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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
Olymtian in Reformatory
Files for Bankruptcy Here

dell said he remembered one other
similar case. Whether he would
go to the reformatory or have
Mills sent here for the usual eX-
animation, Riddell had not decided
Tuesday.
Included among the more than
so small debts listed by Mills were
at least dozen personal loans
from well-known residents of the
state. such as Carl kilgore, gradu-
ate manager of the University of
Washington, and Smith Troy.
Thurston county prosecutor, of
Olympia.
Mills was sentenced originally
to serve term of 20 years by a
Thurston county superior court.
This, however. was reduced by the
state parole board TO five years.
With good behavior his term will
expire in 40 months. He has been
at the reformatory since May
1888.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
SuSPENDS TERM
Of JACK BENNY

Continued from Page ouel
room sloanted and Benny alter.
natclv hlanehrd and flushed
rut On Probation
Lcsbeil pronounced sentence
eoanl ~ count. On the firss Nc
fined Kenny 200 and ordered
him seammstsei uatu the ftnc Is
paid and ssnt cnccd him 20 enc
year and one DAY IN prison. adiieg
execution 81 sentence - sess
pended and the defendant u placed
On probation
he fined Benny s2.soe each IN
the secona and third counts and
then explained
Mr. Rcnny. that means YOU
must pay a fine q $4,000 and
that you have eeen sentenced 10
prison hut that the sentences \
suspended
Ne gave Kenny until . m to-
DAY 20 pay the fine The ouinrs
dian's attorneys indicated he would
DO ~ before leaving by slrrlaae
Tor hollywood tonight
Kenny. born Benny kueclasty as
years sgo. said after his lndicl-
meni. In statement
4 have never Snugglesi Jeweiry
or anything else INTO this countfs.
and no one can truthfully say or
prove thar Intentionally com.
mitted the acts OF which am
charged
chapefaa. who viii be sentenced
April IL. delivered the lewelry 10
Benny IN California through
George Burns, cahill said.
Nlam~> thaperau
Carr Newton. Benny's New York
attorney. told Judge Leibcll the
smuggling idea was conceived by
Chaperau. whom Benny had met
In Hollywood
He Just wanted 10 do Mr.
Benny a favor. suppose, Leieeil
remarked, adding that Kenny
should have been smart enough
not Ia have fallen In with a plan
Of that kind l.
He should have been hlg
enough the Judge said, not to
fall in with any plan To deprive
his go eminent Of psltry 800.
Ry doing what he did he was let.
ting his country down.
Judge Sarcastic
III thought he really planned
II. I'd take a different view. Ap-
parently We need guardians for a
good many Of thes. people WIN
become prominent and wealthy
The government" Leibell add
ed. must take steps 10 LET every
body know that nobody. however
prominent they are. can do these
things
This defendant IL going TO pay
heavy fine and Is going Ia real.
We that he violated the law. I
don't think. however, that any.
thing would be gained by sending
him 10 JAIL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

naameaaers hosiy VAS fcund n
ire eo-rlless seAs shen eyesst.
nesaes q The crash reached the
sreehsse. lying IN . small valley
On the outskirts % Alder Mn
shah sssd ne I'D not know until
after the seeAieat that von baum
haueF. whose company VAS inter.
eated IN the plane was pilot.
Minshall sad there was 30 was
q telling whether chief tssiut
Julius rafr had felinautshed fhs
eantrols 10 Ven ItaamhsusT 90 ths
fight
Msnshsli .aid the stFstalinef.
designed u carry - passengers
IN the sus-nttstosphsfe 10 avid
stormy weather. had five mpre
flights % make before completing
It's experimental program
I'm the Inflated trip. whtsh
.esarv~d March ~. the rews.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

DR.. H. Harry Meyers and Will
lam Broome, two of the eight
Peoples Gas & Oil Co. officials
now being tried in federal court
here on mail fraud charges. offered
pictures of themselves as grand
prizes in sales contests, Roy II.
Calkins, former Tacoma salesman
testified before jury Tuesday.
Photographs of both Meyers and
Broome were admitted into evil
dence as government exhibits.
Calkins said he had won them by
turning in the best sales records
during two contests among the oil
concerns statesmen. Both were
autographed.
The pictures were admitted only
after objections of defense attor-
news had been overruled. George
Vanderveer, prominent Seattle at
torney and one of five hired by
the defense. observed the trial was
beginning its eighth week, spoke
out sarcastically:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

Merritt Gordon Mills, an Olym-
p youth, whose father was once
mayor of the capital city and
whose grandfather was member
OF the state supreme court, was
the applicant Tuesday in one of
the most unusual bankruptcy cases
ever filed in federal district court
here.
What raised the bankruptcy pc
tition out of the ordinary is the
fact that young Mills is now serv-
inc a five-year term for armed
robbery at Monroe state reforma-
tory. He is one of the few prison
inmates in state history to file
such a petition.
Mills. who held up a loan office
in Olympia early in 1888, listed
debts amounting to s3,562 and
assets of $3.50, which he claimed
exempt.
Bankruptcy Referee c. M. Rid
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
THIEVES LOOT
GAS STATIONS

Three service stations on South
Tacoma way were looted Monday
night by providers, according 10
reports received by police Tues
dav morning In each case, entry
was gained by breaking the front
door glass with small stone.
Pete Fleming said two tires,
several inner tubes, a windshield
fan, fog light and about 40 pennies
were taken from his station at
1905 South Tacoma way A table
model radio was stolen from FRITZ
Loewenstein' station al 26l5
South Tacoma way. and A. /, Dale
reported the theft of 10 quarts of
oil. an electric shaver and so
pennies from his garage at 3740
South Tacoma way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
Enrolment Drive IL
to Start April "a;
Outline Plans

The Tacoma Chamber Of Com.
morce. which Win hold. April "a
Is. its first enrolment drive since
1926. has set 400 new member
ships as its goal. Ralph Shaffer,
general chairman. announced Tues
day at meeting Of 80 business
men at Hotel Winthrop. gathered
10 outline plans Tot the campaign
Two divisions. each with Is
teams. are being formed 10 attain
new memberships. Shaffer said,
+. A. White was named chairman
OF the green division. and Harry
W. Andrews. head Of the gold d.
vision. The meeting was opened
by Norton Clspp. chamber prcsi-
dent, who announced Skaters
appointment as general chairman.
Shaffer then explained the
chamber has had but three pre-
vious general drives since 1900
In 1911. the organization was
raised 10 lao members. In 1915
10 500 members and in 1926 10
$500 members. Shaffer said the
chamber. which now has mem.
bership of 400. would strive 10
raise the number up 10 the 1916
level
This many additional members,
he said. would be sufficient To fl
nance the chambers work.
Five workers will be on each
of Whites IS teams 4 Andrews
will have two on eac : his teams
Also heard al the NJ * In sup
port of the chambers drive were
Oscar Smith, G. II. Raleigh and
Everett T. Smith.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
Local Architects
Hear About Dam

Chester Benjamin. architectural
engineer employed a, Gran d
Couiee, spoke al the meeting OF
the Tacoma Society of Engineers
Monday noon nj Msrgo's telling
Of progress being made on the big
development. Benjamin Is well
known here. having worked in nu-
merous architects offices and hay-
ing designed the stone work for
the capitol In Olympia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

p~sy esssesst sas< ~ hsa
authorised trsts u srsssrst~e
Tie crafts sesl1leg petst.
Several other Roctax officials
ard employees testified ~ the
morning session ef The hearing
Amune them vac Nen<vs Hush.
ssruususlcsl engineer. WIN had
been sehssfuled 10 % 90 shs STRAIT.
nlnness fatal flight but gave ap
bis seat IN another enmpsny etw~
rloye Al The last minute Hush
bad geue en ~ previous test hars
~ The ship.
The engineer testified tsss an
eue coca ssnn be had detected .
tai fiustsf Ia she sl<ek craft ~
she end ~ dive THIS eecsHfrst
while the piano was lightly lo>si~si
A heavier lead wss tried and the
fius,sr disappeared. hush aid lie
discounted u - pnsslhse Cause
~ the crash
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
Offered Photos of Selves
As Prizes in Stock Sales

"If this is a contest Of reserves
between the L. S government and
the defendants. the defense gives
up right now
Judge E. Z. Cushman made no
comment
Calkins also testified that ne
made a number of resales of oil
leases, contrary to an announced
policy of the company. He said
he was furnished with a list Of
delinquent lease holders by J. F.
Simons. a defendant. He explained
he purchased the leases from their
owners for as little money as pos
sible and then resold them at a
considera BILE profit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
TRAPPER MAKES GOOD
PRINCE GEORGE. Il.

PRINCE GEORGE. y. Z. Trap
ping may have its godd points like
everything else. but Percy Pea
cock prefers prospecting. when the
trapping business did not net him
any profit, Peacock turned To pros
pectlng He returned 10 this city
with 100000 and three bags Of
gold nuggets.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
PROBE Of NAzI
BUND FINISHED
" ASHI>GTO>

WASHINGTON - The German
American Volkshund. Man organi-
cation in the L. s. today COM
prises between $500 and $500 in
dividuals who seek to instin and
perpetuate in Germsn-Americsns
"a pride of German background
and love for Germany" the Omen
revealed IN report OF their re-
cent investigation Of the organizs-
ton.
They found that Bund Leader
Fritz Kuhn participated with
Adolf Hitler in the sbortive beer
cellar putsch in Munich on Nov.
Q. 1928.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
Fate Plays Mean
Trick on DriUer

HoRNELI. y. Fate PLAYED
strange trick or Fred Green. a
bus driver. Green's bus crashed
INTO parked car. He escaped
without injury While attempting
10 find the owner Of the damaged
car ne slipped and fell. fractuung
2 shoulder blade
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

RIUI.DING PERMITS

New building permits issued
Tuesday included one TO Tony
Anderson for a 81 400 cottage at
1912 No. Water st, and one TO
Helmer C. Larson. Asp So. War
ner St. for a 81 900 residence at
4315 So. Puget Sound ave.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
CROSBY TOAD
STATE JUBILEE
Native Tacoma Actor
on Committee for
Celebration

Harry Lillis CBing) Crosby. a
Tacoma-born boy who has made
good in every L. 5. city and town.
via the movies and radio. has ac-
cepted position on the home
coming committee Of the Wash
ington Golden Jubilee celebration.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

here July 20. q
and %. accord
ing 10 General
Hartman Harry
r Cain Tues
day.
Crosby wired
his acceptance
to our invita-
ton late Mon
day" Cain SAID.
and he will
doubtlessly b e
one of the cele-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
Stating Tests Had Been
Authorized on Fatal Trip

vicepre>ident Of Boeng Aircraft Co, r. J. MInshsl.
testified At civil aeronauiics authority hearing ~ Seattle
today he had given orders that A. Won Raunhsuer repre-
sentative of Dutch airline TO fy the ssrsoiner
during the Th, which crashed and killed all 10 men
aboard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
Propose 4O-MiH Tax Limit
Be Made Permanent Thing

The projected amendment de-
clares that the aggregate of all
taxes that may be levied upon real
and personal property within the
state shall not, in any one year,
exceed 40 mills on the dollar of as
sessed valuation. if said property
is located within the limits of an
incorporated city or town, nor eX-
coed 80 mills II located without
such limits: which assessed valua-
ton shall be so per cent of the
true and fair value OF such prop
erty in money
The measure goes on 10 say that
such aggregate limitation shall
not control II larger levy is nee
esssry to pay the principle Of or
interest on general obligation
bonds or warrants legally issued
by or through the agency of the
state or other taxing authority
prior TO Dec. 8. 1894 nor shall il
control the levy of taxes. at the
rates provided by existing law. by
or for any port district or power
district"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
1I'33HS9415t3 3k'f
Blue Funnel Liner Will Take on
Flour Cargo Before Sailing Again

The Tyndareus. 1900 ton British
steamship of the Blue Funnel line,
which discharged soy bean meal at
Watersidc mill dock last week,
had returned to Tacoma Wednes-
day after making calls to other
Puget Sound ports.
She was taking on flour at
Sperry mill dock preparatory to
leaving for ports in Japan and
China. She is one of the largest
of all boats which call at local
docks.
The Pacific Pioneer of the Fur
ness line and the Makiki of the
Matson line, both taking on a wide
variety OF freight at Port piers,
were expected to clear late We'd
nesday. The Pioneer Ia hound for
Europe while the Makiki goes to
Hawaii.
Loading Copper
The N. Y. X. lines 6,s1s-ton
Japanese motorship. HE Maru was
taking on copper at the smelter
Wednesday. She Ia scheduled TO
move over to the Port Thursday
to pick up 4 shipment of cotton
wood logs. the loading of which
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19

Pierce county had total OF
approximately 2s.925 workers COW
cred by the Washington unem-
ployment Compensation act in the
second quarter of 1898. This is
e.15 per cent Of the total number
of covered workers in the state.
This WAS the announcement
made here today by officials Of the
Unemployment Compensation di-
vision who said also that the
number Of covered workers in this
county increased 1850 over the
first quarter OF last year.
The Pierce county covered
workers earned sT,s22, 054 In the
second quarter as compared 10
ST. sos. $50 in the first quarter. The
total wages earned by covered
workers throughout the state in
the second quarter WAS Ss4 .252.l3e,
Total contributions received by
the Unemployment Compensation
division from covered employees in
the state during the second quar-
ter was s2.274.e0e. gain of Sie2,-
767 over the first quarter. The
largest contributor was the trade
group which made contributions OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19

will take at least day and q
half. She is outbound for Japan.
Expected Thursday at the Port
liz the r. J. Luckenbach. inbound
from the Gulf She is bringing
a large amount of steel for dis
charge here. After leaving her
cargo at the Port. she will sail TO
Seattle, where she will so into
drydock for repairs.
Ore Cargo Due
Bringing South American ore,
the Condor OF the Grace line was
expected to dock late Wednesday
at the smelter dock. Also expected
To dock sometime Wednesday was
the Texada of the Consolidated
Olympic line. She will moor at
Shaffer No. to discharge general
freight from California.
ships In mort: Pacific Pioneer. Ma
kiki-Port piers; Tyndareus-Sperry
dock. HE Maru. STANLEY A. Griffiths
-smelter dock Felix Taussle-Mc-
Cormick dock American oriole-
Baker dock.
ships due: dnesdav-Texsd
Shhffer No. /: Condor smclter;
Thursday--F j. Luckenhach, Port
piers. II. r. Mccormick. Mccormick
dock: Amur. Smelter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
DEATH DAMAGE
SUIT STARTED
r. B. billiard Asks
$1O,25O for Loss
of His Son

Testimony continued Wednesday
before a jury in Superior Judge
z. d. Hodges courtroom in the
S10,250 death damage suit insti-
tuted by Ray B. billiard against
Arthur Gerson. Steilacoom lake
boathouse operator.
Selection of a jury was COM
pleted shortly before court re-
cessed late Tuesday.
billiard asks judgment against
Cerson for the death of his son,
Roy B. Hillisrd, Jr., IA, who was
drowned in steilacoom lake last
July IL.
The complaint asserts Gerson,
operator of a boathouse, placed
plank over flumc outlet at the
north end Of Steilacoom lake in
an asserted attempt TO improve
conditions for swimming. Young
billiard, the complaint recites, got
his leg caught on the plank, was
sucked into the outlet and drowned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
Beebe lnspects
Units Of lBth

All units of the 14Bth r. A.. local
national guard organization, were
complimented on their general
efficiency by Brig. Gen. Albert H.
Beebe. commander Of the e6th
r. A. brigade. at a brigade inspec-
ton held Tuesday night at the
armory. 1t Col. Howard Wright,
commander of the Tacoma guards
men, announced today.
Gen. Becbe, accompanied by his
staff. toured the armory after the
inspection and expressed pleasure
at the improvements evident from
the rebuilding of the structure
which In now under way.
The work of rehabilitation Of the
srmory is progressing rapidly. Col.
Wright said, and will be finished
some time between April IS and
May /.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19

headed out here to SOW the seeds
of the Populist party. then just
getting underway and which had
absorbed the Farmers Alliance.
In the new state, Rogers found
things much to his liking. The
panic of the nineties was even then
beginning to cast its shadows over
the land, but the powers that be
looked the other way. A large
element in Washington, particu-
larly on the West Side, were re-
ceptive to his teachings. In this
fertile field he planted liberal
seeding of his anti-regular" pro-
paganda and the crop thrived.
Several episodes strengthened
Rogers in his belief that he was
appointed to drive the money
barons' out of politics and out
of any connection whatsoever with
government affairs. Among these
were the deal by which King coun-
ty politics and money beat Tacoma
out of the first United States sena-
torship, and Gov. Ferry's card play
ing with young John Leary of
Seattle, a representative of the
money interests" Leary evidently
/ played his cards well for he mar
ried the governors daughter, but
that didn't make any difference to
Rogers.
Soon after Rogers came to Wash
ington he located in Puyallup
where he became interested in one
of the papers. 1t was there that
he wrote The Irrepressible Con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
RESUMPTION
OF CROSSTOWN BUSES

Bellarmine high school students
some g. of them-peutloned the
city council Wednesday 10 ask that
the T. r. & p. Co. operate a cross
town bus line on Union ave. from
No. 26th and Proctor SITS. 10 South
Tacoma, providing al least two
morning trips and two afternoon
trips on school days.
This would be over the line dis
continued by the company Jan. :
The council referred the petition
TO a later conference with T. r
& r. officials and directed copy
Of the petition be supplied to the
company for its comment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
TO FACE TRIAL
FOR ROBBERY

Held in Pierce county jail in
lieu Of $4,000 bond. Mitchell
Thompson. 31-year-old Portlander.
Wednesday began preparation Of
defense 10 charge Of robbery.
Thompson was arraigned IN su-
perior court late Tuesday and en-
tered a plea Of not guilty to the
charge. He asked the court TO
appoint counsel. Herman lander
OF Puyallup was selected as de-
Tense attorney. Trial date will be
selected later.
The suspect. arrested in Seattle
last week. is accused Of being one
Of two bandits who stole about $40
last Sept. 9 from a service station
at Division ave. and ] st, after
locking Jimmie Paulsen. an at
tendant. in a grease room.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
28,025 Workers in County
Under Employment Act

S5lo. 30e. Lumber products were
second with second quarter con-
tributions of S&as,132. interstate
railroads, third. with slso,313;
food manufacturing. fourth, with
siS< .ls4. and contract construc-
ton, fifth with Sll6.23S.
The trade group led also with
the largest number of covered
workers for the second quarter
with II. l6s; lumber products were
second. with 6T,626; food manu-
featuring. third. with 2S,494; con-
tract construction, fourth, with
81 ,o3e, and interstate railroads,
fifth, with 1886.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
INV Tacoma Times staff Writer,

my laSUiua liusSs NAsst Nt"s''
CAPITOL, Olympia-As a joint
resolution, the proposed amend
ment to the state constitution to
make the 40-mill taxation limit a
permanent feature of the states
basic law was introduced in the
house Wednesday by two Pierce
county representatives.
They were Tom Montgomery.
Puyallup editor. and Frank Cher
venka. Summer horticultural, both
Democrats.
The resolution provides that the
people shall vote on the proposed
amendment at the general election
in November, 1910. II II passes,
it will no longer be necessary to
pass a 4o-mill initiative at each
general election, to restrict taxes,
as has been the case during the
past eight years.
To put the proposal on the le40
ballot. q two-thirds favorable vote
of each house of the current legis-
iature must be obtained.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
TACOMAN TAKING PART

Jane Willard, daughter Of Or.
and Mrs. II. G. willard. oil No.
Yakima ave, is one of 2T5 students
who will participate in the Joint
concert Of the Oberlin Musical
union and Oberlin Conservatory
orchestra at oberlin. O.. Friday of
this week. She is freshman in
the Oherlin conservatory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
Bow, 2, Human Dictionary

Thirty-month-old Buddy La
Plant has been hailed by Seat
tie educators a. a hoy genius.
The lad has a vocabulary OF
more than 1000 words, includ-
ing tongue-twisters til at
stretch into six syllables.
Buddy's most amazing feat,
however, Il his ability 10 ar
range long sentences correctly
a. he speaks them, according
To his examiners. Webs, pro-
nouns and sentence structures
are a comparative SNAP to
him. they say He seldom
uses a word out of place.
Buddy, despite his genius,
finds his idol In one of the
figures of the prize fight ring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-19
COMMEMORATE LENIN

A memorial meeting on the death
Is years ago Of Vladimir Ilyich
Lenin will be held Thursday eve
ming at $50 AT 1904 So. Tacoma
ave-. under auspices of Branch 5,
Communist Party u. s. A. Free
cake, coffee and entertainment are
promised. A feature Of the meet
ing will be an address by Earl
Erowder. national secretary of the
party, as part Of national radio
program.