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class carriage in n train supposedly
carrying only women and children out
OF the way Of the Beers bombarding
guns. he got through the enemy's lines
and south to the British colonial seat
of Government at Cape Town.
There he was given the command of
5000 Cavalrymen, and that wonderful
race to, the north stands to-day as an
unsurpassed example of daring and de-
termination. Gen. French and his men
kept ever on day and night and reached
their goal. Kimberley, just In time to
save 1t from surrender
Gen French is both brilliant and per-
sistcnt. He eXomplified these traits
when Gen. Won Kluck, after days OF bat
Ting and sacrifice. asked for an armis-
tlGe in which to bury his dead. Gen.
French suspected n ruse and promptly
and CURLY refused the request, saying.
as he hammered away at the enemy's
yielding lines, 81 never halt n job until
the work Is done" This Is the man
who IL leading what Emperor William
Is said to have described as that con-
temptible little British army" Gen.
French has imbued his entire fighting
force with his relentlessiy aggressive
spirit. Nearly all of the men who are
his division leaders are tried soldiers of
more than fifty years Of age; some of
them are even older.
Gen. Joseph Joffre. the French com
mander in chief. is 90, and until about
a year ago he was virtually unknown to
the military world Then he shocked
the Partisan public. after the annual
manGuvres, by brusquely Diminishing
number OF the most popular OF the
French generals. and he was instru-
mental In inaugurating the three year
period of active service with the colors
Joffre IL not n man of many words
In fact conversation may be termed his
short suit, but he Is abundantly active
His military service has been long and
Observation-Disclosures inasmuch as he
has always taken the work cut out for
him seriously and has done It thor
oughly and well. More than any other
man. he has prepared the French army
for its present struggle, and IL leading II
to-day as he planned and with consum-
mate strategy.
Major Gen. Paul Marie Cesar Jerald
Pau is one armed veteran of the
FranCo-Prussinn war; he numbers
threescore years and six. He IL
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Interesting Psychological Situation
Offered by Men Holding Reins in Con.
hict-..What Makes Great Generals

natural born fighter; indeed like some
OF his British allies. 1t has been said
he would not know 1t n he were
whipped. 1t was in this spirit that he
fought in 1901. and his aggressive
ness Ia not diminished to-day despite
the gathered years. Gen. Pau is ex-
tremely popular with the French public
and the French soldier. and he was
called back from his retirement to take
the field as Joffres second in command.
We know what he has been doing on
the right OF the French front in Alsace,
and the grip he has upon that lost
province he Is not likely to loosen unless
utterly overwhelmed by a superior
force.
Gen. de C1irleres de CaStelnau OF
the General STAFF Is the third OF the
commanding trio OF the French army
and Is we'll up in the sixties Gen. CAL
lieni. in charge of the defences Of Paris,
Is In the neighborhood Of 20.
Old age in the German army might
almost be said TO be the hallmark OF
military aggressiveness, for one of the
most active men in the field is Count
Gottleb Won Huelsen-Haeseler. Despite
his seventy-eight years this gallant old
soldier has displayed his energies beside
those of men many years younger and
has not suffered by the test. Indeed
the story is told of him that recently
in the campaign against tho allies he
took a Frenchman prisoner with his
own hands The enemy were routed.
but instead of leaving it to his juniors
to lead in the pursuit he took that
dangerous duty upon his own shoulders,
sending his subordinates to the rear
and to safety. Then It was that he
made the capture reported. Certainly
this Ia going some in a man Of nearly
fourscore years!
Field Marshal holman Won der Goltz
Is the second oldest general. being II
that the Kaiser has sent to the western
war zone. Won der Goltz became inter-
nationally conspicuous when the Turk
ish army. which he had recognized
was beaten by the Bulgars and their
allies. The Turks would probably hav,
suffered worse had 1t not been for the
manner of their training under thii
! splendid teacher. For more than hall
a century Field Marshal holman Won
/ der Goltz has been writing on military
| subJects and fighting betmes. His
/ usefulness as an adviser has not been
! impaired by his gathering years. and his
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Heaviest Responsibilities Have Been
Placed on Men of Fifty Years
of Age or More

and failure 20 prevent Butchers juno
ture with Wellington had crippled Ma
poleon. was The oldest Of the French
Marshals. and he had the advantage OF
his imperial master only by about three
years Was IL his age. as years, that
hampered his efficiency?
At the same time there was Gen.
Gneisenau Of Biuchers army a man
Of nearly 90. and it was upon him that
fell the responsible task of pursuing
In relentless Prusslan fashion the
French as they retreated from Water
loo 1t was the splendidly aggressive
manner in which he did his work that
made i, possible for the allies 10 march
with ease and speed to Paris. Here
also vas a man of wide and varied mill
tary service. Twelve months 81 his
career had been spent in the pay Of
George III. against the American Colo
nlsts. and he had learned there the
value Of sklrmishins tactics and quick
ness OF action.
What OF that splendid military trium-
vira,e Of King william L. Room and
Moltkp. whose united services put the
German Empire upon it, firm founda-
ton? When Gen. Won MOltke returned
from kpnirgrntz after the Austrian
campaign ~ 1866 ne was So years old
and yet heavier duties were 10 he placed
upan him in behalf Of the fstherland
He Il was who planned the campaign
against France. and by his mastery
grasp ~ detail and resources made IL
possible 90 muster the forces that car
ried all before them I'm lS10-7l.
Gen. Won Room was hut three years
Won NJ it,e's Junior. and his fame may
vel rest secure upon his successful
efforts in rcorganizlng the rrussian
army for IT, memorable campaign
against the last of the French EN-
perors william l. when lie led his
armies in,o France was - years old,
but he showed that ne could share the
riEors Of field service with hls soldiers.
Gen. Winfield Scott was made Com
mandcr in Chic. Of :he United States
Army in lSil. Al thai time he was
5j years old Six years alter he led our
troops into Mexico and crowned his
work there ~ the capture of the capt.
IA, Upon him fell the first RESPONSE
b!N,y OF military action IN 1861, but he
was too old 10 20 ~ the front and was
retired from active service IN the
aItamn % !nat year.
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A STRIKING feature Of the war
IA In Europe Ia the mature years
OF the battle leaders Youth,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Aug. ia statement
issued by President Wilson today regarding the
European conflict is in part folows
MY fellow cOuntrymen: L suppose every
thoughtful man in America has asked himself
what influence the European may exert upon
America i take the liberty of addressing a few
words to and point out that it is entirely with
in our choice what the effect upon us shall be and
urge most earnestly upon you the sort of speech
and conduct which will best safeguard the nation
against distress and disaster
Everyone who really loves America will act
and speak with true spirit of neutrality which is
a spirit of impartality fairness and friendness
to all concerned. The spirit of the nation in this
critical matter will be determined largely by what
individuals and those gathered in public meetings
do and say; what newspapers and magazines
tain; what ministers utter from the pulpit; what
men proclaim their opinions the street.
''Our people drawn from many nations,
chiefly from nations now at war. 1t is natural and
inevitable that there should be the utmost variety
of sympathy and desire among them in regard to
the circumstances of the conflict. Some will wish
one nation, others another to succeed in the
mentous struggle.
1T will be easy to excite passion and difficult
TO allay it. Those responsible for exciting it will
assume a heavy responsibility. For no less thing
than the people of America, whose love for coun-
try and loyalty TO their government should unite
them as Americans all bound in honor and affec-
ton to think first of her and her interests may be
divided into camps of hostile opinion, hot against
each other and involved in itself in impulse
and opinion, if not in action
"Such divisions amongst us would be fatal To
our peace of mind and might seriously stand in
great nation at peace and the one people holding
itself ready to play the part of impartial media
ton and speak cOunsels of peace and accommOda-
tion not partisan but friend.'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
Cam Ed
GOODS
High
M A N IPULATORS OF
FOOD GAMBLERS
LAYS HEAVY
HAND ON Ia
COMA

The gambling OF eastern food
Dafohs In foodstuffs following
the announcement of the Euro
pean war has extended TO can
GOODS ana It's effect II TO be felt
in Tacoma.
Local market men were noti-
fled today that canned goods now
being prepared for consumptis>.
from this years crop will come
at a material advance over the
prices quoted on commodities
now In stock. Corn, beans. peas
and tomatoes and like eatables
VIII be higher when the new crop
comes on the market. An adj
vance of ten cents a crate is al
ready being quoted on future or
ders in these lines.
Hope for Probe.
While the market quotations
today remained the same as yes
terday the feeling prevails that
the high price 0Btitude has not
yet been reachebIn spite of the
investigation started by officials
i'm the east.
Market men here are of the
opinion that local jobbers are ap-
parently as helpless in the high
price situation as the retailers,
the blame for the uncomfortable
conditions being placed on east
ern men who are i'm a position to
control the world markets.
while ] believe that speeuIa-
tion is back of this Increase I
don't think local jobbers have
anything to do with IT," said N.
A. Kopf. of Kopf q KiImer.
From what l can learn they
were caught by the increase the
same as the retailers. L don't
believe the local wholesalers
would deliberately enter such a
scheme to boost prices above
normal"
Gold Storage.
Cold storage men say today
that there is no local attempt be-
ing made to place butter, eggs
and other such commodities in
storage, but to the contrary, that
the stored products are now be-
ing placed on the market.
F. l.. Denman, of the Paeific
Cold Storage Co.. said: mo
butter or eggs are going into
cold storage. This IL the time
of the year such stuff IL taken
out and always has been. The
outward movement will keep mp
until January when the goods
will go in a rush.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
RY MARY ROYLE O.REIILIY.


LONDON, Eng, aug. Is. -
Thousands of American tourists
are still in Europe. And, though
American ambassadors and con-
suis are pulling all the official
wires at their command in an
effort to pull their countrymen
out of the zone of danger there's
little hope that steamship sehed-
ules Will be restored for weeks to
come.
The conditions on the continent
are appalling. Thousands Of
Americans are stranded without
means or opportunity to reach
q place of safety. In the Swiss
Oberland, the cities of the Zuyder
Zee, the German Netherlands, the
Rhine villages, at cures like
Wiesbaden or Marienbad, Ameri-
can women and girls are bottled
up in little quiet villages where
fhey lived in absolute ignorance
of what was TRANSPORTING in the
big world, with no iptimation of
the European conflagration so
soon to break,
Only on July 81 did travellers
in Germany learn that "his ma
jesty, the king and emperor, has
declared a state of war for his
royal dominions." Ignorant of
German, without passports, de-
pending on scraps of intelligence
already out of date, they were
from the first practically prison
ere of war.
Saturday mornings August L,
Paris seemed quiet. only one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
ToDAY's CLEARINGs
EUROPE PAYS
ITS FIGHTING MEN

The Russian soldier is the
most poorly paid in all the
world. A private in the
ranks of the army of the
car gets $37S a year, com
pared to $3.50 to 5000 the
United States pays its men of
the ranks. England pays its
privates $s6.15 year,
France 5000, Germany
$3.50. Austria $s.12. Re
member, these figures are for
a whole year and represent
the total amount of cash
paid the fighting men in that
period.
A Russian major general
gets only s762 a year, OF
about as much as the Unit
ed States pays it's sergeant
majors, the highest noncom-
missiOned rank. Our major
generals get $4,000 q year.
The other countries e much
more generous with officers
of higher rank and paw a
minimum of about halt the
United States standard
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
AIM ERICkN
WOMEN TN
MAD RUSH

could obtain no change fol a five
franc ($1D note. Outside Cook
Tourist Agency a chalked mess
age notified inquiring travellers
that all excursions were cancelled
by order of the government. Get
out of Paris as soon as you can.
You may not be able to leave to-
morrow" said the consul. Amid
weller of rumors and alarms,
through streets choked with NOV
ing artillery and columns of in
fsntry, crowds of Frenehmen
hurrying to join the colors, un-
able to find food, to change
money, to secure taxis, thousands
of American tourists poured out
of France.
France was bad. Germany
was worse. Foreign automobiles
had their tires taken off to be
searched for war correspondence
and every car was searched for
bombs.
A party of American girls told
me of their experience in
Cologne. "At midnight of Aug
ust 1 our hotel was suddenly TAX
en- possession of by German sol
diers. There was no time to be
lost. There were no porters. We
carried our own trunks between
us, three girls to two trunks, to
the railway station. They were
heavy with pretty clothes and
souvenirs, but we had to leave
them behind"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
MAYOR WARNS MINISTER
To KEEP OUT OF PROBE

Il want to say that Mr.. Nc
Ginnis had better be quiet and
not interfere in his affair, or
he'll find himself in trouble"
threatened Mayor Fawcett today.
Several days ago, when the
charges against the police de-
partment were aired, re-
ported to Commissioner Mills
that a house of prostitution was
reported as running at s11
street. Mills. 1 suppose. sent
warnfnp IN the house"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
II. MeGinnis, head OF

Rev. Z. p. McGlnnis, head OF
Tacoma's social service board.
Who made an inspection of down
town Tacoma with Rev. Edward
=. Bergman and Two policemen,
nov stands in line for an attack
by Mayor Fawcett.
The pastor. taking with him
two we'll known officers as a
warning 20 all persons I'm the al
legged vice district, found every
thing fairly quiet and made a
public report to that effect.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
HELP RED CROSS

In a letter received from J.. e.
Chilberg of Seattle, treasurer in
this state for the American Red
Cross society, the Commercial
club was authorized to take sub
scriptions for Red Cross work in
the European war.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

LONDON. Aug. 1s.-In case
Japan goes to war with Germany,
she will confine her chief activi-
ties to the China seas, according
to the following statement issued
by the British official news bu-
reau:
IT Is understood the action of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18
HIN. Tinker
SAYS

Times are good, he says
his business is grow
ing every day.
He says there seems to
be a tendency for peo-
pie to deposit with the
Puget Sound State
Bank-who have never
had an account before.
He says he will allow
accounts to be started
for $1.00 or more.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

Japan will not extend to the Pa
cific beyond the China seas. ex-
cept as necessary to protect ship
ping lines in the Pacific. nor in
Asiatic waters westward of the
China seas. nor in foreign terri
tory. except territory In German
occupation ON the Asistic coati-
nent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

WASHINGTON, ID.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.,
Aug. 1s.-"Germany is be-
tng Blsiigned, her motives
misunderstood and miscon-
st<ued and her campaign
szeliber.tely misE-epresented
90 foster an anti-German
sentiment i'm America" This
a the gist of the complaint
received by Secretary Bryan
from the kaiser. The en-
peror resented the charge Of
responsibility for the war
and declared that Russia is
90 blame.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-18

SAN DIEGO, Aug. Is. = The Japanese
cruiser Idzumo left port here last night, decks
cleared for action, under orders to follow the
German cruiser Leipzig which steamed out of
San Francisco harbor yesterday afternoon 1--WE
shall follow the Leipzig wherever she goes"
admitted Capt Moriyama, of the Idzuma.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-30

Menace of film famine" which
because of the war threatened to
hurt the American moving picture in
dustry, has been banished. Moving
picture film is being made. out Of
SKINNED milk
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-03-26
WEEKS NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS

The ten-hour woman's labor law OF
Massachusetts was upheld as consti-
tutional by the Supreme Court.
Plants, seeds and cuttings may go
through the mails at fourth-class rates
in packages weighing more than eight
ounces. by a bill which passed the
Senate and now goes to the House.
An increase of s7,565,OOO in the
army appropriation bill was made by
the Senate military affairs committee
in reporting the measure to the SEN
ate. The amended bill carries an ap-
preparation of s10l 900.
Representative Taylor's bill for es-
tablishing ten mining experiment sta
tions to improve labor, health condi-
tions and efficiency operations-On
to be in Alaska anL the others in
mining states in the West-was favor
ably acted upon by the mines commit.
tee and now goes before the House.
Practical admission that the regis
nation of Charge d'Affaires Nelson
Shaughnessy at Mexico City may be
n development of the not distant fu.
ture coupled with the declaration that
II he does quit It will be solely because
of i'll health. was n feature of Presi-
dent Wilson's talk to newspaper men,
To get first.hand information in con.
nection with the construction of the
governments railroad in Alaska re
Gently authorized by Congress at n
cost of s35,OOO0O0. Secretary Lane of
the Department of the Interior, as the
personal representative of President
Wilson, will make an extended trip
to Alaska during the coming summer
John Lind, President Wilson's en-,
voy. may make a trip OF observation
over that portion of the Mexican re.
public controlled by the fedorals as a
result OF his conference at Vera Cruz
with the Mexican foreign minister,
Jose Lopez Portillo y Roias The rec
ommcndation was made by the minis.
ter at Mexico city, who said that Lind
appeared 10 be fayorably impressed
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-03-26
Minor Mention.


April 9.-Gencral Irrigation Conference
at Denver
May 12-i4-state Council OF Junior Or
der Of American Mechanics, at Colo
rado Springs.
July l3-l4-Grand Lodge Session
+. o. Elks at Denver.
Sept; lt.-Colorado State Fair at Pu-
1sl5.-Last Grand Council of North
American Indians at Denver.
Governor Ammons has designated
April oath as Arbor Day.
George l.. Hosmer of Fort Morgan
was appointed collector OF customs OF
Colorado by President Wilson.
State Treasurer NJ. A. Leddy filed
his report for the quarter ended Feb
ruary 2sth with Governor Ammons.
Commissioner Otto f. Thum of Den
yer, who has been i'll two weeks with
threatened attack of typhoid fever,
is convalescing
William Sawyer, who died at Grand
Junction, left his entire estate of s2O,-
Socialist party.
Little hope is held out for the re-
covery of Henry Lee, aged Denver
citizen, who was run down by an au-
tomobile two weeks ago.
new English Lutheran church.
the third to be organized in Denver
was opened with impressive ceremony
at 1850 Williams street
+ Preparations are being made to
have the most elaborate automobile
show Denver has yet seen in the Au-
ditorium, March Both to April 4th.
A Daby girl about five weeks old,
wrapped ia swaddling clothes, was
found on the doorstep of the George
A. Gano home at 1886 East Colfax ave
nue. in Denver
Mrs. Lavina j. j. Patterson died at
her home, l439 Williams street, Den
yer, after an Illness of five days. She
was eighty years old and lived in Den
yer twenty years.
More than / 900 acres of beets have
been contracted for 1914 by the Great
Western Sugar Company at Longmont
according to statement issued by
Manager n, h. McCreery.
All attempt dl DldChlldll rs tlit ar
swer made by George w. Hefiner to
the $4,000 damage suit for assault
filed by Miss Myrtle Trotter in the
District Court in Denver
Oscar Cook, who was sentenced to
death for the murder of Patrolmau
William Mcpherson and given a new
trial by the Supreme Court, will enter
his plea in Denver April 18th.
Sunday, May 18th, there will be a
| celebration in Denver in honor of the
hundredth anniversary of Norway's
Independence. Church services will
The Arvada enterprise., 1914-03-26
FOREIGN.

Cotton valued at s2,50O,0OO was de-
stroyed by fire at Bombay, India. 1t
was stored in sheds on Cotton Green.
A general strike declared at Lima.
Peru. brought all business to a stand
still The transportation service was
also stopped
\ mutiny of two companies OF the
Dorsetshirc regiment, stationed at Bel
fast, is reported by the Pail Mall Ca
gazette of London.
At Port of Spain, Trinidad, General
Capriano Castro, former dictator of
Venezuela, whose whereabouts had
been unknown for several months, was
located.
The immediate dispatch of regular
cavalry from the Curragh camp to III.
ster had to be Cancelled. owing to res.
ignations OF officers of the Sixteenth
lancers and Fourth hussars.
The medical profession OF London
gave a dinner to Brig. Gen. William G.
Gorgas, surgeon.general OF the United
States army, as tribute to the splen-
did work done by him as chief Of the
sanitary department at Panama.
Simultaneous attacks by Gen. Fran
cisco Villas Constitutionalist troops
were in progress Monday on Lerdo
and Gomez Palacio, the two strongly
fortified suburbs OF Torreon. Upon
the fate OF these hangs the fate OF
Torrcon itself
The last OF the "ldngs of Jcrusa-
lem Prince Michael OF Lusignan,
died at St Petersburg. in poverty and
misery. Prince Michael was the last
oiishoot of Lusirnan. the Crusader,
later king OF Jerusalcm and Cyprus,
King Ludwig OF Iusignan fled to Rus,
STA when the Turks captured Cyprus
in 1882.
Important testimony. tending to con.
firm Nine. CaillauN assertion that
she had reason to believe that NJ. Cal.
motte, the editor OF the Figaro. whom
she killed, had In his possession other
personal letters OF an oven more inti-
mate nature than the one published,
was given In Paris at the examination
before the investigating magistrate