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J* I ronld lilt the nwrtvff and talk to

if fl \u 2,000,000 bojra auO Ulrln." mjtb B. K.

ISIS I Hunnj of tin- Oilracu Tdrirfv>n« Ou., "I

would »»> Hlet «n «durat4oD.' "

■ I If h« should try It he wonld get

II 1,120,84 A busy slKnaU, 044,109 wrong

|| number* and 55.440 "Number ha« be«n

11 changed."

WOMAN KILLS ONE-TIME LOVER

Girl With $30,000,000 Will Begin Honeymoon By Making Her Will

DEMANDED HE

WED HER FOR

SAKE OF BOY

SEATTLE, July 23.—Albio

Lillian, mother of a 10-year-ohl

Illegitimate son, today shot Its

father through the heart, in

stantly killing htm

She gave herself up, and said

that the man-in-the-casy had re

fused to marry her. His name is

Howard Borders, and he is -a

teamster, 30 years old.

According to the story of the

woman, the two had lived to

gether 10 years ago In Fargo,

N. D.

It was there that the child,

for whose sake she demanded

marriage, she said, was born.

The two lived together and were

Known to the community urn hus

FLYNMIAM

TO TAKE BIG

PROFITS AWAY

What has been the rake-off

which E-arl W. (flynn-flam)

Flynn has cleaned up in Tacoma?

Estimates differ, but the total

probably has been well over $:.',

--000 a week. Some estimates put

it even as Mgh as twice this

amount.

Certain it is that when Flyni

—"if you can't give a dollar, give

four-bits" —leaves this city, lie

will take with him several thou

sand jtngllug dollar* which never

again will flow bark into Ta

coma through any lne of trade.

In return, Tacoma will have

hundreds of body brushes, which

local druggists say they could

have duplicated at much less

than Flynn's price; barrels of

hair dope; and a small library of

lecture books which he has sold

at $10 a copy.

• • •

The estimates on Flynn's re

ceipts must be based on the col

lections he took every night

where his slogan was "if you

can't give a dollar, give four-

Operation

On Larry

A Success

It will be almost a month be

,ore Larry Sullivan, the crippled

boy In whom all Tacoma Is in

terested, can leave the county

hospital.

This was the decision of phy

"slclans today, after an examina

tion of the results of yesterday*

operation. It is anticipated that

the operation will be entirely

•uccesaful.

The physicians made a double

operation. Artificial bone wai

placed in the lad's ankles, mak

ing them rigid, and 1:1s knee

Joints were separated in such a

■way that they also will be miff.

In the future the boy's limbs

will be entirely rigid, but they

will support hi* weight and he

will be able to walk more natur

ally, although with a cane or

crutches. Heretofore his limbs

have hung limp and useless from

bis body.

Mayor Fawcett today appoint

ed * committee composed of Hu

mane Officer W. S. Van Vorls,

s Miss Donaldena McDonald, dis

trict nurse, and Mrs. J. S. Kemp,

«f.th and Alaska streets, to han

dle the Sullivan fund and spend

It as It sees best.

.*» The fund, which now totals

1Rt.35, has bean placed in a

'hank and will be spent by the

committee for newxsUnd or

ftther place of business. The

«OBimittee began work today to

Investigate sites. Two dollar s ib

tcrlptlons came today, from "4n

Unknown Wonan" and "N. K."

band and wife, she said.

However, they had drifted

apart, she said, and each had

been married. She has been di

vorced since, and he has a divorce

pending.

Today he called on Lit, and

she renewed her dema.i'l that li«

promise to marry her re soon as

lie should be divorced rud the

proper time had elapsed. He re

fused pointblank.

Then she shot him.

Borders has a wife who lives

here in Seattle. His divorce case

would have been heard today.

The woman is 30 years old,

and has beet, employed for five

days as a chamber maid in a

cheap hotel on Ist ay. s.

bits;" on the collections in en

velopes, where he requested that

Hums as small as a penny be sent

him; on the ml mission tees pa id

by all those without covpons; on

the admission fees to "special"

meetings, where he crowded the

tent with racy lectures on sex;

on the courses of lecture* he sold

at $10 per, or $5 for a shorter

course; on profits on body

brushes and hair dope.

If i'lMin overlooked any finan

cial bet, it's not noticeable.

• • •

Flynn's crowd was pmall last

night—less than half fi tent full.

There was an air of show-us!

However, Kynii did not show.

He passed over the question of

his age, and even denied he had

claimed to be over 40. However,

he has made definite statements

that he was a broken down man

at 41, before his own uystem of

training brought him back to

health. He has linked this state

ment positively with the state

ment that this was 38 >ears ago.

Also Flynn has made claims

that between the ages of 50 and

60, he talked to minions. How

a man not over 40 could do that

is just a bit of a Flynn-flam mys

tery.l

• • •

It's been a great show, a great

game for Dad. A month from

now we'll all be laughing at ie,

or else swearing.

But by that time "dad" and

his brother and his fine, big auto

and the rest of his retinue will

be far away.

For the U. S. A. is a large

country, and Itanium truly said

they're born every minute.

MINISTER

SULLIVAN

RESIGNS

WASHINGTON. July 23. —

James Sullivan today resigned as

United States minister to .Santo

Domingo.

His action followed an Investi

gation of allegations that Sulli

van had been guilty of miscon

duct and was unfit for office.

▲ successor has not been se

lected.

ORIENTAL CARGO

VALUED AT $661,862

Tbe Japanese steamer Chicago

Mam left this port for the Orient

at midnight with a cargo valued

at $661,862. Part of the cargo

consisted of 6.085 bales of cot

ton, the largest shipment of the

kind this year. Flour, shoes, clc

frlral equipment and structural

steel made up the rest.

The Tacoma Times

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1 MONTH 1 VOL. XII. NO. 183 TAOOMA, WASH. FKIPAY, .ITLY 23, 1915. L_____

RICHEST ORPHAN

IS MIGHTY BUSY

WITH TROUSSEAU

HAnBOR POINT, Mich., July

23. —She is 19 years old, she has

$30,000,000, she Is going to be

married a week from tomorrow

and she is busy Just like other

brides-to-be—ONLY MORE SO.

For Im-liih v thirty-million

dollar liHiess and mi <>r|»hun

—the rirhen orphan In the

world—she lias U» look after

her liii-iiH-ss »iffHirn.

And 930,000,000 N n lot

of money to look after, espe

cially when your head In so

full of "him" »ml your troiis-

sin> Is Mlrs Catherine Barker

of Michigan City, Ind.. who will

become the bride of Howard H.

Spaulding, Jr., of Chicago.

Miss Marker's father, the lats

John II Barker, amassed a for

tune an head of a huge car build

ing plant.

The richest little orphan girl

in the world and a host of girl

friends—not forgetting her hus-

band-to-be—are all down here at

the Barker cottage, where the

wedding will take place, "OKT

TINO HEADY" FOR THE 810

EVENT.

The "Barker cottage" Is the

summer home of "Katy Fitr," as

Mlsa Barker is known to her inti

mate friends.

Friends are arriving and

depart ing every minute, and

there is a steady stream of

tho curious.

Here Is a typical dally program

of this thirty-million Miss:

By 8 o'clock while waiting for

her guests to straggle down to

breakfast, she is out in the gar

den picking flowers or playing

about with her fiance. She Is

athletic and a great "tease."

Breakfast over, she and her

guests take a short ride in the

"Klty Fltz," her $4,000 motor

boat.

Then, while her other guests

golf and play tennis. Miss Barker

and her bridesmaids confer with

dressmakers. FOR SIX WON

DERFUL (iOWNS ARE BEINU

MADE IN ADDITION TO HER

WBDDINO DRESS FOR THE

BRIDESMAIDS.

Luncheon follows, and then the

afternoon is given over to games

and auto rides.

MAYOR WOUID BEAUTIFY CITY

A plan to turn over all park

ings in the city of Tacoma to the

park board, and allow that body

to line the streets with shade

trees, and to maintain smooth,

level lawns on the parkings, was

launched today by Mayor Faw

cett.

Members of the council unani

mously offered to support the

mayor in his move to make Ta

coma more beautiful, and it was

agreed to ask the park board for

its opinion on the proposition.

Secretary George L. Gower of

the park board expressed hearty

enthuslasm over the idea toduy,

and promised to put it before the

board members.

"Tacoma Is handicapped be

cause it has no universal system

of shade trees," said Mayor Faw

cett, "and because the owners of

vacant property In the residence

districts take no care of the

parkings, thus spoiling the efforts

of others in making the street

benuil.'ul. If the park board

could take over the parkings, as

It has done on Union avenue,

South Tacoma .for Instance, we 1

FIRE-HOSE

KNOCKS OUT

SPECTATORS

Writhing like a great anako

back and forth across A at., a

powerful stream of water pour

ing from Its nocile, a fire hose

being used to extinguish a blase

In tbe W. P. Fuller paint store,

created havoc in the large crowd

of spectators.

Dosens were drench to the

skin and several firemen were

knocked down.

Property to the value of $20.

--000 was damaged In the fire.

The blase was confined to the

lower floor, despite the fact that

It was burning in a room where

thousands of gallons of oil,

paints and other Inflammable

fluids were stored. Firemen ex

tinguished the blaze within 30

minutes. The loss is covered by

Insurance.

In between times Miss Barker

manages to slip away alone with

her liusband-to-be.

There are also daily business

affairs that demand attention,

for James B. Forgan, of the First

National Bank of Chicago, her

foster father, insists upon it She

WEAR A FLOWER

Tacoma is filled with flowers and 1r being filled with visitors

this year. Why not let our flowers speak a cheerful greeting to

our guests?

Today millions of roses, panslets, daisies, dahlias and other

beautiful flowers are drying up on their steins in Taconia gardens.

Why not wear them and let them nh*d their beauty Into our own

and the lives of those we meet?

All the world loves flowers, and "fa coma has them. Nowhere

is their luxuriant beauty surpaseed. Their mission its to shed good

cheer, optimism and happiness into tlfr liveH of mortals, and their

sphere of usefulness should be extended.

Let every Tacoman every day for the rest of this year wear

a flow. Wear It at your work,in tbe office, in the store, on the

street, everywhere, wear a flower, apcl a smile—and It will be

easier to wear a smile if you wear a flower.

If the people of Tacoma will do this it will add wonderfully

to the sweetness of life here and will shed a spirit of beauty and

cheerfulness abroad that will be of untpld value to tbe city.

A million dollar publicity fund.would not do as much for

Tacoma as would be done if stranger* should see upon the coat

of every citizen a flower and on the face of every man and woman

a smile. . .

Wear a flower and a smile and then WATCH TACOMA

GROW! A. V. FAWCETT,

Mayor.

T. R. & P. TO EXTEND

LINE TO STHLACOOM

The Tacoma Railway A Power

company Is preparing to operate

passenger service to Steilacoom

via the Traction line and asylum.

Commuter's tickets on the

American lake line this week are

stamped with the words "Not

good for ride to town of Stella

room."

GIRL JEALOUS. DRINKS POISON!

SEATTLE. July 23.—"1f you t

give all your kisses to some other <

girlie, you can't expect kisses I

from me." i

This was the ultimatum hand

ed Paul Webber after he had <

spent an evening devoting his I

reall* \» ko busy that he will onl;

givpjner one -day In which to ge

murfled, *nd then she must cv

nhoif her honeymoon and hurr

backj to Chicago and do what—

KUfsi- WHY. M-AKK 11KH WILT.

Her foster-f other Hays it will tak

two days to do It.

Manager Bean toc'ay admitted

that Ms company was contem

plating a jitney bus service to

CoMpct tire street car line at the

ftsytwh with the town of Steila

,#6ostf, and said that he would

start construction of a street car

(Tack from the asylum as soon

as the public service commission

would let him.

time and attentions to a girl I

other then Mtss Helen Anderson,

returning to the latter, with the t

request that she marry him. •

Followed a terrific fpat, end- I

ing when Miss Anderson swal- I

lowed poison, 1

THIRTY MILLION DOLLAR

BKIDAL COUPLE! MISS CATH

ERINE BARKKR, HBIRBBI,

AND HER FIANCE, HOWARD

SPAULDING. JR.. SNAPPED"

IN A HAMMOCK IN THE CAR

DEN AT BARKER COTTAGE,

HARBOR POINT, MICH.

r.nr afterwords the bridnl

t putr will reNume their honey

t dm.on, goinit riisi in Canada,

then to Sun I'Yancisco to see

the exposition, mill (lien they

uill Mil for v loiik, lodk Wtmg

3 in Honolulu, veritable honey

moon land.

could improve the appearance of

Taeoma tremendously."

Commissioner Woods declared

that Chicago had handled its

parkings for years in this man

ner, and had been very sucfess-

Tul.

Mayor Fawcett will immediate

ly ask the park bo,ml to include

in its budget for next year an

item of expense covering the

parking work. It is hoped to

start the system with one cen

tral unit of the city, and •• has

been suggested that the district

bounded by Broadway, South Tth,

Sprague ay. and 17th be selected

as the first unite for developing

the "city beautiful" idea.

ORGANIZATION

OF YOUNG MEN'S

CLUB GOES ON

Young Tacoma^nsusinesß and

professional men who are con

templating the organization of a

junior commercial club last night

appointed committees to perfect

the drafting of the constitution

and to bring In suggested names.

It is the intention to find a

name quite distinctive and which

might be adopted by similar or

gan Izatlons in other cities.

Van M. Dowd was elected tem

porary president.

FALLS 25 FEET

Eleanor Hoyt, . 2^-rear in

fant of Mr. and Mrs. Blwell H.

Hoyt, Ito6 Pine it., (ell 25 feet

from an upstairs sleeping porch

yesterday afternoon to tbe lawn

below, and escaped with scarce

ly a scratch. a.

The baby had waWered to thn

sleeping porch in. the absence of

carpenters, who were rebuilding

tbe railing. She stumbled overi

the edge Ud fell, striking on

her back.

C 7 C 9 CTEATHER:

Will// Tacomft and vicinity: Fair to-

WAV/ night; Saturday fair warmer

1/ \l Washington: Same.

GERMAN

GANG IS

ACCUSED

t'I,KVK.I,AXI>, July 23.—

I ix ill lcilil.il olfll'lills, II|H)II

definite orders I Wimli

ii>ni"», ••■ •' KAve formal

noiiii- r..ii«i to three <I^e

liimt ronrcriiN —the Wbit«

Hint I'rrll.'.s ail<4lllM)l)ilf<

plniiU hikl tlin \iin-i-ii mi

Hte«l Wire <V).—of » plot

t>y Ciet'lliail s) input h /«•!■* to

•lyiiiiinlii- them.

All three of the compHnloH

liave been innnufart'iring vast

quantities of anne, munlttonH

1 and i.u|i|'lirs for thr nllles.

The dlßcovery of th" plot by

the Koverniiient tOIIOWI clOßely

!on tint (lyiiiunllc illtiMHterM at

i WindKor, arross tbo river from

' Detroit, when; a factory making

uniforms for the allies wua blown I

up. '

10 MEN SHOT IN

RIOT AT BAYONNE

BAYONNK, X. J., July ■>*. -

Ten men —four guards and <'.»■

Ktrilters— were hhot today wlie.it

rioting was resumed nbottt tho

Constable Hook nnd Tidewater

plants of the Stancluri Oil Co.

today.

None of the men was killed

outright, but all were ri-.tthed to

hospitals). Tile guards are Raid

to have been hurt worse thau the

men.

The battle occurred .v>at about

daybreHk, after Bnlping between

gmtTds and Blrlkers Imd con

tiiini'il all through thfl night.

BearclilightH plnyed coiiHtmitly on

the walls of the plant where the

operators expected the strikers to

attempt to gain entrance.

It watt shorty after 2 o'clock

when an attempt wns made by

strikers to fire the plant with

oil-Houked waste, hut their ad

vance waa met by fire from the

Riiards, and two of them fell.

They were carried away by com

nidt s. and the extent of thetr

hurts is not known.

PORTENTIOUS

NOTE HANDED

TO YON JAGOW

HKIIMN, July 2.'l. —The

new Ainericau note wan

handed to foreign Mhilnter

vnn Jagow m 1:30 this aft

ernoon. The nrrtvul' of 1110

not« at the American em

liH-sy wax ilclay'M on llk ar

rival from Copenhagen. It

vm Immediately de-coded

and prepared for submission

to the foreign minister.

Arrangement* for the pub

llration of the note have

been made for lute this aft

ernoon.

BRYAN HERE

AUGUST 2ND

Charles H. Drury, chairman of

te committee which is to bring

William Jennings Bryan here to

lecture on peace, announced to

day that the noted Chautauquan

would be here August ?.

All Bryan could promise Drury

and his committee was that he

would be here for « noon meet

ing. On this basis, they have de

cided tentatively that the gather

ing will be in the Totem Pole

park.

However, they «mt back an

urgent telegram, telling Bryan

that the Stadium here was the,

finest place to speak In the

whole Northwest, and that thl»

city offered other advantages for

him to present his powerful lec

ture on peace.

If Bryan answers favorably,

arrangement* will be made to

have him speak In the evening at

Federal officers believe that

there in an organised gang of

Uerinan sympathizer* at work in

this sim lion

The three local plants employ

12,000 men, and hava been

among the largest war-plHiits la

the country.

The first intimation of danger

to the plant came today wlion an

netted man ran to the federal

building and told attaches that

he held tin- secret to the d

a

■ iitto plot.

He wan Immediately ilumihl

with ('harluK dn Woody, special

agent of the dHpartment or ]ua

tlce and DUtrtct Attorney Werti.

Tho prrhiili-nl of tha I'd rli wi

roncern Bald his plant was work-

I in.- on a $1,000,000 order for mi

-1 tomoblles.

Five hours later, another at

tempt wan made to reach iho

plant with dynamite, but when

ili. men were only 20 feet from

the walls, the guards opened OD

them with buckshot.

Strikers are ■till firm for a 15

per cent iucreaHe. The Stundard

oil offices tanned a statement

that they would not even confer

with the men until they had r«

mnieil to work and been at their

i>liiri.;< four days.

Sheriff Klnkead Is In charge

without militia, but a battalion

of cavalry is situated it Newark

ready for call.

HAYONNH, N. /., July

—:t.—Hiiimoi ■- of a dynamite

plot, of tdiooting, and of nt

liukH on parts of the fS»ml

ard (Ml plant at thfo city,

were all denounced a« un

true by Sheriff Kink<- H <i

thin aftcrntmn. H« aaid

tliere tins l>een no disorder

whatever Mince j^nterday,

dcHplte reports.

ARRANZA

TALKING

TURKEY

WASHINGTON, D. C, July 23.

A formal notice that Gen. Csr

ranza will not recognise ministers

of foreign governments who re

side In Mexico City was received

here.

Hereafter, says Carranza, the

ministers must be accredited to

his government at Verm Crus.

This means that Oarraiua wilt In

sist on being recognised v the

government of Mexico.

LAWYER

IS DEAD

NEW YORK, July 23— Wil

liam Ivins, noted lawyer, died

here today of Bright's diaeane and

uraemic poisoning.

He waa attorney for William.

Barnes la his recent libel ault

against Tneodora RooMrett. Ha

waa defeated for mayor of Set

York city in 190S when he ran

on the republican ticket.

SAENGERBUHD TO

SING AT BRDTDKK

A final concert will b* gtt<

tonight at the Cafe Br«aAf a "by

the Tacoma Saeagaffcaad previ

ous to 1U departure for Lot Au- '