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TRUCK RUNS DOWN BOY; THEN SPEEDS ON

WE DON'T LIKE TO

"PESTER" YOU, BUT•-

It certainly will be a crime If any of your

friende or neighbors, who aren't regular

rend era of Tlie Timea don't get their names

on our circulation Hate hy Monday, when we

begin publishinic a BOOK-HIZK, I'OPl I.AX

NOVEL EVERY WEEK.

BURGLAR SENDS CTfll CM -fTA/ie

CYNTHIA GREY OIULLII XjLmO

PERK UP, CLEAN UP, PAINT UP!

Spring Is Here—Now Get Bmisy!

Time, Tacoma, to get out that spring boil- mMjn The time to start is right now, with the

\Y< have dug ourselves out of the snow HUmI^H Shrubs and plants, the hardier ones, can

drifts. The slush is off the streets. And II be set out or pruned today. February and

iinw the sun is getting on the job, wanning I Rsrl March are the months for pruning rose

chilly spines aiul urging everything thai I HfTaH I misbes, and foi-jilanting the ones whose eon

grows to poke its nose upward! Kill I s,illl(i,m (';|" withstand a possible cold snap.

The air is full of pep. IuMITiImS There w ill he tune enough later, when all

This is the exact minute to get out, Mr. ■jU-Ll-||£ljß threats of winter arc gone, to get after the

Man, wear callouses on your hands, cricks in **************************** plants which have feelings more tender.

your back, and help make the city a winner for Wight now is the chance for school gardeners

looks. t° u,.v plans to heat even their fine showing of last

Mr. Business Man, your office window looks year,

bare and wintry. Put a box of flowers in it. Let Right now is the ehanee to turn bare looking

your stenographer sprinkle it. streets into flowerly lanes.

Dad, put on your old shoes and get out into that After the garden digging, then clean up, paint

garden of yours. If you haven't any, buy a spade up. wash up. The meanest alley in the city can be

and make one. made one of the seven wonders.

Tacoma roses need but small encouragement It's cleaning time in Tacoma.

from you to make themselves alluring. LET'S MAKE TACOMA SHINE!

LONGS FOR LUXURY;

WEDS RICH INVALID

A tired girl with honey-colored

hair worked In a public library

"telling stories to youngsters.

One day she realized that she

wouldn't be young so very much

longer. She wanted to have a

Rose Garden and kiddies, and a

husband.

But the opportunity never

came—until Mr. Ouenthera, the

gray haired corporation lawyer,

and his meek little wife, catne to

her with a bargain. She was to

have her Rose Garden —and a

maimed, Invalid son of a rich

woman for a husband. The law

yer had looked her over. She waa

satisfactory.

She was weary, and longed for

the luxuries of life. And to, one

day, kneeling before a minister,

beatde her half conscious bride

groom, she guided his hand as It

•lipped the wedding ring over

her finger.

Then tho terror of what she

had done, and the swift impulse

to go back to her library! Site

kaelt on the threshold of a new

life, already bitter-sweet with Ite

weird mixture of misery and lux

ury.

But the tale of "The Rose

Garden Husband," Margaret

Widdemer's enthralling book, la

only half finished when Miss

Braithwalte marries. This novel,

one of the moat widely-read

worka that has come off the press

In recent months, will appear

next week In The Times. It will

begin Monday, and will be euded

Saturday.

It is only the first of a long

RUSSIA DRY FOREVER

AS RESULT OF YEAR

WITHOUT VODKA!

PETROGRAD, Russia, Feb. 18

— Russia has takon along breath,

raised her solemn right hand,

and sworn:

"Never again!"

A year without vodka has con

vinced Hie officials, from the csar

4-frm. (hat prohibition will al

etfii 14 the rule In Russia. Here

are tome results of the first

twelvemonth without liquor, as

reported officially and semi of

ficially from all over the coun

try:

Crime (all kinds) has decreas

ed til per cent.

Absenteeism In factories has

fallen 60 per cent.

Suicide rate has dropped en

ormously.

Hospitals formerly overcrowd

ed are not filled.

Efficiency In factories increas

ed 10 to 15 per cant.

The Tacoma Times

Ist of book-sized, popular novels

;hat are to be published every

week in The Times. The editors

)f The Times overlook no oppor

tunity to give their readere the

jest they can get for the money.

Publication rights to these copy

righted books have been purchas

•il, at no little expense, from 'lie

Higliial publishers. It is a new

dea in Tacoma —a complete nov

il In a newspaper every week.

Be sure to start the first one, "A

lose Garden Husband," Monday.

Practically every inhabitant is

at work.

Savings deposits have Increas

ed 8 per cent.

Fire damage has fallen off 38

per cent.

Wages In some districts raised

500 per cent. (This applies to

peasants working aa day labor

ers.)

People are -eating better food.

Better clothing is worn by the

poorer classes.

Agricultural Implement sales

•0 per cent larger.

Imprisonment decreased 71

per cent.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Marlnue Laursen and A. Y. O.

Nielsoa, both of Tacoma; Ray _*.

Melton of Buofcley and Nona

Wolfar of Portland; Wm. Crow

den Naylor and Florence L.

Shummen, both of Beattle.

25c a

Month

VOL. XIII. NO. 52. TACOMA, WASH., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1!)1H.

Swanze

Pest of

Teutons

By Mary Boyle O'Reilly

LONDON' Feb. 18.—There Is

a certain kind of joking In Bel

gium called SWANZE.

It Is neither humor nor wit but

a kind of mockery which is in

tended to rankle.

Since the occupation of Bel

gium by the Germans, swanae

has become almost entirely con

fined to the children, but they

have not fallen short of the ;ie

<•iili.ii' national standard which

was established ages ago.

I'rchliis Lenin How.

When motor car tooting was

limited by special decree to Ger

man military machines, with pre

scribed modulations of toots,

every street arab in Brussels in

atantly commandeered a horn,

whistle or trumpet.

This instrument of torture he

carried at considerable risk in

der a torn shirt or within his

woeful trousers. And the In

stant a German officer ventured

into the street regulation "toots"

followed him in taunting itera

tion.

Can't Pennlige It.

Probably the most irritating

awanze was Invented by. little

boys who, making a hole in the

middle of their caps and sticking

carrots "plcklehaub" - wise

through the crowns, would se

riously execute the goose step

until a leader ordered "Quick

march to Paris" when the ras

cals would walk backwards!

That performance was hard to

atop for the German military

governor could fix no penalty

upon children for putting carrots

on their heads.

TO SHIFT

HOUSTON

WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 18.

—President Wilson is seeking a

successor to Secretary of Agri

culture Houston, with the Inten

tion of shifting the latter to the

portfolio of war, It is believed to

day.

Houston's assistant, Vrooman,

is looked on as a probable suc

cessor.

W. J. HKYAN WILL HEAD

NEBRASKA'S DELEGATION

WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 18.

—W. J. Bryan will head the Ne

braska delegation to the demo

cratic national convention In St.

Louis, Representative Shellen

berger of Nebraska declared to

day. He does not believe Bryan

will oppose Wilson's nomination,

but will fight preparedness.

THE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA.

Ignores

Child's

Scream

With his leg badly crushed by

the heavy wheels of a lumbsr

truck, which ran over him, Ern

est Alvera, three years old, lay

screaming in the street while the

driver of the truck stepped on

the accelerator and speeded down

the street at 10 o'clock this

morning.

R. E. Bailey, a roomer at 1001

South J street, heard the little

boy's screams and dashed out of

the house in time to see the huge ;

machine speeding down J strest.

Mrs. Agnes Alvera, the boy's

mother, picked up the little body

while Bailey summoned a physi

cian. At a late hour today phy

sicians thought they would be

able to save the boy's leg.

Had Gone to Play.

The child had just run out of

the house to play, according to

Bailey.

"No one except some small

children saw the accident," he

said, "but it ia impossible the

driver did not know he had run

over the youngster, because his

screams could be heard in the.

house."

The truck was one of the large,

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Cb.'s

wood trucks. The name of the

driver and the number are un

known. Police officers are mak

ing every effort to locate the

man.

LITTLE SAMMY

TRIES TO KEEP

E. A. BRYAN OUT

SPOKANE, Feb. 18.—8. A.

Perkins of Tacoma, would-be Q.

O. P. boss, is here scouting

around.

He la mortally afraid that'

there are going to be too many

republican candidates for the big

jobs, and he Is using hla talent*

to persuade receptive individuals

to step aside.

Yesterday he had a long talk

with E. A. Bryan, former W. B,

C. president. The latter is think-;

Ing of shying his lid into the ring

for U. S. senator, to succed Poln

dexter.

If he did, he would be oppos

sing Congressman Humphrey,

and Perkins is seeking to prevent

this.

Following the conference Bry

an said he wouldn't know for 10

days or two weeks whether 'ie'd

, run or not.

GLOBE TROTTERS MARRIED]

NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 17.

—A globe-trotting romance of

Latin-America has resulted here

in the wedding of Miss Eliza Mar

cal, 1 .-.-year-old beauty of Guate

mala, to Virgilio R. Beteta, dis

tinguished Guatemala attorney,

trade delegate and editor.

At the I'an-Aiiierlcan financial

congre* lieleta was chosen a

member of tlie international high

com mission, and at the San Fran

cisco exposition he was elected

president of the International

Press a-pngress.

PRIEST GOES TO

ELECTRIC CHAIR

OgSIXIXO. Feb. 18. —

II an *• Nil i mil 11 calmly walk

ed to the electric chair early

this in..ruing nnd watt elec

trocuted.

Schthidt was the unfrocked

priest convicted of murdering his

sweeilicin i. Anna Aumueller; and

-throwfoty her body In the Hudson

after dismembering it.

He told his attorney he wanted

to die tv the electric chair in the

hope that his Innocence would

afterward be established and

capital punishment thereby

would be stopped.

Body of Servant.

It iwas on Sept. 5, 1913, that

the upper part of Anna Aumuel

ler'* dismembered body was

found In the river off Woodcl'.ff,

N.M. .

The body was identified aa

that of a former servant In the

rectory ef St. Boniface's church,

and Schmidt who for three years

had been performing the func

tions of a priest In New York,

waa arrested.

On tlie day of his arrest the

prleft made a full confession, in

whl_.li he admitted that he killed

the girl and cut her body Into

nine pieces.

His statements on that ivch

slon were as startling that his

sanity . was questioned, and >>x

pefts were < ailed. A month later

they pronounced him aane and

shamming Insanity.

Is Convicted.

At fhe first trial two of the

Jurors held that he was insane

and a disagreement resulted. At

both of them the state baaed its

oaae largely on his own story at

the time of his arrest. At hie

second tHfci. although lie Inter

posed the emine defense, he was

convicted.

He was sentenced on Feb.

12. Three days afterward he

Night

Edition

Mis bride Is the daughter of a

wealthy cotton planter.

They were engaged to w-ed six

months from now, but when He

teta, In New York, learned ho was

to represent his country at the

foreign trade conference In N'w

Orleans, he sent a cable to Miss

Ma real.

While he came here on a train,

she traveled on tlie steamer.

They arrived the same day, and

the wedding was one of tlie fea

tures of the important trade con

ference.

sent for Assistant District Attor

ney Delehanty and confessed that

he had been shamming insanity

up to and during his trials.

He then proceeded to tell Mr.

Delehanty that Anna Aumueller

had died as the result of a crim

inal operation. The papere In

opposition to Schmidt's motion

for a new trial reveal that be

sides the statement made to his

own attorney, which was subse

quently told in affidavit form,

that he made two other contra

dictory statements, four different

stories in all.

HUH Another Version.

Schmidt's contradictions final

ly resolved themselves into «in

affidavit which he made on Oct

30, i in., and which was used as

the basis for a motion for a new

trial.

This was to the effect that a

friend had performed an opera

tion on Anna Aumueller, as a re

sult of which she died, and that

another woman had been present

In the rapacity of nurse. A Dr.

I.eo. he swears, was called 'n

after her death and asked to 13

--sue a death certificate, but re

fused.

Then he asserted that hla

friend cut up the body. He swears

that his previous statements were

made In an effort to shield these

people.

MURDERER OF

JAP IS HUNG

FOLSOM, Feb. 18.—Ung Sing

was hanged at 10 o'clock this

morning for murdering a Japa

nese at Stockton Nov. 14. He

mounted the gallows without nnv

show of emotion and died In 12

minutes.

WEATHER

Tacoma: Fair tonight, Saturday

increasing cloudiness, followed by

rain.

Washington: Same, except no

cloudiness east >>ortion.

Robber, Displeased at

Paper Exaggeration

of Loot's Value, Mails

It to Times' Writer

With Quaint Note

<\ in bin (Urey receives

many novel letters every day.

Hut she c.p.i n op ni n new

and K<*»>'ine thrill •>! evcite-

MH-nt today when mlie opened.

lier morning's mull.

As she silt the envelope of a

particularly fat letter one that

was addressed In cryptic capital

letters, rather grotesquely smear

ed over the entire face of the

package—a piece of fragile gold

chain slid out.

And after it came an assort

ment of rings and lavaliers and j

ear-rings. There were diamonds

and rubies in the assortment.

Cynthia's excitement knew no

hounds.

But the greatest thrill of all

came when Cynthia opened the

letter that accompanied the bril

liants. t

From a Heal llurglar

It was from a burglar! A real,

genuine second-story man!

The dramatic effect of receiv

ing a note from n professional

burglar overcame, for the mo

ment, Miss drey's possible hopes i

that the jewels were not gifts!

from an admirer.

"DEAR CYNTHIA GREY"

wrote the burglar.

His words were all spelled out

in capital letters half an Inch

high. II was a capita! disguise,

even If Cynthia should be so

mean ap to turn over the note to

the police.

"IT'S L-lUOHABLI BKOUOH

TO MAKE GOD LACOH. THE

LIES SOME PEOPLE TELL.

BOTH THE LEDGER AND THE

NEWS COME OCT WITH A

STORY OF A $200 ROBBERY. I

SEND YOC THE JINK EN

CLOSED FOR RETURN TO

OWNER. IT'S WORTH ABOI'T

SIX HITS TO ME. HOPE TOO

WILL FEAST ON THE BRIL

LIANCY OF THE BRILLIANTS

AND THE RICH COLOR OF THE

OEMS.—B. S. T."

From lllliiii nun Home

Tho jewelry, It devoleped later,

all came from the home of Will

iam Hiltbrunn, 2101 No. Fife St.,

1 What's Doing |

Today

Hydro-electric exhibit of de

partment of commerce; Commer

cial club.

Lecture on laws of Washing-J

ton governing sale of personal

property, Attorney Louis J. Mm*

cek, Stadium high school, 8:16

p. m.

Tomorrow

New Elks' temple opened for

dedication; reception to Elks and

families; I p. m. to 11 p. m.

r^Talko'the Times t-

Greetings, have you begun

eating sulphur yet?

Any day the Noozenledger

rant dig up a terrible crime

that l.ouls llraiMleis com

mitted, mil, there Isn't

much doing (bm day.

Who called the interurban

train "limited"? Wrong! It's

the limit.

H-ossn: i lim FLAM'S

ANBWEHB

LIBRARIAN KAISER —

I'm running a movie ques

tion counter, not a sporting

column, and I don't know

how long It took "Kid Brag"

to knock out "One Round

Fogarty."—The Idea!

CHARLES F. LEWIS —

.lust because you run a hat

store and have a 10-months

old baby that weighs 14

pounds, you don't need to

on the night of Keb. 15. A bur*,

lar had entered tlie home by prop,

ping a snow shovel against th«

Hide of the house and clamberinl

up lo a bedroom window. The

family waa awa> at the time. Hilt

brunn is proprietor of the Crt-a

iclit Healty To.

In (lie envelope sent Cynthia to

day were ■ lavaller with pcsrle,

ear-rings with Jewel drops, baby'i

signet ring with initial "A", two

ruhy rlngH, a ladle*' agate ring,

and ■ locket on heavy gold chain.

The ioi ket had heen forced open

with a knife, apparently, as it

was h.idly haltered.

Taconin newspapers valued the

lout ut $:.iiO.

1 FLASHES|

PA It IS —- German agents have

financed a native plot to over

throw ihe government of Mad.v

gascar, it was declared today.

BERLIN—U an attempt to _•-..

taka tlie position near Ypres, H< I

glum, recently captured by the

Oermans, the Kngiish have been

boateu back with heavy losses.

SEATTLE— Thomas Blair, 73,

and Thomas Edwards, 40, were)

seriously injured this morning

w ben their auto crashed Into a

street cur ia a heavy fog.

BERLIN— A mutiny of Hindu

troops in Egypt Is reported today

by a news agency, ft Is said an

entire regiment mutinied, killing

1_! officers.

NEW YORK The police to

day took extraordinary precau

tions to safeguard guests at a

hall to be given in Madison

Square Garden tonight by tlie

Knights of Columbus. Governor

Whitman and CathoK" digni

taries are expected to be p. est ■,

The police fear the work of pois

on plotters.

WASHINGTON, D. O—Hear

ing of the qualifications of Louis

D. Brandeis was postponed for a

week because of a shortage la

witnesses.

EL PASO, Tex.—Men and

women at Sierra I'rleta have io

clothing as the result of * raid

by Villa bandits. The bandits

took It all. Adam and Eve fash

ions are in vogue.

The progressive party -state

convention will be held In -Se

attle May 4, State Chairman Roy

Slater announced today.

get the idea you know ev

erything about the movies

also. Wallace Reld doc-.

NOT wear Burnsldes.

• X •

The little Brooklyn girl who ia

collecting dimes to build a bat

tleship Is making great progress.

She now has to collect only «»,-'

!>99,980 more dimes.

And who Is the other mil

that starts things like

"beautiful snow' and re

liable service"? He meant

"liable" service.

MODERNIZED PROVEHBB

(From the Tacoma Directory.)

Joseph Etc

Louis Drinkwiae

aad be

Adrian Merry

before you

Margaret M. Croake.

John Lien Is a day laborer.