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JTHECITY EDITOR GOES SHOPPING WITH HIS WIFE AND SEES THE NEW" EUROPEAN WAR FASHIONS!

My wife went shopping yes

terday I went with bar.

A man seldom, if ever, goes

| shopping, but husbands often

ge along

"The new styles sre here,"

said aay wife, "sad the storea

. Are having their fashlun display

1 really havaal' g thing to

wear."

It Is odd about women who

ge along. Take our caaa. 1

am a ssan. My wifa is a woman.

I am strong She is wssk. I

' is hsr protector. She clings

to me.

But when my wife goes shop

ping and I go along, we both un

dergo a subtle and curious

change. On shopping trips, it

«J The council has cut $311,000 out

of the budget. But that European

war has entirely overshadowed the

council and nobody seems to care a

darn about budgets. The council

agrees with Sherman.

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GERMANS; 1624 SEAMEN LOST

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Once -upon s Time (this being

the Regular Wsy to start s O.

Ada Fsble 1 there was a pale,

ethereal Lad who lived in what

authors in ths Satevepost call a

-Home Town. He started in

Business Life by driving the Un

livery Waggon (two Oi, Prin

ter l for Will Wintergreen s

Grocery store. It Is rumored

that he garnered Four Bones a

week for rilling this Soft Snap

of only 14 hours bat diem it

scrupulous saving he accumu

lated ths Snug Fortune of |10»

"snd opsnad s Wet Goods Par

lor (Down near the De-Pot I.

This home Town Lad was a

reg'lar /sport, belonged to the

Squirrels snd hsd s Lady

Friend and everything. He csr

rted Mat< lies and sometimes

Bought a drink. After 16 years

of s successful Business career In

this Line he retired, donsted

nuite s sum to the Methodist

church, snd when he died, had a

big monument hewn out of Red

Orsnite over bis Oravs.

The Moral:

When you start to reed a

Fable you can never tell

Just how It wIU turn out.

c • s

Today's Nuttiest Poem

He shoved the bandage

lrom his eyes sad murmured

to the hangman:

A dapper little <-liapple,

W>th rosy cheeks and

happy

O'er his chance to take a

whirl at golf,

Swung at the saovry pellet,

Uighed, "Dear, how dare I

tell It T

The string Is broken and

my corset may-^

come off."

And thea the trap was

silting.

see

NOTlCE—Psrties who have

promised ua wood on subscrip

tion, plesse deliver same at once.

This means you.

see

No. Hortense, dear, Lemburg

is not achsese, but a battlefield.

s • ■

This Is Good!

(Me Hanson says that

while he was campaigning

recently In Eastern Wash

ington he waa greeted by a

sea of nptifned faces. He

saw many a vacant stare.

"I mast dispel that expres

sion," thought Ola, "by aa

amusing aad clever little

story." He told It. Tlie

stares took flight. And aft

er he finished, (He walked

down the flight of stares.

That's about as humorous as

an liwiacst, tant' it?

ass

King Albert sst upon his horse

Gnawing Swedinh prunes.

He rofremplsted Bills' mad

<c urse

O'er Belgium's widespread

ruins.

He got so mad he almost cried—

He said: "I'll git Bill yet "

Then off he dashed on maddened

ride

Battling Nelson's help to get.

_m • • •

Senator Burton announces he

ran talk for a month. That

ioesnt' mean anything. I'm still

backing Jedge Humphries.

O. K. CHESTNUT.

ARRKMT HKATTLK KHTH

Admitting thst he had stolen

a horse sad buggy from the

Montana staples in Seattle yes

- terday, Ksy Thompson, a Seattle

yoatb, was arreeled In Tscoms at

neon today by Detective Ewso ss

be wss trying to sell tha horse

to a D street livery dealer

Is she who la strong. She la

tireless, masterful, indomitable

She rushes freak department ta

department. At bargain coaatera

she is ruthless. She charges and

tramples the weak under her

But 11 aaa alwaya Used

when Igo along. My feet arhe.

My back aches. 1 want te ait

down, but there la a big. fierce,

domineering wogssg ea every

chair aad stool.

At such timea aay wife is wont

to hesitate between, say, two

sbadea of material.

We Make a Choice

"Which oae," aha asks me,

"do you like?"

I say: "I think this ons te

pretty." ,

LOWER

CITY

LEVY

Effecting a total cut of fail,-,

oon in the 1815 budget, the cltv '

council discontinued its budget- '

pruning sessions yesterday after

noon until after they have re

ceived word of the state equallza

Hon board's decision regarding

tax valuation of public servirc

corporation property in Tacoma. •

Assessor C. A. Cook submit te,l

to the council an approximate

valuation of the corporation prop

erty here, but thia must be ad- I

justed by the state board. At '

the present figures of the assess

or, the council has reduced the

tax levy to 14 H mills. If the

corporation valuation Is lowered j

by the state board, as the conn |

ell expects, further rigid cuts of |

city expenses will be necessary. '

"We are not through with the

budget yet." declared Mayor

Fawcett today. "If the corpora

tion valuation Is not reduced, we

may get the levy down to 13' _

mills But If It is reduced, we

will hsvs to cut mors to keep

within 15 mills. At any rate,

we are going over the entire bud

get again and will cut It where

ever ws can."

WANTS LIGHT

ANYWAY, RED,

OR ANY COLOR

♦ South D strtit, once dea- 8

■*■ ignated by the public safety &

♦ department as Tacoma's re- •

♦ stricted district. Is to be •«,*

♦ brilliantly Illuminated ■#>

♦ The city council todsy de- #•

♦ manded that the street be *

*• given all possible llluinlna- #

♦ tlon, ss ons means of sbol- «>

♦ isblng vice In that section. ♦

♦ An Improvement district will «>

*> be formed. ♦

♦ Commissioner Atkins urg- >$

♦ thst "white way" lights aim- ■*•

♦ ilar to those on Pacific are- ♦

♦ nue, be Installed. ♦

♦ "e"bu bet; I'm with you: ■*

♦ we want lights on D street," ♦

♦ chimed In Mills. ♦

♦ What kind do you want, <#>

♦ Mills; red lights?" asked 5>

♦ Cocmlsaiorer Woods." ♦

♦ "I don't give a contln»n- #

♦ tai what tbey are— -red. <♦

♦ whits or Muo," declared *

♦ Mills, heatedly. "I am with *

<<> this council la wanting #

■» lights."

♦ •

AUTO ORDER!

Automobile busses, taxlcabs

or rent automobiles cannot line

up st any curbs in the down

town district hereafter.

An ordinance by Commission

er Mills was passed today prohib

iting these machines to stand

st down town curbs, on ths

ground that they have been ob

structing and hindering traffic.

Hereafter the machines must

line up In tbe middle of A streets

from Tenth to Eleventh, or In

the middle of Eighth, Tenth or

Twelfth street between A street

snd Pacific avenue. Large.

painted diagrams will be put on

ths pavement to show chauffeurs

Just where to pdfrk their cars.

Ths ordinsnee does not effect

prlvste cars. Mayor Fawcett

and Commiastoaar Woods voted

against the ordinance.

Than she says: "Ns; I will

take that oae."

I don t knew why aha so aftea

aahs my opinion, unless it ia that

she knows that my judgment is

always aroag, and that she is

safe ia bitylag the tillage 1 doe t

lika.

Well, anyhow, ay wife west

shopping, aad Iweat along, aad

wa vi ailed all the sheas, sad

finally I swooned in Stone-Fish

er's.

I opened say eyas to find say

self la the nursery. Department

stores hsve nurseries for chil

dren and rest rooms for somas.

Wly don't they hsvs a place for

tired husbands who have to go

along? It's our money the

women spend, isnt' It?

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VOL. XI. NO. 237. TAOOMA, WASH, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2;i. 1914.

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RAH!. RAH? RAH!

mEWS ITEM—The Tacoma board of education has forbidden inter

city football this year and commends the high school boys to soccer

and other harmless" games.

BANKER MUST SERVE EIVE YEARS

IN PRISON FOR EMBEZZLEMENT

Pleading guilty to an Indict

ment of embezzlement returned

by the grand Jury in session

here. Chsrles S. Gilchrist, first

vice president of ths United

States National bank of Cen

tralis, Is under sentence to flvs

yesrs In prison st McNeils island.

Gilchrist will start some time to

dßy for the penitentiary, follow

ing his sentence here yesterday

afternoon by Federal Judge

Cushman.

gin.ooo Amount

The embezzlement amounted

to $15,200 snd, as explained by

friends of the convicted banker,

consisted In taking money lrom

$1,.,000 worth of school bonds

belonging to the estate of the

late R. L. McCormlck of Tacoma

and applying It to worthless

coal mine paper held by tMg

bank.

Asks for Leniency

George Dysart, a director In

the bank, which is temporarily

closed, pleaded for leniency in

Gilchrist's case. Assistant Dis

trict Attorney Flshhrrna also

asked the court to impose a min

imum sentence.

Directors of the hank, wealthy

In personsl property, hsvs given

depositors every assurance thst

the financial Institution will be

placed on s safe footing again.

fYmfldence Kvpreasel

Tha Tacoma Commercial club

has psiasil s unanimous vote of

rt lindane* In Centralis and In

resolutions ceclares tha. it Is the

belief of it_\ Tacoma business

mt .1 that tho closing of the Ini

ted Statts N_.-i.nl snd the In

tern Trust comjmay. la Centralis.

We man Ilk-*** to corns out of A

faint sud fiad himself ia a Burs

ary. It* humiliating At aay

rata. I put off fainting long

aasagh ao that now I know all

about the new fashions.

la the Peoples store I said

These ars. ef course. Pares

models?'' I meant la far sar

casm. 1 hats payiag two prices

far a thtsg because a Pre—chmaa ,

made. The olerk turned oa me

such a look of horror that I

apologised without kaowlag

what for.

Hew Fast-lea- Very WasMke

"Indeed, aa," aald the clerk.

"You are, I hope, la sympathy

with the movement to wrest the

control of ths fashloas from

Paris. Too long ths Frsnoh da

cannot long affect the enterprise

and prosperity of the city.

Anybody Want

An Orphan Boy?

♦ Does anybody In Tacoma ♦

<■•*. want to sdopt s bright, ♦

*» pleasant orphan boy of l. r > *

•*> years? ♦

<*> George Home, manager ♦

■* of Tacoma's municipal free S>

♦* employment bureau, hss sn #

'•> orphan in his charge and is ♦

■#> anxious to find a good home •#>

c for the lad. »

♦ "Tha boy's parents had a S

'.••■ small ranch near Tscoma »

* snd were respectable," a>

!<* said Home today. "They ♦

c died recently tnd their »

c daughter hss been try lug to ♦

-* earn enough money to \eep ♦

-*> herself and her brother ♦

■*>■ alive. She has had an up- ■♦

* hill fight snd has appealed A

♦to ma. I can guarantee ♦

* that the boy Is bright, man- ♦

«• ly, and a fine little chap. ♦

♦ Home asks that appll- -p

P> cants for adoption of tha ♦

'*■ bag come to him personsl ly ♦

* He is keeping the lad at his »

«• boms. ♦

BETRLIN (via The Hague).

Sept. 13.—1 a today s casualty

list published here to ear. Bg

pesred ths names of Generals yon

Trot ha, yon Wrochem snd yon

Arbou. so killed in action, aad

Generals roe Willises add voa

Kuebns as weaaded.

stgatra ha»e dictated what we

•hall wear Are thsrs aot la

America men and women af saf

ftrtetit good taste snd nics dls

uattoa to rrsate desigas as

Mac. as besutlful. as aay that

ever emanated from farts? '

"Indeed there are said my

Bit.

it cßß't get any fashions

fsstam Paris oa account of tha

-mr YAH YAH! I said.

B- to my wlfs sad ths clerk

sttiVed their backs oa aae. I had

ta admit to myself that the

Assenran designed Iteis, dresses

aad tbioga 1 saw ware mighty

grafty

Now. take haa*. There are

Mhkgoleoa hats aad Kstser bsts

Ig Mil urmack Bros. Hats must

FIRE LOOMIS,

DEMAND MADE

BY FAWCETT

*fav»r Kawcett will insist that

(Vitiniiß. loner Mills fire « _ief

of Police Loom!", rail handle the

jsdi himself.

AltlH>ngh consideration of the

1B1"> burget was temporarily dis

rew tinned yeeterday afteraoon,

Mtagnir Fawcett aanounced today

tl stien reconsideration of the

1 year's cv peases was taken

he would demand that Mills

«t slashing cuts la his de

partment, including the discharge

ad I ■ ..ini-

Demands Kcoaomy.

Fawcett s ides is aot so much

dlre< led against Loomis ss it is

to gain economy In the polite de-

UNDAUNTED BY COUNCIL ATTACK

DRAKE ADVANCES NEW PROPOSITION

I'adaunted by the city council s

recent flat refusal to allow htm a

hydraulic engineer for the light

aad water department. Commis

sioner of Light snd Water J. C.

Drake submitted aa ordinance to

the council today providing tor

the appointment of a superintend

eat of city waterworks, at a 1200

salary aad an aaeiaiant at 8160. a

month

I have to get somaahs to han

dlsi tha clean lag out of Nlsqusily

hsve stiver or gilt ea them. They i

are military hats. It's tbs war.

Before long oar wlvsa will be I

cltchlsg their heals, saluting

eaih other and mattering tv

tbea_aelves. "Hay foot, strsw

foot, aay foot at all'"

Military bats of velvet sre

chic. The clerk said so. If your

wifa In her new hat looks Ilka

a general, or aa admiral, or s

Uhlan, ?r a gendarme, »\r a Coe

aach, or m crossing policemen

she's right.

Capes will bs worm. My wlfs

tried one oa snd tt made hsr

look llks a cavalryman, it waa

a dashing garment.

Ton don't hava to wear capes.

Tou caa wear costs. But they,

psrtment.

"Loomis has always been In

disfavor," said the mayor today.

"He is either sick or on vaca

tlons all the time I know of st

lesst three vacations that he has

taken He draws $2,100 a year.

There Is no reason why Mills

could not handls the job just as

well without a chief of police at

all.

Police Redactions.

"There are other cuts that

could be made la the police de

partment such as consolidating

ths offices of public morals offi

cers aad the maintenance of tbe

Tscoma police department."

river and to handle tbe big Green

river water plant," said Drake to

day. It Is my plan to let out

some of my force so ss not to in

crease the salaries materially.

The superintendent that 1 ask for

would receive his salary jointly

from ths light snd water depsrt-

TOOAVS CLKAI

Clearlaga .. ..,..$ 8.6.89598

Balances 17,880.5 2

Trsnaactießs ..... 1,154,838 22

too, must be sort of ma-wish and

military They are called rediu

gotaa. A legg time ago men af

faahles la Kagland wore froeh

.•••ate wtth shirts. They rode

horaebark a good deal, aad seed

ed aa overcoat to sever tbe shirt

ed freeh coat. So they invested

a riding coat with bigger, fuller

skirts. Asd aouis Britisher with

s cold la bis head tailed his coat

s "rinsln goat." Hence ' redtu

gotes "

Shirts will have aa o-erakirt

reaching down half way between

the kneea aad tha aahlaa.

Patent leather shoes will ba

mush worn, says ths floorwalker

In MacDoaald's shoe store They

will kg-ve sloth uppers sad but

tons. Ths uppers of brocade

€J We told the worthy weather

man yesterday that we couldn't af

ford a new overcoat just yet. 80

he came across today with another

"Fair today." Thank you, Mr.

Cover, say we.

.1 HOME

EDITION

DROP BOMBS

ON STATION

I AT COLOGNE

ANTWERP. Sept. 13.—A British aerial bombardmeat af the

Klckensdorf aviation grounds st Cologne wss snnounced hers today.

Ths newspsper Handalsblad dsclsres thst fivs British a vis tors flew

over together across Belgium, dropped bombs on s chosaa spot aad

escaped.

Near Antwerp. It Is ststsd. one of ths blrdmsn, wss forced to

descend. His capture was sttempted by I'hlsss, but s Belgiaa ar

mored automobile rescued him. Except that ons of ths sheds hous

ing Zeppelins was set on firs the damage by the bomhgrdmant f

; unknown

476 SURVIVE LOST CRUISERS

LONDON Sept. '-',< The aduiiraliv a official ststsment of the

'number of men who perivhed through the loss of ths cruisers Abou

kir. t'rsssy snd llogue. gives 1624 ss the correct estimate. The

cruisers were supposed to carry crews of 700 each. This would maks

[survivors numnber 476 The deed, It Is understood, include nearly

I all of the three ships' officers.

ALLIES ADVANCE 10 MILES

I'AKiS Bag*, 21 i oiifiiniHiiiin of reports that tha allies

partly turned the Herman right wing on the Alsne have been received

from the Bordeaux war offics. By violent fighting along ths bask

of the Oifae. It ia etated, the allies left accomplished an advance of

more than 10 miles.

Tbe Hermans made another fierce attack from the northeast of

Verdun, but by a brilliant aeries of countsr attacks ths French re*

pulsed them.

The allies' left wing." the war office ststed, "ia steadily pro*

greusing against the Hermans commanded by Heneral voa Kluck,

having succeeded b> determined and at times hand to hand fighting

in gaining ten miles along the Oise. The allies' movement at this

point was an enveloping one, and is progressing exactly as pianos*

by the commander-in-chief."

GERMANS ATTACKING FRENCH

WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. ■ thst the French offeaslvs Is

23.—A cablegrsm from Berlin to weskening. The cablegram ssld

.. _ . , , I thst Verdun hsd been suocesaful

the German embsssy today said L boni i,« rded . The dlapatch also

that the French center In the bat- reported tbe sinking of ths Ger

tie of Aisne Is retreating after j man aurvsying vesssl Moeve by

suffering tremendous losses, snd ! the British cruiser Pegasus.

SERVIANS CAPTURE CITY

NI3II, Servla, Sept. 23. —The capture by Servians snd Montene

grins of the town of Fotcha, In the Austrian province of Bosnia, was

snnounced today by tbe war office. Fotcha has been captured be

fore. It Is not known whether tbe former account wss erroneous

or whether the Austrian* retook the town snd hsvs now lest It sgsln.

The war^pffice announced also the capturs of Austrian entrenched

positions\t Rsgatitza.

GERMANS JUBILANT

OVER SEA SUCCESS

BERLIN, vis The Hague. Bept.

23.—N0 mention of German cas

ualties was msde In the an

nouncement of the ainking of

three British cruiser** by Hermen

submsrlses. It Is believed all

submarines escaped. Berlin Is

jubilant over the feat.

On all sides it was declared It

Is evidently admiralty s policy to

continue tbe German naval cam

paign along just such lines until

the British fleet is sufficiently

reduced to enable the Father

land s ships to engsge the enemy

on something lika even terms.

Jt_-W HTRFKT Ilt.Hlx

New street lights were granted

by the ' ounr-il todsy st North Bth

sad Grant. North 7th. Bth aad

»th on Proctor. North 10th and

I Monroe, Tyler snd Madison. Pe

titions for lights at 36tb snd

Asotin snd 3 sth snd Ainswortb

were denied

WAR FLAG PENNANTS

mil pon

Any Coupon digged from The Tinea, wl.ee preeeated a*

The Tlmia cffw-e with 1.1 esats. will ewtHle yea to a fße Wsv

Flag Pi aaaal, Herman. Preach. Kaglinh. er rßHtgisa Prwasass .

will be seat bj mall If » eaats artdStanasl for sack r—ma '

ewrlosed. Ik lag er mail te The Taroma T—sbs m*%l_' **

premise to eg papular.

For eveaiag wesr I heard my

wifs snd s clerk m sat lee "sole

bed!ses It isas. ss bad as it

sounds Ths Bade bodice Is held

to the figure by strisgs of Jew

sis Help' These hu disss are

skimpy Ths effect aimed st. I

overheard. Is "evening sheer-

Also. In ths eveaiag. a wall

dressed soman mast wear a Jew

eled comb with the high coiffure.

It was at ths mention af the

Jeweled comb snd ths strtag of

jewels that I fainted.

Whoa I was myself again wa

want to J H Hege's sad my wlfs

bought for nit a suit of goad. Bat

scratchy, underwear aad aame

white box. And I waa happy

BRITONS CLAMOR

FOR VENGEANCE

I/ONDON, Sept. 23. -Btung by

the loss of the crui

sers Aboukir, Hogua sad Crsssy.

sunk by German submarines, it M

believed the British aavy will

take the aggressivs against tha

ksiser's sea forces immediately.

That besides the three cruisers

lost other British ships hsve been

damaged is widely rumored, aad

there la s tremendous clamor

throughout ths British Isles for

vengeance. Few details of tha

disaster have been made public.

It ia understood the British

dead number 1,800. Confirma

tion is lacking of tbs reports

that the British destroyed two ot

the five Oermaa sabmsriaes satd

to have been in the action.

LONDON. Sept. 13. Badly

damaged from sn encounter with

the French squadron la the Adri

atic, the Austrian 11 alssis Maria

Theresa and Admiral Spalun bare

taken refuge in Bebenlco,