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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-28
SPIDERS AND JACKETS
MEET AT WESTHAMPTON
Final Championship Game Will Be Played
Though Crippled, Form Formidable Combination and Will
Put Up Good Game-Title Does Not Depend on Result.

1914. played the Spider quint and
made respectable showing. The
team was composed of Leubbert,
Mitchell, Satterfleld, Brock and Rob
bins.
The game tonight will have no
bearing upon the championship, be-
cause the Westhamptonians already
have that safely tucked away with
five straight victories, while the Jack
cts, their closest competitors, have
lost two games, but the Spiders are
out for a clean sheet-a record-since
six straight has never yet been &C
complished by them since basketball
was initiated in 1914! Midget" Dick
erson, the diminutive Spider forward.
Is expected by the local collegians to
be the pivot on which hinges the VIC
tory, and, as he has put up brilliant
game so far this season. he will I'M
doubleday hang up respectable
score tonight.
The probabla line-up:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
WOULD LET VOTERS
DECIDE HOME RULE

League of Municipalities. It's pur-
pose is to restore the original
constitutional rights which have
gradually been whitfield away from
the cities by court rulings and
public service commission.
Thirteenth Juror.
TO insure against any hitch in
the l. w. w. trials at Everett set
for March 5, the senate today pass
ed an emergency measure intro
duced by the judiciary committee
providing for the thirteenth al
ternate" juror to hear the case in
the case that one of the jurors
chosen should be taken sick or
die.
Judge Roland, it was declared,
has estimated it will take from six
weeks to three months to try the
cases, and was afraid something
might happen to one of the jul
rors in that time to necessitate
beginning the case all over again.
BOne-Dry Up.
The bone-dry bill Is up for a
stiff fight in the house this after
noon.
A move is on foot to force it
back into a committee together
with Halsey's amendments requir-
ing permits for all purchases of
alcohol from drug stores.
There will be big fight over
the contest of referring the bill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
Especial to The Times

OLYMPIA, Jan. 31.-Continu-
ing the home rule drive today,
Representative Ralph Knapp of
King county introduced in the
house a proposed constitutional
amendment assuring to all cities
the exclusive right to control and
regulate all public utilities, NUM-
cipally or privately owned, within
the city limits, and to exclusively
exercise all powers relating to mu-
nicipal affairs.
The proposed amendment would
be submitted to the people in
1918.
Like the Nichols bill introduced
in the senate yesterday, it gives
the voters of the cities an option
to elect whether city and privately
owned utilities shall come under
the regulation of the public SER
vice commission.
One Government.
The amendment also empowers
the consolidation of the city and
the county into one municipal gov
eminent with full city rights. 1t
also permits any city of 1000
population to organize as a dis
tinct county.
The constitutional amendment
was drafted by Corporation Coun-
sci Caldwell of Seattle, and is
endorsed by the Washington
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31

/ seems to me to be essential as the
police force of a large city, and
would say that ! am very strong
advocate of such a system.
] have noticed with a great deal
OF interest the manner in which
you treat that subject and cannot
compliment you too highly on 1t.
/ had the pleasure OF devoting two
months TO military training at
Plattsburg last summer and / can
truthfully say that l never did
harder work that was so interest
ing in my life, and that l will most
assuredly grasp the next oppor-
tunity to 60 again.
1t seems to me that the patriot
ism of this country is declining
very fast and that we are all head
over heels In the race for the dol
lar to such an extent that every
one is working on the principle of
LET George do it" when it comes
to thinking Of our United States
of America. A. F. G. LUCAS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
A Woman's Plea
THE TIMES:

EDITOR THE TINES:
Is there anybody in Tacoma
that can give a man steady joo?
What do they think-a family of
seven can live without work?
We have to depend upon two
little boys selling papers. Things
are so high | can't get along any
longer without something is done.
There is a limit to everything.
The Times has been very good
to US or we couldn't have done
without work this long. There
are five children. The oldest is
only II. Three are in school. So
you can imagine what a time /
have to keep shoes on their feet.
The baby is only two years old.
IL there is not any work for a
man, l will try to work, but you
know how hard 1t is for woman
to go out and work when there
are seven to wash and cook for,
and four of them under IL years
old.
There Is somebody bound TO
work in this family.
III there is any lady that needs
lady to work for her, or has any
shoes or clothes to spare, | will
come and work for them.
755 SOUTH 3STH ST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
DEATHS

Mrs. Arianna s. Trip, age 81,
died Tuesday at the home, 3404
Euth 74th st. She had been a
resident of Tacoma for 81 years.
A husband survives her. Funeral
Thursday at 2 from the George
Piper company's.
William Il. Guy, age "a, died
Tuesday at the home of his moth
err, Mrs. Mcintosh at Yelm. Funer-
al Thursday at / at cemetery at
Yelm, under direction of c. c.
Mellinger company.
Oscar Ellison, age 81, son of
Mrs. Vidwig Ellisen of Fern Hill,
died in San Francisco Tuesday He
was born and raised In Tacoma.
Three sisters and brother survive
him. Funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
Charles Rudolph Struzeski, the
12-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Struzeski, of st. Paul
ave-, died Wednesday at the fam
fly home. Three sisters and six
brothers survive him. Body re-
moved to c. c. Mellinger COM
pany's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
HEAD NEARLY
SEVEREDWHEN
CAGE BALKS

Ambrose Plat, age 10, an en-
ploye Of the Eagle Macaroni Co.,
East 26th and A streets, was ac-
cidentally killed Wednesday morn
ing on an elevator in the plant. 1t
is not fully known how young
Plat met his death, as there are
two theories of the accident. One
is that his head caught between
the door and the floor when Plat
reversed the elevator. 1t is also
thought that when the elevator
was reversed, piece of the motor
from above dropped down and
probably killed him.
He was found between the
floors at the bottom of the car
with his head nearly knocked off.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. An
ton Plat of POLL East c street.
Coroner Stewart investigated the
accident, and reported the case
as accidental death due to UNI
known causes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
American Racer
Leaves Others
Far Behind Him


OSAKlS, Mimi, an. 31.-Slip-
ping silently through Dalton like
phantom in the night, Fred
Hartman, the plucky American
driver in the Winnipeg-St. Paul
dog derby and his crippled team
of Alaskan malamutes arrived at
Evansville at / o'clock this morn
ing, II miles ahead of the near
est rival.
With a frozen foot and a badly
wrenched knee, the game Ameri-
can driver, the only Yankee in the
field, has been following his
scrappy team on foot for several
hundred miles Bad luck has
logged Hartman's trail since he
left Lake Winnipeg. First his
lead dog, one of the smartest in
the race, was killed in a fight.
Then one after another the
dogs on his team suffered with
bruised feet. Hartman himself
suffered greatly from his almost
superhuman exertion in bucking
drifts and picking the trail for
his faithful huskies.
After a few hours sleep, Hart
man had his team in the harness
again this morning and was Off
even before his rivals knew he had
overtaken and passed them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
TOO OLD TO
GET HIS JOB

Former Police Capt. c. A. OAR
nell cannot force his reinstate-
ment to the police department, un-
less he takes civil service exam
nation. And since he is over the
age limit for applicants, he can
not take the exam.
This, in substance, was the ver-
dict of the civil service board
Tuesday afternoon, when Darnell
asked for reinstatement. He was
discharged by Commissioner Mills
two years ago and has been trying
to get his job back ever since. The
board upheld his discharge.
Secretary Burroughs, ousted
from Commissioner Pettit's office
this week, must await an opinion
from City Attorney Harmon before
he can be given a position as police
clerk, the board decided.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
MRS. EDMUND
RICE PASSES

Mrs. Ella s. Rice, age 81, wife
of Edmund Rice, died Tuesday at
the family residence at Interlaak-
en-.
Her husband is a well known
business man of Tacoma, and was
a former Northern Pacific railroad
man.
Funeral Thursday at 3 from
Buckley-King's.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
The A. |. E. P.

EDITOR THE TINES:
A New York society that bears
the good, round title of the Asso-
citation for Improving the Condi-
tion of the Poor seems by all ac-
counts to have dug up some grand
new dope about poverty and what
causes it.
1t isn't wages, unemployment,
the unequal distribution of wealth,
or anything of that kind.
It's sickness.
Sickness accounts for SO per
cent of the poverty.
How does the association know?
Why, in SO per cent of the fam
lilies 1t visited sickness was found
to he the root of the trouble.
Other things do sometimes make
poverty. the association annual
report admits. but all these
causes combined produced a small
burden as compared with sickness
and its consequences"
II is profound thinking like
that that skaters the brain
and wrecks many IL bright
young life engaged i'm the as
sociation's line of goods. We
advise IL to go slow and think
about its health.
Otherwise. if il pursues its pres
ent violent exertions, 1t may some
day come upon the fact that the
sickness ii has, to its amaZement,
discovered in New York tenement
houses is not an unavoidable visi-
tation of the gods, but results from
bad living quarters, foul air, no
sunlight, cheerless lives, and food
that is scant in quantity and bad
in quality.
II such facts should ever become
widely known and seriously con-
sidered there might not be any
room for an Association for I'm
proving the Condition of the Poor
to the separation of several gen.
tlemen from the jobs that now
support them.
Meantime the rest of mankind
ought to be interested deeply in
the revelation that the cure of pov-
erty lies in the medicine chest.
The only trouble with reformers
and investigators generally is that
they have no sense. They have no
human experience, they grab a
theory, a hobby, and twist the
facts to suit their opinions.
Whether 1t be in New York or
Tacoma, the last place for the poor
to look for sympathy, understand
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31

Cost $4,000

Appropriation of $4,000 for
two large switchboards at the
light department substation, 25th
and C STREETS, was asked Wednes-
day in an ordinance presented by
Gronen to the city council. Gro
men explained that the present
swtichboards were overloaded
with electricity used in the street
lighting system.
Mayor Fawcett objected to i'm
mediate consideration of the ordi-
nance, declaring that every time
a new man takes charge of a de-
partment he is inclined to want
to spend all the money he can lay
his hands on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
EXPRESS FEAR
FOR STEAMER

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. -
Fears were expressed today for the
Japanese liner Nippon Maru of
the Togo Kisen Kaisha line,
which is nearly four days overdue
at Honolulu from Yokohama.
Usually the master of the vessel
sends word ahead to the Honolulu
offices of the time Of his arrival.
The Nippon Maru was due at Hon
olulu, Jan. 81, but early today To-
cal offices of the company said she
had not even reported the time of
her arrival.
Some fear was felt that the
liner might have fallen victim to
a German raider in the Pacific.
She carries q number of passengers
and 5000 tons of cargo.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
Employees Marry;
Get City Homes

Employees at the city's Nisqually
power plant are marrying so fast
that the city cannot build houses
for them to live in. Two weddings
last week caused Commissioners
Gronen to ask the council We'd
nesday for $4,000 with which to
erect two more cottages.
mine employees have already
married, and there's liable to be
more in a very short time" .aid
Gronen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
Buying Good Shoes

EDITOR THE TINES:
Shoes are Just about as neces-
sary as bread if you want to get
right down and analyze the primi-
tive demands of life.
If we get good footwear it
shaves off the doctor bill, hence
the Importance of substantial and
not makeshift soles, or paper soles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31

1t pays to get good shoes, although
the cost may be high as compared
with the cheaper variety. In re-
pairing a shoe better job can be
done on good shoes than on those
of the makeshift or paper sole
variety, because in the latter case
there is nothing to build on.
When these cheap shoes get wet,
they crumble to pieces. The pub
lie should take warning and al
ways get good, substantial foot
wear, remembering the popular
slogan: SAFETY FIRST.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
OVERLAND TRAINS
REPORT HARDSHIP

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. -
Five overland trains struggled in
to San Francisco today, several
days behind their schedules, and
the passengers all had tales of
hardship to tell.
Each of the trains was snow
bound from "a to 4S hours in
Wyoming. Many of the passen-
gers were on short rations part of
the time, and we're forced to melt
snow to get water to drink. A
snowslide yesterday near Truckee
covered the tracks and further de-
layed some of the trains.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
A Bouquet
EDITOR THE TIMES:


Glad indeed am l to learn that
their is one newspaper editor in
this city Of Tacoma that has nerve
enough to tell Judge Clifford
what the public thought Of his
act in firing the jury.
Am sorry to admit that ! voted
for him as a Judge.
He surely did show his colors
as judge, so We working men
class know now what we can ex-
pect from that party.
| do sincerely hope that none
of the working class will give
Judge Clifford his vote after this.
Judge clifford certainly made
his own funeral as judge.
A UNION MAN.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
In the Editors Mail

ing, help, is where the sign Organ
lied Charities burns brightest.
All organized. official red-taped
and be-iced charity" as we'll as
most foundations, investigating
troupes and volunteer reform
mono-maniacs are futile; most OF
them are worse than futile, they
are actually dangerous.
All the people need is an hon
est, equal chance at the bounties
OF God that have been hogged by
few great interests or families
in every land and cline.
The cause of poverty is the same
as the cause of billionaires. The
hogging of communal property by
the few to the robbery Of the
many.
All the rest of the discussion Is
veriest piffle.
Is it not? X. Y. q.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
FUNERALS

Funeral of Mrs. Susannah M.
Hoy Thursday at from the Rose
dale Congregational church. Fun
eral In charge of G. c. Mellinger
company.
Funeral OF Charles b. Van Horn
Thursday at from the Buckley
King company's. Body to be
placed I'm the mausoleum.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
THOUGHT 1T WAS
TIME FOR A WILL

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. -
After he had been treated by
eight doctors of ieght different ma
tionalities, Grigor Sokojoff con-
WINGED himself he wouldn't live
and asked the state housing and
immigration commission to draw
up a will.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
QUARTERMASTERS
FAIL COMPLETELY

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 81.
Recalled by the senate military
committee for cross-fire grilling
by Senator Lee, Maryland, staunch
national guard supporter, Major
General Leonard Wood today adj
mitted the quartermaster's depart
ment of the army had collapsed
entirely during the early stages
OF militia mobilization on the bor-
der.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
RUSSIANS WIN IN
WINTRY CHARGE

PETROGRAD, Jan. 31.-Ad-
vancing waist-deep in the snow,
Russian troops have stormed and
captured at the point of the bay
onet German positions on the
heights east of Jacobeni, accord
ing to today's official statement.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
Ammunition On
Hospital Ships

BERLIN, via Sayville wireless,
Jan. 31.-Declaring 1t has proof
of misuse of hostile hospital ships
by the allies, Germany today gave
formal notice that free passage of
hospital ships in certain zones In
the channel would hereafter be
withheld. Ammunition has been
carried on these ships. 1t is
charged.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
LANSINC'S Statement ON
MESSAGE KILLED MESSAGE

broker, told the house committee
probers today.
He held that the tip originating
in the house of F. A. Connolly &c
Co., of which President Wilson's
brother-in-law is a member, was
not responsible for the break in
the market. Connolly was sched-
uled to testify this afternoon re-
garding the first brokers' message
sent to Wall street predicting the
action the president had taken.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
ALASKA GOES
"BONE Dry

WASHINGTON, Jan. S1.-The
senate today passed the Alaska
"bone-dry" prohibition bill.
The bill not only prohibits the
manufacture and sale of intoxicat-
ing liquor in Alaska, but will not
permit it to be shipped into the
territory.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
JUROR APPLAUDS
LENIENT JURIST'

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. -
Even if he is a juror, William
Minor is strong for leniency.
When Federal Judge Dooling was
lent with Leroy Butte. a counter
feiter, Minor clapped and shouted
Fine! Fine!' Three rousing
CheerSl"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
Electric Supt. Evans was

Electric Supt. Evans was au-
thorized by the city council We'd
nesday to construct power trans
mission line to the middle water
way of Tacoma harbor, where sew
eral new industries have recently
sprung up. Income from the line
at once will be $1,69S a year,
from the Hyde Ship Building
plant, o. w. r. & N. railway and
Glacier Fish Co. Construction
will cost $4,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
OTHERWISE ALL o. X

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. =
An official report on the condition
Of a certain strip of pavement,
called 1t poor, rotten, artificial,
unsound, weak, soft, plant, unfor-
titled, vacillating and unreason-
able" Outside Of that 1t was all
right
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
Training Necessary

EDITOR THE TIMES:
Compulsory military training
for every man of military age in
this country is something that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
FORBID HUBBY
TO HURT WIFE

A restraining order was signed
Wednesday by Judge yesterday,
forbidding Alex st. German from
harming his wife, Inez st. Ger
main. A warrant was sworn to
by Mrs. st. German before JUS
tice Graham, charging that her
husband had threatened to kill
her.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31
UNITED Press Leased wire.)

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Secre-
tary Lansing's verge of war" in
depreciation of President Wilson's
peace message and not the leak
to Wall street was what killed
the market e. +. Hutton, stock
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31

So far as the work Of Ia
coma's Associated Charities is
concerned, l, for one, should
like to dissent from the above
opinion. However, isn't there
a world of truth in it?-Edi-
tor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-31

Within the lid of a new pam
cake dish are a syrup cup and but
ter plate.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-27
CONGRESSMAN'S SON
IS NOT A STACKER

MADISON. Wis. Oct. .6.-Byrcn Mel
son. son Of Congressman Nelson. volun-
tarily returning from Canada. today.
registered under the draft law at once,
ami then appearing In the federal court,
entered Il plea 81 not guilty for alleged
violation OF that law. He asked for al
early trial. He gave bond for his APP
pearance in court: The young man was
in Canada when the draft law became
effective a question OF Law was raised
when the United States district at
torney here announced that he would
;ry 10 get Nelson back. The young
mans father obtained opinions from,
hiSh Washington authorities that his
son legally was within his dights II lie
chose 70 remain IN Canada without reg
lstering. The district attorney disre
garded. but said be hoped that young
Nelson would settle the question by ~
turning voluntary.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-27

quota Of $4,000. noo tn tho second Lib
rrty Loan. I'm incomplete count "l
subscriptions showed that Sll"'o"".N""
had boon subscribed in this city. In"
Quota fixed Ivy the treasury department
WAS $50 nnn. ono. which was passed LIN
rrty Day.
Campaign committee members tonight
said most Of thu AH.nHD. hnh subscribed
in thu last three days represented small
SubSCript ions. Lean w"rkcrSt nave
found many steel mills, il Is said. where
every employee from the boy assistants
L. TIN. foreman had purchased bona.
The largest Subscription received to-
day waa "nr If s.. tnn hnn from the Jones
md Lnughln Steel company. making The
cnmpnny's total subscription 10 the SOC
uud Loan S44hnn0n. The EOlkShlatt
Cnd Frcihclts Frcund ono Of the larg-
CSi German dailIrS in Pennsylvania. to-
day subscribed s.. 900 tn the loan.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-27
my four YEARS
IN GERMANY
fcontinued from First Paga.)

nositions FOR those thrown out ~ ~orG.
Women wer.. helped over 4 period OF
poverty until they could find new places
and were instructed in new trades.
Many worrn engaged in the work OF
sending packages containing 1000 ana
comforts ia tn" soldiers at IN" front and
10 the German prisoners OF war in other
countries.
Through the Efforts Of the American
Association OF Curnuerc" anu T:nde ana
the embassy = free restaurant was es-
tahlished In Berlin in one Of the poorer
districts About. enn persons wer" t"'l
here daily in hall decorated win flags
and plants This was continued even
after We tef, Germany.
At Christmas. 1916. Mrs. Gerard and
I visited this kitchen with Mr.. and Mrs.
Wolf and General Won krsset. comman-
dor Of the. Mark Of Erand.nhUrg. and
,,,,. az nj. daughters Presents were
distributed u the children and the
mothers received an order for goods II!
ono OF the department stores. The Ger
nan i'hristmas songs were sung. anu
when 4 'l:,tl., t;"ru.an child offered Il
prayer Cor peace I do not think thor"
vas am on present .wh" could refrain
from weeping.
Many Of the German women or titt".
Processes .tr.. established base hospl-
tails of their own and seemed to manage
these hospitals with success.
Monday-Eiaal 1nsta1lInent Of Gerard
Memoirs-"oernan Liberals and Rsas-
enable Men
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-27

Il have been afflicted for several
years with Stomach. Liver and Kidney
disorders, and have used several rem
edies all of which were practically or
no avail. suffered greatly with bill
ious attacks. dizziness, headache an
restlessness at nights due 10 the i"
active condition of the vital organ:
Your Bliss Native Herb Tablets wer
recommended 10 me. | purchased
box of the tablets and they have Ger
;ainty made wonderful change in my
condition. can gladly recommend
RS Nrri"n Hero Tablets TO those
who suffer from these ailments.
"HENRi THOMPSON.
Elwood. Ind"
These attacks are usually the result
Of constipation. which is the most
easily acquired disorder OF the human