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UNDERWORLD BOSS ON TRIAL

MANY STRAWS

POINT TO PEACE

The Times printed a day or mi ago the prediction that peace

would come in 90 days.

At any rate, peace proposals.

A number of our reader* have let us know that they agree

heartily In the forecast. A few of the more pessimistic Hay we're all

wrong, and that a long-drawn-out struggle lies »licu«l. others have

asked on what the prediction wan batted.

On dozens of significant incidents, is our reply.

For example, just yesterday 11>■»- I'nlted Press dispatches told

how Ambassador Page at Rome had lien approached by international

politicians with the suggestion that the I uii.nl States should step in

with friendly overtures to all the warring nations.

And here are some of the other important straws which show ilie

direction of the wind. Head them and see if you do not think a truce

Is near.

The fall of the fortress of

I'l/.-iiivsl. making the Rus

sian advance on Hungary

more threatening, with the

attitude of Italy and Rou

mania, makes Austria's po

sition very crltlcnl. The dis

|M.t< lies again teem with

hints that Franz Josef is con

sidering a separate peace

with Russia, leaving (Jer

iiiany to her fate.

England has been obliged to

finance Russia, Scrvia, Rouniania

and to some extent France. She

is spending $16,000,000 a day.

Can they stand a billion and a

half during the next 100 days?

The cables call attention to a

remarkable quietness in French

official and military circles re

cently. Is she considering pro

posals?

Delcasse, the greates statesman

of France, recently told a French

journalist that he believes peace

Will come before the next harvest.

Germany Short of

Ammunition Metal

As an indication of Germany's

ammunition shortage, housewives

are contributing pots and pans,

and children their metal toys,

from which the Krupps manufac

ture bullets and shells.

It has been rumored that Eng

land and France have cancelled

several huge orders for war ma

terial In the United States.

Sir Edwsrd Grey's declaration

in parliament that if compelled

to do so, England would continue

the war alone, is taken to indi

cate that there is some talk of a

separate peace by France and

Russia.

Jane Addams, believing the

time Is almost ripe for a world

wide demand for peace, will at

tend the big woman's peace meet

ing at The Hague In April. There

are reports that she carries secret

credentials from President Wil

son to high personages.

Edgar Crammond, famous

British financial writer and ex

pert, in a paper before the Royal

. Statistical society of Great Brit

lan, declares that the war must

: end in July, through tbe exhaus

tion of certain of the belligerents.

The total' cost of the war to July

. will have been $16,000,000,000,

almost an impossible price, he

•aid.

Hungarian deputies be

longing to the extreme left

are engaged In attempts to

bring about a separate peace

with Russia.

Prof. Paul Rohrbach, who, it

Is claimed by the German press,

reflects the views of the German

government in his utterances,

says: "Germany might regard

herself victorious If at the end of

tbe struggle her combined ene

The Tacoma Times

mies were obliged to desist in

their intention to destroy her mil

itary power and fall back upon

the Mime condition as before the

war."

, i

Socialists Raise

Warning Voice

The militaristic element In the

German reiihstag says: "The Ger

man people want to tight to the

last drop of blood." I.lebknecht,

the socialist, replies, "You have

no right to speak for the German

people."

The Copenhagen (Den

mark) corres|M>ndent of the

l/Olldon Daily Telegraph

says: "I learn from a source

intimately connected with

the German general staff

that Germany intends to

start peace negotiations in a

couple of months."

— t

According to an interview se

cured by Blasco lbanez, Spanish

author, with the German Prince

yon Hatzfeldt, the latter said that

spring will see operations re

newed on an immense scale and

that fighting will continue all

summer, but before the armies

will be willing to spend another

such winter as the past in the

trenches, they will demand peace.

Will exhaustion of gold com

pel the German allies to sue ror

peace soon? Some writers call

attention to the fact that these

countries have not original gold

supply, while England and her .li

lies mine $300,000,000 annually,

which can be added to their gold

reserve.

In Paris L'Humanlte prints a

dispatch from the Swiss frontier

which said that the German au

thorities prevented the holding of

a large meeting of socialists In

Wuerteniberg, but that the dele

gates managed to have a secret

session, at which they decided to

organize a manifestation in favor

of peace.

Lloyd's Figures

It 4 to 3 Bet

A dispatch from Kustendje,

Roumnnla, says an active peace

party is at work in Constantino

ple.

Lloyd's, the famous Brit

ish marine insurance corpois.

at ion, which lyis tho great

est fin llHies in the world for

scientifically forecasting the

trend of Mg events, ha* been

betting 4 to S that the big

war would end by Sept. 1.

From Amsterdam comes word

that the most important associa

tions of German farmers, manu

facturers and business men have

petitioned the Imperial chancellor

to allow the discussion or terms

or prospective peace, so that the

German people may have their

say when the peace treaties are

signed.

30.) A

MONTH

VOL. XII. XO. 89. TACOMA, WASH., FRIDAY, APRIL 2,1915.

From Utah, But Not a Mormon

Julia Sanderson isn't a Mor

jnou r und never lived in Utah, but

Bhe dances divinely and yinfi?

pretty well—that's why she's

PUT OFF

SUTTON

INQUIRY

Because of an agreement

reached by deacons of the First

Baptist church, who forced the

resignation of the Rev. J. H. Sut

ton on grave charges by 15-year

old Doris McAlpin, and members

who do not Intend to let the Im

pression live that Dr. Sutton is

guilty, no action was taken at last

night's covenant meeting to open

a discussion of the board's action.

The deacons let it be known

that if those who did not agree

with their first action would let

the matter go over until next

Thursday night, the regular quar

terly business meeting of tbe

church, they would court, rather

than oppose, an investigation of

their actions and motives.

Pray for Rev. Suton.

On this basis, the friends of

Dr. Sutton were pacified for the

evening. They declared, how

ever, that next Thursday would

Bee an attempt by them to force

a public statement from the

church testifying to the belief

that Dr. Sutton is innocnt of the

chart'es brought.

'I li • meeting was largely at

tended despite a downpour of

rain. In the prayers and testi

monials or the meeting, there

were constant veiled references

WHEN A MAN'S MARRIED

THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

playing the title role in "The Girl

From Utah"—a musical comedy

imsi-ii no the ways of tbe Mor

mons.

to Dr. Sutton, all friendly In

tone, and several out-and-out pe

titions for divine aid in his hour

of distress. Earnest aniens came

from every corner of the hall at

these utterances.

Itencoii Walker Present.

Deacon J. Marion Walker ob

tained a fn;tit seat, and took oc

casion In the meeting to say that

If he had been misunderstood by

any members of tbe church, he

wished they would come to him

about it. Many thought he re

ferred to criticism or his owner

ship of property in the Market

street district, from which women

have been taken by the police.

Walker claims that if his

agents have rented his property

for improper purposes, he do»s

not know of it. He has not kept

a personal tab on the premises,

he says.

"■""■ ' ■■— i aam

Decide to Let T. R. & P.

Haul Freight Daytimes

The T. R; A P. Co. will be al

lowed to continue hauling freight

cars, loaded with wood, coal and

merchandise, about the streets of

Tacoma at any hour it chooses.

Manager Bean was before the

council today, following a com

plaint yesterday that the T. R.

A P. freight cars were violating

an ordinance by operating in day

time.

"We get complaints every night

rrom persons who are awakened

by the noise or the freight cars,"

said Bean. "We can haul the

freight at any time you say, but

the people object to the eight

service because the freight cars

are so noisy."

The council decided to allow

Bean to keep on violating the or

dinance. ,^

$2 FOR CONFESSION

There was such a good laugh in a letter received by Cynthia Grey today

that she turned it over to the editor. The editor laughed too, and passes it on

to Times readers.

We Imagine the moment this young woman called a casual acquaintance

"dciii" it was an embarrassing moment indeed, hut who has not had embar

rassing moments?

Members of The Times staff recalled their embarrassing situations to

day, and they were mostly all laughable, so here goes for something new.

We want our readers to write us briefly about their most embarrassing

moment. Sign only your initials if you prefer, but better enclose your full

name and address, because for the best embarrassing moment story sent in

we will pay $2.

We will joint only your initials if you so specify. Come on, let all Times

readers laugh with you over your experiences.

She Called Him "Dear"

Dear Miss < J rev: Inm In a queer dilemma.

As a school teacher 1 fell Into thehabit of adding "dear" to "yes" and

4<n<>."

.lust recently after my marriage T offered the box office man at one of

the moving picture theaters ass bill in payment for seats. The theater agent

couldn't change the bill.

.lust behind me was a fine looking man whom I had met only once, and he

offered me the change, saving 1 could repay him later.

"No, no dear," J hastily answered, "1 can wait until the man has the

■change." \

f Of course the minute the "dear" slipped out I was aware of it, and I was

so embarrassed that i did not know what to say. So J just fled.

Now what shall 1 do? Shall I write the gentleman explaining or shall I

just forget it? MRS. L. M.

BLIND DOCTOR

DRAINS BRAIN

TO SAVE MIND

$TIICAGO, April 2.—"1 kept

my' head pressed against the back

of my chair for support and with

one of my surgical knives I made

a small incision above my left

eye, then with a little gimlet 1

began drilling into my cranium.

I bored away for ONE HOUR

AND FIVE MINUTES!

"1 never stopped drilling for

more than a second at a time. I

knew if 1 stopped It wauld be

hard in start agali>. Finally \

touched the spot I was boring

toward, and the blood began to

drain off my brain!

"I knew I had saved my life

and my reason—maybe my sight.

I was glad it was over!"

Has An Iron Nerve.

It. was no "hero" at all, just a

mild-mannered country doctor

with a gentle voice and a whimsi

cal smiie, who, without a tremor,

told of the most remarkable sur

gical operation known to modern

■ medical history.

He performed the . operation

ihlmaeir—on HIMSELF!

The country doctor with the

mild manner, the Spartan courage

and Iron nerve is Dr. Walter F.

Pauly of Kahoka, Mo., osteopath,

surgeon and dentist, who. is now

Sa Chicago recuperating from the

ordeal of his self-performed op

era lion.

HOME

EDITION

Inj tired by Accident.

The accident that cost Dr.

Pauly his sight and threatened

to destroy his reason occurred in

his otiice in Kahoka Feb. 25,

while he was operating on tho

hip of a woman patient. A nurse

held the woman's arms above

her head while the doctor, stoop

ing over her reclining body, man

ipulated the hip bone. In sud

den frenzy of pain the woman

wrenched her hands free, her bent

elbow crushed into the doctor's

left eye, a blood vessel snapped;

the blow glanced, a bone creaked

—Dr. Pauly was blind—his nose

was broken.

To Interrupt the operation then

would endanger the patient's life.

It must be completed. The doc

tor rorgot his own agonizing pain.

He didn't forget his patient.

Finished Work First.

Blind, hall dased, not knowing

how severely he was injured and

relying solely on his sense or

touch to guide him, he rinlshed

his work, helped to carry the pa

tient rrom the operating table to

the next room and instructed tbe

nurse how to care ror her.

Then he thought or himself.

He groped to his medicine case,

his remarkable sense of touch

again his only guide. Fumbling

among knives and saws and vials

he found what he needed to re

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t^^Tj//' Tacoma: Rata tonight aa.l

a^o^(FJ__ Saturday.

/("A^l State: same

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lieve the stress of pain. His

nerves were still steady, there

was no other doctor In Kahoka

to attend him, so he set his own

nose and bandaged his eye.

Two weeks later Dr. Pauly

realized that the blood from the

broken blood vessel was pressing

on his brain, an abscess was

forming. A brain abscess causes

insanity. An operation must be

performed at once.

But there was no surgeon <n

the little town or Kahoka. and

there was no time to call a spe

cialist rrom a distant city, DE

LAY MIGHT MEAN DEATH OR

LOSS OF REASON!

"rt was up to me to do the job

myseir," Dr. Pauly declared, "and

1 did It."

"Both or my eyes were sight

less; the right eye lost sight a

rew days atter the accident. I

knew there was an abscess rorm

ing Jn the tissues back or the

left eye. I didn't want that ab

scess to aHect my brain.

"I had my instruments out on

l the operating table and directed

the nurse how to attend me when

the cutting was over. Then I be

gan—rirst, with a surgeou s

knife, I cut a small incision just

above my lert eye; I cut into the

eyebrow at point closest the nose.

Then I Inserted the gimlet In the

cut and, because T couldn't see

the opening made by the knife,

I left the knife imbedded in the

wound to keep it open and guide

me In inserting the gimlet.

Pain Was Intense.

"I started boring, and for one

hour and five minutes I drilled

through bone and tissue —

through an eighth of an Inch or

the lateral sinus, then another

eighth or an inch deeper, until I

touched the first of the three

layers that cover the brain.

"The pain was intense, but I

■ had to keep my hand steady. I

had to guide that gimlet true, so

that it would not cut an artery,

which might cause me to bleed to

death. It must not touch the

optic nerve, that would mean per

manent blindness.

"Time was like eternity, the

pain was terriric, but I couldn't

think or the pain. I must con

centrate my mind on the direc

tion ol the gimlet. When the in

( fection was finally reached I

i knew the worst ordeal was still

' before me. How could I stand

It to unscrew that gimlet out of

my flesh.

"I did It. But I don't like to

think! now how I felt while that

little blade was dragging through

my skull."

Fine Longshoreman Who

Hit Man in Ambulance

E. C. Brans, a longshoreman,

who Wednesday struck Sam Ta

tom, a non-union longshoreman,

i while he was lytag in aa ambu

j lance waiting to be taken to a I

SEATTLE, April I.—With a

iiuisH of clrctimatantlal evidence

in, the Btate today closed its esse

ustinst Felix Crane, the alleged

negro king of Seattle's under

world, and head of a gang that

operates lv Tacoma and olbei

Northwest cities as well.

Maxlne Evans, principal wit

ness for the state, testified that

she had psld suras of $5 and 12.61

to Crane several times.

HIJI FuJluo, proprietor of lb«

Klondike hotel, from which Miss

Evans •worked," testified that

he had seen such sums paid. A

cross-examination of both failed

to shake these facts.

I»is< losing Police Graft

Crane is charged technically

with having accepted the earnings

of an unfortunate woman. Real

ly, the trial is an Investigation in

to poli, :s graft.

Crane was recently convicted

of a like offense and sentenced

to serve from two to five years

in the penitentiary. Former Pa

trolman Paul I! Bchuman, also

convicted on a like charge. Is _*rw

awaiting sentence.

Instead of a Jury of six men

and six women, which tried Crane

on the first information, his fate

en and four men.

Jury to He Watched.

The trial began late yesterday

afternoon, the larger part or tbe

day being given over to selecting

the jury. Once the members ot

the Jury were obtained they were

carefully kept together during

the intermission. They will bo

allowed to see no one for any

length of time during the prog

ress of the trial.

Miss Maxtne Evans, the state's

principal witness, and who is

named in the information, was

the first person called to tbe

stand. She testified that she came

to Seattle from San Francisco

Sept. 26. 1914. Understanding

that there was "a colored man

who granted women's 'privilege

to work.' " she went direct to

Crane, said Miss Evans.

•A a Night to traae.

"I asked blm for a place to

'work,' " said Miss Evans, "and

he told me to come later. Ha

asked me If I had ever 'worked'

before, and I told him yea."

Then, according to Miss Evans,

he led her to the Klondike hotel,

208 4th avenue south. He want

in first and she followed. There

she was told that she would have

to pay $2.C0 a day room rent to

the Japanese proprietor, and $6

a night to Crane, said money to

Crane personally.

The witness admitted she had

been addicted to drugs for the

past four years. Attorneys for

the defense will endeavor to

i. like a point of this fact.

Proprietor on (Wand.

Miss Evans also admitted that

she is now out on ball in a case

in the federal court where she is

held as the principal witness

against Frank Lewis, charged

with violation of tbe Mann act.

The examination of Kijl Fu-

Jlno, proprietor of the Klondike

hotel, was began with the aid of

an interpreter.

IteiiMiim Inactive

Despite the example set him by

Prosecutor Lundin or King coun

ty In cleaning up Immoral con .1

tlons and shutting down on police

gralt. Prosecutor Remami Is tak

ing no legal action whatsoever to

remedy conditions here.

Not only have the five or six

Markit street cases of which he

talked glibly a week or so ago

been forgotten, bat tbe case

against the Idaho hotel which he

publicly announced would be

filed still lies on hla desk.

Most police efricers think Re

mann simply will let the matter

slide, or at least not take action

until the rest or tbe witnesses

have lert the city.

SHERMAN

DISTRICT

SPOTLESS

A mere rainstorm will not (la

ter the Sherman school district

from making itseir spick and sp«

for Easter.

The pupils have pot the pract

ise! and streets about tb« scl

building Into apple-pie order

B. L. Hiberly, who baa had aa

active hand la the Hberusu

clean-up, aays that U th* lon

In that part of towa wl»^^H