FIFTY DE IN FKETRAPThe Tacoma TimesThe practice of planting fruit

and nut trees by the roadside haslong prevailed in parts of Europe.It should be adopted in the UnitedStates.

30cA \MONTH VOL. XII. NO. 286. tacoma, WA«a THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28.1915.

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WEATHER *' »Tacoma: Occasional rain.Washington: Same, west; fair

east portion, cooler east portiontonight.

SEEKS TO CLOSE DOWN CLOAK HOUSEFIRMFACES

sunsSteps to obtain a perma-

nent Injunction to rent—inthe Home Cloak <& S.dtlions.- from doing furtherbusiness in Tacoma are beingtaken toilaj* by Heputy I'i-os-

• IlIIOC -Sf'llll-11.Ho announced lilh Inten-

tion of closing down theplace following the reportedstatement of .Ih««>Ii VngeS-Imiiui, tin* manager, that hisarrest and prosecution was"all a bluff" and that he in-tended to keep on with hisbusiness in the usual way.Aiter spending a big part Of

)Mt night with Special DeputySheriff Darnell looking lof somo-t ne to go on his bond Yogell-atima;i| eared before Judge Card th'smorniug and entered a idea ofnot guilty to the charge of vlo-lating the state lottery lav.

He was released on $1,000surety bond furnished oy I. M.Heilig, theatrical man. Helllg'Bbrother George of I'orllund, Issaid to be a part owner of thecloak concern.

Patrons Combine.Vogelbaum appears to be sur-

rounded on all sides today. Notonly is he threatened with an in-junction, but the hundred or morewomen who claim to have beenduped by his alleged loiter;'scheme Into paying a lot of moneyIn for suits they never got, arereported to be combining to handhim one combined civil suit toget back their money.

As Prosecutor Selden estimatesthat at least 2,000 Tacoma wom-en have been roped into the "cir-cle of 39," the amount of thissuit may be large.

Still Doing Business.Meanwhile, the Home Cloak &

Suit House is doing business atthe old stand, 938% Pacific aye.When a visit was made to theplace this morning the door waslocked. A loud knock broughtthe face of a salesman to a one-inch crack.

"Too busy to talk," he said."No, Mr. Yogelbaum is not in.We're still doing business, yes."

The salesman blocked the waybut gave way after a little per-suasion. Inside were about d>ot the patrons trying to get thebest merchandise they could findfor the money which their "tick-ets" showed they had paid in.

No Money Hack.Vogelbaum, true to his word,

is still refusing to refund any ofthe money paid in on the alleg-ed suit lottery. He offers hissuits for the sum which appearson the ticket, plus whatever cashhe wants for the suit beside.

The patrons will have a goodcivil cause of action, lays theprosecutor, Inasmuch as the con-tract by which they agreed to payin BO cents a week with thechance of getting a free _ult willnot hold water. It is not :-lgned

Vogelbaum is expected to usethe same argument in his owndefense.

SavingsIt is not so much the

amount of money wemake, as it is the man-ner in which we expendit. It is not the purposeof this Bank to makeany suggestion-, to any-one, how they shouldconduct their affairs,but to anyone who isInclined to preservesome of their earningsfor use in the futureyears, we most respect-fully offer the servicesof a Bank conductedfor the benefit of thepeople.

rfJOKT SOUND STATEBANK

1115 Pacific Aye.

SHUTTLEDBy E. A. Peters

"The human shuttle!"When the Tacoma pollie.

yesterday afternoon took anold, gray-bearded man to IheMiiimfpnl tlock, purchased aone-day ticket to Seattle, andwalked him across the gang-plank to the deck of a Malt-ing steamer, there was dis-closed n "human shuttle"that is working continuouslyliclween the two Sound cities.

The shuttles are men andwomen — beggars, cripples,women of the street, menpalsied with age, old womenwithout homes or friends.

—Lke the silent, ceaselesswork of a weaver's bobbinthese creatures—derelicts onthe face of the earth—arebeing shuttled backwardsand forwards, always mov-ing, always watched.

fore. The police put niiii on asteamer to Seattle. H* stayedin thai. city a few days, uiilil thepolice there became acquaintedwith hlni —and soon tired of kin.

Hack he came to Tacoma. Histicket had been purchased by |Seattle officer. The nt«\iini-r of-ficers had been told to make sure(hat he leaves the boat at Taco-ma. itussell was helpless. Hewandered about Tacoma Tor a dayor so, hungry, too old to mil him-self, then was locked up.

Yesterday he was slippel intoa bobbin-carrier of the police. Aticket was bought. A whisperedmessage was given to the steam-ship captain. A nod of thehead. Hussell was half .jerked,half shoved over (he gangplank,and he was off again on anotherof those journeys the police furn-ish those who are old, or ne-glected, or helpless, or outcast.

• . •llussell was not consulted,

of course not. He was notgiven a chunce to ask fov thecharity that our iiiiinii ipali-lii-s are supposed to supply.

He was jerked by (he col-lar, given a purling word of

"II«»al it—and don't comeback," ami left lo the fatesthai look after such as he.

Kvery day the Seattle policesend outcasts and delinquents -moral, mental and phyidca!—toTacoma.

Our sister city has no moreidea of assisting these .-real lire*,apparently, than has Tacoma.

Each day they come stu mulingup the passage-way of the Muni-cipal dock and louch into th imaw of the city. Almost every-day the Tacoma police pay fromtheir emergency fund for asteamboat ticket; and put somehelpless person on tlie boat north-ward bound.

• • •They're shipped about like

so much cattle. Only cattlewould be fed and given pro-per care! These personswhom the polite cull unde-sirables are shipped off v ithempty bellies, cold, cheerless,vindictive.

Is it any wonder tintcrime continues—that l»eg-gnrs snarl—that street wom-en say there Is no hope.

Yesterday's victim was M Hus-sell, aged, infirm. Kusjell hasbeen In jail several times. Hedeserves assistance from those or-ganizations that claim to beworking for the needy.

This old man was shipped he-

CYNTHIA GREYDRAWS MORAL

By Cynthia GreyI have just extricated myself

from the mob of indignant womengathered In the corridor in frontof the Home Cloak &. Suit Co.

Almost every emotion was dis-played upon the faces of thoseabout me — anger, disappoint-ment, contempt and disgust.

The lesson I gleaned from thebroken bits of conversation com-ing from UMM duped customersis well worth serious contempla-tion on the part of every womanshopper.

met1 was especially impressed by

one poor little woman, scarcelyout of her 'teens, scantily clad,holding a tiny babe in her arms,who walked slowly away withtears in her eyes on discov-ering that the few dollars shecould so ill afrord to lose appar-ently had been gobbled up._

I .Next to me was a middle-aged

woman. The lines in her race ex-posed years of toil and struggle.

"Itwas this way with me," she

WOMAN FIGHTINGFOR THREE CENT

ELECTRIC LIGHT

Mrs. Charlotte C. Rhodes, pies-

ldent of the Woman's party ofChicago, supported by the cl'ibwomen of Chicago, has com-menced a national campaign forthree-cent electricity, five-centgas and "penny telephones."

said. "I have worn this coatthree winters already and you caneasily see that it will barely holdtogether another.

"Still I could not afford to buya suit or coat and pay cash for it,so when a solicitor from theHome concern called at my houseand explained their system, itsounded reasonable, I thought,and I saw my chance to get amuch needed suit by paying asmall sum each week.

"Of course 1 was happy, but Itdidn't last, in all, 1 have paid$15. Not until 1 called at thestore to see about getting my suitdid 1 realize how badly 1 hadbeen taken in.

"Suits they were offering for$15 and $25 could be purchasedat established suit houses for $8to $10.

"Now If I had only knownenough to have saved that moneymyself and waited a couple moremonths, with all of it together Imight have gone to one of thestores and gotten a decent suitor coat. Yes, I have gray hairs,but 1 guess it's true that we nev-er get too old to learn. Well, nomore extra specral bargains likethis for me."• • •

Moral: Steer clear of any andall Bonielhing-for-nothing con-cerns; they are in the gamestrictly for the purpose of bleed-ing a too confident public.

Remember first, last and all ofthe time that in this day of theworld, you can't get somethingfor nothing.

! Patronize your permanentlyJestablished local merchants whospend a good share of their prof-its in your city. Their principalinterests are here, and for thisreason, ir for no other, they canat least be relied upon.

SERBIA UNDERGRINDING MILLVIENNA, Oct. 28.—Serbia's

defenders are being ground be-neath an irreslstable offensive,driving from three sides. TheTeutons are still plowing south-ward with steady progress alonga 100-mile front.

Austrian forces are In com-mand of the western frontier,while the Bulgars co-it.-nl theeastern frontier. Germany must|gain a stronger - control of thejrailroad to Salonlkl before troops,can reach Constantinople.

FURNACE MEN'SWAGES UP 69 PCT.

CUMBERLAND. Oct. 28. —Blast furnace workers' wageshave Increased 69 per cent sincethe beginning of the war.

FRENCHCABINETRESIGNSPARIS, Oct. 28.—The resigna-

tion of the entire French c.iblnet,|headed by Rene Vivian!, was an-nounced officially today.

Following the res'gnntionsPresident Poincare asked AristideBrland, vice president of counciland m'nlster of justice, 11 forma new ministry.

Who They Are.The members of the retiring

cabinet are Rene Vlviaul, pre-mier; Aristide Brinnd, vi-n-pres I-dent of council and minlstor ofjustice; M. Delcasse, minister offoreign affairs; L. Malvy, minis-ter of the Interior; A. Miller.md,minister of war; M. Augngneur,minister of marine; A. Ribot,finance; Albert Sarrant, publicinstruction; M. Thomson, com-merce; Marcel Sembat, publicworks; (laston Dumers-ue, col-onies; Fernand David, agricul-ture; Blenvenu-Martin, • labor,Jules Cuesde, without portTolio.

Nation Dissatisfied.France's dissatisfaction with

recent war developments loomsup back or the resignation or thecabinet. The people are not' sat-isried with the progress made-bythe French armies in the westnot the tailure of the diplomatsto win Bulgaria to the allies'!cause.

The crisis has been orewingfor some days and broke with theresignation of Foreign MinisterDelcasse. Premier Vivinni at thattime assumed Delcasse's post inaddition to his own. The resig-nation or the entire cabinet, how-ever, came as a surprise toParis.

It Is thought the resignationmay lead to the dlßSblutlo'i of theBritish cabinet.

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For Poor Folks'ThanksgivingManager Moore of the Com

lonlal theater announced todaythat he will give his first charingmovie show, for the benefit ofthe poof people's Thatil:sglvii_J*fdinner, next Saturday.

All proceeds from the fuHday's exhibition will go to theThanksgiving fund, handled hytlm social service board. ""Moor*has offered to hold similar show*on three Saturdays before Thanks-giving

The first show will especiallfappeal to children, the featurefilm will he "The Fairy and theWaif," a fairy play, and with itwill he a clean comedy and •travel picture. . _

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EDISON TELLS HOWU. S. MUST PREPARE

U)S ANUKLEH, Oct. 28.—Holding that Ihe war of the futurewil lie a war of machinery, Thomas A. Edison, head of the newclv4Ji_n naval invention hoard, today outlined some of the Ideas forpreparedness be will p___ if congress grants his committee a big ex-perjnienltil laboratory. They include:

k Development of an invisible submarine i>eriscope—the "eye oftuelsiihmai'iuc."

J Improvement of submarine engines.C Development and improvement of aeroplanes and engines.J Creation of s|>eeial machinery for making shells.' ('realion of a new brain supply, through organi/.ation of the

."ifMMin engineers of the lulled Slates.| Among the ideas already completed by 11. S. experts, Edison said,

is bne for I trench-digging machine, which could rip out a tunnelsix, feef deep, three feet wide, and 26."i feet long In an hour.

J "Until we have made every harbor Impregnable," he said, "andare) in n position to supply enough machinery, artillery and ammuni-tion to accommodate a trench running from Maine to Florida, we areunprepared.''

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CHILDRENARE THEVICTIMS

PMABODV, .Mass.. Oct. 2H.—At least M children per-ished here today In a terrlfl\u25a0

tin- caused by an explosionin the basement of St. John'sparochial school. The agesof the deud range from (4 to12.

T»velve more children willprobably die.

The explosion occurredjust as ii7_ or i In- chlldre-ihad gathered for the morn-ing session.The bodies or the II victims

have been found and it seems cer-tain that there ure many momIn the ruins.

By this time the townsfolk hadguthered below, beseeching thewhite-raced children In the wiu-dows not to leap until theybrought blankets to use as lifenets.

Some ol them obeyed. Crylnfand protesting they crowdel thewindows while the flames drewnearer. Others jumped -whilemen below tried to catch themIn outspreud overcoats.

Then the blankets werebrought. Forming a ring the moafirmly held tho edges of the im-provised nets, saving aseore. ofchildren when they plunged fromthe windows. Many were Injur-ed leaping.

Held in a Trap.Because there were no fire es-

capes the children were hell in atrap without a chance. PuFhinfthrough Uie flames many reachedthe main door to find it Jammedwith bodies. It opened inward,and they were compelled eitherto jump from the windows orperish.

Mothers insane with grief, halfnaked children rushing vildly Inthe midst of crowds which guth-ered about a sco re of broken,charred bodies stretched in a rowon the ground—this was thescene this afternoon us the fire-men delved among (he charredtimbers for more bodies.

Doors Opened Inward.Many of the children were

jammed In the doorway aidcrushed to death as they sougiitto escape in the panic whi'u l'il-lowed the explosion.

The firemen found a pitifulsight when they finally forced themain entrance. Piled behind ftwere tiny bodies, charre I andcrashed. Homo of the childrenhad been suffocated. Other* hadbeen trampled. Many were un-recognizable.

Sister Aldcgon proved her-self a heroine when, witli theriuiues muring behind her,she Hiin-.I 25 i liililn,i bydropping them from .. win-dow into the outstretchedarms of men below.

The other 15 nuns workedwith rare courage.

[ flashes.LONDON—British cruiser Ar-

gyle wrecked off coast of Scot-laud.

Doors opening inward wcr. re-sponsible for many deaths.

Fire department official* de-clared today the building waß averitable Hre-trap.

Before the first horrific 1 chil-dren could swing them back theywere swept ulong Into the fatalcrush of little bodies.

Jump I nnii \\ liiilu'is.Many ran to windows and

jumped in bewilderment. Neigh-bors caught the tiny forms Inoutspread blankets and in tholrarms.

When the firemen arrived theyfound the main doors jammedwith bodies. The fire was be-yond control. The flames spreadso rapidly the children attempt-ing to escape down the Stairway.were confronted by billows ofsmoke. Most of the children onthe lower floors escaped, butmany were trampled. Twentychildren were seriously '.njured.

The building had no fireiTihis Town of 69,000 Has j

14 Public Tennis Courts;Plans City Golf Links

escapes.The fire was discovered by a

sister who smelled smoke in the,basement. Investigating, sheround the lower hall en/elopedIn names. At once an alarm wassounded, and as calmly «_ sincould, so as not to frighte i tnechildren, the black-robed nun toldthem to leave by the side doors.

\u25a0VANBV-LLB, Ind., Oct. 28.—(Special.) —Evansvllle, with apoguilatlon or (19,000 by the lastcensus, has 14 public tenniscourts.

They are being steadily in-creased In number. Tennis Iscoming to be recognized as thecoming amateur sport in Evans-vllfe and as the number of play-ers increases the number ofcourts increases.

While the courts were first es-tablished In parks in the sectionwhere the well-to-do reside theworkingmen's section now havetheir tennis courts also.

Tine courts have all oeen laidout in public ground. Thoy areunder the management of thesch»o! board but two of them maybe '.managed by the park boardnext year.

the work is done by men em-ployed by the chief engineer ofthe}school board and the cost Hnot? separated from the generalcost of keeping up school prop-erty. No one ever talks about\u25a0the*-cost.I The city has just spent $60,000on ia municipal baseball park

lire 11AREST—Russian fleet,bombarding Varna, Bulgarianport on Black sea.

WASHINGTON, D. C—Gover-nor Ferguson or Texas asked pres-ident for more troops to quellbandit raids.

NEW YORK—Government of-ficials declare arrets of five sus-pects In alleged German dyna-mite conspiracy only sera teheesurrace of plot.

WASHINGTON, I). C—Guard-ed Inquiries of foreign belliger-ents concerning opening ofpeacD proposals lead American of-ficials to believe Germany ig onverge of asking for settlement.

SEATTLE— Dorothy Gerber, incourt recently with Ralph Debit,Yoga cult leader, on statutorychurge, files papers for divorcefrom Gerber.

T- Talk o 9 the Times -»

where amateur us well as pro-fessional games are played.

A park is being improved withdrives, lakes and municipal con-cert and dance hall.

This has somewhat depletedthe city's revenues, but a muni-cipal golf course probably willbe built wlthlng a year or two.

I What's Doing 1Today

Smoker, Tacoma School of Box-ing; Oltde rluk; 8 p. m.

Ancient Order of Hibernians,assisted by Ladles' Auxiliary;Hallowe'en party; St. Leo's hall,8 p. m.

TomorrowLecture, Wesley L. Jones,

"Washington, the CaplUl City;"First Swedish Lutheran church;So. Bth and I; evening.

Hallowe'en party, youn.'i* peo-ple's unions of all churches andY. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A,,evening.

Orderly at First.For a few minutes while they

were in their class rooms thechildren maintained perfect or-der. Then as they marched intothe halls the thick, hot smok?poured toward them and id'flames crackled near them.

Terror seized the sistersami children simultaneously.Seeing their charges helplessthe teachers ordered them tobreak ranks and a rush fordoom and windows follow,st.

Ladies! This SurelyIs "Your" DayThe educational effect of advertising Is very important. For instant*

•day we pick up our newspaper and note a Ladies' Coat advertiso-meut.

**><->•* \u25a0«» «»>Feist & l!a< linn h announce the extraordinary news that for $2 yonhave your choice of IS4I Ladies* (J oats.9 '•!'\u25a0 \u2666.-"•_'',*.'_#• 9 9The Times' advertising is always "good," bnt this is "better diss-ever."9 9 9 9 9 9Dollar Day Is always interesting to the economical housewife—

\u2666 \u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666Stone-Fisher has » host of rich bargains for Times readers—turn topage 8.\u2666 \u2666 \u2666 \u2666 \u2666 4)Paulson's, Inc., tells the value of a dime in a fine list of useful arti-cles that should be carefully gone over.9 <P \u2666 4> 4> 4>Half Price Sale of mighty good remnants—so says Peoples Stum afton page :».\u2666.....\u2666.. 4 .'.\u2666\u25a0\u2666' \u2666All through the ads yon will find daily: hints of a valuable nature oabow to live—how to tires*\u25a0\u25a0how to buy—economically.

Read the ads. ml

[: We note that the name of the\u25a1nan sent to Tacoma to aapu-o In--terest in a larger navy is—Bullitt.

A kick to the rlghl placemay make a ffwtliallhero—

* or bring a tool to bis sense;.

They might just as well now

turn The Hague into an am-munition factory and be donewith it.

Sticking to a special dietis easy enough. If yon don'tlet it Interfere with jourregular meals.

Those Germans must have someIrish blood in 'em.

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