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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
COMPLAIN OF
CONDITION AT
co. HOSPITAL

Charging that conditions in the
county hospital are unsanitary and
bad, Walter Griffin has filed a
petition in the superior court, ask
ing that his divorced wife, Mabel,
who has the custody of their child
Harold, show cause why the child
shouldn't be removed from there
and placed in another hospital.
Griffin charges that 'the child
cannot and does not have proper
sanitary protection" at the hospl-
tai, and that as result his health
is being impaired. He also claims
the child has been forced to asso-
ciate at the hospital with people
of a low and degraded situation in
life."
Deputy Prosecutor Phelps is rep
resenting the county commission
ers in the case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
Real Vaudeville Is
Brigade's Offering

Constant Sigrist, formerly Choir
lister of st. Mary's in San Fran
cisco, has mellow tenor that
compels the sympathy of his
hearers
Herbert Burnett, balckface lad,
distributes chuckles with a free
hand and leads the way for the
Twenty-first century jazz band,
with Nate Busby, the rubber-leg-
gel boy who used to dance with
the Million Dollar Doll.
Frank Grady's "Oh, for the
Life Of Fireman" is a burlesque
with kick in every line.
Real Acting.
Walter Z. Mann, George H.
Johnson, Donald Hopkins, Arthur
Griffin and Joseph Moore present
a playlet, THE Last Rehearsal
which is a gem. Johnson, as the
dereliet who comes back" to
play a difficult part in a difficult
play, is master at the art of
character presentation.
Henry Maitland, contortionist,
has a pretty little act in which
he displays some remarkable mus
cular development. He wears the
disguise" of monster green
frog.
Willie Smith is the AL Jolson
of the brigade. He keeps his
hearers giggling turnout.
Giuseppe Bondonno sings grand
opera "as she should be sung"
Twenty minutes of minstrelsy
completes the program.
: BY the way, Sergeant Jack
Stratton, press representative of
the show, did not tell The Times
the above. The Times saw it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01

RECEIVE
APPEAL
(United Press Le.sca WIRE,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. L.
The drummer boy spirit of '76 was
invoked against Germany by Sec
rotary McAdoo today. Appealing
to the school children to set their
elders sacrificing example in the
2,000,0OO.00O war thrift cam
paign opening today the secretary
said:
I'VE must win this war. We can
and We shall win il the boys and
girls of America say so, and mean
1t and feel it and live it as the
boys and girls of '76 lived and felt
and helped.
THE nation needs that sort of
boys and girls today, not to beat
their drums nor to load our mus
kets, but to start great work
which must be done. 1t is the
part of boys and girls today to
teach the grown people of the ma
ton the lesson of thrift-saving to
the point of sacrifice, self-denial
and everything necessary"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
FROWNS UPON
BISBEE CASE

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. l.
Recommendations that the attor-
ney general and the interstate
commerce commission investigate
the Bisbee, Arizona, deportations
of last July and that President
Wilson urge congress to pass leg
islation making such deportations
punishable under federal criminal
statutes, are contained in the re-
port on the deportations by the
federal mediation commission to
President Wilson, made public
here today.
The commission recently COM
pleted several weeks investiga-
ton of the deportation of approx
imately 1900 miners from the
of Bisbee, Ariz. Secre-
tary of Labor Wilson signed the
report as chairman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
WILL RETRY
DR.. VAN BUREN,

DIR. M. F. Van Buren,, who was
recently tried on charge of is
suing liquor prescriptions illegally,
the case ending in failure OF the
jury to agree on a verdict, will be
tried again this month.
Deputy Prosecutor Thompson
asked the superior court Saturday
for assignment Of the case on the
December calendar. Substantial
ly the same facts will be brought
out by the prosecution in the sec
ond trial, to the effect that the
physician issued 500 prescriptions
for whisky on one drug store dur
ing 29 days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
CIDER HARD;
FINED $50

G. P. Mccain, a pioneer saloon
man of Old Tacoma, at present
engaged in the operation of a soft
drink parlor in his former saloon,
pleaded guilty in police court Sat
urday to the sale of intoxicating
liquor and was fined $50 on a
state charge and 800 ON q city
charge.
Mccain sold sweet cider"
which showed under chemical test
nearly 10 per cent alcohol. Tie
police confiscated two barrels of
the cider and a large quantity of
other soft" drinks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
AUTO HITS CAR, and
'SkIDS THRU WINDOW

w. M. Johnston, a public chauf-
feur, $500 Pacific ave-, ran his
automobile into a cable car at
18th and Tacoma ave. with such
speed early Saturday morning that
the machine spun completely about
on the pavement and crashed back
ward into the entrance of the
Lien pharmacy. 1102 Tacoma
ave.
Front doors and low windows
of the drug store were shattered.
Johnston was arrested two hours
later by the police and taken to
Jail on a double charge Of reck-
less driving and of operating an
automobile while intoxicated.
Several empty beer bottles and
a whisky bottle partly full of liq-
uor were found in the wrecked
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
GERMANY NOT
SHOWING HER
HAND, HE SAYS


BERLIN, via London, Dec. L.
1T is absurd to imagine that Ger
many will enter the peace confer
ence with large aims" declared
War Minister Kuehlmann in a
reichstag speech today.
If the entente wants to know
our conditions, the way is simple
but the entente wants only vic
tory.
The principles announced by
the present rulers at Petrograd
appear entirely acceptable as a
basis of reorganization of affairs
in the east" the foreign secretary
continued. Safeguarding the es-
sential and permanent interests Of
Germany and Russia and fully rec
ognizing the right Of nations to de-
termine their own destinies."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
Show Means Handled
Big Sums of Money

son, cashier of the Illinois Trust
&, Savings bank, testified that
Means deposited $105,462.24 in
that institution during period of
60 days and that all was with
drawn save SAT by Sept. 81,
1917, a month after Mrs. Kings
death.
Edward F. Mack, vice president
of the Illinois Central Trust Co.,
Chicago, testified that Means
borrowed $4,000 on $4,000 col
lateral, which the bank sold after
default.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
Charges Neighbor Stole
ID Cords of Her F'ireWood

Charged with the theft OF 10
cords of wood. worth $50. l.. A.
Slaves, 6244 So. Huson st., a
contractor, was arrested by De-
tectiv. Braund and Huckaba Sat
uIday and lodged in the city jail in
lieu Of $1,000 bail.
Mrs. Jacob Peterson, a neigh
Dor Of Slaves, swore out the
charge. Mrs. Peterson has spent
the past week In Seattle, where
her husband is employed in a
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
M ISIS Romanoff'
Doesn't Arrive

A PACIFIC PORT, Dec. /. -
Movie men, theatrical managers,
a notable or two and a curious
crowd gathered at the pier here
today when the japanese liner on
which Il had been reported Miss
Tatiana Romanoff, daughter of the
former car of Russia, was a pas
senger, locked.
But Miss Romanoff was not
among those present. Passengers
on the liner declared they had
heard nothing OF her, adding that
IL she had arrived in the Orient
her identity had been carefully
camouflaged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
MEETING DECIDES
HI GILL MUST co

Gil, were adopted unanimously
amid a storm of cheers.
The resolutions charged that
both he and Chief Buckingham
had failed to assist the government
in overthrowing vice in the city,
and held the mayor responsible for
"a condition in which the morale
Of the police department is shat
tered and vice is running rampant
and uncontrolled"
If Impeachment fails, the meet
ing pledged that Seattle's problem
will be solved by some other
method.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
BUTCHERS TO
GIVE A DANCE

Striking butchers of Tacoma
will give a benefit dance Thurs
day night of next week, to aid
their cause. The dance will be
held at Tacoma hall, 18th and
Fawcett ave.
There were no changes in the
strike situation Saturday. Down.
town shops were operating with
forces of women butchers Four
outlying. shops operated by union
men have closed during the week
because of their refusal to buy
meat from the Carstens packing
plant, butchers say.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01

(Unlted Pre1s Leased Wire.b
SEATTLE, Dec. Mayor Gill
must go!
Five thousand citizens represen-
tative of nearly every civic organi-
cation in the city, SO decided last
night at a mass meeting which
crowded the HippOdrome to the
doors.
Resolutions which read a biting
indictment of Mayor Gill as hav-
ing betrayed the city's confidence,
placed in him when he was re-
turned to office, and demanding
his Impeachment by the city coun-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
machine, the police say.

machine, the police say.
Johnston was not injured.
The chauffeur had come from
Seattle with three women passen-
gers, he told the police, and was
returning to his home after depos-
iting the women at their destina-
ton. He refused to divulge their
names.
Driving south on Tacoma ave.
at a high rate of speed, his car
smashed into the forward end of
cable car, side-swiped the car,
spun about on two wheels and
jumped over a curbing..
Half the car was inside the Lien
drug store when passengers on the
cable car rushed to the rescue.
Johnston denied having been
drinking during the night.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
Sloan's School
For Dancing

h Beginner csass every Thurs-
day evening, y y. IN. to 10 y. m.
Advance pupils every Friday
evening 7:3O &c ..
Assembly Dauce for advsnc-
"a pupils anil friends every FRI
day cvenlnx from . to ~ p. IN.
High 6chUol class every Sat-
urday evening. 7:3N TO o p. IN.
Children's class every Satur-
day afternoon, 2 TO $3.50. Be-
ginning October 10.
Private lessons by apoint-
ment. Six lessons %. Single
lessons $50.
Special Rates made for pri-
vate classes under the exclusive
control Of those forming them.
Beginners may enter ct amy
time during tho season.
p. Francis Sloan will person
ally instruct all classes.
Hall leased to parties.
Phones: Office, Main 66O5;
Res, Main b581.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
CHILD TELLS
OF A MURDER

MARYSVILLE, Cal, Dec. 1. -
Mike Tasari, ranchman, was ar
rested today on a suspicion of
numbering Spiri Spiaela who has
been missing for a month and au-
thorities are Investigating the
story told by Tasari's seven-year-
Old daughter that she saw her
father bury the headless body Of a
man on the Tasari ranch.
The girls story which was first
told to neighbors and reported to
the authorities, was corroborated
by her five-year-old brother.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
SIBERIA
TO QUIT
RUSSIA?
tUnited Press Leased Wire,

(Unlted Press LeHsed Wire.D
PETROGRAD, Dec. siberia
is preparing to declare her indie
pendence of Russia. Word re-
ceived here today asserted that
ministers representing an indie
pendent government for the part
of Russia were already meeting at
Omsk in a building which flew a
flag of their own.
To date only two out of Russia s
10 armies have formally acknowl-
edged Ensign Krylenko, appoint
ed by the bolsheviki as COM
mander in chief of the army.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
OFFERS
RuMANIA help

during friendship of the peoples
OF the United States and japan"
THE people of the United
States" said Wilson, "have watch
ed with feelings of warmest sym
pathy and admiration the courage
Gus struggle of your majesty and
the people OF Rumania to preserve
from the domination of German
militarism their national integrity
and freedom. The government of
the u. s. is determined to con-
tinue to assist Rumania in the
struggle"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01

CONCORD, N. c., Dec. big
money transactions of CASTOR B.
Means we're described today to the
jury in Means trial on a charge
of numbering Mrs Maude A.
King, wealthy widow.
The state alleges that Means, as
Mrs. Kings secretary, obtained
possession of a considerable por-
ton and then killed her.
Chicago bankers were called by
the state today. Hugh M. Garri-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01

shipyard.
When she returned to Tacoma,
she found that all but two cords
Of her 15-cord stock had been
carted away.
Slaves is declared to have sold
the wood to others in the neigh
borhood at $3.50 q cord.
When customers asked how he
was able to give such q low price,
he is said to have asked them not
to tell anyone about it, or the
fuel trust" would interfere.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
Charges Boys Steal
pOcketbOok With 500

A. B. Price of the Avenue hotel,
1903 Pacific ave-, notified the po-
lice that. two srnafl boys near the
Municipal dock had stolen from
his pocket a large bill book con-
tanning $500 in notes and 500
worth Of receipts. Juvenile Officer
Geary is on the case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01

NOhAuou HTO5S ACs5c0 WHOsJ
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. L.
TO encourage Rumania, now in q
difficult position because of Rus
sia's detection. President Wilton
today messaged the Rumanian
king promises OF support now, at
the peace table, and after the war.
At the same time President Will
son sent the Japanese emperor
message declaring the result of
Viscount Ishii's visit would be "as
happy and as permanent as the en-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
WOULD CLOSE SCHOOLS
TO SAVE FUEL SUPPLY

fore the fuel administration today.
The closing of schools has been
merely suggested and is not i'm
minent, it was stated, but one
official, in explaining the serious
situation, declared there simply is
not enough coal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec 1.
A plan to close all schools in
and Central states dur
ing January and February as a
coal conservation measure is be-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-01
Prepare Quarters
For Police Women

Special quarters at the city hall
for Ta4.oma's new poiicewomen
were being prepared. The two
women officers will assume their
duties Dan. 1. They will be Sc
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27
GRADY COUNTY SHOOTS OVER THE MARK
AND OVERSUBSCRTBES MINIMUM QUOTA
TO SECOND LIBERTY LOAN $9S,4lS
LIEUTENANT ANTLE
GOES UP IN AIR

Invited out to the aviation camp at
Fort Sill one day recently c, o.
Clarke Of Lawton and p G. Spinning
OF Chickasha were invited to witness
a flight Of the twenty-four observa-
tion planes there at close range.
Mr. Spinning reports that official
courtesy was extended to It. II. c.
Antle, recently Of this city but now
with the base hospital at Fort Sill,
and the doctor was quick to grasp the
opportunity to make a flight in the
observers seat.
Il don't mind rolling over the
roads, said the studebaker distribu-
tor today, but DR. Antle can have all
of that high up stuff there is for all
/ care, as the plane he rode had not
been in the air put once and we were
to see him get out Of it safe
and sound
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27

That the big flow Of gas from the
Fortuna well. 20 miles southwest Of
Chickasha, will not be piped 70 any
city for commercial purposes at this
time. is the belief Of F. d shaffer
manager Of the Chickasha Gas and
company
This opinion was formed by MT.
shaffer after he had held a confer
ence with the owners Of the Fortuna
in oklahma city yesterday His pur-
pose was to ascertain whether or not
the gas could be secured for Chicka-
sha at this time. II is probable that
nothing viii be done in this respect
until another we'll has been drilled by
the Fortuna company, near the loca-
ton Of their No. producer
y had lengthy conference with
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27
NO GAS FOR CHICKASHA
Until ANOTHER WELL
IS SECURED AT CEMENT

the owners Of the Fortuna well yes
terday" said Mr.. shaffer They
state that they are not ready at this
time TO talk business. as far as the
piping Of gas from the we'll is con
cerned. They say that an enormous
expense would be necessary to lay
the pipe Lire from the well to Chick.
asha and that until they have
another producer In that section. they
do not feel justified in going to that
expense. The owners favor Chicka.
sha. however and really want this
town to have the gas. They are max
ing preparations to start another wen
west Of their No. / well within the
next few days. With that well down
ana production secured. they will,
believe. be in position to talk business
with Chickasha."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27
BOY SCOUTS WANT
BOND OF THEIR OWN

The Boy Scouts have ambitions not
only to be successful statesmen Of Lib
erty bonds, but to be purchasers of
them as we'll The Scouts were on
the streets this morning raising fund
with which to purchase one Liberty
bond for the local scout troop. They
were meeting with success and at 10
o'clock it looked like they were sure
to put the deal over.
Just the amount Of subscriptions to
Liberty bonds the Scouts lave raised
in the campaign had not been deter
mined this morning, but it is certain
to run into the thousands Their
work has been good and they have
come in for lot of praise by the va
rious committees.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27

and the uneducated and that is the
smell and taste of good tobacco.
Not very full of sentiment truly,
but do not make the mistake Of I'M
derrating the powerful suggestion that
sweeps down the trench when the de-
licious odor of a real United States
made cigarette is lighted by some boy
in khaki who is lucky enough to have
one.
This country is the home Of good
tobacco Our cigars, cigarettes and
tobacco are the best in the world and
they are distinctly unlike any others
in the world; man from the United
States will recognize the odor Of
homemade smokes" quicker than he
will recognize the face Of an acquain-
tance.
And when you make your contribu-
ton to the Tobacco Fund which we
are conducting you can be very sure
that it will carry directly TO our boys
in France reminders Of all that's dear
to them and that one OF the little kits
thst cost you only a quarter Of dol
lar may furnish inspirations to a
group OF men whose arms will be
strengthened and whose courage viii
be maintained in any hour when the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27
Gndy Total Subscriptions Noon $375O5O While (hcEasha Rolls Up
S4875O Passing the $267632 Minimum Of Grady County, Grady Sill
Lacks $lO267O Of Subscribing Her Maximum Quota s47772O

Let it go on record that Chickasha
and Grady county have done their
bit in the second Liberty bond cam
paign of 1917 Grady county at noon
today had oversubscribed the mini
mum quota '$9s,4ls, and was $iO2.67O
short OF the maximum quota
Not until this morning were the
definite and accurate figures as to
Grady county's quota, maximum and
minimum. given out. II was stated
at the beginning % the campaign that
the maximum quota Of this county
would be $7SSOOO. This morning, an
was received that Grady's
maximum would be S477 72O, and the
minimum $267,6S2. These amounts
are figured on the bank deposits, the
maximum quota being nine per cent
OF the bank deposits, and the minis
mum three fiftha Of that amount.
The bank deposits Of Grady county
are $5,3OS,000 and the calculations Of
the maximum and minimum quotas
to the Liberty loan are therefore as
figured above
More to Come.
There win be additions to the
amounts subscribed to practically ev-
cry bank. The figures given here
are those compiled up to noon today
and in some instances are approximat-
ed. In approximating the figures, the
bankers were conservative in order
to leave a little surplus, rather than
otherwise
At High pitch?
After the figures were compiled
kept coming ia volunta.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27

A letter has just been received from
Lynn Rose, a Chickasha lad who is
now Somewhere in France" In that
letter he wrote, q wish you would
send me some tobacco. 1t is not at
all easy to get here, but what is
worse, I don't like the French tobac-
co. It's not like that we get at home" "
This is not a request that tobacco
be sent to Mr.. Rose. The tobacco
that he requested has gone forward
to him It brings right home to
Chickasha, however. the fact that the
American soldiers in France are up
against it, as far as their good old,
familiar smokes" are concerned. It
is used as a further illustration why
you should give your quarter or your
dollar to the Dali Express Tobacco
Fund We have had the pleasure Of
sending two or three patches Of to-
bacco, through this fund, to the boys
in France It was be several weeks
yet before those post cards begin to
come back from our soldiers. Are
you going to get one?
There's one thing that shouts
home to them and shouts it in a
language understood by the low and
high, the rich and poor, the educated
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27
Another Gusher Promised
for Oil State in CARRIER Field

Well No. of the Oil State Petro-
leum company is due to be finished in
the CARRIER field today. 1t has been
practically in for several days, but the
final work has been delayed because
Of the absence of a packer" The
well is 100 feet deep and shows a
production of about 600 barrels
The company's No well which
was delayed when che derrick was
burned, is due to come in today or
tomorrow. They have passed the
strata know mas the STRAY sand" and
are going on to the real oil sand to-
day. This "stray sand" showed pro-
duction Of about 100 barrels. accord
ing to the statement issued this morn.
ing from the local office Of the com
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27

pany. The fact that the companys
we'll No. 1 showed about 30 barrels
in the STRAY sand" is taken to mean
that No. is going to be larger
wen than No. / The STRAY sand"
on No. was encountered at 1868
feet. They figure that the real pro
ducing said is 30 feet deeper.
Announcement was made today OF
the purchase Of the royalty on the
famous Belveal farm in the CARRIER
field by J. S. Graham, c. o. Jaggers,
e. b. Wallace, r. P Kilgore and H.
II. Anderson The consideration is
said to have been $l5O,00O- The Bel
veal farm comprises 100 acres, on one
40 Of which is located the wells Of
the Oil state Petroleum company.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27
Hightower- Case
Again Passed

Many spectators appeared this morn
ing when the felony case Of Jake
was scheduled for trial in
the district court, the charge being
transporting.
Both sides announced ready and iu-
rors we're empaneIled but Judge Linn
passed the case owing to an omission
in the lower courts transcript Of the
case IN regard TO a second conviction.
The case vii lprobably be called
early next week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-10-27
Plan to XII Stock
In Middle West

BY United Press
Chicago HIS, Oct ~ Food Admin
istrator Hoover today sent telegrams
to all state administrators warning
them Of widespread plot through the
Middle West to destroy livestock
grain. stockyards and elevators
Packers and grain men are urged
TO use special precautions.
Hoover declared that the govern
mont has evidence that makes Il cor
tain that such conspiracy exists