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Valdez daily prospector., 1917-09-17
FROM OUR: EXCHANGES

A man known only as ivan" and
formerly employed as janitor of the
skating rink at Anchorage was hit on
the head last week with a skate held
in the hands of the manager. Van
had come into the rink shortly be-
fore the close of the afternoon ses-
sion to ask a donation for a fund be-
ing raised to pay the fine of a man
in Jail at Fairbanks. Sharp refused
saying that If his Fairbanks friends
couldn't raise the money the man
probably belonged there. Van became
abusive and challenged the manager
to put him out. In the fight which en-
sued Van was slightly battered.
Iditarod experienced very strange
weather in July, heavy rains and vary
ing frosts and great damage resulted.
The boom of the power plant was in
great danger of going out. The hill
placers were the only things benefit
ted by the unpleasant condition, the
wettest since 1910.
Three white men and two Indians
recently reported having struck it
rich in the Hutshi Lake region and
left Whitehorse well provisioned to
stake their claims. After a long trip
they reached the place where the riv-
erer bottom was apparently covered
with cleaning particles of gold. They
at once staked the claims and drove
a shaft being Of the opinion that
where there was so much gold on the
surface there would be infallibly vast
quantities at bedrock which was
reached about twelve inches down.
Then they discovered that all that
glistens is not gold. for their precious
metal was nothing but mica. On their
return they found a party burning
the wind to get in on the new STAN
pede and after considerable pursua-
sion got them to return.
Gus M. Stepovich, a pioneer Alas
kan was a recent passenger to Cor
dova from Anchorage. He has been
interested in the Frisco Cafe and the
California pool hall and recently err
ected the Union Cigar Store. He came
directly to Alaska from Siberia in
1908.
1t has been reported on good au-
thority that Col. Sapp and two deck
hands have been lost on the Susitna
Flats or have been drowned. Col.
Sapp, purser on the Omineca, and
two hands left the boat on it's last
trip up the river to go duck hunting
and took no provisions. The boat was
to pick them up farther up the river
at a certain time. There was no sign
of the men after a wait of ten hours
with frequent blasts of the whistle.
A small power boat bound for An
chorage found a dory moored to the
river bank at the point where the
boat was to pick up the men but
thought nothing out of the way. The
has dispatched the launch
Nugget to make a tnoro search along
the river and flats. Later the men
were found all right, having been I'M
able to return on account of high wat
er.
John M. Riggs, an old-timer and
one of the first on the Dawson trail
in 81 passed away in Seattle at the
age of 70 recently. He made his home
in the Northland Tor Is years and
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-09-17

FOR RENT-The Stanton house,
8 rooms, furnished, SIS. Apply C. B.
Smith. II
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-09-17
DONALDSON SCHEDULE

The following schedule for the har-
Dor boat LIT. C. v. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays. CO.,.
I've. Fort Liscum Leave Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:45 q. m.
1:15 p. m. 1880 p. m.
TUESDAY
1915 p. m. 200 .. m.
1880 p. m. $500 p. m.
SATURDAY
1915 p. m. 1880 p. m.
7:15 p. m. 1880 p. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the End and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling Of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet eyigencies of the SER
vice.
All ofiicial hasiness between VAL
DEE and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, 90
that advantage will be taken Of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at q minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
@. R. KoEHLER,
list. 1t. 18th Infantry. A. @. M
By GEORGE NEWLOVE, M. r. C..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
Armed Truce Prevailing Between
Mrs. Frazier and the T. R. & P

ed to want some such work done.
She works, of course, without pay.
81 see she is reported this
morning as having asked the COM
pany to issue six tickets for a
quarter, and several other things
which are entirely out of her line.
think we shall have to get to-
gether and have a better under
standing"
Will Give EN- a Chance.
"I'm going to stay at home to-
day." announced Mrs. Frazier,
land see il the company obeys the
orders l have given. l told them
| would give them two or three
days. / want to give them every
chance in the world.
"Mr. Bean said the cars were
taken off and fumigated every
time they had run 900 miles.
Well, | didn't see any fumigating
apparatus around the barn, and
l am going to ask where they
keep the speedometer that tells
how far the cars have gone.
"If Mr.. Bean doesn't intend to
obey the orders, / shall certainly
see that they are enforced, If l
can.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
DEWEYS
SETTLE
TROUBLE

Charges against o. B. Dewey.
president of the Dewey Candy Co.,
that he had threatened to murder
Mrs. Dewey, were dismissed in
police court Wednesday morning,
on request of William b. Dewey,
the son who had caused his arrest
two weeks ago.
Deputy Prosecutor Roudebush
made the formal motion.
Neither of the Deweys were
present.
1t was reported that the elder
Dewey had left the city last week.
Twas informed that a reconcil-
iation had been effected and that
the domestic troubles had ended,
said Deputy Roudebush.
"The Dewey family had asked
for continuance of the case so
that the reconciliation could be
reached"
Mrs. Ella B. Dewey filed suit
for divorce in the superior court
Saturday against o. B.. Dewey,
charging incompatibility, cruel
treatment and desertion.
She asked 500 attorneys fees
and $50 a month alimony.
Friends Of the Dewey family as
sert that Dewey's present where
abouts are not known even to his
most intimate acquaintances.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
COLLEGE
ATHLETE
IN CASE!

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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 3.-The
man suspected of having dubbed
and then strangled to death pref
ty Maize Colbert, model and man.
tourist, is today under guard in
q fashionable downtown hotel,
according to the police, while de-
tectives complete the net of evil
dence they have been weaving
around him.
This man, it is said, is extreme
ly wealthy, controls large brew
cry interests and comes from an
inland city. He holds member
ship in PHILADELPHIA most prom
inent clubs, it was declared.
Bon vivants and habitues of
cafes know the man now under
guard as Champagne Charlie. +"
He is a ready spender and has a
following of friends who will stop
at no expense to free him, IL the
police make good their threat of
arrest in a few hours.
May Show Blackmail.
| yCdIS nc 10 bdlQ W
have assisted the girl financially.
Out OF this grew details, accord
ing to detectives, that may dis
close blackmail--an amazing tale
that may involve not only the
girl, but others.
The guarded man was taken to
Detective headquarters several
days ago and severely grilled.
Miss Colbert's liberality to her
family and friends brought her
into dire financial straits.
Mystery Case.
It Is said she wrote this man,
who was madly in love with her,
according to the police, and asked
him to see her lawyer. Instead
of going to the lawyers office, he
is said to have come to Philadel-
phia and gone direct to her apart
ment.
From the moment he went to
the apartment in which the pretty
little models battered body was
found late Saturday night, details
ended. Mystery once more shrouds
the case and the detectives are
making every effort to cover loop
holes, fearing leak that might
hamper their work.
The man met Miss Colbert only
recently and she is said to have re-
marked he might do her harm.
Coincident with this, It was
learned that Miss Colbert had ar
ranged for a reconciliation New
Years day with the man she real
ly loved. He is former Uni
'versity of Pennsylvania athlete.
! Finds Mans Hair.
The model had merely led the
others to believe she gave them
her affections.
A new element was brought
into the case by the discovery of
several strands of a mans hair.
found clutched in the dead girls
hand. She had ripped them out
in her fight for life.
Several letters attacking Miss
Colbert for her "unfaithfulness
were found.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

81 see he has questioned my au-
thority, and, of course, | dom
know just how far the mayor and
DR.. Rich will back me up. | in
tend to see the city attorney and
we have already written the pub
lie service commission and are
waiting for an answer"
Another Kick.
1t was learned Wednesday that
further trouble is brewing for the
company among clubwomen.
The Woman's club, according
to Mrs. p. c. Smith, is framing a
campaign to get the company to
provide means by which patrons
of street cars can themselves sig
nal the motorman to stop.
81 have seen people carried
blocks past their destination be-
cause they could not get the con-
ductor's eye," said Mrs. Smith.
1--WE put the matter before the
company last October but they
said they never got these com
plants from men, but only from
women, who crowd the cars at
the hour when men have to come
home from work. We are plan
ming to get action"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
M.'KENZIE'S
|PRACTICING
IN EPO TISM
with such good humor.

with such good humOr.
"A Draw mon" is what
Judge yesterday calls him.
They recall at the court
house Walkers 20 years
service as clerk.
They recall the piles on
piles of records which dad
dy" has written In his own
hand with beautiful penman-
ship-papers which, IL they
were pasted together and
strung out i'm line, would
reach from Tacoma TO Mon
tana.
And they recall that the
gray-haircd man Is far from
being dead yet.
DADDY" Walker Is q
young man. He stands
straight as "a ramrod. His
eyes are keen. His work Is
painstaking and correct to
the letter.
Because of his rare Scotch
wit he has won the affection
of lawyers and judges.
He has won fame for the
manner I'm which he adminis-
ters oaths-as II an oath
meant something more than
N dribble of words,
His mind Is acute. His
physical condition is perfect.
Only last fall he and his
wife celebrated their golden
wedding Mt their home, 1920
South | street.
They boast of seven grand
children, four in Tacoma and
three i'm Pittsburg.
Clerk Mckenzie says he's
not firing" Walker. He's
Just "failing to rcappOint
him" when his term expires.
Mckenzie says there is no
reason for not rcappointing
him, and that there has been
no fault to find with his
work.
1T ALL SINNERS DOWN
TO THE FACT THAT Nc
KENZIE'S son WANTS THE
JOB AND HIS DAD WILL
GIVE 1T TO HIM.
Judge Card and the 9th,
Judges have tried every means ,
to have Walker Ike,
N the job.
But Mckenzie has the pow
err to appoint whomeyer he
pleascs.
And Daddy" is "too old.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
BELL TO
ADDRESS
MEETING

The governments long search
for an ideal army post site, and
Its final determination that the
American lake prairies formed the
best location anywhere in Amer
lea, will be explained to Taco
mans Wednesday evening at the
mass meeting in the Armory.
Major General j. Franklin Bell,
commandant of the western de-
partment of the U. S. army, will
be the man who will tell the
story. Maj. Gen. Bell is one OF
the biggest figures in the army
today.
The mass meeting is open to
all, and will be entirely informal.
Mayor Fawcett will preside.
There will be brief addresses pre-
ceding that of Maj. Gen. Bell.
Among those from outside
towns invited to serve on the in
formal reception committee are:
Joseph Lee, Wilkeson; William
Thompson, Orting; Frank Bison,
South Prairie; Forest w. France,
Buckley; Frank Betchard, Roy 4;
@. A. Nettleton. Eatonville, and
Harry Henke, Sumner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
Steamer May
Be Withdrawn

Because the municipal dock de-
partment had sent a bill to the
Merchants Transportation Co. for
wharfage of the Olympia steamer
Magnolia during the past few
months, although a former admin
istration promised that no charge
would be made, Fred II. Marvin
Wednesday notified the council
that he would Immediately with
draw his steamer.
The Magnolia is a freight boat,
handling a few passengers. She
is not making any money at pres
ent, and the $40 q month dockage
charge demanded by Commission
er Atkins is considered exorbitant,
Marvin said.
No other dock on Puget Sound
charges wharfage fee for small
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

An armed truce prevails We'd
nesday between the forces of Mrs.
A. Frazier, member of the Mon
day Civic club and newly appoint
ed sanitary inspector of street
cars, and her assistant, Mrs. w. S.
Kennedy, on the one hand, and
the T. r. & p. on the other.
Supt. George w. Rounds said
Wednesday morning no special
steps are being taken to comply
with Mrs. Frazier's demands,
which to date have included
cleaning the straps, scrubbing car
floors with a brush land a man
down on his knees" rubbing the
walls with an oiled rag and put
ting in electric heaters.
Other suggestions made by her
were that the company should is
sue six tickets for a quarter and
have its car barns in quarter
where the rolling stock will not
be dirtied by coal smoke from the
factories.
No Extra Steps.
Eve are always trying to keep
our cars in good condition." said
Rounds.
I'VE scrub and sweep them out
at stated intervals, and think they
are pretty clean. We have not,
however, taken any extra steps
today"
Manager Bean corroborated
the statements as to scrubbing and
sweeping Of cars.
Mr.. Rounds is conscientiously
trying to satisfy Mrs. Frazier" he
said, but some of her requests
are really a little too much.
think she may be acting without
entire authority"
Oversteps Authority.
IT ann afraid Mrs. Frazier has
misunderstood the scope of her
duties and authority" said Health
Commissioner Rich Wednesday
morning. "Her function is SIM
ply that of inspector. Any alter
atoms or improvements in the car
system would have to be taken up
by the department. Her work is
to inspect the cars and report to
the health department.
II appointed Mrs. Frazier be-
cause the Monday Civic club SEEM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

Has man outlived his
usefulness just because he
happens to have white hair,
grown grandchildren, a
golden wedding, and many
years of service behind him?
Is IL up to him, when he
finds he's lived 20 or 80
years to give up the ship,
consign himself to the scrap
heap, and watch his remain
ing hours pass from the
depths of a grandfather's
chair?
County Clerk Mckenzie
seems to have that idea to-
day, although there are u
heap of people i'm Tacoma
who are disagreeing with
him.
For he's giving Daddy"
Walker, veteran clerk of
Judge Cards court, the
bounce.
"Daddy" Walker, grand
young man Mt 76, will lose
his job Jan. 4.
AND IN HIS PLACE
COUNTY CLERK McKEN-
ZIE Is APPOINTING HIS
OWN son.
Young Mckenzie now holds
down a steady job at $50 a
month in local department
store. The job his father
will give him will pay 500 a
month.
Therefore, Sam Walker,
conceded to be one of the
spryest, most efficient and
experienced clerks i'm the
Pierce county courthouse,
will have to go.
ITS not worrying me-"
was what "Daddy" had to say
about IL today, chopping out
his words i'm a broad Scotch
burr. There was u twinkle
in his eyes.
"The only thing is that
I'd rather die i'm the harness
than rust out.
.'They may say I'm getting
old to do the work. But
mind you" here he brought
down his sturdy Scotch fist
on the table-''when l get
too old to do my work right,
I'm going to quit. Nobody
will have to make me quit"
But everybody else around
the courthouse isn't taking il
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

steamers" said the steamship
man. None of the other boats
operating from the Municipal deck
are charged any fee, except the
Tacoma-Seattle passenger boats"
The Magnolia Will operate tenn
porarily from the Commercial
dock, and may be taken off the
run entirely, Marvin said. She Is
the only steamer operating direct
between Tacoma harbor and
Olympia at present.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
SUE SCHOOL BOARD

Mr.. and Mrs. e. J. Foley,
whose son, Robert Foley. was
drowned last October In the Lin
coin Park high school swimming
tank, filed suit Tuesday against
the school district.
Susan Weber, age 7, brought
suit through her guardian,
Charles II. Weber. against the
Midland school district for 900
because OF a fall from ladder
on the playground last May.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

Army Post Will
Cut Taxes, Not
Increase Them!
BY THE EDITOR

Now let us take a look at the assertion of
the calamity howler who is going about the
county with the wall that the coming of a
great army post to American lake will raise
taxes.
Like most pessimists, he is dead wrong.
Taxes will not be raised.
The committees handling the project have
erred in their desire to be conservative by I'M
derstating the facts
They shouldn't have let the idea gain root
for minute that taxes will be increased. As
a matter Of fact, the coming of the army post
will decrease taxes for every one of us,
whether we chance to pay them directly to the
county treasurer, or indirectly through our
landlords.
The addition of 10000 residents to our coun-
ty is going to make necessary great deal of
growth in Tacoma. We are going to need a
great new hotel, more theaters, hundreds of
residences, more stores.
Our factories will have to increase their
equipment. Our merchants will have to dou-
BILE their stocks.
All OF which means more taxable property.
This direct growth is certain to lead to the
investment at once outside of the post and in
side OF the county of five to ten million dollars
in buildings, machinery and merchandise.
Suppose it is only five millions. Half of that
value (the assessors figure) would put 81
100000 more on the tax rolls, and that, at cur
present rate, would bring in 100000 in
taxes yearly, more than enough to take care of
the bond interest and the tax loss on the 1000
acres. Above that, all the increase would be
velvet" and would make possible reduc-
ton of the tax rate.
This worry about "It-will raise my taxes"
is the plant of the timid unthinking man the
civic standpatter. Don't heed it.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
LAWYER
GETS AN
FEARFUL

Frederick Stearns, attorney, of
San Diego, left Tacoma Wednes-
day for his home town after a
few days spent quietly in the city
surveying the army post project.
San Diego also is after the army
post, and Stearns was here for
pointers.
He attended the women's meet
ing at the city hall Tuesday, Wis
tied the army post headquarters
and otherwise gathered all the in
formation he could lay hands on.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
ALI, FOR 1T

Unanimous endorsement was
given the American lake army
post plans by big crowd that at
tended a meeting in the Oakland
school Tuesday evening.
G. F. Mason and w. d. Askren
addressed the meeting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
Personally, we're boycott
ting those five-cents-apiece
apples on the fruit stands.
THE PIG

The pig is an affair propped on
four legs with head on one end,
to give 1t a general direction. The
pigs main idea is to try and see
how big hog it can make of IT.
self.
But this species OF pig is has
been since the two-footed pigs
have romped into the pasture.
The two-footed pigs have push
ed the four-footed ones clean out
of the limelight.
They have rooted the prices of
eggs, butter. meat. clothes, coal,
rent and everything so high that
the old-fashioned trough wallow-
er seems as dainty, modest and
unselfish as a humming bird.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
Talk O the Times
THE DELIRIOUS CRITIC
(From the Sheridan, Wyo.,
Enterprise.)

Replete with the etherially beau
tiful melody and graceful embel-
lishments, il represents Mozart at
his best, expressing in form as
clear and finely finished as a deli
cate ivory carving that mood of
restful, sunny, impersonal optim-
ism which is the essence of most
of his musical creations.
II is like some finely wrought
Greek idyl, the apotheoses of the
pastoral, perfect in detail, with
out a trace of passionate intensity
or restless agitation, innocent and
depending, as a mere babe.
1t is the mood of a bright,
cloudless day on the upland pas
lures, where happy shepherds
watch their peaceful flccks, un-
troubled by the storm and stress
of our modern life, mood so
foreign to the hearts and environ
ment of most present day human
beings, that II Is rarely understood
by player or hearer, and still more
rarely enjoyed.
1t seems flat and insipid as
tepid water to the fevered lips OF
the young passion-driven, ambi-
ton goaded soul in its first stormy
period of struggle and achieve
ment; but later, 1t is welcomed
as the answer to that inarticulate,
but ever increasingly frequent.
sign for peace and fraunufI
beauty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

It's hard to figure II ont.
Most Of the talk in the world
comes from long-haired men
and short-haired women.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

In Italy the refuse gathered in
the streets is sold at auction.
Russia has 10000 lepers, taken
care of by 81 institutions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

Suggestion to the writer's
of popular songs: Why not
write q song about Honolulu
or the rest OF Hawaii?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
The lady next door saws:

"A friend is something th't
stands lot more frum us thin a
stranger would"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
TopAY,C CLEARINGs

Clearings .........$ 441,537.93
Balances ....,s.. 47.064.20
transactions $500. 1.762,746.26
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03
Greetings, have you con-
verted the doubters i'm your
block?

According to a headline in the
a. m. paper a Hospital Patient
Dies in Bed"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

We lamp in a habcrdashery
advertisement that collars
sell "15 cents each, Q for 90
cents" According to (lla<
way Of figuring seven proba-
bly, would cost l.OJ.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

T. Mason. famous war expert, al
ditions by Arthur Selwyn Brown
facts and bubbling with optimism
it, and speak to your neighbor al
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

vpments Tacoma about and will contain articles
subjects Of world interest which well informed Tacoman should
miss These will include copyrighted New Years Amer
lea by G. Bernard Shaw summing the situation by w.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-03

Of the overwhelming Importance to this community Of
post project, The Times Thursday will put out special
ting forth all phases of the enterprise That ISSUE three
Usual size of the paper will also review the other great de-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-31
USE RED INK

os--could you please tell me how
TO s,Iffen the eroeheted basketsf
I tried sugar syrup. but the basket
Is pink and the sugar turned white
on IL. Would boiling the syrup too
Iona cause II 20 turn whltcf
MRS. p. 8. y.
A--Perhaps you boiled the syrup
too long IL should be cooked only
until Il threads from the tines Of a
fork. Put little red Ink into the
syrup-juAt enough to give IL n
shade OF pink.