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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
RESINOL HEALS
raw, ITCHING
SCALY SKINS

No matter how long you have
been tortured and disfigured by
itching, burning, raw or scaly
skin humors, just put little of
that soothing, antiseptic Resinol
Ointment on the sores. The suf-
fering usually stops right there!
Healing begins that very min
ute, and in almost every case your
skin gets well so quickly you feel
ashamed of the money you threw
away on tedious, useless treat
ments.
Resinol Ointment and ResinoI
Soap clear away pimples, black
heads, and dandruff. Prescribed
by doctors for 20 years and sold
by all druggists. Contain abso-
lutely nothing that could harm
the tenderest skin.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
Important and Terrible

In its statement declaring submarine blockade
of England and ireland, the German government
says:
"Every enemy ship found in this war zone will be
destroyed even if it is impossible to avert dangers
which threaten the crew and passengers
Neutral ships in the war zone are in danger as
In consequence of the misuse of neutral flags order
ed by the British government on January 81 and in
view Of the hazards of naval warfare it cannot al
ways be avoided that attacks meant for enemy ships
endanger neutral ships"
The most important order this, of the war-if it
can be carried outif every enemy ship shall be de-
stroyed and every neutral ship driven away
Also the most terrible. Crews, passengers-ev-
erybody neutral or enemy-sentenced to death
without warning if they approach northwestern
Europe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
yvhst! Escape By MarrIake

Here are some more awful puzzles for the firesidc,
and we haven't any answer.
8 Some time ago. it was decided that woman who
went abroad and married foreigner became an
alien.
Now, the commissioner general of immigration,
Caminetti decides that an undesirable alien wo-
man can escape deportation by marrying one of us,
and Marie Cardonne has made such escape with
the kind assistance of San franciscan.
The chances are that fellow who marries wo-
man pronounced undesirable by the government is
somewhat undesirable himself; and the mating of
undesirables is very apt to produce undesirables.
Evidently, the government doesn't see much in
eugenics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
And Maybe He'll Run On It

Bryan, in his speech to democratic editors of Ind
ana, practically declared for prohibition.
The dispatches don't tell whether those editors
cheered him or took out their pocket TASKS and
cheered themselves.
If Uncle William Jennings tries to write ~
plank into the next national democratic platform.
we're going to have two dozen reporters in the con-
yention instead of the usual allotment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
Egg Prospects

Maybe we all be praying for grasshoppers
We're all living in hopes of cheap eggs in the usual
venal season when the hens begin to cacke and the
rooster crows his best.
But, look at the way chicken-feed is soaring in
price! No grasshoppers, dearer chicken-feed and
dearer eggs by grasshoppers meaning food that the
hen catches herself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12

do the best know howthe very best and mean
to keep doing 10 until
right is said against won't
anything.
wrong angels swearing right
n o Observation-Disclosures Lincoln.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12

THEN HE "DRIED UP"
One evening at dinner the
guests were all seated when
Brown came in. Directly he sat
down at the table he started.
Good gracious, madam, my
napkin is quite damp! Why ON
earth is that?"
But on this occasion, at least,
the landlady got her own back. +"
Il suppose, Mr.. Brown" she
said. "it must be because there IL
so much due on your board"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
Sounds Like It

The Lozier Motor Car Co. plant, valued at 81 OOO,-
600, has been sold for $84000O
And by all that's fair in love and war; that's Just
about the size of depreciation the garage man puts
on our machine, bought last yearl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
MELTING WORDS

Mrs. o'Brien (six flights up) =
Plat! Tin cints for bit av ice
loike that
Iceman-'Twas a tin-cent pace
whin Oh stharted up wild it.-St.
Paul Dispatch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
AN AFFABLE EDITOR

At the ripe age OF efghty-eight
Mr.. William Lanson Coley, a ma
tive and life time resident OF
Westport, passed away on Sunday
evening. This removal of one OF
our most honored citizens calls
for cordial recognition. West
port Conn Herald.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12

Northwest fruit growers have
been called for convention at the
Commercial club Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
HOUSEHOLD, HINTS

Electric bells to summon the
maid from the kitchen to the din
ing room are no longer fashion
able. Women who are up-to-date
in such things use napkin ring.
An old plush coat can be made
over with little trouble into q
cover for a garbage can.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-02-12
CRISP REPLY
HER REMUNERATIVE BEAU

The laugh is not always agains
the recruit. One was late for par
ade in the morning. -
What yer late for?" snapped
the orderly sergeant. =
For parade, Of course" wa
the curt response.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
IBy Carl w. Alderman, United Press
StafY CorrasnOndent ~


Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, (via The Hague), July H..
Germany is willing to make further
concessions to safeguard American
travellers In the war zone," the for
eign office informed me today. She
will not abandon her submarine pol
Icy, but she will consent to placing
several great German liners under the
American flag for the remainder OF
the war, In addition to granting I'M
munity from submarine attacks to
four English liners. as proposed in
her latest note to Washington.
The suggestion made was that the
big Hamburg-American liners Impera-
tor and Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and
the North German Lloyd liner George
Washington be placed at the disposal
| of the American government for trans
porting neutrals through the zone OF
submarine operations.
! "Of course, you understand this
matter would rest with the ships own
ers," said Under Foreign Secretary
Zimmerman, but Germany would be
willing to place at the service. Of
American travellers her largest liners
| If the American government cares to
suggest it. IF America desires to place
them under the American flag, We
shall certainly agree"
Germany, it was intimated at the
foreign office. is willing to turn over
these interned passenger ships with
out financial gain and with neutral
crews, from the captain down. The
chief reason that Americans desire to
travel aboard English liners, 1t was
pointed out, probably is because bet
ter accommodations can be secured in
the majority OF cases. Should the
German liners be operated under the
American flag, neutral passengers
could travel aboard fast, luxurious
ships in the knowledge that they were
safe from submarine attack. Further
more, 1t was pointed out, the sailing
schedules would not be interrupted
as has been the case with English
liners. because the ships were COM
mandeered by the government for use
as Transports
In official circles here, regret was
expressed today that the English
translation of the German reply does
not exactly interpret the spirit OF the
German text. The general opinion
was that German original was more
friendly in tone than the translation
sent to America
Under Secretary Zimmerman COM
mented particularly on the translation
of that sentence which In the English
version was made to read as follows:
'The imperial government cher
ishes the definite hope that some way
will be found when peace is con-
cluded, or perhaps earlier, to regu-
late the law OF maritime war IN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
T RANCE

LUnited Press Leased Wire Service ]
PARIS, July IA furious German
night attack south Of souchez In which
the enemy used thousands OF asphyxiat-
Ing bombs, forced the French to
evaouate the Souchez cemetery and
portions Of adjoining trenches, the
war office admitted this afternoon.
The first attack by the Germans
failed. Tho French responded to the
German charge with a bayonet ooun-
ter attack that swept the teutons back
upon their own trenches.
While the emmy was reforming for
his second attack, the French works
were heavily sheiled.
A large part Of the projectiles savo
off axphyxiating gases that hung over
the cemetery in a calm night and rem
dered the French positions untenabIe.
The French troops therefore with
drew to positions In tho rear, from
which they sheIled tho enemy with
great effectiveness.
For forty.eieht hours the Germans
have continued their attempt to re-
capture the Labyrinth" southeast Of
Neuviile. They are attacking with
hand erenades and bombs. All their
attacks thus far have been fruitless.
"a violent cannonade Is proceeding
about tn Quennevieres farm (south Of
Arras) and around Neuvron." said
this afternoons communique. "The
enemy's bombardment at Fresnes Saul
was followed by several attacks,
which were repuIsed."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12

limited Press Leased Wire Service J
NEW YORK, July 12. III a. nj
The Germans have been defeated for
the time being in their efforts 20
reach Warsaw from the south. MAJ
shall Won Mackensen has committed
the frequent Slav error of trying TO
do too much at once and German
strategy in the east again is failing
to crush the Russians by a decisive
defeat.
Until the fall OF Lemberg, the ten-
tonic forces in Galicia were concen-
trated upon a single offensive-the re.
coyery Of the lost Austro-H Hungarian
province. But after the Slavs evac-
uated LemberS, Mackensen divided his
armies. He sent one command east
ward to drive the Russians out of the
rest of Galicia, while he himself
moved to the north into Poland and
started for Warsaw. From that mo-
ment the teutons began to meet with
difficulties.
The Russians have undoubtedly sent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12

yITnited Press Leased Wire Service
MEXICO CITY, July 12.-General
Pablo Gonzales, the capitals newest
dictator, today threw himser anu
staff into the work Of organizing a
local government for a quick return
to normal conditions. Outside of the
city. forty railroad trains with 800 car
loads of food. were awaiting the con-
struction of a temporary bridge to
move into the city.
Manifestos promising death to all
Iooters. an orderly administration
and general amnesty to political and
military enemies Of the constitution
alists were posted throughout the city
today.
The retreat OF the Zapatistas which
began Saturday and soon developed ir-
to a veritable rout, continued today.
Mexico City was almost barren OF
horses and automobiles, so completely
did the Zapatistas sweep the city In
their effort to leave nothing behind
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Proposition That Four of Them, Which are Tied
up Here, Be Used to Garry Neutral
Passengers Across the Atlantic.
GUARANTEED SAFE FROM SUBMARINES
Last Note From Fatherland is Said to Have Been
Translated Incorrectly and Does Not
Interpret the Real Spirit.

manner guaranteeing the freedom OF
the seas and will welcome 1t with
gratitude and satisfaction II It can
work hand in hand with the American
government on that occasion"
The last three words In The English
version were obtained from the Ger
man word "dabei" which might mean
ION that occasion or ito that effect"
Under Secretary Zimmerman, while
not disposed to question the English
translation, pointed out that the Ger
man text emphasized the object
sought and not the time, leaving the
inference that ito that effect was
nearer the precise meaning intended
by the foreign office.
Germany Ia willing to work imme-
diately and at all times for the free
dom OF the seas" he added.
President to Decide.
wASHINGTON, July 12,-It was
the Washington view today that any,
one who wanted information concern
| ing the German-American situation
should inquire In Cornish, N. H.
Some accounts were that Secretary
Lansing would go to Cornish in
day or two and come back to Wash
ington with the president late IN the
week Others were that the execn-
tive would not be back until the sue
ceedfng weeks end.
German Ambassador Bernstorn was
understood to be scheduled to call on
the secretary concerning the Berlin
message, but no definite date had
been fixed.
On all sides It seemed agreed that
the note would not mean a dIpio-
matte break, that the president would
answer It and that, IN general, ne
would refterate hts former demands.
Conference Postponed.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-Canca-
lation Of Secretary Lansing's intend
ed trip to Cornish to discuss the
German note with President Wilson
seemed certain just after noon today
The change in program appeared to
have been somewhat sudden. Secre-
tary Lansing refused to confirm the
report that the trip. had been DELI
nitely called of, but admitted there
was no "immediate' plans for con-
ference and that he had no knowl-
edge that the trip would be made at
all. The question, ,he said, would be
decided in the next four or five days.
The development gave rise to the
surmise that the president wants the
secretary of state to reach his own
conclusions concerning a reply to
the German note without white house
influence Of any kind and that the
chief executive himself also desires
complete independence of thought IN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
What the War Moves Mean
By j. w. T. Mason, Former European Man
aeer of the United Press.

large reinforcements into southern
Poland, and Mackensen's difficulties
are further increased because of the
better communications at the dis
posal of the slavs. The slavs are with
in easy reach Of reserve munitions.
There is evidence that the Russian
recovery was not expected by the Ger
mans An effort is being made to
create the impression that the fault
lies with the Austr1ans whose troops
are being used almost exclusively for
the final drive through eastern Gal.
icia. This accusation is unjust The
German general staff is now respons-
ible for all the operations against
Russia 1t was undoubtedly German
strategic reasons that caused divis-
ion OF the teutonic strength after TIL,
recapture of Lemberg. If Warsaw
we're now in peril because OF the
chances taken by Mackensen, the
glory would nave been Germanys.
The responsibility, therefore, for the
actual confusion, is equally Germanys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
The War in Mexico
Latest Developments Among Our Revolution
ary Neighbors of the South.

for Gonzales troops. They also took
with them many street cars and do
stroyed many more.
The capital today was almost con.
fident' of peace. General Lopez De
Lara, the new military governor Of
the federal district, issued a decree
this morning for the protection OF
private property.
It Looks Like Carranza.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-'1t looks
like Carranza" was the general yer.
dict here on the Mexican situation to.
day.
Information concerning conditions
in Mexico City was not as definite as
the government would have liked. It
was accepted as a fact that the Car.
ranzistas had occupied the capital
That there would have been rumors
of it, if foreigners had suffered, was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12

II1nited Press Leased Wire Serv1ceI
NEW ORLEANS, La, July r.
While a score of detectives secured
New Orleans today for trace of the
writer of the letter signed "Pearce"
in which was contained the threat
against the life OF Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, the chief OF police and head Of
the detective bureau centered their
personal efforts to obtain a state
ment from Hans Halle arrested here
last night because of his Implication
| in previous steamship plot last De-
| cember
Halle will be held until the British
steamers Baron Napier and the
Howth Head, now off the coast.
dock here In the Pearce letter, the
writer declared that they would be
blown up.
The Baron Napier is outbound, but
there was hint today that because
of the threat against 1t. orders would
be sent to have it return to port.
Interest in the Pearce letter. re-
ceived by local newspaper, was in
creased today when 1t became known
that the writer said 1t was Muenter
who spread broadcast the warning
vixen the Lusitania sailed, that she
would be sunk. The letter declared
Muenter had called personally on
Charles Frohman to warn him
against taking passage on the Lusi-
tania
The writer declared he would ulti-
mately succeed in killing J. P Nor
gan to avenge the death of Holt
Passengers were warned not to take
mule-carrying ships to England and
to shun all ships, neutral or other
wise that carried munitions of war,
and especially ammunition to Ger
many's enemies. =
While authorities today were in
clined to the belief that the writer
OF the Pearce letter may be merely
crank whose mind has been affect
ed by the Holt-Muenter plot, they
were determined to sift the matter to
the bottom, realizing that such a
man would go to any lengths to car
~ out his expressed plans Of whole
sale murder and destruction.
May Be All Hoax.
NEW ORLEANS, July 12.-Police
officials investigating the "R. Pearce"
letter received by local newspaper,
threatening to finish J. P. Morgan
and assassinate British Ambassador
Spring. Rice, after nearly twenty-four
hours search, limited at signs that In
dicate the matter may not be as seri.
GUS as first thought"
Unoficially, some of the detectives
assigned to the case, frankly declared
their Investigations have unearthed
unmistakable signs that the letter
may have been written merely for the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
TURKEY

L
coNsTANTINoPLE, (via Berlin
,wireIess), July IA British battle
ship of the Lord Nelson type was
heavily shelled by Turkish forts near
Gaba Tepe Saturday night and forced
| to Withdraw, It was officially announ-
i iced today. Several OF the Turkish
projectiles exploded over the warship'a
deck and are believed to have done
considerable damage.
The enemy battleship, accompanied
by four torpedo boats, appeared off
Gaba Tepe at sunset and opened fire
on the Turkish works, hurting at least
200 shells, but doing no damage to
the forts. The Turkish casualties con-
sisted of one man killed and two
wounded.
Official dispatches received here to-
day discredited reports from enemy
sources that there has been any vlo-
lent fighting on GaIIipoI peninsula,
since the last attempt by the Anglo
French near krithia was beaten back
with heavy losses. Excepting spora-
die attacks on the Turkish right and
intermittent bonnbardment by the al
lied warshps, there has been no ac-
tivity at the DardaneIles.
1.-THE Turkish official report that a
battleship Of the Lord Nelson type
bombardsd the Turkish forts conflicts
with stories coming from CONSTANT
nople and Berlin several weeks ago
that both the Lord Nelson and the
Agamemnon, two Of the largest Brit
ish battleships at the strait, had been
destroyed. These are the only two
vessels Of the Lord Nelson type in the
British navy.1
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Asks Reopeninq Of Canvass.

Asks Reopening Of Canvass.
United Press Leased Wire Service.1
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 12.-The
Chicago bar association asked the
state canvassing board today to re-
open the canvass of Cook county judic-
ial election ballots in order that judges
recently elected might be assured OF
salary increases provided under the
law effective July I, last The board
took the case under advisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
More EIks Arrive.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service1
LOS ANGELES, Calf, July 12.-
Nine more delegations arrived on
special trains today for the Elks
grand lodge annual convention, for.
mally opened tomorrow. Kansas,
leans were among the sections rep
resented in today's arrivals. The
city has on its gala attire. Open
house was proclaimed for the visi-
tors The nearby beaches we're
crowded mostly by feminity who ac-
companied the delegates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
HoIt's BODY Buried,

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
DALLAS, Texas, July 12.-All thai
is mortal Of Frank Holt Morgan as
sailant lies today in Grove Hill Gem
etery.
It was buried there shortly before
dusk last night while his widow, chill
dren and father-in-law looked on, drJ
eyed. Simple commital services. WITH
one song, Lead Kindly Light" and
no reference to Hollis mad career
marked the rites. ..E
Police guarded the little funeral
party from the morbidly curious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Train Hit Jitney,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. +,
URBANA, Ohio. July 12--Mrs. H.
J. Hamilton, 40, and H. D. Wise, both
OF Bowlissville, were killed, and AL
bert K. Shafer, 33. of Springfield,
brakeman, was seriously injured to-
day when Big Four work train
crashed into a jitney bus operated by
Wise. -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
RUSSIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
iPETROGRAD, july 12.-The Aus
tro-Germans have begun withdrawing 9
troops from the line east and south.
east Of Lcmberg, General Ivanoff re-
ported to the war office today. The
destination Of the enemy forces that
have left the Bug and Zlota lipa sec
tions Is not known, but It 10 believed
here they are to be used either In a
new drive against Warsaw or upon
the FranceFIanders front.
General Voniinsingen apparently
has ended his offensive movement In
GaIicia. The Russian commander re-
ported that Won Llnsinnen is entire nch'
ing along the west bank Of the Zlots
Lipa ard has made no serious attempt
to force a crossing.
The Germans apparently have aban
doned their offensive along the river
Bug. Between the Bug and VistuIa
the enemy has made a few weak at
tacks, but the only ciashes Of any I'M
portanee In the past forty-elght hours
have occurred north and northeast OF
Wareaw.
Tired Of tho War.
NEW YORK, July 12.-Indication
that the British censor will not permit
the cabling OF reports that Russia Is
tiring of the war and may make d
separate peace, was contained in mail
advices to the United Press from
Berlin today
immediately following the fall oi
Lemberg, the Berlin bureau of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Plot to Kill Sir Cecil Spring Rice, ]. P. Morgan
and Blowing up Of Two Steamships at
New Orleans, is Forecasted in Letter.
"PEARCE' WRITES TO THE NEWSPAPER
Death Of Holt to be Avenged and Passengers
Warned to Keep Off of Mule Carrying
Ships Which Sail For England

sake of the sensation it might create.
Despite these leanings. however DO.
nee vigilance was not relaxed. OFF,
Gals were more determined than ever
to run the case down and punish the
writer even though he may prove to
be practical joker.
Half and Half.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-"About
$3.50" answered officials today, asked
whether they thought the chances
we're that the latest New Orleans
"Pearce" letters was genuine or a
hoax
They were acting, however, on the
former theory
An outbreak Of such activity, as
that by Frank Holt, was calculated, II
was said, to result in an epidemic OF
letter writing by otherwise harmless
cranks, but, 1t. was also conceaed that
1t was equally calculated to stimulate
would-be imitators of the dynamiter
to genuine acts OF violence
Warned by Wireless.
WASHINGTON, July 12.-That the
steamship Baron Napier had received
wireless warning of the New Orleans
threat that 1t would be destroyed by
q bomb on the way from the Louisiana
port to Belfast was the belief express
ed at the navy department at $3.50 a.
m. today, but it was said no answer
ing message had yet confirmed the
belief.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Racinu Bill Killed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. July 12.-The
pari-mutuel racing bill passed by tn }
last legislature, was killed today
when the supreme court upheld the
veto Of Governor Hays