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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-22
ADVERTISEMENT.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived at the office of the Cimmis-
sioner of Light and Water, Room
4O3. city Han. Tacoma, Washington.
until o'clock p. m, Monday, the
18th of January, 1917, for furnishing
and delivering f. o. b. Cars, at the
Factory, years supply of Chlorine
Gas i'm accordance with the speclfi-
cations on file In the office of the
Commissioner of Light and Water.
A minimum quantity of eight
thousand $4,000 pounds will be
contracted for but the city reserves
the right to exceed this amount as
their interests may require, at the
price bid per pound.
surety bond, in amount equal
to twenty-five per cent of the esti-
mated amount of the contract price
will be required.
Proposals must be made on the
printed form furnished by the Com
missioner of Light and Water and
accompanied by certified check for
five per cent of the estimated
able to the order of the Commits
sioner of Light and Water. Check
of the successful bidder will be re-
turned upon execution of contract
and approval of bond. All other
checks Will be returned Immediate
ly upon award of contract.
The Commissioner of Light and
Water reserves the right to reject
any and all bids as the interests of
the City may appear.
Commission of Light & Water.
Dec. 81, %, 23, rs, 20, 1916.
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ment District No. 1874, is described
as follows, to-wit:
All of Blocks 80, 81, 90 and 90,
Amended Map OF First School
Land Addition to the City OF Ia
coma.
All of Block 1,
Grief's Addition to Tacoma, Wash.
All of Blocks / and 2,
Ganos Addition to Tacoma, Wash.
The assessments levied against
said lots and property to become due
and payable at the option of the
annual fnstallments, with interest
at the rate Of six (6D per cent per
annum on deferred payments.
That the work of said improve
ment be done and said special as
sessments be levied and collected
9S of the Acts of the Legislature of
the state of Washington of 1911,
and Ordinance No. 4611 of said City.
That all persons who may desire
to object to the making of said i'm
provement in the manner above set
forth shall do so in writing and file
said remonstrance with the City
Clerk at or prior to $3.50 A. NJ. on
the date set for hearing before this
Council to be held at the Council
Chamber in the City Hall on Mon
day, January Is, 1917, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ.
That the Commissioner of Public
Works submit to this Council at
date prior to January Is, 1917. the
estimated cost of said Improvement;
a statement of the proportionare
amount thereof which should be
borne by the property within the
proposed assessment district a
statement of the aggregate assessed
value of the real estate, exclusive of
Improvements. within said district
according to the valuation last
placed upon 1t for the purpose of
general taxation; together with a
diagram or print showing thereon
the lots, tracts and parcels of land
specially benefited by said improve
ment and the estimated amount of
the cost and expense of the i'm
provement to be borne by each lot
tract. or parcel of land or other
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SALE OF HORSES AND WAGONS
SEALED bids will be received at
the office of the City Controller,
Room 205, city Hall, not later than
1916, for the following described
property of the city of Tacoma
! black horse, Approximate weight
1850 lbs.
l single harness.
/ single wagon Cat old barn).
l single wagon (at new barn).
All property may be inspected by
applying at City Barn, corner So.
cath and Boardway.
Lump sum bids will not be consid
cred, as each item will be sold sep
arately to the highest bidder.
The City Controller reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
T.. SHOEMAKER,
city Controller.
Dec 21-22. 1916.
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ONLY ONE WAY
TO GET POST

Il would like to impress upon
the public that there is no other
way to bring the army division
to Pierce county than by donating
the land for It," said Stephen
Appleby. one of the originators
of the big idea Friday.
THE government never pur-
chases land for such purposes. IL
1t did, it would create a pork bar
rel, and make way for all manner
of graft.
THE land at Fort Lawton,
Vancouver, Fort Wright and
every other army station in the
country has been donated.
THE army is going to estab-
lish a big post in the west. Port
land is making a strong fight for
it. San Diego wants it. Pierce
county has been promised the
post, howeevr, and all that it has
to d onow is vote the bonds, and
we will get it,"
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LEGAL NOTICES
INITIAL RESOLUTION $3.50, L.

INITIAL RESOLUTION 6632. L. L.
ID. 1874.
BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Ia
COMA:
That It is the intention of said
council to order the local improve
ment hereinafter set forth, and to
ments to pay the cost and expense
OF such improvement, upon the real
property which is hereinafter de-
scribed to the extent that such prop
erty shall be benefited thereby.
That said Improvement shall con-
sist of laying a sanitary sewer of
eight (S) inch pipe, together with
all necessary tees. yves, risers and
manholes, in the alley between "D'
Street and "E" Street from South
10th Street to South 18th Street.
That the real property to be bene-
fitted by said improvement, and
which win constitute Local Improve
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FOR SALE-10 acres in Puyallup,
well improved, all in cultivation;
4-room house and outbuildings.
Will sell cheap to close In estate
John Kerrigan, 100 9th st. N. W.,
Puyallup.
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property; and
That the City Clerk publish this
resolution In two consecutive issues
of the official newspaper as required
by law.
Adopted December 20, 1916.
Yeas 8. Atkins, Drake, Gronen,
Petit, Fawcett.
A. v. FAWCETT,
Mayor.
Attest: W. d. NICKEUS,
City Clerk.
Dec. 81, %, 1915.
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FREIGHTS COLLIDE

United Press lensed Wire1
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 22. -
Three enginemen were injured and
one may die as the result of a
wreck of two freight trains at the
Burlington-Union Pacific crossing
near Yutan, Neb., this morning.
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COTTAGE HOME

| MAHAFFAY Insures 3o6 Fidelity
Bldg. Main 1897.
| EDO acres good land near Ia
coma to trade for your equity.
Address Q-3, Times.
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NOTICE
Registration Books Close
December &c. 1916.
NOTICE

A special election will be held
January 6, 1917, on question of
Army Post Bonds, and books for
registration of voters will close at
10 p. M. Tuesday, December &c, 1916.
w. ID. NICKEUS.
City Clerk.
noo 100 ta1c
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SOUTH AMERICANS
SUDDENLY DUMB

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 22.-The
| first statement of Secretary of
State Lansing, caused officialdom
here to close up clam-like. His
subsequent modification failed to
restore talkativeness. Officials
evidently considered the situation
too delicate to discuss.
NOTICE is hereby given that on the
9th day of January. 1917. In the
County of Pierce, State of Washing
ton, an election will be held for the
purpose of submitting to the electors
of said County the following propo-
sitiOn:
Shall Pierce County incur indebt-
edness not exceeding two million
dollars, for the purpose of acquiring
approximately seventy thousand
acres of land in Pierce County and
conveying the same to the United
States. said land to be used by the
government for mobilization. train
ing and supply station, said indebt-
edness to be evidenced by negotiable
bonds Of Pierce County, payable in
not more than twenty years, with
interest not exceeding five per
centum per annum. payable annually.
Said election will be opened at
eight o'clock in the morning and will
continue until eight o'clock in the
afternoon of the same day, except
that in precincts outside of incor-
porated towns and cities said cleo
ton will be opened at nine o'clock
In the morning and will continue
until seven o'clock In the afternoon
OF the same day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this
10Th day of December, 1916.
THOS. NJ MORRIS.
ISEAL1 County Auditor.
BY A. Camnhell Deni1fv
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MAIN 1909 Local and Long
Storage. Nights and Sundays,
M A. N S00e
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HELF-AiALE

POYS WANTED after school to sell
Times. Every newsboy has a bank
account, have you? Start selling
tonight, earn your Xmas money.
Apply Times office.
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9TH ADDITION

9TH ADDITION
2 LOTS on 8. e. cor. of seth and
Asotin SITS, just above grade, all
improvements in and paid for
, $3.50 on easy terms. Look these up.
1t is a beautiful place to build.
Havelock G. Boyle & Co.
I'll California Bldg. Main %.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11

British authorities and sometimes even
turned over to British firms, who in
turn submitted bids to the Russian
concerns.
State department officials regard the
situatiOn-if proved-as perhaps the
most flagrant interference in Ameri.
can rights thus far.
In case the state department can
prove that Great Britain has been
guilty of the of'fenses charged, the
strongest protest thus far made against
English trade practices will be sent to
the English government, for, officials
say, such n situation would be intoler-
able.
In this connection, it was confirmed
todsG tnnt Ambassador Francis has
been negotiating for better cable fa-
cilties between Russia and the United
States.
Thus far the department has taken
no official hand in the cable situation,
though officials say they are watching
the matter with Interest.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
CAPITAL JOURNAL SALEM OREGON FRIDAY AUGUST H. 1916
WOMAN THREE YEARS
IN PRISON AS A MAN
Strange Story Of Mistaken
Sex Comes from California
State Prison

San Quentin, Cal, Aug. IA wo
man is serving IA year sentence for
robbery in San Quentin as a man.
She is cart" Baker, who was sen.
fenced from Riverside for stealing
money from the postoffice there three
years ago. During her three years in
generation, Miss Baker has managed
to conceal her secret, except from some
other prisoners. Today she told her
story to newspaperman.
In an appeal to the public and the
governor, she said that, if it was not
answered soon or unless she was moved
into the women's ward, she would com.
init suicide.
81 have been here three years." she
said. ''The convicts have insulted me.
The prison officials gave me separate
booth in which to bathe, but it is in
the same room where from l400 to
1900 men bathe.
81 was convicted and sentenced to
prison as q man. As such have
served three years of my sentence. Now
I can bear it no longer. The prison
officials have been kind but even
their kindness cannot make up for the
horror of woman being Gagged with a
lot of men convicts.
"I was born 40 years ago. was a
deformed baby. In my deformity, my
mother mistooli my sex until was II
years old. Ny family was ashamed of
me and 1 was told to keep my de-
formity secret. After | had lived so
long as boy. my people were ashamed
to put me in dresses.
''In 1904 my family obtained my
consent to marry girl and pose as
the father Of her child Soon after we
were separated, according to an agree
ment we made before the marriage.
For years / earned my living by
teaching in mans school but always
my identity was discovered and / lost
my position.
"While visiting my sister at Sum
merdale, in Santa Barbara county,
when | was sick and 'broke' I stole
money orders and cashed $500 worth
Of them"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
SEVERAL QUESTIONS
ABOUT POLITICS
Attorney General Throw
Light On Problems Per-
picking Secretary

Owing to pledge taken by candi
dates in filing declarations of candi-
dacy, the secretary of states office ha.
| taken the petition of A. w. Lafferty of
Portland, who was defeated for the re-
publican nomination in the Third con
gressional district by C. w. Macarthur
and who now wishes to appear on the
ballot as the progressive candidate, to
the attorney general. Attorney Gen
eral Brown has advised the secretary of
state that Lafferty's demand is legal
and must be complied with. Tn giving
the opinion the attorney says: "The
primary law does not attempt to pro-
vide method whereby candidate may
be forced to keep his pledge. This has
been confined entirely into the keep
ing of the conscience of the candidate
and the Judgment of the people. An
election certificate was regularly issued
by the governor Of Oregon, as provided
by statute, and regularly delivered to
Lafferty declaring him to be the nomi-
nee of the progressive party for con-
gress from the Third Oregon district.
This certificate of election entities him
to have his acceptance filed and his
name placed on the ballot notwithstand.
ing his pledge"
No Claims Allowed.
Claims of delegates for expenses in
cured in attending national party con-
ventions will not be allowed by the sec'
retary of state. Attorney General
Brown, to whom the question was re.
ferred, says: "Without expressing an
opinion upon this subject, wish to
call your attention to Section 2625
Lords Oregon laws, as amended by
Chapter 2S p. 6l, laws of 1913, which
provides that in such cases the seere.
tary Of state shall draw no warrants
nor audit any claims except when an
appropriation has been made covering
the same. There is no appropriation
made by the last session of the legisla.
ture nor at any other time for the ex'
penses now under consideration, and
therefore under the section as cited the
secretary of state is forbidden from au-
diting claims for such expenses"
Not Part Of Expenses.
Another question which the secretary
of states office has put up TO the at.
torney general is in effect as follows:
Do sums paid by candidate for seeur.
ing signatures and preparing petitions
to have his name printed on the official
ballot come within the limitation of
candidates expenses under the pro-
visions of the corrupt practice act' The
attorney general holds that qualifying
TO become a candidate by paying the
declaration fee or by paying the ex-
pense OF securing petition signed by
the requisite number of electors OF his
party is not any part of the effort to
secure or influence voters and is not
therefore part of the campaign and
is not required to be included in the
sworn statement filed by the candi'
date.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
Notice Of Improvement of Alley 1
Blocks So and SO, University
Addition

Notice is hereby given that the COM
mon council deems it expedient SO to
do, and hereby declares its purpose and
intention to improve the alley in blocks
80 and SO, University addition to tho
city of Salem, between the east line
Pof Twelfth street and the west line OF
the Race in block 80, at the expense Of
the abutting and adjacent property by
bringing said portion of said alley to
the official grade, and paving the same
with six-incn Portland cement con-
crete pavement in accordance with the
plans, specifications and estimates for
the improvement of said portion OF
said alley, adopted by the common
council on the 9th day of July, 1916,
now on file in the office of the city
recorder, which, for a more detailed
description thereof are hereby referred
to and made part of this notice; be-
ing that character or kind OF, improve
ment known and designated in said
plans, specifications and estimates as
Cement Concrete Pavement.
The common council hereby declares
its purpose and intention to make the
said above described Improvement by
and through the street improvement de-
partment of the City.
BY order of the common council.
-CHAS F. ELGIN City Recorder.
! Dated this sth day of August, 1916.
Aug 10
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Sport News
ATHLETICS ACTING AS
GUARD TO CELLAR
Only the Red Sox of Eastern
Teams Held Their Own in
Western Games

New York, Aug. ll.-Homeward I'd
bound from western diamonds. the fou,
eastern American league teams are TO.
day far lower in the standings than
when they set out on the invasion. On
~ the Red Sox, leading the league by
virtue of successive defeats of Chi.
cago, have improved their standing!
While in the west the Athletics com
pleted their run of twenty successive
straight defeats, the record. e.
The Yanks, though crippled, led the
league when they started west and are
gimring home today i'm sixth place.
Shot through and through by success
sive ill luck and injuries to the play.
ers, they lost another star yesterday
when ArragOn, the Cuban infielder, re.
called from the minors, went down
with a badly bruised arm.
The Senators, never counted out of
the pennant race, were making moves
toward the first division when they
left the capital city but today only the
Athletics prevent Griffith S men from
dropping into the cellar.
The rush of the st. Louis Browns
from the seventh place to the edge of
the first division has been the feature
of the last three weeks. Fourteen
straight games were won by Fielder
Jones crew and dropping but oae, they
are on their way to another string of
victories.
In the National league the eastern.
ers, playing at home, have been the
victors. TIL Giants took eleven out of
fifteen from their visitors, the Dodgers
twelve out of fifteen, the Braves
twelve out of sixteen and the Philies
thirteen out of eighteen.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
Betty Left Her Bath
at Call of Policeman

Chicago, Aug. 10.-Miss Betty Am.
nell, Aurora, ILL.,, society girl, who had
to jump out of bath tub last night
when Chicago policeman told her over
the transom he had warrant for her
arrest on a charge of beating hotel
bill, had her case continued in police
court today to August Is.
Miss Ammell attracted attention some
time ago when she announced that Mrs
$. W.. Blake, an aged California woman
had died leaving her fortune of $780,
900. She said she came to Chicago to
get job as Il model.
She wanted to get the experience, she
said. She denied that she was trying to
cheat" her board bill, declaring that
she never had chance to pay it.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
Murray to Play Church

Seabright, N. j., Aug. 1l.-R. Lind.
lay Murray of California will face
George M. Church in ;ne finals of the
Achilles cup singles here today.
The winner will challenge r. Nor
ris Williams of Philadelphia for leg
on tnc huge silver trophy of the Sea.
bright Tennis and Cricket club.
Murray won his way to the final
round by defeating Kumagae, the Japa-
nese and w. II. Tilden. Church took
the measure of his doubles partner,
Hills Davis, in straight sets.
The doubles will produce some hard
battling today with the champions
Johnston and Griffin matched against
the winner of the BenrA Alexander and
berts.Throckmorton match.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
SAVED 30 OF CREW

Galveston, Texas, Aug, 1.-THE Bri'
tish steamship Normandier, arriving
here today from Genoa, reported rescu'
ing 20 men from boats of the Italian
steamer Angelo, after that ship was
sunk in the MEDITERRANEAN by subma.
rine. The survivors were landed in AL.
giers.
The Normandier also reported she
learned at Aigiers that big German
submarine with two coming towers was
sunk in the Mediterranean.
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OPEN FORUM
K X X X X X X X X X X X +
Says Story Is False.

Imperial Beach, Cal,
August 5, 1916
To the Editor Capital Journal.
Dear Sir:-In your issue of July 29
appears the publication of letter
from Private Dewey McElrath, of Com.
pany NJ, to Chief of Police Welch, of
Salem. in which my name appears.
Since the reference to me is lust as
false as the rest of the letter is puerile
clatter, my first notion was to consider
the source and disregard it. However,
many of the boys have urged me to not
permit the thing to go unnoticed for
the good reason that all sorts of false
impressions may be created and none of
us know what we might see published
next.
The author of the letter to Chief
Welsh become an undesirable citizen in
the eyes of the Salem officials and the
wonderous wise plan was conceived to
coerce him into joining Company NJ,
giving him, understand, incarceration
as an alternative. There are q number
OIL US who were not only astonished
but most resentful that it should be con.
cluded that Company Nj must serve as a
means OF RIDING salem OF such fellows,
and We believe most of the citizens at
home agree that it was most unjust to
force McElrath on US.
But the damage is not to end, it
seems, for despite our efforts to keep
the discordant note as quiet as possible
our good friend Chief Welsh sees fit
to have it further harped upon.
Don Z Won. think it's unfair for Won
to publish the almost imbecile cores
pondence of this sealawag and thus be
means of creating false impressions
about usi
/ don't hold MeElrath to blame, for
his intellect is of but low order, but
its poor judgment on Chief Welsh IS
part to pass his letter to the newspapers
for publication.
Respectfully,
JAMES WALTON, JR.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
LABoRINa MAN MURDERED

Sacramento. Cal, Aug. ll.-An un'
identified laborer was found dead this
afternoon in Second street lodging
house with a stiletto through his neck,
which the police believe to have been
inflicted by young Mexican who ae-
companied him to the room.
The murderer sought to convey the
impression that tho man had taken hi:
life by putting an open jack knife in
his hand, and leaving badly serawled
note on the bed. saying: al kill self. =
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VALUE OF OREGON LANDS

The U. S. Census Bureau has made
the following estimate Of the value of
lands in Oregon for 1916; Plow lands,
averge for poor, $36; average for good,
$50; average for all, $50. Average for
all farm lands without improvements,
$4s; with improvements, $40. The gov
ernment finds that the average price for
lands without improvements. has in.
creased SO per acre in four years and
with improvements decreased IS per
acre in the same time.
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is SOME SWIMMER

San Francisco, Aug. 1l--At 10 o clock
this morning Miss Ella Crist of San
Francisco was virtually unknown as n
swimmer. AT IL O'Clock she became
famous.
Entering the waters of the Pacific
ocean between the Cliff House and Salt
Water pier, Miss Crist swan to the seal
rocks, circled every one of them, and
then swan back to shore. She was in
the water one hour.
Miss Crist was never in danger. She
has never competed in an aquatic event.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
Autos At Pixies Peak

Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. H.
Two automobile evenrs over the awe
some Pixies Peak highway, with driv'
ers hk Oldfield, Mulford, Riekenbach'
er and Hughes entered, were ON the
racing card in the worlds greatest hill
climbing today Practice sprints prom
ised 30 mile an hour pace over the
l2ia mile course into the clouds.
A freak racer, the Romana,' driv-
en- by 20 year old boy named Lentz
and credited with wonderful speed at
tracted many of the ten thousand fans
Oldfield in his Delage Special, Null
ford in n Hudson and Hughes in a Du-
senberg are considerd likely winners.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-11
4. TO HELP FLOAT THE BEAR

Eureka. Cal, Aug. lO-The tug Relief
went down 10 the reef this afternoon to
put a line on the Bear and help in an
effort to pull the ship off tonight.
Captain Logan will be in charge of the
work. If she can be moved only 90
feet, she will be in water deep enough
for her to dredge her own way. One
thousand feet of dredging win put her
in navigable waters and enable her to
get away undor her own steam.