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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
Stand at River
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ROME, Oct. 31.-Rome expects
the great Austro- drive to
come to a halt at the Tagliamen-
to river.
Reports from the front today
declared the river was a roaring
torrent which 1t was confidently
believed would offer a formidable
barrier of defense for the Italians
now being withdrawn in orderly
array to Its banks.
Bravery of the defending troops
permitted the re-disposition OF the
Italian forces, according to stra-
tegic plans, the official report
says.
There were various engage
ments yesterday on the hills OF
San Daniele, Del Fruili and along
the Ledra canal, Pasian, Sch.a-
voneco, Puzzuolo and Del Fruiil
front.
French and British gunners, CO.
operating with the Italian troops,
have been of tremendous moral
support to Gen. Cadorna's men.
The excellence of the military
roads constructed in Austrian ter
ritory, which Cadorna seized last
summer, has been of great aid to
the enemy.
The strongest proof of how Italy
Is now rallying to the cause OF re-
polling the invader was furnished
in the quick formation of coall-
ton cabinet with Orlando as pre-
mier. Practically all parties
threw aside their political differ
ences and joined in this ministry.
Particularly emphatic was the
response of the socialists-the
party which forced the downfall
of the Boselli cabinet.
The Italian war office called to
the colors all classes from 1874 to
1899.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
GENERAL
ANSWERS
Hi GILL

In what amounted to a cate
gorical denial of charges and in
timations made by Mayor Gill OF
Seattle and others, that he has
been misinformed, and is being
used for political ends, Maj. Gen.
Greene Wednesday morning in an
exclusive interview to The Times
set forth plainly his attitude on
the vice situation in Seattle, de-
MED fatty that he is playing
politics. or in any way concerned
in the matter save as 1t affects his
soldiers, and answered the sug-
gestions that his information
might have come from Capt.
Lang, a former police chief of Sc
attic, or a discharged police Off
Ger named Mullen, who Is now
at Camp Lewis.
$50 Estimate Wrong.
ANY attempt" said the COM
handing officer, Ito miscon-
strue my motives is an attempt to
befog the main issue.
1.-THE chief of policies estimate
|of 230 immoral women In Seattle
lis little short of absurd. A blind
man could see he is wrong.
II have only seen DR.. Matthews
twice, once out here when we
talked of military matters only,
and the second time when ! spoke
in his church last Sunday.
,, my correspondence with Mayor
GilIsconcerning vice conditions
was several weeks prior to this
mass meeting.
II am not prepared to give my
evidence at this time; 1t would
abort the end / want. 1t is not
my duty to gather evidence for
the officials of Seattle and King
county. want these officials to
do their duty and enforce the
laws.
Not Playing Favorites
~ do not know Mullen, and sc
| far as / know, none OF the infoe-
nation l have, came from Capt.
Lang" E
"The statement. that am plav-
ling politics is wrong, and the men
who make it know It,. l am not
the tail of a political kite
81 am not playing favoritess with
Seattle and Tacoma. 1t is iInma-
teriai to me whether Seattle OF
Tacoma gets the trade of my sol
diers. only want Seattle clean
for them, so clean that they will
have to look for vice, and look for
1t hard, rather than have vice as
SAINT them.
II want to give Seattle every
opportnnity to clean up. I am
not prepared to say when the
Quarantine will be enforced.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31

into the future--even the future
that lies just on the other side of
the bay. 1t is hidden behind its
tight fences, and its gates are
barred and guarded.
Future Is There
Sorry" said the man at the
Foundation Company's back door,
"but orders is not to admit Jesus
Christ without a pass"
The Todd yards are equally in
flexible.
But the future is there, Just
the same-there and all along the
car line-and future
that already has brought more
population to the city than the
city can accommodate, and that
is continuing to bring more and
more prosperity, with inexorable
disregard of whether we realize It
and are ready for 1t or not.
And one way tot realize II is to
take a ride on the tango-colored
cars.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
UNION
ST ILL
FIRIVI
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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 81. -
The coastwide strike of members
of the electrical workers union,
which was cheduled to begin at
midnight tonight, has been halted
by the intervention of President
Wilson and the federal mediation
committee. 1t was announced by
federal officials at noon today.
1t was stated that orders count
ermanding the strike order or
providing for it's delay would go
forth this afternoon.
THE president of the United
States has directed me-" Assist
ant Secretary of Labor Post tele-
,graphed the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph Co., and the union
leaders, Ito communicate with
the officials of the Pacific COM
pany and those representing the
employees thereof, that 1t is the
wish of the government that no
stoppage of telephone service oc-
cur pending the result of media
tion efforts Of Werner z. Reed"
Reed is now in San Francisco
and will open his hearings today,
according to plans announced be-
fore his arrival. In few days
Secretary of Labor Wilson will
come to San Francisco person
ally, with three other members OF
the federal mediation commits
zion, in an effort to bring about
a settlement.
This development was the direct
result of the arrival here of Ver-
ner 2. Reed, member of the fed
eral mediation committee, who
was designated by Secretary of
Labor Wilson to mediate in the
situation, which threatened to
cripple the service of the Pa
cific Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Reed conferred Immediately
with officials of the electrical
workers union and 1t was stated
that during the conference it was
generally agreed that there should
be no strike pending the media
ton conferences. Later Reed will
meet with officials of the PAcific
Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Before Reeds arrival John Mer-
genthaler, district president of the
electrical workers, discussing AS
sistant Secretary of Labor Posts
appeal to withhold a strike Or
der. said:
1--WE have gone to the limit and
IL 1t is a question of patriotism,
it is the company's move. The
strike cannot be stopped unless
the company recedes from its ar
rogant stand and grants our de-
mands and recognition of the OPP
orators union"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
MILLIONS
LOSS in
BIG FIRE

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BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 81.
Slain in the sweep Of
flames that destroyed NUM-
lions bound for Gen. PERISH
ing's forces i'm France, three
BritOns were identified today
as victims Of the $5,OOO,OOO
fire on Baltimore's water
front.
The dead men are Chief Gun
ner BROMLEY Of the British steam
ship Kerry Range and, two sail
ors. The death list is not ex-
pected to go higher than 15, altno
more than a score of dock work.
ers have been reported as missing.
One man is already under ar
rest as the result of combined eff
forts of secret service men and
police He is John Whitterman,
alleged to have been seen running
away from the piers when the
blaze was discovered. Other ar
rests are expected shortly.
Five of the men believed dead
were workmen on the piers. Two
are unaccounted for among Is Of
the crew of the British steamship
Kerry Range. They leaped over
board when the flames swept from
the piers to the vessel.
Explosions punctured efforts of
the fire-fighting forces.
Piled on the piers waiting
steamships we're many cases of
ammunition, which detonated as
the flames reached them. Food
stuffs went up in smoke-food
that was to have. gone to the
armies of America in France.
Secret service agents and the
police are combing the city today
in a hunt for men seen running
from the piers shortly after a
policeman turned in general
fire alarm.
Only by heroic work did the
firemen save huge elevators of
the Baltimore & Ohio railway,
which are laden to their capacity
with grain.
All doubt as to the origin of
the fire was removed by state
ments of the Baltimore & Ohio's
guards and firemen stationed at
the pier. A few seconds before
the flames broke out in five sec
lions of the pier these men saw
what appeared to be rockets go
ing up from half a dozen places.
These were followed by muf-
fled explosions and the flames
came Immediately. Less than five
minutes before the entire struc-
ture was In flames the chief
Waterman had made q complete
round of the pier.
Baltimore & Ohio officials
this morning fixed the loss at
SIS, 100000. This Is covered
partly by the railroads replace
ment fund and insurance.
Later today the steamship
Kerry Range, which was badly
damaged, sank and Is now rest
ing at the bottom Of the harbor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
These Bandits
Are Becoming
Too ExactinQ

SEATTLE, Oct. 31.--Modern
bandits are exacting.
When Robert II. Miley, traction
inspector, returned to his room 1t
the Prince Rupert hotel here last
night he was greeted by 8 nan
who carried Q gun.
Take off your Clothes or1er-
ed the bandit.
Miley did.
Then his caller searched ne
discarded garments and 1eoort61
with 1870 In change, 3 Wok1b ~
Miley's work badge S
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
WILL BURN COAL
rs ON WAR VICEROY

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PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 81. =
Because of the shortage OF oil,
the Cunarder War Viceroy will be
brought to Portland from Tacoma,
her oil burners removed and
CRATES for coal installed.
Other steel: vessels under con-
struction in Portland yards will
be equipped to burn coal instead
of oil. ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
BUSY BANDITS $705O
RICHER AFTER HAUL.

CHICAGO. Oct. s1.--Four ban
dts held up a messenger OF the
Central Manufacturing District
bank, ON the South Side, shortly
after noon otday and escaped in
an automobile with . satchel con-
calming $1,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
NATION WIDE
POISON PLOT?

T MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 31.---A
nationwide plot to kill American
soldiers and sailors by poisoning
vaccine serum with tetanus germs
was believed to have been uncov-
cred here today following five
deaths from tetanus traceable to
vaccinations.
This theory gained strength
with the receipt of a message
from Washington ordering ban
on the sale of vaccination "points''
used to effect vaccination.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
10000 SOON TO GET
FIRST SOLDIER PAY

Approximately 10000 men were
mustered for pay at Camp Lewis
Wednesday. They will receive
their money sometime between
the first and 18th of next month.
They merely signed the payroll
Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31

A certain official proposes to
spend 100000 for some land
and things.
There is no need in my mind
of taking the people into consid-
Grafton on q proposition of this
kind" he said in newspaper in
terview.
Then he explained that he'd
simply 20 out and spend the four
millions. ~
.'And know the people will
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
is
Going to Be Shot

Only Saturday Herbert Hoover food administrator sent
warning officials in this state of widespread plot to destroy food
stuf He urged that elevators and stocyars be guarded with
than usual vigilance
'The wheat Brooklyn fire not
again. he wired.
But this calamity allied this time
Baltimore There 100000 worth food munitions
has been burned by Teuon spy
the kaiser Conservation Thus
again America emissares destruction
while his batter the gates Italy Thus do the
teachings of our skulkng disloyal bear fruit
Before will monkey Ameri
with all their good nature and tolerance going go
without and wheat the food they
used for German bonfire.
Somebody going be shot Probably the first will be paid spy
who hurled a bomb touched a match to kerosene.
But will not be enough stop with him. He derived
agement help nsidou of the United
States. Run them down. too Shoot few.
the trail leads back to the homes of Of hghy
spectacle pacis exception Of them
conserved; allies must be fed This must be
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
PURSUIT CONTINUES
fUptted Press Lensed Wlre.l

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31.-Pur-
suit of the Italian armies con-
tinues toward the Taglamento
river, according to semi-official
advices from Berlin today. One
Teutonic army, 1t was stated, is
advancing along the upper Taglia-
mento entirely on Venetian soil.
Emperor Karl issued a state
ment of thanks to his army, de-
claring 1t would proceed further
with Gods aid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
Berlin S Report

BERLIN, via. London, Oct. 81.
movements of our armies
from the Carnic Alps are taking
place In accordance with the in
tentions of our leadership" de-
clared today's official report.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
ARMIES Line
Up FOR TEST
Of MASTERY

PARIS, OCT. 31-FRENCH AND british ARMIES AHn
RUSHING THE AID OF TIL Il ITALIANS.
PARIS EXPECTS ONE OF + HE GREATEST BATTLES OF
BE FOUGHT ON T HE ITALIAN PLAINS.
NJ. JULES CANNON FOREIGN OFFICE EMPRESS
CONVICTION TIA n THE ITALIANS WITH THIS
ALLIED ASSISTANCE, WOULD SUCCEED STOPPING THE
AUsTI,OGEIsNIAN INVASION
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
Talk O. the Times

ratify it," he concluded.
No. gentle reader, the official
was not Mr.. Michaelis, the kaiser
chancellor.
Nor yet Mr.. Hertling, his sue
cessor-to-be.
Nor the kaiser himself.
1t was Mr.. Gronen, Tacoma
commissioner.
f Divorce suit testimony
shows that . local dairyman
made $25, 900 In the last sew
EN- years.
No wonder those fellows
wanted to stick the Price mp
again!
Will Mackensen tag Cadorna on
the banks Of the Tagliemento?
And now Mr.. Hoover Is GO
ing to regulate soy beans.
Until few days ago Italy was
afflicted with q bunch OF pacifists
who clamored for immediate
peace with the abused Hun.
They wanted the soldiers and
the labor unions to form peoples
councils. ~
Some of the soldiers fell for the
argument.
Today the soldiers are bearing
the brunt Of desperate attempt
to defend their fatherland from In
|vas!on and pillage.
But the pacifists, the cables tell
US, are not to be found.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
GREENE TO SPEAK
AT TACOMA CHURCH

MAJ. Gen. H. A. Greene will
speak Sunday morning at the
Church Of the Holy Communion,
oeuth ! and 18th SITS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
BAN ON EXECUTIONS

PETROGRAD, Oct. 81.-Pre-
mier Kerensky today announced q
prohibition against imposing the
death penalty on troops at the
front.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
By Mabel Abbott

It's only a six-cent fare from
the past to the future, on the tan
go-colored cars of Taooma's new
municipal car line.
/ took the trip yesterday.
The cars started from 18th and
Pacific, the very heart of the city.
A good many things have start
ed from the heart Of the city in
the past, / am told, that didn't
get anywhere.
But the tango-colored cars do
get somewhere, and they do 1t
quickly.
Ships Hulks Arise.
They struck straight out across
the 18th street bridge, above the
busy waterway, and slid down to
earth In the industrial section
the city's miraculous present, not
half realized vet by most of her
people.
On one side doomed the new
buildings of the Bilrowe Alloys
Co., where the manufacture Of
steel alloys is vainly struggling to
keep up with the demand.
Beyond them bristled the scat
folding around the unfinished
Seaborn ships, and the masts Of
the ones that are almost ready to
sail away.
on the other side, the dull, red
mass of the Carstens Packing Co.
plant sburgeoned in a new growth
lof rooms and porches and stair
ways and other extensions on its
eastward end.
A Busy Freight Yard.
| A little farther, We climbed be-
tween half a mile or more Of
orange-painted Milwaukee ware
houses on one side and a colony
lof big gray railroad shops on the
other, and looked down on the
backs of a herd of freight cars
that stretched saway till they
curved out Of sight to the south
ward.
Building after building and
yard after yard of the st. Paul &
Tacoma Lumber Co. and Wheeler
Osgood Co., sent the smell Of new
lumber in at the open windows Of
the municipal ear, and to the
north and east, waterway after
waterway opened. each vista
closed by the scaffolding and der
iricks of shipyards or the bulk of
elevators or the huge sides Of
loading ships. y,
Some Surprises
This is the first time I ever
come this way" said the work
man In the seat in front~of me, to
his companion. II used to come
on the ferry. Some business down
here on the tide flats!"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31

their retreat burned vast supplies
and many scores of buildings were
blown up.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31
Some Surprises

z This Is the first time / ever
come this way" said the work
man In the seat in front~of me, to
his companion. II used to come
on the ferry. Some business down
here on the tide flats!"
II didn't know there was SO
much land over here" said o
woman with a little boy. as the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31

Greetings, did you ever see
q finer fall?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-31

And now Mr.. Hoover Is GO
ing to regulate soy beans.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
HORSE RACES. 1T
STATE FAIR on
FIRST Three DAYS
Running and Harness Races For
Purse Amounting to $2,oo0-Sx
Events Each Day.

One of the liveliest horse racing
meets ever witnessed in the south
west has been booked for the 1917
Louisiana State Fair this year, with
George R. King of Indianapolis, Ind,
who served last year, as the superin-
tendent. The races will be pulled Off
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Oc-
tober 81, November l and 2. the first
three days of the fair.
Last year only running races were
held, but this years program calls Tor
both running and harness events.
There will be six events each after
noon of the meet. Five will be run
ming races, and the other lively har-
ness contest, two out of three heats.
The purse and prizes will total APP
proximately $4,000, and numerous fine
track animals and many of the best
Jockeys and drivers in the country
will participate in the contests. The
meet gives every promise of being a
thoroughly high class entertainment
The Shreveport circuit is one Of the
fastest mile tracks in the south. The
stable accommodations also rank
among the best in the country. The
horsemen like to come to the Louisi
ana Fair, and there are assurances
that they will be here strong this fall
The program will be the most attrac
tive in years.
For further information write tc
Secretary w. R. Hirsch, Shreveport
La.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
Time FOR PICKING PEACHES
Color Of individual Specimens indi-
cates Degree Of Maturity-Teli
by Experience.

The degree Of maturity Is indicated
by the color Of the individual sped-
mems. This can only be determined
by experience. As a rule, white
peaches should be gathered when the
shady places turn to q creamy white.
Where the fruit is solid red. such dis
tinguishing characteristics are not
marked. Yellow varieties, such as the
liberia, turn from a green to orange
yellow.
Some varieties, especially the early
maturing ones. must be gathered
promptly, while others have longer
ripening period. The color Is the pest
and only practical index to the ma
turity Of peaches, and for that rea'
son, pickers should not be allowed 70
press the fruit with their hands.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19
MANY FINE HOGS
TOBE DISPLAYED

With Prof. E. L. Jordan of Baton
Rouge in charge as superintendent,
many head of fine hogs will be eX-
hibited at the Louisiana State Fair,
October 31-November 5. Prof. Jordon,
VINO is connected with the department
of animal industry, Louisiana State
University, has been superintendent
of the swine division several years
and has performed the duties with
general satisfaction. Exhibitors and
other swine owners are assured the
best of consideration at his hands.
Judging by numerous inquiries re-
ceived from breeders, number OF
the finest herds of the United States
will be represented. The exhibit is
expected to be record-breaKing. Many
Louisiana specimens, showing the i'm
provement in the swine industry in
this state, will be among the entries.
The general competition is open to the
world, and liberal awards are to be
made. There is keen rivalry among
the swine breeders and visitors to the
fair this year and are promised an
unusual sight in the swine barns.
Under Supt. Jordan's direction all
the exhibits will receive proper atten-
ton in unloading and loading, ana in
the matter of pens, shelter and other
accommodations. Every necessary
convenience, including running water,
will be provided, for both hogs and
exhibitors. A new accommodation
this year for the visitors is modern
sewerage, which has been installed
throughout the grounds and buildings
The exhibits will be displayed in
large, new buildings, one Of which was
erected last year at cost OF about
$4,000. There will be plenty Of ex
hibit space, and also plenty Of room
for the judging which will be done
by w. T. Harris, president Of the
American Duroc Jersey Breeders AS
sociation.
For catalog write to Secretary w
R. Hirsch, Shreveport, La.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-22
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eve Remedy

Eo e.axdne Just Bye Comfort g cent. =
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-11-22

aibles leaving any necessary research
into Captain Hadley's private affairs
to q later date. but sought with some
anxiety through a roll of maps showed
behind the chest. Olson holding lam
tern aloft, until finally brought forth
an old chart Of the North Atlantic. We
bent over this, outspread ON the deck
between us. and Olson's stubby fore
finger traced the prickings OF two voy-
ages around the Orkneys into the
North sea. The chart revealed, also,
although in somewhat less detail, the
German coastline. / was far from sat-
isfied with this discovery, but nothing
better could be hoped for. The total
destruction of the charthouse forward
made this find a godsend indeed, and
we were fortunate in the fact that
Captain Hadley preserved his old
maps. Bidding Olson relieve the first
officer, I remained there alone for some
minutes familiarizing myself with the
two charts, and outlining in my mind
the safest course to pursue. AS 1 sat
there the rising wind began to hurl
rain against the closed glass of the
port, and 1 could hear the splash of
the drops on the deck overhead. An