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TA(lOMA, WASHINGTON, T1 TKSDAY. JAM AI.'V :U). 1<»17.

The Tacoma TimesTHE ONLY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER IN TACOMA. lc A COPY.

VOL. XIV. NO. :t"..

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Wednesday.Washington: Same. 1

FAMILY OF FIVE POISONEDBritish North Atlantic Fleet Seeking German Raider

Are You a Red-Head?You Are Invited toa Party, If You Are

Tncoma red heads are coining into their own.Every sunset blonde woman or girl reader

of The Times is invited to be the special guestof this paper at the Pantages Friday.

They have only to appear at the editorialrooms of The Times, show their Titian locks,and claim free tickets for the Friday afternoonperformance.

It will be a sympathetic matinee.The entire chorus of eight girls in "The Bed

Heads," a musical comedy act at the "Pan"tliis week, has red hair.

Manager William K. Saxton asserts that hehas gathered together perfect specimens ofeight distinct shades of red hair.

And The Times agrees that the women ofTacoma who possess bright-hued locks shouldhave an opportunity to see this uniquetroupe.

Wit want every woman of red hair—whether H be a deep russet bordering onbrown, or a brilliant hue resembling a ripeorange—to enjoy The Times' matinee.

Free tickets willbe given to Tacoma'l red-heads at The Times editorial rooms any timebeginning Thursday np to 2:30 Friday after-noon.

CHILD VICTIMS OFFIEND ARE BURIED

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AUBURN, Jan. 30. —Mary Hew-

itt, 29, and mother of the four

email children dragged from the

burning home early Sunday morn-ing with their skulls crushed, liesh«lf crazed in the home of a friondhero today under the care if anurse, awaiting the burial thisafternoon of her babies.

Mrs. Hewitt, vibiting in Everettat the time of the tragedy, return-ed to Auburn with her old nurse,

BOOZE PROBETO CONTINUEilniii-.i Preaa Leased Wire.)

SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—Furtherinvestigation of liquor shippingconspiracy charges will be madeby the federal grand jury whichindicted Mayor Gill, Chief ofPolice BteUukW, Ex-SheriffHodge and a score of others whenthe inquisitors reconvene Feb. 13.

Conspiracy charges againstMayor Gill. Chief of Police Beck-irmliam, Hodge and others willprobably be tried during the lat-ter part of February.

An early trial was requested bythe mayor. District AttorneyClay Allen and United States Dis-trict Judge Jeremiah Xetererboth said today they favored quickaction.

TOPROVIDESHELTER

For the wife and littleones is a sacred duty.But this usually involvesa systematic plan of sav-ing, and the habit of sav-ing often has its begin-ning in a small savingsaccount.

We gladly open accountswith those who apply.

BuqEt {foundßankIS Tmsi Csmoßsu

Mrs. Alice Minnick, Monday after-noon. She collapsed when takento the undertakers where thebodies of her children were Deingheld. She was not allowed to viewthe charred bodies of her children,but was put to bed.

The bodies of the three young-est children will be buried on thebarren hillside west of Auburn.

Hewitt, after viewing tho bodiesand the charred room where themurders were committed, adheredto his denial of guilt.

Following a conference todaybetween Assistant Prosecutor Hel-sell and Deputy Coroner Koepfli,it was decided that a murdercharge would not be filed againstHewitt until after the inquestwhich will be held Saturday.

PLAN TO TESTARMY BONDSFor the purpose of giving a

basis for friendly test suit as tothe legality of the army postbonds, the county commissionersMonday accepted an offer madeby the state to purchase of $50,---000 of the bonds at four per cent.

The next procedure, accordingto the commissioners, will be forthe county auditor to attempt todraw a warrant.

He will then be served with amandamus, and the suit will beunder way.

J. T. S. Lyle, special attorneyfor the county in the army postmatter, told the commissioners thestate will also take the army postbonds to the amount of $1,500,000at the came interest.

Eastern bond buyers would havewanted 4hi or 4 % per cent, thecommissioners say. The bondelection authorized not more thanB per cent.

The state's offer leaves only$500,000 to be disposed of, inwhich the commissioners expectno difficulty.

STATE WILL CHECKUP ON APPENDICESPIERRE, S. D., Jan. 30—Under

a bill introduced in the legislatureMonday all appendix removed inSouth Dakota will have to be sentto the state laboratory for exam-ination. If found not diseased,the owner would be relieved frompaying the doc's bill.

For writing at night there hasbeen invented a fountain pen thatcaries a tiny electric lamp anddry battery.

BEAN THERE

(United rreaa I.caaed W<r*.>

LIMITSSTATEBOARD

(S|i<-ciul to The Times.)OIiYMI'IA, Jan. 80.—Striking directly at the pow-

er of tin- public service com-mission, a bill watt introducedin the Keimte today by Sena-tor Nichols.

The bill rcKtores to thecities or the first clas.<t thepower to control public utili-ties vested l>y the constitu-tion.The bill empowers the voters

of the cities to decide whether ornot the city utilities shall be regu-lated by the public service com-mission.

A majority of voters can deter-mine whether a city shall surren-der to or vest in the commissionthis power of regulation andcontrol.

The bill also provides thatcities shall be made a party toall complaints filed with the com-mission and all Investigations inwhich any public service companyhaving in a city is affected.

It is a clear out-and-out homerule bill, drnwn at the suggestionof Corporation Counsel Caldwellof Seattle.

By Edgar C. WheelerOLYMI'IA, Jan. 30.—It wan un-

der the watchful eye of the Stone& Webster Interests, rh represent-ed by Louis Bean, that the statesenate yesterday rolled up ltasleeves end slipped the knife Intothe back of municipal ownershipand municipal enterprise and turn-ed It several times.

The manager for the T. R. & P.Co. was probably the most Inter-ested watcher in the senate gallerywhile the solons were knifing Sen-ate Dill 11, In fact his eye wastrained on certain of the senatorswho from their former actions,might perchance take a notion tobe swerved from the path of dutyto corporate interests.

llean Waita PatientlyAnd he was one of those, no

doubt, who enjoyed to the fullestextent the irony of passing the billafter it had been reduced to a mereproposition of permitting a munic-ipally owned corporation to sellwater outside the city limits ITN-DKR RATES AND CONDITIONSTO BE CONTROLLED BY THEPUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

In fact Mr. Bean waited all aft-ernoon in order to enjoy the spec-tacle Intended to tickle the ribs ofcorporation owned folk.

He waited during the long ar-gument over a public morgue billfor Seattle, while Dr. Ghent andthe coroner trundled dead bodiesout into the open and gave theman airing.

He waited in patient stoicism,

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HALF MILLIONIN 13 DAYS!

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Ber-nard Barucli, Wall street plunger,cleared $476,000 playing peacehum-lies, during 13 days in De-cember, he told the Leak-to-Wall-Street probers today.. If he had known what wascoming from Washington, he said,he would have sold all day Dec.20, instead of covering part of hisshort selling by buying UnitedStates Steel, and his profits wouldhave been larger.

The 20th was the day beforethe note was published In thepapers.

"Was this regarded as largedealing?" he was asked.

"Well, I've done larger; I'vebeen short of this amount often,"he replied. On the 21st Baruchclosed out his shorts at around106. He said he figured his en-tire profits Dec. 10 to Dec. 23 as$476,168.

Baruch said, under cross-exam-ination by Chairman Henry, thathe had called up Paul Warburg ofthe federal reserve board duringthe leak period, but had not reach-ed him and had later got Secre-tary of the Treasury McAdoo onthe matter of a federal reserveboard appointment.

He denied discussing the mar-ket at all with them and deniedhaving called Secretary Tumulty.

Her Smoke Views LoseWoman Seat on Jury

Sophia Chovil, 41 G South 3i>th, doesn't exactly object toa man's smoking, but she might go to the other end of thecar.

So she said when Wesley Lloyd, attorney for O. B.Herbst, who is suing Edwin Orrett for snatching bis cigarfrom his mouth and slapping Ills face, in a Tacoma streetcar last October, questioned her Tuesday morning before the'trial began, as to her convictions on the subject of tobacco.

Mrs. Chovil was excused on a peremptory challenge.

Every woman on the jury -was asked if she had anyprejudice against a man's smoking.

The case is being tried in Judge Clifford's court.

With lier husband's arm aroindher shoulders and his cheek laid

against hers as they both cried

softly, Mrs. Hose Albutt, who wasconvicted last week of assault inthe second decree for having at-tacked Mrs. Gertrude Robertson,Christian Science practitioner,with a revolver, because of a storytold by little Marie Albutt of hav-ing been wronged by Frank Boydin Mrs. Robertson's home, wassentenced by Superior Judge CirdTuesday morning to not less thansix months and not more than 1 0years In the penitentiary at WallaWalla.

The judge gave her the alterna-tive of serving the sentence in thecounty jail if she preferred.

Mrs. Albutt's attorny, E. D.

ABERDEEN GETSNEW INDUSTRIES

(United I'rraa I .nix.-.I Wlrf.)

ABERDEEN, Jan. 30.—Anoth-er shipyard, with ample capital,and a $1,000,000 paper mill arecoming to Aberdeen, according toW. J. Patterson, banker, who re-turned from the east today. Thecitizens will have to raise $2,400to prepare the site for the ship-yard and the city must give waterrights to the paper mill, both ofwhich there is little doubt will bedone.

GETS NOTTS I\ ALMOND(Inllril I'rr.i I rn.nl Wire.)

MARYSVILLE, Cal., Jan. 30.—Hazel Hersinger, age 13, just forfun, put a note giving her nameand address In an almond -!i -IIand packed it along with other al-monds. Her father, whom thehad not seen in years got thealmond in Atlanta.

BAYING AT THE MOON!

Mrs. Albutt Sentenced toPrison for Pistol Attack

Hodge, immediately gave noli'e ofappeal, and a now bond for $I,r>oowas arranged.

Charles E. Stewart, a neighbor-ing farmer, and Deputy Cou'ityTreasurer B. Darr, both formerschoolmates of Mrs. Albutt, wenton her bond.

In arguing the motion for a newtrial, Mrs. Albutt's attorney saidhe believed the admission of i.vl-dence as to the truth or falsity ofMarie's story was an error onwhich an appeal could be based.

He cited the Thaw case, inwhich ho said the court had heldthat the point was not whetherthe story Evelyn told Thaw wastrue, but whether Thaw believedit and was thrown into a brain-storm by it so that he was tem-porarily irresponsible.

BLOW UP ENGLISHSTEAMER; 9 DEAD

LONDON, Jan. 30.—The steam-er Argo has blown up with a lossof nine men, according to an-nouncement today. Nino of hercrew were safely landed.

The Argo was an iron steamerof 1,261 tons, owned by 11. M.Wrangell & Co. and was of Xor-weglan registry, her home port be-ing Haugesnd.

CLUB BUREAU WILLDISCUSS S. B. NO. 6

A public luncheon will be heldWednesday noon under the aus-pices of the legislature and taxa-tion bureau at the Commercialclub. The purpose is to disc issthe senate bill No. 6 relating tothe selling of water and light bymunicipalities outside of the cities'umits.

ORDERTROOP

HOME!(I iii(.-ii Prraa I.ruaril Wlrr.t

WASHINGTON, I>. ('., lan.Mi—The following tidililion-al niitioiiiil n'l.iril units havebeen ordered from tli<- borderto their home si at lon-. l<> [><>miiMeied out, tin- war depart-ment fliinouiiecri today:

TlVOa A, Cavalry, HaltcryA I'icld Artillery, OMOM,

Troop U, (Hvalry, Co. /\,Signal Corps, \\'aisliin<{toii.

Mil UNCERTAIN• liiltfit I'rrNx l.i-ux'ii \\ii, i

SAX FRANCISCO, Jan. ,tO.—The Oregon and Washingtontroops now at Calexico will not

I start north until regular troopshave relieved them, it was Matedtoday at the headquarters of theWestern department of the armytoday.

Two troops of the First cav-alry have been ordered from No-gales to relieve the guardsmen,and their movement will begin atonce.

It is estimated that it will re-quire about a week for the N'o-gales troops to complete theirmovement, permitting Northwest-ern militiamen to go home.

"Just to think they are reillycoining home!" said Mrs. I), ri.Roberts, president of the Womenof Troop B, when she was notifiedby The Times this morning thatthe troop will lie mustered out.

"It seems too good to be true!"We are planning a celebration

for them, but have been waitinguntil we were sure they were com-ing, and when, before arrangingany details.

"It will probably be a banquetat the Armory, and a number ofthe women's societies of the citywill assist."

The Women of Troop B willhold a special meeting Thursdayafternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. Al-fred Metzger, 1202 North J street,to plan the details of the welcome.

BATTLE GROUNDWEDDING HOODOO

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—Mrs. VorlsGwln McCoy, married at BattleGround, Ind., carried the hoodoothrough 19 years of married lit*.Now she Is suing for divorce.

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DANfORTH, 111., Jan. :!o.—

Mrs. O. J. Meints, wife of v farm-er living west Of lure, lillled her

four sous and her grandson bymistaking araoßtc tot puctktflour.

In the farm house today awlthe bodies of Theodore, Irvin,Mino and Kred Ifeteta, sons, andClarence Meints, grandson of SeboMelnts.

Dlscorerlng that her supply ofpancake flour was exhaustedwhile she whs preparing break-fast, .Mrs. Melnts returned to thepantry and I.>• mistake secured acan of arsenic.

(I nlia'il In-"" I.rnnoil Wlrr.)

\i:\v yoi:k, .t.-ui. :«>—Tho

cut in- North Atlantic squail-i(iii of tin- lirilMi navy Ikin

been Mtfawi itit<> viators 'ul-

juroul la Xrw York, it was

antlioritali\«l\ staled licit' tit-

day.

Report! of steamelilp masters

brought to this port and MM to.Halifax caused the. IMUMM of -'r-

deis to the squadron to mtlh fora (li'inian raider.

From source,; close to the Brit-ish consulate, it was learned "N«WYork harbor wutorti" mißht meanany spot on the Allantle within200 miles of M«W York, gtringcolor to rfOrtl of n (Jprnian rom-1Bterca ilostroyer 200 miles off Snn-[dy Hook.

Ordi-rs wpro iftsuod after Wl>ters of various Btpamships hadreported a mystprious ship aailiiißAbout.

At lpasl two steamship oapl linsdpclarcd they werp positive thevpssp! was a rtidpr.

An pmlisrgo lias bMD placedon wireless BWI»|1I reiinrliriKpositions of shi|i:- sailing amdffla^s of the allii'<l nations.

Ships from thp hasp at Halifaxanil vpsspls now doinn patrol dutyin thin vicinity will lie lirousiil U»-

\u25a0ward pacli other and will nUblUha most rinid patrol.

Humors that thp OPrman r.-udorwhich lUOCMSfttlly operated offthe poaxt of Sotith Atnerl.a washeaded in this dirpition havebrought many rumors of the pres-ence of Hip ship.

That the raider Ir expeoU'd Inthis vicinity and that the Ilritinh (

Talk o' the Times<>i'cetiii|is, did you tumMc

into the snow on your wayto work tliiN morning?

(So"d we).

It niuM be fun to be a boot-

lenner unri have tin laugh ontill the dry* and every liodywhen the .(ud«e <|uletly letsyou out afler you've served afew duys of jour term.

Each of our Judges appears tohave a specialty.

IVi-Nonull)', we believe themi. u-ni practice of burning inoil if none too harsh f»rfniln-i - who ''i-.-it in their chll-dren'H heuils in order to rol-led iiisnrjiiu< money.

And we'd use good usplial-liim-ii.iM' oil, too.

\\ h.ii has become of theold-faHltioncd man who u-edto gn to work with m )•!<\u25a0\u25a0<\u25a0 ofeKR on his < 11in about twomornings out of every week?

"Why do Americans laugh atme for wearing the clothes of mycountry?" asked Tagore, us he wasabout to sail for home. Pshaw,Tag, they didn't laugh at you anymore than they do at the collegeboys.

«."<I-,me plays r. g. oa the

EAT ARSENICEN PANCAKES

BY MISTAKEHir husband did not partake of

the poisoned cakes and Mrs.MttaU. disi uvi'ijuK that they wer«bitter ate none herself.

Her discovery came too late,however, us ;ill her sons andgrandson hud eaten heartily. Twoof them. Krod and Clarence, be-came ill shortly before noon anddied yesterday afternoon.

Irviu and Theodore died lastnight, mid Mino, thp last one tolie kept alive by emergency treat-ment administered by physicianswho hurried to the farm house,dieil todajr.

With the exception of Clarence,the grandson, who is seven, allIHe (lend were' iidultß.

WMI ONLY 200HUES OFF N. V,

I men-of-war expects to capture her,wiis pvident from the nature otpreparations.

colderTet,is forecast

"Fair and colder," announcedtho weather man Monday raorn-

| inti; and with an additional fouror five iin heb of «now on th»(round Tuecda; morning, hp stillsticl<s to his prediction, In th«faith that if lie Htlcks to it lon«

[enough it will come true.It has hepii "coldpr," at any

rate.At 7 o'clock Tuesday morning

the thermometer touched \V.'<, the| coldest it has heen this winter.! Tills Ib several decrees warmerjthtm the minimum last winter,however, which was 12.

Alternate snow and sunshineMonday and Monday night keptthe car company anxious, andcaused aiitoniohlles and po.les-irians to do straiiße xtunta on theslippery hills, and gave a chancefor many coasting parties in theevpnliiß.

All trains from the east wereKite, though the delny Is said notto have been duo to miow In Wash-ington, hut to intense cold in Mon-tana, where the trains have (rou-ble keepiiiK up steam.

STORK AT JOHITs.BAKER'S RESIDENCE

Mr. and Mrs. John S. Baker arereceiving roriKnitulations on thebirth of a daughter, who arrivedearly Sunday morninß.

liji!>kctl)tillteiiin of (JarrettliililiinlInstitute.

Advance report of the testimonyof .1. I. Morgan before the con-gressional leak committee:

"Tell the committee, Mr. Mor-gan, if you made any profit InWall street through the leak."

"I did not.""Did you have any advance In-

formation of tho peace note?""I did not.""Do you know of anyone who

had advance Information?""I do not.""Do you know of anyone who

profited through the leak?""I do not."

Sign on Commerce streetshop:

"Sh.,e Repairing WhileYou Wait mid Hhlne."

"I understand Bunker has wmirare paintings in his home.""Ybb, rare—not well done."

A Remarkable Man, This Mr.Wood*.

A special countywide poultrymeeting will be held In the FarmBureau auditorium on Saturday.At this meeting discussions onpoultry and other topics will com*up before the audience. A veryinteresting program has been ar-ranged.

The program it, as follows:"How I Produced Eggs," by Mr.

Woods.—Sewlckley (Pa.) HeraUk