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M£cAmeticwt?

The nil- A merit an Style Show is here.

This Is the week, Mr. Taroma n, when jrou and Mr-. Taruninn

will view the windows on Broadway and l'aclflr avenue and bee the

ili*l>ln)K Inside.

AND YOU Wll.l, l.lkK IT! ,

If woman ia a slave u< faithion, tliU year -lie at least will be a

ila«e to Amerlran fashion. And that it* nonie conHOlation.

Furthermore, the stylet, are prettj.

All the first-cIHSh In.uses are showing them, fre*h and bewitch

ing. Don't fall to take tin-in In.

And, Mr. Taroman, tin- mam uline wardrolie luiNii't Iteen for*

Kotten either, as you will find on looking in at the halierdashery

KtoreN.

Taronia'M second annual spring Myle show wa« really ushered

in yeNterday.

SI'KIN(J ACTI'AUV AHKIVKU JI'ST AT 0 O'CUtCK WHKX

THK HLHIHT FOU OK KAKLY MOKNINU IHHHOLVKU INTO A

PKKFKCT, HI'NHIIIKV I>AV.

The day was ideul, with a temperature at .1 u'rloak of •">■"> de

grees—unusually warm for early Mm. Li—and all Taionm t<M>k ad

vaulage. Toiut Itefianre uud WriKht parkw were swarmed with

visitor*. Hpriug hats and -prliiß (t»»«» matle tlielr first ap|iearan«-e.

Uolf linkH, i.iiuis courts, and lakes »vere patront/.ed l>y liundre<ls «>f

fi-esli-air enthusiasts.

HKK THK HHOW.

miv welsh

PASSES AWAY

Succumbing to nervous disor

ders William Welsh, 50 years of

«ge, pioneer Tacoman, United

States shipping commissioner and

former coiuinissioner of public

works, died at his home, 1304

South L Btreet, at 5:50 o'clock to

day.

During his life here, Welsh was

well known in public work, cast

ing his political lot with the

democratic party. When the P.

People, It's a Fine

Record Legislature

Has Been Makina

OLYMPTA, March B.—Here are

the accomplishments of the pres

. ent legislature to date:

In labor legislation, it has re

pealed the eight-hour law for

women so as to allow laundries t"

work their employes ten hours a

day, twice a week.

It has repealed the law which

prohibits a working day of more

than eight hours on the building

of any state or county road.

It has turned down all the

pleas of labor for a first-aid bill

luch as labor wants.

It has repealed the full-crew

bill.

It lias passed the anti-picket

law.

Kills Direct legislation.

In direct legislative matters, it

has passed bills to hamper the

" workings of the initiative and

referendum and recall. In fact,

it has virtually killed all three.

To sign petitions, city voters will

have to stand in line at registra

tion offices. Country voters must

register, and also must go to reg

istration offices to sign these pe

titions. Twice a week, registra

tion offices will be open evenings.

On other days, of course, the reg

istration offices are open only

when the ordinary man Is busy at

his office or work bench.

Has indicated it will pass the

Sharpsteln election law, which

permits party conventions to en

dorse caudidates who are enter

ed In the primary raco«.

Docs Worst For Jitneys.

In public service corporation

matters, it has done all humanly

possible to knock out the jitneys.

It has Indicated it will pasH a

law which will give public service

corporations "indeterminate fran

chises" and protect them against

the competition of municipal

plants which people ma desire to

construct, unless the "necessity"

for such construction can be prov

en.

It bas consistently refused to

4 take a stand on the liquor ques

tion, despite the fact- that a ma

jority of the houses are wet.

It Is the most costly legis

lature the s<m<' has ever had.

Originally $80,000 was ap

nroiiiinted for expenses. Now

there in a bill for «12,000

supplemental expeiiNes.

Tiiore are 75 clerk*, al

though it was announced at

the beginning of tlte ses

sion there would be no more

than 40. This i* tite largest

uiuj niOMt expenxHre set of po

litiral liHiiKors-nn Olftnpia

ever luih seen.

(ircisß appropriations are small'

er than two years ago. But till!

has been done through big Hav

ings on such items in the 19 13

budget as the Washington build

• slag at Ran Francisco and th<

ThAiiey rebuilding, as well ai

-I'iK ruts In all departments oper

rated under (ir>\. Lister. This in

dudes the labor commissioner

state asylums for the insane, pen

itentiary and reformatory, etc

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t railroad extended its system

Tacoina, Welsh assisted In

ing right of way and other

b acted an biißiness representa

le 1b survived by his widow,

a daiiKhter, Mrs. Karl Pierre,

three sous, William Welsh,

Leo, 11, and Howard ■">.

The funeral will take i>laee

dnesday at 10 o'clock from St.

l.tc.H church. Interment will be

In Calvary cemetery.

Direst legislation costs havo MOM

cut $250,000.

Such pork appropriations an

road hills are on the same old

basis. All republican offices have

been glveji increases.

Lister Itoss Now.

From now on, Oov. Lister Is al

most king. All the hills passed

after 5 o'clock Friday he may

veto, and the legislature cannot

override him.

In addition, there is his "whip

hand" force. If he should veto

the Sharpstein bill, for instance,

there may be enough members

who wish to voto to override him.

But he can go to them, one Iv

one, and inform them that Rome

of their small pet measures Will

be killed absolutely if they so

vote. Thus he can force support

to bis vetoes.

TACOMA CHILDREN

TO MAKEjjARDENS

Tacoma public school pupils

will take up home gardening thU

spring. The Idea has worked out

with complete satisfaction in Spo

kane and other Northwest cities,

where school children have sur

prised older folks by the quality

of various vegetables grown.

The school officials have not

completed their plans for the en

tire gardening scheme but the

preliminary bulletin explaining

the idea has been issued. Agri

cultural students from the Sta

dium and Lincoln Park High

schools will aid their youngwr

brothers in the mysteries of tur

nip raising.

GERMAN WOMEN TO

RAISE POTATOES

BERLIN, March B.—German

women of high and low estate

have started in for vegetable rais

ing In an effort to add to and con

serve the food supply of the na

tion during the war. Oov. Pin

gree's potato patch plan, which

he tried in Michigan, will be put

In vogue here in small back lot

gardens.

All available garden land in

greater Berlin will be put in use

and planted to potato«s and oth

er vegetables.

Truck farmers and agricultur

al experts will aid women In tlio

proper care of gardens.

Women of the royalty are back

ing the garden idea and have pro

vided for a free course in the

Royal Hardening Institute for

each woman who will take up

the work.

The Tacoma Times

30cA

MONTH

VOL. Xir. NO. 67. ia. qua. \yIASH.. MONDAY, 18, 1915.

Two Daddies Claim Mary Elizabeth, And Judge

Had to Decide Between Them (

HY RIXOLA (iItKKI.KV-SMITII.

NEW YORK, March 8.--This is

Mary Elizabeth, a little New York

girl WHO HAD TWO DADDIES.

And she didn't know which was>

which.

Neither did tho daddies know,

bo they asked a Brooklyn Solo

mon to decide between them. And

the Solomon, deciding between

two fathers, did not out the child

in two, as gome modem judges

might have done, by awarding

her for six months to John Wel'

ber and the other six months to

John H. Phelan.

"Your Honor," said Phelan,

who tried to get the little girl

away from her official <Tad<ly,

John Webber, "£ lived with Eliza

beth Dressier, the child's mother,

for some time before the baby

was born. She was born in my

mother's home. Later Miss Dresa

ler deserted me and married Joan

Webber. But I have a birth cer

tificate showing that the littlo

girl wan baptized Mary Elizabeth

Phelan."

The wise court, however, de

cided that the little girl belonged

to the man who had married her

mother.

"If you are this child's fathnr

why didn't you marry her mother

and care for her baby as Webbsr

has done? Suit dismissed!" said

the supreme court Justice.

Phelan has appealed.

Meantime the ca.se servos

to draw attention to the most

flagrant injustice of man

inflfle liMYN—the fact that it

is ONLY THE MXKitii i>

Mill 111 I: WHO KVKR HAS

ANY MKKlOri/TY J« ewtab

liNliing her right* to her

child.

Little Elizabeth, born out of

wedlock, BKLONOBD TO HER

MOTHER ONLY. Phelan had no

rights to her. And the mother

chose to have her. little girl

brought up by the man who had

thought enough of her to give her

his name.

Even under Napoleon the un

married mother had all rights in

her child. But when Napoleon

was asked to provide equal guar

dianahip over their children for

THE ONLY DIDIPSMPENT NEWBPAPEE IN TACOMA.

married mother* lie refused, say

ing:

"Shall I Kive m> apple tree

a il'ilit li> miiv wh.it mIiuII lie

done utill the iipples It brat-M j

me?"

Napoleon expresned t lie old

male Ideal of the married wom

an 's position. She was merely an

apple tree, bearing appleH for her

lord and owner— the MAN!

In 12 states of our union today

woman still is denied equal

guardianship over her children.

But women differ from anule

URGE U. S.

MOVE IN

MEXICO

WASHINGTON, D. C. March S.

-—Extreme pressure from thr«a

Hources is being brought to bear

upon the administration to force

intervention In Mexico. European

diplomats who backed Huerta ar«

more apprehensive than ever re

garding their wiffity.

The financial Interests of the

United States, Germany and Eng

land are extremely active.

Those who advocate the divis

ion of Mexico into two states and

those respntlng the abuse of

priests and nuns by both sides are

protesting against present condi

tions.

Secretary Bryan told all tin-ho

that the president intends to

stand firm on his belief that the

United States has no right to In

tervene In the affairß of a friendly

nation. Only a general measure

would force him to change hiH

policy.

IN HIDING

"Hips are coming in again."

"Hurra! Now mother can com*

hack from Europe."—Judge.

Ue*» In niir very important point

WiiU'li Nayujeort and oilier gentle

iiien like him ) fail to consider.

ThVv DON'T HAVK TO HKAR

lU'I'I.IOS.

And more and more women

everywhere aro refusing to be

APPI.K THKKH. If women enough

had refu**4- If they had tak'Mi

the ■ advice of Oermany'B grert

woinmi HOciulißt, KoHa Luxem

bourg, and organized a blrlh

Blriko ,ij;:iiiißi militarism—por

hajit we should not now be piling

ed in .1 world's war.

■THAW TO TESTIFY

NEW YORK, March B.—Harry

Thiiu will i.:'.■♦■ the wilm-ss Htand

in lit.- own defense late today to

refute charges that he is insane.

TWn was intimated by Thaw'B nt

totiicy at thp opening of the trial

thlfc iiiim uiiiK of nonßpiracv charges

I in connection with Thaw's escape

frouj Matteawan.

HAMID IS LOOSE

I,t)MK)N', March 8. —Abdul

H4IIIUI, former wiltan of Turkpy,

Is fi«e. according to a dispatch

from Bucharest. It is said the

formeir rulvr has surrounded him

tejf with numerous friends and

plfns to execute a big coup.

LftRKAI) I»K«CK Tl 'MIUJ3A

ki;\V YOK* March B.—An

no&ceinent imt, that one of the

imSr i>siKiriK co

panies had M

dnMhl the price of Its bread from

6 t<y :< cfiits a luiif brought the

prwNction in trade circles that

wirnilin- action would be taken

soon by other baking concerns.

MANY TO LKCTIRK HKKK.

Prof. li. S. Meany of the Uni

veratty of WaHhiiißton will lecture

befcj-p the Hesearch club on "Van

cou er's Discoveries and Explora

tioi i on Piißet Sound." The meet

ing k ill be held Tuesday night at

t-b* 'oniuiercial club auditorium.

Atf'. In) ;ir<- interewted are invited.

3

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

Curious

Rush to

Diffley

Hearing

1u11.. 1 to -li<-|' I" I"'1 <■•"••

In the woman* ward laNt

ntKhl I))' i'"" womlh of "Itix-k

«>f Akpn," Mm. li.nl.ii ntr

fley. •••* aged woman, accui»

«>d of the murder of ;l-ye>w

nl.l (lareiu* Mull, woke t«

ilit>. r«-iie*lied, hii.l reudy to

fm'c lli«> or.lnil <il a Jury

trial.

Curious women filled th« n.-iits

in Judge Card's court curly this

morning. They Htood In the aisles

iiinl perilled on the window sill*.

Some kii in others' laps."

Itl-lIIKH <>|.«-nl (iIMMMW.

One wonuin near the rear of

the room ha.l heeu thoughtful

fiiuiiKli to brlnic her opera glanHt>*

and for morn than an hour the*)

did service, for ncore.B of eagar

.•us Many other women hlou.l

hII morning outxide tho court

room, wulttnK to see Mrx. Dlfflev

when sin- wan tHken buck to her

cell during noon recesM.

Court opened at It If, and the

following Juror* were culled: Mm.

Klla Have, Mth. Danii Schenck,

Mm. K. 8. Norman, WUHb n.

Spence, Winnie Cuiran. (lenevlevH

Taylor, Mrw. William Hirshey,

Ole SteverHon, Jay Smith, K. T.

Johnson and Kobert P. Curua.

<.n I Too VomtK.

Kxiiiniiiiitliiii of .jurors began.

i Mi-k Klla Have wax dUmtHSed be

cause she Is not yet -I yearH old,

I She Bald her huaband is a ntudeiit

at the Cniverfity of Wiimlilhhioiv

It is prohHhle another day may

be (.'ouounied In selection of th«

Jury.

At Mth. Diffley'» request lant

nlKht Kffle Nottle and Pauline

Milton, occupantH of the homiuh'h

Hong l'lrim<-« Her.

At her requeßt litHt night Effle

Nottle and Pauline Milton, tho

other occupantH of the woman'n

ward, Hang the old liynm at tin;

door of the accused womaii'd

cell. Mm. Dlffley'a wan face

lighted up n8 xhe Mutened eagerly

to the comforting refrain. Ah hor

HJHterH In iniMfortune Hang, she

Hunk Into a Hleep that ended early

this morning.

"I him grateful for the

Kong." Niilil Mm. Dliflf >. "It

Im.s alwMj'N l>«-<>ii a favorite of

mine and now I fet>l I lie m-<il

of it more than ever. I him

truHtiiiK in «.<>il to lnl|> me In

my distress and I know ho

will not fail me."

PIOMCKK OKPK'KIt

VISITKH POLm

Sheriff Otto Langham of Min

neapolis, cume to Tacoina yester

day for Sam Uowttkl, wanted in

llrnni-piii county, Minnesota on

charge* of wife desertion. Lang

ham was the sheriff who officiat

ed at the hanging of Harry Hay

ward, notorious criminal, 18 years

ago.

KXnOf lIKCOUD CHOP.

CHICAGO, March 8— Indica

tions point to a wheat crop of

more than !)00,000,000 bu»heh

this year, against 8!M,000,000

bushels harvested last year. This,

If realized, will make the third

consecutive record-breaking crop.

Dope Syndicate IMMroverea.

CHICAGO, 111., March 8. —

Discovery of a gigantic "dope

syndicate" whose trail when un

covered will lead from New York

to San Francisco, was announced

today by Federal District Attor

ney Clyde.

HOBCE

EDITION

MAYOR

BIFFS

DRAKE

Declaring that Commissioner

Drake Ib "Htlll scheming to pay

off his political debts," and tint

the proposition to rebuild the

city's auxiliary water nvstmn at a

cost or $:!!(<•,(tun is an outrage

against Tacoma citizens, Mayor

•■"aw i .-it today Ntrongly uilui-.il

the water department.

"We don't need this auxiliary

apparatus" declared Mayor Paw

cett toduy. 'Its an outrage

against the public that it should

even be asked Ht thin time to dig

up $:<90,000 for water work*,

while it In Htlll paying and will

be for many years for the grav

ity system.

"The whole thing Is n scheme,

of Drake'H to provide employment

for as many men as he can. II. ■

has to pay them.

"Two of his engineers, Short

and McDonald, told the council

that the prevent auxiliary force

was all right If handled by the

right kind of men, and they were

fired by Drake. That happened

six iiiiiiiilik ;ik" Now Drake wants

to sjicml $:!»(>,OOO of the people*

money to liuild nn auxiliary plait

that will turn out us much water

as the gravity tiysteni."

TACOMA EMBEZZLER

AT JUAREZ, MEX.?

Deputy IT. 8. Marshal J. B. Dv

Bob*, stationed'at Xl Paso, Texa*,

wired sheriff l,ongmlre today

iliai a confessed Tacoma bank

t'liilu-zzler is living at Juarez,

Mexico, Just across the Interna

tional boundary front Xl Paso. A

. iiiivusk of TMMI banks failed to

get the name of the emUzzler,

nor could any such case be re

membered ;is the one evidently

referred to in the communication.

Cooncilmen Turn

Dawn Investigation

The city council today refused

to attend n masn meeting of North

End citl/.-ns Tuesday night, when

the propoHition of the city's buying

the Tacoma Watpr Rupply com

pany is to be discussed.

"That matter imi't before us,"

declared Mtlln. "There's no rea

son why we should attend a meet-

Ing."

PORTUGAL UPSET

UUON, March 8.--The gov

ernment is taking unusual pre

cautions to preserve order, fear

ing rluls and grave trouble. With

the inauguration or the "Repub

lic of Northern Portugal" under

the presidency of Gen. Antonio

Barrete, a grave political crisis is

imminent. The Rltuation ha* not

been helped by the resignation of

Minister of Finance Ualhards.

Food Riots In Spain

MADRID, Spain, March 8. —

Food riots are continuing in

Spain. The situation Is becom

ing dally more serioiiH. In sorce

of the interior dlHtrtcts it is said

the Inhabitants get food only

every other day. Many are liv

ing on herbs and roots. The In

crease in bread price caused riots

in I.aci'l.', guanlH killing citizen*

when they fired on a mob.

WKATIIEII KOHWAMT

For Tacoma: Kala tonight

and TuvMUy.

For W«slil»Kl4in: lUin *i»l

and fair cunt purttau ("night

«n«l TiMMlay,

LISTER

HEARS

JITNEY

JEHUS

OLYMPIA, March 8. — The

proposition to place the jlin<y

liuihi under a 12,600 bond li

■till "hanging fire."

After a public hearing on the

l**ll. Uov. Lister today annum, -ed

he will not art either to sign ur to

veto until Tuesday night, at leunt.

During the argument, op.xiont*

of the jitney pictured the Jltiitvs

ox a menace to the live* or citi

zen a.

Supporters of the Jitney men

contended that certain news|tß-

I'itk of Tac.oma, Seattle and <■)«<>

where are In league with the true

tion Interests to put the jitneys

out of bualneaa.

Hugh Todd, of Seattle, and M.

P. Bhea, special emissary <>r Ta

conia jitney men, prnaented ill),)*

ping* from Seattle and Ta.orna

papers, in which stories of jitney

bus accidents were played iih ser

lous accidents.

Todd and Shea contended that

In many case* mentioned jitneys

did not figure at all and that the

news stories were deliberate at

tempts to discredit Jitneys In tlie

eyes, of the people.

The governor was informed

that iftveral senators had voted

for tun Jitney bond bill without

being thoroughly acquainted with

tta provisions. Th« governor <!••

rlB«M« tfikt if these senators

would no Inform him In writing,

he would be glad to eoaslder tlisff

statements.

• • •

The lioumo tuok op m i

Mperlal onl.r of bnsineea tills

afternoon Mimid bills BOU

and 801. The Indication*

«<rn that the meMiire would

|w»«. Hill 800 grant* to rirr

trie companies tJie privilege

of iiKli-U'l'iiiinntA franchises.

Slnill»r provlnionn, though

not no vliioun, are •mhodtal

In bill »01. Opponent* d«

rlare their provisions are ■

deliberate attempt to rob the

people and give elertrir nun.

IMtnlea power to throttle nm

uMpaltti™ for any length of

time desired.

LODGERS IN FIRE

PORTLAND, March 8. -Thirty

seven lodgers in two rooming

houses wore Imperiled early today

In a fire which destroyed the Mor

gan Wall Paper store on Second

street. That none perished waa

due to C. iv R. Tilbury, who

turned in the alarm and helped to

arouse the sleepers. The loss ex

needs $12,000.

1,500 CAPTURED

BERLIN. March 8.- Runelan

night attacks at Novomlsto, 50

miles southwest of Warsaw, have

been repulsed with heavy losses

to the enemy, It is announced by

the war office today.

WIDOW MUST SUE

Mrs. Anna C. Crisweil, widow

of City Fireman William A. Crl*.

well, who died recently from, tub

erculosis, must sue the flri/ien'a

pension fund for the $1,000 wid

ow's pension to which she Is en

titled. That was the decision of

the board at a special meeting to

day. ,