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Evening journal., 1918-07-20
GOVERNMENT Gets
bricks FOR PRESENT
Private Building Delayed
Until Big Housing Project
Gets Under Way
Oxrrxx 1xEsyv rnDr
ONLY SMALL JOBS
ARE UNDER WAY

Because there is not much new build
ing outside OF the Government housing
project under way in the city. the cut
'ng OF OF the brick supply by the
overnment will not have such far
eaching effect. As Il is, however, with
The concession by the government TO
permit local brlckyards 10 furnish a
sufficient supply for work already
started, the situation Will not be So
critical. The situation is not radically
worse than was expected when word
came that the local yards were com
mandeered by the government to fur
nish brick for the Lynch Construction
Company, which Is building more than
500 houses 10 take care Of shipbuilders
and their families.
Government officials visited the To-
cal brick yards yesterday to supple
ment the orders from Washington for
the delivery Of 5000 bricks daily to
the Front and Unoln grounds until the
60 or more bricklayers now on the
grounds get a good start on the work.
In addition 70 the brick TO be dellv-
cred TO the Lynch Construction Com
pany, the James B. Oberly yard Is also
requested by the government to deliver
10000 daily for the dupont addition,
which, however. Is expected TO COM
plete its brick work by next week.
After completing the dupont order,
the Cherly ward Will be permitted 10
distribute Its surplus oyer the 25,0O0
70 builders who are In the midst Of
operations. No new buildings, how
ever, VIII be allowed any brick. The
only work that builders can undertake; I;
at present is repair and carpenter work.
and all other work which does not in
volve brick laying unless the job is on
a building which serves the govern
ment in some way.
The hope for the builders concern
ing the brick situation lies In the pos
sibility OF the governments commsn-
deering some brick in the vicinity OF
this city and direct some portion Of II
10 the Lynch Construction Company,
thus relieving the local scarcity. The
government officials intimated action
Of such a nature but It wauld not take
place at once. so that it remains for
Wilmington 10 do IL.
Evening journal., 1918-07-20
FINDS GASOLINE IN
FIRE EXTINCU|SHERS
Major Sylvester Ma k e S
Startling Discovery in
Manufacturing Plant
WARNINGS ARE SENT
THROUGHOUT LAND

Major Richard sylvested, head Of the
dupont Company's police and secret
service system. and honorary president
Of the International Police Association.
has issued warning against a new and
which Is believed 20 be a Hun in-
spired scheme for the destruction Of
property being sent broadcast through
out the United states. Discovery has
been made that hand fire extinguish-
ers. which are part OF the fre-nghting
equipment OF thousands OF factories.
stores, offices. and even private dwell
lngs have been fllleds with gasoline. so
that instead Of extinguishing inclpient
Evening journal., 1918-07-20
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
NOTICE

lNO Il lSH
Possession Is vital. DO you want hons
and possessiOni Then come 20 our ofhcc-
We offer our absolute guarantee that pos-
session of the following properties can be
given We win not accept your deposit
unless we give your our guarantee on the
listings below, Our reputation II back or
guarantee. We have many more homes
besides these that we can ofer on the same
basis. We also have twenty-five homes In
every section Of the city that can be pur-
chased on the rental plan. No Information
given over the phone In reference 20 this
advertisement Call az Office,
Washington ST.. 4th 10 9th, 10 r, n, p, III W
Van Buren St, 7th 10 sth. 10 r., B. y, III.
Harrison ST. 9th 20 7th, Il, n, p, II.
C0nnoll ST. 2nd 10 Ord, s n, b, p, II.
2nd and Connel Sts. r, u, P, II. garage
Breome St. 9Th to 7th. 10 r. B.. P.H.
DUPONT ST., Sth 20 9th. r., ID, y, III.
Lancaster Ave. near DUPONT, q r, II, p, III w
W. 9th St., near Harrison, 10 X, II, p, III.
W. 18th St., near DUPONT II r, B, p, III. b
Poplar st. Sth 20 9th. z Il, II, s.
nth and Pine Sts.. z r. B, store.
eith and ratnali sts.. 10 r, b, p. II W,
W. 10Th S.. 2ioO block. z r. n, PHI
Concord Ave, near Madison St. II, II, +,
IT, garage space.
10 not forget the guarantee we give in
regard 20 possession. We have the houses
and are going TO sell them and give pos
session, too.
Western Kansas world., 1918-06-06
North Of Fifty-Thr
By BERTRAND w. SINCLAIR

mie Brooks and Paul Lorimer and 9th
ers of that group. there was no telling
what might happen. His interests
might become permanently identified
with Granville.
Bill informed her from time to time
as to the progress of his venture. The
company was duly incorporated, with
an authorized capital of one hundred
thousand dollars, five thousand dollars
worth of stock being taken out by each
on a cash basis-the remaining sew
enty-five thousand lying in the COM
pany treasury, to be held or sold for
development purposes as the five saw
fit when work began to show what
the claims were capable of producing.
In early March came a telegram
from Whitley Lewis saying that he
had staked the claims, both placer and
lode; that he was bound out by the
Telegraph Trail to file at Hazelton.
Bill showed her the message-wired
from Station Six.
81 wish / could have been In on tt
that was some trip he said-and
there was a trace of discomfort in his
tone. 81 don't fancy somebody else
paving my chestnuts out of the Goals
for me. 1t was sure a<man's job to
cross the Klappan in the dead of win
ter"
The filing completed, there was am
pie work in the way of getting out
and whipsawing timber to keep the
five men busy till spring-the five who
were on the ground. Lewis sent word
that thirty feet of snow lay in the
gold-bearins branch. And that was
the last they heard from him. He
was performer, Bill said, not a cor
respondent.
So in Granville the affairs of the
Free Gold Mining company remained
at a standstill until the spring floods
should peel off the winter blanket of
the North.
Ultimately, spring overspread the
eastern provinces. And when the
SHOWS of winter successfully gave way
to muddy streets and then to clean
pavements in the city of Granville,
new gilt sign was 1ettered across the
windows of the brokerage Office in
which Paul Lorimer was housed.
FREE GOLD MINING COMPANY
p. H. LOrfI1er, p. ]. L. Brooks, Sec.-Treas
William Wagstaff. Manager.
in the army of business at last.
Western Kansas world., 1918-06-06

when he's lunched comfortably 1t
home"
~Fm quite In the dark" Hazel con-
fessed- -Bm seemed trife put out
about something. He didn't say what
It was about"
"Shan explain7'' Mr.. Brooks sug-
gested- you'd understand-and Won
might be able to help. I don't as a rule
believe In bringing business into the
home. but this bothers me. 1 hate to
see good thing go wrong"
Explain. by all MEANS" Hazel
promptly replied IF 1 can help, ri
be glad to-
'-Thank you" Mr.. Brooks polished
his glasses industriously for a second
and replaced them with painstakine
exactitude. "Now-ah-this is the sit-
uation: When the company was
formed. i've OF US. including your hus-
band. took up enough stock to finance
the preliminary work of the undertake
ing. The remaining stock, seventy-fiye
thousand dollars in amount, was left
in the treasury, to be held or put on
the market as the situation warranted
With the first cleanup, Bill forward
ed facts and figures to show that we
had a property far beyond our great
est expectations. And, of course. we
saw at once that the thing was ridfcu
lousy undercapitalized.
$50 we held a meeting and author
lied the secretary to sell stock. Nat
urally, your husband wasn't cognizant
of this move. for the simple reason
that there. was no way of reaching
him-and his interests were thorough
ly protected. anyway. The stock was
Western Kansas world., 1918-06-06
CHAPTER XIV.
A Business Journey.

IT have to go to the Klappan," Bill
apprised his wife one evening. want
to come along?"
Hazel hesitated. Her first instinc-
tive feeling was one of reluctance to
retrace the nerve-trying trail. But
neither did she wish to be separated
from him.
/. Il see you DON'T" he observed dry
ly. 'sWell, I can't say that 1 blame
you. It's stiff trip
I'm sorry 1 can't feel any enthusi-
asm for such a Journey" she remarked
candidly. 81 could go as far as the
coast with you, and meet you there
when you come out. How long do you
expect to be in there?'
Il don't know exactly" he replied.
I'm not going in from the coast,
though. I'm taking the Ashcroft-Fort
George Trail. have to take in pack
train and more men and get work
started on decent SCALE
"But you won't have to stay there
all summer and oversee the work, will
you?" she inquired anxiously.
Il should" he said.
Fer second or two he drummed
on the table top.
But is there any real necessity for
you to stay on the ground?" She pur-
sued her own line of thought. Il
should think an undertaking of this
size would justify hiring an expert to
take charge of the actual mining oper-
ations. Won't you have this end of it
to look after?"
'Lorimer and Brooks are eminently
capable of upholding the dignity and
Importance of that sign they've got
smeared across the windows down.
town." he observed curtly. 1.-The chief
labor of the office they've set up will
be to divide the proceeds. The work
will be done and the money made in
don't your"
I'm not stupid" she pouted.
I'm going tomorrow" he said. 81
think. on the whole, it'll be just as
well if you don't go. Stay here and
enjoy yourself. I'll transfer some
more money to- your account. I think
I'll drop down to the club
She followed him out into the hall.
and, as he wriSgled into his coat, she
had an impulse to throw her arms
around his neck and declare, in atl
sincerity, that she would go to the
Klappan or to the north pole or any
place on earth with him, if he wanted
her. But by some peculiar feminine
reasoning she reflected in the same in
slant that if Bill were away from her
in a few weeks he would be all the
more glad to get back That closed
her mouth 1t was not wise to be too
meek or obedient where a husband
was concerned That was another mite
OF wisdom she had garnered from the
wives of her circle
So she kissed Bill good-by at the
station next day with perfect good hu-
NOR and no parting emotion OF any
Western Kansas world., 1918-06-06

nSd0SIFonQ as 1nc DSuCS.
listed on Change. A good bit, was dis
posed of privately. We now have a
large fund in the treasury. It's a
cinch. We've got the property, and
it's rich enough to pay dividends on
million. The decision of the stock
holders is unanimously for enlarge
ment of the capital stock. You under
stand? You follow me?"
Certainly" Hazel answered. "But
what is the difficulty. Bill?"
"Bill is opposed to the whole plan"
he said. pursing up his lips with evil
dent dfsapproval of Bill Wagstaff and
all his works. "He seems to feel that
we should not have taken this step.
He declares that no more stock must
be sold +; that there must be no enlarge
ment of capital. In fact, that we
must peg along in the little one-horse
way we started. And that would be
shame. We could make the Free
Gold Mining company the biggest
thing on the map, and put ourselves
on Easy street."
real regret.
"Bill's a fine fellow" he said. "and
one of my best friends. But he's
takes a very peculiar view of the mat
ter. I'm afraid he'll queer the COM
pany if he stirs up trouble over this.
That's why hope you'll use whatever
influence you have, to induce him to
withdraw his opposition"
But" Hazel murmured, in some per-
plexity, from what little 1 know of
corporations, don't see how he can set
up any difficulty. How can he stop
you from taking any line of action
whatever?'
"Oh not that at ALL" Brooks hastily
assured. "Of course, we can outyote
him, and put it through. But we want
him with us, don't you see? We've a
high opinion of his ability. He's the
sort of man who gets results; prac-
teal. you know knows mining to T.
Only he SHES at our financial method.
And if he began any foolish litigation,
or silly rumOrs got started about
trouble among the company officers, It's
bound to hurt the stock. It's all right.
/ assure you. We're not foisting
wildcat on the market. We've got the
goods Bill admits that. It's the reg
ular method, not only legitimate, but
good finance. Every dollars worth of
stock sold has the value behind it.
Distributes the risk little more. that's
all, and gives the company fund to
operate successfully.
'sIf Bill mentions 1t, you might sug-
gest that he look into the matter a
little more fully before he takes any
definite action Brooks concluded, ris-
ing. 81 must get down to the office.
It's his own interests I'm thinking of.
as much as my own OF course, he
couldn't block a reorganization-but
we want to satisfy him in every par
tfcular, and, at the same time, carry
out these plans. It's big thing for all
Of us. A big thing, assure you"
CTO BE CONTINUED)
Western Kansas world., 1918-06-06
CHAPTER xIv-continued.

IF money meant that we would be
compelled to lead the sort of exist
ence most of these people do" he re-
torted, I'D take measures to be broke
as soon as possible"
you're awful ~ Hazel commented.
Bill Snorted again.
Tomorrow, you advise our hostess
that we're travelling" he instructed.
"When we come back Wen make head
quarters at a hotel until we locate a
place of our own-if you are sure you
want to winter here"
Her mind was quite made up to
spend the winter there, and she frank
ly said so-provided he had no other
choice. They had to winter some
where.
"Oh, yes, I suppose so. All right; !;
we'u winter here" Bill acquiesced-
THAT'S settled"
And. as was his habit when he had
come to a similar conclusion, he re
fused to talk further on that subject,
but fell to speculating idly on New
York. In which he was presently
aided and abetted by Hazel, who had
never invaded Manhattan. nor, for that
matter. any of the big Atlantic cities.
New York. she was constrained to
admit. rather overwhelmed her. She
traversed Broadway and other world
known arteries and felt trifie dubi-
Gus amid the unceasing crush Bill
piloted her to famous cafes. and to
equally famous theaters. She made
sundry purchases in magnificent shops
The huge conglomeration of sights
and sounds made an unforgettable I'M
preston upon her. She sensed keenly
the colossal magnitude of it all. But
she felt a distinct wave of relief when
they were Granville bound once more
In week they were settled COM
fortably in a domicile of their own
five rooms in an up-to-date apartment
house. And since the social demands
on Mrs. William Wagstaff's time grew
apace, a capable maid and cook were
added to the Wagstaff establishment.
Thus she was relieved of the onus OF
housework. Her time was wholly her
own, at her own disposal or BilIs, as
she elected.
But by imperceptible degrees they
came to take diverse roads in the swirl
of life which had caught them up.
There were so many little woman af-
fairs where man was superhuous.
There were others which Bill fntly re-
fused to attend. 'Hen parties" he
dubbed them. More and more he re-
manned at home with his books.
Sometimes Hazel caught herself
wondering if they were getting as
much out of the holiday as they should
have gotten, as they had planned to
get when they were struggling through
that interminable winter. She was.
But not Bill. If she ventured to give
a tea, he fled the house as if from the
plague. He made acquaintances of his
own. men from God only knew where,
individuals who occasionally filed the
dainty apartment with malodorouS to-
bacco fumes, and who would cheer
fully sit up all night discoursing ear
nestly on any subject under the sun.
But so long as Bill found Granville
habitable she did not mind.
She wished fervently that Bill would
take up some business that would keep
Western Kansas world., 1918-06-06

him in touch with civilization He had
the capital. she considered, and there
was no question of his ability. Her
fnith In his power to encompass what
ever he set about was strong. Other
men. less gifted, had acquired wealth,
power, even a measure of fame, from
a less auspicious beginning. Why not
he?
But she could never quite bring her
self to put it in SO many words to Bill
The cycle OF weeks brought them to
January They had dropped into some
thing of a routine in their daily lives.
Bilfs interest and participation in so
cial affairs became negligible When
he was not absorbed in a book or
magazine, he spent his time in some
downtown haunt, having acquired
membership in club as a concession
to their manner of life. Once he came
home with flushed face and overbright
eyes, radiating an odor of whisky
Hazel had never seen him drink to ex-
cess She was correspondingly
shocked. and took no pains to hide her
Western Kansas world., 1918-06-06
First Use Of oars.

The idea of propeIling ships indie
pendently of the wind first led to the
use of oars The discovery of land We
hicles and the means of propul-
sion Of land vehicles soon led to at
tempts to utilize 1t on behalf Of YES
sels- It Is claimed that the first at
tempt at this propulsion was made
by Blasco de uaray. at Barcelona. In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
STRIKERS
CLOSE UP
FACTORY

Refused an increase of 10 per
cent in wages and q closed shop
agreement, 100 workers in the
Gregory Furniture Manufacturing
Co., 2402 Center street, went out
on strike late Friday afternoon
and caused a complete shutdown
of the big factory.
sThe strikers were still out Sat
|urday, altho part of the plant was
in charge OF dozen
foremen and superintendent who
remained on the Job.
Workers who went on strike
are members Of local union No. Z
of factory workers, a branch Of
the timber workers union. The
Ientire plant was unionized last
summer. but has operated on an
open shop basis.
A straight increase of Is per
cent in wages for men and women
was asked, together with a con-
tract by which every new employe
should become member of the
.union after working one week.
The scale for women was fixed by
the strikers at s2.25 day. to be
advanced to $3.50 at the end Of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Old House Dashes Up Hill,
Then Dashes Down Again

Jut like the army general of
ancient times who moved his
troops up the hill and then moved
them down again, Contractor
Nichols, who is attempting to
move an old frame house from
18th and A streets to Fawcett
ave, moved up the 18th street
hill with it early Saturday morn
ing and then hacked down again.
The contractor recently OBJ
tanned permission at the city hall
to move the building thru down.
town streets at night. 1t is a
frame structure % years old, that
stood near the r. r. & p. Co.
barns. On Nichols request, the
city light department gave a %
loot clearance on all electric
wires, so that The buildings move
ment would not be arrested.
At 4 o'clock Saturday morning
the structure had been hauled up
18th street to Commerce, where
a series of high tension electric
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

wires were In the way. 1t was
found that the house stood con-
siderably higher than % feet.
Nichols got Commissioner Gro
men out of bed to answer the tele-
phone. Groneu declared he
couldn't take down the high ten
sion wires because it would in
terrupt electric service.
"All right, I'll leave the house
standing here in the middle of the
street until il rots," the con-
tractor told him. You can take
the responsibility"
Gronen told him he could take
the house to Kingdom Come If he
wanted to. and returned to bed.
Nichols changed his mind about
leaving the house in the middle
of the street, however, and haul
ed it back down the hill before
daybreak. II was standing
against the National Bank of
Tacoma building Saturday wait
ing for another dash at the hill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
PHONE GIRLS
TO DISCUSS
GRIEVANCES

Tha another breach between
telephone workers and the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph Co. is
about to develop, was limited in
Tacoma Saturday with the an
nouncement that special con-
vention of phone girls and line
men would be held here May /.
Delegates from all Washington
and Oregon cities will be in at
tendance. Charges that discrim-
ination has been shown against
union members will be discussed.
Employees of the telephone com-
pany in Tacoma declared Satur-
day that the federal mediation
board would again be asked to
strighten out the telephone
tangle. it is declared that while
the phone workers have lived up
to the agreement which they en-
tered into with the company and
the government board, the tele-
phone company has violated its
side of the contract continually.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27

A combination OF the reports OF
all banks in the city Saturday
showed that the total subscrip.
lions to the Third Liberty loan
is $3,291,400.
This is slight reduction from
the amount previously .an.
nounced. The reduction is ex.
planned by the withdrawal OF
one subscription OF $4,000. e
r. Wheeler, who made a sub.
scription of $4,000 for the Fan
West Lumber Co. advised the
committee that he was unable to
proceed with il.
A meeting of the Tacoma Lib
erty Loan executive committee
was held to discuss the suggestion
of the secretary of the treasury
that cites which had over-sub-
scribed continue their campaigns
and secure as large over-subscrip-
lions as possible.
Tacoma, according to an an
nouncement from the treasury
'SPbi 10 tut GIN Ill
the L. S. from the standpoint of
percentage of over-subscriptions.
Record In L. s.
1t also holds the record of all
cities in the L, 5. for the number
of subscribers in proportion to
population, the total number of
subscribers being about $4,000.
In view of this, the committee
decided it would not be necessary
to inaugurate new drive or cam
paign. but have decided to pro-
ceed with their original program.
Subscriptions are being re-
ceived at all the banks and at
Victory hall. The flying squadron
is canvassing those who have been
overlooked and those who have
been negligent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
GETS
1000 MEN

Drafted men were sent thru the
receiving station and into the ma
tional army at Camp Lewis FRI
day at the rate of about 10 a min
ute.
More than 1000 OF the 1855
men due at camp were taken into
the army, and assigned to training
battalions, where they will be out
fitted and kept in quarantine for
two weeks.
Fridays arrivals all from WASH
ington and Oregon. or the Ia
comans, South Tacoma men from
local board No. were first to ar
rive. Men from local boards 1, 2.
and and from county board
No. / reported.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-27
Loan TOTAL STANDS
NOW AT $3,29l,400

Men of 81 different nationali-
ties who attended the Liberty
day" banquet of the Liberty Loan
international bureau in the Com
mercial club Friday night voted
unanimously to make the organi-
cation permanent for active war
service, and adopted resolutions
renewing their pledge of loyalty.
1t was one OF the most impress
sive meetings ever held in Ia
coma, and probably was the first
gathering of its kind in the Z. S.
A representative of each ma
tionality was called on, and each
one made short talk, many OF
them speaking in broken English
that could hardly be understood.
Germany Represented.
Germany and Austria were rep
resented with the rest. Hans
Heidner, native of Germany, who
subscribed $4,000 in Liberty
bonds during the campaign, gave
a short talk, declaring he could
show his loyalty to America bet
ter by his actions than by words
and that he echoed the sentiments
of the other speakers. Frank
Berry represented Austria.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing, which lasted until midnight,
all saluted the Stars and Stripes,
standing with bowed heads.
DR.. +. II. Todd, chairman of
the international bureau presid-
ed at the banquet. An address of
welcome was given by A. b.
Howe, president of the CONNER
cial club. Other addresses were
given by Gov. Lister. Elmer Do
YER. chairman of the Tacoma Lib
erty Loan committee: Ralph
Stacy, district chairman, and ].
w. Swallwell, chairman of the
state Liberty Loan committee.