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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08
We begin to think that that Argentine president is
married to Hohenzollern relative of autocracy.


The Times is anxious to learn what results
amateur gardeners achieved this summer with
potato pens.
Late in the planting season this paper print
ed an article from an eastern correspondent tell
ing Of remarkable method Kansas City man
has perfected for growing quantities of potatoes
on small areas.
Our article gave full directions for carrying
out the plan While it appeared at late date to
be very serviceable for Puget Sound planting, we
have been told that number Of Times readers
did experiment with the idea.
Will they kindly let us know by mail or
phone how they came out9
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08

paying for the ruin they have wrought They
want to escape the penalty of their crimes against
civilization.
That is why Michaes for once in his life
tells the truth. The German terms, If stated
openly and honestly, would not conduce to peace
but to a grimmer determination upon the part
of the civilized world to wage war to the bitter
end, cost what it may. The German terms would
probably be those exacted by a conqueror, that
would further shock a world already shocked So
often by German ruthlessness.
Civilization owes vote of thanks, however,
to Michaelis for his plain words The warning
was needed in some quarters. 1t is to be COM
mended to the attention Of all the lily-livered
pacifsts, the pro-German socialists and all the
other nefarious clques that have busted them
selves in this country trying to pull chestnuts
! out of the fire for the dear kaiser.
If any man with even slight modicum Of
brain can read the chancellor's speech and still
shrek "peace' at this stage of the game he be-
longs either in sanatorium or in-Gernany!
The average American man or woman will
see in the chancellor's speech plain incentive
for this country to make war up to the hilt, with
the scabbard thrown away, until Prussianism is
crushed and the Prussian menace forever abated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08
For the Farmer

1t has been repeatedly pointed out that in pur-
chasing Liberty Loan bonds the farmers of the
United States were furnishing the means to
their best customers to purchase the product of
their farms Much of the proceeds of the Liberty
Loan, both that used by the United States gov
eminent and the amount loaned to the allies, is
] to be expended in purchasing food and supplies
for their armies from the farmers of the coun-
try.
There is another aspect Of this investment in
Liberty Loan bonds that will appeal to every
true American. He is supporting the govern
ment he is supporting our soldiers in France, and
he is doing his duty as citizen when he invests
III Liberty Loan bonds
Experts estimate that tho upkeep Of autos in tn,
4. b costs over three billion dollars annually Mr.
oookofslIer's middle name is UplZeep
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08
MiChaeliS Takes Off the MaSl

When Pope Benedict issued his the kais their
allies high Here their chance the allies and
by ickey what they could not by force But President Wilson,
and for ALL dssipated their hopes
Answering the with all the gravity and respect due his position
Wilson nevertheless pointed impossible deal with Germany
faith convention signed by the kaiser his undeings
Disappointed the Austrian kasers the
which they maundered about eedm Of the a but nowhere
the real issues
This has been followed address Chancellor Mhaes made
the main committee of the German Rchg Whether he meant
has by that completely taken off the behind which
sinister German designs being cloaked Said Mchais ouburst
of candor a Prussian junker:
such public statement terms at the present time
would njure German interests We should
but would contribute certainly prolongaon Of the
this the
bending effort the allies into sce
which would Austria breathing time
They talk They hint of liberal conditions all the time
they know they lying is the plain lie told by the thief
The ka their loot They
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The following committees have
been selected to handle st. Pat
rick's fair this year:
Donation committee-James F.
Murphy. A. Won Boecklin, H. j.
Schwinn, Jas. Garvey, H. ].
Schneider. DR.. J. A. LaGasa, Neil
Harrison.
Booth No. 1--Mesdames Thorn
as Carstens, T. j. Hickey, J. M.
Boyle, John Bagley, Berk, p. j.
Sweeney, Chauncey Howe, H. D.
Jones, Paul Vasth. Il. w. Fair
man, Dow.
Booth No. 2-Mesdames J. C..
Murphy, Turner, ]. f. Murphy, j.
A. LaGasa. ID. p. Donegan, J. e.
Donegan, J. e. Burkey.
Booth No. 8--Mesdames John
e. Manley, M. ]. McNerthney, J.
B. McNerthney, e. J. Walsh, Pa
lowden. H. j. Higgins, Beldwell,
O p. Burkey, w. l.. Alfred. w. e.
Russell, Collins, Miss Lancaster.
Booth No. 4-Mesdames H. J.
Schwinn, J. A. Pitzen, e. A. Bal
ley, F. Peyette. Chas. Henriot,
o. A. Karstetter.
Fish pond-Mesdame J. A. Sor-
ley, H. J. Schneider, Arthur p.
Marx.
Candy booth-Misses Veronica
Meacham, Marie Boyle, Rose
Kean, Mary O'Leary, Elizabeth
O'Leary, Rose Schwinn, Katherine
Brazell.
Observation-Disclosures M. J.
Giblin, w. ]. Murphy, Bailey,
Haubner, Seitz, Martin, Hufeisen.
Bisseler, May Enright, Rowe, Con-
rad, Miss Sue Boyle.
Country store-Messrs. John M.
Boyle. jr., B. H. Goodman, q.
Rowe, DR.. Monaghan, Tom Car
penter, John Loonan, George La
gen. Chester Healey, Clarence
Healey, Michael Fitzgerald, E. P.
Murray.
Entertainment committee Miss
Rose Schwinn, Messrs. J. e. Bur-
key, Walter Mcdonald. A. Won
Boecklin.
Opening night-Messrs John
M. Boyle, ID. ]. Walsh.
Publicity committee. -Messrs. A.
Won Boecklin, H. ]. Higgins. Ar
thur p. Marx.
The Young Peoples society Of
the Holy Communion has elected
officers for the coming year AZ
follows: President, Mr.. Hull:
vice president, Miss Margaret
Birks; secretary, Miss Berthe r.
Day; treasurer, F. H. Waters; or
ganist, Miss Edith Robair.
The Elks will give q series Of
dances for members and their
families in the Elks' club ball
room this winter, beginning Oct.
lie. A special invitation Is ex-
tended to enlisted Elks at Camp
Lewis.
The Ladies' auxiliary Of Imman-
ual Presbyterian church will hold
an all-day meeting in the church
parlors Wednesday. Mrs. Ralph
Bretz il chairman for the lunch
con.
Mrs. Leonard Herbert, resident
secretary at the Tacoma's Wom-
ans clubhouse, has resigned on,
account of Ill health. Mrs. III. ID.
York. president of the clubhouse
association, has called q special
meeting for Friday noon to con-
slider the question of Mrs. Her
bert's successor.
Marriage licenses wero issued
Saturday to Elmer A. Hard OF Ia
coma and Byrde ". Anderson Of
Sumner: ii. M. Whitfield and
Dorothea Lund. Tacoma; Andrew
j. Rocha and Josephine Castle.
Burnett; David L. Glenn and Lily
Az Swanson. Tacoma; Richard
Smith and Leafa Graham, Port
land; II. Morris SCHNEIDER, San
Francisco. and Clara Ellen
o'Neill. Reno; q. w. Stoner and
Annie Marice Bellany, Alder:
Bert T. Taylor and LILLIAN
5chnack, Tacoma; Harry Burton
McGslliard and Katherine III.
Scott, Tacoma.
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ANSWERS e ey opzv


plural. No dictionary we have
can enlightsn us on the subject.
What I really want to know is
does 1t end In "yees" or yes"
or both. 8. p.
Both employees and employees
are CORRECT, tho employees Is given
the preference.
Dear Miss Grey: Is 1t proper
for an engaged girl to go auto
driving In the afternoon with
another young man who rooms
Ut her mothers house. AMY.
Il depends on the attitude Of the
young man toward the girl. II ho
n doing II merely to give her an
afternoons pleasure, It IL surely
proper for her to 60. But II he II
really q rival for her affections
then she should not accept his at
tentions. The girls mother should
be the hest Judge Of what Is proper
under the circumstances.
Dear Miss Grey: l have been
going with q young man. At
first he was crazy about me and
seemed never TO be contented
away from me. But later his
affections cooled and now l
have to call him up to get him
to come to see me- Sometimes.
after promising. he does not
come. What ought l to do
keep on doing this way, or give
him up forever? I. L.
YOu should let the young man
go. He has shown that he does
not care for your society ~ he
formerly did, and you owe 1t to
your self-respect not to appear
hurt over his conduct. The knowl-
edge that you do not consider him
bound to you In any way may be
the very thing which will cause
him later to return. Men dislike
to feel tied or under obligation to
do any certain thing. They like to
choose-not to be chosen.
Dear Cynthia: I have been
arguing the point as to whether
private American soldier
should salute a superior Off
Ger when off duty as they do
in the British army, that is, a
commissioned officer.
BERT.
A private, when meeting q SUI
perior officer, must salute regard
less of whether he Is on duty.
Dear Miss Grey: Kindly an
swer what religious sect for
bide its members to participate
in war.
Thanking you kindly for
reply, l am DOUBTFUL.
The Friends, or Quakers forbids
its members to participate In war.
Dear Miss Grey: To settle
an argument will you please
state IL there is any difference
between one foot square and
one square foot, only in shape!
Also tell me If an evergreen
blackberry doesn't grow wild as
long as 1t Is an uncultivated
fruit? r. w.
One foot square and one square
foot are synonymous terms. An
evergreen blackberry vine 10 wild
until cultivated.
Dear Miss Grey: I noticed
an article in your columns the
other day stating that diamonds
will not burn. The diamond is
q stone, all right, but it is also
crysallized carbon, and will
burn-that Is, unite with oxy-
gen gas to form carbon dioxide
or carbon monoxide, precisely
as will a piece of charcoal
which is carbon in an amor
phous state. 1t is merely nee
essary to heat the diamond suf-
ficiently hot to cause 1t to burn.
c. e. r.
Dear Miss Grey: Where did
Gen. Pershing's wife and three
daughters burn to death and at
what time. MY chum says 1t was
in China that they lost their
lives. l say in California.
PEARL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08

My dear Miss Grey: l have
had an argument with a friend
OF mine regarding the spelling
Of the word employee" 1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08

Bolivians alternately freeze and thaw potatoes aud
then press them into small "bricks." You can take
your "brick" out of your pocket and LUNCH or throw
Il at your neighbours dog.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08

contend that 1t may be spelled
both empolye and employee in
the singular but am in doubt
as to the spelling Of its In the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08

Dear Miss Grey: Where did
Gen. Pershing's wife and three
daughters burn to death and at
what time. MY chum says 1t was
in China that they lost their
lives. l say in California.
PEARL.
Mrs. Pershing and daughters
lost their lives in q fire at the
Preside barracks, about. three
miles from San Francisco. One
child was saved, namely Warren,
aged 8 years. Gen. Per'shing was
ON the Mexican front at the time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08

The close struggle for the
republican mayoralty nomination
In New York is finally ended with
Mayor Mftchel's admission of his
defeat by Bennett, the regular
party candidate. The primary bal
lots had to be recounted before
the mayor would concede the
nomination to Bennett. Mitchell,
however, will run as fusion can
didate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08

plural. No dictionary we have
can enlightsn us on the subject.
What I really want to know is
does 1t end In wees" or yes"
or both. 8. p.
Both employees and employees
are CORRECT, tho employees Is given
the preference.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-08

The Ladies' auxiliary Of Inman-
ual Presbyterian church will hold
an all-day meeting in the church
parlors Wednesday. Mrs. Ralph
Bretz Ii chairman for the lunch
con.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
.eRoToN.
Four Concrete Graneways Being Built
 For Iron Worts...f

Before the machine and : assembly
 shop of the seiiroton Iron. works was
 lnished the. F .'T::s Ley Cor was given
 another big shop, in -appreciation of
 their : rapid and s satisfa actorys work
 This extra work consists of baifding s
 four concrete caneways. One of tHe
 five which. will be in 7IIse- is. already
 nearly completed. but this was built
 by. a; local contractor .f;e The other four
 are to be built by the Springfield com pany. x l-1,-. = 4t ;-.,s5 5sss / E These .eranewaysE are 2Nof concrete consisting of .a17 huge. piers,s extend : ing from the water hack onto the there will be {: several concrete bases built under the waters.. On top of these piers. will besoonstructeds a con
 crete runwa ay which wifi support the brought from the fabricating :. house for the ships Bachsf craneway will supply assfiip on either Side In other words there will be- five era11eways all told aud six .huges ships may be under censtructfon at the sane time. < The skeeIs 2 of these.sships will rest en- create bases to be construct ed |alonsside and parallel . to the. : crane Wtren the i1qsfiips ;, are s.sr rsady s,sld for launehings they will be dropped into the deep water. and then lowed to a large wharf which is also to be com Struoteds In the meantime. and Son this wharf are .Fto be. bniH eight or nine buildings which WITH be used -as car : penter shops metal working and va rieus jobs essential ,to finishing the interior and the, equipment of the ship in readiness, to put to sea- This contract has also gone to the Ley company. .se F7ss- :. -
 Work on the concrete piers is done hy a large force of men and at night huge searchlights nlumine the. yard so that the work may proceed without interrup ption. s<E ..5s.s .,ss The first of these cnucrete crane
 ways to be etarted by the Ley com :
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
Contractors Hustle Exterior Work
Most Jobs Are Now Ready for Interior Nearing Completion stage-Instalng Machinery in Coal Pockets fs s.s@~see

The. house for T. E. BrowniEg s on, the. New London turnpike - in6 orwieh Town has been complet ed so that MT. Browning has been able to-HaoEe into straction with cement folfntiati ions; There is a large ha senent under the entire sl1ouse:5The house. has a ia mbrel roof. The Interior oft house is done in hard wood with "a cypress finish. coHtraetor " e Young did the
 :, To Erect. Addition,
 There. sh.s been -onfS {. one appiica-. Fire Ghisf Howard h. Stanton this week. It is from James Murphy, who. asks'. permis sion to erect a one story addition on ;his building on Thafhes street: near the Rictitnol,d Radiator feet of br5cks com action' with tin roof. sIs -s-ss, Y ' ' q e :. z,
 :. Outside Work Denre.s ss, .s..s
 The outside ,werk. on the house for r.. P. sL4angebarhs ondI safa yette; Street has been completed and the windows have 'bee11s hung vet TlieS inside5 js ready for the pIasters.s Contractor R A. Kinney ifas the sjop.s-S T 4 < : Cement Work Eieished.:
 All the cement work. ones. the, ceai Wood company hassbeel completed and the workmen are now installing the ulacllinery. The building has been de-. Iayed beyond the contract time already The Cpnnecticut Engineering icompanN has the contract N. V. Porter's House Nearly cornpiet :
 ssss = t sed.
 The house on 1EfndpnE parkw ays for N. V. Poftex has been Completed so far as the outside work is conce erned and is now read for the interior Werk- men. The house is of the semi -bung- allow type and fis 3fxzS. Y Th lower story is hnishedssin stltccos while ; the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
MEN REELECTED
 TO REFORM LEAGUE.
William A. Aiken is Chosen Vice President of Connecticut Civil Ser vice Reform League.

New Haven, Conn.,, Dec. 11.-At the annual meeting of the Connecticut Civil Service Reform league held he<e today Prof. Henry W Fdrpam of New Haven was reelected president. For mer President William H. Taft was
 named as honorary president. Other officers reelected were: Vice presi- dents, William A. Aiken, Norwich, John P. Elton. Waterbury, William F. Henney, Hartford. John H. Perry, Southport. and Rollin s. Woodruff, New Haven: treasurer, Clarence w. Bronson, New Haven; secretary, Charles E. Clark, New Haven; assist ant secretary, Abner Mitchell, Bridge port. Two new members put on the executive committee were SE-nuel C.. Shaw New London, and Charles G. Morris. New Haven, and those re- elected were George J. Bassett. New Haven; William H. Corbin, Hartford; George A. Driggs. Waterbury: Arthur R. Kimban. Waterbury; Frederick !. Kingsbury. Allen B. Lincoln, Norris C.. Osborn, New Haven: Julius Maltby, Waterbury; Arthur N. Maf1er, Bridge port: George $. Palmer. New London; William T.. Rodenbach. Naugatucll; Samuel Russell Middletown: Thomas W. SwaIin,. Yale university; Horace B. Taft: Wate-town; Henry A. Tirrell, Norwich: William R. Webster, Bridge rort. IF H. Wiggins. New Haven, and G. c. F. Williams, Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18

ITI F-= -f.s
 k3 4 a. m, June ?, 1916, went on duty again. Dawn was preparing to break and we all stood to in the front line. Just before dawn was tHe favorite time for the Boches to pull of a sur prise attack, but we were always ready for them- We remained on guard till 1t was quite daylight and then, as trench officer, it was my duty to is- Fue the rum. A little of this fire wa ter" is the finest thing in the world when you are chilled through after long night spent in your clothes. It wards off many cold and starts the blood circulating again. The only Dtfrer way this could be accom- pIisi- Ed wouuld be by exercise. Any one was welcome to go out in No Mans Band for an early morning run, but this al ternati<e was not popular, it being un- Goubtedly more less unhealthy form or sport.
 Expected the Generals,
 When the rum issue was completed Stand Down was given Everytffng was running smoothly. The sentries on Hnty gazed steadfaStiy through. their periscopes and the gunners sat br lay always within kicking distance Of the sentry, so as to be able to warn the occupants of that particular fire'bay in ease of an attack The other men buSfed themselves tidying up !, the trenches m preparation for the inSpec- lion by the divisional. comma nder, General Mercer, and our Brigadier General Williams, which was to take place that morning. VI A large party had been working all night repairing a gap :n the parapet blown in by AIinhenwerfer, and which We, Had to pass on the run to avoid being sniped- from Hill 6. An other day party was busy filling sand bags under cover. in preparation for 1 further work next night. I spent, some l time with my platoon sergeant com pieri1E in nv roll hook inc detaf1s rfS- ! sarsling the new men who. had been att tached to my platoon. f':,= --' l - Niee Breakfast Spoiled
 At 6 o'clock went. of duty. entered the dusoiIt, slipped off my equipment, | put my steel helmet on the table and
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18

along the front line. In addition to the. sentry on duty at the periscope in almost every bay we posted further sentres gazing up to- the front and
 right ind left watching for Min
 nies." They gave no alarm unless
 there was going to be a direct hit in their xown Bay when every 7of1e was warned and dashed around the tra- .yCrse;, to. escape the explosion of one
 Mfnne ewerfer and ran directly Fsilto stslat5. of another. ..< 7 By 10 o'clock the sbombafdment had was virtually destroyed and a large
 rortion of our men, were wiped out.
 Harvey fCoci<shutt sent for me and
 told me. to take about half of the men who were 1eft-amounting Of some left. We could not move along the
 front line. so we jumped up on the
 Parados and made, a dash for t-over-
 land. We gained the" trench without casualties ,Cbut found that It, Ftoo. was in sad, state, We were moving along, to the left5when -suddenlyfa large shell or. 'Afinnie:'-I don't know which md ed right in the mid6Iesof my little. party, and wiped them all.out' with the exception. 'of four ct hers and 1nI-seif in the front and perhaps one or two in the. rear whom I never saw again. E, : We ffve* moved along a short dis tence till we found a, short angle in
 the trench which had somehow or. other esca ped the ctcack of the Ger man. artillery. Here collected a,few men from c Company, which was on
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18

our left, until eventually we numbered about ten. Had we been spared until the attack came off the ten of us would probably have succeeded in pumping a considerable amount of lead into the advancing Huns. Feigned Death.
 F By this time we had begun to real- ize that this was no casual ''strafe'' but the preparation for an attack. A German airplane flying very low no ticed. this little bit of undestroyed trench. We "feigned death. Any man who made a move was properly cursed was. that this airman should think we c;ded to take no chances and directed the fire of what seemed to us like about forty batteries, as well as sev- eral AFinnewerfers. on to our one little bit, of french. At one moment I look ed up and saw three "1Gnnies" com ing down directly on top of us. We aH kissed ourselves goodbye and hop cd. for the best. None of them made Q direct One of the three landed in tho Interior angle and the other two on the exterior faces of the angle pade by the bend in the trench and all exploded simultaneously.
 Every one wlfo bad not already :een wounded, with the exception of a stretcheF-bearer named Barclay and myself. got it then. We were all half buried. but we managed, to crawl out
 Barclay and I put head dressings on the wounded men. and I gave nnorpilia
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
DRAFTED MEN GIVEN
 .t CHANGE TO ENLIST
Must Have Statement. From Board That They Are Not Needed in Cur rent Quota

A chance will be given to registered men whose numbers in the draft list are so far down that they will not be needed in. the current quota to enlist in the navy in various departments. A recruiting party is now located at the rear of the post office for the pur- pose of ;enlisting men. Every man, however, who is registered must have a signed statement from the local eX- emption board saying that he is not needed for the current quota
 Men are needed for the aviation de- partnaent Of the navy in the capacity of cabinet makers, fabric workers, ma cf1inists. mechanics with gas, engine experience bakers. firen1en and cooks. There is :t large field for men to choose from and those desirins to enlist Tn the navy Inay make an appointment with. G. B. Watson, recruiting officer at the post office. l.. l.. Nichols. phar- Inacist: is at the post office assisting MT. Watson.
 A person may ask the recruiting of fcer any questions he desires about the navy without obligation. If de sired he will be given a preliminary physical examination and if passed he will be given transportation to New Haven for final enlistment.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-18
ICE DEALERS START
 HARVESTING ICE CROPS
Scarcity of Labor May Prevent Quick
 Work in Filling Houses. @

For the first time in several iyearA the local ice dealers will begin har-. vesting their crop in the middle Of December. All the. ponds around town have ice from seven to nine inches in thickness, and those who know say that the quality is of the finest. Most o{. the local dealers spent Monday get ting their ponds clear and marked out so that they can Start bright and early this morning There is a fly in ths ointment, however, as help Is ver9 scarce Many of tffe fTnen who in past years have helped to harvest the ice crop are now doing sgoyernment work either in the army or navy or>in the munition factories.