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New-York tribune., 1917-12-20
Hang-FHe Suit of Feds
Worrying Baseball Men
Heavy ndcmnes Promised Wards omclar ana "V'''''''
Have Not Been Paid-Othcr important Problems
Up to National Commission
Rv w. |. Macbeth

The annual meeting aonal Commission IN Cincinnati on
trary likely to be one important baseball con
fcrcncs Of the present Indeed the routine business OF e
Tumvra secondary Importance 1t has been eheu o
absolutely reliable authority. .
Major league owners no had intended to ma contracts
navors the first delay for week or ten days so
that definite policy cment be determined mere
o fo matters prime which the delegates dd not
find time to digest at joint citing Chicago last week eSe
committees viii ch were instructed 10 report
ional Commission meeting ahords
New-York tribune., 1917-12-20

lS the big night for lovers of hockey and the
capacity of st. Nicholas Rink will be tested to the limit
when the hockey of St Paul Schoool, OF Concord
n H. and the Nassau Hockey Club, of Princeton University
clash in their annual game Three of the who will
sticks at the rink tonight pictured below follows
Raleigh Nassau left Davis (St Pau middle and Taylor
(Nasssau) right Another Hobey Baker may be developed
from among these three
New-York tribune., 1917-12-20
Harvard Club Leads Way
In Squash Tennis Tourney
Three Crimson Players and One Columbia Man Reach
Semi-Finals Which Will BE Played This Afternoon
Hyde Defeats Mixsell, Appel Triumphs Over Coward
By a. c. Cavagnaro

Club representatives and Columbia Club member
the premier hnors the annual handicap tourney
Squash Tennis Association result the completion
the play the Yale Club yesterday The Crimson
survivors are John W. Appel r and j. Victor
Onatv r with Robert Strcbegh their only outside rival
New-York tribune., 1917-12-20
Pendleton Bowdoin Captain

BRUNSWICK, Me, Dec. 19.-Ralph
W. Pendleton, of Boston. a pitcher. to-
day was elected captain of the Bowdoin
College baseball team TO succeed Orin
s. Donnell, receI tly called into mill
tary service.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-20
Ne eCpORT
Nby OanAza1d Rice
An All-Time All-Star Team
No. 6-Third Base

thTy
great only widely separated intervals
baseball any
position would pass without
undon
New-York tribune., 1917-12-20

The season of 1918 may be ban
ner one for old-timers. The Browns
have resurrected old Lefty" Leifeld.
one-time Giant tanner with the Pirates
This same club seems determined TO
make the Gettysburg veteran. South.
paw Eddie Plank, recant on his re
tircment determination.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10

prospect of anything else. either.
But she had brains and had a
capacity for hard work. and as a
result received innumerable tempt
ing offers. But this girl is, you
will admit, the exception among
women.
Most of us plod along from year
to. year, lacking the courage to
take such a decisive step. How
ever, not everyone can agree with
this girl entirely.
In her particular case she prob
ably did the wisest thing. But
many girls would find themselves
out of lob" and with little
prospect of doing anything other
than starting all over again from
the bottom after making such a
move. S. S. 8.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
In the Editors Mail

requires such attention that his
act will never be repeated, and
that instead of being a hero he
is discredit to his family and
community at large.
The Biblical injunction thou
shalt not kill" applies as much
to the state as to the individual.
Victor Hugo wrote, THE law that
dips its finger in human blood to
write the commandment Thou
shalt do no murder is naught
but a legalized transgressor
against the preoept ITSELF"
La Fayette said, 81 shall ask
for the abolition of the death
penalty until i have the infalli-
bilfty Of human nature demon
strated to me-" That grand old
pagan Roman, Cicero, sold.
Away with the executioner and
the execution and the yery
name of 1t. Even mere mention
OF them is unworthy of a Roman
citizen and a freeman"
Shall this state 60 backward?
J. A. SPROULE.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
.ISAVOW
CITIZENS
LEAGUE!

The Citizens league, which
started something" this week by
making charges against the po-
lice departments methods of sup
pressing Bookkeeping, was the sub
ject of an interesting informal dis
cussion by the council Saturday
morning.
Atkins brought up the subject.
Il wonder if this league is the
same one that was in existence a
few years ago." he asked. IF it
is, ! guess that I'm on the list as
a member. | remember going to
a meeting at Rosin's hall three
years ago, shortly after took
office, and paid a years dues. But
| haven't been near it since, nor
heard whether this league is the
same one or not. Know anything
about it, mayor?"
No, ! DON'T retorted Fawcett.
"All / know is that I've given
them IS and $40 at different
times to get rid of them. | never
Joined league, and never had
anything to do with it. support
ed the original league here several
years ago, when it was organized
to clean up the town. But at my
last election | told all of these
fellows that didn't want any en-
dorsement, and | haven't had any,
thing to do with them since"
well, | don't belong to any of
them" declared Gronen.
You're a member of some So
ciety called the National aren't
you-one that is lined up with
the leagu?" asked Fawcett.
Not that | know Of" Gronen
replied. Il never heard of such
an organization
WELL" said Atkins, "they may
have me on their lists, but | GER
tainly am not member now"
Petit and Drake grinned broad
ly during the confessional, but
said nothing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
THIEVES MAKE
2 BIG HAULS

Reports of two big burglary
hauls were received by the police
Saturday.
The country home of Edward
b. Rhodes, vice president of the
Rhodes Bros store, was broken
into Friday and almost completely
stripped of furnishings.
1t is a large house at Interlaak-
en-, on the shore of Gravelly lake.
DOT consisted of valuable sets of
linen, chair highly priced as an
heirloom, rugs, curtains, dresses
and firearms. The total value
was 5000.
A clever burglar entered the
apartments of II. f. Batch, in the
kinnear, Friday afternoon, and
stole $500 worth of jewelry, in
Guiding two jewel cases, a large
quantity of jewelry, a watch, and
diamond ring.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
BLAME BOYS
FOR MISHAP

Evidence that the lights of the
motorcycle driven by Alvin Free
man and Edwin Johnson, when
they were killed Wednesday night
on the South Tacoma boulevard,
were not lighted at the time of the
accident, was brought out in the
inquest held Saturday morning at
the court house.
The witnesses who testified
were: Tom M. Foley. superintend-
ent of the Griffin Wheel company;
Officer Blake of the police force;
Harry T. Smith, Ed Quinn and
A. c. Thompson, druggist, who
were the occupants of the machine
the night of the accident, and also
former Detective Osborn.
Their testimony was that they
had seen other cars; we're sure
they were on the right hand side
OF the road, and also that on ex-
animation after the accident show
ed that the presto ?lite case lights
of the motorcycle were off and no
gas was escaping from the tank.
The inquest was conducted by
County Coroner Stewart, with
Deputy Prosecutor Selden for the
state.
DR.. Mace was not put on the
stand in the morning.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
Bay Island, Note!
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TINES:
What is the matter with the
Bay Island rancher?
Some four weeks ago our coun-
ty agricultural agent told me that
II | would notify the people of the
Bay Island country to meet at Ar
letta Feb. 2, he would meet with
us and form a farm loan associa-
ton.
| sent a notice of the meeting
to every postoffice in the Bay
Island country, as requested.
The day of the meeting Arletta
was the only part of the country
represented. l should think by
that, that they were either free
from debt or are satisfied with
paying eight or ten per cent in
terest.
c. A. Cole was present and ex-
planned the farm loan act.
Said he would try and get the
people to meet in Tacoma and or
ganiZe, as a strong association was
better than a small one. Oreani-
zation and cooperation are the
two things that the rancher needs.
ARLETTA.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
OPEN BIDS ON
nth ST. FILL

Bids were opened by the coun-
ty commissioners Saturday MORN
ing for the filling of little more
than a mile of 18th street beyond
Sitcum avenue.
Awards will not be made until
Thursday.
Bids were submitted by the Ia
coma Dredging Co. and by two
Seattle concerns, the Puget Sound
Bridge 4 Dredging Co. and the
Standard American Dredging Co.
Lump sums were not named, the
bisd being on itemized particu-
lars of clearing, grubbing, piling,
lumber, brush, rock, gravel and
EN- bankment work.
The lowest bid was that of the
Standard American Dredging Co.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
Says White Man, Alleged
Murderer, Turned Black

lips of a Syracuse woman who
keeps her identity secret.
Held For Murder.
Nelson has been indicted for
the murder of j. NJ. Sictler of
Mill City, Pa. Since his arrest he
has shrouded his identity with
mystery, except to tell the author
tiles his right name is not Mel
son."
Hermann, according to the story
now told, was born in New Or
leans, and brought to New York
by his parents when youth.
When his skin began to assume an
olive hue, his mother passed him
off as a Jew, the Syracuse woman
asserts, and placed him In a Jew
ish school.
His skin continued to grow
darker, and Mrs. Hermann trans
ferred him to another school.
He disappeared when Is years
of age, and for years wandered
about the country, for time liv-
ing In Lima and other Ohio cities.
When he was completely black,
he returned to New York, and for
a time lived at the family resi-
dence. Then he disappeared, and
was not again heard from. His
sisters Alice and Louise, and
brother Felix, give him up as dead.
The crime for which Nelson"
is sentenced to die is one of the
strangest in criminal annals.
Story of Crime.
The night of Oct. 80, 1915, he
walked into Mill City, Pa. On a
street corner Judge Robert West
lake, ]. M. Sickler and Frank
Farnham stood talking. Nelson"
walked slowly by.
Suddenly a cloud passed over
the moon and a strong beam Of
its light struck him full in the
face. He turned his head, whip
ped out knife, and attacked
Judge Westlake. Seeker sprang
between the two and was stabbed
in the heart. q
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
The Death Penalty

EDITOR THE TINES:
The legislature now in session
at Olympia seems liable to lie
swept off its feet by the demands
| for re-enactment of the death
penalty on account of the Olson
tragedy.
Two wrongs do not make a
right, nor would the slaughter OF
one or more bring back to its
tenement of earth the spirit OF
the late lamented commissioner.
If the legislative body allows
itself to be swnyed by these clam
ors for vengeance, 1t will prove
itself no better than a southern
mob in its lust for blood.
Brutal and barbarous punish
ments never abated crime. The
statute books of England we're
once disgraced with 123 capital
offences.
The 10th century-the most
progressive OF the ages-was
ushered into London by the hang
ing Of a boy for stealing five
shillings.
When the death penalty exist
ed in the state. II was almost Inn
possible to find jurors to convict,
to-wit. the Thompson case. Kval-
shaug case, and others too num-
erous to mention.
Often when the. dread sentence
OF the law was carried out, the
condemned has been made a hero
OF, flowers were sent to his cell,
and the press worked the sensa-
ton for all 1t was worth. An
awakened public opinion will In
time realize that a homicide Is In
the majority OF cases an insane
Tor mentally diseased person who
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
Endorse Petit
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
The following resolutions were
unanimously passed by the MEM
bers of Tahoma lodge, No. 107,
/. o. G. t.:
Whereas, the press of the city
have for the past several days
contained accounts of attacks be-
Ing made upon the commissioner
of public safety of this city rela-
tive to the manner in which the
police department has endeavored
to enforce the prohibition law of
the state; and,
Whereas, this attack seems to
emanate from a secret organiza-
ton who chief aim appears to be
that of preventing persons of a
certain religious belief from hold
ing public office; and,
Whereas, the commissioner of
public safety has refused to do the
bidding of this would-be Tam
many Hall" organization; now,
therefore,
Be it resolved by Tahoma lodge,
W. lVi, l. ". VI. L., In regular SeS-
sion that the members of this
lodge have every confidence in the
integrity of purpose, good faith
and honest effort being made by
the commissioner of public safety,
to enforce the law; and that we
commend him in the stand he has
taken.
Be it further resolved that a
copy of these resolutiouE be sent
to the commissioner and that
copies be sent to the press of the
city.
Passed by unanimous vote of
the lodge, majority being pres
ent.
MAYBELLE CAWTHORNE,
| Chief Templar.
| ALICE pACON Capratorv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
Think 1t O YER
EDITOR THE TINES.

EDITOR THE TINES:
Have you ever noticed how
many women in business moth
err their work? l have known So
many cases of this kind.
A girl who is clever and would
given a little initiative, make a
place for herself in the world, will
be deliberately unheeding of op-
portunity's knock at her door.
She will turn down an offer of a
new position because she feels she
must just stick to her old work.
do know, though, one girl
who had the courage of her con-
victions. She held a fairly re-
sponsible, but poorly paying posi-
ton with large firm. But she
felt that she was Just negotiating
so with admirable courage, DELHI
erately resigned, and without any
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
Our Cures
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TINES
We smile in our scientific SUI.
periority at the benighted peoples
OF old who cured with the roast
liver of goat, and the back tooth
OF field mouse.
When we read that the Roman
| specific for govt was to extract
the tooth of field mouse, stitch
1t TO the skin of a freshly killed
lion, and sew the whole to the
afflicted member, We ha ha
nightly.
Those who had scrofula were
ordered to trace circle about a
ounce root, pull 1t with the left
hand and wear 1t as a charm.
Crocodile hearts, wrapped in
black wool. and worn on the per-
son warded off fevers, and two
bugs in bit OF stolen wool kept
away night fever.
Crazy, wasn't It?
But you will notice that none of
these things injured or infected
the patient.
Indeed such treatment might be
of value, in that 1t left the nat
ural powers inherent in the body
to work their cure undisturbed
by pill, potion or palliative.
And which would you prefer. a
ounce root tied to your wrist, or
the pus of a diseased calf injected
into your veins?
Today. at the height of our
medical knowledge-God save the
mark-we are getting wise enough
to discover that antiseptlcs, that
the Listerisms, the germicides-
SO much touted few years ago
are dangerous and senseless.
The world war has brought ex-
perience where theory before
dwelt, and today the salt treat
ment solution takes the places OF
antiseptics.
The germ theory is fighting for
its own, and the serum manufac-
turers find it necessary to en-
force their poisOns on the public
by health" laws.
The left hind leg Of a buck
rabbit, caught at midnight in
graveyard by the full of the moon
may not be real specific fol
malaria. but it is certainly bet
ter treatment than serum tha
today is touted a specific, and to
morrow a poison.
Were the old Romans so yer!
crazy after all?
Has our boosted medicine
theory any claim to being an ex
act science?
Is not surgery the only brancf
of medicine that is demonstra.
able?
The best modern surgical prac
tice is said to be to drain wounds
with rags soaked in salt and wat
err, and all the glories of elaborate
Listerism passes away.
What fools we mortals be!
JOHN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
Plea For Fairness
1DITOR THE TINES

EDITOR THE TIMES:
IL is an excellent thing thai
"civics" should be taught in the
public schools, but it is deplorable
when the position of teacher IL
abused by derogatory remarks
concerning a public official who
devotes his time and energy to-
wards making the Mountain View
Sanatorium all that such an insti-
tuition should be. This has hap
pened in the Stadium High school,
and the teacher who tried to de-
lpreciate the knowledge of coun-
ty commissioner had better revise
her standards. 1t is no part Of the
function of a teacher to prejudice
pupils against a public official, for
thereby a grievous moral wrong is
done to them.
The city superintendent of
schools has been somewhat prom
Iinent in discussing sanatorium af-
fairs as though he knew every
thing about the internal manage
ment of hospitals, and the medical
treatment of patients. Let him
and his subordinate be assured
that the man whom they assail has
nothing to learn from them in the
present embroglio.
No one questions the right OF
the teacher and the superintend-
ent to be interested in any institu-
ton supported by, and existing
for, the public, but they have
shown an obliquity of judgment
that does not bode well either for
school or hospital.
There is no desire to harm them
in their own profession, but for
the sake of those institutions and
all they connote, and in the inter-
ests of truth and justice 1t is re-
quired that a protest be made
Let the superintendent "set his
own house in order" by impress
ing those under his supervision
with the value of high ideals,
especially when dealing with
young and therefore impression
able minds.
Yours, etc.,
WRIGHT PARK.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
PUYALLUP TO GET
KNITTING PLANT

PuYALLUP, Feb. 10.--A knit
ting factory may be the newest I'M
dustry for Puyallup. The Puyal-
lup Commercial club has received
a letter from a party who says he
finds the location ideal, and that
the work of the factory will re-
quire about 100 employees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10

"Pasteurization is nothing else
than single heat and cold APP
plication to food, said Bert
Walker of the Royal dairy Thurs
day afternoon. Nothing of food
value is taken from the milk, or
anything put in.
"Pasteurization is only a
method to reduce or to take pre-
caution against any harmful mat
ter that might be in milk. To my
mind pasteurization is absolutely
the best and safest method to
treat milk. 1t is only for the
safety of the general public that
believe in pasteurizing the milk,
not that there are known to be
germs in milk, but that it is
safer, which is the best way to
be-"
Heated a Half Hour.
The milk in the pasteurizing
machine goes through the stand
ardizing machine, after landing
in another machine where 1t is
gradually turned and at the same
time heated to 145 degrees for 30
minutes. Then 1t goes to the
cooler.
In the cooler, which is cooled
by calsium brine and city water,
II Is brought down to 40 degrees.
The milk then flows from the
cooler to the bottles.
When the empty bottles are
brought back from the routes,
they are put into washing
powder solution, and soaked. Then
they are washed by a revolving
brush. After being taken out
into cases they are carried into
an air-tight room and hot steam
is shot all through, thus remov-
ing any chance for germs or dirt
to still be In the bottles.
600 Gallons Day.
In separate white, clean
rooms, ice cream and other by
products of the company are
made. One noticeable feature OF
the plant is the white walls,
which are not covered with dirt,
and the floors constructed so they
can easily be cleaned
Royalac is made from Bulgar-
ian germs" and sweet milk.
The company's pasteurizing
business has grown in three years
to 600 gallons a day, 100 gallons
of raw milk being delivered also.
Planning New Plant.
Within two months the Royal
Dairy will start construction OF
a new plant at North First and
G streets. II will be one of the
most modern dairies in the north
west, says Walker. There will be
an observation room for visitors
to watch the manufacturing of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
NO, IT WASN'T
IBOMBARDMENT

Imaginative Tacomans believed
they had real cause for excite
ment Saturday morning. when a
constant Boom! Boom!" from
the direction of the harbor fur.
nished a fair imitation of bonn
bardment by enemy warships. A
heavy fog helped the scare.
Police investigation. however
proved that Tacoma was as yet
safe from foreign invasion. The
rumbling explosions we're caused
by dynamite used in improvement
work on one of the city water
ways.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
No New Trial
For O'Farrell

A motion for a new trial by
Owen O'Farrell of Orting, against
whom a jury gave Bessie Kamerad
a verdict of $4,000 for breach of
promise, was denied Saturday
morning by Superior Judge Cliff
ford, and a judgment for the
amount of the verdict was en-
tered.
O'Farrell will be tried on the
charge of assaulting Ray Kamer-
ad next Friday. He is at liberty
on 500 bond.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10

Mrs. Frames secretary and bust
ness manager.
Weaverson testified Mrs. Frame
wanted to adopt him as her son
although he was SO and married
He said he separated from his wife
for other reasons than those given
by Mrs. Weaverson.
Mrs. Frames appeal against the
$4,000 verdict was turned down
She is said to be worth $1,000, 900
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
OLDEST MAN IN
OLYMPIA Is DEAD

OLYMPIA, Feb. 10. B. Lo-
per, 101, the oldest man in Olym-
pia and Thurston county, died
here Friday at the home of his
granddaughter. His mind was
active up to the time of his death
and he took keen interest in local
politics.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
SPOILERS IN RACE
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of the community
spelling bees held in SO commun-
ity centers of the county, will meet
in Tacoma next Friday to de-
termine who will represent Pierce
county at the contest to be held
in Olympia March 3 to settle the
state championship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10

Newspaper Enterprise Assoc ation.D
NEW YORK, Feb. 10-The price
of old love has been set at SIS, 900
by a decree of Judge Finch, here,
in the alienation suit of Mrs. Fred
eriek Weaverson, 81, against Mrs.
Caroline w. Frame, "A, and a
widow.
Mrs. Weaverson sued for $780,
600, charging the widow won
Weaverson's love while he was
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
Prize Crew
Under Guard
Omitted Press Leased w,reh

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 10
The celebrated German prize
crew that succeeded a year ago in
bringing the British liner Appam
into Hampton roads, after run
ming the gauntlet OF the entire
British fleet, is interned at the
League Island navy yard today,
with 700 other German sailors.
Lieut.. Berg was with the 81
German sailors as they were
marched from Broad street sta
ton under police guard.
Every precaution has been
taken here against a demonstra-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10

Newspaper Enterprise Assoc, ation.D
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Feb. 10
John Nelson mysterious man
and alleged slayer, who reads
Shakespeare while he awaits exc
cution, in a cell at Tunkhannock,
Pa, has been identified by a
woman as white man whose en-
tire life was changed when his
skin turned black.
Such is the story, at least, the
Pennsylvania board of pardons
will hear on Jan. II from the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-10
Wants
$4,000 Men
Omitted Press Lensed Wire.)

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. J.
Wanted at once, $4,000 able =
bodied seamen for the L. S. nav,
also several thousand officers.
The navy department wants the
sailors and quick-to bring the
line of the navy up to the newly
authorized strength-S5,000 mer.