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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
Mayor Calls On Housewives
to Join In Bread Trust FIGHT

Representatives Of the
bakery trust in Tacoma are
beginning to sqOirm under
Mayor Fawcett's threat to
open a municipal bread cOun-
ter at the city hall, in retail
alton for this weeks increase
in prices.
"The vice president Of the bak-
ers' association called me up by
phone today and wanted to know
what l meant by my threat" de-
clared Fawcett Wednesday.
II told him that had evil
ence that the bread trust was
simply trying to gouge the people
of Tacoma under plea that the
high cost of materials was forcing
increased prices for bread.
"And I told him that l was go
ing to smash him and the rest OF
the bakers who are behind the
move, unless they treat the pub
lie fairly.
Advises a Boycott.
"He asked me why l didn't at
tend to my own affairs, and keep
out of other peoples business,
and I replied that l considered ii
one of the most important matters
] could attend to as mayor OF
Tacoma"
Mayor Fawcett continued his
fight for a boycott of the Tacoma
bakers Wednesday by asking all
Tacoma housewives to go on rec
ord for homemade bread.
A coupon is printed in The
Times today, which the women
ire asked to sign.
but I probably won't have to
sell the bread at the city hall, =
said Fawcett.
Grocers With Mayor.
"A dozen different grocers
have already notified me that
they would be glad to handle mu-
nicipal bread, and sell 1t at cost
They will even come to the city
hall and get 1t. The grocrs are
as much opposed to the bread
trusts high prices as are the pub
lic."
A meeting Of the master bakers
OF Tacoma IL scheduled for Wed
nesday evening to discuss Faw-
cett's proposed boycott.
Il Is reported that the bakers
will claim that they are forced to
increase their prices because OF
the increase in flour.
"But that is not true" said
Fawcett. II can prove that the
bakers are not paying any more
wages to their employees today
than they did e year ago. Tit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
COW SHUCKS
HIS WALNUTS

ELYRIA. Ohio, Nov. 10.
The problem of shocking
,walnuts without staining
the hands, has been solved
by c. o. Merry.
He has put q COW, that is
fond of walnut shucks, in
a pasture in which there is
a large walnut tree.
The cow chews off the
shuck, swallows 1t and
leaves the nut, clean and
ready for use.
The COW shows no signs
of being deranged and gives
milk of q superior quality.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

labor item is the big one in q
bakery.
81 can prove that a big baker
in Tacoma sent large shipments
of his 10-cent bread to nearby
towns, and sold it for 5 cents, in
order to force the small bakers
out of business.
81 can prove also that the bak-
ers in Tacoma, even within two
days ago, gave money to small
bows and sent them into the non
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
CITIZENS
AGITATED
Vets Reported
to be Behind
Movement

breN0 lyeSscu
SEATTLE, Nov. IA
recall movement against
Mayor Hiram c. Gill is prac-
tically under way today.
That such action was about to
be started had been rumored Tor
several days.
1t materialized yesterday to the
extent that law and order
meeting was called at the Press
club theater and resolutions pre-
pared by Jay Thomas, brewery
press agent; James A. Wood, pub
licity agent, and Judge Thomas
Burke, former railway attorney,
condemning the mayor, were pass
ed.
J. X. Whiterspoon, who acted
as secretary of the meeting, urged
that "th0-aeeting should do just
what it was called together to do,
namely, condemn Mayor Gill by
organizing a campaign to recall
him."
]. w. w. Action Blamed.
Others, including w. g. Dawson
and C. ]. Smith, leading employ
ers here, urged the same action
after Judge Burke had delivered
fiery speech.
The resolutions recited the
Everett fight Nov. 5, and said the
/. w. WIS assembled at head
qarters in Seattle, armed them
selves in Seattle and marched to
tho city docks Gin military fash
ion." -
These things were known by
the Seattle police, the resolution
stated, and 1t was resolved that
1--WE unqualifiedly condemn May
or H. C. Gill for his failure to
enforce the laws and ordinances
which were openly violated by the
IT. w. WIS in their preparations
for the invasion of Everett and
for the failure to prevent them
from Setting forth on their I'M
lawful and murderous mission
Pastor Is Chairman.
Rev. w. A. Major was chairman
of the meeting.
Erastus Brainerd, formerly edi-
tor of the Seattle P.-I., urged that
the resolution be supplemented
with an invitation to Mayor Mer-
rill of Everett and Mayor Gill to
appear at future date and give
their versions of the cause OF the
Everett situation.
Several citizens wanted to know
whether the resolution recited
actual facts, and especially If the
1. w. WIS were openly armed
here before going to Everett.
C. J. Smith, capitalist, answer
ed that the facts in the resolu-
ton were correct, but whether or
not the men were openly armed,
they marched to the boat in mill
tary formation"
Recalled Once Before.
Gill is the same mayor who was
recalled about five years ago after
grand jury investigation of red
light conditions. At that time his
chief of police, Wappenstein, went
to the penitentiary.
Two years ago he was trium-
phantly elected for new term,
and this year reelected, both
times as a reform candidate.
May Be Wet Move.
While ostensibly the I. w. w.
matter is the reason for the re-
call movement, it is pointed out
by Mayor Gill's friends that the
wet" forces are behind the agi-
tation.
During his present term he has
been an uncompromising dry"
and has been very active in clos
ing up bootlegging establishments
nf oil cnrfc
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
PROPOSES 3O-MILE'
CASCADE TUNNEL.
Noted EngineerW Would Have
State Aid In Big Traffic
Efficiency Enterprise

The longest railway tunnel in the world almost
three times as long as any now in existence, and as
long the proposed tunnel under the English chan
ne will carry practically all passenger and freight
traffic present and future railway lines under the
great wall Of the Cascades to Puget sound if the pro-
jec outlined by Gen. Hiram NJ. Chittenden in todays
number of Engineering News" should become .
reality.
The famous Simplon tunnel, in the Alps, il
1925 miles long
Gen. Chittenden's proposed tunnel under the
Cascades would be 80 miles long
Gen. Chittenden is chairman of the Seattle port
commission and before his retirement was of tho
best known officers in the u. S. engineer corps.
So seriously is his project taken that Engineering
News gives it long editorial notice in the Issue
of the magazine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

In spite of the Stampede. Cas-
cade and Snoqualmie tunnels
which pierce the thin comb OF the
range. the Cascades have always
stood like a storm-defended wall
around the Puget Sound country.
Rail traffic has sometimes been
entirely stopped for periods OF
from one to three weeks during
the winter, while avalanches and
landslides have taken heavy toll in
life and money.
Gen. Chittenden's proposed
tunnel would eliminate from l300
to 1900 feet of the present verti-
cal climb of half mile with its
attendant cost in money, life and
running-time, reduce the maxi
mum grade from % per cent TO
.0.6 per cent. eliminate curvature
amounting to $3.50 degrees, and
cut down the time of passenger
trains, he claims, from 3 hours TO
40 minutes, and of freight trains
from 10 hours to an hour and
half.
1.-The technical problem presents
nothing which should seriously
challenge the resources of the en-
cheering profession" says Gen.
Chittenden in his article.
The tunnel would cost, INCLUDE
ing interest, IL built with no shafts
in its entire length, about $780,
OOO, 900, and would take 13 years
to complete.
Each shaft sunk would increase
the first cost, but reduce the In
terest by more than the same
amount by shortening construction
time. The cost, il built with four
shafts, he estimates, would be
about 100000, and the time
to complete about 5 " years.
The project, he admits. probably
would be opposed at least by the
North Bank road, from Spokane
to Portland, into whose business 1t
would cut badly, and possibly by
some of the Puget Sound roads
who would hesitate to- give up part
of their heavy investments in
their separate lines, in order to
cooperate in the new scheme.
He believes, however, that while
the advantages would be greater
to some of the roads than to 9TH
ers, annual savings would amount
in some cases to hundreds of
thousands of dollars, and In others
to millions.
1.-THE new route" he says,
would be available for every
eastern line which now reaches
Puget Sound or ever will"
Gen. Chittenden believes the
project, while worthy of federal
aid, will never be able to get it,
because 1.-The precedent would be
too far-reaching;" though he
points out that "the government
outlay on the improvement of the
Columbia river above Portland ag-
gregates $1,000, 900. or nearly
Ione-third the cost Of the tunnel;
yet It is doubtful II the river will
ever carry 10 per cent of the traf-
fic that would pass through the
tunnel"
State aid. however. he thinks
1T should have.
"All that New York harbor has
meant to the state of New York.
Puget Sound should mean to the
state of Washington; and all that
the Erie canal meant to the states
bordering on the Great Lakes. this
IIow-grade route should mean to
the Northwest" he says; and
calls attention to the fact that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

A California wizard has in
vented an electrical appara-
tus that heats q broom and
keeps It ut the required tenn
perature. This solves the
problem of heating brooms.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

when New York had population
of about n million, It paid ST.
100000 toward the building Of
the Erie canal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

yielded these contributions to
The Times symposium of the
interests of the people:
RAISES DEEP QUESTION
The question brought 3
thoughtful answer from Mrs.
Thomas Mason, 1920 North Alder,
II often wonder why 1t is made
SO hard for man to earn as much
as he really needs. Wherever
you turn, you see many indus
trious, capable men who with
their very best efforts cannot earn
as much as they really ought to
have.
Willingness to work and abil-
ity to do good work ought to as
sure a man proper living. There
is something wrong while this IL
not So"
HAYS TO GET EXERCISE
James A. Hays, 3211 North
31st, general agent of the New
York Life Insurance Co., was
thinking of personal problem,
as he regarded his winter supply
of wood, strewn along the park
ing strip.
II hired a man to put this in"
he said, "and he broke two mig
panes of glass. Now I'm figuring
how long it'll take me to put 4
in myself"
SHE HAS NINE CHILDREN
Mrs. J. M. Reed, 1926 North
31st, said she didn't have any
t.tne to think.
"l have nine children" she ~
planned.
MUSIC OCCUPIES HER
I'm interested in my mnnic,
said Mrs. Sidney Anderson, 3&o1
North 31st, who is soloist ct tno
First Christian Science church,
ss
WANTS ICE RINK HERE
"I'm trying to get my winter
sewing done before spring." go
Mrs. Edward F. Tyler, 1910 NoF<
Goth.
And / wish somebody uoo11
build an ice skating rink d ~
coma. I'm sure it would b ~
patronized."
Oh, NO, Miss Abbo<t Il =
where near through findl1
out what people are thlnkl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

A sort of paper that APP
pears to be especially scarce
is the kind that has SO
stamped in the corner.
A Pomeroy doctor Is named O.
F. Group. Do the initials mean
"old fashioned?
Anybody in Canada found with
one of Mr.. Hearst's newspapers on
his person may be fined $4,000
and imprisoned five years. The
Canadians seen, to have senti-
mental objection to capital pun
ishment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

Believing that bread prices Tacoma advanced
exorbtant figure hereby bake
until such time the bakers decide treat housewives fairly
approve Mayor Fawiets attack on the bread trust.
in favor of Mayor Fawcett bakery
ign below send either The
ffice of Mayor Fawcett.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
MISS
ABBOTT
CALLS
BY Mabel Abbott.

What are Tacoma people
thinking about?
A census of q group Of
north end homes Tuesday
yielded these contributions to
The Times symposium of the
interests of the people:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
Greetings, have you begun
to boycott the baker?

One way to dispose OF the wild
owed saucers is to remarry them
at a ten-cent store.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
(From the Berlin Kreuxzeltung. }

Private sincerity is public wel-
farce. A. Bartol.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

FIGHT PROMOTER - See
"shell game"
WHY WOULDN'T HE BE MAD?
(From the Goldfield News.)
While running at n SO-mile
rate between Carson and Reno the
automobile of p. Y. ellison of
Reno was attacked by o coyote.
The animal was run over and
when ellison left the car TO see IL
1t had been damaged the coyote
attacked him. ellison and Coun-
ty Commissioner Heinrich, who
was with him, assert that the
coyote was mad.
(F'rom the Berlin Kreuzzeltung.)
The reason why SO many
nations, professedly Chris
tian, are unable to UNDER
stand and appreciate the Ger
man spirit is that their Chris
tianity is not The German
Christianity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
Talk O the Times

OUR DIPPY DICTIONARY
FRIEND-A fellow you always
borrow money from.
FIGHT PROMOTER - See
"shell game"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15
WEATHER

Tacoma: Fair tonight and Thurs
day, slight temperature changes.
Washington: Same.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-15

An instructive article telling how
pupils in the Portland schools ap-
ply their three RS appears today
on page two.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13

Mr.. Samuel VI. Jordan, of the Mis-
souri, State Board of Agriculture,
known cspccialy for his success in
growing better seed corn" in a con-
yrrsation dropped the following OIL
hand remarks:
Too many Nissourians plant seed
corn of not only poor breeding, but
also low in vitality.
Others plant some well bred corn
that Is low in vitality.
Some "scnd Off" and buy shcIlcd
led, and some get their seed from
tho common crib.
readily see one of the reasons why
oHr corn yield Is not better than il Is.
In many fields the scrub stalks will
average SIX per cent and up.
why the scrub" you ask. The
two chief reasons are easy. One is
that a scrub is commonly bred by a
scrub, and the other may lack vitality
IN the seed grain.
In CHS last case II may not be n
scrub but a runt, the same Us . well
bred pig may be q runt.
But In the corn, how does the runt
happen? II may happen through
weak vitality caused by lack Of
proper plant food, but more likely on
account Of the freezing while both
grains and cobs are yet full Of mois-
ture.
Is your corn mellow ?" I do not
know what other term to use, but try
sumo OF the ears by pressing hard on
the ends Of the grains and see IL the
grains sink lightly into the cob. II
mellow" the feeling Is much The
same as when you try an APPLE to find
If II is mellow. ~
One cause may be the wet cob
shrinking away from the grain-bu,
this would be doubtful since this con.
dition is not found much in the tigh,
grained ears. It may be more likely
that II is caused by heavy frost while
the cobs are yet very wet, CAUSING
the grains to "heave" out like a nos
in wet soil, or as clover heayes out
When there was much moisture latI
in the fall, also early frost, II mich,
readily be inferred that the las,
theory is the right one.
II three grains are given an equa
chance, and two have good VITALITY
and one low vitality, the three may
grow-but the two good ones star
first, and have an advantage over The
other one, and one scrub or runt will
be the result.
Plant runts and scrubs, and runt,
and scrubs will likely be the result
Get rid Of the scrub BY breedine
and selection. Get rid Of the runt 5,
selection and care.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13

Armed with n young cannon. Miles
Sta'orl, Of rattunsburg. pa;rollcd IL.
cdgr nf is conNcld from which
thioyc. had been helping themselves.
Pre- entity he spi"d man leaving the
field. He called 90 the thief TO halt
aud upon his refusal to do 50 he fired.
Let the ra,tnnsburg Call finish the
tale: THE bullet intended for the
foragcr struck the residence Of Mr..
Helms, quarter Of mile away.
nassed through the kitchen wall,
through two aluminium pans that
were ON the table aud struck the cook
stove, tearing or n piece Of casting
which Tell into third utcnsil break
lnr IL. The bullet came 10 rest in tho
nprnsitc wall without having spilled
human blood. II would seem from
h., notions that Stafford intends TO
Il courage the practice Of stealing
h- corn"
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13

readers who do not fancy having
their ribs cracked or their necks chew
cd will do well by giving the Tribune
editor q wide berth for the present. "
Maitland's excellent home paper,
the Herald. begins its Goth year this
week. The towns first lot sale was
held in May, 1880, and in less than q
year the first issue Of the home paper
was printed. In the years that fol-
lowed there were no less than fifteen
changes Of ownership and more than
one lapse in publication, and the
paper did not approach its present
high rank until the ownership of the
late o. II. King, whose daughter Miss
Maym King is the present efficient
manager.
The fact that farmers have learned
the value Of judicous advertising is
strikingly shown by seven quarter
page public sale advertisements in
a single issue, October 6, Of the
Princeton Post. That they have
found also that these ads go farther
than they can themselves travel to
post bills is likewise shown by the
fact that OF these seven sales one is
near Princeton, two near Modena,
one near Newton, one near Ravanna
one near Goshen and the other near
Pleasanton, Iowa.
/ One of the Nodaway county boys
who won q trip to the state fair
school, Eldon Job, writes q creditable
land interesting letter descriptive OF
his experience to the Maryville ! ews,
papers. He says, in part: II want
TO say to the 15-year-old boys of Nod,
, away county, it's worth your time ana
. effort to try for this scholarship mex,
year. ] toll you, boys, II you ever &C
, down, don't get the idea that you will
, be turned loose like . bunch Of In
dians to roam ct will. II you do YOU
will get fooled. You will be In schoo
,ldown there and II you disobey rule,
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13

MnrSvillc reports the price OF pota'
toes q, Sl.35 bushol.
With n new sic tractor and 3
bottom plow rig weeds feet tall are
being plowcd under by Earl Harlow.
n Gallatin farmer.
Smithvillc was recently the meet
ing place for Quan'rcl's railcrs--,hc
- survivors or the famous band or
fighter.
skdnorc's applc king, CAPTAIN W.
W. Grig,hy, has sold vi, entire apple
crop. $4,000 bushels, to u single firm
IN kHnsas City.
-Four modern rotary sewing ma
chincs have boon added 81 the equip
ment 0f the domestic science depart
mcnt Of the Richmond high school.
princcton's first raving parts OF
FIVE streets, including the public
square, l. completed. The total cost
of the 1888 square yards was S3i,-
co.,
With cash premiums, amounting 10
$3.50, bethany announces n corn show
for November % to December !.
First prize on i00-car sample of any
variety Is 500.
When standard on his wagon gave
way under the weight of u load Of
logs, T. NJ. Powell, of Whitesville
was caught under log and fatally
injured, dying the following day.
-
=. Al. a.N 70 :
complete sewer system with septi'
disposal tank. The system will be In
stalled this fall and the total cost
says the Capital, will be $4,000.
A grocery bill that was maid in tn
spring Of 1867 was found the othc
day at Albany. Among the item
was a sack of -four at S4.25, pound
Of sugar for Sl.O0 and a pound
tea at $l.75.
While tying q shock Of corn O RIA
county farmer, John Craig, pulled
little too hard on the strinf
which snapped In two. Craig fe
backward with such force that hi
right arm was broken.
Joe Snuff sells Just as many live
pills and just as many bottles of Pt
runa since Pickering was taken o
the official route Of the Saints Higf
way as before, asserts the correspor
dent of the Hopkins Journal.
A car Of old papers recently shiI
ned from Pittsville brought xle
There were $500 pounds In the ehiI
rant and the prices paid varied fro
Sl2 for mixed papers to $25 . ton 4
magazines.
Spicksrd Is to have . night scho,
taueht by three Of the instructors
~ city school. Sessions will b hel
tie frst four nights Of each wsel
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13

lf'N'' s'ANR N''l' 'i''ll'N ~ tll'
hrst session. shys tie Gazette.
OF II,
Soy, aged - years John knrrlght.
~ tv"na' Is 'chtfy eouht(S Oldest
cl',L'h' h,lng just ioir months Young,
I1r 'inh w" deceased pioneer sho hni
Ii''d IN 'hc county SIXTY year,
a.. - =,
ra'rinN ,n shytcrlnnr d,,hcatrd
liosid's conducting tie campaign for
tho new church tllu pastor, Rev ilar-
~ iindlay' has Increased the MEM
b"rshlp from % I" 200 IN just 900
years,
~, 49,, -, ,,
,,i. w. re- N"'aMn! county ea"rt WI
Iarhnrh ior toan purposes IN ora, !
, ,, u ,.D., p"p'icr, n.n! 'nrrE 9u'
.nr,r nU,,'1n W pu',"lng nn'nt'a.
l,lHc. r"a" '''" inc Town from o''
'l'.'''on'
~. Ut. II ,,,
iNc c"un,ics, No,laN"E, a.c''son,
llnr'',Tn' ,,'","" n', nH'!' ny
teachers 10 the big teachers meeting
w Nv h''V w 'uiNNnl' N"N'nlh't :,
= and !. One thousand teachers are
expected to attend.
The Fairfax Forum, formerly own
cd aud edited by ". I. spccr, this
week appears under the new owner
who hail from the shops Of the st. Jo-
seph Stock Yards journal and the
Craig Leader, respectively.
Missing fine $3.50 horse from his
pastures, Dee Law, of Savannah.
went TO 81. Joseph IN search Of It and
found It in the hands OF an innocent
purchaser who had paid $40 FOR y.
and is still looking for the real thief.
I When Hereford COW, which he
was fitting for the sale ring gouged
out Hal kcndalPs left eye with her
horn, last wednesday, ut Burr Oak
ranch, near Tarkio, the young man
was glad that It was the left eye that
she struck, for he was already blind
.,-
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13
CIDER MILL!

I will commence making cider We'd
nesdsy, October II, and will run
Wednesday and Thursday Of each
week until further notice. win de-
liver cider anywhere In town.
ROY MATTHEW'S.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13
FOR SALEi

One lot Of household goods and
house furnishings, consisting %
chairs, beds. carpets, dishoS, plano and
other goods. belonging @ 4Ta b q
Anderson. Call on
MRS. A. VAN BUSXIRE, =
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13

Seven young people enrolled mt the
frat session, sHys the Gazette.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1916-10-13

Since the death Of Jonathan Dor.
soy, aged os years. John Kurtrigh..
of Evona, is Gentry county's oldest
citizen. being just four months young
or than III" deceased pioneer aho had
lived In the county sixty year,.