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Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09
BLAKEMORE SELLS
TOBACCO

Mr.. w. B. Blakemore, for more
than 30 years prominent dealer in
leaf tobacco at Martin, this week
sold his large warehouses at Martin
to Mr.. J. B. Kennedy, a prominent
and wealthy tobacconist of Padu-
cab, who will handle leaf tobacco
in Martin this year. Mr. Tom Far
mer, of Murray, will have charge Of
the plant at Martin.
This sale involves some very val
liable property. There is one large
three-story brick and another large
one-story brick, the latter a priz-
ing and storage plant, and besides
this, a very large lot, all located
south of the city power plant in Mar
tin.
While we are not so informed, it
is understood this means Mr.. Blake
more will retire from the tobacco
trade, in which he has been engaged
for long number of years. For
several years he was a prominent
officer in the tobacco growers as
ISOLATION.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09
SECOND DRAFT
FIRST OF YEAR.

Washington, Nov. 5.-Men recon-
tnended foS commissions at the close
Of the second series Of officers train
ing camps win be called into actual
service only az there is actual need
for the1A. Explaining the war de-
partment's policy today, Secretary
Baker said il had always been the
purpose 10 build up reserve OF Of
fieers by means Of the camps, and
while some Of the second camp men
will be needed at once, the indlca-
tions are that majority Of them Will
be held on the inactive list until the
next increment of the national army
is organized.
Mr.. Baker said he did not know
when that would be. The under
standing has been that the next call
will come soon after the first OF the
year.
The requirements of the SECOND
100000 will take up all the grad
mates of the second series of camps
officials believe and also a part of
those from the third series, to be
supplied mainly from the ranks.
The remainder Of the third camp men
will then constitute the main body of
the officers reserve corps, to be call
ed out for duty as needed.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09
FIRST BIC CATTLE
SALE ON NOV. "A.
Western Kentucky and Tennessee ShOTthaR
Breeders Association to HOIdBIg Sale
at Fulton at Early Date.

A cattle sale that will attract
great deal of interest among the
Shorthorn breeders of this section
will be held at Fulton on Saturday,
Oct. "a, when the Western Kentucky
and Tennessee Shorthorn Breeders
Association will put on its first big
sale of Shorthorns. About 95 head
of cattle will be offered in the sale,
which will be widely advertised.
Col. Cary NJ. Jones, the highest pric-
ed auctioneer in the union, will cry
the sale.
Among the well known Shorthorn
breeders who will contribute cattle
to this sale are the Lespedeza Farm,
Hickory Valley, Tenn; E. W. Don
ono, near Palmersville, and Moran
Bros, Dresden.
This will afford our farmers de-
string to improve their breeds an op-
pOrtunity to purchase cattle of high
type at their own prices. 1t is a
well known fact that the demand for
both beef and milk cattle exceeds
the supply, and the demand will in
crease for the next several years.
Thus it behooves farmers to grow
more cattle and improve the breeds.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09
McDowel's Big Sale.

TOday's Enterprise carries half
page announcement of McDowel's
big sale at Fulton, in the Meadows
block. Particular attention is called
to the prices named in this ad. The
house of Mcdowell is so well known
that their statements in their adver-
tisements is all the introduction
needed, but the Enterprise desires
to say for the benefit of those who
may not know Mcdowell so well as
we do, that this is one of Fulton's
most reliable dry goods firms, and
every statement in their advertise
ment may be relied upon.
Read the ad and tell Mr.. Mcdowell
YOU saw it in the Dresden Enter
prise.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09

WAR ON RATS.

Washington, Nov. 6.-Hoping to
reduce the tremendous annual loss
in property destroyed yearly by rats
and mice in the United States the de-
partment of agriculture has begun
a new campaign to eliminate these
creatures which the biologists de-
clare are the worst animal pests in
the world. Besides being carriers
of disease, rats and mice destroy each
year in homes, factories, stores, ware
houses, cars, ships and farms prop
erty equivalent in value to the earn
ings of an army of 100000 men.
They are parasites without a single
redeeming characteristic, the experts
state. Grain eaten and wasted by
them on many farms would pay all
the farmers taxes.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09

Approaching the tremendous dam
age done by rats, the Enterprise, sew
eral months ago, made an effort to
arouse interest in this county in a
general rat determination campaign,
which did not take with our people.
This paper suggested day and a
date for a general rat-killing. How
ever, but two or three communities
paid any attention to it.
Now, several months after the
suggestion of the idea of the Enter
prise, your government comes along
and tells you you must get rid of the
rats. Suppose we set a day in jan
uary when every citizen of the coun-
ty will clear his premises of rats.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09
GETS 10 YEARS FOR
CUTTING R. SMITH

DR.. Shobe Smith is in receipt of
a letter from his son, Raymond, con-
veying the information that the sail
or who some weeks ago gave Ray
mond a severe cut across the Shout
der, laying him up for several days,
was tried by courtmartial and given
ten years in the federal prison.
Raymond expresses deep sympa-
thy for the poor, unfortunate boy
who did the cutting and who was
drunk at the time.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09
FIRST AMERICAN
ARMY CASUALTIES.
Southern Boys Among Those Killed or
Captured. Probably We're Trapped
in Their DugOuts.

Washington, Nov. 5.-American
troops captured by the Germans in
the trench raid on the morning of
Nov. 3probably were trapped in their
dugOuts and forced to surrender or
be blown to pieces with hand gre
nades without a chance for their
lives This is the only explanation
which occurs to army officers today,
lacking any details of the fight.
General Pershings brief report
merely stated that the German ar
tillery had dropped heavy barrage
fire about a sector of the trench, cut
ting the men off from help. No ex-
PLANTATION of the eight casualties re-
ported and the twelve men taken
prisoners was received. The fact
that one wounded German was cap
tured, however, indicated that the
trench had been reoccupied by the
American forces. Here is the Off
cial casualty list
Killed
Private Thos. F. Enright, sister,
Mrs. Mary Irwin, Pittsburg.
Private Jar. B. Gresham, mother,
Mrs. Alice Dodd, Evansville, Ind
Private Merle D. Hay, father, Har-
vey D. Hay, Glidden Iowa.
Wounded
Private John j. Smith, brother, p.
D. Smith, Ludington, Mich.
Private Chas j. Hopkins, brother,
Jas. W. Hopkins, Stanton, Tex.
Private Homer Owens, father, W.
F. Owens, Cloverdale, Ala.
Private Geo. L. Box, father, JAS.
L. Box, 700 north Grady street, Al
tus, Okla.
Private Chas. L. Orr, mother, Mrs.
Sarah Regnell, Lyons, Kan.
Captured or Missing.
Sergeant Edgar NJ. Halliburton
father, Geo. B. Halliburton, Stony
Point, N. C.
Corporal Edwin H. Haines, moth
er, Mrs. Elizabeth Haines Wood
ward, Okla.
Corporal Nicholas L. Mulhall,
mother, Mrs. Bridget Mulhall, Jer-
sey City.
Private Perchel Godfrey, father,
VIM. C. Oberst, Chicago.
Private Vernon NJ. Kendall, faith
er, Sam Kendall, Roll Okla.
Private VIM. P. Griggsby, mother,
Mrs. Lizzie Griggsby, Louisville.
Private Frank E. McDougal, faith
er, R. L. McDougal, Maryville, Mo.
Private Daniel B. Gallagher, faith
er, Neil Gallagher, Blocton, Ala.
Private John P. Lester, father,
VIM. Lester, Tutwiler, Miss.
Private Harry Langhman, Ada R.
Langhman, Chicago.
Private Dewey D. Kern, mother,
Mrs. Eva Tilton, Collins, Iowa.
Private -- Reckon, cannot be
identified.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09
Ford Car for Sale.

One 1917 model, slightly used,
leosk good as new. Call Cumberland
phone 149.-Currsn Patterson,
Greenfield, Tenn. 30-tf
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-11-09
Fancy Horses and Mules.

l am receiving and have on hand
at all times a number of choice, fan
Y Middle Tennessee horses and mules
which / am offering for sale at rea-
sonable prices. See me if you want
a nice horse or mule.-G. 3. Butler,
Martin, Tenn. 32-3t
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
FEAR SHE Will DIE
OR LOSE HER " IND!

Mrs Elizabeth Darst
physical and breakdown.
oloolng the refusal of
Helen
friends doubt
mind.
Nurses the hospital that
ants were required TO d her the bed and her res and
turbed other patients throughout the hospital.
Ito
expended all her the futile
is
lenacal how be
decided offering
receive medical attention. place until she
does beyond the aid of man.
Harry H. Johnston attorney who has handled the litigation
lfS gf OF charge consented OF
your check to HIM at the National Realty building AND
AWAY A WOMANS MIND AND EVEN ARDY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
WELLAND
PLOT IS
SPOILED
(United Press Leased WireD


LOS ANGELES, March al
legged to be connected with plots
to destroy the Welland canal and
with other unneutral acts In
America, Capt. Alfred Fritzen, a
German officer, was arrested early
today by agents of the department
of justice, In Alhambra, near here.
According to Special Agent
Blanford, the specific charge
against Fritzen is implication in
the Welland canal plot.
His recent activity in Mexico
and actions elsewhere in the coun-
try are also under investigation
on suspicion that he may have
knowledge of plots to destroy
property in New York and else
where.
The arrest follows a search of
six months.
A connection between Fritzen
and German Consul Bopp, recent
ly convicted in San Francisco, and
Captains Boy-Ed and Won Papen,
deported year ago, Is said to
have been established.
At the city Jail Fritzen refuse
to make any statement, exec
that the federal officers have
made a grave mistake.
He said he has been in the Unit
ed States three years and admitted
visiting Cuba recently.
Fritzen, who is said to be ma
val officer, was arrested at the
home of Frank S. Hart, music
dealer, for whom he worked as
a farmer some time ago.
AS Mr.. Piper, Fritzen is said to
have resided in San Francisco,
Los Angeles, San Diego and North
ern Mexico during the past six
months.
Arrest of persons believed to be
associated with him is expected
soon.
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JUMPS
TAXES
so PCT.
Especial to The Times.)

especial TO The Ttmes.D
OLYMPIA, March 0.-The
most recklessly extravagant
legislature i'm the states his
tory quit spending money at
D o'clock this morning.
Between IL o'clock last night
and a. m. today both houses
dickered and fought over the
question whether the state should
give $4,000 to the widow and
children of e. W. Olson, murder
ed industrial insurance commits
sioner; finally decided to do so,
then in the next five minutes pass
ed 100000 supplementary
budget, adjourned, packed up and
went home.
And in the intervals when con-
ference committees were trying to
break the deadlock on the appro-
priation for the support of the
family of the state official shot
down at his post of duty, the leg
islature INDUCED in horse play
and grand hilarity.
With the supplemental
budget, the total appropria- :.
lions passed are estimated at
nearly 100000, which, IL
approved by the governor,
would raise the tax levy so
per cent over two years ago.
But when 1t came to the $4,000
for Mrs. Olson, then poured forth
heated oratory on economy.
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All of Stones Explaining
To Be Done His Own Way

Necessary.
Stone paused, closed his eyes,
rubbed his forehead thoughtfully,
then added:
II am studying my speech Of
last Saturday. Every minute l
can get away from the senate am
devoting to that specializing
and inserting remarks which
didn't have time to bring out
while was talking. When this is
done and duly In the record my
case will be complete for my peo-
pie back In Missouri"
Then, smiling broadly and for
the first time lapsins into Z jocu-
lar tome. he said:
And ! wish your great organi-
zation would sent It IN full over
x4ur wires. don't believe It will
omprise more than rs newspaper
pages Of reading matter
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
NEW LINE UP
FROM FRISCO
UNITED Press Leased Wire.)

UNITED Press Leased Wire.l
SAN FRANCISCO, March "a
coast railroad line from San Fran
cisco to Portland through Eureka
may be the result of a reported
Hill-Strahorn alliance.
The plan contemplates the use
Of the present Northwestern Pa
cific from San Francisco to Eure-
ka and an extension from Eureka
to Marshfield to be built by the
Southern Pacific.
The traffic then would be car
ried over the present Southern Pa
ciffc line from Marshfield to Eu-
gene, and thence to Portland.
According to the reports, Hills
principal part In the deal would
be the extension OF his present
road from Bend to Klamath Falls,
and from Klamath Falls to the
TOAST at Trinidad, o few miles
north Of Eureka.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
MRS. DARST A WREC OK!
Bootlegger Billingsley Tells
His Story of Bribing Hi Gill

self in the high chair was neither
embarrassed nor assertiye.
Dramatic Sense Satiated.
The crowd swayed and stared
and whispered, its sense of the
dramatic satisfied by the contrast
between the Bilingsley he seems
to be and the Bililngsley they
know he is, from the exploits that
have made the front pages of the
Seattle papers read like dime
novels from time to time.
But it is one thing to have
ones sense of the dramatic pleas
antly reused, and another thing to
have it satiated-outrag ed-par-
alyZed.
1t is one thing to know that a
man is not what he seems; and
another to hear a quiet gentle
man telling publicly in an agree
able voice, how he and his broth
ers, having had much experience
in selling whisky in dry territory,
though they could work up some
thing rather nice" by opening a
drug store in Seattle a day or
two after the dry law went into
effect, and selling whisky on pre-
scriptions.
Ii is another thing TO
hear him explaining coolly
how he bribed a police Off
Ger with 800 i'm silver and
10 in geld i'm "A paper bag so
that il looked like candy
when il was handed over.
1t is another thing to hear him
telling the jury that he had told
the policemen who, he says, were
protecting him that If they
asked him TO pay more than he
could afford, they would have a
Misunderstanding and he would
try to get the stuff in without,
their knowing it.
Sounded Impossible.
1t was at this point the audi
ence's jaws began to drop. Some
how, the thing was too cold-blood-
ed and calm. There was some
thing impossible about it.
But BllllaSSley had no regard
for dramatic probabilities. He
went on with a sort of cold con-
tempt, to relate how he forged
permits; how he fooled the law,
and then fooled the men whom he
said he bribed to help him fool
the law; how he made tools of
transfer men, shipping clerks,
anybody and everybody, with a
diabolical knowledge of human
failings; until the very founda-
tions of truth were shaken under
the gasping crowd that listened.
came away then. My ears
have always been honest and
faithful, but couldn't believe
them; and | was afraid If | stayed
any longer I would lose faith in
humanity and the universe.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
JURY IS
HEARING
CHARGES

NEW YORK, March 9.-Polics
Captain Tunney and Detective
Barnitz, German plot hunters of
the New York police department,
who worked on the Won Papen,
Won Igel, Fay and other bomb
cases, will tell the federal grand
jury today the revelations that
led to the arrest of DR.. Chandra
Chakiaberty and DR.. Ernest
Sc kunna, charged with conspir-
acy to start a revolution in India.
The two detectives were expect
ed to have something to say re-
garding the purchase of large
tract of land by Sc Kunna near
West Point.
The discovery of this purchase,
subsequent statements by the i'm
prisoned German have revived
again I'm New York stories from
Belgium, France and England re-
garding gun emplacements found
on factory sites owned by persons
of German birth and of concrete
foundations found to be adapted
for heavy artillery.
The tract is within striking dis
lance OF the Catskils source of
New York's water supply and Is
but a few miles from the Ashokan
reservoir.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
CHINA DIND'T
ADVISE TOXIC

TOXIC, Feb. 22.-(By maiD-
Although a severance of diplo-
matte relations between China
and Germany is believed here to
be inevitable, there is declared to
be little possibility that the re-
public will actually join the Euro
pean allies.
Authentic information today is
that the Chinese cabinet has de-
cided to sever relations with Ger
many, but is awaiting develop
ments in Washington and Toxic.
Pressure will be brought to
bear by japan, It is believed, to
prevent China from actually en-
tering the war, because it would
give China a seat around the
peace table at the end of the great
war.
When China suddenly sent her
protest to Berlin, the news was
received by japan with consterna-
ton, because China had not con-
suited japan.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
ANOTHER DEATH IN
PORTLAND TONGS

PORTLAND. Or, March 8. =
One Chinese is dead today and an
other wounded as the result of a
renewed outburst Of tong fighting.
FoEg Hong, so, cannery worker,
was killed and Leong Quong, an
alleged Bow Leong tongman, was
shot In the ankle when three high
binders entered a fan tan house
opposite police headquarters and
opened fire on the players. The
assailants escaped.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
Amazing, Says
Mabel Abbott
By Mabel Abbott

SEATTLE, March GA
lot of people i'm Seattle have
lost faith In their hitherto
trusted ears.
It's Logan Billingsley's
fault.
This is how it happened
j know, because | am one Of
them.
Billingsley is the oldest of the
famous Bookkeeping brothers
whose places of business Mayor
Gill and Chief Rockingham
caused to be wrecked repeatedly,
and who is now the governments
star witness in the trial of the
mayor, chief, Former Sheriff
Hodge and several policemen on
the charge of conspiring with the
Billingsleys in their liquor-law
violations.
He was the first witness called
In the trial, and is still testify
ing.
The crowd that has packed the
courtroom each day since the
trial began packed itself more
tightly to let the bailiff worm his
way through the aisle. Behind
the bailiff came Logan Billingsley,
young, slender, dark, smooth
shaven, light of step and well
dressed In dark suit.
His manner, as he seated HIM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
PENSION BILL
LOSES AGAIN
Especial 10 The Times

OLYMPIA, March "A des-
perate attempt to resurrect senate
bill 10, providing pensions for de-
serted mothers, which was showed
into the discard during the wild
pork scramble Wednesday night,
was made yesterday afternoon by
Rep. Zednick and Houser of King
county.
Zednick moved to suspend the
rules in order that a motion
might be made for reconsidera-
tion.
At first Speaker Kelly declared
the motion out of order, but when
Houser Joined in the fray, and the
speaker saw he had a healthy
scrap on his hands, he decided to
let the motion go to a vote.
Houser and Zednick both de-
manded rollcall.
The mothers pension bill died
second time by a vote of Al to
81.
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refuse
A DIRTY
trade
Especial to The Times }

OLYMPIA, March 9.-Senate
bill SO, to regulate jitneys out of
business, lies dead today because
there were some men in the legis-
lature who refused to be driven
into trading themselves over to
Stone-Webster and It's controlled
organization in the legislature;
Among these men was Senator
Karshner of Pierce county.
The authentic inside story of
why Senator Howard Taylor, Louis
Bean, Norwood Brockett and a
force of lobbyists failed to get
enough votes to pass the jitney bill
over Gov. Listers veto last night,
has shown up the desperate job
berry measures resorted to by the
power company during the last
few hours of the session.
Gets Votes For Two.
There were three measures,
vetoed by the governor, lying in
the rules committee yesterday.
Two of these were the medical and
drugless healers bill. The third
was the bill to place jitneys under
the public service commission.
At work to put the two former
measures through was Senator
Harve Phipps of Spokane, a men,
Der of the rules committee.
At meeting of the committee
early in the day, Senator Howard
Taylor assured Phipps that if he
could get enough votes to pass his
measure over the veto. they would
be sent out for passage.
Double-Crossed.
Phipps got his votes. But no
sooner had Taylor and other men,
bers of the rules committee learn
ed OF it than they plastered on the
jitney measure. which they know
could not otherwise draw the ne
cessary two-thirds majority.
Phipps was given to understand
by Taylor that if he wanted the
doctors bills to go through he
must line up his votes for senate
bill SO.
You must take all three bills
or Tone," the doctors were told.
Either they would have to support
the iitney measures or their bills
would be buried.
Phipps stood pat. He refused
to be a party to such deal. The
supporters of his bills stood back
of him.
All Die Toether.
Senator Karshner, who as a
doctor was fighting for the medi-
cal bill, gave the same answer in
strong language.
Brand did the same.
In the meantime Bean and
Brockett were working like 5eav-
ers. calling representatives from
the house chamber and trying to
tell them where to head in.
All three bills died. But the
doctors weren't bought.
"Anti-jitney bills and medicine
won't MIX" was the way they put
1t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09

RECON CILED:
NO DIVORC C
Matilda Sandbcrg and Peter

Matilda Sandberg and Peter
Sandberg are reconciled.
After filing sensational di-
vOrce charges against her
husband recently, Mrs. Sand
berg Friday through her law
yer, Attorney Reeves, petit
toned Judge Chapman to
withdraw the divorce pro-
ceedings.
She said she had given
Sandberg another show.
In the petition she says that
the differences between them
have been settled, and that
she will give him one more
chance to live with her.
The trouble over the PR
erty has also been q :,
she says. In her complaint
she had alleged Sandberg was
worth S1.3OO,OOO, most of
which he had hidden away.
All records were asked to
be stricken from the files.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
BERLIN PAPER rs
ASSAILING WILSON
Omitted Press Leased Wire.

BERLIN, via wireless to the
United Press, March 9.-Picturing
America as 1.-THE gleeful benefit
ciary at the deathbed of European
civilization, the Berliner Tage-
blatt today in an editorial fiercely
assailed what it calls President
Wilson's abrupt change of front
from his speech of December to
his present attitude. particularly
as revealed in his inaugural ad-
dress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-03-09
TACOMA is STUNC AGAIN!

Once more Tacoma has been
stung.
Instead of establishing the U. S.
army headquarters department in
this city, where it would be closely
adjacent to the new army post, the
government within the past two
weeks has decided to move every
thing to Seattle.
A rental Of SIS 900 a year will
be paid for warehouse purposes
and signal corps submarine cable
tanks in Seattle.
Tacoma offered to build a $50
foot warehouse, install cable tanks