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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30
THE PEOPLE ALWAYS RIGHT.

Pauls Valley Democrat: 1t has been
the conviction of the greatest states
men of all ages and all centuries that
one could safely trust to the decision
of the majority of the people on any
question that affected them. The pub
lie mind and conscience is nicely at
tuned to the public welfare and seldom
goes astray Given a free hand in the
working out of their destiny, no people
would ever come to grief. 1t Is only
when self-seeking and deceitful leaders
becloud issues for their own selfish pur
poses that the people are seduced.
So much preliminary to the assertion
that the American people-the great
sober reasoning majority-are right to-
day. without fuss and feathers they
have decreed a course of action that
shall preserve the national veal and
the national honor, and they are not
likely to be lightly turned from their
course.
"Vox populi vox Del" never had a
more direct application than to the at
titude of the American people in the
present world crisis. Being, then, the
supreme power, the voice of the people
should not only have, but exercise. SUI
preme authority.
This we are willing to do. Our gov
ernment is putting forth most hercu-
lean efforts to pilot the ship Of state
through the troubled waters but they
are hampered on every hand by those
who, from a self interest that exceeds
their loyalty, persist in throwing every
obstruction possible in their way.
This should not be, must not be
The lives of the thousands of young
men who have responded to their coun'
trys call must not be jeopardized by
the Judas at home. 1t is time that
the great loyal majority demand that
the voice of the objector and obstruc-
ZIONIST be silenced-if not one way why
then another.
There is something crooked about a
conscience that persist in arraying IT;
self arrogantly against the national con-
science. Such a conscience is the
creature of many and varied influences,
none of which make for the best inter
ests OF American life.
1t is time the reactionary were
silenced. The people have spoken. and
their verdict should be final. The
traitor to his country should feel that
country's displeasure in no light degree.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

Since the war began. Germany has
lost hr colonies and 100000 men-the
flower OF her youth. Her war deb-
exceeds $4,000 000. 900. and she is bank
rupt i'm credit and morals.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

In an address at san Francisco the
other day Congressman julius Kann
extolled President Wilson as a stout
hearted diplomat. and called him the
George Washington OF today" And
Congressman Kahn Is Republican.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30
Political Observations.

Woman suffragist orators are 10
stump the Tenth Missouri congressional
district In an attempt 20 defeat the re
nomination OF Congressman Meeker who
Is not only strong anti-suifresist. but
who recently divorced his wife.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

Among the recent political announce
ments In Kansas Is that OF Charles $.
Huffman Tor lieutenant.governor HUI
man has served fourteen years az state
senator from Cherokee county. He still
has two years TO serve. He was chair
man of the ways and means committee
at two different sessions, and Is now
president pro TEN OF the senate.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

Kansas City CMo) Journal: The man
of the hour appears in Russia at ire.
quent intervals. But he rarely lasts
long enough to become the man of a
week.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

Guthrie Leader: A New York youth
hid several weeks in a cellar to escape
being drafted. Just a sort of prepara.
tion for the trenches.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

Durant Democrat: Hindenburg's mil
itary genius speaks Russian. but nc
Frenc or English
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

FL Reno Democrat: The Lokal An
zeiger of Berlin states that the war has
exposed in its nakedness much that is
low and contemplate. And the Berlin
paper certainly should be familiar with
such thigs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

Beaumont Texas) Enterprise: Rich
mond Pearson Hobson, hero of the mer.
ry smack, just can't keep away from
naval matters. He is now trying to put
Tennessee on the water wagon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-30

Tulsa World: A man and wife in
Kansas have lived together fifty years
and have never spoken cross word.
Yes. you are quite right-they are deaf
and dumb.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
cREA 7
Lin f R
Los 7!

(United Press Leased wireI
LONDON, May "a. -
More than 400 lives were
lost in the sinking of the
British transport Transyl-
vania, the admiralty an
nounced today.
The Pennsylvania was
torpedoed May 4.
The official statement
today said the losses in
cluded: Twenty nine Of
ficers and 373 men, the
TRANSFORMERS captain,
10 of the Pennsylvania S
crew.
The Pennsylvania was
a steel twin screw ship of
l4,ol0 IONS, the property
of the Anchor line.
Before the war she was
in trans Atlantic service
for a short time between
New York and Glasgow,
and was one of the largest
liners on the run.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
PROTEST
MARKET
KILLING!

A clamor of protest has arisen
over the city councils action
Wednesday refusing to establish a
new municipal public market be-
cause the retail grocers of Taco
ma objected, according to Mayor
Fawcett.
81 have had dozens of tele-
phone calls from Tacoma men and
women who wanted to protest
against the councils act" said
Fawcett Thursday.
"The people consider 1t a be-
trayal of their trust. Everyone
who has ever dealt in the public
market knows that 1t has been a
money saver to the housewives.
1t has meant a big variety and
large stock of very reasonably
priced vegetables and fruit.
with the council voting
against establishment of a mar
ket, / am powerless to do any
thing alone. But believe the
people of Tacoma will bring
enough pressure to bear on the
commissioners to force them to
change their attitude.
THE 18th street building is
perfectly sound, and able to stand
the weight of a market. That
excuse Of Gronen and Atkins is
all bosh."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
w A IT (
TO PA Y
Omitted Press Leased wire.S

OSSINING, N. Y, May 24.-The
little green door" will open for
DR.. Arthur Warren Waite at
Sing Sing prison tonight, and the
electric chairs deadly current will
jolt out his life in payment for the
murder of his wife's father aeA
mother.
DR.. Waite has been prepared for
his end for months, declaring his
readiness to expiate his sin by
death, in the belief that he could
enter "a new world" at peace.
Waite slept late and awoke
cheerfully to face his last day in
the death house.
After hearty breakfast the
still debonair dandy, who cut such
a swath in New York social
amateur sporting circles, dabbled
a: his very weak poetry and read
magazines. Calm outwardly at
least, Waite never once referred
to his approaching death; nor to
his family.
His mother is dying from grief
at her home In Grand Rapids. His
father died of a broken heart a
month ago. His brother Frank,
his only loyal friend throughout,
has turned snowy-haired in less
than year.
"Other Woman" Absent.
A letter to a New York friend
from Waite's divorced wife, Clara
Peck Waite, quoted her today as
saying she is sorry Arthur must
die, had hoped his sentence would
be committed to life imprison-
ment, but will feel "freer" when II
Is over.
"My JOY" she is quoted as say
ing, will be unbounded."
Mrs. Margaret Horton. the
woman who was infatuated with
Waite, has not been near him in
Continued on Page Two.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
Many Join
Red Cross:
Won't You?

Three thousand new members
signed up!
That's the first days record in
the Tacoma Red Cross campaign
for Is 5000 recruits. And the drive
has just begun.
With the announcement that
the campaign will continue until
Saturday there was no let up
Thursday in the efforts of the
girls and gray-haired women who
are working side by side in the
house-to-house canvass of the city,
or on the streets and in the down
town offices.
Everywhere the workers report
generous support and many enlist
ments In the Red Cross ranks. In
the downtown stations, especially
in the banks, exceptionally heavy
registration was reported.
The headquarters and all the
registration stations will remain
open until Saturday night to con-
tinue the campaign.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24

Several weeks after the divorce
the separated count and countess
appeared together in q justice of
the peace's court as Joint defend
ants i'll suit for $3.50. The coun-
tees Uttered, and enjoyed the pro-
ceedings so greatly that the count
was in high humor when the ses-
sion ended. He left the court
room with his former wife. joked
with her, assisted her on a street
car and sat beside her.
And that was where the trouble
started. BY the next spring Coun-
tees Irene Leschinsky was suing
the count for divorce, and one of
her complaints was that her hus-
Dani was taking his former wife
out riding in a motor car belong
ing to the complainant.
Also, according to the Countess
lrenc's testimony, the count
"simIly wouldn't take bath"
The count charged that his wife
broke a water pitcher over his
head and hit him with a telephone
iStSiNSi anu POuiCu uiSOhoi ONCi
him and tried to set the bed on
fire.
Some Name.
81 took a bottle of French per-
fume and poured the contents
over him." Countess Irene ex-
planned to the Judge.
1T was only a jest, however,
and l never had a match in my
hand, or thought in the least
about setting his bed on fire.
told him, Before the board of
health gets hold of you, I'll give
you a bath.
The count was excess bag
gage" she said. She alleged that
he had spent about s35, 200 of her
money.
Countess Irene got her divorce
and 500 monthly alimony. In
each of her three divorces her
maiden name, Irene Sanford, was
restored to her. Otherwise, 1t
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
THREE.
? ? ?
. . .

Is the city council
going to be permitted
to kill Tacoma's war
market permanently
just because the gro
GERS demand it?
Is one bunch of food
middlemen, the class
that is causing much
of our present food
trouble, TO be permit
ted to dictate to a city
of consumers?
Why did Commits
sioners Atkins, Gronen
and Petit vote to kill
the mayors market
idea and why did Com
missioner Drake climb
onto the fence i'll
stead of voting yes?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24

life and the third in the last six,
Irene Sanford has married.
Among her former husbands
were a baron and a count" This
time it is youth, j. Walker
Guion, II years old, son of a mail
carriers wife.
Young Guion's father was a city
detective. He and Miss Sanford
met at the home of mutual
friend The marriage followed.
Guion was arrested year and
a half ago on the charge of tenn
porarily appropriating a motor car
for joyriding. He was paroled in
the juvenile court and an uncle
got him job in the salesroom of
a st. Louis firm. The bride is in
dependently rich.
Baron Is No. 2.
Miss Sanford's first marriage
was to Benjamin Leslie Behr of
st. Louis. She got a divorce from
him several years before her sec
ond marriage, in 1911, to Baron
Gustav Friedrich Carl Won
Schrader.
The baron, at the time Miss
Sanford fell in love with him, was
working in railroad offices as a
clerk at SIS a month. He had
come to this country from Ger
many, he said at the time, to get
divorce from his first wife.
Three years later the baron was
being sued for divorce. The for
mer Miss Sanford charged the
baron failed to support her and
that he drank to excess.
She got her decree and three
months later married Count"
Judah Leon Leschinsky, whose
first wife, Mrs. Sonia Leschinsky,
had just divorced him. The day
Miss Sanford was married to the
count 1t was disclosed in court
that she had paid $270O of the
$11,500 settlement which had
been awarded the first Mrs. Le-
schinsky.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
BENCALS
FIRST TO
REGISTER

CONSUMPTION registration began
in earnest at the city hall Thurs
day.
All members of the Tacoma
baseball club, who will be playing
in Butte during the week of June
), appeared at the city clerks Of
flee and registered.
Arthur Rasmussen and Christ
Christensen, fishermen, who are
leaving shortly for Alaska, were
the others to register the first
day.
Only persons who will be absent
from Tacoma on the registration
day are permitted to register in
advance.
Formal instructions from the
u. s. army we're received by
Mayor Fawcett Thursday.
City Controller Shoemaker,
chairman of the mayors registra-
ton committee, completed all
plans for the registration Thurs
day.
Clerks will be placed in each of
the IL voting places to be used
on June for the regular park
board election. At least eight
clerks will be used at each poll
ing place. Twenty or 80 clerks
will be used at the city hall. 1t is
estimated that there are between
5000 and 1000 Tacomans be-
tween 81 and 81, to register.
Bank clerks, library employees
and city employees, all selected
because of their ability to write
legible hands and do clerical work
quickly, will be used.
1t takes more than five minutes
to fill out a card.
Registration places, as an.
nounced by the city, will be al
follows: First ward, engine
house, NO. 18th and ]; Second
I742 st. Helens; Third 110U
Broadway; Fourth, 23s Pacific;
Fifth, 23rd and "a, 3Ss-f and Yak
ma; 5tth and L, and Fern Hill,
nzuth, Presbyterian church, 84th
It,. and 5401 Union ave.; Seventh,
18Th and Anderson; Eighth. aS21
No. 26th
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
City Channel
Badly In Need
of Dredging

Discovering that the main city
waterway, between the Munich
pal dock, has become too shallow
for handling big vessels, City
Harbormaster w. @. Rowland
made an appeal to members of
the city commission Thursday for
immediate dredging of the chan
mel.
The Blue Funnel liner Protest.
iaus, which arrived in port this
week after an absence of six years,
will probably be forced to move to
Seattle to take on most Of the
cargo which she was supposed to
receive here, on account of the
shallow channel, the harbormas-
ter asserted.
The big ship, which is $40 feet
long and has a draft of 31.5 feet,
has been forced to move 500 feet
away from the Northwestern dock,
where she is scheduled to take on
$4,000 sacks of wheat, because
the water at her dock Is only 2S
feet deep at low tide. She will
probably take only 10000 sacks
here and 60 to Seattle for the
remainder.
The Blue Funnel liners Axiom
and Talthybias, both larger than
the Protesilaus, are due within O
month, to take 100000 sacks oil
wheat to the Orient. Unless the
harbor channel is dredged, they
will not come here.
It will cost about $4,000 to
|dredge a deeper channel 100 feet
wide, near the docks on the west
side of the waterway, Royland as
serts. Dredging the entire chan
mel would be unnecessary, and
would cost t7b,o00s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
u. S. BUSY TO
SAVE RUSSIA
BY WILLIAM g. SHEPHERD

A~s.
PETR0GRAD, May 24.-Amer-
ica's potent influence is being util-
lied by the new Russian govern
ment in its crucial campaign now
on to spur the Russian army into
fighting.
American Ambassador David r.
Francis is personally addressing
Russian troops and scores of as
semblages of the plain people.
He is working in closest co-opera-
tion with Minister of War Ker-
ensky-"tlle Lloyd-George of Rus
sia"-in stirring the army to ac-
tion.
Francis is giving a living en-
bodiment of the shirt sleeve dip
lomat" constantly working. He
is the most popular Of all diplo-
mats In Russia and his voice
among the most potent of those
now being raised to help Russia
save herself.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
FIG I 7
c HIVk
Pc RIL
KEEP THE COOLIES OUT!

KEEP THE COOLIES OUT!
Organized labor in Tacoma
Thursday has gone on record pro-
testing against the scheme to let
down the bars and import coolie
labor into the United States on
the preteXt of labor shortage,
and has instructed II. Roy Har-
rison, secretary of the Central La
Dor Council, to write to Washing
tons representatives in congress
in protest.
Joint resolutions, embodying
organized labor's stand were
adopted by the Central Labor
Council Wednesday night and by
the building trades council at its
meeting Tuesday night.
The Times was praised for its
efforts to knock in the head the
scheme for undermining Ameri-
can working conditions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
III In D!

Omitted Press Leased wire.)
PARIS, May 24.-The French
destroyer Boutefeu was mined and
sunk in naval engagement be-
tween Austrian and French, Brit
fish and Italian naval craft, ac-
cording to an official statement
today.
Forty-two survivors of the
Boutefeu were rescued. Thirty
nine we're probably lost.
The Boutefeu was of 700 tons
displacement and measured 252
feet in length by % feet beam.
She was rated at 81 knots.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
BRAZIL NOW
BELLIGERENT
Omitted Press Leased wire.)

RIO DE JANEIRO, May "a
Brazil regards herself as bel
ligerent in the worlds war,
though there has been no formal
declaration of war between the
republic and Germany.
"A declaration of war is not
necessary explained Foreign
Minister Pecanha today. I'VE
need merely accept the state Of
war imposed upon us by Germany.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
NEW COMPANY
Is FILLED UP

More than enough men have
already enrolled with DR.. G. e.
Laws for Tacoma's ambulance
company, to complete the list.
DR.. Laws announced Thursday
that more than 90 men had Of
fered their services. Only 81 are
needed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
NINETEENTH sHIPYARD

PORTLAND. Ore, May "a.
The establishment OF the nil
teenth shipyard on the Willamd
and Columbia rivers was
nounced today. f. G. Knapp
president of the Peninsula shl
building CO.. the latest concern
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
BIC JOB

tbn1tcu fress Leaseu Wlre.D
WASHINGTON, d. c., May "a.
The American Red Cross must
place stricken Europe on its feet.
The huge task, coupled with
that of ministering to America S
armies, constitutes its present
mission.
Harry P. Dawson, chairman of
the Red Cross war council, today
30 informed Red Cross representa-
tives of 40 American cities who
met in executive session to plan
to raise $100,000,000 relief funds.
At second session tomorrow,
final details for a colossal nation
wide drive for funds will be COM
menced.
An additional reason, Ia
cOnans, for joining the Red
Cross sOciety.-EditOr.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
Charge Women
Are Arsonists

MEDFORD, Ore, May "a. -
Mrs. Alice Garwood of Seattle and
Mrs. Strickfadden and Mrs. Drie-
fus, of Ashland, are under indict-
ment here today on charges OF
arson. Local authorities declare
they are members of ring which
has operated extensively along the
Pacific coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
Did You Knou--

Rhodes a and
In
First
Fidelity bank stands?
e
Ledger - ~ -
ne
lake Ts r5spf H0 sq S Es 5slsssd
That A. wolher company years sso1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
Wilkeson Man
Is Registered

J. G.. Herman of Wilkeson
registered Wednesday afternoon
at the court house. He will be
out of town June s.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24

probably would break her up II
she had to pay charges for having
her full name engraved on her
calling cards. 1t would read:
Mrs. Irene Sanford van Schrader
Leschinsky Guion. And that at
|36
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24

A friend of ours says he knows
printer who is such a bonehead
that he has to get someone to
help him make a mistake. (Nots
to Times composing room: Moth
ing personal about this, y'undor.
stand).
Almost anybody may re-
sign his office In Europe
without causing a great deal
Of surprise. but in this c0un-
try resignation Of most Of
fees are uncomfortable. For
example, II Sheriff Longmire
were TO let 60. the sky would
fall, and we shoaid all catch
larIxs.
Mrs. Oeobock Meets wilson {
President of the United STATE
Had the Honor of Meetine o.
Michigan's Most Distinxul
Women. - Headlines IN Il
(Mich.) Sun.
The morning Ledger on pAf1 i
today ran a story headed New
Rockefeller Gift" It told Of 4
SCI, 100000 donation to Johndoe'n
foundation. Inc nem below wnn
headed. Gas Goes Up z Cents. =
and related to 6e<ohnq pxioez.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
By G. G. Lyon

htIbtGtSE ItE hht btlttNs
a LII America is talking
~ about the German
submarine menace.
In the popular
mind, submarines
operate behind a
curtain of deepest mystery.
The average citizen is in
clined to shudder every time he
thinks of them lying in wait,
down under the oceans surface,
for the big ocean liner to be
destroyed almost in the twin
king of an eye.
How do submarines operate?
What manner of men com
mand and man them2
What dangers do they meet?
! applied for and received a
transfer from the superdread-
naught Texas to a submarine
because ] was curious to know
all about under-sea boats.
/ was assigned to the sub
marine Ga, commanded by
Capt. Paul f. Foster, with
Lieut.. William f. Galloway,
second in command
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
Gull Y

(Ua;ted Press Leased wlre.)
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, May "a.
Joseph Redenbaugh, alleged
boy gunman. pleaded guilty today
to the murder Of Patrolman Con-
6ery when he appeared to be ar
{ag
HeS Vas not sentenced pending
Aconferences between attorneys
liver. use Of him as witness
7ainst Frank ]. Dunn IN the
a murder case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24

There has aot
been one instant
delay in con-
gress from APR.
IA to my knowl-
edge. - Senator
Lodge.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24
17-Year-Old Boy Her Fourth Husband; She
Divorced Three, Including Baron and Count

Especial to The Times.)
ST. LOUIS, May 24.-For the
fourth time I'm her SO years of
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-24

Reporter For Times, Enlisted In
Navy, Tells of Life Aboard Sub

r Ti the wsar re men submarine
in m served aboard the radnugn TNa.an wng the
m e 10 uevc@l