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Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-26
Villas Program

Villas political program, according to his proclsmations, is confined most ly to the idea of driving out foreign CTS. particularly the Syrians and Chi nese who intermarry with the Mexi cans His hatred of Americans. it is said by his old friends here. would disappear in ease of American for giveness and recognition if he should prove successful in northern Mexico against Carranza.
 Zapata. who operated in Morclos south of Mexico City. bases his cause on aSrarian reforms. His state is largely owned by about ten landlords most of them Spaniards. He has de clarcd that be vill support govern
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-26
Diamonds

In city the size of Bisbee. together with it's suburbs, there is always one jewelry store that is generally considered to be the best place to buy diamonds
 In Bisbee we believe that most people. If they had an opportunity to express a choice, would prefer to have their diamonds come from Gilmans.
 Here you will find reliability and quality as every diamond is care fully graded and priced at absolute value.
 It is a good thing to know that the reputation and the responsibil- ity of the oldest jewelry store in Bisbee is back of every diamond you purchase at this establishment.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-26
GAIN
Hunt

TOTAL NH GAIN IN FAVOR OF F UNT pURING
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-26
Many Rebel Bands

About half dozen well officered rebel bands are now operating in Mexico with very little in common except hostility toward the de facto government, persons of long and i'm timate acquaintance with Mexican af- fairs say. Sometimes fictitious Un- ity is given them through some paper party such as the "lcgalista.'' But the legalistas themselves disclaim any connection with any faction, saying that their aim is not a military one but to work out plan for a united Mexico. They express willingness to support the Carranza government if 9 free civil government is re-estab- 'ished and constitutional guarantees that have been suspended by martial law are restored.
 Francisco Villa is considered by northern military critics as the ablest fighter among the revolutionary chiefs. both by reason of his ability in the field and his hold on his fol lowers No other leader has succeed ed in tho making of the Mexican. who likes to fight from behind rocks or at long range charge the enemy lines. He introduced hand grenade attacks before the outbreak of the European war
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-26
LANGFORD OUTFOXED

KANSAS CITY. Jan. 25. - 'Bill'' Tate of New York was given a decis- ion over Sam Langford. of Boston, at the close of their 12 round match here tonight. They are negro heavy weights.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
TEACHERS TO
GET A RAISE

All Tacoma school teachers, be-
ginning with the new school year,
will receive pay increases OF SIS a
month, or $50 year.
This has been decided by the
school board in response to petit
lions by the teachers several
weeks ago asking more salaries.
Hereafter, also. women teach
ers will receive the same salaries
as men holding similar positions.
Janitors also will be given in
creases of IS a month.
The maximum salaries which
teachers may receive has been
raised.
The total increase will mean an
addition of nearly $4,000 to the
annual payroll.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

NEW YORK, April 17.-Vig-
orous denunciation OF Champ
Clark's opposition to CONSUMPTION
and q bitter attack on Clark, in
which the charge of constitutions
al cold feet" was made against
the speaker, came as climax of
former Ambassador Gerard's start
ling speech at the American News
paper Publishers association ban
quet last night.
Gerard asserted that Clark in
fighting CONSUMPTION was behind
the times.
"I supported Clark financially
when he was a presidential candi-
date" said Gerard, land | think
there Is some beneficent instinct
which keeps the American people
from putting forward this type of
statesman.
"If Clark did not suffer from
constitutional cold feet, he might
be president today. At the Balti-
more convention enough votes
came over in the middle of the
night to give him a majority. AT
his request his supporters caused
an adjournment of that conven-
tion."
Germany declared the old Ger
many Of "kindliness and Christ
mas trees was dead.
1.-The trouble is that Germany
in liberty and democracy is loo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

men; second, we should conserve
our national resources and human
power by destroying throughout
the nation the liquor traffic;
third, we should stamp our pro-
fession of democracy with the
seal of sincerity by enfranchising
the integrity, intelligence, purity
and lofty patriotism of our wom-
en-" Jones declared.
mo substantial or overpower-
Ing reason is presented" he said,
against selective conscription.
1T Is said to be undemoeratic.
So is war undemocratic. We must
wage 1t with military efficiency.
Effective methods must not be
disregarded because they seem
contrary to our ideals of peace.
Democracy on Trial.
Democracy is again on trial.
Lord Northcliffe says democracy
is bad war maker That is true.
1t is true not only because democ-
racy abhors war and is not trained
to war, but because of divided
counsels and responsibilities when
1t is forced into war
Kenyon of Iowa declared he
would vote for CONSUMPTION and
against the volunteer system, de-
spite the fact that his constituents
feel they oppose CONSUMPTION.
Il will do it with full realiza-
tion of how unpopular it is in my
state" he said, because | try TO
view these tremendous questions
from a national standpoint rather
than a state viewpoint"
House. Debate Ending.
House debate approached the
end this afternoon when Rep.
Kahn, California, closing, de-
nounced the volunteer system and
begged the house to stand by the
president.
Kahn, republican, but leader
of the democratic Administrations
forces, received rousing welcome
of cheers as he rose.
Chairman Dent of the military
committee was to follow him, clos
ing debate for the volunteer pro-
ponents. Dent announced that he
would ask the house to sit this ev-
ening and that he hoped to get a
house vote by six tomorrow even
ing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
NO CHANCE OF GERMAN
REVOLT, SAYS Gerard

years behind the times he said.
People of this country don't un-
derstand the German caste sys-
TEN, they don't understand the
system of hypocrisy and they don't
understand how the people are
kept down.
There is not any chance of re-
bellion In Germany. There may
be riots. We must not put any
confidence whatever upon the peo-
pie of that country rising. They
don't know themselves how badly
they are off and 1t will be a long
time before they are enlightened.
Gerard said Americas worst en-
emies were the "insidious enemies
at home who mIsrepresent facts
for the benefit of Prussian auto
cracy."
The German military caste,
he said, hated the name of
America. And he added: ~
know Germany would have
attacked America had the
war ended In n German VIC
tory or draw"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
Billion Dollars In
Tacoma, and Not a
Coin Is In Sight!

the billion dollars smoked and
talked and elected officers until
the time of the next pilgrimage, as
follows:
John p. Weyerhaeuser presi-
went, Tacoma; F. S. Bell, vice
president, Winona, Mimi; F. f.
Weyerhaeuser, treasurer, St. Paul j;
George s. ong, secretary and gen.
eral manager, Tacoma; F. II.
Thatcher, assistant treasurer, Wi
mona; w. l.. Mccormick, assistant
secretary, Tacoma.
Board of trustees: j. p. Weyer-
haeuser, Tacoma; f. e. Weyer-
haeuser, ST. Paul; F. S. Bell and
F. II. Thatcher, Winona; II. H.
Irvine, st. Paul; George S. Long
and w. L. Mccormick, Tacoma;
F. G.. Denkmann, Rock Island, Ill. !;
William Carson, Burlington, la. !;
P. M. Musser. Muscatine, Ia; II.
J. Richardson, st. Paul.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
Rockies Run Gauntlet
of Feminine Kisses

station.
Before the train whistled "all
aboard the girls in the party had
increased to nearly 100. The last
10 minutes were spent in promis-
cuous farewell kissing. each re-
cruit passing down the line of adj
miring young women to receive
his quota OF "smacks."
This SO appealed to Private Bill
Coleman. standing back with q
party OF fellow coast artiIleryn3an
who bad not Jet been ordered out,
that he rushed to the end of the
lina and ran the gauntlet, missing
nary q rosebud mouth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
BY Edgar G. Wheeler

Did you ever see a billion dol
lars all in a bunch?
A billion dollars was punched
in one room on the ground floor
of the Tacoma building Thursday
and not a cent in sight!
Only the blue haze of 50-cent-
ers, the munching of apples, while
fathers and sons and members OF
family trees-the Weyerhaeusers,
the Irvines, the Rands, the Mus
sers, the Lizards and the. rest
chewed the fat over the fate of the
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
No Greenbacks i'm Sight.
A billion dollars doesn't look
like much of anything except 40
gray-haired old timers, young
hopefuls of the third generation,
and middle-agers of the second.
When you look for the billion
dollars you don't see any heaps
of greenbacks lying around-only
coats and hats and cigar stubs.
A billion dollars isn't made NJ
of coppers-not so you can see
them. 1t is made up of stock
holders who pay a million dollars
a year in taxes and who have a
couple of million acres of Christ
mas trees all their own.
Scads of Money.
A stakeholder is the head, or
the son or the son-in-law or the
grandson of a fmily that has
pooled its stake with other fam
lilies and sons of families in maxi
ing a wad of money in the lum-
Der business in the upper Missis-
sippi valley and in Washington.
The stakeholder makes his
abode somewhere from Davenport
Iowa, north to st. Paul. There Is
Allison Laird, of Winona, Minna.,
and William Musser and G. r
Musser of Muscatine, Iowa, and
Thomas Thomas Irvine and H. ii
Irvine, of st. Paul. and so on.
Then there are the Weyerhaeus
ers-J. P. Weyerhaeuser of Taco
ma, and r. M. Weyerhaeuser, ant
F. Z. Weyerhaeuser and G. A
Weyerhaeuser.
Once every year the stockholde]
leaves his home and friends and
makes q pilgrimage.
EIcct Officcrs.
And every time the pilgrimage
happens. = billion dollars lands in
fu...t~S - ~. ~oow. ~h~eo
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
BlLLlNGSLEY
TO SURRENDER

-United Press Leased Wire.)
SEATTLE, April 27.-Lo-
gan Billingsley, bootlegger
king, who escaped from the
government detention station
here Sunday rather than start
serving u 13-mOnths sentence
in the pcnitentiary, wrote
letter TO the Seattle Star to-
day, announcing that he
would probably surrender
himself Saturday at 2 y. m.
at the corner OF Third ave-
nue. and Stewart street.
II have not decided yet who
should choose to win the 500
reward offered for me-" he wrote.
Billingsley, who was the star
witness for the government
against Mayor Gill, Chief of Police
Rockingham and four city detec.
tives recently tried and acquitted
of conspiring with him to violate
liquor shipping laws
has written three lengthy letters
to newspapers since his escape
from the third story of the deten-
ton station by saving through an
iron bar.
He is evidently in hiding in Sc
attic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
CONSUMPTION
NOW CERTAIN
limited Press Leased Wire. J

United Press Leased Wire.)
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Apr.
27.-Selective draft will he
the means whereby the Unit
ed States will raise her army.
This was assured today as
house and senate neared the
close of many hours of de-
bate.
The forces opposing the admin
istration bill and favoring instead
the volunteer system were weaker
than ever before and it was freely
admitted that the selective draft
plan, practically as shaped by the
army general staff, will be enact
ed into law.
The house may vote late today.
The senate is under agreement to
vote not later than midnight Sat
urday.
AS the house now lines up it
will probably have a leeway of
around 80 votes In passing the
draft scheme, while the conscrip-
ton forces in the senate expect a
majority of Is to IS.
An indication of the trend of
sentiment in the house was given
In general debate. Forty-three
members spoke for the Dent bill
and its accompanying volunteer
provision. Eighty-one spoke
against it and for a straight Sc
lective draft army.
Many amendments are expected
The principal one is Rep. Near
thurs, authorizing Col. Roosevelt
to raise a volunteer army before
the draft starts.
Three great things to convince
the enemy of the futility of con-
tinuing the terrible struggle, are
necessary" declared Senator
Jones of Washington, favoring
conscription, in opening debate.
Jones for IL.
1--WE should first drill, train,
equip and make ready at the earli-
est stage an army of 100000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
Today
Laugh

After James Mccormick, pro-
prietor of the Seven Mile road
house, had brought forward a
dozen expert horsemen as wit
nesses to prove that he purchased
alcohol to rub down race horses, /"
Justice Luck acquitted him Fri
day of the charge of having an
illegal amount of liquor in his pos
session.
This particular charge against
the roadhouse proprietor, who has
fallen into the laws clutches
many times recently, followed his
arrest by the police dry squad on
the South Tacoma boulevard April
81, when the booze was found in
a box under a wagonload of feed
Mccormick was taking to his
roadhouse.
On the witness stand, McCor-
mick told a story of how he had
bought the booze from a mysteri-
Gus stranger, who claimed to live
near Spanaway, Just before he was
arrested. He said the man gave
his name as Fitzgerald.
THE man was in a Ford and
he stopped me at Center st. and
said he had just come from Hold
brook, Cal, and that he had liq-
uor and alcohol to SELL" McCor-
mick testified. He said he had
come all the way from California
to sell the liquor. He was a dark,
medium-sized man. He had 80
quarts of whisky at Sc a quart.
II told him | didn't want any
whisky, but / might take some
alcohol for rubbing down my
horses"
After he had finished his testi-
mony, Mccormick produced his
Tacoma horsemen witnesses. They
fall swore that alcohol is used for
rubbing down horses.
Justice Linck accepted this tes-
timony in giving the verdict OF
acquittal.
The judge, however, said he
couldn't put much stock in the
unidentified man" story.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
CAN'T CRAWL
OUT OF PACT
Especial to The Times.)

Especial to The Tlmes.)
OLYMPIA, April 27-By unanimous decision OF
the Washington state public service commission the
Tacoma Railway Power Co.'s petition to absolve it
self of all charges named in franchises granted by the
lefty of Tacoma thrown out today and the case
dismissed
Separate and lengthy decisions were written by
each member of the commission. Each was emphatic
in his opinion that the street railway company
bound to live up to the contracts which it agreed to
when it accepted franchises to operate street in
the city Of Tacoma.
The T. r. & P. company appealed for relief on the
grounds that tney competition and other unexpected
business conditions had reduced it's earnings to
point where no profit was possible I
It asked that it be relieved of it's gross earning2
tax and that it be not forced to pay for street PAWN
Tor bridge maintenance
The suit was resisted by Tacoma, Seattle and 81
kane jointly as the effect of the decision would be
statewide.
City Attorney spnonea
That's fine Fawsett told him ITS the biggest victory Ia
Judge Harmon in Olympia
the decision o9i WAS a anCnsa that tho 60 will or. III.
decision to the state
railway COMPANY
now @ m paying municipal
r and Maintain. r" seMes~ an% " nsesn
rails of the construction and maintenance cost
all these charges.
suit said Assistant City Attorney carnaGan Friday
for va WS m % % ana s
ch just mot %nh n as great 5rG wo ns
affected city in the state and would have meant that
decision rPs % the ssc "t
complete to rule on s"In @ a no from
take up any fixed between city and
After ruling
tn toa continue ntf operation under existing
car fares if it loses this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
By Mabel Abbott.

SEATTLE, April 27.-The po-
sition of Tom Tracy, defendant
in the /. w. w. trial, is like that
of the bridegroom and the car
coupler in the old joke; he is
the most inconspicuous object in
sight, but things can't go on with
out him.
For nearly eight weeks Tracy
has sat beside his lawyers In
Judge Ronald's courtroom all
day.
Once in a while he exchanges
a word or two with them. Once
in a great while his name is men,
toned by witness; but this is
rare.
Mostly he Just sits there, stocky,
sober and silent, while the battle
RACES over the doctrines of the
I. w. W., what happened at Bev-
erly park. Sheriff McRae, the Ev-
erett Commercial club, the prin-
ciple of free speech, and many
other things-but very seldom
over him.
Lost in the Shuttle.
He has been lost in the shuttle.
- And yet, when the long-suffer-
ING jury retires to make up its
mind, 1t will have to boil down
ell these things into an answer
[-n.the Question---"Was Thomas
Tracy guilty Of murder at the
test dock on November
i ~
;el has been the
-; probably
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
WANT BROADER POWERS

WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 81.
TO combat the high cost of
foodstuffs, the department of
agriculture is to be put on a war
basis.
Increasing the production of
wheat and lowering of the price
of bread are the main detectives.
Department officials say this
must be done soon, and congress
will be asked to pass legislation
IL.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

PORTLAND, Or, April 81. -
War has no terrors for Private
Clarence Rubisch and his squad of
marine corps rockies, en- route to-
day to Mare Island, following os-
|culatory high links at the Union
depot last night.
Private Rubisch was placed in
command Of q party Of IS recruits
ordered to entrain for the south
|at D. m.
shortly after 7:3o the newly en-
listed men, each with ! 1assie,
some with two or three. began
putting N their appearances at the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
"THE RIVALS
AT LINCOLN

Richard Sheridan's famous
comedy, 1.-THE Rivals" will be
presented Friday and Saturday
nights by the senior class of the
Lincoln Park high school.
The leading parts in the play
are taken by Claude Brennan as
Sir Anthony Absolute; Philip
Fisher as Capt. Jack Absolute;
willard Yerkes as Bob Acres;
Charles Murray as Falkland;
Mark Disch as Sir Lucius o'Tris-
ger; Merritt smyth as Fag; Le-
land Yerkes as The Boy; Mathew
Cline as David: Anita Reilly Is
Miss Lydia Languish: Carol Vim
son as Mrs. Malaprop, and Agnes
Beidler as Lucy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
DANCE TONIGHT
FOR MESS FUND

A good chance FOR Tacomans to
back up the Tacoma boys who
have enlisted In the Coast Artii-
lery companies, will come Friday
night, when . mess fund benefit
dance will be given at the Armory.
Music will be furnished by the c..
A. r.. band
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
Found: T. Tracy Long
Lost In Bitter Trial

The nerves OF everybody con-
nected with it are strained and
sore. The lawyers quarrel like
cats. The jurors, in spite of the
watchful care of judge and bail
ifs, are pale.
Tracy and Guard Quarrel.
Tracy and his guardian deputy
sheriff, F. M. Gregory, are hard
ly on speaking terms.
He's clamped down on me eat
ing outside" says Tracy, land I'm
losin' weight on the Jail meals. -
"Tracy's peeved because
wouldn't stand for something
they tried to put over on me the
day we all went to Everett to look
at the boat" is Gregory's explain
alton of the GOODNESS.
Says He's the Goat.
In all probability, it is simply
the natural result of tying two
men closely to each others COM
pany, without the relief of much
exercise or outside interests.
Tracy is cheerful about the
outcome of the case, in which he
has so little to do except to be
the subject of the verdict.
Its goin' fine" he said Thurs
day. ut amt my case; / know
that, It's just the case that
was picked TO be the goat in; but
that's all right. Somebody had
to be. IL lOoka To ma "a n ~ WA .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

The city council by all means
should add a good thermos bottle,
a nice lunch hamper, an aluminium
camp cooking kit, bunch of sur
veyors' cots and a silk tent to the
outfit II is going to get Commits
sioner Atkins.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
BRING YOUR WIFE

Bring your wife" Is the slogan
of the music committee of the
Commercial club, which has invit-
ed all members and wives to the
second of series of informal at
home meetings Saturday night in
the club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

Buy a Belgian doe, tell the
city council to move mp the
clocks, and keep the weeds
ont Of your potato patch.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
GOOD

Good for Senator
Jones! He speaks
right out in the SEN
ate for the United
States of America,
for the presidents
program, for unre-
lenting and whole
hearted warfare on
autOcracy.
The Times in the
past has been con-
strained to criticise
Senator Jones for his
attitude in our foreign
relations. Now we
want to be equally
prompt and emphatic
in commenting him
when he is right.
G o o d, S e n a t o +
Jones; keep it up!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
OTHERSp

A daughter was born TO Mr.. and
Mrs. c. It. Olson and son to Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Rasmussen last
week at a birthday dinner party
Thursday evening. Covers we're
land for eight guests omsha
tNeb.) Bee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

Oh, Piffle!

Il TO compliment Inc tribune. LII
HI actually has arrived at an editor
ial opinion without clipping it
y u from an eastern paper, and has
had the unprecedented backbone
to print it right out in public by cracky!
"Saving Daylight! What For?" it asks
very wisely. Then it adds:
"All the other big cities that have been SO
successful in daylight saving' plans lie hun
dreds of miles further south than Tacoma
Well, mebby SO, mebby So The war has
changed geography something frjghtful they
say. We always supposed Saskatchewan
was NORTH, not south, of Tacoma, some
hundreds of miles!
And that London and Berlin and Paris
and Hamburg and Amsterdam were, too! The
fact it, we know they were before the war,
some of them many degrees of latitude. And
they all move up the clocks every May.
But what's the use anyhow
Here all the warning European nations
have gone laundering on, for two years NOV
ing their clocks ahead, and now even this
country has wasted lot Of time talking
about it, not knowing that the milk and
water Tribune was going to come along and
kick the whole thing over by asking simply,
"Saving Daylight! What For?''
(What eastern cities think about daylight saving
IL shown In news stories ON page two.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27
PASTOR WILL SAY
WHO'S A. STACKER

Who is a Stacker will be de-
Itermined by c. W. Weyer Sunday
morning at the First Presbyterian
church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

movement. The thanks OF the eu-
tire people are due TO the troop1.
and their skillful leaders. -
Beth-FIoll. 's
Says the lady NEXT doofs
ssSoft talk ncvcf WQlft ~
no man t1zA6's noehetollI .
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

IN the Wt5t
our back ward
movements are
being effected
according to
plan, and lead
to daily increase
ing freedom o.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

(What eastern cities think about daylight saving
IL shown in stories page two.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-27

II It is in order, we'd like to
suggest that the time to have a
war market TO combat war
prices is while the war Is In
progress.