home after the
last session l was told that pre-
sided over the rottenest legisla-
ture the state of Washington ever
had. l hope you will go us one
better in the same line of rotten
ness"
He followed up that quotation
by the following:
and Conner is planning to run
for senator two years hence! He
didn't get a hand"
Mr.. Wheeler's quotation is close
enough to the real statement, but
his comment, "he didn't get a
hand" is bad piece of newspaper
work, if my understanding that
newspapers publish news fairly
and impartially is correct. That
little touch puts an entirely differ
ent complexion on the real situa-
tion, and l think that the public
should be put right, and / believe
that in all justice to Mr.. Conner,
the real situation should be pub
lished, so that the people who
read that article may Judge for
themselves. A person reading Mr..
Wheeler's write-up would immedi-
ately come to the conclusion that
Mr.. Conner brazenly stood up in
front of the house and so shocked
thNhi Win Nllot llC Puiu anu Ills
manner of delivery that they re-
scented it to such an extent that
they didn't even applaud.
Here is transcript from my
stenographic notes, with the
laughter and applause indicated
just where it occurred in his talk:
1T is only those who do not
know the real facts who are prone
to criticise. Two years ago | had
the pleasure of presiding over
what was termed by some people
the rottenest legislature the state
of Washington ever had. Laugh-
ter and applause.) l hope that
you members will go us one bet
ter in the same line of rottenness.
daughter and applause.) l thank
you" (Applause.)
The speaker (Mr. Kelley: az
am sure that we all appreciate
very much the remarks of Mr.. Con-
ner." (Applause).
When Mr.. Conner uttered the
above, he was smiling, spoke in a
jocular manner, and the members
of the house knew it, appreciated
it, and laughed outright when he
said 1t. l might analyze his re-
marks, but | do not believe 1t is
necessary. If every reader of your
paper who read Mr.. Wheeler's ar
ticle will read the above transcript
from my notes, am sure they will
readily read between the lines and
pass judgment in favor of Mr.. Con.
ner.
Trusting that you will find
space to print this letter and
you in advance for your
courtesy, / remain,
Yours very truly,
GEO. l.. HARRIGAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-15
City May Build
Fire Engines

Tacoma's municipal machine
shop may be turned into a manu-
featuring plant for fire apparatus.
Commissioner Petit will go to
Spokane this week, where he says
the city is building its own ap-
paratus.
'If that city can do 1t, Tacoma
can, too" said Petit. 1--WE have
a splendid machine shop. l believe
we could save $1,000 on every
piece of apparatus that we built.
At least, shall look into the pos
sibilities of it."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-15
All Now Under
Civil Service

Every member of the police
and fire departments will be un--
der civil service before the end of
the week.
Following recent examinations,
Commissioner Pettitt in this week
making formal appointments of all
officers, according to civil service
rules. In both departments every
employee, from the chief down to,
the -smallest-salaried employe, is'
protected by the civil service law.