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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-10
FIERCE Fighting
Still ON AT YPRES
French and English Hammering
Away at the German Lines
HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED


Fire From Machine Guns Hidden in
Buildings.
Field Headquarters of French Army
in France and Flanders. Oct. 10-The
French advance north of Ypres today
reached the village of veidhoek, south
of the forest of .Houtholst making the
depth of the forward movement about
one mile.
On their way through the marsh
land where progress only was possible
over rapidly laid boardwalks some
times exceeding a mile in length, the
French rushed and overcame the re-
s1stance of numerous blockhouses con-
structed of reinforced concrete and
bristling with machine guns. Several
extensive farmhouses, organized to
delay the attackers and only demol-
ished partly by the preparatory artil-
lery fire, also were taken.
There is evidence on all sides that
the Germans sustained severe losses.
The French casualties were few, as
on the occasions of the last two attacks
in cooperation with the British when
their total losses of all kinds were far
cACGoOou Dy Juc number Oh un"OunQ-
ed prisoners captured from the Ger
mans.
The blow struck by the British and
French forces against wide section
of German defenses between Hout-
suited in another great success. Over
much Of this front the attacking
troops swept forward to a depth of
1900 yards or more overrunning many
important strongholds of the shat
tered enemy.
This afternoon the Allies were dig
ging In almost on the outskirts of
Houtholst forest, the British were be-
yond Poelcappelle after sanguinary
hand to hand fighting and further
south they had gained the Passchen-
daeie ridge within less than 1000
yards Of Passchendale thereby wrech-
yards Of Passchendaele, thereby
wrenching away almost all that re-
manned to the Germans Of their ia
nous Passchendaele-Gh -Gheluvelt ridge
system Of Notifications.
Again the German losses have been
great and reports from all along the
line indicate that their organization
and morale were hit hard.
The attack was launched as dawn
was breaking. Inc fTCnCn army on
the left flank of the British were fac
ing probably the worst section along
the line for the ground over which
they had to advance was interlaced
with little streams and the rain had
turned the ground into q bog.
The French pushed forward rapid
1y, however, reducing numerous Ger
man pill boxes and redoubts, and had
accomplished all they had set out to
do by 10 o'clock. This meant
that they were some 500 yards beyond
Mangelaere and almost at the edge of
the Houtholst forest. Heavy casual
ties were inflicted on the Germans by
preliminary bombardment and dur
ing the fighting. At an early hour
the French reported the capture of
several hundred prisoners and also
that their own losses were light.
The northern flank of the British
attack had to cross the Broenbeek riv-
er and much mud and water was en-
countered. The troops, however, ne
gotiated the crossing without much
delay the region was studded with
concrete redoubts and the embank-
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-10
WHITE SOX.

WHITE SOX.
alb. T.. II. pO. Il. e.
j. Collins. T.. f. -. 4 o 0 2
McNIulli1l, 3b. w o o o
E. Collins, 2b. ....4 4 O o
jackson, If. ..... 0 % 0 0
Felsch CT ....... 3 o. ) 0 0
Gandil lib .. 3 0 o 6 0
Weaver SIS ....... 3 0 2 o 0
Schalk, c. ........ 3 0 o 0
Cicottc, p. ..... 3 0 1
Totals ....... 81 "a 3
GIANTS 2OoOOx-2
WHITE sOX ...0oOoooO 100
Thrce-base hits, Robertson: two
base hits, Holke, Weaver: stolen bases.
Weaver. Robcrtson: sacrifice hits,
Rariden.
Left on bases, White Sox 3, Giants,
Time 1855. Empires: KLEIN at plate:
O'Loughlin, Rigler and Evans on
bases.
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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-10-10

First Half--Rariden took Collins
roller and threw him out at first.
Fletcher threw out McMullen. Eddie
Collins beat out a hit along the right
field foul line. At this point tho
crowd thinking that Collins was out
began to surge up on the field. The
game was halted until the field could
be cleared.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
Salesgirl Glad To Find
Her Experience a Dream

without the knowledge of Elsie.
In the course of time John
Mills is arrested and sent to the
penitentiary after being betrayed
by friend. He was charged with
swindling. Elsie then went to
live with the man who had be-
trayed her near husband"
In all this time she had seen
Bob twice, but was now married
to the girl next door to Elsie's old
home. Mills got out of prison,
and dragged her back to live with
him, this time as a tool to sell
stolen iewelry. And then
Elsie awakened from her ter
rible dream.
All Ends Happily.
She ran down stairs to Join the
party, and when Mills called up to
arrange for another engagement,
she told him that she would never
see him again. He reached for
his address book, and erased the
name of Elsie Corwin.
Bob placed the diamond ring
on her finger. and the film ends.
This thrilling story of the
snares and pitfalls of the great
white way is portrayed in the
"Libertine" at the Apollo theater.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23

but Johnston does not wish to
make her address known at pres
ent.
MRS. Darst bought copy Of
the Seattle Star 10 days ago."
said Attorney Johnston Tuesday,
''in which she saw a report of the
decision of Judge Chapman, re-
fusing to take Helen Louise from
the Fletchers.
81 think the news stunned her,
and she has been upset ever
since. She evidently left her po-
sition at that time, with no
clear idea of what she was going
to do. She says now, however,
that she is going to work again,
other ways.
in some other position, Monday.
I do not believe she is actually
contemplating suicide at the pres
ent time.
Mrs. Darst had apparently re-
ceived the letters Johnston wrote
her after the decision, but did not
reply promptly.
Must Continue Shaving.
81 am almost past working"
she writes, land have Just gone
around half crazy since | got your
letters.
81 lost first one job and then
another. on account of having this
thing run along unsettled forever
and eternally. When l get my
baby. II l ever do before God
claims her for his own, will
then get suitable work and have
her with me.
II got your first letter Friday
afternoon, and was so dumfound-
ed | never cared whether
worked, lived or died. If I must
Just slave to keep breath in this
old shell of mine, won't do 1t.
81 have tried, oh SO hard,
to live upright and do the
best l know how, but 1t
doesn't seem to work, these
days. 1t is the hardest thing
! have ever heard of anyone
being asked to bear, to know
that 5000 would give me my
own baby, that God blessed
me with, and then to have a.
man deny that to me-"
Mrs. Darst repeatedly speaks of
her gratitude to Johnston, Mrs.
Hamilton, Mrs. Nicholson and 9TH
er women who are working to
raise a fund for appeal to the su-
preme court, and to help her In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
WALL ST.
LEADER
ON GRILL
Omitted Press Leased Wire,

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Presi-
dent Noble of the New York
stock exchange was called as the
first witness today before the
house note leak probers.
Attorney Whipple of Boston
counsel for the committee, had
outlined the purpose of the prob
ers as an investigation into the
stock exchange transactions in the
week the president sent his note /;
an inquiry as to names and per-
sons who profited or lost heavily
in the period, and then, if evil
dence points to a leak, to connect
1t up with leakers in Washington
Noble traced the history of the
stock exchange, which, he said
was IAN unincorporated body OF
gentlemen who operate on mu-
tual agreement"
Whipple appeared particularly
interested in the committee on
business conduct'-the stock ex-
change body dealing with men,
bers' behavior-and in the gov
erning board, which enforces
rules.
Thousand Members.
How vast the exchange is, was
evidenced by Mobiles statement
that 400 to 500 houses, with
LOO members, constituted the
personnel.
Noble gave a word picture of
the mart-the trading pillars,
with busy brokers making Dig
deals on verbal records, later
noted in brokerage house books
and settled the following day.
The exchange itself keeps no
records of the transactions.
Call for Records.
After limiting at possible con-
gressional action to prove con-
certed" bear drives on the stock
market, Attorney Whipple of the
house Leak Note committee, this
afternoon called for stock ex-
change clearing house records for
the period of December 1923.
He also called for all New York
brokers' records for the same
time, along with names of their
big customers.
Mobiles Viewpoint.
President Noble of the stock
exchange promised delivery of
the clearing house records. Whip
pie threatened to send the COM
mittee into every brokerage house
in the city If the broker records
were not produced.
Noble indicated he saw moth
ing improper in men getting to-
gether and selling short upon I'M
favorable news.
81 don't see where 1t could be
prevented" he said.
"That is a question the house
might have to consider" retorted
Whipple.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
IS
TRAITOR
TO CITY
(Special to The Times.l

Especial to The Times.)
OLYMPIA, Jan. 23.-Al-
though the city of Tacoma is
eager to obtain the right to
furnish service to new in.
dustries OH the tideflats, Sem
atOr jesse Jones today led n
fight on the Iverson bill, an
thOrizing cities to sell water,
light and gas outside of city
limits.
AS an outcome of the attack
on home rule" by Jones, Taylor
and Palmer. the bill was referred
back to the public utilities COM
mittee which had reported 1t ia
vorably by vote of 20 to 10.
THE bill involves fundamental
questions of home rule versus
state rule" argued Jones, land
demands more consideration in
committee.
"If we are to permit municipal
ly owned plants to extend service
to outside communities and even
extend street car lines, as Mayor
Fawcett suggests, there will be no
end to use of public money to en-
ter into competition with private
industries"
Nichols urged the passage of
the bill, saying Tacoma and Seat
tie both want It.
The senate passed a joint me-
mortal to congress to build n mill
tary road up the coast from the
Canadian border to Mexico.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
GRILL SCIENCE PRACTITI0NEF
BAD TIME AHEAD FOR BEAN

point-just ahead lies 1913 when two Point
Defiance and four South Tacoma franchises
EXPIRE
Mayor Fawcett has frankly told the T. r. &
P. manager that he, for one, will not vote for
another T. r. & P. franchise. Commissioners
Petit and Gronen are relied on to stand by
the same program.
So here is the little city-owned tideflats line
now making money, and likely to make great
deal more money, to be extended. The city re-
fuses to turn 1t over to the IT, r. & P. and plans
instead to extend it itself.
And here are the franchises for the two chief
Il. R. & p. lines soon to run out and city adj
ministration that refuses to grant new ones.
With money making tideflats line, with
the possibility of hooking it up to a money
making Point line and to a money making
South Tacoma line that could readily be ex-
tended to the army post, and thus become
doubly money maker, and with mayor i'm
bued with the idea of doing those very things
WELL-just figure for yourself what
prospect it is for Louis Bean, traction mana
ger!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23

After the witnesses for the
prosecution had all been examined
e. d. Hodge, attorney for Mrs.
Adult, moved for dismissal,
claiming that the state had not
even proved that Mrs. Adult had
fired the shot, but that the gun
was in fact in DR.. Robertson's
hand at the moment it went off.
The motion was denied, and the
case will take its course.
Reluctant witness.
DR.. Robertson was plainly re-
luctant to testify to moro than
the bare facts of, the attack, APP
parently on grounds connected
with the principles of Christian
Science.
What did Mrs. Adult say when
she pointed the revolver at you?'
asked Attorney Hodge, cro5s-ex-
aiming her.
"Is it necessary for me to an
swer that?" DR.. Robertson ap-
pealed to the court.
1 W. answer tic uutptlDis
said Judge Card.
She said she would kill me -
would put me out of business,
testified DR.. Robertson.
"What else did she say?"
After long silence, DIR.
Robertson said, ~ don't re-
member. ] shut it out from
my hearing by thinking 9TH
ef thoughts"
We'll, how did she act when
she said that"
Il didn't stop to see how she
acted. ! Immediately went out Of
nv office and into DR.. Browns
office"
What did she say in DR..
Browns office"
Il didn't hear thing that was
said in DR.. Browns office. | was
thinking other thoughts"
Conscious of Presence.
what were those thoughts"
Attorney Hodge inquired.
81 was thinking, Gods law pro-
tects you
well, how did she appear,--or
were you seeing other sights?"
Il was conscious of her pres
ence."
Weren't you looking at herr"
81 looked in the direction in
which she stood"
And couldn't you see herr"
81 was conscious of her pres
ence, that was ALL" ..-.
Question for Quevli.
The hypothetical question put
to DR.. Quevli by Hodge contained
practical statement of the case
as the defense sees it, including
the superstition that Mrs Albutt
had always found her daughter
truthful; that the girl had told
her a story of having wakened
and found DR.. Robertson In her
room and Frank Boyd. the chauf-
feur. in her bed; that a physician
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23

Mrs. Elizabeth Darst, for
whose safety grave fears have
been entertained by her at
torney, H. H. Johnston, and
her friends, for the last three
DAYS, since II became known
that she had disappeared
from the Radisson hotei,
1927 Belmont avenue, Seat
tie, where she had been work.
ing. is alive, and has sent
Johnston an address where
he can communicate with
her. A.,
He received letter from Mrs
Darst Tuesday morning, which
though respondent in tone, hai
relieved his immediate anxiety al
to whether she might not nave
carried out her repeated threat'
to kill herself II she could not re
gain possession of her child, III
lie Helen Louise, who was adopt
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. william
Fletcher of Tacoma, from the
Washington Children's home.
Address Secret.
Mrs. Darst is still in Seattle
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
BY THE EDITOR

From where sit it looks as if Louis Bean
were in for few uncomfortable months.
He is the victim, apparently, Of a Non-psy
Geological Moment, if there is such thing.
He is trying through the agency Of Chester
Thorne, banker, to get the city to turn over to
the II. r. & P. Co. the municipal tideflats car
line and grant the corporation franchise for
an extension of the road to the proposed Todd
shipyard.
Nobody from Point Defiance Park to Mani
tou, or from Titlow's Beach to the reservation,
who has the slightest sense of humor, will fail
to see the joke.
For almost in the same breath, Louis Bean
is asking the state public service commission
to set aside all the unpleasant provisions of
the existing T. r. & p. franchises and relieve
the company of doing all the various things it
promised the city it would do.
To have that move under way now is where
the Moment is Non-psychological.
Just as if, on top of that the city would turn
around and grant him more franchises to be
crawled out of!
And worse yet, from Louis Beams stand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
TRIAL OF WOMAN
FOR PISTOL PLAY
UNDER WAY

DIR. Gertrude Robertson Christian Science practitioner
with offices the Fidelity building heard little Of what Mrs.
Adult said when Mrs. Adult fired shot her in the
office of DIR. f. A. Brown in the building Nov ~ last
thinking thoughts" She hardly
Mrs. Adult for the
This her testimony i'm Superior Judge Cards court
Tuesday, in Mrs Adults trial for assault.
only Mrs. Robertson's remarkable
hypothetical questions with
quzzed Quevi, I'm the at
to temporarily
when She fredt he
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23

had told the mother that the Girl
had probably been abused, and
like the marks Of a morphine
like the madks OF a morphine
needle; that later developments
seemed to make the physicians
belief a certainty; and based on
these suppositions. DR.. Quevli was
asked to say whether he thought
Mrs. Adult was temporarily In
sane.
Very High Strung.
DR.. Quevli said he attended
Mrs. Adult some 10 years ago,
when the girl was born, and also
six years ago when Mrs. Adult
came to him in state of nervous
prostration.
she is woman of high
strung, nervous temperament" he
said, with no self-control at all
when she is nervous.
when person gets real mad,
he Is insane. In her case / would
not expect her to have any self
control at all. She would be
likely TO do most anything"
THAT would really be insanity.
wouldn't it?"
We'll, when a person loses
all reason and just goes for
| one thing, i suppose they arc
insane. That story would
make most anybody temper
arily insane"
Deputy Prosecutor Selden then
put hypothetical question, based
on the supposition that Mrs. Al
butt had after having heard the
| girls story, gone to DIR. Robert
sons houes and stayed there over
night, as a guest, on friendly
terms.
One of Two Things.
Then she couldn't have be-
lieved the story" said DR.. Quevli,
''or else she was crazy. l am not
answering as a physician, but az
anybody would answer 1t. II any
body told me a story like that
about my daughter and l went
back 10 that house and stayed
there overnight, either l wouldn't
believe the story or l would he
crazy"
DR.. w. T. Thomas, whose Of
flee adjoins that of DR.. Robert
son in the Fidelity building, told
of having rushed into DIR. Browns
office on hearing the shot, and Of
the struggle between the two
women and DR.. Brown for the
revolver. ....-
Mrs. A. Brownlee, who was in
the dentists chair in DR.. Browns
office when DR.. Robertson rushed
in, followed by Mrs. Adult, ard
who got out of the chair Just in
time to escape the bullet, describ-
ed the scene.
I ]. f. Adult, husband of Mrs.
Adult and father of Marie, the
girl whose story caused the trou-
BILE, was put on the stand late
Monday morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
BY FREDDIE FILM

Elsie Corwln had TO choose Oe-
tween the great white way with
its wickedness, or a simple life as
the wife of striving young archi-
tect.
Elsie was a young, pretty. COM
petent sales girl in the suit de-
partment of New York store.
Her personality won for her a
better position in one of the best
ladies' made-to-wear clothing
stores in New York.
Postpones Wedding.
Her chum in the store intro
duced her to John Mills, the man
who had kept the bright lights
aburning on the primrose path.
He introduced her to the follies
of the city, and after his usual
line of talk got her consent to
marry" him.
Bob's and Elsie's mother ar
ranged surprise party for her,
and when she come home after
seeing Mills at his fine home over
looking the Hudson, she penned a
note to Bob asking a postponed
wedding date.
Then she left to join Mills in
his fine castle on the Hudson.
Jewels and fine clothes became
the ruler of Elsie, and she went
about in a fine car.
Mothers Heart Broken.
Her mother, thinking her
daughter to be the wife of the ia
nous Mills, went to call on her
one afternoon. She overheard one
of the couple say that mo matter
II we are not married, everything
will turn out all right" Her
mother staggered into the room,
and demanded the truth. She
went back home with a heavy
heart and died soon afterwards
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
COMING OUT

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 90.
Withdrawal Of General Perish
ing's forces from Mexico is under
way.
The outposts have already been
drawn in and the general move
ment northward toward the Dor
der will follow Immediately, II
was officially learned today.
The last chapter of the expedi-
ton to get Villa is being written.
Villa is still at large.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
$4,000 FOR
HEART ACHE!

SEATTLE, Jan. 23.-Robert
Spencer Mcmillan, a wealthy min
ing man of Iditarod, Alaska, who
is suffering from a severe attack
of rheumatism, is nursing anoth-
er ailment today.
A jury in Judge MacKintosh's
department of the superior court
awarded Olivia d. Larsen $4,000
for the heart aches and humilia-
tions she suffered when she dis
covered year or so ago, after
her marriage to him in the north,
that he had another wife living at
Prince Edward Island, Canada.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
Talk O the Times

Greetings, have you begun
to plan your vegetable gar
den yet?
No, baseball fans, the world
league President Wilson is pro-
noting is not that kind of a
league.
The lady next door objects
to the pan-German idea. She
says Austria ought to get
some of the panning.
Everybody seems to be denying
it so We might as well go on rec
ord. We didn't make any money
in Wall street through the leak.
A theological prof is for
changing the Kingdom Of
Cod to the republic of
God" Is the motion second
ed?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
Mother NEARLY
CRAZED BY GRIEF

That Mrs. Darst is still alive, and apparent
ly with no intention of killing herself, was
further indicated today by the receipt OF let
ter to the editor of The Times, in which she
discloses the anguish that is eating her heart.
Every Tacoman ought to read and ponder her
appeal: it appears with number Of other
vital, readable letters from readers on page
eight
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
Insures Against Spinsterhood

A form of insurance that likely prove popular
America has appeared in Vienna Austria.
1t is that of insurng girl against being old maid
The form of insurance the probability that
there would be shortage of following the
and certainty that there enough
men to around
This insurance is said be just business-lke
and efficient in its arrangement life
stead of passing the applicants health the agent bases
her acceptabily risk her degree beauty
sonal charm and wifey qualities The pretest girls
the risks homely having pay the highest
premiums
There appears to be only difficulty about the
rangemen Who is to fix the which the insurance
becomes payable?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
STRIKERS WILL
BE LOBBYISTS

PORTLAND, Jan. 23.-Fifty
jitney buses loaded with union
iron workers, who have been
striking here, started for Salem,
today, to appear before the state
legislature and fight the proposed
anti-picketing law.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
np5.RoSI
CUFF

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 23.-
Shirt skirts or short kindness -
which is the better reason for di-
vorce?
The circuit court here has de-
cided a skirt two inches above the
boot tops is cause for divorce and
on this basis has freed William p
Cuff from his pretty, blithesome
20-year-old wife.
But Mrs. Cuff protests the di.
vorce should have been granted
to her on the short kindness she
says her husband bestowed upon
her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
TODAY,s OLEARINGS

Clearings .........$ 493,SS1.31I
Balances -. ...... 2S,192.d6
Transactions ...... 1,3S3.254.44
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23

If my skirts were as short
as my husbands kindness he
might have some cause for
complaint" she says.
Cuff is 46 and married -four
years ago, when Mrs. Cuff was 10
The couple has two children, Will
liam, 3, and Marion. 9.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23

81 did not desire 20 drag
I'm these names. You forced
me TO it."--Tom Lawson.
Music by Irving Bertha
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-23
TO ERROR Is HUMAN

Monroe, 8. D., Citizen.)
Last week the Citizen errored
when 1t stated that Mrs. Scott an
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Grover
Flaugher. II should have read
Miss Louila Blakely and Mr.. orov-
er Flaugher.