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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
BY A. v. FAWCETT, MAYOR

Ii ne ~ rh" WILL AhtA oks
Tacoma again approaches the
annual Christmas festival.
interpretations of philosophy
may clash but all humanity unites
to glorify the golden rule Christ
taught and lived, and all the
world longs for the time when his
memorial of peace on Earth !;
good will toward man" shall find
its perfect consummation.
ut is fitting, therefore, that all
should celebrate the Christmas
time and cultivate the law of love
he taught and lived so splendidly.
MY sentiments respond heart
lily to the suggestion Of Senator
Ralph Metcalf to revive in Tacoma
the beautiful Puritan custom of
placing a lighted candle in the
window Christmas night as sign
Of welcome to the Christ spirit.
"Our city is apparently enter
ing upon q new era. Just in pro-
portion as we now forget the past
and live the Christ idea of all for
one and one for all will we climb
high upon the ladder of success.
''It Is fitting time to dedicate
ourselves to common welfare and
the principles of unity and BROTH
erhood that made Christ's life
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

EXPERTS
ON STAND

John Pierwsza's Sunday
suit was added to the ex-
traordinary collection Of ex-
hibits in Judge Chfford's
courtroom Thursday morn
ing, in the case In which Pier
VISA is charged with having
murdered his wife at Wilke-
son, Oct. so.
Testimony in rebuttal began at
noon.
Thursday morning was occu-
pied by medical testimony.
Drs. H. A. Wall, G. G. r. Kunz
and T. F. Smith all testified that
the wound received by Mrs. Pier
wsza would not necessarily have
prevented her leaving the spot
where the defense claims she was
shot, an dwalking around the
stove to the place where she was
found.
Dispute Assertions.
They also agreed that the gun
probably was held close to her
head when fired, thus further
weakening the states contention
Of murder.
The point on which the state
has laid stress, the difference be-
aween veinous and arterial blood,
wa shaken by the testimony Of
two of the doctors that the differ
ence would not be perceptible
after an hour or SO of exposure to
the air.
Quarrel at Supper.
On the stand in his own defense
Wednesday afternoon Pierwsza
told, partly in broken English
and partly through an interpreter,
his story of his wife's death.
They had had a quarrel at the
supper table that evening, he
said.
II says, Why don't you say
nothing to me?'" he narrated,
land she says, To a husband like
you 1t don't pay to talk
"She says, 4 see you go to Mrs.
Tumchuck's house this morning
and I says, Yes. I'm 60 there but
I'm not do nothing bad, only call
for Charley Tumchuck.'
COnfides in Neighbor
"Then she start to chew the
rag with me some more and cry,
and she take a knife from the
drawer and says she will stab
herself right before my eyes. And
I says, Many times you promise
Continued on Page Eighty
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Mayor Proclains
Feast of Candles

worth clarifying through all these
centuries.
"As a mark of our apprecia-
ton of these principles and as a
pledge that we will henceforth try
to take our place and do our part
toward contamination of all
things that make for progress and
for general good, / call upon our
citizens of every creed and race
and shade of thought to place on
Christmas night a lighted candle
in the window of their home or
store or shop to typify the light
within our hearts and give us all
a part in honoring Christmas.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
H-3 GOES
AGROUND
IN A FOG
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united Press Leased Wire.)
EUREKA, CAL, Dec. IA
Within a short distance of
the shore, the U. s. subma-
rine H-8 today was badly
damaged in the berakers OPP
posite Eureka, having been
rolled over at a heavy angle
by the seas.
After an alarm had been
sounded and the coast guard
crew In cutters had hurried
to the rescue, the submarine
signalled that all on board
wore safe.
The coast guard crew arranged
to bring a gun up the beach at
once and to shoot q line over the
diver.
Exactly what happened to the
submarine has not yet been ascer-
tanned.
The vessel was discovered in
distress shortly before 10 o'clock
this morning by little girl who
was walking on the shore.
A shoal runs out into the bay
at this point, with deep water on
either side.
Girl Reports Accident.
The girl reported the situation
to the Samoa offices of the Ham
mond Lumber Co. and the tug Re-
lief was started out.
simultaneously the submarine
tender Cheyenne wirelessed that
the vessel was in distress.
The Relief and the Cheyenne
are standing off shore away from
the spot where the submarine is
located.
A great crowd gathered to
watch the work of rescue.
At 11:40 fog, which had lifted
temporarily, dropped down again
and the submarine was lost to
view.
Damaged on River Bar.
The mother ship Cheyenne at l
o'clock made a daring attempt to
reach the submarine, but soon
withdrew to sea.
The submarines HI, H-2 and
HIS, with the U. 8. monitor Chey-
enne, stopped at Astoria Tuesday
while Commander Howe inspect
ed the port as a possible naval
base.
While crossing the olumbia riv-
Or bar, inbound, the HIS engines
were damaged.
It was necessary for the Chey-
enne to tow the H-3 into the river.
The flotilla put out Tuesday
night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
Berkeleyites
Plan War On
Food Combine

BERKELEY, CAL, Dec. IA. -
Citizens of Berkeley took the
fight against the high cost of liv-
ing into their own hands today,
and plans are being made to i'm
port a huge shipment of potatoes
in car load lots from Canada.
A meeting will be held today to
consider placing the consignment
under municipal jurisdiction.
Potatoes from Canada, it was
said, could be sold for less than
half the price Of local spuds.
The matter Of building a mu-
nicipal flour mill here will be
taken up before the city council.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
CALLS 1T Bluff

The Prussian government also
has learned that the British en-
pire will. during 1917, put forth
an effort equal, at least, to that
OF Germany in 1914. and from
the point of view of guns and
shells, three times that of Ger
many at any period Of the war.
The proposals. have been
received here with contempt.
We are gratified that the
American senses Of hum0r
and justice have seen through
this bluff.
France, Russia, Italy and
little Belgium are firm -
Plymouth Rock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
BLAMES WOMEN

AURORA, Ill.-Dr. A. R.
Reeder blames grip on women.
"They dress for a dollhouse and
run out on the street. They
won't cover up and the men
catch it from the women" he
said.
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By Lord Northcliffe
~ ~0k u &SS& O1x~HV
Copyright, 1915, BY the United

Copyright, 1915, BY the United
Press.)
Copyrighted In Great Brittany
s 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 dissensions 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.
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e G. 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

John and his wife were close together
with a closeness that easier lives do not
know.
my wife know all what known" he
said on the witness stand yesterday, in
simple surprise at question. "Sure
she know where the gun Is - she know
everything know. / buy one of my lots
In my wife name-the one in Tacoma"
BUT WITH ALL THIS THEY WE'RE
NOT HAPPY.
THEY HAD NO CHILDREN.
John always knew what he wanted.
He knew when he cut loose from the old
country; he knew when he left New
York and came west; he knew when he
toiled and saved and bought his prop
erty. And what he wanted, he had got,
mostly.
Bnt what he wanted most of any
thing In the world was children.
II wanted to have children In the
house to play with when came home"
he said in answer to lawyers question.
He spoke with the quiet confidence Of
one who has no doubt that everybody
will understand. It was not conceivable
that anybody should not want children
most of all.
And no children came.
He and his wife were too close to-
gether not to irritate each other when
they were unhappy.
They quarreled. Their quarrels were
not restrained by social conventions.
When John felt like swearing at her,
he swore. She said he struck her. They
quarreled about big things and little
things; and always he had the unan-
sworable taunt-she gave him NO chill
dren.
She threatened to kill herself. He
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
$50, 900 BALLOTS
CAST FOR PROHIS,

CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-the pro-
hibition vote at the November
election, 1t is said at prohibition
national headquarters, was in
round numbers 100000 for presi-
dent and 100000 for state Off
GERS.
Socialistic headquarters say
they are still short the returns
from a number of states, but es-
innate the presidential vote at
10000 to 100000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
GERMANS ADVANCE
IN RUMANIA FRONT

(United Press Leaned Wire.)
BERLIN. via Sayville wireless,
Dec. 14.-"Favorable progress
on the whole front, despite heavy
difficulties caused by condition
of the roads," was reported from
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's
front in Rumania in today's Off
cial statement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
A $16.25O DINNER

NEW YORK-Manager Charles
Gehring of the Biltmore will sit
down to simple little $16,2b0
dinner tonight. But he won't eat
1t all; there will be 649 other
hotel men to honor and help him.
At $25 a plate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
HOPE SHE MARRIES

SAN FRANCISCO-Miss Gud-
run Bodrarsdottir Orderedson of
Reykholtsdal, Borgarfjardarsisla.
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

NEW YORK, Dec. ia
stock market break this afternoon
was more serious than that which
came on Tuesday after the an
nouncement Of Germany's peace
proposals. It extended to the
curb, where breaks of to 8
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
WE'D 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
$35, 600 AWARD
IN LIBEL SUIT

tUnited Press Leased vv1re.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 1l.-MoGlo-
trate Joseph G. Corrigan w.
awarded 900 in hts y20o. 90
libel suit against the Bob1t
Merrill Publishing Co. today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
VESTLESS WILLIAM

GRASS VALLEY, Cal.-Be-
cause he would have had to wear
coat and vest, Trustee William
Mann refused to attend the flu
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
u. P. BUYS 200 CARS

UNITED Press Leased Wire.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. a.
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
Talk O. the Times
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. J.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

may have been frightened by this at
first, but II is sure that by and by he
shrugged his shoulders and told her
he had heard that before.
The neighbors heard of their trou-
bles. They both talked about them. She
went once to the mayor TO have John
arrested. He went to an attorney to
see about getting a divorce.
AND THEN ONE NIGHT 1T HAP.
PENED.
WHAT 1T WAS, NO ONE WILL,
KNOW UNTIL THE VERDICT is
RENDERED..
Perhaps she finally found courage to
carry out her threat, SO that John
should see she meant It.
Perhaps the smouldering anger of tba
man leaped into flame I'm some print.
tive moment and he killed her.
me end OF the story is really the
same In either case for her, a grave I'm
the little mining town in the new. nm
happy country; for him, the strange.
crowded court room, the lawyers who
talk OF things he does not undersfand
though his fate depends on them. the
tailer and the cell.
All day he sits dumb. with stra,,,,v
eyes, and nervous fingers tracing circles
around his mouth. He does whatever he
Is told to do, promptly and dociIeIy. with
unresentful obedience OF the Russian
soidier-holds out his hands for the
jury to examine the stubby nails. stands
up, sits down, walks quietly beside the
JOHN PIERwsZA AND HIS WIFE
WERE in THE HANDS OF FATE:
AND THEIR STORY HAD A TRAGIC
ENDING.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
G. p. r. SECRETARY
ON RETIRED LIST
'(Special 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 succeede !
by Ernest Alexander.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
DEATH BEATS THEM

CHICAGO-Mrs. Joseph Brown
swore to a 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

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

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 coup
ling pin; but the official list of the
Privy Council, all English news
papers and periodicals, and even
published volume of Lloyd
Georges speeches, omit the pin.
The valued proofroom would be
safe, we believe, in following these
examples, but we presume it won't
do 1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14
NEWS FREAKS
OFF THE WIRE
UNITED Press Lensed Wire.)

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

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

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

Why not buy something useful
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

"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 feast;
you may with propriety serve
goose as usual.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

This kind of a December is a
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
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

GRIM, SIMPLE
TRAGEDY THIS
BY MABEL ABBOTT
II is a grim, simple tragedy that has been
unrolling itself in Judge Cliffords 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 chebones of his race pale
with the unhealthy por Of the coal mine His hands
lated and the nails to the quick with lifetime toll
sort OF dumb anlmake endurance the very set of his
Perwsza only years old when he came to Amer
ca He had served four the Russian army before he
He had courage initiative did not settle down to
the dull hopeless life of the but struck out the bold
He married He left his wife behind to wait until he
could send for her.
His first job in the world "in tunnel under the
water in New Yorkthe hard dangerous work that
kind do for the country to which they
When he had saved money enough he ticket back the
old country and his wife joined him They lived in
for some time and then he west leaving wait again
until he should find work.
=. He found it in the little mining towns of Washington
Carbonate he sent for her again. and she they
to Wikeson
He could neither read write could not even count
beyond the first numerals Neither learned
speak well the language OF the country But they
hard and he had certain shrewdne owned
their homea house with paror and and dining
with portiere and kitchen with range and SEP
arate summer kitchen They owned other property
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-14

King George tried to pull
a Bonar, but found Law
against it.
Evening star., 1916-10-01

miss stockton ana are ola friends,
he answered.
aThen-she has told your
"She gave me to believe you made a
good deal of an ass of yourself this morn
ing nodded Monte.
Hamilton sank back Imply in his chair.
4I did," he groaned. "Oh, my God,
l did!"
"All that business of waving pistol
l didn't think you were that much of a
cub, Hamilton"
"She drove me mad. I didn't know
what was doing"
"In just what way do you blame her."
inquired Monte.
"She wouldn't believe mel" exclaimed
Hamilton. "I saw it in her eyes. |
couldn't make her believe me-"
Believe what?"
Hamilton got to his feet and leaned
idly, like man in fever.
Monte studied him with a curious in
terest.
"That l love her, gasped Hamilton.
"She thought l was lying. couldn't
make her believe it, tell you! She just
sat there and smiled-not believing"
4Good Lord!" said Monte "You don't
mean that you really do love herr" re-
Hamilton sprang with what little
strength there was in him.
damn you, Covington-what do you
Think" he choked.
Monte caught the man by the arms and
forced him again into his chair
"What | meant, said Monte, was, do
you love her with-with an honest -to-God
love?"
WHEN Hamilton answered this time,
Covington saw what Marjory meant
when she wondered how Hamilton could
look like white-robed choir-boy as he
sang to her He had grown suddenly
calm, and when he spoke the red light
in his eyes had turned to white.
"It's with all there is in me. Coving-
ton, he said.
Monte looked puzzled.
"Just what does she mean to your" he
asked.
"All that's left in life." answered Ham,
iton. "All that's left to work for, to live
for, to hope for. It's been like that ever
since saw her on the boat. was coming
over here to go the old rounds, and then
everything was changed. There was no
place to go. after that, except where she
went. | counted the hours at night to
the time when the sun came up and
could see her again. didn't begin to live
until then; the rest of the time was only
waiting to live. l thought at first had
chance, and planned to come back home
with her to do things. l wanted to do
big things for her. l thought l had
chance all the while, until she came here
until this morning. Then, when she
only smiled-well, I lost my head.
"What was the idea back of the gum"
asked Monte
Hamilton answered without bravado.
"I meant to end it for both of us; but
l lost my nerve"
"Good Lord! you would have gone as
far as that?"
"Yes," answered Hamilton YEARLY.
"But I'm glad fell down."
Monte passed his hand over his fore
head. He could not fully grasp the mean
ing of passion that led man to such
lengths as this. Why, the man had pro-
posed murder-murder and suicide; and
all because of this strange love of a woman
Evening star., 1916-10-01

THE FASCINATING HAWAIIAN STEEL GUITAR
positively taught in lessons without the knowledge of
music Send two cent stamp for particulars Prof A. M
Bisselle, 1907 Istl Street, NV, Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1916-10-01

tIlng; and not at all IN MS line, Tor an
other. This, however, was a crisis calling
for staggering novelties.
Monte walked slowly to her side. She
turned and met his eyes. On the whole,
he would have felt more comfortable had
she continued looking out the window.
"Marjory, he said "Marjory, will you
marry me?"
She shrank away.
"Monte!"
al mean it, he said. "Will you marry
me?"
After the first shock she seemed more
hurt than anything.
"You aren't going to be like the others?"
she pleaded.
No." he assured her. "That's why
well, that's why thought we might ar
range it,"
"But don't love you, Monte" she ex-
claimed.
"Of course not.
"And you-you don't love me"
"That's it," he nodded eagerly.
"Yet you are asking me to marry your
"Just because of that, he said. "Don't
you understand"
She was trying hard to understand, be-
cause she had great deal of faith in
Monte, and because at this moment she
needed him.
"I don't see why being engaged to
man you don't care about need bother
you at ALL" he ran on. ats the caring
that seems to make the trouble-whether
you're engaged or not. l suppose that's
what ails Teddy"
She had been watching Monte's eyes;
but she turned away for second.
"Of course" he continued, "you can
care-without caring too much. Can't
people care in just friendly sort of way?'
81 should think so, Monte" she an
swered
"Then why can't people become en-
gaged-in just friendly sort of way?'
wouldn't mean very much, would it?'
"Just enough, he said.
He held out his hand.
as it bargain?"
She searched his eyes. They were clean
and blue
dts so absurd, Monte!" she gasped.
"You can call me, to yourself, your Sec
retary," he suggested
"No-not that"
"Then," he said, "call me just cam
arade de uoyaQe.'
Her eyes warmed a trifie.
"lll keep on calling you just Monte"
she whispered.
| And she gave him her hand
EVIDENTLY young Hamilton did not
hear Monte come down the stairs, for
he was sitting in chair near the window,
with his head in his hands, and did not
move even when Monte entered the-room
Hello, Hamilton, said Covington.
Hamilton sprang to his feet-a shaking,
ghastly remnant of man. He had grown
thinner and paler than when Covington
last saw him. But his eyes-they held
Covington for moment. They burned
in their hollow sockets like two candles
in dark room.
"Covington!" gasped the man.
Then his eyes narrowed.
"What the devil you doing here?' he
demanded.
"Sit down, suggested Monte. al want
to have little talk with you.
1t was physical weakness that forced
Hamilton to obey. Monte drew up
chair opposite him.