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POLICE IN SHADY DEAL

WEATHER

Tacoma: Fair tonight and Fri

day, cooler tonight.

Washingtotn: Same.

"WE'LL TELEPHONE TO THE STARS"

WIRELESS EXPERT

Nikola Tesla nnd his "World System" wireless plant at Shore

liuin, h. 1., where he is conducting his experiments.

Tesla first came into prominence in this country about 1900,

when he asßerted he could make a gigantic cannon that would shoot

n missile containing hitman beings to Mars.

Hut long before that Tesla's name was known to men of science

the world over, for be was one of the pioneer experimenters in the

realm of electricity transmitted without wires. His first invention

was v telephone repeater, which he turned out in Budapest in 1881,

subsequently making various electrical devices in France and Ger

many before coming to the United States. His inventions and dis

coveries include:

System of arc lighting, 1886; Tesla motor and system of alter

nating current power transmission, now universally used, 1888; wire

less telegraph Bystem, 1893; phenomena of novel Tadlations, includ

ing those later attributed to radium, announced 189G-8; discovery

* of stationary electrical waves in the earth, 1899; metlTod and appa

ratus for magnifying febele effects, 1902.

Serbians

Fighting

Fiercely

VIFNNA, Oct. 14.—Austro-

Gernian progress into Serbia con

tinued today In spite or desper

ate resistance, It is officially an

nounced.

Several trenches south of Bel

grade were captured and Serbian

counter-attacks repulsed. The

Teutonic onrush southward was

delayed by the defense, it is ad

mitted.

| LIPA BATTLK COHTI.V

ATHENS, Oct. 14.—Although

Serbian reports claimed the

• •ulgnrian invasion had been re

pulsed, Nish advices today were

that preparations are being made

to defend the city.

In a terrible battle at Llpa,

near Semendrla, the AtiHtro Her

mans are admittedly victors, but

at a tragic cost, for the battle

field is strewn with cadavers and

' the Teutons have since been un

able to renew the advance be

cause of enormous losses. It la

claimed officially.

ITALY CONHIDKRING

ROME, Oct. 14. —Premier Sa

landra, after a conference with

the king at the front, announced

that Italy's policy toward the

Balkans, he expected, would be

' decided In today's cabinet ses

sion.

READY TO MEET RUSSIANS

• BUCHAREST, Oct. 14.—Bul

garian cavalry and Austro-Ger

man troops are concentrated at

Vldlng, on the Bulgarian bank of

the Danube, opposite Rumania,

and possibly to meet Russian

forces reported crossing Rumania

to aid Serbia.

Decoy Subs With

Bogus Warships

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.—Cyrus

Robinson, a mining engineer, told

today on his arrival from Liver

pool how Oreat Britain with mer

chant vessels rigged up to look

like battleships had decoyed Ger

man torpedo vessels and located

fitarman land batteries.

The Tacoma Times

30cA

MONTH

Russians

Still Are

Winning

PETROORAD, Oct. 14.—Ruh

sian successes continued tqdav.

From Dvlnsk to Onlicla new vic

tories have been gained, it is -jf

flcially announced.

Illuxi. in the Dvinsk region, is

still the center of a violent action.

Though the Germans claim ;o

hold the town proper, the war of

fice reports a Slav victory on the

heights to the northwest, follow

ed by a repulse of German joun

ter-attacks.

South of the Pripet river, on

the nortli bank of the Styr, north

of Kafalovkn, the Germans na\o

been driven out In disorder.

Several villages and hundreds

of Teutons have been captured.

Slav successes along the Strypa

are complete.

Britons Angry

Over Zep Raid

LONDON, Oct. 14—Britons

today are more angered than

ever over what they term tho

failure of the government to pro

vide adequate aerial defenses.

Last night's Zeppelin raid re

sulted In the death of eight and

wounding of 34 Londoners.

Contentment

Most all our worries

are imaginary, but we

, ,i can't get away from the

fact that the end will

come and some provi

sion must be mads in

advance.

In this enlightened

age every person in the

community should do

the economical thing to

ward saving some

money for the emer

gency.

PUGET SOUND STATE

BANK

HIS Pacific Ay*.

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VOL. XII. NO. 263. TAOOMA; WASH. TUT lis DAY, OCTOBER 14, 1915,

AVERS

TESLA

NKW TOW, Oet, 14—The.

future of the transmission of

Ihe human voice will not toe

confined to this planet, but

-i. mill "ill lie projected

through the ether until lis

\ iliiiitlim- strike all the oth

er iilitni'is that swing ili//il\

In -1 1:1. i '

This authorized statement, of

far greater importance than the'

I amazing event which occasioned

it, was unequivocally made today

; by the world-famous scientist and

i discoverer of the wireless princl-i

I pie, Nikola Tcsla.

The distinguished inventor slat-1

ed it as the direct result of the

announcement by the Unitel

States navy department that its

experts had recently succeeded in

projecting the human voice by

wireless from Arlington, Va., to

Mare Island, Ca1.—4,000 miles!

"This, in itself, was, of course,

a brilliant experiment," declare!

Tesla, "but believe me when I

say it is only the beginning.

"Very soon It will lie |>os

sible for us to see each other

at distance* of thousand* of

miles; we shall be enable I

to hear an o|>era, sermon or

.scientific lecture, and lie

visually present In all kinds

of meeting -.nil transactions

without regard t*o where wo

ourselves happen to be at

that time.

"This will become a dally busi

ness experience, not only to trans

mit with unerring precision a sis

nature to au important document,

but enable the recipient in a dis

tant country to see it affixed by

the sender.

"But the greatest and moit

revolutionary of all these ad

vances on earth will be the trans

mission of electrical energy, in

large amounts, for all Industrial

purposes. Once a power plant is

in operation it will be possible to

operate flying machines in any

part of the world without fuel,

and light isolated homes In an

ideally simple and economical

manner!

"It already is practicable

to project from n inacldne,

made by man, electrical im

pulses of such Intensity as to

affect other planets. There

is no difficulty In producing

a machine which would

cause a disturbance on Venus

or Mars, sufficient* for any

expert. If lie existed there,

to detect.

"I would have no technicnl dif

ficulty in establishing telephonic

communication to the chief con

fers of the world inside of a few

months, for I have already built

a plant for this very purpose.

"When It Is completed it will

be possible for any telephone sub

scriber to call up and talk to any

other telephone subscriber in the

world who is connected with a

central.

"In this plan there will be no

change whatever In the present

telephone apparatus. Everything

iv the exchanges, as well as in in

dividual installations, remains in-*

tact."

Ask Congress

of Neutrals

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14.—

Dr. David Starr Jordon left here

today as a delegate of the Inter

national peace congress to ask

President Wilson to summon a

conference of neutral nations,

which would use Us Influence to

bring about peace.

The congress believed that

while the warring nations would

not themselves seek peace, they

might heed the desires of a strong

neutral agency.

TOM TAGGART'S PAL

IS FREED BT JURY

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 14.—The

jury after being out less than two

hours acquitted Mayor Joseph

Bell on a charge of conspiring to

commit election felonies In 1914 ,

THE MASTER VOICE!

City Golf Links Are Also

a Success at Memphis

BY R. V. SANDERS

Former City Kdltor Taeoma Times

MEMPHIS, Oct. 14.—Sine*

the establisliinent of the niu*

nicipal course oere, the pop

ularity ill golf bus grown in

leaps and bounds,

Daily now, nn average of

over 200 play, some of them

taking Heveral rounds.

On Sundays, this number

is more than doubled, ami

the rules have to forbid

more than ono game for each

person. The large pro|iortion

of all players are only mod

erately well off; men on a

salary, most of them.

The only charge Imposed hy

the city is that each player -nust

pay his own caddy 15 cents an

hour. The caddymaster's salary

is paid by the city Itself.

Cost Not Excessive.

The cost of the links was $1,

--819.74 for construction, and t*ie

maintenance runs about $1,000

a year. As yet, no club houses

have been erected. So far as the

popularity of the game Is con

cerned, here Is what Mayor E. H.

Crump has to say:

- Talk o' the Times -

.

\vni>*

As soon as our two evening rivals fight their herculean battle

regarding the minor point** of the Oliver rase to a complete finish,

we sUßgcwt that they devote their flrdnt page* to a reil-hol editorial

debate of the comparative literary ni««riu of Brixton D. Allaire, Geo.

Eliot and the Horoscope.

A British submarine has sunk a German steamer or two,

thus indicating that the British have submarines and the Ger

mans steamers.

Folks generally are Inclined to sympathise with liouls Bramleis

over the apparent early senility o fliis trade commission. So fat as

ran lie discovered, tlie commission's labors hare been largely con

fined lo chattering with chambers of commerce and responding to

invitations to social functions.

Over 84 per cent of the butchers of Germany have enlisted

since Aug., 1914. Sail right, but somebody pleas* above us th»

f<cufes on lawyers enlisted.

"The golf course has been pop

ular ever since constructed and is

gno. ViiK more ro every day. In

factV Overt on park Is badly over

crowded. Our commissioners

have under consideration a

schauie to require every player to

secure a. license from the iecro

tary for which he is to pay three

dollars for the calander year.

"These permits are to be is

sued only upon the reeommenda-

tif.ii of two responsible citizens

of Memphis, who are known lo

the secretary and then only to

taxpayers of the city of Memphis.

Would liiiprnxe I inks.

"For non-residents, it is pro

poned to charge a fee of $5 per

annum under the same condltijus

and for a single day's permit, a

fee of ,10c.

"The understanding is that the

money derived from this source

shall be used exclusively for bet-'

tcrmentß to the links. Our .om

mlssioners slso have another I

scheme of erecting a clubhouse I

with several hundred lockers to

cost In the neighborhood of $10,

--000 and to lease it to professional

golfers who will have the prlv-

HOME

EDITION

ilege of giving golf lessons, rout

ing lockers, etc. This, however,

has not yet been determined

upon.'"

ENGINEER

IS A HERO

Friends of Engineer E. J. Cos

tello of Tacoma are thinking to

day of asking the Carnegie nero

commission to reward the engi

neer for stopping his train yes

terday afternoon, after both .egs

had been broken.

Costello was driving a fast

Northern Pacific express towards

Grays Harbor at a 60-mile speed

when the right-hand driving rod

snapped in two. Part of the rod,

fastened to a drive wheel, ipu i

about with terrific force, splint

ering the engine cab and break

ing both of Costello's legs near

the ankle.

I'nfllchingiy the engineer *tuck

to his post and brought the train

tc a stop. Then he fainted dead

away. He was taken to a nospl

tal at Elma.

17 GERMAN ORE

STEAMERS ARE

BRITISH-SUBBED

COPENHAGEN, Oct. I«.—Out

of 27 German ore steamers due

at Stockholm only 10 have ar

rived. It is thought British sub

marines have sunk all the others.

BUNCO MEN

LET GO FOR

$000 IN BAII

Once more the Tacoma police department was

caught today juggling justice.

Three men, charged with being the cleverest and

most dangerous swindlers in the west, captured here

this week on the charge of operating a "wire tap

ping" game and attempting to swindle an Illinois

farmer out of $10,000, have evaded punishment in

one of the crudest schemes ever staged by the police

ars scot free.

Although they had $300 bail deposited apiece—

$900 for the gang- a sum in itself ridiculously small

considering the seriousness of the charge and the cir

cumstances attending the arrest, the police last night

handed back $300 of the sum to the prisoners' attor

ney; kept $600 for the city's "share" and calmly sat

back, their minds at rest, while the trio made tracks

hence.

Instead of attempting to

bring the swindlers lo jus

tice nin I prosecute them be

fore a Jury, as they do ft

petty thief, the police made a

monetary proposition out of

tlie case.

No attempt whs made to

send the trio lo the |>enllen

liary.

Instead, they were advised

to leave Tacoma as quickly

as piissiiiir, and let the city

forfeit ilii'ii ball money.

Chief of Police l^oomls flxe'l

ball immediately alter the arrest.

The trio were caught Monday an

hour before the trine set for the

alleged fleecing of J. C. Ander

son, an Illinois farmer on hia \vr>y

to the San Francisco exposition,

out of $10,000, by the ancient

poolroom Riime.

The men wer found In a phony

poolroom, or "wire-tapping" of

fice, at 1119 Vfe Pacific, where

they had a bogtu set of telegr-iph

instruments and a race tracitl

blackboard.

Attorney C. T. Peterson, of the

firm of Hates, Peer and Peterson,

immediately interested himself in

the case. The prisoners, who

Kave their names as John Hrown |

(Baseball Wilson I, C. 11. Allot!

and J. Howard, had a total ot

$GlO cash.

Attorney Brings Money.

Attorney Peterson left police

headquarters for a short tli le,

then returned with enough money

to make up the $900 bail total

fixed by Loomis.

The trial was set for this morn-

ing.

On request, however, of Attor

ney Peterson, who told the police

that his clients had departed hur

riedly from Tacoma, the ctses

were brought up for trial in po

lice court late yesterday, after tho

tegular session bad adjourned.

City Attorney Carnahan, on or

ders from Chief Loomis, drew up

double charges against each of

the trio. On one set of charges,

he specified that the men were

disorderly "by operating a bunco

ing and swindling game in the

city of Tacoma," and in the other

he charged them with vagrancy.

Lawyer Geta 9300.

The names were called in the

empty court room. Neither

"Brown," "Allen" or "Howard"

answered. Judge Evans declared

the ball of $100 forfeited in jach

caße.

That made $600 for the city.

Attorney Peterson pocketed the

remaining $300 and departed.

The police say today that they

filed minor charges against the

three swindlers so that the bait

money would go into city coffers.

Had they made more serious

charges the bail money, they ex

plain, would have gone to the

state treasury.

Police officials also asserted

today that they could not hay >

held Anderson—the victim—in

Tacoma as a witness, pending trial

in the superior court. If they had

filed penitentiary charges.

Deputy City Attorney Frank

Carnahan says, however, it would

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have been a simple matter to

have put Anderson under bonds

for his appearance as a witneis.

The police let three swind

ler suspects I' ume— men

whom they uro quoted as

saying were among tlie worst

bunco men In the country—

for fOOO. Men who are

caught iv the net of slesl-

Ing juuk from a back yard In

Tacoma are given penlten

llary sentences.

The limit punishment on a city

ordinance Is $100.

Hut the police ilo not explain,

II tliey were so anxious to en

rich the city's treasury by tha

ball money of the trio, why they

only tiled two charges against 'lie

men, getting $600 of their $900

hail, when they could have filed

three cliarges just as easily and

forfeited tho entire $900.

It's Just another < use where*

i <ii• ni i i and his men have been

caught juggling justice.

WILSON TO ASK

400 MILLIONS

FOR DEFENSES

WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 14.

— A bond lasue of $400,000,000

to enlarge the U. 8. army ami

navy into an adequate fighting

force, will be proposed to congress

by President Wilson.

It is planned to increase the

navy's budget from $148,000,000

to $248,000,000, and the array s

from $92,000,000 to $152,000,

--000.

This will provide for an In

crease in the regular army 'rom

80,000 to 120,000 men, and a

vast number of betterments in tho

equipment of both army and

navy.

I What's Doing 1

Today

Leo Cormier and Mme. Hesse-

Sprotte In concert; Tacoma thea

ter; 8:30 p. m.

Washington Retail Grocers and

Merchants association; last day

of annual convention; Tacoma

hotel; banquet tonight, 7:30.

I'ntil Saturday, Vashon-Maury

Island annual fair; steamers leave

Muny dock 9 a. m. each day.

Holy Rosary fair and banaar

opens: old church building; 3'jth

and Tacoma aye.

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PARISH'S BAZAAB

TO OPEN TONIGHT

The annual bazaar of the Holy

Rosary parish opens today In tha

church at 30th and South Tacoma

aye., with an elaborate array of

highly decorated booths, and

amusements a-plenty. Process

will go to Holy Rosary school

'urd.