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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

SEWARD, Alaska, Dec. &C.
The one robbed suice boxes. The
other staked claims for God AL
mighty in mems souls.
And now the two have bet-the
"Blue Parka Kid" and Bishop
Rowe of the Episcopal church.
1t was on the snow trail be-
tween Fairbanks and the gold
creeks. Each had heard much of
the other, though neither knew at
that moment the others identity.
"Know who / ann" queried the
outlaw, clother in the fox skin coat
that had given him his feared
name. I'm the blue parka man."
he said with savage pride. Now
shell out-quick!
GLAD to meet you, Blue Parka,"
responded the unruffled Bishop of
Alaska. "I've heard lot about
you up in the diggings."
Know who | ann" he asked in
turn, in no hurry to "shell out"
II am Bishop Rowe, servant of
God, II you please"
pass on, Bishop-my mistake"
stammered the outlaw APOLOGIZE
cally.
Nothing very dramatic about
the meeting. Nothing exciting.
Just sort of howdy and goodbye.
But from that day on there was
no more sluice box rifling by the
blue Parka Kid"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
SHALL MAYBERRY DIE?

When the many choirs through
out this state are singing today,
Peace on earth, good will toward
men, / wonder II the worshippers
in the various churches would
think for a moment of a man sit
ting in a cell, waiting death for a
crime he had not committed!
Asks For Aid
"The constitution of the state
of Washington prevents hanging
for crime, and 1t would seem that
III proper representation were
made to the president, he would
not inflict on the fair name of
the state the death penalty, simply
because the United States has seen
fit to still keep on It's statute
books this extreme punishment!
"If all the people Of this state
who are opposed to executions
would write to the president per-
sonal letters, not petitions, | think
it might have some effect.
"If | am unsuccessful in secur-
ing a commutation, ! shall cause
no trouble, and as little incon-
venience as possible. | will be
ready when the United States
marshal takes me out of here for
my last view OF Gods sunlight"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Draws Odd Conclusions
From Article by the
Times Church Editor

Editor The Times:
In a last weeks Tacoma Times
was an article advising us to read
the Bible and find how to obtain
the Spirit of the Lord and how
certain generals were great be-
cause they had received this pow
err.
| believe this article was meant
to teach the people a lesson---and
let us look around us for a pres
ent-day example. The kaiser of
Germany must be filled full with
the Spirit of the Lord as no one
man on earth has caused the muir
dering of so many men, and Christ
said as We do Il unto the least of
these my brethren We do it unto
Me-" II we are to become better
slayers of men by being filled with
the Spirit of the Lord | want none
of It. Why can't we teach life
values, truth, justice and mercy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Continued From Page One.)

Continued From Page One.)
and distinctness of the Indian. The
prison pallor is on his face.
Sticks to His Story
When he smiled, 1t was sor-
rowful. crooked smile of detection
The detection, he says. comes from
being misunderstood. He still
sticks to the story he told at the
trial-that the killing was acct
dental, that he tripped, and his
rifle was discharged.
Mayberry's father is a French
Canadian; his mother full-blood
Cherokee Indian. They live In
Chicago. l saw a Christmas card
which he sent to them. 1t read:
.Dear Father and Mother:
Forget my trouble and have a
happy Christmas. Don't worry
for me. l am hopeful. God
bless you both. Your loving
son, Edward"
You cannot realize" said May
berry, what man in here thinks
of on a day like this. counting the
hours when he probably will be
taken before his Maker.
1.-THE glad tidings which SO
many are passing today cannot
reach through these cold walls.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

Every Independent newspaper OF
that language is bitter opponent of
everything Austrian, and are SYM
pathizers of entente.
In Agram, which is the center
OF learning in Croatia, collegiate
and university students show
much disloyalty to the federal gov
eminent by their various activities,
such as insulting the emperor,
burning of the Austrian flag, etc.
An Austrian paper in New York
city made a statement that a great
majority of Croatians are pro-
Austrians. This is true to a great
extent. especially among their
places of meeting, they do not
present any racial symbols. be 1t
in song, society badge, flag or in
any other paraphernalia.
Religious reasons attribute very
greatly to the position they take.
Croatians, together with Russians
and Servians, belong to the same
(Slavonic) race. but they never
seem to harmonic: because Rus
slams and Servians are of the
Greek orthodox church, while
Croatians are warm Catholic ad-
herents, and thus not willing to
harmonic with any of them, save
with Austria where church and
state are united.
DRAGUTIN SUSA.
1345 Market st.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

A thousand birds have been
entered in the 23rd annual show
of the Tacoma Poultry associa-
ton, which opened Tuesday
morning at 18th and Pacific.
The show will continue all
week, from a. m. to 10 p. m.
all week. Officials say it is a
record-breaker in point of quality
OF the entries.
Judges are at work, and expect
to complete the awards by Thurs
day night.
The size of the showroom
makes 1t possible to display the
fowls in single-deck coops, show
ing them off to fire advantage.
Many of the hens are keeping
up their industrial habits in spite
of excitement and publicity, and
laying regularly.
The treasurer of the associa-
ton, Charles B. Staples, gets the
eggs as his salary for the year,
and as the show is said to be
averaging a % or 80 per cent
egg production at present he will
not lack new-laid eggs for break
fast.
More Buff Rocks are being ex-
hibited this year than any other
one class, with White Orpingtons
next. Poultrymen are interested
in the fact that the Silver Wyan-
dotte class is larger than it has
been for 10 years, with entries
from oregon, Washington and
Idaho, which they sa~ yindicates
that this bird is returning to
favor after a long eclipse.
Officers of the association are
II. +. Rau, president; o. ]. Stone.
vice president; Charles b. Sta
pies, treasurer; James Buckley
Mitchell, secretary; j. A. Caddey
and Jack Bertrams assistant secre-
taries; Ed Hague, superintendent
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
J. BULLS
FEELING
BETTER

LONDON, Dec. IS. British
hostility toward President Wilson
appeared to have been consider
ably Modified today.
The change was attributed to
the latest interpretations of the
motives which impelled dispatch
of the American peace note.
London now regards it as hav-
ing been sent with the main pur-
pose of forcing Germany to state
her peace terms and to carry the
implication "sthat unless these
terms are satisfactory" America
may enter the war on the side of
the allies.
There was, however, consider
able continued criticism of what
was termed the presidents OBJ
security and "infelicity" of Ian
guage and his apparent reversal
of principles since May 81, when
he stated that America was not
concerned with the causes and OBJ
jects of the war.
The declaration in the Swiss
statement that the Swiss govern
ment was "in touch" with Presi-
dent Wilson five weeks ago was
regarded as conclusively disprov-
ing the almost universal initial be-
lief that the American proffer was
a mere appendix to the German
peace note.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
EXPECT PEACE
WITHIN YEAR

WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES
IN ALSACE-LORRAINE, Dec. 25,
via Belfort and Paris, Dec. 90
Frances soldiers celebrated
Christmas with the absolute con-
viction that they will sped Dec.
%, 1917, at home.
They were all certain the VIC
tories along the Somme and at
Verdun have established such an
ascendency over the enemy that
France and her allies will make
peace on earth, good will toward
men, a reality.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Woman Asserts Army
Project Is a "Wolf
in Sleeps Clothing

Editor The Times:
In regard to the mayors state
ment in last nights Times that
cit is the young peoples job to
secure the army post" | would like
to present another angle of the
case.
1t is not a Job for the young
people to secure this army post.
Rather, it is their duty, which
they owe a coming generation, to
defeat the project.
1t is their duty, clearly defined
by the standard of morality and
Justice, to work against the con-
summation OF such an object. They
should forbid the erection of such
gigantic stumbling block in the
path of their children.
Instead of raising such a noun
tain of temptation and evil for
their children to overcome, they
should by the defeat of the plan,
prove themselves capable of see
ing both sides of the question and
deciding for the right.
Yes, young people get busy! If
age, blinded by the glittering
promise of a Weather Tacoma"
cannot see the barred fangs of the
wolf in sleeps clothing" then
youth with a clearer vision should
destroy the menace.
1t can be done only by voting
against the army post and putting
an end to the threatened evil.
MRS. w. A. SWANSON.
r. F. ID. No. 2, Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Middle West Breeds a
Stancher Race, Seems
TO Be Mans Opinion

Editor Tie Times:
Whee, but 1t was cold yesterday
morning.
Yes, sir, we just naturally hated
to get up; and we heaped the coal
into the furnace, and we shivered
and chartered and shook. And
then We went out and fed the rab-
bits, and there wasn't even a trace
of ice in their water pans.
And that reminded us of when
we were lot younger than We will
be soon, and lived back in Nebras-
ka.
And we remember how mother
used to sit by the big box stove,
with scuttle of cobs on one side
and a basket of chips on the other,
| and q neat pile of cottonwood
bringing up the rear, and every
| body was comfortable, and 10 feet
away from the red hot stove was
pile of snow six inches high that
had been blown in under the front
| door, and that didn't even raise a
sweat.
Also we remembered how we
used to go skating across the wind
swept prairie; in short pants, knee
length underwear, no overcoat, and
the air gale of fine ice.
And we remembered how 20
years in that country We never
slept in a bedroom that had heat.
Our highest luxury was to take
a red-hot brick to bed. A brick
wrapped in the Central Christian
Advocate. A brick that sometimes
burned the Advocate to a crisp,
and Just why we did not ascend
to heaven in chariot of flame is
still a benevolent mystery.
Aye, and we remembered how
father used to drive so miles in
an open buggy between "appint-
ments." with the wind blowing
40 miles an hour, and the mer-
curry 20 below zero, and how he
used to come home with his
whiskers frozen solid, and feeling
fine.
Aye, how those March gales
would search out every Granny of
the house until the apple bin in
thFcellar was the only warm spot.
And, as we remember it, every
body was healthy; most of us was
happy; we had a good time, work
ed fairly effectively, and went
where we were going no matter
what the weather might be.
And now we SILVER like a dane
ing autumn leaf if it drops below
summer heat, and a warm fog
goes through us, and our heaviest
overcoat is just about right.
Sometimes we wonder if this
nation. generally the last genera
ton, has not moved to southern
California" mentally, spiritually
and physically.
These mild coast lands are won
derful places to spend your fina
years; to rest, and smile content
out on the wonderful forests and
hills and seas, but in the lands
where it is zero one month and
100 in the shade shortly after
wards; where the elements SNUFF
out the weaking and harden the
sturdy, they sure do raise mer
and women.
The middle west is fierce
place to live, but the darn hook
worm does not sing Its mournfu
lay there, anyway. - THREE
SCORE AND TEN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
They Pull His
Leg, Literally

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26. =
George s. Park, of Bend, Ore, a
guest at the Winchester hotel, had
his leg pulled for 100 last night,
he told the police today.
And 1t wasn't any figurative
pulling either.
When George started out to
celebrate Christmas royalty, he
wore around his leg purse con-
tanning six $40 gold pieces.
Somebody got to the purse dur
ing the evening and when Park
awoke this morning the money
was gone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Omitted Press Leased wire1

OBERAMMERGAU, Bavaria,
Dec. 25.-(Delayed)-"This is
not Gods war: it is mans war.
So long as there are armies and
SO long as nations prepare, there
will be war;"
So spoke Anton Lang, Christ
us" in Oberammergau's world
famous passion play, today--on
the saddest Yuletide the little Ba-
varian village has ever known.
OF her 1900 population, Ober-
ammergau has given $50 to the
army, including Alfred Bierling,
the Saint John of the play, who
is now an artilleryman in the
German army.
Through the United Press Lang
desired that greetings be sent to
his friends in America and that
denial be made that he had join
ed machine-gun company.
81 have never been to the
'front.' said this bearded man
whose face most nearly resem-
bles the features of the Savior. 81
am still alive. Please tell my
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

EDITORS NOTE - The
news story that the Eighth
Ohio militia regiment having
addressed a ground robin" to
the Akron Press, protesting
against camp conditions on
the Mexican border which the
war department has allowed to
become intolerable, is to be
disciplined. The amazing
charge is also made that the
''rOund robin" letter was
seized i'm the mails en- route
to the Akron Press and that
this stolen letter is now i'm the
hands of the war department
officials at lei Paso who will
use IL as evidence against the
men. The following wire
story from ellison Gardner
gives the view of the incident
I'm Washington and in con-
gress.-Editor.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

I DOMINATION OF THE WAR DE-
PARTMENT CLIQUE. In the mat
ter OF the Lewis machine gun
scandal his activities have all been
in the direction of white washing
Crozier and the ordnance board.
Baker is becoming very popular
with the Crozier crowd by doins
such things as endorsing the Tay-
lor system of stop watch efficiency
which congress has forbidden in
government sarsenals. and which
Crozier has fought for.
Baker also follows Crozier's
recommendation in endorsing prf-
waite rather than exclusive govern
ment manufacture of munitions OF
war.
Report Disappointment.
His recent annual report was Z
terrible disappointment to all hin
liberal friends by reason of the
fact that 1t complacently ignores
the whole problem presented by
the failure of the Hay-Chamber-
lain law to provide real army Of
defense.
Whatever rishts the member Of
a militia regiment may or may not
have to make public their critic
lsms of superior officers, there q
no question as to the violation q
law IL 1t develops that . lettor
was taken from the malta.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
It's It S Not Gods War;"
Declares Anton Long
many American friends that for
Sees No End OF War.

many American friends that for
me.
Sees No End OF War.
Fifty of our people have
fallen" Lang continued, sadly.
How shall 1t end? l see no end.
| see another spring of fighting,
bloodier than ever. And if nei-
Their side is defeated-then more
fighting, with millions being
killed and millions of others
working so other millions shall
be killed, with some of those mil
lions becoming rich in the war.
Looks to America.
81 would be glad il there were
no militarism in any land. Can
not all militarism be destroyed by
international agreements? Can
not America take the first step?"
"T' hope America is never
threatened by such a war. AS
long as there are armies and as
long as nations prepare, there will
be war. Until all unite and agree
to limit their armies and navies
to mere police forces, wars will
continue"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Describes Medley of
Races That Go to Make
Up Austrian Monarchy
Editor The Times:

EDITOR Inc Times.
Apropos of the war and peace
talk, feel interested to write on
nationalities and patriotism in the
Austrian monarchy.
Some Austrian subjects when
asked by inquisitive questioners
for their nationality, their usual
answer is, Austrian" People
who take this as bona fide an
swer, should bear in mind that
they are still ignorant OF persons
real nationality; because that
monarchy is polyglot in its dis
tribution of races.
Those who usually class them
selves as Austrians, are as a rule,
southern Slavs. Those nationali-
ties in other parts of Austria will.
with rare exception, say, their re-
spective nationality; such as Ger
mans, Poles, Bohemians, Rouman-
ians, etc. All these are inclined
to argue that they are no more
Austrians then Hindus are Eng
lishmen, or Turcos, Frenchmen.
Great many southern Slavs could
not agree with this.
Although, peasants in Croatia
and Dalmatia are little concerned
insofar as patriotism toward Aus
tria is concerned; but when they
are in foreign lands, together with
poorly educated masses (illiterate
and semi-illiterate) aggrandize and
display their fidelity to Austria
everywhere. But it is different
with that more enlightened class,
either at home or abroad. This
can be realized by the Croatian
press.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
JAPANESE
PLANNING
ALLIANCE

Omitted Press Leased Wfre)
TOXIC, Dec. Spy mail. y
Plans for Strengthening the new
alliance between Japan and Rus
STA are believed here to be behind
the selection of Viscount Yasuya
Uchida, former ambassador to the
U. s. and as Japanese envoy to
Russia.
viscount Uchida fills the post
vacated when Viscount Motone
was recalled from Petrograd to
become foreign minister in the
new Terauchi ministry.
Politicians here accept the con-
clusion of the Russo-Japanese
pact last spring as only the be-
ginning of long term of friendly
political and commercial relations
between the two countries. The
general belief is that Russia has
requested japan to wait until the
close of the war for signature of
additional clauses of the new con-
vention.
viscount Motone is given credit
here for having laid the founda-
ton for the new alliance and his
service as foreign minister is ex-
pected to develop pro-Russian ten
denotes. pom Viscount Uchida,
however. is placed the responsible
ity of promoting relations in Pc
trograd. so that after the war, the
two nations will be even more
closely aligned in promoting their
interests in the far east.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

Pomerene's resolution demanding
an inquiry.
1t is intended. however, that the
investigation shall take broad
lines and shall cover the whole
matter of press censorship and
bureaucracy in the war depart
DIent.
Not Picking Quarrel.
Pomerene Is not picking a
quarrel with the war department,
but there are members in con-
gregs who are intensely stirred
and interested in the matter of Of
fetal usurpation under the guise
of WAR POWERS IN TINE OF
PEACE.
A lot of trespassing has already
taken place on the rights of civil
ians with the sanction OF SECRE-
TARY OF WAR NEWTON BA-
KER.
The secretary has declined to
denounce the reported seizure of
mail and will not even discuss a
hypothical question, nor state
that such seizure would be i'm
proper.
Under Clique's Thumb.
Instead Of instituting an indie
pendent inquiry for his own in
formation and for the enlighten-
ment of the public he has followed
the military tradition OF calling
upon the army officer under accu-
sation for report. Such report,
of course, will vindicate the officer
in question.
Baker has permitted himself APP
parently to fall UNDER THE
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Washington Children's
Home Asks It's Friends
to Help Meet It's Deficit

To our friends who have re-
membered US in the past at Christ
mas time, and all others interest
ed in the future of Washington
dependent children:
We wish we could send you
each a Christmas letter, but owing
to a $4,000 deficit in our finances
we are going to appeal to you, by
the kindness of the editor, for a
Christmas offering to help us pay
this debt.
If you do not get a Christmas
letter through the mail, please re-
member that this public appeal is
meant for you, and send us your
Christmas greeting by enclosing
us a check.
If you will do this it will save
us the heavy expense of sending
out 10000 letters, which, added
to your offerings, will, we hope,
enable us to pay our debt.
WASH INGTON CHILDREN'S
HOME SOCIETY.
]. II. CARTER,
Dist. Superintendent.
1921 Fidelity Bldg, Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
A. B, c. NATIONS BACK
UP u. S. PEACE Plea

that the A. B. c. (Argentine, Bra
zil and Chile) governments were
mainly concerned In the move.
South America has generally
applauded the timeliness of Presi-
dent Wilson's peace suggestions
and saw in Secretary Lansing's
hints of America joining league
of nations after the war to force
peace, an opportunity for closer
Pan-Americanism.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
In the Editors Mail

and lift peoples minds out of mud
died ideas, as it looks from pres
ent conditions.
Greed, God and war constitute
the Holy Trinity.
DORA P. MCKEE.
Birmingham, Wash.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
KNIGHTS TO HAVE
A CHRISTMAS TREE

The Knights of Pythias will
hold their Christmas tree and pro-
gram Tuesday evening in their
temple on Broadway. Ben s.
Lunan is chairman in charge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Omitted Press Leased wIre.)

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 26. -
Certain South American chancel-
lors are tentatively communicate
ing regarding the dispatch Of a
note to belligerents backing up
President Wilson's plea forward
ed here today.
No official confirmation was to
be obtained. The report, how
ever, went so far as to suggest
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
BY ellison Gardner

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Dec.
26.-Invasion of the privacy
of the mails in time of peace
by army officers or mt the in
stigation of the army is just
as criminal a performance as
IL such an act were performed
by common highwayman.
This is the opinion of the post
office department officials, and II
is this aspect of the trouble ovel
the seizure of the round robin
sent by the Eighth Ohio regiment
that has stirred congress.
1t is the real reason for Senator
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
Poultry Show Is On,
But Hens KeepLaying

Nat f. Luce and Frank w. Breed.
judges; Sam Hawkins, Chas. B.
Staples, F. A. Johnson, A. II. Mil
Ter, VIM. Shephers, II. H. Collier,
Fl. F. Rau. o. j. Stone and John
White, trustees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

Ten years of exerimenting was
necessary to perfect glass utensils
in which food can be both cooked
and served.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

Apparatus to enable . man 70
cut his own hair or that OF other
men without instruction IL = ~
cent invention.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26

Immigrants from Ireland DUR
ing 1915 numbered 10. 659-6,671
males and 3,9SS femaIes-com.
pared with 20,314 In 1914.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-26
DR.. johnson Saws:

Pain is a sense! But to feel pain is nonsense
when having dental work done by our method of
anaegesia either when having teeth filled or
extracted.
See us about our combination bridge No
more old-fashioned loose plates IL you have one
or more sound roots.
Remember, have no other office but this one
in Tacma, so am here to do your work per-
sonaly.
We give a 12-year guarantee with all work.