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The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-08-03
HEAVY LOSSES REPORTED IN GERMAN
INVASION OF FRANCE, KAISER WOULD
CONQUER BEFORE RUSSIA COULD HELP
Germany is Taking Full Advantage Of Her Superiority in
Rapid Mobilization Over France Russian Mobili-
cation is Supposed to Take Three Weeks.

London Aug today began the invasion of
been made Two detachmen French territory
moving in the direction of Paris.
One German force crossed the French frontier the village
Of Grey between Nancy and Sassbur and another German
tachment probably the Twenynnh Infantry last night invaded
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and continued it's march the
French fortified town of Longway dispatch from Brussels said
there good believe that this force later the day
entered France
Heavy Losses Reported
German force which came into France near Grey which
forty miles from Nancy reported to have been rpused with
heavy losses This has not yet been confirmed
1t would today that Germany taking the fullest pos
sbe advantage of her supposed superiority in rapid mobilization
France.
Would Conquer France Now.
The plan of the German according to military obe
here to vanquh attempt to vanqush France the
terva before Russia trouble
frontier supposed Russian mobilization will take about three
weeks.
All teegraphc communication between Brussels and Luxem
burg has been severed.
Longway fortified on the Belgian frontier 40
miles northwest Of Metz in Germany
Station S Seized
train full of German soldiers seized the at Luxem
burg during the night They took the bridges the Tteyes
and Tros Verge lines in order insure the regular passage
military trains the Grand Duchy.
According evening newspaper Lege twenty thousand
German troops entered France early today Nance They
repusd by French forces with heavy losses This however
LACKS confirmation.
telephone dispatch from Brussels today said reported
there that Germany had declared France that
French ambassador Jules Cambo had left the German capital
This report could not be confirmed.
Official Statement.
The French embassy today issued the following statement
French territory has been invaded Grey and German
troops marching the fort Grey without declaration
The German ambassador is in Paris ;"
Germany declared today that she unable answer the
question: put by the British ambassador Berlin whether
she prepared respect the neutrality of Belgium This state
ment appeared in communication issued by the French embassy
The neutrality of Belgium has been guaranteed by Great Brit
ain and she is bound Belgium for her safety Bel
GUM under German rule would be ending
land.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-08-03
First Naval Battle of The War
al To The Leader-Enterprise

Special To The Leader-Enterprse.
London, August 1906 p In naval conflict reported
have occurred the North Sea- Germany
ships and the British
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-08-03
Parliament Asked To Act
Special To The Leader-Enterprise.

London, England, August 1906 p. Sir Edwin Grey,
British foreign Secretary stated the House Commons today
the House decide what the British attitude the
European conflict should be- Sir Grey added that Great Britain had
not committed herself thing but diplomatic support Sir Grey
requested the House Commons approach consideration
crisis from point of view of British interests and
obligations.
Russian Fleet Bottled Up
Special To The Leader-Enterprise
Stockholm, Sweden, August 1906 p A battle was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

Mayor A. V. Fawcett read the
riot act" to the city commission
ers today.
The mayor announced that he
was the chief executive and he
wanted the council to understand
it.
Mayor Fawcett's outburst came
as result of City Attorney Stiles
interview yesterday In which
Stiles accused the mayor of try
ing to run everything himself"
The mayor opened his fusilade
on the council by asking Assist
ant City Clerk Clarke Donovan to
read two sections of the city char
ter in which the power of the
mayor is defined. These sections
detail that the mayor is chief ex.
ecutive of the city, that he has
authority over all departments,
and that II he finds Irregularities
in any branch of the city govern
ment he can demand a grand jury
investigation.
You see, gentlemen, what the
charter says" commenced thu
mayor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
Mayor Learns What
COuncilmen Weigh;
and Reads Riot Act

"A certain city official has
burst out with charges that l am
trying to run things.
"Of course I'm trying to run
things. That's my business. IL
the council doesn't like 1t it's
none Of my affair. I'm trying 70
do the best l can, and l want n
good administration. I'm going
to dig into all Of your depart
ments, and II / find anything
wrong, you'll hear from 1t.
'Mr. Mills, how much do You
weight"
why, about 230 pounds. "
drawled Mills, puzzled at the
strange question.
Il weigh about $780," continued
the mayor, land Mr.. Drake
weighs about the same as you.
Now this official who is critics.
ing me says | am irving to force
you gentlemen. It's a physical
impossibility for me to force
either of you to do anything"
That's all | have to say. gen.
tlemen. Just let this be a warn
ing. The council stands adj
iOurned."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
Real Home
For This Little Baby
Who Will Take Him?
T.R. &P. GOES
AFTER IT'S
BUS RIVAL

Fighting the automobile bus
lines of Tacoma from a new an
gle, the Tacoma Railway & Pow
er company today sent COM
munication to the city council re-
questing that tax be placed on
all auto bus cars Using the city
streets. The bus cars at present
only pay an annual tax of 81 To
the city.
In the letter, Manager BcaIi
recites that his company paid
$109,669 property tax and $22,-
1S6.0S gross earnings tax, togeth-
er with 1856, 54S.2o for repairs
and paving in 1913, while the bus
lines pay nothing.
II the city taxes tus lines, IL
will also tax the Puysllup Transit
company, bus line reported to
be owned and operated by the
T. X. & p. company. The COM
pany is willing to pay this tax, IL
is understood, in the hope that
it can run the other bus lines ont
of business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
FEAR SOMETHING UP
T.R. & P. Sleeve

Is there ''eolored gent" in the
T. r. & p. company's woodpile?
Today the company filed stip-
ulation with the city asking per-
mission to supply electric current
to the N. p. shops at South Ia
coma until the city's new trans
formers arrive. City Attorney
Stiles remarked. that he believed
the company was trying to evade
the supreme courts decision in
which 1t is ordered to cease pow
er business in Tacoma.
The T. r. & p. must cease
selling power to the shops, but
the city cannot be ready for Is
weeks to handle the N. p. bust
ness. II the company is allowed
to continue selling juice to the
shops, the city fears that it will
continue to sell lower to other
customers in defiance of the
court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

When the soldier returned he
went to work as 4 coal miner.
Shortly after, so the story runs In
Brownsville, all the townsfolk be-
gan to notice the young man
showed a fondness for the society
of Miss Hagar.
Mrs. Gaskill bore a son, and
some time afterward gossip re-
garding Gaskill and Miss Hagar
reached its climax when Miss Ha-
gar also became mother. That
was the beginning of a state of
affairs which Brownsville at first
gasped over then grew to ac-
cept. Year by year children were
born to Mrs. Gaskill; year by
year children came to Nancy IIa-
gar.
For some years, however. ILL
feeling has been developing be-
tween the children of the two
women. This eliminated recent
ly in one of Mrs. GaskiIl's daugh-
ters preferring a charge of int
moral conduct against Miss Ha-
gar, while her mother preferred
the same charge against her ia
Their.
The hearing resulted In Miss
Hagar being held for court in
5000 bail, which was furnished.
and there the matter rests until
court convenes again.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

Here is little David. who wants
a home and parents to love him
and educate him and make the
right sort of man of him.
See, He's a pleasant little lad
for all that he is homeless, and
when you tickle his chin, he CUR
giles and laughs just like sound,
healthy little babies should do.
His birthday comes in October,
and he'll be two years old then.
He's just the right age to adopt
parents and love them like his
very own.
Now, then, who wants him ?
Who will give him mothers
love, a fathers care-whO will
give him a real home?
David's parents have separated,
and a court decree awarded him
to his father. But David's papa
is a laborer, whose work takes
him here and there and any
where he can get job. Just now
he's working In a little town near
Spokane. So, you see, he can't
very well take care of little Da-
vid. So he's willing to have him
adopted-anxious, in fact, be-
cause he feels that there are lots
of folks who may want David and
will be much better able than he
to give him the right sort of en-
yironment and training and home
and education.
And so he asked the Times to
find new parents for David. And
the Times promised. You remem-
Der we found parents-and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
A IAG-.AN AX--THE NIGHT WAS GAY
A GUN..A W0MAN..A LIVELY FRAY
AND ALEX IS IN HOSPITAL TODAY

head. Reed walked from the
house and was arrested by police
detectives later.
A drinking bout nau Deen going
on in the hut for several hours.
Reed became boisterous, accord
ing to the story told the police,
and was elected. He returned
with the AK I'm his hands, and Mrs.
Wilson, fearing iujury, fired at
him. The. entire party is held
at the central police station.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

To find out if-it was actually
possible for a village, Don Juan,
to maintain two households for
forty years within a few blocks
OF each other In America, ] came
to this little mining town of 400
Inhabitants, of whom one-twen-
tieth are alleged TO owe their be-
ing to Morgan Gaakill, a tall.
straight old veteran OF the Civil
war, whom | found hard at work
serenely hoeing his onion bed!
Meanwhile his mild, blue-eyed
old wife was hanging out the
weeks wash on the family clothes
line, she also serene.
There's been lot of lies
told" observed the old man, lean-
ing upon his hoe, when | came
upon him. I've took care of M
wife and FER children for almost
fifty years. Some hefghbors got
hold of the old woman while
back and told her a lot of stuff
she ought never to have bothered
about, but, since she dragged me
into court, she has had time 70
think things over aud to conclude
that I've never neglected her and
HER ten! Ask her II | amt al
ways been good husband to her.
Ask her II I've ever given her a
cross world"
No." she replied. "Morg has
always been kind husband to
me and good provider for his
family.
did you know about his rela-
lions with Miss Magyar from the
first?" | asked of this 72-year-
old wife who has technically
charged her 70-year-old husband
with immortality.
The old woman's mild face
froze suddenly in the look of
scorn that a WIFE reserves Cor
1.-The other woman
No." she answered slowly and
bitterly. 1T was a long time
before found ont. But don't
ask me about it. I've promised
Morgan to try to forget it,"
Hardly ten minutes walk from
the Gaskill home Miss" Nancy
Hagar lives with her daughter
and son-in-law, s. .. Yoders aud
wife. found them all at home,
with half a dozen little Yoders.
enjoying a mid-afre:noon lunch.
Miss Hagar is smiling and twink
ling-eyed. Altogether she is as
pleasant and lively an old lady as
one could wish TO meet.
Il am going again to court
soon," she smiled at me, land !
amt saying YET who the father
of MY ten is! Let Lydia Gaskill 6
daughter, who charges me with
this, prove it,"
Gaskill and his wife we're mar.
ried 50 years ago. Two weeks
after the wedding the young hus-
band enlisted In the 22nd Penn
sylyania cavalry. He served with
distinction until the close of the
war, fighting in the battle of
Gettysburg, but coming through
the bloody angle" without a
scratch.
Gaskill and his BRIDE had been
schoolmates. Another pupil In
the same school was Nancy Ha-
gar, a girl four years younger
than Gaskill's sweetheart, whose
home was scarcely more than a
stones throw from the cottage TO
which Gaskill took his wife.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

mighty good ones, too--for a lit
tie girl last November. So we've
had some experience.
And we're going to he just as
careful In the selection of David's
parents. He must have the very
best home possible. That does not
mean necessarily a home OF
wealth. IL must be home OF
good, loving hearts, however.
Who wants David? If you do,
write to the editor and tell all
about yourself and what sort of
home you have to offer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
When Alex Reed, a longshore-

When Alex Reed, a longshore-
man, became ugly and made a
threatening attack upon several
others with an AK, IN the hut of
C. r. Kelly, near the Lincoln ave-
nue. bridge over the Puyallup riv-
er, last night, Mrs. Florence Will
son, one of the party, drew a re-
volver and shot three times at
him. Two bullets struck him in
the legs. and the third grazed his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
TO. CHECK BOOKS

An official check of the books
in the light and water office will
be made by the city.
Commissioners Drake, Mills
and Atkins, appointed last week
to investigate a number of dad
bills" on the books of the office,
submitted a report today recon-
mending that a clerk from the
finance office and one from the
controllers department be detail
ed to the work.
There is about $4,000 out.
standing on the city's books. OF
this amount $2,239.5O was due
from the Todd Lumber company,
a Center street concern that re-
Gently went bankrupt, and
s230.25 from the A. & w. Shingle
company.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
WAITING NOW FOR CARRANzA

WASHINGTON, D. G., May II,
Success or failure of the media
tion conference at Niagara Falls
is considered to depend largely on
General CarranZa.
AS far as the Hucrta and Amer
lean ENJOYS were concerned it APP
peared that a list of candidates
for provisional president which
would suit everyone could be pre-
pared. Carranza being unrepre-
scented, the conference was an UNI
known quantity. One thing is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

opened a shop and advertised
to all the town that he was ready
to sell cordials, teach riding, trim
ladies' nails. teach the "shotish, :"
and do great many other things
all for small fee. His patrons
soon found out that he could do
nothing well. So London dubbed
him Jack of all trades and mas
ter of none"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

where porter was sold. One day
butcher sliced two or three
pieces from roast that was
about to be delivered to a porter
house. IL proved so superior to
the ordinary steak that when the
customer again bought meat he
insisted on having "porterhouse. !"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

admission without any cost.
These pictures are being pre-
sented as the result of Mrs. w. X.
Vanderbilt's national crusade
against the cocaine and drug trat-
fic in America. Aside from that,
thees movies" tell a story Of
dramatic interest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

UlOIt tlidu Ju
years ago since
the actor, Will
] | a m Warren,
first made a
catch word o (
chestnut. Warren
was acting in the
drama. 1T h e
Broken Sword, -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
WHOA, AUTO TRUCK

Drivers OF auto trucks will
meet in the council chambers
next Monday morning to debate
with the commission over a new
speed ordinance for auto trucks
introduced today. The ordinance
specifies a maximum speed of
eight miles per hour on city
streets, except where pneumatic
tires are used.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
PROGRESSING.

NIAGARA FALLS, May 81. -
Mediation negotiations are pro-
crossing so favoraDly that anoth-
er conference between the media
tors and both sets of ENJOYS is
thought likely for Thursday. 1t
is stated authoritatively that the
land question is the least of the
negotiators' troubles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

tered" whisky. and, to show their
contempt for the admiral who
forced it on them, they dubbed
him "Old Grogram," grogram be-
ing the material from which his
cloak was made. In time "grog-
ram" was shortened to "grog."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

in which a certain Capt. Xavier
tells many fishy stories. 1t was
when Warren interrupted an oft
heard story with the complaint,
"A chestnut, ! know It was a
chestnut, I've heard the story 81
times" that a story told too often
was first branded a chestnut"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

house steak, for
as Q v Q I y o n @
knows there's
no part of a
beef called por-
terhouse. Many
years ago saloons
were known as
"porterhous Q 5, -
or the place
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

cident. The tip-over was inten-
tional, and IL was intended TO re-
mind the convivial knight who
used the glass that he must not
set down the vessel until he had
drunk all the wine In II. II he did
IL would spill on the table.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
Heat Kills Five!

in the hottest weather for SO
early in the season, for 80 years.
At 10 o'clock the mercury regis
tered So and was rising. Suffer
ing among the tenement jewellers
in the East Side is great.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

TtI1Id1IItU 6IHNIUIf
cry at their place of business. To
distinguish the two classes of pa
per sellers the man in the stall
was called stationer, and the
goods he sold came to be known
as stationery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

settle the can
teen question
in 1898 by d.
luting the SAIL
or's W h | 9 k y
with water that
the word grog
came into use.
The sailors didn't
like the wa
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

product OF the "esthetic" craze
that struck the United States and
England about 1882, with Oscar
Wilde as its shining light. II is
sometimes said that dude is a
derivative of the old English word
buds, meaning clothes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

ances, WAS the
first Jack of all
trades, and he
proved to be
master of none.
Roger, who lived
In London in
Eliza bethan days,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

SO often that one of his underfed
boarders shot a big. fat crow one
day and had IL served at dinner;
and the man of the house made
good. II kin eat crow" he final
ly Dragged, but I'll be switched
TX ] banker after It,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
BANK CLEARINGS.
HERE, FOLKS, is COUPON FOR
FREE SHOW TO "DRUC TERROR

It'll be worth your while to See
"The Drug Terror" pictures at
the Tacoma theater, and so the
Times has arranged for a free
matinee for its readers Thurs
day. Cut out the following con-
pom, which will antitle you to an
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

VII OF idTe Whs
not of the best,
but whenever OBJ
lection was made
he would say:
Don't be so par
ticular a. b o II I
your grub. | kin
eat crow. He
mazda hts hoact
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 81.
With the approach of summer,
Washington social leaders are
fitting away for vacation visits.
Nine. Goleievski, wife of the mil
itary attache of the Russian en-
bassy, leaves very soon for Eng
land, where she will visit her
mother, Lady Grove, in Wiltshire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

they stand bot
tom side down,
they still retain
the name given
them when they
did tumble. The
tumbling OF the
II st la 8 4
drinking vessels
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

II
many years ago,
they were sold
by peddlers from
house to house.
After a while a
few dealers in
writing materials
opened stalls and
AAs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
Of i'm Philadelphia.

. PHILADELPHIA, May 27.-No
relief was expected from the hot
wave today. At IL o'clock the
temperature was 81. Two deaths
occurred from the heat yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

EACH HAS 10 CHILDREN
LIVING WITHIN A FEW
BLOCKS OF EACH OTHER
BY NORMAN ROSE.

BROWNSVILLE Pa. May 27.-Mrs. Lydia Gaskl, "a
old, Brownsville, Pa is the mother of ten children.
little mountain
buried town, is also the mother of ten children.
fifty of married le Mrs Gaskl
70yearold husband Morgan father to
IIagars Z i
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

Tor even the
Century encyclo-
pedia can do no
better than say,
THE term is
probably one of
the spontaneous
products of pop
ular slang The
dude was the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

certain, however, CaFTanZa VIII
not be on the list of possible
candidates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
NO DOUBT AT ALL.
(By Ananias Lemon.)

JUNGLE, Brazil, May 81. -
We have been looking in vain for
Roosevelt's river of doubt. There
is no doubt about any of the riv.
ers here. They ere half and
half-ons part water and the
other alligator. The vegetation
about us now is very thick-sim-
liar to the head of our guide,
Bull Conner.
Capt. Sharpe Dagger made q
few cutting remarks to Hazel
Mutt last night, and between
them and the mosquitoes We had
q lot of sport.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
"PORTER HOUSE,

What's In a name? Nothing
much when II comes to a porter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
KNOW?
"TUNIBLERs"

Although drinking glasses no
longer tumble on the table when
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
"PORTERHOUSE." "GROG."
"CHESTNUT"

Something of a chestnut itself
is the slang word chestnut. It's
mora than 40
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
"DUDE"

Why is dude? Don't 60 to
the dictionary for information,
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LINEUP FOR
TODAY'S GAME

The lineups of the Victoria and
Tacoma teams for today's game,
as announced by Managers Del
mas and McGinnity:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
"GROG"

II was when the English ad-
miral, Edward Vernon, tried to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
EAT GROW"

The man who first "eat crow"
was a clearinghouse keeper. His
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
"STATIONER"

When pens and ink and other
writing materials came into COM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

CLEVELAND. May 27.-Five
deaths directly due to the heat
occurred in Canton today. Scores
of prostrations were reported
elsewhere in the state. Showers
this morning gave temporary re-
lief, but at noon the mercury
started climbing again. Ice COM
panies are swamped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

"JACK OF ALL TRADES"

Roger Giles, whose Intentions
we're better than his perform
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27
CITY HALL MEMS.

Percy Hill is still running that
carefully insured elevator.
A. U. Mills is still thinking Of
resigning.
Harold King Rookhill is kept a
lot buster than when he worked
on a newspaper.
Johnny Meads feels lonesome
without having Ray Freeland
around to pick a .crap with.
Charlie Atkins has coat that
vies with the hoop skirt for gen.
eral antiquity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-05-27

This coupon entities bearer to one admission
free of charge, to the Thursday afternoon per-
Torrance of 1.-THE DRUG TERROR" at the
Tacoma theater, as guest of The Tacoma Times