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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-06

Old Point occurs so late as to throw
excavations based on 1t far into the
afternoon or night. In such cases IL
IL necessary to make the calcula-
tons on the second high tide at Old
poinl for tho preceding day to OBJ
at the desired locality.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-06

Notwithstanding. Miss Kath-
crime Stinson (distancc); Caleb Bragg
taltitudeD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-06

y s. Of moon a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
Must Find Out If She
Has / or 2 Husbands

From this time, Stelnhoff
charges, his wife seemed to loss
affection for him and to bestow
1t all upon Bourson.
Shortly after Steinhoff was
taken i'll and was in the hospital
for several weeks. On his return
he alleged. Bourson and Mrs.
Steinhofff jumped on him and
badly beat him.
This sort OF thing went on for
some time, he testified Friday, so
that finally he agreed 70 separate
from his wife and decided all his
property over to her with the
agreement. that she should sell 1t
and give one half Of the money to
him.
Mrs. Steinhoff took the prop
erty, he charges, but did not sell
II, and IN court swofe she had
never married him. Then she
married Bourson under the laws
s<einAofi Chains she 4 still his
w. 4 * ttf "A &
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
GRACE LuSK TELLS
OF HER TRAGIC DAY

Omitted Press Icnsed wire.b
WAUKESHA, Wis.,, May
24.-Grace Lusk finished on
the witness stand today a
dramatic story of her shoot
ing Mrs. Mary Roberts when
the latter reviled her for in
timacies with DIR. Roberts,
her husband.
The murder trial defendant was
Immediately turned over to
Prosecutor Corirgan for cross
examination.
Miss Lusk's recital of the fatal
scene with the wife of the man
she loved clandestinely for years
left hardly a dry eye in the pack
ed courtroom.
At times in her history the
witness gasped for breath and
reeled in the chair as If about to
faint. DR.. Roberts from his seat
inside the rail controlled his
emotions.
Can't Remember.
Miss Lusk said she could not
remember the actual shooting OF
Mrs. Roberts or herself June q,
1917.
She remembered only one
shot, test shot fired in her
room where she went to get Rob-
erts' love letters to show the wife.
The sight of the revolver lying
beside the letters put the thought
of suicide in her mind.
Il was telephoning DR.. Rob
erts when Mrs. Roberts suddenly
entered the door at the Blanca
Mills home where ! roomed,' was
the defendants story. II hung
up the receiver.
az have come to get an ex.
PLANTATION of your conduct last
night Mrs. Roberts said. i think
it was the most assinine perform
ance | ever saw
This referred to call Miss
Lusk made at the Roberts home
the previous night when she ask
ed the doctor for the last time to
tell Mrs. Roberts of their rela.
lions. Miss Lusk continued:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

JAvARy IS
BURNING!

A smOldering fire in the
steamer Javary at the Bal
f0ur-Gutl,r-ie dock, baffled the
Tacoma fire department and
members OF the crew all
morning Friday.
The fire was practically eAtina.
uished early Friday afternoon.
The Javary left Tacoma two
days ago with cargo Of freight
for the Orient. Last night a wire.
less call was received here from
the steamer saying she was afirc
off Cape Flattery and calling for
assistance.
TOwed Into Port.
The steamer Canada Maru ir1-
mediately went to her aid, towing
her into port at O'Clock Friday
morning.
The Tacoma fire department
Immediately was called on and til =
fireboat. as we'll as a hook aGd
ladder truck from the st. Helens
ave. station was sent to the dock
Officers of the vessel weft III
able to say how the blaze started.
Fire Chief Carlson said that .hele
was no evidence of incendlarism.
He was inclined to believe it was
caused by a spontaneous combus-
tion.
The fire had been burning for
nearly three days, and terrific
heat in the hold made the work
OF the fire department extremely
difficult.
Chief Carlson declared the blaze
had practically been extinguishel
early Friday afternoon. Work
was started unloading the cargo.
From time to time streams o; Wa
ter were being played on it.
The vessel is operated by the
Balfour-Guthrie Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

Before a divorce can be grantee!
to d. S. Steinhoff, who is suing
for his freedom from Nellie Stein
hoff, and for the recovery OF his
property, the court must decide
IL they are man and wife or II
Mrs. Steinhoff Is instead Mrs.
Bourson.
The reopening of this case
brings into court the discussion
Of several old cases of assault.
Steinhoff and Bourson at differ
emit times faced such charges and
Mrs. Steinhoff faced a charge Of
perjury, Of which she was acQuit-
ted. w
Steinhoff and the woman wolo
married under q common law
agreement in Idaho, where such
q union b recognized as legal.
Five years ago they came to
Washin gton and continued to Hive
together until one day steinhoff
brought Bourvon home With him
~ Isl H tt~ Is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

/ Mrs. Roberts said: He said
YOU are the damndest fool ne
ever saw. He said that you were
continually chasing him, that he
didn't care anything about you.'
You don't mean that he said
that, do your l said to her.
What else cOnld you expect?'
Mrs. Roberts replied. When you
chase a married man what do you
think he will say and think about
your
"She said he told her he might
at least be given credit for pick
ing out something more than a
scrawny old maid" said Miss
Lusk.
Then she talked about my
friends and ridiculed them. Then
she said l would have to get out
of town and that she would 60 to
the school board.
My friends will put you out
! of town, they will tar and feather
you Mrs. Roberts said.
Then she told me about an
other affair DR.. Roberts had with
certain girl who had died.
Il then told Mrs. Roberts | had
some letters which would show
whether he really had any regard
for me. She said Il want to see
them. "
When she had covered the last
few uncertain steps of the shoot
ing, Defense Attorney Clancy
rested direct examination.
In her witness stand story late
yesterday she reached the night
last June when she shot Mrs.
Mary Roberts, wife of her lover,
and attempted suicide.
Miss Lusk appeared today to
have recovered from her ordeal
on the stand yesterday.
Overcome by the heat and
tenseness of her emotions seven
women tainted.
! Numbers were weeping as Miss
Lusk's story of shame was told,
every word at the cost of an eff
! tort.
Two Jurors wept.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
Yanks' Part
In Battle Is
Magnificent

AN ATLANTIC PORT, May "a.
American troops are now TAX
ing "a magnificent part in the
great battle on the western
front" Prince Arthur of Con-
naught declared upon his arrival
here today, en- route to Japan.
II am very glad to visit the
states, especially now that you
are with the allies, and in view of
the magnificent part your troops
are taking In the great battle
now going on on the west 'front.'"
he said.
Prince Arthur arrived today
with a British commission bound
for Japan, carrying a special mes
sage from the British king to the
Japanese mikado.
The visit at this time when
the Japanese Siberian question is
up caused speculation here, and
the state department declared
that the missions purpose is
purely ceremonial
The prince, with his party, ar
rived on a British cruiser. Prince
Arthur is on special mission for
King George to present a field
marshal's baton to the mikado,
who has just been appointed to
that honorary rank in the Brit
ish army.
The prince is the son of the
duke of Connaught, former gov
ernor general of Canada. He. is
35 years old and brother of
Princess Pats, was named. An
other sister Is the crown princess
of Sweden. Prince Arthur's wife
is the duchess of Fife.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
TA(,0MAN
STACKER
SUSPECT

Said to be the first youth
arrested on charge Of at
Tempting to evadc the new
military registration June >,
Julian Hover, 27li Sixth az,
Tacoma, is held us q federal
prisoner al los Angeles, ac-
corsIing to Emitted Press DIS
Patches Friday.
Bower, according to the att
thoritics, admits he Is seek
ing to evadc military duty,
declaring he does not love
America enough TO fight Tor
her.
Without a passport, Bower had
crossed the Mexican line at Tia
Juana, according TO dispatches.
lie was | 30 feet ont of AmerI-
can jurisdiction when customs Of
ficers noticed him. They induced
MIN to recross the line and ar
rested him as q Stacker susreet.
Explicit instructions of how tt
escape arrets when crossing into
Mexico without a passport weru
found in the youths possession,
the officers say.
Parents Doubt Facts.
Mrs. O. S. Bower, mother of the
boy, declared to The Times at her
home here Friday that he left
home snort time ago intending
to take a brief vacation trip Ia the
south.
She said she was sure he had
no intention of evading the draft,
adding that he did not come witt
in the draft registration age, d.
he was only 20 years old.
The youth was a student at Sta
dunn high school. His mother
declared he never had shown any
lack of patriotism while in Taco
ma.
When he left Tacoma he took
no extra clothing or personal ef-
fects with him. His mother and
father said they were positive he
intended to return soon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
BY Cynthia Grey

Going to court one morning
this week, Grace Lusk, on trial
at Waukesha, Wis, Oh the
charge of numbering her lovers
wife, picked a common yellow
dandelion and cherished /. a3i
a day.
A photographer snapped her
casually, it being his business
to get as many news pictures Of
her as possible.
His plate reveals what nc
carefully posed studio photo
could have bettered-an ideal
illustration for the familiar
lines:
ITO me the meanest flowct
that blows can give
Thoughts that do often lie too
deep for tears"
Who can help wondering
what are the depths of the
thoughts which the humblest of
blossoms aroused in Grace
Lusk's mind?
Miss Lusk seems not intimate
ly concerned with the uusal
pitiless criticisms of society.
When first accused of liai.
son with DR.. David Roberts She
is said to have declared In SUI
stance, that her personal emo
tions were not public concern.
She has sometimes seemed II
assume an attitude of superior
ity to the ordinary humiliations
which an average woman, sim
ilarly placed, would weep over.
Neglecting, then, regret and
resentment and other media
tions of an obvious nature,
there remain two which cannot
fail to harrass a woman of ideas
thus suddenly dishonored.
The first is a feeling of COM
plete surprise, of perpetual as
constituent.
Each morning, as Grace Lusk
opens her eyes to the Eight of
a new day, she must ask her
self how it comes that she, a
girl we'll born, we'll educated,
finds herself a defendant in o
murder case? Surely no one in
the world can be more mysti-
fled over her tragic position
than she is herself.
And beside this ceaseless
amazement at her present state,
must there not lie deep in this
woman's mind-too deep for
tears-a great confusion con-
corning her conduct?
Whether or not she is guilty
of the crime charged, she must
find many of the steps which
brought her to trial now quite
unexplainable even to herself.
Was there never q place tn
turn back, never q slipped step
to recover?
Does she see Love as q
Nemesis working inevitably, In
exorably 10 her disillusionment
and dishohor? ~
Society denied her love =
riGht fa-~ T. Does sho now
m unacceptable
\bfokcu conven-
(oman can evsf
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

is question the officers cannot
solve.
Registered for Draft
William Ray Homer, the al
legged murderer, has also been
known as Roy Williams. He is
I3l years old. He registered for
the draft in Okanogan county.
Officers are now looking for q
man who was observed ON the
Pacific highway almost 100 miles
south Of Portland, between Cor
wallis and Monroe. He was no.
ticed by men who were searching
for Jeff Baldwin, escaped convict.
His description is said to tally
with that or Horner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
Sumner, Asked
for $1,000, Has
$4,000 Already

Sumner has gone over the top"
calamity. Its Red Cross quota
was $1,000, but Mr.. Henke, mana
ger of the Fleischmann Yeast Co.
reported Friday that the Sumner
subscriptions now total nearly
$4,000. Which proves conclusive
ly that the great American dollar
has a great American heart.
j, w. Slayden, campaign manager,
is greatly elated over the success
OF the drive. The county total has
now reached the $4,000 mark
and is still climbing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
Motive Is
Found TO
Be Money

The automobile of William Homer, wanted for the
alleged murder of his "wife' and two children at
Kelso, was located Friday morning in garage at
North Bend by Sheriff John trnger of King county,
just after he had learned that the woman had trans
ferred property to Horner for a consideration of
$4,000, on May Is.
Twelve hours later Sheriff Stringer received let
ter from Attorney T. w. Bassett in Kent which
stated that the murdered woman and Horner had an.
peared before him May 15
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

successfully defy?
Perhaps the little dandelion
which Grace Lusk holds uprigh.
in her tight fingers tells her
that love itself is oddly like tie
gay and commonplace blossom,
today a thing of golden glad-
ness-never too particular about
where it lives so long as it can
laugh while it Hves-and tomur.
row a globe of gossamer, the
wrath Of flower, destined to
be shattered and tossed TO the
the fragrant wind.
Whatever it's message, the
thoughts that lie too deep for
Grace Lusk's tears would make
a convincing preachment for
any girl who is ever tempted
to balance all her world against
an irregular love.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
CASUALTIES

| United Press Leased Wlre.)
| , WASHINGTON, d. c., May "a.
l-Forty-four casualties listed by
the war department today were
divided thus:
Four killed in action; 10 dead
Of disease; nine Of wounds and
four Of accident; 16 severely
wounded and one slightly
wounded.
Capt. Frederick d. Clair Of
Philadelphia, was killed in action.
Lieut.. Whitney Joyce Of Una
dilla, N. Y, died of wounds;
Lieuts. Aimee ID. Genard, Man
chester. N. H., and Eugene p.
Wubben. Colorado, died OF acct
fdent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
EXECUTED!

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
SALT LAKE CITY, May "a. =
Howard de Weese was executed at
the state prison here at 6:55
o'clock this morning by shooting,
for the murder of his wife, Fan
ME Fisher de Weese, Sept. rs,
1916.
He protested his innocence up
to the end.
His last words were: II am not
guilty. That's all have to say.
Let her so, boys"
The murdered woman was a
former wife of a new York haber-
dasher. She eloped with de Weese
to Reno, New, where she secured
divorce and married him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
Find KelSO Murderer'S Auto
In
HunArEny
I'm MutinY
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

UNITED Press Leased Wire)
WASHINGTON, D. c., May M.-Mutiny has brok
EN- out among German soldiers in the East according
to state department messages today.
The Russian wireless message dated May 49, said
a German division at Dvinsk on the 18th revolted
when ordered to leave for the west front.
Sixty soldiers shot and more than 1000 put in
prison to await courtmartial.
Others made demonstrations against the action of
the German commanders.
The 56th infantry regiment at Wesenburg and 9TH
er German regiments organized meetings to protest
against the continuance of the war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
INTERURBAN FARE
INCREASE JUNE "a

The increased round trip inter-
urban fare of 81 so between Ia
coma and Seattle will be effective
June "a. AS the Puget Sound
Electric company will pay the war
tax of IL cent? the actual in
crease in fare will lamount Of II
cents.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

The woman's deed to her
property in OEanogan county was
transferred to Horner for q con-
sideration OF $4,000" the letter
stated.
This would point to robbery
as the motive for the murder,
said Sheriff Stringer.
Ten minutes later Stringer re-
ceived message from North
Bend stating that the Ford ma
machine corresponding to Hor-
ner's and with the same license
number was left in a garage
there by man believed to be
Horner, on Monday afternoon.
Horner took a night train, say
ing he was on the way to his
ranch at Nespelem.
Killed Her Husband.
Horner is the same man who
shot and killed Fred Bosoett,
known to have been the first hus-
band of the woman, while hunt
ing near Coueonully, in Okanogan
county, in 1914.
Horner at that time brought
the body of Bossett to Republic,
and coroner's jury found that
Bossett came to his death acct
dentally."
The two children whose lives
were snuffed out last Sunday
might were the children of Bos-
sett.
Sheriff John Stringer OF King
county has received information
of the death OF. Bossett from Sher-
if Harry Sharp, of Okanogan
county, and together they have
suggested that the motive for the
triple murder of Sunday was to
cover the previous murder OF
Bossett-if it was a murder.
Not Man Wanted
The arrest at Portland Thurs
day of man names James Will
Jams whose description was thot
to tally with that or Horner, fail
ed to throw added light on the
case, the man being dismissed aft
err a careful REORGANIZATION.
That Mrs. Amelia Bossett, the
murdered woman, owned a ranch
near Aeneas. the title to which is
now being contested in the pro-
bate court, and that Horner also
owns a farm which is located near
the Bossett ranch we're among the
facts telephoned to Sheriff
Stringer by Sheriff Sharp Friday.
Coincident with the discovery
of the fact that the murdered
woman's name is Bossett occur
red the location of her brothers
in Seattle. They are Jack Schus-
ter and Frank II. Schuster. A
sister, Mrs. Annie Schuster, lives
at 112 Montana ST., Spokane.
Jack Schuster left at IL o'clock
Thursday evening for the scene OF
the crime to assist the officials in
locating the man responsible.
Neither of the Seattle men could
say whether the woman had been
married to the alleged murderer
and declared that to the best OF
their knowledge while they had
lived on the same farm they had
not been living in the same house,
the man having a small shack In
which he slept.
Man Not Seen at Camp
The statement of the brothers
that the woman and two children
kept separate from the man IL
borne out by persons who observ-
ed the movements Of the camping
party at Kelso. 1t Is declared
that the four were never seen to-
gether except in the machine.
Persons passing the camp often
observed the woman and two chill
|dren, but never the man. The
purchases at the Kelso stores
were all made by the woman, the
children accompanying her.
Whether the man was keeping
tout of sight because Of his con.
Itemplated crime Or whether ecIne
! Quarrel caused the separation ~
-. La - &nI~, u>uus<1tnX q &kn ~u.>@1Sn. ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
Mrs. Stokes Asks
For a New Trial.

(UnateA Press Leased WlraD
KANSAS CITY, No.. May "a
Motion for o new trial for Mrs.
Rose Pastor Stokes, found guilty
Of Violating the espionage ncl,
will be heard here June /.
Mn. Stokes, free on bond, was
= routo today TO Chicago. where
~ nppoal win BE- perfected.
zi1s1t could amount to ? ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
AIRCRAFT CHIEF
TO VISIT TACOMA

John ID. Ryan will visit Tacoma
in July to investigate spruce pro-
duction, and intends mingling with
the men in the camps. He is the
new head of aircraft production.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
DOWN ZEPP

UNITED Press Leased Wire.)
COPENHAGEN, May "a. =
Fishermen report that German
Zeppelin was brought down in the
North sea and that British de-
stroyer rescued the crew.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

Note to June brides: leste--
days Tacoma divorces includ ID
one for Edith Love from Hubert
Love; grounds, non-supp0rG
Didya notice it?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24
WEATHER FoREcAsr

One reason
these drafted
ball players are
going into tho
shipbuiiding In
dustry Ii to
help Uncle Sam
Can you guess
what the other
reason III 90
[eAn We. 1o
Fnitl1t and -
Eur6ay fe6s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

All this MAY I not" stuff wa
settled by west side jane on her
pas porch the other night. May
not kiss your" said the gink.
Certainly, you may not" repi.ed
the frail. II guess | should have
said May | kiss your" gibbercd
the gink. (which is an entirely
different proposition, responded
the lady, and a couple of minutes
later the gink went home carrying
one side Of his face in basket
He had not.--Chicago Trib.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

A man never appears to
poorer advantage than when,
in the witness chair, he an.
swers questions concerning
an irregular love affair.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

Begobs--as they say ON the
stage-it will he "a dull day
for Ireland when all It's woes
are ended.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-05-24

A Four-Minute man was adj
dressing the audience in a theater:
subject, the Red Cross drive. Said
he. Those of you who have No
children have grandchildren"
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-09-11
NEW WHEA1TTALE.S ARE
 ORDER OUT MOy2 ON

A new wheat conservation program k in effect today in this territory ac- .ording to cablegram received this forcnoon by local food admin ua.5 WhitJleScy from Territorial Fcod ad- AiniStrator Bradley, of Juneau. The new program eliminates the fifty fifth rule. The program defines cer- "in victory mixed Hours which may be sold to anyone without substitutes. but consumer must buy one pound of substitute with four pounds of wheat four
 Substitutes for consumers G"c corr meal, corn flour and barleyhour.
 Rice, hominy and potatoes, as such, are no longer substitutes but kaffir, meal, feteria, rice peanut, oat bean potato and buckwheat Hours are at ration of one pound to four pounds of wheat flour.
 The rule limiting purchases by C and suburban residents to one eight and a quarter barrel wheat flour re- 'pectively and thirty days supply is rescinded.
 Fair and reasonable quantities, not in excess of sixty days supply may now be purchased.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-09-11
STEEL IS LAID

Seward and Anchorage are now connected by steel
 Anchorage has been dropped as a flag station and is now on the main line of the governments railroad
 The official opening of the line, Seward to Anchor age will be postponed until next week and Gov. Thomas Riggs jr will participate then the big crowd will come here from Anchorage and pow wow will result and then HmHahing. S&fsaSs SSS Sssss
 The men on the Anchorage division, men and machn- cry reached the division line at o'clock yesterday morn ing At o'clock the Seward men, without any track laying apparatus reached the line Given the usual handicap how ever Seward beats the Anchorage Division in making nectons by three days F hours and IA minutes, An chorage used machinery and Seward only men,
 Robert J. Weir engineer in charge of the Seward div son was with his at the finish and will return to Sew ard tomorrow night It is understood that Anchorage celebrated last night but the lights coming in Seward proved the greater attraction here.