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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
England Mobilizing
It's H0usemaids, Too

by the food controller expressly
for her.
The chairman was Shepherd OF
Lady Rothschild's household
Others on the platform were Lord
Balfour of Burleigh, now in the
u. s.; Mrs. Peel, director of Wonae
ans Service in the ministry Of
food, and Harry Lauder.
Adopts Resolutions.
Mary Ann applauded when Mrs.
Peel made a plea against waste
and waxed enthusiastic over Lau-
der's recommendation of "parrito1
and milk" as a diet which had
produced and could still longer
produce the stuff that nations are
made of.
She rose proudly to her feet in
dicating her vote for the resolu-
ton proposed. That:
, This meeting, consisting Of
domestic workers, pledges itself
to cooperate with employers in
carrying out the regulations OF
Lord Davenport and the author.
tiles on the question of rations to
households in general"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
In the
Editors Mail
Hey, Fool Killer!

EDITOR THE TIMES:
Let the fool-killer do his duty.
There Is no closed season for
fools. There are fools and fools,
but I have In mind one particular
kind
A friend of mine Is the father
OF . two-year-old. This baby
boy is often naughty" and dis
obedient.
Until recently q nurse girl was
employed to keep an eye on the
youngster. She lost her employ
ment when II was discovered that
she kept In a dark closet a big,
black giant which eats UP naughty
little boys"
Give the fool credit. She did
succeed in curing her charge of
"naughtiness" and disobedience.
She also succeeded in changing a
husking, healthy, happy baby into
nervous, hysterical, sickly. cow
ardly infant!
Fair game for the fool-killer,
sir! Let him dispatch her. Then
let all other parents take due no.
tice: sthis is Better Baby week.
l.. T. r.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
By Berthe Knatvold
Mellett
Times London Correspondent.

LONDON, May 1.-England is
mobilizing its house maids for
the nationals defense.
Mary Ann, the house maid, has
laid her hand to the food chopper,
enlisted to find substitutes for the
potato and to penetrate the alien
mysteries of the ragout.
She is pledged to save matches
and tea and sugar and convert the
bread crusts into crumbs for fry
ing.
Mary AIMS patriotism is put on
a basis of her ability to tell the
nobs upstairs, when they ask for a
second helping off the Joint, that
they will have to wait until the
next day when the roast will reap
pear before them in the shape of
croquettes.
Up to Mary Ann.
Mary Ann is the guardian of the
stock pot, the bread box and-the
waste bin and England is realizing
that it's power lives or dies by the
stock pot, the bread box-and the
waste bin. So England is calling
on her cooks.
Mary Ann, 5000 and more
strong, attended a mass meeting
at Old Drury in London, arranged
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Tells EN- How

NEW YORK, May 1.-Ameri-
can women can maintain the al
lied armies on the firing line by
eliminating waste In the home, in
the opinion of Herbert Hoover,
who is to be American food con-
troller, in copyrighted article
in "Today's House Wife"
IF we are to pull our allies
through with sufficient foodstuffs
to maintain their men at the
front and their women and chill
dren at home, we have simIly got
to reduce waste and consumption
of foodstuffs to the main mini
mum upon which we can main
tain good health" Hoover warns.
This can be done IL we have
the united good will and devotion
of the American women. They
control directly IS per cent of the
total food, being that part con-
sumed in the home, and they In
directly control large part of
the food consumed in public
places.
Hoover advises the wealthy to
eat Injuries exclusively and thus
conserve the staples for exporta-
ton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Answers "Kinq"
EDITOR THE TIMEs.

EDITOR THE TIMES:
The letter signed King In
The Times Of April 80 shows Just
why 1t is hard work for anyone
with real ideas to put them over.
What sort of q mental attitude
must a man be in, when he sees
in every move that is made, an at
tempt to gouge and Cypress him
He accuses The Times of franz
ing this up for the employer
while people who watch The
Times and other papers closely
know that they lean 10 strongly
to the side of the workers that
l for one even doubt their SINGER
ity on tit seems too good to be
true.
Which goes to show that II
working people were all like him,
you'd mighty soon get discour-
aged and give up their cause as
a hopeless fight.
But regardless of Kings
opinion, your move to set the
clocks ahead is a mighty good
one, and worthy of the support
of all working men and women
who think instead of spending all
their time worrying for fear that
their employers will get a real
honest-to-goodness days work on
of them.
I'm willing to bet that IL Kings
employer could be consulted, he
would say 1t didn't make much
difference what hours King was
there-that he'd spend three
hours growing to one that he
worked anyhow.
He states that this is a move to
favor the employer so that he
can get more time in the evening
AS you said, how can the employ.
er enjoy daylight recreation any
more than those who work foI
him7
He states that one hour in tn,
morning will do more good to the
garden than two in the evening
| I'll hazard q guess that he
hasn't a garden-and II he has
his wife does the work instead OF
himself.
/ am a working man--and
have q garden.
/ want the clocks set ahead &c
that time on my garden-and sc
do thousands of other men like
that / can get home and spent
me in this city. More power ts
your elbow, Mr.. Editor-go ahead
with the good cause and let the
obstructionists and chronic kick
ers sit around and moan Will,
the rest OF us work.
A BoOSTER---NoT A KNoCKER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Courage
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDllOh l1E llMEo:
I sure admire the action of the
county commissioners, not because
they did not give the county en-
ployes more money, far be 1t from
such, but because of their frank,
open refusal.
They did not send boy to do a
mans work, but they came out in
the open and declared there was
no chance, and gave their reasons
why. They did not send some one
to tell the employees, but did II
themselves.
Apparently that was not the
way of the city council. They
recognized they had mean job
on their hands, and apparently
did not care to vote on the salary
raise, so they quietly had our city
clerk issue a statement through
the press that they could not come
through.
have wondered why they did
not vote on our petition The
more I wonder the more clearly
am convinced that they are quite
too clever, or will l say cowardly,
to commit themselves, owing to
the fact that In not many months
hence there will be an election.
Consequently, they do not want
the laboring masses to know how
they stand, or II Is possible that
there are more auto trucks and
special autos to be bought while
the poor laboring devil has to de-
prive his family Of the real neces-
stiles of life.
The city can never expect to be
able to pay its laborers fair wages
IL some extravagant commissioner
is everlastingly using up every
thing which happens to come In
to the city treasury.
hope Mr.. Shoemaker will keep
his eyes on what money may come
into the city treasury by the
courts decision in the T. r. & p.
case, some $4,000, l am told.
Jar loose, Messrs. Commission
ers, and give our petition a vote,
so we will know how to vote on
you next spring.
CONSTANT READER OF THE
LABORER'S FRIEND, THE
TACOMA TIMES.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
ALEXANDER AT
THE TACOMA

Alexander, the man of mystery,
now at the Tacoma theater for a
second week, continues to draw
big crowds.
1t is doubtful If ever an attrac-
ton has visited Tacoma that has
been so popular as this one, and
the closing performance Saturday
night will be the 42nd since Alex
ander's initial appearance here
last fall.
The performance is divided in
to two parts, the first being de-
voted to magic and illusions of O
most battling nature.
The mystifying Simla seance,
which comprises the second part
OF the performance, is perhaps the
most interesting, however, and
Alexander's answers to the many
questions are clever and some
times very humorous.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Shocking!
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
Did somebody say "Overalls" 7?
How shocking! We remember
when the ladies abandoned the
idea Of swimming in a load Of
clothes sufficient to drown an or
binary man; but is 1t come to
this?
Overalls! Trousers. For men
or women-the most unreasonable
garment. II we wish to conceal
the architecture Of our legs, what Is
the matter with a skirt? IL we
want to exhibit, let's get back to
the doublet and hose days. For
PHYS sake, don't compromise like
this!
In history we read sometime
that the Greeks wore a short tunis
called. 1 believe Chiffon" which
was worn by the ladies also. The
Romans believed in more drapery
and used the toga, while the ladies
wore long flowing robes. Later
It was considered proper for a
man to have we'll built legs, which
hO ohouiu Wy Vi
hose, while the ladies were not
permitted the vanity of such ex-
hibitions.
Then the men had to compro-
mise also. Now the ladies want
to follow suit! How the fads do
change! There was a time when
the fashion was very simple, very
primitive, as they say when they
want to pull some raw stuff in the
movies. Well, things hain't now
like they used to was to be! The
Romans wore more concealment
than any other people; and still
they were most immoral people.
While, as far as we know, Adam
and Eve were perfectly moral.
After all 1t doesn't make much
difference what we wear, so long
as 1t isn't overalls or trousers! II
we're tired of skirts, be honest
anyway--try knickerbockers. II
somebody has to wear long clothes
let the men go back to the toga!
But please, leave off the overalls!
don't compromise!
I. B. MERRY.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Socialism
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
Permit me to comment a little
on Charles Edward Russell's stock
phrase, mo more kings, no more
wars"
Such a conclusion is not borne
out by history, neither is 1t sci
entific. Russell is talking through
his hat, or more properly perhaps,
talking as he is paid to talk.
If every monarchy could be
turned into a republic tomorrow,
wars would not cease, nor would
the working class be one bit bet
ter off.
In all the world there is only
one thing that is more ridiculous,
more murderous than war, and il
Is capitalism which Is the cause
of wars. The very thought of a
system whereby one man lives off
of the labor of another man would
be repulsive to us, for the fact
that we have become accustomed
to 1t.
No sir, Mr.. Editor, wars will
never cease while the cause re-
mains. Capitalism by it's very
nature breeds strife, contention,
and wars. War Is hell and
modern commercialism and COM
petition for trade and profits
is "hell."
Talk about beating the swords
into "plowshares," why we would
fight each other with the. plow-
shares under capitalism. Social
ism is the hope of the world. The
only little ray Of hope left.
know we are crushed, both
here and in Germany. The steam
roller, war, is on, but truth
crushed to earth" shall rise again.
The eternal years of God are hers,
But error wounded writhes in
pain,
And dies amid her worshippers.
J. C. MCKEE.
Birmingham.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Baseball Nav
Go By Board

Omitted Press Iensed wtre.I
NEW YORK, May /. - There
may be no major league baseball
next year.
Ban Johnson, president of the
American league, flatly stated his
belief today that unless peace
comes before December and con-
scription as now planned, goes
through, 1t will be necessary for
the two big leagues to call their
1918 schedules off.
Governor John x. Tener, presi-
dent of the National league, fore
seeing the CONSUMPTION Of hun
dreds of young ball players, said
he did not believe baseball could
continue under such conditions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
ALL GET A
TASTE OF
WAR BREAD

War bread, made from pure
whole wheat, was sold all day
Tuesday at Mccormack Bros
store. The loaves were sold for
10 cents.
Each customer was served with
dainty slice of the bread and a
cup Of coffee.
The purpose of the sale was to
demonstrate to the people of Ia
coma that the whole wheat bread
is more economical and nutritious,
as 1t is made from all of the
wheat.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
BOY DROWNED
in A LAKE

A little four-year-old japanese
boy was found dead Tuesday
morning In the pond near the
Alliance Lumber Co.'S plant near
Alder. The boy had been missing
since Monday afternoon from his
home near the lake.
Sheriff Longmire received a
call Tuesday morning that the boy
had disappeared. He remember
ed that there was a lake near the
plant, and he told the Alder deputy
to search the lake.
Just as Sheriff Longmire was
leaving for Alder. another mes.
sage came that the boy had beer
found dead in the lake.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
COUNTY JAIL
RAT INFESTED
SAY INMATES

Rats" squads, companies, bat.
talions and regiments Of rats, are
infesting the county jail, accord
ing to the complaint made Tues
day by men prisoners to Jailer
Carlson.
Carlson informed the men that
the four traps owned by the jail
are being used by the woman in
mates.
The men complained that the
rats crawl over them so much in
the night that they can't get any
sleep.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Judge Visits
Prisoners He
Has Sentenced

In order to get acquainted with
the conditions OF the various coun-
ty and state institutions, Judge
yesterday left Tuesday morning
for a days trip to visit the Stella
COON asylum and other institu-
tons.
Judge yesterday expects to go
to Monroe soon, and while there
to see some of the men he has
sentenced, to find out whether the
institution is helping the convict
ed men from Pierce county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
CALL STRIKE
GERMAN PLOT

CHICAGO, May Federal
authorities today began a rigid
investigation into charges that
the bakers strike, which has
practically tied up the city's en-
tire bread supply, was the result
OF pro-German plotting.
Immediately upon receipt of or
ders from Washington, U. s. Dis
trict Attorney Charles f. Cline,
assigned several special investi-
gators to the case and union lead
ers we're being sent for today.
1t is known that union leaders
at Washington signed statement
pledging themselves not to en-
barrass the government by strikes
during the war, but the striking
bakers here assert that the pledge
was made lover their heads"
President Gompers of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor will ar
rive in the city shortly to attempt
to end the strike.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01

WASHINGTON, d. c., May L.
Suggestion that ali school open
ings next fall be postponed several
weeks to permit girls and boys to
work on farms and in food pro-
ducing Establishments was made
to the house agriculture commit
tee today by Secretary Houston.
Houston was explaining his re-
cent plea for establishment Of
what would be virtual war time
food dictatorship. He suggested
p census be taken of all girl and
boy students, particularly high
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
800 Permits
a Day, Now

With the bone dry law soon TO
go into effect, the number of per-
mits being taken out daily at the
county auditors office are increas-
ing rapidly.
More than 500 are being taken
out daily, S65 thirsty people pay
ing 20 cents each for the little
pink slips Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
PASSED BOGUS
CASH, CHARGE

Charged with having passed
counterfeit money in Tacoma, c.
Parsons, a salesman, 32 years old,
was arrested by the police Tues
day. Parsons is said to have
passed lead dollar in a down
town store. A large bundle of
Canadian bills were found in his
clothing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Preparing For
Examiner Tests

Secretary ]. s. Ellsworth OF the
Tacoma civil service board, who
rendered his resignation Monday,
announced today that he would
prepare Immediately for a civil
service examination for his sue
cessor. Several men have already
signified their intention to take
the tests.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
FOOD MARKETING PROBLEM

Agriculture Preparedness meet
ings are being planned for differ
ent parts of the county this week.
Tonight meetings will be held
at Steilacoom, with w. d. Askren
and ]. w. Slayden speakers; at
school district No. 11S, G. A. Cole,
county agriculturist, speaker; at
Long Branch, Wednesday night,
C. A. Cole, speaker.
How to market the products
after they are grown, is a big
question staring us in the face,
said J. w. Slayden, chairman OF
the committee, Tuesday.
An enthusiastic meeting was
held at McKenna Monday night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
CENSORSHIP
LID GOES ON
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

Omitted Press Leased Wfre.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., May L.
The government today locked the
censorship upon cables, telegraphs
and telephones, applying the cable
prohibitions to all lines, but OPP
Grating telegraphs and telephones
only along the Mexican border.
President Wilson ordered the
censorship by proclamation and
left it to the war and navy de-
partments to work out regula-
tions.
These regulations were COM
pleted and the censorship order
ed into immediate effect.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
TAKE BREATHING SPACE"

united press Leased Wfre.b
WITH THE BRITISH AFIELD,
May British and German
forces alike took breathing
space" today.
Worn out and cut to pieces by
their repeated and reckless count
er-attacks of the past few days,
the German infantry quieted
down.
The British, for their part, set
tied down to artillerying. Their
guns roared in never-ending Choir
us, and the German cannon re-
piled in thunderous re-echoes.
Guemappe was shelled all day
yesterday-and quite heavily. Are
leux was likewise the target for
German projectiles.
The Germans were palpably
nervous, fearing a British attack
south of Oppy and for this rea-
son they were spraying shells
along the entire Oppy-Gavrelle
line.
In only one spot did the Prus-
slams counter-attack. This was a
British post west of Havencourt.
The attack carried them over the
British positions for a moment,
but they were Immediately driven
out, with losses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
May Postpone School
So Children Can Farm

| school students who would be
available to help in sections where
farm labor is scarce.
Housewives, Houston declared,
must realize that kitchen economy
of the strictest kind must be ef-
fected IL the $500,000,000 wasted
annually below stairs" is to be
cut down.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01

TURN TO The CLASSIFIED
WANT ADS ON PAGE Z FOR
RESULTS. SEE PAGE SEVEN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01

The only comment l have
to make is that Charles Ed
ward Russell is one Of tho
national leaders of the social.
ists.-EditOr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
WEARIED.
ARMIES
LOCKED

LONDON, May IA deadlock
was apparent along the British
front today. Field Marshal Haig' ,
only report OF fighting was of a
night raid successfully carried out
by his forces north of Ypres,
where few Germans were taken
prisoner. Elsewhere he reported
nothing special"
This is the second day of ap-
parent immovibility in the British
advance from Arleux south Of
Monchy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
A.25 Madras
Curtains 1895 Pr.

Very dainty curtains with
woven dot pattern and pink,
blue and yellow woven floral
borders on the bottom. Size
36x90 in.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-01
Wolfe Curtains,
Special 81. SO Pr.

Regular Values to $3.50 Pr.
-MarQuisette and wolfe
weaves, az yds. long, SO to
AZ In. wide, lace and inser-
ton trimmed or hemstitched
and drawnwork designs.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-10

Gently, ''I am a citizen Of the world;
l don't admit allegiance to a nation
Then-how old peoples minds whip
off to something
Irrelevant to the case!-she suddenly
said:
"First week your uncle had his spec
tacles
He couldn't wear 'em. They were
these bi-focals; .
Upper lens distance, lower lens for
reading;
You know-bifocals. Dazed him, made
him stumble;
He likes 'em now.-You're wearing
your far glasses;
Cam see the thing that right under
your nose
For looking at the mountains over
yonder.
Your uncle see those too-and reads
his paper.
YOU'D better get bi-focals." She kept
knitting,
And Henry thinly smiled-The far,
fair mountains,
Dim-blue, delectable world-brother-
hood,
World-unity-so far, so fair!
And yet, the newsPaper-Liege, Lou
The Zeppelin raids-Rheims, perfect as
a flower
The Lusitania-Henry rubbed his eyes.
-When the next summer came, he was
in khaki,
For Uncle Sam was wearing his BIZ.
locals.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-10
By Jonathan Bang
of the Vigilantes

When their election campaign is over
and congressman are packed off to
Washington, what if they misunder-
stand or ignore the desires of the folks
at home' Can anything be done9 Or
must the people who pick them out grin
and bear it till it is time for their re-
turns This is more important in these
days than in ordinary times.
In Texas there is no such patient
policy. When her congressman fail to
grasp the sentiment of their c~onstit-
uents, and to act accordingly, there is
something doing-so much doing that
a change of heart on the part of the
offending congressman is likely to oc-
cur muy pronto, as the border Texans
say. sLu.
Texas has eighteen representatives
in congress. On the day after it be-
came known that / resident Wilson had
recommended a selective draft, news
paper dispatches stated that ten and
perhaps twelve of these tighten would
not vote for CONSUMPTION. Nevertheless
when the final vote was taken on the
Kahn amendment to the committee bill
in the house, only two continued in OPP
position to the president IS recommen
dalton. Gone member was i'll and one
refused to vote.)
Some folks say that when a congress
man moves to Washington he gets most
of his facts and nearly all of his opin-
ions from other politicians and doesn't
watch out for changes of sentiment
that may be occurring back home in
his absence. The Texas representatives
were all in the capitol during most of
the time the national guard was on
the border and they failed to wake up
to the fact that south Texas, at least,
had seen the national guard system
fail. Even the governor-who like lots
Of other governors may have depended
upon political leaders for information
-telegraphed the president that Tex
as wanted a volunteer system tried out.
But in the meantime the Texans
influenced by the 1916 mobilization of
the national guard-had made up their
minds that the president was dead
ightr in his stand for CONSUMPTION. And,
having made up their minds, were they.
going to have ten or twelve representa-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-10

zers-both campaigning for the liber-
ty loan.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
arrived in Portland this morning from
the north, laid the cornerstone of
Portland $ new postoffice at 10 a.
m, conferred with a delegation of
bankers regarding the liberty loan at
II and spoke at a mass meeting at
the municipal auditorium at noon. He
will leave late today for the south.
Secretary of the Interior Lane ar
rived this afternoon mad will deliver
a second liberty loan message at the
auditorium tonight. He will go north
on n late train.