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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
VEsTLEss WILLIAM

GRASS VALLEY, Cal.-Be-
cause he would have had to wear
a coat and vest, Trustee William
Mann refused to attend the fu-
neral of Mayor Hosking. Except
for a few minutes when he was
married, he has never worn q
coat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
DEATH BEATS THEM

CHICAGO-Mrs. Joseph Brown
swore to warrant against her
husband and returned home with
a policeman, but death beat them.
Brown was dead from asphyxia-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
By Lord Northcliffe
Copyright, 1915, by the United
Press.)

tCOpyrfght, 1BI6, BY INC Uhnteu
Press.)
Copyrighted in Great Brittany
= LONDON, Dec. 14.-Germany's
peace proposals are due to the
fact which interned neutral cor
respondents in Berlin have not
been allowed to Indicate, that DUR
ing the last few weeks, grave in
ternal discussions have arisen.
owing to the food shortage and a
reign OF terror.
Moreover, relations have been
greatly strained between the vari-
GUS German and Austrian states
and also with Turkey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
NEWS FREAKS
OFF THE WIRE

NEWARK, N. 1.-THE New
Years greeting Sergeant Bonnet's
wife mailed him on postcard
Dec. 80, 1915, was just delivered
today. It had been resting at the
postoffice. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
SHE MARRIES

SAN FRANCIsCO-Miss Gud-
run Bodrarsdottir Orderedson of
Reykholtsdal, Observation-Disclosures,
is the first native Iceland woman
to seek American citizenship. She
took out her first papers here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
$35, 900 AWARD
IN LIBEL SUIT

tUnited Press Leased WlresD
NEW YORK, Dec. 1l.MoGlo-
trate Joseph c. Corrigan w.
awarded $4,000 in hts y10o, 90
libel suit against the Bob1t
Merrill Publishing Co. today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

After investigation (Old Eng
lish for "probe") our Research
department reports that the bal
ance of evidence is against the
use of the hyphen in the name
David Lloyd George.
The English who's Who" the
American Congressional library
catalogue, and the London library
catalogue list the Welshman un-
der the LIS and give him a coup
ling pin; but the official list of the
Privy Council, all English news
papers and periodicals, and even
q published volume of Lloyd
Georges speeches, omit the pin.
The valued proofroom would be
safe, we believe, in following these
examples, but we presume 1t won't
do It.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
G. p. r. SECRETARY
ON RETIRED LIST
Especial to The Times.)

MONTREAL, Dec. 14.-W. r.
Baker, secretary of the Canadian
Pacific Railway Co., and assistant
to the president, has at his own
request been placed on the retired
list. Baker has been succeeded
by Ernest Alexander.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
RATHER BE FAT

CHICAGO-She's getting fat
and fears she will lose her job
as a clothing model, SO Miss Hal
lie Piper goes bathing in the lake
each day despite near-zero
weather.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
Talk O. the Times
o drink our demy-tassy

To drink our demy-tassy
Far from the madding fray.
OF course 'twould be more CLASSY
In Bucharest to stay,
But the Teutons are so sassy,
So pushing, SO outre,
That We move today to Jassy,
Lord a'massy!
Dear old Jassy, far away.
ID. e. ].
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
u. p. BUYS 200 CARS

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. H.
Contracts for 200 Union Pacific
freight cars have been awarded
Twohey Brothers of Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

That idea of having the
whole Northwest pay for adj
vertising British Columbia
is another Million-DoIlar Idea
for British Columbia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

Ocean freight rates, we
read, have caused an increase
In the price of bananas. It's
a very complicated situation
but it's like this: The COM
pany owning the bananas
owns the boats, and it is COM
PEELED to charge itself higher
rates, hence the higher price
of the bananas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
e. C GS

Are furnishing a lot of
talk just now.
The high price of them,
however, doesn't make
any difference to Dawn
'O'Hara.
She took egg-nogg No.
426 and Topped back
again ON the pillow.
Read about it in the new
novel-a-week, beginning
Monday, in The Times.
1t Ends SAT urday
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

"She rolled her eyes from the
sick couch across the ROOM
Chicago Post.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
Greetings, have you bought
your Christmas candles?

No, Suzanne, emphatically no,
Senator Metcalf's Feast of Can
dies is not that kind Of a feast;
you may with propriety serve
goose as usual.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

Commercial frankness from
the King Motor company:
"You can't ride in one with
out being Sold"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
Needing
Assistance

This company gives
particular attention to
the business of those
who, through lack of
experience, need adj
vice or assistance in
the management of
their investments.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
BE A SPUG

Why not buy something usefu
for mother? Frinstance-
A teakettle.
A waffle iron.
A book of milk coupons.
A griddle.
A kitchen spoon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

GRIM, SIMPLE
TRAGEDY THIS
BY MABEL ABBOTT
II is a grim, simple tragedy that has been
unrolling itself in Judge CLfford's courtroom
this week.-a story that Gorky or Turgenieff
might have written.
Just the story of Russian-P dish immigrant
and his wife, like millions of others in all but
its ending.
The man, John Pierwsza, is an insignificant
figure as he sits behind his attorneys all day
long in the crowded courtroom, his stumpy
legs swinging clear of the floor, his head
resting heavily on his hand, or craned for.
ward to catch the meaning of the things that
are going on around him.
He has the broad face and high cheekbones of his race pale
with the unhealthy paor Of the coal mine His hands mutt
lated and the nails worn to the quick with lifetime toll
sort OF dumb animalke endurance in the set of his
Perwsza was only years old when he came to Amer
ca He had served four the Russian before he
He had courage initiative down to
the dull hopeless life Of the peasant but struck out the bold
He married He left his wife behind to wait until he
could send for her.
His first job the world "in tunnel
water New Yorkthe hard dangerous work that
kind do for the country to which they come.
old country, and his wife joined him They lived York
for time and then he west leaving again
until he should find work.
He found it in the little mining towns of Washington
Carbonate he sent for her again. Later thew went
to Wilkeson.
He could neither read write not even count
beyond the first numerals Neither learned
to speak well the language the worked
hard and he had certain shrewdne by they owned
their homea house with parlor and and dining
with porieres and kitchen with range and SEP.
arate summer kitchen They owned other property too
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

King George tried to pull
a Bonar, but found a Law
against it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

This kind of a December is q
nuisance. One has to meet q
dozen or more men or women
daily who insist upon telling you
that the climate is changing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

THE KING OF RUMANIA TO
HIS GOVERNMENT
We move today to Jassy,
Where the Jass bands play,
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
D." "Touched'
While in Church
Aged Oil Magnate Gets Kiss
as Compensation and
Is Happy.
CBy the Sun News service.)

Tarrytown. N. Y, May 21-John D.
Rockefeller was touched" today and
right in church, too.
He attended service at the Lyceum,
Pocantico Hills, and so did his son
and grandchildren. After service
young Winthrop. the second youngest,
beckoned to his grandfather and said
he had a little matter to adjust with
him. When his grandfather reached
his side and bent over to get
the secret message, Winthrop said:
"Grandpop, I've got a big kiss for
you"
Mr.. Rockefeller was wise. He smiled,
put his hand in his vest pocket where
he keeps his loose change, and dig
ging out new nickel handed it to his
grandson, who already had his hand
out. When the little fellows fingers
clasped the coin he put his arms
around his grandfather's neck and
gave him smack as the rest of the
congregation looked on.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
SWING
co. P. TO T. R.
Movement Believed Effort to
Stampede Convention Is
Formally Launched.
GROUP OF TAFT MEN FORM
COMMITTEE TO DO WORK
George Won L. Meyer Heads New Body.
Will Call Upon Colonel at
Oyster Bay Today.
CBy the Sun News service.)

New York. May 21-A movement
that has the earmarks OF an effort
to stampede the Republican national
convention for Col. Theodore Roose-
welt is underway. A group of Re-
publicans. largely TAFT men in 1912,
representing sentiment in at least
thirty States. have organized a 'Roose-
Welt Republican committee with
headquarters for the present at the
Biltmore Hotel and with George Won
L. Meyer, Secretary OF the Navy un-
der Presidents Taft and Roosevelt, at
its head
The committee made known its ex-
more of its members will call upon
the Colonel at Oyster Bay ito ask him
what he has to say"
The committee has been gathered
together with lightning like rapidity
in the last four days. The Republic
ans who form its membership realize
that they are perhaps a trifle late in
getting started. but SO encouraged are
they by sheaves of kilograms that
have poured into the committees
suite that they expect to have enough
delegates rounded up for the Colonel
at Chicago to drive things his way
Robert c. Morris. vice president Of
the Union League Club. and former
Republican county chairman, who
spoke for the committee today in the
temporary absence Of Mr. Meyer. en-
phasized the fact that the movement
is strictly one within the Republican
party.
In many quarters It is regarded as
the trump card of the Roosevelt Re
publicans prior to the meeting Of the
delegates at Chicago two weeks from
Wednesday.
The members OF the committee,
which is a national body and country
wide in its personnel. have pledged
themselves to crystalline the Roose-
welt sentiment throughout the land
and force its weight upon the Chica 20
gathering.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
Orpet Held to Be Guiltless
BY Many Waukegan Women

first time today. He said Orpet wrote
the letter to save himself from the pos
sible shame OF scandal. He attributed
Orpet's flight 10 boyish panic.
"Orpet" explained Mr.. wukerson,
wrote the alibi letter not to shield him
self from a crime, but from the pos
sible aftermath OF an indiscretion. He
believed Miss Lambert in a delicate con-
dltion. She had written him she might
kill herself. Whether he believed this
or not, he felt that he and she stood
upon the verge Of scandal He did not
know at what time the diegrace might
break But he planned for any emer-
gency. He wished to keep from his
parents the secret OF his unfortunate af-
fair. He hoped to avoid any shame at
the university.
The slibl letter may have been un-
wise. In the light OF events It was. But
It was a boys scheme 70 save his goos
name"
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
$15, 900 in Laces Stolen
In Glare of Arc Light

The thieves worked boldly. A lock on
the front door of the auction rooms un-
der the glare of big street arc light was
pried off.
John Boutross. who accompanied the
consignment to Washington. discovered
the theft. His trip, he said, was a mere
precautiOn, as it was not suspected there
was danger Of losing the precious fab
RIGS.
About a hundred pieces of fine hand
work are missing. The exact value Of
the laces is given as s14,S23.O5. The laces
were insured against fire, but not against
robbery.
The laces were so fine that they could
have been stuffed into two small hand
bags, it was said.
Central office detectives say the rob-
berty was well planned and was perpe-
trated by experts with rare knowledge of
lace values.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
Furious Battle
RACES in Italy
Defenders Launch Counter,
Attacks, but Austrians
Report More Gains.

London. May 2L-The italians are di-
recting a counter-offensive against the
Austrians who are seeking to drive
through the Italian line In the region
between the Adigo and the Astico rivers.
The Austrian official statement. issued
this afternoon in Vienna, says the fight
ing on the Lavarone Plateau has n
creased in violence as a result Of the
italian attacks.
Further gains by the Austrian forces In
this region are announced today. The
Austrians are advancing toward Monte
Pasubio and have occupied Anghobent.
Other gains announced by the Austrians
today are the captures of the Gina del
Laghi, the Gina di Mesole and the Bor-
gola Pass, from which the Italians were
driven toward the south. Vienna an
nounces that 5000 italian prisoners were
taken yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
GUNS SPIKED
BY SHERIFF
Doughty Officer Prevents an
Army of 1000 Staging
Realistic Battle.
BLUE LAW PASSED IN 1855
HITS AT PREPAREDNESS
Demonstration at Sheepshead Bay
Staged in Silence, Even Bands Be-
ing Under Ban of Silence.

New York. May 1.-THE enemy landed
on New York today and advanced toward
Sheepshead Bay. The United States
forces retresting. met them in an ad-
vance guard action Things promised to
be full OF casualties, but in the nick Of
time the Kings County Sunday Obser-
vance Association stepped forward and
commanded not a shot should be fired.
for It was the Sabbath.
The association was obeyed, IN spite Of
the fact that grandstand full Of people
had paid good money to see a thrilling
encounter with the crackle Of rifles. the
rattle Of machine guns, and the boom Of
artillery. 1t was obeyed because its Of
ficials arranged to have Sheriff Swazsy,
Of Kings County, on hand with a threat
Of arrest for George p. DuIenback man
ager OF the preparedness tournament.
aided by a police inspector. under orders
from Commissioner Arthur Woods They
Informed the management Of the show
that such an exhibition as was planned
would be a violation Of one Of the old
blue laws OF the State, first passed IN
1856. and twice since revised BY the leg!s-
latUre.
As result. 200 National Guardsmen
who had come voluntarily to the speed
way, paying their own expenses. to make
a demonstration for preparedness. had
their plans wiped out It is true that
they went through the performance.
waEed long and sweaty battle over the
sun-baked plain, deploying. charging, re-
treating. but they did It in silence. Half
the comprehensiveness and all OF the
thrill were lost
Warning also forbade music to be play
cd. 1t put ban on aeroplane flights as
well
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22

One OF the biggest robberies in Wash
Ington's history occurred Saturday night,
when nearly $4,000 worth of laces were
stolen from the auction rooms of the
National Art Galleries, 1909 H street
northwest
The laces arrived here Saturday morn
ing, consigned to Drury and CARRIER, from
Boutross Brothers, Of Atlantic City. They
were left in locked trunk and the gal
leries were locked at 6:45 Saturday night
About s o'clock yesterday morning the
front door Of the store was found open.
The laces were gone.
The Iaces taken include many rare
point de Venice banquet cloths, napkins
and centerpIeces.
One fIlet center cloth. with a dozen
napkins to match, was valued at $1,000
-Four banquet cloths were listed at over
n.2oo. The other pieces ranged in prices
down as low at s25.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
CBy the sun News serriceN

CBy the sun News Service.)
Chicago, May a.-Women in Waukegan
believe Will Orpet guntless of numbering
Marian Lambert.
While veniremen were being excused
by the hundreds last week in the trial Of
Orpet for murder here, because they had
fixed opinions, many Of them that the boy
is guilty, Miss Algene woodman took a
poll Of 100 Waukegan women on the
question. Ninety-one believed Orpet is
innocent and that Miss Lambert Com
mitted suicide.
Two links which the States lawyers
regard strongest in the chain OF clrcum,
etantial evidence by which they hope to
bind upon orpet the murder of Miss
Lambert, are looked upon as weakest by
the attorneys for the defense.
James II. Wnkerson. counsel for the
defense, gave his explanation of the
."suhd letter and orpst,s ntSht Tor the
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
Kaiser's Peace Hints Bring
Cold Reply from
Enemies.
WILSON NISINFORMED
President Hears that Peace
Proposals Now Are Not
Welcome.
''MILITARISM MUST BE ENDED"
This Is Answer from Allies Who Be-
lieve Teutons Face Sure
Defeat.

THE die is cast Germany must fight
on to the bitter end and cannot escape
retribution by useless appeals to neutraIs
for peace"
This is the answer OF the entente allies
to the steadily increasing peace talk
which has reached Official circles here
from Berlin.
The allies position. It is explained, has
been made perfectly clear TO President
Wilson and this is the prime reason why
the Presidents efforts to act as mediator
in the war have been confined TO more or
subject OF peace instead OF taking the
form OF definite proposal to discuss the
ending OF the war
Both the President and Secretary Of
State Lansing have been informed con-
fldentally from sources close to the en-
tente capitals that peace proposals now
are out OF the question.
The time IS not ripe. It is explained, and
the time will not be ripe until Germany's
military dominance has been completely
broken"
The attitude OF the entene has been ex-
planned TO the world by Rene vIviani, OF
the French cabinet. who. with the full
sanction OF all the entente governments.
made a statement in Petrograd on Friday
in which ne said that the allies stand
solid for a fight to a finish" that they
intend to break Gern-ny's heavy sword
and that they are steadily forging Ger
many's chastisement
The entente allies have translated
IGermany's peace pleas into meaning
that the imperial government now sees
the handwriting on the wall and is
taking measures far in advance in an
effort to end the war.
The entente claims that they are
daily growing stronger in both arma-
ment and men.
They claim that their campaign TO
slowly but surely break Germany's
power by means of their additional
resources backed by the control Of
the seas is now beginning TO bear
fruit The peace propaganda from
Germany is to the entente the first
signals OF distress.
Consequently instead Of being dis
posed to consider peace proposals the
entente. it is explained, is only pre-
pairing for additional concentrated ef-
forts to press their advantage home.
So convinced are the entente diplo-
mats of Germany's approaching weak
ness for the final stages of the strug-
gle that they expect the peace talk
from Berlin to become more and more
pronounced and emphatic until It ends
in practical appeal to the neutral
nations to use their influence against
the crushing of the central powers.
The United States government has
received official reports from its own
agents tending to show that Germany
is beginning to feel the effects of the
drag" much more deeply than is gen.
orally known
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
SUICIDE DIVE
is $50 FEET
Ernest Edmunds, Telegrapher,
Jumps from Twelfth Floor
of Munsey Building.
81 FEEL LIKE JUMPING OFF
ROOF" ARE HIS LAST WORDS
Motive for Act Not Learned-Illness
of Wife May Have Worried
Him.

L feel like jumping OF the top of this
building"
These were the words Of Ernest L. Ed
munds. g. a telegrapher. to a group of
friends in the lobby OF the New Munsey
Building yesterday. Edmunds did not
laugh when he started for a stairway
His friends did
1t was some minutes before 3 o'clock
when Edmunds started on his ascent
When Edmunds reached the twelfth floor
the top-he went to a room in the rear
overlooking an alley. He opened a win
dow and dived through.
His body fell two stories and struck a
ledge around the tenth floor. Later his
hat and IS GEMS were found there.
Tumbling again into space. the body
struck a telegraph wire, twirled and was
flung outward. The body struck a build
lng on the other side Of the alley and
then fell to the cobblestone pavement
below.
The body fell about 80 feet.
Emergency Hospital physicians. who ar
rived in an ambulance, pronounced life
extinct.
Edmunds lived at s07 First street north
west with his wife. He came here last
week from Richmond to accept a job
with the Postal Telegraph Company. His
friends were unable to ascribe a reason
for the suicide
Edmunds' wife had been i'll and he had
brought her to Washington to be with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Bell.
Policeman Adams of the First Precinct.
Clmed out on the tenth story ledge and
recovered Edmunds' hat and 75 cents.
Adams said Edmunds probably was
killed when he struck the ledge.
The Washington herald., 1916-05-22
Sleepless Fish
Cause Complaint
Golden-Hued Members of the
Finny Tribe Disturbed by
Hotel Lights and Band.
By LEWIS WOOD,
CBy international News Service

Atlantic City. N. J., May 21.-CompIaint
has been made to the local S. P c. A,
concerning twenty unfortunate goldfish
belonging to a hotel here. The fish get
but two hours sleep daily.
The live in a circular pool in a sun
garden which forms the roof of the sub
marine grill The pool has a glass bot
tom through which the fish can be seen
going from the grill underneath.
From sunrise at a. m. until dusk the
fish are in the full glare OF the sunlight.
From dusk until the grill closes at a. m.
two powerful searchlights are trained on
the fish from above. Other lights flash
up from the grill. People at the tables
or fox trotting below. can look up and
see the fish nervously swimming about
seeking shadow and quiet in order TO
escape the glare and the noise of the
crashing band.