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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
Cured His RUPTURE

was badly ruptured while lift
Ing q trunk several years ago.
Doctors said my only hope of cure
was an operation. Trusses did
me no good. Finally l got hold
of something that quickly and
completely cured me. Years have
passed and the rupture has never
returned. although l am doing
hard work as carpenter. There
was no operation, no lost time, no
trouble. I have nothing to sell,
but will give full information
about how you may find a COM
plete cure without operation, II
you write to me. Eugene M.
Pullen, Carpenter, l2SD Marcellus
Avenue, Manasquan, N. J. Bet
ter cut out this notice and show
It to any others who are ruptured
you may save a life or at least
stop the misery of rupture and the
worry and danger Of an operation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
LIBRARY FUND
HALF RAISED

o. B. Vail, national news repre-
sentative of the library war fund,
today informed Bishop F. w.
Keator, state chairman, that near
ly one-half of the desired million
dollar fund already has been
raised. He wired:
-Four hundred and fifty thou
sand already reported at noon to-
day. Figures tho far from COM
plete indicate overwhelming sue
cess. Many cities already exceed
goals; one six times over. Locali-
ties unheard from make complete
report impossible. Please have
your city directors send Washing
ton Immediately accurate report
Of progress SO far. Library war
council send congratulations on
your work"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
u. S. HAS
A PEACE
BUREAU
(United Press Leased wireJ

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. rs.
The United States government
has established a peace informa-
ton bureau with Col. F. M. House
heading it. the state department
declared today.
At the same time the depart
ment declared emphatically that
the purpose has absolutely no con-
nection with peace negotiations at
this time.
This indicates that President
Wilson intends to have Col.
House, his friend and confidential
adviser for five years, head repre-
sentatives Of the United States
government at the world peace
conference, when that time comes.
Col. House will collect histori-
cal, commercial and geographical
data such as England and France
have been gathering for the past
three years.
They gave as an illustration of
Houses work the situation sur
rounding a railway strike. When
It comes to a settlement. 1t was
pointed out, the conferees are
primed with facts on wages, work.
ing conditions. incomes and ex-
penses.
Similarly, at the peace confer
ence those participating will want
to know all the facts attaching to
every subject which may arise.
The department declared officially
that this government is concerned
with European territorial read
justments only to TIE extent of
seeing that they shall be such
that the world hereafter shall be
safe for democracy.
Col. House Is not empowered
now to go abroad or to sound out
either the allies or the Teutons
on the subject Of peace, it was
stated
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28

DEPENDING CITIZENSHIP
? Hans Harald Olsen was made
defendant in a suit In the federal,
court Thursday to revoke his citi-
zenship.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
Enjoy life! Liven your
liver and bowels to-
night and feel fine.

Tonight sure! Remove the liver
and bowel poison which u keep
ing your head dizzy, your tongue
coated, breath offensive and
etomach sour. Don't stay bilious,
sick. headachy, constipated and
full of cold. Why don't you get q
box Of Cascarets from the drug
store nowH Eat ono or two to-
night and enjoy the incest, gen.
tlest liver and bowel cleansing
you ever experienced. You will
wake up feeling fit and fine. Cas-
carets never grippe OF bother you
ell the next day like calomel, salts
and pills. They act gently but
thoroughly. Mothers should give
cross, sick, bilious or feverish
children q whole Cascaret any
time. They are harmless and
children love them.
WHITACRE ASSIGNED
Lieut.. II. j. Whitacre, Tacoma
surgeon, has been appointed chief
Of the surgical service at the base
hospital at Camp Lewis.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
COPPER ON WAY
FROM MINE STOLEN

tOniteu Press Leased Wife.D
MILES CITY, Mont, Sept. %.
Wholesale robbery Of copper on
its way from Butte mines to Eng
land was revealed here today
when Lew Jones and James Will
iams were arrested and bound
over to the grand jury on a charge
of stealing 17,400 pounds of cop
per from a car in the Milestone
freight yards. The two men are
alleged to have shipped an entire
car of stolen metal to a Fargo,
N. D., metal dealer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
U.S.. WILL
USE BIG
VESSELS

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. %.
"A statement by the shipping
board yesterday announced that
every American merchant vessel
of more than $500 tons dead
weight available for ocean service
will be requisitioned by the gov
eminent Oct, 10.
Most of the boats, It is said,
will be operated by their owners
subject to the disposition of the
shipping board; tho some, to be
used exclusively for army and
navy service, will be manned and
operated by the army and navy.
Charter rates announced are
considerably lower than those now
charged for carrying government
supplies.
No word has yet been received
I'm Tacoma by the Pacific Steam
ship Co. as to any of its vessels
being commandeered tho several,
among them the Governor and
President, are over the tonnage
mentioned. H. r. Alexander,
president OF the company, Is in
Washington, d. c., at present.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
COMPROMISES; CAR
STRIKE AVERTED

SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 2S. -
Danger of street car strike was
passed here today when the local
carmen's union, announced It had
accepted a compromise offer made
by the company. The men asked
for four cents an hour increase
and were given cents and other
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
WOMAN ACQUITTED
OF PERJURY CHARGE

Mrs. Nellie Bourson was acquit-
ted Of perjury in Judge Chap
mans court Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Bourson was charged with
having sworn falsely that she had
been divorced from her former
husband, l.. Steinhoff. Steinhoff
will be tried Friday on a charge
OF assaulting Bourson with a pair
of scissors and some rocks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
GERMAN ARMY HAS
100000 MEN LEFT

German manhood cannot pass in
to the army except in piecemeal
lots, as the boys attain the age OF
IS.
The figures cited herewith are
based on the highest and most ac-
curate sources of information.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28

Wanda Petit, who appeared in
number of Fox Eastern-made
pictures, is to be leading woman
for George Walsh.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
IS
MINED, SUNK

Omitted Press Leased Wire.l
PETROGRAD, Sept. 2S.-T,he
Russian destroyer Okhotnika has
been mined, and sunk with a loss
of all aboard except II, an official
statement announced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-28
G. P. S. ENROLMENT
FOR YEAR BEGINS

Registration of students began
Friday at the College of Puget
Sound. Glasses will open Mon
day. Glasses in conversational
French for Camp Lewis officers
have been planned by President e.
H. Todd, and special class rooms
and instructors are being OBJ
tanned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
Church Club
Elects Officers

Portland, Me-, May S.-Preliminary
to the Episcopalian State convention
to be held in this city tomorrow, the
Church Club of Maine held its annual
meeting tonight and elected these Of
ficers:
President, Frederick H. Gabpi; sec
rotary, Frank J. Gray; treasurer,
Frederick S. Vail, all of Portland.
The Maine Missionary Society chose
the following officers:
President, Bishop Benjamin Brew
ster; secretary, r. w. Plant, Gardi-
ner; treasurer, c. B. Clarke, Portland;
board of missions, Phillip Schuyler of
Portland, John Farwell of Camden, r.
H. Gardiner Of Gardiner and Henry
v. B. Nash Of Wiscasset. Mrs. Joseph
Shepherd was chosen president of the
Girls Friendly Society; Mary E. Nor
ton, secretary, and Gertrude p. Hall,
treasurer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
CHAFE AT DELAY
Berlin Socialists Want
Chancellor's Views
Paper of Opinion Waiting May
Facilitate Task

Amsterdam. May 8, Via London.-In
to the Russian governments
explanation of it's war aims the Berlin
Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts insists
that Chancellor Won Bethmann- Holl-
veg has no reason to postpone a def
mite statement of Germany's aims in
the war and asks what the chancellor
is waiting for.
IF a frank, bold statement is made
in the sense of the Russian peace
formula" it says, Russia, Germany
and Austria Hungary will stand to-
gether."
How long will America, which is
pacifist at heart, how long will Brit
ain and France, resist this propagan-
'da, especially as their populations are
suffering terribly?
us it true. as we suppose-that we
are not driven by lust of conquest? II
so. the decisive moment has come
The Lokal Anzeiger gives its opin-
ion that the reason for the chancel-
lor's postponement of his reply to the
interpretations in the Reichstag on
Germany's war aims is that he anticl-
pates that events may occur in the
meantime which may facilitate his
task.
IN fact" says the newspaper, 1T is
rumored that an agreeable political
event is imminent, which, let us hope,
will not turn out to be abortive.'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
IN AR00ST00k
Hearty Response to APP
peal to Farmers.
County Committee Completes
Trip-May Grow Wheat

Pressure Isle. Me-. May s.-The gov
eminent appeal for increased food pro-
duction met with enthusiastic response
among the farmers Of Aroostook coun-
ty, according to the report Of the coun-
ty food production committee which
completed a trip through this famous
agricultural district tonight While the
county is known principally as po-
tato producing region. extensive tracts
are suitable for wheat production and
prizes have been offered to the largest
wheat raisers in hopes Of making the
wheat rival the tuber. The committee
toured the county in train and re-
ported that at every station where they
stopped farmers focked to hear them
in large numbers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
/, chief engineer; Rear Admiral Earl.

fin, chief engineer; Rear Admiral Earl.
chief Of ordnance; Rear Admiral
Grant. chief Of the submarine service
and Capt. William Strothersmith, who
forms the connecting link between the
department and the consulting board
and other scientific bodies.
w. l.. Saunders. chairman OF the con-
sulting board, headed the representation
OF scientists which included the following
members Of the boards committee on spe-
cial naval prohlems: Lawrence Addicks'
chairman: Thomas Robbins Elmer A.
sperry and Benjamin D. Thayer.
REPORTS also we're available tonight
from Thomas A. Edison, who Is at work
on a somewhat different line Of invention.
No intimatfon has been given as to the
nature Of the experiments that have caus-
ed board members and navy officials ia
miliar with what is being done to hope
that the problem is nearing solution. None
will be given. whatever the results OF new
work. which it Is understood will include
practical tests Of certain theories.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09

Other evidence Of the doctoring Of al
lied official reports to make them
agree with claims In the German Of
fcial statements indicates the ankle
ty Of the German authorities as to the
effect Of the news from the western
front upon public opinion. A supple
inentary report supplied to Monday
mornings papers through the Ger
man official news bureau ignores all
French successes except a strain as to
evoke headlines like French defeat
ed on Aisne in gigantic struggle" The
report asserts that almost all French
initial successes were lost through
German counter-attacks and that the
French attempt to storm and capture
the Chemin Des Danes ridge and
break through the German front was
q complete failure.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
ENDLESS CHAIN"
All Cost Advances Mean
Freight Increase
Several Executives to Confer
with States Affected

Washington, May s.-Representa
tiyes of Southeastern railroads told the
Interstate Commerce Commission to-
day that a general increase in freight
rates is absolutely necessary If the
systems are to meet an endless chain
of advancing costs. both of labor and
materials" Nearly all agreed that a
Is per cent. advance, tentatively or
dered by the commission. would mar
row, but not close, the breach be-
tween net revenue and expenses.
Several of the executives made
known their intention of taking up
with the states through which their
roads pass the question of securing adj
vapces in the interstate rates proper
tionate with any advances allowed in
the interstate tariffs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09

Washington. May S.-Details of the 81
o00,0o0,0 900 Liberty bond issue as to ma
turity. denominations and terms of pay
ment neared completion today at an all
day conference of treasury and federal
reserve board officials. While the entire
program is subject to revision, indications
were tonight that the conferees had
agreed upon the following features:
Maturity-The bonds to be redeemable
by the government at its option in 10
wears and due in 80 years.
Denominations-The minimum denomi-
nation to be 800. the maximum 100000.
Terms of payment-A small percentage,
ranging from two to five per cent. and
probably two and one-half per cent. to
be payable at the time the subscription
Is offered. the balance to be paid in in
stallments.
There probably will be at least four in
stallments. possibly six. Installments
may be called for every two weeks or
even 30 days.
In considering the question Of ma
TURTLES the conferences were guided
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
TOLD RIN7ELEN HIS
WERE FOLLY

New York May S-The assertion that
he had told Capt. Franz Rintelen his
plans to stop the export of war sup
plies from this country to the Entente
Allies were the height of folly and
doomed to failure. was made on the
witness stand today by Andrews D. Me-
10y, at the trial of the German naval
officer and seven others on charges of
conspiring to foment strikes in NUM-
tions factories in 1915.
Meloy. who described himself as a
financial expert. said he met Rintelen
in June. 1915, when he had rented desk
room in his offices through a sub-tenant
named Frederick Stallforth. His atten-
ton was first directed to Rintelen. who
was known as Edward Gates. through
great activity at his desk in clipping
out Of newspapers articles on munitions
strikes and the work Of Labors Nation
al Peace Council.
Meloy was the last witness Of the day
and his further testimony. which is
the first directly showing Hintelen's
interest in the alleged conspiracy, was
cut short by adjournment. William
Delehunty. of this city, publisher of
trade paper, testified that in 1915 he
went TO bridgeport, conn, al tne re-
quest Of Henry B. Martin. a member
of the peace council. and one of Rim
telen's confidentials. to report to him
on a munitions strike there. He said
Martin paid his expenses. instructed
him to make Geographic reports on con-
ditions twice daily and to assist the
strikers.
Under cross-examination he said no
word was said to him about fomenting
or furthering strikes. The strikes at
Bridgeport. he said. were purely wage
strikes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
Completing Details
Liberty Bond Issue

largely by the representatives OF En-
tente governments. 10 which part OF
the proceeds will be loaned. These
representatives have expressed will
ingness to have the maturtes set ~
any date that will be most expeden'
for this government. At the same time
treasury officials have considered care
fully the present financial condition
Of the government to be benefited
with a view to making the maturity
accord with their convenience. In ad-
dition. officials have sought to make
the life Of the bond such as would ap-
ply to investors seeking permanent in
vestments.
Suggestions have been under con.
sideration to fix the life Of the bond
at so years.
The minimum denomination Of the
so-called Baby bonds" il seemed Ger
tain tonight. will be 800.
Offerings Of subscriptions TO the Lib
erty Loan issue continued to pour into
the treasury. the volume Of kilograms
and letters reaching a new high marx
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09

college. The Harvard men named IN.
clude Capt. Cabot of the crew. Capt.
Abbott of the baseball team. Richard
Harte. Jr., of football. baseball and ten
mis- teams. and Cecil II. Smith. who was
chairman of the Harvard Pacifist So
ciety.
Those ordered to Plattsburg will move
in two groups. one leaving on the night
of May II. to report the next morn
ing. and the other on May 10, to report
on May IA. The men of Maine and New
Hampshire will proceed on a train lear-
ing this city. those from Vermont will
20 from Springfield, Mass. and the
Rhode Island appointees may go 10
Worcester or this city. to make con
nections with the special train which
will proceed by way of Boston. Worces-
ter, Springfield and Albany
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09

Copenhagen. via London. May g.
The Reichstag committee on constitu-
tional reform will take up this week
the question of re-districting. Tho
Centrists. National Liberals and Radical
Socialists. who carried the previous re-
forms over the opposition Of the Con-
servatives. will. according to a Berlin
despatch. vote for a general re-district-
ing of the Empire.
A population Of 100000 Is favored
as the basis for Reichstag district
The proposals, long among the chief
demands of the Liberals and Radicals
are a blow at Conservative influence
as the present districting. dating from
the foundation Of the empire. favors
the country sections at the expense of
the municipalities and industrial re-
gions. The great increase in popula-
tion has had no corresponding growth
in representation, so that one vote in
some lakewood district outweighs 90
or even so in one of the big industrial
centers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
Re-Disticting Question
by Reichstag This Week
Victors Over Conservatives Favor 100000 Pop.
ulation AS Basis for Reichstag District - The
Great Increase Has H ad No Corresponding
Representative Growth

The committee seems TO be so,ns
forward with its reform plan consist.
emily and earnestly. the majority stand.
ing together with a hrmness which
must be the despair of the Conserva-
tive obstructionists and perhaps is not
entirely agreeable to the government
The committees proposals in regard 10
officers strike at the root of an impor.
tant source of the Emperor's power. AZ
present all appointments in the army
and navy and even the higher civil lis,
are in the hands OF the entirely IRE.
sponsible heads of the Emperors mill.
tary, naval and civil cabinets. The cell
ebrated blue letters" asking for the
retirement of officers. omanated from
the military cabinet. The former CHIEF
of the civil cabinet DR.. Frederik II. X
Lucanus. now dead. was known as the
bow string bearer" because ne bore
the empcror's sentences Of political
death to chancellors who had dispieased
the monarch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
ION the Right Road"

"They believe they are on the right
road" Mr.. Daniels said. They be-
ueve they arc going to turn out some
thing that is worth while. There will
be more experiments. Further than
that do not care to say"
Down TO "6rass Tacks"
Other officials declared the scient-
lists were coming down to brass tacks';
that tho period Of reaching out after
every suggestion was passing. hnd
that definite disqualification Of the
work upon which the foremost Ameri-
can experts have concentrated was
certain to come soon.
Those Mt the conference were Sec
rotary Daniels. Admiral Benson. chief
Of operations; Rear Admiral Taylor,
chief constructor: Rear Admiral Girf-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
N. E. Representation
for Training as Officers

Boston, May S.-New Englands rep
resentation at the reserve officers
training camp at Plattsburg. n. Y,
was announced tonight. Those who ap-
piled from Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont were notified by mail from the
camp. Letters went out from this city
to the appointees from Massachusetts.
Rhode Island and Connecticut. In all.
1T was estimated about POO were nam
ed The camp will comprise $500 men.
400 of whom were selected from the
National Guard or were otherwise spe-
cially delegated
The delegation was picked from a to-
tai of more than 1000 persons. who
passed physical examinations out of the
10000 who applied. Most of the mon
are young, many of them direct from
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
ON farm LOANS
State Master Thompson
Present at Springfield
Meets Officers of Federal Farm
Land Bank in Conference

Boston. May s.-The House today unan-
imously rejected resolutions calling upon
President Wilson and Congress ~ urge
the British government to grant the peo-
pie of Ireland 1.-The right Of home rule.
The action was taken after an amendment
had been accepted substituting the
home rule" clause for one expressing the
sentiment that Ireland should be given
it's liberty and complete national inde-
pendence." The amendment was adopted
by vote Of al to So. but when the reso-
lutions came before the House in their
amended form not one voice was raised
in their favor and they were defeated
without a roll call
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09
Governor Ananges for
Maine Ship Building

whose duty it shall be to receive sug-
gestions from all who are in position
to undertake shipbuilding contracts,
accumulate information as to mate
rails. labor and sites available and do
everything possible to bring those who
can build ships into contact with the
government shipbuilding enterprise
which Col Cocktails is, directing. This
committee will maintain an executive
secretary in Augusta and also a paid
executive secretary in Washington.
The government Is in entire sympathy
with the plan and will consult this
committee about all .shipbuilding pro-
posals in Maine. A conference with
ell the Maine senators and represent
atives is in progress today for per-
fect!ng the details Of the plan.
(Signcd)
Carl, E. MILIIKEN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09

In the great all-American shipbuild
ing campaign that Is now under way.
the State OF Maine and the federal
government at Washington will be
kept in the closest touch. This was
made convincingly evident Tuesday
afternoon when Governor Milli<en
who Is now at the Capital. sent the
following telegram to his private Sec
rotary. l.. NJ. Hart:
Washington. ID. c.. May s.
Hart. Private Secretary
Executive Chamber. Augusta
As n result Of conference yesterday
with Senator Hale. Col. Goethals, the
shipping board and others interested
in shipbuilding. ! have decided to des-
ignate e small committee Of probably
five members as n subcommittee OF
the Committee on Public Safety.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-09

Washington, May S.-Congress will
be asked to appropriate 1,000,000.000
for the building of the great American
merchant fleet which is to overcome
the submarine menace.
The program. evolved by the ship
ping board, contemplates the diver
sion to government uses of the pro-
ducts of every steel mill in the coun
try. cancellation of existing contracts
between those mills and private con-
sumers and where necessary payment
Of damages by the government to the
parties whose contracts are cancelled.