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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

RE Friday looking after some
threshing bills due him"
Peaceful Valley reports:
Cord wood may now be
included In the high cost of
living. The producer gets a
better price than at any time
during the last six years and
the consumer is taxed accord
ingly. Blessed is he who liv<
eth In the woods where he
can get his fuel free"
The Dole items record:
I'VE certainly have a fine
school 10 Dole"
mt. Day Is firing donkey
for Mr.. Bunch"
More NEXT week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
WILL EXPORT
ALL GRAIN in
PACIFIC NV.
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. IA
fleet OF British merchantmen will
soon call at Portland to carry
away every bushel of wheat avail
able for sale in the Pacific North
west, according to private advices
received by dealers today.
According to this information,
British agents in the United
States who draw on the Bank of
England for all purchases have
been holding off, hoping that the
price of wheat would decline.
The time to buy heavily is near,
1t is believed.
Vessels will be sent here to
take the grain directly to Europe
as transportation lines across the
continent are so congested that
the shipments could move very
slowly if forwarded by rail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

'P0R TACOMA AND THE STATE WITH A
DETERhIEATI0N TO SEE TILE PREFER
ENTAIL KNOCKED OFT.
II means n,aaey 10 Tacoma and Washington.
1T Is the biggest thing in financial way that
could be put oycr for this city and the North
west, save Reynolds.
II is upiu Tacoma business mcn 10 get togeth.
ei behind The Times and the Isju,enated Com,
mercial club.
The Commercial club, under its I'D manage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
CONDEMN SUFFRAGE
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. .
A condemnation" message from
Cardinal Gibbons, and denuncia-
ton also of suffrage for women
by Elihu Root, marked this aft
ernoon's sessions of the National
association opposed to woman suf-
frage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
u. w. COED BEATEN =
ON STREET. ROBBED

tunited Press Leased Wlre.D
SEATTLE, Dec. Miss Grace
Peterson, a University of Wash
ington coed, was knocked down
with "a club and robbed of her
handbag containing Sc by an I'M
known assailant on 18th avenue,
N. E., near 47th street carly We'd
nesday evening.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
SAY HE URGED
HER TO KILL

THOMPSON FALLS, Mont,
Dec. IA. S. Ainsworth, news
paper publisher, was scheduled to
come to trial today on a charge OF
urging Miss Edith Colby to kill
A. c. Thomas, politician.
Edith Colby, who was convicted
of second degree murder, will be
sentenced Saturday. The Jury
fixed the penalty as ten 10 twelve
years.
Miss Colby said she would not
mind going to prison II the man
whom she alleges persuaded her
to kill Thomas were also Jailed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

astinst. n can be won BY the moral support Of the
1aD so REYNOLDS CANE TO THE TACOMA
ITIkHs, THE SEATTLE STAR AND THEIR SIS
TtR PAPERS IN SPOKANE AND PORTLAND.
Il knew II would be no use TO 20 to the other pa
psIs." he said.
.4synold, came 10 the RICH, place.
The Tunes hands are not tied.
THE TINES is GOING I,ONN THE LINE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

The attorney general makes
the suggestion that the acreage
belonging to the penitentiary at
McNeils island be more than
doubled, in order to raise more
supplies for the institution.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
BY CARL w. ACKERMAN.
WITH THE GERMAN
ARMY AT GENERAL Won
FALKENHAYN's II E,A D.
QUARTERS IN RUMANIA,
Dec. 4.-(Via wireless to the
United Press. livery hun
dred yards there is something
dead or dying in Rumania.
The country Is mad with ter
rOr. Anarchy and chaos
reign everywhere, and tho
misery of the inhabitants is
terrible.
1t is to bring order out of this
chaos that Gen. Won Tulff, former
military administrator to Poland,
before Warsaw's fall, has been
named German governor-general
of Rumania.
The Rumanians, ordered from
their homes by their government,
clogged the roads, most of them
with a few belongings packed on
small OK carts. The advancing
Germans overlook these refugees.
Widest Anarchy.
Then they turned back toward
their homes, only to find in
thousands of instances that every
thing they had left behind had
been plundered by other Ruma-
mans.
AS we rode through Rammicu
and Waikiki the widest anarchy
prevailed. The streets were lit
tered with household goods, pa
pers, window curtains, dead horses
and dogs.
Meanwhile bands of Rumanian
gypsies went from house to house
and shop to shop, smashing win
dows and again plundering the
homes already half destroyed.
These plundering bands--men,
women and children-piled what
they could not carry on their own
backs on stolen horses or cows.
Many Children Die.
Because of deprivations and the
roaming on muddy, cold Rumanian
roads, the mortality of children
among these miserable refugees
has been very high.
One can hardly sleep at night
because of the constant barking OF
deserted dogs. Along the roads
lay dead or dying horses. Starving
dogs gnaw the flesh of these bod
ies and crows pick at their eyes.
The terror that is apparent
everywhere Is in striking contrast
to the maps which hung in every
RumGnian home and which had
been Used as part of the propa-
ganda to get the Rumanians to
favor war.
These maps show greater Ru-
MANIA" the boundaries OF
which extend far into Austria
Hungary.
Instead of Rumania's ambitions
being realized, Rumania herself
has fallen before the invader.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
DEEP SNOW HELPS
OUT MAIL BANDITS

united Press Leased Wire.)
TWIN FALLS, Ida, Dec. Z. -
Deep snow today prevented posses
from hunting the two bandits who
murdered F. Searcy, mail stage
driver, at lonely point 90 miles
south of here and escaped with
$4,000,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
WOMAN ACQUITTED
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NEWARK, N. j., Dec. Mrs.
Margaret Claire Beutinger was
this afternoon acquitted of the
charge of murder.
The jury which tried her on
charge of numbering her husband
brought in the verdict of not
guilty after three hours .delibera-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
IMPORTS DIRT
FOR HIS GRAVE

MONTCLAIR, N. j., Dec.
covered with earth he
dug and brought to America
in a trunk, from his home
town of Kehdig Bruch, Ger
many, 81 years ago, Chris
TOPPER Hinck was buried
here Monday as he had ask
ed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
MINISTER'S WILL
ELECT OFFICERS

The Ministerial Alliance will
meet at o'clock Monday at the
Y. w. G. A. In addition to the
regular business, officers will be
elected.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
CALL MEETING ON
FEDERATION PLAN

A meeting will be held at 7:45l
p. m. Monday at the Y. M. C. A.,
for the further consideration of
the proposed federation of Tacoma
churches.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

NEW YORK - Anglo-French
loan sold at 9h on the stock ex-
change today, establishing a new
low mark.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

GERMANS PUSH AHEAD
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BERLIN, via Sayville wireless
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
Greetings, has the mayor
put you on "a committee?

put you OH Coufiii'tee.
SO far as we can recall, there
have not yet been any shipyards
placed at Sylvan, at Titlow' S
Beach or at Magnolia Beach.
Hint to sporting editors
A young man named Oliphant
has been playing pretty
good brand of football. Why
not dig up something about
him and print 1t?
How the local G.. o. p. would
be pointing with pride at rising
prosperity now If only Hughes had
carried California!
We move that the subject
of midnight revues be drop
ped.
Wyman, the Minnesota full
back, hurled. forward passes 40
yards as accurately as II he had
only attempted to shoot them so
yards.-Cincinnati CO., Enquirer.
Since being happy makes
one fat that's why it's hard
for q fat person to get thin.
When they lose a few pounds
\ they're SO happy they add on
the weight they lost.--Dr.
Icy Rite.
DID YOU KNOW
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
TERROR REIGN!
Wild Disorder in Rumania
as German War Machine
Smashes on Way; Many
Children Are Dying.

Dec. Occupation of Campina
and Sinaca, in addition to the
Rumanian capital of Bucharest,
was announced as further ad-
vance made by German troops in
today's official statement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

The above is the first admis-
sion from any allied source con-
firming the German official state
ment late yesterday that Buchar-
est had fallen into the Teutons'
hands.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

uERE is a reproduction of the
IL first page of The Times OF
January II which launched the
fight for fair tourist rates for the
Pacific Northwest.
Final victory came this week
when the interstate commerce COM
mission ruled that from this time
on the $3.50 "differential,' a
plain discrimination against Taco
ma and Seattle, be eliminated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
ADMIT FALL OF CITY
Omitted Press Leased Wlre.)

PARIS, Dec. THE Ruma-
mans evacuated Bucharest in
good order, saving their army, it
was authoritatively stated here
today The Rumanian rear-guard
was forced to fight strenuously to
cover the retreat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

WASHINGTON, d. Can APP
preparation of 100000 is asked
in a resolution today calling for
a Joint senate and house investi-
cation of expenditures of money
to influence the recent national
election.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
BUCHAREST NOT DEMOLISHED
UNITED Press Leased Wire.)

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 7.-Bu-
charest was almost deserted of
civilians as we'll as of soldiers
when the Rumanian capital city
was captured by the Germans.
Reports here today said the city
was not demolished,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

can inch makes whole lot of difference" they
used to tell u.s. especially on the end of woman's
nose But ask you to consider the greater differ
ence few feet make
The difference in the size of dollar for instance,
between the pay-window and the grocery store!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

DID YOU KNOW
The fisheries department at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
This City Must Fight
System Which Keeps
Tourist Travel From
Flowing This Way
Battle Can Be Won

- HIs u GALL TO ARMS TO EVERY BUS
MESS MAN IN TACOMA
II Is A CHANot FOR THE REo10AN
lied TACOMA COMMERCIAL. oEUB 70 DO
ONE GRRAT BIO THINo YoR THE CITY
RIGHT OFF TIE JUMP.
n u AN OPPORTUNITY 70 BRING QUE
Mt TACOMA PLAYGROUND INTO ITS OWN.
THIS Ii THE YEAR OF PRohIsx-ALso o.
HARD WORK. AID We NEED TO Oct On
ZEE JOE.
For Year, TseomA and the NorthveH have
been locking out the window Wills Califor
uia cities San Francisco, Les Angeles, San
Diego - have bsen hslphg themselves -
millions Of dollars IN real UncIs SANS coin, half
Of vAsel b'lons'dn ysa'
4 Perhaps you didnt know it but 90 per cent o.
tourist travel from The Eat goes 10 California mol
because California climate is better than Washing
tons, not beeauss OF finer scenery better accsm
n,odatiofa, BUT BECAUSE OF UNFAIR DIS
| II costa Me traveller Glib more 10 20 from Chi
esso TO San Francisro va Ta'onla than II does d
San Franeisco via New Ufleans. u Paso and II,
Angeles. AND THE DISTANCE OVER THE
SOUTHERN ROUTE Is GREATER BY 2as
In summer, when special tourist rates are IN 81
feet. tho difference is ti7bo the preferential favor
ing the Southern routei
That preferential means this
4 That unless the traveller has relatives Nv.
Ing In the Northwest, OF comss here On matter
Of basiness, he will take the Southern route.
q That Tacoma hotel mcn are losing 90 PEI
cent Of their legitimate summer tourist bssuea.
q That Puget Sound steamer men are max.
-mT u wnfy vney Ek5nfd TuFt
IN the summer from tourist patronage.
9 That real estate dealers. street r.ii~sys,
department stores TACT every line OF bust
s,.ss and avsrt inAvtdual Luk iuesa man In this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07
FLASHES



TOKYO--Charges that Field
Marshal Count Terauchi is IAN
unconstitutional premier" are be-
ing hurled by Viscount Kato and
his followers who are promoting
q movement to overthrow. the
new head of the Japanese govern
ment.
PARIS-A blockade of Greece
as a reprisal for the riots in Ath-
ems in which French marines
were fired upon will be officially
announced tomorrow.
SAN FRANCISCO - Kidnapped
in a high power touring car, Miss
Josie Carmenilla, IS, was rescued
by the police today at the home
of Innocent Alirio.
WASHINGTON-The house to-
day named Reps. Rucker, Garrett
and Mckinley to make the house
arrangements for the second in
auguration of President Wilson
March 8.
CHICAGO--Beef at $1.76 a
pound, and on the hoof, too. This
figure is making the H. c. L. ex-
perts gasp today. The beef was
grand champion steer of the In
ternational show in California. 1t
was sold today for 1890.
SAN FRANCISCO-The nation
al retail grocers' association will
boycott food packers who raise
their wholesale prices, as one
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

SAN FRANCISCO-The nation
al retail grocers' association will
boycott food packers who raise
their wholesale prices, as one
means of reducing the cost of liv-
ing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

We move that the subject
of midnight rcvues be drop
ped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-07

There are just a few days left in
which you can sign initiative No
%, the nonpartisan bill. Your
name is needed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
SWARTHMORE VENUS GETS
100 MARRIAGE OFFERS

Philadelphia, Feb T,--Miss Willetts, a
Swarthmore College junior. whose physi'
cal measurements are nearly Identical
with those Of the Venus de Milo. has hef
choice Of a hundred matrimonial offers
several engagements on the vaudeville
stage or becoming a queen Of tho movies
Since the publication of her remarkable
resemblance, physically. to the perfect
woman" she has been considering hirins
secretary.
Not only is Miss Wiletts, the daughter
of +. r. Willett. of Trenton. y. j., perreo'
in form, but she has a beautiful race
Poor, silly chaps" she sighed TO-DAY
AS she glanced at the love missiVes tha'
heaped her waste paper basket IheI
don't understand Il girls heart but some
Of them write beautiful letters. peiieV'
I might almost love some of them FOL
their pretty thoughts"
One of them was from young FARMER
in western Pennsylvania.
81 can offer you beautiful little rarn
and a kind. loving husband" he said y
am not the kind to neglect a good wife
and do so want to get pretty one
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
SAY Vt. MILK IS
.CR0WO|NG NEAR
BOSTON PRODUCT
Dairymen Close to Hub Com
plain to Service Commits
sion of Leased Car
System.

Boston, Feb, 17.--DisadvantaGc to
Massachusetts dairymen through the
operation OF the leased car system for
bringing milk to this city were con-
sidered at an investigation of milk and
cream transportation rates begun to-
day by Chairman &. G. McChord of the
interstate commerce commission.
This system. dairymen of the state
contend. has resulted in a monopoly of
milk and cream supply by dealers who
have been enabled to divide among
themselves territory distant from Bos-
ton, to the virtual exclusion of dairy
men whose plants are near the local
market, The maximum charge of SIS
000 a year for a car, imposed by the
railroads for milk carriers running any
distance beyond l65 miles from this
city, was the object of special criticisms.
Representatives of the dairymen an
nounced that they would make an eff
fort to have the leased car plan abol-
ished and a system of payment by can
substituted.
Dairymen situated near this city said
the fact that the dealers we're enabled
to so amy distance for sources of sup
ply without extra charge under the
system of leases had resulted in centcrs
for the Boston milk market being
created at North Remington, VI, Bel
fast Me- Greenwich. \. v. Lyndon
willie. VI, Rupert \, Y, and NerGcnnes.
Vt. while nearby plants had difficulty
in finding an outlet.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
SPINAL MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC
Two Have Died In Brandon and Third
May Succumb-Rcnted Costumes
Suspected source OF Infection.

Brandon, Feb. 17.--What appears to
he "a severe epidemic OF spinal menin-
gifts began here last Friday afternoon.
when the sudden death of Zeno Hon
kins occurred. The same afternoon
Miss Fanny Peabody, daughter Of
James Pea BODY, was taken suddenly
i'll. and shortly afterward Mr.. Peabody
was stricken with the same disease.
lie died Wednesday afternoon. Miss
Peabody is in a serious condition and
it is not expected she will live, A con-
sultation Of physicians from Burling
ton and Ticondcroga was held and the
disease pronounced spinal meningitis
Charles Y. Needham is also seriously
i'll with the same disease.
AS all who have contracted the dis
ease We're in play given at the town
hall last week Wednesday evening, il
is thought that they may have got the
disease from some of the costumes or
wigs rented from a Boston firm. Both
Miss Pea body and young Hopkins were
members of the high school and as a
prccaution it was thought best to close
the whole school for the remainder oi
the week Or Caverly, president ol
the state board of health. was in Bran
don day, but did not think it ncces
sary to postpone any OF the public en-.
tertainments unless a further spreal
OF the disease was evident
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
MENINGITIS SPREADING
Firth Case Appears In BRANDON
Churches and schools Arc Closed
and Public Gatherings POST
pOncd.

Brandon. Feb. lS.-Oue new case of
spinal meningitis has Developed here since
yesterday. that of Mss Margaret O'Con-
nors. daughter Of MIR. and Mrs. John
O'Connors. Miss OConnors is IA student
In the high school and her seat Is Just
opposite that of Miss Peabody, who de-
Velopcd the disease Friday and who Is
in "A serious condition. This makes five
cases in all, two of which hav" been
fatal. DR.. c. ". Beccher of Burlingt on.
member Of the State board of health,
was in Brandon Thursday evening and
administered serum to all the vic
tins of the disease. There will be no Sun
day services in any of the churches and
all public gatherings have been postponed
by order of the health officer. The schools
will not reopen until further notice All
teachers whose homes are away from
Brandon left to-day
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
ANNA AUMULLER'S
SLAYER MEETS DEATH
Hans schmidt Goes to Electric Chair
without Sign of Fear.

Ossining, Feb. lS.-lians Schmidt was
electrocutcd at Sing Sing prison to-day
for the murder Of Anna Aumuller Sep
TENDER >, 1918.
Schmidt went quietly to the death cham
Der, accompanied by the principal keeper
and the Rev, Father Cashn, the prison
chaplain. Leaving the death house, he
said good hyc to those who remained
When he entered the Chambcr, the
guards attempted to direct him toward
the chair but Schmidt gently shook them
off and insisted upon addressing the Il
witnesses, The guards desistod from their
efforts and, with Father Cashin standing
al one side and the keeper at the other,
Schmidt said;
Gentlemen, ask forgiveness OF all those
7 have injured or scandalized, I forgive
all who have injured me, My last wish is
TO say good bye to my dear old mother"
Schmidt then seated himself in the cleo
trio chair and tho current was applied
three times.
Within a minute he was dead. He had
spent the night up to midnight in praying
and talking with Father Cashin and slept
from midnight to five o'clock. when he
was awakened for breakfast. He would
take only a cup of coffee
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
TESTIMONY FAVORS
CENTRAL VERMONT
~. Adams Man TcstiRcs at Hearing on
Petition Of Road to Operate
steamer Line.

New York, Feb. l7.-Moro testimony in
favor of allowing the Central Vermont
railway to continue tho operation of its
steamboat line between New London and
New York under the PAN America canal
act was heard by Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Clements at the resump-
ton of the hearing in the case to-day.
W. j. Snyder, local commercial agent
OF tho road, testified that If the line was
made independent irreau,a rity of traffic
would result which would not benefit
tho pubic.
g. /. Graham, ren,ssenting the In
dustr!ai Traffic association Of New Eng.
laud a. Il traffic manager OF the Amori-
can NooivH company, thought no indie
lrldeUt company would be interested
~ ,ooiirE out ior points on the Central
Vermont line
~ H. Raymond. MANAGER or n name
industry near st Adams, Vt, testified
That tho site for his business was selected
= that place because the railroads water
Ines insured direct service between
northern Vermont and New York. Ue
favored tho roads application.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-24
JENNIE CHIk FINALLY
JOINS HER HUSBAND
Actress Married and Parted Mt Bur-
IinEton Co.'s to Bangor.

brattlehoro. Feb, 17-Jennie Chik. AS
she WAS known with the Bob OFT show.
Jennie Ossllcdchk as she was before her
marriage in Burlington January Is to
Harold Eugene Jones of Bangor, Me,
left the company here this morning and
started for Bangor to join her husband,
Jones. after his marriage to the girl,
was forced to leave her in BURLINGTON
and journey back to his Bangor home
on peremptory orders from his father.
His girl wife was obliged to remain with
the company two weeks until her success
sor could be broken in. She played her
last performance last night and was the
center Of all eyes