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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
EDITOR THE TIMES:

ElbIlOt Il NE imbo.
The letter in your editorial from
George w. Wickersham is in its
way just as important as the writ
ings of ct. r." and other blood
thirsty newspaper writers, for ac-
cording to their view 1t is great
crime to submit to the German
blockade but perfectly proper to
get a permit from England every
time any of our merchant boats
are going out on the high seas.
The writer has for about IA
years been an American citizen.
There is not a drop of German
blood in him but he believes that
II we had been as eager to break
through the illegal English block
ade with our mail and produce for
neutral countries and milk for the
babies in the central powers as we
are eager to break through the IL
legal German blockade with am
munition to the Russian Cossacks
that ruthless submarine war
fare" would have been much diff
ferent from what 1t is now when
neutral ships are dragged in to the
German war zone by English war
ships and sunk by German sub
marines.
However, 1t will be an agree
able surprise to the writer IL the
powers that has created the pres
ent hysteria do not drag us in tc
the flame. j. p.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
Heard Trial
EDITOR THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
1t was with much interest ]
took a looker-on's seat at the pub
lie hearing of j. r. Teale, on the
evening of the 10th, at the city
hall.
/ went there with the expecta-
tion of hearing evidence very dam
aging to the character of this said
officer.
had kept posted by sentiments
expressed by officials through the
press.
But what happened? Several
witnesses were called to the stand
who ratified off the customary
lingo which such people as vio-
late the laws of our country are
accustomed to do when such OPP
portunities arise.
| am only expressing my views,
as ] saw and believe the audience
there and the general public else
where approved. Most witnesses
were very disgusting to the prose-
cution and it looked like misled
affair.
The superior officer who testi-
fled against him-well, his testi-
mony was a boomerang, and | will
bet some one has told him it was,
by this time. 1t Is the same re-
suit in every case where personal
enmity is the director of the
tongue.
The chief of police sat with his
back to the audience, irritatingly
chewing gum like a bashful girl.
When he saw the case going
against him. he in indignant tones
reprimanded Teale on the witness
stand. saying, What do you mean
by calling Wilkeson a stool?" also
what he could have meant by call
ing a uniform police officer a
harness bull" which went far
Their toward establishing that en-
nifty of certain classes or snakes
in the grass had bewildered him
to take such action.
Public sentiment changes over
night. Everyone closely observ-
ing knows Teale has faults just
like the rest of us, and many know
the faults were not justifiable
cause to demand his resignation,
but Smith seemed last to to tum-
BILE to that, unless it was Petit
himself. But to think of man
of his experience tolerating such
action, seems misled. Mr.. Petit,
to end the case, stated the charges
were not substantiated in any
form. But what will be the next
move limited at in the papers?
Will the final verdict be "Misled,
he was good officer" or En-
nifty, we don't want him."
JOS. M'INTYRE.
1912 NJ street.
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
The War Scare

EDITOR THE TINES:
Your valuable little paper has
just reached our fireside. We find
page devoted to letters, many OF
which are of great interest in
these trying times.
1t is certainly being noticed by
the poorer classes that the news
papers are influencing the senti-
ments of the whole country for
war.
1t has been but a few months
since we could read of the boasts
OF the allies how they managed
affairs to get Italy to prepare for
war, and then had the press edu-
cate the people to the belief that
their help would end it, and war
was declared. The same tactics
were used on all the other pow
ers which have Joined, all obey
ing except Greece.
Already almost half of our
people believe that the war will
not last long II we join into a war
that is not ending, but just begin
ming.
About a year ago l wrote to
Senator Jones and Representative
johnson and predicted that If this
country prepared for war we
would be in the war inside of one
year.
Senator Jones made a speech in
the senate shortly afterward and
said he would not vote to prepare
for war unless It was shown to
him 1t was needed. The P.-I.,
which elected him, came out edi-
torially and assured someone to
show Jones that he was going
crazy Tor something to that eff
fecD. Someone did.
The war scare in Mexico arose.
Troops were modified and most
all bills passed congress to pre-
pare, until some greaser in Mexi-
co informed our lawyers and law
makers that to invade a country
with an army to catch a bandit
without declaring war was a vio-
lation of international law.
We now have the final prepar-
alton. We are told we must take
for an ally a country that is die
tating to us how to pass our alien
laws, or our profit-mongers may
lose their profits. With the bank
vaults overlooking and over 200
persons taxed that cleared over
81, 100000 last year, and poor
starving, the very thing which ex-
listed in every country that enter
ed the war, exists here and now.
Is not war inevitable? The
gateway to hell stands ajar, and
the commonwealth is being
crowded on and on by the profit
mongers, not lover the hills to the
poor-house," but over the ocean to
an unknown battlefield which we
have no business to NEEDLE with.
The worst aspect is that the COM
monwealth is not all foreigners,
and they are cognizant of the sit
uation.
L. G. KERNA, Yelm.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
MAYOR WILL
GET UP DATA

Following receipt of a telegram
from Sam w. Wall at Olympia, an
nouncing that the mountain me-
mortal, lifting the curse of Rain
ier," had been passed by both
houses, Mayor Fawcett was au-
thorized by the city council We'd
nesday to prepare data concerning
the true aboriginal name of the
mountain, for presentation to the
national geographic board.
The mayor will confer with
members of the Washington His
torical society. Request that the
national board change the name of
the mountain will be made by the
city council, and submitted with
the resolution passed by the house
and senate of the state legislature.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
ALLIES EAGER that u. S.
Get INTO WAR Game. TOO

taking his seat in the next con-
gress.
Il had a talk with Lloyd George
before l left England" Hale
said. II also talked with Pre-
mier BRAND of France, and other
officials closely in touch with the
conduct OF the war. Without ex-
ception they are elated at the
step which sent Count Won Berns-
torff back to Germany, and they
believe the next move will carry
the United States into war on the
side of the allies"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
Little Doubt That
Reynolds Will Do It

this state the thousands of tour
lists OF which 1t has been robbed.
There was not a word of oppo.
sition. Adams, sponsor of the
bill, made short speech explain
ing its purpose and telling of the
big things the winning of the
tourist rate case will mean to the
northwest.
The final vote was 70 to 2.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28

make, on exhibition in Seattle.
Smyly accompanied his letter
with a statement that Sabourin.
the Tacoma agent for the Mack,
had told friends that the city was
really only getting 3 1s-ton ma
chine, although it had published
the fact that it was paying $1,000
fCr larger truck.
1T is just a case of this man be-
ing sore because he didn't get the
bid" declares Atkins.
II am buying a truck to please
the city of Tacoma, and not to
please any auto agent"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
ECONOMY
WORRIES
SENATOR
Especial to The Times,)

Especial TO The Times.)
OLYMPIA, Feb. 28.-The
senate this morning began
slashing into the $12,OOO,OOO
omnibus appropriation bill
passed by the house yester-
day.
Senator Karshner of Pierce
county, a member of the ap-
preparations committee, led
off the attack with am0tion
to strike off the $4,000 ap-
preparation to advertise tour
list attractions of the north.
west.
eff we haven't any money t.
maintain our institutions of learn
ing" said Karshner, lets star
from the ground up and econ
omize."
He said he had learned toda,
that the house intends to choI
the millage for higher institutions
of learning from the 1.90 figure
as fixed by the senate, to 1.0t
mills, following the governor
threat of a veto.
I'VE are told we are running
wild when we try to take care Of
the education of the youth of the
state" said Senator Nichols, fol.
lowing the attack, yet now we
are asked to vote big sums more
on the mere say-so of the appro-
priations committee and the adj
ministration."
House bill No. 257, permitting
the extension of municipal street
railway lines not more than three
miles beyond the city limits. was
reported favorably today by the
house public utilities committee.
House bill No. 25S, to extend
municipal electricity under the
control of the public service COM
mission, was laid on the table in
the committee on cities of the first
class.
WAR time isn't the time to
advertise the state" said Sem
ator johnson. 1T is almost
certain this nation will be at
war within a week, and we
will need the money for 9TH
err purposes than wasting it
on advertising"
The Karshner amendment was
lost in the committee of the whole
Charging that the vote had been
all signed up in advance to force
the bill through, Senator Fairchild
moved to adopt 1t without further
discussion. His motion was lost
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
Wakes Sarcastic
EDITOR THE TIMES,

|
The ruling class of this country
has had it's honor" dragged in
the mire.
1t has been outraged in its most
tender spot-the pocketbook. The
recognized rights and privileges
OF the ammunition makers and
cornerers and exporters of provi-
sions, etc., have been attacked by
one of the warning nations of
Europe. Their sacred profits have
been threatened with ruthless de-
struction.
Are you going to stand for this?
Are you going to sit calmly by
and see Morgan, Rockefeller &
Co.'S income cut down to paltry
10 or 20 thousand dollars a min
ute by the "uncivilized" and "un-
Christian" methods of warfare of
foreign power?
Isn't it better to spill barrels
hem Steel lose out?
What does blood amount to,
when weighed against profits?
And to think of this "crisis"
coming upon the country at a
time when our kind-hearted ex-
ploiters, in order to head off star
walton among the masses, caused
by the high cost of living, had be-
gan to show how a human being
could be kept alive on a cent a
day or less. If a foreign power
that does not respect the recog-
nized right and privilege of profit
mongers, as laid down by the rules
and regulations of Civilized" and
"Christian" warfare, can paralyze
the business OF shipping food away
from our own hungry mouths,
then the labored efforts of the
scholastic ladies and gentlemen
who have been demonstrating the
nourishing qualities of potato
Feelings, peanut shells, green
grass, garbage, ETC., will have been
in vain.
If the so to 100 per cent rise in
the price of our bill of fare should
go glimmering on account of the
way foreign power has insulted
the "honor" of the food specu-
lators, the hungry masses might
forget all about the proposed
grass and garbage diet, and go
back to spuds and ham and eggs.
This more than a patriotic
people can be expected to endure.
Not to be allowed to have your
food taken away from you, and
from your wives and children, and
shipped by your exploiters, for
their private profit, into the very
jaws of hell, II they see fit to do
so, is tramping upon every right
that the common people are told
that they have.
Any politician, or preacher, or
editor of the capitalist class will
tell you this. 1t is one of tin
recognized laws governing civil
lized" and Christian" warfare. 1t
comes under the heading of the
Freedom of the High Seas
What will you do if your free
dom of the high seas is snatched
away froM you, even temporarily,
| by the kaiser?
You will be in a fine fix.
You cannot travel safely In the
European war zone, not even in
your own private yacht, unless you
give positive assurance that you
do not carry a cargo of nitro
glycerin or lyddite shells.
Doesn't 1t make you spit fire to
think Of It?
OF course, you never have trav-
eIed much abroad, and probably
never will, and you have no idea
of competing with Pierpont Nor
gan & Co. in the lyddite shell
business: but what of that? Aren't
you a hero?
And wouldn't it be better II you
yourself were blown into sausage
meat, than to allow your ruling
class to be outraged In its most
tender. spot?
JOHN r. HAMMOND.
A2OA South X ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
Omitted Press Leaned Wire,

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-The
allies want us in the war; Lloyd
George wants us in the war; Pre-
mier BRAND wants us in the
war was the word brought to
the United States today from Eu-
rope by Colonel Fredk. Hale,
United States senator-elect from
Maine, who arrived aboard the
American liner Finland. Hale
has been abroad several months
studying war conditions before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
EDITOR THE TINES:

EDITOR THE TIMES:
Wish to say you have had some
rafting good articles and edi-
torials in the past years, but your
ideas now on the war situation
are certainly bum.
We should go to war with
Germany-for what? Because
Germany wants to stop her enc
mics from getting the American
made ammunition, and also wants
to interfere with the export of
provisions, which we so sorely
need ourselves.
Now, / am an American citi-
zen, born in neutral nation Of
Europe, and 1t seems to me that
going to war or getting ready
for war or in any way demon
strating in favor of war is un-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
Especial to The Times.)

OLYMPIA, Feb. 2S.-The ap-
preparation of $4,000 by the leg
tslature to secure the services of
Attorney Charles A. Reynolds in
preserving the northwest's victory
before the interstate commerce
commission in the $3.50 prefer
enutial tourist rate case, seems
certain today.
With only two dissenting votes,
the house last night passed house
bill 378, introduced by Adams of
Spokane, making the appropria-
ton.
The bill went through without
debate. Political feuds were dis
carded In behalf of the measure
which may serve to bring back to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
BANKERS CRATE
FOR TWO PRIZES

In a short talk contest on bank
ing methods in the Tacoma chap
ter, American Institute OF Bank
ing, Tuesday night, J. l.. Hamilton
won first prize and p. w. Boura-
gaize won second price. An anus
ing talk on daily bank occurrences
was given by w. f. Sheard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
In the Editors Mail

American, un-democratic. un-
Christian and senseless, and has
no tendency to elevate the stand
ing of the United States above
brutal, heather, un-Christian Eu-
rope.
Yours for fair play,
L. MARIO.
S43 South 96th street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
GERMANS JUSTIFY
LACONIA'S SINKING

BERLIN, via wireless to the
United Press, Feb. 28.-First edi-
torial comment of German news
papers on the sinking of the
Cunard liner Laconia, justified
this latest example of the Ger
man submarine warfare by sug-
costing it was merely a carrying
out of the German warnings that
hostile ships would be torpedoed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
JEWS TO CELEBRATE

The Feast of Purim will be
celebrated March s by the Taco
ma Jews in commemoration of
the delivery of the Jews from i'm
minent destruction as narrated in
the Book of Esther of the Old Tes-
lament.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
TURKS UNABLE TO
REFORM COLUMNS

LONDON, Feb. 2S. - British
forces are giving the retreating
Turks beyond Kut-El-Amara no
chance to reform their columns.
The pursuit is continuing and the
|retreating enemy forces are being
engaged on three sides.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
BAKERS BANQUET

Master bakers of Tacoma and
surrounding cities held their an.
nual get-acquainted banquet at the
Tacoma hotel Tuesday night. ]. G
Henkley of the West Coast Gro.
Gerry Co. was POSTMASTER.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
HOLDUP PUTS HIS
VICTIM TO SLEEP

united Press Lensed Wire.J
NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.--Ah! The
needle bandit! w. Toziere says a
holdup man jsbbed him with a
hypodermic that put him to sleep
for is hours. That gives time for
robbery and get away.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
DIR. AUSTIN DIR. BURNS
Dentists
"WeHexan1ine your teeth and adUise you
honestly just what you need
doctors AUSTIN AND BURNS.


IL
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We
linked with QUALITY WORK AND LOWEST PRICES
RoRTY Of work Viii aye y9 Wor
PERFORMING WORK OF EQUAL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-28
PLATES

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These Plates are light,
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appreciate our Plates you
must see them.
We are always glad to
show samples and advise
you. Our services are
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We are the largest
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Plates from IS up.
Our prices include nee
essary extracting.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
The Twenty seventh Division
Marches Down Fifth Ave,
in New York City.

United Press Leased Wire Service]
NEW YORK, Aug 30.-Two mil
hon New Workers in a whirlwind
or patriotic frenzy, shouted farewell
today to $4,000 khaki-clad men of the
Twentyseventh division, comprising
national guards units from all over
the state, marching down Fifth
avenue.
The historic avenue was a riotous
olaze of color. The standards OF the
ailles-Stars and Stripes predominat
ms--waved from every window. And
banked on both sides of the broad
street and hanging from building
ledges, massing from atop of roofs,
clustering in overcrowded grand
stands, the greatest outpouring OF
people New York had ever seen greet
ca the marching columns with thun-
aerous acclaim.
Long before the parade started
from the upper end of Central PARK
at 1O:00 a. M, the thousands were as
sembling. Old and young men. wom-
en- and children packed the subways
70 suffocation, over-taxed every
artery Of transit in mad rush TO
claim points OF vantage along Fifth
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
France Proposes to Put Cost
on Those Who Are Best
Able to Bear It.
tBy W. s. Forrest, United Press STAN

LBy W. s., Forrest, United Press Stan
Correspondent
PARIS, Aug. 30.-France proposes
to nut the cost of the war on those
best able to bear it by taxing war
profits up to eighty per cent.
Minister Of Finance Thlerry made
this announcement today in an inter
view with the United Press explaining
Frances scheme of financing the war.
He added a special plea that Amerl-
cans aid France by purchasing their
luxuries from French factorles-these
industries yielding a large part or
Frances taxes.
1--WE in France are following very
closely the financial debates in Ameri-
ca" declared NJ. Thierry. I've appre'
ciate the difficulties and the new PROB
! lens before America-especially the
problems of taxation for war purposes
Effective legislation regarding the
latter has been dittiCult, particularly
in France where there was no income
tax before the war. This lack has
made it necessary for us to establish
the fixed revenues in before-the-wal
periods in order to tax the excess.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
" Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff
Correspondent

Bv Carr -. dEOdC, OuilcU ET5S5 Stdu
Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30.-Peace
his winter or next spring as result
President Wilson's reply to the
hope. or at least two more years
e war-that is the prospect ahead.
Military men and diplomats con-
tructed that outlook today in the
beace situation. In so far as the
United States is concerned it is going
khead with war preparations. 1t will
not waver until the German people
have stripped the kaiser Of his pres
knt autocratic powers.
Military men believe there is a
chance of peace in the presidents
mote. They point out that Germany
ID showing evidences of cracking
under the strain" and they believe
the liberals win force reconstruc-
tion Of the German government This
must be bona fide, state department
authorities said today, or it will be
futile.
II will be up to Germany's leader
Ito decide whether to fight on or to
accept peace now. The presidents
mote is concrete evidence that the
ambition OF her enemies is not to
crush her.
4 President Wilson has declared
against dismemberment of empires
and against post bellum trade wars.
In these circumstances the German
people for the first time can realize
that the war against her Is not mer-
cenary or aggressive, but that 1t Is
one of altruistic purposes, hence as
many here see 1t the liberals of Ger
many will soon force off the yoke of
kaiserism.
If, however, they content them
selves with hearkening to the made
InGermany plea that the war is now
one of defense in so far as Germany
is concerned, the struggle will go
on. Military men believe that Ger
many will decide either to take the
chance of military defeat or will
start real peace negotiations now.
Should she decide. however, that
there Is no peace now or that her
arms can ultimately triumph, then
she will fight oV for year or two
more. BY that time Am erica's strength
will be felt in full force and Ger
many's defeat will be an assured
fact.
Secretary of State Lansing did not
see today in Germany's concessions
to Argentina anything particularly
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-30
Effort to Prevent Strike.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.-Con-
ferences between representatives Of
the metal trades council and employ
ers continued today in an effort to
reach solution of the wage scale
disagreement which threatens to
bring on a strike of 25,OO0 metal
trades workers in San Francisco.
Ninety percent of the men affected
are engaged in ship building.
1--WE have every reason to believe
that the ship builders will grant our
demands" declared President Barton
of the iron trades council today.