CHILDREN VICTIMS OF HOSPITAL FIREWhile you are voting "No" on :

: the booze bills vote "No" on all the ;; others and on the constitutional; amendment. They are all reaction- ]• ary. ; TheTacoma Times

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mwmwmMIQHT EDITIOH*^^^WEATHER

Tacoma: Unsettled, probably[ rain tonight and Friday.

Washington: Same west, faireast portion. j

Initiates Bill to Abolish Parties In StatePETITIONS TO

BE SIGNED ONELECTION DAY

(United Pi \u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0 Leaned Wire)SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 26.- "There never has been a time when the

voter has realized the foolishness and the danger of blind partisanship as hedoes today."

So declared Councilman Oliver T. Eriekton this morning before he leftfor Olympia to file an initiative petition abolishing partisan elections fromgovernor down.

ERICKSON, IMMEDIATELY UPON HIS RETURN WILL ORGAN-IZE VOLUNTEER WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO CIRCU-LATE THE PETITIONS FOR NON-PARTISANSHIP ON ELECTIONDAY.

"We expect to get 100,000 signatures to this petition," Erickson said."The day has come to throw off the shackles of political slavery and

Washington willbe the first state in the Union to lead the progressive march.""It willrequire only 32,000 signatures in the state to initiate the measure.

It will then he presented to the legislature which under the law, must citheraccept it, or refer it to the people's votes."

DESCRIBES KILLING BRUTE HUSBAND11 nllr-T I'rru Irnnil Wlrr)

NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 26. —Blushing deeply and with eyesdowncast to eticape the stares ofa curious courtroom crowd, Mrs.Margaret Beutlnger today told Indramatic fashion why she shotand killed her husband, Christo-pher Beutinger, a wealthy coalbroker, after he had forced hisway Into her bedroom.

"He waß a most brutal manwhen amorous," she testified."From the time 1 married himuntil the night I shot him he con-tinually made demands upon methat were impossible for me tofulfill. When I refused he wouldthreaten to kill me."

tiig hs Jack .lolinsuii.The jurors cast sympathetic

glances at the pretty little womanIn the witness box as she con-tinued her story.

"He was built like .Tack John-son," she continued. "He whs ahuge man physically. He weigh-ed about 280 pounds, and, ofcourse, I was afraid of him."

Frequently Mrs. Beutingerpaused In her recital to send a re-assuring smile at her five little

Only RubberLeft For Us

The celluloid collar, likethe dodo, is extinct.

Ninety days ago the wordwent out that the wholesalercould no longer supply theretail .trade, .because .themanufacturers were unableto supply the wholesalers.

When the stock now inthe stores is exhausted, themen who have been accus-tomed to wearing the cellu-loid collars will have to fallback on the rubber collar.

Endeavorto

MaintainHaving gained a rep-utation for careful,conservative manage-ment, we shall stead-fastly endeavor tomaintain it.

PUGETSOUND

children, the white haired littleBilly Beutinger chewing gum vig-orously and his pretty little slb-ters, grouped about her sister,Mrs. Ilerron, a few feet from thewitness chair.

Prompted by Attorney McCar-ter, the woman on trial for herlife gave the jury a story of amarried life full of horror fromthe time when she left her home

TELL OFVERDUN

DRIVES(I nKr.l PreM Leased Wire.)

VERDN, via Chantilly, Oct. 26.—Battling in rain mists andolouds of smoke, the French re-captured Fort Douauunont In lessthan three hours in the brilliantoffensive that swept the mownprince back from Verdun.

The entire operation was wit-nessed by General Joffre, com-mander in chief of France'sarmies.

From an observation post inone of the Verdun forts the cor-respondent watched the FrenchInfantry launch the attack at11:40 Tuesday morning afterthree days of unprecedented ar-tillery preparation.

It was 3 o'clock when FortSouville telephoned that theFrench had reached Fort Douau-mont and were fighting about IUentrance. French officers waitedwith cool confidence for the nextword.

"We have surrounded FortDouaumont," came a message at5 o'clock.

For an hour we peered out overthe distant battle field, on thealert at the same time for somenews from the telephone. Sud-denly sharp gugts of wind liftedthe mists and the smoke clouds,revealing the tri-color of Francefloating at the summit of Douau-month.

on the island of Jamaica to niiirryBeutinger, then a (juurtermaKlpr'sclerk in the war department atWashington.

"He i>eat me when we wore inWashington," she said. "En routeto the Philippines we stopped inChicago. Ho made me get out ofbed one night there because myphysical condition made it impos-sible for me to yield to him."

HKRE'H A PACT TOPOSTOAHI) TO YOUR

FIUKXDS BACK KAST

Stanton & Hill Co. haverented 21 houses and twoapartments In 30 days.

E. J. Broseman, architect,has Just finished plans for anumber of modern houses.

Albert! Milling Co. is fin-isl.ing a (10,000 warehouseand planning a new concrete-

| pile wharf.A business block has just

been completed at South39th and Yakima, and $17,---000 worth of improvementshave been put into Silerblock, 1510 Broadway.

3ERBS AND FRENCHSCORE VICTORIES

Waited frmm Leased Wire.)PARIS, Oct. 26.—Serbian and

French troops scored several vic-tories in the fighting near Monas-tlr, it was officially announced to-day.

The Serbs captured a heightalong the Cerna river and Frenchcavalry occupied the bridges atZwersda.

TODAY'S CLEARINGSClearings $ 405,272.31Balances 60,427.41Transaction* 1,022,140.65

Sand? Well, Then Wilson Furnished It, Says PlaywrightBY MILTON HICOWKII.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—"1would call the great nationaldrama now being enacted before100,000,000 Americans 'The Day'«Work.'

"I should cast Woodrow Wil-son as the leading man and thehero, if I were considering It asmelo-drama.

"I should cast Hughes for whatwe call the comedy heavy.

"Rooeevolt would be elated forwhat In the old theatrical day*we called 'the cutwood robber.'

" 'Cutwood' was a cloth droprepresenting a forest scene and Itwas easily dropped down betweentwo stage trees. The robber wasthe fellow who skulked across Infront of this to stacoato music.In our play the leading heavy 1*the man of wealth and the leadingJuvenile is the man who Is work-ing for the average day's wage.

I was talking to AuguMuiTbomaa, the formost living Amer

The French chose the momentwhen the Germans were weakestthrough the transfer of troops andcannon to the Soinme and becauseof the unrelenting work of de-struction wrought by Frenchguns.

The French Verdun offen-sive is backed with more or-ganisation and preparationthan preceded the Homnw of-fen"lve. Both offensives, pro-ceeding simultaneously, arecalculated to crumple the en-tire Uennan front.

HTORK A FAILUREALLIANCE, O.—Machte Brus-

co promised visits from the stofT"on the payment of a generouseitm. Several "would-be dads"paid, but no stork. Now the uollceare Investigate

ALLEGEDSMUGGLERARRESTED

A systematic n< heine forKniiiKuliiiKlioo/e into I'iii'oiniiilni.a.ii employment <»n tlioMllw.HllxVi:iiliiim<l. WHK Ilip-piil i>> the police Hnd special1.111. 11~ Of ill." I'illllHilll' 111\u25a0 \u25a0 > -«I.• • \ nnii'iiiiiu. whenHi- > ui'i'CMtfyl I liiki i,n j-vt n

mm lie stepped from the (liii-

inu car on the ('oliiiublnn,ciack train from ('hlcntfo.The arrest followed discovery of

eight quarts of whisky In a suit-case concealed in pots and pansand rubbish in a clo.set In th«diner, where I.arsen has been em-ployed as third cook.

The officers have been watch-ing this train for Home time.

They claim to have informationthat Larsen obtained employmentwith the railway for the sole pur-pose of bringing in liquor forhigher-ups In Tacoma.

They also hay he hat* mailethree former trips bringing boozefrom Chicago, but have failed toget evidence against him.

l.arsen had the bottles in asuit cane bearing the name ofFred Wild, former saloon keeper,now proprietor of a soft drinkparlor at 24th and Kant L street.It developed that Ltrwn Ih Wild'sbrother-in-law.

Larf denied, however, thathe was bringing the liquor forWild.

He is being held both on astate charge and a city charge.

Yes, It's MovingThat Bothers Us

POLITICALI MEETINGS

KKIMIII/KANTliurwlay.

2 p. m.- -With Mrs. A. R. Cor-nell, 311 Iri Ht. H. X., l'uyallup.Speaker, Miss Margairt I'pjH'r.

2: HO p. m.—With Mrs. S.Schnrniaii, fi 18 South Steele.Spt'iilicr, Mr*. Francen K. llaskell-

-2:')0 p. in.—With Mrs. Don It.Rohi'ti. liltSouth 11th. Sprak-erx. Col, Alliert R. Joab, SonatnrWaltor S. Davis, Judge FremontCampliell.

2:;Ui p. m. Wllh Mrs. S. F.Maikhani, KM:; South Stlth.Siionli.TH, r. B. Uroi-kway, li. F.Maglll.

"::td p. m. -With Mrs. .lanotMltchill, r, Hi Kast L'Stli. Speak-er*. (•. Thompson and candidates.

Bp. m. With Mrs. Cora Aiiii'v,

391J North .1. Speakers, KmilSteuberg and iandidateß.

R p. in. —I'ark M. E. rhiin )i,27th Hiul WilUetton, wonien'smi-cting. Speakers, C. B. Stcv-enH, ({»> K. Kelly and candldat's.

8 p. m.- -Kapowftln, Odd F 'I-lo*s' hall. Speakers, A. 0. Bur-melHter and candldateF.

8 p. m.- -Rosedale, lioosters'hall. Speakers, Frank l.atcliauiand candidates.

I'uyftlliip, Commerilal club.Speaker, Kmil Stenberg.

I>KM(M'HATIC

TliuiNday.8 p. m. Dem. nstdqutrtoTC,

932 Pacific aye. .1. T. Boxereißii,

fornto^ .Master Knights of Nalior.

KATIOKAIi WOMAN'S I'AKTVThursday.

?, p. m.- HoiulquarlorH, «>th andA streets. SpcakerH, Miss JuliaHurliiiii't, or Miss Campbell, Htateorgiini/.tHl.

g p. in.—With Mrs. L. M. Per-kins. 1111 North WashiiiKton ft\u25a0peak*!?, Miss llurlburt or Mit-wCampbell.

Bang;, hang, bang, whack, zz-zz-zz-zz, bang, bang, bang, bang,bang!

This is the pandemonium thatdrownH the racket of the type-writers iv The Times office thisweek.

The Times ig getting readyto move from its Ninth and Com-merce corner into its own com-fortable, modern newspaper plautat 819 Pacific avenue.

MOTHER OF "HELLO GIRLS" IS WORKINGTO GET THEM BETTER LIVINGCONDITIONS

Bang, slam, bang, bang, hang,Crash!

(That was the counter thatused to run down the length ofthe business office. It just ran outof the front door.)

Cr-r-r-ash! Hey! look out;wait a minute; whta'cha doing!Hold 'er!"

(That was the editor, savinghimself by a flying leap from an

HUGHES LEAVES ONHIS FINAL (DRIVE'

(United ivr.. Leased Wire.)NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—Charles

E. Hughes began his final driveof the campaign today. Me left at8 a. in on Ills fourth and finalstumping tour—a strenuous eightday session, which will carry himinto Connecticut, Massachusetts,New York, Ohio and Indiana for34 separat eaddresees.

lean dramatist, in his quiet studyat the top of the Empire building.It is here that he writes his playsand here that he works as art di-rector of all the great Frohmantheatrical enterprises.

I had asked him as a play-wright to put In form what hethought of the political play nowbeing staged before the Americanvoter. The above Is his answer.

It was, of course, given jocu-larly. Then Thomas became se-rious. He feels very keenly thatthe present contett is of thegreatest importance to the aver-age American. To my surprise,he told me that he had worked as

avalanche of encyclopedias fromthe \u25a0naif above hln head, as thepartition in front of his desk was

\u25a0w ri-in I • \u25a0: loose.)"How do I know whether It's

an allied or a German victory,when 1 can't hear ray instru-ment?"

(That wan the telegraph opera-tor.)

"Plfa«e aHk everybody who hasnotices for me to shout them."

(That's the society editor.)Bang, bang, bang, oang, bang,

bani-'. bang, bang!(That's the anvil chorus of car-

penters.)"Are you moving?"(That's the 5,698th man who

has stuck his head inside the doorand asked the same question.)

Hence this story. The answeris "YES."

a youth as a clerk In the railroadyards in his home town of St.Louts and at 19 had been masterworkman of No. 9 Missouri As-sembly of the old Knights of La-bor.

REFERRED BILLSWILL BE DEBATED

Men and women voters are 'n-Vited to hear a discussion of thereferendum measures at the Com-man-ml club Thursday evening at8 o'clock. J. A. Shack lefore! willbe one of the speakern for thebills and A. R. Titlow and Dr.A. V. Hoyt will speak againstthem.

i \rn<|i»iii i I n:i>|iil>r AnxnHlDliiß)

KANHAH CITY, Mo., Oct. L'ti. -After i ln-ir daily work at I he.swltchlionrd, telttiihono operatorsemployeil by olio of the l>i« coni-luinlr" hore, will return lo homesBiiporvlHOf] Biid cared for by awoman especially employed forthis purpose.

Mlhn Tcusie DeutHch Ik the so-I clal mipei'viHer. Hhp Itupccti oon-Mlltioiißat the homes of operators,gives needed advice for their l>et-

torment, visits sick employers andhelpb tlit'in in misfortune.

Miijs hi'iitscli ..(!\u25a0« ,i)<|iii<;int: attheir lioniPK before they are eni-plovi'il, mid Minis *oo<l homes lorKirls from other ritios.

27 LOSELIVES INDISASTER

(I ..ii..l Prraa l.»nd \vlr»»FAHMIAM,vii.-., Oct. «fl.

—At 1 o'clock luiliiv It \\nn

reported that «( least 27 UveNlukl Ih-<mi lout in the fireuhlrli had <ti-Nini\«l tlie Ho-iiikii ('nthollc lioxpltAl at HI.l-'M/iiiipili hull .mil stablesilm-iiiK the inuln.Twenty persons were Injured In

Jumping from llie upper atorlea,about a dozen of them children.

The fact that survivon ar*scattered In homes all over th«town niakeß tlio work of coni-plllnK a list of the minting dlffl-cnlt.

When the (Ire brrffce out th«>r«wero 318 persoui In tye buN'dlnK,the majority of whom were chil-dren. They were naved by herolowork on the part of the firemenand i Hi c ii

Yesterduy morning firemanwere railed to the mime Institutionwhen h fire broke out In the iitt-r---ii" hi It Is now thouKht thU mi- <have broken out ugaln last even-Ing with miii h iliK.istroiiH results.

I In' I"', i* I'-llnliilnd at |L":.".---000 with uliout $.10,000 lnsur-ance.

Once a week Mlhh Ileutsrh in-*peetn the company's lunch roomsand svps Ihat they aip ttnnitnry.

Jllhb hi'Utsrli hopes to eHtaliiislia K.viiiiiasluin mid later a gliTsboarding home for out-of-townemployees.

Talk o' the Times

Several Othtr dwellings adja-cent ware badly damaged by wa-ter and Hiiiiiki'.

Nearly ull Inmates of the build-ing were asleep on the thirdfloor.

Iflashes!(indium, have you put a

pinHim I, on join potato bin?

Nothing hns Quite nuch poorhealth as the goose thai lays thegolden egg.

To which would yon rath-er beloiiK—« regiment or «uuion?

Ho would we.

Not that we care a small Per-sian coin, hut Washington him-self wasn't exactly enthusiastic.iiiont liis army. In a general or-der he stated:

"The British are exceedinglycareful to restrain every kind ofabuse of private property, whilstthe abandoned and profligate partof our army, lost to c.very senseof honor and virtue, as well astheir country's good, are byrapine and plunder spreading ruinand terror wherever they go,thereby making themselves moreto be dreaded than the commonenemy they come to oppose."

Soft coal, unlike an egg,can't be ninde hard by boll-Ing it.

What has become of the up-to-date girl—

Who wore a tailored shirt-waist,

Who carried a chatelainewatch,

Who helped get up tally-horides to American lake,

Who wore her hair pompadour.

Who duncpd the two-step,Who wore a btruiglit-front

corset?

NITTY KJfOWUHMHII In- hull In |v Of \'<>OZOO,

Africa, never wrap up a rhin-ocerow when a customer buysone.

A rubber cradle thatBtretchea as ilic infwut grownup lias been Invented by a,•l< •\u25a0\u25a0••rj «'ilj m"loi iii.m.

YE AXE TO GRINDHow doth ye busy candidate

Buttonhole ye reHident,As, mixing much from dawn to

late.He shouteth loud ye good in-

tent.

FROM GUI K\THA\(iEUKPAItTMKNT

FOR RKNT — Steam heatedroom and meals.—Koseoramon(Mich.) Bugle.

Cook—colored, all around,wants steady Job. —Cleveland(O.) News.

Baron Yarrensk Kharkow Au-flyagdoff shrdlu mfwyp kgkwd do doff ot Dayvenport was in townlast night.—lowa City (la.) Citi-zen.

AND IT WAHN'T I4>AI>KI>CLEVELAND, O. — This city

has been terrified by an emptyrevolver. Three boys, allegedauto bandits, under arrest, saidthey never loaded their revolvers Ibecause "they might go off." I

llnllnl |-|.-«. I r.M.I Wlr«.)SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26. —.

That Chinese shipping men, oper-ating under the American flag,may beconio a factor in trans-pacific trade Is indicated todaydy the plm-inr. of an order wltli aKilflxli olumbia shipyard for twoliners by the t'hina Mall Co.

The firm contcinplHtes purchas-ing two other steamers later on.

LAN RAIAIX.Oul.— lf aiiijiiihits hi- mother-in-law.In he cruel to liirt wife? Tlilmis the queHtion put up to Su-perior .Indite Zn.iW for <lf-

< Inloii by Xn, «'lar» Conley,who i- seekinx » dlvorre.

SAN FRANCISCO — RobertRhea sued the VVyatern Auto Kle-'---t.tic Co. (or damages when he

balked his ghlng" on a desk Intho company* office and it threwhim into a fit of apoplexy.

PORTLAND, Me.—lt's nothingto see a man wnndering aroundlooking for police headquarters,but It's something else to see po-

lice headquarters wanderingaround looking for a man. NewYork ropn have just built a $7'),---000 police headquarters harborship.

CINCINNATI, O. — Chicken*700 of them, have been providedfor the dinner to i>o given herotoday for President Wilson. Notchickens of the Broadway type,but fried southern style.

"I mw how the boy*worked, tli« nwlirhnin, thefli-i-im-n mm) the cmafincera.

1 knew thetr long hours Midth#ir often Inadequate DAT.

I am strong for them."When a man has for years writ-

ten plays that have made greataudiences laugh and cry, when in"Alabama" he wrote a play thatHenry Watterson said did moreto end sectional feeling than allthe editorials he himself had everpenned—then saying things witha "punch" comes natural. Hereare just a few that Thomas putover the plate:

"I am for Wilson for presidentbecause under htn leadership forthe first time in 20 years the soulof the nation has been articulate.

"He has begun and greatlyadvanced at restoration ofgovernment to the people;he ha** taken from Its throatthe grasp of plutocracy, andfrom IM pocket* the fingersof special privilege."Under him the expansion and

contraction of the nation's cur-rency, especially the contraction,has been placed in the people's

control."Under his application of the

Income tax great individual ac-cumulations of wealth —many ofthem the result of legislative fa-voritism—are at last paying amore nearly proportionate shareof the nation's expenses.

"Under Wilson the farmer pro-ducer who buys at retail pricesand must sell at wholesale, has atlast a banking right to borrow, aswell as other producers, who buyat wholesale prices and sell at re-tall.

"Under WUaon the menwho chain childhood to fac-tory machine* can no longermake the government a si-lent partner in exploitingtheir product."In his public utterances Wil-

son has gladdened the decency ofthe nation by substituting for

\ class tirade, personal abuse andvituperation, the orderly discus-sion of measures, tendencies and

Ideals."In this Kreat European war he

has preserved a true neutrality,as the rabid dissatisfaction of thepartisan* on both sides attests.

"With changing circum-stance* in Mexico he ha*skillfully changed methodand rounter-rheck, but neverabandoned the guiding prin-ciples of helpfulneM, charityand Justice.''In this crucial period of the

nation's life, the party which lashowing unexampled capacity forconstructive work and is movingforward at rapid pace moat notbe replaced by a standpat, evUce-rmted and embalmed cadaver fac-ing backwards, and mounted on adead horse.

"Hughe* says oar preeeatprosperity Is founded «\u25a0sand. I agree. Wilson fHr»nldlied the sand!"